1936-12-16 The Auburn Plainsman

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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
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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.
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"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
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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
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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
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P A G E TWO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1936
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dec. 17
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Dec. 18
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Dec. 19
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Added, Cartoon in Color.
Also, Serial.
Radio Owl Show
10:15 P. M.
JOHN WAYNE
in
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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.
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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.
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