1938-12-09 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1938 NUMBER 27
Russell Wins First Place In ODK Cake Race
Unconfirmed Report
Says Last Two PWA
Buildings Approved
No Official Okeh Received
From Washington; Rumor
Is That Buildings Approved
PWA officials have approved
Auburn's application for the con­struction
here of a $200,000 gene­ral
classroom building and a $150,-
000 classroom and laboratory
building for the School of Veter­inary
Medicine, according to an
unconfirmed report Thursday.
Rumor of PWA okeh on the re­maining
two projects of the col­lege's
giant building program con­tained
information that report of
the Federal agency's approval
came from reliable quarters. How­ever,
the regional PWA office in
Atlanta has had no official notice
of allotment of funds for the build­ings.
Senator Lister Hill was called
in an effort to determine whether
the report is accurate, but the
Senator was en route home from
Washington, where has has been
this week conferring with Secre­tary
Harold L. Ickes, head of
PWA, on Alabama applications for
government building aid funds.
Including the other buildings
which have been approved prev­iously
this fall, the college is as­sured
of the erection of 14 new
buildings and the first unit of an
athletic stadium amounting to a
total of practically one and a half
million dollars, if the two pro­jects
have been approved.
The expansion program will in­clude
a $560,000 women's dormi­tory
group; $100,000 library; $100,-
000 hospital and student health
center; $100,000 physical education
building; $100,000 farm engineer­ing
building; $200,000 general
classroom building; $150,000 vet­erinary
school building; $60,000
stadium unit; a nursery school
building and practice house for
home economics students valued
at $38,500; and a new home for
the president of the college, $38,-
400. Total, $1,446,900.00.
Under PWA regulations work on
each of the new buildings must be
underway by Jan. 1, 1939.
Duncan Nominated
For Frat Honor
Dr. Luther Noble Duncan was
recently nominated by Beta Eta
chapter of Kappa Sigma frater­nity
for the award of Kappa Sig-ma's
most outstanding "Man of the
Year."
This is an annual award made
by the Chicago Alumni Chapter
to the member of the fraternity
who, in the opinion of the judges,
"has contributed most to the ad­vancement
of society in general
through his success and achieve­ments
and whose character and
leadership have been most exem­plary
of a faithful, worthy, and
devoted Kappa Sigma." Last
year's winner was Cyrus R. Smith,
president of American Airlines.
The nomination of Dr. Duncan,
who is one of the founders of
Beta Eta chapter, was made on
the basis of his ability as one of
our great national leaders in ag­riculture,
having formulated many
legislative bills designed to raise
the levels of American agricul­ture,
in addition to placing Au­burn
in its proper place as one of
our leading Southern land-grant
colleges. "It was through his ef­forts
in designing agricultural leg­islation
and leading in attaining
its adoption that saved Auburn
financially," said members of the
local chapter.
Early reports of the nominations
indicate that other leading candi­dates
are Lowell Thomas, famous
radio commentator; James H.
Price, Governor of Virginia; Man-ley
O. Hudson, America's member
on the World Court; Stephen
Chadwick, recently elected Com­mander
of the American Legion;
William Gibbs McAdoo, U. S.
Senator from California; Edwin
Hubble, astronomer, discoverer of
Nebula and double stars; Senator
Warren Austin, of Vermont, and
others.
Presenting
Right in the front rank of senior co-ed personalities here is
JOHNNIE DEE STANSBERRY of Eden, Texas, pictured above dur-a
Scabbard and Blade initiation. She is a member of Kappa Delta
sorority. Likes horseback riding and is quite expert at it. Just an
old cowhand
FACULTY AIDES ON COMMITTEE FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION NAMED
Brown, Davis, Draughon
To Aid Ivey and Others on
Cabinet Revision Committee
With the selection of three fac­ulty
members who are to work
with the student committee on
Constitutional Revision, the plans
for study of the situation have
been completed. Those members of
the faculty chosen are Ralph
Draughon, Executive Secretary,
Dr. Charles Davis, and Kirtley
Brown.
Plans have been made whereby
the student committee will start
an extensive study of the present
constitution and the many amend­ments
that have been added so
that some definite idea can be had
as to the changes that are needed
in the present set-up.
After the existing constitution
has been carefully studied, the
men will then take similar sub­ject
matter from some of the large
schools of the country and try
to work out a basic idea on which
the new constitution may be built.
All suggested changes will be
given careful attention by the
faculty advisory board and then
submitted to the Executive Cabi­net
for ratification. Upon accep­tance
by the Cabinet the articles
will be subject to the vote of the
entire student body.
Although there have been no
specific plans for changes, the en­tire
new document will be worked
out with the idea of making the
student's investment in student
activities be spent with more eco­nomy
than under the present sys­tem.
Plans have been formulated
whereby the rat caps will be dis­tributed
to the freshman with less
cost to the individual. Along with
the reduction of cost to the fresh­man
there will be a system de­vised
to reduce the cost of the sen­ior
graduation invitations.
Christmas Program
Be Given Sunday
Two special Christmas programs
will be presented at the First Bap­tist
Church Sunday, Dec. 11. At
the morning worship hour, Dr. J.
R. Edwards, pastor, will present
a Christmas sermon. Christmas
music will also be offered at this
service. A Christmas Cantata,
"The Christ Child," will be pre­sented
Sunday night at 7:30.
The Cantata will be given by a
large chorus, composed largely of
students. Mrs. Christene Tidwell,
church organist, is in charge of
the arrangements for the Cantata.
These programs are being given
early in the Christmas season, so
that the students will have an op­portunity
to attend.
Students are urged to come ear­ly
to these programs, as a large at­tendance
is expected at both.
Many other local churches will
present Christmas programs also.
Five API Students
At Scarab Meet
Five Auburn students, members
of Scarab National Architectual
fraternity, attended the annual
convention of Scarabs held recent­ly
in Cincinnati.
Those attending were: Val Cas-sels
of Montgomery, official dele­gate
from the Auburn chapter;,Al­bion
Knight of Birmingham, pres­ident
of the local chapter; Gerald
Bilbro of Gadsden, vice president;
Stanley Worsham of Birmingham;
and Dorsey Tatum of LaFayette.
Ed McCowan, student in the
School of Architecture, received
first honorable at the convention
for his water color entered in the
recent national contest sponsored
by Scarab. This is the second con­secutive
year that Auburn has
placed in the contest, Chris Risher
having won first prize with his
entry last year.
At the convention national offi­cers
were chosen. Vernier Smith,
professor of architecture at the
University of Kansas, was reelect­ed
secretary and treasurer. B. K.
Johnstone, professor of architec­ture
at Pennsylvania State, was
reelected president.
Prof. Smith also received a un­animous
vote to be given the
Gold Medal Award for his dis­tinguished
services to Scarab in
the past.
Kappa Delta Pi
Initiates 21
New Members
One Professor Among Those
Honored; Initiation Banquet
Is Held Thursday Night
Twenty students in education
and one education professor were
initiated into membership in Kap­pa
Delta Pi, educational fraternity,
Wednesday night.
Those initiated were: Virginia
Adams, Algae Myrl Bramblett,
Mrs. Orleane H. Brown, F. C.
Byrd, H. F. Chunn, M. R. Cox, T.
H. Crenshaw, Ben T. Hagler,
Sarah Hardwick, F. H. Ingram,
Nell Jackson, Jordan Langford,
Erlins Lide, Ann Moon, W. A.
Murrah, Hoyt Nation, W. L. Wal­ton,
J. H. Wheeler, John Weeks,
and Prof. George Sargent.
The president of the organiza­tion
is Camilla Newberry; vice
president, C. V. Lyle; and treas­urer,
Dan Meadows.
The initiation banquet was held
Thursday night at 6:30 at the First
Baptist Church. Dr. Willis P. Sut­ton,
superintendent of schools in
Atlanta, was the speaker. He was
introduced by Dean Zebulon Judd,
His subject was "The Function
of Honor Societies in College and
in After Life," and he developed
the idea that honor societies play
a large part in improving the
quality of thinking of their mem­bers.
Sergeant George Moxham sang
two solos and Joe Turner played
two violin selections.
Crosses Finish Line Far Ahead Of Second Man;
Fraternity Winning Cup Be Announced Tonight
SIX OUTSTANDING JUNIOR CO-EDS ARE MORE THAN 700
TAPPED BY CARDINAL KEY SOCIETY
Sykes Receives
Debate Honor
Bernard Sykes, former Auburn
student now enrolled at the Uni­versity
of Alabama, was selected
as one of the ten best debaters
participating in the recent Dixie
tournament at Winthrop College,
Rock Hill, S. C.
Sykes was a student in pre-law
at Auburn for the past two years,
at the end of which time he en­tered
the University to study law.
Last year he was a member of the
varsity debate squad, being one
of the members of the team which
represented Auburn in the South­ern
tournament. He was also a
member of one of the two teams
which tied for the Tau Kappa Al­pha
varsity debate tournament.
At the conclusion of the debate
season he was awarded the De­bate
Council cup as the outstand­ing
intercollegiate debater of the
year.
He is a member of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity and is from Mont­gomery.
National Honorary Society
For Women Students Names
New Members for Year
Cardinal Key, national honorary
society for women, on the basis
of scholarship, achievement, per­sonality,
and service has tapped
the following junior girls: Virginia
Adams, Edith Cecil Carson, Su-zelle
Hare, Ruth Lowe, Margaret
Pearson, and Helen Porch.
Virginia Adams, a student in
the School of Education, is a mem­ber
of the Phi Omega Pi sorority,
Kappa Delta Pi, Open Forum, Y.
W. C. A., W. A. A., Writer's Club,
I. R. C, and treasurer of the Wo­man's
Student Council.
Edith Cecil Carson, who has
recently been elected May Queen,
is a Kappa Delta, has appeared in
the beauty section, and is a com­mercial
art student
Suzelle Hare is a member of
Kappa Delta social sorority, the
Girls' Glee Club, the Dance Club,
has received the W. A. A. activity
award, and is a junior in educa­tion.
Ruth Lowe is president of the
Chi Omega sorority, a member of
the Pan Hellenic Council, the
Glee Club, and is enrolled in the
School of Science and Literature.
Margaret Pearson has recently
been elected business manager of
the Girls' Glee Club, is a member
of the Dance Club, the Kappa Del-to
sorority, and is a home econo­mics
student.
Helen Porch, vice-president of
the Theta Upsilon sorority, is a
member of the Pan Hellenic Coun­cil
and is enrolled in the School of
Home Economics.
Only girls who have been en­rolled
in Auburn the previous se­mester
and averaged 85 or more
are eligible for membership. Ac­tive
members in the chapter now
are: Eleanor Scott, president,
Ruby Helen Stokes, vice president,
Clara Thagard, secretary, Thea
Dunn, treasurer, Ann Winn, Rubye
Pitts, Rachel Hereford, Rene Gib­son,
Camilla Newberry, and An­nie
Lou Whitaker.
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Branch of Alumni Association
Is Formed by Miami Grads
Fifteen Auburn men of Miami,
Fla., met recently in the city and
formed a local branch of the Au­burn
Alumni Association,- accord­ing
to R. Porter Grant, Alumni
secretary.
Auburn Players Present Shakespeare's 'King Lear' Monday
Will Shakespeare's characters
in a colorful array of Elizabethan
costume will walk the stage of
Langdon Hall once more Monday
night, Nov. 12, when the Auburn
Players present their version of
the powerful tragedy, "King Lear."
"King Lear" as the Players have
produced it runs for two hours,
with a short intermission at the
midway point. The performance
will begin at 8:15, and admission,
as usual, will be by student ticket-book.
Production Staff Named
Besides the large cast of 26, the
production staff for "King Lear"
includes Director Telfair B. Peet;
James Reynolds, stage manager;
Mrs. Peet, prompter; Mary George
Lamar, Edna Wilson, and Mar­garet
Morgan, properties; Jane
Smith and Kate Quattlebaum,
mistresses of the wardrobe; Sara
Lee Banks, electrician and direc­tor
of swordplay; J. H. Wheeler,
sound.
A technique known as "space-staging"
will be used in this pro­duction.
Action will take place
on a series of stage levels placed
on platforms, with black drapes
as a background. There will be no
act-scene divisions, and changes
of setting will be effected by open­ing
and closing curtains and
changing stage lights.
"King Lear" is one of the four
great tragedies of Shakespeare
written shortly after 1600. The
story of the play follows:
Story of Play Outlined
Lear, King of Britain, growing
old, decides to divide his kingdom
among his three daughters, Gone-ril,
wife of the Duke of Albany;
Regan, wife of the Duke of Corn­wall;
and Cordelia, the unmarried
youngest daughter whose hand is
sought by the Duke of Burgundy
and the King of France.
Proud of the affection he feels
his daughters have for him, the
old king childishly proposes that
the division of his lands be made
according to declarations of love,
each daughter to tell before the
assembled court how much she
loves him. The greedy eldest
daughters, Goneril and Regan,
make flowery speeches of affec­tion,
and Lear is highly pleased.
Cordelia, disgusted with the hy­pocrisy
of her sisters, makes a very
simple but sincere statement of her
love. The king is enraged at her
failure to match the resounding
speeches of her sisters, disinherits
her, and calls in her two suitors.
Weak-willed Burgundy, seeing her
lands and fortune gone, will have
none of her, but the King of
France, angered at her unfair
treatment, sees Cordelia's genuine
worth and gladly leads her away
as his bride.
The good-hearted Earl of Kent,
who protests against Lear's atti­tude
toward Cordelia, is banished
from the kingdom. Lear turns ov­er
his lands and state affairs to
Goneril and Regan and their hus­bands,
retaining, however, the title
of king. He makes provision for a
retinue of a hundred knights, and
arranges to live with each of his
daughters in turn.
Lear's Daughters Plan His
Downfall
Goneril and Regan, drunk with
new-found power and dreading
that some whim of their father's
may overthrow them, now plot to
strip Lear of all authority and
render him complete servant to
their wills.
The king and his hundred
knights take up residence at the
palace of Goneril. The banished
nobleman, Kent, returns from ex­ile
in the disguise of a servant to
be near his old master Lear and
protect him from the wiles of his
evil daughters. He arrives as Gon­eril
and Oswald, her rascally ste­ward,
are criticizing the king's
knights and deliberately insulting
the king. King Lear, in high rage
at his daughter's ingratitude,
curses her and leaves her castle
(Continued on page four)
Taylor Speaks on
Co-Op Engineering
Alex O. Taylor, chief speaker
at the December luncheon meet­ing
of the Faculty Forum held
Wednesday at Bibb Graves Center,
explained to 200 Auburn staff
members the cooperative plan of
engineering education in operation
at Auburn this year. Dr. C. S. Da­vis
of the history department pre­sided
at the meeting.
Dr. J. F. Duggar, veteran re­search
professor in agriculture,
was presented a certificate by Dr.
L. N. Duncan at the beginning of
the program in recognition of 42
years of distinguished service at
Auburn.
Signed by the Auburn Board of
Trustees, secretary of the Alum­ni
Association and Gov. Bibb
Graves, the certificate commended
Dr. Duggar for his excellent lead­ership.
Dr. Duggar came to Au­burn
in 1896 as director of the
agricultural teaching division at
the college.
The next meeting of the Facul­ty
Forum will be an evening meet­ing
on Jan. 4, Dr. B. R. Showal-ter,
chairman of the Forum Com­mittee,
announced. At that time
the chief speaker will be Dr.
Pearson, former secretary of the
Association of Land Grant Col­leges
and Universities.
Formerly president of the Uni­versity
of Maryland and the Iowa
State College at Ames, Dr. Pear­son
is an authority on the organi­zation
and work of land grant
colleges.
At the meeting yesterday mime­ographed
pamphlets telling perti­nent
facts about land grant colleges
in general and Auburn in particu­lar
were distributed to the staff
members. The pamphlet was pre­pared
by W. D. Salmon, animal
nutritionist for the Experiment
Station.
In discussing the cooperative
plan, Mr. Taylor said that students
benefiting this year number 80
as compared to 20 last year, the
first year the plan operated. All
of these students are employed
by the industrial firms of Ala­bama.
Under the plan the students
work six months of each year and
attend college six months in three-month
shifts. Two students are
employed for each position, one
attending college while the other
stays on the job. Students enter­ing
college Sept. 5 of this year
went back to work Dec. 5, and
will return to Auburn again
March 5.
The cooperative education plan
was established last year by the
Board of Trustees in order to aid
Running a steady race for
the e n t i r e course of 2.7 miles,
Rat Russell of Rew's Wildcats
finished first in the annual
ODK with a time of 15:16.7.
George Whittney, Kappa Sig,
came in second, running
some 150 yards behind Rus­sell.
As the starting gun cracked,
Ernest Burgin, red-shirted PiKA
pledge from Birmingham, took
the lead, with George Whittney,
Kappa Sig, second, and Craig Lee
Jackson, Sigma Nu, third.
Gradually, during the race,
Whittney pulled into the lead, but
as the race neared the finish at Ag
Hollow, Russell, non-frat man,
pulled ahead and crossed the line
to win the race.
The record, 14:55.6, was set
last year by Herbert Drake, Sigma
Chi.
Winners Listed
1. Harry Carter Russell, non-fraternity;
2. George Whittney,
Kappa Sigma; 3. Robert Dunbar,
Delta Sig; 4. Tony Lipscomb, Pi
KA; 5. Gibson; G. C. L. Jackson,
Sigma Nu; 7. Wofford Dawsey,
non-fraternity; 8. S. D. Collier,
Sigma Nu; 9. Ernest Burgin, Pi K.
A.; 10. James McCorstin, non-fra­ternity;
11. Robert Morton, non-fraternity;
12. George Letson, A.
T. O.; 13. Gordon Brooks, S. P. E.;
14. Frank Manci Jr., non-frater­nity.
15. Deming Jones, S. A. E.; 16.
Bert Powell, Pi Kappa Phi; 17.
Thomas W. Perry, non-fraternity;
18. H. G. Grace, non-fraternity;
19. Mohns Thornton, Theta Chi;
20. Russell Ambrose, non-frater­nity;
21. William Gurganus, non-fraternity;
22. Roland Fry, Tau Ep-silon
Phi; 23. L. F. Inman, non-fraternity;
24. G. L. Smith, non-fraternity;
25. Bill Farmer, SAE.
Frizes, Awards Are Listed
Tiger Theater: Month's pass to
the show to the winner, two weeks'
pass to the second and third win­ners,
and 25 passes to all cake
Iwinners for the show tomorrow.
Bill Ham: the following amounts
of credit for dry cleaning—one
dollar to the winner, one dollar to
number 13, and two dollars to
number 302 ("Roundman's" phone
number).
Sammy's: a sweater to the win­ner,
a belt to the second winner,
and a tie for number three.
College Inn, Auburn Grille, and
Hitchcock's Coffee Shop are each
giving four steak dinners to the
first four men crossing the finish
line.
Benson's: an ice cream soda to
all 25 cake-winners.
Webb's: four victrola records to
the fraternity winning the trophy.
Homer Wright's, Toomers, and
Tiger Drug Store are each giving
a carton of cigarettes or the equiv­alent
in trade to the winner.
Kurtesy Sandwich Shop: one
dollar in trade to the first and last
man crossing the line.
Burton's Book Store: a Tiger
mascot pennant to the winner.
Cakes for the winners were
furnished by Collins Baking:
Company of Columbus, makers
of Colonial Bread, and not by
Colonial Baking Company, as
the advertisement on page three
states.
Awards Be Given at Dance
All prizes and awards to fresh­men
will be presented tonight at
the ODK-"A" Club dance at the
WPA Hall at 10:20. The first 25
contestants crossing the finish line
will receive their cakes from Miss
Auburn and a group of selected
beauties, who will be on hand to
make the presentations. All cake-winners
will be admitted free to
the dance, and must be there to
receive their awards. At the cer­emony
Miss Auburn will present
the first-place winner with his
large three-layer cake and con­gratulate
him with a kiss.
PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1938
The Auburn Plainsman
Published Semi-Weekly By The Students
Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
Editorial and business offices at Lee County Bulle­tin
Office on Tichenor Avenue. Phone 448. Editor
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Editorial Staff
Managing Editor
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Sports Editor
News Editor
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Business Staff
Assistant Business Manager .Bob Armstrong
Assistant Business Manager Julian Myrick
Office Manager BUI Carroll
Layout Manager V. V. Mitchell Jr.
ODK Cake Race
Some hardy—and lucky—freshman is to­day
the winner of the traditional Freshman
Cake Race. What has he won, anyway, for
night after night of rigorous training, for
sore muscles and strained limbs?
He gets a cake, of course, but he's so up­set
from the race t h a t all of it will be eaten
by solicitous fraternity brothers before he
recovers. The kiss from Miss Auburn is
something, but after all kisses come cheap
around here. A month's pass to the show is
a little more solid and substantial, but two
months from now the winner will have for­gotten
he had that.
Local merchants have been most coopera­tive
in donating awards for the winners,
and both the sponsors of the race and the
contestants appreciate them. But we know
t h a t such spontaneous and wholehearted in­t
e r e s t in an event is not because of t h e mere
material awards winners will receive.
Why, tell us, will common ordinary fresh­men,
often so irresponsible, t r a i n so rigorous­ly
for this annual event? For the fleeting
glory of being one of the lucky twenty-five
to consume a free soda at a downtown drug­store?
For a pass to the show? Or, if he is
lucky enough to come in second, or third, or
fourth, for the two-weeks theater pass and
t h e steak dinners he gets
The prizes are fine, of course, and add some
reason for running, but in t h e final analysis
t h e awards are not the most important fac­tors
which compel freshmen to run.
Desire for clean fun and hard competition
and eagerness to participate in a traditional
Auburn contest are the real compulsions.
Congratulations to t h e winner of the race
and to the next twenty-four crossing the
line. Yours will be the prizes and awards.
Congratulations to all other freshmen who
completed the course—down to t h e last man.
All of you did your part in keeping alive one
of t h e best and oldest of Auburn's traditions.
Shakespeare
Have you ever misused the "King's Eng­lish,"
wondered what would happen at the
"crack of doom," or told some lengthy speak­er
t h a t "brevity is t h e soul of w i t ? " Unawares
or not, you were using phrases coined by
William Shakespeare 300 years ago, and you
were making a partial answer to that vex­ing
question, "What does Shakespeare mean
to me?"
Many students have wondered why they
should be concerned with the dusty works
of this man dead t h r e e centuries ago, and the
question is legitimate in the light of common
Shakespeare teaching. High school pupils
r e a d over a couple of his plays once, hear
h im called "mighty Shakespeare" and other
resounding terms, and accept him as the
l i t e r a r y institution of Englishmen without
knowing exactly why. Many college students
a r e never exposed to h im at all.
There are, however, sound reasons why
Shakespeare should not be neglected. The
English language would be poorer but for
him. He coined over a thousand new words,
and his plays have countless quotations used
by English-speaking people everywhere.
But this is a minor point. We are most
concerned with the dramatic value of his
plays. Shakespeare was a practical man of
t h e theater, and he wrote his plays, not pri­m
a r i l y to be read, but to be acted on a stage.
His characters are real people, with the
thoughts, actions, and emotions of all hu­manity.
Many of t h em are prototypes of hu­man
emotion. Othello is jealousy personi­fied;
Regan r a n k ingratitude; Macbeth over­mastering
ambition.
No Shakespearean play lacks t h a t essential
requirement of all good drama—action. "King
Lear," which the Auburn Players will pre­sent
next Monday night, abounds in it.
Swords clash as t r u m p e t s r i n g out, men drop
dead in full view of the audience; a grey­headed
man has his eyes gouged out as
blood streams down his face, and t h e old mad
king wanders through a raging s t o rm hurl­ing
defiance at the thunderbolts.
We have been too prone to read Shakes­peare's
plays for poetry alone, neglecting
his players. Monday night, A u b u r n will have
a chance to see these characters come to life
once more. J.H.W.
Tooting Our Own Horn
Every reporter and every editor likes to
see his work in print. But a greater t h r i l l al­ways
comes when work, once printed, is
thought worthy of publication by some oth­er
editor, who r e p r i n t s it in his paper.
The Plainsman this year has had a goodly
amount of its work r e p r i n t e d in both other
college papers and in the state press.
The fact that any state paper thinks work
appearing in a college paper, published by
students in their "spare" time, is worthy of
publication speaks well for the reporterial
and editorial staff of that paper. But when
s t a t e papers reprint work from a college
paper time and time again and comment edi­t
o r i a l ly on the "distinguished" work it is
doing, then it speaks doubly well for that
staff.
Too often students tell us t h a t "your paper
is good." But we know that no paper is any
b e t t e r than the staff that makes it possible.
And any compliment for excellent work be­longs
to t h e staff as a whole, not to any one
member.
Beginning with the first issue, the Plains­man
has been quoted by both collegiate edi­tors
and by the regular press. Numbers of
college editors r e p r i n t e d the Plainsman's list
of "Rat Rules" appearing in issue number
one. In t h e same paper was an article by "Mr.
Wareagle" on rushing at Auburn, which the
Davidsonian of Davidson College r e p r i n t e d in
full.
An editorial in issue number two on the
town of Disney, Oklahoma, was r e p r i n t e d in
t h e college press, and John Godbold's edi­torial
in the same issue, "To the Co-eds,"
was given space on the editorial pages of
Tennessee college papers. At the press con­vention
in Cincinnati we met several editors
who confessed that they had run the same
editorial, too, often without a credit line.
However, we have not seen copies of the pa­pers
in which they say it appeared. The Edi­tor
received a l e t t e r expressing approval of
this article from the father of a co-ed here.
I n issue number three Roy Taylor's edi­torial
comments on "Why Bother Anybody"
merited at least one r e p r i n t that we know of
in a university student publicaion. And his
view on "Ambition" in issue number four
found a place in print again in the ediorial
columns of the Davidsonian.
J. H. Wheeler's editorial on the Czecho-slovakian
crisis, entitled "The Sane Course"
was copied in full by the Loyalo Maroon
from the fourth issue of t h e Plainsman.
A short Plainsman editorial in issue nine,
"Note to Reporters," commenting on a state­ment
in "This Morning" by John Temple
Graves II in t h e Birmingham News, appear­ed
in p r i n t in another Southern college paper.
Issue number t h i r t e e n contained a concise
editorial on "Swing Music" by Laurens
Pierce, which brought editorial comment
from John Temple Graves II and a compli­mentary
letter to t h e editor also.
The Montgomery Advertiser and the Eu-faula
Tribune expressed sympathy with the
front-page editorial in issue fourteen on
student conduct on the special t r a i n s to Mont­gomery.
Benjamin Russell, President of the Ala­bama
State Chamber of Commerce, and a
guest editorial writer, wrote in issue sixteen
on "Alabama and Her Problems," and the
Advertiser published the rather lengthy ar­ticle
in full.
Columnist J o h n Godbold took Grover Hall,
Editor of the Advertiser, to task in issue
number nineteen for a sentence regarding
President Roosevelt in an editorial in Mr.
Hall's paper. Reply came in the form of an
explanation on the editorial page of the
Montgomery paper.
Last Monday's Advertiser carried on its
sport page a full reprint of an editorial by
J o h n Ivey, which appeared in issue twenty-five
of the Plainsman, on the fine job of the
Auburn football team during the season.
All in all we are proud of the respect that
other newspapers evidently have for the
Plainsman. It is a great compliment to a
faithful, unpaid, and hardworking staff.
Well!
By John Ivey Jr.
DICTATORS AND RELIGION:
During the past few months there
have been many acts on the part
of the strong men of Europe that
met with adverse comment from
the outside world, but there seems
to be one great difference in the
policies of the German and Italian
dictatorships. This point arises on
the ever-present sore point of the
religion of the masses.
Although in Germany this ques­tion
is one that has been more or
less decided by Hitler and his
staff through much publicity and
strong-arm methods, a policy
of oppression on the church organ­izations
and officials; Mussolini
has refrained from bringing this
issue directly before the citizenE
under his form of government.
When the question of Jewish op­pression
was brought to front ir
Italy some time back, there war
a strong feeling against such ac­tion
brought by the high member?
of the Church which was support­ed
by a large part of the popula­tion.
Although there has been some
action taken against the non-Ary­ans
in Italy, the policy has not
been pushed for fear of the unitec"
opposition which the Church does
have to the movement.
The Italian dictator will not take j
drastic means to cripple the power
of the church in Italy because o*
the power that the organization
does hold over the citizens. Mus­solini
seems to have sensed thf
fact that if he were to make an
issue on which the people would
have to take a choice—the Church
or Mussolini—that there might be
greater part of his subjects on
the side of religion.
* * *
SWING IS DEAD: The rule of
the knock down drag out swing is
over 'tis said. Bands are now try­ing
to get at a style called sweet
swing. According to Benny Good­man,
"The public is gradually
drifting away from the noisy un-melodic
type of music that des­cended
upon them so unexpecting-ly
a few years back."
A report from the Internation­al
Federation of Hot Clubs, a
group that tries to make for better
popular music, states, "Bands have
commercialized the novelty to an
extent that i(swing) music is too
loud and the melody too subordi­nated,
often thrown away."
We can still swing, but it has
got to be quieter and more in "in
the world" or something!
* * *
UNDER the very capable direc­tion
of Adolph Hitler, the anti-
Jewish campaign of the German
government is being carried into
new and more drastic stages of
persecution. The dictator has sub­stituted
the proverbial chip on the
shoulder for a tree trunk or may­be
a whole forest.
The Jew is now drafted to do
"compulsory labor" on construc­tion
jobs throughout the totala-tarian
state. In this country we
have another name for such "com­pulsory
labor." Herr Hitler may
have it explained as being addit­ional
payment for the life of that
obscure under-secretary whose
death has cost the Jewish race so
much money and hardship.
The workers on these construe-
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Prof: "Name two ways to turn a man's head."
Co-ed: "Rattle money or rustle a skirt."
* * *
She: "You're the kind of man a woman can trust."
He: "Say, haven't we met before? Your faith is famaliar."
* * •
He: "Am I the only man you have ever kissed?"
She: "Was that a kiss?"
* * *
McKenney: "There hasn't been much stirring around the house
lately."
Troup (in a stupor): "How's that?"
McKenney: "Somebody stole the spoons."
* • *
The Plainsman is acquiring: quite an extensive collection of
jokes, old and new, good and bad—a lot of bad ones, to be frank.
The winners of the free passes to the Sunday and Monday show
at the Tiger, "Out West With the Hardys," are: Sarah Smith, K. L.
Johnson, Jack Carmichael, Gene Knight, and Robert Gibbons.
They may secure their passes from the box office of the Tiger
Theater, NOT from the Plainsman office.
* * *
Recently, a jury in North Alabama was deliberating over the
fate of a negro, who was on trial for his life. Noon came, and the
jury sent out for eleven plate lunches and a bale of hay.
* • •
She: "How was the swimming practice?"
He: "Fine, a lot of good men were uncovered."
Punchboard
Gibbons and Strong
1939. JUST OFF THE PRESS IS
the 1939 edition of "Dr. Miles'
tion jobs are identified from the j New Weather Almanac and Hand-non-
Aryan individuals by a yel­low
band worn on their arm—the
Germans must not be contami­nated
by association—only by the
national policies.
* * *
THE TABLES WERE TURNED
at the engineers' ball at Laramie
University just recently. The law
students of the institution are the
traditional enemies of the engi­neers
and for this reason they
made an attempt to throw a mon­key
wrench into the works. The
monkey wrench was a hatfull of
rats, tiny white ones—the works
was the annual engineers' dance.
The rats were supposed to break
up said social affair by making
the members of the fair sex who
happened to be present vacate the
ballroom in any manner possible.
The rats were turned loose, but
instead of making the expected
exit the women scooped up the
rats and began to shower them
with affection while the dates of
the rat lovers gasped in awe.
Nino Martini, leading Metropol­itan
opera tenor, paid two fines
in kangaroo court at the University
of Iowa for violation of the Men's
Week code. His offenses: Wearing
a necktie and walking with two
co-eds. The sentence: "You will
have to kiss both the co-eds in
public." "That," said Mr. Martini,
"is more like it." He complied
without ado.
* * *
Chester Martin, Louisiana State
University senior, collects bulle­tins
on farm subjects as a hobby.
book of Valuable Information,"
presenting in its accustomed sim­plicity
a wealth of this and that
for all members of the household.
As evidence of our own interest,
we acklowledge that we picked
up the "almanac," the lunch-hour
only minutes away, and had lit­erally
to tear ourselves loose at
midnight in order to grab thirty-nine
or forty winks, finding, when
we reached our pillow that sleep
was impossible. Visions of anti-ac­idity
tablets, equinoctial dates, zo­diacal
signs, corn-planting moons,
and weather forecasts, with a
sheep-like obedience, kept jump­ing
over the bedstead until dawn;
and we arose, deeply impressed
by the magnetism of factual com­pilations.
Of interest to pre-medical stu­dents
should be the many testi­monials
scattered through this vol­ume,
some inspired by relief af­ter
as much as twenty-three
years of suffering. Such insight
into the annals of medicine imbues
one with a sense that no patient is
lost until the Stygian limousine
backs up to the door.
» * *
313-315. AT APPROXIMATE­LY
4:10 the instructor ambles in.
He is weary. One knows by his
gait that he is very weary. Mr.
Pierce is asked not to indulge in
hatchet-throwing. Sometime Mr.
Pierce complies with the request.
The instructor seats himself, gazes
into the top of his desk. He scrat­ches
his head as if to say: "So this
is a writing class!"
Your feet, Mr. Flowers . . . Roll
Editor's Mailbox
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Auburn Student:
We want to be the very first
to wish you the merriest Christ­mas
and the happiest New Year
of this season. In just a few days,
Christmas holidays will be here,
and you will be on your way
home. May we wish for you, that
the peace and the joy of Christ be
yours in every relationship this
Christmas time.
One thing Christmas time ought
to make you think of, that is
Christ and His Church. Will you
not begin, this very next Sunday,
to attend Sunday School, BYPU,
and church services regularly?
call . . . Mr. Boswell is coming . . .
when? . . . So is Mr. Stanton com­ing
. . . Several unexcused absen­ces
. . . I did not make the rule—
I merely appy it . . .
Elbow on the desk, the long arm
of the Law moves out and the ac­cusing
finger points—first: "Mr.
Saad;" second: "Mr. Elsberry—
Oh, but when, Mr. Elsberry,
when?"
At 4:30 Miss Thompson arrives.
So what? At 4:50 Mr. Vogel's hat
goes on and cigarettes appear in
the hands of several. Is it suppos­ed
to be funny? A hearty invita­tion
to all who wish to attend the
Writers' Club. So what?
It is nearly five o'clock. The in­structor
compares time with sev­eral
very nervous watch-watch­ing
students. An agreement is
reached, setting the time at 4:57.
At 5:00 the instructor goes to hear
freshman book-reports. Imagine
that, after the stimulus of a writ­ing
class!
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
ONE of the prime objectives of
a student's coming to college is the
gaining of education from con­stant
association with learned men.
In many ways that kind of educa­tion
is far more valuable than that
which is gleaned from books a-lone.
To be in contact with a man who
is well versed in some certain
field, to share his viewpoints and
his ideas, are some of the highest
opportunities which come with be­ing
a college student.
Some of the finest men we have
ever known are Auburn faculty
members. It is a pleasure to as­sociate
with them, talk with them,
and maybe argue a little. When
one comes to know them, most of
them are pretty swell fellows.
Yet, in spite of all this we stu­dents
do about all we can to dis­courage
student-professor rela­tionships.
The student who asks
a number of questions in class may
be really seeking information, but
not so in the opinion of his fel­lows.
He is undoubtedly "brown-nosing."
If a student happens to
meet a professor and walk down
the street with him he is met by
the sly grins and winks of the
boys. If a student drops by the
office of a faculty member to talk
over some problem that may be of
mutual interest, or maybe just to
bull a little with a man he likes,
the boys give him the works—he's
a "boot-licker."
The attitude of those of us who
are scornful is rather hard to un­derstand.
But seeing the reasons
for our actions is futile. The fact
remains that we are doing our
part in breaking down one of the
highest aims of education.
* * *
GOVERNOR-ELECT DIXON is
showing all Alabama that he
means business when it comes to
being governor of a state. He has
long been earnestly at work oil­ing
the machinery of his admin­istration,
which will go into office
next January.
Some of the old-liners are
probably shocked by the reforms
which he is proposing and accord­ing
to all appearances will put
through.
Probably the most surprising *
Dixon-proposed measure is a merit
system for the selection of the les­ser
state employees. According to
most information, the system will
be administered by a non-political
agency, jobs being awarded on the
basis of examination. Some of the
politicians who every four years
put their brothers, sisters, cousins,
and roommates on the state pay­roll
are probably tearing their
hair over this one.
Another reform will be the elim­ination
of many boards and com­missions
in favor of one-man
boards or managers. This will cut
down on the number of state em­ployees
and centralize authority.
Dixon had also gone on record
as favoring a constitutional a-mendment
permitting use of vot­ing
machines in counties which so
desire. The ballot-box staffers are
losing sleep over this one.
He hopes to outlaw the voting
of absentee ballots by mail. The
head of one of the none-too-clean
city rings in one of our larger mu­nicipalities
is, we will bet out
last buck, considering suicide, in
view of the several hundred frau­dulent
absentee ballots which he
has voted in every election.
Periodical re-registration of
voters is another reform favored
by the governor-elect. This would
do away with much of the fraudu­lent
voting of deceased citizens,
citizens no longer residents of
Alabama, and the like.
Dixon would also permit citi­zens
to re-qualify as voters by
paying two years' back poll tax.
Alabama is now the only state
which compels its citizens to pay
all their back poll taxes before
they can vote.
Dixon's plan of streamlining the
state government seems to be
meeting with wide approval. All
he will need will be cooperation
and backing.
Next Sunday, Dec. 11, we will
observe as special Christmas Sun­day.
The Student Night Program,
as presented at the home churches,
will be given at 7:00 p. m., in con­nection
with BYPU. You are urg­ed
to attend this, and other spec­ial
services of the day.
"Roll out," instead of "roll over,"
on Sunday morning, and let us
count you as one of us in our
BSU work. We need your pres­ence.
You can help in many ways.
Make the rest of this school year
"go-to-church-time."
With the season's heartiest
greetings,
The Baptist Student Union
meat • • • • • • •
1
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Middle West Teams Again in Power;
Dominate AP's All-American Team
The Middle West, returning to
football power after a one-year
lapse, dominated the 14th annual
All-American team, selected by
the Associated Press on the basis
of a nation-wide survey of expert
opinion.
From that geographical sector,
no fewer than five players were
named to the first team, along
with two from the East, two from
the Southwest, and one each from
the South and the Far West.
However, it remains for the Old
South, including the Southwest
area, to earn a heavy plurality on
the All-Star squad of 33, includ­ing
first, second, and third teams.
The first team was composed of
Brud Holland, Cornell, and Wal­ter
Young, Oklahoma, at ends;
Joe Beinor, Notre Dame, and Al
Wolff, Santa Clara, at tackles;
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Ralph Heikkinen, Michigan, and
Ed Bock, Iowa State, guards; Ki
Aldrich, T. C. U., at center; and
the backfield was composed of
Davey O'Brien, T. C. U., Parker
Hall, Mississippi, John Pingel,
Michigan State, and Marshall
Goldberg, Pitt.
Auburn's captain and outstand­ing
tackle, Bo Russell, was named
on the second team by the A. P. It
was stated that he gave the lead­ers
a tough scrap for their first
team selection and it was also
stated that Russell had been vir­tually
a 60-minute performer for
Auburn. Two other Tiger players
received honorable mention—Mil­ton
Howell, guard, and Speck Kel­ly,
halfback.
All League Volleyball Games
Must Be Played This Week
All league volleyball games
must be played this week, an­nounced
Billy McGehee, chairman
of the committee on intramural
sports, in order that next week
will be free for play-offs.
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Although failing to increase his
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Hall, Mississippi's All-Amer­ican
halfback, wound up the sea­son
far ahead of all rivals for
Southeastern Conference scoring
honors.
The figures for Hall stood at 72,
amassed by 11 touchdowns and
six points after touchdown.
Jim Fordham, Georgia fullback,
moved into second place with
eight touchdowns for a total of
48 points by virtue of his 76 yard
dash that gave the Bulldogs their
only score against Miami.
Bowden Wyatt, Tennessee end
and captain, boosted his total to
44 points by tallying a touchdown
and two points after in the Vols'
rout of Ole Miss.
The leaders follow
Player '
Hall, Miss.
Fordham, Georgia
Wyatt, Term.
Brunner, Tulane
Nix, Miss State
Coffman, Tenn.
Banker, Tulane
Kavanaugh, La. State
Bradford, Ala.
Johnson, Fla.
Davis, Kentucky
Kelly, Auburn
Foxx, Tenn.
Wallen, Tenn.
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SPORTS CHATTER
By Bill Troup
Jerome "Braud" Holland, All-American negro end at
Cornell for the past two years, is study scientific agriculture,
planning to dedicate his life to improving the living con­ditions
of his race . . . Four brothers are members of the
Brooklyn Bruins hockey team.
They are Gino, Ben, Vito, and Red Genchl . . . Rowing- is the
only widely practiced intercollegiate sport in Europe . . . Football
referees in Italy have full police power . . . If a patron or player
becomes obstreperous the man with the whistle can call the
wagon.
T. C. U.'s undefeated football squad averages less than 20
years of age . . . Mme. Simone Mathieu of France, who has
ranked among the world's first ten women tennis players for
a decade, was married at 15.
Ray Mallouf, S. M. U. sophomore back, completed 92 per cent
of his forward passes as a freshman . . . Minnesota's first call for
hooky candidates brought out 122 . . . Lloyd Budge, brother of Don,
is tennis pro at the Miami Biltmore hotel.
Marquette University has no football captain, although
twenty members of the squad led their teams in high school
. Jimmy Isaminger, the Philadelphia sage, explains the
abandonment of football at Sing Sing . . . Says the alumni
aren't interested.
John Henry Lewis, born May 1, 1914, is just thirteen days
younger than Joe Louis, whom he meets for the heavyweight
championship in Madison Square Garden on Jan. 27 . . . Every
team in the National Professional Football league except Pitts­burgh
will show a profit for the season.
Jim Reilly has coached Rutgers swimmers for thirty-two
years . . . Ernie Nevers, former Stanford All-American half­back,
returned to the Chicago Cardinals last week as coach
. . . Since he retired as playing coach of the Cardinals in
1932, Nevers has been coaching in college.
As a player he ranks with Eckersall, Grange, Thorp, and Nag-urski
. . . Jim Dawson, New York sports writer, is Joe Di Maggio's
business manager . . . The veteran National league umpires, Bill
Klem and Charley Moran, are reported ready to retire.
George Dixon, captain and tackle of the Millikin team,
has played every minute of twenty-seven consecutive games
. . . Only two English fighters even won world championships
in the United States . . . They were Bob Fitzsimmons and
Ted (Kid) Lewis.
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Already Underway
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Led by Captain Art Ousley, Au­burn's
swimming team is prac­ticing
regularly in preparation for
the oncoming meets which have
been scheduled. This year the Au­burn
acquatic stars expect to have
one of their most successful sea­sons.
The team is well balanced,
being well fortified with dash
men, distance men, and divers.
There are capable performers in
most of the departments and an
unusual number of breaststroke
men.
Meets have been planned as fol­lows:
Georgia, Feb. 11, in Au­burn;
Georgia Tech, Feb. 12, here;
Emory at Emory, Feb. 23; Ten­nessee
at Tennessee, Feb. 24.
Coach Ralph Jordan Begins Practice
For Season's Games in Basketball
By Boots Stratford
Last Friday afternoon a band of
Tiger basketeers pranced out on
the hardwood for the first offi­cial
practice of the current sea­son
led by Co-Captains Tommie
Edwards and Malvern Morgan. Ti­ger
hopes are high this year for
a most successful season, for of
last year's crack team composed
of Holmes and Morgan at the for­ward
posts, Tommie Edwards at
center, and Captain Rex McKissick
and Ray Gibson at the guard po­sition,
only McKissick and Ray
Gibson was lost by the diploma
route and his shoes will be filled
in more than capable fashion by
Andrew Curlee, brilliant guard of
season before last who has re­turned
to school.
Red Childers, tall center, who
played a lot of swell basketball
before he was rendered hors de
combat by a knee injury, is also
back and will make the Tigers ex­tremely
strong at the tip up po­sition.
Coach Ralph Jordan, who is
regarded as one of the best cage
coaches in the South and who is
starting his sixth season as mentor
of the Plainsmen, was greeted in
practice Friday by the following
array of talent: Malvern Morgan,
Holmes, Theron Karge, Bill Dud­ley,
and Bobby Dickinson, for­wards;
Tommie Edwards and Red
Childers, centers; and Ray Gib­son,
Andrew Curlee, John Huff,
and Pappas, guards. Freshman ma­terial
is not expected to add much
to the strength of the squad. How­ever,
Charlie Hamn, a forward,
is expected to be a strong conten­der
in the race for one of the
sharpshooter posts.
First game of the season will be
here Dec. 16 with Lanett as an
opponent—first Conference game
will be January 13 with the Ti­gers
of little Sewanee furnishing
the opposition.
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1938
Girls' Glee Club
Here Yesterday
The Alabama College Glee Club
appeared at the Lee County High
School yesterday morning at 10:-
50 o'clock for a 40-minute pro­gram.
The club is on a tour of
high schools, among which are al­so
included Opelika and Tuske-gee.
No admission was charged
at the program tomorrow, but the
listeners were given a chance to
make a voluntary contribution.
The Montevallo Glee Club has
within recent years built a fine
reputation as one of the outstand­ing
choral organizations of Ala­bama.
The group of 30 that sung
here is selected from an organi­zation
of 75 voices.
During the past season the Club
made more than 50 appearances.
In churches 18 programs of wor­ship
music were given and 18
were given in schools. The re­maining
concerts were before mu-
Pi Kappa Phi's Celebrate
Founders' Day with Banquet
Alpha Iota of Pi Kappa Phi is
celebrating its Founders' Day
with a banquet tonight at the
chapter house. According to Pi
Kappa Phi members, plans are be­ing
formulated to make it the big­gest
celebration in the history of
Star At Tiger
An Ideal Gift For Him
Klenzo, Lavender, Williamson
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sic clubs and P.-T. A. groups. The
singers traveled more than 3,000
miles. The present tour is the sec­ond
this season.
An interesting feature which has
found a permanent place in all of
the club programs is comment on
the numbers by Harrison D.
Le Baron, director of the Alabama
College School of Music.
The program offers music of
widely contrasted types, including
modern as well as folk songs. A
cantata setting of one of the
world's great! poems concludes the
program. This year the poem used
is Poe's "The Bells," or Rosetti's
"The Blessed Damozel."
Among the numbers listed in
the secular program, from which
selections were made for the
concert tomorrow, are such favo­rites
as Song of the Sea, The Bells,
Czechoslovakian Dance Song,
Gianniana Mia, Last Night, Love's
a Merchant and American Lulla­by,
the latter two sung by Edith
Dees, the Club soprano.
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Pictured above are two youthful and popular stars who play in
the Sunday and Monday show at the Tiger, "Out West With the
Hardys."
'King Lear'
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to visit Regan. Kent is sent in ad­vance
to announce his coming.
Goneril writes to Regan urging
hostility toward their father, and
dispatches the letter by Oswald.
Regan and Cornwall are visit­ing
at the Earl of Gloucester's
lastle, where Kent and Oswald go
to find them. The two messengers
arrive simultaneously, come to
blows, and rouse the house. Kent
Is set in the stocks by Regan and
Cornwall. Lear arrives to find his
messenger humiliated, and Regan
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MAIL ORDERS DISPATCHED DAY RECEIVED
the local chapter.
Among the alumni present will
be Howard Leake, past Executive
Secretary of Pi Kappa Phi, who
will be awarded a citation for
meritorious service.
George Hiller, secretary of the
Auburn chapter, will serve as
toastmaster.
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity was
founded at the College of Char­leston
in 1904. Alpha Iota chap­ter
was established in 1926.
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unwilling to receive him at her
castle unless he first apologizes to
Goneril for his curse on her. The
proud old king, his reason under­mined
by the ingratitude of his
daughters, rushes out into a how­ling
thunderstorm, accompanied
only by his faithful Fool. Here he
wanders, shouting his mad de­fiance
to the elements, until he is
found by Kent and taken to shel­ter
in a nearby hovel.
At Dover, Cordelia finds her
father wandering about in his
madness, garbed in wild flowers.
Gradually she restores his sanity
through her devotion.
Tragedy Brings Fatal End for
Many
Edmund, bastard son of old
Gloucester, trusted friend of the
king, has become a power in the
kingdom, and Goneril and Regan
have both fallen in love with him.
Regan is poisoned by her jealous
sister and dies. Goneril and Ed­mund
then plot against the life of
Albany, who finds them out and
arrests both on charges of capi­tal
treason. Goneril stabs herself,
and Edmund is killed in a formal
trial by combat with his brother
Edgar. He repents of his misdeeds
when dying, but his repentance
comes too late to save Cordelia's
life. She is hanged in prison as Al­bany's
messenger rushes to stay
the execution. The old Lear tries
to protect her, kills the hangman,
and then dies himself of a broken
heart. The grim tragedy of ingrat­itude
ends with Cornwall, Regan,
Goneril, Edmund, Lear, and Cor­delia
dead, Gloucester blinded,
and Edgar, Kent, and Albany left
to rule the kingdom.
Presbyterian League Will
Conduct Night Service
Young people of the Presbyter­ian
League will present a special
Christmas season program at the
church next Sunday night at 7:30
o'clock.
A play and special music will
be features of the program. Elea­nor
Scott will direct the play,
while Robin Russell, organist, will
have charge of the musical pro­gram.
The program follows: organ
postlude; hymn, "It Came Upon
A Midnight Clear;" Invocation,
Rev. S. B. Hay; Scripture read­ing;
hymn, "Holy Night;" play,
"The Answer," scene 1: violin so­lo,
Edward Wadsworth; scene 2 of
play; vocal solo, selected, Anne
MsRae; offertory; offering; ben­ediction
and organ postlude.
Miss Lucile Burton of the Wo­man's
Auxiliary, which group is
cooperating with the young peo­ple
in staging the program, stat­es
that the student group has been
presenting "unusually fine" prog­rams
throughout the fall, and the
public is cordially invited to at­tend
the Sunday evening prog­ram.
ROOM AND BOARD—Room
and 3 meals, $26. Room and 2
meals, $24. 3 meals, $18. 2 meals,
$16. Mrs. L. C. Owen, 281 East
Thach. Phone 32-J.
Auburn Grad Is Wed
In Maryland
The marriage of Mrs. Mary
Pinkston Thomas, formerly of
Montgomery and Mount Meighs,
now of Washington, D. C, to Law­rence
V. Lampson of Takoma
Park, Md., was quietly solemnized
Saturday, Nov. 26, at the manse
of the Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church with the Rev. R. Paul
Schearer officiant.
Following a visit to New York
City Mr. and Mrs. Lampson will
make their home at 1214 Floral
Street, N. W., Washington, until
spring, when they will go to Ta­koma
Park to make their home.
Mrs. Lampson is the daughter
of Mrs. Pauline Hill Pinkston and
the late Mr. Pinkston of Mount
Meigs.
Her ancestors were leaders in
the development of Montgomery
County and in affairs of the state.
Mrs. Lampson is an alumnus of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Mrs. Lampson is an alumnae of the
late Elbert L. Lampson and Mrs.
Mary H. Lampson of Jefferson,
Ohio. His father was a well-known
newspaper publisher in Ohio and
was a former lieutenant governor
of the state. Mr. Lampson is pres­ident
of the Lampson Insurance
Company and is an alumnus of
Oberlin College. He is vice presi­dent
of the Citizen's Bank in Ta­koma
Park, is a member of the
Country Club and Lions Club in
that city and is also affiliated
with the Takoma Lodge, No. 29,
F. A. A. M.
Prof. F. X. Carberry to Speak
To Textile Engineers Monday
Prof. F. X. Carberry, assistant
professor of economics, will speak
to the textile students on some
phase of economics pertaining to
the textile industry Monday night,
Dec. 12, at 8:00 p. m. in the tex­tile
building.
$1.00 FREE $1.00
If you want any painting: and
decorating: or your floor sanded
and reflnlshed during the holidays
call or see E. L. Teel. All work
guaranteed. Phone 299-M.
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the Cake Race FIRST and LAST
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RACE WINNERS
We are presenting Free Steaks to the first
four that crossed the finish line.
This is a treat to them we are sure, so why
not treat yourself to a nice juicy steak with all
the trimmings?
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