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Semi-Weekly Plainsman Saturday Issue ©lj£ Auburn plainsman It Ain't Gonna Rain No More! TO FOSTER THE AUBURN S P I R IT VOLUME LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936 NUMBER 28 Junior Group Plans To End Frat Line-ups Twelve Members Of Junior Class Meet To Discuss Plans For Coming Spring Elections Incomplete Grid Schedule For Next Year Is Released WILL MEET AGAIN Aim To Break Power Held In Past By Fraternities; Majority Vote In Favor Of Plan For the first time in Auburn's history of campus politics, a definite move was taken last night by a dozen members of the junior class to end the well-established system of fraternity "line-ups" which has proved to be a powerful factor here in the past in the election of all class officers. Last night a meeting of approximately 12 senior office aspirants of the junior class was called for the purpose of formulating a definite plan of action. For more than an hour a heated discussion was held on the subject, with all those present but one feeling that a plan could be devised by which fraternities would cease to hold the power which they have in the past of virtually deciding before the election as to the candidates to fill the different offices. With a view toward a definite decision a second meeting will be held Tuesday night at the Lambda Chi House. Each fraternity on the campus will be represented by two members, being if possible those planning to participate in the coming spring elections. According to present plans, only members of the junior class are included. Thrashed out next Tuesday night will be the plan that all office aspirants in the junior class agree that in the spring elections none shall affiliate with any fraternity "line-up". In other words, each office seeker will obtain support only through contact with his class members. If such an agreement is reached, there will be no swapping of votes among the fraternities. Each man will run the race on his own initiative. It is not hoped, as was evident in the meeting last night, that all junior office seekers will agree to the plan. Effective 'operation, then, can be reached only if a large majority agree. Dr. Duncan To Award Diplomas January 23 Thursday, January 23, is the date designated for the annual mid-winter commencement at Auburn. The hour is 11 o'clock; the place the President's office. Like the commencement on the same date last year, the exercises will be very informal. Candidates who have met the requirements for degrees will receive them from President Duncan following a brief message to them. Friends of the graduates and a few others will attend. • A total of 26 students are now candidates for degrees at this commencement. Of these, three are already employed and at work. J. H. Jackson is teaching vocational agriculture at LeRoy in Washington County. Mary Jim Enloe has been appointed home demonstration agent for St. Clair County,' where she will begin her work after a period of training in another county. Ruth Dunn is teaching home economics in Washington County. It is understood that several others have accepted offers to begin work immediately after graduation. A tentative 1936 football schedule of six Southeastern Conference opponents and one Dixie Conference opponent has been announced by the publicity department. Negotiations are under way by Coach Meagher with Santa Clara University on the Pacific coast, Detroit University, and a game with Loyola of the South, to be played here on homecoming day, for games to fill out a ten-game schedule. The Santa Clara game would be played on the coast but the location for the Detroit game would be settled later. The seven games that are assured were on Auburn's schedule this last season. Birmingham-Southern gets the assignment as opening opponent for the Tige r s a s usual. This game will give Montgomery two tilts from Auburn's schedule. The Tigers meet Florida there on November 28th. So far Birmingham has not received a game, but there is a possibility that the Detroit game will be played there, or a change might be made in the location of one of the games already* scheduled. Tulane follows Birmingham-Southern with the game scheduled in New Orleans. Tennessee will be played in Knoxille. The Georgia encounter has been moved up from the last of November to October 24th. The setting for this game is still Memorial Stadium in Columbus. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets follow with the game scheduled for Grant Field in Atlanta. L. S. U. founds out the seven definite games.' This engagement will be held in Baton Rouge. The tentative games with Santa Clara offers the Tigers their strongest intersectional foe since their sensational conquest of Wisconsin in 1931. This trip would be the longest ever undertaken by an Auburn team and the first time to appear on the coast. Santa Clara usually has one of the strongest teams west of the Mississippi. Stanford, Rose Bowl winners, were able to win over this eleven by only a few points this season. Although Detriot University is not in one of the larger conferences, its teams have always been strong. Loyola has a team that should offer better entertainment for homecoming students. This team will take the place of the game with Oglethorpe. Auburn's schedule will again be one of the most difficult attempted by any Southeastern member. In Tulane, Tennessee, Georgia, Georgia Tech, L. S. U., and Florida the Tigers will face (Continued on page 4) Juniors Form |Engineer Clubs * Organization I Give Plans For To Buy Dance Joint Meeting Forty Members From Junior Class' To Purchase Dance Thursday Night Of Prom Federation Plans To Obtain Representative From TVA To Speak At Next Meeting Alvord Selected As Ag Economics Head Prof. Ben F. Alvord has been promoted from acting head to head of the department of agricultural economics. He assumed the temporary position when J. D. Pope, former head of the department, resigned to go into federal work in Washington, now with the Resettlement Administration. Mr. Alvord came to Auburn in 1929. He received his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Illinois. His work is in both teaching and research. Forty outstanding members of the junior class have been selected for the honorary organization formed for the mid-terms. These men were selected from every fraternity on the campus to insure a representative group. Plans are being made for this group to enjoy a gala night Thursday, the first day of the mid-term dances. The evening dance has been bought by them and two leadouts will be held in their honor. Before the dance the members of this society and their dates are to be entertained at a banquet, plans for which have not been completed. The juniors selected for this organization are as follows: Bill Weaver, A. Mayville, John Maroney, Beverly Basset Biggin, Mills Thornton, Vernon Merritt, Ellis Dunning, Bob Coleman, Earl Butler, Vernie Holloway, Charley Vaughn, Tom Hagan, Herman Laatsch, Robert Morgan, Joe Sarver, Tom Powell, Pat Plumlee, Tommy McGehee, Alf Davis, Dick Charlton, Doug Durden, Archie Adams, Bob JBurton, Alvin Morland, Bill Lee, Paul Talmadge, Bobby Johnson, Mark Shivers, Bobby Chesnutt, Bruce McGehee, Mark Nichols, Bob Creel, Marion Weatherby, Mat Gilbert, Paul Bagley, Howard Davis, Dick Duffel, Orson Johnson, Albert Steele, Porter Caugh-man, and Ben Vail. The officers elected by the club are Tom Powell, Phi Delta Theta, President; John Maroney, Kappa Alpha, Vive-President; Vernie Holloway, Delta Sigma Phi, Secretary and Treasurer. Dividend Declared By First National Bank A six per cent dividend to stockholders of the First National Bank was declared and paid at the annual stockholders meeting^ Official reports revealed that the bank is in excellent conditions with assets totaling $340,- 000; and in the best condition in the entire history of the bank. The stockholders re-elected all nine directors to serve during 1936, the roster being, J. C. Grimes, W. W. Hill, R. E. Hudson, John Huguley, B. W. Jones, W. L. Long, C. Felton Little, Homer Wright, and A. L. Thomas. These directors met immediately and reelected all the officers as follows: C. Felton Little, president; W. W. Hill, vice-president; A. L. Thomas, chairman of the board; and G. H. Wright, cashier. At the monthly meeting of the officers of the Federated Engineering Society Sunday afternoon, plans for carrying out the second meeting of the society were made. The tentative speaker for the meeting in February will be a member of the personnel of the Tennessee Valley Authority.'- An effort is being made to obtain the chief speaker from this organization. The officials have been contacted in an effort to obtain a speaker for this occasion who' can give the engineering students of Aubum a clear picture of this mammoth undertaking by the government. The officers of the local society hope to obtain the pictures showing the progress of the different projects that the government is showing to the societies of the larger cities. This picture would be shown in conjunction with the speech. The projects undertaken by the government through the work of the Tennessee Valley Authority has drawn its share of print and discussion in speeches. In this work every phase of engineering has been used. Employment has been given to many of the Auburn graduates in this work. The success obtained from the first meeting of the engineering societies gives assurance of the continued co- (Continued on page 4) Flying Club Here To Be Visited By Swavy Mr. Ralph Swavy, manager of the Columbus, Ga., municipal airport and southeastern representative of the Taylor Aircraft Corp. will visit the Auburn-Opelika airport on Saturday in the interest of the Flying Club which is now being formed here at Auburn. If present plans materialize the Club will begin operation early next semester, flying a plane which will be supplied by Mr. Swavy. The feature of the plan proposed by Mr. Swavy is that the club will be able to fly a new plane at a fraction of cost of buying one. Members will have the use of the plane and the privilege of obtaining flying time and instruction at a greatly reduced rate. Anyone interested in this plan will be able to obtain full details from Mr. Swavy at the airport Saturday or from Jimmie Brown at the Sigma Chi house. Also, anyone who desires to take some flying time then may do so at the regular rates. Vandy Downs Auburn Quint In Fast Game Vandy Gains Lead Early In Game To Win From Battling Tigers By Decisive Score OPENED CONFERENCE McKissick Is Individual Star For Auburn In Piling Up 7 Points; Passing Helps Vandy Vandy flashed through to a 47 to 27 triumph against Auburn last night in Nashville as the two schools opened their 1936 Southeastern competition. Willie Geny for the Commodores made the first tally of the game following five minutes of rapid fire playing when he sunk a free throw. Shortly after Joe Bob Mitchell countered with a one-pointer for the Tigers. Vandy added another, and then Blake and McKissick both scored putting the Plainsmen into a 5 to 2 lead. At this point in the game Vandy started their passing attack, pulling into a comfortable lead which they held for the remainder of the game. Victory for the Commodores came after they had lost nine successive tilts to intersectional foes. Tigers will meet Sewanee tonight and tomorrow night in Sewanee. Auburn is slight favorite to win over the Purple. (Continued on page 4) Over Seven Inches Rainfall Is Recorded In Auburn To Date During the first eight days of this month more rainfall was recorded in Auburn than has fallen in any entire month of January since 1912. Through Wednesday the total amount was 7.91 inches. The record for the entire month was set in 1912 with 8.72 inches being recorded. Prof. J. M. Robinson, local government meteorologist, revealed that only four Januaries since 1858 have received as much rainfall for the month as has been recorded to date for January 1936. The all-time record for any single month was set in 1885 when 9.25 inches was recorded. Judging by the exceedingly heavy rainfall already this month, it is expected that all records will be broken. To date the total amount is only two inches short of the record for the month of January 1885. A measurable amount of rain has been recorded in each of the first eight days of this month. The heaviest for any single day was 3.67, Thursday, January 2. The amounts recorded for each day is as follows: Wednesday, Jan. 1, .42; Thursday, 3.67; Friday, .01; Saturday, .93; Sunday, .07; Monday, .30; Tuesday, 1.99; and Wednesday, .52. The average annual rainfall for this vicinity is approximately 45 inches. T.K.A. Debate Tourney Finals Are Complete The final debates of the tourney sponsored by Tau Kappa Alpha', national forensic fraternity, were held Wednesday night in Samford Hall. The debates were the runoffs of deadlocks which resulted in both the upperclassmen and freshman tournaments, two teams being tied in each group. In the upperclass finals the team composed of George Hairston and David Cox defeated Dan Smith and Morris Hall. The topic for this debate was: "Resolved, That Congress Should Have The Power By a Two- Thirds Vote to Overrule Any Decisions of the Supreme Court Declaring Laws Unconstitutional." Billy McGehee and Edwin Godbold were the successful team in the freshman group, defeating the team composed of John Dubberley and William Benefield on the topic: "Resolved, That the Several States Should Adopt a System of Socialized Medicine". Tau Kappa Alpha will present loving cups to the successful contestants in the near future. (Continued on page 4) High School Dramatic Tourney Will Again Be Sponsored By College Two Plays Are To Be Given By Thespians Soon Rehearsals N ew Being Held On Two Short Plays To Be Produced Early Next Month Two short, one act plays are being planned by members of the Auburn Players to be given at the "Y" Hut early next month. The first of these is an original production entitled "Swastica", a play concerning Hitler. The cast has been completed except for two roles. The second play, Tchekoff's "The Boor", will feature Willard Manry in the leading role. Esther Weeks is the young widow, Helena; and Morris Schneider the servant, Luka. Rehearsals have been underway for three weeks, and the cast promises a riotous exhibition of Russian farce of the old order. All members of the Players will meet at the "Y" Hut Monday night, Jan. 27, for the selection of a second semester production. The play, "Lady Windermere's Fan", was dropped because the 'staff did not feel itself capable of depicting Wilde's smartness. With the money given the Players recently by the Executive Cabinet new equipment is constantly being added as the need arises. Advance notice is to the effect that Tony Sarg's Marionnette troupe may appear in Auburn in the near future. Sarg and his troupe performed here last year in Langdon Hall to a capacity audience. Many Greek Chapter Teams Will Compete Soon In Tournament Arrangements are now underway for the yearly interfraternity basketball tournament which will start immediately with 21 fraternities competing. Mr. Elmer G. Salter will referee "all tournament games. Due to the existing conditions for practice, the time for completion of each round will be published as soon as it is possible to ascertain the time required for the teams to prepare themselves for tourney play. The fraternities competing in the tournament may practice anytime up to 3 o'clock every afternoon provided no gym classes are being held and 8:30 every night or as soon as the' freshman squad is through. The gym may be used when the freshmen and varsity are away but under no conditions is the girls' gym to be used. Arrangements may be made with Mr. (Continued on page 4) Eleventh Annual Spring Dramatic Tournament For High Schools To Be Held In April Gymkhana Will Not Be Staged At Bullard Field BE MANY CONTESTS More Than 300 Students From High Schools Over Alabama Are Expected For Tourney Inclemency Of Weather Forces Movement Of Event To Field Directly Behind F.A. Stables Survey Held By College Reveals Lack Of Rooms With more than 95 per cent of the available rooming space in Auburn for Students now occupied, college officials are turning their attention to "ways and means" for increasing these facilities before the opening of the next regular session in September, 1936. A recent survey reveals that very few available rooms are unoccupied, the majority of these having disadvantages as to location or otherwise. "It is obvious," said P. O. Davis, executive secretary, "that Auburn cannot expect a big increase in enrollment next esssion unless more houses are built or more rooms made available. Our increase of almost 25 per cent this year has about filled the town to capacity. Unless more rooms are made for students we can't expect next year more than five per cent increase over this. The college does not have money to build dormitories which means that we must depend, for the time being, upon fraternities and the citizens of Auburn to provide more rooms for students." It is understood that one of the fraternities expects to add room for six freshmen next year. This will be done at a small cost to the fraternity which owns a home that lends itself to this minor adjustment. It is believed that owners of homes in Auburn may be interested in providing additional quarters to house students. Last summer one citizen of Auburn arranged for a cottage to be built in his back yard, and students are now living in it. The idea may spread to others.' "One of the big disadavntages to students in obtaining an education at Auburn," continued Mr. Davis, "is that they live in small groups. The two college dormitories in Auburn are not big. They house only about 7 per cent of the students who are enrolled this session. Others live in fraternities, boarding houses, and private (Continued on page 4) Because of inclement weather and the probable wet condition of Bullard Field on next Wednesday, the Gymkhana will be held in the horse show jumping paddock, located to the southwest of the riding pens at the artillery stables. Entrance to the improvised field will be by way of the south gate at the stables. Those attending the rising exhibition will be directed to the field by guides. There will be an ample parking space for cars as well as a number of bleachers for spectators. Practice for the different events has been held in spite of bad weather during the past week, and judging by the large number of entrants in the various events, it is expected that competition will be especially keen this year. Twenty-one entrants have signed to participate in the ladies jumping, and 32 in the exhibition ride by mem-bers of the ladies riding classes. To date the junior wrestling team appears to have a slight edge over the senior teams, according to Capt. W. J. Klepinger, who is in charge of the Gymkhana. The ladies jumping event is expected to be the most keenly contested of all as 21 have signified of their intention to participate. Some will have to be eliminated because of .the limited number of jumping horses. Probably the most popular event of the show will be the Gretna Green (Continued oh page 4) Auburn-Alabama Frat Game Not To Be Held The proposed touch football game between the winners of the interfraternity tournaments at Auburn and the University of Alabama has been definitely cancelled, according to word received here from the University. Official sanction had been given the game by President L. N. Duncan and all that was lacking was the approval of the University officials. The excuse given was that nearness of the mid-term examinations would make the playing of the game impossible. The game between the winners of the two tournaments was designed as a furtherance in the steps toward a renewal of athletic relations of the schools. Next year the Interfraternity Council intends to lay plans for such a contest earlier in the year and include an appropriation for this purpose in its budget. The 11th annual Spring High School Tournament will be held at Auburn on Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11, it was announced today by Prof. J. R. Rutland, head professor of English at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. On the basis of attendance during past year, more than 300 high school students from all parts of the State will come to Auburn for the contests. In addition to competition in one-act plays there will be contests in speech, writing, music, journalism, and art. Handsome prizes will go to winners in all events. Serving as general chairman in charge of arrangements for the tournament will be Dr. Leo Gosser. He will be assisted by the entire English department staff. In specific charge of the various contests will be Prof. E. R. Blackshear, dramatics; Prof. E. D. Hess, speech; Dr. Charles W. Weaver, writing; Lawrence Barnett, music; Prof. Joseph E. Roop, journalism; and Prof. Frank W. Applebee, art. Speech contests will consist of poe-x try reading and prepared and im- ' promptu speeches. Contestants in writing will compose a 1,000 word paper; in music there will be contests in boys' and girls' vocal solos, piano, and violin; in journalism there will be competition in editorial writing and an award sponsored by the Auburn Plainsman will go to the best high school paper; a*t contests will consist of freehand draVing and design. "These contests stimulate high school pupils to better taste in literature and drama and motivate much of the work which is required in English, speech, dramatics, music, and art," said Professor Rutland in a communication this week to all Alabama teachers of English. Entries in the tournament may be arranged by writing to Professor Rutland. Prof. Hixon Featured In Mechanicals Meet For a period of forty-five minutes last night, C. R. Hixon, professor of mechanical engineering, entertained the meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers with magical tricks, and a short talk on the perfecting of magic as his hobby since childhood days. In carriyng put a series of programs that will not be on technical operations, but purely for entertainment; Professor Hixon was obtained to give some sleight-of-hand tricks before the meeting of 40 students. In beginning, Prof. Hixon told how he was practically charmed by the first magician's show that he attended back in the old home town, many years ago. From that day he resolved to learn some "black magic" tricks. He obtained his first book on magic from Sears, Roebuck, and Co., and by his own efforts, he learned quite a few tricks. Some of these tricks that he learned included the art of hypnotism, and the mastering of Hou-dini's tricks of releasing himself from locks and chains, handcuffs,.and leg-irons. At the meeting, Prof. Hixon demonstrated his ability with a few card tricks, and the hypnotising of limbs of the body so they become useless. His hypnotising act was performed on four boys who volunteered to be subjects. NOTICE ! All bid cards for the Junior Prom will be taken up at noon Saturday, January 11. Absolutely no cards will I be accepted after this date. P A G E TWO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N •:• A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936 atyp Auburn {Uamaman Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year (58 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. Doug Wallace Editor-in-Chief Herman L. Harris Business Manager 1935 Member 1936 Associated GoUe6*iate Press Distributor of Colie6iate Di6est EDITORIAL STAFF Associate Editor: Floyd Hurt. News Editors: Alvin Morland, Bobby Chesnutt. Feature Editor: Lewis Thomas. City Editor: James Buntin. Society Editor: Luella Botsford. Assistant Society Editors: Kay Sibert, Frances Ashurst. Sports Editor: Eugene Lee. Sports Contributors: Jack Todd, Bill Troup. Contributing Editor: Bill Ficklen. Reporters: Edwin Godbold, Jack Steppe, Edward Briggs, Norman Wood, Bob Johnston, R. H. Workman, Billy Grace, Jack Morton. BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Manager: Jim Pike. Advertising Manager: Billy Radney. Advertising Assistant: Buck Darden. Circulation Manager: George Perry. 1 Assistant Circulation Manager: Clarence Pruet. Circulation Assistants: Jack Carr, Edwin Haygood, Alvin Vogtle, Harvey Sargent, Sam Teague. Business Manager's Office Hours: 3-4 Monday through Friday. Hanging On A Limb The decision of the Supreme Court last Monday, relegating the triple A to the ash can, has caused considerable confusion in the ranks of the administration. The measure appeared on the surface to be working smoothly and fulfilling the purpose for which it was intended. A vast and intricate system had been working at full speed to carry out the program. Now, it is hanging on a limb. There can be no doubt that the AAA benefitted the South. It helped in a degree to lend a hand to the farmers and cotton growers in particulafcto weather the bumps of the depression. True enough, the AAA has borne the brunt of severe criticism, some of which was justified along with the grumbling of dissatisfied individuals whose toes were trod upon. But in the main the measure helped the greater majority, more or less. The Bankhead set-up in Auburn was a part of the AAA program. Following the Court decision, Bankhead workers were told that they didn't have a job any more. Many of these will leave Auburn in search of something else. Though the number employed on the project in Auburn was not large, each worker lived in Auburn and helped in a measurable way to contribute toward the well-being of the community. It is the contention of those employed in an executive capacity on the Bankhead program here that the administration will set to work shortly to formulate a new setup to take the place of the AAA and that work will continue as though nothing had happened. Whether this is possible or not, remains to be seen, though it is highly probable that it will take some time before an entirely new agricultural program can be passed by Congress and put into operation. Causes Neck Pains There are many situations in the newspaper game that call for a bit of hair pulling. Such as when the deadline approaches and the type setter says there are three more galleys to be filled, or when a reporter fails to cover an important story. Even the dictionary has a way of evading any effort to find it, and the shears are never in the proper place. Such seems to be characteristic of most any newspaper office. Nobody knows which end is up until the paper rolls off the press. But even though things are running hours behind schedule and staff members are dashing around in circles, there is one point that is forever kept uppermost in the minds of those-whose duty it is to get out the paper— that is the matter of accuracy. A news story may be beautifully written and conform to all rules, but unless that story is accurate it is worse than useless. By far the most undesirable task that befalls any editor is the writing of corrections for stories that have appeared in previous issues of the paper. It causes a decided pain in the neck. The Plainsman, as well as any newspaper regarduess of size, desires above all the faith of its readers. This is possible only through the accurate reporting of news.. When the vast amount of written material handled by the average newspaper every day is taken into consideration, it is no small wonder that they are as accurate as they are. At one time this year the Plainsman was called upon to make a correction of a previous story that contained numerous facts. The mistakes were made through no fault of the Plainsman. In this instance, the person of authority from whom the story was obtained had given the wrong facts. Naturally, it would be impossible to make a double check on all such stories of this nature. Another instance is recalled when last year several complaints were received at the Plainsman office about gross inaccuries in several running news stories on one particular subject. Upon investigation it was discovered that the person writing the stories, not knowing the correct spelling of the names and none of the initials had simply guessed without taking the trouble to make sure. The Plainsman was the target for criticism, when truly it should have been placed upon one who had been given the responsibility of getting in an accurate account of the happenings. It is only natural to make mistakes. We are not here attempting to absolve ourselves from any blame but are attempting to show how in many instances the underlying cause for the mistakes lies beyond the Plainsman. Auburn's Finances The impression prevails among some away from Auburn that faculty salaries at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute are being paid in full. This has not been done since October, 1932. That fiscal year, 1932-33, faculty salaries were paid to the extent of 45 per cent of the budgeted amount which represented a reduction of 10 per cent. The next year, 1933-34, the figure of 66 per cent was reached, and the following year, 1934-35, it was 85 per cent. Present indications are that it will be substantially less this fiscal year,—October 1, 1935 to September 30,1936. In fact, payments to date are being made on a basis of 60 per cent for the year. Even this it not guaranteed. To illustrate the above, a professor who was getting $2,400 per year was reduced 10 per cent or to $2,160. During the school year of 1932-33 he received 45 per cent of this, or a total of $972; the next year he received 66 per cent, or a total of $1,425.60; and last year (October 1, 1934 to September 30, 1935) he received 85 per cent, or a total of $1,836. At the present rate the total this year will be $1,296. Obviously the Auburn faculty has been and is being penalized beyond all reason. At the end of each fiscal year, since October 1932, the State has simply washed out all unpaid obligations and said, in effect, "the State owes no more." The Auburn faculty had been penalized approximately $410,000.00 up to September 30, 1935. A vital question now is: How long will this continue.—Auburn Alumnus. Radicalism In Colleges A great deal of attention has been focused, of late, on the spread of radicalism and communism in our colleges and universities. Thus far Auburn has been fortunate in not having students of this ilk enrolled in her schools. Nevertheless, this subject should be of interest to every student, professor, or executive connected with the college. It is a constant, and menacing, threat to the individuality of the college and its personnel. Our argument is not with radicalism and communism as such, but rather with their attempts to foist themselves on the institutions of higher learning in this country. The writer has in mind the results of an investigation, made by one of the leading periodicals, following an outburst of agitation at one of the mid-western universities. This report, the authenticity and fairness of which can hardly be questioned, showed that paid organizers were detailed to many of the major universities to spread their doctrines of riot and radicalism. Needless to say, these organizations met with more than moderate success. So successful were they, in fact, that they succeeded in mulching the father of one of the students at the aforementioned school for several thousand dollars before he had regained his senses long enough to expose them to the newspapers. The police were unable to hold a charge against the leaders. We do not advocate that our colleges become convent-like in the administration of their student's extra-curricular activities, but we do maintain that the authorities owe it to their schools to protect them from the inroads of organized mobs of agitators.— Guest Editorial. A CO-ED'S LAMENT I think that I shall never see Another man as nice as he. Oh, if his lips on mine were prest, And he would clasp me to his breast • To feel his cheek against my cheek And hear him whisper words so sweet. Such men were made for movies, see! And only saps were made for me. —Panther Cut. Nightmares By Ned 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. * * * * THAT the feeling concerning the delinquency of the meeting of appropriations for Auburn has become more than an issue concerning merely the unpaid instructors was revealed in the mid-week issue of the Plainsman. Since the students cannot fully realize the difficulties of professors not receiving even fifty per cent of their salary, they have not said much concerning the situation. But the upshot of this condition is swiftly coming home to each student of the institution. It is becoming a personal matter with every student enrolled in all schools at Auburn. As was intimated before in this column, there are certain professors who, because of their remarkable store of information, excellency of character and genuine ability to put acoss the subjects they teach, demand the utmost respect and admiration of their students. These are the men of the institution which are contributing to that phase of a student's college life which goes far beyond leading men and wpmen through three hour courses. They are most than necessary wheels in the machinery of an educational institution. The example of such men, their ability, conscientiousness, and straight shooting make them hold a position entailing far more responsibility than mere academic direction. College students, though supposedly past the age of impressionism, are remarkably impressed by professors who demand such respect. But the unfortunate part of this whole situation is that these are the very men who are most needed in the business world and when living on a fictitious professor's salary becomes impossible, they have to go to something which will afford them a livli-hood. This is just the kind of loss which Auburn is going to begin feeling with the opening of the second semester of this year. The student's of Auburn feel such loss. There is not one student who would for a moment blame the professor for going to some work more beneficial to him, but the loss of one such man is not the loss of one individual, but of the entire group who would benefit from association with him if he stayed here in the capacity of a professor. This situation we would like to place before the citizens of the State of Alabama. If • the present situation continues, just where will Auburn be in two more years? As conditions improve and the powers to be in the State "find a way" to assure Auburn a larger part of her appropriation there will be a' difficulty in regaining these men who-have the qualities possessed by the men we are losing because of present conditions. Let it be known that not only Auburn professors, but Auburn students realize what is happening to the institution. May all Alabama realize this situation and not be satisfied until something definite is done to prevent the materializing of the disastrous effects .staring us in the face. SPASMODIC SPUTTERINGS OF A TEMPERAMENTAL TROUBADOUR Dear heart o' mine, I pine and pine, And pine and pine and pine. For only you, and good home-brew, And wine and wine and wine. The deed is done, my heart is won, By Cupid's piercing dart. To be exact, my churn is cracked, Likewise my fragile heart. Now Spring are sprung, flannels flung Out on the balmy breeze. The winds blow free, so heave alee, Or else my tosies freeze. Exams are nigh, I heave a sigh, As masons heave a brick. But better still, to heave a "pill", Or wield a willow stick. I long for love, and skies above, And pretzels by the peck, But better yet, some gal to pet, And just a little neck. The rain falls free, on house and tree, To irk me into wrath. It matters not, since out I trot, And take my nightly bath. The roommate groans, somebody phones; To hell with all the frolic. The noise about, must come from gout, Or else the painter's colic. The Crosley howls, and spits and growls, A song of sun and moon, Ye Gods I groan, if that is tone, Then cows likewise can croon. I hear some bumps-^not made by chumps High up above my head. It's three o'clock, off comes a sock, And I am now in bed. —"HIC-HIC". The NYA has disclaimed liability for students injured while working on relief projects. NYU has dropped its three-year pre-med course. * AUBURN FOOTPRINTS Freshman: "My uncle is a war-veteran; he has a wooden leg." Ditto: "Aw, that's nothing, my girl has a cedar chest." * * * * * * * * * * "The boys are simply crazy over me", said the-lunatic on the ground floor of the asylum. * * * * * * * * * * Advice to Honey Britches: . • Say it with flowers, Say it with Sweets, Say it with Kisses, Say it with Eats, Say it with Diamonds, Say it with Drinks, But whatever you do Don't say it with INK. * * * * * * * * * * Is it true that a certain professor here permits smoking in his classes, but vigorously demands that all who chew must bring their own spittoons? * * * * * * * * * * Smart: "I know a place where women don't wear anything—except a string of beads once in a while". Alex: "Holy gee, where?" Smart: "Around their necks, stupid". ' * * * * * * * * * * Beauty hint to Greenburg: "Don't shave beneath the skin—nobody looks beneath the skin anyhow." * * * * * * * * * * Izzy: "I've had a hard life. At the age of eighteen I was left an orphan." Dizzy: "What did you do with it?" * * * * * * * * * * Student: "Why do people always think of Dr. Petrie when a bald head is mentioned?" Prof. Blank: "Because it is such a shining example."—Strayed or Stolen. * * * * * * * * * * Things we wonder about: Why army officers always have a mustache and a dog. * * * * * * * * * * The ideal spot for a good time: Just the right degrees of longitude and lassitude.— Reader's Digest. * * * * * * * * * * Boarding House Maid: "Times are very bad." Boarder: "Yes, especially meal times." * * * * * * * * * * "Is your baby a boy or a girl?" "Of course, what else could it be?"—Stevens Stone Mill. * * * * * * * * * * Co-ed: "I heard that you said one of my kisses speaks volumes." A. P. I. Male: "Yeah, around here you are a circulating library." * * * * * * * * * * God made man Frail as a bubble. God made love, Love made trouble. God made vine, Was it a sin That man made wine To drown trouble in?—Frivol. * * * * * * * * * * Shop Instructor: "I'm going to take the rivet from the forge. When I nod my head, you hit it with the hammer." Frosh: "Yes, sir." . . . . (Prof, is doing nicely.) * * * • * * * * * * * Drunk: "How much would you like a drink, stranger?" Clergyman: "No thanks, I never touch the vile stuff." Drunk: "Shay, don't kid me. You got your collar on backward now."—The Log. * * * * * * * * * * First Co-ed: "He may not be good looking, but he has money to burn." Jealous Co-ed: "Well, I never suffer from heat when I'm out with him." Sez You! What is your opinion—if any—of Roosevelt and the New Deal? This question was asked to about one hundred and fifty or two hundred students picked at random to find how the "student opinion" really ran. Most of the people questioned who had formed any opinion (you'd be surprised the number that, when asked merely looked blank and said that they hadn't formed any opinion or that they didn't know anything at all about it) thought that Roosevelt and the New Deal or Roosevelt through the New Deal had been the savior of the nation, the ones that were against it were those far seeing ones who saw in the future a great national debt that they and their children and maybe their children's children would be taxed unmercifully to pay. Co-eds had little or no conception of what the New Deal was doing for or to our country, about their most intelligent answer was that they were crazy about the President for he had* such a nice voice over the radio. Several of the engineers were very much concerned over the outcome of the President's fight on the utility companies. The general concensus of opinion was that the New Deal has helped—particularly the laboring classes—that Roosevelt has at least tried and done about as well as anyone else could have done—more should have been done for the "white collar" class—and there seems to be a great deal of doubt that the good that has been done has been worth the price. Space won't permit very many individual answers, but here are a few: J. T. Maroney, Jr., Birmingham, Junior in Engineering School: "One of the best plans ever initiated in this country." Nich Piccione, Brooklyn, N. Y., Junior in Engineering: "It's a damned flop. Look at the debts that are piled up for us to pay." Marshal H. Brawner, Waverly, Pre-Med Junior: "I think that the New Deal has helped." Tod Sutton, Washington, Georgia, Engineering Freshman: "It's okay, but I think that they should have passed on the con- Letters to the Editor Editor, The Plainsman Dear Sir:— The Executive Council has been considering several changes in the scholastic system, which will affect all of us; and many students apparently have not heard of the proposed changes. As I understand, each student who attains a scholastic average of 85 or above will be placed on a "Dean's List". With his name on that list, class attendance will be optional. In order to insure full attendance at quizzes, instructors will be required to announce quizzes one week in advance. All students with whom I have talked seem to be greatly in favor of such a plan. It would cause a greater incentive for study on every hand, students with low averages working to be placed on the Dean's List and those with the higher averages working to remain there. It is hoped that this letter will start a general discussion which will eventually let the Council know our opinion of the matter. Yours very truly, A Junior. Idle Ems June Tooker enjoys meals better with shoes off . . . Frank Sindler is nuts about foggy nights . . . Thinks about nothing but orchestras, has visions of huge crowds attending dance: C. Whitty Walter . . . Ross (God'd gift to the women) Ogletree . . . Wonder if he can ride a horse . . . A stickler for hard work: Edwin Godbold . . . More the remarkable, working in the same office with Almeda Starkey .. . Gin Wads-worth always seems to be thinking about something . . . The older Godbold (BD) hasn't given up hopes, though consideration a bit slow in coming in . . . Often rated stitutionality of the measures first, then all these people would not have been thrown out of work now." J. H. Williams, Shanghai, China, Senior in engineering: "Roosevelt has accomplished something that he could not have with out New Deal measures and I think that his future program should be a modified form of his past performances." Thunderations By Gam 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. ' * * * * WELL, about the dance again. A fair way to determine as to whether or whether not you will like the band selected for the dances is to unclasp one of your dollars, the Society Hill Lassies didn't get (fun), for the Friday morning dance. It will only cost you a dollar, you will get three dollars worth of fun and good music, and meet some very fine people. * * * * Joe Sanders still has the record of the longest run at the Black Hawk. Five straight years. And the Blackhawk has seen some mighty fine orchestras. * * * * It would be worth a dollar of your money just to meet the little girl who is going to lead the dances. She can't help it if she hasn't red hair, but otherwise she is all satin and altogether all there. * * * * Oh, I have been saving this ten dollars for a long time. After all, I should write two thousand words on the dances or anything else for a measley ten dollars. After hitting twenty-five for 1350 words one time. * * * * And that particular co-ed you have been wanting to get a date with all year and haven't because of fourteen other guys: Now is your chance to hold her as tight as any of the others have held her. Of course you will be expected to dance while doing the holding, but there is nothing in the world to prevent your closing your eyes and imagining you have at last outdistanced the other fourteen. * * * * All for a dollar, and at least ten of the fourteen have spent twenty times that much since the opening of school just getting her to agree to go to another show. * * * * And there is nothing in the way of dress reform to prevent your wearing hobnail boots and stepping on, the feet of people you don't like. There is nothing like a good dance to really get to know a person, you know. * * * * Those of you who do go to the dances, and stay sober long enough, and get to know Joe Sanders will see just how it is he has stayed on the top for so long. Perhaps the best band to have ever played here, and also perhaps the best band that will ever play here, was Jimmy Green's band Kay Kyser's various singers couldn't hold a candle to his six singers. The Frankie Aquino could beat Lee Bennett (Garber) a mile, and Jack Wedell could sing rings around Sully Mason (Kyser). But where is Greene today? If you will do a bit of checking up you will see that none other than the Old Left Hander, Joe Sanders, has been on the top (and will remain) longer than any other orchestra you can think up. That old Coon- Sanders band was keeping me up listening to one tube radios long before I ever so much as heard of Guy Lombardo, Jan Garber, Casa Loma, Fio Rio Rita, Hal Kemp, or any of the rest. * * * * I'm not trying to sell Joe Sanders to any one of you. He probably wouldn't like you. All I am doing here, of course, is writing a column, and because of I couldn't think of anything else to write about tonight I am doing a bit more on C. W. Walter's band selection. I have already done my official comment on the selection . . . that official comment taking place every year before the dances . . . being particularly drastic when some enterprising chairman ran in Boulanger on us here one May. * * * * Sanders will be better than Boulanger. Better than Kay Kyser. Not so good as Jimmy Greene. But better than any other orchestra in the country today with the exception of Lombardo., * * * * Everything is very fine and all that, but if anyone mentions Phil Harris for the Final dances I will have to be paid hush money. * * * * The chairman who doesn't have Clyde Lucas down here in May, or Kay Kyser back, is a stinker. One of the veriest kind. best soldier: Flake Farley . . . Harry Hooper being trailed by red head . . . Looks dramatic: Willard Manry . . . B. H. Johnson is continually bubbling over with enthusiasm . . . Has spent only one week-end in Auburn this year: Wallace Shelby . . . special attraction in Birmingham^ Four University of Pennsylvania students have been put on probation because of a poem deemed "sacrilegious" which appeared in the campus literary magazine. Seven members of tht Williams College football team are on the dean's list of high ranking scholars. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE EUGENE LEE, Editor Contributors JACK TODD BILL TROUP GERALD BILBRO LARGE NUMBER REPORT FOR FROSH BASKETBALL * * * * * * * * • • • » « * « » • • • • • •* * • * * * • • Only Four Conference Basketball Games Will Be Played Here Tiger Guard ELIMINATION BE HELD FOR RIFLE SQUAD SATURDAY Entire Last Year's Team Of 15 Members Practically Intact; New Rifle Range Completed Saturday the R. 0. T. C. rifle team complete a six-week's elimination period in preparation for what Lt. H. W. Ehrgott, coach, expects to be one of the most successful seasons in years. The entire last year's team of 15 members is practically intact, having lost only two men through graduation, and Chapman who is not taking advanced R.O.T.C. Included in the list of old team member shooting this year are: Branson, Callaway, Booth, Dexter, Hardeman, Lee, Pannell, Rich, Strickland, Tqmlinson, Swenson, Wilkes, and Nat Bradford, team captain. In addition to the above the eliminations have uncovered a number of promising prospects, among them being Howard, Golightly, Shoaf, and •Ellis. As a result of this week's elimination the squad will be cut to approximately 30 members, who will make up the team for the remainder of the season. Following the two week's layoff during the examinations, the team will enter its competition period in postal matches against 12 colleges throughout the country. The following is a tentative schedule of matches to be participated in this year: For the two weeks ending Feb. 14, postal matches; week ending Feb. 22, Corps Area Match; week ending Feb. 29, eight postal matches; week ending March 7, Southeastern shoulder-to-shoulder matches probably at Auburn; week ending March 21, Hearst Trophy Match; week ending April 4, five postal matches; and week ending April 15, same match. The new rifle range in the attic of the Textile Building is now completed, with eight smoothly working targets and steam' heat. Visitors will be welcome at all times when range is open. SEWANEE BE MET AFTER VANDY IN TWO TILT MATCH Twelve Games Will Be Played Against Five Southeastern Conference Teams This Year SPORTS CHATTER =By EUGENE L E E = - Hugh Rodgers is now rated as one of the most valuable men on the Tiger quintet. COACH MEAGHER AWARDS LETTERS TO 23 GRIDMEN Letters, Awarded Recently To Members Of Team And To Football Manager, Gilchrist Patronize Plainsman advertisers. CAUTHENS COAL Keeps You Warm Phone 11 Recommendation by athletic director Jack Meagher to award letters to twenty-three members of Alabama Poly's 1935 football squad-and Manager Phillip Gilchrist, Courtland, was approved by the athletic council. Coach Meagher, who was recently elected to the office of President of the Southeastern division of the National Football Coaches Assn., named members-of the first two teams and one extra guard. Only two seniors, Captain Millard Morris, end, and Alternate Captain Haygood Paterson, All-Southern tackle, are included in the group. The Junior class claimed fourteen of number honored, and seven are Sophomores. Morris and Paterson piloted Auburn through a tough ten-game schedule that ended with the winning of eight decisions. The Auburn gridders awarded varsity letters are, Walter Gilbert, Fairfield, and Lester Antley, Eloree, S. C, centers; Frank Gantt, Lavonia, Ga., Sam McCroskey, Birmingham, Ralph Sivell, Chipley, Ga., Wesley Loflin, Athens, Ga., and Fred Gill-em, Chattanooga, Tenn., guards; Alternate- Captain Haygood Paterson, Montgomery, Hugh Rodgers, Lang-dale, Bummie Roton, Montgomery, and Freddie Holman, Dothan, tackles; Captain Millard Morris, Blountsville, Joel Eaves, Atlanta, Ga., Hamp Williams, Andalusia, and Rex McKissick, Equality, ends; Sidney Scarborough, Atlanta, Ga., and Joe Stewart, Montgomery, quarterbacks; Jimmie Fen-ton, Lakeland, Fla., John Paul Tipper, Carbon Hill, Joe Bob Mitchell, Alexander City, and Billy Hitchcock, Union Springs, halfbacks; and Wilton Kilgore, Wadley, and Bunky O'Rour-ke, Bessemer, fullbacks. • Auburn will be the scene of only four conference basketball games according to a tentative schedule as announced recently. Outside of practice games with athletic teams, the Plainsmen began their season with an engagement with Vanderbilt last night. Tonight and tomorrow night, the Tigers continue the schedule with a two-game series with Sewanee at Sewanee. After the series with Sewanee, the Bengal quint goes to Birmingham for a tilt with Birmingham-Southern, after which they again engage Vandy, this time in Montgomery. Georgia Tech follows next with the game being played in Auburn. The day following brings Sewanee to Auburn for a two-game series. Then comes Georgia to Auburn for an engagement, after which the Plainsmen go to Atlanta for a tilt with Georgia Tech. Following the Tech game, the Jordanmen again travel, this time to Gainsville for a two-game series with Florida, which marks the close of the schedule. On February 28th, 29th, and March 2nd, the Tigers go to Knoxville for the annual S. E. C. tournament meet. The present schedule indicates that Auburn will meet five Southeastern Conference teams in twelve games before the annual tournament in Knoxville. The complete schedule follows: January 9th. Vanderbilt at Nashville. January 10 and 11th. Sewanee at Sewanee. January 24th. Birmingham-Southern at Birmingham. January 25th. Vanderbilt at Montgomery. February 4th. Georgia Tech at Auburn. February 10 and 11th. Sewanee at Auburn. February 15th. Georgia at Auburn. February 19th. Georgia Tech at Atlanta. February 21 and 22nd. Florida at Gainesville. February 28 and 29, March 2. S. E. C. tournament at Knoxville, Tenn. Flowers for all Occasions KING'S NURSERY Phone 695-J OPELIKA, ALABAMA Robert L* Burkes The Real Estate and Insurance Man Next Door First National Bank PHONE 264 AUBURN 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 as favorably as the other students, taken as a whole. * * * If Coach Meagher is successful in scheduling the game with Santa Clara, the Tigers will be faced with a golden opportunity to gain national recognition. Auburn has prospects of having the strongest team in the nation next season. If the Tigers can go through the season undefeated and make an impressive showing against this strong Pacific coast team, they will have a great chance to receive national honors and possibly Rose Bowl consideration. The showing S. M. U. made against U. C. L. A. in Los Angeles went far in giving them the choice as Eastern representative by Stanford officials. Auburn will be faced with the same chance that was presented to the S. M. U. team. * * * Auburn'* homecoming games in the past have not been up to the type that would be an inducement for large crowds on the Plains. The teams the Tigers have met on the local gridiron before homecoming crowds have not had the strength that would warrant a fair estimate of what size crowd could Since the last issue of the Plainsman, the officials of the Southeastern Conference at their Atlanta meet came out into the open on the question of subsidization. This move was made to offer scholarships to worthy high school athletes. The officials left the execution of the plans up to the schools with only a sporting restriction. This move brought pro and con discussion from every section of the nation. All athletic officials know the plan will offer benefits, but some are afraid that it might be carried beyond the sporting stage. This is possible, but subsidizing has been used by nearly every school in some form. With an open policy it seems that the true benefits can be derived in a more satisfactory manner than through secret methods. The only searching innvestiga-tion of subsidization so far has been the Carnegie report. This report checked this practice for a few years, but now modern football has turned away from the old fashioned practices. Modern customers want strong teams. Financial help can go 'far in maintaining teams of equal strength. The high school player has just as much right to financial help as the other scholarship recipients. The athletic student doesn't have the time to devote to study that some of the other students have, but even with this handicap their records compare GILBERT CHOSEN TO HEAD TIGERS FOR '36 SEASON Frank Gantt Selected For Position Of Alternate Captain; Chosen From Strong Field By ELMER G. SALTER The football player who is now looked upon as the No. 1 center in America next year, Walter Gilbert, junior from Fairfield, has been named captain of Auburn's 1936 grid squad and Frank Gantt, junior from Lavonia, Ga., has been selected to succeed Haygood Paterson, All- Southern tackle, as alternate captain. Gantt is an outstanding guard and was placed on many all-star elevens this fall. Honors given Gilbert and Gantt were bestowed upon them by the lettermen of Auburn's 1935 football squad. They were chosen from the strongest field that has been eligible be assembled here for a football game. In Loyola of the South Auburn will face one of the strongest teams in the South. The turnout at this game should be an inducement for more effort on someones part toward the erection of a stadium here. # * * Preparation for coming examinations has hampered practice of inter-fraternity basketball teams, but a lot of interest has been shown and when the regular season gets under way after the start of the second •semester, the race should be interesting. It seems that the Alpha Gamma Rho, Pi K. A., Sigma Nu, and Theta Chi teams will have a tough time upholding the records they made last year in doming out on top as the strongest teams on the campus. Bracket For Interfraternity Basketball Tourney P. D. T. Bye P. K. T. Bye T. K. N. Bye A. L. T. Bye B. K. Sigma Chi — K. A .— P. K. A. D. S. P. Bye Theta Chi S. P. E. — T. U. O. Bye S. N. Bye Alpha Psi Bye K. S. Bye - A. T. O. A. G. R. S. Pi Bye«r- Lambda Chi Bye Pi K. P. S. A. E. LARGEST NUMBER IN HISTORY ANSWER CALL BY DEL MORGAN Practice Being Held Daily In Preparation For Coming Games; Names Of First-String Players Have Not Been Decided; Schedule Not Complete, Composed Chiefly Of High Schools Tiger Coach COACH DEI-L. ylo/zoisv ALflBflMr POLY - flUBUB.*- More freshmen than ever before in history answered Del Morgan's call last week for aspirants for the frosh cage squad. to lead a Plainsman grid machine in recent years and have all the requisites to become two of the finest all-round captains in the history of athletics at Auburn. Named without much competition as the greatest pivot player in the Southeastern Conference this year, the brilliant Gilbert, who is a graduate of Darlington in Rome, Ga., was The largest number of freshmen basketeers in the history of the school reported for practice, January 3. Seventy-three would-be cagers responded to Coach Dell Morgan's call for basketball candidates. Practice is being lield daily in preparation for their coming games. Coach Morgan has not decided on his first ten to date but the following is a tentative one. On the first five are David Roberts and Charles O'Reilly, forwards; Theron Karge, center; John Scarborough and Ted Ferreira, guards. The other quintet is composed of Morgan and Tibbals, forwards; R. Childress, center; Roton and Jigger, guards.. The schedule is about complete, being composed chiefly of high school teams. The first part of January is open for games with anyone anywhere according to Coach Morgan. Teams interested in playing the freshman quintet get in touch with him. Games have been arranged with La-nett Athletic Club, Wetumpka high, Georgia Military Academy, and Sel-ma high school. These gamse will be played here in Auburn preliminary to the varsity encounters. A week's road trip is planned in the latter part of January which will carry the team into southern Alabama, Georgia, and northern Florida. They will play Hartford high school, Alabama; Kinston high, Alabama; Morgan high, Georgia; Marianna high, Florida; and Panama City high school, Florida. placed on the New York Sun first All-American team and was picked (Continued on page 4) Coal of High Quality! t COAL irfKg- BRILLIANT - EGG For Grates and Heaters RED CLOVER For Furnace also High Grade Coke For Furnace Prompt and Courteous Service! Auburn Ice & Coal Company PHONE 118 He's Getting a Hot Tip Now let us pass it along to you. Here 'tis and take it for what it's worth. The Exams for this Semester will be long and will cover thoroughly every phase of work you've been exposed to. The "Tip" is prepare yourself for this ORDEAL by greasing up the old "Slip Stick" and Thumbmarking your Hudson's Manual. In passing We suggest you have a look at, Kent's Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, The Standard "Elec." Handbook, Waterbury's Handbook on Mathematics, The Chemical Rubber Co's. Handbook for Physicists and Chemists, (Freshmen) Oxford Review Series on Chemistry, A Yale Indestructible Clipboard, and a SCRIPTO PENCIL. Burton's Bookstore Yours 'til you reach a 100 P. S. Oh! Yeah we sell 'larm clocks too. P A G E F O UR T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U T E SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1 GILBERT CHOSEN TO HEAD TIGERS FOR *36 SEASON (Continued from page 3) as one of. the three best in the country at his position. His two leading competitors for ail-American honors this year, Darrell Lester, T. C. U., and Gomer Jones, Ohio State, have completed their college careers and Gilbert will lead the Tigers into action against Birmingham-Southern in Montgomery next September topping the snapperbacks in the nation. Gilbert's name has figured prominently in every all-star race held this year and his all-round ability probably advances him into the center post on Auburn's all-time football eleven. He is Auburn's foremost center in over a decade and it is a safe bet to say he would outrank any Tiger pivot ace before 1924 if a fair comparison could be made. His coach, Jack Meagher, pays him the tribute of placing him in the top position of all the brilliant centers he has ever seen play. Nearly as valuable to the team as Gilbert, Gantt was ranked by his coaches as the most outstanding guard in Dixie. He was a sensational center in prep school at Georgia Military College at Milledgeville, Ga., and has a record of blocking 16 kicks in one season. He blocked the punt that enabled Auburn to win a 7-0 decision over Duke this year and flashed consistently throughout the 1935 campaign on both the offense and defense. He has been playing guard less than two sasons. INCOMPLETE GRID SCHEDULE FOR NEXT YEAR ANNOUNCED (Continued from page 1) the strongest teams of the conference. Birmingham-Southern will be a greatly improved team over this year's edition. A clean record over all of these opponents will go far in establishing Auburn as a national football power. Duke, a Southern Conference team, Kentucky, Southeastern member and Oglethorpe were the teams dropped by the athletic officials from this past season. The tentative schedule is as follows: Sept. 25—Birmingham-Southern in Montgomery Oct. 3—Tulane in New Orleans Oct. 10—Tennessee in Knoxville Oct. 17—Open Oct. 24—Georgia in Columbus Oct. 31—Open Nov. 7—Georgia Tech in Atlanta Nov. 14—L. S. U. in Baton Rouge Nov. 21—Open Nov. 28—Florida in Montgomery. B. S. U. Students Plan Schedule For Season The Council members of the Baptist Student Union recently held a winter retreat at Camp Villa for the purpose of formulating plans for the next school term. Also, at the fourth southwide Baptist Training Union Conference, which was held in Birmingham December 31-Jan. 3, Auburn was represented by four members of the B.S.U. At the Spring Villa retreat, plans were made to carry out at least one objective a month. Beginning with January, the first objective to be reached is to secure a quota of "Baptist Student" subscriptions, and to give a reception for the new and old students Jan. 31. For February, the chief goal is to hold a Student Evangelistic Week which will be led by some outside speaker, and to elect and install new B. Y. P. U. and Sunday School officers ; March, to hold a Study Course Week by outside leaders. " The week of April 12-18 has been designated as Vocational Emphasis week. Talks will be made and articles published on different professions and vocations, in order to aid the student in the understanding of his chosen field of work. Also, during April, the annual B. S. U. banquet will be held, and a drive to get 20 Auburn students to attend Ridgecrest this summer. Enie Menie Minie Mo Down to Howard's I must go Get a light of 60 watt Have my lessons on the dot. OPELIKA . THEATRE • - Friday, Jan. 10 - "HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE" w i t h CAROLE L O M B A R D and F R E D M a c M U R R AY - Saturday. Jan. 11 - T IM McCOY in "JUSTICE OF THE RANGE" - Monday, Jan. 13 - "COLLEGIATE" w i t h J O E PENNER, JACK O A K I E , N E D S P A R K S, F R A N C E S L A N G F O RD -Tuesday, Jan. 14 - K A Y FRANCES in "I FOUND STELLA PARISH" Louise Glanton Will Return From Abroad After extensive travel abroad for several months, Miss Louise P. Glanton, head of home economics, is due to return about January 15 and resume her duties here. MANY GREEK CHAPTER TEAMS WILL COMPETE SOON IN TOURNAMENT (Continued from page 1) . Salter for the use of the gym over the week-end. The same rules that applied to the jfootball tournament will apply to the interfraternity basketball tourney. Following are the rules concerning eligibility: No man who is participating, or has within the school year participated, in basketball, varsity or freshman, or has earned a major letter in this sport is eligible for interfraternity basketball. Any fraternity playing an ineligible man in the tournament forfeits the game or games played. This rule will be rigidly enforced. On Honor From an Editorial in THE POINTER of the United States Military Academy T.K.A. DEBATE TOURNEY FINALS ARE COMPLETE (Continued from page 1) Early in February T. K. A. will elect new members who have been outstanding in forensic work on the campus. Much of the success of the tourney just completed was due to the energetic efforts of Professor E. D. Hess of the English Department who is facufty adviser to the group. WANTED—A STUDENT Capable of working up a table for second semester. Mrs. J. I. Caldwell, 242 Thach Ave. WANTED—A Furnished Apartment suitable for light housekeeping. Albert Steele, Theta Kappa Nu House. Tiger Theatre "Showplace of East Alabama" Auburn, Alabama SATURDAY, JAN. 11 "IT'S A GREAT LIFE" with Joe Morrison, Paul Kelly. Screen Song, "I WISHED ON THE MOON" Comedy, "TWIN TRIPLETS" Todd and Kelly SUNDAY AND MONDAY January 12 and 13 MARX BROS, in "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" with Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones. Added, BETTY BOOP TRAVEL TALK TUESDAY, JAN. 14 MYRNA LOY in "WHIPSAW" with Spencer Tracy. Comedy, "Desert Harmonies" Latest News Events Among those characteristics of a man which determine what he shall be in life, where he shall stand—in his own eyes, as well as in those of the world—there is none greater than a sense of honor. So entangled with reputation, with fame, with greatness, has this quality become, that it is almost impossible to couch its meaning in a few words. To say that honor is "a nice sense of what is right" is true enough, but how much that leaves unsaid! True honor, evading concrete definition, is an abstract something which is essential to integrity and self-esteem in any moral being. Necessarily, then, it accompanies success in any field of endeavor. We cannot separate honor, in its true sense, from the individual. It is no mass action, nor yet is it a restriction, levied upon one man by another. HONOR, LIKE CONSCIENCE IS AN INDIVIDUAL CONCEPT, AN INNER FEELING WHICH CAN ARISE ONLY IN THE HEART AND SOtf L OF THE INDIVIDUAL. A man must judge for himself what is right, what is wrong. Custom, precedent, environment—these can point out to him many honorable actions. It is for him alone to build and cherish for himself a sense of honor. In that way only can he choose the right, the noble way of life. Often, it is said, "He is an honorable man." What does that mean? Simply that the one referred to is an HONEST man—honest in all his doings, in all his actions, and, what is more, in all his thoughts. The man of honor esteems his moral health too much to lower himself willingly to any act that may seem base. He is true to himself and values honor for its highest meaning—that of an exalted tribute of respect and reverence. He shrinks from wrong-doing with his whole strength. There can be no real success in life unless it is accompanied by this high sense of honor. We need go no further than our own profession to realize this truth. Military men the world over ..value honor for its sterling worth, its vital force in any army, its power to make something or nothing of a man. "Duty", said General Lee, "is the sublimest word in the English language". In so saying he gave voice to one of the fundamental attributes of a soldier. Even he, however, would have had to go further in order to describe more completely the characteristics of that profession so aptly called "the service". For, as duty is his watchword, and glory his^ pride, so also has it been truly said, " . . . THE SOLDIER'S WEALTH IS HIS HONOR". It is as valuable as his rifle.' To say more, it is the clasp pin of every star that ever graced a general's shoulder. Around honor, however, even as around virtue and self-esteem, parasitic growths of erroneous ideas have flourished. Chief among these is the shallow selfishness, the superficial conceit, which precipitates men into acts by which they imagine themselves "avenged" for some insult. True, the same self-esteem which makes him what he is, will forbid—and rightly s 0—the honorable man from submitting to wrongs from others; but to a true man of honor, that can never be as great as his own repulsion of baseness. Duelling, once condoned as an "affair of honor" has long since passed. It should, for such affairs were never honorable. WHEN CAREFUL THOUGHT IS GIVEN TO THE MATTER, WHO CAN DENY THAT A MAN'S HONOR IS HARMED EVER SO SLIGHTLY BY THE OFFENSE OF ANOTHER, COMPARED TO THE MORTAL BLOWS WHICH IT RECEIVES FROM THE SMALLEST MEANNESS, OR BASENESS, IN HIS OWN ACTS? Hot tempered words which seem to reflect on one's honor are easily forgotten; stains which one's own acts cast on his honor may never be erased. In the truly communistic form of life, the ideal government allows each man to be a law unto himself. If everyone had the. same ideal sense of justice, this theory would be practicable. However, we know that laws and police protection are necessary, because there are some whose standards are not high enough to make them law abiding citizens; whose honesty is below that required for the peace and security of society. To preserve the community, the majority has to formulate laws and require that everyone obey them. So with honor. That high sense which should tell every man the difference between right and wrong is found lacking in some individuals. The "why" is not always apparent. Because of some slip in early life from which unforeseen habits have grown, some mental catch, or perhaps simply from innate baseness, some men are without honor and unfit, therefore, to associate with their fellows. IT IS FOR GENERAL PROTECTION THAT HONOR CODES ARE EVOLVED. Often they represent a strength of feeling which nothing else could replace. The Honor System represents the best thought which the students of various schools have been able to give to the subject. However, no Honor System, or Code, can be "established"— in the sense that a bridge is constructed, or a building is erected. Nor can it be simply "built" and placed in position, as some automatic machine, to do some work mechanically. It must spring from the brains and, yes, the hearts of those who live by it. It must be lived up to in order to endure. It can be no stronger than its makers, than those who place themselves "on their honor"—an inalienable right possessed only by those who would make of their honor the reverenced and respected force that it should be. iA ou** own life, successful examples of the application of honor and the precents of an Honor Code are offered in the Army in general and in West Point in particular. The honor of the corps is unquestioned. In strength and permanency it ranks with the granite of. West Point's buildings. Passed down "the long gray line" from hand to hand, it represents that ideal for which every C^det strives to live. It represents the thought and right actions of all those men who have gone out of West Point's portals. To sin against'it is to sin against one's self. To violate its principles, to stain its record, is to outlaw one's self from the Corps and the Academy. Yet, it is not inconceivable for man to fail to live up to the Honor Code of the Corps. Perhaps some do not come to West Point with the high ideals which are demanded of them. IF THEY CANNOT ACQUIRE THESE IDEALS, IF THEY CANNOT MAKE OF THEMSELVES "HONORABLE MEN" IN THE EYES OF THE CORPS, THEN THEY ARE NOT WANTED, AND WILL NOT LONG/REMAIN AT THE MILITARY ACADEMY. Such is honor, and such is its application at West Point. As one of the cardinal principles of a soldier, of an officer and of a gentleman, it should be the first and foremost characteristic of a Cadet. An honorable man, impoverished though he may be in talent, cannot fail to attain success and a high standing in the eyes of the world. A dishonorable man, though he be possessed of a multitude of abilities, cannot hope to escape for long the condemnation of his fellow men. SURVEY HELD BY COLLEGE REVEALS LACK OF ROOMS (Continued from page 1) homes. These are natural conditions under which students like to live and should live. "We are very hopeful, of course, that student rooms and furniture will be not only adequate but comfortable. Comfort is essential to study and meditation. We want our conditions here to be conducive in every way to the best in higher education." Houses in Auburn have been inadequate not only for students but for people who wish to come here to live. Government work here has brought many people to the town within the last year or two. Some of this is affected by the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court killing the AAA but the majority of it is not. With government money available at a low interest rate for building houses by owners, it is expected that more citizens here will build homes for themselves and perhaps include a few rooms for students. Additional building is considered a certainty if the State arranges to pay Auburn's appropriations in full. GYMKHANA WILL NOT BE STAGED AT BULLARD FIELD (Continued from page 1) Race, in which both members of the ladies riding class and R.O.T.C. students participate. All those taking part in the exhibition will be excused from classes next Wednesday at 3 o'clock. Practice for the different events will be held according to the following schedule: Saturday, Jan. 11: Exhibition ride Ladies jumping Mounted wrestling .'_. Guidon race .._. Potato race Sunday: Gretna Green race __ Rescue race Drawings for the horses in the various events will be made at this time. Student athletic books will be honored. Other admission will be: adults 25 cents,-high school age and under 15 cents: . 8 10 . 1 1 . 2 . 1 30 00 :00 00 :00 :00 2:00 A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. VANDY DOWNS AUBURN QUINT. IN FAST GAME (Continued from page 1) Box score: AUBURN (27) G F TP McKissick f - 3 1 7 Blake f ----- 0 3 3 Mitchell c - ..- 0 2 2 Eaves g 0 2 2 Rodgers g 10 2 Wood c - 0 1 1 Barnes f 12 4 Crew f 3 0 6 Totals - 8 11 27 VANDY (47 G F TP Coleman f 7 0 14 Overly f 5 2 12 Plasman c 3 4 10 Geny g-f 2 5 9 Curely g 10 2 Carless g . . - 0 0 0 Hinklec 0 0 0 Throgmorton c 0 0 0 Totals ..._ 18 11* 47 Half time score: Auburn 12, Vandy 17. Personal fouls, Eaves 3, Mitchell 2, McKissick 2, Rodgers 3, Wood 2, Crew, Coleman 2, Overly 4, Geny 2, Curely 4, Carloss 2, Plasman, Hinkle. Free throws missed: McKiccick 2, Mitchell, Blake 2, Rodgers, Wood, Coleman 2, Plasman 2, Overly 2, Geny, Thorgmorton. Patronize Plainsman advertisers. State of Alabama Lee County.- To all members of the Chi Chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity of Auburn, Ala, Inc.: you are hereby notified that the Chi Chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity of Auburn, Alabama, Inc., will have a call meeting at 8 o'clock P. M. on the 29th day of January, 1936, at the Theta Chi Fraternity House in Auburn, Alabama. The purpose of this meeting is to authorize the Board of Control of said Corporation to properly finance the indebtedness with the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and to empower them to make and do all things necessary to pertain to the fraternity and to take title thereto. Please take notice and govern yourselves accordingly. Board of Control of the Chi Chapter of The Theta Chi Fraternity of Auburn, Alabama, Inc., P. P. Powell, By its President. Prof. Collins Called For Washington Post A. H. Collins, attached to the School of Education here, was called by Gov. Bibb Graves to head the Department of Public Welfare in Washington. Collins graduated from Auburn in 1921 with highest distinction in the field of agricultural education. Gov. Graves has been informed through communication from Washington that Collins has made a favorable impression upon members of the Social Security Board and other federal officials regarding the social security and service programs devised for the State of Alabama. Collins has been asked by a number of officials for advice in completing a program to be administered from Washington for the entire nation. LOST—A black three-ring, loose-leaf notebook. Finder please return to Howard Conner or leave at Plainsman Office. ENGINEER CLUBS GIVE PLANS FOR JOINT MEETING (Continued from page 1) operation from the students in the engineering school. The officers of the society will endeavor to bring the outstanding men in the engineering field to the Auburn campus for these 'meetings. This will only be a monthly occurrence and will not have any effect on the individual meetings of the branch societies. The branch societies will continue to conduct their meetings as in the past. The speaker and the date for the next meeting will be announced later. If Broun Hall auditorium becomes too small for the meetings, they will be moved to Langdon Hall. Broun auditorium was nearly filled for the first meeting of the society, and it is anticipated that it will be filled to capacity if the T. V. A. pictures are obtained. Patronize Plainsman advertisers. LEE JAMES OPELIKA, ALABAMA Patronize Plainsman advertisers. # Milk; flavored with real chocolate, and given the extra health benefits of the yeast vitamins B and Gt Never before a drink to compare with Stilli-ciousl Every delicious quart supplies the vitamin equivalent of three yeast cakes. A quart a day supplies a liberal yeast-vitamin ration that will be a priceless boon to health. Yet you get this extra benefit without the slightest yeast taste or forming of gas in the stomach. 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Title | 1936-01-11 The Auburn Plainsman |
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OCR Transcript | Semi-Weekly Plainsman Saturday Issue ©lj£ Auburn plainsman It Ain't Gonna Rain No More! TO FOSTER THE AUBURN S P I R IT VOLUME LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936 NUMBER 28 Junior Group Plans To End Frat Line-ups Twelve Members Of Junior Class Meet To Discuss Plans For Coming Spring Elections Incomplete Grid Schedule For Next Year Is Released WILL MEET AGAIN Aim To Break Power Held In Past By Fraternities; Majority Vote In Favor Of Plan For the first time in Auburn's history of campus politics, a definite move was taken last night by a dozen members of the junior class to end the well-established system of fraternity "line-ups" which has proved to be a powerful factor here in the past in the election of all class officers. Last night a meeting of approximately 12 senior office aspirants of the junior class was called for the purpose of formulating a definite plan of action. For more than an hour a heated discussion was held on the subject, with all those present but one feeling that a plan could be devised by which fraternities would cease to hold the power which they have in the past of virtually deciding before the election as to the candidates to fill the different offices. With a view toward a definite decision a second meeting will be held Tuesday night at the Lambda Chi House. Each fraternity on the campus will be represented by two members, being if possible those planning to participate in the coming spring elections. According to present plans, only members of the junior class are included. Thrashed out next Tuesday night will be the plan that all office aspirants in the junior class agree that in the spring elections none shall affiliate with any fraternity "line-up". In other words, each office seeker will obtain support only through contact with his class members. If such an agreement is reached, there will be no swapping of votes among the fraternities. Each man will run the race on his own initiative. It is not hoped, as was evident in the meeting last night, that all junior office seekers will agree to the plan. Effective 'operation, then, can be reached only if a large majority agree. Dr. Duncan To Award Diplomas January 23 Thursday, January 23, is the date designated for the annual mid-winter commencement at Auburn. The hour is 11 o'clock; the place the President's office. Like the commencement on the same date last year, the exercises will be very informal. Candidates who have met the requirements for degrees will receive them from President Duncan following a brief message to them. Friends of the graduates and a few others will attend. • A total of 26 students are now candidates for degrees at this commencement. Of these, three are already employed and at work. J. H. Jackson is teaching vocational agriculture at LeRoy in Washington County. Mary Jim Enloe has been appointed home demonstration agent for St. Clair County,' where she will begin her work after a period of training in another county. Ruth Dunn is teaching home economics in Washington County. It is understood that several others have accepted offers to begin work immediately after graduation. A tentative 1936 football schedule of six Southeastern Conference opponents and one Dixie Conference opponent has been announced by the publicity department. Negotiations are under way by Coach Meagher with Santa Clara University on the Pacific coast, Detroit University, and a game with Loyola of the South, to be played here on homecoming day, for games to fill out a ten-game schedule. The Santa Clara game would be played on the coast but the location for the Detroit game would be settled later. The seven games that are assured were on Auburn's schedule this last season. Birmingham-Southern gets the assignment as opening opponent for the Tige r s a s usual. This game will give Montgomery two tilts from Auburn's schedule. The Tigers meet Florida there on November 28th. So far Birmingham has not received a game, but there is a possibility that the Detroit game will be played there, or a change might be made in the location of one of the games already* scheduled. Tulane follows Birmingham-Southern with the game scheduled in New Orleans. Tennessee will be played in Knoxille. The Georgia encounter has been moved up from the last of November to October 24th. The setting for this game is still Memorial Stadium in Columbus. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets follow with the game scheduled for Grant Field in Atlanta. L. S. U. founds out the seven definite games.' This engagement will be held in Baton Rouge. The tentative games with Santa Clara offers the Tigers their strongest intersectional foe since their sensational conquest of Wisconsin in 1931. This trip would be the longest ever undertaken by an Auburn team and the first time to appear on the coast. Santa Clara usually has one of the strongest teams west of the Mississippi. Stanford, Rose Bowl winners, were able to win over this eleven by only a few points this season. Although Detriot University is not in one of the larger conferences, its teams have always been strong. Loyola has a team that should offer better entertainment for homecoming students. This team will take the place of the game with Oglethorpe. Auburn's schedule will again be one of the most difficult attempted by any Southeastern member. In Tulane, Tennessee, Georgia, Georgia Tech, L. S. U., and Florida the Tigers will face (Continued on page 4) Juniors Form |Engineer Clubs * Organization I Give Plans For To Buy Dance Joint Meeting Forty Members From Junior Class' To Purchase Dance Thursday Night Of Prom Federation Plans To Obtain Representative From TVA To Speak At Next Meeting Alvord Selected As Ag Economics Head Prof. Ben F. Alvord has been promoted from acting head to head of the department of agricultural economics. He assumed the temporary position when J. D. Pope, former head of the department, resigned to go into federal work in Washington, now with the Resettlement Administration. Mr. Alvord came to Auburn in 1929. He received his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Illinois. His work is in both teaching and research. Forty outstanding members of the junior class have been selected for the honorary organization formed for the mid-terms. These men were selected from every fraternity on the campus to insure a representative group. Plans are being made for this group to enjoy a gala night Thursday, the first day of the mid-term dances. The evening dance has been bought by them and two leadouts will be held in their honor. Before the dance the members of this society and their dates are to be entertained at a banquet, plans for which have not been completed. The juniors selected for this organization are as follows: Bill Weaver, A. Mayville, John Maroney, Beverly Basset Biggin, Mills Thornton, Vernon Merritt, Ellis Dunning, Bob Coleman, Earl Butler, Vernie Holloway, Charley Vaughn, Tom Hagan, Herman Laatsch, Robert Morgan, Joe Sarver, Tom Powell, Pat Plumlee, Tommy McGehee, Alf Davis, Dick Charlton, Doug Durden, Archie Adams, Bob JBurton, Alvin Morland, Bill Lee, Paul Talmadge, Bobby Johnson, Mark Shivers, Bobby Chesnutt, Bruce McGehee, Mark Nichols, Bob Creel, Marion Weatherby, Mat Gilbert, Paul Bagley, Howard Davis, Dick Duffel, Orson Johnson, Albert Steele, Porter Caugh-man, and Ben Vail. The officers elected by the club are Tom Powell, Phi Delta Theta, President; John Maroney, Kappa Alpha, Vive-President; Vernie Holloway, Delta Sigma Phi, Secretary and Treasurer. Dividend Declared By First National Bank A six per cent dividend to stockholders of the First National Bank was declared and paid at the annual stockholders meeting^ Official reports revealed that the bank is in excellent conditions with assets totaling $340,- 000; and in the best condition in the entire history of the bank. The stockholders re-elected all nine directors to serve during 1936, the roster being, J. C. Grimes, W. W. Hill, R. E. Hudson, John Huguley, B. W. Jones, W. L. Long, C. Felton Little, Homer Wright, and A. L. Thomas. These directors met immediately and reelected all the officers as follows: C. Felton Little, president; W. W. Hill, vice-president; A. L. Thomas, chairman of the board; and G. H. Wright, cashier. At the monthly meeting of the officers of the Federated Engineering Society Sunday afternoon, plans for carrying out the second meeting of the society were made. The tentative speaker for the meeting in February will be a member of the personnel of the Tennessee Valley Authority.'- An effort is being made to obtain the chief speaker from this organization. The officials have been contacted in an effort to obtain a speaker for this occasion who' can give the engineering students of Aubum a clear picture of this mammoth undertaking by the government. The officers of the local society hope to obtain the pictures showing the progress of the different projects that the government is showing to the societies of the larger cities. This picture would be shown in conjunction with the speech. The projects undertaken by the government through the work of the Tennessee Valley Authority has drawn its share of print and discussion in speeches. In this work every phase of engineering has been used. Employment has been given to many of the Auburn graduates in this work. The success obtained from the first meeting of the engineering societies gives assurance of the continued co- (Continued on page 4) Flying Club Here To Be Visited By Swavy Mr. Ralph Swavy, manager of the Columbus, Ga., municipal airport and southeastern representative of the Taylor Aircraft Corp. will visit the Auburn-Opelika airport on Saturday in the interest of the Flying Club which is now being formed here at Auburn. If present plans materialize the Club will begin operation early next semester, flying a plane which will be supplied by Mr. Swavy. The feature of the plan proposed by Mr. Swavy is that the club will be able to fly a new plane at a fraction of cost of buying one. Members will have the use of the plane and the privilege of obtaining flying time and instruction at a greatly reduced rate. Anyone interested in this plan will be able to obtain full details from Mr. Swavy at the airport Saturday or from Jimmie Brown at the Sigma Chi house. Also, anyone who desires to take some flying time then may do so at the regular rates. Vandy Downs Auburn Quint In Fast Game Vandy Gains Lead Early In Game To Win From Battling Tigers By Decisive Score OPENED CONFERENCE McKissick Is Individual Star For Auburn In Piling Up 7 Points; Passing Helps Vandy Vandy flashed through to a 47 to 27 triumph against Auburn last night in Nashville as the two schools opened their 1936 Southeastern competition. Willie Geny for the Commodores made the first tally of the game following five minutes of rapid fire playing when he sunk a free throw. Shortly after Joe Bob Mitchell countered with a one-pointer for the Tigers. Vandy added another, and then Blake and McKissick both scored putting the Plainsmen into a 5 to 2 lead. At this point in the game Vandy started their passing attack, pulling into a comfortable lead which they held for the remainder of the game. Victory for the Commodores came after they had lost nine successive tilts to intersectional foes. Tigers will meet Sewanee tonight and tomorrow night in Sewanee. Auburn is slight favorite to win over the Purple. (Continued on page 4) Over Seven Inches Rainfall Is Recorded In Auburn To Date During the first eight days of this month more rainfall was recorded in Auburn than has fallen in any entire month of January since 1912. Through Wednesday the total amount was 7.91 inches. The record for the entire month was set in 1912 with 8.72 inches being recorded. Prof. J. M. Robinson, local government meteorologist, revealed that only four Januaries since 1858 have received as much rainfall for the month as has been recorded to date for January 1936. The all-time record for any single month was set in 1885 when 9.25 inches was recorded. Judging by the exceedingly heavy rainfall already this month, it is expected that all records will be broken. To date the total amount is only two inches short of the record for the month of January 1885. A measurable amount of rain has been recorded in each of the first eight days of this month. The heaviest for any single day was 3.67, Thursday, January 2. The amounts recorded for each day is as follows: Wednesday, Jan. 1, .42; Thursday, 3.67; Friday, .01; Saturday, .93; Sunday, .07; Monday, .30; Tuesday, 1.99; and Wednesday, .52. The average annual rainfall for this vicinity is approximately 45 inches. T.K.A. Debate Tourney Finals Are Complete The final debates of the tourney sponsored by Tau Kappa Alpha', national forensic fraternity, were held Wednesday night in Samford Hall. The debates were the runoffs of deadlocks which resulted in both the upperclassmen and freshman tournaments, two teams being tied in each group. In the upperclass finals the team composed of George Hairston and David Cox defeated Dan Smith and Morris Hall. The topic for this debate was: "Resolved, That Congress Should Have The Power By a Two- Thirds Vote to Overrule Any Decisions of the Supreme Court Declaring Laws Unconstitutional." Billy McGehee and Edwin Godbold were the successful team in the freshman group, defeating the team composed of John Dubberley and William Benefield on the topic: "Resolved, That the Several States Should Adopt a System of Socialized Medicine". Tau Kappa Alpha will present loving cups to the successful contestants in the near future. (Continued on page 4) High School Dramatic Tourney Will Again Be Sponsored By College Two Plays Are To Be Given By Thespians Soon Rehearsals N ew Being Held On Two Short Plays To Be Produced Early Next Month Two short, one act plays are being planned by members of the Auburn Players to be given at the "Y" Hut early next month. The first of these is an original production entitled "Swastica", a play concerning Hitler. The cast has been completed except for two roles. The second play, Tchekoff's "The Boor", will feature Willard Manry in the leading role. Esther Weeks is the young widow, Helena; and Morris Schneider the servant, Luka. Rehearsals have been underway for three weeks, and the cast promises a riotous exhibition of Russian farce of the old order. All members of the Players will meet at the "Y" Hut Monday night, Jan. 27, for the selection of a second semester production. The play, "Lady Windermere's Fan", was dropped because the 'staff did not feel itself capable of depicting Wilde's smartness. With the money given the Players recently by the Executive Cabinet new equipment is constantly being added as the need arises. Advance notice is to the effect that Tony Sarg's Marionnette troupe may appear in Auburn in the near future. Sarg and his troupe performed here last year in Langdon Hall to a capacity audience. Many Greek Chapter Teams Will Compete Soon In Tournament Arrangements are now underway for the yearly interfraternity basketball tournament which will start immediately with 21 fraternities competing. Mr. Elmer G. Salter will referee "all tournament games. Due to the existing conditions for practice, the time for completion of each round will be published as soon as it is possible to ascertain the time required for the teams to prepare themselves for tourney play. The fraternities competing in the tournament may practice anytime up to 3 o'clock every afternoon provided no gym classes are being held and 8:30 every night or as soon as the' freshman squad is through. The gym may be used when the freshmen and varsity are away but under no conditions is the girls' gym to be used. Arrangements may be made with Mr. (Continued on page 4) Eleventh Annual Spring Dramatic Tournament For High Schools To Be Held In April Gymkhana Will Not Be Staged At Bullard Field BE MANY CONTESTS More Than 300 Students From High Schools Over Alabama Are Expected For Tourney Inclemency Of Weather Forces Movement Of Event To Field Directly Behind F.A. Stables Survey Held By College Reveals Lack Of Rooms With more than 95 per cent of the available rooming space in Auburn for Students now occupied, college officials are turning their attention to "ways and means" for increasing these facilities before the opening of the next regular session in September, 1936. A recent survey reveals that very few available rooms are unoccupied, the majority of these having disadvantages as to location or otherwise. "It is obvious," said P. O. Davis, executive secretary, "that Auburn cannot expect a big increase in enrollment next esssion unless more houses are built or more rooms made available. Our increase of almost 25 per cent this year has about filled the town to capacity. Unless more rooms are made for students we can't expect next year more than five per cent increase over this. The college does not have money to build dormitories which means that we must depend, for the time being, upon fraternities and the citizens of Auburn to provide more rooms for students." It is understood that one of the fraternities expects to add room for six freshmen next year. This will be done at a small cost to the fraternity which owns a home that lends itself to this minor adjustment. It is believed that owners of homes in Auburn may be interested in providing additional quarters to house students. Last summer one citizen of Auburn arranged for a cottage to be built in his back yard, and students are now living in it. The idea may spread to others.' "One of the big disadavntages to students in obtaining an education at Auburn," continued Mr. Davis, "is that they live in small groups. The two college dormitories in Auburn are not big. They house only about 7 per cent of the students who are enrolled this session. Others live in fraternities, boarding houses, and private (Continued on page 4) Because of inclement weather and the probable wet condition of Bullard Field on next Wednesday, the Gymkhana will be held in the horse show jumping paddock, located to the southwest of the riding pens at the artillery stables. Entrance to the improvised field will be by way of the south gate at the stables. Those attending the rising exhibition will be directed to the field by guides. There will be an ample parking space for cars as well as a number of bleachers for spectators. Practice for the different events has been held in spite of bad weather during the past week, and judging by the large number of entrants in the various events, it is expected that competition will be especially keen this year. Twenty-one entrants have signed to participate in the ladies jumping, and 32 in the exhibition ride by mem-bers of the ladies riding classes. To date the junior wrestling team appears to have a slight edge over the senior teams, according to Capt. W. J. Klepinger, who is in charge of the Gymkhana. The ladies jumping event is expected to be the most keenly contested of all as 21 have signified of their intention to participate. Some will have to be eliminated because of .the limited number of jumping horses. Probably the most popular event of the show will be the Gretna Green (Continued oh page 4) Auburn-Alabama Frat Game Not To Be Held The proposed touch football game between the winners of the interfraternity tournaments at Auburn and the University of Alabama has been definitely cancelled, according to word received here from the University. Official sanction had been given the game by President L. N. Duncan and all that was lacking was the approval of the University officials. The excuse given was that nearness of the mid-term examinations would make the playing of the game impossible. The game between the winners of the two tournaments was designed as a furtherance in the steps toward a renewal of athletic relations of the schools. Next year the Interfraternity Council intends to lay plans for such a contest earlier in the year and include an appropriation for this purpose in its budget. The 11th annual Spring High School Tournament will be held at Auburn on Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11, it was announced today by Prof. J. R. Rutland, head professor of English at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. On the basis of attendance during past year, more than 300 high school students from all parts of the State will come to Auburn for the contests. In addition to competition in one-act plays there will be contests in speech, writing, music, journalism, and art. Handsome prizes will go to winners in all events. Serving as general chairman in charge of arrangements for the tournament will be Dr. Leo Gosser. He will be assisted by the entire English department staff. In specific charge of the various contests will be Prof. E. R. Blackshear, dramatics; Prof. E. D. Hess, speech; Dr. Charles W. Weaver, writing; Lawrence Barnett, music; Prof. Joseph E. Roop, journalism; and Prof. Frank W. Applebee, art. Speech contests will consist of poe-x try reading and prepared and im- ' promptu speeches. Contestants in writing will compose a 1,000 word paper; in music there will be contests in boys' and girls' vocal solos, piano, and violin; in journalism there will be competition in editorial writing and an award sponsored by the Auburn Plainsman will go to the best high school paper; a*t contests will consist of freehand draVing and design. "These contests stimulate high school pupils to better taste in literature and drama and motivate much of the work which is required in English, speech, dramatics, music, and art," said Professor Rutland in a communication this week to all Alabama teachers of English. Entries in the tournament may be arranged by writing to Professor Rutland. Prof. Hixon Featured In Mechanicals Meet For a period of forty-five minutes last night, C. R. Hixon, professor of mechanical engineering, entertained the meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers with magical tricks, and a short talk on the perfecting of magic as his hobby since childhood days. In carriyng put a series of programs that will not be on technical operations, but purely for entertainment; Professor Hixon was obtained to give some sleight-of-hand tricks before the meeting of 40 students. In beginning, Prof. Hixon told how he was practically charmed by the first magician's show that he attended back in the old home town, many years ago. From that day he resolved to learn some "black magic" tricks. He obtained his first book on magic from Sears, Roebuck, and Co., and by his own efforts, he learned quite a few tricks. Some of these tricks that he learned included the art of hypnotism, and the mastering of Hou-dini's tricks of releasing himself from locks and chains, handcuffs,.and leg-irons. At the meeting, Prof. Hixon demonstrated his ability with a few card tricks, and the hypnotising of limbs of the body so they become useless. His hypnotising act was performed on four boys who volunteered to be subjects. NOTICE ! All bid cards for the Junior Prom will be taken up at noon Saturday, January 11. Absolutely no cards will I be accepted after this date. P A G E TWO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N •:• A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936 atyp Auburn {Uamaman Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year (58 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. Doug Wallace Editor-in-Chief Herman L. Harris Business Manager 1935 Member 1936 Associated GoUe6*iate Press Distributor of Colie6iate Di6est EDITORIAL STAFF Associate Editor: Floyd Hurt. News Editors: Alvin Morland, Bobby Chesnutt. Feature Editor: Lewis Thomas. City Editor: James Buntin. Society Editor: Luella Botsford. Assistant Society Editors: Kay Sibert, Frances Ashurst. Sports Editor: Eugene Lee. Sports Contributors: Jack Todd, Bill Troup. Contributing Editor: Bill Ficklen. Reporters: Edwin Godbold, Jack Steppe, Edward Briggs, Norman Wood, Bob Johnston, R. H. Workman, Billy Grace, Jack Morton. BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Manager: Jim Pike. Advertising Manager: Billy Radney. Advertising Assistant: Buck Darden. Circulation Manager: George Perry. 1 Assistant Circulation Manager: Clarence Pruet. Circulation Assistants: Jack Carr, Edwin Haygood, Alvin Vogtle, Harvey Sargent, Sam Teague. Business Manager's Office Hours: 3-4 Monday through Friday. Hanging On A Limb The decision of the Supreme Court last Monday, relegating the triple A to the ash can, has caused considerable confusion in the ranks of the administration. The measure appeared on the surface to be working smoothly and fulfilling the purpose for which it was intended. A vast and intricate system had been working at full speed to carry out the program. Now, it is hanging on a limb. There can be no doubt that the AAA benefitted the South. It helped in a degree to lend a hand to the farmers and cotton growers in particulafcto weather the bumps of the depression. True enough, the AAA has borne the brunt of severe criticism, some of which was justified along with the grumbling of dissatisfied individuals whose toes were trod upon. But in the main the measure helped the greater majority, more or less. The Bankhead set-up in Auburn was a part of the AAA program. Following the Court decision, Bankhead workers were told that they didn't have a job any more. Many of these will leave Auburn in search of something else. Though the number employed on the project in Auburn was not large, each worker lived in Auburn and helped in a measurable way to contribute toward the well-being of the community. It is the contention of those employed in an executive capacity on the Bankhead program here that the administration will set to work shortly to formulate a new setup to take the place of the AAA and that work will continue as though nothing had happened. Whether this is possible or not, remains to be seen, though it is highly probable that it will take some time before an entirely new agricultural program can be passed by Congress and put into operation. Causes Neck Pains There are many situations in the newspaper game that call for a bit of hair pulling. Such as when the deadline approaches and the type setter says there are three more galleys to be filled, or when a reporter fails to cover an important story. Even the dictionary has a way of evading any effort to find it, and the shears are never in the proper place. Such seems to be characteristic of most any newspaper office. Nobody knows which end is up until the paper rolls off the press. But even though things are running hours behind schedule and staff members are dashing around in circles, there is one point that is forever kept uppermost in the minds of those-whose duty it is to get out the paper— that is the matter of accuracy. A news story may be beautifully written and conform to all rules, but unless that story is accurate it is worse than useless. By far the most undesirable task that befalls any editor is the writing of corrections for stories that have appeared in previous issues of the paper. It causes a decided pain in the neck. The Plainsman, as well as any newspaper regarduess of size, desires above all the faith of its readers. This is possible only through the accurate reporting of news.. When the vast amount of written material handled by the average newspaper every day is taken into consideration, it is no small wonder that they are as accurate as they are. At one time this year the Plainsman was called upon to make a correction of a previous story that contained numerous facts. The mistakes were made through no fault of the Plainsman. In this instance, the person of authority from whom the story was obtained had given the wrong facts. Naturally, it would be impossible to make a double check on all such stories of this nature. Another instance is recalled when last year several complaints were received at the Plainsman office about gross inaccuries in several running news stories on one particular subject. Upon investigation it was discovered that the person writing the stories, not knowing the correct spelling of the names and none of the initials had simply guessed without taking the trouble to make sure. The Plainsman was the target for criticism, when truly it should have been placed upon one who had been given the responsibility of getting in an accurate account of the happenings. It is only natural to make mistakes. We are not here attempting to absolve ourselves from any blame but are attempting to show how in many instances the underlying cause for the mistakes lies beyond the Plainsman. Auburn's Finances The impression prevails among some away from Auburn that faculty salaries at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute are being paid in full. This has not been done since October, 1932. That fiscal year, 1932-33, faculty salaries were paid to the extent of 45 per cent of the budgeted amount which represented a reduction of 10 per cent. The next year, 1933-34, the figure of 66 per cent was reached, and the following year, 1934-35, it was 85 per cent. Present indications are that it will be substantially less this fiscal year,—October 1, 1935 to September 30,1936. In fact, payments to date are being made on a basis of 60 per cent for the year. Even this it not guaranteed. To illustrate the above, a professor who was getting $2,400 per year was reduced 10 per cent or to $2,160. During the school year of 1932-33 he received 45 per cent of this, or a total of $972; the next year he received 66 per cent, or a total of $1,425.60; and last year (October 1, 1934 to September 30, 1935) he received 85 per cent, or a total of $1,836. At the present rate the total this year will be $1,296. Obviously the Auburn faculty has been and is being penalized beyond all reason. At the end of each fiscal year, since October 1932, the State has simply washed out all unpaid obligations and said, in effect, "the State owes no more." The Auburn faculty had been penalized approximately $410,000.00 up to September 30, 1935. A vital question now is: How long will this continue.—Auburn Alumnus. Radicalism In Colleges A great deal of attention has been focused, of late, on the spread of radicalism and communism in our colleges and universities. Thus far Auburn has been fortunate in not having students of this ilk enrolled in her schools. Nevertheless, this subject should be of interest to every student, professor, or executive connected with the college. It is a constant, and menacing, threat to the individuality of the college and its personnel. Our argument is not with radicalism and communism as such, but rather with their attempts to foist themselves on the institutions of higher learning in this country. The writer has in mind the results of an investigation, made by one of the leading periodicals, following an outburst of agitation at one of the mid-western universities. This report, the authenticity and fairness of which can hardly be questioned, showed that paid organizers were detailed to many of the major universities to spread their doctrines of riot and radicalism. Needless to say, these organizations met with more than moderate success. So successful were they, in fact, that they succeeded in mulching the father of one of the students at the aforementioned school for several thousand dollars before he had regained his senses long enough to expose them to the newspapers. The police were unable to hold a charge against the leaders. We do not advocate that our colleges become convent-like in the administration of their student's extra-curricular activities, but we do maintain that the authorities owe it to their schools to protect them from the inroads of organized mobs of agitators.— Guest Editorial. A CO-ED'S LAMENT I think that I shall never see Another man as nice as he. Oh, if his lips on mine were prest, And he would clasp me to his breast • To feel his cheek against my cheek And hear him whisper words so sweet. Such men were made for movies, see! And only saps were made for me. —Panther Cut. Nightmares By Ned 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. * * * * THAT the feeling concerning the delinquency of the meeting of appropriations for Auburn has become more than an issue concerning merely the unpaid instructors was revealed in the mid-week issue of the Plainsman. Since the students cannot fully realize the difficulties of professors not receiving even fifty per cent of their salary, they have not said much concerning the situation. But the upshot of this condition is swiftly coming home to each student of the institution. It is becoming a personal matter with every student enrolled in all schools at Auburn. As was intimated before in this column, there are certain professors who, because of their remarkable store of information, excellency of character and genuine ability to put acoss the subjects they teach, demand the utmost respect and admiration of their students. These are the men of the institution which are contributing to that phase of a student's college life which goes far beyond leading men and wpmen through three hour courses. They are most than necessary wheels in the machinery of an educational institution. The example of such men, their ability, conscientiousness, and straight shooting make them hold a position entailing far more responsibility than mere academic direction. College students, though supposedly past the age of impressionism, are remarkably impressed by professors who demand such respect. But the unfortunate part of this whole situation is that these are the very men who are most needed in the business world and when living on a fictitious professor's salary becomes impossible, they have to go to something which will afford them a livli-hood. This is just the kind of loss which Auburn is going to begin feeling with the opening of the second semester of this year. The student's of Auburn feel such loss. There is not one student who would for a moment blame the professor for going to some work more beneficial to him, but the loss of one such man is not the loss of one individual, but of the entire group who would benefit from association with him if he stayed here in the capacity of a professor. This situation we would like to place before the citizens of the State of Alabama. If • the present situation continues, just where will Auburn be in two more years? As conditions improve and the powers to be in the State "find a way" to assure Auburn a larger part of her appropriation there will be a' difficulty in regaining these men who-have the qualities possessed by the men we are losing because of present conditions. Let it be known that not only Auburn professors, but Auburn students realize what is happening to the institution. May all Alabama realize this situation and not be satisfied until something definite is done to prevent the materializing of the disastrous effects .staring us in the face. SPASMODIC SPUTTERINGS OF A TEMPERAMENTAL TROUBADOUR Dear heart o' mine, I pine and pine, And pine and pine and pine. For only you, and good home-brew, And wine and wine and wine. The deed is done, my heart is won, By Cupid's piercing dart. To be exact, my churn is cracked, Likewise my fragile heart. Now Spring are sprung, flannels flung Out on the balmy breeze. The winds blow free, so heave alee, Or else my tosies freeze. Exams are nigh, I heave a sigh, As masons heave a brick. But better still, to heave a "pill", Or wield a willow stick. I long for love, and skies above, And pretzels by the peck, But better yet, some gal to pet, And just a little neck. The rain falls free, on house and tree, To irk me into wrath. It matters not, since out I trot, And take my nightly bath. The roommate groans, somebody phones; To hell with all the frolic. The noise about, must come from gout, Or else the painter's colic. The Crosley howls, and spits and growls, A song of sun and moon, Ye Gods I groan, if that is tone, Then cows likewise can croon. I hear some bumps-^not made by chumps High up above my head. It's three o'clock, off comes a sock, And I am now in bed. —"HIC-HIC". The NYA has disclaimed liability for students injured while working on relief projects. NYU has dropped its three-year pre-med course. * AUBURN FOOTPRINTS Freshman: "My uncle is a war-veteran; he has a wooden leg." Ditto: "Aw, that's nothing, my girl has a cedar chest." * * * * * * * * * * "The boys are simply crazy over me", said the-lunatic on the ground floor of the asylum. * * * * * * * * * * Advice to Honey Britches: . • Say it with flowers, Say it with Sweets, Say it with Kisses, Say it with Eats, Say it with Diamonds, Say it with Drinks, But whatever you do Don't say it with INK. * * * * * * * * * * Is it true that a certain professor here permits smoking in his classes, but vigorously demands that all who chew must bring their own spittoons? * * * * * * * * * * Smart: "I know a place where women don't wear anything—except a string of beads once in a while". Alex: "Holy gee, where?" Smart: "Around their necks, stupid". ' * * * * * * * * * * Beauty hint to Greenburg: "Don't shave beneath the skin—nobody looks beneath the skin anyhow." * * * * * * * * * * Izzy: "I've had a hard life. At the age of eighteen I was left an orphan." Dizzy: "What did you do with it?" * * * * * * * * * * Student: "Why do people always think of Dr. Petrie when a bald head is mentioned?" Prof. Blank: "Because it is such a shining example."—Strayed or Stolen. * * * * * * * * * * Things we wonder about: Why army officers always have a mustache and a dog. * * * * * * * * * * The ideal spot for a good time: Just the right degrees of longitude and lassitude.— Reader's Digest. * * * * * * * * * * Boarding House Maid: "Times are very bad." Boarder: "Yes, especially meal times." * * * * * * * * * * "Is your baby a boy or a girl?" "Of course, what else could it be?"—Stevens Stone Mill. * * * * * * * * * * Co-ed: "I heard that you said one of my kisses speaks volumes." A. P. I. Male: "Yeah, around here you are a circulating library." * * * * * * * * * * God made man Frail as a bubble. God made love, Love made trouble. God made vine, Was it a sin That man made wine To drown trouble in?—Frivol. * * * * * * * * * * Shop Instructor: "I'm going to take the rivet from the forge. When I nod my head, you hit it with the hammer." Frosh: "Yes, sir." . . . . (Prof, is doing nicely.) * * * • * * * * * * * Drunk: "How much would you like a drink, stranger?" Clergyman: "No thanks, I never touch the vile stuff." Drunk: "Shay, don't kid me. You got your collar on backward now."—The Log. * * * * * * * * * * First Co-ed: "He may not be good looking, but he has money to burn." Jealous Co-ed: "Well, I never suffer from heat when I'm out with him." Sez You! What is your opinion—if any—of Roosevelt and the New Deal? This question was asked to about one hundred and fifty or two hundred students picked at random to find how the "student opinion" really ran. Most of the people questioned who had formed any opinion (you'd be surprised the number that, when asked merely looked blank and said that they hadn't formed any opinion or that they didn't know anything at all about it) thought that Roosevelt and the New Deal or Roosevelt through the New Deal had been the savior of the nation, the ones that were against it were those far seeing ones who saw in the future a great national debt that they and their children and maybe their children's children would be taxed unmercifully to pay. Co-eds had little or no conception of what the New Deal was doing for or to our country, about their most intelligent answer was that they were crazy about the President for he had* such a nice voice over the radio. Several of the engineers were very much concerned over the outcome of the President's fight on the utility companies. The general concensus of opinion was that the New Deal has helped—particularly the laboring classes—that Roosevelt has at least tried and done about as well as anyone else could have done—more should have been done for the "white collar" class—and there seems to be a great deal of doubt that the good that has been done has been worth the price. Space won't permit very many individual answers, but here are a few: J. T. Maroney, Jr., Birmingham, Junior in Engineering School: "One of the best plans ever initiated in this country." Nich Piccione, Brooklyn, N. Y., Junior in Engineering: "It's a damned flop. Look at the debts that are piled up for us to pay." Marshal H. Brawner, Waverly, Pre-Med Junior: "I think that the New Deal has helped." Tod Sutton, Washington, Georgia, Engineering Freshman: "It's okay, but I think that they should have passed on the con- Letters to the Editor Editor, The Plainsman Dear Sir:— The Executive Council has been considering several changes in the scholastic system, which will affect all of us; and many students apparently have not heard of the proposed changes. As I understand, each student who attains a scholastic average of 85 or above will be placed on a "Dean's List". With his name on that list, class attendance will be optional. In order to insure full attendance at quizzes, instructors will be required to announce quizzes one week in advance. All students with whom I have talked seem to be greatly in favor of such a plan. It would cause a greater incentive for study on every hand, students with low averages working to be placed on the Dean's List and those with the higher averages working to remain there. It is hoped that this letter will start a general discussion which will eventually let the Council know our opinion of the matter. Yours very truly, A Junior. Idle Ems June Tooker enjoys meals better with shoes off . . . Frank Sindler is nuts about foggy nights . . . Thinks about nothing but orchestras, has visions of huge crowds attending dance: C. Whitty Walter . . . Ross (God'd gift to the women) Ogletree . . . Wonder if he can ride a horse . . . A stickler for hard work: Edwin Godbold . . . More the remarkable, working in the same office with Almeda Starkey .. . Gin Wads-worth always seems to be thinking about something . . . The older Godbold (BD) hasn't given up hopes, though consideration a bit slow in coming in . . . Often rated stitutionality of the measures first, then all these people would not have been thrown out of work now." J. H. Williams, Shanghai, China, Senior in engineering: "Roosevelt has accomplished something that he could not have with out New Deal measures and I think that his future program should be a modified form of his past performances." Thunderations By Gam 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. ' * * * * WELL, about the dance again. A fair way to determine as to whether or whether not you will like the band selected for the dances is to unclasp one of your dollars, the Society Hill Lassies didn't get (fun), for the Friday morning dance. It will only cost you a dollar, you will get three dollars worth of fun and good music, and meet some very fine people. * * * * Joe Sanders still has the record of the longest run at the Black Hawk. Five straight years. And the Blackhawk has seen some mighty fine orchestras. * * * * It would be worth a dollar of your money just to meet the little girl who is going to lead the dances. She can't help it if she hasn't red hair, but otherwise she is all satin and altogether all there. * * * * Oh, I have been saving this ten dollars for a long time. After all, I should write two thousand words on the dances or anything else for a measley ten dollars. After hitting twenty-five for 1350 words one time. * * * * And that particular co-ed you have been wanting to get a date with all year and haven't because of fourteen other guys: Now is your chance to hold her as tight as any of the others have held her. Of course you will be expected to dance while doing the holding, but there is nothing in the world to prevent your closing your eyes and imagining you have at last outdistanced the other fourteen. * * * * All for a dollar, and at least ten of the fourteen have spent twenty times that much since the opening of school just getting her to agree to go to another show. * * * * And there is nothing in the way of dress reform to prevent your wearing hobnail boots and stepping on, the feet of people you don't like. There is nothing like a good dance to really get to know a person, you know. * * * * Those of you who do go to the dances, and stay sober long enough, and get to know Joe Sanders will see just how it is he has stayed on the top for so long. Perhaps the best band to have ever played here, and also perhaps the best band that will ever play here, was Jimmy Green's band Kay Kyser's various singers couldn't hold a candle to his six singers. The Frankie Aquino could beat Lee Bennett (Garber) a mile, and Jack Wedell could sing rings around Sully Mason (Kyser). But where is Greene today? If you will do a bit of checking up you will see that none other than the Old Left Hander, Joe Sanders, has been on the top (and will remain) longer than any other orchestra you can think up. That old Coon- Sanders band was keeping me up listening to one tube radios long before I ever so much as heard of Guy Lombardo, Jan Garber, Casa Loma, Fio Rio Rita, Hal Kemp, or any of the rest. * * * * I'm not trying to sell Joe Sanders to any one of you. He probably wouldn't like you. All I am doing here, of course, is writing a column, and because of I couldn't think of anything else to write about tonight I am doing a bit more on C. W. Walter's band selection. I have already done my official comment on the selection . . . that official comment taking place every year before the dances . . . being particularly drastic when some enterprising chairman ran in Boulanger on us here one May. * * * * Sanders will be better than Boulanger. Better than Kay Kyser. Not so good as Jimmy Greene. But better than any other orchestra in the country today with the exception of Lombardo., * * * * Everything is very fine and all that, but if anyone mentions Phil Harris for the Final dances I will have to be paid hush money. * * * * The chairman who doesn't have Clyde Lucas down here in May, or Kay Kyser back, is a stinker. One of the veriest kind. best soldier: Flake Farley . . . Harry Hooper being trailed by red head . . . Looks dramatic: Willard Manry . . . B. H. Johnson is continually bubbling over with enthusiasm . . . Has spent only one week-end in Auburn this year: Wallace Shelby . . . special attraction in Birmingham^ Four University of Pennsylvania students have been put on probation because of a poem deemed "sacrilegious" which appeared in the campus literary magazine. Seven members of tht Williams College football team are on the dean's list of high ranking scholars. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE EUGENE LEE, Editor Contributors JACK TODD BILL TROUP GERALD BILBRO LARGE NUMBER REPORT FOR FROSH BASKETBALL * * * * * * * * • • • » « * « » • • • • • •* * • * * * • • Only Four Conference Basketball Games Will Be Played Here Tiger Guard ELIMINATION BE HELD FOR RIFLE SQUAD SATURDAY Entire Last Year's Team Of 15 Members Practically Intact; New Rifle Range Completed Saturday the R. 0. T. C. rifle team complete a six-week's elimination period in preparation for what Lt. H. W. Ehrgott, coach, expects to be one of the most successful seasons in years. The entire last year's team of 15 members is practically intact, having lost only two men through graduation, and Chapman who is not taking advanced R.O.T.C. Included in the list of old team member shooting this year are: Branson, Callaway, Booth, Dexter, Hardeman, Lee, Pannell, Rich, Strickland, Tqmlinson, Swenson, Wilkes, and Nat Bradford, team captain. In addition to the above the eliminations have uncovered a number of promising prospects, among them being Howard, Golightly, Shoaf, and •Ellis. As a result of this week's elimination the squad will be cut to approximately 30 members, who will make up the team for the remainder of the season. Following the two week's layoff during the examinations, the team will enter its competition period in postal matches against 12 colleges throughout the country. The following is a tentative schedule of matches to be participated in this year: For the two weeks ending Feb. 14, postal matches; week ending Feb. 22, Corps Area Match; week ending Feb. 29, eight postal matches; week ending March 7, Southeastern shoulder-to-shoulder matches probably at Auburn; week ending March 21, Hearst Trophy Match; week ending April 4, five postal matches; and week ending April 15, same match. The new rifle range in the attic of the Textile Building is now completed, with eight smoothly working targets and steam' heat. Visitors will be welcome at all times when range is open. SEWANEE BE MET AFTER VANDY IN TWO TILT MATCH Twelve Games Will Be Played Against Five Southeastern Conference Teams This Year SPORTS CHATTER =By EUGENE L E E = - Hugh Rodgers is now rated as one of the most valuable men on the Tiger quintet. COACH MEAGHER AWARDS LETTERS TO 23 GRIDMEN Letters, Awarded Recently To Members Of Team And To Football Manager, Gilchrist Patronize Plainsman advertisers. CAUTHENS COAL Keeps You Warm Phone 11 Recommendation by athletic director Jack Meagher to award letters to twenty-three members of Alabama Poly's 1935 football squad-and Manager Phillip Gilchrist, Courtland, was approved by the athletic council. Coach Meagher, who was recently elected to the office of President of the Southeastern division of the National Football Coaches Assn., named members-of the first two teams and one extra guard. Only two seniors, Captain Millard Morris, end, and Alternate Captain Haygood Paterson, All-Southern tackle, are included in the group. The Junior class claimed fourteen of number honored, and seven are Sophomores. Morris and Paterson piloted Auburn through a tough ten-game schedule that ended with the winning of eight decisions. The Auburn gridders awarded varsity letters are, Walter Gilbert, Fairfield, and Lester Antley, Eloree, S. C, centers; Frank Gantt, Lavonia, Ga., Sam McCroskey, Birmingham, Ralph Sivell, Chipley, Ga., Wesley Loflin, Athens, Ga., and Fred Gill-em, Chattanooga, Tenn., guards; Alternate- Captain Haygood Paterson, Montgomery, Hugh Rodgers, Lang-dale, Bummie Roton, Montgomery, and Freddie Holman, Dothan, tackles; Captain Millard Morris, Blountsville, Joel Eaves, Atlanta, Ga., Hamp Williams, Andalusia, and Rex McKissick, Equality, ends; Sidney Scarborough, Atlanta, Ga., and Joe Stewart, Montgomery, quarterbacks; Jimmie Fen-ton, Lakeland, Fla., John Paul Tipper, Carbon Hill, Joe Bob Mitchell, Alexander City, and Billy Hitchcock, Union Springs, halfbacks; and Wilton Kilgore, Wadley, and Bunky O'Rour-ke, Bessemer, fullbacks. • Auburn will be the scene of only four conference basketball games according to a tentative schedule as announced recently. Outside of practice games with athletic teams, the Plainsmen began their season with an engagement with Vanderbilt last night. Tonight and tomorrow night, the Tigers continue the schedule with a two-game series with Sewanee at Sewanee. After the series with Sewanee, the Bengal quint goes to Birmingham for a tilt with Birmingham-Southern, after which they again engage Vandy, this time in Montgomery. Georgia Tech follows next with the game being played in Auburn. The day following brings Sewanee to Auburn for a two-game series. Then comes Georgia to Auburn for an engagement, after which the Plainsmen go to Atlanta for a tilt with Georgia Tech. Following the Tech game, the Jordanmen again travel, this time to Gainsville for a two-game series with Florida, which marks the close of the schedule. On February 28th, 29th, and March 2nd, the Tigers go to Knoxville for the annual S. E. C. tournament meet. The present schedule indicates that Auburn will meet five Southeastern Conference teams in twelve games before the annual tournament in Knoxville. The complete schedule follows: January 9th. Vanderbilt at Nashville. January 10 and 11th. Sewanee at Sewanee. January 24th. Birmingham-Southern at Birmingham. January 25th. Vanderbilt at Montgomery. February 4th. Georgia Tech at Auburn. February 10 and 11th. Sewanee at Auburn. February 15th. Georgia at Auburn. February 19th. Georgia Tech at Atlanta. February 21 and 22nd. Florida at Gainesville. February 28 and 29, March 2. S. E. C. tournament at Knoxville, Tenn. Flowers for all Occasions KING'S NURSERY Phone 695-J OPELIKA, ALABAMA Robert L* Burkes The Real Estate and Insurance Man Next Door First National Bank PHONE 264 AUBURN 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 as favorably as the other students, taken as a whole. * * * If Coach Meagher is successful in scheduling the game with Santa Clara, the Tigers will be faced with a golden opportunity to gain national recognition. Auburn has prospects of having the strongest team in the nation next season. If the Tigers can go through the season undefeated and make an impressive showing against this strong Pacific coast team, they will have a great chance to receive national honors and possibly Rose Bowl consideration. The showing S. M. U. made against U. C. L. A. in Los Angeles went far in giving them the choice as Eastern representative by Stanford officials. Auburn will be faced with the same chance that was presented to the S. M. U. team. * * * Auburn'* homecoming games in the past have not been up to the type that would be an inducement for large crowds on the Plains. The teams the Tigers have met on the local gridiron before homecoming crowds have not had the strength that would warrant a fair estimate of what size crowd could Since the last issue of the Plainsman, the officials of the Southeastern Conference at their Atlanta meet came out into the open on the question of subsidization. This move was made to offer scholarships to worthy high school athletes. The officials left the execution of the plans up to the schools with only a sporting restriction. This move brought pro and con discussion from every section of the nation. All athletic officials know the plan will offer benefits, but some are afraid that it might be carried beyond the sporting stage. This is possible, but subsidizing has been used by nearly every school in some form. With an open policy it seems that the true benefits can be derived in a more satisfactory manner than through secret methods. The only searching innvestiga-tion of subsidization so far has been the Carnegie report. This report checked this practice for a few years, but now modern football has turned away from the old fashioned practices. Modern customers want strong teams. Financial help can go 'far in maintaining teams of equal strength. The high school player has just as much right to financial help as the other scholarship recipients. The athletic student doesn't have the time to devote to study that some of the other students have, but even with this handicap their records compare GILBERT CHOSEN TO HEAD TIGERS FOR '36 SEASON Frank Gantt Selected For Position Of Alternate Captain; Chosen From Strong Field By ELMER G. SALTER The football player who is now looked upon as the No. 1 center in America next year, Walter Gilbert, junior from Fairfield, has been named captain of Auburn's 1936 grid squad and Frank Gantt, junior from Lavonia, Ga., has been selected to succeed Haygood Paterson, All- Southern tackle, as alternate captain. Gantt is an outstanding guard and was placed on many all-star elevens this fall. Honors given Gilbert and Gantt were bestowed upon them by the lettermen of Auburn's 1935 football squad. They were chosen from the strongest field that has been eligible be assembled here for a football game. In Loyola of the South Auburn will face one of the strongest teams in the South. The turnout at this game should be an inducement for more effort on someones part toward the erection of a stadium here. # * * Preparation for coming examinations has hampered practice of inter-fraternity basketball teams, but a lot of interest has been shown and when the regular season gets under way after the start of the second •semester, the race should be interesting. It seems that the Alpha Gamma Rho, Pi K. A., Sigma Nu, and Theta Chi teams will have a tough time upholding the records they made last year in doming out on top as the strongest teams on the campus. Bracket For Interfraternity Basketball Tourney P. D. T. Bye P. K. T. Bye T. K. N. Bye A. L. T. Bye B. K. Sigma Chi — K. A .— P. K. A. D. S. P. Bye Theta Chi S. P. E. — T. U. O. Bye S. N. Bye Alpha Psi Bye K. S. Bye - A. T. O. A. G. R. S. Pi Bye«r- Lambda Chi Bye Pi K. P. S. A. E. LARGEST NUMBER IN HISTORY ANSWER CALL BY DEL MORGAN Practice Being Held Daily In Preparation For Coming Games; Names Of First-String Players Have Not Been Decided; Schedule Not Complete, Composed Chiefly Of High Schools Tiger Coach COACH DEI-L. ylo/zoisv ALflBflMr POLY - flUBUB.*- More freshmen than ever before in history answered Del Morgan's call last week for aspirants for the frosh cage squad. to lead a Plainsman grid machine in recent years and have all the requisites to become two of the finest all-round captains in the history of athletics at Auburn. Named without much competition as the greatest pivot player in the Southeastern Conference this year, the brilliant Gilbert, who is a graduate of Darlington in Rome, Ga., was The largest number of freshmen basketeers in the history of the school reported for practice, January 3. Seventy-three would-be cagers responded to Coach Dell Morgan's call for basketball candidates. Practice is being lield daily in preparation for their coming games. Coach Morgan has not decided on his first ten to date but the following is a tentative one. On the first five are David Roberts and Charles O'Reilly, forwards; Theron Karge, center; John Scarborough and Ted Ferreira, guards. The other quintet is composed of Morgan and Tibbals, forwards; R. Childress, center; Roton and Jigger, guards.. The schedule is about complete, being composed chiefly of high school teams. The first part of January is open for games with anyone anywhere according to Coach Morgan. Teams interested in playing the freshman quintet get in touch with him. Games have been arranged with La-nett Athletic Club, Wetumpka high, Georgia Military Academy, and Sel-ma high school. These gamse will be played here in Auburn preliminary to the varsity encounters. A week's road trip is planned in the latter part of January which will carry the team into southern Alabama, Georgia, and northern Florida. They will play Hartford high school, Alabama; Kinston high, Alabama; Morgan high, Georgia; Marianna high, Florida; and Panama City high school, Florida. placed on the New York Sun first All-American team and was picked (Continued on page 4) Coal of High Quality! t COAL irfKg- BRILLIANT - EGG For Grates and Heaters RED CLOVER For Furnace also High Grade Coke For Furnace Prompt and Courteous Service! Auburn Ice & Coal Company PHONE 118 He's Getting a Hot Tip Now let us pass it along to you. Here 'tis and take it for what it's worth. The Exams for this Semester will be long and will cover thoroughly every phase of work you've been exposed to. The "Tip" is prepare yourself for this ORDEAL by greasing up the old "Slip Stick" and Thumbmarking your Hudson's Manual. In passing We suggest you have a look at, Kent's Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, The Standard "Elec." Handbook, Waterbury's Handbook on Mathematics, The Chemical Rubber Co's. Handbook for Physicists and Chemists, (Freshmen) Oxford Review Series on Chemistry, A Yale Indestructible Clipboard, and a SCRIPTO PENCIL. Burton's Bookstore Yours 'til you reach a 100 P. S. Oh! Yeah we sell 'larm clocks too. P A G E F O UR T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U T E SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1 GILBERT CHOSEN TO HEAD TIGERS FOR *36 SEASON (Continued from page 3) as one of. the three best in the country at his position. His two leading competitors for ail-American honors this year, Darrell Lester, T. C. U., and Gomer Jones, Ohio State, have completed their college careers and Gilbert will lead the Tigers into action against Birmingham-Southern in Montgomery next September topping the snapperbacks in the nation. Gilbert's name has figured prominently in every all-star race held this year and his all-round ability probably advances him into the center post on Auburn's all-time football eleven. He is Auburn's foremost center in over a decade and it is a safe bet to say he would outrank any Tiger pivot ace before 1924 if a fair comparison could be made. His coach, Jack Meagher, pays him the tribute of placing him in the top position of all the brilliant centers he has ever seen play. Nearly as valuable to the team as Gilbert, Gantt was ranked by his coaches as the most outstanding guard in Dixie. He was a sensational center in prep school at Georgia Military College at Milledgeville, Ga., and has a record of blocking 16 kicks in one season. He blocked the punt that enabled Auburn to win a 7-0 decision over Duke this year and flashed consistently throughout the 1935 campaign on both the offense and defense. He has been playing guard less than two sasons. INCOMPLETE GRID SCHEDULE FOR NEXT YEAR ANNOUNCED (Continued from page 1) the strongest teams of the conference. Birmingham-Southern will be a greatly improved team over this year's edition. A clean record over all of these opponents will go far in establishing Auburn as a national football power. Duke, a Southern Conference team, Kentucky, Southeastern member and Oglethorpe were the teams dropped by the athletic officials from this past season. The tentative schedule is as follows: Sept. 25—Birmingham-Southern in Montgomery Oct. 3—Tulane in New Orleans Oct. 10—Tennessee in Knoxville Oct. 17—Open Oct. 24—Georgia in Columbus Oct. 31—Open Nov. 7—Georgia Tech in Atlanta Nov. 14—L. S. U. in Baton Rouge Nov. 21—Open Nov. 28—Florida in Montgomery. B. S. U. Students Plan Schedule For Season The Council members of the Baptist Student Union recently held a winter retreat at Camp Villa for the purpose of formulating plans for the next school term. Also, at the fourth southwide Baptist Training Union Conference, which was held in Birmingham December 31-Jan. 3, Auburn was represented by four members of the B.S.U. At the Spring Villa retreat, plans were made to carry out at least one objective a month. Beginning with January, the first objective to be reached is to secure a quota of "Baptist Student" subscriptions, and to give a reception for the new and old students Jan. 31. For February, the chief goal is to hold a Student Evangelistic Week which will be led by some outside speaker, and to elect and install new B. Y. P. U. and Sunday School officers ; March, to hold a Study Course Week by outside leaders. " The week of April 12-18 has been designated as Vocational Emphasis week. Talks will be made and articles published on different professions and vocations, in order to aid the student in the understanding of his chosen field of work. Also, during April, the annual B. S. U. banquet will be held, and a drive to get 20 Auburn students to attend Ridgecrest this summer. Enie Menie Minie Mo Down to Howard's I must go Get a light of 60 watt Have my lessons on the dot. OPELIKA . THEATRE • - Friday, Jan. 10 - "HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE" w i t h CAROLE L O M B A R D and F R E D M a c M U R R AY - Saturday. Jan. 11 - T IM McCOY in "JUSTICE OF THE RANGE" - Monday, Jan. 13 - "COLLEGIATE" w i t h J O E PENNER, JACK O A K I E , N E D S P A R K S, F R A N C E S L A N G F O RD -Tuesday, Jan. 14 - K A Y FRANCES in "I FOUND STELLA PARISH" Louise Glanton Will Return From Abroad After extensive travel abroad for several months, Miss Louise P. Glanton, head of home economics, is due to return about January 15 and resume her duties here. MANY GREEK CHAPTER TEAMS WILL COMPETE SOON IN TOURNAMENT (Continued from page 1) . Salter for the use of the gym over the week-end. The same rules that applied to the jfootball tournament will apply to the interfraternity basketball tourney. Following are the rules concerning eligibility: No man who is participating, or has within the school year participated, in basketball, varsity or freshman, or has earned a major letter in this sport is eligible for interfraternity basketball. Any fraternity playing an ineligible man in the tournament forfeits the game or games played. This rule will be rigidly enforced. On Honor From an Editorial in THE POINTER of the United States Military Academy T.K.A. DEBATE TOURNEY FINALS ARE COMPLETE (Continued from page 1) Early in February T. K. A. will elect new members who have been outstanding in forensic work on the campus. Much of the success of the tourney just completed was due to the energetic efforts of Professor E. D. Hess of the English Department who is facufty adviser to the group. WANTED—A STUDENT Capable of working up a table for second semester. Mrs. J. I. Caldwell, 242 Thach Ave. WANTED—A Furnished Apartment suitable for light housekeeping. Albert Steele, Theta Kappa Nu House. Tiger Theatre "Showplace of East Alabama" Auburn, Alabama SATURDAY, JAN. 11 "IT'S A GREAT LIFE" with Joe Morrison, Paul Kelly. Screen Song, "I WISHED ON THE MOON" Comedy, "TWIN TRIPLETS" Todd and Kelly SUNDAY AND MONDAY January 12 and 13 MARX BROS, in "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" with Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones. Added, BETTY BOOP TRAVEL TALK TUESDAY, JAN. 14 MYRNA LOY in "WHIPSAW" with Spencer Tracy. Comedy, "Desert Harmonies" Latest News Events Among those characteristics of a man which determine what he shall be in life, where he shall stand—in his own eyes, as well as in those of the world—there is none greater than a sense of honor. So entangled with reputation, with fame, with greatness, has this quality become, that it is almost impossible to couch its meaning in a few words. To say that honor is "a nice sense of what is right" is true enough, but how much that leaves unsaid! True honor, evading concrete definition, is an abstract something which is essential to integrity and self-esteem in any moral being. Necessarily, then, it accompanies success in any field of endeavor. We cannot separate honor, in its true sense, from the individual. It is no mass action, nor yet is it a restriction, levied upon one man by another. HONOR, LIKE CONSCIENCE IS AN INDIVIDUAL CONCEPT, AN INNER FEELING WHICH CAN ARISE ONLY IN THE HEART AND SOtf L OF THE INDIVIDUAL. A man must judge for himself what is right, what is wrong. Custom, precedent, environment—these can point out to him many honorable actions. It is for him alone to build and cherish for himself a sense of honor. In that way only can he choose the right, the noble way of life. Often, it is said, "He is an honorable man." What does that mean? Simply that the one referred to is an HONEST man—honest in all his doings, in all his actions, and, what is more, in all his thoughts. The man of honor esteems his moral health too much to lower himself willingly to any act that may seem base. He is true to himself and values honor for its highest meaning—that of an exalted tribute of respect and reverence. He shrinks from wrong-doing with his whole strength. There can be no real success in life unless it is accompanied by this high sense of honor. We need go no further than our own profession to realize this truth. Military men the world over ..value honor for its sterling worth, its vital force in any army, its power to make something or nothing of a man. "Duty", said General Lee, "is the sublimest word in the English language". In so saying he gave voice to one of the fundamental attributes of a soldier. Even he, however, would have had to go further in order to describe more completely the characteristics of that profession so aptly called "the service". For, as duty is his watchword, and glory his^ pride, so also has it been truly said, " . . . THE SOLDIER'S WEALTH IS HIS HONOR". It is as valuable as his rifle.' To say more, it is the clasp pin of every star that ever graced a general's shoulder. Around honor, however, even as around virtue and self-esteem, parasitic growths of erroneous ideas have flourished. Chief among these is the shallow selfishness, the superficial conceit, which precipitates men into acts by which they imagine themselves "avenged" for some insult. True, the same self-esteem which makes him what he is, will forbid—and rightly s 0—the honorable man from submitting to wrongs from others; but to a true man of honor, that can never be as great as his own repulsion of baseness. Duelling, once condoned as an "affair of honor" has long since passed. It should, for such affairs were never honorable. WHEN CAREFUL THOUGHT IS GIVEN TO THE MATTER, WHO CAN DENY THAT A MAN'S HONOR IS HARMED EVER SO SLIGHTLY BY THE OFFENSE OF ANOTHER, COMPARED TO THE MORTAL BLOWS WHICH IT RECEIVES FROM THE SMALLEST MEANNESS, OR BASENESS, IN HIS OWN ACTS? Hot tempered words which seem to reflect on one's honor are easily forgotten; stains which one's own acts cast on his honor may never be erased. In the truly communistic form of life, the ideal government allows each man to be a law unto himself. If everyone had the. same ideal sense of justice, this theory would be practicable. However, we know that laws and police protection are necessary, because there are some whose standards are not high enough to make them law abiding citizens; whose honesty is below that required for the peace and security of society. To preserve the community, the majority has to formulate laws and require that everyone obey them. So with honor. That high sense which should tell every man the difference between right and wrong is found lacking in some individuals. The "why" is not always apparent. Because of some slip in early life from which unforeseen habits have grown, some mental catch, or perhaps simply from innate baseness, some men are without honor and unfit, therefore, to associate with their fellows. IT IS FOR GENERAL PROTECTION THAT HONOR CODES ARE EVOLVED. Often they represent a strength of feeling which nothing else could replace. The Honor System represents the best thought which the students of various schools have been able to give to the subject. However, no Honor System, or Code, can be "established"— in the sense that a bridge is constructed, or a building is erected. Nor can it be simply "built" and placed in position, as some automatic machine, to do some work mechanically. It must spring from the brains and, yes, the hearts of those who live by it. It must be lived up to in order to endure. It can be no stronger than its makers, than those who place themselves "on their honor"—an inalienable right possessed only by those who would make of their honor the reverenced and respected force that it should be. iA ou** own life, successful examples of the application of honor and the precents of an Honor Code are offered in the Army in general and in West Point in particular. The honor of the corps is unquestioned. In strength and permanency it ranks with the granite of. West Point's buildings. Passed down "the long gray line" from hand to hand, it represents that ideal for which every C^det strives to live. It represents the thought and right actions of all those men who have gone out of West Point's portals. To sin against'it is to sin against one's self. To violate its principles, to stain its record, is to outlaw one's self from the Corps and the Academy. Yet, it is not inconceivable for man to fail to live up to the Honor Code of the Corps. Perhaps some do not come to West Point with the high ideals which are demanded of them. IF THEY CANNOT ACQUIRE THESE IDEALS, IF THEY CANNOT MAKE OF THEMSELVES "HONORABLE MEN" IN THE EYES OF THE CORPS, THEN THEY ARE NOT WANTED, AND WILL NOT LONG/REMAIN AT THE MILITARY ACADEMY. Such is honor, and such is its application at West Point. As one of the cardinal principles of a soldier, of an officer and of a gentleman, it should be the first and foremost characteristic of a Cadet. An honorable man, impoverished though he may be in talent, cannot fail to attain success and a high standing in the eyes of the world. A dishonorable man, though he be possessed of a multitude of abilities, cannot hope to escape for long the condemnation of his fellow men. SURVEY HELD BY COLLEGE REVEALS LACK OF ROOMS (Continued from page 1) homes. These are natural conditions under which students like to live and should live. "We are very hopeful, of course, that student rooms and furniture will be not only adequate but comfortable. Comfort is essential to study and meditation. We want our conditions here to be conducive in every way to the best in higher education." Houses in Auburn have been inadequate not only for students but for people who wish to come here to live. Government work here has brought many people to the town within the last year or two. Some of this is affected by the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court killing the AAA but the majority of it is not. With government money available at a low interest rate for building houses by owners, it is expected that more citizens here will build homes for themselves and perhaps include a few rooms for students. Additional building is considered a certainty if the State arranges to pay Auburn's appropriations in full. GYMKHANA WILL NOT BE STAGED AT BULLARD FIELD (Continued from page 1) Race, in which both members of the ladies riding class and R.O.T.C. students participate. All those taking part in the exhibition will be excused from classes next Wednesday at 3 o'clock. Practice for the different events will be held according to the following schedule: Saturday, Jan. 11: Exhibition ride Ladies jumping Mounted wrestling .'_. Guidon race .._. Potato race Sunday: Gretna Green race __ Rescue race Drawings for the horses in the various events will be made at this time. Student athletic books will be honored. Other admission will be: adults 25 cents,-high school age and under 15 cents: . 8 10 . 1 1 . 2 . 1 30 00 :00 00 :00 :00 2:00 A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. VANDY DOWNS AUBURN QUINT. IN FAST GAME (Continued from page 1) Box score: AUBURN (27) G F TP McKissick f - 3 1 7 Blake f ----- 0 3 3 Mitchell c - ..- 0 2 2 Eaves g 0 2 2 Rodgers g 10 2 Wood c - 0 1 1 Barnes f 12 4 Crew f 3 0 6 Totals - 8 11 27 VANDY (47 G F TP Coleman f 7 0 14 Overly f 5 2 12 Plasman c 3 4 10 Geny g-f 2 5 9 Curely g 10 2 Carless g . . - 0 0 0 Hinklec 0 0 0 Throgmorton c 0 0 0 Totals ..._ 18 11* 47 Half time score: Auburn 12, Vandy 17. Personal fouls, Eaves 3, Mitchell 2, McKissick 2, Rodgers 3, Wood 2, Crew, Coleman 2, Overly 4, Geny 2, Curely 4, Carloss 2, Plasman, Hinkle. Free throws missed: McKiccick 2, Mitchell, Blake 2, Rodgers, Wood, Coleman 2, Plasman 2, Overly 2, Geny, Thorgmorton. Patronize Plainsman advertisers. State of Alabama Lee County.- To all members of the Chi Chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity of Auburn, Ala, Inc.: you are hereby notified that the Chi Chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity of Auburn, Alabama, Inc., will have a call meeting at 8 o'clock P. M. on the 29th day of January, 1936, at the Theta Chi Fraternity House in Auburn, Alabama. The purpose of this meeting is to authorize the Board of Control of said Corporation to properly finance the indebtedness with the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and to empower them to make and do all things necessary to pertain to the fraternity and to take title thereto. Please take notice and govern yourselves accordingly. Board of Control of the Chi Chapter of The Theta Chi Fraternity of Auburn, Alabama, Inc., P. P. Powell, By its President. Prof. Collins Called For Washington Post A. H. Collins, attached to the School of Education here, was called by Gov. Bibb Graves to head the Department of Public Welfare in Washington. Collins graduated from Auburn in 1921 with highest distinction in the field of agricultural education. Gov. Graves has been informed through communication from Washington that Collins has made a favorable impression upon members of the Social Security Board and other federal officials regarding the social security and service programs devised for the State of Alabama. Collins has been asked by a number of officials for advice in completing a program to be administered from Washington for the entire nation. LOST—A black three-ring, loose-leaf notebook. Finder please return to Howard Conner or leave at Plainsman Office. ENGINEER CLUBS GIVE PLANS FOR JOINT MEETING (Continued from page 1) operation from the students in the engineering school. The officers of the society will endeavor to bring the outstanding men in the engineering field to the Auburn campus for these 'meetings. This will only be a monthly occurrence and will not have any effect on the individual meetings of the branch societies. The branch societies will continue to conduct their meetings as in the past. The speaker and the date for the next meeting will be announced later. If Broun Hall auditorium becomes too small for the meetings, they will be moved to Langdon Hall. Broun auditorium was nearly filled for the first meeting of the society, and it is anticipated that it will be filled to capacity if the T. V. A. pictures are obtained. Patronize Plainsman advertisers. LEE JAMES OPELIKA, ALABAMA Patronize Plainsman advertisers. # Milk; flavored with real chocolate, and given the extra health benefits of the yeast vitamins B and Gt Never before a drink to compare with Stilli-ciousl Every delicious quart supplies the vitamin equivalent of three yeast cakes. A quart a day supplies a liberal yeast-vitamin ration that will be a priceless boon to health. Yet you get this extra benefit without the slightest yeast taste or forming of gas in the stomach. 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