1937-03-19 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
F r i d a y I s s ue SIJE Auburn plainsman Thomas, Johnston
Issue
VOLUME 'LX
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19r 1937 NUMBER 46
Increase Of
245 Noted
This Term
Hops With Ham
A i r Sessions Held During The
Year Increase In Attendance
Except Farmers Short Course
TOTAL IS 2593
A. P. I. Still Primarily Engi­neering
A s 7 Departments In
That School Lead All Others
By ROBERT JOHNSTON
Charles W. Edwards, associate reg­istrar,
yesterday released comparative
data of enrollment figures by schools
for both men and women during the
regular session, and also registration
figures on' other sessions held through­out
the year at Alabama Polytechnic
Institute. This statistical data will be
published in the college catalog.
In the regular session of 1935-36,
2019 men and 329 women were regi­stered;
making a total of 2348. The
enrollment for this semester is 2217
men and 376 women which totals 2593.
This increase in enrollment amounts
to 4.95%.
Out of this number, 444 are non­resident
students. The number of non­resident
students has decreased 2.4%,
but it is interesting to note that the
greater majority of the non-resident
students come to Auburn from the
four adjoining states. Mr. Edwards
states that over three hundred non­resident
applications were rejected
last fall, and he predicts an even
larger number of rejections next Sep­tember.
There are only eleven stu­dents
from foreign countries or terri­tories
in school here; three are from
Mexico, two from the Canal Zone,
Cuba, two; France, one; Philippine
Islands, two, and Puerto Rico, one.
The summer school of 1936 had ah
increase of 425 students over the num­ber
for the previous summer. The
extension teaching increased in regi
stration from 1087 to 1192, the farm­ers
short course decreased in enroll­ment
836, but the short course for vet­erinary
doctors was attended by 26
more this spring than last. The short
course for club boys and girls has in­creased
over 50% in attendance, and
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City Awaits
Official OK
On Project
.Plans Approved By State Au­thorities;
Now Being Consid­ered
by Washington Officials
Capers With Charlton
MISS ELOISE MURRAY, popular member of the younger set, it a
graduate of Brenau College, Gainesville, Georgia. While attending col­lege,
the was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. Miss Murray will
lead the grand march of the Interfraternity Council Ball Tonight at 11:15 '
P. M. Her escort will be Hamilton Callen, of Geneva, president of
the council. ,
Eloise Murray Leads March Of
Interfraternity Council Dance
Many Out Of Town Girls Ex­pected
To Be Present For
Ball; Grand March At 11:15
History Professor
Resigns Position
Prof. 0. T. Ivey, professor of his­tory
at A. P. I. since his graduation in
1928, has resigned. Professor Ivey's
resignation is effective as soon as the
department is able to secure a suc­cessor.
^
Professor Ivey has accepted the po­sition
as sales manager of the Beatrice
Lumber Company, Beatrice, Alabama.
Since receiving his bachelor of
science degree at Auburn, Prof. Ivey
has received his Masters degree from
the University of Chicago and he also
has several hours on his doctor's de­gree.
Professor Ivey has been ex­ceedingly
prominent in campus ac­tivities,
especially the International
Relations Club, Baptist Student Un­ion,
and the Auburn Alumnus publi­cation.
Students under Prof. Ivey state
that his resignation can hardly be
reparable.
Postmasters To Meet
In Auburn Next Year
At the Annual State Post­master's
Convention held in Gads­den
last week it was decided that
next year's convention would be
held in Auburn on or near March
10. The selection of Auburn as a
meeting site over a number of
other Alabama cities was made
possible through the efforts and
influence of Homer' Wright,
local postmaster. Approximately
1000 postal authorities from
various points in Alabama will be
present at the meeting.
With regard to the selection of
Auburn he delegates are quoted
unofficially as having said, "We
selected Auburn because we are
interested in the place. We like
Auburn."
The annual Interfraternity Council
Ball will get underway in Alumni
Gymnasium tonight at 9 o'clock. Miss
Eloise Murray, of Dadeville, will lead
the grand march escorted by Hamilton
Callen, president of the Auburn In­terfraternity
Council. Miss Murray is
a graduate of Brenau College, Gains-ville,
Georgia. She is a member of
Tri-Delta sorority.
The program for the evening will
include 3 no-breaks, 2 Interfraternity
Council lead-outs, and a grand march
which will begin at 11:15 P. M. Pres­ent
and former members of the council
and their dates will take part in the
grand march. .
According to Bob Creel, chairman of
the dance Committee, a novel decora­tion
scheme has been worked out in­corporating
a greek, letter motif. A
large backdrop will be placed behind
the orchestra on which all the greek
letters are painted. The banners of
each fraternity will hang from the
walls of the gym. A ceiling of steel
gray bunting has been erected.
Chaperones for the affair are Pro-fesssor
and Mrs. J. M. Robinson, Miss
Zoe Dobbs, Colonel and Mrs. F. C.
Wallace, and all the house-mothers of
the participating fraternities.
The Interfraternity Ball is an an­nual
affair and is regarded by many
as the most important function of the
year. A number of bids have been
sent to out of town girls and a great
many are expected to attend. The
dance will be strictly formal.
The Auburn Knights, local dance
orchestra, has been engaged for the
occasion.
Business School
Is Preparing For
Inspection Tour
Embarking Sunday on what
promises to be one of the most in­teresting
of annual inspection trips of
commercial houses in Birmingham,
fifty-five, junior class members of the
School of Business Administration
will stay in the 'Magic City' through
the following Friday.
The tour commences Monday morn­ing
at 8:30 o'clock when the group
will visit the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Co. The morning will be spent in
its Ensley works and the afternoon in
the Sheet Mill of the Westfield Steel
Works.
Tuesday at nine o'clock the juniors
will inspect the offices of the Bir­mingham
Merchants Retail Credit As­sociation,
and after lunching in town
will inspect the plant of the Birming­ham
News.
The first visit on Wednesday will
be at the offices of T. C. I. The brok­erage
of Fenner and Beane and the
studios of radio station WAPI will be
visited that afternoon.
Scheduled Thursday morning are
three trips. The first one will be to
the plant of the Birmingham Ice and
Cold Storage Company, the second to
the general offices' of the First Na­tional
Bank, and the last to the Trust
Department of the same institution.
After lunching the group will be
shown the offices of the Liberty Na­tional
Life Insurance Company.
The final day of the stay in the
'Magic City' will include trips to the
McKesson-Doster-Northington Drug
Company and the Moore-Handley
Hardware concern.
Annual Textile Show To Be Attended
By Large Number Auburn Students
For their inspection trip this year
approximately fifteen juniors and
seniors from the textile department
will make a trip to Greenville, S. C,
to attend the Textile Show and Con­vention
to be held there late in April.
This show is held every two years
for the duration of one week. Manu­facturers
of textile machinery and re­lated
products exhibit the latest of
mechanical creations designed and
built by their companies.
The attendance of the show is com­prised
largely of those interested in
the manufacture and the operation of
textile machinery; however, a great
number of students from the textile
departments of colleges throughout the
East attend also to pick up any avail­able
information that might aid them
in their work both prior to and after
graduation.
Details as to the exhibits and to the
program of activities are not yet a-vailable
to the textile department;
however, the students are looking for­ward
with great enthusiasm to their
trip.
A number of automobiles have
have been engaged to make the trip.
NOTICE !
All stores will be closed Wednesday,
March 24, between 2 o'clock and 5:30
for the "A" Day activities taking
place at that time.
$15,000 PROJECT
College Is Cooperating To Ob­tain
Special Membership
Rates For Auburn Students
By SON THOMAS
According to Professor A. L.
Thomas, Chairman of the local Plan­ning
Commission, Auburn's communi­ty
clubhouse is practically a certainty.
All estimations of costs and plans have
been approved by the local and state
commissions and are now being pre­sented
to the proper authorities in
Washington for final approval.
All expenses including the cost of
land, labor, excavations, etc, have
been estimated to be approximately
$15,000. About $5,000 of this amount
has been raised by the various civic
and private clubs cooperating in the
development of the project. This will
be matched with • $6,500 labor costs
which will be supplied by the W. P. A.
The entrance to the Auburn Golf Club
has been chosen as the most logical
location for the building. Professor
Thomas stated that the golf club is
cooperating in the project to the ex­tent
of furnishing the land on which
the structure is to be built.
The clubhouse is to be composed of
a main recreational room in which
members are entitled to hold socials,
parties, dances, etc., a clubroom for
ladies, a terrace overlooking the golf
course and tennis courts, a separate
room for both Boy and Girl Scouts
with a small craftsman's shop adjoin­ing,
dressing rooms, showers, and
locker space for both men and women,
concession room, and a caretaker's
apartment. Numerous recreational
facilities will be developed on the
grounds including tennis and handball
courts. The golf course will be open
to members of the clubhouse as well as
the regular golf club members.
No definite rates for membership
have yet been decided. However, it is
understood that the college is among
the list of sponsors and that a special
rate, probably half the regular
amount, will entitle Auburn students
to full membership in the club.
The project was made possible
largely through the efforts of the Au­burn
Planning Commission, a new
body that was formed during the first
of the year. There are a number of
such commissions throughout the
United States which cooperate with
the federal government in zoning and
planning civic improvements. The
Auburn Planning Board is an official
group that has been duly recognized
by similar organizations in the state
and federal governments. They have
already launched a campaign to im­prove
the appearance of the city by
zoning the whole community. This will
segregate the business, and the resi­dential
districts and will do much
toward making Auburn a more at­tractive
city.
The following townspeople are mem­bers
of the Planning Board: Profes­sor
A. L. Thomas, chairman; Mrs.
Sanford Beard, secretary; E. W.
Burkhardt; H. D. Jones; Roberts
Brown; Robert L. Burkes; H. M. Mar­tin;
V. B. Watwood; and Dr. C. S.
Yarbrough. ,
Basketeers Awarded
Letters By Council
The athletic council voted to give
letters to eight members of the 1937
basketball squad upon the recommen­dation
of Coach Ralph Jordan. Play­ers
receiving the award were Captain
Eaves, Curlee, and Pappas, •guards;
Childers and Edwards, centers; Mc-
Kissick, Morgan, and Holmes, for­wards.
Manager Jarvis Brown also
received a letter for his services dur­ing
the past season.
Of the eight men to receive letters
for their play, only one fails to return
for next season. Auburn will sorely
feel the loss of Captain Joel Eaves,
one of the South's premier guards.
MISS DOROTHY LEWIS, popular co-ed who will lead the grand
march of the Honor Societies Ball Saturday night. Miss Lewis is a
Freshman in the school of Science and Literature.
Dot Lewis Is Chosen To Lead
Annual Honor Societies Ball
Baptist Students
Plan Course For
Week March 21
The Baptist Student Union is bring­ing
to Auburn next week Dr. and Mrs.
I. N. Patterson, missionaries from
Nigeria, Africa, to teach and to
lecture in a B. Y. P. U. Study Course
at the Baptist Church for five nights.
The study course is for missionary
emphasis, and is one of the annual
second semester's activities of the Un­ion.
According to Robert Johnston,
president of the B. S. U., plans includ­ing
supper, motion pictures, and
lectures will make this event interest­ing
and instructive.
Dr. Patterson, in addition to his
evangelistic and editorial work, has
been teaching in Abeokuta, Nigeria,
for twelve years. He is at present on
furlough; he will return to" Africa in
July. Moving pictures of missionary
work in Africa will be shown on Mon­day,
Wednesday, and Friday nights.
An exhibit of African curios will add
to the attractiveness of the program.
The book that will be studied is
"Basil Lee Lockett, The Beloved Phy­sician"
which is the story of a late
medical missionary to Africa. Classes
will begin every evening at 5:45 for
a 45 minute session. After the first
class, supper will be served and then
a short program of entertainment in­cluding
songs and stunts will be given.
The moving pictures will be shown at
7:00; preceding the second class
period.
Dr. Patterson will speak at the reg­ular
night service hour Sunday. Mrs.
Patterson will speak to the Woman's
Missionary Society at the church Mon­day
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.
Nineteen Participating Honor
Societies Will Be Represent­e
d In Series Of Lead-Outs
Miss Dorothy Lewis, popular mem­ber
of the Freshman Class, has been
selected to lead the Grand March of
the Senior Honor Societies Ball which
will be held in Alumni Gymnasium at
8:30 o'clock on Saturday evening. Dick
Charlton, president of Blue Key, will
be Miss Lewis's escort. The Grand
March will be at 10:15 p. m.
The ball, which will be one of the
outstanding events of the social calen­dar,
will be a strictly formal affair.
During the evening there will be two
no-breaks and seven lead-outs. The
lead-out will be arranged in the fol­lowing
groups:
1. Scabbard and Blade, Cardinal
Key.
2. O. D. K., Rho Chi, Delta Sigma
Pi.
3. Phi Psi, Theta Upsilon, Kappa
Delta Pi.
4. Tau Beta Pi, Spades, Gamma
Sigma Delta.
5. Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Lambda Up­silon,
Delta Phi Omega, Scarabs.
6. Blue Key.
7. Phi Kappa Phi, Sphinx, Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Chaperones for the occasion will be
Captain and Mrs. R. E. M. Des Islets.
In addition, a cordial invitation is ex­tended
to all faculty members belong­ing
to any of he various honor so­cieties.
According to Vernie Holloway,
chairman of the decorating commit­tee,
the decoration scheme will feature
the coats of arms of each of the honor
societies represented at the ball.
The Auburn Knights will play for
the ball, and will feature a number of
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Program Is
Completed
For 'A' Day
Interfraternity T r a c k Meet, Po­lo,
Baseball, Swimming, And
Boxing To Be Main F e a t u r es
DANCE A T 9 P. M.
Numerous Amusing Stunts Ar­ranged
For Participation By
Freshmen From All Frats
A.I.E.E* Plans 10th Annual Meeting
Here For First Time In Club's History
The student branches of the South­ern
District American Institute of
Electrical Engineers will hold their
tenth annual convention at Alabama
Polytechnic Institute from April 1st
to April 3rd. The convention meets in
Auburn for the first time since the
organization of the A. I. E. E. Stu­dent
Branch at Auburn in 1912.
The program for the convention in­cludes
a smoker in the Student Center,
technical sessions, discussions of
Branch problems, and visits to the
college laboratories and other points
of interest. A banquet will be given
at the Baptist Church where the stu­dents
giving the best papers will be
awarded prizes. An - informal dance
at Alumni Gymnasium Tvill be enjoy­ed
Friday evening, April 2nd, nine till
one o'clock, by all visiting students and
co-visitors. Talks by several A. I. E.
E. officials, prominent-engineers, and
student members, and discussions of
current problems, in the field of Elec­trical
Engineering • will. be. made at
the regular business session Friday,
April 2nd. An inspection of one or
two of the Alabama Power Company's
Hydro-Electric plants, and the Tus-kegee
Institute will be made on Sat­urday,
April 3rd.'
Among the guest speakers who will
address the convention delegates are:
Mr. Mark Eldridge, Vice President of
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Final arrangements for the annual
"A" • Day galaxy of program events
have been completed by Sidney Scar-brough,
chairman of the day's activi­ties.
With Miss "A" Day elected,
classes excused and all fraternities
and athletic teams training for events,
all indications point to Wednesday as
one of the greatest "A" Days ever
held.
The program will open with the in­terfraternity
track meet from 9 to 12
o'clock in which all fraternities will
compete in ten events for a loving
cup. The meet will be interspersed
with numerous novelties, such as
catching a greased pig or a three-leg­ged
race, in which fraternity fresh­men
will take part. Lopez Mantoux
has announced that all fraternity en­tries
must be in his hands by 12 o'­clock
Monday. Heats for running
events will be held Tuesday at 4 o'­clock.
At 2 o'clock spectators will gather
at Bullard Field to witness a polo
game between the Auburn team and
the Freebooters from Ft. Benning,
Ga. Admission to the game will be
by ticket book for students, twenty-five
cents for adults, and fifteen cents
for children.
The Auburn baseball team will meet
the Goodyear G 3's at 3:30 o'clock.
The G 3's bring with them Frock
Pate, Jimmie White, and Nigger
Lewis, old Auburn players, and sev­eral
old league players. Admission to
the game will be by ticket book for
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Annual Spring Review
Will Be April 19 - 20
The Military department releases
the date of the annual spring review
as' April 19 and 20. The Field Ar­tillery
unit of the cadet corps will be
inspected by Colonel W. S. Browning,
F.-A., University of Florida. The En­gineers
unit will be inspected by Major
Richard L. Smith, Eng., Louisiana
State University.
Members of the local military de­partment
will also visit several other
schools during the spring to make
inspections. During May, Colonel F.
C. Wallace will return Colonel Brown­ing's
trip by inspecting the University
of Florida's cadet corps. Major T. L.
Futch will inspect the cadet corps
at L. S. U. also during May. On
April 22, Captain Erghott will inspect
the University of Tennessee's Engi­neers.
The War department has only re­cently
inaugurated the plan of ex­changing
M. S. and T. officers to
make inspections of the various R. O.
T. C. units. Heretofore, all inspec­tions
have been made by regular army
post men who have not been connect­ed
with R. O. T. C. units.
Johnston - Thomas
Editors Of This Issue
This issue was edited by Robert
(Bob) Johnston and Son Thomas,
- juniors on the Plainsman editorial
staff.
These students made the com­plete
lay-out,- wrote heads, edited
all copy, and wrote all editorials
for the four pages. They obtained
all pictures for this issue. John­ston
is a junior in the school of
business .administration,' -and1
Thomas is a junior in the school
of textile engineering.
These men are candidates for
editorship of the Plainsman pend­ing
announcement of their eligi­bility
by the Publication Board
sometime next week. The elec­tions
will be held Aprij 7.
—the Editor.
P A G E TWO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -s- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1937
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BUSINESS STAFF
Assistant Business Managers: Buck Dar-den,
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Thanks, Legislature
"Happy Days Are Here Again"
"There were times when, frankly,
we were a little bit 'sore' with you.
But' you will understand, of course
when you hear our side of the story.
About this time last year an air of
gloom hung pretty heavily on our
campus. Our laboratory supplies and
equipment were fast being worn out
arid depleted; and worst of all, our
professors were rapidly forfeiting se­curities
and holdings, in some cases,
their homes, in a last desperate at­tempt
to hang on until the arrival of
the elusive full salary check.
"The situation looks a little bright-er
now, especially so since our faculty
members have received recent en­couragement
with regard to payment
of full salaries. We feel that the new
sales tax measure passed by you has
much to do with a new feeling of op­timism
here in Auburn, a feeling that
is promptly chasing the apparently
immovable gloom from our midst.
"Perhaps we were a little too hasty
in criticising your actions in Mont­gomery
; for, after all, we know very
little about legislative procedure. Per­haps
you did not know exactly the ex­tent
of our misfortunes. Or, maybe
our plea was merely one of many, and
you did not know which to administer
to first. Perhaps we were like little
children who howled their heads off
until their distracted parents didn't
know whether to "lick the tar" out of
them or to give them all a lolrypop to
keep them quiet. We got both, but we
ended up with the lollypop, and we
are grateful.
"We understand that a very strong
lobby fought bitterly against any
form of retail tax measure. Perhaps
this lobby hindered you quite a bit
more than we can ever realize. No
praise is too high for those who
fought so ceaselessly and valiantly for
the cause of education against such
an enormous legislative, blockade.
They have our utmost respect and ad­miration
and may they well enjoy the
fruits of their victory."
They Work Silently
There is, on our campus, a small
honor fraternity called Alpha Phi
Omega made up of a group of former
Boy Scouts who attained high honor
in scoutcraft. It is primarily through
the efforts of this organization that
Spring Villa, a $10,000 recreational
center just outside of Opelika, was
made a reality. Also the state park at
Wright's Mill was planned and de­veloped
t:.iough the cooperation of
Alpha Phi Omega and the State Com­missioner
of Forestry. Yet, in spite
Of their achievements, achievements
that probably far overshadow those
,,±" any group on the campus, this
group struggles along from year to
year with a mere handful of members.
It is the only honor organization on
the campus that admits Freshmen, its
main object being to group together
scouts that^had attained a high rank
in the organization of scouthood.
Special emphasis is placed on service
to fellow students while in college, and
activities are directed to outdoor re­creational
events, especially, to coop­erative
work with the community,
college, and local organizations in the
development of better recreational
facilities.
Qualifications for membership to
this organization are few and simple.
It is open to all former scouts who
have attained the rank of First Class,
Star, Life, or Eagle. There are about
sixty Eagle Scouts in the Auburn stu­dent
body and many others of lesser
rank who are eligible for membership
in Alpha Phi Omega, yet it has only
about fifteen members today. Such a
lack of interest in this worthy group
is apalling considering the fact that
the town of Auburn is noted as a
pioneer scouting community. The lo­cal
chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, Del­ta,
was the second to be organized in
the United States. It is said that Au­burn
had the first Boy Scout organi­zation
in the state; and that a former
scout from here organized the first
troop in Atlanta, Georgia.
Therefore, it seems that more in­terest
should be shown by the group
of former scouts at Auburn in a group
that cares little for publicity but
works steadily onward in an obscure
but persevering manner.
Auburn's Alpha Phi Omega will
make history.
The Toomer's Corner Melee
A real problem for the city officials
is the one of traffic on Toomer's cor­ner
between classes. It is a remark­able
fact that none of our students
have been run over and seriously in­jured
by passing motorists at this
spot. During the time between the
dismissal of one class and the begin­ning
of another, there is a veritable
stream of pedestrians going to and
from classes and when they reach the
above mentioned corner it is an "every
man for himself" proposition to get
across the street. Automobiles whizz
by and students weave and dodge, and
miraculously enough, no one gets run
down.
However, this is no guarantee that
there will be no accidents in the
future and now is the time to take
preventative measures. The Universi­ty
of Illinois has adopted an effective
method of protection for her students
in that no cars are allowed to be
driven over the college streets during
the time that students are changing
classes. Such a law would probably
not be practical here inasmuch as
College Avenue is the thoroughfare of
the town. Still, if transients were
routed through Auburn by way of
Glenn Street, at least some of the con­gestion
would be eliminated.
Perhaps, the simplest way to ef­fectively
solve the problem would be
to install a traffic light on Toomer's
corner, with no turns either to the
right or left allowed vehicles during
the busy period. Modem traffic sig­nals
are built with an attachment in­corporating
an automatic electrically
lighted "No Turn" sign which flashes
on at regulated periods during the
day.
Something should be done about
this situation before a serious acci­dent
occurs and it is too late. It is
indeed a problem that should call for
careful study on the part of city of­ficials
of Auburn.
News and Views
By JAMES BUNTIN
They Can't Win Without Leaders
The Auburn swimming team,
though composed of a number of ex^
cellent tankmen is finishing out an­other
fairly mediocre season—medio­cre
only on account of the lack of or­ganization
and a competent coach.
The same is true of nearly all the
other minor sports on the campus.
Although a great majority of the stu­dent
athletes are engaged in swim­ming,
tennis, boxing, fencing, and
golf, they have little or no reservation
made for them regarding equipment
or coaches.
. Of course, we do not begrudge the
football, baseball, or basketball teams
their elaborate corps of coaches, for,
after all, these three groups are the
most important as far as represent-ating
the school is concerned. How­ever
some provision should be made
for the enormous body of students ac­tive
in the minor sports.
A good part of our Student Activi­ties
Fee is spent for#the upkeep of
athletics. A relatively small portion
of this amount, spent in the right
way, would be a wonderful aid to the
boxing and swimming teams and
other such worthy groups.
No praise is too high for the stu­dents
who are acting in the capacity
of coaches, in an attempt to put out
winning teams in the minor sports.
May their efforts be rewarded by a
little help from the college in the
future.
NO TIME OUT FOR US—The big clock
of world affairs is Wound up to a tension
point, especially so in many quarters as—
labor, armaments, peace and non-interven­tion,
and legislative and judicial trouble.
But they are all more or less enjoying a pre-spring
lull. No so for us. With a ripple
of mid-semester exams to tease us and a
tidal wave of politics approaching to con­found
us, the Auburn student tries to keep
his eyes from closing and be ready for the
week-end's festivities—bothersome but re­lieving
affairs, with no quiet evenings in
this under-current of proceedings.
* * * *
The benevolent Non-intervention In Spain
group felt somewhat taken aback to find
that Italian volunteers have entered The
Rebel ranks in Spain since March 1, the
date set for Spain to take the one and only
part in their little playette. The author de­signed
a plot that proves to appear less in-eresting
as the climax is continued to be
staved off, especially with most of the big
actors taken out. *
* * * *
AMELIA EARHART is out for a 27,000
mile ride to win her spurs. And to make it
all the more admirable, she is the first
woman to attempt an around-the-world-flight
via the longest router She headed
off into the sun late Wednesday afternoon
trusting her three rabbit feet, with the first
stop being Honolulu.
* * * *
"WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH
IN AMERICA", Secretary Hull informs the
German government and newspapers when
they got all wrought up over the Anti-
Hitler meeting staged in New York a few
days ago. La Guardia, Green, and others
just let the people know that they didn't
want any Hitlerism here. Some predict that
the only thing that can come of all these
strikes is dictatorship. That is rather big
speculation, though, especially if the Na­tional
Legislature gets serious ip their dis­cussion
about Presidential Intervention in
the labor problems.
* * * *
Did you know that Tennessee boys outdo
girls in Home Economics? Miss Margaret
Browder. of their State Education Depart­ment
says, "They seem to be more earnest,
more serious than girls".
* * * *
Georgia has gotten a total of 1,015 miles
of W. P. A. road construction. Let it be
earnestly hoped that Auburn will get about
one-quarter of a mile over through the vil­lage
on the Hill. Because it might rain
and put the road in a murky mess, the W.
P. A. Hall can't be utilized for some of the
important College Social functions that re­quire
quite a bit of space.
* » * *
REMINISCENCE: Auburn—the college
—raises its head high and surveys all that
which is about her. A sales tax was passed;
now the college will get its rightful money.
A large building campaign has been and is
in progress here. The student body is up
and coming with its many polls and elec­tions
of late. A fairly elaborate social pro­gram
for "just a cow college" has been in
session. New reforms have been substituted
for antiquated rules and regulations. All
we need are a few good Bolsheviks who can
make impressive "soap box speeches."
Cats and Canaries
By THE DIRTY DUO
Looks like the May Day Queen is falling
for Joel Eaves. Better make your visits to
the "fairest village" more often, Pearl.
* * * *
Since Eugenia Sanderson has had her
fortune told, Charlie Shaeffer's philander­ing
is also known by her.
* * « *
Thar's bad blood down at the Sig Alph'
cottage between Sugar Youngblood and
Rivers' Rush because of the Tennessee
Mountaineer.
• * * * *
Poor little ATOs. Why are they so su­sceptible
to women's guiles. We add Eliza­beth
Rimes to that list of infamous ones.
They ought to remember there's a Bill
Portous.
* * * *
Desolation is moving us. Prof. Ivey is
leaving us, taking Marie Louise.
* * * »
Why is Jitter's ardour for the Atlanta
doctor burnt out?
* * * *
At least, Libba will realize that ambition
of spending an entire day with Joe Stewart.
* * * *
Dissertations on the "doughnat dime"—
"You've 'token' my heart"—Doug Gar­rard
(putrid).
"Swell for poker chips"—Charlie O'Reilly.
"Won't fit nickelodians, by Crackey"—P.
Bagley.
"They give a prosperous jingle"—Son
Thomas.
"Excellent for tipping, provided you can
leave in a hurry"—Bankhead Carmack.
"A d nuisance"—General public.
Spring Fever—By Son Thomas
Along about this time of the year, while
Baldy Roe is still sleeping under three
blankets, Auburnus begins to feel the call
of Spring and his soul is filled to over­flowing
with tender thoughts of sentimen­tality,
love, and other such ballyhoo.
He awakes in the morning, sniffs the flu-laden
air (balmy Spring air to him) and
sends up a prayer of thankfulness that he
is alive. During a leisurely shave he posi­tively
murders Mendelshonn's Spring Song
but sings with as much gusto, nevertheless,
as Tibbett himself. Carefully he selects his
wardrobe—linen trousers, white shoes, a
filmsy white polo shirt, and after only a
moments hesitation, even a sweater of the
lightest possible texture is discarded. He
dresses amid more song and lightly trips
out of, the house—the pitying glances of his
landlady following him.
On his way to school he passes Baldy Roe
in a heavy muffler and overcoat.
Auburnus calls upon his chief heart throb
that night. Reluctantly, she leaves the com­forting
warmth of a good heater to sit on
the porch with him while he talks of birds
and bees and beautiful Mother Nature, etc.
At his insistence they go for a walk, and
after they have gotten as far from her
house as they can get, a typical Auburn
shower sets in. Finally they get back to
date's house and the young lady bids him
goodnight with an unspoken, but definitely
understood, "You poor sap".
Nevertheless, Auburnus is undaunted, and
he continues to rush the season to the com-bined
amusement and pity of his colleagues.
His heart and soul are filled with music;
his head, apparently, contains nothing.
Easter Sunday dawns bright and clear,
and we find Auburnus waking up just in
time to see Baldy Roe pass by the window
on his way to church. The professor has on
a dazzling Spring outfit—spotless linen
suit, snow white shirt, an extremely loud
green tie with handkerchief to match,^ and
creamy white shoes. In the buttonhole of
his coat is a tiny cluster of violets-Spring
violets. As this walking personification of
Esquire passes from view, Auburnus reach­es
for a bottle of cough medicine, takes a
healthy slug, and flops back on the bed amid
much groaning.
He has the Flu.
On Other Campuses
By JOHN GODBOLD
We grant that some professors do get
on one's nerves sometimes, but it's news
when a student goes completely batty dur­ing
a lecture. In an economics class at Uni­versity
of California a student suddenly
arose, stormed down the center aisle and at­tempted
to shoo the professor off the plat­form.
The gentlemen was stubborn and
refused to be shooed, so the student angrily
left the classroom. But in a few minutes he
returned, took his seat, interlaced his fingers
and spent the remainder of the period
thumbing his nose at the professor. Now
they have him safely put away where he
can do all the shooing and nose-thumbing
he cares to.
* * * *
Entries are already being received for
University of Detroit's second annual Turtle
Race to be held on March 23. Last year's
winner, "Joe Palooka", is the betting
favorite at present in view of the fact that
last year he covered the two yard course in
he exceedingly fast time of two minutes
forty-nine seconds. An innovation at this
year's derby will be the physical examina­tion
of contestants before the race, because
of the rumors which circulated that the win­ner
had been doped. All entrants, must be
trained, named, registered, weighed in, and
must pass the rigid physical exam before
they will be allowed to go to the post to
undertake the grueling grind. It promises
to be a great race—if the track isn't muddy.
* * * *
When Washington University students
saw several trucks being unloaded at the
entrance to the basement of one of the col­lege
buildings, they ambled over to look on.
Their eyes popped when they saw that the
crew of men were unloading whiskey cases.
After the workers had carried m one thou­sand
cases, the students began to investi­gate—
they wondered who was going to drink
that much liquor. The result of their in­quiries
was disappointment—the cases con­tained
80,000 books.
* * * *
A young co-ed has been surprising every­body
in general by cavorting barefoot
around the frigid campus of the University
of Minnesota. When she first came to
school there she had to forsake a lifelong
habit of barefooting it, acquired while living
in Hawaii. However, the footwear she don­ned
made her feet sore, so now she has re­legated
her shoes to the junk heap and with
bare feet trots around in the ice and snow.
On Our Campus
By EDWIN C. GODBOLD
It is interesting to note that over at Uni­versity
students are electing publication
heads for the first time, while here there is
a definite sentiment for doing the opposite
and allowing the faculty to choose ours.
* * * *
"A ribald world," says Charles A. Rich­mond,
"has a good deal of fun at the ex­pense
of the college boy, but in its sinful
old heart it knows that when it wants lead­ers,
whether in industry or commerce, in
army or navy, in government, in medicine, in
law, in religion, in teaching, or in agricul­ture,
it generally goes to the college to get
them."
* * * *
In doing some outside reading recently
in one of our subjects, we ran across a se­lection
from Darwin in which he was show­ing
that plants and animals, really remote
in the scale of nature, are bound together
by a web or complex relations. In some
varieties of cloyer, he said, it is necessary
that bees spread the pollen. In red clover,
the bumble-bee alone does this, for he is the
only one able to reach the nectar. If all
bumble-bees disappeared, red clover would
wholly disappear. The number of bees in
any district is dependent on the number of
field mice, which destroy the combs and
nests of the bees. Now,, as everyone knows,
the number of mice is dependent on the
number of cats. Darwin said that there
were more bumble-bees near small towns and
villages because there were more cats to de­stroy
the mice. "Hence it is quite credible
that the presence of a feline animal in a
district might determine the fre­quency
of certain flowers in that district."
Quite all right as far as you have taken
it, Mr. Darwin: more cats, less mice, more
bumble-bees, more red clover. But why
stop there? The number of eats in any dis­trict
is usually dependent on the number of
old maids. Therefore, more old maids, more
cats, less mice, more bumble-bees, more red
clover.
An amazing world, really when you begin
to think about it.
We Forty-Six
By HUGH CAMERON
A fraternity initiation brought grief to
an M. I. T. freshman when he was arrest­ed
for stealing clothes from a theater. He
was participating in a treasure hunt and
was compelled to confiscate some of the
garments belonging to the star of the stage
show which was in progress. He left 50c to
pay for the articles, but the policeman who
caught him seemed to think that any pay­ment
was insufficient. >
On Your Radio—By John B. Thomas
There are thirteen r%ula"r members of
Freddy Martin's band. Freddy himself
plays the saxophone quite a bit, and several
men are added to the band for the Friday
Night Waltz Night festivities.
The personnel of the orchestra is as fol­lows:
three tenor saxophones adeptly
handled by Elmer Feldcamp, Russell Klein,
and Joe Poretta—-with the first and third
man doubling on the clarinet. Freddy plays
the C Melody sax and an occasional bit of
clarinet.
There are three violins and the men
weilding the bows are Bruce Yantis, Dave
Polakoff, and Fred Heward.
The two trumpets are played by Mike
Renzhlli and Harry McKeehan, and that
"wah-wah" trombone by George Jean.
Presiding at the twin keyboards are Terry
Shand and Jick Fina. Shand is one of the
most famous composers of the day, and
Fina is an arranger of note.
Bob White is the drummer and George
Green the bass violinist.
Elmer Feldcamp and Terry Shand, in ad­dition
to playing in the orchestra, are vocal­ists.
Elmer sings ballads and Terry the
rhythm songs. A recent addition to the
band is Pat Casey, young Irish tenor, who
bids fair to become another Morton Downey.
On Friday night the band adds five men
because of the waltz night celebration in
which'each alternate dance is a waltz. For
this effect Martin adds three violins, a cello
and an oboe.
Freddy Martin's present contract expires
on the first of June. However, in a recent
letter Freddy stated he expected to return
next fall.
* * * »
Another young Chicago Maestro is rapid­ly
advancing in public opinion. He is Phil
Levant, perennial favorite of the patrons
of the Walnut Room of the Bismarck Hotel.
His band, always good, continues to im­prove,
and his two vocalists, Groetchen Lee
and. George Wald, are very popular. Phil
gives his boys quite a few opportunities to
play the lighter operatic type of music.
However, they seem equally at home with
the popular songs of the day.
* * * *
If your' faculties are musically aesthetic
at all, don't fail to see Deanna Durbin's
"Three Smart Girls". Observe especially
her song and how she puts it over in the
police station scene.
The column welcomes, with the usual
condolences, Paul Carr into the realms of
the "Fourteen Club". Other charter mem­b
e r s include Ted
Childress and "Bur-ney"
Woods.
* * * *
We expect to have
pins and pass words
ready in a few days.
Me and Winchell al­ways
did claim one's
column isn't any good until someone started
belly-aching about it. But wouldn't it be a bit
less trouble to take soda for the belly ache?
* * * *
It is pretty nice, writing one column and
getting written up in two others. Ride on
boys, your sashes aren't untied. Who would
I be to take the ribbons from your hair?
• * * * *
As soon as we get this particular club
organized we expect to start work on the
Sightless Sioux Club, or the Motorman's
club . . . taken from the old saying, "Don't
Mess With the Motorman; He Don't Like
It None."
* * * *
Holler Springtime, somebody, and we'll go
snatch a violet from the earth's sweet bloom­ing
breast.
* * * *
After all, boys, who am I to boast when
,1 have the column, "Gutter Snipes" and
Julia Wiatt to do it for me?
* * * *
A basketball is at most merely a spot of
hot air sewed up in a piece of hide. Thus
having the advantage over Ogletree, who
isn't (as yet) sewed up. "Rembrandt"
Ogletree, who so unwittingly painted the
aftermaths of a Chinese sunset on my one
and only weary worn leather jacket Was
taking the glance at a dish of white shoes
in an uptown window Wednesday after­noon
and remarked that one particular
brace of shoes were "booked to go". "Balls
'O Fire", swore J. Widder Roberts, "they
ain't got no checks of them."
* * * *
Thus hail a new movement: The Royal
Order and Exalted Movement to Paint a
Game of Checkers Into the Checkered Coat
Belonging to One, J. Widder Roberts."
* * * *
And however, exalted, lovely, sacred, and
heavenly romance may be to some . . . the
pronounciation of it still makes for a rhyme
with "ants and pants". And, to my idea
those are the main constituents.
* * * *
Shout, "I Love You Truly, Siscombah" to
one and then invite another to go in swim­ming
so's to see how she looks in a bathing
suit.
* * * *
And let the moon cast its silvery spell on
faintly shimmering trees and pearl of a lake.
No dash board light is then needed. Selah.
Pete's Epistle
Dere Paw:
i thank people has to be crazy tew get
along down here. Everything is run crazy­like
and yew dont know jest what tew do.
Per instance, yew take the police fer in.-
stance. They dont know what they are
about half of the time or dont know what
they are trying to do. They prance up and
down with there ole eagle eyes open hunt­ing
for some student or town driver to turn
at the wrong angle or stop behind a car to
let someone out. Effin yew stop tew let
someone put and stay there for a minute
they run up and tell yew yew mite cause
somebuddy tew be runned over.
While they are looking fer sech little dis-creppansunces
they entirely ignore the great
big doggy bus that waddles in, squats in the
middle of the street, and stays there for
thirty minutes letting people run back and
fourth across the street in front of whizzing
cars and prancing hosses and buzzing bikes.
Aint hit awful they way some things are
run?
Another thang is the way they plans fer
us tew have tew go tew classes next year.
What do they think we come tew collich fer
anyhow. . . . to lam somethin. . . . why the
first thang yew'know they will be expecting
us tew buy books even at there dicktater
prices.
i thank i will jest of a requirement be
forced tew take my reluctant leaving of the
farest vellage fer parts onknown. Effin hit
waddent fer getting out of touch with Mi-randey
Lou and Melissey i wood leave in a
minnit. Tew say nothing of Esmerelda.
She is shore the one as i thank i will go and
fotch her this weakend.
Pore ole Doc Thomas! He should ought
tew have took up hoss doctering instead of
student doctering and he woodent have tew
work so hard. The students jest lay in bed
and call him tew get them out of classes and
he comes around and gives them some bit­ter
red medicine and goes on tew the next
pashient. Hosses is much easier tew handle
and they caint call yew up tew get them
out of classes. Pore Doc!
Sympathetically yours, pete.
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1937 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A - B AM 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
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Captain Sidney Scarborough
leads the Tiger baseball nine this
year into one of the toughest
schedules ever faced by an Au­burn
team. Sid is an outstanding
member of the football team as
well as a top-notch centerfielder
on the diamond.
POLOISTS WORKING
HARD FOR "A" DAY
TILT WITH BENNING
Herron, Bacon, Hurd, Hardie
Will Start For Auburn; Sche­dule
For Season Indefinite
By BILL TROUP
The Auburn polo aspirants have
been hard at work during the past
two weeks in preparation for their
tilt with the Free Booters from Fort
Benning on "A" Day, March 24, at
Bullard Field.
Under the guidance of Captain
Klepinger the candidates have been
practicing daily, and a polo team of
high caliber is expected to emerge
from a group of inexperienced mallet
swingers. The squad has participated
in several scrimmage sessions to date,
and are. rounding into form in good
fashion.
Those on the "A" squad this season
are Captain Bacon, Brawner, Burton,
Herren, Hardie, Hurd, Franke, Floyd,
McNulty, Tinsley, Schell, and Yost.
Of those twelve the first seven saw
some action last year. According to
Captain Klepinger the following men
will start against the Free Booters
Wednesday: No. 1, Herren; No. 2,
Bacon; No. 3, Hurd; No. 4, Hardie.
The schedule of contests is still in­definite,
due to the fact that Auburn
is the only southern school with a polo
team. The majority of the Tiger's
engagements will be played against
Army teams from nearby posts. The
schedule also includes a two-game se­ries
with the University of Missouri,
to be played here on April 9 and 10.
Last year the Bengals won three out
of four tilts with Missouri. A game
with Illinois is also pending.
SPORTS CHATTER
By JACK TODD
Judging from the fine showing made
by Coach Meagher's gridiron talent
last Saturday, Auburn should have a
fine chance to win the Conference this
fall. The only drawback seems to be
lack of weight. Perhaps the lads' en­thusiasm
and speed will make up for
this deficiency.
* * * i
Bowling, a sport publicized much of
late, has an exceedingly small follow­ing
in Auburn which is unusual in a
town where sports of all kinds have
the whole-hearted support of the en­tire
student body and townspeople.
It occurred to" this commentator that
an Interfraternity Bowling League
would be a fine thing and allow many
otherwise non-athletic students to gain
some healthful exercise. The pro­prietor
of the local alleys would un-
The gift of $110r,000 to the Uni­versity
of Michigan was contributed
by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation of
Battle Creek.
—Flowers For AH Occasions—
KING'S NURSERY
Phone 695-J
Opelika, Ala.
Phone 134-R
Auburn, Ala.
Freshman Cagesters
Are Given Numerals
Eight members of the 1937' fresh­man
basketball squad were voted num­erals
by the athletic council upon the
recommendation of Coach Dell Mor­gan.
Atkinson, Dickenson, Fleming,
Gibson, Ginter, Jordan, Renfroe, and
Sobut received the Swards. A num­eral
was also voted to Manager Deans.
The 1937 freshman team was one
of the best to represent Auburn in the
last few years. Meeting unusually
hard competition, the plebes emerged
with a creditable number of victories.
Among the teams encountered this
past season were: Columbus In-
Rat Mermen To Meet
Boys High Team From
Atlanta On Wednesday
The Freshman Swimming Team will
meet a strong team from Boy's High
School from «Atlanta in their first
meet of the season as part of the "A"
Day program. No admission will be
charged for the event.
This year's Freshman team is cap­tained
by H. E. Mohns and is manag­ed
by T. H. Nolen. It has been de­veloped
into one of the best Rat teams
that Auburn has had in several years.
Members of the team are T. R. Long,
P. G. Pease, F. O. Haggard, P. I.
Barnes, T. S. Smith, and J. S. Roberts,
who swim the free style events. W.
B. Campbell, H. E. Mohns, and R. E.
Heath will represent the group, in the
breast stroke, and A. J. Wood will
compete in the diving events.
Boy's High is noted for their good
swimming teams. Last year they won
over the Emory and the Georgia Tech
Freshmen and placed second in the
state high school meet. As most of
their varsity swimmers are returning
from last year, the Auburn Rats will
have to put out their very best ef­forts
to keep from being severely
trounced.
dustrial, Kirven, Reds of Columbus,
Nehi, of Columbus, Lanett Athletic
Club, Selma, and Marion Institute.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
doubtedly give special rates to the
league thus making the cost small to
each fraternity competing.
* * *
With the boxing team planning to
put on exhibition bouts, the usual in­terfraternity
track meet, and various
other events scheduled to take place,
"A" Day this year should be the tops
of them all. j
* * *
This spring weather being conducive
to ideas, another bra'in storm over­took
yours truly. Here it is: why not
organize a hiking club for those stu­dents
who enjoy trekking through the
woods, across streams, and oyer the
hills. The club could be used to de­velop
candidates for a walking team.
In case you don't know, a walking
team is composed of about as many
members as a cross-country outfit and
the only diference in the two sports
is that one Tuns and the other walks.
Both teams try to take as much pun­ishment
as possible and reach the finish
before collapsing. Contests could be
scheduled with other colleges and
might attract a following. Anway,
it's worth a try.
* * *
The hockey season is practically his­tory
now, but there are other years.
Insofar as the climate hereabouts is
not the best thing in the world for
ice, why not build a roller skating rink
where addicts of the wheeled under­pinnings
could rollabout to their
hearts' content? Were this done, Au­burn
might be represented by a roller-skate
hockey team in the future and
compete in a Southeastern Roller-
Skate Hockey Conference. Great pos­sibilities
in the idea and a nice return
for the first to act upon the idea.
* * *
This column being composed mostly
of ideas, it might be a good idea to
cease this flow of ink. Ideas are born,
they grow, and eventually are for­gotten.
This idea has reached ma­turity
so before it is forgotten
finis.
Ace Hurler
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Joel Eaves, one of Auburn's
most outstanding athletes, has re­turned
to the pitcher's mound af­ter
being unable to play last year
because of an appendicitis opera­tion.
Joel is a three-letter man,
having earned monograms in foot­ball,
basketball, and baseball.
FRESHMEN EVENTS ARE ADDED
TO 'A' DAY PROGRAM, MARCH 24
Greased Pig, Three-Legged Race, Wheel Barrow Race, Greased
Pole Events Expected To Add Much Interest To Annual
Celebration Featuring Baseball, Track, Interfrat Athletics
Football Training
Period Is Extended
Forty men are still out for football
the extended session of spring
training. Coach Meagher released the
juniors and several who participate
in other spring sports, Saturday. The
work this week has been confined to
fundamentals and a short scrimmage
each day. In scrimmages thus far,
George Kenmore, Bud Wendling,
Standi Whatley, Malvern Morgan' and
Max Harrison have been the out­standing
performers and give promise
of being dependable men who will see
service next season. Every man is
being given a chance in these daily
games and Coach Meagher has his eye
peeled for unknown talent. Spring
training will probably end this Satur­day
or next Tuesday.
Boxing Elimination
Insures Real Bouts
For 'A'Day Program
The practice sessions devoted to
elimination bouts in the boxing class
were completed this week and the men
who will fight in the exhibition bouts
to be presented next Wednesday, "A"
Day, have been picked by instructors
Dorfman and Triolo.
Four matches will be staged in
Alumni Gymnasium starting at 7:00
P. M. A record crowd is expected to
be present as this is thfc first oppor­tunity
many students have had to wit­ness
a demonstration of amateur pu­gilism
at Auburn. The boxers are in
excellent physical condition and there
is plenty of action, probably with a
little blood, in store for the spectators.
The officials have not yet been chosen,
but it is hoped hat Captain Des Is-letes,
who has had considerable ex­perience
in the ring, can be secured
to referee the matches. »
Branch will square off with Schiff
in the 125-pound class for the first
Percy Beard To Aid
In Dodger Training
Percy Beard, former track star and
coach at Auburn, and now head track
coach at the University of Florida,
will assist in developing the speed of
the Brooklyn Dodgers outfielders.
Coach Beard stated on his departure,
for the Dodger training camp at
Clearwater, Fla., he—would remain
there about a week working on the
speed of the ball players.
By JOHN WAITERS
The freshmen events, which have
been added to the "A" Day program,
should prove an attraction to the holi­day
event. Catching a greased pig,
running a three-legged race, running a
wheel barrow race or climbing a
greased pole has many unusual possi­bilities
and will doubtless add greatly
to the fun "A"'day. Each fraternity
is to enter one freshman in each of
these events but they will not add
points toward the winning of the
trophy to be awarded the victorious in
the track meet-
The 'fraternities have in their pos­session
at this time the entry blanks
for the different events and these
must be filled out and returned to
chairman of interfraternity athletics
before noon Monday. Tuesday aftef-noon
at 4 o'clock the trials in the
sprints will be held at Drake Field.
All entrants in the sprint events are
to be on hand for these, trial heats.
The finals in the sprints and all other
track events will be held on Wednes­day
morning beginning at 9 o'clock.
On the Friday following the "A"
Day program the baseball league for
the fraternities will be announced and
play in this sport will begin probably
on that week-end. At this time the
independent bracket will be announced
if possible, and play among the inde­pendents
will also begin.
bout of the evening; Watts and Owen
will face each other in the ring in the
145-pound class; and Vinson and Mc-
Glohon are slated to fight it out in the
165-pound class.
Admission to the matches will be
free, no student ticket books being re­quired.
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Zoology Head Talks
To Ag Club Members
Professor J. M. Robinson, head of
the Zoology-Entomology Department
gave an interesting talk to the Ag
Club members Wednesday evening,
March 17. The subject of his speech
was, "The United States bee-shipping
industry."
Mr. Robinson is now Managing Di­rector
for all states which ship bees.
He stated that Alabama ranks first
in the shipping of package and queen
bees which brings into the state more
than $85,000 each year. Most of these
shipments go to Canada arid the ex­treme
northern United. States. A two
pound package of bees shipped from
Alabama to the Canadian clover fields
has been known to produce as much as
600 pounds of honey in one season.
After Mr. Robinson's speech, the
club made plans to organize a soft
ball team. Clinton Johns was elected
to act as manager. B. E. Cowart,-
president, announced that final ar­rangements
had been made to hold
the Ag Club dance in the new
PWA auditorium located in the village
back of Duncan Hall.
DOT LEWIS CHOSEN
TO LEAD ANNUAL
HONOR SOCIETIES BALL
(Continued from Page 1)
novel arrangements for the event.
The following is a list of societies
in whose honor the affair is being
given: Blue, Key, Omicron Delta Kap­pa,
Tau Kappa Alpha, Scarab,. Phi
Psi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Scabbard
and Blade, Theta Upsilon, Delta Sig­ma
Pi, Cardinal Key, Sphinx, Rho
Chi, Tau Beta Pi, Gamma Sigma Del­ta,
Eta Kappa Nu, Kappa Delta Pi,
Delta Phi Omega, Spades, and Phi
Kappa Phi. The presidents of these
societies, headed by Dick Charlton and
Captain Des Islets, make up what is
known as the executive committee
which has complete charge of all ar­rangements.
PROGRAM COMPLETE
FOR ANNUAL 'A' DAY
N O T I C E !
All candidates for publications of­fices
are asked to meet in the presi­dent's
office at 11 A. M. Saturday.
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students, fifty-six cents for adults,
and twenty-five cents for children.
Simultaneously at 7 o'clock there
will be a swimming meet, several 3 to
4 round boxing bouts, and a fencing
exhibition. The Auburn freshman
tank team will meet the Boy's High
team from Atlanta. The varsity team
will not swim. Boxing bouts will be
between members of the Auburn team
as will the fencing exhibition. Ad­mission
to the boxing and fencing will
be free while admission to the swim­ming
meet will be by ticket book.
An "A" Club dance will be held as
the crowning part of the day's festivi-
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Students Who Really Stay Awake At Lectures Are Dis­covered
By Associated Collegiate Press Writer
Counting sheep has long been a
loyal method of confirmed insomniasts
for dropping off to sleep. Now law
students at Ohio State University
count words of lecturers for the op­posite
reason—to stay awake.
Because they make bets on the num­ber
of times the professor will use
certain common words such as "the,"
"or," and "however," lecture-attenders
listen closely to the driest of dis­courses.
"Say, manager, can I get another
pair of shoes?" came the query from
a timid-looking rookie when track
equipment was being issued at Oregon
State College.
"What's wrong with the pair you
have?" asked the manager, busy with
his job of passing out suits to varsity
and rookie track men. "Didn't you
try them on? What did you take them
for it they didn't fit?"
"Oh, they fit all right as far as size
goes," answered the freshie, but . . . "
"But what!" barked the manager.
"I'm too busy to bother with you dumb
rooks. What's wrong with your shoes
anyway?"
The youngster fidgeted uneasily and
his face reddened, but he managed to
blurt:
"They fit all right, but they both
fit on the same foot!"
* * *
When a professor gets downright
impatient, you can usually tell he has
exhausted all his resources. At least
that was the situation of Dr. W. D.
Funkhauser, professor of zoology at
the University of Kentucky.
It all happened when too many stu­dents
signed up to take his course in
heredity. Since this study is limited
to only juniors and seniors, sopho­mores
who had scrawled their names
on the list, were scratched off. But
even after all ineligibles were weeded
ties. The dance, for which the Au­burn
Knights will play, is scheduled
from 9 to 1 o'clock. Numerous lead-outs
and no-breaks will be featured
throughout the evening.
out, the enrollment was well over 100.
Something had to be done, felt Dr.
Funkhauser, so he made this an­nouncement
at his first session:
"I'll warn you students at the be­ginning
that I'm a boring lecturer.
This class is made up of lectures en­tirely:
The first half of the course is
very dry and technical—with many
scientific names.
"The seating arrangements are very
unsatisfactory. Most of you won't be
able to see the board, and diagrams
on the board are an important part of
all my lectures. If you're nearsight­ed,
there is little hope for you."
Interpreting creaking of seats as
weakening, the professor continued
much encouraged:
"The grades are based entirely up­on
the hard examination at the end of
he course. And you sink or swim. I
have no mercy. Now do I see any vol­unteers
who would be willing to drop
,he course?"
No one stirred from his seat.
INCREASE OF 245
NOTED THIS TERM
(Continued from Page 1)
since the completion of Leadership
Camp, the number will probably in­crease
another 50% next summer.
The summary of all sessions held at
Auburn during the year shows that
7130 have been registered in'the cir-ricula
which may be compared to 6380
for the year of 1935 and 1936.
An analysis of the enrollment by
schools shows that the Engineering
school leads with a total of 622. This
school also has the highest number of
seniors—112. The Engineering school
has seven departments. The School
of Science and Literature follows with
a total enrollment of 570. Out of this
number, only 70 are candidates for
degrees in May, but 207 are enrolled
as freshmen/ The Science and Litera­ture
school has five departments. The
Education school, with three depart­ments,
takes third place in enrollment
with a total of 441. The school of
agriculture has a total number of 285
Aero Students Will
Inspect Naval Base
Eleven students in aeronautical en­gineering
and administration will
leave this week-end on the annual in­spection
trip to the Naval Air Station
at Pensacola, Fla. The trip will last
through March 26.
The opportunity for first-hand in­spection
of a modern and efficient
station is offered to the students tak­ing
the trip. Notes will be taken by
,the students on all technical phases
of the work there, and a detailed re­port
will be made on the return to Au­burn;
this report will take the place
of a thesis required by most other
courses.
Classes will begin Monday morning
and continue through Friday. These
classes will cover engines, carbure-tion,
ignition, instrument calibration,
engine overhaul, and numerous other
subjects pertaining to the technical
phase of aviation.
Outside activities are being arrang­ed
for the students by Lt. B. M. Cor­nell,
who is to accompany the students
to Pensacola.
Those taking the trip are: Johnnie
Youngblood, Edward Briggs, Travis
Maloy, E. M. Butler, Martin Mardi-rosian,
C. D. Robertson, L. T. Wood-ard,
V. P. Moore, J. A. Turnipseed,
P. M. Talmadge, and F^anklyn Ward.
A. I. E. E. PLANS 10TH
ANNUAL MEET HERE
FOR FIRST . TIME
enrolled/ The other schools' registra­tion
follows in the order named:
chemistry and pharmacy, 251; Veteri­nary
Medicine, 189; Architecture and
Allied Arts, 125, and Home Economics,
110. From this presentation of
figures, Auburn is still primarily an
engineering school.
The greatest number of co-eds are
enrolled in the Home Economics school
—109. The second largest number of
women students are enrolled in the
school of education—96.
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the 4th Southern District; Mr. Charles
Thorn, President of the Birmingham
Section; Mr. Kenneth L. Dillon, Sec­retary
of the Birmingham Section;
Mr. H. H. Henline, National Secre­tary
of the A. I. E. E.; Mr. A. S.
Coleman, Southern District Manager
of Alabama Power Co.; and members
of the Engineering Faculty at Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute.
The professors and students who
are expected to attend, representing
17 Southern Colleges, will be housed
at the Leadership Camp, a local W.
P. A. housing; project just being com­pleted,
which is located adjacent to
the Auburn Campus. <
Student Branches of the A. I. E. E.
have been organized in 118 of the
leading educational institutions in
which courses in Electrical Engineer­ing
are g^ven. These branches are
conducted by the students themselves
in the same general manner as the
National Sections. The purpose of
each Branch is to provide an instru­ment
to aid in the development of the
latent abilities of the students by par­ticipating
in activities similar to those
carried on by the National Institute.
Each Student Branch elects its own
officers and the National President
appoints, each year, a member of the
Auburn Represented
At Educators' Meet
Auburn is being well represented at
the annual convention of the Alabama
Education Association in Birmingham
this week-end. Dean Judd is the of­ficial
representative for API and car­ried
with him the entire faculty of
the school of education. Several other
deans and faculty members are also
attending in the interests of their re­spective
departments. The Auburn
group will return Sunday, except
Dean Judd, who will remain in Bir­mingham
for another meeting next
week.
NOTICE !
A meeting of the art club will be
held at the Methodist Church at which
Prof. Dan Eadie will speak on
sculpture.
national organization to serve as
counselor. This counselor is selected
from the faculty of the institution
where the Branches are located. Stu­dents
of Electrical Engineering are
thus enabled to gain a proper per­spective
of engineering work and to
become acquainted with problems and
personnel of the Electrical Engineer­ing
Profession. They receive practi­cal
experience in the preparation and
presentation of engineering subjects,
and make contacts with men who are
actively engaged in their industry.
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