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Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Issue ®hr Auburn plainsman Swimming Meet Tomorrow 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. - * * * * * * * * * * 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. % * * * * * * * * * * 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. * * * * * • * * • • ; : .* Bill: "G'wan Abbott, you got hayseed in your hair". Abbott: "That ain't hayseed, that's wild oats". * * * * * * * * * * The new edition of "What Every Girl Should Know" has been renamed, we understand, "What Every Young Girl Knows By This Time".—Tiger. * * * * . * * * * * * "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. * * * * * * * * * * Titoe last words of the immortal Webster: Zymosis, zymotic, and zymurgy. jjtjg Auburn fHauiBmatt Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama, Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year (68 issues), $1.60 per semester (29 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Alabama. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Company, on West Magnolia Ave. Editor may be reached after office hours by calling 298. Doug Wallace ^Editor-in-Chief Herman L. Harris Business Manager 1935 Member 1936 Ptesocioted Collegiate Press Distributor of CoHe6iate Di6est EDITORIAL STAFF News Editors: Alvin Morland and Bobby Chesnutt. Sports Editor: Eugene Lee. Sports Assistants: Jack Todd, Bill Troup and Gerald Bilbro. Society Editor: Luella Botsford. Assistant Society Editors: Kay Sibert and Jeanette Sawyer. Contributors: Lee Balch and Floyd Barnard. ~- Special Writers: Jack Steppe, C. W. Bell, Edwin Godbold. Reporters: Bob Johnston, Jack Morton, Lewis Thomas, James Buntin, Max Welden, and Howard Strong. Commentator Extraordinary: Hugh Cameron. BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Managers: Jim Pike, Speedy Shannon. Advertising Managers: Billy Radney, Buck Darden. Advertising Assistant: Alvin Vogtle. Circulation Manager: George Perry. Assistant Circulation Manager: Clarence Pruet. Circulation Assistants: Jack Carr, Har-ey Sargent, Sam Teague, George Weaver. Business Manager's Office Hours: 3-4 Monday through Friday. 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 KING'S NURSERY Phone 695-J OPELIKA, ALABAMA Why Pay More? When you can get the Finest S u i t o! Clothes here, tailored strictly to your individual measurements for only $23.75 ; Also Ladies' "Mannish" Tailored Suits JIMMY B. FORT College Barber Shop G-E Qampus^ews C\ SAY IT'S REp/^) i mm 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. * * * 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. Special! 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In a shoulder-to-shoulder match See Patsy Natalie Tonight at Reed's Billiard Parlor TIGER THEATRE 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 S. L. TOOMER W. D. MARTIN EMIL F. WRIGHT .. L. N. Duncan C. L. Hare C. A. Jones W. D. Martin OFFICERS DIRECTORS President Cashier Assistant Cashier Emmett Sizemore S. L. Toomer Emil F. Wright Dr. C. S. Yarbrough We Solicit Your Account MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 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. FOR RENT—Furnished Cabin, also Room and Board for 2 or 3 in house. Mrs. John Nettles. Tiger Theatre "Showplace of East Alabama" Auburn, Alabama WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 "ESCAPE FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND" with Victor Jory, Florence Rice, Norman Foster. Added: Comedy, "Honeymoon Bridge" Novelty, "Curious Industries" • mma^m^mmmmi m 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" " Paramount News Events 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. Tiger Sandwich Shop Buy a Meal Ticket at Tiger Sandwich Shop $6.00 for $5.00 Good in Opelika and B'ham OPELIKA . THEATRE * Wednesday "EAST OF JAVA" with CHARLES BICKFORD Added—Comedy "Too Many , Surprises" 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 Scott The Students' Friend CLIFTON A. 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Creator | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
Date Issued | 1936-03-04 |
Document Description | This is the volume LIX, issue 38, March 4, 1936 issue of The Auburn Plainsman, the student newspaper of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University. Digitized from microfilm. |
Subject Terms | Auburn University -- Periodicals; Auburn University -- Students -- Periodicals; College student newspapers and periodicals |
Decade | 1930s |
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Submitted By | Coates, Midge |
OCR Transcript | Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Issue ®hr Auburn plainsman Swimming Meet Tomorrow 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. - * * * * * * * * * * 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. % * * * * * * * * * * 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. * * * * * • * * • • ; : .* Bill: "G'wan Abbott, you got hayseed in your hair". Abbott: "That ain't hayseed, that's wild oats". * * * * * * * * * * The new edition of "What Every Girl Should Know" has been renamed, we understand, "What Every Young Girl Knows By This Time".—Tiger. * * * * . * * * * * * "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. * * * * * * * * * * Titoe last words of the immortal Webster: Zymosis, zymotic, and zymurgy. jjtjg Auburn fHauiBmatt Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama, Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year (68 issues), $1.60 per semester (29 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Alabama. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Company, on West Magnolia Ave. Editor may be reached after office hours by calling 298. Doug Wallace ^Editor-in-Chief Herman L. Harris Business Manager 1935 Member 1936 Ptesocioted Collegiate Press Distributor of CoHe6iate Di6est EDITORIAL STAFF News Editors: Alvin Morland and Bobby Chesnutt. Sports Editor: Eugene Lee. Sports Assistants: Jack Todd, Bill Troup and Gerald Bilbro. Society Editor: Luella Botsford. Assistant Society Editors: Kay Sibert and Jeanette Sawyer. Contributors: Lee Balch and Floyd Barnard. ~- Special Writers: Jack Steppe, C. W. Bell, Edwin Godbold. Reporters: Bob Johnston, Jack Morton, Lewis Thomas, James Buntin, Max Welden, and Howard Strong. Commentator Extraordinary: Hugh Cameron. BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Managers: Jim Pike, Speedy Shannon. Advertising Managers: Billy Radney, Buck Darden. Advertising Assistant: Alvin Vogtle. Circulation Manager: George Perry. Assistant Circulation Manager: Clarence Pruet. Circulation Assistants: Jack Carr, Har-ey Sargent, Sam Teague, George Weaver. Business Manager's Office Hours: 3-4 Monday through Friday. 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 KING'S NURSERY Phone 695-J OPELIKA, ALABAMA Why Pay More? When you can get the Finest S u i t o! Clothes here, tailored strictly to your individual measurements for only $23.75 ; Also Ladies' "Mannish" Tailored Suits JIMMY B. FORT College Barber Shop G-E Qampus^ews C\ SAY IT'S REp/^) i mm 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. * * * 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. Special! 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In a shoulder-to-shoulder match See Patsy Natalie Tonight at Reed's Billiard Parlor TIGER THEATRE 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 S. L. TOOMER W. D. MARTIN EMIL F. WRIGHT .. L. N. Duncan C. L. Hare C. A. Jones W. D. Martin OFFICERS DIRECTORS President Cashier Assistant Cashier Emmett Sizemore S. L. Toomer Emil F. Wright Dr. C. S. Yarbrough We Solicit Your Account MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 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. FOR RENT—Furnished Cabin, also Room and Board for 2 or 3 in house. Mrs. John Nettles. Tiger Theatre "Showplace of East Alabama" Auburn, Alabama WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 "ESCAPE FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND" with Victor Jory, Florence Rice, Norman Foster. Added: Comedy, "Honeymoon Bridge" Novelty, "Curious Industries" • mma^m^mmmmi m 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" " Paramount News Events 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. Tiger Sandwich Shop Buy a Meal Ticket at Tiger Sandwich Shop $6.00 for $5.00 Good in Opelika and B'ham OPELIKA . THEATRE * Wednesday "EAST OF JAVA" with CHARLES BICKFORD Added—Comedy "Too Many , Surprises" 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 Scott The Students' Friend CLIFTON A. JONES COLLIER'S SHOE SHOP Across from Campus finally hit upon the idea of buying their client another button and the case was dropped. Caution: If you are about to kill a rat, don't do it. It may be a Sleuth in disguise. EMPIRE COAL HIGH IN HEAT LOW IN ASH CALL CAUTHEN'S Phone 11 or 15-J Produced by DeBARDELEBEN COAL CORP., Trustee Birmingham, Ala. ztexms OF RICH, RIPE-BODIED TOBACCO—"IT'S TOASTED Excess of Acidity of Other Populai % 8 - • BALANCE | 1 L U C K Y ST R 1 K E B R A N D B Brands Over Lucky Strike Cigarettes ! . . . . S . . . . 3 . . . . S ! • ' i ] i i i i : mmmmmmmm! ;! •! : ! B R A N D C WMmmmmmmmmmmm \ i B R A N D D wmmmmMmwmmmwmm • , ~ - ~ ^ i STANDARDIZED UNIFORMITY The simple mechanical details of cigarette manufacture are of surprising importance. Upon them depend the physical properties of the cigarette, such as weight, size, firmness, moisture-holding properties, uniformity of fill—uniformity of product—all of which have a far-reaching effect on the character of its combustion and the constituents of its smoke. In the manufacture of Lucky Strike Cigarettes all of these properties have been standardized with care for the perfection of A LIGHT SMOKE. LUCKIES ARE LESS ACIDI Recent chemical tests show* that other popular brands have an excess of acidity over Lucky Strike of from 53? to 1O0X •RESULTS VERIFIED BY INDEPENDENT CHEMICAL LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH GROUPS "IT'S TOASTED"—Your throat protection — against irritation — against cough Copyright 1936, The American Tobacco Company |
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