1936-03-11 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUMN LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, ^936 NUMBER 40
QUINTETS WILL
PLAY IN FINAL
ROUND TONIGHT
Sigma Nu And Theta Kappa
Nu Will Meet Tonight In
Final Game Of Tournament
CLOSE GAME EXPECTED
A l p h a Gamma Rho Upset Is
S u r p r i s e Of Frat Tourney;
Small Admission Is C h a r g ed
By EUGENE LEE
The interfrat basketball tournament
will be brought to a close in Alumni
Gym tonight at 8:15 with the finals
being waged between Sigma Nu and
Theta Kappa Nu. Joe Sarver, direc­tor
of the tournament, announced that
a small admission of.ten cents will be
charged for this game.
Sigma Nu and Theta Kappa Nu
earned their way to the finals by de­feating
Alpha Gamma Rho and Theta
Chi, respectively, in the semi-finals
Monday night. Sigma Nu won their
game by a score of 27 to 13, and Theta
Kappa Nu won by a 23 to 15 score.
Both games were witnessed by a large
crowd who were somewhat surprised
at the outcome. Theta Chi and Alpha
Gamma Rho had been seeded as fav-
- orites to advance to the finals, but the
winners played superior basketball
and life no doubt as to their right
to play for the cup.
The first game of the semi-finals
was closely fought between Theta Chi
and Theta Kappa Nu. The perform­ance
of the winners was more coor­dinated
than any of their previous
games. Better team work was notice­able.
Theta Chi led during most of
the first half, holding a 10 to 7 mar­gin
at half time, but with Wallace and
Smith leading the way, Theta Kappa
Nu forged ahead in the last half.
Wallace led the Theta Kappa Nu
quintet in scoring with 11 points.
Smith followed with 8. The remainder
of the winning team was Pack, Gar­ner,
Wood, Walker, Shaphard,. and
Edwards.
The spearhead of the Theta Chi at­tack
was Darden. This flashy for­ward's
work has been a great factor
in all of his team's victories, and in
defeat he scored a great performance
in trying to bring his team through to
the finals. Grossett, Powell, Miller,
Martin, and Pike came in for their
share of credit for good work.
The hardwood performers of Sigma
Nu put on the best exhibition of defen­sive
and offensive attack that has been
seen in the tournament this year.
Using an alert and air tight defense
that completely stopped the sharp­shooters
of the Alpha Gamma Rho
quintet, the winners soon had the
losers too demoralized for them to
accomplish any team work.
Sigma Nu started with a rush and
with Hitchcock and McGehee leading
the way soon assumed a good lead.
Only near the end of the second quar­ter
did the passing and team work of
the losers parallel that shown in pre­vious
games. This only lasted short­ly,
for the Sigma Nu scorers soon
forged ahead.
Billy Hitchcock and Turk led the
winning team with 11 and 8 points
respectively. Others to see service for
the Sigma Nu outfit were Peace, Mc­Gehee,
Jolly, and Pugh. Kyser led
the Alpha Gamma Rho team with 6
points. Others to play were Scar­borough,
Clark, Turner, Hall, Bam­berg,
and Furlow.
Textile Students To
Hear Talk Thursday
Mr. U. L. Barker, of the National
Aniline and Chemical Company, will
give a brief talk to the textile students
Thursday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock.
That same night Mr. Barker will
speak at 7 o'clock to the members of
the T. E. X. society. Mr. Barker is
an Auburn graduate and is connected
with his company in the capacity of
technical service engineer. He is one
of the several men the T. E. X. society
is Bringing to Auburn to present first­hand
information on textile subjects.
Present Concert Here Thursday Night
The Auburn Glee Club, just back from a tour through the state, will be heard tomorrow night in Lang-don
Hall for the first public appearance here in two years. The club was loudly applauded at each of
the performances given last week and promise a novelty program for Auburn students.
FIRST POLO GAME
OF SEASON TO BE
PLAYED SATURDAY
Game Saturday Will Climax
Months Of Extensive Work;
* Meet Fort Benning Team
Climaxing several months of exten­sive
drill, the Auburn polo team will
meet their first opponent of the cur­rent
season on Saturday, March 14,
on Bullard Field. They will play the
83rd F. A. from Ft. Benning. The
game will start at 3 o'clock.
The game Saturday will open a fif­teen-
game schedule for the local polo
players in which they will meet nine
teams both, on and off the campus.
The second game will be played Satur­day,
March 21, with the Fort Benning
Freebooters, also on Drake Field.
Three Northern universities will
send teams to Auburn for matches
during the latter part of this month
and the first of April. The definite
schedule for home games to date is as
follows: March 25 and 26, Ohio State
University; April 11 and 12, Univer­sity
of Illinois; April 18 and 19, Uni­versity
of Missouri. All are scheduled
to start at 2:30 on Bullard Field.
Also on the polo schedule will be
games with Auburn Ramblers, Naval
Air Station at Pensacola, Maxwell
Field Flyers, and Governor's Horse
Guards. The date and place for these
games have not been definitely ar­ranged.
On May 1 the team will leave Au­burn
for a tour in which they will play
return matches with the three North­ern
Universities.
According to reports, Auburn has a
better polo team this year than at any
time in the past and should show up
well in the matches.
Business Classes To
Hear Talk Here Soon
Cameron Beck, director of personnel
of the New York Stock Exchange and
also director of the New York Stock
Exchange Institute, will address stu­dents
and faculty in Langdon Hall at
10 o'clock, Monday, March 23.
Dean John W. Scott is in charge of
arrangements. Invitation to hear Mr.
Beck is extended to all students, the
faculty, and all others interested.
At noon that day Mr. Beck will ad­dress
the Auburn Kiwanis Club and
in the afternoon he will speak at the
Auburn high school. .
In addition to being nationally
known as a business executive, Mr.
Beck is known as an orator. He has
traveled extensively, addressing va­rious
groups, being especially inter­ested
in college students.
Call Is Sounded For
Golf Team Aspirants
All students interested in trying out
for the golf team are requested to
meet in Samf ord Hall, Thursday night
at 8 o'clock.
Arrangements are now being made
for matches with several colleges and
country clubs. This is the first time
that Auburn has participated in golf
in several years, and it is expected
that considerable interest will be
shown.
Auburn Wins From
Tech Debaters
Friday
Last Friday night in Atlanta the
Auburn Debating team won a unani­mous
decision oyer the Georgia Tech
debaters. The two varsity debaters
representing Auburn were Fred Grant
and Milton Roth.
The home team is host to three
strong groups next week, and, conse­quently,
its present record of no de­feats
will be threatened. The varsity
team of Union College, Tenn., will
engage Auburn here March 18. Mem­bers
of the Auburn team for this
match are Morris Hall and Dan Smith.
Auburn will uphold the negative.
March 19, the highly touted team
of the Mississippi State College ^for
Women will be here for a match.
George Hairston and David Cox will
take the affirmative for Auburn. The.
University of South Carolina is send­ing
a team here for a.debate March
23. Tom Powell and Milton Roth will
uphold the negative side for Auburn.
Six Students Chosen
By Honorary Society
For Home Economics
Theta Epsilon elected six students
last week from the school of Home
Economics to membership in recogni­tion
of their outstanding scholarship.
The students elected were: Melba
Holley, Tallassee; Jean'Campbell, Bir­mingham;
Bessie Lee Hamilton, Au­burn;
Lily Mae Tippins, -Auburn;
Kathfyn Summers, Opelika; Kathryn
Sibert, Fort Benning.
. Theta Epsilon is a local honorary
society, which elects to membership
those students in Home Economics
who have excelled in scholarship, lead­ership
and loyalty. Those chosen are
either juniors and seniors, this being
one of the requirements in the consti­tution
of Theta Epsilon.
The society is offering a prize to the
freshman in Home Economics making
the highest record for the school year,
1935-36. The award will be made soon
after the opening of school next Sep­tember.
Officers of the society this year are:
Laura Callen, president, Annette Hud­son,
vice-president; Emma Bennett
Sellers, treasurer; and Lucille Mallett,
secretary. Other members are Rosalie
Henderson, Ruth Carlson, Mrs. Mary
Crump, and Martha Parsons.
LOCAL GLEE CLUB
TO GIVE CONCERT
IN LANGDON HALL
GIRLS HONORED
BY ELECTION TO
SPHINX SOCIETY
Eight Members Of Junior Class
Are Chosen by Sphinx, New
Honor Society For Co-Eds
BE INITIATED SOON
Society Organized Here Last
Year; Selection Based Upon
Scholarship And Personality
Glee Club To Present First
Home Concert Here In Two
Years; Be Given Thursday
Arrangements Being
Made For Frosh Ball
Final arrangements for the Second
Annual Rat Ball have been completed.
The frolic will be held on Friday,
March 13, at Alumni Gymnasium, at
9:30 o'clock.
Curty Farley, president of the
freshman class, is in charge of all ar­rangements
for the dance. Howard
Wheeler and Robert Botsford are in
charge of the decorations.
Music will be furnished by the Mel­ody
Barons.
The dance will be paid for by the
freshmen from their contingent fund
and not from class dues as was re­ported
in a previous issue of the
paper.
After completing the most success­ful
concert tour ever taken by an Au­burn
Glee Club, the group returned
home Sunday morning and began re­hearsals
for the concert to be given
Thursday night at 8:15 o'clock, in
Langdon Hall.
Lawrence Barnett, director of the
Club, was well pleased with the show­ing
made at each of the six concerts
in the six towns visited. The trip
lasted from Monday through Satur­day.
Monday the Glee Club gave a
concert at Huntingdon College, Mont­gomery;
Tuesday, in Brewton; Wed­nesday,
in Fairhope; Thursday, in Mo­bile;
Friday, in Atmore; and Satur­day,
in Greenville.
At every one of these places the
Auburn club was treated especially
well. Dinners by various organiza­tions,
dances sponsored by different
high schools, and teas given by girls
in the various towns all tended to
make the trip a success.
The Club met Monday night and
Mr. Barnett congratulated the mem­bers
for their fine showing and also
urged immediate work on the program
to be given here Thursday. Practical­ly
the same program used on the tour
will be presented at this time. Few
changes may be made to include sev­eral
popular pieces.
The Club's soloists, Gordon Hub­bard
and Albion Knight, both of whom
were encored atevery appearance, will
render several pieces. The quartette
arrangement of "Sylvia" and "Trees"
also met with great approval and will
be sung Thursday night. "Sympathy"
and "Deep River" were the two choral
numbers getting the biggest encore on
the tour. •
The admission price for the concert
will be 10 and 15 cents for children
and adults respectively.
-Sphinx, newly organized co-ed honor
society, has selected eight junior girls
for membership. The co-eds were se­lected
for their outstanding participa­tion
in college activities. Selection
was made on a basis of leadership,
scholarship, personality and service
rendered to the college.
-The girls honored are: Elizabeth
Allison, Auburn; Jean Campbell, Bir­mingham;.
Marie Kelly, Jasper; Netty
Murphy, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Gretch-en
Tally, Greenville, S. C ; Kay Sibert,
Ft. Benning, Ga.; and Marion Stanley,
Montgomery. .
Elizabeth Allison is enrolled in the
School of Science and Literature. She
transferred from Agnes Scott which
college she attended for two years on
a scholarship. While there «she was
a member of the Executive Cabinet.
She is an honor student at Auburn
and a pledge to Kappa Delta sorority.
Jean Campbell is one of the out­standing
students in the school q|.
Home Economics, majoring in dietet­ics.
She was recently tapped for
membership in Theta Upsilon, honor­ary
home .economics sorority. She is
not a member of a sorority.
Netty Murphy is a student in busi­ness
administration. In 1935 the stu­dents
awarded her the honor of "Miss
Auburn". She is also a non-sorority
girl.
Helen Tigner is enrolled in the
school of Architecture and Allied Arts.
She has been a member of the Glom-erata
staff for two years, is now a
member of the Executive Cabinet, and
last year edited the "Rat Bible". She
has also been a member of the debat­ing
team, Y. W. C. A., Woman Stu­dent
Government Association. She is
an honor student and a member of
Kappa Delta sorority.
Marie Kelly is a transfer student in
home economics from Judson College
where she was an honor student for
two years. She is a member of the
fencing team and Chi Omega sorority,
Gretchen Talley is a transfer from
Greenville Woman's College where she
was an honor student. She belonged
to Sigma Iota sorority at Greenville
and i6 a member of Chi Omega here.
She is also a member of the fencing
team.
Kay Sibert, an active member of the
Plainsman staff, is a transfer here
from George Washington University
where she was a member of Alpha
(Continued on page 4)
CABINET ELECTION DATE IS
CHANGED; WILL BE STAGED
BY CLASSES ON MARCH 24
ATine Students Named
For Education Honor
In its annual spring election held
recently nine students were elected to
membership in Kappa Delta Pi, na­tional
honorary fraternity for stu­dents
in education.
' Those honored at the recent election
include: Louise Liles, Birmingham;
Roy Bolen, Jackson; Mary Edwards,
Enterprise; Wilson Hill, Ft. Payne;
Louise Houk, Montgomery; Mrs. O. B.*
Entrekin, Opelika; Malcolm Ferguson,
Sylacauga; Loyd Little, Alexandria;
and Basil Collins, Birmingham.
Kappa Delta Pi honors at election
each year those students in education
who have been outstanding in their
class. This year the society sponsor­ed
locally the Montgomery Lecture
Series.
Date Originally Set For Friday
Of This Week Is Changed
As Students Issue Protest
CLOSE RACE EXPECTED
Two Candidates Are In Race
For Social Committee Head;
Six Sophs Compete For Jobs
Any junior to be a candidate for
office must have completed 76 hour*
of college work; sophomores, 40
hours; and freshmen must have pass­ed
two-thirds of college work to date.
RIFLE TEAM WINS
VICTORY IN MEET
WITH UOLLEGES
Rifle Team Unexpectedly Cops
Shoulder-To-Shoulder Title
In Match Here Saturday
Financial State Of College is
Discussed By Faculty Monday
At a general faculty meeting held
Monday afternoon in Langdon Hall,
Pres. L. N. Duncan stated that there
is little hope of the legislature's giving
immediate relief to Auburn's financial
distress. The meeting was called for
a discussion of the problem.
The concensus of opinion in Mont­gomery
seems to be that the immediate
passage of a sales tax is impossible.
Plans are being made to submit a
sales tax to the voters in the form of
a referendum May 5, with the money
being earmarked for education. The
bill being prepared now calls for a
general tax of three per cent.
A referendum on repeal is to be sub­mitted
before May 5, with the money
that may be received from a liquor tax
going into the general fund. At pres­ent
Auburn is on the general fund,
which is paying only 26 per cent of
pro-rated funds.
The state agricultural extension
service and the agricultural experi­ment
station are receiving the same
proportion of their appropriations
that the college is receiving. So far
during this fiscal year the extension
service has received $29,000 from the
state. In spite of this, enemies of a
sales tax have published information
in some parts of Alabama inferring
that the extension has spent $220,000
more than last year. The college has
received from the state during this
fiscal year only $44,000.
Dr. Dnucan in the meeting Monday
sought to correct a popular impression
to the effect that the state department
of education is benefitting from pres­ent
conditions. The state department
of education does not suffer prorating
of funds, but salaries and personnel
have been cut to the bone. The de­partment
is spending less money than
it has at any time during the past nine
years.
The parity amendment presented by
P.-T. A. leaders has been side-tracked
in favor of a substitute amendment.
While the original one provided for
parity in general fund appropriations
only, the substitute amendment also
abolished the educational trust fund
(Continued on page 4)
With a total score of 1769 out of
a possible 2000, the Auburn rifle team
succeeded in winning the S. E. C.
shoulder-to-shoulder match held at the
local gallery last Saturday morning.
The outcome of the match was more
or less of a surprise as it was gener­ally
conceded prior to the match that
Auburn did not have much of a chance
of walking off with the honors. This
feeling was due in part to the compar­atively
low scores the team has been
shooting to date in the postal matches
with collegiate squads throughout the
country.
Those colleges competing in the
match and their "total scores were:
Auburn, 1769; Tech, 1754; Alabama,
1750; Florida, 1720; and Georgia,
1715. This marks the first time in
recent years that as many as five
teams have fired together in a should­er-
to-shoulder match. The meet was
also notable in that Alabama was rep­resented
in the only athletic competi­tion
that school and Auburn has had
for more than 25 years.
Members of the Auburn team in­cluded
W. W. Brunson, R. E. Strick­land,
M. L. Hardeman, N. G. Brad­ford,
captain, and Eugene Tomlinson.
Brunson tied with A. A.^Reiber of
Georgia for high point man, each
shooting for 372 out of a possible 400.
Present plans call for a similar
match to be held at Auburn about this
time next year.
'Following the match Col. G. H.
Franke awarded medals to members of
the Auburn team. Auburn now has
possession of the silver plaque, which
will remain with the team that wins
the match three years in succession.
Dr. Kuderna Selected
To Lead Discussions
Dr. J. G. Kuderna, specialist in
science education at Auburn, has been
asked to lead the open-forum discus­sion
at the closing session of the
meeting of the Alabama Junior Acad­emy
of Science to be held March 20
and 21 at the Lee County High School.
Dr. Kuderna has recently been ap­pointed
state director in Alabama of
science instruction of the National
Education Association. As state di­rector
he will promote the organiza­tions
in the state and will serve as a
member of the advisory council of the
N. E. A.
The Alabama Academy of Science
will be in session at Auburn on the
same dates as the junior division. Dr.
Kuderna said that a membership goal
of 5,000 had been set for this year.
Last year there were 3,200 teachers
who were members of the department
of science instruction, N. E. A.
The first spring election for Execu­tive
Cabinet members and the chair­man
of the Social Committee will be
held at the Student Center, March 24.
All candidates were notified last
Monday night that the election date
had been moved up to Friday of this
week. The legality of this move was
contested by several students with the
result that this date was changed and
definitely set for March 24. The Fri­day
date was contested on the grounds
that it did not give candidates two,
weeks notice as is provided by the
Undergraduate Student Constitution.
All juniors, sophomores, and fresh­men
will go to the polls a week from
this Friday to elect 10 Cabinet mem­bers
for next year. The freshmen
will elect their representative next
fall, bringing the total membership
to 11.
The election, by "the junior class of
the Social Committee chairman will
mark the first time in this history of. -
the institution that this post has been
filled by a student election. Two ju­niors
have announced their candidacy
for this position. They are Vernon.
Merritt and John Maroney. Both are
now members of the Social Committee.
Five juniors are in the race for the
four senior .Cabinet posts. They are
Joe Sarver, Wilbur Kelly, M. H.
Laatsch, Thomas Powell,. and Rolfe
C. Searcey. Candidates are listed in
the order in which they turned in their
petitions to the chairman of the Elec­tions'
Committee, Ferguson Davis.
The keenest competition in the elec­tion
Friday will be for the three posts
on the Cabinet, for which there are
six candidates. Those sophomores
who are eligible for this position
include Jack Vann, Billy Radney, Bill.
Butler, A. D. Holmes, George H. Leh-nert,
and Max Welden.
The. two to be chosen by the fresh­man
to serve next year as sophomore
representatives in the Cabinet are un­contested.
They are Curty Farley
and Billy McGehee.
From the women students at large
the co-eds will elect one member to
serve as their representative next
year. Two co-eds, Albena Pierce and
Doris White, have signified of their
intention to compete in the race.
(Continued on page 4)
Work About Finished
On WPA Project Here
Work upon the Agricultural Train­ing
Camp, a WPA project here is pro­gressing
rapidly. Authorities expect
to complete the project by the first of
July.
The camp will include 30 houses
which will accommodate 742 people, a
kitchen, a dining room which, literally
speaking, will have a possible seating
capacity of 1500 people, and a large
amphitheatre which is being built of
Belgian granite blocks, and were until
lately, used upon some of Montgom­ery's
streets. Prof. Dan Jones of the
mechanical engineering department,
who is superintendent of the project,
estimated the cost of the camp at $130,
000.00. ,
Formerly, there has been a lack of
housing tfpace for persons attending
the short courses given by the agricul­tural
department of the college. They
are to be used also for the F. F. A.
boys and the home demonstration
agents, who hold conventions and
training courses here in the summer.
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 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1936
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Another Politician
How many remember the time a little over
a year ago when Gov. Graves sugar-coated
the people of the state with his blantant
promise that the schools would remain open,
that no additional taxes would be levied?
Like so many other demagogues, he duped
enough people to gain for the second time
the governorship of the state. So far he
has done actually nothing. He failed mis­erably
to keep his promises. He has brand­ed
himself as just another ordinary politi­cian.
Schools are now closing all over the state.
Others continue to open their doors, hoping
that relief will soon be forthcoming. The
situation at Auburn is rapidly becoming
critical. Many professors have about reach­ed
the end of the rope. It would be no
surprise to us if they should suddenly walk
out. One could hardly blame them. In the
face of all this what is being done. So far,
nothing. The legislators in Montgomery
remind one of Nero who fiddled away his
time while Rome burned. They've got but
fifteen more weeks, and at the rate they are
going now, they wouldn't do anything in fif­teen
years.
It is time that Gov. Graves stopped coast­ing
on his many promises and got down to
brass tacks. It is his responsibility. So
far he has taken the easier course of hedg­ing
about the bush. He told the Auburn
Board of Trustees that it was the state's
.obligation to pay the teacher's salaries.
Everybody knows that. His words were
mere twaddle in the ears of those who have
been holding the sack long enough. As the
state's chief executive he has the power to
take the situation in hand and see that
something is done. He was elected in good
faith, and if he is any kind of a man it is
his duty to do what he can to fulfill his
promises to the best of his ability.
Indignant Writers
Elsewhere on this page appears a letter,
the writer of which waxes fairly indignant
concerning a recent editorial in this paper.
This is the second of such letters, neither
one of which has given a satisfactory an­swer
which we desired. Probably the au­thors
of these letters did not read the edi­torial
in question or perhaps if they did
they didn't understand it.
As these letters seem to imply, we were
not hitting at the organization. That
thought didn't enter our minds. But rather
were we questioning the soundness or the
plausibility of their plan to increase enroll­ment
at Auburn. Frankly speaking we are
not able at present to understand how an
increased enrollment would be of such great
benefit to Auburn. Under existing condi­tions
it would not be wise to increase en­rollment.
If you^ did you would in a way
defeat the purpose of education, for Auburn
already has as many students or more than
it can take care of and the same time ful­fill
its obligation as an educational insti­tution.
We fully realize that Auburn is a state
institution and that the greater the enroll-ment
the greater the appropriation from the
state. Under normal conditions, then, it
would be a good idea to increase the enroll­ment
at Auburn as much as possible. But
conditions today are far from normal. The
state appears unable to pay its obligations
to the school, and so even if you increased
the enrollment a thousand-fold what would
you have? Auburn is unable to employ
more teachers. You would have the present
faculty attempting a task requiring a force
at lease twice that of the present size. For
every five students at -the University of
Pennsylvania there is one faculty member.
Of course things are bound to get better
within the next few years for the simple
reason- that they can't get any worse.
Things have hit rock bottom and the up­turn
should be coming shortly. We say
should, though we have no definite proof of
that fact. When things are back to normal
and the state begins to fully recognize its
obligations in the way of educating its
youth, then will be the time to increase en­rollment
at Auburn. Boost it as high as
possible. The more students, the more Au­burn
will be able to expand because they
will have the money with which to do it.
Without money Auburn cannot expand an
inch even if every classroom is filled to
capacity.
Letters To The Editor
Editor, The Plainsman
Dear Sir: . ,
' Congratulations!
The editorial of last Wednesday was ad­mirable.
It is high time that the students
of this institution were aroused concerning
the fate of Auburn. No doubt most stu­dents
have been conscious of the situation,
but up to the present time have been as
passive as the professors who are being
wronged.
Don't let down ..now. Plan a mass mett-"
ing, formulate an attack, and then act. It
is imperative, as you have said, that some­thing
be done now. The question is, "what
can the students do?" Directly, they can
do no .good, but indirectly they can»be instru­mental
in the solution of the situation.
By making the people of the state con­scious
of the fact that education is being
shamefully slighted, the students can bring
about direct action.
It is a disgrace to the people of Alabama
that they think so little of their culture,
which is measured by education, that they
tolerate the unfairness shown in this field.
At least state expenditures for education
should be put on an equal basis with other
state expenditures.
The professors have been very tolerant.
It is hard for a man to beg for money.
Apparently they can do little to help them­selves,
since they are against unfair oppo­sition
and receive no cooperation. They are
taking the easiest way out. They are leav­ing
the school. The rating of the college
will drop with the exodus of the better class
of our faculty. The future students will be
poorer, the future faculty less able, and so
on in a vicious circle.
It is the duty of every Auburn man to
take last week's editorial to heart and not
merely say it is a good one and let it go at
that but do something about it. Let's back
the professors if only for the selfish reason
that we are bound to be affected if this de­plorable
situation continues.
' The reputation of Auburn is at stake.
Shall we take it lying down? Then let's go!
Think! Act!
Indignant.
Editor, The Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I realize that it is a difficult job to scrape
up material with which to write editorials.
But'regardless of the difficulty and regard­less
of the subject it must at least be truth­ful.
'I refer to your editorial in the March 4
issue which was captioned "Where's The
Comeback?"
You mentioned the fact the Blue Key
"sat back and took it." Evidently you as­sumed
that every editorial which appears in
the Auburn, Plainsman is considered the
very last word in authority. Such is not
the case. As a member of Blue Key I would
like to tell you the reason for not "murmur­ing"
at your editorial. The reason is quite
simple. We had nothing to gain listening
to your petty scribbling. We took a more
magnanimous attitude and ignored your edi­torial
as all petty, biased, and uninformed
malignant persons must be treated.
Even now I would disdain to answer your
supercilious editorial except for the fact
that unless your editorial readers are given
a more correct view of the situation as it
actually is they may not realize that certain
organizations are working unselfishly for
the good of Auburn.
I would not go into detail as to what
Blue Key is attempting to do and is doing,
but suffice it to say that the organization
is distributing throughout the state infor­mation
which is turning the attention of
the pupils of the state's high schools favor­ably
toward Auburn. It is the wish of Blue
Key that the enrollment; of Auburn be in­creased
in the future. Blue Key wishes to
see Auburn expand and prosper. -Blue Key
is actively attempting to bring this about.
Can you honestly say that you are privately
or otherwise making any attempt to do like­wise?
Surely by criticising those agencies
which are making strides in the service of
our Alma Mater .you are not only standing
in the way of Auburn, but you are also
laying yourself open to criticism.
So please, in the future, if you do not
wish to cooperate with agencies which are
working toward a bigger and better Auburn,
at least do not misrepresent their motives
and activities. Why not use the resources
which you command (The Plainsman) in an
attempt toward a Greater Auburn. After
all you should "not lose sight of the fact that
its motto "To Foster The Auburn Spirit"
should guide you in all the news and edi­torials
that are printed.
Sincerely,
A Blue Key Member.
* * * *
The Plainsman is well acquainted with
the plan Blue Key now has well underway.
Many news articles concerning the plan
have been given ample space and presented
to the readers in an unbiased manner. The
Plainsman is doing all within its power to
remedy the present financial situation fac­ing
the college. Perhaps more than you
realize. In our estimation this is far more
important right now than any plan to get
more students to attend Auburn. We are
also in favor of a greater and more pros­perous
Auburn,
Contrary to your belief, it is comparative­ly
easy to fill the editorial page. The front
page is by far the more difficult.
While on the subject of Blue Key, it might
be well to ask where .are those highway
signs the organization was going to erect on
the several roads running into Auburn?
Just the other day a traveller stopped his
car td ask a student what town he was in.
—Ed.
Cats and Canaries
Do you know •—?.
My friend Gum, whose tripe helps fill this
page, is almost right—I may not be a
columnist and Clyde Lucas certainly doesn't
belong in the same paper with Boulariger.
Boulanger wasn't as bad as that. As for
your shoe salesman — he's all yours. I
wouldn't take him as a gift with a pack of
Camels thrown in. Lucas is still lousy and
Hal Kemp is still tops. «
* * * *
Jimmy Fenton is still wasting a lot of
his (Hay) good time with the gal Scottie,
who lives in front of the S. A. E. house.
* * * *
Snuffy is now courting K. D. instead of
ChiO.
* * * *
Mac and Tooker should put that act of
their behinds the footlights where it be­longs.
N
» « * •
Willie is minus his Kappa Sig pin.
* * * *
Was Sam Gibbon's hair tearing due to
Yank's empty handed return from New Or­leans
and a consequent decline in the Cole
market? And whose ring is Margie wear­ing?
* * * *
Pat Plumlee lost his pants Monday after­noon.
(He is partial to greens it was
shown.)
* * * * .
What member of the Executive Cabinet
and office holder has had the jitters since
the law pounced on the Tavern t'other night?
* * * *
Hamilton (Lady's Man) is in the race for
Mr. Montevallo. (He thinks.) .
* * * *
What country gentleman recently had his
time beat?
* * * *
What blond beat a hasty exit from the
A. L. T. house one recent a.nfT—very much
a.m.?
» * * *
If you've read this far, you're pretty darn
curious.
» * * *
Vernon Merritt, who might be next year's
shoe salesman, likes Huntingdon, we hear.
* * * *
Mac seems to be having heart trouble
about a certain campus belle. <
* * * *
.What keeps La Funchess' nose so elevated.
* * * *
We haven't mentioned Brasfield yet—and
we aren't going to. ,
* * » •
The Phi Delta Thetas like ale.
» * * *
Doug Wallace (even if he isn't safe) still
thinks that Starkey and gigglewater are
the only two things worth while?
* * * *"
Phooey to you, Gum.
The Roman Catholic church is the great­est
obstacle to communism, according to the
Rev. Edmund Walsh, of Georgetown's School
of Foreign Service.
And until he had "cat" fever, he thought that a pan-handler was just an in­terne
in a hospital.
Some of the cows at the Dairy Farm are giving lots of trouble—one of them
wants to go to Hollywood. She's in love with Bull Montana.
* , * * * . * * * * * *
A handful of Sunday School picture cards had been selected as playthings to
amuse the 3-year-old during the church service. During a lull, the clear voice of
the youngster announced, as she fingered the cards: "High, low, jack, and game."—
Stolen. •
' * * * * * * * * **
He was never married, he never was wed,'
x Nor offered a woman a gem;
But he read the corset and hosiery ads,
And he learned about women from them.
* * * * * * * * * * .
The osteopath's song: "That's How I Feel About You." • .
* * * * *. * * * * *
Never let it be said that Bill McTyiere does not keep up with the latest fads.
He was seen taking knitting lessons in Benson's last Friday afternoon. -
* * * * * * * * * *
DILEMMA IN JUICE
If she wants a date.. Meter
If she comes to call Receiver
If she wants an escort 1 Conductor
If she's slow of comprehension...: Accelerator
If she picks your pockets v Detector
If she goes up in the air . Condenser
If she's hungry Feeder
If she's a poor cook.—
If she eats too much..
If her hands are cold..
If she fumes .and sputters..
If she wants a holiday
If she talks too much
-Discharger
...j.-Reducer
..Heater
Insulator
If she's narrow in her views..
-Transmitter
...Interrupter
Amplifier
—The Log.
Business Student: "Have you a good opening here for an unusually bright
and energetic young man?"
Business Man: "Yes I believe we have—and please close it softly as you go
out."—Bored Walk.
* * * * * . * * * * *
It would be hard to imagine the embarrassment that Billy Wingo experienced
the other day when a little child ran up to him just as he drew his saber and said,
"Please sharpen my pencil."
* * * * * * * * * *
With a deep breath, and his heart in his throat, he clasped his arms about
the slender, firm, yet pliable form, and gathered it close to his breast. Slowly, as
the rosy hue of his cheeks deepened into crimson, he bent the slim* waist slightly
backward. Then, as his breath started coming faster and warmer, and his heart
beating like a trip-hammer, he completed the motion. "Ah," was the only sound
that escaped his lips. Then turning, he said: "There, boys, that, in slow motion,
is the way to tackle a dummy. Go to it."
Hiding Behind the Depression
In Which Another Auburn Student Speaks His Opinion Concerning the
State's Obligation to Auburn and Its Obligation to
Education in General Throughout the State.
By C. W. BELL
After all of the heat and turmoil that has
prevailed at Montgomery thus far during
the special session of the Legislature, there
has been no plan produced or originated
whereby our poor and faithful faculty will
be in any way helped. According to the
opinion of the politician, Alabama has been
going broke for fifteen years. It has been
hiding behind the skirts of the depression
for the last five, pretending to be a respec­table
state brought to its knees by hard
times, but unless the situation is relieved
within a very short time the climax will be
reached. During the past few years in
which the crisis in education has become
thoroughly alarming, the public has been
given ample time to study the situation from
every angle. What are the people and cit­izens
of our State going to do? What are
4-the students and alumni of Alabama Poly­technic
Institute going to do?
Let us as students at Auburn attempt to
place ourselves in the position of the aver­age
Auburn professor and instructor at
present. Could you do your self justice
as a teacher if you were wondering where
the next meal was coming from? Could you
keep a peaceful state of mind if your in­come
included almost no money for doctor's
bills, clothes, emergencies, back bills, to say
nothing of future needs? The days for the
faculty are full anyway—far more than
they look—he must constantly plan and
think about his teaching; he must give
numerous interviews with the student. He
has little energy for fighting, lobbying, and
wire-pulling that a battle for a decent wage
would involve.
If you were a professor on the Auburn
faculty, would not this financial distress
irritate and irk you, or wear on your
nerves? Yet this irritation is more like
that furnished by a grain of sand in one's
shoes. It is a vague anguish at the bottom
of their minds, but the conscious, paramount
part of their lives is filled with ideas of
teaching and methods of educating. Even
when they are half starved they go back to
their world of ideas with vigor, day after
day, and month after month. When they
are forced to think of the financial status,
they keep hoping that things will work out
better next month- or next year—surely
sometime. Can this situation exist much
longer?
Business men sometime look enviously at
professors because they are on salaries—
or supposed to be—and if the professor hap­pens
to speak of poverty or hard times he is
shouted down as a fool. But the business
man forgets that, although his present wor­ries
make him look for the first time upon
the financial condition of the professor, this
condition was a thing of which he was hap­pily
forgetful during the days of his own
big salaries and wealth. Even in the years
before the depression a large percentage of
them were kept alive by outside income.
When one stops long enough to think—if
possible—of the many long years of study
and research that the professor has spent
in an expensive university he should realize
that the salary of the average professor has
always been relatively low on the investment
involved. The educational profession itself
makes it impossible for the real teacher to
look out for himself. This financial crisis
has shown that the teacher is evidently a
very snobbish individual and will take a
great deal of punishment before admitting
his distress. The real quality of teaching
will be lowered by putting the profession on
the same economic level of the bank presi­dent
or the successful insurance salesman.
Does not the teacher contribute more to
human society than the business man?
Several years ago a scientist made several
interesting observations on the intelligence
of rats. His conclusions were that rats
learned faster and were more intelligent
when kept a little hungry. Surely our pro­fessors
are intelligent enough after four or
five years of mere existence. Certainly they
ought to be able to live in reasonable ma­terial
comfort. They should not be obliged
to spend their time doing hack work in
order to keep the wolf from the door. Only
a true enlightened public opinion can bring
about changes in so complicated a matter.
A decent living wage should be given to the
professor before any huge buildings or ath­letic
programs are carried through. With
the citizen's standing for wholesale corrup­tion
in the building of roads, bridges and
other public works, why should not«they
stand for it in the maintenance of schools?
Are the students And alumni going to
continue sleeping while graft and corrup­tion
continue to exist in a great big way?
Everyone should say, "A thousand times,
NO!" Are we interested in the well-being
of this great Institution? Are we going to
continue to allew our faculty to go only
partially paid? The alarm clock has already
gone off. Are we going to throw it out the
window and continue our pleasant dreams?
The time for awakening and quick action
has come. It is high time that everyone
should let the people of the state know
what they think about this unholy predica­ment
and that means YOU!
Thunderations
By Cum
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.
* * * * PUBLICITY for aspiring and perspiring
politicians one dollar an item. No
Stone Mountain half dollars accepted.
* * * *
And do we or do we not get-beer? I
will support the person who has the editor­ship
of this paper in mind if he or she will
promise to get us beer back in town, and
not halfway to Montgomery as it is now.
Of course one editor of one PlainSman
couldn't just say we shall have beer and
there would be beer to be had, but he or
she could bemoan the fact editorially that
we did not have beer until some county
politician noticed the moans and did what he
could to stop them.
* * * * x
Personally I think beer is another of the
many and varied works of the devil. . . .
besides it tastes so awful, but I am getting
tired of hauling certain friends of mine
halfway to Montgomery. . . . so much easier
it would be to just travel only a little far
instead of all that long distance. If you
friends of mine still insist on drinking the
vile and evil stuff, I wish you would write
your 'congressman and request the distance
to be shortened between here and out there
some way or other.
* * * *
And will the Lee County Sheriff explain
why any of us can get any amount of likker
we want here in Auburn and not so far from
Auburn, but still can't get any beer unless
we travel half the night? Isn't beer sup­posed
to be easier on the morals than is
likker? It doesn't completely make sense.
* * * *
And which one of you politicians will
promise to get us "Talkies" here in town?
After all, the town is large enough to sup­port
a' theatre that would feature the new
"not so silent" films. We had a movement
started at one time to bring talkies here to
town but that movement collapsed entirely
with the Sunday's show. With Sunday's
show making the largest noise on collapsing.
* * * *
I'd rather have Phil Harris . . . Helen
Funchess . . . Jitters Lewis . . . Marg. Cole
. . ^ Fred Allen . . . and Herbe Hoover
silent than Charlie Chaplin
* * * *
And who was it, when asked had they
every heard Phil Harris' orchestra replied
they had heard Phil Harris on numerous
occasions but had never heard the orches­tra?
* * * *
" If Charlie Chaplin is a genius in any
way then I am the stuff they put in Ben­son's
goose liver sandwiches to disguise the
taste of the goose's liver.
* * * *
And my record still holds of never having
seen Chaplin in a show . . . even with Jackie
Coogan . . . and eating a "Banana split".
* * * *
And what other politician will promise
to see to it that the Society Hill driveway
is fixed? That and closing the pool parlors
on Sunday night is the curse of the town.
* * * *
We also need a swimming pool here in
town to supplant that overgrown bathtub
down at the gym. And we need another
place in town to have dances if we are to
continue to dress up like bunch of S. A. E.'s
every night in a stiff shirt. There are only
three places now that a dance could be given
in all dignity and those places are getting
too crowded to decently holler in. We need
another one bad. If we didn't have to re­serve
Landon Hall for Tom Heflin to make
a speech in once a year we could take the
seats iip and make another dance hall.
* * * *
Old Arizona and Colorado of the 1875's
had nothing on us. We now have three
dance halls, two pool rooms, and any num­ber
of bar rooms. There are a couple of
gambling dens too, I hear. That is ugly.
* * * *
Horace Shepard, one of the ex-editors of
the paper was in town last Saturday night
for the Pi K. A. dance, or dances if one can
dance in the afternoon. I find that he still
goes to bed at eleven o'clock at night, and
consequently still has his fraternity pin.
* * * *
Some of the other lads around here, I
hear, wish they had been going to bed at
eleven for the same reason.
* * * *
We need, also, a new depot or station for
the Montevallo girls to see when they come
to town on the train that comes through
once a day. Or do the girls still catch rides
down here? Personally, I never did know
any Montevallo girls—or any other girls to
speak of.
Maybe if we built a new station, and built
it large enough, we could have dances there.
And put the swimming pool in the station
house, too. Except that would be too flose
to the rural K. A.'s and S. A. E.'s.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 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 P A G E T H R EE
Louis V. Buseneler spent several
days last week in Jackson and Gulf-port,
Miss.
Flowers for all Occasions
KING'S NURSERY
Phone 695-J
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Phi Kappa Tau Will -
Celebrate Founders Day
On Saturday night, March 14, Phi
Kappa Tau fraternity is giving their
annual" founder's Day dance. The
dance will be held at the chapter house
at nine o'clock. Music will be furnish­ed
by the Auburn Knights.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
"Time to Plant"
Buy now seed that you can
depend on.
We carry a full line of Garden
and Field Seeds.
Come to see us before you buy
your farming implements.
Toomer Hardware Co.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Bank of Auburn
AUBURN, ALABAMA
At t h e Close of Business December 31st, 1935
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $120,650.33
Overdrafts 17&.62
Stocks and Bonds 71,343.00
Furniture and Fixtures 6,115.00
Cash on hand and due from banks 130,566.43
$328,854.38
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock --$ 25,000.00
Surplus and Profits 31,696.00
Reserve for dividends 2,000.00
Deposits - 267,943.22
Other Liabilities - 2,215.16
$328,854.38
OFFICERS
S. L. TOOMER President
W. D. MARTIN Cashier
EMIL F. WRIGHT Assistant Cashier
DIRECTORS
L. N. Duncan Emmett Sizemore
C. L. Hare S. L. Toomer
C. A. Jones Emil.F. Wright
W. D. Martin Dr. C. S. Yarbrough
We Solicit Your Account
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CORPORATION
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
LUELLA BOTSFORD, Society Editor
Glee Club Members
Feted At Huntingdon
One of the high-lights of the Au­burn
Glee Club's tour this week was
the visit to Huntingdon College, Mont­gomery,
where two delightful social
events were given for the members by
the Glee Club of that institution.
Prior to the concert the Auburn stu­dents
enjoyed an elaborate dinner par­ty
at Bellingrath Hall and after the
performance a reception was held for
them at the "Y" Hut.
In general charge of arrangements
for the dinner and reception given for
the Auburn Glee Club were Miss Jane
Roberts, president of the Huntingdon
Club, and Miss Evelyn Thomas, busi­ness
manager. Others who served on
committees were Misses Evelyn Dean,
Miriam Nobles, Alice McBrayer, Eve­lyn
Reynolds, Lou Callahan, and Jane
Wadsworth.
Following is the list of the 29 mem­bers
of the Club and their "dates" for
the dinner and reception: Edna Rice,
W. Benefleld; Alice McBrayer, J. Hub­bard;
Jane Kirkland, D. Dimmerljng;
Helen Roberts, R. W. Ogletree; Eliza­beth
Nell Blair, G. Maulsby; Evelyn
Thomas, G. Hairston; Jane Roberts,
W. Crossley; Bunny Godbold, J. E.
Dunning; Alice Rhodes, G. L. Bilbro;
Evelyn Dean, E. Jones; Ruth Bur­roughs,
G. Perry; Jessie Mae Hunni-cutt,
A. Knight; Sara Evans, S. Scar­borough;
Lou Callahan, J. Atkinson;
Eloise Halroyd, R. L. Schubert; Mat-tie
Lee West^ J. Gunn; Frances Wil­kinson,
G. L. Weaver; Evelyn Carter,
S. Teague; Margaret Rogers, R. Net­tles;
Miriam Nobles, F. James; Carb-line
Vaughn, D. O. Cox; Jane Wads-worth,
G. Hubbard; Elizabeth Smith,
J. Couch; Amabel Zeigler, B. W.
Brooks; Nell Jones, C. Scarzorough;
Evelyn Reynolds, J. W. Manry; Peggy
McCreary, W. O. Green; Lorine Carl­ton,
C. F. Beckert; and Jane Luke,
Tom Ennis.
Representing Huntingdon College at
the entertainment were Professor and
Mrs. Earl Danley. Professor Danley
is director of the Huntingdon Glee
Club and head of the music depart­ment.
Mr. Lawrence Barnett, Auburn
Glee Club director, and Mrs. Barnett,
attended the reception.
All members of the Auburn Club
were "entirely sold" on Huntingdon.
They deeply appreciated the cordial
reception accorded them.
Chemical Ball Will Be '
S t a g e d At Hall Friday
The juniors of the school of chem­istry
are honoring the seniors of that
school with a dance on Friday evening
at 9:30 at the Recreation Hall. Deco­rations
will be suggestive of the field
of chemistry. A number of no-breaks
will be featured during the evening;
there will also be Phi Lambda Upsi-lon,
Junior, and Senior leadouts.
This is the third Annual Chemical
Ball, and it is anticipated to be as en­joyable
an affair as the former ones
have been.
Dr. and Mrs. Hoffsommer
Spend F e w Days In City
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Hoffsommer
spent several days last week in Au­burn
as house guests of Mrs. E. L.
Rauber. They were in route to Baton
Rouge, La., where Dr. Hoffsommer
will be professor of Rural Sociology.
While here they were entertained by
a number of friends including: Mrs.
E. L. Rauber, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. High,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McClure, Mr.
and Mrs! J . L. Seal, Mr. and Mrs. S.
L. Toomer, and Mrs. and Mrs. G. H.
Carlovitz.
Second Annual Dance Is
Planned By Pan-Hellenics
The Second Annual Pan-Hellenic
dance will be given on Saturday even-tog
at 9:00 at the Girls' Gym. During
the evening a Pan-Hellenic Council
lead-out and several no-breaks will be
enjoyed. Included in those present
will be representatives from each soro­rity
on the campus. Music will be by
the Auburn Knights.
Judson College Singers
To Appear Here Soon
On Friday evening, April 17, the
Judson College Glee Club will appear
at Langdon Hall. The Club includes
30 voices chosen from the student
body of that school. The appearance
at Auburn will be one of the concerts
included in their tour of prominent
towns of the south.
PERSONAL
MENTION
Mildred Hanlin is visiting in Au­burn
this week.
* * *
Mrs. Sledge, A. T. O. house mother,
is recovering from a severe attack of
influenza.
* * *
Euell Francis Brantley was called
home to Evergreen lasij week on ac­count
of the death of his father and
serious injury of his younger brother.
Mr. Brantley met death when a car
in which he and his son were riding
was wrecked near Pensacola early
Wednesday morning.
* * *
Mary Earle Graham spent the week­end
at her home in Mobile.
* * *
Gayle Riley and Murray Bradley
spent the week-end hi Birmingham.
* ** *
Bill Swann and John Fonville, Au­burn
graduates, were here during the
past week-end.
* * *
Verna'Patterson, graduate of 1934,
is spending several days this week in
Auburn.
* » *
Mary and Nettie Murphry, Rosalyn
Shepard, and Miss Fannie Stollen-werck
were in Columbus on Tuesday.
* * *
Horace Shepard, graduate of 1934,
was a visitor here during the past
week-end.
Local F. F. A. Group
Host At Dance Tuesday
The collegiate chapter of the Future
Farmers of America were hosts at a
social last night in Comer Hall. The
Home Economics girls were special
guests at the affair.
According to J. L. Pate, F. F. A.
treasurer, the party was given only
for Agricultural Education and Home
Economics students. The main event
of the program was a "big surprise"
which was followed by dancing. Dur­ing
intermission, Prof. C. R. Hixon
entertained with a number of slight of
hand tricks.
Lily Laney Engagement
Is Of Interest Here
An engagement of interest which
was recently announced was that of
Miss Lily Laney, of Columbus, to Wil­liam
Welch Hill, Jr., of Atlanta. The
wedding is to be an event of early
April.
Mr. Hill is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Hill of Auburn. He is an Au­burn
graduate and a member of S.
A. E. Fraternity.
Eenie, meenie, minie, moe
Down to Howards we must go
Spend a twenty-five cent piece there
And get a nice new sport cap to
wear.
FRESHER THOSE
TIRED
Murine quickly
relieves eyes ir­ritated
by read­ing,
smoke, dust,
wind, loss Of
sleep. It's sooth­ing,
refreshing.
Use it daily.
pr YOUR
Fo» EVES
JERSEY MILK
Milk
Without
an
Apology
RICH, creamy, Jersey milk
needs no apology in appear­ing
on the table of all who ap­preciate
and want the best
Every housewife who prides
herself on setting a "quality
table" will want to introduce
Jersey milk to her friends.
Jersey milk stands first in
quality and first in food value.
It satisfies the most exacting.
Jersey milk has a deep yellow
cream line which is not to be
found in any other cows' milk.
Pineview Farm
Phone 130 Auburn
ft
To Observe Founders
Day With Hop Friday
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is
celebrating their Founders Day with
a formal dance on 'Friday night,
March 13, at nine-thirty at the Girls'
Gym. Before the dance there will be
a banquet for the members only, and
appropriate favors will be given. Af^
ter the dance there will be a buffet
supper at the fraternity house.
The gym will be decorated in purple
and gold. The Auburn Knights will
play for the dance, offering a medley
of popular dance selections and novel­ty
numbers.
Martha Claude Tiller, of Hunting­ton
College, spent the week-end in Au­burn
as the guest of Frances Ramsey.
SWEET AS
THE ONE
AND ONLY
Starts Sweet
Smokes Sweet
Stays Sweet
NOTHING ELSE HAS ITS FLAVOR
Alio Imperial Yello Boh $1.50
WEDDING
PRESENTS Ambassadors
of
Bonded Friendship
CHOOSE FOSTORIA
For Its Beauty, Style, and for Good Taste.
JEWELS
For Your Table Setting
Often real beauty is an elusive thing—the finest linen
and dinnerware quite fail to convey the impression of
richness you wish. More often than not what is needed
is the sparkling brilliance of rich glassware. This lovely
bowl and the fine lustre candlesticks add the finishing
touch to the most luxurious table settings.
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Only fine glassware deserves the company of your best
linen and silver. But fine glassware need not be expen­sive.
Fostoria quality has graced the American table
for more than half a century, yet it is so reasonably
priced that it just fits present day budgets.
BURTONS BOOKSTORE -
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Spring
Showing
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ew!
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SUITINGS f • - " °
SHANTUNGS > 2.98
SEERSUCKERS 3.98
DOTTED SWISS
WASH SILKS / 5.98
Also a beautiful selection of Mannish Wash Suits and Blouses.
Important Arrivals of
NEW WHITE SANDALS AND OXFORDS
Visit us and look them over
Wright's Dry Goods Store
P A G E FOUR 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 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1936
FINANCIAL STATE OF
COLLEGE DISCUSSED
BY FACULTY MONDAY
(Continued on page 4)
and the public school fund. With
these funds abolished, education in
Alabama, under parity, would receive
less money than it is receiving at pres­ent.
Since education is not receiving
enough now to keep the schools open,
educationed leaders have been forced
to withdraw support from the amend­ment.
f
Withdrawal of support from the
substitute amendment, according to
Dr. Duncan, does not mean that the
state department of education is op­posed
to parity. Parity on the general
fund, or the abolishment of all special
funds, including highway funds, would
either one be acceptable to educators.
There appears to be little hope of the
legislature's adopting the amendment
in either form.
Even if liquor is legalized, it was
pointed out at the meeting,' Auburn
could hope for little relief this year.
Demands of public welfare relief
would cause the proportion of appro­priations
paid to remain low.
OPELIKA
. THEATRE •
Wednesday
HEPBURN
in
"SYLVIA
SCARLET"
with
CARY GRANT,
BRIAN AHERNE
• added:
Circus Days and
Musical
Thursday
"RENDEZVOUS"
with
WM. POWELL and
ROSALIND RUSSELL
also
Movietone News
and
BETTY BOOP CARTOON
Friday
i "The Widow From
Monte Carlo"
w i th
WARREN WILLIAMS
[and, DOLORES DEL RIO
a l so
[Novelty and Hal Leroy in
"OhEvaline"
Meeting Is Held For
Demonstration Group
Alabama's . home demonstration
agents met in Langdon Hall today to
formulate farm and home' programs
for 'each county in the state in 1936.
The agents were asked to bring to
Auburn with' them county surveys
which have recently been completed
to use as a basis for determining the
exact program to be followed during
the year. These surveys show the
shortage and surpluses of various pro­ducts
in the various counties.
Two nationally-known representa­tives
of the U. S. Department of Agri­culture
attended the meeting. They
are Mrs. Ola Powell Malcolm, in
charge of home demonstration-work in
the South, and Miss Marian Birdseye,
extension nutritionist of the U. S. De­partment
of Agriculture.
J. C. Hammond, instructor in zool­ogy,
recommended Monday that some
organization be perfected in Alabama
to acquaint the school patrons from
day to day as to why the legislature
does not give needed school relief. The
vote on each bill and the effect on edu­cation
of that vote would be reported
through the schools. Each patron and
each school child would learn at once
if his representative had cast a vote
that would cause distress to education.
FREE—6-page booklet, "Can I Really
Write?" Expert advice from suc­cessful
authors, critics, teachers on
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WANTED TO RENT—Two room fur-nished
apartment. Phone 117.
KOPLON'S
SHOE STORE
very latest styles of
Ladies and Men's
Shoes
Spring shipment just
arrived
$1.95 to $495
Agency for
"FORTUNE SHOES"
In
Opelika
EMPIRE COAL
HIGH IN HEAT LOW IN ASH
CALL CAUTHENS
Phone 11 or 15-J
Produced by
DeBARDELEBEN COAL CORP., Trustee
Birmingham, Ala.
CABINET ELECTION
CHANGED; WILL BE
STAGED MARCH 24
' (Continued from page 1)
As stated before, the polls will be
open from 8 o'clock in the morning to
5 o'clock in the afternoon at the Stu­dent
Center. During this time the
Student Center will be used only for
voting purposes, and no other activity
will be allowed in the room during this
time.
Rules to be strictly enforced forbid
any politicing within the near vicinity
of the polls. There will be no voting
by proxy.
The date for the election was chang­ed
in view of the fact that a number
of students will be out of town next
week on the annual senior inspection
trips. Voting Friday will avoid the
use of an absentee ballot and therefore
minimize the possibility of any illegal
voting.
All candidates for election are full-fledged
members of the class from
which they are to be elected.
Those elected will take office at the
beginning of the next school year.
,The date for the class and publica­tions
heads offices election will be an­nounced
in the near future.
Two Former Students
Given New Positions
H. G. Spencer, class of '26, and
Paul Andrews, who attended Auburn
fo rtwo years, resigned from the State
Highway Department last Saturday
to accept positions elsewhere.
Mr. Spencer will be connected with
the Resettlement Administration as
resident engineer on the Webb Creek
farm project at Cairo, Ga. He has
been with the highway department
since' receiving his degree here in
civil engineering in 1926.
Mr. Andrews, who attended Auburn
for two years and received his degree
from Princeton, joined the highway
department in July of 1924. He will
be highway representative of the
Truscon Steel Co. for Alabama, Flor­ida,
and Georgia with headquarters in
Birmingham.
WANTED—One passenger to Miami,
Fla., leaving Friday noon, return­ing
Tuesday. See Woodrow Ted­der
at Howard's 5 and 10 or vet.
dept.
Tiger Theatre
"Showplace of East Alabama"
Auburn, Alabama
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
"TIMOTHY'S QUEST"
with Eleanor Whitney,. Tom
Keene, Dickie Moore,
Virginia Weidler
Added:
Comedy: "Love at 40."
. Musical: "Vitaphone Music
Hall"
• •SSSBBBBBSaBSSBSI •
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
George Raft and Rosalind
Russell
In
"IT HAD TO HAPPEN"
with Leo Carrillo, Arline Judge,
Alan Dinehart, Andrew Tombes
Added:
Sport Reel* "Jungle Waters"
Color Cartoon: "The Cat Came
Back"
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
"MY MARRIAGE"
with '
Claire Trevor, Kent Taylor,
Pauline Frederick, Paul Kelly,
Helen Wood, Thomas Beck
Added:
Musical: "On Your Radio Dial"
' News Events
The
American Dry Cleaners
announce that
TRAYLOR INGRAM
is now theiir
Auburn Representative
Noted Artists To Be
Heard In Opera Here
Von Flotow's opera, "Martha", sung
in English by internationally famous
artists will *be presented by the Na­tional
Music League Opera Company
Monday night, March 16, at 8 o'clock
in Langdon Hall.
Cecile Sherman, soprano, an Ala­bama
girl born in Mobile, sings the
role of Lady Harriet. Miss Sherman
combines the three qualities essential
to a successful stage career, a sense
of comedy, a natural instinct for the
stage, and a voice noted over the
country for its remarkable carrying
power coupled with absolute purity.
Marion Selee, who was heard in
Montgomery last year, will take the
part of Nancy. Patrick Henry, young
lyric tenor who has established his
reputation as Don Jose in "Carmen"
will sing the role of Lionel, and Tom
Williams, baritone, noted as a char­acter
actor and humorous interpreter,
will sing Sir Tristam. Howard Lara-my
will sing Plunkett. Marion Pack­ard,
a radio and concert pianist of
recognized ability, is accompanist.
The admission is 25 cents for stu­dents
and 50 cents for adults.
"Martha" has always proved a favo­rite
with American audiences and has
attracted theatre-goers as well as mu­sicians.
It is said that the beautiful
Irish air, "The Last Rose of Summer,"
has given the opera its popularity.
The opera is in four acts,, the scene
being laid jn England during the time
of Queen Anne. The story concerns-a
young lady who is tired of being a
great lady and she with her compan­ion
Nancy disguise themselves as ser­vants
and go to the fair in Richmond.
Sir Tristam, a cousin and secret ad­mirer,
pursues them. They hire them-themselves
out to the farmer Lionel
and Plunkett, and though they prove
poor domestics, their employers fall
in love with them. In the third act
the plot thickens and in the last mat­ters
are settled to everybody's satis­faction.
Training School For
Summer Be Enlarged
. The Training Schopl Division of
Summer School has an,enlarged pro­gram
for the coming summer session
according to Dr. Paul Irvine of the
Department of Education.
Tuition fees have been done away
with. Students will pay only a nomi­nal
tuition fee of the sum of one
dollar.
In addition to regular academic sub­jects
several special subjects attrac­tive
to young people will be offered.
Industrial arts and shop work will be
offered, as in former years, in which
the students develop their skill in the
use of tools.
There will be a course offered in
arts and crafts which will include
drawing, water colors, weaving, metal
and leather work, block printing, let­tering,
and show card writing. Ar­rangements
have also been made so
that the pupils may have their special
courses in swimming and life saving.
The instruction in the regular sub­jects
will be a demonstration of mod­ern
methods of teaching. Projects,
excursions and socialized procedures
will be included in the class activities.
The course will be taught especially to
aid students who have difficulties with
certain parts of their subjects but
also to enrich the school experience
of advanced students.
In doing away with tuition fees
every effort will be made to serve es­pecially
those students who need extra
work in any subject, in order to pro­ceed
with their regular class without
a handicap.
The session begins June 8. The Ju­nior
and Senior High School will run
for two terms, while the Elementary
School will run for only the first term
of six weeks.
Dr. Irvine stated that a large num­ber
of students are expected to enroll
not only from the Auburn school but
from neighboring schools as well.
CO-EDS HONORED
BY ELECTION TO
SPHINX SOCIETY
(Continued from page 1)
Delta Pi sorority and active in stu­dents
affairs. She is enrolled in home
economics.
Marion Stanley is a transfer stu­dent
from Huntingdon College, where
she was a member of the Home Ec
Club and the Wo-Co-Ala staff. She
is a Kappa Delta pledge and an honor
student in home economics.
Formal bids'were extended to the
new members today. They will wear
the blue and bronze colors of Sphinx
until the formal initiation which will
take place at a date to be announced
later.
Sphinx was organized in 1935 with
the definite'aim of petitioning Mortor
Board, ranking national honorary so­ciety
for young women, for member­ship
in that organization.
Founders of the organization and
present members include Frances Ash-urst,
Mary Elizabeth Watson, Mary
Jim Enloe, Sarah Hooper, Ruth Jones,
Melba Holly, and Helen Gardiner. The
society furnishes an opportunity to
honor those co-ed students who have
made a definite contribution of service
to the college. ' It is the only honor
society of its type on the campus.
The group will hold its next meet­ing
Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock
at 121 E. Thatch Ave. ""* ,
An expert in Neuro-psychiatry has
been added to the Williams College
health department.
N O T I C E !
A large number of lost and found
articles have been turned in at the
Plant Service office. Students may
claim lost articles from the office, lo­cated
on the second floor of the Power
House, upon proper identification.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
AWNINGS
FOR THE HOME OR OFFICE
Estimates Gladly Given
"Several Years Experience"
See
WOODROW TEDDER
293 OPELIKA ROAD
N O T I C E !
To Boarding House Keepers
The Director of the Summer Session
is now preparing a directory of sum­mer
session boarding houses. Refer­ence
to this directory will be made in
the summer session announcement.
The directory will be furnished, free
of charge, upon request of prospective
summer session students.
All persons who expect to operate
boarding houses during the summer
would do well to communicate that
fact to the Summer Session Office,
telephone 333, not later than Friday
of this week.
A LIGHT SMOKE
OF RICH, RIPE-BODIED TOBACCO
Over a period of years, certain basic
advances have been made in the selec­tion
and treatment of cigarette tobaccos
for Lucky Strike Cigarettes.
They include preliminary analyses of
the tobacco 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.
Luckies are less acid
Recertt chemical t»*H (how*
that other popular brand*
have an excess of acidity
Strike of
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Exeats of Acidity of Other Popular Brortdi Ovtr lucky Strike Cigarettes
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