1937-03-17 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
Wednesday Issue ®*j£ Auburn platusmau Today's Thought:
"Politics"!
T O F O S T E R THE A.U B U R N S P I R IT
VOLUME LX AUBURN, .ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1937 NUMBER 45
Frats Select
All-Stars In
Recent Poll
Campus Activities In Full Sway As Spring Begins
Sigma Chi Places 2 Men On 1st
AU-Frat Team, While Sigma
Nu Places 2 On 1st And 2nd
EIGHT FRATS VOTE
Practice For' Interfraternity
Track Meet To Be Held On
'A' Day Is Now Underway
Only eight out of the 22 fraternities
on the campus contributed to the All-
Fraternity Basketball Team poll, but
it is considered that the vote taken
from these eight is sufficiently repre­sentative
to warrant the publishing of
the All-Fraternity Team.
Those fraternities contributing votes
were: Phi Kappa Tau, Phi Delta
Theta, Sigma Chi, Lambda Chi, Pi
Kappa Alpha, Alpha Gamma Rho,
Sigma Nu, and S. A. E.
First team—forwards: John Scar­borough
(Alpha Gamma Rho) and Eu­gene
Scholze (Sigma Chi); center:
Bruce McGehee (Sigma Nu); guards:
Robert Turk (Sigma Nu) and John
Hall (Sigma Chi).
Second team — forwards: Billy
Hitchcock (Sigma„Nu) and Buck Dar-den
(Theta Chi); center: Bill Lee.
(Sigma Chi);' guards: Hoyt Jolly
(Sigma Nu) and Frank Turner (Al­pha
Gamma Rho).
Concentration On Track
The interfraternity track meet to
be held "A" day, Wednesday week, is
absorbing the attention of all athletic
minded fraternity men. All fraterni­ties
have been given entry blanks for
the different events, and these blanks
should be filled out and returned to
Lopez Mantoux, chairman of Inter­fraternity
athletics, not later than
noon Monday. This year added im­petus
has been given to the meet upon
the decision of the "A" Club to award
all first nlace winning contestants
with medals. This year, therefore, not
only the fraternity winning the most
points will be awarded a trophy, but
also the individual members who win
first places will be given recognition
in the form of medals.
A number of non-point events will
be added this year such as catching a
greased pig, climbing a greased pole
and running a wheelbarrow race.
Auburn High Loses
In Basket Tourney; ,
Has Excellent Year
Auburn Hi closed a successful hard­wood
campaign the past week-end
when they made a good showing in
their 28-19 loss to Woodlawn in the
first round of the state tournament.
Coach "Bully" Hitchcock was well
pleased with the results of the hard
schedule, and with the successful
comeback staged in the district meet
when the Auburn lads defeated We-tumpka
25-11, after twice losing to the
highly touted Wetumpka five in regu­larly
scheduled games.
Auburn began the season with two
regulars returning from last year's
district championship team, and, af­ter
a slow start, began rolling over all
opponents by impressive scores. We­tumpka
twice ended the long string of
victories, but failed in the pinch when
the Baby Tigers fought furiously for
the right to go to the state tourney.
Lose Four Stars
Charles Ham, Ab Chrietzberg,
Mitchell Wadkins, and Paul Starr
ended their basketball career for the
local high school with an acceptable
exhibition against the state champ­ions
from Birmingham. Jack Bright,
first year man, is the only returning
regular for next season, but numerous
subs will be back for service. Bright
developed into one of the smoothest
ball players to perform for the local
team in many years. Ham, captain
and center, led his team in scoring for
the season, and was a fine leader as
he continuously held the team together
in the pinches.
Starr turned in many fine games,
and was second in the scoring.
Chrietzberg and Wadkins teamed up
at the guard post to give Auburn High
the best guard combination in this sec­tion.
Their loss will be sorely felt,
both on the hardwood and the gridiron.
April 7 Date Set For Elections
By Student Executive Cabinet;
All Posts Filled At This Time
West End Wins State Dramatic Tournament;
Plainsman Award Goes To Piedmont Paper
Publication Heads, All Class
Officers, And Cabinet Posts
To Be Chosen At Same Time
Auburn campus with the coming of spring is bursting forth into a galaxy of activities. In the upper left
corner Virginia Hubbard is being measured for her May Queen costume by Gretchen Talley (writing) and
Floyd Pugh (with tapeline). Below this "shot" has been a familiar scene lately and will continue to be
through April 7. In the upper right Dr. J. J. Tigert, president of Florida, presents a Tau Kappa Alpha Char­ter
to President Milton Roth (right), next to whom is Prof. E. D. Hess. Les Antley is getting his daily work­out
in preparation for a strenuous season as head of the Tiger footballers next season. Maestro Sam Gib­bons,
Glomerata editor, is taking the co-eds who are to form the beauty section through a session of music.
The young ladies are from left to right, Jean Campbell, Molly Brasfield, Sadie Edwards, Sarah Smith, Netty
Murphey, and Iris Joiner. ___^ ;
Bama Cops
Rifle Meet;
Scores 1,821
7 Teams Compete In Match For
Auburn Trophy; Auburn
Makes Very Poor Showing
The University of Alabama won
first place to cop the much desired
Auburn trophy in the S. E. C. rifle
match held here last Saturday. They
shot a total high score of 1821 points.
Competing were six other teams.
Listed following the winner in order
of their respective scores they are
Georgia Tech, second, with a 1794;
Florida, third, 1785; the University of
Georgia, fourth, 1780; Auburn, fifth,
1767; Mississippi State, sixth, 1758;
North Georgia College, seventh, 1733.
Auburn after taking first place last
year was considerably under par.
Florida Man High Scorer
High man in the individual scoring
was Wallace of Florida with 380. The
individual high scorer for Auburn was
Strickland, ranking sixteenth, with
357.
Compared with total high scores of
the 1936 match every team with the
exception of Auburn has shown con­siderable
improvement. However, in
previous trials Auburn has shown to
much better advantage.
Strickland, especially, has been
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Elizabeth Allison Is Chosen
'A' Queen By Student Vote
House Numbers To
Be Placed In April
Issue Of Directories
The Auburn Junior Chamber of
Commerce has recently completed ne­gotiations
with the local telephone
company to place house numbers and
•street addresses opposite names in the
April issue of the telephone directory.
The organization has also placed be­fore
the City Council a measure pro­posing
that the number of each house
in the city be painted on the curbvbe-fore
it. Provision is made that each
householder contribute ten cents
toward the cost of the work. The
newer houses in Auburn which are
without numbers at present will be
properly numbered.
669 Votes Are CastVesterday;
Winner Is Popular Co-ed
Who Led Opening Dances
Reds Defeat Greens
In Final Scrimmage
The Tiger Red Shirts defeated the
Green Shirts in the final session of
Spring football training on Drake
Field last Saturday afternoon by a
score of 27-20.
The scrimmage was attended by a
crowd of almost 600 persons, composed
partly of Auburn alumni and sports
commentators from daily newspapers
throughout the state.
Tankmen Defeated In Home Meet
By Georgia Tech Mermen Saturday
By BILL TROUP
The Auburn tankmen were defeated
by Georgia Tech, 41-34, in their first
swimming meet of the year in Alumni
Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.
The Tech swimmers maintained a
slight lead throughout the contest but
were not assured of victory until win­ning
the 440 yard freestyle event.
Georgia Tech's mermen took firsts in
the medlay relay, 220 yard dash, div­ing,
backstroke, breaststroke, and 440
yard freestyle. The Yellow Jackets
were paced with the brilliant swim­ming
of House, who took two firsts
and a second.
Place First 3 Times
Auburn men placed first in the 50
yard freestyle, 100 yard freestyle, and
copped the relay. Outstanding for the
Tigers was Kierstead, who won first
in the 50 yard dash and third in the
100, and Forbes, who placed first in
the 100 yard dash. Although his squad
has lost several meets, Captain Brandt
Woodward has done a good job of
molding together a team out of the
green material at hand.
There is no meet scheduled for the
Plainsmen this week-end, but they
meet Emory in Atlanta on March 27.
' The summary of the Auburn-
Georgia Tech meet is as follows: med­lay
relay—Tech, first; 220—House
(T) first, Lylons (A) second, Connor
(A) third; 50—Kierstead (A) first,
Priscilla (T) second, Kitchell (A)
third; diving—Duncan (T) first,
House (T) second, Woodward (A)
third; 100—Forbes (A) first, Pris­cilla
(T) second, Kierstead (A) third;
backstroke—Plage (T) first, Gris-wold
(A) second, McCue (A) third;
breaststroke—Hutchinson (T) first,
Woodward (A) second, Nelson (T)
third; 440—House (T) first, Lylons
(A) second, Cambell (T) third; relay
—Auburn first (Kitchell, Griswold,
Forbes, and Kierstead).
Elizabeth Allison, senior in Science
and Literature, was selected "Miss 'A'
Day" in the student election yester­day.
Of the forty-seven other candi­dates
nominated in the 669 votes cast
in the election Virginia Hubbard and
"Pat" Miller followed closely behind
Miss Allison.
The election of "Miss 'A' Day" is a
new innovation on the campus and
Miss Allison, who led the Sophomore
Hop this year, is the first to hold the
honor. She will be the sponsor at all
events transpiring on "A" Day and
will be escorted to the events by Joe
Stewart, president of the "A" Club.
To Lead Dance
A galaxy of athletic events includ­ing
the interfraternity track meet, a
polo game, baseball game, boxing
bouts, fencing exhibitions, and a swim­ming
meet has been planned for the
day. The complete program of final
arrangements will be announced in
the Friday issue of the Plainsman.
Miss Allison will be formally present­ed
at the "A" Club dance, which is
the culmination of the day's activities.
It is planned for a similar election
to be held each year in the future.
The election this year came as a part
of a plan for a more elaborate pro­gram
for the annual day of athletics,
for which classes are excused. Sid­ney
Scarborough, who is chairman of
all arrangements, was in charge of the
election.
The dramatic team from* West End
High School, Birmingham, was de­clared
the winner of the 12th annual
Alabama High School Tournament
here as the tournament came to a
close Saturday evening.
The team, coached by Miss Laura
C. Suydam, won in the final contest
over Ensley High, Tuscaloosa High,
and Lee County High. Cast of the
West End team consisted of Ruth
Jones, Albert Maus, and Wimberly
Oliver. The winning play was "Fix-in's",
by Paul Green.
"Allison's Lad", by Beulah Mae Dix,
was the play presented by Ensley
High under the direction of Miss Flor­ence
Pass, with the following cast:
Charles Goodwin, C. Wilbourn, Robert
Vanderford, Frank Cross, Pete Brun-er,
Lee McEachern, Ansel Weems, and
R. T. Young.
Coached by Vincent Raines, the Tus­caloosa
High team presented Eugene
O'Neill's "In the Zone". The players
included Walker Curry, Marion Coley,
William Lipsey, DeBW Owen, George
Cumming, C. W. Adams, and J. S.
Yerby, III. The Lee County High
team, coached by Miss Marie Sewell,
presented Coffin's "Magnolia's Man"
with the cast composed of Jeannette
Knapp, Emma Nell Parrish, Bill
Dobbs, and John Turner Hudson.
Scott Awards Prizes
Manager of the tournament, which
is sponsored by the English depart
ment at Auburn, was Dr. Leo Gosser,
who was assisted by the entire staff.
The prizes were announced and awards
were made Saturday evening by Dr
John W. Scott, dean of the school of
science and literature.
Between plays Saturday evening a
poem was read by Mary E. Davidson,
Tuscaloosa; a piano solo was present­ed
by Leland B. Nichols, Ensley; and
vocal solos were sung by Judson Mc-
Crary, Tuscaloosa, and Jeanne
Walker, Anniston.
The well-written editorial by Ed­ward
Sears, Ensley High School,
brought him first honors in the edi­torial
writing contest. His subject
was "The Hope Offered Education by
the Sales Tax." Second honors went
to Edward Moody, Wetumpka, who
wrote on "This Nuisance Tax with
Which We Must Contend".
First place in the high school news­paper
contest, sponsored by The Au­burn
Plainsman, went to The Pied
mont Hi-Life, edited by Herbert Woolf,
with Frank Wilson, business manager.
Second place was earned by The Cam­pus
Bugler of Wetumpka, edited by
Colvin Howard and managed by Wil­liam
Glenn.
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Keys Elect Officers;
Plan For New Pledges
Keys Interfraternity elected the fol­lowing
new officers for next year: M.
R. Panell, president; George Darty,
vice-president; Charles Harris, secre­tary;
Howard Workman, treasurer.
All the nominations were from the
floor, and a plurality vote was counted.
Retiring President E. M. Butler an­nounced
that a meeting would be held
on the second Sunday night of each
month. A discussion was held con­cerning
the initiation which is to be
held Friday night, April 9. A com­mittee
was appointed to assume the
responsibility of tapping the new
pledges.
The retiring officers are:- E. M.
Butler, president; Howard Workman,
vice-president; Wales Wallace,- secre­tary;
and James Buntin, treasurer.
Baseball Schedule
Complete For Season
The Tiger varsity nine, judging by
the teams to be encountered, faces a
stiff program of collegiate competi­tion
this season.
The schedule as announced by Coach
Dell Morgan last Saturday includes
ten contests with Southeastern Con­ference
clubs, two with the Gadsden
Goodyear G 3's, and the remainder
with several other schools including
Mississippi College, a new foe for
Auburn.
The complete schedule follows:
March 24, 25—Gadsden Goodyear G
3's at Auburn; March 31, April 1—
Mississippi College at Auburn; April
2, 3—Troy Teachers College at Au­burn
; April 7, 8—Georgia Tech at At­lanta
; April 9, 10—Georgia at Athens;
April 16, 17—Georgia at Auburn;
April 21, 22—Troy Teachers College
at Troy; April 23, 24—Florida at
Gainesville; April 30, May 1—Georgia
Tech at Auburn; May 7, 8—Ogle­thorpe
at Atlanta; May 14, 15—Ogle­thorpe
at Auburn.
Dr.RothTo
Speak Here
On Monday
Appears Under Auspices Of
Auburn Players At 8:15;
Thrilling Tales Will Be Told
Dr. Robert E. Roth, world traveler
and well known lecturer, will make his
appearance on the campus in Langdon
Hall Monday evening at 8:15 under
the auspices of the Auburn Players.
Dr. Roth will lecture and present
natural colored pictures on the "Won­derlands
of South America", a lecture
taken from the experiences he en­countered
on a trip through that
continent.
This lecture will begin from the
moment of leaving the United States
and continue with this adventurer
through the Panama Canal down the
West coast of South America along
the Pacific to Ecuador, Peru, and
Chile. From these countries the jour
ney continues across the Andes to
Buenos Aires, thence to Rio de Janeiro,
and from there into the interior of the
headwaters of the Amazon. This ex­pedition
is the last before the journey
home.
Vividness Accented
Dr. Roth has received praise for the
vividness of his portrayals of the in­cidents
that befell him on his wander­ings
over the globe. It is said that he
takes one away from the stagnation of
everyday life for a few hours on a pil­grimage
to the "Christ of the Andes",
on an expedition in a primitive native
dugout up into the unknown reaches
of the Amazonian jungles, or on some
inconceived adventure down the
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TOM POWELL CHAIRMAN
Petitions Due March 31 And
All Publication Applications
Must Be In By Tomorrow
Program For Druggists' Conference
Completed By Pharmacy Students
The program for the second annual
Retail Druggist Business. Conference,
to be held here Tuesday and Wednes­day,
March 23 and 24, is complete.
These conferences are sponsored by
the School of Pharmacy, with the
meetings being held in the Ross
Chemical Hall.
Registration begins Tuesday morn­ing
in the Ross Chemical Laboratories.
The first session of the conference will
start promptly at ten o'clock with Dr.
L. S. Blake presiding. Dr. L. N. Dun­can
will deliver the address of wel­come
to the visitors and the response
will be given by Mr. Sam Watkins of
Dora, Alabama, President of the Ala­bama
Pharmaceutical Association.
The highlight of the first morning
session will be a talk by Frank A.
Delgado, author of "The Professional
Pharmacy", on "Retail Pharmacy
Trends as Indicated by New Govern­ment
Census Figures". Mr. Delgado is
chief of the medicinals and toilet pre­parations
section of the chemical di­vision
of Foreign and Domestic Com­merce
with headquarters in Washing­ton,
D. C.
Review R. O. T. C. Unit
At eleven o'clock, the R. O. T. C.
Unit will be reviewed on Bullard Field
in honor of the visitors.
The Tuesday afternoon assembly
will begin at 1:30 P. M., presided over
by Mr. Lawrence C. Lewis, of Tuske-gee,
Alabama, for many years a mem­ber
of the Alabama State Board of
Pharmacy. The principal address
Tuesday afternoon will be given by
Mr. H. S. Noel, of Indianapolis, Di­rector
of Trade Relations of Eli Lilly
and Company. His subject is "The
Trend of Drug Store Profits", and he
will speak from actual drug store ex­periences.
Three Alabama druggists: Mr. W.
W. Walker, Birmingham; Mr. Roy
Albright, Mobile; and Mr. N. G. Hub-
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Wednesday, April 7, has been set by
the Executive Cabinet as the date for
all student elections to be held. At
this time the editor and business man­ager
of the Plainsman and Glomerata,
all cabinet posts, and all class officers
aVe to be chosen by the different
classes.
The election will be under the sup­ervision
of Tom Powell, Chairman of
Elections Committee, of the Cabinet.
Powell stated that all elections would
be held all at one time instead of hold­ing
the publications elections first
then the cabinet and class elections as
has been done in past years to pre­vent
any unnecessary politics *id to
save some money. Also the Cabinet
has changed elections from the second
week in April to the first.
Petitions Due March 31
All petitions for all positions must
be turned over to Powell at the Phi
Delta Theta house by noon Wednes­day,
March 31. Any petition later
than this is void and all petitions must
be made out according to the "Rat
Bible", signed by at least twenty-five
students of the same class as the as­pirant.
All publication applications
must be handed to the Publications
Committee by tomorrow.
Cabinet officers are to be elected by
popular vote after Cabinet posts are
filled. Exact date for this will be re­leased
later. This election will, no
doubt, be more of a formality as it
will probably turn out that all officers
are decided on before the voting; how­ever,
there could be two or more men
running for the same Cabinet office
elected causing a run-off.
The Junior ballots will be the full­est
due to the fact that this class is
to vote on publication heads, Cabinet
members and class officers. Fresh­men
and Sophomore ballots will con­tain
Cabinet and class aspirants.
A Woman Student Representative
to the Executive group is to be chosen
by all co-eds. This representative may
come from any class.
Names Alphabetically
Powell stated that in order to avoid
misunderstanding at a later date he
wished it to be known that all names
on all ballots would appear in alpha­betical
order. Several times in past
years this question has arisen to cause
much controversy; the Cabinet has
settled the issue for final.
Several revisions have been made in
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Youth Program Given
For Local Kiwanians
A youth program was presented to
the Auburn Kiwanis Club, Monday,
under the direction of T. A. Sims,
State club leader for the Extension
Service of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
Six organizations of Lee County
boys and girls were represented. B.
B. Darnell, of Loachapoka, spoke for
4-H club boys; Eleanor Whatley, of
Loachapoka, for the 4-H club girls;
Sara Tant, of Auburn, for the home
economics girls of the Lee County
high school; Ray Rogers, of Auburn,
for the FFA boys; Herbert Martin,
of Auburn, for boy scouts; and Doro­thy
Floyd for girl scouts. Each boy
and girl on the program explained
briefly th% Work of his or her organi­zation.
The meeting was attended by Coun­ty
Agent C. H. Bedingfield and H. F.
McQueen, assistant county agent, and
H. F. Gibson, teacher of vocational
agriculture at Auburn.
NOTICE !
There will be a meeting of O. D. K.
members and pledges' Thursday night
at 8:00 in 301 Samfofd.
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, MARCH 17, 1937
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Tabooing The Thumb
The "cut" rule passed recently by
the Executive Council is going to
cause a great deal of necessary hust­ling
next year on the part of quite a
number of students. Right now the
said students are crying.
Well do these students know that
the old saying of "put out or get out"
is going to become a reality. The
week-end trip home to see the gal is
going to become a rarity; the one
: about Uncle John being sick back
home may work once or twice, but it
looks mighty like we're all going have
to stick around pretty close.
And when students find that most
of their nine months at school will
have to be spent at school, that ten
per cent absences throws them out of
class, and that each absence takes two
points from their final grades, you can
be assured there's going to be some
hustling done.
But the rule is fair and even if it
does seem a bit stiff now, within two
years' time we should have adjusted
ourselves to the condition which will
call for harder, more diligent work.
What, No Drunks?
We notice with a great deal of in­terest
that student body has taken
the whiskey legalization with a pas­sive
attitude; the Joe Colleges haven't
made more celebration than usual. It
was necessary for us to wait for the
week-end to write this editorial be­cause
our boys don't celebrate until
classes are over for the week. And,
strange as it seems, Auburn had one
of its quietest week-ends. This fact
was mentioned by several observant
people.
Those who expected to see a "hang­er"
on every post have been disap­pointed
so far. We expect it will re­main
this way.
Of course students in The Plains­man
Poll voted for liquor but that was
only mob action. Set a bottle of booze
before 100 men here and see how
many will drink it. According to our
poll approximately 80 of these stu­dents
"want" it. But how many will
drink it? Our guess would be ten per
cent would taste it and another five
per cent would drink ifc Now this
five per cent is able to get all the
liquor they want anyway so repeal
means very little to any one here.
The average college man and
woman knows enough to steer clear
of vices that corrupt; those below the
average will be corrupted anyway.
Partly Justified
Last Friday a student severely
brought us to task in th? Forum for
devoting some of our editorial space
to "outside" events not connected with
the school. In answer to this charge
we wish to point out several things.
We admit that daily newspapers
are able to carry editorials better
written and more pertinent to hap­penings
of the day. As was stated in
the letter, these papers have men
t a'ned in special field. fcc do this edi­torial
writing; they are able to pre­sent
the subject more accurately and
in fuller detail. Their editorial com­ments
are better thought out and
much better in general than ours
could ever hope to be.
But, how many students take one of
these dailies or even have access to
one? Very few is our guess. But of
those who do read dailies, how many
read beyond the sport and comic
pages? It is our obgect to present
short editorials of state, national, and
international subjects in hope that
they may be read by at least a few.
If a student reads an editorial in The
Plainsman about a subject, he may be­come
interested enough to turn to the
dailies and news magazines for
further information. Or if the read­ers
don't get the incentive to further
investigate, they will have a little in­formation
anyway.
If you are interested in large-scope
editorials, we do not advise The
Plainsman as a complete informative
source, but if you don't care much
about comments on daily happenings,
we suggest you look over these edi­torials
after you have read our gossip
columns.
However, we do not plead guilty to
the practice of not editorializing
enough on subjects close to the school.
Our coverage along this line is com­plete.
All the suggestions made by
the writer as topics have been used in
editorials at least one time, usually
more.
News and Views
By JAMES BUNTIN
Flunk And Pay A Fine
A fine for each semester-hour fail­ed
is another reform that might well
be enacted along with the penalizing
of students for "cuts". The Universi­ty
of Oklahoma has adopted the policy
of charging its students three dollars
for each semester-hour they fail. The
object of the college is not to raise
money. But it should discourage a
sometimes disregard "of studies by the
students.
The two measures would work hand
in hand. Under the already adopted
rule of penalizing the students two
points off their final grade for each
unexcused absence, the importance of
attending classes will be emphasized.
True, the matter of exerting enough
effort to build up a reserve in grade
points will always be the staring the
student in the face. But to offset any
possible indifference, a fine of two or
three dollars per hour failed might be
imposed to make the idea more im­pressive.
"
It is a well established fact that the
financial problem of practically every
student is his greatest worry. Under
the application of such a rule, a handi­cap
would be worked upon one failing
work. The fine is not excessive, but
every little bit of spending money is
important to the average student.
With these two measures in force, suf­ficient
incentive should be provided
to influence more attention to be ap­plied
upon school work.
Alarm Clock vs. Show Talker
Neil Davis in The Bulletin says
that the alarm clock going off at an
ungodly hour is very, very unpleasant,
more so than a telephone going off at
such an hour. But he has no troubles.
He can do one of two things: don't
set the alarm, or get up, turn off the
thing and crawl back in bed. Any­way
alarms serve a purpose. They're
o. k.
But here's aT'real problem which
puts alarm clocks in the shade—sit­ting
behind, or. in front of, or within
twenty seats of a bunch of picture
show talkers. Now there is a prob­lem.
The house is packed, you paid
twenty-five cents, the hero is whis­pering
sweet nothings in a low tone,
and there are those jabberers at it
again. Usually it is a bunch of ladies.
You hate to tell them point-blank to
shut up. You can't turn them off like
you .can an alarm. There's not a va­cant
seat. You can't throw away
money. What can you do? ,
But Davis won't sell his alarm in
spite of its actions. We'd gladly sell
our seat. -
Two-Stop Flight
The newspapers have it that the
Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Simpson,
when married, plan to come over here
to live; four or five different places
in United States were mentioned as
likely places for their home. ,
We suggest two places: Reno—for
a short stop and Hollywood for the
final resting place.
Prospective brides may now learn how to
design the home that they will someday
build. University of North Dakota has in­stituted
a course teaching how to design
floor plans, elevations, and such technical
details for a home.
Twenty-five Alabama counties voted last
Wednesday to establish state stores for the
legal sale of 'alcoholic beverages. Lee county
was among those asking for the "vile stuff".
This action may work a handicap upon
pleasure-seeking and sorrow-drowning stu­dents.
Will the difference in the assumed
higher quality of liquors and the slight low­ering
of the price offset the added require­ment
of time and expense of going to a store
in Opelika to obtain much needed stimulant?
* * * *
DIFFERENCES ARISE WHEN a sober
Minnesota legislature discusses the chang-
#
ing of a law which provides dogs the privi­lege
of going free of legal entanglements
for their first attack upon a person.
Love your Neighbor as You trust his Help.
His Accommodations come as free as His
True Commendations.
* * * *
850 MILLION REVENUE—The buxom
daughter of New World Democracy may ap­proach
the balancing of her budget for
facial and side-dressings expenditures this
year. It is estimated that the Income Tax
receipts will amount to 850 millions this
year, with the movie industry paying the
big money. Could it be that Uncle Sam is
now taxing them per thrill? .
* * * *
Take notice Ags and poultry aspirants.
The all time overtime production record for
a hen is the After-Mussolini's-Heart Italian
Barnyard Miss that laid 120 eggs in 80
days, with a peak output of 20 eggs in one
24-hour period.
* * * *
The Duke of Windsor again thinks of
family and the state before himself. He
has postponed his marriage until May 22
so as to not interfere with the King's Coro­nation
in any manner.
i * * * *
The wasps of Uncle Sam's will soon be
provided with several much needed hives at
opportune points scattered over his farm­yard.
The Wilcox Act of 1935 will give the
necessary impetus Tor the establishment of
several air bases over the face of the U. S.
Work will soon 'begin on the first which is
to be located at Tacoma, Washington.
* * * *
AN AMERICAN TRADITION—The sit-down
strike is now claimed to have been an
American idea. To say the least, it yas
popularized here. And they go on with 6,000
of that breed giving Chrysler trouble, not
speaking of the many smaller ones here and
there.
Gutter Snipes
FROM BILL TO BILL
TODAY'S SPECIAL: Was Joe Stewart's
face red when little Patsy Smith rushed up
to him and said, "Oh, you're a dweat big
football hero, aren't you? Let me feel your
dweat big hard muscles."
* * * *
Our nominations for the best costumes'at
the Mardi Gras ball are Prof, and Mrs.
Staples. They should have won a prize.
x * * * *
QUESTION: Was it a tie or a bandana
handkerchief that Jessie Isbell had on at
the Mardi Gras Ball? Hulda Rutland, Jungle
Princess No. 2, retired to a neutral corner in
the face of the competition.
* * * *
Tommy Hagan has really gone overboard
for the Montgomery Van Pelts. Three
week-ends in a row is a flying start.
p' # * *
COMPLICATIONS: The romance be­tween
Lopey and Suzelle is running along
smoothly while Phillip Smith and Leon Pic-card
look on.
* * * *
We run this little digression in to explain
our policy. This column is not intended to
hurt anybody's feelings or defame anybody's
character. All items appearing in this
column are meant in a spirit of clean fun
and it is our hope.that they will be taken
in that spirit by all who read them.
* * * *
CONTRIBUTED: Did Ed Ellis meet an­other
pirate, was Aunt Hattie's kitchen
floor going 'r6und and 'round, or did he
really slip down because of a wet floor
when he cut his shoulder during intermis­sion
Friday night?
* * * *
RIDDLE THIS OUT: What is that
makes Lousia Taylor so outlandishly happy
when I'M,- The-Big-Boy-Who - Writes-We-
The-Forty-Six Cameron calls out at the
Society Hill?
* * * *
Which all' goes to lead one to wonder if
there is a competition or something between
the two Mrs. Yarborough's boarders—
speaking of the antics of Pete, Jean, Ida
Belle, and Mac D.; and then whispering of
those dark deeds of which the Sassity Puffs
are guilty.
* * * *
TO THE UNDER-LOVED AND OVER-HOPING:
The accommodator goes on far,
far, into the night thinking of self and selfy
guiles.
Plainsman Forum—Voice of the Students
Politician Plead* For Sportsmanship In
Politics And Elections
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Politics are in the air. The backslapping
and handshaking have begun. Some aspir­ants
are hopeful; some discouraged. The
election will soon be here.
But we must remember that after all stu­dent
elections are only student elections.
They have their place. If they remain in
their place, they can accomplish much good.
The annual elections and the "politicking"
occupy the minds of the students as nothing
else does. They provide interest, fun, bat­tles,
chances for bulling, and opportunities
for enjoyment and experience that nothing
else on the school calendar does. When
they stay within these bounds, elections may
be chalked up on the asset side of the ledger.
When, however, such contests take on
such serious aspects as making lasting ene­mies
among students, splitting fraternity
groups internally, and causing college men
to stoop to childish activities, then such
bounds have been overstepped.
Sportsmanship applies to politics as well
as to anything else. The common politician
says: "Blessed in the honest man, for he
shall lose when the votes are counted." The
sportsman says: "Blessed is he who plays
the game straight and fair, for he wins
even when he loses."
Perhaps all this will bring us to the reali­zation
that we allow many innocent and
trivial activities to take on a seriousness
they do not deserve. If the presidency of
the So-and-So Sewing Circle meant any­thing—
any lasting and personal gain—the
matter would take on a different light. It
would be excusable to take politics serious­ly.
When, however, it means no more than
sitting on a pinnacle of student affairs for
one year, it is not worth doing any damage
to attain. After all, a college generation
is no more than four years. Few names are
remembered longer than that. Years from
now the sight of one more office listed un­der
one's name will not compensate for the
loss of one friend or for a dark spot on any­one's
conscience.
To all Auburn politicians from
One of Them.
• Writer Debunks The Intelligence Of
"We Forty-Six" Columnist
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
So the "Most Intelligent" Columnist has
decided to change the title of his column
to "We Forty-Six". A very good title I
should say. I can see that the students ac­complished
one thing—a change in the title
of the column. But I would say the students
voted on the contents of the column, not the
title (or maybe the fourteen month old stu­dents
thought they were).
It seems as if the fourteen month old stu-
On Our Campus
By EDWIN C. GODBOLD
We are still hearing faint repercussions
from the article we wrote on February 24 in
which we maintained that the average Au­burn
student did not come to Auburn to
get an education. We have been thinking
about it and mulling over it ever since we
had our first friendly argument on the
subject. And we still think we are right.
* * * *
Yes, we still believe that we did not come
to Auburn to get an education. Nor that
the man sitting next to us in class or two
seats from us did either. We came, we re­peat,
to acquire skill with which to conquer
the material world. . . . not to get an educa­tion—
if you think of education as a pro­found
inner change or the putting on of a
new man or the acquisition of a well-stored
mind.
* * * *
Perhaps you think us wrong. You argue
that it is desirable that we be here to ac­quire
an education. But then you are argu­ing
for Things as They Should Be, while we
are merely explaining Things as They Are.
We admit that you are right. We should
be here for that. But we are not, and we
are average, as college men go.
We are not ashamed to admit why we are
here. We do not like people who fool them­selves;
it is good for folks to know them­selves.
And we know why we are here. We
seek to conquer the economic world. If we
were offered a good job this week, we would
leave school, as would most other Auburn
students. That is, if we saw there was a
chance of conquering the economic world
without college, we would leave college. If
you argue that we are here for profound
enlightenment, then a job would mean noth­ing.
But it does.
* *' * *
Do not misunderstand us. We are not
campaigning, but merely expressing what
we believe.
dents did vote as the majority of the voters
of the State of Alabama on one question—
liquor. Yes, the students voted wet, and I
think I would be safe in saying that our
friend voted wet also. It seems as if the
columnist agreed with the fourteen month
old brains on that subject.
Or maybe I am writing a little fast. May­be
it was Workman's gloves instead of our
intelligence that did the injustice to
" Thunderations".
Perhaps "We Forty-Six" ("Thundera­tions")
is a grand piece of literary work,
but since the author is writing for fourteen
month old students (his view), I should
think he would limit'his writings to their
intelligence. Yours truly,
. Paul Carr.
Co-ed In Smith Hall Suggests Banning
AH Saturday Classes
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
While the Executive Council is making
amendments, why can't we protest against
Saturday classes. We don't mind if we
can't have but ten per cent cuts but we do
mind getting up for Saturday classes.
Oh, how I would love to sleep this Satur­day
morning but no.I have to get up for
class or take a "cut". Who, after taking
in a dance or any other Friday night amuse­ment,
wants to get up for a Saturday'class?
Then there are times when you want to go
off for the week-end but you have a Satur­day
class, you can't go. Then there are just
times when you don't want to go to classes,
especially on Saturday.
Hoping this will bring a few of the facts
to the minds of the other students. Let's
hear some more ideas on this subject and
let's have some action on it in the very near
future. . Protestor from Smith Hall.
Senior States Letters Are Not Constructive
Enough To School
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I have been more or less interested in The
Plainsman Forum since its origination. The
idea itself is a good one but I think that the
letters submitted usually are not construc­tive
enough or the ideas brought forth are
impractical and unwise.
This is no fault of yours; you are bound
to print whatever comes into your office in
the way of letters from the students. No
doubt, you are interested in raising the
standards of The Plainsman and of the
school in general if possible. I believe
through such a column as the Forum
changes like these can be best effected.
So my contention is that those students
who spend time writing to you should de­vote
their interests to the betterment of the
paper and school and not on idle prattle
about nothing. Sincerely,
A Senior.
We Forty-Six
By HUGH CAMERON
On Other Campuses
By JOHN GODBOLD
Rutgers University offers real practical
experience to students in the money and
banking business. They operate a campus
bank which makes small loans to students
at about one-third the usual rate of interest.
A group of sorority sisters at North­western
insisted that men were more
curious than women. To prove their con­tention
they painted a barrel, labeled it
"Danger" and placed it by one of the campus
walks. For one hour hidden girls kept tab,
counting 106 men and 24 women who step­ped
off the walk to peer into the barrel.
As for proving their point they accomplish­ed
nothing because every person who had
passed along the walk during the test hour
had looked into the barrel.
* * * *
The very latest innovation to get dates
for dateless girls is the University of Chi­cago's
Escort Bureau. The Bureau operates
on a plan similar to that of the now-famous
*Ted Peckham Escort Bureaus; a young man
is selected who conforms with the date-seeker's
specifications; he meets her at a
designated spot, and is free to use his own
name or a fictitious name. Thereafter he is
responsible for the success of the evening—
but the lady foots, the bills.
* * . * j»
Table manners are a part of the basket­ball
curriculum at Marquette University.
On trips and in private dining rooms the
coach allows his huskies to take turns do­ing
something wrong at the table so that
the others may tune up their etiquette by
correcting him.
* * * *
The "wrong-number" telephone gag that
college boys sometimes pull didn't stop a
Birmingham-Southern girl for long. She
had to speak to her boy friend and that was
all there was to it. She called his fraterni­ty
; when the phone rang the fellows gather­ed
round. The answerer recognized the
feminine voice and said, "This is the shoe
shop, madam." "Wrong number," she apolo­gized
and tried a second time. When the
phone buzzed again another male answered
with, "Your pressing, shop speaking."
"Wrong number," the lady muttered and
dialed doggedly again. The answer came,
"This is Johns Funeral Home." The aroused
coed snapped back, "Let me speak to a
corpse named Robert Lee." And the corpse
came to the phone.
Blows again blearyly the fitful breeze,
bringing again in a puff, the March song. . .
the song of the breeze, "I Think That I
Shall Never See A
Poem As Lovely As a
Knee."
* * * +
A Knee whose dirty
scuff is dressed as
bare as the owner's
bleezy bulging breast.
Gad, is nothing to
be left to one's imagi­nation
'pon these days?
* * * *
The cuckoo in cuckoo clocks pops out at
every hour of the day and sings his silly
song. Ross Ogletree, quite a bird, himself,
(Dodo) also pops and sings, singing, "I Am
Booked To Go."
It all depends on what books one reads
and where one goes.
* * * *
And now does anyone else want to have a
costume dance? There were too many cries
last Friday night of, "I'm all dressed up
and can't see to go."
* * * *
The white man and his fire water fairly
vanished one or two "Vanishing Ameri­cans."
Ugh! White man dam' fool.
* * * *
If you haven't visited the newly complet­ed
. . . well not altogther . . . Chewacla
Park don't miss-it next time you have a
chance. The road has been completed to the
top of the mountain and from it can be
seen the lake, the water going over the dam,
and the place we all learned to swim sans
suits before the coming of civilization. Very
pretty, and something to travel to see until
some fool holds a beer party on the top of
the mountain. There is already one empty
can on the way up.
* * * *
Take a look at M. J. Moore and his newly
completed store front. One of the most
modern fronts in a town of tin shed fronts,
but to keep the sidewalk from getting mud­dy
before the coming of the concrete.
An awning can do much to make a modern
and nice appearance, and also keep off the
rain . . . whereas a tin shed always leaks like
a tin shed, looks like a tin shed, and keeps
an otherwisely smart and modern store look­ing
other instead of wisely.
* * * *
Poetry again, from-a poetry book:
Though pain and care are everywhere
Give freely lass, live fully, lover
For death's a rather long affair
And when you die, you die all over.
And
The man who shuns wine, woman and song
Remains a fool his whole life long.
* * * *
But one can certainly save the nickles. •
Pete's Epistle
Dere Melissey:
How would yew like tew have a new brud-der?
What i mean is how would yew like
tew adoptificate me fer a brudder? Yew
see hits like this: i aint got any fambly any
more since they gave me that never-darken-my-
door stuff Sunday. Yew see after i left
yew Sattiddy nite i struck up with Hezikyer
Pettingill and he sez he has a bunch of
there good dranking likker tew dispose of
and he beggs me tew dispose of an ample
portion of hit.
Well, yew know how i am about helping
people in distress sew i jest tuck up and
disposed of a mess of hit. Hezikyer asks
me tew bunk with him that nite but i told
him i couldent seeing as how the way our
folks shot each other on sight but his
folks is off up at the still amaking a run
that nite and wouldent be home and i would
be doing him a grate favor tew bunk with
him. I bunked and drank between naps on-tel
mawning came and then i went home.
When i got home i was still dronk as a
cooter and the fambly was mad. not mad
because i was dronk or because i had been
out all nite but mad because i was dronk on
Pettingill likker. That was the last straw
fer me to descend tew dranking there stuff
and paw got sew disgustipated he told me
tew get out of his house and make my own
cawn likker. Sew here i am, a man without
a still.
i shore did need your soft shoulder tew
lean my akeing haid on after they read me
the ryot act. Hit was plumb terrible the
way they done me, one holt of one ear and
one holt the other and they would pull and
turn loose at the same time and when them
ears hemmed my haid in between them com­ing
at sech a force hit was bad. While one
of them scobbed my nobb, the other was
eating on my foot like hit were a haunch of
mutton. Then they gave me a general
whimwhamming and flimflamming ontel i
was generally worked over. All of that on
top of a Pettingill likker hangover!
Awfully yours, pete.
Upperclassmen at the University of Buf­falo
are not required to take any courses
but those they desire.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1937
U.D.C. History Goes
To Press Before May
After a decade of intensive writing
and research, manuscript for a large
one-volume history of the Alabama
Division of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy will be completed this
month and will come from the press
prior to the annual U. D. C. State
Convention in Gadsden on May 4 to 6.
In making the announcement here
Tuesday Mrs. Herman D. Jones, di­vision
president, stated that final copy
for the book would be in the hands
of the editor, Mrs. E. L. Huey, Besse­mer,
by March 14.
The volume will contain a complete
history of many phases of the work
of the Alabama Division sinee its or­ganization
40 years ago, in 1897.
There will be several chapters devoted
to general history of the division, the
Soldier's Home, monuments and memo­rials,
historical work, education, and
the Children of the Confederacy.
Biographical sketches of division
presidents, honorary life presidents,
and local chapter histories' will be in­cluded
in the book that is to be pro­fusely
illustrated with photos of di­vision,
chapter, honorary life presi­dents,
and numerous Confederate
monuments. A directory of rosters of
both active and inactive chapters will
also appear in the volume.
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 P A G E T H R EE
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
Society Editor, MARION STANLEY, Phone 305
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W A N T E D
A Young Lady Residing
In Auburn For Cashier.
TIGER THEATRE.
Sons, Daughters Dine
With Father Rotarians
Ranging in ages from three to 25
years, 24 sons and daughters of mem­bers
were . guests of honor at the
weekly meeting of the Auburn Rotary
Club here Thursday noon at the
Thomas Hotel.
Poetical tribute to the daughters of
Rotary members was given during the
program by Prof. James R. Rutland,
and a similar tribute was paid by S.
L. Toomer. Miss Martha North Wat­son
replied on behalf of the daugh­ters,
and Herbert Martin, Jr., gave
the response for the sons. "We hop*
that some day we may become Ki-wanians,
if we cannot become Ro­tarians,"
said young Mr. Martin in
concluding his remarks.
Following the luncheon, Francis
Newburn, freshman student from Mo­bile,
gave a special program of magic
for the younger visitors. The Rev. S.
B. Hay was in charge of the program.
The following sons and daughters
of Rotarians attended the meeting:
Clark « Hudson, Fred Allison, Jr.,
Charles Hixon, George Wallace,
Turner Hudson, John Bruce and Her­bert
Martin, Jr., Margaret and Shel­don
Toomer, Sammy and Burney Hay,
Kathleen Johnson, Hulda Rutland,
Paul McCormick, Evans Young, Jr.,
Ellwood, Beverley Ann, and Carlyle
Burkhardt, Dickie Meagher, Barbara
Fain, Martha North Watson, Billy
Martin, Sidney Fuller, and B. C.
Pope, Jr.
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Delta Sigma Phi Initiates
Six New Members
The Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
formally initiated six men Wednesday
night. The ceremony was followed by
the regular Wednesday night meet­ing.
The new members are: Jack
Dunlop, Billy Fowler, Paul Gilmore
and Bill Shofner from Birmingham,
Winfrey Boyd from Guntersville Dam,
and Billy Jones from Mobile.
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Phone 695-J
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Phone 134.R
Auburn, Ala.
WHEN Hollywood wants to film a scene re­quiring
hundreds of wextras," it makes a
telephone call—and gets them.
This is made possible by a central casting
bureau, whose amazingly fast service is based
on systematic use of the telephone. This organiza­tion
has a telephone switchboard where as many
as 30,000 calls a day are handled in bringing
actors and producers together.
Another example of the value of telephone
service to business and social America. It is the
constant aim of Bell System men and women to
make it ever more use­ful—
constantly better. Keep in closer touch w i th
home — b y t e l e p h o n e.
Rates to most points are
lowest after 7 P. M. and
all day Sunday.
•IKTL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Lenora Patridge spent the past
week-end at the Univ. of Alabama.
* * *
Ruth and Sidney Mathews spent the
week-end at their home in Leroy.
* * *
Boardman Ivey and Bill McTyiere,
former students, were in Auburn over
the week-end.
* * *
Lena Reid Miller spent the week­end
motoring through north Florida.
Among points visited were Port St.
Joe, Panama City, and Tallahassee.
* * *
Elizabeth" Bryan and Carolyn Hend-rick
were the guests of their families
in Brundidge over the week-end.
* * *
Mildred Glass spent the week-end
with her family in Hurtsboro.
* * *
Bill Dexter, a graduate of last year,
and his mother, Mrs. Dexter, of Bir­mingham,
were the guests of George
Dexter last week-end.
* * *
Mabel Powers, of Montevallo, was
the guest of Hulda Rutland last week­end
and attended the Mardi Gras Ball
and "A" Club Dance.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Glenn, of Bir­mingham,
were, the guests of Mrs.
Harry Smith and Miss Allie Glenn
last week-end.
* * *
Mrs. G. H. Wright and Mrs. C. O.
Prickett spent Thursday in Atlanta.
* • *
Estelle Breeden, Elizabeth Rimes,
Marshall Hooper, and Curtis Griffith
spent the week-end with their families
in Selma.
* * *
Margaret Phillips was the guest
last week-end of her family in Mont­gomery.
* * *
Marion Stanley has returned from
Montgomery where she was called be­cause
of the death of her sister.
* * *
Lucinda Lester, Selma, and Louise
Smilie, Montgomery, former Auburn
students, spent the week-end at the
Phi Omega Pi House.
* * *
Bobby Lawrence, former student,
spent the week-end at the Pi Kappa
Alpha house.
* * *
Mrs. Charles S. Davis will arrive in
Auburn on Saturday to be with Mr.
Davis who is now connected with the
History Department. Mr. and Mrs.
Davis will occupy the Hugh Cottle
Apartment on Thach Avenue.
* * *
Bill Ingram, former student, spent
the week-end at the A. T. O. house.
* * *
Mifis Frances Blackmon, formerly of
Mie Registrar's Office, visited Miss
Berta Dunn over the week-end.
* * *
O'Leta Dunn, former Auburn stu­dent,
has accepted a position with the
Cleveland Costume Company in Cleve­land,
Ohio. Miss Dunn has been at­tending
the Darvis School of Fashion
and Art during the past year.
* * *
Whitfield Rew, graduate student in
the school of Agriculture, has accept­ed
a position with the Alabama Power
Company.
Phi Kappa Phi Has
Initiation -Banquet
The annual initiation of the candi­dates
for Phi Kappa Phi, national
honor fraternity, was held last night
at the Thomas Hotel. After this initi­ation
an elaborate banquet was given
in honor of these initiates and Dr.
J. J. Tigert, President of the Uni­versity
of Florida, Gainsville, Florida,
main speaker for the occasion.
Prof. J. R. Rutland, President of
the Auburn Chapter Phi Kappa Phi
presided at the meeting. Prof. J. N.
Robinson presided as President during
the initiation and Dr. Paul Irvine pre­sided
as Vice President. Several mem­bers
of the Glee Club gave a medley of
College Songs during the banquet.
There were fifty-six members of
Phi Kappa Phi present which includ­ed
the incoming members. These peo­ple
were selected for their high scho­larship
throughout their career, for
their leadership and outstanding char­acter.
The new members are: Charles
H. Bailey, Montevallo; James L. Mur­phy,
Andalusia; Helen Tigner, Colum­bus,
Ga.; Fred O. Barrett, Birming­ham;
Dan Duncan, Russellville; Her­man
Laatch, Birmingham; William
Stafford, Florence; Joel Eaves, At­lanta,
Ga.; Louise Houk, Montgomery;
May B. Entrekin, Auburn.
William Von Chandler, Andalusia;
Raymond Strickland, Birmingham;
Lee Balcb, Fayette; Baker Dean, Ope­lika;
Norman Heistand, Fairhope;
John Langley, Camp Hill; Fred Rich-ter,
Savannah, Ga.; Walter Schuster,
Birmingham; Madeline Breedlove, Au­burn;
Mark Nichols, Auburn; Howard
Carr, Headland; Bruce McGehee, Jr.,
Troy; Netty Murphey, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Milton Roth, Jacksonville,
Florida; Joe Stewart, Montgomery;
George Baird, Theodore; William Cox,
Auburn.
The following were elected from the
faculty to become members of the fra­ternity:
Prof. E. Walter Burkhardt;
Delta Sigma Phi Has
Hay Ride On Saturday
Kappa Chapter of Delta Sigma Phi
Fraternity entertained with a h%y
ride and weiner roast at Wright's Mill
last Saturday night.
Members of the fraternity and their
dates and the pledges with their dates
were present for the occasion.
There"were a number of out of town
girls present for this affair and they
remained in Auburn over the week­end
as the guest of the Delta Sig Fra­ternity.
These girls were: Lilly Glass,
Sara Peay, Pattie Smith, and Irene
Murray of Birmingham; Edith Thorpe
and Margaret Mullikins, Atlanta,
Georgia; Virginia Brumbleloe, Ope­lika;
Irene Cottier and Dorothy Fitz­gerald
of Montgomery.
Mrs. J. F. Mullikin, house mother,
chaperoned the weiner roast and the
house party.
Sororities Guests Of
Chi Omega Sunday
Alpha Beta Chapter, Chi Omega
Sorority, will entertain the members
of the other sororities on the campus
at a tea on Sunday Afternoon from
4:00 to 6:00 o'clock at the chapter
room.
Each sorority entertains with a tea
honoring the other sororities every
four months. These" affairs are spon-
Mary Earle Graham
Leads University Ball
Miss Mary'Earle Graham, a popu­lar
co-ed at Auburn last year, who is
now attending the University of Ala­bama,
has been chosen to lead the an­nual
St. Patrick's Ball held at the Uni­versity
with Richard Woodruff. Miss
Graham, of Mobile, is a member of
Delta Zeta sorority.
Miss Graham's picture appeared
sored by the Pan-Hellenic group and Sunday in both the Birmingham News
are for the purpose of promoting a j and the Montgomery Advertiser.
feeling of good will between these
groups of girls. Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
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School of Architecture; Prof. Henry
W. Adams, English Department; Dr.
Edward E. Cureton, School of Educa­tion.
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Scarseth and Dr. Anna L. Sommer en­tertained
with a dinner party honoring
the members of the Agronomy Depart­ment,
at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Scarseth last Friday evening at 6:00
o'clock.
Thirty-six members of this depart­ment
wei-e present at the dinner after
which a social hour was enjoyed.
Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Ivey Have
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Mrs. P. O. Davis and Mrs. John
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5:00 P. M. at the home of Mrs.
John Ivey.
A fruit plate was served to twenty
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they personally prefer a light smoke*
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WEST END WINS STATE
DRAMATIC TOURNEY;
PIEDMONT PAPER WINS
(Continued from Page 1)
The essay, "The Story of the Tragic
Era", written by Charles Salmon of
Piedmont took first in the history con­test
with the essay, "Fort Toulouse",
by Mittie Byrd Dismukes, taking
second.
Winner of the chemistry contest was
James Ray, of Holtville, with Miss
Dismukes, Holtville, taking second.
The mathematics puzzle contest was
won by James Ray, Holtville, and the
winner in the mathematical essay con­test
was Whitfield* Moon, Tallassee.
First honors in the spelling contest
went to Gordon Terrell, Seale, with
Evelyne Moore, Ramer, taking second.
Richard Floyd of Lee County High
was declared the winner in the biology Hugh Webb, Anniston, second.
in the freehand drawing contest and
second in the freehand design com­petition.
First place in the second-year
Latin contest was won by Bob
Lively, Ensley; and Mary Beddow,
Ensley was declared the winner in the
Spanish contest. First honors in the
second - year French competition
went to Edward Sears, Ensley, while
Bertha Clark, Holtville, took second.
Lorelei Hornsby, Tallassee, took
first place in the typewriting contest,
with second honors going to Acker
Van Derford, Piedmont. In the music
contests Leland B. Nichols, Ensley,
won first in piano, while Virginia
Lloyd, Tuscaloosa, placed second.
Jeanne Walker, Anniston, won the vo­cal
contest for girls, and Betty Mor­gan,
Lee County High, took second.
In the vocal contest for boys Judson
McCrary, Tuscaloosa, took first, and
\Audrey Taylor
Only Girl Graduating This Year In Chemistry School Is
Interested In Many Activities
competitions dealing with both the
identification of animals and local
flora. Second place in the identifica­tion
of local flora went to Roy Rogers,
Lee County High.
First honors in the freehand letter­ing
contest went to Edward Moody,
Wetumpka, who also took second in
the freehand drawing competition and
first in the freehand design contest.
Lee Bidgood, of Tuscaloosa, took first
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"A Plea for Underprivileged Youth"
was the title of the prepared speech
by Mary Lee Jones, Thompson High,
which took first in this contest. Har­ry
Pennington, Wetumpka, speaking
on "Legalization of Intoxicating Bev­erages",
took second; while Sara Bell
Burford, Ensley, and Louis Stumberg,
Tallassee, tied for fhird-place honors.
The ready writing contest was won by
Herbert Woolf, Jr., Piedmont.
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shooting unusually well this season.
And Captain Lee, Perry, Panell,
Mundhenk, and Robbins have all ex­hibited
considerable ability.
Results from the Hearst Trophy
match will be obtained next week.
The past is a store house of inspira­tion,
experience and tender memories.
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By JOAN METZGER
"I hope I can go right into my work
after graduation this May", declared
Audrey Taylor of Wedowee, Alabama,
the* only girl graduating from the
School of Chemistry this year. "I
don't want to wait around for months
hoping a job will turn up", she con­tinued.
Revealing a keen interest in her
work, which she has proved scBolasti-cally,
and possessing a friendliness re-suiting
from a sincere interest in peo-1
pie, Audrey, in my opinion, won't sit'
and wait for that job to fall into her|
lap. She believes in going after what'
she wishes to achieve. "No one's go­ing
to get a job for me—everyone is
out for the first person singular," she
reflected.
"What field of chemistry do you
expect to enter", I questioned.
"I hope to go into Diagnostic Lab­oratory
for Public Health work. Bio­chemistry
and bacteriology have pre­pared
me for that field. It's fortunate
that I've had experience in observing
and operating the Allison Magneto-
Optic Apparatus. It's one of the most
fascinating experiences I've ever had
in my life, and I have absolute faith
in that method."
Audrey has probably had more ex­perience
than any other undergraduate
woman chemist with this machine, the
invention of one of our own profes­sors,
Dr. Fred Allison. Because of this
experience she will be a candidate to
operate these machines in other lab­oratories
in further experimentation.
"Have you noticed all the gas mask
pictures lately? As a chemist, what
do you think about chemical warfare,
Audrey?"
"Well, I don't think poison gas will
be absolutely effective in a big city,
because if gas is dropped from a plane
it will lose its concentration, as it be­comes
diluted in the atmosphere. It
will be, however, a very popular and
dangerous means of warfare."
Audrey was shy on revealing her
hobbies. It developed that her favorite
pastime is one closely associated with
her sex. She said, "Talking with in­teresting
people is my greatest hob­by."
She also enjoys reading. 'I
don't have time for more than articles
or the Reader's Digest now, but I think
reading is the only way to keep a-breast
of the times, and it is a great
asset in being an interesting conver­sationalist."
She likes sports next, •primarily
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bard, Birmingham; will speak on prob­lems
of interest to druggists of this
state. Immediately following this
symposium, the conference will ad­journ
until 6:30 Tuesday evening.
Hargreaves Toastmaster
The annual banquet of the associa­tion
will be held in the banquet hall
of the Baptist church at 6:30 P. M.,
with Prof. George W. Hargreaves, of
the Auburn Pharmacy Department, as
toastmaster. Dr. Robert C. Wilson,
Dean of the School of Pharmacy at
the University of Georgia will be the
principal speaker. His subject is "The
Obligations of the State to Pharmacy".
The conference session Wednesday
morning will start at 9:00 o'clock,
with Mr. J. Kelley Haynie of Opelika
presiding. Speakers on the program
during this session include Prof. A. F.
Nickel of the Auburn Pharmacy De­partment;
Dr. Robert C. Wilson of
the University of Georgia; and Prof.
P. X. Carberry, of the Economics De­partment
at Auburn.
At 12 o'clock Wednesday the Au­burn
chapter of Rho Chi, national
honorary pharmaceutical society, is to
give a luncheon at the Thomas Hotel
in honor of its alumni and present
members.
The last session of the conference
Wednesday afternoon will be presided
over by Mr. C. C. Thomas, a promi­nent
retail druggist of Selma. Dur­ing
the afternoon, Mr. Sinclair Jacobs,
president of Jacobs Pharmacies, In­corporated,
of Atlanta, will talk on
"Drug Store Merchandising", and Dr.
L. S. Blake of Auburn will deliver an
address on "The Modern Drug Store".
Following Dr. Blake's talk, the pre­scription
clinic is to be held, and the
guests will be conducted on an in­spection
tour through the various
pharmaceutical laboratories. The last
event on the program wi}l be a base­ball
game at 3:15 P. M. between the
Auburn Tigers and a semi-profes­sional
team from Gadsden.
Society For Cripples
Seeks More Members
Water Company Plans
Extension Of Lines
AUDREY TAYLOR
swimming and tennis. This is evi­denced
by the fact that she is presi­dent
of the W. A. A. For that reason
I questioned her reaction to the new
Y. M. C. A. tennis court project. "I
think that is a fine project that should
have been started years ago", she said.
"Even now the demand exceeds the
number of courts planned". I'm a-gainst
competitive sports for women,
other than intra-mural because they're
too strenuous. I think it would be fun
if we could have an intra-mural
tournament for the girls similar to the
recent basketball tournament. We
need more accommodations so that all
the girls can play, not merely those
excelling in sports."
When discussing why she came to
Auburn, she replied, "I came to Au­burn
because of the splendid reputa­tion
of the Chemistry department. Af­ter
four years studying here I'm sure
they were right. At first the boys re­sented
girls in that department, but
today their attitude is greatly chang­ed.
We all realize the values of co­education.
After all, we must coop­erate
as well as compete in our pro­fession.
It seems to me that college is
the best place to have experience in
working together.
Audrey is a member of Cardinal
Key, an honorary society, but is not a
sorority girl by preference. "I have
nothing against sororities", she ex­plained,
"but I think Auburn is too
small for group divisions. If they had
houses it might be more worth-while.
That's one thing that must be
straightened out for the women stu­dents—
the housing facilities here.
They must either have a dormitory
that will hold all the girls or do away
with that housing system. The fric­tion
caused by the dormitory rules for
a minority adds confusion to organiz­ed
cooperation among the girls". "I
think the danger of sororities," she
added, "is that Freshmen too often
come to college worried and determin­ed
to make a sorority instead of ap­plying
themselves first to their school
work. They don't realize that, honors
naturally follow scholastic achieve­ment
until it's too late."
Audrey Taylor as a student has
been a credit to her Alma Mater.
When she enters the professional
world, I'm confident that she not only
will continue to reflect credit on Au­burn
by her ability, but also as a con­structive
progressive citizen.
Varsity Shop Opened
By Moore This Week
The Varsity Shop, latest addition
to Auburn's haberdasheries, has been
opened in the place formerly occupied
by Moore's Haberdashery. The old
otore has been remodeled with the shop
enlarged to allow more frontage space.
Millard Moore, the manager, an­nounces
that a complete line of men's
wear is included in the stock. The
new store was opened for business the
first part of this week.
DR. ROTH TO SPEAK
HERE ON . MONDAY
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"Street that Tires the Fox."
His travels took him into the rubber
producing areas where he was able to
pick up knowledge and to take
pictures of the operations of modern
rubber plantations. He has explored
the ruins of old Maya temples near
Cuzco, Peru and has gazed upon the
shining beauty of Lake Titicaca high
in the mountains.
Dr. Roth is the second well known
lecturer to appear on the campus un­der
the auspices of the Players. From
time to time the Players will bring
I other noted men to the student body.
A campaign for membership in the
Alabama Society for Crippled Child­ren
has been launched by the Lee
County Welfare Council of which Dr.
H.'C. McRee, county health officer, is
president.
The campaign, which will end on
Easter Sunday, will give every one an i
opportunity to contribute to the fund I
which will be again matched from!
State and Federal sources. A total of j
•?450 was contributed last year by
citizens of Lee County, and with a
similar amount of matching funds, a
total of $900 was spent in 1936 to
rehabilitate 15 crippled children in
Lee County. - '
Memberships in the Society are one
dollar, stated Miss Mildred Moore,
secretary of the Lee County Welfare
Council. Miss Moore also stated that
Easter seals, bearing the legend,
"Joyous Life for Crippled Children",
will be available for those who wish
to give publicity to the campaign on;
their correspondence. The seals will
also be available at schools.
Plans for the campaign were made
Friday when the Council met in Ope­lika.
The meeting was attended by
Dr. Paul Irvine, Auburn, district di­rector
for six counties in the section
of Alabama. W. T. Ingram, Auburn,
is treasurer for the Lee County Wel­fare
Council. It was stated by Dr.
Irvine that all funds collected in Lee
County would be used during the com­ing
year for the treatment of children
in this county.
Development of Auburn's newest ex­pansion
program is proceeding rapidly
as the Auburn Water Company ex­tends
its mains to the Foster Subdi­vision.
The subdivision, approximate­ly
one mile out on the Montgomery
Highway, is to have complete service
from all utilities and is to be land­scaped
by the U. S. Conservation
Service.
The program of beautification will
begin in ten days and will cover the
entire subdivision. The Conservation
Service will grade from 10 to 20 feet
on each side of the highway, sod it,
and plant trees and shrubbery. The
grade, in addition to beautifying the
section, will add to the safety of the
highway.
The subdivision is made up of 27
lots ranging in size from threerfourths
to two and one-half acres. Each lot
has a frontage of between 137 and
300 feet and a depth of between an
average of 142 feet and a maximum of
600 feet. Harvey C. Pitts Real Estate
Agency is the exclusive agent in
charge of the subdivision.
With one house almost completed
now, definite plans have been drawn
up for five more to be begun immedi­ately
costing between seven and eight
thousand dollars. Work on the water
line has already been done and natural
gas, telephone, and electric lines will
soon be run out to the subdivision.
Instructor F. F. Smith at the North­east
Center of Louisiana State Uni­versity
believes in expanding students'
vocabularies. Each week he requires
his English classes to learn 18 new
words.
A goodwill court in which students
will be able to air their grievances has
been established at Cornell University.
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voting regulations and are to be in
effect April 6. Foremost of these is
that anyone politicing at the polls will
automatically lose his voting privi­leges
; in severe cases the guilty, party
must appear before the Cabinet. A
complete list of all regulations is to
be published later.
NOTICE !
A meeting of the Collegiate FHA
Chapter will be held Thursday even­ing
at 7:30 in Student Hall.
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