1936-03-04 The Auburn Plainsman

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T O F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
VOLUMN LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936 NUMBER 38
FAST CONTESTS
MARK RACE FOR
INTERFRAT CUP
Quarter-Final Plays In Inter-
Fraternity Council Tourney
To Be Held In Gym Tonight
TROPHY BE GIVEN
Sigma Nu And Alpha Psi Meet
First Tonight Followed By
A. G. R. And S. A. E. Game
By EUGENE LEE
Quarter final play in the inter-fra­ternity
basketball race will be com­pleted
tonight with a two-game card
in Alumni Gym. The Sigma Nu and
Alpha Psi quintets are scheduled to
take the floor first at' 7 p.m. with
Alpha Gamma Rho and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon tangling at 8.
In the first half of the quarter
final play last night Theta Chi won
a thrilling victory over Pi Kappa Al­pha
by a 30 to 26 score. Earlier in
the evening, Theta Kappa Nu earned
the right to advance with Theta Chi to
the semi finals by virtue of an easy
44 to 8 win over Phi Delta Theta.
The first match of the evening be­tween
T. K. N. and Phi Delta Theta
started off slow with both teams par­ing
for openings to get under the bas­ket.
Both teams guarded closely, and
as a result nearly five minutes had
passed before one of the fives was
able to break ice. Wallace started the
fireworks. for Theta Kappa Nu by
slipping under to score. This flashy
forward scored only one more goal
during the first half but came back
in the second with an exhibition of
scoring that stamped him as one of the
outstanding performers to date in the
tourney play. He wound up the game
with 20 points to his credit.
Williams scored two goals during
the first half and Schuster scored one
for Phi Delta Theta, but goals by
Wallace, Wood, and Pack gave Theta
Kappa Nu a 15 to 6 lead at the half,
which was witnessed by closer playing
than the score might indicate. Theta
Kappa Nu scored a complete rout in
the second half. Smith, Walker, and
Pack aided Wallace in piling up the
large lead. Smith a"nd Wood scored
8 points each during the game and
Pack scored 6. Williams led the Phi
Delta Theta members with 5 points.
Members of the Phi Delta Theta
team to see service were C. H. Wil­liams,
Robert Hammond, Billy Brad­ford,
Walter Schuster, John Mason,
Peyton Teague and Schley Gordy.
Members who aided in Theta Kappa
Nu's victory were John Pack, P. W.
Wood, L. Edwards, Cecil Wallace, L.
L. Smith, Miller Shappard, Jack Wal­ker,
and Roy Garner.
Jimmy Fenton sank one through
the basket early in the second game
' (Continued on page 4)
Four Are Named For
Marine Commissions
The following senior R. O. T. C,
cadets have been appointed as candi­dates
for commission in the Marine
Corps:
Billy Wingo, first principle; B. D.
Godbold, second principle; E. A.
Wright, first alternate; and L. C. Mer­rill,
second alternate.
Two of these men will be selected
to attend the basic course of instruc­tion
at the Marine Barracks, Phila­delphia
Navy Yard. They will be
carried as probationary second lieu­tenants
for two years after which they
may be commissioned in the Marine
Corps.
The selection of these men was
based on 1, moral integrity; 2, leader­ship;
3, scholastic standing; 4, phys­ical
vigor.
Debating Team To
Engage Tech
Friday
The Auburn debating team will
meet Georgia Tech in Atlanta next
Friday in the first of a series of two
engagements. The debate will be a
decision affair.
Roy Bolen and Fred Grant will rep­resent
Auburn upholding the affirma­tive
side of the subject "Resolved, that
Congress should by a two-thirds vote
have the power to override decisions
by the Supreme Court declaring laws
passed by Congress unconstitutional."
The debaters will be accompanied on
the trip by Prof. E. 0. Hess, debating
coach.
Tech will be met in Auburn in the
return match later in the year.
STATE SOLONS TO
DROP PARITY FOR
REVENUE MEASURE
Solons Fail To Adopt Parity
Measure To Satisfy Groups;
Second Alternative Up Soon
By THE EDITOR
Judging by the way the wind is
blowing down at Montgomery these
days, there is little probability that
the legislators will ever do much about
parity for education.
Those behind the movement for edu­cational
parity demand that if there
is going to be parity it must apply to
all departments of the state. That is
what is tying things up. Parity
measures receiving support of legis­lators
would exempt certain depart­ments,
and educators feel that such a
parity as this would do little or no
good for education. So the future
looks dark as far as getting a satis­factory
parity measure through the
legislature.
The next best thing beside parity
which is receiving considerable sup­port
at present is a proposed measure
to put all education on a trust fund
and then enact bills to increase the
fund to meet education appropria­tions.
A 2 per cent selective sales tax
bill in conjunction with a liquor bill is
now being drawn up. The proceeds
of the sales tax would go into the
trust fund. The revenue received
through the legalization and taxation
of liquor would go into the general
fund. Although the legislature has
the authority within itself to declare
this joint revenue raising bill to be
law, it will in all probability be sub­mitted
to the people of the state for
a referendum in the near future.
These two revenue raising bills are
being drawn up together as one bill.
It is the feeling that it will stand a
better chance for a favorable vote by
the people. One faction is against a
sales tax, while another group is op­posed
to legalized liquor. The leg-continued
on page 4)
N O T I C E !
We are trying to see that a Plains­man
is delivered to every home in
Auburn. If you are j i o t receiving a
paper at your home, please leave your
name and address in the circulation
complaint box located just inside the
door of the Plainsman office.
George Perry,
Circulation Mgr.
Auburn High Quintet
To Enter Tournament
Let's Act Now
,(AN EDITORIAL)
How many students at Auburn are interested in the future of
the college? How many are interested in a square deal for the
faculty members who have borne the brunt of the state's failure to
pay appropriations for four years? Those two questions will be
answered in the next few weeks by the response of the students.
Some of the faculty members have been active in trying to get
the problem settled. However, they can do little. Whenever a teacher
speaks his mind on the subject, the attitude of many is, "Oh, he just
wants more moneyI" Besides it is embarrassing for a man to have
to spend a great part of his time pleading that his salary be paid.
Many choose to quit instead. The faculty ought not to be forced to
demand their pay in order to get it.
The Board of Trustees apparently is indifferent. After four
years, all the Board is able to do is adopt a resolution protecting
themselves and passing the problem on to the faculty.
Very few Auburn alumni seem to be getting excited about
whether or not Auburn has enough money to run. As long as the
doors of the college stay open and winning football teams are pro­duced,
most alumni seem to be satisfied.
That leaves only the students. How do they feel about it? After
all, they, next to the faculty, are most directly affected. The exodus
of professors has already begun. For three. years it was slow for
two reasons: jobs in other colleges were scarce; and most professors
still had hopes for a future square deal. From now on, unless some­thing
is done immediately, the popular thing will be for professors to
hunt other fields. What will be the results as far as Auburn is con­cerned"!
Most of us come here because we consider Auburn a good insti-tuion.
A college is judged largely J>y the men on its faculty. Two
or three good men cannot make a good college, either. The entire
staff must be carefully selected. When those who were carefully
selected years ago begin to leave, who will take their places? What
type of teacher is going to come to a place where salaries, low to start
with, are only half paid each year? How many will want to come to
a college where they never know what their earnings are likely to be?
Certainly the type such positions will appeal to is not the type we
want at Auburn.
It seems to the Plainsman that the time has come for a student
uprising. It is time for the students to become aroused. The legis­lature
meeting at Montgomery, and the people over the state, should
learn what the youth of Alabama think of the situation. We should
tell them in no uncertain terms that Auburn appropriations must be
met, that Auburn teachers must be paid—in full.
There is no time to waste. The present fiscal year is nearly half
gone, and money unpaid by next October is outlawed by the budget
bill. Action must come at Montgomery before long, and the future
of Auburn depends upon that action. Come on, students! Let's
wake up and SPEAK!
Three Frat Houses
Are Raided By
Prowler
Burglars who entered the Theta
Chi, Sigma Nu, and Delta Sig houses
early Friday morning secured a total
of about $85 in cash from the three
houses, it was reported yesterday.
Nothing except cash was reported
as missing, however. In none of the
houses were sleepers awakened, and
loss of the money was not discovered
until several hours after it was taken.
Word is to the effect that nothing
definite has been uncovered in connec­tion
with the robbery, though the fact
that the burglars work so swiftly
seems to point to the fact that they
were plainly familiar with the ar­rangement
of the houses they visited.
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
DECLARES NINE ELIGIBLE
TO COMPETE IN ELECTION
RIFLE TEAM COPS
SECOND PLACE IN
CORPS AREA MEET
Rifle- Team Now Qualified To
Compete Nationally; Meet
Four Teams Here Saturday
The Auburn High School's basket­ball
team won their fifth successive
victory in the third district tourna­ment
Monday night to become district
champions.
The district is divided into two sec­tions.
One tournament was held at
Tallassee, and the other one at Lanett.
There were 32 teams entered into the
tournament. Langdale is runner-up
in the tournament by taking second
place.
The players that Coach W. B.
Hitchcock used at Lanett are as fol­lows:
Forwards, Charlie Hamm, Dan
Friel, Paul Starr, and John Atkeson;
guards, Elmer Almquist, Ab Chrietz-burg;
and Harry Bush, and center,
John Hamm. Coach Hitchcock also
has four men that are showing up
very good in practice, and he said
that some changes will probably be
made before the team leaves for Tus­caloosa,
Thursday week. The four
men that are bidding for places on the
team are: Jack Bright, Harold Smy-er,
Mitchell Watkins, Bill Hamm.
Word received at the military office
here yesterday is to the effect that
the Auburn Rifle Team took second
place in the Fourth Corps Area
Match fired week before last between
the 13 schools of the area.
In capturing second place Auburn
is now qualified to compete in the
National R. O. T. C. rifle matches, be­ginning
March 23.
On Saturday a shoulder-to-shoulder
match will be fired here between Au­burn
and the four highest teams in
the corps area. The match will begin
at 8 o'clock Saturday morning at the
local gallery in the Textile Building.
The teams to fire here will be from
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Geor­gia
Tech.
The following men have been ap­pointed
to fire for Auburn:
M. L. Hardeman, R. E. Strickland,
N. G. Bradford, W. W. Brunson, J. L.
Callaway, Eugene Tomlinson, C. F.
Wilkes, Bill Wallace, L. Howard, J. D.
(Continued on page 4)
FINAL PLANS ARE
SET FOR COUNCIL
BALL THIS MONTH
GLEE CLUB MEETS
WITH SUCCESS ON
LONG ROAD JAUNT
Glee Club Received With Loud
Plaudits At First Two Ap­pearances
In State Tour
Annual Inter fraternity Council
Ball Will Be Staged In Gym
March. 2 0 ; Bid Cards Out
College Be Featured
Over WSFA Friday
Auburn will be featured in a radio
program over WSFA, Montgomery,
Friday evening, March 13, at 9 p. m.
Included in the program will be a
statement concerning Auburn from
Pres. L. N. Duncan. There will also
be a number of Auburn songs.
Sponsored by The Schwob Co., the
program was recorded some weeks ago
and will be broadcast by electrical
transcription.
N O T I C E !
There will be an important meeting
of Tau Beta Pi in room 109 Ramsay
Thursday night at 7:00 P.M. All
members are urged to attend as details
of some important matters will be dis­cussed.
Bid cards for the annual Inter-fra­ternity
Ball, to be given in Alumni
Gymnasium on Friday, March 20,
were distributed at a meeting of the
Inter-fraternity Council last night and
will be collected on March 10. The
bids will be sent to out-of-town girls
only.
The Auburn Knights have been en­gaged
to play for the affair which is
annually considered one of the high­lights
of the campus social events.
The decorations will be in keeping
with the fraternity theme with pen­nants
representing each one being in­cluded
in the scheme". The entrance
to the gym will be similar to that used
at the Military Ball.
In addition to the 10 bids sent to
each fraternity, a small number of
invitations will be sent to seniors who
are non-fraternity men. These are to
be selected by a committee and are
to be chosen on the basis of their cam­pus
activities. This is one of the
methods by which the Inter-fraternity
Council hopes to bring fraternity and
non-fraternity men closer together.
The house mothers of the various
fraternities have also been extended
invitations to attend the ball and a
special place has been provided for
their accommodation.
First Swimming Meet
Here Tomorrow Night
The Auburn swimming team will
meet their first opponent of the year
Thursday night at 7:45 o'clock in
Alumni Gymnasium. The Tigers will
swim against Maryville College, from
Maryville, Tenn.
Several swimming meets will be
held on the local campus this year.
Other teams that will probably ap­pear
here include Ga. Tech, Tenn., and
the University of Miami.
By BOBBY CHESNUTT
The Auburn Glee Club gave a high­ly
successful concert in the magnifi­cent
Gothic Chapel at Huntingdon Col­lege
College, Montgomery, Monday
evening as the first of six appear­ances
on an annual tour of South
Alabama.
A novelty trio by R. W. Ogletree,
George Hairston, and David Cox
gained the greatest applause, while
the club's two soloists, Gordon Hub­bard
and Albion Knights were encored
several times by the enthusiastic
crowd. The choral number, "Deep
River", a Negro spiritual, was well re­served.
' Numerous comments follow­ing
the club's appearance characteriz­ed
this concert as the most successful
one given at Huntingdon this season.
Prior to the concert the Auburn
Club was guest of the Huntingdon
Glee Club at a dinner and a reception
at The Hut, on the college campus.
Prominent in the group was Professor
Danley, head of the music department
at the girl's school.
The Auburn Club left Montgomery
Tuesday morning and appeared in the
second concert in Brewton last night.
Here, according to a wire report re­ceived
in the Plainsman office, the
club also made a successful appear­ance.
The Auburn Knights took part
in this program and played during the
concert. After the concert a dance
was given which was sponsored jointly
by the club and the Brewton High
school.
Wednesday evening the Glee Club
will appear at Fairhope, Thursday at
Mobile, Friday at Atmore, and the
final stand is to be Saturday in Green­ville.
After returning from their tour the
Glee Club wil give a home concert at
8 o'clock, March 12, in Langdon Hall.
At this performance the same pro­gram
used on the tour is to be given
with the addition of several other pop­ular
selections.
Ten Are Selected By
Business Fraternity
Ten students in business adminis­tration
were chosen by Delta .Sigma
Pi, national honorary business frater­nity,
in its annual spring election held
last night.
The students so honored were: John
Lowry, Bessemer; Gerry Yelverton,
Montgomery; Victor Cherry, Opelika;
A. E. Chiles, Albertville; Bob Creel,
Birmingham; L. J. Fuller, Bowdon,
Ga.; Tom Kark, Sheffield; Joe Little,
Spartanburg, S. C ; Fred Shomberg,
Columbus, Ga.; and Robert Walthall,
Newbern. Professor C. H. Donovan,
of the Economics Department, was
also elected to membership. The initia­tion
of these newly selected members
will take place on March 24, and will
be followed by a banquet.
Delta Sigma Pi is a professional
business fraternity whose purpose is
to foster the study of business in col­leges
and universities, and to promote
a1 closer relationship between students
in commerce and the commercial
world.
Two Co-eds Qualify For Race
For Publications; Positions
Considered Most Important
ELECTION IN APRIL
Nine Out Of Ten Prospective
Candidates Found Eligible;
Committee Interprets Ruling
WHAT?
One Act Comedy Will
Be Presented At Hut
"Another Beginning," a comedy in
ane act, will be presented soon at the
"Y" hut. The play will be produc­ed
and directed by Miss Eleanor Boyd
as her project in a play production
course.
There are three characters: Oleta
Dunn, the sweet young thing who was
left behind; Ed Wallace, the guy who
left her; and Dot Green, the very effi­cient
maid.
No admission will be charged for
the performance. The exact day and
time the play will be presented will
be announced later.
N O T I C E !
A convocation of the freshman
class is called for Thursday, tomor­row,
at 10 o'clock in Langdon Hall.
The meeting is being called by the
class president for a discussion of sev­eral
important topics.
New Sleuth Society Formed
On Campus; Don't Kill
Rat; May Be Sleuth
Drama—pathos—mystery—are all
uncovered by the new and famous
Super Sleuth Society composed of the
famous Dick "Phantom" Duffell, Mar­tin
"Strangler" Lorber, Sid "Shadow"
Sadowski, Elliot "Terror" Kaplus, Ben
"Haunter" Vail, Jimmy "Sleuth" At­kinson
and Doug Walters. The
pledges are Sol Havel and George
Cohen. These two pledges will be­come
members as soon as they solved
the "Case of the missing toupee." (It
was not disclosed exactly which pro­fessor
was the owner of this valuable
part of the attire.)
The Sleuth Society has already to
their credit the solving of the Lind­bergh
Kidnaping, who stole Aunt
Gussie's corset, and have found who
stole the upper teeth of Ben Vail's
cow.
This week each member has been as­signed
a case on the campus and will
reveal in the issue of the Plainsman,
January 1858 who dated who during
the week of Feb. 16, 1936.
Each week five Co-eds will be se­lected
at ramdom. The sleuth will
sleuthfoot these fair maidens and
relieve the hearts of the boys back
home.
As an example of their brilliant
work a case now comes to mind: Ezra
Beezlebulb, of Oshkosh, Wis., burst
into the office of the super-sleuth
headquarters and demanded to see one
of our representatives. The Terror
spoke with him after which he called
a special meeting. "Gentlemen," he
said, after the bank, had closed and
the meeting had opened, "Our client
is in a dilemma, a catastrophe. He
has lost a collar button."
This the club realized was one of
(Continued on page 4)
Auburn Alumnus Dies
In Mobile On Sunday
Dr. Wm. H. Oates, Auburn alumnus
of 1891 and member of the board of
trustees for many years, died at his
home in Mobile, March 1, and was
buried the following day.
A life-long resident of Mobile, he
had spent his adult life in his native
city as a physician. Death came rap­idly,
being due to pneumonia. When
stricken he was engaged in a hard
fight against influenza which had at­tained
to epidemic proportion in Mo­bile.
Dr. Oates was chairman of the Mo­bile
County Board of Health and was
active in educational and civic cir­cles
in addition to practicing his pro­fession.
With two co-eds in the race, the
election this spring for publications
heads promises to be one of the most
interesting held here in years. The
candidate for business manager of the
Glomerata will be unopposed. All
other races give promise of being
"hot" affairs.
Meeting Monday afternoon the Pub­lications
Committee declared nine
prospective candidates eligible to run
in the elections this year for heads of
the four publications, editor and bus­iness
manager of the Plainsman and
Glomerata, respectively. These are
usually considered as the most impor­tant
positions held by students.
Those qualified to seek election un­der
the Undergraduate Students Asso­ciation
constitution are:
Editor, The Plainsman — Bobby
Chesnutt, Alvin Morland, and Kay
Sibert.
Business managar, The Plainsman—
V. B. (Dusty) Rhodes and M. C.
(Speedy) Shannon.
Editor, The Glomerata—Sam Gib­bons,
Frank McCall, and Helen Tig-ner.
Business manager, The Glomerata—
Pat Plumlee, unopposed.
Out of ten applications for the com­mittee's
approval, nine were passed
upon favorably. The committee was
especially lenient in interpreting the
regulation calling for five semesters
of college work. The college catalog
provides that no student shall be eli­gible
for promotion if he is more than
14 hours behind in the total number
of hours required for promotion.
Therefore, the committee decided that
any candidate shall be eligible to run
provided that he has successfully pass­ed
76 hours of college work to qualify
him as a junior in full standing.
Political activity for these offices
is expected to reach a peak in the
next few weeks, as several candidates
have already been at work for some
time in their effort to obtain the sup­port
of the junior class. The election
for these offices as well as class of­fices
will be held during the second
week in April. The definite date will
(Continued on page 4)
Mitchell High Point
Man On Auburn Quint
The 1935-36 basketball season ended
for the Auburn basketeers last Friday
nights as they were eliminated from
the Southeastern Basketball Confer­ence
tourney by Tennessee 43-25 after
having downed Georgia in the after­noon
by the score of 43-26.
Considering the fact that Coach
Ralph Jordan started the season with
a comparatively green squad, the
Plainsmen had a successful season los­ing
only 7 games out of the 23 playdd.
The sting was taken out of the defeat
by Tennessee as the latter team was
crowned Conference Champions after
their victory over Alabama on Monday
night.
The Tigers amassed 710 points dur­ing
the season to their opponent's 611.
This is good considering the fact that
such teams were met as Vanderbilt,
Clemson, and Georgia Tech. All three
teams have individual stars who spe­cialize
in sensational shooting.
Joe Bob Mitchell was high scorer
for the season with 160 points. Next
came Joel Eaves, stellar guard, who
amassed 145, followed by Rex McKis-sick
with 116. Rex was followed by
Buddy Crew with 110, Woodrow
Barnes with 80, Andrew Curlee with
45, Bobbie Blake with 19, Hugh Rod-gers
with 17, Joe Wood with 5,
O'Gwynne with 3, Black with 2, and
Moreland with 2.
T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
BLUMBERG CATCHES AIR
The year was young and downy too and wet behind the ears.
The frosh was in, a goodly crop, untouched by quiz room fears.
We looked them over well satisfied and then was stricken dumb,
Here was a hulk of mighty bulk. He said his name was Blumb.
Now frosh are rats, as we all know, until the year has past,
But "Rodent" would not fit this man, our senses stood aghast.
We cogitated both hard and long until our brain went limp,
Out of the dark there burst a spark and we tagged the Blumberg "Blimp".
The cake race came and all turned out to watch the freshmen trot,
The upperclassmen full of glee, the grind the freshmen's lot.
Clad with a smile and raiment brief the athletes toed the mark,
They counted all as they came out and one was short, but hark.
The missing man hove in sight and boldly got in position,
The belly-fat lay full in sight, a Barnum exhibition.
Blimp gave a lunge and he was off, his nostrils all aquiver,
A violent sound was heard around, 'twas Blumberg's thumping liver.
He covered ground in violent strides as graceful as a duck,
Blood pressure went up and breathing hard his backwash had a suck.
'Twas then it came, a catastrophe, as fate must have its way,
We gave a shout as a dog ran out and cramped Blimp's style that day.
Then Blimp and dog and dirt and dust together conjugated,
And which and what was what could not be fairly stated.
Both man and dog smeared the soil, a dull sound smote the air,
The dog was small and Blimp was large, an incongruous pair.
But Blimp rose up and cussed aloud and wished the dog's perdition,
The dog was found with nothing sound, messed up beyond recognition.
That ended Blimp's athletic life but he is with us still,
• The gob of goo cuts out the view as he waddles up vet hill.
—Clayton Stephens.
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Matt Gilbert says that it's a great relief to have classes during the week to
break the monotony of the week-ends. It seems that such things as football games,
dances, etc., would be too much for him without classes to vary things. %
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It's been reported that a certain very popular co-ed was threatened last Sat­urday
night. Her date told her that if she screamed, he'd never kiss her again.
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Bill: "G'wan Abbott, you got hayseed in your hair".
Abbott: "That ain't hayseed, that's wild oats".
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The new edition of "What Every Girl Should Know" has been renamed, we
understand, "What Every Young Girl Knows By This Time".—Tiger.
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"Hear about the Scotchman who was arrested for going down the street nude?"
"No."
"He was on his way to a strip poker game."—Octopus.
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Titoe last words of the immortal Webster: Zymosis, zymotic, and zymurgy.
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Where's The Comeback?
We like a little argument once and a
while just for the sake of variety. Not
long ago we took a poke at Blue Key and
another one at the Y.M.C.A. Neither one
of the two organizations as much as mur­mured
or batted an eyelid. They sat back
and took it. It's lots of fun to win a fight
but not when you win it by a forfeiture.
That's the way most of our fights are won.
But we shall continue to poke around until
we find a sore spot.
We said most emphatically that this new
idea Blue Key has in its bonnet about get­ting
students to come to Auburn from the
high schools is just so much hoodoo. We
still claim it is, unless some Blue Key mem­ber
gets aroused enough to convince us that
we are all wrong. Then we will admit our
error. But shucks, it seems that Blue Key
believes the same way we do about it. At
least that is the contention one gets when
Blue Key doesn't even think enough of their
plan to defend it when it's being questioned.
Then again we attempt to show what a
ridiculous idea this fraternity go-to-church
month has turned out to be. The local "Y"
might just as well go on and give the cup
to a certain fraternity on the campus and
save all the trouble of keeping records. This
fraternity is going to win it anyway. But
the Y.M.C.A. just took it on the nose and
didn't even let out a small peep. Probably
they have something up their sleeve for
next year. If so, let's hear about it. In­cidentally,
the glee club is planning a con­cert
on the campus as soon as they get
back from their present tour.
We want bigger and better arguments.
In Keeping Pace
Keeping pace with an ever changing
world, the home of today no longer repres­ents
quite the same thing that it did in the
days when automobiles, radios, and electric
ice boxes had yet to be invented. Homes in
too many cases today are nothing more than
places where one snatches a few hours of
sleep and a bit to eat, then off again for
the club, the theatre, or in search of some
other form of entertainment.
It is a restless world stuffed with thrills
. and excitement. The modern home has been
streamlined and fashioned to keep in the
parade, but in so doing it has lost forever
that which made a home a home, a place
one held dear in his heart throughout the
years, wherever he might be.
It used to be that an evening at home was
by far the most enjoyable period of the day.
All the little worries and troubles seemed
to vanish with the smoke that arose up the
chimney from the hickory fire that crackled
and popped on the hearth. The atmosphere
was one of congeniality and friendliness
found nowhere else but by the fireside.' Ma
darning socks and pa with his pipe present­ed
a picture of pure contentment and hap­piness.
It was a period of quiet and rest-fulness.
It was homely and common but'
of such a nature as to impart more meaning
than any other one thing into the art of
knowing how to live. From such surround­ings
have come the great men and women
of the day, those who learned the fundamen­tal
laws of life by the fireplace.
Today an entirely different picture pre­sents
itself. There is no longer any such
thing as an evening by the fire. Instead
pa is fumbling in the ice box experimenting
on a new cocktail recipe he got from the
boys at the office. Ma is upstairs powder­ing
her nose just before stepping out to
the theatre. Of course, Johnny and his
sister have long since left to attend what­ever
social function that might be going on.
The maid takes care of the little tots, who
listen to the radio awhile and are then
whisked off to bed.
It is only natural that this change should
come about, yet at the same time it is
doubtful as to whether or not the change
has been altogether for the best. The home
up until the present generation has been the
most powerful influence in the lives of near­ly
every individual. It has been the decid­ing
factor in shaping their future. Take
any poor, misguided soul and see if it is
not true that his childhood was spent with­out
the influence of a good home, the even­ings
by the fireside.
In a large measure it may be said that
the school has taken over such tasks which
before were commonly associated with the
homes. But at the same time the schools
will never take the place vi the home; they
will never quite fit the shoe for which the
home was primarily intended.
Ask Auburn Students
It is with a great deal of humor that a
.lot of Auburn students read that the legis­lature
has appointed a special committee
of a sort to investigate the sale of liquor
in and around Montgomery. It surely can't
be possible that they don't know that the
stuff in being sold, that they are going to
have a look around to see whether it is
or not. Probably it would be better if they
would close their eyes and just sniff around
instead. Solons sometimes have a hard
time seeing things. They've got to be shown,
and as sure as you live, the liquor dealers
that abound right under the capitol build­ing's
nose are going to display their wares
for the benefit of the investigators.
We suggest an even better method than
the sniffing method. The committee could
save a lot of time and expense by simply
asking a few Auburn students for the low-down.
Oh, of course not every student
here could give the necessary dope, but there
are plenty who could, though wo doubt
whether they would or not for the simple
reason that you don't kill the goose that
lays the golden egg. Well, at any rate,
liquor is sold in and around Montgomery,
and beer too. Pretty good beer.
Advantages Of Co-Education
By C. W. Bell
In the Spring with the grass becoming
green again, the subject of coeducation
seems to gather new life. Innumerable
couples of lads and lassies may be seen
strolling about the campus. Doubtless they
have seen one another during the winter
months at classes, theatres, in the halls, at
basketball games and around town. But all
of these places, except the classroom and
halls, are more or less approved resorts for
the congregation of the sexes, such as even
the uncoeducated may frequent. The boys
and girls must get together, however, a
perilous business no doubt, and a bit dis­gusting—
if you have that kind of mind.
The campus strollers seem to be a point for
coeducation when you consider the fact that
the standard American marriage nowadays
is made chiefly to the tune of the foxtrot
or the rumba.
Every co-ed knows that Cupid is not ex­actly
a stranger to the campus. Recent
studies of marriages of couples who met
while attending coeducational institutions
indicate that not more than one out of
every seventy-five results in failures, while
one of every six couples who did not attend
coeducational institutions, one resulted in
divorce. Now what are some of the pro­bable
reasons for this happier state of
marriage. Her expectations of men will
not be as idealistic but more human for
she has a better chance of knowing men
as they really are. She will on the average
and more consistently be more attractive—
as far as the men are concerned this cer­tainly
goes a long way toward making the
marriage happier. The campus of a coed­ucational
institution is not a heaven on
earth and it affords plenty of opportunities
to discover the worst as well as the best of
one's friends. The co-ed again will never
be the one who has "failed to hold her hus­bands
interest". She is used to "keeping
in tune". The man on the other hand has
met women as equals for four years. He
has seen their fine achievements, intellec­tual
and in outside activities, rated as high
or even higher than his own. -
In coeducational schools the boys and
girls see one another in classes (terrible
as it is) as well as on the dancing floor.
At all times of the day rather than at
night. Day after day rather than on Sat­urday
evening. They see one another in
sweaters and shirtwaists more often than
in tails and gowns. The girls have splendid
opportunities to learn the everyday life of
the boys and vice-versa. Mixing so freely
and meeting so many of the opposite sex,
they become less liable to be .blinded by sex
differences.
Of course they make love together. They
write notes to each other—which is most
excellent practice in English composition.
Together they discuss subjects of heaven
and earth, the moon and the stars. They
are more or less looking for a mate, un­consciously
or consciously. Yet, where is
there another place in the world where they
would have a better chance—or even as
good a chance.
Educators say that faith in coeducation
is based on two things: first, college life
should be as near as possible a duplication
of the society which he is preparing to en­ter;
second, the conviction that higher edu­cation
can no longer justify itself when one
sex is excluded from the other. It seems
that the coeducational colleges have the
greatest and ablest scholars. In coeduca­tional
colleges both sexes are given the ad­ditional
advantage of training in direct re­lation
with each other. In college activities
such as drama, music,' debating, athletics,
club-life, and politics young men and women
together gain a new and different outlook
on life. There is an association between
each member of many groups.
It has been claimed that coeducation
tempts the male from many outside inter­ests,
perhaps the female. Since the day of
Adam and Eve life itself has tempted this
strange animal so why does coeducation
have to cause greater temptation.
For the normal, the healthy young man
and woman who expect some day to create
a home and spend the greater part of life
in close contact with a member of the op­posite
sex, for him and for her the environ­ment
of a coeducational college seems to
offer an' indispensable schooling.
Cats and Canaries
Did you know ?
It is rumored that romance has invaded
the English Dept.—Prof. Blackshear' and
Ollie Harris, maybe?
* * * *
Sterling Graydon hasn't learned that a
tux isn't the proper attire for a ten A.M.
stroll about the campus, especially on Sun­day.
* * * *
Johnnie Orr is around again.
* * * *
The boy and the gal, seen holding up a
tree (?) in back of the President's Mansion
last Sunday night, hadn't ought to do that.
* * * *
One of the Profs in the Engineering Dept.
is still carrying the torch for the gal that
married the other guy.
* * * *
Bummie Roton is becoming quite a man
about town.
* * * *
It's a two to one bet that the shoe sales­man
is going to bring in Clyde Lucas for
the final dances. He ought to remember
the Boulanger affair.
* * * *
A large majority of the campus bootleg­gers
have suddenly retired.
* * * *
The person writing this stuff isn't who
a great many people believe it to be. And
not a Chi Omega either.
* * * *
Chinks interest isn't on Magnolia as pre­viously
reported, but on South Gay.
* * * *
One of the Economics profs was higher
than the proverbial kite when he poured
himself into the College Inn last Sunday
night.
* * * *
The Pi Kappa Phi house was the scene
of quite a tearing up party Saturday night,
and who were the participants?
* * * *
Kilgore and Blake are still glaring at one
another.
* * * *
Galvin and Williams are approaching the
honey britches class.
* * * *
Slack likes them with thin hair.
* * * *
Who stole whose date at the Sigma Pi
struggle Saturday night, and who threaten­ed
to punch whose nose and almost suc­ceeded.
* * * *
The Junior politicians have changed their
minds about their campaign to clean up
politics this spring. Or weren't they se­rious?
* * * * *
That one of the campus sweetjiearts has
thrills and heartthrobs every time the tall
dark one gets up to croon.
* * * *
That this is as far as we go today.
Rogers Deering, farm machinery fortune
heir, has left $7,000,000 to Northwestern.
Recently we gave you the 23rd Psalm of
the college student. Today we give you the
23rd Psalm of an engineer's sweetheart; as
interpreted by the Sou'wester.
Verily, I say unto you, marry not an
engineer.
For an engineer is a strange being, and
is possessed of many devils.
Yea, he speaketh eternally in parables,
which he calleth formulae.
And he wieldeth a big stick which he
calleth a slide rule.
And he hath only one Bible, a handbook.
He thinketh only of stresses and strains
and without end of thermo.
He showeth always a serious aspect and
he seemeth not to know /•
How to smile, and he picketh his seat in
the car by the springs therein
And not by damsels.
Neither does he know a waterfall except
by its horsepower, and a sunset, except that
he must turn on the lights, nor a damsel
Except by her live weight.
Always he carries his books with him,
and entertaineth
His sweetheart with steam tables.
Verily, tho his damsel expecteth choco­lates,
when he calleth,
She opens the package but to disclose
iron ore.
Yea, he holdeth his damsel's hand but to
measure the friction,
And he kisseth her but to test the vis­cosity.
For in his eyes there shineth a far-away
look that is neither
Jjove nor longing—rather a calm attempt
to recall a formula.
There is but one key to his heart, and
that is Tau Beta Pi, and
One love letter for which he yearneth,
and that is an "A".
When his damsel writeth of love and sign-eth
with crosses
He takes these symbols not for kisses, but
rather, •
For unknown quantities.
Even as a boy, he pulleth a girl's hair,
but to test its elasticity.
But as a man he discovered different de­vices
;
For he counteth the vibrations of her
heart springs; and
He seeketh ever to pursue his scientific
investigations.
Even his heart flutterings he counteth a
vision of beauty
And enscribeth his passion as a formula.
And his marriage is as a simultaneous
equation,
Involving two unknowns, and yielding di­verse
results.
* * * *
A male student at the University of Min­nesota
found his name a source of con­fusion
to the faculty. His name was Marion.
The limit was reached when he received a
letter from the dean of women inquiring
about his rooming situation, she of course
thinking him a woman. He replied: "Dear
Deanie: I am rooming over in the men's
dorm, and the boys are just darling."—
Daily Tar Heel.
* * * *
It seems that the archeologists, while do­ing
excavating work in Greece, often have
to resort to some strategem in order to
secure decent accommodations at the none-too-
obliging hotels. Fully aware of this
fact, three American archeologists decided
to impress the management with their im­portance.
One had himself announced as
the mayor of Bagdad; another dubbed him­self
the Magistrate of London. But the
best room in the hostelry was immediately
given to the third archeologist, who had
himself pompously announced as the Citrate
of Magnesia.
* * * *
A student at a certain western university,
caught without a term paper one day,
snatched one from his fraternity's files,
typed it, and handed it in. It came back
with an "A" on it and a note asking the
student to see the professor.
"Did you think that paper worth an 'A'?"
queried the professor.
The student, thinking to charm the pro­fessor
with a display of modesty, admitted
that he had expected a "B".
"Well, it's worth an 'A', see?"—said the
professor. "When I wrote it fifteen years
ago, it got a ' C . I am glad to see that it
has at last received its due recognition."—
The Johnsonian.
* * * *
At one of our eastern colleges recently
the professor was unable to stay for class,
so he placed a sign on his door which read
as follows:
"Professor will be unable to meet
his classes today."
Some college lad seeing a chance to dis­play
his sense of humor, erased the letter
"c" in front of "classes". The professor,
noticing the laughter, wheeled around, walk­ed
back, looked at the sign, look at the
boy; he then calmly erased the "1" in
"lasses" and walked away.—The David-sonian.
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.
* * * * COMES Springtime again with all its
blessings of birds, buzzards and bum­blebees.
The birds they sing, the
buzzards vote dry and drink wet, and the
bumblebees buzz around and get into our
respectable Methodist pants.
* * * *
There hardly is anything like the Spring
of the year for anything. All our wars
were declared in the Springtime, we can
take off our red flannels in the Springtime,
and go in swimming or wading with a bunch
of Kappa Deltas. . . . in the Springtime.
There is nothing like getting lazy and
laying up side of a pine tree with some old
cow and having the cow brush off the flies
off of both of you. A cow is a very con­siderate
animal in that respect, you know.
It's too bad we misunderstand the cow.
Would that I had the digestive tract of the
cow when I am invited out to dine some of
these fine Sunday afternoons. A cow, you
know, can gobble up everything in sight, •
you know, and then go set down side of
some pine tree and chew her cud and some­how
all the stuff she has et gets digested.
We human people were cheated in that
respect. And I am unhappy about it.
* * * *
There is generally a bunch of violets and
other nosegays growing around wild in the
woods when it comes Springtime, too. And
there isn't nothing like taking some gal out
in the woods to pick those violets. Person­ally
I don't like to do things like that as
all these girls frequently develop feet that
hurt and noses that run in the cool Spring
air, and they get the sniffles, and can't
even smell the violets one has picked for
them and there isn't any fun in that. And
then most likely some girl has a Baptist
parent who won't let her get out of the
city limits unless the National Guard is
along to help pick the flowers. And, you
know, the National Guard is rapidly exter­minating
all of our wild flowers. Those are
the wrong things with the Springtime. Give
me the old cow to langor under the pine tree
with. Too much trouble picking the flowers
anyway. Tis best to do like the bumblebee
and the houn' dawg. . . . just go along and
smell the things and do without the trouble
of picking them-.
* ' * * *
Some people like to drink beer in the
Spring-time. Such people aren't good Meth­odists,
and drinking beer in the Springtime
is ugly. In fact it puts bulges under one's
shirt that look as if one is trying to smuggle
a watermelon. Stealing watermelons is the
wrong thing to do. And then beer sort of
smells like beer, and beer sort of smells
like the devil, and the devil doesn't smell
so good. . . . not even on late Saturday
night. Drinking beer in the Springtime is
ugly.
* * * *
Molly Brasfield, by her own admission,
hasn't quite the sense that, say, Mark
Twain, Julius Caesar, or Judge Washing-ton
had. 'Tis so nice to be honest. . . . why
don't several of you other girls confess?
* * * *
A snake in the grass is worth two in the
house.
The law, in all its majesty, went araiding
Saturday night. . . . after the thirty minute
warning (required by law) that a raid was
about to be forthcoming.
Here's hoping (for some of you fine peo­ple
I know) that the devil, when he comes
to take some of you to your future apart­ments,
will give you the thirty minute warn­ing.
Only some of you who sit on the front
pew Sunday after Sunday will need quite a
few years of it.
* * * *
The Delta Sig dance of last Saturday
night was quite UP-Scotch-Merry, as we
Magnolians say. . . . in fact it is the best
dance of the season since Joe Sanders had
a cold in the Thomas hotel.
My friend, Miss Mulliken was there. . . .
Margaret Clark from Birmingham. . . .
Helen from Birmingham with the prettiest
eyes. . . . little Sarah Smith (Who claims
she is the prettiest little girl I have ever
seen. . . . and she just missed being wrong
by a basketball team) Molly Brasfield (who
hasn't any sense). . . . Dot Jilek. . . . Some
strange set I didn't know. . . . and Jim
Blair. . . . Mobile Rudder. . . . Bill Collins
with his new girl (and he didn't average 94
in school for nothing) Pudden Head, who
hollered, "You're too late, and she's gone".
* * * *
When the Delta Sigs can't give a dance
then there isn't a dance that can be given.
Board bills for the past month: Sam Gib­bons,
$20 parlor rent, morning, noon, and
night, at 108 South Gay.
Mary Hagood, $40, for eating at the Pi
K. A. meals, between meals, and before
meals. ,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE
A party of Auburn students and
faculty members attended the Russian
Ballet in Montgomery on Tuesday
night. The following were included:
Bill Dexter, Rolfe Brandt, Bill Chap­man,
Mary Claire Randall, Louis Am­bler,
Elizabeth Steere, Franklin Wood­ruff,
Caroline Lawson, Robert Bots-ford,
Charles Clements, Arthur Stew­art,
Jewel Davis, Dryden Baughman,
Mrs. Charles Edwards, and Mrs.
H. W. Nixon.
Now Is The Time To
PLAY TENNIS
We can save you 10 per cent on T. Rackets
and Balls
Our New Sport Oxfords Are Now In Stock
QIBSO N'C
MEN'S WEAR tJ*
SOCIAL NEWS ON CAMPUS
LUELLA BOTSFORD, Society Editor
Mildred Council And
Collins Cameron Wed
THE work of Bell Telephone Laboratories might
well be called "assets in the making." It deals with
many problems whose solution will be of great future
value to telephone users.
The truth of this statement is indicated by improve­ments
already developed and now in daily use. The
convenient handset telephone, the dial system, new
magnetic alloys, overseas and ship-to-shore radio tele­phony
are just a few examples.
Today more than 4000 men and women are carrying
on this work to make tomorrow's telephone service
still better.
Why not telephone home at least once
each week? For lowest rates to most
points, call station-to-station after 7
P. M. daily, or any time Sunday.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
A recent marriage which is of in­terest
here was that of Miss Mildred
Council, of Fairhope, and Mr. Collins
Cameron. The ceremony was impres­sively
performed on Friday afternoon,
Feb. 28, at the Methodist Church in
Fairhope. The bride and groom were
attended by Miss Johnnie Miller, of
Mobile, and Mr. Hugh Cameron, of
Auburn, who acted as his brother's
best man.
Mrs. Cameron is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Collins, of Fair-hope.
Mr. Cameron is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Cameron, of Auburn.
He is a graduate of Auburn, having
received his degree with the class of
1934. During his senior year he was
president of the Glee Club. The young
couple will make their home in Fair-hope
where the groom is a member of
the faculty of the Fairhope High
School.
ARTS AND CRAFTS CLUB MEETS
The Arts and Crafts Club met on
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. J. A.
Parrish. The club was fortunate in
having for their speaker, Mr. Phil
Hagedorn of Opelika, who gave an in­teresting
and instructive talk on rugs.
Flowers for all Occasions
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LET SCIENCE ARBITRATE
In heated arguments of this kind, the color
analyzer is the court of last resort. Recording
photoelectric spectrophotometer is the official
name of this device, which was recently ex­hibited
at a scientific meeting at St. Louis. It
recognizes an infinite variety of hues and
shades; it distinguishes differences in color too
slight for human eyes to detect; it automati­cally
records the exact color prescription.
The spectrophotometer is proving especially
useful for standardizing the color specifications
of inks, dyes, paints, paper, and textiles. It
makes obsolete such vague descriptive names
as blue-black, blue-white, and yellow-green,
and substitutes carefully drawn graphs extend­ing
over the whole visible spectrum. The
operation of the device, which is automatic,
depends upon an ingenious combination of a
phototube and thyratron tubes with a precise
optical system.
The previous method of making exact color
measurements required hundreds of tiresome
readings and consumed most of a day. The
recording spectrophotometer produces a curve
of comparable accuracy in three minutes.
t
NEW LIGHT ON THE MIDDLE AGES
Medieval ecclesiastics would cry "Witch­craft!"
could they see the cathedral at Burgos,
Spain, tonight. Carefully wrought details of
architecture and ornamental carving, never
before clearly seen in all their seven hundred
years, now stand forth in bold relief. The thir­teenth-
century Gothic structure glows, for two
hours each night, in the light of a battery of
modern General Electric floodlights.
Burgos was, for centuries, the capital of Old
Castile, the kingdom of •that Queen Isabella
who offered to pawn her jewels to finance Co­lumbus'
momentous voyage to America. Now,
after 444 years, American lighting equipment
returns to add luster to what was one of the
most important of Isabella's possessions.
DIG HERE
In the old days, a mysterious individual, called
a dowser, with a forked divining rod of witch
hazel, used to be called in to locate lost articles
buried in the earth. A new magnetic detector,
recently developed in the General Engineering
Laboratory of the General Electric Company,
is now substituting science for magic and hocuB-pocus.
With uncanny accuracy, it is tracking
down lost pipe lines.
Water and gas pipes are often lost because old
surveys are inaccurate or because records have
been destroyed. Digging up a whole street, in
order to find a missing pipe line, is expensive
business. The new detector has solved this
problem by successfully locating pipes laid 40
years ago—pipes buried as much as seven feet
below the surface. In one case, pipes were found
fully 100 feet from their supposed location, and
the detector spotted them within one diameter
of the pipe.
96-237FBI
GENERAL » ELECTRIC
PERSONAL
MENTION
Carl Wittichen, of Birmingham,
who graduated here in 1935, visited
here last week-end.
* * * ••
Frances Williams, who is teaching
in Hartselle, visited her mother here
recently.
* * *
Melba Holley spent Sunday at her
home in Tallassee.
* * *
Irvin Gwillim, who was a graduate
of 1934 and was laboratory assistant
here last year, is spending a few days
in Auburn.
* * *
Mary Criel and Margaret Kelly of
Birmingham, Jane Lucas, of Mont­gomery,
Virginia Landers, of Fairfax,
and Louise Burns, of Tuscumbia, at­tended
dances in Auburn last week­end.
* * *
Among out-of-town girls attending
the Sigma Pi dance on Saturday even­ing
were: Barbara Nettles, Patty Up-church,
Clare Dale, Montevallo;
Yvonne Green, Mary Stead, Missouri
Gipson, Mary Elizabeth Francais,
Montgomery, and Kathryn Kennedy,
Agnes Scott. /
Jap Parrish, former Plainsman col­umnist
and graduate of 1935, is here
on a short visit to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Parrish.
* * *
Among visitors who attended the
S. P. E. dance last, Friday night were
Wilberta Kerr and Cynthia Kelly, of
Birmingham; Marguerite Creel and
Mary Kelly, of Fairfield; Ruth Bur-oughs
and Ruth Dunn, of Huntingdon;
Louise Burns, of Tuscumbia; Virginia
Landers, of Fairfax; Jane Luke, of
Eufaula; and Tap Hanson, Jimmie
Hubbard, and Elmer Simms, all for­mer
students of Auburn.
* * *
Some of the out-of-town guests who
attended the Delta Sigma Phi dance
last night were Mary Kate Hernandez,
Betty Jones, Lonna Mae Ginn, Mar­garet
Clark, Amelia Scott, H^len Seil-binder,
Mary Whorter, Irene Murray,
Mrs. E. O. Murray, and Larry Tabor,
of Birmingham; Margaret Mullikin,
of Macon, Georgia; Carol Massey, of
Albany; Jane Jernigan and Jack Ram­sey,
of Brewton; Gene Parker, of La
Grange; and Rueban Bell, of Lane-ville.
* * *
Jane Slack spent the past week end
in Birmingham.
* * *
Sarah Goode visited her parents in
Gastonburg last week end.
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Miss Dot Butler, of Fort Benning,
spent the week-end here in Auburn.
Former Student Here
Married February 23
The marriage of Miss Eleanor Hol­land
of Luverne, formerly of Green­ville
and Mr. Rex E. Sikes, of Deca­tur,
Ala., is of interest to friends here.
The ceremony was performed on Sun­day,
February 23, in Luverne.
The bride attended Montevallo Col­lege.
The groom is a graduate of Au­burn,
having received his degree in
Civil Engineering in 1931. He was
very active in campus affairs, having
belonged to Spades, Omicron Delta
Kappa, Blue Key, Scabbard and Blade,
Social Cimmittee, and Inter-Frater­nity
Council, in which he represented
Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity. He
was also business manager of the
1931 Glomerata. The young couple
will make their home in Decatur,
where he is affiliated with TVA.
Kappa Delta Pledges
Are Feted At Supper
On Sunday night pledges of Kappa
Delta sorority who are soon to be
initiated were guests of honor at a
buffet supper given at the home of
Tiny Shi. Mary Pierce, Mary Hay-good,
and Tiny Shi acted as hostesses
at the affair. The guests of honor in­cluded:
Doris White, Pearl Rudolph,
Marion Stanley, Evelyn Johnson, Vir­ginia
Wadsworth, and Susan Anne
Wallace.
Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe,
Down to Howard's we must go;
Spring is here, let's you and me
Doff the old clothes, put on some
new.
Rogers- Peacock Are
Married February 29
A marriage «f recent interest was
that of Miss Sarah Rogers of Speig-ner,
Alabama, and James Peacock, of
Columbus, Georgia, which took place
on Saturday afternoon, February 29,
at the home of the bride. William
Pease III, of Auburn and Columbus,
served as best man to Mr. Peacock.
The groom, who is a member of
S. A. E. fraternity, received his de­gree
from Auburn in 1934. He is now
affiliated with the Georgia Power
Company in Columbus, where the
young couple will make their home.
Mrs. Orr Is Hostess
To Music Department
On Thursday evening, February 27,
the music department of the Woman's
Club held its regular monthly meeting
at the home of Mrs. Frank Orr. Mrs.
Keith Reeve was co-hostess. The main
event of the program was an interest­ing
talk on music given by Mrs. W. D.
Salmon.
Members of the Resettlement Ad- and dance Wednesday, March 4, at
ministration are having a bridge party 8:30 o'clock, at the Recreation Hall.
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RIFLE TEAM COPS -
SECOND PLACE IN
CORPS AREA MEET
(Continued from page 1)
Robbins, H. F. Lee, L. Schwarts, A. A.
Rich, E. A. Wright, and M. R. Panell.
Next week the local marksmen will
compete for the Hearst Trophy. A
watch will be presented to the student
making the highest mark in the match.
In a shoulder-to-shoulder match
See Patsy Natalie
Tonight at
Reed's Billiard Parlor
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Bank of Auburn
AUBURN, ALABAMA
At the Close of Business December 31st, 1935
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $120,650.33
Overdrafts 179.62
Stocks and Bonds 71,343.00
Furniture and Fixtures 6,115.00
Cash on hand and due from banks 130,566.43
$328,854.38
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $ 25,000.00
Surplus and Profits 31,696.00
Reserve for dividends 2,000.00
Deposits 267,943.22
Other Liabilities 2,215.16
$328,854.38
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Billiards Champ To
Perform Here Today
Patsy Natalie, Italian pocket bil­liards
champion, will appear at Reed's
Billiard Parlor tonight at 9:15 o'clock.
He will give a two hour exhibition of
fundamentals and fancy shots.
Natalie first became interested in
billiards at the age of> ten. Two years
later he came to America where he
seriously took up the pocket billiard
game. His high-run record is 257,
scored in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1919,
being the first man to defeat Green-leaf,
then world's champion.
Natalie has held both the New
York State Championship title and the
Chicago All-Star Title four times,
still retaining the latter.
STATE SOLONS TO
DROP PARITY FOR
REVENUE MEASURE
(Continued from page 1)
islators planning to submit the meas­ure
for a vote of the people because
they are somewhat hesitant about tak­ing
the responsibility upon their own
shoulders.
At present sentiment seems -to be
crystalizing for this second alterna­tive.
The House will meet Thursday
as a committee of the whole to debate
the tax bill. At the regular session
Friday a vote will be taken. Should
it pass, it will be submitted to the
people in about 30 days. At any
rate, something definite is held as a
sure thing before the week is up.
COMMITTEE DECLARES
NINE ARE ELIGIBLE TO
COMPETE IN ELECTION
(Continued from page 1)
be announced soon by the chairman
of the elections committee.
The written qualifications as pre­sented
to'the Publications Committee
will be published in an early issue of
the Plainsman. It was decided by the
committee that the publication of such
facts would enable the students in
better deciding which candidate was
the better qualified to fill the posi­tions.
Lack of space in this issue
prohibits the publication of these
statements at this time.
On Friday evening Y. M. C. A. en­tertained
at their annual dance in the
Recreation Hall of the Student Cen­ter.
Several no-breaks and leadouts
were enjoyed during the evening. The
Auburn Collegians will play.
fired here last Saturday, Auburn lost
by 60 points to Company A, 29th
Infantry at Fort Benning. Auburn
won in all positions but standing but
lost that by such a wide margin as
to lose the match.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
"ESCAPE FROM
DEVIL'S ISLAND"
with Victor Jory, Florence
Rice, Norman Foster.
Added:
Comedy, "Honeymoon Bridge"
Novelty, "Curious Industries"
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THURSDAY, MARCH 5
"HERE COMES
TROUBLE"
with Paul Kelly, Arline Judge,
Mona Barrie, Gregory Ratoff.
Also:
Musical, "Gus Van's Musical
' Shoppe"
Novelty, "Lucky Stars"
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell
"MISS PACIFIC FLEET"
with
Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins.
Added:
Brevity, "Broadway Ballyhoo"
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FAST CONTESTS
MARK RACE FOR
INTERFRAT CUP
(Continued from page 1)
to give Pi K. A. a lead which was
held for only a minute, for Buck Dar-den,
Theta Chi, sank two foul shots
to put his team in a tie. Jim Pike
slipped under the basket for a crip
shot that put Theta Chi in the lead,
which they held for the remainder of
the game. Pi K. A. threatened this
lead with Fred Black leading the way
in the first half and Russell in the
second. Fred Black and Torrence
Russell led the Pi K. A. team in scor­ing
with 9 and 6 points respectively.
Jimmie Fenton, James Moreman, Sid­ney
Scarborough and Collins Fenton
constituted the remainder of the losing
team.
Buck Darden was the big gun for
the Theta Chi hardwood performers.
His floor work and offensive threats
were outstanding. Closely pressing
Darden for honors, were Jim Pike and
Gossett. He came out of the fray
credited with his finest play of the
tourney. Gossett's defensive work
was outstanding, and he also contri­buted
considerably to his team's scor­ing.
Powell, Miller and Martin play­ed
a great part in bringing about the
victory for their team. Darden was
high scorer with 10 points. Gossett
garnered 8 and Pike 7. .
WHAT?
(Continued from page 1)
the largest problems ever to confront
them. This would make or break
them. After two years of tedious
searching, sleuthing, hunting, seeking
and looking for this article the society
Lenten services will be held this
week at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening
and. at 4:30 o'clock Friday afternoon
at the Episcopal Church.
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"EAST OF JAVA"
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CHARLES BICKFORD
Added—Comedy
"Too Many
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Also TRAVELTALK
Thursday
BORIS KARLOFF and
BELA LUGOSI
in
"THE INVISIBLE
RAY"
EXTRA —
Major Bowes
A m a t e u r T h e a t r e of the
Screen
Also — News
Friday
"THE FARMER
TAKES A WIFE"
with
JANET GAYNOR,
HENRY FONDA
Also—
"Broadway
Highlights"
And Musical
COMING
MONDAY & TUESDAY
"FOLLOW THE
FLEET"
with
GINGER ROGERS AND
FRED ASTAIRE
Harriet Hilliard, Ran­dolph
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