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AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1938. NUMBER 42
151 Students Make 90 Averages
During First Semester Here
The high scholarship rating of 90 per cent or above was
made during the first semester here by 151 students, Charles
W. Edwards, associate registrar, announced today.
Of the 151 top-ranking students, 52 are members of the
senior class, 42 are juniors, 41 are sophomores, and 16 are
freshmen. All except 35 are from various parts of the State.
A letter of congratulation to the parents of each of the
students will be written by President L. N. Duncan.
Following are the names of the Auburn students whose average
in all subjects was 90 per cent or above for the first
semester, 1937-38: Louis Rollins Aldridge, Columbus, Ga.; Simon
Allison Alford, Montgomery; Edwin Hurt-Alley, Gadsden;
Elmer Hugo Almquist, Auburn; William Joseph Alver-son,
Talladega; William Edwin Benns, Montgomery; William
Miller Boggs, Selma; Winfrey Boyd, Guntersville Dam; Ben
Shirley Branch, Montgomery; Kathleen Brennen, Girard; William
James Brennan, Girard; Zackie Harden Bridges, Auburn;
A. Ross Britton, Hamilton; Earl Waller Brown, Birmingham;
Harry Benjamin Brown, Maywood, 111.; Merlin Theo-pholus
Bryant, Dozier; William Austin Buce, Birmingham;
Moore J. Burns, Wedowee; Marlin Watson Camp, Vinemont;
John Paul Campbell, Scottsboro; John Ellis Chesnut, Gayles-ville;
Cecil Hamilton Chilton, Birmingham; John Edwin Cobb,
West Point, Ga.; Charles William Cook, Auburn.
Tuney Chester Culver, Deatsville; James Weakley Cunningham,
Florence; Bennie Jean Dabbs, Alexander City;
John Newton Dabbs, Bessemer; Warren C. Darty, Lake Wales,
Fla.; Wilbur Rayley Davenport, Teaneck, N. J.; Spurgeon
Leonidas Davis, Hamilton; Robert Park Davison, Opelika;
Alice Elizabeth Dawson, Loachapoka; Clay Hutchinson Dean,
Moultrie, Ga.; John Winton Deming, Evergreen; Roy Tinsley
Dodge, Gadsden; Wilbur Donaldson, Elba; John Milton Eagan,
Bessemer; Benjamin Jones Eich, Fort Davis; Frank H. Ellis,
Birmingham; James Murphree Folmer, Troy; John George
Fox, Birmingham; Gustav Henry Franke, Fort Clayton, Canal
Zone; Joe Mack Gafford, Greenville; Francis Henry Ger-hardt,
Mobile; Pryce Byrd Gibson, Vinemont; Harold Glad-ney,
Lineville; John Cooper Godbold, Auburn; Mrs. Lena
Houston Green, Waverly; James Ellwood Gunn, Calera; Frank
Beasley Gunter, Phenix City; Roswell Malcolm Hair, Beuna
Vista, Ga.; James Harvey Hancock, Stockton, Maryland;
James Amos Hargett, Russellville; Armstead R. Harper, Mon-roeville;
Margaret Harris, Birmingham.
All But Thirty-Five Are Alabamians
Charles Haupt, Elberta; Thomas Burns Henley, Montgomery;
James Dempsey Hilleke, Birmingham; Alma Holladay,
West Point, Ga.; Dan W. Hollis, Headland; Manard Earl Holt,
Bankston; Mabry R. Huggins, McKenzie; Harry C. Jackson,
Columbus, Ga.; Leonard Jacobs, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Haskell
Johnson, Birmingham; Gordon Kenneth Jones, Jamestown,
N. Y.; Bernard Chandler Jordan, Natchez, Miss.; Theron
Francis Karge, East Rochester, N. Y.; Hulett Lasseter King,
Huntsville; Eugene Morritt Knight, Lecon; George DeWitt
Knight, Jr., Selma; Joe Frank Lacy, Columbus, Miss.; William
Moate Lamar, Albemarle, N. C; James Foy Laster, Clayton;
Robert Edwin Ledbetter, Montgomery; George Linwood
Lewallen, St. Petersburg, Fla.; John Ensley Lowery, Jr., Birmingham;
James Carlyle McCulloch, Huntsville; Cameron
McDavid, Auburn; James Matthew McDonald, Reform; Coleman
H. McGehee, Troy; James Lewis Mclntyre, Guntersville;
George Ree Maples, Huntsville; Bernard Marks, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Carl Theodore Mason, Jamestown, N. Y.; Mary Carson
Maulshagan, Birmingham;Daniel Thomas Meadows, Salem;
Clara Merrill, Andalusia; Clarence L. Mershon, Fairhope;
Hampton Knoz Miller, Monticello, Fla.; Walter John Mueller,
Evansville, Ind.; Dawson H. Mullen, Jr., Birmingham; Robert
Lee Mundhenk, Auburn; Charles Stinson Myers, Opp; Julian
Peebles Myrick, Lakeland, Fla.; Robert Herron Reely, Jacksonville,
Fla.; George Thornton Nelson, Birmingham; Mark
R. Nichols, Auburn; Wendell Hogan Parker, Birmingham;
Raymond Parrish, Wilson Dam; Russell Paul, Islip, N. Y.;
Margaret W. Pearson, Montgomery; Dave Phelps, Bluefield,
W. Va.; Frank M. Phillippi, Camden; John Lorenzo Phillips,
Birmingham; Howard Benjamin Pollard, Crichton; Robert
Webster Powell, Birmingham; Morton Alva Prager, West
Palm Beach, Fla.
Seniors Lead With High Grades
Charles Dwight Prater, Sylacauga; Owen Russell Preston,
Midland City; James Ottis Quimby, Mobile; Malcolm J. Rattray,
Vidallia, Ga.; Gayle Riley, Birmingham; David D. Roberts,
Mobile; Mary Lucille Rosser, Newton; Ernest Tuttle
Rouse, Camden; Harvey Louis Rubin, Los Angeles, Cal.; Paul
Marvin Rudolph; Pulaski, Tenn.; Hulda Rutland, Auburn;
Frank P. Samford, Birmingham; Herbert George Schiff, Mobile;
Eleanor Scott, Auburn; Howard B. Seidler, Birmingham;
Samuel Robertus Shaw, Birmingham; Ladell Murphree Smith,
Gadsden; Patrick Henry Smith, Slocomb; William Mitchell
Smith, Birmingham; Joe Steven Stein, Colpuitt, Ga.; George
V. Stelzenmuller, Auburn; William B. Stelzemuller, Birmingham;
H. Lloyd Sutherland, Kinston; Howard D. Sutterlin,
Miam* Springs, Fla.; W. L. Tou Sutton, Washington, Ga.; Edward
Roy Taylor, Birmingham; Samuel Fuller Teague, Birmingham;
Harold Philip Thomas, Athens; John Brooks Thomas,
Sipsey; William Monroe Thompson, Camden; George
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Ag Debaters Hold
Non-Decision
Tilt Here
Robert Allen and Harley Payne,
University of Georgia Ag Club
speakers, met C. L. Hollingsworth
and Charles Grisham of the Auburn
club in a non-decision debate
here Wednesday night on "Resolved
that the National Labor
Relations Board Should be Empowered
to Settle All Industrial
Disputes." ,
Georgia debated the affirmative.
First speaker was Payne, who prefaced
his arguments with statistics
showing the gravity of present
labor-capital relationships.
"349,000 men were involved in
1937 strikes with a total loss of
37,000,000 working days, an.average
of 108 days per man," he
said.
Specific cases of strike violence
cited were the longshoremen's
strike on the Pacific Coast and
the great Chicago strike with its
casualty list of ten and large property
toll. Adding weight to his
arguments for compulsory arbitration
were results of a recent
poll which found 67 per cent of
people checked opposed to the sit-down
strike. "If the force of public
opinion can't stop strikes" he
concluded, "the alternative is a
board with sufficient power to
compel capital and labor to come
to terms."
First for the negative was Charles
Grisham, Auburn junior from
Athens. He expressed the opinion
that a board having jurisdiction
over all labor disputes, large and
small, could not function satisfactorily
because of the enormous
scope of its duties, and developed
the point that a board of only three
members is subject to extraordinary
pressure by political and capitalistic
elements. Concluding, he
suggested repeal of the Wagner
Act and substitution of a law similar
to the British Labor Disputes
Act, under which no major strike
has occured since 1927.
Robert Allen was Georgia's second
debater. Allen pointed out
the poll which saw 77 per cent
believing arbitration should be
compulsory, and stated that the
government should be empowered
to call strikers to heed as well as
criminals, both classes being detrimental
to the people's welfare.
C. L. Hollingsworth, junior in
agriculture from Centerville, held
compulsion foreign to American
ideals of freedom, and reiterated
Grisham's point that a small board
is in danger of succumbing to financial
inducements.
This was the first debate of the
year for the Auburn Club.
Correction
The Auburn Aero Club competition
will be held April 3
and 4 instead of March 3 and 4
as was erroneously stated in a
headline concerning the story
in last Wednesday's Plainsman.
Though the story grave state,
ment of the correct date, it was
feared that some few students
might be confused by the contradiction
of the story and the
headline.
The trophy, an expensive as
well as beautiful award is now
on display in the Tiger drugstore
window, will be awarded
to the most outstanding student
pilot taking part in the competition.
The competition was
originally scheduled for "A"
Day but was moved up since
the senior class will be on their
inspection trips during that
week.
Heath Is Selected
A. V. M. A. Head
Dr. M. K. Heath, of Birmingham,
was elected president of the Alabama
Veterinary Medical Association
at the annual meeting here
this morning as one of the outstanding
features of the closing
day of the annual Short Course
and Conference for graduate veterinarians.
Dr. J. H. Ryland, Selma, was
chosen to serve as vice-president
of the Association for the coming
year, and Dr. I. S. McAdory, dean
of Auburn school of veterinary
medicine and State veterinarian,
was re-elected as secretary-treasurer.
Dr. McAdory was named by the
Association as official delegate to
the annual meeting of the American
Veterinary Medical Association
to take place in New York
City in July. Dr. L. E. Beckham,
retiring president of the Alabama
Association, was designated as
alternate delegate.
Burkhardt Returns From Visit
To University Of Alabama
Prof. E. Walter Burkhardt recently
returned from the University
of Alabama, where he was
the guest speaker at the opening
of the Government Art Exhibit.
The subject of Prof. Burkhardt's
speech was "The Government and
Art and Architecture." This speech
wag delivered to an assembly
in connection with the exhibit
shown there. The art exhibit as
well as the address was sponsored
by the American Association of
University Women.
Befh Murphy Ranks
Highest In Frosh
Achievement Test
With a score of 231 from a possible
265, Miss Beth Marguerite
Murphy made the highest mark
on the freshman English achievement
examination given last
month. The January test, designed
to observe the progress of freshman
English students, was the first
that has been given in the middle
of the year. It was of the same
nature and degree of hardness as
the examination taken in September.
Miss Murphy's mark of 231 was
9 points above that of any other
freshman. She answered 79 per
cent of the questions correctly.
She is a graduate of Columbus
High School and is enrolled in
pharmacy.
Jack Loeb, Sidney Lanier graduate,
had the second highest score
which was 222; W. L. Hughes, Sidney
Lanier, was third with 221;
Frank Samford, of Ramsay and
Kirkland White, Boys High in Atlanta,
tied for fourth with 218;
Robert Davidson, Opelika, fifth
with 217; E. H. Johnson, Wood-lawn,
sixth with a score of 216;
Donald Clark, Albertville and Sara
Nell Cpwart of Beauregard, tied
for seventh with marks of 205; C.
Herndon McGehee, Troy, made 203
to give him the eighth highest
score.
Prof. J. R. Rutland, head of the
Auburn English Department, says
"we are well pleased with the
improvement the freshmen showed
and are proud of the high
scores that were made on the January
test." The scores of the second
test showed an 8.6 per cent
average increase over those of the
September examination.
The two tests are standard cooperative
English tests, prepared
by the American Council of Education,
and include questions on
usage, spelling and vocabulary.
The questions are in completion
and multiple choice form and are
a general test of one's knowledge
of English.
Prof. Rutland says that the second
test is as much a check n
the teacher as the pupil, for the
improvement shown reflects the
ability of the instructor to teach
and the ability of the students
to learn.
Through this medium the English
department is trying to find
out how much English students
are actually learning. The English
section showing the lowest increases
this past semester had an
improvement percentage of 1.5
and the plass with the highest
increase had 13.3.
Veterinary Short Course Is Climaxed With Banquet At Church
The Baptist Banquet Hall was
the scene, Dr. I. S. McAdory the
toastmaster last night as 250 visiting
veterinarians, students, and
guests ate, drank, talked the Fourteenth
Annual Veterinary Short
Course to its climax.
Dr. L. Van Es, head of the Department
of Pathology and Hygiene
at Nebraska, struck the keynote
of the evening's speaking with
a tribute to Dr. Cary, founder of
Auburn's veterinary school 40
years ago. "He was a great man
whose influence was not local, or
sectional but international," Dr.
Van Es said.
Chief attention converged on Dr.
O. V. Brumley, dean of the veterinary
school at Ohio State University
and president of the American
Veterinary Medical Association.
He spoke briefly of the
history of the A. V. M. A., founded
in New York City 75 years
ago, and told of extensive plans
which have been made for the
Diamond Jubilee celebration in
New York in July. Theme of the
talk was the upbuilding of the
national association. "Only 41 per
cent of the eligible veterinarians
are now members," he said, "but
we plan to introduce new features
at the New York meeting which
will bring membership within the
reach of all."
The largest crowd ever assembled
at a Short Course banquet here
listened to the rhythm of the Auburn
Cavaliers until 8:30, when
Dr. McAdory for the Veterinary
School, Dr. L. N. Duncan for the
College, Acting Mayor Roberts
Brown for the city, and student
president S. F. Garrett for the
Vet Leader
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Junior A. V. M. A.'s extended formal
welcome to the visitors.
Dr. Duncan spoke optimistically
of the new Regional Research
Laboratory here. "The original
appropriation for the project was
$30,000, but by April 1, $100,000
will have been spent" he said. He
expressed the opinion Auburn
would become a great Southern
center for veterinary research and
teaching, said the research lab
would not be available for teaching
purposes, but added he was
confident it could be used for student
observation.
Other notables followed. President
L. E. Beckham of the Alabama
A. V. M. A., spoke favorably
of the school's continued
progress. Garrett, head of 140 student
A- v - M- A- ' s t a l k e d proudly
of Auburn's record of 100 per cent
senior membership in the local
chapter, mentioned next year's
drive to have every veterinary
student a member of the organization.
"We are the only veterinary
school in the country where every
senior belongs to the A. V. M. A.,"
he said.
Dr. Graham, State Health Department
worker substituting for
his chief, J. N. Baker, spoke of
rapid developments, in the past
few years in the study of virus
diseases, predicted similar progress
in the future.
Dr. McAdory paid tribute, to
his faculty as he introduced each
professor and his wife. Dr. and
Mrs. L. E. Starr, Dr. and Mrs. E.
S. Winters, Dr. and Mrs. M. O.
Robinson, Dr. and Mrs. F. P.
Woolfe, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Mundhenk,
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Greene,
Dr. W. E. Cotton, Dr. W. M. Howell,
Mrs. McAdory, and Miss Miriam
Moore rose successively for
applause.
In the interval before Dr. Brum-ley's
talk, the Ohio State men
present sang the State Alma Mater
and a Buckeye football song.
High School Tournament Will
Be Held Here March 3 , 4 , 5
Approximately 200 higK school students will converge
on Auburn next weekend, March 3, 4, and 5 as the 1938 High
School Tournament gets underway.
According to Dr. Leo Gosser, tentative plans for staging
the tournament are in readiness for the arrival of the contestants
from large and small Alabama high schools.
Entrants in the drama contest are fewer this year than
ever beforg. As yet, only 12 schools have signified their intention
of entering one-act plays in the contest. West End
and Ensley, first and second place winners respectively of last
year's drama are not entering this year.
The plan for the drama contest this year calls for two divisions—
competition between the larger schools of the state
and competition between smaller schools. Only three large
city schools have registered so far, Murphy High of Mobile,
Woodlawn of Birmingham, and Anniston High. Murphy High
is likely to have an unusually good play as is Woodlawn of
Birmingham. In years past Murphy High won the tournament
consistently. Woodlawn is also expected to be good.
Of small schools entered Lee County High of Auburn and
Wetumpka High are expected to have plays showing promise
of winning. Wetumpka has the distinction of being the only
small high school in the state to win a tournament, and Lee
County High has placed in the finals for the past two years.
Schools entered in the division for small schools include
Seale, Handley High of Roanoke, Geneva, LaFayette, Livingston,
Wetumpka, Woodlawn, Tallassee, and Lee County
High of Auburn.
The journalism contest under the direction of Prof. J. E.
Roop holds promise of being another of the best contests. It
will be divided into two divisions. The editorial writing contest
will involve the writing of a 400-word editorial for which
two hours preparation will be given.
The high school newspaper contest will entail the selection
of the best high school newspaper adjudged by three consecutive
issues. To the winner of the newspaper contest the Auburn
Plainsman is awarding a loving cup.
The tournament this year has the same scope of last year's.
Originally the tournament provided only competition in
drama, but four years ago activities were expanded to include
art, writing, oratory, and music.
Last year the tournament was again expanded to include
subjects and activities engaged in by all high school students.
The divisions of this year's tournament include art, biology-plants,
biology animals, books, chemistry, drama, foreign
languages, forestry, general science, history, industrial arts-manuel
training, journalism, latin, mathematics, mechanical
drawing, music, physics, public speaking, spelling, typewriting
and writing.
To the first and second place winners in each contest will
be awarded medals. A loving cup given jointly by the Auburn
Players and the college will be awarded along with
the medals on Saturday evening in Langdon Hall after the
finals of the drama contest.
While in Auburn the visiting delegates from Alabama
schools will be housed in the W. P. A. Village.
Tyler Young, Francis Garrett Injured In
Motorcycle Wreck Here This Morning
Tyler Jennings Young, of Duffield, Va., and Francis Oliver
Garrett, of Little Rock, Ark., Auburn students were found
injured in a motorcycle wreck at the corner of Opelika Road
and North Gay Street this morning at 4 a. m. by a bus driver
who came upon the scene. They were rushed tot he East Alabama
Hospital in Opelika for treatment.
While the extent of Young's injuries have not yet been determined,
it was stated by attending physicians that he was
suffering from a fractured jaw and that his condition is serious.
Garrett sustained a sprained wrist and minor lacerations
on his body.
Those inspecting the wreck lay the cause to defective steering
and bad brakes on the-front wheel. Unqualified reports
were that the two students lay injured in the street for two
hours before they were discovered by the bus driver.
Both Young and Garrett are juniors in veterinary medicine
and members of the Alpha Psi fraternity. Young is being x-rayed
for a possible fracture of the skull.
Prof. Burkhardt Will Deliver Series Of
Lectures About European Tours
Professor E. Walter Burkhardt on Monday night, February
28th, at 8 o'clock in Lecture room 101 of the Architectural
Building, will give the first in a series of travelog lectures
concerning his European travels last summer.
The first lecture of Prof. Burkhardt's will cover France
and Germany in general, stressing modern Architecture in the
Chateau country of France and the leading Cathedrals of
Germany. The speech will also cover the present day life of
these countries. Slides will be shown as an added attraction.
This lecture course, sponsored by the Scarab Honorary Architectural
Fraternity, is open to the students of Architecture
as well as anyone else who might be interested.
PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1938.
Plainsman Editorials
AT LEAST TWO THINGS HAVE BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED THIS SEMESTER
The spirits of this paper are soaring high!
The caps and gowns and Senior Main Gate
issues were voted just like we had hoped
that they would be when the time came
for the class' showing its preference. The
senior class is to be congratulated upon
the stand it took in showing its preference
too. And we feel like we are getting someplace,
for if we were ever behind anything
with an effort, we certainly were in behind
those two issues.
The final count showed conclusive proof
that the senior class was definitely in favor
of the erecting of the Main Gate and of
the wearing caps and gowns during the
graduation exercises. (Now, just let some
of the dissenting faculty back down—well,
we can save our opinion on that possibili-
" ty.) Although only about one half of the entire
class voted, among those 165 who voted,
147 were in favor of wearing the caps
and gowns, and 158 voted for the Main
Gate idea. Naturally, it would have been
a better expression if a larger precentage
of the class had voted, but a fairly definite
consensus of opinion may be arrived at
from the figures which we have. These
boys and girls are made out of the right
stuff, after all. Heck, we knew it all the
while.
WORK ON PAPER OFFERS CHANCES
TO PRACTICE VARIOUS COURSES
For three, sometimes four, years a small
group of students work on the staff of this
paper, their only reward being qualification
to run for one of the paying jobs or
the fulfillment of an imbedded desire to
work as a journalist. Such has been the
case for a number of years. Yet, perhaps
not ungrudgingly at times, they have continued
to offer their services to the paper.
Work on the paper gives one training in
English, journalism, advertising, salesmanship,
typing, and numerous other minor
phases. One would find few one-hour
courses that taught him as much as a semester's
work on the Plainsman. Perhaps
someone will say that there are courses
offered that entail work on the Plainsman.
There are courses, but they do not offer
enough practice. Then there are many
students on the staff who cannot schedule
any journalism courses at all. They should
get some sort of credit.
While considering campus activities, we
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came suddenly face to face with the fact
that there is no other field of endeavor that
does not pay some tangible reward. The
band and Glee Club get college credit,
keys, letters and numerous trips; athletes
get scholarships and numerous trips; debaters
get trips and keys; and all activities
save that of working long hours on
the Plainsman get some reward as an incentive
for good work.
The Plainsman makes a large sum of
money for the college every year. What
fell trick of Fate is it that allows the money
made by an unrewarded bunch of journalists
to be spent in rewarding those active
in other fields? Can it be irony or just misdirected
generosity? Surely it is nothing
that cannot be corrected by a simple enactment
of the powers that be.
The editor of this paper gets paid, and
so does the business manager. They have
the Incentive to work. But what of the
staff. They work three years for the doubtful
chance of getting one of the paying
jobs. Is it not human that their ardor and
zeal should dim at times? When it dims,
the editor and business manager find themselves
without help and the quality of the
paper is lowered. It would make for a better
Plainsman if the school would see fit
to reward the staff of this paper with college
credit for their work.
SYPHILIS MUST ATTRACT NOTICE
EVEN IN OUR POLITE SOCIETY
It is the report that there are only two
or three syphilitic cases among Auburn
students. However, according to statistics,
six and a half million persons are currently
infected in the United States; one million
cases are new each year. And we
know today that syphilis is primarily a
disease of youth. More than half of those
whom the disease strikes are under the age
of 25. This, if for no other reason, tends
to make the matter a vital one to us, for
by far the greater portion of Auburnites
are under the age of 25. If we are to watch
the percentages, as well as the intensity of
the disease's menace to humanity, no small
amount of ordinary concern should arise.
Syphilis is a contagious disease, but it
can be stamped out, the control coming
from the application of scientific methods
developed over many years, those years
when it was considered immoral to discuss
the matter, hence the years when
nothing could be done but conduct quiet
studying of the matter.
The disease is caused by a delicate spiral
organism called the spirochete. Except
when acquired before birth, the infection
enters the body through the skin or mucous
surfaces by direct contact with open
lesions (sores) or with articles recently
. soiled by spirochete-laden secretions. The
spirochete does not pass through unbroken
skin; but any break or scratch, no matter
how microscopic, gives it prompt entry.
A mucous surface, such as the lining
of the mouth or the genital tract, offers
less resistance than skin. Even though mucous
membrane may be intact, the spri-cochete
can wriggle through it in an hour
or two. During this time the organism is
in a vulnerable position, however, soap and
water, drying, and mild chemicals will
kill the germs.
If you are interested in the chances which
you have of already having or the chance
of contracting syphilis, listen to the following
figures:
One out of 10 adults are infected, and
one out of five youths. 1,000,000 potential
mothers in the United States now have or
have had syphilis. Five times out of six
the untreated syphilitic pregnant mother
will bear a dead or diseased child. 160,000
persons currently have cardiovascular syphilis
(of the heart); of those 40,000 die
each year. 60,000 children are born in the
United States each year with congenital
syphilis. 15 per cent of blindness, 10 percent
of insanity is a result of syphilis.
All the foregoing figures may only serve
to present a maze, a conglorerate of figures
to be skipped over. But if they are read
carefully, it will be found that there is a
vital need for giving the syphilis situation_
a great deal of attention.
The success of the campaign against the
disease rests to a large extent in the hands
of those who are now in college. They are,
naturally, the thinkers and doers of tomorrow.
It is a just contention that these
people should be interested in beginning
the work while there is still a chance of
competing with odds that might not yet
prove too difficult a handicap. And their
work should surely begin at home, among
themselves.
PLAINSMAN FORUM - Voice of the Students
February 23, 1938
Editor of the Plainsman
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Editor
Not that I want to break the correspondence
between you and Mr. Welden, but I would
like to know jus twhat you are arguing over.
Is it Campus Politics?
For the past two years I have cast my vote
at the campus polls and not one time have
I known just what I voted for. Are campus
politics just another way to get a second picture
in the Glomerata? That is the only result
which I can see of having been done by
previous elections.
What is this Executive Cabinet I hear a-bout?
How many times has it met this year,
and what has it done when it did meet?
By now I guess you think I'm dumb to
the limit but let me express a few of the
things that bothers me. I believe you have
asked for a few opinions. This institution Is
supposed to be a Democratic one with the
rest of the state, but if it is, I'm a Republican.
We have a so called student government
which has apparently turned out to be a Dictatorship.
Various issues, questions, and disagreements
have come before us with all
manner of discussion, but nothing has ben
done about them.
;Many students complain about the cut system
and others don't like the idea of 50 per
cent failures. If the complaint is put before
the right party we are accused of wasting the
states good hard earned money by coming
to school and sitting around.
Why do we not deserve this hard earned
money as much as some smart state politician
who will surely get it if it comes his
way. (Our Campus isn't the only place with
Crooked Politics.)
; Just what is keeping us from getting together
and running the school our way for a
while? The school is ours, not the State's or
the Faculty's. New Deals come to every place
but Auburn. Instead of them coming here
they get a mild discussion a week or so before
election and then they are all forgotten.
Our petitions have never brought about even
a change in the odor of the Chemistry building.
When I say give us a new deal I don't
mean put a liquor store on Toomer's corner,
free taxis to Ag Hill or a free picture twice
a week, but GIVE us something to vote for
besides our fraternity brothers or best friends.
If voting brings no more results in the future
than in the past it isn't worth the walk
to Student Hall.
Why are we so ignorant that we don't know
what we want and how our school should
be run? If this be the case what good will
a degree do us when we get out. We don't
know how to use it.
I am still in the dark about this Campus
Politics and will be there until I see more
of this Auburn Spirit reacted Bomewhere besides
at a football game.
A Student
Sixteen Ems
BY SPACER OUTER
The old original Spacer Outer, the editor
of this column, or the one who types out this
stuff is a bit sleepy this morning so the old
weak end is not functioning. Therefore the
column will.be made up entirely of
Contributions From Members
Dear Spacer Outer: Taaaal does not exist
any more since he has devoted his time and
mind to that creamy job from Judson, Miss
Ruth Cropper.
Dear Spacer Outer: Pete, Jean, and Scottie
are the latest trio of pool sharks. They are
planning to enter the professional ranks.
Dear Spacer Outer: Auburn students are
hereby informed that the back rows of Lanier
Auditorium are not dark.
Then here is a little epistle that is expressive
of certain feelings of certain people
at certain times. It is a
Love Letter
Life being what it is, I find myself worried
Because the nooks I ordered didn't come.
I mourn for you, I want you back, I love you
Indeed my heart is desolate and numb,
But there are many things I must rush to do,
A list of things I have to buy;
Some kleenex, stamps, a new bridge table
cover,
And there's a matinee at half-past two
That I can't miss. So I send this hurried
Word that my heart is broken—but dear lover,
I have not time to cry!
—Nancye Thompson
And that is all the spacing we will have
to do today.
ED NOTE:—Glory be! I have received a
letter with some stuff which involves the
operations of Mr. Welden's and my "Republic
of Auburn College." It is my belief that this
fellow is just like many other students. He
is up here, but he isn't on the inside of the
operations. One can't blame him for the attitude
he holds. Possibly, if he was on the
inside, he would not be wanting "to pick a
bone of contention" with anyone, especially
our politicians.
The whole idea of these letters are to do
those, and a few more, things which he is
asking about. Tehre is lots to be done, but by
consistent blasting something can be accomplished.
Mr. Welden and I have become
quite attached to our "Republic" idea, and
we intend to see it through, eh Welden?
Talk About The Town
JACK STEPPE N
ROBERT LEE MUNDHENK
Surprised—being us more or less on learning
that Ye Ed has received some comments
on this column. The gist of the matter being
that the commentors allow as how the style
used in this gibberish the early part of the
year, and the things we scribbled about were
much more entertaining than our brainstorms
of late. We bow to the clamor of our public—
all three of them.
Inquistion—a mild form of which the various
fraternities have been imposing on
their neophytes during the past few weeks.
The newer member of the firm contributes
the though that 'tis quite a bit too barbarous.
With this we cannot quite agree. There are
few if any lodges which practice the customs
of a few years back. We will admit
that they still do attempt to humble the
pledges but it is more in the spirit of fun
than brutality. And despite the grumbling
which the pledges emit we are willing to
bet that they do enjoy it. At least it gives
them something to write home about.
Seldom—if ever will one see the variety
of get-ups evident around here when the
Heavens begin to weep. When the rain begins
to fall anything that will shed water
is pressed into service to keep Momma's little
lollypop dry. We are waiting with bated
breath to see someone prancing around clad
in duck feathers,—'tis the only thing that
hasn't been pressed into service.
Plato—who must have been the Walter
Winchell of his day got off some pert remarks
once in a while. The prize one being we believe
"Love, drink and madness are but different
forms of tyranny."
Nothing—we know of can equal the feeling
of dropping into another world as that
of flying up through the clouds and finding
the clean brightness of the sun on top of
the clouds which shroud the earth in darkness
and dampness. 'Tis indeed a sight you will
not forget if you are ever fortunate enough
to see it. We know of no better reviver for
drooping spirits.
ADD SIMILES
As senile as the excuses a freshman makes
to his parents for flunking a course.
As flabbergasting as a fourth floor class immediately
after lunch. (There ought to be a
law.) ,
As remarkably inconsistent as the excuses
we make to ourselves for not doing the studying
we had ought to do.
As uninteresting as the next edition of the
Plainsman. (Contributed by Fruitcake.)
As pleasingly musical as the seven ack
emma tinkle of the alarm clock.
Overheard—(Believe it or not) First lit
stude, "Do you know the evils of drinking."
Second Yes Man, "Certainly." First Ditto,
"Boy, you're a lot smarter than I am."
Commendable—being the behavior of the
audience at the concert on Monday night.
It is rare indeed that a largely student audience
does retain the proper decorum during
such a program. And along the same vein we
wonder whether the facial contortions of
concert pianists are absolutely necessary or
are they merely part of their stock of trade
as they are in professional wrestling.
Satisfactory—being the decision of the
Senior Class to have caps and gowns for the
commencement exercises—now if the faculty
will only see the light and do likewise.
Palm—to Myrna Loy for her interpretation
of a slightly bottled female in the show of
yesterday. T'was one of the best pieces of
acting we have seen in some time. And should
be a hint to some imbibing females who don't
know when enough is enough, or how silly
they really look.
This may not be a weak end, or it may but
in any case it is the end.
News And Views
BY L. E. FOSTER
"Of all the causes which conspire to blind
Man's erring judgement, and misguide the
mind; what the weak head with strongest
bias rules,—Is pride, the never.failing
voice of fools."—Pope
One of the most notable transformations
that college makes in our lives is changing
our conception of ourselves. A great number
of us come to college with a chip on our
shoulder —we have been class presidents,
club leaders, debaters, athletic captains or
other types of-high school big shots, and we
enter college with a chest full of high school
pride.
It doesn't take many weeks of college to
deflate our chests. A few yawns from classmates
when we start telling of our prep
school accomplishments is usually the first
pin stuck in our windbag of pride. Countless
little things begin to bring home the point
that our ego needs contracting.
Every day we wake up more and more to
the reality that college is full of former
leaders, in fact it is a grand assembly of
leaders—a medium of bringing leader against
leader.
Haven't you found that things were more
easily achieved in high school. Certainly so.
There was less personal competition. College
brings you into contact with so many folk
that are your caliber or superior.
It is natural that increased personal competition
would mean less fruitful endeavors
for each student. It means more discouragement
because everyone can't be the winner,
and there are plenty striving to be. College
takes a lot of haughtiness out of these stuffed
pidgeons that are used to being on the
winning side always.
It brings out in a crystal clear way just
what this thing competition is, and by killing
many of our high notions makes us a
bit wiser as to how to meet life's big struggle
of competition.
REMARKS AT RANDOM—Sports statisticians
say that 20 million people in 60 nations
play basketball.
NEWS NATIONAL—We can't agree with
the writers that have been predicting that
Britain will stray away from the United
States in friendship and eventually will get
in the German-Italian hookup. There is too
much in common between the United States
and Britain and too little in common between
Britain and these two European countries.
The importance of the resignation of Foreign
Minister Anthony Eden is exaggerated,
according to our way of thinking. The British
people will have something to say when
Prime Minister Chamberlain initiates his new
international policy.
SATIRE—Our idea of duplication within a
unit is the redundancy of girls in the Eddie
Cantor family.
LOCAL—We should like to see the Social
committee put on a final dance set even bigger
than the midterms. There is no reason
why they shouldn't. But there is one big reason
why they should. That reason is our
senior class.
The final dances which are supposed to
honor the seniors . usually are sideshows to
the midterms.Out of respect to our graduating
class we should work to make the final dances
bigger and better. In the past they have
been little more than fill-ins for the social
year.
The reason why final dances have not been
well attended is that we have not brought
down many real topnotch bands, as we do at
midterm. Other schools have made a big
success of their finals and we can too—by
bringing down more prominent orchestras
and putting some push behind the spring
functions.
GUESS—how many victrola records were
sold last year. We do not have the figure for
the total number sold, but we have learned
that R. C. A. Victor alone sold over 18 million.
We should imagine Decca, Brunswich
and several others sold about as many.
NEWS RAMBLES—Secreary Perkins seems
to have meant business when she said that
something must be done for elder workers
over the country—Atlanta's mayor received
a strange request when he got a sales letter
from a Georgia farmer who is trying to sell
the city a 350 pound hog that has six legs . .
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1938. THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Hixon Now Ahead in
Infra-mural Tennis
Dan Hixon is now leading in the
intra-mural tennis tournament
having defeated H. L. King in the
semi-finals. He will play the winner
of the John Campbell—J. F.
Watters match for the championship
next week. Hixon, a junior
in chemical engineering, is from
Perote.
E. B. Smith, intra-mural director
reports that 44 students entered
the tournament, the first of its
kind being held at Auburn.
Another tennis tournament will
be run during the present semester.
It is an all-campus affair, any
fraternity and any individual being
eligible. Both singles and
doubles matches will be held.
Mr. Smith reports that the first
all-campus tournament was a success,
and has served to make such
competition more popular on the
campus.
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Running second in the present
Southeastern Conference standings
Coach Ralph Jordan's Auburn Tigers
will invade Gainsville for a
two-game series with Florida, Friday
and Saturday. The Gators are
the semi-final foe appearing on
Auburn's 1938 cage card.
In the last contest on their regular
schedule, the Tiger cagers
will tackle Georgia Tech in a return
affair in Atlanta next Monday.
Tech will be encountered on
the road trip that also will carry
the Bengals to Gainsville, and this
game is expected to be a bang
up affair.
The games this weekend will be
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Holmes has developed into
one of the best all around play.
ers that the Tigers have had
for some time and his uncanny
ability as a ballhawk has made
him invaluable. He is leading
the Bengals in scoring with 175
points.
Second High
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Morgan has proved to be Auburn's
all-around man, specializing
in basketball, football and
baseball. His dexterity as a bas-keteer
has pulled the Tigers out
of many tight spots. He is Auburn's
second high scorer with
162 points.
the last chance lor the Plainsmen
to meet collegiate opposition before
tuning up for the annual league
tournament in Baton Rouge, starting
March 3.
An outstanding record of 14 victories
in 17 starts will be carried
by Auburn into the Gator's camp.
The Tigers have a collegiate mark
of nine victories against one loss
and has an impressive "Big 13"
record of five wins -against one
loss. Two of Auburn's three setbacks
were by one point margins,
one being received from the hands
of Georgia Tech.
When Auburn meets Florida it
will be ex-pupil matching court
strategy with ex-teacher. The present
Gator coach, Sam McAllister,
coached at the Plains for three
years through 1933 and one of his
prize players was the Tiger's present
skipper Ralph Jordan. Under
McAllister, Jordan rose to the
heights as an offensive ace and
was one of Dixie's high scorers
each of his three years as a varsity
mainstay.
Enie Menie Minie Moe,
Down to Howard's we must go.
Sox and anklets, Hosierle!
Briefs and stepins, Lingerie!
S p o r t s C h a t t er
By Bill Troup
Johnny Broaca, Yankee pitcher, was the heavyweight boxing
champion of Yale . . . Ed Abbaticchio, who signed with
the Phillies in 1897, was the first Italian to break into major
league baseball . . . Dr. Martin Kneeland, 89 year old author
and golfer of Claremont, Cal., can shoot his own age at golf .
. . Johnny Moir, Notre Dame's great basketball forward, has
received an attractive offer to play with the New York Celtics
next year, but Johnny says he will retire after his graduation
in June . . .University of Chicago's basketball team won its
first Big Ten victory in thirty-four games last Saturday when
it defeated Iowa, 38-35 . . . Harold Van Every, Minnesota's
great sophomore back, is maintaining an A average scholas-tically
. . . Norman Dole of Stanford, first man to pole vault
12 feet, is now superintendent of a sugar refinery in California
. . . The center on Notre Dame's hockey team is Jack
Frost . . . Joe Rinaldi, Michigan's 1937 football captain, sells
silk stocking to co-eds . . . Fred Perry and Ellsworth Vines
grossed more than $35,000 on their coast exhibition tour . . .
J. H. Dunscomb, principal of the Windsor, HI., Community
High School, saw the basketball teams of that school play
432 consecutive games, but he missed the 433rd . . . Football
was suspended at Sing Sing because Commissioner Edward
P. Mulrooney decided the public came to see the men in jail
rather than the contest...
It is the custom in foreign golf clubs for a player who
makes a hole in one to buy a drink for everybody at the club
bar . . . One New Zealand golfer who has had to pay off thus
on three aces in the last two years has insured himself a-gainst
further expenses from such feats . . . An insurance
company has issued a $25 policy protecting him against the
mob which gathers in the bar when he is playing . . . Among
the golfers who have served as professionals at the Langley
Park Golf club in England are the names Ball, Cotton and
Twine . . . Harry Kipke, former Michigan football coach, has
offices across the street in Detroit from Hunk Anderson, who
served as his line coach last season . . . Glenn Presnell, Nebraska's
new back field coach, still holds the National Professional
league field goal record with a 54 yard place kick ..
Brutus Hamilton, California track coach, says a four minute
mile is impossible . . . The world record, held by Glenn Cunningham
is 4:06-10 .# . . The Southern California Rugby association
has elected Whizzer White, Colorado football star,
to honorary membership in the hope that it will persuade
him to compete in the game when he enrolls at Oxford . . .
Winners Of Two Leagues In Basketball
Tourney Are Determined; Others Play
Interest in inter-frat basketball
is growing as the winners of Leagues
1 and 2 have been decided.
The Pi K. A.'s in League 1 and the
Si A. E.'s in League 2 emerged
on top with records of 3 victories
against no defeats.
The remaining teams still ave
games to play.
High-lights of this Week's games
were the S. A. E.'s 24 to 22 win
over the K. A.'s and the A. G. R.'s
overtime victory over the K. A.'s.
The Sigma Nu's looked plenty
good in their decisive 32 to 6 defeat
of the Sigma Pi's.
Results of this week's games
are: S. N. 32, S. P. 6; A. G. R. 2,
A. L. T. 0 (forfeit); A. T. O. 6,
B. K. 9; S. A. E. 24, K. A. 22; S.
P. E. 32, T. E. P. 6; S. C. 37, K. S.
12;. A. G. R. 23, T. C. 19.
Standings in the leagues are:
League 1
DSP
PKA
PKP
TUO
League %
SAE
KA
SPE
TEP
League4
AGR
BK
TC
ATO
ALT
League 5
SN
PKT
PDT
TKN
SP
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3
2
1
0
Won
3
2
1
0
Won
2
2
1
1
0
Won
2
2
1
0
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Lost
0
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2
3
Lost
0
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2
3
Lost
0
0
1
2
3
Lost
0
0
1
1
3
Five leagues of independent
teams have been formed and play
began this week. This addition
to intra-mural sports is more than
welcome.
In the independent basketball
race the following teams are entered:
League 1: Watkins, Friendly
Eight, Caldwell House, Baptist
Student Union. League 2: Warren,
F. F. A., Chapter Number 1, Stephens,
Hornsby Hall. League 3:
Y. M. C. A., F. F. A. Chapter 2,
Alumni Hall Number 1. League 4:
Wittel Dormitory, Auburn Ramblers,
Terrel House, Alumni Hall
Number 2. League 5: Short Boys,
Campus Barbers.
Several of these teams played
this week, with the following results:
Watkins 25, Friendly Eight
15; Caldwell House 0, Baptist 1
(forfeit); Warren 19, F. F. A. (1)
28; Stephens 25, Hornsby Hall 6;
Smith 17, Alumni Hall 19.
Kentucky Leads In
Conference Tilts
Kentucky's 1937 champions led
the Southeastern basketball conference
this week with no defeats
as the campaign headed into
its final week. The rangy Wildcats
hold two victories over Alabama
and one each over Vanderbilt and
Tennessee.
Auburn toppled from the ranks
of the undefeated conference teams
into second place by losing a thriller
to the towering Georgia Tech
quintet, 42 to43.
Mississippi defeated Alabama,
43-36 and 50-38, and Mississippi
State, 70^39 and 54-45, to hold
third place. They have won their
last seven games in a .row.
Mississippi State dropped from
seventh to ninth place by losing
twice to Mississippi and splitting
a dual engagement with Louisiana
State, 44 to 46 and 63 to 46.
The improvement of Tennessee
was seen when they defeated Florida,
41 to 28, and Vanderbilt, 24
to 59; to Sewanee, 31 to 33; and to
Georgia Tech, 40 to 54.
Georgia lost to Alabama, 26 to
39, and dropped a close one to
Georgia Tech, 27 to 29. L. S. U.
nosed out Tulane in a double header
44 to 22 and 31 to 27.
Tigers Train For
Hard Schedule
Next Season
Keeping an eye to the future
Coach Jack Meagher and his assistants
have been driving a squad
of 80 candidates at a brisk pace
in spring practice, ever remindful
of another suicide chedule
that faces them Ifcis coming season.
Although the schedule has not
been released as yet the Bengals
will face Birmingham-Southern,
Tulane, Tennessee, Mississippi
State, Georgia Tech, Rice Villa-nova
L. S. U. Georgia and Florida
this fall. 0
The Tigers held their first scrimmage
last Saturday, which wound
up three weeks of spring practice.
Prior to that fundamental
training in group sessions was the
feature of the workouts, with excellent
weather favoring the Plainsmen
throughout.
Some 20 or more lettermen return
from last year's aggregation
which finished third in the
Southeastern Conference and
trounced Michigan State in the
Orange Bowl game, and Coach
Meagher forecasts another good
season for 1938, even better than
last year's if the freshmen show up
satisfactorily.
Top players from this group
include Bo Russell, captain-elect
and a star performer at tackle;
Stancil Whatley, a 190 pound end
who developed into a regular as
a sophomore last year; Milton Howell,
another sophomore who played
regular guard; Pelham Sitz,
who shared the fullback duties
with Dutch Heath last season; and
Alternate-Captain Pig Walker,
Osmo Smith and John Davis, who
will share the generalship duties.
The biggest problem facing
Coach Meagher at the present time
is to fill the shoes of Jimmy Fent-on,
a sterling right halfback.
Ralph O'Gwynne, a 155 pounder,
subbed for Fenton last year and
may be the man. Another possibility
is Dick McGowin, up from the
frosh ranks who weighs 180 and
is rated an excellent kicker. Geter
Cantrell and Bill Mims are other
letter winners returning. The left
halfback position is well taken care
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THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1938.
Alice Faye Stars In
Sunday Show
Alice Faye, more glamorous and
beautiful than ever before, singing
the hit songs of the year, and for
the first time on the screen dancing,
the art which brought her to
the screen in the beginning.
George Murphy in the hilarious
role of a waiter who becomes a
millionaire for a week, wins the
love of a Broadway star and figures
in the headline romance of the
century! He dances as he never
danced before.
These two favorites of the screen
together with an all star cast of
the world's most brillant entertainers
were swirled together in
a lavish cocktail of melody, laughter
and grandeur to produce Uni-versal's
smashing musical triumph
"You're a Sweetheart," which
starts Sunday at the Tiger Theatre.
Costing more than a million dollars,
the B. G. "Buddy" DeSylva
production reveals Ken Murray
and Oswald at their funniest, together
with Frank Jenks and
Frances Hunt, two new comedy
discoveries of the year. Leading
a dancing chorus of more than a
hundred beautiful girls is Edna
Sedgwick, famous ballerina of two
continents. Andy Devine is seen
as the comical body-guard who
wants to get into prison so he
can play on the football team.
These and a dozen other elements
make "You're a Sweetheart" a top-notch
musical that stands in a class
by itself.
Seen in a dancing role for the
first time on the sreen, Alice Faye
and George Murphy form a new
team of dancing stars, backed by a
chorus of pretty girls, that will literally
take one's breath away as
they spin, whirl and glide to the
newest song creations of Jimmy
McHugh and Harold Adamson.
Hollywood critics, acclaiming
the picture at its premiere, wrote
glowing compliments for the dazzling
dialogue and comedy scenes.
Capitalizing on the talents of
Alice Faye, George Murphy, Frank
Jenks, Wiiliam Gargan and other
capable members of the cast, the
writers filled the story with laugh
provoking situations, and surprise
plot twists that gave it the momentum
and tempo of an express
train in high gear.
Those who have seen the lavish
production declare that there is
more solid entertainment, more
laughs, more spectacular dance
tines and beautiful song numbers
Spring Training
(Contitnued from page three)
of by Speck Kelly and George
Kenmore.
Another problem is to develop
reserves at center. Malvern Morgan
came along fine last year and
is slated for the No. 1 role. Other
possibilities include Milton Bag-by,
who saw some service last
year, Corry Oakes, who shows
great promises, and Getty Fair-child,
who was recently switched
to center from fullback.
The guard position is pretty well
taken care of, with Burns and
Thorpe, both lettermen, dividing
duties at the post vacated by Happy
Sivell, all-Southeastern, Howell
of course will handle his old spot,
with Walter Chandler regarded as
next in line.
The tackle corps is fairly heavy.
Nichols and Wolf, who both saw
plenty of service in 1937, weigh
around 205, and Jim Sharman, a
sophomore, is about the same size.
Ernest Mills is somewhat smaller,
weighing 195, but is regarded as
a fine prospect.
Ends include Goon Harrison
and Oscar Burford, in adition to
Whatley. Both have plenty of
weight and experience, but Jack
Mercer, a 175 pound reserve with
plenty of fight, is making a determined
bid for the starting position
opposite Whatley.
Charley Haynsworth, 185 pound
junior, and Kermit Weaver, slightly
larger, will give Sitz relief at
fullback.
Tiger Tankers Meet
Georgia Next Week
Auburn swimmers plan to meet
Georgia the latter part of next
week, Manager Thurston Nolen
said today.
The Auburn boys have turned
on the heat during practice this
week. Improvements have been
shown in all events, especially in
the diving by Earl Chambers.
The Athens boy's number Emory
among their victims. During the
Emory meet, the pool record for
the 50 yard dash was broken by
Walters of Georgia. One can readily
see that competition will be
keen between Auburn and Georgia.
After the Georgia meet, the Auburn
team hopes to move into the
Carolinas. The Auburn swimmers
will encounter some of their
toughest opponents there. This
road trip will complete all out of
town meets for the Plainsmen.
Seniors Approve New Main Gate
Proposed Gateway
Construction work upon the new Senior Main Gate, for which the
senior class showed a decided preference in the election last Wednesday,
will begin as soon as the architect in charge has completed Ihe
exact plans and specifications for its building. It will be situated at
the South-East corner of the campus across from the "Y" Hut.
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FOR LOVE OF BLONDE ALICE FAYE,
eccentric George Murphy t u r n s a town topsy turvy—
flies 2,000 miles to attend her musical show—buys
whole florist shops to "landscape" her dressing room
—contributes thousands of dollars to her pet charity—
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T I G E R
Nears Completion
New Sigma Pi House
The new chapter house of Sigma Pi Fraternity is rapidly nearing
completion. It is expected that the house will be ready to, be moved
into within two weeks. The two story brick structure will "b* painted
white. The living room will be finished in dark stained pine with the
rafters showing. The large frontage will be properly landscaped.
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J. M. Ward Speaks
To Business Group
Mr. John M. Ward, manager of
the Alabama State Chamber of
Commerce, will speak to members
and guests of Delta Sigma Pi at
a professional meeting in Broun
Auditorium Tuesday at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Ward will talk on a subject
relative to industry in the
south. He was formerly head of
the industrial division of the Birmingham
Chamber of Commerce
and is w«U versed on the affairs,
of Southern industry.
For several months he has been
working with Governor Graves in
an effort to secure lower freight
rates for this section, and will
likely discuss late developments
in the fight to remove the southern
freight differential.
The meeting will be open to
the public. Students and instructors
in the business school are
especially invited.
NOTICE
All students interested in forming
a golf team will please meet
in Room 109, Ramsay Hall, at 7
o'clock Tuesday night to discuss
details concerning organization and
possible meets.
Auburn Basketeers
Not To Compete
Lee County High School will not
enter a team in the Junior High
School tournament being held at
Salem Saturday. Coach Falcon Le
Croy made this announcement
yesterday.
Instead, two regular games are
scheduled for the local gymnasium
tomorrow and Saturday
nights. Dadeville will be one opponent,
and the other has not yet
been definitely selected.
Auburn was one of the six
schools counted upon to send a
team to the Salem tournament. Selection
was to be made from a-mong
the junior and senior high
school players not chosen to enter
the district tourney at Lanett.
However, as Coach Le Croy points
out, only two junior high school
boys play on the regular squad,
and there are not enough other
reserves to select from.
The local team, handicaped by a
smaller court than they are used
to, lost an 18 to 11 decision to
Dadeville at that place Saturday
night, The quintet failed to click
as they have in some games this
season, and repeatedly missed
shots.
Local R. O. T. C. Officers Not
To Wear New Army Garb
A recent announcement of the
War Department requiring officers
to have new uniforms does not
apply to the R. O. T. C. unit here
Col. F. C. Wallace, commandant,
said today.
These uniforms are only required
on Army posts and will be in
use by the officers this summer.
Officers at R. O. T. C. units will
probably be ordered to wear the
uniforms later, the commandant
said.
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Drawings Are On
Exhibition Here
The annual exhibit of the Collegiate
Schools of Architecture is
on display in the Library °f the
School of Architecture and Applied
Arts. This exhibit is made up of
assigned work of the colleges that
are members of this organization.
It is interesting how the various
schools represented in this collection
begin the embryo architect.
It is found that a majority of these
institutions start the student on
creative design and show a definite
sequence of approaching the
problem. The creative design is
followed by drawings of small
buildings and problems in the
classic orders.
This group of colleges consti-tute
the leading schools of archi.
tecture in the United States and
Canada.
Some of the more prominent
drawings representing a few of the
schools are as follows: Yale Uni
versity^ fountains and railrotad
station; University of Texas, bus
station; University of Pennsylvania
School of Fine Arts, rotunda
and state Capitol; and Tulane University,
General Beauregard's
home in New Orleans.
Following is a partial list of
the 28 recognized schools of Architecture:
University of Perm.,
School of Fine Arts, Yale University,
University of Texas, Tulane
Univ., Texas A. & M., Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Ohio State
Univ., Univ. of California, Washington
University at St. Louis, Alabama
Polytechnic institute, Minnesota,
Syracuse University of
Cincinnatti, New York University,
Mass. Inst, of Technology, and
Princeton University.
L a t e Registrants Bring
Enrollment To 2,618
Although the enrollment record
for a spring semester at Alabama
Polytechnic Institute was broken
two weeks ago, late registrants
have continued to enter college,
bringing the total to 2,618 yesterday.
This figure brings the spring
registration within less than ISO
of the fall enrollment. Usually, in
recent years, the drop during the
second semester is much greater
than this. Fall enrollment was 2,-
754, an all-time record.
Although registration officially
closed some time ago, late students
are allowed to enter and
carry a part-time load. A few will
no doubt enroll yet, bringing the
total even nearer to last fall's record.
Woy chiehowsky Will Speak on
Coast Guard Monday Night
Lt. S. J. Woychiehowsky of the
United States Coast Guard will be
in Auburn Monday night, Feb. 28,
to present a short talk illustrated
with sound motion pictures.
The talk will be descriptive of
the Coast Guard and the Coast
Guard Academy. It is for the purpose
of acquainting qualified students
with the opportunities existing
in a career in the United
States Coast Guard.
Lt. Woychiehowsky will present
his talk in Langdon Hall at 8 p. m,
Feb. 28.
NOTICE
All members of the honor societies
that will take part in the
Honor Societies Ball are requested
to contact the presidents of their
respective societies for the purpose
of signing petitions for financing
the ball.
Track Prospects Are
Considered Good
In contrast to last year, Coach
Hutsells big problem in building
the 1938 track team is the 440
yard dash. Wilton Kilgore, Hamp
Williams and Bill Ellis made this
event the.jnost strongly fortified
race last spring, but the former
two graduated and Ellis is ineligible,
leaving the 440 open to
three new men.
The fourth ranking quarter-mil-er
on the squad last year, Mark
Nichols, is back and will probably
be given Spec Kelly as a running
cohort, for Kelly showed up
well in the 440 yard relay in the
conference meet in Birmingham
last May. Bobby Dees, Kermit
Weaver and John Shearer are other
candidates out for this place
on the team.
In every other event there is
a veteran returning or a freshman
star coming up. Captain Monsey
Gresham and Sophomores John
Sharp Roberts and Ray Gibson will
run the 880 and mile. In the hurdle
events Percy South, Charlie Morgan
and Brooks Sellers will participate.
David Rogers will throw
the javelin.
Sprinters are abundant with
Spec Kelly, Harold Cockrell, Bud
Wendling and Bobby Dickinson
running the 100 and the 220 yard
dashes. Jim Swanner and Tommy
Turner will represent Auburn in
the two-mile grind, and South,
Sellers and Morgan will do the
high jumps.
Prospects for the track team
Ninety Averages
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Franklyn Ward, Brooksville, Fla.;
Nellie Ruth Ward, Auburn; William
Tilman Warren, Birmingham;
Currier Floyd Watts, Jacksonville;
Jesse Harrison Wheeler,
Pisgah; Henry Jones Whitfield,
Demopolis; William East Wilson,
Russellville; James Robert Windham,
Mobile; Richard Johnston
Wood, Bluefield, W. Va.; Larkin
Wyers, Birmingham; Dantes Alto
York, Monroeville; and Samuel
Norwood Young, Florence.
NOTICE
Alpha Phi Omega will meet at
7:30-Thursday in Chapter room.
are the best they have been in
several years. In the past we have
had several outstanding men in
special events and have had poor
representation in others, but this
year, the team is well balanced
and there are plenty of place winners
among the Tiger ranks.
Coach Hutsell began putting his
men through the paces the first
week after mid-semester and has
had them hard at work during,
this fine February weather.
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