1937-01-27 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME LX
TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1937 NUMBER 32
State Race
No Interest
To Duncan
President Duncan Says He Will
Not Be A Candidate In The
Governor's Race For 1938
PREFERS EDUCATION
Has Been Urged By Friends To
Enter Race; Believes He Can
Render Greater Service Here
President L. N. Duncan will not al­low
his name to be used as candidate
for governor in 1938. He prefers the
work he is doing in education which
is his "first love" and he prefers also
to do that work for and with the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
A statement to this effect was re­leased
by Dr. Duncan in the press of
Tuesday, thus settling much discus
sion over the State concerning him
and the gubernatorial campaign of
next year.
Has Been Urged To Run
It is known that Dr. Duncan has
received many letters and personal
requests from friends throughout the
State urging him to run and promis
ing support. Sometime ago he made
a public statement in which he de­clared
that he would not consider
being a candidate unless it should be­come
obvious to him that it would be
better for Auburn and for the work
in which he is engaged. Since the
legislature has enacted laws which are
expected to solve Auburn's financial
problem, Dr. Duncan sees no reason
why he should become involved in a
political campaign. His statement in
full follows:
"Under no circumstances will I be
a candidate for governor of Alabama
in 1938. I make this statement after
numerous requests from friends over
the State who have earnestly urged
use of my name for this important of­fice.
Naturally, I am exceedingly
grateful to them.
"But I believe that I can render
greater service where I am; and my
one great desire is to render maximum
service for Alabama's development
along all lines, especially education,
agriculture, and industry.
"Recent legislation, plus that which
we had should enable us to operate
efficiently at Auburn, thus pushing
forward with our constructive pro­gram.
This legislation is expected
also to enable all public education and
other public agencies in Alabama to
operate efficiently and we are most
grateful for this because, at Auburn,
we always seek a complete system of
public education for the state.
"I express my very cordial and sin­cere
appreciation to the Governor and
the members of the Alabama Legisla­ture
for their earnest and patriotic
efforts in dealing with the numerous
and most difficult problems confront­ing
our State. With their help we are
now in position to go forward with
development in accordance with our
training, our energy, and our re­sources.
To do so we must work to­gether
for common good and mutual
progress."
Dance Regulations
Following is the set of Dance
Regulations that will govern the
Junior Prom:
1. The returning of accept­ance
cards by the girls attend­ing
the dances shall not be com­pulsory,
but requested so that
adequate housing facilities may
be arranged.
2. Girls shall be expected to
stay in the fraternity house as­signed
to them during their
stay in Auburn.
3. Girls shall not be required
to check in and out of the
dances.
4. Girls shall not be required
to remain on the dance floor at
all times.
5. Visiting girls shall be ex­pected
to sign in at their re­spective
assigned houses not
later than 2:30 A. M. unless a
buffet supper is attended, in
which case they shall be allowed
to sign in 20 minutes after the
close of the function.
Two Weekly Newspapers Are
To Be Published In Auburn
Doug Wallace Will Edit The
Auburn Times; First Edi­tion
Tomorrow
Coming off the press tomorrow, The
Auburn Times will appear as one of
the City's two newspapers to be pub­lished
as county weeklies.
The Auburn Times will be published
each Thursday throughout the year
to serve this community and Lee
County. It is to carry city, county, and
outstanding school articles. »
Doug Wallace, editor of The Plains­man
last year, will edit the new pub­lication.
Wallace has had a great
deal of journalistic experience being
Auburn correspondent to the Birming­ham
Post during the time he was en­rolled
in Auburn and also majoring
in Journalism. He is the son of Mr.
D. W. Wallace, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
Northwest branch manager of the
American Cast Iron Pipe Company,
of Birmingham. He is also the grand­son
of Dr. Paul Bomar, former presi­dent
of Judson College and widely
known educator.
A. H. Tucker, graduate of Auburn
in 1923, will be business manager of
the publication. Mr. Tucker is owner
of the Auburn Printing Company.
The Auburn Times will be the first
weekly to be published in this county
since the turn of the century and
should tend to bring the community
closer together.
Birthday Ball
In Roosevelt's
Honor Is Plan
Ball Is Not To Conflict With
Junior Prom; Kyser's Music
To Be Transmitted To Hall
Neil O. Davis To Finance And
Edit The Lee County
Bulletin
The Lee County Bulletin, one of the
two county weeklies, to be published
here, is to begin operation next week
with the first issue being published on
Thursday, February 4.
The paper is financed locally and
will be published by Neil 0. Davis,
1935 graduate of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute. Mr. Davis is selling
his Southwest Georgian at Ft. Gaines,
Ga., and will come to Auburn this
week to take charge of the new pub­lication.
In addition to serving the City of
Auburn The Lee County Bulletin, says
Mr. Davis, will carry news of interest
to the entire rural population of Lee
County. It is expected that the new
paper, he continued, will meet with
popular approval since Lee County is
at present the only one in the State
in which a weekly newspaper is not
published.
As editor of The Auburn Plains­man
during his senior year at Auburn
Mr. Davis was awarded the R. E.
Steele trophy awarded by the Alaba­ma
Press Association for the best
work of a student journalist in the
State. His first position was that
of editor of The Dothan Journal.
From there he went to Rossville, Ga.,
to become publisher of the new North
Georgia Journal, and later moved to
Ft. Gaines where he purchased the
Southwest Georgian.
The Lee County Bulletin will carry
a minimum of eight seven-column
pages. The equipment will include a
new No. 14 Linotype and a four-page
Cottrell press. The printing staff of
the Southwest Georgian is coming to
Auburn with Mr. Davis to publish the
new paper.
Inter-Club Plans Are Complete For Prom;
Will Build | Duncan Greets Visiting Girls;
CityCenter N a n c y N e l s Q n g m g s W k h R a y
Inter-Club Council Formulates
Plans For $9,000 Club House
For All School Organizations
NOTHING DEFINITE
Is To Be Located On Land
Granted To City By Auburn
Club; Scouts To Participate
Preparations were completed yes­terday
for a colorful Roosevelt Birth­day
Ball celebration to be held Satur­day
evening in Student Hall, 9 to 12
o'clock, according to Prof. John W.
Roe, general chairman of arrange­ments.
Mr. Roe announced that arrange­ments
had been made wherebjl the
music of Kay Kyser and his orchestra
would be relayed from Alumni Gmy-nasium
to Student Hall. Mr. Kyser,
who is playing this year for the Mid-
Year Dances, Thursday through Sat­urday,
gave his consent for the music
to be amplified in Student Hall upon
request of Vernon Merrrtt, chairman
of the student social committee.
Not To Compete With Prom
It was carefully explained by Mr.
Roe that the Birthday Ball would in
no way be staged in competition with
the student dances at the Gymnasium.
Only faculty members, their wives,
and townspeople will be admitted to
the Roosevelt Ball, he added.
A special feature of the ball will be
a leadout for the new members of the
faculty and those attending the dance
who have recently come to Auburn.
Others aiding with the arrange­ments
are Mrs. Herman D. Jones,
George Scarseth, P. O. Davis, and
Captain R. E. M. Des Islets.
Preston To Conduct
Baptist Student Meet
William Hall Preston, Southwide
Associate Baptist Secretary from
Nashville, Tennessee, will lead the
Auburn Baptist Student officers in
a mid-winter retreat, or meeting, at
Camp Spring Villa this week-end. The
main purpose of this retreat will be
to plan and to prepare for the second
semester's activities among Baptist
students.
Mr. Preston, who is a former col­lege
B. S. U. president, has been con­nected
with the student department
of the Southern Baptist work for
more than ten years and is thorough­ly
conversant with college and stu­dent
problems.
According to Robert Johnston,
president of the local B. S. U., twen­ty-
two students, at present, are plan­ning
to attend the meeting. Trans­portation
has been arranged and the
group will leave the Baptist Church
at 3:00 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Anyone desiring to be included in the
outing are requested to notify John­ston
or call 415.
Mr. Preston will conduct the
morning and evening services at the
local Baptist church Sunday.
The Inter-Club Council of Auburn
has formulated plans to build a Com­munity
House, or City Center, to serve
the needs of the city's organizations.
Though the plans are not definite and
much discussion is expected on the
plan it is hoped that something defi­nite
will develop by the end of the
week.
The proposed building will be erect­ed
at a cost of $9,000 and will in all
probability be erected on land deeded
to the city by the Auburn Golf Club.
The construction will be financed by
Federal funds which will cover two-thirds
of the total cost. The club will
raise the remainder of the funds' nec­essary.
The building is to provide accom­modations
for all the various organi­zations
in town including the Boy and
Girl Scout troops. There will also
be a lounge for- recreation and social
functions.
. Need Is Felt
Few of the town's organizations
now have meeting places of their own
and such a community center will be
of invaluable aid to the organizations
in their work. As a matter of civic
pride it should be worth the while of
the townspeople to back the council
in their effort to fulfill this plan. For
many years the need for such a club­house
has been felt and it is decidedly
a step in the right direction toward
a more unified civic effort on the part
of the clubs themselves and the Coun­cil
to sponsor the erection of such a
building.
Enrollment Figures >
Expected To Reach
2600 For Next Term
All Committee Heads Are Named
To Judge State High School Meet
Final arrangements have been com­pleted
for the annual High School
Tournament to be held here on April
1, 2, and 3. The tournament will be
the largest ever held and many new
contests will be opened to the high
school students.
The committee in charge of ar­rangements,
under the direction of
Dr. Leo Gosser, have announced the
various chairmen who will be in
charge of the different contests.
The Art contests will be under the
supervision of Prof. Frank Appleby
and will include groups in freehand
drawing and design. The plant bi­ology
section will be under the direc­tion
of Prof. J. L. Seal while Prof.
J. M. Robinson will have charge of
the animal biology group.
Drama Under Peet
The drama contest, which has in
the past attracted much interest will
be handled by Mr. T. B. Peet with the
assistance of Mr. C. R. Wade. The
drama contest will be divided into pre­liminaries,
to be held on Friday morn­ing
and afternoon, and the finals,
which will be held on Saturday night.
Prof. Roger Allen will conduct the
Chemistry group and the foreign lan­guage
contests will be under the di­rection
of Prof. T. P. Atkinson assist­ed
by Mrs. S. L. Toomer, Prof. J. W.
Roe and Mr. W. A. Wonderly in the
French, Spanish, and German groups,
respectively.
The forestry competition' will be
conducted by Prof. E>. J. Weddell and
the History events will be held by
Prof. R. B. Draughon.
Contests in Spelling, Writing, In­dustrial
Arts, Latin, Mathematics,
Mechanical Drawing, Music, Physics
and Public Speaking will be supervis­ed
respectively by Professors Adams,
C. P. Weaver, Coppedge and Cobb,
(Continued on Page 4)
Official registration dates for the
second semester as announced in the
college catalogue are January 28
through noon of January 30. For
the purpose of accommodating stu­dents
the Registrar's office has been
accepting registrations since last
Monday, thereby allowing - students
one full week of vacation before 8
a. m., Monday, February 1, the be­ginning
of the second semester. All
students failing to register before
noon Saturday will be charged a fee
of $1.00 per day for each day that
they are late in registration.
Total registration for the first se­mester
amounted to 2450. The Reg­istrar
is confident that this number
will be swelled to at least 2600 for
the second term.
Statistics from 593 approved col­leges
and universities in the U. S..
show an average increase of 6.5 per
cent over the preceding year which
in turn exceeded the year previous
by 6.6 per cent. During 1936 at Au­burn
there was an increase of 12 per
cent, or twice the national average,
over the total number registered in
1935.
Virginia Sims Unable To Come
At Last Minute; Nancy Nel­son
To Be Her Substitute
DANCE RULES LISTED
Has Array Of Featured Vocal­ists
Who Were With Him
On Last Appearance Here
A last minute communication from
the MCA revealed that, due to the
serious illness of her mother, Vir­ginia
Sims, vocalist with Kay Kyser,
returned home suddenly to Fresno,
Calif., and has been succeeded by
Nancy Nelson, attractive and versatile
songstress.
Well-known for her outstanding
work with such orchestras as Dick
Jurgens, Roger Pryor, and Joe Reich-man,
Miss Nelson's vocalizing fits in
perfectly with Kyser's style of synco­pation.
Easily adapted to all types
of numbers, Nancy's voice has been
featured over both NBC and CBS net­works,
and in operettas on the legiti­mate
stage.
Kyser also brings with him an ar­ray
of masculine vocal talent includ­ing
Arthur Wright, Sully Mason, Bill
(Continued on Page 4)
Presents Glee Club
Tony Sarg To
Present Show
On February 8
Be Presented Under Auspices
Of Auburn Players; "The
Mikado" Is Marionettes Play
Merritt Predicts Record Crowd
For Entire Prom Set As
Campus Enthusiasm Mounts
112 ACCEPT BIDS
Director Lawrence Barnett Will
present the 1937 Auburn Glee Club
in its first concert Friday night at
7:15 in Langdon Hall.
Concert Is Free;
Flood Area Will
Get Donations
Mayor Yarbrough, in a state­ment
to The Plainsman today urged
everyone possible to attend the
Glee Club concert and donate free­ly
to the flood fund to be raised
during the program.
Red Cross Working
For Flood Donations
Donations for the American Red
Cross fund for the flood sufferers
have totaled $227.39. The largest
single gift being $53.53 given by the
A. A. A. employees.
A local drive for funds for relief of
the thousands of flood sufferers is be­ing
conducted by the Auburn Red
Cross Chapter. Donations will be re­ceived
by either Prof. A. D. Burke,
chairman, or the Rev. S. B. Hay,
treasurer.
Mr. Hay stated that a check for
$28 was sent to headquarters in Wash­ington,
D. C, last week and it is hoped
that another donation may be forward­ed
from Auburn by Saturday.
The Auburn Players announced yes­terday
that word had been received
from Tony Sarg that he and his wide­ly
known Marionettes would appear
here on February 8. Sarg's Marion­ettes
have achieved wide acclaim
throughout the United States and are
well recognized on the campus.
Last year Sarg presented "A Con­necticut
Yankee in King Arthur's
Court" and "Faust, the Wicked Ma­gician"
before capacity audiences in
Langdon Hall. This year Sarg and
his Marionettes will stage the produc-,
tion "The Mikado", a play which has
been well received for years every­where.
Players Work On Production
Work on the set for "Wings Over
Europe", next production of the Play­ers
has been started and will be fin­ished
in time for the try-outs for the
fourteen remaining roles to be held
at 7:30 the evening of February 4 in
the Y-Hut. Prof. Peet, director of
the Players, urges all who are. inter­ested
to attend the tryouts at that
time. Points toward the cup to be
awarded by the Players to the frater­nity
having the greatest number of
men participating in the organization
will be given those who even try for
the parts.
At their regular 'practice meeting
Monday night the members of the
Glee Club changed the admission plans
for the concert which is to be given
Friday, 7:15 p.m. Instead of admitting
students with their ticket books and
charging a small fee for others, the
club decided to admit everyone entire­ly
free of charge. However, two boxes
will be placed at the doors so that
anyone wishing to do so may contrib­ute
any amount. These contributions
will not be used by the Glee Club in
any part but the entire sum will be
sent to Radio Station WHAS, Louis­ville,
Kentucky, as Auburn's part to­ward
helping those suffering from the
fires, floods, and diseases now ranging
in that vicinity.
Auburn students should now have
a triple purpose in attending the con­cert—
to hear one of the best and most
interesting musical program that will
be presented here this year, to show
Director Lawrence Barnett Auburn's
appreciation for the work he has done
the past few months, and to help a
part of our country which definitely
needs every aid possible.
The program which will be sung
opens with the whole club singing sev­eral
choruses of the favorite song
"Glory to Old Auburn". During the
course of the concert many popular
and semi-classical numbers will be
sung. Such songs as "Drink to Me
Only With Thine Eyes", "I Got Plenty
of Nuthin' ", I'm Getting Sentimental
Over You", "Make Believe", and "On
Great Lone Hills" are examples of
the type of program in store.
List Of Those Having Signified
Intention Of Attending Is
Given; Many More Expected
Tigers Have 9 Tilts In Next 13 Days;
Team Making Good Show In Games
Safely through with examinations,
the varsity basketball squad is pre­paring
for an almost straight run of
13 games in 19 days. They will meet
Goodyear Tire in Gadsden Friday
night and with Birmingham-Southern
in Birmingham Saturday night.
Birmingham-Southern will be play­ed
for the second and last time this
season in a return game in Alumni
Gymnasium at Auburn, Wednesday
night, Feb. 3, at 8 o'clock. Louisiana
State will be met next Monday and
Tuesday in the Plainsmen's opening
collegiate tilt at home this year.
This year's record of the Auburn
boys includes wins over Sewanee, a
Southeastern conference rival; and
two foes from Fort Benning, First
Battalion, Twenty-Ninth Infantry,
and Special Units. Sewanee, which
will invade the plains for a return
series on Monday and Tuesday, Feb.
8 and 9, was beaten 42-31 and 34-29;
the Infantrymen were trimmed 35-
20, and the Special Units bowed to
a 54-13 defeat.
Inexperienced Squad
This is Auburn's most inex­perienced
team in several years, nine
of the 13 players being sophomores
but the Tigers have advanced right
along with the shrewd coaching of
Ralph Jordan. The team has im­proved
so fast that the fans are hav­ing
a difficult time recognizing some
of the players as the ones who were
the mainstays earlier in the month.
Against the Special Units, For­wards
McKissick and Morgan shot 10
and 11 points, but Skipper Jordan
depended on no one individual to
send the ball swishing through the
hoop. Thirteen players were used
aglainst the Special Units and all
scored two or more markers save
four last-minute substitutes.
All plans to insure students the best
set of dances ever staged here have
been completed by the Social Commit­tee
and judging by campus-wide en­thusiasm,
Kay Kyser should open be­fore
a full house tomorrow afternoon.
Acceptance cards from 112 girls are
in the hands of Vernon Merritt, and
many more are expected before the
dances start. "The number of out-of-town
girls to be present at the
dances", Merritt said, "cannot be
judged by the number of acceptance
cards as it is not necessary for the
cards to be sent in.
All visiting girls whether they send
in cards or not will be required to
register and stay at one of the house
parties given by Delta Sigma Phi,
Lambda Chi, Sigma Chi, Alpha Tau
Omega, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsi-lon,
Pi Kappa Alpha, and Phi Delta
Theta."
Girls Accepting
The girls who have sent in accep­tance
cards are: Carolyn Jones, Bett-sy
Robertson, Mary Harper, Catherine
Harper, Mildred Sanford, Alice Reid,
Mary Knox Elliot, Harriette Harvey,
Agnes Blaum, Poet Besler, Carolyn
Robertson, Corella Martin, Frances
Powers, Jean Saunders, Iola McFall,
Frances Sledge, Marguerite Dixon,
Emily Jackson, Frances Cooper, Isa­bel
Rainer, Mary Ellen de Lemos,
Arline Ford, Mary Alice Ford, Rosa-lyn
Tindel, Sara Helen Smith, Rose
McGaffey, and Helen Christie of
Montgomery.
June Brice, Elizabeth Turner, Flor­ence
Gaskin, Pat Ridout, Adrienne
Peay, Daphne Clark, Mary Elizabeth
Scarborough, Mildred Carroll, Inza
Carolyn Lee, Sue Dawson, Betty
Reeves, Sue Powers, Dorothy Wells,
Betty Albright, Dorothy Murfee, and
Annie Poole Leslie of Birmingham;
Bernice Gingold, Frances Honeycutt,
Margaret Mathews, Margaret Elebash
and Louise McFadden of University
of Alabama; Annie Laurie Thompson,
Alvis Neville, Carolyn Robertson,
Frances Williams, Eleanor Watson,
and Emily Campbell of Montevallo;
Jane Thomas, Anna Tilden, Jewel
Turner, Margaret James, and Marie
Ferguson of Tallahassee, Fla.
Janet Snead, Centre; Hazel Turner,
Fayette; Mary Kaywood Julian,
Katherine Murray, Mickie Green,
Bette Wright, Columbus, Ga.; Bever­ly
White, Uniontown; Helen Fowlkes,
Jamie Redwood, Mobile; Louise Lov-ett,
Jean Tatum, Lafayette; Alleta
McMillan, New Orleans; Frank Ra-
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President's Welcome
Welcome to Auburn and to
the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute!
We are honored to have
you and we wish for you a most
happy sojourn with us for the
mid-term dances under the di­rection
of our faculty and social
committees. •
We have at Auburn one of the
nation's best institutions of
higher learning. We are happy
to have you share it with us.
We know that our people are
friendly, cordial, and whole­some.
We have at Auburn a rich and
wholesome social life. This, in
my opinion, is good training for
them but, of course, it should
be balanced properly with other
kinds of instruction. The best
in higher education is our pri­mary
aim at Auburn.
We trust that your stay with
us and that your visit will cause
you to return later and stay
longer. Cordially yours,
L. N. DUNCAN,
President.
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Wanted: Your Support
When Director Lawrence Barnett
raises his baton beginning the 1937
season for the glee club, every stu­dent,
faculty member, and townsman
possible should be present in Langdon
Hall, Friday at eight o'clock. It will
be a presentation that none of us can
well afford to miss.
Music critics who have kept in more
or less close contact with the various
glee clubs in the past state that this
year's group is the best ever to be
developed here. The club has work­ed
long and hard since the opening of
school and any praise they draw will
be well earned.
The interest shown in glee clubs in
the past has been very slight. A few
music lovers would attend every con­cert,
but the majority of students
would pass Langdon Hall, hear the
singing, and momentarily recall that
they had seen something in the paper
about a glee club concert, or some­thing.
Under such circumstances no
organization, no matter what its
merits might be, is able to progress.
It has merely survived.
But "now it must develop. Auburn
must support a glee club that will be
a credit to her. And support is all
that is needed; the club is ready to
speak for itself.
Fighting The Flood
While the 900-mile Ohio River Val­ley
flood races on causing over 40
deaths, making 400,000 homeless, and
damaging many millions of dollars
worth of property, people are no
doubt asking why the Government
does not take steps to prevent such
disasters instead of allowing them to
occur year after year.
If these people will take a few
minutes to investigate they will find
out that since the last great Missis­sippi
flood the Government has un­dertaken
to put a halt to such ca­tastrophes
in a number of ways:
The latest step was taken when
President Roosevelt asked Congress
to add $52,500,000 to the budget to
aid in flood control. Another proof
that Uncle Sam is busy along this Line
is the fact that over $320,000,000
have been used in the past several
years in various projects that have
lessened the damage possibility of the
swollen rivers to some degree.
But it must be remembered that
the project is a tremendous one—one
that will effect 31 states and many
hundreds of thousands of square
miles. And the Government is only
beginning to fight. Federal engineers
are drawing up plans for 270 com­plete
flood units to be placed at ad­vantageous
positions along the Mis­sissippi,
Ohio, Tennessee, and other
rivers contributing to the annual
floods. The cost of this project has
been set at $8,000,000,000 and will
fake ten years to complete.
And They're All Like That
J. P. Morgan digs down into his
jeannes and donates $300,000 for the
flood sufferers; the little blind orphan
counts out his 17 cents for the same
cause. They have the satisfaction of
knowing they have helped someone
less fortunate than themselves. They
must feel sure that "it is more blessed
to give than to receive."
And so it is and has always been
with American people. We may be a
tough, crude, careless bunch of peo­ple,
but when the pinch comes we are
there with the goods.
Blatant Billboards
While in America we complain
about the conditions of our highways
in so far as blatant billboards are
concerned, the Hawaiians have taken
action in the matter. We do consider
it a shame and disgrace as well as a
menace to transportation to have
these glaring and distracting adver­tisements
staring us in the face on
every highway we drive upon; but we
do nothing about it.-
Here is what Hawaii has done and
we could well take a tip from her.
Thousands of women formed an or­ganization
to boycott dealers who ad­vertised
their wares on highway bill­boards.
Dealers only laughed.
But the women held to their boy­cott
and at the end of two months the
advertisers noted that their sales had
depreciated considerably. One by one,
at first, then by numbers these ob­noxious
signs were torn down and
sales mounted to their former heights.
It was as simple as that. There was
no legal action, only a peaceful but
firm boycott.
It is a known fact that in United
States there are more of these signs
per mile than anywhere in the world;
it is also known that such billboards
are a detriment to safe driving, yet
no action has been attempted here.
Statistical studies of the Hawaiian
case have shown that no legitimate
business was injured. Businesses
have simply switched to other means
of advertising.
With this knowledge in mind, it
seems that some American society
would have at least tried such a plan
to make our highways more pleasant,
safer, and more beautiful.
Cooperation, Not Competition
The Plainsman takes this oppor­tunity
to welcome the two new week­ly
county papers which will be pub­lished
here each Thursday. The Au­burn
Times and The Lee County Bul­letin
should be an asset to this com­munity
and to Lee County. Up to
date this county is the only one in the
state not having a weekly paper.
It should be understood by stud-dents
and others interested in The
Plainsman that the two weeklies will
not in any way interfere with the pub­lication
of this paper. In fact, we
have pledged to cooperate with both
weeklies as much as possible.
The interests of these papers is to
give local community and county
news, with only such school news as
carried by other state papers; our ob­ject
is the opposite, to carry all school
news and such community and county
news as it seems important for a col­lege
newspaper to publish.
Our position as a paper is in no
way altered and we are glad to have
these papers with us. Good luck,
both of you!
Ideas To Shoot Or Guns To Shoot
Soviet Russia has announced con­templated
defense expenditures of
20,102,000,000 rubles, or $4,020,-
400,000. The term "defense expendi­tures"
simply means "war expendi­tures."
At the same time the budget al­lowance
for education was set at the
equivalent of $3,700,000,000.
In other words, Russia believes
teaching youth to shoot guns is re­latively
more important than teach­ing
young ideas how to shoot.
In this country, by way of com­parison,
our military expenditures
during the current year is to be $100,-
000,000; whereas, the education bud­get
is placed at $1,976,911,697.
On the strength of these figures it
would appear that education in this
country is considered more important
than war by a ratio of better than
two to one. In Russia war tops edu­cation
by eight per cent.
A West Virginia University statistician
with a "hydraulic complex" has calculated
that all of the institutions buildings use
about 3,000,000 gallons of water monthly.
Left-handed ping-pong playing and finger
painting are means of curing stuttering used
by the speech clinic of the U. of Minnesota.
Before Tomorrow
By JAMES BUNTIN
Plainsman Forum—Voice of the Students
THIS TIME: FLOOD HIGHLIGHTS,
MEXICO CIVIL WAR HOOEY, OPTION
PLAN NEEDED, WINCHELL FINED
WHAT'S IN THE FLOOD: Flooding
waters raging in twelve states . . . . Three
quarters of a million threatened by a water
famine . . . . Cigfest of Ohio flood expected
to reach Mississippi in about a week . . . .
Every agency of Uncle Sam, including
Army, Navy, W. P. A., C. C. C , Red Cross,
and volunteers are exerting every effort to
relieve situation . . . . President Roosevelt
has asked Congress for 52 million more
than was spent on flood control last year
. . . . Water is turned loose in the Cincin­nati
water pipes for one hour each day;
then, it must be boiled before fit for drink­ing
. . . . It is estimated that one-half mil­lion
people of the flood a%ea will have to
be placed on relief . . . . Twenty-five square
miles are flooded . . . The "Queen Mary
could be launched in the main pathway of
the flood waters . . . . Martial law has been
declared in, Kentucky and in part of Indi­ana
. . . . Eight billion dollars will make the
U. S. safe from floods and will require 10
years to complete the work.
* * * *
WHERE ITEMS: Reports give it to us
that 8 millions are being spent in the U. S.
for facilities to start a civil war in Mexico
. . . . And Thomasville, Ga., police, when
called to investigate concerning an "uni­dentified
body" in a negro cemetery, found
a life-like effigy that had been placed there
as one of the objectives of a scavenger hunt.
* * * *
HOW the repeal situation might be clear­ed
up might be provided in yie probable
legislative resolution to substitute a local
option plan for the referendum provision
. . . 35 counties voted wet in 1935 . . . They
would begin action immediately under the
plan . . . The remaining would probably
soon follow suit.
* * * *
WHYS: Walter Winchell was fined $4
•
for his first traffic offense. Later, it was
returned . . . . General Motors plan to re­sume
operations, but the sit-down strikers
declare that they will use more vigorous ac­tion
if an attempt is made to eject them.
Neither side seems to especially want a
conference. Both refused to attend Secre­tary
Perkins' proposed confab.
* * * • *
WHEN the Mattson kidnapper is caught
the 16,000 dollars will be waiting . . . Mus­solini
has made his proposition to Britain.
His proposal provided for an embargo by
land, sea, and air against Bolshevism in
Spain . . . . Trotsky plotters against Stalin
and the present Russian government ad­mitted
bravely that they had long been
planning to wreck Stalin's government by
spreading disease and propagating a war
. . . . AND WHEN you attend the dances
another item of interest will await you.
Cats and Canaries
We're here with the latest dance and
other hooey.
* » * * s
Seems as if "Home Sweet Home" and a
Tallahassee Beauty keeps Tyler Turner
from attending the dances.
* * * *
Walter Schuster's gal—Jean Beeland—
University Venus, seems to be double-checking
him because she is scheduled to
attend the Prom with Dick Harbeson.
» * * *
'WE WANT MERRITT to rope off a
space for the following jookers: June
Tooker, Dottie Hendon, Oh Boy Smith,
George Perry, Jace Green, Helen Jones, Bill
Lee, Hesus Silva. If Jane Handley and
Perry Gordy come, open up a separate room.
* * * *
The Hitchcock-Wright romance is de­finitely
on the wane. Pete should have held
on until the dances.
* * * *
SERIOUS ADVICE: See the Auburn
Glee Club Friday night. It's free so you
can take that gal.
* * * *
The beauties of Huntingdon College will
be well represented by the following: Agnes
Blaum, Harrieta Harvey, Iola McFall,
Frances Middlebrooks, and Tunnelle Adcock.
* • * *
FAMOUS WORDS: June Tooker: "Give
me plenty of room." Pearl Rudolph: "It
can't happen here." Scottie Reeves:
"Where's THAT man?" Jitters Lewis:
"Where's ANY man?" Merritt: "My
gawd!" Lee: "My public!" Son Thomas:
"Opportunity knocks. I find Junior girls
dance better." Howard Workman: "Pete's
my mouthpiece." Brady Long: "Keep your
spirit up." Frances Wright: "I won't be
led." Walter Gilbert: "You're telling me!"
* * * * *
'Twos Sweet as a Loir
There was a young girl in the choir
Whose voice rose up hoir and hoir
Till it reached such a height
It was clear out of seight
And they found it next day in the spoir.
• Mental Control Is Formula For Success;
Read This Letter Then Begin Studying
Editor, The Aubwrn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Do you accomplish those things that you
would like to accomplish? Whether, the
road you must travel to reach your goal is
pleasant or unpleasant, success is, never the
less, very easily attained once you really
understand the formula.
Whether your accomplishment is to be
"large or small, whether it is, for instance,
the disagreeable writing of a letter or mak­ing
a success of your career, it makes no
difference insofar as application of the
formula. However, it is the doing of little
things that go to make the big things. There
are two main requirements which one must
possess before he may set about his task
with any degree of confidence in the out­come.
First, there must be some accom­plishment
which one conscientiously desires
to make, and second, there must be a
thorough understanding of the so-called
formula.
A man once had a sister who was ten
years younger than he and when the sister
was a very little girl she used to love to pull
her brother's hair. At first the brother suf­fered
great pain from his little sister's hatr-pullings,
and then he began to realize that
by taking his mind completely off the pain
and concentrating on some less painful sub­ject
he could stand for his hair to be pulled
with all the strength his sister had. He
got into a habit of controlling his thoughts
and mind to such an extent that it was easy
for him to apply this control to more and
more difficult situations. Thus he learned
to take a great amount of physical pain.by
controlling his thoughts. In other words, he
learned to subdue the unpleasantness of
pain with the pleasantness of other things.
He deliberately drove himself to withstand
the unpleasantness of a situation by actual­ly
forgetting how unpleasant it really was.
This was done through mental control.
From the physical we pass on the mental
pains, or dislikes. We have often heard
that worth while things are seldom accom­plished
without the making of some sacri­fice.
This sacrifice is usually in the form
of some mental sacrifice which, after all,
is the doing of something that we really
find 'disagreeable. Sacrifice is the giving
up of something that is cherished, or
loved, and everyone loves those things
that are pleasant. Our sacrifice, then, is in
the form of giving up the pleasantness of
not doing unpleasant things.
Now if we apply the simple formula that
the brother applied to the pains of hair pull­ing,
we may dispense with the unpleasant­ness
of a situation through mental control.
A person must force himself to ;take his
mind completely off the disagreeable part
of his task and drive himself forward just
as though he were doing something that he
really enjoyed.
To illustrate, let us take the case of a
young man attending college. It was just
before exams and Henry, as we shall call
him, was far behind in his work and had
it all to do before exams started. He had
been dreading to start on his task for weeks
and consequently got farther and farther
behind. The time had now come when he
must get started or else the work would not
be in on time. He detested the thought of
giving up the extreme pleasantness of idle­ness
and the doing of those things which he
liked so well. So at last he chose an easy
chair and began thinking of making the
start. The more he thought of how un­pleasant
his task was, the more unpleasant
it became until finally, in a fit of anguish,
he resolved to forget all about how dis­agreeable
the situation was and drive him­self
to the slaughter. Before he realized it,
he was at his desk plunging into his work
with determination. He was literally driv­ing
himself ahead by simply refusing to
think of his dislike of the job. Once start­ed,
he gradually-began to take more interest
in the finishing of his work until, at last,
his goal was reached and his work done.
After all, the start is half the thing. How
well this situation might have been avoided
by driving himself little by little as the
work presented itself instead of putting off
the doing of something he disliked.
Once a person has an understanding of
the formula- and has practiced it, on little
things at first, no task is too large for him
and his self-confidence and ability is great­ly
increased. After the smaller problems
have been disposed of he may apply himself
to larger and still larger tasks which life
may present. How much lighter the load is
made through mental control.
Sincerely, William M. Wallace.
Joe Purvis Can't Be Here But Me Takes
Time Out To Write
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I know dog-gone well you'll be surprised
to hear from me, probably the most out­standing,
alumni ever to graduate from A.
P. I. But I must take a few moments off
from my daily work to tell you a few things.
Well, they tell me you all are having a
dance down there. It brings to my memory
the time I invited Greta and Mae down.
Both were in the midst of a picture. But,
well, you know me. Of course the fellows
were so green with envy that the decorators
used that famous under water scene (you
probably remember it) and used the rest of
the boys for fish. Does that last sentence
make sense to you?
Reminiscing the other day I recalled the
time when I ran the quarter-mile against
Tech so fast I stacked four shadows on the
turn. That was when Victor White was
editor. Then once when Horace Sheppard
was editor I was pitching against Clemson
and threw a slow ball the first pitch. The
game^ was called on account of darkness. I
could tell you the feats like this for hours
but let's get back to the school. '
You know why I am writing you this;
just because I like to read those letters in
the paper. They are the best feature on
the editorial page. Why don't you have
more?
I sure would like to see all that old gang
I
again; those were the good old days. I was
figuring on coming down to the mid-terms
but Guy Lombardo, Ted Fio Rito, and Hal
Kemp want an audition with me this week­end.
Best wishes, Joe Purvis.
On Other Campuses—By The Wanderer
ROUGHHOUSE: A few years ago the
freshman class at a Western university gave
their annual dance and it turned out to be
some affair. The sophomores tried to crash
the brawl and failed. Angered by their
failure, they heaved eggs in through the
open transoms of the hall. Not satisfied
with the mess this created, they climbed to
the attic and put hydrogen sulfide gas down
the ventilators. These antics were a trifle
too rowdy, so the sophomores were hied in­to
court and fined. In order to raise money
to pay the fines, the offenders gave a bene­fit
ball and came attired in regular prison
regalia.
* * * *
CUSTOM: At Southern California the
Trojan War Flag is displayed previous to
every major athletic contest. It is guarded
by the Trojan Knights and Squires who
have never let it fall into the hands of an­other
institution.
* * * *
MISTAKE: An Australian university
professor traveled 12,000 miles to attend
the Empire Universities Congress at Lon­don,
only to firld out that he had arrived a
year ahead of time. The mistake was caus­ed
by a typist's error.
1
* * * *
LUCKY: An L. S. U. student waiter was
taken for a ride the other day by a load of
dishes piled high on two trays. The dishes,
a score of tea glasses and a tray full of
crockery, bore him to the floor when he
slipped on a wet spot. His chin hit the floor
and so did 10 pounds of dishware. Dishes
banged, rolled, and clattered. Slowly the
broken-hearted table hop opened one of his
tightly closed eyes. Not a dish was even
cracked.
* * * *
COOPERATION: Connecticut College is
joining hands wit;h Wesleyan University
this year, as far as drama is concerned at
least. The former school, a woman's col­lege,
has had to cast females in all roles in
the past. With cooperation from the Wes­leyan
men, the performances are now more
realistic.
* * * *
HIGH TASTES: Both Spring Hill and
L. S. U. have gone in for opera. The L. S.
U. opera group puts on a "heavy" opera
every year. The Spring Hill musicians go
for a little lighter music, but it's opera just
the same.
* * * *
NOW HE BELIEVES IN MIRACLES:
Recently a Georgia student was asked to
take charge of a program at the First Bap­tist
Church, and although hesitating to di­rect
the event, he finally agreed to lead
the discussion. "The program tonight is on
miracles," he began that night, "but I don't
believe in miracles." He got no further.
A rumbling, hissing, crushing sound rent
the atmosphere, and plaster began to shower
the auditorium. The heating plant, located
in an adjacent room had exploded.
* * * *
MONUMENT TO EDUCATION: In the
17th century the Dutch city of Leyden
heroically resisted a long siege by the
Spanish invaders. As a reward for their
loyalty and courage, William of Orange of­fered
them their choice of (a) a grant for
a university for their city or (b) exemption
from taxes. They chose the former, and
the University of Leyden stands today as
a monument both to their bravery and to
their civic spirit.
* * * *
In answering the questions in a journal­ism
quiz, a Creighton University student in­formed
the corrector of papers that Ellis
Parker Butler, the author, is president of
the University of Chicago.
* * * *
Authorities at San Jose College are plan­ning
to establish a museum of crime tools
for the students of its pplice school.
Thunderations
By HUGH CAMERON
What always did tickle me about a dance
is the fact that if you're there and ain't got
any fleas on you you can embrace the best
looking gal on the
floor. Of course it
has to be a one arm
embrace and your
feet must be moving,
but that's better than
standing in front of
the Tiger Drug Store
and hoping that the
sun and a blonde pass
at the same time.
* * * *
Definitions: First No-break—what you
get for bringing the gal. (2) Second no-break
. . . by which time if you ain't got a
late date they's flies on you. (3) Lead-out
. . . At which time some guys, who have
paid for the privilege, dance, and wish they
had bought whiskey with the money, while
the rest of the crowd hangs around and
wish they had bought whiskey instead of
coming to the dance. (4) Orchestra . . . . A
mess of guys with a mess of horns and
things, hired by the proper authorities, and
by the noise they make, seem to the au­thorities,
to furnish an excuse for the rule
that any guy on the floor with an arm
about a gal must keep his foots moving.
(5) Chaperone . . . Male or female who did­n't
have money enough to get in the dance
the legal way. (6) Intermission . . . . Time
of night spent in finding out if or not you
made a mistake in inviting the gal to the
dance. (7) End of Dance . . . Time of night
the City furnishes homes to any of those
who can't remember the location of their
own.
* * * *
Absolutely no whiskey is to be allowed on
the dance floor. The stuff sold around
here, from reports, has no finese and may
explode at any time. Since any and all
explosions sound too much like a Smith Wes­son
wedding, and since we don't want any
visiting gal to have the wrong idea in re­gards
to our true intentions, we had to make
this seemingly radical rule. There is plenty
of room outside the gymnasium for storage
purposes. There is only one rule in regards
to whiskey kept outside the location of a
dance. Alabama law says that no still may
be set up within a hundred feet of a dance
hall. If you can't walk a hundred feet then
you're drunk, and YOU may explode, and
we don't want our dance floor looking like
a meat market so don't you enter the floor
if in that condition.
* * * *
Points of interest to visit while in town:
The Main Building, or Wimberly Hall. The
air port . . parking room for five thousand
cars, with absolutely no orchestras or other
foot moving inducers allowed. LongJs Cam­pus
Grocery Store. The "Y", on the road
to Tuskegee. . . . the only monument to a
Grand Jury in the State.
* * * *
Points of interest not to visit while in
town: The jail house. The football field
. . . it will be too crowded, half the football
team will be making passes on the fifty
yard line. Miss Dobbs office . . . you might
be down there for some complication or
tother and get in dutch. Montgomery, you
might not get back in time to make the next
dance.
Pete's Epistle
dere paw
woodent college be fine effin there wasnt
enny testemations? All the stewdints could
go out and answer roll call ewy nite jest
like they did sattiddy nite. i guess that
was the only complete roll call of the year,
i scene evvybody but His Majesty Gum
VIII. The stewdint attendance is responsi­ble
for me sleepin on the living rumefloor.
This is the way hit was. i innerscently
dropped in tew guzzle a goblet of bare when
Whitting, Turnipseed, and Cain called me
tew confab with them. In conference i got
a fine idea. And started the booth holdin
business, yew see the place was sew crowd­ed
that when yew got up tew joock tew the
five scent music somebody wood get yore
seet. i begun holdin booths fer the price of
a spot of good drankin likker. Business
was fine!
After that i got envited out tew a shindig
at the Sigmer Pie house and i can shore say
one thang. P. D. and Ted and Gresh and
all the other good brethren shore put the
horspitality on me. the next day they told
me i had a good time and i told them if i
did i shore apprechiated hit. that's perlite-ness!
Yew know hit is harder tew get out of
this shule than hit is tew get in hit. yew
have tew get the autergrafs of about tin or
twelve folks tew get out. i was tryin tew
get a boy out of skule sew we could get his
contingent deposit fer a good roll callin and
we walked ontel our tongues hung down tew
our knees and got them signer tures and
when we asked fer the money they sed yew
cant have enny we will male hit out in a
few dazes. A fine kittle of feesh!
disgustedly yours, pete
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1937 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:• A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE
SWINGIN' OUT- By Ted Carmack NICKEL ELECTED
LIONS PRESIDENT
FOR SECOND TIME
Other Officers Are W. J. Klep-inger,
R. E. Smith, J. E. Roop,
R. G. Pitts, Kirtley Brown
CARICATURES by "CHINK" WHITTEN
This, ladies and gentlemen, is artist Whitten's conception of the
opening night at the Mid-Term dances. The scene is the gym with the
"Campuses Romantic Couples" teamed together.
Over at the left in the far corner are Nettie Murphy, "Jitters" Lewis,
Libba Allison, and Mary Murphy. And who is that nice young man
they're talking with? I might as well tell you; it's Lt. Cornell. ' He
doesn't know which one td dance with first. Toss a coin Lt.
Next to them are "Pete" Wright and Billy Hitchcock. Those soft
blue eyes of "Pete's"' are certainly holding those buck-shot eyes- of
Billy's. Below them, in front, are Howard Workman and Suzelle Hare.
Much to Suzelle's annoyance, Howard has been trying to fix up a late
date for a member of the orchestra. Adjoining them are "Pardner"
Eaves and Pearle Rudulph. (Pearle stole him. away from practice.) Above
Miss Rudulph are Walter Gilbert and his honey-bunny, Frances Wright.
Down in front, with just their heads in the picture are gawky "Bo"
Russell and petite Juanita Stewart. Perfect match, aren't they?
Above, with the bushy eyebrows are Sam McCrosky and his play­mate,
Mary Pearce. In front of them are Jean Mitchem and Porter
Caughman. If you don't think Jean's cute in an evening dress, just you
"take notice" at the dances. And still, in front of them are Joe Sarver
and "Miss Auburn." Molly looks fresh but Joe has the student govern­ment
burdens on his lean shoulders. Above "Miss Auburn" are "Squint"
Thrasher and Floyd Pugh. Allen Jacobs is . . . somewhere, but he does­n't
mind them being together because Squint is his bosom pal.
The couple down on the right front are "Tiny" Shi and Editor Ches-nutt.
"Tiny" is trying to persuade him to refrain from annoying the
orchestra with his impetous staring.
Behind the editor are Hesus Silva and June Tooker "jooking" to the
tune of "It's DeLovely." Kilgore is in a corner jealous and peeved—
and wouldn't get in the picture. And, of course, there is "Pop" Quinney
who instigated all this "jooking."
No need to tell you the little man on the platform . . . But neverthe­less—
it's Kay Kyser . . . Evenin' folks! . . . T. C.
Prof. A. F. Nickel was re-elected
president of the Auburn Lions Club
to serve for the current year at the
Club's regular meeting held Tuesday
noon at the Thomas Hotel.
Other new officers named are Capt.
W. J. Klepinger, R. E. Smith, and
Prof. J. E. Roop, first, second, and
third vice-presidents, respectively;
Prof. R. G. Pitts, treasurer; Kirtley
Brown, secretary; J. L. Wright, tail-twister;
Dr. E. S. Winters, Lion tam­er;
and the following members of the
board of directors: Dr. L. S. Blake,
B. Lowe, and Prof. George Har-greaves.
Plans were made by the club for
representation at the special meeting
to be held by the Birmingham Lions
Club on Tuesday, February 3. Guest
of honor at the meeting will be the
founder of Lionism, Melvin Jones, of
Chicago.
Sterling Dupree And
Alda Dupriest Marry
Mr. Sterling Dupree and Miss Alda
Dupriest were married Thursday, De­cember
30, at Moultrie, Georgia, in
the presence of the immediate families
and several close friends.
Mr. Dupree is a graduate of Au­burn
in the class of 1934, receiving a
B.S. degree in Secondary Education.
He was a member of the varsity foot­ball
squad, varsity track team, and
the A Club. In 1934, he was a mem­ber
of the track team of the National
A.A.U. in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Dupree graduated from Geor­gia
State College for Women; Her
home is in Sylvester, Georgia, which
is also Mr. Dupree's home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dupree will reside in
Auburn, where he is a member of the
coaching staff.
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MicUTerm Matrimony
A Short Short Story by
TED CARMACK
Sylvia King and Marjorie Ramsey
were, in many ways, alike. Both girls
were pretty and looked even more so
on a dance floor. They were the
"prom sort," and seldom were there
dances in near-by colleges that they
were not present and, which goes to
prove they used their heads for some­thing
besides supporting their curly
hair.
Even at the present time they were
discussing a coming set of mid-term
dances.
"I've just received my invitation
from Bill," said Marge happily. "He's
in Stocton College now, you know."
"Isn't Dick going to have you over for
the set in Brierwood?" "You being
his fiancee I should think he would."
Sylvia only sighed. "He promised
faithfully he would; but if he's going
to, it is time I received an invitation.
"Marge," she acknowledged, "did you
ever love somebody the way I love
Dick?"
"All right, you love-sick pheasant,"
snickered Marge, "go ahead and mope
around all the time, day-dreaming
'bout that boy; but if you ever want
to get 'taken around' you had better
snap out of it and get some life in
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you." "You can't sull around all the
time and expect to be 'Miss Populari­ty'."
Sylvia didn't hear Marge. She was
day-dreaming.
As the time grew nearer "Sylvia did
become quite alarmed. "What is the
matter with Dick?" she thought. "Why
hasn't he invited me or even written
some explanation?"
With Marjorie busily engaged in se­lecting
evening dresses and preparing
audaciously for the forthcoming
dances, Sylvia was lost as to what
to do. She pondered the proposition
seriously. The more she pondered the
more angry she became. In a subdued
fit of fury she decided, for her part,
it was all over between them.
The mornings mail brought a let­ter.
But it wasn't from Dick. Good­ness,
it was from her old friend Har­ry,
now quite a big shot at University.
"Gosh!" she exclaimed to herself as
she read further down. "They have
selected me to lead the hop!"
Exceedingly happy, she hurried
over to inform Marge of the good
news. And ah! sweet revenge. What
could be sweeter than this happening
to Dick? She gloated over the mere
thought of it.
It was the day before the dances;
they were hurrying to catch the after­noon
train. Marge was over at Syl­via's
waiting for the time to depart
for the station. Suddenly the door
flew open and in walked Dick smiling
t
ostensibly. He stepped over to Sylvia
and clasped her hand.
"Well darling," he said proudly,
"Did I surprise you?" "Are you
ready?"
Sylvia popped her eyes and removed
his hands.
"Yes, I'm ready," she replied ar­rogantly.
"Ready right now to leave
for the University hop."
"What?" exclaimed Dick. "You were
going with me.!" "I thought—"
"That's just it," interrupted Marge.
"You didn't think." "Boy, she's going
somewhere where people are more
thoughtful; and besides you certainly
have a funny way of showing it.
Dick was too astonished to say any­thing.
"I'm leaving in a few minutes for
University," put in Sylvia again, sup­erciliously,
"I'm to lead the hop to­morrow
night."
"But I came to surprise you and
take you back personally," pleaded
Dick.
"Well," said Sylvia icily, "I'm sur­prised
that you came at all."
Dick was unable to withstand the
shock. He wheeled around and grab­bed
Sylvia in his arms.
"Listen, you're going to our prom if
I have to marry you."
Sylvia couldn't move. Her eyes fell
from his face, and she broke down in
tears that trickled over his shoulder.
"All right darling," she said be­tween
sobs. "I'll go, but why didn't
you let me know.
"Honey," he chirped, "I came to
surprise you and here I am propos­ing."
"I'll hold you to that promise," she
replied happily.
They left for the station. On the
THIS WEEK-END
Dance Hints...
By TED CARMACK
. Don't get drunk but don't stay
sober. Keep that even keel and cosmo­politan
look that pleases the dean of
Women and all other people that
might care . . . When purchasing ask
for Paul Jones or Segrams, but frown
in Brady's face if he offers you Cream
of Kentucky. And . remember stu­dents—
no bootlegging. Why? Well,
it's against the law (if that makes
any difference), bad for the morals,
and besides you might put Brady out
of business.
CARE OF THE DATES:
See that your date gets some sleep
(in the day-time), cause the girls
"can't take it" like "Auburnites." But
don't miss any of the dances. If the
girl gets fatigued on the floor just
make use of the new dance rules and
trip outside to get some air. (Be sure
it's air you're after.)
SUGGESTION:
If you care to make this awful
liquor around here palatable and ef­fective,
try this:
Jigger of whiskey
Juice of half lime
Ginger Ale
Repeat . . .
Get going . . .
FOR FINAL ENTERTAINMENT:
To top off the week-end, go along
to see Robert Taylor and Greta Garbo
in "Camille." Alexandre Dumas' im­mortal
love story expertly directed by
George Cukor instills vague remem­brances
of the advantages of "that old
fashioned love."
Miss Orr Entertains
Seniors In Home-Ec
The Seniors in Vocational Home
Economics were delightfully enter­tained
at dinner last Tuesday evening
at six-thirty at the Jones Hotel by
Miss Edna Orr, Associate Professor
of Education. Those who attended
were Miss Thelma Graves, home eco­nomics
teacher, of Lee County High
School, and Juletta Alldredge, Maude
Clark, Evelyn Cotney, Elizabeth Hen­derson,
Jean Huff, Doris Northrup,
Mary Will Shivers, and Edna Rogers.
After dinner the guests adjourned
to Miss Orr's room where they were
entertained by the "mock" initiation
of the new teacher into the teaching
profession. The initiators were Ju­letta
Alldredge and Evelyn Cotney
who are just completing their interne-ship.
Afterwards the new teachers
challenged the "old" teachers' initia­tive
in meeting common problems.
Two of ,the Seniors of this year,
Elizabeth Henderson and Edna Rog­ers,
have B.S. dergees from Judson.
Another member of the group, Maude
Clark, is an experienced teacher.
During the discussion of the even­ing,
plans were made for the organiza­tion
of a F.H.A. College Chapter
which is to be organized soon after
the second semester begins.
Earl Calvin Directs
Auburn Hi Orchestra
Earle P. Calvin, freshman in Me­chanical
Engineering, has taken
charge of the directing of the Auburn
High School orchestra.
A concert has been presented for
the students and their parents. Those
taking part in the concert were: Sax­ophone,
Shell Toomer, Eugene Vann,
French Ogletree; Trumpets, Spillman
Fitzpatrick, and John C. Bell; Trom­bone,
Jack Hill; Bass, J. B. Williams;
Piano, Billy Tamblyn; Drums, Bob
Lett.
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Rate $7.50 each per month. Mrs.
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Next to Auburn Episcopal Church.
Ten College Students Take
Dancing Under Mrs. Ruch
Mrs. David D. Ruch is giving pri­vate
dancing instruction to ten college
students in addition to her younger
pupils. Among these ten are Julia
A. Martin, Anniston, and "Bill" San­ders,
Fairfield, who will work to­gether
as a team in doing song and
dance numbers.
Mrs. Ruch has directed shows for
bank night at Tiger Theatre. She
plans to present her pupils in a recital
in the spring. Mrs. Ruch teaches
ballet, tap, toe, and modern dancing.
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Duncans To Entertain
At Silver Tea Today
Church Plans Pageant;
Wedding Dresses Asked For
The Wilhemina Lazarus Guild of
the Episcopal Church is going to pre­sent
a Pageant of Wedding Dresses
on February 2 in Langdon Hall. Any­one
having a wedding dress and who
would be interested in having it used
in the Pageant, please get in touch
with Mrs. Cecil B. Yarbrough or Mrs.
W. B. Lee.
train Marge waved and sighed wist­fully.
"Goodbye—pheasant!"
The next night Dick and Sylvia
were locked arm in arm in the line of
the prom. The orchestra played
"Glory, Glory, Hallelujah" as they
strolled down the floor, but to them
it played "Here Comes the Bride;"
for tomorrow it would be reality.
THE END
The public is cordially invited to at­tend
a silver tea at the home of Mrs.
L. N. Duncan on Wednesday after­noon,
January 27th between the hours
of 3:00 and 5:00 P. M.
The Light Horse Harry Lee Chap­ter
of the D. A. R. is sponsoring this
entertainment, a feature of which will
be the showing of photographs deal­ing
with the early life of present Au­burn
»esidents. One show will begin
at 3:00, another at 4:00. Proceeds
will be applied on the Edith Royster
Judd Scholarship fund.
NOTICE — Pupils wishing college
credit in voice, call or phone 276.
Mrs. A. Carnes. 151 Toomer St.
Auburn, Alabama.
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PLANS ARE COMPLETE
FOR HIGH SCHOOL MEET
(Continued from Page 1)
Moore, Harkin, Sahag, Fain, Allison,
and Hess.
Prof. J. E. Roop will conduct the
Journalism contest and the General
Science exhibit will be held under the
direction of Prof. Kuderna.
On Friday evening, April 2, Dr. and
Mrs. Duncan will hold a reception at
the President's home for all guests
of the tournament. The reception will
be held from 8-9 P.M.
Winner in all contests will be an­nounced
and prizes awarded after the
dramatic finals in Langdon Hall Sat­urday
evening, April 3.
FINAL PLANS MADE
FOR MID-TERM DANCES
STARTING TOMORROW
(Continued from Page 1)
gan King, Louise Yarbrough, Hunts-ville;
Dona Louise Skinner, Bessemer;
Marian Dewees, Auburn; Elizabeth
Doster, Leeds; Virginia Katherine
White, Durham, N. C.
Leonora Hartzell, Louise Leslie,
Martha Harris, Gene Wilensky, At­lanta;
Janet Slauson, Maxwell Field;
Roberta Smith, Florence; Muriel
Smith, Parky Culpepper, Harriet
Wright, Wesleyan College; Nana Da­vis,
Lakeland, Fla.; Virginia Tift,
Mary Helen Woodham, Athens, Ga.;
Vivian Haskew, Geneva; Lucy Willett,
Substitutes For Virginia Sims
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THE DANCES
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Nancy Nelson, who has sung with many prominent bands, will sub­stitute
for Virginia Sims, Kyser's regular vocalist.
J
Anniston, Christian Burgoyne, Van-derbilt
University; Sally Dean, Alex
City.
Eleanor Veenotte, Sommerville,
Mass.; Vivian Barton, Augusta, Ga.;
Marya Bailey, Ward-Belmont; Eloise
Murray, Julia Echols, Dadeville; Mar­garet
Alice Frakes, University of
Tennessee; Marguerite Spears, Betty
Shell, Milledgeville, Ga.; Dorothy
Ward, Converse College; Rebecca Bee-land,
Greenville; Wilma Proctor, An­dalusia;
Hazel Gibbons, Edis Gibbons,
Abbeville; Mary Traylor, LaGrange,
Ga.; Lillian Mueller, Judson College;
and Lucy Williams, Jacksonville, Ala.
NANCY NELSON WILL
SING WITH KAY KYSER
ORCHESTRA AT DANCES
(Continued from Page 1)
"Smilin'" Stoker, Marwyn "Isch Ka-bibble"
Bogue, and all members of the
orchestra combined in the Kyser Glee
Club numbers. All these men were
with Kyser when he played his first
engagement here in 1935.
At the Thursday night dance there
will be two Vikings lead-outs and two
no-breaks; at the Friday morning
dance two Blue Key lead-outs and two
no-breaks; at the Friday afternoon
dance two Keys lead-outs, one Grand
March, and three no-breaks; at the
Saturday morning dance two Tau
Beta Pi leadouts and two no-breaks;
at the Saturday afternoon dance two
Scabbard and Blade lead-outs and two
no-breaks; and at the Saturday night
dance two "A" Club lead-outs and
three no-breaks.
The scale of prices for the dances
is as follows: season ticket to all
seven dances, $10.00; ticket to dances
all day Friday or Saturday, $5.00;
ticket to one night dance, $3.50; ticket
to one day dance, $1.50; and ticket for
balcony seat at night dances, $1.00.
Due to the growing popularity of
the band, the success of the former
engagement, and the growing interest
because of the new rules, Merritt ex­pects
a record crowd to be on hand.
WANTED: 6 students to board and
room in private home at 333 N.
College, Mrs. Forrest Nixon.
READ Opelika Daily News. Latest
Associated Press news of any paper
coming to Auburn in afternoons,
market close, etc. Delivered daily.
10 cts. week; 40 cts. mo.; $1 three
mos. Charles Isbell, Agent. Phone
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