1937-03-05 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
F r i d a y I s s ue Wt\z Auburn platnsman Workman And
Buntin Issue
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LX AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1937 NUMBER 42
Co-ed Is To
Lead Mardi
Gras Dance
Will Present Exchange Glee Club Concert
O. D, K. SELECTS TWELVE JUNIORS
Prominent Students
Named By Frat At
Meeting Last Night Katherine Quattlebaum From
South Carolina Selected To
Lead The Mardi Gras Ball
TWO ELECTIONS HELD
L. M. Smith Is Named King Of
Ball And Molly Brasfield Is
To Be The Maid Of Honor
Katherine McQueen Quattlebaum
was selected Queen of the Art Mardi
Gras Ball in an election held Thurs­day,
with the entire Art School voting.
L. M. Smith was selected by the elec­tion
committee to be King of the
Festival, • which will be held Friday
evening, March 12, in the W. P. A.
Hall.
An election was held Wednesday,
but it resulted in a tie between two of
the nominees. So a second had to- be
held Thursday. The voting in the
second election was very close. Molly
Brasfield, close second, was chosen
Maid of Honor for the Queen.
The Election Committee, headed by
Morris Hall and aided by Mrs. Byrd
Moore, Art Librarian; Prof. R. D.
Eadie of the Art Department; Ira
Ditzel, and Bill Warren, chose for the
attendants of the Queen the remainder
of the nominees who were in the run­off:
Annie Lou Whitaker, Floyd Pugh,
Pat Tucker, and Ann Dexter.
The Grand March of the Ball will
begin with the crowning of the Queen
of the Mardi Gras by Earl Murray,
president of Scarab, honorary Art or­ganization
and sponsor of the annual
Beaux Art Ball. This crowning cere­mony
will be an especially colorful
spectacle, and it is expected that it
will be one of the most glamorous
Grand Marches ever staged here.
Many costumes have been ordered
and efforts are being exerted to se­cure
the very best of that which best
depicts the spirit of Mardi Gras in all
its brightness and revelry. AH who
plan to attend are urged to make a
good and careful selection of their
costume. And all costumes are re­quired
to be of the nature of the oc­casion.
Murray predicts it to be the
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Plans Are Complete
For Chemical Ball
JUDSON COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
Fifteen Are
To Inspect
Naval Base
Aeronautical Students To Visit
Naval Air Station At Pensa-cola
From March 21 Until 26
Approximately fifteen seniors in
aeronautical engineering and admini­stration
will leave Auburn on March
21 on the annual inspection tour to
the Naval Air Station at Pensacola,
Fla. The students will remain there
through March 26 as guests of the
station, living at the Student Officers
Quarters or Cadets Barracks and eat­ing
at the Officers Club .or Officers
Mess.
Those making the trip will be re­quired
to be present at the station at
eight o'clock on the morning of March
22 to begin a regular schedule of two
periods in the morning and two in the
afternoon.
The students will first tour the sta­tion,
observing the activities there as
outsiders, then will make a closer
study of flying activities and plane
inspections. Lectures will be given on
technical subjects by the officers of
the station.
One-half day will be spent learning
something of the "trouble-shooting"
of engines by the observation of actual
work done by the mechanics and fur­ther
instruction from the officers. The
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Annual A. E. A. Meet
To Be Held In B'ham
The juniors in chemistry will enter­tain
the seniors of that course with the
Fourth Annual Chemistry Ball at the
Recreation Hall from 9:30 to 1:00
o'clock tonight.
Due to the remodeling of the Stu­dent
Hall the society will not follow
its usual scheme of decorating the
hall in a manner suggestive of the
field of chemistry. The Auburn
Knights have been engaged to furnish
the music for the occasion.
During the course of the evening
there will be three no-breaks and one
lead-out. Those in charge anticipate
the affair to be as enjoyable as the
dances of the past three years.
Workman, Buntin
Issue Of Plainsman
This issue of the Plainsman is
edited by Howard Workman and
James Buntin, juniors in Science
and Literature. These men have
had complete control of the paper
with only suggestions from the
editor.
It is believed that such a
method of training candidates for
the editorship is effective in that
it puts the same responsibility
on future editors as they must as­sume
if, and when, elected.
Not all juniors aided in editing
this issue. Other candidates, Jack
Todd, Franklyn Ward, Son
Thomas, Robert Johnston, and
Jack Steppe must take over an
edition at some future date.
The Editor.
Dean Zebulon Judd of the education
.•chool, announces that the annual con­vention
of the Alabama Education As­sociation
will be held in Birmingham
during the week-end of March 18, 19,
and 20. Teacher - delegates from
schools and colleges throughout the
State will attend.
Headquarters of the convention will
be located at the Tutwiler Hotel, and
registration booths will be found at
that hotel and at the Phillips High
School, where most of the convention
sessions will be held. Dean Judd has
been appointed to officially represent
Auburn, and a large number of the
faculty of this Institution will attend
some of the sessions.
It is predicted that attendance num­bers
to this convention will exceed
those of any convention previous with
more than ten thousand delegates ex­pected
to attend during the three-day
period.
Judson College Glee Club To
Present Concert On Monday
The Judson College Glee Club under
the direction of Ivan B. Rasmussen
will present a concert in Langdon Hall
at 8 o'clock Monday night. The con­cert
comes as a return engagement
for the concert given by the Auburn
Glee Club recently in Marion.
The club is well known throughout
the state for its splendid interpreta­tions
and effects. They have received
wide recognition as being the winners
of a trophy given last spring by the
Alabama Federation of Music Clubs
to the best college girls' glee club in
the state as brought out in the Music
Tournament held in Montgomery.
Mr. Rasmussen, director of the
group, is assistant professor of voice
and piano at Judson. He holds a
Master of Music degree from Syra­cuse
University and is well liked by
members of the club.
The Auburn club is sponsors of the
event and all members offer tickets
for sale at fifteen and twenty-five
cents. Immediately following the Au­burn
concert at Judson, plans were
made with Miss Margaret Grove,
president of the Judson club, and Miss
Sarah Love, business manager, for
this exchange engagement. •
Immediately following the concert
here there will be a reception for the
young ladies in the Student Center.
Earlier in the day members of the
Auburn group will show the visitors
over the college.
Miss May Brunson, publicity direc­tor
for the group, states that the mem­bers
of the club are looking forward
to their visit to Auburn, and that they
enjoyed very much having the Auburn
club down to Marion.
Explorer Will
Speak Tonight
Noted Traveller And Author
Tells Of Thrilling Experi­ences
Gleaned From World
Richard Halliburton, globe-trotter
and author of "The Royal Road to
Romance", "The .Glorious Adventure,"
"New Worlds to Conquer", and "The
Flying Carpet", will lecture tonight
at 8 p. m. in Langdon Hall.
Free to roam the world—go to any
place he chose—write about whatever
pleased him—Mr. Halliburton has
stridden across the map with his seven
league boots, visiting more strange
places, and encountering more extra­ordinary
adventures than probably
any man living today. In his current
lecture, "Se\en League Boots", he
breathlessly tells of three of his most
remarkable experiences.
In the tracks of Hannibal he rode
his famous elephant over the Alps, via
the great St. Bernard Pass, and one
hundred miles into Italy, in order to
relive the celebrated Carthagenian's
elephant-march on Rome. All over
Europe this dramatic exploit caused
one of the greatest sensations of the
year. Despite American rumors to
the contrary, Mr. Halliburton's ele­phant
expedition was a complete suc­cess,
and gives him the most amusing
story he has ever had to tell.
As the guest of King Haile Selassie
of Ethiopia in 1935, he was allowed
to observe at close range the progress
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Deans Praise
Davis' Service
Plans Made
For School
Meet Here
Tournament To Be Held For
Three Days; Contests In All
Arts Are Listed By Chairman
Students Are To
Voice Opinions
At Polls Tuesday
. O. Davis, New Alabama Ex­tension
Service Head, Re­ceives
A Note Of Thanks
Draughon Has Experience, Training
Necessary For New College Position
The contribution of valuable service
made to Auburn by Mr. P. O. Davis,
newly appointed director of the Ala­bama
Extension Service, until this
week executive secretary of the col­lege,
was highly commended in a re­solution
by the Executive Council com­posed
of the various deans.
The resolution follows in full:
"Whereas, Mr. P. O. Davis is giv­ing
up his duties as executive secre­tary
to the president of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute to become di­rector
of the Extension Service;
: "Be it resolved, first: That we con­gratulate
Mr. Davis on his new honor
that has come to him and wish him
great success in his new field.
"Be it resolved, second: That we
wish to express to Mr. Davis our great
regret that we have to lose his services
in the college side of this institution.
"We realize that his task has been
a difficult one, requiring familiarity
with many widely different' activities,
and sympathy with those facing all
kinds of problems.
"We wish to express our apprecia­tion
of his patience, his tact, his never
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The Annual State High-School
Tournament will be held in Auburn
this year on March 11, 12, and 13, Dr.
Leo. Gosser, general chairman has an­nounced.
When the contestants arrive on the
first day they will be lodged in the
guest cottages built this summer. The
parents and teachers of the contest­ants
attending the tourney will be
lodged there also for the payment of
a small fee for the three days. No
arrangements have been made in re­gard
to the meals as the contestants
are expected to attend to that matter
themselves. . . . . . . . . ..
Following are listed the contests and
their chairman: Art, Prof. Frank Ap­pleby;
Biology-Animals, Prof. J. M.
Robinson; Biology-Plants, Prof. J. L.
Seal; Chemistry, Prof. Roger Allen;
Drama, Prof. T. B. Peet; Foreign
Language, Prof. T. P. Atkinson;
Forestry, Prof. D. J. Weddell; Gen­eral
Science, Prof. Jerome Kuderna;
History, Prof. R. B. Draughon; In­dustrial
Arts-Manual Training, Prof.
W. H. Coppedge and Mr. C. N. Cobb;
Journalism, Prof. J. E. Roop; Latin,
Prof. J. R. Moore; Mathematics, Prof.
D. C. Harkin; Mechanical Drawing,
Prof. L. M. Sahag; Music, Mr. J. T.
Fain; Physics, Prof. Fred Allison;
Typewriting, Miss Mary George La-
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Tuesday the Plainsman will sponsor
its second Opinions Poll of the year.
The poll will be composed of four
questions concerning three main is­sues
of interest to Auburn students.
James Buntin, staff member in charge
of the poll, states that the polls will
be in front of the Main Gateway and
will be open from 8 o'clock to 5 o'clock.
This poll, which is conducted pri­m
a r i l y in the interest of the students,
is expected by the ones in charge to
be an even greater success than the
first poll because of the interest of
students in the issues set forth on the
ballots.
The first two questions will be con­cerned
with the repeal of present pro­hibition
laws for this and other coun­ties.
Each student will be asked
whether or not he favors repeal here
and in his home county. By conduct­ing
this poll on Tuesday some idea of
the outcome of the Wednesday regu­lar
election may be derived.
The third question will present a
problem to the students that has never
been in their hands before—the elec­tion
of publications heads by popular
vote or the appointment by a Publica­tions
Committee composed in half of
students and in half of faculty mem­bers.
The remaining question is one of
the student's choice of the regular
columns on the editorial page that he
finds most interesting. This gives the
students a chance to express collective­ly
their likes and dislikes.
The ballots will be in the following
form:
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New Men Leaders In Scho­lastic,
Athletic, Publications,
Social, And Other Activities
INITIATION SOON
Names Of The Twelve Posted,
One Each Thirty Minutes, On
Billboard On Main Gateway
County Farm Agents
Have Meeting Here
Auburn Delegates
Attend B. S. U. Meet
By J. H. WHEELER, JR.
Prof. Ralph Draughon, of the his­tory
department, was recently appoint­ed
by the board of Trustees in their
regular spring session to succeed P.
0. Davis as executive secretary of the
college. He is an Auburn graduate of
1922 and is widely familiar with the
political and agricultural problems of
Alabama. • .
Mr. Draughon was born and reared
in Geneva County. After his gradua­tion
from Auburn in 1922 he entered
the graduate school and took his mas­ter's
degree in 1929. For two years
he taught and coached in Choctaw
county high schools and for six years
served as principal of high schools in
Sumter, Barbour, and Dallas counties.
Since 1931 he has been assistant
professor of history and political
science in the college. For the past
three years he has assisted in editing
the Auburn Alumnus and in making
surveys of rural tax delinquency and
farm mortgage indebtedness in Ala­bama
and the Southeast.
The promotion of Prof. Draughon
Was no surprise to those who have
known of his varied interests and ac­tivities—
journalism, teaching, and
graduate study. His work has made
him widely known throughout the
state and he is considered the ideal
choice for the secretaryship by all that
know him.
The Auburn B. S. U. is being re­presented
this week-end in the State
Conference at Montevallo by Secretary
Davis Wooley, Bob Johnson, Neva
Teague, Virgil Robinson, and Bill
Hargett. Auburn's B. S. U. is one of
the best and most efficient in the
South and plays and integral part in
the state's B. S. U. work.
County agents meeting here this
week organized themselves inj» the
Alabama Association of County Ag­ricultural
Agents and elected C. H.
Bedingfield of Lee county as the first
president of the organization.
The agents were called here Wed­nesday
to study the new agricultural
conservation program under which
farmers are scheduled to receive large
sums in benefit payments. P. O.
Davis, newly elected director of the
Alabama Extension Service, presided
over the meeting.
Other officers of the new group in­clude:
J. B. Mitchell of Madison coun­ty,
vice-president, and A. V. Culpepper
of Monroe county, secretary-treasurer.
Immediately after the election of the
officers the group voted to affiliate
with' the national association of agents.
Two Members Selected
As Ag Club Debaters
A try out for the Ag. Club debating
team was held Wednesday night at the
regular meeting of the club. Aaron
Baxter and Charles Hollingsworth
were selected for members of the team.
A. S. Matthews won over Dan Mea­dows
to take third place and become
alternate member.
The team should be well represented
with Mr. Baxter and Mr. Hollings­worth
who are both capable speakers.
No definite meets have yet been ar­ranged,
but teams from the Georgia
and Florida schools of agriculture will
probably be encountered soon.
Several visitors and former mem­bers
of the Ag Club contributed to the
program with short talks. B. E
Cowart, president, appointed commit­tees
to make plans for the forthcom­ing
Ag Club banquet and dance, April
17.
Twelve prominent members of the
junior class were tapped for member­ship
in Omicron Delta Kappa, na­tional
honorary leadership fraternity,
today.
Pledges of ODK are chosen each
spring, with those members of the
junior class who have proved them­selves
worthy of selection by main-
Prof. Ralph Draughon, newly-appointed
executive lecretary,
was elected to ODK as a facul­ty
member to replace P. O.
Davis, who by his appointment
as head of the extension service
became an honorary member of
the society.
Besides Prof. Draughon the
faculty members of ODK are Dr.
L. N. Duncan, Col. F. C. Wal­lace,
and Coach Wilbur Hutsell.
NOTICE !
Presidents of all Honor Societies
meet at 7:00 p. m. Monday, March 8
in Samford 301 to make plans for
Honor Societies Ball.
C.W.Bell Added To
Phi Kappa Phi-Roll
Through an error in selection, the
name of C. W. Bell was not included
in the list of Phi Kappa Phi members
published in the Plainsman recently.
Mr. Bell is a Senior in the School of
Pharmacy, and during his four years
at Auburn has held a sufficiently high
Dr. Scott, In Line Of Duty, Required
To Write Self Congratulatory Letter
By KIRTLEY BROWN
Odd as it must appear, Dr. John
W. Scott, dean of Auburn's school
of science and literature, today had
the novel experience of legitimately
writing a letter to himself.
And even more unusual is the fact
that the letter had to be of a con­gratulatory
nature, if he was to act
in strict line of duty as a college
dean.
You see, it was this way: The
name of his attractive young daugh­ter,
Eleanor Lucile Scott, Auburn
average to warrant his becoming a sophomore in science and literature,
member of the scholarship fraternity. | appeared on the list which came to
his desk of students whose scholar­ship
average for the first semester
was 90 per cent or above. Miss Scott
averaged 91.45 in her eight subjects.
Ten years ago when Dr. Scott came
to Auburn from Oklahoma A. k M.
he initiated the practice of writing
personal letters of commendation to
parents of Auburn students who
averaged 90 or better in their studies.
"Writing these letters to parents
is one of my most pleasant duties,"
said Dean Scott, "and I'm glad that
Eleanor has placed me in this 'em­barrassing'
position. I hope she does
it again."
taining a high standard of efficiency
in collegiate activities, and are out­standing
in their class being eligible
for membership.
Those honored are: Jarvis Brown,
Max Welden, William Stelzenmuller,'
Billy Hitchcock, Morris Hall, Buck
Darden, Ed Duncan, Roy Dodge,
Charles Chisolm, Lopez Mantoux,
George Lehnert, and A. D. Holmes.
Jarvis Brown, Montgomery, is var­sity
basketball manager, and served
on the student executive cabinet his
freshman and sophomore years. He
has worked on the business staff of
the Glomerata for three years, and is
a member of the Interf raternity Coun­cil
representating Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity.
Max Welden, a pre-medical student
from Wetumpka, edited the Rat Bible
and is vice-president of the executive
cabinet. He is a member of the Inter-fraternity
Council and was an officer
of his sophomore class. He is a mem­ber
of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
William Stelzenmuller has led the
entire student body in scholarship
since he enrolled at Auburn. He is a
member of Tau Beta Pi and is a re­gimental
sergeant-major in the Engi­neer
Cadet Corps. Stelzenmuller, a
Sigma Chi, is taking civil engineering.
His home is in Birmingham.
A brilliant performer in both foot­ball
and baseball is Billy Hitchcock,
who has also maintained a scholastic
average of well over 90. He is study­ing
business administration and is
from Union Springs.
Morris Hall, «n architectural stu­dent
from Jasper, has worked on the
editorial staff of the Glomerata for
three years. He is also a member of
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'A* Club Men Meet
To Select Captain
"A" Club men who will make
. up next year's1 football squad are
planning a banquet Monday night
at one of the local cafes. The
purpose of the banquet is to com­bine
a social with a business meet­ing
to elect a man from among
their number to captain the next
year's varsity football team.
The spirit shown by the grid-ders
in selecting a man to captain
them is of highest importance to
both the team and the school. A
great deal of interest in the elec­tion
has been shown on the part
of the student body in expressing
opinions among themselves as to
the possible outcome of the choice
of the captain of the 1937 Tigers.
P A G E TWO 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 FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1937
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Associate Editors: Alvin Morland, C. W.
Bell, Norman Wood, Jack Steppe.
Managing Editors: Howard Workman
(Wednesday Edition), James Buntin (Fri­day
Edition).
News Editors: Robert Johnson, Kate
Crossley.
Feature Editor: Son Thomas.
Society Editor: Marion Stanley.
Assistant Society Editors: Doris White,
Frances Wilson, Sarah Williams.
Sports Editor: Jack Todd.
Sports Contributors: Ed Briggs, Brooks
Sellars, J. W. Nail, Frank Cayce.
Intramural Sports Editor: John Watters.
Special Writers: Hugh Cameron, L. E.
Foster, John Godbold, John B. Thomas,
Ted Carmack, Richard Jones, Edwin God-bold,
Foster Haley.
Reporters: John Ivey, George Knight,
Ed Thomas, J. H. Wheeler, Bete Snyder,
Joan Metzger, Franklyn Ward, George Hil-ler,
Louis Vogel.
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Assistant Business Managers: Buck Dar-den,
C. M. Pruet.
Advertising Manager: George Perry.
Advertising Assistants: Harvey Sargent,
Alvin Vogtle, Jack Carr, Mac Smith.
Circulation Manager: Sam Teague.
Assistant Circulation Managers: Page
Walker, Arthur Steele^
Circulation Assistants: John Huff, V. A.
Hunt, Julian Myrick, William Carroll, Bob
Berney, Marshall Smith.
Politician Or Candidate?
Soon the students will be faced with
an election in which they will choose
the men to hold responsible positions
as heads of the two college publica­tions,
the Glomerata and the Plains­man.
There should be a great deal of
consideration on the part of the stu­dents
toward choosing the right man
for the job as the success and quality
of the publications depend directly on
the men that are elected.
In almost all elections men in either
*of two groups are found, the poli­ticians
and the regular candidates.
The distinction in the two is that the
former relies on his glib tongue and
his political connections to get the of­fice
while the latter relies primarily
on his ability and initiative»to get the
job. ;
It is the duty of every voter to in­vestigate
the abilities of all candidates
and cast his vote for the man best fit­ted
for the position regardless of
friendly, fraternal, or political ties.
All jobs connected with the two publi­cations
call for a great deal of ability
and work on the part of the men elect­ed
to them. Thus, if students expect
to have good publications, they should
elect the man best fitted for the job,
whoever he may be.
Do Something Anyway
A great deal has been said of late
concerning the selection of publica­tions
heads. No consensus of student
opinion has been secured other than
that derived from bull sessions and
private consultations between two or
three individuals. An old idea has re­cently
been aired anew, but there has
been so much dissension between the
parties in controversy, but nothing
has been accomplished in the direc­tion
of reform.
Accepting the fact that the Plains­man
and the Glomerata are student
publications and that they should be
operated as the students dictate, a poll
should be held to determine just
where the majority of the student
body stand. It is fairly logical that
the student body has- not become very
much concerned over the matter and,
still further, as they are not closely
connected with the operations of
either, probably do not understand
exactly why these reforms are need­ed.
But before going any farther, we
want to solicit their well contemplat­ed
opinions.
Along with the method of selection,
two other important matters should
receive consideration. The changing
of the Glomerata from a regular an­nual
to a magazine, published about
four times each year is one well worth
consideration. This magazine would
carry practically all the pictures and
features that the Glomerata carries
plus a wealth of literary and artistic
material of an informative, pleasure-able,
and well covering nature. Too,
the entire year's activities could be in­cluded
in a consistent, thorough man­ner.
The other matter deals with the
number and capacity of each of the
Plainsman heads. That the editing of
the paper by a single individual is a
tremendous task is a well established
fact. The editor is never able to carry
but a very few hours of school work.
It is advocated that the Plainsman
either have co-editors or that the edi­tor
have a well paid managing editor
to assist him.
Because of its nature, the method
of co-editors would be a very good
method. One man could have charge
and be responsible for one edition each
week, alternating their respective is­sues
each week. As for the idea of
having a paid managing editor, all the
responsibility would be placed upon
one man but with a regular assistant
to aid on every edition, much of the
present complication would be remov­ed.
Of course, the salaries of the edi­tors
would necessarily have to be re­duced,
but it would be a grateful re­duction
in the favor of better work.
World Armaments
On the front page of one of the
State's leading daily newspapers for
March. 3 were the armament plans of
five of the world's greatest powers—
plans of increasing armaments and
still more increasing armaments.
Never before in history has there
been such an enormous preparation
for trouble made as now. That news­paper
showed some of the plans for
the United States, Great. Britain,
Japan, Italy, and Russia—five or the
six greatest nations in the^vorld.
Japan's six year plan allows her as
much as sixty per cent of her income
to spend on enlarging her air force
and improving her chemical warfare.
Great Britain has made plans for a
five year armament plan which will
cost the Crown $7,500,000,000. Rus­sia,
who has been arming herself for
a number of years, claims that she can
put 9,000,000 armed men in the field
if it is necessary, and Mussolini, who
boasted last year that he could orga­nize
an army of 8,000,000, has warn­ed
all ex-service men to be ready to
accept their orders at any time.
The United States seems to be left
behind in the rush; it has asked Con-gress^
for a little more than $500,000,-
000, and has gotten only a small part
of that sum. Uncle Sam spends only
seven per cent of his annual income
on armaments, one-ninth of the
amount that Japan spends. Germany,
which is probably the best prepared of
all world powers, has been arming
herself for several, years; and the
high authorities have pushed aside all
things which stand in the way of their
military policy.
Express Yourself!
Tuesday the Plainsman will conduct
another of its opinions polls. There
will be three major1 issues on the bal­lots
for the students to express them­selves.
Two of the issues will con­cern
your Plainsman and the other is
one of general interest and curiosity.
It is the hope of the editors that all
the students will vote in the poll.
Although it has already been voted
on by the cabinet, it was decided by
the editors to see whether or not the
students are in favor of the appoint­ment
of publications heads. This
question has been the subject of much
debate for several years but no idea
of the general concensus of opinion en
the part of the students has ever been
given. Should the students be in favor
of the change it is likely that some ac­tion
will be taken toward making it,
but if they are not the subject will
probably be discarded.
Due to a great deal of comment and
a large number of letters toNthe editor
about the regular columns appearing
in the Plainsman, the editors have de­cided
to give the students an oppor­tunity
to express themselves collect­ively
on the matter of their choice.
The ballot will contain a place for the
most popular column and the least
popular one. The idea is to find out
just what the students like the best
and to give them as much of it as pos­sible.
t 2
The other-question appearing on the
ballot will be the one of the new local
county option repeal law. The stur
dents will be given the chance to .say
whether or not they favor repeal in
Lee County and in their home county.
The poll being conducted Tuesday be­fore
the regular election on Wednes­day
may give a prevue of the outcome
of the election which will really af­fect
the situation.
As the poll is conducted largely for
the benefit bf the students the editors
expect a large number of them to ex­press
their opinions by casting a bal­l
o t . '
News arid Views
By JAMES BUNTIN
NEWS OR NO NEWS, the Auburn stu­dents
will express their VIEWS upon the
subject of repeal next Tuesday. It is the
general contention that college students are
wet, sousing wet especially on week-ends.
In fact, the bootlegger is allegedly supposed
to be the most intimate friend of the typical
-college student. In view of the virtues
brought to light by both sides of this repeal
question campaign, a consensus of opinion
will be polled.
* * * #
CUSTOM HAVING IT, by rights a horn­ed
toad should be procured by some manner
or means to be enchambered with due cere­mony
in the cornerstone of our new up-and-coming
hotel.
* * * *
High and dry, Democratic, and Neutral is
the United States position. The Pittman
Neutrality Bill provides no loophole for
home town mingling in foreign affairs. For
example: If in. time of war, tired, hungry
boat from fighting country comes over to
trade with us, we sell him stuff and he has
to pay us. Then if he leaves our safe shores
and gets sunk and loses his stuff, we aren't
mixed up in it or lost anything.
* * * *
SO LEWIS GOES ON and on with his
conquests. Automobile manufacturers at-tended
to, favorable negotiations being made
with the steel magnates, expected dealings to
take place with the Textile people, and Big
Strike John L. Lewis keeps up his scoring.
He seems to be plenty determined, and the
prices of several commodities have been
rather positive in their rise.
* * * *
CANARY (cats and canaries should?)
GOES ON STRIKE. Pete, Washington ca­nary
won fame by whistling "Yankee
Doodle", became obstinate, went on a sit-down
strike, and refused to whistle. But
who wouldn't if Yankees become involved;
he's probably repenting with silence for
having made the mistake.
** * '* *
FOR THE CALLOUS ONLY: A great
deal of attention has been given to Syphilis,
its extent, prevention, cure, and education
of the people concerning it. It is estimated
4hat there are half a million new cases each
year, and it is also a known fact that a
disturbingly large percentage of our people
have the disease. It is another thing that
all school boys and girls should become ac­quainted
with while they are getting their
education. Sensible discussion of the subject
before the public has been repressed long
enough.
* * * *
Don't forget the WHITE MAN'S BUR­DEN
(hangovers). Vote Wednesday. May­be
we will get better whiskey; maybe we
don't want it at all.
Cats and Canaries
By THE DIRTY DUO
SWIPED FROM THE TRAINING
TABLES:
Happy Sivell, "When flunking is inevitr
able, relax and enjoy it".
Freddy Holman, "Alone in the moonlight
is more fun when you aren't".
Chink Whitten, "I thought she was a
grand girl, but I discovered that she was
upright." (Can this be Marie?)
* * * * *
If anybody's got any kick what so ever in
regards to this column, see the author of it.
If you can find any.
* * * *
i • •
Silva has been asking a lots of questions
lately about a certain Miss Ann Argo. Can
anyone help him?
* * * *
Little Dottie and Mary have almost suc­ceeded
in teaching several of the Society
Hill inmates their own peculiar brogue and
methods of speech.
* » * *
According to Jean Bailey—Uncle Sonny
Lou can certainly pour honey.
* * * *
Wonder how C. W. Thompson feels with
one heart in Milledgeville with some gal and
another in the hands of Laura Gibbons?
* • * *
A SPECIAL MAID IS HIRED by Josh
Couch to dust off the picture of his girl
friend?????????
* • * * *
If a bunch of trash gets through oh this
issue, it will be because Workman and Bun-tin
are struggling to.edit this issue in the
absence of our "Red Headed Flash".
* * * *
DRAFTING ROOM DRIFT: Val Cassels
is an authority on skating without skates.
. . . . Spring comes and David Rodgers is
seen in the company of the fairer sex
Alan Jacobs has a collection etchings which
he invites tomatoes to come up to see. . . . .
Jack Morton has been bitten by a bug—(We
refrain from mentioning the species.) -
* * * *
Wright and Davis have fallen—and War­ren
may protect, himself by returning to
the hills,of Birmingham—Hixson?
NO SALE
A Short Story by Howard Workman
Harvey Dobbs and I are talent scouts for
the Mighty Hayes Circus arid it is our job
to be on the lookout for animal as well as
human talent. Harvey has been on the job
for twenty-five years and it is nothing to
him but a meal ticket. To me it is a great
adventure as I am just out of college and
get a thrill out of meeting the interesting
people and handling the animals. One day
Harvey says,
"C'mon, son, get your gear together.
We're gonna go up in the hills and pick up
a trained panther to fill in on the Adamson
act."
It does not take me long to throw" my
clothes in a bag and climb into the ancient
'car that carries* Harvey on all his trips. I
am becoming used to the suddenly announc­ed
trips that take me over a wide range of
country and through many interesting ex­periences.
Harvey says very little as we wind up
the rough road into the mountains of Pana-mint
Range. He is getting old and the
monotony of continuously driving over the
country in search of something only to take
up another trail when he finds it is getting
him down. Finally we get to an old pros­pector's
shack which Harvey says is our
destination.
"From the looks of this shanty we should
be able to get the animal very cheap," I say
as I look around at the evidences of poverty.
"Don't kid y'self, son," he says, "this .cat
is a pet, and a prospector's pet at that.
Sourdoughs are pretty cranky at times.
They go plumb loco over gold and lost mines
. . . . . . Hey there, anybody home?" •
A feline snarl was the only immediate
answer. Then a gnarled, unkempt, old man
with a dirty, gray beard came around the
corner 'of the house followed by a sleek, tan
panther. Again we heard the snarl of the
suspicious cat.
"Aw, shet up, Pauline," the 'sourdough
ordered, "sarry, podner, you'll hafta excuse
Pauline. She jest don't like company to be
here aboute. What might I be doin' fer the
.likes of you?"
"TJiat's a fine cat you've got there. Where
did you get her," Harvey led him on.
"Oh, Pauline you mean. Set down, Pau­line.
That's a sweet gal. I raised her from
a kitten jest like she was a kid of my own.
Roll over, Pauline. That's jest fine. Me
and her been livin' together and huntin' gold
fer nigh to ten year. She's jest like a
dawter to me. .Ain't ye, Pauline?"
"I'd like to buy her off you. I'm prepared
to pay you what she's worth. She's sure a
fine cat."
"Buy Pauline! Why, podner, that's jest
like huntin' a mirage water hole. Roll over
and play dead, Pauline. Good fer you, gal.
She minds everything I say. Don't ye, Pau­line?
Me and Pauline is always going to
be podners and when I git to that pay dirt
I'm gonna buy her a real fresh steak. Sell
Pauline! Not as long as I kin shake a pan."
"But I'll give you $350 for her. You can
get grub enough with that to stake you un­til
you strike it rich."
"Wal, me and Pauline is gittin' a mite
hohgry but I'm goin' down to the village in
a day or so to git another grub stake if I
kin find it. I hafta leave Pauline in her
cage then but she is arways glad to see me
whenever I git back. Ain't yo, Pauline?
Sell Pauline! I guess I jest couldn't bear
to part with her. Nope, she ain't for sale."
Harvey nudges me and we leave the old
man to his musing. As we go down the
mountain Harvey says,
"I know just the way to get that cat. I'll
buy up a mess of grub and tackle and swap
it to the old codger for his precious Pauline."
When we return to the shack four days
later supplied with the gear that Harvey
has bought, nobody answers our call. We
go in the shack and still find no prospector.
Wandering around I am startled by a snarl
as I come near a clump of bushes behind the
house. When I cautiously part the bushes
the sight that I see makes me sick. There
in a rude cage lies the half-eaten, claw-torn
body of the prospector guarded by the
bloody panther.
When I recover enough I call Harvey.
He comes over and silently views the spec­tacle
and says evenly,
"Well, c'mon, son, we haven't got any use
for wild panthers in our show."
Harvey is getting old. He is tired of the
monotony of the job. I am going to take
his place when he quits. Dazedly I get into
Harvey's ancient car and we go back down
the mountain.
On Other Campuses
By JOHN GODBOLD
A "big sister" feeling caused a coed of
University of Wisconsin considerable em­barrassment
recently. Before a lecture class
began she noticed a small boy sitting next
to a friend of hers. She assumed that the
lad was the friend's brother, and was just
-visiting the class. So she chatted with the
little fellow- on a conversation plane of baby
talk and Mother Goose.
Then the class began and the kid began
taking notes—well-written notes with big
words in them. The coed began to be a little
suspicious.
After class the girl rushed up to her
friend with, "Say I thought he was your
little brother. The reply was, "No, he's the
21 year old midget enrolled in the School of
Commerce."
* * * * *
For once, at least, a college student and a
law student at that, is tired of hearing him­self
talk. He is the University of Texas boy
w'ho wagered his roommates that he could
better the late Huey Long's filibuster record
of 16 hours. His roommates took him up
on the wager so he launched into a non-stop,
no-refueling monologue. Talking on astron­omy,
religion, politics, economics, and his
own life history, he continued for 16 hours
and 10 minutes—which is 10 minutes longer
than Long.
* * * *
Sam Goldwyn, movie producer, has start­ed
a campaign to interest American colleges
and universities in producing campus
movies.' The idea was inspired by a film
produced at the University of California
last year. Which all brings to mind—What
happened to the movies taken here last
year? We'd like to see them.
* * * *
A young Texan attending the University
of Detroit is a real/ Texas booster. It seems
that he went home for Christmas as a shy,
green, ordinary freshman. He came back
a changed man—wearing sombrero, cowboy
boots, a bandana, and a strained smile. Since
the first day after Christmas holidays—with
occasional time out for deodorizatipn-—the
lad has affected the same apparel. He has
become a legendary campus figure with his
startling garb creating quite a stir among
those whose line of vision he has crossed.
* * * *
" An automobile manufacturing company is
soon to start a radio program featuring
campus broadcasts from thirteen representa­tive
American universities on thirteen suc­cessive
weeks.
* * * *
A quick-witted student in the bacteriology
laboratory at the University of Minnesota
found a swift solution for an unexpected
fire. When a student's hair caught on fire
he put out the flames by slamming the fel­low
on the head with a book.
On Our Campus
By EDWIN C. GODBOLD
We have always "wanted to write an es­say
on the necessity for rapid reading in
college. It seems to us that the ability to
read rapidly is one of the most necessary
qualifications for a happy and profitable
t college career, particularly for students who
take heavy loads in such courses as eco­nomics
and history. Being readers of ordi­nary
speed, we have long aspired to the
ability possessed by Rudyard Kipling,
Theodore Roosevelt, and Huey Long. They
could read a page at a flick of an eyebrow.
And retain what they read, too. Their eyes
ate up the printed words by paragraphs,
not by groups of words.
And that is going some, for after all,
reading is a more complex thing than it
seems. It is like juggling several objects in
the air at once. One must blend letters into
sounds, sounds into words, words into
phrases and sentences, and at the same time
retain the thought stream. That is why
some people read so slowly. They fumble
along, nibbling a word at a time, going back,
making ten to fifteen eye-swings to a line.
Arriving at the end of a sentence, they have
so many impressions on their brains that
the whole thing is a blur. Often they have
taken so long to read a line that they will
swing back and begin on the same line or
skip a line. But an excellent reader sweeps
along a line in three or four jerks, biting off
the words in groups. An average reader
will make five or six jerks to the line. Dur­ing
these jerks the eyes are blind, you know.
They must stop to see. The thing to do is
to make them slide way down the line before
they stop, taking in a group of words at a
time. '
One can improve his speed of reading
easily. The main thing is to reduce the
number of eye-swings. In clinics for im­proving
reading speed machines are em­ployed
to flash word groups on a screen for
a fraction of a second, and the student must
catch them in one look. However, the same
training can be obtained in another manner.
Begin on a line of print and read as far.
down the line as you can in one swing. Then"
move your eyes quickly from the page and
see if you can recall what the entire line
was. You will gradually gain speed. Try
to reduce the time spent in moving the eyes
from the end of one line to the beginning of
the next. Constant practice will be worth
your while.
* * * *
In any fraternity house in Auburn on
Sunday morning the boys rush for the paper,
only to extract the sport page and funny
papers and devour every word. The pictures
may be considered also. Some of the more
cultured brethern may take a casual glance
at the headlines and might even remark as
to the progress of affairs in the world.
Thunderations
By HUGH CAMERON
I see by the papers the feminines down
at Sophie Newcombe are in favor of taxing
bachelors in the good old "Eye-talian" way.
The system is suppos­ed
to show the unmar­ried
men by taxation
that two can live much
cheaper than one.
B e a r ' s knuckles,
girls. This is a free
country isn't it? The
minute you start tak­ing
a man's freedom away from him you
have done something you hadn't oughter.
Besides what have you to offer that we
should be taxed for not marryyig you? As
long as Barnum's observation holds out you
girls will not be lacking in proposals of
marriage, so shag on and leave the re­mainder
of us to our freedom.
* * * *
But if any of you Newcombe girls are
listening in and know of a student there
with hysterical red hair, weight under one
ten, shape of a'Petty drawing (Esquire),
and who can boil Water without scorching
it . . . correspond at once with this column­ist
and we'll talk this matter of taxation
very well over.
The "A" Club's idea of electing a Miss
"A" Day is a very good idea, but such con­tests
are most always unfair to the girl se­lected,
due to the fact that with very few
exceptions the winning of any such contest
tends to make the winner think herself to
be Hell on wheels, when she isn't even damn
in a dilly cart. And a dilly cart is a very
funny thing.
It tends to make other girls jealous, and
give every damphool in school the idea that
being as the winner is so pretty he had
best go to see her. To refuse a date would
mean one is "stuck-up" and so goes the
thing.
* * * *
I'm not discrediting the idea of the "A"
Club. Such a contest would lend-color to "A"
Day and is a very good idea from that stand­point,
but from other standpoints, no.
* * * *
So far we have a Miss almost-everything-else
around here . . . why not elect a Miss
"Windmill"? I could nariie ten candidates
with no trouble at all. But they aren't very
pretty.
* * * *
Sorry to hear of the death of Bruce Dobbs
. . . prettiest dog in town . . . known by every
student . . . and even received Christmas
cards.
* * * *
If any of you "Drys" are listening: Where
would Capone have been if We had had no
prohibition? Pushing a banana cart in
Brooklyn we claim. Right?
* * * *
Advantages of the new "Takings" of the
State Tax Commission: When your kids
asks for money give him ten of them and
make him think his old man is Rockefeller.
But when he learns ten of them will only
buy one all-day-sucker . . . then what?
* * * *
And for conservative dice games there is
no equal.
Pete's Epistle
Dere paw
these semmyweakly letters be getting
boresome tew write as there aint nothing
tew say-on Phriday but the hang overs from
the weakend and that aint nuthing but a
passle of head busters and panes in the in­nards
and a weak spent in bed waiting for
the next weakend. but i guess i will con­tinue
tew pen yew these letters ontel i runs
outn ink which may be any time now.
Sprang is in the air and yew dont even
haft tew smell the air tew know hit because
yew can tell by the way the stewdints are
mooning about, looking at each other outn
the cawner of there eyes, and every now and
then running up tew each other and gently
stroking each others arm. Hit is very re­mindful
of a couple of sick kittens setting
afore a good log fire. Hit is very amuseful
tew me.
i jest got a fancy dodad of a card from
Mirandey Lou telling me tew come tew a
dance she is having, i dont guess i will go
as i have done learnt tew joock down here
and she iwill probably have a square danct
like i used tew- go .tew with her. in the ole
daze. Ennyhow, i cant go fer .various rea­sons
since i am broke from paying up my
December drug store bill and i am a pre­paring
tew attend the Bill Milam-Maxie
Welden Struggle in a big way.
Paw, i am jest warning yew that in about
three or fore monthes yew will begin tew
see a new kind of money come in up there.
Hit aint countyfeet money, hit is jest a
ornery tax they has put on us. Hit is a
dangbusted counfounded nuosence that we
has tew pay on purchases. Dont forget tew
collect hit on your cawn likker sales. Put
on your specs when yew sell any sews yew
wont get reamed outn any kale by mistake.
And speakin of kale, send me some.
- Noodfully yours, pete.
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1937 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE P A G E T H R EE
JACK TODD, Editor
Contributors
ROY POWELL
BROOKS SELLARS
J. W. NALL
ED BRIGGS
ON YOUR RADIO
By JOHN B. THOMAS
In answer to a request, here are a
few facts about Skinny Ennis, rhy­thm
singer with j Hal Kemp's band,
heard on the Chesterfield program
every Friday night over CBS at seven
thirty.
Skinny's real name is Edgar C. En­nis,
Jr., and he was born in Salisbury,
North Carolina, just a few miles from
Kemp's home in Charleston. At the
age of twelve Skinny started taking
lessons on the piano. He later chang­ed
to the trumpet, and now presides
over the drums in Kemp's machine-gun
tooting aggregation.
When Skinny went to the Universi­ty
of North Carolina he roomed with
Hal Kemp and played the trumpet
and drums in the latter's first six-piece
college band.
Skinny did no singing with the band
for several years. Hal heard him
singing offstage and finally persuad­ed
him to try it on the dance floor.
He became extremely popular and
SIGMA NU AND ALPHA GAMMA RHO MEET TUESDAY
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Boxing Team Lays Plans To Hold Exhibition Bouts "A" Day
PROGRESS IS MADE
UNDER DORFMAN,
TRIOLO, COACHES
Landrum, Northrop, Crawford,
Branch, Vinson Show Great­est
Possibilities At Present
SPORTS CHATTER
By JACK TODD
JUST ARRIVED!
Shipment Of
2 PANTS SUITS
Single and Double
Breasted Models.
JOIN THE EASTER
PARADE
AMMY'S
"Auburn's Auditors of Fashion"
The members of the boxing class,
ju.st completing their third week of
training, are making fine progress and
soon should be ready to enter the ring
to test their skill against each other.
In addition to the routine setting-up
exercises and foot work'this week,
the men have been practicing on the
light punching bag and getting the
feel of the gloves. The first lessons
in jabbing were given Wednesday and
the men were put through short ses­sions
of sparring using this punch.
Among the neophyte pugilists who
show the most promise at present are
Branch, Landrum, Northrop, Vinson,
and- Crawford, but it is yet too early
to predict which men will show the
best form • when they are ready for
competition.
Instructors Dorfman and Triolo are
attempting to arrange for several ex­hibition
bouts to be staged on "A"
Day, March 24, and although no de­finite
plans have been made, they hope
to have the team in shape by that
date.
At present about 35 aspirants are
reporting daily for practice and this
number will be increased within the
next week or two by some of the foot­ball
men interested in the sport who
are now occupied with spring training.
sings often. However, he is still the
drummer man in the band.
Ennis has a remarkable memory for
the lyrics to the songs he sings. He
never uses the sheet music, and stored
away in his mind are the words of
some four hundred songs. He can
commit a new song to memory in ten
minutes.
Skinny Ennis is quite a man of
paradox. No doubt the members of the
radio audience have pictured him as
a rather nonchalant, unconcerned fel­low.
From all appearances you are
correct. However, Skinny is pretty
serious-minded, likes to read classics,
and his favorite author is Harriet
Beecher Stowe. For four generations
the Ennis family has been prominent
in Nosth Carolina, and Skinny's
grandfather was a general in the Civil
War.
"Ac Ittmatt Ui
Live minnows at our store at all times.
Complete line of groceries and fruit.
OPEN SUNDAYS
EDWARDS' GROCERY
Next to Auburn Feed & Seed Store
Sports at this time of the year are
more or less at a standstill making it
more than difficult to bang out a
column on a very stubborn tripe-scratcher.
The only possible thing
one can do is to ramble on and on
about this and that with no definite
object in view other than to fill up
some space with ink spots. Such is
the existence of a sports scribe in that
time between winter and spring.
* * *
Sigma Nu and Sigma Chi put on a
fine show at the gym in the early part
of the week and gave the followers of
the hardwood game numerous thrills.
The playoff should be a real spine-tingler.
* * *
i
The swimming team lost a hard
meet last week when the lads from
Georgia eked out a victory. Seems if
the new rules specify a certain order
of events and ignorance of this fact
caused Brant Woodward's mermen to
be scheduled for two events in suc­cession.
Human flesh being what it
is, the boys couldn't take it. However,
Brant is confident that a different
,-jtory will be told after the Maryville
and Tennessee meets this week.
* * *
The pugs who practice daily in the
gym should hurry and get in shape in
order that an exhibition may be put
on and we can all go down and see
blood spilled. JEven football can't give
one the thrills that boxing can. The
footballers aren't supposed to mash
each other's faces with clenched fists
and consequently are forced to do their
sparring under cover where the of­ficials
and spectators can't enjoy it.
However, the boxers are not one whit
ashamed of showing to the public how
badly they can batter their opponent
and it makes a fine show.
RIFLE TEAM LOSES
IN POSTAL MATCH
TO N. DAKOTA AGS
Lose To Dakota 1851 To 1855;
Score In Iowa Postal Match
Has Not Reached Plainsman
C H R I S T I A N S C I E N C E S O C I E T Y
Auburn, Alabama
Announces a Free 'Lecture
Entitled
Christian Science: "On earth peace, good will
toward men"
By
JAMES G. ROWELL, C. S. B.
of Kansas City, Missouri
Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts
in
LANGDON HALL
Sunday, March 7th, 1937, 3:00 P. M.
-THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND
EMPIRE COAL
HIGH IN HEAT LOW IN ASH
CALL CAUTHEN'S
Phone 11 or 15-J
P r o d u c e d by
DeBARDELEBEN COAL CORP., TRUSTEE
Birmingham, Ala.
The Auburn rifle team was defeat­ed
by North Dakota Agricultural Col­lege
in a postal match this week by
the score of 1821 to 1855. This sharp-shooting
outfit is recognized as hav­ing
a crack team of riflemen. Christ-ensen
was high scorer with a total of
378 points out of a possible 400.
A postal match was also held with
the University of Iowa this week. Io­wa's
score has not yet been received,
Auburn scoring 3593 points. Strick­land
was outstanding for the Tigers,
annexing a score of "376. Strickland's
."hooting has been outstanding from
the start of the season, having one of
the highest averages on the squad.
In a shoulder-to-shoulder match
with Boy's High School of Atlanta
here last Saturday, the Auburn fresh­men
were defeated by a score of 1720
to 1738. Nordon shot a total of 358
to capture scoring honors for the Baby
Tigers, while Sanderson led the vic­tors
with 374.
Auburn will compete in four im­portant
pistol matches this week:
State College of Washington, Uni­versities
of Pittsburgh, Washington,
and Wyoming. All four schools are
recognized as having first-class teams
and will undoubtedly give the Plains­men
some stiff competition.
Auburn's riflemen will shoot for the
Hearst Trophy next week. Scores for
this match consist of the total value
of five shots, fired from each posi­tion.
The Plainsmen placed seventh
in the Corps Area match, and will,
therefore, not compete in the national
matches. Florida won the Corps Area
contest.
Final preparations are being made
for the Conference Matches to be held
here March 13. Six conference teams
have written their acceptance, to date:
Mississippi State, Florida, Alabama,
Georgia, Georgia Tech, and North
Georgia College. There will be about
35 visitors on these teams and it is the
wish of Captain Ehrgott, who directs
the Tigers, that these men can be
placed in different fraternities for the
night of March 13.
Still, I insist that there is no sport
so rough and ready as ice hockey.
Comparatively few of the student
body have ever had the opportunity to
see the game played, but the occas­sional
moving pictures of the pro
teams playing in Madison Square Gar­den
give one a fair idea what it's all
about.
* * *
Kentucky gets a short cheer from
this corner. They played superb bas­ketball
all season and deserved to win
the Conference Championship. Un­doubtedly
the blue-clad hoopsters rank
with the best in the country.
* * *
The trackmen have been hurning up
the cinders for the past three weeks
under the tutelage of Coach Wilbur
Hutsell and prospects for the coming
season look fine. Coach Hutsell is
acknowledged one of the finest track
coaches in the South by all sports
scribes and we are certainly lucky to
have him here.
* * *
With the election of a football cap
tain and alternate-captain for next
year coming up, this corner places all
the dough in the family sock on Billy
Hitchock and Jimmy Fenton for the
posts. With Les Antley being the
next best bet.
* * *
Bowling doesn't seem to appeal to
the lads in the "fairest village". The
local alley hasn't been used enough to
warrant re-waxing. Strange state of
affairs because bowling is one of the
finest indoor sports on the calendar.
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, Engage Fairfax
FridayJPM
Coach W. B. Hitchcock's scrapping
Lee County High basketeers will pre­sent
another thrilling episode in their
goal-shooting feud with the rugged
Fairfax five at the Alumni Gymnas­ium
Friday evening. The game starts
at 7 p. m.
Though the game with Fairfax Was
tied at the end of the final period
Wednesday evening, the valley five
for the second time "out-shot" the lo­cal
five by a narrow margin, winning
24 to 20. Even closer was the victory
for Fairfax Saturday evening when
Auburn High reluctantly bowed to
Coach Sam Mason's aggregation by
the score of 26 to 25 in the final game
of the Fifth District Tournament at
Lanett.
But Auburn High is gunning for a
reverse of the results in the tilt Fri
day evening, and Paul Starr, Jack
Bright, Charlie Ham, Abb Chreitz-berg,
and Mitchell Wadkins are work­ing
overtime to bring this about. Starr
and Bright are the brilliant forwards;
Ham will perform again at center;
and Chreitzberg and Wadkins will
start at the guard positions.
BOTH TEAMS PROVE POWER BY
CONVINCING PRELIMINARY WINS
Game Scheduled To Start Promptly At 8:15 In Alumni Gymn;
Coach Elmer Salter Is To Referee Game; Winner May Play
University Of Alabama Champs If Game Can Be Arranged
By JOHN WATTERS
Everything is set for the final game
of the interfraternity basketball tourn­ament
which is scheduled for Tuesday
night in Alumni Gymnasium. The re-fereeing
will be handled by Coach El­mer
Salter, and the initial whistle is
to be blown at 8:15. A slight charge
of one dime will be asked to take care
of all tournament expenses.
The starting line-ups for the two
finalists will be as follows:
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the Alpha Gamma Rho's, whose leg
has given him quite a bit of trouble
during the tournament. He will in all
probability be in the starting line-up,
however, because he will have a week's
time in which to rest up and get his
injured leg in shape for the Tuesday
night game. Without the services of
this star performer the Alpha Gamma
Rho team would be greatly hampered.
Word has been received here of the
victory of the Kappa Sig's in the in­terfraternity
basketball tournament
held on the University of Alabama
campus recently. Immediately follow­ing
the game Tuesday night, Lopez
Mantoux, chairman of interfraternity
athletics, will wire the University and
seek to arrange a game between the
University Champions and the winner
of the Tuesday night contest. Since
our touch-football champs played their
touch-football champs in Tuscaloosa,
Mantoux wishes .to return their hos­pitality
and arrange this game on our
campus. If such a game is played it
will probably be held on Thursday
night in Alumni Gymnasium.
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EXPLORER WILL
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of the Italian-Abyssinian War. He
spent two months in this marvelous
and romantic land, and has returned
with first-hand impressions and start­ling
conclusions.
In the Siberian town of Ekaterin­burg,
the chief-assassin who carried
out the massacre of Czar Nicholas and
his family (in 1918), in a death-bed
confession, revealed to Mr. Halliburton
the complete and final truth of this
17-year-bld mystery. Not one small­est
detail was withheld. Exactly who
was killed, and how they died, and how
their bodies were burned and their
ashes scattered—all this was poured
out recklessly and deliriously by the
Bolshevik who did the killing and who
disposed of the corpse. It has been a
long time since a more thrilling and
terrible—and historically important
and authentic—story has come to the
American lecture platform.
The admission for the lecture, which
will begin promptly at 8 o'clock on
Friday evening, will be 25 cents for
children and students and 35 cents for
townspeople.
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1. Do you favor the legal sale
and distribution of alcohol bever­ages
within this state? .
( ) yes
( ) no
Within your home county?
( ) yes
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State your home county .—
2. Are you in favor of chang­ing
the election of publications
heads by popular vote to their ap­pointment
by a Publications Com- •
mittee composed in half of stu­dents
and half of faculty mem­bers?
.
( ) Yes
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3. Number in order of your
choice the regular columns ap­pearing
on the editorial page of
the Plainsman.
( ) News and Views
( ) Cats and Canaries
( ) Letters to the Editor
( ) On Our Campus
( ) On Other Campuses
( ) Thunderations
( ) Pete's Epistle. .
DEANS PRAISE
DAVIS' SERVICE
(Continued from Page 1)
failing good humor, and his tireless
efforts to help to the limit all who
called on him, whether they were fac­ulty
members, students, alumni, par­ents,
or others having the interest of
the college at heart.
"We wish to take this opportunity
to assure him of our appreciation of
the fine service he has rendered to us
all, and of our very best wishes for
his success tn the future."
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PRESERVATION OF DEMOCRACY
THEME OF N. E. A. CONVENTION
Dr. J. G. Kuderna, Who Attended ,The Convention Held From
Feb. 21-25 In New Orleans As A Representative Of Auburn,
Brought Back A Full Report Of The Discussions Of Meeting
Association,! gressed
"The central theme of the meeting
of the Superintendent's Division of
the National Education
held in New Orleans, Feb. 21-25, was
the preservation of Democratic Form
of Government in Institutions Against
Onslaughts of Dictatorships", states
Dr. J. G. Kuderna, who attended the
meeting as a representative from Au­burn.
Dr. Counts, prominent leader of
those present, brought out the fact
that in all probability the generation
immediately ahead will be called upon
to decide whether Democracy will sur­vive,
and, if so, in what form. De­mocracy
today is either on the defen:
sive or in retreat.
Public schools of today are loyal to
democracy, but they face a new chal­lenge—
that is, to show that the De­mocratic
process is really effective and
responsive to social progress far bet­ter
than competing forms. The schools
must take a hand in directing social
change by creating, intelligent public
opinion so that we can proceed in a
democratic manner. The system of
public education must become a more
effective positive force in the develop­ment
of democratic principles.
The Democratic form of government
in .social life found in the United
States, British Empire, France, and
PLANS MADE FOR
SCHOOL MEET HERE
(Continued from Page 1)
mar; Public Speaking, Mr. E. D. Hess;
Spelling, Prof. H. W. Adams; and
Writing, Prof. C. P. Weaver.
Dr. and Mrs. Duncan will hold a
reception at the president's mansion
Friday evening from 8 to 9 o'clock for
all the guests of the tourney. The an­nual
meeting of the teachers and
coaches will be held in 315 Samford
Hall at 6:30 o'clock preceding the re­ception.
Winners of the various contests will
be announced and the prizes distribut­ed
after the dramatic finals in Lang-don
Hall Saturday evening, March 13.
ftther countries has worked for a new
social order. But the work has pro-slowly.
As a result, if elec­tions
won at the polls are lost in the
machinery of government and if the
will of the people is frustrated by
checks and balances or by inefficient
administration, the popular faith in
democracy will be destroyed.
A new emphasis has been placed on
curriculum development for social ef­ficiency
and democracy. Thirty-two
states have adopted state-wide cur­riculum
development programs along
this line. Alabama is numbered among
these states. In this program, an ef­fort
is made to introduce more and
more significant experiences for the
pupils.
Another interesting development in
the education world is the placing of
a new importance upon., adult educa­tion.
Education should not stop with
formal schooling.
Another highlight of the meeting
was a vigorous and realistic discussion
of steps For Keeping the Nation Out
of War which was made by the. Hon.
Josh Lee, U." S. Senator -from Ala­bama.
*
Pi Kappa Phi Officer
Visits Local Chapter
John H. McCann, Assistant National
Secretary of Pi Kappa Phi, spent four
days in Auburn at the Alpha Iota
Chapter of the fraternity in pursu­ance
of the duties connected with an
annual visit from the central office
to the local chapter. He was officially
welcomed by Dick Charlton, president
of the local chapter.
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group will tour the shops in the logi­cal
order that a plane would follow
when going through the process of
overhaul.
Perhaps for the first time for many,
the opportunity will be given the stu­dents
to observe the catapault launch­ing
of planes, the handling of crash
boats, and the repair and packing of
parachutes.
Each student is expected to take
notes during the periods of instruction
and is required to make a report in
the form of a thesis after his arrival
back at Auburn.
Besides the technical subjects which
the students are supposed to absorb,
various social activities to which the
visiting students will be invited will
be held by the officers and cadets.
Each student will probably be given
the "opportunity of making a hop in
one of the Navy planes.
A boat trip in the harbor is being
planned for an afternoon in the mid­dle
of the week. Students have their
late afternoon free to go swimming
or, by borrowing tackle from the sta­tion,
to spend their time fishing.
Lt. B. M. Cornell, professor of aero­nautics,
announces that he has re­ceived
word from Admiral Blakely,
Commandant of the station, stating
that the students will be .heartily wel­comed
by the officers of the station, as
in the past the students have conduct­ed
themselves most gentlemanly and
have received praise from the officers.
CO-ED IS TO LEAD
MARDI GRAS DANCE
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best masquerade ball ever held in
Auburn.
The Committee on ticket sales, Bevo
Biggin and Frank McCall, announced
that tickets would be ready for sale
by Monday. Each ticket will sell for
one dollar. They wish it be empha­sized
that the proceeds will be used
in the improvement upon the. Archi­tectural
Library. As the favorite Au­burn
Knights have been contracted to
supply music and as the Hall will ac­commodate
a large number of dancers,
they expect to have a mammoth affair.
PROMINENT STUDENTS
NAMED BY FRAT AT
MEETING LAST NIGHT
(Continued from Page 1)
Scarabs, Tau Kappa Alpha, and an
officer of the Auburn Debating So­ciety.
He is a member of Delta Sigma
Phi social fraternity.
Ed Duncan, Alexander City, is
president of the junior class and serv­ed
on the executive cabinet last year.
He is a member of the cross country
team, Spiked Shoe, and Sigma Nu
social fraternity.
Buck Darden has worked on the
business staff of The Plainsman for
three years, holding the position of as­sistant
business manager this year. He
was vice-president of his sophomore
class. Darden is a member of Theta
Chi social fraternity, and his home is
in Hogansville, Ga.
Roy Dodge, a non-fraternity man, is
a member of Tau Beta Pi and has
maintained one of the highest scho­lastic
averages in the junior class. He
is a student in mechanical engineering
from Gadsden.
George Lehnert, Tuscumbia, is a
member of the student executive cabi­net
and of Keys, interfraternity or­ganization.
Lehnert is an A. T. O. and
is studying agricultural education.
A. D. Holmes, Jasper, is an officer
of the junior class and a member of
the Interfraternity Council represent-ating
Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He
is a pharmacy student.
Lopez Mantoux, Birmingham, is
chairman of the athletic committee of
the Interfraternity Council and has
conducted the entire athletic program
of that group. During his freshman
year, Mantoux won his numerals in.
track. He is a business administration
student and a member of Sigma Nu
social fraternity.
Beginning at eight o'clock this morn­ing
the pledges were officially tapped
with the new members' names being
placed on the huge ODK key on the
main gate at thirty minute intervals.
The names of this year's members
were on the opposite gate.
Membership in ODK is considered
one of the highest honors which can
be attained by an undergraduate stu­dent
at Auburn. All of the new men
tapped have been active in collegiate
circles their first three years in
college.
A meeting of the old members and
pledges will be held next Tuesday
night at eight o'clock in 301 Samford
Hall. Initiation of the pledges will
take place at an early date.
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