1936-04-25 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUMN LIX
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AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1936 NUMBER 52
CO-EDS SELECT
NEW HEADS FOR
C01NG SESSION
Albena Pierce Is Elected By
Co-ed Students To Be Head
Of Body Next School Year
Noted Contractor To Deliver Talk
On Monday Night Before Members
Of Federated Engineering Society
NEXT YEAR PLANS MADE
Election Is By Secret Ballot;
Virginia Holcombe, Doris
White*, Virgie Gunn Named
At a special convocation for co­eds
yesterday, new officers were elect­ed
to serve on the Women's Student
Government for next year. They are:
Albena Pierce, president; Virginia
Holcombe, vice president; Doris
White, secretary; Mrs. Virgie Gunn,
treasurer; Helen Tigner, town repre­sentative;
and Doris Northrop, presi­dent
of Smith Hall.
The election was by secret ballot,
and no politicing was permitted by
different candidates prior to the elec­tion.
Nominations for each office
were from the floor, and each office
was elected separately.
Retiring officers are: Mary Jim
Enloe, president; Albena Pierce, vice
president; Helen Tigner, secretary;
Esther Weeks, treasurer; and Florine
Hodges, president of Smith Hall.
A tentative social calendar for girls
was proposed, which, if successfully
instituted, will be the first of its kind
at Auburn. The new calendar will
provide a varied program of activi­ties
for the rapidly increasing num­ber
of women students here.
At the beginning of the next school
year the Women's Student Govern­ment
plans to entertain all freshmen
co-eds with a weiner roast which is
to acquaint them with one another
before the rushing period.
Plans are also being formulated
for a costume party at Hallowe'en and
a Christmas party later in the year.
A gala spring picnic at Wright's Mill
has been proposed which will be at­tended
by all co-ed students.
Another proposal that received
much favorable comment was that of
a May Day festival next year for
which the customary May Queen
would be selected. The Wednesday
afternoon teas will be continued next
year as usual. Four major convoca­tions
are being planned during the
course of the year.
Woodward Is Elected
To Head Tank Squad
As a fitting climax to a fairly suc­cessful
season, the swimming team
elected Brandt Woodward captain, and
Robert Johnston manager, of the team
for the coming year at a meeting
last night.
Woodward is a junior in the school
of chemical engineering, and has been
a high point man on the swimming
team for three years. Woodward is
at his best on the diving board, and
in the breast stroke events. John­ston
is a sophomore in the school of
business administration; he was also
manager of the freshmen last year.
It was also stated at the meeting
last night, the names of the men who
will receive letters in swimming. They
are: Gordon McKinney, Brandt Wood­ward,
Howard Conner, Eddie Forbes,
Eddie Smith, Carlos White, David
Cannon, George Griswold, and Ray
Kierstead.
Almquist, Ehrgott To
Speak Before 0. R. C.
Capt. E. H. Almquist, field artillery,
and Lt. H. W. Ehrgott, corps of engi­neers,
will be the speakers at the Of­ficers
Reserve Corps School session to
be held here Monday evening, April
27, in the Engineer Class Room of
Samford Hall at 7:30 p. m.
Both officers are members of the
R. 0. T. C. staff at Auburn. Cap­tain
Almquist will discuss the "Mo­torization
of Divisional Light Artil­lery"
and Lieutenant Ehrgott will
speak on "Motorized Engineers with
Horse Cavalry Operating Against
Mechanized Cavalry."
Speaks Monday
MR. ALGERNON BLAIR, one of
South's leading contractors, will
speak to students in Broun Audi­torium
Monday night at 7^15.
BENGALS TO PLAY
PANTHER CLUB IN
TWO GAME SERIES
First Game With Southern To
Be Played At 3 : 3 0 This Af­ternoon;
Lanett Rained Out
The Tiger baseball team will play
Birmingham-Southern this afternoon
on Drake Field at 3:30. The second
game of the series will be played Sat­urday
afternoon.
The game that was scheduled with
Lanett for yesterday afternoon was
rained out. Lanett invades the cam­pus
for the game on Monday after­noon,
so it is probable that this game
will be played Tuesday afternoon.
The Tigers have had nearly a
week's rest since their last game with
the University of Georgia and will
be in good condition for the games
w i t h Birmingham-Southern. The
Panthers have a strong team to send
against Auburn, for they are now
in the lead in the city collegiate lea­gue
in Birmingham at the present
time, having taken the forces of How­ard
hi camp in their series ending on
Wednesday.
John Paul Tipper, who has been
suffering from an injured shoulder, is
in condition to take his turn on the
mound and will probably receive the
nod from Skipper Morgan to toe the
slab against the Panthers in the first
game of the series. Either Joe Bob
Mitchell or French Gunter will twirl
in the second game.
Due to Captain Gilbert McMillian's
weak hitting, Norman Whitten has
been shifted from catching duties to
left field to replace McMillan until
he betters his hitting. Whitten is
leading the team in batting after
taking over his new duties.
Cabinet Committees
For Next Year Named
Members of the six most important
committees of the student government
were approved yesterday when the
new Executive Cabinet was sworn in­to
office by President L. N. Duncan.
The different committees and the
members are as follows: -
Finance—Herman Laatsch, chair­man,
the college accountant, and Rob­ert
Morgan.
Election—Wilbur Kelly, chairman,
T. M. Chalmers, Mark Corr, Red
Bamberg, Lopez Mantoux, Bill Milam,
Abbot Walton, and Dallas Benton.
Rings—Max Weldon, chairman;
Billy Radney, Jack Vann, and two
juniors to be appointed by Ed Dun­can.
Invitations—Tom Powell, chairman,
Albena Pierce, and Jack Vann, and
two seniors to be selected by Charlie
Lawrence.
Rat Caps—Herman Laatsch, chair­man,
Vernie Holloway, Tom Hagan,
and Joe Stewart.
A. D. Holmes and Billy Jones were
appointed as ring salesmen for next
year.
Subject Of Talk By Blair To Be
"Engineering In Practice";
To Be Given In Broun Hall
Mr. Algernon Blair, one of the most
outstanding contractors in the coun­try,
will address the final meeting for
the year of the Federated Engineering
Societies in Broun Hall next Monday
night, April 27, at 7:15 o'clock. The
subject of his talk will be "Engineer­ing
in Practice," and it was chosen
to be of particular interest and value
to engineering-students.
Since its organization last fall, the
F. E. S. has been working to bring
prominent men in the engineering
field to Auburn to address the whole
engineering school on subjects of gen­eral
interest. Mr. Blair is well quali­fied
to speak on the practical value
of engineering, since he has spent the
last thirty years in major construction
work in all parts of the United States.
He occupies a prominent place in pub­lic
life in his home city of Montgom­ery,
and he plays an important part
in the direction of the affairs of the
Episcopal Church in the State.
The purpose of the Federated En­gineering
Societies on the Auburn
campus has been to bring into closer
unity all the men in the engineering
school. The various branches of pro­fessional
engineering are all based on
the same principles of mathematical
analysis, and in a increasing degree
technical men are realizing that they
should organize themselves in a com­prehensive
society of applied scien­tists.
The F. E. S., which now exists
as a common meeting ground for the
A. S. M. E., A. S. C. E., and A. I.
E. E. at Auburn, lias been one of the
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Bee Fancier To Impersonate
"Grandpap" With Swarm
Of Bees As Beard
The gentle art of impersonating
"grandpap" with a swarm of live bees
arranged as whiskers and the non­chalance
with which one can really
wear his hat with. 10,000 bees in the
crown—if he really knows how—will
be demonstrated here Wednesday
morning in Comer Hall at 11 o'clock
by E. R. Root of Medina, Ohio.
With absolutely no danger to his
audience, Mr. Root will not only per­form
such feats but will intersperse
his ticklish demonstrations with timely
observations on beekeeping, a subject
in which he ranks at the top.
Mr. Root is editor of "Gleanings in
Beekeeping," nationally known bee
journal, and is president of the A. I.
Root Mrfg. Co. He is now making
a tour of the South where his novel
demonstrations and authentic infor­mation
on bees is attracting large
audiences. His father, A. I. Root,
was a pioneer in American beekeeping.
Prof. J. M. Robinson and Prof. F.
E. Guyton of the zoology-entomology
issued an invitation Friday to stu­dents,
faculty, and townspeople to at­tend
the unusual lecture and demon­stration.
Ag Fraternity Wins
In National League
Losing only one game in the series,
Alpha Gamma Rho is the winner in
the^National League of the Inter-fraternity
baseball contests with a
percentage of .900. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon is leading in the American
League although they have played
only seven of the ten games required.
Teams who have not completed
their slate before May 3 will be
eliminated from the tournament. The
three play-off games between win­ning
teams of each league must be
played sometime between May 3 and
May 10.
Joe Sarver asks that all fraternities
wishing to, enter the golf tourney to
let him know immediately. Also,
results of the tennis matches must
be reported to him immediately upon
completion.
LARGE NUMBER
EVENTS SLATED
IN HORSE SHOW
Over One Hundred Riders Will
Take Part In 14th Annual
Horse Show Here Sunday
TWELVE CLASSES GIVEN
Events Will Be Held On Field
West Of Artillery Stables;
Parking Space Be Provided
Over one hundred riders will take
part in Auburn's 14th annual horse
show that will be held Sunday after­noon
at 2 o'clock. Twelve classes are
scheduled for the show.
All events will be held in the Mili­tary
show ring, which is located west
of the Artillery stables. Bleachers
will be provided for spectators in the
grove beside the ring. Parking space
will be available for a limited num­ber
of cars along the edge of the
ring. Students will be admitted by
presenting their athletic books at the
gate. Admission to others will be
twenty-five cents to adults and fifteen
cents to high school students.
Due to shortage of entries, three
and five gaited saddle classes have
been combined. Post entries will be
accepted until noon on Sunday. More
entries are desired for the novice pony
class. Captain W. J. Klepinger, di­rector,
hopes to bring out all ponies
from Auburn, Opelika and vicinity.
No entry fees are required for any
of the classes of the show. Trophies
will be awarded to all first place win­ners,
and ribbons will be awarded to
first, second and third place winners.
Uniforms for all R. O. T. C. students
will be grey shirts and leggins.
Sophomore, junior and senior stu­dents
in R. O. T."C. are eligible to
enter the horsemanship and jumping
classes. Women students and mem­bers
of the Ladies Riding Class are
entered in the jumping and horse­manship
classes. Pair jumping will
be made up of entries from riders in
"these classes. The most interesting
event of the afternoon should be the
open jumping, which has entries from
the military personnel at Auburn and
outsiders, who will jump horses who
have won places in the Fort Benning,
Atlanta, and Pinehurst shows. Come-on,
one of the best jumpers of the
South, will be shown over the jumps
by Col. Franke, and Helen Franke will
jump Tiger Lily, owned by Col.
Franke.
Entries for the sophomore horse­manship
class today had mounted to
24. They are Homer Allen, Aaron
Baxter, Bill Butler, Red Bamberg,
David Cox, Bill Ellis, Oliver Gowder,
O. D. Gissendanner, Morris Hall,
Claude Hardee, Doug Jarrard, Orbie
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New Army Officers
Begin Auburn Duty
On First Of August
Orders issued from army headquar­ters
in Washington on April 22 trans­fer
two captains to Auburn for duty
with the R. O. T. C. unit beginning
August 1.
They are Captains Leslie E. Jacoby,
FA, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., and
George R. Scithers, FA, Fort Bragg,
N. C. They will replace Captains
Harry L. Watts, FA, and J. V. Phelps,
FA, who are completing a tour of
duty here as assistant professors of
military science and tactics. Their
official assignments have not yet
been received.
A native of Ohio, Captain Jacoby
was graduated from the U. S. Military
Academy in 1918. He graduated from
the Field Artillery Basic Course in
1920 and was raised to the rank of
first lieutenant in 1923. He became
a captain last year.
Captain Scithers is a native of
Missouri and graduated at Harvard
University with the A. B. degree.
He was commissioned in the army in
1921 and completed the Field Artil­lery
Basic School course the follow­ing
year.' He was awarded the rank
of captain in 1985.
DANCES BEGIN TODAY AS
WEEKS AND BAND ARRIVE
Coast And Geodetic Engineers Will Construct High
Steel Tower In City Soon For Observation Purposes
From the dizzy height of a 103-
foot steel tower, soon to be erected
on the Auburn campus in the center
of Auburn, engineers of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey will train their
instruments on points 30 miles away.
From the tower, which corresponds
in height to a TO-story building, the
engineers will locate the exact point
where the north and south meridian
traverses this section t>f the State.
A concrete monument will be erected
to permanently preserve its location.
Using the most accurate instru­ments
in existence, the engineers will
also "measure the angles" to other
locations established at Tuskegee", 15
miles southwest; Sand Hill, five miles
southeast; the State Prison Camp, 10
miles south on the Tuskegee-Auburn
highway; Botsford, five miles north;
and a point northeast of Opelika, 13
miles away. Readings will also be
recorded to other points ranging up
to 30 miles.
WIDE VARIETY OF
COURSES WILL BE
GIVEN IN SUMMER
Staff Of 125 Professors Will
Teach Courses In Summer
Session Which Starts June 8
A staff of 125 professors will teach
350 courses at the 24th Summer Ses­sion
at Auburn, under the direction
of Dr. Zebulon Judd, which opens on
Monday, June 8—exactly one week af­ter
the close of the regular session.
A broad program of studies for
both graduate and undergraduate stu­dents
is reflected in the 350 courses.
These courses are useable as- a basis
for issuance, extension, renewal, or
reinstatement of teachers' certificates,
explained Dr. Judd. All courses carry
degree credit and are designed parti­cularly
for teachers in service includ­ing
elementary, junior and senior high
school teachers as well as supervisors,
principals', and superintendents.
In addition there will be offered
general culture courses including lan­guages;
literature; history; econom­ics
; the physical, chemical and biologi­cal
sciences; psychology; art; music;
and physical training. /
In line with the curriculum revision
to take place in . Alabama public
schools during the next three years,
the Summer Session will offer a spe­cial
group of courses by Dr. Frank C.
Jenkins, Jackson, Miss., State director
of Mississippi's curriculum program.
Dr. Jenkins' courses will prepare Ala­bama
teachers and school administra­tors
for participation in the State
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Callan Chosen Head
Of State Engineers
Professor John A. C. Callan, head
of the Civil Engineering Department,
•was appointed member of the newly
created State Board of Registration
for Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors by Governor Graves this
week. Professor Callan will serve for
five years.
The board came into existance with
the passage of an act of the present
legislature in an effort to standardize
the engineering and land surveying
profession of Alabama. All. practic­ing
engineers will re required to reg­ister
with the board. The fee charged
for a certificate to practice will be
$25 for engineers and $5 for land
surveyors.
Professor Callan is well qualified
for the position, having served as
highway commissioner for the State
of Alabama since teaching at Auburn.
He has had a varied contact with the
engineers of the State while serving
as head of the Coast and Geodetic
survey of Alabama.
The observations from Auburn will
be made as a part of the vast tri-angulation
system now being worked
out in Alabama by 150 employees of
the Survey under the direction of
Prof. John A. C. Callan, head profes­sor
of civil engineering.
The exact spot where the tower is
to be located was designated this
week by Captain Jasper S. Bilby, of
Washington, D. C, field locating en­gineer.
Captain Bilby is temporarily
located in Eufaula and has been with
the Survey for 50 years.
The temporary, double steel tower
will be erected just north of the old
State Chemistry Building, on East
Magnolia Street, and 150 feet from
Toomer's Corner.
GRAVES APPOINTS
JUDGE HARE NEW
COLLEGE TRUSTEE
Appointment By Gov. Graves
< Of Judge Hare Meets With
Widespread Approval Here
Appointment by Governor Graves of
Judge Francis W. Hare, of Monroe-vjlle,
to the Board of Trustees, at
Auburn, has met with widespread ap­proval
in the City of Auburn. High
favorable expressions have been heard
since the announcement was issued
last Friday from the Governor's of­fice.
Judge Hare is now serving his sec
ond six-year term as judge of the 26th
Alabama Judicial Circuit which in­cludes
Monroe, Baldwin, Conecuh,
and Escambia Counties. During his
tenure of office he has been called
upon to hold circuit court in every
section of the State.
After graduating at Auburn in
1898, Judge Hare received his law
training at the University of Ala­bama.
He began his practice of law
at Monroeville in 1900, where he has
been continuously since.
Throughout the years Judge Hare
has served Auburn in many ways.
For several years he has been an ac­tive
member of the executive commit­tee
of the. Auburn Alumni Associa­tion.
Judge Hare's photograph was
published in the 1929 Glomerata, stu­dent
annual at Auburn, as one of the
several outstanding Auburn men
throughout the nation.
Judge Hare, so his friends declare,
is an ardent sportsman, finding recre­ation
in both fishing and hunting in
South Alabama.
First Dance Of Senior Set To
Begin This Afternoon In
Gym At 4; Many Expected
COMES FROM UNIVERSITY
Students Attending University
Dances Come Back High In
Praise Of Weeks and Band
Polo Squad To Play
Atlanta Team Here
The hard riding mallet swingers of
Auburn will clash with the Governor's
Horse Guards from Atlanta in their
next polo combat this Saturday at
2:15 p. m. This will probably be the
final match before the Tigers leave
on their northbound trip which will
pit them against Missouri, Illinois,
and Ohio State.
•The starting gong will probably find
Bob Chandler, No. 1; Tom Bacon,
No. 2; Capt. Boardman Ivey, No. 3;
and Bill Dexter, No. 4. Bacon is
the leading scorer of the-season to
date and is expected to be a benef-cial
factor in Saturday's tilt. Chand­ler
has shown marked improvement
over his early season form while Ivey
can always be relied upon for a stel­lar
performance. Dexter can also
be counted on to do his share of work
for the Tigers.
NOTTCE !
All sophomores who intend to work
on the Editorial Staff of the Plains­man
as juniors next year come to an
important meeting Sunday, 1:15 at
the Student Hall.
With Anson Weeks and his band ar­riving
in Auburn today, the final
dances get underway this afternoon
in Alumni Gymnasium at 4 o'clock.
Interest among students in the
dances is increasing every day, and
a record attendance is expected before
the set ends Saturday night. C. W.
Walter, George Quinney and several
others from Auburn attended the
dance Wednesday night at the Uni­versity.
They came back high in
prase of Weeks and his orchestra.
It is reported that he took the Uni­versity
by storm, with the largest and
most successful final dances being held
there since Jan Garber was there in
1931. A special surprise in the form
of a female trio made a big hit at
the University. With the featured vo­calist,
Kay St. Germain, Big Ben
Gage, and the surprise trio, there are
five vocalists to sing with the band.
Many University students are plan­ning
to be in Auburn over the week­end
for the final dances here.
The dance tonight will get under­way
at 9 o'clock and continue until
1:30 in the morning. The Grand
March, led by Jane Slack, escorted by
John Rush, will begin at 11 o'clock.
Three dances will be held Saturday,
11 to 1, 4 to 6 and 8:30 to 12 o'clock
that night. The balcony will be open­ed
to spectators for both night dances.
The following is a list of girls whose
acceptance cards have been received
through noon yesterday. A number
have been received since then, it is
reported:
Visiting Girls for Dances
Spec Avant, Tuscaloosa; Barbara
Beeland, Greenville; Margaret Bis-sell,
Birmingham; Sue Boone, Marion;
Dot Butler; Ft. Benning, Ga.; Jean
Buxbaum, Albany, Ga.; Evelyn Cham­bers,
Birmingham; Christine Chan-celloe,
Columbus, Miss.; Martha Chil­dress,
Anniston; Gladys Clark, Chip-ley,
Fla.; Frances Cooper, Montgom­ery;
Charlotte Conger, Nashville,
Tenn.; Evelyn Daniels, Columbus,
Ga.; Barnette Dickens, Abbeville;
Alice Allison, Montgomery; Laura
Alliott, University; Frances Ethridge,
Andalusia.
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Final Exam Slate Is
Given By Registrar
•
The official final examination sche­dule
has been released by the regis­trar's
office. Exams start May 15.
Examinations in subjects which
meet only once a week and lab courses
which cannot reasonably conform to
the schedule will be held at the last
class meeting prior to May 14 unless
otherwise officially scheduled.
The examination for Physics Lab,
208 will be held Friday, May 8 at
7 p. m. All classes meeting from 3
to 4 Monday, Wednesday and Fri­day
or Monday and Friday will have
their exams at 1:30 p. m.f Thursday,
May 14. Classes meeting from 8 to
4 on Tuesdays and Thursdays will be
given exams Thursday evening, May
14, at 7:30 o'clock.
Classes meeting MWF, MF, MTW,
ThF, or MF will be given exams in
the mornings beginning at 8:30
o'clock. Classes meeting on TThS,
ThS, TTh, or TThS will be given
exams in the afternoon beginning at
1:30 o'clock.
Friday, May 15—classes from 8 to
8; Saturday—classes from 9 to 10;
Monday—classes from 10 to 11; Tues­day—
classes from 11 to 12; Wednes­day—
classes from 1 to 2; Thursday—
classes from 4 to 5. Thursday after­noon,
May 21, has been set aside for
conflicts and subjects not scheduled
elsewhere.
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 SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1936
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Caps And Gowns
Even though the senior class voted down
caps and gowns for graduation, that doesn't
necessarily mean that there is no more hope.
In the first place hardly a third of the sen­ior
class was present. To get the entire
class to vote might make some difference in
the outcome.
Such an event as will come off next month
happens to every man once in a life time.
It might as well be carried off in the right
way instead of the slipshod method more or
less common to the graduation parades here
in the past. Pictures of Auburn gradua­tions
look more like a breadline than a group
of college students about to receive their
degrees.
The present plans call for the gradua­tion
to be held Sunday evening at the Presi­dent's
Mansion instead of Monday morning
at Langdon Hall. It is easy to imagine the
impressive scene caps and gowns will make
at this ceremony. Later in the evening
when darkness comes, the flood lights of
the mansion can be turned on, and that
coupled with white caps and gowns will
make a picture that will linger long in the
memory of the seniors as well as their
parents.
It is hoped that the meeting last Mon­day
night didn't settle the question for
good. There is still a possibility if those
behind the move have not lost their interest.
Quarter System
A month or so ago we made mention in
these columns of the feasibility of adopt­ing
the quarter system here in preference
to the semester system now being used. It
seems as though we had been misinformed
on the subject in more ways than one. To
us at the time it appeared AS a very pro­gressive
move and one which had numer­ous
advantages over the semester system.
In our first and only editorial on the
subject we said the quarter system had
never been used at Auburn before. Quite
to the contrary, we are informed, the quar­ter
system was abandoned several years ago
for the present system. In other words,
then, the college has tried both systems
and has found the semester system as the
most efficient and practicable method of
dividing the college year.
At the time of writing we were under
the impression that the quarter system was
something new, especially for Auburn, and
in view of this we voiced the opinion that
a change in the systems used here might
be for the good. From reliable sources we
have learned that the proposed quarter "sys­tem
has been used before and was found
not to be as suitable for Auburn as the
semester system.
Responsibility For Cheating
By R. W. STEELE
On charges of cheating wholesale on ex­aminations,
thirty-three students of the Uni­versity
of North Carolina were recently ex­pelled
and fifty more were on trial. It
seems from radio news reports that a co­operative
cribbing organization got hold of
questions and distributed them. It is sig­nificant
that, in recent years student honor
systems have broken down. It would seem,
though the conclusion is not absolute, that
ideals of personal honor among college stu­dents
have slumped considerably. Auburn
is not entirely guiltless. Cases of cheating
are occasionally brought to trial.
It behooves honest or ambitious men and
women to pay whole price of learning, of
acquiring college education. Timid, or neg­ligent
enforcement breeds dishonesty and
disrespect for the institution allowing it.
The members of this society should do what­ever
possible and feasible individually and
as honor society to inculcate and encourage
honesty in all college work and discounten­ance
so far as possible all forms of cheat­ing
and all practices which lower standards
of scholarship or honesty. Scholarship with­out
honesty is unthinkable, impossible. •
A 220-pound Montana State footballer
lost 19 pounds in ten days when the coach
decided he was overweight for spring prac­tice.
Letters To The Editor
FRATERNITY "BRAIN TRUST"
Editor, The Plainsman,
Dear Sir:
An amendment to the constitution was
recently passed by the Interf raternity Coun­cil
forbidding fraternities to hold, public
initiation.
It appears to the writer that several of
the so called pieces of legislation recently
passed by this august body have had their
genesis in an almost perfect vacuum. No
doubt the learned "brain trusters" think
that they can lift the ideals of us lowly
country boys by such glorious crusading.
No such luck. I still think its fun to watch
the "A" Club initiation.
There is nothing that can keep me from
remembering with pleasure the things that
I had to do my freshman year. I believe
that we all enjoyed our freshman year and
I don't believe that there is a single boy in
Auburn with a drop of male blood, in him
who didn't.
Let. us suppose for a moment that this
amendment is a superb piece of statecraft.
We then wonder why this regime does not
put something into its constitution rectify­ing
the conditions in other and more neg­lected
fields. Such things remind us of the
state legislature.
Some evidently believe that it is a fine
ruling just because it was advocated by the
national council. Auburn has always had
the reputation of being independent in all
matters and of being able to think for it­self.
Doesn't it seem foolish to you to fol­low
the tail of the sheep ahead and jump
the fence as someone else cracks the whip?
Perhaps the "fraternity fathers" have,
made these regulations so that we might
not lower the prestige of the school by
demonstrations unworthy of college stu­dents.
If so, let them be reminded that
independent thought and action is half the
attraction and color of college life.
J. F. VINCENT.
»
Editor, The Plainsman,
Dear Sir:
As a member of the Senior Class, I would
like to comment on the class meeting of last
Monday.
The matter of white caps and gowns was
put before us. In the minds of the more
progressive Seniors this would be one of the
most advanced steps this school has taken
in quite some time. It would lend color
and dignity to an occasion that demands it.
Caps and gowns originated in and symbo­lizes
higher education. Should Auburn be
backward in what ought to be the most im­portant
event in our college career?
Our parents are to be considered in this
matter. To see their sons and daughters
graduate from college is anticipated with
great pride by every parent. It is their re­ward
for the sacrifices and hard work that
they have taken upon themselves to put us
through. Many of them travel great dis­tances
to witness this occision. We owe it
to them to make it as impressive as possible.
The arguments against this movement are
selfish and ridiculous. One of the main
howls is. that of the cost. Most of the
students in loud opposition have spent more
than $2.75 on whiskey during a set of
dances. They don't want to give up that
money with which they had planned to
throw a big drunk at the end of school.
Another argument is that since the previous
graduations have been held in civilian
clothes, why shouldn't we? (Now, there's
the progressive attitude of college youth:
What's good enough for pap is good enough
for me!) Another sentiment is: "I don't
care that much about graduating." Truly,
the real Auburn spirit of a certain element.
"Dooly" Gilchrist exposed his true self,
or did he? Certainly, the former president
of the Interfraternity Council couldn't have
said suchx things while in his right mind,
if any. And such grammar 1 "We ain't
never been no students, and you can't make
students out of us by putting caps and
gowns on us." No doubt "Auburn's done
too many sissy things this year and there
ain't no sense doing any more." Far more
brilliant men than Herr Dooley (if there
be any such) have received their degrees
in caps and gowns. They can't all be sis­sies.
I'll bet D. Gilchrist didn't think he
was a sissy when he led the Interfraternity
Council Ball. He might recall that he is
the one who arranged'the social calendar
and it wasn't he who inaugurated the idea
of reducing the number of social functions
for next year and that his Adonis-like coun­tenance
was a familiar sight at most of
the social doings.
I believe it was "Stinky" Pugh who made
that dirty crack about "graft." It might
interest him and other mud-slingers to know
that had there been any graft involved the
price announced would have been 25 cents
higher as was suggested by a representative
of a certain firm. , Dr. Duncan and Mr.
Davis have the.price lists of all the firms.
All the companies contacted suggested fur­nishing
all the class officers' free of charge.
If that's graft, then go ahead, you dirty
mud-slingers, and do your worst.
• -It is a pity that the civic-minded students
must submit to the wishes of the ignorant.
The meeting last Monday night can hardly
be called a representative one. Hardly over
a hundred seniors were • present, and the
margin of votes against caps and gowns
was less than fifteen. . Those who are in­terested
in having caps and gowns can
get up a petition to have a written ballot
vote on the subject and thus get a more
representative vote.
Respectfully yours,
JOHN O.RUSH.
This Collegiate World
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
They have experts on apples, out there
at the University of Washington where the
Yakimas and the Wenatchees come from—
so what they have to say about the busi­ness
of apple polishing ought to be worth
listening to.
The student paper set out to find just
what amount of apple-polishing existed on
the campus. They found there was much
less of it going on than popularly supposed.
Most of the professors interviewed agreed
that there wasn't much of it. One even
said that "Many times studeiits don't come
to s%e their instructors when they should
just because they feel they will be sus­pected
of working for a grade."
One woman professor did have a "gripe"
in this connection. Said she, "We don't
like to have all the brothers and sisters
from a fraternity or sorority come down
and try to high pressure us into giving a
student a higher grade so he or she can be
initiated."
* * * *
Governor Alf Landon is not the only Kan­sas
male winning renown for his sense of
economy.
Take the males at the University of Kan­sas
for example. The men's council there
has just issued a firm resolution requesting
the girls of the campus to share evenly in
the evening's expenses while dating men.
They have even gone so far as to formally
request the cafe owners of the town to is­sue
separate dinner checks for the women.
"Do not have a false sense of chivalry"
the University men were advised by the
council.
• * * *
Spring a note of faint hope for Greek
letter men:
Out in the University of Washington,
they are looking into the possibility of the
administration withholding academic credits
from those students who owe bills to their
fraternities.
Quotable Quotes
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
"This is to inform you that the League
of Yellow Journalists has elected you Hon­orary
President stop." So ran a telegram
sent last week to William Randolph Hearst
by a group of Harvard scriveners organ­ized
to exploit patriotism and instigate for­eign
wars.
"The world as you know it does not pro­vide
a place for you, you are in the dilem­ma
of changing the world without any
power." Mrs. Grace Overton has a word
of encouragement for 400 Youth Confer­ence
delegates.
"My ideal of a liberal arts college is
one that insists on a complete symmetrical
knowledge of the fundamental laws of all
nature, a comprehensive survey of the best
in all literature, and a general acquaintance
with the great principles that should regu­late
all human conduct." Ezra Brainerd,
one time president of Middlebury College
sets forth the school's guiding principles,
unchanged since 1809.
"No nation can face the future with con­fidence
when 5,000,000 of its younger citi­zens
are forced to loaf, to loiter or to
roam." Dean J. B. Edmondson of the Uni­versity
of Michigan points to a problem
which he calls more serious than unem­ployment.
Dressing For The Dances
By S. QUIRE
There are two things which must be ac­complished
before any one will be able to
-dress suitably for the Final Dances. The
first is to swear, rant, and rave until you
convince that useless nimcompoop you room
with that he won't have a good time at the
dances so he might as well not go and let
you wear his clothes. The other is to rush
down to the Ideal along about dinner time
Friday and get back that laundry you
should have sent in Monday and forgot to
make-up until nearly eleven o'clock Wed­nesday.
For greeting that job when she arrives
nothing is quite so good as those last sum­mer
linens and a dark coat which can be
found in any roommate's closet. If you
aren't careful you are going to have to wear
this outfit sooner or later anyway so you
might as well get it over with. Wear that
new blue tie, cause by the time you have
to wear it again Saturday afternoon she
will have forgotten it. It is suggested-that
one not dress too early cause she's going
to wind up getting in on the eight o'clock
train even if she is due here at 12:45.
Don't worry your pretty little head about
what to wear to the dance Friday after­noon
cause there won't be anybody there but
C. Whitty and the band and the band won't
have sobered up from playing at the Uni­versity
and C. Whitty don't matter.
Friday night is the time to put on the
dog and really do some fancy shining up.
There are about six or seven new suits in
town and maybe you can borrow one of
them. I'll give you a little hint about where
to find them. Blake Campbell has one that
should fit you—you helped to pay for it.
Dooley Gilchrist has one that he paid $35.00
for cause he was too tight to pay two
dollars and six bits for caps and gowns to
graduate in. (that's economy). 01' Boy
Holmberg has a new Grey Gab job that
he's had for months and hasn't been able
to get a date so he could wear it. Maybe
you can beat him out of it. A couple or
six of the "boys at the house" might pitch
in and fill up that new job of Percy Riley's.
Grey is supposed to be popular this season,
but it is suggested to you boys hoping to
graduate that a little brown won't hurt.
One more drink and you will have intestinal
fortitude enough to wear that tie you
thought of getting off of roomy. A rat and
a bottle of polish will get those white shoes
back in shape after being tromped on all
afternoon.
Saturday morning is a problem. Due to
the influence of Bill Milam, Eddie Forbes
and so forth most anything will do. It is
suggested that you reach in to the closet
and get all the coats and pile them in the
center of the room. If you have been able
to open your eyes blindfold yourself and
grab one then reach into the closet and
get the first pair of pants you lay hands on.
If you can get within three and one-half
feet of the shirt you wore last night it
will be all right to wear it.
An ensemble is the thing for Saturday
afternoon. Light and dark either coat or
pants will be quite the thing. The limit is
tux pants and linen coats. The loudest tie
possible and the old reliable white shoes
will complete the picture. She ought to
pay a little attention anyway. It is sug­gested
that each boy attending the dances
—if he wants to dance at all—equip him­self
with a pair of dark glasses cause that
sun does shine in those windows in the late
afternoon.
Saturday night—last dance, everybody
tired but happy, buffet suppers, and so on
and so forth. You'd best be looking good
cause that boy from her home town who
had that date with her this afternoon didn't
waste any time. This old "remember when"
stuff always goes over good. A suit is in­dicated
as the proper attire. You've al­ready
worn it once or twice, but what the
hell she'll be looking at it all summer any­way.
Besides, what with this brew drink­ing
weather and all, Toomy has probably
decided that he can't afford to miss hear­ing
Anson Weeks. He is right he can't
afford to, especially if you have your eyes
on it and will probably spill 'er 'er Coca
Cola on it. Yeah, you dope, Coca-Cola—
you've got to have a chaser.
Well, I don't care if you wear the clothes
I'm suggesting or not. I just thought it
would be a good idea to give you uncouth
so and sos an idea of what to do. If this
doesn't help see Godbold—he knows all
about everything.
Guinea Pigs And Counterfeits
By C. W. BELL
What makes a woman age more quickly
than anything else? It is certainly not her
hair, even if it's graying. It is the condi­tion
of her skin. Therefore the skin gets
the major part of the beauty expenditure.
An . official Cosmetologist's Association
made an investigation several years ago
and obtained the following facts. The aver­age
lady spends at least $307 per year on
her beauty treatment, $77 to hair, $19.50
to manicures, $39 to lipstick, rouge and
eyebrow plucks and dyes. The remaining
$171.50, much more than was devoted to
care of the skin. This includes an allow­ance
for 1 facial a week, at $2.50 each,
4 jars of cleansing cream, tissue creams
and -astringents, 3 jars each of skin food
and muscle oil and 3 boxes of face powder.
Many pay even as high as $25 to $200 for
a small jar of imported cream, which is
supposed to have magic powers of rejuvena­tion,
and face lifted at $1,000 per lift. In
one year American women put on their
skins 52,500 tons of cleansing cream, 26,-
250 tons of skin lotions, 19,109 tons cf com­plexion
soap, 17,500 tons of nourishing
creams, and 2,375 tons of rouge. (That's
even enough to make beauty queens out
of all the men.)
A widely used class of cosmetic prepara­tions
is creams. All creams may be divided
into one of four subdivisions: first, the cold
creams essentially composed of almond oil,
lanolin, spermaceti, and beeswax in com­bination
with other ingredients; second,
cleansing creams which are chiefly para-fin,
mineral oil or other similar oils with
perfume and color added; third, the vanish­ing
creams which are a kind of soap in
reality; fourth, tissue-building or nourish­ing
creams consisting chiefly of the wool
of sheep and lard or vegetable oils.
The commonly accepted idea that the skin
needs at least three or four different creams
is a unique sales scheme. But you know,
money has to be made to circulate by some
method. Cold cream is generally a safe
product to use and in reality it is the only
cream that should be applied to the skin.
Its cost to the manufacturer is very low
comparative to what the public has to pay
for it. The average retail price per pound
should be about sixty cents and the theatri­cal
variety may now be purchased in some
places at this price. The chief function
of cold cream is that of lubrication in order
to prevent roughness and chapping.
The cleansing creams have as their chief
ingredient mineral oil. They spread easily
on the face and melt at body temperature.
Of course the face should be cleansed with
soap and water, but if for some reason na­ture's
method cannot be used the cleansing
creams may be substituted without a great
deal of danger. Creams which are per­fumed
with Oil of Bitter Almond should
never be used for it may prove very irri­tating
to the skin.
Vanishing creams are drying in effect.
Since they consist chiefly of soaps, the use
of such creams on the face under powder
is equivalent to leaving toilet soap ion the
face after washing. Women who have oily
skin will probably find that vanishing cream
produces no ill effects, but the use of it is
not to be recommended by "anyone.
There is no such thing in the opinion
of skin experts as "feeding the skin." Tis­sue
creams, therefore, should not be allowed
on the market. Their main ingredient is
lanolin which is an excellent lubricant but
it is of no value in feeding or nourishing
the skin.
Have you ever examined the claims made
for Pepsodent's Junis Facial Cream? "Sci­ence
has discovered a new principle in skin
care . . . . Skin contains a natural soften­ing
substance which makes it fresh, allur­ing—
glamorous. The scientist got some of
this natural substance in pure form (what
scientist?). He put it into the finest facial
cream he could develop. Women tried it
and their skins grew clearer, more trans­parent.
Age lines melted into the soft
curves of youth. Skin began to stir with
life. The natural skin-softening substance
put into Junis Cream the scientist named
Sebisol. Sebisol is our name for this part
of the chemical substance of your own skin.
It is essential to every living cell. It is so
rare (what, no living cells?) we searched
throughout the world for a sufficient sup­ply."
The above quotation from page 55
of Kallet's, Counterfeit shows how out­rageous
some of the claims for various pro­ducts
are. If one percent of the above
claim were true it would be one of the
greatest cosmetics ever developed in the his­tory
of the cosmetic industry. Sebisol's
discovery would be hailed as the "king of
all women."
Recently very much ballyhoo has been
heard about the claims made for so-called
rejuvenating creams or creams treated with
ultra violet rays. Until more is known
about such creams, the wise lady will stick
to the safe, reliable lanolin cream. Dr.
Cramp of the American Medical Associa­tion
points out: "Whether or not such
hormones in creams are present in the cos­metic
is a matter of indifference, for there
is not the slightest scientific evidence to
show that even if they were present, they
would have the slightest effect in 'rejuven­ating'
the skin. Such products are the ulti­mate
in cosmetic quackery." Vita-Ray Vita­min
Cream and Barbara Gould Creams are
•two examples of such creams.
Now for an examination of a few well-known
creams: One product, Italian Balm,
advertizes the fact that it contains an un­usual
amount of glycerine. Some experts on
Thunderations
By Gum
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.
* * * *
THE Shoesalesman, who went over to
Tuscaloosa Wednesday night to hear
Anson Weeks reports that not only
has he the charming Kay St. Germain, but
also about any number of other girls. Three,
I think, and enough entertainment to keep
going for a week or more. Being here for
only two nights, I'm afraid will sort of
cramp the man's style.
* *• * #
There is going to be a bit of a cramp
on a Saturday night, I hear. The Palatial
Thomas will be becluttered with the Metho­dists,
the B'ham Sou. baseballers, thereby
leaving nothing for the orchestra to do but
sleep in the woods.
I'll offer my extra bed to the piano player
if he so wishes. I always did like piano
players, anyway, since I learned one time to
play Shubert's Serenade on one of the
things.
But something should be done about the
matter. Instead of some of the fraternities
giving houseparties for the visiting girls
one should be given for the visiting or­chestra.
* *• * *
C. W. Witty's dance over in Harlem in
competition to the dance given by the So­cial
Committee, as reported in Wednesday's
issue of the paper had been called off on
account of there ain't enough niggers in the
woodpile. No woodpile, no dances, or ex­penses
couldn't be met.
* * * *
Since there ain't going to be no dance
across the rail road tracks, I'll have to at­tend
the shoesalesman's dances. Accord­ing
to him, Kay St. Germain is prettier
than my candy-headed girl, or even a straw­berry
blond without the freckles. I couldn't
go that far, because there ain't nothing—
no, not nothing—as pretty as a sun-set
headed girl, even with the freckles.
* * * *
Anson Weeks is one of those "gliding"
music-making outfits. Music, you know,
that makes you shut your eyes, hold your
breath, and makes you want to have in
your clutches one of those gals with corn
colored curls, trim turned ankles and comes
to a perfect three-point landing.
With such a line-up as Kay St. Germain,
Big Big Gage, and Frank Saputo we will
be able to glide around and around (Where
we will come out, nobody knows.) even
better than we did .with Joe Sanders or
Kay Kyser. He is one of those old timers,
like Sanders, Weems, and Lombardo who
are good to the last drop. His theme song
is as winning as the smile of, what's her
name? Oh yeah, Molly Brasfield. Imagine
me forgetting that name.
cosmetics claim that glycerine is actually
harmful to the skin; its hygroscopic prop­erty
tends to take moisture from the skin
and therefore dry the skin.
Italian Balm also contains phenol or in
plain language, carbolic acid. Since car­bolic
acid is not even satisfactory as an
antiseptic it is obvious that it would be
very unsatisfactory for daily application
on the skin. Another authority, Witthaus,
says, "Carbolic acid is absorbed from all
surfaces, including the unbroken skin. . . .
Dilute solutions of carbolic acid maintained
in contact with the skin causes systemic
effects by absorption of the poison, and also
local effects referable to necrosis of the tis­sue
through its coagulating action, burning
and prickling sensations, pain, erthematous
or papular exanthems (red, or pimply erup­tions),
brown discoloration, pa'rchmentizing,
anesthesia and final dry gangrene, extend­ing
into the deeper tissues." (Quoted from
Skin Deep).
Gouraud's Oriental Cream is reported by
chemists as containing approximately one-half
ounce of calomel suspended in a short
half-pint of water. The calomel in a bottle
of this substance can be purchased at re­tail
for about 6 cents; why pay 92 cents
for a half-pint of water?
H. M. Cleansing cream is reported as
containing 8.6 per cent of salicylic acid.
Hinds Honey and Almond Cream accord­ing
-to Connecticut chemists is' "essentially
an emulsion containing 7.28 percent alco­hol,
5.79 percent glycerine, 5.98 percent
partly saponified beeswax, and 1.49 percent
of crystallized borax scented with oil of
bitter almond."
LaSage Complexion Treatment when ana­lyzed
was found to consist essentially of a
weak solution of ordinary soda and borax,
with a little phenolphthalein as a coloring
agent.
Cooper's Complexion Beautifier was re­ported
by chemists of the New Hampshire
State Board of Health as containing or
being chiefly a suspension of bismuth sub-carbonate
and lime carbonate with a trace
of alcohol.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1936 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 P A G E T H R EE
FROSH HURLERS WILL ENGAGE
LANIER HIGH IN MONTGOMERY
T e am H a s Been Showing Up Well Despite Fact They Have
Had Little Practice This Year; Noted Improvement Seen
In Rookie Club And Win Expected Over Lanier High Team
After having, suffered a defeat
from the hand of Ramsay High school
of Birmingham, the frosh baseballers
will travel to Montgomery to engage
in a game with Sidney Lanier High
School to be played in Crampton Bowl.
The loss of the game to Ram­say
can probably be attributed to the
fact that the rookies had had little or
no practise together and the outstand­ing
players had not, at that time, been
chosen. However, the-frosh have since
been playing practise games with the
varsity and, as a whole, the team
should show a remarkable improve­ment
in their next game.
From among the seventy-odd men
who have reported out for the Frosh
nine, Coach Ralph Jordan will take
about twelve down to Montgomery to
engage Lanier at Crampton Bowl. The
probable starting line-up for the
Tiger Rats is, Thomas c, Swindle p,
Morgan lb, Threadgill or Grady 2b,
Grisham ss, O'Reilly 3b, and the out­field
will be chosen from Harrison,
Howell, Berthan, Martin, Swanner,
and Cooper. Lanier is reported to
have a good team which should make
the game prove to be a hard-fought
one.
Future games for Freshman base­ball
nine are being arranged with the
high schools of Alexander City, Roa­noke,
Phenix City, Columbus, Colum­bus
Industrial, and a return game
with Sidney Lanier.
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Gliding Takes Place
As Collegiate Sport
(ACP)—Gliding is beginning to
come into its own as an American col­lege
sport. With the advent of Spring,
campus enthusiasts all over the coun­try
are dusting off their motorless
planes preparatory to looking up an
enterprising air current.
Kent State pilots, who banded to­gether
in 1933 and built the world's
largest glider, a two-seater with a
wing-spread of 47 feet, are hoping
to get confirmation of an unofficial
world record. On one of its 1935
flights, the ship climbed from a stand­ing
start to 1700 feet in one minute
and one second, carrying two mn.
The Kent club's glider has made 1,00.0
flights without an accident.
An ambitious endurance flight pro­gram
is being planned by Washington
State glider experts. They want to
keep a ship in the air so long the
pilot will have to be refueled—with
coffee and sandwiches!
The University of Wisconsin goes
the field one better with its glider
school—a one-man enterprise owned
and operated by Robert M. Lee, fresh­man
engineering student, who's pay­ing
part of his tuition with the pro­ceeds.
Lee soloed at 15, and had earn­ed
a department of commerce license
by the time he was 17.
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Y.M.C.A. Freshman Tennis Tournament Bracket
Joe Burleson —
L. O. We*tbrook
C. C. Tisdale 1
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Tisdale V
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Bob McClure |
Orrin Randolph -
Allen Lamar
Bye
Billy McGehee
Homer Vernon
Howard Strong —
Bye
Jame:
Bye
L. C. Picard -1
Edwin Ledbetter J
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Albert Price -
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SPORTS CHATTER
iBy EUGENE LEE==
FIRST IN IS YEARS
Saturday Auburn went down in defeat to Georgia for the first time
in fifteen years. It also marked the fourth loss an Auburn track and field
team has experienced in 15 years of dual meets under the direction of
Coach Wilbur Hutsell.
Although, the los§ spoiled the Tiger's remarkable record, it must not
have been such a blow to the popular track mentor. Assistant tutor of
the Bulldog team was none other than Weems Baskin, world record per­former
and protege of Coach Hutsell. It must have been with a great deal
of pride to take his first defeat from the Bulldogs who were coached by
such a brilliant pupil.
Tomorrow the team meets Birmingham-Southern. . Better showing
should be made as soon as some of the injured members are in better con­dition
to perform.
A, GREAT TEAM
Collegiate polo business in the South
would be a forgotten sport if it wasn't
for the team at Auburn. Not only
does Auburn have the only team, but
SCHOLASTIC AVERAGES OF UNDERGRADUATE GROUPS
Group Name Sem. 1935-36 Sem. 1934-35
Average Average
Phi Kappa Tau — 83.85 87.78
Chi Omega* 81.78 . 85.86
Alpha Tau Omega 81.37 82.18
Senior Class 81.30 81.51
Sigma Pi ------ 80.98 76.35
Sigma Phi Epsilon . . . ^— 80.96 82.15
Kappa Delta* 80.87 80.28
Theta Upsilon* 80.47
Epsilon Mu Epsilon 80.10 82.24
All Sorority _____ — — - — — — 79-74 81.27
Pi Kappa Alpha — 79.47 78.24
Independent Women — — 78.96 80.09
All Women — - 78.60 79.77
Junior CI... —•- 78.59 78.17
Sigma Alpha Epsilon -— 78.57 77.76
Kappa Alpha _-'__— 78.57 73.86
Sigma Chi - 78.49 77.63
Alpha Gamma Rho 78.36 79.64
Pi Kappa Phi .— ' 78.35 76.69
Sigma Nu 78.28 77.63
Fraternitie. and Sororitie. 78.19 78.74
Lambda Chi Alpha 78.13 73.76
AH Fraternity 78.06 78.51
Theta Upsilon Omega 78.04 78.64
Independent Men and Women 77.88 " 78.35
AH College 77.70 77.90
Independent Men - 77.68 77.95
All Sorority and Pledge. _ — 77.62 79.06
All Men - 77.57 77.57
Phi Delta Theta - 77.48 81.30
FraU, Sororitie. and Pledge. 77.48 77.35
All Fraternitie. and Pledge. 77.40 77.16 -
Alpha Lambda Tau 77.07 "80.66
Delta Sigma Phi __ 76.57 79.81
Fraternity Pledge. 76.49 75.40
Fraternity and Sorority Pledge. 76.42 75.63
Sophomore C I . . . - -— 76.31 76.06
Freshman CI... — - 76.08 76.21
Theta Kappa Nu 76.83 72.53
. Sorority Pledge. 75.82 ' 77.26
Alpha Psi 75.03 75.16
Phi Omega Pi* — 74.92 76,57
^ Kappa Sigma 74.67 ' 76.60
Theta Chi _ . . 74.11 7-5.68
Beta Kappa - — 70.80 * 82.79
•Sorority
the local team could lay claim to na­tional
honors after the way the mal­let
swingers conquered the University
of Illinois and the University of Mis­souri.
Although the scorers have come in
for the majority of credit for the sen­sational
victories to date, Captain W.
J. Klepinger has two of the best de­fensive
players that have appeared
here in Bob Chandler and Bill Dex­ter.
C. Witty Walter, John Rush and
Paul Hicks deserve a lot of credit for
their work as reserves.
B. N. Ivey and Tom Bacon have
been the offensive guns for the team.
Bacon is receiving his first year's ex­perience
as first string player and has
proven to be a hard rider and threat
at any time when in "position to score.
Ivey is a veteran player and the guid­ing
genius of the team.
* * *
A REMARKABLE RECORD
Last week Mutt Morris reached the
peak of a goal that is sought by all
pitchers—a no-hit, no-run game. The
big hurler accomplished the win over
a team that is no set-up. for any col­lege
team and as a result it was really
a remarkable piece of work.
Morris is a credit to Auburn, for
he is not only popular with all stu­dents
who know- him but has been out­standing
in all forms of athletics he
has participated in while here. He
was captain of the football team, is
alternate-captain of the baseball team
and was awarded the cup recently by
Forman Rogers to Auburn's outstand­ing
athlete. It is athletes like Mor­ris
that keep sports on the pedestal
it now occupies.
Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe
Down to HOWARD'S we must go
To get some curtains for our den
Then t'will look like new again.
AUBURN TRACKMEN FAVORED TO
WIN OVER PANTHERS SATURDAY
Cindermen Reported In Better S h a p e This Week After Contest
With Bulldogs; Meet To Be Held On Drake Field Tomorrow
Afternoon At 2 O'Clock; Karam And Lawrence Will Run
Reported to be in better shape phy­sically
than they were at the time of
their meet with Georgia, the Auburn
tracksters are favored to emerge vic­torious
over Birmingham-Southern in
the meet here this Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
The return of "Rabbit" Karam and
Charlie Lawrence, ace dash men, will
strengthen the Tigers considerably,
Three Meetings Will
Be Attended By Prof
Dean Frederic Child Biggin, of the
Auburn school of architecture and al­lied
arts, will attend three professional
meetings held in Virginia during the
month of May.
He will leave Auburn on May 2,
going first to Richmond for the an­nual
meeting of the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
Next he will attend the. annual gath­ering
of delegates to the American
Institute of Architects at Williams­burg;
and, finally, he will attend the
meeting of the National Council of
Architects' Registration Boards at
Old Point Comfort. He will return
to Auburn on May 10.
Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins of
the University of Chicago has been
awarded the gold medal of the Hol­land
Society of New York for "dis­tinguished
. service in the field of
education."
Brown University has eliminated
mid-year examinations and semester
grades in full-year courses.
Both men have been withheld from
hard competition because of pulled
muscles suffered in practice sessions.
However, Coach Hutsell will not use
either man unless he is absolutely cer­tain
that they are in topnotch physi­cal
shape, because of the impending
Southeastern Conference meet with
Florida on May 2.
The Southern baseball team will be
in Auburn at the same time as the
track team and this will strengthen
the Panther runners a great deal be­cause
of the fact that two outstand­ing
cindermen are members of the
nine. Sanford Enslen, who plays in
the outfield, is a 10-second 100 yard
dash man, and Bryce McKay, another
gardenman, will also don a track uni­form
for Southern.
The Plainsmen showed up very well
against the Georgia Bulldogs as they
broke even 36-36 in the track events
and only lost the meet because of the
weaknesses in the field events. On
the other hand, the Birmingham-
Southern team has not turned in any
outstanding performances to date and
should not prove too great a threat
to the Tigers.
Auburn Lodge No. 76
A. F. & A. M.
Announces I t s Meetings
Every
Second and Fourth
Mondays 7:30 P. M.
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P A G E FOUR T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -.- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1936
LARGE NUMBER
EVENTS SLATED
IN HORSE SHOW
(Continued from page 1)
Johnson, Albion Knight, Dock Lloyd,
Bob Mayo, Bob Martin, Lewis Mc-
Curdy, Ralph O'Gwynne, Thurman
Ross, Dan Smith, James Thomas, J . D.
Williams, Norman Whitten, and Gene
Yarbrough. Tom Bacon, Marshall
Brawner, James Brennan, Swift Bur­ton,
Joe -Dennis, Thurman Irving,
Elmer Jones, Bruce Johnson, Armand
Mayville, Julian Phillips, Bill Stafford
and Stanley Worsham are entered
in the junior jumping class.
The "B" squad of the polo team
has Nook Childress, Upton Cleary,
Ernest Floyd, Claude Hardee, Miller
Herren, Spec Kitchens, Don Meador,
Bob McNulty, Sue Powell, George
Rush Wilbur Tinsley, and Billy War­ren
in the polo stake race. Members
of the "A" squad entered for the polo
bending race are John Rush, Nettles
Ivey, Howard Clark, Bob Hurd, Paul
Hicks, George Hardie, De Witt Yost,
Bob Chandler, Swift Burton, C. Witty
Walter, Marshall Brawner, Tom Ba­con,
and Bill Dexter.
In the three and five gaited saddle
horse class are W. S. Hewitt, Frances
Wilson, Eleanor Home, and John
Wesley. Ladies horsemanship Class
has Pattie Phelps, Mary Lydia Wil­liamson,
Martha Bradford, Betty Sho-walter,
Cora Lipscomb, Doris Hill,
Jane Dickson, Louise Schubert, Jane
Slack, Babs Thomas, Jean Mitcham,
Josephine Duncan, Martha Watson,
Helen Tigner, Elizabeth Allison, Mary
Olive Thomas, Helen Maulsby, Marie
Sewell, Mary Almquist, Winifred Hill,
and Frances Wilson entered.
For the jumping events Mary Olive
Thomas, Ruth Lowe, Louise Schubert,
Pattie Phelph, Marie Sewell, Jane
Bradford, Eleanor Home, Mary Alm­quist,
Helen Tigner, Jane Slack, Mar­tha
Watson, Jean Mitcham, Jane
Dickson, and Frances Wilson are en­tered
for the ladies jumping class.
In the senior jumping class are Gor­don
McKinney, Dooley Gilchrist, Net­tles
Ivey, Henry Renfro, Red Ellen-
OPELIKA
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Friday, April 24
MAE WEST
IN
"KLONDIKE
ANNIE"
WITH
Victor McLaglen
Saturday, April 25
GEORGE O'BRIEN
IN
"THUNDER
MOUNTAIN"
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Owl Show
YOU MAY
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WITH
Ann Sothern
Lloyd Nolan
Douglas Dumbrille
Sunday, April 26
THE FARMER
TAKES A
WIFE"
WITH
FRED STONE
JEAN PARKER
Monday & Tuesday,
April 27 and 28
ALJOLSON
IN
"THE
SINGING KID"
WITH
Sybil Jason, Yacht
Club Boys, Cab Cal­loway
and Band, Ed­ward
Everett Horton
And Lots of Others
Carolina Co-eds Hit
At The Opposite Sex
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.—(ACP)
Ben Neville, enterprising student at
the University of North Carolina here
recently set out to discover just what
college women think of college men.
He found out, too:
"College men are the most selfish
and egotistical creatures on earth 1"
screamed the questioned co-eds. "They
get drunk too much, they lack respect
for girls and older people, they have
no sense of responsibility for their so­cial
obligations."
Their table manners are "lousy",
and they t ry to brag about their dates
to fraternity brothers. They are rude,
insincere, disrespectful, inconsiderate,
impolite, discourteous.
"The thing that gets in my hair
most," declared a Syracuse University
girl, "is when boys won't stand when
a girl enters the room; and I could
scream when my partner keeps bump­ing
into other couples on a dance floor.
I hate unnecessary profanity, and I
don't like loudness in a boy, either."
In short, there's nothing much that's
good about the American male as he
is found in college.
From the University of Indiana
comes the opinion that "the most com­mon
failing of college boys occurs in
fraternity houses after dates. There
each boy openly and rudely classifies
each girl. Sometimes a girl doesn't
have a chance to live down a reputa­tion
after a boy has branded her."
There is still hope, however. A
market does exist for the campus Ro­meo—
providing he's remodeled. A
sense of humor, ruggedness of feature
rather than good looks, ability to
know when he's had enough to drink,
a little athletic ability, and above all
consideration and politeness are com­ponents
of The Ideal, co-eds agree.
Auburn Student Gets
Job With University
Arthur C. Weid, senior in electrical
engineering at Auburn has been ap­pointed
graduate assistant in physics
at the University of New York.
Weid entered college here in 1932
and will receive his degree in electri­cal
engineering May 25. As a stu­dent
he has ranked among the highest
of his class. In addition to his studies,
he has served as "student assistant in
the Auburn department of physics.
His home is in New York City.
burg, Gene Forte, Morris Pelham,
Selman Johnson, Walter Thomas, Bill
Dexter, Harry Hooper, John Rush,
Bill Blackwell, Ferrel Bowen, and De
Owen Nichols. The pair jumping en­tries
will consist of Eleanor Home,
Eldred Exley, Jean Mitcham, H. D.
Smith, Jane Dickson, Nettles Ivey,
Helen Tigner, Paul Hicks, Martha
Jane Bradford, Charlie Adams, Jane
Slack, Tom Bacon, Francis Wilson,
and Bruce. Johnson. In the - open
jumping class are Captain .K. L. John­son,
Lt. Col. 6. H. Franke, Captain
J. L. McKinnon, Miss Helen Franke,
and Captain J. V. Phelps.
Sophomores entered in the musical
chair class are C. S. Chisolm, John
Pollard, Travis Vernon, Lester Ant-ley,
Torrance Russell, Osmo Smith,
H. M. Kroll, M. J. McGehee, G. Black,
A. Ezzell, L. G. Goldberg, M. Stud-dard,
J. R. Sivell, and J. 0. Morris.
Young riders who have entered ponies
are Lan Lipscomb, Jr., Fred Keller,
George Pierce, and Jude Robinson, Jr.
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"Showplace of East Alabama"
Auburn, Alabama
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
"TRANSATLANTIC
TUNNEL"
with Richard Diz, Leslie Banks,
Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, C.
Aubry Smith, Basil Sydny.
Added:—Novelty, "It Can't Be
Done"; Cartoon, "Blowout".
• ••••••mamaaiaB •
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
April 26 and 27
EDDIE CANTOR in
"STRIKE ME PINK"
with Ethel Merman, Sally Ei-lers,
Parkyakarkus and the
Gorgeous Goldwyn Girls
Added:—The March of Time;
Popeye Cartoon, "You Gotta
Be a Football Hero"
TUESDAY, APRIL 28
Robert Montgomery and Myrna
Loy in
"PETTICOAT FEVER"
with Reginald Owen.
Added:—MiUs Band in "Caval­cade
of Music"; News Events.
NOTED CONTRACTOR
TO ADDRESS MEMBERS
OF F. E. S. MONDAY
(Continued from page 1)
first steps taken on a college cam­pus
to make undergraduates aware of
the trend in their professions.
For next year plans are already
underway to provide a full schedule of
interesting programs. A talking pic­ture
from the Republic Steel Company
in Cleveland, showing the processes
used in making steel, has been ar­ranged
for; and a dramatic demon­stration
of the work carried out bj
the Bell Telephone Laboratories is ex­pected
to be given here.
Paper Will Be Read
To Group Wednesday
"Five Years of Progress in South­ern
Merchant Pig Iron Production,"
prize winning paper presented before
the Metallurgical Congress in Chicago
and the American Foundryman's As­sociation
in New York, will be pre­sented
by it's author to the chemical
students at Ross Chemical Laboratory.
at 11 o'clock Wednesday, April 29.
All chemical classes will be excused at
this hour.
This paper won for it's author,
Francis H. Crockard, Chief Chemist
and Metallurgist, Southern District,
Republic Steel Corporation, a prize of
$500. It has been presented to sev­eral
large industrial organizations
throughout the country, and has also
been published in "Metals and Al­loys."
NOTICE !
Those interested in basketball (both
freshmen and varsity) are asked to
watch this paper for date of starting
spring training.
NOTICE!
The April number of the Tiger Rag
is now off the press. Copies may be
obtained at the Gym during the
dances.
Textile Men Gather
In Auburn Saturday
Dr. W. H. Cady, Providence, R. I.,
president of the American Association
of Textile Chemists and Colorists, will
be the guest of honor at the meet­ing
of the Association's south-eastern
section at Auburn Saturday.
Dr. Cady is one of the outstand­ing
textile company executives in the
country, being president of a large
concern in Providence.
The meeting will open with an in­formal
gathering of textile officials
at the Textile Engineering Building
at 4 o'clock. At 4:30 o'clock there
will be held the semi-annual meeting
of the Sub-Committee on Merceriza-tion
called by Chairman C. B. Ord-way,
of Auburn. At this time the
annual report of the sub-committee's
research assistant, S. M. Edelstein,
of Chattanooga, Tenn., will be heard.
Plans for the continuation of the re­search
program for the next two years
will be made.
Many of the visitors from the tex­tile
districts of Alabama and adjoin­ing
states will probably arrive in time
to attend he varsity polo game be­tween
Auburn and the Governor's
Horse Guards of Atlanta. The game
begins at 2:30 o'clock.
Climax of the meeting comes Sat­urday
evening with a banquet and
speaking program at the Thomas
Hotel.
WIDE VARIETY OF
COURSES WILL BE
GIVEN IN SUMMER
DANCE BEGINS TODAY
AS ANSON WEEKS AND
BAND ARRIVE IN TOWN
Home Ec Group Will
Entertain At Party
Theta Epsilon, Home Economics
Honor Society, will entertain .at a
swimming party Monday afternoon,
April 27, 5 o'clock, a t the Outing Club.
Afterwards supper will be served
to the members and election of officers
for the coming year will be held.
The newly initiated members are:
Bessie Lee Hamilton, Melba Holley,
Kathryn Sibert, Jean Campbell, and
Kathryn Summers.
(Continued from page 1)
program. This work is given on both
the graduate and undergraduate
levels. Those best prepared, said Dr.
Judd, will no doubt take positions of
leadership in various counties in con­nection
with the curriculum revision.
For reference work and study in
these courses, a special division of the
College library will have available all
of the latest literature dealing with
curriculum studies. A curriculum lab­oratory
will be conducted by Dr. Jenk­ins
for advanced students.
• Courses in industrial arts for ele­mentary
school teachers will be of­fered
again this year. These courses
proved to be among the most popular
on the campus in 1935. Among the
exhibits at the recent Alabama Edu­cation
meeting was one arranged on
industrial arts including the work of
elementary school students taught this
year by a teacher who studied last
summer at Auburn.
Dr. Paul Irvine will again direct
during both summer terms the train­ing
school division consisting of jun­ior-
senior high school and elementary
school. This division offers oppor­tunity
for practical application and
experience in applying the latest
methods of public-school instruction.
Prof. Roy C. Cargile will serve as
principal of the summer training
school, one of the few conducted in
the South.
A survey of boarding-house prices
conducted this month at Auburn re­veals
that the cost of room and board
per full term of the Summer Session
ranges from $25 to $37.50. The large
number of requests coming to Dr.
Judd for the list of boarding houses
operating during the summer indicates
a substantial increase in enrollment
this year, he said. There was a 20
per cent gain in the attendance last
summer over that of 1934.
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(Continued from page 1)
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Montgomery; Clyde Hattaway, Fitz­gerald,
Ga.; Elizabeth Henry, Mont­gomery;
Helen Hobbs, Rome, Ga.;
Emily Jackson, Montgomery; Mildred
Johnson, College Park, Ga.; Bettye
Jones, Montgomery; Margaret Lind-strom,
Birmingham; Brownie Lollar,
Montevallo; Jessie McClane, Talla­dega;
Grace McKee, Faunsdale.
Natilu McKenney, Columbus, Ga.;
Elizabeth McSwain, Troy; Mary Mc-
Whorter, Birmingham; Carrol Mas-sey,
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