1938-12-02 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1938 NUMBER 25
ODK Releases Complete Details
Of Annual Freshman Cake Race
Freshmen to Form as at
Drill on December 10
For Start of Race
The plans for the annual Fresh­man
Cake Race sponsored by ODK
are moving forward rapidly and
all indications point to the most
successful race in the history of
the event.
The race will begin on the
freshman football field on Satur­day,
Dec. 10, at 2 p. m. and will
finish at the east entrance to
Drake Field. The course will be
marked throughout so as to avoid
any misunderstanding of direction.
Vigilantes also will be stationed a-long
the course to prevent any
"jumping in" or cutting off on
the 2.7 mile course.
Frosh to Form by Batteries
Each freshman will come to the
Rat football field at 1:30 and will
fall in at the place where the gui­don
of his regular battery in RO-TC
is located. The formation will
be the same as the regular mili­tary
formation at drill period and
THE ROLL WILL BE CALLED.
At this formation the freshmen
will be tagged with a card giving
their name and fraternity. These
cards are essential to scoring and
will be means of identification at
the finish.
The cooperation of the fresh­man
classes in the past has made
this race a traditional and color­ful
event at Auburn and every ef­fort
is being exerted to secure the
continued cooperation.
The interest shown in the race
this year seems to be more inten­sive
than ever before. This should
be especially true of the fresh­man,
as the gains which will be
reaped by the winners will far ex­ceed
those of the past.
Prizes and Awards listed
The winner will receive a
month's pass to the Tiger Theater,
the second and third place win­ners
a two-weeks' pass, and all 25
cake winners will be the guests
of the Tiger on Sunday, Dec. 11.
Officers and members of ODK
have expressed to Gus Coates,
manager of the theater, their deep­est
appreciation for making these
awards possible.
These prizes are in addition to
the regular presentation of the
cakes to the winners and a fresh­man
numeral to first-place man.
All told, the freshman winning the
grueling race will receive his num­eral
sweater, a month's pass to
the theater, a mammoth cake, pre­sented
by lovely "Miss Auburn,"
and last but not least, a kiss from
the charming miss herself.
This temptation is enough to
make upperclassmen want to run
again, but only freshmen will be
allowed to enter.
Pre-Meds fo Hear
Vandy Biochemist
Dr. C. S. Robinson, head of the
biochemistry department of Van-derbilt
Medical School, will ad­dress
members of Alpha Epsilon
Delta and members of the Pre-
Med club at 7:30 p. m. Monday,
Dec. 5, in Ross Chemical Audi­torium.
Dr. Robinson is a graduate of
the University of Michigan, and
has studied two years with the
eminent Dr. Warburg in Germany.
Later he worked at the Rocke­feller
Institute of Research, from
which he was called to Vander-bilt
in 1930.
The subject of the lecture is
"Intestinal Absorption." Dr. Rob­inson
has published a number of
papers in biological journals on
the subject of intestinal fat absorp­tion;
among his latest is "The Ef­fect
of Altering the Renal Blood
Pressure and Blood Flow on the
Glomerular Filtration of a Trans­planted
Kidney in Unanaesthetiz-ed
Dogs," which appeared in the
August issue of "The American
Journal of Physiology."
The lecture has been arranged
by Dr. Herman Jones, faculty ad­viser
of Alpha Epsilon Delta, and
he stated that while the program
has been arranged especially for
students in Pre-Medicine, that Dr.
Robinson's lecture will be of in­terest
to students of Veterinary
Medicine, and others. Everyone is
cordially invited to attend.
Irish-Welsh Team
Matches Wit With
Local Boys
"Occasional Reference Made
To Subject," Says Reporter
In Writing of Event
By John Ivey
In a "no decision" debate last
Tuesday night, the Irish-Welsh
team, presenting the affirmative
side, matched wits with the God-bold
brothers in an argument that
was characterized by pungent wit,
biting sarcasm, acrid humor and
an occasional reference to the sub­ject.
The affair was held in Gra­ves
Center before a crowd esti­mated
to be around 800.
The question that "corruption
is the inevitable consequence of
the American judicial system"
lent itself to two different methods
of interpretation. Although there
was a difference on this point, the
debaters were successful in keep­ing
their arguments near enough
in accord so as to present a very
interesting picture of some of the
defects and merits of the judicial
system as it stands today.
Weakness of System Attacked
The Welsh-Irish team, composed
of W. T. Williams of the Univer­sity
of Wales and William A.
Beers of Dublin University, pre­sented
their affirmative argu­ments
amid a very fine exhibition
of the famed English wit. Admit­ting
the Supreme Court to be an
example of a successful judicial
body, the gentlemen from abroad
based their attack on the weakness
that has crept into the judicial
system through the election of
judges in the lower courts of the
country. This example of existing
weakness was supposed to be the
results of the very nature of the
position of an office seeker who
will again ask for the vote of the
public.
Another defect of the judicial
system given by the affirmative
was the human element that exist­ed
in the decision of the jury
composed of the citizen who is not
in a position to be an accurate
judge of evidence.
Basic System Said to Be Good
The Auburn team, consisting of
John and Edwin Godbold, present­ed
the negative side of the ques­tion
in a very fine manner with
an equally fine touch of humor in
reply to the British. John God-bold
brought forth the point that
Campus Personalities Board Gives Decision In Matter
Of Glomerata Military Section
Above are presented some photographs of va­rious
campus personalities and activities: (1)
JOHN COBB, camera enthusiast and official snap­shot-
shooter for the Glomerata; (2) Campus big­wigs
L. E. FOSTER and BILLY McGEHEE smile
into the cameraman's lens; (3) MORRIS HALL,
Editor of last year's Glomerata and one of the
friendliest guys on the campus, who is back now
for his fifth year in architecture; (4) Scabbard
and Blade neophytes searching for the co-ed with
a Venus de Milo figger. The girl, as you can prob­ably
tell, is LAURIE HOUSTON; (5) CADET BRI­GADE
COLONEL ("Hell, I'm a General!") FOW­LER
takes a Dead-Eye Dick stance and draws a
bead on the bulls-eye at camp. "Bang! And seven
more redskins bit the dust!"; (6) "LITTLEMAN"
GRISHAM, Business Manager of the Plainsman,
in his best uniform at ROTC Camp in Benning;
(7) BETTE BELLE BRANDT has her measure­ments
taken in initiation fracas on Toomer's cor­ner.
Don't take such a deep breath, Bette Belle,
you might pop a button. (8) "SHUG" EDING-TON,
pride of the Engineers, demonstrating the
Manual of the Saber with a pen knife. Tell us a
joke, Mr. Edington. (9) JANE BILLINGSLEY and
DAVID WITTEL, of dormitory fame, in a merry
mood; (10) CURTY FARLEY, Business Manager
of the Glomerata, swinging out of the ATO house.
(11) PEP MANAGER BILL TROUP, who has
handled pep activities so effectively during the
year, is Sports Editor of the Plainsman and hails
from Kankakee, HI. —Photographs by the Editor
the existence of any weakness on
the part of elected judges or the
tendency of a jury to be swayed
by emotional reaction to evidence
was not a shortcoming of the basic
system. These deficiencies were
compared to the barnacles that at­tach
themselves to the bottom of
a ship, the barnacles not being the
result of any flaw in the ship con­struction,
but being merely at­tachments
brought about by exter­ior
influencies.
Research Program on Animal Diseases
Launched at New Regional Laboratory
To aid in development of the
livestock industry in the South,
a research program on cattle dis­eases
has been launched as the
first scientific investigations to be
made at the new Regional Labora­tory,
for Animal Diseases. Dr. B.
T. Simms, director of the labora­tory,
who came to Auburn recent­ly
from Oregon State College,
said that the three research pro­jects
now underway include stu­dies
of internal parasites, cocci-diosis,
and Johnes disease in cat­tle.
The new laboratory, which rep­resents
an investment of approxi­mately
$100,000 in buildings and
the most modern research equip­ment,
is a project of the Bureau
of Animal Industry, United States
Department of Agriculture and
will serve the entire South, in­cluding
13 states from Virginia to
Texas. They are Alabama, Arkan­sas,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North and
South Carolina, Oklahoma, Ten­nessee,
Texas, and Virginia.
To coordinate investigations of
livestock disease problems common
to these states, a board of consul­tants
has been set up consisting
of directors of agricultural exper­iment
stations from these states,
a representative of the Office of
Experiment Stations in Washing­ton,
two officials from the Bureau
of Animal Industry, and Dr.
Simms.
Dr. Dale A. Porter, assisted by
George Cauthen, is conducting
the investigation on internal par­asites
of cattle. His first problem
is to determine the complete life
cycle of these parasites. At pres­ent
he is seeking to determine how
long spores of the parasites will
live on pastures, symptoms of in­festation
in cattle, and the distri­bution
of them in the southern
area.
A study of types and symptoms
of bovine coccidiosis is being done
by Dr. John F. Christensen and
George W. Bowman. Very little
is known about this disease as to
the amount of damage it does but
its existence is widely prevalent
throughout the South. It causes
digestive disturbances.
Although Johnes disease in cat­tle
is practicall non-existant at
present in the South, this disease
is being investigated in anticipa­tion
of its almost certain appear­ance
when the cattle population in
this region is considerably increas­ed.
It is an established fact that
the disease nearly always occurs
in areas where the cattle popula­tion
is relatively large. Like ra­bies
in dogs, this disease is practi­cally
incurable. Caused by a bac­teria,
its symptoms are similar
to that of bovine tuberculosis. Re­search
on Jones disease is con­ducted
by Dr. H. W. Johnson and
B. F. Cox by means of laboratory
cultures.
Jones Is Speaker
At AVMA Meeting
Tells Vets of Functions of
Ductless Glands of Body
The regular meeting of the Jun­ior
A. V. M. A. was held on Thurs­day
night this week instead of the
customary Wednesday night so as
to enable the veterinary students
to hear Dr. Herman D. Jones
speak. Dr. Jones, who has been
doing some extensive research
work on the endocrine glands gave
a very interesting talk on the func­tion
of the various ductless glands
of the body. He gave a very brief
outline portraying the indispensi-bility
of these ductless glands in
connection with the metabolic fun­ctions
of the normal body.
Dr. Jones also showed several
lantern slides illustrating his to­pic
of discussion. He cited several
interesting cases involving malad­justment
of the pituitary gland
that he came across while doing
his research work at Vanderbilt
University last lear.
At the present time, he is still
continuing his work on endocrino­logy
in his laboratory and the stu­dents
in the School of Veterinary
Medicine are anticipating several
more talks on his findings in the
very near future.
Monday night at 7:30 the mem­bers
of the Junior A. V. M. A. have
been invited to attend a lecture
given by Dr. Robinson of Vander­bilt
University. His topic will be
"Intestinal Absorption." The Pre-
Medical Society is sponsoring the
program and all members of the
Veterinary Society are invited to
attend.
NOTICE
All men and women interested
in fencing come to the third floor
of the Textile Building on Mon­days,
Wednesdays, and Thursdays
from 4:30 to 5:30.
Cabinet Committee
To Study Revision
Of Constitution
Ivey Heads Group Which Is
To Investigate and Suggest
Constitutional Changes
A special constitutional revision
committee was appointed last night
by the Executive Cabinet for the
purpose of investigating and sug­gesting
needed changes in the
Constitution of the Undergradu­ate
Students Association. Memb­ers
of the committee are: John
Ivey, chairman; Hanks Parker,
Jim King, and Paul Pruitt. An ad­visory
faculty group, to be an­nounced
soon, will aid the stu­dent
committee in their work.
It was pointed out in the meet­ing
that as the constitution now
reads, amendments have almost
nullified the original document.
The exact meaning of various pro­visions
in the constitution are
clouded, said cabinet members,
and there is a vital necessity of
eliminating all such drawbacks to
the effective functioning of student
government.
In addition to the study of the
provisions that guide student gov­ernment
and the suggestion of
needed changes, the committee
will make an extensive study of
the methods of student govern­ment
in various leading institu­tions
in the country. This is being
undertaken with a view of alter­ing
the present set-up here.
In the meeting various deficien­cies
of the present constitution
were pointed out, and past instan­ces
mentioned in which an effec­tive
and carefully worked out con­stitution
would have gone far to­ward
preventing many of the well-known
mix-ups and misunderstan­dings
that always come with stu­dent
elections. It was said that
student officers themselves were
at times not exactly sure of either
their duties or powers under the
constitution.
Special attention was called to
the necessity of investigating such
matters as the handling of rat caps
and senior invitations, with the
aim of lowering the costs of both
items for students.
NOTICE
The Open Forum Club will meet
Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 7 p. m., 421
Broun Hall. The Southern Con­ference
for Human Welfare will
be discussed.
Hobbies
Why not display your hobby
at the YMCA Hobby Night?
You have worked with much
interest and have devoted your
time to this hobby, so why not
give others a chance to see your
past time in reality.
You may register on the en­try
blanks found on the bulle­tin
boards, or leave your name
with Mrs. Jolly at Student Cen­ter,
call Douglas Sellers at
116-R, or call Arthur Cooper at
372-W.
Complete List Is Given of Fraternity
Officers, Housemothers, Advisers
A total of 96 student officers,
14 house mothers, and 30 faculty
advisers are directing the affairs
this year of the 22 fraternities at
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Total membership in the fraterni­ties,
including 364 pledges, is 915
students.
Through the Interfraternity
Council, composed of representa­tives
from each Greek letter or­ganization,
various cooperative ac­tivities
are carried on such as in­tramural
athletics, scholarship
contests, and "go-to-church
month." President of the Council
is George Knight of Selma with
Prof. J. M. Robinson serving as
faculty adviser. Joseph Baines
Crooks, Ensley, is vice president
of the Council and David Wittel,
Auburn, is secretary-treasurer.
Following is the complete list
of 140 fraternity officers, house­mothers,
and faculty advisers:
Alpha Gamma Rho—T. Whit
Athey Jr., Grady, president; C. L.
Hollingsworth, Centerville, vice
president; Joe J. Chastain, Talla­dega,
secretary; Paul M. Prickett,
Jacksonville, treasurer; Jean W.
Borland, Pinchard, chaplain; Rob­ert
Goodgame, Weogufka, usher;
Miss Maude Gholston, house moth­er;
and Prof. J. M. Robinson, fac­ulty
adviser.
Alpha Lambda Tau—Brice Nel­son,
Birmingham, president; and
Prof. A. F. Nickel, faculty adviser.
Alpha Psi—Ralph L. Williams,
Pacolet Mills, president; Guy W.
Moorman, Douglas, Ga., secretary;
Herbert S. Talley, Douglas, Ga.,
treasurer; Dr. E. S. Winters, fac­ulty
adviser.
Alpha Tau Omega—Samuel F.
Teague Jr., Birmingham, presi­dent;
W. T. Warren Jr., Birming­ham,
vice president; Edward R.
Taylor Jr., Birmingham, secre­tary;
William C. Edington, Mobile,
treasurer; Gayle Patterson, Flor­ence,
reporter; Mrs. Rebecca Hen­ry,
house mother; and Dean J.
W. Scott, faculty adviser.
Beta Kappa—Arthur C. Sansing,
Margaret, president; Richard Jack­son
Allen, Mobile, vice president;
Howard S. Hyde, Irondale, secre­tary;
Jacque Houser, Mobile,
treasurer; Prof. J. A. Kirkley and
Prof. Roy Staples, faculty advis­ers.
Delta Sigma Phi—Joe Crooks,
Ensley, president; Dallas Benton,
Bessemer, vice president; Marion
Williams, Columbus, Ga., secre­tary;
Robert Welch, Birmingham,
treasurer; Mrs. Floyd Stoyer, house
mother; and Prof. J. C. Grimes,
faculty adviser.
Epsilon Mu Epsilon—Seymore
Wolf, Red Bank, N. J., president;
Harry M. Kroll, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
vice president; Harold B. Title,
Brooklyn, N. Y., secretary-treas­urer.
Kappa Alpha—George Knight,
Selma, president; Leon Stanley,
(Continued on Page Six)
Customary Treatment to Be
Allowed if Senior Officers
Will Pay Necessary $130
A full discussion of plans for
the military section in the 1939
Glomerata was presented to the
Board of Student Publications
yesterday afternoon. Editor Perry
Schwartz and John Eagan, Cap­tain
of Scabbard and Blade, ex­plained
their views on the matter.
At the conclusion of the meet­ing
a motion was passed by the
Board advising Mr. Schwartz to
add four pages to the military
section for inclusion of formal pic­tures
of senior ROTC officers, pro­vided
such an addition is feasible
at this time and provided also
that the senior ROTC officers will
pay $130 for the space and for
making the photographs.
The space charge of $25 per
page is the rate paid by fraternities
and organizations and the 30 pho­tographs
will be taken for $1 each,
which is the actual cost to the
Glomerata, it was explained. It
was brought out that with the ex­ception
of last year, senior ROTC
officers have paid for the space
devoted to carrying their formal
pictures in the military section.
They were not required to pay
for the space in the 1938 Glome­rata,
it was explained, through a
misunderstanding on the part of
last year's management of the
book.
The meeting was called by the
Board in order to hear both sides
in the current controversy. Editor
Schwartz's plans to devote the 12
pages in the military section to
a series of military action pict­ures
has met with disapproval on
the part of senior ROTC officers
who feel that the formal pictures
should be carried as was done in
the 1938 Glomerata.
Supervision of student publica­tions,
including the Plainsman,
Glomerata, and Rat Bible, is vest­ed
in the Board of Student Publi­cations
by action year before last
of the Student Executive Cabinet
and with approval of President
Duncan. The Board consists of
four faculty members and four
members of the senior class. Stu­dents
on the Board this year are
James Hilleke, David Roberts, A.
B. Walton, and Eleanor Scott. Fac­ulty
members on the Board are
R. B. Draughon, Prof. J. R. Rut­land,
W. T. Ingram, and Prof.
Joseph E. Roop.
Cadet officers must make their
decision as to whether or not they
will pay a dollar each by Tuesday
night. Plans are to either hold a
mass meeting of officers at drill
Tuesday or to decide to take
a vote In war classes Monday and
Tuesday.
ODK Christmas
Drive Begins
Early donations of clothing from
students have been unusually good,
according to Bunchy Fowler, ODK
Committee Chairman heading the
drive for Christmas donations
from students.
For the benefit of students who
have no means of transporting
their donations, Chairman Fowler
has made arrangements for col­lection
of these items. He requests
such students to get in touch with
him, Bo Russell, Curty Farley, or
Charlie Grisham, and the goods
will be collected promptly.
In a number of instances a do­nations
chairman in the boarding
houses has been selected by Fow­ler,
and he asks that each board­ing
house that has not been con­tacted
select its own chairman,
and go to work in getting money,
clothing, toys, or other gifts from
the students in his house.
"One of the biggest needs is
toys," said Fowler, "and we re­quest
all of the fraternities coop­erate
in the move by saving
trinkets and toys given to each
other at Christmas parties." He
added that plenty of toys could be
assembled if all of the fraternities
cooperated.
Members of the ODK Donations
Committee have emphasized the
fact that there are no limitations
as to the nature of the gift. Money,
clothing, athletic equipment, food
or any kind of gift is in order.
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The Auburn Plainsman
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Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
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Good Work, Fellows
Now that the present football season has
reached an end it seems very much in form
for lis to say a few words of appreciation to
the men who have spent their time and en­ergy
for the past four months in carrying
the name of Auburn into contests against
some of the finest ball teams in America.
Although the Auburn Tigers have not been
on the long end of the score in all the games
played this season, the team finished the
season playing with a spirit that had lived
through many disappointments that would
have completely demoralized any other group
of men. Starting with the loss of one of the
south's best triple-threat men from the back-field
before the first game of the season, the
hard luck continued as a first-string guard
who was All-American timber had to leave
the team for the greater part of the season.
Lady luck, not being satisfied with the
lot she had given the Plainsmen, played her
final trick against the boys when she re­moved
the men who had been playing the
flank positions. But after this, men took
their place who really had the best interest
of the team at heart—the Auburn Tigers
showed that they had were a great football
team in spite of the frowns of fortune. The
L. S. U. pigskin luggers were given the worst
defeat they had suffered in many years, an
exhibition of football that made the season
a success.
To make a great season complete three of
the Plainsmen were selected to positions on
All-Southeastern teams. Bo Russell, Tiger
captain, was again picked as a tackle on the
first eleven of the mythical teams. "Spec"
Kelly and Milton Howell were named as
members of the second team.
Even though games were lost, lost by
scores that were very close, even though we
didn't have a championship team boasting
of a long line of wins, we did have a team
that finished the season with a record of
having won the respect of the entire foot­ball
world for courage and fine sportsman­ship.
After all this is the greatest reward
any organization can ask for. J.I.
Give!
You don't have to contribute to the Au­burn
Community Chest. Nobody is going
to stand over you and prod your conscience
into compelling you to do it, either. And you
don't have to help other people less fortu­nate
than yourself have anything like a Mer­ry
Christmas. That's not your responsibility.
You don't have to worry about where your
next meal is coming from, nor whether it
will be so cold tonight that you'll have to go
out and get some wood or coal Lord knows
where. And you wouldn't be in position to
be bothered by reading this editorial if you
didn't have a nickel or so that somebody who
doesn't read the Plainsman right here in
Auburn is lacking.
You don't have to contribute. But you
will. R.T.
On looking through the columns on the
editorial pages of other prominent college
newspapers throughout the United States
one frequently comes upon some comment
about the Utopian amount of work done by
the editor on his favorite stomping ground.
Now it is an amazing fact that almost ev­ery
editor will agree to some extent that it
is rather a simple matter to fill up the edi­torial
page. And the favorite subject varies
from ridicule and sarcasm to lengthy haran­gues
on world affairs and frequent insults
directed at everything in general and noth­ing
in particular.
The reason being that the general cross-section
of the readers of a college publica­tion
are less interested in the opinions of the
editor than they are in the readability of
other more attractive portions of the paper.
Which leaves the editor free to cavort about
the editorial page with as much concern a-bout
the material in the editorials as the con­cern
of a foreign power in the terms of any
peace treaty signed more than two months
before.
When the editor goes to great length to
say something funny or even make a feeble
stab at humor it is taken at no more than
its face value by student readers and passed
off as serious stuff. And if an editorial at­tempts
to provoke serious thought on some
important matter, the natural inclination is
to read between the lines to see if the edi­tor
isn't trying to be funny.
You can't win! The best editorial comment
is read only by other publications and mark­ed
for reprinting in their columns, slightly
reworded so that it will appear that all great
minds run in the same direction. For other
editorials, a great deal of brain-racking is
needed to think up a good enough head so
that a large number of Barnum's one-born-every-
minute class will read two paragraphs
before going to sleep.
By far the best remark on reading the edi­torial
page was made by one student who
said that the only reason he read that part
of the paper was that the type was not too
small to put his eyes out and then he could
look for grammatical errors on the side to
prove to his English professor that he was
not the only human that was abusing the
language.
The editor has come to the conclusion that
writing editorials is no way to arouse the
student body. There are only two things that
could do that—a fire at the laundry or the
setting off of several pounds of dynamite
at Benson's Corner.
It's an easy life. If you run short of edito­rial
space you dig one out of the old files. If
you have too much copy, you find a nice soft
spot, place the barrel against the head, and
pull the trigger. R.T.
'RECKON DAUGHTER KIN
DONE LERNT
HELP WITH THE FEUDIN' NOW, MAW. SHE SAYS SHE'S
TRIGGERNOMENTRY AT MONTERVALLER"
German Aims
Just what is behind the Nazi drive against
the Jews? A recent theory is that the move­ment
has a definite political aim.
The Nazis expect the foreign powers to
weaken themselves by differing in their a-lignments,
either with Hitler and his party
or with the Jews. The Germans want some
countries to coincide with them in their be­liefs,
and it is probably their desire that oth­ers
side with the Jews, just as they seem to
be doing. Thus if the English-speaking peo­ple
sympathize with the Jews and seek new
lands for them> to occupy, the Germans are
more than pleased.
They realize that Nazi propaganda has
worked so well that even women who were
eye-witnesses to the horrible looting by the
Nazi people of the Jewish establishments
have begun to sanction the acts of pillaging
and violence because "the Jews had it com­ing
to them—they were getting rich at our
expense." Thus they mould public opinion
at home.
It's hard to be on the fence. In a case like
this, one usually finds himself on one side
or the other. The Nazis are, figuratively
speaking, fighting in their own back yard.
They have practically every other power
lined up to a certain extent, along the back
fence watching the fracas.
Maybe the people along the fence will be­come
so enthusiastic in their support that a
scrap among themselves will be forthcoming.
And just how long do you think the Nazis
would contest a mere racial element in their
back yard when there was a real battle royal
going on in the alley? J.B.T.
Another football season has ended. Now
all the fans have to do is talk about what
might have been until spring practice rolls
around.
Germans are robbing and murdering Jews
because they own too much property. Yet
Neville Chamberlain seems to prefer Ger­mans
to Russian Communists.
By John Ivey
CONGRATULATIONS MEN:
After playing fine ball all season
against some of the stiffest compe­tition
in America, three of the
Auburn Tigers were rewarded
with places on the All-Southeas­tern
football selection. Bo Russell
was picked- to repeat in his tackle
position on the first string, while
Kelly and Howell were given the
nod for the second team.
* * *
TRUE AMERICAN: According
to reports, F. W. Elven, editor of
the Cincinnati Freie Presse, Ger­man
language newspaper, was
recently named by the German
government to receive the second
class Eagle award. "I am not in­terested
in any country except the
United States," Mr. Elven stated
as he refused the offered honor.
"I want the citizens to know that
our policy is 'United States, first,
last, and always'." The attitude
taken by this American, even
though he is closely related with
German culture, is very different
from that of another American un­der
similar circumstances. His ac­tion
is to be commended.
A RECENT SURVEY of sub­jects
studied in the New York
high schools showed that enroll­ment
in study of German has fal­len
off about 30 per cent since the
Nazis came into power. The indi­vidual
who made this discovery
decided that the kids must have
stopped studying the language in
fear that Hitler might hear them
speaking his native tongue and
come rushing over to America and
make-an attempt to liberate them.
* * *
WALLACE WADE: After seven
years of tireless effort, the coach
of the mighty Duke Blue Devils
is again ready to take a football
team to the west coast to partici­pate
in the annual Rose Bowl con­test
on New Year's day. Coach
Wade has had several teams in
the past few years at Duke that
played with championship form
through a greater part of the sea­son
only to slip up and drop a
game that was supposed to be an
easy one. Georgia Tech has been
the author of two such defeats for
the Duke boys. In taking fine
teams to this nationally famous
contest, Coach Wade has done
much to forward the cause of Sou­thern
football.
* * *
HONOR SYSTEM: A very un­usual
case is reported of an en­tire
town trying the "honor sys­tem"
form of government for the
citizens. The small town of Dale,
Indiana, did away with the law
enforcing body in their fair city
last Christmas and for a year put
the townspeople on their honor
not to break the law. Since that
time nearly everything in the city
has been in the hands of thieves.
The city streets became a race
track for reckless drivers. In or­der
to be assured of a peaceful
community when Santa Claus ar­rives
this year, they have created
a new job on the city payroll—a
town marshall.
* * *
BEECHNUT: Since the selection
of John Godbold as the student
representative for the Beechnut
Company, the poor fellow can't go
down the streets without being
touched for that ever present stick
of "Beechnut." John has covered
the entire campus with his sam­ple
wares and has made a lot of
friends for the product. A fine
job, fellow, and thanks for the
gum!
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Free passes for the Sunday and Monday show, "Brother Rat,"
go to these five persons, who turned in the winning jokes to the
Plainsman office: C. H. Vann, Campbell Evans, K. E. Ledbetter,
Hugh Wright, and Roy Taylor. Winners can secure their passes
from the Tiger ticket office NOT the Plainsman office.
* * *
A young lady cried piteously after her young man proposed to her.
"Why are you crying, dear?" he asked. "Have I offended you?"
"No," she replied. "That's not it. I am crying for joy. Mother
always said that I was such an idiot that not even a donkey would
propose to me, and now one has."
* * *
And then there was the butcher who backed into his sausage
grinder and got a little behind in his work.
* * *
A pedestrian is'the case of survival of the flittiest.
* * *
She's so dumb that she thinks stagnation is a country for men
only.
THE EDITOR'S MAILBOX
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
The recent letter from "An Ap­preciative
Student" shows a pecu­liar
lack of appreciation mingled
with a morbid fear at the appall­ing
possibility of not appearing
as important as he had hoped in
the ROTC section of the forthcom­ing
Glomerata. Being a member of
more than one honor society as
well gives to his 'general attitude
the unmistakable characteristic of
"chicken."
Having spent over three years
here, I can appreciate such an at­titude
in a person with political
aspirations for sweet popularity's
sake. One doesn't have to be above
the freshman class to recognize
you as a multi-honor student, nor
is it necessary that one be above
the moronic stage to know how
one gets to be a multi-honor stu­dent.
But that's neither here nor
there. I have no quarrel with the
honor societies other than that
you are a member.
In other words, Mr. "Apprecia­tive
Student," you are a discredit
to Auburn and her honor societies
in that you are of neither Auburn
or honor society calibre.
Each year we follow the time-honored
custom of holding an e-lectin
on our campus. Omitting
the usual cracks to the contrary
that are usually made regarding
elections, the students elect var­ious
officers, among them certain
members of the Glomerata and
Plainsman staffs respectively.
These elected members are re­sponsible
to certain administration
committees to a degree for their
publications. Mind you, I said—
"their publications."
Oh, thou most "Appreciative"
One, you know as well as I that no
campus honor society or student
organization of any kind is so con­stituted
or empowered as to give
it the faintest claim to censorship
of these publications. The organ­ization
of material, features, etc.,
is left up to the duly elected of­ficers
and just as duly constituted
committees—by custom.
Has anyone ever drawn up an
iron-clad plan for either, binding
the future editors to his own ideas
of just what the organization of
baterial, etc. shall be from that
time onward? If that is the case,
will you be so kind as to point out
to the rest of the students the
object of maintaining offices of
such responsibilities designed to
further train the officeholder's in-iniative,
imagination, originality,
etc.?
Why hedge him about with iron-bound
restrictions to the extent
that we designate just what slant
a certain picture shall have on a
definite page on a specified point
on that page? Or just how the
photographed one shall be posed
before he is photographed? Then,
too, we might do even better and
designate the exact dimension of
the grin he shall wear, how many
hairs the photographer shall have
on his head, when he shall be re­quired
to save, and what hours
the editor of the publication shall
be required to keep fifty years
from now. We might definitely
improve the publication by smear­ing
your picture over each page.
Your chagrin at the thought of
not appearing often or prominent­ly
enough in the Glomerata was
ill-concealed. If you had an ounce
of appreciation about you instead
of being 100 per cent self-interest­ed
you would not have written
your letter to the paper. Further­more
you would readily appre­ciate
the fact that such details
as how the soldier-boys shall be
photographed is not a matter to
be decided by Scabbard and Blade
as your letter and the article ap­pearing
on the front page of the
same issue would lead one to be­lieve.
As an afterthought I might add
that Perry and I know each other
casually, and he knows nothing
of this letter.
More power to you, Perry. Pho­tograph
them in their underwear
if you want to. You're responsible,
not the honor societies.
A Senior
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
From all appearances, the meet­ing
of the senior members of the
ROTC units gained absolutely
nothing. A majority of the cadet
officers seemed to know nothing
of the impending situation per­taining
to the pictures of the senior
ROTC units being formally omit­ted
from the Glomerata and a
number of snapshots put in to take
their place.
In all my conversations with
seniors and underclassmen who
understand the present plan for
our year book, the consensus of
opinon is that Mr. Schwartz, in
his role of Editor of our Glom­erata,
is omitting with grave in­justice
one of the oldest and most
respected of all campus activities.
The ROTC of Auburn rates a-
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
THAT CAKE RACE. According
to all the plans which are being
made and all the rumors which
are going the rounds, this year's
cake race will be one of the big­gest
events held here in recent
years. Besides all the plans and
publicity, we have seen more
frehsmen practicing for the gruel­ing
run than ever before.
All of the talk naturally brings
to mind the story, now an old
one to you upperclassmen but
maybe new to you '42 boys, of the
time when the Auburn students
elected a male student as their
May Queen and crowned him
with all the usual ceremony and
trappings. According to the old
hands, everybody from the news
reel down was present.
And of course, this entire dis­cussion
recalls to mind the elec­tion
last year for Miss Something-or-
Other—we get all tangled up
trying to distinguish between our
1001 "Miss" elections—in which
one of the local boarding house
cooks received the most votes.
* * *
SURPRISING THING about the
Welsh-Irish debaters who appear­ed
here this week was their
staunch pro-Roosevelt attitude.
Both were enthusiastic in their
praise of him, one even going so
far as to term him "the only sane
man in America today."
The United States, they stated,
is 40 years behind England in so­cial
reform. Particularly were they
outspoken about our housing con­ditions,
stating that not even in
the worst slums of London was
housing as bad as in the South.
In speaking of the typical beside-the-
road shacks of our part of the
country, one tacitly remarked,
"We wouldn't keep chickens in a
place like that."
In England, they said, President
Roosevelt would be thought of as
a conservative, which in some
small measure shows that he is
far from being the Red Menace
that he is sometimes depicted.
And furthermore, it shows how
far back among the moss-backs
it places some of the anti-Roose­velt
group.
RELIGION is rather a dange­rous
subject upon which to write.
Nevertheless, it is time that some­thing
be said about Father Cough-lin's
radio attacks on the Jewish
people.
That any person in a tolerant
country such as ours should de­liberately
set about to bait persons
of a particular religious faith is de­plorable,
and the fact that the
persecutor is one who is represen­ting
another faith makes the mat­ter
doubly disagreeable.
If we recall correctly, Father
Coughlin was to remain in retire­ment
from radio broadcasting if
his presidential candidate Lemke
(remember him) did not poll 10
million votes in 1936. And he did
not poll so many more than 10
thousand.
mong the highest of all ROTC units
throughout the United States. It
is looked upon by all true Auburn
men in highest esteem and with
an inward pride that cannot be
equalled.
Therefore, it rightfully deserves
its place as one of the outstanding
activities of our campus, instead
of a few amateurish candid camera
shots that could not possibly ful­fill
their intended purpose.
At the meeting yesterday Mr.
Schwartz was asked several in­telligent
questions which he strug­gled
to answer. The answer to
one question in particular was
given in such a manner that it
caused strong feeling toward Mr.
Schwartz. He had told us that
for 75 cents apiece from each sen­ior
the pictures would be put in
the Glomerata as we wanted them.
He was then asked how much the
snapshots were going to cost us
for the same space.
His answer was that it would
cost us nothing, but that it was fop
the good of the book. Now, per­sonally,
I can't understand how
there is 75 cents difference per
person for the same space to have
the pictures put in the book his
way instead of the way, we, the
seniors, want them.
Only one or two times in the
past have the students had to pay
for the military section, and, since
we have already paid for our
books, why can't we have a book
that we would like?
I have not only given my own
ideas of this unpleasantry, but
have tried to express the feelings
of the other Auburn seniors. We
think that Perry should think a
little about the way the others
consider the situation.
Thanking you,
A. H. Price
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
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Alabama Polvtech—Auburn
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Scorer for Conference
Mississippi's star halfback, Park­er
Hall, remained lar out in front
in the Southeastern Conference
individual scoring parade .with a
total of 72 points in 10 games.
Speck Kelly, Auburn's senior
left halfback, is in tenth position
with a total of 30 points in 10
games. Kelly garnered five touch­downs
for his total.
Leading scorers follow:
Player - school
Hall, Miss.
Fordham, Ga.
Brunner, Tulane
Nix, Miss. St.
Wyatt, Tenn.
Banker, Tulane
Davis, Ky.
Bradford, Ala.
Kavanaugh, LSU
Kelly, Auburn
Foxx, Tenn.
Kellogg, Tulane
Bruce, Miss. St.
Johnson, Fla.
Zoeller, Ky.
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"He's a darling, he's a dream,
he's the captain of our team!"
And more than that, he's All-
Southeastern for the second
time. Yes, sir, Bo Russell, 22
year-old, 202-pound tackle from
Birmingham, is again named
to the all-star Southeastern foot­ball
team, selected annually for
the Associated Press by coaches
and sports writers. Now only
the All-American honor remains
for this truly great player.
Milton Howell, guard, was
named to the second team, in
spite of the fact that he was out
part of the season with injuries.
His stellar playing put him out
in front though he played in only
five games this season.
Spec Kelly, halfback, was al­so
named to the second team,
making Auburn the only team
with more than two men on this
mythical second-place group.
Kelly's speedy toting of the ball
pulled Auburn out of many a
spot during the past season.
Rew's Wildcats Win in Touch
Football for Independents
By beating the Wittel team by
a score of 6 to 0, Rew's Wildcats
won the championship of the In­dependent
Division of touch foot­ball.
This bunch had a good record,
having won four games and lost
none in regular play. In the semi­finals
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Vols on Top in SEC
At Season's End
Tulane Second, Alabama
Third, Auburn Seventh
By John B. Thomas
Cold weather and some pretty
hot football last week marked the
virtual end of the season in the
Southeastern Conference. Only
four more teams have games sche­duled,
Tennessee against Missis­sippi,
Florida versus Temple,
Georgia against Miami, and Geor­gia
Tech meets California.
Those Vols sewed up the title
with a rousing 46 to 0 win over
their traditional nemesis, Ken­tucky.
Even if the Rebels defeat
Major Neyland's boys this week,
Tennessee will be a notch higher
in the percentage standings. How­ever,
Coach Neyland has said that
he will concede the title to them if
they score a win over his squad.
Probably the most exciting mix-up
of the week was Tulane's 14
to 0 victory over L. S. U. Several
players were sent from the game
for swapping punches, and a free-for-
all which lasted until well af­ter
dark, followed the game. By
virtue of the win, the Greenies
moved into a second place tie
with Alabama.
Alabama had a comparatively
easy time with Vanderbilt in Bir­mingham.
The football was almost
as sloppy as the field at times, but
Charlie Boswell's running and
kicking kept the Crimsons on the
move. Vandy lost a good scoring
opportunity when Capt. Franklin
fell on a blocked kick and turned
a free ball and a possible score in­to
a mere recovery. Either side
could have advanced the ball, but
Franklin dropped on the ball when
he had an open field and at least
two Commodores between him and
any Alabama man.
One of the biggest upsets of the
week, and the year, was Florida's
9-7 win over the Tigers. The game
was a heart-breaker, with the
Plainsmen outplaying the 'Gators
in every department, but a safety
provided the winning margin.
Standings:
Tennessee
Tulane
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia Tech
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
L. S. U.
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Sewanee
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SPORTS CHATTER
By Bill Troup
WANTED—A ride during Christ­mas
holidays to Baltimore, Md.,
or vicinity. Phone 107-R. Milton
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Those Auburn Tigers have finished their ten-game sche­dule
with a record of four wins, five losses, and one tie . . .
To an outsider that may look like a bad season, but to us
Auburn students it isn't so bad, taking everything into con­sideration.
Losing George Kenmore, our star back, before the season opened,
Milton Howell, guard, in the Tulane affair and who did not play
again until the L. S. U. game, and Junie Burns, our other starting
guard, in the Tech encounter and who also didn't play again 'til
the L. S. V. game—all this played heavily against us.
The Plainsmen probably gave Tennessee its toughest
game, have tied Tulane, v i r t u a l l y tied Georgia Tech, have
given Mississippi State a neat lacing, have plastered upon
L. S. U. the worst beating suffered by t h e Bengals since '31,
and r a n the Georgia Bulldogs off t h e field.
We consider this pretty good for a team beset with injuries and
one that is not smiled upon by ole Damsel Luck . . . So let's not
consider this past season a failure and everybody look forward to
a banner year next season.
Ox Emerson, Brooklyn guard, has been a football star
for fifteen years, four in high school, four in college and
seven with the professionals . . . Harold Stassen, Minnesota's
n ew 31 year old governor, is a former captain of the Univer­s
i ty of Minnesota's rifle team.
Texas Tech's 1938 football schedule included games with teams
from nine states . . . Perry Schwartz (not Ye Ed of the Glomerata),
former California end who played with the All-Stars against the
Redskins, was a boyhood tennis opponent of Don Budge.
Captain Bo Russell, the Baby-Faced Assassin, was hon­ored
this week when his teammates selected him as their
most valuable player for the 1938 season . . . This is a fitting
climax for Russell who is one of the outstanding tackles in
the Auburn line for t h r e e years.
Clint Frank, the most widely publicized back of 1937 football,
is working for a Chicago advertising agency . . . Five years ago
Nick Katzmeyer dissuaded surgeons from amputating a.id infected
leg . . . He is now a tackle on the St. Mary's, Cal., eleven . . . Wal­lace
Wade, Duke's head mentor, will be making his fifth trip to a
Rose Bowl game, and he has as yet to lose one . . .
SPE's and Sigma NiTs Play to Tie in
Championship Touch Football Game
By John B. Thomas
The Sigma Nu outfit from Ag
Bottom and the S. P. E. aggrega­tion
from Post Office Flat met
for the third time yesterday on a
football field, and settled exactly
nothing. The S. P. E.'s had won
the first game, 12 to 0, the Snakes
had garnered the second, 7 to 0,
and the third ended in a 6-6 dead­fall.
A long pass from Thrasher to
Brooks netted a tally for the S.
P. E.'s about the middle of the
second period. An attempted aer­ial
for the extra point was knock­ed
down by West.
The Snakes scored in the fourth
quarter, with Edwards, the best
passer in the fraternity leagues,
tossing to Young over the goal
line. The try from placement by
Edwards was blocked, and a run
with the free ball failed.
The teams were well matched,
each making eight first downs.
Both showed a good pass offense,
but the Sigma Nu boys have a bet­ter
kicker in Edwards, who quick
kicked once to the S. P. E nine
yard line from the Snake 20.
The two teams meet again Sat­urday
at 2:30 on Drake Field for
the championship.
Lineups:
Sigma Nu: « S. P. E.
Herren LE Brook.G.
Thomas LG. McNulty
API Players to Be
In Charily Match
Six players, three from Alabama
and three from Auburn, accepted
invitations today to compete with
the "Greys" in an all-star, North
Young C Bayliss
Rogers RG. Brooks, J.
Hazzard RE Curlee
Foster QB Cockrell
Edwards RH Adamson
Merrill LH Wilder, R.
West FB Wilder, F.
Score by quarters:
S. P. E. 0 6 0 0—6
Sigma Nu 0 0 0 6—6
Substitutions:
Sigma Nu—Jackson and Hoda.
-S. P. E.—Scruggs, Foster,
Thrasher, Jones and Hardwick.
South charity football game in
Montgomery.
Mayor W. A. Gunter, promoting
renewal of "Blue and Grey" war­fare—
on the gridiron, announced
the following had accepted invi­tations:
Spec Kelly, halfback; Oscar Bur-ford,
end, and Junie Burns, guard,
of Auburn; and Capt. Lou Bos-tick,
guard; "Tut" Warren, Per­ron
Shoemaker, ends, of Alabama.
Coaches Frank Thomas of Ala­bama
and Jack Meagher of Au­burn
will tutor the Southerners,
while Coaches Carl Snavely of
Cornell, and Lynn Waldorf of
Northwestern, will handle the
Northerners.
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By Francene Breedlove
Alpha Gamma
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and the phone was disconnect­ed.
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of Androprobia." There
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altar were large baskets of lilies.
The candle lighted church gave
an air of simplicity and beauty to
the ceremony.
The musical program was ren­dered
by Mrs. Herman Watson
and Miss Willodeen Emmett. Pre­ceding
the ceremony, Mrs. Wat­son,
accompanied by Miss Emmett,
sang "O Promise Me" and "Be­cause."
During the ceremony, "To
a Wild Rose" was rendered softly.
The traditional wedding marches
were played.
The bride's only attendant was
Miss Mary Haralson, who wore a
dress of burgandy crepe with mat­ching
accessories. She carried an
arm bouquet of gold chrythemums
tied with yellow satin ribbon.
The best man was G. D. Evans
of Birmingham. Judge W. J. Haral­son
and Maurice Rains served as
groomsmen.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. Her costume was a
suit of boy blue rabbit cloth with
squirrel jacket and wine acces­sories.
Her flowers were an arm
bouquet of Jona Hill roses tied
with yellow satin ribbon.
The bride is of a family promi­nently
identified in north Ala­bama.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Partain of Fort
Payne, and a granddaughter of
the late Judge Haralson.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Rew of
Auburn. He is a graduate of Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, and
holds a responsible position as ag­ricultural
engineer for the Ala­bama
Power Company.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
ELEANOR SCOTT, Editor
cussion on the banquet question
was reopened, but again a dead­lock.
The chapter voted for a five-minute
break, and everyone made
a break for the door. Meeting au­tomatically
adjourned when no­body
came back.
Chi Omega
The actives rushed in to clean
up the beer bottles before the
pledges arrived. Tony Thompson
gave a report on the chapter's
social security with the boys, and
there were smiles of contentment
on everybody's face. Mickey Fu-quay
got up and asked that who­ever
borrowed her Sigma Nu pin
please return it. Sue Quattlebaum
gave an essay on wit or "How
Dry I Am." Motion unanimously
adopted to cut the Glomerata
heads socially for rooking the
chapter on the Miss Auburn elec­tion.
Meeting closed early to al­low
all to attend prayer meeting.
Kappa Delta
Meeting was opened early with
a poem by Bette Belle Brandt call­ed
"Sadie E. and David D." An­nie
Lou Whittaker asked everyone
to get busy on new prospects as
this is her last year here. Edith
Cecil Carson gave a talk on "Why
Art Professors Become Insane."
Quite a squabble among sisters
as to who was to have all the
"queen" positions for the rest of
the year. Finally decided to draw
straws, but the idea was aban­doned
when no broom could be
found in the house. After a brief
victrola concert someone suggest­ed
quitting. Suggestion adopted
without a struggle.
Phi Omega PI
Meeting opened with a scramble
for chairs. Marie Hodges sug­gested
that all future meetings be
held in Langdon Hall as the sis­ters
are tired of sitting in each ot­hers
laps. Sara Frances Conner
was awarded the attendance prize
for mid-semester, having already
attended three pledge meetings.
President Kilgore urged all mem­bers
to a higher scholastic stan­dard.
Anne McRee moved that
comment be struck from meeting.
Motion passed. Meeting died a
natural death when phone rang.
Theta Upsllon
Meeting came to order for a
change. Zada Motley requested
that the rushing committee get
four more members so the sorority
will be one ahead of the POP's.
Anita Baker gave a talk on "In
Numbers There is Safety." Weak
applause. Thea Dunn suggested
that the pledges give the actives
a party. Vote could not be taken
as pledges pretended not to
know what she was talking a-bout.
Meeting was adjourned by
mutual consent when pledges and
actives engaged in brawl.
Kappa Sigma Initiates Three
New Men Wednesday
Beta Eta Chapter of Kappa Sig­ma
fraternity initiated into the
bonds of its membership three of
its pledges on Wednesday evening.
These men include William Gal­lagher,
of Alexandria, Va., a jun­ior
in Aeronautical Administration;
James C. Sherrod, of Salt Lake
City, Utah, a freshman in Mechan­ical
Engineering; and Knox T.
Millsap, of Birmingham, a sopho­more
in Chemistry.
In charge of the initiatory cere­mony
was Vernon Merritt, an a-lumnus
of the chapter, assisted by
William H. Andrews, Bill Ham,
and Charles Harris.
Kappa Sigma also announces the
pledging of Buddy Bruns, of Wil-liston,
Fla.; Billy Bloxom, of We-tumpka;
John Chesnutt, of Gayles-ville;
and Tom Elkin, of Meridian,
Miss.
'Avoid Seeking after Campus Honors'
Says Columnist in Duke Chronicle
Auburn Professors Present
Technical Paper at Meeting
"Methods for Increasing the
Consumption of Cotton" is the sub­ject
of a technical paper to be
presented by Dr. A. R. Macor-mac
and Dr. C. A. Basore at the
annual meeting of the American
Association of Textile Chemists
and Colorists in Atlanta on Fri­day
and Saturday.
A total of 50 possibilities for the
increased consumption of cotton
and its by-products will be sug­gested
by the two Auburn scien­tists.
Dr. Macormac, who has served
as secretary of the southeastern
section of the A. A. T. C. and C.
for the past three years, is asso­ciate
professor of textile engineer­ing.
Dr. Basore is professor of
chemistry.
LOST—Short, navy blue coat to
tailored suit. If found please re­turn
to Mrs. Berney at Alumni
Hall and receive reward.
The Community Chest means a
Better Auburn.
Of course we
girls just love to
have d a t e s . But
even though we
are on the receiv­ing
end and have
to sit around hop­ing
for the phone
to ring, we still
have our rights.
I mean about the
By Betty Co-Ed w a / o u r d a t es
look when they finally show up.
We fair maidens primp and fuss
and do the best we can with what
mother nature provides. We're neat
and we look pretty snappy even it
we say so ourselves. But what
about the big mo­ment
when he ar­rives?
He looks
thrown together
sometimes and
e v e n disheveled.
Why? Because, I
s u p p o s e h e 's
either downright
careless or thinks
he's God's gift to
the ladies no mat­ter
how he looks. Maybe he even
thinks we don't care. But we do!
When we spend ages trying to
make ourselves look our prettiest
for some man, it's a big blow to
have him arrive looking as if he
just got up from a nap.
Oh well, thank goodness most
men aren't quite as bad as that.
But it's so easy for them to look
just as if they'd stepped out of a
b a n d box . . .
much easier for
them than it is
for girls. Even if
a m a n ' s pocket
h a n d k y doesn't
happen to matoh
his tie or shirt,
the least he can
. ^ »x do is to wear a
\ / 'W hat. And when I
say "hat" I don't mean some bat­tered
antique. I mean a well-shaped,
becoming hat with a fresh, neat
looking band.
By the same token, if a man is
immaculately groomed in every­thing
BUT his hat, he's a total loss
as far as I'm concerned. After all,
we spend a lot of our time out­doors
and most of my attention is
focused on his long lashes or blue
eyes and dimples. So you can see
how distracting an old sombrero
really is. .That's why I still say . . .
no matter how sharp the crease in
his trousers or how shiny his shoes,
if his hat looks as if it's been sat
on or collecting dust for a century,
the total effect is nil. Why don't
these big heroes of ours get wise to
themselves? If I were a man, I
would.
By E. T. Baker HI, Columnist
Duke Chronicle
If I had any advice to give fresh­men,
here or elsewhere, it would
simply be this: put aside the an­cient
falsity that extracurricular
activity maketh the man and con­scientiously
avoid seeking after
the officer and honors the campus
offers in such profusion. Indeed,
in many cases, passive rejection
will save a student from becoming
inextricably enmeshed in the
brambles of campus leadership.
Campus Honors Easy to Attain
It is not hard to become a cam­pus
leader, in which capacity you
will be eligible to sit with all
important campus committees, at­tend
numberless banquets, wear
bright flowers and such like identi­fications
at certain appointed
times, twirl pretty keys from your
gift chain, and pay fair-sized
monthly allowances in dues and
initiation fees. And if you are
moderately successful in your
quest of glory or correspondingly
unsuccessful in your flight from
it, you will shortly reach that
blissful state when you cannot call
your time your own. This, of
course, makes a nice talking
point when you want to skip Mon­day
night's fraternity meeting,
but becomes more truth than poe­try
when you have to break Wed­nesday's
date for a quick session
of the YMCA committee on better
relations between students and the
dope shop soda-jerkers.
And for What?
The most unfortunate aspect of
the whole thing, aside from the
fact that there are easily double
the number of organizations on
the campus that can effectively
function, is that so little is ever
accomplished besides a great wast­ing
of time. In the first place,
nothing progressive can ever be
accomplished hereabouts, all hopes
to the contrary notwithstanding.
In the second place, many of the
organizations, especially the hon­orary
ones, have rightly no func­tion
and their mighty efforts are
just so much flapping of wings
and puffing of wind.
Furthermore, and this is the
worst of all, when once a student
has entered upon an extracurricu­lar
career, there apparently is no
stopping. He cannot join one hon­orary
fraternity but he must join
five or six; he cannot serve on one
committee but he must give over
his soul to a dozen. The result is
a life of classes and committee
sittings, sub-committee reports,
futile campus projects, and sterile
organizational programs.
He cannot study, he cannot read,
he cannot even grab off a co-ed.
Having given an inch of his per­son
to the selfish and all-exacting
demi-god, Public Service, his
whole being has been subjugated.
API Has Four Representatives
At Vocational Meeting
Alabama's department of voca­tional
agriculture will be repre­sented
at the annual meeting of
the American Vocational Asso­ciation
in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 30
to Dec. 3, by R. E. Cammack, state
supervisor of vocational agricul­ture
and three staff members.
They are Prof. S. L. Chesnutt,
teacher-trainer in vocational ag­riculture;
and L. L. Sellers and H.
F. Gibson, assistant supervisors.
And for what? So that in his
search for practical training in
the exigencies of life (for such,
we are told, is the benefit of extra­curricular
activity), he has tasted
of all and digested of none and in
so doing deliberately cut himself
off from all but a cursory surface-scrapping
of his intellectual op­portunities.
He would have done better to
have spent his spare time in a
beer joint or reading a good book.
Alumni Notes
By Charles Burns
Archie Vernon Meighs, BS ChE
1920, formerly Supt. of Valdez
Corporation in Guayquil, Equa-dor,
South America, is now loca­ted
in Dadeville.
* * *
Sam M. Dowling, BS 1924, for­merly
connected with the Fire­stone
Plantation in Monrovia, Li­beria,
West Africa, is now in O-zark.
Earl Gissendanner, BS Ag. Ed
1930, formerly connected with the
Buabul Farm, Black River Dis­trict
in Puerta Castilla, Hondu­ras,
CA. is teaching Vocational Ag­riculture
in Crossville.
* * *
Harry W. Watkins Jr., BS CE
1922, formerly Engineer Govern­ment
Airport, Balboa Canal Zone,
Panama, is a Construction Engi­neer
located in Birmingham.
» * *
Tilghman Turner, President of
the Montgomery chapter of the
Alumni Association, has returned
from a recent trip to South Amer­ica.
* * *
Lt. Morris Pelham, class of 1935,
now stationed at Barksdale Field,
Shreveport, La., flew here recent­ly
for a short visit with his broth­er,
John, Kappa Alpha pledge.
* * *
George L. Nettles, district man-
Jean Bailey to Wed
George Hairston
The wedding of Miss Jean Hun­tington
Bailey of Jackson to Wil­liam
George Hairston of Birming­ham
will take place at the Auburn
Methodist Church Saturday after­noon
at 4:30. The Rev. Norman
McLeod, Opelika, uncle of the
bride, will perform the ceremony.
Mrs. Robin Mullin of Columbus,
Ga., the former Josephine Pointer
of Auburn, will be matron of hon­or,
while the bridegroom's brother,
James Hairston, will act as best
man. S. T. Barnes, stepfather of
the bride, will give her in mar­riage.
Ushers will be William and Da­vid
Hairston and Joseph Baines
Crooks. Birmingham; Jack Mc­Donald
Dunlop, Maracaiba, Vene­zuela;
Winfrey Boyd, Knoxville;
and William Long, Montgomery.
Mrs. Herman Jones, Auburn,
will be at the organ console. Pre­ceding
the ceremony a musical
prelude will be presented by Mrs.
J. G. Bedsole and Leri Edmond-son.
Immediately following the
wedding members of Delta Sigma
Phi will entertain the party at a
buffet supper.
Miss Bailey, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. T. Barnes, Jackson,
attended A. P. I., where she was
elected Miss "A" Day and was
chosen as one of the beauties to
appear in the 1938 Glomerata.
Mr. Hairston is also a graduate of
A. P. I.
ager for New England Mutual
Life Insurance Co., who attended
Auburn in 1915, was a campus
visitor recently, coming from Mon-roeville.
* * *
Dallas County's alumni number
121 with three Life Members and
one active on the rolls. John
Blake, county farm agent, being
the active with Maurice Bloch,
Rev. T. F. Mangum, and Roger
C. Jones as Life Members.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
Society Notes
WEDDING—Vivian Hamn, daughter of Thomas Adrian
Hamn of Montgomery, became t h e b r i d e of Edwin H. Teague
J r . of Montgomery, farmer Auburn student, at a home cere­mony
last Saturday afternoon.
The bridegroom attended Starke's University School and graduat­e
d from Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He is associated with the
Teague family in the wholesale hardware business in Montgomery.
Both are members of prominent Alabama families and are popu­lar
with younger society in Montgomery, where they will reside.
* * *
ENGAGEMENT—Dr. and Mrs. Hiliary Herbert Hender­son
of Greenville announce t h e engagement of t h e i r daughter,
Rosalie, to George Russell Wright of Mobile, the marriage
to t a k e place late in December.
The above announcement is of interest in Auburn, as Miss Hen­derson
received her B. S. degree in home economics here with the
class of '36. She was a member of Kappa Delta and of Cardinal Key.
Construction Begins on New
President's Mansion
Construction of the new Presi­dent's
Mansion, first PWA pro­ject
in the college's million-dollar
building program, began last
Thursday with Brice Building Co.,
of Birmingham, contractors, in
charge.
The construction company agreed
to construct the mansion for $30,-
800, the lowest bid received by
PWA regional headquarters in At­lanta.
The President's Mansion is
a $38,400 project of which amount
$17,280 is a federal grant. This
building must be completed with­in
nine months, according to PWA
regulations.
Other contract bidders were:
Paul Brothers, Harrison Rich­ardson,
Ralph A. Smallman &
Co., Day & Sacks, Tom G. Estes,
all of Birmingham; Auburn Ice &
Coal Co., Auburn; Mcintosh Con­struction
Co., Opelika; and Mur­phy-
Pound, Columbus, Ga.
"College Bred, or the Four
Year Loaf" was the title of last
year's campus musical at Wesley-an
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Vet Notes
By H. B. Title
FROM ALL INDICATIONS, it
appears that students and faculty
members of our School of Veteri­nary
Medicine have been glean­ing
their education from distant
parts.
Several weeks ago, several sen­ior
students and faculty members
attended the Southeastern Veteri­nary
Association Conference in
Knoxville. Dr. L. E. Starr, As­sistant
Dean of the School of Vet­erinary
Medicine, delivered a very
interesting paper on Trichomo-nad
Infection in Cattle. Many of
the outstanding veterinarians of
the country were present at the
conference.
* * *
NOT SO LONG AGO, the sen­ior
class spent four days in Mo­bile
on a tour of inspection. There
was a party of thirty including
students and faculty members. On
the way down to Mobile, we stop­ped
at a very interesting goldfish
hatchery located at the outskirts
of Brewton. Here we saw one of
the most unique setups in Ala­bama.
The owner gave a very
interesting account of how he hap­pened
to be in the goldfish busi­ness.
He stated that the hatchery
first began as a hobby, but it grad­ually
became so profitable that he
enlarged and placed it upon a
more commercial basis.
One of the activities of the tour
was a cruise out into Mobile Bay
on one of the fishing boats. We
were shown how to gather oysters
and shrimp, and we also watched
the way the fishermen cast their
nets. The boat tied up further
down the Bay off an island where
we watched several girls shuck­ing
oysters. We learned some very
interesting facts- about oysters
from the workers.
Another interesting feature a-bout
the trip was a cruise on one
of the Coast Guard boats in the
Bay. The commander narrated
several sea yarns and also told us
about the Coast Guard service.
The following day we visited the
State Docks and watched the
ships loading and unloading car­go.
We also visited the Alabama
Cold Storage building where we
saw many food products frozen
and ready for shipment.
There were several other points
of interest visited during the trip
which are too numerous to men­tion.
The tour was conducted under
the able supervision of Dr. Rob­inson
with the assistance of Drs.
Greene and Woolf. At the present
time, Dr. McAdory, Dr. Starr, and
Dr. Cotton are in Chicago atten­ding
the International Livestock
show.
These trips to distant parts have
served well in making the public
conscious of our School of Veter­inary
Medicine here at Auburn
and we anticipate some very inter­esting
reports on the Livestock
show proceedings when the Doc­tors
return.
* * *
From an economic point of view
one of the most devastating of all
animal diseases is mastitis. The
dairy industry has been confront­ed
with this disease for many
years. It has meant million of
dollars of loss to the dairymen
throughout the country.
The disease may flare up in a
herd without the slightest provo­cation,
and once it gets in it is
extremely difficult to wipe it out.
Control depends mostly upon the
management of the individual
herd. The practice in control is
to eliminate all cows showing
symptoms of the disease and keep
them isolated from the rest of the
herd. Mastitis is passed from cow
to cow by milk hands, thereby
necessitating absolute cleanliness.
Despite many years of intensive
research on this disease a depen­dable
cure has not been found.
Strict cleanliness is the most ef­fective
measure in keeping a herd
free from the disease.
The dairy herd should be exam­ined
periodically by a veterina­rian
to determine the condition of
the cattle. It is a known fact that
cows that have apparently recov­ered
from a mild attack still har­bor
the organisms and they trans­mit
the disease to healthy cattle.
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Auburn's football season may not have been a championship one
as far as victories go, but as far as spirit goes it was more than that.
Johnnie Davis, President of the "A" Club, told us this week that
the student spirit and support taken as a whole during the season
was better this year than any other year he had been at Auburn.
This can be attributed in large measure to the untiring efforts of
the cheering staff in general and the senior cheerleaders, Charlie
O'Reilly and June Tooker, in particular.
We were pretty cold up there in the stands at the Georgia game;
it was wet and the wind was so strong that it lifted our hat off a
couple of times. And along the sidelines, where the cheering squad
was, we know it was even colder and that the wind stung more,
especially on the bare legs of the co-ed cheerleaders. But we don't
believe that there was a game all season long during which the
squad put on a better performance or a more colorful show.
To all of you—Charlie, June, Tony, Doris, Chick, and Joe—we
voice the thanks of the student body for the fine handling of a diffi­cult
job. Especially to the two seniors, Charlie and June, who will
not be with the staff next year, may we extend the gratitude of the
campus for your leadership. O'Reilly, you were always ready to cheer
the team on when the going was rough. You were sweU.
June, you added a color and a vitality to the games and to the
entire season that you should be proud of. Auburn couldn't have had
a finer or a more attractive co-ed cheerleader than you. You were
swell.
Thanks to all of you for fine performances and for making a
real contribution to school spirit.
Punchboard
Gibbons and Strong
409. FLUNKING IS EXPEN­SIVE
FOR COLORADO students.
Starting January 1, 1939, Presi­dent
George Norlin has announc­ed
that students who fail will have
to pay $3.00 per credit hour in
addition to regular tuition. The ex­tra
charge represents the cost to
the state of the course. President
Norlin stated that it isn't fair to
ask taxpayers to stand the added
cost of repeated courses because
of failures. What will they think
of next?
* • »
601. IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE
TO schedule Florida, it would be
a good idea to play the game ear­lier
in the season. Auburn-Florida
games usually lack any color since
little or nothing depends on their
outcome; they are played before
a small handful of fans, and it
takes an upset (you know, like
what happened Saturday) for the
sports writers to give the game
any more space than the daily obi­tuary.
* * *
903. NORMAN RATCLIFF HAS
RECEIVED QUITE a bit of pub­licity
for sleeping in a pup tent
at the University of Alabama. Both
the Montgomery Advertiser and
the Birmingham News carried pic­tures
and a long feature story a-bout
Ratcliff's brave struggle for
a higher education.
Yes, the publicity did the work,
all right. We notice in the papers
that he has received boxes of
clothes and covering, offers of
places to stay, boxes of food, and
some few checks and five-dollar
bills. All of which goes to show
you the gullibility of the public.
Why, there are boys here (and at
the University, too, probably) who
have no more capital than does
Ratcliff; they're going to college
and not sleeping in a pup tent
warding off snakes while doing
it, either. Then, shouldn't their ef­forts
be given more respect than
his? They're merely better mana­gers,
that's all.
Personally, it is a pleasure to
see Ratcliff get aid (regardless of
the procedure used in getting it),
for knowing him while he was in
school here leads us to believe that
it was not worth his risking snake­bite,
pneumonia, complications of
improper diet, et cetera, to secure
for himself a higher education.
* * *
1871. WHEN CHARLES DICK­ENS
DEED he left unfinished a
story — "The Mystery of Edwin
Drood"—and, though Dickens had
no notes sufficiently conclusive to
establish a solution, many attempts
have been made to arrive at an
answer as to the fate of Edwin
Drood. Critics, motion-picture pro­ducer,
even spiritualists, have
offered their own opinions as to
the intended outcome, but we like
best an argument which we found
presented in Stephen Leacock's
biography, "Charles Dickens." This
is not a new book; we are slow in
getting our reading done. We make
mention of the particular chapter
on Edwin Drood, because we
thought it as entertaining as many
detective stories we have read,
and far more plausible. In case you
are interested, Mr. Leacock states
that the only logical ending a-la-
Dickens is the safe return of Ed­win
Drood and the apprehension
of Jasper, the villainous uncle. In
a motion-picture of a few years
back a conclusion similar to this
was reached with Douglas Mont­gomery
(Edwin Drood) triumphant
over Claude Rains (Jasper).
Expert On Breeding
Of Dogs Registered
In Vet Here
By Charles Burns
The School of Veterinary Med­icine
has a very distinguished
man listed as a student on rec­ords
as a junior in the vet course.
He is Leon F. Whitney whose ad­dress
is 25 Wright's MU1 Road.
Mr. Whitney, accompanied by
wife and son, George, a freshman
in the same school here, came to
Auburn from Orange, Conn.,
which has been their home.
Back in Connecticut country,
Leon Whitney has a kennel of 150
dogs and a large laboratory of his
own. The reason for entering Au­burn
Mr. Whitney says is for its
well-known School of Veterinary
Medicine, one of the best in the
country and nationally known.
He is also a research director
for the Tioga Mills Inc., Waverly,
New York, and does his work in
the interest of animals—his most
beloved pets being dogs. It is said
that this distinguished Auburn
student has the largest pack of
bloodhounds in America.
Although his time is spent in
research work and in the interest
of the dogs, Mr. Whitney has turn­ed
author, having taken up his
pen to do work for his most be­loved
pet. Some of his books
known over the United States are
"How to Breed Dogs," "Basis of
Breeding," "Builders of America,"
and the Junior Literary Guild se­lection,
"Pigeon City."
Not just being an author and
writer of books, Mr. Whitney has
written numerous articles for
magazines and at the present
time has a series of articles run­ning
in the "American Kennel
Gazette" on feeding dogs.
His social fraternity is Kappa
Sigma and it is also that of his
son George, who is a pledge to the
Beta Eta chapter on this campus.
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Enrollment of women students
at the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
is approximately 22 per cent
larger this fall than last. Of the
450 co-eds, 170 are studying edu­cation,
132 home economics, 98
science and literature, 37 archi­tecture
and allied arts, 9 chemis­try
and pharmacy, 2 agriculture,
and one each in engineering, and
veterinary medicine. Total first
semester enrollment at Auburn
now stands at a new high record
of 3,005 students.
* * *
Engineering courses have been
offered at the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute since the founding of
the institution in 1872. The first
graduating class that year of five
members included one student
who received a degree in civil en­gineering.
There were 149 engi­neering
graduates in the 1938 sen­ior
class.
* * *
Beginning in 1939, students will
be required to spend six years at
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
to obtain a degree in veteri­nary
medicine. Two of the six
years will be devoted to a pre-vet-erinary
course in the School of
Science and Literature similar to
that required in pre-medicine.
Five years is required by students
now enrolled.
* * *
Oldest fraternity chapter at Au­burn
is the Beta of Phi Delta The-ta,
established here in 1879. The
fraternity was founded at Miami
University in 1848. Auburn's
youngest fraternity, is Tau Epsi-lon
Phi, the Tau Omicron chapter
of which was installed here last
year.
* * *
An up-to-date sound moving
picture projector has been pur­chased
by the School of Education
at the Alabama Polytechnic In-
.c*itute. The projector will be used
ior classroom instruction and to
demonstrate developments in vis­ual
education for prospective tea­chers
and public school teachers
now in service who take special
courses here on Saturdays.
* * *
The campus at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute is one of the
largest in the country. It covers
an area of 1,045 acres, a portion
of which is used by the Agricul­tural
Experiment Station.
* * *
The Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
is the oldest co-education
institution in Alabama, and with
one exception is the oldest in the
South. Women have been admitt­ed
here since 1892 and the present
co-ed enrollment this fall is 450
in a total of 3,005 students.
The students of the University
of California have a three-divi­sion
classification of co-eds,
namely, social registerers, cash
registerers, and never registerers.
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PAGE SIX THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1938
Players to Employ
'Space Staging'
"Space-staging'-' will be employ­ed
by the Auburn Players Dec.
12 to give r&pid movement to their
production of Shakespeare's "King
Leaf." The device has rarely been
•tised on the Auburn stage.
Director Telfair Peet has ar­ranged
a series of three stage le­vels,
one consisting of the main
stage floor nearest the audience,
another placed on two-foot-high
platforms extending 'across the
middle portion of the stage, and
the third one a four-foot plat­form
against the black drapes at
the rear of the stage "scenery,"
changes of setting being accom­plished
by opening and closing
curtains and shifting lights.
The Players are using a version
of "King Lear" prepared for the
Globe Playhouse at the Century
of Progress Exposition in Chicaga
several years ago. Some of the
slower lines in the original play
were cut to speed up the action,
but none of Shakespeare's lines
have been changed. The play will
run an hour and a half, with a
short intermission at the midway
point.
Effects which will add life to
the production include costumes
of the Elizabethan period, nume­rous
fanfares, and a howling wind­storm
on the stage.
Fraternity List
Students at the University of
Georgia recently met with failure
in their attempt to install women
cheerleaders for the first time on
their campus. The officials who
turned down the request stated
that there were certain traditions
to be upheld, and that they could
not okay such appointments with­out
first consulting alumni, pat­rons,
and friends of the Univer­sity.
In answer to arguments of
students that this would add color
to athletic events, the officials
merely said, "Maybe next season."
(Continued from Page One)
Anniston, vice president; Edward
Davis, Prattville, secretary; Allen
C. Martin, Selma, treasurer; Mrs.
M. M. McLendon, house mother;
and Prof. J. F. Duggar and Prof.
Albert Marshall, faculty advisers.
Kappa Sigma—William H. An­drews,
Thomasville, president;
William Davis Hall, Atlanta, Ga.,
vice president; Charles A. Har­ris,
Montgomery, treasurer; Boi­ling
H. Rawlinson, Millbrook,
scribe; Mrs. Garth Gilchrist, house
mother; and Dr. J. R. Rutland,
faculty adviser.
Lambda Chi Alpha—Ernest R.
Floyd, Huntsville, president; Fran­cis
K. Bagby, Birmingham, vice
president; D. W. Moody, Cooke
Springs, secretary; Leon C. Picard,
Birmingham, treasurer; Mrs. W.
C. Gowin, house mother; and
Prof. J. Herman Johnson, faculty
adviser.
Phi Delta Theta—Paul Kerns
McKenney, Columbus, Ga., pres­ident;
James D. Flowers Jr., Mont­gomery,
secretary; Benjamin S.
Branch, Montgomery, treasurer;
James Arthur King, Rome, Ga.,
historian; T. H. Johnson Jr., Hunts­ville,
librarian; Rex Ransom Luce,
Mobile, warden; Carl Cope Mor­gan
Jr., Uniontown, chaplain;Wil-liam
H. Troup, Kankakee, 111., a-lumni
secretary; T. N. Williams
Jr., Buena Vista, chorister; Prof.
Thomas Sparrow, faculty adviser,
and Miss America Ball, house
mother.
Pi Kappa Alpha:—William B.
McGehee, Greenville, president;
Ernest Wilburn Pate, Birming­ham,
vice president; Frank Brad
Wilson, Greenville, secretary;
Julian P. Myrick, Lakeland, Fla.,
treasurer; Harry T. Bailey, Hunts­ville,
house manager; Prof. C. R.
Saunders, faculty adviser; and
Mrs. W. F. Tyler, house mother.
Pi Kappa Phi—Jack N. Adams,
Alexander City, president; George
Samuel Hiller, Jasper, secretary;
William B. Ott, Montgomery,
treasurer; Alex Merritt Burgin,
Buena Vista, Ga., Chaplain;
George Reed Doster, Montgomery,
warden; Rufus Waldo Porter,
Georgiana, historian; Mrs. Stella
Foy Williams, house mother; and
Dr. Paul Irvine, faculty adviser.
Phi Kappa Tau—Jack Todd,
Woodridge, N. J., president; C. N.
Waddell, Rogersville, vice presi­dent;
Warren H. Bridges, West
Orange, N. J., secretary; J. For-ter
Edmunds, Pell City, treasurer;
Ira B. Kerlin, Birmingham, chap­lain;
Prof. J. M. Robinson and
Prof. D. J. Wedell, faculty advis­ers.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon—James C.
Swanner, Luverne, president; Ro­bert
McClure, Birmingham, vice
president; Reid Roueche, Birming­ham,
secretary; James M. Folmar,
Troy, treasurer; Mrs. Ruby Hart,
house mother; and Profs. W. W.
Hill and H. M. Martin, faculty ad­visers.
Sigma Chi—David D. Roberts,
Mobile, president; Frank M. Cayce,
Birmingham, vice president; Ed­win
Sundberg, Fairhope, secretary;
J. Foy Laseter, Clayton, treasurer;
Mrs. Lena B. Zeigler, house moth­er;
and Lt. B. M. Cornell, faculty
adviser.
Sigma Nu—John E. Davis, Birm­ingham,
president; L. E. Foster,
Birmingham, vice president; John
Hill West, Louisville, secretary; G.
W. Young, Montgomery, treasurer;
Robert G. Merrill, Edgewater, sen­tinel;
Shelby P. Taylor, Huntsville,
chaplain; Mrs. J. O. Reid, house
mother; and Major R. A. -Laird,
faculty adviser.
Sigma Phi Epsilon—Robert F.
McNulty, Medford, Mass., presi­dent;
Carl E. Adamson, Birming­ham,
vice president; Joe Mack
Gafford, Greenville, secretary;
Richard E. Watkins, Decatur,
treasurer; Mrs. Elizabeth V. Cox,
house mother; and Prof. C. R. Hi-xon,
faculty adviser.
Sigma Pi—W. H. Henderson Jr.,
Birmingham, president; Donald
Odell, Rye, N. Y., vice president;
W. B. Davenport Jr., Teaneck, N.
J., secretary; Clyde H. Brown Jr.,
Birmingham, treasurer; Julian D.
Edge, Columbus, Ga., herald; Dr.
Applebee Receives
Purchase Prize
Highest honors were won by
Prof. Frank Applebee of the De
partment of Applied Art in an Ex­hibition
of Abstract Painting held
at Alabama College, Montevallo,
during the month of November.
His painting won the Purchase
Prize, the only award of the ex­hibit.
The winning painting was a cub-istic
abstraction of a warehouse.
It was the first painting that the
artist has done in this manner.
The exhibit was the first of
three that will be sponsored by
Alabama College during the year.
One painting will be bought by
the college out of each of the ex­hibits,
all of which will be mod­ern,
and the work of Alabama
painters. The exhibitions have
been planned so as to have an
educational value for those inter­ested
in developing an understand­ing
and appreciation of contempo­rary
painting.
There were sixty pictures shown
in the first exhibit, each artist
being limited to two.
H. G. Good, faculty adviser.
Theta Chi—Homer H. Gossett
Jr., Griffin, Ga., president; C. W.
Thompson Jr., Piedmont, secre­tary;
Leon Propheit Thomas,
Jones, vice president; James Lee
McClain, Keener, treasurer; Mrs.
L. Y. Dean Jr., house mother; and
Prof. P. P. Powell and Prof. W.
F. Jacob, faculty advisers.
Tau Epsilon Phi—Louis G.
Goldberg, Birmingham, president;
Perry J. Schwartz, Birmingham,
vice president; Milton D. Coane,
Trenton, N. J., secretary; Herbert
G. Schiff Jr., Mobile, treasurer;
and Prof. J. W. Roe, faculty ad­viser.
Theta Kappa Nu—John H. Liv­ingston,
Center, president; Joe
Frank Golightly, Gadsden, secre­tary;
E. Reid Happer, Birmingham,
treasurer; and Dr. James Naftel,
faculty adviser.
George Knight Returns from
Interfraternity Meeting
George Knight, president of the
Interfraternity Council, represen­ted
Auburn at the national conven­tion
of the Interfraternity Coun­cil
in New York City recently.
The meeting was held at the Ho­tel
Commodore on Nov. 25 and
26 with colleges and universities
in the 48 states sending represen­tatives
to the convention.
Knight made the trip with Fred
Blanton, president of the Council
at Birmingham-Southern. He re­turned
to the campus Wednesday.
Personnel of Co-Ed
Glee Club Given
For the first time in the history
of Auburn a women's glee club
has been organized. Regular re­hearsals
are being conducted on
Tuesday and Thursday at 5 p. m.
in the Glee Club room above the
elec lab.
Director of the club is Law­rence
Barnett, and sixty-six wo­men
students have reported for
rehearsals thus far. It was an­nounced
that no dues were being
charged this semester and the col­lege
credit will be given for work
in the club during the second se­mester
of this year. Other women
students desiring to join the club
will be welcomed, said Mr. Bar­nett.
Juanita Johnston is serving as
president of the club along with
the following officers: Ruby Helen
Stokes, vice president; Jewel
Whatley, secretary; and Margaret
Pearson, business manager.
Following are members of the
Girls Glee Club:
Alto—Mickey Fuquay, Lillian
Jane Smith, Margaret Pearson,
Helena J. Miller, Doris Green,
Martha Vest, Mary Martin Car-den,
Grace Newman, Juanita Ste­wart,
Mary Lydia Williamson,
Martha Hicks, Jean Atkins, Ila
Graves Lockhart, Cora Lipscomb,
PiKA Dance to Be
Saturday Night
Upsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa
Alpha has been working busily
on plans and arrangements for
their dance and houseparty this
weekend. The house has been va­cated
in order to accommodate
the visiting girls, who will be ar­riving
this afternoon if their tele­grams
do not.
The plans for the weekend as
stated by Ted Chiles will be in
the order of a steak fry tonight at
Wright's Mill and a party at the
house afterwards. Then there will
be a tea dance Saturday afternoon
and the formal dance and high­light
of the celebration that night.
After the dance all visitors, dates,
and brothers will be entertained
by a buffet breakfast at the fra­ternity
house.
Ninette Carter of Atlanta and
President Billy McGehee will lead
the dance. The leadout, including
the active brothers and their
dates, will be the formation of the
Greek letter Pi in the center of
the dance floor. The girls will
then be presented with a favor,
and the leadout will continue with
"The Dream Girl of Pi K. A."
Many visitors are expected, in­cluding
alumni brothers from all
over the state and their wives, and
brothers from the University of
Alabama, Howard, Birmingham-
Southern, Emory, and Georgia
Tech.
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J. W. Roe Elected Secretary
Of Modern Language Group
Prof. John W. Roe, of the mod­ern
language department at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
was elected secretary of the Span­ish
division of the South Atlantic
Modern Language Association at
the annual meeting of the Associa­tion
held on Friday and Saturday
at the University of Florida.
Auburn was represented at the
Florida meeting by Professors Roe
and three members of the English
department, Dr. Leo Gosser, Prof.
Ewing Anderson, and Prof. A. D.
Butler.
The 1939 meeting of the Asso­ciation
will be held next fall at
Birmingham-Southern College,
Birmingham.
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of introducing one of its loyal ad­vertisers.
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of the members of the Campus
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The barber should first examine
the patron's scalp for evidences
of schorrhea (dandruff), and if
there is any, the proper shampoo
should be used according to the
indications in each individual
case.
If the scalp is mealy and dry,
dandruff is present, and a sulpho-nated
oil shampoo should be used
for the best results. However, a
lathering oil shampoo will do just
as well for this type of scalp.
Where oily schorrhea is present,
an alkali shampoo should be used.
The barber should give at least
two applications of the shampoo
to thoroughly clean the hair and
scalp, for one application is not
sufficient. The use of stiff combs
or brushes is avoided in shampoo­ing,
as it tends to irritate or tear
the scalp.
At the completion of the sham­poo,
a good antiseptic tonic is
best to counteract the growth of
bacteria and stimulate the clean
scalp. The hair should then be
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First Soprano—Sarah Hard-wick,
Billie Owen, Sara Carlisle,
Martha Joe Herndon, Anne McRee,
Sara Ellen Jackson, Jewell What­ley,
Kathryn Blake, Mary Flor­ence
Roberts, Ruby Helen Stokes,
Kate Teague Gresham, Elizabeth
Steele, Nancye Thompson, Katie
Lee Robinson, Sarah Rowe, Clau­dia
Weinmann, Ann Mason, An­nie
Lyde Lewis, Edna Guice, Car­olyn
Jones, Mary Sturkie, Sybil
Richardson, Ruby Morrison, and
Mary Moreman.
Second Soprano—Frances Buck-alow,
Alice Little, Julia Stewart,
Sue Freeman, Maribeth Bugg,
Mary Emma Hicks, Edith Cham­pion,
Ruth Stelzenmuller, Nell
Walker, Julia McKessick, Mary El­la
Funchess, Laurie Houston, Su-zelle
Hare, Jean Beasley, Evelyn
Johnson, Annelle King, Elaine
Spain, Katherine Schurter, Jonnie-ly
Campbell, Bessie Rice, and
Juanita Johnston.
Alpha Gamma Rho's Entertain
With Dinner and Dance
Members and pledges of Alpha
Gamma Rho entertained with a
Thanksgiving dinner and dance at
the chapter house Tuesday even­ing,
Nov. 22.
Beautiful decorations displaying
the fraternity colors adorned the
living room and dining room.
Among the girls present were:
Bobbie Robbins, Kathryn Quattle-baum,
Kitty Riley, Bessie Bur-dette,
Mamie Kate Mitchell, Alice
Little, Sarah Rowe, Mabel Gray,
and Rene Gibson.
Also Margaret Nash, Juanita
Johnson, Betty Smyer, Ruby
Townsend, Mrs. J. L. Merriwea-ther,
Nell Guy, Charlie Williams,
Elaine Guy, Rita Pittman, Jean
Mayberry, Mrs. Palmer Warren,
Kate Robinson, and Frances Pat­rick.
NOTICE
Episcopal Church
Dec. 4, second Sunday in Trin­ity.
9:45 a. m.—Church School and
Bible Class.
11 a. m.—Holy Communion and
Sermon.
7 p. m.—Young Peoples' Service
League.
NOTICE
All seniors who expect to com­plete
the requirements for the de­gree
in January are requested to
report to the Registrar's office for
final checking and making appli­cation
for the degree at the May
Commencement Exercises.
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daughter, but she was the best
built girl in town.—Rocky Moun­tain
Collegian.
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