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Semi-Weekly Friday Edition ®ij£ Auburn platngman We Think Spring Is Here VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1939 NUMBER 41 Plans Made, Stage Set for Auburn's Celebration Governor to Attend; Mayor Asks General Clean Up of City With only four days remaining before one of the biggest celebrations in the history of the city and college, final arrangements for "Greater Auburn Day" next Wednesday, Feb. 22, are nearly complete. President L. N. Duncan and Mayor C. S. Yarbrough stated this morning that information receiv ed from over the state is to the effect that "at least 1,500 visitors will be on hand for the festivities." Maurice I. Bloch, Selma president, Auburn Alumni Association, predicted earlier in the week that a record crowd of alumni will be here next Wednes day. For the first time since his inauguration in January, Governor Frank M. Dixon with his entire riafif in uniform will officially review the R. O. T. C. cadet corps of Alabama Polytechnic Institute at the "Greater Auburn Day" celebration on the college campus Feb. 22. In preparation for "Greater Auburn Day" Mayor C. S. Yarbrough has urged that owners of property join this weekend in a general clean up campaign. "Naturally every citizen of Auburn wants the town to make. a good appearance during the celebration in«xt Wednesday," Dr. Yarbrough said this morning. "Therefore, I am urging everyone to set aside Friday and Saturday as clean' up days. We hope that all property owners will gather all trash and garbage over the weekend, and the city garbage truck will collect it during the first two days of next week." Cooperating in the clean up drive are groups represented on the Community Council. Dr. H. B. Peacock, chairman of the beautification committee, is directing the campaign. A 19-gun salute will be given Alabama's new governor as he approaches Bullard Field, scene of the cadet review, just at 11 o'clock. Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Charles Grisham, Athens, will be in charge of the motor battery which will fire the salute on the drill field in front of the motor shed. Members of Governor Dixon's staff will wear for the first time their new blue uniforms. With trousers of light blue, coats of navy, and caps trimmed in gold braid, the 22 staff members will present a colorful appearance. They will occupy the reviewing stand with the governor, President L. N. Duncan, members of the college board of trustees, and other state dignitaries expected to attend the all-day celebration. Brigade Parades for Visitors Cadet Colonel Julian M. Fowler, Pell City, in command of Auburn's R. O. T. C. brigade of 1,- 500 students, with his staff of student officers, will direct the mammoth review and parade. Announcement has been made by Col. Fred C. Wallace, commandant in charge of R. O. T. C. at the college, that Cadet Captain George Woolf, St. Louis, Mo., will act as special military aide to Governor Dixon, and will escort him about the campus throughout the day of festivities. Auburn's 80-piece military band will participate in the review under the direction of Drum Major F. L. Lee, Selma. Serving with other members of the local citizens' reception committee will be Fred Moreman, J. A. Blackburn, and A. D. Burke, of the Auburn chapter of the American Legion. Governor's Staff Listed. Members of the governor's military staff who are expected to accompany Governor Dixon include Rev. William Byrd Lee, Auburn; Claiborne Blanton, Selma; Walter Bragg Smith, Montgomery; Luther H. Waller, Montgomery; Tilghman Turner, Montgomery; R. F. Hudson, Montgomery; Alex Brantley, Troy; Robert H. Malone, Dothan; Richard Andrew Allison, Bellamy; L. Bernard Hay-good, Greenville; Mortimer H. (Continued on page four) The Glomerata Is All Wet! Editor Perry Schwartz called on the swimming team down at the gym to make some pictures of the group for the Glomerata. What transpired after the Editor finished his photography is shown above, caught by an alert cameraman. (1) Up he goes in tne arms of brawny swimmers. (2)' Oh! So sorry we dropped you! Just a mistake. (3) Is that Schwartz coming up out of the water or just a fish with a chagrined look on! its face? (4) Need any help, buddy? (5) But as {always, the Glomerata has a come-back. Back in the locker room the Editor stealthily departs with the dry clothing of one of the swimmers. Peals of Old College Bell to Mark Opening of Celebration Wednesday Silent for Many Years, Historic Bell in Samford To Open Festivities The old college bell will ring again! Townsfolks and old grads, gathered here on Feb. 22 for "Greater Auburn Day," will hear once more the tolling of the ancient bell, silent for the past 30 years. Hanging high in the tower of Samford Hall, Auburn's bell will sound off at 10:30 a. m. as a signal that "The show is on." Dr. L. N. Duncan, president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, will be chief bell ringer. When word went out over the college campus this week that even the long-unused bell would be called into service for celebration of Auburn's growth and development, some said there was no clapper in it. "Boozer Pitts and some of the old grads ran off with the clapper years ago" exclaimed one fellow. But Boozer, now assistant professor in the A. P. I. math department, merely grinned and disclaimed credit for the clapper prank. A state-wide hunt for the bell clapper was on the verge of being launched and all alumni called in as sleuths, when Dr. J. V. Brown,. director of plant service, announced he had found the clapper and it was completely intact. Not many people around Auburn remember the very last time they heard the college bell used. But Miss Allie Glenn, college treasurer, and Dr. George Petrie, dean of graduate studies, both of whom have seen long service at the college, recall quite readily that the bell was rung regularly every morning at 7:15 in the old days. It was about 1905, during the administration of President C. C. Th'ach, that the bell was abandoned as the signal for reveille. "Yas, suh, I sho does remember that old bell ringin'," said George Mitchell, Negro furnace fireman at A. P. I. for more than a quarter of a century. "I also remembers the way they used to beat the drums to git 'em to classes." Twenty minutes after the bell was rung each morning, according to George, an old Negro named Joe Bell would stand in front of the architectural building, formerly the chemistry building, and wake up the whole town with the rattle of his drum. All the college boys lined up in front of Lang-don Hall and marched to chapel and classes. As a signal that each class period was up, another Negro, Jesse J)ackson, stood in the hall of Samford Hall and beat a kettle drum for all he was worth. George says Jesse got such a kick out of the kettle drum that sometimes he would beat it regardless of the time of day or night—especially if he had been "frolicking." Explanation For the second time this year we are asking that readers excuse it if several' lines of type are upside down or if the wrong heads are over stories. Because the printer, Carl Piercey, usually calm and unruffled, last night and this morning underwent the most trying ordeal known to mankind— an ordeal that makes even the steadiest of nerve get shaky in the knees. After countless miles of pacing back and forth, interminable minutes of hand-wringing, innumerable queries of "Is it here?" the pleasant and genial Piercey heard the wail that told him he's now a proud papa. It's a boy— 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and redheaded like his father. Sociologist Speaks Here on March 7 Dr. Paul Popenoe, director of the Institute of Family Relations, Los Angeles, will deliver three lectures dealing with youth problems of marriage and family at Alabama Polytechnic Institute on March 7. A lecturer in biology at the University of Southern California, Dr. Popenoe was before the World War editor of the Journal of Heredity (organ of 'the American Genetic Association), and afterward Executive Secretary of the American Social Hygiene Association of New York For many years he was secretary of the Human Better- Alpha Gamma, colonizing chapter of Alpha Delta sorority will entertain with a formal dance at ment Foundation of Pasadena. He j G r a v e s Center tonight beginning Pappas Wins Post Of Cabinet Head In Election Defeats Fowler for Post; Burnside Is Frosh Representative on Body Ernest Pappas, senior in agriculture, was chosen President of the Executive Cabinet Wednesday at a special election in which seniors only voted. He defeated his opponent, Julian Fowler, by a count of 157 to 92. Otlis Burnside, freshman, was named freshman representative to the Cabinet by his class mates. The race was very close, Burnside winning by only four votes over Craig Jackson, who received 77 votes. Others running for the office were Howard Worthing-ton, 76 votes, and Bobby Haas, 63 votes. The senior election definitely ended the question of who was qualified to serve as head of the student government when the president was absent. The question received considerable prominence earlier in the year, when some students held that a junior could ascend to the office and others as stoutly maintained that only a senior could serve. The Cabinet ruled in favor of only seniors holding the office. Governor Frank Dixon Is Tapped By API Omicron Delta Kappa's Chosen By ODK Alpha Gamma to Stage Dance Tonight in Graves Center has been director of the Institute of Family Relations since its founding in 1930. Brought under the auspices of the college, Dr. Popenoe, whose work in the Institute of Family Relations is known nationally ahd has been widely publicized, will lecture to classes in sociology and home economics, and also to the general public. The committee in charge of the lecture series is composed of Mrs. Marion Spidle, head of the home economics department; Herman Johnson, professor of sociology; and Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, academic adviser of women students. At 11 a. m. on March 7, home economics girls will hear Dr. Popenoe speak on "Fouth Faces a World of Change." At 4 p. m. sociology students will hear his lecture on "Looking Forward to Marriage," and at 8 p. m. Dr. Popenoe will address the general public on "Changing Family a Changing World." All the lectures will be free, open to the public, and given in Langdon Hall. at 9 o'clock., Girls from Brenau, Florida State Teacher's College, University of Alabama, University of Georgia and other places are expected. The dance will feature four lead-outs—two for members, one for rushees, and one for pledges and members. The lead-out will feature Marjorie Miller, president and her escort, J. K. Taylor. Doris Greene is in charge of decorations; Pete Wright, in charge in change of chaperons. Music will be in charge of the Auburn Knights. GOV. FRANK DIXON, who was recently chosen for membership in Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fraternity by the members of Omega Circle, is shown here. Gov. Dixon will be formally tapped and Initiated on next Wednesday, "Greater Auburn Day." "Biological Aspects of War" Is Lecture Subject Tonight "The Biological Aspects of War" is the subject to be discussed here this evening at 7:30 in Langdon Hall by Dr. George G. Needham, professor emeritus of biology at Cornell University. According to Dr. Henry G. Good, who has arranged the lecture, admission is free to the public and everyone is cordially invited to attend. Sigma Chi Officers Visit Local Chapter This Week This week-end Dr. Henry McLean, Grand Tribune of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and Thompson McClellan, Grand Praetor of the Southern Province, are visiting in Auburn with Gamma Sigma chapter. These two eminent Sig's have been spending some weeks with the southern chapters of the great fraternity and will be in Auburn two days. On March 3 and 4 Gamma Sigma Chi will be host to the chapter from the University of Alabama and other Sigma Chi's throughout the state. One of the main attractions of that week-end will be a basketball game between the Alabama Chapter and the Auburn Chpter. The game will be held on the morning of Saturday, March 4, in the Alumni Gymnasium. The public is invited to attend this event. 'A Spirit Never Seen in Any Other Group/ Says Writer En Story of History and Development of Auburn Knights With the highly successful midterm dances just recently having changed from a reality to a memory, we are reminded of the growth of social life here in Auburn that has taken place during the past decade. Closely connected with that growth is an organization that has conributed more to the development of dancing a-mong Auburn students than any other one factor, The Auburn Knights. For ten years the name "Auburn Knights" has been featured in dancing locally and in all of the larger towns in the South. The thing that makes the group really outstanding is the fact that through the medium of their musical ability, around forty boys have payed their way through Auburn. Few people realize that an excellent group of college musicians, such as this band has always had, is really the most alive extra-curricular organization on the Auburn campus . . . a group that works together playing two times daily for their meals and on the weekends furnishing for fraternity functions music that is of a standard which has brought favorable comment from some of the big names in the musical world, Kay Kyser, Joe Sanders, and others. Up until five years ago, the Knights were considered just a college band . . . good, but not having had a chance to prove how good. As is true with any organization that relies on students for its membership, this group has had many changes in personnel, fou has always managed to develop an outfit that finally reaches a high standard in musical production. The spring before our present group of seniors came to Auburn practically the Whole band made the trip down the path beaten by the graduating class to get those sheepskins. Those who remained in the band at that time felt as though they might as well sell their horns and plan to work the following year. Six new men were enlisted to help the cause of college musicians. Since that day the Knights have traveled over the whole of the eastern side of this country carrying the name of Auburn wherever they went. The group of six men who joined the band quickly caught the spirit of the organization . . -. their first decision was that the band should not play any arrangements except those made by members of the band . . . a style developed in the form of a type of swing that has been enjoyed by Auburn dancers for the past four years . . . finally the goal was reached, the complete absence of any "stock" arranged from the band's library . . . Joe (Continued on Page Four) Local FSA Men Receive Promotions Two local men were involved in personnel changes of the Farm Security Administration announced last night Julian Brown, State director of FSA for the past three years, has been named assistant regional director in charge of rural rehabilitation in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. M. Hosnier Pearson, State tenant purchase specialist for the past year, was chosen by E. S. Morgan, regional director, to succeed Brown. Morgan himself only recently received a promotion which made him regional director; succeeding R. W. Hudgens, who was last week elevated to the position of assistant national administrator. Both promotions for Mr. Brown and Mr. Pearson are effective today. Mr. Brown, 36, was bom and reared on' a farm near Yantley, in Choctaw County He graduated from the college here with the B. S. degree in agriculture in 1924. After doing graduate work at Cornell University he accepted a position with the Federal agricultural economics bureau. Later he held a position with the Alabama Department of Agriculture. In 19- 27, Mr. Brown became connected with the Extension service as horticulturist specialist. He left that office in 1935 to become state director of rural rehabilitation with the resettlement administration which later was merged with he FSA. Mr. Pearson, 47, is a native of Wadley, in Randolph County. Like his predecessor he graduated from Auburn, receiving a degree in agriculture in 1915. He attended Missouri University one year and then became agricultural agent for Central of Georgia Railway. He left that position in Sept., 1917 and accepted a job with the Extension service, with which organization he served in various capacities for 10 years. He was connected with the Alabama Department of Agriculture a short while, and then became state manager of the educational bureau of a large fertilizer company. Mr. Pearson resigned this position in Nov., 19- 37 and assumed the duties of tenant purchase specialist for Farm Security Administration. Mr. Brown has already moved to Montgomery, where regional headquarters of the farm organization are located. His family will remain in Auburn several weeks longer. To Be Formally Tapped And Initiated on "Greater Auburn Day" Frank M. Dixon, Governor of Alabama, has accepted a bid to membership in Omega Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, according to an announcement made yesterday by L. E. Foster, President of the circle. The Governor will be present at Greater Auburn Day next Wednesday and will probably be extended a formal bid some time during the day and be initiated. ODK each year selects some outstanding man in the state and taps him for honorary membership in the- circle. Selection of regular members is based on character, scholarship, leadership, athletic ability, and participation in forensic publications and other extra-curricular activities. The regular members of Omega Circle are L. E. Foster, President, Billy McGehee, Bill Troup, John Eagan, Curty Farley, Edwin God-bold, George Knight, Johnny Davis, Bo Russell, Julian Fowler, Paul McKenney, Perry Schwartz, Charles Grisham, James Hilleke, and Sam Teague. Other members are President L. N. Duncan, Executive Secretary Draughon, Editor Grover Hall of the Advertiser, Lt. Col. Fred C. Wallace, Coach Wilbur Hutsell, Superintendent of Education Albert Collins, Dr. Charles Davis, Jesse Herren of New Orleans, and Extension Director P. O. Davis. NOTICE If uniforms are in the laundry Monday, students may attend drill in civilian clothes. Graduate Vets Will Meet Here Tuesday Over 100 Doctors Are Expected to Attend The Fifteenth Alabama Conference for Graduate Veterinarians will meet here for three days, beginning! Tuesday, to study the latest methods on animal diseases and to hear distinguished, veteri- ' narians from every section of the United States. The highlight of the convention will be the annual banquet sponsored by the Junior A. V. M. A. at Graves Center in which the visiting delegates will be honored. * Dr. I. S. McAdory, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine here, estimates that 100 doctors will participate in the clinic and lectures that will be given. Featured on the program will be eleven doctors from Auburn and included in this group will be Dr. B. T. Simms, Dr. F. P. Woolf, Dr. L. E. Starr, Dr. M. O. Robinson, Dr. Dale A. Porter, Dr. E. S. Winters, Dr. R. L. Mundhenk, Dr. J. E. Greene, Dr. H. W. Johnson, Dr. W. E. Cotton, and Dr. J. L. West. Noted veterinarians attending will be Dr. L. A. Merillat, Chicago, executive secretary of the A. V. M. A., who will lecture on the digestive disturbances in horses and mules; Dr. Adolph Eichorn, director of the Bureau of Animal Industry of Maryland, who will discuss canine distemper; and Dr. L. Enos Day, secretary of the U. S. Livestock Sanitary Association has also been extended an invitation to speak. Hog cholera, Bang's disease, digestion disturbances, and swine diseases will be among the subjects that will be discussed by the leading veterinarians. The convention will be in session during the "Greater Auburn Day" celebration here and will bring many alumni here to attend the gathering as well as the program during the alumni day on Wednesday. Phi Psi to Bring Textile Expert Here for Lecture A talk sponsored by Phi Psi is to be given by Ben Verity, technical adviser of the Carbie Color and Chemical Company, New York City, on Monday night, Feb. 20, at 7 p. m. in room 211 of the textile building. Mr. Verity has had between 30 and 40 years of experience in the dyeing industry. He is making a tour of the textile colleges of the South, picking Auburn as his first stop. PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 ,1939 The Auburn Plainsman Published Semi-Weekly By The Students Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama Editorial and business offices at Lee County Bulletin Office on Tichenor Avenue. Phone 448. Editor may be reached after office hours by calling 189-W. Edwin C. Godbold Editor Charles F. Grisham... Business Manager Editorial Staff Managing Editor Associate Editor . Society Editor _ Sports Editor — News Editor — Roy Taylor J. H. Wheeler -Eleanor Scott student body. We urge all students to realize that whether or not they supported the officals representing their class on election day, that these men are answerable to them for their action while in office. This year's Cabinet realizes the truth of much of the above article and has done all in its power to remedy the student government set-up. It has endorsed certain basic changes—all that they can do. Now, reform is up to the students. To be put into effect, the provisions must secure the approval of two-thirds of the student body. Now, if ever, let students take their government seriously and vote for the amendments. BUI Troup Anonymous Letters John Godbold Business Staff Assistant Business Manager — Bob Armstrong Assistant Business Manager Julian Myrick Advertising Manager Billy Smith Circulation Manager Arthur Steele Assistant Circulation Manager Walter Going Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester. Represented for national advertising by National Advertising Service, Inc. Member of Associated Collegiate Press. Distributor of Collegiate Digest. Publication Candidates The Board of Student Publications has fully qualified seven juniors as candidates for elective publications offices. All seven have better than average grades, and the Board was favorable impressed with their qualifications and their suggestions for improvement in the Plainsman and the Glomerata. Auburn has never looked with much favor upon the appointment of publication heads. Instead, it has set up a joint student-faculty board that does not appoint editors and business managers, but sees that all prospective candidates are fully capable. The Plainsman looks with confidence to the future of Auburn student publications. The time is past when election winners can look on their publication posts as lucrative political jobs, to be run for their own profit. Today, students are sure that these offices are filled by men qualified by experience and by scholastic standing. Those Amendments Back in April, 1937, as a sophomore columnist on this publication for Editor Bobby Chesnutt, we wrote an article on the Executive Cabinet and certain of its shortcomings. Even as a sophomore we saw some of the grave inadequacies of Auburn's student government. The article is- reproduced below: We think it would be most appropriate at . this time to plead for a more general demand- ' ing of responsibilities from elected student officers. Of course, the recent action of the Cabinet in regard to dance tickets has brought , this subject (to mind. However, for fear that some may think this outright condemnation •* of their action, let us warn against judging those fellows too hastily. It is easy, too easy, to stand off and say that their action was out-and-out wrong, and to harshly condemn them for it. But try putting yourself in their place and see if your attitude changes. We did, and we confess that we can't decide how we would have voted. Regardless of that, we feel that it is high time that Auburn students began to demand responsibility from elected officials. The usual viewpoint is that once a man is in offire he becomes a free agent to be guided only by his own wishes and will. Auburn students are too prone to elect officers and forget that these officers are directly responsible to them and are in office to look out for their welfare. One reason, we suppose, for this is the fact that some of the officers, especially the Cabinet, do their work in the silence and secrecy which characterizes some mystic order, and students have come to accept this. We wonder why the Cabinet was created to deliberate in secrecy and silence, anyway. It seems that a much better plan would be to have Cabinet meetings open to the student body, with ample opportunity for the students to voice their opinions before that body, just as is done in most city councils. As it is now, the Cabinet exists practically unchecked in any matter. We think it is high time that a little of the philosophy of responsibility of elected officials be injected into the Every newspaper in the country is at one time or another bothered by the problem of anonymous letters. Gradually, newspapers get to accept them as just part of the job, glance at them, and drop them into the waste-basket. The Plainsman is no exception. Almost every mail brings one or two of them. We treat them all with equal contempt. The Selma Times-Journal recently commented on an anonymous letter it received as follows: The letter is an old-fashioned tongue lashing for editorial policies of this paper, and if any uncomplimentary adjectives or adverbs were omitted, apparently it was through an oversight on the part of the writer. This communication ends with a demand that it be published word for word. As the letter-writer ignores the first rule of all newspapers concerning publication of communications— that names must be furnished— he has no grounds for such a demand despite the undenied right of American citizens to think as they please. If the writer of this letter is not willing to openly stand back of opinions expressed, there is no reason why we should assume this responsibility. We stand back of our convictions and it is nothing less than fair that we expect our readers to do the same. If the writer of the letter honesty believes in what they set forth, we would be more than glad to discuss them in detail, if for no other reason than to satisfy a burning curiosity about the identity of such master of invicti-tude. Perhaps we might even arrange to take a few lessons. The Plainsman has received epistles just like those—full of hot words and acid sarcasm. But we have ceased to regard them as personal communications, and rather look on them from the literary angle. We give them a brief glance and consign them to the floor or the wastebasket, along with the other scrap paper. Student Loan Fund Last night at a smoker sponsored by Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, Dean J. W. Scott suggested that a student loan fund be installed at Auburn. After much discussion and many questions, the group of seniors attending the meeting heartily endorsed the suggestion and agreed that they were willing to leave their contingent deposits to the credit of such a fund at the end of the year. The Plainsman knows of no more worthwhile way a student graduating from college can spend his contingent deposit than by leaving it for other less fortunate individuals who might otherwise never complete their college course. In other colleges where there are student loan funds of enormous figures, these funds started in just such a way—small donations from student themselves. Gifts from alumni and friends swelled the total greatly. Students at Auburn, especially seniors, could in our estimation make no more worthwhile philanthropic gesture than voting their deposit for this purpose. Personally, we would be proud to see our contingent deposit go for such a fund. And we think there are dozens more who feel as we do. A Clean Auburn When "Greater Auburn Day" rolls around on next Wednesday, the city hopes to put on its best appearance for visiting friends. Thousands of visitors from all over the state will be inspecting the Fair Village, some for the first time in years. The Plainsman urges that no vacant lot be left cluttered, no scrap paper be left un-burned. A clean, well-kept city will go far toward leaving a good impression on visitors. By John Ivey Jr. The Height of forgetfulness appeared as •the moral of a news article yesterday. Bela Imredi, Hungarian Premier, has been promoting a campaign in his country designed to bring grief to the Jewish element. After making plans for the anti-semetic drive, Imredi awoke a couple of days ago to the realiza-jj tion that he was the possessor of a portion of that blood which has been frowned on by Central European strong men. In short, his ancestors have foiled the Jew-hater by making his blood content contain a contemptable conglutinat-ed conglomeration of corpuscles not congruously congenial with his convictions. Still shorter, his face was red! He resigned from his position at once. * * * He Is Another Judas, but his name is Billy and he is not a man or a goal;. There is a story about a lamb who hangs out round the Chicago Stock Yard boasting of the bloody occupation of leading little lambs to the slaughter, literally, not proverbially. For a number of years this modern four-footed Judas has been kept for the purpose of providing an easy way to get the sheep to the slaughter pens. He merely Walks into the inclosure where the unlucky animals are kept until time for their untimely departure from this earth. Due to the fact Billy knows the ropes, he is able to talk traitorously to the occupants of said pen and persuade them to follow him down the way to meet the grim reaper, or is it throat cutter! * * * This story is not unfair to unsightly pans, or faces if you please. According to Andre Maurois, ugliness is a virtue in itself in spite of itself. His theory follows: "Ugliness has positive moral values; first, the man afflicted with it is thereby deprived of a too-easy success in love; this deprivation spurs him all the more eagerly to conquer . . . he has only the brilliancy of his accomplishments by which to please. "Moreover, ugliness in a man, if it accompanies strength, almost always prejudices one in its favor. His superiors never have a feeling of jealousy toward a really ugly man; nor are they indifferent •to him, either. One remembers unusual features rather than a handsome but commonplace head." Now the only thing we have got to do is to make the women realize the truth of the above; they can easily see that our faces are built oh a slightly lower plain from that of Gable and Flynn, but then too, they can act. We have got to grab the world by the throat and make it shout that we are the doers of deeds. Seems like a good face-lifting job would be the easier plan. * » * Lowell Thomas has added a new one to the over-crowed volume of fish stories. It seems that down in South Carolina there lives a man who has trained a goldfish to act as bait. The fisherman ties a thin string around his pet's person so as to form a harness. This water-lover glances at his master to get the size of the order and dives down to depths where his larger buddies reside. The big fish, which in this case turns out to be the poor fish, swallows aforementioned gold fish. The trained traitor nimbly works his way through the larger fish's gills, repeating the act until the desired number of victims have the string through their gills. Then the decoy circles the entire catch, making a knot in the string so that the safe delivery of its fishy work can be brought about without any malice to his being. By stopping for a second and blowing a few air-bubbles, the educated fish signals his master that the dirty work is finished. The fisherman has fished without any aid other than that of his trained pet and a small string . . . guess the goldfish really knows how to string his friends along! Please pardon. Tulane University's Middle A-merican Research Institute has initiated a campaign to raise $2,- 000,000 for a new museum. W. A. A. Girl-Break Dance I went to the Girl-Break Affair, All the campus big shots were there. The boys were all mooning, Self-consciously crooning, Or leaving to sit on the stair. The girls had to dodge and to duck To break on each popular cluck; The music was snappy, And everyone was happy— And all of the time I was stuck. AUBURN FOOTPRINTS There was a Young Girl of New York Whose body was lighter than cork; She had to be fed For six weeks on lead, Before she went out for a walk. * * * The Duke of York removed the cork And titled up the flagon. The label read Trevedentscherreinerweusmuncherganchte, So now he's on the wagon. * * * EPITAPHS Clive Brook, movie actor, writes his own: Pardon me for not rising. * • * Dorothy Parker writes her own: Excuse my dust. THE EDITOR'S MAILBOX To the Students: We would like to take this means and opportunity to thank all of you who bought tickets and patronized our bingo game last Tuesday evening. We appreciate the wholehearted support that you gave this venture, and it is our intention to have mor« of these games in the future. Since all of the ticket money hasn't been turned in at the time of this writing, we aren't able to give the exact amount of the proceeds. However, it is certain that the band will be enriched by over fifty dollars. This money will be turned over to Mr. Bidez to use as he sees fit. Again, let us thank each of you for the part you played in helping to make this game a success. Sincerely, Members of Blue Key The Oregon State College museum has been given a huge stuffed moose from—of all people— the Loyal Order of Moose. Franklin and Marshall College has placed the four major student dances of the year in its tuition charges. Editor The Auburn Plainsman Dear Sir: Once this year you ran a feature by a co-ed griping on the appalling lack of thought men used about wearing—or not wearing— appropriate hats. Here is my answer. We realize that the girls just love to have dates. It is for this sole reason that we break down occasionally and honor them with our presence. Poor little girls who must spend hours to make themselves beautiful, then to be disappointed by some brutish villain who stalks in, twirling his mustache, without a hat. Of course it's understandable that some hats are better looking than our faces, but (personally I wouldn't marry a hat, least of all some of these pipe dreams that the girls wear for fashion's sake. Pray tell me, what is a girl's definition of a hat, is it merely a dab of felt, couple of feathers, and a piece of string tied on to it or is it made to serve some useful purpose, to keep the hair in place or to keep the wintry winds from freezing the ether that it covers. Now take a man's hat—they are really made for a useful purpose, they keep his head warm, his hair out of his eyes, to give him something to fiddle with during the ages that he waits for the young lady to come down looking like a million'—when she is only nineteen. I have seen young ladies wear some of the d . . . . nest clothes and go around with a hurt look on their face if someone wants to know whose old picture album their patterns and ideas came from. You dear little girls who bear all manner of torture for the sake Of fashion and make of yourselves clothes-horses to hide those bow-legs and knock-knees, and who wear unmentionables to keep that slim waist and what have you (or haven't) that would do justice to the rack and Iron Maiden that were used in he fifteenth century by the Inquisition. Of course we do not mean this an insult to Lucille, Marion and Grace, but Aubumus Before Tomorrow By John Godbold A Justice Retires: One of America's great statesmen retired from service when Justice Brandeis stepped down from his place on the Supreme Court. During his long period of activity on the Supreme bench he has served conscientiously and well. He has been a liberal, yet his has been a liberalism tinged with the prudence and moderation of common sense. Termed a "radical" when he went into office he has lived to see the day when many of those Who fought him then have openly expressed admiration for him and his accomplishments. At eighty-two, an age when most persons are whiling away the time in a rocking chair, Justice Brandeis is retiring from one jab, but our guess is that it will not be long before he is actively engaged in some other. An old war horse such as he is cannot be kept away from the battles. * » * Airplane Salesmen have been having a rough time of it lately in demonstrating their wares. Several days ago an American-made military plane crashed in California, and it was found that a French military attche was a-board as an observer. The lid was promptly blown off in Washington, and administration officials were put on the pan for alleged disclosures of military secrets to foreign nations. Tuesday a Peruvian air representative of a New York airplane company were dropped into the sea when their amphibian plane turned over in landing. The plane was one of a group which the Peruvian government had recently bought from an American manufacturer. All of this oalls to mind a most forceful cartoon carried recently in one of the daily papers. It showed an American selling huge quantities of scrap iron to representatives of several warring nations and asking, "Wrap it up?" His wrapping paper was a stack of peace speeches. The cartoon is as applicable to the sales of other war materials as to the sale of scrap iron. We do lip service for peace while selling agencies of destruction on every side. We Americans are living examples of the art of not letting one's left hand know what his right hand is doing. * * * The Election of a new Pope which will be held in the near future brings to mind a most interesting incident about Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, one of the possible successors to Pope Pius. Cardinal Pacelli is one of the high oficials of the Papal State, and a Catholic friend tells us that if he is selected he will probably carry out many of Pope Pius' plans. Not so long ago at a Latin A-merican conference Cardinal Pacelli made an address which was one of the outstanding linguistic feats of our modern day. He spoke first in Kalian for the benefit of the Italian delegates; in French for the French, Swiss and Belgian delegates; in Spanish for the Spanish and South American delegates: in Portuguese for those from Bra-izl and Portugal; in English for those from the United States, England and the British Empire; in German for the delegates from Germany and Austria; and in Latin for the delegates from Poland, Hungary, and other countries. * » • Blue Key did well with their Bingo Party the other night. Whether they made any money or not, we have not learned. But a big crowd was there to participate, and if the band did not benefit from the party it was certainly not the fault of the Blue Keys, who handled a difficult task in an efficient manner. Congratulations, fellows. Editor The Auburn Plainsman Dear Sir: Here are a group of compliments that I have for Schwartz and Farley of the Glomerata: Love and Kisses, The College Ghost. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Tigers to Return Engagements With Sewanee, Vandy The Auburn Tigers will be one of the more active quintets in the Southeastern Conference this week when they play Vanderbilt and Sewanee in return engagements, in an attempt to better thir fifth place standing in the league. Vandy was met Thursday night in Nashville, and the Plainsman will come up against Sewanee at Sewanee Friday and Saturday. Coach Ralph Jordan's five, who have turned in 10 wins against only three setbacks, will have to play superior ball to emerge victor in all three combats. The odds are stacked heavily against them in the affair with the Commodores, who defeated the Tigers 41-3-9 in Alumni Gymnasium, but they are given an even chance of defeating the Purple Tiger of Sewanee. Fine team work accounted for the double wins over Georgia and Birmingham-Southern last week Plainsman Sports - SODAS SANDWICHES CIGARETTES — 15c per package Popular Brands CUT RATE DRUGS ROTHENBURG'S WALGREEN AGENCY DRUGS Opelika Ala. Auburn Fencing Club Issues Invitation to Fencers Long one of the favorite sports in Europe, fencing is rapidly becoming a most popular sport in the United States. It first started in the East and has since spread a-cross the country rapidly. In line with the enthusiasm with which sport-lovers everywhere have taken to fencing, Auburn has begun to form a team. At present, the lack of good fencers is naturally quite evident. It is hoped that continued and growing interest in the sport will bring forth some good foilmen. Anyone interested in going out for the fencing team should see Prof. E. B. Smith in the intramural sports office or Bobby Armstrong, who is instructor in the group. and Coach Jordan will probably use the same starting five against Vandy and Sewanee. This will consist of Co-Oapt. Malvern Morgan and Crawford Holmes at forwards, Co-Cap. Tommie Edwards at center, and Andy Curlee and Ray Gibson at guards. The other men who made the trip include J. P. Streetman, Bob Dickinson, Red Childers, John Huff, and Bruce Renfroe. Manager John Duhtoerley also accompanied the squad. After their three encounters this weekend, the Bengals will be in action only four more times before entering the annual loop (tournament in Knoxville on March 1. Their final four games of.the season will be against Georgia Tech at Auburn on Feb. 22, and in Atlanta on Feb. 27, and against Florida at Auburn on Feb. 24 and 25. THE MOST NOTED SPOT IN AUBURN!! TOOMER'S CORNER Oarlyle Davis Make our drug store your headquarters for: Prescription — Sodas — Toilet Articles — Magazines — In fact, anything that an up-to-date drug store should carry. PHONE 19 Part of the m of action the pause that refreshes rhythi It's the refreshing thing to do OPELIKA COCA COLA BOTTLING CO. PHONE 70 Georgia on Top In Conference With each game played, a new leader is found on top of the Southeastern Conference standing. At this writing Georgia is leading the conference with six wins and two defeats for a percentage of .750. Following the Bulldogs with 11 wins and four defeats is Alabama. All 13 members of the conference are eligible for the tournament scheduled at Knoxville, March 2, 3, and 4, and on the basis of competitive marks at this point, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and L. S. U. figure to battle it out for the crown. The conference games to be played Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which will affect the standing is as follows: Thursday— Auburn vs. Vanderbilt. Friday— Auburn vs. Sewanee, L. S. U. ys. Tulane. Saturday—Auburn vs. Sewanee, L. S. U. vs. Tulane, Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, Tennessee vs. Kentucky. Following is the Southeastern Conference standing, with games played through Wednesday of this week included: Team Ga. Ala L. S. U. Auburn Ken. Fla. Tenn. Vandy Ga. Tech' Miss Miss State Tulane Sewanee w 6 11 8 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 1 0 L Pet. 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 8 8 4 9 .750 .733 .727 .600 .600 .572 .572 .558 .500 .333 .273 .200 .000 SPORTS CHATTER By Bill Troup Three Building Contracts Let Contracts to complete three college buildings now under construction under the $1,500,000 program were let here yesterday at a meeting of the executive committee of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute's board of trustees to the low bidder, Murphey Pound, contraotor of Columbus, Ga. Subject to P. W. A. approval the contracts were let to the Columbus concern at a total combined bid of $192,980, for completion of the farm engineering building, nursery school, and physical education unit Bids by Murphey Pound on the individual 'buildings were $85,- 740 on the physical education unit, $20,390 on the nursery school, $86,850 for the farm engineering building. Previously bids were for footings and foundations on the farm engineering building and the physical education unit Contracts for completion of the veterinary, general classroom buildings and stadium will be let at a later date. Members of the board of trustees executive committee present at today's meeting were Francis H. Hare, Monroeville; T. D. Sam-ford, Opelika; H. D. Merrill, An-niston; and C. S. Culver, Gadsden. When Jim Londos wrestled Ali Baba in Detroit a year ago the gate was $23,000 . . .In a recent match with Man Mountain Dean there Londos drew only $1,000 worth of customers . . . Lou Gehrig scored more than 100 runs in 1938 for the thirteenth straight year . . . Most skis are made of Florida grown hickory, which is shipped to Norway for manufacture. The University of Alabama averaged 39 points In their first nine games this season . . . Six of the 180 horses nominated for the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap on March 1 are quoted at 1,000 to 1 in the winter book. The first game of the first world series in 1903 was given two paragraphs in New York newspapers . k . It's no wonder they use glass backboards for basketball games at Madison Square Garden . . . Only 3,000 of the 18,000 seats are between the baskets v • - Don Timmerman, sophomore on Wisconsin's basketball team, is said to be the tallest player ever to appear in the Big Ten Conference t. . . He is 6 feet 9 1-2 inches. The recent Louis-Lewis bout at Madison Square Garden was the first heavyweight championship match between two colored men. since Jack Johnson fought an eight round draw with Jim Johnson in Paris 26 years ago . . . Bill Kir-chem, whose 216 pounds made him invaluable at tackle on the Tulane football team, now is preparing for the track season. He's a sprinter. The first night baseball game was played at Fort Wayne, Ind., June 2, 1883 . . . Auburn has accumulated 512 points against 415 for the opposition in its thirteen games this season . . . Co-Capt. Malvern Morgan leads the Tigers in scoring with 137 markers, with Crawford Holmes following him with 99 tallies. Luis Firpo is a police official In his home town in Argentina . . . Santa Clara will lose fifteen varsity football players by graduation in June . . Cap Anson of the old Chicago White Stockings batted .394 in 1894 when he was 42 years old '. . . There is a good possibility that Auburn's football stadium, that is under construction, will be dedicated next Thanksgiving in the Auburn-Florida game . :. . The contest previously was announced for Montgomery, Dec. 2, but if the $180,000 stadium is completed, Coach Jack Meagher said the game might be changed to Auburn, Nov. 30. Fred Swan, Temple's new football mentor, ran away to sea at 14 . . . His dad caught up with him after a year and returned him to school . . . Bradley Tech's basketball team scored 706 points in its first fourteen games this season, an average of 50.4 a game. Tigers Reach Scrimmage Stage in Preparation for Game Wednesday Driving his charges at a fairly brisk pace, Coach Jack Meagher has reached the scrimmage stage in Auburn's 1939 Spring football training and the Tigers are gradually rounding into good shape for •their outstanding practice game that will highlight the "Greater Auburn Day" program this Wednesday. Intact from last season, the Plainsmen coaching staff has a mentor for each of the groups now toeing groomed (for major football duty next fall. Coach Meagher supervises the entire group of about 80 aspirants and spends most of his time with the backs, who also are being tutored by Jimmy Hitchcock and Bobbie Blake; Dell Morgan is In charge of the line, specializing on. the tackles, and he is assisted by former captain Bo Russell; Bat Mc- M-39-4 $25 $25 ABSOLUTELY FREE To the person suggesting the best slogan for East Alabama's leading cut-rate drug store. Ben Tarver, your servant for 40 years, is announcing one of the most daring, most outstanding sales in cut-rate drugs that this section of the country has ever experienced. Vernelle Gamble Opening day, March 1, the name of the winner of the contest will be posted on our front window. MAIL YOUR SLOGAN IN NOW! In addition, there will appear once a week in our ads in the Plainsman some Auburn student's name who will receive a pass to the show FREE. If it happens to be your name, simply cut it out and bring it to Mr. Tarver and receive the pass. DON'T FORGET YOUR SLOGAN! CITY DRUG STORE Ben Tarver, Prop. Phone 64 Opelika, Ala. Collum is handling the centers Boots Chambless the guards, and Porter Grant the ends. It is still fairly early for Coach Meagher to name his two outfits for the practice round on Feb. 22. One team could take the field with Getty Fairchild at center, Captain Milton Howell and Ernest Mills at guard, Alternate-Captain Bill Nichols at ends, Bunch Fowler at quarterback, Dick McGowen and Bill Mims at halfbacks, and Ross Dean at fullback. Another could be chosen that would have Abb Chrietzberg at center, Walter Chandler and Eve-rette Smith at guards, Gordan MacEachern and Chester Bulger at tackles, Babe McGehee and James Samford at ends, Buddy McMahan at quarterback, Baker Riddle and Carl Happer at halfbacks, and Charlie Haynsworth at fullback. Enie Menie Minie Moe Down to Howards we must go All Alumni take vacation Greater Auburn Celebration. NOTICE All band members and ROTC students are excused from classes Monday at 11 a. m. for a practice review. This review has been authorized in view of the fact that inclement weather since Christmas has greatly hampered drilling. Drill will be held as usual Tuesday morning, and there will be a review for the visitors on Greater Auburn Day, Feb. 22. NOTICE There will be a faculty meeting Monday morning at 11 In Langdon Hall. President Duncan is asking that all faculty members be present. NOTICE Classes will be excused Wednesday from 11 to 12 for the special review and also after 3 p. m. for the football game. A move has been started in the Iowa legislature to move the state's college of engineering from the University of Iowa to Iowa State College. Alabama Educators Attend Celebration Eight distinguished Alabama educators have signified their intentions of attending "Greater Auburn Day" at Alabama Polytechnic Institute on Feb. 22. Invitations were sent to the heads of all Alabama colleges by Dr. L. N. Duncan, president of A. P. I., and replies from eight ef the college heads indicate they will be on hand when Auburn celebrates its $1,500,000 building program involving 14 new buildings. Those Who have expressed their intention of coming include Dr. Richard C. Foster, president of the University of Alabama; Dr. Raymond R. Paty, president of Birmingham- Southern; Dr. T. V. Neal, president of Howard College, Dr. A. F. Harman, president of Alabama College at Montevallo; Dr. Hubert Searcy, president of Huntingdon College; Dr. C. W. Daug-ette, president of State Teachers College at Jacksonville; Dr. J. W. Keller, president of State Teachers College at Florence; Dr. C. B. Glenn, superintendent of education, Birmingham. Place for 4 boys. Close In, Reasonable Price. 227 E. Magnolia. PAGE THREE , a : Toxicoloqy Lab Be Open to Public H. W. Nixon, State toxicologist, has announced that the State toxicology laboratory here will be open for public inspection on "Greater Auburn Day," Feb. 22. Records in all criminal cases investigated by the department may be viewed by the public at this time. The laboratory has been instrumental in the past few years in helping to solve many criminal cases for the State. During the last fiscal year 227 cases ware handled by the laboratory. Of the latter, 129 involved injury of death to humans, of which 64 were suspected homicides, 2 criminal attacks, 8 suicides, 6 injurious accidents, and 44 assaulits-iwith-intent-ito-kill. Seventy-nine cases of suspected animal poisoning were investigated by the laboratory. Results of these examinations have been utilized to prevent recurrence of losses of livestock through poisoning. LUMP COAL PHONE I I CONSUMERS CO. COAL Order Your Coal Today Red Clover Brilliant Boothton AUBURN ICE & COAL CO. Prompt Delivery Phone 118 In trade on photographic materials for the best pictures of our photographic window "Dink" Sellers All pictures must be in not later than SATURDAY, FEB. 25 BU RTON'S BBO OKSTORE "Something New Every Day" A CITY HALL JLj Feb. 25 **UDITORIUiVI At8:30PM. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA . . . ANNNOUNCING ... Montgomery's Most Important Theatrical Event!! ON THE STAGE IN PERSON The Stage's Most Glamorous Personalities. First Time Here t\iuv itfcD LYNN LUNT FONTANNE in Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize Play . . . A Daring Romantic Escapade "IDIOT'S DELIGHT*' A New York Theatre Guild Production M A I L O R D E R S N OW Avoid disappointment . . . For choice seat* send your mail orders IMMEDIATELY accompanied by check or money order and stamped self-addressed envelope to Alabama Theaters, Inc., P. O. Box 195. Loges $3.36—Lower Floor $3.36—$2.80 Balcony $2.80—$2.24—$1.68—$1.12 Including All Taxes THE ORIGINAL UNCENSORED PLAY PRICES: g8ag»gWii»WiBIWtMMMWi«iaM^ PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, BEBRUARY 17, 1939 Season's Hit Tunes Be Heard in Show Four of the season's biggest hit tunes—written by the inimitable Robin and Rainger—will be heard in the Bing Crosby manner in the new comedy romance, "Paris Honeymoon," to be shown at the Tiger Theater Sunday and Monday. Featured in the picture are: "You're a Sweet Little Headache," "I Have Eyes," "The Funny Old Hills," and the novelty number, "Joozlai." Bing is assisted in singing by Shirley Ross. Co-starred with Bing Crosby is Franciska Gaal, the georgeous little blonde bombshell you will remember as the little Dutch girl in "The Buccaneer." "Paris Honeymoon" is the story of a gay young American millionaire, played by Bing, who is just about to be married ' to Shirley Ross, when he discovers there is a little matter of a divorce which Miss Ross forgot to take care of. Bing goes to Paris and then to a Balkan state called "Pushtalnick," where Akim Tamiroff is everything from the Mayor to a slot machine operator—and even more! Pushtalnick is also the home of a lovely little peasant girl, Manya, played by Miss Gaal. To complicate matters Bing falls in love -with her. The comedy in "Paris Honeymoon" is mainly concerned with Bing's efforts to free himself from Miss Ross—from whom he doesn't want to be free—and his attempts to win Miss Gaal—whom he does not want to win at all. Edward Everett Norton fans will be glad to know he is in his favorite role again, Bing's valet. The 'big cast also boasts Ben Blue, Keith Kenneth, Greta Meyer, and a variety of comedians. The ladies will be interested to see the fashions presented in Shirley Ross' trousseau. Pi Alpha's to Entertain Pledges, Guests Saturday At 8 o'clock Saturday evening, Feb. 18, Alabama Alpha chapter of Pi Alpha fraternity (Episcopal) will entertain new pledges and a number of invited guests in the Episcopal Parish House. On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Cate- Welcome'Auburn Students ( COME SEE US AND SAVE | CUT RATE DRUGS OUR SPECIALTY | CIGARETTES, 15c §; Donald Poe §§ THE CITY DRUG STORE | Phone 64 Ben Tarver, Prop. Opelika, Ala. | S8SSSS2SSS£g2SSSSSSS2SSS£SSSSS2SSS8SSSS8SSSSSS£SSSSSSS8SSSSSSSSSSgSSSSSSSSSS2SSSgS2S2S2SSSS 'A'Club Dance Be Given Wednesday A "Greater Auburn Day" dance, sponsored by the "A" Club, will begin at 10 p. m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, with the Auburn Knights swinging out on the opening number. The dance will take place in Bibb Graves Center. With thousands of visiting alumni and friends in Auburn on that day, the dance promises to be a fine affair. All mothers and fathers of Auburn students are cordially invited to come out to the hall and watch the dance, said "A" Club President Johnnie Davis. Seats will be provided for them. Davis prophesied an excellent crowd at the dance because of the many young alumni who will be in Auburn that day and will bring girls with them. Also, many students are having their girls down on that day because of the semi-holiday air of the occasion and because of the football game to be played that afternoon. Tickets to the dance are 75 cents. f Knights chumen Degree will be administered to the first class of pledges to toe tapped by this chapter. Since Auburn has the distinction of having the first collegiate chapter of Pi Alpha, the only national Greek letter society for Episcopal young men, it is arousing much interest not only locally but nationally. Congratulatory messages have already been received from various parts of the country. Patronize Plainsman advertisers. (Continued from Page One) Sanders played for the mid-terms and liked the arrangements written for the Knights so well that he copied several for his own use. Two summers ago the orchestra, fourteen strong, played under the management of the Music Corporation of America, working in the middle west and finally ending up in New York State. Although they had the chance to continue playing under the management of this famous booking agency, the majority of the band decided to come back to school in j the fall. The outfit lost several men, but with some replacements and very hard work the Knights again reached the same high standard before the year was over. This past summer the band, fifteen strong, played several engagements along the South Carolina Coast, tout, as always, returned to Auburn to get some of that book learning. There were only four men out of fifteen in the group that returned to Auburn this past fall . . . none of the arrangements in the library could be used . . . prospects for ^replacements were almost nil.' If one passes by the College Inn around noon or supper time, he will see a full band playing and hear a group that is rapidly building back up to that standard of music always expected from the Auburn Knights, but little will he realize the hard work and worry that has taken place in order to bring the organization up to the point it has reached. Although the usual idea is that musically minded individuals are JOHN ROBERT POWERS, the head of the world's best known model agency, when booking his famous models for fashions, advertisers and artists, says "The call is for beauty, poise, personal charm... the perfect combination". e ierfecf gets the call Chesterfields get the call from more and more smokers every day because of their refreshing mildness, better taste and pleasing aroma. The perfect combination of Chesterfield's mild ripe American and aromatic Turkish tobaccos ... the can't-be-copied blend . . . makes Chesterfield the cigarette that gives millions of men and women more smoking pleasure. When you try them you will know why Chesterfields give more smoking pleasure, why THEY SATISFY Chesterfield ...the blend that can't be copied a HAPPY COMBINATION of the world's best cigarette tobaccos Wax Works This production of Wax Works will be devoted to those discs that have been cut in the Decca factory. We have included some very fine numtors in our review' for today of whiclxwe think any number of them would make fine additions to that stack of canned music just above your music box. Well, hold yore hats. * * * To start this discussion off with a little swing music, Chick Webb and Count Basie have beat out a couple of kicking tunes that really put us to the proper mood; in short, we were sent. "Gotta Pebble in My Shoe" is vocally explained by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Wetoib assisting from his rhythm throne, with the reverse side called "Who Ya Hunchin." * * * "Jumpin" at the Woodside" and "Dark Rapture" receive the musical attention of the Count with the latter tune dreamed up in a fine manner by Helen Humes. These two tunes are typical of the Count's swing-out style, but would be pleasing to even Lom-toardo lovers. * * * Connie Boswell is featured with Woody Herman's band on a couple of fine sweet tunes in our Decca parade called "They Say" and "Umbrella Man." Although Connie has always been fine with her vocal renditions, she reaches a new high with the first of the a-bove numbers. We have never cared for the "Umbrella Man" as a popular tune, but in the Boswell manner it sounds pretty good. * * * Something different — Louis Armstrong puts his trumpet down to do a twelve-inch job for us on "Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Throwing Stones," and "Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Generosity." These two selections are reproductions of what might well be a negro church service with Armstrong acting as the preacher. The idea is pretty clever to say the least, and the over-grown disc contains a typical example of the black man's thoughts and actions. * * * "Down Home Rag" and "Where Has My Little Dog Gone" are a couple of Will Osburne tunes. Featuring his famous trombone section, Osborne plays some very commercial swing on the first of these two tunes, followed by a good novelty idea on the latter with work by the vocal ensemble. Haven't heard much of this band lately, but he seems to be doing pretty good work, judging by these latest wax works. * * * Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy bask in the favors of nature while they make a couple of tunes on "The Breeze" and "Sittin" A-round and Dreaming." Pha Terrell carries the vocals job in fine manner. This group of dark swingsters Wave added another good disc to their credit. * * • A couple of popular tunes, "Sing For Your Supper" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" featuring Helen Hume in the song-singing department, have been produced by the Count Basie band. Although these jobs have usually toeen presented in a semi-sweet atmosphere, Basie has them dressed up in a fine groove. We think this is a good bet Movie of Events Will Be Taken Next Wednesday Newsreels will be taken of the activities at Alabama Polytechnic Institute's "Greater Auburn Day" on Feb. 22, it was learned today from Maurice I. Bloch, president of the Auburn Alumni Association. Five hundred feet of film will be taken of the ROTC review, 'alumni barbecue and get-together, and exhibition football game by the Wilby-Kinsey Corporation, operators of a theater chain in southern states. Copyright 1939, LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. very narrow, this does not hold true in the case of this potent group of music makers. The names of Merwin York, "Doc" Mosely, Louis Busenlehner, Yank Freid-man, Jimmy Vance, Babe Lacey, Lamar White, Hilding Holmburg, Jerry Yelverton, and many others that could be mentioned, will remind those who remember or care to look over their records of the wide range of activities of these men in addition to their horn blowing. Well, we guess all of what has been said is pretty much of a build-up, but it is every word true of a fine bunch of fellows that have a spirit among them that his writer has never seen exhibited among any other group. Glomerata Advertisers Once again the Glomerata returns to the columns of the Plainsman to present another one of its prominent advertisers to the readers of the Plainsman. In this issue, the Glomerata presents Warren, Knight & Davis, Architects of Birmingham. This firm of architects has designed and supervised the construction of practically all of the new college buildings at Auburn for the past fifteen years, including the work on the great building program at present under way. They have also been architects for many buildings at the six State Teachers Colleges, Alabama College at Montevallo, the University of Alabama, and other colleges in the South. Many of the finest structures in the state have been designed by this firm, including schools, churches, hospitals, court houses, hotels, and residences. The stately and harmonious new State Highway Department Building and the new History and Archives Building in Montgomery came from the offices of these architects. The new Elmore County Court House at Wetumpka, for which Warren, Knight & Davis were architects, has been called one of the most beautiful small court houses in the country. John Davis and Will Warren, the office manager, Tom Wingo, who is a highly important part of this organization, are all native Alatoamians and graduates of Auburn. Eugene Knight came from Florida to Alabama when he was boy. He has had a fine training in the Beaux-Arts Society of New York and with some of the greatest architectural firms of the country. Each member of the firm now has a son studying architecture at Auburn: Billy Warren, Albion Knight and John Davis are in their last year's work, preparing themselves for the profession of architecture. The firm of Warren, Knight & Davis was organized in 1915. John Davis entered the firm in 1922, and Warren, Knight & Davis have been together since that time. Textile School to Have Seven Delegates at Meet Dr. A. R. Macormac of the School of Textile Engineering at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and seven students in textile engineering at the college will attend the annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Association of Textile Chem-iss and Colorists to be held Saturday night, Feb. 18, in Columbus, Ga. Main speaker at the meeting, according to Dr. Macormac who is secretary of the Southeastern division of the association, will be William McLaurine, secretary and treasurer of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association. Subr ject to his address will be "Present Conditions and Prospects in the Southern Textile Industry." About 150 persons are expected to attend the meeting at which time election of officers will take place. Auburn students who are mem-, bers of the association and will attend with Dr. Macormac are N. D. Helms, Snowdoun; V. C. Hill, Canoe; J. J. Jigger, Fargo, N. D.; C. W. McGowin, Jackson; W. A. Mungall, Lindale; P. O. Anderson, Uniontown; H. L. King, Hunts ville. Homecoming (Continued from Pase One) Jordan, Birmingham; Dr. James R. Garber, Birmingham; John H. Dukes, Birmingham; Harry M. Ayers, Anniston; Walter C. Lusk, Guntersville; Clyde Anderson, Florence; J. Craig Smith, Syla-cauga; Herbert Meighan, Gadsden; Lawrence Goldsmith, Hunts-ville; George M. Mahoney, Hunts-ville; William P. Bloom, Tuscaloosa. Wives of staff members and of other state officials will be entertained during the afternoon at the president's home by Mrs. L. N. Duncan. New Officers Are Chosen By Home Economics Cluh Juanita Johnson, junior in home demonstration from Auburn was elected president of the Home Economics Club at the regular semi-monthly meeting of the club Monday night. Miriam Chesnutt, sophomore in home economics, was elected vice-president. The freshman class was given representation by Claudia Weinman, Decatur. These officers will serve the club until the second semester of the following school year. The retiring officers are Fannie Kelly, president, and Virginia Cottle, vice-president. The main feature on the evening's program was an educational lecture by Mrs. S. L. Toomer. Her subject was "Interesting Canada." Dean Marion W. Spidle, sponsor of the club, made several important announcements that will toe of interest to all home economics students. Dean Spidle announced that the District Home Economist meeting will be held in the Auburn Student Center Saturday, Feb. 18, at 10 a. m., and that students will be required to attend the sociological lectures by Dr. Paul Popenoe, March 7, at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The new club president announced that the semi-monthly meetings will be held on the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p. m. in Samford 215. NOTICE The Open Forum Club will meet Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock in room 422 Broun Hall. Mr. J. Herman Johnson will lead the discussion on the subject of courtship. All students are cordially invited to attend this meeting. ASCE Is Host at Hayride At Wright's Mill The Student Chapter of the A-merican Society of Civil Engineers entertained with a weiner roast and a hayride at Wright's Mill Tuesday night. Members of ASCE and their dates were Thomas Burnum, Eugenia Sanderson, John Redmond, Sarah Rowe, James G. Brown, Vi-via Gipson, Lola Smith, George McWhorter, Frances Hamilton, A. E. Pearson, Jane Bowen, W. E. Banks, Edith Patton, Clyde Pat-ton, Clyde Mabry, Margaret Vest, J. J. Prewett, Ruth Williams, Ben D. Scarborough , Louise Few, Amos Hargett, and G. Murphy. Chaperones were Mr. and Mrs; W. B. Bucher, Prof. V. B. Wat-wood, and Prof. J. A. C. Callan. Prof. Callan entertained the group with several solos. *0«Q«0«0»0»0»0»C»C»0«0«0»0»0»0»0»0»0«OJO«OfO«0«C >.O.O.Q.~.. • • • .•-'•..•J«C«0»0»0«0»0»0»0«0«0»0»0« Tonight At 11 i Owl Showing RUDOLPH VALENTINO in "THE SHEIK" 1 See Latest Issue MARCH OF TIME "STATE OF THE NATION —1939" TIGER «8S8S8S8S8S8S88888SSSi ioSSSoSsasssssss
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Title | 1939-02-17 The Auburn Plainsman |
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OCR Transcript | Semi-Weekly Friday Edition ®ij£ Auburn platngman We Think Spring Is Here VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1939 NUMBER 41 Plans Made, Stage Set for Auburn's Celebration Governor to Attend; Mayor Asks General Clean Up of City With only four days remaining before one of the biggest celebrations in the history of the city and college, final arrangements for "Greater Auburn Day" next Wednesday, Feb. 22, are nearly complete. President L. N. Duncan and Mayor C. S. Yarbrough stated this morning that information receiv ed from over the state is to the effect that "at least 1,500 visitors will be on hand for the festivities." Maurice I. Bloch, Selma president, Auburn Alumni Association, predicted earlier in the week that a record crowd of alumni will be here next Wednes day. For the first time since his inauguration in January, Governor Frank M. Dixon with his entire riafif in uniform will officially review the R. O. T. C. cadet corps of Alabama Polytechnic Institute at the "Greater Auburn Day" celebration on the college campus Feb. 22. In preparation for "Greater Auburn Day" Mayor C. S. Yarbrough has urged that owners of property join this weekend in a general clean up campaign. "Naturally every citizen of Auburn wants the town to make. a good appearance during the celebration in«xt Wednesday," Dr. Yarbrough said this morning. "Therefore, I am urging everyone to set aside Friday and Saturday as clean' up days. We hope that all property owners will gather all trash and garbage over the weekend, and the city garbage truck will collect it during the first two days of next week." Cooperating in the clean up drive are groups represented on the Community Council. Dr. H. B. Peacock, chairman of the beautification committee, is directing the campaign. A 19-gun salute will be given Alabama's new governor as he approaches Bullard Field, scene of the cadet review, just at 11 o'clock. Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Charles Grisham, Athens, will be in charge of the motor battery which will fire the salute on the drill field in front of the motor shed. Members of Governor Dixon's staff will wear for the first time their new blue uniforms. With trousers of light blue, coats of navy, and caps trimmed in gold braid, the 22 staff members will present a colorful appearance. They will occupy the reviewing stand with the governor, President L. N. Duncan, members of the college board of trustees, and other state dignitaries expected to attend the all-day celebration. Brigade Parades for Visitors Cadet Colonel Julian M. Fowler, Pell City, in command of Auburn's R. O. T. C. brigade of 1,- 500 students, with his staff of student officers, will direct the mammoth review and parade. Announcement has been made by Col. Fred C. Wallace, commandant in charge of R. O. T. C. at the college, that Cadet Captain George Woolf, St. Louis, Mo., will act as special military aide to Governor Dixon, and will escort him about the campus throughout the day of festivities. Auburn's 80-piece military band will participate in the review under the direction of Drum Major F. L. Lee, Selma. Serving with other members of the local citizens' reception committee will be Fred Moreman, J. A. Blackburn, and A. D. Burke, of the Auburn chapter of the American Legion. Governor's Staff Listed. Members of the governor's military staff who are expected to accompany Governor Dixon include Rev. William Byrd Lee, Auburn; Claiborne Blanton, Selma; Walter Bragg Smith, Montgomery; Luther H. Waller, Montgomery; Tilghman Turner, Montgomery; R. F. Hudson, Montgomery; Alex Brantley, Troy; Robert H. Malone, Dothan; Richard Andrew Allison, Bellamy; L. Bernard Hay-good, Greenville; Mortimer H. (Continued on page four) The Glomerata Is All Wet! Editor Perry Schwartz called on the swimming team down at the gym to make some pictures of the group for the Glomerata. What transpired after the Editor finished his photography is shown above, caught by an alert cameraman. (1) Up he goes in tne arms of brawny swimmers. (2)' Oh! So sorry we dropped you! Just a mistake. (3) Is that Schwartz coming up out of the water or just a fish with a chagrined look on! its face? (4) Need any help, buddy? (5) But as {always, the Glomerata has a come-back. Back in the locker room the Editor stealthily departs with the dry clothing of one of the swimmers. Peals of Old College Bell to Mark Opening of Celebration Wednesday Silent for Many Years, Historic Bell in Samford To Open Festivities The old college bell will ring again! Townsfolks and old grads, gathered here on Feb. 22 for "Greater Auburn Day," will hear once more the tolling of the ancient bell, silent for the past 30 years. Hanging high in the tower of Samford Hall, Auburn's bell will sound off at 10:30 a. m. as a signal that "The show is on." Dr. L. N. Duncan, president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, will be chief bell ringer. When word went out over the college campus this week that even the long-unused bell would be called into service for celebration of Auburn's growth and development, some said there was no clapper in it. "Boozer Pitts and some of the old grads ran off with the clapper years ago" exclaimed one fellow. But Boozer, now assistant professor in the A. P. I. math department, merely grinned and disclaimed credit for the clapper prank. A state-wide hunt for the bell clapper was on the verge of being launched and all alumni called in as sleuths, when Dr. J. V. Brown,. director of plant service, announced he had found the clapper and it was completely intact. Not many people around Auburn remember the very last time they heard the college bell used. But Miss Allie Glenn, college treasurer, and Dr. George Petrie, dean of graduate studies, both of whom have seen long service at the college, recall quite readily that the bell was rung regularly every morning at 7:15 in the old days. It was about 1905, during the administration of President C. C. Th'ach, that the bell was abandoned as the signal for reveille. "Yas, suh, I sho does remember that old bell ringin'," said George Mitchell, Negro furnace fireman at A. P. I. for more than a quarter of a century. "I also remembers the way they used to beat the drums to git 'em to classes." Twenty minutes after the bell was rung each morning, according to George, an old Negro named Joe Bell would stand in front of the architectural building, formerly the chemistry building, and wake up the whole town with the rattle of his drum. All the college boys lined up in front of Lang-don Hall and marched to chapel and classes. As a signal that each class period was up, another Negro, Jesse J)ackson, stood in the hall of Samford Hall and beat a kettle drum for all he was worth. George says Jesse got such a kick out of the kettle drum that sometimes he would beat it regardless of the time of day or night—especially if he had been "frolicking." Explanation For the second time this year we are asking that readers excuse it if several' lines of type are upside down or if the wrong heads are over stories. Because the printer, Carl Piercey, usually calm and unruffled, last night and this morning underwent the most trying ordeal known to mankind— an ordeal that makes even the steadiest of nerve get shaky in the knees. After countless miles of pacing back and forth, interminable minutes of hand-wringing, innumerable queries of "Is it here?" the pleasant and genial Piercey heard the wail that told him he's now a proud papa. It's a boy— 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and redheaded like his father. Sociologist Speaks Here on March 7 Dr. Paul Popenoe, director of the Institute of Family Relations, Los Angeles, will deliver three lectures dealing with youth problems of marriage and family at Alabama Polytechnic Institute on March 7. A lecturer in biology at the University of Southern California, Dr. Popenoe was before the World War editor of the Journal of Heredity (organ of 'the American Genetic Association), and afterward Executive Secretary of the American Social Hygiene Association of New York For many years he was secretary of the Human Better- Alpha Gamma, colonizing chapter of Alpha Delta sorority will entertain with a formal dance at ment Foundation of Pasadena. He j G r a v e s Center tonight beginning Pappas Wins Post Of Cabinet Head In Election Defeats Fowler for Post; Burnside Is Frosh Representative on Body Ernest Pappas, senior in agriculture, was chosen President of the Executive Cabinet Wednesday at a special election in which seniors only voted. He defeated his opponent, Julian Fowler, by a count of 157 to 92. Otlis Burnside, freshman, was named freshman representative to the Cabinet by his class mates. The race was very close, Burnside winning by only four votes over Craig Jackson, who received 77 votes. Others running for the office were Howard Worthing-ton, 76 votes, and Bobby Haas, 63 votes. The senior election definitely ended the question of who was qualified to serve as head of the student government when the president was absent. The question received considerable prominence earlier in the year, when some students held that a junior could ascend to the office and others as stoutly maintained that only a senior could serve. The Cabinet ruled in favor of only seniors holding the office. Governor Frank Dixon Is Tapped By API Omicron Delta Kappa's Chosen By ODK Alpha Gamma to Stage Dance Tonight in Graves Center has been director of the Institute of Family Relations since its founding in 1930. Brought under the auspices of the college, Dr. Popenoe, whose work in the Institute of Family Relations is known nationally ahd has been widely publicized, will lecture to classes in sociology and home economics, and also to the general public. The committee in charge of the lecture series is composed of Mrs. Marion Spidle, head of the home economics department; Herman Johnson, professor of sociology; and Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, academic adviser of women students. At 11 a. m. on March 7, home economics girls will hear Dr. Popenoe speak on "Fouth Faces a World of Change." At 4 p. m. sociology students will hear his lecture on "Looking Forward to Marriage," and at 8 p. m. Dr. Popenoe will address the general public on "Changing Family a Changing World." All the lectures will be free, open to the public, and given in Langdon Hall. at 9 o'clock., Girls from Brenau, Florida State Teacher's College, University of Alabama, University of Georgia and other places are expected. The dance will feature four lead-outs—two for members, one for rushees, and one for pledges and members. The lead-out will feature Marjorie Miller, president and her escort, J. K. Taylor. Doris Greene is in charge of decorations; Pete Wright, in charge in change of chaperons. Music will be in charge of the Auburn Knights. GOV. FRANK DIXON, who was recently chosen for membership in Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fraternity by the members of Omega Circle, is shown here. Gov. Dixon will be formally tapped and Initiated on next Wednesday, "Greater Auburn Day." "Biological Aspects of War" Is Lecture Subject Tonight "The Biological Aspects of War" is the subject to be discussed here this evening at 7:30 in Langdon Hall by Dr. George G. Needham, professor emeritus of biology at Cornell University. According to Dr. Henry G. Good, who has arranged the lecture, admission is free to the public and everyone is cordially invited to attend. Sigma Chi Officers Visit Local Chapter This Week This week-end Dr. Henry McLean, Grand Tribune of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and Thompson McClellan, Grand Praetor of the Southern Province, are visiting in Auburn with Gamma Sigma chapter. These two eminent Sig's have been spending some weeks with the southern chapters of the great fraternity and will be in Auburn two days. On March 3 and 4 Gamma Sigma Chi will be host to the chapter from the University of Alabama and other Sigma Chi's throughout the state. One of the main attractions of that week-end will be a basketball game between the Alabama Chapter and the Auburn Chpter. The game will be held on the morning of Saturday, March 4, in the Alumni Gymnasium. The public is invited to attend this event. 'A Spirit Never Seen in Any Other Group/ Says Writer En Story of History and Development of Auburn Knights With the highly successful midterm dances just recently having changed from a reality to a memory, we are reminded of the growth of social life here in Auburn that has taken place during the past decade. Closely connected with that growth is an organization that has conributed more to the development of dancing a-mong Auburn students than any other one factor, The Auburn Knights. For ten years the name "Auburn Knights" has been featured in dancing locally and in all of the larger towns in the South. The thing that makes the group really outstanding is the fact that through the medium of their musical ability, around forty boys have payed their way through Auburn. Few people realize that an excellent group of college musicians, such as this band has always had, is really the most alive extra-curricular organization on the Auburn campus . . . a group that works together playing two times daily for their meals and on the weekends furnishing for fraternity functions music that is of a standard which has brought favorable comment from some of the big names in the musical world, Kay Kyser, Joe Sanders, and others. Up until five years ago, the Knights were considered just a college band . . . good, but not having had a chance to prove how good. As is true with any organization that relies on students for its membership, this group has had many changes in personnel, fou has always managed to develop an outfit that finally reaches a high standard in musical production. The spring before our present group of seniors came to Auburn practically the Whole band made the trip down the path beaten by the graduating class to get those sheepskins. Those who remained in the band at that time felt as though they might as well sell their horns and plan to work the following year. Six new men were enlisted to help the cause of college musicians. Since that day the Knights have traveled over the whole of the eastern side of this country carrying the name of Auburn wherever they went. The group of six men who joined the band quickly caught the spirit of the organization . . -. their first decision was that the band should not play any arrangements except those made by members of the band . . . a style developed in the form of a type of swing that has been enjoyed by Auburn dancers for the past four years . . . finally the goal was reached, the complete absence of any "stock" arranged from the band's library . . . Joe (Continued on Page Four) Local FSA Men Receive Promotions Two local men were involved in personnel changes of the Farm Security Administration announced last night Julian Brown, State director of FSA for the past three years, has been named assistant regional director in charge of rural rehabilitation in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. M. Hosnier Pearson, State tenant purchase specialist for the past year, was chosen by E. S. Morgan, regional director, to succeed Brown. Morgan himself only recently received a promotion which made him regional director; succeeding R. W. Hudgens, who was last week elevated to the position of assistant national administrator. Both promotions for Mr. Brown and Mr. Pearson are effective today. Mr. Brown, 36, was bom and reared on' a farm near Yantley, in Choctaw County He graduated from the college here with the B. S. degree in agriculture in 1924. After doing graduate work at Cornell University he accepted a position with the Federal agricultural economics bureau. Later he held a position with the Alabama Department of Agriculture. In 19- 27, Mr. Brown became connected with the Extension service as horticulturist specialist. He left that office in 1935 to become state director of rural rehabilitation with the resettlement administration which later was merged with he FSA. Mr. Pearson, 47, is a native of Wadley, in Randolph County. Like his predecessor he graduated from Auburn, receiving a degree in agriculture in 1915. He attended Missouri University one year and then became agricultural agent for Central of Georgia Railway. He left that position in Sept., 1917 and accepted a job with the Extension service, with which organization he served in various capacities for 10 years. He was connected with the Alabama Department of Agriculture a short while, and then became state manager of the educational bureau of a large fertilizer company. Mr. Pearson resigned this position in Nov., 19- 37 and assumed the duties of tenant purchase specialist for Farm Security Administration. Mr. Brown has already moved to Montgomery, where regional headquarters of the farm organization are located. His family will remain in Auburn several weeks longer. To Be Formally Tapped And Initiated on "Greater Auburn Day" Frank M. Dixon, Governor of Alabama, has accepted a bid to membership in Omega Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, according to an announcement made yesterday by L. E. Foster, President of the circle. The Governor will be present at Greater Auburn Day next Wednesday and will probably be extended a formal bid some time during the day and be initiated. ODK each year selects some outstanding man in the state and taps him for honorary membership in the- circle. Selection of regular members is based on character, scholarship, leadership, athletic ability, and participation in forensic publications and other extra-curricular activities. The regular members of Omega Circle are L. E. Foster, President, Billy McGehee, Bill Troup, John Eagan, Curty Farley, Edwin God-bold, George Knight, Johnny Davis, Bo Russell, Julian Fowler, Paul McKenney, Perry Schwartz, Charles Grisham, James Hilleke, and Sam Teague. Other members are President L. N. Duncan, Executive Secretary Draughon, Editor Grover Hall of the Advertiser, Lt. Col. Fred C. Wallace, Coach Wilbur Hutsell, Superintendent of Education Albert Collins, Dr. Charles Davis, Jesse Herren of New Orleans, and Extension Director P. O. Davis. NOTICE If uniforms are in the laundry Monday, students may attend drill in civilian clothes. Graduate Vets Will Meet Here Tuesday Over 100 Doctors Are Expected to Attend The Fifteenth Alabama Conference for Graduate Veterinarians will meet here for three days, beginning! Tuesday, to study the latest methods on animal diseases and to hear distinguished, veteri- ' narians from every section of the United States. The highlight of the convention will be the annual banquet sponsored by the Junior A. V. M. A. at Graves Center in which the visiting delegates will be honored. * Dr. I. S. McAdory, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine here, estimates that 100 doctors will participate in the clinic and lectures that will be given. Featured on the program will be eleven doctors from Auburn and included in this group will be Dr. B. T. Simms, Dr. F. P. Woolf, Dr. L. E. Starr, Dr. M. O. Robinson, Dr. Dale A. Porter, Dr. E. S. Winters, Dr. R. L. Mundhenk, Dr. J. E. Greene, Dr. H. W. Johnson, Dr. W. E. Cotton, and Dr. J. L. West. Noted veterinarians attending will be Dr. L. A. Merillat, Chicago, executive secretary of the A. V. M. A., who will lecture on the digestive disturbances in horses and mules; Dr. Adolph Eichorn, director of the Bureau of Animal Industry of Maryland, who will discuss canine distemper; and Dr. L. Enos Day, secretary of the U. S. Livestock Sanitary Association has also been extended an invitation to speak. Hog cholera, Bang's disease, digestion disturbances, and swine diseases will be among the subjects that will be discussed by the leading veterinarians. The convention will be in session during the "Greater Auburn Day" celebration here and will bring many alumni here to attend the gathering as well as the program during the alumni day on Wednesday. Phi Psi to Bring Textile Expert Here for Lecture A talk sponsored by Phi Psi is to be given by Ben Verity, technical adviser of the Carbie Color and Chemical Company, New York City, on Monday night, Feb. 20, at 7 p. m. in room 211 of the textile building. Mr. Verity has had between 30 and 40 years of experience in the dyeing industry. He is making a tour of the textile colleges of the South, picking Auburn as his first stop. PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 ,1939 The Auburn Plainsman Published Semi-Weekly By The Students Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama Editorial and business offices at Lee County Bulletin Office on Tichenor Avenue. Phone 448. Editor may be reached after office hours by calling 189-W. Edwin C. Godbold Editor Charles F. Grisham... Business Manager Editorial Staff Managing Editor Associate Editor . Society Editor _ Sports Editor — News Editor — Roy Taylor J. H. Wheeler -Eleanor Scott student body. We urge all students to realize that whether or not they supported the officals representing their class on election day, that these men are answerable to them for their action while in office. This year's Cabinet realizes the truth of much of the above article and has done all in its power to remedy the student government set-up. It has endorsed certain basic changes—all that they can do. Now, reform is up to the students. To be put into effect, the provisions must secure the approval of two-thirds of the student body. Now, if ever, let students take their government seriously and vote for the amendments. BUI Troup Anonymous Letters John Godbold Business Staff Assistant Business Manager — Bob Armstrong Assistant Business Manager Julian Myrick Advertising Manager Billy Smith Circulation Manager Arthur Steele Assistant Circulation Manager Walter Going Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester. Represented for national advertising by National Advertising Service, Inc. Member of Associated Collegiate Press. Distributor of Collegiate Digest. Publication Candidates The Board of Student Publications has fully qualified seven juniors as candidates for elective publications offices. All seven have better than average grades, and the Board was favorable impressed with their qualifications and their suggestions for improvement in the Plainsman and the Glomerata. Auburn has never looked with much favor upon the appointment of publication heads. Instead, it has set up a joint student-faculty board that does not appoint editors and business managers, but sees that all prospective candidates are fully capable. The Plainsman looks with confidence to the future of Auburn student publications. The time is past when election winners can look on their publication posts as lucrative political jobs, to be run for their own profit. Today, students are sure that these offices are filled by men qualified by experience and by scholastic standing. Those Amendments Back in April, 1937, as a sophomore columnist on this publication for Editor Bobby Chesnutt, we wrote an article on the Executive Cabinet and certain of its shortcomings. Even as a sophomore we saw some of the grave inadequacies of Auburn's student government. The article is- reproduced below: We think it would be most appropriate at . this time to plead for a more general demand- ' ing of responsibilities from elected student officers. Of course, the recent action of the Cabinet in regard to dance tickets has brought , this subject (to mind. However, for fear that some may think this outright condemnation •* of their action, let us warn against judging those fellows too hastily. It is easy, too easy, to stand off and say that their action was out-and-out wrong, and to harshly condemn them for it. But try putting yourself in their place and see if your attitude changes. We did, and we confess that we can't decide how we would have voted. Regardless of that, we feel that it is high time that Auburn students began to demand responsibility from elected officials. The usual viewpoint is that once a man is in offire he becomes a free agent to be guided only by his own wishes and will. Auburn students are too prone to elect officers and forget that these officers are directly responsible to them and are in office to look out for their welfare. One reason, we suppose, for this is the fact that some of the officers, especially the Cabinet, do their work in the silence and secrecy which characterizes some mystic order, and students have come to accept this. We wonder why the Cabinet was created to deliberate in secrecy and silence, anyway. It seems that a much better plan would be to have Cabinet meetings open to the student body, with ample opportunity for the students to voice their opinions before that body, just as is done in most city councils. As it is now, the Cabinet exists practically unchecked in any matter. We think it is high time that a little of the philosophy of responsibility of elected officials be injected into the Every newspaper in the country is at one time or another bothered by the problem of anonymous letters. Gradually, newspapers get to accept them as just part of the job, glance at them, and drop them into the waste-basket. The Plainsman is no exception. Almost every mail brings one or two of them. We treat them all with equal contempt. The Selma Times-Journal recently commented on an anonymous letter it received as follows: The letter is an old-fashioned tongue lashing for editorial policies of this paper, and if any uncomplimentary adjectives or adverbs were omitted, apparently it was through an oversight on the part of the writer. This communication ends with a demand that it be published word for word. As the letter-writer ignores the first rule of all newspapers concerning publication of communications— that names must be furnished— he has no grounds for such a demand despite the undenied right of American citizens to think as they please. If the writer of this letter is not willing to openly stand back of opinions expressed, there is no reason why we should assume this responsibility. We stand back of our convictions and it is nothing less than fair that we expect our readers to do the same. If the writer of the letter honesty believes in what they set forth, we would be more than glad to discuss them in detail, if for no other reason than to satisfy a burning curiosity about the identity of such master of invicti-tude. Perhaps we might even arrange to take a few lessons. The Plainsman has received epistles just like those—full of hot words and acid sarcasm. But we have ceased to regard them as personal communications, and rather look on them from the literary angle. We give them a brief glance and consign them to the floor or the wastebasket, along with the other scrap paper. Student Loan Fund Last night at a smoker sponsored by Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, Dean J. W. Scott suggested that a student loan fund be installed at Auburn. After much discussion and many questions, the group of seniors attending the meeting heartily endorsed the suggestion and agreed that they were willing to leave their contingent deposits to the credit of such a fund at the end of the year. The Plainsman knows of no more worthwhile way a student graduating from college can spend his contingent deposit than by leaving it for other less fortunate individuals who might otherwise never complete their college course. In other colleges where there are student loan funds of enormous figures, these funds started in just such a way—small donations from student themselves. Gifts from alumni and friends swelled the total greatly. Students at Auburn, especially seniors, could in our estimation make no more worthwhile philanthropic gesture than voting their deposit for this purpose. Personally, we would be proud to see our contingent deposit go for such a fund. And we think there are dozens more who feel as we do. A Clean Auburn When "Greater Auburn Day" rolls around on next Wednesday, the city hopes to put on its best appearance for visiting friends. Thousands of visitors from all over the state will be inspecting the Fair Village, some for the first time in years. The Plainsman urges that no vacant lot be left cluttered, no scrap paper be left un-burned. A clean, well-kept city will go far toward leaving a good impression on visitors. By John Ivey Jr. The Height of forgetfulness appeared as •the moral of a news article yesterday. Bela Imredi, Hungarian Premier, has been promoting a campaign in his country designed to bring grief to the Jewish element. After making plans for the anti-semetic drive, Imredi awoke a couple of days ago to the realiza-jj tion that he was the possessor of a portion of that blood which has been frowned on by Central European strong men. In short, his ancestors have foiled the Jew-hater by making his blood content contain a contemptable conglutinat-ed conglomeration of corpuscles not congruously congenial with his convictions. Still shorter, his face was red! He resigned from his position at once. * * * He Is Another Judas, but his name is Billy and he is not a man or a goal;. There is a story about a lamb who hangs out round the Chicago Stock Yard boasting of the bloody occupation of leading little lambs to the slaughter, literally, not proverbially. For a number of years this modern four-footed Judas has been kept for the purpose of providing an easy way to get the sheep to the slaughter pens. He merely Walks into the inclosure where the unlucky animals are kept until time for their untimely departure from this earth. Due to the fact Billy knows the ropes, he is able to talk traitorously to the occupants of said pen and persuade them to follow him down the way to meet the grim reaper, or is it throat cutter! * * * This story is not unfair to unsightly pans, or faces if you please. According to Andre Maurois, ugliness is a virtue in itself in spite of itself. His theory follows: "Ugliness has positive moral values; first, the man afflicted with it is thereby deprived of a too-easy success in love; this deprivation spurs him all the more eagerly to conquer . . . he has only the brilliancy of his accomplishments by which to please. "Moreover, ugliness in a man, if it accompanies strength, almost always prejudices one in its favor. His superiors never have a feeling of jealousy toward a really ugly man; nor are they indifferent •to him, either. One remembers unusual features rather than a handsome but commonplace head." Now the only thing we have got to do is to make the women realize the truth of the above; they can easily see that our faces are built oh a slightly lower plain from that of Gable and Flynn, but then too, they can act. We have got to grab the world by the throat and make it shout that we are the doers of deeds. Seems like a good face-lifting job would be the easier plan. * » * Lowell Thomas has added a new one to the over-crowed volume of fish stories. It seems that down in South Carolina there lives a man who has trained a goldfish to act as bait. The fisherman ties a thin string around his pet's person so as to form a harness. This water-lover glances at his master to get the size of the order and dives down to depths where his larger buddies reside. The big fish, which in this case turns out to be the poor fish, swallows aforementioned gold fish. The trained traitor nimbly works his way through the larger fish's gills, repeating the act until the desired number of victims have the string through their gills. Then the decoy circles the entire catch, making a knot in the string so that the safe delivery of its fishy work can be brought about without any malice to his being. By stopping for a second and blowing a few air-bubbles, the educated fish signals his master that the dirty work is finished. The fisherman has fished without any aid other than that of his trained pet and a small string . . . guess the goldfish really knows how to string his friends along! Please pardon. Tulane University's Middle A-merican Research Institute has initiated a campaign to raise $2,- 000,000 for a new museum. W. A. A. Girl-Break Dance I went to the Girl-Break Affair, All the campus big shots were there. The boys were all mooning, Self-consciously crooning, Or leaving to sit on the stair. The girls had to dodge and to duck To break on each popular cluck; The music was snappy, And everyone was happy— And all of the time I was stuck. AUBURN FOOTPRINTS There was a Young Girl of New York Whose body was lighter than cork; She had to be fed For six weeks on lead, Before she went out for a walk. * * * The Duke of York removed the cork And titled up the flagon. The label read Trevedentscherreinerweusmuncherganchte, So now he's on the wagon. * * * EPITAPHS Clive Brook, movie actor, writes his own: Pardon me for not rising. * • * Dorothy Parker writes her own: Excuse my dust. THE EDITOR'S MAILBOX To the Students: We would like to take this means and opportunity to thank all of you who bought tickets and patronized our bingo game last Tuesday evening. We appreciate the wholehearted support that you gave this venture, and it is our intention to have mor« of these games in the future. Since all of the ticket money hasn't been turned in at the time of this writing, we aren't able to give the exact amount of the proceeds. However, it is certain that the band will be enriched by over fifty dollars. This money will be turned over to Mr. Bidez to use as he sees fit. Again, let us thank each of you for the part you played in helping to make this game a success. Sincerely, Members of Blue Key The Oregon State College museum has been given a huge stuffed moose from—of all people— the Loyal Order of Moose. Franklin and Marshall College has placed the four major student dances of the year in its tuition charges. Editor The Auburn Plainsman Dear Sir: Once this year you ran a feature by a co-ed griping on the appalling lack of thought men used about wearing—or not wearing— appropriate hats. Here is my answer. We realize that the girls just love to have dates. It is for this sole reason that we break down occasionally and honor them with our presence. Poor little girls who must spend hours to make themselves beautiful, then to be disappointed by some brutish villain who stalks in, twirling his mustache, without a hat. Of course it's understandable that some hats are better looking than our faces, but (personally I wouldn't marry a hat, least of all some of these pipe dreams that the girls wear for fashion's sake. Pray tell me, what is a girl's definition of a hat, is it merely a dab of felt, couple of feathers, and a piece of string tied on to it or is it made to serve some useful purpose, to keep the hair in place or to keep the wintry winds from freezing the ether that it covers. Now take a man's hat—they are really made for a useful purpose, they keep his head warm, his hair out of his eyes, to give him something to fiddle with during the ages that he waits for the young lady to come down looking like a million'—when she is only nineteen. I have seen young ladies wear some of the d . . . . nest clothes and go around with a hurt look on their face if someone wants to know whose old picture album their patterns and ideas came from. You dear little girls who bear all manner of torture for the sake Of fashion and make of yourselves clothes-horses to hide those bow-legs and knock-knees, and who wear unmentionables to keep that slim waist and what have you (or haven't) that would do justice to the rack and Iron Maiden that were used in he fifteenth century by the Inquisition. Of course we do not mean this an insult to Lucille, Marion and Grace, but Aubumus Before Tomorrow By John Godbold A Justice Retires: One of America's great statesmen retired from service when Justice Brandeis stepped down from his place on the Supreme Court. During his long period of activity on the Supreme bench he has served conscientiously and well. He has been a liberal, yet his has been a liberalism tinged with the prudence and moderation of common sense. Termed a "radical" when he went into office he has lived to see the day when many of those Who fought him then have openly expressed admiration for him and his accomplishments. At eighty-two, an age when most persons are whiling away the time in a rocking chair, Justice Brandeis is retiring from one jab, but our guess is that it will not be long before he is actively engaged in some other. An old war horse such as he is cannot be kept away from the battles. * » * Airplane Salesmen have been having a rough time of it lately in demonstrating their wares. Several days ago an American-made military plane crashed in California, and it was found that a French military attche was a-board as an observer. The lid was promptly blown off in Washington, and administration officials were put on the pan for alleged disclosures of military secrets to foreign nations. Tuesday a Peruvian air representative of a New York airplane company were dropped into the sea when their amphibian plane turned over in landing. The plane was one of a group which the Peruvian government had recently bought from an American manufacturer. All of this oalls to mind a most forceful cartoon carried recently in one of the daily papers. It showed an American selling huge quantities of scrap iron to representatives of several warring nations and asking, "Wrap it up?" His wrapping paper was a stack of peace speeches. The cartoon is as applicable to the sales of other war materials as to the sale of scrap iron. We do lip service for peace while selling agencies of destruction on every side. We Americans are living examples of the art of not letting one's left hand know what his right hand is doing. * * * The Election of a new Pope which will be held in the near future brings to mind a most interesting incident about Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, one of the possible successors to Pope Pius. Cardinal Pacelli is one of the high oficials of the Papal State, and a Catholic friend tells us that if he is selected he will probably carry out many of Pope Pius' plans. Not so long ago at a Latin A-merican conference Cardinal Pacelli made an address which was one of the outstanding linguistic feats of our modern day. He spoke first in Kalian for the benefit of the Italian delegates; in French for the French, Swiss and Belgian delegates; in Spanish for the Spanish and South American delegates: in Portuguese for those from Bra-izl and Portugal; in English for those from the United States, England and the British Empire; in German for the delegates from Germany and Austria; and in Latin for the delegates from Poland, Hungary, and other countries. * » • Blue Key did well with their Bingo Party the other night. Whether they made any money or not, we have not learned. But a big crowd was there to participate, and if the band did not benefit from the party it was certainly not the fault of the Blue Keys, who handled a difficult task in an efficient manner. Congratulations, fellows. Editor The Auburn Plainsman Dear Sir: Here are a group of compliments that I have for Schwartz and Farley of the Glomerata: Love and Kisses, The College Ghost. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Tigers to Return Engagements With Sewanee, Vandy The Auburn Tigers will be one of the more active quintets in the Southeastern Conference this week when they play Vanderbilt and Sewanee in return engagements, in an attempt to better thir fifth place standing in the league. Vandy was met Thursday night in Nashville, and the Plainsman will come up against Sewanee at Sewanee Friday and Saturday. Coach Ralph Jordan's five, who have turned in 10 wins against only three setbacks, will have to play superior ball to emerge victor in all three combats. The odds are stacked heavily against them in the affair with the Commodores, who defeated the Tigers 41-3-9 in Alumni Gymnasium, but they are given an even chance of defeating the Purple Tiger of Sewanee. Fine team work accounted for the double wins over Georgia and Birmingham-Southern last week Plainsman Sports - SODAS SANDWICHES CIGARETTES — 15c per package Popular Brands CUT RATE DRUGS ROTHENBURG'S WALGREEN AGENCY DRUGS Opelika Ala. Auburn Fencing Club Issues Invitation to Fencers Long one of the favorite sports in Europe, fencing is rapidly becoming a most popular sport in the United States. It first started in the East and has since spread a-cross the country rapidly. In line with the enthusiasm with which sport-lovers everywhere have taken to fencing, Auburn has begun to form a team. At present, the lack of good fencers is naturally quite evident. It is hoped that continued and growing interest in the sport will bring forth some good foilmen. Anyone interested in going out for the fencing team should see Prof. E. B. Smith in the intramural sports office or Bobby Armstrong, who is instructor in the group. and Coach Jordan will probably use the same starting five against Vandy and Sewanee. This will consist of Co-Oapt. Malvern Morgan and Crawford Holmes at forwards, Co-Cap. Tommie Edwards at center, and Andy Curlee and Ray Gibson at guards. The other men who made the trip include J. P. Streetman, Bob Dickinson, Red Childers, John Huff, and Bruce Renfroe. Manager John Duhtoerley also accompanied the squad. After their three encounters this weekend, the Bengals will be in action only four more times before entering the annual loop (tournament in Knoxville on March 1. Their final four games of.the season will be against Georgia Tech at Auburn on Feb. 22, and in Atlanta on Feb. 27, and against Florida at Auburn on Feb. 24 and 25. THE MOST NOTED SPOT IN AUBURN!! TOOMER'S CORNER Oarlyle Davis Make our drug store your headquarters for: Prescription — Sodas — Toilet Articles — Magazines — In fact, anything that an up-to-date drug store should carry. PHONE 19 Part of the m of action the pause that refreshes rhythi It's the refreshing thing to do OPELIKA COCA COLA BOTTLING CO. PHONE 70 Georgia on Top In Conference With each game played, a new leader is found on top of the Southeastern Conference standing. At this writing Georgia is leading the conference with six wins and two defeats for a percentage of .750. Following the Bulldogs with 11 wins and four defeats is Alabama. All 13 members of the conference are eligible for the tournament scheduled at Knoxville, March 2, 3, and 4, and on the basis of competitive marks at this point, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and L. S. U. figure to battle it out for the crown. The conference games to be played Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which will affect the standing is as follows: Thursday— Auburn vs. Vanderbilt. Friday— Auburn vs. Sewanee, L. S. U. ys. Tulane. Saturday—Auburn vs. Sewanee, L. S. U. vs. Tulane, Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, Tennessee vs. Kentucky. Following is the Southeastern Conference standing, with games played through Wednesday of this week included: Team Ga. Ala L. S. U. Auburn Ken. Fla. Tenn. Vandy Ga. Tech' Miss Miss State Tulane Sewanee w 6 11 8 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 1 0 L Pet. 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 8 8 4 9 .750 .733 .727 .600 .600 .572 .572 .558 .500 .333 .273 .200 .000 SPORTS CHATTER By Bill Troup Three Building Contracts Let Contracts to complete three college buildings now under construction under the $1,500,000 program were let here yesterday at a meeting of the executive committee of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute's board of trustees to the low bidder, Murphey Pound, contraotor of Columbus, Ga. Subject to P. W. A. approval the contracts were let to the Columbus concern at a total combined bid of $192,980, for completion of the farm engineering building, nursery school, and physical education unit Bids by Murphey Pound on the individual 'buildings were $85,- 740 on the physical education unit, $20,390 on the nursery school, $86,850 for the farm engineering building. Previously bids were for footings and foundations on the farm engineering building and the physical education unit Contracts for completion of the veterinary, general classroom buildings and stadium will be let at a later date. Members of the board of trustees executive committee present at today's meeting were Francis H. Hare, Monroeville; T. D. Sam-ford, Opelika; H. D. Merrill, An-niston; and C. S. Culver, Gadsden. When Jim Londos wrestled Ali Baba in Detroit a year ago the gate was $23,000 . . .In a recent match with Man Mountain Dean there Londos drew only $1,000 worth of customers . . . Lou Gehrig scored more than 100 runs in 1938 for the thirteenth straight year . . . Most skis are made of Florida grown hickory, which is shipped to Norway for manufacture. The University of Alabama averaged 39 points In their first nine games this season . . . Six of the 180 horses nominated for the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap on March 1 are quoted at 1,000 to 1 in the winter book. The first game of the first world series in 1903 was given two paragraphs in New York newspapers . k . It's no wonder they use glass backboards for basketball games at Madison Square Garden . . . Only 3,000 of the 18,000 seats are between the baskets v • - Don Timmerman, sophomore on Wisconsin's basketball team, is said to be the tallest player ever to appear in the Big Ten Conference t. . . He is 6 feet 9 1-2 inches. The recent Louis-Lewis bout at Madison Square Garden was the first heavyweight championship match between two colored men. since Jack Johnson fought an eight round draw with Jim Johnson in Paris 26 years ago . . . Bill Kir-chem, whose 216 pounds made him invaluable at tackle on the Tulane football team, now is preparing for the track season. He's a sprinter. The first night baseball game was played at Fort Wayne, Ind., June 2, 1883 . . . Auburn has accumulated 512 points against 415 for the opposition in its thirteen games this season . . . Co-Capt. Malvern Morgan leads the Tigers in scoring with 137 markers, with Crawford Holmes following him with 99 tallies. Luis Firpo is a police official In his home town in Argentina . . . Santa Clara will lose fifteen varsity football players by graduation in June . . Cap Anson of the old Chicago White Stockings batted .394 in 1894 when he was 42 years old '. . . There is a good possibility that Auburn's football stadium, that is under construction, will be dedicated next Thanksgiving in the Auburn-Florida game . :. . The contest previously was announced for Montgomery, Dec. 2, but if the $180,000 stadium is completed, Coach Jack Meagher said the game might be changed to Auburn, Nov. 30. Fred Swan, Temple's new football mentor, ran away to sea at 14 . . . His dad caught up with him after a year and returned him to school . . . Bradley Tech's basketball team scored 706 points in its first fourteen games this season, an average of 50.4 a game. Tigers Reach Scrimmage Stage in Preparation for Game Wednesday Driving his charges at a fairly brisk pace, Coach Jack Meagher has reached the scrimmage stage in Auburn's 1939 Spring football training and the Tigers are gradually rounding into good shape for •their outstanding practice game that will highlight the "Greater Auburn Day" program this Wednesday. Intact from last season, the Plainsmen coaching staff has a mentor for each of the groups now toeing groomed (for major football duty next fall. Coach Meagher supervises the entire group of about 80 aspirants and spends most of his time with the backs, who also are being tutored by Jimmy Hitchcock and Bobbie Blake; Dell Morgan is In charge of the line, specializing on. the tackles, and he is assisted by former captain Bo Russell; Bat Mc- M-39-4 $25 $25 ABSOLUTELY FREE To the person suggesting the best slogan for East Alabama's leading cut-rate drug store. Ben Tarver, your servant for 40 years, is announcing one of the most daring, most outstanding sales in cut-rate drugs that this section of the country has ever experienced. Vernelle Gamble Opening day, March 1, the name of the winner of the contest will be posted on our front window. MAIL YOUR SLOGAN IN NOW! In addition, there will appear once a week in our ads in the Plainsman some Auburn student's name who will receive a pass to the show FREE. If it happens to be your name, simply cut it out and bring it to Mr. Tarver and receive the pass. DON'T FORGET YOUR SLOGAN! CITY DRUG STORE Ben Tarver, Prop. Phone 64 Opelika, Ala. Collum is handling the centers Boots Chambless the guards, and Porter Grant the ends. It is still fairly early for Coach Meagher to name his two outfits for the practice round on Feb. 22. One team could take the field with Getty Fairchild at center, Captain Milton Howell and Ernest Mills at guard, Alternate-Captain Bill Nichols at ends, Bunch Fowler at quarterback, Dick McGowen and Bill Mims at halfbacks, and Ross Dean at fullback. Another could be chosen that would have Abb Chrietzberg at center, Walter Chandler and Eve-rette Smith at guards, Gordan MacEachern and Chester Bulger at tackles, Babe McGehee and James Samford at ends, Buddy McMahan at quarterback, Baker Riddle and Carl Happer at halfbacks, and Charlie Haynsworth at fullback. Enie Menie Minie Moe Down to Howards we must go All Alumni take vacation Greater Auburn Celebration. NOTICE All band members and ROTC students are excused from classes Monday at 11 a. m. for a practice review. This review has been authorized in view of the fact that inclement weather since Christmas has greatly hampered drilling. Drill will be held as usual Tuesday morning, and there will be a review for the visitors on Greater Auburn Day, Feb. 22. NOTICE There will be a faculty meeting Monday morning at 11 In Langdon Hall. President Duncan is asking that all faculty members be present. NOTICE Classes will be excused Wednesday from 11 to 12 for the special review and also after 3 p. m. for the football game. A move has been started in the Iowa legislature to move the state's college of engineering from the University of Iowa to Iowa State College. Alabama Educators Attend Celebration Eight distinguished Alabama educators have signified their intentions of attending "Greater Auburn Day" at Alabama Polytechnic Institute on Feb. 22. Invitations were sent to the heads of all Alabama colleges by Dr. L. N. Duncan, president of A. P. I., and replies from eight ef the college heads indicate they will be on hand when Auburn celebrates its $1,500,000 building program involving 14 new buildings. Those Who have expressed their intention of coming include Dr. Richard C. Foster, president of the University of Alabama; Dr. Raymond R. Paty, president of Birmingham- Southern; Dr. T. V. Neal, president of Howard College, Dr. A. F. Harman, president of Alabama College at Montevallo; Dr. Hubert Searcy, president of Huntingdon College; Dr. C. W. Daug-ette, president of State Teachers College at Jacksonville; Dr. J. W. Keller, president of State Teachers College at Florence; Dr. C. B. Glenn, superintendent of education, Birmingham. Place for 4 boys. Close In, Reasonable Price. 227 E. Magnolia. PAGE THREE , a : Toxicoloqy Lab Be Open to Public H. W. Nixon, State toxicologist, has announced that the State toxicology laboratory here will be open for public inspection on "Greater Auburn Day," Feb. 22. Records in all criminal cases investigated by the department may be viewed by the public at this time. The laboratory has been instrumental in the past few years in helping to solve many criminal cases for the State. During the last fiscal year 227 cases ware handled by the laboratory. Of the latter, 129 involved injury of death to humans, of which 64 were suspected homicides, 2 criminal attacks, 8 suicides, 6 injurious accidents, and 44 assaulits-iwith-intent-ito-kill. Seventy-nine cases of suspected animal poisoning were investigated by the laboratory. Results of these examinations have been utilized to prevent recurrence of losses of livestock through poisoning. LUMP COAL PHONE I I CONSUMERS CO. COAL Order Your Coal Today Red Clover Brilliant Boothton AUBURN ICE & COAL CO. Prompt Delivery Phone 118 In trade on photographic materials for the best pictures of our photographic window "Dink" Sellers All pictures must be in not later than SATURDAY, FEB. 25 BU RTON'S BBO OKSTORE "Something New Every Day" A CITY HALL JLj Feb. 25 **UDITORIUiVI At8:30PM. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA . . . ANNNOUNCING ... Montgomery's Most Important Theatrical Event!! ON THE STAGE IN PERSON The Stage's Most Glamorous Personalities. First Time Here t\iuv itfcD LYNN LUNT FONTANNE in Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize Play . . . A Daring Romantic Escapade "IDIOT'S DELIGHT*' A New York Theatre Guild Production M A I L O R D E R S N OW Avoid disappointment . . . For choice seat* send your mail orders IMMEDIATELY accompanied by check or money order and stamped self-addressed envelope to Alabama Theaters, Inc., P. O. Box 195. Loges $3.36—Lower Floor $3.36—$2.80 Balcony $2.80—$2.24—$1.68—$1.12 Including All Taxes THE ORIGINAL UNCENSORED PLAY PRICES: g8ag»gWii»WiBIWtMMMWi«iaM^ PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, BEBRUARY 17, 1939 Season's Hit Tunes Be Heard in Show Four of the season's biggest hit tunes—written by the inimitable Robin and Rainger—will be heard in the Bing Crosby manner in the new comedy romance, "Paris Honeymoon," to be shown at the Tiger Theater Sunday and Monday. Featured in the picture are: "You're a Sweet Little Headache," "I Have Eyes," "The Funny Old Hills," and the novelty number, "Joozlai." Bing is assisted in singing by Shirley Ross. Co-starred with Bing Crosby is Franciska Gaal, the georgeous little blonde bombshell you will remember as the little Dutch girl in "The Buccaneer." "Paris Honeymoon" is the story of a gay young American millionaire, played by Bing, who is just about to be married ' to Shirley Ross, when he discovers there is a little matter of a divorce which Miss Ross forgot to take care of. Bing goes to Paris and then to a Balkan state called "Pushtalnick," where Akim Tamiroff is everything from the Mayor to a slot machine operator—and even more! Pushtalnick is also the home of a lovely little peasant girl, Manya, played by Miss Gaal. To complicate matters Bing falls in love -with her. The comedy in "Paris Honeymoon" is mainly concerned with Bing's efforts to free himself from Miss Ross—from whom he doesn't want to be free—and his attempts to win Miss Gaal—whom he does not want to win at all. Edward Everett Norton fans will be glad to know he is in his favorite role again, Bing's valet. The 'big cast also boasts Ben Blue, Keith Kenneth, Greta Meyer, and a variety of comedians. The ladies will be interested to see the fashions presented in Shirley Ross' trousseau. Pi Alpha's to Entertain Pledges, Guests Saturday At 8 o'clock Saturday evening, Feb. 18, Alabama Alpha chapter of Pi Alpha fraternity (Episcopal) will entertain new pledges and a number of invited guests in the Episcopal Parish House. On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Cate- Welcome'Auburn Students ( COME SEE US AND SAVE | CUT RATE DRUGS OUR SPECIALTY | CIGARETTES, 15c §; Donald Poe §§ THE CITY DRUG STORE | Phone 64 Ben Tarver, Prop. Opelika, Ala. | S8SSSS2SSS£g2SSSSSSS2SSS£SSSSS2SSS8SSSS8SSSSSS£SSSSSSS8SSSSSSSSSSgSSSSSSSSSS2SSSgS2S2S2SSSS 'A'Club Dance Be Given Wednesday A "Greater Auburn Day" dance, sponsored by the "A" Club, will begin at 10 p. m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, with the Auburn Knights swinging out on the opening number. The dance will take place in Bibb Graves Center. With thousands of visiting alumni and friends in Auburn on that day, the dance promises to be a fine affair. All mothers and fathers of Auburn students are cordially invited to come out to the hall and watch the dance, said "A" Club President Johnnie Davis. Seats will be provided for them. Davis prophesied an excellent crowd at the dance because of the many young alumni who will be in Auburn that day and will bring girls with them. Also, many students are having their girls down on that day because of the semi-holiday air of the occasion and because of the football game to be played that afternoon. Tickets to the dance are 75 cents. f Knights chumen Degree will be administered to the first class of pledges to toe tapped by this chapter. Since Auburn has the distinction of having the first collegiate chapter of Pi Alpha, the only national Greek letter society for Episcopal young men, it is arousing much interest not only locally but nationally. Congratulatory messages have already been received from various parts of the country. Patronize Plainsman advertisers. (Continued from Page One) Sanders played for the mid-terms and liked the arrangements written for the Knights so well that he copied several for his own use. Two summers ago the orchestra, fourteen strong, played under the management of the Music Corporation of America, working in the middle west and finally ending up in New York State. Although they had the chance to continue playing under the management of this famous booking agency, the majority of the band decided to come back to school in j the fall. The outfit lost several men, but with some replacements and very hard work the Knights again reached the same high standard before the year was over. This past summer the band, fifteen strong, played several engagements along the South Carolina Coast, tout, as always, returned to Auburn to get some of that book learning. There were only four men out of fifteen in the group that returned to Auburn this past fall . . . none of the arrangements in the library could be used . . . prospects for ^replacements were almost nil.' If one passes by the College Inn around noon or supper time, he will see a full band playing and hear a group that is rapidly building back up to that standard of music always expected from the Auburn Knights, but little will he realize the hard work and worry that has taken place in order to bring the organization up to the point it has reached. Although the usual idea is that musically minded individuals are JOHN ROBERT POWERS, the head of the world's best known model agency, when booking his famous models for fashions, advertisers and artists, says "The call is for beauty, poise, personal charm... the perfect combination". e ierfecf gets the call Chesterfields get the call from more and more smokers every day because of their refreshing mildness, better taste and pleasing aroma. The perfect combination of Chesterfield's mild ripe American and aromatic Turkish tobaccos ... the can't-be-copied blend . . . makes Chesterfield the cigarette that gives millions of men and women more smoking pleasure. When you try them you will know why Chesterfields give more smoking pleasure, why THEY SATISFY Chesterfield ...the blend that can't be copied a HAPPY COMBINATION of the world's best cigarette tobaccos Wax Works This production of Wax Works will be devoted to those discs that have been cut in the Decca factory. We have included some very fine numtors in our review' for today of whiclxwe think any number of them would make fine additions to that stack of canned music just above your music box. Well, hold yore hats. * * * To start this discussion off with a little swing music, Chick Webb and Count Basie have beat out a couple of kicking tunes that really put us to the proper mood; in short, we were sent. "Gotta Pebble in My Shoe" is vocally explained by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Wetoib assisting from his rhythm throne, with the reverse side called "Who Ya Hunchin." * * * "Jumpin" at the Woodside" and "Dark Rapture" receive the musical attention of the Count with the latter tune dreamed up in a fine manner by Helen Humes. These two tunes are typical of the Count's swing-out style, but would be pleasing to even Lom-toardo lovers. * * * Connie Boswell is featured with Woody Herman's band on a couple of fine sweet tunes in our Decca parade called "They Say" and "Umbrella Man." Although Connie has always been fine with her vocal renditions, she reaches a new high with the first of the a-bove numbers. We have never cared for the "Umbrella Man" as a popular tune, but in the Boswell manner it sounds pretty good. * * * Something different — Louis Armstrong puts his trumpet down to do a twelve-inch job for us on "Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Throwing Stones," and "Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Generosity." These two selections are reproductions of what might well be a negro church service with Armstrong acting as the preacher. The idea is pretty clever to say the least, and the over-grown disc contains a typical example of the black man's thoughts and actions. * * * "Down Home Rag" and "Where Has My Little Dog Gone" are a couple of Will Osburne tunes. Featuring his famous trombone section, Osborne plays some very commercial swing on the first of these two tunes, followed by a good novelty idea on the latter with work by the vocal ensemble. Haven't heard much of this band lately, but he seems to be doing pretty good work, judging by these latest wax works. * * * Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy bask in the favors of nature while they make a couple of tunes on "The Breeze" and "Sittin" A-round and Dreaming." Pha Terrell carries the vocals job in fine manner. This group of dark swingsters Wave added another good disc to their credit. * * • A couple of popular tunes, "Sing For Your Supper" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" featuring Helen Hume in the song-singing department, have been produced by the Count Basie band. Although these jobs have usually toeen presented in a semi-sweet atmosphere, Basie has them dressed up in a fine groove. We think this is a good bet Movie of Events Will Be Taken Next Wednesday Newsreels will be taken of the activities at Alabama Polytechnic Institute's "Greater Auburn Day" on Feb. 22, it was learned today from Maurice I. Bloch, president of the Auburn Alumni Association. Five hundred feet of film will be taken of the ROTC review, 'alumni barbecue and get-together, and exhibition football game by the Wilby-Kinsey Corporation, operators of a theater chain in southern states. Copyright 1939, LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. very narrow, this does not hold true in the case of this potent group of music makers. The names of Merwin York, "Doc" Mosely, Louis Busenlehner, Yank Freid-man, Jimmy Vance, Babe Lacey, Lamar White, Hilding Holmburg, Jerry Yelverton, and many others that could be mentioned, will remind those who remember or care to look over their records of the wide range of activities of these men in addition to their horn blowing. Well, we guess all of what has been said is pretty much of a build-up, but it is every word true of a fine bunch of fellows that have a spirit among them that his writer has never seen exhibited among any other group. Glomerata Advertisers Once again the Glomerata returns to the columns of the Plainsman to present another one of its prominent advertisers to the readers of the Plainsman. In this issue, the Glomerata presents Warren, Knight & Davis, Architects of Birmingham. This firm of architects has designed and supervised the construction of practically all of the new college buildings at Auburn for the past fifteen years, including the work on the great building program at present under way. They have also been architects for many buildings at the six State Teachers Colleges, Alabama College at Montevallo, the University of Alabama, and other colleges in the South. Many of the finest structures in the state have been designed by this firm, including schools, churches, hospitals, court houses, hotels, and residences. The stately and harmonious new State Highway Department Building and the new History and Archives Building in Montgomery came from the offices of these architects. The new Elmore County Court House at Wetumpka, for which Warren, Knight & Davis were architects, has been called one of the most beautiful small court houses in the country. John Davis and Will Warren, the office manager, Tom Wingo, who is a highly important part of this organization, are all native Alatoamians and graduates of Auburn. Eugene Knight came from Florida to Alabama when he was boy. He has had a fine training in the Beaux-Arts Society of New York and with some of the greatest architectural firms of the country. Each member of the firm now has a son studying architecture at Auburn: Billy Warren, Albion Knight and John Davis are in their last year's work, preparing themselves for the profession of architecture. The firm of Warren, Knight & Davis was organized in 1915. John Davis entered the firm in 1922, and Warren, Knight & Davis have been together since that time. Textile School to Have Seven Delegates at Meet Dr. A. R. Macormac of the School of Textile Engineering at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and seven students in textile engineering at the college will attend the annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Association of Textile Chem-iss and Colorists to be held Saturday night, Feb. 18, in Columbus, Ga. Main speaker at the meeting, according to Dr. Macormac who is secretary of the Southeastern division of the association, will be William McLaurine, secretary and treasurer of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association. Subr ject to his address will be "Present Conditions and Prospects in the Southern Textile Industry." About 150 persons are expected to attend the meeting at which time election of officers will take place. Auburn students who are mem-, bers of the association and will attend with Dr. Macormac are N. D. Helms, Snowdoun; V. C. Hill, Canoe; J. J. Jigger, Fargo, N. D.; C. W. McGowin, Jackson; W. A. Mungall, Lindale; P. O. Anderson, Uniontown; H. L. King, Hunts ville. Homecoming (Continued from Pase One) Jordan, Birmingham; Dr. James R. Garber, Birmingham; John H. Dukes, Birmingham; Harry M. Ayers, Anniston; Walter C. Lusk, Guntersville; Clyde Anderson, Florence; J. Craig Smith, Syla-cauga; Herbert Meighan, Gadsden; Lawrence Goldsmith, Hunts-ville; George M. Mahoney, Hunts-ville; William P. Bloom, Tuscaloosa. Wives of staff members and of other state officials will be entertained during the afternoon at the president's home by Mrs. L. N. Duncan. New Officers Are Chosen By Home Economics Cluh Juanita Johnson, junior in home demonstration from Auburn was elected president of the Home Economics Club at the regular semi-monthly meeting of the club Monday night. Miriam Chesnutt, sophomore in home economics, was elected vice-president. The freshman class was given representation by Claudia Weinman, Decatur. These officers will serve the club until the second semester of the following school year. The retiring officers are Fannie Kelly, president, and Virginia Cottle, vice-president. The main feature on the evening's program was an educational lecture by Mrs. S. L. Toomer. Her subject was "Interesting Canada." Dean Marion W. Spidle, sponsor of the club, made several important announcements that will toe of interest to all home economics students. Dean Spidle announced that the District Home Economist meeting will be held in the Auburn Student Center Saturday, Feb. 18, at 10 a. m., and that students will be required to attend the sociological lectures by Dr. Paul Popenoe, March 7, at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The new club president announced that the semi-monthly meetings will be held on the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p. m. in Samford 215. NOTICE The Open Forum Club will meet Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock in room 422 Broun Hall. Mr. J. Herman Johnson will lead the discussion on the subject of courtship. All students are cordially invited to attend this meeting. ASCE Is Host at Hayride At Wright's Mill The Student Chapter of the A-merican Society of Civil Engineers entertained with a weiner roast and a hayride at Wright's Mill Tuesday night. Members of ASCE and their dates were Thomas Burnum, Eugenia Sanderson, John Redmond, Sarah Rowe, James G. Brown, Vi-via Gipson, Lola Smith, George McWhorter, Frances Hamilton, A. E. Pearson, Jane Bowen, W. E. Banks, Edith Patton, Clyde Pat-ton, Clyde Mabry, Margaret Vest, J. J. Prewett, Ruth Williams, Ben D. Scarborough , Louise Few, Amos Hargett, and G. Murphy. Chaperones were Mr. and Mrs; W. B. Bucher, Prof. V. B. Wat-wood, and Prof. J. A. C. Callan. Prof. Callan entertained the group with several solos. *0«Q«0«0»0»0»0»C»C»0«0«0»0»0»0»0»0»0«OJO«OfO«0«C >.O.O.Q.~.. • • • .•-'•..•J«C«0»0»0«0»0»0»0«0«0»0»0« Tonight At 11 i Owl Showing RUDOLPH VALENTINO in "THE SHEIK" 1 See Latest Issue MARCH OF TIME "STATE OF THE NATION —1939" TIGER «8S8S8S8S8S8S88888SSSi ioSSSoSsasssssss |
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