1936-02-12 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 1936 NUMBER 33
TIGERS DEFEAT
SEWANEE TWICE
IN GAMES HERE
Fast Stepping Auburn Quintet
Downs Sewanee In Two-Tilt
Series During First Of Week
Auburn From The Air On A Sunday Afternoon
PLAY STEADY GAME
Plainsmen Will Engage South­ern
In Alumni Gymnasium;
Only Two G a m e s Remaining
By EUGENE LEE
The fast stepping Tiger quintet has
added three more victims to their win
. column since the thrilling victory over
Georgia Tech last week. A crack
team from Fort Benning, Georgia, was
defeated Saturday night in Alumni
Gym, and the Plainsmen whipped Se­wanee
Monday and Tuesday nights to
sw.eep the four game series with the
Tennessee Tigers.
In last night's game Auburn found
Sewanee offering far more opposition
than they had to contend with in
Monday night's game. Several times
in the early stage of the game, the
Plainsmen worked the ball down to
their goal but failed to score due to
the close guarding of the Sewanee
five.
Sewanee was the first to break ice.
Mitchell scored with a long one from
back of the foul circle. Eaves' made a
free throw good, and McKissick placr
ed one through the hoop from directly
under the goal to give Auburn a lead
that was held throughout the game.
The Sewanee sharp-shooters got busy
near the middle of the first period
and came within two points of tying
Auburn's 17 to 15 lead, but Buddy
Crew and Andrew Curlee, two of the
Tiger's fast working sophomores,
teamed up to pull away from Sewanee*
at the end.of the period. Crew sank
a free throw, and Curlee followed with
two goals from under the basket to
place Auburn ahead with a 23 to 15
score at the half.
Auburn managed to finish the game
with only a two point addition to this
lead during the last half. The game
ended with the Tigers holding a ten
point margin from a 41 to 31 victory.
Both teams fought hard during this
half. Nearly the same margin was
maintained throughout the half.
Crew, McKissick, Mitchell, Eaves,
Curlee, and Rodgers saw service in
this game. Mitchell was high scorer
with 13 points. Crew and Curlee fol­lowed
with 10 and 7 respectively.
Auburn won an easy victory over
Sewanee in the game Monday night.
Every member of the squad saw ser­vice
in helping the Tigers down the
University of the South 42 to 18.
The Tigers held the lead throughout
the game and ran up the largest mar­gin
of the year.
McKissick, Crew,- and Mitchell led
the scorers. Others to play were
Eaves, Curlee, Barnes, Black, Bot­toms,
Morland, Wood, Rodgers and
Hamm.
The Plainsmen engage Birmingham-
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Two Games Scheduled
For Local High Team
The Auburn high school basketball
team will meet two formidable oppos­ing
teams this week in Reeltown and
Wetumpka. The game with the Reel-town
team will be played tonight in
the girls gym at 7:00, and the game
with the Wetumpka team will be
played in Wetumpka Friday night.
In a previous game with Reeltown,
the Auburn boys were the losers by
a six point margin. Tonight, the
locals are planning to even up the
score in games won. The game Fri­day
night with Wetumpka is the first
one of the current season to be played
between the two schools.
Last Thursday night, the high
school cagers affectively bottled up a
strong Lanett quintet, and won the
game by a score-of 16 to 10. The
locals played such a strong defensive
game throughout that the Lanett team
succeeded in making only one field
goal. John and Charlie Ham were
high scorers of the game for Auburn.
WELLBEING OF AUBURN IS
AT STAKE DUNCAN REPORT
INFORMS TRUSTEES TODAY
FACTS
From all appearances it would seem that the above picture was taken sometime during a Sunday when students are either in bed or in the
picture show. At any rate, there can be no doubt that the above is a perfect picture of the peace and quietness that is only too common to
Auburn. The picture was taken recently by the Photo Section of the Air Corps, Maxwell Field, in Montgomery.
FOURTH STRAIGHT
BASKETBALL GAME
WON BY FRESHMEN
Frosh Basketballers Show Ex­cellent
Form In Trouncing
Both Lanett And Selma High
Auburn's freshman cagers rolled up
their fourth straight win last night by
beating the heretofore undefeated
Selma high school five, 44-20. Selma
had previously beaten the State cham­pions
of last year, Tuscaloosa, twice
by sizeable margins and had won 17
straight high school games.
Theron Karge, Auburn's lanky cen­ter,
grabbed the scoring spotlight with
six field goals for a total of 12 points.
He was followed by Holmes with
seven markers. Bryant scored seven
points to lead Selma.
The Tigers lost no time in asserting
their superiority. With Karge, Holmes,
and O'Reilly all shooting accurately,
Auburn piled up a 9-5 lead at the first
period and was coasting along at
halftime, 21-7. The third quarter was
opened with a basket by Roueche, fol­lowed
by a basket and a freethrow by
Childress. Dudley sank a freethrow,
followed by a basket to end the scor­ing
for that period, Auburn leading,
31-13. The last stanza saw Karge
cut loose with three baskets, Ed­wards,
Streetman, and Dudley each
sinking one apiece.
Tommy Edwards came through
with a timely basket in the last two
seconds of play to give the Auburn
rats a 40-39 victory over Lanett Ath­letic
Club last Monday night.
The game was the closest of the
season, the outcome never certain un­til
the final gun. Lanett got off to a
3-0 lead but it was soon knotted at 8
all. At the half the score stood 17-
17, mainly by the shooting of Bill Dud­ley
who sank three baskets in the
opening half.
In the second half Lanett gradually
grew away to a small lead but it was
narrowed down with the able assist­ance
of Holmes. With two minutes
left to play the score stood Auburn
36, Lanett 39, but O'Reilly and Ed­wards
sank two timely goals to give
Auburn a 40-39 victory.
Holmes scored ten points to take
scoring honors. He was pressed for
the honor by Dudley, who accounted
for eight points, and O'Reilly, who
gathered six tallies.
Auburn has a return engagement
with Lanett at Lanett Wednesday
night.
CLEMSON MEET IS
FIRST ENCOUNTER
OF LOCAL BOXERS
Newly Organized Boxing Team
Will Match Skill Against
Clemson In Bouts On Friday
The first boxing team to ever repre­sent
Auburn against a collegiate op­ponent
will depart from the Plains
Friday morning for a match with
Clemson College. Eight Tiger leather
slingers, under the direction of Coach
Dell Morgan, are scheduled to tie up
with the boxers of the Southern Con­ference
Tigers of Clemson College on
Friday night.
Representing Auburn in this match
are Raymond Callaway, heavy; Travis
Vernon, light heavy; William White­head,
165 pound class; Everett Owens,
155 pound class; Vaughn Terry, 145
pounder; John Adams, 135 class, and
Frank Triolo, 125 division. Cecil
Cothran will make the trip and will
fight if Coach Morgan is successful in
finding a flyweight opponent for him.
The squad has gone through two
months of conditioning and will enter
the match in fair shape. All lack ex­perience
and this disadvantage will
dispel all hopes of obtaining a victory
over the more experienced Clemson
team. The Clemson boxing teams
have always been a power in the
Southern Conference.
Although this wjll be the only match
the team will engage in this year, the
members will continue practice upon
their return to the campus. Coach
Morgan desires that the ones who do
not make the trip also continue the
practice. The athletic department
purchased equipment for the team this
fall with the view of adding boxing
permanently as one of the sporting
divisions of the department. Coach
Morgan will continue to devote as
much of his time as possible to the
development of the team.
Publications Group
Will Meet On Monday
The Publications Committee, com­posed
by P. O. Davis, Doug Wallace,
Herman Harris, Alton Graves, and
Blake Campbell, will meet next Mon­day
afternoon at 4 o'clock to deter­mine
the eligibility rules for candi­dates
in the coming spring elections
for publication offices.
A number of candidates will run for
offices in spring.
Military Ball Program
10:00—First no-break.
10:15—Second no-break.
10:30—Scabbard and Blade lead-out.
10:45—Third no-break.
11:00—Grand March.
11:30 to 12:00—Intermission.
12:15—Fourth no-break.
12:30—Engineer lead-out.
12:45—Artillery lead-out.
1:00—Fifth no-break.
1:15—Sixth no-break.
Final Plans Made By
Local Glee Club For
Extended Tour Soon
Arrangements for the annual tour
of the Auburn Glee Club have been
completed, news from the business
staff of the group disclosed.
The tour will be taken the week of
March 2 and concerts are to be given
in six South Alabama cities, including
Huntingdon College, Montgomery;
Brewton, Fairhope, Mobile, Atmore,
and Greenville.
Thirty selected members of the club
will leave Monday morning by bus
for Montgomery where the first con­cert
will be presented at Huntingdon
College. Tuesday night the group will
sing in Brewton and the following
night in Fairhope. At Mobile the
Azalea Trail Commission of the Ju­nior
Chamber of Commerce will spon­sor
the organization's appearance. A
special program will be featured in
the Battle House with a dance fol­lowing.
The Auburn Knights will
furnish the music. Friday night At-
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Assistance Will Be
Given Veterans Here
SCHOOL FINANCES
FORM MAJOR ITEM
FACING ASSEMBLY
Special Session Of Legislature
- Called By Governor To Raise
Revenue For Coming Year
Interesting Facts Deduced In
City After Heavy Rains
During Past Month
Believe it or not!
Approximately 1,364,160 tons of
water in the form of rain fell within
the city limits of Auburn during the
past month of January. This figure
is easily arrived at when it is known
that each inch of rainfall on level
ground equals a little better than 101
tons per acre, and there are 1,120
acres in Auburn. Exactly 12.06
inches of rainfall were recorded dur-
| ing the month.
Further facts deduced from this
same figure prove exceedingly inter­esting.
For instance, it was found that
the total rainfall for the month equal­led
327,500,000 gallons of water
which would be sufficient 'to provide
the needs of the city for one year and
two months. Each person consumes
on an average of 150 gallons of water
per day. Including students, the
population of Auburn may be con­servatively
estimated at 5,000.
If all this water were put in tanks
the size of the one recently construct­ed
here (200,000 gals.), it would take
1,638 such tanks. A gallon of water
equals a fraction more than 62 cubic
feet, which is about the same as say­ing
that the January rainfall here
equalled about 4,400,500 cubic feet.
In other words, if all this water were
put in a container one foot square,
it would reach more than four million
feet-in the air, or approximately 850
miles, or almost the distance between
Auburn and Chicago.
Members Of Auburn Board Of
Trustees Meet This Morning
In Governor Graves' Office
FINANCES ARE STRESSED
Duncan Cites Great Increase In
Enrollment; Shows Teachers
Not Being Paid For Services
Editor's Note: This is the first in a
series of news articles concerning the
Alabama Legislature now in session.
It is expected that many of the bills
passed by the body will have a direct
bearing on Auburn as well as other
similar State institutions.
Assistance will be given World War
veterans in making applications for
bonds by the local John H. Wills Post
of the American Legion, it was an­nounced
by Prof. A. D. Burke, post
commander.
In addition, Postmaster Homer
Wright states that he also will be
glad to help veterans in filling out
their applications.
Those rendering this service for the
Legion are Anderson Blackburn, who
may'be found at the Tiger Motor
Company and Sgt. S. Fitzpatrick at
the Military Office in Samford Hall.
Professor Burke stated that the as­sistance
would be given the veterans
without charge.
By THE EDITOR
The present critical financial situa­tion
now being faced by the State's
educational institutions will be one
of the major items for consideration
for the special session of the legisla­ture
which officially opened shortly
before noon yesterday.
The primary purpose, of course, of
the special session as called by Gov.
Graves is to raise the necessary oper­ating
revenue for the State. It is
conservatively estimated that upward
of $10,000,000 will be needed for the
next fiscal year in which education is
expected to fight for' its due share of
the revenue.
R presentative Shell Toomer, from
Lee County, in an interview Monday,
made it definitely clear that he will
not under any circumstances vote for
any revenue raising bill unless parity
for education is established through a
constitutional amendment beforehand.
An increased State revenue would be
of little benefit to the schools, he said,
unless education was first put on an
equal footing with the other State in­stitutions.
Yesterday a proposed constitutional
amendment was introduced by Repre­sentative
Douglass, of Jefferson
County, to place education on a par­ity
with all other government func­tions.
This measure has been endors­ed
by organized education in the
State.
. A second bill, introduced by Senator
Hayse, of Tuscaloosa, provided for a
constitutional amendment which would
put education on a "preferred" list
for State funds.
Should this parity bill pass both
houses of the legislature, it will
then be submitted to a vote of the
people as an amendment to the State
Constitution. Toomer was confident
that the people of the state would
favor the amendment by a large ma-
(Continued on page 4)
Polo Practices Are
Now Being Held For
Approaching Season
Under the direction of Captain W.
J. Klepinger, Auburn's varsity polo
team will complete its third week of
practice this week. The squad has
been working out daily but has con­fined
its activities thus far to the
preliminary work of training • the
ponies and to mallet swinging ses­sions
in the practice cages, two of
which have been completed only re­cently.
Scrimmages will probably begin
about the first of March, after which
a more definite idea of the men who
are to compose the team will be had
by Capt. Klepinger and his assistant,
Capt. McKinnon.
At present the squad is divided into
two units, the "A" squad being com­posed
of more experienced players.
The men composing this squad are:
Ivey, Bacon, Brawner, Burson, Chan­dler,
Chapman, Piccione, Clark, Dex­ter,
Hardie, Hicks, Milam, J. O. Rush,
Wesley, Worsham, Walter, Johnson,
and J. M. Childers. H. G. Kitchens
(Continued on page 4)
Literature Class To
Have Lecture Series
(Special to the Plainsman)
The board of trustees of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute at a meet­ing
in the office of Governor Graves
Wednesday morning, were informed
by President L. N. Duncan that Au­burn
is operating this year with 23
per cent more students than were en­rolled
last year and, on the other
hand, with a substantial reduction in
funds.
Doctor Duncan said that enrollment
for all of the 1934-35 session was
1,912 against 2,332 to date this sea­son,
with .a few more to enroll before
the final date for registration, Febru­ary
15. £ince 1932-33 Auburn's en­rollment
has increased 35 per cent.
"While more students require more
classrooms, more laboratory equip­ment
and supplies, and more instruc­tors
our funds have declined substan­tially
from a year ago," Dr. Duncan
commented. "We have paid to date
this session 60 per cent of our reduc­ed
salaries; and we can't expect to
pay more than this unless more state
funds become available. At present
we are expecting only 26.43 per cent
of our state appropriations but hoping
that the legislature now in session will
give us relief. With the help of stu­dent
fees and federal funds, we have
paid to date 60 per cent of- our sal­aries
due, but we don't know how long
this can continue."
Dr. Duncan reported that Auburn
has enrolled this year 870 freshmen.
Previously only two freshman classes
at Auburn exceeded 600.
The school of agriculture now has
more than twice as many students as
were enrolled a year ago. This is due
to d big increase in the freshman
class, the total of which in agriculture
is 109. The total in agriculture last
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Riflemen Begin Year
With Postal Matches
Beginning with the first lecture last
night, the class in current literature
is sponsoring a series of lectures on
various phases of literature by differ­ent
members of the faculty. The se­ries
will continue for an indefinite
number of weeks and will be held each
Tuesday night at 7 o'clock in Sam-ford
Hall.
Prof. J. R. Rutland will speak next
Tuesday on a few of the outstanding
American poets to be followed in suc­ceeding
weeks with talks by E. C.
Blackshear on Current Drama; H. W.
Adams on Current Biography; and
Dr. C. P. Weaver on the Novel and
Short Story. Other speakers will be
added to the list as the series prog­resses.
The public is invited to these lec-
Officially opening their season the
Auburn Rifle Team last week fired six
postal matches, winning two and los­ing
four. The team is rapidly round­ing
into form, and it is expected that
within a short period the squad will
be in good form to win the greater
majority of matches fired.
The ten men composing the team
shot a total score in all four positions
of 3,596, the five highest making a
score of 1,821. Returns from the
schools matched last week by the local
riflemen include: Western Md., 3,552;
Georgia, 3,645; V. M. I., 3,611; Uni­versity
of West Virginia, 3,497;
Penn. State University, 1,866; and
University of Wyoming, 3,643.
The high scorers for the week in the
order named are: J. L. Callaway, 370;
M. L. Hardeman, 365; N. G. Brad­ford,
361; E. Tomlinson, 359; W. W.
Brunson, 357; A. A. Rich, 356; E. A.
Wright, 356; J. Triolo, 353; and J.
Robbins, 353. The only perfect score
of 100 was made by Strickland in the
sitting position.
The following men have been select­ed
to fire next week in the Fourth
Corps Area Championship match:
Booth, Bradford, Brunson, Callaway,
Dexter, Hardeman, Lee, Panell, Rich,
Robbins, Shwarts, Strickland, Swen-son,
Tomlinson, Wells, E. A. Wright,
McKenzie, Wilkes, Moyer, and Ellis.
The above are requested to report
to the range for special practice at
7 o'clock tomorrow night.
NOTICE !
Members of O. D. K. are requested
to be present at a meeting of the or-tures,
and college credit will be given | ganization Thursday evening at 8
to students taking the course. o'clock in Samford Hall.
P A G E TWO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 1936
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Sad State Of Affairs
It has always appeared as a right pecu­liar
fact that the Plainsman is published
from week to week through the efforts of
but a small handful of students. In fact,
at times it is quite astounding that the
paper comes off the press as often as it
does. It is possible only through the efforts
of a few students who are not afraid of a
little exrta work. They are to be com­mended.
Their only compensation is what
joy they might realize through the actual
writing and the experience they are getting
at the same time.
In spite of this, the Plainsman could use
many more writers. Not every student has
the ability to write or even so much as the
desire. There is a course being offered at
present in advanced writing which includes
a number of students who are fairly good
writers, yet this class contributes absolutely
nothing to the college paper. It seems to
us that this represents a rather sad state
of affairs.
A little investigation was conducted just
out? of pure curiosity, and the reason this
class was little heard of was only too ap­parent.
Although the subjects upon which
the students were to write were not specific­ally
defined, they ran something on the
order of: Your most exciting experience, or
something that impressed you very much.
This is nothing more than high school or
even grammar school tripe and naturally is
not suited for publication.
It would be every bit as helpful in learn­ing
to write and infinitely more interesting
for the students if they were given the
opportunity to write on subjects of a gen­eral
interest to the student body which could
be published in this paper. There is a
wealth of material on the campus which is
unquestionably beyond the scope of the
Plainsman staff to exploit. The class in ad­vanced
writing could much to their benefit
write on these subjects and thus not only
aid themselves but their student paper as
well. Generally speaking, the class is con­fined
mostly to learning how to write for
magazine publication, yet their efforts are
never heard of ,or even mentioned. The
Plainsman offers a wonderful opportunity to
these writers to experience the thrill in
writing for publication. Their efforts
would be amply rewarded.
Honor At Chapel Hill
Brought to light at the University of
North Carolina recently was one of the
smoothest cheating systems that has proba­bly
eve/ existed in any American college
or university. Following days of investiga­tion
behind closed doors, 98 cases were pre­sented
before the student governing body
with the result that 48 students were sus­pended
from school.
An interesting aspect was thrown on the
doings when one of the victims retaliated
by charging several members of the student
council, including the president, with cheat­ing.
Later the charges were withdrawn,
only to be followed with a statement by the
council president admitting that he cheated
in French during his freshman year. Well
aware that freshman cheating is not ordi­narily
cause for suspension, he asked that
he be made an exception. He was suspend­ed
by a unanimous vote of the council.
The situation at Chapel Hill is not an
exceptional one, nor is-it one for any great
concern. The organization got beyond con­trol,
as such things will, which depend for
their existence almost wholly upon secrecy
among those involved. Behind the Tar Heel
affair was one exceedingly clever at the
game who saw the possibilities of putting
cheating on an organized basis for personal
profit. There is no getting around the fact
that such a system as was in effect at Cha­pel
Hill is bound to come out into the light
before long. The man behind the scenes
might be clever enough to evade detection,
but as a rule his clients are not so clever
and spill the beans sooner or later.
There is probably no institution of learn­ing
in the country that can truly boast of
a perfect honor system. The best any col­lege
can do is discourage the practice as
much as possible by dealing effectively with
those caught with the goods.
Any student with a quick eye can detect
cheating during examinations. In many
cases it doesn't even require a quick eye.
It is as evident as the nose on one's face.
Cheating is a difficult situation for any col­lege
to combat In the first place, not one
student out of several hundred will report
another student for cheating for various
reasons. He feels that it is none of his busi­ness,
and because he has prob%bly cheated
once or twice himself he doesn't have any
ax to grind. Any professor knows he is
getting into hot water when he accuses a
student of cheating. It is much, simpler
rather to reprimand the student on the spot
and then let the matter drop, hoping that
the student will refrain from cheating in
the future. And once accused, unless there
is plenty of good evidence handy, the aver­age
student will swear on a stack of Bibles
of any other form of literature that he did
not cheat but was simply resting his eyes
by looking out the window or doing some­thing
else just as plausible.
The incident at Chapel Hill only goes to
prove that cheating on an organized basis
cannot long endure. Cheating on a petty
basis which exists at all colleges will proba­bly
never be completely curbed. But once
let it become organized into a system, and
the whole thing will be swept away like
cobwebs from the old barn rafters.
Study In Comparisons
Nothing so clearly shows the sorry con­dition
of Alabama's school finances as do
the figures recently published by the Mont­gomery
Parent-Teacher Council. Both those
who claim the schools are extravagant and
those who claim a few minor reorganization
measures in state government would pro­vide
sufficient funds should study those fig-ures
carefully. • *'
The school. system of Montgomery has
always been looked upon as one of the bet­ter
systems of the state. In fact, Mont­gomery
has often pointed with pride to its
excellent school system. The buildings and
equipment in Montgomery are positively
luxurious compared with those in some Ala­bama
schools.
Yet, in spite of Montgomery's supremacy
in Alabama, her school system is proverty
stricken wheh compared with that of cities
of the nation having an equal number of
school children. With nearly 16,000- stu­dents,
Montgomery schools, operate on $381,-
000 per year. East St. Louis, 111., with
slightly fewer students, spends more than
one million, or three times as much, per
year.
Austin, Texas, with nearly 2,000 fewer
children, spends well more than a half mil­lion
dollars. Roanoke, Va., with a thou­sand
fewer students spends $635,000, or
nearly twice as much. Lowell, Mass., with
500 fewer students, spends on her schools
$1,125,000, or three times as much as Mont­gomery
demands. Topeka, Kan., another
state capital, has approximately the same
number of school children, but requires 30
more teachers and spends almost a million
dollars.
Wheeling, W. Va., has 2,000 fewer stu­dents
than does Montgomery; yet Wheeling
has 502 teachers as compared to Montgom­ery's
344, and spends nearly a million dol­lars
per year. Almost all of the school
systems listed in the study, though their
total enrollment is below Montgomery's,
employ more teachers than does our capital.
Conditions in Montgomery are indicative
of those in other parts of the state. Schools
are poverty stricken and crowded as com­pared
with those in most other states. Ala­bama
cannot hope to compete with other
states in agriculture, industry, culture, as
long as these conditions exist. We are al­most
at the bottom now in wealth per cap­ita;
if our education is allowed to continue
poverty stricken, we will stay near the bot­tom.
No investment would pay such satis­factory
dividends as more money for Ala­bama
schools.
While she is near the bottom in per cap­ita
wealth, this state has the largest per­centage
of children of school age of any
state. That means, if satisfactory schools
are to be maintained, Alabama must sacri­fice
more than does the average state to
raise sufficient revenue. Many states much
better off than Alabama have resorted to
the sales tax to get school revenue. Why
does Alabama hesitate?
Bull Session Passes
Recently there was printed on this page
an editorial on the passing of the famed
college bull session. It is true, the bull
session has practically disappeared from
college life. No more do students gather at
night and discuss "wimmin," politics, or
generally pass the time in affable conversa­tion.
What has taken the place of the bull ses­sion?
Surely; it can't be that students now
are burdened with too much school work
to allow for a few hours off in the even­ing?
No, that can't be the case, and neither
can it be said that students have resolved
to study more and make higher grades.
Probably just as many or more flunk today
as did in the days of the full session up in
Joe's room.
The Plainsman is of the opinion that the
common subjects of the bull session have
been replaced in many instances by a dis­cussion
of^whether duces and aces should
be wild or just duces, or a discussion on how
much will pass hands when the dice unex­pectedly
total seven. It seems that most
students have passed up the bull session for
something more exciting, say a fast crap
game or a few hours with the cards.
This Collegiate World
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
Two excellent pieces of journalism got
into the college press this last week. One
was an interview by Samuel Mintz, Univer­sity
of Wisconsin, with the late Huey Long
and the other was an accidental interview
with a boy just off a chain gang, by a re­porter
for the Princeton paper.
* * * *
Mintz' story gave an idea of Long's tre­mendous
bustling, hectic, overflowing en­ergy.
Excerpt:
A door flew open, Huey's head popped out.
A "come on in, boy!" went rumbling down
the hall.
"I'm a college student." I got no fur­ther.
"I know all about colleges. I run one."
"What do you think should be taught in
college?"
"Arithmetic. That's all. Plain and sim­ple
arithmetic. You've got to show the boys
that there's something wrong in nine hun­dred
and ninety-nine hawgs being fed on one
portion of hawg feed and one hawg being
fed on nine hundred and ninety-nine por­tions
of hawg feed.
"What you've got to do, boy, is read."
He jumped out of his chair, almost over­turning
his desk. He elbowed a very pretty
secretary out of the way. "I'll give you
some real literature. Ever hear about the
Share the Wealth idea?"
Suddenly he left me. He ran into an
adjoining room. I turned to go. "Where
are you going?" Mr. Long was back. "Did
you say you were a college student?"
"Well, listen to me: Don't you grow into a
college professor and become a brain-truster.
Do you hear?"
* * * *
The Princetonian interview demonstrated
that slave-driving conditions still exist in
the southern chain-gang. "All a fellow had
to do was even look cock-eyed at a guard
and he'd get the lash," said the interviewee.
"If you've ever had a lash with a piece of
iron on the end come down on your back
you'll know how it feels."
Shackles, he said, were clamped on his
legs and the rivets smashed with an iron
hammer.
* * * *
Governor Martin L. Davey, of Ohio, has
been rather tough on the state allotments
of funds to Ohio State University. As a
result, an old epigram is being passed about
on the campus in this new form: "Don't put
off until tomorrow what you can do to
Davey."
* * * *
Progression a la undergraduate:
Hesitation
Trepidation
Interrogation
Information
Investigation
Confirmation
Jubilation
Graduation
* * * *
Do you follow?
* * 1
One boy the principal couldn't lick.
He's Robert Wadlow, 17 years old, who
has just been graduated from high school
in Alton, Illinois. He is going to enter col­lege
next fall to study law. We don't know
for sure, but we imagine Robert is being
deluged by offers from college basket-ball
coaches right now.
For Robert is 8 feet, 4 inches in height
and weighs 390 pounds.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
At last the Laundry has disposed of the button-crusher machine. The new
duplex machine, just installed, removes shirt-buttons and shoots them through socks
in one operation.
* * * . * * * * * * *
One of the intelligentia frequently comes forth with a bright saying: "Little
Audrey" Taylor asked Doner for a beat the next class. "Let's see," he mused, "A
beat is a vegetable. It's either a beet or a turnip, and if I turnip it's not a beet,
is it?" Little Audrey sat down.
* * * * * * * * * *
Small Child (to Sam Gibbons): "Hey, papa."
Sam: "Say kid, when you call me that, SMILE!"
* * * * * * * * * *
Wingo was a chemist,
But he ain't so any more.
What he thought was H=0
Was HsSO..
• —Herman Laatsch.
* * * * * * * * * *
"Your methods of cultivation are entirely out-of-date," said Nettles Ivey. "Why,
I'd be surprised if you got even ten pounds of apples from this tree."
"So wud I," returned Farmer sBrown. "It's a pear tree."
* * * * * * * * > * *
"My head is getting cold," said Doner as he dismissed his five o'clock class.
* * * * * * * * * *
If all the girls at Montevallo were seated at one long table, they would un­doubtedly
reach. (Puny throw-back.)
* * * * * * * * * *
And didn't those little Montevallo lassies look just too sweet to start a debate.
* * . * * * • * . * * *
As long as Jarvis Brown wears a tux to Physics Lab.—we are not all farmers.
* * * * * * * * * *
Imagine a man with a tux on looking into the south end of a north-bound
mule.
* * * * * * * * * *
In a small country town it happens that there is a church at each end of the
town. The town paper printed the following notice: "There will be preaching at
11 o'clock in the church at North End, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon at the South
End. Infants will be baptized at both ends."
* * * * * * * * * *
"I'll be frank with you," said Pat when the embrace was over, "you're not the
first girl I've ever kissed."
"And I'll be equally frank with you," she replied, "you've got a lot to learn."
* * * * * * * * * *
Why does Godbold always stick out his tongue in the most ungodly manner
when drawing a sabre?
* * * * * * * * * *
' Joe Purvis is now collecting a fund to aid the widow of the Unknown Soldier.
* * * * * * * * * *
The other morning as*I slept peacefully, dreaming of a nice quiet war some­where,
a series of echoing and.re-echoing explosions disturbed my calm. "Ye Gods!"
thought I, dreaming, "This war is becoming too realistic; that last one sounded
louder, too." Suddenly a gigantic explosion lifted me straight up into the air. As
I came back to earth, and incidentally to my bed, now thoroughly awake, a figure
darted across the room. Oh! Only my freshman closing the window.
* * * * * * * * * *
Did you ever stop to think what might have happened to American history if
the British soldiers at Bunker Hill had had yellow jaundice?
On Other Campuses — By The Wanderer
Employing methods that would put gov­ernment
G-men to shame, a group of eight
University of North Carolina students
worked for six days gathering and check­ing
evidence against a gigantic cheating
ring existing in the college.
Empowered by a search warrant, they
entered the room of the suspected ring­leader
and discovered letters from students
who had had correspondence courses done
for them, papers in preparation, account
books, and many other pieces of evidence.
On examination they found that the evi­dence
showed that many of their personal
friends and many of the most important
campus figures were involved. Unflinch­ingly
they wdnt on with their labor and
after days and nights of secret work in
guarded rooms, turned the completed evi­dence
over to the student council, to whom
the administration of the honor system is
left at North Carolina.
Sitting in secret sessions, the council
tried the involved students. To date, there
have been 48 suspensions, 22 acquittals, and
31 cases in which the defendant was not in
school.
By using a pass key and with the help of
a confederate in the mimeographing depart­ment,
the leaders in the ring were able to
secure copies of quizzes "and examinations
before the date upon which they were to
be given. These were sold to students,
along with the answers. Students could
purchase any quizzes to be given in the en­tire
university, except those in chemistry,
and in all cases could get answers worth A,
B, C, or lower, by paying accordingly.
Climaxing this series of#events, Jack Pool,
president of th estudent body, reported to
the council that he cheated on an examina­tion
during his freshman year and moved
his indefinite suspension. He cast his own
vote as the council unanimously suspended
him.
* * * *
The New Rochelle Tatler tells of a fresh­man
at Allegheny College who, on an intel­ligence
examination, answered the question,
"When do the leaves begin to turn?" with
the statement: "The same night the mid­night
oil begins to burn—the night before
Bobbie is still growing. Doctors think
he may become the tallest man in recorded
history.
* * * *
One would think Mr. Wadlow should be
able to impress a jury.
According to the Lehigh Brown and
White, the University of Maryland has
hired a trained nurse for its book store.
Her job is to quote prices on text books,
and then administer restoratives to the in­quiring
student.
Fear of "classroom ballyhoo" and exer­cises
in "exhibitionism" caused Harvard
students to oppose a plan to adopt oral ex­aminations
in literature and history courses.
* * * *
1
When you first saw this
You probably thought
It was a poem.
2
By this time you have
Surely found out
That it isn't.
3
Isn't it funny
People will keep
Right on reading when
They know darn well
They're being fooled?
—^The Reveille.
* * * *
The Daily Tar Heel says that despite the
fact that a University of Minnesota student
failed in a course on "How to Study," he
made a "B" average.
* * * *
A Colorado University student caught
drinking is forced to attend Sunday School
for three years. Yes, every Sunday.
* * * *
Not so long ago we cited in this column
what we thought was a pretty good defini­tion,
but our all-time medal for definitions
goes to the co-ed from a mid-western col­lege
who recently crashed through with this
one: "A bolt is a thing like a stick of hard
metal, such as iron, with a square bunch
on one end and a lot of scratching wound
around the other end. A nut is similar to
a bolt, only just opposite, being a hole in a
chunk of iron sawed off short with wrinkles
around the inside of the hole."
* * * *
Students at the University of Kansas
have petitioned to change beginning classes
from 8:30 to 8 o'clock in the morning. A
Daily Texan columnist suggests that some­one
write a letter "explaining to them ex­actly
what they are getting into."
Fraternities at the University of Califor­nia
at Los Angeles have gone on record as
opposing the abolition of compulsory mili­tary
training.
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.
* * * * TIMELY ending of the kid next door's
prayer: "And if my feet get cold
again tonight, Lawd, my nickle goes
for candy next Sunday.
* * * *
These are the kinds of weather ice boxes
just waste their time. But if you are cold
just think of the earth worm. That ground
outside is froze harder than a cross word
puzzle . . . even fit to skate on, were one in
the mood to skate on. Temperatures in the
Dakotas read like 1930 stock quotations.
Temperatures here read like Freshman
English grades I used to make when I had
to read "Paradise Lost." A dill pickle in
the ice box is fortunate in comparison to
we who take our noses and ears out to turn
blue as the July sky..
* * * *
In my estimation a polar bear is a white
faced fool.
* * * *
Sitting writing on a frigid typewriter is
neither fun when one has to wear top coat,
hat, and mittens at 1:30 A. M. iA gas
heater is good only for lighting cigarettes
one shouldn't smoke because of the three
cent tax for some politician to spend. The
cold isn't minded so much when one can
think that politicians, architects, and bridge
players can also get cold.
* * * *
A bass fiddle is a swollen violin, and a,
harp is when someone slaps the frame off
the piano after intermission.
* * * *
Shep Fields, and his alleged band, are
now playing at the Coconut Grove in L. A.,
and can be heard via KRI. The Coconut
Grove, a California imitation of Miami's
Roney Plaza's palm garden.
Fields plays the same but better than
Hal Kemp, who looks as if he is cold, too.
Even looks that way in May.
The local minister who advocates a hoss
n' buggy for courtin' in preference to the
automobile must remember the exhaust
pipe of the auto is behind instead of in front
of the scene of action.
The hoss had his advantage in that one
never much heard of a hoss trying to bodac-iously
run over a freight train at a crossing.
He didn't give a drun about stumps and
hedges when he decided he wanted to run
away, tho.
* * * *
Will my friend, the shoe salesman of the
Sigma Nu House listen tomorrow night to
Clyde Lucas on the Columbia chain so as
we can have a decent orchestra down here
for the final dances? The music tomorrow
night won't be so awfully good because of
the fact that the programme is most en­tirely
made up of the new Irving Berlin
tunes for the new Ginger Rogers show,
"Follow the Fleet." Those tunes were in­troduced
Sunday by Lombaro and even he
couldn't make them sound like anything,
but Lucas may get around to playing some­thing
else, and even his kid brother may
sing his Chinese piece. That particular
number would lay you Auburn students in
the aisle.
* * * #
As for Irving Berlin and his new tunes:
Until the time that he can hire better men
to write his tunes for him he should go fish­ing
with Hemingway . . . who con't write
either.
It is thought that Berlin hasn't written
a tune since he did "What'll I Do," "Blue
Skies," and the like. The remainder of the
stuff sounds as if it were written by a
bunch of twenty dollar a week office force.
Sixty-two per cent of Simmons College
school of English graduates are engaged in
some one of the writing professions.
Variations in short-wave radio signals
form the basis of a new system of weather
prediction.
Twenty-one professors and other experts
have issued a booklet condemning the Town-send
Plan as a "delusion."
SWEET AS
HONEY THE ONE
AND ONLY
Starts Sweet
Smokes Sweet
Stays Sweet
NOTHING ELSE HAS ITS FLAVOR
Aim Imperial Yillo Boh $1.50
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DRAKE SERVICES
HELD SUNDAY AT
HOME OF SISTER
Dr. Richard Drake, Vet School
Graduate And Former Resi­dent
Here, Dies In B'ham.
Dr. Richard Drake, graduate of the
Sqhool of Veterinary Medicine at Au­burn
and former resident here, died
at his home in Birmingham Friday
night. He was the son of Dr. J.
Hodges Drake, college physician at
Auburn for 50 years, and Mrs. Drake
who resides in Auburn.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home of Mrs. Mary Drake Askew,
sister of Dr. Drake, Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Burial followed in the
Auburn cemetery with J. W. Crossley,
of Opelika, in charge.
Dr. Drake was unmarried, and the
only surviving relatives are Mrs.
Drake, his mother, and Mrs. Askew,
his sister. He was related to Jesse
Drake, of Auburn, and the Samford
family in Opelika.
Marion Anderson Will
Appear In Tuskegee
Marion Anderson, negro contralto,
will appear at Logan Hall at the
Tuskegee Institute, Saturday, Febru­ary
15.
She was born in Philadelphia, made
her debut with the Philadelphia Phil­harmonic
Society, and later with the
New York Philharmonic. For the past
four years she has been touring Eu­rope
and was a phenomenal success in
England, Russia, Italy, France, Ger­many,
Scandinavia, and Russia.
Negro spirituals and old English
airs of Brahm and Schubert that com­prise
the classics of song literature of
all times will be included upon her
program.
Under the management of S. Har-ak,
Marion Anderson plans to make
an extensive tour of this country dur­ing
this season.
LOST—One Brown Felt Hat.
FOUND—One overcoat. Lopez Man-toux,
Phone 259.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
LUELLA BOTSFORD, Society Editor
Draughon Is Speaker
Before Woman's Club
(JUL
"Xka/rro J5L
BURTON'S
BOOKSTORE
"Soniething New Every Day"
Professor R. B. Draughan was the
visiting speaker at the meeting of the
Auburn Business and Professional
Women's Club on February 5. The
topic of discussion was the question
of a sound neutrality policy for the
United States.
Interest in the problem, he said, has
been created in recent years by the
astonishing revelations concerning
America's entry into the World War.
The depression, re-armament by
European countries, expansion of the
Japanese into Asia, the German Nazi
party, aijd German abrogation of the
Versailles Treaty have intensified the
interest of the American Public con­cerning
an American policy of neu­trality
in the future.
Professor Draughon, who is an
"isolationist," believes that President
Roosevelt opposed the Clark Resolu­tions
because he favors the League of
Nations. The resolutions would give
the President no power to throw the
support of this country to weaker na­tions
when opposed by stronger ones.
Preceding the address by Prof.
Draughan, Prof. Ivey reviewed the
work of the Auburn International Re­lations
Club.
Auburn Prexy Attends
Mississippi Convention
Dr. L. N. Duncan, President of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute and
Director of the State Extension Ser­vice,
attended the 37th annual conven­tion
of Southern Agricultural work­ers
in Jackson, Miss., during the week
of February 3.
Ten other extension workers also
attended the meeting and several ap­peared
on the program.
Lecture On Christian
Science Given Thursday
Dr. John M. Tutt, member of Lec­tureship
of the Mother Church of
Scientist of Boston, was presented in
Langdon Hall Thursday night by Mrs.
L. N_ Duncan.
Dr. Tutt's belief being based on this
reasoning: first, God never made evil;
second, that he knew it not, and third,
that we need not fear.
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FLOYD PLACE FOR RENT
On Opelika Street
Large House and Garden Spot
<
Robert L. Burkes
AGENT
Phone 264 - - - Auburn, Ala.
Come to the College Inn
FOR THE
CANDLE LIGHT HOUR
6:00 P. M. — FRIDAY, FEB. 14 — VALENTINE'S DAY
TURKEY DINNER
Also Baked, Stuffed Fish and Other Fresh Sea Foods
A Special Planned Musical Program at
The COLLEGE INN
Announce Marriage
Of Recent Graduate
The announcement of the engage­ment
of Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens
Weeden to Lieut. Edward Warren
Virgin, Air Corps, U. S. Army, is of
wide social interest in Alabama.
Lieut. Virgin is a graduate of Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute in the class
of 1927, and member of Pi Kappa
Alpha fraternity.
The ceremony will be performed at
the home of the bride's parents in
Aomeda, Calif., on February 12.
The bride-elect is a member of the
Junior League in Oakland, Calif., and
is an alumnae of the University of
California.
After the marriage and a wedding
trip, Lieut. Virgin and his bride will
be at home at Hamilton Field, Calif.,
where he is stationed.
The Students'
Friend
CLIFTON A. JONES
Local Kiwanis Club Hears
Talk By Walter Randolph
Walter L. Randolph, extension ser­vice
representative and specialist in
farm organization work, believes that
the decision of the United States Su­preme
Court which invalidated the
agricultural adjustment act will ex­pedite
the agricultural improvement
program in the United States. He so
declared himself Monday in a talk
before the Auburn Kiwanis Club.
The speaker said that it was the
intention of the leaders in the Admin­istration
of the adjustment act to get
to a more permanent program within
two or three years, but that the Su­preme
Court decision will start it this
year if the new agricultural bill now
before congress is enacted into law.
Mr. Randolph explained also that
during the first seventy-five years of
the Supreme Court only two acts of
congress were declared unconstitu­tional.
He said that "these two and
the majority of the subsequent laws
of the Supreme Court invalidating
acts of congress were later overruled
by the people of the United States."
Final passage of farm legislation,
now pending in congress, within two
or three weeks was predicted by the
speaker.
Student's Fear Of
English Unfounded
. Auburn students having a hostile
or fearful feeling when the English
department is mentioned should apply
in their themes the simple rules learn­ed
in the elementary grades and sur­prise
their instructors.
According to a survey recently made
at the University of Alabama, 75 per
cent of errors in English made by col­lege
students are violations of rules
learned in grammar school.
The error most frequently made was
the omission of a period at the end
of sentences and abbreviations. The
rules for the use of a period are
taught in the first grade.
Ceremony Is Had By
Local Girl Scouts
Troops II and III of the local Girl
Scouts had a combined meeting last
week for the investure ceremony. The
ceremony was conducted by Coach
Hutsell.
Troop II drew names to have a
valentine box today before they join­ed
with Troop III for the ceremony.
Valentine Dance Planned
By Alpha Psi Group
Alpha Psi fraternity will entertain
at a Valentine Dance at the Recrea­tion
Hall on Friday night from 9:30
to 1:00. There will be four no-breaks
and one fraternity lead-out. Music
will be furnished by the Auburn Cava­liers.
PERSONAL
MENTION
Informal Radio Dance
Had By Phi Delta Theta
Members of Phi Delta Theta frater­nity
entertained at an informal radio
dance at the chapter house last Wed­nesday
night from 8:30 to 12:00 for
their pledges and dates.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere ap­preciation
of the kindness of Mr.
Fick's many friends during his last
illness.
Mrs. George Fick.
Mr. Hermann T. Fick.
Mr. O. W. Fick.
Mr. C. A. Fick.
Mrs. Lyda Sharpe.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fick.
Albert Marshall, Phil Carter, Kyser
Cox, John Cravey, and John Fonville,
all former Auburn students, were in
town the past week end.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mercer spent tlje
week-end here.
* * *
Among the out-of-town girls who
attended the Kappa Alpha dances
last week-end were: June Wilson and
Marie Stokes, of Montgomery; Ann
Plant and Dorothy Wicker, of Selma;
Leigh McMeans, of Birmingham; Dot
Butler, of Fort Benning; Martha
Vinion, of Evergreen; and Rene
Moore Locklin, of Monroeville.
* * *
John Farris and Bob Greer, both
Auburn graduates, were in Auburn
this past week.
* * *
Edward Duncan is ill at his home
in Alexander City.
* » »
C. Witty Walter spent the past
week-end with Mrs. Van Pelt and
daughter, in Montgomery.
* * *
Louise Lee, of Monroeville, who at­tended
Auburn during the 1934-35
session, was a visitor here during the
week-end.
* * *
Libby Jeanne Isrell, graduate of
1933, was the week-end guest of
Caroline Lawson.
* * * -
Denzil Blue and John Harrell were
in Montgomery during the week-end.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Deathridge, of-
Lansing, Michigan, were recent guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Reeve.
* * *
Herman Harris spent the past
week-end at his home in Clanton.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Randall, of Bir­mingham,
spent the past week-end as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ed­wards.
* * *
Agnes Smith is visiting Margaret
Mullins at her home on East Magnolia
Ave.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Walters
(Erma Fort) were in Auburn re­cently.
* * *
Floyd Pugh visited her home in
Union Springs during the past week­end.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Murphey, of
Norris, Tenn., were recent guests of
their daughters, Mary and Nettie
Murphey.
Dot Sellers was
Saturday.
in Montgomery
Martha Snelling is at home in Co­lumbus,
recuperating from the flu.
* * *
Susan Anne Wallace has returned
from Nashville, where she has been
convalescing from a recent illness.
* * *
Lucille Lewis spent the week-end in
Tuskegee.
* * *
Miss Eloise Miller, who is teaching
in Aliceville, spent the past week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Miller.
Kappa Delta Sorority
Will Entertain Friday
On Friday night Sigma Lambda
Chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority will
entertain at a formal dance at the
Girl's Gym from 10:00 to 1:00. Helen
Jones and Eleanor Wright are in
charge of decorations, and are plan­ning
a novel scheme in the Valentine
motif. During the evening there will
be two no-breaks, a pledge lead-out,
and a member lead-out. The Auburn
Knights have been engaged to provide
the affair with a medley of popular
dance selections.
Dance Is Planned By
Phi Delta Theta Frat
Phi Delta Theta fraternity is giv­ing
a dance on Saturday night, Feb­ruary
15, at 9 o'clock, at the Recrea­tion
Hall. The Auburn Knights will
furnish the music. The decoration
scheme will carry out the fraternity's
colors of blue and silver.
Ham-Hamby Marriage
Is Held January 25th
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ham announce
the marriage of their daughter, Mary
Louise to Lieut. Frank Talley Hamby,
of Durant, Miss., formerly of Geor-gianna
and Birmingham. The cere­mony
was performed in Greenville on
January 25th.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hamby are Au­burn
graduates. He is a graduate of
1931, being a member of Sigma Chi
social fraternity and of Eta Kappa
Nu honorary fraternity. She finished
with the class of 1934, and during
her college career was a member of
Pi Kappa Sigma Sorority, Pan-Hel­lenic
Council, W. A. A., and Vice-
President of Woman's Student Coun­cil.
After March 1st they will make
their home in Durant, Miss., where
he is in charge of C. C. C. Camp.
Jane Goslin Engagement
Is Of Interest Here
An announcement of recent interest
was the engagement of Miss Jane
Goslin, of Cincinnati, to Mr. George
Hardy, of Washington, D. C, and for­merly
of Utah, Ala.
Mr. Hardy is an Auburn graduate
of 1933, having been a member of A.
L. T. Fraternity. He was active in
campus affairs, having been affiliated
with Spades, 6. D. K, Phi Delta
Gamma, Inter-Fraternity Council,
Executive Cabinet, and Staff of Glom-erata.
He is now associated with W.
P. A. in Washington, where he and
his bride will make their home after
the marriage in April.
Emily Hillman Marriage
Is Held January 31
The marriage of Miss Emily Hill-man
to Julius Porter Paterson, a
graduate of Auburn, took place Janu­ary
31, in Troy, Alabama.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
J. H. Hillman and the late Mr. Hill-man,
of Montgomery. She made her
debut at a brilliant party at Beaunoir
Country Club early in the winter.
Mr. Paterson is associated with the
firm of Rosemont Gardens, of Mont­gomery,
and is a member- of various
civic and patriotic organizations of
the city.
Kappa Alpha Pledges
Entertained At Dance
Nu chapter of Kappa Alpha enter­tained
their pledges with a series of
dances last Saturday, February 8, at
the reception hall. The first dance
was a tea dance, held from four to
six and the second dance was a for­mal
held from nine to twelve. Music
for both dances was furnished by the
Auburn Knights.
The decorations were an adaptation
of the valentine motif.
Flowers for all Occasions
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Bill Is Drawn To
Legalize Sale
Of Plot
A bill legalizing the sale of the
property on Tichnor Avenue, adjoint
to the postoffice, which is to be used
for the building of the new telephone
exchange, has been formulated for
presentation to the special session of
the Legislature.
This property was formerly used by
the school, but is held by the city.
No deeds existed to the property be­cause
of its being presented to the
use of the college through its land
grant.
If the bill becomes an act, it will
authorize the sale and disposal of the
property possessed for the phone ex­change
and also ratify the disposal
of other plots already made.
State-Wide Celebration
Planned By U. D. C.
The Auburn chapter of U. D. C.
plans a state-wide celebration of the
seventy-fifth anniversary of Jefferson
Davis' becoming President of the Con­federacy.
Leaders of the organization »hope to
cooperate with the governor in mak­ing
the day a holiday for schools and
the capitol.
A full program featuring a famous
southern speaker will be given in
launching the celebration of the holi­day.
The local chapter will announce
the program in the near future.
Many Register To Vote
In Lee County Primary
One hundred and thirty-eight new
voters will cast their ballot in the next
Lee County primary which will take
place in May.
The Lee County Board of Regis­trars,
of which Mrs. J. T. High is a
member, closed the registration book
with the completion of the usual local
registration period.
ENTIRE ADDRESS
ON ALL STUDENT
MAIL REQUESTED
Local Postoffice Urges All Stu­dents
To Have Entire Street
Address Put On Their Mail
All students are urged to have their
entire street address put on their
mail. This should be done since the
population is increasing and new resi­dential
sections are being developed.
Post Office officials will appreciate
this consideration.
Mail that is taken to the depot is
frequently delayed by being placed
on the wrong train. If letters are
mailed in the post office 20 minutes
before train time, they will not be
delayed. Those accustomed to these
practices should avoid it in the future.
Those persons having post office
boxes receive their mail about 15
minutes after it arrives in the city.
This is an advantage since regular
mail which is received in the morning
is not delivered until the afternoon,
and Saturday's until Monday morn­ing.
P. O. Davis Is Appointed
Kiwanis Publicity Chairman
Mr. P. O. Davis has been appointed
Publicity Committee Chairman of the
Alabama Kiwanis to serve the state
organization during 1936.
Sam Helburn, Governor of Alabama
Kiwanis District, announced the ap­pointment
of all other committee
chairmen last week.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
Formal Dance Staged
By Chi Omega Sorority
On Friday evening Alpha Beta
chapter of Chi Omega sorority enter­tained
at a formal dance at the Girl's
Gymnasium from 9:30 to 1:00. Deco­rations
were carried out in Valentine
motif. Members and pledges were
honored with two lead-outs. Music was
furnished by the Auburn Knights.
Steak Supper Had By
Epsilon Mu Epsilon
Epsilon Mu Epsilon gave a steak
supper and theater party Saturday
night. This was in honor of the
newly elected officers and members;
and for Doctors Louis E. Rosen and
Morris D. Schneider, E. M. E.'s first
Alumni.
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P A G E S IX 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, FEB. 12, 1936
WELLBEING OF AUBURN
AT STAKE REPORT OF
DUNCAN TELLS BOARD
(Continued from page 1)
year was 105. "The records show,"
Dr. Duncan added, "that enrollment in
each school at Auburn increased this
year over last. Our total increase is
about twice the average for the na­tion.
"In addition to teaching more stu­dents
we must continue to add new
courses to meet the requirements in
a social structure which is ever chang­ing
and always become more compli­cated.
To illustrate, we are now
teaching four times as many subjects
as were taught at Auburn twenty
years ago. This increase is a res­ponse
to increased demands for higher
education which Auburn must meet
to grow and serve."
Going back to the beginning of the
1932-33 session, Dr. Duncan said that
while enrollment has increased from
that date to this by 35 per cent, the
Auburn faculty has failed to receive
$476,649.54 of the salaries due under
a reduced budget. "This enormous
penalty," he said, "covers ^the period
of October 1, 1932, to January 31,
1936. It is increasing each month and
will continue to increase until funds
are available to pay reduced salaries
in full."
OPELIKA
. THEATRE •
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WEDNESDAY
WELCOME
HOME"
WITH
James Dunn
Arline Judge
MUSICAL COMEDY
NOVELTY
THURSDAY
"ESCAPADE"
WITH
William Powell
Luise Rainer
OPELIKA THEATRE
MOVIETONE NEWS
CARTOON
Dr. Duncan told the governing
board that Auburn must have more
rooms for students to occupy if this
institution is to grow. "We have
about reached the point of saturation
of student living rooms and class
rooms and laboratories," he added.
The board approved the operating
budget for the current school year,
this being the first meeting of the
Auburn board since February 22,
1935.
They also authorized President
Duncan to represent Auburn on a
committee composed of Gov. Graves
and the presidents of Auburn, the
University, and Montevallo, empower­ed
to lease Radio Station WAPI in
Birmingham for a period beginning
at the expiration of the present lease
on July 31, 1937.
Dr. Duncan praised the faculty for
their loyalty in spite of the enormous
sacrifice suffered. He insisted, how­ever,
that the very life of Auburn is
now involved and made an earnest ap­peal
for enough money to meet the
appropriations made by the 1935 leg­islature.
Members of the Auburn board are
Gov. Bibb Graves, Supt. J. A. Keller,
Dr. George Blue, Montgomery; H. H.
Conner, Eufaula; C. S. Culver, Gads­den;
Paul S. Haley, Jasper; Dr. Vic­tor
H. Hanson, Birmingham; Judge
H. D. Merrill, Anniston; Dr. W. H.
Gates, Mobile; Edw. A. O'Neal, Flor­ence;
J. A. Rogers, Gainesville; and
Col. T. D. Samford, Opelika.
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dance Friday night. The name,
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pocket. Reward for return to
Frank Barton, 327 Broun Hall or
to Plainsman office.
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Phone 239-J
FINAL PLANS MADE BY
LOCAL GLEE CLUB FOR
EXTENDED TOUR SOON
(Continued from page 1)
more is to be the guest city and Sat­urday
night the club will make its
final stand during the tour in Green­ville.
Lawrence Barnett, director of the
club, has planned a variety of selec­tions
by the entire group, several
solos, a skit, quartettes, and trios.
R. S. Coggin, piano instructor here,
will furnish the accompaniment for
the voice and also render several
solos.
Albion Knight and Gordon Hub­bard
are the vocal soloists who are to
give numbers. A quartette composed
of Walton Crossley, Thomas Jester,
William Benefield, and Sam Teague
and a trio including Ross Ogletree,
George Perry, and Derwin Dimmer-ling
will sing several selections. The
Glee Club as a body is scheduled to
render* ten choruses and the Alma
Mater as the final number on each
program.
Instructive Talk Is
Given By Ross White
As an indication of their effective­ness
of dams in flood contrQl on Ten­nessee
River basin, Ross White, gen­eral
construction superintendent for
TVA, told Auburn engineering stu­dents
Monday evening that the Norri|
Dam during the past year had pre­vented
three floods on the Tennessee
River.
The Norris Dam, the only one prac­tically
completed of several which will
be constructed to make the Tennessee
River navigatable and to control its
flood waters, already demonstrates the
effectiveness of the development, said
Mr. White.
Broun Hall auditorium was filled
to capacity by student members of
the Federated Engineering Societies,
faculty, and townspeople. Mr. White
was introduced by James H. Williams,
of Shanghai, China, president of the
electrical engineering society. Preced­ing
the speaker, Dr. J. J. Wilmore,
engineering school dean, welcomed
Mr. White to Auburn and endorsed
the plan adopted by the Federation of
bringing prominent engineers to Au­burn
each month.
With the aid of lantern slides Mr.
White explained the details of dam
construction on the Tennessee River.
The progressive photographs showed
the Norris dam from its beginning to
its present state of practical comple­tion.
Mr. White said that the matter of
safety for the thousands of workers
was carefully supervised by at least
three men who did nothing else on
each shift. He also showed several
slides which pictured the recreational
and housing facilities for those em­ployed
at Norris Dam.
POLO'PRACTICES ARE
NOW BEING HELD FOR
APPROACHING SEASON
(Continued from page 1)
is the team manager. y.
Although most of. the last year's
first team has been lost by graduation
there are many experienced reserves
on the squad and prospects are bright
for another good team.
No schedule has been definitely de­cided
upon but it is expected to in­clude
many of the teams Auburn en­countered
last season.
While a comparatively new sport
here at Auburn polo is rapidly gain­ing
an enthusiastic following among
the student body.
SEWANEE IS DEFEATED
TWICE BY TIGERS HERE
Government Housing
Program Is Subject
The benefits of the Federal Housing
Act and the New Deal in general
under the leadership of President
Roosevelt was extolled in glowing
terms here Monday evening by For­mer
Senator J. Thomas Heflin, who
spoke in L'angdon Hall.
"The American home," he said, "is
the very foundation of the Republic,
and the President has been trying
through the Federal Housing Act to
aid the great mass pf average Amer­ican
home owners. • Not only does the
•act permit the refinancing of obliga­tions
oh homes or the making of re­pairs,
but it is a distinct aid to some
26 separate industries."
In passing Mr. Heflin paid his re­spects
in no uncertain terms to the
Liberty League, members of which he
termed "the brave knights of the
Liberty Lobby League."
"The'New Deal," said the former
Senator, "has brought us back to
peace and good fortune. Business is
improving everywhere."
President Roosevelt was referred to
as the "greatest President in many a
day" . . . "He has fought the money­changers
more than any President
since Andrew Jackson. He has bat­tled
with the giants of big finance to
prevent a panic which they produce
purposely every ten years. . . . Not
only that, but the matchless leader­ship
of Franklin D. Roosevelt has pre­vented
a revolution in this country,"
declared Mr. Heflin.
Contact Camp To Be
Held At Ft. Benning
Acquaintance with the latest teach­ings
of the Infantry School on organ­ization
and tactics and opportunity
for officers to meet and know mem­bers
of their own and allied organiza­tions
will be given the Reserve offi­cers
who attend the Contact Camp at
Ft. Benning, Ga., during the coming
week-end, February 15-16.
Officers may arrive at Ft. Benning
any time after 3 p. m. Friday, Febru­ary
14, and the first class will assem­ble
at 8 a. m. Saturday, February 15.
Upon arrival at Ft. Benning, offi­cers
will inquire at the Main Gate,
Out Post No. 1, for directions as to
quarters, Officer's Club, classroom lo­cations,
and other information.
A credit of seven hours per day is
authorized for attendance at this
camp. Application blanks may be ob­tained
at the R. O. T. C. office in
Samford Hall.
Writer Recalls Doc
Brown As Tough Guy
In the column "20 Years Ago," the
Dothan Eagle carried the following:
"J. V. Brown, for ten years super­intendent
of the city schools, resigned
to accept the presidency of San Mar­cos
Baptist Academy, in San Marcos,
Texas. And it's only fair to say that
a large number of hell-raising school
boys were glad of it. For Professor
Brown ruled with an iron hand. Or
rather it was long, large switches,
and lengths of garden hose."
NYU's five "iron men" have been
the sharpest menace to Eastern bas­ketball
leagues this season.
New York City's public education
system has received $34,500,000 from
PWA during the depression years.
(Continued from page 1)
Southern here tomorrow night. Au­burn
defeated the Panthers in Bir­mingham
earlier in the season. After
the game with the Panthers, only one
more game remains on the Tiger's
schedule for the campus. Georgia's
hardwood performers come here for
a game Saturday night. The Bulldogs
have in Frank Johnson the highest
scorer in the conference. This con­ference
foe has compiled a record for
the season that is comparable with
any of the other teams of the confer­ence.
Athletic officials expect Alumni
Gym \o be packed for this game, for
it promises to be a thriller from the
start.
Text-books in history have been sin­gled
out for attack by "Red Scare"
promoters, according to Dr. Dixon
Ryan Fox, president of Union College.
Tiger Theatre
"Showplace of East Alabama"
Auburn, Alabama
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12
"THE PERFECT
GENTLEMEN"
With Frank Morgan and Cicely
Courtneidge
Added: Comedy, "Coun.elite."
and short subject, "Seeing
Stars"
THURSDAY, FEB. 13
James Cagney in
"FRISCO KID"
With Margaret Lindsay
Ricardo Cortez
Lili Damita
Also short, "Broadway High­lights"
Ray Perkins "Club-House
Party"
• S H M B s W H •
FRIDAY, FEB. 14
"THE THREE
MUSKETEERS"
With Walter Abel, Paul Lukas,
Ralph Forbes, Heather Angel,
Ian Keith
Also "Toonerville Trolley"
Color Cartoon
And Latest News of the Day
SCHOOL FINANCES
FORM MAJOR ITEM
FACING ASSEMBLY
(Continued from page 1)
jority, knowing full well the precari­ous
financial situation of the State's
educational institutions!
In his message to the joint session
yesterday Gov. Graves declared he was
against the proposed 3 per cent gen­eral
sales tax, advocating in preference
legislation taxing what he termed as
luxuries. A luxury tax would levy up
to 20 per cent and not less than 3 per
cent on such articles as sporting goods,
candy, radios, firearms; toilet articles
and such kindred drug store articles
and the like.
Not only is the governor against a
general sales tax but also a number
of persons, predicted at 5,000, who will
attend an anti-sales tax meeting in
the capitol city today. The Alabama
Federation of Labor and the Alabama
Independent Merchants Association
are the major sponsors of this move­ment
against the sales tax.
The other alternative for the pur­pose
of raising revenue would come
from legalizing the sale of liquor. In
his message yesterday Gov. Graves
failed to make any mention of prohibi­tion
repeal. It is believed, however,
that some sort of liquor bill will be
presented presently under the general
heading of revenue, being enacted by
the legislature without a referendum.
Many plans for beer, wine and whis­key
bills have come to light recently
in the hotel lobbies and elsewhere. It
remains for them to be consolidated
into one general plan.
The principal weapon of the anti-sales
tax group is that the present
stringent financial economical situa­tion
has come about because of waste
and extravagance by the government,
with a major portion of the blame
laid to Gov. Graves. This group feels
that an definite economy program
would go far toward relieving the
present situation. .
Senator James Simpson, from Bir­mingham,
ardent sponsor of the econ­omy
movement, demanded that an im­partial
survey be made soon in con­nection
with the school,, situation,
charging that the politicians are hid­ing
behind the skirts of the school
teachers in attempting to force the
people of the state to pay more taxes.
Going to town with Luckies
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
Cotrrilht 1939,
Trie American Toheico ComMnT
Recent chemko.iesH
show'thotother pop­ular
brands have an
excess of acidity over
lucky Strike of from
Excess of Acidity of Other Popular Brands Over Lucky Strike Cigarettes
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SA1ANCE
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•RESULTS VERIFIED BY INDEPENDENT CHEMICAL
LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH 6ROUPS
OF RICH, RIPE-BODIED TOBACCO
IT'S TOASTED"