1938-12-13 The Auburn Plainsman

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AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1938 NUMBER 28
Presentations Made To Freshmen
Winning In Cake Race Saturday
Cakes, Prizes Are Given at
'A' Club-ODK Dance in
WPA Hall Saturday Night
Presentation of Cake Race cakes
and other awards to the winning
freshmen was made Saturday
night at the WPA Hall at the "A"
Club-ODK Dance.
The lucky winner, Harry Rus­sell
of Sylacauga, received his
giant cake and a kiss from Miss
Auburn (Sadie Edawrds). Other;
cakes were presented by a select-J
ed group of beauties. Many awards
donated by local merchants were
presented at the dance, too.
Local businessmen cooperating
by giving merchandise and credit
to the winners included: Tiger
Theater, Bill Ham, Sammys, B.
Lowe, College Inn, Auburn Grill,
Hitchcock's Coffee Shop, Ben­son's,
Webb's, Homer Wright's,
Toomers, Tiger Drug Store, Kur-tesy
Sandwich Shop, and Burton's
Book Store.
In the article in the Saturday
special edition listing: the mer­chants
donating' prizes, one name
was omitted: B. Lowe, who do­nated
a sweater to the winner,
a belt to the second man, and
a tie for number three man.
Presentation of the 22-inch
trophy given by ODK to the fra­ternity
whose first four men
crossing the line had the lowest
total score was made to Pi Kappa
Alpha fraternity, which had four
pledges to finish with a low score
of 84 points. Their first four pled­ges
came in fourth, ninth, 23, and
84.
Freshmen trailing Russell, the
winner, and George Whitney of
Orange, Conn., second placer, are,
in order:
Bob Dunbar, Birmingham; Tony
Lipscomb, Demopolis; John Gip-son,
Attalla; C. L. Jackson, Au­burn;
Wofford Dawsey, Aynor, S.
C; S. D. Collier, Montgomery; Er­nest
Burgin, Birmingham; J. B.
McCortsin, Birmingham; Bob Mor­ton,
Birmingham; George Letson,
Birmingham; Gordon Brooks,
Fairfield; Frank Manci, Daphne;
Deming Jones, Evergreen; Albert
Powell, Montgomery; Tom Perry,
Auburn; H. G. Grace, Jasper;
Mohns Thornton, Birmingham;
Russell Ambrose, Wilton; W. H.
Gorganus, Cardova; Roland Fry,
Mobile; Lewis Inman, Opp; Grady
Smith, Auburn; and Lester Farm­er,
Dothan.
Also B. Faucette, M. E. Karr, A.
Mullin, R. S. Rogers, T. Mastin,
J. Sprague, F. Adams, T. S. Hos-tetter,
M. Benton, H. W. Reynolds,
J. M. Burch, J. M. Williams, R. C.
Anderson, W. Morgan, W Bailey,
R. C. Bass, H. Martin, C. L. Isbell,
J. W. Bayless, A. L. Dodd, W. J.
Grisham, E. Hill, C. L. Davis, J.
E. Dukes, R. Kulk.
Yearbook Head
Raf Exterminator
Makes Appeal
Asks All to Aid Him in
Extermination Drive
David D. Roberts, chairman of
the Interfraternity Rat Extermi­nation
Committee, is urging all
students and townspeople to aid
him in conducting an organized
drive against the four-footed rats
of Auburn.
At the request of the commit­tee,
Dr. Herman D. Jones of the
chemistry department has named
several poisons as the ones which
would be the most effective
against the rodents. Among these
sodium arsenite, a cheap poison, is
probably the most practical be­cause
only a very small quantity
is needed for good results. In pre­paring
this poison, one should
cover cheese with it, being care­ful
not to allow it to come into
contact with anything else. One
should wash the hands thoroughly
after setting out this extermina­tor.
Dr. Jones also mentioned as a
good poison freshly burned kiln-dried
red squill, which can be
purchased at any local drug store.
For the time being, the only
logical thing to do is to depend
upon the civic pride and spirit of
cleanliness of store owners, shop
keepers, fraternity men, and the
townspeople in Auburn to clean
up the town.
MLU4M C. F/i&J£ /
CURTY FARLEY, Business
Manager of the Glomerata, is
pictured above. He is from Ope-lika,
is a member of ATO soc­ial
fraternity, and holds mem­bership
in Phi Psi, and Omi-cron
Delta Kappa, honor so­cieties.
Breedlove Elected
Oracles President
Officers of Society Chosen
Last Night at Meeting
Francene Breedlove of Colum­bus
was last night chosen Presi­dent
of Oracles, freshman honor
society for girls, at a meeting at
Witters Girl Dormitory.
Other officers elected were: An­nie
Lyde Lewis, vice president;
Christine Blackburn, secretary
treasurer; Emma Nell Parrish, re­porter;
Jean Cogburn, social ac­tivities
chairman; Mary Irwin,
scholastic activities chairman; and
Jean Beasley, athletic activities
chairman.
The members of Oracles, tapped
two weeks ago at convocation, are
chosen each semester by the mem­bers
of Sphinx, honor society for
women students. An average of
85 is required for membership in­to
the society.
The purpose of the organization
is to meet the problems which con­cern
women students of the fresh­man
class, to foster good work,
and to promote interest in ath­letics
and social life on the cam­pus.
The society was formed in
1935.
Eta Kappa Nu's
Honor New Men
With Banquet
Professors Dunstan, Hill
Speaks to Members;
McKinnon Is Toastmaster
Eleven electrical students and
one professor, recently initiated
into Xi Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu,
national electrical honorary so­ciety,
were honored last Thursday
night at the annual banquet given
for the newly elected members.
Among those honored were:
Woodrow Darling, professor of ra­dio
engineering; seniors, Ben S.
Branch, J. L. Phillips, and George
Shumaker; juniors, W. M. Boggs,
J. W. Cowen, F. B. Gunter, C. C.
Motley, D. H. Mullen, W. B. Car­roll,
and H. E. Mohns.
An interesting program, pre­sided
over by Prof. John C. Mc­Kinnon,
toastmaster, was enjoyed
during the banquet. Prof. A. St. C.
Dunstan and Prof. W. W. Hill
were the main speakers of the
evening—talking on "Progress in
Illumination" and the "Necessary
Qualifications of the Young Elec­trical
Engineer" respectively.
Chapter President R. E. Ledbetter
said a few words to the newly
elected men, and Toastmaster Mc­Kinnon
called on Woodrow Darl­ing
and D. H. Mullen for the re­actions
of the honorees.
Other members present includ­ed
C. S. Myers, W. E. Benns, E. M.
Knight, W. J. Brennan, G. V.
Stelzenmuller, R. L. Watkins, C.
H. Merrell, and T. G. Nelson.
Alumni Head to Address
Four Meetings This Week
Porter Grant, Executive Secre­tary
of the Alumni Association
and assistant football coach, will
be the principal speaker tonight
at a football banquet at Pell City.
J. Rogers Moore, school principal,
will introduce Coach Grant, who
will speak on "Auburn and Foot­ball."
Wednesday, Coach Grant will
appear before the Rotary Club of
Evergreen at noon, speaking to
the body on "Auburn, Youth and
Football." Pictures of the Au-burn-
LSU football game will be
shown. At 7 he will speak to the
football banquet at the WPA Hall
on this campus.
Thursday he will appear at 7
p. m. before the 4H Club banquet
at Holtville, where he will address
the group on some subject dealing
with football. Dr. Rosa Lee Wal-ston
is also appearing at the ban­quet
and will accompany Mr.
Grant to Holtville.
Coach Grant and Coach Jimmie
Hitchcock will go to Eufaula where
both will speak at the football
banquet of the Eufaula High
School Friday night.
'LEAR/ PRESENTED LAST NIGHT BY
AUBURN PLAYERS, IS REVIEWED
By Rosa Lee Walston
In proportion to our appreciation
of Shakespeare is usually our dis­like
of the thought of a production
by amateurs. The plays, how­ever,
were definitely written with
an audience in mind, and to know
them only through the printed
page and class room is necessar­ily
to miss much. Since Maurice
Evans and others of his caliber
are not likely to tour the prov­inces,
most people must go through
life without having the opportun­ity
of seeing professionals.
Mindful of all this and hoping
that the director had made every
member of the cast meditate upon
Hamlet's advice to the players,
many of us turned rather apathetic
steps toward Langdon Hall last
night.
'Lear' Players' Best Production
But no such indifference mark­ed
the students who thronged the
hall at an early hour. The results
amply justified their interest. For
in King Lear, the most difficult
of all Shakespearean tragedies
from the standpoint of actors, the
Auburn Players presented what
was, in many respects, their best
production so far.
Technically the play was hand­led
with such success as complete­ly
to overcome the inadequacy of
the Langdon Hall stage. The light­ing
effects had been carefully plan­ned
to contribute as much as pos­sible
to the total performance
without ever becoming obtrusive.
The costumes were really gorgeous
in some cases and all were appro­priate
and pictorially satisfying.
Perhaps the finest achievement
among the external factors that
count for success was the grouping
of the characters. With no change
of sets a variety of patterns was
secured that delighted the aud­ience
and, incidentally, served as
a good illustration of the intimate
relation between form and content.
Naturally grouped, the characters
moved into their parts with the
first opening of the curtain and
gave a performance of sustained
interest.
Best Interpretation Listed
Unquestionably the best inter­pretation
were those of Lear, Cor­delia,
Kent and Edgar. W. D. Hall
as Lear gave a creditable imper­sonation
throughout. If he was
better in the scenes that gave him
a chance for redomontade and
missed some of the nuances of the
subtler passages, it was to be ex­pected
from an undergraduate ac­tor.
Since this is the first time
that Mr. Hall has attempted any­thing
except comic roles, his
achievement is particularly com-
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Rodents Rearm
By Crackle
"Fellow rats, due to the fact
that we have been threatened by
an ultimatum from the Inter-
Greek Roundtable with human-being
Roberts as chief of the com­mittee
appointed for the purpose
of bringing an untimely end to
our ratty existence, it is time for
us as 'brother rats' to figure some
method of retaliation." This state­ment
was made by the president
of the Inter-Alley Council at a
meeting of that organization held
in the sewer under the street
light in front of the Bank of Au­burn
late last evening. Radical
General Mickey Mouse with his
gun moll, Minnie, were given a
big reception by the entire rodent
body.
Editor Mouse Trap Inquirer Talks
Rat Godbolt, editor of the Mouse
Trap Inquirer, told the crowd
there assembled of an encounter
with human-being Bull Knight in
front of P. Bag's soup joint. He re­lated
how Bull Knight tried to
win his confidence by feeding him
a decayed bit of cheese from the
Kappa Alpha pantry with a sur­face
of material especially prepar­ed
in the Lambda Chi House for
the extermination of rodents.
When he refused the offering of
the Bull, that individual became
angry and chased him all the way
to Rat Reynolds' drug store where
they found Pretty Boy Roberts
trying to make some time with
some human-being female that he
found somewhere.
Rat Teague told of his great
blunder in trying to hold church
services in the Middleton's loft. It
seems that the Deacon was lead­ing
singing when Rat McGehee
came in very noisily and informed
the congregation that his little
rats had won some kind of foot­race,
but that the prize, a big
hunk of creamy yellow cheese, had
been made unfit to eat by some
outfit which human-being Roberts
was a member of. Rat Teague
called the service to an end with
a prayer for the little rats which
had eaten the cheese anyway.
Review on East Ash Dump
After the meeting was called
to an end, Rat General Fowler
was called upon to stage a review
of his troops for General Mickey
Mouse who was appointed to lead
the rodent army into battle against
the Rat Extermination dictator­ship.
The review was held on the
drill field back of Homer Wright's
Drug Store on the east side of ash
dump. When passing the review­ing
stand Rat Farley was so busy
trying to work out a way to make
a million bucks on the annual rat
publication, The Cheese-A-Rotter,
he got his sword tangled up with
his beautiful tail and fell on it.
Rat "Lover" Foster was so busy
trying to figure out a way to make
some time with his sixth best rat-tess
that he ran into the water
tank instead of passing through
the cracker box which had been
used for the past week as a gun
shed.
Rat Squartz Harangues Mob
On the outskirts of the drill there
was a half-pint rat that was giv­ing
a lecture on the evils of war.
No one was listening to him ex­cept
the little mice. His name was
Rat Squartz. He contended that
the army was a national sin and
should not be given any publicity.
He was finally arrested by the Rat
Town police under the direction
of Rat Eagan.
Finally Rat Godbolt broke the
affair up by declaring that he had
to get his rag out so that his pub­lic
could enjoy some good litera­ture.
Rat Gritzham said that he
had to get some advertising so that
everyone could be sure they were
not getting bad cheese such as the
kind they had out at the Kappa
Alpha house. General Fowler de­clared
the review at an end and
tried to get a late date with Mol­ly
Mouse—Rat Fowler and Mick­ey
were last seen fighting a duel.
Hitchcock Speaks Before
Lions Club of Columbus
Jimmie Hitchcock, member of
the Auburn coaching staff and
former All-American star, spoke
before a gathering last week at
the Columbus Lions Club ban­quet
given in honor of the Jordan
High School's squad, 1938 Bi-City
champions.
Blazing youth on the Wheaton
College campus have formed a
new Red Heads Club.
Hilleke and Powell
Are Decorated
At Drill
Receive Scabbard and Blade
Medals for Excellence in
Basic ROTC Course
By John Eagan
Cadet Colonel James D. Hilleke
of Birmingham, Engineer Regi­ment,
and Lt. Colonel Robert W.
Powell of Birmingham, Second
Battalion Second First Artillery,
today received the annual Scab­bard
and Blade medals for excel­lence
in military science.
The presentation of these medals
was made by Cadet Brigade Col­onel
Julian M. Fowler in behalf
of Scabbard and Blade on the drill
field just prior to the passing in
review of the ROTC unit.
Both recipients are well-known
figures on the Auburn campus,
Hilleke being a member of Scab­bard
and Blade, Tau Beta Pi,
Spades, ODK, and the Publications
Board, and Powell being a mem­ber
of ATO social fraternity, Tau
Beta Pi, Scabbard and Blade, Phi
Lambda Upsilon, and AIChE.
Starting in the spring of 1940
these medals, one to an Engineer
and one to a member of the Field
Artillery, will be presented on the
day of competitive drill to the
juniors in advanced military who
in their basic ROTC course main­tained
the highest scholastic ave­rage.
The purpose of these medals
as given by the national honorary
military society, Scabbard and
Blade, is to give recognition to
those men who show special inter­est
in military training and also to
encourage in the basic students a
desire for better knowledge of
their course.
Last Two PWA Projects For API
Approved, Announces Duncan
Gets Buildings
Auburn BSU to Present Two
Radio Programs This Week.
The Auburn Baptist Student
Union will present a program over
two radio stations this week. From
4 to 4:15 p. m. Wednesday, a pro­gram
will be given over station
WSFA in Montgomery. The same
program will be heard Thursday
from 4:15 to 4:30 p. m., over sta­tion
WRBL, Columbus. These
broadcasts are intended to ac­quaint
the public with the work
of the BSU at Auburn.
The program will consist of
musical numbers and an explan­ation
of the work of the BSU. A
short survey of the aims and ac­complishments
of the Union will
be given.
Those taking part on the pro­gram
are: students Mildred Scon-yers,
Larkin Wyers, Annie Moon,
Pryor Cosby, Eugene Knight, and
Ed Rush; and Baptist Student
Secretary Davis Woolley.
Students are urged to hear both
of these programs, as they will be
of interest to all Auburnites.
OK.L.M.OUMCAN
PRESIDENT; A.P. I •
DR. L. N. DUNCAN, API's
president, who yesterday an­nounced
that all the buildings
requested from the PWA had
been okehed and that construc­tion
would begin before the
first of the year.
Christmas Drive
Ends Thursday
Workers to Make Canvass
From House to House
Thursday night will be the cli­max
to the drive for Christmas
gifts for the needy, according to
members of the ODK committee
at work on this cause.
Between the hours of 7 and 11
each night this week members of
ODK and their aides will take to
the streets, collecting donations
from students. The results of the
drive have been good thus far, but
the great part of the students
have not made contributions. It
is believed that through he med­ium
of house-to-hous calls, many
more donations may be secured.
The response from the frater­nities
has not been as good as was
expected. However, several have
made generous contributions. In
the various houses a chairman has
been contacted by Chairman Bun­chy
Fowler, and these men are to
head the drive in their respective
houses.
Students are urged to have some
gift ready when these collectors
come by. Clothes, money, toys, or
any kind of gift is acceptable.
HOBBY-OWNERS SHOW INTERESTING
DISPLAYS AT YMCA EVENT FRIDAY
A veritable "field day" for Au­burn
hobbiests occurred here Fri­day
evening in Student Center
when 20 of the most ardent dis­played
the products of their cher­ished
interest at the first Hobby
Night sponsored by the YMCA.
Douglas Sellers, Birmingham,
was chairman of the committee
which arranged the Hobby Night
show. He was assisted by Arthur
Cooper, Montevallo, president of
the YMCA and Hankins Parker,
junior in veterinary medicine from
Brewton.
Funchess Raises Goldfish
Diversion from his many duties
as dean of Auburn's School of Ag­riculture
and director of the ex­periment
station is found by Dr.
M. J. Funchess in raising gold­fish.
Year before last he raised
13,000 of them without feeding
them anything directly; he scienti­fically
fertilized the pond which
produced types of alga or water
plants on which the fish thrive.
Dr. Ralph D. Doner, head of the
mathematics department, has ex­perimented
for several years with
a process for scarifying metalic
surfaces in order to produce on
them an iridescent sheen.
The miniature pitchers exhibit­ed
by Miss Holcombe ranged in
size from one-fourth inch to two
and one-half inches. Her minia­ture
ship models were not larger
than three inches.
Wishbones on Exhibit
Wishbones have caught the fan­cy
of Christine Blackburn, fresh­man
student at Auburn in interior
decoration. She has a collection
of more than 100 which include
those of many types of birds and
fowls. Some of the most prized are
those of the duck, dove, quail,
turkey, and pheasant.
Most recent turn in the photo­graphic
hobby of Prof. Charles R.
Hixon, head professor of mechani­cal
engineering, is candid pictures
of aged negroes which he has made
in Auburn, Montgomery, Union
Springs and other points in South
Alabama. Prof. Hixon is also in­terested
in guns, magic, and deep-sea
fishing. During his 30 years
of teaching at Auburn he has found
recreation in these hobbies. He is
a crack rifle shot and hunter and
is the city's leading amateur ma­gician.
He owns and uses six fine
cameras.
Ores and Rock Formations Shown
Though he teaches chemistry at
Auburn, Prof. P. P. Powell has
the hobby of collecting specimens
of all types of ores and rock for­mations.
His black diamond speci­men
and that of gold bearing ore
attracted much attention.
Confirmation From PWA
Means That Whole Slate
Of Buildings Is Approved
With notification of appro­val
of PWA projects for two
more college buildings, offi­cials
of Alabama Polytechnic
Institute yesterday saw final
approval of a college building
program that amounts to near­ly
$1,500,000. With all projects
approved, college authorities
immediately made prepara­tions
for awarding of con­tracts.
Dr. L. N. Duncan, president of
Auburn, yesterday announced he
had received a wire from Wash­ington
notifying him that Secre­tary
Ickes had approved projects
for a veterinary medicine building
including classrooms and labora­tories
($150,900) and a general
classroom building ($200,000). Dr.
Duncan also said he had been in­formed
by John E. Davis, archi­tect,
that he (Davis) had been au­thorized
by the Atlanta regional
PWA office to advertise for bids
on these two buildings beginning
Tuesday.
Approval of these two building
projects, Dr. Duncan said, gave the
college all the buildings it had
sought in the proposed program,
bringing the total amount to $1,-
446,900. As work must start by
January 1st, contracts on these
projects are to be awarded as
quickly as possible.
Ralph Draughon, executive sec­retary
of the college, outlined the
following schedule for opening
bids:
Dec. 20—Library, stadium and
field house, women's dormitory
group, nursery school and prac­tice
house.
Dec. 22—Student health center
and infirmary.
Dec. 27—Veterinary medicine
building and classroom building.
The contract on the president's
mansion already has been award­ed.
Auburn's new construction pro­gram
includes the following build­ings:
Women's dormitory group, $560,-
000.
Library, $100,000.
Infirmary and student health
center, $100,000.
Physical education building,
$100,000.
Agricultural engineering build­ing,
$100,000.
Stadium, first unit, $60,000.
New practice house and nur­sery
school for Home economics
School, $38,500.
President's home, $38,400.
Senator Lister Hill's office in
Montgomery announced Saturday
night the Public Works Adminis­tration
had approved allotments
totaling $558,818 for Alabama
Polytechnic Institute and the Uni­versity
of Alabama.
Auburn received a $67,909 grant
for a medical building, and a loan
of $110,000 and grant of $90,000
for a classroom structure. The
University's allotment included
$160,000 loan and $130,909 grant
for buildings.
Three API Professors Sign
Manifesto for Democracy
Three professors of Auburn were
among the signers of a manifesto
advocated by 1,284 American
scientists in New York Dec. 10
in which colleagues were urged
to participate actively in defend­ing
democracy as a means of pre­serving
intellectual freedom and
insuring scientific progress.
The Auburn signers were Lt. B.
M. Cornell, professor of aeronauti­cal
engineering; C. L. Hare, Dean
of the School of Chemistry and
Pharmacy; and P. P. Powell, pro­fessor
of chemistry and geology.
The manifesto condemned the
Fascist position toward science and
added:
"Any attack on freedom of
thought in one sphere, even as
non-political a sphere as theoret­ical
physics, is in effect an attack
on democracy itself."
The manifesto, based upon a
resolution passed last December
by the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, said
science is wholly independent of
national boundaries, races, and
creeds.
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Hare Or Tortoise?
There has been quite a bit of talk going
around recently about that aged question,
"To study or not to study." We've reached
our conclusions, and we give them to you.
Let's be trite and cliche enough to compare
this problem of studying and getting out of
this institution to the ancient fable about the
race between the hare and the tortoise.
Take the turtle first. Tha ambling contes­tant
plodded straight down the road, look­ing
neither to the right nor to the left. He had
a goal; he knew what his ultimate aim was,
so he went after it. He won it, too. But, we
ask you, did he have any fun? His only con­solation
was that he reached the destination
first. Well, perhaps that is some satisfaction.
Now we'll take the hare. That speedster
got off to a fast start, but he soon discovered
some very inviting side roads, so he looked
around. He had fun, but he was second at
the finish line. However, nobody can deny
the fact that he did get there.
We ask you, people, are you tortoises, or
are you hares? Are you going to do your
work so well that you will be sure to get
out of college when the directory says that
you have been here four years? If you do you
will only be educated—you won't know what
is in those bypaths.
The tortoise trudged; the rabbit trifled.
The turtle crossed the line first, but the hap­py
hare did get there, didn't he?
There are some pretty nice side roads in
Auburn, too. . . . J.B.T.
Why Go To College?
At some time between now and next June,
an important decision will come before ev­ery
fairly prosperous family and the ambi­tious
youth of the university age—"To the
university, or not?"
Most parents will base their decisions on
two major factors: first, whether or not the
youth will be able financially to go through
four years of college; and second, their opin­ion
of the value of the present-day educa­tion
to prepare the man further than his
high school education for success in the com-pilcated
industrial world.
Unfortunately, a great many people have
a warped conception of just what is meant
by a college education, and it was never ex­pressed
more concisely by anyone than by
the columnist who wrote, "An education is
a wonderful thing. No college should be
without one." But the fault for this picture
of the college lies in the publicity given the
colleges in the newspapers and in motion pic­ture
films depicting college life as it really
isn't.
The reading public enjoys reading of the
Veterans of Future Wars organization, Date
Bureaus, the Roosevelt for King movement,
and other gone-in-a-minute fads and ideas
that brighten college life. A great deal of
blatant publicity is given to the fraternity
social functions and to the football stars who
sparkle throughout the early months of the
session only to fade out when the season is
over and the "build-up" dies. The movies
picture their college hero forever parading
about the campus (million dollar studio
model) but rarely show the familar textbook
in his hands.
It is quite possible that parents do not
possess enough accurate information about
the present-day university. They say that a
student is fully capable of amassing the nec­essary
knowledge through books without
ever attending the college—then why send
our son to college?
But reading the lesson, attending lectures,
and "throwing back" on paper what was
given in the classrooms never was and never
will be an education. It's the outside activi­ties,
not necessarily social, together with the
classroom routine that provide an education.
It should provide the student with the abil­ity
to take care of himself in any line of ac­tivity
more than anything else.
Too many parents expect too much of the
university. No matter how rigid or how great
the modern education can possibly be, it can
do little more than augment what influence
the home has already exerted on the youth.
The picture of the student with a banjo on
one knee and a co-ed on the other is a falsi­fication
of university life. The banjo has been
replaced with the instruments of the re­search
laboratory and the co-ed has been
moved off the other knee in favor of litera­ture
dealing with the current problems of
today on the general subject of "What Are
We Going To Do About This Nation of
Ours?"
The Plainsman believes in the value of a
college education. Not from the standpoint
of Auburn alone, but from the standpoint of
any university in the United States. To us,
the university means more than four years
of hard study toward the diploma—it means
four years of insight into the future, four
years of serious insight through the eyes of
the college professor, who is today going
further than the textbook to show the stu­dent
how to solve his problems. The college
student of today is looking to the future very
seriously, and his ideas on some national
problems are much clearer than the ideas of
some people who are in the midst of them,
who can't see the woods for the trees.
That should give parents some indication
of what is to be expected of the students of
today. The college education of today is
worth a hundred-weight of its actual cost in
gold. R.T.
By John Ivey Jr.
THE CAKE RACE sponsored
annually by ODK was a much
greater success this year than ever
before. In the face of greater sup­port
from the student body as a
whole, the affair was given much
publicity by the state papers this
past Sunday. Nearly every paper
in the state carried a complete
write-up of the results of the
Cake Race and a large number of
out of state publications carried
an Associated Press report of the
event.
ODK is to be congratulated on
their efforts in making the fresh­man
race such a great attraction.
There was more incentive to win
among the contestants this year
due to the large number of prizes
offered. Pi Kappa Alpha, in plac­ing
the lowest score for four men
crossing the finish line, adds an­other
bit of sterling to the collec­tion
above the fire place.
Good Manners
An army officer called us over to his desk
last week to tell us about an example of the
type of "good manners" that some of our
students exhibit. Back of Samford Hall he
had just seen a boy back his car into one
driven by a girl and smash her fender. Far
from getting out and investigating and apol­ogizing,
he stared vacantly at the damage
and without a word, drove off.
Good manners and gentlemanly conduct
are more a matter of thoughtfulness than
shame. And the lack of manners is more of
a problem here than most of our male stu­dents
seem to think.
A simple gesture like opening a door for
a co-ed or removing one's hat when in a
building does not slap virility in the face
nor does it serve to do violence to noncha­lance.
It merely serves as a salute to cour­tesy,
an only too rare indication of good
breeding.
Ralph Waldo Emerson found time to be
both a great philosopher and a great gentle­man.
Once, when a boor visited him and
didn't bother to take off his hat, Emerson
politely inquired if he would care to remove
his hat. The boor answered, "I uncover only
before God." "Then let's go out into the
garden," was Emerson's classic reply.
Music In The Air
Those students who are fortunate to have
enough time to listen to the various pro­grams
offered by the dispensers of music,
humor, and otherwise over the air, should
have noticed at this time a battle that has
been taking place between the classical
school and that new school of jitterbug jazz.
It wasn't very long ago that the smooth,
soft strains of the beautiful classical musical
melodies were comparatively buried as jazz
came to the fore. Students did the Charles­ton,
the other dances of that era, the Suzie
Q . . . and on and on to the Lambeth Walk.
The jitterbugs are but a break in the ordi­nary
pattern of the dance. The classicals
will live on and on. To the fast-beating,
wild motions of the jitterbug melodies is
contrasted the smooth, soft compositions of
the men who fostered the age of great music.
How empty, indeed, are many of the songs
of today. How meaningless. Nursery rhymes
form a part of the everyday repertoire of the
jazz orchestra. They have stepped up the
nursery to the jazz era.
We're wondering what will be tried next.
Throughout the many years of changes, how­ever,
the music followers have always re­turned
for a bit of peaceful, soothing mu­sic.
And they always will. LP.
HIGH NAZI OFFICIALS have
been feeling the pressure of the
forces of uncertainty, but there
has been a certainty added to their
worries during the past week. A
plot to assassinate Hitler was un­covered
which implicated some
seventy persons among whom are
certain individuals high in the file
of Nazi officialdom.
During the past few months
there has been a wave of anti-government
feeling surging
through the whole German na­tion
which has been blamed on
the British Broadcasting Company.
The low-powered radios which are
used by the average citizens are
able to pick up British news
broadcasts which are very care­fully
prepared for German con­sumption.
Through this medium
the common man under Nazisism
has been told of the world's dis­gust
of the national policies pur­sued
by his government.
The time has now come when
the leaders in Germany must
tread softly. The fact that the as­sassination
plot was a product of
unrest among some of government
officials is quite significant in it­self.
Now, in spite of all precau­tions,
the average man is being
schooled by institutions other than
the carefully government control­led
German press and as a result
he is finding out exactly how his
nation stands morally on an in­ternational
basis. It is going to be
hard for Hitler to publically jus­tify
some of the drastic measures
he will be forced to take in the
future in order to make Germany
economically sound.
* * *
DEMOCRACY VS. DICTATOR-ship:
With the fires of the recent
internal labor strife still smolder­ing,
French government officials
are met with still another source
of irritation which challenges
their already small majority in
the Chamber of Deputies. Italy
has brought forth demands on
some of the north African colo­nies
of the French, which among
many other aims have the Suez
Canal as one of the chief sources
of argument. Rome claims that
Italy had to pay something over
$9,000,000 in tolls for use of the
canal during the year 1937. They
give the argument that since Italy
uses the canal four times as much
as does France they should have
some voice in the control of the
big ditch.
Although for a number of years
the French have recognized the
Italian rights in the African state
of Tunisia, the French contend
that through the Italo-French a-greement
of 1935 in which Italian
rights were supposed to be with­drawn
in ten-year intervals, that
Mussolini has no right to advance
claims on this territory. In reply­ing
to this argument the Italians
bring forth the point that since
the French opposed he Italo-Eth-opian
war, the terms of the agree­ment
no longer exist.
Thus far in 1938 the world has
seen nothing but concessions on
the part of the democracies to the
totalitarian states, actions which in
the eyes of a dictator are nothing
short of the highest example of
weakness. France is to be com­mended
on the stand she is taking
in this issue—she has sent troops
and materials of war to insure the
safety of her interests—this is the
only language which Hitler and
Mussolini understand. France is
now in a position to take the wind
out of the dictator's sails if she
sticks to her guns, and we do
mean guns.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Said the shoe to the sock,
"I'll rub a hole in you."
Said the sock to the shoe,
"I'll be darned if you do!"
Said the rock to the brook,
"I'll fall into you."
Said the brook to the rock,
"I'll be damned if you do!"
Said the boy to the girl,
"I'll put my arms around you."
Said the girl to the boy,
"I'll be held if you do!"
* * *
Cap'n Jacoby: "Don't you realize that you are exposing your­self
to an imiginary enemy only 250 yards away?"
"General" Fowler: "That's all right, sir; I'm standing behind an
imiginary rock 25 feet high."
Of the 13,225 young people who
registered with the NYA employ­ment
service in October, only one
per cent were college graduates.
The book value of Harvard Un­iversity
this year is $137,157,834.-
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Punchboard
Gibbons and Strong
606. IT SURELY IS HARD TO
TELL just where we stand and
what we should do concerning the
syphilis problem. The whole situ­ation
is a paradox.
Dr. Parran, surgeon-general of
the United States, in his book,
"Shadow on the Land," describes
the spirochete as an enemy lurk­ing
on towels, drinking glasses,
razors, etc., ready to begin work
on a new victim. Other authorities
laugh this down and say that 99
per cent of syphilis is obtained
only through sexual intercourse
with a person suffering from the
disease.
Current magazines and hundreds
of textbooks urge the spread of
information about syphilis and
other venereal diseases. Many
publishers have joined forces in
attacking it. Yet, last year when
the Plainsman began an attack,
"the administration" took the at­titude
of 'Ooooh-naughty, naughty.
Nice little college boys shouldn't
talk about such unpleasant things.
Instead, they should spend their
time trying to figure out what the
hell Chaucer was trying to say,
how many were killed at the Bat­tle
of Bunker Hill, etc."
One liberal professor last year
remarked in his class that he
thought it would be a good idea
for every member of the class to
take a Wassermann test—espec­ially
since Macon County (right
next to us) is represented by Dr.
Parran as being one of the most
heavily infested areas in the
United States.
Fired with enthusiasm for
breaking the ice and thereby
starting a crusade of college stu­dents
to the doctor's office for
Wassermann tests, several of the
class went. The result was sick­ening.
The doctor being out, they
talked to the nurse, who very
cutely grinned and said, "What's
the matter; been playing around
in Columbus?" and a few other
remarks equally successful in
evoking deep belly-laughs, but
which did nothing whatever to­ward
reducing the number of
cases of future locomotor ataxia,
blindness, etc., and likewise did
nothing towards enlightening us
Editor's Mailbox
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
We are writing this article for
what we think is Auburn's good.
We may be wrong; we frequently
are. If we are, we will be the
first ones to apologize and admit
our wrong.
We want Auburn to have a
championship football and basket­ball
team as well as any one. In
proper respect to the splendid
coaches at Auburn, we want it
understood that we hold no grud­ges
against them. But why can't
boys who are talented in other
sports besides football and bas­ketball
be given an equal chance
to put out for Auburn? Say, for
instance, the many boys who are
interested in boxing, weight-lift­ing,
and wrestling.
If we are given a chance and
succeed, Auburn as well as our­selves
will be benefitted. Just
think if Auburn could produce a
winning boxing, weight-lifting,
and wrestling team, how it would
increase its enrollment. And also
put Auburn on the map in that
form of sport.
Jack Dandridge
to just what this venereal disease
scare is all about.
Maybe the situation is terribly
exaggerated. Maybe it is being
covered up too closely by the false
assumption that "nice people"
(you know, like the ones who go
to college) don't have syphilis.
Frankly, we just don't know which
school of thought to follow.
Each year Georgia Tech stu­dents
have a Jalopy show at one
of their largest pep rallies. All of
the old T-Models, Hups, Olds, Aus­tins,
and what-have-you brands of
cars are tuned up, dressed up, and
towed up to Grant Field, where
they pass in review before judges
who determine the most outstand­ing,
or outrolling, rambling wreck
in the fleet. The only requirement
being that the tin-cans must run
once around the track under their
own power. Prizes given by At­lanta
merchants are awarded to
the winner and the runner-up.
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
NEXT DANGER SPOT of Eu­rope
may be far to the East where
40 million Ukrainians are living
under the flags of Russia, Ru­mania,
Poland, and Czechoslo­vakia.
Agitation for their inde­pendence
has steadily increased,
the move being fathered—it is
logical to suppose—by Hitler.
The fertile lands and the oil
fields of the Ukraine would be a
precious asset to the German peo­ple,
pinched for subsistence and
lacking oil for their war machine.
And a new and unstable state
would be a comparatively easy
target for Hitler's subtle propa­gandists
and trouble-makers.
However, diplomats are on the
move to halt the German march
to the East. Poland has reaffirm-i
ed its treaty of friendship with
Soviet Russia, in spite of nume­rous
differences. Rumania has
turned again toward a more dem­ocratic
government and friendship
with Britain.
Democracy may have lost the
first round to autonomy, but it is
too much to believe that those who
bowed at Munich will allow 40
million people and a fruitful land
to pass under the thumb of a ty­rant
whose very existence is a
threat to civilization. We cannot
believe that it will be.
* * *
ANTHONY EDEN is over here
seeing America. Tall, handsome,
neatly groomed, the brilliant
young statesman reminds one of
the hero of some movie rather
than of a great diplomat.
One cannot help admiring this
Britisher. He carries with him the
air of romance, of youth, and of
success. He fights hard, though
impetuously. He proved that when
he refused to bow to the dictators
in the recent crisis and resigned
when his fellows would not back
him up.
* * *
THE NEW DEAL won a victory
last Saturday when almost a mil­lion
cotton farmers went to the
polls and asked for continuance
of the quota system of cotton crop
control. Apparently these have
come to the conclusion that the
only relief—even though it may
be partial—from the present ag­ricultural
situation is through
some form of cooperation under a
central authority.
However, rice and flue-cured
tobacco growers showed that they
preferred to forge ahead without
the quota system.
This principle of allowing the
farmers to vote on whether or not
they shall use the quota system is
one of the most democratic and
yet thoroughly sensible of the New
Deal's measures. While it gives
relief through cooperation, the
voting clause steers it away from
any semblance of regimentation.
* * *
THE CAKE RACE was an emi­nent
success, probably more so
than ever before. Visitors, "old
boys," parents, and girl friends
came to see one of Auburn's
greatest attractions. And the race
went off smoothly and effectively.
Though the time record may not
have been broken, the race was
a record-breaker in many other
respects. Sincere congratulations
to the winners and to every rat
who finished.
Joe Clark Gandy
Willis Hollingsworth
E. C. Shaw
Sam Tisdale
Jack Barron
Bobby Merrill
Charlie Killingsworth
Robert Erwin
Ray Beecher Hankins
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Must we drill—ev-ry drill—
With the same—for-tu-nate
band—
We have drilled with it since the
School be-gan—Can't we
Change paces and rest a-gain
Must we drill-quite so fast
With this pace—our breaths
won't last
Can't you see—I'm longing for
Drill to pass—Won't you
Change paces and drill with me.
Ask the major to sit this one
out
And while he's a-lone, I'll ask
The ser-geant to let us run
Along to our homes.
We've been locked—in the
f i e l d -
Ever since Heav-en knows
when—
Can't we change paces and
Then—We may never want to
Change paces again.
Yours sincerely,
WH
Editor's note: Hah?
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
FORTY CO-OP STUDENTS GO BACK TO
JOBS AFTER QUARTER IN SCHOOL
Forty Auburn students in engi­neering,
who are earning their de­grees
here by alternating three
months of college study with three
months of industrial employment,
this week completed the first
quarter of study for the present
academic year and returned to
their jobs.
On the job they replaced their
alternates who return to Auburn
to resume three months of study.
The cooperative education plan
in engineering was established
last year by the board of trustees
in order to aid engineering stu­dents
who find it necessary to fi­nance
their own education. A to­tal
of 80 students are now enroll­ed,
half of whom are in college
and half on the job. They exchange
places at three-months intervals
throughout the year.
Five calendar years are required
for graduation under the plan, but
at the end of this period the stu­dent
will have, in addition to his
degree in engineering, two and
one-half years of practical exper­ience
in the industry he studied
at college.
"The plan provides distinct ad­vantages
both to the student and
to the employer," said Alex O.
Taylor, director of engineering ex­tension.
"The employer is enabled
to bring into his organization a
supply of exceptionally good
workers, because these young men
are willing to work for their edu­cation—
both theoretical and prac­tical.
It also offers the opportuni­ty
of a higher education in engi­neering
to promising young men
already employed in industry."
Following is the list of students
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SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
ELEANOR SCOTT, Editor
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seams — in chiffon made from the purest of silk and so sheer
one must needs look twice. . . yet because of the Durotwis
process, amazingly resistant to snags and w e a r . . . Such is the
quality which with, moderate price makes Se-Ling stockings so
truly thrilling.
IN THESE
SMART SHADES
Indian Summer — Campus
Harvest — Autumn Debut
Hayride — Autumn Haie
Falling Leaf — Shadow
Bonfire — Gridiron
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PARISIAN BOOT SHOP
SO. COLLEGE ST. NEXT TO COLLIER'S SHOE SHOP
Former API Co-Ed
Is Wed December 1
The marriage of Margaret Car­roll,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
B. Carroll to Lewellln Torbert Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewellyn Tor­bert
Sr., of Society Hill took place
at five o'clock Dec. 1 in the First
Methodist Church Hurtsboro.
The Rev. T. S. Harris, pastor of
the church performed the cere­mony,
v
Following the ceremony Mr.
Torbert and his bride left for a
wedding trip in the Carolinas and
Florida.
After Dec. 15 they will be at
home in Opelika.
The bride is one of the loveliest
members of the younger society.
She received her education at
Montevallo and Auburn.
Her parents were originally
from North Carolina, but have
long been residents of Hurtsboro,
where her father is engaged in
one of the largest lumber busi-nesess
in this section.
The groom attended school at
Johnsonville, South Carolina, and
is from one of the most prominent
south Alabama families.
in cooperative engineering courses
who this week returned to their
industrial jobs:
H. E. Caldwell, Talladega; Joe
Frank Christopher, Talladega; Wil­liam
P. Crawford, Lincoln; H. G.
Dailey, Montgomery; Eric Dumont,
Mobile; E. C. Gentle, Birmingham;
William Gregory, Birmingham; J.
A. Hamil, Columbus, Ga.; John
Hamilton, Birmingham; Valcus
Hamner, Pell City; T. M. Hoover,
Marion; L. F. Inman, Opp; C. T.
Luker, Talladega; F. G. Morris,
Birmingham; C. D. Orrison, An-niston;
H. W. Pearce, Decatur.
Also William Penn, Ensley; J.
B. Rollins, Townley; H. T. Salter,
Bessemer; J. G. Sandlin, Birming­ham;
M. L. Sims, Birmingham; P.
McCall Smith, Birmingham; Jack
Turner, Anniston; J. A. Weems,
Ensley; F. C. Wojohn, Mobile; C.
G. Wright, Birmingham; B . L.
Bryant, Bayou Le Batre; Harry
DeWitt, Birmingham; A. F. Hen-ning,
Birmingham; L. P. Knight,
Fairfield; H. C. McClanahan, Bir­mingham;
D. J. MacKnight, Bir­mingham;
R. A. Sawyer Fairfield;
Van Seelbinder, Theodore; M. W.
White, Maplesville; and G. W. Wil-lard,
Fairfield.
An Ideal Gift For Him
Klenzo, Lavender, Williamson
Shaving Sets '
$1.00 to $3.50
TIGER DRUG STORE
The Rexall Store
Phone 200
G-E Campus Mews
IOO.OOO HORSEPOWER
AN 80,000-kilowatt turbine-generator, us-
±\_ ing steam at a pressure of 1250 pounds
per square inch and at 900 F in a single
cylinder to generate 100,000 horsepower, is
being built at General Electric's Schenec­tady
Works.
The latest results of constant research and
experiment by G-E turbine engineers are
embodied in this new unit. It will be the first
large 1200-pound condensing unit built in a
single casing; the generator will be hydrogen-cooled
to reduce windage losses; special al­loys
are being used to meet high pressures
and temperatures.
The gigantic boiler is as large as a 9-story
building 36 feet wide and 54 feet deep.
Steam will shoot from it into the turbine at a
pressure of 1250 pounds per square inch.
One twentieth of a second later the steam
will be cool water, the effect of the amazing
change being to drive the unit's rotor at
1800 revolutions a minute.
Soon the foremen will report—"work com­pleted."
Tests will begin, calling into action
student engineers—recent graduates of en­gineering
schools and colleges. Then, an
estimated 14 months after work began, the
turbine will be shipped from Schenectady.
FROM MODERNISTIC
CABINETS TO 36-INCH
STEEL PIPt
WHEN inspectors of the City of Los
Angeles Water Department were con­fronted
by 13,000 feet of steel pipe waiting
for their inspection, they were dismayed. For
inspection meant checking every square
foot of the pipe to see that the layers of
enamel were of a specified thickness on both
the inner and the outer surfaces.
It meant the tedious task of stripping and
micrometering samples of the pipe at ran­dom,
the accepted but not infallible method.
On a search for a better way went one of the
inspectors. He found a magazine article
about General Electric's electromagnetic
thickness gages being used to measure,
without marring, the thickness of the
enamel coating on refrigerator cabinets.
The aesthetic difference between a modern­istic
cabinet and a steel pipe didn't bother
the inspector—-he simply bridged the gap
with his imagination.
A gage was adjusted to the unusual situ­ation.
With its fingers of magnetic flux it
not only checked the entire surface of the
pipe, but reported back the thicknesses with
an accuracy of a thousandth of an inch.
GENERAL f § ELECTRIC
King-Locklin Marriage Is
Announced Last Week
The marriage of Lucy Maiben
King of Peach Tree, to Charles W.
Locklin of Monroeville, a former
Auburn student, was announced
last week. The ceremony was per­formed
Nov. 25 at high noon at the
Highland Avenue Baptist Church
in Montgomery.
The bride, a graduate of Hunt­ingdon
College, is the daughter
of Mrs. Lucy S. King and the late
William Richard King, and the
great granddaughter of Gen. Ed­ward
D. King, founder of Judson
and Howard Colleges.
Mr. Locklin is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Anderson J. Locklin of
Monroeville. He attended the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute and
the University of Alabama and is
a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
Mr. and Mrs. Locklin will make
their home in Perdue Hill.
South Carolina Wedding of
I n t e r e s t to Auburnites
Laura Nell DeVane, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. DeVane of
Nashville, was married to Gilbert
O. Maulsby Jr., on Nov. 22 in
Sumter, S. C.
Mr. Maulsby is the eldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. 0. Maulsby of
904 Fifth Avenue, Opelika. He
attended Auburn, studying me­chanical
engineering. Until recent­ly
he was engaged in CCC work in
South Carolina as an officer of the
army reserve.
The couple will make their home
at 8 Hampton Apartment in Sum­ter.
Miss Sellers and Mr. Noble
Are Married in Montgomery
The marriage of Mary Sears
Sellers and John Tyson Noble
took place in Montgomery, Nov.
30, at the First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Noble, the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Allen Sellers, at­tended
Brenau College and the
University of Alabama. She is a
member of the Tri-Delta sorority.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank Noble. He
attended Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
and the University of Ala­bama.
He is a member of the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Mr. and Mrs. Noble will make
their home in Montgomery.
P i r t l e , Elgin Vows A r e Spoken
December 1 in Hope Hull
The marriage of Myrtle Caroline
Pirtle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Marvin Pirtle, to Julian E.
Elgin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
C. Elgin, was quietly solemnized
Dec. 1 at the home of the bride's
parents in Hope Hull.
The Rev. T. C. Casaday, pastor
of the Capitol Heights Methodist
Protestant Church, officiated.
Immediately after the wedding
the young couple left for a short
wedding trip and upon their re­turn
will make their home with
his parents, until the completion
of their home.
The bride, following her gradua-
Hill-Beatty Vows
Be Spoken Soon
Ernestine Patterson Hill, daugh­ter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Welch
Hill of Auburn, will be married to
Trop Beatty Jr. of Memphis,
Tenn., the engagement announced
this morning, being of wide in­terest.
The marriage will take
place Dec. 21, and will be an event
of note.
Miss Hill is the granddaughter
of the late Dr. and Mrs. G. A.
Hill of Sylacauga, and of Mrs. J.
W. Patterson and the late Judge
Patterson of Decatur, Texas. She
attended Alabama College and re­ceived
her degree from Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, with which
college her father has been asso­ciated
for many years. She is a
member of Kappa Delta sorority
and Cardinal Key honorary sor­ority.
Mr. Beatty is the son of the late
Bishop and Mrs. Troy Beatty of
the Episcopal Church in Tennes­see.
He received his education at
The University of the South in
Sewanee. Mr. Beatty is vice pres­ident
and trust officer of The First
National Bank of Memphis. He is
a member of the Delta Tau Delta
social fraternity and of the Delta
Theta Phi legal fraternity and of
the Memphis Country Club.
Miss Moates Engaged to API
Student in Pharmacy
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Moates
announced the marriage of their
daughter, Ellen, to Edwin Mitchell
on Oct. 15.
The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. D. Mitchell, is a sophomore in
the School of Pharmacy at Au­burn.
tion from Sidney Lanier High
School, attended High Point Col­lege
in North Carolina, where she
took an active part in the social
and scholastic life of the college.
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Sigma Chi F r a t e r n i t y Initiates
Three Men Wednesday
The members of Gamma Sigma
chapter of Sigma Chi conferred
formal initiation and membership
upon Ab Flowers, junior in chemi­cal
engineering; Ernest Whatley
Higgins, junior in electrical engi­neering;
and Clarence Homer Cook,
sophomore in aeronautical engi­neering
last Wednesday night in
the chapter house.
The ceremony was in charge of
the officers of the fraternity,
David Roberts, Consul; Frank
Cayce, pro-consul; Edwin Sund-berg,
Secretary; and Sandborn
Chase, Magister. Following the
completion of the initiation, re­freshments
were served to memb­ers
and initiates.
Former A u b u r n Student Is
Married in Andalusia
The marriage of Nell Boswell of
Inverness to Howard Blair of
Brooklyn was solemnized recently
in Andalusia.
The bride attended State Teach­ers
College in Troy and was a
member of Zeta Beta Phi sorority.
Mr. Blair is the son of the late
Dr. W. A. Blair of Brooklyn. He
is a graduate of Auburn and a
member of SPE social fraternity.
At present he is employed by the
State Health Department and re­sides
at Evergreen.
G. R. Maples Wins
Welding Award
In competition with students
from all land-grant colleges in the
United States, G. R. Maples Jr.,
1938 Auburn graduate in indus­trial
engineering, has been award­ed
a prize of $175 for his winning
thesis by the American Welding
Society. 1.
Dan T. Jones, head professor of
industrial engineering, said that
Maples, who is now located in
Huntsville, prepared the thesis
prior to his graduation here last
spring. He wrote on "Student
Projects in College Welding Labo­ratory."
Termed the "Industry and
Welding" prize, it is offered to
"attract senior engineering stu­dents
to welding as a field for
their life's endeavors," according
to the editorial comment in the
current issue of Industry and
Welding Magazine. "The paper
was well done and is attracting
much attention," it states.
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1938
Minutes of Fraternity Meetings
By Roy Taylor
PHI DELTA THETA :
The meeting was opened with a
loud cheer by Brother "Yank"
Troup, who is still trying to prove
that he was pep manager. Brother
Ben Branch was fined fifty cents
for studying during the meeting,
but the fined was cancelled when
he explained that he gave his last
four bits to brother "Barfly" Bar-field,
who was at the time headed
out the door on a non-stop flight
to the eastward, to some jook-joint
which the other brothers
never heard of. Brother P. K. Mc-
Kenney then made a tear-jerking
talk to the brothers urging them
to strengthen the chapter as much
as possible because he is going to
graduate. Meeting was adjourned
for lack of air, the brothers be­ing
packed into the small (?)
chapter room like sardines, or like
SAE's as Brother Boots Stratford
stated. The last remark was order­ed
stricken from the minutes.
ALPHA TAU OMEGA
The meeting was opened by
brother "Hot Box Harry" Teague,
following a riot to decide who
would preside when Assistant
House Mother Middleton arrived.
Brother Edington gave a report on
chapter finances and complained
that he was not making enough
graft off of the dining department.
He was forcibly ejected by brother
"Jug" Powell after attempting to
tell a joke a few minutes later.
Brother Cobb got his camera
smashed by brother Cuthbert Far­ley
when he tried to take an ac­tion
picture of the notorious
Glomerata Grafter counting his
money during the meeting. Broth­er
Syd Smith was unanimously e-lected
"Ugliest Man in A. T. O."
after a furor in which brothers
"Macbeth" Handle and "Dog"
Savelle tried to get in the run­ning.
The meeting was closed
when all the brothers made a dive
for the windows after Sister Fran­ces
Middleton gave the fraternity
knock and was admitted by broth­er
Cobb who didn't know better.
KAPPA ALPHA
The meeting was opened with a
soft-shoe dance by brother "Bull"
Knight. The chapter voted over­whelmingly
in favor of a motion
to buy a bed for Brother "Potlow"
Stanley so he could sleep during
the meeting. Brother Allen Mar­tin
then gave a sermon on how
to rope in the good-looking out-of-
town goons for the midterm
dances, and also gave an account
of how to take advantage of dark
corners during open season on
wimmen. The meeting was closed
with Brother Ralph O'Gwynne's
stirring bass solo, "You've Got to
be a Football Hero."
SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON
Brother "Whiskey Jim" Swan-ner
opened the meeting by bang­ing
brother "Sleepy" Rouche's
head on the table, the gavel being
used at the time by Brother Bill
Dudley in subduing Brother James
Lee who started to deliver a lec­ture
on "Why Everybody Should
Drink Buffalo Rock." Brother Bis-sell
gave a report on his butter
and egg business, and accused
brother "Hatchet Face" Folmar of
trying to mulct his profit to rent
Langdon Hall for chapter meet­ings.
Brother Swanner congratu­lated
the brothers on the rush
season, and reminded the brothers
that it was near Christmas time
and that the chapter ought to a-
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Sutton Is Speaker
At Kappa Delta Pi
Meeting Friday
Dr. Willis A. Sutton, superinten­dent
of schools in Atlanta, told 21
new members of Kappa Delta Pi
here Friday evening that honor
societies are "improving life in
America today because they are
emphasizing one's ability to think,
write, and converse correctly and
intelligently."
This prominent Southern edu­cator
was principal speaker at
the annual fall banquet held by
the honor education fraternity at
the Baptist Church. Dr. Zebulon
Mr. Wareagle Says
dopt as is motto "Meet all the
pledges by Christmas or bust." The
meeting was disbanded when
brother McClure announced that
the home brew in the basement
was ready to bottle.
SIGMA CHI
The meeting was opened with a
groan as brothers "Sandy" Chase,
Frank Cayce, and "Tugboat"
Guest complained that they were
not getting enough to eat at the
dinner trough. Brother John Hall
made a motion that a private tel­ephone
exchange be installed in
his room to take care of all the
calls from his female contingent.
The meeting was closed with a
practice review for Brother D. D.
"Cunnel" Roberts, who is train­ing
his brown shirts for the day
when C. C. Fowler, the Sigma Nu
general, will disappear.
SIGMA NU
The meeting was opened by
"Dingleberry Dan" Davis. Brother
Foster announced that he was go­ing
to bring a date around Sun­day
and for all the boys to wear
shirts and socks, even if they did
hurt their feet. Brother "Horse-show"
Herren said that he would
wear his shorts and no shirt, as it
brought out all the fine points of
his physikew. Brother David Rog­ers
announced that some fiend
was going to meet him at the
Chemistry building at one o'clock
for a duel to the death, for certain
sundry reasons, and gave last-minute
instructions on how to ar­range
the funeral, of whom he
didn't say. Meeting was closed
with the chapter song, "How
Strong I Am!"
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The Freshman Cake Race
Saturday was truly a fine sight—
as perfect a start as Auburn has
ever seen, fine running weather,
and a bunch of rats that had
trained for the event. The crowd
was handled well, but a little
more police duty in the future to
keep the track clear would help.
* * *
Rat Russell
ran a good race, with a time of
15:16.7 for the 2.7 mile course.
All compliments to the watchers
stationed along the route to see
that no one cut corners or got off
the prescribed course. Two up-and-
coming big shots, freshman
football players, who breezed a-cross
the finish line among the
first twenty-five, puffing bravely,
were quite hurt when they re­ceived
no cakes. Disqualified for
cheating.
* * *
Quite in contrast
to such action is the conduct of
one Gibson, who came in fifth in
the race. Lipscomb, PiKA pledge
who placed fourth, was about
ready to drop out once during the
contest, but Gibson held back long
enough to talk him into sticking
to it. Lipscomb got his wind back
and passed Gibson to beat him one
place. Fine sportsmanship, Gib­son.
* * *
Back in 1930
Lawrence Lewis, an SAE, won the
first ODK Freshman Cake Race
with a time of 15:35.8, running
half the course in a cold rain.
Carl Pihl of New York won the
1931 contest, speeding around the
prescribed ground in 15:05. In
1932 Wesley Finley set a record
that stood until last year—14:58.
The time for the 1933 event was
15:52.8, but right now the win­ner's
name escapes us. In '34 a lad
named Jeff Stinson broke the tape
Judd, education school dean and
summer session director, was mas­ter
of ceremonies.
"One's ability to think deeply
may be enhanced by wide reading
of good literature, the practice of
good writing, and development of
"art of conversation," said Dr.
Sutton. In referring to the "art of
letter writing," which today may
not be as popular as in the past,
Dr. Sutton mentioned a 100-page
communication received from his
father which exemplified many of
the points in fine letter writing.
The 21 new members of the fra­ternity
include G. T. Sargent, pro­fessor
of agricultural education;
and the following students in edu­cation
who have attained high
standing in scholarship and "give
promise to professional success:"
Virginia Adams, West Point, Ga.;
Ellene Bramblett, Dutton; L. C.
Byrd, Ozark; H. F. Chunn, Salem;
M. R. Cox, Deatsville; T. H. Cren­shaw,
Greenville; Ben T. Hagler,
Louisville J Sarah Hardwick, Hart-selle;
F. H. Ingram, Lineville; Nell
Jackson,Eclectic; Jordan Langford,
Opp; Erline Lide, Orrville; Ann
Moon, Ashland; W. A. Murrah,
Clanton; Hoyt Nation, Dutton; W.
L. Walton, Opelika; J. H. Wheeler,
Pisgah; John Weeks, Beaverton;
Algie Myrl Barnett, LaFayette;
and Mrs. Or lean H. Brown, Ope­lika.
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at the finish in 15:44.2, and in '35
James Swanner, the well-known
"Whiskey Jim" of the SAE's took
the lead with a time of 15:17.5.
Thomas Turner did 15:43.6 in 1936.
The 1932 record fell last year
when Herbert Drake, Sigma Chi,
ran like wildfire to set a new mark
of 14:55.6 for the course. And be­lieve
us, the man who breaks that
must be good.
• » *
Rumor has it that
the dance band for the Mid Terms
is about cinched. Dickerings are
going on with Tommie Dorsey,
but we are betting on Clyde Mc­Coy
of "Sugar Blues" fame.
• « *
Impression at the dance Saturday:
Sheath of velvet
Soft and black.
Sudden glimpse
Of smooth white back.
Shining curls,
Cap of pearls
Sophistication—almost.
* * *
Where, we want to know,
are the bulletin boards that the
administration promised at the
first of the year? Along about the
second issue of this paper, there
appeared a notice from the admin­istration
asking students to re­frain
from posting advertisements
on the trees on the campus, say­ing
that bulletin boards would be
constructed at the Main Gate for
the purpose. Students have coope­rated
with the ruling, as far as
we can see. But no bulletin boards
from the administration.
* * *
"Born in turmoil"
should be the motto under the
Plainsman masthead. For as we
sit at our typewriter here in com­placent
repose, there is a swarm
of activity going on about us, the
chaos that precedes the birth of
the paper. As we idly gaze there­on,
there emerges in our mind the
picture of the college newspaper
man.
Restless nervousness characteri­zes
these fretting and fuming in­dividuals
who spend their off
hours scrapping and scrouging for
news. They are forever looking
into buildings, gazing down alleys,
always seeking something new. In
the past most of them here have
been hard smokers, hard cussers,
and have tried to—and succeeded
in—looking dissipated, and bleary-eyed
from lack of sleep. This
year's crop as a whole doesn't
smoke as much or cuss as hard,
but they work with ties sag­ging,
hair windblown, sleeves roll­ed
up, and vest (if any) unbutton­ed.
Each has his own particular vo­cabulary,
his pet phrases. Most of
them work by rote, and a few
have ideas. Some are expert puns­ters,
and all are wisecrackers. In
spite of their lapses of memory,
their journalistic complexes, their
stale jokes, their unholy laughter,
these babes of the press perform
the stupendous—yes, that is exact­ly
the word—task of publishing
two newspapers a week.
* * *
"Life goes to a Cake Race"
should be the title of this para­graph.
For according to reports
from Morris Hall and Jack Mor­ton,
there was a charming Yankee
wench in town Saturday repre­senting
that publication. She evi­dently
mixed business with plea­sure,
for after taking some fine
shots of the race, she made a date
with the boys at the Pitts Hotel
for Saturday night, but left a note
regretting that she had to depart
posthaste for Miami and could not
meet them. Too bad, lads. Oppor­tunity
knocks but once.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
Modern Dance Class, Club
Present Program Thursday
A program by the modern dance
class and dance club will be pre­sented
Thursday, Dec. 15, at 8
p. m. in Langdon Hall. The prog­ram
is part of the work of the
physical education department.
The public is invited to attend.
The program is to consist of the
following numbers: Dance Primi­tive;
Fragment; Moonlight Sona-to,
first and second moods; Hund-son
House; and a group of three
carols, "We Three Kings of Orient
Are," "Deck the Hall With Boughs
of Holly," and "O Come All Ye
Faithful."
This will be the first program
of its kind to be presented by the
physical education department.
About 30 girls will participate.
The Alabama State Federation of Labor
By Sam E. Roper, President
Alabama State Federation of Labor
I am confident that organized labor throughout the state of Ala­bama
will appreciate the opportunity given us by the Auburn Plains­man
to tell something of the achievements of labor in the past and
our objects for the future. Recognizing all that needs to be done now
and fully aware of the inequalities and injustices found everywhere
in Alabama, yet we are fully proud of the progress that has been
made by organized labor in the past.
To get the proper conception of
this progress, it is necessary that
we think of days and years fol­lowing
the Civil War, when the
whole Southland was bare and
destitute as a result of the ravages
of that war. The colored man who
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had been doing much of the work
in Alabama as a chattel slave, had
been set free and entered the field
of industry in competition with
those who had been the wage
earners of the South.
Federation's Progress Difficult
These deplorable conditions
were such as to cause working
people to look upon a manufac­turer
or an employer of labor as
some kind of a god whose word
was law and must not be disputed
or even challenged. Therefore, the
employer set the wage, reckoned
the hours of labor, and absolutly
dictated the conditions. Such was
the picture of industrial Alabama
at the beginning of this new cen­tury.
It was at that time thirty-eight
years ago that the Alabama
State Federation of Labor was or­ganized
for the purpose of unity
and the strength that comes
through concerted action. It was
a huge task that the Alabama
State Federation of Labor under­took
in facing conditions just as
above described. To make the
progress more difficult, public
opinion generally and the press in
particular, persisted in not only
misunderstanding the principles
and purposes of organized labor,
but actually misrepresented the
organization in practically all its
undertakings.
Opinion of Federation Changes
But as the years passed, and the
people witnessed the activities of
the organized labor movement
which included staunch support of
free public schools, of better health
measures, and of every movement
launched for the advancement of
people in the state, the public
changed its opinion and began to
support the program of the orga­nized
labor movement in which
hours of labor were gradually re­duced,
wages increased, and work­ing
conditions greatly improved.
With these advancements for the
workers as a group came a clear
recognition from the public, and
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Guyton to Give Illustrated
Lecture to Sigma Xi Club
Prof. F. E. Guyton, of the zo­ology-
entomology department at
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
will deliver an illustrated lecture
on the white-fringed beetle on
Tuesday evening, Dec. 13, before
the Sigma Xi Club which meets
in Comer Hall at 7:30 o'clock.
Movies will be shown by Prof.
Guyton, which were made last
summer in South Alabama when
he was directing a control cam­paign
after the insect had infect­ed
an area in that section. The in­sect
proved destructive to a num­ber
of field crops.
this of course added to the
growth of the organized labor
movement both numerically and in
power and influence.
I can, without any fear of suc­cessful
contradiction, assert that
no other organization of mankind
exerts greater power in the state
of Alabama and is more highly
respected than the organized labor
movement represented through
the Alabama State Federation of
Labor, an affiliate of the Ameri­can
Federation of Labor.
Has Obtained Good Legislation
Nor has any other organization
contributed more to the economic
and social advancement to the
masses of the people of this state,
and the mere mention of a few of
the constructive laws obtained for
the working people through the
influence of the State Federation
of Labor will suffice to prove this
statement.
The child welfare legislation,
finally obtained after years of
strenuous effort on the part of the
State Federation of Labor, is one
of the more important contribu­tions
that organized labor has
made to the state of Alabama.
The legislation obtained for im­proved
working conditions has
added much to the well-being of
the state of Alabama.
Unemployment and old age com­pensation,
while as yet not per­fected,
has already removed a hor­rible
nightmare from the lives of
men who cannot find employment
and for men and women who are
growing old. All of us remember
the days when the county poor
house was the sole haven for men
and women upon whom the years
of old age crept and for the penni­less.
That institution is rapidly
passing away and in its place is
the sensible humane plan: a stipu­lated
monthly allowance being
provided so as to remove from the
lives of all the horrible specter of
the poor house when life's even­ing
shadows cast their long lines
down the lane.
The Workmen's Compensation
Bill is another progressive step
taken that is beneficial not only
to those injured in industry but
to the employer as well. This law
serves many good purposes, chief
among which it forces the em­ployer
to install every safety de­vice
that he can in his industry to
prevent accidents. Yet when an
accident does occur, it is not nec­essary
for the workman injured
to give an attorney half of what
he recovers for his injury, as the
Workman's Compensation law pro­vides
a monthly regular payment
to supplant the wages lost by the
accident.
Non-Union Workers Protected
These and numerous other meas­ures
have been pursued solely
through the organized labor move­ment
in the state of Alabama, aid­ed
and assisted of course by the
parent body, the American Fede­ration
of Labor. It is worthy of
note that these measures do not
protect members of organized la­bor
alone, but protect all people
alive, both union and non-union.
In fact, the greater part of bene­fits
derived from these remedial
laws and legislative enactments
are enjoyed by those who are not
members of any of our unions.
This fact ought to be sufficient to
disprove opinion made that orga­nized
labor is a selfish organiza-tion.
The achievements of the past
serve only to spur the State Fed­eration
of Labor to a greater ac­tivity
in the future.
Labor is determined that the in-quitious
poll tax must and shall
be removed as a requisite for vot­ing.
We are not committed to the
removal of the poll tax as such,
but we are eternally opposed to
making the right of franchise of a
sovereign citizen disbarred on
whether or not he has paid a poll
tax. There is no Justification for
such a barred citizenship, and
practically all other states in the
union have long since discarded
the necessity of having a poll tax
receipt in one's possession in or­der
to vote.
Effective Organization First Aim
Numerous other provisions
which are essential provisions for
the continued advancement for the
state of Alabama constitute the
program of the Alabama Sate Fed­eration
of Labor. Bringing into the
organization the workers of all
kinds that they may have the pro­tection
and the economic power
which is effective only when labor
is organized has been and con­tinues
to be our first objective.
We have served notice upon em­ployers
in the state of Alabama
that the State Federation of La­bor
will answer every call made
upon it for relief of intolerable con­ditions
imposed upon workers by
their employers. Likewise, the
Alabama State Federation of La­bor
has served notice upon the C.
I. O. and any and all other im­ported
influences from foreign
countries that the members rep­resented
by the Alabama State
Federation of Labor will shed the
last drop of blood of the last mem­ber
if necessary to preserve the
traditional ideals of free govern­ment
in this state.
As President of the Alabama
State Federation of Labor, I ask
the cooperation of all right-think­ing
citizens of this state in righting
the wrongs suffered by workers
and in our determination to do
our part in preserving democracy
and perpetuating our democratic
form of government.
A recent survey revealed 37 .per
ent of Northwestern University's
co-eds go bare-legged to classes.
BRANTLEY'S
CHRISTMAS PARTY
SALE
A Festival of Holiday
GIFTS
FOR LADIES —
Corduroy Pajamas, Flannel
Robes, Silk Pajamas, Pur­ses,
Manicure Sets, Art Plus
Hose, and Gloves
FOR MEN —
Pajamas, Dress Shirts, Ties,
Scarfs, Belts, Sweaters,
Lounging Robes, etc.
Opelika's Best Xmas Store
McAdory Is Officer
Of Vet Society
Dr. I. S. McAdory, Dean of the
School of Veterinary Medicine
and State Veterinarian, has been
honored with election as second
vice president of the United States
Live Stock Sanitary Association.
By established custom of the As­sociation,
Dr. McAdory is in line
to be elected president of the As­sociation
two years hence, since
the three vice presidents are eleva­ted
in order toward the presiden­cy
each year. In this respect Dr.
McAdory is slated to hold the same
national office in which the late
Dr. C. A. Cary, former State vet­erinarian
and head of the Auburn
veterinary school, served with dis­tinction
several years ago.
McAdory Elected at Chicago Meet
Dr. McAdory's election came at
the annual meeting in Chicago
which was also attended by Dr. L.
E. Starr, assistant veterinary
school dean; Dr. W. E. Cotton,
professor of infectuous diseases;
and Dr. B. T. Simms, director of
the Regional Laboratory for Ani­mal
Diseases here. The group al­so
attended the annual Confer­ence
of Research Workers in Ani­mal
Diseases of North America
held in Chicago at the same time.
Function of the Livestock San­itary
Association is to promote
the health of livestock throughout
the nation. Principal livestock of­ficials
and investigators of Cana­da
are also active members of the
association.
The Association counts among
its members practically all of the
state veterinarians of the several
states, the Chief of the Federal
Bureau of Animal Industry, his
staff and Inspectators in Charge,
research workers in animal dis­eases,
veterinarians engaged in
practice and regulartory work,
prominent livestock men and oth­er
interested in animal sanitation
and animal disease control.
Work of Association Outlined
Recommendations made by the
organization are followed fre­quently
in formulating regula­tions
to safeguard the health of
livestock. The association acts as
a sort of clearing house for the ex­change
of ideas and information
on animal health and does much
to bring about a better under­standing
among sanitary officials
and more uniform regulatory live­stock
requirements between states.
The Association's annual meet­ing
is regarded as the most out­standing
one concerning animal
health from the standpoint of con­trol
and eradication of communi­cable
diseases of animal diseases.
NOTICE
Important meeting of the fenc­ing
team Wednesday afternoon,
Dec. 14, at 5 o'clock at the Tex­tile
Building. All old members be
sure to attend as Glomerata pic­tures
will be taken this week.
TO EVERYONE:
A Very Merry Xmas
As Christmas draws near, it is only nat­ural
that our thoughts turn to those of you who
have played such an indispensable part in our
success. Our best way of wishing you a very mer­ry
Christmas and a prosperously happy New Year
. . . . is to assure you of continued high quality
and courteous service throughout the coming year
. . . . and all the years to come.
THE PERSONNEL
Burton's Bookstore
MILK SHAKE 5c
MALTED MILK
WITH ICE CREAM 10c
TIGER COFFEE SHOP
Next to Pitts Hotel
Lovely Sets in Cara Nome,
Coty's and Evening in Paris
Priced at $1.50 to $15.00
At
LIPSCOMB'S
TIGER DRUG STORE
Phone 200
Remember—The Rexall Drug
Store for Best Values in Town.
JlliHllii' TMffliMIMlMPimiTlMlMini
EVERYBODY
WORKS
BUT
FATHER
MEN DON'T WASH CLOTHES
WHY SHOULD WOMEN!
SINCE AMERICAN WOMEN WON EQUAL RIGHTS, THEY'VE KNOCKED
DOWN ONE ANTIQUATED CUSTOM AFTER ANOTHER. AND YOU CERTAINLY
CAN'T BLAME THEM FOR QUITTING THE "HOME WASHING" HABIT.
PHONE 193 or 294
IDEAL LAUNDRY
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PAGE SIX THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1938
Rice Reports on
Welfare Meet
"The South spends more money
for commercial fertilizers than for
all agricultural training in land
grant colleges, experiment station
work, and extension work com­bined,"
said John Rice to the Ag
Club in a report of his trip to the
Southern Welfare Conference in
Birmingham.
"Although we receive only one-fifth
the national income here in
the south, we pay three fifths the
national commercial fertilizer bill,"
he continued. "This does not r e ­store
the soil fertility and it is a
heavy and expensive burden on
the farmers annualy."
The speaker pointed out that an
area the size of South Carolina has
been rendered unfit for cultiva­tion
by erosion alone. Also an area
the size of Oklahoma and Ala­bama
has been seriously injured.
In discussing the farm tenancy
situation at Birmingham, resolu­tions
were drawn up that there
should be more written contracts
between tenants and land lords.
More governmental aid and rein­statement
of needy farmers and a
newer and better F. S. A. program.
We in the south are attempt­ing
to educate one-third the na­tion's
children on one-sixth the
revenue for educational purposes.
The total endowment for all sou­thern
colleges combined is less
than that of Yale and Harvard
combined. Yet our taxes are just
as high as any in the nation.
In 1937 freight rates were 10
per cent higher in the north than
the south. It is cheaper to ship
pines from the pacific coast trough
the Panama Canal to the eastern
coast than to ship them from the
south to the north. The need for
regulation is very eminent from
these facts.
After this report, I. F. Reed, As­sistant
Agricultural Engineer, US
DA, showed the club some motion
pictures illustrating the breaking
effect of a plow on different types
of soil. He made these pictures of
his work in connection with the
farm tillage laboratory here on the
experiment station.
The railroads are now selling special
round-trip tickets, good in coaches, for twen­ty-
five per cent less than the straight doable
local rate.
This means that the Christmas Holi­day
rates are only one and one half cents for
each traveled mile.
Be sure and buy these special round-trip
Christmas rate tickets when leaving Au­burn
for the Holidays.
Ride the trains for safety.
THE WESTERN RAILWAY OF ALA.
'King Lear'
(Continued from page one)
mendable.
Amy Drake as Cornelia was the
most finised actor on the boards,
and the only one who had really
mastered the technique of mak­ing
blank verse a medium of flex­ible
expression. She alone never
lapsed into mere recitation of
words. The brevity of her lines
caused the audience to feel cheat­ed,
for it was she who carried the
play in the more poignant mom­ents.
Arthur Elsberry as Edgar dis­played
the versatility which Au­burn
audiences have come to ex­pect
from him. His acting also r e ­flected
a comprehension of the
drama as a whole to a greater ex­tent
than did most of the others.
Mr. Elsberry shows a fine discrim­ination
in subordinating his act­ing
to that of others at the proper
time.
Dawson Mullen Convincing
On the Earl of Kent rested much
of the responsibility for the con­tinuity
of the play, especially im­portant
in a version cut as much
as this one was. Dawson Mullen
played the role with conviction.
His diction was excellent, his poise
superb. To him should go the
credit for building up sympathy
for the unfortunate King, through
his moving sincerity and devotion.
Betty Showalter in the role of
Goneril acted with an even poise
throughout. Miss Showalter uses
her voice most effectively and has
an excellent sense of timing.
Though she rose to no heights of
interpretation, she was in the pic­ture
every minute that she was on
the stage—a difficult thing as
even "walk-on" realize.
Less finished but still adequate
was Elizabeth Green's imperso­nation
of Regan.
He Simply Slays Them
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Most complex of all Shakes­pearean
fools is Lear's. To Helen
Barnes was given the task of in­terpreting
him. That the under­taking
was too great goes without
saying, but Miss Barnes did the
comic portions well and delighted
the audience with her sprightliness
and wit.
Charles R. Wade, cast in the
role of Gloucester, should come in
for a full share of the commen­dation.
Particularly good in the
scenes of his blindness, Glouces­ter
left the audience with at least
a touch of that pity and terror j
which are the essential character-1
istics of tragedy.
Three dukes and a king furnish­ed
background for the more rital
action and discharged their pur­pose
with a fair degree of com­petency.
Even the most critical of last
night's audience must concede a
production better than those of-many
traveling companies of al­leged
professionals. Judged by
standards appropriate to college
acting, the evening was an unqual­ified
success.
Director Peet and the Auburn
Players are to be congratulated
upon the truly artistic production.'
Glomerafa
Advertisers
In this issue of the Plainsman
the Glomerata presents a few high
lights in the life of one that every
student in Auburn knows—Olin
L. Hill, known on the campus as
"The man with the tape."
Mr. Hill hitch-hiked Into Au­burn
in 1931 with A. Nash samp­les
under his arm to give the boys
a break and sell them a perfect
fit In a suit of clothes. He saw
the opportunity to render good
service to the students in the line
of men's clothing. His first samp­les
were displayed in the College
Barber Shop; here he measured the
boys for their suits until 1936
At time Mr. Hill opened up his
first store located next to Toom-ers
on Magnolia Ave. He had fifty
dollars to buy his first store equip­ment.
It was through student trade
that Hill's business and fine mer­chandise
have been built up.
In September, 1933, he moved
to the present location next to the
Tiger Drug Store. Since then Olin
has grown until now he has
complete men's furnishings. Some
are: Florsheim Shoes, Crosby
Square Shoes, Jayson shirts and
pajamas, Portis hats, Purtain sport
wear, Nor-East ties and many oth­er
items that make up your com­plete
wardrobe.
Phi Kappa Tau's to Entertain
With Christmas Party
Alpha Lambda of Phi Kappa
Tau will act as host to members
and pledges at a Christmas party
to be held Thursday night at the
chapter house.
This year's
affair is ex­pected
to
be even
better than
that held
last yefer
w h i c h
proved to
be a huge
success. All guests will be given
presents by Santa Claus, and en­tertainment
of various kinds will
be featured. The committee in
charge of arrangements is compos­ed
of Murray Richardson, chair­man;
Charles Waddell, and Ira
Kerlin.
Hole Menia Mlnie Moo
DOWB to Howards I Must Go
I'll give Father sox and Sus­penders
Mother some Wreaths for Doors
and Windows.
LOST—Boston bull dog. Friday
afternoon. Female, brindle color,
ears flop. Answers to name of
"Brinda." Call 53-M. Mrs. Griffin.
Reward.
NOTICE
Train No. 3, Western Railway
of Alabama from Birmingham to
Montgomery, due to leave Birm­ingham
daily at 3 p. m., will, on
Sunday, Jan. 1, depart from Birm­ingham
on time to insure connec­tions
at Montgomery with West
Point train No. 36 due to leave
Montgomery at 6:20 p. m.
NOTICE
The Executive Council has pass­ed
the following regulation in r e ­gard
to students working during
the Christmas holidays:
"Students requesting leaves of
absence to take jobs during the
Christmas holidays are notified
that they will be required to pre­sent
evidence from their employ­ers
as to the date of beginning
and end of employment, the nature
of employment, and the compen­sation
paid. Failure to obtain ex­cuses
acceptable to student's dean
will result in the assessment of
the two-point penalty for each
class missed."
Administrative officials also
pointed out that students leaving
school before the beginning of the
holidays will incur the same pen­alty.
All students are asked to coop­erate
in carrying out these regu­lations.
NOTICE
The Auburn Postoffice will be
open the next two Saturdays, Dec.
17 and 24, from 8 a. m. to 6 p.
m. so as to expedite Christmas
mailing.
All persons are urged to buy
their necessary stamps and to mail
early, also, in order to avoid the
rush.
Enie Menie Minie Moe
Down to Howards I Must Go
Gleaming Decorations, Wreaths
and Sprays
Christmas Cards Are Now The
Craze
South Dakota State College stu­dents
eat on an average of 100 ice
cream cones daily.
The Williams College news bu­reau,
in one football week-end,
despatched stories totaling more
than 21,000 words.
Before You Buy
Don't Fail To See Our Large
Selection of Xmas Gifts
LIPSCOMB'S
TIGER DRUG STORE
Phone 200
estenie
. . . the blend that can't be copied
...a HAPPY COMBINATION of the
world's best cigarette tobaccos
All through the year
and all around the clock Chesterfield's
milder better taste gives millions
MORE PLEASURE
At Christmas time send these plea­sure-
giving cartons of Chesterfields-packaged
in gay holiday colors—wel­comed
by smokers everywhere.
You 11 find Chesterfields a better ciga­rette
because of what they give you—more
smoking pleasure than any cigarette you
ever tried—the right combination of mild
ripe home-grown and aromatic Turkish
tobaccos rolled in pure cigarette paper.
Copyright 1938, LIGGETT & M Y I U TOBACCO CO.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14
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THURSDAY, DEC. 15
/TWO RACES WERE RUN
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CLIFF EOWArTOS
Jacqueline WELLS
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