1936-09-18 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME LX AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936 NUMBER 4
COMPLETE LIST
OF REVISIONS IN
FACULTY GIVEN
Social Calendar For All Dances
To Be Given Daring First Term
Is Released By Interfrat Council
Twenty-two Members Added
To Faculty For Coming Year
President's Office Reports
LIST IS COMPLETE
Science And Literature School
Has Greatest Number New
Instructors And Professors
A list of 22 new members of the col­lege
staff have been announced by the
President's office. All are replace­ments
or have been employed on spe­cial
projects.
Appointments in the Alabama Ex­periment
Station Staff include Keith
Barrons, assistant professor of horti­culture;
Herbert R. Albrecht, assist­ant
agronomist; and Dr. Carl J.
Koehn, Jr., research assistant in ani­mal
nutrition.
In the school of agriculture Fred
Barkalow has been appointed instruc­tor
in zoology; J. R. Jackson, instruc­tor
in botany; and Hubert Harris, in­structor
in horticulture.
Alan B. Jacobs, 1936 Auburn grad­uate
in architecture, is serving this
year as instructor in architecture.
In the school science and literature
the following appointments have been
made: Dr. William H. Gilbert, Jr., as­sociate
professor of economics and
business administration; Dr. J. A.
Ripley, Jr., F. X. Carberry, and C.
A. Dilley, assistant professors of eco­nomics
; S. J. Simmons, Jr., instructor
in accounting; Mrs. S. L. Toomer, as­sistant
in foreign languages; A. W.
Wonderley, instructor in foreign lan­guages;
R. E. Wingard and G. B.
Johnston, instructors in chemistry; F.
J. Buchmann, assistant in chemistry;
and Marvin G. Moore, instructor in
mathematics.
In the school of engineering, A. R.
McCormac has been appointed assist­ant
professor of textile engineering.
Auburn's new instructor in physi­cal
education for women is Mrs.
Charles DeBardeleben.
New officers in the school of mili­tary
science and tactics include Col­onel
Fred C. Wallace, commandant
and head professor, and Captains L.
E. Jacoby, F. A., and G. R. Scithers,
F. A.
Twenty Frats Signify Intentions
Of Giving Dances This
Semester
The Interfraternity Council has
completed the social calendar for the
first semester of this school year. As
twenty of the twenty-one fraternities
have signified their intentions of hav
ing their quota of one dance a semes­ter,
the calendar should remain as it
is. However, if any fraternity wishes
to give any function other than a
dance, the calendar is still open.
A complete list of the fraternity
dance dates follows:
Saturday, Sept 19, "A" Club; Sat­urday,
Sept. 26, Chi Omega; Friday,
Oct. 2, Phi Kappa Tau; Saturday, Oct.
3, Kappa Alpha and F. F. A.; Friday
and Saturday, Oct. 9 and 10, opening
dances; Friday, Oct. 16, Sigma Nu
and Kappa Sigma; Saturday, Oct. 17,
W. A. A. and A. V. M. A.; Friday,
Oct. 23, Delta Sigma Phi; Friday,
Oct. 30, Alpha Tau Omega; Saturday,
Oct. 31, Sigma Pi; Friday, Nov. 6,
Lambda Chi Alpha; Friday, Nov. 13,
Pharmacy Society with Rho Chi; Fri­day,
Nov. 20, Alpha Lambda Tau and
Theta Chi; Saturday, Nov. .21, "A"
Club; Friday, Ndv. 27, Alpha Gamma
Rho; Friday, Dec. 4, Sigma Chi and
S. A. E.; Saturday, Dec. 5, Phi Delta
Theta; Friday, Dec. 11, Beta Kappa
and Theta Kappa Nu; Saturday, Dec.
12, Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Phi
Epsilon; Friday, Jan. 8, Kappa Delta;
Saturday, Jan. 8, Pi Kappa Phi; Fri­day,
Jan. 15, Alpha Psi.
Hamilton Callen, president of tihe
Interfraternity Council, stated that
the above dates were final and would
not be subject to change later in the
semester. He also stated that the Stu­dent
Recreation Hall could be engaged
by fraternities for the dances by get­ting
in touch with Mrs. H. A. Jolly
who is in charge of the center.
This year no decorations may be
used by fraternities on the walls of
tihe Recreation Hall, as the council
plans to install permanent fixtures.
Feet! Feet! Feet!
Increase Enrollment
For Lee County High
School opened at the Lee County
School Monday, September 7, with an
enrollment of five hundred. The high
school division has an enrollment of
240 and the grade school 260, an in­crease
of about ten per cent over last
year's enrollment.
Mrs. Roberts Brown, who is the new
manager of the cafeteria, teaches oc­cupational
studies. Mr. W. L. Press-ley
is the new science teacher.
The school bank which was a great
success last year has been reopened.
The ambitious youngsters showed
much enthusiasm and Prof. J. A. Par-rish,
principal, asked that all parents
encourage their children to save.
Banking days are held each Tuesday.
Mr. Lawrence Barnett, director of
the Auburn Glee Club, has begun
practice with the high school band.
Mr. Winfred Warner and Miss Char­lotte
Ferguson opened their school of
dancing at the high school September
15. Instruction is given in tap, ballet,
adagio and ballroom dancing. This is
the second year that this dancing
school has been in Auburn.
A. I. E. E. Holds First
Meeting Monday Night
The first meeting of the A. I. E. E.
will be held Monday, September 21
in Ramsay 109 at 7:30 o'clock. Prof.
Hill will give a resume of his trip to
the Summer convention of the A. I.
E. E. which was held in Pasadena,
California.
A special invitation is extended to
all students in electrical engineering
who are not members of this organ­ization.
Feet! Feet! Feet! Marching up
and down again. Several hundred
pairs of them—beating down the burn­ing
soil of the torrid plains; No, the
scene is not from Rudyard Kipling,
or out of the French Foreign Legion.
The feet belong to those strangest of
all humans, condescendingly referred
to by upperclassmen as "rats". Each
pair of them supports a sweating,
swearing species of this unhappy ani­mal.
A stentorian, authoritative voice
rings out to disturb the peaceful calm
of the fair village—"Squads right—
HARSH!" The pairs of feet begin
moving in seven different directions
at the same time, and each poor tor­tured
soul wonders where he got that
extra foot. The sun burns deeper, the
sweat runs freerer and time marches
on, as do the blistering feet. By now
the unhappy vermin begin to wish
they hadn't ever strayed from the cool
of the mountains in pursuit of that
old debbil "book laming". Anyway
they think its an ungrateful way to
treat a pair of tootsies that are just
beginning to get used to store shoes.
Up and down! Up and down the
field the weary feet drag the aching
bodies. Now and then a struggling
pair of number twelves lag a little,
but a bellow from one of those gold-braided,
brownbelted disciples of Sa­tan,
brings back harsh reality. The
little natural consciousness of the un­fortunate
beasts begins to fade, but
always those voices, like a howling
banshee prevents the welcome of ob­livion.
A growing ache around the
crown of the head recalls stories of
the tortures of the aborigines, which
now seem tame in comparison.
Ah! but at last succor appears—a
furtive glance away and upward puts
new life in the sagging frame—chins
go up, chests pop out and as the hands
of the clock begin to merge the down­trodden
souls strut like so many pea­cocks
and then at last .
Drill is over.
'A' Club Dance Be Given
Tomorrow Night, 9 P.M.
The "A" Club will hold the second
dance of the semester Saturday night
at 9 o'clock in the Alumni Gymnasium,
President Joe Stewart states.
The Auburn Knights have been en­gaged
to furnish music for the affair.
This popular college orchestra has
just finished an engagement at the
Hotel Markham in Gulfport, Miss
Terry Mosely, director of the band,
promises a fine evening's entertain­ment
featuring many new arrange­ments
and several novelties.
During the course of the evening's
entertainment two "A" Club lead-outs
and four no-breaks will be held.
The exact number of "A" Club
dances to be held this semester has
not been determined. However, they
will be held at intervals throughout
the semester.
FORTY-EIGHT ARE
NAMED MEMBERS
GLEE CLUB GROUP
Director Barnett Plans To Re­duce
Number By Further
Trials To Be Held Monday
From the auditions held last night
Professor Lawrence Barnett has se­lected
48 of the most talented for fur­ther
tryouts in the Auburn Glee Club.
A final audition for any others desir­ing
admittance will be held in the Ma­sonic
Hall over the College Inn next
Monday night at 7 p. m.
The following is a list of men who
successfully passed the first tryouts:
Harry C. Jackson, Pete Snyder, Ed
Taylor, Son Thomas, John A. Taylor,
Wilson Taylor, Herbert Schiff, Turner
Williams, Sterling Medlin, Dunlap Mc-
Cauley, Charles O'Rielly, Charles
Cranford, H. L. Welstead, Jerome
Newell, Wallace Nail, Arthur Steele,
L. C. Garret, Norman Ratcliffe, H.
G. Blackeney, Jimmie Gunn, B. W.
Brooks, W. O. Green, Ross Ogletree,
David Wittel, Dennis Newton.
Harold Beaseley, Jack Dunlap, John
F. Mantel, E. T. Rouse, J. R. Hub­bard,
J. T. Atkinson, Gordon Hubbard,
Tom Jester, George Perry, George
Weaver, Gerald Bilbro, Dudley Smith,
Ed Smith, Ellis Dunning, Lem Ed-munson,
George Hiller, David Cox,
Sam Teague, Albion Knight, Josh
Couch, Douglas Broyles.
STEPS CHANGING
PLEDGING TO BE
TAKENBYGROUP
Callen Appoints Committee To
Study Proposed Changes In
Rushing, Pledging Members
MORLAND IS CHAIRMAN
Present System Cause Of Much
Agitation States President
Callen At Recent Meeting
Definite steps toward making a
change in the present system of fra­ternity
rushing and pledging were
taken at a recent meeting of the In
terfraternity Council, according to
Ham Callen, president.
At an informal poll of the frater­nity
presidents, 17 out of 21 revealed
that they were dissatisfied with the
method which is now in effect, and
would like to see a new system in­augurated
before next fall. To in­vestigate
the matter Callen appointed
a committee composed of Alvin Mor-land,
chairman; Pat Plumlee, Dick
Charlton, and. Vernie Holloway.
This committee is to compare Au­burn's
method of pledging with schools
over the country and endeavor to set
up some plan of rushing differing
from the present to be considered by
the council. The council, realizing
that the type adopted, must be suited
to the situation here, plans to study
the problem' thoroughly before mak­ing
any final decision.
"The present system of rushing and
pledging freshmen has been a cause of
agitation for many years, and most of
the council members feel that some
change should be made before next
season," stated Callen. "Auburn is one
of the few institutions of its size in
the nation which does not have some
method of deferred pledging and it
certainly deserves a trial here," he
concluded.
Telephone Exchange
To Be Well Equipped
According to Mr. G. R. McKelvey,
local manager of the telephone com­pany,
the new Auburn telephone ex­change
will be finished and in opera­tion
by the middle of December.
The new exchange is being built on
Tichenor Avenue on the lot adjoining
the Post Office. The latest type of
switchboard and equipment perfected
by the Bell Telephone laboratories is
to be installed in the building when it
is finished. The new switchboard will
be the same size as the old one but is
constructed so that it may be doubled
in size to meet the increasing demands
of progressive Auburn.
Mr. McKelvey states that though
the building is small, it is ample
enough to insure the best of service in
communication. Operation is expected
to become much more efficient with
the aid of the new equipment. There
will be no interruption of service when
the installation is made.
A construction crew will come here
in about two weeks to enable patrons
now getting party line service to
change over to individual service.
A new directory will be issued upon
completion of the new exchange to in­clude
all the new numbers that have
already and will be added at that time.
Mr. McKelvey states, "We are going
to landscape the ground around the
building and expect to have an ex­change
that will be a credit to both
Try-outs For Frosh
Swimming Team Soon
Tryouts for the freshman swimmin g
team will be held next Monday after­noon,
September 21, in the Alumni
Gymnasium pool. All rats interested
in this sport are urged to be present
as all indications point to a successful
season.
The varsity will be minus the ser­vices
of M. Connor, Captain McKin-ney,
and White this year, but the re­turn
of Forbes, Kiersted, Smith, and
Griswold, star dash men, is hearten­ing.
Munger, Conner, and Lyons,
numeral winners last year, will also
be among those competing for a place
on the 1936 tank team with Rice and
Reinow the only contenders for the
breast stroke posts. The diving di­vision,
usually a weak spot, will be
strengthened this year with the addi­tion
of Cannon, Gardy, McCue, and
Chambers.
Theatrical Group OCTOBER 9-10 ARE DATES
SET FOR OPENING DANCES
BY THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE
Preparing For
First Play
Having chosen Shaw's "Arms and
the Man" as their initial vehicle of
the coming season the Auburn Players
have already begun preparing for the
presentation which will be made in
Langdon Hall about the second week
in October.
No definite cast has as yet been an­nounced,
but tryouts for the roles will
begin to-night at the "Y" hut and
Prof. Peet, who will direct the Players
this year, expects to begin rehearsals
within a week.
The play has three feminine and
five male leads—unusual in that prac­tically
each role is a major one. The
majority of these roles will be filled
by the neophyte dramatists as most
of last year's group of players have
left school.
Mary Carmack, who will be remem­bered
for her many fine interpreta­tions
last season, is the only returning
feminine star and as yet none of the
experienced male thespians has put in
an appearance. Prof. Peet is espe­cially
anxious to obtain the services
of some talented freshmen and the
dearth of experienced players should
provide a good opportunity for any of
the embryo emoters.
After a more definite organization
is formed the Players will decide what
productions they will attempt for the
balance of the season.
Lucille Lewis Chosen
As Member Of Sphinx
Replacing Kay Sibert
Lucille Lewis, Senior in the school
of Business Administration, has been
elected to Sphinx, local honor society
for women students outstanding in
scholastic average and in extra-curri­cular
activities. She will take the
place of Kay Sibert who failed to re­turn
to school this year.
Miss Sibert has been a member of
the Auburn student body for the past
two years and would have entered the
Senior Class this year. She was very
active in several societies and organ­izations
including The Plainsman
staff which she served in the capacity
of assistant -Society Editor. It has
been learned that she will be married
in the near future.
This year, Sphinx will sponsor a
contest among all Freshman women
students and will present a bracelet
to the student of that class making
the highest scholastic average for the
year.
Colonel Wallace Tapped
By Local Chapter ODK
Col. F. C. Wallace, newly appointed
commandant and head professor of
military science and tactics, was re­cently
tapped by the local chapter of
O. D. K., national honorary leader­ship
fraternity. He will assume the
place as a faculty member of the fra­ternity
which was vacated by the de­parture
of his predecessor, Col. G.
H. Franke.
Although he has been at Auburn
only a short time, Col. Wallace has
shown great interest in student affairs
and' a desire to participate in their
activities. The other faculty members
of O. D. K. are Dr. L. N. Duncan,
Mr. P. O. Davis, and Coach Wilbur
Hutsell.
NEW PLEDGES ARE
LISTED BY GROUPS
AFTER RUSH WEEK
List Given According To Files
Of Interfraternity Council;
To Be Continued Next Week
N O T I C E !
First meeting of the Auburn Par­ent-
Teacher Association will be held
Friday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p. m. in the
High School Auditorium. The meet­ing
will be in the nature of a recep­tion
for the teachers. Mr. Lawrence
Barnett has planned a musical pro­gram.
Steps Of Langdon Hall "Barometer
Future Enrollments Forecast By Past Wear On Steps
»
Following is a list of pledges group­ed
by fraternities. Lacking space to
publish the entire list, the remaining
will be listed in Wednesday's issue.
The pledges are grouped under the
name of their respective fraternities in
random order. The list is as follows:
Alpha Tau Omega
John Ivey, Auburn; Cruse Braswell,
Demopolis; George Knopf, Birming­ham;
Cecil Farr, Birmingham; Por­ter
Barnes, Savannah, Ga.; Tom Win-field,
Birmingham; "Chick" Frizzle,
Montgomery; Carl Hixon, Mobile;
Ralston Mingledorff, Savannah, Ga.;
Lewis Morgan, Uniontowri; Martin
Lide, Birmingham; Randolph Denton,
Montgomery; Don Hunter, Columbus,
Ga.; Henry Maulshagen, Birming­ham;
Wilbur Tinsley, Birmingham;
F. B. Smith T, Opelika; Earl Stevens,
Clio; Maiberi C. Reynolds, Tuskeegee;
Cecil Brogdon, Savannah, Ga.; Jack
Kinzer, Tuscumbia; Ed Plaisance,
Birmingham; Oscar Randell, Birm­ingham;
Wallace Nail, Birmingham;
Sam Teague, Birmingham; Bill
Young, Florence; Percy South, Au­burn;
James Rutland, Tuscumbia.
Alpha Gamma Rho
John Dickie, Jackson; John F.
Clark, Faulkville; Austin demons,
Faulkville; McRae Foster, Weogufka;
R. A. Summerford, Faulkville; Louis
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Chairman Of Social Committee
Makes Announcements Re­garding
First Set Of Dances
BAND NAMED WEDNESDAY
Plans For Best Opening Dances
Ever Held Here Are Being
Worked On By Committee
Friday and Saturday, October 9 and
10, are the dates set for the opening
dances by Vernon Merritt, chairman
of the Social Committee.
Merritt stated that the name of the
orchestra to play at the dances would
be released to the Plainsman in time
for publication in next Wednesday's
edition. He promised that the band
would be of a much better caliber than
those of the previous opening sets.
The committee has not as yet de­cided
as to the final date for the ac­cepting
of bids for the decorations
but it has been announced that no bid
shall exceed seventy-five dollars. All
bids must be delivered to the chair­man
of the social committee.
No price schedule has been decided
as yet though the price for balcony
seats shall be one dollar. Bids for
out of town girls will be placed in
all fraternity houses and collected at
the Tiger Drug Store at an early date.
' The entire set will include five
dances, two on Friday and three on
Saturday. At present the fraternities
that will stage house parties during
the Hop are not known but will be
released at a later date. The Friday
afternoon dance will last from 4 to
6 o'clock and the evening dance from
9:30 to 1. The Saturday morning
dance will get under way at 11 o'clock
and continue until one. The after­noon
dance will be from 4 to 6 o'clock
and the last dance of the series that
evening will last from 9 to 12 o'clock.
By C. W. BELL
The sandstone steps by which one
enters historic Samford Hall may be
compared with a barometer by which
future enrollment at Alabama Poly­technic
Institute may be predicted
with a fair degree of accuracy, as
well as a means by which past events
and activities are indelibly recorded.
As the stately old clock in the tower
directly above the historic steps si­lently
ticks away the fleeting mo­ments,
the steps below record the pass­ing
of time in a much more perma­nent
manner by the continuous
grinding away of the minute granules
of their surface.'
Suppose we examine a few statistics
on the relationship of the steps to
future enrollment and attempt to
prove the things mentioned above.
The steps were first erected in 1888;
in 1920, or after a period of thirty-two
years had elapsed, the steps were
very badly worn and had to be re­placed.
But instead of replacing the
steps, they were simply turned over.
During this thirty-two year period
the company and the city of Auburn." there were 18,260 students registered
at A. P. I. As every Auburn student
knows, the steps have been badly worn
for several years and recently the
steps had to be repaired or replaced
again because of the many sprained
ankles and injury to other parts of the
anatomy. From 1920 to 1936 or a
period of sixteen years, there were
43,030 students registered at A. P. I.
Or in other words, during the last
sixteen years the enrollment has been
slightly more than doubled while the
steps have worn out in half the length
of time, and being made of the same
kind of material. If enrollment con­tinues
to increase at the same rate
during the next eight years, the steps
will again have to be replaced and in
1944 the enrollment at Alabama Poly­technic
Institute for this period will
be a total of 101,550 or an average
yearly enrollment, including Summer
School, of over twelve thousand.
What caused the increased wear on
the steps? It may be due to larger
feet or to foot-wear of a different com­position
which caused greater friction
or to metal plates and taps on shoes,
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Many Students Attend
First Debating Meet
With an almost unprecedented show
of interest by the members of the
freshman class, the Auburn debaters
held their first meeting of the year
on Tuesday night.
A total of sixteen freshmen and
four upperclassmen attended the meet­ing
and according to a statement by
Prof. Hess the new material is unusu­ally
promising. Many experienced high
and prep school orators are included
in the group, as are several state tour­ney
winners.
The Debate Council, of which
George Hairston is president and Ber­tha
Kahn secretary, along with Prof.
Hess will direct the functions of the
group this year. Tentative plans for
the annual Freshman and Varsity
tourneys have already been formu­lated
and a definite announcement
concerning them will be made shortly.
After considerable deliberation it
has been decided to have the freshman
debate on the subject: Resolved "That
public utilities should be privately
owned." This is a topic of much gen­eral
interest at present and should
provide some interesting discussions.
Beginning next Monday the group
will meet regularly each week at four
Keys Holds Meeting
To Discuss Program
Keys, Interfraternity organization,
held its first meeting of this session
last night at the A. T. O. house.
A program outlining the year's
work was presented to the members
by the committee in charge and also
the new constitution and rules re­cently
drawn up were read. It was
recommended that each fraternity on
the campus select two of its outstand­ing
freshmen to be tapped by this
group in the near future.
Meetings will be held at' regular
monthly periods with attendance on
part of the members being required.
The meetings are to rotate among the
different frats represented in Keys.
The Key's activities will cover a
wider community of interests than has
been the rule in the past few years.
Other than its usual dances, the group
plans to have several outings during
the year.
The officers for this year are Earl
Butler, president; Howard Workman,
vice-president; Wales Wallace, secre­tary;
and James Buntin, treasurer.
Glomerata Pictures
Taken At Early Date
Don Johnson of Columbus, who will
take the Glomerata pictures, arrives
this week-end to get his cameras set
up for a four week job here. The tak­ing
of the pictures will begin Monday
morning, September 21, on the second
floor of the Power House. Cards will
be sent to students with the appoint­ed
time for them to report to the of­fice.
The card will permit the student
to leave his class for this purpose.
The wearing of a coat and tie and
being clean shaven are the only re­quirements
to have the pictures taken.
There is no charge for the placing of
pictures in the class panel, although
there is a nominal fee for each addi­tional
picture. This is taken care of
through student activity fee which
p. m. in room four of the "L" building, was paid last week.
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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, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936
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Wrong Again?
The so-called "Barometer State" is
not much of a barometer after all:
Since 1884 there have been five Demo­cratic
Presidents; Maine cast its elec­toral
votes for only one—Wilson, this
being caused by a split of the votes
between two Republicans, Taft and
Teddy Roosevelt. One out of five
doesn't seem a very good average of
rights and wrongs for a barometer.
Maine will cast its electoral votes
for Landon for a certainty. The last
poll announcement by the American
Institute of Public Opinion placed
Maine as the state which cast the
largest percent of votes for Landon.
This poll proved that she is the
staunchest Republican state in the
Union while the recent election proved
that President Roosevelt could have
faired a great deal worse and still
win handily in November.
So Maine had better watch her bat­ting
average because her barometer
seems to be going wrong again.
A Popular Travesty
Every Auburn student who wants
to keep intelligently informed on what
goes on in the world should read the
editorial entitled "Whose Freedom?"
in Tuesday's Montgomery Advertiser.
So called "Red baiting" is here ap­proached
with a combination of com­mon
sense and satire that makes the
editorial both interesting reading and
a telling answer to certain foolish
super-patriotic factions.
Of course very few Americans have
any desire to see Communism gain on
this continent. We want to remain
democratic. Yet we cannot remain
democratic and deny the Communists
a right to present their side in a
peaceable political campaign. When
we do that we tear down the corner
stones of Democracy.
No more foolish situation can be
imagined than the one existing in At­lanta
when a cordon of police met the
train with the intention of arresting
Earl Browder, Communist candidate
for president, if he made any "Com­munistic
utterances." It was even
more asinine than the locking of the
doors in his face in Tampa.
As was pointed out by the Adver­tiser,
the Atlanta and Tampa activi­ties
drew much newspaper comment
and publicity. In cities where Brow­der
is allowed to campaign unmo­lested,
he gains little attention.. Red
baiting is the best aid Communism
can get in America. It also puts new
lift into that even more dangerous
spectre, Fascism. Why not allow
America to remain a land of free
speech, a Democracy?
In The Rain
One of the most amusing scenes ob­served
by newcomers at Auburn is
the campus appearance on a rainy
day. It is indeed a treat to sit and
look at the various and sundry forms
of storm apparel the students don.
When Ole Sol gives way in favor
of a bit of rain, it means more than
a change of weather to Auburners;
it means a change of clothes. Even
the slickest of slickers (such men as
those who wear ties) retire to some
drizzle regalia. To note the baggy
shirts and creaseless trousers that are
in such abundance you would think
that they were awful looking attires,
but you haven't really seen the worst
'til the lads dress to battle the ele­ments.
Every conceivable type of hat is
brought into use. Cowboy hats, war-hats,
rain hats, and innumerable head
covers that could hardly be called hats
serve as dome protection from the
cloud fluid, as it is commonly called
by local wise crackers.
Those who don't wear boots or
rusty shoes, go barefooted. It is not
at all uncommon to see a shoeless lad
wading his way from class to class
his shoes in his hand, and his ankles
red with the hue of Auburn mud.
- A studen't who doesn't roll up his
pants above his knees is generally
termed a sissy, and sissies are rare.
If you want to see a free show, just
settle down somewhere and watch the
conglomeration of outfits that pass.
Anyone who did not understand the
atmosphere that prevails in the vil­lage
of the Plains, would think the
students were descendants of the Hat­field
tribe from the mountains of Ken­tucky.
It is an understood custom
that the few formalities that we do
observe are forgotten when rain o'er-takes
us.
ft emam Aloof
Caution should be the watchword
of thoughtful Americans in forming
sympathies with either cause on the
deadly Spanish battle field. Spain is
locked in civil war, but it is still well
within the realms of possibility that
the internal strife is only the start­ing
point of the next European war.
Should this prove true, Americans
want to remain neutral, even in their
sympathies, after the conflagration
spreads.
There are excellent reasons for ex­pecting
the Spanish struggle to
spread. The two major politico-eco­nomic
factions in Europe, Socialism
and Fascism, are locked in what ap­pears
to be a fight to the death. So­cialistic
France and Communistic
Russia cannot well afford to allow the
puppets of Hitler and Mussolini to
triumph. It is even more reasonable
to think that Hitler and Mussolini
will never allow Spain to become a
strong Socialistic state. Great Britain
wants to stay out of it. Most of the
smaller nations are lined up with one
of the two powers.
It is easy for Americans to form
sympathies. It is even easier because
of the thinly veiled propaganda being
distributed by both factions, espe­cially
by the powerful Hearst news­paper
chain with Fascist leanings.
We should be wary of this propa­ganda.
No doubt Fascism, as well as So­cialism,
has many good points. Each
also has many bad ones. In America
we are struggling to prove that De­mocracy
can be successful, and is
superior to either. We want no part
in a struggle between two foreign
"isms", and least of all do we want
any part in another European war.
It is undemocratic to throttle any
propaganda, but to remain demo­cratic
we must examine it with in­telligence.
Clipped
Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling
through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a
channel into which all other thoughts are
drained. —Arthur Somers Roche.
* * * *
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by
our ideals; other by their acts.—Harold
Nicholson, quoted in John o'London's
Weekly
* * * *
A person who boasts of his ancestors is
trying to use tombstones for steppingstones.
* * * *
The average person doesn't think of sav­ing
money for a rainy day until it begins
to thunder.
* * • * *
Young people were more respectful of
their elders in the old days. Perhaps be­cause
they had more to respect.—Boston
Transcript.
* * * *
Los Angeles jobhunters wondered if this
was a typographical error: "Wanted: part
tame stenographer."
* * * *
"I visit my friends occasionally," re­marked
the book lover, "just to look over
my library."
* * * *
There are a number of people on the ether
who should be under it.—Atlanta Constitu­tion.
* * * *
The old arguments between North and
South have died out everywhere except in
bridge games.
Pete's Epistles \
dere paw
i guess yew got thet leter i rote yew
tuther day en which i tole yew about thet
bodacious mess at inrollmint. ennyway i
am a stewdent now. things hev bin hap-penin
rite an lef sense i got hear, tuther
day a boy put hands onto me an foched me
off tew the phy deity thater house he calls
hit. wel, when i walks in a skremin pak
uv fokes runs up and nerley shake my hand
offn my frame, thin they gives me a stogey
a fi sent un which cums lak ded men one en
a box. thin they feeds me and gives me a
purty little pin or buton or suthin.. more
hand ringin. after i escapes from thim
i gets captured bi anuther band uv wile men
who also gives me a buton. this kepes up
until i hev got twennyone butons an thin
i gets a pantin spel. hit muss be sum kine
uv a game, peple shore talk funney daown
hear, why i cant hardly tel what they is
hankerin to say. i heard one frashmun say
tew June tooker who is a damn yankee less
go over behine the mane bilding an mugg
up a storm, i asks sumone what he had
a mine tew say and they tole me thet he
ment less go over in the rear uv sanford
hawl an indulge en sum rite skrumptous
smoochin. sumone else say thet he mint less
promenade beyond the posterier side uv the
adminestrashun edifese an plase amorous
embrases and karseses upon each others
brow, i cant figger his out a tall, i wint
tew a danse tuther nite an sich a gatherin
uv fokes yew aint sene sense aint mirandy
lou got drunk on sorghum skimmins an wint
down tew the gineral store an toted off thet
hogshead uv bar grease, hit wus tumble
the way they dansed jest like a couple uv
wrastlers a fightin fer there lives, every-budy
wuz tipsey from tochin the bottle tew
heavy, bill lee ran around skremin lemme
joock wit these juicy tomatoes an all the
time i kudnt see whut in tarnation he mint
fer he didnt hev enny love epples in his
hands, i wuz steppin with a purty gal when
a big uglylooking boy walks up an yanks
me aroun an starts tew poke his fist in my
eye but the gal skrems an sets off tew run-nin
an the boy runs after her. ater this i
leaves an walks in bensons but i heres so
menny boys hollerin shoot him or suthin thet
i runs home an jumps in the bed an kivers
up my head, i here thet forman rogers is
hibernatin lak a bar sense he reamed ever-budy
out uv tew bits wensdey nite tew skan
the thrillin akshuns uv monte blue in orfi-ser
13 jest bekause he wuz offerin a body-an
awful chanse on a passle uv money, hit
remines me uv the fun weuna used tew hev
with the revenewer orfisers when they cum
snoopin around fer our likker still, tuther
day a gal called me and sed carrey a sertin
other gal tew a danse which i hednt sene
bifore. which i did. i toted her around tel
my tongue hung out tew my nees an she wuz
a haint number 111164XC but the ferst gal
sed i muss dew hit fer the luv uv ole k d.
i hev ben eatin off the far-plaseboard fer
siven daze sense i felt the ekoin whaks uv
a bed slat again the part uv my frame which
is klosest .tew a chear while settin in hit.
a boy sez yew ar a frashmun sew ben over
while i apply sum insentiv an he hit me with
a plank instead uv puttin enny salve or
ennythin on me. wel i will rite yew next
thursdey tew let yew no about me.
panefully yours,
pete
p. s. hurrey up an sen thet corn likker fer
i am a. mite thirsty.
Cats and Canaries
Noticed: That June Tooker isn't getting
around as much as of old days. That Mark
Nichols is brewing over his gone Janette.
That Libba Allison isn't spending any more
time with the Phis. That Scottie Reeves
still believes you've gotta be a football hero.
That Quinney still loafs. That Society Hill
ain't what is used to be.
* » * *
Well, maybe Dot Lewis will lead the
Honor Society Ball, about an even bet.
* * • *
John Ivey and Jack Todd are having trou­ble
keeping their minds on their work. Out­side
attractions.
* * * *
Smith and Quattlebaum are old faithfuls.
* » » *
It seems everybody lives on the wrong
side of the tracks but us.
* * * *
Good fellows: Bob Kincaid, George Hair-ston,
Hoyt Jolly, Mark Nichols, Howard
Carr, Everett McAllister, Doc Moseley, and
Mabry Huggins.
Good girls: Elizabeth Allison, Audrey
Taylor, Gretchen Talley, Tiny Shi, Floyd
Pugh, and Doris White.
* * * *
Jarvis Brown has started to speaking to
everyone already. But let's not discuss poli­tics
quite yet.
* * * *
We're glad the Zoo gals haven't learned
to pull their shades down yet.
* * * »
Merritt Bhould break the dance news to
us if it is good and keep it to himself if
it is bad. He can do a better job than was
done last year.
& AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
If the lad who let the gal jump in the middle of his back while helping her out
of the window after the dance the other night will send show fare to the Foot­prints
Editor before Monday morning, we will keep the names a secret for the
present NOTE: We mean business.
* * * * * * * * *
Mother of College Stude: "When are you going to answer that letter we got
from Sonny the other day?"
Father of Said Drunk: "Pay day."
* _ * * * * * * * *
Medico: "You can get all sorts of things from kissing."
Blonde: "Yeah, fur coats, diamonds, roadsters, and so on into the night."
* * * * * * * * *
First Student: "I got soft hearted yesterday and gave a bum a dollar."
Third Student: "What did your roomie say?"
First Nut: "Thanks."
* * * * * * * * *
Night Watchman: "Young man, are you going to kiss that girl?"
Sweet Little Boy: "Heavens no!"
Heavy Sleeper: "Hold this light then."
* * * * * * * * *
Advertisement: You get the girl, we'll do the rest.
Young Groom: That's hardly fair.
Marriage is a great institution; no family should be without it.
* * * * * * * * *
Purl: "That man Smith is going around telling lies about you."
Eyeris: "Oh, I don't mind that, but if he tells the truth I'll break his neck."
* * * * * * * . * *
Knock Knock! ! ! ! !
Come in, dammit!
* * * * * * * * *
. Knock Knock! ! ! ! !
Who's there?
Amsterdam.
Amsterdam who?
Amsterdam tired of these knock-knocks I could die.
* * * * * * * * *
','Ah, cherie, je t'adore".
"Aw, shut the door yourself—you opened it."
* * * * * * * * *
' The modern wallflower is the girl who dances every dance.
* * * * * * * * *
"Where are you stoppin' New Orleans?"
"At nothing."
(Note, Tulane game will be played in New Orleans)
* . * * * * * * * *
"You'd better hang me," said the man sentenced to die by electrocution.
"Why," he was asked.
"I've been a janitor in a girls school," he replied.
Note Huntingdon. . . .
* * * * * * * * *
Wanted: Burly beauty-proof individual to read meters in sorority houses. We
haven't made a nickel in two years. The Gas Company.
Literary Dissertations— Thornburgh
According to Webster, a disseration is a
"Formal or elaborate argumentative dis­course;
a disquisition". After looking up
two or three words in the definition, I de­cided
that the editor must have a very good
sense of humor. However, the heading of
this column sounds good, if one doesn't read
the column first
If you find yourself unable to sleep some
night when the weather is cutting up out­side,
try reading "Voodoo Fires in Haiti",
by Richard Loederer. Haiti would be a
paradise for Frigidaire and Flit Salesmen.
Apparently the temperature hangs around
115 degrees all the time and the bugs run
in droves. Loederer tells about a swarm of
fire ants he knocked off a tree and which
dropped down the back of his neck. They
had to be picked off his flesh one at a time.
Nice place, Haiti.
One's alleged brain finds it hard to keep
up with his descriptions of all the queer
animals of the jungle. Not to mention the
natives who can follow you better than a
G-man, and without newspaper publicity,
too. Most of these natives are only a few
generations removed from the Negroes of
Africa and have preserved many of the re­ligious,
and otherwise, beliefs of their an­cestors.
Haiti was once ruled by a black Emperor
whose troops repulsed the French armies
sent by Napoleon himself. Emperor Chris­tophe
was a cheerful old soul. He was
afraid that the pedatory white man would
conquer his island as he conquered so many
others. So Christophe had a huge citadel
built on one of the highest points in the
island. They had no tractors then, but a
hundred thousand or so blacks hauled blocks
of stone up the mountainside. They could
choose between dying by the whip or dying
from overwork and fever. Then when he
finished the castle, he pushed the architect
who knew its secret passages over the wall
into the valley.
To show an Englishman what obedient
soldiers he had, he had a platoon of them
march over the parapet; it was only a few
hundred feet to the floor of the valley be­low.
During a storm, Christophe decided he
would show God a few things and had every
cannon in the place fired until the storm
stopped. It's too bad he is dead, he and
Mussolini would get along fine. Happy
thought, maybe he would push II Duce off
the cliff!
Earl Chapin May has written a delight­ful
book on "The Circus from Rome to Ring-ling".
Even if you don't still get a kick
from seeing the clown trying to follow the
acrobats through their tricks, you will like'
this book with its many pictures of old and
new circuses. Some of the publicity stunts
used to bring crowds to the Circus Maxi-mus
in Rome are still being used today by
show people. Also, of course, the same
jokes.
Speaking of pictures—Collins "Story of
America In Pictures" is an interesting book.
Many of the pictures in this collection have
been used in history books, but don't let
that keep you from looking through them.
Some of the old cartoons look like some of
the things found in notebooks on this cam­pus.
Born just 100 years too late.
We probably don't realize it, but we are
passing through a revolution as important
as any in our history. Unofficial Observer
in his book on "The New Dealers" says
"The New Deal is a laughing revolution—
and it is led by a group of men who possess
two supreme qualifications—common sense
and a sense of humor". Since some of them
are ex-college professors they must have had
a sense of humor to last this long. The book
is not fresh off the press, as some of you
know, but if you haven't read it, you will
find many interesting things to think about
when the G. O. P. orator starts slamming
all the deeds of this administration.
Unofficial Observer has written some of
the most talked about stuff that has ap­peared
during the furore over the New Deal.
He thinks that Roosevelt is the man who
happened to be elected when things were set
for a big change in political policies, and
that Roosevelt's temperament was suf­ficiently
acclimated to suit him for the job.
There has been a flood of newspaper
short stories and newspaper movies within
the last year. Everyone is becoming news­paper-
romance conscious. In all this flood
of print, there is bound to be much that is
not quite true, and a lot that is pure ba­loney.
In fact, in a recent Sunday edition
of the Birmingham News magazine section,
Pettersen Marzoni had an article warning
folks that the newspaper game was no ro­mantic
adventure, but just plain hard work,
with a little initiative necessary to keep on
going.
"Behind the Front Page", by Forrest
gives some real experience of correspondents
in big time newspaper work. There is a
lot dealing with newspaper work during the
World War, but that too is interesting if
you are not fed up with the War. In any
war, the newspaper can and does play a
large part. It keeps the home fires burn­ing
in the hearts of the readers, makes the
enemy seem a terrible horde of fiends, the
army it supports a band of angels on a mis­sion
of peace and love.
There is so much that can't be printed
during the course of a War that innumer­able
books have been written telling of all
the things that the home folks never knew.
Sir Phillip Gibbs has written several books
telling some of the less pleasant aspects of
the actions of our troops and some of the
Thunderations
By Gum
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
this column are not necessarily the editorial opin­ions
of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial policy.
* * * *
WEDNESDAY night happened a
Kappa Deltp. dance. It happened
very nicely-, as all Kappa Delta
dances. There were some very pretty
dresses, the description of which cannot
be given account looking at the wearers.
* * * *
It comes to mind "A" Club or other dances
are because of the Kappa Deltas. Without
them 't'would be pretty puddly.
* * * *
Might as well bring to light here at the
start my fervent1 good wishes for a long
and successful screen career for the two
members of Wednesday's show, Lila Lee,
and Monte Blue. Two of the most promis­ing
prospects Hollywood has had in a long
time.
* * * *
Chances are they will outshine Thomas
Meigan, Marguerite Clark, William S. Hart,
and Mary Pickf ord, who are now the reign­ing
favorites.
* * * *
However, see Simone Simon the French
importation, in today's show. With Her­bert
Marshall, and with the nicest voice and
eyes seen for twenty-five cents in quite some
time.
* * * *
Irregardless Jessie Mathews can have my
car fare for her singing and dancing which
is more than better than that of Ginger
Rogers. Any takers?
* * * *
Observed my friend, the Chi Omega, com­ing
from church, Sunday. Nice people these
Chi Omegas.
* * * *
And note to the little girl who walked
home with some guy from Wimberly's Wed­nesday
night at ten-thirty: Walking out
there is done, but there are always people
who will bring you home.
* * * *
Have never heard such a wail about Sat­urday
classes as this year. Since last year's
social pickup and with the prospects even
better this year it was kind of expected
Saturday would be reserved as "dying day"
after these one A. M. Friday night dances.
It is generally thought eight o'clock classes
on Saturday morning is a form of torture
just short of those known during the Span­ish
Inquisition. Lanterns and guides could
at least be furnished those unfortunates who
have to get up in the middle of the night
and go to classes on Saturday mornings—
to die sitting up.
* * * *
A movement has already been started to
have all Saturday morning classes at the
Wind Mill to avoid the trouble of having
to move certain dead bodies two times.
* * * *
Getting back to the K. D. dance of Wed­nesday
night. . . Dottie Hendon and Louisa
Taylor from Shorter who had on blue
dresses, I think Molly Brasfield in
yellow Mary Pearce in something very
nice looking Hop Head Hagood in
something blue, I think. . . . And . . ..
Goaty Thomas, who got off early Wed­nesday
night. . . . Bill Milan with a bow
tie. . . . Vernon Merritt. . . .Joe Sarver. . . .
Jarvis Brown. . . . George Quinney, or some
other dead body. . . . Jane Dickson and Lily
Barnes Cherry of Opelika Andy El­liott
or some other K. Sig J. Frisby
Roberts Squint Thrasher Lt
Cornelo. . . . "Dimples" McAllister
and the Auburn Knights Orchestra, who
played more than very well indeed.
Don't We All!
"I don't want to make you unhappy",
means I will now report to you certain ma­licious
gossip which will reduce you to sleep­less
misery. »
"I'm only thinking of you dear", means
I am now about to get a little of my own
back.
"I'm bound to admit", means I will now
confuse the main issue.
"I'm not one to criticize", means I will
now proceed to find fault with all you have
done.
"I'm as broad minded as any one", means
I am about to step right out of it and tell
you a few home truths.
"I'm a tolerant sort of fellow", means I
can't endure you another minute and am
now preparing to throw you out of the
house.
These, or words like them, must be the
prelude to half the quarrels in the world.
—Monica Redlich, in The Spectator.
decent things that the Germans never got
credit for. A book like "All Quiet on the
Western Front", by Remarque, so popular
a few years ago shows that all the atrocity
stories couldn't be true and that the Ger­mans
even thought we were barbarians and
would eat women and little children if we
got a chance.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE P A G E T H R EE
JACK TODD, Editor
Contributors
HOWARD WORKMAN
RAY POWELL
Large Number Frosh
Report For Practice
Seventy-one aspirants reported to
Coach Ralph Jordan Tuesday after­noon
for the first freshman football
practice. Jordan said that as yet he
is unable to say just what kind of a
team he will have.
Due to a Southeastern Conference
ruling, the frosh eleven can only play
two games a season. The first game,
with Birmingham-Southern is set for
September 26, but will undoubtedly be
postponed, perhaps to October 2. The
other game will be played November
11, Armistice Day, with the Georgia
Tech Rats. Both games are to be in
Auburn.
S. E. C TEAMS ROUND INTO SHAPE FOR SEASON
FEW CHANGES ARE
MADE IN COACHING
STAFFS THIS YEAR
Dawson, Neyland, Cody Are
, Only Switches In Coaching
Personnel As Year Begins
Colleges in the Southeastern Con­ference
seem stable in their coaching
divisions for 1936 only three changes
being made in the coaching staff.
Bob Neyland resigned from the
army to renew his coaching duties
which have proven highly successful
during the past years. Red Dawson,
alumnus and former great Tulane
quarterback, comes from Minnesota
to take over the coaching division at
Tulane.
Josh Cody, assistant coach at Van-derbilt
and former head coach at both
Clemson and Mercer, is to coach at
Florida, replacing an all-alumni coach­ing
set-up.
Auburn will be rounded into top
form by Coach Jack Meagher; Ala­bama
again is coached by Frank
Thomas; Georgia by Harry Mehre;
Georgia Tech by Bill Alexander, dean
of southeastern coaches in point of
service, and Kentucky enjoys its third
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Shows and the Vaudeville stage
Classes includes all phases of the dance:
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TECHNIQUE RUSSIAN
GRECIAN BALLET TOE
TAP ACROBATIC
ALSO MUSIC APPRECIATION
Registration: Friday, Sept. 18th from 4 to 8 p. m.
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Watch This Fellow!
SAM McCROSKEY plays his last year for Auburn, and is expected
to turn in a list of brilliant performances. Sam weighs 188, is 5-10
inches, and has plenty of fight. Besides being a fine football player,
he possesses a good personality and is liked well by everyone.
SPORTS CHATTER
By JACK TODD
When the»Tigers open their 1936
schedule of ten games against Birm­ingham-
Southern in Montgomery next
Friday night, they will be playing
their 317th game and pointing for the
191st victory. And the present squad
is the 45th in Auburn's football his­tory.
* * *
Superstition is very much, in evi­dence
on this year's team as junior
and senior members will wear the
same numerals on their jerseys this
year as last when they rang up eight
wins out of te^n contests.
* * *
Speaking of your traveling sales­men,
Auburn will travel a total of
9664 miles this season! The longest
trek to be made is the jaunt to San
Francisco on October 31—a total of
5712 miles. The next longest is the
1756 miles to be covered by the Ben­gals
when they oppose the University
of Detroit in Detroit, Michigan on
October 17.
* * *
The Bengals coaching staff is five-eighths
home town talent. Auburn
trained coaches now serving their
Alma Mater are: Jimmie Hitchcock,
The Mirror
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get one complimentary ticket to the
Tiger Theatre. Good for any show
within a week from date except on
Jack Pot night. You must recognize
yourself before Monday noon, follow­ing
publication.
If you recognize yourself be sure
and come by the Tiger Grocery Store
and get your free ticket, as we want
you to use it.
* * *
THE LADY
She was seen in front of the Tiger
Cafe on Wednesday afternoon about 4
o'clock talking to another lady. She
wore a yellow dress, green belt, tan
shoes, and she was carrying her purse
under her arm.
* * *
THE MAN
He was seen in front of Toomer's
Drug Store wearing a brown suit,
grey hat, striped tie, and black shoes.
He weighs about one hundred and
sixty pounds. He was talking to a
lady about 4 o'clock Wednesday after­noon.—
Adv.
Ralph Jordan, Bat McCollum, Boots
Chambless and Sterling Dupree, all
outstanding athletes.
* * *
The advance ticket sales to alumni
has doubled that of 1935 at the same
time last last. Which lends hope that
this season will be successful both
financially and in games won.
Auburn Hi Works
With Light But
Fast Team
Auburn High's football team is tak­ing
shape nicely, according to Coach
Hitchcock. He states that although
this year's team will be neither the
heaviest nor the most experienced in
this section, it will rank with the best
in brilliance and speed.
Only three of the 1935 lettermen are
back for action this season, namely
Abb Chrietzberg, center; Paul Dug-gar,
guard; and Rob Howard, a tackle
of last season, who has been shifted to
left half. Howard should be the spark
of the Tiger's aerial attack, with Jack
Bright and Charlie Ham or Mitchell
Wadkins, at the terminals to do most
of the receiving. The rest of the line
consists of Tom Edwards and John
Hudson at tackles, Letterman Duggar
and Ham Tippens at guards, and Abb
Chrietzberg at the pivot position. In
the backfield will be "Preacher" Preer
at quarter, Bob Smyer at right wing
back, Howard at left half, and Allen
Turner at fullback.
The Tiger's rather heavy schedule
is as follows: Sept. 24, Troy in Troy
(night); Oct. 2, open; Oct. 9, Opp in
Opp (night); Oct. 16, LaFayette in
LaFayette; Oct. 25, Columbus High in
Columbus; Oct. 30, Fairfax in Fair
fax; Nov. 6, open; Nov. 13 Tuskegee
in Tuskegee; Nov. 20, Union Springs
in Auburn; and Nov. 26, open. Ope-lika
will probably be the opponent on
one of the open dates.
McKinnon Returns To
School Alter Absence
With but one more week remaining I
before the opening game with South-1
em, it appears that the Plainsmen's
hardest games this year will be with
L. S. U. and Georgia Tech.
* * *
Mississippi State gridironers are
getting salt baths before practices.
This is supposed to act as an anti-*
septic agai«st bruises and cuts which
seems to mean that State expects to
meet some rough foes.
* * *
The University of California has a
45 year old candidate for their foot­ball
team named William West. West
played end at the same school two
decades ago and is now out for guard
owing to an increase in weight which
has cut down his fleetness of foot.
* * *
Both sides are permitted to run with
a blocked kick this year which should
be of some aid to Auburn. The 180
pound line should do plenty of break­ing
through this season.
* * *
Eastern sports writers pick Ford-ham
for the 1936 Rose Bowl classic.
Which seems to differ with most other
writers who have favored Auburn for
Ray McKinnon, who ran on the
Freshman track team of 1935 break
ing the field records in the quarter
and half mile, is back in school again
after being out a year. He expects to
run the quarter and half mile with
' the varsity this year, and judging by
his impressive record of accomplish­ments
on the cinders here and at prep
school, he will gather more honors be­fore
the season ends.
In 316 games, A. P. I. football teams
have scored 5195 points against 2626
for their opporents. This record dates
back to Auburn's first game in 1892.
the job. However, it is rather early
to debate on such an uncertain ques­tion.
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Tech Is Most Improved Team In Conference According To
Reports; L. S. U., Auburn Hampered By Inclement Weather
As Every Football Camp Is Busy Preparing For Campaigns
Ray Morrison, Vanderbilt mentor,
thinks that with a fair share of the
breaks, his charges will finish near the
top of the Southeastern Conference
this fall. His best bet is the line
which averages 202 pounds. The Com­modores
open against the Middle Ten­nessee
Teachers on September 23.
Alabama's Crimson Tide is improv­ing
daily under the able hand of Coach
Thomas, particularly in their offen­sive
maneuvers. Thomas has been
spending a good part of his time in
seasoning the subs in order to provide
for a strong reserve squad.
Louisiana State has met the same
handicaps in their pre-season training
as have the Auburn Tigers, namely,
rainy afternoons. However, most of
the squad is in excellent physical
shape and are spending part of the
time drilling on charted plays in prep­aration
for their first encounter of the
season with Rice on September 26.
The Georgia Bulldogs are also show­ing
improvement in their scrimmage
according to Coach Harry Mehre.
Georgia faces a comparatively easy
assignment when they meet Mercer
in their initial game.
Coach Red Dawson has been putting
the Greenies of Tulane through some
hard scrimmages this week in an at­tempt
to overcome the edge Old Miss
will have on his boys by having a
warm-match.
Ole Miss is in top form after going
through their final scrimmage yes­terday
under the guidance of Coach
Ed Walker. From now until Septem­ber
19, when they play Union, the
Rebels will spend most of the time
drilling on charted plays.
The Kentucky Wildcats are running
through simple offensive formations to
get rounded into shape for taking on
Maryville in a comparatively easy
game for Kentucky.
The Georgia Tech • Yellowjackets'
morale was elevated Wednesday by the
return of Captain Mit Fitzsimmons
who suffered a knee injury last week.
The Engineers are claimed to be the
fastest improving team in the South­eastern
Conference.
Tennessee showed a marked im­provement
in their timing during
scrimmages this past week. The Vols
have been strengthened considerably
by Joe Dougherty, star fullback.
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NIXON DISCUSSES POISON CASES
STUDIED BY STATE LABORATORY
Two Cases Of Arsenic Poison Have Been Analyzed Lately In
State Laboratory; Nixon Says There Must Be Some Method
Of Curtailing Poisonings Which Cause Many Deaths Yearly
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11, Sam Roper and his family
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just outside of Grove Hill, Alabama,
shortly after their noonday meal.
Their doctor, after an examination,
concluded that their illness could not
have resulted from anything that they
had eaten. The cause of it, he said,
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was from some other source. Two
days later the Ropers had company
for Sunday dinner, and again the doc­tor
was summoned to the Roper home
when both the family and their com­pany
complained of feeling bad. The
County Agent then wrote to Mr.
Nixon, at the same time sending him
samples of lard and flour from the
Roper house, and asking for an analy­sis
of each sample. After making
such analysis in his offices here, Mr.
Nixon reported that both the flour
and the lard contained calcium arse­nate,
a very strong poison.
It seems that the farmers in that
section of the country usually keep
on hand a supply of this poison, and
by the act of a. careless person, some
of tlhe calcium arsenate was allowed
to get into the food.
No deaths resulted from this inci­dent,
but the entire Roper family and
their company had very narrow es
capes.
On August 24, in this same county,
there was a report that another fam­ily
had been poisoned by calcium ar
senate. The result of this poisoning
was death for one member of the fam­ily
and slow recoveries for the other
four members. In this community
several domestic animals were killed
by the same poison.
Mr. Nixon, in speaking of some way
to stop this poisoning, said, "If a state
regulation compelled the manufac­turers
of calcium arsenate to add some
distinctive coloring agent to this
poison, it would serve to identify this
substance, and a large number of such
cases each year would be reduced very
materially."
The Toxicologist said that he has
received reports of poisoning on the
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all of which have recently become
very popular. Another point to be
considered is the fact that during
their first thirty-two years of exist­ence,
the steps weathered various at­mospheric
conditions for a period of
time double the period that elapsed un­til
they were repaired again. How­ever,
every student attending Auburn
in the early days had all classes in
Samford Hall and was compelled to
ascend the steps several times daily,
while in recent years some of the stu­dents
never have occasion to visit
Samford Hall.
Increased wear is also due to the
increasing number of coeds registered
here as compared to former years.
How does this produce greater wear?
Simply because wherever there is a
female you will also find a male. Since
the classes of most coeds are held in
Samford Hall, the charming male es­corts
may constantly be seen accom­panying
their "lady-love" to those
boring classes.
I t . i s also of interest to know that
Miss Allie Glenn, treasurer of Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute for 40
years, was the first to ascend the steps
when they were repaired in 1920 and
again in 1936, and quoting Miss Glenn,
"I will be the first to ascend them
when they are again repaired in years
to come."
The officials of the college should
prevent continuous wear on these his­toric
steps by some method. The
writer suggests that all people who
traverse the steps be required to re­move
all footwear to eliminate the
friction as much as possible. Every
student should be permitted to ascend
or descend the steps only a limited
number of times during each year, for
example, during registration and dur­ing
commencement. Otherwise the
traditional Samford steps will become
a thing of the past and every "rat"
will be deprived of a great thrill.
Plainsman Is Member
ACP Again This Year
As in the past several years The
Plainsman will be a member of the
Associated Collegiate Press. The fol­lowing
points enables the colleges over
the country to benefit by being a mem­ber
of this press:
All-American Critical Service—A
yearly critical analysis, with the aid
of a comprehensive scorebook, of each
publication that is a member of the
Association.
Collegiate Press Review—A monthly
magazine containing timely articles
and helps and hints for the editors of
college papers.
Business Review—A monthly maga­zine
which features timely articles for
the business managers of college news­papers.
ACP Feature Service—A weekly
news service for college newspapers.
The extending of aid to state and
regional press associations.
The holding of a national conven
tion which is in reality a short course
in publishing and editing.
The promotion of research studies
on all problems of collegiate publish­ing.
His two ace rivals last year, Dar-rel
Lester, Texas Christian Univer­sity,
and Gomer Jones, Ohio State,
having concluded their collegiate ca­reers,
Walter Gilbert, Fairfield, Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute's peerless
captain, opens the 1936 season against
Birmingham-Southern in Montgomery,
Friday night, Sejtember 25, labeled
America's foremost center. The out­standing
Gilbert received numerous
All-American honors as a junior in
1935 and is one of Auburn's leading
pivot stars of all-time.
A record of 104 victories against
55 losses in 14 campaigns as a head
football mentor is the mark held by
Alabama Polytechnic Institute's chief
grid master and athletic director, Jack
Meagher, who has coached Auburn
gridders for the past two seasons.
average of one case each day for the
past month. He has written to the
State Commissioner of Agriculture,
recommending that some such plan as
coloring the poison be put into effect
immediately. Mr. Nixon concluded,
"At the present rate of deaths caused
by calcium arsenate poisoning, I pre­dict
that more than one hundred
people in the State of Alabama will
have been killed by the end of this
year."
Hairston President
Of Debating Society
George Hairston, junior in Science
and Literature, was elected president
of the Debate Council which held its
first meeting on Tuesday night, Sep­tember
15. Bertha Kahn was chosen
as secretary.
Mr. E. D. Hess explained the ac­tivities
of the club and George Hair­ston
gave a talk on "Reasons for Tak­ing
Debating". The Club received
more new members from the freshman
class than it has in the past.
A second meeting will be held on
Monday afternoon, September 21, at
four o'clock in Mr. Hess' office. Mr.
Hess urges all freshmen or upper-classmen
who are interested to attend
this meeting at which time an open
forum will be held.
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AFTER RUSH WEEK
Ruch Dancing School
Has Opening Saturday
The Alice Ruch School of Dancing
will begin classes Saturday morning,
September 19, at the Masonic Hall
above the College Inn. Classes in
classical, acrobatic, toe, tap, and in­terpretive
dancing will be held.
Mrs. Ruch, who will conduct the
classes, is a graduate of a Philadel­phia
conservatory of dancing and was
a member of the Pennsylvania Opera
Company Ballet. She has also danced
in several Broadway hits.
Mrs. Ruch reports a very favorable
response to her new undertaking. All
interested in dancing are invited to
attend the opening of the school.
• (Continued from Page 1)
Silson, Dothan; Dan Smith, Ozark;
Dewitte Keener, Grady; Raynor Pit-tis,
Guntersville.
Alpha Lambda Tau
Trevitt Tomlison, Danville; G. P.
Smith, Section; W. D. Corroll, Mc-
Calla; E. J. Smith, Crichton; Bert
Martin, Kinston, N. C; "Doc"
Granger, Ashford; Brice Nelson,
Birmingham; Frank Clayter, Mc-
Calla.
Phi Delta Theta
Ralston Long, Uniontown; Kirby
Clements, Montgomery; James Flow­ers,
Montgomery; Penn Montgomery,
Opelika; Preston Reeder, Florence;
John Foreman, America; James Swift,
Gadsden; Turner Williams, Buena
Vista, Ga.; Gordon Hood, Gadsden;
Grover Barfield, Columbus, Ga.; Wins­ton
Garth, Athens; Bernard Sykes,
Montgomery; Tom Wheeler, Montgom­ery;
Frank Haggard, Gadsden; Jack
Bentley, Gadsden; James Wood, Troy;
Sewell Jones, Selma; Joe Fleming,
Huntsville; Bruce Gibson, Birming­ham;
Oliver Matthews, Huntsville;
Frank Johnson, Anniston; John
Smyth, Opelika; Carl Morgan, Union-town;
James Thrash, Columbus, Ga.
Delta Sigma Phi
Frank Bass, Birmingham; John La­nier,
Birmingham; Bill Schaffner,
Birmingham; Joe Crooks, Birming­ham;
Dallas Benton, Birmingham;
Earl Lindsay, Montevallo; Bill
Fowler, Birmingham; Bill Carrol,
Birmingham; Henley Jones, Birming­ham;
Walter Heath, Birmingham;
Jeff Carleton, Birmingham; Robert
Howard, Birmingham; Jack Dunlop
Birmingham; Tom Mitchell, Besse­mer;
Roger Hamel, Bessemer; Billy
Jones, Mobile.
Pi Kappa Alpha
M. L. Mooney, Gadsden; Oscar El­lison,
Andalusia; Hudson Goode, Sel­ma;
Henry Whitfield, Demopolis;
Henry Smith, Andalusia; Fred Eaves,
Selma; Ed Melson, Huntsville; Char­lie
Sims, Selma; Bobby Dees, Green­ville;
Ted Chiles, Albertville; Julian
Mirrick, Lakeland, Fla.; Bob Massen-gale,
Montgomery; J. O. Risher, Sel­ma;
Vernon Morgan, Georgiana; Jess
Massengale, Montgomery; Ray Gib­son,
Ft. Walton, Fla.; Carl Preer,
Auburn; Jack Neal, Birmingham; Bob
Lawrence, Birmingham; H a r ry
Bailey, Huntsville; Jack Walker,
Birmingham; Eddie Haygood, Green­ville;
Bill Nicholson, Birmingham;
Tom King, DeFuniak Springs, Fla.
Theta Chi
J. L. McClain, Keener; Tom Mar­tin,
Plantersville; J. D. Williams,
Clanton; H. L. Phillips, Canal Zone;
Jack Carr, Selma; Andrew Salis,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; L. B. Murphy, Elba;
Robin Russell, Anniston; C. W. Lind-sey,
Elba; Frank Brown, Maplesville;_
Leonard Lett, Selma; R. H. Old, Flor­ence;
Ned Jordan, Selma; Orville
Ginter, Piedmont; Foreman Brice, An­niston;
John Higgins, Clanton; Bill
Suttle, Marion; Keatley Baker, Ma­rion
Junction; Ray Dorsey, Opp; Por­ter
Gilland, Attala; A. R. Sylvester,
Eufaula.
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