1938-02-02 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly
Wednesday THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Everybody Get A
New Start
VOL. LXI Z-I
Ten Ag Seniors
Selected For
Honor Frat
Gamma Sigma Delta, national
agriculture fraternity, recently
elected ten senior members to the
local chapter of the fraternity at
a meeting in Comer Hall.
Arron Baxter, Vinegar Bend; Ro­bert
M. Cargile, Covin; N. R.
Crawford, a member of the Alpha
Gamma Rho fraternity, of Marion;
C. L. Edwards, member of the
Theta Kappa Nu social fraternity
from Sprott; M. H. Huggins, an
Alpha Gammo Rho from McKen-zie;
C. T. Wilson, Vina; J. N. Cam-mack,
Camden; E. S. Collier, Titus;
Wilbur Donaldson, Elba; M. E.
Holt, Bankston; and Patrick H.
Smith, Slocomb, are the new mem­bers.
They are all seniors in Agri­culture.
The members of the fraternity
are selected on basis of scholar­ship,
leadership, and student activ­ities.
Only faculty members, grad­uate
students and seniors in ag
science, ag education, and agri­culture
who are sure of graduat­ing
are eligible for membership in
the organization.
Only students in the upper
twenty-five per cent of the senior
class are considered for the fra­ternity,
and not more than fifteen
per cent are elected.
The fraternity is a national hon­or
society for Agriculture students
in land grant colleges and chapters
of the fraternity are located in
these institutions throughout the
country.
The officers of the fraternity
on this campus are E. L. Mayton,
president; W. H. Weidenbach, vice
president; and Dr. F. S. Arant, se­cretary-
treasurer.
Tryouts For Debut
Parts Scheduled
Auburn students interested in
dramatics will be offered the op­portunity
Thursday night to ap­pear
in an American premier
showing of the drama "The For­est",
written by the renowned
English writer, John Galsworthy,
and produced heretofore only on
the Continent.
This drama, whose scenes are
laid in London and the heart of
the Congo district in Central Af­rica,
calls for seventeen male
speaking parts, one female part,
and numerous other walk-on parts.
Therefore, since it contains more
roles than any production of the
past few years, more applicants
for the roles will be needed.
Try-outs for the parts will be
held in the Y-Hut next to Smith
Hall tomorrow night at 7:00; how­ever,
the award of roles will be
held open till after 8:00 in order
to give the students taking Cur­rent
Events an opportunity to par­ticipate
in the competition.
Director Telfair B. Peet urges
all who are interested to turn out
tomorrow night so that the judges
will have a wide range of actors
to choose from and thereby be
able to better cast the play. Every­one
is entitled to try out for as
many parts as he desires and will
be judged upon his ability to ful­fill
the part. New-comers to the
campus are especially urged to be
present.
NOTICE
On several recent occasions cars
have been driven in circles and
figures of eight about Bullard
Field. When the turf is soft, this
results in considerable damage,
was the announcement Col. F. C
Wallace, local commandant of the
R. O. T. C. said.
The cooperation of everyone is
earnestly requested in stopping
this practice and in assisting in
the maintaining of the field in
proper condition. This can be done
best by keeping off the field in
damp weather and refraining
from driving cars on it at any
time.
Col. F. C. Wallace.
AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1938. NUMBER 35
Auburn Tigers Take Two Decisions From
Oglethorpe Petrels On Hardwood
How did your grades look after
they got through taking off the 2
point deduction?
The Auburn Tigers nosed out
the Oglethorpe Petrels, 46-43, in
the first of a two-game series at
Auburn Friday night in the Alum­ni
gymnasium, but in the second
game on Saturday night the
Plainsmen rolled up a 49-14 score
to sweep the set of tilts.
In the first game on Friday
night the Bengals first team ran
up a big score early in the second
half, then gave way to the second
and third stringers, but the first
five had to rush back into the
fray in the closing minutes to
snatch a win from the hard fight­ing
Petrels.
After seven minutes of play
Oglethorpe was out in front by
the slim margin of 7-6, but the
Tigers evened things up at the
half at 13 all. In the second half
Auburn, led by Crawford Holmes,
went on a scoring spree which
gave them a 14 point lead. At this
stage of the contest Coach Ralph
Jordan inserted his reserves, who
held their own for a while, until
the shooting of Lefty Archer
brought the regulars back into
the fray.
Holmes registered 16 markers
to lead the Tigers scoring thrust,
while Malvern Morgan, Capt. Rex
McKissick and Ray Gibson rang
up eight points apiece. Archer's
24 points were tops for the Petrels,
as the big center tossed them in
from every angle.
The second contest found the
Plainsmen taking the Petrels into
stride by a count of 49-14 in an
uninteresting affair.
The Bengals took an early lead
which they never relinquished and
were never headed thereafter.
Oglethorpe scored but four points
in the last half, so closely were
they guarded by the Plainsmen.
Malvern Morgan, forward, and
Tommie Edwards, shared scoring
honors for Auburn, each finding
the hoop for 12 points. Archer
again led the Petrels with six
markers.
Box Score of First Game
Auburn G F TP
Morgan, f . . . <--. . . 4 0 8
Holmes, f 7 2 16
Edwards, c . . 3 0 6
McKissick, g 4 0 8
Gibson, g 2 4 8
Streeltman, f 0 0 0
Dickinson, f 0 0 0
Wallace, f 0 0 0
Dudley, f 0 0 0
Childers, c 0 0 0
Gossett, g 0 0 0
Pappas, g 0 0 0
Huff, g 0 0 0
Martin, g ..0 0 0
Oglethorpe G F TP
Vassey, f 0 1 1
Stewart, f 5 0 10
Archer, c 11 2 24
Folkner, g 10 2
King, g 0 1 1
Russell, f 0 1 1
Chasney, f 2 0 4
Box Score of Second Game
Auburn G F TP
Morgan, f 6 0 12
Dickinson, f 2 0 4
Holmes, f 5 0 10
Streetman, f 0 1 1
Edwards, c 6 0 12
Gibson, g 2 2 6
Pappas, g 0 0 0
McKissick, g . . . . . . . 1 2 4
Oglethorpe G F TP
Vassey, f 0 1 1
Chesney, f 10 2
Russell, f 0 0 0
Stewart, f 11 3
Archer, c 3 0 6
McCullough, g 0 0 0
C. King, g 0 0 0
Fortner, g 0 0 0
L. King, g 10 2
Editorial Staff Be Reorganized Soon;
Circulation Complaints Requested
The editorial department of the
Plainsman will be completely re­organized.
A meeting of that de­partment
is to be held Thursday
night, 7:00 p. m. at the paper's
office. It is important that all
members of the staff who plan to
continue their work upon paper
to be there. A new mast-head will
be published in the first issue next
week. Among the things to be tak­en
up at the meeting, there will
be included the assigning of re­porters
to definite beats, assign­ment
of writers to definite re­sponsible
positions, a general dis­cussion
of the paper's policy and
plans for the semester, and the
determining of what talents are
present among the staff members
and a discussion of steps that
might lead to improvement.
It is important that everyone
who plans to work upon the
Plainsman during this semester to
be at the meeting. This one will
be the beginning of a series of
meetings designed to add stimu­lation
to the work upon the pap­er.
The complaints are still coming
in concerning the circulation of
the Plainsman. All students are
asked to cooperate in helping, the
Business Manager determine the
steps that should be done to make
the distribution of copies more ef­ficient.
Students have been asked to
come by the office and leave a
complaint if they have not been
receiving any or enough copies of
the Plainsman. The complaint box
may be found on the window sill
inside the paper's offices. If it
is not convenient to come by the
office, it is requested that the
complaint be telephoned to the
office on Tuesday and Thursday
mornings. In writing or telephon­ing
the complaints, the student
should be careful to include the
street address, number of stu­dents
staying in the house, and
the number of papers which have
been being left.
It is possible that the total cir­culation
number will be increased
if the survey which is in progress
at the present points out to the
necessity of such action.
Dean Judd To Leave
For Nashville
Dr. Zebulon Judd, dean of the
School of Education, will leave
Friday for Nashville to attend the
inauguration of pr. Oliver C. Car-michael
as third Chancellor of
Vanderbilt University. Dr. Judd
is representing Auburn at the in­auguration.
The inauguration of Dr. Car-michael
will take place at the
War Memorial Building at ten
thirty Saturday morning.
Dr. Judd will also attend the in­auguration
of Dr. S. C. Garrison
as president of George Peabody
College for Teachers, on Friday
morning at ten o'clock at the Al­umni
Memorial Hall in Nashville.
Dean Judd will also attend the
conference of Symposium on High­er
Education in the South on Feb­ruary
3, 4, and 5. Dr. W. S. Leath­er,
dean of the Medical School of
Independent Basketball To
Start On February 8
Independent basketball will start
on February 8, Prof. E. B. Smith,
director of the Intermural Sports
department said today.
Classes, rooming and boarding
houses, clubs, and individuals may
form teams and enter the tourn­aments.
Non-fraternity men are
eligible for entering.
Arrangements for playing can
be made at the Intermural office.
Vanderbilt will lead the medical
conference; Chief Justice Crafton
Green of the Tennessee Supreme
Court, will lead the legal section;
Dr. Roger T. Noe, Nashville min­ister
will lead the Theological sec­tion;
and Dr. S. B. Earl, dean of
Engineering at Clemson, will lead
the conference on Engineering. The
graduate conference of which Dr.
Judd will attend will be lead by
president Rufus Harris of Tulane
University.
Prof. Charles Dilley
Delivers Speech
To Society
Subject Of Speech Is Trust
Busting; Full Discussion Of
Subject Is Given
"If we are to stress equality in
America's maxim of liberty and
equality, it is inevitable that we
will resort to social control," said
Prof. Charles A. Dilley in an ad­dress
last night before members
of Delta Sigma Pi.
Mr. Dilley went on to say that
the only way to "bust trusts" is
to break them into disintegrate
branches, which would tend to
make industrial forces less co­herent,
consequently, less effici­ent.
His speech was a discourse
on social control of industry in
this country, and he implied that
the only means of prying into
big business and the existing na­tional
monopolies is through the
advent of social control—more
government regulation.
"Liberty and equality have nev­er
gotten along, and when we em­phasize
the one, we hamper the
other," he said, "and we must
resign ourselves to less liberty
if we are to work toward more
equality—which we would be do­ing
in reality when we crack down
on big business."
Last night's meeting was the
first of a series of professional
meetings that will feature dis­tinguished
speakers who will speak
on topics of current interest in
the business world.
Mr. Dilley received a fine ap­plause
at the end of his speech and
was invited to return at an early
date. He was introduced and ex­tended
post-speech compliments
by George Perry, President of
Delta Sigma Pi.
The next professional meeting
of the business fraternity will be
Tuesday, Feb. 15, at which time
John M. Ward, manager of the
Alabama State Chamber of Com­merce,
will be heard.
These professional meetings are
open to the public and visitors
are welcome. The meetings are
held on the 3rd floor of Brown
Hall.
Jaycees At Dothan
Honor Coaches
The Junior Chamber of Com­merce
of Dothan honored Coach
Jack Meagher and the entire Au­burn
coaching staff at a dinner
last night at eight o'clock at the
Houston Hotel. This information
was released from the office of
Porter - Grant, Alumni secretary,
this morning.
Pictures of the Auburn-Michi­gan
State game were shown to
one hundred fifty Auburn alum­ni
who attended the dinner. All
alumni were invited to attend the
dinner. Other scenes from foot­ball
games were shown to the
group.
Coach Jack Meagher was the
principal speaker at the meeting.
His address was made on a subject
that concerned sports at Auburn
and especially the football teams
of the school. Short speeches were
made by members of the coach­ing
staff. The toastmaster was
R. E. Spann, president of the Do­than
Alumni Association, who
graduated from Auburn in 1928.
Porter Grant, Alumni secretary,
and the Auburn coaching staff
accompanied the Head Coach to
Dothan yesterday for the banquet.
A. S. C. E. Elects Offi
For Second Semester
At a meeting of the Auburn
Student Chapter of the American
Society of Civil Engineers last
Monday night the following of­ficers
were elected to serve for
the coming semester: W. B. Stelz.
enmuller, president; J. W. Cun
ningham, vice-president; J. G.
Brown, secretary, and T. F. Karg,
treasurer.
The A. S. C. E. is a national
society composed wholly of Civil
Engineers and students of Civil
Engineering, its purpose tying
mainly to form a stronger bond
of relation within the profession.
Kappa Delta Holds First Place Honors
In Women's Intermurals For Semester
Kappa Delta sorority, with 168
points, finished in first place in
women's intermurals for the first
semester. Phi Omega Pi was sec­ond
with 143; Chi Omega, third
with 135; School of Science and
Literature, fourth with 127; Home
Economics Club, fifth with 120; F.
H. A., sixth with 111; Smith Hall,
seventh with 103; and Theta Up-silon,
eighth with 95 points.
The program of women's inter­murals
included competitions in
volleyball, twenty-one, and bad­minton.
Co-ed organizations show­ed
a revived interest in these ac­tivities,
and competition among
the groups was stronger than it
has been in several years.
The program for the second se­mester
has just been completed
and it affords women students di­versified
sports wide enough in
range to reach nearly every one's
interests. Hiking, archery, speed-ball,
shuffleboard, tennis and danc­ing
have been added to provide
co-eds with a varied program of
recreation.
Basketball is the first activity of
the second semester. Practice will
begin tomorrow and actual games
will follow in a couple of weeks.
Regular hours have been set for
some of the other sports. The
dance club is to meet every Wed­nesday
evening at 5 o'clock. Bad­minton
and tennis groups will
meet in the Women's gym each
Saturday at 1 o'clock, beginning
Feb. 12. Archery enthusiasts will
convene at the ranges on Thurs­days
at 4 o'clock. Speedball and
shuffleboard may be played when­ever
arranged by the students.
The social dance class will con­tinue
meeting in the Recreation
Hall on Tuesday at 7 and Thurs­day
at 7:30 o'clock. Only those
students having admittance cards
will be permitted to attend these
dance sessions. Cards may be ob­tained
from the Physical Educa­tion
office in room 210, Samford
Hall.
Those who care for tap danc­ing
may satisfy their longing to
learn to tap by attending a recre­ational
tap dancing class, open to
men and women, the hours of
which are to be announced. Be-instruction
this class will be limit-cause
of the necessity of personal
ed to 40 students. Students desir­ing
to enter class must sign in
the Physical Education Office any­time
before this coming Saturday
noon.
The program for the coming se­mester
includes many recreational
diversions, and anyone who cares
to participate in these activities
is ivited to go by the Physical
Education Office for further in­formation.
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston Makes
Four Addresses This Week
Four addresses will be delivered
this week by Dr. Rosa Lee Wal­ston,
academic adviser of women
at the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
This afternoon she reviewed A.
J. Cronin's novel, "The Citadel,"
before the Mentor Club in Opelika.
On Thursday morning she will
address high school students at
Anniston, using as her subject,
"Education for Southern Needs."
On Thursday afternoon she will
talk to the Parent-Teachers As­sociation
at Valley Head on
"World Peace," and Friday after­noon
she is to be the principal
speaker at the Tuskegee Study
Club where she will discuss con­temporary
American poetry.
Lovable Characters, Doggerel, Nonsense,
Wit Were Created By Late Don Marquis
By EDWIN GODBOLD
Much has been written in many
American newspaper on the recent
death of Don Marquis, the creator
of Mehitabel, the mythical cat,
and Archy, the philosophic cock­roach.
Many newspapers have quoted
bits of the work of Marquis in
their columns. But no one, it seems
has remembered a few years ago
Marquis wrote his own epitaph
and had it published, along with
more self-written ones by other
writers, in Vanity Fair magazine.
That of Marquis was as follows:
I Am Not Here! Nor Life Nor
Death Might Bind The Scorn­ful
Pinions of My Laughing
Mind!
Surely, that is appropriate for
him. As long as books are printed
and men read, the gay and nimble
mind of Marquis will never be
bound.
Though Mehitabel has finished
her wanderings and Archy has
climbed upon the typewriter keys
for the last time, Marquis is not
forgotten. Readers still revel in the
gay company of Archy, the "free
verse cockroach," who wrote his
contributions by butting the type­writer
keys with his head, and
hence could not work the shift
key and capitalize.
Back on New Year's night, 1917,
Archy wrote the following com­munication
to his boss:
boss you oughta been
here last night we
had a ball on
top of your desk in honor
of your getting it cleaned
for 1917 three
cockroaches a katydid
two spiders and a Peruvian
flea that came
in with the decayed gentleman
who tried to sell
you his autobiography in
poetical form the
other day and compromised by
borrowing a dime finally
a thousand legs came along
and made a hit by
dancing a dozen different
dances all at once each
pair of legs keeping step to a
different tune what we
need here worst of
all is two or three crickets
for an orchestra i
am inventing a new
step called the cockroach
glide
archy
Besides creating such pictures­que
characters as Archy and Me­hitabel,
Marquis wrote some grand
doggerel, such as this selection
from his piece entitled "Fishing
stories: "
Noah an' Jonah an' Cap'n John
Smith,
Mariners, travelers, magazines
of myth,
Settin' up in Heaven, chewin'
and a-chawin,'
Eatin' their terbaccy, talkin' and
a-jawin';
Settin' by a crick, spittin' in the
worter,
Talkin' tall an' tactless, as saints
hadn't orter,
Lollin' in the shade, baitin'
hooks and anglin',
Occasionally friendly, occasion­ally
wranglin.'
Noah took his halo from his bald
head
An' swatted of a hoppergrass
an' knocked it dead,
An' he baited of his hook, an'
he spoke an' said:
"When I was Skipper on the
tight lettle Ark
I uster fish fer porpus, uster fish
for shark.
Often I have ketched in a single
hour on Monday
Sharks enough to feed the fam-bly
till Sunday—
To feed all the sarpints, the
tigers an' monkeys,
To feed all the varmints, bears
and gorillas,
To feed all the camels, cats an'
armadillers,
To give all the pelicans stews
for their gizzards,
To feed all the humans, their
babies an' their nusses,
To feed all the noun' dawgs an'
hippopotamusses,
To feed all the oxens, to feed
all the asses,
Fed all the bison an' lettle
. hoppergrasses—
Always I ketched, in half a hour
on Monday
All that the fambly could gor­mandize
till Sunday."
(Continued On Page Four)
Social Calendar
For Semester
Open One Day
George Hairston, President of
the Interfraternity Council, an­nounced
today that the social cal­endar
for the second semester will
be opened tomorrow, February 3
at one o'clock in the Recreation
Hall.
All organizations desiring a
dance date for any time during
the second semester must be pre­sent
at that time to make said re­servation.
When the calendar is
closed Thursday afternoon it will
not be reopened at any time dur­ing
the second semester.
Contrary to the old way of se­curing
a date for a dance by the
idea of "first come, first served",
this time the proceedure will be
somewhat different in that each
representative will draw a numb­er
for his place in sequence of
selection. Using this method it is
absolutely necessary for every one
to be there on time.
Hairston said that any organi­zation
on the campus is entitled
to a dance with the approval of
the Social Director, Miss Dobbs.
At the same time Thursday all
Tea Dance dates must be signed,
too. Reservations can be made at
the Recreation Hall for the W. P.
A. Hall and the Recreation Hall
and both the orchestras, the Au­burn
Knights or the Auburn Cav­aliers.
Bob Duncan will be pre­sent,
representing the W. P. A.
Hall, Mrs. Jolly representing the
Recreation Hall, Jimmy Hooper
representing the Auburn Cavaliers
and Frank Speight representing
the Auburn Knights.
With the approval of Miss Dobbs
the following dance dates have
been reserved:
"A" Club dances: February 19,
"A" Day March 23, April 16, May
7, May 21.
March 11 — Military Mall.
March 12 — Honor Society Ball.
March 19 — Engineer's Ball.
March 25 — Interfraternity
Council Ball.
March 26 — Beaux Arts Ball.
April 15 — Cotton Ball.
April 16 — Chemical Ball.
April 29 — Pan Hellenic Coun­cil
Ball.
Aero Contest Is
Postponed
In order to prevent a conflict
with the events of "A" day the
Auburn Aero Club has moved the
date of their flying meet back
one week. The event will be held
at the local airport the first Sat­urday
after "A" day. A tentative
schedule of events has been work­ed
out and will consist of a 360
degree, and a 180 degree turn from
a thousand feet to a spot, one spot
landing to a mark, and a bomb
dropping to a fifty foot circle from
500 feet. The competing pilots
will be judged on the accuracy
of their flying in each event. The
pilot scoring the highest possible
number of points will be awarded
the trophy.
The trophy which has already
been purchased will be displayed
in some uptown store window in
the near future. Any student who
has flown with the club is eligible
to enter the event. The clubs' in­structors
however, will be barred
from the competition. A large
number of pilots have already an­nounced
their intentions of com­peting
and a full list of those en­tering
will be published at an
early date.
The club now numbers forty
active members and is one of the
largest collegiate flying clubs in
the country. A feature story on
the club will appear in the Sunday
edition of the Birmingham News
in the near future together with a
rotogravure photo of the clubs
members. >
NOTICE
There will be a meeting of the
members of last year's rifle team
at 5 p. m. Thursday, February 3,
at the rifle range in the Textile
Building. All members are ex­pected
to be prompt.
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The Auburn Plainsman
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EDITORIAL STAFF
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Foster.
News Editor: J. H. Wheeler.
Sports Editor: Bill Troup.
Society Editor: Eleanor Scott.
Feature Editor: Joan Metzger.
Cartoonist: Wilbur Bagby.
Special Writers: Jack Steppe, John Godbold,
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Reporters: Pete Snyder, Mitchell Wadkins, Ed
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Digest.
Play Ball In Dothan
"For I h e a r d t h em say let us go to Do­t
h a n " to t h e Auburn-Florida football game
next year is a byword adopted by t h e Jun­ior
Chamber of Commerce of that city.
The city has been working upon the pro­ject
since last year. They failed last year,
but they are still at work on t h e idea. And
if possible, t h e y intend to get t h e game for
t h e next year.
The Dothan Junior Chamber of Com­merce
believes that for every reason this
game should be played in their city. They
show evidence that Dothan is certainly a
PRO-AUBURN town. A large number of
t h e school's student body is drawn from
t h a t section each year, hence the natural
support of the school each year. Several
of Auburn's best athletes have come from
t h a t section.
They further add that Dothan would
serve as a good mid-way station between
Auburn and the University of Florida,
much better than Montgomery. Their sta­d
i um will accomodate thirty thousand
people easily, so they could provide seat­ing
facilities for the crowd expected to
attend. And though Dothan has only three
hotels of any size, the townspeople have
voiced their support in providing over­night
accomodations for people who wish­ed
to stay in town. If the visitors did not
wish to stay overnight, they point out that
. p a v e d highways lead out in every direction
which would enable visitors to enter or
leave the town without any danger of be­ing
stranded over night or without any
discomfort whatever.
,. • Dothan is the "hub of the Wiregrass"
and the town believes that it would prove
profitable to have the next year's Auburn-
F l o r i d a tilt in their town. They intend to
e x e r t further efforts towards the ascer­t
a i n i n g of this project.
Mid-Term's Win Over
The Mid-Term dances proved a definite
success. And they were a success in more
t h a n t h e fact that everybody enjoyed them
and that the Social Committee was able
to realize a fair profit. They definitely
proved that such a set of social activities
could be held without a set of governing
r u l e s which were so antiquated and pur­itanical
that they stooped. A set of sensible
r u l e s were in force but they were of such
a n a t u r e that no one found them too ex­acting
for obedance.
Miss Zoe Dobbs said a long time ago
t h a t she k n ew t h e old r u l e s w e r e not of the
right content for present day use at Au­burn,
or. at any other school as for the
m a t t e r goes. They were not designed for
intelligent people of the present day. A
revision was secured, they were put into
effect, and they proved a great success.
She is proud of t h e action and the people
who were involved in the working of the
rules.
Much of t h e success of t h e conduct might
be due to t h e fine working of t h e coopera­tion
of the "A" Club, t h e Social Commit­tee,
and the Social Directors. Of course,
t h e y could h a r d l y be considered as active
disciplinary forces which directed t h e ac­tion
of those people who a t t e n d e d the dan­ces,
but they did serve mightily as well-adjusted
administrators. It seems a fair
contention that the a t t e n d a n t s to t h e dan­ces
have had a helping to their morale,
t h e i r standards of social conduct, and their
appreciation of worthwhile events. It may
be expected t h a t intelligent humanity will
respond to considerate t r e a t m e n t , whereas
t h e y will probably rebell against that
which is unconsiderate. We salute this one
revision of rules as one of the most pro­nounced
steps which led to immediate suc­cess
as has been taken by any of the ad­m
i n i s t r a t i o n of Auburn. They were smart
to do it. A comment on the side would
suffice it to say that such similar judge­ment
would embellish the returns to a
much fatter degree on other projects.
I n way of pinning laurels where they
belong, t h e Social Committee admits that
i t owes much to Kirtley Brown for his
work in the Publicity Office for the suc­cess
of the dances. And last but not least
(this t r i t e t e rm could not be replaced by
a better one), those people who attended
t h e dances should be commended upon the
way they conducted themselves.
I t was a business proposition with the
Social Committtee. They made a success
of it, too. And they ought to feel better
about it than we do, so they can thank
t h e i r own enterprise.
Interfrat Athletics
We should like to see i n t e r f r a t e r n i t y ath­letics
at Auburn revolutionized. The sys­tem,
as it is now, is but a mass of con­flicts
and postponements. The trouble may
not be laid to the athletic committee for
t h e y are doing the best they can, but it
may be directed toward the actual sys­tem.
Football is played at a time when foot­ball
fields are in use every afternoon ex­cept
on t h e weekends and usually a week­end
game between two fraternities is not
convenient. F r a t e r n i t i e s are forced to play
basketball games late at night after the
v a r s i t y and freshmen complete their
work. The i n t e r f r a t e r n i t y system conflicts
with the school system and it is t h e former
that suffers.
The best thing that could be done is
for the fraternities to play a sport that is
not being played by the school at that
time. For instance, basketball should be
r u n off in the fall while the school team
is playing football and the gym is avail­able
every afternoon and night. Football
should be run off during basketball sea­son
when the football fields are available.
These are the two sports that are the
trouble makers and no material change
need be made in the other sports.
By making these changes the interfra­t
e r n i t y contests could be run off before
t h e members of the teams lost interest
because of the length of the season and
t h e postponement of games. It would not
t a k e long for students to get used to out-of-
season games and the improvement of
t h e system would be t h e reward.
Talk About The Town
"The idea of a liberal a r t s c u r r i c u l um is
t h a t a man should sample all t h r e e fields
of knowing, n a t u r a l sciences, social sciences
and the humanities. I am arguing for an
i n t e g r a t e d man." Pres. Harold W. Dodds of
Princeton, takes a stand v i r t u a l l y in op­position
to social science specialization,
fundamental precept of Princeton's School
of Public and International Affairs.
"I wonder if t h e teachers of speech might
not on occasion be more helpful if they
taught silence." Dr. Robert D. Leigh, head
of Bennington College recommends t h e end
of large mass gatherings, public speaking
and oratorical spellbinding in favor of
small groups of less t h a n 8 or 10 persons.
Such speaking as is found, for example on
t h e floor of congress is a mere projection
of emotion, he believes. And he thinks it
is time we stopped t r a i n i n g orators.
Well exams and the jooks are over and
from what we have gathered, the first was
no better than ever and the latter were at
least as good as they always have been. Os­borne's
music seemed to have made a particu­lar
hit but we heard it commented that the
crowd was not quite as jovial as they have
been in the past. Perhaps it was the cold
weather!
"Stooge" Workman has busted into the
big time. Maybe riot exactly the big time
but his story in the Birmingham News on
Sunday rated him a ten spot and that's not
so little. We don't believe that the story was
quite as good as he can write but it was an
interesting bit of fiction. And while we are
at it we might mention that the Plainsman
writing contest is still staggering along and
there is still plenty of time for any of you
budding authors or poets to enter your mas­terpieces.
Snake-bit—being Pi Kappa Phi Jack Rob­erts
who was the victim of a brother's house-
Sixteen Ems
BT SPACER OUTER
Things happened and that is what one
would expect to happen when somebody does
something that would make things happen
and here is what happened when
Duncan Devised Dances
The singer, Janice Todd, was so intrigued
with the Auburn manner of jooking that she
took lessons after the last dance
Somebody went up to Will Osborne to re­quest
a number and said, "Give me my beer,
Mr. Shane."
Somebody else said, "Play, my dear Mr.
Sheen." Will said, "I'm not your dear and
my name is Osborne."
Only one lad passed out at the dances. He
chose the band stand to stage his flight to
the arms of Morpheus.
Quoting somebody, "Everybody was cer­tainly
set on ready."
Billy Roberts and Pugs Williams relieved
Osborne when he tired of swinging the baton.
All in all, it was a nice sober set of dances
that was enjoyed by a number of people.
Everybody had a date. In fact there were
so many people there with dates that there
were hardly any stags.
Somebody started a game of shove-up over
in one corner but when somebody got back
with the whistle they were all so tired that
they sat down to hear all that novelty stuff
over again.
Leaving the dances we will now turn to a
new feature of this department, a continued
piece of cereal (which reminds us that we
haven't had any breakfast yet). We have
chosen that rare old poem of Robert W.
Service,
The Shooting Of Dan McGrew
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up
in the Malamute Saloon,
The kid on the music box was hitting a
jag-time tune.
Back of the bar in a solo game sat
Dangerous Dan McGrew
And watching his luck was his light 'o love,
A lady that's known as Lou.
(Con't. in the next issue)
This poem is not cereal. It is for immediate
consumption.
Alas, My Love
No bees,
No flowers,
No leaves,
November.
A new member of the Spacer Outer Club
sends in a seasonal poem. The new member
is Bob Smith of Burton's Bookstore.
•I'm feeling bad,
My stomach aches,
I have the shivers
And the shakes.
I have a cold
Within my head;
I really ought
To be in bed.
I'm far behind
In sleep and rest;
My ribs are showing
'Neath my vest.
But still I hope
You're feeling fine.
And won't you be
My Valentine?
cleaning spree to the tune of ninety-six
problems worked for a final exam. 'Tis re­ported
that they made a very swell blaze.
And Roberts is still smoldering.
The misguided soul who filled in this space
on Friday under our head owes us showfare
for all the gripes we have had to listen to
since its appearance. It seems that some­body's
affairs de la coeur has been tampered
with and we hereby publicly deny the charge.
We have got trouble enough of our own
without sticking our eagle beak into the pri­vate
lives of the honey-britchers mentioned
in Friday's piece.
We heartily agree with Buntin's piece on
personal opinion in the last edition of this
noble rag. Too many of the profs hereabouts
forget that by the time a student has been
in college a year or two he has a few ideas
of his own. The idea of college opinion is
what makes the world go round and most
of the profs should realize that there are few
students who will agree with them in to to.
If students are to be penalized for thoughts,
what have they to gain out of college?
The Auburn Players promised production
of John Galsworthy's drama "The. Forest"
should be well worth mention. Aside from be­ing
the first presentation of this play in the
United States it is perhaps the most am­bitious
production the Players have attemp­ted.
And a co-ed laments that now that the
dances are over a poor gal can once more get
a date—but it ain't much fun cause all the
boy's have encountered a financial recession
as a result of the jooks.
And now this space is filled Selah! !
Ramblin
What would college be without friends to
share our joys with us? Count your friends
your true friends I mean, not just the leeches
who hang on while thre is something in your
pocketbook to draw on. Now from these choose
the one best, the one whom you call 'pal'. Per­haps
this poem by J. P. McEvoy might help
you decide which is the one.
PAL
Does anyone know, does anyone care
Where you go or how you fare?
Whether you smile, or whether you sigh?
Whether you laugh, or whether you cry?
Glad when you're happy, sad when you're
blue?
Does anyone care what becomes of you?
I do, Pal . . . . I'll say I do.
But which of you, your pal or yourself,
gets the better bargain? Emerson said, "The
only way to have a friend is to be one." Are
you keeping your part of the contract or are
you letting down and letting your friend do
all the sacrificing? One cannot risk losing his
friend, for by doing so he is extinguishing the
light described by Crowell: "The light of
friendship is like the light of phosphorous,
seen plainest when all around is dark."
Perhaps some of us are similar to the young
boy in the story told by our own Professor
Dilley. This boy murdered his parents! and
when brought to trial, pleaded guilty but
asked for mercy on the grounds that he was
now an orphan. Thus we are similar in that
we kill our friendship with others, and when
in the midst of trouble and despair, cry out
that we have no friends.
Friendships are fragile things, and require
as much care in handling as any other fra­gile
and precious thing.—Bourne.
We too wish to make friends through this
column. We invite contributions from the stu­dents.
Whether it be original poetry, humor,
philosophy, or bits of verse cut from the
pages of a paper of magazine, your contribu­tion
will be welcome.
—George Franklyn Ward
WELL PRESERVED
A lady out of sorts with fate
Grew weary and disconsolate
And periodically tried
To find relief in suicide
From problems that involved her heart.
But every time she made a start
With gas or razor blades or dope
Or odd assorted lengths of rope,
The telephone would ring and then
She'd answer full of hope again,
Feeling that her uncertain darling might
Perhaps be coming 'round that night.
And so between despair and rage
She lingered to a ripe old age.
—Nancye Thompson
News and Views
BT L. E. FOSTER
"Men might be better If we better
deemed of them. The worst way to
improve the world is to condemn It."
—Phillip James Bailey.
Countless are the lectures we young folks
have heard about the world gone to the dogs
—the younger generation hopelessly sunk in
boorishness and barbaric principles.
We imagine that as long as time there will
be those chapel speakers and those world
reformers who correct the world by thinking
in condemnation of everything and everybody
in the modern age.
INVENTION NEWS—In the field of science,
inventions, good and otherwise, are being
patented by the hundreds each month in the
nation's recording office. Glancing through
the recently patented articles we find several
items of interest.
One southern gentleman procured rights
on a method of taking the stickiness out of
syrup and molasses. Probably his inspiration
for this invention was the "glued saucer,"
that is, the saucer that appears to be glued
to the syrup container, but upon being picked
up, crashes into your plate or falls in your
lap.
A gas station proprietor created a gas pump
nozzle with a flashlight encased to aid in
finding gas tanks in the dark. We may expect
another two cent increase in the price of
gas to pay for this lighted service.
An enterprising young maiden was granted
a patent on a silk stocking run preventer. The
idea is to put a slit in the top of women's
hose in order that the wearer might bend
their knees freely without runs.
For ladies of leisure, a novel device: some­one
has patented a motorized power puff. The
unbearable strain of powdering one's face
by hand lead a cosmetics specialist to invent
a powder puff containing a small motor that
produces rhythmic viabrations that distribute
powder evenly over the face.
NEWS LOCAL—The mid-term dances im­pressed
us as being a jump ahead of those
in past years. To just what this might be
attributed we cannot say, but certainly much
of the credit goes to a far-sighted social com­mittee
that took several long chances and
made good on all of them.
They gave us for the first time, a free eve­ning
concert, favors for our dates, the most
expensive and best decorations we have seen
in the W. P. A. Hall, and last but not least,
they brought us the music of Will Osborne
who won a place on the tongue tip of those
who heard Him.
We have splendid dance facilities here and
have a fine adviser in Mr. Monk Wright, and
there is no reason why we shouldn't have
dances of this calibre every year.
NEWS UNIQUE—Chivalry still exists, even
among canines. A St. Bernard dog displayed
canine chivalry when he saved a young New
York working girl from the clutches of an­other
dog. Eighteen-year-old Marion Plant-onneuf
had just left her place of employment
when an angered mongerel pounced upon her
leg. She screamed, but the dog held his grip,
and her efforts to get rid of him were in
vain. A nearby St. Bernard dog heard athe
screams of the maiden in distress and rushed
to the rescue. His teeth glistened like the
lance of a medieval knight, as he applied
them to the neck of the mongerel, who fought
himself free and made a hasty retreat.
Miss Phantoneuf's comment was that she
wished there were more humans like this St.
Bernard.
RADIO NEWS—The Hearst popularity poll
of radio stars confered its highest honor on a
wooden Indian, a wild Indian, named Charlie
McCarthy.
In a very short time Charlie jumped from
a lumber pile to the top position among radio
personalities, and now as he looks down over
the heap he modestly admits that his cohort,
Edgar Bergen, was partialy responsible for
his success. Charlie makes no bones about
mentioning the fact that McCarthy is the
better half of the Bergen-McCarthy combi­nation,
and he thinks he should be paid ac­cordingly,
but the business manager of the
team is Bergen, so Charlie McCarthy has to
listen to Bergen.
In other phases of the poll, Bing Crosby's
hour was the most popular variety program;
Benny Goodman, best liked swing orchestra;
Guy Lombardo, best orchestra featuring sweet
music; Don Ameche, best master of cere­monies;
Fred Allen, leading commedian; Bing
Crosby, best male singer of popular songs;
Kate Smith, best female singer of popular
ballads; Ted Husing, best sports commenta­tor;
and Harry Von Zell, best all-around
announcer.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
Slaughter, Penton, Will
R e t u r n To School Soon
Two sophomores, Jimmy Slaugh­ter
and Randolph Penton are in
St. Margaret's Hospital in Mont­gomery
recovering from appendix
operations.
Penton was operated on Sunday
a week ago and Slaughter last Sun­day.
They are both doing nicely
and no complications have set in.
Penton, who is an A. T. O. tak­ing
pharmacy, will likely return
to Auburn within a few days, and
Slaughter will be back in about
a week. Jimmy is a member of
Sigma Nu and is taking chemical
engineering.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
ELEANOR SCOTT, EDITOR
Sigma Pi Advisor
Visits Chapter
Jim Hauser, national travelling
secretary of Sigma Pi fraternity,
left Auburn yesterday after hav­ing
spent several days with the
local chapter .He came here from
Emory chapter in Atlanta. His
next points of visitation will be
with the Sigma Pi chapters at Tu-
DID YOU KNOW..
The Alabama Polytechnic
Institute Brought The
First Laundry To
Auburn In
For years Bell Telephone engineers have
been making exhaustive studies of solar
data from observatories all over t h e world.
They're learning how and why periodic
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their findings to give you still better trans-oceanic
and ship-to-shore service.
Good evidence that telephone engineers will go to
great lengths to make your telephone service more
dependable, far-reaching and valuable.
Why not telephone home oftener? /&
Rates to most points are lowest any time a
after 7 P. M. and all day Sunday. "
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Edith P r a t h e r Is Married
To Ted F e r r e i r a Saturday
Miss Edith Prather of Auburn
and Mr. Ted Ferreira of Fernan-dina,
Fla., were married at 5:00
o'clock Saturday afternoon at the
home of Sergeant and Mrs. George
Moxham.
Miss Marion Prather, sister of
the bride, was maid of honor, and
Mr. Bill Nichols was best man.
There were no other attendants.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferreira left im­mediately
after the wedding for
Fernandina, Florida. Both will con­tinue
in college at Auburn this se­mester.
Mrs. Ferreira is a senior
in Home Economics and a member
of the Chi Omega sorority. Mr.
Ferreira is a junior in the school
of Education.
lane University and at Louisana
State University.
Hauser is making his first tour
of the fraternities' chapters in the
South. Graduating from Temple
University last June, he has had
the position with the organization
for only a short while. He is a
young man, well adapted to meet­ing,
inspecting, and advising the
men who make up the fraternity
chapters, hence the selection of
him for the position. While in col­lege
at Temple, he served as
fourth counselor one * year and as
president for a year and a half.
He spent several days with the
local chapter and reported his ex­treme
pleasure with the fraterni­ty's
efforts towards their securing
a better chapter house at Auburn
and in the work which the group
was doing. He says that frater­nities
on the Auburn campus are
allowed more leniency in the oper­ation
of their individual units than
any other campus which he has
visited. It was his contention that
the fraternity system at Auburn
was one of the best that he had
seen in operation, even though
there was little censorship and
strict administration. He further
added that this appeared to be the
best maner in which to deal with
young men who are in college.
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Vernon Merritt, J u l i a Oates
Are Married This Week
Miss Leta Oates, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Oates of Head­land,
and Mr. Vernon Merritt, Jr.,
of Montgomery were married in
Headland Sunday evening at 7:00
o'clock at the home of the bride's
parents
Mr. Jack Vann was the best
man. Mr. Merritt's sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Davis of Auburn, were
present.
Mrs. Merritt attended Athens
College, and Mr. Merritt graduated
from Auburn last year. He was
chairman of the social committee
and a member of the Kappa Sig­ma
social fraternity.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt will make
their home in Auburn where Mr.
Merritt is a student assistant in
the Economics Department.
New Dance Craze
Found In Colleqes
A new dance is sweeping out
of the west today and making such
a strong bid for national recogni­tion
that a motion picture already
has been named for it.
The dance is the "College
Swing," and is the west's first con­tribution
to national dancing. In
the past the dances have either
come out of the south—like the
Charleston and the Big Apple—
or have come out of Harlem.
But out of the west the colle­gians
are really swinging it in the
craziest dance to be seen in years.
Even its most arden devotees ad­mit
there is no sense to it and that
it out-apples the Big Apple. But
they insist that it is far more fun
to dance the College Swing than
any dance which has come along
in years.
The dance has become so strong
that the University of Southern
California Pi Kappa Alpha chapter
turned its semi-annual rush party
into a College Swing party and
it was a sensation on the campus.
The dance is a collection of kid­ding
steps, which LeRoy Prinz,
Paramount dance director, saw
during a tour of western colleges
and moulded into a set routine.
The dance will come to the screen
in "College Swing," Paramount's
annual college picture, with Betty
Grable and Jackie Coogan as the
terpsichorean experts.
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Officers Planning
Meet Be Held
The Baptist Student Union will
hold an Officers Planning Meet­ing
at the First Baptist Church,
Friday and Sataurday. Both ses­sions
will begin at four P. M.
The Friday program will con­sist
of meetings for the different
officers, and a social hour. Supper
will be served to those attending.
After a short session Saturday
afternoon, those present will go to
Wright's Mill for a picnic and
social.
All of the Council Members,
Sunday School officers, and B. Y.
P. U. officers are expected to at­tend.
Officers taking the lead at these
planning sesions are: B. Y. P. U.
Presidents—Mildred Sconyers, La­mar
Dunn, Helen Parker, Joe
Cleland, J. P. Holliday, Ruth New­man,
and Larkin Wyers. Sunday
School Presidents—Herbert Wig­gins,
H. L. King, Irby Hammonds,
O. M. Johnson, Mildred Glass and
Annie Mae Warlick.
Pi Kappa Phi T o Have Social
Thursday Night At Tea Room
The Alpha Iota chapter of the
Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity at
a meeting last Wednesday made
plans for a regular monthly so­cial.
The chapter will entertain
on Thursday evening for memb­ers,
pledges, and their dates. The
occasion wil be a dance at the Ter­race
Tea Room of the Pitts Hotel
beginning at 9:00 p. m.
Young Business Woman's
Bible Class Organized
A young business women's Bib­le
Class was recently organized
at the First Baptist Church. This
class meets each Sunday at the
regular 9:45 Sunday School hour.
Miss Annie Mae Warlick, popu­lar
young employee of the agrono­my
department, was elected presi­dent
of the class.
Mrs. W. G. Johnston has been
selected to teach the class. Mrs.
Johnston has been very active in
young people's work and is ex­pected
to serve very efficiently as
teacher.
This class is the first of its
kind to be organized at the First
Baptist Church. All young busi­ness
women of Auburn and the
women of Auburn and the vici­nity
are invited to attend this
class.
PAGE THREE
Three Students Feted By
Mrs. Zebulon Judd
Mrs. Zebulon Judd entertained
with a afternoon tea, Saturday
preceeding the dances. The occa­sion
was in honor of her two nep­hews,
Edgar Stovall, president of
the freshman class and Meredyth
Hazzard, vice-president , and her
house guest, Henry Graham Sims
of Birmingham.
Tea was poured by Mrs. L. Y.
Dean and Mrs. L. N. Duncan.
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HAVE YOU HEARD "THE CHANT OF THE
TOBACCO AUCTIONEER" ON THE RADIO T
When you do, remember that Luckies use the
finest tobacco. And also that the "Toasting"
Process removes certain harsh irritants found in
all tobacco. So Luckies are kind to your throat.
WITH MEN WHO KNOW TOBACCO
BEST-IT'S LUCKIES 2 TO 1
Copyright 193& The American Tobacco CosipM*
PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1938
Tigers To Tangle
With Dragons
Tonight at 7:30 the Auburn
Tigers will meet the Pepperell
Dragons in an out-of-conference
game. Pepperell comes to Auburn
with a well seasoned team that is
determined to break the Tigers'
winning streak.
Auburn's basketeers have been
looking better offensively and de­fensively
in the scrimmages this
week and are rapidly approaching
peak form. Defense has been the
chief weakness in games thus far,
but emphasis on defense in scrim­mage
has strengthened this phase
of the game.
Auburn will be without the ser­vices
of Red Childress tonight as
a result of an injured knee he
acquired in the Oglethorpe game
last Friday night. Edwards will
likely be relieved by Gossett or
Karge, as Childress is out for the
season.
The Tiger lineup will be the
same as that ot the last two
gnmes, that is, Malvern Morgan
and Crawford Holmes, at for­wards;
Tommy Edwards, center;
WED — THUR
Romance
in rhythmt
The fcoty of a girl who
turned her back on the blue
i book and found love and
freedom 'midst the red-hpt
jam of the hey-hey spptstThj*
most famous after-dark efr< 1
tertainers go to town in the
wildest jamsessiononrecordl.
First Lesson In College Swing Is Given - Second Lesson Friday
IN THE COLLEGE SWING, « dancd by
JACKIE COOGAN and BETTY GRABLE,
th* boy trap* on th* right foot, extending the
left; the girl on the left, extending th» right
PARTNERS EXCHANGE SIDES on • two
»tep, melting the complete change in four counts.
Step No. I it (hen repeated and partners again
exchange sides. This figure is repeated for six
hari of
IN THE BREAK, boy and gid hop on left foot,
tapping right behind; then on the right foot,
tapping left behind. This figure is repealed for a
total of eight counts, making op two ban of
/MAN STEPS FORWARD with left foot right
remaining in position. Executes left, right and
step bringing right forward. Repeat right, left and
step. Keep repealing in a rotating movement for
six bars.
THE BREAK AWAY is a standard break.
However, instead of doing it in place, the
dancers back away from each other, hopping on
Ihe ball of the foot, to the rhythm of the music
This takes up two bars.
DANCERS JUMP HIGH into the air- on a
fourth count the arms held stiffly to the-side,
the forefinger pointed straight down. The body
also is stiff. They land jerkily and assume any'
silly pose they wish.
Mtth 20 stars headed by
IAN HUNTER
LEO CARRILLO
PAT PATERSON
ELLA LOOAN
ZASU PITTS end
KENNY BAKER
Here's More Enjoyment
BETTY BOOP
In A Laugh-Riot Cartoon
"RIDING THE RAILS"
See The Latest World E-vents
In
PARAMOUNT NEWS
Interesting Basketball sport
Reel With Your Friend
TED HUSINNG
Announcing
"BALL TOSSERS"
'DANCERS HOLD THEIR POSE for a fuH
four bars before starting next figure. Although
it should be held absolutely still, the dancers
can vary this by cocking their heads and making
races to rhythm.
DANCERS TRUCK FORWARD (or four
counts. On fourth count they assume another
silly pose, then back away for four counts, then
forward for another four counts, ending in silly
pose on fourth count.
IN RUNNING BALBOA, torso is in stiff strut
position. Step forward 1-2, 1-2-3, lasf three
counts are taken in double time. Partners circle
each other, finishing side by side, then strut for­ward
for four counts.
IN HEEL BEATING STEP, heels are beal
for two counts facing forward, then two counts
facing each other, the feet striking between the
partner'« feet. Then repeat front for two counts,
and side for two counts.
NOW BACK TO CHILDHOOD for a little
pattycake and jingle to the rhythm of the music
The pattycake is alternated every four counts
by some pranks such as nose tweaking, ear pulling,
for four counts for four bars of music.
THE FLEA HOP is a sliding motion from s*£{
to side, the man's weight is on the right foot
his left pulls the right over, then arlernaee. The]
further the slide the better the
Rex McKissick and Ray Gibson,
guards.
For mother . . . for Dad . . .
for Patricia . . . and James, Jr.
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Only, it's on sale at Burton's
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'52nd Street' Is
Tiger Feature
Tonight at the Tiger Theatre,
New York's world-famous night
club sector, between Fifth and
Sixth Avenue on 52nd Street,
sometimes called the street of
swing and the Montmarte of A-merica
achieves glorious immor­tality
in Walter Wanger's filmusi-cal
"52nd Street."
Ace entertainers from Manhat­tan's
hot spots and stellar per­sonalities
from movieland merged
their talents to create the maddest,
merriest, most engrossing enter­tainment
treat of the current sea­son.
The roster of talent reads like
a "who's who" of Broadway and
Hollywood, and all of them are
adroitly and expertly woven into
a convincing and effective enter­tainment
pattern.
Kenny Baker, whose outstand­ing
tenor voice has made him a
coast to coast sensation on the
air is featured as the male lead.
He registers a decided hit not only
in the several musical and song
numbers which he essays, but in
the romantic sequences opposite
attractive Pat Paterson.
Jack White, whose native habi­tat
is Club 18, heads the impres­sive
array of dancers, singers and
comics whose names are synony­mous
with New York night life.
There is Jerry Colonna, imper­sonator,
Al Norman who cuts a
wide swath as an eccentric dancer,
Rocco and Saulter, colored danc­ing
team, Cook and Brown, an­other
team of mean steppers,
George Tapps, the boy wonder of
Terpsichore, the 52nd Street Girls
and other delightful buffoons and
clowns from the hot spot area.
Additional dialogue and gag
lines by Sid Silvers augments the
many situations and comedy num­bers
and insures laughs galore.
The entire musical score which
was composed by Walt Bullock
and Harold Spina comprise un­usual
musical treatments and ef­fects
and a generous number of
hit songs, among which are "Don't
Save Your Love For A Rainy
Day," "I Would Like To See
Somoa of Samoa," "52nd Street,"
"Nothing Can Stop Me Now," and
"Let Your Hair Down." A special
ballad is introduced by Miss Pat­erson
"I Still Love To Kiss You
Good Night" and a comic number
"Twenty-Three Skidoo" is pre­sented
by Zasu Pitts.
Danny Dare, noted Broadway
musical director who staged the
dancing numbers has created some
of his most captivating ensembles
and dancing specialties.
, "52nd Street" definitely sets a
Don Marquis
(Continued from page one)
No, any man who could create
such lovable characters as Archy
and Mehitabel and the Old Soak
and write such snatches of dog-gorel,
wit, nonsense, sense and
seriousness as Don Marquis will
never be forgotten.
One writer has said that if Ar­chy
could climb back on the keys,
he would say:
well boss here we are at the end
of the road and if you asked me
which you haven t
i d say it has been a pretty good
road
a bit long and a bit rough in
in places
but still
a pretty good road
well boss happy landings
archy
Hobby Contest Will
Be Held Here
Snake, bug, stamp, coin collec­tors;
airplane and boat builders
and designers; artists with handi­crafts
of any kind, and any stu­dent
with any type of a hobby
will be given an opportunity to
display his hobby and enter them
into competition with others.
Sponsored by the Y. M. C. A.,
the first campus hobby contest
undertaken in a number of years
on the Auburn campus will get
under way immediately. Every
student having a hobby of any
kind is invited to participate.
The person adjudged to have
the best hobby, which shall entail
the elements of originality, com­pleteness,
and proficiency, will be
awarded a medal donated by the
Y. M. C. A. All hobbies entered
are required to be placed on ex­hibit
sometime in March.
All persons entering hobbies are
asked to place their name, their
hobby, and their address on a
slip of paper and deposit it in a
box placed at the doorway of the
Y. M. C. A. office in Student Hall.
All inquiries concerning the con­test
should be directed to Chmn.
Douglas Sellars, 135 E. Magnolia.
His telephone number is 156-R.
NOTICE
There will be a special meeting
of the W. A. A. at 5 o'clock Friday
in Smith Hall, at which time raffle
tickets will be distributed.
new high in musicals and is pos­itively
a "must" on every movie­goer's
program. It is released
through United Artists.
NOTICE
In a recent Issue of the Plains­man,
several glaring mistakes were
made in the advertisement of in­sulating
wool for the Auburn Ice
and Coal Company. The blame
for the mistakes goes directly to
the staff of this paper and not to
the firm that wrote the ad. The
corrected ad appears in this issue.
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NOTICE
The Baptist Student Union will
hold an Officers Planning Meet­ing
at the First Baptist Church,
Friday and Sataurday. Both ses­sions
will begin at four P. M.
afford to miss this sale. For Feb­ruary
Only . . . a $2 value for $1
at Burton's Bookstore.
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