1937-12-01 The Auburn Plainsman

              THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
VOL. LXI Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1937. NUMBER 23.
Fifty-two Dollars Is Provided For Short
Story, Essay, Poetry Contest Held By
Plainsman; Ends Jan. 27
Any Undergraduate May | =
Enter Contest; Nine Prizes
To Be Awarded
Fifty-two dollars has been ap­propriated
lor the literary contest
which is being held by the Plains­man.
It was also decided by the
editor that the time limit should
be extended to the end of- the
first semester which will be Jan­uary
27. The contest will be in
three divisions: short story, essay,
and poetry, with graduated prizes
going to the winners in each of the
contests.
The contest is limited to stu­dents
of this institution. However,
any undergraduate may partici­pate
in the contest, submitting as
many entries in any of the three
contests as he wishes. Manuscripts
are acceptable any time from this
date until the close of the compe­tition.
They should be handed per­sonally
or mailed directly to the
editor of the Plainsman who will,
at the proper time, place them in
the hands of. the judges. Those who
already have material ready for
submitting or who are able to
prepare the matter at an early
date are urged to put it in the
hands of the editor as soon as
possible as such action will great­ly
facilitate the progress of the
judging.
The prizes will be graduated in
the following manner: for the
short story, $15, first prize, $7 for
second prize and $5 for third
prize; for the essay, $7.50, first
prize, $5 for second prize, $2.50
third prize; and for the poetry, $5,
for first prize, $3, second prize,
and $2 third prize. This graduation
of awards was designed so as to
provide as many prizes as seemed
feasible. In doing this, it is the
belief of those conducting the con­test
that more interest will be
given to the submitting of material.
This money is provided solely
by the Plainsman and will be tak­en
from the fund provided by the
revenue afforded by the solicita­tion
of advertising and by the
quota received from the student
activity fees.
All material should be submitted'
upon white typewriter paper,
type-written and double spaced.
Though an original copy is re­quired,
it is suggested that the
writer retain a carbon or another
original copy. It is quite possible
that the Plainsman will not be
able to return the manuscrips. A
definite arrangement will probab­ly
be worked out for this matter.
The short stories should not
exceed 1500 words and, naturally,
should conform to all the ethics of
short istory writing. The story
should not have less than 600
words as it could hardly be con­sidered
a short story. The essays
should consist of material of 500
to 1500 words and may be written
in any style desired. The poems
may be of any form, though it is
desired that they be written with
/meter, rhyme, and the other rules
of poetry writing. Normally, the
poems should not exceed 300 lines.
Those entering the contest should
keep the matter strictly in mind
that no plagarism or any other un­fair
tactics will be tolerated by
the judges. And should anyone
enter such matter, his entire num­ber
of manuscripts will be dis­qualified.
The judges of the contest are
Prof. J, R. Rutland, head of the
English Department; Prof. C. P.
Weaver, and Prof. H. J. Y. Moss,
both of the last being instructors
in special composition. The three
judges are well qualified to act
in their assigned capacity as they
have experience in both the criti­cism
and the writing of literary
matter.
It has not yet been definitely
decided as to just when the win­ners
of the contest will be an­nounced.
But just as soon as the
submitted material may be fair­ly
considered, the winners will
be announced and the winning
manuscripts published in the
Plainsman at some time during
the remainder of the school year.
All who are interested in creative
writing are urged to get busy
upon the matter and begin sub­mitting
material as soon as pos­sible.
Two Annuals
The Glomerata of today appears
to be enough of a yearbook for
any college, but Auburn students
at one time published two annuals
in the same year. The cause, how­ever,
was a campus feud, and not
the urgent need for more year­books.
• In 1901 political warfare on the
campus saw the fraternity men
gain the upper hand, and with
their triumph they claimed the
right to appoint the members of
the Glomerata staff. This they
proceeded to do.
Non-fraternity men declared
they were entitled to representa­tion
on the staff. The Greeks re­cognized
the claim, but chose only
one Barb and maintained that the
non-fraternity men did not de­serve
more representation. Of
course, this procedure has been
repeated many times since.
In 1910, however, the Barbs
were not easily appeased. They
refused to accept the dictates of
the frat men. Instead they put
out their own annual, the Chry­salis.
This Chrysalis must have
died in its cocoon, so to speak,
for the next year the two groups
were reconciled, and the publica­tion
of one yearbook, the Glome­rata,
continued without further
change.
No Rifle Team Will
Be Organized
Captain H. W. Krghott, coach
of the Auburn rifle team for the
past three years, states that a rifle
team representative of the school
will not be formed this year. How­ever,
plans are under way for
competition in riflery within the
Engineer regiment.
In past years the rifle team un­der
the direction of the Military
Department has represented the
school in numerous competitive
postal matches with schools scat­tered
throughout the United
States. On several occasions the
team has met the sharpshooters
of Georgia Tech, Alabama, and
other nearby schools in shoulder-to-
shoulder matches. The team
with excellent tutoring has con­sistently
produced marksmen of
strong caliber, and has always
placed high in championship
matches for the Hearst and S. A.
M. E. trophies.
Tentative plans call for intra-company
competition within the
Engineer regiment. It is possible
that later in the year a team com­posed
of the more adept marks­men
of the companies of the En­gineer
regiment will be formed
to represent the Engineers in com­petition
next spring for the trophy
of the Society of American Mili­tary
Engineers. This team—if
formed—might also fire for the
Hearst trophy.
Capt. Erghott stated that the
competitive fire within the En­gineer
regimen would be of in­structional
nature inasmuch as
riflery was included in the course
of study of the Engineers, and
that actual firing will probably
not begin until after the Christmas
holidays or the first of next se­mester.
Rodgers Sues City For
$100,000 In Accident
W. W. Rogers, New Market, last
Wednesday sued the city of Mont­gomery
and the Central of Georgia
Railroad for $100,000 as a result of
the death of his son* Wilson
Rogers, last Sept. 24.
Wilson, an Auburn student, was
instantly killed when the auto­mobile
in' which he was riding
plunged off a dead-end street, over
a railroad embankment, and onto
the tracks 50 feet below. The
other occupants of the car were
only slightly injured.
The suit, filed exactly two
months from the date of the trage­dy,
charged the city was negli­gent
in providing some barrier at
the end of the street.
Hairston Gives
Convention
Report
After [attending the National
Undergraduate Conference which
held its session at the Hotel Com­modore
in New York City, George
Hairston, President of Auburn's
Interfraternity Council, returned
to A. P. I. early this week with
a full report of proceedings at
the conference. The meeting was
composed of 165 undergraduates
representing more than sixty col­leges
and universities throughout
the United States.
Probably the most distant dele­gates
came from Stanford Uni­versity,
University of California,
and Oregon State. Purpose of the
conference was to bring together
a representative student group of
college fraternity men. The great­er
part of each meeting during
the two day session was taken
up with discussions from the floor
of the convention. Various mo­mentous
and vital questions re­lative
to problems of fraternities
(as groups within the school or
college) were rnain topics of dis­cussion.
Most impressed upon the mind
of Auburn's . representative was
the means by which other insti­tutions
deal with fra$erna|Listic
brotherhoods that are forced to
be under the college authorities,
special surveillance. If, in certain
colleges, a comparatrv|ely hjgh
scholastic average in the individual
fraternity is not maintained, the
organization is penalized in not
being allowed by college authori­ties
to pledge any men for a one-year
period, Hairston reported.
As an explicit example of col­lege
regulation of fraternities
Hairston cites the situation at
Dartmouth. At that school no more
than sixteen men may eat or sleep
in any one fraternity house, and
the college definitely tells the or­ganization
what it may or may
not do with regards to house rules
and even financial problems.
Hairston related that other del­egates
were surprised at the com­paratively
lax (or lack of) man­agement
that Auburn authorities
exercise. Many delegates to the
conference were quite interested
in the fact that Auburn campus
authorities do not dictate to fra­ternities"
how they may operate
their houses, when they may have
social functions, specifically who
shall pledge an organization. Hair­ston
was consistently questioned
regarding fraternities at Auburn.
Probably the most outstanding
address during the course of the
conference was that made by Dr.
Harry Woodburn Chase, Chancel­lor
of New York University. Dr.
Chase declared, "The trouble with
fraternities now is that college
deans and alumni endeavor to
manage fraternities in the same
manner that they were managed
in 1905." Delegate Hairston com­mented
appreciatively, "I'm glad
we don't have trouble like that
here at Auburn."
Auburn's Interfraternity Council
is one of the few who sponsors
its own athletic program. In most
other schools the program of ath­letics
is conducted by the Athletic
Department. Most colleges have
had some form of deferred rush­ing
at one time or another, or
successfully practice it at present.
Every suggestion brought to the
attention of the Conference re­garding
fraternity activities (I. E.
spring singing, athletics, scholar­ships
competition and awards) has
at some time been discussed or
tried here at Auburn.
To quote Delegate Hairston:
"Auburn fraternity men should be
proud of the fact that they attend
such a democratic school in which
they may practically do as they
please as fraternity men. We, as
participators in such a democratic
interrelation between ourselves as
fraternities and the Institution,
should realize the importance of
so conducting ourselves that we
may be allowed to continue the
present satisfactory relationship
with the School."
NOTICE
Alpha Phi Omega will meet
Thursday evening at 7:00 p. m. in
Ross Chemical Library.
Read the Plainsman and you
will be a well uneducated man.
We are putting these lines in
here because we ran out of that
other stuff you enjoy reading.
Godbold Brothers
Meet Dartmouth
In Debate
Next Debate On Schedule Is
Drake; Debate Tonight Set
For Seven-Thirty
The varsity debate team will
open its season on Wednesday
evening, December 1, with Dart­mouth
University here in Lang-don
Hall, according to Prof. E. B.
Hess, debate coach.
Representing Auburn will be the
two Godbold brothers, Edwin and
John, both of whom are ranked
as most capable debaters here this
year. Edwin is a junior in foreign
service while John is a sophomore
in pre-law.
The Dartmouth team will be
composed of William F. Moss, of
Monte Clair, N. Y., and William S.
Green, of Manchester, N. H. Moss,
a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity, is a senior and an Eng­lish
honor student at Dartmouth.
Green, a junior at Dartmouth, who
is majoring in psychology, made
his varsity debate debut at Dart­mouth
last year when Dartmouth
won the decision'over Yale Uni­versity.
The Auburn team will have the
affirmative side of the question,
"Resolved: That the National La­bor
Relations Board should be
empowered to enforce arbitration
in all industrial questions."
Dr. John W. Scott, science and
literature dean, will preside at the
Auburn-Dartmouth debate in
Langdon Hall.
Debate Drake December 13
Drake university's debate team,
making a 3200 mile southern tour,
will meet Alabama Polytechnic
Institute's debate team Monday,
Dec. 13.
This will be seventh in a series
of twelve debates on the tour
which will take the Drake team
through the south to Gainesville,
Fla., and back. During the course
of the twelve day trip the team
will debate in eight states.
Last winter a debate group
from Drake made a similar tour
of the west, going to the coast
and debating with 14 colleges and
universities in eight states. The
trip took two weeks and covered
-5000 miles.
Question for debate here will be
Resolved: That the national labor
relations board should be empow­ered
to enforce arbitration in all
industrial disputes. This is the
national collegiate debate gues-tion
for this year selected by Pi
Kappa Delta, national honorary
forensic fraternity.
Only the men's team, Mr. Sid­ney
Levine and Mr. Sol Yarow-sky,
will debate. They will take
the negative. Members of the wo­men's
team are Miss Kathleen
Shanahan and Miss Ruth Frisby.
Other schools where the Drake
team will debate are: University
of Illinois, Earlham College, Tran­sylvania
college, University of the
South, Emory University, Univer­sity
of Forida, Alabama College,
Southwestern University, Arkan­sas
State Teachers College, Col­lege
of the Ozarks'and University
of Arkansas.
The team will travel by automo­bile.
It will be accompanied by a
chaperon and will return to Des
Moines Dec. 18.
LocalYMCAAsks
Conference Here
The third annual Y. M. C. A.
Leadership conference has been
invited to meet at Auburn this
year, instead of the University
as has been done in the past two
years. The meeting will be held
here from December 31 to Janu­ary
2.
The chief features to be dis­cussed
at this conference will be
high school problems or student
government organizations, club
programs, publications, vocational
guidance, nd religiious education.
Dean Zebulon Judd.Th cooper­ation
with Dr. J. E. Bryan, state
chairman of the Hi-Y committee,
and Jim Hardwick, state Y. M. C.
A. secretary,- is in charge of the
program. An interesting program
has been arranged. Tours of Au­burn's
campus-will also be made
by the groups. Auburn is the only
other school in the state which is ^
large enough to accommodate a.
group of this size. I
Seven Women Students Will Be Selected For
Glomerata Beauty Section Saturday Night
Sings With Knights Committee Of
Five Men To
Be Judges
Co-eds who will appear in the
Beauty Section of the 1938 Glom­erata
will be selected at the "A"
Club masquerade ball Saturday
night, it was announced last night
by Morris Hall and Jarvis Brown
of the Glomerata and Malcolm
McDonald of the "A" Club.
Those to take part in the com­petition
for appearance in the
coveted place in the year book
will be notified within the next
two days. A selected list of wo­men
students has been compiled
by the members of the Glomerata
staff and only those on the roster
will be eligible to compete for
the honors.
Seven of the co-eds on the list
will be selected by a judging
committee of five professors in the
art department. Theirs are the
photographs that will grace the
pages of the Beauty Section, which
will be bigger and better this
year than ever before. Campus
favorites, who will appear along
with the beauties, will be select­ed
at a later date, it was revealed.
This year, for the second time
in the history of the Glomerata,
the section will be made up en­tirely
of Auburn co-eds. Last year
a similar contest was held at an
"A" Club dance, but only five
girls were chosen in the final
round. The number of pages de­voted
to favorites this year is ex­pected
to be larger than usual.
With the last minute addition
of the Glomerata beauty contest
to the program of the masquerade
„ „ , .-i -4. .. « ball> it i s expected that it will be
With the return of Mary Bourg as the featured vocalist with the Au~ Qne Qf me ^ s u c e e s s f u l d a n c eg
burn Knights, the dance fans on the campus have one of the best 0f the year. Numerous novelties
singers of popular music appearing in the South. j and features have been planned
Since singing here for the opening dances Miss Bourg has been fea- i f o r the dance in the gym Satur-tured
with several name bands of the country including Gus Arnheim ay m £ h t
and Shep Fields.
Annual Masquerade Ball To Have Many
Features On Program Saturday Night
The second annual "A" Club
Masquerade Ball will be held Sat­urday
night in the gym beginning
at nine o'clock. Many features
make the dance one of the most
attractive of the year.
The gymnasium will be decor­ated
with orange and blue stream­ers
which will taper up to a point
in the center of the dance floor.
The building will be heated so as
not to be uncomfortable as at the
last dance, it was stated by those
in charge.
A special part of the "A" club
initiation will take place at a cer­tain
point in the evening's fes­tivities.
Beauties for the Glomerata
beauty section will be selected
during the evening, also. As a
special added attraction, several
students have been asked to take
part in a floor show.
Tony Cortina and June Tooker
will present their interpretation
of the rhumba, Jimmy Fenton
will render a song, Laurens Pierce
will whistle in his inimitable style,
Happy Sivell will give an exhibi­tion
of the Charleston, old hit
dance, and other features will be
presented.
The theme of the ball is "movie
stars" and all attendants are re­quested
to impersonate some per­son
appearing on the silver screen.
Two prizes will be awarded to the
best impersonations, one to the
boy and one to the girl.
Mary Bourg, talented singer,
will appear with the Auburn
Knights in one of her first appear­ances
since she returned to her
post as torch singer for the or­chestra.
The usual script of one
dollar will be charged.
NOTICE
There will be a convacation of
the Y. W. C. A. Thursday at 11:00
a. m. at Langdon Hall. Monday,
December 6 at 7:00 p. m. there
will be a joint meeting of the Y.
W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A.
Thanks
In behalf of the cheerleading
staff, I would like to take this
opportunity to express our appre­ciation
to the students, for the
splendid way in which they co­operated
with us in attending mass
meetings, joining in on yells, and
supporting the team in every way.
I would also like to express our
whole-hearted thanks to the mem­bers
of the band who never failed
to turn out and assist us at the
mass meetings and games. It is
seldom that a more loyal group is
found and such loyalty merits our
sincere appreciation.
Sincerely yours,
Jack Adams,
Head Cheerleader.
Huntley Pays Official Call
To The College Recently
An official visit was made to the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Tuesday by Executive Secretary
M. C.'Huntley, of the Southern
Association of College and Sec­ondary
Schools.
During the morning Mr. Huntley
conferred with President L. N.
Duncan, Ralph B. Draughon, col­lege
executice secretary, and Tra­vis
Ingram, accountant and pur­chasing
agent of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. At noon he
was the luncheon guest of Dr. and
Mrs. Duncan at the President's
Mansion. Later in the day Dr.
Duncan accompanied Mr. Huntley
on an extended tour of the entire
college campus and experimental
fields.
Late in the afternoon Mr. Hunt­ley
returned to Birmingham where
his office is located.
If the reporters would get news
we would not have to put in fill­ers.
Prof. Little Speaks
To Camera Club
Professor F, W. Little of the Ar­chitectural
Department gave an
instructive and entertaining lec­ture
on Pictorial Compostiion to
the Camera Club at their regu­lar
meeting last Tuesday night.
The talk was the third in a series
of lectures that are being given the
club members at their weekly
meetings. Other speakers who have
been presented to the club have
given talks concerning the tech­nical
side of photography: Profes-psr
Little's lecture varied some­what
and touched on the impor­tance
of composition in pictorial
photography.
During the course of his talk
Prof. Little showed some studies
in photography that he had made
while on a tour of Europe. Many
of the pictures that he displayed
were originals of some that he had
sold to travel agencies for adver­tising
purposes. These, he said, had
paid for over half his trip on the
Continent.
At the conclusion of the lecture,
an informal discussion was held,
with Prof. Little answering ques­tions
that were put to him by
the audience.
Three Seniors In Interior
Decoration Enter Contest
Floyd Pugh, Gretchen Talley,
and Frances Hain, seniors in In­terior
Decoration, are represent­ing
Auburn in a competitive in­terior
design and furnishing pro­ject
for metropolitan living room.
The designs for the contest cover
complete furnishings, including
walls and all furniture.
The contest is open to all stu­dents,
and the only competitors
from this section are from Au­burn.
The sponsor of the contest,
James Blouvelt, is particularly in­terested
in contemporary work,
and has chosen a competent jury
which met in New York City yes­terday
to decide on the winning
design. The judges will convene
until sufficient time has. been giv­en
in consideration of all pro­jects
to select the winner.
PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1937.
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A Great College?
Does the South have a great university?
This is a matter as good for controversy as
the War Between the States. It should re­ceive
the nomination for the next major
conflict to be held in this country.
Quoting from the Montgomery Advertis­er,
we find that it was disclosed in a recent
issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly a
choice bit of pertinent information. "There
was standing room only . . . last week when
Robert Frost delivered the first Stafford
Little lecture of the year . . . Seats for the
New York Philharmonic concert last Sat­urday
night was sold out a week in ad­vance,
and for the Stradivarius Quartet
series a month in advance."
One must needs admit that though these
are not the main standards by which a un­iversity's
greatness may be judged, they
do serve as very good markers. Of course,
these little matters of having good foot­ball
teams, imposing buildings, large .en­rollments,
and Ph. D. professors on the
faculties deserves some measurement. We
contend that the manifestation of a right
spirit allows for the greatness of a univer­sity.
But the fallacy of such a statement lies
in its connotation to a large group of indi­viduals.
When we allude to the right spirit
it does not have reference to "college
spirit." But we do have reference to the
"personal spirit." This is the only attitude
that would be in keeping with the human
temperament. The so-called "college spirit"
is affectation stimulated by egotism. The
"personal spirit" is the essence of the in­dividual,
of what he represents.
All of this does have reference to those
constituents which go to make .up a good
university. For quoting the letter from the
Montgomery Advertiser again, one finds:
""If our universities are to become great,
more of us must realize that higher edu­cation
is essentially and primarily an in­tellectual
agency. For the stream cannot
rise higher than its source." And we have
had reference to the source, those people
who go to make up the institutions.
If the universities are to be great, the
people must attempt an elevation of their
conduct and ideals so that what they come
in contact with will conform to their own
measurements. The matter is all very per­sonal,
leaving the matter for each person
to draw his own conclusions as to his or
her university's greatness.
%
Probably this decade will have to go
down in history as the "thirsty thirties."
"College Men"
BY DON HEROLD
In December Scribner's
One of the first things that should be
taught college freshmen is not to act col­lege.
Perhaps the first week of their col­lege
year should be devoted to boiling the
little fellows in oil and otherwise tortur­ing
them to get out of their system all de­sire
to wear monkey caps and do snake
dances. Then, if the persist in acting con­ventionally
college, they should all be ship­ped
to the Warner Brothers studios in Hol­lywood
to cut up in motion pictures about
college life—a doom worse than Siberia.
In short, this period of chastening would
be a most excellent chance to wean college
youngsters, as possible candidates for the :
intelligent Americanism, from our all-too-prevalent
American weakness for labels,
and for acting and dressing the part.
There are of course, in every college a
few lusty little nitwits who lead in this
collegiate babbittry. They should be smack­ed
to earth by their more embarrassed
classmates. It is the embarrassed who are
right, but it is the healthy little babbitts
who prevail.
This goes, too, for after life, and I think
that I have suggested a bit of pedagory
here by which the colleges can eventually
improve American life as a whole. What
America needs, for one thing, is fewer
joiners.
The best actors I know look like business
men. Only the hams look like actors. The
best writers and artists I know look like
brokers or storekeepers. Only the phonies
- wear long hair and Windsor ties. The best
musicians might be mistaken for chemists.
The best college students ought to look the
least college.
If we can't get intelligent people from
our colleges, we ought to close the colleges.
And I think it would help a lot toward this
end to smack all that is collegiate out of
the freshmen before they are a week old.
On Studying War
The large amount of pacifist literature
and propoganda appearing in our office a-gain
calls our attention to a consideration
of military training in colleges. We won­der
just what motives lead the students to
take up R. O. T. C.
Of course, there are the first two requir­ed
years, but a great many students take
the two optional years. Is it patriotism and
the desire to be prepared for war that in­fluences
them? We think not. Students
take miliatry training for fear that they
will be killed sooner as privates, for the
money it entails, for the easy hours of
credit it offers, to satisfy their vanity in
parading as officers in uniform, or because
they are really interested in the study and
drill.
The major part of the advanced cadets
are Hessians or soldiers who fight and
drill for pay. They study war because it
offers them a chance to make money while
they are merely taking a college course.
Many of them look upon it as an easy
course and chance to boost semester aver­ages
with high marks in it.
Then there are those who must strut
before admiring eyes and make a name
for themselves on the campus. They study
war, shine brass, and work hard to get a
high appointment as seniors. After grad­uation,
it is only a memory to them. How­ever,
there are a few who are actually in­terested
in the course. They study it con­scientiously
and often enter the Army aft­er
finishing school.
Much of the pacifist literature views R.
O. T. C. with alarm, but we say that there
is no cause for any uneasiness. Let them
play soldier—every boy does at some time.
The cadets study to gain a knowledge they
hope they will never have to use.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading,
nor any pleasure so lasting.—Lady M. W.
Montague.
Imprint the beauties of authors upon
your imagination, and their good morals
upon your heart.—C. Simmons.
The first time I read an excellent work,
it is to me just as if I had gained a new
friend; and when I read over a book I
have persued before, it resembles the meet­ing
with an old one. —Goldsmith.
There was so much of splendor and of
glory, there was so much of wonder and
delight that there can be no ending of our
story although the book is closed and it
is night.—Margaret Sangster.
Where To Find Your Lost Orchestra News and Views
BY L. E. FOSTER
Have you been wondering where certain
orchestras are playing? Only too frequently a
popular band fades from the limelight and
we hear little or nothing about it for a while.
During the holidays a member of the staff
burnt the midnight oil (in his radio) and
Eound some lost maestros.
Here's where he found the orchestras. Is
your lost band amongst them?
Richard Himber, at the Central Park Ca-sina,
New York City; Dick Stabile, at the Wil­liam
Penn in Pittsburg; Don Bestor, at Cin-cinatti's
Netherland Plaza; Ted Fiorita, at the
Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, Calif.; John­ny
Hamp, Hotel Roosevelt, New Orleans.
Roger Pryor, at the Baker Hotel in Tulsa;
Emery Deutch, at the Book-Cadillac Casino.
Detroit; Earl Hines, back at the Grand Ter­race
Cafe in Chicago; Griff Williams, at the
Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco; Louie
Armstrong, at the Vogue in Los Angeles;
Noble Sisal, Beverly Hills Country Club in
Kentucky; Joe Reichman, at the Hotel Am­bassador
in Los Angeles; Bernie Cummins, at
the Gibson, Cincinatti.
The programs of Kay Kyser, Ted Weems,
Freddie Martin, Jimmy Dorsey, Morry Stein,
Orin Tucker, Wayne King, Paul Whiteman,
and Eddie Varas are now emanating from
Chicago's night spots, while New York claims
Guy Lombardo, Isham Jones, Benny Good­man,
Eddie Roucher, Oscar Bradley.
Among the miscellaneous are George Olsen
and Dick Jergens, who are on tours, Hal Kamp
is making a picture; Eddie Duchin, who is on
the stage; and Jan Savitt, who is doing studio
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work in Philadelphia.
Talk About The Town
by JACK STEPPE
The annual game of "Bowl, Bowl, who's
got the Bowl" is now in full swing and your
guess is as good as anyone's, though perhaps
by the time this is hashed out the winner will
be announced. With Pitt-saying they don't
want it—with their tongue in their cheek we
think—the Crimson Tide steps into first place
as the cadidate, though we personally don't
think they will get it, mostly because of their
weak schedule. 'Tis a lot of fun trying to guess
though we will probably all be wrong. And
though we probably won't even be considered
for any of the bowls Coach Meagher and the
team deserve a world" of praise for even liv­ing
through that schedule. Given a schedule
such as most of the other "great" teams play
we would probably be the ranking team of
the nation, though how some of these schools
—not mentioning any names of course—can
lay claims to greatness when every other
game they play is against some backwater
college which has to draft the debating team
to get eleven men for the team. We may not
win them all but at least all of them are
games and not track meets.
The ony trouble with coming back to
schools between the holidays is that for the
Eirst week and a half we are busy forgetting
the past vacation and for the next interim we
are in a dither planning for the Xmas va­cation
and wondering how we are going to
get the price of a gift or two.
Another famous guessing game about this
time is as to who is going to play for the
annual mid-term jook fest. Duncan avers he
will tell all within a few weeks and he pro­mises
it wil be good. We would like to see
either Orin Tucker, Hal Kemp, or "Ran"
Wild but if our prognostications run true to
form it won't be any of them. And incidentally
our old pal Kay Kyser is even better than
ever—especially on his Monday night college
programs.
And speaking of jooks the "A" Club is giv­ing
one Saturday night which promises to be
one of the best of the year, at least the idea
is novel and the results will probably be in­teresting
to observe, but yes. And the Knights
have their feminine interest back again, which
may or may not be news.
Best crack of the year comes from Dean
Petrie being that he wasn't interested in wo­men's
dresses unless there was a woman in
them—but ain't it so!
This isn't enough to fill up the space we
got but we gotta go and when you gotta go
you just gotta and thus we aren't responsible
for anything that happens from here on.
Letters
Editor,
The Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Your creative writing contest should at­tract
a great deal of interest and, I hope, many
entrants.
I should like to" suggest, however, that the
closing date of the contest be set back until
some date after the Christmas holidays. By
closing the contest on December 17, you will
make it very difficult and perhaps even im­possible
for those students who really de­vote
the majority of their time to their studies
to enter the contest. Were the competitors
allowed the Christmas vacation in which to
finish their works, no doubt more and better
manuscripts would be submitted. Please give
this your consideration.
Sincerely,
Robert Lee Mundhenk
Sixteen Ems
BY SPACER OUTER
ently. Variety is the spice of life and we want
this column to be spicy . . . so-o-o. We hope
you like it.
The "A" Club is again featuring a mas­querade
ball. There are several students on
the eampms who could go as movie stars with
very little alteration. They are Tal Stewart
as Robert Taylor, Ann Argo as Norma Shear­er,
Elmore Ragan as Paul Kelly, James Dur-den
as Benny Baker, and Kate Crossley as
Sonja Heinie.
We notice by one of the windows in town
that dresses are one-fourth off. If you ask us
they have been steadily shortening for the
past few years. Remember the old days of
short dresses before the crash of 1929? That
was the year eye strain was so prevalent.
The old Auburn cry of "War Eagle" is
steadily being replaced by "What I wanta
know is . . . " The only difference being that
the new yell has an answer, 'S'nuffer tabluse
only." It is the cry of students returning
from holidays or weekends.
If we had the stride of the dummy cop on
the float advertising "San Quentin" we would
be so good at hurdling that Percy Beard and
Spec Towns wouldn't be a consequence.
Some ignorant nincompoop purloined our
Webster and now we cannot misjudge the ex­cellence
of our spelling. However, Nancye
Thompson is here to help us mispell a lot Of
the hard ones and we may be able to butcher
enough of them for students to read with their
accustomed ease.
We nominate Kay Kyser's Music College as
the best program we have heard lately. Class­es
are held on Monday nights at midnight.
Prof. Kay teachers the classes and awards
diplomas to the musically minded.
From the ACP comes the news that a Uni­versity
of Washington frosh in listing his
activities for the yearbook said he belonged
to "flat feet, earache, and appendicitis once."
He had mistaken "affiliations for "afflic­tions."
Three hundred thirty-seven gallons of ap­ple
butter have been made in the kitchens of
Glenville State Teacher's College in West
Virginia. This allows each student 1438 tea­spoons
or two teaspoonsful per slice of bread
—if the student consumes 719 slices of bread
during the year.
There are three classes of readers: some
enjoy without judgment; others judge without
enjoyment; and some there are who judge
while they enjoy, and enjoy while they
judge. The latter class reproduces the work
of art on which it is, engaged. Its numbers
are very small. —Goethe.
Last weekend at Purdue males could not
attend the free union tea dance unless they
wore a flower presented to them by some
, coed. Each girl had two flowers to bestow. It
was all part of the arrangement by which, for
the space of three days, the men became the
"weaker sex" as far as dating was concern­ed,
i
A junior at Ohio State University attended
the wrong class. He attended the same wrong
class three weeks in. a row. He had, in fact,
attended this class, completed the course and
taken a "B" in it two years before. He ex­plained
that he had slept through most of the
classes and hadn't gotten around to buying a
text, so . . . .
BY L. E. FOSTER
"The Royal navy of England hath ever been
its greatest defense and ornament; it is its
ancient and natural strength — the floating
bulwark of our island.—Sir William Black-stone.
NEWS INTERNATIONAL — Britain's cur­rent
naval rearmament confirms Blackstone's
every word. England's navy is a mother bird
to a nest of young.
If her plans materialize, Great Britain will
have in 1942, a fleet of 25 capital ships, 70
carriers, 9 aircraft cruisers with a collective
capacity of 520 airplanes, 150 modern des­troyers
and 70 submarines.
Though England professes to be a peace
loving nation, this naval rearmament is one
of the largest ever undertaken. There are
three explanations for her naval replenish­ment—
Italy, Germany and Japan.
DID YOU KNOW THAT — Our grand old
state of Alabama leads the world in the pro­duction
of cast iron pipe and in crystalline
graphite deposits. She is second in the U. S.
in production of yellow pine and third in
iron ore.
NEWS NATIONAL — A report -from the
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics blew the
wage differential discussions sky high last
Saturday.
The bureau reported that 48.4 per cent of
the unskilled workers in the South were paid
less-than 40 cents an hour, and only 3.5 per
cent of those in the North got less than that
fixed amount.
In other similar comparisons between
Southern and Northern labor, the U. S. B. L.
S. pointed out' that" there is a tremendous dif­ferential
between the two sections, with all
figures favoring the North.
OFF THE RECORD — The nation's farm­ers
looked at Thanksgiving from an aspect
quaint to most of us. The theme of Thanks*
giving, "Be thankful for the bounties of the
year just past." was not on the tongues of
the American farmers, for they are one group
that is suffering from bounty.
While songs and sermons thanked Heaven
for the abundancies of the year, farmers la­mented.
This year's superflouity of cotton,
wheat and farm products as a whole, has given
the farmer little to be thankful for . . . to him
it means not bounty, but lower prices on his
produce, greater marketing difficulties and
the discouragement of putting out a fine crop
that brings no more than a poor one.
ALABAMA NEWS — Leading cadidates,
for the Senate position, Lister Hill and Tom
Heflirt, are waging a battle royal in their
speeches over the state. At first there was
little insult, but now there is plenty being
cast between the two.
It seems that Hill thinks Heflin to be an
economic royalist while Heflin thinks Hill to
be a stooge of the president.
When you come right down to it, there is
some element of truth in both of their ac­cusations.
SATIRE — Our laudits go to Shirley Temple
who is one movie star that hasn't yet been
the victim of any love scandal—no engage­ment,
no divorce or anything along this line.
Take our advice, Shirley, and don't even
glance to the side . . . your glance would be a
wink when the Hollywood scribe wrote it up,
an embrace when the rewrite man added his
share of color, and possibly a proposal when it
appears in print.
NEWS LOCAL — Hats off to Coach Jack
Meagher, who led a group of youngsters
through the toughest schedule in the nation
with only two defeats.
From coast to coast sportspages are carry­ing
accounts of Auburn's games, and we have
risen no little bit in the public eye since Coach
Meagher's coming here four years ago. He has
picked us some rugged opposition, but the
way we came through this opposition put us
right at the top in football circles.
Pilot Meagher made another fine record
this season, and congratulations are quite in
order.
NEWS UNIQUE — Highwaymen between
Cody,. Wyoming, and Philadelphia will do
doubt scratch their heads in amazement when
they see "Bronco Charlie Miller wheeling his
historic old stage coach through the country
next week.
"Bronco" is said to be the last of the pony
express riders, and for years people have
flocked to his ranch to see him and the old
ctage coach he has preserved in his barn.
After saying no to hundreds of offers to sell
the coach, Miller made a contract last month
to give it up to be placed on exhibition in
the Philadelphia Museum.
When the museum officers asked him the
terms of delivery, he said, "I'll bring her my­self
and be shore she gets thar."
The 88-year-old adventurer will embark
next week to drive the antiquated vehicle to
the museum. His only company will be four
horses.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1937 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE TI
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ENTIRE FAMILY, AND YOUR DREAM OF DREAMS.
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pares
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12 Holly Candles, Pine Cones
$1.00
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75c
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cowhide. Silk faille lining,
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JEFOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1937.
IcKee Speaks To
Y.M.C.A.
Bill McKee, of Atlanta, was the
guest speaker who addressed' the
membership of the "Y" in their
I ^weekly meeting, in Student Center
on Monday evening, Nov. 22. Mc­Kee
was the third guest speaker
of the current year to be brought
to-the Auburn campus by the Y. M.
C.A. i.
Touching mainly on the topics of
Fellowship, International Relations
and Peace, and Economics; Bill
McKee discoursed quite interest­ingly
on the subjects as they were
related to members of a college
campus.
Mr. McKee is field secretary
for the college division of the Y.
M. C. A. He travels quite exten­sively
from campus to campus^of
the schools of the southern states.
Monday evenings' appearance was
the occasion of his second visit to
Auburn as he stopped here brief­l
y last spring. The speaker at-the
University of North
Chapel Hill, his home
liree years of graduate
[spent at Yale where he
| e degree of Bachelor
ty. i
Leaders Such as Mr. McKee, of
different organizations are brought
to the campus by the Y. M. C. A.
to discuss to the students as a
group and individuals the prob­lems
which confront the group
and the members in campus life.
Practically all the succeeding day
speaker's appearance here
in privafte conference
students,
land non-members are
ho attend Y. M. C. A.
•dt all times.
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Elmer G. Salter, sports writer
and publicity manager for the
Athletic Department, was recently
elected secretary and treasurer of
the Auburn Kiwanis Club.
Classified Ads
Enie Menie Minie Moe
Down to Howard's we must go
Shirts, Sox, Ties that make a noise
They're outfitters for men and
boys.
FOR SALE — Gas range $10.00.
Also an electric refrigerator. Mrs.
Goodwin, 50-M, 122 Miller.
FOR SALE — New 3 1-4x4 1-4
Graflex, 1-1000 seconds speed.
List $108.00, will take one third
off. 333 Opelika St. Phone 3.
FOR RENT — Cabin. Double-decker
bed. (Single if desired.)
Gas heat. Furnished for two.
Reasonable. 107 Mitcham Ave.
Phone 341.
Attendance System
Is Successful
Chicago, 111.—ACP—Six years
of operation have proved the vol­untary
attendance plan of edu­cation
a success at the University
of Chicago.
Some students have completed
the four-year course in one year.
Others have done it in two'and
the majority in less than four
years. Fewer students cut classes
and a greater number take post­graduate
work.
But President Robert M. Hut-chins
believes the plan has a draw­back.
Attendance at classes has in­creased
since it became non-com­pulsory,
indicating a "slavish ser­vility"
which president Hutchins
deplores. ,
The student is.advised to let the
university interfere with his edu­cation.
If he feels he can get an
education superior to that the fac­ulty
can give him, he can go to
the aquarium, take a trip around
the world or deposit himself with
an encyclopedia.
Tau Epsilon Phi
Initiates Bloch
Maurice Bloch, president of the
alumni association, was inducted
into honorary membership in Tau
Epsilon Phi social fraternity dur­ing
the Thanksgiving holidays.
The induction was held in the
Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta Satur­day
morning. That night the fra­ternity
entertained him with a
dance and dinner at the Biltmore.
Dr. James Winberg represented
the grand council of the fraterni-
Students Fight For
Better Pay
Madison, Wis.—ACP—Agitation
over "starvation wages" paid to
students working in resturants for
their board has broken out at the
University of Wisconsin.
In a copyrighted story, the Daily
Cardinal charged that in some
cases students were forced to work
for 16 to 19 cents an hour, paid in
"left-over" meals.
The director of the university
student employment, Mrs. Alice
V. Meloche, has stated that she
knows "that it. is true in some
cases that resturants overworked
students employes and fed them
inadequately.
The League for Liberal Action
enrolled 250 workers in a survey to
ascertain working conditions for
and wages paid to university stu­dents.
Drawing Of New Frat House
ty at the meeting, which was
the tenth annual. Southern Con­clave.
Representatives from the
following colleges and anniver­saries
were present: Illinois, Geor­gia,
Georgia Tech, Florida, Arkan­sas,
North Carolina, Charleston,
Virginia, Miami, and Auburn.
L. G. Goldberg, Martin Odlen,
and P. J. Schwartz of Auburn,
along with prominent alumni from
Georgia and Georgia Tech assist­ed
in the induction.
Mr. Bloch is the twenty-fourth
honorary member to be inducted.
Other honorary members include
Ludwig Lewishon, Oscar Straus,
and Col. Harry Cutler. Mr. Bloch
was presented with a jeweled pen
and a key of honorary member­ship.
Work Progresses On New Sigma Pi House
Near Site Of Old House On Gay Street
The local chapter of Sigma Pi
is slated as the next of the cam­pus
fraternities to build a new
chapter house. Construction is well
underway, the work being in the
hands of the Whaley Construction
Company of Troy. It is estimated
by the contractor thta approxi­mately
four months will be re­quired
to complete the structure.
The building plans and specifi­cations
were prepared by the
Frank Lockwood, Architect Comp­any.
J. N. Davidson, a graduate of
the School of Architecture of A.
P. I. and a former member of
Sigma Pi, was author of the house
plans. It is estimated that the con­struction
will cost approximately
twenty-five thousand dollars, Jack
Capell, Montgomery attorney and
chairman of the construction com­mittee
stated.
The new house will be placed in
the lower half of the lot now oc­cupied
by the fraternity on Gay
Street. The old building, which
has been purchased by the Wes­ley
Foundation of the Methodist
Church, will remain at the present
as it is and will be converted into
an institution similar to that of
Hornsby Hall. In comparison with
the old building the new one will
be placed a considerable distance
back from the street. This will
allow sufficient space for a large
lawn.
The house will include a spac­ious
living room, with a subsidi­ary
club room. The dining room
will be connected with the living
room and all may be converted in­to
a large space which may be
well utilized for the accomodating
Quotable Quotes
By Associated Collegiate Press
"Two per cent of the people do
the thinking for the remainding
98 per cent and you are a part of
the 2 per cent," Dr. William F.
Quillian, Director of the General
Board of Christian Education of
the .Methodist Church, South, flat­tered
students at Birmingham-
Southern College.
"The educational spoon in A-merica
is handled by competent
and understanding teachers but
the students should do the feed­ing
themselves." Dr. Alexis Carrel,
ranking scientist, is interviewed by
the Dartmouth student newspaper.
"It may be strange but all great
men slipped off their pedestals as
soon as they began to beat a path
to the bathtub." Dr. Sanders, a
professor in education at De Paul
University, saw this lecture re­mark
picked up by a campus col­umnist.
"Superficiality is the most un­desirable
characteristic of a large
state university located in a small
town." Prof. Howard McCluskey
of the School of Education, Uni­versity
of Michigan, cited evidence
of this superficiality in the over­dressed
women students and the
stereotyped "line."
"Most human beings are funda­mentally
lazy." Dr. Harold A. Ed-gerton,
professor in the depart­ment
of psychology at Ohio State
University gave this Statement as
the reason why more people did
not "do something" about short­comings
they themselves realized
they possessed.
"Colleges and unversities have
placed too much emphasis on the
value of higher education in help­ing
the graduate to get a high po­sition
in the business world." G.
Herbert Smith, dean of freshmen
at De Paul University insists that
the day is not far off when college
diploma bearers will occupy the
unskilled fields as well as the
skilled.
"We've gone crazy on extra-cur­ricular
activities and its a wonder
the boys and girls have any energy
left for what still is the prime bus
of large parties. A matron's and
a guest room and a room for the
house president will also be sit­uated
on the first floor. There will
be fifteen study rooms, a part of
which will also provide sleeping
room quarters, and a sleeping
porch on the second floor.
Completion of the house is
largely dependant upon weather
conditions. Though if the winter
permits steady work, the construc­tion
boss states that the building
should be ready to move into by
the middle of March or the first
of April.
There has been a definite move­ment
on the campus for the se­curing
of elaborate chapter houses
for the various local fraternities.
With the completion of this one,
there will be only five of the
wooden frame nature left. And
it is expected that before a long
period elapses a part of these
will have begun construction upon
new ones for themselves.
"With our natural location ad­vantages
and with the finishing of
an attractive building, we believe
that we will have one of the most
attractive fraternity homes that
may be found upon the Auburn
campus," Ted Lewis, president of
the local Sigma Pi Chapter, stated.
The lot includes a spacious
ground in the rear of the.house,
with a tennis court at the back ex­tremity
of the lot.
iness of the schools." according to
Dr. N. Henry Black of Harvard.
"In a Utopian universtiy there
would be ho degrees and no exam­inations,
but students wanting to
know how they were progressing
would consult a special testing bu­reau.
That, however, would be
Utopian." Dr. Clifford Kirkpatrick,
professor of sociology at the Uni­versity
of Minnesota, thinks col­lege
life is a pretty complex af­fair
for a large number of stu­dents.
And that a good many of
them are maladjusted.
Prof. Ernest B. Smith, director
of intra-mural sports, is in Chi­cago
attending a convention of the
American Association of Intra-
Mural Sports.
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Tigers Win Over
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The Auburn Tigers brought their
ten-game schedule to a gallant
climax last Saturday in Jackson­ville
when they subdued Florida's
fighting Gators, 14 to 0. Two plays
enabled Jimmie Fenton and Speck
Kelly to score in the first and
fourth periods.
In downing Florida Saturday
the Plainsmen ended a very suc­cessful
football campaign. Coach
Jack Meagher's Bengals finished
the season with five victories,
three ties and two losses in play­ing
a back-breaking schedule that
no other team in the country has
excelled. In the Southeastern Con­ference,
Auburn finished in third
place.
The better part of the game was
played in Florida's territory and
only a stubborn Gator eleven that
fought courageously until the end
kept Auburn from turning the af­fair
into a rout. Capt. Walter May-berry,
Florida's great triple-threat
back, was checked almost complet-ly
the couple of times Florida had
two good chances of scoring. How­ever,
he gained 98 yards in the 17
times he carried the ball.
The Plainsmen launched a drive
from their own 42 yard line that
ended in their first tally. It was
culminated with Fenton's magni­ficent
streak down the sidelines
behind perfect interference by Os-mo
Smith, Happy Sivell, Milton
Howell, Kelly, Bo Russell and Rex
McKissick. In fact, Fenton, who
ended his college -football career
in a great way, was almost hid in
the mass of interferers who cleared
the way. Fenton converted the
extra marker.
The stage was set for Auburn's
second touchdown drive when
Mayberry's punt went out of
bounds on Florida's 31. An offside
penalty moved the ball up five
yards and Kelly advanced it nine
more when he plunged through
left tackle. He then passed to Goon
Harrison, who was downed on the
Gator's eight. Another pass to
Harrison fell incomplete and
Dutch Heath cracked the line for
a three-yard gain. Then Kelly
raced around his own right end
for five yards to chalk up the
Tigers second marker. Fenton a-gain
converted the extra point.
Faculty Dance Held Recently
Is Judged Success By Group
A large crowd attended the
Auburn Faculty Dance held at
Student Hall last Wednesday night.
An added attraction was the in­termission
party at the Terrace
Tea Room with decorations and
refreshments carrying out the
Thanksgiving Holiday idea.
Professor John W. Roe was
named chairman of the Faculty
Dance Committee to sponsor the
next dance.
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Jreakfasf For B S U
ionors Foreigners
One of the most delightful so-
:ial affairs of the Thanksgiving
season was the Baptist Student
Jnion Fellowship breakfast given
last Thuiisday morning alt the
Tiger Cafe in honor of foreign
tudents at Auburn.
Following the singing of sev-sral
songs of the occasion, Rev.
Tames R. Edwards, pastor of the
Tirst Baptist Church, opened the
>reakfast by invoking a Thanks­giving
blessing.
Bob Johnson, president of the
3. S. U. welcomed the guests, who
n turn, answered the following
niestions: "Who am I? Where was
[ born? and where am I from?"
In observance of the season,
short talks were made. "The
Drigin of the American Thanks­giving"
was given by Bob John-ion.
A. M. Hocutt gave a talk on
Today's Blessing," Annie Mae
Warlick on "Friends," and V. B.
Robinson on "Our Bible."
Misses Anne McRae and Rachael
Newman furnished the special mu­sic
which was enjoyed.
The breakfast program was- con­cluded
with a talk by Rev. Davis
Woolley on "Giving Thanks Al­ways."
Faeulty representatives of other
nations among the guests were
Prof. L. M. Sahag and Prof. Y. A.
Elizonda, who delighted the. as­sembly
with interesting talks on
becoming Americanized.
Foreign students who Were in­cited
to attend were: G. H. Franke
Jr., and H. L. Phillips, Canal Zone;
Jose Alcebo, Cardenas, Cuba; Jean
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
FRANCES WILSON, EDITOR
The Don Cossack Chorus Will
Give Concert In Tuskegee
The Don Cossack Chorus, under
the direction of Serge Jaroff, will
appear in concert at Tuskegee In­stitute
on Saturday evening, Dec­ember
4, 8 p. m., at Logan Hall.
General admission is 50c and $1.00.
Organized in 1923 in a prison
camp near Constantinople, these
Don Cossacks have made history as
the greatest singing organization
in the world. Their record of over
3000 concerts given in Europe,
England, Australia and America
has never been equalled.
Miss Sue Martin And Mr. John
Jones Are Married Sept. 18
The marriage of Miss Sue Mar­tin
and Mr. John E. Jones has re­cently
been announced, the cere­mony
having taken place in Pratt-ville,
Sept. 18.
Mrs. Jones attended the Uni­versity
of Alabama and was a
member of Zeta Tau Alpha Sor­ority.
Mr. Jones is an A. P.. I.
graduate.
The couple is now at home
in Montgomery.
Rene Batigne, Paris, France; Ern­est
Pappas (Greece), Birming­ham;
Ferdinand Frey, Zacatecas,
Mexico; Enrique Silva, and J. R.
Silva, Mexico City, Mexico; Bay
Imura (Japan), and George Sa-wada,
Japan.
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Reporter Finds That Much Takes Place
In Preparing For Production Of Play
By J. H. Wheeler
As practice on "Oliver, Oliver,"
rushes on in preparation for its
presentation early in December,
Auburn Players, stage hands and
property people are carrying on
parallel activity at the "Y" Hut
which the public seldom sees.
Few of the students who pass it
by each day realize the complete­ness
of the play production labo­ratory
housed in the little brick
building at the junction of Col­lege
Street and East Thach.
The outstanding feature of the
set-up in the Hut is the electrical
unit. Around the floor and sus­pended
from various swinging
rods at the top of the room are
some thirty .spotlights, of all
shapes, sizes, colors, and in all
states of assembly. Electric wires
run here and there in a veritable
maze, but terminate in a big 12-
panel switchboard.
The "Y" Hut is also a carpenters'
delight. A big tool chest contains
saws, planes, hammers, chisels—
evry kind of wood-working im­plement.
On the big carpentry ta­ble
are Vises, and even a small
band saw. Overhead, in the loft,
lumber is stored, and also various
articles of furniture from previous
productions of the Players, which
can be made over as they are
needed.
Nor are properties neglected.
Shelves to the right of the stage
house articles of every description
—from pokers to violins. Here are
bottles, dishes, andirons, shovels,
lamp shades—practically anything
or at least-a semblance of any­thing
a script could possibly call
for.
Remnants of old sets stand
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around the walls on the stage. The
Auburn Players paint their own
scenery, usually by the "spatter­ing
method." The paint is mixed,
cooked, and when pronounced rea­dy
is brought to the floor of the
Hut. Scenery is placed on the floor
and the painters go to work.
Each painter takes a brush in
handr dips into the paint, and with
a flicking motion of the wrist pro-ceds
to sfflatter the scenery, the
atmosphere, the floor, the clothes,
and the hair with paint. Says Prof.
Telfair B. Peet, director of the
players, "When you come to paint,
please wear old clothes." There's
one compensation, however. The
paint comes off with a little ap­plication.
Scenery-painting on the present
production was finished weks ago.
During the production of "Hedda
Gabler," the set was placed on the
floor of the Hut and the stage was
used for mechanical work, but the
order was reversed when the
Players Expressed the opinion that
practice on an actual stage was
much the better plan.
Activity by the mechanical di­vision
of the Players will probably
continue right on up to the night
of the performance. Changes are
continually being made in the
stage set, and the greateh portion
of properties have yet to be round­ed
up.
Dr. Showalter Has Article In
Recent Education Journal
The first of a series of articles
on the general subject of curri­culum
revision by Dr. B.-R. Sho­walter,
director of extension teach­ing
at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, has been published in
the November issue of the Cur­riculum
Journal.
In the article titled "What Is
The Unit?" Dr. Showalter points
out that 'the essential feature of
the unit . . . is that it posses unity
because of some central purpose,
problem, or interest which is
strong enough to impel a child or
a group of children to seek a sat­isfactory
answer or solution. Ev­erything
which is actually ger­mane
to the solution of the prob­lem
is legitimate material for use
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Representatives Are Sent To
Animal Show In Chicago
The Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
was represented at the
annual meeting of the American
Society of Animal Production in
Chicago on Friday and Saturday
by Prof. W. E. Sewell, associate
professor of animal husbandry
and dairying; Dr. R. S. Sugg, ex­tension
animal husbandman; and
Charles Pi' Grisham, of Athens,
junior in the school of agricul­ture.
Grisham is making the trip with
all expenses paid as a result of
his having written the winning es­say
in a contest sponsored by
Swift and Company on the subject,
"Meat-Packer Marketing Meth­ods."
Fifteen students at Auburn
took part in the contest.
While in Chicago the* group
will attend the annual Internation­al
Livestock Show.
Margaret DeLoach Is Married
To Chambers Johnson Nov. 25
Miss Maragret De Loach Of Bir­mingham
and Lutje Chamber^
Johnston, Jr., of Tuskegee, were
married on November 25 at high
noon.
After a wedding trip in Florida,
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston will make
their home in Tuskegee.
Mr. Johnston is a graduate of
Auburn in the Department of
Pharmacy.
Mary Helen Kenyon and Jule
Patterson Marry In New York
Miss Mary Helen Kenyon, of
Norwick, New York, and Jule L.
Patterson, of New York City, for­merly
an Auburn student, were
married October 30 in Norwick.
Mr. Patterson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Patterson of Mont­gomery.
While at Auburn he was
a member of the S. A. E. fraterni­ty.
He is now working with the
Retail Credit Company of New
York City.
Former Student Marries Miss
Myrtle Lassiter Wednesday
Miss Myrtle Lassiter of Hope
Hull, was married to J. N. Dub-berbey
of Notasulga last Wednes­day.
The bride, who is a graduate of
Alabama College, has been teach­ing
in the Macon and Elmore
County schools. Mr. Dubberbey
graduated from A. P. I., major­ing
in pharmacy.
After a wedding trip, the couple
will be at home in Notasulga.
in its solution. Anything which is
not needed, if used, does violence
to the unity and significance of the
experience."
As an illustration of this point
Dr. Showalter states in the article
that "Corot's 'The Dance of the
Nymphs' is a beautiful and wor­thy
study «in its own right," but
that it does not have any essential
contribution to make to such a
unit as "Forest Conservation."
"Arithmetic is an important skill,"
he continued, "but what legiti­mate
role does it have to perform
in the study of birds of the com­munity?"
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Wedding Is Held
Mrs. Anna Shaw of Fairhope,
Alabama, announces the marriage
of her grand-daughter, Miss Joan
Metzger to Mr. Fredrick Schench
Barkalow, Jr., of Marietta, Ga.
The marriage took place at the
Auburn Baptist parsonage on No­vember
23, at eight p. m.
Mrs. Barkalow came South from
Philadelphia to attend the famous
progressive School of Organic Ed­ucation
in Fairhope. She is a jun­ior
in the School of Education, and
is prominent in extra-curricula
activities including, I. R. C, W. A.
A., Plainsman Staff, and a memb­er
of the Auburn Players. She is
also affiliated with the American
English Folk Dance Society and
has been teaching in Auburn.
Mr. Barkalow, formerly con­nected
with the State Wild Life
Laboratories and is now an in­structor
in the Department of Zo­ology
and Entomology. He re­ceived
his degree in Chemistry
from Georgia Tech. Mr. and Mrs.
Barkalow will be in Auburn for
the remainder of the year when
they will return to Ann Arbor,
Michigan, where Mr. Barkalow is
studying on his P. H. D. degree at
the University of Michigan.
Theta Upsilon To Entertain
With Tea Sunday Afternoon
The Theta Upsilon Sorority will
entertain with a tea Sunday after­noon
at the home of Mrs. Ralph
Bush on South Gay. This will be
the third in a series of teas given
by Pan-Hellenic this year, the
first being given by Kappa Delta
and the second by Chi Omega.
B. S. U. To Present
Program Sunday
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The Auburn Baptist Student
Union will present its annual Stu­dent
Night Program next Sun­day
night, at the First Baptist
Church. This program will be giv­en
at the regular seven-thirty
worship hour.
The purpose of this program is
to acquaint the general public
with college young people's work.
Similar programs will be given
in most of the Baptist churches
of the nation.
The theme thought of the pro­gram
will be "Today and Tomor­row
with Christ." This theme will
be brought out with special music
and talks by students.
Of ^special interest to those at­tending
will be the lighting and
decorations used in the Church
auditorium. Various attractive sil­houettes
will be used.
According to Davis Woolley,
Student Secretary, a large crowd
is expected to attend the pro­gram,
as everyone is invited.
Fred Henning and Bennie
Limehouse Feted By Club
Fred Henning of Auburn and
Bennie Limehouse of the Univer­sity
of Alabama, were honored
by the Penquin Club of Birming­ham
last Wednesday evening. The
informal party was given at the
home of Robert Outlaw of West
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PAGE SIX THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1937.
American Classic
Shows At Theatre
The Tiger will feature a double
attraction Thursday and Friday.
"The Man Without a Country," an
American classic, will be shown
in technicolor. The main feature
show is the current success,
"Second Honeymoon", starring Ty­rone
Power and Loretta Young.
The classic in technicolor is a
superb adaptation of Edward Ev­erett
Hale's story. It was produc­ed
with the care of a feature
attraction. Recently, an opera was
composed by William Damrosch
upon the same subject and having
the same name. "The Man Withr
out a Country" should receive the
Academy Award, it is reckoned
by authorities on the subject.
Everyone is familiar with the"
story of the young lieutenant, Phil­lip
Nolan, who repudiated his
country, only to be banished from
its shores never to hear his na-
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Home Will Not Be
Parking Place
Chicago, HI. — ACP —Home,
for ihe next generation, will be
more than merely a "parking place
for the night" according to the
Dr. William Field Ogburn, Uni­versity
of Chicago sociologist.
New inventions are going to
change most everything, includ­ing
types of home recreation and
conveniences, he said. Radio and
television, talking books and wire­less
.which makes it possible to
print newspapers in the home,
are only a few.
"Electricity will multiply thej
home conveniences which now are
measured in the thousands," he
said. "It has already transferred
one industry from the factory to
the home, namely the manufac­turers
of 'ice. Successful compe­tition
may arise for away-from-the-
home activities, such as win­dow
shopping, club life, motion
pictures, etc."
Inventions affecting the con­struction
of houses will tend to
make the houses more attractive
as living places, while the trailer
• will change the nature of the sum-
! mer and winter vacation dwell-
| ings. :
I "New industries will develop,
I based on television, alloys, the
! photo-electric cell, plastics, pre-
| fabrication of dwellings, photog-
| raphy,. air conditioning, talking
i books, artificial food products,
| steep flight aircraft, tray agricul­ture
and synthetic fibres," he con­tinued.
Nationalism will be furthered
by the use of radio television and
photography as propaganda- ve­hicles.
Synthetic products to take
the place of materials formerly
imported will foster high tariffs
and increase nationalism also.
Dr. Ogburn forecasted techno­logical
unemployment among the
farmers and creation of a rural
proletariet as the result of this
speeding up of industrial revolu­tion.
tive land mentioned in his pre­sence
until his dying day.
Tyrone Power, who has had a
meteoric rise in the acclaim of
motion picture goers, and Loretta
Young, a long established favorite
provide character portrayal for
an intriguing love theme of the
picture, "Second Honeymoon." The
title of the "picture connotes ex­actly
what the picture's story
is concerned with. It is agreed
that love at first sight is a legit­imate
thing, but these two sweet­hearts,
go in for love at second
sight. The setting of a Miami re­sort
provides color for the roman­tic
tendencies and the supporting
cast serve to add to the definite
"Y-UMP" of "Second Honey­moon."
Modern Cameras
Show Great Deal
Of Improvement
BY LAURENS PIERCE
Do you remember the time when
you used to say, "Hold the pose
while I get your picture?" It has
not been so very long ago that
sitting for what seemed an un­limited
time in a state of rigidity
was quite necessary for taking
pictures.
Now, of course, it is just a mat­ter
of taking the pose as you find
it, without the slightest thought
of waiting for things to quiet down
before proceeding."
This great difference in picture
taking has come about largely
through the development of fast­er
films. The film that was in use
15 years ago is almost as obso­lete
as a Civil War Cannon. Of
course, some advance is to be ex­pected,
"but the degree to which
films have been developed is so
great that comparison between the
old and the new is almost impos­sible.
The emulsion plates that were
used to take the first pictures re­quired
about ten minutes of ex­posure
in glaring sunlight. The
exposure required for the newest
film is about' one two hundred
and fiftieth of a second. Film
speed rating is about twelve and
a half times as fast as was form­erly
true.
Development in the last year
has increased the speed of the
emulsion to a point about three
times what was accepted as norm­al
standard up to that time. These
"super speed" films put the ordi­nary
camera in the class of the
more expensive ones as far as lens
speed is concerned.,
In fact, the improvement has
been so great that with these fast­er
lens cameras it is possible to
take action pictures at night with
ordinary illumination.
No Red Menace In
U. S. Universities
Los Angeles, Calif. —ACP—
There isn't any real "red menace"
in American colleges. The few
"campus orators" who expound
Communistic doctrines are merely
doing it to attract attention.
These were the assertions re­cently
of Dr. James L. McCon-aughy,
president of Weslyan Un­iversity,
when he defended Amer­ican
students at a regional con­ference
of the American Associa­tion
of Colleges.
Dr. McConaughy pleaded for
more aggressive action in educa­tional
institutions for the preser­vation
of American traditions.
The fortunate gent in the center of this galaxy of beauty is Wil­liam
Frawley, one of the comedians responsible for the laughs in
the Ring Crosby comedy "Double or Nothing," opening Sunday
at the Theatre. Martha Raye, Andy Divine and a list of famous
vaudeville and radio entertainers assist, while the girls surround­ing
Frawley supply beauty and melody.
Let The Plainsman
Be Your Christmas
Shopping Guide
Each Issue Will Contain Many Gift Sug­gestions
That Will Fit The Desires
Of Both Students And Towns
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Date Of Mid-Terms
Set Jan. 27,28, W
Dates for the Mid-term dances
have been set as January 27. 28,
and 29 by Edward Duncan, chair­man
of the social committee. He
states that plans for the gala set
of dances are going forward rapid­ly.
Buses from Montevallo, Judson,
and Huntingdon are being arrang­ed
to facilitate the importation of
out-of-town girls. Duncan inti­mated
that it was entirely possible
that a local co-ed may lead the
dances.
The orchestra that will furnish
music for the dances will be an­nounced
the Wednesday before
Christmas holidays. The reason
given for the delay in the announc-ment
was that it would be pos­sible
to save the school money by
waiting later. The Social Com­mittee
expects to engage the ser­vices
of one of the major bands
in the country;
Since the W. P. A. Hall proved
a successful place to hold the
dances last year, they will be held
there again this year. Those in­terested
in submitting bids for
decorating the hall are asked to
get in touch with Duncan in the
next few days.
Toy Movie To Be
Held By Club
Hundreds of Christmas toys for
the underpriviledged children in
Lee County will be collected on
Saturday morning, December 11,
by the Auburn Lions Club which
has arranged with Gus Coates,
manager of tht Tiger Theatre, for
a special show to be given at the
theatre. Admission to the show will
be granted in exchange for a toy.
Mr. Coates stated that the the­atre
would bear the expense of
film rental and operation of the
theatre for the special show. The
Lions Club, as sponsors of the
annujal round-up of Christmas
toys, will pay for the advertising
and attend to the distribution of
the toys on Christmas, Eve. Both
the Club and the Tiger Theatre
have taken part in the project
for several years.
President A. F. Nickel of the
Lions Club announced at the Tues­day
meeting that the annual
Ladies' Nite celebration of the
club would be held on Tuesday
evening, December 14, at the
Eastern Star Hall.
Thought Detector
Placed In School
Iowa City, la.—ACP—A thought
detector, which makes use of elec­trical
waves from the brain, to re­cord
and classify the different
states of mind, has been set up at
the University of Iowa.
The detector indicates the high­est
mental quality , "abstract
thought," considered the sole pre­rogative
of man, operates in an
electrical field definitely unlike
"The young people in our col­leges
today are good citizens," he
said. "They are patriotic and they
would have no part of Commu­nism.
"But I want to warn you a-gainst
stifling freedom of speech.
This fundamental right of every
American citizen is in jeopardy.
Freedom of speech must be safe­guarded
and it is to the educators
of America to carry the torch."
Alford To Present
Lecture On Rayon
On Saturday, December 4, at
11:00 a. m. Mr. Alford, a repre­sentative
of the Du Pont Company
will present a movie on "Rayon
and Cellulose." The presentation
is under the sponsorship of the
Auburn student chapter of the
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers. All students are invited
to attend the show, which is free
of charge. It should be of high
interest and appeal to the entire
student body, since these pro­ducts
will be presented from the
economical and practical view­point
as well as the mechanical
and chemical.
Mr. Alford will be in Auburn
to do some special blasting for the
planning board of this city. His
headquarters are in Gulfport, Mif:.
The purpose of the job is to change
the course of a stream in the
Pinedale district. He is expert at
this type of work. Those who are
interested will be allowed to wit­ness
a blasting exhibition Satur­day
afternoon at 1:30.
At the last meeting of A. I.
Chem. ,E., Dr. Basore related his
trip to the recent meeting of the
National Organization at St. Louis.
Several interesting papers present­ed
at that meeting were pointed
out. The local organization was
granted a charter at that confer­ence
and official notice should
be received in the near future.
University Idea
Is Snyder's
Chicago, 111.—ACP—A universi­ty
is primarily an idea and the
responsibility for framing that idea
belongs to the student, Dr. Frank-lyn
Bliss Snyder, vice president,
told 1700 Northwestern University
freshmen.
"If your idea of a university
pictures it as a continuation of high
school, where you study lessons
and take part in recitation, that
is what the university will be to
you," he said.
"If you think of it as a collection
of c^ssrkjoms and laboHatoriep
where you spend all of your time
and energy in study, denying to
yourselves the opportunities for
developing any phase of your
personality except the intellectu­al,
that again is waht your uni­versity
will be to you.
"If you think of it as a training
ground for athletes and cheer
leaders, a series of lack-luster days
between contests in the stadium
and gymnasium, that again it will
be to you, and nothing more."
LUCKY NAIL SHORTAGE
Kansas City—"For want of a
Nail," Thomas J. Thurman was
saved. Harry Thurman, son of the
80-year-old invalid, was building
a house when he ran out of nails.
He went to his father's home next
door and found the elder Thur­man
on the floor, the house in
flames.
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the field of other activities of the
brain. .
This highest human function
works in an electrical calm as ap­parently
unruffled as the states of
sleep or of "mental blankness."
The thought detector was set up
by Lee Edward Travis, professor
of phychology. It records eleetri=
cal brain waves, using the same
apparatus with which biologists
and medical men have investigat­ing
the brain.
The Collegiate
Review
By Associatiated Collegiate Press
A coed at Texas Christian Uni­versity
has 50 boy friends. She is
combination mascot and official
hostess for the Horned Frogs' band.
She goes on all their trips, parades
with them, marches on the field
at the half, and at home games,
takes the visiting queen in hand
to see that she has a toothbrush
and a handsome date.
A college education within pris­on
walls appears in prospect for
a 19-year-old prisoner at Walla
Walla, Wash., who became a life-term
convict at the age of 12. Ar­rangements
will probably be made
to bring college studies to the
youth.
A University of Washington
freshman, listing his activities for
the student yearbook, said he be­longed
to "Flat feet, earache and
appendicitis once." He had mis
taken "affiliations" for "afflic
tions."
An overwhelming majority of
students at University Heights Col­lege
of New York University are
in favor of a kissing ring similar
to those at West Point and Cor­nell.
If it becomes official, any stu­dent
or alumnus of the University
may demand to be kissed by his
female companion within the
boundaries of the ring.
Students at Millsap College had
a peace strike in observation of
Armistice day and were excused
for 25 minutes. Faculty members
joined in the movement, gave it
official approval.
A course for parents of Univer
sity of Washington students, be
lieved the only one of its kind in
the United States, has become so
popular in this its second year,
that it is limited to parents of
freshmen only. Discussions cover
such subjects as student activities
and problems, adjustment to uni­versity
conditions.
Some students at State College,
in South Dakota, earn money to
finance their education by caring
for rats and mice in the food ex­periment
section of the home ec­onomics
division. Nearly 60 per
cent of all State College students
are earning their way, at least
partly, through school.
Twelve hundred questionnaires
filled out by freshman students
at the University of Washington
indicates that "Finances" present
the biggest problem in getting
started in college. Eighty per cent
admitted that they came to college
in order to earn more money rath­er
than to learn to live a more cul
tured, creative life.
Duquesne coeds are unanimous
in declaring that they would not
regard a man refusing to go to'
war as a coward, while men stu­dents
prefer to be "living cowards
than dead heroes." The Duquesne
Duke, student publication, con­ducted
the poll.
Women primp for the same rea­son
that men drink—to bolster up
morale, according to a psychology
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Prof. Beck Talks On
War Subject At Meet
Prof. M. L. Beck of the School'
of Education in his address Wed­nesday
evening before the Educa­tion
Club said that many text
books today contain material that
"breeds international dislike and
love for war." .
"Any effective education for
peace today must be based upon
accurate and sound classroom pro­cedures,"
declared Prof. Beck.
" . . . too frequently through text
books, our own prejudices, and our
lack of facts, we have waged war
in the classroom. Let us unite and
wage peace.
"The best service the classroom
can render is to set up a defense
mechanism which will be proof a-gainst
fajacious reasoning and
high powered salesmanship. Class­es
must be taught to test evidence
by free discussion. By such train­ing
students may be taught to
distinguish between greed and lust
for power, and patriotism and na­tional
honor.
"We must work for a new pa­triotism
of peace . . . the true pa­triot
is he who opposes war as
a method of solving the world's
problems."
University Women To Hold
Supper Meeting Tomorrow
The American Association of
University Women will hold a sup­per
meeting at 6:30 Thursday eve­ning,
December 2 at the home of
Mrs. George Scarseth in Tynedale.
All members are invited and
those who have not made their
reservations should call Mrs. Scar­seth
as soon as possible.
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professor at De Paul University.
They dress chiefly to make an
impression on their own sex, ra­ther
to win the approval of men,
he declared.
A "date" boycott is in force at
the University of Washington
against all coeds who wear sheer
silk hose. It was started by men
of the American Student Union, a
campus group, to stay in force un­til
Japan removes her troops from
China.
The queen situation became so
complicated at Kent College that
the student council took matters
in hand and abolished three
queens. Henceforth the only legal
titles are those of Homecoming
Queen, Queen of the May, and
Miss Kent State.
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