1938-09-27 The Auburn Plainsman

              Scabbard And Blade Taps Thirteen
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VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1938 NUMBER 7
Phi Lambda Upsilon Taps Three
Prominent Juniors
Chosen By Chemical
Society At Smoker
Three outstanding juniors, Wal­ter
J. Mueller, Francis H. Ger-hardt,
and Joe Mack Gafford,
were tapped for membership in
Phi Lambda Upsilon, national hon­orary
chemical society, at the an­nual
smoker of the society held
last night in Ross Chemical
Building.
Walter J. Mueller of Evansville,
Ind., is a member of the School
of Chemical Engineering and a
pledge of Delta Sigma Phi social
fraternity.
Francis H. Gcrhardt of Mobile
is registered in the School of
Chemistry, and was winner of the
freshman scholarship award given
by Phi Lambda Upsilon in 1937.
He is a member of Sigma Phi Ep-silon
social fraternity.
Joe Mack Gafford of Greenville
is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon
social fraternity and is registered
in the School of Chemical Engi­neering.
At the smoker it was also an­nounced
that the freshman schol­arship
award for last year goes to
James Robert Windham, who bare­ly
edged out Knox Millsap in the
race by 0.04 of a point. Windham's
name will be engraved on the
scholarship plaque which hangs in
the main hall of the chemistry
building.
Dr. Herman D. Jones gave an in­teresting
talk to the group on
"Vitamins," and discussed the re­sults
of research which has been
carried on in this field over a long
period of years.
Phi Lambda Upsilon is a nation­al
honorary chemical society and
has 33 chapters represented in col­leges
throughout the United
States. The purpose of the society
is: to foster a spirit of fellowship
among the students in the field of
chemistry, to promote a higher
standard of scholarship, to widen
the interest in the field of chem­istry
and its allied subjects, and
to place honor upon those stu­dents
deserving of recognition be­cause
of their meritorious work.
Members of Phi Lambda Up­silon
include: Sam Teague, pres­ident;
Roy Taylor, vice president;
Robert W. Powell, secretary; Prof.
R. E. Wingard, treasurer, and
Ernest H. Stewart, John E. Cobb,
John M. Eagan, Henry G. Sellars,
George D. Knight, Jack Brown,
Cecil Chilton, Larkin Wyers, and
Leon Picard.
Dilley To Speak
Tonight
Prof. Charles A. Dilley is to
speak to members and guests of
Delta Sigma Pi tonight at the
first chapter business and profes­sional
meeting of the year. Last
year he spoke to the group on the
subject of the Supreme Court. He
has been asked to speak on any
economic subject of current inter­est.
Supplementing a series of eight
speeches to be given at business
•convocations in Langdon Hall this
year will be six talks at professio­nal
meetings at the chapter's reg­ular
meeting place. Delta Sigma
Pi is seeking to provide the bus­iness
students of Auburn with an
opportunity to hear more speeches
by men who have had experience
in the active business world.
Prof. Dilley has had considera­ble
experience in business prev­ious
to his entering the teaching
profession. He has made a study
of political science and economics
and has had occasion to learn the
"inside" story on America's big
businesses.
The speech is to be given at 8
o'clock in Room 300, Broun Hall
tonight.
PWA Grants For Auburn Approved
'WHERE IS THE GLOMERATA?' IS CRY
AS PUBLICATION DATE ARRIVES
Stop that Ripple.
Pulp-Paper Production
Is Late On Publication
Date; Farley Speaks
By Foliticus
Flash! Flash! Lanky Cuthbert
Farley, between quaffs of a 32-
ounce stein of beer, said in a
statement to the press at 11:59
last night: "The Glomerata will
positively be ready for distribu­tion
immediately after the Mis­sissippi
State Game Oct. 14,
maybe, I hope, after all."
We are trying to break the news
to you easy-like, and we're hop­ing
you won't be too, too disap­pointed,
but that orphan of the
publication world, the Glomera­ta,
is late again. "Where is the
Glomerata?" is the question that
scores of anxious students asked
as the announced publication date
for the annual annual arrived, but
no publication appeared.
Yours not to reason why, yours
but to moan and sigh, till it puts
in an appearance sometime next
month—we hope, we hope, we
hope.
However, if you're one of those
curious people that just has to
know the why and wherefore of
everything, choose one of the ex­planations
listed below and let it
go at that:
a. Press broke down.
b. Lost their scissors.
c. Editor and business manager
drunk.
d. They don't know no jokes.
e. Too busy counting their money.
We assure you, however, that
this concoction of humor, fun, fri­volity,
phantasy, and so on, is
well worth waiting for, seeing as
how Auburn's most talented
writers of laugh-provoking litera­ture
have combined forces for the
final barrage of gags, gals, and
giggles.
Littering the pages of the pulp-paper
production will be found at
least two or three interesting pho­tographs
and a scandal column,
which is said to contain- enough
dirt for a dozen or so libel suits.
A feature, "The Tale of A Single
Maiden," written in a morbid
mood, will send you to the depths
of despair, while "The Wages of
Gin" will drop you even lower.
Glomerata heads are most sec­retive
about the details of the
much-expected yearbook, but hin­ted
that it would at least be big­ger
than last year's.
Co-Ed Convocation
Is Held Friday
The first woman's student con­vocation
was held last Friday af­ternoon
at Broun Hall auditorium.
Doris White, president of the
Woman's Student Council, presid­ed
at this meeting.
Announcements of interests to
those present were made by Miss
Rosa Lee Walston, Mrs. Marion
Spidle, Miss Fannie Stollenwerck,
and Eleanor Scott, president of
Cardinal Key. Sara Lee Banks,
president of Sphinx, and Nellie
Ruth Ward, president of Theta
Upsilon, were introduced. Ann
McCrea presented the big and lit­tle
sister plan of this year. The
next meeting was designated for
the election of class representa­tives
to the W. A. A.
Brief speeches were made by
Miss Dobbs and Doris White. A
hundred and five girls were pres­ent
at the meeting.
Social Calendar Will Be
Open Until Wednesday
The social calendar for the se­mester
is complete except for
dates for those organizations not
represented at the drawing, says
George Knight of Selma, presi­dent
of the Interfraternity Coun­cil.
The calendar will remain open
until 6 p. m. Wednesday for the
benefit of those organizations that
did not have representatives pres­ent
at the drawing. All dates must
be reserved by this time Wednes­day,
as no changes may be made
after then.
John Ivey Jr. Undergoes
Operation In Montgomery
John Ivey of Auburn, star jun­ior
Plainsman reporter and a
member of the Executive Cabinet,
underwent an operation for ap­pendicitis
at St. Margaret's Hos­pital
in Montgomery Sunday af­ternoon.
Ivey's many friends will be glad
to know that word has come that
he stood the operation well and
that his condition is good.
'Stop That Ripple' To Be
Pep Bally Cry Thursday
The train which is to carry the
Auburn Tigers to New Orleans,
the scene of their next gridiron
battle with the Green Wave of
Tulane University, will leave Au­burn
at 9 o'clock Thursday night.
Head Cheerleader Charlie O'­Reilly
is counting on the support
of every Auburn student in giv­ing
the players a big send-off.
The Auburn band will be on hand
to furnish the music for the event.
All students are urged to be at
the station promptly at 8:45, so
that players and coaches can as
O'Reilly says, "go down there
with the determination to STOP
THAT RIPPLE, knowing that all
Auburn is behind them with that
'Old Auburn Spirit'."
Notice About Glomerata
Pictures Is Made
The following important notice
concerning individual student pic­tures
for the Glomerata was is­sued
today by Editor Perry
Schwartz:
AUBURN STUDENTS:
"If your picture appears in the
1939 Glomerata, it is imperative
that you report to Student Center
at the time indicated on the postal
card which will be sent to you.
"If you cannot report at the
time designated on the postal card,
be sure to go to Student Center at
once and make another appoint­ment.
Not more than two appoint­ments
will be made for you with
the photographer.
"It is the desire of the Glomera­ta
staff that the picture of every
student be carried in the book.
However, unless you co-operate
by reporting at the designated
time, your picture will have to be
omitted this year from the book.
"No student pictures taken in
previous years will be used in the
1939 Glomerata."
NOTICE
All N. Y. A. students who have
not as yet turned in weekly time
sheets for September's work must
see Miss Mary Miller McKinley
in Samford 107 not later than
Wednesday, Sept. 28, or they will
not be able to collect for their
work.
JOHN EAGAN of Bessemer
is Captain of Scabbard and
Blade, national honorary mili­tary
fraternity. He is a chemical
engineering student, a regimen­tal
colonel in R. O. T. C and
a member of Spades, O. D. K.,
Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Up­silon,
Lambda Chi Alpha, and
A. I. Ch. E.
Appointments In
Engineers Given
With the approval of the Presi­dent,
the following appointments
and assignments of officers in the
Engineer Unit of the Reserve Of­ficers'
Training Corps were an­nounced
today by Lt. Col. Fred
C. Wallace, Commandant:
ENGINEER REGIMENT
REGIMENTAL STAFF
Cadet Colonel, J. D. Hilleke; Ca­det
Major and Executive, T. F.
Karge; Cadet Captain and Ad­jutant,
A. D. Cox; Cadet Captain
and Intelligence Officer, E. M.
Knight; Cadet Captain and Plans
and Training Officer, J. A. Har-gett;
Cadet Captain and Supply
Officer, H. T. Bailey; Cadet First
Lt. and Personnel Adjutant, J. F.
Wells.
First Battalion
Cadet Lt. Col., David Rogers;
Cadet Captain and Adjutant, E.
W. Pate.
Cadet Captains
Company "A," J. G. Brown;
Company "B," R. R. Cain; Com­pany
"C," G. H. Young.
Cadet First Lieutenants
Company "A," T. J. Bowen, E.
O. Pearson; Company "B," F. K.
Bagby, T. H. Edwards; Company
"C," T. W. Webb, F. A. Ferguson.
Cadet Second Lieutenants
Company "A," D. M. Darden, S.
T. Bachus; Company "B," F. C.
Curry; Company "C," C. H. Mor­row.
Second Battalion
Cadet Lt. Col., G. L. Shumaker;
Cadet Captain ana Adjutant, M.
G. Kemp.
Cadet Captains
Company "D," O. M. Fletcher;
Company "E," W. C. Edington;
Company "F," George Wolff.
Cadet First Lieutenants
Company "D," S. T. Memory,
R. L. Watkins; Company "E," L.
E. Clark, J. H. Boykin; Company
"F," D. W. Benton, M. L. Moates.
Cadet Second Lieutenants
Company "D," K. H. McGregor,
H. C. Mabry; Company "E," G. R.
Doughtie, L. E. Wallace; Company
"F," S. H. Richardson.
Birmingham-Southern, Rice and
Villanova are the only no-South­eastern
Conference foes appear­ing
on Auburn's 1938 football
schedule of 10 games.
Dormitories, Stadium,
Library, And Infirmary
Are Approved
Administrator Harold L. Ickes
Saturday approved PWA projects
for building an athletic stadium,
library and infirmary for Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute at Au­burn.
Ickes complied with Pres­ident
L. N. Duncan's request for
100 per cent financing by PWA
and loaned $198,000 and granted
$162,000 outright.
Regional PWA Director H. T.
Cole said the athletic stadium and
field house would cost $160,000
while the library and infirmary
would cost $100,000 a piece.
Warren, Knight and Davis, ar­chitects,
of Birmingham have
drawn plans which call for a con­crete
stadium to seat 7,500 per­sons,
a library with a basic cost of
$100,000—books were not includ­ed
in this estimate— and an in­firmary
to tend the sick needs of
3,000 students.
NEWS FLASH
After this paper had partial­ly
gone to press this morning,
President L. N. Duncan receiv­ed
word that PWA officials in
Washington had approved the
application for erection of a wo­men's
dormitory unit amount­ing
to $560,000.
Including the four other
building projects approved
within the past few days, con­struction
amounting to $958,000
at Auburn is now authorized.
Dr. Duncan said that arrange­ments
were already underway
for receiving and the letting of
contracts in order that construc­tion
could be started by January
1, 1938.
The dormitory unit will in­clude
erection of four dormitory
buildings and a dining hall on
the area between the President's
home and Bullard Field. PWA
has approved the application
for erection of a new President's
Home and the present one will
be given over to a social center
for women students and for ad­ministrative
offices of women
faculty members.
The five buildings will form a
quadrangle with the present
home of the president on the
north and dining hall on the
south. The dormitories, which
will embody the best thought in
such construction, will house
400 women students.
Preliminary Plans Drawn
Dr. L. N. Duncan said today
that preliminary plans for all the
PWA projects had been drawn
and that construction would be
underway before January 1, 1939.
Architect for building program
is Warren, Knight and Davis,
Birmingham. Assisting Dr. Dun­can
with preparation of the ap­plication
for the new building has
been Ralph B. Draughon, college
executive secretary; and W. T. In­gram,
college accountant and pur­chasing
agent.
Approved Projects Listed
Projects approved, according to
AP reports, are a $160,000 stadium
and physical education building;
$100,000 additions to college lib­rary;
and $100,000 college infir­mary
and health center. Previous
approval by PWA officials had
been given to the new President's
home, $38,400. Other units in the
PWA applications include a wom­en's
dormitory group, $560,000; a
new classroom building, $200,000;
veterinary classroom and labora­tory
building, $150,000; and a farm
engineering building, $100,000.
Total amount of projects in Au­burn's
proposed building program
comes to $1,408,400.
The present loan, it is under­stood,
will be to build the first
unit of the stadium with a seating
capacity of 7,500. Ultimately the
stadium, with additions, will have
a seating capacity of 20,000.
Twelve Cadets, One Officer Are
Named After Drill This Morning
Twelve senior officers and
one army officer were elected
to membership in Company
L, Fifth Regiment of Scabbard
and Blade this morning at
drill. The tapping ceremony
took place immediately af
ter actual drilling ended. Of
the twelve cadet officers, nine
are artillerymen and three
are engineers.
The following men were
elected: Captain H. O. Pax-son,
Reginald Cain, William
Edington, Theron Karge, Tom
McCabe, Bob McNulty, Bill
Nichols, Bob Powell, Carl
Preer, Reid Roueche, Edwin
Sundberg, Marion Walker and
David Wittel.
Men Are Identified
Reginald Cain, Phenix City, is
registered in electrical engineer­ing
and is a captain in the engi­neers.
William Edington, an A. T. O.
taking industrial engineering, is
from Mobile and is a captain in
the engineers.
Theron Karge, registered in civil
engineering, is from East Roches­ter,
N. Y., and is a major in the
engineers.
Tom McCabe, a Delta Sig from
Dora, is studying agricultural en­gineering
and is Lt. Col. on the
Brigade staff in the artillery.
Bob McNulty, an ag student, is
from Medford, Mass., and is a
member of Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity. He is a captain on the
regimental staff in the artillery.
BUI Nichols, Sylacauga, is a stu­dent
in agriculture and is a lieu­tenant
colonel in the artillery.
Bob Powell, an A. T. O. from
Birmingham, is studying chemi­cal
engineering and is a lieutenant
colonel in the artillery.
Carl Preer, an Auburn resident,
is a captain in the field artillery
and is registered in science and
literature.
Reid Roueche, who is studying
industrial engineering, is a mem­ber
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra­ternity,
is a captain in the artil­lery,
and is from Birmingham.
Edwin Sundberg of Fairhope, a
Sigma Chi and a first lieutenant
in the artillery, is a student in
business administration.
Marion Walker, a student in
business administration, is from
Dothan and is a captain in the
motor battery of the artillery.
David Wittel, an Auburn resi­dent
and a Sigma Pi fraternity
man, is a cadet captain in the ar­tillery
and is taking business ad­ministration.
These men are to be initiated in
the near future in what is one of
the most colorful and exciting of
Auburn fraternity initiations.
Purposes Are Given
Scabbard and Blade is a na­tional
honorary military frater­nity.
Company L was installed
here in 1925. Qualifications for
membership are not based on mil­itary
efficiency alone, but upon
character and leadership also.
The purposes of Scabbard and
Blade are as follows: "To unite in
closer relationship the military de­partments
of American universities
and colleges, to preserve and de­velop
the essential qualities of
good and efficient officers, to pre­pare
ourselves as educated men to
take a more active part and to
have a greater influence in the
military affairs of the communities
in which we reside, and above all
to spread intelligent information
concerning the military require­ments
of our country."
History Of Transportation In Alabama
From Earliest Days To Present Given
By Peter A. Brannon,
Department of Archives and History, Montgomery
I saw the other day an illustration of the very latest, down-to-the-
minute demonstration of photographic art as scientifically per­fected,
this illustration being an actual photo of a long tangent of
Alabama highway, nothing shown other than that except in the
foreground, on the right, a forearm and prominently displayed
crooked thumb. The photographer had it titled "Transportation." At
the present time when the average college boy is concerned largely
with conserving his allowance by hitch-hiking, methods and means
of transportation over the years ought to interest thoughtful stu­dents.
Primitive man' either walked
from point to point, or if perchance
the distance was not too great and
he had a burden to carry, he
went in this southern country in
a dug-out or on a log raft. Sou­thern
birch bark does not permit
canoe making, but with a stone-axe
and torch our prehistoric
people could evolve a method of
transportation which served their
purpose and was reasonably con­venient.
A traveler in Alabama in
1776 rafted his goods (and he
seems to have had two or three
pony loads) on a boat made of
bundles of canes tied together with
muscadine vines which he pulled
back and forth across Pintala
Creek by two strong vines attach­ed
to the ends of the raft.
Early Roads
An Indian trail was not neces­sarily
the shortest distance be­tween
two points. Frequently they
went from town to town on the
ridge, .rarely through the bottom
lands, for in the wintertime these
were overflowed. Indian trails
were not roadways but they did
form a basis of the routes of our
earliest roadways and these roads
were traveled until recent years
when scientific engineering began
to straighten the crooked ones and
make grades, cuts, and fills. Ob­viously
our early travelers would
either walk a foot-log, swing
across with the aid of a convenient
hanging vine, or swim the stream.
When the travel became heavy
enough to encourage vehicles, the
hogshead fitted with trunions and
a shaft was the original convey­ance,
but carts soon superceded
these, and these vehicles must
have some way of crossing the
deeper streams, so Alabama's
original ferry boats came into be­ing.
Alabama seems to have en­joyed
the distinction of ferry boats
over a long period of time. We
have just in the last three or four
years freed the lately constructed
toll bridges which took their place.
The Natchez Trace, through the
northwest corner of the state, over
which went the original mail rider
in 1803, and the Federal Road con­structed
under the agreement of
1803 and 1805, which traversed the
entire state, were our earliest
roadways. Most of our early set­tlers
came over the Federal Trail
which prior to" its Government im­provement
was an Indian trail.
This route was from Fort Mitchell
on the Chattahoochee, by Fort
Bainbridge in Russell county, Fort
Hull and Polecat Springs in our
present Macon, and generally
southwest, to cross the Alabama
River at Claiborne, with one fork
going on to the Tensaw country,
whence the traveler reached Pen-sacola
and Mobile. The route was
from Milledgeville in Georgia to
the Tomtoigbee in the Mississippi
Territory. James Adair, a British
traveler, went over the trail in
1735 and Charleston Indian trad­ers
had been going over the route
as early as 1680. William Bartram,
an American naturalist then gath­ering
herbs for Fothergill's Gar­dens
in London, went this path in
1776 and 1777, and from then on
to the discontinuance of the stage
lines after 1840, it was perhaps
the most frequented route in the
southwest. Some traveled that
route in covered wagons, and per­haps
most of those who went that
way walked. Quite a few British
travelers passed through Alabama
between 1820 and 1840, and in
their journals they tell stories of
the gay caravans seen by them.
The women and children in most
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Concert Course
In asking for support for the concert
course which is to get under way here on
October 7 with the appearance of Rose
Bampton, mezzo-soprano, we feel that we are
asking for support for a project that is go­ing
to make a real contribution to campus
life.
The program that is going to be provided
is most attractive: a renowned singer, a Pul­itzer-
prize play, a 45-piece symphony orches­tra,
and two lecturers. Students will be able
to see and hear all these attractions for only
one dollar. We know of no better way stu­dents
could spend a dollar. Price for the fac­ulty
and the public for the same events is
three dollars. The college is subsidizing the
appearance of these events in order that stu­dents
may get the advantage of low-cost
entrance to the performances.
All fraternities and societies, as well as in­dividuals,
should cooperate most heartily
with the concert committee in buying tickets
for the events. In this way we can be assured
that events of this cultural nature will be
brought back next year and the years after
that.
Patronize the concert course. You will
be making a real contribution to student life.
Congratulations, Council!
The representatives on the Interfraternity
Council have our most hearty and sincere
congratulations on their recent action in cut­ting
down the number of dances each or­ganization
is allowed to give each year.
Drawing up a new social calendar that will
allow only one night dance to each organi­zation
per year will go far toward cutting
down on too-expensive functions, as well as
helping to erase some of the competition for
crowds and halls that too often in the past
has characterized Auburn dances.
Success Stories
There are many people who have their
own little success story and the formula
that goes with it to turn the world upside
down for them and bring riches and fame
tumbling down at their feet. A man who is
a success oftentimes does not realize how
he attained his fortunate position until he
looks back over his past and analyzes the
forces which ever moved him forward and
guided him on the way. Which brings to mind
this story:
There was once a humble glass-blower,
who, living and working by himself, had so
perfected his technique in the simple opera­tions
of glass-blowing that he was able to
duplicate in exact detail models of flowers
in glass, so skillfully done that it was im­possible
to tell without close examination
that they were not real. The coloring in the
glass flowers was so perfect in its imitation
of the living bloom that even the most deli­cate
shades were reproduced with minute
precision, incredibly accurate in detail of
the size, shape, and even the texture of the
leaves, stems, and intricate design of the
bloom itself. The glass blower never con­fided
in anyone the process by which he was
successful in duplicating the flowers in glass,
and many experts since his time have tried
the trick and have not been able to approach
his degree of perfection. Perhaps if he had
realized the importance of his feat, he would
have told someone the secret he guarded so
zealously.
These glass flowers are now on exhibition
in the museum of Harvard University and
are classed as one of the wonders of the
world. Although there are only a few of
them in existence, they are valued at several
hundred thousand dollars. People who have
seen them have wondered how such a thing
could possibly have been done with his
crude apparatus. It looks very simple on the
surface, but it is beyond the most brilliant
mind to explain. Glass-blowing is not a diffi­cult
art, but few people have mastered its
technique to any degree of success reached
by the genius who made the glass flowers.
Just as few people have a criterion by
which to guide their steps up the ladder of
success, and still fewer have any definite
conceptions of what a successful man really
is. Cornelius Vanderbilt dug down to the core
of the problem when he defined a successful
man as "one who does the common things
uncommonly well." R. T.
Working Their Way
Practically every educational institution
in the United States has a number of stu­dents
"working their way," partially or en­tirely,
through college.
If you asked any one of the students on the
campus just how much working his way
through meant to him, he would probably
say, "Well, I'm getting an education."
Various persons feel that the student who
doesn't have to worry about finances will be
more successful after leaving college be­cause
for four years he has accumulated a
great deal of technical knowledge and is
ready to "set fire to the world."
Perhaps this is true. But the student who
pays his own way sees college through dif­ferent
glasses. When a working student grad­uates
he finds that the world "outside" is
more or less the same as when he was an
undergraduate. Whereas the parent-depen­dent
student must necessarily "buy a new
pair of glasses," the working student substi­tutes
a pair without tinted lenses.
The student who must of necessity balance
his own budget will know how to make ends
meet after graduation. He will not be upset
by routine because he has been on a four-year
schedule and should be acquainted with
routine.
Of course, there are disadvantages, but
very few students overburden themselves
so much that a good night's sleep won't rec­tify
it.
But working in college has advantages that
can do an individual a great deal of good
after graduation.
First, he learns to be independent.
Second, he learns to adjust his energy to
accomplish all the things he undertakes.
Third, he isn't shocked when he leaves
college and finds that all sheepskins do not
contain sheep.—The Iowa State Student.
Youth
Almost everywhere violent complaints can
be heard and read against young people. It
is said that they are skeptical, lacking in
respect, and in general are going to the dogs.
Perhaps it is true that youth has not shown
the trusting confidence that some think prop­er.
But is this really, as so often claimed,
the fault of youth.
Or is the inevitable result of the prevail­ing
insecurity, a lack of faith, which in this
age of the League of Nations, the Peace Pact,
and Disarmanent, seem to cling to all high-sounding
promises and assurances?
If young people today refuse to believe
their elders so blindly, is not this partly be­cause
the truthfulness of these young people
rebels against the abuse of sacred privilege?
Mistrust of authority may carry with it the
profound and true belief that sacred respon­sibilities
and high-sounding promises demand
action as well.
WELL!
By Stooge
WRITING THIS COLUMN must
be nothing less than a free pass to
oblivion, editorially speaking. No
less than two different eavesdrop­pers
have given their all to throw
this column in print twice a week
and include enough dirt about
campus co-eds, grafters, and B. S.
O. C.'s to make half the student
body tear their hair and start
grinding their axes for the guy
who writes this column. This
time, though, it will be a good man
who finds out who is responsible
for this mess from now on out.
The editor of this column will
personally fork over five bucks
to the person guessing his identity
before October 7. Come on, suck­ers,
and hand in your guess to
Godbold, who will be impartial (?)
judge of the winner.
* * *
WE WONDER WHY Jo Jo (The
Mighty) Crooks is calling every­body
on th Plainsman staff "My
friend!" nowadays. Can it be that
he is sore because of the typogra­phical
error that appeared at the
hea<" of last Friday's "Well?"?
Now that Ivey has had his ap­pendix
conveniently subtracted,
Tony had better go into hiding
for lack of a referee for her battle
of the century.
* • *
"SAY, COOK, haven't you got
any ice cream left in that refrig­erator?"
This question was asked
at the back door of the Kappa
Sig House, not by a hobo, but by
a freshman football player. It
seems that the boarding house
menu has either become deficient
in quantity or in quality, forcing
the boys to resort to beggary to
square out the meals. Whether
this is done in all seriousness or
just in plain prankishness, we are
not in position to say. Maybe it
won't be long before we'll be put­ting
out two plates in back of the
house, one for Rover, and the oth­er
for our favorite frosh grid hero.
* » *
Margaret Linden certainly does
have a cute roommate, according
to "Stinkie" Fletcher, notorious
Pie Kay Hay Lochinvar. Or may­be
Margaret shouldn't have men­tioned
the fact that she keeps
mighty late hours, also.
The "A" Club dance was over­crowded
last Saturday night, so
crowded that in the rush to buy
tickets only a few shoveled out
the necessary do-re-mi. Who got
sucked in?
At the frosh football game Sat­urday—
a certain shapely damsel
in passing the grandstand was
greeted by some self-appointed
beauty-judge with an eyebrow-raising
"Ahem!!!" To which the
gal promptly replied. "Thank
you!" For snappy repartee that
takes the proverbial cake.
All persons who think that June
Tooker's personality is on the slide
are cordially requested to inter­view
Bo Russell for an unbiased
(?) opinion.
Your guess is as good as mine—
what will "Lump of Sugar" Sue
Quattlebaum do now that "Hey-
Sue" has done went?
Missed at the dance recently—
the following ole time jookers:
Helen "Giggle" Jones, Jesus Sil-va,
"Oh Boy" Smith, Fenton and
Reeves, who recently middle-ais­led-
it.
Every time you see a senior on
the street, ask him if he's going to
New Orleans.
* » *
All those who think they know
who wrote "College Ghost" letter
to the editor please send in your
indictment of the guilty person.
Godbold has given the Glomerata
Staff a stiff overhauling but they
swear they didn't do it. I know
who did it, but I won't tell. Ye Ed
received another letter today from
the same party and it was writ­ten
on Glomerata stationery, too.
How about it, Perry?
But the third letter the Editor
has received from the Campus
Ghost wasn't written on Glomera­ta
stationery. It was on plain, type­written
paper and consisted of two
poems, which follow:
For Nancye Thompson, Plainsman
Pest
Little dear,
You are the kind
That sorely needs
A warmed behind.
For Ed Godbold And Sam Tharp
Tis sweet to court,
But, oh how bitter
To court a gal
And then not git her.
* * «
GHOST WRITING of English
themes, economics and political
papers, and short theses is not
limited to northern and eastern
universities alone. From the rum­ors
that are going around we un-
MR. WAREAGLE SAYS
The Editor tells me that my initial column in the first issue of
the Plainsman was reprinted in full in the Davidsonian College paper,
and that it gave full credit to the Plainsman. Now, there's a paper
that recognizes good writing when it sees it and gives credit for it,
too.
I have been told that Associate Editor Wheeler's editorial on the
European situation, entitled "The Sane Course" was reprinted in
full in the Loyola Maroon.
The Editor seems to be very proud of both of these reprints, but
I can't see that he had anything to do with either of them. Yah!
The offer of five free theater passes still stands. For the five
best jokes placed in the box on the Editor's desk by Thursday morn­ing
the Tiger Theater will give five passes to the Sunday and Mon­day
show, "Too Hot To Handle."
Reported heard on the Scabbard and Blade ride last week:
"Peabrain" Godbold: "Why, you lew-down, lousy, cheap, pigeon-toed,
bow-legged, knock-kneed, cock-eyed, mouse-toothed mutt; you
no-count, dirty little heel."
"Stinkie" Fletcher: "Who's dirty?"
Then there's the cow that ate blue grass and mooed indigo.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
If I had my college life to live
over, I'd try to make more mis­takes
next time. I would relax. I
would limber up. I would be sill­ier
than I have been. I know of
very few things that I would take
seriously. I would be crazier. I
would be less hygienic. I would
take more chances. I would take
more trips. I would climb more
mountains, swim more rivers. I
would burn up more gasoline. I
would eat more ice cream and less
bran. I would have more actual
troubles and (fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I am on of those maid­ens
who has lived prudently and
prophylactically and sensibly and
sanely, hour after hour, day after
day. Oh, I have had my moments,
and if I had to do it over again,
I'd have more of them—a lot more
of them. In fact, I'd try to have
nothing else. Just moments, one
after another, instead of living so
many years, so many years ahead
each day.
I have been one of those per­sons
who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer, a hot-water
bottle, a gargle, a raincoat,
and a parachute. If I had it to do
over again, I would go places and
do things and travel lighter than
I have.
If I had my life to live over
again, I would play hookey often-er.
I wouldn't make such good
grades except by accident. I would
have more dogs. I would have
more sweethearts. I would keep
later hours. I would have more
headaches, drink more tomato
juice. I would go to more circuses.
I would go to more dances. I would
ride on more merry-go-rounds. I'd
pick more daisies.
Then, when I was through, I'd
not be writing any letter like this.
Yours sincerely,
Old Co-Ed.
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
At the end of the Auburn-Bir­mingham-
Southern game I heard
one student cry, "All right, you
can go home and sleep in bed
now."
He, of course, was addressing
his remark to our cheerleaders.
Everyone realizes the difficulties
that a cheerleader has to over­come,
and makes allowances for
him. But there is no excuse for
the poor showing made by our
cheerleaders last Friday night.
They didn't even try! What few
cheers they did evoke from the
stands were so feeble that they
certainly couldn't have been heard
across the field. Some of the
drunks among the spectators got
more noise out of the students in
one cheer than the cheerleaders
did all put together.
The main trouble was not in
the expertness of the cheerlead-ing,
but in the seeming lack of
interest of the cheerleaders. Of
course, the students should have
been seated in a manner that
would have enabled them to hear
the orders of the cheerleaders bet­ter,
and make a more concerted
effort at cheering.
A public address system would
have been very helpful also. How­ever,
it is the duty of the cheer-derstand
that anyone who wants
any material of this nature can
get same, with a grade of 80
guaranteed, at 50 cents per page.
The phone number is 412W in case
any of you fellows are interested.
(Editor's note: For about the
sixth time we would like to say
to all the readers of this publi­cation
that we will absolutely
NOT publish any unsigned let­ters.
That ruling is for our own
protection. If, however, any­one
writing a letter does not
want bis name printed, he may
sign a nom de plume under his
signature and only the fictit­ious
name will be published.
We have an unsigned letter or
two from students that we
would like to publish, as well
as a communication from a lo­cal
merchant. If the writers
wish these published, please call
by the office and sign them.)
leaders to see that hey are pro­vided
with the equipment that they
need. Perhaps they did try to get
this equipment and were unable
to. If that were the case the blame
falls upon others; but not all the
blame. If I remember correctly,
we had no speaker system at most
of our games last season, but we
did have excellent cheering.
I don't mean this letter as a
dirty dig at the cheerleaders. Most
of them are personal friends of
mine. They can and will do bet­ter
at the rest of our games I'm
sure. I just want to sort of "jar
them out of their complacency,
so to speak, and urge them to
lead us in the fine way that they
are capable of.
Sincerely,
S. H. Richardson
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Edwin:
So far you're doing all right in
yoiur job as editor. I know; I'm
on the staff. But there's one little
thing I'd like to call to your at­tention.
And I have heard others
on the staff and the campus com­ment
on the matter, too.
In writing signed columns and
"personal" stuff we on the staff
make frequent cracks at you, and
you pretty consistently "blue-pencil"
these cracks when you
edit the copy.
I'm sure I see your viewpoint
on the matter. Some guy would
be sure to gripe about the Edi­tor's
name always being in print.
But others may not see it quite
as easily. Cracks and gossip and
dirty digs are o. k. by you—as long
as they are not aimed at you. I
think you ought to take it as well
as dish it out.
How about it?
Staff Member
Editor's note: We see your
point, all right. It has always been
our belief, however, that a col­lege
editor should persistently
and constantly "blue-pencil" ev­ery
mention of his name in the
"personal" columns of the paper.
Not because of our ability to edit
all copy to protect ourself from
cracks, but because of the very
thing you mention—some persons
might misinterpret the appearance
of the Editor's name in the col­umns.
Someone would be sure to
say that the Editor was giving
himself some good free publicity,
However, we see your view-point.
And you aren't the only
staff member who has kicked to
us about cutting his copy. We
know how a staff likes to make
cracks at the Editor, and we don't
want you all to quit Just because
you can't poke fun at us.
Dish out all you want to. Be­ginning
with this Issue, there'll
be no more blue-penciling as long
as what you write is printable.
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
CULTURAL AND ENTERTAIN­MENT
opportunities in Auburn
will be greatly benefited by the
series of artists to appear here
this fall, the first being Miss Rose
Bampton who will sing at WPA
Hall on October 7. Following Miss
Bampton will be a philharmonic
orchestra, the Jitney Players, lec­turer
Maurice Hindus, and two
other attractions. The suprising
thing about the entire series is
that students may obtain a ticket
to all five attractions for only one
dollar. However, in view of the
capacity of WPA Hall only a lim­ited
number of season tickets
will ibe sold.
This series of entertainment
features is an opportunity which
no Auburn student would over­look.
The events are necessarily
subsidized by the college, and if
they do not get the support of the
students for whose benefit they
are brought here, it may mean
that no such opportunity will
again come to Auburn students
for a long time.
Support this cultural move­ment.
You will not be sorry.
» * »
POLITICAL EYES will be on
New York this week where the
Republicans meet to select their
candidates for state offices. Many
believe that Thomas E. Dewey
will be tendered and will accept
the nomination for governor. We
would be pleased to see him get
the office. However, Dewey as
governor of New York now might
mean "Dewey for President" in
1940. And he is too good a man
for the Republicans to put up for
the presidency—he might win.
• * *
A MONTH AGO someone put a
flock of pigeons on the back porch
of a Chicago detective. A week
later he found a duck and a goose
in the same place. The next week
he found a billy goat. This week's
gift was a hog. Now the detective
is using all his detecting ability
to try to solve the mystery of
who is attempting to put him in
the livestock business.
» * *
THE THREAT OF WAR which
hangs over the world reveals the
weaknesses of pacifism. Even here
in America, thousands of miles
away from the scene of threatened
battle, our pulses leap and heart
beats quicken at the words "Hit­ler"
and "Czechoslovakia." A
demonstration of this was the boos
and hisses which greeted the flash
of Hitler in Sunday's March of
Time. America is not a party to
the quarrels in Europe, but al­ready
Americans are beginning to
express their sentiments. It all
means that in the event of war the
American people themselves will
be one of the most powerful for­ces
tending to push the United
States into the conflict. The pres­ent
situation should serve as a
warning that it will be necessary
to exert a tremendous effort in
order to stay out of the next war.
It will not be a passive battle but
an> active one. Propaganda, bally­hoo,
and slogans will flood the
nation. Our sentiments and feel­ings
would blindly lead us toward
a repetition of 1918. We must not
let that be.
« • •
GASHOUSE DISTRICT voters
of New York are still trying to get
the straight of the election held
there last week. Rep. John J. O'­Connor,
anti-New Dealer, ran for
the Democratic nomination a-gainst
James H. Fay, who bore
the President's stamp of approval.
Fay was the winner but O'Connor,
while losing the Democratic nom­ination,
managed to gamer the
Republican nomination. Now Fay
and O'Connor will fight it out
again to see which one will go to
Congress.
Ag Notes
By H. M. Dow
THE AUBURN POULTRY
PROJECT, to be officially opened
on Oct. 3, is expected to attract
national attention. This new pro­ject
will be known as the Auburn
Record of Performance Project.
The project is a new approach
to mass breeding of poultry and
should be of great interest to stu­dents
who are studying agricul­ture.
The project is under the direc­tion
of John E. Ivey of the Ex-tenison
Service, and the physical
plant for the project is located on
the poultry farm.
We won't edit it any more than
we do remarks about the Glom­erata
boys.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Assistant Dean Hannum,
School Of Engineering,
Has Enviable Record
By Nancye Thompson
A newcomer to the faculty of
A. P. I. is Dean Joshua Eyre Han­num,
assistant to Dean Wilmore
in the School of Engineering. Dean
Hannum came here directly from
Chicago, where he was with the
Association of Ameriean Railway
Engineers.
He is a graduate of Pennsylvania
State College, where he received
his B. S. degree in Industrial En­gineering.
He chose Purdue Uni­versity
and Alexander Hamilton
Institute for his post graduate
work. In addition he received his
degree in Mechanical Engineering
from Pennsylvania State College.
Has Held Various Positions
Dean Hannum has held respon­sible
positions as editor of The
Engineering Index, and has com­piled
a subject-author index to
thirty-eight annual transactions of
the Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers.
His society memberships include
Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi,
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, American Academy of
Political and Social Science, Il­luminating
Engineering Society,
American Association for the Ad­vancement
of Science, Institute of
Management (of which he is a
charter member); American Man-agment
Association, and the So­ciety
for the Promotion of Engi­neering
Education.
He is the author of many artic­les
in engineering, technical and
educational periodicals, a 219-
page book, "Eyesight Conserva­tion"
(1925) and has delivered
many lectures before engineering
and technical societies. Dean Han-
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num has had wide experience as
administrator, teacher and r e ­search
director. Most recently he
has been research dinector for the
Crane Company.
His teaching experience in­cludes
one year in the Industrial
School at Erie, Pennsylvania, and
two years on the engineering fac­ulty
at Purdue University. For
two years he was director of in­dustrial
education at the Red
Cross Institute for the Blind at
Baltimore, Maryland.
At Auburn he will serve as in­structor
in engineering and assist­ant
to Dean John J. Wilmore.
Dr. Duncan Comments
In making the announcement of
his appointment, Dr. Duncan said
further that "under the able lead­ership
of Dean Wilmore and his
associates perhaps one of the
greatest contributions to educa­tional
progress made by the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute has
been in the field of engineering.
From the standpoint of long ser­vice
and number of distinguished
graduates in engineering, Auburn
is without a peer.
"Equipment of the entire engi­neering
school is being put into
first-class condition and, wherever
necessary, additional equipment
has been added in order that the
institution may continue to lead
in the field of engineering edu­cation.
Along with the improve­ments
in modernizing the equip­ment,
other additional staff mem­bers
are being added in order to
help carry the heavy teaching
load caused by enormously in­creased
enrollment."
Cardinal Key T o Sponsor
Tea Tomorrow Afternoon
The weekly tea for all women
students will be held tomorrow af­ternoon
from 4:30 to 5:30 in Smith
Hall. These weekly teas are in­formal
and everyone is cordially
invited to attend. Woman's Stu­dent
Government sponsors these
gatherings, and this week's hos­tess
is the Cardinal Key society.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
ELEANOR SCOTT, Editor
Rose Bampton
DRINK
A FLAVOR YOU CANT FORGET
It Gives A Sandwich A College Education
IE you think you're hard
to suit, look at our
TIFFANY WORSTEDS
Are you long on length?
Are you short on height?
Are you inclined to have a
waistline? Have you an eye
for color and pattern that's
hard to satisfy? Pardon our
curiosity, but if any of the
above apply to you . . . it's
time you looked into our
Tiffany Worsteds! We'll
guarantee to fit that frame
of yours . . . to produce col­ors
and patterns entirely
pleasing . . . to give you
quality you'll admire . . . at
a price that will impress
you as being remarkably
reasonable.
Tailored by
MIOHAEIiS-STERH
R O C H E S T JM»
SAMMY'S
ROSE BAMPTON, SINGER-HER VOICE
WENT DOWN AS SHE WENT UP
Eose Bampton, distinguished
Metropolitan Opera soprano, who
will be heard here at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute in WPA
Hall on Friday evening, October
7, at 7:45, has had the unique ex­perience
of having her voice go
down as she has gone up.
Only a few years ago, as an un­known
student, Miss Bampton
worked under the belief that she
was a coloratura soprano. Even
as a child her voice had an ex­traordinary
range and all her
teachers proclaimed her without
hesitation—a coloratura soprano.
She accepted this verdict without
question, looking forward to a ca­reer
of "Lucias" and "Rigolettos."
As she grew up, however, she
noticed that her voice seemed to
go lower and it became increasing­ly
difficult to reach those elusive
E's. But she was told not to be
concerned.
The climax came when as a stu­dent
at the Curtis Institute of Mu­sic
in Philadelphia, she had been
engaged for a concert in Buffalo,
the city where she had spent most
of her early days.
Despite the symptoms of laryn­gitis
which had cropped up, she
set off in the face of a cold, wintry
day. A snow storm came on and
the train from Philadelphia to
Buffalo pulled in two hours late.
When Rose Bampton finally ar­rived
at her destination, she had
completely lost her voice. A doctor
was sent for. The girl could bare­ly
whisper her plight and explain
that she must sing the concert on
the following day.
"You're a contralto," exclaim­ed
the doctor, as he heard her
husky statements.
"No," breathed the patient, "A
soprano."
The physician shook his head.
"You may think you are, but
you'll find out differently some
day."
Back in Philadelphia, Rose
Bampton told her teacher of the
incident. "He's crazy," said the
teacher, "but if it bothers you,
we'll make sure." So together they
went to a renowned throat specia­list.
The doctor examined her vo­cal
chords. "Of course you're a
contralto," he announced em­phatically.
"But I'm not," protested Miss
Bampton, "I'm a soprano. I have
always been."
The Doctor stood his ground. "I
am sorry, but you're a contralto.
You may have a remarkable range
but basically the voice is a con­tralto."
Accepting the specialist's advice,
Rose Bampton sang mezzo-sopra­no
and contralto parts for sev­eral
seasons, but all the time her
voice was growing higher.
For the past season, Rose Bamp­ton
with her voice or phenomenal
amplitude, of hidden depths and
heights of tenderness, has been
singing with effortless ease the
most difficult soprano roles . . •
reaching a supreme climax last
year when she appeared in four
of the most formidable operas:
"Aida," "Norma," "Travatore,"
and "Don Giovanni." Several
other dramatic roles now engag­ing
her professional attention, in­clude
"Andrea Chenier," "Tann-hauser,"
and "The Masked Ball."
S. A. E. F r a t e r n i t y Gives
Dinner P a r ty
The S. A. E.'s entertained their
pledges with a dinner party last
Thursday evening.
The following pledges and their
dates were present: Dick Abney
and Juanita Stewart, George Aus­tin
and Jean Cogburn, Tommy
Blake and Emma Nell Parrish,
Bill Canachy and Mary Nell Pope,
Bill Faucett and Martha Vest,
Cliff Glover and Helen Jacobs, Ed
Harris and Sarah Roe, Henry
Jackson and Margaret Harrison,
George Jennings and Mamie Neil
Primm, Deming Jones and Mary
Ervin, Arthur Lynch and Tony
Williams, J. D. Marshall and Sara
Jordan, Dent McGough and Allie
Harris, Charles McHan and Ann
DeBardeleben, Norton Mullins
and Ann Tatum, Conyers Relfe and
Annie Lyde Lewis, Bernard Rich­ardson
and Margaret Smith, Les­ter
Shannon and Marjorie Neal.
Also present were Jerry Burnett,
Burden Evans, Bill Farmer, Le-
Roy Morris, James Rouse, and
Pete Smith.
A. T. O. F r a t e r n i t y Gives
House Dance Wednesday
The A. T. O. fraternity enter­tained
its pledges with an infor­mal
dance Wednesday night in the
chapter house. Dancing was en­joyed
from 8:30 to 11:00. The
house was decorated with yellow
chrysanthemums, and Mrs. Re­becca
Henry, housemother, chap­eroned
the affair.
Among the guests were: Marie
Johnson, Mamie Neil Primm,
Christine Blackburn, Jean Beas-ley,
Jane Powers, Elsie Mann,
Nell Gilchrist, Frances Hay, Tony
Williams, Etta Breeden, Cora
Lipscomb, Louise Ward, Elizabeth
Steele, Margaret Linden, Elaine
Freeman, and Frances Middleton.
F a c u l t y Will Have Dinner
And Reception October 5
At the last meeting of the fac­ulty
forum, held Sept. 14 in W.
P. A. Hall, it was decided to give
a reception for new members of
the faculty and their wives on
Oct. 5 at 6:30. The reception is to
Time For Bampton
Concert Changed
Hour for the concert by Rose
Bampton, Metropolitan soprano,
here in WPA Hall on Friday even­ing,
Oct. 7, has been moved up to
7:45 instead of 8:15 as originally
announced.
Another announcement made by
the concert committee, headed by
Prof. J. R. Rutland, is to the ef­fect
that high school students will
be permitted to purchase season
tickets to the five ttractions on
the campus this year for $1.00,
which is the same price of season
tickets for college students. Price
of season tickets for the faculty
and public is $3.00.
Tickets may be obtained at the
office of Dr. Rosa Lee Walston
in Smith Hall and at the News
Bureau, first floor, Samford Hall.
Also tickets may be purchased
from Professor Rutland at the
English office, Mrs. S. L. Toomer,
Prof. Frank W. Applebee, Prof.
Telfair Peet, and Lawrence Bar-nett,
and Miss Berta Dunn in the
President's Office.
be followed by an evening meal
at 7, which in turn is to be fol­lowed
by a meeting of the 1900
Club, where an informal discus­sion
of "Old Auburn and Its
Ways" will be held. After the dis­cussion,
informal activities ap­propriate
to the occasion will be
held.
Members of the faculty forum
committee urge that all members
of the faculty and their wives or
husbands attend and take part in
the function. The price of the
evening meal will be fifty cents
per person.
Baptist Leader
CHESTER QUARLES, State
Baptist Training Union Secre­tary
of Montgomery, who is di­recting
an enlargement cam­paign
at the First Baptist
Church.
A "Barefoot Day" is observed
each year at Oklahoma Junior
College. One day every year, the
students and faculty must shed
Junior A. V. M. A.
Holds Meeting
The Junior Chapter of the A-merican
Veterinary Association
held its second meeting of the se­mester
last Wednesday night. Af­ter
roll call and business proced-ings,
there was a motion from the
floor that all members of the as­sociation
should attend the meet­ings
regularly and take an active
part in all the discussions.
It is the custom of the associa­tion
to have a senior make a talk
on any subject of veterinary in­terest
each week. The first stu­dent
speaker was Harry Rubin.
He gave an exceptionally interest­ing
talk on his experiences as as­sistant
to the zoo veterinarian in
San Diago, Cal. He spoke of the
various methods of restraining and
treating the animals in the zoo. He
also discussed the different feed­ing
habits of the tropical beasts
which were very interesting. He
pointed out in his remarks that
most of the wild animals have the
same types of diseases as their
more domesticated cousins.
their shoes and pad about the
campus on bare feet.
Sixty per cent of Union College
students are working their way
through school, it has been reveal­ed
by Miss Frances Travis, direc­tor
of the student employment bu­reau.
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1 BILL TROUP, Editor
•jj CONTRIBUTORS
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MILTON HOWELL
Alabama Polytech—Auburn
MILTON HOWELL, 185-
pound guard from Bessemer who
is slated to finish his career as
one of Auburn's better guards
of all time. He rose to heights in
the Orange Bowl game with
Michigan State last year, and
was highly lauded by Ted Hus-ing.
Swimming Practise
Already Underway
With practices already under
way for the coming season the
Auburn swimming team shows
excellent prospects for a success­ful
year, according to Art Ousley,
captain of the varsity squad. A
complete program of plans for the
coming year was mapped out for
the team at a meeting held Mon­day,
Sept. 19.
Although the roster is not yet
complete, the varsity squad as it
now stands is composed of Capt.
Art Ousley, James Lyons, Richard
White, Bill Miller, Bill Campbell,
Henry Mohns, Roy Taylor, Lester
Norvell, Adolph Hollings, Sam
Kelley, W. E. Benns, T. S. Smith,
J. P. Thomas, E. M. Thomas, H.
C. McClanahan, and B. B. Cobb.
Bob Johnson was unanimously
elected manager for another year.
Approximately fifteen freshmen
have entered their names for try-outs
for the freshman squad. These
tryouts will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 5 in the pool at the
gym under the direction of Art
Ousley. All freshmen who have
not entered their names and are
interested in the tryouts are re­quested
to call Art Ousley at 376.
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COMPLETE RULES FOR INTRAMURAL
SPORTS ARE MADE PUBLIC
Eligibility
(1) All students of the college shall be eligible to enter
any sport as provided later in this article.
(2) Winners of the Auburn varsity award "A" shall not
be eligible to compete in that particular sport.
(a) Having been awarded a letter at some other college
or university disqualifies a student from the sport in which
be has earned a letter.
(b) Individuals receiving full scholarships are ineligible
for fraternity competition.
(3) Any individual who is a member of a varsity squad
at the time of a regularly scheduled varsity game, pre-sea-son
training trips excepted, or who joins the varsity squad
after the starting of the respective intramural season, shall
not play on an intramural team in that sport, or any other
sport, during the same season.
Such squad membership shall be governed by a list sub­mitted
to the Intramural Department by the varsity coach.
(4) The. varsity coach may exercise authority to bar
from the respective intramural sport any man of varsity
calibre who is scholastically ineligible or for any other reason
is not out for varsity competition in that sport.
(5) A student barred from varsity athletics because of
professionalism shall be barred from those branches in in­tramural
athletics in which he has removed his amateur
standing.
(6) Regular members of freshmen or reserve squads shall
not, during that season, compete on an intramural team in the
respective sport. All individauls who are members of these
squads one day prior to the opening of the intramural sea­son,
or at any time during the season, shall be considered
regular members.
Membership in a freshman or reserve squad shall 1t£
governed by a list submitted to the Intramural Department
by a freshman or reserve coach.
(7) If otherwise eligible, all active members and pledges
who are properly recorded may represent their fraternity.
(8) Only non-fraternity men or fraternity men not hav­ing
an active chapter on the campus are eligible for indepen­dent
team competition. Players, after entering one contest
with a given team, may not transfer to another team.
(9) Each independent team is required to submit a list
of its players at, or before, its second scheduled game. Only
those players listed shall play with that team during the sea­son.
An All-Year Independent squad is not limited in num­ber
but only 15 all-year awards are allowed to the winner.
Forfeits
(1) If a team or contestant fails to appear at the appointed
place within 10 minutes after the scheduled time for a con­test,
the official in charge may, at his own discretion, de­clare
the contest forfeited to the team or contestant ready
to play.
(2) A team shall forfeit any contest in which it uses an
ineligible player and the ineligible man is barred from- fur­ther
competition in that sport for that season.
Protests
The Intramural Department does not assume the respon­sibility
of men playing on various teams, but any cases of
ineligibility called to its attention will be dealt with according
to the rules.
(1) Al protests, except those regarding eligibility must
be made in writing to the Department within twenty-four
hours after the contest in question.
(2) Protests other than those concerning eligibility must
be made on the field of play. Protests made on the field of
play and overruled by the field supervisor may be appealed
to the Intramural Director. At the time of such action both
teams are to be notified that the game is being played under
protest and may be appealed.
(3) Games in which a protest is sustained shall be re­played
from the beginning of the nearest preceding division
of the game. For example: In basketball from the beginning
of the quarter in which the protest occurred, etc.
Postponements
A scheduled contest may be postponed only by agree­ment
of both team managers. The Intramural Department
should be notified not later than 12 hours previous to the
scheduled time. The responsibility for scheduling such post­poned
games shall rest upon the teams involved and not upon
the Intramural Department. In general, a postponed contest
should not be scheduled later than one week after the origi­nal
date.
Rules Of Games
Specific rules, which take precedence, are given out at
the time of entrance in each sport.
Aggressive End
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(1) Each fraternity belonging to the Interfraternity
Council will receive the award provided by its respective
council for winning a championship.
(2) Each member of the Independent team receives an
intramural award, depending upon the importance and size
of the tournament. Note: The number of awards is limited
to one more than the number on the regular team in that
sport.
(3) Each winner and runner-up in an all-campus singles
or doubles tournament shall be awarded the official intra­mural
award.
Faculty Members Meet To
Form Sigma Xi Club
Thirty-nine members of the Au­burn
faculty met this week to
form a local club of Sigma Xi
Honorary Scientific Society. Of­ficers
were elected and plans
made for regular meetings
throughout the present session.
Prof. W. D. Salmon was elect­ed
president; Dr. Garth Volk, vice-president,
and Prof. Keith Bar­rens,
secretary. Members of the
program committee to serve this
year are Dr. Roger W. Allen, Dr.
Fred Allison, and Dr. B. T.
Simms.
First regular meeting of the
Sigma Xi club will be held in
early October.
Swing Band To Play
In Montgomery
The Esquire Club of Montgom­ery
will present Mildred Bailey
with Red Norvo and his band at
a dance Monday evening, Oct. 10,
in the City Auditorium in Mont­gomery.
Billed as Mr. and Mrs. Swing,
Norvo and Miss Bailey, whose rec­ords
are fast becoming the best­sellers
of the year, are present­ing
for the audiences of their
I southern tour as music's nearest
approach to Paul Whiteman's Ail-
American Swing Band.
Considered the best xylophone
player on this continent, Norvo
has just completed engagements
at the Blackhawk in Chicago, the
Pennsylvanian Hotel in New York
City, the Steel Pier in Atlantic
City, and at the St. Francis in San
Francisco.
STANCIL WHATLEY
Alabama Polytech—Auburn
STANCIL WHATLEY, 192 -pound end from Cordova who is
running a favored lane in the all-star race. He has a chance of
becoming one of Auburn's leading terminal performers of all
time. He is no novice on any man's team and can flag aerials with
the best of them. He is aggressive and courageous and is rather
foxy.
HAPPY THOUGHT FOR THRIFTY COLLEGIANS
— SEND your weekly laundry
home by handy Railway Express
Right from vour college rooms and return, conveniently,
economically and fast, with no bother at all. lust phone
our local college agent when to come for the bundle. He'll
call for it promptly—whisk it away on speedy express
trains, to vour city or town and return the home-done
product to vou—a/i without extra charge—the
whole vear through. Rates for this famous college
service are low, ana you can send collect, you know
(only by Railway Express, by the way). It's a very
popular method and adds to the happy thought.
Phone our agent todav.He's a good man to know.
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BEGINNING A NEW NOVEL
The Noise of Their Wings
by MacKINLAY KANTOR
TRICKS THAT CAN
WIN A WORLD SERIES
-or lose it
• You don't see all the baseball game on the dia­mond.
A man in the dugout raises his scorecard —
and saves his team from a double play. A coach
hollers, "Come on, Joe, old boy, old boy"—and the
batter gets set for a curve. But watch out when the
signals are shifted I One of baseball's canniest strat­egists
tells you the secrets of
Winning 'Em in the Clubhouse
by CONNIE MACK
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Afeatf&ijF
D . M A B l h e r Tugboat Annie Brennan? The
Remember Tugo . . b a c k a g a i n,
hearty skipper of the Naras«»
and in trouble as usual. Tb» J ^ e ^ e . g c a r t e d
into the toughest - ^ ^ r t a t e d rival, Bull-career
- to compete with her hatedI nv
winkle, without losing her temper One *hp ™
Zl her job! Everything goes smoothly^untilJ3uU
w ^ e i l y stretches a hawser across the channel.
FIRST OF A NEW SERIES
by NORMAN REILLY RAINE
HE TRIED TO WOO
AJOTEftBVG
- with the wrong music!
• How do you like your music-sweet,
or hot ? Johnny Dolan liked
it hot, blew his young heart out with it on a clarinet.
And of all the jitterbugs in the world, he had to fall
in love with Marjory, who was ga-ga over Bunny
Gilbert's "Sweeping Sweet Swing"! Here's an
account of the calamity, in four-four time.
Johnny, Go Blow Your Horn
by WILLIAM FAY
A N D "WHERE I FOUND THE ORIGINAL MR.
TUTT" Arthur Train tells in My Day in Court Ae
Iccount of his early days and experiences m the
Criminal Courts Building.
"YOU CAN'T BLOCKADE GERMANY," says AdoK
Hitler Or can you? In Germany Processes War,
Stamey High reports how Germany is streamlined
for war and how blockade-proof it really is.
PLUS...Pretty Boy, the story of an unwilling
gigolo, by Sophie Kerr . . . The Gyps.es Get the
Business, in which Ben Hibbs tells what truckers
are doing to the small-town merchant...Unamuno
Commanding by Leonard H. Nason . . . Edito­rials,
poetry, fun and cartoons.
THE S&TUHp/lY EVENING POST
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
Snow White
WRITER GIVES MODERN VERSION OF
'SNOW WHITE AND SEVEN DWARFS'
By Francene Breedlove
Personae
Snow White
Prince Charming
Bashful
Sleepy
Doc
Grumpy
Sneezy
Happy
Dopey
Jane Ussery
Monroe Adams
Billy McGehee
David Roberts
"General" Fowler
"Baldy" Roe
Jim Boykin
Prof. Austin
Stand-ins for Dopey
The Witch
John Godbold
-Schwartz and Farley
Which witch?
This White dame is a car-hop out
at the ole beer joint where the
gang hangs out but she don't
- have no truck with none of 'em
cause she's waiting for her Prince
Charming to dribble around. One
day she gets an order for a chick­en
salad and she goes out to get
some eggs laid. The doves left
over from the last peace treaty
between the Sigma Nu's and the
Ox Boys will be used for this
scene. Enters Prince Charming.
They clinch. The mean old queen
spies 'em and she's kinda stuck
on Charming herself so she yells
for 'em to break it up. They un-clinch.
But the queen still isn't sure of
her social security with the prince
so she puts on witch costume and
tells Snowey to go out in the woods
and kill herself. Snow White wan­ders
around in the woods 'till she
comes upon the Glomerata staff
holding a meeting to cook up some
more dirty work for their "We
Swindle the Freshmen" club.
When they see Snow coming they
run like hang—they see so few
white femmes. But Snow White
don't know that—she thinks she's
lost her S. A. so she sets down
and cries. But she stops when she
can't find her powder puff and
says this is getting serious. So
she gets up and finds the dar-lingest
little house just overflow­ing
with gold and rings the bell
but nobody's home so she plays
sol. Finally she says I'm sleepy
and lies down and goes to sleep.
Auburn Tigers Find Panthers Hard To
Beat In Initial Scrap Of Season
By Bill Troup
The Auburn Tigers found the
Birmingham-Sonthern Panthers a
hard nut to crack in their initial
scrap of the season in Montgom­ery
Friday night. And it was not
until the third quarter when
Charlie Haynsworth took charge,
that the Plainsmen started roll­ing.
Auburn pushed across two
touchdowns in the second half to
win, 14-0.
The first half found Auburn and
Southern battling on even terms,
with the first downs standing
three-three at half-time. Joe Pet-rite,
Panther fullback, turned in
one of the finest kicking exhibi­tion
ever seen in Cramton Bowl.
Petrite punted eight times, aver­aging
48 yards, and not once did
he put the ball in reach of Au­burn's
safety man.
Haynsworth was the outstand­ing
back on the field. He ran 15
times for 168 yards, and most of
this yardage was made in the sec­ond
half. On his first appearance
in the game, at the beginning of
the second quarter, he ripped off
19 yards, but it was not until af­ter
the half that he really got
started. Ralph O'Gwynne and
Speck Kelly also got off some
long runs, with Dick McGowen,
star sophomore back, also show­ing
up well.
Milton Howell and Capt. Bo
Russell were the outstanding lines­men
on the field. They were in
on every play, tackling and block­ing
like All-Americans.
The Bengals scored their first
tally in the third quarter im­mediately
after Petrite quick-kicked
over the goal. It required
14 downs with Haynsworth sup­plying
leg power on five of the
efforts for 50 yards. McGowen
threw Standi Whatley the touch­down
pass from the five-yard line
on fourth down.
The Tigers tallied thir second
touchdown in the fourth stanza,
starting from the Panthers' 45
after Petrite had punted out there
from behind his goal line. Only
four downs were required for this
one and Haynsworth carried the
ball every time, running 32 yards
at the outset and plunging over
from the one-yard line, as the cli­max.
Russell added the extra
point after the first touchdown
and Garth Thorpe kicked the one
after the second.
Soon the dwarfs come in sing­ing
A-Tisket A Tisket and when
they see Snow White laying there
they think she's nize stuff so
they take her up and tell her she
can cook and clean up for them.
Queeny hears about it at a
bridge party and she sends Snowey
some soup with flies in it which
she drinks. Poor gal passes out
like freshmen on registration day.
The dwarfs are so sorry. They
weep. It's really very touching.
Well they cram her in a glass box
and set her up outside the door
and charge 8c observation fee.
But they soon get tired of the
wench—she isn't so very sociable
any more. So they send Dopey for
the prince. He truks on down but
when he sees her he can't do noth­ing
but look at her she's so cute.
All of a sudden he reaches over
and says will you go with me to
the Lambda Chi dance and she
says sure and everybody who
hasn't passed out is happy ever
after.
Dan Crawford Smith Weds
Sara Lawrence Sunday
On last Sunday in Clanton,
Miss Sara Lawrence became the
bride of Dan Crawford Smith al­so
of Clanton, and a former Au­burn
student.
The simple home ceremony was
performed by the bride's grand­father,
Rev. J. O. Lawrence of
Mobile and Pritchard, using the
ring ceremony.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father, Dr. C. O. Lawrence.
The groom had as his best man
Ealon Hocutt of Auburn. Mrs.
Barney Roberts played the wed­ding
music and Miss Kathryn Foss
sang.
Both bride and groom are mem­bers
of prominent families of
Clanton. The bride attended Hun­tingdon
College and the Univer­sity.
The groom received his de­gree
at A. P. I.
After a wedding trip, the couple
will be at home in Birmingham.
ME HI jMMMMi
give the folks at home a
BREAK
send them the
PLAINSMAN
$1.50 per semester
$2.50 per year
Tiger Mainstays
PELHAM SITZ
Alabama Polytech—Auburn
Above are four of the Tigers
upon whom Coach Jack Mea­gher
will probably lean heavily
this season. They are: Os­car
Burford, a 185-pound end
from Marion, Alabama. He is a
hard-scrapper, skillful pass-cat­cher,
and an adroit tackier of
punt receivers;
Ralph O'Gwynne of Selma is
a 152-pound halfback who is
5 feet 10. He is strong and dur­able
and sets a high standard
as a blocker. He galloped 85
yards to a touchdown the first
time he handled the ball in a
college game;
Bill Nichols of Sylacauga
weighs 203 pounds and is a tire­less
campaigner. He is nimble
for a big fellow and likes to
make resounding tackles;
Pelham Sitz of Attalla is a
fullback who weighs 175 pounds.
He is a good llne-bucker and
can toss passes well. He is good
at backing up the line.
RALPH O'GWYNNE
Alabama Polytech—Auburn
Veterinary Notes
By H. B. Title
ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS
problems confronting the senior
when he graduates and goes into
practice is the correct procedure
in running his hospital. It general­ly
taks quite some time for the
graduate to accustom himself to
follow a regular routine.
* • *
Last year, the Veterinary facul­ty
installed a system which to my
knowledge is not practiced at any
other Veterinary School. Dr. W.
M. Howell, who is in charge of
the small animal clinic, assigns
a senior and two juniors assis­tants
to take charge of the hos­pital
on Saturday afternoons and
another group to take charge on
Sunday afternoons. The senior
has access to the drug and instru­ment
room and he personally
treats all cases coming into the
clinic at that time.
The faculty feels that in this
will give the senior a sense of re­sponsibility
and also complete
•confidence in himself. It gives
mm >»"i>S^Sp«.
BILL NICHOLS
Alabama Polytech—Auburn
him an opportunity to meet and
talk to the client bringing in his
pets to be treated. This experience
is indispensible to a graduate
veterinarian going out into prac­tice.
» * *
A TRULY COMMENDABLE
procedure in our small and large
animal clinics is a tendency to al­low
the students to do all the
work. The doctors in charge as­signs
each senior and his helpers
to a case and they treat the ani­mal
under the supervision of either
Dr. F. P. Woolf or Dr. Howell. The
case is first discussed between
the students and the doctor in
charge, then the proper line of
treatment is decided upon.
Thus, the senior becomes ac­quainted
with the various types of
diseases that may confront him in
practice and he is able to pre­scribe
treatment with confidence
in himself.
ROOM AND BOARD—Mrs. J.
G. Lambeth, 403 East Magnolia.
Phone 205-R.
Co-Op Notes
By Fred Hennlng
The Co-operative Plan of edu­cation,
since its establishment on
June 25, 1937, has made astound­ing
developments in both growth
and popularity.
Through this plan the college
with the co-operation of manu­facturers,
industrialists, public
works officials, and utility exe­cutives
makes available to inter­ested
and qualified young men
courses leading to degrees in en­gineering.
A student on this plan
attends college part of the time
and is employed in industry, in
manufacturing, on public works,
or in public service part of the
time. He acquires the necessary
practical experience in his prefer­red
branch of engineering and at
the same time receives wages to
defray part or all of his expenses
while in college. This experience
combined with the theoretical in­struction
which he receives in
classes goes to make up a train­ing
praised by employers through­out
the country.
* * *
A FEW NOTES taken in the
office of Alex O. Taylor, Director
of Engineering Extension at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
give us some interesting facts con­cerning
the plan, its growth, and
achievements.
The opening of school in the fall
of 1937 found only four companies
co-operating with the prospective
college students by employing
them on a half-time basis. These
companies, the Alabama Power
Company, the Swann Chemical
Company, the McWane Cast Iron
Pipe Company, and the Tennessee
Coal Iron and Railroad Company
may be considered important fac­tors
in the successful beginning of
the co-operative plan.
* • •
THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
enrolled on the plan for this year
has already doubled that number
of one year ago. The two classes,
sophomore and freshman, boast
an enrollment of 14 and 26 respec­tively.
Among the companies, pub­lic
works, and public utilities who
employ these boys and their al­ternates
on a part-time basis are:
The Alabama Power Company,
Swann Chemical Company, Mc­Wane
Cast Iron Pipe Company,
Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad
Company, and Monsanto Chemi­cal
Company (Anniston, Alabama)
Dry Dock and Ship Building
Company, State Highway Depart­ment,
J. B. Converse Engineers
(Mobile), Decatur Iron and Steel
Company (Decatur), Avondale
Mills (ex-governor B. B. Comer
Interests), West Point Manufac­turing
Company (West Point and
Lanett, Ga.), Swift Manufactur­ing
Company (Columbus, Ga.),
Bibb Manufacturing Company,
and the Southern Bell Telephone
Company.
Of these, arrangements have
been made with the Alabama
Power Company, the Southern
Bell Telephone Company, and the
State Highway Department for
their statewide employment of co­op
students. Arrangements have
also been perfected with the Jef­ferson
County Civil Service Board
to let city and county engineers ob­tain
leaves of absences from their
jobs so that they might participate
in the plan.
* • *
The Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
is the first institution to in­troduce
the co-operative plan of
education into the state of Ala­bama.
Its plan will operate much
in the manner of that of Georgia
Tech, whose plan has been suc­cessfully
conducted since 1912.
The University of Tennessee's plan
has been in operation since 1920.
Bowen, Auburn Alumnus, Is
Wed To Netta Williams
The marriage of Netta Williams
and Lewis John Bowen, Auburn
alumnus, was solemnized at high
noon Sept. 17, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Jones in Carroll-ton.
The Rev. James R. Sweden-burg
performed the ceremony.
The bride wore a smart cos­tume
ensemble of blue wool with
fur trimmings and navy acces­sories.
Her corsage was of sweet­heart
roses and lilies of the valley.
She is a graduate of Carrollton
High School. The bridegroom,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bowen
of Birmingham, was graduated
from the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
with high honors. He is a
member of Lambda Chi Alpha
Fraternity.
The bride and bridegroom left
immediately for Georgia where
they will make their home. The
bridegroom is technical engineer
for the Soil Conservation Service
of that state.
PAGE SIX
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1938
As many as 250,000 hungry
sightseers can be accommodated
in comfort for one-or more repasts
during the day or night at the
New York World's Fair 1939 in
the 80 restaurants which are to
dot the grounds.
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Transportation In Alabama
(Continued from Page One)
cases rode in vehicles, many of the
more able men rode horseback,
and all the slaves, cattle, and oth­er
domestic animals walked.
Steamboats
River transportation in Ala­bama
dates from about 1820, that
is the date to which we attribute
steamboat operation. Boats cap­able
of hauling passengers, cot­ton,
and goods plyed the Ala­bama,
the Tombigbee, the Ten­nessee,
and the upper Coosa un­til
recent years. Side-wheelers
were the original boats, but our
streams being narrow in places
suggested the stern paddle wheel
as the propeller. After that our
boats pushed their barges instead
of pulling them. The steamboat
Harriet arrived at Montgomery
seven days out of Mobile on Octo­ber
22, 1821. The Tensas, the Cot­ton
Plant, the Osage, and the
Elizabeth, were early boats on the
Alabama and Tombigbee. The
steamboat Walk-in-the-Water was
an early first-class steamer on the
Tennessee. The Coosa ran in the
forties from Rome, Georgia, to
Greensport in Alabama on the
Coosa River.
Plank Soads
Plank roads construction was
an unsuccessful experiment be­tween
1850-55. The Montgomery
and Wetumpka, and the Central
Plank cooperations of 1950 built
the Central Plank road from Mont­gomery
to Winterborough in Tal­ladega
County, which plank road
was the most successful one of
these efforts. It operated, how­ever,
less than five years. The ex­pense
of building ran entirely too
heavy and the maintenance was
entirely too much to permit them
to declare dividends. The Tus-cubia,
Courtland and Decatur
Railway was built as early as 18-
34. The railroad from Selma
through Montevallo, northeast the
Alabama and Tennessee Rivers
Railroad, the old Mobile and Gi-rard,
and the Montgomery and
West Point were roads built short­ly
after this. For many years the
Memphis and Charleston which
parallels the Tennessee River was
the longest rail route in the state.
Mr. Jefferson Davis reached Mont­gomery
from his home in Missis­sippi
over that circuitous way in
1861.
Passenger transport in Alabama
has ever been subservient to the
business of hauling goods. Stage
lines which went from 1821 to
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around 1850 over most of our
roadways made no money in the
passenger traffic, depending prac­tically
altogether for their exis­tence
on Government subsidies
for carrying the mail and on the
express business. Railroad accom­modations
were, of course, better
than those of the stage coach, for
many of our early travelers tell
us that frequently passengers had
to be called out to help push the
coach out of the mud. This never
happened after the wheels were
put on rails.
Taverns
Taverns om the roadside accom­modated
the public and furnished
comfortable sleeping quarters ex­cept
in a few cases; but those
types of early travelers whom we
classify at the present time as
tourists, complained even a hun­dred
years ago about the accom­modations
which they received in
the larger towns. The Government
regulated the price of meals, dic­tated
toll fees, ferry boat charges,
and over-night tavern accommo-rations.
Practically all of these
Government-regulated country
stops seem to have been those at
Claiborne and other large places.
Those who traveled in more af­fluent
ways, who according to the
parlance of the time "took the
cars," enjoyed a better protection
from the weather, got there quick­er,
and did not pay much more for
the passage. "Private conveyance"
travelers over roads, which were
important after the laws requir­ing
all voting citizens to give a
certain number of days service
during the year, experienced that
satisfaction of those who today
use their own autos when they
plan to reach the desired points.
From the "before the War days"
of that muchly over-rated planta­tion
life of West Alabama to not
far distant times, many traveled
by private coach or at least used
horse and buggy. Alabama hos­pitality
dictated that not many
travelers who were able to go in
decent looking vehicles were re­fused
a night's lodging, no matter
where they arrived at sun down.
The handed-down tradition to the
average college boy who seeks a
ride either home or back to school
may suggest that their ancestors
before them never refused the re­quest
if it were possible for them
to grant it; therefore, when an
empty seat hoves in sight it is
logical for them to. think that they
may be permitted to use it. I am
wondering what the younger gen­eration
ten or fifteen years hence,
when all passenger travel will go
by air over the ground, will do
about "catching" a ride. Perhaps
trucks and heavy freight trains
will still use our highways and
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McCarthy Has Rival
In Mortimer Snerd
Meet the newest screen star,
Mortimer Snerd!
He's a rival of Charlie McCar­thy.
Since the release of "Letter
of Introduction," which opens
Wednesday at the Tiger Theater,
Mortimer has taken the country
by storm.
Edgar Bergen, who "manages"
both McCarthy and the new screen
sensation, put Mortimer in the pic­ture,
just to get even with Mc­Carthy,
who made slurring re­marks
about him.
Mortimer, a buck-toothed farm­er
boy dummy, claims he is from
Keokuk, la.
"Not exactly from Koekuk," he
explains. "Near there. About ten
miles out. I was the chief squirt
on a dairy farm before coming to
Hollywood."
Mortimer has red hair, blue
eyes, buck teeth and a shock of
unruly hair. His clothes are strict­ly
of the mail-order variety.
"He's just a peasant," sneers
McCarthy. "An uncouth oaf."
However, in spite of Charlie's
derogatory remarks, Mortimer
proved to be the surprise sensa­tion
of the year. He has never be­fore
appeared on the screen or be­fore
a radio microphone.
Mortimer appears with Charlie,
Edgar Bergen, Adolph Menjou,
Andrea Leeds and George Mur­phy
in "Letter of Introduction."
She Snoops
To Conquer
I have heard lots of complaints
about +he cheerleaders not leading
enough yells Friday night and that
there was no excuse for them lay­ing
down on the job like they
did. You who complained might
give this a little thought. For all
the support that our cheerleaders
are given by the students they
might as well spend their time
learning the "Lambeth Walk."
Students won't attend the pep
meeting like they should. I doubt
if one out of ten freshmen can tell
you the first line of our Alma
Mater. I never saw the Auburn
students lay down on the job like
they did either. "Our great Au­burn
spirit" has just about become
a ghost.
"Bevo" Biggin put on a swell
"bleacher show" at the game Fri­day
night. He included a tumbling
act off the seat assisted by "Pret­ty
Boy" Wingfield, A. T. O.
Those looks enchanged between
Jr. Whatley and Libba Hunt make
Clark Gable and Myrna Loy's love
scenes look like "amateur first
nighter."
We needn't wonder what makes
Margie O'Neil interested in San­born
Chase.
Monroe Adams is again playing
the sucker for Clara Jane Ussery.
Maybe he hasn't anything else to
do.
Helena Miller is definitely an
eye-knocker-outer."
Eugenia Sanderson has certain­ly
gotten the "run-around" by
Gene Clark for a cute little blonde
gal named Hays. Hum, Eugenia,
are you slipping? I think you
might as well try to keep Walter
Golson hooked now.
Kate Crosley was told that
Campus Events
In the future this space will be devoted to a weekly listing
of all campus events, including club and fraternal meetings
and notices. Every meeting of every organization and the time
and place to be held will be included.
The Plainsman asks the head of each organization, no
matter what the type of its interests, to cooperate by sending
the necessary information on future dates of its meetings to
VVILLARD HAYES, THETA CHI HOUSE, PHONE 388. Notices
of meetings an announcements for publication in the Tuesday
edition must be in his hands by Sunday night or early Monday
morning. If there is a need for it, this calendar will be published
in the Friday edition also.
Today
Glomerata pictures being taken all week.
Social dancing for beginners, 7 p. m., Recreational Hall.
F. F. A., 7 p. m., 201 Comer Hall.
Delta Sigma Pi, 8 p. m., Broun Hall 300.
Wednesday
Dance Club, 5 p. m., Girl's Gym.
Tea for women students, sponsored by Cardinal Key, 4:30
to 5:30 p. m., Smith Hall.
Social calendar closed, 6 p. m. No more dates changed after
this hour.
A. V. M. A., 7 p. m. Vet Hill.
Thursday
Ebony Council, 3:30 p. m., Byrd Hall. All fraternity porters
and houseboys are requested to show this notice to their house-managers
and get permission to attend this important meeting.
Keys Interfraternity, 7 p. m., Lambda Chi house.
Friday
Deadline for registering motor vehicles with Executive Sec­retary.
Entries close for singles in tennis and for the open division
in intramurals.
Robin "Rube" Russell was out of
town. We wonder if she looked
under his bed or in the closet for
him.
From reports from the males,
Ann Argo and Francina Bass ain't
the grey mares that they used to
be.
Who is the "dame" that Tom
Wingfield keeps hollering about
that "done him dirty?"
Curty "Dopy" Farley has gotten
so absolutely pressed for snoop­ing
that he has taken up the art
of reading people's personal let­ters
over their shoulders.
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Glomerata
Advertisers
How many of you professors
and students have visited Auburn's
exclusive jewelry store? If you
haven't before, now is the time
to drop by to see T. I. Jockisch
in his place next to Burton's Book
Store and look at one of the most
complete lines of college jewelry
on display. You don't want to
miss the opportunity to see the
new Hamilton and Elgin watches
in their collegiate models.
Mr. Jockisch has been in Au­burn
for three years, during which
time he has rendered only the
most dependable service in jew­elry
repair work of all kind. He
is an expert at duplicating lenses
for your broken glasses, and his
work has his guarantee for your
satisfaction.
For the best of service in jewel­ry,
see T. I. Jockisch, a true sup­porter
of Auburn and of the
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Maurice Hindus Speaks On
Radio From Czechoslovakia
A familiar voice to many Au­burn
students and townspeople—
that of Maurice Hindus—has been
heard over the radio during the
past week of the European crisis.
Mr. Hindus, who is now in
Prague, Czechoslovakia, has been
interviewed daily by H. B. Kal-tenborn
in the news round-up con­ducted
by the Columbia Broad­casting
System. Residents of Au­burn
heard Mr. Hindus's brilliant
lecture in Langdon Hall here last
spring when he discussed the Rus­sian
situation. Mr. Hindus will re­turn
to Auburn for another lec­ture
on March 1.
Weatherman Gives Facts
About Auburn Weather
When the thermometer dropped
to 49 Wednesday night it marked
th fifth time that this low tem­perature
was reached in Septem­ber
during the last 18 years, said
Prof. J. M. Robinson, local weath­erman.
Lowest September temperature
in the past 18 years was in 1920
when 45 was reached on Sept. 30.
On the same day in 1924 a low of
48 was recorded. On Sept. 23, 19-
27, the mercury dropped to 48
and to 46 on Sept. 25, 1928.
High and low temperatures re­corded
this week follow: Monday,
52-91; Tuesday, 81-50; and Wed­nesday
82-49.
Whether or not it's raining
now doesn't matter, you are
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Important Notice
Concerning
Individual Student Pictures
for
The 1939 Glomerata
AUBURN STUDENTS:
If your picture appears in the 1939 Glomerata,
it is imperative that you report to Student Center
at the time indicated on the postal card which will
be sent to you.
If you cannot report at the time designated on
the postal card, be sure to go to Student Center at
once and make another appointment. Not more
than two appointments will be made for you with
the photographer.
It is the desire of the Glomerata staff that the
picture of every student be carried in the book.
However, unless you co-operate by reporting at
the designated time, your picture will have to be
omitted this year from the book.
No student pictures taken in previous years
will be used in the 1939 Glomerata
Perry J. Schwartz, Editor
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