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VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1939 NUMBER 46
Ag Fraternity Holds
Initiation for New
Men Friday Night
Seniors and Professors Are
Inducted into Honorary
Agricultural Fraternity
Sixteen seniors and two professors
were initiated into Gamma
Sigma Delta, national honorary
society; of agriculture, last Friday
night. Each year Gamma Sigma
Delta elects to its membership
those students in the graduating
class of agriculture who have
shown exceptional ability during
their undergraduate or graduate
work, and those alumni and faculty
members who have rendered
signal service to the cause of agricultural
development.
At the conclusion of the initiation,
both new and old members
and their wives and dates enjoyed
a delightful barbecue prepared
and served by the initiation committee,
consisting of E. L. May-ton,
D. F. King, O. C. Medlock, and
R. E. Yoder, assisted by their
wives.
The two professors honored
were Dr. N. J. Volk and Dr. J. A.
Naftel, associate soil chemists.
Seniors who became members
were: W. J. Alverson, Talladega;
S. R. Brannon, Midland City; C.
L. Breedlove, Gantts Quarry; R.
C. Burkhardt, Cullman; M. R.
Cox, Deatsville; C. F. Grisham,
Athens; L. C. Jones, Centerville;
D. C. Kyle, Hartselle; J. W. Lang-ford,
Opp; C. V. Lyle, Double
Springs; D. T. Meadows, Salem;
T. P. McCabe, Dora; W. F. Nichols,
Sylacauga; H. L. Rice, Florence;
H. P. Thomas, Athens; and
A. B. Walton, Greensboro.
Old members and their wives
•were as follows: President W. H.
Weidenbach, Dr. and Mrs. J. W.
Tidmore, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Williamson,
Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Stur-kie,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Mayton,
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Chandler, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Grimes, Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Salmon, Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Cottier, Mr. and Mrs.
D F. King.
Vice President and Mrs. R. E.
Yoder, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Guy-ton,
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Seal, Dr.
and Mrs. E. V. Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Alvord, Mr. and Mrs.
L. M. Ware, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mc-
Elwee, Mr. and Mrs. Coyt Wilson,
Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Isbell.
Secretary-Treasurer F. S.
Arant and Mrs. Arant, W. E. Se-well,
C. H. Bailey, J. M. Robinson,
J. F. Duggar, Norman Crawford,
M. E. Holt, Aaron Baxter,
and J. W. Fant, county agent,
Chilton County.
Others present were: Mrs. N. J.
Volk, Mrs. J. A. Naftel, Misses
Edith Champion, Pauline Couch,
Maragaret Pearson, Maude Mullin,
Patsy Dumas, Mary Beth Marshall,
and Virginia Adams.
Program Head
Myrick Is New Head of
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Last Wednesday night the members
of Upsilon chapter of Pi
Kappa Alpha elected its officers
for the coming year. They were:
Julian P. Myrick, Lakeland,
Fla., president; William P. Mc-
Cullogh, Huntsville, vice-president;
Harry T. Bailey, Huntsville,
house manager; Frank B. Wilson,
Greenville, treasurer; Emest C.
Burgin, Birmingham, recording
secretary; Kirk Newell, Birmingham,
corresponding secretary;
Dennis Newton, Auburn, Sergent-at-
Arms; Robert Dees, Greenville,
historian; Joe Gandy, Birmingham,
alumni secretary; Ringgold
T. Young, Birmingham, Council
representative.
Those officers retiring are: William
B. McGlhee, president; E.
W. Pate, vice-president; Julian P.
Myrick, treasurer; Frank B. Wilson,
secretary.
PEO to Award Cash Prize to
Highest Ranking Senior Girl
A prize of $10 will be awarded
by Chapter A, PEO, to the senior
girl at Alabama Polytechnic Institute
graduating with the highest
scholastic average in May.
Plans of the chapter to give the
prize were revealed this week to
President L. N. Duncan by Mrs.
A. D. Burke.
Announcement or the winner
will be made at the graduation
exercises, and her scholastic average
will be based on a four-year
period.
GUY LYNN, Cullman, is in
charge of the program arrangements
for the Ag Club banquet.
He is a senior in agriculture.
Alumnus of 1912
Returns to Campus
Former Auburn Instructor
Is Present at Homecoming
Dr. W. L. Stroup, practicing
veterinarian in Corinth, Miss.,
who received his D. V. M. degree
here in 1912, returned to the campus
Monday to lecture and conduct
demonstrations before members of
the senior class in veterinary medicine.
Dr. I. S. McAdory, veterinary
school dean and state veterinarian,
said that Dr. Stroup would continue
his lecture on parasitic control
campaigns in horses, mules,
and hogs through today. He
will demonstrate before the seniors
some of his new methods and
techniques of restraint which he
has developed in handling large
animals.
Dr. Stroup has become well
known in veterinary circles
throughout the south because of
the vast parasite control campaigns
which he has conducted in
cooperation with county agents in
Mississippi. He was one of the
principal demonstrators during
the recent veterinary short course
held here late in February.
Former Instructor at API
Returns During Homecoming
Present at the recent "Greater
Auburn Day" celebration was William
C. Kelley, assistant regional
biologist for the Soil Conservation
Service at Spartanburg, S. C,
who is both a former Auburn
graduate and instructor.
Graduating with a B. S. degree
in education in 1930, Kelley taught
zoology at Auburn during 1930-31.
Later he taught in the science department
of the Troy High School,
the Tallassee High School, and
Tuskegee High School. He received
his M. S. in science education
from Alabama Polytechnic Institute
in 1935.
Before receiving appointment to
his present post, Kelley formerly
served as a junior biologist with
the Soil Conservation Service.
The new two-and-a-half ton
lens of the University of Texas observatory
is accurate to one-millionth
of an inch. It is a foot
thick.
Decoration Plans
For Military Ball
Are Released
Brasfield Reports that
Army Air to Be Maintained
In Decorations, Lighting
Tentative decoration plans for
the military ball include a continuity
scheme of the Army's emblems,
featuring red, white, and
blue ornaments. This announcement
was made by D. J. Brasfield,
Chairman of the Committee in
charge of decorations.
The plan has been drawn by
Brasfield and is to be submitted
to the other members of the committee
at a meeting in the next
few days.
The essential feature of the
scheme is a large backdrop behind
the bandstand, with an army
emblem in gold emblazoned thereon.
The guidons of the various
units are to be placed around the
walls, and the posts are to be decorated
in red, white, and blue
streamers.
Brasfield says that a unique
lighting arrangement is being
worked out, carrying out the
general military motif.
In the past, little in the way of
decoration has been done, but if
tentative plans materialize, the
decorations for the ball will be as
elaborate as those used at the various
class dances.
All juniors will be allowed to
attend the Military Ball as stags.
They may either pay 50 cents in
cash at the door or sign to signify
that this sum may be deducted
from their clothing allowance.
Funeral Services Are Held for
Jack Brown, Former Student
Funeral services were held from
the West Point Christian Church
last Thursday for Jack Brown,
21, Auburn senior, who died Wednesday
at an Opelika hospital
from complications following an
operation for appendicitis. Burial
was in the Marseilles Cemetery.
Brown was an honor student
and would have graduated in
June. His family is prominently
connected throughout the south.
He was very active in social and
church circles in West Point and
at Auburn.
Surviving are his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Brown; a brother, Bill; two sisters,
Dorothy and Betty; grandmother,
Mrs. S. J. Nolan, all of
West Point.
The pallbearers were John Cobb
Jr., John Warner Jr., Bob Dickson,
Thomas Hill Jr., Nathan Atkinson,
Raymond Warner, Tim-mons
Wilkerson, and Charles Harrington.
Wallace Is Up for Promotion
To Rank of Colonel This Week
Lt. Col. Fred C. Wallace, commandant,
has received notification
from Washington of his nomination
for the rank of Colonel.
Before receiving the rank, the
nomination must be approved by
the Senate, which will probably
meet in executive session Friday
to consider the military promotions.
Col. Wallace, for the past three
years local commandant, came to
Auburn from the Army War College
at Washington.
AIEE Members Hear Talk by Research
Engineer on Radio Interference
Dr. C. . Miller of the Ohio
Brass Company gave a very interesting
lecture to the local
branch of the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers at the regular
meeting Monday night. His
subject was, "Some Aspects of the
Radio Problem in Connection
with Transmission Lines."
Dr. Miller is a research engineer
of the insulator department of the
Ohio Brass Company and has been
working on the problem of radio
interference caused by corona on
the insulators used in high power
transmission lines. He demonstrated
with slides the causes of this
interference and the steps which
have been taken to remedy the
trouble. His discussion included a
comparison of the various types
of insulators developed by his
company with respect to the interference
produced. An explanation
of the device used to determine
the amount of interference
was very enlightening to those interested
in the problem.
The lecture was made far more
interesting by the demonstration
which Dr. Miller presented. By
means of his apparatus actual conditions
were reproduced, and the
members of the audience were
able to both hear and see the in-teference
causd by the corona. The
efficiency of the newer types of
insulators was well demonstrated
by means of his equipment.
After the lecture Dr. Miller discussed
the questions which the
audience presented. The large
number of members and visitors
present enjoyed the lecture thoroughly.
Nominations
Seven o'clock tonight is the
deadline for prospective candidates
to submit their nomination
blanks to Billy McGchce, Chairman
of the Election Committee.
Any nomination blanks submitted
after that hour will not
be accepted, said McGehee, and
the persons submitting them
will not be eligible to run.
All Cabinet officers and members,
all class officers, and all
publications heads will be named
on March 21. Action will also
be taken on the proposed
amendments to the student constitution.
NYA Instructions
Are Issued
Rules Are Repeated for the
Convenience of Students
Quite a few students lost several
hours of their February time
because they included February 1
as a working day of that month.
One of the rules is that N. Y. A.
month runs from the second of
one month through the first day of
the next. Therefore, February 1
was a working day of the January
NYA month. Rules for turning in
N. Y. A. time have been published
in the Plainsman (Nov. 15,
1938), but are being repeated for
the benefit of those who either
neglected to read them or failed to
abide by them:
1. From now on, N. Y. A. time
sheets must be turned in weekly.
2. Do not turn in any time on
dates that fall on Sundays or on
holidays. Even though you work
on those days, don't date the time
sheets as such.
3 Each N. Y. A. month runs from
the second of one month through
the first of the next. (Example:
November 2nd through December
1. All time for the month must
be turned in no later than 4:30 p.
m. of the last day of theN. Y. A.
month.
4. Fill in all blanks on your
weekly time records.
5. Do not turn in fractions of
hours except in cases where your
allotment is 33 1-2 hours per
month.
6. Do not turn in overtime. We
merely mark it "void."
7. D° n o* turn in more than eight
hours in any one day, nor more
than thirty hours in any one week.
8. Any infraction of these rules
means that the time for that period
will be discarded.
9. Do not hesitate to ask questions
about anything you do not
understand. Mrs. Elizabeth Nolen
is in the Accountant's Office from
2:30 p. m., every school day.
Howard Strong is there from 2:00
until 4:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays. Either of them
will gladly answer all questions.
Miss Margaret Cardwell to
Wed Mr. John Feagin
Martha Bazette Cardwell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Card-well
of Paragould, Ark., will marry
John Lightner Feagin of Birmingham
Tuesday, April 25, in the
First Methodist Church of Paragould.
Miss Cardwell, who has made
her home in Birmingham for the
past few years, attended the
schools of Paragould, and was
graduated from Randolph-Macon
College in Virginia, where she
was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Mr. Feagin is the son of Mrs.
Joel Daniel Feagin and the late
Mr. Feagin of Union Springs. He
was graduated from Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, receiving a
degree in architectural engineering,
and was affiliated with Phi
Beta Theta fraternity.
KA's to Be Hosts at Hayridft
And House Dance Tomorrow
Nu chapter of the Kappa Alpha
fraternity will entertain with a
hayride Friday night followed by
a house dance later in the evening.
Members, pledges, and their
dates will gather at the chapter
house at 7:00 o'clock and ride to
Wright's Mill where supper will
be served by Mrs. M. M. McClen-don,
housemother.
A house dance will be held following
the ride. James Martin
and Ben Walker are in charge of
arrangements for the fraternity.
Honor Society Men
Will Stage Ball
On March 18
19 Honor Groups to Join in
Annual Dance; Blue Key Is
Host Organization
On Saturday night, March 18,
Blue Key will be host to 19 honor
organizations on the Auburn campus
for the annual Honor Societies
Ball. The dance will be held
in Graves Center and the music
will be furnished by Robin Russell
and his every-popular Auburn
Knights.
The dance will be led by Miss
Eloise Ainsworth of Atlanta, Ga.,
and Allen C. Martin, President of
Blue Key, of Selma.
Those honor societies • whose
members will represent them at
the ball are Blue Key, Cardinal
Key, Delta Sigma Pi, Eta Kappa
Nu, Gamma Sigma Delta, Kappa
Delta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa,
Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon,
Rho Chi, Scabbard and
Blade, Scarab, Spades, Sphinx,
Tau Beta Pi, and Tau Kappa Alpha.
Each of these honor societies
will have a lead-out during the
dance, as has always been the
custom.
Arrangements for the ball have
been placed in the hands of Joe
Crooks and the other members of
Blue Key are working jointly
with him in planning for this
event.
Decorations for the dance have
been made out by Robert Welch,
and it has been planned to have
each society at the ball represented
with a key in a circle around
the hall, with other decorations in
harmony with the main theme.
The ball is given annually by
Blue Key for members of the senior
class represented in the various
honor societies on the campus.
Junior members of these
honor organizations will attend the
dance as stags.
A banquet will be given by the
members of Blue Key on the following
night preceding the annual
Military Ball.
Ag President
MELVIN PATTY, Cedar Bluff,
President of the Ag Club, is in
charge of the annual Ag Club
banquet. He is a senior in agriculture.
Walston Speaking
In B'ham
Dr, Rosa Lee Walston, cademic
advisor of women, will appear before
the Stonewall chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
in Birmingham" tomorrow
afternoon. She will speak on
"The Southern Heritage as a
Background for Literature."
Saturday, Dr. Walston will attend
the American Association of
University Women's state meeting
at Tuscaloosa. She has served
as legislative chairman for the
past year.
Next week, Dr. Walston will
speak to the student bodies of the
Birmingham high schools on "Educating
for Southern Needs."
On Thursday, March 16, she
will be in Montgomery where she
speaks to the Athenian Club on
the outstanding books of the
year.
Dr. Walston carries the architect's
drawing on the new women's
quadrangle being built here and
she has received many favorable
comments from Alabamians on
Auburn's new building program.
Six New Members Initiated
Into Membership in Rho Chi
Rho Chi Initiation was held Friday
night in Ross Chemical Laboratory.
Those initiated were: Jamie
Meigs, Lester Thaggard, George
Hiller, Ruby Helen Stokes, Ben
Eich, Bill Swift.
The qualifications for Rho Chi
are a high scholastic average for
three years in college, and good
fellowship. Officers elected after
the initiation are: Jamie Meigs,
president; George Hiller, vice-president;
Ruby Helen Stokes, reporter;
and Dr. L. S. Blake, secretary-
treasurer.
After the initiation, the new and
old members were entertained at
a banquet at the Pitts Hotel.
Appointment Is Announced
Dr. Paul A. Brown, formerly
with the psychology department
of Cumberland University, Lebanon,
Tenn., has been appointed
to the faculty of the School of
Education at Alabama Polytechnic
Institute. He will serve as associate
professor of psychology.
API Fencing Club
Meeting Weekly
Coaching Is Under Direction
Of Captain Bob Armstrong
"Lunge" was the command.
At this call of Captain Bob
Armstrong, twenty members of
the Auburn Fencing Club obeyed
orders and carried out the motions
called by the leader.
This command will be heard
every Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons in the Textile
building at 5 p. m. when the
fencing club swings into action.
Under the leadership of Bob
Armstrong, coach, the club has
progressed this year far better
than in years past as students are
taking more interest in the sport.
Prof. E. B. Smith of the intramural
sports department has given
his full cooperation and has supplied
the club with the necessary
equipment.
Associated with Armstrong as
officers in the club are Tony Cortina,
alternate captain, who is an
expert at wielding the foil, as he
was instructed in the sport for
two years while a student at the
Military Academy in Mexico City;
Marvin Avery, secretary, and
Cliff Hogg, who is assisting in instruction.
Three Auburn co-eds are registered
for the sport and these are
Helen Tigner, Winifred Hill, and
Sara Lee Beanks. Miss Tigner said
that the sport was lots of fun, it
gives poise and grace, and is good
exercise.
Auburn has had one fencing
team that did play in the sport
with another college and that was
in 1936 when a team composed of
Armstrong, Jimmie Davis, Larry
Carothers, and Rafael Garcia of
Cuba won a decision over Birmingham-
Southern with a score of
13 to 3. No match has been played
since.
There is a class for beginners
and one for advanced fencers.
Equipment for the sport consists
of a foil, the same as a sword or
weapon of defense; petus, a chest
protector; and a mask to protect
the face.
Annual Dance and
Banquet Be Given
By Ag Club
Ag Students to Gather for
Yearly Event Saturday;
Paterson Is Main Speaker
The Ag Club will stage its annual
banquet and dance Saturday
night at 6:30, according to an
announcement made yesterday by
Melvin Patty, president.
Program chairman and vice
president of the club, Guy Lynn
has secured Prof. W. D. Salmon
as toastmaster for the banquet,
which is to be held in the Baptist
Church. Interest centers in the
main speaker of the evening Hay-good
Paterson, Commissioner of
Agriculture and Industries in Alabama.
Another feature of the program
will be the award of a silver loving
cup to the "best all-round
junior in agriculture." This is an
annual award made by Gamma
Sigma Delta, honorary agriculture
fraternity, to the most outstanding
junior according to scholarship,
initiative, personality, and leadership.
Creating similar interest is the
Alabama Farmer Award—the
first of its kind. This is to be an
annual award and is to go to the
staff member, below senior classification,
who has been most active
on the Farmer ..staff during
the year.
Immediately after the banquet
the club members and their dates
and friends will enjoy a dance at
Graves Center to the music of
the Auburn Knights. There will
be an Ag Club lead-out and three
no-breaks.
Corps Area Officer to Make
Inspection of ROTC Cadets
Auburn ROTC cadets will be
inspected by Col. H. R. Richmond
of the Fourth Corps Area, Atlanta,
at the end of the month in preparation
for federal inspection, Lt.
Col. Fred C. Wallace, commandant,
said today.
The annual federal inspection
will be held on April 17 and 18
with Major C. M. Lucas of the
University of Florida inspecting
the Field Artillery and Capt. M.
N. Bauer of the University of Tennessee
conducting the inspection
for the Engineers.
Col. Wallace said mat he would
not inspect any ROTC unit in the
area this year but that Capt. L.
E. Jacoby and Major R. A. Laird
are making the annual inspection
at LSU in May.
University Women to Meet
At Home of Mrs. Partin
The local chapter of American
Association of University Women
will meet next Wednesday at
6:45 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
R. L. Partin, 350 Payne St.
Applebee to Be Principal
Speaker at Arts Luncheon
As president of.the art department
of the Alabama Education
Association, Prof. Frank W. Applebee
will be the principal speaker
at the opening luncheon of the
annual meeting of the Southeastern
Arts Association in Birmingham
on Tuesday. Professor Apple-bee
is head of the department of
applied art at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
Between 300 and 500 teachers
of art from all Southeastern
states are expected at the meeting
which continues through Saturday.
"New Forces in American Mural
Painting" is the subject of an
address listed on the program by
Forbes Watson of the Bureau of
Fine Arts, Washington. The list
of other speakers includes Prof.
Lamar Dodd, University of Georgia;
Miss Sybil Brown, New Jersey
State Teachers College; Dr.
Fred Strickler, Columbia University.
Principal speaker at the annual
banquet Friday evening will
be Dr. A. F. Harman, Alabama
College president, whose subject
will be "A Non-Artist Talks to
Artists."
Verity Is Speaker to Textile
Students on February 20
Ben Verity, technical adviser for
the Carbic Color and Chemical
Company of New York, talked to
the textile students at Auburn on
Monday, Feb. 20. His trip to Auburn,
which proved to be very
interesting to textile students, was
sponsored by Phi Psi, national
honorary textile fraternity.
On Monday morning Mr. Verity
talked to the Chemistry and Dyeing
class, using as his subject,
"Use of Indigosols in Dyeing and
Printing." This talk was illustrated
by the use of samples showing
various uses of indigosol dyes.
Demonstrations in the use of in-indigosols
were given in the laboratory
Monday afternoon. On
Monday evening at eight, a large
audience heard Mr. Verity give a
summation of his philosophy of
life as derived from forty years'
experience in the textile industry.
NOTICE
All senior members of the department
of business administration
are invited to be present at
a short meeting this afternoon at
5 p. m. in Samford 300 for the purpose
of discussing the proposed
student loan fund.
All business seniors who possibly
can are urge to attend.
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To All Auburn Politicians
As a sophomore and a junior candidate in
local student elections, we wrote the following
letter to the Editor of the Plainsman a
short time ^efore elections and requested
that he publish it. Our politicking days are
ever—thank goodness—but we are as firm
as ever in our belief that there is a place
for sportsmanship and honesty in Auburn
politics.
Here is the letter, just as it appeared in the
Plainsman last year and the year before:
Politics are in the air. The backslapping and
handshaking have begun. Some aspirants are
hopeful; some discouraged. The election will
soon be here.
But we must remember that after all student
elections are only student elections. They
have their place. If they remain in their place,
they can accomplish much good. The annual
elections and the "politicking" occupy the
minds of the students as nothing else does.
They provide interest, fun, battles, chances for
bulling, and opportunities for enjoyment and
experience that nothing else on the school calendar
does. When they stay within these
'bounds, elections may be chalked up on the
asset side of the ledger.
When, however, such contests take on such
serious aspects as making lasting enemies
among students, splitting fraternity groups internally,
and causing college men to stoop to
childish activities, then such bounds have
been overstepped.
Sportsmanship applies to politics as well as
to anything else. The common politician says:
"Blessed is the honest man, for he shall lose
when the votes are counted." The sportsman
says: "Blessed is he who plays the game
straight and fair, for he wins even when he
loses."
Perhaps all this will bring us to the realization
that we allow many innocent and trivial
activities to take on a seriousness they do not
deserve. If the presidency of the So-and-So
Sewing Circle meant anything—any lasting
and personal gain—the matter would take on
a different light. It would be excusable to
take politics seriously. When, however, it means
no more than sitting on a pinnacle of student
affairs for one year, it is not worth doing any
damage to attain. After all, a college generation
is no more than four years. Few names are remembered
longer than that. Years from now the
sight of one more office listed under one's name
will not compensate for the loss of one friend
or for a dark spot on anyone's conscience.
To all Auburn politicians from
One of Them.
stand students were taking on the economy
bloc in the legislature, which proposes to
The motorcade was led to Raleigh by state
police, and the parade to Capitol Square, in
which thousands participated, was headed
by the Carolina and State bands. Gasoline
for the trip to Raleigh was purchased by the
Graham Memorial Student Union.
We think that even if the economy bloc
wins in the Carolina legislature that the
meeting in Raleigh will have been a success.
It is a sign that young people can get
excited about a major issue and do something
about it. All the student shouting in
Raleigh was in harmony with the voices of
students everywhere, the strong sound of
this land's youth working on the realities
that claim them.
Chapel Hill March
The Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper
at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been
waging quite a spirited fight against proposed
legislative cuts in the appropriations
for state educational institutions. The campaign
is reminiscent of the one that was
engineered here when Alabama schools faced
the same thing.
On March 1 hundreds of students from
the University of North Carolina piled into
cars, drove to Raleigh, and joined students
from other schools in an expression of the
Spoiling Bricklayers
"We adapt ourselves to the mediocre. We
spoil many fine bricklayers and plumbers
by subjecting them to a college education."
This interesting statement was made by the
Rev. Raphael C. McCarty, President of Marquette
University.
Just how right is Mr. McCarty? It is indisputable
that many men are sent to college
who are in no way fitted for a college education.
These men may have a natural ability
for some form of manual labor; they have
that asset so valuable in many lines of work
—common sense. Still these men may be gifted
with no aptitude for "book-larnin'," but
may instead show a negative result to any
tests searching for a sign of literary or scientific
knowledge.
Is it not logical that these men, valuable
in their own lines of work, should develop
a feeling that they are inferior to the students
who receive the high grades in the
various subjects?
In this way college would prove a definite
drawback in future life for men capable with
their hands, well fitted for some construction
work, but lacking in what the college terms
knowledge. It seems that it would be better
for these men to receive practical training,
through actual work, and not to be
forced to spend from four to eight years
trying to learn the theory of things. H.M.
"It Wasn't Big Unuff"
We have heard of writers going completely
insane from the necessity of writing a
certain thing at a certain time, every week,
year after year. We have heard of cartoonists
who suddenly realize that they have to
generate three hundred and sixty-five ideas
for their strips and who resign in despair
before they get the first idea. We know of a
columnist who consumed pencils by the
dozens and who tore great chunks out of his
thinning hair in an effort to fill space.
Somehow such happenings seem to fill us
with cruel delight. We want someone else
to suffer as we do. We like to know that there
are others whose brains develop hot-boxes
as our does when we try to turn out the
weekly copy. We are filled with unholy glee
when we read of some columnist who commits
suicide.
The worst thing that anyone can do is to
count up the amount of junk he has written.
If there is anything that will make one
a candidate for the violent ward it is to look
over his scrapbook of written columns, editorials,,
and articles. The sight of the written
words and the knowledge that they must
continue to be turned out strike terror to
his soul. Could he really have done it? Impossible!
And to think that he must keep
it up week after week!
Our friends do the best they can to help
us. They are full of ideas about things to
write about. Most of their ideas are utterly
impossible for an editorial or column. Their
attempts are usually like trying to fit a
•strange key into an ignition lock—it just will
not turn on the current.
Even our small friends feel the pressure
of our gloom. A few days ago my four-year-old
friend who lives close by asked, "Who're
you mad at?" We told him we were mad because
we could not think of anything to
write about. "Aw phooie," he said, "I could
write 'em for you." After a few minutes he
came back, and this is what he said:
"One day a cat saw a rat and chased it, but
the rat got away. The cat said, 'Aw well, he
wasn't big unuff.' One day a dog saw the
rat and chased him but didn't ketch him.
The dog said, 'Aw well, he wasn't big unuff."
We thanked him and told him what a big
help he had been. The troubles of the dog
and cat are similar to ours. Sometimes we
chase after an idea but fail to "ketch" it, so
Well!'
By John Ivey Jr.
Auburn, and Alabama in general,
has not always been the thriving
metropolis that it is today. A
letter written by a local freshman
in 1858 gives a rather untouched
account of the picture, probably
untouched because the poor frosh
didn't know any better and had
not at the time met Mr. K. Brown,
now in charge of publicity in general.
Speaking of the terrific rates of
speed attained by trains in those
benighted times, our frosh says:
"We left Montgomery about nine
o'clock that night and arrived in
Auburn safe about one o'clock,
making the journey's end in one
day and part of a night of about
one hundred and fifty miles—
much faster than I ever traveled
before, but I stood the trip very
well. But traveling in the coaches
was very dusty. I had to get out
at every stand to get water and
brush off the dust, but after we
got on the cars we travailed two
fast to make dust, at the reights
of about fifteen of twenty miles
an hour."
About the religious outlook—
"Out of about 70 boys I do not
think there are more than dozen
Baptist boys in school but I think
it is very good school anyhow.
They have Sunday schools every
Sunday in each church."
Auburn health — "Auburn I
think is a very healthy place, as
much or more so than any in the
state, that is everyone I hear
speak of it say it is. It is such
a high and dry looking place it
ought to be healthy."
In preparing his brother for the
trip to Auburn, our correspondent
gives warning of Montgomery:
"You must not be afraid when
you come to Montgomery for it
will be night and you will see
many people and hear so much
noise. Lookes like they are busir
in the night than in the day. Riding
through the town in the night,
and gas lights in every store look
beautiful. Everything in a stir and
when the cars start they whistle
blows and they make so much
noise you can hardly hear your
years."
Time has passed, hasn't it?
* * *
Plainsman reporters know that
the Editor obligingly blue-pencils
all stories handed in to him. The
following is handed to him with
the hope that it will save him some
blue pencil lead:
Few mortals (trite) in this big
world of ours (trite) seem to
realize the trial and tribulations
(trite) of a die-hard (trite) columnist.
As a matter of fact (trite)
one works and slaves (trite) for
the common good (trite) without
credit or appreciation. And what
has one to show (trite) when all
is done (trite). Only the scorn
of the multitude (trite) and a
broken-down typewriter.
* » *
No more hitch-hiking at night
for co-eds is the recent ruling of
the dean of women at the University
of Georgia. During the day
is okeh, says the dean, but none
of that at night!
Women the Editor says he can't
stand:
1. The modern miss who treats
you as an equal and likes to talk
with perfect frankness about the
most intimate subjects.
2. Those who say, "It may be
narrow-minded of me, but . . ."
3. Those who smile sweetly at
you across the table and gently
murmur, "A penny for your
thoughts."
4. The girl-athlete who crushes
you with her commanding self-assurance.
5. Those who spend your time
narrating at length about their
amazing capacity for consuming
liquor.
6. The sophisticated woman who
knows what it's all about and regards
all men as potential lechers
to be humored, but kept in their
place.
7. Those who laugh at everything
in a high trilling note. Hee,
hee, hee, hee.
8. The clever girl who interrupts
your speech with gems of calculated
wit.
9. Those whose vocabularies are
limited to one or two words such
as "darling" or "sweet" or cute."
10. Female Svengalis who stare
steadily and frankly into your
eyes whenever they speak.
11. All others who try to be
other than what they are and there
aren't any.
THERE'S THAT NOISE AGAIN
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
University of Kentucky mathematicians
have figured out that
the average parade band member
we sigh and say, "Aw well, it wasn't big m a r c h e s 160 mi i e s in formation
unuff." during the football season.
"Was I fast? Listen, guy, when I played for the Giants, every
time I hit one of my home runs I reached first base before the crowd
could hear the crack of the bat. As I rounded first, the second baseman
said something nasty, so I slapped the third baseman in the
catcher's mouth. Not bad, eh?"
* * *
There was a Young Singer named Hannah
Got caught in a flood in Montannah.
She floated away
With her sister, they say
Who accompanied her on the piannah.
* » *
Dear Sir: .
I am fond of'a certain co-ed and have been informed that you
were seen kissing her. Please meet me behind the gymnasium tonight
and make an explanation.
Earnestly,
I. M. Glotz
Dear Mr. Glotz:
Received your circular letter, and will be present at the gathering.
Yours truly,
John Jones.
* « *
The Over-Worked Professor
He's too busy to be absent-minded, and disappoints his students
by remembering all of his classes . . . He gripes because he doesn't
have any time to read the new books and the best magazines, but gives
his class so much work that they don't have any time either . . . He
walks around muttering into his beard, or his beer, depending upon
what kind of a prof he is, and gets a reputation because he talks to
himself . . . He's got so much to do himself that it irks him to see
his students going to a show, so he doubles their assignments . . '.
But he's a swell guy, for that . . . All he needs is a sense of proportion!
* * *
Speaking In Superlatives:
The most subtle gesture is the raise of an eyebrow . . . the most
irritating gesture is a bored wave of the hand . . . the most significant
gesture is the wearing of a fraternity pin . . . the most juvenile
gesture involves a thumb and a nose . . . the most welcome gesture is
an inviting nod towards the cocktail room . . . the most surprising
gesture is a swift kick in the shins . . . the most inviting gesture is a
pucker of the lips . . . the most entertaining gesture is squeezing the
heartbeat's hand in class under the lab table . . . and the most nonchalant
gesture is blowing a smoke ring.
The most heart-warming greeting is "Gosh, it's good to see you
again!" . . . the most flippant greeting is, "Hiya, Toots!" . . . the most
annoying greeting is, "You again?" . . . the most dignified greeting
is, "Good morning, professor." . . . the most useless greeting is,
"Whaddya know?" . . . the most unflattering greeting is, "Hi, bat-brain!"
. . . the most welcome greeting is, "Can I give you a lift?" . . .
the most pulse-throbbing greeting is, "Hello, beautiful!" . . . the most
prosaic greeting is, "What's new?" . . . the most stoogent-like greeting
is, "Hello, you dope!" . . . and the best greeting is a wink!
* » *
She: "How did you learn to kiss so divinely?"
He: (Underline one desired):
"I used to blow a bugle in the Boy Scouts."
"I used to syphon gas from tanks."
"Clucking after horses."
"Saying 'tsk, 'tsk after hearing dirty jokes."
"Eating peas off a knife."
"Blowing smoke rings."
"Spitting between my teeth."
"Eating caramels."
"Slurping chocolate sundaes."
• "Eating sphagetti without a fork."
"Eating raw oysters."
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
The minutes of the Executive.
Cabinet for November 5, 1935,
contain the following statement:
"President Deer discussed the
Cabinet's power on the campus.
He stated that the Cabinet has the
privilege of having more power
and that this power should be
used more .-. . Discussion on the
subject was held, but no definite
action was taken."
"No definite action was taken"
has been the motto of Cabinet
after Cabinet. And mainly because
students have not cared whether
their student government functioned
effectively or not. This year
a wide-awake Cabinet has set
about to reorganize Auburn's almost-
defunct student government.
Its first step has been to draw
up certain basic changes in the
Cabinet and its workings. These
are offered to the student body
for approval or disapproval this
month.
Men in all lands cry for less
graft, more efficiency, and more
justice in government. But they
lose sight of their own opportunities
to bring these things about.
Students here should not lose
sight of the fact that an opportunity
for personal participation in
government house-cleaning presents
itself this month. March 21
is only the beginning of the Cabinet's
program to straighten out
Auburn's tangled student administration.
But the Cabinet can not
change its basic organization—that
is up to the student body. Cabinet
members can and probably
will change minor rules and regulations,
but the constitutional
changes must be made by students
themselves.
Colleges are facing a rather difficult
situation today. On the one
hand are those who insist that a
college should be an institution
where every person who wants an
education can get one. On the
other hand are the many who
hold that a college should have
as its purpose the education of
only a few of higher intelligence.
One group tells us that every
person, no matter what his station
or his intellect, deserves a change
at a higher education. The fact
that he can't make good grades
shouldn't mean that he be denied
the broadening which comes from
college.
The other group argues that
higher education should be reserved
for a few who are to be
leaders. They point to low scholastic
averages of many colleges
as indications that many are in
enrolled who should not be there.
According to them, scholastic requirements
should be so high that
the mediocre student will be left
out.
The whole argument boils down
to two viewpoints: shall we educate
a few or shall we educate the -
masses?
* * *
The student loan fund which is
being worked on in one division
of the school is a well-conceived
project. All of us have seen boys
who have to go home because
they couldn't continue to pay
their way. Then there are those
others^possibly good students—
who have to do so much outside
work to pay their expenses that
their studies are impaired.
The loan fund will offer a partial
relief to some deserving students.
Naturally it will have a
small beginning, but it can develop
far beyond its modest start.
* * *
Conservation of our forests is
a matter that has troubled people
;n the South for a long time. Naturally,
Southerners are interested
in seeing that our forest resources
are not ruthlessly plundered, inasmuch
as our region is one of the
last strongholds of usable lumber.
However, desire for conservation
has not prevented many commercial
enterprises from stripping
land as clean as a whistle,
leaving it to become eroded and
cut by gullies.
There are several places in the
state where scientific raising of
trees has been tried, looking toward
a lumber supply for the
next generation. Planted now like
rows of corn, the "crop" may
stretch for miles. Of course, the
planned stiffness of scientifically
planted forests lack the certain
appeal which wild woodlands
have. But at least they show that
someone is taking an interest in
conservation.
Applicability of religion to the
problem of modern life is stressed
in two new religion courses at
Woman's College, University of
North Carolina.
TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Is Host
At Barbecue Luncheon
Alabama Alpha Mu of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon entertained Satur-da
afternoon with a barbecue supper
at their fraternity house.
A number of out-of-town and
local girls were invited. Those
present were Cora Lipscomb, Au-
Iburn; Helen Leutje, Columbus,
Ga.; Virginia McNeil, Montgomery;
Elizabeth Allison, Auburn;
Helen Moats, Auburn; Martha
Binion, Gainesville, Ga.; Eileen
Craigmire, Auburn; Mary Frisbie
Rutland, Montgomery; Edith Cecil
Carson, Auburn; Ann Kine,
Birmingham.
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probably the largest Sigma Chi
gathering held in the state since
the installation of the Gamma
Sigma chapter on the Auburn
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Frank Cayce, Pro-consul, Edwin
Sundberg, secretary, and Sanborn
Chase, magister, was immediately
followed by a buffet breakfast in
honor of the initiates.
Activities Saturday consisted of
a basketball game in the morning
between the Alabama Sig's and
the Auburn Sig's, a delightful tea
dance at Graves Center in the
afternoon immediately followed by
a reception at the chapter house,
and a gala stag banquet at 8 o'clock
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the entire chapter of Gamma Sigma,
with those of the visitors still
in Auburn, attended the morning
service at the Baptist Church.
Student Chapter of AVMA Is
Host at Dance Friday
The student chapter of the
American Veterinary Medical
Association held their annual
dance Friday at Graves Center.
There has been a dance given by
this group for the past several
years.
The Auburn Collegians, a new
campus band, furnished the music.
This is the first contract held
by them for a student organization.
They are featuring Pauline
Hallman, vocalist of Alex City.
Professors, Students in
Horticulture to Make Trip
A week-end inspection trip of
nuseries in South Alabama will be
made Friday afternoon continuing
until Sunday by a group of seven
students and two professors in
ornamental horticulture.
Inspection of the Tom Dodd nurseries
at Semmes, Overlook nurseries
at Crichton, Malvis at
Daphne, and Flowerwood at Mobile
will be made Saturday by the
group.
Also included in the itinerary
will be the T. Kigono nursery at
Semmes location of the biggest
commercial camelias gardens in
the United States, the Bellingrath
Newly Organized Orchestra
Plays for Vet Dance Friday
The recently organized band
composed of Auburn students
played their first time for a student
organization March 3.
They furnished the music for
the Junior AVMA dance.
The Collegians have a 12-piece
band and are electrically equipped.
They are featuring Pauline
Hallman of Alex City as their vocalist.
The band is under the leadership
of J. W. McKee of Selma.
Gardens, the Mobile Azelia trail,
the state experiment station at
Fairhope and leading establishments
in Mobile.
Those making the trip will be
Jule Bell, Billy Dodd, George
Sawada, Murry Brewton, Jim
Franklin, Bill McCullough, and
Claude Hayden, Prof. E. W. Mc-
Elwee, assistant professor of horticulture,
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POP Sorority Gives
Founders' Ball
The Phi Omega Pi sorority enjoyed
their Founders' Day dance
Saturday night at Graves Center.
Woodrow Kilgore, president of
the sorority, led the dance, with
Herbert Benson as her escort. She
carried an arm bouquet of talisman
rosebuds and wore a shoulder
corsage of lilies of the valley.
The Phi Omega Pi dates wore
white carnation boutonnieres.
Graves Center was decorated
with sapphire blue and white—
the colors of Phi Omega Pi. Blue
light played on the silver backdrop,
showing the coat of arms
and Greek letters of the sorority.
The Auburn Knights furnished
music for the dance.
The annual banquet was Sunday,
March 5, in the alcove of the
Tiger Cafeteria.
Alumni members of the sorority
who were present at the
dance and banquet include:
Louise Smilie, Qarrollton; Mrs.
Leslie Foster, La Port, Ind.; Elizabeth
Zackery, Notasulga; Mary
Brown, Fairfax; Annie Willa
Brown, Atlanta, Ga.; Dorothy
Summers, Columbus, Ga.; Margaret
Shellnut, LaFayette; Mrs. H.
B. Tisdale, Mrs. J. C. Lowery,
Mrs. Edward Gordon, Mrs. Douglas
Flannigan, Mrs. Henry Good,
Mrs. Ellis Diseker.
The new officers of Phi Omega
Pi, chosen Wednesday include:
Jessie Belle Isbell, president;
Virginia West, vice-president;
Margarete Johnson, secretary; and
Mattie Belle Tabor, treasurer.
Two Local Fraternities Elect New Officers
Miss Wright to Be Married
To Dr. G. T. Turnipseed
Mr. and Mrs. S. Parks Wright
of Columbus have announced the
engagement and approaching marriage
of their daughter, Evelyn
Wright, to Dr. G. T. Turnipseed,
Columbus, Ga., and Fitzpatrick,
Ala.
Miss Wright received her early
education in Columbus schools and
received her Bachelor of Arts degree
at Shorter College at Rome,
Ga.
Dr. Turnipseed is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Turnipseed, Fitzpatrick.
He attended A. P. I.,
where he received his Doctor's degree
in Veterinary Medicine. He
is a member of the Alpha Psi
fraternity.
Dr. Turnipseed is at present associated
with the Health Department
of the City of Columbus,
where he has served for the past
several years.
Kappa chapter of Delta Sigma
Phi recently elected and installed
their officers for the coming year.
The incoming officers complimented
the retiring officers with a
dinner preceding the installation.
The following men were elected
to office: Winfrey Boyd, president;
Thomas Mitchell, vice-president;
Jack Dunlop, secretary;
Marion Williams, treasurer; Robert
Campbell, Sergeant-at-Arms;
A. R. Smith, editor; Clyde Mc-
Cary, commissery manager; John
Arnold, historian; William Carroll,
chaplain; Bill and Tom
Greene, house managers.
Marshall Hooper of Selma was
leected president of Nu chapter
of Kappa Alpha fraternity Wednesday
night at the regular meeting!
Other officers elected were
James Sandford of Tampa, Fla., as
vice president, and Edward Davis
of Prattville, secretary. These
new officers and others to be appointed
will assume office on
March 22.
Walter Chander, junior from
Columbus, Ga., and Billy Dodd,
sophomore from Semmes, were
initiated at the meeting. Initiation
for freshmen will take place next
Wednesday night at the chapter
house.
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Awards in Sports for Frosh
Be Made by Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega will award a
cup to the winning freshman in
the following sports: tennis, golf,
fencing, swimming, and rifle
marksmanship. All freshmen interested
in any of these sports
should begin preparing for the
tournament and then watch for
the date that the tourney will be
held. The intramural sports department
will be in charge of the
tourney.
Each year Alpha Phi Omega
awards loving cups in certain
minor sports on our campus, to
encourage interest in these sports.
All freshmen are eligible to compete,
in any of the sports for the
award.
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SEE why the eyes of the fleet have
become our strongest arm of defense!
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GEORGE BRENT
OLIVIA DeHAVILLAND
JOHN PAYNE
Fi ank McHuBh • John Lite! • Victor lory • Henry O'Neill
Plus Color Cartoon
TIGER
'Wings of Navy'
On at Tiger
Fifteen million dollars worth
of airplanes, all of one model, appear
in stirring scenes of "Wings
of the Navy," which will be
shown Wednesday and Thursday
at the Tiger Theater, and that
represents probably the greatest
fortune ever tied up in one kind
of "properties" for a motion picture.
These planes are the proud,
new, well-armed, giant bombing
planes. In "Wings of the Navy" the
giant PBY-2's thunder into the
air from the surface of San Diego
Bay, just off the navy's North Island
air base, where a large portion
of the exciting film story
was screened. In other scenes they
swoop gracefully down out of the
sky to deposit their fourteen tons
lightly on the twisting currents
of the bay.
In one scene, forty-four of the
big twin-motored patrol bombers
tilted and swerved in graceful
formation overhead, as they came
in, in a superb massed flight, to
alight in home waters after completing
their share in the U. S.
Navy's annual summer maneuvers
above the foggy waters of southern
Alaska. These forty-four
planes hopped down from Seattle,
Wash., in one long successful
massed flight. Their landing at
San Diago furnished a dramatic
sequence for the picture.
Each of the sixty vast PBY-2's
which made its motion picture
.bow in "Wings of the Navy" is
valued at $260,000, when completely
equipped with the navy's
well protected secret devices that
render them such potent instruments
of might for war purposes.
Fashion Chatter
"In the spring a young man's
fancy (so they say) turns to love,"
but instead a young lady's fancy
turns to spring fashions.
* * *
Paris Openings
Now, doesn't that sound exciting?
After all, I'm sure that what
fashion experts are thinking is of
interest to young and old alike.
And Paris is still the leading fashion
center. You'll be interested in
the eye-view of the Paris Openings
longer underskirts; boleros that
button onto the waist-line; full-skirted
peasant dress with shirred
yokes and little jackets to match,
beguiling organdies for evening
as well as stiff satin, taffeta, dotted
swiss, eyelet embroidery; full-ish
skirts either pleated or cut
on the bias, with short-fitted jackets
trimmed with white; all sorts
of seagoing prints from marine to
aquamaine; simple printed dresses
trimmed in plain-colored bands;
tweed jackets with hoods like that
of a football substitute; short
skirts, starched petticoats, nursery
collars; bags almost as big
as lunch baskets, as well as drawstring
numbers; quaint bonnets
tied on, chigonons of false hair.
Really, it looks like echoes of the
lady of the nineties are resounding
into the spring of 1939!
* * *
Of course you will want to
choose just enough to give the
Altogether there are two hundred
and sixty of these big planes,
built and building, which give the
United States Navy a voice of real
authority in the sky. "Wings of
the Navy" features George Brent,
Olivia de Havilland and John
Payne.
Many Reporters
Attend Celebration
Never before in the history of
Auburn has any event attracted a
larger number of newspaper men
than "Greater Auburn Day."
Among the leading representatives
from Alabama and Georgia newspapers
who were present are Cliff
Wear, Opelika News; Neil O. Davis,
Lee County Bulletin; R. F.
Hudson, publisher, Bill Mahoney,
managing editor, Atticus Mullln,
political writer, Grover Hall, Jr.,
special writer, and Max Moseley,
assistant sports editor, all of the
Montgomery Advertiser.
Harry M. Ayers, publisher, and
Ralph Callahan, managing editor,
Anniston Star; Harold Fisher,
special writer, and Zipp Newman,
sports editor, Birmingham News;
Bob Phillips, sports editor, Birmingham
Age-Herald; Pete Mahan,
Associated Press, Montgomery; Julian
Hall, editor, Dothan Eagle;
Ed Camp (Ole Timer), feature
writer, and Lawrence Cornett,
staff photographer, Atlanta Jour-right
degree of smartness and follow
this new spirit in fashion.
Luck to you, girls, and don't let
the "Spring Fever" get the best
of you!
*. * *
You will adore the petticoats
found peeking. There's white eyelet
embroidery—with ribbons, too
—under black wool dresses, stripped
taffeta under serge suits, and
all kinds of taffeta in contrasting
colors under silk dresses. Swish!
Swish! Can't you just see them
flashing in the breezes and making
a flirtatious rustle beneath spring
costumes!
SIX STEPS TO
MORE SMOKING
PLEASURE _
AGEING—Chesterfield's mild
ripe tobaccos, like fine wines, are
aged for two or more years in huge
wooden casks. Here they gradually
acquire that true Chesterfield
mildness and better taste which give
millions of smokers more pleasure.
STEMMING—"Almost human"
is what they say about the inter*
esting stemming machines, whose
fingers pick up the tobacco, leaf
by leaf and take out the stem,
leaving only the mild, tender,
good-tasting part of the leaf to go
into the making of Chesterfields.
BLENDING—There is only one
Chesterfield blend . . . the blend
that can't be copied . . . a happy
combination of the world's best
American and Turkish tobaccos.
Just the right proportions to make
Chesterfield a milder, better-tasting
cigarette.
He'll say..
on the back of the package...
"Chesterfield Cigarettes are a balanced blend
of the finest aromatic Turkish tobacco and the
choicest of several American varieties blended
in the correct proportion to bring out the finer
qualities of each tobacco."
When you try them you will know why
Chesterfields give millions of men and women
more smoking pleasure...why THEY SATISFY
hesterfield
...the blend that carCt be copied
...the RIGHT COMBINATION of the
Copyright 1939. world's best cigarette tobaccos
Uoerrr * MYIU TOBACCO CO.
PAPER—Every Chesterfield you
smoke is wrapped in pure cigarette
paper...the finest cigarette paper
made. That's another reason why
Chesterfields are milder and better-
tasting.
MAKING—Almost faster than
the eye can follow, Chesterfields
come rolling out of the marvelous
cigarette making machines.
Chesterfields are always round, firth
and well-filled.
PACKAGING—Truly amazing
are the packaging machines which
wrap and seal Chesterfields in
their air-tight, moisture-proof
packages. Regardless of where
you buy them, Chesterfields reach
you as fresh as the day they were
made.
Wax Works
Featuring the vocal work of
James Rushing, Count Basie has
just finished a swing production
of "The Blues I Like to Hear,"
followed on the reverse side by
"Blame It on My Last Affair."
Helen Hume sings the latter tune.
Both numbers are given the Basie
touch and would make a fine one
to add to the swing stack. A Decca
production.
* * *
The Merry Macs, that popular
swing vocal group, have given
their vocal treatment to "I Got
Rings On My Fingers" and "Ferdinand
the Bull." These songs are
arranged in a new and unique
manner. The Merry Macs have appeared
a number of times on the
"Saturday Night Swing Session."
Don't miss this one. Decca.
* » *
"The Ghost of Love" is piped by
Pha Terrell backed by the Andy
Kirk band in a neat arrangement
of a slow fox-trot. Andy's outfit
really goes to town with "Jump
Jack Jump" in an in-the-groove
arrangement. A Decca that is good.
* * *
Bob Crosby's outfit has just
released "Swingin' at the Sugar
Bawl" with a bit of vocal chord
exercises by Nappy Lamare. An
out-of-the-world production under
the name of "I'm Prayin'
Humble" written by Bob Haggart
is something a little beyond our
taste of good music. We can't say
so much for this one. Decca.
* * *
"Good For Nothin' But Love"
and "Shut Eye" are given treatment
by the master and his queen
of song, Benny Goodman and
Martha Tilton respectively. Both
of these Victor wax works are
done in the finished manner of
the Goodman band and are nothing
short of fine. Both are medium
tempo.
* * *
Tommy Dorsey and his band
have just released a couple of
popular tunes, "Heaven Can Wait"
and "You Taught Me to Love
Again." Jack Leonard gives his
vocal attention to both tunes backed
by the fine sweet trombone
sliding of T. Dorsey. The last of
these two jobs is a Fletcher Henderson
composition.
* * *
"Oh I'm Evil" is the latest Van
Alexander production for Bluebird
featuring the vocal chords of
"Butch" Stone that happens to be
good. Jayne Dover, a new-comer
to our ladies of song is featured
on a new one bearing the name of
SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY:—
Another truck load of fresh tree-ripened
citrus fruit. Oranges 90
cents per sack and grapefruit 75
cents. Student operated. See Jim
Madill at Can- Hall or phone 571
and leave your order.
WANT ADS
VACANCY for one boy. Room
and board. One block from town.
Phone 112. 114 S. Gay.
LOST—Brown and white collie
puppy. Answers to name of
Sandy. Last seen on campus on
Thursday. Reward. Phone 522.
LOST—Small navy blue netted
purse containing; a diamond
bracelet and cash. Louise Ward.
Phone 304.
FOR SALE—All kinds of homemade
cakes. Reasonable prices.
Call Mrs. L. C. Owen, 281 East
Thach, phone 32-J.
nal.
Johnny Bradberry and Tom Mc-
Krae, assistant sports editors, Atlanta
Constitution; Guy Tiller, assistant
sports editor, and Traoey
O'Neal, staff photographer, Atlanta
Georgian, Jim Hutto, political
writer, and Staff Photgrapher Atkinson,
Birmingham Post; and Fel-ton
Gordon, sports editor, Columbus
Ledger-Enquirer.
JUST ARRIVED
Complete Line of the
Newest Styles of
Evening Slippers
Tinting and Dyeing
a Speciality
KOPLON'S
Shoes and Repairing
Phone 479 Opelika
"Honey Bunny Boo." Van Alexander
is fronting a rising band.
* * *
Hal Kemp's band and Bob Allen
combine their talents to bring
us "Blue Italian Waters" and "It's
All So New to Me." Both of these
tunes are on the sweet side, but
are very modern in arrangement.
A Victor that we think deserves
a good plug.
* * *
"Never Again" and "I'm So
Weary of It All" are the latest of
Noel Coward's compositions and
are produced for us by Tommy
Dorsey featuring our nomination
for top male vocal honors, Jack
Leonard. Both are medium tempo
and pleasing to the ear. Victor
scores again.
* * *
For some knocked-out dixieland
swing we would like to plug
"Who's Sorry Now" and "March
of the Bab Cats." Bob Crosby's
Bob Cats kick right along on some
fine jamming. This Decca wax can
•be added to the small combination
list.
* * *
Chanting in his unique jig manner,
Louis Armstrong has released
a couple of numbers with different
touches called "As Long As
You Live" and "When the Saints
Go Marching On." The band features
some good background to
the high note blasting from the
squeaking Armstrong trumpet.
* * *
"Diga Diga Do I and II" is a
Decca record by the Bob Crosby
band that is good to start off with,
but gets out of hand before the
disc comes to an end. If you really
want to hear some screwy rides
presented in an interesting arrangement
be sure and get this
one.
University of Michigan men
sported, corsages of vegetables at
a special party given for them by
their co-ed friends.
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