1939-03-24 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly
Friday
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VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1939 NUMBER 51
THE EDITOR
SAYS
Cruising sound-wagons, blaring
out pleas for support, swooping
airplanes flooding voters with
clouds of handbills, blatant loud-
• speaking systems near the polls,
giving forth swing music and pleas
for votes, dozens of frantic can­didates
handing out cards and
blotters, small negro boys ringing
bells and carrying sandwich signs
imploring that one vote for so-and-
so, automobiles smeared with
"vote for my man" signs and of­fers
of free rides to the polls—all
these big-time political tactics
were seen in Auburn this week
during the election.
* * *
Beginning two years ago
with a stray condidate or two dis­tributing
printed "your vote and
influence appreciated" cards, last
year some new, unique, and more
expensive tactics developed, cul­minating
in methods rivaled only
by national campaigns.
* * *
While we are the first
to defend a man's right to freely
urge his candidacy and while we
passed out vile campaign cigars
last year, we deplore the entire
movement, which can only lead to
the candidate winning who can
spend the most money on personal
advertisement and outright bribery
by gifts.
* * *
The tendency toward
big-time tactics is absolutely con­trary
to the traditional Auburn
belief that "a man's a man for a'
that." Auburn has always believ­ed
that men are men because they
are good fellows and not because
they have funds to smear their
names before the public. Money
and its power have never made a
man a true man here. Nor have
they—or can they—ever make
him a good and efficient office­holder.
* * *
These big-time methods
place emphasis on financial stand­ing
and ability to advertise and
scheme, rather than on honesty
and ability to efficiently fill an
office.
In the grand scramble that pre­cedes
every Auburn election every
man racks his brain for publicity
schemes, knowing that his oppon­ents
are doing their best to out-publicize
him. No candidate, we
believe, would engage in these
mercenary methods if he knew his
opponents wouldn't.
* * *
Why not ease each man's
mind by wiping the slate clean
and outlawing all circulars, all
cards, all sound wagons,—every­thing
except the personal ap­proach,
which makes a man stand
face to face with the voters and
list his qualifications and reasons
for wanting the office in personal
conversation.
We do not believe that a boy
will make a better Cabinet mem­ber
or a better Plainsman editor
just because his parents have
money and give him enough to
get his name before the voters by
striking methods.
* * *
This year's Executive Cabinet
has shown itself to be one of the
most progressive and alert govern­ing
bodies in years by pushing
through important constitutional
reforms and by holding a truly
straight election.
Now, its real work in revision
of student government begins; the
by-laws and rules governing per­manent
committees remain to be
changed.
The big-time political tactics
here need drastic curbing. We do
not think that the Cabinet will
overlook their job in that line.
'A' DAY OFFERS VARIED TYPES OF
ENTERTAINMENT NEXT WEDNESDAY
Chi Omega Holds Formal
Installation of Officers
Alpha Beta chapter of Chi Ome­ga
sorority held a formal installa­tion
Wednesday night for the new
officers who have been elected to
serve for the following year.
Ruth Lowe, Auburn, was in­stalled
as president. Others are
vice-president, Sue Quattlebaum,
Conway, S. C; secretary, Helen
Jordan, Columbus; treasurer, Hel­en
Barnes, St. Petersberg, Fla.;
pledge-instructor, Caroline Jones,
Auburn; chapter correspondent,
Francine Bieedlove, Columbus;
herald, Flo Pickens, Decatur.
Head Cheerleader, Officers
Of "A" Club Will Be
Announced During Day
By John Ivey
"A" Day, an annual sporting
event sponsored by the Auburn
"A" Club, will get under way
next Wednesday, March 29. Al­ways
a most colorful parade of
the true Auburn, this year's edi­tion
of "A" Day promises to be
the most interesting in the his­tory
of the event.
Costume Contest Tuesday
According to plans recently re­leased
by Johnny Davis, President
of the "A" Club, the celebration
will get underway at midnight,
March 28, by way of a stage show
at the Tiger Theater. During the
course of the. program, "A" Club
officials for the coming year will
be formally introduced. Plans
have been made for a contest be­tween
pledges of the various fra­ternities,
one man from each lodge,
dressed in kid costumes present­ing
any type of comedy skit they
wish. To the winner of the con­test
will go five dollars from Gus
Coats. Those individuals wishing
to enter this competition should
get in touch with "Flash" Flow­ers
or Bo Russell.
The election of Miss "A" Day
will begin Tuesday night. The bal­lot
box will be placed in the lobby
of the Tiger Theater and will be
open to the entire student body.
Early Wednesday morning the bal­lot
box will be placed by the main
gate where it will remain the en­tire
day. Any co-ed is eligible for
the award. The girl selected will
be presented during the festivities
of the kid party to be held in
Graves Center Wednesday night.
Interfrat Track Meet Wednesday
An interfraternity track ' meet
will be the first event on the list
for Wednesday morning, starting
at 9 a. m. This competition is
open to all fraternities, but no
individual shall be eligible who
has represented Auburn in a var­sity
or freshman track meet, or
varsity cross country meet. Fra­ternity
pledges entering in events
must have been pledged before
March 1, 1939. Each fraternity
may enter two men in each event,
but only one shall start. Each re­lay
team shall be composed of
five men for which event the
heats will be run the preceding
day in those contests requiring it.
Entries must be turned in to
George Knight, Kappa Alpha
house, by 12 o'clock noon, Mon­day,
March 27.
The scoring in the track meet
will be as follows, five points for
first place, three for second, two
for third, and one for fourth. The
relay will be scored the same as
the other events. The Interfrater­nity
Council will award a trophy
cup to the fraternity scoring the
greatest number of points.
Qualifying events will be held
Tuesday afternoon starting with
the pole vault at 4 p. m.; 120-yard
low hurdles, four to qualify, 4:15;
shot put 4:15; 100-yard dash, six
to qualify, 4:30; broad jump, five
to qualify, 4:30; 220-yard dash,
five to qualify, 5 p. m.
On Wednesday morning: high
jump at 9 o'clock; 120-yard low
hurdles, 9:00; mile run, 9:15;
broad jump, 9:30; 440-yard dash,
9:45; 220-yard dash, 10:00; 880-
yard run, 10:15; 880 relay, 10:30.
The persons entering these events
are warned that the time schedul­ed
is to be followed rigidly
throughout the entire meet.
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COL. FRED C. WALLACE,
local Commandant who recent­ly
received a promotion in rank,
has been notified that his tour
of duty at Auburn is soon to
be ended. He will go to the'
Army War College in Washing­ton,
D. C.
Army Personnel to
Be Changed Here
Waterman Is to Succeed
Wallace As Commandant
Orders of transfer have been
received for Col. Fred C. Wallace,
commandant of the ROTC unit at
Auburn, and announcement made
of his successor.
Col. Wallace will go on July 1
to the office of the Chief of Field
Artillery, Washington, D. C.
Lt. Col. John J. Waterman, now
with the 77th Field Artillery,
Fort Sill, Okla., will come to Au­burn
the middle of the summer
to assume duties as head of the
School of Military Science and
Tactics at A. P. I.
Major E. H. Almquist, now at
Auburn, will go to Columbia, Mo.,
as national guard instructor; Capt.
W. J. Klepinger and Capt. G. R.
Scithers have received notice of
transfer to Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, to attend the Command
and General Staff School. Capt. J.
L. MoKinnon will receive his
transfer orders soon.
New officers to fill the vacan­cies
at Auburn will be Major Ham­ilton
F. Searight of the 83rd Field
Artillery, Fort Bragg, N. C; Capf.
William A. Wedemeyer of the 4th
Field Artillery, Fort Bragg, N. C;
Captain Willis W. Whelchel of the
10th Field Artillery, Fort Lewis,
Washington; Captain Mark Mc-
Clure of the Command and Gen­eral
Staff School, Fort Leaven­worth,
Kansas.
Homemaking As a Profession
Is Lecture Subject
"Is Home Making a Profession?"
was the title of a talk made to
the women students of Auburn
Thursday by Dr. Helen Judy-
Bond, head of the home economics
department of teachers college,
Columbia University.
At the present time, according
to Mrs. Judy-Bond, home making
is not classed as a profession, but
the nationally known speaker
held out hope that in time it will
be given such a classification. Im.
portance of training in home mak­ing
for men as well as women was
stressed.
Mrs. Judy-Bond, president of
the American Home Economics
Association, was presented to the
women's convocation by Mrs. Mar­ion
Spidle, head of Auburn's home
economics department.
Joint Banquet Is
Held by FFA, FHA
Prominent Local Speakers
Are Featured on Program
Two hundred members of the
Collegiate chapters of FFA and
FHA held their first joint banquet
here Saturday night at the Bap­tist
Church, with a number of
prominent speakers on the prog­ram.
Invocation was given by the Rev.
Sam Hay and J. C. Bullington,
president of FFA introduced the
toastmaster, "Red" Bamberg. Lu­cille
Pace, president of FHA, told
the history of her organization.
H. L. Jacobs gave the FFA creed,
and Ann McRee and Gordon Hub­bard
gave vocal solos.
"I'll Sit This One Out" was the
title of a reading given by Mil­dred
Nunn. History of FFA was
outlined by T. C. Davis and the
FHA program of work was given
by Alice Little. Program of work
for FFA was given by Mack
Thomas.
President L. N. Duncan spoke
to the group as did Dean Zebu-
Ion Judd, and Dr. J. B. Hobdy.
Diplomas were presented to 43
FFA boys by Prof. S. L. Chesnutt,
adviser.
The joint program was discuss­ed
by Miss Ruth Stovall, who was
introduced by Miss Edna Orr, FHA
adviser.
IGammage Wins
Swimming Cup
Davis Gammage, backstroke ar­tist
from Birmingham, won the
Alpha Phi Omega freshman swim­ming
cup Wednesday afternoon
with a total of 22 points. George
Austin was runner-up with 17
points. Cummings McCall was
third with 15, and Lester Shannon
followed with 14.
Alpha Phi Omega each year
gives cups to freshmen outstand­ing
in different sports. The
swimming cup was the first to be
awarded this semester.
BA Students to Go
On Inspection Trip
To Visit 14 Industrial
Concerns in Birmingham
Students in business administra­tion
at Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
will leave Tuesday, March
28, and spend a week in Birming­ham
on their annual inspection
trip of 14 business organizations
in the industrial center.
Among the places to be inspect­ed
will be Tennessee Coal and
Iron Co., Phillips-Lester Manu­facturing
Co., Birmingham Branch
of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta, Fairfield Wire Works,
Fairfield Sheet Mill, Fairfield
Tin Mill, McKesson and Robbins,
Inc., Birmingham Ice and Cold
Storage, Merchants Credit Asso­ciation,
Birmingham News, First
National Bank, Fenner and Beane,
Liberty National Life Insurance
Company, Burroughs Adding Ma­chine
Co.
Students who will take the trip
include: Sam Lee Jr., Gadsden;
Ehney Addison Ambrose, Monte-vallo;
Lawrence Aycock, Selma;
Daniel W. Benson, Auburn; Geo.
Carlise Blackwell, Huntsville;
Joe Walker Brown, Montgomery;
James Monroe Callaway, Birm­ingham;
Paul Freeman Carr,
Headland; Walter Happer Chand­ler
Jr., Columbus, Ga.; Kirby Cle­ments,
Montgomery; Harold Rob­ert
Cockrell, Fairfield; Joe N.
Crawford, Union, S. C; J. Flynn
Dean, Moultrie, Ga.; G. P. Dex­ter,
Birmingham; Henry Roy Fau-cette,
Birmingham.
Charles Forest Fincher Jr., Au
burn; Jack Finley, Auburn; Gor
(Continued on Page Four)
All Constitutional Changes Pass;
Only 46 Votes Against Measures
Professors to Be on Spot Monday Night
As Cardinal Key Gives Faculty 'Take-Off
Elsberry to Preside;
Cup to Be Presented
To Best Performer
Auburn professors will definite­ly
be "put on the spot" Monday
night in Langdon Hall when Car­dinal
Key stages its annual Facul­ty
Take-Off.
Fraternities and sororities who
have not already done so are in­vited
to make entries into the
contest to mock and characterize
their teachers. A cup is present­ed
annually to the winner.
This year judges will be chos­en
from the campus at large. Last
year students complained that the
judges were people who only saw
the profs on good behavior.
Arthur Elsberry, Irondale, as
Ralph B. Draughon, will preside,
announce, and introduce each
number.
The committee in charge of en­tries
is Suzelle Hare and Ruby
Pitts. Anyone interested in enter­ing
should contact one of them at
once.
Cardinal Key is the only natio­nal
honor society for women on
the Auburn campus. The local
chapter is headed by Eleanor
Scott, Auburn. Other members in­clude
Clara Merrill Thagard, An­dalusia;
Rachel Hereford, Gurley;
Rene Gibson, Tunica, Miss.; Ca­milla
Newberry, Chancellor; Anne
Winn, Florence; Ruby Pitts, Au­burn;
Suzelle Hare, Auburn; Mar­garet
Pearson, Montgomery; Helen
Porch, Alexander City; Virginia
Adams, West Point, Ga.; Edith
Cecil Carson, Montgomery; Annie
Lou Whittaker, Tuskegee; Ruth
Lowe, Auburn; Ruby Helen
Stokes, Montgomery; and Thea
Dunn, Daviston.
Discus Hurler
]M>mm
Roosevelt Visit
Still Probable
Will Visit Auburn If
Duties Do Not Prevent
President Roosevelt will be in
Auburn for a visit about April 5
if "Hitler behaves himself," Dr.
L. N. Duncan said this morning
he has been advised by Senator
Lister Hill.
While stating there is still no
definite word to be given out
with regard to the President's
proposed visit, Dr. Duncan said
that Roosevelt had assured Sena­tor
Hill he will come here unless
"the international situation keeps
him in Washington."
President Roosevelt is planning
to make his annual spring visit to
Warm Springs, Ga., for a week of
rest, and his trip to Auburn has
been tentatively set for Wednes­day,
April 5. He has been planning
for some time to be in Tuskegee
about that date, when Founder's
Day will be celebrated at Tuske­gee
Institute. Senator Hill visited
the President last week and in­vited
him to stop in Auburn en
route to Tuskegee.
Dr. Duncan said this morning
that he has invited Gov. Frank
Dixon to be here to meet Presi­dent
Roosevelt. In the event the
President is able to fill his ten­tative
appointment here, Gov.
Dixon will be with him through­out
the day.
No especial preparations have
been made for the President's
likely visit to Auburn, Dr. Dun­can
said, explaining that a let­ter
from Senator Hill had advised
that Secret Service officials will
come here to work out arrange­ments
for Roosevelt's appearance
here if he is able to fill the tenta­tive
appointment.
Dr. Duncan said, however, that
plans will probably call for Pres­ident
Roosevelt to tour the cam­pus,
see the new buildings now
under construction, and deliver a
brief address from his automobile.
Phi Kappa Phi to Initiate
New Members April 4
Honoring 33 new initiates, the
Auburn chapter of Phi Kappa Phi,
national scholastic fraternity, will
entertain with its annual banquet
here on April 4.
Approximately 40 members of
the faculty and Auburn residents
are active members of the chap­ter
which will entertain the col­lege
seniors.
Ralph B. Draughon, executive
secretary at A. P. I., will make
the principal address at the ban­quet.
Prof. Ralph D. Doner, head of
the mathematics department, is
president of the fraternity, and
Dr. Paul Irvine of the School of
Education, is secretary.
OHESTeR SOUQEtL - •AOaOn^
Only recently changing from
his football togs to track uni­form,
Bulger Is now limbering
up for another season putting
the shot and hurling the discus.
He is from Rumford, Me., and
is taking education.
Summer School Bulletin
Be Published Soon
The Summer School bulletin
will be issued within the next ten
days, Dean Zebulon Judd, direc­tor,
announced today.
Monday, June 5, will be regis­tration
day for the first summer
session, which will continue
through July 14. The second term
will open July 17 and close Aug­ust
19.
A special feature of the session
will be a reading conference and
clinic at which individuals may
increase their speed in reading.
The reading conference, which
will last four days opening June
5, will emphasize methods of dis­covering
individual reading diffi­culties
and ways to overcome
them.
Players Turn Out Another Excellent
Performance With laburnum Grove'
By J. H. Wheeler Jr.
For two short hours last night, Langdon Hall stage became a
London surburb, and a capacity house saw the Auburn Players catch
smoothly and convincingly the spirit of subtle humor in J. B. Priest­ley's
ingenious comedy, "Laburnum Grove." Prof. Telfair Peet has
seldom directed a more polished performance.
WILL GO INTO
EFFECT NEXT
SEPTEMBER
Passing by the greatest
landslide count in Auburn po­litical
history, the proposed
amendments to the student
constitution this week recervv
ed approval from 1081 stu­dents,
or 88.7 per cent of the
votes cast.
Only 46 students voted against
the proposals out of the 1271 who
went to the polls. Students not
voting on the proposals but voting
in the election numbered 144.
The juniors voted 309 for and
16 against the proposals; the soph­omores
377 for and 10 against;
the freshmen 395 for and 20
against. Seniors were allowed to
vote on the question of constitu­tional
provision, but few went to
the polls, as amendments require
only a two-thirds vote of all stu­dents
participating in the elec­tion.
The passage ol these amend­ments
came after a lengthy cam­paign
for revision sponsored by
the Plainsman and the Executive
Cabinet. The changes were drawn
up by a joint student-faculty Com­mittee
for Constitutional Revis­ion
and approved by the Execu­tive
Cabinet.
The amendments will increase
Cabinet membership, provide more
complete publicity for Cabinet ac­tions,
give a permanent secretary,
and provide a new method of
amendment.
The sophomore class went to
the polls Wednesday, some 381
members of that class voting. Jim
King, Phi Delta Theta from
Rome, Ga., was unopposed for the
vice presidency of the Cabinet.
In the Executive Cabinet race
Dan W. Hollis, Headland, was
high man with a count of 171. The
second position went to Sam Pet-tus,
Hope Hull, whose total votes
numbered 166. The totals for the
other Cabinet candidates were:
Cliff Beckham, 154; Drew Hale,
151; Chick Hatcher, 130; Paul
Pruett, 134; R. B. Bearden, 64.
John Deming, Evergreen, will
be president of the junior class
next year. He received 252 votes,
his next opponent, Jim Martin,
64; and Jack Loeb, 57. By reason
of his office Deming will hold one
of the special seats on the Cabi­net.
John D. Davis, Hamilton, will
serve as vice president of the Jun­ior
class by virtue of his defeat­ing
John Arnold by a 341 to 150
count. Kirk Newell, Birmingham,
was unopposed as secretary.
Ed Welden defeated Drew Hall
in the treasurer race by 305 to 176,
and Wylie Johnson came out on
top of his opponent, Ed Glasscock,
by a 267 to 216 count for historian.
The play was well-cast, and so
balanced that no single "star" part
stood out above the rest. Perhaps
the most credit is due Claudia
Weinmann, freshman in home ec­onomics,
who in her first appear­ance
as a Player was undoubted­ly
the favorite of the audience.
She played the role of Lucy Bax-ley,
a shorp-tongued domineering
wife.
"Laburnum Grove" is a clever
comment on popular conceptions
of people who break the law. The
hero of this "immoral" comedy is
George Radfern, a quiet, inoffen­sive
sort of chap who in reality
leads a notorious gang of counter­feiters.
Radfern lives his hum­drum
life amid the fragrance of
greenhouses and flower gardens
in a pleasant surburb of London.
He is burdened with two sponging
relatives, Bernard and Lucy Bax-ley
and a prospective son-in-law
who is equally importunate.
George throws dynamite into their
midst with a pronouncement as
to his real business, and they
hasten to leave. Having rid him­self
of these unpleasant depen­dents,
Radfern is suddenly faced
with a detective. A very amusing
scene ensues in which the repre­sentative
of Scotland Yard is un­able
to surmount the alibis of
this respectable business man who
knows all the answers. The play
ends with Radfern's wife and
daughter none the wiser for his
illegal activities, and the law
completely baffled.
Players Are Sketched
Lem Edmonson as George Rad­fern,
gave his usual even, polished
performance, and Arthur Elsber­ry
was convincing as the pompous,
big-nosed hanger-on, Bernard
Baxley. W. D. Hall Jr. played In-
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Alabama Methodists Gather
Here for Conference
Approximately 100 Methodists
from all over Alabama gathered
at Auburn Tuesday for a "Leisure
Time Conference" to last through
today.
Rev. E. O. Harbin, nationally
known recreation leader, conduct­ed
discussion groups and put on
demonstration recreational prog­rams.
Other members of the steer­ing
committee include Rev. H. E.
Wilson Jr., of the Alabama Con­ference,
Rev. Frank Ledford of
the North Alabama Conference,
Rev. Herschel T. Hamner, and
Miss Louise Long , director of
young people's work from Mont­gomery.
Leaders of the interest group
include Rev. Harbin, Miss Long,
Rev. Thad Ferrell, Dean L. L.
Clifton, Miss Mildred Smith, Ver-dery
Chester.
Convening at Bibb Graves Cen­ter,
the visiting Methodists par­ticipated
in interest groups con­cerned
with dramatics, photogra­phy,
puppet making, spatter print­ing,
leather work, and glee club
work.
The local Wesley Foundation
was in charge of registration.
PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1939
The Auburn Plainsman
Published Semi-Weekly By The Students
Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
Editorial and business offices at Lee County Bulle­tin
Office on Tichenor Avenue. Phone 448. Editor
may be reached after office hours by calling 169-W.
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Society Editor - Eleanor Scott
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Up-To-Date Voting
Auburn has just completed one of the
most interesting and surely the most honest
political elections in its history. We were
close observers at the polls all three days
and have nothing but the highest praise for
the Executive Cabinet and the Election Com­mittee
for their splendid work.
Heartfelt thanks and congratulations go to
Ernest Pappas, Executive Cabinet President,
Billy McGehee, Chairman of the Election
Committee, and the members of the commit­tee
who stayed on duty at the polls for three
days for making possible the straighest and
cleanest student election in Auburn's history.
An indication of alertness on the part of
Auburn students was their use of a voting
machine. Appreciation is due the Automatic
Voting Machine Corporation of Jamestown,
N. Y., for donating the machine and the ser­vices
of their Birmingham representative.
The training and practical experience
which was given students in the use of the
machine will be used in later years in voting
in county, state and national elections.
Above all, we praise Auburn's student gov­ernment
for the foresight and planning that
was given the election, making it virtually
impossible for any stuffing of the ballot
boxes to take place.
We have been through student elections
which were not efficiently and honestly man­aged
and know the emotional and physical
suffering which candidates involved in them
go through. An alert and public-sprited Cab­inet
avoided this in this election by close at­tention
to their duty.
We believe this election will stand as one
of the greatest achievements of this Cabinet.
Compliment
The following quotation is taken from Del-phine
F. Thomas' article, "Auburn Is Finding
Its Voice," in yesterday's Lee County Bulle­tin:
The writer has held for a long time the sin­cere
conviction that Auburn possesses a very
considerable amount of creative writing abil­ity.
Every day we are confirmed in this con­viction.
Self-expression is cumulative. It builds upon
itself. And that is what is going on in Auburn
today. True the growth has just begup. But it
has begun. We trust it will never be slowed
down. We like to think of what the flowering
may be.
We take as evidences of this creative energy
expressing itself in words in the publications
now appearing in Auburn. Consider the
Plainsman. We remember very well the time
when merely to glance at the student column
chatter was to cause one to toss the paper aside
•in sadness or disgust.
We used to wonder what was going to be­come
of Alabama if such material was to go
into the making of her literary and newspaper
life of the future. We have greater hopes at
the present. Not only is the Plainsman well set
up, but it actually has two good columns go­ing.
These columns possess both a grasp of lo­cal
situations and an up-to-the-minute atten-tiveness
to affairs of the world. They are crisp
and readable enough from each other to give
variety to the paper. We are thankful for these
columnists, both for what they put in and for
what they have replaced.
The college publication, we take it, is sym­ptomatic
of what is going on in the college
group as a whole.
To refer again to the Plainsman, we com­mend
the discernment of the editor in pub­lishing,
without change or comment other than
the heading, the very beautiful and appealing
expression called "I Don't Think I'll Mind
Dying." There is somebody in Auburn who
should be writing regularly for publication.
There are many who should, we believe. This
is just one more piece of evidence.
We could say a number of things about this
selection, about its philosophy, its simplicity,
its earthiness and its faith. We only add that
we wish we had written it. Congratulations to
the writer and to the Plainsman for its love
of beauty.
There has always been something set apart
about Auburn. We have tried to pin it down
to the Auburn Spirit. But that got too mixed
up with just athletics to quite express the
•thing which is Auburn. Auburn is earthy. I
don't mean by that that we are all pagans.
But I do mean that we have retained something
of the naturalness and closeness to earth of
the pagan while we mixed with it the friend­liness
of the Christian.
Chasing Rats And Ideas
Recently when we took it upon ourselves
to put in order the exchange publications in
the library we began to wonder how many
people knew they were there. This shelf
ought to be entertaining to anyone, for it
contains a letter telling college students how
to make pockets full of money, a folder from
the New York World's Fair, and papers from
a temperance union.
The college papers are not less interesting.
The one that pleases us best is "The Auburn
Plainsman." It should be especially popular
on our campus for it has ears, a gossip col­umn
and plenty of jokes. We liked its un­pretentious
originality and were relieved to
know that the editorial columns were not
filled without general hair pulling and pen­cil
nibbling. The editor says:
"Our friends do the best they can to help
us. They are full of ideas about things to write
about. Most of their ideas are utterly impos­sible
for an editorial or column. Their attempts
are usually like trying to fit a strange key
into an ignition lock—it just will not turn on
the current.
"Even our small friends feel the pressure of
our gloom. A few days ago our four-year-old
friend who lives close by asked, 'Who're you
mad at?' We told him we were mad because
we could not think of anything to write about.
'Aw phooie,' he said, 'I could write 'em for
you.' After a few minutes he came back, and
this is what he said:
" 'One day a cat saw a rat and chased it, but
the rat got away. The cat said, "Aw well, he
wasn't big unuff." One day a dog saw the rat
and chased him but didn't ketch him. The dog
said, "Aw well, he wasn't big unuff'.'
"We thanked him and told him what a big help
he had been. The troubles of the dog and cat
are similar to ours. Sometimes we chase after
an idea but fail to 'ketch' it, so we sigh and
say, 'Aw well, it wasn't big unuff.'"
—The Huntress of Huntingdon College
Nazi Mistreatment
A former Colorado A and M student now
studying as an exchange student at Freiburg
University in Southern Germany got an in­side
view into Reichsfuehrer Adolph Hit­ler's
power politics recently when he was at­tacked
and beaten by a group of uniformed
Nazis.
The student, Walt Thomas, and another
American exchange scholar were conversing
in English while they watched a parade at
a festival when they were suddenly jumped
by several of Hitler's faithful followers. That
the Nazis weren't fooling was evidenced by
the fact that Thomas spent four days in a
hospital recovering from a broken nose and
body bruises in the melee.
The German student who is taking Thomas'
place on the A and M campus is Rolf Rau,
who, according to the Rocky Mountain Col­legian,
has nothing but friends among Ag­gie
students.
Amusing, isn't it? We can't imagine pa­triotic
Americans jumping Rau some fine
morning while he watched a ROTC parade.
It's quite a contrast between American and
German methods of treating visiting al­iens.
Mutual respect for the visiting nationals
of other countries is a duty of every civiliz­ed
nation.
Well!
By John Ivey Jr.
The spring election has just been
pushed into memory corner. Al­though
some of the exhibits of
vote-getting machinery were very
amusing, it seems as though the
student body should give a little
thought as to what the present
methods of "politicking" will fin­ally
lead to.
For years we have been hear­ing
stories about the powerful pol
itical machines found existing on
some of the campuses in this
country and have been thankful
that Auburn has been free of
some of the practices that almost
amount to buying votes. One lit­tle
bit of news from a certain
southern school made us sit up
and think. It seems that a certain
boy, a member of the fat-wallet
class, spent some five hundred
rocks during the course of his
vote-getting work. This is the re­sult
of a long period uncontroll­ed
methods of personal advertise­ment
in order to get an office.
Now that the Auburn student
body has begun to grow by leaps
and bounds some serious "thought
should be given to means of curb­ing
the already growing tendency
for students to engage in expen­sive
forms of electioneering. If
some step is not taken in this di­rection,
in the next few years our
entire set-up of student elections
will be dominated by those who
can afford the most expensive
and attractive means of getting
their name before the students.
This is what we propose to pre­vent.
* * *
Election day color:
Last Monday our two-legged
rats (pardon David Roberts) went
to the ballot box to select their
officers for the year. Due to the
fact we had not become quite fa-milar
with the cityfied voting
contraption being used this year,
a trip through the line of milling
politicians was in order. Before
this writer could get to the door of
Student Center, he had a piece of
chewing gum, a piece of candy, and
seven personal cards in his hands.
* * *
Came Tuesday. The juniors set­tled
down to the long grind of be­ing
sure all the fellows voted
"right." The electric voting ma­chine
had survived the pushing
around given it by the first year
men the day before; the elections
committee found itself tired, but
enjoying the scramble.
One of the hard-working can­didates
had an automobile mak­ing
the rounds with a public ad­dress
system beating it out, giving
the voters the low-down as to the
"right man for the job."
After standing on the outskirts
of the crowd, the voter would take
a big gulp of fresh air and dash
madly toward the voting line in­side
Student Center. Before he
could get far he found bushels of
cards poked at him and his knees
sagged under the terrific friend­ship
being wished off on him by
way of back-slapping.
* * *
The prize of the day, if there
had been one, should have gone
to one Mr. Thomas Henley, next
year's Chairman of the Social
Committee. Tom brought out into
the sun one of the black race that
really put on a show for those
standing around. This dark-col­ored
individual had just reached
the knowing age of seven. He took
possession of the grounds clad in
a suit that was as red as he was
black and advertised his master
(fraternity brother?) via a cow­bell
and sign-board.
* * *
Wednesday the second year men
strode over the well-beaten path
to the voting machine. This time
they trucked in to the tune of
some very jazzy canned music
with a .few breaks for personal
plugs. Some very nice gas-buggys
displayed their candidates for of­fice.
* * *
The entire election this year
was undoubtedly the fairest ever
staged at Auburn. The electric
voting machine, in addition to
serving it primary purpose, gave
the student body a valuable les­son
in a new method of voting
that will some day be used over
the entire country. To the college
administration and the elections
committee all credit should be giv­en
for their efforts toward giving
the Auburn students a lesson in
voting procedure that should be
of value in future life.
"MAYBE I CAN GET IN A LITTLE STUDYING NOW
THAT THE POLITICIANS HAVE QUIT PESTERING ME."
WHA, University of Wisconsin
radio station, has been named the
outstanding social service radio
station in the U. S. for 1938.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
A Slight Mix-up
Thursday afternoon the Editor received the following collect
telegram from five ODK brothers who departed Wednesday for the
national ODK convention:
Lexington, North Carolina
Are in Lexington but can find no convention. Wire advice and
money. Wonderful trip but glad you are not with us.
This prepaid message was immediately wired back:
Why did they ever name me "Peabrain?" Western Union won't
let me say what I think about you dopes. You are just two states
off. The convention is in Lexington, KENTUCKY. Also remember
that your names are Davis, Russell, McKenney, Fowler, and Mc­Gehee.
Your home address is Auburn, Alabama. This place is won­derful
without you, too.
Ed Godbold
* * *
The Sophisticated Freshman
He wears his Freshman cap, but it's only a concession to the
juvenile upperclassmen who don't know any better . . . He never
gets lost on the campus . . . the main reason being that he's never on
it . . . His idea of a really good time is to stand on Toomer's corner
and ogle—but ogle! . . . He's trying to make up his mind whether
he'll manage the Plainsman this year, or just take over the Glome-rata
. . . Won't the editors be glad to know he's here? . . . He couldn't
tell you where the library is, but could lead you to the Women's
Dorm with his eyes shut . . . When he grows up he'll be the kind
of a sophomore who loves to remind freshmen about wearing their
caps.
* *
Speaking in Superlatives
The most disagreeable surprise is slipping on a banana peel . . .
the most frequent surprise is a "pop" quiz . . . the most delightful
surprise is a sudden kiss . . . the most irritating surprise is a slap on
the back . . . the most amusing surprise is an elaborate Christmas
greeting received on St. Patrick's Day . . . the most embarrassing
surprise is walking in on two love-bug bitten romancers . . . and the
most unsurprising surprise is, "This is so sudden!"
The Gift of Grab
By Bob Anderson
"It's the woman who always
pays at Northwestern," was the
heading given a feature on stu­dent
expenditures recently pub­lished
in the Daily Northwestern.
According to results of a campus
survey, the average Joe College
at N. U. spends annually $1197,
while Betty Co-ed spends approx­imately
$1500.
* # *
When it comes to stumping
speakers on their campus, Uni­versity
of Minnesota studes are
the most original (maybe), but
one of them left too big an open­ing
when he fired a question at
Dean Jean Piccard (High-flyer)
recently. The question, "How
does a penguin excape from a po­lar
bear?" The answer, "Well,
polar bears live in the Artie and
the penguins in the Antarctic, and
the polar bears aren't allowed to
go across the line."
» * *
Capital University students
stage an annual "Pay Your Debt
Day" on which they settle their
financial obligations.
Editor's Mailbox
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir: f
There seems to be some mis­understanding
on the part of some
students as to how the YMCA is
conducting their Go-To-Church
Month.
In reply to the letter that ap­peared
in the March 17 issue of
the Plainsman I would like to say
that the Go-To-Church month is
A certain freshman politician
(candidate for Executive Cabinet
representative) resented the ef­forts
of his well-meaning Chi O.
friends when they spread the fact
that he was the "Co-ed's Choice"
for the job, on all the boards of
the campus.
* * *
Dear Editor:
Me and that other guy that reads
this column are in favor of your
expanding the Exchange quota.
We are running completely out of
material from other rags to grab
and reprint. And there aren't any­more
good jokes.
Sincerely,
Columnist.
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
When United States naval ves­sels
become out-of-date, the gov­ernment
sells them, usually for
junk. But now one smart buyer
has found a better use for them
than cutting them into scrap iron.
He bought two obsolete destroy­ers
for a song and made them in­to
banana boats, serving on a
Caribbean run. While a destroyer
is not a very large ship as ships
go, there is lots of room in one if
a large per cent of the space de­voted
to crew quarters, and fuel
and ammunition storage is turn­ed
into cargo space. Presumably
that is what the buyer did. Now
he has two of the fastest freight
vessels in service.
* • . iii
Frietz Kuiin, Fuehrer of the
American Bund, an offshoot of the
German Nazis, appeared before a
Brooklyn court several days ago
for a trial on charges of libel. The
judge of the court felt that Kuhn
was not guilty, so he acquitted
him.
The Nazi's lawyer tried to thank
the judge for freeing his client.
Magistrate George Folwell replied,
"You have nothing to thank me
for. I think the activities you
have the misfortune to represent
are most reprehensible. Your
client and his ilk are engaged in
a reprehensible activity. The
chauvinistic nationalism of which
your client is the head is the root
of all evil."
Score one for democracy which
can dispense justice even to those
minorities in which it does not be­lieve
and which are threats to its
very existence.
Remember Chamberlain's state­ment
after Munich, in referring to
Hitler's territorial ambitions: "He
told me privately, and last night
he repeated publicily, that after
the Sudeten German question is
settled, that is the end of Ger­many's
territorial claims in Eu­rope."
One lesson which nations have
learned in the last weeks is the
value of German promises. The
democracies will not again grant
concessions to Hitler on the basis
of his promises. The free nations
of the world can now see that Hit­ler's
aim is domination of Europe,
not mere restoration of what be­longed
by "right" to Germany.
The latest development in Eu­rope
is Hitler's seizure of the lit­tle
region of Memel, formerly a
part of Lithuania. Now it seems
that if he takes any more terri­tory
it will be Lithuania, Latvia,
and Esthonia, three tiny Baltic
states. They have no real "big
brother" to back them up, and
their military strength would con­stitute
no real resistance.
However, it is significant that
the Reich has turned its atten­tion
from Southeast Europe to
Northeast Europe. An invasion of
Rumania in the southeast would
give Hitler vast oil stores which
would add greatly to the power of
his war machine, and would give
him a common border with Rus­sian
Ukraine, whose fertile
plains the Nazis are eyeing. It is
hard for one to believe that Rus­sia
and the democracies will sit
idly by and watch Hitler take
over Rumania, too. Such a con­quest
would give him vast com­petitive
advantages which he does
not have now. And surely Russia
does not want the Nazis on its
very doorstep. In the face of all
the conferences and talks of co­operation
in recent days one must
conclude that if Hitler marches
into Rumania, Russia and the dem­ocracies
will march against him.
Possibly, if this be true, Hitler
realizes it too.
being conducted exactly as it has
been in the past years. The con­test
is being run upon a percen­tage
basis, and not on the num­ber
of services attended by each
individual.
The Go-To-Church month is
conducted with a true desire and
aim for increased permanent
church attendance and how any­one
can think that we are defeat­ing
our own purpose by running
the contest for both the morning
and evening services is beyond my
comprehension. If attending both
services on Sunday gives that,
"Just another trophy on our man­tel,"
atmosphere to the movement
—well, that is entirely up to the
individual and not to anyone else.
Hoping that every student un­derstands
that it is our purpose
to stimulate regular chuch atten­dance
and that the contest is be­ing
conducted on a pecentage
basis, I remain
Your friend,
Walter J. Meadors
President YMCA
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Softball Leagues
League I
BK 1x2 1x3 1x4 1x5
SN 2x3 2x4 2x5 ,
DSP 3x4 3x5
SC 4x5
5. PKT
League II
1. TC 1x2 1x3 1x4 1x5
2. SAE 2x3 2x4 2x5
3. PKP 3x4 3x5
4. SP 4x5
5 LCA
League i n
1. KA 1x2 1x3 1x4 1x5 1x6
2. SPE 2x3 2x4 2x5 2x6
3. PDT 3x4 3x5 3x6
4. AGR 4x5 4x6
5. ALT 5x6
6. TEP
League IV
1. PKA 1x2 1x3 1x4 1x5
2. KS 2x3 2x4 2x5
3. ATO 3x4 3x5
4. AP 4x5
5. TKN
The responsibility of scheduling postponed games shall
rest upon the teams involved and not upon the Intramural
Department. In general, a postponed game should not be
scheduled later than one week after the original date.
There are ten men on a team.
Two rules of interest are:
1. (new rule). Page 9. Softball rules: Note: The striking
out of Section 2 of this rule (Rule 30) now allows a runner
on third base to score on a passed ball, wild pitch or on the
throw-back from catcher to pitcher. A runner on third base
at the time of the pitch may now advance or be put out under,
the same conditions as runners on first or second bases.
2. (Pitching) Rule 8-section d The pitcher may use
any windup he desires providing that in the final delivery of
the ball to the batter, the hand shall be below the hip and
the wrist not farther from the body than the elbow.
"Infield fly"—Batsman is out: If, before two are out, while
first and second, or first, second and third bases are occu­pied,
he hits a fair ball, other than a line drive, or a bunted
fly ball, that is handled or in the opinion of the umpire would
have landed within or near the base lines.
All Types of Entertainment
In Sport Line Be Presented
"A" Day, Next Wednesday
Rivaling Greater Auburn Day
in variety and interest of attrac­tion,
next Wednesday "A" Day
comes on tap to head the spring
list of campus events. Every kind
of activity from the grunt and
groan boys that wrestle and heave
weights around to the kid party
that the "A" Club is throwing
will be featured.
Events for a gala day include
moving pictures of Auburn's 1939
football games with L. S. U., Geor­gia,
and Villanova, boxing and
wrestling matches, weight-lifting
contests, the interfraternity track
and field meet, baseball game be­tween
Auburn and Montgomery,
crowning of Miss "A" Day, -pres­entation
of a loving cup to Au­burn's
leading senior all-round
athlete, appointment of Auburns
1939-40 head cheer leader and the
announcement of the new "A"
Club officers for next year.
Johnny Davis is in charge of
"A" Day and from all observa­tions,
he is to put on a show.
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CONTEST.. •
The person guessing nearest the correct
number of beans in the shoe size 42 in our
window will be given a free pair of Cus­tom
Grade
Contest opens Satur­day
morning, Majrch
25, and closes Wednes­day,
April 5.
SAMMY'S
"Auburn's Auditors of Men's Fashions"
SPORTS CHATTER
By Boots Stratford
Here are some brain teasers for you sport fans to figure
out. Take a crack at them, then check your answer with the
answers given at the bottom of this column.
1. What kind of wood is used to make baseball bats?
2. The golfer yells "fore" when he tees off. What does the
skier yell when he wants the course cleared?
3. Can you name the eight weight classifications in boxing?
4. If you wanted to buy a very fine pair of skiis would you
select pine, ash, hickory, or maple?
5. Who is known as the Fordham Flash—Frankle Frisch, Frank
Wykoff, or John Borican?
6. In the widely publicized horse race at Pimlico, did War Ad­miral
beat Sea Biscuit, or vice versa?
7. For turning professional last fall, Donald Budge, tennis ace,
was guaranteed (1.) $25,000, (2.) $60,000, (3.) $75,000?
8. What have Charley Grimm, Rip Collins, and Hal Chase in
common?
9. What popular present day sport was formerly known as in­door
Rugby?
10. Did (1.) Tris Speaker, (2.) Willie Keeler, or (3.) Rabbit
MaranvUle coin the expression, "Hit 'em where they ain't?"
If you get all these correct, then come around to see us—you
can have this job!
Go out to Drake Field some afternoon and,
if you pick a day when the polo team is play-ling,
you can stand at the road intersection in
1 front of the ticket gate and watch four dif­ferent
sports in action: baseball practice down
!on the baseball diamond, the remnants of
spring football training on the football field,
the track and field team on the track and the
enclosure by the green house, and the above
^ . ^ ^ mentioned polo team galloping about on the
BMB: ••—f l rtiiipry drill field, and nearby at the gym, the
* ^ ^ W swimming team can be found making a big
splash in the tank. Even the most discriminating of us should
be able to find a sport to suit his taste out of this variety.
This commentator believes that the best, and perhaps only,
way to bring Auburn and Alabama together again on the grid­iron
is to first schedule competition together in other sports such
as track, basketball, and baseball. In this way the transition would
be gradual, good-will will have a chance to be built up and the
sting of defeat in the first resumption of gridiron warfare by1 either
institution will in part be lessened by the memory of victories in
the other competitive sports.
And speaking of football, it looks as though the Pitt
Panther is headed for the down grade. Charlie Bowser,
rotund insurance man, former star Pitt athlete and now head
coach, had better take out a little job insurance on himself.
J. Donald Budge, red-headed ruler of the pro tennis world, hav­ing
disposed of Ellie Vines, erstwhile pro king, is now walloping
the living daylights out of Fred Perry, Britain's gift to top-flight
tennis, in their current tour of the pro tennis circuit. It took the
Briton seven matches before he won even a set from the carrot
topped owner of the well publicized blistering backhand. It was
this writer's privilege to witness the Budge-Vines match in At­lanta
not so long ago, and while Vines won, the match gave the
impression that while Vines could triumph ever now and then
when he hit the top of his game, Budge was the steadier of the
two and would win over the long run; and this impression was
borne out by the course of later events.
Now for the answers to the questions above:
1. Contrary to the popular conception, ash, not willow, is
used.
2. Same as the track man, he yells, "Track."
3. Flyweight, bantam-weight, feather-weight, light­weight,
welterweight, middle-weight, light heavy-weight,
and heavy-weight.
4. Hickory.
5. Frankie Frisch, Dizzy Dean's old playmate.
6. Seabiscuit was the more sea worthy, winning by three
lengths.
7. $75,000, plus!
8. They were all first basemen for the Chicago Cubs.
9. Basketball.
10. It was Willie Keeler, the famous place-hitter.
STOP for a pause
GO refreshed
Auburn Polo Four
Defeats Ohio
McNulty, Herren Star in
Administering 14-2 Defeat
Wednesday afternoon a rootin'
tootin', straight shootin' Auburn
polo four, striking with devasta­ting
effect, slaughtered a fighting
Ohio State squad by a count of
14-2. This completed a clean
sweep by the API poloists; they
were the victors in the opening
game of the two game series, tal­lying
six markers to the Buckeye's
two.
Bob McNuuy, gianx Tiger cap­tain,
ran wild Wednesday in lead­ing
his mates to their victory; he
scored 6 points and was generally
a thorn in the side of the Ohio at­tack.
It looks as though he is to
lead the Auburn mallet weilders
to their most successful season,
for the Tiger attack is indeed po­tent
this year with such veterans
as "Horse Show" Herren riding
in the number one position, Gus
Franke at number 2, and Fred
Schell at the number four job.
The second team, composed of
Warren, Brown, Almquist, and
Armstrong, also flashed a bit of
scintillating play.
Ohio State, led by Captain
Sprunger, never had a chance but
they fought hard all the way
through to the finishing bell. The
visitors scored twice in the initial
chukker, but were held to goose
eggs in the remaining periods by
an alert Auburn team which put
into practice the old saw that "a
strong' offense is the best de­fense."
Lineups:
Auburn (14)
Herren (2)
Franke (1)
McNulty (6) No. 3
Schell (3) No. 4
Score by periods:
Auburn 122 414—14
Ohio State 200 000— 2
Substitutions—Auburn, Warren,
Brown, Armstrong (1), Almquist
(1). Ohio State, Eoof, McMahon,
Mason, Dugan.
Officials: Haby (West Point),
Yates (West Point).
Pos. Ohio State (2)
No. 1
No. 2
Conner
Kennedy (1)
Spunger (1)
Lortz
A new study of evolution is be­ing
made at Indiana University.
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' Softball
Teams
BK vs SC
DSP vs PKT
KA vs TEP
SPE vs PDT
AGR vs ALT
TC vs SP
PKP vs LCA
PKA vs AP
ATO vs TKN
BK vs DSP
SN vs PKT
KA vs ALT
SPE vs AGR
PDT vs TEP
TC vs PKP
SAE vs LCA
PKA vs ATO
KS vs TKN
V SN vs SC
BK vs PKT |
KA vs AGR
SPE vs TEP
PDT vs ALT
SAE vs SP
TC vs LCA
KS vs AP
PKA vs TKN
SN vs DSP |
SC vs PKT
KA vs PDT
SPE vs ALT
AGR vs TEP
SAE vs PKP
SP vs LCA
KS vs ATO !
AP vs TKN
BK vs SN
DSP vs SC
KA vs SPE
PDT vs AGR
ALT vs TEP
TC vs SAE
PKP vs SP |
PKA vs KS
ATO vs AP
Play-off
Bullard Field
Girls' Gym
Chemistry Field
Chi Omega's Defeat KD's in
Basketball Last Monday
Chi Omega defeated Kappa
Delta in a basketball game Mon­day
afternoon at the Girls' Gym
by a score of 12 to 1,
Bobby Steel, Nelle Gilchrist,
and June Tooker scored for Chi
Omega. The point for the oppos­ing
team was made by Jane Hayes.
Of the four games scheduled this
season, this was the third Chi
Omega victory.
Enie Menie Minie Moe
Down to Howard's we must go.
Their Easter cards you'll find the
best,
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1939
Girls Glee Club
To Appear Here
Final plans have been made for
the concert of. the Huntingdon
College girls glee club, scheduled
for Tuesday, March 28, in Lang-don
Hall. The performance is be­ing
sponsored by the A. P. I.
girls glee club.
The Huntingdon club is under
the direction of Earl Danley and
includes Anne Bates, Marcia
Black, Ellen Burton, Claiborne
Carr, Edith Cooke, Julia Germany,
Arline Hanke, Marguerite Coop­er,
Martha Rice, Mary Vaughan
Patterson, Eloise Kelly, Margaret
Rogers, Mary Alice Mange, Ruth
Rankin, Edna Earle Eagerton,
Betty Macon, Juanita Conoley,
Sue Reiney, Eva Tate, Mary
Olivia Williamson, Florence Per­ry,
Lorena Manci, Jeanne Gaines,
Grace Gamble, Miriam Hunter,
Betty Jacobi, Jeanne Walker,
Louise Calhoun, Doris Brice, Doris
Miller, Dolly Mitchell, Elizabeth
Feagin, Marilyn Morris, Marjorie
Bullard.
Suzelle Hare, business manager
Inspection Trip
(Continued from Page One)
don Flournoy, Columbus, Ga.; J.
D. Flowers, Jr., Montgomery;
Howard Guy Gunter, Auburn;
John Harold Hagler; John E. Hall,
Cecil; Lewis Hardcastle III, Mar-gerum;
Charles Andrew Harris
Jr., Montgomery; Ralph Edward
Harris, Hogansville, Ga.; Char­les
G. Haynsworth, Birmingham;
Thomas B. Henley, Montgomery;
Lee Campbell Holloway, Mont­gomery;
Haynes Gordon Huggins,
Lockhart; H. S. Hyde, Irondale;
John E. Ivey, Auburn; James
Richard Johnson; Henry Edward
Kelly, Tarrant; Phillip Edward
Lankford, Birmingham; Wilmar
Patrick Locke, Birmingham; Ar­thur
B. McBrayer, Ashville; James
Norton McNutt; Charles North
Moore, Marion; Stimpson G.
Moore, Gosport; Maude E.. Mullin,
Abbeville; Julian Peeples Myrick,
Lakeland, Fla.; Dennis Woodrow
Newton, Auburn; John T. Nixon,
Birmingham; Mary Frances Pace,
Montgomery; Jerry • Augustus
Pearson, Birmingham.
Charles Bouring Phillips, Mont­gomery;
Rufus Waldro Porter Jr.,
Georgianna; Andrew Derrick Ro­chester,
Birmingham; T. E. Rog-
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of the Auburn glee club, will be
assisted by Emma Nell Parrish.
Ushers will be Katherine Schur-ter,
Jane Bayliss, Nancye Thomp­son,
Mary Ella Funchess, Jewell
Whatley and Louise Ward. Nan­cye
Thompson is in charge of dec­oration
and publicity..
Immediately following the con­cert
a dance will be given by the
Auburn girls and boys glee clubs
in the Student Center, honoring
the visiting glee club.
Godbold, Wiftel
Are IRC Delegates
Edwin Godbold and David Wit-tel
will attend the Southeast In­ternational
Relations Clubs Con­ference
at the College of William
and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.,
April 6 to 8 as delegate and al­ternate
delegate from the local
club. An outstanding feature of
the program will be the student
round tables on present-day situ­ations.
Distinguished speakers will ad­dress
the conference as guests of
the Carnegie Endowment for In­ternational
Peace which sponsors
these groups in colleges and uni­versities
throughout the country.
The clubs have as their principal
aim the objective study of inter­national
affairs. There are at pres­ent
859 clubs organized through­out
the world and 706 in the
United States.
The speakers will include Miss
Amy Heminway Jones, the Car­negie
representative in charge of
Internation Relations Clubs; Dr.
Calvin B. Hoover, professor of
economics at Duke University
whose subject is "Problems in
Formulating a Foreign Policy for
the United States," and Dr. Clyde
Eagleton, professor of internatio­nal
law at New York University,
who will speak on "The Far Eas­tern
Crisis."
Players
ers, Huntsville; Joseph Rivers
Rush, Tuskegee; James G. Sand-ford,
Tampa, Fla.; Z. D. Vick Jr.,
Fayette; Griffin Tatum III, Mont­gomery;
Alva D. Ware; John Fur-niss
Watters, Selma; and George
Vincent Wendling, Birmingham.
(Continued from Page One)
spector Stack, the sleuth from
Scotland Yard, and a very effec­tive
scene occurred when Stack
and Radfern came to verbal grips
on the stage in Act Three.
Mary Carmack handled capably
the part of girlish, fickle Elsie
who thought her counterfeiting
dad "a dull old stick." Ruby Mor­rison,
though not yet as finished
in technique as some of the more
experienced Players, did nicely as
Mrs. Radfern. It was her first
role here.
Warren. Bridges, making his
fourth appearance in an Auburn
play, was quite up to the standard
of his previous performances.
Bridges played Harold Russ, El­sie's
mercenary lover. Dawson H.
Mullen, former .president of the
Players, looked and talked the
part of a real London "bobby" in
his walk-on role as Police Ser­geant
Morris.
O. Martin Holland was the sur­prise
of the evening as Joe Fletten,
Radfern's henchman. Holland, a
senior, had been strictly a walk-on
player until last night, but
performed so creditably in "La­burnum
Grove" that he was vot­ed
an honorable mention in the
balloting on the cup given for the
year's best role.
Especial credit goes to Jane
Smith, prompter, and to James
Reynolds, stage manager and elec­trician,
both of whom did many
hours of patient work on this pro­duction.
The setting was tasteful
and the lighting was one of the
very best jobs that Director Peet
has ever done.
Cups Are Awarded
Following the play, cups were
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Singing Stars on
At Tiger Theater
"St. Louis Blues" is to be shown
Saturday and Sunday at the Tig­er
Theater. Dorothy Lamour,
Lloyd Nolan, Maxine Sullivan,
and Tito Guizar—all box office
favorities—are included in the
Paramount musical romance-com­edy.
Such new song hits as "Kinda
Lonesome," "I Go For That,"
"Blue Nightfall," "Let's Dream in
the Moonlight," and "Junior" are
introduced, and also the ever-pop­ular
"St. Louis Blues," "Dark
Eyes," and "Loch Lomond," the
place Maxine Sullivan made fa­mous.
Miss Lamour plays a dazzling
theatrical celebrity who runs
away from fame and glamour and
finds love on a Mississippi river
show boat. The excitement begins
when she rebels against her man­ager's
insistence that she always
appear in public wearing a sarong,
palming herself off as a South Sea
Island native, and decides to make
her get away once and for all.
From this point on the greatest
part of the action takes place
aboard a rather down-at-heels
show boat captained by Lloyd No­lan.
When Miss Lamour arrives in
a much bedraggled state, the hard-boiled
captain gives her a job as
a singer, not knowing who she is.
Tito Guizar, voted the most
popular star in a recent Latin
American newspaper poll, plays a
Louisiana planter madly in love
with a show boat star, played by
cute little "Punkins" Parker.
Maxine Sullivan, the dusky
songstress who made swinging the
classics a national pastime, rend­ers
her famous version of "Loch
Lomond," the Russian song, "Dark
Eyes," and the current hit, "Kinda
Lonesome."
The supporting cast includes
Jessie Ralph, Jerome Cowan, Wil­liam
Frawley, and Matty Malneck
and his orchestra.
As an added attraction the theat­er
is offering the much talked-about
technicolor film, "Lincoln in
the White House." The title role
is magnificently played by Frank
McGlynn, star of the John Drink-water
play, "Abraham Lincoln."
Dickie Moore plays his son, Ted.
Despite its length, its 20 minutes
of playing time contains consid­erably
more of entertainment va­lue
than many feature films re­leased
today.
'A' Day
NOTICE
During the Christmas holidays a
resident of Moultrie, Ga., pass­ing
through Auburn picked up
three Auburn boys and gave them
a ride. One of the boys, a student
from north Alabama near Athens,
left his overcoat in the car. The
coat is now at the President's Of­fice
in Samford Hall and may be
claimed by the owner on proper
identification.
(Continued from pace one)
Starting at 10:30 Wednesday
morning, Coach Morgan will give
his annual "A" Day football re­view
when he conducts the movie
showing of the Auburn Tigers in
action against L. S. U. Georgia,
and Villanova. Interesting skits
from other games will be viewed
with explanations by Coach Mor­gan.
Tigers Face Rebels in Ball Game
The current diamond season
will open Wednesday afternoon
featuring a battle between the Au­burn
Tigers and the Rebels from
Montgomery. This game will give
baseball fans a chance to see the
Tigers in action against some real
big-time competition.
Under the direction of George
Woolf, boxing and wrestling
matches will be held early Wed­nesday
night. In addition to these
contests there will be an exhibi­tion
in the art of weight-lifting.
Those wishing to participate
shpuld get in touch with Woolf
immediately.
Kid Party ai Graves Center
The "A" Club "kid party" will
'top the day's celebration that
night in Graves Center. This dance
always turns out to be a colorful
and enjoyable affair featuring the
entire student body from the sen­iors
to freshmen decked out as
kids.
During the course of the even­ing,
Miss "A" Day will be intro­duced
by Johnny Davis.-The head
cheerleader for 1939 will be of-officially
appointed by next year's
"A" Club head. Just before the
dancing ends, Auburn's outstand­ing
athlete of 1938 will be present­ed
with a sterling silver loving
cup by Gus Coats, manager of the
Tiger Theater, as his annual con­tribution
to sports at Auburn.
Merchants to Close
The following Auburn mer­chants
have signed a statement
that they will close at 12 noon
Wednesday, March 29, for the ben­efit
of "A" Day:
Benson's Confectionery, The
Bette Shoppe, Rubye's Beauty Sa­lon,
Campus Barbershop, Kurtecy
Sandwich Shop, Collier Shoe
Shop, Parisian Boot Shop, A and
P Tea Company, Burton's, T. I.
Jockisch, Varsity Barber Shop,
Tiger Drug Store, Olin L. Hill,
College Barber Shop, Homer
Wright's Drug Store, Auburn
Production Credit Association,
Jacqueline Beauty Salon, J. W.
Wright, Jones Grocery Store, Bill
Ham Shoe Shop, Auburn Milk De­pot,
Howard's Five and Ten,
NOTICE
All Civil Engineers, of all classes,
whether members or not are in­vited
to attend the ASCE Smoker
Monday, March 27, at 7 p. m.,
room 200, Ramsay.
FOR SALE—Austin automobile.
Good condition. Runs good. Price
$40. Call Alpha Psi House.
The University of Pittsburgh
Men's Council has established a
Tuxedo Exchange Agency for for.
mal-less students who wish to go
to "formal dances. Students will
provide the tuxes to be rented.
AUBURN TOWNSPEOPLE
Occasionally we have calls
for rooms. As we have never
listed rooms it has only been
possible in the past to make a
suggestion to a client. Should
you have a special room that
you desire to rent call and list
same with us, specifying type
of occupant desired. We will re­fer
inquiries directly to you.
This service is without charge.
H. H. WEBB
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Real Estate
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Auburn, Ala.
awarded. The trophy given an­nually
for the finest character
creation went to William D. Hall
Jr., senior from Atlanta, for the
very difficult role of "King Lear."
Kappa Sigma, Hall's fraternity,
was given the cup for the frater­nity
contributing most to dra­matics
during the year.
Amy Drake, president of the
Players, was voted an honarable
mention for her short but very
finished creation of Cordelia in
"King Lear." Dawson Mullen, the
"Kent" of "King Lear;" Lillian
Jane Smith, the "Clara Turner"
of "Behond This Dreamer;" Clu-dia
Weinmann, and O. Martin
Hojland also received honorable
mention.
Technical workers for "Labur­num
Grove" included Bennie Ed­wards,
properties; Amy Drake,
house manager; Kate Quattle-baum
and Betty Showalter, her
assistants; Orrin Taliaferro, Edna
Wilson, R. M. Howell, Richard
Hall, and Sue Millirons, technical
assistants.
The play drew 93 laughs, and
Claudia Weinmann was the cham­pion
laugh-getter of the cast, ac­cording
to a count by prompter
Jane Smith.
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great pleasure in welcoming the
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Company, whose formal opening
last Tuesday morning marks en­trance
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supporter of the Glomerata.
The store, which is managed by
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the west side of College Street
between the Bank of Auburn and
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Wild Brothers, W. J. Moreman,
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Cash Grocery, Frederick-Williams
Company, Tiger Coffee Shop, J.
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