1937-01-15 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
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TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1937 NUMBER 30
Many Girls
Are Mailed
Prom Bids
Eight Fraternities Agree To
Have House Parties To Ac­commodate
Crowd Of Girls
"—And She Sings Like She Looks"
600 BIDS SENT
Bid Cards May Still Be Filled
Out A s Committee Will Hold
Box Open Until Sunday
All bid cards for visiting girls have
been taken up and 600 invitations
mailed out by the Social Committee.
To accommodate the large number of
girls expected to attend the Junior
Prom eight fraternities have agreed
to have house parties. All dances
have been sold to campus organiza­tions.
Although the number of bids al­ready
mailed out ranks equal and
above the numbers of former years,
the Social Committee has arranged
for a single bid box to be left at the
Tiger Drug Store to give students
who failed to fill out their bid cards
soon enough a last chance to have an
invitation mailed. The box will be
held open until Sunday. No bids may
be filled out after that time. Chair­man
Vernon Merritt urges all stu­dents
who wish to fill out cards to do
so immediately so a more definite idea
of the number of girls coming may be
determined.
Eight Frats Plan House Parties
The eight fraternities Tvho have
agreed to have house parties for the
dances are Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma
Chi, Phi. Delta Theta, Sigma Nu,
Theta Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha
Tau Omega, and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
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This is the largest number of house
parties ever to be held at one set of
Mid-Term dances. All visiting girls
will be accommodated at these houses.
As, is customary all dances in the
set of seven have been sold to various
campus organizations. The schedule
of dances is: Thursday night, Vikings,
a Junior honor organization; Friday
morning, Blue Key; Friday afternoon,
Keys Interfraternity; Friday night,
Junior Class Prom; Saturday morn­ing,
Tau Beta Pi; Saturday after­noon,
Scabbard and Blade; and Sat­urday
night, "A" Club. This is the
first year the "A" Club has bought
a night dance and the Vikings is the
first society of its nature to carry
through two years.
Tickete for the dances are now on
sale by members of the Social Com­mittee
at $10 for the entire set of
seven dances. Prices of other ticket
groups aside from season tickets will
be announced later.
Next Term
Dances Are
Now Listed
AH Frats, Sororities, Organiza­tions,
And Clubs Have Been
Assigned Dates For Dances
CALENDAR ARRANGED
Thirty-six Dances Have Been
Scheduled; Others Wishing
D a t e s See Callan At Once
Virginia Sims, voted America's most beautiful vocalist, will appear
here with Kay Kyser and his orchestra January 28, 29, 30. Kyser
has Sully Mason, Art Wright, Bill Stoker, and I«ch Kabibble as other
featured vocalists. -
Aero Club To Extend
Its Original Program
Due to the success of the original
membership drive the Auburn Aero
Club has decided to continue the pro­gram
for another month with the
same inducements that featured the
original drive.
Among the new members joining
the club during the past month are:
Edward Taylor, James Calloway, Wil­liam
Carroll, Graham Savage, and
James Sharman. There have been sev­eral
new members also obtained from
Opelika, Fairfax and other adjacent
towns. The total membership of the
club now numbers nearly forty stu­dents,
all of whom are active flying
members.
Under the direction of Jack Flood,
instructor of the club, a large ma­jority
of the club members have al­ready
made their first solo flights and
are now building up time toward a
Department of Commerce license.
Have New Plane
The club has obtained a new plane
to handle the greatly increased
amount of student flying. Delivery of
the new plane will be made about the
middle of April. Being of a different
type the plane will enable the stu­dents
to obtain a variety of experience
in handling various ships.
Already recognized as one of the
largest organizations of its kind in
the country the club has grown even
beyond the hopes of its founders. Hav­ing
compiled an unusual record of
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Auburn Faces Sewanee Quint
In Two Games This Week-End
Tigers Meet Sewanee Tonight
And Tomorrow In First Col­l
e g e Game; To Return Game
Coach Ralph Jordan and his squad
of basketball Tigers entrained today
for Sewanee where they will meet the
University of the South in a brace of
tilts tonight and tomorrow night.
Since their loss to the Lanett Ath­letic
Club early in the season, the
Plainsmen have been coming along at
a rapid gait and had little difficulty
in setting back Fort Benning by the
score of 35-20 last Saturday night.
Much of this improvement has been
due to the fact that considerable
strength was added by the addition
of several football players, Joel Eaves,
Malvern Morgan, Tommie Edwards,
Rex McKissick, and Frank Hamm, all
of whom were kept busy on the grid­iron
for the first two weeks of the
season.
Eaves Good Leader
Joel Eaves, captain of the team, has
a steadying, influence on the men
which leads to smooth teamwork and
he is certain to account for a fair
percentage of the points. Malvern
Morgan, sophomore forward, has de­veloped
into one of the best men on
the team, possessing an uncanny
ability to ring up double-deckers, al­though
he is considerably handicap­ped
on the floor by his weight which
hovers around the 200-mark.
Tommie Edwards, excellent soph
center, and Rex McKissick, junior
forward, are two valuable members
of Coach Jordan's outfit and have
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W. A. A. Will Stage
Dance Tonight, 9:30
The. Woman's Athletic Associa­tion
will sponsor the second girl-break
dance of the year tonight
at the Girls' Gymnasium from
9:30 to 1:00. Music will be
furnished by Doc Moseley and the
Auburn Knights.
This association gives four
dances of this type each year and
in the past they have proved to
be a success. The funds derived
from these affairs are used to
buy athletic equipment for girls.
Several features are planned
for the dance tonight, including
two W. A. A. lead-outs, three no-breaks,
and a Frosh girl lead-out.
Pitts Hotel To Have
Sign 100 Feet In Air
Pitts Hotel being erected on the lot
adjoining the Plainsman office is, ac­cording
to a statement made by the
owners, to have a huge neon sign on
top of the building that may be seen
for miles. The sign will be 100 feet
in the air.
This new building, which is to be
Auburn's largest, is to be three stories
high, and is to have running water,
both hot and cold in each of its 30
rooms.
In addition to the hotel there will
be erected a building on each side
for store occupancy. Provision is to
be made later for the construction of
a theatre seating 800.
6th Annual LR.C, Conference Plans
Being Completed By Auburn Group
By KIRTLEY BROWN
Student representatives and faculty
advisers of the 128 International Re­lations
Clubs in the Southeast will
gather here for the 6th annual Inter­national
Relations Clubs Conference
on February 19 and 20. More than
200 delegates will attend.
Featured speakers will be the noted
Englishman and authority on inter­national
affairs, Major C. Douglas,
who will come to America for the con­ference
under the auspices of the
Carnegie Foundation, of New York
City; Miss Carol Riegelman, of the
International Labor Organizations at
Geneva, Switzerland; and Miss Amy
Heminway Jones, New York City,
general secretary for International
Clubs throughout the world.
The 12 round-table discussions will
deal with the four general topics of
American foreign policy, with special
attention to Latin America; the
League of Nations; conflict in the
Far East; and considerations of the
question, "Dictatorship vs. De­mocracy."
Program Formulated
Detailed program for the meeting
is being formulated by Ralph C. Boles,
district president of the International
Relations Clubs. He is being assisted
by Prof. O. T. Ivey, of the history de­partment,
adviser for the Auburn
club. Other club members heading
committees in preparation for the con­ference
are Catherine Rogers, pub­licity;
J. H. Wheeler, finance; Robert
Roberts, arrangements; and B. E.
Cowart, entertainment.
Delegates will be entertained at Au­burn's
New Leadership Camp, and the
conference sessions will be held at
Langdon Hall. An elaborate banquet
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Ham Callan, president of the Inter-fraternity
Council, has completed the
social calendar for next semester. All
frat, sorority, organizations, and
clubs have been assigned dates for
their dances.
There are yet a few open dates on
the calendar and any group wishing
to secure one of them must see Callan
at an early date.
The next semester dances are as
follows:
Friday, February 5, open; Satur­day,
February 6, Band; Friday, Feb­ruary
12, Kappa Sigma; Saturday,
February 13, Pharmaceutical Society;
Friday, February 19, Military Ball;
Saturday, February 20, "A" Club;
Friday, February 26, Sigma Pi and
Kappa Delta; Saturday, February
27, Kappa Alpha (tea and night);
Friday, March 5, Chemical Ball; Sat­urday,
March 6, Lambda Chi;
Friday, March 12, Architecture
Ball; Saturday, March 13, "A" Club;
Friday, March 20, Interfraternity
Council Ball; Saturday, March 26, Phi
Kappa Phi and T. U. O.; Saturday,
March 27, Sigma Chi and Chi Omega;
Friday, April 2, Engineers Ball; Sat­urday,
April 3, Alpha Gamma Rho
and Sigma Nu; Friday, April 9, A.
T-.O.; Saturday, April 10, "A?' Club;
Friday, April 16, Textile "Cotton
Ball" and W. A. A.; Saturday, April
17, Delta Sigma Phi (tea and night)
and Agriculture Club; Friday, April
23, S. A. E.; Saturday, April 24, Phi
Delta Theta and Theta Kappa Nu;
Friday, April 30, Sigma Phi Epsilon;
Saturday, May 1, Pi K. A.; Friday,
May 7, Theta Chi (tea and night) ;
Saturday, May 8, "A" Club.
Stuart Wright,
Of Peace Group,
Is Visitor Here
By ROBERT JOHNSTON
Seeking to enlist Auburn students
in a campaign to promote peace and
take the profits out of war, Mr. Stuart
Wright, field secretary of the Emer­gency
Peace Campaign, spent several
days on the Auburn Campus in con­ference
with faculty and student
leaders.
The Emergency Peace Campaign is
sponsored by outstanding leaders in
civic and religious thought in all parts
of the country. Dr. Harry Emerson
Fosdick, pastor of the Riverside
Church, New York, is the chairman of
the national board. Others include
William A. White, editor; Ivan Lee
Holt, president of the Federal Council
of Churches in America; John R.
Mott, president of the International
YMCA; Grace Morrison Poole, past
president of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs; distinguished lead­ers
.from practically every denomina­tion,
and the presidents of many
prominent colleges.
Organized on 200 Campuses
Mr. Wright representing the Youth
Division of the Peace movement stat­ed
in a meeting of students Monday
night that there were Peace Councils
already organized on more than 200
college and university campuses of
the nation. Councils have been start­ed
on the campuses of University of
Alabama, Alabama College, Hunting­don,
and Troy State Teachers College,
in Alabama; and plans are underway
for the beginning of the movement at
Howard, Birmingham-Southern, Jud-son,
Jacksonville Teachers, and Flor­ence
Teachers.
At a meeting Wednesday morning,
of deans and faculty members, in­cluding
Mr. P. O. Davis, Dean Petrie,
Dean Scott, Col. Wallace, Dean Dobbs,
Miss Walston, Rev. Hay, Rev. Lee,
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Six Are Picked To Fill
Co-Ed Beauty Section
Men Are Named
By Barnett For
Glee Club Tour
Early in February the Auburn Glee
Club will make its first yearly tour
which will extend over a period of
seven days and carry the club to
Montevallo, Montgomery, S e 1 m,a,
Marion, Tuscal»osa, and Birmingham,
i
At a recent meeting the following
men were chosen by Director Lawrence
Barnett to make the trip. First
tenors: Lem Edmonson, Dunlap Mc-
Cauley, Sterling Medlin, Newell
Jerome, and Albion Knight. Second
tenors: George Hairston, Allen Blake-ney,
Josh Couch, Ernest Rouse, Dud­ley
Smith, Charles Kelly, H. L. Wel-sted,
and Monsey Greshan. Baritones:
Tom Jester, George Weaver, - Sam
Teague, James Hubbard, Ellis Dun­ning,
Turner Williams, and Charles
Cranford. Bases: Gordon Hubbard,
George Perry, Winifred Boyd, Dennis
Newton, Leo Bidez, Ed Smith, and
David Cox.
Paul Rudolph and Harry Campbell
will be the piano accompanists for
the club and for the club quartet,
trio, and soloists. Professor J. W.
Roe will be on the tour as faculty
representative of the club, and Kirt-ley
Brown will also make the trip to
serve as publicity agent.
The members will be under the di­rection
of Mr. Barnett, who has been
working with the club since early in
the fall, and who has arranged a very
entertaining and interesting program
consisting of classical semi-classical,
and popular songs, and novelties.
Vikings Buy Dance;
Plan Annual Banquet
Vikings, Junior social organization,
is completing its plans to have a ban­quet
and the Thursday night dance
during the Junior Prom.
This is the only organization of its
nature that has survived longer than
the original function for which it was
organized. Vikings was organized by
Jarvis Brown and Max Welden last
year before the Sophomore Hop for
which Earl Burtnett and his or­chestra
played. The dance and ban­quet
sponsored by the society was
such a marked success that the mem­bers
wished to continue its function
at the set of dances given for, the
class during the Mid-Term in the next
year. So at their first meeting this
year, the members agreed to have a
banquet and dance.
A call meeting will be held at the
Student Center Friday night at 6:45.
All members are requested to attend
this last meeting as urgent and im­portant
business is to be discussed.
Interfrat Head
HAMll^TOiol C/4 A. I-. A /s/
Ham Callan, president of the
Interfraternity Council, has releas­ed
dates for all dances to be held
next semester.
Players Cast
Coming Work
Last Tuesday
Four Heavier Roles Are Cast
For "Wings Over Europe";
Play Calls For All-Male Cast
N O T I C E !
Anyone interested in going out for
polo may do so by seeing Captain
Klepinger at the Military Office in
Samford Hall sometime before the
end of the semester.
By FRANKLYN WARD
Casting, for the four heavier roles
for the forthcoming production of the
Auburn Players, "Wings Over
Europe" was held in the Y-Hut last
Tuesday evening. Dawson Mullins
was awarded the role of Walter
Grantley, Prime Minister of the
British Empire; Lem Edmonson, Jr.,
the role of Evelyn Arthur, Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs; Alvin
Vogtle, that of Richard Stapp,. Secre­tary
of State for War; and Arthur
Elsberry that of Francis Lightfoot.
The casting for the fourteen re­maining
roles will be held the first
week of the second semester. Anyone
interested in securing one of these
roles is urged to be present at the
try-outs in the Y-Hut at that time.
Setting in Downing Street
The three act play "Wings Over
Europe" with an all-male cast is a
futuristic melodrama of scientific
progress. The setting for the play is
within the home of the Prime Mini­ster
at No. 10 Downing Street, Lon­don.
The novelty of the play lies in the
fact that the action takes place on
any morning of the present day, when
at last man has discovered a means
of controlling the destiny of the world.
He holds the power to destroy the.
world or on the other hand to use
this power to the advantage of hu­manity
as a whole. His discovery and
the use he makes of it presents a most
interesting and intriguing story; a
story that one who lives in this mod­ern
day with scientific progress al­most
at its height cannot afford to
miss.
Senate Expected To Pass Liquor Tax
Today As Chichester Tax Is Deferred
By HOWARD WORKMAN
As the suit on the Ellis gross re­ceipts
bill goes into its second day, the
hearing on the Chichester two per
cent sales tax has been postponed un­til
the 16th legislative day and the
Senate, today, is expected to pass a
liquor taxation and referendum bill.
On a motion of Rep. Chichester,
author of the bill, the House of Re­presentatives
voted 50 to 43 to post­pone
action on the two per cent sales
tax bill until the 16th legislative day,
which will fall on next Tuesday un­less
the Legislature adjourns for the
inauguration of President Roosevelt.
Jeff Beeland, president of the Merch­ants
Association of Alabama, said
that the postponement was not made
because of weakness of the supporting
forces as they are in as good shape
now as they will be next week or any.
other time.
After a conference last night in the
Governor's office which 23 senators
attended it appeared certain that a
liquor taxation bill with a state-wide
referendum attached would pass the
Senate today. The heated discussion
of the conference lasted for two hours.
The form of the bill was worked out
in the conference. It will provide for
the referendum and that, provisions
of the Senate substitute to the House
state stores bill will apply only, in
the event that the state goes wet, to
those counties which vote wet, and
not to those which vote dry.
Conference Committee Appointed
On the passage of this bill it is ex­pected
that a conference committee
will be appointed to consider the bill
and amendment and that a delay of
a week or more may be sustained in
the event that the Legislature ad-
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Misses Brasfield, Campbell,
Edwards, Joiner, Murphey,
And Smith Are Chosen
IS CONSIDERED HONOR
Marks First Time Beauty Sec­tion
Has Been Composed
Entirely Of Women Students
Molly Brasfield, Jean Campbell,
Sadie Edwards, Iris Joiner, Netty
Murphrey, and Sara Smith are the
co-eds that have been selected to ap­pear
in the Beauty Section of the
Glomerata. The names were released
by Editor Sam Gibbons last night.
Each of the young ladies chosen for
this honor is- popular on the campus
and takes an active part in social
and school affairs.
Molly Brasfield, of Demopolis, is to
lead the section by virture of her be­ing
elected "Miss Auburn" last Fall.
She is a Junior in the School of Archi­tecture
and Allied Arts.
Jean Campbell, of Birmingham, is
a member of Theta Epsilon, Cardinal
Key and Sphinx, honor groups for co­eds,
and the W. A. A. She will gradu­ate
in Home-Economics in May.
Sadie Edwards, of Union Springs,
was the only Freshman to receive this
honor. Miss Edwards is enrolled in
the School of Education.
Iris Joiner, of Dadeville, is a Senior
in the School of Home-Economics.
Netty Murphey, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., is president of Sphinx, a mem­ber
of the W. A. A. and lead the Mid-
Term dances her sophomore year. Miss
Murphey is a student in Business and
will graduate in May.
Sara Smith, of Union Springs, is
an irregular student in Commercial
Art.
Full Page Pictures
Gibbons revealed that a full page
would be given to the picture of each
of these co-eds and two sheets at
front and back would make the sec­tion
ten pages. This is the first time
that the entire Beauty Section has
been composed entirely of women stu­dents;
the idea appears to have met
the approval of the student body.
It should be remembered that these
co-eds were selected by faculty mem­bers
of the Art Department and that
their word was final. It was thought
at first that a greater number of re­presentatives
would be selected but
Gibbons stated that the Glomerata
budget would not be able to stand but
a half-dozen full-page photos.
Work Progresses
As to the other sections of the year­book,
the work is coming along nicely
with over 220 pages already sent to
Benson Printing Company, Nashville,
publishers of the annual. There has
been space given over to several or-
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Morrow Is New F.F.A.
President, Not Baker
The following story should have ap­peared
in Wednesday's paper. Due
to a mistake the story had it that E.
M. Baker was elected president of the
F. F. A. chapter for the coming se­mester,
but D. G. Morrow was named
the new head and Baker is the re­tiring
president.
The following story should have ap­peared
:
D. G. Morrow, of Hamilton, Auburn
senior in agricultural education, has
been elected president of the Collegi­ate
Chapter of the Future Farmers
of America to serve for the second
semester.
Morrow succeeds E. M. Baker, also
a senior in agricultural, education, and
will serve with the following other
officers: Charles Glasscock, vice-president,
Hamilton; L. H. Little,
secretary, Alexandria; and W. P.
Moss, treasurer, Notasulga.
Membership of the Collegiate FFA
Chapter is composed of more than 100
students who studied vocational agri­culture
in high school. Major project
of the Chapter during its first year
of existence is the establishment of a
student cooperative book exchange
which has proved highly successful.
P A G E T WO 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 I N S T I T U TE FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1937
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You Think The Paper Poor?
Well, Read What We Think
Issue number 30—meaning we are
half through with our job of editing
The Plainsman and we want to stop
for a minute to see just what kind of
a paper we've been editing. Here's
the way we figure it up thus far:
The editorials are out-of-date,
weak, poorly written, and are seldom
read except, possibly, when one irri­tates
a chance reader and he calls it
to the attention of more subscribers
who heartily agree that the editor is
all wrong.
Our news-stories are the same type
that have been running for the past
decade with changes only in names
and dates. They are, as a rule, dull
and old. Once in a great while we
see a reader glancing below the head­lines—
not often.
Our columns: Cats and Canaries is
too "catty". Its contents are not un­derstood
by a large enough per cent
of the readers.
"Before Tomorrow" is read by an
exceedingly few. It is a hard column
to write because it deals too much
with politics and national affairs.
The author should be a political
economist.
"Pete's Epistle" is rather clever
but he is beginning to deal with per­sons
on the campus too much and
turning the column into a "gossip"
letter. And Pete needs another se­mester
of Freshman English.
"With Other Colleges" has origi­nality
as its redeeming feature. It is
not "clipped" as are so many similar
columns in other school papers. It is
good, light reading.
"Thunderations" is written too
much for a few but is very well read.
This "grandpa" column may broaden
someday.
"On Your Radio" is all right if you
are an orchestra enthusiast.
And so you have the editor's view
on the paper he edits—on paper. We
vouch it is seldom done.
We hope we make no enemies by
this personal view of the columns.
Our folks are doing their best and we
are endeavoring to improve the paper
in every way.
In Need Of Arithmetic
And Not An Organization
The newest of the new-fangled col­lege
organizations is the T. C. L. A.
C. A., or the "Two Can Live As
Cheaply Association."
This group has been recently
founded at the University of Oregon
by two married couples, Mr. and Mrs.
Reinhart Knudsen and Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Kessler. A picture appeared
in the Collegiate Digest on Wednes­day
showing the couples busily pre­paring
a meal.
It is the intention of the founders
to promote chapters at other colleges
in the interest of their kind.
All we wish to say is "Keep it over
there" and "Oh, yeah!" Of course the
idea is just a novelty and marriage in
college may be all right if the parties
concerned are financially able.
But don't join the T. C. L. A. C. A.
and expect to still get by on that al­lowance
from home.
Andrew Smith's Russian Novel
Tells Of Labor Conditions
Andrew Smith's recent novel, "I
Was a Soviet Worker" gives an amaz­ing
account of working conditions as
they stand in Russia today. The whole
world has been anticipating the out­come
of the national planning put in­to
effect by this large European
power. The Soviet government for­bids
investigation of their system;
thus there is very little authentic in­formation
obtainable. Smith makes
public several figures he compiled
while employed as a machinist in
Moscow.
As a coal miner in Pennsylvania,
Smith was a strong advocate of Com­munism
as a national system, as well
as were many of his co-workers. He
kept hearing unbelievably good re­ports
of how well the people were
provided for under the share the
wealth regime in Russia, so he set sail
for that country, the worker's para­dise.
His observations upon reaching
Russia are altogether contrary to the
propaganda that had been conveyed
him as a worker in America. The
perfect working conditions, the old-age
pension, "classless Russia," and
the many other features claimed by
the leaders were in the main, false.
The pension of which Russia boasts
amounts to 17 rubles per month which
is equivalent to 60c in our money.
Worker's wages averaged 125 rubles
or 4 dollars per month. Educational
facilities are inadequate. Inefficient
hospitalization is leading to the death
of many who could recover with a
very small amount of medical care.
The streets are filled with beggars
whose families are hungry. Workers
are forced to pay voluntary taxes
amounting to over 15% of their
wages in many cases. The average
working day varies form eight to six­teen
hours in length. There is a sharp
class discriminaion between workers
and the governing body. There is a
general feeling of dissatisfaction
among the people, but fear x>f punish­ment
compels them to stifle their
protests.
The Russian plan supported by so
many workers of this country is not
at all like the propagandists picture
it. The life of our lowest classes is as
high in culture as their highest. Con­ditions
over there are not fit for hu­man
existence. The theory that a na­tion's
people fare better with the gov­ernment
looking out for their affairs
is disproved by the Russian system in
practice. Their plan must be unsound
or a nation so abundant in natural
resources would be bounding in pros­perity.
More than ever now, we
should cry down with other systems
and on with the democracy that has
made our nation the king of nations.
A Boyish Plea To
Hit-And-Run Drivers
A few days ago an unknown per­son
in Birmingham, either cruel or
thoughtless, hung a dark cloud over
the happy life of a twelve year old
Birmingham boy. This person ran
over and killed the boy's little dog
and, instead of stopping to see what
he had done, sped away from the
scene of the pitiful sight. The little
boy, broken-hearted at the loss of one
of his closest friends and companions,
wrote a letter to The Birmingham
News begging that drivers be more
careful.
The boy's childish pleading words
produce, or should produce, in the
hearts of their readers a sincere sym­pathy
and understanding in the loss
which seems so terrible to the owner
of the little dog. Here is the letter
printed in full:
"Say, you hit-and-run drivers. The
one who hit my dog on Fifth Avenue,
South. Won't you drive more careful?
Am only 12 years old. But Thump, my
dog, gave me lots pleasure after school.
He gone now. But my heart awful sad.
And it awful hard for me coming
home after school not having Thump
greet me. Just Buddy."
There does seem to be an excessive
amount of carelessness in the case of
dogs which sometime run out into
the street; they can be avoided with
very little trouble. Surely, everyone
who reads Buddy's little boyish plea
will be more careful of other people's
pets. This letter should be reprinted
in every newspaper in the country to
call to the minds of people the deep
pain which every child feels when
his favorite pet is killed.
Before Tomorrow
By JAMES BUNTIN
THIS TIME: RUSSIA'S CALENDAR,
MR. SIMPSON SUES, 29 DIE,,
REORGANIZATION, W. A. A.
With the last compiled story in retrospect,
a premature spring in the air, and a prob­able
theme, "May I Have The Next Ro­mance
With You", in study racked (?)
brains, one has to grapple with the current
facts and ideas for the next digest. The
selected material arranged below serves for
the facsimile of the digest BEFORE TO­MORROW.
* * * *
WHY the Russians of the old order still
persist in celebrating New Year 13 days
later than appears feasible in our mode of
thought is partially explained by the fact
that they still use the old Julian calendar.
Then too, one might think of them as being
just that far behind their more modern
Communist brothers in thought and action.
Most of the old order are now conserving
their once exalted positions in exile.
» * * *
WHEISf there is an affair like that of
Edward pro Wally and one which causes
as much universal consternation and in­terest
there is sure to be some aftermath.
Mr. Earnest Simpson is now suing a promi­nent
English woman for slander. He
charges that she has vociferated quite
broadly that he received a large sum of
money in connection with his former wife's
romance.
* * * *
WHERE 29 deaths, a large number in­jured,
and not mentioning the other inci­dentals
concerning the tragedies of the West
Coast Air Lines within the last 30 days
confronts us, it is a matter that is due a
great deal of investigation and attempted
adjustment. It is expected that the na­tional
government will take some drastic
steps in relation to the matter.
* * * *
WHAT' President Roosevelt disclosed in
his address to Congress as to his course of
action is set forth in his assertion that De­mocracy
could succeed in diverse times as
other types of government have. He is
asking for a tremendous reorganization
program, especially in relation to depart­ments
and to executive power.
* * * *
HOW the local gigolos will react to the
intrigues of our CO-EDS (once saturized
as Scheming Leaping Lenas) Friday night
at the W. A. A. dance might be expected
after considering the atmospheric condi­tions
and . . . . well other unexplainables.
But the immediate and the preceding above
has gone far enough in time and space.
Merci.
Cats and Canaries
Will Chili Allen please take Marie Louise
and "Peanut" with him on one of his night­ly
rides and leave the latter.
* * * *
Why are Terry Mosley and Louie B.
known as the "cooperation"??????
* * * *
Fred Porter is worrying whether the light
of his life, from Florida, will be here for
the dances—perhaps, he sent other bids?
* * * *
The old oriental custom seemed to pre­vail
at the "Windmill" Wednesday night—
everyone was sitting on the floor including
Jitters Lewis. Sam Lou, June, and Wilton.
* * * *
SLASH !->Margie Cole and Frances Wil­son
are good proof that the Chi Omega
Xmas was just one big "cut up."
* * * *
Riddle—what Theta Chi is double talk­ing
what K. D. pledge (he has beautiful
eyes) and what K. D. is doing the same to
a handsome blond Phi Delta? (unless cost
of a soda is paid—names will appear next
week.)
* * * *
HERE COMES THE BRIDE—so we
hear—will be played for E. Ingram and a
certain Chem. prof., but—it won't be for
three years yet.
* * * *
CONTRARY TO RUMORS—Pugh is not
an atheist but is quite interested in a home
town "preacher". (Well, Frank, remember
"grandma").
* * • *
ADVICE TO LOVELORN
To James Buntin and C. W. Tompson:
Spring is here, and the temptation is
great, lads, but remember, he's still presi­dent
of the Executive cabinet.
* * * *
If Andy Elliot and his playmates are go­ing
to take over the "Windmill"—what will
the five-hundred across the tracks do—for
this hot weather?
* * * *
Pat Tucker has the most twinkling eyes
around the village and Sis Carmack the
nicest nose.
* * * *
NOMINATION FOR SUNNIEST DIS­POSITION—
Margy Ann Flott.
Youth Faces A Catastrophe
EDITORIAL FEATURE—By JOAN METZGER
Today youth faces the greatest cata­strophe
since 1914—a world war. Must we
permit munitions fortunes to dally ruthless­ly
with our futures? Are we to accept the
statement that war is pre-destined and in­evitable?
Must we exchange our lives and
rights to happiness for chemical warfare
and no man's land?
Perhaps I'm emotional if I fail to picture
domestic or national tranquillity in a coun­try
where gas masks hang cosily in the
nursery or where bomb-proof cellars are as
essential to homes as the latest electrical
gadgets. The basketed fragments of hu­manity,
clinging to life in veteran's hos­pitals
through eternities of misery are not
the gloriously fabricated flowers of youth's
blossoming dreams. These men might have
been spared the agony of purposeless exist­ence,
but, less fortunate than their brothers
sleeping under five million white crosses,
they lived.
Crude statistics show that 126,000 Ameri­cans,
5,623,800 Frenchmen, and 3,000,000
Englishmen forfeited their lives for "de­mocracy"
in the Great War. There are no
statistics recording the infinite hours spent
in physical and mental suffering, loneli­ness,
and heartbreak. No statistics record
the contributions these men might have
made in literature, science, art, and music.
Think of the unfathered families and the
happiness that perished with those five mil­lion
boys. Five million "might have beens"
whose blood spattered brains bespangled
the trenches of the Western Front. "Might
have beens"—a futile note. War is mass
futility.
Only the educated and physically fit are
acceptable as cannon fodder. Yet our public
institutions are filled with men no longer
useful to society.
Modern movies depict the horrors of a
technically executed bayoneting scene, and
the public accepts them as thrills. Are they
thrills to Gold Star Mothers, widows, and
orphans? When bands play and youth pa­rades
by in martial glory, are those tears
in the eyes of women thrills? Is this melo­drama?
On memorial days when the sob of
a mother cuts through the recitation of "In
Flanders Fields" and taps are played for
"our buddies"—are these thrills?
Those men died thinking they were mak­ing
the world safe for democracy—if they
thought at all. Too many were swept by
propaganda and stirring music. If those
voices could echo today, would they glorify
war?
Education is training the mind and body
so that we may usefully employ our talents.
Through education we must destroy the
barbaric glorification of war. Nations that
fuel their power on human blood fade
through the pages of history.
Youth for its own sake and for the sake
of our country must concentrate its unified
energies on world peace. We must not for­get
those five millions died for democracy.
Is it to be a "might have been"?
Plainsman Forum—Voice of the Students
Suggests Some Talkers In The Show Go
Hire A Tent For A Show Of Their Own
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I would like to take this opportunity to
open a subject that concerns every one that
attends the local theater.
It seems to be a daily pastime of some
few of our students to go to the movies and
make cracks about the performance. I am
sure that these persons do not realize that
there are several hundred other persons in
the show that payed just as much to see it
as themselves. It seems that those that try
to "shine" in the audience annoy every one
else considerably.
I suggest that those who just have to
entertain the audience open a tent show
just outside the city limits of Auburn I am
sure that the attendance would be next to
nothing even if there was no admission
charge. In other words, who wants to pay
twenty-five and thirty-five cents to hear
some ignorant fool demonstrate his ability
to annoy a whole audience?
It is known that the management of the
Tiger Theater does not appreciate the un-gentlemanly
conduct that is often experi­enced.
Quiet please, N. Ernest.
"Shiners" Greatly Irritate Writer;
Desires Modesty In Girls
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Shine . . . Shine . . . Shine . . . exceedingly
disgusted do I become watching some girls
shine at our dances. Some resort to having
the number of "breaks" they get tabulated.
Others ask boys that break on them not to
dance out of the corner, fearing that if
they got into the regular dance circle they
might not be seen often enough to get a
rush. To them I make the offering of a
kettle of herring.
Modest??????? the word has long gone
into disuse from the want of exercise of its
meaning. I am "speaking of a particular
group of girls, and not of girls in general,
for to do this would certainly be unfair to
the many really modest girls that attend
our dances and who get above the average
number of breaks on their own merit. To
the girls who employ trick devices to get a
rush I tender my remarks.
I feel reasonably sure that those boys
who have been to as many dances as I, and
who have made the same observations feel
the same way with regard to this "Shining"
business. Gripingly yours, R. P. W.
Students May Be Encouraged To Do
Better By Another Look In On Pa.
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
When those of us who were born neither
blessed with intelligence nor with a strong
inclination to study, go home between se­mesters
and hear again of the struggles,
trials, and tribulations that our respective
maters and paters are having to give us
an education, it will probably be our first
thought to dedicate our lives to the worthy
cause of helping said parents by staying at
home and going to work. However, that
spark of renewed ambition to succeed in
our books will be fanned considerably by the
dire prospect of slaving day after day in
either Dad's or Uncle John's general mer­chandise
store, and back to college we shall
come with hopes again flaming high.
While most of us profess to have already
become a man and put away childish things
such as New Year resolutions, we have
merely postponed our efforts for about three
weeks, and with the advent of the new se­mester,
will solemnly resolve to settle down
and study.
Some will even be conscientious enough
to give the matter such serious considera­tion
that they will map out certain hours
of study for each day. This practice, if fol­lowed
will be a revelation; if not, it will at
least afford a good laugh several weeks
later.
There will be some who, even after their
touching episodes with the homefolks, can
begin the second semester with no sworn
pledges to themselves to do better work;
but, if your Pa can talk like mine, and still
you're not moved to at least resolve to do
better, you're a better man than I, Gunga
Din! Sincerely, H. S.
On Other Campuses—By The Wanderer
NSFA MEETS: The National Student
Federation of America held its annual con­vention
in New York a few days ago with
the object of considering the many and
varied problems that confront college stu­dents
over the United States.
The delegates considered the problem of
compulsory military training, then sent a
resolution to Congress approving the Nye-
Kval Bill which will be under consideration
this session. This much-discussed bill would
remove the compulsory clause from the
law requiring students attending land grant
colleges to take two years of military train­ing.
The convention went on record as opposed
to the proposed student anti-war strike
which is to be called next April. Delegates
felt that the strike would not accomplish
the purpose intended—to let the people
know that American students are opposed
to war, particularly war of aggression.
The proposed American Youth Act which
would guarantee any person wishing to at­tend
college a job with a minimum wage
scale much higher than that of the N. Y.
A. was considered. A further benefit of
the Act would be the guaranteeing of jobs
to college graduates. >-..
* * * ; • *
HOUSE PARTY: When the Beta Theta-
Pis of Georgia Tech went home for Christ­mas
one of the brothers made the mistake
of leaving the house unlocked. The "open
house" was soon discovered by two of At­lanta's
colored gentry who immediately pro­cured
a cart and began to remove every­thing
in the house that was movable. One
of the members of the raiding party made
the mistake of climbing up the fire escape
where he was spotted by a family living
nearby. The police were notified. The two
scavengers had taken everything down to
the mattresses and were busily engaged in
removing these when the law arrived.
* * * * ,
DOWN ON COMMENCEMENT: The
University of Arkansas Traveler stirred up
a hornet's nest when it printed an editorial
making fun of commencement week and
graduation exercises, calling these two
time-honored customs some not-so-cute
names and knocking them bitterly. The
Associated Press got wind of the jibe and
put correspondents on the story to get the
opinions of other college paper editors. Now
it appears that the Traveler is in the posi­tion
of Horatius at the bridge, for nearly
all the editors consulted were on the other
side of the fence.
* * * *
NEW USE FOR PLEDGES: Each year
the pledges of Kappa Phi Lambda at West­minister
College are required to make 50
gallons of apple butter, which is plenty of
applesauce.
Thunderations
By HUGH CAMERON
It has Juned in January again consider­ing
the tight sweaters sardined on the chests
of the local feminity. If the required in­terest
is not shown it
is due to thinking
about the British po­litical
situation, and
wondering just how
Martha Raye would
look in one of the
same sweaters.
* * * *
The dentist is the
one who one dreams about seeing Karloff
for the second show and going to home af­terwards
to do wrong by the ice box and
finding pickled pig's foots. It isn't known
for certain but the species of dentist is be­lieved
to be closely related to the clan of
steel riveters, and concrete busters who use
air hammers. A sort of first cousin, as it
were, to the oil driller.
No matter how good a dentist is he is
going to make you feel like you should have
went to Sunday school the past Sunday in­stead
of lolling around in bed wondering
who brung you home the night before. They
can be nice and they can smile and they
can use the utmost discretion in tromping
around your palate, but somehow they al­ways
leave the impression that someone has
just been busting concrete to put in a new
sewer.
Having just been cornered by one after
four years of dodging I feel sure a country
road has been resurfaced and a few covered
bridges have been removed from inside.
Most any man would rather call his one
and only wife a freckled-face fool, and
stand the consequences, than have to go to
a dentist just for a teeth cleaning.
As Mae would say . . . they bother me.
* * * *
Clyde McCoy's trumpet and all other
trumpets have about been replaced by a new
kind of instrument . J . . the concertina. Not
that McCoy can push one of the things, but
when he was going gone with his horn the
remainder of the orchestras had one they
kind of blew to imitate his kind of blowing.
The imitation has started in again and is
now aping Shep Field's concertina player.
Geo. Hamilton, the present Veloz and Yo-lande
maestro has a concertina pusher that
is very good, almost as good as Shep Field's
but not quite. Four out of every ten or­chestras
one hears now has such an in­strument.
And three out of every four have
a piano player who tries to ape Carmen, of
Al Kalvelin's orchestra, and Eddie Duchin.
Carmen is above Duchin, and has a con­tract
that says his name must be read every
time he plays the piano.
I suppose if some fool in some orchestra
could learn how to blow a bazooka better
than Bob Burns some few orchestras would
incorporate such a thing in their orchestras.
But hasn't as yet any other girl started
singing like Martha Raye.
* * * *
Seme few local debs have tried after two
Bottles of beer, after a good roll calling,
but they haven't as yet tried the dance step
she does after going into high gear.
Pete's Epistle
dere paw
after that strane me and Big Chief Haw­kins
had last weak end keepin evvybody
strate i am feelin rite pert again. The way
i figger hit all Out is that somebody put
sum white mule in my white hoss bottle and
i got kicked in the process.
Anyhow hit is Sprang, at lest that is
what Wes Laney and Mary Hagood thank
the way they walk around holding hands,
all the boys are beginnin to look kine of
sheepish at the gals. Hit's the air that
does hit. i guess.
: Well i jest want tew tell you about two
gather ins i have scene today, i dont no
which is the worst, fust i scene Libber Al­lison,
Twerp Murphey, Shawt Dixon, Gene
Weny Bailey, Pugs Pugh, Figgets Lewis,
One Man Kilgore, Canter Allen, Pullet Yar-brough,
and a few more of the lower strater
of sassiety out playin i hit you and now you
run hit me on the campus with a horse,
sum fawn, eh keed?
Then i scene a gatherin which resembled
a high muck group at the 400 club or the
club rume of a transient bewreau. they
was.Married Man Collins, War Hat Gard­ner,
I'll Go Ogletree, Jesse Owens Elliot,
O. I. C. U. Schubert, Rowdy Holmes, Dowdy
Ruth, Coffee Cameron, Shep Fields Miller,
to say nothing of 12 O'clock Roberts, out in
front of the local cennemer house talkin
about the announcemint Late Date Thomas
made about the jack pot. i wish i could
join the club.
tew cap hit all i scene Carrot Top Wallace
with a new wake-me-up clock, he said he
had the best ennerest of his lodge at hart
and was going tew save them the price of
midnite oil by gettin up erley in the mawnin.
what a man, what a man!
rite pertly yours, pete,
p. s. start makin a run and send me the
cash income sew i can have Mirandy Lou
down far Beechnut Merritt's dances.
FRIDAY, JANUARY IS, 1937 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
LIST OF 'DANCING DON'TS' GIVEN
BY FAMOUS NEW YORK TEACHER
Arthur Murray, New York's Leading Dance Instructor, Tells
"Him" And "Her" How To Do On Dance-Floor; Writer
Suggests Trying These Rules Before Mid-Terms Begin
"Lowell Thomas is "shy", Lincoln
Ellsworth is "weak-kneed", Octavus
Roy Cohen has no sense of humor and
Gene Tunney's footwork is terrible."
This is the statement of Dance
Teacher Arthur Murray in the Lit­erary
Digest.
Mr. Murray explains that this is
because these men lost the calm self-control
and assurance that brought
them to the top in their chosen pro­fessions
once they set trembling foot
on the dance floor. And it is this
man's job to make sure that those so
desiring may make a creditable show­ing
on the waxed floor as well as in
their professions.
Arthur Murray was a former stu­dent
of Georgia Tech and began giv­ing
lessons to make a little pocket
change. He now has studios in New
York and not only teaches, but has
over 200 instructors under his super­vision.
This noted teacher has made up a
dozen "don'ts" for "him" and "her"
on the dance-floor. It is drawing near
the time when quite a large number
to prepare for the Mid-terms, so read
these rules, get your room-mate, and
practice by the following "don'ts":
Him—1. Don't crouch when you
dance. This shows a narrow, belli­gerent,
jealous nature.
2. Don't hold your partner's hand
with your palm upward. Grasp it
with an overclasp to show dominance.
3. Don't be wooden-footed. Flick
the feet occasionally. Humor, spirit,
generosity, vitality show in the pedal
extremities.
4. Don't try a dozen steps with a
girl who.knows only one. If you do,
you are an egotist, to say nothing of
an optimist.
5. Don't point the toes too obviously
unless you want people to know you
are conceited.
6. Don't stare into space with fixed
eyes or dance one beat ahead of the
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music. This shows you are obnoxious­ly
artistic.
7. Don't raise your elbows too high,
it means you are proud and vain. Too
low means you lack confidence, but
moderately high shows that you are a
go-getter.
8. Don't walk and push your part­ner
ahead of you. This is dull and
inconsiderate.
9. Don't flounder. Relax, but keep
yourself together. This shows you
have everything under control.
10. Don't be an arm-pumper. Do
your setting-up exercises at home.
11." Don't talk if you can't talk and
dance at the same time.
12. Be animated, but don't exag­gerate.
Honesty' in step and stride
show a broad forbearing personality.
Her—1. Don't hang on your part­ner.
Balance yourself with your left
hand back of his right shoulder.
2. Don't plod or put your heel down
first and then your toe. This shows
you are egocentric and self-assured.
3. Don't turn your toes outward or
those who know will accuse you of be­ing
sensual and self-indulgent.
4. Beware the man who cups his
pal mover your back. It is a symbol
of possessiveness.
5. Don't waltz and fox-trot ex­clusively.
People will know you are
strait-laced.
6. Don't dance with your shoulders.
It shows you are coy and unreliable.
Spend your energy in your feet.
7. Don't giggle or carry on long
conversations. This shows you lack
rhythm and are trying to distract
your partner's attention. P.S.—It
won't fool him.
8. Keep alert and be ready to move
in four directions—but not all at
once.
9. Don't wiggle. It is not pleasant
to dance with a worm.
10. Don't wave your arms. You
will probably miss the lead and
stumble, and it shows you are temper­amental.
• .
11. Don't stick out in the rear. This
throws excess weight on your part­ner's
chest and is very bad form.
12. Keep the spirit of dancing free,
generous, kindly and wholesome.
As part of the prom publicity stunt
at Northwestern University, 30 beau­tiful
coeds recently drove around
the campus in new 1937 model auto­mobiles.
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SPORTS CHATTER
By JACK TODD
Coach Jordan's hardwood outfit
did pretty well against the soldiers
Saturday night. They handed a de­cisive
defeat to practically the same
team that gave last year's team such
a tussle. Which should prove some­thing
or other. The Tigers first real
test, however, comes this week-end
when they face their first college foe
of the year in Sewanee. We're bet­ting
on the Tigers.
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basketball mentor, is planning a
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Joel Eaves, captain of the tiger
quint, leads the Plainsmen in their
first collegiate game tonight.
CAMP HILL BEATEN
TWICE BY AUBURN
HIGH, 26 - 1 1 , 22 - 8
Paul Star, Tiger Center, Leads
Scoring With Eleven Points;
Play Five Points Tonight
By LEE SMITH
Auburn High opened its basketball
season with a 26 to 11 victory over
Camp Hill's five Wednesday night at
the.„Camp Hill gymnasium.
Paul Star, Auburn's center, lead the
scoring for the locals with 11 points
and was followed by Charles Ham and
Jack Bright with 7 and 5 points re­spectively.
The two Auburn guards,
Chritzberg and Mitchell, did a good
job of guarding their opponents but
did not make many points, Chritzberg
3 and Mitchell none.
The first game was followed by a
game between the Camp Hill second
team and the Auburn third and fourth
string. Auburn was lead in this game
by Pete Almquist, an all-around de­fensive
man and a fine shot. He was
the main cog in this game, being high
scorer for Auburn and holding his op­ponent
to a very low score. Auburn
won this game by a score of 22 to 8.
The other players on this team were
Jack Moore, Jack Hill, David Gard­ner,
and John T. Hudson.
The small but fast Auburn five
plays another game Friday night
against Five Points and another Sat­urday
against Tallassee.
Glass bricks, capable of transmit­ting
87.5 per cent light, are being
used in the construction of the new
south unit engineering shop on the
campus of the University of Ken­tucky.
The Granddaughter's Club at State
Teacher's College, Farmville, Vir­ginia,
consists of girls whose grand­mother
or mother attended Farmville
State Teacher's College.
Coach Morgan's absence from Au­burn
makes it rather futile to dis­cuss
boxing and wrestling. However,
after talking to several of the mem­bers
of last year's team and noting
their interest, it remains a mystery
why someone else doesn't take over
tlfe reins, at least temporarily. Both
sports are worthy of a place in Au­burn
and the cost of maintaining
them isn't prohibitive.
* * *
Those new basketball uniforms did
something to the stands, judging from
the numerous "ohs" and "ahs" which
arose after the basketeers removed
their sweat clothes.
* * *
Seems to be some doubt as to
whether or not the polo team will re­ceive
the necessary appropriation this
year. 'Twould be rather a shame if
they didn't. Captain Klepinger has
turned out some fine teams here, the
sport has a large following, and it is
truly a gentleman's game—three good
reasons for its continuing here.
* * *
Whoever said that basketball was­n't
a rough game will have to argue
with Red Childers and Dave Rogers.
Childers bears a split lip containing
three stitches as mute testimony to
the roughness of the contest Saturday
night while Rogers has a wrist close­ly
resembling a balloon to attest to
the fact that he was in a hot scrim­mage
during one of the practice ses-
Wonder why Auburn doesn't have
intercollegiate sports for its co-eds?
The University is well represented by
girls' teams and they seem to do pret­ty
well in that field, as do numerous
other colleges. Is it possible that
Auburn is still clinging to those an­cient
ideas concerning women's place
being in the home?
* * *
With the fraternity basketball
teams practicing nightly, it should not
be long before the independent league
starts to function. Or isn't there go­ing
to be any independent league?
Prospect
Swimmers Begin
Work On Monday
Under Woodward
Auburn's 1937 tank-team officially
began practice last Monday as an­nounced
by Coach-Captain Brant
Woodard. An exceptionally large
number of potential mermen are
training each day preparing them­selves
for coming meets. The swim­ming
roster is not yet complete but
it is probable that the Auburn tank­men
will open the season against Ga.
Tech the latter part of February.
At the present time Captain Wood­ard
is scheduling practice solely for
conditioning purposes. As yet noth­ing
definite can be said as to the
ability of the swimmers although the
Freshmen as well as the Varsity will
exceed previous Auburn tank-teams;
at any rate as far as man-power is
concerned.
Lambda Chi Elects
New Chapter Heads
The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
held its annual election of officers at
its regular Wednesday night meeting.
The following men were elected to
office for the coming scholastic year
1937: President, Max Weldon, We-tumpka;
Vice President, Ernest Floyd,
Huntsville; Treasurer, Bradt Cam­eron,
Birmingham; Secretary, Roy
Fleming, Brundidge.
William E. Benns, of Montgomery,
was elected House manager, and Mil­ton
Wood, also of Montgomery, will
be in charge of all fraternity initia­tions.
The retiring officers are as fol­lows
: President, Thomas Hagan, Syla-cauga;
Vice President, Curtis Jen­nings,
Kingsport, Tennessee; Treasur­er,
Joseph R. McCreary, Tarpon
Springs, Florida; Secretary, Bradt
M. Cameron, Birmingham.
Last year's house-manager was
Marin W. Chandler, Trenton, New
Jersey.. Ira H. Ditzel was in charge
of initiations. .
NOTICE !
The Admiral Semmes Chapter, U.
D. C, will commemorate the birthday
of Robert E. Lee at the Lee County
High School, Tuesday morning, Janu­ary
19, at 10 o'clock. Rev. Preer will
give the address.
SEVERAL FRAT TEAMS PRACTICE
FOR COMING HOOP TOURNAMENT
Sigma Nu's And Kappa Alpha's Seem To Have Edge On Other
Frats A s Coming Exams Do Not Keep Squads From Practice
For Interfrat Tournament To Start After Examinations
By JOHN WATTERS
Although exams are only a week
off some fraternity men seem to have
plenty of time off from studies to
tend to this matter of basketball.
Every night over at the gymnasium
some fraternity teams battles it out
in practice games. The first of this
week the K. A.'s engaged the Che-wacla
Camp CCC boys and won a
hard-fought contest from them. The
Sigma Nu's at' this time seem to be
entitled to the favorite's spot in the
Mrs. Bashinsky New
Chairman Of U.D.C.
COACH D£t-u MOfZGrt/v
Coach Del Morgan, head base­ball
and assistant football coach
at Auburn, is being considered for
the position of head coach at
North Carolina State.
FORTY FRESHMEN
START PRACTICE
FOR COURT TEAM
Elmer Salter Will Have Charge
Of Plebes While Morgan Is
On Leave; Prospects Good
Forty candidates for the 1937 fresh­men
basketball team reported to El­mer
Salter while Coach Morgan is out
of town, last Tuesday, January 5, at
Alumni Gymnasium and have been
progressing nicely since then.
To date the practice sessions have
been mainly devoted to conditioning
exercises and basket shooting with
little scrimmaging. Although there
has not been sufficient time to form
any definite opinions on the merits of
any of the players, Baker, Belin, Gib­son,
Douglas, Dickson, Jordan, Soaker,
Bush, Fleming and Ginter have stood
out from the rest.
The frosh will open their season
against Lanett in Lanett this Friday
night, January 15. The starting team
will be selected from the above-men­tioned
men.
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Mrs. L. M. Bashinsky, of Troy, has
been appointed chairman of the gen­eral
United Daughters of the Confed­eracy
committee for the raising of
funds for the erection of a $20,000
bronze statue of Jefferson Davis
which is to be placed on the grounds
of the State Capitol at Montgomery,
according to announcement here of
Mrs. Herman D. Jones president of
the Alabama Division, U. D. C.
The appointment was made by Mrs.
John L. Woodbury, Louisville, Ky.,
president general of the organization.
Mrs. J. H. Crenshaw, of Mont­gomery,
was named by Mrs. Jones as
director of the drive for funds in Ala­bama,
with other members of her
committee to be announced later.
Erection of the statue to commem­orate
the life of Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederacy, has been
adopted as a project by the U. D. C.
organization throughout the South­land.
Bessie L. Hamilton
Accepts Position At -
Seale High School
Miss Bessie Lee Hamilton, who will
finish in Home Demonstration in Jan­uary
and who is receiving special
examination a week early, will go to
work Monday, January 11 in Seale.
coming tournament. This fraternity
team boasts such fine basketeers as:
Bobbie Blake, Billy Hitchcock, and
Bruce McGehee who have already
proven themselves as athletes on the
campus and who are plenty good at
basketball too. With the heighth and
experience this team has they should
be hard to beat.
The Sigma Nu's and the K. A.'s
have played a series of practice
games and although the Sigma Nu's
seem to hold the edge it is very
slight indeed. The K. A.'s have some
good players in Ralph 'O'Gynne,
"Bevo" Biggin, and Horace Weis-singer.
Weissinger is a new-comer
to Auburn, having transferred from
B'ham-Southern after his freshman
year. This boy is about six-foot-one
and has led the K. A.'s in scoring so
far this season in all practice games.
In these warm-up games the Theta
Chi team has shown up very well
and with a little more experience
this team will give their opponents
plenty of trouble when the play in
the fraternity bracket begins follow­ing
exams.
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"Long life and prosperity!" That is the toast of the New Year.
And it is the toast of our American railroads, for—factors other
than transportation being equal—their travelers live the
longest and their shippers suffer the least from loss and
damage. • That well-known motto "Safety First!"is derived
from the opening rule in the book of railway operation:
"Safety is of the first importance in the discharge of duty."
a Railway safety is enhanced by strong track, automatic
train control, electric block signals, improved braking,
special,safeguards on trains, constant inspection and repair
of equipment, constant schooling of the men at work. • As a
result, on the travel side alone, 9 9 of the 142 principal Ameri­can
railroads recently completed 15 years with not a pas­senger
f atality in a train accident—this despite the movement
annually of hundreds of millions of passengers billions of
miles. The Illinois Central is
now in its ninth consecutive
year of similar safety to pas­sengers.
• Protection of freight,
as measured by claim pay-
.... 1,-1, supervisory employes hold cards
' testifying to years of clear safety
standard, the loss declining in records for the men under their
recent years to considerably less
than a dollar per revenue car. ^^^^ZL
REMINDER . . .
Safety, like charity, must begin at
home if patrons are to be pro­tected
in their lives and property.
I am especially proud of the fact
that thousands of Illinois Central
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Demonstration Agents
Have Conference Here
All During This Week
Plans for assisting farm women in
improving their homes during 1937
are being formulated by Alabama
Home demonstration agents in con­ference
here this week. The con­ference
was held all during this
week.
"Cash for farm living probably
will be a little higher in 1937 than
1936," said Nell Pickens, economist
and home management specialist, in
discussing theJ farm family living
outlook for the year. "More families
probably will make major home im­provements
in 1937 and 1936.
"Not much change in prices for
'all goods' for family living, but 'all
foods' may be slightly higher," she
said. "No marked change in cloth­ing
prices except for leather goods,
which may be higher."
In addition to studying the living
outlook for 1937 the agents are at­tending
demonstrations in home man­agement,
foods and clothing. The
demonstrations in home management
include house furnishings and ar­rangement,
equipment for the farm
home, renovation of furniture and
furnishings, home improvements,
home sanitation and water systems.
The food demonstrations include the
preparation and preservation of
milk, eggs, meats, salads, bread, pas­try,
cakes, as well as giving latest
information on table service, after­noon
teas and the preparation of
breakfasts and dinners. The clothing
demonstrations include dress fitting,
coat making, dress design, planning
an inexpensive wardrobe, dress ac­cessories
and style trims, foundation
garments and slips and good groom­ing.
Helen Johnston, state home de­monstration
agent, is in charge. She
is being assisted by Elizabeth Delony,
state girls 4-II club leader, Helen
Kennedy, foods specialist, Ruth
Dobyne, May I. Cureton, Elizabeth
Forney, and Miss Pickens, district
agents.
AERO CLUB TO EXTEND
ITS ORIGINAL PROGRAM
(Continued from Page 1)
safety the club has done much to
arouse interest in flying among the
students and townspeople of the im­mediate
vicinity. This record is
further commendable when it is un­derstood
that the club is wholly stu­dent
operated. It is a certain indica
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Friday
WALLACE BERRY
in
"OLD HUTCH"
Added News and Comedy
Saturday
BUCK JONES
in
"THE COWBOY
AND THE KID"
Added Color Cartoon
Sat. Night Owl Show
"ALL AMERICAN
CHUMP"
with
STUART ERVIN,
ROBERT ARMSTRONG,
BETTY FURNESS,
EDMUND GWENN
Comedy,
"Wicked Family"
Sunday
"BORN TO DANCE"
with
ELEANOR POWELL,
JAMES STEWART,
FRANCES LANGFORD
Monday
"RAMONA"
with
LORETTA YOUNG,
DON AMECHE
Tuesday
"MAD HOLIDAY"
with
—* EDMOND LOWE
Also Comedy
Schedule Of Mid-Term Examinations
Friday, Jan. 22
A. M.
1st hr. classes,
8-9, scheduled
MWF, MW, MTWThF
or MF
Friday, Jan. 22
P. M.
1st hr. classes,
8-9, scheduled
TThS, ThS, TTh
or TThF
Saturday, Jan. 23
A. M.
2nd hr. classes,
9-10, scheduled
MWF, MW, MTWThF
or MF
Saturday, Jan. 23
P. M.
2nd hr. classes,
9-10, scheduled
TThS, ThS, TTh
or TThF
Monday, Jan. 25
A. M.
3rd hr. classes,
10-11, scheduled
MWF, MW, MTWThF
or MF
Monday, Jan. 25
P. M.
3rd hr. classes,
10-11, scheduled
TThS, ThS, TTh
or TThF
Tuesday, Jan. 26
A. M.
4th hr. classes,
11-12, scheduled
MWF, MW, MTWThF
or MF
Tuesday, Jan. 26
P. M.
6th hr. classes
All 6th hr.
classes, 2-3
Wednesday, Jan. 27
A. M.
5th hr. classes,
1-2, scheduled
MWF, MW, MTWThF
or MF
Wednesday, Jan. 27
P. M.
5th hr. classes,
1-2, scheduled
TThS, ThS, TTh
or TThF
Thurs., Jan. '28
A. M.
8th hr. classes,
4-5, scheduled
MTWThF, or MF
Thurs., Jan. 28
P. M.
Conflicts and
subjects not
scheduled else­where
SENATE EXPECTED TO
PASS LIQUOR TAX;
SALES TAX DEFERRED
(Continued from Page 1)
journs for the inauguration of Presi­dent
Roosevelt. Gov. Graves feels
that some of the legislators should at­tend
the inauguration because of what
the President has done for Alabama.
Several of the legislators have shown
their desire to attend the affair.
The liquor bill comes up again to­day
as a special order of business. It
was introduced last Friday and de­feated,
but was revised Tuesday by
reconsidering the adverse vote. Sen.
Bonner, leader of the wets, said that
he didn't know how things stand and
the wets didn't either and that this
was how close the fight was.
AUBURN QUINT FACES
SEWANEE FIVE IN TWO
TILTS THIS WEEK-END
(Continued from Page 1)
shown up well in the past two en­counters.
Frank Hamm, junior, has
seen little action to date due to the
fact that he was kept busy with foot­ball
until January 1, but has been
progressing nicely and may see ac­tion
against Sewanee.
Sewanee Has Weak Team
The Sewanee aggregation has
shown no startling basketball talent
so far this season, but may be count­ed
on to give the TigeTs a good
battle. Insofar as this will be the
first collegiate competition to be met
this year by the Plainsmen, a great
deal of interest will be evinced in
the games in order to determine how
they will stack up against such com­petition.
A return brace of games
will be played in Auburn on Mon­day
and Tuesday, February 8 and
9, at which time the student body
will be given an opportunity to see
the team in action. It is possible
that two tentative games arranged
with Louisiana State will be played
here next week, but this is not cer­tain.
The probable starting line-up for
the initial contest with Sewanee will
consist of Rex McKissick and Mal­vern
Morgan or Theron Karge at
the forward posts, Red Childers on
the pivot- position, and Joel Eaves
and Andrew Curlee on the guard
posts. Childers received a split lip
necessitating three stitches to be
taken in the Fort Benning tilt so it
may be that Tommie Edwards will
be given first call.
Cowart Elected Head
Of Agricultural Club
For Next Semester
STUART WRIGHT,
OF PEACE GROUP,
IS VISITOR HERE
(Continued from Page 1)
and others, discussion of the work of
the campaign resulted in the con­clusion
that a committee of faculty
and student leaders should be appoint­ed
to promote the work of the Emer­gency
Peace Campaign on the campus.
The committee will be named by
Executive Secretary P. O. Davis
within the next few days.
Speaks to Several Groups Here
Organizations which had' an oppor­tunity
of hearing Mr. Wright and
which are interested in the Peace
Campaign among the students include:
Woman's Student Government Coun­cil,
Pan-Hellenic Council, Y. M. C. A.,
Wesley Foundation, and Baptist Stu­dent
Union.
The field secretary is expected to
leturn to the Auburn Campus for
further discussion and study of the
subject early in February, at which
time the Council composed of repre­sentatives
from all cooperating or­ganizations
will be set up and educa­tional
and promotional work will be
started.
18 Of 20 Best Shows
Run During Year By
Local Tiger Theatre
Only two of the ten best pictures
of 1936 picked by the "Film Daily"
were not shown at the Tiger Theatre
last year. There were nineteen other
pictures in the contest. Only one of
these pictures has not been shown
in Auburn.
The two pictures not shown in the
winning ten were "Anthony Ad­verse"
and "A Midsummer Night's
Dream." These two films will be
shown here in the near future. The
one picture in the other nineteen
which was not shown at the Tiger
was "Nine Days A Queen".
The ten best pictures of the past
year were: Mutiny On The Bounty,
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Great
Ziegfeld, San Francisco, Dodsworth,
The Story of Louis Pasteur, A Tale
of Two Cities, Anthony Adverse,
The Green Pastures, A Midsummer
Night's Dream.
tion of the value of the instruction and
the care which the equipment receives
that the club has been able to com­pile
such an enviable record.
At the regular meeting of the
Agriculture Club held last Wednes­day
night in Comer Hall, Byron
Cowart, senior in Agricultural Edu­cation,
was elected president of the
organization for the coming se­mester.
Mr. Cowart, who is also president
of Alumni Hall, succeeds Henry Gra­dy
Pinkston who was made president
of the club upon the resignation of
Marberry Huggins last fall.
Other officers who were elected
Wednesday night are: Andrew Jack­son,
vice-president; M. Ferguson,
secretary; Charlie Stokes, treasurer;
and Robert Cargile, reporter.
SIX ARE PICKED TO FILL
CO-ED BEAUTY SECTION
(Continued from Page 1)
ganizations which have either not re­cently
appeared or have never appear­ed;
in the book. They are:
The Friendship Council; Kappa
Delta Pi, education society; Phi Psi,
textile society; Delta Phi Omega, band
society; Future Farmers of America,
collegiate chapter; Glee Club; Inter-
Solons Enact Three
Bills Which Are To
Aid Auburn Finances
SIXTH ANNUAL I. R. C.
CONFERENCE PLANS
ARE BEING COMPLETED
Both houses of the Alabama legis­lature
have enacted laws transferring
the three divisions of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute from the general
fund to the educational trust fund.
They become laws with the signature
of Governor Graves. The senate acted
prior to the Christmas recess and the
House acted by unanimous vote on
Thursday of this week.
Three bills were required—one for
the college, another for the extension
service and a third for the experiment
station.
The change was advocated by Presi­dent
L. N. Duncan and others engaged
in educational work. Included in the
bill affecting the general college were
all educational institutions in Ala­bama.
The change means that practically
all state educational functions are now
on an educational trust fund and
thereby not involved in the general
fund where appropriations are made
to the detriment of education.
national Relations Club.
The Glomerata should be ready for
distribution not later than the week of
final exams.
(Continued from Page 1)
and luncheon has been scheduled dur­ing
the conference at the College Inn.
Officers of the Southeastern Inter­national
Relations Clubs, besides
President Boles, include Martha Nan
Walling, Randolph Macon Woman's
College, first vice-president; John
Weems, Mississippi College, second
vice-president; Roberta James, Win-throp
College, recording secretary;
Fred H. Schomburg, Jr., Auburn,
treasurer; and Robert Roberts, Au­burn,
corresponding secretary.
A complete bibliography containing
more than 100 references on the ques­tions
for round-table discussions has
been prepared, published, and sent
early this month to each of the 128
clubs. Delegates ate making intensive
study of these questions before coming
to the conference.
Among the number of Auburn facul­ty
members associated with the local
Club, who will take part in the dis­cussions,
are Professors P. O. Davis,
A. D. Burke, Y. A. Elizondo, M. G.
Burnside, A. W. Wonderly, and
others.
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