1939-01-13 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1939 NUMBER 33
Strode to Address
Students, Faculty
Monday Night
Noted Author, Lecturer
To Speak on Relations
With South America
By Nancye Thompson
Hudson Strode, widely known
author, lecturer, and English pro­fessor
at the University of Ala­bama,
will address students and
faculty members of A. P. I. in
Langdon Hall on Monday, Jan. 16,
at 8 p. m.
Of timely interest in Auburn is
Prof. Strode's most recent book,
"South by Thunderbird," publish­ed
in 1937, based upon a trip to
South America.
The book stresses the fact that
a better Latin American insight
on the part of North Americans
and their better understanding of
us carry with them immense po­tentialities
for the future of the
people of the western hemisphere.
He reminds us that countries of
this side of the world are pecul­iarly
blessed in that among them­selves
they can satisfy each other's
wants.
Prof. Strode states further that
in the event that the eastern hem­isphere
should destroy itself by
suicidal wars, or should drop into
the sea, the American nations
could still maintain a balance of
economy.
He emphasized the present dan­ger
to the peace and independence
of the Latin American nations in­curred
by Fascist and Nazi propa­ganda.
The "Have-not" countries of Eu­rope
and the Fascist nations and
Japan need South American ma­terials
and are therefore invading
the South American countries,
breaking the control of the United
States and Great Britain.
Since the World War there has
been a promulgation of Italian and
German propaganda, also econo­mic
and political infiltrations of
the Fascists and Nazi powers.
He compiles a list of propagan­dizing
forces at work in the Latin
Americas—Italy's appeal to Latin
pride, Germany's tie-up with Bra­zil,
the fact that German is taught
in the schools there and that there
are 15 million Italian descendents
in the nation. He points out that
the Japanese are active there, that
there are 500,000 Japanese in Bra­zil
and 50,000 in Peru.
All of the above-mentioned fac­tors
of propaganda are menacing
the peace and economic security
of the entire western hemisphere,
including the United States, be­cause
such factors mean western
infiltration of Fascist and Nazi
principles and ideals.
He contrasts the former period
of dislike and distrust that pre­vailed
in Latin America with the
present confidence in North Amer­ica
in President Roosevelt and
Cordell Hull and their principles
of peace. Not until the present ad­ministration
has South America
been on friendly terms with North
America. Prof. Strode asserted
that Secretary Hull, by his inspir­ed
diplomacy at Montevideo in
1933, won their respect, and Pres­ident
Roosevelt has carried out
each of the secretary of state's po­licies.
He lists reasons for South Amer­ica's
previous mistrust of our na­tion—
our dollar diplomacy, the
taking over of the Panama Canal,
the intervention of the marines, a
false interpretation of the Mon­roe
Doctrine, (to comply with our
schemes) and our "get-rich-quick"
adventurers.
"After the Buenos Aires Peace
Conference in December, 1936," he
said, "the world press, including
the United States papers unfriend­ly
to Mr. Roosevelt, agreed on
two things: that never in history
has the prestige of the United
States been so high with Latin
America, and that the establish­ment
of new peace machinery to
prevent war was the most impor­tant
achievement of this hemis­phere
since the American nations
won their independence from Eu­rope."
A review of this book, which
was published by Lars Hokerberg
of Stockholm in Swedish on Octo­ber
30, appeared in the "Svenska
Dagbladet" on October 31. The
lengthy and enthusiastic review
was written by Prince Wilhelm,
the King's second son. An excerp
from the Prince's review reads:
(Continued on Page Four)
EXECUTIVE CABINET DECIDES SENIOR
MUST BE NAMED AS PRESIDENT
New 'A' Club Men
To Present Play
Local Version of Screen
Play Be Given
By Charles Burns
Lights, camera, action—as the
initiates of the "A" Club swing
into the parts of movie stars on
the midnight show at the Tiger to­night
when the actors will give
their version of how the produc­tion
"If I Were King" sould be
played.
The eleven neophytes of the
club will take part in making this
presentation one of the best that
has been presented from the Tiger
stage.
The scene to be staged will be
the court scene from the produc­tion
written as a burlesque and
taken from the original script
sent to Manager Gus Coats by the
publicity department of Para­mount
Pictures.
John E. Davis, President of the
"A" Club, and members of the
Decree Is That Only
Member of Senior Class
Can Be Government Head
By a five to three vote Tues­day
night, the Executive Cab­inet
decided to accept the legal
opinion rendered by Judge T.
D. Samford Jr. to the effect
that the president of the stu­dent
body must be a senior se­lected
by the senior class
from their four representa­tives
on the Cabinet.
This decision came as the cli­max
to a week's quarrel over
whether or not John Ivey, a jun­ior
and vice-president of the Cab­inet,
was qualified to become head
of the student body when Presi­dent
Shelton Pinion left school
during the Christmas holidays.
Throughout the entire quarrel
the Cabinet was divided along
class line—the seniors maintain­ing
that only a senior could be
president and the upperclassmen
as firmly upholding the right of
the vice-president to hold that of­fice.
Tuesday night, however, in the
initiation committee with George I Recreation Hall, by reason of the
Kenmore as chairman, will direct
the production. The Frank Lloyd
of the production will be Davis,
who arranged the presentation.
Can Carl Happer fill the role
of the hero Francois Villion, the
ring leader of the motion picture
production, while the beautiful
Haugette is filled by Everette
Smith?
The clerk of the court will be
Jim Le Noir, while Robin Turgis,
a member of the robber's band, is
cast as Gus Pearson.
Charles O'Reilly, blonde Head
Cheerleader, will take the role of
Rene De Montigny, and Walter
Chandler appears as Guy Taba-rie.
Completing the list of charact­ers
in the stage production by the
initiates will be Colin De Cayeu-lix,
played by Dick McGowin,
Gordon MacEachern as Colletee,
and Earnest Mills in the part of
Casin Cholet. Tommy Thompson
will appear as Jehen Le Loup, and
Getty Fairchild will be the guard.
"If I were King," which stars
Ronald Colman, Ellen Drew, Ba-fact
that the freshman representa­tive,
George Montgomery, did not
attend the meeting and because
Kennth Funchess, a junior Cabinet
representative and also an ag stu­dent,
threw in with the seniors on
the final vote.
The somewhat stormy meeting
was presided over by John Ivey,
who could not vote because he was
in the chair. Soon after the meet­ing
opened, a junior sponsored a
motion that Ivey become head of
the student government. After
long and hot argument, the mo­tion
was voted on and failed. The
count was four to three, with the
three seniors, Billy McGehee, Al­len
Martin, and Earnest Pappas,
and the co-ed representative (also
a senior), June Tooker, being op­posed
to the motion. Kenneth
Funchess refused to vote. Hank
Parker, junior, and Paul Pruet and
Jim King, sophomores, voted for
the motion.
It was then moved that the con­tested
position be filled by the one
of the senior Cabinet members
named by the senior class. This
sil Rathbone, directed by Frank I motion brought on equally hot dis
Lloyd, played at the Tiger Thea cussion pro and con. At the vote,
ter on Pan. 1 and 2. j however, the members aligned as
The screen production for the formerly, except that Funchess,
11 p. m. show tonight will be j who did not vote on the previous
"Dracula," starring Bela Lugosi. | motion, cast his lot with the four
Scenes from the annual ODK j seniors, passing the motion by a
Cake Race for freshmen will com-; five to three count.
plete the program, and recordings
made by Dick Stabile will be play­ed
during the intermission.
Women Deans Meet
At Huntingdon
Dean Zoe Dobbs Present
At Meeting for Auburn
Representatives from eight Ala­bama
colleges were present at the
conference of college deans of
women of Alabama that met at
Huntingdon College this week.
The conference was presided
over by Miss Zoe Dobbs of Au­burn.
Miss Dobbs introduced Mrs.
J. R. Obirchain of Howard Col­lege,
who gave a criticism and re­sume
of "Student Guidance Tech­niques"
by Schneidler Patterson
Williamson.
Also participating on the prog­ram
was Miss Inez Duncan of
Judson College, who gave a re­view
of Hands's "Campus Acti­vities."
At luncheon, served in the col­lege
dining room, the group was
joined by the following members
of the Huntingdon faculty and
staff: President and Mrs. Hubert
Searcy, Academic Dean L. L. Clif­ton,
Miss Lorena Parrish, head of
the department of physical educa­tion
and health, and Mrs. D. G.
Blount, college nurse.
After a tour of the campus and
buildings, the afternoon session
was called to order. This was
mainly a business meeting in
which plans were made for the
conference of the high scool and
college deans of women of Ala­bama,
which will convene at
Huntingdon March 23-25.
After adjournment, the group
was entertained at tea in the home
of Mrs. Searcy.
Billy McGehee, Chairman of the
Election Committee, announced
this morning that with the dead­line
passed, only two seniors, Jul­ian
Fowler and Horace Weissinger,
have qualified as candidates to fill
the fourth senior post on the
Cabinet. The election will be hid
next Wednesday at the Student
Center.
NOTICE
The Boys' Glee Club will meet
Monday and Tuesday afternoons
of next week at 5 o'clock. All
members must be there.
Lawrence Barnett
Kid Party
The Collegiate chapter of FHA
and FFA were entertained on
Monday evening, Jan. 9, from 8
to 10 o'clock with a kid party in
Student Center.
It was a gala occasion with col­orful
and youthful costumes con­sisting
chiefly of short dresses,
bloomer suits, slacks, shorts, and
with ribbons and bows in the hair;
overalls for the girls bedecked
while the boys lost their dignity,
appearing in coatless and tieless
outfits of rolled up pants and
shirts of many colors. Prizes for
the most appropriate costumes
were awarded to Sarah Carlisle
and Leroy Patterson.
Ivy Cliff Baxley and Mary
Maude Kendrick directed child­hood
games which brought back
memories of long ago and helped
to rejuvenate the group.
Pop corn balls, sand tarts, and
fruit punch were served by the
committee in charge of the en­tertainment:
Margaret Johnston,
Ivy Cliff Baxley, and Nell Guy.
Sipofl|sors for these organiza­tions
are Prof. Edna J. Orr for the
FFA and Prof. S. L. Chestnut for
the FFA.
Guests for the evening includ­ed
Mrs. J. D. Baxley, Mrs. R. A.
Johnson, Mr. D. N. Bottoms, and
Mr. Wallace Montgomery
College Officials, Student Leaders
Discuss Celebration,
Co-Eds And Social Committee
Work Begun on 14
New Buildings
Several Contracts Yet
To Be Awarded; Work on
Excavation Begun
Work on all of the 14 structures
in the college building program
had begun in earnest this morning,
in spite of rainy weather which has
hampered operations this week.
Although excavation on work is
underway at each of the building
sites, several more contracts re­main
to be awarded. Contracts for
actual construction of most of the
buildings will be let in the near
future, the exact dates to be an­nounced
later.
Sites at which excavation work
is being done and footings are be­ing
laid include: the lot immed­iately
past the Textile building,
where the infirmary and health
center will be built; Vet Hill, where
the veterinary classroom and lab­oratory
is to be constructed; West
Thach Avenue, directly behind
the gymnasium, the site where the
general classroom building will be
erected; West Thach Avenue, be­tween
Vet Hill and the baseball
field, where work will soon start
on the physical education build­ing.
Other sites and the buildings
which will occupy them include:
portion of the campus in rear of
the President's home, the home
economics practice house; further
west in the same area back of the
mansion, the woman's dormitory
group of four buildings; Mell St.,
just south of Duncan Hall, where
work on the agricultural engi­neering
building is already under­way;
S. College St., President's
home; W. Thach Ave., the lot
adjoining the library, where the
library addition will be construct­ed.
Seven of a group of Auburn co-eds who have been invited by
the Cotillion Club of the University of Alabama to attend the
Mid-Terms there are shown above in conversation with members
of the Auburn Social Committee. From left to right, the co-eds and
committee members are: George Eason, Chairman Jack Owen,
Bill Boynton, Suzelle Hare, Doris Greene, Edith Cecil Carson,
Eileen Nearing, Laurie Houston, Mary Lucas Hall, Jake Cooper,
John Cobb, and Sadie Edwards.
'A' Club Promises Cooperation With
Social Committee on Mid-Terms
Sigma Phi Epsilon Gives
Annual Dance Saturday
Alabama Alpha chapter of Sig­ma
Phi Epsilon will* entertain
with its annual dance Saturday
night at Graves Center. The chap­ter
will honor their out-of-town
guests with a house party during
the week-end. Following the dance
refreshments will be served at the
SPE house to members and their
dates.
The grand march will be lead by
Virginia Hitt of Birmingham and
Robert McNulty, president of the
chapter. Approximately 400 peo­ple,
including members and alum­ni
of the chapter are expected to
attend.
The main event of the evening
will be an hour broadcast of the
dance over station WSFA.
Engineering—A Crip Course!
By Edwin Godbold,
School of Science and Literature
Argument aimed at settling the
much-debated point as to which
course in school is hardest and
which is the best have been going
in fraternity houses, boarding
houses, and dormitories ever since
such things as courses originated.
The quarrel is as old as the one
between the Field Artillery and
the Engineers.
A student in engineering has
never been known to admit that
any course other than engineering
was worth the time taken in pur­suing
it. It is also the general
opinion of the engineering student
that all engineering courses are so
hard that it takes a man of super­ior
intelligence to pass them. This
naturally and automatically means
that in the engineer's opinion all
other courses are mere "crips."
Naturally I realize that any
statement made that takes in the
whole engineering enrollment is
a broad one and has many excep­tions.
But it is certainly the gen­eral
opinion among engineering
students at Auburn that a'ny field
of study except their own is too
easy to bother with.
Being a student in Science and
Literature, I do not hold to that
opinion and offer in support of
my side the follwing evidence
taken from a booklet compiled by
the Registrar's Office for the sec­ond
semester of 1936-37:
Grade Statistics Given
Professors in engineering give
14 percent more grades of 93-100
than do professors in Science and
Literature; 10 percent more 85-
92's; 6 percent fewer 77-84's; 10
perecent fewer 70-76's; 3 percent
less 60-69's; and 5 percent fewer
failures.
Scholastice Averages by Class,
Courses, and Divisions
Science and Literature 76.76
Home Economics 78.25
Agriculture —78.48
Education _ 78.57
COLLEGE AVERAGE _ 78.87
Engineering 79.74
Chemistry & Pharmacy ...80.18
Architecture & A. Arts 80.22
Veterinary Medicine — ...89.38
A glance at the above figures will
show that every engineering stu­dent
has a 3-point head start in
his grade in every engineering
course over the science and litera­ture
student, who has a head start profits plus. While adjusting the
over nobody and in reality has a j reed of his mouthpiece, he acci-
Local Theater to Film
Dances; More Given on
Orchestra Leader
By Francene Breedlove
John E. Davis Jr., President of
the "A" Club, stated today that
the "A" Club congratulates the So­cial
Committee on its selection of
Dick Stabile to play for the Mid-
Term Dances on Jan. 26, 27, 28.
"The 'A' Club will support all
the dances, and the complete
broadcasting equipment owned by
the club is at the disposal of the
committee," said President Davis.
"We will be glad to broadcast as
many dances as Stabile will rec-comend."
Dance to Be Filmed
Through the cooperation of Gus
Coats of the Tiger Theater, the
Mid-Terms will be filmed and
shown here in a news reel story.
Tonight at the Tiger Theater
just before the Owl Show at 11 o'­clock,
several of Stabile's record­ings
will be played for the bene­fit
of the audience.
It was during rehearsal that
Dick Stabile stumbled into an in­vention
that today is bringing
two-point handicap in all his
courses as regards the entire
school.
Further statistics given in (he
booklet are too lengthy and in­volved
to print, but concern them
dentally scratched it. The mark
was not noticed at first, but when
he played he noticed that a dif­ferent
sound was produced. That
night Dick experimented—the re­sult
was a patent on a mouthpiece
selves with "Distribution of Grades that is selling throughout the
by Departments and Instructors." j world, particularly in England and
Let us glance at a few of the! Greece, where the sales have been
facts shown therein: ' t h e greatest.
Grades by Departments Cited Comes From Hotel Statler
In no engineering department
do over 3 percent of the students
fail, nor do over 7.3 percent even
condition; while in science and lit­erature
20 percent fail in one de­partment,
11 percent in another,
9 percent in three others, 5 percent
in another, and 4 percent in an­other.
In one department in engineer­ing
33 percent of the pupils en­rolled
make 93-100; the highest
percent in science and literature
in any one department to make
(Continued on page four)
Dick Stabile and his orchestra
will visit Auburn through ar­rangement
with Music Corpora­tion
of America. They come di­rectly
from the Hotel Statler in
Buffalo, where they recently con­cluded
an extensive engagement.
His music has been heard fre­quently
from New York over sev­eral
networks and is famous to
listeners in this area. Formerly
concert manager with Ben Ber-nie's
orchestra, Stablie organized
his own band about two years ago
(Continued on Page Four)
ORGANIZATION
HEADS MEET
WITH PRESIDENT
Forty-six student leaders of
campus organizations, represent­ing
literary and technical societ­ies,
honorary groups, publications,
student government, the lour
classes, and other campus or­ganizations,
met last night at 8 o'­clock
in the office of President L.
N. Duncan and discussed with
President Duncan and Executive
Secretary Draughon plans for the
celebration of "Greater Auburn
Day" and possibilities of the Exe­cutive
Council of deans granting
spring holidays to the student
body.
To Meet Again Feb. 7
The organization heads present
are to discuss both "Greater Au­burn
Day" and the spring holidays
question in their organizations
and meet again on Feb. 7 at 7 p.
m. to lay more detailed plans.
A meeting of prominent Au­burn
alumni in Montgomery yes­terday
set Feb. 22 as the date for
"greater Auburn Day." This ac­tion
was requested by the Au­burn
City Council on Tuesday
night of last week, when they
called on alumni of the college to
join in a "day of festivity com­memorating
the growth and de­velopment
of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute and the city and
honoring those whose labors have
resulted in this successful devel­opment."
Dr. Duncan pointed out that a
revival of enthusiasm and interest
of the alumni was wanted to ac­company
the coming broader de­velopment
and progress through
the successful achievement of the
giant building program. "Greater
Auburn Day," he said "will be
a homecoming day for alumni and
an open house day for the institu­tion.
On this day visitors can see
the college when the students are
here, witness a military parade,
inspect the city and the new col­lege
buildings, and in general se­cure
a picture of the newer and
greater Auburn in operation.*'
Spring Holidays Possible
President Duncan announced to
the group that the Executive
Council was seriously considering
the possibility of giving the stu­dent
body spring holidays over
Easter on April 9, 10. 11.
Those Present Listed
Those present at the meeting
and the organization they repre­sent
were: Sare Lee Banks,
Sphinx; Winfred Boyd, Tau Kap­pa
Alpha; Ben Branch, Tau Beta
Pi; Arthur Cooper, YMCA; John
E. Davis Jr., "A" Club; John Ea-gan,
Scabbard and Blade; L. E.
Foster, ODK; Kenneth Funchess,
Executive Cabinet; Simmons
Futch, sophomore class.
Edwin and John Godbold,
Plainsman; Charles Grisham,
Plainsman; James Harkins, Pres­byterian
League; Charles Hollings-worth,
senior class; John Ivey,
Executive Cabinet; Bruce Jones,
freshman class; Woodrow Kilgore,
W. A. A.
Jim King, Executive Cabinet;
George Knight, Interfraternity
Council; Albion Knight, Scarab;
R. E. Ledbetter, Eta Kappa Nu;
Earl H. Lindsey, A. I. E. E.; Allen
Martin, Blue Key; W. B. Mays;
Dan Meadows, Alabama Farmer;
George Montgomery, Executive
Cabinet; Dawson Mullin, Auburn
Players; Billy McGehee, Execu­tive
Cabinet; Paul McKenney, Phi
Psi; Camilla Newberry, Kappa
Delta Pi.
Jack Owen, Social Committee;
Hank Parker, Executive Cabinet;
Earnest Pappas, Executive Cabi­net;
Helen Porch; Paul Pruet, Ex­ecutive
Cabinet; Perry Schwartz,
Glomerata; Eleanor Scott, Cardi­nal
Key; Billy Smith, junior class;
Sam Teague, Phi Lambda Upsi-lon;
H. P. Thomas, Ag Club; Mack
Thomas, FFA; June Tooker, Exe­cutive
Cabinet; Nellie Ruth Ward,
Theta Epsilon; David Wittel, In­ternational
Relations Club; Doris
White, W. S. G. A.; Larkin Weyers,
BSU.
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;; Congratulations
Next Wednesday the senior class will
choose a member of their class to complete
their representation of four men on the Exe­cutive
Cabinet. Probably within two weeks
after that, they will name' on of these four
as President of the Executive Cabinet and
titular head of the student government.
T.hie. Plainsman gives all congraulations in
advance to the man who wins the coveted
job. With our congratulations goes the offer
of the support and aid of the student press
in clarifying and revising the document that
governs, the student body.
Upon the shoulders of the new president
will rest much of the responsibility for car­rying
the revisions and changes through the
Cabinet, fie can do this only with a unified,
cooperative. Cabinet. And we think he will
have that.
The sooner all persons engaged in the
recent constitutonial controversy forget it,
the better it will be. Forget the quarrel it­self,
and only remember that an antiquated,
inefficient, hazy, poorly worded document
brought it up and will bring up other quar­rels'as
fierce—if it is not changed.
Life In Germany
Just suppose . . . the land of the free and
the. home of the brave had a dictator, or, to
put it more plainly, if we were "Hitlerists."
If you told your favorite WPA joke to any­one
but yourself (no offense to the admin­istration),
the odds are ten to one you'd land
in a concentration camp.
If you became ill during your "stay," you
would be treated with synthetic cure-alls.
(Valuable drugs must be saved for war.)
If you managed to live three months, you
could then begin to anticipate the chopping
block, There's no such thing as a model
prisoner, and way must be made for the new
arrivals.
If you did meet the block, the powers
would issue a regretful statement that you
had died of the flu or of some similar malady.
If.your father's grandfather had been one-fourth
Jew, you would pay for his error by
scrubbing the streets. You would ride in
special sections of the trains. (They call them
Jew-Crow laws). You could leave the coun­try
only if you could convince some of your
foreign friends to buy your goods.
Even if you professed to be a believer in
the new order and extolled your patriotism,
you would be. corrected . . . the word is
obedience and not patriotism.
If-'you reveled in your individuality and
your 'ability to think, you would be in for a
sharp disappointment. There would be no
such thing as private thought. And the radio
programs, the newspapers, the books, would
be strictly censored by the administration.
At' various and odd times you would be
expected to join in the cry, "Hail, the dicta­tor,"
. . . otherwise, your name would go
down on the dreaded "list."
Though a certain Fascist-controlled news­paper
calls this country a land of lynch-law,
kidnapping, and strip-tease, we can not help
but feel that it is a paradise after looking
once across the water.
Photography
One hundred years ago this month, the
first photographic image was recorded in
black and white. It was just 100 years ago
that Louis Daguerre, a Frenchman, succeeded
in developing out silver particles on a copper
plate in a controlled area that had been prev­iously
exposed to light, marking the begin­ning
of one of the most revolutionary in­dustries
in the world.
Today, we know photography as it has
come down to us with all- its improvements
and scientific developments. Never a day
passes that we are not confronted with more
than one example of this marvelous discov­ery
of a Frenchman a century ago.
Our newspapers and magazines would still
be in an infant stage without the aid of pho­tography.
Our movies would not be in exis­tence,
and science would be a step behind its
present stage if it were not for the unpreten­tious
Frenchman that modestly laid his dis­covery
before the world in 1839.
Pictorial records of history would be con­fined
to the sketches created by artists, and
affairs would have only the products of pen
and brush to bring down to future genera­tions
the graphic accounts of those things
that happened yesterday. Pictures in color
would still be the biased and we would often
wrongly interpret paintings of those few
called artists.
This modern world, with all of its scienti­fic
advancements can only speculate on the
importance of the discovery of photography,
but it is likely to say that had the world not
known Louis Daguerre, we would not know
the world as it is today. L.P.
Drill Field Grass
Drill fields are made for drill purposes.
Plainly, however, some aspiring Barney Old-field
does not concur with the War Depart­ment
in this.
For, after all the care expended on securing
a good carpet of grass and after the splendid
cooperation of the majority of students in
preserving its appearance, some thoughtless
fellow drove his car onto the field last week
and turned it into his own version of the In­dianapolis
Speedway. His sharp turns and
daredivil skids did irreparable damage.
The War Department works hard on the
drill field, taking peculiar pride in its appear­ance,
After grass is planted, drill is held
elsewhere for several periods to insure that
the young sprouts get a good start. No field
is more used by students themselves, and ca­dets
are proud of a handsome drill area.
Spectators and visitors always mention how
much is added to the beauty of a parade by
a neat, clean expanse of grass. The sod suffers
enough from the tramping feets of hundreds
of cadets without the additional destruction
from careless, unwanted drivers.
Hereafter, Mr. Oldfield, when you feel the
urge to go on a four-wheeled spree, why not
hire yourself a good cotton field? The skid­ding
won't be so good, but you can bump like
hell.
Uncle Sam Cracks Down
Secretary Hull's stern note to Japan con­firms
the conclusion that Uncle Sam is crack­ing
down on the dictators.
The administration is developing methods
of peaceful but powerful opposition for bully
nations. These, it is reported, go so far as to
include economic sanctions against Germany
and material aid to China and Loyalist Spain.
President Roosevelt's new stand of firm­ness
is useless unless we untangle our mud­dled
foreign policy. To begin with, Secretary
Hull's note is at least a year late.
We watched Japan ravage China. And now
after Japan has spent billions of dollars, hun­dreds
of thousands of lives, we squawk be­cause
she is about to receive the fruits of vic­tory.
Worst of all, we could have prevented the
invasion of China. Over half Japan's war
materials came from America in 1937. Dur­ing
that year Japan bought two-thirds of
her oil from us. Much of this was high-test
gasoline obtainable no where else in the
world. Without it, Japan's American-built
air bombers could not have flown.
We buy between 80 to 90 per cent of Ja­pan's
silk. And silk is to Japan what the
tourist crop is to Florida. Smash it and you
produce a crisis. The crippling of one main
Japanese industry would do much toward
making them more aware of the world's
censure of their action.
We could have smashed it by boycotting
Japanese silk. We still can.
Whether we ought to help the bully na­tions
or oppose them may be debatable. But
we shouldn't try to do both at once. N.T.
By John Ivey Jr.
A "FUEHRER" PARTY given
by a fraternity of West Virginia
University caused international
comment, at least on the part of
the German press. The social af­fair
took place several weeks ago,
and the whole matter was one of
a joke on the outstanding dress
and party actions of the Nazi lead­ers,
but it seems that the Ger­man
people have gone far past
the stage of being able to enjoy
jokes.
The college newspaper at the
University, The Daily Athium,
wrote an answer to the Nazi news
organ which contained the follow­ing
in part, "What is the world
coming to when 80,000,000 inhab­itants
of a great nation become agi­tated
over the pranks of college
students? The whole episode in­cluding
your reply will cause only
a passing ripple of interest here
. . . Little things are important to
little men."
If a matter of such trivial im­portance
can cause a grunt of dis­approval
from a foreign nation, the
citizens of that country must feel
very ill at ease in the eyes of the
world which have been giving a
steady stare of contempt at Hit­ler's
policies. Our hat is off to the
Daily Athenium for sending a bit
of printed material back to the
Fatherland that sounds as though
it is very representative of the
whole country's opinion.
* * *
EUROPEAN NEWSPAPERS have
been given the proverbial horse­laugh
for the twisting of a very
short news story back when the
nations of that continent were |
locked in mortal battle. The story
developed in the following man­ner:
Cologne Zeitung (Germany) . . .
"When the fall of Antwerp be­came
known, the church bells
were rung." (meaning in Ger­many)
Matin (Paris) . . . "According
to the Cologne Zeitung, the clergy
of Antwerp were compelled to
ring church bells when the for­tress
was taken."
The Times (London) . . . "Ac­cording
to what the Matin has
heard from Cologne, the Belgian
priests who refused to ring the
church bells when Antwerp was
taken have been driven from their
places."
Corriere della Sera (Italy) . . .
"According to what the Times has
heard from Cologne via Paris, the
unfortunate Belgian priests who
refused to ring the church bells
when Antwerp was taken have
been sentenced to hard labor."
Matin (Paris) . . . "According
to information to the Corriere del-la
Sera from Cologne via London,
it is confirmed that the barbaric
conquerors of Antwerp punished
the unfortunate Belgian priests
for their heroic refusal to ring the
church bells by hanging them as
living clappers to the bells with
their heads down."
This above was told by Florence
Boekel in "The Power of the
Press for Peace and War." It can
be only hoped that in cases that
are facing the world today that
maybe the press can be a bit more
accurate in their news stories.
* * *
A JITTERY EUROPE is again
having the Peace Dove's wings
clipped. Although the little affair
held in Munich during the latter
part of September was supposed
to be a guarantee of "peace in our
time," once more similar situations
face the democracies. The only dif­ference
being a change in dicta­tors
and a change in location of
the argument.
There have been promises on
the part of British to stick by
France in her policy of withhold­ing
any concessions from Italy ov­er
the Suez Canal question which
also contains some dispute of Af­rican
territory, but these promises
may turn out to be of the same
nature as those which were given
to the Czech republic on the eve
of Europe's last great map-carving
session. Chamberlain might view
the matter in another light when
he hears the Italian sword rattle
in accord with Mussolini's wish to
nip some of France's power in
North Africa.
Keeping relatively quiet, Hitler
continues to court the small coun­tries
east of Germany, waiting for
the time to come when he can
make his greatest act come off
the smoothest in the eyes of his
followers and the rest of the
world. Poland has already given
over to Nazi flirtations.
The Czechs are growling at
their neighbor, Hungary, as the
border clashes continue . . . the
real question of European peace
lies in the answer to the French-
Italian question.
"IF THET'S EDUCATION, YOU CAN GIT IT
IN THE MOUNTAINS"
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
A man who stuttered badly came to the golf club one day and
told the secretary that he loved golf, but was shy about his stutter­ing
and found it lonesome on the links without a companion.
The secretary said, "I know just the solution—there is a lady
who plays here frequently who stutters, too, and I am sure that you
would get along fine together."
A match was arranged, and they met on the green and prepared
to play. The man said that he would like to introduce himself first.
"My n n n name is P p p p pe peter," he said smilingly, "but I
am not a s s s s s s saint!"
She smiled in response. "My m m m my n n n na name is M m m
m ary," she said, "but I'm not a v v v . . . . very good player."
* * *
The five free passes to the Sunday show at the Tiger, "Kentucky,"
got to the following persons who submitted the best jokes to the
Plainsman office. They may secure their passes from the ticket office
of the theater, NOT from the Plainsman: Fred English, Boots Strat­ford,
W. O. Slappey, Bo Russell, Emma Nell Parrish.
* * *
The father of an Auburn boy was passing through town late one
Saturday afternoon and stopped by his son's boarding house to see
him.
He: (to the landlady): "Does Mr. Jackson live here?"
She (with a sigh): "Yes, bring him in."
* * *
It must have been the Scotchman who always removed his false
teeth when he had a chill.
* « *
Hi: "I sent a dollar to a firm for a cure for my horse that slob­bers."
Si: "What did you get."
Hi: "A slip of paper on which was written: 'Teach him to spit'."
* * *
"My gawd," cried the tight as he crashed into the gas station,
"I've struck oil."
* * *
First hunter: "Hey, Bill."
Second: "Yeah?"
First: "Are you all right?"
Second: "Sure."
First: "Hurrah, then I've shot a bear."
Punchboard
Gibbons and Strong
0. WE WAS SETTING ON the
front porch t'other night atter sup­per
whittling a toothpick outen a
match when up walks Elmer
Lighterknot and wants to know
why'n the land o' the livin' we're
always sticking them there numb­ers
up-aside the writinpieces in
this here column. Well, you coulda
laid us out with a axe-handle! We
never woulda thought them there
numbers could stump even a
blockhead, particularly Elmer.
But, jest in case the other two
readers of the column ain't got it
through their heads, we're gonna
do a little explaining as now fol­lows:
For example, the name of the
column is "Punchboard." Now,
everybody knows good and well
what them things is. You stick a
pin in a board and draw out a
number. Then somebody else gets
a dollar-watch. Well, when we get
ready to describe one of these here
columns we stick a pin in what
we know (one pin at a time is
about all will fit) and draw out
one of our writin-pieces. Then we
tag a number on just so it'll be
like the column says, "Punch-board."
The only difference is that
plenty people we know of ain't
gonna get no dollar-watch.
And before it slips our mind, the
number of this piece is dedicated
to Elmer.
* * *
916. SEEING JIMMY CAGNEY
in "Angels With Dirty Faces" re­minded
us of the description a
columnist (O. O. Mclntyre, we
think) published about two years
ago. It was: "James Cagney walks
like he has just washed his hands
and is hunting a place to dry
them." In one scene, if you re­member,
Cagney did dry his hands
on a towel—but he kept on walk­ing
the same way throughout the
picture.
* * *
469. IT SHOULD BE SOME­BODY'S
(the Executive Cabinet's,
probably) business to act as peace­maker
between certain instruc­tors
and the "A" Club. Most of
those boys being initiated are not
able to stand many cuts; yet, they
are told what they must wear and
their costumes, in some cases,
have prevented their attending
classes.
Either the "A" Club members
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
THE CABINET in its meeting
Tuesday night upheld the opinion
rendered by Judge T. D. Samford,
voting to hold a senior election
to fill the vacant president's chair.
The new president, whoever he
may be, deserves the support of
everyone, unimpaired by any dif­ferences
of opinion that may have
arisen during the past two weeks.
However, no matter which of
the many interpretations one sup­ported,
one is forced to admire
these Cabinet members—juniors
in particular—who in the face of
very adverse conditions dared to
fight for what they believed in
and to vote for what they thought
was right. You fellows showed ad­mirable
courage.
A PERTINENT QUESTION: In
regard to the new gymnasium
which will soon be erected, this
column would like to ask, "Will
it be open for use by the entire
student body?"
With our present limited space
and equipment it is clear that gym
facilities have to be limited to
those who must have them while
the rest of the student body must
do without.
However, when the new gym is
erected we feel that every student
should be given the opportunity
of using it. The students who do
not participate in intramural
sports or go out for some athletic
team are far in the majority. Yet,
this should not^mean that they be
denied some kind of gym privi­leges.
And right here we ask that
when the new gym is built some
handball courts be included. Or
if that cannot be arranged, how
about some in th^ old gym?
* * *
GOVERNOR - ELECT DIXON
showed that he could fight as well
as talk when he tangled with his
Lieutenant Governor-elect, A. A.
Carmichael, over who should ap­point
Senate committees.
In the past, with few excep­tions,
it has been the privilege of
the Lieutenant Governor to ap­point
the Senate committees. This
time he was asked to relinquish
the privilege to the incoming gov­ernor.
He refused and presented to
the press a list of the committees
which he wanted to appoint.
The Senate answered by revis­ing
its rules, giving itself, authority
to name its own committees. Then
it calmly approved the full set of
committees which the governor-elect
favored.
Incidentally, Dixon's clean break
with antiquated precedent and cus­tom
will continue on inaguration
day. He will make one of the
shortest inaugural speeches on
record—one of about fifteen min­utes.
* * *
SPEAKER: If ever there is a
contest to select the best speaker
of the day, one of those right in
the running will be President
Roosevelt.
His speeches are clear and un­derstandable,
yet built on a high
plane. In theme there is none of
the rabble-rouser nor of the cy­nical
intellectual. And they are de­livered
with a likeable force and
manner which places the listener
instantly at ease. Behind then* is
all the power of a personality
which has charmed millions.
ift Of Grab
By Bob Anderson
Our battle-scarred hat is off to
the Alabamian! For once we must
admit that they have achieved
fame. The Montevallo Mudsling­ers
have been rated as one of the
state's leading newspapers. And by
who? By none other than the
eighth grade of ALABAMA COL­LEGE
TRAINING SCHOOL! In
the "Bugler," mouthpiece of the
Junior II's," published by that
grade of the above-named school,
the Alabamian leads the list of
the state's best. It might be that
some sly staff member of the Ala­bamian
happened to be one of the
"practice teachers" of those eighth
grade pupils—who knows? Who
was it thta said, "Frailty, thy
name is woman?"
* * *
It's easier to hide a quart cf
booze before drinking it than af­terward.—
Howard Courant via
Rocky Mountain Collegian.
are plain fools for making their
pledges go through the kind of
Hell Week that they do, or those
instructors are definitely on the
prude side—and one of those par­ties
should admit it.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
SPORTS CHATTER
By Bill Troup
Bobby Riggs of Chicago, who became the nation's No. 1
singles player with Don Budge's retirement from amateur
tennis, developed his eye by shooting marbles as a youngster
. . . After winning 280 marbles he traded them for a racquet
and, as the saying goes, the rest is history . . . Ky Ebright,
California's crew coach, orders only sophomores out for all
practice.
Upper-classmen may report if they wish . . . Stanley Neely, who
starred at end for Teras in 1938, is the son of Gene Neely, D a r t ­mouth's
one-armed guard and baseball outfielder of twenty-five
years ago . . . Rube Waddell's strikeout average was 8.56 a game
. . . Bob Feller's is 7.79.
Tuffy Leemans and Mel Hein are the highest paid em­ployes
on the Giant's football roster . . . Bill Terry, appointed
manager of the Giants in midseason of 1932, has served the
longest unbroken term with one club of any pilot now active
in the National league.
The father of Pinky Higgins, the Tigers' new third baseman,
is chief of detectives in Dallas . . . The University of Hawaii is
seeking the services of A. J. Robertson of Bradley Tech, who was
elected to Chicago's All-Star football coaching staff last summer
. . . The only tie score in football is 1 to 1 . . . Bob Reis pitched
sixteen games for the Boston Bees last season, played ten in the
outfield, three at shortstop, and one each at second base and
behind the bat.
The work of John Huff at guard on Auburn's basketball
team has looked mighty good to date and he promises to de­velop
into an expert cage star . . . He really gets those re­bounds,
too . . . Eric Tipton, Duke's star punter, is the lead­ing
batter on the school's baseball team . . . Four members of
Tennessee's undefeated football team are former Golden
Glovers.
They are Abe Shires, tackle; Joe Little, center; Bob Sufferidge,
guard; and Ed Molinski, all of whom competed in the Tourna­ment
of Champions in Chicago's Stadium two years ago . . .
Davey Day, one of the leading professional lightweights, earned
only $4,000 in 1938 . . . Six of the 16 major league managers are
former third basemen.
Hank Leiber, the Cubs' new outfielder, now weighs ,217
pounds, twelve above his playing weight . . . Babe Ruth
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POCKET BILLIARD FOR STUDENTS
(An Editorial From The Baltimore Sun)
The hope entertained in some quarters that billiards will
presently become a ranking college sport is a pleasant one to
contemplate. Except perhaps for the demands which the mas­tery
of the game makes upon time it is one that seems to be
preeminently fitted to find a prominent place in extra-curri­cular
activities. In addition to having retained the character
which led one seventeenth century writer to describe it as a
"most gentle, cleanly and ingenious game," it is one that ideal­ly,
at least, develops just that combination of beautiful physi­cal
discipline and mental alertness which have always been
the goals of American education.
To be sure, it does not constitute exercise in the same way
as a basket ball game or a hockey match does. Billiards re­quires
a finer and more delicate kind of muscular precision, a
more subtle obedience of hand and eye to the mind, rather like
that which fencing encourages. Intellectually it may not quite
have parity with chess, but there are aspects of it which
strongly suggest the strategic intricacies of the combinational
and positional problems of that game. Indeed, it might crudely
be compared with chess played with foils.
And finally it could well be used as a point of departure
for all manner of instructive studies supplementing the class­room
work in certain subjects. Think only of the beautiful ob­ject
lessons it would provide in physics—indeed, it is only
by a more profound knowledge of physical laws that most of
us possess that the spectator at a match between experts can
even reconcile himself to the belief that what he has seen done
is at all possible. In any case the game is one that should
prosper in academic setting, maybe we should say it ought
to click there—if, that is, the average student is equal to its
demands. The implements of the game may be solid ivory;
their use requires very different qualities.
REED'S BILLIARD PARLOR
Fraternity Basketball Schedule
Date
Feb. 1
Feb. 2
Feb. 3
Feb. 6
Feb. 7
Feb. 8
Feb. 9
Feb. 13
Feb. 14
Feb. 15
Feb. 16
Feb. 20
Feb. 21
Feb. 22
Feb. 23
Feb. 27
Feb. 28
Mar. 1
Time (p.m.)
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
Sigma Nu
Alpha Tau Omega
S. A. E.
Kappa Sigma
Alpha Psi
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Beta Kappa
Theta Chi
S. P. E.
Sigma Nu
Alpha Tau Omega
S. A. E.
Kappa Sigma
Sigma Chi
Kappa Alpha
Alpha Psi
Pi Kappa Alpha
Theta Chi
S. P. E.
Sigma Nu
Delta Sigma Phi
S. A. E.
Phi Delta Theta
Sigma Chi
Pi Kappa Phi
Alpha Psi
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Chi
Alpha Gamma Rho
Sigma Chi
Kappa Alpha
Alpha Psi
Lambda Chi Alpha
First round of playoff
Teams
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
Theta Kappa Nu
Delta Sigma Phi
Alpha Lambda Tau
Phi Delta Theta
Lambda Chi Alpha
Tau Epsilon Phi
Lambda Chi Alpha
Tau Epsilon Phi
Sigma Pi
Alpha Gamma Rho
Delta Sigma Phi
Theta Kappa Nu
Phi Delta Theta
Alpha Lambda Tau
Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Tau
Tau Epsilon Phi
Beta Kappa
Alpha Gamma Rho
Sigma Pi
Alpha Tau Omega
Theta Kappa Nu
Kappa Sigma
Alpha Lambda Tau
Kappa Alpha
Phi Kappa Tau
Beta Kappa
Tau Epsilon Phi
S. P. E.
Sigma Pi
Phi Kappa Tau
Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Alpha
Beta Kappa
All games are to be played at the boys' gym. Anyone mutually acceptable to both
teams may serve as officials in games. If no one is available, please call Prof. E. B.
Smith, and an effort will be made to secure an official for the game. _
Teams are grouped in leagues as follows:
League I: Sigma Nu, ATO, Delta Si g, Theta Kappa Nu.
League II: SAE, Kappa Sig, Phi Delta Theta, ALT.
League III: Sigma Chi, Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Kappa Tau.
League IV: Alpha Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha, Tau Ep­silon
Phi.
League V: Theta Chi, SPE, Alpha Gamma Rho, Sigma Pi.
Seeded teams are: Sigma Nu, Alpha Psi, SAE, Sigma Chi, and Theta Chi.
Fraternity Points
Following is a summary of participation points for the
first semester for fraternities:
Fraternity
Sigma Nu
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Phi Epsilon
SAE
Kappa Alpha
Theta Chi
Phi Delta Theta
Delta Sigma Phi
Kappa Sigma
Sigma Chi
Alpha Tau Omega
Lambda Chi Alpha
Sigma Pi
Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha Psi
Phi Kappa Phi
Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Tau
Tau Epsilon Phi
Theta Kappa Nu
Alpha Lambda Tau
Volleyball
91
81
53
100
53
62
62
71
53
62
44
62
44
35
53
44
35
44
35
35
35
Touch Football
135
127
150
101
118
101
101
84
101
84
101
67
75.5
84
58.5
58.5
67
50
58.5
50
0
Total
226
208
203
201
181
163
163
155
154
146
145
129
119.5
119
111.5
102.5
102
94
93.5
85
35
Nixon Seeking $50,000 Appropriation
For Expansion ol Toxicology Lab Work
A bill has been presented to the
State Legislature that convened
last Tuesday proposing an amend­ment
to the present articles in the
statutes that will increase the ap­propriation
for the Toxicologist's
Department located here to $50,-
000 per year. H. W. Nixon, Au­burn,
State Toxicologist, explain­ed
details of the bill this morning.
The expansion program that is
proposed under the new appro­priation
will establish branch of­fices
in Birmingham, Montgom­ery,
and Decatur. In these places,
the work of the particular district
in which the branch office is lo­cated
can be carried on without
the necessity of long trips and ex­pensive
transportation. More im­portant
cases can be handled, of
course, in the main laboratory lo­cated
in Auburn.
At present the annual funds
for the Toxicologist's Department
are $8,500, supplemented by about
$4,000 from the Governor's Emer­gency
fund and the Department
of Agriculture fund. Under these
conditions, Mr. Nixon has operated
the Toxicologist's Department,
paid out salaries to two assistants,
and maintained a scientific labo­ratory
that covers the work of
the whole state.
Because of limited finances, the
laboratory has had to do without
much vital equipment that is a
necessity to any completely equip­ped
toxicologist's department.
If the amendment is accepted,
members of the department will
hold the same police authority as
officers of the Highway Patrol,
and will be empowered to carry
on work that would fall to the pa­trol.
Criminal cases brought be­fore
the Toxicologist's Depart­ment
can be handled effectively
and without the loss of time often
encountered under the present
set-up.
It is expected that the bill will
be approved shortly and that plans
can be got under way on the new
program. In case of approval by
the Legislature and governor, the
Toxicologist's Department will be
expanded from the present staff
of three members to a staff of
eight members distributed over
the state.
Five continents, 32 foreign
countries, two territories, 48
states and the District of Colum­bia
are represented in the Cornell
University student body.
* •!•• *
Eduard Benes, former presi­dent
of Czechoslovakia, has ac­cepted
an invitation to lecture at
the University of Chicago.
We just saw an automobile with
an Auburn sticker on the wind­shield—
and a "No Hitch-hikers"
sign just below it. Hypocrisy?
Tigers to Begin
SEC Play Tonight
The Auburn Tigers will in­augurate
their Southeastern
Conference basketball cam­paign
this week-end when
they meet Sewanee in a two-game
series in Alumni Gym-nasuim
at Auburn this even­ing
and tomorrow night. The
Plainsman will clash with
Vanderbilt. on the local court
this Monday.
Auburn's freshman quintet will
appear against Georgia Military
Academy and Tallassee High
School in preliminaries to the Ti­gers'
second varsity encounter with
Sewanee and the lone game with
the Commodores. The prelimina­ries
will start at 6:30 and the var­sity
contests will get under way
at 8 p. m.
The game with Sewanee will
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be marked by pupil against teach­er.
A former pupil of Coach Ralph
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leading all-around athletes ever
to perform in Dixie, is head men­tor
of the Sewanee five and it is
reported that he has a club that
will give the Bengals a stiff test.
Two changes have been made in
Auburn's starting five, John Huff
at guard and Red Childers at cen­ter,
and it is likely that they will
receive the nod over Ray Gibson
and Co-Capt. Tommie Edwards to­night.
Both Huff and Childers have
been on the No. 1 team in every
practice this week, by virtue of
their fine performances against
Spring Hill, and both have been
showing up nicely. Co-paptain
Malvern Morgan and Crowford
Holmes at forwards and Andy
Curlee at guard round out the
first five.
Auburn did not look especially
effective in its two games with
Spring Hill last week and they
will have to play heads up ball to
down Sewanee's quintet.
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1939
Dinner Party Held
For Vef Workers
Mundhenk Honors. Workers
In Histology, Anatomy
By H. B. Title
The first annual dinner party
tendered by the head of the ana­tomy
and histology department
of the School of Veterinary Med­icine
in honor of his staff and as­sistant
workers was held in the
histology laboratory on Tuesday
evening, Jan. 10.
The function, which was an in­itial
attempt, was sponsored by
Dr. R. L. Mundhenk, head of the
department of anatomy and his­tology,
and served as an award
for the collaborators who so ably
work in his department.
During the past semester, the
labor of the assistants was per­formed
without any remuneration.
Preparation of about 10,000 his­tological
slides, physiological
blood studies of dogs, and assis­tance
during anatomy and histo­logy
laboraotory periods were
some of the duties of these help­ers.
Impromptu talks were made
by all present. Dr. McAdory and
Dr. Starr placed a great deal of
emphasis on the importance of
the forthcoming Short Course at
the beginning of the second se­mester,
and they advised all to
attend the talks and demonstra­tions.
Dr. Mundhenk gave a few com­parative
statistics depicting the
enormous development of the ana­tomy
and histology departments
since his arrival at Auburn three
years ago. A dcided novelty in this
work is that the student lab as­sistant
develops into an expert
laboratory technician under the
tutelage of Dr. Mundhenk.
Although without compensation,
this work has attracted many oth­er
students, however, it is re­gretted
that there are only limited
facilities for this type of work.
Only the most competent are se­lected
to carry on. The banquet
was so successful that semi-annual
meetings have been suggested.
Those attending were: Dr. I. S.
McAdory, Dr. L. E. Starr, Dr. R. L.
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Quietness prevailed around the
Plainsman office while Godbold,
senior editor of the semi-weekly
publication for college students,
was directing activities for his
staff of reporters.
Suddenly, after assignments
were made to the general staff,
Godbold waved to his scoop re­porter.
"Find me a story."
"What kind of story?" the re­porter
asked his superior.
"Any story, a human interest
story. Just go out and use your
brain for once."
And out of a clear sky, a story
to please had to be found for the
hard-boiled editor. Just a story
and it had to be different.
Maybe a story on New Year
or resolutions. No, that had been
in print before, year after year—
no, not that. Any could make the
press but still this had to be dif­ferent.
A college story may interest the
big chief but still that wouldn't
do. Visits to the frat houses, dorm­itories,
boarding houses, and the
brew joints—still, that could make
the press, but the editor wanted
something different. Just to get
it was the scoop's worry at the
present time.
Something different, still a
story for the paper—anything con­cerning
human interest—different
still different, we would succeed,
just had to.
Yes, I vowed in determination,
to get that story for the boss. I
would find a story.
The idea clicked . . . the story
of Jack.
Satisfied, that he had hit on the
right track for once, the scoop
made a quick trip to the Plains­man
office to see his boss. He had
found just the thing—a real hu­man
interest story.
Informed of the story, Godbold
answered: "What's it about htis
time?"
"Oh, it's all about a shut-in . . .
a brave . . ."
Godbold wailed, "I asked for a
different story and you come back
with this shut-in!"
"But this is an exceptional shut-in.
You see, Jack's a . . ."
The editor moaned, and I tried
again.
"Jack's living in the daily sha­dow
of death—but not a whimper
comes from him. No, that's what
Mundhenk, Dr. J. Greene, P. F.
Burnette, toastmaster; W. A. Jor­dan,
cook; Sam Galphin, assistant
cook; Arnold Wrabel, entertain­ment;
S. A. Berry, waiter; Harvey
Rubin; Milton Coane; Fred War­ren;
W. M. Long; H. N. Mead;
Ted Mason; G. L. Lewallen; and
J. T. Mitchell.
TONIGHT AT 11 P. M.
on the screen
ODK "CAKE RACE"
on the stage
"A" CLUB INITIATION
and
Dracula
Is Here
. . . the strangest,
most terrifying char­acter
in all fiction
brought to life in the
most thrilling of all
motion pictures!
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proud romance of Ken-kicky
lives in the jeweled
hues of TECHNICOLOR!
LORETTA RICHARD
What is the lure of Dra­cula?
Why is his kiss irresist­ible?
Who is this strange man,
dead 500 years, and yet
alive?
with
Bela Hugosi, David Man­ners,
Helen Chandler
YOUNG-GREENE
and WALTER BRENNAN
DOUGLAS DUMBRILLE
KAREN MORLEY
MORONI OLSEN
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those concerned say."
"And what are the other facts
concerning this shut-in, this ex­ceptional
one?" Godbold asked.
"Well, you see, Jack is paralyz­ed.
Never to walk again. A wreck
caused that several weeks ago."
This was really scoop news—
even the college newspaper edi­tor
hadn't heard about it, and
front page news it was. I hadn't
heard a moan from the editor in
several minutes.
"You see, boss, I could bring
back a story. I . . ."
"Maybe you had better con­tinue
about this Jack," Godbold
said.
I had found a story, something
different at that and the boss had
weakened.
"Jack has always led an out­door
life—that's why his courage
is to be admired," I added.
And a tired voice, that of the
editor, asked. "Who, just who, is
this Jack?"
"You mean, Jack . . . Jack's the
terrior pup of Mrs. A. D. Bayne,
who was injured by a student in
downtown Auburn one night. Yes,
the driver stopped to help the
poor pup. Kind-hearted college
students gave their time to take
care of the dog. A senior Vet Med­icine,
even though he hadn't seen
the show, left the theater just to
render his services to the injured
Jack."
For the first time in his life, the
Editor had swooned, and just on
account of that different story a-bout
Jack.
Dilley Addresses
Forum Club
In line with its policy of pre­senting
for discussion and debate
topics of current interest and na­tional
significance, the Open
Forum Club at its regular Tuesday
night meeting, had as its guest
speaker Prof. C. A. Dilley of the
economics department, who spoke
on the National Labor Relations
Act.
This act, which has been the
center of a seething controversy
since its enactment, is, according
to Prof. Dilley, admirably con­structed
for the purpose for which
it was conceived, namely: to guar­antee
to employes the right freely
to organize in unions of their own
choosing for the purpose of bar­gaining
collectively with employ­ers.
In serving this purpose it has
enabled an hitherto inarticulate
majority of workers to have a
voice in the regulation of working
hours, rates of pay, and working
conditions. Too, it has freed them
frm the shackles of fear, coer­cion,
and domination placed on
them by unfair and selfish em­ployer
groups.
Upon concluding his scholarly
presentation of the subject mat­ter,
Prof. Dilley was plied with
questions from the audience; and,
needless to say, these questions
reflected all shades of opinion
and shed new light on various as­pects
of the act.
The next meeting of the club
will be Jan. 31. Sterilization for
Human Betterment will be the
subject of the discussion.
Pharmacy Students Here
Meet, Organize Monday
Last Monday night the members
of the pharmacy department met,
adopted a constitution, and decid­ed
to submit a petition to the A-merican
Pharmaceutical Associa­tion
for a student branch. The lo­cal
chapter will be known as the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Student Branch of the American
Pharmaceutical Association.
The following officers were
elected for the coming fiscal year:
George Hiller, president; Charles
Barron, vice president; Ben Eich,
secretary; Bill Swift, treasurer;
and Prof. George Hargreaves, fac­ulty
adviser.
The purpose of the organiza­tion
is found in the preamble of
the constitution which reads in
part as follows: "In order to ac­quire
a better knowledge of our
professional problems, to assist in
every way possible to further ele­vate
the practice of pharmacy, to
aid in the advancement of phar­maceutical
knowledge, and to
stimulate a greater professional in­terest
in our students."
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Color Film Be
Shown Sunday
Opening Sunday at the Tiger
Theater, "Kentucky," a 20th Cen­tury-
Fox production filmed in
Technicolor, is a romance of the
Blue Grass state, and it features
in' the leading roles Loretta Young,
Richard Greene and Walter Bren-nan.
Also included in the cast are
Douglas Dumbrille, Karen Morley
and Moroni Ilsen.
From all reports, "Kentucky"
contains the most spectacular
climax of any picture in recent
years as it presents, for the first
time in the history of the motion
picture, the Kentucky Derby film­ed
in Technicolor. Much of the pic­ture
was filmed on location in the
heart of the Blue Grass country
and the luxuriant beauty of the
land where the thoroughbreds
roam the meadows is reproduced
on the screen in complete natural­ness
through the perfection of
Technicolor.
It is interesting to note that
Richard Greene and Loretta Young
share the romantic leads in "Ken­tucky,"
just as they did in Greene's
first picture, "Four Men and a
Prayer." According to reports they
are ideally suited to the roles and
the story of their love, all fire and
pride, makes a great theme for
the film.
David Butler, famous director
whose list of hits reads like a Hol­lywood
history, directed "Ken­tucky"
and considers it the finest
picture he has ever been asso­ciated
with. The screen play was
by Lamar Trotti and John Tain-tor
Foote. Darryl F. Zanuck was
in charge of production with Gene
Markey associate producer.
Completing the program is the
orchestra of Clyde Lucas in
"Lights Action Lucas," featuring
the popular swing tunes as play­ed
by the maestro.
The most exciting March of
Time ever filmed showing the
daring story of scenes of the refu­gee
problem as in Germany to­day,
the Nazi party as a national
secret police, has singled out for
attack for those whose politics,
race, or religion are not in har­mony
with the Nazi theory.
Presenting: the latest high­lights
on the campus, the Tiger
Theater shows in connection
with the Owl Show at 11 p. m.,
the scenes of the annual O.D.
K. Cake Race in which "Rat"
Russell breaks the tape to be
declared the winner.
First fifty freshmen across the
finish line are photographed as
well as the starting scenes with
700 freshmen fighting to gain
first place.
Engineering
Strode
(Continued from Page One)
"An extraordinary book . . .
where other writers need 500
pages to make clear a point Mr.
Strode does it easily in 50 pages.
He possesses in high degree the
capacity of concentration, and he
can make the landscape blossom
out in a few sentences . . . Alto­gether
extraordinarily well done
. . . Mr. Strode possesses a valuable
faculty of being unprejudiced . . .
'South by Thunderbird' is enter­taining,
unconventional, and rich
in knowledge."
Other books written by Hudson
Strode include "The Story of Ber­muda,"
"The Pageant of Cuba,"
and this fall his latest volume to
appear is "Immortal Lyrics," an
anthology of lyric poetry from
Sir Walter Raleigh to A. E. House­man.
The volume was enthusiasti­cally
reviewed in this country and
abroad.
'A'Club Stabile
(Continued from Page One)
and in record-breaking time has
become one of the best bands in
the country. He is acknowledged
in professional music circles to be
the finest technician of the saxo­phone
since the instrument was
invented. He has also gathered
laurels as a music arranger.
During his stay here, Stabile
will feature his sax sexette. He
not only leads his band, but plays
the clarinet and sax, and sings.
NOTICE
On next Sunday (Jan. 15), Pi
Alpha, national Episcopal frater­nity,
will take corporate commu­nion
at the early morning service
(7:30 a. m.) of the Church of
Holy Innocents. All student-
Episcopalians who will attend at
this hour are assured of a cordial
welcome.
(Continued from Page One)
93-100's is 20.
One engineering professor gives
59 percent 95-100's and 19 per­cent
85-92's. Percentages of 42, 43,
and even 50 are frequent for
grades of 85-92 among engineering
professors.
On the other hand 20 science
and literature professors in one
department fail over 10 percent of
their students. One fails as many
as 69 per cent; another 44 percent,
another 36 percent.
Only two professors in the en­tire
engineering school fail over
10 percent. One of these fails 14
percent, the other 20 percent.
Grades do not mean everything,
I know, and the engineer will try
to knock all this evidence in the
head by saying that he slaves
harder for his 90's than anyone
in science and literature does for
their 100's. Which I doubt.
Engineer Know How to Cooperate
I will be forced to admit that
there is one ability that engineer­ing
students develop during their
college years that students regis­tered
in other courses cannot ap­proach
in efficiency and excel­lence.
This ability is "cooperation,"
and it reaches its efficiency cli­max
in a student during his sen­ior
year. This cooperation takes
on many forms, but it has become
more highly organized in regard
to engineering lab reports.
The telephone is an engineer's
best friend—an invaluable aid in
locating the much-sought-after
report. Without this time-saving
instrument, the system could not
work at its best. Now no time is
wasted because a student is al­lowed
to keep the report only long
enough to copy it. Then he passes
it on. The efficiency they have at­tained
is worthy of national rec­ognition.
They slave away on the
hardest course in school and fin­ally,
after working almost all
night, turn in on time lab reports
that the professors thinks require
20 hours to work up.
Anyone walking into a room
with a bunch of engineers has
heard comments like these: "Who's
worked number two?" "All right,
lemme have it, and I'll show you
how I got the first one." The
chances are that the first fellow
got number one from someone
else. This goes on until the entire
class has successfully worked all
three problems.
Engineers are always throwing
it into the faces of other students
the fact that they spend hours
and hours sweating in labs and
working problems. So do students
in science and literature, though
not to so great an extent. Most of
the lab work for the courses isn't
set down in the catalog and marked
"3 hours of lab each week." But
it is there. A course in English
meeting twice a week that requires
a student to read 12 or 15 books
a semester and be able to stand
a test on each has long, long hours
of lab. So does a course such as
economics or international law
that necessitates not just the set
procedure that a problem requires,
but extensive and lengthy back­ground
that calls for long and dif­ficult
research and reading.
All in all, we say that the en­gineer
has a pretty easy job of
it compared with the hard-work­ing
student in science and liter­ature.
Roosevelt Ball Be
Given January 30
Monday evening, Jan. 30, has
been set as the time for the an­nual
Roosevelt Ball in Auburn,
Prof. John W. Roe, chairman of
the committee arranging the af­fair,
reported yesterday.
Plans for the Ball have not been
completed, but the Student Cen­ter
has been tentatively selected
as the place for the dance. Prof
Roe reports that a first-rate or­chestra
will be engaged, though
no definite arrangements have
been made.
Serving on the committee ar
ranging the affair are Prof. Roe,
Alex O. Taylor and Kirtley Brown
Reports are that the committee
will make every effort to keep the
entertainment up to standards set
in previous years.
Auburn has sponsored a Pres­ident's
Ball every year since the
custom started, and most of the
affairs have been financial suc­cesses.
In years past 10 per cent of
the proceeds from the ball have
been used for the benefit of crip­pled
in Lee County and the re­maining
30 per cent forwarded to
the national foundation for re­search
on infantile paralysis.
It is assumed that the same dis­tribution
will be made of the pro­ceeds
this year.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
Hear Hudson
night.
Strode Monday
Gift Of Grab
By Bob Anderson
For the past few weeks, the
"Kentucky Kernel" of the Uni­versity
of Kentucky has been con­ducting
a campaign against syphi­lis
in that institution. Recent tab­ulations
show that out of 2,000
students tested during the drive,
not one was found to have syphi­lis.
This is, of course, a much lower
average than that of the nation as
a whole, and compares favorably
with a survey of 500 American
colleges made by the United States
Public Health Service. In this sur­vey
it was found that two out of
every 1,000 students examined
were infected.
* * *
The following advice, which may
come in handy for Auburn girls at
the steadily-approaching mid-term
dances, may be attributed to one
Lawrence Ruebel, of The Colora­do
State College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, so don't blame
it on us, pliz, if it upsets your
dignity:
Quote—Information on how to
handle dates. Of course you don't
need it, but we've got to fill up
space someway.
1. Don't ask him what he thinks
of your roommate. He probably
has ideas of his own on the sub-
Two to One
By Howard Workman
That A. P. I. will soon cease
to be "that little school in Ala­bama
they call Auburn." With the
projected additions to the campus
and the annual enrollment in­creases,
it will soon be second to
none in the state. Few cities or
schools have progressed as rapid­ly
as Auburn in the past decade.
It does not take an old alumnus
to hark back to the days when
things were entirely different in
that "loveliest village of the
plains."
ject and doesn't want to defame a
girl's character anyhow.
2. Don't tell him that the girls
at the home don't understand you.
He doesn't either, and doesn't care.
3. Don't tell him about the hell­uva
good time he missed by not
going to the Sig Ep brawl. He had
a better time somewhere else.
4. Don't make cracks about his
driving. Remember, he isn't driv­ing
because he wants to.
5. If and when he parks, take
off your hat. It will facilitate mat­ters.
6. Don't plaster up with lipstick
before the fight. No matter how
kissproof it may be, it will still
come off on his shirt. The shirt
probably isn't his anyhow.
7. If he takes a shot, don't go
into a long-winded discussion a-bout
what it did to a friend of
yours. He probably needs it if he
is out with you.
Dobbs Speaks At
Huntingdon Meet
Miss Zoe Dobbs, dean of women
at A. P. I., presided at the annual
conference of the Alabama Asso­ciation
of Deans of Women and
Advisers, which met at Hunting­don
College in Montgomery Mon­day.
Study this year was devoted to
current literature relative to the
works of deans of women. Repre­sentatives
from eight Alabama
colleges attended the sessions.
Plans were made for a confer­ence
of high school and college
deans of women to meet at Hunt­ingdon
March 23 to 25. Mrs. Mary
Ivy Swank of Huntingdon and
Miss Lucretia Wyman of Sidney
Lanier High School were appoint­ed
to make arrangements for the
meeting, while another committee
was selected to arrange for the
principal speakers.
Participating on the program at
Monday's meeting were Miss Inez
Duncan of Judson, and Mrs. J.
R. Obenchain of Howard, who
spoke on "Student Guidance Tech­nique."
The visitors were taken on a
tour of the Huntingdon campus
and were later entertained at tea
in the home of Mrs. Hubert Sear­cy,
wife of the president of Hunt­ingdon
College.
That if most Alabamians had
their way there would be an an­nual
gridiron clash featuring
elevens from Auburn and the Un­iversity
of Alabama. Students
from both schools played on the
same team in a post-season game
and it stands to reason that if
they can play together they can
choose sides and play against each
other peaceably.
That Auburn students can
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get a little culture if they want it.
With the fine schedule arranged
by the Concert Committee, the
excellent library, the almost con­tinuous
art exhibits in the archi­tecture
building, and the coura­geous
productions of the Auburn
Players, a student need only re­lax
-in his vigilance of being a
boor to find himself in an air of
refinement. Few students realize
until after graduation that being
a "Joe College" has no lasting
virtues.
That Kay Kyser could still
pack 'em in at a set of mid-term
dances. We say it would be a wet
night in the drought when college
students don't like his music.
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