1938-03-25 The Auburn Plainsman

              THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Special Election
Flash
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Foster? Grisham To Manage Paper
Bunchey Fowler Wins Social Committee Job
Schwartz, Farley Head Glomerata
Hollingsworth Is Named Senior Class President
May Queen Winner Be Announced Wednesday
High In Class
Sigma Chi Takes First Place In Track Meet;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Takes Close Second
Score Is 23-21 In Annual Competition;
Awards Made At Dance Last Night
With three firsts, three seconds and one third, totaling
twenty-three points, the Sigma Chi's won the 1938 interfra-ternity
track and field meet, barely defeating the S. A. E.'s
who scored twenty-one points.
Third place went to the S. P. E.'s, who scored 18 points,
followed by K. A., 12 points; Lambda Chi Alpha, 9 1-2 points;
Delta Sigma Phi, 9 points; Sigma Nu, 5 1-2 points; Sigma
Pi, 5 points; Alpha Psi, 2 1-2 points; Alpha Gamma Rho, 2
points; Phi Kappa Tau, 2 points; and Theta Chi, 1 point.
The interfraternity record for the 440-yard dash, 880-yard
run, and the pole vault was bettered in the hotly contested
meet. The record for the hundred yard dash was tied.
Results of individual events:
100-yard dash—Cockrell (S. P. E-)> Cook (Sigma Chi),
Hagood (Pi K. A.), Berney (S. A. E.). Time: 16.5.
220-yard dash—Cockrell (S. P- E.), Berney (S. A. E.),
Hanna (Delta Sigma Phi), Payne (Sigma Chi). Time: 23.8.
440-yard dash—Davenport (Sigma Pi), Martin (K. A.),
Ambrose (Lambda Chi Alpha), Cooper (Delta Sigma Phi).
Time: 55.4. Old record 56.5.
880-yard run—Drake (Sigma Chi), Martin (K- A.), Porter
(S. A. E.), Davis (Lambda Chi Alpha). Time: 2.09. Old re­cord:
2.12.
Mile run: Drake (Sigma Chi), Franke (K. A.), Mitchell
(Sigma Nu), Irving (Theta Chi). Time: 4:58-
120-yard low hurdles—Davis (Lambda Chi Alpha), Green
(Delta Sigma Phi), Wood (Phi Kappa Tau). Time: 15.5.
High-jump— Sigletary (S. A. E.), Cooper (Delta Sigma
Phi), Edwards (Sigma Nu), and Davis (Lambda Chi Alpha),
tied for third. Height: five feet, five inches.
Broad-jump: Singletary (S. A. E ) , Cockrell (S. P. E.),
Weissinger (K. A.), Cook (Sigma Chi). Distance: 20 feet,
one inch.
Shot-put— McNulty (S. P. E.), Fletcher (Pi K. A.), Holmes
(Alpha Gamma Rho), Hallinger (K- A.). Distance: 35 feet,
nine inches.
Pole vault—Cook (Sigma Chi), Long (Alpha Psi), and
Rochester (Pi K. A.), tied for second; Young (Sigma Nu).
Height: 11 feet, one inch. Old record: 10 feet, 10 1-2 inches.
880-yard relay—S. A. E., first; Sigma Chi, second; Pi K.
A., third; Sigma Nu, fourth. Time: 1:40.6.
Summer School To Open Monday, June 6
The 26th Summer Session at the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
will open on Mondey, June 6, with an enrollment,
which from all indications, will exceed previous records of
summer attendance at Auburn.
Growth in attendance at the Summer Session since its be­ginning
here in 1913 has been both substantial and continuous
from year to year.
£5=75/ MUGPft/
With a score of 231 in a pos­sible
265, Beth Murphy, of Au­burn,
freshman in pharmacy,
made the highest score on an
English achievement test given
to all members of her class.
Second Edition Of
News Letter Out
Jean Bailey Will
Lead Inferfrat
'Rose Ball'
The second edition of the Ala­bama
Home Economics Asoscia-tion
News Letter will be mailed
this week to Home Economists in
the state and national fields from
the office of Prof. Edna J. Orr,
of the School of Education, editor.
An interesting feature in the
book is the program of' the A. H.
E. A. spring conference that will
be held at the art gallery of the
Birmingham Public Library" on
March 25. Miss Huth O'Brien,
Chief of the Division of Textile
and Clothing, Bureau of Home
Economics, will be the guest
speaker.
Other interesting topics in the
booklet are "The Farm Security
Program" by Mrs. Nonnie Wood
Herron, asosciate director of Farm
Security, Auburn; an article on the
Adult Evening class at Roxana
Community near Auburn; "Ex­panded
Program of Vocational
Home Economics" by Kfethryn
Forney, state supervisor of Home
Economics Education; and club
reports from chapters in the state.
The theme of the annual inter­fraternity
Council Ball, to be held
on April 1 at the W. P. A. Hall,
will be that of a Rose Ball, -it
was announced today by commit­tees
working on plans and ar­rangements.
The dance will be led by Miss
Jean Bailey, of Jackson, escorted
by George Hariston, of Birming­ham,
president of the Interfra­ternity
Council. Members of the
Council, representing the 22 fra­ternities
on the campus, will be
featured in a grand march.
The spring theme will be
brought out in the decorations and
in the summer formal dress. Rose
trelises will be used to empha­size
the event as a Rose Ball.
Members of the Council in­clude
Dwain Luce, Wes Laney
Dave Hamilton, Roy Taylor, John
Pollard, George Knight, Aubrey
Garrison, Mac Smith, C. T. Al­len,
Alvin Vogtle, Malcolm Mc­Donald,
Billy McGehee, William
Campbell, Emory Solomon, Jar-vis
Brown, Thomas Karg, Max
Welden, Bill Milam, Bob Kin-caid,
C. W. Thompson, Charles
Rollingsworth, Jomes Stewart,
George Hariston, Joe Creeks, Bil­ly
Roberts, George Hiller, Wal-lis
Weaver, Brice Nelson, Tho­mas
Lewis, Dave Wittel, Ernest
Rogers, G. L. Edwards, John
Brassell, Sterling Graydon, T. W.
Cooper, Ira Kerlin, Bob Strain,
John Tall, aHrry Jackson, Har­ry
Campbell, Ernest Kendall Geo.
Weaver, Louis Goldberg, and Mor­ton
Prager.
The Auburn Knights will sup­ply
the music for the occasion.
Players Present
'The Forest'
John Galsworthy's play, "The
Forest," had its American pre­mier
here tonight in Langdon
Hall when presented before a
large audience by the Auburn
Players under the direction of
Telfair B. Peet.
Professor Peet was assisted in
directing the play by Margaret
Mullins, Dothan. Stage manager
for the production was John Red­mond,
Dade City, Fla.; electrician
was Carolyn Jones, Auburn; in
charge of properties was Anne
McRee, Opelika, and Mary Eli­zabeth
Peagler, Montgomery.
High In School
The top-ranking scholar here
for the first semester is El­mer
H. Almquist, of Auburn,
sophomore in mechanical en­gineering,
who led the entire
student body with an average
of 97.72.
Horse Show Held
Here April 24
Sunday, April 24, has been tent­atively
set as the date for the
annual horse show in Auburn, r e ­ports
Capt. K. L. Johnson, R. O.
T. C. faculty member at the col­lege
who will direct the show.
Present plans are for events to
begin at 2 p. m..
No entry fees will be charged
exhibitors, Capt. Johnson says,
and stable room and forage will
be furnished free to horses of out­side
entrants.
Thirteen classes are listed, in­cluding
four jumping events, three
classes for lady riders, child's
pony class, plantation horse entry,
and several specialty contests.
Complete classes follow: I. So­phomore
horsemanship; II Junior
jumping; III. Polo skate race, "B"
squad; IV. Plantation horses; V.
Ladies jumping; VI. Child's pony
class; VII. Senior jumping; VII.
Polo bending race, "A" squad; IX.
Pair jumping; X. Ladies horse­manship
class; XI. Ladies horse­manship
(first class); XII. Five
gaited saddle horses; XII. Three
gaited saddle horses.
Deacon Moore Plays For Finals
"Howdy do, folks, howdy do."
Carl "Deacon" Moore will bring
his "hill (billy' orchestra here May
6 and 7 to play for the Final Dan­ces
in the W. P. A. Hall, it was
announced by Ed Duncan, chair­man
of the Social Committee
last night. He also revealed that
Julia Coley, of Alexander City,
will lead the Grand March of
the dances with Woody Hall, pres­ident
of the Senior Class.
Most of the boys who do the
"hill billy" characterizations are
"phonies" but Carl "Deacon
Moore, in the parlance of the pro­fession,
is "legit." He was born
in Paragould, Arkansas, in 1902,
and still gives 524 West Oak
Street, Jonesboro, Arkansas, as
his address. "Deacon" began drum­ming
on his desk in school with
pencils, ordered his first set of
drums from a Sears — Roebuck
catalogue, and organized his first
band at the age of 12. Now he is
the leader of one* of the finest
dance orchestras in the country,
has won praise from such astute
showmen as Rudy Vallee with his
unique talent as an entertainer,
holds commissions and badges
from the police of nine cities, owns
his own airplane and is a licensed
pilot.
"Deacon" claims and believes
that he is a hick from the sticks,
but really became city broke years
ago and has continued to disguise
his true sophicastication with his
original drawl, much in the Will
Rogers manner. He has written
hit songs and has won admirers
•with his quaint, droll humor in
the smartest hotels and clubs.
Radio listeners everywhere are
familiar with the "Deacon's" folk-sey
brand of humor. His dance ar­rangements
have inspired enthus­iasm
on ballroom floors from Bos­ton
to San Antonio, and from Den­ver
to Nashville. Marge Hudson,
the singing artists' model, an ex­otic
beauty of Spanish type, is one
of the featured vocalists, with the
Moore orchestra.
Munson Compton, whose lyric
tenor voice has quickened thou­sands
of feminine hearts, is the
other. The "Deacon" occasionally
runs off a batch of songs him­self
and at intervals in his career
was a racing driver and a patent
medicine salesman.
Carl, who is the composer of
"St. James Infirmary," "Ding
Dong Daddy" and "Bye Bye
Blues", has an Orchestra whose
music is smooth, hot rhythmic and
modern. Notable among the many
places the orchestra has played
are the Morrison Hotel, Chicago;
Drake Hotel, Chicago; Muchlebach
hotel, Kansas City; St. Anthony
hotel, San Antonio; Claridge ho­tel,
Memphis; New Penn Club,
Pittsburgh, and Beverly Hills
County Club,-Newport, Ky.
The Moore orchestra has been
heard from coast-to-coast many
times on the NBC and Columbia
radio networks. In Chicago, alone,
the band has .broadcast over five
different stations; WGN, WMAQ,
KYW, WBBM and WENR. They
are also widely known for their
many appearances in RKO vaud­eville.
The orchestra was secured
arrangements with Consolidated
Radio Artists, Inc., and will not
play the usual engagements with
the five other colleges connected
with Auburn in securing dance
orchestras. The rest of the circuit
will secure another orchestra from
the Music Corporation of Amer­ica.
A call for bids for decorating
the W. P. A. Hall for the Senior
dances has been made by Dun­can
already. He urges that those
who intend to bid on the decor­ations
see him immediately. He
is laying elaborate plans
Pinion, Pappas, McGehee, Martin Win;
Burns, Patty, Osburne, Green Named \
L. E. Foster, Birmingham, nosed Edwin Godbold out in a
close vote of 225 to 216 for the post of Editor of the Plains­man.
Charles Grisham, Athens, won the Plainsman Business
Manager position with a count of 221 to Sam Teague's to 215.
Perry J. Schwartz, Birmingham, took a comparatively
easy win over Dallas Benton with a tabulation of 304 to 271
in the race for the Editor of the Glomerata. The Business
Manager of the Glomerata will be Curty Farley who was un­opposed.
J. M. "Bunchy" Fowler, of Pell City, took the Chairman
of the Social Committee post with a total number of 298
votes against his toughest opponent, C C. "Jack" Owen who
polled 273 votes.
In the Plainsman race, J. H. Wheeler polled 135 votes for
the Editorship. Alvin Vogtle scored a 145 vote count for the
Business Manager position. In the Social Committee Chair­man
race Jack Todd trailed far behind with only 16 votes to
his credit.
Charles Hollingsworth was elected president of the Senior
Class by a plurality of 28 votes over J. C. Swanner. Total
vote was Hollingsworth, 266; Swanner, 238. The third can­didate,
James A. McCool, got 76 votes-
Hollingsworth is a student in agricultural education and
comes from (Senterville.
For vice-president O. F. Burns defeated Albert Price, 266
to 181. The third candidate, Louis J. Vogel, got 147. Burns,
another agricultural education student, is from Cullman.
Melvin Patty, Cedar Bluff, was unopposed for secretary of
the Senior Class. For treasurer, Cleburne Osburne won with
178 votes, his two nearest opponents, Bertha Kahn and Bur­ton
W. Brooks, each receiving 146. Schuyler H- Richardson
received 78.
Osbourne is also a student in agricultural eduaction from
Cullman.
W. O. Green, Brewton, veterinary medicine student, was
unopposed for historian of the Senior Class.
In the race for membership on the executive cabinet Shel-ton
C. Pinion, Berry, student in agricultural education led the
ticket with a total of 285. Second came Ernest Pappas, Birm­ingham
agricultural student, with 255.
Other members elected to the cabinet were Billy McGehee,
Greenville, business administration student, 251, and Allen C.
Martin, Selma, business administration, 238-
Vote on other candidates was as follows: Dan Meadows,
225; Cecil Pitman, 225; J. Wiley Sharp, 213; Hugh F. Wright,
127; Tom Lennon, 123; Oscar Threadgill, 121; Gene Trotter,
86; and Leon C. Picard, 73.
The co-ed who was elected as May Queen in today's elec­tion
will be announced in Next Wednesday's issue of the
Plainsman, according to Floyd Pugh, Woman's Representa­tive
to the Executive Cabinet. The election was held in con­junction
with the annual general election. The deferring of
the announcement was largely due to the enormous num­ber
of ballots which were cast in the election.
With only the junior votes tabulated, a close race is indicat­ed
between June Tooker, Dumont, N. J., and Eleanor Scott,
Auburn, for membership on the Executive Cabinet repre­senting
women students. Vote in the Junior Class gave Miss
Tooker 53 and Miss Scott 44-
Only women students, members of the Junior Class voted
in this contest.
A total of 584 votes were cast in the election by the entire
Junior class, George Lehnert, Chairman of the election com­mittee,
said tonight with the completion of the counting
of the votes cast in the Senior class elections.
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Doris White Elected To Head Woman's
Student Government During Next Year
An election of new officers for the Woman's Student Gov­ernment
Asosciation was held at a woman's convocation held
in Broun Hall Tuesday, March 22, at eleven o'clock. Voting
was done by secret ballot for all officers in the group.
PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1938.
Plainsman Editorials
WHEREIN CONGRATULATIONS ARE
DUE THE ELECTION WINNERS
The Plainsman congratulates each per­son
who was elected to a campus office.
It evidences your popularity among your
fellow voters and should evidence your
capability of rendering the proper ser­vices
demanded by each position. The stu­dents
had faith in you or they wouldn't
have chosen you; now substantiate their
faith (this is pep talk. If you don't need
it, simply go through a process of deduc­tion.)
Some consider it an honor to be a win­ner
in these elections. But some of the
jobs entail some real work and consid­eration.
It would be well for the recipi­ents
referred to to keep the fact well in
mind that "the usual high grade of ser­vices"
will be expected too.
NEWSPAPER COMBINATION TO TEST
POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION
Some ten years ago two schools were
engaged in a football game. They were
fighting as athletic rivals fight on the
gridiron. In the bleachers two men were
fighting, but they were fighting as overen-thusiastic
spectators fight. One of them
died of the injuries he received in the
fracas and the football teams, who had
nothing to do with the fight, have never
been allowed to play each other again.
During the past seven months The
Plainman has had a great deal to say a-bout
the resumption of athletic relations
between the University of Alabama and
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Our
readers favor the suggestion for they
showed it in an opinion poll early in the
fall. But our circulation is limited prac­tically
entirely to Auburn and our read­ers
alone cannot bring about the change-
We had all but given the idea up as
something everyone wants but that no one
can get, but Monday -in the- Montgomery
Advertiser Bill Rollow, sports writer, sug­gested
that The Plainsman, Advertiser, and
Crimson-White cooperate in an effort to
reestablish athletic relations between the
two schools. By this means the campaign
can be spread by the student newspapers
in the nemy camps and by the Advertiser
on neutral ground. Interested readers all
over the State can pick up the cry and ex­ert
pressure.
Public opinion is a powerful thing. It
has accomplished many things. Is it strong
The Auburn Plainsman
Published Semi-Weekly By The Students
Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
Business and editorial offices at Lee County
Bulletin building on Tichenor Avenue. Phone
448. Editors may be reached after office hours
by calling 159 or 363, business manager 363.
J. R. Buntin - - - - - - - Editor -
R. H. Workman - Managing Editor
G. L. Edwards — Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Associate Editor: L. E. Foster, Edwin Godbold.
News Editor: J. H. Wheeler.
Sports Editor; Bill Troup.
Society Editor: Eleanor Scott,
Feature Editor: Joan Metzger Barkalow.
Cartoonist: Wilbur Bagby.
Special Writers: Jack Steppe, Franklyn Ward.
Reporters: Charlie Burns, Nancye Thompson,
Mitchell Wadkins, John Godbold, Ed. Smith, R.
L. Mundhenk, Gus Pearson, Babe McGehee, J. B.
Thomas, Johnnie Stansberry, John Ivey, S. G.
Slappey, Laurens Pierce, Eugenia Sanderson.
Kate Gresham
BUSINESS STAFF
Assistant Business Managers: Sam Teague.
Alvin Vogtle.
Advertising Manager: Charlie Grisham.
Assistant Advertising Managers: William Car­rol,
Julian Myrick.
Advertising Assistants: Bob Berney, Bob Arm­strong.
Circulation Manager: Arthur Steele.
Circulation Assistants: Claude Hayden, Tom
Cheatham, William Rotenberry.
Represented for national advertising by Na­tional
Advertising Service, Inc. Member of As­sociated
Collegiate Press. Distributor of Col­legiate
Digest.
enough to bring about athletic relations
between the only two state-supported in­stitutions
in the Union who do not meet
each other on the gridiron? We shall see.
NOW IT IS WONDERED WHO WAS
THE GOAT AFTER THE BIG RALLY
The political rally Tuesday night was
more of a success than most of the junior
politicians would condescend to give it. It
was a fitting end to a sequence of events
embraced in the political maneuvers of
our junior class, directed and acted by
said members.
To correct a fallacy of opinion on the
part of many, this rally was an agent for
the politicians—not that of the editor's.
He didn't need one; he had his day last
year. However, it was a brainchild, judged
from the remarks of many of the politi­cians
a very puny and adolescent one, of
the editor's. But he was only taking up
where they left off and was providing an
extension for their political facilities. It is
fair to say that he had no just right to med­dle
in their business? Maybe not but he has
to speak for the student body. And as a
matter of fact, he was speaking for
them, doing them a favor.
The politicians employed their methods
(and they were methods which the larger
part of the student body looked upon as
being a departure from what was con­sidered
ethical in Auburn politics, that is,
the use of high-pressure advertisement
agents. Most resented these methods. But
it was all in fun. It all is, if you make up
your mind that that's the attitude you wish
to take.) and they carried on, disregarding
the over-stepping they were doing. To
help you with your methods, the Plains
man provided a regular political meeting
advertised it (a perfectly good streamer
was wasted on it.) and even provided a
stump for the speakers- With all provis­ions
made for a good evening for the boys,
the editor, the arch-plotting menace, went
to the show with the Senior Main Gate
Committee, leaving the whole rally in
the hands of its owners. Then they dis­sipated
their opportunity by hiding the
speaking stump in the shrubbery and them
selves back in the dark corners. It all
doesn't make sense (though it really does).
There you have a preview and a review
of a Great Auburn Political Rally that
might have been utilized had the bene­factors
gleaned the true significance of it.
It is just another case of a good thing be­ing
created for a group by some other in­terested
though detached group and the
benefitting group, afraid of being "sucked
in", failing to take advantage of the oppor­tunities
offered them.
It is to be admitted that all this college]
politics business is merely play. Of course, J
they get mad, form factions, pull as much
wpbl over voters' eyes as. possible, trade
powers so closely that nothing worth while
can be done, try to all high heaven to pull
some original graft, but it all is in fun
and it is popular, too- Then to, to satisfy
vanity and dispell lack of action, it all
serves admirably to direct the selecting
of honor society members as well as cam­pus
posts so that the Secret Ten can pull
a fast one over the ,High High and the
Such This Such That Honor Society. Nev­er
mind all this, it is all politics and IT'S
ALL IN FUN.
Here, you may change your mind as to
whether the Rally was a success or not.
It was little or no trouble for the Propa­ganda
Staff of the "Republic." It seemed
to have given the politicing boys a little
worry (serves them right, the big-time
politician pretenders!) It is hoped that
such will not be the vogue at election time
next year. But should it be the "popular
thing to do," it is hoped that the entire
campaign will be a bit more systematic
and complete.
(Epilogue: This editorial does not apply
wholly to all students seeking offices in
the previous election.)
PLAINSMAN FORUM - Voice of the Students
Editor The Auburn Plainsman,
Auburn, Ala.
Dear Sir:
I would appreciate it if this letter would be
published in the Plainsman sometime in the
near future. Of course, this applies to that
part that follows only . . . .
An Open Letter to College Authorities:—
College Authorities, I am appealing to you
about a matter that has been before the at­tention
of the school authorities for quite
some time now, and as yet, not one thing has
been done. I am speaking of the protests made
against the 'cut system' by various sources
that voiced the student opinion to a fairly
accurate degree.
In these protests, it was made clear that
the students themselves considered the sys­tem
to be one of unfairness and one of im­proper
regulatory means. Is it to be sup­posed
by the student that the faculty con­siders
him still a child in college? In truth,
there is nothing else that can be accepted
than such an explanation, since such a means
of forcing attendance is nothing more than
an expanded grade school instrument that
has been changed to meet mass requirements
and nothing else. In this point, we have re­ceived
nothing short of a public insult, which
not only reflects on our personal status but
on that of the school as well.
It is well konwn among the facuty that
this system is one of extreme methods, and
it is still well known that this system < also
gets results, but at what cost? In taking the
point of view of so many of the professors
and deans, it might be said that: "We are
treating them like children, but, by golly,
we're getting results." This is not only unfair
in several terms, but it is offensive to the
personal pride of the student. I have wonder­ed
several times if the governing group that
passed this system and made it what it is,
were aware of its psycological effects that
were to come about from the student element
which it was forced upon. I hope that the case
is not what it seems to be at present, for if
they did realize the effects that it was to
have, and then deliberately went on with it,
it shows only one thing, and that, a contempt
for the student by the 'higher ups.' In the
case that these effects were overlooked at
the time the system was inaugurated, it is
only likely to believe that now, since they are
known, the system should be replaced by
something a little^ more befitting the high
standard of student that we have here. It does
seem that the intelligencia of our faculty
could have devised a little more intelligent
system than that now existent.
President Duncan, I am appeaing to you.
I know the close relationship that lies between
you and the students of our school. Before, in
matters that have come up, you have always
taken a broad view that took in the student
side as well as the faculty side. So now, I
ask you to give us some answer to the pro­blem
that exists. If a successful conclusion
can be reached, I know you will do what is
. right in reaching it. But for this time, give
us some answer to let us know how we, the
students, stand in the opinion of the question.
If I may suggest, I don't think that a letter
to the students • in this same column of the
Plainsman would be out-of-line, but in any
form, let us know. Other appeals to different
sources have been ignored; we are looking
to you, our president, to give us some answer.
Most sincerely,
Laurens Pierce
Sixteen Ems
QUOTABLE QUOTES
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
"There is need of education, of under­standing,
not so much a greater accumu­lation
of factual material as the develop­ment
of the ability of working with other
people." University of Minnesota's J. O.
Christianson believes that character edu­cation
should be paramount.
By SPACER OUTER
A talented member gives you some
Inside Dope
For an example of "The Taming of The
Shrew" see Tony as to "Little" Doris.
Ed Duncan—Still wonder if you got Jack
Carr that date with Jane Ussery he wanted
so badly at the Inn the other day.
We hear that "Giggle" Jones hates pub­licity
since she's teaching "How To Cook."
Note to Chris: Did Tommy go to Jackson­ville
or did he?
We hear "shrimps" was the Sunday menue
at the Inn—Eh, Stanley and Bilbro?
Was Chapman's face red Sunday noon
when Kate's true love from Atlanta blew in!
If the after-election celebration planned by
the junior politicians for Thursday night at
the Windmill goes over as planned, a good
time should be had by all. All junior candi­dates
are invited, win or lose. Drown your
sorrows or celebrate your victory!
Editor, The Plainsman,
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Sir:
It seems a shame that, in view of the very
fine showing made by both the fraternity and
independent basketball teams in the recent
intramural tournament, these groups did not
arrange for a game between their respective
champions. Such a game would be a great aid
in increasing interest in intramural basketball
and would also tend to promote a feeling of
fellowship between fraternity men and inde­pendents
which does not exist at the present
time.
According to the best information I could
obtain on the subject, the Alumni Hall team,
winners of the independent's tournament,
were strongly in favor of playing liie fra­ternity
champions, the Sigma Nu's, but the
fraternity boys declined their challenge.
Their alibi was a loss of interest in basket­ball
due to the impending track meet on
"A" day, and the beginning of baseball prac­tice.
Some of the Alumni Hall boys have ex­pressed
the belief that the fraternity champs
were not especially anxious to risk a game
with Alumni as it would probably mean the
first defeat of the year for Sigma Nu. At any
rate, in the best interest of campus athletics,
authorities in charge should begin plans
right now to include the fraternity—inde­pendent
championship game in the sports
calendar for next year. I would like to see
this game become an annual affair, and I
feel sure the majority of the student body
agrees with me.
Sincerely yours,
Willard O. Slappey
The Editor
The Student Newspaper
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama
My Dear Sir:
Would you please advise us as to whether
you have on your campus an organization for
non-fraternal students and who the leader of
the group is? For your convenience in answ­ering
we are enclosing a self-addressed en­velope.
Note also the enclosed tentative program of
the National Conclave for Independent Men's
Asosciations which will be held here April
22 and 23. '
As a matter of information there are twen­ty
or more such groups in the Mississippi
Valley alone and seven of these have already
pledged their support to the Conclave.
The seven are: Ohio State College, North­western
University, Purdue University, and
the Universities of Kansas, Colorado, Illinois,
and Michigan.
We would greatly appreciate a prompt re­ply.
Thanks.
Very truly yours,
Theatus Greeson, Exec. Sec.
University of Oklahoma I. M. A.
Ed Note: This is a letter I received a
few days ago. I would like to hear some stu­dent
comment.
Talk About The Town
BY JACK STEPPE — R. L. MUNDHENK
Charley McCarthy had another operation—
appendisawduat. ^
"Pictorial Review" reports a new trend
in reader's tastes, as it announces . . .
" Next month we shall publish a fascinat­ing
article on stomach ulcers."
The last splurge at the Tiger reminds us
of Elbert Hubbard's definition of vaudeville:
"A matter of verve, nerve, and vermillion.
A toast to woman: She needs no eulogy;
she speaks for herself.
HEAR YE: Frances Farmer supports Hol­lywood's
campaign against nudity with . . .
"I wouldn't want to think that my only ap­peal
to the public must be made on a pure­ly
physical basis.
ADVERTISING — Just another field for
every promising Ananias (the first liar).
SWORN TO BE A FACT — is the post card
correspondence here recorded. As the story
goes, the boy hadn't heard from the girl for
some time. So he sent her a card with these
three words evenly spaced upon its surface:
Mad?
Sick?
Dead?
His answer, also on a post card, read:
Not mad.
Not sick.
Not dead.
Married!
News And Views
BY L. E. FOSTER
"Losers must have leave to speak."—Cibber
When this column appears the writer will
likely be off in some corner, brooding over
his defeat in the election and trying to con­sole
himself. We imagine that the writer will
be most sympathetic with the unemployed.
NEWS LOCAL — While on the subject of
the elections, it might be mentioned that
Auburn politics went out of its usual bounds,
and the results were favorable to neither
candidates or voters. The machine was not
predominant as it has been in some elections,
but the means of carrying on competition
have sunken to a new low.
Next year we should strive to curb school
politics, as it has revolutionized into a class
of politics that doesn't fit Auburn.
REMARKS AT" RANDOM—Auburn spent
an unpleasant day yesterday shivering
through another wet "A" Day. The "A" Club
is to be congratulated on the program that
was planned for the day.
NEWS NATIONAL — Many a writer has
cooked his goose by writing about something
he knows little, and we are always dubious
about making positive statements on political
subjects. We have been making some obser­vations
on the T. V. A. and we should like
to present our slant on the matter, though it
is somewhat different from the general trend
of thought on this line.
As we see it, the Tennessee Valley Au­thority
is a government establishment which
is making the private enterprises of one spe­cific
section its prey. If the region served by
the T. V. A. were a state apart from the na­tion,
we would favor the Valley project, but
since it is not we are going on record as be­ing
opposed to it.
To set up a competing government agenc>
in only one section of the country is not fair
to the enterprisers of that section. The T.
V. A. has virtually crowded several private
companies out of the field, while private
plants just outside the area covered by the T.
V. A. power are thriving without any fear
of government competition.
If the government is to take over our
public utilities it would take them over na­tionally,
not regionally, as it is doing. The
government is able to save and has been sav­ing
the people of the T. V. A. district many
dollars, but it has done the utility companies
of that area a great injustice.
Whether or not the government should
take over public utilties none of us can say,
but we can say that to partially take them
over is unfair to some, for there must be some
discrimination made in order to do this.
SATIRE — If Herbert Hoover keeps as
quiet while he is in Europe as he did while
he was in the president's chair, he will be
plenty safe over there.
OFF THE RECORD — To our way of think­ing,
the social committee made a wise choice
in selecting Carl "Deacon" Moore to play
for the final dances. Carl's rural drawl will
be something new for Auburn and we think
it will be something pleasingly new. He has
a smooth band, and plays fine dance music.
NEWS RAMBLES — Secretary Wallace, of
the Agriculture Department writes Governor
Graves that the road economy program will
not be carried out, and the original appropri­ations
for Alabama are to be used in high­way
construction. The consensus of opinion
is that pretty Mrs. Patricia Ryan winked her
way to an acquittal . . . She was on trial in
New York for having killed her husband .. .
Officials of the Transcontinental and Western
Airlines recently announced that they have
given up all hope of finding the big airliner
that crashed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
March 1. There were nine aboard when the
craft went down . . . With apologies to the
valient fighters for a lynching law, we should
like to see an old fashioned noose around the
neck of the men who assaulted the two Mont­gomery
nurses . . . The interfraternity track
meet yesterday morning was run off more
quickly and efficiently than any we have
seen in the past three years . . . Bill Rollow,
writer for the Montgomery Advertiser, has
renewed the fight for an Alabama-Auburn
football game, He is working to bring these
teams together in the next few years . . .
This column sends an honorary orchid to
Miss Jean Bailey for her having been chosen
Miss "A" Day . . . The postmasters who at­tended
the convention in Auburn last week
went away smiling, and with some good words
about Auburn on their tongues.
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1938. THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Team Mates Meet
As Rivals Here
Meeting lor the first time since
their polo playing days in Hawaii,
Captain L. E. Jacoby, varsity polo
coach for Auburn, and Captain
James Clyburn, who for the past
three years has been head coach
at Ohio State, renewed old ac­quaintance's
on the arrival of the
Ohio State polo team Monday.
In Hawaii, the two field ar­tillery
officers fought together on
the same regimental team but
today the two coaches compete
their teams against each other
in two games scheduled at three
o'clock on Bullard Field.
The officers, friendly rivals at
polo, rode together in 1929 while
both were stationed with the Army
in the Hawaiian Islands.
A "I e*xpect we'll have a close
game," Captan Jacoby said as he
announced his players for the
game. "My team is in good shape
and we are ready to put up a good
fight against Captain Clyburn and
his Ohio Staters."
On the other hand, Captain
Clyburn expressed his appreci­ation
to Captain Jacoby for his
kindness to the visiting horsemen
and said, "We'll fight to the fin­ish,
win or lose, and let the best
man win."
The army officers were ready
to arrange a return game next
year with their teams.
Intramural Sports Office Is
Now Providing Shuffle Board
Auburn's newest student recre­ational
park, located in a pine
grove behind the library, open­ed
Monday afternoon at four
o'clock, Prof. E. B. Smith, director
of the intramural sports depart­ment,
said this morning.
The park contains four shuffle-board
courts, four horseshoe courts
and a volleyball court, which will
be open to students every day. An
attendent will be on duty from 4
until 6 each afternoon to be in
charge of the equipment.
Equipment for the courts will
be furnished by the Intramural
Sports Department, and the Plant
Service department under the di­rection
of Dr. J. V. Brown, con­structed
the courts. A barbecue pit
has also been constructed for the
use of the students.
The recreational park will prove
to be a popular spot on the cam­pus
and students will find plenty
of shade and benches near the
courts. Shuffleboard is one of the
school's newest popular sports.
No laws, however strigent, can
make the idle industrious, the
thriftless provident, or the drunk,
en sober.
PLAINSMAN SPORTS
Bill Troup, Editor
Wins Trophy
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Rex McKissick, of Equality,
was awarded a cup last night
by Mr. Gus Coates, manager of
the Tiger Theatre, as the most
outstanding Senior athlete. He
is a three-letter man, taking
part in football, basketball, and
baseball.
Phi Omega Pi Leads Women's
Intramural Basketball
The women's intra-mural bas­ketball
tournament ended last
week with Phi Omega Pi soro
rity taking first place by winning
the four games played. The F. H
A. (Vocational Home Economics
group) finished in second place,
with 243 points, Phi Omega Pi
leads the eight competing women's
groups. The Kappa Delta sorority
runs a close second with 219 points
Others follow in order: F. H. A.,
Chi Omega Sorority, Smith Hall,
Home Ec Club, and Theta Upsilon
sorority.
Mass badminton starts Monday
in the group competitive program.
The remaining activities in this
program are shuffleboard and ten.
nis doubles. All-women's singles
in tennis and shuffleboard are
now in progress.
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Injuries, Grades
Spoil Track
Prospects
As the time begins to draw near,
Auburn's track prospects become
more uncertain. Captain Monsey
Gresham has developed a case of
shin-splints that has caused him
to confine his work to light strid­ing
jogging. Bill Ellis has been
ruled ineligible. Phillip Lankford
pole-vaulter who was doing fine
work last spring, did not return
to school. The elegibility Of Ches­ter
Bulger, sophomore weight
man, is still in doubt, and it is
highly possible that he will be
lost because of his grades. Ralph
O'Gywnne has forsaken track to
go out for baseball, and Jim Swan-ner
is limping with a bad foot.
But with all the misfortunes
that have befallen the team, Coach
Hutsell is confident that Auburn
will have another good team. Sop­homores
Charlie Morgan, Feri-nand
Sobut, Gordon McEachern,
John Ham, Bobby Dickinson, Har­old
Cockrell, Bud Wendling, Ray
Gibson, Frank Gunter, and sever­al
others have come from the
freshman ranks to bolster the
weak spots, and Spec Kelly has
given up baseball for track.
In the various events, Auburn
will have a very good represent­ation.
Some of the outstanding
candidates for each event are: 100
and 220 yard dashes, Harold Coc-rell,
Bobby Dickinson, Spec Kel­ly,
Mark Nichols, and Bud Wend­ling;
440 yard dash, Mark Nichols,
John Grady, Bobby Dees and
Spec Kelly; half-mile, Monsey
Gresham, Frank Gunter, Curtis
Amos, Tom Hans, Ray Gibson,
John Sharp Roberts, and Henry
Porter; Mile, Tom Turner, Bobby
Wilson, Jim Swanner, and John
Sharp Roberts; two-mile, Tom
Turner, Ed Duncan, Jim Swanner
and Herbert Schiff; hurdles and
high jump, Charlie Morgan, Percy
South, Brooks Sellers, and Tom
Mitchell; javelin, Walter Heath
and Dave Rogers; broad-jump,
John Grady, Bobby Dickinson, Hal
Cockrell, Bud Wendling, Spec Kel­ly
and Bob Berney; Discus, and
shot put, John Ham, Ferdinand
Sobut, Walter Chandler, Garth
Thorpe, Vernon Burns, Gordon
McEachern, James Sellers, George
Wolff, pole vault, Dave Sprinkle,
Fletcher Whatley, and Derrick Ro­chester.
The team has lost some valu­able
men through graduation and
sundry other causes, but the new
men coming up to join a fairly
strong nucleus make the outlook
ofr the track team this spring
fairly bright.
Foley Minister To Present
Series Of Talks At Church
Rev. Nichols, of Foley, Alabama
is presenting a series of talks this
week at the Auburn Methodist
Church, directed to the young peo­ple.
The talks will continue
through Friday, one being given
each night at 7:15.
The speaker is here under the
auspices of the Wesley Founda­tion.
He is a very forceful and
well prepared lecturer having at­tended
Birmingham-Southern and
Yale. Rev. Nichols has also made
an extensive tour of Europe.
The meetings which began Sun­day
morning have been well at­tended.
Mr. D. F. Ellisor of Mobile,
Alabama and agent for the Sup­er-
Annual Week Endowment of
the Alabama Conference will con­duct
the Sunday evening service
of the Methodist Church of Au­burn
at 7:30. The public is cord­ially
invited.
Life Saving Classes Will
Start Saturday In Gym
Registration for Senior Life
Saving will take place in the
Alumni Gymnasium on Saturday
from 1:00 to 2:00 o'clock. Classes
will start at 4:00 on Monday aft­ernoon.
Seniors desiring renewals are
also requested to register. Pre­sent
Seniors who desire examin­ers
will be given a review during
the week of April 4. Examiners
desiring renewals will also be
given practice at this time.
S p o r t s C h a t t er
By Bill Troup
Jack Dempsey has opened a new restaurant and bar on
Broadway between 48th and 49th streets . . . It will cater to
customers only who want a snack . . . Los Angeles sports
writers are whooping it for Frank Thomas of Alabama as Bill
Spauldings' successor at U. C. L. A Fred Lindstrom is at­tempting
his comeback with Jersey City at the lowest salary
he has received sice he broke in with Toledo sixteen years
ago . . . Katherine Hepburn owns several golf trophies . . .
She once reached the finals of the Connecticut State Woman's
tournament . . . Glenn Cunningham averages ten hours of
sleep every night . . . The population of Meeker, Okla., Carl
Hubbel's hometown, is listed as 562 . . . There are 3,000,000
plants in the center of the Santa Anita horse track . . . Paul
Martin, the former Swiss middle distance runner and 1,000
meter champion in 1930, is an international authority on arth­ritis
. . . Steve Dudas will get $15,000 for boxing Max Schmel-ing
in Germany . . • Slats Wyrick, giant tackle at U. C. L. A.,
is working between classes as a stand-in at Hollywood studio .
. . Wagering at French race tracks totaled $50,000,000 last year
. . . Barney Ross hasn't had a contract with his managers,
Sam Pian and Art Winch, since Dec. 31, 1935, when their
last five year agreement expired . . • Twenty-seven players
in the National league and 21 in the American list themselves
as pure Irishmen . . . Bones Hamilton, former star half back
at Stanford, is alumni secretary for his alma mater and av­erages
a speech a day . . . Walter Connolly, movie actor, bet
$10, $10, and $10 on Stagehand in the winter book at odds of
100 to 1 . . . The betting handle on the handicap, which amount
ed to $406,994, was a new record for the Santa Anita track •. .
The progress of Carl Happer in spring football training was
mighty encouraging to Coach Meagher . . . Happer has a nifty
change of pace, a loose, free style of running, and he is one
of the apparent naturals that come along to make the varsi­ty
. . . For three months in the fall of 1934 Bob Reed of the
University of Iowa lay in the hospital with two broken hips,
three broken ribs and a shattered clavicle . . . Now he is
the swimming team's leading scorer and holder of the 100
yard free style record . . • Burleigh Grimes claims he received
only $1,960 in 1919 when he led the National league with
twenty-five victories . .. When Bill Callihan, Nebraska, full
back, reported for spring training last year he weighed 180
pounds . . . Now he weighs 204 . . . A tonsilectomy is the rea­son
. . . Carl Hinkle of Vanderbilt, one of the leading centers
in 1937 football, is a minister's son . . . Auburn has a fine suc­cessor
to John Mason at second base in little George Kenmore
. . . Although of small statue, Kenmore covers the base in a
remarkable fashion and is a potent hitter to boot...
FHA£ FFA Meet In
Joint Session
The Auburn Chapter of
the Future Homemakers of Ameri­ca
held their regular meeting
Monday night at seven o'clock
in Samford Hall with the F. F.
A. officers and members of the
band as guests.
The F. F. A. band furnished the
music for the program. Miss Mar­guerite
Johnson was chairman of
the program. Another entertain­ing
feature on the program was
the presentation of the F. H. A.
club song by Helen Bishop and
featured by Gladys Ward, Cam-mila
Newberry, and Helen Bishop.
Mrs. Zebulon Judd was the
guest speaker who used as her
subject "Good Books for the
Homei." Mrs(. Judd emphasized
that character is the basis of suc­cess
and one way to help us build
good character is by reading good
books.
The fundamental books for a
young couple making a home are:
an unabridged dictionary, Lippin-cott's
Biographical Dictionary, a
good encyclopedia, and a good at­las.
Following the program a short
business meeting was held. Prof.
Edna J. Orr, counselor, announced
that Almeda Aldredge, president
of the chapter, would represent
the club at the Home Economics
Club Meeting in Birmingham on
March 25. i TJhe counselor also
announced that on April 18, a
meeting will be held at the Wes­ley
Memorial Foundation coop­erating
with the director, Frank
Moseley, in preparation of the
student home occupancy.
The next meeting of the club
will be held on March 29 in a
joint meeting of the Future Farm­ers
of America.
A good book is the precious life-blood
of a master-spirit, embalm­ed
and treasured up on purpose
to a life beyond life.
Results of the creative writing
contest will be published as soon
as they judged.
14 Golfers Will
Meet Maxwell
Field Sunday
A contingent of fourteen Au­burn
golfers will meet a golf
team of Army officers represent­ing
Maxwell Field in Montgom­ery
on Sunday, according to Bevo
Biggin, number one player for the
local aggregation.
The group will leave Auburn
early Sunday morning to be able
to practice on the Montgomery
course before the match at one
o'clock that afternoon. They have
been granted special permission
by the officials at Maxwell Field
to use the course. Auburn played
Maxwell Field two years ago.
Six of the fourteen golfers go­ing
to Montgomery will take part
in the match. They will represent
Auburn in several future matches
if the plans of the team work out.
With financial aid from the Ath­letic
Department, they hope to
arrange several intercollegiate
matches before the end of the
year.
Matches have been planned
with Fort Benning, Birmingham-
Southern, Ramsay High in Birm­ingham,
Georgia Tech, and the
Country Club in Montgomery.
T^iree or four of the golfers will
represent Auburn in the intercol­legiate
matches being held in Ath­ens,
Ga., this year.
Those who will make the trip
to Montgomery Sunday are Bevo
Biggin, Jimmy Reynolds, Donald
McCollough, James Kyser, Gus
Franke, Eddie Forbes, James Dar-ty,
Allen Martin, Horace Weis-singer,
Charles McCoy, Jimmy
Seei, Bob Johnson, and Curdy
Byrd.
Native Of Auburn Attends
Northwestern University
Evanston, 111., March 22 —
(Special)—Walter Harold Starr,
306 Thach Street, Auburn, was one
of the 16 men recently initiated
into the Delta Tau Delta fra­ternity
at Northwestern Universi­ty.
The students were pledged
last fall and the initiation cere­mony
was held following the se­mester
examinations.
Walt, son of Dr. L. E. Starr, at­tended
the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute before enrolling at North­western.
He is a junior in the
School of Commerce.
Ag Speaker Talks
On German Farms
The national farm income of
Germany increased 40 per cent
between 1933 and 1937, J. G.
Haupt, agricultural freshman, told
the Ag Club at its regular meeting
last week.
"Germany must become inde­pendent
as far as basic commodi­ties
are concerned," said Mr.
Haupt. "The small area of the
country makes an intensive farm­ing
program necessary. To meet
the demand of an intensive farm
program, which was outlined by
Hitler, 100,000 farm laborers were
imported into Germany in 1937.
These and other farm workers in
Germany, following the instruc­tions
of their dictator by prac­ticing
intensive farming and in­tercropping,
have helped to make
Germany a world power."
The upward trend in living
standards, it was pointed out, is
due to the military program which
was started five years ago when
the Nazis took over the country,
then is a very bad condition.
German soil is much more pro­ductive
than our soil. Reasons for
the superior productivity, the
speaker pointed out, are the im­proved
fertilization methods and
the more universal use of cover
crops.
The eternal years of God are
hers;
But Error, wounded, writhes
with pain,
And dies among his worshippers.
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1938.
Eight Frats, Sororities To
Stage European Tour
Eight Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
fraternities and sororities
are sponsoring trips to Europe this
coming summer.
They are: Sigma Alpha Epsiloa,
Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Nu, Del­ta
Sigma Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Pi, and
Kappa Delta.
Sailing at varying dates late in
June, the special fraternity parties
have been planned with the idea
of assuring congenial travel com­panions
for undergraduates and
younger alumni members looking
forward to a vacation abroad. In
most cases the parties are being
chairmanned by nationl officers of
the organizations.
No doubt there will be many
fraternity-sorority get-togethers in
the weinstubes of Germany and
the cafes of France. With so many
Greeks invading the capitals of
Europe, they are bound to run in­to
each other at times.
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Refrigerators, Motors
Electrical Contractors
Auburn Electric
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Tom Sawyer Shows
At Tiger Sunday
"The Adventures of Tom Saw­yer,"
which has been produced
as a lavish technicolor produc­tion,
which comes to the Tiger
Theatre Sunday and Monday, was
in its essence, an autobiography
of the early life of Mark Twain,
embellished with anecdotes and
exaggerations from the author's
fertile imagination.
None of the principal characters
in the book-was made up by Mark
Twain; everyone was a person
whom he knew and with whom
he associated during the period
from his fifth to his nineteenth
year, which he spent in Hannibal.
And many of the famous inci­dents
in the book occurred in
real life almost exactly as he told
them.
Tom Sawyer was, of course,
Mark Twain, or Samuel Lang-horne
Clemens. Aunt Polly was
Mark Twain's mother, and he ad­mits
in his autobiography to hav­ing
caused her many of the tor­ments
related in the book.
Outside of the Clements fami­ly,
Huck Finn was Tom Blaken-ship,
and Joe Harper was John
Briggs. The widow Douglas was
a Mrs. Holliday, and Injun Joe
was the actual name of a town
character. Huck's father, Judge
Thatcher, Muff Potter, Willie
Mufferson and all the rest were
living in Hannibal thirty years
before "Tom Sawyer" was writ­ten.
Backstage With The Auburn Glee Club
AT
THE OPELIKA
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
A MARTIN THEATER
Annual concert tour by the 1938
Auburn Glee Club will open on
Monday evening, April 4, at Ro­anoke.
Remainder of the week's
schedule will include, Talladega,
Tuesday evening, April 5; Phillips
High School, Birmingham, Wed­nesday
evening, April 6; Univer­sity
of Alabama, Thursday even­ing,
April 7; and Huntingdon Col­lege,
Montgomery, Friday even­ing,
April 8.
In the left top photo is shown
Paul Rudolph, Pulaski, Tenn., ac­companist
and piano soloist with
the Club. Dennis Newton, Auburn,
200-pound librarian for the club
is shown delving into his music
files in the top, right photo. Just
below are two scenes at rehearsal.
At left below is shown the violin
trio composed of Bruce Kelly,
Fairfield, Director Barnett, and
Cecil Chilton, Birmingham. To the
right, grouped around the piano
at rehearsal, is the Glee Club quar­tet:
left to right, Paul Rudolph,
George Perry, Cuthbert, Ga., se­cond
bass; Dunlop McCauley, Bir­mingham,
first tenor and presi­dent
of the Club; E. O. Pearson,
Opelika, second tenor; and Sam
Teague, Birmingham, first bass
and business manager.
Personnel of the 1938 Club, di­rected
by Lawrence Barnett, is
pictured above. Photo at bottom
first row left to right, Robert Grif­fin,
Sprott; Dudley Smith, Hunts-ville;
Harold Johnson, Huntsville;
Bruce Kelly, Fairfield; Ernest
Rouse, Camden; Tony Cortina,
Birmingham; Paul Rudolph, Pu­laski,
Tenn.; Cecil Chilton, Bir­mingham;
Reid Doster, Montgom­ery;
second row, Malcolm Ed­wards,
Marion; F. L. Lee, Selma;
R. S. Farnham, Auburn; C. W.
Taylor, Decatur; John A. Taylor,
Decatur; Turner Williams, Buena
Vista, Ga.; Walter Going, Birrcu
ingham; Charles Kelley, Eutaw;
Josh Couch, Dothan; Dick Carlton,
Birmingham; third row, George
Weaver, Blountsville; Victor Sell­ers,
Dothan; Tom Payne, Jack­son,
Miss.; H. L. Welsted, Auburn;
William Henry, Birmingham; J.
C. Bedsole, Montgomery; D. W.
Moody, Cooke Springs; W. R.
Moody, Columbus, Ga.; Ed Smith,
Birmingham; fourth row, Dunlap
McCauley, president, Birming­ham;
Dennis Newton, vice-presi­dent,
Auburn; Lawrence Barnett,
director, Auburn; Sam Teague,
business manager, Birmingham;
and George Perry, treasurer, Cuth­bert,
Ga.
Like most boys of his age, Mark
Twain has a sweetheart during
the Tom Sawyer period. She was
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Paid Tribute
A tribute to Homer Wright, lo­cal
druggist and host postmaster
for the annual meeting of the
Alabama Chapter of the National
Association of Postmasters, was
paid by Dr. Zebulon Judd, educa­tion
school dean, in delivering an
address at the annual banquet
for the Alabama postmasters.
In the course of his address,
Dr. Judd said: "And, here, may
I pay tribute to one among you,
whom I know best, and compara­ble
to whom there, are no doubt,
many in this group. Nearly a
quarter of a century ago, I came
to Auburn.
"It was not long before one of
her young men stood out con-spicicuously
among all her citi­zens.
That young man was an
alumnus of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute, a prominent drug­gist,
and an active member of the
Convention Host
Laura Hawkins, immortalized in
the book as Becky Thatcher.
John Briggs, in later life a
prosperous farmer in Hannibal,
was perhaps Sam Clemens' clos­est
friend as a boy. He was im­mortalized
in "Tom Sawyer" as
Joe Harper, Tom's bosom friend.
Tommy Kelly, the unknown 12-
year-old-boy from the Bronx for
whom a nation-wide search was
conducted, is' the typical American
boy who recreates "Tom' Saw­yer."
Jackie Moran is Huckle­berry
Finn,
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Methodist Church. But not for
these was his name on the lips
of every man, women, and child
in town. That man never des­pised
the commonplace. He could
and did find and make more ways
to help folks along their way than
any other person of my acquain­tance.
"No wonder Homer Wright was
elected pdesident of the Auburn
Alumni Association, that he was
chosen to serve 16 years on the
Town Council, and that, when a
Democrat was to be appointed
postmaster in Auburn, all eyes
turned to him."
Wallace Beery Is
Star In Film
The ten most interesting "bad
men" of history were mostly wo­men!
This radical statement comes
from Wallace Berry, one of the
screen's most famous impersona­tors
of bad men, whose latest
screen appearance is in "The Bad
Man of Brimstone," opening at
Tiger Theatre Thursday.
"I know all about bad men,"
the actor explained judiciously.
"You can't play as many bad men
as I've played and not learn all
there is to know about their his­tory.
"What I'm talkin' about now,"
he stipulated, "are the real wild
and woolly days—the days when
men were men and so were wo­men!
"In those days everybody was a
bad man, compared to what they
are in these days and even the lit­tle
kids were bad men before they
got long pants on 'em. There was
a time in the West when a baby
in his crib'd stab you with a
safety pin as soon as look at you.
And for nothing, too! You'd just
be standin' there and he'd up and
stab ya!
"Of all the gangs and outlaws,
though, not one of the men could
hold a match on the women. A-longside
the women, these tough
hombres was just so many milk­maids
scared to milk a marshmal-low
cow.
"The wildest of the whole wild
lot—men, women and children—
were Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the
Kid, Mike Fink, Mill Tilghman,
the Rose of Cimarron, Belle Starr,
Calamity Jane, Madame Mustache,
Virginia Slade, Cattle Annie and
Little Britches."
Little Britches, Wally explained
was a woman. She got her name
because of the fact that her—ahem
—britches were somewhat bigger
than the guns she packed at either
hip—but only somewhat.
Someday, if he has time, Beery
would like to sit down and write
the history of the West as it
should be written.
"And if I do," ne concluded,
"you can bet your your bottom
dollar a lot of these here so-call­ed
tough guys is gonna sit up in
their graves and take notice!"
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See
OLIN L. HILL
for that
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Crosby Square and
Florsheim Shoes
National Treasurer Of Kappa
Sigma Visits Local Group
George P. Rea, Worthy Grand
Treasurer of Kappa Sigma Fra­ternity
visited the local chapter
of Kappa Sigma during the past
weekend to straighten out the final
details before work is begun on
the proposed chapter house to be
constructed on the corner of Gay
and East Glenn.
Rea was highly complimentary
of the work that Beta Eta chapt­er
has accomplished this year.
After conferences with Dr. J.
R. Rutland, alumni adviser, and
Dr. L. N. Duncan, both of whom
were among the founders of the
Auburn chapter, Mr. Rea left for
Montgomery to go over the final
plans with Carl B. Cooper, archi­tect,
and Henry I. Flynn, contrac­tor.
NOTICE
There will be a meeting of Keys
Interfraternity Monday night at
the Pi K A house at 7:30.
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