1939-02-21 The Auburn Plainsman

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Semi-Weekly
Tuesday
Edition
VOL. LXII Z-I
Sfrg Attfotrn plainsman Auburn
Welcomes
You All!
AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1939 NUMBER 42
Dixon Be Made Honorary ODK
Tomorrow At President's Home
All Associate and Alumni
Members Are Invited to
A t t e n d Initiation Ceremony
At 10:45 tomorrow morning in
the President's Mansion Governor
Frank M. Dixon will be made an
honorary member of the Auburn
circle of Omicron Delta Kappa,
national leadership fraternity.
The initiation is to be informal,
with the active members of ODK
conducting the ritual. All alum­ni
members and associate memb­ers
are invited to attend the cere­mony.
Among alumni members to be
present are: Dr. L. N. Duncan, Dr.
Charles Davis, Coach Wilbur Hut-sell,
P. O. Davis, Ralph Draughon,
Jeff Beard, Lt. Col. Fred C. Wal­lace,
Judge T. D. Samford, Neil
Davis, Charles Chisholm, Morris
Hall, Billy Hitchcock, and Gene
Gray.
The governor was tapped by
letter last week, and a letter of
acceptance from him was sent the
ODK group Tuesday of last week.
Governor Dixon and his parly
are to arrive in Auburn at approx­imately
10:30, and are to be re­ceived
at the President's Mansion.
Several members of his party are
members of Omicron Delta Kap­pa,
and will be present when Ala­bama's
leader is inducted.
iln choosing Governor Dixon,
ODK seeks to confer honor on
him for his leadership in political,
military, and social life.
Go-To-Church Cup
Be Awarded by T
I n t e r f r a t Contest Takes
Place During March
Sponsored by the Y. M. C. A.,
the annual Interfraternity Go To
Church contest will be held dur­ing
the month of March.
The trophy, a 10-inch loving
cup, to be presented to the fra­ternity
having the largest per­centage
attendance at any of the
Auburn churches during the four
consecutive Sundays of March,
will be secured at an early date
and be displayed in a downtown
store window.
Much interest has been shown in
past years, and it is hoped that
this contest will prove to be no
exception. The Alpha Psi frater­nity
was winner of last year's con­test.
All fraternities are eligible to
compete. A table and an attend­ing
"Y" member will be stationed
at the entrance of each Auburn
church for the morning service.
All members and pledges attend­ing
service will check their names
on lists as they enter. A strictly
percentage basis of the number
present of the number enrolled in
the chapter of each fraternity will
be in effect.
A comparative rating of the
fraternities will be tabulated each
week and the results announced
in the Friday issue of the Plains­man.
The contest will toe in effect for
the Sundays of March 5, 12, 19, 26.
Chapter presidents will be pro­vided
at an early date with rules
and particulars governing the con­test.
Further inquiry concerning
the contest should be addressed to
Arthur Cooper or Walter Mead­ows,
president and vice president
respectively of the "Y."
A major part of the work in
making "Greater Auburn Day"
a huge success at Auburn has
been done by George Mattison
Jr., of Birmingham, president of
the Jefferson County Alumni
Association. As chairman of ar­rangements
for the northern half
of the State, Mr. Mattison will
lead hundreds of old grads back
to the campus on Wednesday
to attend the festivities celebra­ting
the large building program
that has been launched since
January 1.
Tigers Ready (or
Intra-Camp Scrap
Evenly Divided Teams
Are Ready for Matcb
Favored last week with three
unusually good scrimmage after­noons,
the Auburn Tigers are in
good shape for their intra-camp
spring football battle on Drake
Field Wednesday afternoon, start­ing
at 3 o'clock. The practice tilt
tomorrow will be the highlight of
"Greater Auburn Day" celebra­tion
and. likely will be witnessed
by the largest audience ever to
view an athletic contest at the
Plains this time of the year.
Coach Jack Meagher scrimmag­ed
the Plainsman the final three
sessions of last week and was
satisfied with the performances
turned in. And his Bengals are
now tapering off for their No. 1
spring training bout tomorrow.
They are anxious to make a fine
showing against the expected cap­acity
throng of alumni and1 others
and have been drilling mighty
hard for the "Greater Auburn
Day" scrap.
The spring training flock of up­wards
of 75 has been divided into
the Orange and Blue forces and
fine members of each group have
been making some small wagers
over the outcome of their first ma­jor
meeting tomorrow. And plen­ty
of "fur" will fly on Drake
Field when Captain-elect Milton
Howell's band comes to blows with
Alternate-captain-elect Bill Nich-ol's
brigade. The game is _bJHed_
API Has Had 7 Presidents
Since Its Founding
Seven presidents, two acting
presidents, and an administrative
committee have directed the af­fairs
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute since its founding in 18-
72.
Auburn's first president was the
Rev. I. T. Tichenor, 1872-82; Dr.
William LeRoy Broun, 1882-83;
Dr. D. F. Boyd, 1883-84; Dr.j
Broun, 1884-1902; Dr. O. D. Smith,
acting president for part of 1902;
Dr. Charles C. Thach, 1902-20; Dr.
B. B. Ross, acting president for
eight months prior to election of
Dr. Spright Dowell, 1902-28; Dr.
Bradford Knapp, 1928-32; admin­istrative
committee, 1932-35; Dr.
L. N. Duncan, 1935, the present in­cumbent.
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Blue eleven likely will go to Get­ty
Fairchild, center; Ernest Mills
and Everette Smith, guards;
Nichols and George Wolff, tackles;
Theo Cremer and James Samford,
ends; Julian Fowler, quarterback;
Francis Riddle and Bill Mims,
halfbacks; and Ross Dean, full­back.
Sporting starting colors beneath
the Orange standard probably will
be Abb Chrietaberg, center; How­ell
and Walter Chandler, guards;
Gordon MacEachem and Chester
Bulger, tackles; Gus Pearson and
Jim LeNoir, ends; Buddy McMa-han,
quarterback; Dick McGowen
and Carl Happer, halfbacks; and
Charlie Haynesworth, fullback.
Only spring training candidates
not in shape for duty tomorrow
are Quarterbacks Francis Crim-mins
and Doyce Hamrick. Both
are bothered with leg injuries.
Fraternity Men to
Stage Annual Ball
Friday Night
President George Knight
To Lead Dance With
Miss Eloise Ainsworth
Plans' for the annual Interfra­ternity
Council Ball have been
completed. The affair will be held
on Friday evening, Feb. 24, in
Graves Center from 9:30 until 1.
Robin Russell and his Auburn
Knights have been engaged to fur­nish
the music for the -occasion.
Eloise Ainsworth of Atlanta,
Ga., will lead the grand march
with George Knight of Selma, Ks i d e n | | ^ g the
ght is also presi
ha sflftl frate:
W ODKHB^bbar-
Stoades, Phi Lambd
1|feu Beta Pi.
i? TwentjHon
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frati
anbei
Council will have their lodges rep­resented
at the Ball, which is one
of the outstanding social events of
the college year. Ten men from
each fraternity will be selected in
addition to their two regular mem­bers
on the Council to represent
their respective lodges.
In addition to invitations which
will be issued to the various fra­ternity
groups, a number of bids
will be extended to outstanding
senior non-fratenity men on the
campus. The group includes: Jim
Hilleke, Charles Grisham, Bill
Nichols, Andy Cox, Pig Walker,
Ernest Pappas, Edwin Godtoold,
Julian Fowler, Sam Tharp, FreNd
Vann. *
Chaperones for the affair vftk
include Prof, and Mrs. J. M. Rbfo-*
inson and all the house mothers*;
from the various fraternities;
The decorations will consist of
an appropriate iback-dropswith |SPj
banners from each fraternity ar­ranged
along the wall of Graves
Center. The back-drap haSnot yet
been constructed, but thJB&^me
will be one in fitting witlHH'oc-casion.
^I^lr^5*
Joe Crooks, dance chl^ttrman,
announced that there will be thjee'
no-ibreaks and the Interfrat^
Council lead-out. ^jtfS1
The following commit
been working in cooperation^
Crooks in an effort to maktxjiXie,
Council Ball one of the mofrwl'
orful affairs ever given m \M
burn: Decorations: Parked fhffi
rows and C. W. Thompson.'I«v*i0
tations: George Hiller, John HalL
and John Deming. Publicity? 3fw£
Ivey.
Auburn Tu Greet Invading Alumni,
FriendsTomorrow In Celebration
fraternity tomorrow morning in
the President's Mansion, is
shown above. The initiation will
take place immediately before
the review.
Skunks Or Not?
By Charles Burns
A heated argumeofr^Took place
on Vet Hill receoSy between Dr.
E. H. Walker^assgtant State Vet-erinarfimgSET
Lloyd H. Suther­land,
prestSnt of the Junior AV-MA,
to.jdjrermine whether the
cats in their possession are really
civet -eats or just sk'unks.
^ l a i n skunks," Sutherland told
the state;;veterina<riaf)k "They act,
eat, ancPfven smell wsk them, and
•furthenrtore, I'll st$.%lieve they _of thousands," said Dr. Duncan
are skunks." c>>- ;=3gS*,
"They are civet cats
er^'They answa
iSfcltter de
Old Grads Arriving Today
To Have Informal Meeting
Alumni Secretary Porter Grant
said that some 200 old grads had
arrived in Auburn today for an
informal "get-together" on the eve
of the celebration which was sug­gested
in a resolution by the Au­burn
City Council calling on the
alumni association to cooperate in
an "open house" honoring those
who had made possible the $1,-
500,000 building program at Au­burn.
Visitors will observe the con­struction
which has begun on 14
new buildings as follows: women's
dormitory quadrangle, $560,000; li­brary,
$100,000; general classroom
building, $200,000; veterinary
classroom building, $150,000; in-homeflcflgncs
pracBI house
nurs<SslBol, $38,5jHpresidei
homJl Hp.
Sutherland -based his
from a vet book which
iS^eeies as skunks with the fbllowr
ing description: "It is about the
size of a cat, of a generally black
or blackish-lbrown color, with
white streaks on the back, and
the tail is thickly covered with
long coarse hair. The animal has
two glands which secrete an ex­tremely
feted fluid which the an­imal
has the po*r«£ of emitting at
pleasure as a fiHs of defense."
HOPE FOR GOOD
WEATHER FOR
EVENT
The only "Greater Auburn
Day" committee that is woe­fully
conspicious by its nec-bsence
is one
for a warm
morrow.
ise the situation
in HKr: Numerous commit
arJpi|rements have left
U " B US1 preparation for
tur^oiThousands of former stu-dents,
officials, and friends who
will gather here tomorrow to cel­ebrate
Auburn's $1,500,000 expan­sion
program involving 14 new
buildings.
But the weather problem re­mains
unsolved . . . and there was
plenty of thoughtful head-scratch­ing
this .week by officials and real­istic
committee members who in­sisted
on asking the highly prac­tical
question: "What are we going
to do if it rains?"
So far, Dr. L. N. Duncan, Au­burn's
quiet, sympathetic presi­dent,
has come through with the
best answer. He maintains that the
weather problem will take care of
itself.
"If it rains, the crowd will nat­urally
consist of hundreds instead
Joint Host
«« DR..L.N.DUNCAN >
PRESIDENT, AP.I-PRESIDENT
L. N. DUNCAN,
a joint host for the festivities
tomorrow, confidently believes
that the weather will he fair and
that capacity crowds of friends
and alumni will be on hand for
the holiday.
Auburn IRC t o % i t e r t a in
Huntingdon Representatives
The Auburn International Re­lations
Club will be host tomorrow
to fifteen I. R. C. members from
Huntingdon College of Montgom­ery.
The two groups will gather late
tomorrow afternoon for supper,
followed by a joint session at
which the visitors will present a
"The Mediterranean
Politics."
members of the
return the visit
nd successive yea
izations have ex
s.
ather is bad, we'll
barbecue luncheon in the
Center auditorium, where
ay dine at once."
weather is favorable, Prof.
E. (Boozer) Pitts will make
practical application of his higher
mathematics to prepare ample bar­becue,
Brunswick stew, and all
the "fixings," to serve several
thousand—the number expected
"without a doubt" by optimistic
committeemen. He announced Sat­urday
morning that he positively
would not rely on the "red pep­per"
method to "make a little go
a long way."
ieautiful days this week in Au-brought
a feeling of anxiety
O one knows what the weath-be
tomorrow. But regard-f
the weather, the schedule
calls for a cadet review for Gov­ernor
Frank Dixon at 11 a. m.,
barbecue luncheon for visitors at
noon, visits to classrooms and lab­oratories,
tours over the City of
Auburn, and the practice football
game between two ranking teams
of Coach Jack Meagher spring
squad on Drake Field at 3 p. m.
Today the most unpopular men
in Auburn is the one who report­ed
that Greer's Almanac indicates
"cold and stormy" weather for
Wednesday,. Feb. 22, 1939. His re­port
of this sour fact was vigor­ously
ignored by the committee.
Saturday morning, and for the
time being he is a man without a
friend in Auburn. Even his wife
is not speaking to him.
Final Contracts for Three
Buildings Are Awarded
lontracts for completion of the
on
Phi Lambda Upsilon, AlChE Unite In Presenting Speaker
On last Monday evening, Feb.
20, Phi Lambda Upsilon present­ed
a series of lantern slides from
the Sowers Manufacturing Com­pany,
makers of Dopp equipment.
The accompying lecture was pre­sented
by Prof. R. E. Wingard.
Detailed descriptions of the var­ious
types of steam-jacketed ket­tles
and mixers and illustrations
showing operation and application
of the equipment proved to be
most interesting to the large num­ber
in the audience.
Phi Lambda Upsilon united
with A. I. Ch. E. last night in
bringing to the students W.
M. Mobley, who delivered a lec­ture
on "Chemical Engineering
Applications in the By-Products
Industry."
Mr. Mobley is a graduate of Au­burn
and later studied at Massach-usetss
Institute of Technology.
While at Auburn he was a mem­ber
of numerous honor societies,
including Phi Kappa Phi and
Spades. At present he is head
chemist of the Alabama By-Pro­ducts
Corporation in Birming­ham.
His ability and personaility
have made him known throughout
the South as an outstanding chem­ist,
and he has been represented
in Who's Who in America. As
past vice president of the Ala­bama
Academy of Science he has
left an enviable record.
Through the courtesy of Dr.
James A. Naftel, Phi Lambda Up-
'A' Club Dance to
Conclude Program
Parents and Alumni Are
Expected to Attend
The "A" Club will close Great­er
Auburn Day festivities with a
dance Wednesday night, Johnnie
Davis, president, announced last
night.
Beginning at ten o'clock and
lasting until one, the dance will
serve as a demonstration of a ty­pical
college dance to the many
visitors here. This is in keeping
with the Greater Auburn Day!
theme of -showing visitors the ev- !
eryday life of Auburn.
It is expected that a number of |
parents and alumni will attend |
the dance. The event will come
as the fitting conclusion to the
celebration.
Miss Launa Dixon, daughter of
Gov. Frank M. Dixon, has been
invited to be the guest of the "A"
Club at the dance.
The Veterinary Medical Asso­ciation,
which is having its an­nual
short-course here this week,
will be featured in a leadout.
There will also be a leadout for
the members of Scabbard and
Blade in compliment to their ac­tivities
in the review to be held
Wednesday morning. In addition
there will be three no-breaks.
silon recently presented a movie
on "The American Potash and I
Chemical Corporation^" Further:
programs along these lines have
been planned throughout the se­mester.
A. I. Ch. E and Phi Lamb­da
Upsilon are working together
to present programs which will
stimulate further interest in the
industrial application of chemical
engineering processes. A film of
"Pyrex Glass" from the Corning
Glass Works, films on "Steel" from
T. C. I., and films on "Monel
Metal" from the Nickel Corpora­tion
of America, along with sev­eral
lectures by outstanding sou­thern
chemists and chemical en­gineers,
will outline the remaind­er
of the programs for this year.
Business Students
To See Color Film
Technicolor Movie on
Steel Be Shown Monday
Monday morning at 10 o'clock
.Tiger,
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is
ipar
ion,
Jo
Ch
Lents
All business classes are to be
dismissed at this hour to attend
the showing.
"Steel, Man's Servant" is one of
the most expensive films of its
kind ever made. Quoting the nar­rative
accompanying the film,
"The technicolor camera men took
their equipment from one end of
the country to the other, from the
depths of the mines to the blast
furnaces and mills. They captur­ed
the most thrilling steps in
steeknaking, the transformations
which took place in the changing
of ore to the many kinds of steel,
the blending of natural hues of
open-pit ore mines and of lake and
sky."
The actors in the film are the
men who actually make steel, the
miners, the furnace attendants and
the many men who have a part in
the production of steel.
CITY, COLLEGE,
ALUMNI ARE
JOINT HOSTS
A day of festivity in which
thousands of Auburn alumni,
students, and friends will join
will mark the celebration of
"Greater Auburn Day" tomor­row.
The event will be opened for­mally
tomorrow morning at 10:30
when President Duncan strikes the
clapper of the long-unused old
bell hanging in Samford Hall
tower. Abandoned in 1905 during
the administration of Dr. C. C.
Thach, the tolling of the ancient
bell, silent for 30 years, will mark
the formal beginning of the cele­bration
of Auburn's growth and
development. .
Main Events Are Listed
The main events are the military
review to be held at 11 a. m. on
Bullard Field with Gov. Frank M.
Dixon and his staff reviewing the
passing cadets, the barbecue lun­cheon
for visitors and friends at
Bibb Graves Center at noon, a ra­dio
broadcast from Bibb Graves
Center at 1:30 p. m., visits to the
classrooms and laboratories and
inspection of the buildings and
grounds, a varsity football game
at 3 p. m., a basketball game at
8 p. m., and an "A" Club dance in
Bibb Graves Center at 10 p. m.
Exhibits for the visitors will be
held in the Toxicology Lab, the
Textile Building, the Architec­tural
Library, and the Engineer­ing
Building. The engineering lab­oratories
will be open for inspec­tion
from 2-3 p. m., under the
sponsorship of the engineers, AS-ME,
and AIEE. Guides will be
furnished all visitors in this build­ing.
•
Military Guides Be Furnished
Members of L Company, Fifth
Regiment of Scabbard and Blade,
honorary military fraternity, will
remain in uniform all day long
and will serve as guides and aides
for all visitors. All Blade members
are requested to meet at 9 a. m.
Wednesday in the President's Of­fice
for final instructions.
If Bullard Field is too wet
tomorrow for the review, the
brigade will form on the north
end of the field as yesterday.
Governor Dixon will receive the
19-gun salute, and the brigade
will march off the field and up
Mell Street in column of fours,
turning right at the library and
then left immediately in front
of the library. The reviewing
stand will be along the street
in rear of the Main Building,
and the cadets will pass by in
columns of four.
Weather permitting, however,
the review will be held as sche­duled.
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
lharles Grisham, Athens, will be
n charge of the motor battery
•hich will fire the salute on the
rill field in front of the motor
;hed.
Members of Governor Dixon's
taff will wear for the first time
their new blue uniforms. With
trousers of light blue, coats of
navy, and oaps 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
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PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1939
The Auburn Plainsman
Published Semi-Weekly By The Students
Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
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"A Growth Of Spirit"
An educational institution does not always
measure its growth through addition of new
buildings. Scholarship is not restricted to
beautiful buildings, nor is learning to be
found only in imposing halls.
Nevertheless, when a college or univer­sity
expands its physical plant, there is rea­son
for pride and joy. New buildings mean
expanded equipment, increased opportuni­ties,
the enthusiasm that comes with growth
and a sense of success. Teachers and stu­dents
do better work when classrooms are
clean and fresh instead of dingy, and where
there is space for freedom of movement.
Because a $1,500,000 building program is
now under way at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, there is ample cause for the cele­bration
of Greater Auburn Day on the cam­pus
tomorrow. For what they will really
be celebrating at Auburn, of course, are not
the new buildings, but the new services made
possible by these buildings. They will be
celebrating expansion of opportunity. The
growth which is making possible this Great­er
Auburn Day is not a growth of physical
structure. The new buildings merely symbo­lize
a growth of spirit.
Auburn has come through a period of hard
years with increased prestige. Out of finan­cial
and administrative difficulties, there has
been developed a new devotion to the cause
of technical and scientific education. This
fact, too, is a part of Greater Auburn Day.
The celebration Wednesday is one in which
the whole state is interested. A Greater Au­burn
Day is, in a very real sense, a Greater
Alabama Day. For Auburn belongs to the
state; its growth is the state's growth, and
great days for it are great days for the state.
—Birmingham News
Tiger's Turn To Howl
In these days and times it is generally un­wise
to be too positive about anything, but
recent developments indicate that there is
at least one contention which can be advanc­ed
without serious risk of refutation.
This is the assertion that a sure way to
commit suicide is to stand in the middle of
the main street of Auburn, Ala., next Wed­nesday
and yell "Yeah, Tech!"
Such conduct would be reprehensible and
conducive to mayhem at almost any time,
but especially so next Wednesday, when Old
Grads, New Grads and Grads-To-Be will
mingle in celebration of "Greater Auburn
Day," marking inauguration of a vast $1,-
500,000 building program which will add
fourteen badly-needed buildings to Alabama
Polytechnic Institute and throw in the first
unit of a concrete athletic plant for good
measure.
So much enthusiasm over the event has
been evidenced among Auburn men and
well-wishers of the Institute that it is prob­able
that even the indomitable Maurice
Bloch, president of the Auburn Alumni As­sociation,
will be daunted when he views
the assemblage over which he will preside—
or attempt to preside. Auburn men have
waited many a long day for this opportunity
to celebrate, as most of the alumni who will
return to the campus Wednesday were forced
to wangle an education from facilities lim­ited
by inadequate finances, and a large part
of the school's accomplishments have been
the result of determination and spirit among
faculty members and students alike.
Now it appears that Auburn is at last com­ing
into its own, and the fine traditions of
the institution will be given a more appro­priate
setting for future contributions to the
cause of education in Alabama.
Under the circumstances it is only natural
to expect that spirits will soar high even if
there are some instances of spirits going
down. It's the Tiger's turn to howl, and Ala-bamians
expect him to make it a good one.
The occasion will also mark the first of­ficial
visit of Governor Frank M. Dixon to
the school, and he will be accompanied by his
staff and numbers of the legislature, which
fittingly has called a recess for the event.
Governor Dixon will review a military show
by the Auburn ROTC and will attend a bar­becue
luncheon following.
Here is where Maurice, whose unflagging
efforts in behalf of his Alma Mater are large­ly
responsible for recent great strides, will
come in. He will preside over the luncheon
between conferences with Coach Jack Mea­gher
on prospects of the 1939 football teams,
and will at last taste of triumph as a re­ward
for unselfish service,
There are several other important events
on the program for the day, but other than
the spring practice football game scheduled
for the afternoon, these are likely to prove
incidental.
The big consideration is that Auburn men
of the past and present will be given an op­portunity
to mingle together in common ex­ultation
over great progress made by the
school and vie among themselves in drawing
rosy pictures of a greater future.
—Selma Times-Journal
A Greater Plainsman
Extra copies of this issue of the Painsman
have been printed for the visitors and will
be distributed to them tomorrow. Return­ing
alumni will note that the Plainsman has
grown with Auburn and today is a far dif­ferent
publication from what it once was.
Soundly financed and with heads who must
meet rigid requirements - as to experience
and scholarship, the Plainsman is a true
newspaper, independently managed and
published by the students.
The growth of the publication will serye
as a standard by which alumni may measure
the corresponding development of all phases
of student life at Auburn. The same progress
can be seen in almost every line of student
activity.
Student life on the campus has grown in
unision with the material growth of build­ings
and with the increased prestige of the
school.
The Celebration
Early arrivals began to pour into Auburn
today for "Greater Auburn Day." Tonight
and tomorrow will see thousands more here
for the festivities.
Auburn is gaily dressed in her best to
welcome visitors and friends. Students, Au­burn
officials, and city officials have plan­ned
this day for thanksgiving for great pro­gress
and for suitable commeration of those
of Auburn's friends whose unsparing aid has
made the college's advancement possible.
The latch-string hangs out. All Auburn
welcomes her many friends. College build­ings
are open for inspection tomorrow. Ad­ditions
have been added to many depart­ments,
and the new buildings are under con­struction.
There is much for the visitors to
see.
"Greater Auburn Day" is really homecom­ing
day, too. And when we think of home­coming,
we think of alumni. Besides the
parents and friends of students, there will
be dozens of alumni here, inspecting the
greater Auburn.
In the Book of Exodus we are told that in
olden days there arose a new King and a
new generation that knew not Joseph. It does
not take long for the same thing to happen
in a college. A man graduates. Maybe he is
a fraternity man, an honor society man. In
a few years he returns to the college and
nobody seems to remember him or ever to
have heard of him. He feels lost and almost
wishes he had not come. Everything and ev­erybody
have changed so. A new generation
has arisen.
Right there is where we, students and fac­ulty,
come in. We are the hosts. Let us see
that we are good ones.
By John Ivey Jr.
Those of us who have lived the
greater part of our lives here in
Auburn have begun to realize the
change that is coming over the
town and the college, but to us it
also seems as though tomorrow,
"Greater Auburn Day," marks the
coming of age of a great institu­tion
and a healthy growing little
town.
It hasn't been so many years ago
since the boys used to play foot­ball
on Saturdays on the ground
right in front of the Bank of Au
burn. The sight of a wagonload of
wood being stuck in the mud in
front of Homer Wright's drug
store did not seem strange to some
of us kids who used to go to gram­mar
school in a building that stood
on the site now occupied by the
postoffice.
The Auburn ROTC unit did its
foot-work in the dusty space set
aside for the purpose in front of
what now is known as the Chem­istry
Building . . . the baseball
team played inter-collegiate games
on the same field. The grandstands
reached back up to the water foun­tain
behind Samford Hall.
It used to be the regular Satur­day
night event to go to a pic­ture
show in Langdon Hall, sit
on the front row, and watch the
old silent "horse opera." The col­lege
boys would keep everyone
laughing by making dumb cracks
when the lights would pull their
very frequent fade-outs . . . same
as now.
There are some things which have
not changed . . . we hope they
never will . . . those fine mass
meetings, the Auburn habit of
speaking to everyone, and many
other such actions that make up
the term we like to think of as
Aufouroism.
The returning graduates are
finding a new and growing Au­burn,
but they will find that same
spirit among the students that they
themselves helped mould as part
of the Auburn tradition.
* * *
It seems as though the leaders
of the European people have
reached the stage where they re~
gard a national boundary as some­thing
to stand on and shoot at
their "good neighbors." The
French and Italian situation, by
the way, a new combination. for
our list of war-like countries, has
been struggling in an attempt to
blaze forth for quite some time.
First, Italy decides "she's been
done wrong" and makes demands
pertaining to African territory, her
favorite war grounds. France,
with |her delicate ego already bear­ing
a decided deflation from Herr
Hitler, gets her trusty army out
and pitches camp in Tunisia . . .
just in case.
Mussolini gets word from his
playmate, Adolph, that the Nazi
gang thinks that he should go
slow until the fellows can get
things "fixed" better in the ter­ritory
east of Germany . . . then,
too, the national pocket-book needs
a new lining. Chamberlain in the
meantime ..changes his views on
dictators and their policies in
general . . . he would not talk tur­key
with II Duce in regards to
Italy's newest brain child concern­ing
demands made on England's
chum, France.
Now . . . France has expanded
her camp in Tunisia until it
covers territory once under the
Italian flag. As a result, Muso-lini
has been pulling his dictatorial
hair and rattling his totalitarian
sword. In short, he has been in­sulted,
or is the word foiled?
Once again European people
turn out to watch the army drill,
listen to the bands dream up their
spirit of patriotism, and read
newspapers full of accounts con­cerning
the insulting of the na­tional
honor. Will they swell their
chests out, load their guns and
start shooting, or will they send
a couple of their smoothtalkers
over to put French-made shoes un­der
the same table with "made in
Italy" boots? Things might work
out to the satisfaction of. all if
Hitler will refrain from sticking
his foot into things.
• * *
A nice sociable war in some
respects, the struggle between the
southern boys and their northern
cousins back in the middle of the
last century had some rather
strange turns.
It seems that at several differ­ent
times during said war, the
generals of the respective sides
awoke from their mid-day nap to
find their armies gone. Upon in­vestigation,
these matters of mil­itary
tactics found their blood­thirsty
soldiers gathered in groups
out in what not two hours .be­fore
had been known as no-man's
land; now it- was every man's
land.
"I represent the Mountain Cheap Wool Company," began the
young salesman. "Would you be interested in some coarse yarns." t
"Gosh, yes,',' breathed the co-ed. "Tell me a couple."
* * *
The Campus Newspaper Man
He acts in the best moving picture manner . . . hardboiled, brus­que,
busy, supercilious . . . On Tuesday and Friday afternoon, when
the Plainsman comes out, and all other mornings and afternoons, too,
he runs around the campus with a heckled Ijook on his face . . . He
marches around with a pencil behind each ear and a bunch of
them in his pocket . . . He thinks he is a combination of Arthur Bris­bane
and Westibrook Pegler . . . The only stories he reads in the
Plainsman are the ones he writes himself . . . and if he's a colum­nist
he spends half his time panning the work of his forethem of
the Fourth Estate.
* * *
The Campustew
Any event is an occasion and an excuse for him to go on a
binge . . . He thinks he's living in the prohibition days when to be
inebriated was to be smart.
His idea of a wise gag is "Boy, I can't remember a thing! Did I
get married or smack a cop?" He likes to use words like tanked,
lit, high, under-the-inf luence, and blotto to describe his condition . . .
To impress a gal he raves about his past escapades, and what he
said to the chaperone, and how he woke up in the morning . . . and
wonders why she isn't interested . . . He's "flaming youth" himself—
the only trouble is that he went out of date a long, long time ago,
when collitch kids started growing up . . . and thank goodness for
that!
* * *
There was a Young Girl of Australia
Who went to a dance as a dahlia.
When the petals uncurled
- It revealed to the world
That the dress, as a dress, was a fail-ia.
* * *
EPITAPHS
For Greta Garbo:
Ay tank ay go home.
* * *
For a Poker Player:
Here lies Joe in high estate.
He knew the high, walked with the great.
His failing, ah, why do I prate?
He drew three times to an inside straight.
* * *
Thanks to Burma Shave for this one:
Beneath this stone lies Elmer Gush,
Tickled to death by his shaving brush.
THE EDITOR'S MAILBOX
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Mr. Editor:
Let me take this opportunity to
congratulate you upon editing the
best Plainsman the Auburn cam­pus
has seen in some time.
The appearance of tfte paper has
been good all year. Your sheet
has been newsworthy. Your feat­ures
have been well planned, well
chosen. The editorial page has
been intelligently edited. All in
all, the paper under your guidance
has been a credit to .the instiution
and the student body.
While we're celebrating "Great­er
Auburn Day" it might not be
remiss to celebrate the "Greater
Plainsman" that has evolved from
your hard work and intelligent ef­forts.
Certainly we, the student
body, .realize that the Plainsman
this yearr has been a vast improve­ment
over those of recent years.
Why, then, shouldn't we express
to you our appreciation for the
great job you're turning out?
This letter, Mr. Editor, was in­spired
by a visit to your office
Both sides, North and South,
were shaking hands, comparing
pictures of their sweethearts, tell­ing
jokes and enjoying the gath­ering
in general, until the gene­rals
became realities. After scold­ing
their men for their unsoldier-ly
actions, the generals got the
war started again. The same men
who had but a few minutes be­fore
been shaking hands were now
taking pot-shots at each other's
heads. Nothing like enjoying a
War!
late Monday afternoon. You were
not in at the time—one of your
cronies told me you were out on
the campus hunting news material
for this fine edition. I learned
upon my visit that Wednesday we
were to 'be treated to an eight-page
edition with the front page diked
out in a new dress, and several
other features planned. At that
time I resolved to express to you
the student body's thanks for the
hard work you put into the edi­tion.
I know that many of us take
the Plainsman and the editor for
granted. Few of us realize that
hours of constant labor, diligent
planning go into each edition.
Still fewer of us, perhaps, stop to
think about the extra demands
such an edition as this makes
upon your time. However, more
of us than you probably realize
are appreciative of the fact that
a newspaper such as yours is not
conceived, set in type, printed and
delivered in the space of a few
hours and without labor.
Mr. Editor, I'm glad you have
gone to the trouble to publish an
"Auburn Day" edition. It will
show alumni and other visitors
here Wednesday a fine example
of an outstanding college news­paper.
Again, let me congratulate you
upon he success you have attain­ed
during your nearly six months
editorial reign. You are doing a
honey of a job. This letter is to
let you know at least one stu­dent
is aware of that fact.
Best Wishes,
A Student.
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
From Washington comes an­nouncement
that in the future
business and government will co­operate
more than in the past.
For over six years the national
government has poured out funds
in an effort to "prime the pump"
of private enterprise and start it
to flowing again. But in spite of
the fact that we seem to be defi­nitely
on the way out of the de­pression,
private capital has been
rather slow about taking over the
burden from the government.
There is plenty of capital in the
nation, but it is not being utiliz­ed.
The government's change in at­titude
is designed to stop the
"strike of capital," to start it mov­ing
freely again so that govern­ment
may get out of the spending
business.
Plans include modification of
federal tax . laws, relaxation of
some of the regulations of the Se­curities
and Exchange Commis­sion,
a correlation of transporta­tion
facilities, and the drawing up
of a definite future plan for pub­lic
utilities which will limit gov­ernment
competition with them.
* * *
We like a man who is broad
enough to change his opinion a-foout
a matter and admit that he
has been wrong.
What makes us think of this is
the change of viewpoint of Sena­tor
Austin, Republican from Ver­mont,
who has been criticizing the
sale of airplanes to France. Now
he states that the investigations
of the Senate military committee
have convinced him that he was
wrong and that the sales are not
at all undesirable.
Too many of us refuse to look
at both sides of a question, and
even if we do, when we are prov­ed
in error our defense is to keep
our peace and sulk. It takes cour­age
to stand up before the world
and admit one's own shortcomings.
James Truslow Adams in his
"America's Tragedy" summed
things up pretty well when he
said, "Perpetual consistency is a
sign of stubborn lack of thinking
rather than intellectual virtue."
* * *
Not many realize the difficult
position in which England would
be placed by a coalition of Ger­many,
Italy, and Spain.
When Italy was invading Eth­iopia,
the Mediterranean ceased to
be a "British lake," for the Eng­lish
fleet quaked in its boots at
the thought of Italy's air power.
A Spain controlled by the two
totalitarian nations would make
Britain's position even more peri­lous,
for the all-important Rock
of Gibralter is part of Spain.
Whoever controls the Rock has
virtual control of the narrow
strait joining the Mediteranean
and the Atlantic. In case of a con­flict
if Spain were aligned against
them, the British could hardly
hold Gibralter.
* * *
When we walked into the
Plainsman office this morning,
there sitting .in his same old chair
was ex-editor Jiimmy Buntin, who
once wrote "Before Tomorrow."
For old times' sake he sat down at
one of the typewriters and wrote
out a little guest paragraph for his
old column. And here it is:
He said do it, and one can well
imagine the nostalgia which was
ready to prompt me. If I be par­doned
for saying so, "It feels kin-da
natchural."
I might readily fall back upon
the Greater Auburn Day with its
holes in the ground which are ex­pected
to yield, bring forth and
produce, etc. Which all reminds:
"Before tomorrow, this news
story must be compiled, written
and printed for you." That was
long ago.
On some hard, star-clad night
or out of some black pit, bottom­less,
even void, a wind blew, a
rock was kicked over; perhaps a
green young leaf was torn and
thrown into the wind; and if it
were a wind, will it recross hills
and lowlands, swept fields and
unswept minds, return and blow
here again?
It is indeed gratifying to one's
mind that Auburn is what it is
today and will be what it aspires
to foe. The various institutions,
certainly the studenty body, is
ever changing. New faces, new
scenes, and new situations mark
the first imprint. And all reminds
one that what was now isn't any
more. Perhaps it never was.
Once it was reality. It is hard
to forget.
Constant readers are acquainted
with the trend of events; there's
no use for review; it's too fool­hardy
to predict. But it's been a
pleasure: your loss; my gain. Se-lah.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Auburn Team Visits Martha Berry
School During Debating Tour
By Martin Wender
With one glorious victory, with
one dismal defeat, and with a
much better knowledge" of the
question, the Auburn debate team
last week returned to the Village
of the Plains after a three-day
road trip. During the short leave
of absence a varsity debate team,
as well as a freshman team, en-gaged
in verbal combat with the
Mercer University, Emory and the
Martha Berry Schools of Rome,
Georgia.
At Mercer University the varsity
team of Martin Wender and
George Young won an audience
decision from Wiley Davis and
Harry Goldcar of the opposition.
The freshman team of Nick Nich­ols
and Bill Moore lost a decision
to the Mercer cubs.
The second stop on the itinerary
was Emory University. Although
no decision was sought in our de­bate
here, the opposition proved
as formidable as any encountered
on the trip. While visiting the
capital city of Georgia, Atlanta,
the freshmen did well by us in
their radio debate over WAGA
with the Atlanta Law School.
Visited Martha Berry
Unforgettable scenes of natural
beauty were found at Martha Ber­ry
Schools which nestled among
the Blue Ridge Mountains of
Rome. Miles beyond the Kennesay
Mountains where t h e Confederacy
repulsed the attacking Union men
in the days of the Civil War, the
founder, Martha Berry, of the
Berry Schools envisioned the need
for aiding those mountain boys
and girls who asked for an educa­tion
but could not afford to pay
for one.
After endlessly watching the
poor boys and girls of the hills
troop down the pike past her old
plantation home, she realized
what they could do if they, too,
had the opportunity of other boys
and girls whose financial position
in life had provided schools and
books for them. As a result, Mar­tha
Berry began 40 years ago a
school which today gives the best
of training to 1,200 boys and girls
from 11 states. From little cabins
in the far-flung hills of the Blue
Ridge mountains of Georgia, the
Smokies of Carolina, the Cumber-lands
of Tennessee and Kentucky,
Miss Berry's students have come
through the passing years. The
Welcome!
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You Are Invited To Visit Our Plant
Building Material
Ice & Coal
And
Builders Of Fine Homes
Auburn Ice & Coal Co,
Campus Events
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Annual Conference for Graduate Veterinarians. (Feb. 21-
23).
7:30 p. m.—Faculty recreation (Women). Girls Gym.
9 p. m.—Interfraternlty basketball. Alumni Gym.
9 p. m.—Non-fraternity basketball, Girls Gym.
Wednesday, Feb. 22
"Greater Auburn Day"—ROTC Review, 11 a. m., Bullard
Field; Barbecue Luncheon for visitors, 12M, Graves Center;
Football game, 3 p. m., Bullard Field. (Classes excused after 3
p. m.) Exhibits: Toxicology Lab, Textile Building, Architectural
Library, Engineering Laboratories.
4 p. m.—Open House Tea. Faculty Invited. Smith Hall.
8 p. m.—Basketball: Varsity vs. Georgia Tech. Alumni Gym.
9 p. m.—Non-fraternity Basketball. Girls Gym.
10 p m.—"A" Club Dance. Graves Center.
Thursday, Feb. 23
9 p. mil—Interfraternlty basketball. Alumni Gym.
9 p. m.—Non-fraternity basketball. Girls Gym.
Friday, Feb. 24
8 p. m.—Basketball: Auburn Varsity vs. Florida. Alumni
Gym.
9 p. m.—Interfraternlty Council Ball. Graves Center.
Saturday, Feb. 25
| p. m.—Basketball: Varsity vs. Florida. Alumni Gym.
9 p. m.—Sigma Pi formal dance. Graves Center.
Coming Events
March 1—Lecture: Maurice Hindus. Graves Center.
March 2-4—High School Tournament.
March 7—Lecture: Dr. Paul Popenoe. Langdon Hall.
March 21—Methodist Young Peoples' Conference. Graves
Center.
Two New Officers Are Named
By Girls' Glee Club
Two new officers were elect­ed
Tuesday afternoon at a busi­ness
meeting of the Girls Glee
Club. Suzelle Hare was elected
business manager, succeeding
Margaret Pearson, and Nancye
Thompson was elected publicity
manager. Julia McKissick has been
selected for the accompanist.
At this time pictures of the
glee club and of the officers were
taken for the Glomerata.
Other officers are: Juanita
Johnston, prsident; Ruby Helen
Stokes, vice president; Jewell
Whatley, -secretary and Mr. Law­rence
Barnert, director.
The glee club meets twice-weekly
on Tuesdays and Thurs­days
from 4:30 to 6:00. Dean J.
W. Scott has announced that an
hour credit will be given memb­ers.
The present mmbership in­cludes
a total of 55 girls.
Any new girls interested in
joining the group will still be wel­comed.
Ozarks of Arkansas and the Blue
Ridge Mountains of Virginia have
heard her call and 10,000 boys and
girls have answered since the
first log cabin was erected years
ago.
Berry Students Work
Different and interesting are the
facts that the boys and girls of
Martha Berry work as well as
study; the blue overalls common
to the field and the red, blue, and
green gingham of their weaving
room are the wearing apparel of
each boy and girl respectively.
Freshman girls are required' to
wear red, senior girls green, while
the boys make constant use of
their blue overalls.
Practically every brick building
on the campus, which is the larg­est
in the world, has been built
by student labor and student-made
brick. Their peach orchard con­sists
of 7,500 trees; their jersey
herd won second place in 1938 in
the number of test cows producing
fifty pounds or more of butterfat.
Continuous work by the boys
in the summer when each is re­quired
to earn his tuition for the
fall term has resulted in some
twelve miles of hard-surface pav­ing,
and nearly 75 miles of maca­dam
and gravel roads on Berry's
campus of 25,000 acres.
For her lifelong labor, her phil­anthropy
and unceasing devotion
to her endless labor of love, Miss
Berry has won many honors. In
1924 the Georgia Legislature voted
title of Distinguished Citizen of
the State to her. In 1931 she was
voted one of America's Twelve
Greatest Women in Good House­keeping
Magazine contest.
The truly greatness of the
woman is seen today when, past
70 years old, Miss Berry says, "I
only wish that I had done more.
I could have."
In spite of the fact that the var­sity
team lost the debate decision
to the Berry team, a trip to Rome
just to see their remarKable cam­pus
was in itself well worth the
time spent.
Calvert Says Magic
Talent Is Natural
"I Merely Picked It
Up," English-Born
Actor Tells Reporters
By Nancye Thompson and
Charles Burns
Calvert the Great, who mysti­fied
three different Auburn au­diences
last week with his "Or­iental
Harem" at the Tiger Theat­er,
told reporters in an interview
that the study of magic was a na-jtural
talent.
"I merely picked it up," he
said. From boyhood days it was a
hobby that developed into a pro­fession.
Calvert, whose real name is El-burn
Calvert, is a veteran per­former
with 12 years of artistry
to his credit. He has appeared ev­erywhere
from Australia to Ha­waii,
and speaks fluently six dif­ferent
languages. He boasts that he
is the only professional entertain­er
to set foot on the Island of
Molaigai, the Leper Colony.
He is a native of Oxford, Eng­land,
and received his education
at Asbury College, Wilmore, Ken­tucky,
where he studied theology
and at Oxford University in Eng­land,
where he studied two years.
When asked what he considered
his best trick, he said, "I have yet
to master it." Lack of facilities
and limited stage space prevent­ed
his presenting his "forte" of
the tricks of the trade.
Connected with the stage show
is Florence Bogar, the world re­nowned
underwater swimming
champion from Silver Springs,
Fla. Auburn theater-goers will
probably recall her appearance in
the Grantland Rice Sport Light
shown at the local theater from
time to time.
Before appearing on the Au­burn
stage, Calvert filled engage­ments
in Atlanta, Montgomery,
Selma, and throughout Florida.
His hobbies are aviation and
boating. He also enjoys boxing
and at one time fought against
"Baittling Bozo" of Birmingham.
Between shows, he gave a spec­ial
performance in the office of
Manager G. H. Coats and held his
amazed audience spell-bound. A-mong
his subjects of hypnosis were
Oscar Burford and Spec Kelly,
senior members of the varsity foot­ball
squad.
On the completion of three per­formances
the troupe composed of
14, six of whom are the exotic
Harem girls, who assist him in
the performances, left for New­berry,
S. C, and men will travel
to the National Theater, Richmond,
Va., for their next engagement.
Sigma Pi to Sponsor Ball
Saturday Night in WPA Hall
The Sigma Pi fraternity will en­tertain
its members, guests and
pledges with a Founders' Day
Ball Saturday night from nine to
twelve in Bibb Graves Center
with the Auburn Knights furnish­ing
the music.
There will be three no-breaks
and one lead-out.
Efficient, Progressive API Alumni
Association Guided by Maurice Bloch
By CHARLES BURNS
Alumni Correspondent
In the days of yesterday when Auburn diplomas were
few and graduates had no connection with the college,
there was no alumni association, the most active depart­ment
of a college to keep its graduates interested in their
Alma Mater.
Yet today, one of the most pro­gressive
alumni associations in the
entire South is located right here
in Auburn with thousands of old
grads on its rolls.
Maurice Bloch, the progressive
president of the association, re­marked
that the Alumni Associa­tion
of Auburn should be the back­bone
of the college. It must be a
part of the college organization
and must keep graduates inform­ed
of activities at the present
time.
Until last year, the Auburn
Alumni Association had no present
secretary or office staff to help
keep all alumni informed on Au­burn—
a greater Auburn of to­day.
Of course, the administrative
staff of the institution did have
men as acting alumni secretaries.
Among them were Dr. J. V.
Brown, now director of the Plant
Service, and Buddy McCullom,
assistant football coach. Mr. Ralph
Draughon and Prof. .O. T. Ivey
also were in charge of alumni
work at one time.
Those days are gone forever and
now a contact man who tours the
field organizing alumni clubs in
cities, addressing gatherings, plans
activities for members, and hand­les
the affairs of office of the a-lumni
secretary has been appoint­ed.
This person is Porter Grant,
former Auburn varsity football
man, who was chosen last year to
be Executive Secretary of the as­sociation.
You may be sure that Porter
Grant has been on the job. Every
day, he is actively engaged in
alumni affairs, talking, and en­couraging
Auburn men to regard
the institution as prominent as
they did when they were students
here.
He tours Alabama, every coun­ty
is visited and alumni clubs are
organized to keep Auburn on ev­erybody's
mind and to inform the
younger generation about Au­burn
and what it has in store for
students. Many alumni have help­ed
boys and girls to enter Auburn
and to fight for their Alma Mater.
While Mr. Grant is in the field,
another worker is left behind to
maintain the headquarters of the
organization. On the campus, right
in the heart of the institution, the
office is situated to keep the lat­est
information on developments
in the college. Miss Claire Culver
is the efficient office secretary
who makes the contacts with
alumni by correspondence.
The most accurate records are
kept, up to date files are in order,
and historical files are always
complete. Other work that Miss
Culver has on her hands is the
contacting of alumni by mail, in­forming
alumni on present infor­mation
about the college and work
of the association and inducing old
grads to return for visits to the
campus.
On the rolls of the association
are 50 life members and 6,850 reg­istered
members with 1,000 men
on the lost file. There has been an
increase of 50 percent in alumni
membership since Mr. Grant as­sumed
office.
A modern office is located in
the Plant Service building on the
campus and students are welcome
at anytime to read the magazines
on the tables and to find out in­formation
about any of the thou­sands
of Auburn grads.
Out-of-state organizations have
been formed with Auburn men ac­tively
engaged and located in ev­ery
state of the union.
The Auburn Alumni Association
is the originator of the "Greater
Auburn Day" idea and will be
joint host for the day. Maurice
Bloch, four year president, has
been plugging the event for weeks
and he extends an invitation to
all Auburn men to visit the
Alumni Association office while
on the campus.
Business Girls' Class at
Baptist Church Has
Valentine Banquet
The Business Girls' Sunday
School Class of the Auburn Bap­tist
Church recently enjoyed a
Valentine banquet at the College
Inn. The banquet was held in cel­ebration
of the first class anni­versary.
Tables for the banquet were
decorated in keeping with the
Valentine season. A large cake,
centered with one candle, was used
as the class birthday cake.
After the banquet, plans for the
future of the class were discussed.
Recently elected officers, in charge
of this discussion were Helen Jac­obs,
Frances Whitman, Annie Mae
Warlick, Pauline Cotney, Mrs.
Hoyt Nation, and Mrs. J. C. Ford.
According to Frances Whitman,
first vice president, the class,
though rapidly growing, is plann­ing
a definite program of further
enlargement and service.
Practice House Be Completed
By Middle of March, Spidle
Mrs. Marion Spidle, Dean of
Home Economics here, has an­nounced
that W. L. Long, contrac­tor,
plans on having the new Prac­tice
House completed by the mid­dle
of March.
The new home will be two
stories, brick, and of Georgian
style and will accommodate eight
students and a supervisor. Here the
girls will learn home management,
to fit in with the other seven
buildings included in the woman-
The house is to be finished in
simple but attractive Georgian
style. The ground floor includes
entrance and living porch, en­trance
hall, living room, dining.
room, kitchen, laboratory, super­visor's
bedroom, and bath.
The second story will have four
bedrooms and a bath. The bed­room
will be furnished in the fol­lowing
four types of furnishings:
maple, modernistic, colonial ma­hogany,
and painted Cape Cod.
The home will be landscaped
Bucknell University English
teachers are having their voices
tested to aid them in making their
lectures more interesting.
Case School of Applied Science
has a new 160,000-volt radiograp­hic
machine for the detection of
flaws in metals.
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1939
Baby Tigers Play
Nehi, Montgomery
This Week
Outstanding Frosh Quintet
Has Won All Season's
Games Except One
Auburn's freshman basketball
aggregation will make their final
appearance of the season this week
in games with Nehi Reds from Co­lumbus,
Ga., on Wednesday night,
and with the Montgomery 'Y' Fri­day
night, both affairs being-play­ed
in Alumni Gymnasium.
This year's freshman quintet has
been in action 23 times this sea­son
in playing one of the most at­tractive
and ambitious schedules
ever met. To date the Baby Tigers
have won 22 of these 23 contests,
being one of the best rcord that
Coach Dell Morgan's proteges have
ever hung up. Their lone loss was
at the hands of Pepperell Mill.
Both of the plebes final games
of the season will be played as
preliminaries to the varsity en­counters,
and will commence at
6:30. The game with the Nehi Reds
has the appearance of being a
close affair, Auburn winning 44-
43 in their first meeting in Co­lumbus.
The freshmen trounced
the Montgomery "Y," 68-27.
Starting for the Plainsmen will
be Earl Hawkins and Tommie _
Mastin or Frank Manci at for- and Billy Flemrning, Jack Tanner,
wards, Marvin Motley at center, | or Bob Dunbar at guard
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Donahue, Former API Coach,
To Attend Holiday Tomorrow
Mike Donahue, former Auburn
footfball coach, will journey up
from L. S. U. at Baton Rouge, La.,
for the "Greater Auburn Day"
festivities here tomorrow.
Word from Coach Donahue was
received here by Postmaster Hom­er
Wright. Donahue is at present
director of intramural sports at
the Louisiana institution.
Old grads and former football
players who worked under Dona­hue
between 1904 and 1922 will
gather around for a big reunion.
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Orange Squad
GREATER AUBURN DAY GRD3 GAME
No. Centers
24 ' Abb Chrietzberg, 172, junior, Auburn.
81 Jack Ferrell, 175, freshman, Birmingham.
73 Lucius Haney, 170, sophomore, Bessemer.
Guards
10 Milton Howell (C), 185, senior, Bessemer.
Walter Chandler, 190, junior, Columbus, Ga.
Garth Thorpe, 200, senior, Aiken, S. C.
Vic Costellos, 170, sophomore, Birmingham.
69 Kid Lott, 185, sophomore, Birmingham.
88 Albert Head, 175, sophomore, Troy.
Tackles
22 Gordon MacEachern, 204, junior, Haverhill, Mass.
70 Chester Bulger, 210, junior, Rumford, Me.
45 John Chalkley, 195, sophomore, Americus, Ga. ,
Joe Cordell, sophomore, Hartwell, Ga.
Joe Eddlns, 195, freshman, Birmingham.
Ends
Gus Pearson, 178, Birmingham, junior.
Jim LeNoir, 175, junior, Butler.
Gene Blackwell, 185, sophomore, Tuskegee.
L. T. Faulk, 170, sophomore, Selma.
16 Herbert Lamb, 186, sophomore, Tallassee, Fla.
61 Louis Inman, 170, sophomore, Andalusia.
Jessie Mauldin, 190, sophomore, Hartwell, Ga.
Feagin Canzoneri, 160, freshman, Bessemer.
Quarterbacks
Buddy McMahan, 175, sophomore, Tuscumbia.
Francis Crimmnis, 190, sophomore, East Falls Church, Va.
Lloyd Cheatham, 185, sophomore, Nauvoo.
Left Halfbacks
15 Dick McGowen, 180, junior, Empire.
26 Paul Ellis, 150, sophomore, Atlanta, Ga.
25 Steve Johnson, 170, sophomore, Palos.
85 Jim Reynolds, 175, freshman, LaGrange, Ga.
Right Halfbacks
39 Carl Happer, 160, junior, Birmingham.
35 Bud Wendling, 162, sophomore, Birmingham.
64 Fred McCarty, 165, sophomore, Moultrie, Ga.
Fullbacks
48 Charlie Haynsworth, 185, senior, Birmingham.
62 Geter Cantrell, 175, senior, Lanett.
66 Lloyd Cheatham, 185, sophomore, Nauvoo.
57 Rufus Deal, 200, sophomore, Tuscaloosa.
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Blue Squad
GREATER AUBURN DAY GRID GAME
No. Centers
36 Getty Fairchild, 190, senior, Anniston.
56 Howard Burns, 185, sophomore, Erisley.
76 Wilton Thorpe, 170, sophomore, Auburn.
Guards
28 Ernest Mills, 190, senior, Montgmery.
63 Everette Smith, 190, senior, Montgomery.
60 Wallace Wise, 195, junior, Clayton.
55 Nick Ardillo, 185, sophomore, Amite, La.
76 Wilton Thorpe, 170, sophomore, Auburn.
Tackles
47 Bill Nichols, 203, senior, Sylacauga.
18 George Wolff, 205, senior, Atlanta, Ga.
19 Max Morris, 195, sophomore, Blountsville.
74 Bob Akridge, 190, sophomore, Margaret.
20" Bill Fowler, 195, sophomore, Birmingham.
Ends
29 Theo Cremer, 185, sophomore, Birmingham.
43 Herndon McGehee, 170, junior, Troy.
41 John Shearer, 174, sophomore, Georgiana.
67 Ben Park, 190, sophomore, Axsen, Ga.
75 Bob Vann, 200, sophomore, Abbeville. _
82 Fred Hurst, 185, freshman, Birmingham.
Quarterbacks
68 Julian Fowler, 166, senior, Pell„City.
11 Jim Simms, 180, sophomore, Moulton.
53 Ed Browning, 165, sophomore, Haines City, Fla.
14 Doyce Hamrick, 175, sophomore, Piedmont.
Left Halfbacks
49 Francis Riddle, 160, junior, Talladega..
50 Woodie McNair, 155, sophomore, Union Springs.
34 Jim Griffith, 165, sophomore, Mobile.
Right Halfbacks
54 Bill Mims, 175, senior, Hayneville.
72 Ty Irby, 177, sophomore, Eufaula.
37 Bill Frith, freshman, Birmingham.
84 Quentin Bittle, 170, sophomore, Haines City, Fla.
Fullbacks
65 Ross Dean, 185, junior, Auburn.
32 Dan Carmichael, 175, sophomore, Montgomery.
71 Frank Bartlett, 185, sophomore, Collinsville.
87 Bob Flournoy, 160, freshman, Birmingham.
72 Ty Irby, 177, sophomore, Eufaula.
Prof. Hixon Entertains
Kappa Delta Pi's With
Magical Feats
Kappa Delta Pi members were
treated last Monday night to a
lecture and demonstration on ma­gic
and feats of memory by Prof.
Charles R. Hixon of the School of
Engineering.
Prof. Hixon displayed a num­ber
of card tricks, and talked at
some length on hypnotism. Espe­cially
interesting was his account
of a certain student who raised
his average in a mathematic
course over thirty points while un­der
hypnotic influence.
C. V. Lyle, vice-president of
the organization, reported on a
recent trip by several Kappa Del­ta
Pi members and Prof. Edna J.
Orr, counselor, to a K. D. P. con­vention
at the University ^of
Georgia.
Last Home Match
For API Cagemen
Due This Week
Game with Georgia Tech
Wednesday Night One of
Highlights of Holiday
Making their final appearance
on the home court this week, the
Auburn Tigers will meet Georgia
Tech in Alumni Gymnasium Wed­nesday
night at 8 o'clock, in one
of the headline attractions of
"Greater Auburn Day."
The Bengals will take on the
Florida Gators here Friday and
Saturday at the same hour, and
this trio of engagements will ter­minate
the home showing of the lo­cal
quintet. Coach Ralph" Jordan's
proteges play their final game in
a return tussle with Tech in At­lanta
on Feb. 27, and will then
participate in the annual South­eastern
Conference tournament in
Knoxville the first week of March.
One of the largest audiences
ever to see a basketball game at'
the Plains is expected to witness
the battle between the Plainsmen
and the Yellow Jackets. This af­fair
will provide the opportunity
for many an old grad to see his
Alma Mater in action since leav
ing school, having returned to
participate in "Greater Auburn
Day."
The contest with Tech in the
past have always been close and
hard fought and the game Wed­nesday
should prove no exception.
Although the Engineers have a
conference record of four wins a-gainst
six defeats and the Tiger
five wins and three losses, this is
no indication for an Auburn vic­tory.
Auburn's usual starting five of
Co-Capt. Malvern Morgan and
Crawford Holmes at forwards, Co-
Capt. Tommie Edwards at center,
and Andy Curlee and Ray Gibson
at guards will be on the floor for
the opening whistle.
Ex-President Herbert Hoover
has been awarded a Doctor of En­gineering
degree by Stevens- In­stitute
of Technology.
Sixty-nine*colleges and univer­sities
in 24 states and five foreign
countries are represented by Uni­versity
of New Hampshire faculty
members.
Orange and Blue
Squads Tangle
In Play Tomorrow
Howell and Nichols Head
Squads in Major Combat
Scheduled for 3 P. M.
A large gathering of alumni,
friends and fans are expected to
witness the intra-squad battle be­tween
the two teams, the Orange
and the Blues, of Spring training
in one of the feature attractions
of "Greater Auburn Day," on
Drake Field Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
Auburn's 1939 football candi­dates
have been divided into two
equal squads for this, affair, and
the game promises to be quite a
spectacle. The Tigers will be in
comparatively good shape for their
major combat Wednesday and they
can be relied upon to stage a
slam-bang battle.
Some 75 gridders have been di­vided
into the two teams, the
Orange and the Blues. Captain
Milton Howell, All-Southeastern
guard on the 1938 Bengal team,
will lead the Orange squad, while
Alternate-Captain Bill Nichols,
tackle, will lead the Blues. Neither
squad looks to have an edge on
paper for Wednesday's scrap and
Drake Field is going to be the
scene of some mighty intense com­petition
that afternoon.
Coach Jack Magher announced
the following probable starting
lineups for the two teams:
Blues
Samford
Nichols (c)
Smith
Fairchild
Mills
Wolff
Cremer
Fowler
Riddle
Mims
Dean
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MacEachern
Howell (c)
Chrietzberg
Chandler
Bulger
LeNoir
McMahan
McGowen
Happer
Haynsworth
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
API Theta Chi's Entertain Visitors
From Southern Region At Reunion
By Willard Hayes
Theta Chi's Rebel Reunion held
at the home of the Chi chapter
here at Auburn last Saturday was
a great success. Visitors from
Georgia Tech, University of Flo­rida,
and the University of Ala­bama
were at the Reunion as well
as many of the alumni. The most
distinguished guests were Dusty
Rhodes, national president of the
Theta Chi fraternity, Al De Fun-iak,
counselor of the fifth district,
Dean Fields, Dean of Men at
Georgia Teoh, and Forest Lock,
president of the alumni chapter of
Birmingham.
Dusty Rhodes, who came from
his home in Troy, New York, was
well pleased with the work of the
Chi chapter and complimented the
chapter on their lovely house. The
day before Mr. Rhodes left his
home, the snow was over three
feet deep, and he enjoyed the
beautiful weather as much as
could be possible.
After the luncheon Saturday,
a meeting was held to discuss the
business of the Theta Chi frater­nity.
The meeting was brought to
order by the Chairman, Prof. P.
P. Powell. Dusty Rhodes, Al De
Funiak, Dean Fields, and Forest
Lock were the main speakers.
At 4:30 Saturday afternoon a
tea dance was held at the Recrea­tion
Hall. The Auburn Knights
were in charge of the music and
the dance was a great success. At
seven o'colck a banquet was held
at the College Inn for visitors.
More speeches were made on the
business and growth of the Theta
Chi. After the banquet every one
went to the home of Chi chapter
where an informal dance took
place.
The Rebel Reunion was the
first social and business confer­ence
of its kind ever to be held
in the history of this district of
the Theta Chi fraternity, but it
is believed that not a year will
pass in the future that the chap­ters
do not have their annual re­union.
Six FHA's Attend Student
Club Meeting at Alabama
Six representatives from the
Auburn F. H. A. club attended a
meeting of the College Student
Clubs of the Alabama Home Eco­nomics
Association at the Uni­versity
of Alabama this past week­end.
The local group was taken on a
tour of the University campus and
viewed the new Home Manage­ment
House, Nursery School, and
dormitory addition. Those attend­ing
from Auburn were Margue­rite
Johnson. Auburn, retiring
president of the F. H. A. here;
Alice Little, Alexandria, vice
president; Ivy Cliff Baxley, Au­burn,
Miriam Earnest, Auburn;
Emma Lou Farrior, Fort Deposit;
Prof. Edna J. Orr, School of Edu­cation.
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here under the auspices of the Auburn Lecture Committee on March
1. His subject will be world affairs, and he will concentrate" on
recent events in Czechoslovakia.
Experienced High School Men Preferred
Over College Graduates, Says Fortune
By Bob Anderson
For many years it has been the
popular belief of the American
public that a person who has had
a college education has a much
better chance for success than a
high-school graduate. And it seems
that this idea is still dominant—
among almost half of America's
families. The executives of the na­tion—
the men who do most of the
hiring, however, had rather have
a high-school graduate with a few
years of experience than a man
just out of college. These facts,
rather disturbing to the college
student were disclosed by the lat­est
Public Opinion survey con­ducted
by "Fortune" magazine.
The survey placed a scientifi­cally
selected group of people in
all walks of life the question,
"Which do you think has a bet­ter
chance of earning a living to­day—
a high-school graduate who
has had four years of experience,
or a man just out of college?"
Here are the statistics of the re­sults:
High school graduate, 34.4 per
cent.
College graduate, 33.4 per cent.
Depends on man and experience,
14.4 per cent.
Experienced man better at first,
college man better later, 9.7.
College man gets breaks regard­less
of merit, 2.8 per cent.
Don't know, 4. 9 per cent.
The executives, by a vote of 41.6
per cent to 28.6 per cent, favor
the high-school graduate with ex­perience.
"Thus one-third of the nation's
families believe that hte college
man has the best chance for suc­cess,"
Fortune points out. "If the
qualified answers are included—
those to the effect that the college
man will win in the long run, or
that he will get the breaks even
"if he is worthless—then the po­tential
male college market would
derive from about 45 per cent of
the nation's families.
"Theorectically ( this potential
college market should exist re­gardless
of the economic condition
of the people giving the answers,
because the boy who raises him­self
up from an environment of
ignorance and poverty, works his
way through college, and returns
home with cum laude and a mink
coat for mamma, is a tradition.
"Aotually, of course it is mainly
the upper income levels that count
statistically as consumers of sheep­skins.
Although there is a great
difference in the distribution of
higher education among the vari­ous
economic levels, there is an
astonishing uniformity of opinion
among them as to the value of
college.
"The one big difference shown
in the breakdowns of answers is
geographical: While the Northeast
is the most inclined to believe that
the callow A. B. has a passport to
success, only 19.8 per cent of the
people on the West Coast agree.1'
Military Group
Is Host At
Breakfast Ride
The members of L Company,
Fifth Regiment, of Scabbard and
Blade, honorary military frater­nity,
were hosts at a breakfast
ride Sunday morning.
After a two-hour horseback
ride led by Capt. L. E. Jacoby,
members of the company and then-dates
returned to the stables where
breakfast, in charge of Capt. K.
L. Johnson, was served.
Members of Scabbard and Blade
and their dates who attended the
ride were: L. E. Foster, Marjorie
Miller; David Roberts, Sadie Ed­wards;
Edwin Godbold, Jane Dick­son;
Julian Fowler, Annie Lyde
Lewis; Tom McCabe, Katherine
Kieffer; Bob McNulty, Jane Dun­can.
Also Allen Martin, Mary Nell
Pope; Albert Price, Helena Miller;
Dave Wittel, Mary Lydia William­son;
Bo Russell, Lois Wheat;
Charles Chisolm, Suzelle Hare; Ed
Taylor, Nell Gilchrist; Ed Sund-berg,
Johnnie Dee Stansberry;
Morris Hall, Tony Williams; and
John Eagan, Charles Grisham,
George Shumaker.
Home Economics Club to Meet
First and Third Thursdays
Mrs. Marion Spidle, Dean of
Home Economics, has announced
that the Student Home Economics
Club will meet every first and
third Thursday in the month at
7:30 p. m. in Samford Hall, room
215.
Recently Mrs. Marguerite Toom­er,
Assistant Instructor in Lan­guage,
made a most interesting
talk on Home Conditions in Can­ada.
There will be similar prog­rams
given at every meeting by
which the students will be greatly
benefited.
The officers are as follows:
Juanita Johnston, president; Mir­iam
Chesnutt, vice president;
Claudia Weinmann, secretary; and
Johnnie Lee Hulsey, chairman of
committee.
Alpha Gamma Is
Hostess At
Formal Dance
The week-end's activities at Au­burn
were opened Friday evening
with the Alpha Gamma, sorority,
a colonizing chapter of Alpha
Gamma Delta national sorority,
acting as hostess at its first an­nual
formal dance.
Visiting members of Alpha Gam­ma
Delta were present from the
University of Alabama, Univer­sity
of Georgia, Brenau, and from
the Florida State College for
Women. Effective use was made
of the sorority's colors, red, buff,
and green, in decorating the spac­ious
dance hall at Graves Center,
and a large duplicate of the or­ganization's
coat-of-arms was
sharply contrasted against silk
back-drop suspended behind the
orchestra.
Marjorie Miller of Gadsden,
president, led the dance, and she
chose as her escort J. K. Taylor
of Annapolis, Maryland. Miss Mil­ler
wore a full-skirted, powder-blue
chiffon dress with a V-neck
and shearing in the waistline. As
the Auburn Knights orchestra
played "My Alpha Gamma Delta
Girl," the leading couple, arm-in-arm,
stepped onto the dance floor
through a huge, old-fashioned
frame with gilt edges. Members
and pledges of the sorority with
their escorts followed the leading
couple onto the dance floor and
then, after each boy had present­ed
his girl with an old-fashioned
bouquet of red roses, the mem­bers,
pledges, and escorts of Alpha
Gamma enjoyed a reserved dance.
Members and pledges of the
Auburn group and their escorts
were Marjorie Miller, Gadsden,
and J. K. Taylor, Annapolis, Md.;
Pete Wright, Dothan, and Billy
Hitchcock, Auburn; Frances Mid-dleton,
Auburn, and Sam Teague,
Birmingham; Sara Smith, Union
Springs, and Pat Plumlee, Birm­ingham;
Frances Mullins, Dothan,
and James Hogue, Atlanta; Mary
Ann Herren, Tallassee, and Rus­sell
Milbourne, Decatur; Doris
Green, LaGrange, Ga., and Tony
Cortina, Birmingham; Helen Mil­ler,
Athens, and Claude Bayden,
Athens; Cora Lipscomb, Auburn,
and Jim Swanner, Luverne; Jean
Cogburn, Birmingham, and Archie
Harkins, Aliceville; Catherine
Blake, Auburn, and Charles Isbell,
Auburn; Margaret Linden, Leeds,
and Ben Nutall, Auburn.
Jean Beasley, Auburn, and Roy
Self, Auburn; Christine Black­burn,
Auburn, and John Hudson,
Auburn; Jane Bowen, Lynchburg,
Va„ and John Thomas, Sipsey;
Audrey Kirk, Montgomery, and
Sam Bums, Atlanta; Pat Ervin,
Birmingham, and R. T. Young,
Fairfield; Kitty Reeves, Auburn
and Art Ousley, Mobile; Sue Mc­Cain,
Lafayette, and Bill Roten-berry,
Huntsville; and Katherine
Schurter, Stanton, and Frank
Cayce, Birmingham.
Theta Kappa Nu's
Stage Dance
On' Friday night, Feb. 10, Ala­bama
Gamma chapter of Theta
Kappa Nu fraternity gave its an­nual
dance at Graves Center with
the Auburn Knights furnishing
the music.
The blue and white decorations
of the hall were accentuated by
white and gold reproductions of
the fraternity badge on a blue
background behind the orchestra.
All Theta Kappa Nu members
and pledges wore white roses (the
fraternity flower) and their dates
wore corsages of roses and sweet
peas.
Present at the dance were many
out-of-town guests. Among these
were: Miss Ida Streithorst, Uni-versiy
of Cincinnati; Miss Reba
Vice, Howard College; Misses
Mary George Jordan and Helen
Marsh, Huntingdon; Miss Helen
Sharp, McKenzie; Miss Anne Ya-cey,
Montgomery; Miss Christine
Hampton, Carbon Hill; Misses Ai-leen
Rogers and Nell Lawson,
Dalton, G.; Fred Wood, McKen­zie;
Louie Edwards, Hayneville;
O. A. Johnson, Montgomery; and
Phillip Edwards and Eddy Sims,
Marion Military Institute.
The chaperons for the evening
were Mrs. Harry Smith and Mr.
! and Mrs. Marion E. Tisdale.
The University of California has
a special course on the legal rights
of women.
Scabbard and Blade Members
To Compete in Rifle Match
The members of L Company,
Fifth Regiment of Scabbard and
Blade, voted in their last meeting
to enter the Scabbard and Blade
Rifle Match in competition for a
rifle cup which is awarded to the
company of the society whose rifle
team wins the annual inter-com­pany
gallery competition, which
is held under regulations promul­gated
by the Executive Officer.
Th«. loving cup, which is com­peted
for by teams of five men,
remains in the possession of the
winning company until it is a-warded
to the winner of the com­petition
the succeeding year. If
one company wins the cup for two
succeeding years, it becomes the
permanent property of that com­pany.
The winner of last year com­petition
was the company from
the University of California. The
members of the local company,
L-5, express a keen desire to
make an excellent showing in
their first competition for the cup.
The team will be managed and
coached by Oliver Fletcher, a
member of the senior Engineer
ROTC.
Dartmouth College has purchas­ed
a portable sawmill to cut the
half-million feet of wood accumu­lated
during hurricane reclama­tion
activities.
Tufts College students are con­ducting
a campaign to raise a
loan fund for needy students.
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PAGE SIX THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1939
Veterinarian Who Left Germany After
Hitler Purge Attends School Here
By H. B. Title
The School of Veterinary Med­icine
claims the distinction of hav­ing
the oldest student registered
on the campus. A fifty-one year
oldster has enrolled for the sec­ond
semester. He is Dr. Joseph
Tucker.
Dr. Tucker has been in the
United States for the past ten
months during which time he
spent some time in New York, the
Middle West, Florida, Cuba, Geor­gia,
and finally Auburn. Dr.
Tucker is by no means a new­comer
to the veterinary profes­sion,
having practiced in Breslau,
Germany, and in various cities for
over 30 years before leaving his
country due to the Hitler Purge.
He is a graduate of the Berlin
Veterinary College, and he also
did graduate work at the Berne
Veterinary College in Berne,
Switzerland.
During the World War, Dr.
Tucker served in the German Ar­my
with the rank of captain in
the veterinary corps. In a recent
interview, Dr. Tucker expressed
his desire to settle in the South
and establish a practice. However,
he added, before deciding to open
his practice, he first wishes to
acquaint himself with the dis­eases
of the Southland which are
not seen in Germany, Thus, he
says, he will be 'better equipped to
practice and administer treatmnt.
When asked his viewpoint con­cerning
tiie United States and on
things in general, Dr. Tucker said
that this country was heaven in
comparison with Germany. He ex­pressed
the highest admiration for
our form of government. The
Southland, he added, is the com­ing
livestock center of the coun­try.
Dr. Tucker is here with-his
very charming wife. Although
they have experienced a little dif­ficulty
with our American ways
of living, they are rapidly adapt­ing
themselves. Their biggest prob­lem,
Dr. Tucker says, is to learn
English. However their progress in
the few months that they have
been here is truly amazing.
When asked to express their
opinion about Auburn, the doctor
and his wife highly acclaimed Au­burn
as a clean, friendly, and
beautiful city truly emblematic
of the South. Upon being queried
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Potrait Of A
Landed Gentry
Washington Made The Interests
Of His Fellow-Patriots His Own
A wealthy land-owner, a born aristocrat—yet
one of the great idols of the common man. For
George Washington's sacrifices and energies helped
make possible this great democracy.
WELCOME ALUMNI AND
BURTONS BOOKSTORE
"Something New Every Day"
Figures In Celebration
PotZTe* GMNT
Pictured above are three Important persons who have figured in preparation for joint cele­bration
of the college, city, and alumni association tomorrow. They are (left to right) Porter Grant,
Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association; Maurice Bloch, President of the Alumni Associa­tion;
and Dr. C. S. Yarbrough, Mayor of Auburn.
Wesley News
Race Relations Day (Feb. 12)
was observed by the Auburn Wes­ley
Foundation with Hatsuo Hi-mura,
Japanese student from Em­ory
University, Atlanta, as guest
speaker for both the Sunday
School and League services. Mr
Mimura is a theological student
at Emory. While at Auburn he
was a guest at Carr Hall.
Young People's Day (Feb. 19)
was observed by the Auburn
Wesley Foundation with Dr. Hen­ry
M. Bullock of Millsaps College,
Jackson, Miss, as guest speaker.
H spoke at 9:46 and 11 a. m.
A play, "The Victor," featured
the evening hour with the follow­ing
taking part: Mary Guy Inser,
George Vest, Eugene Treadaway,
Charlie. Rew, Dawson Waits and
Hobart Vernon.
Mrs. W. G. Simpson-Jr., Chair-mon
of Auburn Methodist Circle
No. 3 entertained the members of
her circle at 3 p. m. Feb. 20 at
Carr Hall. Mrs. Loland Starr, pro­gram
chairman, asked Wil-lians
Mays to lead the devotional
and give a short talk on "Widen­ing
the Horizon of the Home."
Following the program members
of the circle inspected Carr
Hall, center of Auburn Wesley
Foundation activities. Franklin
S. Mosely, director of Auburn's
Wesley Foundation conducted the
Inspection tour.
Recent dinner guests at Carr
Hall have been Miss Sadie Mae
Logsdon, York; Virgie Winn Gunn,
Gunterville; Mildred Smith, Hunt­ingdon
College; Hatsuo Himura,
Emory University; Martha Jo
•Herndon, Virginia Baker, Martha
Bankhead, George Sawada, Char­les
M. Cook, and Martha D. Vest.
Scientists of Cornell and Col­gate
Universities are making a
special study of the aurora bor-ealis.
Sarah Lawrence College has
special courses for the institution's
employees.
as to whether or not he would re­turn
to his native country were
conditions to be .straightened out,
Dr. Tucker remarked, "No, I shall
never return' to Germany; I have
adopted this country and I shall
remain here always."
He is enrolled in the School of
Veterinary Medicine as a part time
student, and he intends remaining
here the remainder of the second
semester taking courses In infec­tious
diseases and canine and fe­line
surgery.
Eashion Chatter
By O'Leta Dunn
Whether young and energetic,
or nearing the veranda age, we
all want to be one of the women
smart enough to cause favorable
comment. Therefore, we pay tri­bute
to the best-dressed woman
in the world—the American wom­an.
We, in America, lay claim to
a unique position in the world of
fashion. Our women are universal­ly
well dressed and, suprisingly
enough, all the awards aren't
won by the young. Schoolgirls to
grandmothers, six to sixty, we
can not honor the good taste of
one group to the exclusion of an­other.
We approve of planned ward­robes,
but we must admit that af­ter
careful research, this Amer­ican
reputation is hardly founded
on limited wardrobes. Planned
ones, yes, but meager, never, We
are not a "one-costume" people.
We have frocks that do double-duty,
jackets that mix well with
more than one skirt, and all signs
point toward a very jackety
spring. Jackets on dresses, jack­ets
with suits, everything either
has or gives the appearance of
having one.
The beauty of a jacket cos­tume
is the fact that it is usually
a good all-round dress, neither
completely sporty nor overly dres­sy.
We see striped jackets, collar-less
styles, in stripes of several
soft shades, or harmonising with
the color of one's dress. You can
easily picture the jackets of stripes,
plaids, or monotone tweeds with
solid colored skirts and soft spring
sweaters.
A new silhouette has risen on
the fashion horizon. Various names
have been given it. Vogue calls it
the "Shift Dress.". Its silhouette
falls from the shoulder, its full­ness
gathered and held by a wide
sash or belt. You will love its
comfort, and its becomingness to
every type. Slip it on, wrap the
•belt snugly about you, and forget
it! K may be of silk, tucked and
shirred or pleated at the waist­line,
or it may be of crisp cotton,
the fullness falling in natural
folds.
The heart-shaped neck-line,
feminine and easy to wear, re­ceives
warm applause for morning,
afternoon, and evening wear.
The Friar coat, monk-like sil­houette,
girdled at the waist and
hooded, is quite a success as a
casual beach robe or house coat.
And you do not have to be going
to the beach to enjoy one.
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Making his final appearance
on the home court this week
Co-Captain Morgan will be at
his peak in the game with Geor­gia
Tech Wednesday. He has
been a star performer all sea­son
and is leading the Tigers in
scoring.
Another senior who will play
his last game before a home
audience is Co-Capt. Edwards.
Tommie has been a top ranking
center for three years, but in his
last year he reached the peak of
his form.
Another influence that might be
traced to the monk-like silhouette
is the smock, abbreviated and
worn as a jacket. Gaily and with­out
pain to your budget these can
be enjoyed by all.
The trend of "spare parts," that
might be called accessory fashions,
(like the smock jacket mentioned
above) is the long swirt you fas-
Iten over simplest of afternoon
I frocks to make a handsome din-
Students Inspect
Power Dams
Saturday was inspection day for
the electrical and mechanical en­gineers
as the two groups made a
tour of the three dams of the Ala­bama
Power Company in this vi­cinity.
Traveling by automobiles, 55
students under Prof. W. W. Hill,
journeyed to Martin and Upper
and Lower Tallassee Dams where
they saw these plants in opera­tion.
The operations were ably ex­plained
by Prof. . Hill, who told
the group how electricity was
made and distributed throughout
the state.
The generators at Martin Dam
were approximately 25 feet in
diameter, while the generators and
turbines were 50 feet. The stu­dents
were carried below water
level where thy saw the different
size generator units in operation.
In the lower dispatching room,
the students saw how power is
sent over the lines to Mississippi,
Alabama, and Georgia. Each
switch on the panel is numbered
with a red and green light which
tells when the current is flowing
and where it is being sent. At
Lower Tallassee there is a West-inghouse
voltage regulator in the
dispatching room.
In another part of the plant the
current from the generator at 13,-
210 volts is stepped up to 110,000
volts in a water cooled transfor­mer
that is 20 feet high.
Faculty members accompany­ing
the students of the AIEE and
AIME were Prof. C. R. Hixon,
Dean J. E. Hannum, Prof. W. W.
Hill, Y. A. Elizondo, and Prof. T.
W. Sparrow. R. E. Ledbetter is
president of the AEEE and Gore
Kemp of AIME.
Textile Students
To Give Exhibits
Students in textile engineering
will give an exhibition of making
and dyeing cotton cloth for the
benefit of visiting alumni here at
"Greater Auburn Day" tomorrow.
Phi Psi, honorary textile so­ciety,
will foe in charge of the ex­hibition
which will be organized
after the plan of a regular cotton
mill. Paul McKenney, Columbus,
Ga., will act as superintendent;
Jack Lawrence, West Blocton, as­sistant
superintendent.
In the dyeing department will
be Charles W. McGowin, Jackson,
boss dyer; Nolan Helms, Mont­gomery,
chief chemist; Jesse F.
Edmunds, Pell City, technical
superintendent. The carding de­partment
will be headed by C. T.
Pearson, Milltown, overseer; Har­old
Prickett, Auburn, second hand.
K. B. Smith, Marietta, Ga., will
act as overseer of the spinning di­vision;
Ben Nutall, Cordova, sec­ond
hand.
The weaving department will be
headed by Charlie Knight, Anda­lusia,
overseer, while F. L. Ward,
Selma, will be overseer of the
warping and winding.
Phi Psi is making plans also for
its annual open house which will
be held here on March 3. Visitors
from Alabama and Georgia will
be invited then for an ever more
detailed exhibition.
ner costume.
So', along with your spring tonic,
take a fashion tonic. It's a pleasant
tonic and one that will give you
a definite "lift." There is nothing
like a dash of color to revive one's
spirits and one's wardrobe—a
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE SEVEN
'Old Boys' Will
Return Tomorrow
They will be here ,21 strong,
the "old boys" from the classes of
1882 to 1899 who have already
written Porter Grant of their plans
to attend "Greater Auburn Day"
tomorrow.
The oldest graduate to return
will be Bartow Bberhart, Class of
1882, from Montgomery. Others in
the class of 1880 to 1890 will toe
Mrs. Charles C. Thach, one of the
first two co-eds to receive an Au­burn
diploma and Thomas P. Zel-las
of Newnan, Ga., both in the
class of 1886; and Col. Thomas D.
Samford, senior member of Au­burn's
Board of Trustees, in the
graduating class of 1888.
Old classmates will shake hands
once again of their college chums
and friends of the old days when
they meet in a reunion Wednes­day.
Dr. C. B. Glenn, Class of 18-
91, and one of the biggest Au­burn
men in Birmingham and a
former resident of Auburn, will be
here as well as J. E. Thompson
from Hightower, also in Dr.
Glenn's class while here.
Birmingham will send three of
the "old grads" back including
Dr. Glenn, W. L. Martin, 1889; and
Charles F. DeBardelefoen of the
Class of 1894. Bessemer sends I.
P. McDonnell, an alumnus of 18-
99.
Montgomery will have three old
Auburn, men among its delega­tion.
Included in this group will
be Dr. George Wheeler, who has
never missed an Auburn football
game and of the class of 1899;
Dave Kahn, 1894, and J. B. Hobdy
of the class of 1897.
Other old veterans who have
signified their intention of attend­ing
are J. V. Brown, A. Z.
Wright, Auburn residents, both in
the class of 1894; H. Herzfeld, 18-
97, Alexander City; T. J. Middle-
Band To Play For Military Review
Auburn's famous military band will form a colorful feature of the ROTC review by cadets of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute on "Greater Auburn Day" tomorrow when Governor Frank M.
Dixon and his staff will be the principal guests of honor on Bullard Field at 11 a. m.. This candid
photo of the band's brass section gives an idea of how the band will appear as 1,600 cadets pass
in review. Director of the 80-piece band is P. R. Bldez, chemist and former football star at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Leading the band in its public appearances this year is Drum Ma­jor
F. L. Lee, senior textile engineering student from Selma.
ton, 1894, Collirene, RFD, Tyler;
F. A. Vernon, 1894, Opelika; W. A.
Fitzgerald, 1897, Omaha, Ga.;
Hugh Bickerstaff, 1895, Columbus,
Ga.; and F. W. Hare, 1898, Mon­roe
ville.
Imperial Valley, California's
rich winter vegetable garden, was
reclaimed from the desert.
Let's show the alumni and vis­itors
tomorrow that that same Au­burn
spirits still prevails.
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First Session of Fifteenth Graduate
Vet Conference Opens Here Today
Over 100 Experts from
Entire State Expected
To Attend Meeting
The opening session of the
Fifteenth Alabama Conference of
Graduate Veterinarians in a three-day
session began today to study
the latest methods on animal dis­eases
with approximately 100 doc­tors
attending.
Dean I. S. McAdory, host to the
conference, made the welcome ad­dress.
Dr. W. S. Campbell, Edi­tor
of "Veerinary Medicine" from
Chicago, was the first speaker of
the session and his subject was
"The Veterinary Profession and
Public Health."
Three Auburn veterinarians
took part on the afternoon prog­ram
with Dr. W. E. Cotton, pre-mmim
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Diseases of swine will be the
general lecture subject of Dr. C.
N. McBryde, Ames, Iowa, be­fore
the 15th annual conference
for Graduate Veterinarians here
on Thursday morning and after­noon.
Dr. McBryde is director
of the Hog Cholera Research
Station of the Bureau of Animal
Industry at Ames, and is a na­tionally
authority in tha field
of swine diseases.
DG.4DOLPH &CI/HOKAI
Dr. Adolph Eichhern, director
of B. A. I. Animal Disease Sta­tion,
Beltsville, Md., is deliver­ing
several lectures on canine di­seases
here this week at the
15th annual conference of grad­uate
veterinarians being held at
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
siding. Included were Dr. B. T.
Simms, director, and Dr. H. W.
Johnson of the B. A. I. Regional
Laboratory, and Dr. F. P. Woolf,
assisant professor of Veterinary
Medicine. A visit was made to the
laboratory following Dr. Woolf's
address.
An evening program at 7:30
•will be devoted to an address by
Dr. D. M. Campbell on "Ethical
Publicity" and a motion picture
DR. D.M.C/tMPBELL
Speaking on "The Veterinary
Profession and Public Health,"
Dr. D. M. Campbell, editor of
"Veterinary Medicine," will ad­dress
the 15th annual conference
for graduate veterinarians being
held at Alabama Polytechnic
Institute Feb. 21-23.
Dixon Says He Is
Expecting Big Day
At API Tomorrow
Tp Attend with Staff
In Full Military Dress
For ROTC Review
Frank M. Dixon, Governor of
Alabama, told reporters in an in­terview
yesterday that he was
counting on Auburn to put the
"big pot in the little one" in re­gards
to the mammoth celebration
of "Greater Auburn Day" tomor­row.
Clad in full military regalia,
the governor and his party will
motor to Auburn early in the day
to attend the gala activities plan­ned
for the celebration. In the of­ficial
party will be Mrs. Dixon,
state officials, the Governor's
staff and their wives.
The state's executive laughed
when he thought of the staff in
uniform and told reporters that
there would be plenty of stomach
shrinking especially on his Colo­nel,
Caliborne Blanton of Selma,
and Tilghman Turner, Montgom­ery,
an Auburn alumnus. The staff
will occupy the reviewing stand
during the ROTC parade at 11 a.
m. on Bullard Field.
State officials planning to at­tend
the gala day of events at Au­burn
will be Secretary of State
John Brandon; his chief clerk, Pitt
Tyson Maner, former private sec­retary
to Gov. Graves; State Au­ditor
Howell Turner; Haygood
Paterson, Commissioner of Agri­culture
and Industries; and Attor­ney
General Buster Lawson.
Asked about his program of edu­cation
during his administration
the governor said that he was us­ing
every effort for an eight-month
school term which will be
maintained with no extra taxes on
citizens and that Lee County
would be benefitted by the plan.
Sound efficiency in govermen-on
"Livestock and Mankind" will
be shown.
Wednesday's session will open
a 8:30 with Dr. L. E. Starr pre­siding.
Dr. L. A. Merillat, Exe­cutive
Secretary of the AVMA,
Chicago, will address the confer­ence
on "Digestive Disturbances
in Horses and Mules."
An evening meeting will fea­ture
the annual Junior AVMA
banquet with Dr. L. N. Duncan
and Hon. Haygood Paterson,,
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Industries, as honor guests. The
banquet will be held at Graves
Center beginning at 6:30 with Dr.
L. A. Merillat as principal speak­er.
The Thursday session will be
devoted to diseases of swine with
Dr. J. L. West, presiding. Lec­tures
on Bang's Disease, Swine di­sease,
Meat Inspection, and Para­sites
of Dogs" will be discussed
on the afternoon program.
The conference will close Fri­day
morning when a meeting of
the 'Alabama Veterinary Medical
Association will begin at 8:30 with
Dr. M. K. Heath of Birmingham,
president of the association, pre
siding.
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BOBBIE BLAKE — AGENT
Pi Kappa Alpha
Initiates 16
Upsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Al­pha
initiated into its bonds Sun­day
evening, Feb. 19, 16 new men,
six sophomores and ten freshmen.
They were: John Albert Quenelle,
Walker Richmond, Charles Davis,
Lester Crockett^ Kenneth Camp­bell,
Henry Draughon, and Carey
Bentley, Ernest Burgin, Robert
Whitfield, Joe Gandy, Otis Burn-side,
Larry Heyduck, Tony Lip-tal
affairs, Dixon said, would be
carried out in his program for
the people and the good of the
state without radical changes be­ing
made.
During the interview the gover­nor
told members of the press
conference that Anniston's legis­lative
bill had been signed with
the present Mayor W. S. Cole­man,
heading the new Commis­sioner
type of government instead
of the previous Mayor-Council
type which has always been used
in the city. City Commissioners
named were Percy A. Quinn and
Arthur H. Lee.
News men in the conference
were W. T. Mayn'or, Associated
Press; Charles C. Phillips, United
Press, and Joe Sanders, I. N. S.
scomb, Bradford Clopton, Gene
O'Reilly, Allen Nottingham.
It was the chapter's privilege to
have present at the initiation a
number of the alumni officers of
the .fraternity. They included Roy
D. Hickman, National Alumni Sec­retary,
R. M. McFarland Jr., Ex­ecutive
Secretary, J. F. Malone,
Assistant Executive Secretary, and
A. H. Knight, District President.
The fraternity also enjoyed the
presence of H. H. Farr and W. L.
Radney of Alexander City, G. E.
Manley of Opelika, Rev. W. C.
Cowart, Dr. C. R. Saunders, and
Capt. J. L. McKinnon of Auburn,
Pat Plumlee, Malcolm MacDon-ald,
and Milton Bagby of Birm­ingham.
After the initiation the entire
fraternity adjourned to the Col­lege
Inn, where they were enter­tained
with a formal banquet.
Shortly after dinner speeches
were delivered by the alumni of­ficers.
The new brothers were
given an opportunity to speak, and
the dinner was concluded after
several fraternity songs.
More than a million words have
been written and broadcast by
Drake University students during
the last four and a half years.
A New England College Rifle
League has been formed for sharp-shooting
competition among in­stitutions
in those states.
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Albert Thomas '04, Chairman Board of Directors
W. W. Hill '97, President
Monk Wright '18, Cashier
Joe Sarver '37, Ass't. Cashier
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THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1939
Homecoming
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act as special military aide to
Governor Dixon, and will escort
him about the campus throughout
the day ol 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, Do than; Richard Andrew
Allison, Bellamy; L. Bernard Hay-good,
Greenville; Mortimer H.
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 officals will be en­tertained
during the afternoon at
the president's home by Mrs. L.
N. Duncan.
See you at the game Wednesday.
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Directing the affairs of the
Auburn Lions Club this year is
George W. Hargreaves, associate
professor of pharmacy at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Professor Hargreaves succeeds
Dr. Ralph D. Doner, head pro­fessor
of mathematics.
"Idiot's Delight" Will Be
Presented in Montgomery
The original and uncensored
production, "Idiot's Delight," with
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
in the leading roles will be pre­sented
on the stage of the City
Auditorium Saturday night in
Montgomery.
One performance will be given
with the curtain rising at 8:30 p.
m. for the Lunt's first Southern
tour after a six-year run on
Broadway. Tickets can be secur­ed
now and mail orders can be
addressed to the Paramount Theat­er.
Mr. and Mrs. Lunt will fill the
roles characterized by Clark
Gable and Norma Shearer in the
motion picture production. Lunt
will play the part of Harry Vann,
the song and dance man, while
Miss Fontanne appears in the role
of Irene, the phoney Russian
Countess.
Lee Simonson, a New York de­signer,
created the stage scenery
for the play written by Robert
Sherwood. One stage setting will
be used in the play and that Is
the lounge and lobby of the moun­tain
hotel. Atmospheric conditions
were noted when the scenery was
designed and shows the public
just what is taking place.
The six beautiful blondes that
Firm of Warren, Knight and Davis Is
Unusually Gose to Auburn
Two Architects Are
Auburn Graduates and All
Have Sons in School Here
Among many outstanding firms
with which the name of Auburn
can be associated, none perhaps is
better known or more familiar to
Auburn men than the firm of
Warren, Knight and Davis, Archi­tects,
of Birmingham.
This firm, architects for the lo­cal
building program, is recogniz­ed
as one of the leading authori­ties
on commercial and academic
buildings. During their 20 years
of partnership they have made a
specialty of this type of work.
Many of the buildings at Auburn,
University of Alabama, Monteval-lo,
and the state normal schools
were designed by the firm.
Although specialists in the above
phases of architecture, the firm
has made quite a reputation in
other fields. They contributed two
new buildings to the capitol
group in Montgomery, which will
form the first in an all-intensive
scheme to make Alabama's capitol
one of outstanding monumentality.
With its fresh and refined colonial
atmosphere, suggesting a taste of
the old Roman emperical archi­tecture,
the state highway build­ing
and the new hall of archives
are their conception of the way in
which the spirit of the Old Soub
should be linked with contempo­rary
tastes.
Pure Colonial Their Theme
With pure colonial as their
theme, the firm has already link­ed
together the many phases of
Alabama's public life. With that
note carrying through all their de­signs,
Alabama can point to a
homogeneous style that has helped
retain the architectural traditions
that might easily have been for­gotten.
This fact is especially signifi­cant
to Auburn in that it is the
basic style of all the buildings that
have been designed by Warren,
Knight and Davis and is the style
of the buildings that are being
constructed during the years of
1939 and 1940. Auburn should be
proud that her basic architectural
theme will form a definite rela­tionship
with Alabama's capitol
appear with Lunt were in the pro­duction
during the engagement on
Broadway as well as other mem­bers
of the cast.
and the old traditions that have
grown up around it and the Au­burn
campus.
That the firm of Warren, Knight
and Davis is close to Auburn is
something that cannot be over­looked.
Close, not only so far as
its work is concerned, but due to
the fact that two of the partners
are Auburn graduates and all
three of the members have sons
who are now seniors in the School
of Architecture.
John Davis Handles Business
The business side of the organ­ization
has been handled by John
Eayres Davis, who graduated in
1912 after having made an out­standing
record. He led his class
scholastically all four years and
was the highest ranking military
cadet his senior year. He was cap­tain
of the football team and was
selected as an all-southern full­back,
being remembered as prob­ably
the hardest-driving fullback
in the history of the school. He
also played basketball and at one
time held the Southern Confer­ence
high-hurdle and pole-vault
records. While in school, Mr. Da­vis
was a member of Pi Kappa
Alpha social fraternity.
After graduation, Mr. Davis
was affiliated with the office of
Horace Trumbaeur of Philadel­phia,
specialists in school plan­ning,
later doing the complete
Gothic layout for Duke Univer­sity.
After five years in the East,
Mr. Davis returned to his native
Alabama and became the junior
partner of the present firm. He
has been handling the business
end as well as part of the Super­vision
of Construction ever since
the amalgamation.
His son, John E. Davis Jr., now
a senior in architecture, has made
a record almost as impressive as
his father's. Handicapped on the
football field by lack of weight he
was, nevertheless, ranked by the
coaches as one of the best field
generals and neatest blockers on
the squad last fall. Had he pos­sessed
the size and weight there
is little doubt that he would have
achieved national recognition. In
addiion to his prowess on the ath­letic
field and brilliance in the
class room, John Jr., has found
time to become one of the out­standing
leaders on the campus,
being president of the "A" Club,
member of Spades, ODK, Scarab,
and numerous other honorary so-
Wax Works
Two new show tunes have been
given the Tommy Dorsey touch
for Victor, "This Is It" and "It's
All Yours." Jack Leonard vocal­ly
explains the first in this group
while Edythe Wright gives her
attention to the latter. Both num­bers
are played in a medium
tempo with the sweet-swing style
of phrasing typical of the Dorsey
outfit.
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You can start swinging and
swaying with Sammy Kaye to the
tunes of "Could Be" and "Penny
Serenade" with the latter dressed
up in a fox-trot tango effect. The
three Barons express their convic­tions
by a vocal on the popular
'^Could Be." Jimmy Brown, back­ed
by the Glee Club which is real­ly
not bad, lends his voice in the
tango production. This is a good
sweet tune. A Victor.
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Bea Wain, backed by the Larry
Clinton band, pipes in her very
fine manner "I Get Along With
out You Very Well" and "The
Masquerade Is Over." The first
of this group comes from the pen
of Hoagy Carmichael, the Star
Dust man. We think that Clinton
is master when it comes to pre­senting
sweet arrangements doc­tored
with a touch of modern
sweet-swing. An excellent Victor
production!
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"Hold Tight" and "You Out-
Smarted Yourself" are the two
latest releases in the Bluebird line
featuring the grooving "Fats"
Ag Club Sees Movie
On Insect Control
A series of informative and en
tertaining pictures on the use of
fanm machinery in controlling in­sect
pests were shown the Ag Club
by R. M. Merrill, agricultural en­gineer
and head of the farm til­lage
laboratory here. He was as­sisted
by I. F. Reed, assistant en­gineer
on the tillage project.
The illustrations had to do
chiefly with the control of the
European corn borer. One of the
earliest types of machinery used
was the large burners which
sprayed a film of oil over the crop
residue and this was burned, thus
destroying the insects.
Waller and jam outfit. It's kinda
hard to say anything against this
record, but it is very amusing and
full of the typical Waller mouth
and rhythm . . . in short, not bad.
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The surprise of the week comes
from Les Brown and his .bunch of
college swingsters that have real­ly
gone big-time in a most im­pressive
way. "Seeing Nellie
Home" and "Old Dog Tray" are
the two tunes with the added at­traction
of Miriam Shaw's pleas­ing
lyric style. They are nothing
short of solid, presenting a couple
of standard tunes in new dress.
Brown's band is really reaching
the point where very little is to
be asked for in the way of im­provement.
cieties. He is also president of Sig­ma
Nu social fraternity.
Eugene Knight Is Designer
The firm's designer, Eugene
Knight, a native of Florida and a
graduate of Beaux Art School of
New York, has long been accept­ed
as an outstanding man in his
field. Compliments have come to
him from every part of the coun­try
and he enjoys the extreme sat­isfaction
of having had one of the
buildings he designed, the Ala­bama
Power Company building,
chosen as one of the three most
beautiful commercial buildings in
the world by the largest newspa­per
in London, England.
Mr. Knight's son, Albion, is
completing his course in architec­ture
this spring and has also made
an impressive record, being one
of the scholastic leaders of his
class, a member of Scarab and
other honor societies, and a mem-that
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fraternity. Albion has gained quite
a reputation as a solo vocalist.
Warren Is Senior Member
The senior member of the firm,
William T. Warren, a native of
Montgomery, graduated' from Au­burn
in engineering in 1897. He
received his degree in architecture
at Columbia and worked three
years for McKirn, Mead and
White. Later he returned to Ala­bama
and has been practicting ar­chitecture
in this state for the
past 31 years.
Mr. Warren is an authority on
classic design, deriving much of his
ability from the above-mentioned
firm, which at that time was the
outstanding force behind Ameri­ca's
classic movement. As a critic
and public speaker, Mr. Warren is
without a peer and makes freq­uent
trips to other localities where
he studies changing designs and
conditions. While in school he was
a member of A. T. O. social fra­ternity.
Like other members of the firm,
Mr. Warren, too, has a son in Au­burn.
William T. Jr., is a senior in
architecture and has behind him
a brilliant record. He is a mem­ber
of the polo squad, Scarab, and
was recently chosen to Phi Kappa
Phi, a honor society based on high
scholastic standing and traits of
leadership. To be tapped to this
society is considered one of the
higher honors coming to an Au­burn
student. Billy, as he is known
to his friends, is a member of the
Alumnus of '82 to
Attend Meeting
Bartow Eberhart, Montgomery,
who received hisMiploma at Au­burn
from the late beloved Dr.
William Leroy Broun 57 years
ago, will return to the campus to­morrow
for the "Greater Auburn
Day" celebration.
Porter Grant, alumni secretary,
said that Mr. Eberhart is the old­est
alumnus among the 800 who
have signified1 that they will be on
hand for the festivities which
open at 11 a. m. with a review
taken by Governor Frank Dixon
and his military staff. Mr. Eber­hart,
who is 78 years of age, grad­uated
at Auburn in 1882 and was
captain of Company B. He will be
accompanied to Auburn by his
son-in-law, William J. Mahoney
of Montgomery.
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity,
of which Mr. Eberhart is a mem­ber,
has invited him to be their
guest in Auburn tomorrow.
A barbecue luncheon for visi­tors
at noon, an informal meeting
of alumni afterwards, visits to
classrooms and laboratories, and
a practice football game at 3 p.
m. on Drake Field will complete
the day's activities. Between 2,000
and 3,000 former students and
friends are expected in Auburn
for the day.
Mystery-Comedy
Team Makes Debut
Establishing a new team of
mystery comedy stars, Robert
Montgomery and Rosalind Rus­sell
make their debut in the new
field in "Fast and Loose," which
will be shown Wednesday and
Thursday at the Tiger Theater.
Although they have appeared
together in three previous pic­tures,
Montgomery and Miss Rus­sell
have never before portrayed
the comedy roles that they reveal
in their newest vehicle, a rapid-fire
mystery comedy which comes
as a sequel to last season's com­edy
hit, "Fast Company."
They first appeared in the film
drama, "Trouble for Two," which
was followed by the psychological
subject involving a murderous
maniac, "Night Must Fall." Their
third picture, "Live, Love and
Learn," was their first comedy but
it was devoid of mystery.
In "Fast and Loose" Montgom­ery
plays the role of Joel Sloane,
the merry madcap of rare book
dealers who, in his quest for a
rare volume for one of his clients,
becomes involved in a carnival
of mystifying crimes which he
eventually solves as an amateur
detective.
A. T. O. social fraternity.
To make the firm almost com­pletely
Auburn, another Auburn
alumnus holds the important po­sition
of office manager. This po­sition
is ably filled by Tom Win-go,
who is also a native Alabam-ian.
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