1939-04-04 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN,- ALABAMA, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1939 NUMBER 54
Beta Kappa Wins
YMCA's Church
Attendance Cup
Perfect Attendance for
Group During All of March
Is Best Record Yet Reached
Winner of the Fraternity Go-
To-Church Contest, sponsored by
the YMCA is Beta Kappa frater­nity,
which marked up a record
attendance of 100 per cent for
the month of March, beating by
a large margin the score in last
year's contest of 89.29 per cent
made by Alpha Psi fraternity.
Beta Kappa led the contest each
Sunday throughout the month,
closely followed by Sigma Phi
Epsilon and Pi Kappa Alpha.
These fraternities were the only
three in the contest which wound
up with a point score above 90,
SPE failing by only 0.83 of a per
cent of tying up the leading Beta
Kappa's. In third place, Pi Kappa
Alpha scored a percentage of 90.-
40.
Other fraternities follow in re­spective
order; Theta Chi, A. L.
T .Alpha Psi, Kappa Sigma, Sig­ma
Pi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Delta
Sigma Phi, Alpha Tau Omega,
Sigma Chi, Pi Kappa Phi, and
Theta Kappa Nu.
All concerned in the promotion
of the contest have expressed
themselves as being well pleased
with the interest and enthusiasm
of the students in the fraternities
which participated in the contest.
The YMCA expressed its gratifi­cation
of the support given the
contest by the students and its ap­preciation
of the helpful coopera­tion
of the pastors of the churches
and others who contributed to the
success of the contest.
Auburn Sees The President
President Roosevelt (left) is pictured above seated in his car with Governor Dixon, Senator Hill, and Congressman Steagall just before he addressed
the cadets, faculty, townspeople and visitors on Bullard Field on Thursday. At right is a part of the huge crowd assembled on Bullard Field.
McCall Honored by
Kappa Delta Pi
Is Named to Honorary
Membership by Group
The Auburn chapter of Kappa
Delta Pi, education fraternity,
granted honorary membership to
Dr. W. Morrison McCall of the
State Department of Education at
the society's recent initiation ban­quet
at the Eastern Star Hall.
P. O. Davis, director of the Ala­bama
Extension Service, address­ed
the group on "Training for
Progress." His remarks were cen­tered
around the visit President
Roosevelt had made to Auburn
earlier in the day.
Over 50 Kadelpians were pres­ent
at the banquet. Members of
Kappa Delta Pi filling key posi­tions
were Camilla Newberry,
Chancellor, president of the fra­ternity;
J. B. Brackin, Headland,
who gave the invocation; J. H.
Wheeler, Pisgah, who acted as
toastmaster; and Prof. Edna J.
Orr, faculty counselor of the
group.
Eleven new initiates under the
direction of Miss Amy Drake,
junior in secondary education
from Auburn, presented a skit
satirizing the old and the new in
teaching. New members particip­ating
in the skit were Stokeley
Bazemore, Weogufka; Jonnielyn
Campbell, Hope Hull; J. T.
Helms, Skipperville; Callie May
Johnston, Guntersville; George D.
McFaden, Wetumpka; Mary Lou
Majors, McKenzie; O. L. O'Shields,
Henagar; Paul Sewell, Jackson­ville;
Prof. E. B. Smith, Auburn;
Ward Wagnon, Tuscumbia.
Other new initiates to Kappa
Delta Pi include Miss Eunice
Boone, English teacher at Wadley;
and Miss Mildred Alice Faneuf,
Auburn student.
Rippling Rhythm of Shep Fields to Be
Featured in Auburn's Final Dances
Weil-Known Band Leader
To Bring His Orchestra
Here on April 28 and 29
NOTICE
There will be an important
meeting of the Auburn Players
Wednesday night, April 5, at 8:30
o'clock. Meeting will be held at
the Y-Hut. Amy Drake, Players
president, requests that all Play­ers
attend, as there are several
important business details to be
discussed.
NOTICE
The meeting of the varsity and
freshman swimming teams has
been changed to 6:30, Wednesday
night, Langdon Hall. At the meet­ing,
the captain and manager will
be elected and letter winners will
be announced.
Jack Owen, Chairman of the
Social Committee, announced this
morning that Shep Fields and his
orchestra had been engaged to
play for the Final Dances, Friday
and Saturday, April 28 and 29.
After considering a number of
top-ranking bands, the Social
Committee decided to book Fields
because of his wide popularity
and appeal. This band leader has
played on some of the more im­portant
radio programs during the
past several years, having suc­ceeded
Paul Whiteman on the
Woodbury series. He is coming to
Auburn from the Palmer ilouse
in Chicago.
Fields is noted for his "Rippling
Rhythm" effect which is attain­ed
by blowing a straw into a fish
bowl haM full of water. This uni­que
trade mark has made him-and
his music well known in
leading resorts the country over—
from the Cocanut Grove in Los
Angeles to the Waldorf-Astoria in
New York. In the "Big Broadcast
of 1938" Fields and his orchestra
were a feature of the production.
Owen stated that the tickets
would go on sale at an early date
and the invitations would also-be
available. The committee is mak­ing
every effort to make this set
the largest ever held in Auburn.
Contracts for the decorations
have not been let as yet but it is
understood that a new and unique
theme would be used for the oc­casion.
The series will consist of four
dances beginning Friday after­noon
and lasting through Satur­day
night.
Tickets can be bought in several
days from any member of the
Social Committee.
Bid cards will be placed up­town
and in fraternity houses
soon.
Fields is broadcasting nightly
over WWL (CBS network) and
can be heard at the following
hours: Monday, 10:45 and 11 p. m.;
Wednesday, 10:45 and 11 p. m.;
Thursday, 10:45 p. m.; Saturday,
10:45 and 11:30 p. m.; and Sun­day,
11:30 p. m.
The dances are being put off
until the end of the month, as
Fields is playing at the Roosevelt
Hotel and is not available until
that time.
Plays For Dances
Mass Meeting
There will be a meeting of
student organization leaders
this afternoon at 5 p. m. in
President Duncan's office. Con­tinuing
the policy of frequent­ly
calling student leaders for
conferences on matters of mu­tual
interest, he is urgently re­questing
all organization heads
to be there.
There will be a mass meeting
of all students tomorrow night,
at 6:45 in rear of the Chemis­try
Building. All fraternities
agreed last night in Interfrater-nity
Council meeting to hold
their chapter meetings after the^
mass meeting.
SHEP FIELDS
Above is pictured Shep Fields,
noted orchestra leader, who will
bring his organization to Au­burn
for the Finals April 28
and 29.
Plainsman Not to Come Out
Again Until Next Week
Today's Plainsman will be the
only one published this week; the
next issue will appear next Tues­day
as usual.
Administrative officials have
requested that students take note
of the fact that the holidays be­gin
Thursday afternoon when
classes are over and continue
through Monday. Classes begin
promptly at 8 a. m. Tuesday after
the holidays. ' I
Interfrat Group
Revises Laws
In a meeting Monday night, the
Interfraternity Council took the
first steps toward revising the
constitution governing the actions
of that group. Among the chan­ges
being considered by the Coun­cil
are suggestions as to the de­velopment
of some restrictive
rushing rules for the next school
year.
Although many minor changes
were suggested, the plan relating
to rushing would be the most im­portant
step taken if acted on fav­orably
by the group. At a future
date all the new changes will be
given.
The Interfraternity Council
Banquet will be held Monday
night, April 24, at 6:30. This an­nual
affair will take place in the
hall above the College Inn and as
is the custom, the officers for the
coming year will be elected at
that time.
George Hiller, Bill Camel, and
Billy Smith are in charge of the
arrangements for the banquet.
The Council adopted a motion
to standardize the trophy cups
being given to the winners in the
inter-frat sports contests. During
the past year there has been a
tendency for these awards to be­come
more expensive and as a re­sult
this measure was deemed ad­visable.
Since 1930, 64 per cent of the
Rhodes Scholars have entered ca­reers
in public life.
ROA Convention to
Meet in Huntsvitle
Distinguished Army and
Reserve Officers Speak
Plans for the annual conven­tion
of the Alabama Reserve Of­ficers
Association at Huntsville
were nearing completion today
with acceptances from a number
of distinguished reserve and reg­ular
army officers to take part on
the program.
Lt. Gaston Pirkle, president of
the host Tennessee Valley chap­ter,
said approximately 200 offi­cers
from Alabama and Tennessee
are expected to attend the con­vention,
which will be held in
Huntsville April 28-30.
Major-General S. D. Embick,
Fourth Corps area commander,
heads the group of speakers ex­pected
to participate in the three-day
event. Others who have in­dicated
they will attend include
Col. Clifford C. Early, in charge
of reserve affairs, Fourth Corps
area; Adjutant-General Ben
Smith of the Alabama National
Guard; Major Walter L. Tatum,
Fourth Corps area council presi­dent.
Major John J. Sparkman, con­gressman
from the Eighth district
and a member of the House mili­tary
affairs committee, will be
one of the principal speakers.
Other members of the House com­mittee
are expected to accompany
him on his trip to the convention.
Highlights of the entertainment
program will be a tour of Monte
Sano state park, the Tennessee
Valley Authority's Guntersville
Dam and of the historical homes
in Huntsville. A military banquet
and ball on the night of April 20
will climax the entertainment
phase.
Scarab, Honorary Architectural Group,
Names Seven New Men to Membership
•PGOA, •<?, "BROvJN
Dr. Paul A. Brown, formerly
with Cumberland Summer
with Cumberland University,
will teach at Auburn Summer
School opening- on June 5. Rec­ently
arrived at A. P. I., Dr.
Brown is now a member of the
faculty of the School of Educa­tion
and is giving courses in
psychology.
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Special Army Day Parade
Be Held Next Thursday
A special parade in honor
Army Day will be staged by Au­burn's
cadet corps on Bullard
Field Thursday at 11:15.
Col. F. C. Wallace, comman­dant,
said that the public was in­vited
to attend the parade.
Outstanding Men in
Department Are Honored
By Being Named to Group
Parker Narrows, Leslie O'-
Gwynn, William McCullar, Milton
Hill, Marshall Connor, Joe Lacey,
and W. E. Rush are the men chos­en
by the honorary architectural
fraternity, Scarab, in their annual
selection of the outstanding men
in the department. This announce­ment
was made by retiring .presi­dent,
"Albion Knight.
These men were elected for
their prominence as scholars in
architecture and landscape archi­tecture.
Each year Scarab chooses
the men that it deems to be the
most outstanding men in the de­partment,
no set number being
chosen.
With the list of men tapped was
the announcement of the officers
to serve next year. They are:
President, Phil Hamel; vice-presi­dent,
David Rogers; treasurer,
Dallas Benton; secretary, Albie
Smith; and sergeant-at-arms,
Bruce Renfro.
Scarab has had an active year
under the leadership of Albion
Knight, who succeeded Lamar
Jeffers, the elected president who
did not return to school this year.
Delta Sigma Phi Sponsors
Sailors' Ball Friday
The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity
presemed its annual Sailors' Ball
on Friday night as the highlight
of a week-end of entertainment.
A buffet supper was enjoyed by
members and their dates after the
dance. On Saturday night a steak
fry was held at Wright's Mill.
SPE's Take Easy First Place in Fraternity
Track Meet, Setting Three New Marks
Faculty Tennis, Horseshoe
Tournament to Begin
The faculty tennis and horse­shoe
tournament is to be held
April 15. All entries are due
March 30. The shuffleboard tour­nament
will be April 12, and all
entries are due April 8.
Informal soft ball games will
be held every Wednesday and Fri­day
afternoons at 4:30 on the
Chemistry Field. All departments
are urged to recognize their teams
and join the league.
Records Set in 120-Yard
Low Hurdles, 100-Yard
Dash, 880-Yard Relay
SPE took an easy first place in
Wednesday's record-breaking in­terfraternity
track meet, which
saw new marks established in the
120-yard low hurdles, the 100-
yard dash, the 220-yard dash, and
the 880-yard relay.
Brooks, SPE set the new records
in the two dashes of 10.2 seconds
in the 100, and 23.5 in the 220.
The old records were 10.4 and
23.7. In the qualifying trials
Tuesday Singletary, SAE, clipped
a tenth of a second off the old
120 low hurdle record with a
time of 14.8 seconds. The other
new record was made by the SAE
relay team, who ran the 880 in
1:37.1. The old record was 1:39.4.
SPE garnered a total- of 26
points; SAE followed with 20.
Other fraternity totals were as
follows. Delta Sig, 16; ATO, 10;
Sigma Nu, 9; Kappa Sig, 8; Al­pha
Psi. 8; Phi Delta Theta, 5 1-2;
KA, 5; Sigma Chi, 5; PiKA, 4;
and Theta Chi, 1 1-2.
Brooks, SPE, took personal
scoring honors with 18 points.
A list of the events and win­ners
follows: •-.
120 low hurdles—Singletary,
SAE; time, 15.5.
100-yard dash—Brooks, SPE;
time, 10.2. (new record)
220-yard dash—Brooks, SPE;
time, 23.5. (new record)
440-yard dash—Mitchell, Sig­ma
Nu; time, 56.1.
880-yard run—Martin, ATO;
time, 2:15.6.
Mile run—Dunbar, Delta Sig;
time, 5:05.2.
880 relay-^AJB; time, 1:37.1
(new record.)
Pole vault—Long, Alpha Psi; 11
feet.
Broad jump—Brooks, SPE; 20
feet, 3 1-2 inches.
Shot put-^McNulty, SPE; 30
feet, 2 inches.
High jump—Turner, Kappa
Sigma; 5 feet, 4 inches.
No More Big-Time
Politics Here,
Says Cabinet
Outlaws Advertising by
Candidates; Makes Other
Governmental Reforms
Big-time political methods
were outlawed last week by
the Executive Cabinet, as it
continued its program of re­form
in student government.
The Cabinet adopted more
recommendations of the joint
student - faculty Committee
For Constitutional Revision,
approving drastic changes in
the rules governing candidates
for office, making it more dif­ficult
in the future to change
the By-laws, providing for
supsension or dismissal of
Cabinet members, and listing
the punishment for persons
guilty of unfair practices dur­ing
elections.
Evidently taking their cue from
the landslide vote by which the
student body approved the con­stitutional
amendments last
month, the student governing
body took a good look at the po­litical
situation here and decided
that expensive advertising for
candidates was out in the future.
The changes, which are to go
into effect next September, are
given below:
BY-LAWS
Article VII: Attendance at meet­ings
of the Executive Cabinet is
required of all representatives.
Absence or excessive lateness is
punishable by a fine of one dol­lar.
A member of the Cabinet may
be' suspended or permanently re­moved
for flagrant or continued
neglect of his duties by a three-fourths
vote of. the-Cabinet.
Article X: Proposals to change
these By-Laws may be made by
members of the Cabinet or by stu­dents
at large, but in either event,
the proposals must be made in
writing, and shall be read to the
Cabinet members in regular meet­ing
and made a part of the minu­tes
of such meeting.
Upon receipt of a proposal to
change these By-Laws, the secre­tary
of the Cabinet shall publish
the proposal in the two issues of
the Plainsman next preceeding
the next regular meeting, which
shall be an ©pen forum, after
which the Cabinet shall act on
such proposal in business session.
A two-thirds vote of the members
of the Executive Cabinet shall be
required to change these By-
Laws.
Rules Governing Permanent
Committees
The Election Committee
Article III, Section 4: Anyone
found guilty of unfair practices at
the polls shall have his voting
privilege removed by the Chair­man
of the Election Committee.
After a Cabinet hearing on the
offence, the name of the offender,
the offence, and his fraternity af­filiation
shall be published in
the official student newspaper of
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute.
The offender shall not be
eligible to vote in any further
elections that year.
Any means of campaigning by
a candidate or his supporters oth­er
than personal approach rend­ers
the candidate ineligible. No
candidate or his supporters may
distribute free merchandise or ad­vertising
of any type or have cir­culars
or cards or other advertis­ing
printed and circulated in be­half
of his election. The Election
Committee shall decide cases un­der
these provisions subject to
approval by the Executive Cabi­net.
Women Graduates Meet to
Plan Alumnae Organization
Former women students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
now residing in Auburn met Mon­day
afternoon at 4:30 in Student
Center.
Purpose of the meeting was to
discuss plans for a permanent
Auburn alumnae organization. At
the meeting Dr. Duncan discussed
developments underway for the
improvement of Auburn's facili­ties
for women students, includ­ing
the $560,000 Women's Quad-range
now under construction.
PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1939
The Auburn Plainsman
Published Semi-Weekly By The Students
Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
Editorial and business offices at Lee County Bulle­tin
Office on Tichenor Avenue. Phone 448. Editor
may be reached after office hours by calling 169-W.
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Associate Editor ^
Society Editor
Sports Editor
News Editor
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Eleanor Scott
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Presidential Challenge
The President's challenge to "get the South
out of hock to the North" will, in our esti­mation,
gain a noteriety and popularity sec­ond
only to his launching several months ago
of a new and critical era of self-examination
in Dixie by his terming the South "the na­tion's
economic problem number one."
Giving this challenge to an audience
composed mainly of young men and women
of the South attending Auburn, the Presi­dent
urged them to devise "new methods,
new means—experiments, if you like—in
order to improve the conditions during your
own lifetime . . . I believe this country is
going somewhere, but it must depend for its
future progress and prosperity very large­ly
on the younger generation, the people
under 30, the people who have American
ideals and are not afraid to try new things."
No group of Southern young people ever
had a more pertinent and thrilling challenge
from an inspiring political leader than did
Auburn students last week from the Presi­dent.
No group of Southern young people
ever heard the evils of our Southern econ­omy
more aptly described.
All year long The Plainsman has in its
columns pointed out the factors that so bind
the South that we are but economy colonies
of the North. But never have we heard any
man more conclusively and concisely sum
up the condition of this section—"in hock to
the North."
Auburn students, officials, and townspeo­ple
will long remember the visit of the
chief executive and the ringing challenge he
delivered. Plans are underway already to
mark the site of his address with a stone
monument. But what we hope lingers in the
minds of all is the message he brought:
'balanced economy means more balanced
life . . . Alabama can not hoe its own row
apart from other states . . . I don't believe
that the South is so broke that it cannot put
its own capital into the establishment of its
own enterprises . . - you can get here the
fundamentals that will put you into the per­sonal
position to use your imagination . . ."
Election Reforms
Only a few weeks ago the alert and pro­gressive
Executive Cabinet supervised the
most honest and the fair set of elections that
Auburn has had in its long history. At these
same elections, basic reforms in student gov­ernment
that the Cabinet had begun were
passed by the student government.
Immediately after the election the Cabi­net
took its cue from the general student
body and began revising its set-up. Last
week that body gave a terrific body blow to
big-time political tactics at Auburn by re­vising
the regulations governing the elec­tions
committee in such a fashion that, be­ginning
next year, all methods of campaign-,
ing by candidates and their supporters other
than the actual man-to-man personal ap­proach,
in which a candidate has to stand
on his own feet and tell his classmates his
qualifications will be outlawed.
No longer will the mirrors in fraternity
and boarding house rooms be decorated with
the cards of dozens of office-seekers. Stu­dent
wastebaskets will not be clogged with
the free blotters and circulars that anxious
politicians give out wholesale. Vile cam­paign
cigars, blaring loud-speaking systems,
cars blazoned with "vote-for-my-man"
signs, free drinks—all these undesirable
methods that place emphasis on the pocket-book
will be gone. The poorest Auburn stu­dent
will have just the same chance as the
richest one to win an office- Auburn offices
will never go to the man who can pay for
getting his name before the voters in the
most unique and persistent manner. The
simple words "any means other than the per­sonal
approach" covers the ground complete­ly.
The Chairman of the Election Committee
can suspend any candidate guilty of unfair
practices and after a Cabinet hearing, the
offender, the nature of the offense, and his
fraternity affiliation will be published in
The Plainsman.
The Cabinet also passed a measure invok­ing
a monetary fine for non-attendance at
meetings and a provision for suspending or
permanently removing members who fla­grantly
and continually neglect their duties.
The last change that they made is one of
the most far-reaching ones. No longer may
Cabinets meet and change By-Laws and
rules governing permanent committees at
their pleasure. Proposals to change these
must be in writing, must be read in the Cab­inet
and must be published in the Plains­man
in the two issues preceding the meeting
at which action is taken on them. The meet­ing
at which action is .taken on them is open
to any student who cares to attend and have
his say.
With this last provision the Cabinet did
away with a curse which has plagued the
Auburn student government system ever
since it began. By-laws are supposed to be
rules that are easier to change than consti­tutional
provisions but so important that they
cannot be changed at all. Auburn's by-laws
have never been that. The Cabinet has chang­ed
them at their will and the student body
has never known that many of the changes
were made.
Now, the method of change is more diffi­cult
and is entirely above-abroard.
More reforms are expected before the year
is over. High praise is due the Cabinet for
seeing the need for change and for acting ac­cordingly.
Proud Auburn
Auburn should be the proudest college in
the country today. Last week the most dy­namic
and colorful American leader in gen­erations,
one of the world's two or three
most outstanding personalities, faced a
crowd of gray-clad cadets and visitors and
outlined the inadequacies and evils of the
region in which they live.
"You young men and women go out of
Auburn," he said, "into, every town in the
state. You have a great responsibility—a re­sponsibility
to put into practice what you
have learned here—a responsibility to ex­periment
with new methods in order to im­prove
conditions during your lifetime."
Continuing, the President made the state­ment
that should make Auburn proud of it­self
and its work: "I believe you can do it,
because you can get here the fundamentals
that will put you into the personal position
to use your imagination. We will "never get
anywhere until we can do more and more of
that . . . I should like to live long enough to
see at least a part of my ideals come true.
Maybe I will be able to come back to this
state and see at least a part of this ideal
come true. You are going to be responsible in
large part."
Auburn officials who have labored so
long for the institution and its affiliated in­terests
must have felt very proud to hear
the President saying those words—hearing
him tell Auburn young people that they
were the hope of the world, and that he did
not fear for them in the world, because at
Auburn they gained the tools and skills they
needed.
Miracles
"This time of year I never see a bud on
ash, I never hear a frog croak down in the
aidge of the swamp after supper, I never
cut a maple switch and see the sap follow
the axe without wonderin' why folks han­ker
after miracles when they c'n watch the
cominr of spring and think nothing of it!"
—Caleb Peaslee's Almanac
Now that the weather is getting warm, it's
about.time you were moving your bed over
near the window.
Well!
By John Ivey Jr.
Now that this year's edition of
the "April fool" issue has been
tucked away in the files, we turn
back to the task of writing "20
inches" (column length) for Ye
Ed. But now new difficulties
arise, Spring is here and it seems
to have brought with it a ten­dency
for us to let our minds
wander hastily from subject to
subject.
* * *
Gay Street is putting on it's new
spring dress, a garment that var­ies
in style but little with the
changing of time. From north to
south the street is now boasting
a ceiling of green except for the
brief opening where the railroad
trick slices -through with two
shining strips of steel. The trees
have filled out "until they look al­most
as one.
* * »
The main gate is now an en­trance
into another world. The
campus a few weeks ago nursed
many sad, naked trees that were
holding their barren limbs pa­tiently,
just waiting. The students
walked briskly to and from
classes stopping to chat briefly,
stamping feet alternately to keep
chilled toes from falling com­pletely
asleep, and then plung­ing
through the main gate to­ward
Benson's or P. Bag's to get
a cup of.. . . well, some call it
coffee!
Now one can see the proud trees
exhibiting displays of light green
leaves, the . season's first. The
earth, not wishing to be alone,
has been . pushing -up a cover of
green sod in an effort to keep
pace! with the creative work of
the trees. In scattered groups, aim­lessly
picking aiid nibbling on
blades of grass, would-be stu­dents
sit and debate whether they
should quit school forever or go
to their next class. The sun
smiles brightly and warmly on
this fit of laziness it so cleverly
drawn over the earthly beings.
• ' * • * *
While basking in the kindnesses
of nature here in Auburn, we
wonder why people in other na­tions
ttvust live in hate and fear . ..
Hate instilled in peace-loving
people for selfish purposes by
power-crazed individuals who
falsely accuse innocent neighbors
of injustices in order to carry on
campaigns of aggression . . . Fear
of life and liberty resulting from
danger of wars or economic inse­curity.
Why must man allow his baser
instincts to so dominate his soul
to the extent that he lives in mis­ery
in a God-created world that
is capable of giving such happi­ness
to its occupants if they
would so direct their efforts?
We should worry, or should we.
* * »
Next September another fresh­man
class will come to Auburn.
Included in that group will be
many boys who are to live away
from home for the first time and
many who will be coming into a
new group life that will be dif­ferent
from that found in their
own communities.
In the past first year men come
to Auburn along with their second,
third, and fourth year school
mates and are given very little
aid in finding their way around
Auburn. They know nothing of
what Auburn stands for other
than what little information they
might have picked up as a result
of reading the college literature.
As soon as the "rats" arrive
about half of them find themsel­ves
hurried off to fraternity
houses where they are dated up
for days in advance and after
three or four days of being rush­ed
from Greek to Greek they end
up with a pledge button on their
shirt and a bloated idea of their
own importance coupled with a
complete lack of further informa­tion
about Auburn. • > • •
The other half of the new ar­rivals
wander through the ordeal
of finding a place to stay, getting
registered, and finding a place to
eat. Finally, all freshmen meet
to find out how little they know
via the English placement tests.
To make a long story short, the
first week- a freshman is in Au­burn
he learns very little about
the the school or what is expected
of him as an Auburn student in
manner of conduct. He is likely
to get the wrong idea as to the
proper outlet for the so-called
spirit with resulting displays of
rowdiness such as we had last
fall.
These difficulties might be par­tially
solved bf a "Freshman
Week." This would necessitate
all first year men appearing in
Auburn a week earlier than the
rest of fiie student body. During
Plainsman Phew-Litzer Award
The annual award of an old faded cauliflower, given by The
Plainsman to the author of the year's best humorous story, goes
to SHUG EDINGTON for the following pearl of wit:
One day a policeman walking down the street met a man with
a suitcase in each hand.
"What have you got in those suitcases?" asked the cop.
"A lump of sugaif for my tea in one and a lump of sugar for my
coffee in the other," was the reply.
The cop hit the man over the head with his stick and said:
"Here's a lump for your cocoa."
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
They neither swim nor move
Three little ducks
They are dead
Cigarattes.
* * *
A corkscrew has been the turning point in many a girl's life.
* * *
She: "How do you like my new evening gown?
He: "I can't tell until you get up from the table."
* * *
Then there was the farmer who named his pig Ink because he
was always running out of the pen.
* * *
I thawt to myself as I used the soap
By the beams of the bathroom lite,
I bet it smells sweeter than it taists . . .
So I taisted it, and I was rite.
* * *
Overheard in Gritz's accounting class:
"Ya dope, a debit is a girl's first appearance in society."
Editor's Mailbox
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
One of the college boys, who
would not give his name, pre­sented
the following much need­ed
books to the library:
Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Scott. Kenilworth
Sinclair. American Years
Thackeray. The Newcomes
Trollope. Barchester Towers.
All in new and bright bindings.
We have felt the need of addi­tional
copies of such books since
our freshman class increased so
much in size. The Alabama Poly­technic
Institute Library wishes
to. express appreciation of this
gift.
Very truly yours,
Mary E. Martin,
Librarian
this time they would be aided in
getting plates to room, and eat,
get their registration over with
along with the freshman place­ment
tests, and then they would
be ready for some real useful in­formation
about Auburn and the
conduct expected of Auburn men.
By the time the rest of the stu­dents
arrived, the freshmen would
be better prepared to start school.
Although we realize that this
would be a departure from the
usual procedure, the idea seems
very worthwhile if properly con­ducted.
It would require the co­operation,
of all concerned and
would finally necessitate some
rules in regards to fraternity rush­ing,
but all this could be worked
out during the remaining weeks of
the present semester.
The Gift of Grab
By Bob Anderson
The following dissertation on
the biology of jitterbugs is attri­buted
to Cliff Coles of Bergen
Junior College: "The poison may
cause a sudden reaction on the
body in which case the individual,
without any warning (except per­haps
a few free notes from a hot
sax) is thrown abruptly into the
throes of the disease; or the reac­tion
may slowly build up a full
vigor, requiring a month or more
to completely possess the vic­tim.
The agonizing contortions and
unintelligible exclamations, the
latter evidently being secondary
effects, produce a heart-rending
effect on the victim's parents and
elderly relatives."
0 • * • *
Cars in Auburn have been
known to mysteriously locate
themselves on front porches on
Hallowe'en nights, and pink ele­phants
are sometimes seen around
following certain parties, but stu­dents
at LSU have been able to
go us one better (they need to, af­ter
last fall's football game), and
find an orchid-hued Austin in the
Halls of the University High
School one morning recently. Or
maybe it was not the University
students that let their excess en­ergy
run away with them, but
high school students. Whoever it
may have been, thanks for the
idea.
» * »
Brown University authorities
have reported a "vagabonding"
scheme by which students may
drop in to various courses in
which they are not registered to
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
History has repeated many times
the story of the British lion hav­ing
his tail twisted and never do­ing
anything about it. Hitler and
Mussolini have tied a dozen or so
knots in his tail in the last few
years, and he ^has been rather
complacent about it. But Hitler
drew the last knot a little too
tightly, and the lion has finally
roared.
Placid, conservaive Chamber­lain
has at last taken a definite
stand after appeasing the bad boys
of Europe sver since he came in­to
office. Speaking in the House
of Commons, he told the world
that England and France would
stand by Poland if she were in­vaded
before they complete the
barrier which they hope to erect
against Hitler's drive to the East.
However, one thing has not been
made clear. What is to be the
"barrier" which France and Bri­tain
are going to build to stop Hit­ler?
Is it to be a military agree­ment,
a definite statement of Bri­tish
and French foreign policy,
trade agreements, or what? What­ever
it be, it had better be strong.
* * *
The old days when the South
put demagogues into all too many
of its public offices have just
about passed. The Tom Watson-
Gene Talmadge days are about
gone, though there are still a few
like Bilbro of Mississippi and his
ilk.
But in the last few weeks Ala­bama
has seen a revival of some
of the old demagogic arguments.
Our state has the most antiquated
set of voting laws in the United
States. Alabama isn't democratic,
it is auocratic, ruled by the very
few who vote. Not only does Ala­bama
have a poll tax, whose va­lue
as a revenue producer is al­most
nil, but its poll tax is cumu­lative,
and to the best of our
knowledge Alabama is the only
state still having a cumulative
poll tax.
The question of changes in the
state's antiquated set-up came be­fore
the legislature. Somebody
screamed "nigger supremacy," and
the battle was on. The proposed
changes were not considered care­fully
and calmly in the light of
facts. Instead arguments which
supposedly went out with the Ku
Klux Klan were unearthed, and
overboard went poll tax reform.
Since the tragic days of Recon­struction,
the South has—and
sometimes rightly—shuddered at
the fear of negro supremacy. But
time and again when that issue
was not even at stake, politicians
of the old school have shouted it
to the housetops to serve their
own purposes. And such was the
case this time.
So, Alabama with about the
lowest percentage of its popula­tion
voting of any state in the
country, retains its antiquated
poll tax requirements.
* * *
For a very complete account of
the ideal conditions under which
we could look to a war-free
world, read the following: World
peace would be assured when
Franco's widow whispers to Sta­lin
on his deathbed that Hitler
has been assissinated at Musso­lini's
funeral. This situation
would no doubt work hardships
on the dictators, but think of the
hair-pulling that would be done
by munitions makers upon the
deaths of their best customers.
* * *
Success: "He has achieved suc­cess
who has lived well, laughed
often and loved much; who has
enjoyed the trust of pure women,
the respect of intelligent men and
the love of little children; who
has filled his niche and accom-pliched
his task; who has left the
world better than he found it,
whether by an improved poppy, a
perfect poem or a rescued soul;
who has never lacked apprecia­tion
of earth's beauty or failed to
express it; who has always look­ed
for the best in others and giv­en
them the best he had; whose
life was in inspiration; whose
memory a benediction." This lit­tle
quotation from B. A. Stanley
has plainly given a very good
scheme of living. It needs no com­ment.
watch experiments and listen to
lectures. New way to "Brown­nose!"
* * *
A physics teacher says it is a
fundamental law of the classroom
that the grades of the pupils vary,
inversely as the square of the dis­tance
from the teacher.—Flor-Ala.
• * *
She's only a preacher's daugh­ter,
but I wouldn't put anything
pastor. .
TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
FDR Urges South To Get Itself Out Of Hock
POINTS WAY TO
HIGHER LIVING
STANDARDS
(The following introduction of
President Roosevelt to the Au­burn
students and citizens was
made by Senator Lister Hill.)
"For the first time in the proud
history ^of this city, a President
of the United States comes to
Auburn!
"Assembled here in Lee Coun­ty,
which bears the name of the
immortal Robert E. Lee, we know
that during all the long, hard
years-^75. of them since the War
Between the States—that he, who
has been our best friend as Cap­tain
of the Nation, who is fight­ing
and struggling every day to
help us, is today our honored
guest.
"I now present your friend, my
friend, Alabama's friend—Frank­lin
D. Roosevelt."
Text of President's Address
"My friends of Auburn:
"You are a near neighbor of
mine. From the top of the hill
behind my cottage at Warm
Springs I can see into Alabama.
I am glad to come here.
"My contacts with Auburn in
the past have been the famous
football games (with the Univer­sity
of Georgia) held every aut­umn
in Columbus. At these games
I have to exercise a very strict
neutrality.
"I am glad to come here and
see the work that is being done.
Last December I had a grave
problem with the Senator (Hill)
and the Congressman (Steagall)
as to whether we could get into
line and get work started before
that fatal January first and I am
told that the dirt did begin fly­ing
and that the buildings are
therefore constitutional and le­gal
. . .
"On my ride from Tuskegee I
have been talking with your Gov­ernor
(Dixon), your Senator
(Hill), and the congressman from
this district (Steagall) about land.
I have been horrified, as I always
am horrified, at all that needs to
be done in this and coming gene­rations
to conserve the soil of the
South. It is a part of the national
economy, if the South is to sur­vive,
but it is tied up with other
things as well.
Milk from Iowa
"I can illustrate by telling you
of my first experience with the
agriculture of the South. The first
year I went to Warm Springs
was nearly 16 years ago. I had a
little cottage about 1,000 feet from
the old A. B. & A. tracks. The
first, second, and third nights I
was awakened by a train going
through town at a very high
speed—the whistle blew and
awakened everybody.
"I went down to the station and
asked why that train blew its
whistle. I was informed that the
fireman had a girl in town. I then
asked what train it was. The
agent replied, 'That's a milk train
going through to Florida.'
"I assumed, of course, that the
milk and cream on this train
came from Alabama and Georgia.
I was wrong! That milk and cream
came from Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa, Illinois, and was taken
through all the intervening states,
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennes­see,
Alabama, and Georgia, in or­der
to supply the milk, cream,
and butter for Florida.
Something Wrong
"That gave me a feeling that
something was wrong with the
agricultural economy of these
states of the lower South, because
you and I know from the teach­ings
and the experiments that have
been made that these states can
produce perfectly good milk and
cream.
"A little while later on I went
down to the village to buy some
apples. I knew and had heard of
the fine apples of the southern
end of the Appalachian chain, and
yet the only apples I could find
came from Washington and Ore­gon.
"I later went to buy some meat,
and I know we can make good pas­tures
in these southern states.
The only meat I could buy came
via Omaha, Kansas City, and Chi­cago.
"I wanted to buy a pair of shoes,
and the only ones to be had were
made in Boston, Binghampton, N.
Y., or St. Louis. That was 16
years ago, and there was not very
much change in that system of
economy until about six years ago.
And then we began to ask our­selves:
'Why is all this necessary?'
"I believe that we have done
more in these six years in the
South than in the pervious 60
years to make the southern states
self-supporting. Our efforts have
given them a more nearly balanc­ed
economy, a higher wage scale,
a higher purchasing power, and a
more abundant life than they have
ever had in all their history.
Get the South Out of Hock
"This means a lot of work, and
it also means, incidentally, getting
the South out of hock to the
North. It means establishing your
own industries down here with
your own capital. I do not believe
the South is so broke that it can­not
put its own capital into its
own enterprises.
"You young men and women go
out of Auburn into every town in
the state. You have a great res-ponsiblity—
a responsibility to put
into practice what you have
learned here—a responsibility to
experiment with new methods in
order to improve conditions dur­ing
your own lifetime. I believe
you can do it, because you can
get the fundamentals that will
put you in a position to use your
own imagination. We will never
get anywhere until we do more
and more of that.
Try New Things
"I have been called an imagi­native
person, an experimenter, a
seeker of new ideas. Generally,
when I have been called that, I
also have been called 'something
else' that doesn't sound so good.
I believe this country is going
somewhere, and it must depend
itite
ty&te
i&ry
m
r*S\> T?
CAN WE
KEEP QUI OF
WAR?
TODAY the colossal poker
game of European politics has
a new player: F r a n k l i n D.
Roosevelt. What made him de­cide
to sit in? Will this new
strategy keep us out of war?
A noted European correspon­dent
analyzes a critical turning
point in U. S. foreign policy.
Gambling With Peace
by DEMAREE BESS
"If my son ever
discovered the truth
about me.."
What would he think, Johnny
Kelsey wondered. He'd always
been "the swellest guy in the
world" to his son. Then one
night Johnny got drunk and
ran over a man. He knew his
friends would "fix" things, hush
it up somehow. But there was
one person Johnny still had to
face—his own s o n . . . . Read in
your Post tonight this dramatic
story of a father and son, by the
author of The Late George
Apley and Wickford Point.
A NEW SHORT STORY
Beginning Now,..
by
a J.P.Marquand
HE COURTED HER WITH A SAND­WICH
KNIFE! Two soda poppers
go after the same job—and the
same girl. In Second Man,
Jerome Barry writes the story
of a triple-decker frame-up.
IMAGINE MOVING A MOUNTAIN!
Rolling a giant river from side
to side I Lifting an ocean liner
over a 70-foot dam I When
U. S. public-works engineers
push Nature around, they
make those ancient Romans
and Egyptians look like ama­teurs
with Meccano sets. Garet
Garrett tells you the amazing
story in Great Works.
AND The Great World Money
Play, the story of Secretary
Morgenthau and the gold-standard
crisis, by Joseph Al-sop
and Robert Kintner... A
Mr. Tutt story, "Private
Enemy No. 1," by Arthur
Train... ALSO—short stories,
serials, editorials, fun, Post
Scripts and cartoons. All
in this week's issue
of the Post.
M
WHY
MAKE ; « > • ! some
Why did a rubber-heel improvement make millions for an obscure
cobbler—and an idea for gum wrappers lose a manufacturer
$6,000,000? Here are fascinating stories about dozens of inventions.
Clues as to whether your gadget may be worth money. You'll find
how t o protect your idea. How to know if i t ' s worth patenting.
And what to do if you think "That Idea's Worth Millions."
by FRANK PARKER STOCKBRIDGE
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST ©
Grisham Tells How
It Feels to Fire
Salute for FDR
Only One 21-Gun Salute
F i r e d in Auburn in
All I t s History
By Charles J. Burns
"Naturally I was very much
elated in having the honor of fir­ing
the official salute to the
President of the United States,"
Cadet Lt. Col. Charles Grisham,
commander of the motorized bat­tery,
said in an interview today.
"Truthfully, I wasn't excited
until I got the signal from the
enlisted man posted near the en­trance
of Graves Center to give
me warning that the President
was entering the grounds. Then
my heart skipped a couple of
beats. However, I did give the
signal and the salute was fired,"
Grisham continued.
The official twenty-one gun sa­lute
was fired in a minute and a
half by the battery and it was
the first time that the salute had
ever been fired to a President by
the Auburn ROTC unit.
The President officially re­ceives
more guns than any other
official of the nation, but the
largest number of guns are fired in
saluting the nation, when a forty-eight
gun salute is fired. This is
only given on July 4.
Grisham further added, "I take
no credit for the precise execu­tion
of the salute as each man
carried out his duties perfectly
and most of the credit is due
them."
Oscar Burford, captain and sec­ond
in command of the battery
said that, "Oh boy, oh boy, it was
an experience worth having and
one that I can tell my grandchil­dren"
when asked how he felt in
giving the official salute to Pres­ident
Roosevelt here last week.
Other cadet officers of the Mot­or
Battery, Captains Spec Kelly,
Baker Riddle, W. C. H. Dawsey,
and Lt. Geter Cantrell could not
be contacted for an expression of
their feelings.
for its future progress and pros­perity
upon its younger genera­tion,
the people under thirty and
the people who have American
ideals and are not afraid to try
new things.
"I would like to live long enough
to tee the products of southern-owned
factories supplying local
needs, state needs. I hope to be
able to come back to this state and
to the state of Georgia before I
die and see at least a part of this
ideal come true. You are going
to be responsible in a large part.
"So, my friends, I am glad to
have been with you here today,
and next fall (at the Auburn-
Georgia game) I feel that . . .
well . . . perhaps . . . I will lean a
little bit more toward Auburn
than I have before."
When you meet her!
Have the P. A. of
a gent out of
Esquire.
Be decked from head to
foot w i t h t h e latest styles in
Florsheim and C r o s b y -
Square shoes, Jayson shirts,
and Wembley "Noi'-East"
ties.
OLIN L. HILL
"Joe College Headquarters"
Editorials On Roosevelt
A group of editorials concerned with President Roosevelt's visit
to Auburn and East Alabama last Thursday were carried in the
Montgomery Advertiser on March 31. They are reprinted below.
Roosevelt In Alabama
Thousands, of Alatoamians yesterday saw the man who for six
turbelent years has.guided the American ship of state. They saw a
man whose vigorous good health was immediately apparent, who
was calm and assured in everything that he did, whose personality
always and inevitably set him apart from all those around him,
whose good humor and personable nature made him immediately ad­mired
and liked as a first-rate human being.
No one can watch the man without recognizing the tremendous
power of personality that makes him one of the great leaders of the
world. Not even those person*, who have seen him often before can
keep: from being deeply impressed by his bravery and courage in
the most painful circumstances. His powerful physique and magni­ficent
head adds immeasurably to the charm and forcefulness of the
man.
At Chehaw, Tuskegee, Auburn, and Opelika those persons who
followed his car and saw him at close range found invariably the
unruffled, cheerful leader, completely in control of himself and com­pletely
in control of every situation.
He told some school children in Tuskegee that he was fifty-seven
years old; it was hard to realize. His hair is graying, but the
gray is not predominant. His eyes are clear and expressive, never
dull or tired. His face is strong and free of any excess fat, The cir­cles
under his eyes that sometimes mar his pictures were entirely
absent. It is. easy to understand why Franklin D. Roosevelt is still
the number one.. American, but it is far from easy to understand
how a man who-has lived such a full and hardy life can still be so
young'in spirit and in'appearance.
The President's first stop was at Tuskegee Institute, where he
listened with close attention to the singing of the famed Tuskegee
choir. Then he made a short, informal'talk. He had made no prepara­tion
for it, but he spoke as easily and as convincingly as'he would
have spoken in a prepared message to Congress. A stenographer tak­ing
notes for The Advertiser remarked that he always spoke slowly,
but that he never paused or fumbled for words. So it was not so easy
as it might otherwise have been to take down everything he said.
His second talk was in the town of Tuskegee. It was of the same
order: fresh, amusing, thoughtful, and informal. A few minutes later
he was at Auburn, where he made his principal address. It too had
not been prepared. But it was entirely unlike the others. He talked
about the erosion of the land and the need for planning for the
future. Obviously he had been distressed by the glutted soil and de­plorable
houses on the road from Tuskegee to Auburn. Then on to
Opelika, and another speech.
When-he had finishsd it he seemed as fresh and vigorous as ever.
It was after one o'clock, and he had not moved from the seat in his
car since ten. Other members of the President's party were visibly
tired and haggard. The newspaper men thought they had been through
a tough day, and showed it. But they had made no speeches; they
had not had to engage in "steady conversation with others in their
car as the President had .had to do.
One newspaper man who has seen the President at least once
every year since 193€ tried hard to recognize any changes that the
last few years had made on the man. It was impossible to note any
important change, although he thought he saw a calmer person, a
person a little more at ease and slightly more solid. They were im­pressions
that could not be deduced scientifically. But he was sure
that again he had seen a great and distinguished world leader and
statesman.
Americans Under Thirty
The President told the Auburn students that he was putting his
faith in Americans under 30/ It is the President's opportunity and
obligation to keep alive faith in our institutions and confidence in our
destiny in thfc Americans that are yet, under 30. It must be owned .
that more than any other American leader of his time he has measur­ed
up to this opportunity. He is the most inspirational political leader
of the major league that the country has known in generations. He
has the capacity to make people believe! It is essential to the well-being
of people that they have faith in something that is worthy,
something noble, something that tends to lift their spirits and broaden
their horizons. .,
Since October, 1929, few Americans have been able to speak
with confidence and conviction to the younger generation about its
future. They have been bitter, terrible years, years that were es­pecially
hardrupon the elderly and upon the young, and millions
of our people have known desolation and even bitterness.
Mr. Roosevelt, because of his personality, his imagination and his
style, as well as his profound understanding of human needs, be­cause
of his gifts ..as a leader, has imparted to the people something
of his buoyancy and courage. .
And so Mr. Roosevelt has been particularly helpful to Ameri­cans,
under 30 in these days of travail. He has kept alive their cour­age
and hope,, and now he tells them that he thinks the fate of the
republic is in their hands. It is not an extravagant thing to say. It is
the truth. The President was at his best as he dwelt upon this theme,
for our younger Americans need a shot in the arm.
White And Black In Alabama
It must have impressed Mr. Roosevelt yesterday as he personal­ly
inspected Alabama . Polytechnic Institute and Tuskegee Institute,
which are neighbors ahd friends, one a laboratory in which more
useful white Americans are trained, one a laboratory in which more
useful black Americans are trained to bear the burdens and shoulder
the responsibilities implicit in a dual civilization.
PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1939
THE EDITOR
SAYS
In the last issue
we briefly related some of our
experiences of last Thursday,
when we were lucky enough to
be a member of the President's
entourage when he traveled by
motor from Chehaw to Tuskegee,
Auburn, and Opelika.
We will today describe a few
more incidents of the day.
* * *
The roads leading: to
Chehaw were strictly guarded, and
outside of a few dozen local resi
dents, mostly negroes, not many
people were there to see the
President alight from his special
train.
* • »
All the reporters
and newspapermen had been hold­ing
their breath, as it were, until
the President was seated in the
car. As soon as he and his guests
got in the back seats, all the pho­tographers
began feverishly snap­ping
photos.
It seemed that every time we
aimed some more determined—
and bigger—photographer push­ed
in ahead of us. However, once
when we were jostled by an ex­cited
cameraman, he stepped aside,
gave us a Chesterfield bow, and
allowed us to shoot before he did.
* * •
The motorcade left Chehaw
and drove into Tuskegee Insti­tute,
where the President toured
the grounds. Employees of the in
stitute lined the route of march,
as did uniformed cadets and lit­tle
negroes who waved American
flags. The President parked in
front of the Carnegie Library just
off the street overlooking a long
green length of lawn, on which
uniformed cadets and girls were
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Human Interest
Side of FDR's
Visit Given
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On Presidential Visit
Are Discussed
Then there was the old Negro
nurse standing on the corner of
College Street and Thach who
exclaimed, "Lordy, chile, de
President done waved straight at
me."
She wasn't the only one in Au­burn,
either, who received a di­rect
salute from the nation's chief.
An Auburn professor and his
wife were standing in front of
their home on the Opelika Road
waiting for the official procession
to pass. Nobody else was standing
nearby, so the man and wife be­gan
wondering what they should
do when President Roosevelt
rode by.
•But even before they could de>
cide whether to wave, cheer or
shout, President Roosevelt beat
them to the draw and waved his
arm in cheery greeting and gave
them a broad smile.
Out on Dullard Field one young­ster
seated in the reserved sec­tion
couldn't resist the urge for a
close-up view of the celebrated
visitor. Down he slid on his all-fours
and crawled quietly through
the straw right up to the opening
in the hedge in front of President
Roosevelt. He watched the Presi­dent
closely for about sixty sec­onds,
and his curiosity appeased
that the President's mouth open­ed
and closed like anyone else's,
back he crawled to his seat.
Excitement prevailed, toe, at
the local telegraph office on the
<tay. Orders from headquarters
stated that no commercial mes­sages
could be taken at the' Au­burn
office until after the news­papermen
in the President's party
had all filed their stories. Eight
telegraph circuits were open di­rectly
to Washington for the sole
use of newspaper correspondents.
President Roosevelt's ear for
music showed itself at Tuskegee
during several spirituals by the
Negro choir. As the snappy tunes
of "Good News" and Shortenin'
Bread" pealed forth, the presi­dential
head went up and down
right in rhythm and the presi­dential
fingers beat quick time on
the side of the car.
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lined up. Across the street on the
library steps was the celebrated
choir, which sang a group of
spirituals for the visitors, includ­ing
"Deep River." The chief exe­cutive
bowed and smiled his ap-
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT paid a memorable visit to East Alabama Thursday. At tcp, he is
shown seated In his automobile at Auburn on Bullard Field, reviewing the fifteen hundred
Auburn R. O. T. C. cadets lined op in impressive military formation before him and other
members of the student body of thirty-three hundred, members of faculty and a large crowd of
visiting spectators. At bottom in car are the president and members of his travelling party. Left
to right: Mr. Roosevelt, Governor Frank Dixon of Alabama, Senator Lister Hill and Congress­man
Henry B. Steagall. Photos by Lewis Arnold.
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proval after each number. He
drummed time on the car door
with the fingers of his right hand.
* * •
At Tuskegee Institute
we missed~"an incident that we
had been looking forward all day
to seeing. When the motorcade
stopped, all the reporters jumped
from the cars as usual and ran up
to the front, where the Presi­dent
was, to see him greeted by
Tuskegee officials.
However, we got there too late
to see Mr. Roosevelt shake the
hand of Dr. George Washington
Carver, famous negro scientist
and Tuskegee faculty member.
Nowhere have we seen a report
of what was said by the two men;! all formalities with
evidently other reporters were | statement: "It is my
not able to arrive quickly enough
to catch the conversation.
car brushed past the guard before
the official got a good look at him.
This hefty guard whirled, caught
the man by the arm, and jerked
him back so swiftly that we know
the man's feet must have left the
ground. Recognizing him as an of­ficial,
he grinned and released
him. Not over half a dozen in the
crowd noticed the slight flurry.
• * *
We were worried about
the President being able to leave
Tuskegee on schedule, as the
welcome extended by the Insti­tute
was most enthusiastic. Evi­dently
Governor Dixon felt the
same way, for when he introduc­ed
the President, he eliminated
the simple
pleasure to
present his excellency, the Pres­ident
of the United States."
At the Institute
Mr. Roosevelt replied to speeches
of welcome by Drs. F. D. Patter­son
and R. R. Motom, president
and former president of Tuske­gee.
He emphasized the tackling
of problems from the national
point of view and highly lauded
the graduates of Tuskegee for
their "humane services."
Dr. Moton, a very dark man,
brought a hearty laugh from the
President—and the crowd—when
he said he thought he "brought
more color" to the occasion than
any other man there.
The crowds—both black and
white—cheered long and loud
when Dr. Moton stated that he
did not believe "the negro race,
or any other race, high or low,
has a better friend than the Pres­ident
of the United States."
* * *
Four Secret Service men
stood at the four corners of the
President's automobile at ever
stop. Big, solid-looking men with a
tell-tale bulge under the left side
of their natty business suits, they
faced out into the crowd and nev­er
let their eyes stop roving.
At Tuskegee we were standing
directly in rear of the President,
with only a guard between us and
the car. Once one of the Presi­dent's
party who was taking
some papers to the front of the
Mosf noteworthy
about the morning was the very
plain fact that the President
knew exactly what he was doing
and that he was in complete con­trol
of every situation.
No man, we are sure, has more
alert, more quiet, and more ef­ficient
staff members. Through­out
the whole morning, we never
noticed the slightest slip or er­ror.
* * »
In the city of Tuskegee
Mr. Roosevelt called an unschedul­ed
stop and spoke to the towns­people
and school children gath­ered
there. Addressing himself to
the children, he gave Rep. Henry
Steagall, who will probably have
apposition in his race for re-elec­tion,
a very subtle pat on the back.
* * *
On the drive from Tuskegee
to Auburn we noticed what we
are sure the President did not fail
to note—wasted, eroded land and
wasted human beings. Ragged
sharecroppers stood along the
road, waving hats more battered
and dirty than Mr. Roosevelt's
will ever be. Mothers with child­ren
in their arms sat in the doors
of ramshackle houses—houses
which young British visitors to
Auburn this year said were so vile
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Comments on Visit of the President
By Mrs. Lawrence Barnett
"I am grateful to all individuals
agencies and institutions coope­rating
in making the event a suc­cess,"
said President L. N. Dun­can
after President Roosevelt's
visit to the A. P. I. campus on
March 30.
In commenting on Preident
Roosevelt, Dr. L. N. Duncan said:
"In my humble opinion President
Roosevelt is certainly the most at­tractive
and interesting personal­ity
now on the stage in public life
and will be recorded in history as
a humanitarian and statesman
along with Washington, Jeffer­son,
Lincoln, and Jackson."
President Duncan stated that he
especially appreciated the services
rendered by Senator Lister Hill in
bringing the President to Auburn
and accompanying him to the cam­pus.
Reference was also made by
Dr. Duncan to the splendid coop­eration
and services rendered by
Gov. Frank M. Dixon, the State
Highway Patrol, and High Patrol
Chief T. Weller Smith; Col. Fred
C. Wallace and members of his
staff; Capt. C. L. Cox and Lieut.
L. H. Todd of the CCC Camps;
the newspapers; Mayor C. S. Yar-brough,
the City Council, City Po­lice;
the faculty and student body.
Enthusiastic in his comments
about President Roosevelt was
Mayor C. S. Yarbrough.
"I think he is the most won­derful
man I ever saw," said the
mayor. "No fairminded person can
help but be impressed with his
honesty and sincerity. As far as
I'm concerned he can have that
job as long as he wants it. Cer­tainly,
there is no one in this
country that can take hold where
he leaves off and do as he has
done. His visit to us was quite a
compliment to our people and we
all love him more by having seen
him and heard him."
Emphasis was placed o§ the
President's remarks about soil
conservation by P. O. Davis, di­rector
of the State Agricultural
Extension Service.
"The President concluded his
speech with an eloquent appeal for
Southern people to invest them­selves
and their money in South­ern
industries and Southern agri­culture
in order to balance the
economy of the South with the
economy of the nation.
"In reality," added Mr. Davis,
"his talk was the most impressive
endorsement of the major essen­tials
of the development program
which Auburn through the Ala­bama
Extension Service and oth­erwise
is advocating and has been
advocating for years."
that they, in England, would not
keep chickens in them.
He must have taken note, for
in Auburn he spoke of being "hor­rified"
at our eroded land, and
spent the greater part of his brief
talk stressing the need for the
South to become more self-suf­ficient.
• * •
The grounds and drive
in Tuskegee were so beautiful and
the buildings so imposing that we
were afraid that the scene in Au­burn
migh fall short in the presi­dential
eyes.
However, we knew that when
we rounded the curve in Bibb
Graves Center at the former gov­ernor's
bust and saw before us
the familiar gray-clad cadets and
the colorful crowd on the greens­ward
of the drill field, and heard
the first gun boom in the presi-dential
salute, goose pimples ran
riot up and down our spine.
* * *
Here in Auburn
the President gave his most meaty
address of the morning, concern­ing
himself mainly with the
South's need for self-sufficiency.
Speaking without notes at every
stop, the President illustrated most
vividly his flair for phrase-mak­ing,
his intimate knowledge of lo­cal
conditions, and his willing­ness
to take a thrust at his op­ponents
whenever the opportunity
presents itself.
* * *
We left the party
in Opelika after the brief speech
there to school children, in which
he praised Alabama roads and
stressed the broadening effects
of travel. We had our official
place in the party and wish now
that we had kept it a little long­er,
rather than turning home­ward,
for we later learned from
news reports that the President
lunched at Lake Condy, just out
of Opelika.
We've neve seen a President eat
lunch with a governor, a senator,
and a representative out of a
cardboard box, and they did, for
we saw the boxes being brought
off the train at. Chehaw.
Part of the
rhythm of action
the pause
that refreshes
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National Officers
Visit PKP Frat
Two national officers of the Pi
Kappa Phi fraternity, while on
their itinerary of all the chapters
of the fraternity, paid a visit to
the Alpha Iota chapter here.
They were William J. Berry, the
national president, and John H.
MoCann, the executive secretary.
Accompanying these two officers
was Baker Jones, an alumnus of
Alpha Iota, who is the present
head of the Poultry Division of
the Alabama State Department of
Agriculture.
They had been present at the
Pi Kappa |Phi Conclave held (March
24 and 25 in Birmingham, which
was attended by alumni and un­dergraduates
of the fraternity in
the state of Alabama, including
•six of the undergraduates from
the local chapter.
The occasion, a dinner in the
chapter house, was made even
more imposing by the presence of
Dr. L. N. Duncan, Prof. Robinson,
and the chapter faculty adviser,
Dr. Paul Irvine.
William J. Berry, elected na­tional
president of Pi Kappa Phi
this past August, is a graduate of
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute,
where he now heads the Depart-
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Earl Gardner Is Named New
BSU President Recently
At a recent election, Earl Gard­ner
was chosen as Baptist Student
Union President for the 1939-40
school year. Gardner, whose home
is in Gaylesville, is a junior in ag­riculture.
The retiring BSU presi­dent
is Larkin T. Wyers.
Mr. Gardner, present associate
Baptist Training Union Director,
is also Vice President of the
State BSU Convention.
The BSU President presides
over the meetings of the Council,
which is the governing body of
the BSU. The new members of the
Council will be selected in the
near future.
BSU Entertains at Kid Party
Saturday Night at Church
The Auburn Baptist Student
Union entertained with a Kid
Party Saturday night at 7:30. The
party was held in the BSU De­partment
of the First Baptist
Church. A prize was awarded to
the best dressed person.
During the party motion pic­tures
of the 1938 BSU Retreat at
Ridgecrest, N. C, were shown.
This film, part of which was in
color, was of interest to all those
associated with the B. S. U. work.
ment of Mathematics, and the
school where he is a member of
Tau Beta Pi. His .academic edu­cation
was furthered at Cam­bridge
and the University of Pa­ris.
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Huntingdon College Glee Club
Gives Concert Here Tuesday
An excellent performance was
given here Tuesday evening in
Langdon Hall by the Huntingdon
College Glee Club under the di­rection
of Prof. Earle Danley.
Especially popular was their ar­tistic
interpretation of the first
act of Flotow's opera "Martha,"
featuring solos by Arline Hanke,
soprano, Margaret Cooper, contral­to,
and Earle Danley, baritone.
Another highlight of the ex­ceedingly
varied program was the
"Seraphic Song" arranged from
Rubenatein's favorite . melody,
"Kameni Ostrow." In this num­ber
Margaret Cooper was soloist
and Elizabeth Feagin, talented
violinist, played an obligate.
A duet, "Qui Est Homo," was
sung by the Misses Hanke and
Cooper. Miss Hanke sang "Si Mi
Chiamano" from Puccini's opera
"La Boheme" and "Song" -toy
Sammond. Her diction and tone-placement
were especially good.
Miss Cooper's solos were "The
Winds Are Calling" by Ronald
and "My Curly Headed Baby" by
Clutsam. Her interpretation and
voice quality are worthy of men­tion.
Miss Feagin chose "Midnight
Bells" by Kreisler and "Bohemian
Dance No. I" by Randegger for
her violin selections. Both were
well received.
The accompanist, Doris Miller,
proved to be a piano soloist of
merit. She played "The Juggler"
by Toch. Other numbers in-which
the Glee Club, under the direc­tion
of Earle Danley, sang were
"Ciribiribin," (Pestalozza) "May
Day Carol," (Taylor) "By The
Light of the Moon," (Ravel)
"Beautiful Dreamer," (Foster)
and as an efective finale, "The
Green Window," (Olaf Jensen)
followed by the" College Alma
Mater.
Accompanying the Glee Club
was Mary Ive Swank, dean of
women .at Huntingdon, College.
Wednesday morning the club sang
in Opelika, Wednesday afternoon
in LaFayette, and Wednesday eve­ning
in Roanoke.
The members of the Glee Club
are First sopranos: Marilyn Mor­ris,
Anne Bates, Marcia Black, El­len
Burton, Claiborne Carr, Edith
Cooke, Julia Germany, Arline
Hanke, Margeurite Cooper, Mar­tha
Rice, Mary Vaughan Patter­son;
First altos: Eloise Kelly, Mar­garet
Rogers, Mary Alice Mange,
Ruth Rankin, Edna Earle Eager-ton,
Betty Macon; Second altos:
Juanita Connoley, Sue Reainey,
Eva Tate, Mary Olivia William­son
Florence Perry, Lorena Man­ic,
and Martha Wood.
Second sopranos: Jeanne Gaines,
Grace Gamble, Miriam Hunter,
Betty Jacobi, Jeanne Walker,
Louise Calhoun, Doris Brice, Dolly
Mitchell, and Marjorie Bullard.
Wax Works
One more edition of Wax Works
and we give you some of the top-notch
records to be sure and lay
your mits on. This time we have
a very good variety of sweet and
swing played by some of the best
bands in the business.
* * *
Glen Grey's Casa Loma band
has just released a Decca disc on
a couple of popular tunes, "Heav­en
Can Wait" and "Sunrise Sere­nade."
The first of this group fea­tures
the voice of Clyde Burke
backed by-an arrangement in the
typical Casa Loma style. The lat­ter
tune is an excellently execut­ed
intrumental number.
* * *
Some real in the groove swing
can be found on a Decca produc­tion
by the Merry Macs under the'
billing of "Patty Cake, Patty
Cake" and "Cuckoo In the Clock."
We do not hesitate to say that the
vocal work of this famous group
is about the solidest one could ask
for. The group is backed by a
small combination that is really
not bad.
* * *
"My Hands Are Tied" and "De­lightful
Delirium" played by Hal
Kemp and his famous band for
Victor come next on the list.
These two tunes are smooth and
sweet and are explained vocally
by Bob Allen. For a good sweet
record this is the one, but it is
also interestingly arranged so as
to be attractive to the most ard­ent
swing fan.
* * *
A new name band playing a
couple of new tunes brings the
surprise of the week. "Spud"
Murphy and his band give us
"Just a Phrase" and "Hold Out
For Love" in their up and coming
style. This Bluebird disc is good
and gives great promise for this
new band.
* * *
"There's A Hole in the Old
Oaken Bucket" comes from the
Eddie DeLange band featuring
Elisse Cooper in a novelty that
really sells. "Say Ah!" is another
novelty arrangement piped by
Elisse, but gives us. a new slant
on jitterbuging. This Bluebird is
something different and is played
in the kicking manner of the fa­mous
DeLange outfit. -
* * *
Two popular tunes, "The Mas­querade
Is Over" and "Let's Stop
World's Fair Banquet Being
Planned by BSU Members
The Auburn Baptist Student
Union is formulating plans for its
annual banquet, which will be
held Friday, April 21, at the First
Baptist Church. The theme of the
banquet will be the World's Fair.
In keeping with the theme, the
decorations for the banquet are
being planned in the modern man­ner.
Place cards, programs, and
table decorations will all carry
out the central theme.
Several out of town speakers
are being invited- to the banquet.
Announcement of these speakers
wlil be made soon.
D. T. Rogers, BSU Social Chair­man,
is in charge of the banquet
arrangements. Committee heads
working with him are: tickets,
Hankins Parker; program, Larkin
Wyers; decorations, Houston Grav_
lee; publicity, L. M. Smith; place
cards, Irby Hammonds; menu,
Sarah Rowe; music, Annie Moon;
program design, Bob Johnston;
and honor guests, Mildred Scon-yers.
Tickets for the banquet are now
on sale. All Baptist students and
any. others interested, are urged
to purchase tickets early.
Theta Upsilon Garners Cup
In Go-To-Church Contest
The YWCA announces that
Theta Upsilon has maintained the
highest average in church atten­dance
among the sororities dur­ing
Go-To-Church month.
The Phi Omega's Pii's were
second.
The cup will be awarded at the
first joint YMCA-YWCA meet­ing
after the spring holidays.
Home Ec Majors Invited to
Join Home Economics Club
The membership of the Student
Home Economics Club at Alabama
Polytechnic Institute is composed
of all majors in Home Economics
on the campus. It is urged that all
such majors affiliate themselves
with this club.
The regular meetings of the club
are held at Smith Hall every first
and third Thursday nights at 7
p. m.
The club sponsored on March
15 and 16, the visit of Dr. Helen
Judy-Bond, Head of Household
Arts Dept., Teachers College, Co­lumbia
University. Dr. Bond is al­so
president of the National Home
Economics Association. From time
to time the club has had, at their
various meetings, members of the
Auburn faculty as guest speakers.
Among these were Mrs. S. L.
Toomer, French Department, who
gave a talk on her native country,
Canada, and Miss Mary E. Mar­tin,
librarian, who reviewed the
book, "The General's Lady."
Mrs. Marion W. Spidle, Dean of
the School of Home Economics, is
the faculty advisor of the club
and has given much of her time
and effort in furthering the prog­ress
of the club.
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Dorsey and vocally treated in the
pleasing manner of Bob Eberly.
J. Dorsey has been working over
time turning out good discs to
keep up with his brother, Tom­my,
and is doing a very fine job.
A Decca.
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Pee Wee Hunt, the old trom­bone
slider, sings "Shut Eye"
with Glen Grey's Casa Loma
crew. This tune is a Johnny Mer­cer
composition and is the nuts.
"I Promise Yo" i s given the Casa
Loma touch with a vocal promise'
from Clyde Burke on this Decca.
We think it is good.
* * *
A small combination is added
to our list in the name of Joe
Daniels. "Cuban Swing" and
"Swing Big Ben" are "the two
numbers. Frankly we have heard
better, but to those individuals in­terested
in small combinations it
might serve the purpose. A Decca
that is not quite up to standard.
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To close this session the Merry
Macs send us with "Chopsticks"
and "Ta-Hu-wa-hu-wa-i" sung
in the deep rich style of this uni­que
group. For pleasingly arrang­ed
vocal renditions -this outfit
can't be beat. A Decca that should
not be missed.
Fashion Chatter
By O'Leta Dunn
Suits on Parade. The gay, young
very feminine look of suits-makes
the biggest impression. It's a dress­maker
suit season, first of all, and
you'll see plenty of evidence in
snug, short little jackets worn
with skirts that are flared or pleat­ed,
but full.
If there's a saneness about the
popular suit silhouette, there cer­tainly
isn't about what goes with
it. Veiled sailors and bonnets
sable-dyed baum marten scarfs,
new gadgets on lapels, petticoat
ruffles peeping out of hemlines
and frou-frou blouses galore.
Boleros are still in it, with
jackets longer than, last Easter
and skirts invariably pleated. The
built-up cummerbound waistband
has taken on you'll see.
For distinction, there's no sub­stitute
for the classic tailleur and
it's out again for this Easter Sun­day.
Jackets are long, at least 25
inches, and stripes rate well with
the tailleur-wearers. In checks,
suits take on the spirit of Gibson
Girl especially when they're worn
with patent leather sailors, and
lingerie blouses.
Summing up, you put down the
dressmaker suit with a "little girl"
sprightly silhouette for first suit
success in the parade this Easter.
* * *
Coats in this spring's Easter pa­rade.
Lots of coats because we find
their soft details and youthful lines
so flattering. It's a trick to tell
whether it's a costume proper or a
coatr for many of them look just
like dresses.
In the smartest parades you'll
find more fitted coats with a
swing to the skirt. Theslim young
girls wear the fullest flares.
The way coats fasten is signi­ficant.
Giant hooks for sliek cor­selet
waist . . . filigree metal and
carved effects in decorative three­somes
down the center front.
No question about coats. They're'
on parade, becoming, smart and
quite different from last.year.
* * *
Blouses
So attractive, so becoming, so
important are the blouses. Tat-
Trim—sheer silk with tucked and
frilly jabot trimmed with fine
tatting; Baby Blouse—like a
sweater with shirring at sleeves
and waist—.woven with "Lastex"
for slip-fitting lines; Sheer Shirt
—beautifully tailored in fragile
chiffon, and graceful new long
sleeves; Bib Front—made of dainty
imported organdy with a frilly ja­bot
of French val lace and em­broidery;
School Girl — fresh,
young blouse in white "honey
comb" pique with sweater neck,
especially good for classroom;
Flower Petal—collar on the "soft"
shirt blouse classic; Casual Clas-gic-^
with stitched collar made of
handkerchief linen or spun rayon;
Baby Lace—in narrow rows down
the front of a young white blouse
in French lawn with French val-type
lace.
You'll want to "collect" them in
both frilly and tailored types.
You'll wear frothy, gossamer
creations with dinner or daytime
length skirts to make a complete
costume; you'll wear them with
dinner length skirts, as well as
your daytime campus uniforms.
Classes in Horse
Show Are Given
The Annual Horse Show of Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute will be
held at 2 p. m., Sunday, April 23.
The following classes are con­templated:
Class I, Sophomore Horseman­ship.
Class II, Junior Jumping.
Class III, Polo Stake Race, "B"
Squad.
Class IV, Plantation Horses.
Class V, Ladies Jumping.
Class VI, Pony Class.
Class VII, Senior Jumping.
Class VIII, Polo Race, "A"
Squad.
Class IX, Pair Jumping.
Class X, Ladies Horsemanship
Class.
Class XI, Ladies Horsemanship
Class (1st year).
Class XII, Open Jumping.
Stable room and forage will be
furnished to outside entries. No
entry fees are required. Trophies
and ribbons will be given in all
classes.
For further information write
to Captain K. L. Johnson, Auburn,
Ala.
Election of New Officers of
Chemical Group Is Announced
The Student Chapter of the
American Institute of Chemical
.Engineers elected the following
men to offices in the chapter
last week: Walter J. Mueller,
president; Joe Mack Gafford, vice
president; Cecil Clements, secre­tary;
J. T. Wheeler, treasurer; and
W. A. Buce, chairman of the prog­ram
committee. .
Plans are being made for a del­egation
to the annual convention
of the AIChE to be held at Vir­ginia
Polytechnic Institute on
April 14-15. A large group of
students from Auburn is expect­ed
to attend.
On Saturday morning at 11 a.
m. the Student AIChE group view­ed
a film on "The Recovery of
Bromine from Sea Water" at the
Tiger Theater. The film deals ex­tensively
with the unit operations
involved in the process and'should
prove to be most interesting as
well as educational.
Theta Upsilon Initiates
New Members Recently
Iota Alpha chapter of Theta Up­silon
sorority held an initiation
Friday evening at 6 o'clock at the
chapter room for Callie May John­ston,
Guntersville; Ann Mason,
Manila; and Margaret Nash, He­lena.
Purple and white irises, the sor­ority
flowers, were used in profu­sion
throughout the rooms. Helen
Porch had charge of the initiation
and was assisted by Zada Motley
and Mamie Kate Mitchell. Carle-ton
Farish, Mary Guy Inzer, and
Mrs. J. F. LeCroy served as spon­sors.
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Immediately following the init­iation
a dinner was given the new
initiates at the Cupboard in Ope­lika.
A delightful four-course din­ner
was served in one of the pri­vate
dining rooms. A lovely bowl
of mixed irises was used as a cen­terpiece.
Those seated at the
table were the initiates, chapter
members, faculty adviser, patro­nesses,
local alumnae, Mrs. D. L.
Bush, and Mrs. J. F. LeCroy
(Elizabeth Leslie of Xi chapter).
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PAGE SIX
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1939
Beta Kappa Holds
Spring Dance
Sigma chapter of Beta Kappa
held its annual spring dance Sat­urday
night, April 1. Graves Cen­ter
was decorated with the frater­nity
coat of arms in purple and
gold mounted on a gold back­ground
which was flanked with
purple drapes. The members and
dates danced the lead-out to the
tune of Beta Kappa Rose.
Many out of town guests en­joyed
the festivities of the even­ing.
The dance was led by Doro­thy
Bell of Birmingham, escorted
by A. C. Sansing, president of the
chapter.
Other members and their dates
attending were: Ann Johnson, Mo­bile,
and W. L. Ellner; Lucille
McHugh and R. J. Allen; Mary
MacArthur, Fayeteville, N. C,
and W. S. Coursey; Elizabeth
Poindexter, Montgomery, and J.
R. Dyas; Pat McDaniel, Mont­gomery,
and E. S. Brooks; Franky
Moody, Birmingham, and Bob
Akridge; Doris Green, LaGrange,
Ga., and T. W. Webb; Elsie Pow­er,
Atlanta, and J. I. Warner;
Emma Nell Parrish, Auburn, and
A. J. Miller; Ann Cannon, Daw­son,
Ga., and J.-D. Pipkin; Jane
Duff Harris, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and W. J. Meadors; Woodrow
Kilgore, Auburn, and S. Gray-don;
Juanita Corners, Auburn, and
D. G. Bittner; Jane McLeod, At-
Alpha Epsilon Delta to
Present Two Movies
The Ross Chemical auditorium
will be turned into a movie theat­er
tonight when Alpha Epsilon
Delta presents two medical mov­ies
on sterilization and opera­tions
for appendictomy to inter­ested
students.
The showing will begin at 7:30
and all students in pre-med, vet­erinary
medicine, and other mem­bers
of the student body interest­ed
in seeing the picture aTe in­vited
to attend.
Dr. H. D. Jones, faculty advis­or
for Alpha Epsilon Delta, will
make comments and explanations
about the pictures, A. M. Stanton,
president of the fraternity said.
The pictures were sent to the
fraternity through the courtesy of
Petrologar Laboratories who sent
the operations for appendicitis and
the Winthrop Chemical Co. on
"Sterilization."
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Couch, Auburn, and D. McNight;
Margaret Watts, Birmingham, and
H. S. Hyde; Mary Frances Nail,
Auburn, and L. Long.
Among the alumni attending
were: Mr. and Mrs R. A. San­sing,
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Stien, Mr.
and Mrs. W.' R. Bell, Mr. Ted
Bell, J. W. Turnipseed, J. W.
Brassell. Chaperones for the oc­casion
were Mr and Mrs. Roy
Staples, Coach and Mrs. F. G.
McCollum, Mrs. Maude Smith,
Mrs. A. F. Adams.
After the dance the chapter en­tertained
their dates and friends
with a buffet supper Small lamps
with the fraternity insignia were
given as favors.
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Traditional Mule
Day Is Described
Yesterday was the biggest day
of the year in Columbia, Tenn.
One of the Volunteer State's most
traditional ceremonies is the cel­ebration
in Columbia of the first
Monday in April as "Mule Day."
. On that day some 45,000 visi­tors
converge on the little town
in south Tennessee to honor and
swap their mules. It started a cen­tury
ago when the farmers used
the day merely as a trade med­ium.
At 11 o'clock there was a broad­cast
over a national hookup. There
was a parade, two miles in length,
in which the mules shine—big
mules, little mules, jacks, jennets,
draft horses, and ponies. Then
there were Lex Watson's minia­ture
mules, the little fellows ave­raging
about 40 inches in height.
This year Maury County pre­sented
something new, '"1,000
girls on 1,000 mules." Each dis­trict
of the county enters 100 of
each in the competition. In ad­dition,
there was a parade by the
cadet corps of Columbia Military
Academy, usually the town's de­light,
but on Monday they fol­lowed
the mules.
After the parading animals fin­ally
pass, judging and trading be­gin.
Nothing can equal an after­noon
among these traders, and
it is easily understood why this
day is called "the largest street
mule-market in the world."
In the evening there is a dance
in which the townspeople swing
out in the local version of the
"mule trot," originated by Van
Shapard, an ex-Auburn student.
And then there is the -grand
march—it Is led by a mule.
NOTICE
Those heads of student organi­zations
who have been working
with Dr. Duncan will meet in his
office tomorrow afternoon at 5
o'clock. Important.
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"South Is Awakening," Says
Dr. Hugh B. Wood in Speech
Reconstruction did not take
place in the South after the Civil
War, but is taking place now, Dr.
Hugh B. Wood of the School of
Education, told a meeting of Phi
Delta Kappa in Montgomery last
week.
"The South is awakening—it is
already awake and alive not only
to, its many problems but to its
potentialities as well," said the
speaker.
"It becomes apparent that the
real problem of the South is the
development and utilization of its
human resources. The salvation of
the South lies in the education of
her people."
Title of Dr. Wood's address was
"The Responsibility of Education­al
Leadership in Southern Prog­ress."
In his discussion the Auburn
professor stressed the role of the
teacher and school administrator
in planning Southern progress.
The teacher, according to Dr.
Wood, must actively participate in
formation of Southern policies and
must guarantee to the state an
educational system that will train
young people in the art of social
thinking.
Broadcast Given During
FDR's Visit to Auburn
Immediately before and after
the speech of President Roosevelt
last Thursday, station WAPI
broadcast a short program from
the drill field.
The numbers played by the Au­burn
Band, which entertained the
crowd until the arrival of the
chief executive, included "Glory,
Glory to Old Auburn," March
Gloria," "Lights Out March," and
the Auburn Alma Mater.
Speakers on the program includ­ed
the cadet brigade staff, Col.
Julian Fowler, Capt. Sam Teague,
Major Phillip Smith, Lt. Col. Tom
McCabe, and Bugler Mitchell Wad-kins.
.
Administrative officials speak­ing
were Executive Secretary R.
B. Draughon, Who spoke for Pres­ident
Duncan, Extension Service
Director P. O. Davis, who sum­marized
briefly the speech of the
President. *
Announcers were Harwood Hull
and Maury Farrell. Lionel Bax­ter,
WAPI announcer, read a copy
of the President's speech.
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'Jesse James' to Be
At Tiger Again
The most romantic outlaw in
the history of America, the des­perado
whose daring colored a
whole era and endowed it with
the title of the "Serious Seven­ties"—
the man who invented bank
holdups and introduced train
robberies—has been brought to
the screen at last in Darryl F.
Zanuck's production, "Jesse
James," the 20th Century-Fox
Technicolor epic, starring Tyrone
Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kel­ly,
and Randolph Scott, which
open at the Tiger Theater on Wed­nesday.
Henry King, the distinguished
director of such Zanuck hits as
"Lloyds of London," "In Old Chi­cago,"
and "Alexander's Rag­time
Band," was entrusted with
the megaphone, and made a trip
into the Ozark region to select ac­tual
locales. The little town of
Pineville, Missouri, was finally
chosen, and it was here that a vast
company, including, besides Pow­er,
Fonda, Miss Kelly, and Scott,
Henry Hull, Slim Summerville, J.
Edward Bromberg, Brian Don-levy,
John Carradine, Donald
Meek, John Russell, and Jane Dar-well,
travelled to shoot this grip­ping
photoplay.
"Jesse James" opens with the
introduction of the "Iron Horse"
in its journey through the old
West, cutting ruthlessly across the
farms of the simple, hardy pio­neers.
It shows how Jesse James and
his equally notorious brother,
Frank (Henry Fonda), began their
career of crime as a direct result
of the murder of their mother by
an .unscrupulous hireling of the
St. Louis Midland railroad, in the
person of one Barshee, played by
Brian Donlevy.
Jesse shoots Barshee and swears
to avenge his mother's death. A
murderer with an ever-increasing
price on his head, he goes from
raid to raid..
Love comes to Jesse in the per­son
of Zerelda, better known as
Zee, played by Nancy Kelly, a
gently nurtured girl who gave up
a life of ease to share the wild,
reckless life of this hunted out­law
as his wife, and to bear his
son alone in the hills.
When Zee finally leaves him,
Jesee becomes a cold and ruthless
desperado, and the film follows
his reckless deeds across five
states, climaxing in his betrayal
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Colombia, A Land of Extremes—Her
Climate, Her People, Her Resources
By G. V. Stelzenmuller Jr.
Today the whole world looks
to South America for trade, for she
is an enormous country of rich
and undeveloped resources. And
she shows excellence in many oth­er
points besides, such as a wide-range
climate, historic interest,
and scenic beauty—these for the
traveler. Colombia, northernmost
of the South American republics,
possesses her full share of these
characteristics, with most of them
advantageously accentuated; for
Colombia is a country of ex­tremes.
Here the tourist or the perma­nent
resident may without trou­ble
find a satisfactory climate, for
the temperature in Colombia
ranges from around a hundred de­grees
in the plains regions, to very
low readings in the regions of per­petual
snow; any of these various
sections are considered to be very
healthful. On the whole, rainfall
is heavy, but this, too, varies with
the locality; anything from per­manently
dry areas in the moun­tains
to almost permanently wet
areas on the west coast, may be
found. The most moderate cli­mate
is in the highland plateau
sections, such as that where Bo­gota,
the capital, is situated. In
Bogota the mean temperature is
just under 60 degrees and the
rainfall is 43 inches; the altitude
is 8,600 feet.
Although natural resources are
incompletely developed, Colom­bia
even now ranks high in eco­nomic
importance, being unusual­ly
rich in minerals. Gold is found
in all sections, and silver, copper,
mercury, and coal are mined in
abundance. The well-known Muzo
emerald mines near Boyaca pro­duce
all the emerald supply of the
world. In Colombia also is one of
the world's richest platinum de­posits,
equaling that of Russia.
Panama Hat Production
These rich resources lead to im­portant
industries. One is the Pan­ama
hat production, which sup­plies
most of its output to United
States consumption; also, there
are a number of manufacturing
plants producing textiles, shoes,
flour, tobacco, bananas, rubber,
medicinal plants, vegetables, and
Wheat. An important factor in the
wealth of the country is the tim­ber
industry, fine balsam, cedar,
and hardwoods being produced;
many cattle are raised on the
plains of eastern Colombia.
Until recently, connection be­tween
the rich populated regions
and the coast was difficult, due
to transportation problems caus­ed
by the extremes in climate and
topography. The pack mule was
practically the only means of
travel between the river outlets
and the populated cities, and still
is used to a great extent. High­way
and railroad mileage is stead­ily
increasing, though, and now
the inland sections are reached in
a few hours by air. Many miles of
telegraph lines and several radio
stations are maintained by the
government for communication
purposes. This problem of trans­portation
and communication has
prevented the free intercourse
that could have been otherwise
had, and for this reason the char­acteristic
customs of the original
settlers have been preserved to a
greater degree than is true in
some countries. The Spandiards
originally ruled Colombia, in the
16th century, but she won. her in­dependence
in 1819 in the revolt
led by Simon Bolivar. Panama
was at that time one of the states
of Colombia but she broke away
in 1903 by revolt; she was recog­nized
by the United States who
later acquired the Canal Zone
rights there, and as compensation
for the loss of Panama, the Unit­ed
States in 1921 agreed to pay
Colombia 25 million dollars.
Copyright 1939, UBOSTT & MYMI TOMCCB C*
and death at the hands of Bob
Ford, the "dirty little coward'' of
song and story, who sold him out
to the law.
Perhaps the best picture of this
good bad man is contained in the
words of the mayor of his home
town of Sedalia, uttered months
after Jesse James had died in the
arms of his beloved bride.
The occasion was the dedication
•of an obelisk on the old James
farm.
"Jesse was an outlaw, a bandit,
a criminal," said the mayor, "but
we aren't ashamed of him. Maybe
it's because we understand a lit­tle
that he wasn't to blame for
what his times made him. All I
know is, he was the doggonedest,
dadblamedest buckaroo that ever
rode across the United States of
America."
Beech-Nut Circus to Be in
Auburn Tomorrow
The famous Beech-Nut Circus
will be in Auburn tomorrow,
April 5, John Godbold, local
Beech-Nut representative, said to­day.
The Circus is one of several
which are traveling over the
United States. It consists of an at­tractive
and complete model cir­cus
on a truck, miniature in size
and operated mechanically.
The Beech-Nut Circuses have
appeared all over the United
States and have aroused favorable
comment everywhere.
The Circus will probably appear
up-town and around the campus
where students and townspeople
are invited to visit it.
The Circus is sponsored by the
Beech-Nut Packing Company of
Canajoharie, N. Y.
Auburn Is Honored by First
Presidential Visit in History
For the first time in its history
Auburn played host to a president
of the United States last Thurs­day.
When President Roosevelt stop­ped
off for an official visit to the
college, it was a great day for the
entire community.
Teddy Roosevelt, an ex-presi­dent
at the time, made a cam­paign
speech in Auburn in 1912
during his race against Woodrow
Wilson and William Howard Taft.
He spoke from the back end of
his train as it paused in the local
railway station.
Even earlier, in 1861, Jefferson;
Davis, on his way to Montgom­ery
to be inaugurated as President
of the Confederacy, made a brief
stop at Auburn and reviewed the
National Guards.
The only vice president ever to
come to Auburn was Vice Presi­dent
Tom Marshall who served
during Woodrow Wilson's first ad­ministration.
Marshall made a
speech in Langdon Hall.
Auburn Has Delegates at
Human Relations Congress
Three Auburn students attend­ed
the American Congress of Hu­man
Relations last week in Baton
Rouge, La., of which 13 schools
were represented and 42 members
present.
Problems of Southern youth are
discussed at the sessions each year
and this year the theme was "The
South, Nation's Economic Prob­lem
Number rl."
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