1935-11-09 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1935 NUMBER 17
TIGERS DEPART FOR GAME WITH
STRONG TECH ELEVEN SATURDAY
FINAL HOMECOMING PLANS
FOR NEXT WEEK ARE MADE
BY BLUE KEY GROUP HERE
Banquet Planned Friday Night
Before Game; Fireworks To
Be Feature Of Celebration
PARADE SATURDAY
An Information Booth Will Be
Placed Up Town To Register
Grads Here For Ceremony
By Lewis Thomas
Final plans for the annual Home
Coming Day celebration were an­nounced
today by Harry L. Hooper,
president of Blue Key, sponsors of the
program.
A banquet is scheduled for 6:30
o'clock Friday night before the Au-burn-
Oglethorpe game. Attending the
banquet will be Dr. L. N. Duncan and
Thornwell Jacobs, presidents of the
two schools; Jack Meagher and Frank
Anderson, head coaches of the two
schools; P. 0. Davis; Maurice Bloch,
president of the Auburn Alumni As­sociation
; and members of the Auburn
and Oglethorpe Blue Key.
The Auburn cheerleaders and band
will lead all "rats" in a colorful shirt-tail
parade commencing at 11 o'clock
Saturday morning. Members of the
newly formed motor cycle club will act
as escorts for the affair. All fresh­men
will be required to be present in
costume.
Immediately after the parade a gala
pep meeting will be staged. Speeches
will be deliveder by Maurice Bloch and
Homer Wright, both prominent alum­ni
of Auburn.
In order to keep an exact check
upon the number of visitors, Blue Key
will register all alumni. An informa­tion
booth will be located at the main
gate from 9 'til 11 o'clock Saturday
for the purpose of registering alumni
an dshowing old grads the many re­cent
improvements of the campus.
Members of Blue Key will act as
guides and wear identifying arm
badges.
A feature of the celebration will be
a gigantic fireworks display. The
time and place for this event will be
announced later. The officials in
charge have secured the same type of
display as was used at the Chicago
World's Fair last year.
The acquisition of the fireworks is
being made possible through the co­operation
of the Executive Cabinet
and the following merchants: Tiger
Cafe, Howards Five and Ten Cent
Store, Burtons Bookstore, Reed's Bil­liard
Parlor, Tiger Motor Company,
Wright's Drug Store, Benson's Con­fectionery,
Rodgers Brothers' Woco
Pep Company, Tiger Theatre, First
National Bank, Meadow's Garage,
Varsity Barber Shop, Toomer Drug
Company, Bank of Auburn, and
Smith's Cash Grocery.
Frat Houses Will Be
Decorated For Event
Plans for the annual interfra-ternity
house decorating contest
to be held on home coming day are
rapidly nearing completion, ac­cording
to Philip Gilchrist, pres­ident
of the Interfraternity Coun­cil.
The houses will be judged in
both daytime and nighttime, with
each judging counting 50 per cent.
This plan was adopted in view of
the fact that several of the fra­ternities
planned to use lighting
effects as part of the decorations.
Each fraternity will be allowed
to spend $20 on the scenes, and
any group exceeding that amount
will be automatically dropped
from the contest. An itemized
account of all expenses must be
turned in to President Gilchrist,
and judges will take into consid­eration
the amount used in the
decorations. ,
The judges will be selected from
the faculty by a committee con­sisting
of FJake Farley, chair­man,
Billy Pease, Otis Miller, and
E. E. Pollard.
LIGHTING WILL BE
SUBJECT OF TALK
TO ELEC SOCIETY
Business Held To
Be Improving
In City
There are now only four vavant
houses in Auburn. This is the case
even though 30 houses and apartments
have recently been built. Auburn's
real estate agents report a 25 to 50
per cent increase in business within
the past 15 months..
What is needed in the city now, ac­cording
to real estate men, is a set
of apartments or houses that will rent
for from $12.50 to $18 per month.
Most of the houses and apartments
rent from $25 and up, with rooming
and boarding houses bringing $40 to
$60. The majority of the fraternities
own their houses and do not rent.
In the past ten years more than
200 houses have been built in Auburn.
Rents, although still high, are 20 to
25 per cent lower than in 1932, and
the buildings are more modern and
better equipped.
The increased demand for houses
this summer and fall is due not alone
to the natural growth of the town but
to a large? college enrollment, special
works projects, the CCC camps, and
the cotton adjustment and rehabilita­tion
headquarters for the state.
Auburn depends largely on local
capital. The big insurance and loan
companies seldom come here. Presi­dent
Clabaugh of the Protective Life
Insurance -Company of Birmingham
has been quoted as saying that he con­siders
the college towns the best in the
state for safe loans. Sale prices of
property in Auburn have remained
almost stable.
Barney DeRaymus Of Birming­ham
Electric Company Will
Give Talk Here On Monday
W.A.A. Plans Banquet
For November Sixteen
The members of the Women's Ath­letic
Association will hold a banquet
on Friday evening, November 16 at
7:30 o'clock.
This will be the first banquet of
this kind to be given by the members
of the co-ed athletes. According to
Elizabeth Tippins the affair is to be
repeated each year following, and will
become a regular annual part of the
Association's program.
The dinner is to be served at one
of the down town dining rooms to be
decided upon. The Toastmaster for
the evening will be Helen Funchess,
who says that a live and wide awake
series of toasts is the promise of the
evening's entertainment.
Miss Zoe Dobbs will be the princi­pal
speaker of the banquet.
Mr. Barney DeRaymus, assistant
sales manager and illumniation engi­neer
of the Birmingham Electric Com­pany,
is scheduled to present a com­prehensive
program on methods of ef­fective
electric illumination to the
local branch of the A. I. E. E. next
Monday night, Nov. 11, at 7 o'clock,
in Ramsay 109.
A complete set of demonstration
equipment is to be brought from Bir­mingham
for the interesting program.
In addition to all electrical students,
it is believed that this meeting will be
particularly attractive to those study­ing
architecture.
The subject of illumination is one
that has been assuming great impor­tance
during the last few years. Pro­per
lighting in factories, store win­dows,
and large offices has been found
to assure the utmost in efficient and
effective display.
Mr. DeRaymus graduated from Au­burn
with a B. S. degree in Mechani­cal
Engineering in the class of 1925.
The greatest part of his time since
then has been spent with the Birming­ham
Electric Company where he has
done a great deal of research work on
lighting in addition to his commercial
work as assistant sales manager.
Seniors Here Attend *
Atlanta Vet Meeting
Members of the faculty and senior
class of the veterinary school here at­tended
in a body the annual Southern
States Veterinary Convention held in
Atlanta yesterday. The meeting will
continue for the remainder of the week
through Saturday.
At this convention representatives
will be pi'esent from all the states
south of the Ohio River, with many
outstanding veterinarians included as
speakers at the session. Six members
of the Auburn vet faculty attended
along with about 16 senior class mem­bers.
SOME FUN
Newspaper Wants All Dope
On Ousting Of
Editor
The last straw snapped yesterday.
It was considered as history, or even
better yet, entirely forgotten, when
the phone rang late yesterday after­noon
in the office of the president:
"Birmingham calling Mr. P. O. Da­vis."
He was out of town, so Dean
Funchess took the message. It went
something like this:
"Hello. This is the Birmingham
Post calling. Could you give us more
details concerning this affair about
the editor of the Plainsman last week.
We understand he was ousted from
office and are anxious to learn par­ticulars.'
It will make a big story,
and it is important that we get the
facts."
Quite naturally Dean Funchess had
not read the paper and didn't get
the drift of what the Post state editor
was driving at. He told him so, and
the conversation ended there, leaving
a "hot" story hanging in the air as
far as the Post was concerned.
A few minutes later the editor
breezed into the office, and with the
help of Mrs. H. G. Good, the presi­dent's
secretary, the inquiring state
editor was finally convinced that the
story amounted to nothing more than
a practical joke. He seemed very dis­heartened
to think that it had to turn
out to be a fizzle.
All that is needed now to make the
whole matter complete is an inquiry
from the Associated Press. Some fun.
PRODUCTION BY
PLAYERS TO BE
GIVEN TUESDAY
Dress Rehearsals Will Be Held
Monday Night In "Y" Hut
Immediately After Debate
CAST IS COMPLETE
Play Will Start At 8 O'Clock In
Langdon Hall; Tickets Now
On Sale By Players, B.P.W.
All final details have been complet­ed,
and the production of "Death
Takes a Holiday" by the Auburn Play­ers
will be given Tuesday night at 8
o'clock in Langdon Hall.
Rehearsals have been held five
nights during the week for J;he past
month or so by members of the cast
in an effort to iron out any faults
prior to the first showing next week.
Between scenes special music will be
furnished by the Auburn Ensemble
under the direction of Lawrence Bar-nett.
This feature will include over­ture,
entr'acte and off-stage selections.
Dress rehearsals for the play will be
held tomorrow night immediately fol­lowing
the debate in Langdon Hall.
The scenery is entirely new and has
been constructed especially for the
play. It is by far the most expensive
and elaborate play given in Auburn
for some years by the Players. So far
as is known there will be only one
showing, of the play.. .
Tickets are being sold by members
of the Auburn Playes and the local
Business and Professional Women's
Club and will sell for 25 and 15 cents.
The complete cast is as follows:
Cora, a maid, Mary Carmack; Fi-dele,
a butler, Arthur Elsberry; Duke
Lambert, Horace Perry; Madame Al-da,
Eleanor Boyd; Stephanie, Jane
Billingsley; Princess San Luca, Ella
Frances South; Rhoda Fenton, Helen
Christy; Eric Fenton, her brother,
Davis Roberts; Corrado, Arthur Stew­art;
Baron Cesarea, Morris Schneider;
Prince Sirki, Willard Manry; Grazia,
Mary E. Watson; Major Whitred,
Robert Botsford.
The production crew includes:
Frances Wilson, properties; Bill Hen-drix,
stage manager; Darrell Craw­ford,
electrician; Georgia Lee Jackson,
assistant producer; Eugene Simmons,
prompter; James Lovelace and Frank­lin
Woodruff, house managers; and
Kyser Cox, publicity.
English Debaters
Will Be Here .
Monday
Coming directly from Western Re­serve
University, Cleveland, Ohio, the
Cambridge debaters from England
will be in Auburn Monday night to
meet the Auburn varsity team of B.
H. Johnson and J. E. DeVaughn.
The debate will be held in Langdon
Hall and will start promptly at 8
o'clock. Although considerable ex­pense
was involved in securing the
Cambridge debaters this year, no ad­mission
price will be charged and the
debate will be open to the public. This
is made possible through the money
voted recently to the debate club by
the Executive Cabinet.
A close contest is anticipated as the
Cambridge team will be represented
by two graduate students who rank
among the top in debating circles in
England. Both Johnson and De-
Vaughn have had considerable debate
experience. Johnson has been debat­ing
for four years and DeVaughn for
three, having represented Auburn in
numerous inter-collegiate debates. C.
J. M. Alport and John Royle will rep­resent
the Cambridge team.
Leaving Auburn shortly after the
debate, the Cambridge debaters will
appear the following evening at Agnes
Scott College in Decatur, Ga. From
Agnes Scott their tour will take them
to Florida and then up the coast
through the Eastern and North East­ern
states, debating against many of
the leading colleges in these sections.
Among them will be North Carolina,
George Washington University, Dart­mouth
College and many others.
This year marks the first time that
Auburn has been successful in obtain­ing
an English debate team. Two
teams visit this country at intervals
representing Oxford University as
well as Cambridge.
AUBURN PREPARED TO WIN
AGAINST YELLOW JACKETS
IN ANNUAL GRID WARFARE
Manager
WWAGEH PHILIP GILCHRIST
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Following three year's service to
the team, Phil Gilchrist was chosen
last year as manager. During this
period Gilchrist missed only three
practices and has attended all but
four games played by the Tigers.
Gilchrist is also a Lieutenant Col­onel
in the R. O. T. C. unit and
president of the Interfraternity
Council.
Auburn And Tech Will Renew
One Of The Oldest Classics
In The Southland Tomorrow
J
BOTH TEAMS STRONG
McCroskey, Hurt In L. S. U.
Game, May Be Replaced By
Ralph Sivell For Tech Game
ARMISTICE
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Increase Is Noted In
Automobile Tags Sold
An increase of approximately 450
auto tags have been sold in Lee
County to date. This is an 85 per
cent gain over last year, and the dead
line is not until Nov. 14.
The total numbers of auto tags
sold this year is 971 to be compared
with 522 sold last year.
Business licenses show an increase
of 171 persons over this period of
1934. In addition a total of 1,060 driv­ers
licenses have been sold.
Large Mob Attends
Tech Mass Meeting
A noisy boisterous mob of several
hundred pajama-clad students assem­bled
last night for the annual "Wreck
Tech" parade to form the largest and
most enthusiastic pep meeting of the
year, according to Bill McTyiere, head
cheerleader.
Led by the band, a long procession
of students bearing flaming torches
wound snake-like through the business
section of the town before gathering
in front of the specially improvised
platform from which McTyiere, Lee,
Adams, and O'Donnell conducted the
loud, frenzied cheering.
In speaking of the meeting, Mc­Tyiere
remarked that it was absolute­ly
the best he had ever seen and ex­pressed
his appreciation for the huge
turnout and the spirit exhibited by
those taking part in the demonstra­tion.
Another parade which is expected
to run into the same huge proportions
is scheduled to begin in Atlanta Sat­urday
morning immediately after the
arrival of the Auburn special at 11:00,
according to McTyiere. The band will
form in front of the station and will
lead the procession downtown. Every­one
coming by automobile is urged to
be at the depot when the train arrives
and aid in making this the best pa­rade
of its kind ever held in Atlanta.
Complete Program Is Given
For Benefit Of
Students
Classes suspended at 10 a.m.
Ex-service men will assemble at
10:00 a.m., at College and Glenn
(filling stations) to parade
through town to Bullard Field led
by the band.
(3) All ex-service men will form on
the reviewing line. Congressman
Starnes, Lt. Col. Franke, Presi­dent
Duncan, and Commanders of
Legion Posts will form from right
to left on the first reviewing line
on north side of Bullard Field.
Others will form on second line
two paces to their rear.
(4) Following review ex-service men
and ROTC unit will march to
Drake Field and assemble on the
bleachers for the address by Con­gressman
Starnes.
(5) Barbecue after speech at Alumni
Gymnasium, 50 cents per plate.
Formation by the R. O. T. C. for the
review will be held in front of the main
building at 10:00 with adjutants call
on Bullard Field at 10:20.
In the event Bullard Field is too
wet for the review, assembly will be
at the same time and place, and a
parade will be held on the streets.
In the event of rain, units will form
in front of main building at 10:30
o'clock (raincoats may be worn).
Units will be marched to Langdon
Hall and the address delivered there.
THIRD GLEE CLUB
MUSIC CONCERT IS
GIVEN LAST NIGHT
Enthusiastic Crowd In Langdon
Hall Hears Joseph McPher-son,
Famous Opera Singer
Editorial Staff Will
Hold Meeting Sunday
The editorial staff of this paper will
meet Sunday night at 7 o'clock in the
Recreation Center. It is urgent that
all staff members be present for a
discussion of this and that and noth­ing
in particular. Be there.
In a third of a series sponsored by
Alabama Music League and the Au­burn
Glee Club, Joseph McPherson,
former leading bass-baritone of the
Metropolitan opera, was presented in
a concert in Langdon Hall last night.
Mr. McPherson, who was accompa­nied
at the piano by Robert Tucker,
presented a varied and interesting
program.
For his opening number Mr. Mc­Pherson
chose the aria "Madamina!
II Catalogo e Questo" from Mozart's
opera "Don Giovanni".'* In this fa­vorite
aria the audience was imme­diately
made aware of the deep reso­nant
quality of Mr. McPherson's ex­cellent
voice.
For the second part of his program
he sang a group of three numbers,
"Star Vicino Al Bell' Idolo" by Rosa,
"Per La Gloria d'Adorarvi" by Buo-noncini
and "Se Vuol Ballare, Signor
Contino" from Mozart's "The Mar­riage
of Figaro". Mr. McPherson was
at his best in this latter aria and his
interpretation was enthusiastically re­ceived.
For his first encore he sang
"Wedmung" by Schumann.
At this point in the program, Mr.
Tucker demonstrated his ability as a
pianist with a fine interpretation of
Sibelius' tone poem "Findania". •
For the second half of his number,
Mr. McPherson sang two groups of
three numbers each.
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By Eugene Lee
Auburn and Georgia Tech renew
one of the oldest grid classics in the
South when they meet in Atlanta to­morrow.
When the Tigers and En­gineers
line up for the whistle to send
them into battle on Grant Field it
will make the 37th engagement in the
history of the two schools.
Both teams boast of greatly improv­ed
elevens over the ones that repre­sented
these two Southeastern Con­ference
schools last year. The chance
of seeing these two rivals fight it out
has served as an inducement to Au­burn's
followers and a large crowd
will follew the team to the Gate City
to the South. The special from Mont­gomery
to Atlanta over the Western
of Alabama will be greatly augment­ed
by people along the route as well
as a large delegation of students.
Tech has held its own with all the
strong teams on its schedule this year.
Only this last week the Engineers
came very close to winning over Van-derbilt,
losing by a single point in the
last minutes of the game. This show­ing
gives a good idea of what the
Tigers will be faced with in trying to
duplicate their win of last year. Coach
Alexander has buity a very impressive
eleven around some excellent reserves
from last year and one of the finest
corps of sophomore talent any school
in the South can boast of.
. The Tigers suffered only one serious
casualty in the L. S. U. game. Mc-
Crosky had to leave the game in the
first quarter from an injury and has
been kept out of scrimmage this week.
Sivell has taken his place in practice
and will start at guard if McCrosky
has not recouperated from the injury
sufficiently to enter against the En­gineers.
Sivell has seen a lot of ser­vice
this year and has the ability to
hold down a guard position with the
best of them. He is only a sophomore
and should develop into a star before
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Georgia Tech Society
Plans Dance Saturday
The Anak Society of Georgia Tech
will sponsor a dance on Saturday,
November 9, in the Naval Armory
from 9 o'clock to mid-night.
The Armory is located at the north
end of Grant Field, and the price of
admission will be 40 cents per couple.
The music will be furnished by the
Auburn Knights.
Gatchell Named Head
Of New Organization
The Auburn branch of the Ameri­can
Association of University Women
has been re-organized with Miss Dana
Gatchell, acting head of the Auburn
school of home economics, elected as
president.
To serve with Miss Gatchell for the
coming year as officers of the local
unit will be Mrs. J. T. High, vice-pres­ident;
Miss Lilly Spencer, treasurer;
and Miss Farley Lee, secretary.
The Auburn branch, one of the ori­ginal
groups organized in the State
was active until recent years when the
depression curtailed activities of a
number of local organizations. Com­mittees
will be announced shortly by
Miss Gatchell and monthly meetings
will be held in the future.
Four charter members of the Au­burn
branch are now prominent in
work of the Association at other
points in the State. Miss Agnes Ellen
Harris, dean of women'at the Uni­versity,
is now president of the State
organization; Miss Henrietta Thomp­son
is president of the Tuscaloosa •
branch; Miss Josephine Eddy is pres­ident
of the Montevallo branch; and
Miss Gatchell heads the group at Au­burn.
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Give Them A Lift
For the first time in a number of years,
there are three organizations on the campus
able to function in somewhat like the nor­mal
manner. Their activities this year will
be broadened because of the extra financial
help voted to them by the Executive Coun­cil
recently. All three since their founding
here have had the desire and ability to put
across many worthwhile projects but have
been crimped in their style because of the
lack of financial means. They are the Au­burn
Players, debating club, and glee club.
Judging from the amount of aid given to
these organizations in the past by the col­lege,
it is indeed remarkable that they were
able to function as well as they did.' The
Auburn Players manage to slip by from
year to year using hand made equipment
and making the best use of the small amouts
received through paid admissions to the two
or three performances during the year. The
debate team usually takes one or two tours
in which it has been necessary for the mem­bers
to hitch rides or else "chip in" to cover
expenses. Everybody knows the plight of
the glee club. Small dues exacted from the
members have served to keep the club above
water, but that is about all.
Little arithmetic is needed in order to
know that 2,000 times $17.50 will give $55,-
000 as an answer. In fact the total sum
will amount to a little more than this which
will be payed by the students this year un­der
the heading of "activities fee." The
above mentioned three groups are generally
classified as college activities, yet we are in­clined
to wonder just how much they ac­tually
receive from the activities fee of the
college. From reliable sources we know that
all three groups put together receive less
than one per cent of the total fee. What be­comes
of the other ninety-nine and one-third
per cent? We don't know, but it would be
mighty interesting to find out just as a
matter of curiosity. It seems to disappear
quite mysteriously every year.
In order to insure for the proper func­tioning
of these groups we believe it would
be to the benefit of the college to increase
their percentage of the activities fee. Even
one per cent of the total fee would be more
than ample to cover all major expenses.
This would give each a chance to broaden
its field and do some of the things that sim­ilar
groups do at other colleges. For the
support of the debating team Auburn has
less than any other college in the South.
This probably holds true for the players
as well.
What Value, College?
The consistent repetition of the saying
heard way back in the grades that a college
education was necessary these days before
one could find his place in the world, has
caused the average college student of today
to consider his college training more or
less in a materialistic light.
To the modern undergraduate the diplo­ma
is the ultimate goal following four years
in college. Little thought is given as to
how it will be obtained, the only worry
being in one's ability to slip by the required
number of hours. To the great majority
a passing grade in any subject is as good
as a ninety or above because both equal
the same thing in the end, regardless. This
is righ\ in line with the motto of most every
individual to get the most from the least
possible amount of effort.
A college education, then, is' today just
another one of those commonly accepted
things in life that one must experience be­fore
he is fitted to take his part in a ma­terialistic
world. The key to this world is
the college diploma, signifying that the
helder is well qualified having successfully
bulldozed so many professors over a four-year
period. He is an educated man, and
knows well just how little is- required to
get by. He may not know his algebra, but
he surely knows how to avoid work.
Each human being, whether he realizes
it or not, is endowed with a mind capable
of powers that few ever realize. Some are
content to drift through life in the easiest
possible manner. For them a college edu­cation
was never intended, being hardly
more than a waste of time and money. On
the other hand there are those who are
anxious to acquire knowledge, and to them
a college education is a most valuable asset.
There is no school to be found anywhere
that pretends to teach one even a minute
fraction of all that there is to know. The
best that any school can do is present an
introduction into the fundamental principles
of the many different subjects. The remain­der
is acquired by the individual on his
own hook through further study and re­search
and actual experience.
A college is not intended as a stepping
stone to success, though some many use it
as such, but rather as an institution where
students are taught how to think and put
into practice the fundamental laws of the
sciences.
Guest Editorial
I saw an advertisement the other day. It
warned us that "America will be electrified",
"air-conditioned", have "mechanical refri­geration",
"electric heating", "rural and
railroad electrification" and that more men
were needed for that work. More aston­ishing
was the statement that the school ad­vertised
"now includes in its course the
fundamental theories of all its (Electrical
Engineering's) branches as well—and ac­complishes
this in minimum time — ONE
YEAR".
Since many electrical engineers I know
are filling much less dignified jobs than
those of supervising engineers and since I
have heard that the world has twice as
many electrical graduates as it is using, I
wonder—many wonderings. For one thing,
if this school can put "Elecs" in Paradise
in one year, what wil lbecome of four-year
colleges that are planning five-year courses?
Can folks learn calculus and the slide-rule
in one year? If so, somebody has gone
wrong. I suppose one can learn to pull
switches in so short a time, but all the
theories of electricity—what a task!
More staggering than these reflections—
if graduates of B Electrical School,
with its forty-two years of supplying train­ed
electricians, are really getting and hold­ing
jobs—"Its record with industry, educa­tors
and graduates is convincing"—what
should a standard college course do for a
young man while he dawdles along for four
or five years?
I know the answer. "Liberalize", educa­tors
say. "Get ready to spend leisure wise­ly."
"Fit yourself for the companionship
of educated men, men who realize that the
world was not made just yesterday, men
who find the world something more than
my old man's bank account or an electric
toy shop."
That's what they say. Meanwhile college
catalogs prove rather conclusively that tech­nical
courses have to the present moment
been getting more and more technical. Is
anybody asleep? Am I talking in my sleep?
What's wrong? I can't tell.
Should advertisers tell the truth or be
allowed to make suckers of the inexperienc­ed
to the crack of doom or of our capitalistic
society?—Prof. J. R. Rutland.
Music—Good and Bad
By OLEO SIGMUN
I nominate for the best theme song on
the air "Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny",
as played by ACE BREGODE and his four­teen
Virginians. This negro band is plenty
good. More style about them than you us­ually
find in the Negro crews.
Speaking of Negroes . . . JIMMIE LUNC-FORD
has the best colored band next to
the DUKE of ELLINGTON. He really has
a good group of records out now. "Star
Dust" and "Nana" are tops. His trumpet
player is tops, too, as far as the high notes
are concerned. He really get up there.
Decca records.
A Montgomery boy is making good these
days. Frank Tennile, who used to be heard
over WSFA daily, is now recording with
BOB CROSBY and his band. He's better
than, he was in Montgomery. Crosby's or­chestra
isn't half bad either. More Deccas.
KAY KYSER has quite a few recordings
out. All are O.K. except "Ish Ka Bibble",
which has to be in person to click. Bruns­wick.
JACK HYLTON, the English dance
maestro who records for Brunswick, Decca,
ROUND AND ROUND
By Floyd Hart
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.
* » * *
ONE of the best ways for a college
student to find himself in the middle
of a mental stew and general upset
is to try to fathom the intended uplifting
articles published for their benefit. Or for
that matter to determine what is worth
holding and acting upon and what is to be
rejected of that taught day after day in the
classroom.
There are the white haired deans who fill
page after page in current magazines and
newspapers with an appeal for scholarship
•—then in opposition come the words of the
successful business man decrying the need
of a college diploma and insisting on per­sonality
and energy. The priest declares
we are hearding directly away from the
teachings of generations while the good old
scout slaps us on the back and says the
present generation has nothing to fear be­cause
it is open and above board and far
superior to those of the past.
In the classroom the student is faced by
the professor who insists on specialization.
He declares that the specialist is to be on
top and get more out of life—financially.
Following such an admonition come the
words of another professor decrying the
modern attitude of money goals. He points
to material gain as of minor importance and
places a "liberal education" before any spe­cialization
because it is such education
which makes life worth living.
Well, it is all a matter of opinion. It is
a bit difficult for a clear 'picture of this
thing called education to be gained from
among such a tangle of ideas. But there
is something to be gained from each opin­ion
offered.
Naturally professors, priests, business
men, diplomats and politicians are going to
be somewhat influenced by experiences they
have undergone. Out of these experiences
is going to arise their philosophy of life
and it is in the classroom, in the pulpit or
in print that they are going to pass it on
as proved methods of securing the best in
life.
So after all what is the course to be
taken by the college student? It all boils
down to acceptance and rejection. What is
the student's nature? What does he intend
to get out of life? After this has been
determined, rejection is simplified because
nothing seems to "take' but that which is in
accordance with his adopted pattern of
things. When such becomes the condition
care must be taken to avoid narrowness.
It all depends on the individual.
* * * *
The above a collection from here and
there.
* * * *
Notice sometime for your own amusement
the similarity of expressions on the faces of
the members of a class where the professor
is asking questions and in those on the faces
of the members of a congregation where the
preacher or the chairman of the board of
stewards is asking for donations. In both
there is the bowed head in effort to hide
and the selfconscious shifting of bodies as
if each felt all eyes upon him.
All friends of "Adims" will be glad to
hear that he is doing some better. He has
been suffering from a chronic attack of
NCT.
* * * *
Due to the fact that Governor Graves
found it impossible to get his men to Au­burn
this week to keep down any undue
disturbance, action was not brought against
the editor of this paper. He seemed to be
a bit disappointed that the staff allowed
him to come into the Plainsman office Mon­day
morning. He is beginning to feel that
there is really nothing to the alleged hiutiny.
It must not drop, it makes too fine a front
page story.
Greatest "thief" in football annals was
Princeton's Arthur Poe, who wrenched a
ball from the arms of a Yale runner No­vember
12, 1898, and ran 100 yards for the
day's only score.
Enrollment in Haverfords' courses for the
college janitors and kitchen men jumped
this year from 11 to 25. Subjects include
civics, French and algebra.
Six thousand miles from home is Douglas
Davis, Ohio Wesleyan frosh. He lives near
Peking.
Big Bill Edwards, star Princeton guard
of a decade ago, lost 30 pounds in one game.
and Victor, has the best European band
I've ever heard. Up until the past few
years our English cousins just couldn't seem
to catch on to modern music. They're doing
better now. Hylton's records are made in
England, as foreign bands are not allowed
to come into this country for lengthy en­gagements.
RAY NOBLE had to organize
an American outfit when he came over. He
didn't do such a bad job of it, either.
& AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Seth, the farmer, was passing through his front gate one day when he was
accosted by a neighbor.
"Hello, Seth! Hear ye got a new hired man."
"Yep. Name Si."
"Is he right smart of a worker?"
"Wall, I dunno."
"Whar is he?"
"Wall, ye see that speck way down in the field that looks like a fence post?
Thet may be a fence post er it may be Si. Keep a lookin' en if it moves it's
a fence post."
* * * * * * * * * *
There was a man in our town
And he was wondrous wise.
He up and drank wood alcohol
And put out both his eyes.
* * * * * » * * * , *
Nothing worries a girl more than to discover that the man after her heart
1
it not after it after all.
* * * * * * * * * *
She (soulfully): "Don't you just adore Omar's Rubaiyet?"
He (dolefully) : "I believe I like Chesterfield's better."
* * * *• * * ' * * * *
* MEDITATIVE MUTTERINGS OF A MEDIOCRE MORON
A drink of gin oft makes us spin,
On a glassy ballroom floor.
And a hickory stick or a hunk of brick,
Will make a mule pull more.
A doggone spring is the potent thing,
That makes the "bisquit" sizz.
And compressed air, in a bottle fair,
May be the home brew fizz.
Now Woco-Pep oft times may help,
To make old Lizzie trot.
The dinner gong, oft starts a song,
From all the dining group.
As spoons dip low, with lusty blow,
To cool the seething soup.
And so we prove, things make things move,
Or so we've often found.
And the doggone bliss, of a lover's kiss,
Makes all the world go 'round.—HIC-HIC.
* * * * * * * * * *
Why is it that girls without much principle draw so much interest?
* * * * * * * * * *
What is more uncertain: a woman's mind or a grapefruit squirt.
* * * * * * * * * *
FIRST HAND SCANDAL
This paper is in cahoots with the janitor as well as those who are supposed to
know. The following was found outside Wingo's window:
"My fallen hero: You may be a twin-six, old dear, but you are missing on
eleven cylinders. You are out of gas and your spark is retarded. What you need
is a pair of knitting needles and a nice hot cup' of tea. I want a real He-Man—not
one who crochets and recites lady-like poetry. Into the ashcan for you. Someday
you are going to find out there isn't any Santa Clause. You are not as dumb as I
thought you were—you are dumber.
Bye, bye dearie."
* * * * * * * * * *
Any girl who thinks no man is good enough for her may be right, but often
she's left.
. * * * * * * * * * *
Women are by nature untruthful—some lie almost as often as men.
On Other Campuses — By The Wanderer
IF
(with apologies to Kipling)
If you can do your math when all about you
Are raising hell and tempting all the fates;
If you can write a theme while classmates
flout you,
And never think of moonlight or of dates.
If you can plug and grind and work and
study,
And thereby make approbation's scanty list;
Then you'll know more than anybody—
But dammit, think of all the fun you've
missed! —Annapolis Log.
* * * *
Since we began with poetry, here's the
Reveille's contribution to the nursery se­ries:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are;
Up above the world so high—
Aintcha scared?
Then the new version of Little Jack Hor­ner
is still good too:
Little Jack Horner
Sat in his corner
Eating his Christmas pie,
He stuck in his thumb and pulled
out a bicycle
And said, "What in the hell is this
doing in here!"
* * * *
We are told by the Drexel Triangle of a
lone male enrolled at Wellesley college who
is working for a bachelor's degree. If the
Wellesley crowd is anything like the female
denizens of the State of Alabama, we'll have
to admit that this is the height of irony!!
* * * *
The latest story about fee-paying comes
from the University of Kansas via the Tex­as
university publication. A boy at the desk
was trying to sell the University Daily
Kansan, student newspaper, to a girl in the
registration line. He repeated the word
Kansan several times. Whereupon the girl
shook her head and answered, "No. Missou-rian."
* * * *
Getting out this little paper is no picnic.
If we print jokes people say we are too
silly,
If we don't they say we are too serious.
If we clip things from other papers
We are too lazy to write them ourselves;
If we don't, we are too fond of our own
stuff.
If we don't print contributions,
We don't appreciate true genius;
If we do print them the paper is filled
with junk.
If we change the other person's writeup
we are too critical, }
If we don't, we are asleep.
Now like as not someone will say,
We swiped this from some other paper.
—We did.
So moaneth Bill Sturdevant, Editor of the
Crimson and White. How about it, Doug?
* * * *
Mt. Holyoke girls like ham, it would seem.
The college chef prepares it 560 pounds at
a time.
* * * *
Three unusual courses of study, open to
the public, are being offered at Yale this
semester. They include a course in "world
problems" with current newspapers as texts,
a study of the nineteenth century novel in
America, and a survey of Western art from
ancient Egypt to the present time.
* * * *
"Thumb nail sketches always prove inter­esting
reading," so they say, "especially
when nosey reporters discover a little dirt
under some of them," says the Rocky Moun­tain
Collegian.
* * * *
The Daily Trojan gives the low down on
automobiles thusly:
"Dear Bee Wye.:
"Hello again!
"We auto be ashamed for what we are
going to do, but — wheel do our best to
satisfy. The topic For-d today Will-ys be;
'How to kill a Dusenberg with one Roc-ne'.
No one will La Fay-ette this on account of
it goes against the Graham. Does your
Cadillac vitamins? To ob-V-8 this feed him
a little orange Mormon-lade. That'll
Bu(i)ck him Hupp.
"Auburn this and LaSalle go home."
J. and U.
P. S.: "Remember a boy's best friend is
his motor."
* * * *
There is actually one girl student at Lind­say
College, Lindsay, Ont., Canada, whose
ambition is to become "a good wife for some
man". The others, a survey revealed, would
like to become teachers, nurses, stenogra­phers,
dietitians, writers, or interior deco­rators.
Would be teachers led the list.
Sounds like all the same thing to me, only
some not quite so frank and wishing to
prolong their freedom a bit.
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.
IT PAYS TO BE AN ATHLETE!—and
in more ways than one (for the benefit
of you who train every day) an athlete
can make his physique pay dividends. Ac­cording
to the New York Times it took less
than a week for ten young athletes to be­come
able seamen in the crew of H.M.S.
Bounty.
The ten youths were selected by Director
Frank Lloyd from three hundred candi­dates,
examined for their physique and cour­age,
as the members of the Bounty's crew
who, in "Mutiny on the Bounty" which
will be shown for our approval at the Tiger
Theatre this Sunday and Monday, spent
their time aloft in the ship's rigging.
Three days after going aloft to the spars
120 feet about the Bounty's deck their in­structor,
James Havens, pronounced them
worthy, courageous seamen.
* * * *
EVERYBODY (at least everybody that
reads it) reads this column for two reasons.
First, in the hope that their name will
appear ("no matter why), and second, in the
hopes that some new dirt will be exposed.
Well we aim to please.
WHAT'S THE REASON Wayne's not
pleasing you brunette gals? At any rate
he is certainly losing ground to fraternity
brothers, friends (?), etc. At least his
roommate can certainly get those brunette
gals. "Yas suh, Mister Buddie!"
FASHION NEWS. . . . The very latest
style in tux wear was introduced at the
Theta Chi dance Saturday night. Or may­be
he just sent his pants to the Ideal
Laundry. Or maybe he had his dances
mixed and thought that he was at the Sigma
Nu dance the night before.
THAT THIRD TIME CHARM seems
to be still holding good for Squint Thrasher.
At any rate after his dashing into the kid
party Friday night three times his tor­mentors
finally gave up. Some fun, eh
boy?
BORROWING. . . . even in Auburn is a
bad habit, and especially if you happen to
borrow a kid costume that's not your size
Gee, Gee. Just imagine how embarrassed
your date must have been.
GUESS WHO. . . . This column has
been trying to discover just who the per­sons
were that played football in Ag Holler
about 11:15 Friday night last. Of course
if we find out we won't tell . . . for a
price.
DO THEY GET HOT? Well, I don't
know but from the way "Basso" was fan­ning
Motley after The Show it looked like
she wanted to cool him off.
ALL THOSE GOING to Atlanta to see
the game will be able to celebrate the vic­tory
at the dance that will be given by the
NAVY at the Naval Gymnasium. "Do they
have majors in the Navy?" Rudolph say
"Yeah!"
OH, THESE TORCH SINGERS who
won't learn the words of songs and attempt
to swallow the mike. She can sing though
'cause she played with Little Jack Little.
WOULD THAT I A CROONER WERE.
It might have been Amateur Night, but no
amateur galvanized that brilliant lipstick
on Jarrard before he nazalized.
SUCCESS AT LAST has come to Quin-ney
and if you do not conduct yourself as
he thinks fit he tells you where your name
will appear. POWERHOUSE ().
IF YOUR DATE DRIVES A MOTOR­CYCLE
he will show you the stars from
the Prison Camp Lover's Lane and not Ag
Bottom. Eh, Woods?
THE CROP OF POLITICAL ASPI­RANTS
for this yfear seem to be doing
rather well for themselves. They manage
to become a household word by dating the
right girl and thus get her name in the
paper everytime.
* * * *
IT IS WITH A CERTAIN PRIDE that
I read of the accomplishments of great
people. Last Sunday Birmingham gave all
her outstanding Auburnites a whole column
of praise along with a list of their accom­plishments.
The list of some from the
group was appalling. Yet, you could not
help but think of that larger group of
students whose accomplishments are not
written in Greek and so are not mentioned.
There are some, not all and I know that,
whose name would have done honor to that
write-up. I speak of the students who are
here on their own and are making a worth­while
show of their stay. However, give
them publicity they know better than any­one
else their true worth and that makes
them outstanding. Their ability has been
tested and proved, and they did not have
the necessary money to buy Greek Gold;
they forget the incident and continued to
carry on. I personally know several stu­dents
from Birmingham of whom the above
is true, but they go to make up that large
group of citizens that is sometimes called
the forgotten men of the world. Their main
compensation comes from knowing that with
all the recognized "big shots" the world has
to have plenty of real men to keep it going.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1935 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE
EUGENE LEE, Editor
Contributors
JACK TODD
BILL TROUP
Frosh, Varsity Teams
Play Here Next Week
Both Auburn's varsity and fresh­man
football teams will be seen in ac­tion
on Drake Field at Auburn the
week of November 9-16. Auburn's
Cubs will close out their two-game
schedule in their traditional classic
with the Baby Jackets of Georgia
Tech on the local field, Armistice Day,
Monday, November 11, and the varsity
Tigers will clash with Oglethorpe in
their homecoming tussle Saturday,
November 16. Two p.m. has been set
as the starting time for both games.
FRESHMEN TO BATTLE ON DRAKE FIELD MONDAY
* * * * * * * » » » » * * * « , . » * * * » * *
Auburn, Tech Resume 43 Year Relations
AUBURN SEEKING
TO HOLD MARGIN
OVER TECH TEAM
Tigers And Jackets Have Met
38 Times With Auburn Win­ning
20 Times And Tech 15
Regardless of whether Auburn's
football squad is dining at home or in
a hotel, grace is always asked before
the Tigers' meals. Captain Millard
Morris designates the Bengal to say
the blessing.
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The Auburn Tigers will be seeking
their twenty-first victory over the
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets when
they entrain for Atlanta today.
Over a period of 43 years, the
Tigers and Yellow Jackets have en­tangled
38 times with the Tigers
emerging victors 20 times and the
Yellow Jackets 15, while the remain­ing
three games resulted in ties.
During the first eighteen annual
events, Auburn lost only one game
to Tech, whereas in the remaining
twenty games Tech dropped only four
losses.
In 1904, the Plainsman took quite
a convincing victory by the unique
score of 96-0. However, Tech par­tially
redeemed itself in 1917 by a
score of 68-7.
The Auburn-Georgia Tech rivalry
began in 1892 when Auburn won by
a 26-0 margin, and with the excep­tion
of five years, has continued
yearly since then. From these 38
games, Auburn has compiled a total
of 516 points, or an average of 14.77
points per game, while Tech has a
total of 425 points or an average of
11.19 points per game.
Both Auburn and Georgia Tech
Regular Starter At Guard
J • R • M O O R E
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TEAMS RUN TRUE
TO FORECASTS IN
S. E. CONFERENCE
Favorites Won And Underdogs
Lost As Per Schedule In Con­ference
Games Last Week
TECH TO SEND STRONG TEAM
FOR FROSH ENCOUNTER HERE
Tough Game Anticipated As Both Teams Are In Tip Top Shape
For Game Here Armistice Day; Tech Rat Squad Held To
Be The Best At Flats Since 1915, Boasting 200 Pound Line
£%ANK GANTT -ALABAMA Poix-AuBtueti
Entering Auburn with one of the best prep school records attain­able,
given rating of all-time center on G. M. C. team, Frank Gantt
has developed into a star guard on the regular Tiger team.
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The old saying that there is no rest for the weary could be used as a
theme song by Coach Meagher and the Tiger squad. No let up has been
in store for the Tigers since the Birmingham-Southern game. After any
team faces Tulane, Tennessee, Kentucky, Duke, and L. S. U. on successive
week-ends and finishes with the results the Tigers have been able to obtain,
it has done a mammoth job. Auburn still has three tough ones to encounter
before the curtain is let down on this season. Following the Atlanta game
tomorrow, Oglethorpe comes here for the attraction for homecoming week.
Then the Tigers renew their grid classic with Georgia and close the season
against Florida on November 30th. One Southern sports writer made the
statement that the Auburn players have ridden on a pullman so much that
each could easily handle a conductor's job with no training at all.
The end of this season rolls around
to find the Southeastern Conference
without a candidate for the Eastern
assignment for the Rose Bowl. This
situation is the first to face the deep
South in years. Most of the South­eastern
teams have been a disappoint­ment
in upholding pre-season ratings.
L. S. U. should have gotten consid­eration,
but their loss to Rice ruined
their chances. The Bayou Tigers
played mediocre football in most of
their games and only came up to
expectations in the Manhattan game.
Notre Dame, by virtue of their sen­sational
finish over the Ohio State
team looms as the favorite to cop
the assignment, but the Tarheels of
North Carolina are in line for a lot
of consideration. North Carolina has
a powerful team and has what it
takes to uphold Southern grid pres­tige.
* * *
Mississippi State's showing
against Army is a credit to
Southern football. The glory
heaped upon Major Ralph
Sasse's team for becoming the
first Southern team to ever win
over the War College is justly
deserved. State went to West
Point with a dynamic hope of
winning and did it through great
preparation, daring, courage,
and spirit. This sort of football
will take them far toward the
climax of one of the most suc­cessful
seasons in the history of
the school.
* * *
Georgia is well represented on the
Auburn team. When the Tigers in­vade
Atlanta tomorrow a large num­ber
of the players will be encounter­ing
familiar soil. Joel Eaves, Sid­ney
Scarborough, and Bill Ellis be­gan
their football careers at Tech Hi
in Atlanta. Harry and Norman
Whitten played at La Grange. Frank
Gantt and Wesley Loflin were stars
have strong teams and only time will
tell' the results of the thirty-ninth
annual football classic.
Morris Be Alternate
Captain Of Baseball
In 1936, Millard Morris, Blounts-ville,
captain of Auburn's footballers
and a senior in the school of educa­tion,
will be alternate-captain of the
Plainsman baseballers for the second
straight season. Morris, is a reliable
pitcher on Auburn's diamond club.
Only one local boy is on Auburn's
1935 football squad. He is Bobbie
Blake, three-sport junior. His father,
Dr. L. S. Blake, is head professor of
pharmacy at Auburn.
Deadline On Auto Tags
Is Set For November 14
Thursday, November 14 is the last
day for automobile owners and dri­vers
to get auto license tags and
drivers license.
The automobile driver's license is
new to Alabama motorists, and has
attracted quite a bit of attention.
Probate Judge John Thomas Frazier
is urging all owners and drivers to
come early for license to avoid the
last minute rush.
N O T I C E !
There will be an important meet­ing
of Spiked Shoe Tuesday, Novem­ber
12, at 7:00 P. M. in the "A"
Club room. All members are urged
to be present.
N O T I C E !
i
All members of the 1935 Rifle
team will report to the Rifle Gallery
at 9:00 A.M. Saturday, November 9,
1935. Wear old clothes!
J. E. Moyer, Jr., Manager.
Southeastern Conference teams ran
more true to form last week then they
have in quite some time as the favo­rites
.won and the underdogs lost per
schedule.
Alabama took Kentucky 13-0 to
maintain their high standing in the
Conference. The Crimson Tide meets
Clemson this weekend at Tuscaloosa
in a homecoming game.
L. S. U. blasted Auburn's hopes of
getting anywhere in the Conference
by handing the Plainsmen a 6-0 de­feat.
The lone touchdown of the game
came late in the last period on a pass
from Coffee to Barrett. The Bengal
Tigers are in for one of their hardest
battles of the year when they meet
Georgia Tech in Atlanta this week­end.
Georgia Tech bowed to a superior
Vanderbilt eleven by the score of 14
to 13. Vandy is liable to be tied with
Alabama when they meet Thanksgiv­ing.
All that has to happen to bring
this state of affairs about is for Mis­sissippi
to down L. S. U.
Georgia had quite a time subduing
Florida 7-0. The Bulldogs are in for
some stiff competition this week-end
as they face Tulane in New Orleans.
Tulane's Green Wave took the Col­gate
Red Raiders into camp 14-6.
Which goes to prove that Tulane is
no set-up for any team.
Duke bowled over Tennessee 19-6
thereby proving that scores mean
nothing. Tennessee took Auburn, Au­burn
took Duke, and yet the Vols were
trounced by Duke.
Mississippi State returned from
West Point with the Cadets' scalp,
having handed the Army eleven a 13-
7 defeat. They meet Louisiana State
this week-end in an important Confer­ence
tilt.
Ole Miss conquered St. Louis 21-7.
Mississippi is due for a brisk workout
this week-end when they face Tennes­see
in Memphis.
After much delving into statistics
and such we arrive at the following
prediction for the Southeastern Con­ference
this week-end.
Alabama 14 Clemson 0.
Auburn 9—Georgia Tech 6.
Florida 7—Kentucky 18.
Georgia 19—Tulane 6.
Sewanee 0 Vanderbilt 23.
L. S. U. 6—Mississippi State 0.
Mississippi 6 Tennessee 13.
on the Georgia Military College team.
Fred Black played with the Lanier
Hi team of Macon. Ralph Sivell was
a star guard on the Monroe A. & M.
team. Although Walter Gilbert lives
at Fairfield, he started his great ca­reer
at Darlington.
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The 1935 Auburn football squad has
a trio of brother acts. Auburn's
brother acts are Jimmie and Billy
Hitchcock, of Union Springs; Collins
and Jimmie Fenton, of Lakeland, Fla.,
and Harry and Norman Whitten, of
LaGrange, Ga. Jimmie Hitchcock is
the Tigers backfield tutor; Billy
Hitchcock, Jimmie Fenton and Harry
Whitten are halfbacks; Collins Fen­ton
is a guard, and Norman Whitten
is a quarterback.
* * *
Coach Jack Meagher ranks Au­burn's
renowned center, Walter Gil­bert,
junior from Fairfield, as one of
the best in the country and believes
that he will be recognized as Ameri­ca's
No. 1 snapperback when all re­turns
are in for the season. The fa­mous
and graceful Gilbert has been
consistently outstanding in all of Au­burn's
football contests this year.
* * *
Ball carriers generally grab most
of the spotlight in each game, but two
Auburn linesmen attracting as much
attention' as any of the Plainsmen
backs are Alternate-Captain Haygood
Paterson, tackle, and Walter Gilbert,
center, both of whom are vieing for
places on the 1935 Ail-American
eleven.
* * *
Auburn's only senior football cen­ter,
Fred Black, Macon, Ga., captained
both the football and basket-ball teams
his senior year at Sidney Lanier High
School in Macon.
* * *
A captaincy in the Marine Corps,
was held by Jack Meagher at the
close of the late World War. He en­listed
in the Marine Corps as a private
and was promoted to a captain in the
brief time of two years.
Auburn's Tiger Cubs are holding
rigorous drills daily in preparation
for their encounter with the Georgia
Tech frosh on Armistice Day.
This game promises to be one of
the most interesting freshman con­tests
of the year. Both teams are
in tip-top shape and are looking for­ward
eagerly to their meeting.
The Auburn eleven has several out­standing
players on its roster, besides
five men who made All-State teams
while in high school.
Crowder, one of the best defensive
men on the squad, attended Ensley
High School where he made an All-
State berth. He is expected to be of
great aid in cracking the heavy Tech
line.
Howell, who started the season at
guard, has been shifted to end where
he is showing up well.
Childreth, another All-State man,
prepped at Ramsay Tech. He has
been turning in some excellent per­formances
against the varisty.
Sitz, halfback, made his All-State
berth while playing for Attala High
School.
Bridges comes from Gadsden High
where he won a place for himself on
the All-State team.
Cantrell won his All-State laurels
playing under the banner of Lanett
High School.
Kelly, who turned in an excellent
exhibition of hip-twisting against the
Birmingham-Southern plebes, received
All-State mention while performing
with Jefferson County High.
Weaver, fleet halfback, received All-
State mention while attending Cull­man
High School.
All of these men will see action
against the Tech frosh and should
show some fancy football.
On the other hand, Tech has the
best squad it has had since 1925.
Every position except one end and the
center position is filled by an All-
State man. Not only that, but the
line equals 200 pounds and the backs
are heavy and fast.
The game with Auburn will be the
first of the season for the junior Yel-lowjackets.
However, they have been
showing up unusually well against
their Varsity, having defeated the
upperclassmen eleven times in practice
games.
Due to the game being played on a
national holiday and the fact that
both teams are so evenly matched, a
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P A G E FOUR 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, NOVEMBER 9, 1935
MEANS SAYS ENGINEERS HAVE
BRIGHT PROSPECTS IN FUTURE
Personnel Representative For General Electric Addresses
Members Of Local American Institute Of Electrical Engin­eers
Monday Night; Sees Progress in Electrical Apparatus
"The future for engineers looks
very promising", said Mr. L. H.
Means, personnel representative for
General Electric, in addressing a joint
meeting of the American Institute of
Mechanical Engineers Monday night.
Mr. Means went on to state that the
increase in electrical engineering will
be greater because of the existence of
new jobs, the continual progress of in­terior
and exterior lighting and elec­trical
appliances, and development in
the industrial fields. The utilities
companies have been comparatively
idle for the last few years due to po­litical
uncertainty.
General Electric is making an effort
to have every main highway in the
country properly lighted. Their en­gineers
have estimated that the
amount of property saved would pay
for proper highway lighting within
two years. The amount of commercial
exterior lighting will show a greater
increase in the next five years than
it has in the last ten years, it was
stated.
Only the surface has been scratched
in the development of the vacuum
Tiger Theatre
"Showplace of East Alabama"
Auburn, Alabama
SATURDAY, NOV. 9
GEORGE O'BRIEN in
"HARD ROCK
HARRIGAN"
with Irene Hervey, Fred
Kohler.
Added, "Lonesome Trailers".
Cartoon.
SUNDAY & MONDAY
November 10 & 11
"MUTINY ON THE
BOUNTY"
with
Clark Gable, Charles Laughton,
Franchot Tone.
Color Cartoon, "POOR LITTLE
ME". Also, JOHNNY GREEN
and his BAND.
TUESDAY, NOV. 12
JACK BENNY in
"IT'S IN THE AIR"
with Ted Healy, Nat Pendleton,
Una Merkel, Mary Carlisle.
Short, "WHAT, NO MEN".
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OPELIKA
* THEATRE *
Friday, Nov. 8
"SHE GETS HER
MAN"
with Zasu Pitts, Hugh
O'Connell.
— ON OUR STAGE —
Special Attraction
"FRECKLES"
Hollywood's Educated
Monkey.
. Saturday, Nov. 9
TIM McCOY
in
"THE REVENGE
RIDER"
SATURDAY NIGHT
Owl Show, 10 P. M.
"MEN WITHOUT
NAMES"
with
Fred MacMurray, and
Madge Evans.
Monday & Tuesday
Nov. 11 & 12
It's the Navy's Flirt­ation
Walk
Dick Powell and
Ruby Keeler
"SHIPMATES
FOREVER"
tube. More applications are being
found for it every day. The develop­ment
of radios is becoming more stan­dardized
due to the certainty of tele­vision.
There is a continual increase
in the use of electricity in the field of
medicine.
The greatest development in me­chanical
engineering lies in the in­crease
in size of steam turbines. The
expansive use of diesel engines, refri­geration,
air-conditioning, and the in­crease
in marine work has done much
to open up new fields for engineers.
"Engineering training is good train­ing
for any kind of business", stated
Mr. Means. The depression caused
many engineers to turn to other kinds
of jobs. This is a factor in helping
to open up new fields for engineers.
In the future, more engineers will get
into.general business.
FRESHMEN TO BATTLE
TECH RATS ON DRAKE %
FIELD ARMISTICE DAY
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large crowd from Atlanta and neigh-boring
towns are expected to be pres­ent
to watch the contest.
A tentative
follows:
Auburn
Childreth
Wolf
Smith
Morgan
Crowder
Nichols
Howell
Cook
Xelly
Sitz
Gerakitis
lineup of both teams
Pos. Georgia Tech
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LT
RG
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RG
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QB
LHB
RHB
FB
Smith
Tarrant
Wilcox
Ratner
Brooks
Rimmer
Gresham
Willis
Reed
Wheby
Butler
COLLEGE EDITORS
FAVOR ROOSEVELT
IN NATIONAL POLL
Complete Returns Of Votes
Give Roosevelt 408, Borah
52, Knox 26 And Hoover 23
Business Department
Moves To Broun Hall
Miss Gatchell To Be
In Selma Next Week
Miss Dana Gatchell of the home
economics department will go to Sel­ma
on November 12 to give a lesson
and demonstration on flower arrange­ment
in relation to table service.
Her visit there will be under the aus­pices
of the home demonstration
agent, Mrs. Annette S. Breeden.
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GIRL SCOUTS MEET
Troop 1 of the Auburn Girl Scouts
of America held their weekly meeting
on Wednesday afternoon at the Meth­odist
Sunday School. A court of hon­or
was held and several scouts passed
tests for promotion.
Stories of woods lore' and scouting
were told by the leader. — Shirley
Needham, Scribe.
The Business Administration De­partment
is moving to Broun Hall.
Present plans are to start classes in
the new location on Saturday, Novem­ber
9. Classes that have previously
met in the "L" Building will be held
on the third floor of Broun in the fu­ture.
The enrollment of the Business Ad­ministration
School this year exceeds
that of foregoing years. There is a
total of 286 students including 108
freshmen, 74 sophomores, 51 juniors,
50 seniors and 3 special students.
Beginning next semester the Busi­ness
Department proposes to bring
prominent business men of the state
to lecture to the students. In this way
the students will become acquainted
with the men and the possibilities of
obtaining positions will be more fa­vorable.
Famed soloists and some of the
world's finest musical organizations
will be heard by an immense music
appreciation "class"—2000 strong—
offered at Northwestern.
Editors of college newspapers, ma­gazines
and yearbooks favor the •»re­election
of President Roosevelt, ac­cording
to the results of a poll recent­ly
conducted by "Pulse of the Nation",
a monthly magazine of opinion edited
by Albert J. Bexeridge, Jr. The com­plete
returns, announced November 1,
gave Roosevelt 408 votes, Borah 52,
Frank Knox 26, Herbert Hoover 23,
Norman Thomas 23, Governor Alfred
Landon 22 and other candidates from
1 to 8.
The separate poll for parties show­ed:
Democrats 386, Republicans 183,
Socialist 45, Independents 20'and Com­munists
10. The Democratic party led
in all sections of the country except
New England, where the Republican
party was ahead.
TIGERS DEPART FOR
GAME WITH STRONG
GEORGIA TECH TEAM
Auburn Aiding T.V.A.
In Terracing Research
The T. V. A. authorities are coop­erating
with Auburn in a research
study to determine the factors influ­encing
the cost of terracing. There
are 34 counties in the T. V. A. area
reporting at present.
The reports are -made by assistant
county agents to the Agricultural En­gineering
Department at Auburn. The
reports are checked and sent to the
T. V. A. authorities.
At present there has been a total
of ,29,091 acres terraced and reported
on. This has cost the farmer^on the
average, $1.71 per acre.
It is hoped that the price may be
lowered when all the factors affecting
the cost of terracing have been deter­mined.
Some of the factors are, slope
of land, type of soil, condition of ero­sion,
gullies, and obstructions such as
stumps and rocks.
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he graduates.
The interval between the Tennessee
game and the present time has seen
several changes - made in the Tiger
lineups. Hamp Williams has ousted
Strange from end and Joel Eaves has,
the edge over Captain Mutt Morris at
the other end position. Sidney Scar­borough
has won the assignment at
quarterback over Joe Stewart, and
Bunky O'Rourke's showing in the Ken­tucky
game gave him the recognition
that was necessary to gain the full­back
job. Joe Kilgore can not be
counted out and duties of this post
probably will be equally divided dur­ing
the balance of the season. These
two backs offer the Tigers good for­tification
at fullback.
Roton continues to improve and now
stands an excellent chance of starting
regular at tackle. This former La­nier
high star has played outstanding
ball in all the games he has entered.
He has not had the experience of
Hugh Rodgers but there is no ques­tion
as to his ability.
the first part of the week. Realizing
that the tough games were beginning
to tell on the regulars, an effort has
been made to develbp a capable re-
Coach Meagher and his assistants I serve strength to carry on for the
have devoted most of their time this
week to the reserves. Scrimmage be­tween
the second and third teams
against the freshmen were carried on
throughout most of the afternoons of
first team. This weakness of reserve
strength showed up in the L. S. U.
game, and the practices this week
should iron out these difficulties to
some extent.
THIRD GLEE CLUB MUSIC
CONCERT GIVEN LAST
NIGHT BY OPERA STAR
(Continued from page 1)
The first group included "The Bell
Man" by Forsyth, "The Paupers
Drive" by Homer, 'and "Night" by
Mary Helen Brown.
In the. second group were "Clouds"
by Ernest Charles, the famous "Song
of the Flea" by Moussorghy, and
"When I Think Upon the Mardens"
by Head.
In add, Mr. McPherson sang five
additional encores, "Hard Trials",
"The Seigh", "Hop-Ti, the Rickshaw
Man", the popular "Shortnin' Bread"
by Wolfe and concluding with Jerome
Kern's immortal "01' Man River".
N O T I C E !
The Reserve Officers Association of
Auburn will hold a meeting in the
basement of Samford Hall Monday
night at 7:30. All reserve officers are
invited to be present.
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