1937-04-02 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
Friday Issue Auburn fHamsman Thomas, Pruet
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TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
VOLUME LX AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1937 NUMBER 50
New Pledge System
To Be Inaugurated
By Blue Key Society
'Point System" Intended To
Inspire More Interest Among
Undergraduates In Activities
POINTS LISTED
Society Will Postpone Annual
Pledging Of Members Until
Spring Elections Are Over
By BILL WALLACE
At a recent meeting of Blue Key,
national leadership fraternity, a sys­tem
was drawn up by which the merits
of a student may better be judged be­fore
becoming eligible for membership
in that society. Knowing that the so-called
"Point System" has long been
in practice by the honor fraternities
on other campuses and feeling that
such a system will be an incentive to
undergraduates to take more interest
in campus activities, Blue Key mem­bers
feel that they have taken a step
forward toward bettering the status
of Auburn honor fraternities.
20 Points Necessary
In order for a student to become
eligible for membership in Blue Key
he must have accumulated a total of
20 points according to the point sys­tem.
After becoming eligible, his per-sonality
and character must be con­sidered-
by the members of that or­ganization
before he is extended an
invitation to join.
The student membership of Blue
Key is composed of seniors who have
demonstrated their leadership in class­room
and in extra curricular activities,
being chosen so as to constitute a
group representative of every phase of
college life. The fraternity does not
exist for itself or for the benefit of
its members, but for the College, and
especially for the welfare and con­tentment
of its students. The Au­burn
chapter has chosen the point sys­tem
in an attempt to make their se­lection
of members fair, and to make
it possible for every undergraduate to
so equip himself as to become eligible
for membership in Blue Key at the
end of his junior year.
Blue Key has postponed its annual
election of new members until after
the spring elections are over. At that
time the organization will select fif­teen
new men who have proven them­selves
eligible to carry on. the work
for the next academic year. ' It is
hoped that the point system, which
will be installed this year, will prove
to be a .-successful means of broaden­ing
the interest and activity of the
Auburn student in campus activities.
The complete Blue Key Point Sys­tem
will be found on page four.
Phi Psi Chooses
Sixteen New Men
For Membership
The local chapter of Phi Psi, na­tional
honorary fraternity of textile
students, held its election of pledges on
the evening of March 22. The follow­ing
men were officially tapped on the
26th: E. W. Cantrel, J. F. Edmunds,
J, C. Farrow, Fred Gillian, V. C. Hill,
C. F. Horn, J. J. Jigger, J. C. Kelso,
P. K. McKinney, F. D. Perdue, L. A
Stanley, J. A. Woodruff, T. D. Lewis,
F. L. Ward, Hugh Wright, and Wilton
Kilgore. C. L. Adams of Eufaula,
Ala., was also inducted into the fra
ternity as an honorary member.
The election of these pledges was
based not only on scholarship but also
upon leadership. Each has been out­standing
in some phase of under­graduate
textile work.'
The first degree of the formal initi­ation
will be solemnized on April 5,
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14 Selected
By Business
School Frat
Initiation For Pledges Be Held
At Early Date; Banquet For
Old, N e w Members Be Given
MEETING TUESDAY
Delta Sigma Pi Is One Of Few
Honoraries To Offer Bids To
Students In Sophomore Year
She Sings For George
Polk Lectures
At Session Of
A.S1QR Here
Water Supply Project Is Topic;
Delegates Are Entertained
In Afternoon By Sorority
Plane Here For Hops
Saturday And Sunday
A tri-motored airliner will be at the
local Auburn-Opelika airport Satur­day
and Sunday to carry the public
on right-seeing trips over the sur­rounding
territory. The plane will be
piloted by Les Musgrove, a veteran
pilot who has been engaged in avia­tion
for the past nine years.
The two day event will be operated
here through the cooperation and ef­forts
of Mr. W. S. Bruce, local Woco-
Pep agent.
A very reasonable rate for rides in
the big plane has been arranged.
A large number of delegates to the
A. S. C. E. Convention being held
here met this morning in Ramsay
Hall. A welcoming address was de­livered
by Professor John A. C. Cal-lan,
Professor of Civil Engineering
at Auburn.
The principal speaker of the session
was A. C. Polk, Chairman of the Bir­mingham
Industrial Water Supply
System. In his talk, Mr. Polk de­scribed
the activities of a. six-million
dollar water suppy project being con­ducted
in Birmingham. He also de­scribed
the construction of a 180 foot
dam being built for the purpose of
providing a reservoir for the water
supply project. Mr. Polk was former­ly
chief engineer of the Alabama
Power Company, Construction Di-.
vision.
The afternoon program included the
display of a moving picture film of
the construction of the Norris Dam
by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The film showed in detail the various
types of heavy construction involved
in the work. Another film, "Heart of
the Confederacy", was shown during
the afternoon. The scenes of this film
were made on the Auburn campus.
The meeting was then adjourned,
and the delegates attended a tea dance
given by the Kappa Delta sorority at
the Student Hall.
Billy Hitchcock, John D. Gearhart,
Jack Currie, William Ginn, Malcolm
Smith, William Roberts, Robert Mc-
Clure, John Langley, Horace Weis-singer,
John Cook, Joe Griffin, James
Laseter, John West, and William Ott
were tapped today by Delta Sigma Pi,
national honor society for students
outstanding in Economics and Busi­ness
Administration. The formal ini­tiation
and banquet will take place in
the near future.
Delta Sigma Pi was installed at
Auburn on March 21, 1931 absorbing
Beta Alpha Sigma, local honor society
for Business students. Since the
founding of the Auburn chapter it has
grown steadily into what is now one
of the school's worthiest honor groups.
At the beginning of each school year
the society entertains with a reception
for all Business Administration Fresh­men.
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In order to encourage scholarship
among the new students the group of­fers
a loving cup to the Freshman at­taining
the highest average for his
first year in the business school. Del­ta
Sigma Pi sponsors a number of
professional meetings'during the year
to which prominent men in the busi­ness
world are invited to give lectures
to business students. The national
headquarters of the society is unique
in that it presents a gold key to the
highest ranking member at gradua­tion.
Delta Sigma Pi is one of the few
honorary groups that admits Sopho­mores.
The requirements for member-continued
on Page 4)
Tryouts For Comedy
To Be Held Tuesday
Scabbard And Blade
Elects Twenty-Four
At Drill Thursday
Number Of Teams
In Second Games
Of Frat Tourney
Membership Is Highest Attain­able
Honor In Military; All
Men Selected Outstanding
MISS EDITH CALDWELL, popular vocalist for George Olsen,
creator of the highly proclaimed "Music of Tomorrow". Miss Caldwell
can be heard every Tuesday night at eight on the Ben Bemie-George
Olsen program sponsored by Keglined Cans. She is also featured with
the band on the Woodbury program. Miss Caldwell will appear in Au­burn
at the Senior Dances.
Place For Final Dance Set To
Be Decided By Student Poll
Merritt Decides To Put Question To Student Vote In V i ew Of
Recent Requests Of Many To Have Senior Dances In W.P.A.
Hall; Ballots Will Be Taken Up On Saturday Afternoon
Prof. T. B. Peet, director of the Au­burn
Players, announced yesterday
that tryouts will be held Tuesday t j o n a l , f a c t s p r o a n d c o n F o r y o ur
In a statement to a Plainsman re­porter
today, Vernon Merritt, Chair­man
of the Social Committee, declared
that the selection of the hall for the
final dances will be determined by a
student poll. This action was brought
about as a result of a move on the
part of several students to utilize the
new W. P. A. Leadership Hall for the
annual dance set.
"In making your selection", states
Merritt, "Please take into considera-evening
at eight o'clock in the Y-Hut
for the comedy, "The Great Kath-erine",
written by Geo. Bernard Shaw,
convenience, the conditions have been
investigated and are listed herewith:"
"The W. P. A. hall is quite a dis-
Twelve students are being sought to j t a n c e from town and situated on an
fill the roles, eight of which will be
speaking parts. The play will consist
unpaved road; this will prove rather
disagreeable to those without cars.
of an equal number of actors and There is no balcony at the new hall,
actresses; both the speaking and the
non-speaking parts will be evenly di­vided.
The rehearsals for the coming pre­sentation
will begin immediately fol­lowing
the try-outs and will continue
for four or five .weeks.
and it will not be possible to sell
tickets to those who wish to come and
hear the music of the orchestra. The
dressing room facilities are not as
good there as they are at the gym.
No decorations of any sort are per­mitted
at the new hall."
"On the other hand, the dance floor
at the new hall is better for dancing
and there is more space. The W. P.
A. hall will be much cooler in case of
warm weather, as it is equipped with
an automatic ventilating system. The
sound effects in the new hall have
been proven to be much better than at
the gym. Another point in favor of
the W. P. A. hall is the fact, that it
will provide a change from the usual
if the dances are given at that place."
"Mark your choice on the following
ballot, sign it and drop it in one of
the three boxes at the Student Hall,
Benson's, or the Tiger Drug Store.
The ballots will be taken up Saturday
and the results tabulated by the Social
Committee and members of the Plains­man
Staff.
BALLOT
Hall for the Final Dances (vote for
one).
( ) Alumni Gymnasium
( ) W. P. A. Hall
Signed
Play has gotten underway in the
interfraternity baseball league. As a
result of the orderly manner in which
the interfraternity basketball tourna­ment
was held, the baseball games will
be arranged as to time and place. Lo­pez
Mantoux, chairman of interfra­ternity
athletics, is in charge of all
arrangements for the leagues and the
results of all games should be turned
in to him as soon after each game as
possible.
Results of the first games played
thus far are: Sigma Chi—12, Pi Kap­pa
%Phi—7; Phi Delta Thete—9, Sig­ma
Pi—2; A. T. 0.—6, Sigma Nu—1;
K. A.—13, A. L. T.—l;.Kappa Sig—
9, Lambda Chi—34; Theta Chi—7, Pi
K. A.—0; S. A. E—27, Theta Kappa
Nu—2.
The games are being played on the
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INITIATION NEXT WEEK
Neophytes To Re-enact Stirring
Drama Of World War Con­flict
Next Saturday Morning
A*LE. E* Has
Large Number
Here For Meet
Banquet For Members At The
Baptist Church Tonight Be
Highlight Of The Conference
H. H. Henline, New York City, na­tional
secretary of the American In­stitute
of Electrical Engineers, will be
the principal speaker at the banquet
here this evening which constitutes one
of the high points in the annual con­ference
of the Southern Student
Branch of A. I. E. E. held in Broun
Hall. The banquet starts at 6:30 p.
m. at the Baptist Church.
More than 200, faculty counselors
and leading engineering students from
18 southern colleges and universities
are attending the conference. Win­ning
papers on technical phases of
electricity and radio were presented
this morning by six of the South's
outstanding college students in electri­cal
engineering. t
In addition to Mr. Henline, other
distinguished speakers at the banquet
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Twenty Thousand "Smackers" For A Mule!
Concerning The Agricultural Activities Of Uncle Sam At Auburn
Auburn Men Thrill
Columbus Air Show
Pete Snyder Rushed
To Hospital Today
Pete Snyder, freshman in
Science and Literature, was rush­ed
to St. Margaret's Hospital this
morning for an emergency ap­pendicitis
operation.
The operation was performed at
11 A. M. and reports came here
at noon that the patient was rest­ing
well.
Snyder, whose home is in Wash­ington,
D. C, is a valuable re­porter
on The Plainsman staff.
It is hoped by his many friends
that Pete will have a speedy re­covery
and will soon be with us
again.
A feature part of the Air Show held
in Columbus last Sunday was the
stunt flying of two of the pilots of
the Auburn Aero Club. Flying in the
show sponsored by the Columbus De
Molay and featuring the Air Aces
Jimmie Brown, and Jack Steppe, op­erators
of the Auburn Aero Club, and
Ralph P. Swaby, manager of the Co-lumbus
airport, gave a varied and in­teresting
performance. Their stunts
included live bombing, dead stick land­ings,
gas laying demonstration, for­mation,
flying and low altitude stunt­ing.
The Air Aces hope to bring their
show to the local field within the next
few weeks and as a special attraction
will feature parachute jumping by
George DeGrange. Dates of the show
will be announced in next weeks
Plainsman.
NQTICE !
May Day practice will be from five
until six in the Recreation Hall- Mon-
1 days and Wednesdays instead of from
four until five as was announced in
last Wednesday's Plainsman.
By SON THOMAS
Your wandering reporter, snooping
about the town in quest of the elusive
"scoop", happened into the building of
the soil tillage experiment station and
came face to face with a spectacle
that he will not soon forget. Mounted
on eight rubber tires in one of the
store rooms was a huge machine which
looked like a cross between a Buck
Rogers space ship and an ocean-go­ing
freighter. The thing fairly brist­led
with dials, switchboards, and in­dicators,
lending an awe-inspiring at­mosphere
to the layman on first see­ing
it. On either end of the nameless
bulk were noticed two small but ap­parently
businesslike cranes which, as
was later explained, are attached to
various forms of farm equipment in
carrying out certain tillage tests. The
property of pulling being thus de­finitely
assigned to the machine, the
author, with the gracious assistance
of I. F. Reed, second in charge of the
station, gave to the thing the cogno­men
of glorified "mule" Yet
the "mule" is reputed to have cost
nearly $20,000! Technical men will
tell you that it is a power car-dyna-nometer.
The machine is an instrument of a
new kind of research being carried on | with a sprinkler and roller system
by the Federal Bureau of Agricul-1 making it possible to control the con-tural
Engineering. A laboratory, the (dition of the soil at all times. Imagine
Sarver Reports For
Executive Cabinet
orily one of its kind in the world, has
been set up here with a working fund
of $110,000 of P. W. A. money. It is
in this laboratory that studies are
made to find the types of machines
best suited economically to the soils of
the Southeast.
The bureau has constructed nine
shallow pits 20 feet wide, 250 feet
long, and 2 feet deep. Into each pit
10 carloads of a certain kind of top-soil
are dumped. Dr. George Scarseth,
of the Agronomy Department of Au­burn,
was engaged by the government
to select the most characteristic types
of soils of the Southeast. Samples of
his selections were shipped to Auburn
in 10 carload lots from the sections oi*
the country where each type was
found. It is on these samples that the
tests art being made in the parallel
pits.
A fitter or "utility car" (costing a
mere $3,500) first travels the length
of the pits on means of rails embedd­ed
in the cement walls. It has as its
business the rendering of the tested
soil back to normal conditions of mois­ture,
etc. The fitter car is equipped
an automobile with tires 20 feet apart
coming toward you at a slow but,
nevertheless, relentless pace, and you
will get some idea of the immensity
of the machines.
The power car-dynamometer is built
on the same order as the utility car
except that it contains the delicate in­struments
by means of which the tests
are made. It, too, straddles the pit
on which the test is being made, pqll:
ing behind it tjie farm implements
whose merits are being decided upon.
The indicators of the machine faith­fully
record the forces which are set
up by the tillage tool in the soils un­der
varying conditions.
A brief description of the mechani­cal
"mule" follows: Powered by a 135
horsepower INTERNATIONAL en­gine.
Mounted on eight heavy tires
which measure approximately 37 by 8
inches. Weight—about nine tons.
Speed is variable from .2 to 10 miles
per hour.
There are many other unique gad­gets
and processes connected with the
experiments, such as the 20 sheds
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A MESSAGE FROM THE CABINET
From the last meeting of Executive
Cabinet the motion was made that the
new Publications Committee act with
the same rule and regulations of the
old board for this year and that the
new rules and regulations go into ef­fect
next year. The motion passed.
A person is eligible to hold an of­fice
in the class in which he is a voter.
All nominees for Editor-in-Chief and
Business Manager of the Glomerata,
Plainsman, shall have completed five
semesters of college work and shall
have served at least one scholastic
year on the staff of that publication
to which he is nominated before he
shall be eligible to hold the above-named
offices. Members of any major
publication staff, if in running for
any major office on that staff, must
only run for that office under which
he had served while on that staff.-
Joe Sarver, Jr., President Student
Executive Cabinet.
Company L, Fifth Regiment of
Scabbard and Blade, national honor­ary
military fraternity, formally
pledged twenty four outstanding
Juniors during the regular drill period
Thursday.. High distinction in mili­tary
affairs, character, and leader­ship
were the characteristics sought
after in the selection of the new men.
Each neophyte has attained honor in
his school or some form of extra-cur­ricular
activity in addition to his high
military rating. •
Engineers
Charles Chitty, a member of Lamb­da
Chi Alpha social fraternity is a
valued member of the Auburn baseball
team. His home town is Shorterville,
Alabama.
Roy Dodge, from Gadsden, has been
recently elected to Omicron' Delta Kap­pa
and Tau Beta Pi, two of the most
outstanding honors that a Junior may
attain.
Armistead Harper is a pledge of
Tau Beta Pi. He is a member of Kap­pa
Alpha fraternity, and his home is
in Monroeville.
B. C. Jordan is also a member-elect
of Tau Bet Pi. Jordan's home town is
Natchez, Mississippi.
Bill Stelzenmuller is a Sigma Chi
from Birmingham, Alabama. Stelzen­muller
has the honor of being the
highest ranking, scholastically, in the
college. He is a member of Tau Beta
Pi and a pledge of Omicron Delta
Kappa.
Ed Taylor is an outstanding student
in the school of Aero Engineering. He
is from Gadsden, Alabama.
Field Artillery
Milton Bagby is a member of Au­burn's
football squad. He is a Pi
Kappa Alpha and hails from Birming­ham,
Alabama.
W. O. Butler has been active in
class politics since his Freshman year.
His home town is Greenville, Alabama.
Butler is a member of Sigma Chi.
Charles Chisolm, from Selma, is a
pledge of Omicron Delta Kappa and
Junior manager of the basketball
team. Chisolm is a member of Kappa
Alpha.
David Cox, Mobile, has been honor­ed
by Tau Kappa Alpha and Phi
Lambda Upsilon. He is also a varsity
debater and Business Manager of the
Auburn Glee Club. He is a Delta Sig­ma
Phi.
George Hairston, also a Delta Sig­ma
Phi, is president of the Glee Club.
His talents as a debater have made
him an outstanding member of Tau
Kappa Alpha. Hairston is from Bir­mingham.
Billy Hitchcock is Alternate cap­tain
of the Auburn football team. He
is a member of the "A" Club and a
pledge of Omicron Delta Kappa.
Hitchcock is a Sigma Nu; his home is
in Union Springs.
A. D. Holmes is a Phi Delta Theta
from Jasper, Alabama. He was re-
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TO THE EXECUTIVE CABINET:
The Board of Student Publications
in meeting Friday afternoon, April 2,
unanimously adopted a resolution to
submit the following statement to the
Executive Cabinet for its disposition
with reference to the case of Mr. Bill
Milam.
"The Board of Student Publications
disqualified Mr. Bill Milam as a candi­date
for the editorship of the 1938
Glomerata, believing that he did not
qualify under the five-semester regu­lation.
This belief was based upon the
reports of Mr. Edwards, registrar, and
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Thomas Edits, Pruet
Manages This Issue
This edition of the Plainsman
was published under the direction
of Lewis "Son" Thomas, candidate
for Editor, and Clarence Pruet,
candidate for' Business Manager.
Pruet was in complete charge of
the business end of the paper; the
entire editorial duties were turned
over to Thomas.
The following men will be in
the race for Plainsman heads in
the Spring election to be held
next Wednesday, April 7: For
Editor—James Buntin and Lewis
Thomas; for Business Manager—
Buck Darden and Clarence Pruet.
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, APRIL 2, 1937
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Associate Editors: Alvin Morland, C. W.
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Managing 'Editors: Howard Workman
(Wednesday Edition), James Buntin (Fri­day
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News Editors: Robert Johnson, Kate'
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Feature Editors: Son Thomas, Joan Metz-ger.
Society Editor: Marion Stanley.
Assistant Society Editors: Doris White,
Sarah Williams.
Sports Editor: Jack Todd.
Sports Contributors: Ed Briggs, Brooks
Sellers, Bill Troup, J. W. Nail, Frank Cayce.
Intramural Sports Editor: John Watters.
Special Writers: Hugh Cameron, L. E.
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Reporters: John Ivey, Ed Thomas, J. H.
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BUSINESS STAFF
Assistant Business Managers: Buck Dar-den,
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Advertising Manager: George Perry.
Advertising Assistants: Harvey Sargent,
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Circulation Manager: Sam Teague.
Assistant Circulation Managers: Page
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Circulation Assistants: John Huff, V. A.
Hunt, Julian Myrick, William Carroll, Bob
Berney, Marshall Smith. ^^^^
This Question Of Recreation
With the approach of milder
weather, Auburn's need for recrea­tional
facilities becomes increasingly
apparent. There is hardly any di­version
for our students after class
hours except, possibly, a picture, show
pr a game of pool. Of course, we un­derstand,
that Auburn has been op­erating
under extreme financial dif­ficulties
in recent years, but a great
many improvements could be made to
our recreational system without the
expenditure of a very large sum of
money.
Take, for instance, the tennis situ­ation.
A good many of our students
and professors are tennis enthusiasts,
yet there are only two public courts
in playing condition. The joint move
of 0. D. K. and the Auburn Lions
Club to erect three or four more ten­nis
courts is a commendable action,
indeed. This will help out to some ex­tent;
however, ten courts would be
near a sufficient number for the needs
of our students.
Also, not so large a group, but still
a representative number of our stu­dents
enjoy golf. We have a very
good nine hole golf course in the com­munity,
but the green fees, though
they seem reasonable enough to the
average business man, are too high
for the college student. Inasmuch as
the town derives a large part of its
sustenance from the college, it seems
that Auburn students should be given
special consideration and rates on
club dues and fees—with the golf club
as no exception.
This editorial is not written for the
purpose of reprimanding the college
officials, because they have had their
hands full in taking care of more im­portant
and more pressing matters of
late. The purpose of this article is to
arouse the interest of certain campus
groups and organizations in the hope
that they will see fit to make a project
of improving our recreational facili­ties
here.
Army Day
On April 6th the nation observes
Army Day. At this time it might be
well to consider a few of the undeni­able
blessings enjoyed by this nation
to the attainment of which the Army
either has contributed generously or
is entirely responsible. The develop­ment
of the West was in a large
measure due to the Army. For many
years its troops were scattered in
small isolated posts throughout the
West affording protection to the
bands of immigrants and later to the
construction gangs engaged in laying
the basis of our splendid system of
trans-continental railroads.
The shortening of the sea-route to
the West Coast not only has greatly
improved our National Defense, but
has been a great boone to interstate
commerce. The Army built the Pana­ma
Canal after many unsuccessful at-tempts
by other agencies.
The Scourge of Yellow Fever no
longer brings panic and death into
our Gulf States. The Army conquer­ed
Yellow Fever. Typhoid is no
longer the menace to health it was
not so many years ago. The Army
learned its lessons of sanitation dur­ing
the Spanish-American War and
was a pioneer in this country in ap­plying
appropriate measures to curb
this death-dealing disease.
During the recent unprecedented
flood on the Mississippi, the system
of flood control met the test. The
Army designed and constructed it.
When the question arose as to how to
care for the possible evacuation of the
inhabitants of hundreds of square
miles of territory along the rivers,
what agency existed ready and able
to assume the burden? Again, the
Army.
San Francisco has never forgotten
its debt to the Army, when after the
earth-quake and fire of 1906, Gen­eral
Funston, without waiting for in­structions,
assumed control of the
city, succored the injured and the
homeless and prevented the looting
which unquestionably would have fol­lowed
in the wake of this great dis­aster.
These and many other things has
the Army done besides fight. In con­sidering
our National Defense in its
broader aspects it is well sometimes
to give pause and estimate their value.
A New Deal For The Stage
The Auburn Players are to be high­ly
congratulated on their recent pre­sentation,
"Wings Over Europe",
which was declared a complete suc­cess
by the critics.
To many, the generous applause of
an appreciative audience was an in­dication
of better times in store for
the dramatic clique of Auburn. Here­tofore,
this group has nbt received its
just recognition on account of a more
or less indifferent attitude on the part
of students. But all that is.changed
now, and a new era appears to be de­finitely
on the way.
In the opinion of the writer, the
relatively small place that dramatics
have held in extra-curricular activi­ties
may be charged to the fact that
Auburn is primarily a technical school
where the main issue of the day seems
to be. Not many years ago the words
"A. P. I. graduate" and "engineer"
were almost synonymous terms. But
with the recent advances of coeduca­tion
and the various non technical de­partments,
Auburn is coming into
her own as a real university. Growth
of dramatics, debate, and similar ac­tivities
naturally follows.
To Professor Peet, the Auburn
Players, and all others instrumental
in the production, the Plainsman
wishes to say, "Thank you for 'Wings
over Europe', and may your future
efforts be rewarded with a continua­tion
of the high standard you have
set".
Once In A Lifetime
"At least once in a lifetime", says
a famous author, "Every man feels
that he can write a poem or a story,
but in most of us, this urge of cre­ative
writing comes only once". And
how true were this author's words;
for, how many of us have read a cer­tain
article with the inward feeling
that we could improve it, or better
still, write a similar but much better
composition. Yet how many of us
have actually sat down with pen in
hand fully determined to unfold our
genius to the world? Unfortunately,
there are very few—and these few
know how hard the thoughts come af­ter
the actual writing stage has been
reached. The prospective writer is
soon discouraged and gives up hope of
ever making a name for himself in
that field.
However, contrary to the popular
opinion, creative writing is not a gift;
but it is the result of rigorous prac­tice
and exercise of will power. In
short, you must sit down and make
yourself write a certain period of time
each day though your thoughts may
be jumbled and incoherent. Clearness
and ability to concentrate are sure to
follow after a surprisingly short space
of time. Of-course, the value of read­ing
to a prospective writer need not
be mentioned.
In an effort to improve their writ­ing
technique, a small gr6up of towns­people
and students have organized a
writing club. The members meet
once a week and constructively criti­cise
the literary offerings of their col­leagues.
Auburn has been in need of
such an organization for some time,
and it will undoubtably prove to its
members that the ability to write is
open to a much larger group than was
originally assumed. . .
A versatile physics professor at one col­lege
has solved the problem of students slip­ping
into class late by installing an "electric
eye" at the door. When anyone crosses the
threshold, he breaks a light beam and a
gong clangs.
Lois Geiger, a swingstress at the Uni­versity
of Buffalo, is organizing an "all-
Gal" dance orchestra.
With Our Grads
By SARAH WILLIAMS
Of much interest to students of the pres­ent
year at Auburn and to former students
and Alumni is always the news of some
Alumnus of Auburn who has accomplished
something worthwhile in the business and
professional world. One of the most out­standing
graduates of Auburn since its
founding is Hugh M. Taylor of the class of
1889. He is an uncle of Miss Dana Gatchell,
Professor in the Home Economics Depart­ment
and one of the most prominent food
authorities in the South.
After graduating from Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, Mr. Taylor went to Mexi­co
where he was first Supervisor of Track
and Assistant Engineer for the Mexican
National Railroad. In 1892 he was promot­ed
to yard master and construction engineer
with the Mexican Company, and in 1895 he
was appointed Train master, of the North­ern
Division of the Railroad. In 1902, he
became Superintendent of Construction and
later was general manager of the Oceanic
Railroad subsidiary line. He increased the
earning of this line from $4,000,000 to $8,-
000,000. In 1907, Mr. Taylor was given the
position of Assistant General Manager of
the National Railroad and then became Di­rector
of Construction for this Company.
In 1915, he became manager of a Railroad
in Brazil, later that year he was appointed
Assistant general Superintendent of the
Southern Pacific of Mexico Railroad. In
1916 he was made Chief Engineer of the
Cuban Northern Railroad, in Havana, Cuba.
In 1918, after such a remarkable record
in the railroad industry Mr. Taylor was
made a member of the French Academy of
Science. After receiving this award, he en­tered
private practice as a consulting Engi­neer
and as a hobby went into truck gard­ening
in Fulfurrias, Texas. As a result of
this experment, he planted 2,000,000 trees
for the National Railroad of Mexico and
started the culture of tomatoes in that coun­try.
In Mexico, Mr. Taylor built 900 miles of
railroad and also the Contelean Bridge in
Rio Chico, Durango, which is 422 feet high
and 900 feet long.
Aside from his accomplishments in the
engineering world Mr. Taylor has also writ­ten
several books on Transportation Service
of Railways.
Rafail Reeves, author of the book, "The
Two Americans" mentions the achievements
of this Auburn graduate. An excerpt from
a part of this book follows: "From the city
of Curityba to Ponta Grossa, I had heard of
Hugh M. Taylor, who for many years was
in charge of the Mexican Railways but re­signed
his position there to become the gen­eral
manager of the lines of the Brazilian
Railway Company. During my stay in
Mexico, as Minister of Colanha, I had sev­eral
ways of appreciating the great ca­pacity
and high qualities of this gentlemen
who was much respected by the Mexican
people, and I was glad to avail myself of
the proferred hospitality of a special car in
which he accompanied me to the frontier of
Uraguary."
BOOKS
"Drums along the Mohawk"—Walter D.
Edmonds.
A stirring novel of the settlement of the
Mohawk Valley. It is one of the most in­teresting
fictional histories ever written.
The story opens in 1776 when the people
of the valley were confronted with a reck­less
Congress then in its infancy. Poverty
and starvation threaten and the people de­cide
that rebellion is their only hope. Then
follows the American Revolution with a
colorful account of the battles at Ariskany.
The long dismal conflict ensues, the final
result being that the valley is made safe
from British possession. After the war the
plight of the people is illustrated—their de­pendence
on a central government totally
unfitted to understand local needs.
"Outnumbered by trained troops, well
equipped, these farmers won the final battle
of the long war, preserved their homes, and
laid the foundations of a great and strong
community."
Cleverly woven into the history are num­erous
true stories involving actual persons.
The book could scarcely be distinguished
from a novel. Actually, it is a novel -since a
main plot is followed through from start to
finish.
* * * *
"INSIDE EUROPE"—by John Gunther
"Inside Europe" is a 400 page chronicle
of the European experiences of John Gun­ther,
for ten years foreign correspondent of
the Chicago Daily News. Much of the book
is devoted to sketches of European rulers:
Hitler, Mussolini, Laval, Dtlllfuss, Baldwin,
Stalin, all of whom Mr. Gunther has inter­viewed.
BeHeving that personality has a
great influence on history he talks of their
individual habits, tastes, prejudices, atti­tudes,
and idiosyncracies. Political and
social movements in present-day Europe are
briefly but clearly evaluated.
A peace movement has been launched by
700 students on the campus of Kansas
State Teachers College.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
"P. B." Charlton: "I haven't the cheek to kiss you".
Lewis (of course): "Use mine".—Temple Owl.
* * * * * * * * *
POME
"Mary had a little Iamb;
It's fleece was very white.
It followed her to Pittsburg.
Now look at the d thing!"
Auburn's own Jack Oakie- —Doug Jarrard.
* * * * * * * * /
From the New Yorker: MAN SLAYS MOLL. Can this be true?
* * * * * * * *
"Is that a genuine bloodhound?"
"Sure—Oscar, come over here and bleed for the man".—Washington Columns.
* * * * * * * *
"Country" Mantoux: "Does this train stop a,t the Grand Central Station?"
City Slicker: "If it doesn't, there'll be one hell of a wreck".—Cornell Widow.
* * * * * * * *
ANOTHER POME
"Yesterday upon the stair,
I saw a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
Gee, but I wish he'd go away.
* * * * * * * *
Frosh: I wish I was a Camel.
Prof.: Why so?
Frosh: They don't get YOUR wind.—Colgate Banter.
* * * * * * * *
And then there was the Frosh who made a bright remark about Petrie's bald
pate, to which the witty Prof, replied, "I'd rather be hald on the outside than on
the inside."
* * * * * * * *
First Burglar: Where have you been?
Second Burglar: In a fraternity house.
First Burglar: Lose anything?
Are We Amateur Or Professional?
A rather interesting article was written
by John R. Tunis and published in the No­vember
American Mercury concerning the
football status of various colleges in the
United States as to whether their teams
were really amateur, as they claimed, or
whether they had a tendency along more
professional lines. Mr. Tunis classified
what he considered a representative group
of one hundred college teams into three dif­ferent
categories—the Amateurs, the Semi-professionals,
and the Professionals. Un­fortunately,
Auburn was not listed among
the hundred.
The Amateur teams belonged to colleges
of high standing, many of them having an
extremely high rating in the educational
world. None of them have been known to
employ high powered professional coaches
or to buy athletes. None have attempted to
underwrite a huge stadium. According to
Mr. Tunis, the college with, an amateur rat­ing,
to his way of thinking, is not a training
center for All Americans. Among the Ama­teurs
were listed Johns Hopkins, Brown,
Chicago, Sewanee, William and Mary, and
Virginia.
Included in the Semi-professional class
were small and large colleges alike. The
chief distinction for this class was the fact
that they have athletic plants which cost
real money to maintain. This can be done
by means of large gate receipts, and large
receipts are made possible by good teams
only. Thus, the Semi-pro class makes the
winning of games more or less of a business.
In this class were Army, Navy. Notre Dame,
Cornell, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt,
and Yale.
Professional rating, as the name implies,
was assigned to teams that, according to
Mr. Tunis, are obviously out for the money
in the game. It is the writer's opinion that
Mr. Tunis includes in this category teams
that are coached by men receiving salaries
far exceeding those of the college presidents
themselves, teams that must meet crushing
opposition every week in order to provide a
drawing card sufficient to finance the
building of vast stadiums. He must have
meant teams made up of men receiving reg­ular
salaries for their playing services and
to whom school work was secondary. The
Professionals included Alabama, Columbia,
Detroit, Duke, Georgia, Louisiana State,
Minnesota, North Carolina, Princeton, Santa
Clara, Southern Methodist, Stanford, Tu-lane,
Temple, Villanova, and Texas
Christian.
Now, the question is—Where does Au­burn
belong? Our boys do not receive sal­aries
; we have no stadium to pay for; and,
above all, Auburn athletes are required to
be up in a certain amount of their school
work before they can represent the school
in any form of athletic competition. Our
athletic plant does require money for its
upkeep, but the football team is not the only
group on the campus that benefits by the
use of our gym and our various athletic
fields. These are only a few of the reasons
why the writer, until better informed, will
stick to the assumption that,
"Auburn's teams are amateur teams".
This Odd World
By TED CARMACK
On Other Campuses
By JOHN GODBOLD
The fraternity rushing season at the Uni­versity
of Pennsylvania has broken all pre­cedents
for novel, breath-taking tactics. At
the beginning of the season two girls' names
were placed mistakenly, but quite officially,
on the rushing lists for fraternities. All
fraternities lost no time in beginning the
most intensive rushing programs in history.
But all the wining and dining went for
naught.
* * * *
Believe it or not, the classic art of strip
teasing is now being taught in college
Minsky University—named, no doubt, for
the Minsky Brothers who made strip-teas­ing
a big business—gives strenuous courses
in the proper method of removing clothing.
Graduates are awarded the degree of F. F.
S. (Full Fledged Stripper).
* * * *
Matrimony seems to be on the wane as a
life's objective for coeds. In a recent ques­tionnaire
at Hunter College only one coed
out of 930 desired to be married after grad­uation.
* * * *
Yale's satirical "Roosevelt For King"
movement is good for a derisive laugh, but
that's about all. Title suggested for the
"King-to-be" is "Franklin I., King of
America, the Panama Canal Zone, and the
Virgin Islands, Defender of the Budget, and
Emperor of Wake Island." The Yale de­sign
for the royal shield is "15 thornless
roses on an Eleanor blue field, six rampant
and nine couchant lions, only six of which
may be seen, the last nine having been
plowed, under."
Our opinion is that the whole movement is
some sappy undergraduate's cheap publicity
stunt. Originators of the idea had better
be thankful that they do not live somewhere
where they would be imprisoned in a con­centration
camp for originating such a
brain-child.
On Our Campus
By EDWIN C. GODBOLD
Tonight as we pound the typewriter here
in the quiet and deserted Main Building, we
pause occasionally to listen to the sough of
the wind through the cedars on the campus
outside and, clasped hands behind head, lean
back in our chair and think of Auburn and
our college years here . . .
* * * *
Dazzling sunshine1 through class room
windows . . . the click of a polo ball struck
smartly . . . engineers hurrying to drill lug­ging
their rifles . . . "what orchestra ya got
for ya dance?" . . . the blare of the cafe
nickelodian . . . "don't leave yet, the bell
hasn't rung even if the clock is striking"
. . . angry voices of student politicians be­hind
closed doors . . . "stand at! - hease!"
. . . the whacking of paddles . y . the creak­ing
of leather in riding class . . . "we do
solemnly swear to ever hold secret the my­steries
unfolded unto us" . . .
* * * *
Confused freshmen trying to get register­ed
. . . cheerful clatter of dishes in fraterni*
ty dining rooms . . . "he gave us a pop quiz
and I hadn't cracked a book" . . . bright red
fingernails . . . coeds wearing tan flat-heel­ed
shoes . . . "naw, naw, she's wearing his
pin now" . . . the slap of a sweaty back on
the basketball court . . . students dozing in
class . . . girls in green riding habits walk­ing
toward the stables . . . dogwood bloom­ing
near the Main Building . . . tennis play­ers
smashing white balls into the net . . .
"somebody please answer the phone" . . .
fraternity men mowing the lawn in front
of their house . . . "did he call the roll?"
. . . "A" Club men throwing coins at lines in
the sidewalk . . . "shoot ya a game of pool"
. . . honorary fraternity initiations on
Toomer's corner . . . torch-light parades
during football season . . . pajama-clad
freshmen crashing the train for a free
ride . . .
Winchell is not the only one who collects
oddities in the -news. Most any telegraph
company can provide you with oddities that
will equal any of our gossiping correspond­ent.
I happened into our local telegraph office
right before Easter to send one of those
two-bit stock telegrams to a friend. Miss
Ann Wilson, manager of the local office,
informed me of some peculiar actual hap­penings
in telegraph offices throughout the
United States.
A few of the unusual wires follow:
A telegram received by a man at River­side,
California, read:
"Darling, my heart's on fire,
Please send me a kiss by wire."
Anxious to go the girl one better, he and
the telegraph sales clerk prepared the fol­lowing
reply:
"Here is the kiss to help that fire,
I hope it doesn't melt the wire.
If you think you can stand the shock,
Will see you tomorrow at nine o'clock."
* * * *
A Scotchman at Tulsa, Oklahoma, filed
the following telegram:
"Disguise soldier carton horses Egyptian
beaded hound deduce ditty doodad."
He explained to the dumfounded clerk
that it meant: "This guy's sold your cart
and horses. He gypped you and beat it.
How in the deuce did he do that."
* * * *
The thrilling adventure of Alexander
Duck, a poor country duck who embarked
upon a college career in California, began at
New Haven, Connecticut, where recently a
Yale student wandered into a Western Un­ion
office and solemnly inquired if the tele­graph
company could "do anything." The
dauntless sales clerk with equal solemnity
assured the student that Western Union
goes everywhere, can do anything, and that
Aladdin and his lamp were pikers.
The Yale man brightened and declared
that he wanted to telegraph a duck, with a
piece of blue ribbon around his neck, to a
co-ed in Palo Alto, California. He gave the
order and left.
Evidence that the Joe Penner stunt made
a hit was not long in coming back in the
following telegram to the Yale student:
"Dearest: Am proud possessor of Alexan­der
the Duck, who wears swanky blue satin
neckties. Telegraph office knows him well.
He is no ordinary fowl, as the countryside
was combed for the gorgeous bird. The
University will take him on as night watch­man
on Lagunita Lake."
* * * *
Incriminating was the evidence of this
students originality:
A Dartmouth student, after considerable
inward turmoil, decide to invite to the Green
Key Prom a certain young lady he hadn't
seen since September, when words had pass­ed.
He sent off a long and impassioned
telegram, winding up:
"Would like to see you very much STOP
Forgive me my sins STOP Please come to
Green Key Prom this week-end STOP Re­newed
love Tom."
A few hours later a Western Union boy
arrived witft a printed blank telling him
'hat his telegram was undelivered, for fol­lowing
reason:
"ADDRESSEE NOW MARRIED? DO
YOU WISH THIS FORWARDED?" The
young man said no.
Pete's Epistle
Dere Mirandey Lou:
i'm sorry i aint writ yew in sew long but
these pollytishans jest keep me on the go
all the*time. They use every approach tew
try tew git me tew vote fer them. One ^of
them even used threats of violence. He
come up tew 'me and sez Effin yew dont
vote fer me i will run yew ragged as a can
of Sour Kraut.
,i have kind of got the Sprang Fever sew
i have declared a few sprang hollydays tew
carry me over ontel after the election is
done over and forgotten all but the shouting
and headakes of the night after, i dont
know when i will git tew see yew but we
will sertin sure have tew make some kind of
arrangements as i am very lonesome and
need somebody tew soothe my fevered brow.
These tails i hear about that inspectifica-tion
trip tew the magic sity are something
awful tew hear. The deanyweeny told them
for sure not tew git up in a hotel rume and
lock the door and git likker and go on a
spree. Well none of the boys did that and i
dont know whether the deanyweeny approv­ed
of it or not because the way they did
was go on a spree without locking the door
and then they would wander out tew spree
all over town.
And was one boy's mug scarlet when he
got a date and went out tew a gambling
jernt and the proprieter sez yew cant come
in here fer yew are a miner. The lad which
had the scarlet mug and also had a date
somewhat along in years sez back well i
guess i can git in effin i have got my mam­my
along with me and then walked in.
A leetle cawn is good fer warding off
pollytishans if yew need tew keep them off.
wisely yours, pete.
•
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 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 I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE
JACK TODD, Editor
Contributors
ROY POWELL
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J. W. NALL
, ED BRIGGS
Swimmers Will Meet
Univ. Of Florida In
Final Match Of Year
The Auburn swimmers left this
morning for Gainesville where they
,will face the University of Florida
tankmen tomorrow for their sixth and
last meet of the season.
Accompanying Coach Boots Chamb-less,
Captain Woodward, and Manager
Johnston, are Kiersted, Kitchell,
Forbes, Lyons, Griswold, Canon,
Laney, Reinfow, and McCue, ready to
match their ability with that of the
'Gator mermen.
The Floridians are by far the
toughest opposition on the Tigers'
schedule this year and the home boys
will have to swim their best to emerge
victorious. The Plainsmen did not
swim against Florida last year, but
were defeated by them the last time
they met in 1935. Florida has been
undefeated since 1934 and were South­eastern
Conference Champions last
season.
POLOISTS LOSE TO STRONG MAXWELL FIELD TEAM
Auburn Takes Two Games From Mississippi College, 7-6, 7-1
SID SCARBOROUGH,
JOEL EAVES STAR
IN AUBURN RALLY
Choctaws Threaten In Five Of
Nine Innings; Chitty Scores
Winning Run For Plainsmen
SPORTS CHATTER
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The Auburn Tigers spotted the ene­my,
Mississippi College, a four run
lead in the first inning, and then pro­ceeded
to show that their generosity
was unintentional by pounding out a
7-6 decision over the Choctaws on
Drake Field Wednesday afternoon.
This was the opening game of the
Plainsmen's 1937 collegiate schedule.
Off to a four run lead in the open­ing
stanza, the Choctaws threatened
at the plate in five of the nine innings.
They sent Auburn's starting hurler,
Les Antley, to the showers in the
seventh after he had fanned seven,
yielded eight hits and six runs and
had walked three.
Mississippi scored in the initial
frame on a double by Lyle, a sacri­fice
by James Hitt,. an infield out by
Edmonson, Bailey's bingle, Joel Hitt's
base on balls, Green's single, and
Marler's swat. Their tally in the fifth
was scored when James Hitt hit a
circuit clout, and they knotted the
count in the seventh on a single by
Lyle, another sacrifice by James Hitt,
a hit batsman, Bailey's fielders choice,
and Andrews bingle.
After being held to one safety in
the first three frames, the Tigers
jumped on the offerings of Fred
Green in the fourth and collected four
hits, a base on balls, and two errors
for a half dozen runs. John Mason's
double with the bases loaded sent in
three runs and he scored on Antley's
single. Captain Sid Scarborough
brought in Antley when his double
was muffled by the center fielder, en­abling
Scarborough to circle the bases.
Auburn's winning tally was scored
in the eighth on errors by James Hitt
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M A N N I N G ' S S T U D IO
Now Over Toomer's
Even baseball, the national sport, seems to be falling in popularity
before the attractions of polo here in Auburn. This is not so strange when
one, considers that polo posesses a certain element of speed and daring
action that is never present in a baseball game. The diamond game does
not succeed in holding the interest of a crowd as a fast high goal game of
polo does.
•J * * * * **
Although polo has had fairly good support in the first two games
played here this year and interest seems to be mounting higher, there
seems to be a clash between the polo and baseball schedule. Why can t
the two schedule-makers get together and fix it so that the two at­tractions
will not be presented on the same afternoon?
* * * * * *
With the boxing classes still going on it should not be long ere Auburn
will have a large number of leather pushers on hand. The sport is com­paratively
new here, having been organized only last year, and it has
already attained major proportions. We predict that Auburn will win the
Southeastern Conference Boxing Championship within the next four years,
providing, of course, that interest in the sport is maintained. The engage­ment
of a competent instructor Would aid .toward making Auburn a real
threat for this honor.
* * * * * *
Now that fraternity competition in soft-ball is rapidly mounting, a sharp
tab should be kept on individual performances during this phase of frater­nity
sports. So far many promising candidates for the All-fraternity soft-ball
team have been revealed.
* * * * * *
Tonight, in University of Florida's big fifty-yard outdoor tank, Auburn's
squad of swimmers meet the 'Gators in ithe last meet of the '37 season.
Florida, only last week, defeated the strong Tennessee mermen by the
score of 69-6, while only a short time ago Tennessee swamped Auburn.
With some good breaks, and some of the better brand of paddling that we
know members of our own aggregation possesses, we should come out on
top of such a lot of fish-boys as those- that wear the orange "F".
* * * * * *
We note with interest that the Frosh group of gridders is still plodding
the striped turf three days every week. The old saying—"Practice makes
perfect"—applies to football as well as anything else, so go to it, plebes!
* * * * * *
Best remembered hit of the baseball game Wednesday was the beau­tiful
homer socked in the sixth inning by Captain Sid Scarborough.
Trackmen are daily working out on the cinder border of Drake Field.
In addition to the talented line of experienced upperclass material reporting
to Coach Wilbur Hutsell, there are some mighty fine looking Freshman
hopefuls. Weight men as, well as the fleet-footed are working out, and
Auburn again, as per usual, promises to be well and favorably represented
in the coming Track and Field meets.
* * * * * *
And so, as always before, this Chatter must stop!
BILLY HITCHCOCK
GETS TWO HOMERS
IN SECOND GAME
Dick Swindle Gives Excellent
Pitching Performance Allow­ing
Choctaws Only Four Hits
Four Recommended For tetters As
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TOOMER'S
ON THE CORNER
The Auburn Rifle team has com
pleted a fairly successful season, and
four men have been recommended for
minor A awards. Only those men
averaging 360 or above were recom­mended
for minor A's. These men are
Co-captains F. H. Lee and M. R.
Panell, R.. E. Strickland, and L. I.
Perry.
Strickland and Lee are tied for the
highest number of par scores fired
during the season, and Bob Mund
henk is winner of the competition for
the best Freshman shot.
Of the 13 Postal matches fired dur
ing the season Auburn won 7 and lost
5. These teams consisted of the best
competition in the U. S. Auburn de­feated
U. of Kansas, Miss. State, Mon­tana
State, South Dakota State, and
New Mexico Military Institute, and
lost to North Dakota Agricultural Col-and
Edmonson on balls hit by Chitty
and Eaves and an infield tap by Rid­dle.
Edmonson dropped Eaves' fly to
allow the fleet Chitty to cross the
plate with the winning run.
Box score:
MISS. AB R H O A
Lyle, ss 5 2 2 2 1
James Hitt, 3b -5 1 1*2 3
Edmonson, rf 5 0 1 2 0
Bailey, lb 5 1 2 7X 0
Joel Hitt, 2b 2 1 0 0 0
Andrews, 2b ...3 0* 1 2 1
Green, p 5 1 2 1 1
Marler, c 5 0 1 4 2
McCoIlum, cf 4 0 0 2 0
Schmaltz, If A 0 1 2 0
lege, Washington State, U. of Wash­ington,
U. of Pittsburgh, and U. of
California L. A.
The Plainsmen lost a shoulder to
shoulder match with the University of
Alabama this year for the first time,
and were only able to take fourth
place in the S. E: C. meet held in
Auburn.
Results from the William Randolph
Hearst Trophy and S. A. M. E.
matches have not been received.
Capt. Ehrgott, coach, and Sgt.
Reeves, asst. coach., are to be highly
commended in taking a squad of new
men with only four veterans return­ing,
and building a team that can be
classed as a success as based on
matches won and lost.
Regardless of the fact that of this
years letterman only Panell will re­turn
next year, Capt. Ehrgott expects
a successful season because of the ex­perience
and seasoning of this years
new men.
The Plainsmen had a easy time with
the Mississippi College outfit yester­day
afternoon and turned in a spark­ling,
7-1, victory on Drake Field to
sweep the two-game series with the
Choctaws. Another college foe, Troy
Teachers, will be encountered this
week by the Tigers on the local
diamond on Friday and Saturday af­ternoon.
Billy Hitchcock was the leading
scintillant for Auburn, gathering in
two home runs and scoring three runs.
The Bengals outhit the Choctaws, 8-4,
collecting all eight hits off the offer­ings
of Reeves.
Dick Swindle made his second suc­cessful
start of the season, going the
full route for Auburn. He hurled ex­ceptionally
good ball, fanning four
batsmen, allowing four hits, one run,
and no walks.
The Auburn Tigers got off to a
flying start, scoring three runs in the
initial stanza. They crossed the plate
on a single by Hayes, who was thrown
out at second on an attempted steal,
bingles by Scarborough and Morgan
who raced home ahead of Hitchcock
following his first homer. Their tally
in the fourth frame was scored when
Hitchcock walked and reached third
after flys by Taylor and Hamm, and
then stole home. Hitchcock also ac-counted
for his second circuit clout in
the sixth inning. In the seventh stanza
Hamm got a single, Mason walked, and
they both scored • when Green threw
Swindle's ball wild to Bailey at first
base.
The Choctaws got their lone tally in
the second frame when Bailey got a
bingle, but was thrown out at second
base on an attempted steal, Green
connected for a single, Andrews flied
out, Marler got a hit, scoring Green,
and McCoIlum flied out to retire the
side. Box score:
MISS. COLLEGE AB
Lyle, ss 5
James Hitt, cf _ 5
Edmonson, rf 5
Bailey, lb 3
Green, 3b -3
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Strong Governor's Horse Guards Of Atlanta To Be Next Oppo­nent
Of Auburn Poloists; University Of Missouri Mallet-
Swingers Will Come Here For Two Games April 8 And 10
Andrews, 2b —3
Marler, c —3
McCoIlum, If ..—.3
Reeves, p 3
Totals -.33
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Totals 35 6 11 24 8
AUBURN AB R H
Kelly, If - - - 4 0 0
Walker, If ..._ 1 0 0
Scarborough, cf - . 5 1 1
Hayes, rf 4 0 0
Hitchcock, ss 4 1 1
Taylor, lb 4
Hamm, 3b 3
Chitty, 3b 1 1 0
Mason, 2b _. 4 1 1
Whitten, c .1 3 0 0
Riddle, c _...l 0 1
Antley, p 3 1 2
Eaves, p 1 0 0
Q
2
0
0
0
1
0 12
0 0
0
4
7
.1
0
0
Totals 31 6 27 13
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AUBURN AB
Hayes, If —4
Scarborough, cf 4
Morgan,.rf, lb 4
Kelly, rf 1
Hitchpock, ss —4
Taylor, lb .3
Hamm, 3b 3
Chitty, 3b 1
Mason, 2b 3
Whitten, c 2
Riddle, c -.- 1
Swindle, p 3
Totals 33
R
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
7
R
0
1
1
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
7
H
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
8
H
1
1
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
8
Minus much of their usual fine
form, the Auburn polo team fell be­fore
the onslaught of the veteran Max­well
Field malleteers Wednesday af­ternoon
by the score of 9-4.
The Tigers started the game with
three goals to their credit, the Max­well
Field aggregation contributing
the markers as a handicap. However,
this lead soon vanished before the
furious attack unleashed by the Fly­ers
as they drove the ball between the
goal posts from every angle. Mean­while,
the best attempts of Captain
Klepinger's charges proved ineffective
against the air-tight defense of their
opponents. They succeeded in scoring
only one tally during the entire con­test
and this as a result of a determin­ed
drive down the field.
It was evident from the very start
of the contest that the Plainsmen
horsemen were not in their usual form
as confusion often resulted after fast
plays and the teamwork as a whole
was extremely ragged. Instead of
playing their usual cool, heads-up
game, the Auburn team were over­anxious
and as a result missed many
otherwise easy shots. The veteran
poloists from Maxwell Field took ad­vantage
of this to ring up scores in
rapid succession.
McNulty, Captain Bacon, Hurd, and
Hardie started for the Tigers while
Lt. Hansell, Major George, Major
Cree'd, and Lt. Hughes opened for the
visitors. Three substitutes saw ac­tion
for the Auburn squad, namely,
Brawner, who went in for Hardie;
Herron, who took McNulty's place at
No. 1 for the last three chukkers; and
Burton, who played the entire fourth
chukker in place of Hardie. The Fly­ers
substituted Lt. Story, Lt. Fight,
and Mr. Fisher during the course of
the contest.
The next contest scheduled for Au­burn
will take place on Bullard Field
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock when
they will meet the strong Governor's
Horse Guards from Atlanta in a con­test
which promises to be packed full
of thrills and exciting action.
The Horse Guards played all last
fall and have had several games this
spring. Consequently, they are a pow­erful
outfit and should give the Tigers
plenty of opposition. The Governor's
Horse Guards is a National Guard
unit and owns its stables, horses, and
other equipment which is located in
Atlanta. The Auburn four succeed­ed
in handing the Guards a 9-7 defeat
last' year when the two teams met
here. This year's contest should be
as closely contested as both teams have
strengthened since that time.
The Atlanta outfit will start Lt.
Smith at No. 1, Lt. Henderson at No.
2, Lt. Thornton at No. 3, and Lt. Lind-sey
at No. 4. All four men are vet­eran
players and rate as top-notchers
on the polo field. Auburn will prob­ably
start the game with Herron at
No. 1, Bacon at No. 2, Hurd at No.
3, and Hardie at No. 4.
The Tigers' next game after that
Saturday will find them facing the
Missouri Bengals on April 8 and 10
on Bullard Field. The Missourians
have one of the best collegiate teams
in the country and are a great at­traction.
Their record to date this
season has been outstanding and there
is little doubt that the Plainsmen will
have plenty of trouble in gaining vic­tory.
In the two games played against
each other last year Auburn took one
by the score of 10 to 7 and dropped
the other 7-6.
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SCABBARD AND BLADE
ELECTS TWENTY-FOUR
AT DRILL THURSDAY
(Continued from Page 1)
cently tapped by Omicron Delta Kap­pa.
W. T. Laney has an enviable record
in the school of Business Administra­tion.
He is a Phi Delta Theta and
lives in Columbus, Georgia.
Lopez Mantoux is present Chairman
of interfraternity sports. He was re­cently
pledged to Omicron Delta Kap­pa.
Mantoux is a Sigma Nu and his
home is in Birmingham.
Malcolm McDonald is manager of
the baseball team and a member of
the "A" Club. He is a member of Pi
Kappa Alpha social fraternity and
lives in Birmingham.
Ralph O'Gwynne holds two records
in interfraternity track. He earned a
major "A" in football las year. O'­Gwynne
is a Kappa Alpha from Selma.
Randolph Pannel, from Birming­ham,
is one of Auburn's crack sharp­shooters
of the rifle range. He is
a member of Pi Kappa Alpha. •
Jimmy Quimby, is a member of Sig­ma
Chi. He was recently elected to
Tau Beta Pi and Phi Lambda Upsi-lon.
Quimby is from Mobile.
Bo Russel is a member of the "A"
Club and is an outstanding performer
on Auburn's Football team. Russel
is a Pi Kappa Alpha from Birming­ham.
Bobby Strain, Mobile, is a member
elect of Phi Lambda Upsilon. Bobby
is a member of Sigma Chi social fra­ternity.
Max Welden has held numerous
class offices since his Freshman year,
and was Editor of the Rat Bible last
year. Welden, whose home is in We-tumpka,
is also a pledge of Omicron
Delta Kappa. He is a member of
Lambda Chi Alpha.
SARVER REPORTS FOR
EXECUTIVE CABINET
(Continued from Page 1)
a statement from Dean Biggin which
was interpreted for the committee by
Mr. Edwards.
Mr. Edwards' statement from Dean
Biggin is as follows: "Dean Biggin
advises that at the end of the present
semester, if he clears all 'incomplete
and conditioned' courses and all work
now taking, he will lack 18 semester
hours of first, second, and third-year
work. In this case he cannot qualify
for fourth-year standing at the end of
the present semester." — Signed:
Charles W. Edwards.
"By the records of the Architectural
School we find that Mr. Milam had
completed 76 and two-thirds hours, or
was 16 hours behind at the end of the
last semester.
"Upon investigation of his report in
the Registrar's Office, it was found
that he had 77 hours, with 3 penalty
hours added to his requirements for
graduation. The penalty hours were
added for excessive absences." Signed:
The Board of Student Publications—
Ralph B. Draughon, Joseph E. Roop,
James R. Rutland, W. T. Ingram, Joe
Stewart, Marion Weatherby, Walter
Schuster.
^Blue Key Toint System
Points Available On Scholarship, Activities, And Service
To The School Under Blue Key Point System
S. H. Williams is an active member
of the Ag Club. His home is in Flo-rala,
Alabama.
R. H. Wood, a Lambda Chi Alpha
from Montgomery, is a pledge of Phi
Lambda Upsilon.
1 Friday night the neophytes will
camp out in the .rear of the Chemistry
Building. "Horseplay" is scheduled
for Saturday morning on Benson's
corner with the new men being put
through their paces. They will per­form
to the amusement of spectators
with a play portraying a recent World
Conflict.
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A. ACTIVITIES: POINTS
1. Social Fraternity:
a. President 10
b. Vice-Pres. 3
c. Treas. 3
2. Literary and Technical Societies:
For the following organizations:
(1) A. I. E. E.; (2) A. S. C. E., (3)
A. S. M. E., (4) A. V. M. A., (5) Ag
Club, (6) Auburn Players, (7) Glee
Club, (8) I. R. C, (9) F. F. A., (10)
Alpha Phi Omega, (11) D. P. O., (12)
Keys.
a. President 5
b. Vice-Pres. _ _ 3
c. Treas 3
d. Member • 2
3. Honor Societies: For the fpllow-ing
organizations:
(1) Tau Beta Pi, (2) Kappa Delta
Pi, (3) Eta Kappa Nu, (4) Delta Sig­ma
Pi, (5) Scabbard & Blade, (6) Phi
Lambda Upsilon, (7) Phi Psi, (8)
Scarab, (9) Tau Kappa Alpha.
a. President 10
b. Member 5
4. Publications: For the following:
(1) Glomerata, (2) Plainsman.
a. Editor 10
b. Bus. Mgr. 8
c. Member of staff — 2
For the following: '
(1) Student Handbook, (2) Ala­bama
Farmer.
NUMBER OF TEAMS
IN SECOND GAMES
OF FRAT TOURNEY
(Continued from Page 1)
drill field in front of the Chemistry
Building, on the field behind the Girls
Gymnasium, and on the field behind
Ramsay Hall.
If possible, the interfraternity base­ball
champion of our campus and the
University fraternity champion will
play at the conclusion of the league.
Since the interfraternity basketball
contest between the two schools, which
was called off due to interference with
our "A" Day, was to be held here in
Auburn, the baseball contest, if ar­ranged,
will probably be held here.
a. Editor 3
b. Bus. Mgr. 3
c. Staff _ 1
5. Other Activities:
(1) Spiked Shoe:
a. President 6
b. Member 2
(2) Executive Cabinet:
a. President 10
b. Member 5
(3) Interfraternity Council:
a. Pres. ....10
b. Member 5
(4) Social Committee:
a. Chairman ,. 10
b. Member _ _ _. 5
(5) Class Officers:
a. President 10
b. Other officers : 3
(6) Y. M. C. A.:
a. Pres. <-.. ._ 5
b. Other officers '. 2
(7) "A" Club:
a. Pres. 10
b. Member 5
6. Athletics:
(1) Capt. Major team 10
(2) Alt. Capt. major team 7
(3) Capt. minor team 5
(4) Major letter 5
(5) Minor letter 3
(6) Mgr. major team 8
(7) Freshman numeral in'major
sport 3
(8) Cheerleader:
a. Head Cheerleader 10
b. Other Cheerleaders 3
(9) Outstanding in intra-mural
athletics 2
Note: 1. The captain of an athletic
team receives only the points allotted
for the captaincy and not the addi­tional
points for a letter.
2. Points may be received for only
one letter or numeral.
7. Scholarship: (1) Anyone mak­ing
Phi Kappa Phi require­ments
10
Note: This pertains only to the
scholastic requirements, i. e., an aver­age
of 85 for five semesters.
8. Outstanding Service to School:
(1) Any act or service which has
been helpful or beneficial to the
school 1 to 10
A. I. E. E. HAS LARGE
NUMBER HERE FOR MEET
(Continued from Page 1)
this evening will be Mark Eldridge,
vice-president of the fourth district
A. I. E. E., Memphis Power & Light
Co.; Charles Thorn, general manager
of Birmingham Electric Co.; A. S.
Coleman, southern division superin­tendent,
Alabama Power Co.; Kenneth
L. Djllon, American Cast Iron and
Pipe Co., Birmingham; Edwin D.
Wood, vice-president-elect of the
fourth district A. I. E. E., Louisville
Gas & Electric Co. .
Guests of honor at the banquet will
be Pres. and Mrs. L. N. Duncan; Dean
Wilmore; Prof, and Mrs. Dunstan;
Prof, and Mrs. Hill; Dr. and Mrs.
Fred Allison; Prof, and Mrs. G. "H.
Carlovitz; Prof. Woodrow Darling;
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilder; and Prof. Bob
Norris.
Following the banquet, an informal
dance will be held for the visitors at
W. P. A. Hall with music by the Au­burn
Knights. Musical entertainment
at the smoker Thursday evening at
Student Hall was furnished by the
Auburn Glee Club Trio composed of
David Cox, Mobile; George Hairston,
Birmingham; and Lem Edmondson,
JrV, Montgomery; accompanied by Mr.
Campbell.
Saturday will be devoted to a visit to
Tuskegee Institute and an inspection
of hydro-electric plants of the Ala­bama
Power Co. near Auburn.
TWENTY THOUSAND
'SMACKERS' FOR MULE
(Continued from Page 1)
mounted on wheels so that they may
be moved from one pit to the other to
protect the mechanically treated soil
from natural rains. To describe the
work of the experimenters would take
volumes.
In complete charge of the work is
John W. Randolph, former Auburn
professor who is recognized for his in­vention
of a cotton planting machine
and the improvement of many others.
He is ably assisted by I. F. Reed, a
government engineer, George Scarseth
and M. L. Nichols.
PHI PSI CHOOSES
SIXTEEN NEW MEN
FOR MEMBERSHIP
FOURTEEN ELECTED BY
BUSINESS SCHOOL FRAT
(Continued from Page 1)
prior to the departure of a number of
the textile students for Greenville, S.
C, where the Textile Show and Con­vention
is being held this year; the
second degree will take place on April
19. The pledges will be formally in­troduced
at the Annual Cotton Ball,
which will be held this year on
April 16.
NOTICE !
There will be a meeting of the
Freshman class at 7 o'clock Monday
night in Langdon Hall. All freshmen
are requested to be there!
NOTICE !
In observance of Army Day there
will be a parade next Tuesday, April
6, at 11 a. m., on Bullard Field.
(Continued from Page 1)
ship include, not only, a high scho­lastic
average, but also, evidence of
leadership ability and good distinction
other than scholastically in the line
of business administration. The fra-1
ternity is in no way obligated to ad-mit
a member on the strength of good I
marks alone.
According to Milton Roth, President
of Delta Sigma Pi, there will be a
professional meeting of all members
and pledges next Tuesday night at 7
P. M. on the third floor of Broun Hall.
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price will be thirty-five cents.
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