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VOL. LXII Z-I
AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939
Visitors!
NUMBER 45
Nominations for
Candidates Due
Next Tuesday
Nomination Blanks Must Be
In Hands of Election
Head by 6 p. m. Tuesday
All who wish to qualify as candidates
in the general spring election
to be held on March 21 must
turn their nomination blanks in to
Billy McGehee, Chairman of the
Election Committee, at the PiKA
House by next Tuesday, March 7,
at 6 p. m.
McGehee announced today that
he had received only the following
nominations:
For senior offices: Kenneth Fun-chess,
president; Howard Seidler,
Cabinet.
For junior officers: Cliff Beckham,
Paul Pruett, Dan W. Hollis,
Cabinet; John D. Davis, vice president;
Wiley Johnson, historian.
For sophomore officers: Bill
Moore, Herbert Martin Jr., Cabinet;
L. M. Sahag, vice president;
W. D. Kelley, treasurer.
For women's representative to
the Cabinet: Margaret Pearson.
McGehee pointed out that the
blanks must be in his hands by
this date; simply leaving the
blanks at the PiKA house does
not qualify a prospective candidate.
The election, scheduled for
March. 21, is to be the political
highlight of the year, all Cabinet
members and officers, all class officers,
and all publication heads
being elected. To add interest to
the contest, all four classes are
going to the polls together to decide
the fate of several proposed
amendments to the student constitution.
College authorities have cooperated
with student officers in securing
a voting machine of the
type used in municipal and state
elections.
Auburn Frosh Is
Talented Swimmer
By Herbert Martin
Folks, I know you didn't expect
to meet the recently dethroned
Southeastern backstroke champion,
who is a member of our gifted
class. His name is Davis Gam-mage,
and he hails from the up-and-
coming village of Birmingham,
Ala.
Davis is almost 19 years old, and
he has been swimming for almost
ten of these years. Our hero entered
his first swimming meet at
the age of ten, and, much to his
own surprise, won. At the time,
Davis was swimming free-style,
but the next year he won the Junior
Boys Championship—backstroke.
Our freshman, city champion of
Birmingham since 1935, holds the
city record for 50 yards with a
time of 33.3 seconds. He has since,
here in Auburn, been unofficially
timed at 28 flat for the distance.
Last summer, at the Southeastern
A. A. U. meet, Davis won
first place in the 100-yard backstroke.
He lost this title at the
meet a couple of weeks ago, partly
because of a poor start, but he
gives himself a pretty good chance
to regain his title this summer.
Swimming is not Gammage's
only bid for fame. He was a shining
light in Y. M. C. A. work in
Birmingham, and he was drum
major and cheerleader at Wood-lawn
High. He is proficient in
the building of model airplanes,
and, in addition to his swimming,
was Junior Boys diving champion
for several years. He has had to
give up diving because of ear
trouble.
Davis formerly played the "iron-man"
role, entering almost every
swimming and diving event in
Birmingham meets, but he has now
settled down to backstroke. He is
hoping to nail down several titles
before old age forces him into retirement.
300 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS VISIT
API FOR ANNUAL STATE CONTEST
Board Member
<JOt/M \/. DSMSON
Appointed by the governor
and confirmed by the state
senate, John V. Denson, an Ope-lika
lawyer, is the newest member
of the Auburn Board of
Trustees. He succeeds H. H.
Conner of Eufaula.
Forum Investigates
AAUW Chapter
Christianson Says Chapter
Of Association Needed
Establishment of a chapter of
the American Association of University
Professors at Alabama
Polytechnic Institute was highly
recommended here Wednesday at
the monthly meeting of the Faculty
Forum.
Prof. R. O. Christianson, chairman
of a committee appointed to
investigate the A. A. U. P., reported,
"it would be highly desirable to
have a chapter on campus."
It was stressed that the association
is not a labor union, and
that it is opposed to affiliation
with any "pressure group," whether
capital or labor.
Partial report was made by
Prof. George Hargreaves on the
question of setting up a system
of sabbatical leave for Auburn
professors. Correspondence with
all land-grant colleges in this
country was carried on by his
committee .
Sixty per cent of the colleges
replying to questions concerning
the subject said their institutions
granted sabbatical leaves,
more commonly known today as
"automatic seventh year" leaves
of absence.
Full pay is given the sabbatical
professors for one semester and
one-half pay for the year, according
to the findings of Prof.
Hargreaves. Further statistics will
be given at a later Faculty Forum.
President L. N. Duncan thanked
all the members of the Auburn
faculty gathered at the luncheon
meeting at Bibb Graves
Center for their cooperation on
"Greater Auburn Day." Presiding
over the forum was Dr. B. R.
Showalter of the school department
of education.
NOTICE
All senior members of the department
of business administration
are invited to be present at
a short meeting Tuesday afternoon
at 5 p. m. in Samford 300
for the purpose of discussing the
proposed student loan fund.
All business seniors who possibly
can are urged to be present.
Sigma Pi F r a t e r n i t y Holds
Founders' Day Ball
Alpha Delta chapter of Sigma
Pi fraternity held its formal
Founders' Day Ball at Graves
Center Saturday night.
The attractive decorations for
the dance consisted of a back
drop, the theme of which was the
fraternity shield done in the fraternity
colors of lavendar and
white. Clusters of balloons were
hung from beams, and the lighted
fraternity pin was hung at one
end of the hall.
Billy Henderson, president of the
fraternity, and Sally Lemmond of
Atlanta led the grand march and
lead-out. To climax the grand
march Billy Henderson presented
Sally Lemmond with a bouquet of
white carnations.
Preceding the dance a formal
banquet was held at the fraternity
house for the members and dates,
and after the dance more dancing
and refreshments were enjoyed at
the house.
Dramatic Events Hold
Center of Interest as
Groups Present Plays
Over 300 students from high
schools throughout the State are
here today for the 11th annual
State High School Tournament,
March 2 to 4.
Delegations began registering
this morning and the schedule
calls for the tournament to officially
open at 3 o'clock this afternoon
when the dramatic contests
get underway.
General tournament headquarters
are in Student Center under
Langdon Hall.
Contests of the tournament include
dramatics, aeronautics, journalism,
art, biology, knowledge of
books, chemistry, foreign languages,
forestry, general science, history,
industrial arts, Latin, spelling,
typewriting, creative writing.
Chief interest centers annually
around the dramatics contests.
Plays will be judged on the quality
of acting, directing, and group
interpretation.
Complete schedule for the one-act
plays, all to be presented at
Langdon Hall, and the directors,
follows:
Today
9:30, Wetumpka, "The Toast
That We Can Drink," Miss Margaret
Hogan; 10:20, West Bloc-ton,
"Smoke Screen," William
Christopher; 11:10, Gadsden, "The
Joke-Alive Man," Marion Kelley;
3:30, Marshall County High, "The
Opening of a Door," Mrs. H. A.
Bradford; 4:20, Marion, "A Just
Claim," Miss Louise Sanders.
Saturday
10:20, West End, "Prize Money,"
Mrs. Laura Suydam; 11:10, Tuscaloosa,
"The Happy Journey,"
Vincent Raines; 2:40, Anniston,
George Neeley; 3:30, Murphy, Mobile,
"The Happy Journey," Miss
Louise K. Hamilton.
Finalists will all present their
plays in Langdon Hall Saturday
night, after which prizes will be
awarded to winners in all the
contests.
Complete calendar for the other
events during the tournament
is given below:
This Afternoon
10:0—Alabama History Contest,
Samford 307; Chemistry Contest,
Ross Chemical Laboratory, room
204; Freehand Drawing, second
floor Architectural Building; 1:30
—Poetry Reading Contest, Broun
Hall Auditorium; 2:00—Prepared
Speech Contest, L Building, room
4; 2:30—Model Flying Contest,
Auburn-Opelika Airport (weather
permitting; 3:00—Identification of
Plants, Comer Hall; 7:30—Meeting
of teachers and coaches,
Langdon Hall Auditorium; Social
for contestants.
Saturday Morning
8:00—Freehand Design, second
Floor Architectural Building; Tree
Identification, Animal Husbandry
Building; Woodworking, Shop
Building; First Year Latin, Samford,
room 312; Second Year Latin
,Samford room 312; Virgil,
Samford, room 312; 8:30—Piano,
Boys' Vocal, and Girls' Vocal Solo,
President's Mansion; 9:00—Home-
School Display, Samford 106; 10:-
00—Foreign Languages, L Building;
Impromptu Speech Contest,
Broun Hall Auditorium; 10:30—
Typing, room 307, Broun Hall.
Saturday Afternoon
1:30—Knowledge of Books, API
Library; 7:30—One-Act play finals,
Langdon Hall Auditorium.
Winners and Prizes announced and
Prizes Distributed.
Benefit Movie
The Alpha Gamma colonizing
chapter of the Alpha Gamma
Delta sorority is sponsoring a
movie, Shakespeare's immortal
play, "As You Like It," starring
Elizabeth Bergner, at the Tiger
Theater, Saturday, March 11,
at 10 a. m.
Proceeds will go toward a
fund being raised for the sorority's
project, financing summer
camps for underprivileged
children at Jackson, Michigan,
and Willard, Ontario.
Tickets are already on sale
and may be obtained for twenty-five
cents from any member or
pledge of the sorority.
Go-to-Church Plans
Are Completed
YMCA and YWCA Officials
Make Announcement
According to announcements
made by Walter Meadows, YMCA
president, and Ann Moon, YWCA
president, plans have been completed
for fraternity and sorority
go-to-church contests, which are
to begin next Sunday, Mrach 5.
The contest will continue
throughout the month of March,
and one point will be allowed per
member for each service attended.
The contest will be based on
perecentage, which will be determined
according to the number of
members in each fraternity or sorority.
Cups to be awarded the winners
have been ordered, and will
be placed on display at an early
date.
Although fraternities have cooperated
in a go-to-church month
for several years, last year was
the initial appearance of sororities
in the contest. Theta Upsilon won
last year. It is expected that much
inetrest will be shown by the various
sororities in the coming contest.
YMCA and YWCA representatives
will be on hand at-all local
churches and will check in all
members attending. Out of town
attendances will count if affidavits,
signed by the pastor of the
church attended, are brought to
the "Y" office the following Monday.
Stratosphere Flyer Speaks
At Kiwanis Club
A large Army airplane dropped
out of the sky' Monday at the Auburn-
Opelika airport to bring a
noted flyer and holder of the
world's stratosphere record to Auburn
for the weekly meeting of
the "Kiwanis Club.
Out of the plane stepped Major
Orvil Anderson, world famous for
his brilliant record in his stratosphere
hop in 1935.
Met by Auburn Kiwanians, including
Ralph Draughon and Dr.
J. W. Tidwell, program chairman,
the visitor and his pilot were escorted
to the luncheon meeting of
the club.
Introduced by Dr. Tidwell, the
speaker kept the audience intrigued
relating tales of his three
flights above the earth in a balloon.
NOTICE
All visiting high school students
will be the guests of ODK, Blue
Key, and Sphinx at a dance tonight.
The event will take place in
the Recreational Hall beginlng at
10 p. m. The lapel tag issued at
registration will serve for admittance
for the visitors.
Textile Students
Are Hosts at
Open House
Out-of-State Visitors,
Students, Townspeople
Invited to Annual Exhibit
Students in textile engineering
here are playing host to visitors
from Alabama and Georgia during
their annual open house and
exhibition today.
Sponsored by Phi Psi, honorary
textile fraternity, the exhibition,
one of the most interesting held
on Auburn's campus, gives a general
view of the textile industry
with emphasis on cotton. Every
type of equipment in a cotton mill
is in the exhibit, and all machines
are running. Guides will
foe present to explain the operations.
Invitations have been sent out
by Phi Psi to textile men throughout
several states, including 800
mill men, high school principals
in Georgia and Alabama, and
members of the Textile Chemists
and Colorists Association.
Operations being demonstrated
include spinning, weaving, dyeing,
carding, warping, and twisting,
as well as the actual preparation
of cotton from the bale.
Exhibits on display show products
of a number of Southern
cotton and rayon mills and consist
of towels, tire cords, twine,
and novelty fabrics.
Paul McKenney, Columbus,
Ga., president of Phi Psi, is acting
as superintendent during the
open house, which will be held
from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. and from
7 p. m. to 9 p. m. in the textile
building. Jack Lawrence, West
Blockton, will be assistant superintendent.
Charles B. Ordway, Chief of
Technical Department of the
American Aniline Products, Inc.,
Charlotte, N. C, will be in Auburn
today and Saturday in connection
with the open house.
Mr. Ordway- will lecture at 9
a. m. Saturday morning on "The
Use of Naphthol Colors in Dyeing
and Printing." The same morning
at 11 a. m. he will use as his subject,
"Dyeing and Finishing of
Viscose Acetate Crepes." Both of
these lectures will be extensively
illustrated by the use of samples.
On Saturday afternoon a practical
demonstration will take place
in the dyeing laboratory.
Mr. Ordway is a graduate of
Auburn with both the B. S. and
M. S. degrees. He has had 15
years experience in the textile
industry, including work as a dye-tester
and color-matcher, as a
salesman, and as a boss dyer.
From 1930 to 1936, he was associate
professor of textile chemistry
at Auburn. After leaving
Auburn, he was in charge of the
dyeing and finishing for a large
rayon crepe manufacturer in
North Carolina. At the present
time he is in charge of the testing
laboratory and demonstration
work for American Aniline Products,
Inc., in the Southeast.
MAURICE HINDUS
An overflow audience sat
spellbound in Langdon Hall last
evening while Maurice Hindus
(above) presented a lecture on
the Czechoslovakian crisis and
its aftermath.
Total of 3,245 Students Are
Registered in School
A total of 3,245 students compose
the enrollment for both semesters
of the 67th college session.
This figure is 331 above the
total of 2,914 students who composed
the total enrollment for
both semesters of the 66th session.
Figures show that 2,850 students
have registered for the second
semester of the 1938-39 session;
215 of these are new students.
Sigma Chi's From All Parts of State Attending Local Meeting
This week-end will mark one of
the largest and liveliest Sigma Chi
gatherings held in this state for
some time. Gamma Sigma chapter
of the Sigma Chi fraternity will
be host this week-end in Auburn
, at their chapter house to approximately
a hundred Sigma Chi's
from all parts of the state.
In particular, guests of Gamma
Sigma will include the members
of the Iota Iota chapter of the
University of Alabama, members
of the Birmingham Alumni Chapter,
many of the Gamma Sigma
alumni, and numerous Sigma Chi's
visiting from over the state.
Guests will begin arriving this afternoon
in preparation for the
formal initiation of ten Gamma
Sigma pledges, the .initiation
sitarting at 6 o'clock tonight and
lasting until midnight, when a
buffet breakfast will be served in
honor of the initiates.
Those to be initiated tonight
are Robert Gotlieb, Charles Cox,
C. B. Hewitt, Alvin Harris, James
Fitzpatrick, James Samford, Ralph
Harris, Frank Hale, Grady Smith,
and John Lutz.
In charge of the initiation will
foe David Roberts, Consul, Frank
Cayce, pro-Consul, Edwin Sund-berg,
secretary, and Sandborn
Chase, Magister. The program
will continue tomorrow morning,
Saturday, at 11 o'clock, when a
basketball game will be played
between the Alabama Sig*s and
the Auburn's Sig's in the gymnasium.
This contest should prove
to be quite lively and exciting,
and everyone in the school is
cordially invited to attend this
event. At one o'clock luncheon
will be served in the Gamma
Sigma chapter house, followed at
two by an inspection tour for the
visitors and by athletic events.
At 4 o'clock Gamma Sigma will
be host at a tea dance given for
their guests at Graves Center,
•where there will be no lack of attractive
ladies, local and visiting.
The entire week-end program
will conclude with a gala stag
banquet at 8 o'clock at the Hitchcock
Coffee Shop, which fitting
climax will last probably well into
the night.
First Scrimmage Is
Held in Polo
Number One Game May Be
Played on "A" Day
Those alumni here for the
"Greater Auburn Day" activities
who couldn't stand the cold winds
blowing during the football game
on Drake Field and wandered to
the ROTC stables saw an exciting
team, of Auburn's polo
squad in action.
Captain L. E. Jacoby and Captain
W. J. Klepinger, polo coaches,
put the boys through some paces
during the scrimmage period in
the pens. The results indicated
that it would be difficult for old
members of last year's team to
be ousted from positions.
Auburn's varsity polo squad is
composed of 16 members and a-mong
these are seven letter-winners,
which is the greatest number
on hand of any season in polo
-history of the -college.
Last year's "A" squad was captained
by Bob McNulty, who
starred at No. 3 position. No election
has been held yet, but it is
probable that McNulty will again
fill the position.
Other first string players are
Billy Warren at No. 1; Gus
Franke, No. 2; and Fred Schell on
the No. 4 position. Roger Hamel
and Bob Armstrong, first two
substitutes oh the 1938 squad, also
returned to the team this year.
Miller Herren, star of the 1937
squad and a crack player at the
No. 1 position, has returned for
action and will probably force
Warren from the first team. Keen
competition is expected among
team members due to the return
of the seven experienced players.
It is expected that C. E. Brown,
Elmer Almquist,' and John Blun-chi
will probably be used in the
varsity play.
Bad weather has prevented the
team's activity on Bullard Field,
so all action during the past few
weeks of practice has been in conditioning
horses for use in playing.
The first scrimmage was held
in the pens Wednesday.
The 1939 team is the same as
last year, Captain Jacoby said, except
that "Pat" Patterson did not
return to school this year. The
vacancy has been filled by Miller
Herren.
Practice is held every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday from 3 to
5 p. m. at the stables. Freshman
candidates for the team have been
sifted to 16 from the 40 men that
reported at the first of the semester.
Spring games will be held on
the campus and negotiations are
being made with Ohio State University,
University of Illinois, Atlanta
Hore Guards, Louisiana National
Guard, Maxwell Field, and
a team from Fort Benning to come
to Auburn as oppenents during
the 1939 season. The first game
will probably be on "A" Day or
just as soon as one can be arranged,
Captain Jacoby said.
NOTICE
Invitations for graduation are
on sale through next Wednesday,
March 8, at the Recreation Hall.
Invitations will be on display
and orders will be taken from 11-
12 and 1-3 o'clock every day during
this period.
Money must be paid when order
is taken. No orders will be given
after March 8.
Hindus Tells Crowd
That England Let
Czechs Down
Advises America to Help
Democracies with Supplies
In Event of a Major War
By J. H. WHEELER
"Munich was the beginning of
the bloodiest wars mankind has
ever seen," Maurice Hindus,
journalist and lecturer, prophesied
here Wednesday night in discussing
Czechoslovakia's betrayal at
the hands of Chamberlain. A capacity
audience packed Langdon
Hall to hear the stirring lecture
by Mr. Hindus.
"Chamberlain thought peace
would come to Europe after Munich,"
he said. "But let's not
fool ourselves. We have no peace
today. The floodgates of hate were
opened wide at Munich, and hate
breeds nothing but wars."
Speaker Visited Czechoslovakia
Commissioned by one of the
great publishing houses, Maurice
Hindus left New York in June,
1938, for Czechoslovakia, there to
observe and interpret events of
the Czech-German crisis as they
occurred. Six weeks ago he returned
to America with the completed
manuscript of a book and
material for a lecture tour. He
was brought to Auburn by the
Concert Series Committee.
His advice to Americans in
event of war was very definite.
"If England and France fight with
Germany," he said, "America
should help them in every possible
way with things, but not with
men. Send them food, munitions,
clothing, anything, but not an
army. If America sends an army
to Europe, she will have to be so
regimented that very little of democracy
will be left. War in these
days is a murderer of democracy.
If only to retain the democratic
spirit here, America should not
send men to fight on European
soU."
Maurice Hindus came to Auburn
for the first time a year ago
to speak on events of the Russian
Revolution. Last night his
theme was "Czechoslovakia—Her
Glory and Her Grief."
High Praise for Czechs
He had nothing but the highest
praise for the Czech people.
"They are reserved and frugal,"
he said. "They understand the
workings of machinery and the
secrets of successful farming.
They are great industrialists, and
above all, great educators, who
honor their writers and their
scientists abve their soldiers."
His short commentary on Czech
history was revealing. "In the
fifteenth century when the Russians
were just beginning to wipe
savagery from their eyes, the
Czechs were a highly civilized
people in central Europe. They
had many schools, a university,
and a deep-seated spirit of independence.
Then in the seventeenth
century they were captured
by the Hapsburgs of Austria, who
systematically killed off all their
intelligentsia. After this disaster
the Czechs became a nation of
peasants, who dug into the soil
and waited for history to give
them another chance. For 300
years they kept alive a vision of
independence. Then the World
War broke out, and their vision
was realized. Czechoslovakia became
an independent republic."
Czech Minorities Well Treated
Hindus praised the Czech treatment
of minorities: their tolerance
toward Jews, Gypsies, and the
German people of the Sudeten-land.
'The Sudetenland had never
belonged to Germany," he said,
"for th? Sudetens were immigrants.
For hundreds of years they
had lived side by side with the
Czechs, and the Czechs had never
discriminated against them. Jn
Prague there was a German university,
and the country had two
engineering colleges.for Germans.
More German children per unit of
population went to school in
Czechoslovakia than in Germany.
In terms of standard of living, the
Germans in the Sudetenland were
infinitely better off than the
Germans in Germany.
"Germany had never had a
claim to the Sudetenland. Yet
Adolph Hitler decided to take it.
Why? First, Czechoslovakia was a
democracy—the only healthy, intrenched,
progressive democracy
in central Europe.
PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939
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Jack Brown
Jack Brown of Lanett, 21, a senior in
chemical engineering, died early Sunday
morning following an operation for appendicitis
and an attack of scarlet fever.
We knew him but slightly, in the same
manner that we know scores of Auburn students,
speaking if we met on the street, chatting
briefly as we met uptown in some restaurant
over cups of coffee between classes,
sitting a couple of seats apart in ROTC class.
He was not our close friend, but we were
close to him in the sense that all seniors
who go through camp together know each
other better.
He was quiet and studious and was a high-ranking
man in chemical engineering. His
close friends and acquaintances mourn him
most, but his casual friends feel his loss,too.
We keep thinking about our last meeting
out at the stables with him just a little more
than a week ago. Jack came to riding class,
walking stiffly in a new pair of boots, and
we all joshed him about them, kneeling to
feel the shiny leather, and calling him a
"gentleman rider."
Now, his name won't be called at riding
class any longer. No more quick grins and
laughs at our jokes, no more rueful smiles
at stiff riding boots.
It's a little difficult for youth to comprehend.
High School Visitors
By now we are playing host to several
hundred visitors who are here representing
high schools from all over the state in the
current dramatic tourney.
Strictly speaking, there are many here
who are not potential actors. These students
are here to enter many contests; they
are the best that Alabama schools have to
offer. These are the types that we would
like to have at Auburn.
Many of the contestants are seniors. They
will be looking over Auburn as a place to
continue their education. It's up to us to
see that they are favorably impressed. We
can, by making them feel at home and by
carrying out Auburn's reputation of being
the friendliest town in the South, show them
just why Auburn is the college for them. __
These representative students can do Auburn
good, and Auburn can help them. The
college has a fair share of the material things
that constitute a good college. Let's show
them that we are not lacking in things much
more important. H.M.
Collegiate Politics
The annual hue and^cry is on. Editorial
writers in college journals all over the country
are writing on campus politics and elections.
And the Editor is in his usual muddle
trying to follow all the campaigns and understand
all the issues.
It is with interest that we note that in
many schools there are only two political
parties, as in national politics. We have
never understood how such a system functioned,
why it does not develop into the situation
here, where every man is for himself
and devil take the hindermost.
At any rate, over at Ole Miss the Progressives
and the Democrats, the two parties, in
the midst of a quiet campaign effected a
trading agreement that has its possibilities.
The Progressive candidate for the editor of
newspaper there is to be unopposed this
year, while the Democrats can choose their
candidate next year, certain that he will be
unopposed.
Quite frequently such agreements are
made here, but as among thieves, there is
no honor among Auburn politicians. International
politics may be dark and murky, but
some of its exponents could do with a little
instruction from campus leaders.
3 Hours For Lunch
The lunch-hour of Mexican government
employees has been cut from four hours to
three.
DoughnUt-gobblers, stool-perchers, egg-salad-
sandwich addicts, coffee-sluppers in
the United States will probably read that
item and say "Aaa-h! That must be a little
bit of heaven down, there below the Rio
Grande. But no wonder things move slowly."
Not so fast. The new hours for Mexican
jobholders are from 9 to 1, off until 4, then
back to work from 4 to 7:30. A little counting
on the fingers will show that this means
7 1-2 hours of work.
Anybody who has ever been in Mexico
City will understand the reason for splitting
the day. The altitude is high, the noon sun
is hot. Only mad dogs, Englishmen and "loco
Americans" go out in the noonday sun. But
despite that three-hour break, seven and a
half hours are put in at the office.
Whereas in Washington: nine to 4:30, with
an hour for lunch. Wiggle those fingers again
—six and a half hours, if we make it right.
What we always say is, those Latins just
don't have the American love for good, hard
work, that's all.—Selma Times Journal.
Dr. J.V.Brown
In talking about Auburn in this place the
other day we neglected to mention seeing
Prof. J. V. Brown, who was superintendent
of the city schools from 1905 until 1916, and
who is best remembered by Dothanites between
the ages of thirty and forty whom he
used to "whup" practically every time he
saw 'em.
Their crimes included everything from
fighting in class room to smoking rabbit tobacco
on Saturday morning to stealing sugar
cane or water melons on Saturday nights.
It made no difference to Prof. Brown—if
you sinned in the middle of summer vacation,
he'd get you in the fall.
When you went to school to him, you
WENT!!—The Dothan Eagle.
Inactive Societies
Judging from the amount of space and the
editorial comments devoted to the subject,
many campuses are devoting time and study
to the problem of too many inactive organizations.
Some campuses have initiated open forum
discussionss of the problem. At other schools
student investigating committees have
studied the overloaded extracurricular activity
by means of questionnaires.
Another approach was taken a little while
ago when organization heads at Loyalo met
and subsequently made a drive against inactivity
in campus organizations. On this
campus there is the commendable plan of
having all groups send representatives to a
monthly meeting of campus group heads.
And failing to send representatives to this
meeting and report calls for suspension.
The first two weeks of the drive brought
suspension for three academic societies. If
marked improvement is not soon shown,
suspension may be turned into dissolution.
There is increasing recognition that there
are too many campus groups unworthy of
the drain they make on student time. A
council consisting of the representatives of
the various campus societies here might be
a step toward the solution of such a problem.
President Roosevelt has at last cured a
seige of grippe that held him for more than
a week. It seems that the sunshine on his
cruise of foreign waters is attributed with
the marvelous power that overcame the hold
of the grippe.
The idea isn't so original after all. Dictator
nations have been airing their ills in
foreign waters for some time now, and with
remarkable results, too.
Well!
By John Ivey Jr.
When one thinks of famous
fires, places like Rome, San Francisco,
and Chicago flash across the
mind as localities that have at one
time had their existanoe almost
ended by flame. Auburn squirmed
uncomfortably in a ring of unruly
fire about twelve years ago.
At that time the Meadows Garage
sign hung over the place
now occupied by the Auburn
Amusement Parlor. Howard's
"five and ten" had yet to arrive on
the scene, but in that location a
group of fellows were shaving our
two-legged rat's hair upon his arrival
in Auburn . . . a barber shop.
With the stage set, we might
add that a very healthy fire
started in midst of this struggling
business district. The Auburn fire
department consisted of an old red
carbon-poisoned hulk of machinery
manned by anyone who happened
by. It collected dust in a
small hole which has since been
taken under the expanding wing
of Hudson's Grocery Store.
After pleading, pushing, attid
pounding on said scrapheap laboring
under the impression it was
a fire engine, the puffing and
panting fire department squeaked
and creaked up to the fire . . .
twenty minutes late, a new record
for speed!
Meadows gas and oil parlor had
long since been lapped up by the
tongues of fire; the flames had
spied fresh meat (or is it lumber)
in the form of the Jones Hotel, and
with the aid of a strong breeze
started in that direction.
After arriving on the scene, the
fire department sat down in a nice
quiet corner to figure out how to
use the few feet of hose that is
possessed. Finally settling the argument
as to which end went over
the fire plug, the group sent a
committee out to search for the
water plug. Soon the firemen were
in action . . . they started their
attack on the flames by properly
soaking the Jones sleeping joint.
In the meantime, negro boys
were sitting on the other side of
the street placing bets as to
whether the gas tank was going to
make an attempt to reach the
moon. The tank survived, but it
is rumored that several times it
got so hot that it nearly decided
to "end it all" by inhaling the
flames.
Finally the fire was reduced to
insignificance, but it had changed
the structures in that district from
realities into memories.
Meadows moved his gold mine
to its present location where he
takes care of over-worked automobiles;
the fire engine was towed
to the home for disabled machinery
. . . a junk yard. A general
rebuilding took place which
resulted in a face-lifting for Auburn's
main street.
* * *
Britain for the second time in
less than a year is in a position to
save a race of people or leave them
to their fate at the hands of a
stronger element. This time the
question concerns the Jews.
In the face of added pressure
from the German government, the
Jews face another defeat in Palestine.
England has been having
trouble with the Arabs in that district
for quite some time because
of friction between the Arabs and
the Jews. The situation has reached
the stage where John Bull has
either got to put an end to the
Arab uprising once and for all, or
pack his sword and go home, letting
the desert men and the Jews
fight it out.
"Britain betrayed the Czechs,"
said Maurice Hindus, noted student
of foreign affairs in a speech
Wednesday night. The question
now is whether or not England
will again desert a group that it
has promised to protect.
* * *
While the nations of Europe
face the problem of a Fascist victory
in Spain, the United States
pushes plans for more war machinery.
•
The latest developments to
come from Washington concerns
a rumor as to what was actually
said during a secret session of a
Senate committee and the President
in regards to defense and
foreign policy. According to reports,
the nation would be "shocked
to hear" what was said by F.
D. R.
Another matter given public
attention is the developement of a
civilian gas mask to be produced
at a cost of $1.25 apiece. We have
for quite some time been shown
newsreels picturing the gas masks
drills in the European countries,
but it seems now that the state
of international affairs warrants
that the people of this country do
the same for their own safety.
Although we can easily see the
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AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Johnnie Dee Stansberry, whose picture appeared in Collegiate
Digest a week or two ago, along with two "Indians" (goons, corrects
Scabbard and Blade Captain John Eagan), has received a letter from
one Wayne Cole, a student at North Carolina State, asking her to
locate an old friend at Auburn who will not answer his letters—
Edgar Stafford.
"I don't know anyone else at Auburn," writes Cole, "so when I
saw your picture, I decided to write you and ask you to look him up
and find out if he gets our letters, or what."
He discusses the matter of his lost friend at some length, then
says, "I would be grateful for a letter from you. I would be in any
case, because I like your looks, even with the Indians."
* * *
MORE EPITAPHS
Beneath these monumental stones
Lie thirty pounds of skin and bones.
Here lies the body of Mary Jones,
For her life held no terrors.
She lived an old maid, died an old maid—
No hits, no runs, no errors.
* * *
Here lies the body of Andy McGill;
He passed a car at the top of a hill.
* * *
She soothed men's hearts
And dried their tears,
And walked alone
Through all the years.
* * *
He rocked the boat
But couldn't swim;
So here is all
That's left of him.
iff Of Grab
By Bob Anderson
The country gals on the Alabama
College Campus at Monte-vallo
put on their annual show of
barbarism last Friday and Saturday
nights—filling the previously
untainted air with the odor of
ham acting, corny tunes, and
stale jokes.
In other words the yearly College
Night program was presented.
The total enrollment of the "finishing
school" was divided into
two sides, namely the Purples and
the Golds.
possible need for such a development,
it seems that at the present
it is more on the alarmist side than
anything that has happened in
America in quite some time.
* * *
Sally Rand, the girl who became
famous while partially hiding
behind a series of feather fans
during the Chicago World Fair,
is again planning an act for the
New York Fair this summer.
She has cooked up a scheme
featuring not one nude figure, but
a whole company, in what she
calls a nude ranch. This idea was
presented to the manager of the
New York project where it was
flatly stated that he wasn't going
to have his exhibits playing second
fiddle to any fan dancer.
For one month the gals cut
classes, write skits, rack their
brains for puns, work on scenery,
and practice putting their efforts
into a stage show. Then, for two
nights of performances and a
dress rehearsal, they present to
the public the sum total of their
efforts. The side giving the best
performances, according to the
standards of staid and wise judges,
is declared the winner, has
its name and the names of its
leaders engraved on_ a bronze
plaque, and passes on into history.
This year's effort was the
twenty-first of these shows. The
Golds won.
So what?
Rupert Koeninger, Ohio State
University sociology instructor,
has a swell sense of humor, and
here's the proof:
He opened a recent class hour
with this announcement: "Because
of a red-headed girl who is visiting
me right now, there will be
no test today."
"How much does she weigh?" a
student asked, and Koeninger
nervously wrote on the blackboard,
"6 1-2 plus 2 ounces."
1st. Senior: Busy?
2nd Senior: Nope, you?
1st ditto: Nope.
2nd. ditto: Then let's go to
class.
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
Seldom does one realize how
much power the President of the
United States has been given. We
look with horror at the dictatorships
of other nations, but when
one comes to think of it our president
has extensive enough authority
to put himself in a virtual
position of control, if he so chose.
Of course, this is no implication
that President Roosevelt intends
such an act, or that the powers
which have been given him are
undesirable. Most of the extensive
presidential powers were granted
as emergency measurse in the
depth of the depression, and undoubtedly
have been advantageous
in fighting our way back up.
And as for being a dictator, we
believe that nothing is further
from the President's mind.
But let's look at the powers of
the president:
He is commander-in-chief of the
army and navy, an authority
which does not guarantee that he
would have control of it in the
event of civil strife, but at least
an authority which has some
weight, as Theodore Roosevelt
showed when he sent the navy
half way around the world and
then told Congress to let it stay
there or give him money to bring
it back.
He has the power to revalue the
gold dollar.
He has charge of the two billion
dollar gold stabilization fund,
the operations of which are kept
absolutely secret.
He has the authority to order
the issuance of three billion dollars
worth of paper currency,
which if ordered would be a long
stride toward inflation.
He controls all the movements
of gold in the United States: import,
export, buying, selling, storage.
He can put the country on a bimetallic
standard by ordering the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
He has the power to apportion
relief appropriations — three or
four billion dollars.
He has control over the use of
all government bonds secured by
Federal Reserve notes.
He can raise or lower any tariff
duty by 50 per cent.
Extensive grants of power such
as these and under the distressing
conditions which we have faced
might have made a dictator in any
country other than the United
States. But a people who have
tasted of the fruits of democracy
for as long as we have are going
to be mighty hard to convince that
they should change.
* * *
James J. Hines, political power
in New York City for many years,
has been convicted for his activities
in a gambling syndicate. He
was not found guilty on one charge
alone but on thirteen charges.
Once before the trial of Hines
was thrown out of court because
Thomas E. Dewey, district attorney,
stated one question improperly.
Hines demonstrated that thare
can be corruption in even the
highest offices. But we have come
a long way from the governments,
of a few generations ago. Undoubtedly
our government is
cleaner than that of the old days.
It has been only a little more than
a hundred years since Alexander
Hamilton resigned as Secretary
of the Treasury because his salary
was not sufficient to support his
family, which resulted in Talleyrand,
famous French statesman,
remarking that any man who resigned
from a treasury post because
he wasn't making enough
money must be pretty simple.
Government has become a lot
cleaner since then.
Civil service was one of the
great steps forward. The old spoils
system is largely gone out of the
national government except in the
very high offices, which are often
no more than honors anyhow,
the actual work being done by
competent assistants who are under
civil service. Now we have
civil service in Alabama, largely
due to Governor Dixon.
All in all, we can't quite understand
a man in a public position
of trust using his position for personal
benefit.
* * *
Governor Dixon reports that the
payroll-shaving which he performed
at Montgomery a few
weeks ago is going to save the
state almost $100,000 dollars a
year. Four times that is getting
close to half a million dollars
saved in one term as governor,
which is a lot of money for a poor
state like Alabama.
Furthermore, from all indications
the new governor is just
beginning. More power to him.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Bozeman, LSU Soph Center,
Takes SEC High-Scoring
High individual scoring honors
of the Southeastern Conference
basketball season went to Charlie
iBozeman, sophomore center of
L. S. U., when the final tabulations
were checke dover this week.
He scored 177 points.
Runner-up to Bozeman in high-scoring
of the conference went to
Googe Prather of Alabama with
158 points. Ward of Mississippi
came in third with 131 tallies.
Auburn, who finished in fifth
place in the league race, also
placed a man in the scoring column—
Malvern Morgan, dexter-ious
forward and co-captian, who
gathered in a total of 118 markers
this season in conference contests.
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Plainsman Sports -
Varsity Swimmers Take Two Teams, Lose
To One in Four-Day Trip Last Week
Auburn's varsity swimming
team recently returned from a
four-day trip last week in which
they defeated Emory 42-33, Maryville
College of Maryville, Tenn.,
48-27, but were taken in hand by
the University of Tennessee tank
squad by the score of 34-41.
The team was handicapped by
the loss of two backstrokers who
were forced to give up practice by
way of doctor's orders.
Lester Norvell, who is diving in
intercollegiate competition for the
first time, gave a good exhibition
by taking a first place against
Maryville and a second place in
the Tennessee meet. He also had
to be run in the 150 yard backstroke
without practice.
Sam Kelly turned in what was
easily the best individual performance
on the squad, going undefeated
in his freestyle specialties
at 100 and 200 yards. Kelly was
also anchor man on the 400 yard
relay event.
James Lyons crossed the finish
line ahead of the field twice in the
440 freestyle event, and was
topped only once by his teammate,
Sherburne Smith.
Henry Mohns, an Atlanta boy
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swimming against old schoolmates,
wound up in second place
in the 200 yard breaststroke at
the Emory pool and garnered first
place against the Maryville tankers.
Bill Miller also gave a good
account of himself in this event.
The finest example of teamwork
on the Auburn team was
turned in by the 440 yard freestyle
relay team of Dick White, Ben
Cobb, Ben Walker, and Sam Kelly.
This combination of freestyle artists
went undefeated in the competition,
and shows promise of developing
into one of the best relay
teams that has ever dived into
Alumni pool.
"The excellent showing that the
made on the trip should be credited
to Prof. E\ B. Smith, the
team's trainer, and to the effort
and time that he has spent with
us in rounding the squad into
first class shape," said Bob Johnston,
manager of the team.
Men who made the trip included
Henry Mohns, Sam Kelly, James
Lyons, Sherburne Smith, Bill
Miller, Dick White, Ben-1 Cobb,
Ben Walker, Lester Norvell, Bob
Johnston, manager, and Prof. E.
B. Smith, trainer.
The final meet of the varsity
squad for this year will be against
the University of Miami here in
the Alumni pool on March 11.
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AUBURN, ALABAMA
Announces a
Free Lecture on Christian Science
Entitled
Christian Science and the Kingdom of God
By
PAUL STARK SEELEY, C. S. B.
of Portland, Oregon
Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts
In
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Sunday Afternoon, March 5, 1939, at 3 o'clock
The Public Is Cordially Invited To Attend
Jordan Takes Squad
To Knoxville
The Auburn Tigers of Coach
Ralph Jordan left Wednesday for
the Southeastern Conference basketball
tournament to be held in
Knoxville on March 2, 3, and 4.
This annual affair has the appearance
of being a wide open
tourney, with at least six teams
having a chance to win.
The Tigers drew Tulane for their
opening test on Thursday morning,
and it will be the first meeting
of the season for the two out-
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SPORTS CHATTER
By Bill Troup
Bert Bell, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, made a
profit last year, his first since taking over the club seven
years ago . . . Tony Galento recently rejected an offer of
$1,500 for a week's engagement at the Roxy Theater in New
York City.
The full name of Lee Smith, freshman football prospect at the
University of Mississippi, is Lee Stanislaus Columbus Joseph Henry
Smith . . . Great Britain was the first nation to accept an invitation
to the 1940 Olympic games in Finland . . . Members of the
New York Celtics professional basketball team average approximately
$200 a week each.
Joe Louis' new Michigan automobile license plates bear
the letters K. O. . . . Pittsburgh has won 111 games, tied 12,
and lost 20 druing the fifteen year tenure of Coach Jock
Sutherland . . . The first Ladies' Day in the history of baseball
was sponsored by the Browns on April 18, 1884 . . .
Rogers Hornsby rejected a $50,000 Cardinal contract in 1927
. . . His present wage as manager of the Baltimore Orioles is
$10,000.
Twenty-two swimmers have mastered the English Channel . . .
Matthew Webb of England did it first in 1875 . . . Frankie Nell,
former bantamweight champion, is a Janitor in the Pullman, Cal.,
postoffice. Still cleaning up.
A racing bicycle weighs eighteen pounds, as compared
to forty for the average bike the boys ride down the sidewalks
. . . Russia lists 50,000 tennis players among its 169,-
000,000 inhabitants . . . Experts have estimated that the
average boxer's Sunday punch travels at the rate of 40
miles an hour.
Fifteen hundred golf tournaments have been held In Pinehurst,
N. C, since 1900 . . . Ernie Lombard! has stolen only five bases in
eight seasons . . . Suggested attractions for the first Reds-Cubs
game in Wrigley Field: Ten-yard dash between Ernie and Gabby
Hartnett . . . S. B. (Sarge) Gibson, Bloomington restaurant owner,
is serving his eighteenth season as official timekeeper at Indiana
University basketball games.
Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball, is a doctor of
medicine and divinity . . . Since Lew Andreas became basketball
coach at Syracuse in 1924 the Orange has won 210 games
while losing only fifty . . . Ben Bernie is reported to have
offered Dick Metz $50,000 worth of motion picture contracts
if Dick wins the national open this year.
Michigan students pay only $3.60 a season for admission to
thirty-nine athletic events . . . This department would like to congratulate
the members of this year's freshman quintet of the
Plains for their truly impressive record of twenty-five wins against
only one loss . . . The outstanding members of the squad are Billy
Flemming, Earl Hawkins, Farnk Manci, Tommie Mastin, Marvin
Motley, Bob Dunbar, and Jack Tanner.
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fits. Taking their standing in the
conference into consideration, Tulane
eleventh and Auburn fifth,
the Plainsmen, should emerge victorious,
but both outfits are evenly
matched and the game should
be close.
Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee,
Georgia, L. S. U., Vanderbilt,
and Auburn are all capable teams
and all dangerous enough to be
conceded a fine chance to win
against any given team on the
list. The first four teams named
above were seeded in that order
and drew first-round byes.
Auburn's first two teams, Coach
Jordan and Manager John Dub-berly
made the trip to Knoxville.
The first five is composed of Co-
Captain Malvern Morgan and
Crawford Holmes at forwards, Co-
Captain Tommie Edwards at center,
and Andy Curlee and Ray
Gibson at guards. Forwards J. P.
Streetman and Bob Dickinson,
Center Red Childers, and Guards
John Huff and Bruce Renfroe
make up the second five.
Pinal standings of the Southeastern
Conference basketball
teams are:
W. L. Pt. Pa:
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
L. S. U.
Auburn
Vanderbilt
Florida
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Miss. State
Tulane
Mississippi
Sewanee
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393 313
290 224
609 523
437 401
481 460
273 283
404 363
344 403
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3 6 293 139
4 10 467 571
0 13 397 569
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Auburn to Be Featured on
Radio Program Saturday
Miss Eleanor Boyd announced
today that Saturday afternoon at
2:45 she will present over radio
station WSFA in Montgomery a
program which will feature Auburn.
To be known as "Auburn Chatter,"
the program will offer general
news of interest about the
college.
Miss Boyd requests all those interested
in having the program
made a regular weekly feature to
write their requests to officials of
WSFA. Reception of her Saturday
program receives, she explained,
will determine whether it will be
continued.
City planning is now offered
Connecticut College students in a
special course called "civic art."
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Tigers End Season
With 49-33 Win
Over Georgia Tech
Tech Takes Lead, but
API Gains, Piling Up
Points in Second Half
Those Auburn Tigers suddenly
came to life after the first six
minutes of play in their engagement
with Georgia Tech in Atlanta'
Monday night and closed out
their basketball season with a
smashing 49 to 33 victory over the
Yellow Jackets.
Tech commenced the game as
if they meant business and piled
up a 10-0 lead the first six minutes
of play. But at this point the
Plainsmen started rolling; and,
according to reports, they looked
better than any team of the season
in their encounter with the
Engineers.
Although Auburn held a 24 to
19 lead at halftime, it was in the
second half that they really began
turning on the heat under
which the Jackets wilted as at no
other time this season. Coach
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Sigma Nu, SAE, KA, Alpha
Psi, Theta Chi in Playoffs
Winners of the various leagues
in inter-frat basketball are the
following: Sigma Nu, S. A. E., K.
A., Alpha Psi, and Theta Chi.
Playoffs will find S. A. E. meeting
Alpha Phi and Theta Chi playing
K. A. in the first round, with Sigma
Nu drawing a bye.
In the independent division, the
Auburn Ramblers have annexed
the crown in League I. The other
leagues have not finished their
schedules as yet, but only a few
games are needed to wind up
these leagues.
Ralph Jordan used ten men, all of
whom handled themselves with
expertness and effectiveness.
Co-Captain Malvern Morgan
and Crawford Holmes were easily
the outstanding players on the
floor, sinking baskets -from all
angles. Morgan came in for high
scoring honors with 14 tallies,
with Holmes at his heels with 11.
Defensive honors for Auburn
were captured by Ray Gibson,
who played a whale of a game
in his guard position.
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939
March-Bennett Are
Stars in Romance
Walter Wanger's adventure romance,
"Trade Winds," starring
Frederic March and Joan Bennett
comes to the Tiger Theater Saturday
and Sunday, instead of Sunday,
Monday, the usual run.
Among the colorful and varied
backgrounds against which the
action unfolds are included such
exotic countries as Hawaii, Japan,
China, Indo-China, the Malay
Paninsula, Ceylon, India, and
the little-known Laccadive Islands.
Despite this fact, the story
begins and ends in San Francisco
where a man is murdered and a
girl begins a race which takes her
half-way around the globe.
Joan Bennett, portraying Kay
Kerrigan, San Francisco blonde,
is suspected of murder and wanted
by the police. Effecting a daring
escape when she plunges her car
off a ferry into the bay, the girl
is next traced to Honolulu. Here
she dyes her blonde hair black
to hide from the law.
Detective Sam Wye, played by
none less than Frederic March, is
the blase man chosen to pursue
her. He is torn between love-making
and sleuthing. Mr. Wye
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enjoys the local color of the countries
he visits and the varieties of
feminine beauty he encounters.
It is swiftly moving drama with
clever dialogue, tense situations,
and delightful humor. Dorothy
Parker, Alan Campbell, and
Frank R. Adams, the authors of
the screen play, have crammed
their story with well-drawn,
down-to-earth characters, scenes
of moving and tense emotion, dialogue
that is witty and clever;
humor unforgettable.
Ralph Bellamy and Ann Soth-ern,
teamed as the second romantic
leads, contribute the comedy
element. He plays the stolid,
book-trained sleuth; she, a scatterbrained,
but stunningly garbed
secretary.
Tay Garnett, director and producer,
also conceived the idea for
the original story. His original
photography is used throughout.
Joan Bennett appearing for the
first time as a brunette, turns in
one of her finest performances.
Miss Bennett wears 14 different
dresses in this picture, all of
which are heralds of the latest
mode. Frederic March, of course,
chalks up another of his splendid
performances.
NOTICE
All new students in engineering,
architecture, and chemistry who
have not cleared their requirements
in solid geometry should report
to Broun 202 at 5 p. m. on
Mondays and Wednesdays. This
class is being taught at that hour.
NOTICE
All NYA students who have not
as yet turned in Citizenship Affidavits
please hand them in no
later than today at 4:30 p. m.
Wax Works
For those who really like the
tops in music, any kind of music,
we have found an attraction that
should be added to any collection
of fine wax works. "An Album
of Popular Music" featuring Artie
Shaw and his band, just recently
voted the best swing band in the
country. These records are absolutely
the best we have ever
heard made by any band on any
record. The album contains five
records with tunes written by such
masters as Cole -Porter, George
Gershwin, Sigmund Romberg,
Irving Berlin, Rudolf Frimi, Jerome
Kern, and others. With each
number a master arrangement in
itself, the Shaw outfit has made
a classic of swing that should well
be called one of the most perfect
bits of musicianship coming from
the era of swing. These numbers
are recorded on Bluebird discs and
can be had only by getting the entire
group.
* * *
"Carioca" and "Bill" are the
first old classics given the modern
touch by the great Artie Shaw
band. The first of this group is
medium tempo with a nicely arranged
composition featuring some
neat section work coupled with
Artie's very much-in-the-groove
clarinet. "Bill" is explained vocally
by Helen Forrest.
* * *
With a bit of novelty arranged
with fine taste "The Donkey Serenade"
from the "Firefly" receives
a new style dress that is very interesting.
On the reverse side the
ever popular, "My Heart Stood
Still," comes into being via a slow
tempo featuring Shaw's clarinet.
Both of these tunes are excellent.
^The sax section undergoes a real
workout on both sides of this record
which features "Lover Come
Back to Me" and the favorite of
'ast year, "Rosalie." The latterr
a Cole Porter tune, features the
vocal attempts of Tony Pastor in
his unique jig style. The sax
courses on this disc are really
smooth, but the latter of the two
also has a fine bit of section work
from the brass- section.
* * *
Helen Fon-est is featured vocally
in the Irving Berlin tune,
"Supper Time." Helen adds a new
bit of glamour to this production.
"Zigeuner" is another hit tune
from "Bitter Sweet" by Noel
Coward. As we go through the album
it gets increasingly hard to
think of the remarks of praise
these tunes deserve.
Another excellent bit of section
work on the part of the sax section
in the Shaw band comes with
"The Man I Love." The blend of
tones and perfect intonation of this
section is hard to beat. "Vilia" by
the famous Franz Lehar is the last
tune. Even though the number
has a modern swing touch it still
contains all the qualities of a
classic. \
NOTICE
The roster of students to be
printed in the new catalog has
been posted on the bulletin board
at the stair landing in Samford
Hall. Students are requested to
report any changes or corrections
to the Registrar's Office.
FOUND
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MEir
BASERAU'S
BOMBSHELL
spatsfe* M*
• "They whisper thatl wield more
power than Queen Elizabeth,
Marie Antoinette and Cleopatra
all in one. Why?
"Do diplomats, bankers, Cabinet
ministers and journalists meet
weekly at Cliveden, my country
home, to rule England behind the
scenes?
"Did they bring about Anthony
Eden's downfall?
"Do I personally favor Naziism?
Fascism? Communism?"
LADY ASTOR lashes out in reply to the
sensational stories about the "Cliveden
Set," reveals the real beliefs
of the woman who went from
Virginia to a seat in Parliament.
LADY ASTOR INTERVIEWS HERSELF
w^m
Brilliant screwball/' they
call rum. "Arrogant popoff"
But you can't dent Larry
MacPhail's indestructible
chm. Didn't his dithery
Dodgers show a profit, for
the first time since 1932? A
sportswriter interviews the
man who brought night base-ball
to Brooklyn.
"Subtle as
a Punch in the Nose"
^STANLEY FRANK
MR.GLENCANNON KIDNAPS
A MERMAID
M
"Ah, foosh!" gasped Mr.
Glencannon. "What a frichtful
situation! Either I capture a
mermaid or I lose my job. A
tumble fix!" Aided only by a
bottle of Duggan's Dew, he
sets out. But swith!
finding Marina the
Mermaid only starred
his troubles!
The Way of a
Man with a Mermaid
by GUY GILPATRIC
M rri. «.
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hy the Webr= , S t o r i es, The n •
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
Change in Theater Policy Is
Announced by Manager Today
A change in policy effective this
week was announced today by G.
H. Coats, manager of the Tiger
Theater.
The original Sunday-Monday
schedule for the feature attraction
will open on Saturday and will
play that day and Sunday instead
of the Sunday opening. Doors
open Saturday at 12:45 and the
screen program will begin at one
o'clock.
On Monday, a new first-class
screen program will be in effect
running for one day only. The
feature attraction Monday will be
"The Great Waltz." The Saturday-
Sunday attraction for the week is
"Trade Winds."
The regular Wednesday-Thursday
showing will continue with
•the Friday feature as the same for
one day and a midnight show at
the regular time. The Owl feature
for this week is "Garden of the
Moon."
Greater Auburn Day
Called a Success
Many tributes to the success of
"Greater Auburn Day" have been
received by Dr. L. N. Duncan and
Porter Grant, executive secretary
of the Auburn Alumni Association,
from alumni and friends of the i n .
stitution who, attended the event
here last week or read about the
celebration in the state papers.
"We are deeply grateful for the
interest shown in their alma
mater by alumni and wish to express
publicly our appreciation to
them, for the outcome has far exceeded
our expectations," Dr. L.
N. Duncan, college president said.
Ralph Draughon, college executive
secretary, described the day
as a success. The most interesting!
event during the day, he decided,
took place in the late afternoon
at the Homer Wright Drugstore
where a group of alumni on Auburn's
varsity football teams of
years past, gathered around their
coach, Mike Donahue, and told
tales of the days long past and
the familiar "I remember when"—
or "Now I'll tell you—" was heard.
Expressing his opinion of
"Greater Auburn Day," Executive
Secretary Porter Grant said that
much credit should be given the
newspapers for their help in getting
the plans before' the public.
"It was the largest gahtering of
newspaper men ever to assemble
here to cover a single event," Mr.
Giant Airliner at Airport
During This Week-end
A giant 10-passenger airliner
landed at the Auburn Airport
Thursday and will be flying there
over the weekend. Trips over Auburn
can be secured for the nominal
charge of 75 cents.
The huge plane is one of the
Airlines Luxury Liners, equipped
with rest room facilities and other
conveniences. Its luxurious passenger
cabin is equipped with
comfortable seats with a large
window beside each seat from
which an excellent view may be
had. Each of the three motors is
equipped with an electric starter.
Alex Varney, pilot of the plane,
is a veteran of the airways. He
has more flying hours to his credit
than Col. Charles Lindbergh. Last
summer at Memphis, Mo., Mr.
Varney carried his 250,000 passenger,
a 99-year-old Confederate
veteran, aloft.
On Saturday a special rate is
being made for Auburn students.
This rate is for Saturday ' only.
While the giant plane will of
course be flying Sunday also, there
will be no special rate to students
then.
Mr. Varney says this will be an
excellent opportunity for students
who have cameras to get pictures
of the campus, as good views
may be taken from the air with
an ordinary camera.
Hedy Lamarr has been nominated
for freshman class president at
Dartmouth College.
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Grant said.
•It was without a doubt," ht
continued, "the largest gathering
and the best of its kind ever held
on the campus."
Auburn's mayor, Dr. C. S. Yar-brough,
and Alumni President
Maurice Bloch praised the event
and said that after completion of
the new athletic stadium a big
homecoming celebration would be
held here each year.
Twenty-five Alabama and Georgia
newspaper men were on the
campus to cover the event.
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Burton's Bookstore.
Aviation Official
Views Plane Models
Among the visitors to Auburn
this week for the State High-
School Tournament, March 2-4,
is Asa Rountree, Jr., Alabama
Governor for the National
Aeronautic Association and State
Director of Airports for the Alabama
Aviation Commission.
Rountree came here especially
to view the model flying contest,
introduced this year for the first
time in the tournament for high-school
students. Rules governing
the National Aeronautic Association
will apply in the contest
which will take place at the Aur
burn-Opelika airport at 2:30 p. m.
Friday.
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OWL SHOWING
TONIGHT AT 11 P. M.
THAT MUSICAL HIT
"GARDEN
OF THE
MOON"
Plus 'Sailor Mouse' Cartoon
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