1936-01-29 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1936 NUMBER 30
VOLS WIN OVER
TIGER QUINTET
ON ROAD JAUNT
Auburn's Cage Performers Re­turn
To Campus From Road
Trip With 1 Win A n d 1 Loss
SHOW GOOD FORM
Tigers Win Easily Over South­ern
But Lose Hard-Fought
Tilt To Vandy On Saturday
Auburn's hardwood performers em­barked
on their second road trip of the
season last week and returned to the
campus with a win and a loss to their
credit. The Tigers had an easy time
downing the Panthers of Birmingham-
Southern Friday night by a score of
26-17. At Montgomery Saturday
night Coach Jordan's charges fell be­fore
the Vanderbilt quintet for the
second time this year, only after a
determined last period drive in an ex­citing
game that ended 37-32.
The Tigers took an early lead in
the Birmingham-Southern game and
held it without great difficulty.
Barnes, Mitchell and Eaves lead the
attack by scoring three goals each.
Auburn and Vanderbilt furnished
entertainment to nearly 700 fans in
the first intercollegiate basketball
game held in the Capital City in over
ten years. The customers were treat­ed
to an interesting game. Vandy en­tered
the game as favorites by a wide
margin, but even with the handicaps
the Tigers were playing under, they
gave Coach Josh Cody's aggregation
plenty competition. Vandy held only
an 18-15 lead at the half, and then
took a ten point lead to start the sec­ond
half before the Tigers could get
going. The Tiger five, just over a flu
attack, made a remarkable drive to
come within five points of tying up
the score at the end. Rex McKissick
and Buddy Crew were high-pointers
with 9 each.
The Tigers haven't a game sched­uled
for this week. There is a proba­bility
that a return game with La
Grange, Ga., the team that gave the
locals such a scare the first week
after Christmas holidays, will be held
Saturday , night. The Tigers' next
opponent, if the La Grange game is
not held, will be Georgia Tech. The
Yellow Jackets will be the first South­eastern
Conference foe to appear here
against the Tigers.
Franke Be Replaced
By Colonel Wallace
In an unofficial statement made yes­terday,
Lt. Colonel Franke intimated
that his successor as commandant of
the Auburn R. O. T. C. unit will prob­ably
be Lt. Colonel Fred C. Wallace,
now attached to the Army War Col­lege
in Washington.
Col. Wallace's name will be sub­mitted
to President Duncan for ap­proval
in the near future by the War
Department. Col. Wallace, who is a
member of the class of 1910 at the
Military Academy, was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal during
the World War. He was born in Ten­nessee
and received his appointment
to the Academy from the same state.
He is married and the father of two
boys of high school age.
TONY SARG'S MARIONETTES
TO STAGE UNIQUE PROGRAM
Sarg's Puppets Will Be Seen Tomorrow Night In Langdon Hall
In Presentation Of "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's
Court"; Showing Is Sponsored By Auburn Debate Society
Glee Club Personnel
Named By Instructor
Personnel of the Glee Club for the
second semester has been named as
follows by Professor Barnett: Dim-merling,
Crossley, Benefield, Pierce,
Scarborough, S., Knight, Ennis, Red­wood,
Schubert, Brooks, Bedsole,
Blakeney, Atkinson, Ogletree, Hair-ston,
Couch, Hubbard, G., Dunning,
Green, Nettles, Gunn, Eubanks, Tea-gue,
Weaver,. Renfro, Cox, Jester,
Jones, Perry, Campbell, and Manray.
"It is absolutely necessary," said
Mr. Barnett, "that each of the above-named
member report for the next re­hearsal
Thursday evening in Langdon
Hall immediately after the Marion­ette
show. Those failing to report
will jeopardize their connection with
the club."
"A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur's Court".is the latest produc­tion
added to the repertoire of Tony
Sarg's famous Marionettes and will
be shown here in Langdon Hall on
Thursday, January 30.
The Marionettes will give two per­formances:
a matinee for children at
4 p. ml with the showing of "Faust,
the Wicked Magician," and the "Con­necticut
Yankee'\ that evening at
eight. The productions are sponsored
locally by the Auburn Debating Club
and the English Department.
The play is Mark Twain's famous
book . . . and endeared to the public
still more by Will Rogers who was
starred in it not long before his death.
The Marionettes have a long list of
classical and imaginative plays to
their credit. For twenty years they
have been touring this and other
continents. They spent a year at the
Century of Progress in Chicago play­ing
"Sinbad the Sailor." Other plays
which they have given through the
seasons include "Pied Piper of Hame-lin,"
"Don Quixote," "The Rose and
the Ring," "Treasure Island," "Rip
Van Winkle," "Faust, the Wicked
Magician," and last year "Uncle Re­mus."
As the Marionettes tour the
country with one production Tony
Sarg works continually designing and
planning for a new play for the next
year. It requires more than one hun­dred
puppets for a production. They
are made of materials which conform
to the characters to be represented
and the demands of action to be made
upon them. Weeks are required in the
modeling of heads and faces after Mr.
Sarg has completed the designs. The
animal puppets play important roles
in every Marionette play. Rip Van
Winkle's dog "Wolf" is perhaps the
best known of the Sarg animal mar­ionettes,
for he entertained more than
half a million during the three year
run of that play. Second in popu­larity
was "Rosinate," the wobbly-legged
steed of the knight, Don Quix­ote,
who was a "star" in that play
when it was seen by nearly 200,000
persons in one season.
In "A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur's Court," there are many
"fiery, untamed steeds" for the use of
the noble Knights of the Round Table.
(Continued on page 4)
ANNUAL DRAMATIC
TOURNEY TO DRAW
NUMBER ENTRANTS
To Date Thirteen Alabama
High Schools Have Signed
To Take Part In Tournament
To date 13 Alabama high schools
throughout the State have signified
their intention to take part in the
eleventh annual high school dramatic
tournament to be held here Friday and
Saturday, April 10 and 11.
As high schools have until two
weeks before the tournament to regis­ter,
it is expected that the total num­ber
to participate this year will num­ber
close to 30. This tourney is one
of the principal events of the year as
close to 300 high school students from
all sections of the state will take an
active part in the 13 contests sponsor­ed
by the English Department.
General chairman for the tourna­ment
this year is Dr. Leo Gosser, who
will be assisted by the entire English
faculty.
The schools that have thus far sign­ed
to participate include: g|
Wetumpka High School, Monroe
County High School, Tallassee High
School, Perry County High School,
Anniston High School, Phillips High
School, Dallas County High School,
Walnut Grove High School, Piedmont
High School, Louisville High School,
Collinsville High School, Riverton
High School, and Ramsay Tech.
Ten schools of the 13 will compete
in the one-act play contest and an
equal number in poetic reading. Other
contests with a number of entrants
are prepared speech, 8; impromptu
speech, 5; piano, 5; and best high
school paper, 6.
FROSH CAGERS TO
BATTLE FOR WINS
ON ROAD JOURNEY
Frosh Leave Monday To Play
Seven Games With Teams In
Georgia, Florida, Alabama
1,974 STUDENTS
ENROLLED WITH
INCREASE SEEN
Through Late Tuesday Regis­tration
Figures Had Reached
Nearly Two-Thousand Total
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
Expect Total Enrollment For
Term To Reach 2,200 Mark
Before End Of Next Week
Auburn's frosh basketball team de­parted
Monday afternoon for games
with teams in Georgia, Florida and
Alabama.
The first stop-off was at Morgan,
Ga., on Monday night. From Morgan
the Tiger plebes, under the supervis­ion
of Elmer Salter on this trip, due
to Coach Morgan's illness, traveled to
Marianna, Fla., where they played
last night. Tonight they play at
Chipley, Fla.; Thursday, Panama
City, Fla.; Friday afternoon, Hart­ford,
Ala.; Friday night, Kinston, at
Opp, Ala., and Saturday, Fort De­posit,
Ala.
This is the first road trip an Au­burn
freshman team has made in
years. Coach Del Morgan has a very
promising team this year, and with
the strong teams that have been lined
up for this trip, a good line on the
prospects for next year's; varsity
should be shown at the end of the trip.
Freshmen to make the trip were
Bill Dudley, John Roueche, John
Holmes, J. P. Streetman, Charles
O'Reilly, Homer Vernon,- Theron.
Karge, Ernest Pappas, and Lanier
Roton.
On Monday night Coaches Hitch­cock
and McCollum took the second
team of the frosh squad to Georgiana
for a game with the high school. The
Tigers won the game 19-15. Walker,
Childers, Morgan, Roberts, Burford,
Whatley, Ferriera, and Jiggers made
this trip.
Through late Tuesday afternoon the
registration figure for the second
semester had reached a total of 1,974.
This is nearly 200 more than the
previous high of 1,775 for the second
semester of the 1931-32 session.
, According to C. W. Edwards, asso­ciate
registrar, it is expected that the
total registration for th,e semester will
in all probability reach 2,200, which
would be far in excess of any previous
record enrollment. Edwards also
stated that steps had been taken in
some departments to curtail enroll­ment
because of insufficient facilities
for handling the large number of stu­dents.
Comparative figures of the second
semesters for the past five years are
as follows: 1930-31, 1,675; 1931-32,
1,775; 1932-33, 1,481; 1933-34, 1,464;
and 1934-35, 1,658.
Total registration for the entire
year has reached the record figure of
2,315, which1 is 290 more than the
previous record of 2,025 for the ses­sion
1931-32. With the addition of
many new students at Auburn, it is
expected that the total new enroll­ment
will reach the 2,350 mark to
establish the highest registration fig­ure
in, the history of the college.
In the near future the new college
catalog with announcements for the
1936-37 session will be ready for dis­tribution
to prospective students and
all others interested. '
Boxing Eliminations
Be Held Next Month
Six Professors Granted Leave
Of Absence For Next Semester
Six changes in the faculty personnel
have occurred for the second semester.
In the department of economics and
sociology Dr. E. L. Rauber and Dr.
John H. Goff, professors of economics,
have been granted leaves of absence
until September 1. Both have accept­ed
positions in the research division of
the Tennessee Valley Authority and
will be located in Knoxville, Tenn.
Their families, however, are remain­ing
in Auburn.
Dr. Roy E. Geeting, who holds the
Ph.D. degree from Ohio State Uni­versity,
has been engaged to take the
classes of Dr. Rauber. Dr. Goff's
work will be taken over for the pres­ent
semester by Prof. Chauncey Pol­lock,
who has completed residence re­quirements
for the doctorate at Co­lumbia
University.
Six-months' leave has been granted
Prof. R. B. Draughon, who will serve
as regional supervisor with the Bu­reau
of Agricultural Economics for a
WPA project in which the financial
problems of farmers will be studied.
Mr. Draughon will supervise the work
in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Mississippi, and Alabama.
Charles Davis, B.S. and M.S. de­gree
graduate of Auburn, will conduct
Mr. Draughon's classes this semester.
Mr. Davis has practically completed
the requirements for the Ph.D. degree
at Duke University.
Knox McMillan, instructor in Eng­lish,
has been granted leave to pursue
graduate work at the University of
Chicago. He is succeeded for the
present semester by Roberts Brown,
who is a graduate of Auburn and the
University of Georgia Law School
Eliminations in the boxing team
team will take place during the first
four days of February. The best man
in each weight class will be picked to
constitute the Auburn boxing team,
which will meet the Clemson team on
February 14 at Clemson.
Ones in the heavyweight class are:
Sam Dorfman, Bo Russell, Happy Si-vell,
and Vernon; in the light heavy­weight:
Travis Vernon, Raymond
Callaway; in the welterweight: Zip
Adams, Julian Duffie, and Owens in
the lightweight.
As the team is sorely in need of fly­weight
and more competition in the
lightweight classes, men ranging from
115 to 155 pounds, Coach Dell Morgan
is asking for more men to come down
and try out at the Gym from 3:30
until 6:00 p. m.
Coach Morgan stated that in case
any of the boxers develop into champ­ionship
form, they will be entered in
the Southern Conference boxing meet
that is to be held at Tulane on May
4, 5, 6, and 7.
Auburn To Engage
Montevallo In
Debating
The Auburn freshman debating team
engaged the Holtville High School last
night in a non-decision debate at the
Student Center on the question:
"Resolved, That the Several States
Should Adopt a System of State
Medicine."
The affirmative side of the question
was debated for Auburn by W. M.
Bennefield, and E. B. Glass. Edwin
Godbold and William McGehee debat­ed
the negative side of the question.
Holtville High School won the State
Championship last year, and were
state representatives at the national
meet in Kent, Ohio.
Friday morning eight varsity de­baters
will leave for Montevallo,
where they will meet the A. S. C. W.
team in a series of debates on the
question: "Resolved, That Congress
may by a two-thirds vote override
decisions of the Supreme Court de­claring
laws unconstitutional." Eight
debates will be given; two debates for
each term.
Those who will make the trip, and
the side of the question that they will
defend are: Affirmative: George
Hairston and D. O. Cox, Roy J. Bolen
and A. A. Rich. Negative: Morris
Hall and Dan Smith, Milton Roth and
Tom Powell. Prof. E. D. Hess,
coach, and Prof. M. L. Beck, as critic,
will accompany the teams.
On February 7 and 8, eight Monte­vallo
girls will return the engage­ment
with a freshman team.
Coach Jordan Named
To Head Fund Drive
THIRTY STUDENTS CHOSEN
FOR MEMBERSHIP IN PHI
KAPPA PHI SOCIETY HERE
Prof. Cureton Chosen
For Editorial Board
Dr. Edward E. Cureton, associate
professor of education at Auburn, has
accepted membership on the board of
editors for the Journal of Experimen­tal
Education, a highly scientific pub­lication
for technical workers in edu­cation.
Dr. Cureton will edit the March
issues of the journal dealing with
measurements, statistics, and scientific
techniques—all phases of educational
research in which he has worked for
many years and in which he is con­sidered
an outstanding authority.
The appointment of Dr. Cureton
came from Dr. A. S. Barr, chairman
of the editorial board, of University
of Wisconsin. He will succeed Dr.
Walter S. Monroe, of the University
of Illinois. Other members of the
board of editors are Dr. George D.
Stoddard, University of Iowa; Dr.
Carter V. Good, University of Cincin­n
a t i ; and Dr. Leonard.
Ralph Jordan, coach of Auburn's
basketball team, has been appointed
State chairman of the National Nai-smith
fund drive, which is sponsored
by the National Association of Basket­ball
Coaches, to secure a fund suffi­ciently
large enough to send Dr.
James A. Naismith, the originator of
basketball, and his wife to the first
Olympic basketball games in Berlin
this year and also to create an an­nuity
fund in his behalf.
In his newly appointed position,
Coach Jordan has mailed letters to col­leges
in Alabama and a majority of
the high school and athletic club teams
asking them to make a small donation
to the drive. It has been suggested
by the National Naismith Fund Com­mittee
that each club designate one
home basketball game as a Dr. Nai­smith
game and pay to the fund one
cent for each person attending the
game.
The first Southeastern Conference
basketball battle of the season at Au­burn
between Auburn and Georgia
Tech on February 4 has been desig­nated
by Coach Jordan as Dr. James
Naismith game in honor of the origi­nator
of basketball. One cent for
each fan attending the game will be
contributed to the State fund.
Mercury Reaches Low
Point Early Tuesday
The lowest temperature reading of
the month was set Tuesday morning
when the mercury in Prof. J. M. Rob­inson's
thermometer slipped to 15 de­grees
above zero. This reading is also
the lowest that has been recorded so
far this winter by Prof. Robinson,
who is the local government weather
observer.
In 10 of the 28 days of January
through Tuesday the temperature has
fallen below the freezing point, which
is not so bad considering that 19 days
of December had temperatues below
the feezing point.
The low temperature for the last
five days is as follows: Friday, 19;
Saturday, 32; Sunday, 42; Monday,
20; Tuesday, 15. The mean maximum
low temperature for the 28 days of the
month is 41 degrees; the mean maxi­mum
high 60 degrees, giving a mean
temperature for the month so far of
47 degrees.
(Continued on page 4)
Honorary Fraternity Elects 30
Seniors And 1 Professor To
Membership In Society Here
BE INITIATED SOON
Election To Society Is Based
On Scholastic Achievement
For The First Three Years
CHANGES MADE IN
ORGANIZATION OF
ENGINEER'S UNIT
Number Companies Reduced
From Six To Four As Unit
Of Engineers Is Reorganized
N O T I C E !
There will be a meeting of
Advertising Staff tonight at
Theta Chi House at 6:45.
the
the
Because of the reorganization of the
Engineer Unit into four companies,
the following changes and assign­ments
and appointments of cadet offi­cers
and non-commissioned officers
are to become effective this date.
To be Cadet Lieutenant Colonel:
Albert Blomquist, Executive Officer.
To be transferred in grade as indi­cated:
Cadet Captain W. W. Wallace,
from Co. "D" to Battalion Adjt., 1st
Bn.; Cadet Captain H. McFaden, from
Co. "C" to Co. "A"; Cadet Captain J.
G. Finch, from Co. " F " to Co. "D";
Cadet First Lieut. E. L. Payne, from
Co. "C" to Co. "E"; Cadet Captain
Ralph Steele, from Co. " F " to Co. " p . "
To be reduced to the grade of Sec­ond
Lieutenant: Cadet First Lieuten­ants
W. B. Thomas, J. E. Moyer,
G. R. Wright, and A. M. Pollard.
To be transferred in grade to the
companies indicated: Cadet Second
Lieutenants W. H. Thomas, from Co.
"C" to Co. "A"; J. S. Carothers, from
Co. "C" to Co. "B"; C. A. Baker, from
Co. "D" to Co. "E"; R. A. Jones, from
Co. " F " to Co. "E"; and W. K. Mc-
Connico, from Co. " F " to Co. "E.";
Cadet Master Sergeant F. H. Ritcher
to First Sergeant of Co. "B"; Cadet
Technical Sergeant C. H. Booth to
First Sergeant of Co. "A"; Cadet
First Sergeant T. R. Booden, from
Co. "B" to Regt'l Sgt Major; Cadet
First Sergeant W. B. Mastin, from
Co. "D" to Regt'l. Personnel Sgt.
(Continued on page 4)
Thirty seniors and one faculty mem­ber
have been elected membership in
Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary
scholarship fraternity. Initiation and
banquet for the newly elected members
will be held the latter part of Febru­ary.
Those elected are: H. C. Arant, Mc-
Kenzie; C. A. Baker, Prescott, Ariz.;
E. E. Cale, Pratt City; M. H. Conner,
Eufaula; C. E. Cox, Auburn; D. J.
Dark, Alexander City; J. E. De-
Vaughn, Deatsville; Ruth Dunn, Dav-iston;
Mary Jim Enloe, Langdale;
Roy Feagin, Americus, Ga.; Herman
L. Harris, Clanton; Richard Hoar,
Birmingham; J. K. Howard, Hollins;
J. B. Hughey, Pensacola, Fla.; Gordon
McKinney, Collinswood, N. J.; J. S.
Martin, Auburn; W. C. Pease, III, Co­lumbus,
Ga.; Emma B. Sellers, Mont­gomery;
Jack Spiceland, Lucedale,
Miss.; Ralph Steele, Birmingham;
P. C. Teague, Montgomery; M. D.
Thomas, Opelika; R. O. Turner, Shef­field;
James Vance, Gadsden; C. K.
Warren, , Opelika; C. T. Warren,
Alexander City; C. C. White, Birming­ham;
J. H. Williams, Shanghai,
China; W. H. Wolfe, Piedmont; Mer-vin
York, Monroeville.
R. D. Doner, professor of mathe­matics,
is the faculty member honored
by election to the society.
Election to Phi Kappa Phi is based
primarily on scholastic abilities. Se­niors
who make a high average for the
first three years of their college ca­reer
are eligible to membership if they
meet certain other definite require­ments
of character and individual ini- '
tiative. The purpose of the society is
to encourage scholarship and original
study among students. In colleges
such as Auburn Phi Kappa Phi cor­responds
to Phi Beta Kappa in the
large institutions and is considered by
many as the highest honor a student
can obtain during his college train­ing.
Six students from the School of
Science and Literature were elected
to the society, being two more than
from any other school on the campus.
The number elected to the fraternity
from the respective schools is as fol­lows:
Science and Literature, 6;
Chemical Engineering, 4; Education,
3; Electrical Engineering, 3; Agricul­ture,
2; Vet. Medicine, 2; Mechanical
Engineering, 2; Home Economics
Education, 2; Civil Engineering, 1;
Pharmacy, 1; Home Economics, 1;
Architecture, 1; and Textile, 1.
Freshman Footballers Answer
Meagher's Call For Practice
Auburn swung into Spring football
practice Monday afternoon with only
the freshman reporting for the first
week. Starting his third Spring foot­ball
campaign under the Orange and
Blue, Coach Meagher will devote his
time to the players who are coming
up from the frosh ranks for the first
week of the six-week training grind.
Coach Meagher's first problem is
finding replacements for Captain Mutt
Morris and Alternate-Captain Hay-good
Paterson, the only regulars who
will be lost by graduation. Realizing
that he will need a strong reserve to
bolster the strength of the Tigers for
the coming season, which will be one
of the hardest any Auburn team has
been called on to face, the Tiger men­tor
has set aside this first week for
study of the first year men. A bril­liant
array of freshman talent is on
hand to add to the strength of a squad
that will be composed of 20 lettermen.
The varsity members will report on
Monday, February 4th. Lettermen re­turning
include Captain Walter Gil­bert
and Lester Antley, centers; Al­ternate
Captain Frank Gantt, Sam
McCroskey, Wesley Loflin, Ralph Si-vell,
and Fred Gillam, guards; Her­bert
Roton, Hugh Rodgers and Fred
Holman, tackles; Joel Eaves, Hamp
Williams and Rex McKissick, ends;
Joe Stewart and Sidney Scarborough,
quarterbacks; Joe Bob Mitchell, Jim-mie
Fenton, John Paul Tipper and
Billy Hitchcock, halfbacks, and Wilton
Kilgore, fullback.
Reserves from last year to return
are Milton Bagby, center; Travis Ver­non,
guard; Vernon Burns, Fay Ca-ton,
Torrance Russell and Jeff Bogue,
(Continued on page 4)
Ladies' Riding Class
Enrollment Is Limited
On account of the afternoon equita­tion
classes for advanced R. O. T. C.
students and the beginning of prac­tice
by the polo team, the Ladies' Rid­ing
Class this semester will have to be
limited to 35 members, according to
Captain W. J. Klepinger.
Since the quota is limited, the mem­bers
of the class will be selected in
accordance with the following prior­ity:
women students, members of the
families of the faculty, members of
the families of college employees, resi­dents
of Auburn, and residents of
other places.
Those desiring to enroll should sign
up with Mrs. Susie Hackney in the
office of the commandant before noon
Thursday, January 30. The fee of
$7.50 must be paid at the time of en­rollment.
In case the member is un­able
to join the class this fee will be
refunded.
The next meeting of the class will
be held at 4:00 p. m., Friday, January
31, at which time those who have al­ready
signed up and cannot be en­rolled
will be notified.
P A G E TWO 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 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1936
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Passed At Last
The president received another stab with
the passage of the bonus bill over his veto.
From all reports he had expected as much,
as had all Washington. The senate seemed,
from its vote, to have had its mind made
up before it convened. But the president
seems to have resigned himself to set-backs
in his plans. This is the third in less than
a year.
No statement has been made by the presi­dent
as to the method to be used in raising
the money to meet the requirements of the
bill. It seems that with the legislation, the
problem finds itself in the hands of Secre­t
a r y Morganthau and his treasury depart­ment.
And Secretary Morganthau looks for
the problem of raising the cash to be one
of the most difficult in the history of the
department.
Just what is to be the effect of the re­lease
of these two and one-half billion dol­lars
to the spending public? As a follow
up to the past attitude of the administra­tion—
that of placing money in the hands
of the buying public and so accelerate pros­perity—
the release of this enormous amount
should have a noticable effect on the turn
of business. Since payments are not to be
made until June, individual benefactors of
the bonus will be finding credit and thus be­gin
purchasing now.
But it is difficult to determine if this
expenditure by bonus receivers will have
any tangible effect on business. What effect
had the billions which have been distributed
in form of relief—or other dollar dispens­ing
agencies of the government? Or after
all can such an appropriation be expected
to have any marked effect on business? To
say the least it will be most acceptable to
those individuals receiving cash.
• Vicious Repetition
Probably no more vicious bit of propa­ganda
is confusing the thoughts of Ala­bama
citizens today than the oft reiterated
statement that the state needs no more
taxes. The statement is more than confus­ing;
it is misleading, damaging, and false.
There is truth in the claim that education
would be in a much more equitable position
if ways had not been found to legally dis­criminate
in the distribution of public
funds, but such an equal distribution would
not solve the problem. If funds were being
paid out without discrimination right now,
Auburn would still be getting only two-thirds
of its appropriation. This would not
pay current expenses and modest faculty
salaries, much less provide for expansion
to take care of a 25 per cent increase in
enrollment.
Even though this fair and indiscriminate
distribution of state tax money is the most
important objective to work toward at the
present, nothing less than new tax money
can take care of minimum needs of Ala­bama
education. In that respect Auburn is
in the same position as the public schools.
Without new taxes, Auburn will remain
poor and crowded, and her teachers will
continue to struggle against rising living
costs and insufficient salary payments to
pay bills.
There are two reasons why nothing short
of new taxes coupled with parity in dis­tributing
funds will suffice. In the first
place, this fiscal year is fast slipping away.
One third will soon be gone, and only 26
per cent of Auburn's appropriation has
been met. Nothing can possibly be accom­plished
before the fiscal year is half gone.
Twenty-six per cent of the appropriation
for half a year is 13 per cent for the
whole year. That means in order to bal­ance
the short payment of the first half,
86 per cent of our just dues will have to be
met in half a year. When we consider that.
Auburn is only a small unit in the educa­tional
system, we see that a large amount
of money must be raised during the last
half of the year. Present funds would not
begin to take care of the problem.
The second reason for new taxes being
essential deserves far more discussion than
is possible here. Briefly, Alabama is poor
in per capita wealth, poorer than almost all
of the other states. In addition, Alabama
has a larger per cent of its population of
school age than has any other state. In
order to maintain colleges and public
schools which can compare with those of
the average state, Alabama must bear
heavier taxes than must the average state.
Until citizens realize this and become willing
to shoulder the burden, the schools will be
handicapped.
Lazy And Immune
A college bull session is an excellent ve­hicle
for knowledge—sometimes. The rest
of the while, the bull session is merely a
time-wasting rehash of stale information
or an adolescent discussion of who-necked-who.
Mr. Olsen attributes the utter lack
of value which characterizes most extra­curricular
dicussions to the immaturity or
intellectual laziness of the persons who par­ticipate
in them.
There are two courses open to you, Mr.
Olsen says, when you find yourself entan­gled
in a discussion which promises no bene­fit
or originality of thought The easier-^
and in hopeless cases the only advisable—
action is to go on to bed. But if you are
trapped, then do your best to shift the talk
away from the ordinary platitudes. If it's
the usual boisterous discussion of sex, get
over to the proper functions of the Supreme
Court and the possibility of drastic consti­tutional
revision after the Democrats are
re-elected (?) next fall. But should your
companions tenaciously clink to the topic of
sex, then force them to discuss some of the
finer implications of the sex drive in human
behavior.
In other Words, if you are inclined to
criticize the organization and level of in­struction
in the courses which your profes­sors
conduct, then use some of your ability
at analytical criticism to improve the very
important college course in which you are
both the teacher and the student: your bull
session.—Daily Tar Heel.
Why The Difference?
In the annual budget recently presented
to Congress for the fiscal year 1937, Presi­dent
Roosevelt estimated that the nation
would end the year with approximately
five hundred millions of dollars in the red.
Considering the estimated expenditure dur­ing
the same period of over six billions, the
deficit does not loom as any startling figure.
In fact, it comes pretty close to a balanced
budget.
But even more recently Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau, after much heckling
on the part of a certain senator, released his
budget estimate for the same year. It is
no wonder that Morgenthau was somewhat
hesitant when it is known that his estimate
and Roosevelt's called for a difference in the
net deficit for the year of close to five bil­lions
of dollars. They even differed by
more than a half a billion on the revenue
which could be counted on during the period.
• With the public debt now standing well
over the thirty-one billion figure and with
an excellent possibility that it will be upped
several billions more before long, the annual
budget as presented to Congress has ceased
to be something to which only senators and
representatives are interested in but is
today something upon which the eyes of
many people are concentrated. Following
years of somewhat haphazard spending, the
now pending budget stands as a delicate
problem. In brief, it represents at a glance
the financial state of the nation. It shows
clearly to the millions of government bond
buyers how well they can count on the credit
of the nation.
With the budget playing the important
role that it does, it is singular that the two
estimates recently released should differ as
they do. Surely, it can't be that Roosevelt
is attempting to sugar coat his estimate by
simply ignoring altogether some very impor-tants
items of expenditure? Briefly, the
difference lies in the fact that Roosevelt
just sort of forgets to consider the two
billion dollar bonus bill and the two billion
dollar expenditure for new relief appropria­tions.
Morgenthau didn't forget. His esti­mate
included both these figures, and it is
well that he did for they are as sure to
This Collegiate World
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
IT MUST have been a hot day—that time
the editor of the Corpus Christi Texas
Caller noticed in his paper that three
college presidents at that moment were fish­ing
out in the gulf stream.
The three presidents were Dr. Walter A.
Jessup, then president of the University of
Iowa, Dr. E. H. Lindley, chancellor of the
University of Kansas, and Dr. L. D. Coff-man,
of the University of Minnesota.
And here, according to the imagination of
the Corpus Christi editor, is what happened
on the fishing boat:
First president—"This, gentlemen, ap­pears
to me as an ideal day and an ideal
setting for our piscatorial adventures."
Second president—"Quite so, my dear doc­tor.
I was just thinking I have seldom
seen a sea of a more divine and cerulean
hue. Fishing amid such surroundings as
these is indeed not only restful but inspir­ing."
Third president—"I, too, am deeply pleas­ed
with it, gentlemen. I find that here I am
able completely to relax. The problems that
yesterday vexed my mind I find here assume
proportions of absolute insignificance.
Under the spell of the majesty of sea and
sky, they seem utterly inconsequential. I
find it all very restful."
First president—"No doubt there lies the
secret of the calm which so many of the
pastoral philosophers were able to attain.
In such an environment as this, one finds
no petty annoyances to disturb the flow of
calm and calculated reason."
Third president—"Poetic philosophers
too, gentlemen, can only find true expression
in such circumstances. Do you recall those
matchless lines of Theocrates—"
First president—"Pardon the interrup­tion,
doctor, but unless my eyes deceive me,
there appears to be one of those finny deni­zens
of the deep following close upon us."
(And then follows an interlude during
which the First President receives copious
instructions from his associates on how to
sink the hook and how to reel in the fish.
The climax approaches.)
Third president—"Reel faster, doc. Reel
faster. Do you need any help?"
First president—"No, no! Just give me
room!"
Second president—"Hot dawg! Watch
that baby jump!"
Third president—"Ride 'im cowboy!
Whoopeee! Watch out for that rod. Here
doc, you better let me—"
First president—"Hell, no! Get outta my
way and give me room!"
(The frantic fish makes a rush toward
the boat, leaps high and shakes the hook
from his mouth. Dead silence in the boat
for one long second.)
All three presidents—"Damn!"
* * * *
College prexies, it seems, are just as
divided as college students over the question
of pacifist activities on the campus. At the
recent meeting of the Association of Urban
University Presidents, a resolution con­demning
such activities lost by a vote of 18
to 4.
* * * *
The question is not dead, however. We
predict something of a bombshell in educa­tional
circles in the next few weeks when
the president of the University of Minne­sota
lets go a speech he is carefully prepar­ing.
For months he has been gathering evi­dence
of the "exploitation of college students
by outside pressure groups." He includes,
apparently, both pacifist and military, ag­nostic
and religious, reactionary and Com­munist.
* * * *
We admire the spirit of the student of a
big school who got awfully tired of never
finding a chair in the library. Eventually
he walked up to the clerk in the "reserve"
room and uttered this serious plaint: "Ex­cuse
me, miss, but could I possibly reserve a
couple of seats for next Friday night?"
* *" * *
Furthermore, heretical tho we may be,
we admire the spirit of the boy at the Uni­versity
of Southern California, who nicely
answered a query put by his instructor. The
man had said, "What do you suppose the
Eskimos do to keep from starving in the
long winter months?"
"They eat," said the lad.
ALMIGHTY DOLLAR
An exchange has this to say about a
dollar: "A dollar is something the average
business man enjoys more in anticipation
than in realization. It is the price of a
day's work for some men and the price of
a drink for others. It is what the good
wife frequently needs, but seldom has. It
is the power that makes or unmakes men.
It is the hardest thing to get and the easi­est
thing to get rid of known to mankind.
It is a blessing in a small measure and a
curse in many instances. No man ever
had more than he wanted and no man ever
will. A dollar is a delusion, and all of us
are chasing the delusion."
become realities as the sunrise every morn­ing.
It couldn't be possible that Roosevelt
thought his veto of the bonus bill would have
the same effect this year as it did last year.
*. AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
After much painstaking effort, Willie Baker made one of the dances. Due
to a new pair of shoes, Willie sustained injuries on his heels at the recent Lambda
Chi brawl; and hasn't fully recovered yet.
* * * * * * * * * *
THINGS OVERHEARD ON THE FLOOR
Sam Gibbons (dreamily, during no-break): "Do you think you could learn to
love me?"
Sweet Young Thing: "Well, I learned to eat spinach, didn't I?"
* * * * * * * * * *
"George, don't you know you are going to ruin your stomach by drinking?"
George Quinney: "Oh, thrash all right. It won't show with my .coat on."
* * * * * * * * * *
Wish I were in bed—I want to caulk.
I say there, mister, have a care,
Ooooooh! My shoes hurt! Where's a chair!
Will you wear my pin dear, I love you so,
I'm not feeling well, can't we go?
What'll I do, sweet, after you're gone?
Two hundred pounds on my pet corn!
What's eating you? You make me sick!
A blind drag tonight—ugh; what a brick.
* * * * * * * * * *
John Maroney: "There's something dove-like about you."
She: "Please tell me. What is it?"
He: "You're a little pigeon-toed." /
"Square" Davis (at a loss for something to s ay) : 'Do you ever have indi-gestion?"
'
No," she replied.
"What a pity. I know an excellent remedy."
Bummie Roton: "Doesn't this floor seem awfully slick to you?"
She: "That's my new shoes."
* * * * . * * * * * *
THINGS NOT OVERHEARD
To the inebriate who rented a tux, paid $3.50 Friday night, and slept five hours
in the balcony—our deepest sympathy.
* * * * * * * * * *
I shall always remember
Our last minute together
Sunday, while the train did blow.
Our parting kiss now
I remember—and how!
You were standing on my toe.
* * * * * * * * * *
Dancer: "Do you know Major?"
Prancer: "No, what major ask?"
* * * * * # * * * * *
Petrie: "What was the Cary Act?"
Lee: "Cary me back to old Virginny."
* . * * * * * * * * .*
"Pop!" cried the panty button as he drew her closer.
* * * * * * * * * *
Playful little room-mate,
He is so full of fun;
Whenever he begins to caper
You had better start to run.
* * * * * * * * * *
There is one thing about the newspaper racket—it's always write.
On Other Campuses — By The Wanderer
According to a recent survey Yale grad­uates
have 1.3 children while Vassar grad­uates
have 1.7 children. Thereby proving
that women have more children than men.
* * * *
Just to show that his course in Statistical
Method was of some use to those who use
it Dr. E. Z. Palmer, of the University of
Kentucky offers the following figures:
If a college student bums two cigarettes
a day, he is saving one and one-half cents a
day. In one year this amounts to a saving
of $5.40. If the bumming continues for
twenty years, the bummer will realize suffi­cient
savings for four monthly installments
on a new Ford ($108). Maybe in twenty
years some of Auburn's notorious bummers
will be burning up the roads in brand new
cars!
* * * *
Eddie Cantor will award, a four year
scholarship worth $5,000.00 to any Ameri­can
college or university student who will
submit the best essay on: "How Can Amer­ica
Stay Out of War?"
* * * *
Denver university has gone off the beauty
standard . . . . The editor of the yearbook,
Kynevnsbok, has abolished the traditional
beauty section. "Co-eds here not attrac­tive,"
says he.
* * * *
My dear President Coffman:
The attention of the administration
should be called to two errors in the gram­matical
construction which occur on the
diplomas presented to graduates of the
University of Minnesota.
The documents read: "Know all men by
these presents that the Board of Regents
by virtue Of the authority vested in them
by the state of Minnesota have conferred
upon . . . . . " The pronoun "them" and
the auxiliary verb "have," both plural, refer
to the subject "Board," which is a collective
noun and is considered singular. The cor­rect
form are "it" and "has."
Diplomas presented to graduates of in­stitutions
of higher learning should not con­tain
grammatical errors. Surely correction
will be made?
Sincerely yours,
Mary E. Sanford.
Miss Sanford was graduated from the
University of Minnesota in the class of '34.
The above letter proves two things con­clusively
to my mind. First: the machine
age certainly has given us more leisure
time, particularly so when one has nothing
better to do than to sit reading and reread­ing
their diploma after four years' hard
work to get it; and second: diplomas should
still be printed in Latin so that no one; or
rather very few, of the students could read
them and thus save the universities and
their heads much embarrassment.
* * * *
Standardized education, with little allow­ance
made for the individual, is contribut­ing
to criminal delinquency, says Lehigh's
Dean, Mr. Max McConn. This ever chang­ing
world—Dillinger . wasn't even a high
school graduate.
* *- * * *
Undergraduates at Trinity College (Hart­ford,
Conn.) have presented a petition to
the Trustees declaring that compulsory
chapel "weakens and cheapens" student
spiritual life by the element of compulsion.
* * * *
Students at The Colorado School of Mines
have decided to name their mid-term dances
"The Flunk and Forget Frolics."
* * * *
Twenty-three students at Utah State
Agricultural college have erected a city on
the edge of the campus. The colony is
composed of convertable or trailer homes.
Inhabitants are both single and married.
They have elected a mayor and city council
and named their town Windbreak Sity.
* * * *
When bats in your belfry do flit,
And your "comprenez-vous" cord is cut,
When you rap on your dome, and there's
nobody home,
Your head's not a head; it's a nut. .
—The Johnsonian.
* * * *
S. Love and M. Bird were chosen editor
and business manager of the Blue Stocking
in a recent campus election at Presbyterian
College. Just a little Love-Bird affair,
eh?
* * * *
From the pen of a writer in the Min­nesota
Daily comes this bit of a slippery
street epic:
"You push the accelerator down,
The car goes round and round,
Oh, ooh, ooh—
And it pjjes up here."
Thunderations
By Gum
A. B. DeGree is the name of a Willis-ton,
N. D., man
Columbia's class of 1935 is 76 per cent
employed.
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.
* * * * THESE are the kind of nights one is
glad for not being a snake in the
grass or a nigger in a wood-pile.
Other nights there may be some excuse
for those two careers, but when the ther­mometer
hovers as does it hover tonight
there just isn't anything else to be except
a bug in a bed.
* * * *
Even the wolf, on the ice-covered back
stoop is wailing for more cover. Not con­tent
with eating my tonight's dinner and
wearing my top-coat, I guess.
* * * *
These are the kinds of weathers girls de­bate
on as to whether they shall be sensible
and wear woolen hose, or be as usual and
wear those rolled things the worms make.
That's all right, too . . . just go on and roll
your hose, and then your knees will be so
cold you can't kneel and ask the Lawd for
that fur coat, and bid to the Military Ball.
If. I was the Lawd I'd get tired of those
requests you girls make. I like devoutness,
myself. But I have yet to see anyone in
both a devout mood and a fur coat at the
same time.
* * * *
I say, 'tis all right about the furry ton­gue,
and the pantsy breath, but it's the
heather spaces we're worried about. That
wind is so cold!
* * * *
This bit of space is paid for, and devoted:
To apologies to the little girl who was
forced to leave her coat in the car as of
Friday night to save the checkage charge
in the gym. And in that cold!
* * * *
And this space in memory of the dead.
* * * *
The above paragraph meaning those who
died Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morn­ings,
and awoke Monday morning to find
their only heaven was in going to eight
o'clock classes.
* * * *
Nominations: The prettiest little girl at
the dances: The little kid from Shorter
College (Rome, Ga.) down on a Delta Sig
bid.
The prettiest little girl not at the dances:
The little kid formerly from Shorter Col­lege
(Rome, Ga.) down with a cold. (Ain't
it awful?)
* * * *
Suggestions: If Joe Sanders will hire
Poley McClintock, Jack Wedell, Sully Ma­son,
Ann Graham, Glenn Lucas, or Tiny
Holmes to sing for him he will have the
best band in the land . . ."scusing" Lom-bardo.
* * * *
Ann Graham being the little Birmingham
girl who made the Junior Prom of a few
years back in a white dress with no back
at all. Now singing with Johnny Hamp.
* * * *
Surprising, too, but such songs as "Silver
Threads Among the Gold," "Beautiful
Ohio," and "Yes We Have No Bananas,"
sold more copies than "The Music Goes
Round and Round" will ever sell.
* * * *
Reminds: "I'm In the Mood for Love":
The hamburger stand on the voad from
Pensacola to the Naval Air Station.
"Rolling Down the River": Shack on Lake
St. Clair, Mt. Clemens, Mich.
"Swing It": Royal Palm, Miami.
"There Ought to be a Moonlight Saving
Time": RCA Superhetrodyne with loop aer­ial
and dry batteries.
"Prince Charming": Basin Street, New
Orleans.
"Three O'clock in the Morning": That
time with Harry M. Snodgrass of WOS,
Jefferson City, Mo.
"I Surrender Dear": Madame Dido and
Panama City, Fla.
"Maine Stein Song": Department store in
Windsor, Ont.
"Nighty Night": A left handed fire poker.
(Ain't it . . etc.?)
* * * *
You know, from here the weather doesn't
seem a bit on the verge of becoming nicey-nice.
One would be tempted to slap a griz-zley
bear down for his hide on a night like
this.
* * * *
It's so nice to have pretty hides like you
girls, but on nights like these one can forget
even beauty.
* * * *
On such nights we forget the violets, the
songs Of the birds, the still waters, and for­est
carpets, . . . and wonder on the advan­tages
of hell.
Ph.D.'s are almost certain job-tickets
today, says Northwestern University's
placement bureau, with starting salaries
averaging $200 monthly.
Education note: In the Southwest, a
"soup-bane" is a personal check, and the
Dean of Men is known as the "boot-giver."
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1936
LARGE AUDIENCE
WITNESSES PLAY
AT AUBURN HIGH
"Little Women" Presented Last
Night By Members Of Lee
County High Senior Class
By EUGENE TOMLINSON
A large and appreciative audience
was moved from laughter to tears and
back to laughter by the players in the
four act comedy, "Little Women," pre­sented
in the high school auditorium
Tuesday evening. One of the best
high school plays ever to be presented
there was the comment of many.
The players showed unusual talent
that had been ably directed. Prom
the first curtain until the last scene
was finished, the attention and inter­est
of the audience never wavered.
The many comedy scenes were receiv­ed
with shouts of laughter, and these
were accentuated by the moments of
sadness that left tear blurred eyes
throughout the audience.
The scenery and lighting were very
effective. Under the direction and
management of Bill Hendrix and Wil-lard
Manery, the properties of the
Auburn Players were well handled.
The scenery was especially planned
for "Little Women," and the striking
arrangement added color to the play.
The old-fashioned costumes worn by
the players carried the scenes back to
the period of 1863, the time of .the
first act. The talk and mannerisms
showed much study and practice.
Every member of the cast stood out
in his or her individual role. The
cast was as follows:
Mr. March _ Henderson Boddie
Mrs. March _: ~~ Teresa Boyd
Meg Suzelle Hare
Jo - Carolyn Jones
Beth - — Amy Drake
Amy - — Jeannette Knapp
Aunt March '.— Louise Schubert
Mr. Lawrence - Daniel Benson
Laurie John Ivey
Professor Bhaer Dennis Newton
John Brooke Paul Duggar
Nelson Eddy Sings In
Montgomery S a t u r d ay
Nelson Eddy, the American bari­tone,
will appear at the Sidney Lanier
Auditorium on February 1, under aus­pices
of the Montgomery Concert
Course. Mr. Eddy has sung in con­cert
throughout the country and has
made a reputation for himself in both
oratorio and opera and has become
popular in the motion picture world.
ROOMS—Have room for 4 men.
$10.00 each. One at $3.50 and
help clean house. Apply in morn­ings.
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SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
LUELLA BOTSFORD,. Society Editor
Roosevelt Birthday
Party Given Tonight
The Auburn Birthday Party for
President Roosevelt will be held this
evening according to announcement of
Charles W. Edwards, general chair­man
of the committee in charge.
The party will be held in two sec­tions.
Part of the group will play
bridge at Student Hall and at the
President's mansion there will be a
sewing party for the women and a
smoker for the men.
Seventy per cent of the proceeds
will be used for local purposes in the
treatment of infantile paralysis and
the remaining 30 per cent will go to
the Warm Springs Foundation for use
in combating the disease. Admission
will be 25 cents.
Serving with Mr. Edwards in ar­ranging
the party are the following
committee members: Mrs. John E.
Ivey, Women's Club; Mrs. J. C.
Grimes, P.-T. A.; Miss Mary Martin,
Business 'and Professional Women's
Club; Mrs. J. H. Hanson, Legion Aux­iliary;
Mrs. M. L. Nichols, secretary
of the Auburn Sewing Circle; and
Mrs. G. D. Scarseth, Mrs. G. H.
Franke, and Mrs. Harry L. Watts,
wives of presidents of Auburn civic
clubs.
The following committee has charge
of the bridge party: Mrs. J. L. Seal,
Mrs. J. B. Wilson, Mrs. Mary Drake
Askew, Mrs. J. J. Wilmore, Miss Alma
Lamar, Mrs. John T. Oliver, Mrs. K.
G. Reeve, Mrs. J. T. Hudson.
Players are asked to bring cards
and bridge tables.
A Connecticut Yankee
Lyde-Washington
Wedding Of Interest
A recent marriage of interest was
that of Miss Laura Louise Lyde, of
Birmingham, and Mr. J. Earnest
Washington of Athens, the ceremony
having been performed on Saturday,
January 25th at the Independent
Presbyterian Church in Birmingham.
Mrs. Washington is a Birmingham
Southern graduate, where she was a
member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority.
Mr. Washington is an Auburn grad­uate.
He taught at Marion until last
year, when he accepted a position as
assistant county agent at Athens,
where the couple will make their
home.
K n i g h t s Will Play For
W. A. A. D a n c e S a t u r d ay
The Women's Athletic Association is
sponsoring a girl break dance to be
given in the Girls' Gymnasium Sat­urday
night, February 1.
Music will be by the Auburn
Knights. Admission will be 50 cents.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
AUBURN, ALABAMA
Announce* a
FREE LECTURE on CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Entitled
"Christian Science: Life Unafraid"
By
DR. JOHN M. TUTT, C S. B.
of Kansas City, Missouri
Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts
in
LANGDON HALL
Thursday Evening, February 6 t h , 1936, a t 8 o'clock
THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND
Tony Sarg's marionettes will perform in Langdon Hall tomorrow
night in a presentation of Mark Twain's immortal story, "A Con­necticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court." Sarg and his puppets
are great favorites in Auburn.
Science Academy To
Meet At Local High
The fourth annual meeting of the
Alabama Junior Academy of Science
will be held here at the Lee County
High School on Friday and Saturday,
March 20 and 21. At least 50 out­standing
high school students repre­senting
as many science clubs over the
State are expected to attend.
A busy program including exhibits,
reading of scientific papers, business
sessions, and recreation has been ar­ranged
by Gerald A. Thomas, coun­cilor
for the organization, of Birming­ham,
and the committee on arrange­ments
at Auburn—P. O. Davis, Miss
Zoe Dubbs, and Dr. R. W. Allen, of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
and Prof. J. A. Parrish, principal of
the local high school.
Delegates will register at the Lee
County High School beginning at 1:30
p. m., Friday, March 20. At 2:30 the
meeting will open with a business ses­sion
to be followed with the presenta­tion
of papers until 5 p. m., when a
tea dance will be given for the visitors
in Student Hall at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute. After dinner that
evening another dance will be given
at the Lee County High School begin­ning
at 8:30 o'clock.
Saturday morning, March 21, will
be devoted to a tour of the college
campus, the inspection of exhibits,
another business session and the pre­sentation
of papers. The meeting
comes to a close at noon that day
after the presentation of awards and
an open forum discussion relating to
high school science.
Presiding at the sessions will be
John Renshaw Morris, president of
the Alabama Junior Academy of
Science. Other officers include Ralph
Stinson, vice-president, Ft. Payne, and
Sadie Mae Burgess, Birmingham.
Though there is no official connec­tion
between the two, the annual meet­ing
of the Alabama Academy of
Science will be held at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute at the same time,
March 20 and 21.
Many Former Students
A t t e n d Junior Prom
Among the former students of Au­burn
who attended the Mid-Term
dances were Alfred Allen, Sarah
Stanley, Joe Ledbetter, Mr. and Mrs.
Bailey de Bardeleben, Britt Veazey,
Neil Davis, Robert Lanier, Sue Mor­ton,
Margaret Wakefield, Bill Gaines,
Bubba Morton, Ripper Williams, Will
Bruce, Buck Appleton, Fred Hasten,
William Turk, Dosier Howard, and
Ike Lewis.
Noted Paintings Are
Now On Display Here
An exhibit of unusual paintings by
Mrs. Arrie E. Plummer, of Birming­ham,
is being shown at the Library
of the School of Architecture and Al­lied
Arts. It will remain on display
until February 5.
Mrs. Plummer's work shown here
comprises 27 paintings and consists
of portraits, still-life, and landscapes.
Her canvasses are highly praised by
Professor Roy H. Staples, Assistant
Professor of Applied Art, who con­siders
her one of the outstanding land­scape
painters in Alabama. He says
that her landscapes are very impres­sive,
and that her "compositions show
a clear understanding of construction
and color and truthfully express na­ture
as I see it. Her selection of col­ors
is particularly pleasing."
Mrs. Plummer was born in Georgia
and received her early training at the
Chicago Institute of Fine Arts. Since
then she has studied under several
nationally known painters. She is a
member of the Alabama Art League
and the Southern States Art League.
Most of the canvasses exhibited are
landscapes, although there are several
portraits, still-lifes, and flower point­ings
that indicate the artist's versatil­ity,
said Prof. Applebee. One of the
pictures, "October," is a duplicate of
the one recently acquired by the Mont­gomery
Museum of Fine Arts for its
permanent collection.
"Little Women" Cast
Be Feted At Supper
Members of the cast of "Little
Women," which was given at the High
School Auditorium on Tuesday, will
be entertained at a buffet supper on
Thursday evening by Miss Caroline
Lawson at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Keith Reeve.
Announce Engagement
Of Dorothy Calloway
Mr. Max Calloway announces the
engagement of his sister, Dorothy, of
Macon, Ga., and formerly of Auburn,
to Mr. Chris T. Dimitry, of Pensacola,
Florida. The wedding is to be sol­emnized
in Auburn on February 20th.
Set-Up Is Completed
For Ray Experiments
Berkeley, Ca.-(ACP)—University
of California scientists here have
completed the set-up for man's first
experiments with a really lethal
"death ray," 14 times as powerful as
the X-ray, and so dangerous that ap­proach
from any direction to within
50 feet is unsafe.
The ray is a powerful beam of
neutrons, the ultimate particles of
atoms discovered four years ago by
English scientists.
The first sizeable beam of these neu­trons
is produced in the heart of the
field of an 80-ton magnet by a method
discovered by Prof. E. O. Lawrence
of the University of California.
Involved, though at present unpre­dictable,
are possibilities for the fields
of medicine, chemistry and general in­dustry.
The neutrons, streaming in
all directions from the big magnet, are
not stopped by any known type of
shield, not even by lead. They pass
through the yard-thick coils of the big
magnet as if it were so much paper,
and nothing will perceptibly slow them
down except water.
To experiment in safety the Cali­fornia
physicists have set up a remote
control panel 50 feet distant from the
magnet, with a tank of water forming
a three-foot thick barrier.
As easily controlled as an electric
light, the beam is produced by a 12,000
volt current, "stepped up" to 4,500,-
000-volt beam of neutrons.
Assets of Temple University, Phila­delphia,
have risen $6,000,000 in ten
years.
University of Alaska has been closed
because of a scarlet fever epidemic.
Annual Banquet Had
By *A' Club Members
Immediately following the Saturday
afternoon dances, the "A" Club held
its annual banquet in the Eastern Star
dining hall. The hall was decorated
with the school colors and the whole
affair was strictly informal, with the
members wearing their "A" Club
sweaters.
t
The active members presented fav­ors
to their dates in keeping with "A"
Club ethics. Also, \"A" Club keys and
gold A.'s were presented to Coaches
Meagher and Morgan, who have been
elected honorary members. Haygood
Paterson, retiring president, and his
bride were present. An appropriate
wedding present will be given to them
by the "A" Club.
This banquet was given especially in
honor of the recently initiated mem­bers:
Rayford Fulford, Wesley Loftin,
Freddie Holman, Fred Gilliam, Happy
Sivell, Lester Antely, Bummie Roton,'
Jimmie Fenton, Billie Hitchcock, Bill
McTyiere, and Philip Gilchrist.
Arrangements for a gala occasion
were made by the social committee:
Sam McCrosky, Sidney Scarborough,
and George Quinney.
This annual banquet is"" a revival of
an old custom that has been neglected
during recent years, but the members
intend to make it an annual affair in
the future.
Auburn Anniversary
Event Is Postponed
Celebration of the 100th Anniver­sary
of the founding of Auburn has
been postponed for one year, because
of stringent financial conditions, by
the Inter-Club Council. The original
proposal was to present an historical
pageant in connection with the May
1936 commencement at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute; but this will not
be done before May 1937.
The town was settled in 1836 by
Judge J. J. Harper and party from
Harris County, Georgia. Marker to
this effect was recently presented to
the town and college by the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
The council voted also that the
funds in Auburn's Community Chest
will be, handled by a special committee
composed of Felton Little, Mayor W.
D. Copeland, and Miss Lucile Burton
with Miss Euline Hawkins, Lee
County welfare worker, serving as ad­viser
with the committee.
Mrs. Salmon Hostess
For Music Division
The Music Department of the Au­burn
Woman's Club held its regular
monthly meeting on Thursday even­ing,
January 23, at the home of Mrs.
W. D. Salmon on Wright's Mill Road.
An interesting discussion of current
events was led by Mrs. W. H. Cop-pedge.
The program included a talk
on "Ballet—Story in Music and
Dance," given by Mrs. Carl Clark,
this being the leading talk of the
meeting.'
A course in "civilization" designed
to enable students to orient them­selves
intellectually and spiritually,
is being given at St. Lawrence
University.
Hockey was first played in America
in 1901, starting at Vasser, Bryn
Mawr, Smith and—Harvard Summer
School!
Summer earnings of college studerits
are due to rise in 1936.
Flowers for all Occasions
KING'S NURSERY
Phone 69S-J
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
CAUTHEN'S
COAL
Keeps You
Warm
Phone 11
DUNCAN AWARDS DIPLOMAS TO
TWENTY-THREE AT EXERCISES
Mid-Year Commencement Exercises Are Held Thursday Morn-
* i ng With Twenty-Three Degrees Awarded By President
Duncan; Awarded In Presence Of Deans and Small Group
Mid-year commencement exercises
at Auburn were held Thursday morn­ing
when 23 degrees were awarded by
President L. N. Duncan.
Except for seven of the seniors who
had already secured positions, the
candidates gathered at 8:30 in the
President's office. Degrees were pre­sented
after a brief address by Dr.
Duncan in the presence of deans and
a small group of the faculty and vis­itors.
"You are going out from Auburn at
a time of many fundamental changes
in governmental and economic con­cepts,"
said Dr. Duncan. "Such con-
Aubum High Five
Victorious In Match
With Fairfax Outfit
Auburn High's light and versatile
basketball team nosed out a Fairfax
quintet by a score of 18 to 17 last
night in the college gym. This game
was the fifth straight victory for the
Hitchcock boys.
Sam Mason, '33, brought his Fair­fax
team down here last night and
gave the Auburn boys plenty of com­petition.
The Auburn team was not
functioning as per usual, and in the
meantime Fairfax was making scores.
However, the Auburn team finally
started playing ball, and overcame a
five point lead in the last five minutes
of play. The starting line-up was as
follows: Forwards, Charlie Ham and
Dan Friel; guards, Harry Bush and
Elmer Almquist; and center, John
Ham. John and Charlie Ham have
been individual high scorers during
the season.
Tonight, the Auburn team will meet
Fob James' squad from Lanett.
Lanett is one of the two teams that
has beaten the locals. The game will
be played at 7:00 in the gym.
The schedule, as released by Coach
Hitchcock, for the remaining part of
the season is as follows: Goodwater
(there) Friday night, Reeltown
(there) February 5, Opeiika (here)
February 6, Fairfax (there) Febru­ary
7, Reeltown (here) February 12,
Wetumpka (there) February 14, Tal-lassee
(here) February 19, Union
Springs (here) February 21, and
Opeiika (there) February 28.
ditions will offer even greater oppor­tunities
to you for real service in your
chosen fields."
Two of the graduates received mas­ter
of science degrees. They are John
Randall Parrish, Auburn, whose
thesis was "The Latin American For­eign
Policy of Franklin D. Roose­velt,"
and Mary Pope Sanders Smith,
LaFayette, who wrote a thesis on
"Thomas Nelson Page, the Literary
Interpreter of Ole Virginia, 1850-
1880."
Following is the list of bachelor de­gree
graduates: B.S. in agriculture:
Marion DeKalb Harman, Auburn, and
Pascal Ashe Tutwiler, III, Greens­boro.
Bachelor of landscape architec­ture:
Emmett Eskew Casson, Auburn.
B.S. in education: Lannie Steadham
Martin, Auburn; Forrest Lee Math­ews,
Grove Hill; William Thomas
Musgrove, Jasper; Fannie Delilah
Swanner, Rutledge. B.S. in agricul­tural
education, Robert Lee Griffin,
Billingsley; John Hollis Jackson, Sul-ligent.
B.S. in home economics edu­cation:
Annie Ruth Dunn, Daviston;
Beulah Inez Thomas, Evergreen. B.S.
in civil engineering: Harvey Hill
Copeland, Birmingham. B.S. in me­chanical
engineering: Robert Arthur
Neill, Auburn; Alexander Chisolm
Pate, Birmingham. B.S. in home eco­nomics
(home demonstration), Mary
Jim Enloe, Langdale. Bachelor of
science: James Payne Hines, Repton;
Merwin Brannon York, Monroeville;
Caroline Pace, Oxford. Doctor of
veterinary medicine: Sibert B. Isbell,
Auburn; Louis Edward Rosen, Phila­delphia,
Pa.; and Morris David
Schneider, Philadelphia, Pa.
Collins Cameron Be
Married Next Month
An engagement of interest, which
was recently announced, is that of
Miss Mildred Council, of Fairhope and
Collins Cameron, of Auburn. Mr.
Cameron, who is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Cameron, of this city, re­ceived
his degree from Auburn in 1933
and for the past two years has taught
in the schools of Fairhope. The wed­ding
is to be a February nuptial event.
Eenie, meenie, minee, mo,
Down to Howard's I must go.
If I wasn't such an awful Dubber,
I wouldn't need a pencil Rubber.
FOR RENT AND SALE
On account of Faculty transfers w e have available one
nice 5-room f u r n i s h e d bungalow; and one good 6-room
bungalow unfurnished.
The Dr. Dowell property is n ow being sold off. See
Robert L. Burkes
Phone 264 - - - Auburn, Ala.
M I R I A M BEST
TEACHER OF PIANO
Wednesdays and Saturdays
Studio: Bank of Auburn Building
For Appointment,
Telephone 22-J
P A G E FOUR T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1936
CHANGES MADE IN
ORGANIZATION OF
ENGINEERS' UNIT
(Continued from page 1)
Major.
To be reduced to the grade of Staff
Sergeants and transferred to com­panies
indicated: Cadet First Ser-
Sergeants J. L. Murphey, from Co.
"A" to Co. "E," and R. C. Searcy,
from Co. "C" to Co. "B."
To be transferred in grade as indi­cated:
Cadet Staff Sergeant M. E.
Weatherby, from Co. "C" to Co. "A."
To be reduced to the grade of Sar-geant
and transferred to companies as
indicated: Cadet Staff Sergeants H.
H. Davis, from Co. "C" to Co. "B";
B. H. Drew, from Co. " F " to Co. "A";
0. Lurwig, from Co. "A" to Co. "A"
to Co. "A"; R. E. Smith, from Co.
"E" to Co. "E"; P. M. Talmadge, from
Co. " F " to Co. "D."
To be transferred in grade to com­panies
as indicated: Cadet Sergeants
E. Briggs, from Co. "A" to Co. "D";
J. Maroney, from Co. "C" to Co. "A";
V. P. Moore, from Co. " F " to Co.
"D"; S. Gordy from Co. " F " to Co.
"B"; H. F. Lee, from Co. " F " to
Co. "E."
To be promoted to the grade of Ser­geant
and assigned to companies as
indicated: Cadet Corporals R. E.
Strickland to Co. "B" (guidon); F. J.
Triolo, from Co. " F " to Co. "D" (gui­don)
; L. E. Cox, from Co. "B" to Co.
"E" (guidon); J. C. Smith, from Co.
"C" to Co. "A" (guidon); A. J.
Zwinakis, from Co. "C" to Co. "B."
The following cadets, sophomores,
SWEET AS
HONEY
Starts Sweet
Smokes Sweet
Stays Sweet
NOTHING ELSE HAS ITS FLAVOR
Also Imperial Yello Boh 51.50
Relations Club Has
Meet Tuesday Night
The International Relations Club
held its first meeting last night since
January 7.
In the way of business, the club
discussed plans for sending two dele­gates
to the I. R. C. convention which
will be held in Rocky Head, N. C,
February 27-29. To act as an ad­ditional
incentive, the local club will
defray part of the expenses of the
delegates who go to the convention.
Several committees also made reports
which had been appointed to see
about renovating the meeting room,
and the filing of material on foreign
countries.
Vice-President Powell led a discus­sion
on Europe. Powell reviewed the
Italian campaign in Ethiopia, and
made some comments on the death
of King George V and Rudyard Kip­ling.
Prof. O. T. Ivey also aided
in the discussion by commenting on
the seven power agreement, and the
ascension of Edward VIII.
Next Tuesday night, the Far East­ern
group will be in charge of the
program, and an invitation is to be
extended to Miss Louise Glanton to
make a talk on that subject. Miss
Glanton has just returned from a
five months tour of Europe and the
Far Eastern countries.
Antiquated "band-box" gymnasiums
are to blame for the mediocre brand
of basketball played in New England,
says Al McCoy, coach of Northeastern
University, Boston.
are oppointed or reappointed to the
grade of Cadet Corporal and assigned
to companies as indicated. All cor­porals
not reappointed by this order
are reduced to the grade of Private:
Co. "A": C. T. Allen, R. Dodge,
E. C. Forbes, J. A. Roberts, W. B.
Stelzenmuller, J. P. Ennis. Co. "B":
E. D. Taylor, F..L. Ward, B. M. Cam­eron,
A. R. Harper, G. W. Fugate,
J. Steppe. Co. "D": J. P. Mulloy,
G. T. Nelson, A. Arruzza, S. N. Young,
S. Pruitt, E. Luetje. Co. " E " : E. Bar­low,
J. G. Brown, M. B. Hesslein,
W. B. Cakkaway, J. Couch, F. A. Mc-
Kenzie.
FRESHMAN FOOTBALL
CANDIDATES ANSWER
CALL FOR PRACTICE
(Continued from page 1)
tackles; Frank Hamm, end; John
Davis and Norman Whitten, quarter­backs;
Bobbie Blake, James Karam,
Charlie Bentley, Bob Coleman, Buddy
Crew, Bill Ellis, and Ralph O'Gwynne,
halfbacks; and Floyd McElroy and
Walter Heath, fullbacks.
The most promising freshmen are
Malvern Morgan, center; Winston
Combes, Soapy Crowder, Buddy Hill,
Everett Smith and Jack Market,
guards; Garth Thorpe, Bill Nichols,
Arthur Griffith, Oliver Fletcher and
George Wolff, tackles; Oscar Burford,
Dean Hallmark, Milton Howell, Foots
Hudson, and Bob Childress, ends;
Morris Cook, Ted Ferreira and Lloyd
Foster, quarterbacks; Speck Kelly,
Bill Mims, Frances Riddle, Marion
Walker, Lamar Hart, Kermit Weaver,
Tommie Edwards and Happy Bridges,
halfbacks; and Pelham Sitz, Charles
Fontaine and George Gerakitis, full­backs.
Women Stand Chance
In Legal Profession
New York—(ACP)—There's plenty
of room in the legal profession for wo­men,
and the bar has much to learn
from women lawyers.
THat is the opinion of Miss Agnes
Craig, first woman municipal court
justice to be el'ected in New York City
and Magistrate Anna M. Kross, two
of the most successful women lawyers
in America.
"Judges look at a woman lawyer,
first as a woman, and then as a law­yer,"
says Justice Craig. "There is
one thing she can teach them, and
that is dignity. She must not assume
the attitude of a man, either in dress
or manner of speech. But she must
try her cases in a manly fashion, by
which I mean simply that she must
be thoroughly prepared and capable.
"Eighteen years ago, when I began
practice, there was curiosity about
any woman who went into law. To­day
there is less curiosity, but there
is the attitude that every woman who
steps into a courtroom must prove her
individual worth. She must ask no
Colleges Receiving
Large Number Gifts
New York—(ACP)—If the increas­ed
number of gifts falling into the
laps of colleges and universities is any
indication, America feels the surge of
returning prosperity. Heavy money
has flown into school coffers during
the past few weeks.
Harvard tops the list with gifts
totalling over two and a half million,
two million given by Lucius Nathan
Littauer, retired manufacturer and
former Representative in Congress,
for the establishment of a graduate
school of public administration. The
new school, its objective the scientific
training of men for governmental ca­reers,
may be opened in September,
1937. A commission of leading edu­cators
and students of governmental
administration is now considering
plans.
Another gift of $500,000 was offered
by Thomas W. Lamont, New York
banker, for the endowment of a chair
in political economy, and the Automo­bile
Manufacturers Association gave
$54,250 to further the work of the
Harvard bureau for street traffic re­search.
Johns Hopkins University hospital
received $900,000 from the estate of
Albert Marburg, retired manufactur­er,
who left $50,000 to Princeton.
Princeton's gifts during the last fiscal
year totalled $569,104. Yale reported
a total of $6,719,846.
About $193,000 came to Notre Dame
recently from the estate of John F.
Cushing, to be used in the construc­tion
of an engineering school, and
$52,600 was received last week to es­tablish
a fund for chemical research.
The University of Chicago has re­ceived
$170,500 in recent weeks.
Women with vulgar and unsouth-sounding
voices are most likely to
succeed as radio speakers, says Har­vard's
Dr. Gordon Allport and Dr.
Hadley Cantril of Columbia.
favors because she is a woman, she
must expect no encouragement from
men. But if she is able, she will re­flect
credit on herself and her profes­sion.
TONY SARG'S PUPPETS
WILL STAGE PROGRAM
HERE THURSDAY NIGHT
(Continued from page 1)
The stars of the production are the
Yankee, the King, Merlin the Magi­cian,
and the Queen of Love and
Beauty whose coronation marks the
happy ending of the play.
Some of the puppets weigh 8 pounds
and have 40 strings which control
their movements. As each operator
controls and operates and imperson­ates
several puppets, the art of being
a puppeteer is a'skilled one.
Tony Sarg spent many months per­fecting
designs for the marionettes
used in "A Connecticut Yankee in
King Arthur's Court." He studied his­tories,
old paintings, old drawings, and
did weeks of research, into the man­ners,
customs and dress of Merrie
England, and the result is the most
elaborate production yet attempted by
his Marionettes.
Introducing "A Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur's Court" is a special
scene with Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer
and "Huck' Finn" . . . with Mark
Twain as master of ceremonies for the
production.
Admission will be at popular prices:
15 cents for children at the matinee
and 25 cents for adults. For the even­ing
performance the admission for
everyone is 25 cents.
Mrs. Biggin Funeral
Is Held On Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Frederic
Child Biggin, wife of Dean Biggin, of
the Auburn school of architecture and
allied arts, were held here Thursday
afternoon from the Episcopal church.
Interment was made at the Auburn
Cemetery.
Following an illness of several
months, Mrs. Biggin died at her home
in Auburn early Tuesday evening.
Formerly of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Big­gin
had been a resident of Auburn for
the past 20 years.
Officiating at the funeral was the
Rev. William B. Lee, Jr. Crossley, of
Opelika, was in charge of arrange­ments.
Pallbearers were S. L. Toom-er,
Dr. B. F. Thomas, Prof. P. P. Pow­ell,
Dr. E. S. Winters, Prof. Frank W.
Applebee, and Prof. F. M. Orr.
Nichols Accepts Job
With Engineer Group
Professor M. L. Nichols, head of the
Agriculture Engineering Department
here, has accepted a position with the
government as Chief Engineer of the
Southeast Soil Conservation Service.
Mr. Nichols has been head of the
Ag. Eng. Department since 1919,
when it was first established. He has
been working at times for the govern­ment
before this, but now he has been
given leave of absence by school au­thorities
to work full-time on his new
position.
Professor A. Carnes, Assistant Pro­fessor
under Mr. Nichols, will take
over duties as chief of the Ag. Engi­neering
Department. Mr. Carnes has
also long been connected with this de­partment,
having graduated from Au­burn
and taught here for the past
thirteen years. He obtained his mas­ter's
degree from Auburn and did
graduate work at Cornell.
MERCURY REACHES LOW
POINT EARLY TUESDAY
The University of Pennsylvania has
restored a three per cent cut to its
teaching staff.
Tiger Theatre
"Showplace of East Alabama"
Auburn, Alabama
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29
Edmund Lowe in
"KING SOLOMON OF
BROADWAY"
Dorothy Page Pinky Tomlin
Sports Reel — "Gymnastics"
Short: "It Always Happens"
THURSDAY, JAN. 30
Gary Cooper, Ann Harding in
"PETER IBBETSON"
With Ida Lupino
Short:.
Rolfe and Orchestra in
"Off the Record"
FRIDAY, JAN. 31
"FRECKLES"
With Tom Brown, Virginia
Weidler and Carol Stone
Comedy: "Keystone Hotel"
Latest News Events
(Continued from page 1)
So far this month Auburn's rain­fall
has established a record, with
11.69 inches being recorded in 14 days
out of the 28. The average rainfall
for the month of January in the vicin­ity
amounts to a little over four and
one-half inches. The second highest
January rainfall was recorded in 1925
when 11.09 inches of rain fell in Au­burn.
OPELIKA
• THEATRE •
WEDNESDAY
FRANK BUCK'S
"FANG AND
CLAW"
Added
M. G. M. Oddity and
Comedy
"AMATEUR HUSBAND"
THURSDAY
"MARY BURNS,
FUGITIVE"
With
SILVIA SIDNEY,
MELVIN DOUGLAS
ALAN BAXTER
Popeye Cartoon
H a r r y Langdon in
" H i s M a r r i a g e Mixup"
FRIDAY
"FRESHMAN
LOVE"
With
FRANCK McHUGH
PATRICIA ELLIS
WARREN HULL
JOE CAWTHORN
Also News a n d Musical
Comedy in Color
This picture shows how the Jamestown
Colonists exchanged tobacco for brides.
They paid "120 pounds of the best
leaf" for transportation of each future
wife who came to the New World from
England.
There is no substitute for mild, ripe tobacco to
make a good cigarette—and there never will be
. . . and that is the kind we buy for Chesterfield Cigarettes.
In the tobacco buying season
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
buyers will be found at 75 mar­kets
where the Bright type of
tobacco is sold, and 46 markets
where Burley and other types of
tobacco are sold.
All these tobacco men are
trained in the tobacco business,
and are schooled in the Liggett
& Myers tradition that only mild,
ripe tobacco is good enough for
Chesterfield Cigarettes.
LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO Co.
.. for mildness
.. for better taste
C1936. LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO.