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Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Issue ®ij£ Auburn plainsman TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT VOLUMN LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936 NUMBER 48 Chesnutt. Shannon Take Lead • * • • « • » - • • • • y • • • » • • • • • • • • • • * » « » * « * * » » Dramatic Tourney Be Held This Weekend * * * * * * * • * • * * * « * » • * • » * * • • • * »• * * » • * » * * » * STATE CRUSADE BEGINS TODAY LARGE NUMBER TO COMPETE IN ANNUAL EVENTS Approximately 300 Students Are Expected To Be Here This Week For Tournament 14 PLAYS PLANNED Contests Will Be Held Along Other Lines; 3 5 Schools Will Be Represented In Tourney Arrangements are complete at Auburn for the annual High School Tournament to be held here on Friday and Saturday under the sponsorship of the English Department. Approximately 300 students will attend from 35 high schools throughout the State. Contests will be held in dramatics, speech, art, music, and journalism, according to announcement of Prof. J. R. Rutland, English department head, and Dr. Leo Gosser, chairman of the committee on arrangements. . Principal entertainment feature of the tournament will be a reception for the visiting students given by Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Duncan, at the President's Mansion, Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Fourteen dramatic teams have already been scheduled for the preliminaries on Friday and Saturday. The four preliminary winners will compete in the final contest Saturday evening. These teams are those from high schools at Wetumpka, Auburn, Tal-lassee, Roanoke, Tuscaloosa, Ensley, Anniston, Bessemer, West Blocton, Frisco City, Holtville, Fairfield, Excel, Oneonta, and Albertville. Judges for the contests will be Prof. E. C. Black-shear, Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, and Dryden Baughman. Prof. E. D. Hess states that contestants in speech this year will be the largest in the history of the tournament. Twenty-four students will com- (Continued on page 4) Co-ed Honor Society Picks Twelve Juniors Auburn chapter of Cardinal Key, national honorary fraternity for women, selected twelve junior girls for membership. Selection was made on the basis of scholarship, participation in college activities, leadership, and personality. The following girls were tapped at a tea given jointly by the Women's Student Council and Cardinal Key last Wednesday afternoon: Elizabeth Allison, Auburn; Jean Campbell, Birmingham; Marie Kelly, Jasper; Gretchen Talley, Greenville, S. C ; Kay Sibert, Ft. Benning, Ga.; Frances Hain, Selma; Audrey Taylor, Roanoke; Helen Tigner, Dallas, Texas; Albena Pierce, Milstead; Marion Stanley, Montgomery; Kathryn Summers, Opelika; and Dorothy Green, Montgomery. Miss Dobbs, Dean of Women, gave a brief talk to the newly elected members on the history of the Auburn chapter of Cardinal Key. Mary George Lamar, Helen Womelsdorf, Frances Sundberg, alumnae of the fraternity, assisted with the tapping ceremony. Formal bids have been extended to those tapped. Initiation will take place soon after Spring holidays. Education Bears The Burden TOTAL STATE DEFICIT $4,732,955.56 The estimated state deficit for the fiscal year 1935-36 is $4,732,- 955.56. Of this deficit, education bears $4,344,463.66, or 91.6 per cent. Health and T. B. Hospitals share $226,522, or 4.8 per cent, and all other services only $171,969.90, or 3.6 per cent. To date schools have closed in forty counties. College teachers are being paid only part salary. All executive and. judicial departments are paid 100 per cent and salaries of their employees are paid in full. Like discrimination against education appropriations has continued since 1929-30. FiVe legislative sessions, two regular and three special, have failed to remedy the situation. Will the present session pass remedial measures? Student Declaration Presented Reviewing what we have done to date for the financial relief of education in Alabama, we, the students of Auburn make the following declarations: (1) Our work has been, is now, and will continue to be purely educational. We are trying to inform the people of Alabama of the financial status of their schools. We are absolutely opposed to any system which balances the State's budget at the expense of education which means at the expense of the future citizens of the State. We can see, for example, no fairness or justice in court officials being paid their full salaries to try criminals while teachers who are teaching wholesome boys and girls to be better and more useful citizens, instead of criminals, are being paid only sixty per cent or even none of their small salaries. But we are not for pulling courts down; instead we are for raising schools up. (2) We have taken no stand either for or against any revenue or tax measure. We are students in an outstanding institution of higher learning and we realize that it is not our business to intrude into the perogatives of our legislature whose duty it is to attend to revenue affairs. (3) Contrary to certain charges which have been made in the press and over the radio, our work ts not political and it is purely voluntary on our part. We are not babies. We modestly admit that we are old enough and intelligent enough to act for ourselves. Many of us already vote and all others will be in a very few years. We are vitally concerned because any good educational institution is run primarily for its students and unless that institution is financed adequately it cannot serve efficiently and effectively those who attend its classes. (4) When education is paid state appropriations in full rather than 26.43 per cent as at present there will be no need for the work which we are doing, and, hence, it will end. If this had been done all the while there would have been no occasion for our action. (5) We realize that certain enemies to education and other social services are saying that we are being misused. Our reply to these charges is that those who make them should confine their statements to the facts. Anyone who does not do this is not entitled to a hearing. Any intelligent man who has read our statements has not misunderstood them. They know that our only aim is financial justice for educ-cation. (6) We repledge ourselves, individually and collectively, to continue our work without criticism or attack until public education in Alabama receives financial justice. When this is attained and, as long as it is maintained, nothing will be heard from us. In fairness to all we ask nothing more and we shall be satisfied with nothing less. Contrary to the statement of Dr. L. N. Duncan, the suspension of classes this week is not "due as a regular Easter recess." Mo such recess is provided in the college calendar; therefore it is not "regular." The recess was asked for by students for the purpose stated above. STUDENTS WILL CANVASS STATE FOR EDUCATION Another Resolution Presented To Student Body At Mass Meeting Here Last Night STUDENTS LEAVE TODAY Auburn Student Group Meets With Considerable Success On Road Jaunt Last Week A final last-minute summarization in the form of another resolution was presented to the student body last night as practically one-third of those present were planning to leave today in a state-wide plea for financial aid for education. A large number have already left, and a still larger number are expected to leave today as student interest in the question has reached unexpected heights. The resolution or declaration presented last night was to the effect that the Auburn student movement has no connection with various proposed revenue raising measures, but is only to inform the people of the financial status of the State's education system. Last Wednesday a committee of four students left Auburn on a 1000- mile jaunt through North Alabama on which they contacted five state supported institutions for assistance in a general student movement for education. They were Montevallo, Livingston, University of Alabama, Florence and Jacksonville. In all instances, it was reported, the Auburn^ group met with a decidedly favorable reception, and assistance in one form or another was promised by each school. The stay at each place was too short to allow for the making of any definite plans, however. Along the way the group also visited numerous county and city papers in an effort to gain their support in the general student movement. In many cases it was necessary to convince the editors that students were not campaigning for a sales tax which is the general opinion throughout the state. In many instances the paper was won over to the side of the students. Those in this group last week were Hardie Deer, Joe Sarver, C. W. Walter, and B. H. Johnson. They returned to Auburn Saturday. Monday night in Broun Auditorium, 37 students from six different south eastern counties met with their respective county leaders to discuss plans of action this week. It was especially urged that each student fully acquaint himself with the facts concerning the problem in order that he can inform all the people in his county. It was further suggested that each student wherever possible present the facts in talks' at school meetings, before local civic clubs, and in individual contacts. An attempt will be made to obtain some time over the Dothan radio station. Five Are Selected By Electrical Society At a regular meeting Monday night, Xi Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu, national electrical engineering honor society, elected five Juniors to be eligible for membership in the society. The men elected are: Herman J. Gauggel, Fairfield; Richard H. Wood, Abbeville; Robert G. Johnson, Selma; J. A. Zwinakis, New Britain, Conn.; G. H. (Pat) Plumlee, Birmingham. These new men are to be formally recognized in the near future, and the initiation ceremony will follow in a few weeks. The Auburn chapter of Eta Kappa Nu has been active in promoting better scholarship among Electrical Engineering students, and gives a cup each fall to the Sophomore who made the best record during his Freshman year. New officers of Xi Chapter for the next school year were also elected at the recent meeting. They are: President, H. H. Calien; Vice-president, L. C. Balch; Secretary, H. H. Davis; Treasurer, A. Baker Dean. GIBBONS ASSURED OF WIN AS BALLOTS ARE COUNTED IN EARLY CHECKUP TODAY More Than Two Hundred Fifty Votes Are Counted By Two O'Clock This Afternoon In The Annual Class And Publications Heads Election Now In Progress At Student Center GROUP WILL TAKE LONG TRIP DURING SUMMER SESSION "Education Through Travel" Course Again To Be Offered During The Summer Session STATE DRUGGISTS TO HOLD SESSION HERE NEXT WEEK Every Druggist In Alabama Is Invited To First Conference To Be Held At Auburn Soon N O T I C E ! Bid cards for the Honor Societies Ball, to be held April 17, will be collected tonight. Cards may be obtained at the Tiger Drug Store and from the presidents of the honor societies. Auburn will continue its "Education Through Travel" by offering a tour to Washington and New York for the summer of 1936. This course will be given as. an approximately 3000 mile motor bus tour of the East touching eleven states and the District of Columbia. The class will leave Auburn Sunday, June 7 and will tour for fifteen days. After the tour the class will return to Auburn to complete the course. While the tour gives special attention to the cities of Washington and New York, it does not overlook the many points of natural interest along the route. Visits will be made to the University of Virginia and Edgar Allen Poe's room, and to the homes of Jefferson, Lee, and Washington. Many of the battlefields of the War Between the States in Northern Virginia will be visited. The tour will cover the complete length of the Shenandoah Valley. In New York, visits will be made to the new Radio Gfity, Empire State Building, water front, Chinatown, Wall Street, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, and many other places of interest. Those completing the course satisfactorily will be given three semester hours of credit. While this course is not listed as a graduate course, it can be used toward the master's degree as part of the six hours allowed off the campus. Registration for the course should be made in advance with the director of the tour, Walter M. Jackson, Selma, Alabama. Since the class is limited to bus capacity, students will be accepted in order of their registration only as long as there is transportation space available. By two o'clock this afternoon Bobby Chesnutt with 175 votes to his credit was way out in front in the race for editor of the Plainsman. Alvin Morland was second with 91, and Kay Sibert third with 2. This is the complete count of all voting up to 2 o'clock this afternoon, with 268 ballots being cast. By a slim margin of less than a score of votes M. C. Shannon was leading V. B. Rhodes for business manager of the Plainsman. Shannon had garnered 142 votes to 126 for Rhodes. Sammy Gibbons, with 143 votes in his favor by 2 o'clock, has practically cinched the race for editor of the Glomerata. Frank McCall was second with a 67 vote count and Helen Tigner third with 64. Pat Plumlee was unopposed for business manager of the Glomerata. By a comfortable margin Charlie Lawrence led his two competitors in the race for president of the senior class. His count was 131. Dick Charleton had 81 votes, Charles Anderson 65. Bobby Johnson had a slight lead for vice president of the senior class, with 116. Billy Wallace was second with 107, and C. N. Wood third with 40. Byron Co wart was way out in front for secretary of the class. He had garnered 159 votes to 99 for Edwin Briggs. Weatherby, with 227 votes, had almost a 200-point lead late this afternoon for treasurer of the class. Joseph Swinakis was given 40 votes. Ben Vail was unopposed for class historian. Without opposition in the election today Joe Sarver will be president of the Executive Cabinet .next year; Herman Laatsch, secretary. Although not all votes had been counted at press time, J. M. Dennis appeared to be leading the race for president of the Y. M. C. A. The other candidate for this position is J. T. Miller. By a close margin C. M. Pruet was leading for vice president of the organization against J. D. Turner. Vote counting was complete up to 2 o'clock only for the senior class officers and publication heads. According to a hasty survey, Red Duncan seemed to be ahead for president of the junior class, however he was closely tallied by Jarvis Brown and Jack Adams. Vote count on other officers had not progressed far enough to venture any guess as to the outcome. Complete results for all offices will be announced in the Plainsman next Wednsday. Every druggist in Alabama is invited to attend the first annual Retail Druggists' Business Conference to be held at Auburn on Wednesday, April 15. Problems of vital importance to druggists will be discussed at the one-day session which begins at 8 o'clock in Ross Chemical Laboratory and comes to a climax that evening with an elaborate banquet and address by Dr. Towns R. Leigh, dean at the University of Florida. Dr. L. S. Blake, head of Auburn's department of pharmacy, also announced that a full program of addresses by the South's most prominent pharmacists and round-table discussions of practical and professional problems had been arranged. Among the speakers will be Dr. Douglas L. Cannon of the State department of health; N. G. Hubbard, Birmingham, president of the Alabama Pharmaceutical Association; and Sinclair Jacobs, Atlanta, president of Jacobs Pharmacies, Inc. Following the afternoon session, all of which will be held in Ross Laboratory, the visitors will probably attend the varsity baseball game, Auburn vs. the University of Florida. Dr. Blake expects at least 150 or 200 of Alabama's retail druggists to attend the conference which is to be an annual meeting at Auburn. There are some 850 druggists in Alabama; all are invited to send representatives, he said. Assisting Dr. Blake and his staff with arrangements for the meeting are members of Rho Chi, Auburn's pharmaceutical society. Prof. George Hargreaves will preside at one of the sessions. Bill Lee Is Chosen Head Cheerleader Bill Lee was chosen as head cheerleader for the 1936 football season by members of the "A" Club at a meeting Monday night. Lee will succeed Bill McTyeire in this capacity. The other three cheerleaders will be chosen at a mass meeting during the early part of next fall. One will be selected from each class. Tigers Win Two Games Over Oglethorpe Here The Auburn Tigers came through to win both of their games with Oglethorpe on Friday and Saturday of last week by the scores of 7-6 and 8-4. In the first game on Friday, a three run rally by the Petrels fell one run short of tying the score. Alternate- Captain Morris, who only allowed five hits in the entire game, put on the steam and prevented the Oglethorpe batsmen from bringing any more runners across the plate. P A G E T WO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936 U>fo Auburn Plainsman Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year (68 issues), $1.50 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 Herman L. Harris Editor-in-Chief Business Manager 1935 Member 1936 Plssoticded GoUe6'iate Press Distributor of Cblle6iate Dfeest ' 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 S'l AEF Assistant Business Manager: 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, Bill Boyton, Page Walker. • Business Manager's Office Hours: 3-4 Monday through Friday. Students And Politics As we expected several months ago when plans were in a formative stage, whatever Auburn students decided to do about education would be dragged into state politics. The political angle is brought in by those totally ignorant of the facts. In connection with the two mass meetings held here last week two points must be brought to a clear focus. First it must be understood that the college had nothing whatsoever to do with the. affair. The initiative was taken entirely by students. Planning started several months ago and came to a head last week. Several men connected with the college were called upon as a source of information concerning the problem, but other wise they were out of the picture and had nothing to do with the promotion of the student movement. The second point to be made absolutely clear is that the students are not in any form or fashion advocating a revenue raising measure. At neither of the two meetings last week was there any mention made of taxation. Students will go home this week with one definite purpose in mind: they will be well fortified with authentic facts to show beyond a doubt that something must be done for education. That is all they can do. Just how to go about remedying the situation is up to the legislature. That is their problem. All the students will do is show in as forceful a manner as possible the great need for immediate action. Then it is up to the legislature. It is up to Gov. Graves to fulfill his promise made last year. He said the little red school house would remain open. It hasn't. Graves and the legislators appear to be oblivious to this fact, and this week the students of Auburn will do what they can to open their eyes. Man And Education Historians and archeologists tell us that 50,000 years ago mankind lived in caves and trees, had no clothes except such as could be made from skins of animals which they had learned to kill, and that their only food consisted of nature's products as they found them. They knew not how to build homes or clothe themselves; and the science of food preparation was unknown to them. They were untrained humans surrounded by nature in the raw. This picture may appear extreme, but the fact remains that life 50,000 years ago— or even 500 years ago—was crude and cruel compared with life in civilized countries in 1936. . Retrospection reveals that human beings have learned to build comfortable homes, to make and wear beautiful clothes, and to prepare food properly for nourishing the body in accordance with the wise laws of nature. . All this has been a process of education. Without education mankind would still be in caves and in trees and living as ancient men lived. Where there is now civilization and culture there would be savagery and chaos. It is true, also that mankind has made greater progress within the last half century than during any entire previous century known to history. This "half century" probably can be limited to a quarter of a century. And a striking fact about it is that public education has reached its greatest peak within the last quarter of a century—the period when progress grew most and served best to date. Enrollment in public schools, high schools, colleges, and universities doubled and trebled; and these institutions of learning sought—and are seeking—dili-. gently to adjust themselves for the most efficient service to mankind in all his problems. Without education of the right kind there is no progress. In fact, progress is measured by education. Where illiteracy and ignorance predominate human beings either stand still or decay. It is wise and proper, therefore, that each state make adequate provision for the education of its boys and girls to equip them to live better, to serve better, and to be better citizens. In the light of history we can't afford to do otherwise. This is, in our judgment, the paramount problem before the Alabama Legislature. We hope that it will be solved in such a way as to enable Alabama to go forward and hold her place with the advancing steps of civilization. The legislature is being told, of course, that education is expensive. If so, illiteracy and ignorance are much more expensive}; and so the question arises: Shall we educate at a reasonable expense or have illiteracy and ignorance at a very high expense? If you vote for illiteracy and ignorance you vote also for economic distress, mental chaos, and moral decay; if you vote for education you vote for the reverse of these. Will College Men Ever Grow Up? Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles on random subjects as were delivered by newly elected members to Phi Kappa Phi at their annual initiation banquet held recently. "Hell Week Bust Go" was the declaration of fraternity leaders and deans of men at a interfraternity conference in New York last Thanksgiving. A resolution calling upon student organization and faculty committees to cooperate in eradicating all practices resembling Hell Week antics. Albert K. Heckel, dean of men at the Unievrsity said: "Are we afraid to grow up? Are we going to continue with a lot of adult infantilism and worse? I believe that Mr. Wilbur W. Walden struck a very fine note when he said that we must consider not merely Hell Week, but certain customs in our chapters. As I see it, these customs assert themselves throughout the year and are rolled into one accumulated force in Hell Week. Those customs destroy the initial loyalty and an initial devotion to his fraternity thqt a pledge makes for himself. He suffers disillusionment when things which are not fraternal appear in the routine of his life through the year." "Hell Week" and other forms of hazing are out-of-date, brutal, and undemocratic. Auburn organizations would do well to confer with one another and eliminate practices which are popular because they are childish, primitive, sadistic, and essentially immoral.—James E. Vance. The Rumor Is Right There has been some talk circulated about the campus that assistance was given one of the candidates in helping him put out his issue of the Plainsman. This is absolutely true. But also is it true that assistance was given the other two candidates as well. It was not expected that each of the candidates would put out an issue of the paper without any assistance whatsoever. That would be expecting too much. But in the main each candidate was given the opportunity to do as much as he could in order that his issue was unmistakably the product of his own hard work and not that of somebody else's. If he wanted a certain story to go in number three column on the front page under a 30-point cap head, that is exactly where that story went. Each of the three candidates have a pretty thorough idea of what it is all about. When he or she begin work next fall, it won't be an entirely new experience. They will have considerable definite knowledge to fall back upon. Letters To The Editor Editor, The Plainsman, Dear Sir: I have noticed that several of your reporters have been employing long words of late. It is my opinion that literary aspirants should religiously eschew polysyllabic orthography. The philosophical and phisological substructure of this principle is ineluctable. Excessively attenuated verbal sybols inevitably induce unnecessary complexity and consequently exaggerate the ob-fuscation of the mentality of the peruser. Conversely, expressions which are reduced to the furthermost minimum of simplification and compactness, besides contributing realistic verisimilitude, constitute a much less onerous handicap to the reader's perspicacity. Observe, for instance, the unmistakable and inescapable expressiveness of onomatopoetic, interjectional, monosyllabic utterances, especially when motivated under strenous emotional circumstances. How much more appealing is their euphonious pulchitrude than the preposterous and pretentious pomosity of elongated verbiage. • Sincerely, IMA STUDENT. This Collegiate World (By Associated Collegiate Press) When Fred Lemmer, student at the University of Minnesota meets his English professor, Mr. Weaver, they both blush slightly. Over a period of many weeks, Mr. Lemmer has broken all records for arriving late to Mr. Weaver's first hour class. His alibis have varied: "My alarm clock is broken" or "There was a traffic jam" or "My car busted down." Finally Mr. Weaver snarled, "Next time you'll tell me your house burned down." Last week Mr. Lemmer was late again. During the night his house had burned down. * * • • The new movement in American colleges (first told about in this column some weeks ago) to organize chapters of the VFW or "Veterans of Future Wars" is growing rapidly. Nineteen local cells of the society are now functioning in 19 different colleges. Princeton has been the most active and their work has stirred up a testy reply from the national head of the real VFW. Even the coeds have fallen in with the idea—several chapters of Gold Star Future Mothers of Veterans having been formed after the first one started at Vassar. At the University of Chicago a search is on for one member of the VFW to be chosen as Unknown Soldier for the Future War. The girls there are already choosing their society emblem. It is to be a blue eagle on a crossed hammer and sickle and holding in its beak a swastika and under its wings a fasces. * * * * Chief goal now is a $1,000 bonus for each future veteran—to be paid ahead of time of course, in order that the initiation of the real VFW and American Legion may be as faithful as possible. * * * * (Oh well—the Hearst hunt had sort of died down and the college editors were getting itchy for something of the sort). Cats and Canaries Do you know ? Elizabeth Zachary caused quite a furor by her appearance in that unique, and un-adorning costume. » * * » Was Starkey burned up when his date looped and looped at the Ag shuffle! * * • » The battle of the ages was almost staged Saturday night when Piatt and McAllister exchanged words and blows, but it was pretty much of a false alarm. * * * * Dot Wright has been removed from active circulation, so we hear. * * * * Have Barton and that Winthrop College gal tied the knot that binds or haven't they. * * * * Who was that blond that "Daisy" Pierce didn't want to be seen with t'other night. * * * * Even Montevallo can't stand "Romeo" Hamilton. 'Tis rumored that the big moment over there is giving him' the bum's rush. * » * • In all seriousness we offer our Congrats to Gum on last Wednesday's column. More of the same my frand! > * * * « Loflin is just flies in her soup, states the object of his affections. * * • * Mafbe I'm dumb but this is beyond me. One of my six readers submitted it,—maybe they get that way from reading this tripe. I dunno, Anyway, here tis.. "That never would become the thing that once was not among the things so privileged as to ever be anything. But yet, a no, not coming might induce a never with an explanation not inclined to verbal explorations. To those who never, no is not a thing akin to anything they might invent." A cash prize of three cents will be awarded the first ten correct answers. * * * * My little short friend is no track enthusiast she avers. The boy friends are too intent on their training, it seems. » * » * One of our big politicians disproved the theory that gin and whiskey won't mix— whatta man! Debating the question as to whether there is any noise when a tree falls in a deserted forest is like debating as to which is the butt end of a goat. » » * • » » * , » * » Sunday's movie, "The Trail of The Lonesome Pine," reminded us of the mountaineer who said to his three-year-old son: "Ezry, quit pointin' thet air gun at yore brother; hit mought go off an' kill one of them thar chickens he's playing with." • * * • » * « * * » Prof. McKinnon (at Freshman lecture): "Now what must a man be to be buried with full military honors." Freshman: "Dead, sir." . * * * * * * * * * * Man is like a kerosene lamp; he is usually not very bright, is often turned down, usually smokes, and frequently goes out at night. "Can you tell me the name of the president of this school?" "Naw, I'm just a football player here." * * * * * * * * * * Two spinsters were discussing men— "Which would you desire most in your husband—brains, wealth or appearance," asked one. "Appearance, and the sooner the better," snapped the other. —Wall Street Journal. * * * * » * » » » * . * She: "I feel like a cigarette." He: "Is that so? You look more like a rough cut plug." * * * * * * * * * * OUR FOUR AGES As a Freshman we wonder what it's all about, As a Sophomore we think we know what it's all about, As a Junior we don't care what it's all about, As a. Senior we still wonder what it's all about. Irate Father: "Why were you kissing my daughter in that dark corner last night?" Dubious Danny: "Now that I've seen her in the daylight I sort of wonder myself."—Widow. * * * * * * * * * * Many a girl has become an old maid because she said "Good night" too soon. Thunderations By Gam T Fantasy—A Very Short Story "Oh, what a day," I thought, "to be out in the country instead of this noisy old city." The weather was all one could wish for in a perfect summer morning. Blue sky, a few scattered clouds that reminded one of ragged balls of cotton, roughly chewed by some happy, frolicking puppy, a light warm breeze, and all of nature's beautiful handiwork on exhibition. About the only regret one could have was that not much "of the handiwork could be seen for this was a summer's day in a modern city. However the city did not subtract from the glorious weather. I thought of little, striding down the rather crowded sidewalk, indeed I cared not to think. I was in a happy frame of mind, and could, I believe, have burst out in a fit of uncontrollable laughter for the pure enjoyment of mirth. I fancy there might have been a faint smile on my lips if anyone had noticed. The-crowd, however, did not seem to feel the exuberence of the day as I did. Most of the people were hurrying from one store to another. Some were "window shopping," and others striding as though their very life depended on it. In some places the sidewalk was crowded, and in others only a few worried looking persons busied themselves. While in one of these lesser crowded areas I noticed a small red and pink handkerchief on the sidewalk. Naturally enough I stooped to pick it up and return the whisp of cloth to the person who dropped it. The minute I had the handkerchief in my hand I realized my mistake. I had not seen anyone drop it! It might have been there on the cement for only a moment or possibly an hour. My face colored to the roots of my hair, and I straightened up with an embarrassing jerk. What a fool I was to ever have stooped to retrieve an insignificant handkerchief. Every one must think me a fool indeed. My God! it seems as though everyone has stopped to peer at me in my awkward position. They are! Now what am I to do? Is that laughter I hear? Are they laughing at me? Why of course they must be making fun of me. Me! Oh! Lord what a situation for me to bear the brunt of. I must get away from here, anywhere just to escape that mocking crowd. Lord! will I ever move? Faces, faces, thousands of them, and smiles and sneering eyes. Everything has gone mad, the whole world is spinning! Faces, feet, sidewalks, scarlet handkerchiefs— all revolving around and aruond down a crazy vortex of dizziness! At last a protecting doorway! What a relief to be out of that street. Better rest, yes, of course I need some rest! Sit down on these hallway steps for a moment! Ah, that's better. Feel rested now, guess I can move on now. Thank goodness no one seems to notice me. Probably been sitting in that hallway for some time. Not a bad idea, that. Gave the crowd a chance to move on. Guess I'll go across the street to that department store corner, and hail a cab. Don't feel much like walking. * * * * "Hey Joe, listen to this. It says in tonight's paper that a young man was picked up in front of Martin's Department Store this morning after collapsing from a great shock." "Yeah! well what's so peculiar about that? People faint every day." "Not the way this one did. Here's what a woman bystander says: 'I was admiring a display of beautiful red and pink handkerchiefs, when I happened to glance to one side. A pale young man walked rather nervously up to the corner, and started to hail a cab. By chance he glanced at the store window in front of me, and gave a terrifying scream, falling to the sidewalk in a faint.' The article goes on to say that on examination at Bellevue Hospital, the opinion is, 'Hopelessly insane'." "Gosh, that's too bad, rather odd too." "Certainly is. Well, can't worry about other people, too much to take care of one's own troubles as it is. Shall we take a short walk?" "O. K., feel like a bit of exercise after this perfectly glorious day."—W. C. F. 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. * » • * HOSE architects, who had a ball last Saturday night, had the best since the Delta Sig dance of Feb. 29. Those people, and John Keith, who played for the dance, were good and very good all at the same time. And I had rather see Hooper beat that big bass viol than eat ice cream with the writer of "Cats and Canaries." * * » * Thanks to Jim Blair, his man Rudder, and all the architects for a lovely evening last Saturday evening. * * * * The show Sunday made one almost wish one were a co-ed so's one could sniff, and let sparkling little tears trickle down and irritate the rouge and lipstick. The new technicolor was more nicely colored than an Italian washline or a Octo-bered persimmon tree, and didn't hurt one's eyes as did several mistakes of two or three years ago. * * * * And it didn't have Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, or Joan Crawford in it. Thank the lawd! * * * * Overheard in Benson's: "Who are you going to vote for?" "I won't know until it's posted on the fraternity bulletin board." * * * * Mary Hagood, who owes me a cup of coffee, takes the cocoanut cake for looking best at the architects ball last Saturday night. How's for dressing like that again sometime? ' * * * * Times of year like this and I want to go to a good old fashioned egg hiding, and clover wallowing. Some of the birds get in a few good licks at this laying of colored eggs, but it takes the Easter rabbit every time to really go hawg wild over the matter. I et so many red colored eggs one time I shone like a railway lantern for weeks afterwards. * * * * I never did much believe that thing about the stork, but you could fool me with the Easter rabbit every time. * * * • This coming Sunday The Lawd will be forced to gaze upon the ungawdliest array of colored Easter bonnets a church has ever covered. OF THE HOUSE SAME HIGH QUALITY One Low Price You can't spend more than $16.50 ot the Klothes Shoppe . . . n o matter h&w fine o ready-made suit you choose[ Everything- in the house is the same low price. It means immense selection. . . unrivaled quality.. .amazingly fine tailoring at $16.50. Every suit in the house ii brand n. e w . . . in new spring colors, patterns and woolen*. NEW HOME 2007 THIRD AVENUE N. BIRMINGHAM \ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 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 Excessive bathing may mean a conscience, according to University of Chicago psychologists. New England colleges recently held the ninth annual model League of Nations session at Williams. TRY THE NEW-WEAVE SOCKS NEW SHIPMENTS WEEKLY—ALL COLORS Play-Ground Balls and Bats A Big Line of Tennis Goods. Rackets Restrung-Overnight Service G IBSON' MEN'S WEAR INTERESTING FACTS RECALLED BY DR. DUNSTAN IN INTERVIEW Old Timer of Auburn And Member of College Faculty For Many Years Recalls Some of The Quaint Customs Which Prevailed In Auburn During Period When He Was Student By CHARLOTTE BOCHA In the early days of Auburn there were a number of odd but interesting customs which are outlined by Prof. A. C. Dunstan. One of the most interesting stories Flowers for all Occasions KING'S NURSERY Phone 695-J OPELIKA, ALABAMA G-E Campus News X-RAY FOR ART'S SAKE TS there a portrait of Great Uncle Ezra T" gathering dust in the attic? It may pay to x-ray Uncle before handing him over to the junkman, for behind Ezra's imposing whiskers may be hiding the sister of the Mona Lisa. Not long ago, a portable G-E X-Ray Corporation unit disclosed a valuable canvas by the seventeenth-century artist, Goya, concealed under an apparently worthless picture. More recently a New Orleans painter and art expert has used the x-ray to discover a genuine da Vinci signature beneath layers of paint applied by a later and less-capable artist. A sister painting to the newly found da Vinci recently sold for a quarter of a million dollars. The x-ray does more than discover lost Old Masters; it tells how the great artists of the past worked. A series of radiographs can disclose the full story of their brushwork from the first sketch to the last correction. The art student of today, by an intelligent use of the x-ray, is in a position to take lessons from the geniuses of the past. MORE BRIGHT SPOTS ON THE GLOBE ' | ' H E mellow, golden-orange glow of sodium lighting is springing up all across the continent. The latest installation, the largest in the United States, is located in the state of Washington. Here sixty-six 10,000-lumen General Electric units line almost three miles of the four-lane Pacific highway between Tacoma and Fort Lewis. Less than three years ago the sodium lamp made its first American appearance on a highway near Schenectady. Today the largest installation is on the Pacific coast, and the second-largest is at Lynn, Mass., on the Atlantic. In between, highways, bridges, traffic circles, and underpasses are being lighted for safety with these new luminaires, and G-E sodium lighting units have been installed in Canada, Hawaii, India, Spain, South Africa, Dutch East Indies, and Brazil. NO CLICK! ' I'HE life of the party, coming home with the •*• milkman, need no longer fear the betraying click of the light switch if his house wiring includes the latest electric switch developed in the G-E Research Laboratory. Two shallow chrome-steel cups, sealed together with a strip of glass, form the two contacts. A ceramic disk with a hole in it, and a few drops of mercury, partly fill the enclosure between the cups. The device is filled with hydrogen and sealed by welding. In the "off' position, the hole in the disk is above the mercury level. A rotation of twenty degrees to the "on" position permits the mercury to flow through the hole and make the electric connection. The time-honored click of the switch is abolished. In the laboratory in Schenectady, one of these mercury switches has turned a 200- watt lamp on and off some 65 million times in the last two years, and there are no signs of wearing out or failure. 96-245FBI GENERAL O ELECTRIC told is about the market which was located at about the same place as Moore's Market is today. It was only occasionally that the market had fresh meat for sale. On the days that patrons could buy meat the bell on the top of the store was rung. Once there were a number of life-size classic statutes made of plaster cast ordered for the library. Some of the women of the town decided there were not enough drapery on the statutes, so they started a crusade which ended by their dressing the statutes in yellow pleated silk kilts. Drums beat from 5:30 to 6:00 in the morning for students to arise. If the student lived within one mile of the school, he must go to roll call. Then he returned and waited for drums to beat again. At this signal he went to school, and duties commenced at 7:45. There was another roll call at 1 o'clock, after which classes were excused for lunch. At 2 o'clock classes were resumed. From then until 4 o'clock students were not allowed to be seen on the streets. A bell rang at 6 o'clock which was a signal that all students were to go home. Drums beat at 9:30, and no student could go to bed until then. At 10 o'clock drums sounded again, and that meant all students were to be in bed. On Friday nights members of.fraternities were permitted to go to fraternity meetings. In order to visit another student, one had to write a special request to officials for approval before he could be seen on the streets. A group of Negro boys formed a military company and drilled on the vacant lot on which Toomer's Drug Company is now located. The company was known as the Auburn Black Guards. On Sunday mornings the roll was called at 10:45. Students gathered in front of the main building, Sam-ford Hall, and formed companies. They then marched to the different churches with officials whose duty it was to see that the students behaved. Sunday night church attendance was not compulsory. On that night the students could take a girl to church. This was the only night in the week that students had permission to go out. Mrs. Judd Hostess At Tea On Sunday On Sunday afternoon, Dean and Mrsc. Zehulon Judd entertained Seniors and Graduate Students of the School of Education at a tea. Assisting in receiving were professors of the School of Education and their wives, including: Dr. and Mrs. Paul Irvine, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Johns, Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Cureton, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Beck, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kud-erna, Dr. and Mrs. B. R. Showalter, and Misses Rosalie Walston and Edna Orr. About 60 guests called during the afternoon. Refreshment Time IN THE HOME * ON THE AIR RAY NOBLE and His Orchestra with supporting cast of stars QUICK PICK-UP FOR I RED EYES Want to' give your eyes a lift? Use Murine, /.es^^vl Soothing, refreshing ^ to hot,- t i r e d , reddened eyes. Great for eyes irritated by read-i n g , dust, wind, smoke, or light glare. Use it daily. % URIN& F O R P V F ^ YOUR *-* I A-**? EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT COLUMBIA NETWORK - 8:30 Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 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ESTABLISHED 1840 CINCINNATI, OHIO P A G E FOUR T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -t- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936 OPELIKA THEATR€ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 "CORONADO" With Johnny Downs, Betty Burgess, Jack Haley Added: "Voice of Experience" THURSDAY, APRIL 9 "BOULDER DAM" With PATRICIA ELLIS LYLE TALBOT Added—HAL LE ROY in Musical Comedy FRIDAY, APRIL 10 "THE CRUSADES" With LORETTA YOUNG — HENRY WILCOXON SATURDAY, APRIL 11 KEN MAYNARD HEIR TO TROUBLE Added Chapter 2 of "The Great Air Mystery" SATURDAY OWL SHOW "CHARLIE CHAN'S SECRET" With WARNER OLAND Also—Our Gang Comedy, "LITTLE SINNER" Judson Glee Club To Appear Here Monday The Judson College Glee Club will give a concert here Monday night, April 13 at 8 o'clock in Langdon Hall. According to Ivan B. Rasmussen, director, the program for the concert will include vocal and instrumental solos, and selections by the college sextet, string quartet and glee club. Student officers of the club are Misses Margaret Grove, president; Eloise Welden, business manager; and Sarah Love, secretary-treasurer and accompanist. Admission will be 15 and 25 cents LARGE NUMBER TO COMPETE IN ANNUAL EVENTS N O T I C E ! Walter E. Jessup, field secretary of the A. S. C. E., will lecture Monday night to the local chapter at 7 o'clock in Broun Auditorium. / Opelika Theatre (Continued from page 1) pee in poetry reading, 19 in prepared speeches, and 11 extemporaneous speeches—a total of 54 contestants. Lawrence Barnett, in charge of music contests, states that some 35 students will compete in the music contests in violin, piano, and voice to be held Saturday at 10 a. m. at the Lee County High School auditorium. Art contests will be conducted by Prof. Roy Staples and Prof. R. D. Eadie of the Applied Art department Friday. Entrants in freehand drawing will compete from 9 to 12 that morning and those in freehand design that afternoon 1 to 4 o'clock. Prof. Joseph E. Roop, journalism instructor, announced that the high school newspaper contest will be held by Editor Doug Wallace of the Auburn Plainsman and his staff at 9 o'clock Friday morning. The editorial writing contest will be held at 9 a. m. in Room 311 of Samford Hall. Following is a list of high schools which will be represented at the tournament: Wetumpka, Monroe County, Tallassee, Perry County, Anniston, Dallas County, Walnut Grove, Piedmont, Louisville, Collinsville, River- Tiger Theatre "Showplace of East Alabama" Auburn, Alabama WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 Charles "Buddy" Rogers June Clyde In "DANCE BAND" —Added— Comedy—"HAPPY THOUGH^ MARRIED" Novelty "MOVIE MILESTONES" THURSDAY and FRIDAY, APRIL 9 and 10 "CAPTAIN BLOOD" With Errol Flynn Olivia DeHavilland Lionel Atwill Basil Rathbone Guy Kibbee —Added— Walt Disney's Silly Symphony, "MUSIC LAND" Friday Only LATEST NEWS mmm I 3&rzl v 3&r</ Ford Dealers Announce 1&& Cars and Trucks new automotive, qualify fob the Used CakbuueA, 9 ' . Ill «UM1 NEVER before has there been assured t o used car buyers as definite protection as i s n ow offered by Ford Dealers i n R&G cars and trucks. R&G means RENEWED and GUARANTEED—RENEWED to meet the definite specifications shown on the R&G tag reproduced here, and GUARANTEED, in writing, by your Ford Dealer. The R&G specifications cover every important detail. Study them carefully—you will agree that any car or truck meeting these specifications is an outstanding value. Yet the R&G car or truck of your c h o i c e w i l l cost you no more than an ordinary "used car." MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Backing these specifications is the written, money-back guarantee of your Ford Dealer. This guarantee says: MECHANICAL GUARANTEE " We agree to correct at our expense any condition in this car or truck which is not in accordance with the above specifications, provided that we are notified by the purchaser of this condition within ten days from this date, and further provided that such condition is not the result of accident, neglect, or abuse of the car or truck after delivery to the customer, and that the car or truck has not been repaired or altered outside of our shop during the guarantee period." MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE "We further agree that we will refund such part of the purchase price of the car or truck as has been paid by the purchaser, including any used car or truck applied as part payment or, at our option, the allowance price thereof in cash, thereby canceling the sale if the purchaser so requests; provided that this request is made by the purchaser at or before o'clock on 19 and the car or truck is then returned to us in the same condition as when delivered." (SIGNED) YOUR FORD DEALER *», SOLD ONLY BY A U T H O R I Z E D FORD DEALERS Inspect the outstanding values in R&G cars and trucks at your Ford Dealer's today! They are offered in wide variety—on the fairest basis ever put into practice. • For •xtra-thrUry buyaia your Ford DTCIM h a SQUARE DEAL VALUES-good used ears and truck* at low price*, protected by a written money-back guarantee. ton, Ramsay Tech (Birmingham), Woodlawn (Birmingham), Bessemer, Fort Deposit, Opelika, Albertville, Tuscaloosa, Fairfax, Oneonta, Five Points, West Blocton, Phenix City, Millstead, Locust Fork Junior High, Siluria, Holtville, Frisco City, Fairfax, Boaz, Roanoke, Cullman, and Lee County. New York University has provisionally refused an invitation to attend Heidelberg University's anniversary celebration in June. , Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe, Down to HOWARD'S we must go Whenever a screw driver comes in handy Buy one of ours, they're just dandy. An overdose of vitamin D can be fatal, in the opinion of University of California experts. LOST—Sphinx Pin. Finder please notify Jean Campbell. Phone 244-J. HAGEDORN'S DEPARTMENT STORE DRY GOODS LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR LADIES' AND CHILDRENS' SHOES DRAPERIES — CURTAINS — CARPETS A Most Complete Gents' Furnishing Department Opelika, Alabama Each Puff Less Acid A LIGHT SMOKE OF RICH, RIPE-BODIED TOBACCO Over a period of years, certain basic advances have been made in the selection and treatment of cigarette tobaccos for Lucky Strike Cigarettes. They include preliminary analyses of the tobacco selected; use of center leaves; the higher heat treatment of tobacco ("Toasting"); consideration of acid-alkaline balance, with consequent definite improvement in flavor; and controlled uniformity in the finished product. All these combine to produce a superior cigarette—a modern cigarette, a cigarette made of rich, ripe-bodied tobaccos—A Light Smoke. Copyright 1936. 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Title | 1936-04-08 The Auburn Plainsman |
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Date Issued | 1936-04-08 |
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OCR Transcript | Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Issue ®ij£ Auburn plainsman TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT VOLUMN LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936 NUMBER 48 Chesnutt. Shannon Take Lead • * • • « • » - • • • • y • • • » • • • • • • • • • • * » « » * « * * » » Dramatic Tourney Be Held This Weekend * * * * * * * • * • * * * « * » • * • » * * • • • * »• * * » • * » * * » * STATE CRUSADE BEGINS TODAY LARGE NUMBER TO COMPETE IN ANNUAL EVENTS Approximately 300 Students Are Expected To Be Here This Week For Tournament 14 PLAYS PLANNED Contests Will Be Held Along Other Lines; 3 5 Schools Will Be Represented In Tourney Arrangements are complete at Auburn for the annual High School Tournament to be held here on Friday and Saturday under the sponsorship of the English Department. Approximately 300 students will attend from 35 high schools throughout the State. Contests will be held in dramatics, speech, art, music, and journalism, according to announcement of Prof. J. R. Rutland, English department head, and Dr. Leo Gosser, chairman of the committee on arrangements. . Principal entertainment feature of the tournament will be a reception for the visiting students given by Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Duncan, at the President's Mansion, Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Fourteen dramatic teams have already been scheduled for the preliminaries on Friday and Saturday. The four preliminary winners will compete in the final contest Saturday evening. These teams are those from high schools at Wetumpka, Auburn, Tal-lassee, Roanoke, Tuscaloosa, Ensley, Anniston, Bessemer, West Blocton, Frisco City, Holtville, Fairfield, Excel, Oneonta, and Albertville. Judges for the contests will be Prof. E. C. Black-shear, Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, and Dryden Baughman. Prof. E. D. Hess states that contestants in speech this year will be the largest in the history of the tournament. Twenty-four students will com- (Continued on page 4) Co-ed Honor Society Picks Twelve Juniors Auburn chapter of Cardinal Key, national honorary fraternity for women, selected twelve junior girls for membership. Selection was made on the basis of scholarship, participation in college activities, leadership, and personality. The following girls were tapped at a tea given jointly by the Women's Student Council and Cardinal Key last Wednesday afternoon: Elizabeth Allison, Auburn; Jean Campbell, Birmingham; Marie Kelly, Jasper; Gretchen Talley, Greenville, S. C ; Kay Sibert, Ft. Benning, Ga.; Frances Hain, Selma; Audrey Taylor, Roanoke; Helen Tigner, Dallas, Texas; Albena Pierce, Milstead; Marion Stanley, Montgomery; Kathryn Summers, Opelika; and Dorothy Green, Montgomery. Miss Dobbs, Dean of Women, gave a brief talk to the newly elected members on the history of the Auburn chapter of Cardinal Key. Mary George Lamar, Helen Womelsdorf, Frances Sundberg, alumnae of the fraternity, assisted with the tapping ceremony. Formal bids have been extended to those tapped. Initiation will take place soon after Spring holidays. Education Bears The Burden TOTAL STATE DEFICIT $4,732,955.56 The estimated state deficit for the fiscal year 1935-36 is $4,732,- 955.56. Of this deficit, education bears $4,344,463.66, or 91.6 per cent. Health and T. B. Hospitals share $226,522, or 4.8 per cent, and all other services only $171,969.90, or 3.6 per cent. To date schools have closed in forty counties. College teachers are being paid only part salary. All executive and. judicial departments are paid 100 per cent and salaries of their employees are paid in full. Like discrimination against education appropriations has continued since 1929-30. FiVe legislative sessions, two regular and three special, have failed to remedy the situation. Will the present session pass remedial measures? Student Declaration Presented Reviewing what we have done to date for the financial relief of education in Alabama, we, the students of Auburn make the following declarations: (1) Our work has been, is now, and will continue to be purely educational. We are trying to inform the people of Alabama of the financial status of their schools. We are absolutely opposed to any system which balances the State's budget at the expense of education which means at the expense of the future citizens of the State. We can see, for example, no fairness or justice in court officials being paid their full salaries to try criminals while teachers who are teaching wholesome boys and girls to be better and more useful citizens, instead of criminals, are being paid only sixty per cent or even none of their small salaries. But we are not for pulling courts down; instead we are for raising schools up. (2) We have taken no stand either for or against any revenue or tax measure. We are students in an outstanding institution of higher learning and we realize that it is not our business to intrude into the perogatives of our legislature whose duty it is to attend to revenue affairs. (3) Contrary to certain charges which have been made in the press and over the radio, our work ts not political and it is purely voluntary on our part. We are not babies. We modestly admit that we are old enough and intelligent enough to act for ourselves. Many of us already vote and all others will be in a very few years. We are vitally concerned because any good educational institution is run primarily for its students and unless that institution is financed adequately it cannot serve efficiently and effectively those who attend its classes. (4) When education is paid state appropriations in full rather than 26.43 per cent as at present there will be no need for the work which we are doing, and, hence, it will end. If this had been done all the while there would have been no occasion for our action. (5) We realize that certain enemies to education and other social services are saying that we are being misused. Our reply to these charges is that those who make them should confine their statements to the facts. Anyone who does not do this is not entitled to a hearing. Any intelligent man who has read our statements has not misunderstood them. They know that our only aim is financial justice for educ-cation. (6) We repledge ourselves, individually and collectively, to continue our work without criticism or attack until public education in Alabama receives financial justice. When this is attained and, as long as it is maintained, nothing will be heard from us. In fairness to all we ask nothing more and we shall be satisfied with nothing less. Contrary to the statement of Dr. L. N. Duncan, the suspension of classes this week is not "due as a regular Easter recess." Mo such recess is provided in the college calendar; therefore it is not "regular." The recess was asked for by students for the purpose stated above. STUDENTS WILL CANVASS STATE FOR EDUCATION Another Resolution Presented To Student Body At Mass Meeting Here Last Night STUDENTS LEAVE TODAY Auburn Student Group Meets With Considerable Success On Road Jaunt Last Week A final last-minute summarization in the form of another resolution was presented to the student body last night as practically one-third of those present were planning to leave today in a state-wide plea for financial aid for education. A large number have already left, and a still larger number are expected to leave today as student interest in the question has reached unexpected heights. The resolution or declaration presented last night was to the effect that the Auburn student movement has no connection with various proposed revenue raising measures, but is only to inform the people of the financial status of the State's education system. Last Wednesday a committee of four students left Auburn on a 1000- mile jaunt through North Alabama on which they contacted five state supported institutions for assistance in a general student movement for education. They were Montevallo, Livingston, University of Alabama, Florence and Jacksonville. In all instances, it was reported, the Auburn^ group met with a decidedly favorable reception, and assistance in one form or another was promised by each school. The stay at each place was too short to allow for the making of any definite plans, however. Along the way the group also visited numerous county and city papers in an effort to gain their support in the general student movement. In many cases it was necessary to convince the editors that students were not campaigning for a sales tax which is the general opinion throughout the state. In many instances the paper was won over to the side of the students. Those in this group last week were Hardie Deer, Joe Sarver, C. W. Walter, and B. H. Johnson. They returned to Auburn Saturday. Monday night in Broun Auditorium, 37 students from six different south eastern counties met with their respective county leaders to discuss plans of action this week. It was especially urged that each student fully acquaint himself with the facts concerning the problem in order that he can inform all the people in his county. It was further suggested that each student wherever possible present the facts in talks' at school meetings, before local civic clubs, and in individual contacts. An attempt will be made to obtain some time over the Dothan radio station. Five Are Selected By Electrical Society At a regular meeting Monday night, Xi Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu, national electrical engineering honor society, elected five Juniors to be eligible for membership in the society. The men elected are: Herman J. Gauggel, Fairfield; Richard H. Wood, Abbeville; Robert G. Johnson, Selma; J. A. Zwinakis, New Britain, Conn.; G. H. (Pat) Plumlee, Birmingham. These new men are to be formally recognized in the near future, and the initiation ceremony will follow in a few weeks. The Auburn chapter of Eta Kappa Nu has been active in promoting better scholarship among Electrical Engineering students, and gives a cup each fall to the Sophomore who made the best record during his Freshman year. New officers of Xi Chapter for the next school year were also elected at the recent meeting. They are: President, H. H. Calien; Vice-president, L. C. Balch; Secretary, H. H. Davis; Treasurer, A. Baker Dean. GIBBONS ASSURED OF WIN AS BALLOTS ARE COUNTED IN EARLY CHECKUP TODAY More Than Two Hundred Fifty Votes Are Counted By Two O'Clock This Afternoon In The Annual Class And Publications Heads Election Now In Progress At Student Center GROUP WILL TAKE LONG TRIP DURING SUMMER SESSION "Education Through Travel" Course Again To Be Offered During The Summer Session STATE DRUGGISTS TO HOLD SESSION HERE NEXT WEEK Every Druggist In Alabama Is Invited To First Conference To Be Held At Auburn Soon N O T I C E ! Bid cards for the Honor Societies Ball, to be held April 17, will be collected tonight. Cards may be obtained at the Tiger Drug Store and from the presidents of the honor societies. Auburn will continue its "Education Through Travel" by offering a tour to Washington and New York for the summer of 1936. This course will be given as. an approximately 3000 mile motor bus tour of the East touching eleven states and the District of Columbia. The class will leave Auburn Sunday, June 7 and will tour for fifteen days. After the tour the class will return to Auburn to complete the course. While the tour gives special attention to the cities of Washington and New York, it does not overlook the many points of natural interest along the route. Visits will be made to the University of Virginia and Edgar Allen Poe's room, and to the homes of Jefferson, Lee, and Washington. Many of the battlefields of the War Between the States in Northern Virginia will be visited. The tour will cover the complete length of the Shenandoah Valley. In New York, visits will be made to the new Radio Gfity, Empire State Building, water front, Chinatown, Wall Street, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, and many other places of interest. Those completing the course satisfactorily will be given three semester hours of credit. While this course is not listed as a graduate course, it can be used toward the master's degree as part of the six hours allowed off the campus. Registration for the course should be made in advance with the director of the tour, Walter M. Jackson, Selma, Alabama. Since the class is limited to bus capacity, students will be accepted in order of their registration only as long as there is transportation space available. By two o'clock this afternoon Bobby Chesnutt with 175 votes to his credit was way out in front in the race for editor of the Plainsman. Alvin Morland was second with 91, and Kay Sibert third with 2. This is the complete count of all voting up to 2 o'clock this afternoon, with 268 ballots being cast. By a slim margin of less than a score of votes M. C. Shannon was leading V. B. Rhodes for business manager of the Plainsman. Shannon had garnered 142 votes to 126 for Rhodes. Sammy Gibbons, with 143 votes in his favor by 2 o'clock, has practically cinched the race for editor of the Glomerata. Frank McCall was second with a 67 vote count and Helen Tigner third with 64. Pat Plumlee was unopposed for business manager of the Glomerata. By a comfortable margin Charlie Lawrence led his two competitors in the race for president of the senior class. His count was 131. Dick Charleton had 81 votes, Charles Anderson 65. Bobby Johnson had a slight lead for vice president of the senior class, with 116. Billy Wallace was second with 107, and C. N. Wood third with 40. Byron Co wart was way out in front for secretary of the class. He had garnered 159 votes to 99 for Edwin Briggs. Weatherby, with 227 votes, had almost a 200-point lead late this afternoon for treasurer of the class. Joseph Swinakis was given 40 votes. Ben Vail was unopposed for class historian. Without opposition in the election today Joe Sarver will be president of the Executive Cabinet .next year; Herman Laatsch, secretary. Although not all votes had been counted at press time, J. M. Dennis appeared to be leading the race for president of the Y. M. C. A. The other candidate for this position is J. T. Miller. By a close margin C. M. Pruet was leading for vice president of the organization against J. D. Turner. Vote counting was complete up to 2 o'clock only for the senior class officers and publication heads. According to a hasty survey, Red Duncan seemed to be ahead for president of the junior class, however he was closely tallied by Jarvis Brown and Jack Adams. Vote count on other officers had not progressed far enough to venture any guess as to the outcome. Complete results for all offices will be announced in the Plainsman next Wednsday. Every druggist in Alabama is invited to attend the first annual Retail Druggists' Business Conference to be held at Auburn on Wednesday, April 15. Problems of vital importance to druggists will be discussed at the one-day session which begins at 8 o'clock in Ross Chemical Laboratory and comes to a climax that evening with an elaborate banquet and address by Dr. Towns R. Leigh, dean at the University of Florida. Dr. L. S. Blake, head of Auburn's department of pharmacy, also announced that a full program of addresses by the South's most prominent pharmacists and round-table discussions of practical and professional problems had been arranged. Among the speakers will be Dr. Douglas L. Cannon of the State department of health; N. G. Hubbard, Birmingham, president of the Alabama Pharmaceutical Association; and Sinclair Jacobs, Atlanta, president of Jacobs Pharmacies, Inc. Following the afternoon session, all of which will be held in Ross Laboratory, the visitors will probably attend the varsity baseball game, Auburn vs. the University of Florida. Dr. Blake expects at least 150 or 200 of Alabama's retail druggists to attend the conference which is to be an annual meeting at Auburn. There are some 850 druggists in Alabama; all are invited to send representatives, he said. Assisting Dr. Blake and his staff with arrangements for the meeting are members of Rho Chi, Auburn's pharmaceutical society. Prof. George Hargreaves will preside at one of the sessions. Bill Lee Is Chosen Head Cheerleader Bill Lee was chosen as head cheerleader for the 1936 football season by members of the "A" Club at a meeting Monday night. Lee will succeed Bill McTyeire in this capacity. The other three cheerleaders will be chosen at a mass meeting during the early part of next fall. One will be selected from each class. Tigers Win Two Games Over Oglethorpe Here The Auburn Tigers came through to win both of their games with Oglethorpe on Friday and Saturday of last week by the scores of 7-6 and 8-4. In the first game on Friday, a three run rally by the Petrels fell one run short of tying the score. Alternate- Captain Morris, who only allowed five hits in the entire game, put on the steam and prevented the Oglethorpe batsmen from bringing any more runners across the plate. P A G E T WO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936 U>fo Auburn Plainsman Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year (68 issues), $1.50 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 Herman L. Harris Editor-in-Chief Business Manager 1935 Member 1936 Plssoticded GoUe6'iate Press Distributor of Cblle6iate Dfeest ' 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 S'l AEF Assistant Business Manager: 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, Bill Boyton, Page Walker. • Business Manager's Office Hours: 3-4 Monday through Friday. Students And Politics As we expected several months ago when plans were in a formative stage, whatever Auburn students decided to do about education would be dragged into state politics. The political angle is brought in by those totally ignorant of the facts. In connection with the two mass meetings held here last week two points must be brought to a clear focus. First it must be understood that the college had nothing whatsoever to do with the. affair. The initiative was taken entirely by students. Planning started several months ago and came to a head last week. Several men connected with the college were called upon as a source of information concerning the problem, but other wise they were out of the picture and had nothing to do with the promotion of the student movement. The second point to be made absolutely clear is that the students are not in any form or fashion advocating a revenue raising measure. At neither of the two meetings last week was there any mention made of taxation. Students will go home this week with one definite purpose in mind: they will be well fortified with authentic facts to show beyond a doubt that something must be done for education. That is all they can do. Just how to go about remedying the situation is up to the legislature. That is their problem. All the students will do is show in as forceful a manner as possible the great need for immediate action. Then it is up to the legislature. It is up to Gov. Graves to fulfill his promise made last year. He said the little red school house would remain open. It hasn't. Graves and the legislators appear to be oblivious to this fact, and this week the students of Auburn will do what they can to open their eyes. Man And Education Historians and archeologists tell us that 50,000 years ago mankind lived in caves and trees, had no clothes except such as could be made from skins of animals which they had learned to kill, and that their only food consisted of nature's products as they found them. They knew not how to build homes or clothe themselves; and the science of food preparation was unknown to them. They were untrained humans surrounded by nature in the raw. This picture may appear extreme, but the fact remains that life 50,000 years ago— or even 500 years ago—was crude and cruel compared with life in civilized countries in 1936. . Retrospection reveals that human beings have learned to build comfortable homes, to make and wear beautiful clothes, and to prepare food properly for nourishing the body in accordance with the wise laws of nature. . All this has been a process of education. Without education mankind would still be in caves and in trees and living as ancient men lived. Where there is now civilization and culture there would be savagery and chaos. It is true, also that mankind has made greater progress within the last half century than during any entire previous century known to history. This "half century" probably can be limited to a quarter of a century. And a striking fact about it is that public education has reached its greatest peak within the last quarter of a century—the period when progress grew most and served best to date. Enrollment in public schools, high schools, colleges, and universities doubled and trebled; and these institutions of learning sought—and are seeking—dili-. gently to adjust themselves for the most efficient service to mankind in all his problems. Without education of the right kind there is no progress. In fact, progress is measured by education. Where illiteracy and ignorance predominate human beings either stand still or decay. It is wise and proper, therefore, that each state make adequate provision for the education of its boys and girls to equip them to live better, to serve better, and to be better citizens. In the light of history we can't afford to do otherwise. This is, in our judgment, the paramount problem before the Alabama Legislature. We hope that it will be solved in such a way as to enable Alabama to go forward and hold her place with the advancing steps of civilization. The legislature is being told, of course, that education is expensive. If so, illiteracy and ignorance are much more expensive}; and so the question arises: Shall we educate at a reasonable expense or have illiteracy and ignorance at a very high expense? If you vote for illiteracy and ignorance you vote also for economic distress, mental chaos, and moral decay; if you vote for education you vote for the reverse of these. Will College Men Ever Grow Up? Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles on random subjects as were delivered by newly elected members to Phi Kappa Phi at their annual initiation banquet held recently. "Hell Week Bust Go" was the declaration of fraternity leaders and deans of men at a interfraternity conference in New York last Thanksgiving. A resolution calling upon student organization and faculty committees to cooperate in eradicating all practices resembling Hell Week antics. Albert K. Heckel, dean of men at the Unievrsity said: "Are we afraid to grow up? Are we going to continue with a lot of adult infantilism and worse? I believe that Mr. Wilbur W. Walden struck a very fine note when he said that we must consider not merely Hell Week, but certain customs in our chapters. As I see it, these customs assert themselves throughout the year and are rolled into one accumulated force in Hell Week. Those customs destroy the initial loyalty and an initial devotion to his fraternity thqt a pledge makes for himself. He suffers disillusionment when things which are not fraternal appear in the routine of his life through the year." "Hell Week" and other forms of hazing are out-of-date, brutal, and undemocratic. Auburn organizations would do well to confer with one another and eliminate practices which are popular because they are childish, primitive, sadistic, and essentially immoral.—James E. Vance. The Rumor Is Right There has been some talk circulated about the campus that assistance was given one of the candidates in helping him put out his issue of the Plainsman. This is absolutely true. But also is it true that assistance was given the other two candidates as well. It was not expected that each of the candidates would put out an issue of the paper without any assistance whatsoever. That would be expecting too much. But in the main each candidate was given the opportunity to do as much as he could in order that his issue was unmistakably the product of his own hard work and not that of somebody else's. If he wanted a certain story to go in number three column on the front page under a 30-point cap head, that is exactly where that story went. Each of the three candidates have a pretty thorough idea of what it is all about. When he or she begin work next fall, it won't be an entirely new experience. They will have considerable definite knowledge to fall back upon. Letters To The Editor Editor, The Plainsman, Dear Sir: I have noticed that several of your reporters have been employing long words of late. It is my opinion that literary aspirants should religiously eschew polysyllabic orthography. The philosophical and phisological substructure of this principle is ineluctable. Excessively attenuated verbal sybols inevitably induce unnecessary complexity and consequently exaggerate the ob-fuscation of the mentality of the peruser. Conversely, expressions which are reduced to the furthermost minimum of simplification and compactness, besides contributing realistic verisimilitude, constitute a much less onerous handicap to the reader's perspicacity. Observe, for instance, the unmistakable and inescapable expressiveness of onomatopoetic, interjectional, monosyllabic utterances, especially when motivated under strenous emotional circumstances. How much more appealing is their euphonious pulchitrude than the preposterous and pretentious pomosity of elongated verbiage. • Sincerely, IMA STUDENT. This Collegiate World (By Associated Collegiate Press) When Fred Lemmer, student at the University of Minnesota meets his English professor, Mr. Weaver, they both blush slightly. Over a period of many weeks, Mr. Lemmer has broken all records for arriving late to Mr. Weaver's first hour class. His alibis have varied: "My alarm clock is broken" or "There was a traffic jam" or "My car busted down." Finally Mr. Weaver snarled, "Next time you'll tell me your house burned down." Last week Mr. Lemmer was late again. During the night his house had burned down. * * • • The new movement in American colleges (first told about in this column some weeks ago) to organize chapters of the VFW or "Veterans of Future Wars" is growing rapidly. Nineteen local cells of the society are now functioning in 19 different colleges. Princeton has been the most active and their work has stirred up a testy reply from the national head of the real VFW. Even the coeds have fallen in with the idea—several chapters of Gold Star Future Mothers of Veterans having been formed after the first one started at Vassar. At the University of Chicago a search is on for one member of the VFW to be chosen as Unknown Soldier for the Future War. The girls there are already choosing their society emblem. It is to be a blue eagle on a crossed hammer and sickle and holding in its beak a swastika and under its wings a fasces. * * * * Chief goal now is a $1,000 bonus for each future veteran—to be paid ahead of time of course, in order that the initiation of the real VFW and American Legion may be as faithful as possible. * * * * (Oh well—the Hearst hunt had sort of died down and the college editors were getting itchy for something of the sort). Cats and Canaries Do you know ? Elizabeth Zachary caused quite a furor by her appearance in that unique, and un-adorning costume. » * * » Was Starkey burned up when his date looped and looped at the Ag shuffle! * * • » The battle of the ages was almost staged Saturday night when Piatt and McAllister exchanged words and blows, but it was pretty much of a false alarm. * * * * Dot Wright has been removed from active circulation, so we hear. * * * * Have Barton and that Winthrop College gal tied the knot that binds or haven't they. * * * * Who was that blond that "Daisy" Pierce didn't want to be seen with t'other night. * * * * Even Montevallo can't stand "Romeo" Hamilton. 'Tis rumored that the big moment over there is giving him' the bum's rush. * » * • In all seriousness we offer our Congrats to Gum on last Wednesday's column. More of the same my frand! > * * * « Loflin is just flies in her soup, states the object of his affections. * * • * Mafbe I'm dumb but this is beyond me. One of my six readers submitted it,—maybe they get that way from reading this tripe. I dunno, Anyway, here tis.. "That never would become the thing that once was not among the things so privileged as to ever be anything. But yet, a no, not coming might induce a never with an explanation not inclined to verbal explorations. To those who never, no is not a thing akin to anything they might invent." A cash prize of three cents will be awarded the first ten correct answers. * * * * My little short friend is no track enthusiast she avers. The boy friends are too intent on their training, it seems. » * » * One of our big politicians disproved the theory that gin and whiskey won't mix— whatta man! Debating the question as to whether there is any noise when a tree falls in a deserted forest is like debating as to which is the butt end of a goat. » » * • » » * , » * » Sunday's movie, "The Trail of The Lonesome Pine," reminded us of the mountaineer who said to his three-year-old son: "Ezry, quit pointin' thet air gun at yore brother; hit mought go off an' kill one of them thar chickens he's playing with." • * * • » * « * * » Prof. McKinnon (at Freshman lecture): "Now what must a man be to be buried with full military honors." Freshman: "Dead, sir." . * * * * * * * * * * Man is like a kerosene lamp; he is usually not very bright, is often turned down, usually smokes, and frequently goes out at night. "Can you tell me the name of the president of this school?" "Naw, I'm just a football player here." * * * * * * * * * * Two spinsters were discussing men— "Which would you desire most in your husband—brains, wealth or appearance," asked one. "Appearance, and the sooner the better," snapped the other. —Wall Street Journal. * * * * » * » » » * . * She: "I feel like a cigarette." He: "Is that so? You look more like a rough cut plug." * * * * * * * * * * OUR FOUR AGES As a Freshman we wonder what it's all about, As a Sophomore we think we know what it's all about, As a Junior we don't care what it's all about, As a. Senior we still wonder what it's all about. Irate Father: "Why were you kissing my daughter in that dark corner last night?" Dubious Danny: "Now that I've seen her in the daylight I sort of wonder myself."—Widow. * * * * * * * * * * Many a girl has become an old maid because she said "Good night" too soon. Thunderations By Gam T Fantasy—A Very Short Story "Oh, what a day," I thought, "to be out in the country instead of this noisy old city." The weather was all one could wish for in a perfect summer morning. Blue sky, a few scattered clouds that reminded one of ragged balls of cotton, roughly chewed by some happy, frolicking puppy, a light warm breeze, and all of nature's beautiful handiwork on exhibition. About the only regret one could have was that not much "of the handiwork could be seen for this was a summer's day in a modern city. However the city did not subtract from the glorious weather. I thought of little, striding down the rather crowded sidewalk, indeed I cared not to think. I was in a happy frame of mind, and could, I believe, have burst out in a fit of uncontrollable laughter for the pure enjoyment of mirth. I fancy there might have been a faint smile on my lips if anyone had noticed. The-crowd, however, did not seem to feel the exuberence of the day as I did. Most of the people were hurrying from one store to another. Some were "window shopping," and others striding as though their very life depended on it. In some places the sidewalk was crowded, and in others only a few worried looking persons busied themselves. While in one of these lesser crowded areas I noticed a small red and pink handkerchief on the sidewalk. Naturally enough I stooped to pick it up and return the whisp of cloth to the person who dropped it. The minute I had the handkerchief in my hand I realized my mistake. I had not seen anyone drop it! It might have been there on the cement for only a moment or possibly an hour. My face colored to the roots of my hair, and I straightened up with an embarrassing jerk. What a fool I was to ever have stooped to retrieve an insignificant handkerchief. Every one must think me a fool indeed. My God! it seems as though everyone has stopped to peer at me in my awkward position. They are! Now what am I to do? Is that laughter I hear? Are they laughing at me? Why of course they must be making fun of me. Me! Oh! Lord what a situation for me to bear the brunt of. I must get away from here, anywhere just to escape that mocking crowd. Lord! will I ever move? Faces, faces, thousands of them, and smiles and sneering eyes. Everything has gone mad, the whole world is spinning! Faces, feet, sidewalks, scarlet handkerchiefs— all revolving around and aruond down a crazy vortex of dizziness! At last a protecting doorway! What a relief to be out of that street. Better rest, yes, of course I need some rest! Sit down on these hallway steps for a moment! Ah, that's better. Feel rested now, guess I can move on now. Thank goodness no one seems to notice me. Probably been sitting in that hallway for some time. Not a bad idea, that. Gave the crowd a chance to move on. Guess I'll go across the street to that department store corner, and hail a cab. Don't feel much like walking. * * * * "Hey Joe, listen to this. It says in tonight's paper that a young man was picked up in front of Martin's Department Store this morning after collapsing from a great shock." "Yeah! well what's so peculiar about that? People faint every day." "Not the way this one did. Here's what a woman bystander says: 'I was admiring a display of beautiful red and pink handkerchiefs, when I happened to glance to one side. A pale young man walked rather nervously up to the corner, and started to hail a cab. By chance he glanced at the store window in front of me, and gave a terrifying scream, falling to the sidewalk in a faint.' The article goes on to say that on examination at Bellevue Hospital, the opinion is, 'Hopelessly insane'." "Gosh, that's too bad, rather odd too." "Certainly is. Well, can't worry about other people, too much to take care of one's own troubles as it is. Shall we take a short walk?" "O. K., feel like a bit of exercise after this perfectly glorious day."—W. C. F. 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. * » • * HOSE architects, who had a ball last Saturday night, had the best since the Delta Sig dance of Feb. 29. Those people, and John Keith, who played for the dance, were good and very good all at the same time. And I had rather see Hooper beat that big bass viol than eat ice cream with the writer of "Cats and Canaries." * * » * Thanks to Jim Blair, his man Rudder, and all the architects for a lovely evening last Saturday evening. * * * * The show Sunday made one almost wish one were a co-ed so's one could sniff, and let sparkling little tears trickle down and irritate the rouge and lipstick. The new technicolor was more nicely colored than an Italian washline or a Octo-bered persimmon tree, and didn't hurt one's eyes as did several mistakes of two or three years ago. * * * * And it didn't have Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, or Joan Crawford in it. Thank the lawd! * * * * Overheard in Benson's: "Who are you going to vote for?" "I won't know until it's posted on the fraternity bulletin board." * * * * Mary Hagood, who owes me a cup of coffee, takes the cocoanut cake for looking best at the architects ball last Saturday night. How's for dressing like that again sometime? ' * * * * Times of year like this and I want to go to a good old fashioned egg hiding, and clover wallowing. Some of the birds get in a few good licks at this laying of colored eggs, but it takes the Easter rabbit every time to really go hawg wild over the matter. I et so many red colored eggs one time I shone like a railway lantern for weeks afterwards. * * * * I never did much believe that thing about the stork, but you could fool me with the Easter rabbit every time. * * * • This coming Sunday The Lawd will be forced to gaze upon the ungawdliest array of colored Easter bonnets a church has ever covered. OF THE HOUSE SAME HIGH QUALITY One Low Price You can't spend more than $16.50 ot the Klothes Shoppe . . . n o matter h&w fine o ready-made suit you choose[ Everything- in the house is the same low price. It means immense selection. . . unrivaled quality.. .amazingly fine tailoring at $16.50. Every suit in the house ii brand n. e w . . . in new spring colors, patterns and woolen*. NEW HOME 2007 THIRD AVENUE N. BIRMINGHAM \ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 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 Excessive bathing may mean a conscience, according to University of Chicago psychologists. New England colleges recently held the ninth annual model League of Nations session at Williams. TRY THE NEW-WEAVE SOCKS NEW SHIPMENTS WEEKLY—ALL COLORS Play-Ground Balls and Bats A Big Line of Tennis Goods. Rackets Restrung-Overnight Service G IBSON' MEN'S WEAR INTERESTING FACTS RECALLED BY DR. DUNSTAN IN INTERVIEW Old Timer of Auburn And Member of College Faculty For Many Years Recalls Some of The Quaint Customs Which Prevailed In Auburn During Period When He Was Student By CHARLOTTE BOCHA In the early days of Auburn there were a number of odd but interesting customs which are outlined by Prof. A. C. Dunstan. One of the most interesting stories Flowers for all Occasions KING'S NURSERY Phone 695-J OPELIKA, ALABAMA G-E Campus News X-RAY FOR ART'S SAKE TS there a portrait of Great Uncle Ezra T" gathering dust in the attic? It may pay to x-ray Uncle before handing him over to the junkman, for behind Ezra's imposing whiskers may be hiding the sister of the Mona Lisa. Not long ago, a portable G-E X-Ray Corporation unit disclosed a valuable canvas by the seventeenth-century artist, Goya, concealed under an apparently worthless picture. More recently a New Orleans painter and art expert has used the x-ray to discover a genuine da Vinci signature beneath layers of paint applied by a later and less-capable artist. A sister painting to the newly found da Vinci recently sold for a quarter of a million dollars. The x-ray does more than discover lost Old Masters; it tells how the great artists of the past worked. A series of radiographs can disclose the full story of their brushwork from the first sketch to the last correction. The art student of today, by an intelligent use of the x-ray, is in a position to take lessons from the geniuses of the past. MORE BRIGHT SPOTS ON THE GLOBE ' | ' H E mellow, golden-orange glow of sodium lighting is springing up all across the continent. The latest installation, the largest in the United States, is located in the state of Washington. Here sixty-six 10,000-lumen General Electric units line almost three miles of the four-lane Pacific highway between Tacoma and Fort Lewis. Less than three years ago the sodium lamp made its first American appearance on a highway near Schenectady. Today the largest installation is on the Pacific coast, and the second-largest is at Lynn, Mass., on the Atlantic. In between, highways, bridges, traffic circles, and underpasses are being lighted for safety with these new luminaires, and G-E sodium lighting units have been installed in Canada, Hawaii, India, Spain, South Africa, Dutch East Indies, and Brazil. NO CLICK! ' I'HE life of the party, coming home with the •*• milkman, need no longer fear the betraying click of the light switch if his house wiring includes the latest electric switch developed in the G-E Research Laboratory. Two shallow chrome-steel cups, sealed together with a strip of glass, form the two contacts. A ceramic disk with a hole in it, and a few drops of mercury, partly fill the enclosure between the cups. The device is filled with hydrogen and sealed by welding. In the "off' position, the hole in the disk is above the mercury level. A rotation of twenty degrees to the "on" position permits the mercury to flow through the hole and make the electric connection. The time-honored click of the switch is abolished. In the laboratory in Schenectady, one of these mercury switches has turned a 200- watt lamp on and off some 65 million times in the last two years, and there are no signs of wearing out or failure. 96-245FBI GENERAL O ELECTRIC told is about the market which was located at about the same place as Moore's Market is today. It was only occasionally that the market had fresh meat for sale. On the days that patrons could buy meat the bell on the top of the store was rung. Once there were a number of life-size classic statutes made of plaster cast ordered for the library. Some of the women of the town decided there were not enough drapery on the statutes, so they started a crusade which ended by their dressing the statutes in yellow pleated silk kilts. Drums beat from 5:30 to 6:00 in the morning for students to arise. If the student lived within one mile of the school, he must go to roll call. Then he returned and waited for drums to beat again. At this signal he went to school, and duties commenced at 7:45. There was another roll call at 1 o'clock, after which classes were excused for lunch. At 2 o'clock classes were resumed. From then until 4 o'clock students were not allowed to be seen on the streets. A bell rang at 6 o'clock which was a signal that all students were to go home. Drums beat at 9:30, and no student could go to bed until then. At 10 o'clock drums sounded again, and that meant all students were to be in bed. On Friday nights members of.fraternities were permitted to go to fraternity meetings. In order to visit another student, one had to write a special request to officials for approval before he could be seen on the streets. A group of Negro boys formed a military company and drilled on the vacant lot on which Toomer's Drug Company is now located. The company was known as the Auburn Black Guards. On Sunday mornings the roll was called at 10:45. Students gathered in front of the main building, Sam-ford Hall, and formed companies. They then marched to the different churches with officials whose duty it was to see that the students behaved. Sunday night church attendance was not compulsory. On that night the students could take a girl to church. This was the only night in the week that students had permission to go out. Mrs. Judd Hostess At Tea On Sunday On Sunday afternoon, Dean and Mrsc. Zehulon Judd entertained Seniors and Graduate Students of the School of Education at a tea. Assisting in receiving were professors of the School of Education and their wives, including: Dr. and Mrs. Paul Irvine, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Johns, Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Cureton, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Beck, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kud-erna, Dr. and Mrs. B. R. Showalter, and Misses Rosalie Walston and Edna Orr. About 60 guests called during the afternoon. Refreshment Time IN THE HOME * ON THE AIR RAY NOBLE and His Orchestra with supporting cast of stars QUICK PICK-UP FOR I RED EYES Want to' give your eyes a lift? Use Murine, /.es^^vl Soothing, refreshing ^ to hot,- t i r e d , reddened eyes. Great for eyes irritated by read-i n g , dust, wind, smoke, or light glare. Use it daily. % URIN& F O R P V F ^ YOUR *-* I A-**? EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT COLUMBIA NETWORK - 8:30 Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 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You save money by having your clothes SANITONED because they last longer, wear better, look better, require cleaning less often, and they are free from the grit and dirt that ordinary processes cannot remove and that wear the fibres out more quickly. LICENSED ONLY TO LEADERS IN THE CLEANING INDUSTRY—In order to make sure that the public may derive the full benefits of the marvelous new process of SANITONE, a definite policy has been adopted to license this patented process only to recognized leaders in cleaning in every community. Whenever you see the name SANITONE displayed by a cleaner you may be sure that the establishment has been carefully investigated and that the process will be carried to its full perfection in that place. Cleaners of such responsibility and calibre have been selected in many cities of the United States. 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ESTABLISHED 1840 CINCINNATI, OHIO P A G E FOUR T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -t- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936 OPELIKA THEATR€ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 "CORONADO" With Johnny Downs, Betty Burgess, Jack Haley Added: "Voice of Experience" THURSDAY, APRIL 9 "BOULDER DAM" With PATRICIA ELLIS LYLE TALBOT Added—HAL LE ROY in Musical Comedy FRIDAY, APRIL 10 "THE CRUSADES" With LORETTA YOUNG — HENRY WILCOXON SATURDAY, APRIL 11 KEN MAYNARD HEIR TO TROUBLE Added Chapter 2 of "The Great Air Mystery" SATURDAY OWL SHOW "CHARLIE CHAN'S SECRET" With WARNER OLAND Also—Our Gang Comedy, "LITTLE SINNER" Judson Glee Club To Appear Here Monday The Judson College Glee Club will give a concert here Monday night, April 13 at 8 o'clock in Langdon Hall. According to Ivan B. Rasmussen, director, the program for the concert will include vocal and instrumental solos, and selections by the college sextet, string quartet and glee club. Student officers of the club are Misses Margaret Grove, president; Eloise Welden, business manager; and Sarah Love, secretary-treasurer and accompanist. Admission will be 15 and 25 cents LARGE NUMBER TO COMPETE IN ANNUAL EVENTS N O T I C E ! Walter E. Jessup, field secretary of the A. S. C. E., will lecture Monday night to the local chapter at 7 o'clock in Broun Auditorium. / Opelika Theatre (Continued from page 1) pee in poetry reading, 19 in prepared speeches, and 11 extemporaneous speeches—a total of 54 contestants. Lawrence Barnett, in charge of music contests, states that some 35 students will compete in the music contests in violin, piano, and voice to be held Saturday at 10 a. m. at the Lee County High School auditorium. Art contests will be conducted by Prof. Roy Staples and Prof. R. D. Eadie of the Applied Art department Friday. Entrants in freehand drawing will compete from 9 to 12 that morning and those in freehand design that afternoon 1 to 4 o'clock. Prof. Joseph E. Roop, journalism instructor, announced that the high school newspaper contest will be held by Editor Doug Wallace of the Auburn Plainsman and his staff at 9 o'clock Friday morning. The editorial writing contest will be held at 9 a. m. in Room 311 of Samford Hall. Following is a list of high schools which will be represented at the tournament: Wetumpka, Monroe County, Tallassee, Perry County, Anniston, Dallas County, Walnut Grove, Piedmont, Louisville, Collinsville, River- Tiger Theatre "Showplace of East Alabama" Auburn, Alabama WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 Charles "Buddy" Rogers June Clyde In "DANCE BAND" —Added— Comedy—"HAPPY THOUGH^ MARRIED" Novelty "MOVIE MILESTONES" THURSDAY and FRIDAY, APRIL 9 and 10 "CAPTAIN BLOOD" With Errol Flynn Olivia DeHavilland Lionel Atwill Basil Rathbone Guy Kibbee —Added— Walt Disney's Silly Symphony, "MUSIC LAND" Friday Only LATEST NEWS mmm I 3&rzl v 3&r Ford Dealers Announce 1&& Cars and Trucks new automotive, qualify fob the Used CakbuueA, 9 ' . 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This guarantee says: MECHANICAL GUARANTEE " We agree to correct at our expense any condition in this car or truck which is not in accordance with the above specifications, provided that we are notified by the purchaser of this condition within ten days from this date, and further provided that such condition is not the result of accident, neglect, or abuse of the car or truck after delivery to the customer, and that the car or truck has not been repaired or altered outside of our shop during the guarantee period." MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE "We further agree that we will refund such part of the purchase price of the car or truck as has been paid by the purchaser, including any used car or truck applied as part payment or, at our option, the allowance price thereof in cash, thereby canceling the sale if the purchaser so requests; provided that this request is made by the purchaser at or before o'clock on 19 and the car or truck is then returned to us in the same condition as when delivered." 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An overdose of vitamin D can be fatal, in the opinion of University of California experts. LOST—Sphinx Pin. Finder please notify Jean Campbell. Phone 244-J. HAGEDORN'S DEPARTMENT STORE DRY GOODS LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR LADIES' AND CHILDRENS' SHOES DRAPERIES — CURTAINS — CARPETS A Most Complete Gents' Furnishing Department Opelika, Alabama Each Puff Less Acid A LIGHT SMOKE OF RICH, RIPE-BODIED TOBACCO Over a period of years, certain basic advances have been made in the selection and treatment of cigarette tobaccos for Lucky Strike Cigarettes. They include preliminary analyses of the tobacco selected; use of center leaves; the higher heat treatment of tobacco ("Toasting"); consideration of acid-alkaline balance, with consequent definite improvement in flavor; and controlled uniformity in the finished product. All these combine to produce a superior cigarette—a modern cigarette, a cigarette made of rich, ripe-bodied tobaccos—A Light Smoke. Copyright 1936. The American Tobacco Company Luckies are less acid Recent chemical tests show* that other popular brands have an excess of acidity over Lucky Strike of from 53^ to 100?. — i — — — — — — m Excess of Acidity of Other Popular Brands Over lucky Strike Cigarettes MIANCI I LUC K Y 5TH. I K e B R A N D B B R A N D C B R A N D D tte&ieS • RESULTS VERIFIED B* INOEPEN DENT CHEMICAL LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH GROUPS -"IT'S TOASTED / / Your throat protection - against irritation -against cough |
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