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VOLUME LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26, 1936 NUMBER 36
AUBURN CAGERS
TO PARTICIPATE
IN TOURNAMENT
Avfburn's Basketball Team Is
Invited To Play In Annual
Tourney At Knoxville, Tenn.
OFFENSE IS STRESSED
T i g e r s Lose To Ga. Tech On
Road Trip And Split Two-
Game Series With Florida
By EUGENE LEE
Auburn's basketball team was given
an invitation to compete in the Southeastern
Conference touAiament which
gets under way on Friday, February
28th. The Tigers will compete with
eight other S. El C. teams for the
championship in Knoxville as guests
of the University of Tennessee.
Coach Jordan is stressing offense
mostly in his practice sessions this
week in preparing his charges for the
tournament. The Tigers were weaker
in "scoring on the road trip this last
week than they have been at any other
time this year. Another problem confronting
the Tiger coach is finding
dependable reserves. This is one of
the main weaknesses of the team at
present.
Besides the regular starting team
of Buddy Crew and Rex McKissick,
forwards, Joe Bob Mitchell, center,
and Joel Eaves and Andrew Curlee,
guards, Woodrow Barnes, Alvin Mor-land,
Joseph Woods, Frank Hamm,
and Hugh Rodgers are slated to make
the trip to Knoxville. Upon the
showing of these reserves, rests in no
small measure the chances of the
Tigers advancing in the tournament.
Georgia Tech defeated the Tigers in
Atlanta Wednesday night by a 46 to
22 score. The Tigers had defeated
the. Engineers previously here in
Alumni Gym by a sizeable margin.
Auburn's offense failed to click. Eaves
scored 6 points for high scoring honors
for Auburn. Crew and McKissick
followed with 5 and 4 respectively.
The Tigers split a two-game series
with the University of Florida in
Gainesville Friday and Saturday
nights to wind up the season. Auburn
won an easy victory in the first game
by a 32 to 16 score. McKissick and
Crew led the scorers with 10 and 9
points respectively. Auburn held a six
point lead at the half.
The Tigers started Saturday night's
game with a rush and took a four
point lead in the first three minutes.
Joe Bob Mitchell scored both of the
goals. Florida played superior ball to
take the lead and held it through the
rest of the game. McKissick and
Crew scored a field goal apiece and
Barnes sank a foul to account for all
of Auburn's scoring in the last half.
Auburn Delegates To
I.R.C. Session Named
R. C. Boles and R. A. Roberts will
leave Auburn today as representatives
of the local International Relations
Club at'the southeast district conference,
February 27, 28 and 29.
The conference will be held at Win-throp
College, Rock Hill, South Carolina,
under the auspices of the Car-negia
Endowment for International
peace. There are 212 International
Relations Clubs in the southeast district.
At the meeting last night, Professor
Davis presented plans relative to
extending an invitation for the conference
to be held here next year.
It was decided that a wire should be
sent immediately extending the invita.
tion. Prof. Davis stated that because
of Auburn's central location and that
the conference has never been held
in Alabama before, the local club's invitation
should be received favorably.
The enrollment of the club is now
21, and during this week twelve bid
cards will be sent out to eligible men.
Requirements for • membership are:
an average of 80 or above in all subjects
and an interest in international
affairs.
Members of the club take an active
part in the discussion each week of
events of international importance.
High School F. F, A. Gets Award
The Auburn High F. F. A. chapter is the winner of one of three
radio sets recently given by the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau
for the best nitrate demonstrations sponsored by the 100 F. F. A.
chapters throughout the state.
Top row left to right: Hulin James, Thad Webster, Chas. Isbell, Paul
Duggar, Hamlin Tippin, Preston Moore, Harold Smyer, Allen Turner,
Middle row: Max McLendon, Robert Howard, Douglas Nettles, Eddy
Jones, Wilton Thorp, Carl Darnell, Paul Starr, William Ham, Bottom
row: Edward Henderson, J. A. Allgood, Jim Flangan, Furman Hunter,
Jack Hill, Donald Cottier, Roy Isbell, John Thomason, Tom McDaniel,
and Charlie Heath. »
AERO SENIORS TO
EMBARK SOON FOR
INSPECTION TOUR
20 A e r o Seniors Await Notice
That Air Station Can Accommodate
Students On Trip
Word is now being awaited here
from the Naval Air Station at Pen-sacola,
Florida, to the effect that they
will be able to accommodate the 20
or so students from Auburn for the
annual senior aeronautical inspection
trip the third week in March.
At the present time plans for the
inspection trip are incomplete as the
air station in Pensacola is carrying
practically a capacity load of officers
and cadets, and it is possible that
crowded, conditions will prohibit the
accommodation of the Auburn students.
However, it is felt by Lt. B. M. Cornell,
that permission will be granted.
In such an event the trip will coincide
with that taken by other senior engineering
students, and as far as practical
will follow the same general plan
of past years which is as follows:
Students are quartered in the student
officer's quarters on the station
and messed in the officers' mess. A
schedule including each morning and
afternoon has been completed and includes
the following:
1. A general tour of the Air "Station
proper, including operations of
all squadrons.
2. Inspection under guidance of
shop supervisors of all shops, such as
assembly and repair, motor overhaul,
propeller balancing and repair, sheet
metal, woodwork, and others.
3. A series of lectures by experts
in their field on carburation, ignition,
engine accessories, aircraft radio installation
and propeller design.
4. Observation of special features,
such as airplane catapulting, special
stunt team flying and torpedo drops.
5. Through the courtesy of the Air
Station officers, invitations are extended
to use the facilities of the Officers'
Club. A boat rid around the
bay will probably be arranged.
FRAT CAGE TEAMS
COMPLETE SECOND
ROUND OF TOURNEY
Two Games Played In Gym Tonight
To End Second Round;
8 Teams In Quarter-Finals
Von Chandler Chosen
To Head Track Squad
At the last meeting of the Cross-
Country team, William Von Chandler
was elected captain for next season to
succeed Bill Emrey, who graduates
this June.
Chandler has been on the team since
his freshman year and has been a consistent
point-gatherer with this squad
and on the track team, on which he
runs the two miles. He is an honor
student and a Junior in Agricultural
Education. His home is in Andalusia.
Auburn loses two crack cross-country
men due to graduation when Bill
Emery and Ed Powers receive their
diplomas this June. Those men who
performed on the squad this year and
will see service next year include Jeff
Stinson, Ed Duncan, Hubert Lee, and
Von Chandler.
NOTICE!
Ash Wednesday Service will be held
at 7:30 Wednesday evening at the
Episcopal Church. A cordial welcome
is extended to all.
Two games, to be played tonight in
Alumni gym between Lambda Chi
Alpha and S. A. E. and Sigma Pi vs.
Alpha Gamma Rho will complete the
second round of the annual inter-fraternity
basketball tourney. The first
game will get under way at 7 o'clock.
Three games were played Monday
night and Phi Delta Theta, Theta
Kappa Nu, and Pi K. A. emerged victorious,
thus advancing to the quarter
final round. Phi Delta Theta eked
out a three point triumph over Phi
Kappa Tau 21-18. The second game
saw the Theta Kappa Nu outfit hand
A. L. T. an artistic trimming by the
count of 37 to 5. The final game resulted
in a 26-17 victory for Pi K. A.
over Sigma Chi.
The action was resumed on Tuesday
night when Delta Sigma Phi fell before
the Theta Chi aggregation by the
count of 33-17. Sigma Nu defaulted
to T. U. O. and Alpha Psi, in a tight
defensive game, finally managed to
overcome Kappa Sig by the unusually
low score of 10 to 6. The victors in
these, games also advanced to the
round of eight.
The quarter games will be played
next week and must be completed by
March 9. Thus far no one team has
stood out sufficiently to become a favorite
for the title, and as a result the
battle for places in the final round
is expected to produce some close, exciting
games.
P O LO
Last Rites Held For
Mrs. Crenshaw Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. B. H.
Crenshaw, who died at a Montgomery
hospital last Wednesday night, were
held here from the Presbyterian
Church Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Rev. Sam B. Hay officiated and
interment was made at the Auburn
Cemetery.
Mrs. Crenshaw, wife of the late
Dr. B. H. Crenshaw, long-time head
of the Auburn mathematics department,
died following an< attack of appendicitis.
She was rushed to Montgomery
last Friday and her condition
was pronounced serious following an
emergency operation.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Carl E. Wideberg, Cleveland, Ohio,
and Mrs. C. O. Prickett, Auburn; two
sisters, Miss Allie Glenn, and Mrs.
H. H. Smith; and one brother, Dr.
C. B. Glenn, of Birmingham.
Pallbearers were Dr. L. N. Duncan,
Dr. B. F. Thomas, F. W. Burns, Prof.
John W. Roe, John Turner Hudson,
S. L. Toomer, W. McD. Moore, and
John Denson, Opelika.
NOTICE !
Candidates for varsity baseball are
requested to reportat the Gym tomorrow
night, Thursday, at 7 o'clock.
• NOTICE !
An important meeting of all O. D.
K. members will be held Thursday
night at 8 o'clock in Samford Hall.
QUALIFICATIONS BE REQUIRED
OF PUBLICATIONS CANDIDATES
Qualifications of the prospective candidates for publication offices in
the approaching spring elections must be in the hands of Mr. P. O. Davis,
chairman of the Publications Committee, on or before noon Monday,
March 2.
That same afternoon at 4 o'clock members of the committee will meet
in the office of president to pass upon the eligibility of candidates for the
four publication offices—editor-in-chief and business manager of the Plainsman
and Glomerata, respectively. The names of those declared eligible to
complete in the elections will be given
in the following Wednesday issue of
the Plainsman.
Each prospective candidate is required
to submit three separate statements
: one from the registrar's office,
one from his respective department
head, and one written by the student
himself.
According to the rules now in force
governing the eligibility of candidates
for publication offices, each student
must submit an affidavit from the
registrar's office to the effect that he
has successfully completed five semesters
of college work. One semester
of college work consists of 18 hours
passed with an average of 70 or
above.
Each prospective candidate to show
whether or not he has worked on his
respective staff for one scholastic
year, must also submit an affidavit
from the head of his staff to the effect
that he has been a member of that
staff for the specified period of time.
A student shall run only for that
office under which he has served while
connected with the publication.
Every year there is considerable
difference of opinion as to what constitutes
one scholastic year on the
staff. The Executive Cabinet meeting
last week decided that one scholastic
year shall constitute a period of
nine months' active work on the staff,
terminating when the person in question
assumes active duty as head of
the staff. For example, a student
beginning work when school opened
in September shall be considered as
having completed one scholastic year
and is eligible on that count to run
for his respective department head.
He will not have completed one scholastic
year at the time of his election
but will have when he begins his duties
as the head of the staff the following
school year.
Aside from the two affidavits mentioned
above, each prospective candidate
shall also submit a written statement
in which he shall' outline any
other qualifications which he might
have for the office of which he is to
be a candidate. This, statement will
include a summary of duties he has
performed while connected with the
publication along with mention of any
special -experience he has had which
he considers will be of benefit to him
should he be elected.
The Publications Committee will
consider each set of qualifications submitted
with the greatest detail in
order to insure against the possibility
of poorly equipped men filling responsible
offices. However, it is also
desired that not less than two students
compete for any one position. In such
instances it may be necessary to allow
for a certain leeway in the eligibility
rules. A case, for instance, may arise
in which a student _ is exceptionally
competent to fill an office yet does not
possess the necessary qualifications according
to the regulations.
The candidates for editor-in-chief
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Inclement Weather Hampers
Practices; Meets Being
Arranged For Team
Although hampered by the inclement
weather of the' past few weeks,
Auburn's varsity polo squad has been
practicing steadily in the practice
cages. Capt. W. J. Klepinger expects
to hold light scrimmages the end of
this week if the weather remains good.
No definite schedule has yet been
arranged, but two games with Big
Ten foes have been arranged. The
dates for these games have not been
decided as yet but will be announced
later, along with the complete schedule.
It has not been definitely estab-*
lished whether the team will make a
road trip this year or not, although
a trip, similar to that made last year
will be made if financial arrangements
can be completed satisfactorily.
Due to the weather and the lack of
scrimmages the team-that will represent
Auburn is still quite uncertain.
The first team will probably be drawn
from the following men: Bacon,
Brawner, Burton, Chandler, Chapman,
Hurd, Dexter, Hardie, Hicks, Rush,
Wesley, Worsham, Walter, Clark and
Ivey. . •
Delegate
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HIGH AVERAGES
MADE LAST TERM
BYLARGEGROUP
William Stelzenmuller, Sophomore,
Leads Entire School In
Scholastic Average For Term
HONOR STUDENTS GIVEN
119 Students Average 90 Or
Above; Senior Class Leads In
Number Of Honor Students
The Auburn Chapter of Kappa
Delta Pi is represented this week
at the National Convention, of this
honor society in education in St.
Lours, Mo., by J. E. DeVaughn,
senior in education.
CAST CHOSEN FOR
NEXT PRODUCTION
OF PLAYERS CLUB
•
Rehearsals For Next Play By
Auburn Players Two Weeks
Underway; Be Shown Twice
Rifle Team Has High
Scores Last Week In
Corps Area Contests
Results of the postal matches during
the week of February 17-Februarjr
22, are still coming in. Results to
date are in favor of the Plainsmen,
the Tigers having won ten and lost
three, with results of three teams not
reported. The local marksmen dropped
victories to the University of
Florida, New York University, and
State College of Washington.
Last week the team was occupied
in shooting of the Fourth Corps Area
match. The final results of that
.match was a total score of 3,640. The
first five scores were Hardaman 374,.
Capt. Bradford 366, Strictland 364,
Panell and Brunson tied for fourth
place with scores of 358. If the
Plainsmen are awarded as much as
fourth place in the match, they will
be allowed to compete in the national
matches, in which, case, according to
Coach Lieut. H. W. Ehrgott, their
prospects will be pretty good.
Next week the team will be engaged
in competition for the Hearst Trophy.
The following Saturday there will be
a five-way five-man match at the local
gallery with participants coming from
Georgia, Georgia Tech, University of
Florida, University of Alabama. The
public is invited to witness this
match.
A meeting of all the rifle team will
be held next Tuesday night, and it is
very important for all members to attend.
Casting for their spring production,
"The Wind and the Rain," by Merton
Hodges, has been completed by Direc-tor
E. C. Blackshear as -the Auburn
Players enter their second week of rehearsals.
Although a few slight changes may
be made, the following cast is now
practicing nightly for the three-act
comedy: Mrs. McFie, boarding house
mother—Eloise Brown; Gilbert Raymond,
a medical student—David Roberts;
John Williams, another medical
student — Lem Edmondson; Charles
Tritton, a new student — Billy White;
Jill Mannering, his fiancee—Eleanor
Boyd; Anne Hargreaves, a sculptress
—Mary Carmack; Dr. Paul Duhamel,
fellow-in-medicine — Willard Manry;
Roger Cole, friend to Jill — Arthur
Stewart; and Peter Morgan, medical
student — Arthur, Elsberry.
Members of the crew that have been
selected to date include Bill Hendrix,
assistant producer; * Coy Glasgow,
stage manager; and Schuyler Richardson,
electrician.
The first showing of the play will
be held during the first week of April.
It will be given for a second time
before the high school tournament
group, which meets here April 10
and 11.
Several members in the cast of this
prpduction have definitely proven
their worth as actors, having been
associated with the Players for several
years. Other members of the
cast have been selected with great
care and have had considerable experience
in amateur dramatics both at
Auburn and at other schools. It is
expected that the spring production
of the group will definitely establish
the Players as ranking among the
tops as amateur thespians.
William B. Stelzenmuller, sophomore
in civil engineering from Birmingham,
led the entire student body
in scholarship for the first semester
of this year. His average in all subjects
was 98.57, the excellence of
which has rarely been equalled in the
history of Auburn.
Leading the freshman class was
Ben S. Branch, student in mechanical
engineering from Montgomery. His
average was 94.77.
The list of 119 students who averaged
above 90 for the first semester
included 28 freshmen, 28 sophomores,
28 juniors, and 35 seniors. The complete
list follows:
Elizabeth Allison, 92.85; W. J. Al-verson,
94.38; H. C. Arant, 91.10;
A. F. Arruzza, 91.89; T. Z. Atkeson,
90.53; G. N. Baird, 93.32; L. C. Balch,
91.33; F. O. Barrett, 93.76; C. W.
Bell, 91.60; W. E. Benn, 91.32; Ben
Branch, 94.77; J. D. Brooks, 90.81;
W. J. Brennen, 90.25; K. F. Browning,
92.08; M. R. Bugg, 92.05; H. F.
Burnett, 92.67; Eugene Callaway,
91.14; H. M. Callen, 90.13; J. L. Calloway,
92.66; H. E. Garr, 95.83.
W. V. Chandler, 91.58; V. R. Childress,
91.58; J. E. Cobb, 92.78; B. K.
Collins, 94.68; Frank Conner, 90.71;
M. H. Conner, 92.25; M. R. Cooper,
94.80; D. O. Cox, 91.60; L. E. Cox,
90.16; Elizabeth Dawson, 93.37; A. B.
Dean, 91.82; J. F. Dumas, 90.38;
D. W. Duncan, 92.25; J. M. Eagan,
92.88; Joel Eaves, 90.31; J. H. Edwards,
90.76; Mary Edwards, 90.74;
N. E. Foster, 90.67; J. L. Foster,
93.31; D. B. Gibson, 96.89.
B. D. Godbold, 90.57; E. C. Godbold,
91.60; J. A. Hargett, 90.95; A. R.
Haper, 93.05; H. L. Harris, 91.30;
R. H. Hoar, 95.14; E. S. Hocutt, 91.72;
S. E. Hodges, 91.85; Alma Holladay,
90.98; Louise Houk, 91.00; M. H. Hug-gins,
90.09; G. B. Hughey, 91.44; A. H.
Jackson, 90.10; Lamar Jeffers, 92.31;
Theron Karge, 92.17; Jerome Kirsch-ner,
91.86; E. M. Knight, 90.11;
George Knight, 91.37; J. G. Kuderna,
92.37; M. H. Laatsch, 96.60; J. E.
Langley, 95.91; W. L. Langley, 90.59.
Jack Love, 9i.26; R. B. McGehee,
92.55; G. W. McKinney, 93.37; J: E.
(Continued on page 4)
Vet Short Course Here Last Week
Held As Most Successful In Years
Saturday of last week witnessed the
close of the largest and most successful
of the annual short courses in veterinary
medicine since their inception
in 1925. Veterinarians from Florida,
the Carolinas, Georgia and Mississippi
joined their Alabama colleagues to
give "Vet. Hill" the appearance of a
"home-coming game." From the opening
session of Monday forenoon to the
cinema showing"and lecture on rabies
(hydrophobia) given Saturday night
at 8:00 p. m. by Dr. J. C. Flynn, the
meetings were filled with incidents of
the greatest practical importance to
the students, who, from freshman to
seniors, attended regularly throughout
the entire week.
Student interest was centered first
on the colorful personality of Dr. Otto
Stader, bovine and small animal specialist
of Geneva, 111., guest director of
the course and in Dr. J. C. Flynn,
noted small animal expert of Kansas
City, Mo.; president of the American
Veterinary Medical Association. Dr.
Stader was assisted by Drs. E. L.
Shuford, of Asheville, N. C, and E..S.
Davis, of Columbus, Ga., prominent
practitioners of their respective localities.
Auburn faculty members presented
a number of lectures and demonstrations,
notably Professor A. D. Burke,
of the Dairy Department; Professor
(Continued on page 4)
Scarseth Is Speaker
At Local Ag Meeting
Considered to be one of the most interesting
meetings of the year was
had last week by the Auburn Ag Club
when Dr. George Scarseth, of the Soils
Department, talked at length on his
experiences in the jungles of Central
America.
During the travels of Dr; Scarseth
through Central America in the employment
of the United Fruit Company,
he collected many souvenirs
which he displayed before the club.
Among his collections were such articles
as knives, shawls, silk and woolen
blankets, tiger hide and skin, snake
skins and such common in the everyday
life of the natives. He also related
some* of his experiences while
engaged in this work.
The Ag Club this semester is under
the leadership of Hubert Harris, president;
Boyd Ellis, vice-president;
James Martin, secretary; and T. E.
DeLoach, treasurer. Meetings of the
group are held each Wednesday night
at 7 o'clock.
Local Glee Club Is
Preparing For Tour
The Auburn Glee Club, under the
direction of Lawrence Barnett and
Austin Coggins, pianist, has practiced
continuously of late in preparation
for their annual tour. The group is
rapidly rounding into shape as one
of the best of its kind in Auburn for
several years.
The itinerary includes performances
at the following places: Huntingdon
College, March 2; Brewton, 3; Fair-hope,
4; Mobile, 5; Atmore, 6; and
Greenville, 7. The glee club will return
to Auburn Sunday morning,
March 8.
It is believed that arrangements
will be completed for the Mobile performance
to be broadcast over Station
WODX in Mobile.
An attractive and varied program
has been planned. Beside the singing
of numerous well-known songs, two
soloists, a trio and a quartet will render-
selections. The soloists are Gordon
Hubbard; baritone, and Allison
Knight, tenor. The trio includes
David Cox, George Hairston, and Ross
Ogletree; the quartet, Benny Bene-field,
Walton Crossley, Tom Jester,
and Elmer Jones.
In addition to the above attractions,
Willard Manry and Tom Jester will
enact a unique skit entitled "Stone
Deaf." A total of 30 students will
take the trip.
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Trustees Pass The Buck
Recent action of the Auburn Board of
Trustees is hailed in some faculty quarters
as an insult, or something very similar. It
seems to the Plainsman that this attitude
is thoroughly justified.
Of course the Board cannot accept responsibility
for the state's failure to pay
appropriations in full. Neither is it necessary
for the Board to adopt resolutions condoning
and accepting the state's failure. It
seems some action calling upon the legis-
0
lature, or the people of the state, to provide
relief for the unpaid faculty would be
much more in keeping with the interests
of the college.
The resolution referred to provides that
the percentage of salary received by a faculty
member by the end of the fiscal year
must be accepted as the full salary for
the year. In other words, a man may be
hired by the college for $2,o60, but if, by
the end of the fiscal year he receives only
$1,000, that is his full salary. The Board
also approved the budget calling for payment
of 60 per cent of the salaries for this
year.
The first action of the Board on the question
of salaries was taken in 1933. The
Fletcher Budget Act had gone into force
in October, 1932, and by spring it was apparent
that there was not going to be
enough money to pay more than half of
the faculty salaries. A resolution similar
to the one adopted this time was accepted
to protect the college and relieve the Board
of responsibility. This time the resolution,
.adopted temporarily since 1933, was made
permanent.
This means that the Board of Trustees
has passed the buck on to the college faculty.
Instead of driving vigorously for
funds to pay decent salaries, or reorganizing
completely on- the basis of a ruinous
budget, they have done nothing. They have
said, in effect, "We know there is only about
half enough money coming in to run the
college right, so we will assume conditions
are satisfactory; in the end, let the faculty
pay the deficit."
It is not much wonder some professors
consider the resolution little short of an
insult. In the past four years the professors
have regularly paid the deficit. They
have earned during those four years about
half a million dollars that has not been
paid. Now; the Board of Trustees has
adopted as permanent the policy of letting
them pay the deficit. The Plainsman wonders
how many members of the faculty will
be leaving at the end of the year.
Let Students Respond
The Student Executive Cabinet pays little
attention to the finances of the college
or the methods of cojlege financing. This
is no doubt: normal; the student government
organization under ordinary circumstances
confines its attention only to student
affairs. However, financial conditions
at Auburn are not ordinary; they are decidedly
extraordinary.
Auburn is a public institution, supposedly
supported by the state. As a result of
its being a state institution, tuition is small.
If tuition payments had .to run the college,
a great many of us could not afford to be.
here. So far tuitions have not been raised,
but if present conditions continue the college
will be required to close down or look
somewhere else for funds. In either case
many students would lose the benefits of a
state college, and probably the benefits of
a college training.
Since these conditions exist, it seems to
the Plainsman that some attention to college
finances is in order by the student
Executive Cabinet. It seems the students
should take some action toward relieving
the financial troubles under which the college
is laboring.
For the past four years the faculty has !
borne the brunt of the state's failure to
pay appropriations. Unpaid salaries now
have reached the staggering sum of half
a million dollars. Since payment of salary,
or on salary, are even smaller this year,
it is 'apparent that Auburn professors can
not stand the strain much longer. Auburn's
best professors must be replaced by poorer
ones, those willing to work at half pay, or
the college must close, or tuitions must be
raised enormously. Any one of these alternatives
is serious enough to demand an
aroused student body ""and an active effort
on the part of the student governing body,
the Executive Cabinet.
The Plainsman has no definite plan of
I
action, but should like for leaders among
the students to join in formulating one.
Everything concerning the future of the
college seems to hinge upon the state legislature
now in session at Montgomery. Surely
something can be done to help influence
that body.
Let's Hear The Glee*Club
For many years Auburn students have
been aware of the fact that a glee club existed
on the campus. Yet it is a singular
fact that not once during the past three
years, as well as we recall, has the glee
club ever made an appearance before the
student body. Those who pass by Lang-don
Hall during certain evenings of the
week may hear the club in practice, but
outside of that the organization doesn't
even seem to exist except within itself.
Within the near future the club will take
an extended tour throughout the State giving
concerts in numerous town. There is
no doubt that they will make a good showing
and be a credit to the institution which
they represent. At the same time it is
right peculiar that the people should be
more acquainted with the glee club than
are the students on the campus from which
the club originates. The Plainsman suggests
that at some time during the year the
glee clug give a concert on the campus,
either admitting students free or charging
a small admission price as the Auburn
Players. Such an appearance would go far
toward interesting the students in a worthwhile
organization and would also provide
a profitable evening of entertainment for
those somewhat fed up on the regular routine.
Too Much Power?
Considerable criticism has been leveled
at the move made by the Executive Cabinet
last week in reference to the chairman of
the Social Committee. They are of the
opinion that the chairman in the future will
hold decidedly too much power and author*
ity for any one student. They are true in
the respect that the chairman will find himself
as having considerably more power
than have similar chairmans had in the
past. Yet, there has been no sound argument
given to date to prove that the committee
chairman will have too much power.
Probably the basis for the criticism such
as it is results from the feeling some students
who have for some reason or other
known only to themselves do not like to see
other students vested with any large
amount of authority or power. The minute
a student leader attempts to make a progressive
move, he is immedialtely beset
with biting criticism from all directions.
He is accused of "shining" and of similar
other little things, all meaning that the
individual in question is trying to be a "big
shot." Usually those more or less apt at
giving out the criticism know better how
to wage their tongues than use their brains,
if it may be said they had any.
Any task is best accomplished which has
one man at the head having supreme command.
Let him do the job as he sees fit, as
he will do to the best of his ability knowing
full well that it will be only to his benefit
to do so. Let him portion out certain jobs
to different individuals in whom he knows
he can depend. Don't force upon him a selected
group which has no more responsibility
as a whole than a doormouse.
When a member's father needed a transfusion
recently, the entire University of
Minnesota chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon
offered blood.
A Hendrix College professor has weighed
a ray of sunlight.
This Collegiate World
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
It may well be that the single standard
of morality is slowly cracking Up under the
ravages of this evil age, or it may just be
that anyone, including a Ph.D. can do about
anything he wishes with figures.
During its year and a half of existence
this column has witnessed and reported
campus "surveys" of every conceivable type
—from the average number of hairs in a
fraternity boy's eyebrows to the number of
years it takes the average banker's son to
get through college.
And all this faithful following of the
college press has at last been rewarded.
We can now present to you the results
of the purity survey on the campus of
Queen's University. "Purity" in the personal,
intimate, whisper-and-snicker sense.
It seems that the women are 66.4 per cent
pure while the men are but 59.3 per cent
virtuous.
* * * *
The test consisted of 18 questions and was
given to 150 students. Questions varied.
One was, "Do you smoke?"
* * * *
One girl turned up with a perfect score,
and one man got to 99.5 per cent holiness.
He was the one who admitted he had once
smoked a cigaret.
*' * * *
Note on love in the blizzard area: The
date bureau at Drake University in Iowa
has.closed up shop for lack of applicants.
* * * *
A strange tale of the consequences of a
mistake made "in translation of a book on
basketball rules is brought to the University
of Minnesota by a student, Carl Hen-sel,
who has 'just returned from the University
of Vienna.
Hensel said he found the Austrian students
playing, basketball as they learned it
from an American rule book. But in translation,
they thought they were to use an
oval ball instead of a round one. So night
after night, before cheering throngs, the
Austrian college men fought around the
wooden floor, tripping over one another
while trying to dribble a football. Eventually
they came out on the court with a
round ball—but whether the translator's
mistake had been found or their own ingenuity
was responsible, Hensel did not
know.
Cats and Canaries
Did you know that ?
Flake Farley is now back in circulation.
(Paid adv.)
Apologies are offered for the item last
week concerning the football player and his
wife. He is a former player, and is not a
student at Auburn now. But if the shoe
fits—
* * * *
Will someone please tell Max he's not
God's gift to the co-eds?
* * * *
Unsuspecting co-eds—V. K. Sims is back
in town.
* * * *
The truth is out again. Netty bribed the
A^ Club to get McTyiere up on the stage
just so she could see his legs.
* * * *
Jones still goes around (and around)
with Hugh.
* * * *
Matt has shifted the scene of his attentions.
. Too goode for you, Matt?
* * * *
Putnam is (ssh) the S.S. of M. Murphey.
* * * *
Bowman (guess what) has a new boy
friend.
* * * *
Ham's was the scene of quite a skirmish
the other night. What did Whitten bring
home to Tipper?
* * * *
Joe Stewart is a new and unsuspected
aspirant for "Mr. Huntingdon."
* „ * * *
Tom (Powder Puff) McGee-hee now has
Esquire lab.
* * * *
Babe (Thin Man) Hightower had his famous
dignity . injured during the dances
when his dinner date (a Montevallo lass)
got up and left him to fill another date.
* * * *
Sam is minus some hardware. Now
which of the many could it be?
* * * *
Nettles Ivey has something to look forward
to—
* * * *
Robt. Chandler can't stay on a horse
sometimes and neither can Tooker.
* * * *
Barney is still courting in Pensacola vicinity.
* * * *
That the Pi Kappa Phi weiner roast almost
turned out to be a swimming party.
* * * *
Personal note to a co-ed—If you must
turn in an item to the Plainsman for this
column, use a typewriter or disguise your
handwriting, B. S.
How my courage weakened when I saw it lying there for a was so afraid it
would impair my happiness. If I could only let it lie,—but I couldn't for it meant
the world to me. I picked it up and looked at it with an aching heart. I'd lost my^
pal, a friend upon which I could depend. How could I go on without it? We had
struggled side by side and now— I had let him down. I can't exist for long without
a pal of this same class so I suppose I'll have to buy myself another slide rule
glass.
» * » * * * • * * *
"For crying out loud," remarked the irate young father as he tossed the baby ,
out of the window.
* * * * * * * * * *
We would like to remind our professors that the longer the spoke the greater
the tire.
* * * * * * i * * * *
English Prof.: "Why do they put a hyphen in bird-cage?"
Frosh: "For the bird to sit.on, sir."
* * * * \ * * * * * *
I asked her for her hand and she said, "Go to Father";
Now she knew that I knew that her father was dead,
And she knew that I knew what a life he had led,
And she knew that I knew what she meant when she said—
"Go to Father." —The Log.
* * * * • * * * * .*
Jitters Lewis says that it isn't the principle of a kiss but the interest that
counts.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Waiter (in local cafe) : "These are the best oysters we've had for a year."
Traveling Salesman: "Let's see some you've"had for only a month."
* * * * * * * * * * *
Herman Laatsch says that the way to make anti-freeze.is to hide her woolen
pajamas.
* * * * * * * * * *
"I say, old man. I hear you are going to Paris. Are you going to take your
wife?"
"My wife? Say, would you take a sandwich to a banquet?"
* * * * * * * * * *
Who was it who was fined by a Montgomery Department Store for carelessly
moving the following sign from a swell dress to a bath tub: "How Would You Like
To See Your Girl In This."
* * * * * * * • * * *
"I shot a man today and I'll tell you why. He approached my girl and I and
said to me, "She's only an optician's daughter—" I pulled the trigger. Then with
a last gasp, he called out to me from where he lay, "But just give her a couple of
glasses and she'll make a spectacle of herself." — Yellow Crab.
He Hunts For Lost Treasures
Again C. W. Bell Writes For The Plainsman, This Time On The Interesting
Character In The Person Of Dr. Dunstan, Head
Professor Of Electrical Engineering At Auburn
hobbies and pastimes, but this is far from
true. For recreation, Professor Dunstan
By C. W. BELL
One of the most interesting, most loved
and most capable men connected with Alabama
Polytechnic Institute is Professor
Arthur St. Charles Dunstan, head professor
of the department of electrical engineering.
Professor Dunstan was born in 1871 at
Fredericksburg, Virginia, which as you
probably recall was approximately ten
years after the famous "Battle of Fredericksburg"
of the war between the states.
He received his early education in the public
schools of Fredericksburg and also of
Roanoke, Virginia. Not satisfied with a
mere public school education, this brilliant
boy then attended the academy at Montevallo;
later attending Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, from which he received the Degrees
of B.S., E.M., and C.E.
In 1895, at the age of 24, Mr. Dunstan
entered the teaching side of the educational
world, being given the position of Assistant
Professor of Electrical Engineering at the
University of Kansas, which position he
held until 1900. In the year of 1900 he was
called to Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
being given the position of Head Professor
of Electrical Engineering. His ever-increasing
service in this capacity has been
continuous since that date. He has done
quite a bit of graduate work at Johns Hopkins
University and at the University of
Chicago.
Professor Dunstan is a man of dynamic
personality, of kind-heartedness, and of true
understanding. He is always a friend of the
student. As a professor and teacher he
ranks with the highest. Probably no man
in the United States has succeeded in training
such a superior and well-trained group
of electrical engineers. Many of'his graduates
are now employed by some of the
greatest and best known companies in the
United States.
Professor Dunstan has such a clear and
concise manner of presenting the material
the class becomes entertaining^ to the student,
rather than monotonous. "He enters
the classroom with his hearty 'Good morning,'
and always leaves with his class a lecture
most worth-while and worth thinking
about.. His lectures are quite frequently
spiced with some of his 'yarns' (his own
name for them) about the problems that
arose and had to be met in the active field
of electrical engineering during his time of
practice in that field. How well he wins
the admiration of his students can best
be illustrated by way of example. One of
his senior electrical students remarked not
long ago: 'When I go to the Pearly Gates
and St. Peter asks'me to come in, I'll say
to him, "Is Professor Dunstan here?" and
if Peter says, "No," I shall reply, "No
thanks, Peter, I don!t believe I'd like it up
h e r e . " '"
Since Professor Dunstan serves in so
many important positions in the field of
electrical engineering, one would hardly
think that he had time for such things as
takes many automobile tours and trips. He
is a great believer in outdoor life, and early
in the morning when the weather permits
he usually takes a daily tramp around town.
He has visited many noted and historical
places scattered throughout the South.
Professor Dunstan has one of the most
exciting, fascinating, and captivating hobbies
imaginable—treasure hunting. He has
designed and made with his own hands a
very delicate instrument for detecting and
recovering radium. His "Radium Detector"
has been of great practical value both to
himself and to the world. With this most
delicate instrument composed of many
mysterious little wires, dials, hands, etc., he
has recovered approximately $50,000 worth
of lost radium far insurance companies during
the last ten years, this work ranging
from Florida to West Virginia. With this
instrument he has made many curious investigations
and radium searches. At a certain
hospital in Alabama he located $5,000
worth of radium in a desk drawer, which
had been completely forgotten. The same
radium was lost twice and twice recovered
from city dumps. He traced $3,600 worth
of radium stolen from a passenger train
to a certain person and only this person's
death prevented prosecution, for he confessed
the theft on his death bed.
In one case of radium disappearance
which Professor Dunstan investigated it
was strongly suspected that the radium had
been stolen by its owner to obtain a large
amount of insurance.
He has made searches for radium under
many adverse conditions without a failure.
He recovered one set of needles from a
driving snow storm with the temperature
about 10 degrees. Another remarkable discovery
of lost radium was made on a burning
dump pile. The heat being so intense
that it was necessary to stand on a board
to protect the feet, the lower surfaces of
the board charring and occasionally catching
on fire. The radium was found about
three feet under the surface of the pile uninjured.
Professor Dunstan is also deeply interested
in the design and construction of various
instruments for detecting underground metallic
objects, for instance treasure, by radio
waves. He has had many curious and interesting
adventures along this line. His
delicate instruments probe deep into the
earth. Although he has found no treasure,
he has recovered a cart-load of metallic
"junk," such as bed springs, waffle irons,
tin cans, barrel hoops, spoons, flat iron,
hatchet, and a cook stove, from the grouTfd
from depths varying from one to four or
five feet.
He has investigated many legends of
buried treasure, most of which he has found
to be pure imagination, particularly those
of Indian treasure, but some are fairly well
authenticated. ,
Quoting Professor Dunstan, "I hope some
Thunderations
By Gum
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
this column are not necessarily the editorial opinions
of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial policy.
* * * * TODAY, from a radio news item, some
ingenious wretch invented an airplane
cannon, mountable on the top wing.
He probably pulled the cat's ears, and shot
all the little jay birds with his sling shot
when he was little. And some day someone
is going to fly so high and shoot so
hard, with all his weapons of Mars, he's
going to shoot St. Peter from astride his
position, and then there isn't going to* be
any heaven for me to fly to. That is going
to be bad. And after all I have to put up
with down here.
* * * *
Before long, Cupid (the little rascal) will
be aiming a Tommy gun, even, instead of
his William Tell weapon, He's going to have
to use a machine gun, or even a cannon,
unless you girls don't stop eating so much.
* * * *
Two University of Missouri professors
have announced the discovery of Vitamin
H. That thing ha's been in turnip greens
all time, being a little letter the beginning
of a three letter word which describes very
accurately the taste of the greens.
<s And Vitamin C has been discovered in
alfalfa. Imagine telling a mule that.
* * * *
Anchovy paste is a school of sardines
playing hookey in a tooth paste tube, and
cheese is the moon on Tuesdays. Furthermore,
a mixture of shrimp and bloaters is
the Devil's breakfast when he isn't hungry.
Better I should eat pale green apples next
time this time, of night. *
* * * *
The skids are evidently under Mae West.
Or perhaps I haven't shot pool or had a hair
cut in so long. Anyway I haven't heard a
dirty joke in more than a month.
* * * *
The fruit salesmen and the woodspile persons
are still at it over yonder. Presently
Addis Ababa will be as prominent as Chicago,
the former Jack M'Gurn's former
home town.
That little episode shows one what sending
valentines will get one.
* * * *
Mussolini would make an excellent
Southerner . . . going by the little axiom
reading: "What difference does shooting a
few niggers make?"
* * * *
And if Hitler doesn't stop his persecution
6i the Jews there isn't going to be a hock
shop or a clothing store left in Germany.
Some day when his pants wear out and he
wants to hock his watch to buy new ones
he isn't going to be in such a dew-drop-delicious
predicament. ,
* * * *
Herbert (Grass-in-Streets) Hoover could
probably use that seven hundred thousand
he spent on the Wickersham committee, so
the committee could tell the drinking American
public that someone was drinking lik-ker
in spite of there being a law agin it, to
find out where the Hoover supporters are
hiding. They are, perhaps, hiding around
that much talked about corner he so frequently
mentioned.
* * * *
Alabama is a • State surrounded by Florida,
Mississippi, Tennessee, and Talmadge.
Talmadge is surrounded by a pair of red
suspenders. One of these days those suspenders
are going to give up the ghost with
a feverish gasp and the Georgia farmers
are going to see what they have been voting
for.
* * * *
We Alabamians haven't as yet found out
what we have been voting for. Because of
the educational system, there isn't enough
people who know how to read and write well
enough to vote intelligently.
When this likker question comes up again
we will see who's the strongest . . . the
politicians, with an eye on a rake-off from
the Northern brewers who will come in the
State, and the school teachers who will have
to vote for the thing because of the school
tax which will be tacked on . . . or the
Methodists, Baptists, and the bootleggers,
who, aided by the school teachers, voted the
likker amendment down last time.
* * * *
Today, the Commandant of the Eighth
Army Corps was relieved of his command
for criticism of the New Deal. And yet we
criticize Hitler for his suppression of free
speech. Hitler is an amateur.
* * * #
So if Harvard can't beat the Army in
football they will do it some other way.
* * * *
Olin Hill's white shoes looking today like
a platter of cream the cat hasn't rippled.
time to find a legend that is sufficiently
definite and has a sufficient basis of probability
to render a real search worth-while.
I would be glad at any time to hear stories
of buried treasure."
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26, 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 INSTITUTE PAGE THREE
NEW OFFICERS TO
BEGIN DUTIES AT
LOCAL CCC CAMP
Have Been Assigned To Camp
Stanford Near Auburn To
Replace Resigned Officers
Two new officers have been assigned
to Camp Samford CCC Camp near
Auburn to replace officers who are
resigning. Captain Donald V. Holli-day,
.321st Infantry, succeeds Captain
William H. Moses as commanding officer
and First Lieutenant Joseph B.
Pomerance, Medical Corps, succeeds
Captain Lorenzo L. Parks as medical
officer.
Captain Moses will enter private
business in Birmingham after having
been relieved, and Captain Parks resigned
to accept a position as county
health officer at Lorboro, N. C.
Captain Holliday served in CCC
work in Tennessee and North Carolina.
He took over his new duties on
February 14.
Mrs. Herman Jones Has
Active Part On Program
Mrs. Herman D. Jones, president of
the Alabama Division of the U. D. C,
took an active part on the program of
the memorial service of Jefferson
Davis on the 75th anniversary oi his
inauguration as president of the Confederate
States of America at Montgomery
February 18.
Mrs. Jones said the main objectives
of the U. D. C. are to care for the
welfare of the confederate vetera'hs
and to teach in the schools the accurate
history of the War Between the
States.
Gov. Graves'7 address climaxed an
elaborate program in the house of representatives.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
LUELLA BOTSFORD, Society Editor
Business Fraternity
Hears Prof. Pollock
Professor C. W. Pollock, of the
Economics Department addressed the
Delta Sigma Pi, honorary business
fraternity, at its bi-monthly professional
meeting last week. Pollock
spoke on the question of the Far
East.
For several years the speaker
taught English in Government schools
in Japan, in which country he has
traveled extensively and presented
many enlightening facts to his attentive
audience. Prof. Pollock related
many instances relating to his experience
abroad. The people and their
economic conditions, modes of living,
outlook on life, and customs were
brought into the lecture.
After his speech he answered quite
a number of questions students asked
him concerning our economic relations
and interests in Japan.
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Gruening Is Third
Speaker Of Series
The third speaker of the Montgomery
Lecture Course will be Ernest
Gruening, United States Director of
Islands and Possessions. He will be
presented Wednesday at 8:30 p. m, at
Baldwin High School.
Mr. Gruening will speak on "Editing
the Nation's News: What Is Happening
in America Today." He has
served as editor and assistant on several
Eastern newspapers.
Tickets may be obtained in Auburn
from Members of Kappa Delta Pi.
Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe,
Down to HOWARD'S we must go,
Anything we want, we say,
They will find it right away.
Flowers for all Occasions
KING'S NURSERY
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NOTHING ELSE HAS ITS FUVOR
Also Imperial Yello Bolt S1.S0
"I Don't Get I t . . .
The way the crowds keep corn-in'
day after day—and always
go home smilin' and lbokin
satisfied from Burton's Bookstore!"
There's Always A Reason, But The Two Good
. Reasons This Time Are:
«
1. Retired Rental Library Sale Thursday Morning at
7:30 A. M.
2. New shipment Balfour College Seal Jewelry.
The books in this sale range in price from 75c—$3.00
and are to sell at the low cost of 25c as long as they last.
Vote early.
The late Balfour" Line we feel to be the most complete
and illustrious ever shown at one time. Pieces adaptable
to My Ladies Charm for all occasions.
BURTON'S BOOKSTORE
"Good, better, best
Never let it rest
'Til the good is better
And the better is best."
Ed Taylor spent the week-end at his
home in Gadsden.
* * *
Sarah Goode visited friends at
Montevallo this past week-end.
*" * *
Britt Veazey, L. B. Moon, Jack
Ramsey, Bill Hughes, and Neil Davis,
all former students of Auburn, a1>-
tended the Military Ball here Friday
night. •
* * *
Margaret D'Orsay spent the weekend
in Auburn.
* * *
-Esther Weeks, Virginia Wads-worth,
Evelyn. Johnson, Dot Sellers,
and Miss Fannie Stollenwerck will
attend the Hockey Games at Montevallo
next Saturday.
* * * •
A delegation composed of Dr.. E. O.
Cureton, Dr. M. L. Beck, Dr. B. R.
Showalter, and J. E. De Vaughn is
attending the Kappa Delta Pi Convention
in St. Louis and the National
Education Association Convention in
Chicago this week.
* # *
Jane Dickson and Lucille Lewis are
in Atlanta today.
* * *
Kyser Cox, former Auburn student,
who now has business interests in
Columbus, ;s spending several days in
Auburn.
* * *
Elisabeth "Craig, 1935 graduate
who is now teaching at Rockford, was
the week-end guest of Dr. and Mrs.
I. S. McAdory.
* * *
Mary George Burkes, former Auburn
student who is now teaching at
Eclectic, was a visitor here recently.
^n * *
Gordon Yaber and Oscar Randall
spent the past week-end at their
homes in Birmingham.
* * *
Merle Mayo, of Brewton, spent the
past week-end in Auburn as the guest
of Louise Steadham.
* * *
Henry Fuller, graduate of 1935,
who is now affiliated with the State
Highway Department in Montgomery,
was in Auburn during the past weekend.
* * *
Jane Wadsworth, of Montgomery,
and Katie Lou Chapman, of Dade-ville,
attended the Military Ball Friday
night..
Former Student Here
Is Married Recently
The marriage of Miss Elna Miller
to Dr. Eugene Callen was announced
recently by the bride's parents, Dr.
and Mrs. F. L. Miller.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. G. Guice at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Taylor Wiggins in Opelika on
February 15, in the presence of a
number of friends.
The bride was" beautifully dressed
in a brown tweed ensemble with accessories
to match.
Dr. Callen received his degree with
the class of 1935 at Auburn. He now
holds a government position in Charlottesville,
Va., where he and his bride
will make their home.
Opelika Kiwanis Club
Begins Novel Plan
Curiosity is the basic human characteristic
that is being played upon in
a novel plan by the Opelika Kiwanis
Club in its child welfare work.
The same urge that people feel as
they crowd around the "fishpond" at a
country school entertainment will be
capitalized'in the feature planned by
the club. The plan calls fox the establishment
of a "country store" to be
operated uptown to sell merchandise
donated by the merchants.
The curiosity of the purchaser wiil
be aroused by the fact that it will be
impossible to discuss what is being
bought. Each package will be so
wrapped that the article inside is secret.
All the purchase may range
from "a pair of these 'whatcherma-callems'
for women to a box of candy."
The "grand opening" has not been
announced, but it will be soon.
Judd Attends Session
In Atlanta Saturday
Dean Zebulon Judd went to Atlanta
last Saturday to attend a meeting of
the commission created in December
by the Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools.
The commission consists of 30 educators
from the southern states, the
men being selected from both the colleges
and high schools. Dean Judd
represents the state of Alabama.
The object of the commission is to
study curricula and research. The attention
given to higher institutions is
for the purpose of carrying out scientific
experiments in curricula making
for' the purpose of discovering the
most valuable content of college
courses of study.
Corr-Friel Marriage
Solemnized February 15
The marriage of Miss Jessie Coir
and Mr. Thomas Hugh Friel, a former
Auburn student, was solemnized
on Saturday, February 1T>, at the
home of the bride in Opelika.
The ceremony was performed by Dr.
W. P. Wifks, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, in the presence of a few
friends and members of the families.
Following a short wedding trip Mr.
and Mrs. Friel returned fo Auburn,
where he is now connected in business.
They are at home with friends
on W. Magnolia Ave. .
S. P. E. Fraternity To
Sponsor Dance Friday
Alabama Alpha chapter of Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity will entertain1
at a formal dance Friday night at
their chapter house from 9:30 to 1:00
o'clock. During the course of the
evening there will be three no-breaks
and one fraternity leadout. The Cavaliers
have been engaged to play for
the dance. The dance will be followed
by a buffet supper, which will include
members and pledges of the fraternity
and their dates.
Saturday Dance Planned
By Delta Sigma Phi
Kappa chapter of Delta Sigma Phi
fraternity will entertain at a formal
dance Saturday night at the chapter
house from 9:00 to 12. -Decorations
will be carried, out in the fraternity
colors of green and white. There will
be four no-breaks and one fraternity
leadout. "Music will be furnished by
the Auburn Knights.
Formal Sigma Nu Dance
Will Be Staged Friday
Beta Theta chapter of Sigma Nu
fraternity will be host at a formal
dance Friday night at the chapter
house from 9:00 to 1:00 o'clock. There
will be three no-breaks and one fraternity
lead-out. Music will be furnished
by the Auburn Knights," several
novelty song hits being introduced
into the orchestral arrangements.
Dean Hare Gets Letters
On Student Placement
Dean C. L. Hare, of the School of
Chemistry", announces that he has received
promising letters from a number
of industrial- plants as to the
placement of students.
Letters have not offered positions,
but indicate that training courses will
begin in June. Dean Hare' has already
received three or four times as many
letters as were received last year.
Former Student Here
Promoted At West Point
Lieut. Marshall Hurt, Jr., a former
Auburn student from Tuskegee, has
been promoted to the position of drawing
instructor at the United States
Military Academy.
Lieut. Hurt is a graduate of Tuskegee
High School and of the Military
Academy. He has been stationed at
Schofield Barracks in Hawaii for the
ppst several years.
Judd Is Speaker To
Selma Rotary Group
Dean Zebulon Judd was the principal
speaker at the twentieth anniversary
celebration of the Selma Rotary
Club last Thursday night in
Selma.
Dean Judd's subject was "Man Improving."
He indicated that biologically
man is fixed and non-progressive,
but is making progress because of
increased availability of social experience.
He pointed out that the chief
task of educational effort is the conditioning
of man for adaptation to the
spiritual and physical elements in his
environment.
Rotary International is claimed by
Dean Judd to be one of the most constructive
of modern socio-educational
agencies for the task of reconditioning
original nature. The nineteenth century,
he says, was known as the century
of science; he hopes the twentieth
century will be known as that of social
science.
Large Concern Employs
Former Auburn Student
Joe H. Jolley, a former Auburn student,
has accepted a position with the
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and
Insurance Company.
This is the largest company of its
kind in the U. S. The southern divis-^
ion headquarters are in Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Jolley entered the services of
the company January 1 at Atlanta.
This company gives-their men training
in the work that they are to perform.
At the conclusion of this
training they are all given a thorough
examination before they are sent out
to a district. Mr. Jolley has successfully
completed this training and has
been assigned the district with his
headquarters at Macon, Ga.
He has worked for the Birmingham
Southeastern Railroad Company, Tal-lassee
Mills, and recently at Pepperell
Mills.
1,306 Persons Are On
Resettlement Payroll
The Resettlement Administration in
Alabama with headquarters at Auburn
announced February 21 that
1,306 persons were on the payroll.
Statistics showed that 1,306* persons
were now employed on the four projects
vcf Alabama. •
These projects are the Tuskegee
project in Macon County; the West
Alabama project near Greensboro; the
Pea River project in Dale and Coffee
Counties; and the Oak Mountain
recreational project in Shelton
County.
Sigma Pi To Have Hop
At Recreation Hall
Alpha Delta chapter of Sigma Pi
fraternity will be most at a formal
dance Saturday from 9:00 to 12 at
the Recreation Hall. There will be
three "ho-breaks and one fraternity
leadout during the evening. Decorations
will be carried out in the fraternity
colors of white and gold. The
Cavaliers have been engaged to play
for the dance.
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Mrs. Sahag Hostess
To Garden Club
On Friday afternoon, February
21st, Mrs. L. M. Sahag was hostess
to the-Garden Department of the Auburn
Woman's Club. The program
included an interesting and instructive
talk on "Roses," given by Mrs.
C. A. Basore.
Fraternity Entertains
With Weiner Roast
Members and pledges of Pi Kappa
Phi fraternity entertained- at a hay
"ride and weiner roast last Thursday
night. An informal radio dance was
held at the chapter house afterward.
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Literature Group To
Have Meet Thursday
The department of Literature of the
Auburn Woman's Club will hold one
of its outstanding monthly meetings
of the year on Thursday afternoon at
3:00 at the home of Mrs. L. N. Duncan.
The leader of the meeting will be
Mrs. B. B. Ross, who in turn will introduce
the main speaker, Mrs. Marie
Bankhead Owen, of Montgomery.
Mrs. Owen, who is head of the State
Department of Archives and History,
has selected as her subject "Interesting
Facts in Alabama History." The
entire membership of the Woman's
Club has been invited to be the guests
of this department on Thursday afternoon.
Several representatives of
Opelika history clubs will also be included
in the hospitality.
Department Of Woman's
Club Meets Friday
On Friday afternoon, February
21st, the .Department of Art of the
Woman's Club held its regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. Travis
Ingram. An interesting talk on
"Current Art Topics" was given by
Prof. Louis Ambler, of the department
of Architecture and Allied Arts,
who was guest speaker of the meeting.
SCHOLARSHIPS TO
BE OFFERED FOR
SUMMER SESSION
Four Alabama Scholarships To.
Be Offered By George Pea-body
College For Teachers
Four Alabama scholarships for the
summer session of 1936 will be offered
by the George Peabody College for
Teachers at Nashville, Tenn.
Nominations for the scholarships
will be made by Dr. J. A. Keller, State
Superintendent of Education. The
value of each is $25 and applicants
must be engaged in teaching now or
planning to teach in the -near future.
Applicants should be made by May 1.
One Alabama scholarship will be
given by the Colorado School of Mines
at Golden, Colo. The average value is
$250 a year or $1,000 for the four-year
course.
Dr. Keller will make the recommendation
which will be based on good
character, sturdy health, and scholarship.
All applications should be made
by April 1, as Dr. Keller will make his
decision early in May.
The music department of the Woman's
Club will meet at the home of
Mrs. Frank Orr Thursday evening,
February 27, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. W. D.
Salmon will speak on chamber music.
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Local Concern Helps
In Building Program
Local business concerns engaged in
a large building program during the
month of February which gives an
indication that the shortage of facilities
for business establishments will
be met to some extent.
The Auburn Ice & Coal Co. placed
approximately $10,000 in construction
work during this month alone.
This company also plans to make further
developments along this line in
the near future.
With an improvement in the February
building program, it is hoped
that it will continue to such an extent
as to provide more rooming space
for students before the opening of the
fall session. This lack of rooming facilities
is a problem which has been
confronting the college authorities for
some time and must be adequately
solved by next semester.
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(Continued from page 1)
of the Plainsman will each publish one
issue of the paper during the week or
two preceding the election. In this
manner students will be able to decide
which is the better man without having
to»rely too much on political
promises.
To date it appears as though one
or two publications offices may be uncontested,
they being for business
manager of the Plainsman and the
Glomerata. On the other hand, a
keen race is in the offing for the editorship
of the two publications.
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Thursday
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Active Flying Begun
By Auburn Aero Club
The recently formed Auburn Aero
Club has already begun active flying.
At present the members are flying
from the Columbus Municipal airport
but if enough new members can be
obtained the club will be able to obtain
a plane for its private use here
at Auburn.
. Mr. Ralph Swaby, manager of the
Columbus air-port and representative
of the Taylor Aircraft Co., will place
a new Taylor Club at the Auburn airport
for the club's use if enough new
members can be obtained.
Vernon P. Moore and William
Caruthers recently made their first
solo flights and are now working to
compile enough hours to qualify for a
Department of Commerce license.
Other members of the club who are
flying at present are: Ben Foshee, E.
E. Price, Jack Steppe, and James
Brown, who already holds a private
pilot's license.
Anyone who is interested in obtaining
flying instruction at low cost in
a new plane is urged to get in touch
with any of the above mentioned members
as soon as possible. Mr. Ralph
Swaby and Mr. Hal Frey, both of
whom were wartime flyers, are the
club's instructors.
If enough interest is shown the club
plans to sponsor a collegiate air meet
at the Auburn airport in the spring.
VET SHORT COURSE
HERE LAST WEEK IS
HELD GREAT SUCCESS
Officers Chosen For
Local Civil Society
The local A. S. C. E. chapter elected
officers recently to serve for the
remainder of this semester. C. S.
Athey was elected president; Vernie
Holloway, vice-president; M. E.
Weatherby, secretary; S. D. Pruitt,
treasurer.
Billie Thomas, retiring president,
announced that an A. S. C. E.' convention,
which will include chapters
of Auburn, University of Alabama,
Georgia Tech, will be held at the Uni-versity
of Alabama on March 17.
The chapter decided to meet each
Tuesday night instead of once every
two weeks as has been the practice
in the past. Methods of .making the
meetings more interesting were discussed
by the group.
(Continued from page 1)
D. F. King, of the Poultry Department;
Dr. I. T. Reed, of Bacteriology
and Drs. F. D. Patterson, E. S. Winters
and E. H. Walker, of the Veterinary
Department. The Federal Government
was represented by Dr. R. E.
Jackson, of Montgomery, chief representative
of the U. S. Bureau of Animal
Industry in Alabama and his first
assistant, Dr. R. H. Hamner.
Friday at 2:00 p. m. a memorial
service was held in Langdon Hall in
honor of the memory of the late Dr.
C. A. Cary, former Dean and State
Veterinarian. Fitting tribute was
paid by Dr. I. S. McAdory, the Hon.
R. J. Goode, Commissioner of Agriculture,
Dr. R. E. Jackson, Dr. J. C.
Flynn and Dr. J. S. Andrade, of
Huntsville, Alabama, president of the
Alabama Veterinary Medical Examining
Board.
Dr. T..M. Dennis, of Clanton, Ala.,
President of the Alabama Veterinary
Medical Association, for the Association
and the Examining Board, presented
to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
an oil portrait of Dr. Cary and
a bronze memorial plate, unveiled by
Mrs. Phoebe Cary Shoemaker and accepted
on behalf of the Institute by
President L. N. Duncan.
The Alabama Veterinary Medical
Association held its regular annual
meeting in the Veterinary Building
Friday afternoon and elected Dr. L. E.
Beckman, of Tuscaloosa, as president,
Dr. J. S. Andrade, of Huntsville, as
vice-president, Dr. I. SI McAdory, as
secretary-treasurer, and delegate to
the 1936 A. V. M, A. meeting at Columbus,
Ohio, and Dr. F. D. Patterson
as alternate to the same meeting.
Friday night two hundred guests,
faculty members, students and their,
ladies banquetted at the Eastern Star
Club Rooms under the genial toast-mastership
of Dr. I. S. McAdory.
Dr. J. C. Flynn and President L. N.
Duncan made the major responses of
the evening, together with-prominent
guests and heads of Auburn departments,
both executive and academic,
cooperating in the veterinary curriculum.
Dean Hare Named To
Chemical Committee
Dean C. L. Hare, of the school of
chemistry at Auburn, has been elected
a member of the executive committee
of the Association of Official Agricultural
Chemists, national standardizing
organization on methods of chemical
analyses of foods, feeds, fertilizers, insecticides,
drugs, and other chemicals.
The election recognizes Dean Hare's
long period of outstanding work at
Auburn.
Serving with Dean Hare on this
committee are the officials of the association
and also Dr. H. R. Kraybill,
of the University of Indiana; Dr. W.
S. Frisbie, of the Food and Drug
Administration, Washington; and Dr.
F. C. Blanck, of the Bureau of Chemistry
and Soils, Washington.
An alumnus of' this institution,
Dean Hare has spent practically all
of his adult life as an Auburn chemist.
In addition to being dean of the
school of chemistry and pharmacy
here he is also state chemist.
Not even Phi Beta Kappa headquarters
knows the official grip of that
organization.
New Commander Is
Named For CCC Camp
_*
Camp Samford, Auburn, Ala., Feb.
26.—(Special)— Captain Donald V.
Holliday, 321st Infantry, has been
placed in charge of this CCC camp
as commanding officer. He succeeds
Captain William H. Moses, formerly
of the Signal Corps, who has been relieved
and will enter private business
in Birmingham.
Captain Holliday, who has served
in CCC work in- Tennessee and North
Carolina, arrived at camp on February
14 to begin his new duties.
Another change in camp staff personnel
is the assignment to duty here
of First Lieutenant Joseph B. Pomer-ance,
Medical Corps, to succeed Captain
Lorenzo L. Parks. Captain
Parks resigned to accept a position as
county health officer at Tarboro, N. C.
Lt. Pomerance began his service here
this week.
HIGH AVERAGES
MADE LAST TERM
BY LARGE GROUP
According to alumni office records,
750 Duke University alumni married
as a result of campus romances.
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins,
British Nobel prize winner, will lecture
at Harvard next year.
(Continued from page 1)
McRae, 91.00; D. T. Meadows, 91.32;
Mary Mendenhall, 92.35; L. C. Mer-rell,
90.62; J. L. Murphy, 95.00; C. T.
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Newberry, 92.94; DeOwen*
Nichols, 94.58; M. R. Nichols, 95:35;
F . L . Olds, 92.36; M. W. Orr, 91.05;
L. H. Owsley, 93.85; W. C. Pease,
93.50; Dave Phelps, 93.24; F. M.
Phillippi, 92.28; L. C. Picard, 91.45.
H. B. Pollard, 92.97; E. E. Pollard,
90.62; Morton Prager, 96.27; Fred
Pritchett, 90.68; J. O. Quimby, 94.05;
F. H. Ritcher, 90.04; B. S. Rogers,
90.55; W. G. Schuster, 91.62; S. R.
Shaw, 92.10; D. C. Smith, 92.31; P. H.
Smith, 94.34; Jack Spiceland, 91.81;
Marion Stanley, 90.77; R.- H. Steele,
95.04; G. V. Stelzenmuller, 93.11; W.
B. Stelzenmuller, 98.57; R. E. Strickland,
96.60; J. C. Swanner, 90.36; E.
R. Taylor, 91.88. »
P. C. Teague, 92.85; Fred Thomas,
93.24; M. D. Thomas, 94.01; Helen
Tigner, 94.00; J. C. Ullman, 90.80;
C. T. Warren, 92.05; W. T. Warren,
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White, 90.41; J. H. Williams, 96.25;
R. D. Wilson, 93.27; David Wittel,
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91.42; E. A. Wright, 91.79; D. A.
York, 94.14.
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Society Gives Award
To Ranking Freshman
At the semi-monthly meeting of the
Pre-Medical Club Monday night, John
C. McLeod was presented an eight-inch
silver loving cup for attaining
the highest scholastic average of all
freshmen pre-medical students during
the last school year. McLeod's average
during his freshman year was 89.
The presentation of the cup was
sponsored by the 'local chapter of
Alpha Epsilon Delta, honorary pre-medical
society.. A cup will be
awarded every year; its purpose is to
encourage and promote a high scholastic
average among pre-medical students.
This is the first time in the history
of the school that a cup has been
awarded of this kind, according to
Prof. J. M. Robinson.
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Prof. Robinson addressed the club
for a short time before he presented
the cup. He stressed, in his talk, the
importance of study in order to gain
a medical degree and recognition in
the field of medicine.
At the next meeting of the club,
March 9, Dr. John T. Oliver, local
physician, will speak.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26
"KIND LADY"
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Comedy, "CAMERA CRANKS"
Novelty, "NUTVILLE"
THURSDAY, FEB. 27
"A FEATHER IN HER
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Brevity, "ROOFTOPS! OF
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Novelty, "THE COLLIE"
FRIDAY, FEB. 28
"PADDY O'DAY"
with Jane Withers, Pinky Tom-
Iin, Rita Cansino.
Charlie Chase Comedy,
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