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Tonight, 9 O'Clock
VOLUME LX
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937 NUMBER 44
Mardi Gras Ball Set K S i S S
For Tonight, 9 P-M.; Monday, 3 P.M.
Gala Night Assured
(Catherine Quattlebaum, Queen
Of Festivities, Will Preside
O v e r Evening's Activities
NEW TYPE AFFAIR
Floyd Pugh Is Maid Of Honor;
Court Composed Of Four
Co-eds; Linton Smith King
The annual Beaux Arts Ball will be
held tonight at 9 o'clock at the Alumni
Gym. Each year the School of Archi­tecture
and Allied Arts sponsors such
an affair. Mardi Gras has been se­lected
as the theme of this year's ball.
Katherine Quattlebaum was select­ed
by a popular vote of the Art School
to reign as Queen of the Festival.
Linton M. Smith will be King of the
Ball and will accompany the Queen
whose Court is to be composed of
Floyd Pugh, Maid of Honor with Ann
Dexter, Pat Tucker, and Annie Lou
Whitaker, attendants.
An election committee, headed by
Morris Hall, selected six women stu­dents
of the Art School to be voted
upon by the entire Art School for their
Queen. All those nominees, other than
Miss Quattlebaum who received the
most votes for Queen, were declared
attendants to the Queen by the com­mittee.
Gay Decorations
Because of its significant relation to
the nature of the work of the Art
School, Mardi Gras was selected as a
theme. The Gym will be decorated and
brilliantly arrayed in scenes and colors
that best depict the theme. Billy
Womelsdorf, chairman of the com­mittee
on decorations, and his staff of
assistants are exerting a great deal
of energy on the scenery which
promises to carry the bright Mardi
Gras spirit. A large number of cos­tumes
have been procured from Bir­mingham
and Mobile. Earl Murray
states that these costumes may be
rented if those desirous of such will
contact him at the Delta Sigma Phi
House.
The high point of the Ball will be
the crowning of the Queen which will
take place at the beginning of the
Grand March. The Queen will be
crowned by Earl Murray, president of
Khufu Temple of Scarabs and Chair
man of the Beaux Arts Ball Commit
tee. This will be an elaborate scene
with, the Queen in magnificent ap­parel,
the stately King, and the
Queen's Court, in attendance.
Members of the faculty who are to
be present will include Prof, and Mrs.
E. W. Burkhardt, Prof, and" Mrs. F.
M. Orr, Prof, and Mrs. K. G. Reeve,
Proi. and Mrs. F. W. Applebee, Prof.
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Maude Clark Elected
President Of F.H.A.'s
Miss Maude Clark, Dothan, Auburn
senior in home economics education,
has been elected president of Colle­giate
Chapter of Future Homemakers
of America which was organized here
this week.
Other officers elected by the 32
charter members of the FHA Chap­ter
are Miss Josephine Story, vice-president,
Opelika; Miss Mary Fran­ces
McGowan, secretary, Auburn;
Miss Mattie Jo Barker, Butler, pub­licity
chairman; and Prof. Edna J.
Orr, of the school of education, ad­viser.
The new chapter is a similar organ­ization
to the Collegiate Chapter of
Future Farmers of America, formed
this year on the Auburn campus and
composed of men students in agri­cultural
education. B.' E. Cowart,
Georgiana, of the Collegiate FFA
Chapter, spoke at the' organization
meeting and explained the work of
his group. Others who spoke at the
meeting were Evelyn Cotney, Wad-ley,
and Juletta Alldredge, Liberty,
and Professor Orr.
The FHA Chapter will be address­ed
in the near future by Dr. Helen
Judy Bond, professor of economics at
Teachers College, Columbia Univer­sity.
'A' Club Dance
Saturday Night
To round out a gala week-end which
will find the Mardi Gras spirit in full
sway, the "A" Club has arranged a
dance to be given Saturday night at 9
o'clock in Alumni Gymnasium.
Due to the large number of visiting
girls here for the week-end, Joe
Stewart, president, stated that plans
had been made to have the best "A"
Club dance of the year.
The Auburn Cavaliers, a band com­ing
more and more to the front with
its unique and attractive arrange­ments,
have been engaged to furnish
the music. As usual there are to be
two "A" Club lead-outs and three no-breaks.
Dancing is to continue until 12 o'­clock
and admission will be one dol­lar
per couple or stag.
Balloting For
Miss "A" Day
Next Tuesday
Popular Election Is To Be Stag­ed
At Main Gateway; AH
Students Eligible To Vote
By HOWARD WORKMAN
"Miss 'A' Day" is to be elected by
vote of the students Tuesday to pre­side
over all events transpiring on
March 24, the day set aside by the
school for an annual galaxy of sports
contest. Sidney Scarborough, "A"
Day chairman, will be in charge of
the polls at the Main Gateway to the
campus.
"The election of a co-ed to sponsor
"A" Day events is a new innovation
at Auburn and we would like to see
as many students as possible take
part in the poll," said Scarborough.
"Nominations and voting will be done
simultaneously as the one receiving
the largest number of votes will be
elected. There will be no second
election or run-off. The polls will be
held open from 8 o'clock until 5
o'clock.
A more elaborate program than
usual has been planned this year by
the committee of the day in that it
contains more events than in former
years. The day will open with the
interfraternity track meet at 8
o'clock and close with the end of the
"A" Club dance that night.
A track meet is scheduled to take
up the major part of the morning
with other events following in the
afternoon. The baseball team will
play the Goodyear G 3's from Gads­den.
On the Goodyear team are
Frock Pate, Nigger Lewis, and Jimmy
White,, old Auburn players. They
also have Zach Schwaster, prominent
Southern League player. An inter-
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DR. J. J. TIGERT
Dr. J. J. Tigert, president of the
University of Florida, will come to
Auburn on Monday to deliver two
addresses and present a charter to
Auburn's forensic fraternity.
His first address will be before the
College faculty in Langdon Hall at
3:30 p. m. The general college pro­gram
of the University of Florida,
which reflects some of the most far-reaching
adjustments in university
teaching will be explained by him at
that time. The Florida plan has at­tracted
wide attention in college and
university circles.
Presents Charter to T.K.A.
Shortly after, his arrival in Auburn,
Dr. Tigert will present a charter to
the local chapter of Tau Kappa Al­pha,
national forensic fraternity. The
brief ceremony will take place at 2
p.m. at Smith Hall. The charter will
be accepted by Milton Roth, senior in
business administration from Jack­sonville,
Fla., president of the chap­ter.
Roth is one of the highest rank­ing
students in scholarship on the
campus.
Monday evening Dr. Tigert is to
be the guest of honor and principal
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Roberts Brown Named
Junior Chamber Head
Semi-annual election of officers was
held in t l ^ regular Thursday night
meeting of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce in its new assembly room
above Burton's Bookstore.
The progressive organization whose
membership now totals twenty-five,
chose as its officers the following men:
President, Roberts Brown; Vice Presi­dent,
G. E. (Buck) Young; and Sec­retary
and Treasurer, Bob Smith.
Executive Cabinet positions are held
by John Carmack, Paul Bagley, and
Jeff Beard.
Plans were discussed for sending a
representative from the Jaycees to
Montgomery today in an effort to get
a satisfactory quantity of sales tokens
for local merchants. In the event that
the representative is able to get any
appreciable number of the tokens, they
will be placed in the local banks for
distribution.
State Meet
In All Arts
Progressing
Winners Will Be Announced,
Prizes Awarded Tomorrow
Evening In Langdon Hall
NO RETURNS AVAILABLE
Number Of Professors Head
Different Committees In Art
' And Science During Tourney
High school pupils from throughout
the state competed in the first of the
thirty-six scheduled contests which
marked the opening of the Annual
State High School Dramatic Tourna­ment
at one o'clock yesterday. The
winners will be anounced and prizes
awarded tomorrow evening at the close
of the tournament. At the time this
issue went to press no returns on any
of the contests were available.
Events listed in the order of their
occurrence in the tournament along
with faculty chairman are:
Thursday afternoon: G e n e r al
Science, Prof. Jerome Kuderna; Math
puzzle contest, Dr. D. C. Harkin; Math
essay contest, Dr. Harkin.
Friday morning: Identification of
animals, Prof. J. M. Robinson; sheet
metal work, Mr. C. N. Cobb; editorial
writing, Prof. Joseph E. Roop.
Friday afternoon: Freehand draw­ing,
Prof. Frank Appleby; Alabama
History, Prof. R. B. Draughon; Poet­ry
reading, Prof. E. D. Hess; prepar­ed
speech contest, Prof. Hess; Chemis­try,
Prof. Roger W. Allen; Identifica­tion
of local flora, Prof. J. L. Seal;
Writing, Prof. C. P. Weaver.
Saturday morning: Freehand de­sign,
Prof. Frank Appleby; First and
,-ecorid year Latin, Prof. J. R. Moore;
Music, Prof. Roger W. Allen; Identi­fication
of local flora, Prof. J. L. Seal;
Writing, Prof. C. P. Weaver.
Saturday morning: Freehand de­sign,
Prof. Frank Appleby; First and
second year Latin, Prof. J. R. Moore;
Music, consisting of piano solo, boys'
vocal solo and girls' vocal solo, Mr. J.
T. Fain; Woodworking, Prof. H. W.
Coppedge; Typewriting, Miss Mary
George Lamar; Impromptu Speech,
Prof. E. D. Hess; Foreign Language,
French, Mrs. S. L. Toomer; Spanish,
Prof. J. W. Roe; German, Prof. A. W.
Wonderley, Prof. T. P. Atkinson being
general chairman.
Saturday afternoon: Tree identifi­cation,
Prof. D. T. Weddell.
The high school newspaper contest,
sponsored by the Auburn Plainsman,
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Miss Virginia Hubbard
Is Selected May Queen
Taste In Water Caused By New Pipes;
Condition Is Natural, Not Harmful
By FRANKLYN WARD
Contrary to a number of opinions
expressed by students, the Auburn
Water Company has not added an ex­cess
of chlorine to the city's water.
W. G. Black, Superintendent of the
Auburn Water Company announced
yesterday that the peculiar taste of
the Water issuing from the city's mains
is caused by a type of tar used to ce­ment
the joints of pipe together.
The Water Company has recently
opened a new line from the pumping
station to the main tank seven thou­sand
feet distant. The peculiar taste
comes from the water flowing through
this new line. The water is in no way
harmful regardless of the amount
drunk each day, officials stated so no
students or townspeople should be un­duly
perturbed by the condition. Such
a taste as. is in the water is always
present when new lines are installed
in long mains in which it is necessary
to employ the use of tar.
Should Disappear Quickly
Mr. Black stated that he believed
the taste would disappear in the next
four or five days.
Quite a few students believed that
an excess of chlorine had been added
to kill any germs clinging to the walls
of the new pipe. This is not true as
a mechanical ohlorinator governs the
amount of gas entering the water. The
amount is about three-fourths an
ounce to 320,000 gallons of water;
this is invariable.
In view of the fact that such a con­dition
could not in any way be avoid­ed,
students and townspeople have
been asked to cooperate with the
Water Company until such conditions
pass off.
Popular Co-ed From Auburn
Takes First Place In Student
Election H e l d Yesterday
512 VOTES CAST
Interfrat Council And Honor Societies
Plan Bali For Weekend Of March 19
Plans for next week-end are being
laid by the Inter-fraternity Council
and the association of Honor Societies
on March 19 and 20. The two organi­zations
will hold their annual dances
regarded as major social functions of
the year, and are co-operationg to in­sure
the success of both affairs.
The Inter-fraternity Council Ball
is to be held on Friday night, March
19, at the Alumni Gymnasium with
representatives from all fraternities
present. Bid cards for out-of-town
girls have been distributed to all fra­ternities
and will be collected Sunday
night. A Grand March will be held at
the dance, which begins at 9 o'clock,
with Ham Callan and a girl to be se­lected
leading and all members of the
Council taking part. Other no-breaks
and lead-outs will be featured.
14 Societies Take Part
On Saturday night, March 20, the
annual Honor Societies Ball will be
held at the Alumni Gymnasium begin­ning
at 8:30 o'clock. Attendance at
the dance will be made up of senior
members of the fourteen honor socie­ties
on the campus, as has been the
custom of past years. Dick Charlton
and a girl to be chosen will lead the
Grand March with all men with dates
taking part. Capt. R. E. M. Des Islets'
is general chairman of all arrange­ments
for the dance. Milton Roth and
John Maroney are in charge of fi­nances
and Chai-les Anderson is pro­gram
chairman.
As the two organizations are co-op­erating
on the dances, Vernie Hollo-way
was appointed chairman of the
decorations for both affairs. The Au­burn
Knights have been secured to
furnish music for the dances. Dick
Charlton, in an effort to complete
final arrangements, has called a meet­ing
of the presidents of all honor so­cieties
for Monday afternoon at 5 o'­clock
on the third floor of Samford
Hall.
All Candidates For
Publications Must
List Qualifications
Candidates who wish to qualify as
nominees in the forthcoming student
publications election, to be held ear^r
in April, are asked to submit appli­cation
blanks to the new Board of
Student Publications not later than
Thursday noon, March 18.
This announcement was made fol­lowing
the first meeting of the Board
Thursday afternoon in the office of
Professor Draughon, executive sec­retary.
The application blanks may
be obtained beginning Saturday
morning from the Publicity Depart­ment
on first floor of Samford Hall.
Will Appear In Person
After submission of applications,
prospective candidates will be given
opportunity to appear in person be­fore
the Board and supply additional
information.
In order that candidates may be
qualified by the Board well before
the election, it was emphasized that
all applications for editor and busi­ness
manager of either The Plains­man
or The Glomerata must be left
with Professor Draughon, ex-officio
chairman of the Board, on or before
Thursday noon, March 18.
Attending the Board's first meeting
Thursday afternoon, besides Professor
Draughon, were Prof. James R. Rut­land,
Prof. Joseph E. Roop, W. T.
Ingram, Joe Stewart, Tom Powell,
Walter Schuster, and M. E. Weather-by.
Next meeting of the Board will
be held on Thursday afternoon,
March 18.
Jones'Death Is
Blow To City;
Dies Thursday
Funeral Services For One Of
Auburn's Pioneer Citizens
Set For 10 A. M. Tomorrow
Funeral services for Byron W.
Jones, who died late. Thursday even­ing
at a Montgomery hospital, will
be held here Saturday morning at 10
o'clock from the Jones Hotel. The
Rev. James R. Edwards, Baptist min­ister,
will officiate.
Although in failing health for sev­eral
months, Mr. Jones' condition was
not acute until approximately one
week ago when he was carried to
Montgomery.
"Auburn has lost one of its finest
pioneer citizens and a faithful mem­ber
of the Baptist Church", said Dr.
Edwards.
After graduating at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute in 1893, Mr.
Jones was in business in Louisiana
until 1914, when he returned to Au­burn
where he has resided ever since.
He was a Mason, being a member of
the White Shrine and Eastern Star,
and was a director of the First Na­tional
Bank.
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Antley Elected
1937 Captain
For Gridmen
May Day Plans Progressing;
Court Selected For Occasion
To Be Held On May 1st
Billy Hitchcock, Star Halfback,
Is Elected Alternate Captain
Of Tigers For Next Season
Tom Bacon Elected
To Head Polo Team
In a recent election held by mem­bers
of the polo team Tom Bacon,
senior in the School of Chemical En­gineering,
was chosen captiain for
this season. Bacon is a veteran mem­ber
of the squad.
Under the experienced direction of
Capt. W. J. Klepinger, of the Military
Department, the team is making
marked headway during each prac­tice
session. Each Tuesday, Wednes­day,
and Saturday poloists assemble
on Bullard Field in preparation for
their first game on May Day.
By JACK TODD
At a banquet held in the Tiger
Cafe last Wednesday night, the let-termen
of the 1936 football team se­lected
Lester Antley, varsity center,
to succeed Walter Gilbert as captain
of the eleven and Billy Hitchcock,
star halfback, to replace Frank Gantt
&s alternate-captain.
The selection of these two men
was not wholly unexpected as both
have compiled enviable records on
the gridiron since their matriculation
here in 1934 and are well fitted for
the posts of honor.
Lester Antley, a junior in the
School of Education, is a resident of
Ellorree, South Carolina. Les has
been Gilbert's understudy for the
past three years and has, consequent­ly,
received little publicity. How­ever,
his excellent work on the sec­ond
team and in some of the varsity
contests was recognized by the coach­ing
staff as being of varsity caliber.
One of the largest men on the squad,
Antley can be counted on to turn
in some outstanding performances
this fall.
Billy Hitchcock came to Auburn
direct from Staunton Military Acad­emy
where he won All-State Prep
School honors as a quarterback and
was also outstanding in baseball and
basketball. During the three years
he has spent here, Billy has been an
invaluable member of the football
and baseball teams besides turning
in some good basketball on the Sigma
Nu five. Everyone in school recalls
his 62-yard touchdown romp in the
first quarter of the Tech game last
fall and numerous other times he
has carried the pigskin to glory.
Virginia Hubbard was elected May
Queen yesterday by the popular vote
of the entire school. The winner re­ceived
approximately 160 of the 512
votes cast. Tom Powell, chairman of
the elections committee, revealed last
night. A great deal of interest was
shown in the polling as the number of
votes cast is considered high for this
type of election.
Miss Hubbard is a Senior in Home
Economics and has been popular on
this campus since her Freshman year.
Her home is in Auburn. Miss Hub­bard
was the candidate of the inde­pendent
woman student body.
9 To Compose Court
The nine other co-eds who were
candidates for May Queen will com­pose
the Court. Listed by their re­spective
organizations, they are Eliza­beth
Allison, Kappa Delta; Jean
Campbell, W. A. A.; Louise Caraway,
Theta Upsilon; Suzelle Hare, Oracles;
Marie Hodges, Phi Omega Pi; Martha
Keith, Theta Epsilon; Netty Murphey,
Sphinx; Albena Pierce, Cardinal Key;
June Tooker, Chi Omega. These co­eds
are to have an important part in
the pageantry which' is to be staged
Saturday night, May 1.
Plans are going forward for the
event sponsored by all girl organiza­tions;
indications point to a gala pro­gram.
Representatives from women
organizations will meet from time to
time to practice the pageant depicting
Mother Goose scenes.
May Day was formerly an annual
event here but in the last decade no
pageantry has been held. The Wom­an's
Student Government Association
is exerting every effort to make this
celebration a success and to restore it
to an annual affair.
Sigma Nu's Will Not Play Alabama;
Frat All*Stars Published Wednesday
By JOHN WATTERS
After the Sigma Nu victory in the
finals of the Interfraternity basket­ball
tournament Tuesday night, Lopez
Mantoux wired the University of Ala­bama
to arrange a game with their
interfraternity champions, the Kappa
Sig's. The University cage team ac­cepted
but since they could not play
befoi-e March 20th, Mantoux decided
to drop the match because it would
interfere with plans for "A" Day
here. If possible a game will be ar­ranged
between the campus baseball
champions of the two schools later in
the Spring.
Jack Todd, sports editor of The
Plainsman, is conducting the election
of the All-Star Interfraternity Basket­ball
quintet and the results of his elec­tion
will probably appear in the Wed­nesday
issue of the "Plainsman".
Preparing For Track Meet
The fraternities are preparing for
the track meet to be held "A" Day.
This annual "A" Day track meet is
under the auspices of the Inter-fra­ternity
Council and the Spiked Shoe
with the aid of Coach Wilbur Hutsell
and is to be held March 24, which is
Saturday week. This year a few non-point
games for freshmen will be add­ed,
such as the greased pig and greased
pole contests.
Immediately following "A" day the
interfraternity baseball league will be
announced with the schedule for games
and play will get under way the fol­lowing
Monday.
Plans for the independent baseball
league will be anounced as soon as
enough teams are organized and noti­fication
has been given to Joe Sarver,
in charge of independent athletics.
Educational Talking
Films Shown Monday
A demonstration showing the latest
developments in educational talking
films and their possibilities in the
field of education will be given here
in Langdon Hall Monday evening, at
7:30 o'clock, by C. R. Reagan, At­lanta,
Ga., manager of the American
Visual Service.
The demonstration will be attended
by public school officials, agricultural
workers, and various members of the
faculty.
Seven reels of 16mm. talking film
will be shown. They have been se­lected
from the best libraries in the
country as typical of the value of
movies as a teaching adjunct in ele­mentary,
high school, and college
classes. One of the reels will indicate
the possibilities of such instruction in
agricultural education for both stu­dents
and adults.
The demonstration has been arrang­ed
by a committee composed of Prof.
Martin L. Beck, of the school of edu­cation;
L. O. Brackeen, agricultural
editor; and Kirtley Brown, publica­tions
editor, at Auburn.
Tennis Tournament
Plans Are Complete
Plans have been completed for the
second annual tennis matches spon­sored
by the Freshman group of the
Y.M.C.A. The matches are open to
any freshman and the winner will
be given a loving cup by the spon­sors.
In order to be included in the
tournament the contestants must
register not later than March 22 in
the office at the Student Center. Mrs.
Jolly is in charge of registration and
there will be a fee of 25 cents.
A bracket will be drawn up and
along with time schedules will be
published in the Plainsman. The
first round of games must be played
not later than March 27.
P A G E T WO 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 • FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937
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That Fighting Man
President let 'em have it with both
barrels last Tuesday night when he
declared that the Supreme Court "had
improperly set itself up as a super-legislature
and had read words and
implications which are not there and
which were never intended to be
there."
In his second "fireside" talk Roose­velt
made an appeal for the passage of
his bill permitting him to enlarge the
court.
Roosevelt knows well where his
powers lie. He knows that many mil­lions
of "everyday" Americans are on
his side whether or not one news­paper
or congressman backs him. To
these and through these Roosevelt
will drive for the passage of his bill.
Our Chief has put on his fighting
clothes and is going after his ob­jective
over all opposition and, al­though
you may read differently in
the papers, the populace of this coun­try
is behind him. They admire a
fighter—a man who has been down
more than once and is coming back
for more.
Roosevelt is in the fourth round,
with four more to go. He'll have the
Supreme Court so punch drunk in an­other
few months that they will be
glad to have substitutes.
Big Doings
Judging from the events of the first
three months, 1937 will be a banner
year for history recordings. This an-nal
of time has already yielded more
national and internal happening than
the five just passed, but its happen­ings
are not things of which it could
boast as they have been in the wrong
direction.
New Year predictions were early
trampled under foot by the parade of
events that astounded the entire
world. Just as the depression was
fading into the background, new so­cial
and economic contortions arose,
and the gathering clouds of hardship
made the world outlook dark once
more.
In the short span of three months,
we have seen thousands of American
families washed from their abodes by
the torrents of one of the greatest
floods of all times. Then came the
automobile strike of General Motors
Corporation which ignited the fuse
that blew employer-employee rela­tions
sky-high. Next came continued
news of the Spanish revolution that
is slowly magnetizing the great
European powers into the battle
fields where a second world war may
be started. Then came the President's
proposal to revise the Supreme Court,
and in so doing, placed the national
see-saw of conservatism and progres-sivism
on a shaky base that will soon
give one a severe bump.
Things are still happening, and
complications are setting in on the
troubles we already have. Father
Time is dealing this year more than
its share of world events.
Again It's Tennis Courts
Twenty-four hundred students and
four rather poor tennis courts. That
is the situation here at Auburn. Two
of these four courts are reserved for
the three or four hundred coeds, so
that leaves only two courts for the
two thousand men in school here. Ten
per cent, or 200 students, is a very,
very low minimum figure for the
number who play tennis, but it is ex­tremely
difficult for 200 people to
play tennis on two or even four courts
with each person playing but once
every week.
There are not very many forms of
recreation here in Auburn that a
great number of the student body can
take part in, and, since tennis is one
of those few forms, it should be put at
the disposal of the students. There
may be other colleges of the same size
as Auburn which do not have such
necessities as tennis courts but. we
very seldom hear of them.
The University of Alabama with an
enrollment of about 5000 students
owns approximately twenty tennis
courts, and Southeastern University,
at Memphis, Tennessee, with an en­rollment
of a little more than 300, has
at least six well kept courts. Of
course, the Auburn students do not
expect to have as good percentage as
these other schools have, but they are
surely justified in expecting to have
more than four courts, none of which
at present are even second rate.
It's The Way You Figure
Now that the smoke has sufficient­ly
cleared on the General Motors
strike to see exactly what has been
gained and lost, some interesting facts
and figures become plain.
The strikers held the plants for
forty-odd days, snoozing on auto
seats, eating hamburgers, and shoot­ing
dice—and drawing no pay. On
the settlement General Motors gave
the sit-downers a boost of five cents
per hour. On first glance it seems a
big victory for labors as far as money
is concerned. But let us assume that
the men put in an average of seven
hours per day, six days a week, be­fore
the strike, and received four dol­lars
a day. Now assume that each of
them lost forty days of work,, or $160
in wages. On this assumption it will
take them 3,200 hours at five cents an
hour to make up this loss in wages.
In working days it will amount to a
shade under one and one-half years.
Most strikes of the more spectacu­lar
type, if examined calmly by sta­tisticians,
would turn out just as un­profitable
to the strikers. John L.
Lewis' statement that the strike
marks "another milestone on the road
of labor" loses some of its glamour
when we look at the bare figures.
Only Fair Action
With open season for politicians
scheduled pretty soon we wish to make
a short statement to the effect that we
support no candidate for the editor­ship
of The Plainsman. In former
years editors have made it a practice
to pull in various ways for one candi­date
or another.
Such action we believe to be unfair,
unsportsmanlike, and poor taste. It
is their problem, not ours. They have
worked on the paper well and should
not be injured politically by any pub­lic
statement we might make concern­ing
them. Our report is to be made to
the Elections Board, and to no one
else.
Yea, She Does Stand!
All the letters written in by stu­dents
and our plea that the Confed­erate
lathe be moved from the front
campus to some more inconspicuous
place must have gone for naught. The
lathe still stands as out of place as a
bull in a china shop.
If the machine is to be left in its
present location the least that could
be done is to mount and paint it. This
could be done without much trouble,
waste of time, or expense.
It is such little things as this that
give people lasting impressions. It
just shows that we are not on our toes
and allow things to run along with­out
much worry and thought.
Announce Yourself Winner
Students voted their own column as
the most popular in The Plainsman in
the recent poll. "Letters to the Edi­tor"
is composed entirely of what stu­dents
think, want, and do; The Plains­man
accepts no credit for the popu­larity
of this column.
We only urge you to help make this
a better forum by submitting letters;
it is your chance to express yourself,
better the paper, and clarify and bet­ter
conditions here.
News and Views
By JAMES BUNTIN
THE EXECUTIVE CABINET ACTED
and gave us a new set-up in the selection of
Publications heads. That body has been at­tacked
by student opinion, and especially by
the Plainsman. Ones connected with the
paper have long agitated for a change. Well,
they have it now, and what will they do?
The Cabinet has been the origin of many
worthwhile actions this year. From appear­ances,
they have had the germ of good legis­lation
in all their actions. The mechanics
involved in the proper operation of a stu­dent
newspaper or any newspaper are not
familiar to all. Hard, consistent work and
deliberate, constructive thought is necessary
for its proper operation. Most of those who
have become familiar with the work have
had to somewhat neglect their school work
in favor of work upon the paper. After all,
it is their desired work; their chief interest
lies therein; in short, they are attempting to
receive training to prepare them to produce
the best that is within them, derived from
experience, knowledge, and judgement. It
is extremely favorable to see some kind of
action taken in the interest of Publications.
Maybe, the way has been opened for more.
* , * * *
STRIKE YOU AS THEY MAY BUT—A
war veteran suffering from shell shock has
hand-written a book half the size of a post­age
stamp. It is three-sixteenths of an
inch thick, contains 96 Rages, and has 10,989
words A Hell's Island prison has
been recommended to be established off the
coast of Georgia for incorrigibles. An in-acce.
ssable island surrounded by shark-in­fested
waters is desired, and of the Alcatraz
type The Hoboes of the World will
soon hold its annual convention in St. Louis.
Jeff Davis, "King of the Hoboes", insists
that they not be called bums and threatens
to sue unless the practice is stopped
* * * *
Early to Bed, Early to Rise, Makes one
Healthy and Wealthy in Size.
* * * *
All who heard President Roosevelt Tues­day
night were impressed with the cordial
invitation which he extended for you to
come in, have a comfortable seat, and join
him in his "Fireside Chat". He is a good
psychologist and, with his strategy, prob­ably
left you content with his proposed ju­dicial
reforms. They don't appear radical
when he supplies the discussion and expla­nation.
He calls the present system a policy
making, rather than a constitutional read­ing,
body.
Gutter Snipes
FROM BILL TO BILL
EXTRA! EXTRA! 'Tis rumored that
there will be a Jungle Princess at the Mardi
Gras Ball. This is published for the benefit
of the poor unsuspecting males who didn't
know. Ticket sales have already reached
unexpected heights.
* * * *
The Textile lads seem to have something,
or at least what it takes to rate with Jud-son
girls. If you want to know the name
of any of the girls you can find out from
Pike and Lathem, Inc. There may be a
slight nominal consideration attached but
the boys will tell you whether it is worth
it or not.
* * * . *
TIMELY TIP: John Paul had better keep
his eye on Sadie and Billy. 'Tis rumored
Sadie is about to go Pi K. A.
* * * *
Ted Carmack is enjoying his new job out
on Ag Hill. He seems to be getting good
results or returns from it. %sk for a raise
and cut us in on it and we will leave your
name out of this column.
* * * *
LOOK-ALIKES: Mrs. Des Islets and
Wallis Simpson. Clarence Taylor and John
Taylor. Harold Camp and Paul Kelly.
• . ' * ' • +
If Jack Todd and Lottice Duffy continue
to be seen together we will list them in the
Honey Britches Class. Or is it just politics?
* * * *
We will be glad to reimburse anyone who
will call in at the office and tell us why
Toodles Ruth has changed his name to
"Lloyd".
* * * *
FAMOUS WORDS: "The cream of today
may be the cheese of tomorrow"—Spec
Kelly.
* * * *
What kind of pull has G. A. Walker got
with the city? He was seen going through
town Tuesday morning with a police escort.
Class, eh?
* * * *
What kind of stimulus does Floyd Pugh
use to restore her voice? Such a product on
the open market might make a fortune for
someone.
* * * *
IT'S SPRING: Alvin Vogtle and Ida
Belle Young are known to have interests in
common since the weather has warmed and
the birds, bees, flowers, and trees are break­ing
out in new vigor.
Plainsman Forum—Voice of the Students
Resents Having To Buy Very Poor Mimeo­graphed
Texts Used By Department
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Editor:
Since coming to Auburn I have found
very few things to gripe about. However,
I now join my protest to those of other suf­fering-
students who are compelled to use
the mimeographed texts in use by at least
one department of Auburn. I base my
hearty antipathy on the following facts:
The texts themselves are poor. Often the
subject matter is superfluous and confus­ing.
In a chapter selected at random there
was found to be an average of over eight
errors to the page. That average includes
misspelling, typographical errors, and omis­sions.
That average does not include the
numerous words which are often so dim as
to be nearly unreadable.
The texts are troublesome and incon­venient.
Each chapter is mimeographed and
bound separately. The user must call by
the department office at least one—and of­ten
more—times a week to get one chapter.
If one wishes to carry his text to class it is
rather difficult to carry five or six separate­ly-
bound chapters. And when the course is
finished the text is unwieldy and difficult
to keep.
Futhermore, the price seems to be rather
high since none of the texts are of very
great length. Of course, the cost is lower
than that of many texts in use, but these
mimeographed texts have absolutely not one
cent of resale value. Every sufferer is told
at the beginning of each semester that he
will have to buy a new text in order to get
credit for the course. This is rather high­handed,
isn't it?
I do not doubt in the least the good inten­tions
of the department using this type of
text, but I believe—and I think that I can
safely say that most of the students who
use them believe—that they should be re­placed.
"DISSATISFIED".
Correspondent Asks Editor If He's Having
Trouble Or Just Doesn't Know Better
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Are you having trouble? Or don't you
know any better? Those editorials, for
most part, do not interest me and it is very
doubtful if they interest many readers of
the paper. I know it is the hardest part of
compiling a newspaper, more so here be­cause
the field is limited.
I'll tell you this when I want to read
about affairs of the world, I won't turn to
the editorials you write but will buy a state
daily. They have men who do nothing but
write about these occurences—tnat's one of
the many things you must be required to do.
My advice is to hold your editorials to
things directly affecting students on this
campus. The material is plentiful—pull for
an auditorium, tennis courts, better student
government, a local hospital, better publica­tions,
and an unlimited number of other
things.
What I have said is not meant to be be­littling
criticism but constructive sugges­tions.
Sincerely,
One Who Is Interested.
Student Tells Of His Disgust Over The
Water Situation At Present Time
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Editor:
Through the medium of the Plainsman,
I wish to express the sentiments of myself
and numerous associates on a matter that
is inexcuseably unnecessary.
My complaints are few. I can tolerate
most anything. But when the water works
injects chlorine or lime or whatever it might
be into the drinking water, I must rebel. I
have tasted sulphur water, lime water, salt
water, iron water, and most every other
kind of water, but never in all my life have
I imbibed so foul a concoction as we have
been forced to drink for the past week.
There is no excuse for this, and I for one
would like to taste some pure water once
more. Harry Arms.
Childress, Ace Letter-Writer, Thanks Bun-tin
And Workman For "Revealing" Poll
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I wish to thank Mr. Buntin and Mr.
Workman for conducting a poll to get the
opinion of the students pertaining to the
various personally edited columns of the
Plainsman.
I sincerely hope that the columnists re­ceiving
the fewer votes will be thoroughly
convinced as to the merits of their columns.
May they not be discouraged by the stu­dents'
vote, but endeavor to improve their
writings (bull) in the future. Of course we
enjoy their columns, but improvement will
be welcomed. Yours truly,
Ted Childress.
On Our Campus
By EDWIN C. GODBOLD
It did not exactly happen on this campus,
but after all it does indirectly concern it.
It seems that over at Howard College there
is a boy named Alex McCutchen. Alex has
premonitions . . He had premonitions about
the recent flood. He had a premonition
about the Howard College safe being rob­bed.
He had a premonition about Huey
Long being put on the spot. All his pre­monitions
came true.
Now he has a premonition that there is
going to be a terrible world War in the next
few years. And that Alex and ourself (this
is his premonition, too) will senselessly go
to war and he and we (which makes just
two, if you will count up) will both be shot
and end up very, very dead.
You can not appreciate that, perhaps.
But it is very funny. For after all, you see,
you will probably do the same thing.
We know of no quotation that is more
thought-provoking than this one by Hend-rick
van Loon:
"The mere accumulation of information is
simply a waste of time in this age of ency­clopaedias
and handy reference books. But
the ability to think independently, to ques­tion
intelligently, to doubt remorselessly
every fact that offers itself to our inspec­tion,
is a priceless treasure, and it can only
be developed by constant association with
people who are possessed by the driving fire
of inspiration
"For our modern college is neither one
thing nor the other, but it is everything it
should not be. And until it shall have
caught up with the times, we boys had bet­ter
go lobster fishing with Jack Mulhaley.
Jack is not familiar with the split and un-split
infinitive, but he does know lobsters.
And he can talk of them With feeling and
enthusiasm.
"What else is necessary to turn his little
boat into a true university?"
* * * *
We like these student opinion polls spon­sored
by the Plainsman. Regardless of out-come,
which we do no know yet, they have
benefits. From the activity around the Main
Gate Tuesday morning a rather heavy vote
was cast, too. It points to a real student
interest in student affairs.
* * * *
Someone has said that you can find mum­mies
only in museums, but that over all the
globe, in Podunk or Chicago, Jones Corner
or New York, you can find college people—
modern testimony to the lost art of conver­sation.
This writer did not mean that college
people never talk and that theirs is the only
group containing "mental mummies", but
On Other Campuses
By JOHN GODBOLD
The campus night club idea, originated at
Iowa U., is rapidly spreading to other cam­puses.
The latest club to be opened is one
at Northwestern. Several other schools are
considering and making plans for similar
recreation centers.
* * * *
The fame of the Girls' Rifle Team of
Georgia Tech has reached all the way across
America into Oregon, from which state they
received a challenge for a postal rifle match.
That they are nationally known is quite an
honor to the school as well as to the fair
and charming members of the firing squad.
It is safe to say that their record this year
surpasses all records of previous years. A
large number of coeds are expected at Tech
next year as a result of the splendid na­tional
reputation of the Girls' Rifle Team.
Incidentally, Tech has no coeds; the invita­tion
was a mistake.
* * * *
A group of engineers from Colorado Mines
visited a brewery on an inspection trip. Ap­parently
there were not enough chaperones
present, for three fellows downed enough
beer on the sly to get nicely tight.
* * * *
University of Wisconsin has a slide-rule
wizard who devotes a large part of his time
to computing interesting figures about the
University. He has found that the average
coed redders 9.68 square feet of lips each
year and consequently that Wisconsin coeds
use enough lipstick in a year to paint three
good-sized barns. His latest figure-juggling
reveals that if students were allowed to
smoke in Wisconsin's buildings the heat
from their cigarettes and pipes would be
intensive enough to cut down the coal con­sumption
of the school heating plant 23 tons
a year.
that as students they should have something
of that lost art. For good talk is education.
This illustrates one of the most striking
contrasts between American and English
universities. We wager that the average
Oxford student would be horrified at the
conversation in the American fraternity
house and dormitory room. Consider the
Oxford debaters. Few American teams
make much headway against them. Our
American students are not only unable to
discuss politics; they are ignorant of the
latest plays and of literature, and have a
very limited power of expression. They
cannot even frankly compare or discuss col­lege
affairs beyond athletic contests and one
or two other topics.
But in intelligent conversation on general
subjects American students simply are not
interested.
We Forty-Six
By HUGH CAMERON
Either the intelligence of the newspaper
reading public has dropped from the four­teen
year old age basis to one of fourteen
months, or Workman
wore gloves when the
v o t e was counted
thereby not being able
to count correctly.
Crooked politics and
the whiskey interests
is what done it.
* * * *
The Architects hold their annual rare,
rye, rigor and mortis party this
good night. Last year's dance is re­membered
as the one wherein some few co­eds
went without dresses, and looked better
than one would expect. It is not known
what is going to happen this time, but there
is going to be a mess of wild Indians, Ro­man
gladiators, and most of everything
else to scare the wits out of the just and
righteous. The dance is to be at the gymn
and starts at 9:30. It is said to be over at
1:00 A. M. If this be true then heaven help
the populace. The thing should last all
night to keep such a be-garbed rabble out of
the main streets of the town until one had
a chance to see them in the day light. No
telling what is going to happen when some
sober and peaceful citizen gets a glimpse of
a yelling Mohawk at one thirty in the
morning.
* * * *
And if your hide is still on you by Sat­urday
night go to the "A" Club dance and
have some more fun.
* * * *
Well, girls, we voted in the open saloon
again yesterday. Brass rail, sawdust and
faces on the floor and everything. A bucket.
of beer on every table and a corpse in every
garage. Insanity is on the increase, and
now that we have likker, ninety-nine per
cent of us will be blooie instead of the usual
ninety per cent. Drunks will grow like
grass in the streets, and another saloon will
be just around the corner.
* * * *
Tom Heflin's old line about, "The Whiskey
Interests and The Pope" didn't go over so
nicely last time in view of the letter I re­ceived
from an ardent Roman this morning.
Detailed apologies and a guide to the read­ing
of a newspaper will be sent by the morn­ing's
post to the Roman in question.
Yas, we're all going as Indians to the
Architect's ball, with tomahawks, feathers
and all. "The Widder" is going as the
original redskin the white man sold fire
water to, so one had best look out for him.
As to where he will get the fire water is
another question. Alabama had been dry
for more than twenty years and won't be
decent again until April Fool's day. Gaso­line
in a coca-cola will be about the best he
can do.
Pete's Epistle
Dere Paw:
i were right well pleased tew hear that
yew went dry up home fer now yew can
keep on distilling that good old cawn likker
without the revernewers running around
trying tew catch yew. And yew won't have
tew compete with any of that Roosevelt
stuff with purty bottles and colored stamps
on them.
Yew know they went wet down here and it
is going tew complicate matters as we will
have tew go plumb tew Opelika tew get
stuff instead of jest part of the way. Why,
it will put a mitey fine man out of business
or make him start the messy business of
selling gasoline. It will brake his heart tew
give up that business. What if yew had
spent a lifetime learning a trade and build­ing
up a reputation arid then somebody came
along and made yew quit. Woodent it be
heartrending? Woodent it?
i got led of the other night and got tuck
clean tew Atlanta again, i guess that trip
jest about put the finishing touches on me
as fer as babes are concerned, i have
done went and found myself a little oman
unless the enemy forces gather and plan a
great counter offensive and have me waving
a white flag of subdygashun (i learnt that
in war) (them high toned frazes i mean),
one thang about the war, they say politics
and love is war and war is hell, so what
does that make love if thangs eqwul tew the
same thangs are eqwul tew each other?
What i meant tew say before i got off on
triggernomertry was that the enemy is in
a more strateegick position than i am and
may win the objective, worse luck!
worriedfully yours, pete,
p. s. aint cawn good for the worryfications?
The idea of a mine being built on a col­lege
campus sounds rather absurd. A mine,
however, is the latest "building" to be erect­ed
on the campus of the University of Utah.
It is an experimental mine, 300 feet long,
6V2 feet high and 5 feet wide. It was con­structed
with the aid of the NYA, to pro­vide
laboratory facilities and practical de­monstrations
of problems to potential min­ing
engineers.
\
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:• A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE P A G E THREE
JACK TODD, Editor
Contributors
ROY POWELL
BROOKS SELLARS
J. W. NALL
ED BRIGGS
Boxers Work Hard
For Bouts Planned
'A' Day, March 24
The Auburn boxers have been hard
at work during the past week in pre­paration
for tihe proposed exhibition
bouts to be staged on A day.
In addition to the routine exercises
and sparring, the boys have been mas­tering
two punches newly introduced
to them this week by instructors Dorf-man
and Triolo—the left and right
hooks. Next week will be devoted to
elimination bouts to pick the men who
will be entered in the "A" Day bouts,
in whicih the feather, light, welter,
middle and heavy weight classes will
be represented.
The most promising candidates at
present are: Branch, featherweight;
Cothron and Taylor, light-weight;
Owens, welter-weight; Vinson and
Duffee, middle-weight. The shortage
in leather pushers in'the heavy-weight
class is expected to be remedied when
several men now busy with football
report for training.
If the pugilists keep up with the
rapid pace set for them for the next
few weeks, they will be in fine physi­cal
shape for entering the ring in col­lege
competition, which although not
on.the program for this season, may
be included for those who return next
year.
TIGERS COMPLETE SPRING TRAINING TOMORROW
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Varsity Baseballers Rounding Into Shape Eor Coming Season
SESSION BELIEVED TO BE BEST
IN SCHOOL GRIDIRON HISTORY
SID SCARBOROUGH
IN CHARGE OF MEN
DURING SESSIONS
Del Morgan Still Working With
Football Squad But Resumes
As Baseball Head Monday,
Six College Teams
Compete Here
Tomorrow
Ga. Tech Swimmers
Be Faced In Gymn
Tomorrow At 3 P.M.
Auburn's 1937 Tank Team will take
its last competitive start tomorrow at
three P. M. against Georgia Tech in
the Alumni Gym Pool. Although this
is not to be the final meet of t)ie year
the Mermen will be swimming their
last home meet which will no doubt
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The Auburn varsity baseball candi­dates
are just completing their second
week of practice sessions under the
direction of Captain Sid Scarborough.
Coach Morgan is still working with
the football men in their spring train­ing
and will return to the diamond
next Monday to take over his duties
as mentor of the Tiger nine.
Among the large number of players
reporting daily are last year's letter-men
Taylor, Eaves, Scarborough, Tip­per,
and Whitten. Ham and Hitch­cock,
also monogram winners of last
season, will report to toach Morgan
next Monday.
There is plenty of competition a-mong
the men to win a place on the
first nine and those who are showing
the most promise at present are: Tay­lor
and Hayes, first base; West and
Mason, second base; Chitty, third
base; Eaves, Tipper, Swindle, and Sel­lers,
pitchers; and Whitten, Summer-ville,
and Thomas, catchers.
The Tigers are slated to play their
initial contest of the season on "A"
Day when they will meet the Gadsden
Goodyear G3's on Drake Field. The
schedule of collegiate competition has
not yet been completed but will em­brace
about twenty games.
prove to be hotly contested. The prob­able
line-up is as follows:
50 yard free-style—
Kitchell
Forbes
100 yard free-style—
Forbes
Keirsted
220 yard free-style—
Lyons
Connor
440 yard free-style—
Lyons
Woodward (Capt.)
Breast-stroke—
Woodward
Rienow
Back-stroke—
Griswold
McCue
Free-style relay—
Kitchel '
Keirsted
Forbes
Medley Relay—
Back-stroke. Griswold
Breast-stroke Woodward
Freestyle Keirsted
Diving—
Woodward
Cannon.
THE COLLEGE BARBER SHOP
invites you to inspect the n e w—
CROSLEY X-ER-VAC
Hair Conditioning Machine
It is the only Scientific Method for the treatment of
BALDNESS - FALLING HAIR
There is no longer any excuse for BALDNESS!
Auburn will be the host of six visit­ing
rifle teams tomorrow, as they com­mence
firing for the Auburn Trophy.
The Conference Matches are schedul­ed
to start at 8 a. m. and last until
noon. Each entrant is to be composed
of five men, and they will fire ten
shots in each of the four positions.
Auburn, Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, and
North Georgia College are the teams
entered in this match. Winners of the
Fourth Corps Area match, Florida is
one of the main contenders for the
title. Last year the Gators finished in
fourth place. The University of Ala­bama
is boasting of one of the strong­est
rifle teams in the Southeastern
conference, and will be one of the
favored entrants. The university out
fit won its fifth consecutive match of
the season this week with a second
victory of the year over the Missis­sippi
State sharpshooters.
The Conference Match was won by
Auburn in 1936 with a score of 1869
out of a possible 2000. Alabama was
second with 1850 points. The Tiger
riflemen are enjoying a successful
season and are ready to defend their
crown. Auburn's team will be com­posed
of the following men: Strick­land,
Panell, Lee, H., Robbins, Stel
zenmuller, and Perry.
The Plainsman have been shooting
for the Hearst Trophy this week but
no results have been received as yet.
The Match for the Society of the
American Military Engineer's Trophy
is also being fired this week.
SPORTS CHATTER
By JACK TODD
Auburn High
News
Cast for Tournament Play
Announced
Auburn High School will enter the
State Dramatic Tournament held at
A. P. I. March 12 and 13 at two-thirty
on Saturday with the play "Mag­nolia's
Man". Four senior high school
students make up the cast. These are:
Magnolia Starnes, Emma Nell Par-rish;
Mis' Tish Davis, Jeannette
Knapp; Newt Norris, John Turner
Hudson; Bartholomew M. Burgess,
Bill Dobbs.
"Magnolia's Man" has its setting in
a little village on a branch line of the
Southern railway, west of Asheville,
North Carolina. Its characterizations
portray the simple mountain folk of
1904. It is directed by Miss Marie
Sewell, teacher of English. Last year
Miss Sewell presented "Carnival" in
the dramatic contest, and went to the
finals in competition with larger
rchools in the State.
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Nelda Beasley Wins Local Poetry
Contest; Enters Tournament
A poetry reading contest, in which
| fourteen students of the junior and
senior high school English classes en­tered,
was held before the general
school assembly last week. Mrs. C. A.
Basore, Mrs. G. H. Carlovitz and Mrs.
B. R. Showalter were invited to be
judges. Nelda Beasley won first place
with a reading of Alfred Noyes' "The
Highwayman." Shirley Needham was
selected as second winner with "If"
by Rudyard Kipling. Winifred Hill,
reading Edgar Allan Poe's "The
Raven," and Teresa Boyd, reading
"The Volunteer Organist" tied for
third place.
Nelda Beasley entered the State
Poetry Reading Contest of the annual
high school tournament held here to­day.
The following people also made a
creditable showing both in selection
and reading: Sarah Tant, Jeannette
Knapp, Emma Nell Parrish, Cullen
Ward, Florence Belcher, Annie Mae
Knapp, Helen Turner, Elizabeth Cash,
Margaret Toomer, and Katherine
Wright.
Jule Tisdale Selected As School's
Most Expert Typist
In the typing contest of the State
High School Tournament Jule Tisdale
will enter as Auburn High School's
representative. Having completed one
semester in the typewriting course, she
has a record of forty-three words per
minute. The contest will be held at
ten o'clock on Saturday morning, at
which time Jule will compete in speed
With Les Antley and Billy Hitch­cock
occupying the positions of cap­tain
and alternate-captain respective­ly,
it seems as though the 1937 foot­ball
Tigers should go places in a big
way. Both men Tare aces on the grid­iron
and both are fine fellows to
know.
* * *
Spring practice for this year is
practically history and there is little
doubt that the gridders are happy at
the thought. Even the hardy men who
don moleskins are susceptible to (heat
and present indications point to rising
thermometers. The team, as a whole,
looks fine and should enjoy a success­ful
season this fall.
* * *
Noticed several of the fraternity
soft-ball teams out practicing the oth­er
day and wondered whether or not
there will be an independent league
this season. The independents came
through with some thrilling exhibi-and
accuracy with all other contest­ants
in the State.
Auburn High Basketball Team Enters
State Tournament Today
The basketball team left Auburn at
11:30 Thursday for Tuscaloosa to
compete with 16 winners from 8 dis­tricts
of State. They won over We-tumpka
in district finals in Riverview
Mondlay night by a score of 25 to 11.
Boys making trip with Coach
Hitchcock are: Paul Starr, Mitchell
Wadkins, Abb Chrietzberg, Charles
Ham, Jack Bright, William Ham,
Harold Smyer, Pete Almquist, Homer
Wright.
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manager of Plainsman at 448.
tions in touch football and would un­doubtedly
produce some top-notch soft-ball
teams.
* * *
The election of Tom Bacon as cap­tain
of the polo team is to be com­mended.
Bacon is undoubtedly one of
the best mallet swingers to be seen
on an Auburn team in some time and
should enjoy one of his best seasons
this year.
* * *
At last the tennis team is starting to
show some action! Plans are being
made to organize a team and enter
active competition. Cooperation with
the Y. M. C. A. freshman group should
result in some fine court teams.
* * *
Sigma Nu's victory last Tuesday
night marked them as one of the best
basketball teams in the school exclud­ing
varsity teams. Although the con­test
was hotly contested throughout,
tihe Sigma Nu five showed plenty of
class and this, combined with uncanny
shooting, earned them the winners'
laurels.
* * *
The last home meet of the season
for the swimming team will be held
tomorrow afternoon and should draw
a sizeable crowd. Their opponent,
Georgia Tech, has a fine array of
swimmers and Brant Woodward's
mermen will get some stiff competi­tion
before annexing first-places.
* * *
Perhaps the most hotly contested
position on the baseball team this year
is the second sack. A fine group of
baseball talent are competing for a
varsity post at this sack, namely, Os­car
Threadgill, West, and Mason with
Ralph O'Gwynne due to don his spikes
at the close of spring football practice.
Final Scrimmage-Game Of Spring Training Is To Be Held
Tomorrow Afternoon On Drake Field; Much Accomplished
During Six-Week Period By Meagher And Coaching Staff
By PETE SNYDER
When, tomorrow afternoon, varsity
members of Auburn's pigskin aggre­gation
play their final ' scrimmage-game
of the 1937 Spring Training Ses­sion,
there will be concluded one of
Tennis Team Plans
Are Now Underway;
To Be Inexperienced
Present plans are now in progress
for the organization of an efficient
tennis team. The team will be a new
and inexperienced one but at the same
time there is an array of material
from which it is hoped that a good
team might be picked. As yet the net-men
are not fully organized and have
held no regular meetings. An an­nouncement
will be posted in the
Plainsman when further plans are ar­ranged.
It is hoped that a few in­teresting
home matches can be sche­duled
as well as later inter-scholastic
clashes.
A small gathering of potential net-men
met a few weeks ago for the pur­pose
of selecting a manager to serve
their interests. Bill Shaufner, who
was chosen as the team's manager,
is expected to announce a meeting
(tihrough the Plainsman) sometime
next week.
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the most successful schedules of its
kind in the grid history of the school.
From the standpoint of Head Coach
Jack Meagher and his able staff of
assistant coaches and trainers, more
has been accomplished during the past
six weeks than during any spring
training session in some years. Part
praise is due the weather man who has
sent a most agreeable series of 'fair
and warmer' afternoon hours since the
first day of spring practice last Feb­ruary
1.
The year's most lengthy non-playing
time lapse will end when fall training
begins more than five months hence—
September 1. Thence for three weeks,
until September 24 when they meet
B'ham-Southern, Orange and Blue
footballers will be held down to the
rigorous workouts that precede every
college football schedule. Other games
listed are: Oct. 2, Tulane in New Or­leans;
Oct. 9, open; Oct. 16, Missis­sippi
State in Birmingham; Oct. 23,
Ga. Tech in Atlanta; Oct. 30, Rice in
Houston; Nov. 6, Tennessee in B'ham;
Nov. 13, L. S. U. in Baton Rouge;
November 20, Georgia in Columbus;
Nov. 27, Fla. in Jacksonville.
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P A G E FOUR T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937
MARDI GRAS BALL SET
FOR TONIGHT, 9 P.M.;
GALA NIGHT ASSURED
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and Mrs. R. H. Staples, Prof, and
Mrs. L. B. Ambler, and Mrs. C. J.
Moore, Librarian. A large number of
faculty members not connected with
the Art Department and townspeople
are expected to attend.
This year's Ball is different from
any other held by the School in that it
will be open to the entire student body.
Too, this is the first time for a Mardi
Gras theme to be used in Auburn for
such a big event. In the past, attend­ance
to Beaux Arts Balls have been
limited to students of the Archi­tectural
School.
Knights Are To Play
Doc Moseley and his Auburn
Knights will furnish the music for the
occasion. A Grand March and three
no-breaks will be featured during the
evening. All in all, it promises to be
a* gala occasion of beauty, novelty, and
pleasure, states Wm. R. Bell, ball pub­licity
director.
The ticket sales committee, Bevo
Biggin and Frank McCall, have dis­tributed
ducats among several mem­bers
of the Art School. The price is
one dollar each and the proceeds will
be given, it is emphasized, to the Art
library to buy new books.
BALLOTING FOR MISS "A"
DAY BE HELD TUESDAY
(Continued from Page 1)
esting game is anticipated by those
connected with the team.
Other events scheduled for the af­ternoon
are a polo game, a swimming
meet, and several exhibition boxing
bouts by the local team. The oppo­nents
for the polo and swimming
events will be announced at a later
date by the "A" Day Committee.
Classes have been excused so that all
students will have an opportunity to
witness the events.
As a culmination of the day's ac­tivities
an "A" Club dance will be
held in the Alumni Gymnasium be­ginning
at 9 o'clock. "Miss 'A' Day"
will be formally presented at the
dance. During the course of the
evening several lead-outs and no-breaks
will be featured.
Contrary to a former announce­ment
the ballots will not have to be
clipped from The Plainsman as the
committee chairman has altered his
plans to furnish the ballots at the
polls. This change in plans was
made to facilitate the voting.
JONES' DEATH IS BLOW
TO CITY; DIES THURSDAY
(Continued from Page 1)
He is survived by four brothers:
W. V. and Clifton of Auburn; Henry
R., Florence, S. C.; and Luther Jones,
St. Louis, Mo. Pallbearers include
J. V. Brown, B. C. Pope, A. J. Gen­try,
C. F. Little, J. C. Grimes, W. W.
Hill. Members of his Sunday School
class have been named as honorary
pallbearers. Interment will be made
at the Auburn cemetery.
Honor Roll Published
For Lee County High
Honor Roll for the Lee County High
School for the sixth month, of school,
according to Prof. J. A. Parrish,
principal, is as follows:
Senior III—Distinction, Margaret
.Whatley.
Senior II—Highest Distinction, Her­bert
Martin; Distinction, Jean Beas-ley,
Grace Mulling, Emma Nell Par­rish,
Mary Olive Thomas and L. Z.
Thrasher.
Senior I—Highest Distinction, John
Bruce Martin.
Junior III—Highest Distinction, Joe
Hare, Marjorie McKinnon, Anne
Tamblyn, Delphine Thomas: Dis­tinction,
Redding Sugg, Albert Rau-ber,
Winifred Hill.
Junior II—Highest Distinction, Fred
Allison, Harold Blackburn and Jack
McKinnon; Distinction, Billy Tamblyn.
Junior I — Highest Distinction,
Katherine Wright; Distinction, Flor­ence
Belcher, Vonceil Teel and Marga­ret
Toomer.
Grammar School honor rolls are
given as follows:
Sixth Grade — Lilibel Carlovitz,
Pepito Elizondo, Burney Hay, Shirley
Sargent, Claire Tisdale, Virginia Wil­liamson,
Ann Black, Sarah Pierce,
Ann Thorp.
Fifth Grade—Phyllis Barrington,
Beverly Anne Burdhardt, Marion Dil­lon,
Martha Hay, Barbara Ingram,
Paul Irvine, Bernard Murphree,
Claude Saidla, Billy Salmon, Ray
Stevens, Jimmy Tucker.
Fourth Grade—Wesley Ellis, Phyl­lis
Harkin, Jack Meagher, Emory
Newton and Winifred Waldrop. -
50 4-H Leaders Here
For Training School
To make their work more effective,
50 leaders in 4-H club work among
farm boys and gi-rls of Alabama at­tended
a training school here Tues­day,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri­day
of this week. T. A. Sims and Miss
Elizabeth DeLony, state 4-H club lead­ers,
were in charge.
County workers came from over the
state for special instruction by Ex­tension
Service specialists and also by
Dr. W. P. Jackson, of the Recreation
Association of New York. Dr. Jack­son
gave instruction in recreation for
boys and girls, this being an import­ant
feature of tine work.
Extension Service and Experiment
Station specialists who addressed the
workers included Dr. J. W. Tidmore,
J. C. Lowery, F. W. Burns, Dr. R. S.
Sugg, John E. Ivey, Dr. C. L. tsbell,
and Homer D. Fisher. Special talks
were made by Dr." L. N. Duncan,
president, Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
and P. O. Davis, director, Ala­bama
Extension Service.
Education Fraternity
Discusses Curriculum
Reserve Applicants
To Be Selected Soon
In the event that Congress appro­priates
money for active-duty train­ing
under the Thomason Act, applica­tion
for such training should be sub­mitted
at once to the head professor
of military science and tactics here,
according to announcement Monday by
the College military department.
Selections will be made from second
lieutenants of the Reserve who will
be less than 28 years of age on July
1, 1937 and who are unmarried, it was
explained.
A priority list of candidates must
be submitted to the Fourth Corps
Area Headquarters not later than
April 30. Graduates in the advanced
ROTC course of 1936 who were not
21 years of age last July 1 can now
submit applications to the head pro­fessor
of military science and tactics
here for active duty this year.
Last Monday night at the meeting
of Kappa Delta Pi a discussion of the
status of teaching of English, Math­ematics,
and the social sciences under
the proposed "New Curriculum" in
Alabama was held in each of the
three fields with a student leader
opening the discussion by suggesting
changes and developments that might
be made in their own field.
All suggestions were made in har­mony
with the purposes and plans of
the Alabama Curriculum Program
now being conducted. The general
purpose of this movement is to be
more concerned with the present
teaching in the public schools than
formerly, and to make pupils con­scious
of such areas of experiences
as the social situation in Alabama,
her resources, and conservation of
resources.
The study being made by the mem­bers
of Kappa Delta Pi is an attempt
voluntarily to sponsor a study out­side
of class work.
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FLORIDA PRESIDENT
ADDRESSES FACULTY
MONDAY, 3:00 P. M.
Symphony Orchestra
Organized Recently
A small symphony orchestra has
been recently "organized on the campus
for the benefit of students and towns­people
interested in this type of music.
The new group is directed by Lawr­ence
Barnett, popular music instructor
and director of the Auburn Glee Club.
Overtures, light operettas, and musi­cal
comedy numbers, etc., will con­stitute
most of the musical library of
the new orchestra.
According to Professor Barnett, the
personnel of the group consists so far
of 4 violins, 2 clarinets, 1 flute, 1 bass,
1 viola, and a piano. A number of
stringed instruments are needed. Any­one
interested in trying out for a place
in the orchestra should attend the next
practice session which will be held
next Tuesday night at eight P. M.
No definite plans, as yet, have been
made for the giving of performances.
Student Hall To Be
Held Open At Night
Beginning last Tuesday the Stu­dent
Hall will be open from seven
until nine o'clock each Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday evening.
All students may come during these
hours and enjoy the facilities of the
hall.
Mrs. H. A. Jolly is to be in charge
of the Student Hall on these nights.
However, Mr. Barnett stated that one
would gladly be given if enough in­terest
was shown in organization and
practice sessions and if the people of
Auburn asserted a desire to hear them.
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speaker at the annual banquet and
initiation ceremony of Phi Kappa
Phi, national honorary scholarship
fraternity. The banquet begins at
6:15 p. m. at the Thomas Hotel. Prof.
James R. Rutland, English Depart­ment
head and president of the chap­ter,
will preside at the banquet.
The three new faculty members to
be initiated in Phi Kappa Phi are
Prof. H. W. Adams, of the English
department; Prof. E. Walter Burk-hardt,
school of architecture and al­lied
arts; and Dr. E. E. Cureton,
school of education. The 28 new
student members are Chas. Henry
Bailey, George N. Baird, Lee C.
Balch, Fred O. Barrett, C. W. Bell,
Madeline Breedlove, Howard E. Carr,
William Von Chandler, William L.
Cox, A. B. Dean, Jr., Daniel W. Dun­can,
Joel H. Eaves, Mae Beavers En-trekin,
Louise Houk, Morris Laatsch,
Jr., John E. Langley, Florence Mc-
Corkle, R. B. McGehee, Jr., James L.
Murphy, Mark Nichols, Frederick H.
Richter, Milton Roth, Walter Schus­ter,
Jr., W. L. Stafford, Joseph L.
Stewart, Raymond E. Stricklan, Jr.,
and Helen M. Tigner.
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consists of judgement of three con­secutive
issues of the school paper,
material being submitted before nine
o'clock Friday morning. Prof. J. E.
Roop is faculty chairman.
The Dramatic Tournament, Prof. T.
B. Peet, chairman, consists of five ses­sions
beginning Friday morning. Each
school may present one play, playing
time not to exceed forty minutes. The
four plays winning the preliminaries
will be placed in the finals Saturday
evening.
The Physics contest, in charge of
Prof. Fred Allison, consists of a home-school
display, to be submitted before
9 o'clock Saturday morning; a com­petitive
contest on experimental de­monstrations,
7 P. M. Thursday; and
a written achievement test, 11 A. M.
Friday.
Mechanical drawing will consist of
freehand drawing, freehand lettering,
and orthrographic views; drawings to
be submitted before 10 A. M. Friday.
Prof. L. M. Sahag is faculty chair­man.
The spelling contest is an old-fash­ioned
spelling bee under the direction
of Prof. Henry W. Adams, to be held
at 7:30 tonight. The Standard High
School Spelling Scale and the Thorn-dike-
Century Junior Dictionary will
be used.
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