1937-05-19 The Auburn Plainsman

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AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1937 NUMBER 61
TUO Wins
Spring Sing
Last Week
Federal Agent Gives Accounts
Of Duties Performed By FBI
Harry Campbell, Director Of
Winning Club, Receive* Tro­phy
From President Duncan
3 0 0 SINGERS TAKE PART
Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta,
And Delta Sigma Phi Finish
Behind Winners In Order
"7A handsome 18-inch gold loving cup
was presented by President L. N.
Duncan to Harry Campbell, director
of the winning Theta Upsilon Omega
fraternity last Wednesday evening in
the first annual Fraternity Spring
Singing held at the amphitheatre in
State Camp.
A total of 9 of Auburn's fraterni­ties
took part in the Singing, repre­senting
more than 300 students. A
capacity audience was present.
Sigma Chi Second
Second honors in the contest went
to the glee club of Sigma Chi, with
Don Wendling as director. Josh
Couch directed his Phi Delta Theta
club to third, while fourth place went
to Delta Sigma Phi, with Terry Mose-ley
as director.
Judges were Prof. Erie Danley, di­rector
of music at Huntingdon Col­lege,
Montgomery; Bernard Anderson,
director of the First Presbyterian
Choir, Montgomery; and Prof. Telfair
Peet, Auburn, director of the Auburn
Players. Adviser for the Fraternity
Spring Singing was Lawrence Bar
nett.
Members of the winning Theta
Upsilon Omega glee club are T. H.
Farr, J. Atkinson, C. C. Brannan, P.
R. Owens, T. W. Jester, H. C. Jackson,
J. G. Martin, J. T. Miller, Gordon
Hubbard, L. C. Evans, T. Murphy, A.
Curlee, T. Green, Ed Neely, G. Black,
and H. N. Blair.
Smith, FBI Agent, Tells Stu­dents
That G-Men Do Not
Use Third Degree Methods
Uncle Sam's G-men do not employ
"third-degree" methods in obtaining
evidence, said D. C. Smith, Birming­ham,
agent with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, in addressing 500 Au­burn
students in government and cur­rent
events classes here Thursday
evening in Langdon Hall. Arrange­ments
for the address was made by
H. W. Nixon, State Toxicologist here.
"If we can't get evidence in a legal
manner, we do not want it," he ex­plained.
"The 'third-degree' just does­n't
happen in the Bureau, and I have
never been instructed to use such
methods."
Mr. Smith -discussed the work and
functions of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and afterwards answer­ed
many questions put to him by Dr.
George Petrie, head professor of his­tory,
and numerous students who were
intently interested in the work of the
Bureau. J. G. Clegg, head of the Ala­bama
division, F. B. I., was scheduled
to make the address but found it im­possible
to make at the last moment
the trip to Auburn. Mr. Smith an­swered
all questions readily except
the one as to whether or not he had
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Senior President
Local Alumni Chapter
To Meet Saturday
In order to make final plans for
the entertainment of hundreds of old
grads who will return to Auburn on
Sunday and Monday, May 30 and 31,
for the commencement exercises,
Homer Wright, president of the local
alumni chapter, announced Wednes­day
that a meeting of the Auburn
Chapter would be held Saturday even­ing
at 7:30 in Student Hall on the
college campus.
Since the annual meeting of the
Auburn Alumni Association will be
held on Monday, May 31, following
the commencement exercises, Mr.
Wright said that there were some
important arrangements which should
be made ahead of time by local Au­burn
men. Following the meeting
the old grads will attend the annual
barbecue dinner near the library.
At the meeting Saturday evening,
President L. N. Duncan, Coach Jack
Meagher, and Coach Buddy McCol-lum
will report on the series of recent
chapter meetings held over the State.
A drive has been started to increase
the athletic facilities at Auburn. The
new project includes the erection of
a small stadium, a field house, and
track. Maurice I. Bloch, Selma,
president of the Auburn Alumni As­sociation,
will speak at the meeting.
Entertainment feature of the gath­ering
will be the showing of moving
pictures of the football team and
other Auburn sports arranged by
Coach McCollum.
Grady Randolph Head
Of K. D. P. Next Year
At a recent meeting of Kappa
Delta Pi the following officers were
elected to serve for the coming year:
President Grady Randolph, Vice-presi­dent
Roy Bolen, Secretary-Treasurer
Mattie J. Marber, and Reporter
Gregory Oakley.
Miss Edna J. Orr will succeed Dr.
J. G. Kuderna as Counselor for the
local chapter. During the past two
years Dr. Kuderna has supervised the
chapter in a study of visual education
and curriculum revision in Alabama.
Miss Orr has begun plans for next
year.
Polo Team Is
Winner Over
Airmen, 11-4
Next Game Be With Atlanta
Horse Guards In Atlanta;
Next Year Prospects Good
By JACK TODD
Taking the lead after the first two
chukkers, the Auburn polo team had
little difficulty in defeating the Pen-sacola
Navy Air Station on Bullard
field Sunday by the score of 11-4.
The first two chukkers were hard-fought
with neither team being able
to gain the advantage. Fine defen­sive
work on the part of the Pensa-cola
four prevented the Bengals from
getting in any effective stick work
and the second chukker ended with
the score tied at two-all. In the first
chukker, Captain Tom Bacon in an
attempt to stop an attack by the Navy
team, committed a rather serious
crossing foul as he crossed directly in
front of an oncoming Navy player.
The horses collided and Bacon fell to
the ground with his horse rolling over
him. A hasty examination proved him
not to be injured seriously and play
was resumed.
Cut Loose In Third
Going into the third chukker with
renewed vigor, the Tiger polomen cut
loose with a furious attack that netted
them a commanding lead which they
maintained throughout the remainder
of the contest. During the latter part
of the tilt, No. 4 man on the Pensa-cola
team attempted to save a goal
by knocking the ball across the base
line for a safety, but was prevented
from doing so by the timely action of
Miller Herren, sophomore star, who
succeeded' in hooking mallets which
caused the ball to roll between the
goal posts for an Auburn score.
The entire contest was played at a
fast pace which added much to the
excitement of the action. Both teams
showed excellent horsemanship with
Knights To
Make Final
Appearance
Famous Band Is Held Over By
Popular Student Request For
Dance Saturday, 9 P. M.
INFORMAL AFFAIR
Will Be Last Time Orchestra Is
To A p p e a r On Campus,
Says Director Terry Mosley
CHARLIE LAWRENCE, senior
from Birmingham, has served
creditably as head of his class this
year. He belongs to Blue Key,
Scabbard and Blade, and "A" Club.
the edge on performance
Prospects for next year are excel
lent with Bob McNulty and Herren as Birmingham; Doc Penton, former A
the most outstanding prospects.
The Plainsmen's next game is with superintendent of the Upjohn Phar-the
Governor's Horse Guards this maceutical Company.
Sunday at 3:30 in Atlanta on the Dr. L. S. Blake, head of the.
field at Fort McPherson. The team pharmacy department, expressed his
will end up the season on May 28 and appreciation for the work done and
30 when they oppose the Maxwell the officers who were largely respon
Field outfit at Montgomery. In the sible for the success of the year's pro-last
match with the Horse Guards, gram
Captain Klepinger's charges walked
off with an easy 10-5 victory. How- Louisville, president; Denzil Blue,
ever, the Guards were handicapped Hurtsboro, Vice-president; Bill Ward,
by the absence of three of their first- Tuscaloosa, secretary-treasurer; Cur-string
players at that time and the tis Jennings, Kingsport, Tennessee,
tilt Sunday will probably be hotly reporter; and Tom Robertson, North-contested,
port, parliamentarian.
Lambda Chi Is
Winner In Frat
Baseball Finals
By virture of a 6 to 5 win over the
Beta Kappa's in the last game of a
three game series, the Lambda Chi
softball team took first place in the
interfraternity baseball race. The
Lambda Chi's were victors in. the first
and the last games of the series while
the Beta Kappa ten won the second
game. All decisions were close.
At the close of the game yesterday,
Bill Milam, chairman of the Interfra­ternity
Athletic Committee, presented
the Lambda Chi's with a loving cup.
-Joe <Say~aiid Bob M^ehrrev^repre-senting
S. A. E., defeated James
Tyson and Clifford Webb, Pi Kappa
Phi's in the finals of the Interfrater­nity
Tennis Tournament Sunday in
straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 61.
The S. A. E. squad trimmed the
A. T. O.'s while the Pi Kappa Phi's
downed the Delta Sigs to reach the
final rounds.
With the completion of the baseball
and tennis tournements, the interfra­ternity
athletic program for the year
is ended.
Pharmacy Students
Elect Ward Leader
Bill Ward, junior from Tuscaloosa,
has been elected president of the
Pharmaceutical Society to serve next
year.
Other officers elected are: Sam
Rogers, Chattahooche, Florida, vice-president;
William Swift, Selma,
parliamentarian; and John Harrell,
Thomaston, reporter. The secretary-treasurer
post will be filled later.
C. W. Bell, retiring president of the
Society, gave a resume of the organi­zation's
activities during this year.
During National Pharmacy Week, the
society furnished student speakers for
the local branches of the Rotary and
Lions' Clubs. With the aid of the
faculty, the organization promoted in
April a Retail Druggists Business
Conference. Other accomplishments
include a Valentine Dance in Febru­ary
attended by over three hundred;
publicity work in several trade jour­nals,
and a section in the Glomerata.
Prominent speakers heard at bi­monthly
meetings of the society in
1936-7 include: John Durr, wholesale
Captain, Klepinger's charges holding Druggist from Montgomery, N. Gold
waithe, Troy, state narcotic inspector;
Lawrence McNeil, insurance man of
P. I. football luminary, now district
Retiring officers are: C. W. Bell,
By SON THOMAS
The "A'-' Club prompted by the pop­ular
demand of many students, have
succeeded in engaging the Auburn
Knights for one more appearance on
the campus. . The Knights will play at
a special "informal" dance at the gym
next Saturday night, May 22, starting
at 9 P. M. This will be the last op­portunity
for Auburn students to
hear the versatile band under their
present name and director as they
will henceforth assume a title desig­nated
by the Music Corporation of
America, their sponsors.
There will be two "A" Club lead
outs and three no-breaks. According
to Louis Busenlener," manager, the
Knights will feature a special show
including a number of popular novel­ties
and special arrangements of some
of the newest current dance tunes.
3 New Members Appear
At this time, three new members
will make their debuts as members of
the band to take the places of Jimmy
Motley, Lamar White, and Bill Porte-ous,
who have retired from the per­sonnel
of the orchestra in order to
complete their college careers. The
new men are Jimmy Sims, former
member of Jimmy Blue's orchestra in
Birmingham, who will play first
trombone; Wallace Johnson, from
Cincinnati and until recently a mem­ber
of the staff of radio station
W. L. W., who plays the trumpet;
and Frank Burford, imported from
Coleman Sax's orchestra in Birming­ham
to play saxaphone.
Billy Hitchcock, president of the
"A" Club, stated that the dance will
be absolutely imformal. Ladies will
wear street dresses and men will wear
informal attire, preferably polo shirts.
The admission price will be $1.00 per
couple.
No Arrangements Made For
German "Exchange" Student
Dean Scott Wishes Any Student Caring T o "Exchange" To See
Him At His Office Within The Next Several Days; Paul
Weisz, German Youth, Writes Second Letter On Matter
Dean J. W. Scott, head of the
School of Science and Literature
stated yesterday that as yet no satis­factory
arrangements had been reach­ed
in connection with the German
youth, Paul Weisz, who wishes to
come to Auburn as an "exchange"
student.
Several students have made appli­cation
for this position, but for sev­eral
reasons no one has been named
to go. Dean Scott advised that any
student caring to take advantage of
this opportunity to get in touch with
him within the next several days.
Mr. Wiesz's letter to Dean Scott
appears below:
Dear Sir:—
Thank you very much for your
kind reply of March 10. I am glad
to learn that you think it possible to
arrange an exchange on a basis sug­gested
in my first letter.
As I could not be supplied with
any funds from my parents in Ger­many
when attending Auburn, an ex­change
must include room and board
as well as sufficient funds for tui­tion,
fees, books and an amount of
other spending money. The agree­ment
had to be done on basis of the
171 Students
Will Attend
June Camp
Lt. Col. Fred Wallace Is To
Be Commanding Officer At
R. O. T. C. Summer Camp
Approximately 171 Auburn students
will report at Ft. Benning, Ga., at
10 o'clock June 8 for summer ROTC
camp. Seven of the officers in the
military staff here will take over
duties at the camp for the six weeks
that it lasts. The students will be
dismissed on July 19.
Lt Col. Fred C. Wallace will be the
commanding officer of the camp and
Capt. George R. Scithers has been as­signed
the position of adjutant. Maj.
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Necking Is Disgusting, Disapproves
* * * * ****
Star Reporter Interviews "Average Co-ed"
•* * * * * * »*
Drinking, But Likes A Good Time
By JOAN METZGER
One is not over observing to note
that the trees are leafed in soothing,
green foliage, that flowers are peep­ing
coyly out of rocky crevices, or
boldly asserting themselves in gar­dens.
The campus is splotched with
brilliant blues, reds, and yellows—
for the Co-Eds have blossomed forth
in Spring raiment. It is their gay
stripes, flowered and multi-colored
prints that constantly remind one that
"Spring has come". One'sees them
in groups fluttering to class or dash­ing
up town. Such girlish excite­ment
and chatter, the latest conquest,
quizzes, and what about these new
swing skirts?
Casual inspection reveals an amus­ing
similarity in their appearances,
regardless of individual coiffeurs.
Too many have obvious "box" com­plexions,
and there are few excep­tions
of brilliant lips. They pass the
dormitory gayly, with a despondent
drag or loitering, over-conscious of
their charms.
Old, Old Questions
I find myself wondering what goes
on behind those curls. Prompted by
curiosity I obtained an anonymous
interview with a girl VI judge to be
typically the average co-ed. She's an
attractive, slim young thing—one of
those brown-eyed jobs with a come-hither
smile and curls floating around
in wild confusion. She frankly did­n't
mind being interviewed and we
started on the old question of the re­strictions
for co-eds.
"I think the restrictions are very
unfair because they don't affect all
the co-eds. The Smith Hall girls feel
the brunt of all the rules for women.
The rules themselves are • not too
strict. However, I think the fresh­man
girls need more guidance. Those
who get rushed by sororities get all
the attention. The others have to
figure things out for themselves and
fight. The average co-ed doesn't
stand a chance on this campus."
"Just what kind of girls do you
like"? I questioned. (It's really won­derful
to interview girls. They talk.
It eliminates the crowbar act of get­ting
a "true confession", etc.)
"I like girls I can depend on", she
replied earnestly. "Girls who are
friendly and unaffected by manner­isms
and airs."
"Do you mind disclosing what type
of boy you like"? I asked in what I
hoped was a tactful manner.
Necking Taboo
"I enjoy being with a boy who
doesn't talk good books and politics
all the time, if you know what I mean.
I like a good time, but a mixture of
frivolity and intelligence is ideal.
Don't you think all colleges should be
co-educational, so we can learn how
to make friends? But, Joan, I think
there's nothing more disgusting than
necking with everyone you go out
with. Showing affection for one per­son
is another matter", she added,
flushing.
"When I first came to Auburn last
year I had an awful let down feeling.
But after several weeks everybody
was so friendly that I felt right at
home. I wouldn't go to any other
school now. I hope I can finish school
here, because then I want to work
awhile before I marry."
"Since we're to have legal liquor,
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existing official rate of exchange (at
present: 1 Dollar—2.50 RM).
It is necessary to know which the
amount of tuition and other univer­sity
fees will be on both parts. I am
therefore mailing to you a catalogue
of the University of Berlin and an­other
catalogue giving information
about all different kinds of study in
Berlin. Note that the latter properlj
refers to the study of German stu­dents
at the institutions in Berlin, so
the requirements are a little differ­ent
(see University catalogue page
8). For the same reason stated
above, I would be glad to receive the
catalogue with all necessary informa­tion
about your institute.
I am sorry that, at the present
time, I do not know any other boy
who would also like to go to America,
though I should like it very much
myself to have a friend with me. But
as I probably will be able to come to
Auburn but in next year and there­fore
will attend one or two semesters
at the Technische Hochschule, it
might be possible that I find there a
student who were interested in an
exchange.
The German institutions, Uni-versitaten
and Technische Hochschu-len,
are very much appreciated by
many foreigners as you see from the
great number of foreigners studying
at them. You asked me for some ad­ditional
information of the situation
of the country. I do not find any­thing
particular to tell you on this
point. Foreigners are welcome at the
institutions and they find (even if
"Nicht-Arier") no d i f f i c u l t ^ o r any
handicap to pursue their study. We
are Hungarian citizens ourself, liv­ing
in Germany since 1923. If you
have any questions also on this point
you may be sure that I shall be as
frank as possible to answer them.
The only difficulty for a foreigner in
Germany is to get a position to earn
money. This is not permitted by Ger­man
laws. But this would not come
into consideration for an American
boy studying here. I, however, shall
be forced to go to some other coun­try
after having finished my study.
Unfortunately, I do not know Hun­garian,
because I was educated in
Germany and my mother-tongue has
become German. So I have the in­tention
once to go to the United
States. Therefore I am so anxious
to study already there in order to
learn better English and so on.
I will make following data about
what can be expected from an Ameri­can
student living in our family:
One room of our three room flat*
situated in the western part of Ber­lin,
not far from University and
Technische Hochschule, will be re­served
for the use of the student. It
is furnished with: Bed, great ward­robe
and book-case, writing table
with seven big drawers and all neces­sary
writing material including type­writer.
He may also use my private
chemical laboratory. It has all neces­sary
apparatus and substances need­ed
especially for qualitative analysis
and for fotografical work. There are
also radio apparatus, including one
short-wave set if the student happens
to be a radio amateur. Every wanted
meals at any scheduled time.
Thanking you in advance for what­ever
efforts you do and whatever re­sponse
you may be able to make at
any time, I am
Yours very sincerely,
PAUL WEISZ.
*with bathing-room, warm water sup­ply,
central heating, etc.
Review Be
Tomorrow
At 10 A.M.
Individual A n d Competitive
Drills Are Staged On Bullard
F i e l d Yesterday Morning
GOVERNOR TO BE HERE
Captains Of Best Drilled Bat­teries
A n d B e s t Drilled
Soldiers T o B e Honored
The annual competitive individual
and group "drill of the Auburn R. O.
T. C. unit was held early Tuesday
morning. Though a parade had been
planned to culminate the morning's
and the year's activities, it was nec­essarily
postponed until Thursday
morning at ten o'clock. In the course
of the parade's events, there will be a
presentation of individual and com­pany
awards.
Regular army officers were present
at the competitive drill Tuesday morn­ing
to judge the movements of the bat­teries,
companies, and individual-sold­ier.
Battery "E" of the First Field
Artillery, captain, Hamp Williams;
Battery "C" of the Second Field Ar­tillery,
captain, James F. Dumas; and
Company "E" of the Engineer Unit
took the first places in the best drilled
unit competition.
In the best drilled soldier competi­tion
the following men won places:
First Field Artillery, A. H. Trubaum,
first, Ted Ferriera, second; Second
Field Artillery, Gordon McEachern,
first, Tom Preer, second; and the En­gineer
Unit, W. E. Rush, first, Bruce
Renfroe, second. The captains of the
best drilled units will be presented
with silver sabers, and each of the
men winning places in the best drilled
soldier competition will receive metals.
Graves To Be Present
The parade which is scheduled for
Thursday morning and which will in­clude
all the Auburn R. O. T. C. units
will serve to complete a school year's
work. His Excellency, Governor
Graves, will be present to deliver an
address to the entire corps, assembled
students, and townspeople.
NOTICE!
Students get receipt for laundry
bag before calling for contingent de­posit.
Milton Roth Given
Harvard Scholarship
Milton Roth, senior in Business
Administration, has recently been a-warded
a scholarship to Harvard
where he will continue his business
course. Roth has made a good record
while in school here and Harvard of­ficials,
on the recommendations of
Dean J. W. Scott, offered him the
scholarship.
It was revealed that two other men,
Hampton Morriss and Jack Shaw,
from the business school have within
past several years, made good while
at Harvard and graduated in the up­per
ten per cent of their classes.
Harvard has written Dean Scott
that in view of the excellent work
done by men from the School of
Science and Literature here, any Au­burn
student recommended by the
School of Science and Literature
should be accepted by Harvard and be
given financial aid.
Robertson President
Of Rho Chi Next Year
NOTICE!
Those due refunds on Glomerata
may get same from Treasurer's
office.
NOTICE!
All members of editorial staff to be
here next Wednesday. Please report
on Monday.
Thomas W. Robertson of Northport
was elected President of Rho Chi, nat­ional
honorary pharmaceutical society,
at a special meeting last Thursday
afternoon. Other officers elected for
the 1937-38 session include W. M.
Lamar, Albemarle, N. C, Vice-presi­dent,
and Dr. L. S. Blake, Head of
the Auburn Pharmacy Department,
secretary-treasurer.
Among the outstanding accomplish­ments
of the society during the 1936-
37 session were the presentation of an
award to the freshman in Pharmacy
attaining the highest average in all
subjects; and the purchase of several
new books for the pharmaceutical
library.
Rho Chi also cooperated with the
Auburn Pharmaceutical Society in
sponsoring The Alabama Retail Drug­gists
Business Conference on March
23 and 24.
P A G E T W O 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 WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1937
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Where D o We Go From Here?
When asked by a stranger, ques­tions
concerning Auburn, most stu­dents
invariably tell of the traditions
of the college. History which is sup­posed
to warm the hearts of all Au­burn
students is related to the
stranger in an effort to impress him
with the school's ability to produce.
Very few students ever stop to
think "where will Auburn go from
here?" There should be a general
desire for a continuance of progress
toward a new era. And with the
impetus which would be received in
casting aside outgrown customs
which students like to tell of there
would be momentum enough to car­ry
on past the outposts of time-worn
tradition.
Tradition, it seems, has not come
to be accepted as something above
primitive custom .based upon the
narrowness of bias. Tradition in its
true sense should mean that custom
which is capable of withstanding
stagnancy and the unquestioned
parroting of belief.
A revival which overturns false
traditions should be welcomed. It
should be realized that one may
have a love for his institution with­out
resorting to childish destruction,,
may easily retain self-respect with­out
following the leader, and may
achieve an ambition without cling­ing
to another. Until Auburn stu­dents
as a group break away from
the erroneous impression that they
must conduct themselves as a band
of wild Indians in the local theatre,
drink all the corn in Lee County at
athletic contests and dances, and
think for themselves rather than ac­cept
the suggestions of incompetent
politicians who are out for a full
share of personal glory, the spirit of
freedom and progress which should
pervade the entire campus will be
missing.
Necessity Of Success
For years without number the
human race has been afflicted with
the "necessity of prominence" com­plex.
Maturity of mind or body is
rarely needed for the human being
to become smitten with the desire to
rear his head above the mass by
the aid of the pedestal of false am­bition.
From early youth he feels
the desire to reach the center of the
stage of pseudo success where he
may bask in the lime-light of group
popularity; all outward actions are
more or less skillfully concealed as
he plays all his vain attempts
against the middle goal—public ac­claim,
the shrine of all the groveling
aspirants. What matters the course
that is taken to reach the end,
whether it be at the sacrifice of per­sonal
respect or the subjugating of
the basic ideals which he may lay
claim to as gifts of heredity? To
sacrifice that which has taken years
to build does not matter.
To bow down, to lie, to steal, to
kiss the hem of the garment of those
who have the key to the door which
leads to the throne room. Giving up
the respect and limitless value of
friendships does not remain as even
the slightest obstacles once the
course is laid open. Emotionless in
every action, yet having all emotions
bridled to center upon the goal.
In childhood man has the crude
and open motive, in youth he vague­ly
learns the cost, but in maturity
he discards everything to achieve
this self-centered ambition. Once
at the pinnacle he rests beneath the
covering of false modesty and car­ries
on the eternal struggle with
remorse.
Mature Men
Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase,
once said that the functions of a real
chancellor of New York University,
should be directed "to help people
to be the sort who can keep on
growing with their world."
It is quite apparent that we have
permitted our world to grow beyond
ourselves; under our present social,
moral, and educational standards
we are not at home in our over-de­veloped
civilization. We have
reached a point of educational fixi­ty,
but this point is far behind the
development of the world. An edu­cated
man is at peace with his en­vironment,
placidity is certainly not
the earmark of twentieth-century
America.
Our governmental and economic
leaders are like men groping in the
dark; they have built something
which they cannot control, which
has turned on them with merciless
power.
The present decade is one of re­adjustment,
of instability. How
long it will take the American
people to catch up with their civili­zation
no one knows. We are whol­ly
out of balance. Our machines
have out-grown our population;
hence millions of us are without
wherewithal to live. We are still
class-conscious; but our machine
age is fast reducing men to a com­mon
level, a situation which we will
not accept because it is called
Socialism.
Thus we see our civilization call­ing
for a condition of harmony; we
ignore its demands and chaos is the
result. Machinery would have uni­formity
; but we are lop-sided in our
educational, moral, and social lives.
We over-specialize in education:
this leads to a host of widely diver­gent
moral and social standards. It
makes us narrow-minded. We are
not yet capable of a cosmic point of
view, a necessary factor if we would
be at peace with our world. We
cling to our preconceived ideas, un­able
to array facts in their order and
to treat them in,an objective man­ner.
We insist on building a uni­form
civilization based purely on
facts but refuse to adjust our stand­ards
of living thereto.
We may as well say then, that the
need of the hour is mature men, men
who hold to certain irrefutable
fundamentals, but who are growing
with the world, who can adjust
themselves to new situations in their
emotional, moral, and social lives
with a minimum effort.
What Is The Goal?
We have often paused to wonder
if certain elements of character can
be found in the modern college stu­dents.
To become wealthy in the
shortest length of time is the doc­trine
that most of us have been ex­posed
to all our lives. At first we
were to accumulate money in an
honest manner, our ears ringing
with trite epigrams and platitudes—
a penny saved is a penny earned, et
cetera. Then as we grew older we
began to see through the methods
and schemes of high finance and
modern business; the older we be­came
the more unprincipled these
schemes seemed to be. Now, on the
threshold of maturity, we still see
through a glass darkly, but then
face to face. We are amused when
some well-fed business man gets up
at a banquet and tells us that his fi­nancial
success is due to his rugged
honesty and practice of the highest
ethics of commerce.
Would it be possible to install an
honor system here? We wonder.
We don't mean an honor system of
the stool-pigeon type, where one
student tells on another, but an
honor system that involves indi­vidual
responsibility, that leads the
student to confess on his own initi­ative
when he has been guilty of il­legal
practices.
The decay of principles of honor
brought about by a unscrupulous
environment of high finance and
high politics makes such a system
impractical at present. To suggest
such an idea is the expression of a
mere idealist's dream.
News and Views
By JAMES BUNTIN
SANE AVIATION IS THE AIM OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
and for that reason they have refused to
allow the proposed Air Derby to begin in
New York. It was planned to hold an Air
Derby from New York to Paris this sum­mer
td commemorate the tenth anniversary
of Col. Lindbergh's historic flight in the
Spirit of St. Louis. The event would have
been open to flyers who were willing to
risk their safety in a non-stop race across
the Atlantic Ocean for a comfortable prize
and a great amount of publicity. Stunt
flyers would have made up the larger part
of this aggregation.
But the Air Bureau of the Department
of Commerce handed down a decision un­favorable
to such an event, and more than
that, they announce that the day of the
spectacular stunt flying was over. Miss
Amelia Earhart will not be able to make
her proposed flight unless she can show
that there are scientific reasons behind the
motives.
It is planned that a regular commercial
air route will be established between this
country and Europe, something akin to the
China Clipper service, this summer. To
provide greater insurance of public opinion,
it is necessary to present the idea to the
public in a material and safe appearing
manner. It would somewhat disrupt plans
if right at the time when the establishing
of such a service was getting under way
a bunch of bad accidents were to occur in
relation to the proposed route. There have
been 31 attempted non-stop flights across
the Atlantic; 8 were successful; and 12
have lost their lives in the attempt. Just
think, we can't go to see the death-cheat­ing
air shows any longer, but we will be
able to ride over to the nearest large city
to see the thriller on the screen and then
be able to hurry back.
* * * *
THIS IDEA OF AN ENLARGED SU­PREME
COURT does not seem to be even
such a sure thing as it did a few weeks ago.
The President still has a few who support
the idea of making the high tribunal a
more elastic and cohesive body. They will
stick with him, but it is doubtful that
enough more to carry the matter will join
the ranks. Various compromises have been
suggested, but, until this date, Mr. Roose­velt
has refused all of them. He says that
he must have all or nothing. Well, Mr.
Roosevelt is a shrewd man, but it seems as
though he has overplayed his hand. And
it is probable that, when he sees that there
is no possible manner in which he can win
out with the present tactics, he will forget
pride and accept a compromise.
* * * *
In years to come we will probably be
commemorating the New Deal, its parents,
and its nation-saving accomplishments. To
carry on this vast program, a huge amount
of tact and brain power is necessary. All
the departments of the federal government
go to make up the large machine, and they
certainly must work in unison., Even
though Mr. Roosevelt does not secure ex­actly
what he wishes, it is possible that
the body in question will have been taught
a lesson in the discipline of its power.
Cats and Canaries
By THE DIRTY DUO
'Tis rumored that the "Hound" club will
have its first initiation ceremonies next
Monday night. This comes direct from
Barker Sanderson.
* * * *
Looks like something serious has come
out of the drafting room romance between
Harvey Wilkes and Pat Tucker.
* * * *
WANTED TO BORROW:
1. A finger nail file from Bill Lee for
Floyd Pugh and Frank McCall.
2. A skeleton key for the CARY
HOUSEHOLD.
3. A nurse's outfit for any body who
needs one.
4. The best hair tonic to keep Philmore
Cannon's beautiful permanent wave.
Second Request.
* * * *
DING. DONG. DING. DONG!
Are Wedding Bells really going to ring
for Sara Smith and Pat Plumblee?
* * * •
Six shots were heard Tuesday night in
the back of the Sigma Pi house Who
was going over the fence?
* * * *
WE WONDER:
1. Why Walter Gilbert and Frances
Wright always sit on the back row when­ever
they go to the picture show?
2. If Dick Charleton will take a post­graduate
course?
3. What has happened to Poor Leon
since Suzelle Hare started "lopeying"
around the campus?
4. Why Ann Dexter has that love look
in her eyes?
5. What happened when the lights went
out in Current Events Thursday night?
Plainsman Forum—Voice of the Students
With Apologies To Tennyson, "A Stude"
Give* Poem Of An Hour In Class
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
With apologies to Tennyson I submit this
piece of poetry:
Half a step
Half a step
Half a step forward
Into the ancient room
Strode the half hundred.
Forward the teacher swayed
Don't go to sleep he said
But though the professor prayed
Every man slumbered.
The class was with questions pressed
Was there a man distressed
No, for the teacher knew
Everyone slumbered. ,
No one's to make reply
No one's to reason why
There's but to sleep and sigh
Slumped in their seats
Snored the half-hundred
Snores to the right of him
Snores to the left of him
Snores in front of him
Volleyed and thundered
Stormed at by Professor Snell
Three woke up to hear him yell
"My gosh, but this is hell."
When would they ring that bell
The three awake wondered.
Rang from its lefly lair
Rang out on the sleepy air
Bringing gladness everywhere
Ending the class
Samford's clock thundered
Many of the class awoke
Straight away for the door they broke
Teacher and pupil
Awakened by old Samford's stroke
And thus they went out
But not, not the half hundred. (Some were
still asleep)
Snores to the right of them
Snores to the left of them
Snores behind them
Volleyed and thundered.
No more storm from Professor Snell
As the last strode out who heard the bell
"My gosh", he said, but warn't that hell
And some snored on
Those left of the half hundred.
When will their grades be made
Or their many bills be paid
Every merchant wondered
Cursed for the grades they made
Cursed for the bills not paid
Pity the twenty-four hundred.
Sincerely, A Stude.
Writes On The Unfairness Of Putting All
Blame For War Threat On Germany
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
After reading your editorial, "The Last
Straw" (May 12), I felt that some things
were said which are very questionable.
Certainly, to put all the blame for the
present war threat on Germany is unreason­able.
I'm not defending the actions of Hitler
and his government, but I do contend that
there would have been no Dictator Hitler
but for the short sighted actions of the
British and French Statesmen at Versailles.
They, while pretending to agree with Wil­son
in his hopes for a treaty that would lay
the basis for a permanent peace, secretly to
one another, contempuously mocked his
idealism, gave him the well known double
cross and settled it to suit their own na­tionalistic
hates and desires.
Suppose you started a fight, got thorough­ly
licked and then your conquerors, holding
On Other Campuses
By JOHN GODBOLD
Grades in a Georgia Tech class had just
been average, but when a blind student,
brilliant in his studies, enrolled in the group
grades began to show remarkable improve­ment.
In writing his quizzes the blind
student used a typewriter. Since the pro­fessor
gave only "true and false" tests, the
other students in the class could count the
clicks of the machine and write "yes" when
they heard three, "no" when they heart two.
But the professor caught on; grades have
slumped back to normal because now the
sightless fellow has to place a period after
President Robert Maynard Hutchins of
the University of Chicago can smile now
when he recalls the harsh criticism of his
"come if you like" system of class attend­ance,
inaugurated in 1931. Objectors de­clared
that optional attendance, with its
major provision that a student be allowed
to progress through the university as fast
as his ability would permit, would result in
professors having to give monologues in
echoing lecture halls. But instead of cut-,
ting to see a movie or catch up on sleep, the
majority are attending classes consistently.
University officials state that instruction
has taken on new life. Attendance is just
as high as in the days of penalty hours.
* * * *
A national Academy of Public Affairs to
train young men and women for diplomatic
and administrative services in the govern­ment
is proposed in a bill recently introduc­ed
into Congress. Under the provisions of
the bill, students would be appointed in a
manner similar to that in which applicants
now obtain admission to West Point and
Annapolis. No hearings have been held as
yet on the bill and it is impossible to de­termine
whether or not the legislation will
become a law.
* * * *
Writing good letters is often a tough job
for college students. But University of
Chicago letter-writers need no longer worry
about their correspondence. A bureau there
writes tailor-made letters for a small sum.
No matter what type you want—long, short,
boring, witty, or brilliant—the bureau can
produce one for you. It is said that the
letters for explaining failures are so tactful
that the folks back home will increase one's
allowance.
* * * *
The advantages of going to college were
well demonstrated by two Cornell boys who
were stranded in Washington, D. C , broke
and hungry. No money and no food! A
dismal prospect, but their college training
overcame that. The two walked to the
neighborhood of George Washington Uni­versity.
They spotted a nice-looking resi­dence
and presented themselves at the door.
They told the housewife that they were col­lege
freshmen being put through a frater­nity
initiation and that they had been in­structed
to obtain from her two ham sand­wiches
and some apples. Smilingly, the
lady produced the food. By the time the
hungry boys had repeated this process at
several houses they were well-fed and carry­ing
enough food for several more meals.
Pete's Epistle
Dere Paw:
I am setting here apenning yew this here
epistle when'i should ought to be apenning
out a toim theme. Effin school don't hur-rey
up and stop i jest reckon i will go
plumb loco. They ain't no sech thang as
sleep and rest fer the weary in Oiburn
with exams around the cawner. And speak­ing
of cawn and cawners and sech like,
mebby yew had better send me a shipment
of white mule to kind of keep me awake at
night.
The end of school shore comes at a bad
time of year. Here it is balmy weather
and all i want to do is gal-ivant around but
what have i got to do—study, cram, and
sweat while all the gals set at home lone­some
and study too. Here I am thanking
about Elvira when i am supposed to be
awriting yew. Wait jesta minnit and let
me take a swig of this here Rosevelt stuff
outn one of them Gravy stores and mebby
i will quit moping around.
I reckon hits a good thang all the boys
got together up there in the election and
kept the place dry fer if yew hadn't yew
wood have shore had some bad competi­tion
from the Gravy stores. They sell theirs
cheep and the rush is on to git hit. Yew
had better see that they keep hit dry up
there if yew want to sell any cawn likker.
Jest thank a minnit and yew will remem­ber
that jug band i used to play in. Well
yew know how some of the bad boys in the
band wood drank on the band stand and
git dronk and start playing without even
looking at the musick. Well that's jest
how Cecil Mackey and his seldom band does
but worst. What i want to know is how
did Mary Berg get herself hitched up to
sech a contraption.
Paw, effin i don't show up at home when
all is over yew will know that i dident hit
no jackpot in grades.
Shakily yours, pete.
We Forty-Six
By HUGH CAMERON
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Thanks a million to the "A" Clubs for
getting the Knights to play just one more
time before we all have to go home to hoe
out the weeds in the
corn.
* * * *
T h e Knights i n
school are twice bet­ter
than Jan Garber
when he was in
school here, and all
they have to do to
get where Garber is
today is keep on doing what they are doing.
* * * *
Shall be more than glad to see all of you
boys again Saturday night.
* * * *
There is a movement moving around to
have certain of the final exams out to the
Wind Mill for those deserving students who
haven't missed a roll call more than two
nights this semester. Nearly none of you
are going to pass anyway, so you might as
well be comfortable about it. I don't be­lieve
I have ever seen such a mess of ig­norance.
* * * *
There have been some very ducky letters
to the editor this year, but when it takes
two people and an English professor to
compose one, and then when it sounds like
something from the fourth grade, some­thing
should be done.
* * * *
I think there is just about one more issue
of this paper, so if any of you members of
the "Don't Like It None" Club have any­thing
to say, let i t be good and let it be
said for that issue of the paper. I have
been kind of disappointed lately over the
scarcity of the letters to the editor con­cerning
this work of art I am writing twice
a week. Ain't it as awful as it used to be?
* * * *
If times were as tight as the dresses
worn by Libba Lyles what a hell of a de­pression
there would be.
* * * *
Foreman Rogers, who built the local
theatre from a two reel opery house into
the best theatre in the whole State, is leav­ing
town. And when he leaves, this place
is losing one of the most likeable and
friendliest fellow to have ever lived here.
* * * *
The best of wishes to Foreman and
Myrtle Rogers when they go to Mont­gomery.
And if you have as many friends
there'as you have here you might not miss
Auburn so much. We don't like it, but
here's to success and happiness.
you with a dagger at your throat, forced
you to sign away your money, and your
right to protect your property and to even
use it as they saw fit. Even though you
were to blame, would you consider yourself
bound by promises made under such condi­tions?
Certainly not.
Such conditions for peace left Germany
impoverished economically, without colonies,
under the stigma of defeat, with foreign
troops on her soil, with all kinds of unneces­sary
petty restrictions on her national life
designed to humiliate and weaken a proud
nation in defeat and despair. These were
the seeds of the Hitler Dictatorship and
war, seeds sown and fertilized by the gov­ernments
of France and England.
France has been making such great ef­forts
for peace and reconciliation, you say.
France and England, having so much of
the land of the world in their possession can
well afford to be peaceful. The rich man is
usually well satisfied with conditions as
they are, and he will make every effort to
keep them so. He thinks the poor and starv­ing
are very wicked and unreasonable to
make trouble and not be peaceful.
Sincerely yours, H.
Cool Summer
Pajamas
balloted DU ^ItLttc&iit
Smart new pajamas in refreshingly cool
broadcloths, sky cloth and air-weaves.
Middy, surplice and notch collar
styles. Get several and be sure of cool,
restful sleep every night this Summer.
GRAMMY'S
"Auburn's Auditors of Men's Fashions"
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1937 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE P A G E T H R EE
JACK TODD, Editor
BILL TROUP, Assistant
Contributors
ED BRIGGS
JOHN DePALMA
HUEY FORD
Stewart And Meadows
Have Firestone Jobs
Joe Stewart and Bill Meadow?,
both business graduates, have been
given jobs with the Firestone Tire
and Rubber Company. Both students
have made good records while in
school.
LOST gold Jefferson County High
School ring. Initials FKB on in­side.
Reward. Phone 392 or see
F. Bagby, 336 W. Magnolia.
FROSH CLOSE YEAR
WITH VICTORY OVER
CHEWACLA NINE, 4-2
Plebes Win Eight Of Nine
Scheduled Games Against
Ranking Teams In Vicinity
Closing out the 1937 season the
Prosh baseballers took the measure of
the Chewlaca CCC nine by the score of
4 to 2. This win placed the Tiger
cubs well out in front on the average
of games won and lost, having drop­ped
only one game the entire season.
Coach Ralph Jordan's charges end­ed
a very successful season on the
diamond in which they met the strong
semi-pro nines and other formidable
squads in this vicinity. Playing a
total of nine games this season the
baby Bengals were the victors in all
but one of these encounters, by virtue
of the fine twirling and batting of
the "rats". The only game that found
the frosh squad on the low end of the
score was that with the strong Kilby
Prison nine, and then the local squad
gave the prisoners a run for their
money, losing the close game by the
score of 5-4.
Coach Jordan is to be commended
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Graduation Claims
Five Stars On
Ball Team
Graduation will take five members
from the ranks of the Southeastern
Conference baseball champions this
year. Captain Sidney Scarborough,
Joel Eaves, John Mason, Bruce Tay-lor,
and John Paul Tipper are the
seniors who will be lost to the Bengals
for 1938.
Captain Scarborough, Atlanta,
Georgia, has been roaming in center
field for three years for the Plains­men.
Although not a heavy hitter,
Scarborough more than made up for
this weakness with his sterling field­ing,
and his loss will be keenly felt
next season.
Joel Eaves, Atlanta, Georgia, has
hung up one of the best athletic rec­ords
that Dixie has seen for some
time. Besides being Auburn's No. 1
hurler this year, Eaves was an All-
Southern end in football and captain­ed
this years' basketball outfit. His
fine pitching, combined with his ex­cellent
fielding and hitting abilities
made him invaluable this year.
John Mason, Marion, made the first
team this, his first year of varsity
competition, and held down second
base in great shape. His.timely hit­ting,
combined with his excellent field­ing
pulled Auburn out of many tight
places this spring.
Bruce Taylor, Montgomery, has
held down first base for the Bengals
for the past two years, and his ability
to snag all throws in his direction
made him invaluable to his team. He
is also a potent hitter. Malvern Mor­gan
has been his understudy this year,
playing good ball, and should step
right into Taylor's shoes next season.
John Paul Tipper, Carbon Hill, was
hindered somewhat this year with a
AUBURN COMES IN THIRD AS
RELAY SETS S. E. C. RECORD
Georgia Dethrones L. S. U. T e am Which Drops To Second Place
And Plainsmen Take Third Position With 21 Points; Kelly,
Ellis, Kilgore, Williams Step Out In Relay, Time: 3.19.7
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BIRMINGHAM
for developing such a well-rounded
squad from the material present. Al­though
there were no very outstand­ing
players on the team there were
several good baseballers who were fine
hitters and good at fielding the ball.
(Continued on Page 4)
By HUEY FORD
Friday and Saturday saw the seem­ingly
unbeatable Louisiana State
Tigers fall before the record-break­ing
performers of the Georgia Bull­dogs
on Legion Field, Birmingham,
in the Southeastern Conference Track
and Field Meet. Backing the fine
performances of "Spec" Towns and
Bobby Packard with stellar pacing
the Bulldogs compiled a formidable
score of 65 points in dethroning the
Bayou Tigers, who were only able to
gain second place in the competition.
Eleven of the fourteen men on the
Georgia track squad, which relieved
Louisiana State of the Southeastern
Track crown for the first time since
1931, were able to net points toward
the victory that they clearly de­served.
The leader of the Bulldogs' attack
was Forrest "Spec" Towns, Olympic
star, who gained individual honors of
the meet, scoring a total of 16 points.
Running in the 120-yard high hurdles
and the 220-yard low hurdles, the
100-yard dash, and the high jump
event Towns displayed stamina wor­thy
of the great athlete that he is,
winning firsts in the hurdles events
and gaining third posts in the century
dash and the high jump.
Another Georgia trackman, Bobby
Packard, turned in stellar perform­ances,
winning the 100-yard dash and
the 220 sprint, thus tying with Dave
Rogan, of Kentucky, for second place
honors. Due to a strong tail wind
the record-breaking run in the 100-
yard dash in the time of 9.5 seconds
this could not be accepted as a new
record, but Packard had to be satis-sore
arm, sustained during the sum­mer,
but, nevertheless, turned in some
fine performances on the mound for
the Tigers. His loss, together with
Eaves' will leave the 1938 pitching
staff rather weak.
SPORTS CHATTER
By BILL TROUP
The Belmont Stakes of June 5 will
again renew the feud of War Ad­miral
and Pompoon. . . . War Ad­miral,
the sixth horse to win both the
Kentucky Derby and Preakness, was
the winner by a length and a half in
the first event but only won by a
head over Pompoon in the Preakness.
. . . This department is rather dubious
over the outcome of the race on June
5, with Pompoon having a good
chance to turn the tables on War Ad­miral.
. . . Congratulations to the
newly elected co-captains of Au­burn's
1937-38 basketball team, An­drew
Curlee and Rex McKissick! . . .
This is the first time in the history
of the school that co-captains were
elected to head the basketeers. . . .
Waite Hoyt, Pirate pitcher who is in
his 19th year in the majors, never
has stolen a base or made a home
run. . . . Don Lash, Indiana's star
distance runner, recently was tested
in the Harvard laboratories and
found to have the greatest lung oxy­gen
capacity of any person ever ex­amined
there. . . . After graduation
Lash hopes to enter state police
service. . . .
* * *
Spec Towns, University of Geor­gia's
Olympic hurdler, believes only
an inability to master the start pre­vents
him from lowering the world's
120-yard high hurdle record to 13.6
seconds. . . . Towns said he has been
last off the mark in every race he
has run. . . . Paavo Nurmi is now re­presenting
General Motors in Fin­land.
. . . Lon Warneke, a sharp card
player in his own right, says that
Paul Dean is the best poker player
he has ever seen. . . . Andy Lotshaw
of the Cubs is the highest paid trainer
in the major leagues. . . . Slip Madi-gan
says that California is the team
to beat in 1937 football on the coast.
.( . . Coach Dell Morgan deserves a
great deal of credit for developing
the 1937 ball players into one of the
finest clubs to represent Auburn in
quite some time. . . . Auburn won 21
and lost four in their 25-game sche­dule
this season. . . .
* * *
Jimmy McLarnin defeated ten
world's champions before winning a
title himself. . . . Glenn Hardin, L.
S. U.'s star hurdler, recently took
screen tests in New York for a
prominent role in the film version of
"Gone with the Wind". . . . Universi­ty
of Washington and Pittsburgh
each received $90,081.50 for partici­pating
in the 1937 Rose Bowl foot­ball
game. . . . Jack Kearns, former
manager of Jack Dempsey, picks Ros-coe
Tolzen, negroe heavyweight, as a
potent contender for the heavyweight
crown. . . . Van Lingle Mungo throws
a baseball 168 miles an hour, a test
at West Point recently revealed. . . .
The Southeastern Conference outdid
the Southern Conference in their re­spective
track carnivals in 13 of the
15 events. . . . This is the last ap­pearance
of this column until next
fall. . . . Hope you have enjoyed it.
. . . 'Bye now. . . .
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fied with winning the heat. Shatter­ing
his own record in the mile run
and gaining first place in the half-mile
event Dave Rogan, Kentucky
thoroughbred netted ten points and
a tie with Packard for second honors.
In spite of the fine run of Luke
Hamilton, distance star from Louisi­ana
State, Chick Aldridge, Georgia
Tech, shattered the standing record
in the two-mile grind. Knocking 15.5
seconds off the time in the run Al­dridge
broke the record that had
stood against all Southeastern com­petition
since 1934 when it was estab­lished
by John Sanders, L. S. U.
With Wilton Kilgore running as
anchor man in the mile relay the Au­burn
quartette, composed of Kelly,
Ellis, Williams, and Kilgore, carried
the baton the mile in the record-breaking
time of three minutes and
19.7 seconds. This time broke the
record set by the Louisiana State
foursome in 1933. The Tigers were
in third place in the event when Kil­gore
received the baton, but by the
running of the last quarter-mile in
47 seconds flat they nosed out the
Green Wave foursome from Tulane
to cop first in the mile relay.
In the broad jump Burch Wilcox
won his third straight Southeastern
Conference crown, thus entering a
sort of Conference hall of fame.
David Sprinkle, Tiger trackman, was
in second place in the event, turning
in one of his best performances of
the year. Sprinkle also performed
stellarly in the pole vault, gaining
second in that event also. His vault­ing
pressed Bryan, of Louisiana State
to his limit, who finally shattered the
Conference record to win first place.
Bryan cleared the bar at 13 feet,
9Vi inches to better the mark set by
Rutland, Auburn star, in 1934.
Probably the outstanding event of
the Conference meet was the three-way
battle for the crown in the quar­ter-
mile event. With Wilton Kilgore
defending his title, and Drane Maul-din,
of Mississippi State, and Charlie
Belcher, of Georgia Tech, battling to
wrest the crown from the champion
the event offered a thrill to the crowd
at Legion Field that will long be re­membered.
In downing the Confer­ence
king, Charlie Belcher ran one of
the best races of his collegiate ca­reer.
Taking the lead from the very
first the Tech star definitely de­throned
the Tiger captain who was
unable to overcome that lead in the
home stretch.
Another of the six conference re­cords
to fall during the course of the
meet was the distance in the Discus
throw set by Jack Torrance, of Louis­iana
State, in 1934. Maurice Green,
ex-Georgia fullback, annexed first in
the event with a heave of 149 feet,
9 and three-fourths inches.
The best performance by states
was that of the Georgia Crackers,
namely, Georgia Tech and the Uni­versity
of Georgia. With the Yellow-jackets
gaining firsts in two events
and the Bulldogs netting six firsts
the boys from Georgia put the other
states in the shade with a total of
eight firsts out of the fifteen events.
The summary of the Southeastern
Conference Meet according to the
scores is as follows: First, Georgia,
scoring 65 points; Second, Louisiana
State University, with a score of 53;
Third, Auburn, 21; Fourth, Ken­tucky,
18; Fifth, Georgia Tech, 17;
Sixth, Tulane, 16; Seventh, Alabama,
11; Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Mis­sissippi
State, 6 each; Mississippi, 3;
and Florida, 2 points.
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his appreciation of patronage and makes a bid for its
continuance. It consists of giving a little more goods
than are paid for; the gift is "lagniappe."
When you buy a railway ticket or pay a freight bill, you purchase a
certain amount of transportation—no more, no less. But the railroad is a
human institution; its workers want you to know that they appreciate
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You will remember a railroad for the
little things that contribute to your peace
of mind—the convenience, speed and
safety of your freight, the pleasant word,
the information, the pillows, the extra
cup of coffee on the diner. We on the
Illinois Central sum it up by calling ours
"The Road of Cordial Service."
It has been a reminder of my student
days to talk this year to students
through these advertisements. Many
have submitted essays in our contest
and are now awaiting the results to be
announced before June. The Illinois
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NECKING IS DISGUSTING,
DISAPPROVES DRINKING,
BUT LIKES GOOD TIME
(Continued from Page 1)
vWiat do you think about co-eds'
drinking?" I questioned.
"To start with, I don't approve of
smoking, although I smoke, because
of the physical effects. However,
drinking is another matter. Girls
make such fools of themselves when
they drink. I think it's a poor policy
for a co-ed."
We discussed the various group ac­tivities
of the co-eds this year and
their increasing prominence on the
campus. The recent May Day was
fresh in our minds. "I think it will
be an established custom from now
on", she remarked.
"How do you feel about leaving
school? Does it seem like a parting
of. the ways for you and your
friends"?
"I hate to leave school, but I can't
wait for vacation, Joan. My ideal
vacation is where I can swim all day
and dance all night. I don't care
about the location, just so there's
plenty of water".
The heavens responded to her last
remark with a crash of thunder and
something more than a spring shower.
We fled in opposite directions for
shelter, calling good-byes as we ran.
Mildewing as' I write up my friend
—I resolve to further expose campus
personalities-1—next year.
171 STUDENTS WILL
ATTEND JUNE CAMP
(Continued from Page 1)
Elmer H. Almquist and Capt. Kenneth
L. Johnson will be concerned with in­structing
and directing Battery "A"
of the Field Artillery, while Capt.
Leslie E. Jacoby will take over duties
in Battery "B" and Capt. Herbert W.
Ehrgott will be concerned with the
Engineer Company.
130 Artillerymen, 41 Engineers
The students, of whom 130 are in
the Artillery and 41 are in the En­gineers,
will undergo a physical exam­ination
immediately upon arriving at
camp. Those wearing glasses have
been instructed to bring authenticated
copies of "their eye correction pre­scriptions
with them. Each student
was furnished with a bulletin listing
the required and optional equipment
to be brought to camp.
To eliminate losses and delay, mail
to students should be addressed as fol­lows:
ROTC Camp, Field Artillery
Battery (or Engineer Company), Ft.
Bennings, Ga., it was stated on the
military bulletin. The reserve offi­cers
will receive travel pay from their
homes to the camp soon after they
arrive and will be paid seventy cents
a day during their stay at the camp.
Before they leave they will be paid
travel money from the camp to their
homes.
^Auburn Knights
"A" Club Dance Will See Those Great Auburn Knights
In Action For Last Time Here
By SON THOMAS
"Gather 'round" will be the magic
words used by "Doc" Mosley during
the final "A" Club dance next Satur­day
night. And we will gather
around quite willingly, because we
will know that another of the Au­burn
Knight's famous "sessions'.' is in
the offing. Perhaps we will laugh
with glee at the spectacle of "Funny"
Jarrard trying to make love to
"Tobe" Griffith and keep on a con­trary
synthetic mustache at the same
time. . . . or maybe we will get an op­portunity
to marvel at the rhythm of
the "Goodman" trio, or the technique
of the band in their conception of
"Glory"." Anyway, whatever we hear,
we will be reflecting with sadness
that this will be our last time to hear
this ambitious bunch of youngsters
as,the Auburn Knights.
We'll miss you . . . Jerry Yelverton,
modest and retiring, for the clarinet
which you have animated . . . Robin
Russel, for your finessee at the piano
. "Doc" Mosley, for a fiddle that
can make us cry . . . Lamar White,
for sentimental choruses and for
what you can do with a tango . . .
Bill Porteous for "Hot Lips" and
"Sugar Blues" . . . "Ole Boy" Holm-berg
for your personality with the
drum and vibrophone . . . "Spite"
Speight for the way you go to town
on "The Devil and the Deep Blue
Sea" . . . Jimmy Motley, one of the
oldest members, for "Stompin' at the
Savoy" . . . "Hey Tobe" Griffiths, for
"Chopsticks" and your unwavering
inclination to be a good fellow . . .
"Looie" Busenlener, for your guitar
and your proficiency for "backing
up" the sax section (beat it out!) . . .
Charlie Bradley for your technique
with a flute and saxaphone and for
your "4/4 solid rhythm in 'foine si—
—tones' " . . . Doug Jarrard, for your
good humor and "The Love Bug" . . .
"Mike" Ellis, a new member, for a
determination that we admire . . .
Jack Derwin, for your singing and
the songs you have written . . . and,
John Randolph, for "My Wild Irish
Rose", and many others. We'll miss
you, Auburn Knights, for your
SWING!
A contract with the M. C. A. is the
dream of every college band, of which
very few ever materialize.
Enie meenie minie moe
Down to Howard's I must go
Mother-sister-brothers tall
Expect a present from us all.
YOUNG MEN, let me get you a job
in New York City for the summer
months. My fee is small, and this
city affords you the best of enter­tainment
for your spare time—big
league baseball games, plays, con­certs,
interesting sights. Write
Oscar Methvin, in care of The
Auburn Plainsman, for a most at­tractive
offer.
FEDERAL AGENT GIVES
ACCOUNTS OF DUTIES
(Continued from Page 1)
ever been shot at asked by a student.
This query he ignored.
"There is nothing mysterious about
Bureau agents or their work," said
Mr. Smith. "In addition there is
nothing mysterious about the value
and operation of the Bureau's vast
finger-print files in Washington
where there are now over seven mill­ion
cards. So far finger prints from
no two individuals have been found to
be identical."
Mr. Smith said that the Bureau in
Washington received from 4,000 to
5,200 finger prints a day which are
classified and filed for future identi­fication.
He explained that many
times their records in Washington
aided in proving the innocence as well
as the guilt of a suspected criminal.
FROSH CLOSE YEAR
WITH VICTORY OVER
CHEWACLA NINE, 4-2
(Continued from Page 3)
The team was one that played fine
consistent ball and had what it takes
to come through in the pinches.
There were sixteen numerals award­ed
to members of the Frosh aggrega­tion
for their stellar performances of
the season. These were as follows:
Atkinson, Brown, Cotton, Gallagher,
Happer, Kenmore, Lovvorn, Mc-
Clusky, Phillips, Rouse, Suttles,
Thompson, West, Wright, and Well­born.
John Godbold, manager of the
frosh squad, also received a numeral
for his performance of the managerial
duties.
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