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Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Issue * We\t Aitimrn plainsman Next Issue January 8. TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT VOLUME LX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1936 NUMBER 27 Work Starts- For Tiger's Final Game T i g e r s Have Resumed Light P r a c t i c e To Prepare For Game On New Year's Day USE NEW PLAYS Joe Stewart Is Included In Thirty Men To Make Trip But May Not See Service Prom Bid Cards Now Out; Decorations Contract Open Advance Filling Out Of Bid Cards, Which Will Be Taken Up Jan. 12, And Hearty Approval Of Rules By Students And Faculty Forecast A Successful Set Of Mid-Term Dances Duncan Extends Best Wishes To Auburn Students By JACK TODD Sports Editor The Auburn Tiger football team, under the guidance of Coach Meagher, returned to the gridiron last Monday to start practicing for their tilt with the Villanova Wildcats in Havana, Cuba, on New Year's Day. With but two short weeks left before they entrain for Tampa, Florida, to catch the boat to Cuba, the Bengals will move at a fast clip. The practice sessions during the past few days have been devoted mainly to signal drill, .blocking, and pass attacks with no real contact work as yet. It is expected that Coach Meagher will introduce some new plays for the New Year's Day classic insofar as Coach Smith was on hand to watch the Plainsmen when they handed Florida a 13-0 setback. Yesterday's rain kept the team indoors so dummy scrimmage was held in the gym. 30 Will Make Trip It is expected that the 30 men composing the squad who will make the trip will be allowed to spend three days at home, from the 23 to the 26, celebrating the Christmas holidays The squad will entrain for Tampa, Florida, on the 26th and then take a 24-hour boat to Havana. Upon their arrival in Havana, they will be ushered to the Presidente Hotel, where they will stay during their entire sojourn in the Cuban capitol. Those making the trip are: Lester Antley, Dutch Heath, Walter Gilbert, Jimmie Fenton, Billy Hitchcock, Sam McCroskey, Joel Eaves, Bobbie Blake, Wilton Kilgore, Hugh Rodgers, Rex McKissick, Bo Russell, Ralph Sivell, Bummy Roton, Sid Scarborough, Osmo Smith, Speck Kelly, Ralph O'Gwynne, Oscar Burford, Frank Gantt, Vernon Burns, Freddie Holman, Bagby, Williams, Howell, Hamm, Sitz, Gillam, Loflin, Tipper, and Joe Stewart. The return of Joe Stewart is heartening to Tiger fans although it is not likely (Continued on page 4) Blank bid cards for visiting girls for the Mid-term dances have been placed at all fraternity houses and at several downtown stores by the Social Committee. Bids for the decoration contract at the dances will be held open until Christmas holidays begin. The invitations for visiting girls will be taken up on January 12 and will be mailed out on the following day. Much interest in the dances has been shown by the advance filling out of bid cards and general appearances show that there will be a large number of visiting girls at the dances which take place on January 28-29-30. Changes Meet Approval Much of the interest-in the dances shown by students has been the result of the changes in the dance rules. Chairman Vernon Merritt states that he has had a great deal of favorable comment on the changes from both students and faculty members. By holding the decorations contract open until the holidays Merritt expects to get a better theme of decorations than has ever before been carried out at a set of dances. Although the usual amount will probably be spent for decorations, more will be used if it is necessary to secure a scheme of decorations that is acceptable to the committee. By the general comment on the campus the selection of Kay Kyser for a return engagement here seems to meet with the approval of the majority of the dance-goers and music-apprecia-tors. Kay Kyser may be heard nightly over W' G N when he broadcasts from the Trianon Ballroom in Chicago. Many-students report that they listen to him nightly so they can get into the swing of his music and be better acquainted with his orchestra. All members of the Vikings are to meet in the Student Hall Thursday night at 6:30 o'clock to discuss plans for their dance and banquet in connection with the Mid-term dances. This organization is unique in that it is the first group of this type to carry through successive years. The banquet and dance held last year during the dances were very successful and the members are planning even better entertainment this year. Terrells Win Touch' Finals From Stephens Student Attendance At Football Games Is Given By Bidez Official statistics released by P. R. Bidez show that more Auburn students attended the Birmingham Southern game than any other game this season. The total for that game was 1409. Georgia at Columbus was second with 1209. For seven games the totals were as follows: Birmingham-Southern, 1409; Georgia, 1209; L. S. U., 1168; Tech, 619; Florida, 351; Tulane, 203; Tennessee, 17. Birmingham-Southern, Tech, L. S. U., Georgia, and Florida were excused games, the average attendance of which was 951, or about 40 per cent of the students registered at Auburn. Junior High Beats Opelika High 26-7 Led by Captain Charles Stevens, the Auburn High junior team gained a one-sided victory, 26 to 7, over the Opelika High Bulldogs last Wednesday on Moore Field. Stevens scored three of Auburn's touchdowns, one being an eighty yard' run on an intercepted pass. Auburn captialized upon Opelika's wild passing to do most of their scoring. With the exception of intercepted passes the game was very close, with Opelika rolling up 14 first downs to Auburn's 12. Because of a misunderstanding Opelika's ace fullback, Sam Riddle, was kept out of the game until the closing eight minutes. Stevens, Lee, and Mitchell were outstanding for Auburn, while Whatley and Still led the Bullpups. Thirty Two Enrolled In Auburn High Band The Auburn High School Band organized two years ago by Lawrence Barnett, college glee club director, has recently enjoyed a splendid increase in membership. Starting with only 11 men, the group has grown until it has a personnel of 32. The goal of the band is to have a membership of 50. Besides directing, Mr. Barnett gives individual lessons to those members desiring and needing instruction. In this way the organization has become recognized over this part of the state as the outstanding high school band. The championship of the Independent Touch Football Tournament was decided Sunday afternoon as the Terrell Ranch barely eked out a 2-0 victory over the Stephen House gridders. The entire contest was hard fought with the final outcome remaining in doub't until the final gun. Both teams exhibited some fine, hard blocking and complicated pass plays. Outstanding defensive work featured the play of both clubs with the Ranchers utilizing a break late in the final period to score a safety on the Stephen House team. By virtue of their victory, the Terrell Ranchers won the right to represent the Independents in a game with Kappa Alpha, fraternity champs, to determine the championship of the college. The contest will be played after the Christmas holidays, the date and plans to be decided upon at a later date. 30 Tapped By Keys In Drive For Members Keys Open Their Tapping Season With Thirty Pledges Who Will Be Initiated Jan. 8 PRESIDENT L. N. DUNCAN With the tapping season not yet expired, thirty men have accepted bids from Keys, Interfraternity group, in a campaign inaugurated to place all fraternities on an equal representation in the organization. Special efforts have been exerted by the Keys' officers to carry out the plans of the organization as to representation. But because of reluctant cooperation from some of the unrepresented fraternities, the tapping period has been extended to a period of sufficient length to interview each of these fraternities. List Of Men Tapped To date, the following men have been tapped: Tom Jones, Doc Granger, Alpha Lambda Tau; Murray Bradley, A. T. O.; George G. Darty, Sterling Graydon, Beta Kappa; Charles Harris, Kappa Sigma; Leon C. Piccard, Edward S. Smith, Lambda Chi Alpha; R. E. Kierstead, John De Palma, H. Stanley Lawton, Charles W. Metzger, Virgil B. Rhodes, Charles E. Waddell, Phi Kappa Tau; William A. Martin, Clifford tf. Webb, Bill Ott, Pi Kappa Phi; Henry T. King, Pi Kappa Alpha; James C. Slaughter, A. W. Vogtle, L. E. Foster, Sigma Nu; J. H. Walker, E. R. Hopper, Theta Kappa Nu; R. O. (Continued On Page 4) "Squaring The Circle", Presented On Monday, Commented On By Reporter By FRANKLYN WARD At eight o'clock Monday evening before a near-capacity house in Lang-don Hall the curtain rolled back upon the three act farce "Squaring the Circle" presented by the- Auburn Players. Undaunted by the slow rain that had begun earlier in the evening many turned out to witness a most amusing presentation. Although starting off a little slowly and unsurely, the play rapidly gained momentum and sped to a success even beyond the expectations of the cast and the producing staff. Hilarity and colorful gayety reigned throughout the play; however, at times the question of "ethics" on the part of Abram seemed a bit monotonous. Appearing first on the stage were Charles Kelley as Vassya and Jane Billingsley as Ludmilla. At first Kel-ley's actions seemed a bit forced, but this may be overlooked as this was his first appearance on the campus as one of the Players. Later he gained confidence and put forth a very creditable performance. Miss Billingsley was very refreshing in her naturalness and sincerity. Her interpretation of the part is to be complimented and in our eyes stands forth as one of the better performances in the play. Spat Is Highlight Of Play Miriam Denton as Tonya and Arthur Elsberry as Abram played their parts without fault. We suggest as one of the highlights of the play their spat in the second act. It is difficult for us to believe that they really were not ready to fly at one an-others' throat. Lem Edmondson, Jr., was immediately received by the audience for his most amusing portrayal of the part of the physical education enthusiast and would-be poet. Edmondson has appeared before in productions and has always been accorded with laughter and applause. The cast and the director, Telfair B. Peet, are to be complimented on the fine performance. The audience filed out after much applause with high approval of the work done by the Auburn Players. Many expressed their eagerness to attend future presentations which are to be chosen at a meeting of the Players Wednesday evening. TO ALL STUDENTS: You will soon leave Auburn for your homes to spend the- Christmas holidays which will begin officially here on December 19 and end at 8 o'clock on the morning of January 4. This will give you two weeks at home. I know that it will be a pleasure for you to be back with the family; and I know that it will be a genuine pleasure for them to have you. We hope that your relatives and friends will be favorably impressed with the progress you have made here, and also because you will reflect Auburn wherever, you go. We are very anxious for each student to remain for his or her last class this week. If this is done* by all students no classwork will be disturbed by students leaving prematurely. Of course you will hear about Auburn's probation. We assure you again you need not be disturbed by it. Your credits are not affected in the least. The committee which placed Auburn on probation is friendly in every way and their only criticism was inadequate funds. As this is being written our legislature is in special session with indications that a revenue measure to provide adequate funds for Auburn and other educational institutions will be enacted into law. If this is done it will be a day of great rejoicing here. We believe that it will bespeak for Auburn an era of unprecedented growth and service to all the people of Alabama. It is true that we have had more than our share of financial grief but we are optimistic enough to believe that out of it will emerge a greater Auburn which will be loved more and appreciated more by those who are connected with it and by the people whom Auburn serves. It is a genuine pleasure for us to have you as students. We are grateful to you for your wholesome cooperation throughout the year. This is Auburn's biggest year in enrollment and we believe that when this session ends next May we will all agree that it is, or has been, the best in Auburn's history. Wishing for you a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year, I am, Sincerely yours, L. N. Duncan, President. Business Frat Plans Professional Program The local chapter of the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, is planning an extensive professional program beginning immediately after the Christmas holidays. The program will consist chiefly of talks and lectures given by members of the faculty in the commerce department and by outstanding business men from cities near Auburn. In the past, these meetings have been open only to members of Delta Sigma Pi, but it is planned to extend invitations to all students of business administration to these professional meetings where subjects of interest are discussed. It is through meetings of this kind that Delta Sigma Pi promotes a closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce. It is also planned by the members of the fraternity to take at least one industrial tour through some manufacturing plant during the second semester. Phi Epsilon Tau, Social Frat, Formed On CampuS Recently Phi Epsilon Tau, Local Social Fraternity Organized By Eleven Students Here, Is Sponsored By Tau Epsilon Phi At Georgia Tech And May Join National Organization Next September Phi Epsilon Tau, a recognized local social fraternity, has recently been formed on the campus by a group of eleven Auburn students. Permission to form the new organization was granted by the Executive Council recently. Phi Epsilon Tau is sponsored by the national fraternity Tau Epsilon Phi of Georgia Tech. Present plans are to continue as a local fraternity until next September, and then to become national in affiliation if indications are that such a move will be a success. The members intend to secure a house, and several prospects are being considered, but final action on the matter will probably be deferred several months. Students with high scholastic records are preferred. The present sch6- lastic average of the group is well over 85. Officers of the frat are Louis G. Goldberg of Birmingham as President, Martin Odlen of Camden, New Jersey, as Vice-President, Perry J. Schwartz of Birmingham as Secretary, and Herman S. Weisz of Montgomery as Treasurer. In addition to the officers, members of the new fraternity are Milton B. Hesslein, Morris Miller, Morton A. Prager, Harvey L. Rubin, Herbert G. Schiff, Howard B. Seidler, and Leo K. Shwartz. The organization of the new fraternity brings the number of social fraternities in Auburn up to twenty- •two again, the number there were before the disbanding Sigma Phi Sigma last year. It is the only local frar ternity on the campus and as it is planned for the fraternity to go national next year all fraternities on the campus will be chapters of leading national fraternities at the beginning of the next school year. Phi Psi Initiates 7; Officers Are Elected Officers Join Red Cross 100 Per Cent The Military Department has already entered 100 per cent in the local Red Cross drive for 1937 sponsored by the American Legion. The Red Cross is headed by the President of the United States. Its latest undertaking is the establishment of first aid stations on the highways. Several local organizations plan to contribute one hundred per cent in the roll-call this year. The membership fee is one dollar for the year but any donation will be appreciated. Rev. Sam B. Hay, Dean C. L. Hare and Mr. A. D. Burke are in charge of contributions. The eight members of the Military Department who have subscribed for the year are: Lt. Col. Fred C. Wallace, Major E. H. Almquist; Captain E. E. Jacoby; Captain W. J. Klep-inger; Captain K. L. Johnson; Captain James L. McKinnon; Sgt. George T. Moxham. Seven new members were initiated by Phi Psi, national honorary society for Textile Engineers, last Monday night. The new members are John Fonville, graduate of Auburn in 1934; Jimmy Motley, Senior; Herman Weiss, Mason Studdard, Charles Crump, Jimmy Hooper, and Lewis Thomas, Juniors. After the initiation ceremony, several new officers were elected to fill vacancies that will be left by officers getting their degrees in January. The following were elected to serve for the remainder of the school year: James Pike, president; E. G. Jones, vice-president; Lewis Thomas, secretary; and Hugh Owen, treasurer. Lambda Chapter was installed in Auburn last year as an outgrowth of T. E. X., local textile * society. Phi Psi is primarily a professional fraternity with its chief aim the betterment of feeling among textile men. '37 Schedule Will Include 10 Opponents New Schedule For Tigers Does Not Entail So Much Traveling As Last Year's Schedule By ROBERT JOHNSON The 1937 football schedule is as follows: September 24 — Birmingham- Southern in Montgomery. October 2 — Tulane in New Orleans. October 9—Open. October 16 — Miss. State in Birmingham. October 23—Ga. Tech in Atlanta. October 30—Rice in Houston. November 6—Tennessee in Birmingham. November 13 — L. S. U. in Baton Rouge. November 20—Georgia in Columbus. November 27 — Florida in Jacksonville. Auburn's 1937 football schedule, as announced by the Athletic Department, will include seven Southeastern Conference opponents, one Dixie, and one Southwestern Conference opponent. One date, October 9, is yet to be arranged which will complete a ten game schedule. The open date determines whether a varsity game will be played on Drake Field next Fall. (Continued on page 4) Legislature Works Towards Financial Relief Of Education, Other Functions Day by day the legislature now in special session is grinding toward financial relief for education and other state functions. During Tuesday's session the senate committee on education, by a wide margin, approved the gross receipts tax bill which the house approved last week and the senate placed it on its calendar for a vote tomorrow, Thursday. The senate also defeated by 20 to 11 a bill to shift the corporation franchise tax and other revenues from the general fund into the educational trust fund. This bill was sponsored by anti-administration senators and, therefore, is considered a test vote on the gross receipts bill. The final outcome on this bill will not be known until after the senate votes Thursday. Opinion in Montgomery is practically unanimous, though, that it will become a law. Sales Tax Bill To Arise With this feeling of assurance, it is unofficially reported from Montgomery that a general sales tax bill will be introduced immediately into the house with a view, probably, to making it the final revenue measure. If this is done and approved it will enable the administrative forces to choose between a general sales tax and a gross receipts tax. Reports are that sentiment for a sales tax over a gross receipts tax is gaining. If the sales tax finally wins it is expected that it will be for 2 per cent with one-half of one per cent divided among the counties for their educational needs and 1% per cent into the educational trust fund. The house bill providing for legalized sale of liquor in Alabama is now in the legislative hopper. The predictions are that this bill, or one similar to it, will become a law before the end of this special session. Both houses recessed Tuesday until Thursday, leaving Wednesday for committee meetings. It is .understood that both Thursday and Friday will be legislative days. The feeling now is that on Friday both houses will recess until January 5, or for the Christmas holidays. So far this special session has been (Continued on page 4) Auburn To Meet Bama In Frat Tilt Kappa Alpha, Auburn Champion, Meets Pi Kappa Alpha, University Champion, Today NINE ON TEAM Neither School Officially Recognizes Contest Which Is First In Twenty-Eight Years The touch football game between winners of the annual tournaments at the University of Alabama and Auburn, being played in Tuscaloosa today, marks the first form of competition between representatives of the two schools in 28 years. K. A.'s of Auburn, who earned first place by defeating the Theta Chi's last Sunday 21-6, left for the Capstone yesterday, sixteen strong, to play the Pi K. A.'s, winners at Alabama. The game is slated to start at two o'clock. Inasmuch as the University teams are composed of eleven men and the Auburn teams only seven, an agreement was reached between the two principals whereby each team will use nine men. According to Allen Martin, captain and coach of the K. A.'s, the probable line-up for the Auburn team will be.: Candler and Chisolm, ends; Corr and Hill, guards; Martin, center; and Biggin, Whatley, Knight and Stanley, backs. Others who will probably see service are Wallace, Snow, Maroney, Watters, and Siebels. Neither school has officially recognized or sponsored this game and it is generally regarded as being an athletic engagement between the two fraternities proper. It is evidence of the decline of bitterness between Auburn and Alabama, and, according to experts, it should be the opening wedge toward bringing the two state schools together again. Beauty Section To Be Released After Holidays, Is Report The much publicized beauty section has already been prepared and those honored will be announced at some time during the first week following the holidays. Panels of the various campus organizations will be complete ed this week and promise £o be even better than those in last year's publication. # Chris Risher, senior in Architecture, will make up the entire view section in a medium of Wollf pencil on an illustration board with Samford Hall, Langdon Hall, Broun Hall, Duncan Hall, Ross Chemical Laboratory, Alumni Gymnasium, and the Library being featured in the section. Tennis Court Work To Start In Spring Professor A. F. Nickel, member of the Auburn Lions Club Tennis Court Committee, declared yesterday that the profit from the recent carnival held to raise funds for the building of new courts has been deposited in a trust fund and that the proposed work would begin in the Spring. New means of raising additional money are being considered by the Lions' committee jointly with the ODK tennis court promotion-men. Investigation has been instigated into the most desirable and thorough methods for construction of modern courts, so as to insure the durability of whatever project is finally decided upon. Further developments will be forthcoming immediately following the Christmas holidays. 22 Are Initiated By Kappa Delta Pi Twenty-two students were initiated in Kappa Delta Pi, national education fraternity, with elaborate ceremonies and banquet here Monday evening. This was the largest number of new members initiated in the fraternity at one time on the Auburn campus, and the scholarship average of the neophytes surpasses that of all previous groups, according to Dr. Jerome (Continued On Page 4) P A G E TWO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1936 Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. ; • Subscription rates, $2.50 per year (58 issues), $1.50 per semester (29 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Alabama. Member Plssocided Golle6ide Press Distributor of Golle6ide Di6est Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Company, on West Magnolia Ave. Telephone 448. Editor may be reached after office hours by calling 431-J. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 4Z0MADISON AVE. NEWYORK. N.Y. CHICAGO • BOSTON • SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES • PORTLAND - SEATTLE Bobby Chesnutt __; Editor-in-Chief M. C. Shannon Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Associate Editors: Alvin Morland, C. W. Bell, Norman Wood, Jack Steppe. Managing Editors: Howard Workman (Wednesday Edition), James Buntin (Friday Edition). News Editors: Robert Johnson, Kate Crossley. Feature Editor: Son Thomas. Society Editor: Marion Stanley. Assistant Society Editors: Doris White, Frances Wilson. Sports Editor: Jack Todd. Sports Contributors: Ed Briggs, Brooks Sellars, J. W. Nail, Frank Cayce. Intramural Sports Editor: John Watters. Special Writers: Hugh Cameron, L. E. Foster, John Godbold, John B. Thomas, Ted Carmack, Richard Jones, Edwin God-bold, Foster Haley. Reporters: John Ivey," George Knight, Ed Thomas, J. H. Wheeler, Pete Snyder, Joan Metzer, Franklyn Ward, George Hil-ler, Louis Vogel. " BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Manager: Buck Dar-den. Advertising Manager: George Perry. Advertising Assistants: Harvey Sargent, Alvin Vogtle, Jack Carr. Circulation Manager: C. M. Pruet. Assistant Circulation Managers: Sam Teague, Page Walker. Circulation Assistants: John Huff, V. A. Hunt, Julian Myrick, Arthur Steele, Wil-liam Carroll. Some Notes On The Wonder Of The Christmas Spirit Even though it is a commemoration of the birth of Christ, non-Christians and Christians alike celebrate Christmas. Many grow impatient with the theology of the Christian churches, but they all experience the uplift of spirit on Christmas Day. Many doubt the practicability of Christian tenets, but they feel the thrill of brotherhood at Christmas. If all churches were to close their doors, and if every Bible were allowed to collect its dust uninterrupted in the darkest corner of the back shelf, the universal observance of Christmas Day would keep alive a great deal of that for which the founder of the faith stood. The terrors of poverty may crush a spirit for 364 days of the year, but Dec. 25 invariably brings the pleasure of plenty. The selfish miserliness of a Scrooge may destroy all evidence of anything Christly, but on Christmas Day Scrooge's spirit will become inflated like a balloon by the irresistible atmosphere. We do much that is foolish in the name of Christmas. Shoppers shove and growl at each other for weeks in an attempt to purchase useless gifts to present to doubtful friends who will return other unwanted articles. We indulge in dangerous excesses in vain attempt to experience the thrill of a spiritual experience which rests essentially on simplicity. But on Christmas Day nothing seems to have been foolish; the Christmas Spirit blots out non-essentials. As the holidays begin, the most generous wish The Plainsman can make is that the Christmas Spirit may be with us all for the entire two weeks, not for only a day. Social Security Act At A Glance Two weeks ago 26,000,000 workers filled out annuity blanks that conformed with the Social Security Act. They eagerly consented for one main reason: It will provide a living future for them when they are unable to work. In 1929 the market turned the nation into a flurry with millions losing their homes, jobs, and savings. Desperate and with little faith left, workers looked not for opportunity but se^ curity. Realizing this urge for security, Roosevelt overnight, presented an outline for a social-insurance system. Practically complete now the organization is in full swing towards enacting the program. The purpose of the act includes simply this: In the Old Age Annuity program it will provide a regular income to aged men and women, thereby encouraging their retirement and thus, increasing opportunities for younger workers. The Unemployment Compensation proposes to induce States to pass unemployment insurance in the hope that it will stabilize mass purchasing power. The Old Age Annuity will function by deducting from the employees pay roll 1 per cent of wages (up to $3,000 a year) to be paid to the Federal Government. The tax rate increases ^ of 1 per cent every three years until it reaches 3 per cent. Employers pay their share of the taxes by paying an amount equivalent to that paid by all his workers combined. The provision states that arty eligible worker who reaches 65 years of age in 1942 or later may quit his job and receive monthly checks from the government the rest of his life, provided he has conformed with the annuity rules. Also, there is a provision for "settlement after death" in which the estate receives the insurance from the beneficiary. The act has been praised highly by labor. The instigators believe that it will solve for once and all the problems of the laboring class that reach the age when they are handicapped and unable to make a living for themselves. Contrasting the acceptance it has met with much criticism and opposition. Opposers claim that so much money will be a temptation to future government wealth sharers, and it will create an enormous debt which will eventually cost taxpayers more than the present cost of the army and navy. At any rate it is a step taken to wrangle out the many difficulties confronted by labor for the past 6 years. In so far as nothing in the past, similiar to this act, has been tried, we are for a try-out. Do Grades Count Now And Later In Life? Do good grades really matter to students while they are attending college and after they go out into the business world? That is a question that is asked by hundreds of thousands of students every year, a question that seems to worry a great many of them. Surely good grades matter, both during school life and during that part of a person's life when he should be best prepared to make a success of himself, when he takes over the responsibility of a job or of a family. A person who is in the habit of handing in his daily algebra problem and learning his history lesson would hardly be the one to lie down on his job and shirk his responsibilities; but what of the student who forgets, or is too lazy, to do these things in school? He is naturally the one to go out of his way to avoid a little hard work. Habits are powerful leaders, and they should be used to good advantages. A good example that shows the difference in the futures of students who make good grades and students whose grades are not so good is shown in the results of a study made by President Walter S. Gifford of the college men employed by the Bell Telephone System. Mr. Gifford's researches show that the men who graduated at the head of their classes make one-third as much again as those who did not make quite as high grades in college. He found that the longer the best students are in business the more rapidly their earnings rise, and that the longer the poorer students are in business the slower their earnings rise. 'The above statements are based on only one research, but many such studies have been made and the same results were found invariably. A person who makes high grades because he studies a little more than the average college student might be termed a sissy by some of his associates, but he will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that he stands a better chance to succeed in after life than his friends who loafed through college. ROUGH ON RATS: Residents of a Notre Dame hall, mid ceremony and excitement, declare open season on rats each year. Rules are that weapons must not exceed one pound in weight and rats must be given at least a running start. (Don't be misunderstanding. This is the kind of rat that has a long tail and four legs.) A resident of another Notre Dame hall trapped forty-four mice in one month last year. It sounds like a modern version of the mouse-tower on the Rhine. - ARE YOU FOR IT?: University of Utah students started a pot boiling when they began their vigorous campaign against winter kissing to stop the spread of colds. The idea has struck Columbia and controversy rages rife there. One of the leaders in the Columbia Boycott and Anti Winter Kissing Drive demonstrated the "sterilized, germicidal, antiseptic" kiss administered through a protective screen of fumigated carbon. Anyhow this is one strike where plenty of strike-breakers can be found. News and Views By HOWARD WORKMAN THIS TIME: RELATIONS WITH ALABAMA, EYES ON THE LEGISLATURE, MORE WAR IN CHINA. STEP FORWARD: To day there is a game scheduled between the inter-fraternity touch football champions of the University and Auburn. This game between the 'Bama Pi K A's and the Auburn K A's may be another step forward in renewing athletic relations between the schools in a formal way. Already the glee clubs of the rival institutions have met on friendly terms. Since the discontinuance of athletic relations several years ago because of the fatal result of a sideline fight there have been repeated effort on the parts of both the schools to renew the contests of athletic ability. A state law forbidding relations seems to be the only hitch in the plan for no amount of lobbying has been able to get the Legislature to repeal it. With the progress already made this year and the probability that more progress will be made next year it seems altogether possible that in the near future the two schools will once more meet on the, gridiron, the basketball court, the cinder path, in the tank, and in all the various arenas of athletic contest. When the time does come the problem will be finding a stadium large enough to hold the crowd who will clamor for admittance. * * * * WAITING: While the eyes of the people all over the state are on the Legislature, watching and waiting for action, the legislators continue to carry on their endless harrangue of pro and con without coming to any definite conclusions. The gross receipts tax bill is still in the committee of the Senate which adjourned after on hearing without voting on it. As the schools of the state come to the end of their first term the teachers and pupils are beginning to wonder how long the second term will last. Still the Legislature has not provided for the financing of the schools. We are all waiting on you, solons. * « * * MORE WAR: With war in Spain'rocking along, war seems imminent in another quarter of the world. The abduction of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek by a group of his subordinates led by the Marshall Chang Hsiao-Liang has definitely precipitated a crisis. It was reported that the reason for the abduction was that the rebels would hold the Generalissimo as a hostage until the central government declared war on Japan. A body of troops was dispatched to recover the abducted chief but Yen Hsi-Shan, pacification commissioner, pleaded with them not to attempt to carry out punitive measures on the rebel leader but to use any other means of obtaining his release. Thus a crisis pops out in another corner of this warminded world with a pending civil war in China and perhaps a war between Japan and China. Who'll be next? Cats and Canaries Smart Gal or Short Runner?—The Flash from Huntington who is giving Jack Dim-merling and Hamp Williams double talk and making them like it. * * * * Will someone please tell Jean Campbell to Pull the Shades down while dating? * * • * Love On A Horse—Mary Hayes and Georgie Hardy. * * * * Joiner does certainly believe in that hand holding game at the Auburn Opera House. * * * * Wondering—Why Bill Milam wanted lemons so badly Friday night at P. Bag's establishment. * * * * What "pike" rat had them All wondering if he was really a married man last Saturday night? . * * * * December LoVe In Bloom—Frank Walter Smith and Mary Murphey—Lopey Mantoux and Gladys Galvin. * * » '» Stansberry's dress Friday night reminded me of Perry Schwartz's shirt. » * * • It is rumored that Blumberg swallowed a barrel. » * * * Where were Floyd Pugh'B gloves found? * * * * Seems as though Silva should be told not to swing to "Silent Night." * * * * Is Jean Bailey really two timing Matt Gilbert? And at meal times, Pat Miller still shines and shines—or rather, tries to. * * * * And If This Column Smells—slightly of the Hayseed—remember—The Regular Cat Ain't Batting the Canaries Out. * * * » UNDER COVER: Have been promised two chocolate sodas by John Ivey and Baby Buntin if I can arrange a date with Ida Belle for them. Plainsman Forum—Voice of the Students Suggests Plainsman Opinion Poll In Regard To Auburn-Alabama Relationship . Editor, The Auburn Plainsman Dear Sir: Every year, at about this time, there is talk of the possibilities of Auburn and Alabama playing each other in a game of football "next year". So far, it has been nothing more than "just talk". But now it appears that the long awaited resumption is at hand, and it is my firm belief that the two schools will square off within the next two years. If the Tide and Tigers do play eath other, the rivalry will be very keen, no doubt; but isn't this the case in every other state? There will be a few individual fights in the stands, but no more so than are encountered in any other football game. And while we are on the subject of fights, let me insist that a great majority of the brawls at college games are instigated by outsiders and alumni (apologies to our more loyal alumni) who think that this peculiar form of team support is the "best ever." Thus the school gets a black eye for something her students are not responsible for, and. Auburn and Bama can't play because the students are bad little children who fight all the time. But we are not children, we are men and women who are a great deal more level-headed, as a group, than the rest of the crowd. To say that an encounter between Auburn and Bama would result in a free for all is an absurdity. For the past several years Alabama has been consistently on or near the top of the Southeastern Conference. Auburn's record is nearly as good as that of her sister institution. Can you imagine what a colorful classic it would be to get these two conference leaders together? At present, there is not a bowl in the state that would take care of the vast crowd that would attend such a game. The writer would like to suggest a possible solution: Why not have another Plainsman opinion Poll with the following ballot: 1. In your honest opinion, do you think that Auburn and Alabama could resume athletic relations with no more bitterness than is normally prevalent with other state schools? 2. Do you favor a resumption of athletic relations between Auburn and the University of Alabama? The Crimson White, student publication at the University of Alabama, could conduct a similar poll; and the results of the two polls (which, in my opinion, would be astounding) could be brought to the attention of the officials holding the whip hand. In this way they would be made cognizant of the fact that we, as students, want the two schools together; and that we would conduct ourselves properly at any form of engagement between the two schools. I do not say that this poll would open the barrier between the two schools immediately. But it might create such an impression with the "higher ups" that they would allow the Tide and the Tigers to meet each other in some minor form of competition such as track, basketball, or baseball. The football game would come later—after we have shown the state that we can "behave" when the two institutions meet. Sincerely, Son Thomas. Writer Gives His Opinions On S i t u a t i o n In England Editor, The Auburn Plainsman Dear Sir: Every paper I pick up has something about the England situation. Since I would like to say what I think of this, I am writing you this essay and hope you will see fit to run it. As the entire British Empire quakes from the catastrophe that befell the throne of England, Cupid stands triumphant over the heart of a beloved king who has been a friend of the people from start to finish, and has looked out for the commoners^ as no British ruler had ever done. King Edward's abdication may or not be the wedge that will break this great world power. He held the love of the people of all the dominions, and his loss bore more sorrow to them than to the noble class, as he had sacrificed prestige of the wealthy classes to serve the less fortunate. The abdication of such a leader of men proved to the world that England was not at the hands of a power-laden ruler. The world was amazed at the power vested in the body of men who clung to the rules of majesty and issued the writ that dethroned the young King Edward. Many English patriots proclaimed this to be the outcome of an intensified prejudice held against the king by capitalists and the upper classes who have shown resentment to the lack of consideration he showed them during his reign. In losing King Edward, Britain lost a fearless king whose honor had been unblemished in many tribulations. He has served the throne in a noble fashion, and his name deserves the recognition of being one among many who did not let his own selfish interests play a part in his actions. Sincerely, E. F. On Your Radio—By John B. Thomas HENRY KING Henry King's meteoric rise in the professional orchestra field has been nothing short of phenomenal. This amiable young man, who several years ago was pianist in a small band of no particular importance, today is the favorite of music lovers all over the country. He has played five seasons at the Embassy Club in Miami; five seasons at the Ross Fenton Farms in New Jersey; engagements at the Embassy Club, Pierre Hotel, and the Waldorf Astoria, in New York City; the El Patio Club and the Colony Club in Palm Beach; two seasons at the Central Park Casino in New York; and an engagement at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. King established himself as a favorite of society by getting a return engagement at that mecca for bandleaders, the Waldorf Astoria, where he foljowed Eddie Duchin. He has played two seasons at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, and now plays nightly at the Del Mar Club, smart rendezvous in Santa Monica, California. King's style is distinctive in that he takes tunes and plays them in the tempo of three of our most popular rhythms. His arrangements include them as a waltz, then as a fox-trot, then as a rhumba. Vocalist for the band is Joseph Sudy. He has a tenor voice which is indeed pleasant. Helen Ward, Benny Goodman's songstress, formerly sang with this band. However, the band has no feminine vocalist at present. HERE AND THERE Buddy Rogers and his band are playing theatrical engagements in New York prior to sailing for Europe, Dec. 26.—Rudy Val-lee was so stricken with grief at the death of his former wife, Fay Webb„several weeks ago, that he missed his first broadcast in seven years.—Hal Kemp says that he and his band "have been stooging long enough for an accordion", and intimates that he will leave the Phil Baker Gulf Oil prograirwon the Sunday night broadcast following Christmas Day. Kemp and his band have only about five minutes on each program, and this isn't enough time for these machine- gun musicians to show their real ability.— Benny Goodman calls a string bass a "dog house" and his clarinet a "licorice stick".—Eddie Duchin directs his band during the course of a number with his eyebrows. The members of his band have learned to interpret each signal perfectly and rarely hit a sour note.—George Olsen has taken over the band of the late Orville Knapp. The personnel of the band hasn't changed and they are now playing at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago. This includes Edith Caldwell, vocalist, and former Birmingham girl.—Bob Crosby's arrangement of the "Pagan Love Song" features solos by the bass player and the drum, and it is torridly distinctive. For the benefit of you who are going to the Sugar Bowl, he is now playing at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. On Other Campuses—By The Wanderer POSSUM TRAGEDY: One lone, forlorn little country possum involved a Mississippi State professor in some most embarrassing difficulties recently. One night, while riding, the professor sighted a possum in the road. The car lights fascinated the animal and it stood still. The prof got out of his car and tried to slip up on the apparently hypnotized possum, but it started moving away. Then the prof's car started moving away too, only in a different direction. Away the professor went in pursuit of the runaway car, but he skidded on a wet bunch of grass, did a tail spin to the ground, and plowed up portions of a lawn with his chin. The sufferer regained his feet and his dignity and finally halted the auto jus.t as it was about to smack into a house. By this time the gentleman was plenty mad at Mr. Possum so he thundered back across the lawn in hot pursuit. Again he skidded on wet grass and again he bit the dust. After sundry comments he arose, summoned a friend, and with his help captured the innocent offender. Predictions are that the acrobatic educator will join a circus where his talents will be appreciated more. * * * * A MATTER OF IDENTITY: A University of Kentucky male student named Beverly Vaughn became riled over receiving his copy of the Kernel addressed to Miss Beverly Vaughn. Thereupon, he wrote a letter to the Kernel editor in which he revealed that not only did he receive his copy of the paper as "Miss" but also that he had been notified of every women's convocation for four years with instructions to notify the Dean of Women if unable to attend. * * * * In examining 40,000 college students the medical faculty at the University of Minnesota found that college men and women are on the average taller than those who do not attend an institution of higher learning. No wonder! Non collegians don't spent the major portion of their lives standing in lines as we do. Thunderations By HUGH CAMERON The Pi K A dance is so good Saturday night Dottie and Molly can nowise wear shoes till Sunday night, and then only because it's Sunday. Any dance wherein those who went can't wear shoes for days after- Ward must be some good. * * * * M i s s Huntington College was to the Betta Kappa dance this past Friday night, and buggies full of other little girls, and everybody had more than a somewhat of fun. Ask Bobbie Roberts about that one. And comes this Thursday night one of the dances of the year . . . the Tiger Theatre Dance. The dance wherein Bookie Roberts, Kappa Delta Goaty Thomas, Bevo Biggin, Chi Omega Pfaff, et al, take their lights from under the bushel baskets and let them shine forth into the darkness of the night. One of the three best dances of last year and promising to be in the first three again this year. The other two last year being the first Delta Sig dance and the Kappa Delta dance. * * * * So Alabama and Auburn are at last engaging in a football game! Even tho this is to be an interfraternity "touch" football contest it at last brings an Alabama and Auburn team together. Our little "Fued" with Alabama is much the same as some of these Kentucky Mountain fueds. Us Martin boys don't know anything about these Coy boys . . . they seem like pretty good fellers to us . . . . but Grand-pap says they are skunks so we guess that makes them not fitten to play with. Grandpap also says these Damn Yankees are pizen and ain't fitten to be seen with either, but us Martin boys have pretty good fun with them. Course they talk kind of funny, but you can understand them if you listen close enough. And Grandpap says these "Hossless Carriages" are works of the devil, and that the Lawd will see to it that U. S. Grant is not elected President. Grandpap is a pretty good feller, but like so many people he thinks this Winter of 1871 will be the coldest we have ever had, but it ain't so cold . . . not really. * * * * What is this "Spring Singing" stuff on the front page last time? How you think you will have any Spring Singing left after the Kay Kyser dances, and all of the other dances before them? Doesn't anyone know there is more singing after a dance on the street corners than there ever will be when one is gathered together in a premeditated howling contest? A man can't sing when he knows that is what he is at a place to do. And please, if the idea goes through, don't lets invite the Coy boys over for a "Spring Singing". The Coy boys are very good boys and we don't want them to get the wrong idea of us over here. We are supposed to go to church so often that we are all songed out and can't nowise muster another note in between Sundays. Besides . . . . even tho the thing may be very good . . . . it sounds a bit like lace handkerchiefs and rose water, and you ain't never seen a Coy boy who wouldn't rather smell gun powder. * * * * Almost time to go home for the coming of Santa Claus, and I haven't enlarged the chimney piece yet so Santa can drop Sloppy Joe down it. If this thing turns out like the electric train I have never seen for Christmas the only Joe I will see will be the kind one so often sees when he is looking for a seven. * * * * If Sunshine Pearce and Frances Wright will just write me a New Years card from Havana the home staying won't be so bad. Would also like one from Elmer Salter, and most surely one from Bobbie Blake. I haven't seen Blake but once since the Tennessee game, and then he was hopping a train for California. * * * * 'Tis hell to be "pore" and hired out and have the wolf doing the "Organ Grinder's Swing" on the back door step. * * * * Wonder if the Harry Hamilton who wrote the scrip for Tuesday's show could be the Harry Hamilton who used to be here and have charge of the "Auburn Players"? Can't ever tell what these Auburn men will do. Jan Garber used to play in the Auburn Knights here, only they weren't known as the Knights then, and General Bullard, second in Command during the World War, used to cuss over having to make drill on Saturday morning here. Maybe me and Bookie Roberts will be running the Arlington Race Track some day and take Damon Runyon for ten thousand on a ten to one hoss. DRESS PARADE: A Loyola lad appeared at his Monday morning classes last week in a tux, top hat, and tails—Fred Astaire style. Investigators found that he had not turned gigolo, but was paying off a bet on a football game. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1936 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE P A G E T H R EE Reverend Preer Talks To Chewacla Class On Dependence On Others "Our Dependence on Others" was the subject which Dr. Carl Preer, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Auburn, used in addressing the members of the Chewacla Bible Class, December 13, at 9:30 o'clock. The largest attendance which the class has had, seventy-five members, attended Sunday School to hear Dr. Preer. Following Dr. Preer's talk, District Chaplain, Lt. Bryant, spoke on "Christmas and Its Meaning". Patronize Plainsman advertisers. SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES Society Editor, MARION STANLEY, Phone 305 'A' Club Entertains With Private Dance Last Thursday night 27 members of the "A" Club and their dates enjoyed an evening of dancing at the "A" Club room in the Alumni Gym. The affair was very informal, no evening clothes being Worn. This marked the first time an affair of this type has ever been given by the members of this club, and it was enjoyed very much by all present. BAFFLING BAGGAGE and TROUBLESOME TRUNKS. ..Ship'em Uotnt and Back! You'll shed a vacation vexation at one economical stroke. Simply pack up and phone Railway Express when to come. Your baggage will be picked up, shipped on swift express trains, delivered promptly at your home. For the return trip, you merely reverse. No extra charge for pick-up and delivery in cities and principal towns, and the shipping costs are practically negligible, when compared with local draymen's charges, etc., and the time you spend waiting. Also, Railway Express rates always include insurance up to $50 on each shipment, without extra expense. The main thing is to notify Railway Express when to call. That done, you can climb aboard the train and enjoy the scenery. You'll be off for a Merry Christmas. Mitcham Avenue 'Phone 127 Auburn, Ala. RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY INC. ,NATION-WIDE RAIL-AIR SERVICE PERSONAL AENTION Gifts For The Children•.• A New Coaster Brake Old And New Bicycles JUST R E C E I V E D A N E W LINE O F N EW WEAVE AND INTErfWOVEN SOCKS. A MERRY CHRISTMAS —and— A HAPPY NEW YEAR IBSON'C MEN'S WEAR fcj Wishing You All the Joys of the Christmas Season and A New Year of Happiness* IDEAL LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANERS Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith visited Mrs. Harry Smith during the week-end. * * * John Fonville, former Auburn student, spent Monday in Auburn. While here he was initiated into Phi Psi, honorary textile fraternity. * * * Sara Smith spent the week-end in Columbus as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wade. « * * Margaret Watkins spent Saturday at her home in Columbus. * * • Lucile Lewis and Jane Dickson spent Saturday in Atlanta. * * * Billy Sharp and Alfred Jackson, Auburn graduates, spent the week-end in Auburn and attended the Pi Kappa Alpha dance. * * * Glenn Smith of Columbus visited his mother, Mrs. Harry Smith, over the week-end. * * * Visitors of Auburn last week were Miss Lupe and Mr. Miguel Silva of Mexico City who are touring the U. S. While at Auburn, they were entertained by their nephews Jesus and Enrique Silva. A Christmas dinner party was given in honor of the visitors by Prof. T. P. Atkinson, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Burkhardt at the house of Prof. E. W. Burkhardt. T h e t a U p s i l o n E n t e r t a i ns S o r o r i t y R e p r e s e n t a t i v es One of the loveliest of the pre- Christmas festivities was the Theta Upsilon tea held at their chapter room on Miller Avenue Sunday afternoon. This was the third of a series of teas given each month by a different sorority. The room was colorfully decorated with holly, poinsettas, and Christmas cacti. Red candles in silver candelabra graced the mantel. Vergie Winn Gunn, president of the sorority, presided at the tea table. Refreshments suggestive of the holiday season were served. About thirty guests representing the different sororities called during the afternoon. Pi K a p p a A l p h a S t a g es F o r m a l D a n ce Epsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha entertained with a formal dance Saturday night at the Recreation Hall. Several no-breaks and lead-outs were features of the evening. Music was furnished by the Auburn Knights. Out-of-town girls who attended the dance were: Mary Hobson, Dorothy Smith, Tino Williams, and Clara Nell Morgan, Birmingham; Barbara Kir-by, Evelyn Sims, and Nancy Corr, Selma; Mary Saffold, Columbus; Marguerite Swift, University of Alabama; Julia Hamner, Andalusia; Nell Chap-pell, Montevallo; and Lilly Barnes Cherry, Opelika. C o l l e g i a t e C h a p t e r W i ll P e r f o rm I n i t i a t i on The Auburn District F. F. A. will hold a meeting at Auburn, Tuesday, January 12, in Comer Hall. The Collegiate Chapter will have charge of the meeting, and they will initiate the eligible Greenhands into the Future Farmers degree. This is the first time the Collegiate Chapter has been affiliated with the district or State meeting. M. L. Ferguson, chairman of the program committee, will carry on the initiation this week, so they can learn this during the holidays. Those taking part in the initiation will be mainly Seniors. Student Night Given By Baptist On Sunday The Student Night program presented at the Baptist Church Sunday night was declared highly successful. It was well received by a large audience. More than thirty-five students participated in the program, including some twenty students who sang in the white-robed choir, directed by Mrs. Christine Tidwell, church organist. The program was divided into two main parts. Several students gave talks on the work of the Baptist Student Union and the results of work in colleges of the South. One of the main features of the program was the sunburst all-color screen devotional on which was shown the picture of Christ in Gethsemane, while a talk was given on "The Place of Prayer in the Stu dent's Life." After this a shadow of a student in prayer was cast on the screen, and the choir sang "Whisper a Prayer." Special musical numbers added much to the effectiveness of the program. Mr. Hilding Holmberg, Jr., played the offertory number of Christmas carols on the vibraphone, and Max Lachman played the accordion. Joe Turner rendered a soft number on the violin during the reading of the scripture. Students making short talks included Robert Johnston, president of the local B. S. U., L. C. Worthy, Roswell Hair, L. C. King, 0. M. Johnston, J. D. Brooks, D. H. Traylor, Earl Gardiner, W. R. Bell, Eugene Knight, and Bessie Ruth Smyer. Davis Woolley, student secretary, brought the closing message. C o l l e g i a t e C h a p t e r Of F . F . A . H o l d s M e e t i ng The Collegiate Chapter of the F. F. A. held its regular meeting Tuesday night, December 8, in Comer Hall, and the following program was presented: a mock initiation, a report on the Co- Op Book Exchange by E. M. Baker, a membership report by B. E. Cowart, and music by V. B. Rhodes and H. R. Benford. The mock initiation was held for the benefit of the members who had never seen one put on in the High School Chapters of F.' F. A. Boys who had put on initiations before were in charge of this part of the program. The initiation aided the main purpose of the Collegiate Chapter which is to train students to become more efficient in F. F. A. work. Mr. Baker's report on the Co-Op Book Exchange showed that it had been and is a very successful project and that it is in a position to render better service to the students in the future. According to the report by Mr. Cowart the Chapter has a "paid-up" membership of ninety-two. This is the largest membership attained by the Chapter since its organization here in Auburn. The program was concluded with several selections of music by Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Benford. D e l t a S i g m a Pi H o l ds O u t i n g M o n d ay Members of Delta Sigma Pi and their dates enjoyed a weiner roast at the fraternity's cabin Monday night on the Old Opelika road. The evening's activities consisted of playing games, telling jokes and eating weiners and marshmallowB. F o r e m a n R o g e r s A n d E m p l o y e e s E n t e r t a in Mr. Foreman Rogers and employees of the Tiger Theatre will entertain Thursday night with an informal dance at the Student Center at nine-thirty. The Auburn Knights will furnish the music. Patronize Plainsman advertisers. Mrs. A. L. T h o m a s C h o s en T r e a s u r e r Of A . F . W . C. Mrs. A. L. Thomas of Auburn was chosen treasurer of the Joint Legislative Council which is a new depart-emnt oi- the Alabama Federation of Woman's Clubs. The new department was organized at a meeting held in Birmingham last week. Mrs. Nannie R. Nash of Birmingham was named president; Miss Agnes Ellen Harris, University, vice-president; Mrs. Angus Taylor, Birmingham, secretary; Mrs. J. Bruce Airey, Wetumpka, and Miss Willie Hughes Tarpley, Birmingham, committee chairman. Mrs. Thomas holds the office of State Legislative Chairman of the Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers in addition to her office in the new organization. Representatives f r o m v a r i o us women's groups will be invited to join the Council. Miss Gatchell Will Talk To Womens Club "Making Christmas Decorations" is the subject which Miss Dana Gatchell, professor of Home Economics, will discuss at the meeting of the Garden Department of the Auburn Woman's Club. The meeting will be at the regular time tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist Church. The Garden Club of Opelika will be guest of the local group at this meeting. S.P.E. Gives Dance On Saturday Night Alabama Alpha of Sigma Phi Epsilon entertained Saturday night with a formal dance at the chapter house, with music by the Auburn Cavaliers. Following the dance a buffet supper was enjoyed. Chaperons for the affair were Captain and Mrs. Des Islets, Captain and Mrs. Klepinger, Professor Dilley, Mrs. Kitchens, and Mrs. Cox, housemother. Out-of-town girls present for the occasion were: Eddie Berrong, Atlanta; Evelyn Walton, Birmingham; Mary Clay Price, Decatur; Louise Ward, Panama City, Fla.; Mary Cherry Phelps, Millbrook; Eula Kirven, Eu-fala; Mary Greene Johns, Montevallo; Margaret Pratt and Cynthia Williams, Mobile; Rachel Gary, Ozark; Elizabeth Sturgis, Dothan; Olga Hatley, Birmingham; Dot Ruttmen, Jacksonville, Fla.; and Katherine Murray, Columbus. Alumni returning for the dance included Lt. Dick Greer, Ft. Benning; William Pope White, Mobile; Bob Kimbrough, Eutaw, and John Gravely, Montgomery. Baptist Students To Have Christmas Fest Tonight At 8 O'clock The annual Christmas party given by the Baptist Students Union will be held tonight at eight o'clock in the Baptist Church. Miss Gladys Adams, social committee chairman, is in charge of the arrangements. One of the features of the party will be the collection of toys to be given to the welfare department for distribution among the needy children. Each student is asked to bring a toy which will be placed on a Christmas tree as a part of the entertainment. The singing of Christmas songs and special music will be another feature of the program, according to the social committee. Banquet In Honor Of Auburn High Football Team Held On Friday A banquet in honor of the 1936 football team was given at the Auburn High School last Friday night at six-thirty. Thirty-^even guests were entertained by Abb Chrietzberg, '36 captain and toastmaster. Letters were awarded to the following players: Mitchell Wadkins, Abb Chrietzberg, Charles Ham, John Preer, Allen'Turner, Harold Smyer, Robert Smyer, Thomas Edwards, Paul Duggar, Hamlin Tippins, Robert Howard, Lee Smith, Wilton Throp, Bill Boyd, John T. Hudson, Spillman Fitzpatrick, Pete Almquist, Nolen Conner, Jack Bright and Carl Benson. C h e w a c l a B o y s W i l l Be T a u g h t D a n c i ng Mrs. Alice Ruch, one of Auburn's dancing teachers, has agreed to take a dancing class at Chewacla Camp for twenty-five cents a lesson, if enough boys are interested. The classes will be held twice a week. Everyone that is interested is asked to turn in his name to Mr. McDowell of the Camp. , J 1 ; SAVE MONEY., , , , 14y2C ON 14V2C pkg- CIGARETTES pkg- Camels, Lucky Strikes, Chesterfield, Old Gold, etc., $1.45 per carton; minimum order two cartons. WE PAY POSTAGE!. Send Money Order or Certified Check with order. NO ORDER C.O.D. Sacks, Greene & Sievers Dept. BA 308 W. Washington St. Chicago, 111. J . R. M O O RE Jeweler and Optometrist Bulova, Elgin, Hamilton, Gruen Watches. Diamonds, Silverware. Engraving Free. Watch and Jewelry Repairs a Specialty OPELIKA, ALA. ANNUAL TOWEL SALE IN THE NEW ENLARGED QUARTERS. Towels, guest towels, face cloths, bath mats and beach sheets to match in the new smart patterns. 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Accordingly, the Williamson selection is deemed unusually accurate by most of the sports scribes in the country. This year the Williamson System rated Auburn as the 14th best team in the nation which is an accurate estimate. In addition, six members of the 1936 Tiger football machine were honored in All-American selection. Captain Walter Gilbert won the center post on the first team, Joel Eaves an end position on the reserves, and Rogers, Gantt, and Kilgore received honorable mention. The Williamson System named 250 players altogether in the Honorable Mention list so it is no small honor that these men received. The All-American teams were made up from a poll covering 253 colleges and 55 newspaper stories. NOTICE: For room and meals call 53-W. 224 South Gay Street. OPELIKA • A MARTIN THEATRE • Wednesday Only, "Pigskin Parade" with STUART ERWIN, JOHNNY DOWNS, ARLINE JUDGE, BETTY GRABLE, PATSY KELLY, JACK HALEY. Added News and Vaudeville Reel. Thursday Only, Dec. 17 JOHNNY WEISSMULLER in "Tarzan Escapes" with MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN Also, Comedy and Stranger than Fiction. Friday Only, Dec. 18 "Down The Stretch" with PATRICIA ELLIS, MICKEY ROONEY, • DENNIS MOORE. Also, Comedy and Latest News Events. Saturday Only, Dec. 19 BUCK JONES in "Sundown Rider" with BARBARA WEEKS. Added, Cartoon in Color. Also, Serial. Radio Owl Show 10:15 P. M. JOHN WAYNE in "Conflict" with JEAN ROGERS. Also Novelty. Mosley Lectures To Economics Classes On Salesmanship Points Clyde H. Mosley, branch manager of Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company, spoke to the combined Insurance and Economic classes and to two sections of Salesmanship classes on Monday, Dec. 7th. In talking to the Insurance class Mr. Mosley showed just how he would interview a prospect for a Retirement income policy. In this interview he explained how the "student prospect" could create an estate of $10,000 by paying interest on the money. To further drive home his point, he used a graph mixed with sincere human-interest appeal. He Hosed with a sale. In the first section of salesmanship Mr. Mosley pointed out some of the most important items in selling such as personal appearance, distinctive voice, eye directness, and the psychological moment to get signature on dotted line. The second section listened to some of Mr. Mosley's experiences and observations as a salesman. Mr. Mosley impressed all the students as a leader and an excellent salesman. The Business Department is inviting other men outstanding in various fields to address the Business students. 1937 SCHEDULE WILL INCLUDE TEN OPPONENTS (Continued from page 1) The annual game with Birmingham- Southern will inaugurate the season in the capitol city. The Southern game is the only game that Auburn will play in Montgomery next year; the Florida game being arranged for play at Jacksonville. Birmingham has received two games: Mississippi State, October 16, and Tennessee, November 6. Tulane follows Birmingham-Southern with the game being scheduled in New Orleans. The Georgia-Tech Yellow Jackets follow Mississippi with the game scheduled at Grant Field in Atlanta. Rice, next in order, is to be played in Houston. The Bayou Tigers of Louisiana State will be encountered on November 13 which follows the game with Tennessee. The L. S. U. game will be played in Baton Rouge. The Georgia engagement has been set back to November 20, a month later than the game was played this year. The regular season will close with the Florida game, November 27. Rice offers the Tigers their strongest intersectional foe, and the game also offers the longest road trip on the schedule. Rice is very prominent in the mid-west, and they will give Auburn plenty of opposition. Coach Meagher was head coach at Rice before coming to Auburn. Auburn's schedule will again he one of the most difficult attempted by any Southeastern member. In Tulane, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia Tech, L. S. U., Georgia, and Florida, the Plainsmen will face again the strongest teams of the conference. It is notable that the team will not be making coast to coast jumps as they did this Fall. Enie Menie Minie Moe Down to Howard's I must go To see a well selected Christmas stock They are open until 9 o'clock. EMPIRE COAL HIGH IN HEAT LOW IN ASH CALL CAUTHEN'S Phone 11 or 15-J Produced by DeBARDELEBEN COAL CORP., TRUSTEE Birmingham, Ala. Library Schedule During the Christmas holidays, the library will be open as follows : December 19—Library will be open until 5 o'clock. December 20—Library will not be open Sundays during the holidays. December 21-22—Library will be open Monday and Tuesday before Christmas, 8-12, 1-5. December 23, 24, 25, 26, 27— Library will be closed Wednesday to Sunday of the week around Christmas. December 28, 30, January 2— Library will be open at least these three days around New Years from 9 till 2. If it is necessary for any of the college staff to get into the library other days of this week, communicate the day before with Mrs. Sparks (Phone 243) as arrangements will have to be made about the heat. 22 ARE INITIATED BY KAPPA DELTA PI (Continued from Page 1) Kuderna, counselor for the local chapter. The initiation ceremonies took place from 4 to 6 p. m. Monday evening in Samford Hall. In addition to faculty members in education who assisted with the initiation, there were four representatives of other college departments, including Professors R. D. Draughon and O. T. Ivey, of the history department; Prof. Frank W. Ap-plebee, applied art; and Prof. J. E. Roop, English department. Prof. J. A. Parrish and the entire High School faculty also took part. Twelve Don'ts Given For Holiday Hunters The Department of Conservation has recently issued twelve don'ts that should be observed by students who intend to hunt during the holidays. The twelve don'ts are as follows: 1. Don't load your gun until you reach the hunting grounds. 2. Always unload before climbing a fence, and never lean a loaded gun against anything. 3. Never carry gun with the safety catch off. 4. Never put your hand on the muzzle of your gun. 5. Never rest the muzzle on the ground. 6. Never jump a ditch with a loaded gun. 7. Don't load your gun in the house. 8. Never carry a loaded gun in a car or on a horse. 9. Unload a gun while entering a boat and never load in a moving boat. 10. Never point gun at anybody. 11. Never point a gun at any object unless you expect to shoot. 12. Never shoot at a question mark; it might be a man or woman. 30 TAPPED BY KEYS IN DRIVE FOR MEMBERS ' (Continued from page 1) Denton, Porter M. Gilliland, R. H. Olds, III, A. E. Salis, Theta Chi; Luther C. Evans, T. U. O.; Julian Edge, H. L. Welstead, Sigma Pi. A joint meeting of the members and pledges will be held Tuesday night, January 5, at the Lambda Chi Alpha House, E. M. Butler, President of Keys, announced. .He urges all pledges and members to be present. This date will terminate the pledging period. The initiation will be held Friday night, January 8. All pledges who wish to have their picture included in the Keys' panel in the Glomerata should deliver their picture fee to the treasurer, James Buntin, Sigma Pi, at the earliest possible date. LEGISLATURE WORKS TOWARDS FINANCIAL RELIEF OF EDUCATION WORK STARTS FOR TIGER'S FINAL GAME (Continued from page 1) that Coach Meagher will chance having the rugged quarterback injured again in a post-season game. The entire coaching staff will make the trip with the possible exception of Coach Ralph Jordan who will probably be forced to remain behind to direct the activities of the basketball team. In addition, it is possible that Sergeant Murphy, stock room overseer, will make the trip in order to see that all the equipment is taken care of in the proper manner. (Continued from Page 1) minus most of the wrangles and heated discussions which have characterized Alabama legislative sessions of recent years except the regular session of this administration. Governor Graves appears to have the situation well in hand with a good working majority in each house. Students desiring to ride to New Orleans or anywhere on the Gulf coast enroute to New Orleans— call Joe Abercrombie — 62-W. Leave Friday 4 P. M. Return January 3rd. WANTED: Furnished or unfurnished room for young Professor and wife. Private bath preferred. Leave address or telephone number at The Plainsman office. Bill Young, Auburn Grad, Is Secretary To Luther Patrick When Luther Patrick assumes his duties as congressman for the 9th district (Jefferson County) of Alabama his secretary will be W. A. (Bill) Young, 1925 graduate of Auburn. Bill is a native of Lamar County. He came to Auburn and graduated in agriculture. Immediately after graduation he entered extension publicity work, including radio with Station WAPI which was then located in Auburn. When WAPI was moved to Birmingham in 1928 he went as assistant manager there but soon became manager of Station WBRC, the position he now holds but has resigned to go to Washington. As a student Mr. Young was very active in student affairs. He was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity; also Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Phi Epsilon, Sara Banks First To Shoot Perfect Score Sara Lee Banks of Birmingham is the first member of the Girls' Rifle Team to make a possible score of one hundred points, Captain Ehrgott announced today. Miss Banks, a sophomore in the School of Architecture, has had little previous experience, but her fine scoring indicates that she will be a sure candidate in any of the team's future matches. Washington University has five sets of coed twins—half as many as Louisiana State University. Phi Delta Gamma, Spades, Square and Compass, Scabbard and Blade, Inter-fraternity Council, as well as business manager of the Plainsman, member of the Student council, assistant editor of the Alabama Farmer, and active in other student affairs. ^ UJith all best wishes for a very tJMerry Christmas and a-> Happy and Prosperous TSfew Year. THE PERSONNEL BURTON'S BOOKSTORE HAGEDORN'S DEPARTMENT STORE Dry Goods LADIES READY-TO-WEAR LADIES AND CHILDRENS SHOES DRAPERIES — CURTAINS — CARPETS A Most Complete Gent's Furnishings Department OPELIKA, ALABAMA Copytigbt 1936, LIGGBTT & MYERS TOBACCO CO
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Title | 1936-12-16 The Auburn Plainsman |
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OCR Transcript | Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Issue * We\t Aitimrn plainsman Next Issue January 8. TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT VOLUME LX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1936 NUMBER 27 Work Starts- For Tiger's Final Game T i g e r s Have Resumed Light P r a c t i c e To Prepare For Game On New Year's Day USE NEW PLAYS Joe Stewart Is Included In Thirty Men To Make Trip But May Not See Service Prom Bid Cards Now Out; Decorations Contract Open Advance Filling Out Of Bid Cards, Which Will Be Taken Up Jan. 12, And Hearty Approval Of Rules By Students And Faculty Forecast A Successful Set Of Mid-Term Dances Duncan Extends Best Wishes To Auburn Students By JACK TODD Sports Editor The Auburn Tiger football team, under the guidance of Coach Meagher, returned to the gridiron last Monday to start practicing for their tilt with the Villanova Wildcats in Havana, Cuba, on New Year's Day. With but two short weeks left before they entrain for Tampa, Florida, to catch the boat to Cuba, the Bengals will move at a fast clip. The practice sessions during the past few days have been devoted mainly to signal drill, .blocking, and pass attacks with no real contact work as yet. It is expected that Coach Meagher will introduce some new plays for the New Year's Day classic insofar as Coach Smith was on hand to watch the Plainsmen when they handed Florida a 13-0 setback. Yesterday's rain kept the team indoors so dummy scrimmage was held in the gym. 30 Will Make Trip It is expected that the 30 men composing the squad who will make the trip will be allowed to spend three days at home, from the 23 to the 26, celebrating the Christmas holidays The squad will entrain for Tampa, Florida, on the 26th and then take a 24-hour boat to Havana. Upon their arrival in Havana, they will be ushered to the Presidente Hotel, where they will stay during their entire sojourn in the Cuban capitol. Those making the trip are: Lester Antley, Dutch Heath, Walter Gilbert, Jimmie Fenton, Billy Hitchcock, Sam McCroskey, Joel Eaves, Bobbie Blake, Wilton Kilgore, Hugh Rodgers, Rex McKissick, Bo Russell, Ralph Sivell, Bummy Roton, Sid Scarborough, Osmo Smith, Speck Kelly, Ralph O'Gwynne, Oscar Burford, Frank Gantt, Vernon Burns, Freddie Holman, Bagby, Williams, Howell, Hamm, Sitz, Gillam, Loflin, Tipper, and Joe Stewart. The return of Joe Stewart is heartening to Tiger fans although it is not likely (Continued on page 4) Blank bid cards for visiting girls for the Mid-term dances have been placed at all fraternity houses and at several downtown stores by the Social Committee. Bids for the decoration contract at the dances will be held open until Christmas holidays begin. The invitations for visiting girls will be taken up on January 12 and will be mailed out on the following day. Much interest in the dances has been shown by the advance filling out of bid cards and general appearances show that there will be a large number of visiting girls at the dances which take place on January 28-29-30. Changes Meet Approval Much of the interest-in the dances shown by students has been the result of the changes in the dance rules. Chairman Vernon Merritt states that he has had a great deal of favorable comment on the changes from both students and faculty members. By holding the decorations contract open until the holidays Merritt expects to get a better theme of decorations than has ever before been carried out at a set of dances. Although the usual amount will probably be spent for decorations, more will be used if it is necessary to secure a scheme of decorations that is acceptable to the committee. By the general comment on the campus the selection of Kay Kyser for a return engagement here seems to meet with the approval of the majority of the dance-goers and music-apprecia-tors. Kay Kyser may be heard nightly over W' G N when he broadcasts from the Trianon Ballroom in Chicago. Many-students report that they listen to him nightly so they can get into the swing of his music and be better acquainted with his orchestra. All members of the Vikings are to meet in the Student Hall Thursday night at 6:30 o'clock to discuss plans for their dance and banquet in connection with the Mid-term dances. This organization is unique in that it is the first group of this type to carry through successive years. The banquet and dance held last year during the dances were very successful and the members are planning even better entertainment this year. Terrells Win Touch' Finals From Stephens Student Attendance At Football Games Is Given By Bidez Official statistics released by P. R. Bidez show that more Auburn students attended the Birmingham Southern game than any other game this season. The total for that game was 1409. Georgia at Columbus was second with 1209. For seven games the totals were as follows: Birmingham-Southern, 1409; Georgia, 1209; L. S. U., 1168; Tech, 619; Florida, 351; Tulane, 203; Tennessee, 17. Birmingham-Southern, Tech, L. S. U., Georgia, and Florida were excused games, the average attendance of which was 951, or about 40 per cent of the students registered at Auburn. Junior High Beats Opelika High 26-7 Led by Captain Charles Stevens, the Auburn High junior team gained a one-sided victory, 26 to 7, over the Opelika High Bulldogs last Wednesday on Moore Field. Stevens scored three of Auburn's touchdowns, one being an eighty yard' run on an intercepted pass. Auburn captialized upon Opelika's wild passing to do most of their scoring. With the exception of intercepted passes the game was very close, with Opelika rolling up 14 first downs to Auburn's 12. Because of a misunderstanding Opelika's ace fullback, Sam Riddle, was kept out of the game until the closing eight minutes. Stevens, Lee, and Mitchell were outstanding for Auburn, while Whatley and Still led the Bullpups. Thirty Two Enrolled In Auburn High Band The Auburn High School Band organized two years ago by Lawrence Barnett, college glee club director, has recently enjoyed a splendid increase in membership. Starting with only 11 men, the group has grown until it has a personnel of 32. The goal of the band is to have a membership of 50. Besides directing, Mr. Barnett gives individual lessons to those members desiring and needing instruction. In this way the organization has become recognized over this part of the state as the outstanding high school band. The championship of the Independent Touch Football Tournament was decided Sunday afternoon as the Terrell Ranch barely eked out a 2-0 victory over the Stephen House gridders. The entire contest was hard fought with the final outcome remaining in doub't until the final gun. Both teams exhibited some fine, hard blocking and complicated pass plays. Outstanding defensive work featured the play of both clubs with the Ranchers utilizing a break late in the final period to score a safety on the Stephen House team. By virtue of their victory, the Terrell Ranchers won the right to represent the Independents in a game with Kappa Alpha, fraternity champs, to determine the championship of the college. The contest will be played after the Christmas holidays, the date and plans to be decided upon at a later date. 30 Tapped By Keys In Drive For Members Keys Open Their Tapping Season With Thirty Pledges Who Will Be Initiated Jan. 8 PRESIDENT L. N. DUNCAN With the tapping season not yet expired, thirty men have accepted bids from Keys, Interfraternity group, in a campaign inaugurated to place all fraternities on an equal representation in the organization. Special efforts have been exerted by the Keys' officers to carry out the plans of the organization as to representation. But because of reluctant cooperation from some of the unrepresented fraternities, the tapping period has been extended to a period of sufficient length to interview each of these fraternities. List Of Men Tapped To date, the following men have been tapped: Tom Jones, Doc Granger, Alpha Lambda Tau; Murray Bradley, A. T. O.; George G. Darty, Sterling Graydon, Beta Kappa; Charles Harris, Kappa Sigma; Leon C. Piccard, Edward S. Smith, Lambda Chi Alpha; R. E. Kierstead, John De Palma, H. Stanley Lawton, Charles W. Metzger, Virgil B. Rhodes, Charles E. Waddell, Phi Kappa Tau; William A. Martin, Clifford tf. Webb, Bill Ott, Pi Kappa Phi; Henry T. King, Pi Kappa Alpha; James C. Slaughter, A. W. Vogtle, L. E. Foster, Sigma Nu; J. H. Walker, E. R. Hopper, Theta Kappa Nu; R. O. (Continued On Page 4) "Squaring The Circle", Presented On Monday, Commented On By Reporter By FRANKLYN WARD At eight o'clock Monday evening before a near-capacity house in Lang-don Hall the curtain rolled back upon the three act farce "Squaring the Circle" presented by the- Auburn Players. Undaunted by the slow rain that had begun earlier in the evening many turned out to witness a most amusing presentation. Although starting off a little slowly and unsurely, the play rapidly gained momentum and sped to a success even beyond the expectations of the cast and the producing staff. Hilarity and colorful gayety reigned throughout the play; however, at times the question of "ethics" on the part of Abram seemed a bit monotonous. Appearing first on the stage were Charles Kelley as Vassya and Jane Billingsley as Ludmilla. At first Kel-ley's actions seemed a bit forced, but this may be overlooked as this was his first appearance on the campus as one of the Players. Later he gained confidence and put forth a very creditable performance. Miss Billingsley was very refreshing in her naturalness and sincerity. Her interpretation of the part is to be complimented and in our eyes stands forth as one of the better performances in the play. Spat Is Highlight Of Play Miriam Denton as Tonya and Arthur Elsberry as Abram played their parts without fault. We suggest as one of the highlights of the play their spat in the second act. It is difficult for us to believe that they really were not ready to fly at one an-others' throat. Lem Edmondson, Jr., was immediately received by the audience for his most amusing portrayal of the part of the physical education enthusiast and would-be poet. Edmondson has appeared before in productions and has always been accorded with laughter and applause. The cast and the director, Telfair B. Peet, are to be complimented on the fine performance. The audience filed out after much applause with high approval of the work done by the Auburn Players. Many expressed their eagerness to attend future presentations which are to be chosen at a meeting of the Players Wednesday evening. TO ALL STUDENTS: You will soon leave Auburn for your homes to spend the- Christmas holidays which will begin officially here on December 19 and end at 8 o'clock on the morning of January 4. This will give you two weeks at home. I know that it will be a pleasure for you to be back with the family; and I know that it will be a genuine pleasure for them to have you. We hope that your relatives and friends will be favorably impressed with the progress you have made here, and also because you will reflect Auburn wherever, you go. We are very anxious for each student to remain for his or her last class this week. If this is done* by all students no classwork will be disturbed by students leaving prematurely. Of course you will hear about Auburn's probation. We assure you again you need not be disturbed by it. Your credits are not affected in the least. The committee which placed Auburn on probation is friendly in every way and their only criticism was inadequate funds. As this is being written our legislature is in special session with indications that a revenue measure to provide adequate funds for Auburn and other educational institutions will be enacted into law. If this is done it will be a day of great rejoicing here. We believe that it will bespeak for Auburn an era of unprecedented growth and service to all the people of Alabama. It is true that we have had more than our share of financial grief but we are optimistic enough to believe that out of it will emerge a greater Auburn which will be loved more and appreciated more by those who are connected with it and by the people whom Auburn serves. It is a genuine pleasure for us to have you as students. We are grateful to you for your wholesome cooperation throughout the year. This is Auburn's biggest year in enrollment and we believe that when this session ends next May we will all agree that it is, or has been, the best in Auburn's history. Wishing for you a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year, I am, Sincerely yours, L. N. Duncan, President. Business Frat Plans Professional Program The local chapter of the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, is planning an extensive professional program beginning immediately after the Christmas holidays. The program will consist chiefly of talks and lectures given by members of the faculty in the commerce department and by outstanding business men from cities near Auburn. In the past, these meetings have been open only to members of Delta Sigma Pi, but it is planned to extend invitations to all students of business administration to these professional meetings where subjects of interest are discussed. It is through meetings of this kind that Delta Sigma Pi promotes a closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce. It is also planned by the members of the fraternity to take at least one industrial tour through some manufacturing plant during the second semester. Phi Epsilon Tau, Social Frat, Formed On CampuS Recently Phi Epsilon Tau, Local Social Fraternity Organized By Eleven Students Here, Is Sponsored By Tau Epsilon Phi At Georgia Tech And May Join National Organization Next September Phi Epsilon Tau, a recognized local social fraternity, has recently been formed on the campus by a group of eleven Auburn students. Permission to form the new organization was granted by the Executive Council recently. Phi Epsilon Tau is sponsored by the national fraternity Tau Epsilon Phi of Georgia Tech. Present plans are to continue as a local fraternity until next September, and then to become national in affiliation if indications are that such a move will be a success. The members intend to secure a house, and several prospects are being considered, but final action on the matter will probably be deferred several months. Students with high scholastic records are preferred. The present sch6- lastic average of the group is well over 85. Officers of the frat are Louis G. Goldberg of Birmingham as President, Martin Odlen of Camden, New Jersey, as Vice-President, Perry J. Schwartz of Birmingham as Secretary, and Herman S. Weisz of Montgomery as Treasurer. In addition to the officers, members of the new fraternity are Milton B. Hesslein, Morris Miller, Morton A. Prager, Harvey L. Rubin, Herbert G. Schiff, Howard B. Seidler, and Leo K. Shwartz. The organization of the new fraternity brings the number of social fraternities in Auburn up to twenty- •two again, the number there were before the disbanding Sigma Phi Sigma last year. It is the only local frar ternity on the campus and as it is planned for the fraternity to go national next year all fraternities on the campus will be chapters of leading national fraternities at the beginning of the next school year. Phi Psi Initiates 7; Officers Are Elected Officers Join Red Cross 100 Per Cent The Military Department has already entered 100 per cent in the local Red Cross drive for 1937 sponsored by the American Legion. The Red Cross is headed by the President of the United States. Its latest undertaking is the establishment of first aid stations on the highways. Several local organizations plan to contribute one hundred per cent in the roll-call this year. The membership fee is one dollar for the year but any donation will be appreciated. Rev. Sam B. Hay, Dean C. L. Hare and Mr. A. D. Burke are in charge of contributions. The eight members of the Military Department who have subscribed for the year are: Lt. Col. Fred C. Wallace, Major E. H. Almquist; Captain E. E. Jacoby; Captain W. J. Klep-inger; Captain K. L. Johnson; Captain James L. McKinnon; Sgt. George T. Moxham. Seven new members were initiated by Phi Psi, national honorary society for Textile Engineers, last Monday night. The new members are John Fonville, graduate of Auburn in 1934; Jimmy Motley, Senior; Herman Weiss, Mason Studdard, Charles Crump, Jimmy Hooper, and Lewis Thomas, Juniors. After the initiation ceremony, several new officers were elected to fill vacancies that will be left by officers getting their degrees in January. The following were elected to serve for the remainder of the school year: James Pike, president; E. G. Jones, vice-president; Lewis Thomas, secretary; and Hugh Owen, treasurer. Lambda Chapter was installed in Auburn last year as an outgrowth of T. E. X., local textile * society. Phi Psi is primarily a professional fraternity with its chief aim the betterment of feeling among textile men. '37 Schedule Will Include 10 Opponents New Schedule For Tigers Does Not Entail So Much Traveling As Last Year's Schedule By ROBERT JOHNSON The 1937 football schedule is as follows: September 24 — Birmingham- Southern in Montgomery. October 2 — Tulane in New Orleans. October 9—Open. October 16 — Miss. State in Birmingham. October 23—Ga. Tech in Atlanta. October 30—Rice in Houston. November 6—Tennessee in Birmingham. November 13 — L. S. U. in Baton Rouge. November 20—Georgia in Columbus. November 27 — Florida in Jacksonville. Auburn's 1937 football schedule, as announced by the Athletic Department, will include seven Southeastern Conference opponents, one Dixie, and one Southwestern Conference opponent. One date, October 9, is yet to be arranged which will complete a ten game schedule. The open date determines whether a varsity game will be played on Drake Field next Fall. (Continued on page 4) Legislature Works Towards Financial Relief Of Education, Other Functions Day by day the legislature now in special session is grinding toward financial relief for education and other state functions. During Tuesday's session the senate committee on education, by a wide margin, approved the gross receipts tax bill which the house approved last week and the senate placed it on its calendar for a vote tomorrow, Thursday. The senate also defeated by 20 to 11 a bill to shift the corporation franchise tax and other revenues from the general fund into the educational trust fund. This bill was sponsored by anti-administration senators and, therefore, is considered a test vote on the gross receipts bill. The final outcome on this bill will not be known until after the senate votes Thursday. Opinion in Montgomery is practically unanimous, though, that it will become a law. Sales Tax Bill To Arise With this feeling of assurance, it is unofficially reported from Montgomery that a general sales tax bill will be introduced immediately into the house with a view, probably, to making it the final revenue measure. If this is done and approved it will enable the administrative forces to choose between a general sales tax and a gross receipts tax. Reports are that sentiment for a sales tax over a gross receipts tax is gaining. If the sales tax finally wins it is expected that it will be for 2 per cent with one-half of one per cent divided among the counties for their educational needs and 1% per cent into the educational trust fund. The house bill providing for legalized sale of liquor in Alabama is now in the legislative hopper. The predictions are that this bill, or one similar to it, will become a law before the end of this special session. Both houses recessed Tuesday until Thursday, leaving Wednesday for committee meetings. It is .understood that both Thursday and Friday will be legislative days. The feeling now is that on Friday both houses will recess until January 5, or for the Christmas holidays. So far this special session has been (Continued on page 4) Auburn To Meet Bama In Frat Tilt Kappa Alpha, Auburn Champion, Meets Pi Kappa Alpha, University Champion, Today NINE ON TEAM Neither School Officially Recognizes Contest Which Is First In Twenty-Eight Years The touch football game between winners of the annual tournaments at the University of Alabama and Auburn, being played in Tuscaloosa today, marks the first form of competition between representatives of the two schools in 28 years. K. A.'s of Auburn, who earned first place by defeating the Theta Chi's last Sunday 21-6, left for the Capstone yesterday, sixteen strong, to play the Pi K. A.'s, winners at Alabama. The game is slated to start at two o'clock. Inasmuch as the University teams are composed of eleven men and the Auburn teams only seven, an agreement was reached between the two principals whereby each team will use nine men. According to Allen Martin, captain and coach of the K. A.'s, the probable line-up for the Auburn team will be.: Candler and Chisolm, ends; Corr and Hill, guards; Martin, center; and Biggin, Whatley, Knight and Stanley, backs. Others who will probably see service are Wallace, Snow, Maroney, Watters, and Siebels. Neither school has officially recognized or sponsored this game and it is generally regarded as being an athletic engagement between the two fraternities proper. It is evidence of the decline of bitterness between Auburn and Alabama, and, according to experts, it should be the opening wedge toward bringing the two state schools together again. Beauty Section To Be Released After Holidays, Is Report The much publicized beauty section has already been prepared and those honored will be announced at some time during the first week following the holidays. Panels of the various campus organizations will be complete ed this week and promise £o be even better than those in last year's publication. # Chris Risher, senior in Architecture, will make up the entire view section in a medium of Wollf pencil on an illustration board with Samford Hall, Langdon Hall, Broun Hall, Duncan Hall, Ross Chemical Laboratory, Alumni Gymnasium, and the Library being featured in the section. Tennis Court Work To Start In Spring Professor A. F. Nickel, member of the Auburn Lions Club Tennis Court Committee, declared yesterday that the profit from the recent carnival held to raise funds for the building of new courts has been deposited in a trust fund and that the proposed work would begin in the Spring. New means of raising additional money are being considered by the Lions' committee jointly with the ODK tennis court promotion-men. Investigation has been instigated into the most desirable and thorough methods for construction of modern courts, so as to insure the durability of whatever project is finally decided upon. Further developments will be forthcoming immediately following the Christmas holidays. 22 Are Initiated By Kappa Delta Pi Twenty-two students were initiated in Kappa Delta Pi, national education fraternity, with elaborate ceremonies and banquet here Monday evening. This was the largest number of new members initiated in the fraternity at one time on the Auburn campus, and the scholarship average of the neophytes surpasses that of all previous groups, according to Dr. Jerome (Continued On Page 4) P A G E TWO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1936 Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. ; • Subscription rates, $2.50 per year (58 issues), $1.50 per semester (29 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Alabama. Member Plssocided Golle6ide Press Distributor of Golle6ide Di6est Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Company, on West Magnolia Ave. Telephone 448. Editor may be reached after office hours by calling 431-J. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 4Z0MADISON AVE. NEWYORK. N.Y. CHICAGO • BOSTON • SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES • PORTLAND - SEATTLE Bobby Chesnutt __; Editor-in-Chief M. C. Shannon Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Associate Editors: Alvin Morland, C. W. Bell, Norman Wood, Jack Steppe. Managing Editors: Howard Workman (Wednesday Edition), James Buntin (Friday Edition). News Editors: Robert Johnson, Kate Crossley. Feature Editor: Son Thomas. Society Editor: Marion Stanley. Assistant Society Editors: Doris White, Frances Wilson. Sports Editor: Jack Todd. Sports Contributors: Ed Briggs, Brooks Sellars, J. W. Nail, Frank Cayce. Intramural Sports Editor: John Watters. Special Writers: Hugh Cameron, L. E. Foster, John Godbold, John B. Thomas, Ted Carmack, Richard Jones, Edwin God-bold, Foster Haley. Reporters: John Ivey," George Knight, Ed Thomas, J. H. Wheeler, Pete Snyder, Joan Metzer, Franklyn Ward, George Hil-ler, Louis Vogel. " BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Manager: Buck Dar-den. Advertising Manager: George Perry. Advertising Assistants: Harvey Sargent, Alvin Vogtle, Jack Carr. Circulation Manager: C. M. Pruet. Assistant Circulation Managers: Sam Teague, Page Walker. Circulation Assistants: John Huff, V. A. Hunt, Julian Myrick, Arthur Steele, Wil-liam Carroll. Some Notes On The Wonder Of The Christmas Spirit Even though it is a commemoration of the birth of Christ, non-Christians and Christians alike celebrate Christmas. Many grow impatient with the theology of the Christian churches, but they all experience the uplift of spirit on Christmas Day. Many doubt the practicability of Christian tenets, but they feel the thrill of brotherhood at Christmas. If all churches were to close their doors, and if every Bible were allowed to collect its dust uninterrupted in the darkest corner of the back shelf, the universal observance of Christmas Day would keep alive a great deal of that for which the founder of the faith stood. The terrors of poverty may crush a spirit for 364 days of the year, but Dec. 25 invariably brings the pleasure of plenty. The selfish miserliness of a Scrooge may destroy all evidence of anything Christly, but on Christmas Day Scrooge's spirit will become inflated like a balloon by the irresistible atmosphere. We do much that is foolish in the name of Christmas. Shoppers shove and growl at each other for weeks in an attempt to purchase useless gifts to present to doubtful friends who will return other unwanted articles. We indulge in dangerous excesses in vain attempt to experience the thrill of a spiritual experience which rests essentially on simplicity. But on Christmas Day nothing seems to have been foolish; the Christmas Spirit blots out non-essentials. As the holidays begin, the most generous wish The Plainsman can make is that the Christmas Spirit may be with us all for the entire two weeks, not for only a day. Social Security Act At A Glance Two weeks ago 26,000,000 workers filled out annuity blanks that conformed with the Social Security Act. They eagerly consented for one main reason: It will provide a living future for them when they are unable to work. In 1929 the market turned the nation into a flurry with millions losing their homes, jobs, and savings. Desperate and with little faith left, workers looked not for opportunity but se^ curity. Realizing this urge for security, Roosevelt overnight, presented an outline for a social-insurance system. Practically complete now the organization is in full swing towards enacting the program. The purpose of the act includes simply this: In the Old Age Annuity program it will provide a regular income to aged men and women, thereby encouraging their retirement and thus, increasing opportunities for younger workers. The Unemployment Compensation proposes to induce States to pass unemployment insurance in the hope that it will stabilize mass purchasing power. The Old Age Annuity will function by deducting from the employees pay roll 1 per cent of wages (up to $3,000 a year) to be paid to the Federal Government. The tax rate increases ^ of 1 per cent every three years until it reaches 3 per cent. Employers pay their share of the taxes by paying an amount equivalent to that paid by all his workers combined. The provision states that arty eligible worker who reaches 65 years of age in 1942 or later may quit his job and receive monthly checks from the government the rest of his life, provided he has conformed with the annuity rules. Also, there is a provision for "settlement after death" in which the estate receives the insurance from the beneficiary. The act has been praised highly by labor. The instigators believe that it will solve for once and all the problems of the laboring class that reach the age when they are handicapped and unable to make a living for themselves. Contrasting the acceptance it has met with much criticism and opposition. Opposers claim that so much money will be a temptation to future government wealth sharers, and it will create an enormous debt which will eventually cost taxpayers more than the present cost of the army and navy. At any rate it is a step taken to wrangle out the many difficulties confronted by labor for the past 6 years. In so far as nothing in the past, similiar to this act, has been tried, we are for a try-out. Do Grades Count Now And Later In Life? Do good grades really matter to students while they are attending college and after they go out into the business world? That is a question that is asked by hundreds of thousands of students every year, a question that seems to worry a great many of them. Surely good grades matter, both during school life and during that part of a person's life when he should be best prepared to make a success of himself, when he takes over the responsibility of a job or of a family. A person who is in the habit of handing in his daily algebra problem and learning his history lesson would hardly be the one to lie down on his job and shirk his responsibilities; but what of the student who forgets, or is too lazy, to do these things in school? He is naturally the one to go out of his way to avoid a little hard work. Habits are powerful leaders, and they should be used to good advantages. A good example that shows the difference in the futures of students who make good grades and students whose grades are not so good is shown in the results of a study made by President Walter S. Gifford of the college men employed by the Bell Telephone System. Mr. Gifford's researches show that the men who graduated at the head of their classes make one-third as much again as those who did not make quite as high grades in college. He found that the longer the best students are in business the more rapidly their earnings rise, and that the longer the poorer students are in business the slower their earnings rise. 'The above statements are based on only one research, but many such studies have been made and the same results were found invariably. A person who makes high grades because he studies a little more than the average college student might be termed a sissy by some of his associates, but he will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that he stands a better chance to succeed in after life than his friends who loafed through college. ROUGH ON RATS: Residents of a Notre Dame hall, mid ceremony and excitement, declare open season on rats each year. Rules are that weapons must not exceed one pound in weight and rats must be given at least a running start. (Don't be misunderstanding. This is the kind of rat that has a long tail and four legs.) A resident of another Notre Dame hall trapped forty-four mice in one month last year. It sounds like a modern version of the mouse-tower on the Rhine. - ARE YOU FOR IT?: University of Utah students started a pot boiling when they began their vigorous campaign against winter kissing to stop the spread of colds. The idea has struck Columbia and controversy rages rife there. One of the leaders in the Columbia Boycott and Anti Winter Kissing Drive demonstrated the "sterilized, germicidal, antiseptic" kiss administered through a protective screen of fumigated carbon. Anyhow this is one strike where plenty of strike-breakers can be found. News and Views By HOWARD WORKMAN THIS TIME: RELATIONS WITH ALABAMA, EYES ON THE LEGISLATURE, MORE WAR IN CHINA. STEP FORWARD: To day there is a game scheduled between the inter-fraternity touch football champions of the University and Auburn. This game between the 'Bama Pi K A's and the Auburn K A's may be another step forward in renewing athletic relations between the schools in a formal way. Already the glee clubs of the rival institutions have met on friendly terms. Since the discontinuance of athletic relations several years ago because of the fatal result of a sideline fight there have been repeated effort on the parts of both the schools to renew the contests of athletic ability. A state law forbidding relations seems to be the only hitch in the plan for no amount of lobbying has been able to get the Legislature to repeal it. With the progress already made this year and the probability that more progress will be made next year it seems altogether possible that in the near future the two schools will once more meet on the, gridiron, the basketball court, the cinder path, in the tank, and in all the various arenas of athletic contest. When the time does come the problem will be finding a stadium large enough to hold the crowd who will clamor for admittance. * * * * WAITING: While the eyes of the people all over the state are on the Legislature, watching and waiting for action, the legislators continue to carry on their endless harrangue of pro and con without coming to any definite conclusions. The gross receipts tax bill is still in the committee of the Senate which adjourned after on hearing without voting on it. As the schools of the state come to the end of their first term the teachers and pupils are beginning to wonder how long the second term will last. Still the Legislature has not provided for the financing of the schools. We are all waiting on you, solons. * « * * MORE WAR: With war in Spain'rocking along, war seems imminent in another quarter of the world. The abduction of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek by a group of his subordinates led by the Marshall Chang Hsiao-Liang has definitely precipitated a crisis. It was reported that the reason for the abduction was that the rebels would hold the Generalissimo as a hostage until the central government declared war on Japan. A body of troops was dispatched to recover the abducted chief but Yen Hsi-Shan, pacification commissioner, pleaded with them not to attempt to carry out punitive measures on the rebel leader but to use any other means of obtaining his release. Thus a crisis pops out in another corner of this warminded world with a pending civil war in China and perhaps a war between Japan and China. Who'll be next? Cats and Canaries Smart Gal or Short Runner?—The Flash from Huntington who is giving Jack Dim-merling and Hamp Williams double talk and making them like it. * * * * Will someone please tell Jean Campbell to Pull the Shades down while dating? * * • * Love On A Horse—Mary Hayes and Georgie Hardy. * * * * Joiner does certainly believe in that hand holding game at the Auburn Opera House. * * * * Wondering—Why Bill Milam wanted lemons so badly Friday night at P. Bag's establishment. * * * * What "pike" rat had them All wondering if he was really a married man last Saturday night? . * * * * December LoVe In Bloom—Frank Walter Smith and Mary Murphey—Lopey Mantoux and Gladys Galvin. * * » '» Stansberry's dress Friday night reminded me of Perry Schwartz's shirt. » * * • It is rumored that Blumberg swallowed a barrel. » * * * Where were Floyd Pugh'B gloves found? * * * * Seems as though Silva should be told not to swing to "Silent Night." * * * * Is Jean Bailey really two timing Matt Gilbert? And at meal times, Pat Miller still shines and shines—or rather, tries to. * * * * And If This Column Smells—slightly of the Hayseed—remember—The Regular Cat Ain't Batting the Canaries Out. * * * » UNDER COVER: Have been promised two chocolate sodas by John Ivey and Baby Buntin if I can arrange a date with Ida Belle for them. Plainsman Forum—Voice of the Students Suggests Plainsman Opinion Poll In Regard To Auburn-Alabama Relationship . Editor, The Auburn Plainsman Dear Sir: Every year, at about this time, there is talk of the possibilities of Auburn and Alabama playing each other in a game of football "next year". So far, it has been nothing more than "just talk". But now it appears that the long awaited resumption is at hand, and it is my firm belief that the two schools will square off within the next two years. If the Tide and Tigers do play eath other, the rivalry will be very keen, no doubt; but isn't this the case in every other state? There will be a few individual fights in the stands, but no more so than are encountered in any other football game. And while we are on the subject of fights, let me insist that a great majority of the brawls at college games are instigated by outsiders and alumni (apologies to our more loyal alumni) who think that this peculiar form of team support is the "best ever." Thus the school gets a black eye for something her students are not responsible for, and. Auburn and Bama can't play because the students are bad little children who fight all the time. But we are not children, we are men and women who are a great deal more level-headed, as a group, than the rest of the crowd. To say that an encounter between Auburn and Bama would result in a free for all is an absurdity. For the past several years Alabama has been consistently on or near the top of the Southeastern Conference. Auburn's record is nearly as good as that of her sister institution. Can you imagine what a colorful classic it would be to get these two conference leaders together? At present, there is not a bowl in the state that would take care of the vast crowd that would attend such a game. The writer would like to suggest a possible solution: Why not have another Plainsman opinion Poll with the following ballot: 1. In your honest opinion, do you think that Auburn and Alabama could resume athletic relations with no more bitterness than is normally prevalent with other state schools? 2. Do you favor a resumption of athletic relations between Auburn and the University of Alabama? The Crimson White, student publication at the University of Alabama, could conduct a similar poll; and the results of the two polls (which, in my opinion, would be astounding) could be brought to the attention of the officials holding the whip hand. In this way they would be made cognizant of the fact that we, as students, want the two schools together; and that we would conduct ourselves properly at any form of engagement between the two schools. I do not say that this poll would open the barrier between the two schools immediately. But it might create such an impression with the "higher ups" that they would allow the Tide and the Tigers to meet each other in some minor form of competition such as track, basketball, or baseball. The football game would come later—after we have shown the state that we can "behave" when the two institutions meet. Sincerely, Son Thomas. Writer Gives His Opinions On S i t u a t i o n In England Editor, The Auburn Plainsman Dear Sir: Every paper I pick up has something about the England situation. Since I would like to say what I think of this, I am writing you this essay and hope you will see fit to run it. As the entire British Empire quakes from the catastrophe that befell the throne of England, Cupid stands triumphant over the heart of a beloved king who has been a friend of the people from start to finish, and has looked out for the commoners^ as no British ruler had ever done. King Edward's abdication may or not be the wedge that will break this great world power. He held the love of the people of all the dominions, and his loss bore more sorrow to them than to the noble class, as he had sacrificed prestige of the wealthy classes to serve the less fortunate. The abdication of such a leader of men proved to the world that England was not at the hands of a power-laden ruler. The world was amazed at the power vested in the body of men who clung to the rules of majesty and issued the writ that dethroned the young King Edward. Many English patriots proclaimed this to be the outcome of an intensified prejudice held against the king by capitalists and the upper classes who have shown resentment to the lack of consideration he showed them during his reign. In losing King Edward, Britain lost a fearless king whose honor had been unblemished in many tribulations. He has served the throne in a noble fashion, and his name deserves the recognition of being one among many who did not let his own selfish interests play a part in his actions. Sincerely, E. F. On Your Radio—By John B. Thomas HENRY KING Henry King's meteoric rise in the professional orchestra field has been nothing short of phenomenal. This amiable young man, who several years ago was pianist in a small band of no particular importance, today is the favorite of music lovers all over the country. He has played five seasons at the Embassy Club in Miami; five seasons at the Ross Fenton Farms in New Jersey; engagements at the Embassy Club, Pierre Hotel, and the Waldorf Astoria, in New York City; the El Patio Club and the Colony Club in Palm Beach; two seasons at the Central Park Casino in New York; and an engagement at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. King established himself as a favorite of society by getting a return engagement at that mecca for bandleaders, the Waldorf Astoria, where he foljowed Eddie Duchin. He has played two seasons at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, and now plays nightly at the Del Mar Club, smart rendezvous in Santa Monica, California. King's style is distinctive in that he takes tunes and plays them in the tempo of three of our most popular rhythms. His arrangements include them as a waltz, then as a fox-trot, then as a rhumba. Vocalist for the band is Joseph Sudy. He has a tenor voice which is indeed pleasant. Helen Ward, Benny Goodman's songstress, formerly sang with this band. However, the band has no feminine vocalist at present. HERE AND THERE Buddy Rogers and his band are playing theatrical engagements in New York prior to sailing for Europe, Dec. 26.—Rudy Val-lee was so stricken with grief at the death of his former wife, Fay Webb„several weeks ago, that he missed his first broadcast in seven years.—Hal Kemp says that he and his band "have been stooging long enough for an accordion", and intimates that he will leave the Phil Baker Gulf Oil prograirwon the Sunday night broadcast following Christmas Day. Kemp and his band have only about five minutes on each program, and this isn't enough time for these machine- gun musicians to show their real ability.— Benny Goodman calls a string bass a "dog house" and his clarinet a "licorice stick".—Eddie Duchin directs his band during the course of a number with his eyebrows. The members of his band have learned to interpret each signal perfectly and rarely hit a sour note.—George Olsen has taken over the band of the late Orville Knapp. The personnel of the band hasn't changed and they are now playing at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago. This includes Edith Caldwell, vocalist, and former Birmingham girl.—Bob Crosby's arrangement of the "Pagan Love Song" features solos by the bass player and the drum, and it is torridly distinctive. For the benefit of you who are going to the Sugar Bowl, he is now playing at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. On Other Campuses—By The Wanderer POSSUM TRAGEDY: One lone, forlorn little country possum involved a Mississippi State professor in some most embarrassing difficulties recently. One night, while riding, the professor sighted a possum in the road. The car lights fascinated the animal and it stood still. The prof got out of his car and tried to slip up on the apparently hypnotized possum, but it started moving away. Then the prof's car started moving away too, only in a different direction. Away the professor went in pursuit of the runaway car, but he skidded on a wet bunch of grass, did a tail spin to the ground, and plowed up portions of a lawn with his chin. The sufferer regained his feet and his dignity and finally halted the auto jus.t as it was about to smack into a house. By this time the gentleman was plenty mad at Mr. Possum so he thundered back across the lawn in hot pursuit. Again he skidded on wet grass and again he bit the dust. After sundry comments he arose, summoned a friend, and with his help captured the innocent offender. Predictions are that the acrobatic educator will join a circus where his talents will be appreciated more. * * * * A MATTER OF IDENTITY: A University of Kentucky male student named Beverly Vaughn became riled over receiving his copy of the Kernel addressed to Miss Beverly Vaughn. Thereupon, he wrote a letter to the Kernel editor in which he revealed that not only did he receive his copy of the paper as "Miss" but also that he had been notified of every women's convocation for four years with instructions to notify the Dean of Women if unable to attend. * * * * In examining 40,000 college students the medical faculty at the University of Minnesota found that college men and women are on the average taller than those who do not attend an institution of higher learning. No wonder! Non collegians don't spent the major portion of their lives standing in lines as we do. Thunderations By HUGH CAMERON The Pi K A dance is so good Saturday night Dottie and Molly can nowise wear shoes till Sunday night, and then only because it's Sunday. Any dance wherein those who went can't wear shoes for days after- Ward must be some good. * * * * M i s s Huntington College was to the Betta Kappa dance this past Friday night, and buggies full of other little girls, and everybody had more than a somewhat of fun. Ask Bobbie Roberts about that one. And comes this Thursday night one of the dances of the year . . . the Tiger Theatre Dance. The dance wherein Bookie Roberts, Kappa Delta Goaty Thomas, Bevo Biggin, Chi Omega Pfaff, et al, take their lights from under the bushel baskets and let them shine forth into the darkness of the night. One of the three best dances of last year and promising to be in the first three again this year. The other two last year being the first Delta Sig dance and the Kappa Delta dance. * * * * So Alabama and Auburn are at last engaging in a football game! Even tho this is to be an interfraternity "touch" football contest it at last brings an Alabama and Auburn team together. Our little "Fued" with Alabama is much the same as some of these Kentucky Mountain fueds. Us Martin boys don't know anything about these Coy boys . . . they seem like pretty good fellers to us . . . . but Grand-pap says they are skunks so we guess that makes them not fitten to play with. Grandpap also says these Damn Yankees are pizen and ain't fitten to be seen with either, but us Martin boys have pretty good fun with them. Course they talk kind of funny, but you can understand them if you listen close enough. And Grandpap says these "Hossless Carriages" are works of the devil, and that the Lawd will see to it that U. S. Grant is not elected President. Grandpap is a pretty good feller, but like so many people he thinks this Winter of 1871 will be the coldest we have ever had, but it ain't so cold . . . not really. * * * * What is this "Spring Singing" stuff on the front page last time? How you think you will have any Spring Singing left after the Kay Kyser dances, and all of the other dances before them? Doesn't anyone know there is more singing after a dance on the street corners than there ever will be when one is gathered together in a premeditated howling contest? A man can't sing when he knows that is what he is at a place to do. And please, if the idea goes through, don't lets invite the Coy boys over for a "Spring Singing". The Coy boys are very good boys and we don't want them to get the wrong idea of us over here. We are supposed to go to church so often that we are all songed out and can't nowise muster another note in between Sundays. Besides . . . . even tho the thing may be very good . . . . it sounds a bit like lace handkerchiefs and rose water, and you ain't never seen a Coy boy who wouldn't rather smell gun powder. * * * * Almost time to go home for the coming of Santa Claus, and I haven't enlarged the chimney piece yet so Santa can drop Sloppy Joe down it. If this thing turns out like the electric train I have never seen for Christmas the only Joe I will see will be the kind one so often sees when he is looking for a seven. * * * * If Sunshine Pearce and Frances Wright will just write me a New Years card from Havana the home staying won't be so bad. Would also like one from Elmer Salter, and most surely one from Bobbie Blake. I haven't seen Blake but once since the Tennessee game, and then he was hopping a train for California. * * * * 'Tis hell to be "pore" and hired out and have the wolf doing the "Organ Grinder's Swing" on the back door step. * * * * Wonder if the Harry Hamilton who wrote the scrip for Tuesday's show could be the Harry Hamilton who used to be here and have charge of the "Auburn Players"? Can't ever tell what these Auburn men will do. Jan Garber used to play in the Auburn Knights here, only they weren't known as the Knights then, and General Bullard, second in Command during the World War, used to cuss over having to make drill on Saturday morning here. Maybe me and Bookie Roberts will be running the Arlington Race Track some day and take Damon Runyon for ten thousand on a ten to one hoss. DRESS PARADE: A Loyola lad appeared at his Monday morning classes last week in a tux, top hat, and tails—Fred Astaire style. Investigators found that he had not turned gigolo, but was paying off a bet on a football game. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1936 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE P A G E T H R EE Reverend Preer Talks To Chewacla Class On Dependence On Others "Our Dependence on Others" was the subject which Dr. Carl Preer, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Auburn, used in addressing the members of the Chewacla Bible Class, December 13, at 9:30 o'clock. The largest attendance which the class has had, seventy-five members, attended Sunday School to hear Dr. Preer. Following Dr. Preer's talk, District Chaplain, Lt. Bryant, spoke on "Christmas and Its Meaning". Patronize Plainsman advertisers. SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES Society Editor, MARION STANLEY, Phone 305 'A' Club Entertains With Private Dance Last Thursday night 27 members of the "A" Club and their dates enjoyed an evening of dancing at the "A" Club room in the Alumni Gym. The affair was very informal, no evening clothes being Worn. This marked the first time an affair of this type has ever been given by the members of this club, and it was enjoyed very much by all present. BAFFLING BAGGAGE and TROUBLESOME TRUNKS. ..Ship'em Uotnt and Back! You'll shed a vacation vexation at one economical stroke. Simply pack up and phone Railway Express when to come. Your baggage will be picked up, shipped on swift express trains, delivered promptly at your home. For the return trip, you merely reverse. No extra charge for pick-up and delivery in cities and principal towns, and the shipping costs are practically negligible, when compared with local draymen's charges, etc., and the time you spend waiting. Also, Railway Express rates always include insurance up to $50 on each shipment, without extra expense. The main thing is to notify Railway Express when to call. That done, you can climb aboard the train and enjoy the scenery. You'll be off for a Merry Christmas. Mitcham Avenue 'Phone 127 Auburn, Ala. RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY INC. ,NATION-WIDE RAIL-AIR SERVICE PERSONAL AENTION Gifts For The Children•.• A New Coaster Brake Old And New Bicycles JUST R E C E I V E D A N E W LINE O F N EW WEAVE AND INTErfWOVEN SOCKS. A MERRY CHRISTMAS —and— A HAPPY NEW YEAR IBSON'C MEN'S WEAR fcj Wishing You All the Joys of the Christmas Season and A New Year of Happiness* IDEAL LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANERS Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith visited Mrs. Harry Smith during the week-end. * * * John Fonville, former Auburn student, spent Monday in Auburn. While here he was initiated into Phi Psi, honorary textile fraternity. * * * Sara Smith spent the week-end in Columbus as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wade. « * * Margaret Watkins spent Saturday at her home in Columbus. * * • Lucile Lewis and Jane Dickson spent Saturday in Atlanta. * * * Billy Sharp and Alfred Jackson, Auburn graduates, spent the week-end in Auburn and attended the Pi Kappa Alpha dance. * * * Glenn Smith of Columbus visited his mother, Mrs. Harry Smith, over the week-end. * * * Visitors of Auburn last week were Miss Lupe and Mr. Miguel Silva of Mexico City who are touring the U. S. While at Auburn, they were entertained by their nephews Jesus and Enrique Silva. A Christmas dinner party was given in honor of the visitors by Prof. T. P. Atkinson, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Burkhardt at the house of Prof. E. W. Burkhardt. T h e t a U p s i l o n E n t e r t a i ns S o r o r i t y R e p r e s e n t a t i v es One of the loveliest of the pre- Christmas festivities was the Theta Upsilon tea held at their chapter room on Miller Avenue Sunday afternoon. This was the third of a series of teas given each month by a different sorority. The room was colorfully decorated with holly, poinsettas, and Christmas cacti. Red candles in silver candelabra graced the mantel. Vergie Winn Gunn, president of the sorority, presided at the tea table. Refreshments suggestive of the holiday season were served. About thirty guests representing the different sororities called during the afternoon. Pi K a p p a A l p h a S t a g es F o r m a l D a n ce Epsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha entertained with a formal dance Saturday night at the Recreation Hall. Several no-breaks and lead-outs were features of the evening. Music was furnished by the Auburn Knights. Out-of-town girls who attended the dance were: Mary Hobson, Dorothy Smith, Tino Williams, and Clara Nell Morgan, Birmingham; Barbara Kir-by, Evelyn Sims, and Nancy Corr, Selma; Mary Saffold, Columbus; Marguerite Swift, University of Alabama; Julia Hamner, Andalusia; Nell Chap-pell, Montevallo; and Lilly Barnes Cherry, Opelika. C o l l e g i a t e C h a p t e r W i ll P e r f o rm I n i t i a t i on The Auburn District F. F. A. will hold a meeting at Auburn, Tuesday, January 12, in Comer Hall. The Collegiate Chapter will have charge of the meeting, and they will initiate the eligible Greenhands into the Future Farmers degree. This is the first time the Collegiate Chapter has been affiliated with the district or State meeting. M. L. Ferguson, chairman of the program committee, will carry on the initiation this week, so they can learn this during the holidays. Those taking part in the initiation will be mainly Seniors. Student Night Given By Baptist On Sunday The Student Night program presented at the Baptist Church Sunday night was declared highly successful. It was well received by a large audience. More than thirty-five students participated in the program, including some twenty students who sang in the white-robed choir, directed by Mrs. Christine Tidwell, church organist. The program was divided into two main parts. Several students gave talks on the work of the Baptist Student Union and the results of work in colleges of the South. One of the main features of the program was the sunburst all-color screen devotional on which was shown the picture of Christ in Gethsemane, while a talk was given on "The Place of Prayer in the Stu dent's Life." After this a shadow of a student in prayer was cast on the screen, and the choir sang "Whisper a Prayer." Special musical numbers added much to the effectiveness of the program. Mr. Hilding Holmberg, Jr., played the offertory number of Christmas carols on the vibraphone, and Max Lachman played the accordion. Joe Turner rendered a soft number on the violin during the reading of the scripture. Students making short talks included Robert Johnston, president of the local B. S. U., L. C. Worthy, Roswell Hair, L. C. King, 0. M. Johnston, J. D. Brooks, D. H. Traylor, Earl Gardiner, W. R. Bell, Eugene Knight, and Bessie Ruth Smyer. Davis Woolley, student secretary, brought the closing message. C o l l e g i a t e C h a p t e r Of F . F . A . H o l d s M e e t i ng The Collegiate Chapter of the F. F. A. held its regular meeting Tuesday night, December 8, in Comer Hall, and the following program was presented: a mock initiation, a report on the Co- Op Book Exchange by E. M. Baker, a membership report by B. E. Cowart, and music by V. B. Rhodes and H. R. Benford. The mock initiation was held for the benefit of the members who had never seen one put on in the High School Chapters of F.' F. A. Boys who had put on initiations before were in charge of this part of the program. The initiation aided the main purpose of the Collegiate Chapter which is to train students to become more efficient in F. F. A. work. Mr. Baker's report on the Co-Op Book Exchange showed that it had been and is a very successful project and that it is in a position to render better service to the students in the future. According to the report by Mr. Cowart the Chapter has a "paid-up" membership of ninety-two. This is the largest membership attained by the Chapter since its organization here in Auburn. The program was concluded with several selections of music by Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Benford. D e l t a S i g m a Pi H o l ds O u t i n g M o n d ay Members of Delta Sigma Pi and their dates enjoyed a weiner roast at the fraternity's cabin Monday night on the Old Opelika road. The evening's activities consisted of playing games, telling jokes and eating weiners and marshmallowB. F o r e m a n R o g e r s A n d E m p l o y e e s E n t e r t a in Mr. Foreman Rogers and employees of the Tiger Theatre will entertain Thursday night with an informal dance at the Student Center at nine-thirty. The Auburn Knights will furnish the music. Patronize Plainsman advertisers. Mrs. A. L. T h o m a s C h o s en T r e a s u r e r Of A . F . W . C. Mrs. A. L. Thomas of Auburn was chosen treasurer of the Joint Legislative Council which is a new depart-emnt oi- the Alabama Federation of Woman's Clubs. The new department was organized at a meeting held in Birmingham last week. Mrs. Nannie R. Nash of Birmingham was named president; Miss Agnes Ellen Harris, University, vice-president; Mrs. Angus Taylor, Birmingham, secretary; Mrs. J. Bruce Airey, Wetumpka, and Miss Willie Hughes Tarpley, Birmingham, committee chairman. Mrs. Thomas holds the office of State Legislative Chairman of the Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers in addition to her office in the new organization. Representatives f r o m v a r i o us women's groups will be invited to join the Council. Miss Gatchell Will Talk To Womens Club "Making Christmas Decorations" is the subject which Miss Dana Gatchell, professor of Home Economics, will discuss at the meeting of the Garden Department of the Auburn Woman's Club. The meeting will be at the regular time tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist Church. The Garden Club of Opelika will be guest of the local group at this meeting. S.P.E. Gives Dance On Saturday Night Alabama Alpha of Sigma Phi Epsilon entertained Saturday night with a formal dance at the chapter house, with music by the Auburn Cavaliers. Following the dance a buffet supper was enjoyed. Chaperons for the affair were Captain and Mrs. Des Islets, Captain and Mrs. Klepinger, Professor Dilley, Mrs. Kitchens, and Mrs. Cox, housemother. Out-of-town girls present for the occasion were: Eddie Berrong, Atlanta; Evelyn Walton, Birmingham; Mary Clay Price, Decatur; Louise Ward, Panama City, Fla.; Mary Cherry Phelps, Millbrook; Eula Kirven, Eu-fala; Mary Greene Johns, Montevallo; Margaret Pratt and Cynthia Williams, Mobile; Rachel Gary, Ozark; Elizabeth Sturgis, Dothan; Olga Hatley, Birmingham; Dot Ruttmen, Jacksonville, Fla.; and Katherine Murray, Columbus. Alumni returning for the dance included Lt. Dick Greer, Ft. Benning; William Pope White, Mobile; Bob Kimbrough, Eutaw, and John Gravely, Montgomery. Baptist Students To Have Christmas Fest Tonight At 8 O'clock The annual Christmas party given by the Baptist Students Union will be held tonight at eight o'clock in the Baptist Church. Miss Gladys Adams, social committee chairman, is in charge of the arrangements. One of the features of the party will be the collection of toys to be given to the welfare department for distribution among the needy children. Each student is asked to bring a toy which will be placed on a Christmas tree as a part of the entertainment. The singing of Christmas songs and special music will be another feature of the program, according to the social committee. Banquet In Honor Of Auburn High Football Team Held On Friday A banquet in honor of the 1936 football team was given at the Auburn High School last Friday night at six-thirty. Thirty-^even guests were entertained by Abb Chrietzberg, '36 captain and toastmaster. Letters were awarded to the following players: Mitchell Wadkins, Abb Chrietzberg, Charles Ham, John Preer, Allen'Turner, Harold Smyer, Robert Smyer, Thomas Edwards, Paul Duggar, Hamlin Tippins, Robert Howard, Lee Smith, Wilton Throp, Bill Boyd, John T. Hudson, Spillman Fitzpatrick, Pete Almquist, Nolen Conner, Jack Bright and Carl Benson. C h e w a c l a B o y s W i l l Be T a u g h t D a n c i ng Mrs. Alice Ruch, one of Auburn's dancing teachers, has agreed to take a dancing class at Chewacla Camp for twenty-five cents a lesson, if enough boys are interested. The classes will be held twice a week. Everyone that is interested is asked to turn in his name to Mr. McDowell of the Camp. , J 1 ; SAVE MONEY., , , , 14y2C ON 14V2C pkg- CIGARETTES pkg- Camels, Lucky Strikes, Chesterfield, Old Gold, etc., $1.45 per carton; minimum order two cartons. WE PAY POSTAGE!. Send Money Order or Certified Check with order. NO ORDER C.O.D. Sacks, Greene & Sievers Dept. BA 308 W. Washington St. Chicago, 111. J . R. M O O RE Jeweler and Optometrist Bulova, Elgin, Hamilton, Gruen Watches. Diamonds, Silverware. Engraving Free. Watch and Jewelry Repairs a Specialty OPELIKA, ALA. ANNUAL TOWEL SALE IN THE NEW ENLARGED QUARTERS. Towels, guest towels, face cloths, bath mats and beach sheets to match in the new smart patterns. 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Wrlahti— L0C NANCY DREW: MYSTERY OF THE IVORY CHARM (Carolyn teene) — JO FAMOUS STATUES AND THEIR STORIES (Edwin Rayner; LOO TOBY TYLER (James Otis; JO PENROD (Booth TarHngfon; Ji TOM SAWYER ABROAD (Mark Twain) JO DAVID COPPERFIELD (DickensJ 1.00 LIFE OF OUR LORD (Dickens; JO COVERED WAGON DAYS (Ed. by Swan) LOO Hundreds o/ Others to Choose From BURTONS BOOKSTORE SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY P A G E FOUR T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1936 Williamson System Ranks Auburn No. 14 All-American selections still come in from all over the nation to add further to the glory and praise received by the outstanding Tiger gridders this year. The latest of these selections was received from P. B. Williamson, noted sports technician, who makes his selections according to a set of rigid statistical rules independent of personal equations, unscientific polling methods, and sectional bias. Accordingly, the Williamson selection is deemed unusually accurate by most of the sports scribes in the country. This year the Williamson System rated Auburn as the 14th best team in the nation which is an accurate estimate. In addition, six members of the 1936 Tiger football machine were honored in All-American selection. Captain Walter Gilbert won the center post on the first team, Joel Eaves an end position on the reserves, and Rogers, Gantt, and Kilgore received honorable mention. The Williamson System named 250 players altogether in the Honorable Mention list so it is no small honor that these men received. The All-American teams were made up from a poll covering 253 colleges and 55 newspaper stories. NOTICE: For room and meals call 53-W. 224 South Gay Street. OPELIKA • A MARTIN THEATRE • Wednesday Only, "Pigskin Parade" with STUART ERWIN, JOHNNY DOWNS, ARLINE JUDGE, BETTY GRABLE, PATSY KELLY, JACK HALEY. Added News and Vaudeville Reel. Thursday Only, Dec. 17 JOHNNY WEISSMULLER in "Tarzan Escapes" with MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN Also, Comedy and Stranger than Fiction. Friday Only, Dec. 18 "Down The Stretch" with PATRICIA ELLIS, MICKEY ROONEY, • DENNIS MOORE. Also, Comedy and Latest News Events. Saturday Only, Dec. 19 BUCK JONES in "Sundown Rider" with BARBARA WEEKS. Added, Cartoon in Color. Also, Serial. Radio Owl Show 10:15 P. M. JOHN WAYNE in "Conflict" with JEAN ROGERS. Also Novelty. Mosley Lectures To Economics Classes On Salesmanship Points Clyde H. Mosley, branch manager of Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company, spoke to the combined Insurance and Economic classes and to two sections of Salesmanship classes on Monday, Dec. 7th. In talking to the Insurance class Mr. Mosley showed just how he would interview a prospect for a Retirement income policy. In this interview he explained how the "student prospect" could create an estate of $10,000 by paying interest on the money. To further drive home his point, he used a graph mixed with sincere human-interest appeal. He Hosed with a sale. In the first section of salesmanship Mr. Mosley pointed out some of the most important items in selling such as personal appearance, distinctive voice, eye directness, and the psychological moment to get signature on dotted line. The second section listened to some of Mr. Mosley's experiences and observations as a salesman. Mr. Mosley impressed all the students as a leader and an excellent salesman. The Business Department is inviting other men outstanding in various fields to address the Business students. 1937 SCHEDULE WILL INCLUDE TEN OPPONENTS (Continued from page 1) The annual game with Birmingham- Southern will inaugurate the season in the capitol city. The Southern game is the only game that Auburn will play in Montgomery next year; the Florida game being arranged for play at Jacksonville. Birmingham has received two games: Mississippi State, October 16, and Tennessee, November 6. Tulane follows Birmingham-Southern with the game being scheduled in New Orleans. The Georgia-Tech Yellow Jackets follow Mississippi with the game scheduled at Grant Field in Atlanta. Rice, next in order, is to be played in Houston. The Bayou Tigers of Louisiana State will be encountered on November 13 which follows the game with Tennessee. The L. S. U. game will be played in Baton Rouge. The Georgia engagement has been set back to November 20, a month later than the game was played this year. The regular season will close with the Florida game, November 27. Rice offers the Tigers their strongest intersectional foe, and the game also offers the longest road trip on the schedule. Rice is very prominent in the mid-west, and they will give Auburn plenty of opposition. Coach Meagher was head coach at Rice before coming to Auburn. Auburn's schedule will again he one of the most difficult attempted by any Southeastern member. In Tulane, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia Tech, L. S. U., Georgia, and Florida, the Plainsmen will face again the strongest teams of the conference. It is notable that the team will not be making coast to coast jumps as they did this Fall. Enie Menie Minie Moe Down to Howard's I must go To see a well selected Christmas stock They are open until 9 o'clock. EMPIRE COAL HIGH IN HEAT LOW IN ASH CALL CAUTHEN'S Phone 11 or 15-J Produced by DeBARDELEBEN COAL CORP., TRUSTEE Birmingham, Ala. Library Schedule During the Christmas holidays, the library will be open as follows : December 19—Library will be open until 5 o'clock. December 20—Library will not be open Sundays during the holidays. December 21-22—Library will be open Monday and Tuesday before Christmas, 8-12, 1-5. December 23, 24, 25, 26, 27— Library will be closed Wednesday to Sunday of the week around Christmas. December 28, 30, January 2— Library will be open at least these three days around New Years from 9 till 2. If it is necessary for any of the college staff to get into the library other days of this week, communicate the day before with Mrs. Sparks (Phone 243) as arrangements will have to be made about the heat. 22 ARE INITIATED BY KAPPA DELTA PI (Continued from Page 1) Kuderna, counselor for the local chapter. The initiation ceremonies took place from 4 to 6 p. m. Monday evening in Samford Hall. In addition to faculty members in education who assisted with the initiation, there were four representatives of other college departments, including Professors R. D. Draughon and O. T. Ivey, of the history department; Prof. Frank W. Ap-plebee, applied art; and Prof. J. E. Roop, English department. Prof. J. A. Parrish and the entire High School faculty also took part. Twelve Don'ts Given For Holiday Hunters The Department of Conservation has recently issued twelve don'ts that should be observed by students who intend to hunt during the holidays. The twelve don'ts are as follows: 1. Don't load your gun until you reach the hunting grounds. 2. Always unload before climbing a fence, and never lean a loaded gun against anything. 3. Never carry gun with the safety catch off. 4. Never put your hand on the muzzle of your gun. 5. Never rest the muzzle on the ground. 6. Never jump a ditch with a loaded gun. 7. Don't load your gun in the house. 8. Never carry a loaded gun in a car or on a horse. 9. Unload a gun while entering a boat and never load in a moving boat. 10. Never point gun at anybody. 11. Never point a gun at any object unless you expect to shoot. 12. Never shoot at a question mark; it might be a man or woman. 30 TAPPED BY KEYS IN DRIVE FOR MEMBERS ' (Continued from page 1) Denton, Porter M. Gilliland, R. H. Olds, III, A. E. Salis, Theta Chi; Luther C. Evans, T. U. O.; Julian Edge, H. L. Welstead, Sigma Pi. A joint meeting of the members and pledges will be held Tuesday night, January 5, at the Lambda Chi Alpha House, E. M. Butler, President of Keys, announced. .He urges all pledges and members to be present. This date will terminate the pledging period. The initiation will be held Friday night, January 8. All pledges who wish to have their picture included in the Keys' panel in the Glomerata should deliver their picture fee to the treasurer, James Buntin, Sigma Pi, at the earliest possible date. LEGISLATURE WORKS TOWARDS FINANCIAL RELIEF OF EDUCATION WORK STARTS FOR TIGER'S FINAL GAME (Continued from page 1) that Coach Meagher will chance having the rugged quarterback injured again in a post-season game. The entire coaching staff will make the trip with the possible exception of Coach Ralph Jordan who will probably be forced to remain behind to direct the activities of the basketball team. In addition, it is possible that Sergeant Murphy, stock room overseer, will make the trip in order to see that all the equipment is taken care of in the proper manner. (Continued from Page 1) minus most of the wrangles and heated discussions which have characterized Alabama legislative sessions of recent years except the regular session of this administration. Governor Graves appears to have the situation well in hand with a good working majority in each house. Students desiring to ride to New Orleans or anywhere on the Gulf coast enroute to New Orleans— call Joe Abercrombie — 62-W. Leave Friday 4 P. M. Return January 3rd. WANTED: Furnished or unfurnished room for young Professor and wife. Private bath preferred. Leave address or telephone number at The Plainsman office. Bill Young, Auburn Grad, Is Secretary To Luther Patrick When Luther Patrick assumes his duties as congressman for the 9th district (Jefferson County) of Alabama his secretary will be W. A. (Bill) Young, 1925 graduate of Auburn. Bill is a native of Lamar County. He came to Auburn and graduated in agriculture. Immediately after graduation he entered extension publicity work, including radio with Station WAPI which was then located in Auburn. When WAPI was moved to Birmingham in 1928 he went as assistant manager there but soon became manager of Station WBRC, the position he now holds but has resigned to go to Washington. As a student Mr. Young was very active in student affairs. He was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity; also Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Phi Epsilon, Sara Banks First To Shoot Perfect Score Sara Lee Banks of Birmingham is the first member of the Girls' Rifle Team to make a possible score of one hundred points, Captain Ehrgott announced today. Miss Banks, a sophomore in the School of Architecture, has had little previous experience, but her fine scoring indicates that she will be a sure candidate in any of the team's future matches. Washington University has five sets of coed twins—half as many as Louisiana State University. Phi Delta Gamma, Spades, Square and Compass, Scabbard and Blade, Inter-fraternity Council, as well as business manager of the Plainsman, member of the Student council, assistant editor of the Alabama Farmer, and active in other student affairs. ^ UJith all best wishes for a very tJMerry Christmas and a-> Happy and Prosperous TSfew Year. THE PERSONNEL BURTON'S BOOKSTORE HAGEDORN'S DEPARTMENT STORE Dry Goods LADIES READY-TO-WEAR LADIES AND CHILDRENS SHOES DRAPERIES — CURTAINS — CARPETS A Most Complete Gent's Furnishings Department OPELIKA, ALABAMA Copytigbt 1936, LIGGBTT & MYERS TOBACCO CO |
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