1938-10-18 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1938 NUMBER 13
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Musical Miscellany Nets ODK
Big Gate For Tennis Courts
McGehee Announces That
$120 Has Been Given By
Fraternity To Tennis Courts
Auburn students, faculty mem­bers,
and townspeople showed
their interest in tennis courts by
turning out 500 strong to attend
ODK's Musical Miscellany, given
last night in Langdon Hall.
The miscellany was a variety
program of musical entertainment,
the proceeds of which went into
a fund to build ten tennis courts
in rear of the men's gymnasium.
The stage was decorated by Per­ry
and Allen Lamar to create a
night club atmosphere for Club
Deltakap.
As the curtain rose, the Auburn
Knights were playing their dis­tinctive
versions of current popu­lar
dance tunes. After several
pieces by this organization, the
master of ceremonies introduced
the first entertainer of the even­ing,
Oliver Ulmer, who played
two numbers on his accordion.
Club Deltakap's second feature
was Billy Lawrence, singing
"Change Partners" and "For You."
Then the stringless fiddler, Perry
Lamar, brought down the house
with his interpretation of "Soap
Bubbles, from Naptha." Robin
Russell accompanied him at the
piano.
Laurens Pierce was next at the
mike, whistling two numbers with
the Knights forming a background
for his medley. Then Hodge's Eb­ony
Quartet rendered three songs,
last among which was "Glory to
old Auburn."
In contrast, Club Deltakap next
presented Paul Rudolph at the
piano. He played two pieces, and
the audience demanded another,
but he refused the encore. Kitty
Shepard Reeves then did a nov-lty
tap dance to the music of the
Knights.
To bring the first half of the
program to a close, the Knights
played another number, with
Chick Hatcher stealing the show
with a hot trumpet solo. The cur­tains
closed as the Knights played
.their theme song.
The master of ceremonies asked
the audience to express its appre­ciation
to the Knights and the
other entertainers for their con­tributions
to the program, and he
was answered with a long and
loud applause.
As the curtain was drawn open
for the second part of the prog­ram
the newly organized Colle­gians
were on the bandstand and
played two numbers. Continuing
the floorshow, Lem Edmonson and
John Famharn san "Sweet Sue"
and an encore number. Then the
"Three Dukes," Sam Teague, L. E.
Foster, and E. O. Pearson, sang
"Old King Cole" and "Glory,
Glory to Old Auburn."
Accompanied by Paul Rudolph
at the piano, Albion Knight, sang
two pieces, one semi-classical and
one dance number. Max Rachman,
who was expected to play a piano
solo at this time, fooled the crowd
and the master of ceremonies by
playing three pieces on the accor­dion.
He received a tremendous
applause.
Then came the Snickelfritzers.
Lawrence Lee and six members of
the Auburn band strode out in
their 1890 costumes, and played
like the lads in the olden days
used to play on the streetcorners.
After two more delightful num­bers
by the Collegians, the cur­tain,
was drawn in order that the
stage might be cleared for the
grand finale. With accompanyment
by Grady Dailey, pianist, the ODK
chorus girls presented the grand
finale, a legshow, featuring ten
femininely clad members of ODK.
According to Billy McGehee,
secretary and treasurer of ODK,
approximately $120 was made on
the evening's program. This mon­ey
was immediately turned over
to E. B. Smith, director of intra­mural
sports for Auburn.
NOTICE
There . will be an FFA dance
Saturday night at 9 in the WPA
Hall. Admission is 50 per couple,
75 cents for stag.
Players Present
Four-Ad Play
Thursday
Excellent Characterizations
Given By Student Actors;
Large Crowd There
By J. H. Wheeler
Led by a group of veteran ac­tors,
the Auburn Players present­ed
the four-act paradox, "Behold
this Dreamer," last Thursday
night before a crowd of 600 in
Langdon Hall.
Arthur Elsberry as Charley
Turner gave his best performance
since that of Francis Lightfoot in
"Wings Over Europe" two years
ago. His acting was even, and his
smoothness helped to hold to­gether
the more inexperienced ac­tors
with whom he was often on
the stage. ,
Lillian Jane Smith was a cen­ter
of attention as Clara Turner,
disagreeable wife "of Charley. Her
flat voice and unrefined ways fre­quently
sent the audience into
gales of laughter. Prompter Helen
Barnes counted 70 laughs from the
audience in the first act alone,
and it is a safe estimate that over
half of them were for Clara.
Mary Carmack played one of
her best roles. Her voice rang out
clearly, and her characterization
of the complex part of Melodie
was convincing. Bill Hall as
Strickler demonstrated his acting
talent once more by a smooth,
steady performance.
Though their acting was ragged
in spots, the "Intelligentia" of
Warren Bridges, Knox Millsap,
and Dick Hall were the successes
of the evening so far as the au­dience
was concerned. Especially
did Millsap as Tanneyday bring
laughs by his mania for neckties.
Dick Hall as Harold Blessings,
One by One, also captured the
crowd's fancy, and Warren Brid­ges
as D. D. D. held them spell­bound
by his "Mad" scene in Act
n.
Bob Foster as Harris was new
to the Players, but his scenes with
Clara in Act III were perhaps as
smoothly done as any in the play.
As Constance Lane, Ruth Riddle
marred an otherwise good per­formance
by an unfortunate break
in Act I. Of the minor characters,
Piggies, the asylum keeper, was
played by O. Martin Holland, and
the Maid by Doris Sisson.
The story of "Behold this
Dreamer" is that of Charley Tur­ner,
a young man who in his am­bition
to become a painter is
driven to desperation by the nag­ging
of his prosaic wife and her
equally uninteresting relatives. He
sets out deliberately to tantilize
them, and after a wild flight in
which he advocates nudism to his
father-in-law John Strickler, is
sent to a private sanitorium for a
"mental rest."
Here he meets four delightful
people, who are in sharp contrast
to the "sane" persons he has
known outside: Melodie, the ex-artists's-
model afflicted with mel­ancholia,
and the "Intelligentia,"
three eccentric gentlemen who set
him on the road to becoming an
artist. After he has spent six
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Miss Gatchell Will Make
Design For Banquet
Miss Dana Gatchell, professor of
home economics at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, will design
and make the candle holders and
center pieces for the elaborate ban­quet
to be held by the Associated
Women of the American Farm
Bureau Federation at the annual
convention in New Orleans in De­cember.
The design will be executed in
a motif of fruits and vegetables
and will be done in gum paste and
marzipan with a background of
silver.
Kappa Delta Pledges
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THIRTEEN of the 24 pledges of Sigma Lambda chapter of Kappa Delta sorority are pictured
above. They are, from left to right: front row, Margaret Harrison, Opelika; Mary Hackney, Ope-lika;
Ann Tatum, Opelika; EttaClaire Brackin, Union Springs; Anamerle Smith, Evergreen; Elsie
Mann; second row, Jean Atkins; Annelle King; Jule Tisdale, Auburn; Annie Lyde Lewis, Tuskegee;
Emma Nell Farrish, Auburn; third row, Carolyn Tatum, Opelika; Margaret Spidle, Auburn.
Speaker To Address
Business Students
Ed Reed, executive secretary of
the Alabama League of Munici­palities,
will speak to students in
the business department tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. This an­nouncement
was made by L. E
Foster, President of Delta Sigma
Pi, which organization is sponsor­ing
the speaker.
Mr. Reed has made a special
study of government and is to ad­dress
the group on the subject of
government, bringing into his
speech pertinent facts about the
relationship between government
and business. He has contributed
a number of constructive suggest­ions
to our lawmaking bodies, and
he is held in high esteem as an
analyst of government and govern­ment
procedure.
This speech will be the second
of a series of business speeches
planned by the business and pro­fessional
fraternity, Delta Sigma
Pi, the first speaker having been
George Bellsnyder, Birmingham.
Classes are to be excused to hear
Mr. Reed, and students are re­quired
to attend. A name-slip ar­rangement,
similar to that which
is used at current events classes,
will be in effect, and students
who miss the assembly will re­ceive
a two per cent cut, as though
they had missed a regular class.
Previous to the speech Dean J.
W. Scott is to make the presenta­tion
of the Delta Sigma Pi Schol­arship
Cup, which was won by
Herndon McGehee. His average
was 95.69. A cup is annually a-warded
the freshman in the bus­iness
department who has the
highest average. McGehee's mark
is one of the highest that has ever
been made.
The speech is to be delivered in
Langdon Hall at 10 o'clock, and it
is open to the public.
Betts Addresses ASCE On
Construction Of Levees
J. E. Betts, senior student in
civil engineering, delivered an in­teresting
talk last evening at the
weekly meeting of the American
Society of Civil Engineers. The
content of Mr. Betts' talk involved
the design and construction of
levees on the Mississippi River.
After finishing his junior year
at Auburn, Mr. Betts has been em­ployed
in levee work for the last
six years in Memphis, Tenn. He
has now reenrolled in Auburn to
complete his college work for
graduation.
Mr. Betts' talk was the first of
a series of talks that will be given
by student members of the A. S.
C. E. At frequent times, the A.
S. C. E. will collaborate with all
other engineering societies to ob­tain
prominent engineers from the
South to come to Auburn and
speak at joint meetings of these
societies.
Photographs
With all the many camera-fans
around the campus there
ought every week to be nume­rous
pictures taken that possess
news value.
The Plainsman has money to
spend on news cuts, but we are
so tied down with routine of
putting out the paper that we
do not have time to plan ahead
of time to have pictures of
events made especially for the
paper. Yet we want them and
know that students want more
pictures in the paper.
We wish all the student pho­tographers
on the campus who
take pictures that they think
have news value would bring
them by and let us see them.
We can pay nothing for the
photograph itself, but will be
glad to give credit to the per­son
taking it if we use it.
The kind of photograph? Al­most
any kind. For instance, a
good shot of the freshman pa-jama
parade last Thursday
night would have been swell in
this issue of the paper along
with shots of the game in Mont­gomery
and the parade there.
We can use candid shots of per­sonalities
on the campus for
feature stories .'. . shots of the
cadets at drill . . . pictures of
the cheerleaders in action or of
a group of freshmen with their
mouths opened wide for a War
Eagle . . .
We don't mean that we can
use everything. By no means.
But we would like to see what
some of you are taking.
The Editor.
200 Free Tickets To Be
Given To Play Wednesday
Prof. J. R. Rutland announced
today that 200 students will be
given free tickets to the matinee
performance of the Jitney Players
Wednesday afternoon at 3:15 pro­vided
they will call for them and
submit their athletic ticket books
at the desk on the first floor of
Samford Hall Wednesday morn­ing.
The tickets will be given to the
first 200 students who apply Wed­nesday
morning.
This concession will be given to
200 students who have not pur­chased
season tickets to the 1938-
39 Concert Series because two per­formances
of Maxwell Anderson's
play, "Both Your Houses," by the
Jitney Players have been arranged.
By having both the matinee and
evening performances, the 756
purchasers of season tickets may
be accommodated and also allow
seats for 200 others.
Holders of season tickets are
asked to make their reservations
for either the matinee of even­ing
performance by calling at the
desk in Samford Hall not later
than noon Wednesday.
Kelly Receives
Blue Key Award
The annual Blue Key Outstand­ing
Player Award was presented
to Spec Kelly, Tiger halfback
luminary, following the victory of
Auburn over the strong Mississip­pi
State contingent. The cup pres­entation
was made by Allen Mar­tin
in' the presence of other mem­bers
of Blue Key in the center of
the field at Cramton Bowl.
It was Kelly who sparked the
Tiger offense to the 20 to 6 de­feat
of the Maroons with two
touchdowns to his credit, one of
them a 96 yard return of the
kickoff opening the second half
that will long live in the mem­ory
of the delirious Auburn fans
who saw him thread his way
through, not being touched by a
single Mississippi man after pass­ing
his own 35 yard marker. Kel­ly
had previously scored Auburn's
first six points with a jaunt around
end after a long drive toward the
Maroon's goal line in the opening
minutes of the game.
The sports writers in the press
box were unanimous in the selec­tion
of Kelly as the game's out­standing
player. They were also
unanimous in their acclaim of the
great team that played with Kelly
in giving the Maroons a decisive
setback, and the award could well
have gone to almost anyone on
the Tiger eleven. K
Members of Blue Key who par­ticipated
in the presentation were
Shelton Pinion, Jack Owen, Hor­ace
Weissinger, Roy Taylor, Oli­ver
Fletcher, Andy Cox, Dallas
Benton, Foy Laseter, Jim Swan-ner,
Dave Roberts, Joe Crooks,
and president Allen Martin.
Former Auburn Student Is
Manager Of Jitney Players
Phil Tippin, former student at
Auburn in electrical engineering,
will return to the campus on
Wednesday as general manager
and booking agent for the Jitney
Players. ,
Mr. Tippin, whose home is in
Brewton, went to Carnegie Tech
where he studied dramatics after
leaving Auburn in 1926. While
here he was a member of the Au­burn
Players and appeared in a
number of productions along with
Dryden Baughman, librarian for
the School of Chemistry. Mr. Tip­pin
is a cousin to Frances Tippin,
secretary to the Accountant's Of­fice.
The Jitney Players are schedul­ed
to present two performances
(3:15 and 8:15 p. m.) to Langdon
Hall of Maxwell Anderson's Pul­itzer
prize play, "Both Your
Houses." The play is the second
attraction to' Auburn 1938-39
Concert Series.
Students Will March Through
Town In Colorful Parade
Drexel Institute officials have
started a move to nationalize fra­ternities
at that institution.
Auburn-Tech Rally
To Be Broadcast
Friday At 8
Officials Of Atlanta And
Of Both Colleges To
Speak On Program
Another pre-game broadcast
will take place Friday night at 8
o'clock from the studios of WSB
to Atlanta with Charles Burns in
charge of arrangements.
This broadcast will be an Au­burn-
Georgia Tech pep rally with
students and officials of both
schools taking part. In charge of
Tech's part is E. Boyd Sutton Jr.,
president of the Interfraternity
and Student Council of that school.
Charles Burns, assisted by Kirt-ley
Brown and Elmer Salter, head
Auburn's arrangements.
With Governor E. D. Rivers and
Mayor William B. Hartsfield on
hand to extend the official greet­ings
of the city and state, Auburn's
leaders will be George Knight,
president of the Interfraternity
Council; Bill Troup, newly ap­pointed
Pep Manager; L. E. Fos­ter,
president of O. D. K.; Head
Coach Jack Meagher, and Alumni
Secretary Porter Grant.
From Georgia Tech will be E.
Boyd Sutton Jr., president of the
Interfraternity and Student Coun­cil;
Coach Bill Alexander; The
Tech Ramblers, collegiate orches­tra;
and President M: L. Brittain.
Sports will be to charge of El­mer
Salter, Auburn sports writer;
Kenneth Gregory of the Associa­ted
Press; Morgan Blake and O.
B. Keeler of the Atlanta Journal;
Ed Danforth of the Georgian; and
Jack Troy of the Constitution.
The WSB staff orchestra under
the baton of Marcus Bartlett will
furnish the music for the program
with specialties by the Tech
Ramblers.
The broadcast will be held from
the Georgian ballroom of the Bilt-more
Hotel, studios of the station,
to order to accommodate larger
crowds. All Auburn students are
invited to attend.
Whitten, Auburn Grid Star,
Is Seriously Injured
Norman "Chink" Whitten, grad­uate
here last year, was seriously
injured Wednesday afternoon in
football at Notasulga, where he is
athletic director at the high school.
During practice Whitten receiv­ed
a ruptured intestine and had
to be rushed to Opelika for an
emergency operation. It was
thought for some time that there
was little hope for his recovery.
Latest reports are that he has
revived and is practically out of
danger. His injury came while he
was demonstrating to his charges
the blocking of the dummy.
While a student here "Chink"
was a star performer on the grid­iron,
and was the backstop main­stay
for the Tiger diamond ag­gregation
for three years.
Last summer he was a member
of the Montgomery Bombers base­ball
squad, and is scheduled to re­port
to the Philadelphia Phillies
in the spring for a trial in the ma­jor
leagues.
CORRECTION
In some of the copies of this is­sue
in the Western Railway Ad on
page three, the price of the round
trip ticket on the "Auburn Spec­ial"
leaving here at 8 a. m. Satur­day
for Atlanta was given as $1.-
90. The price should be $2.90. The
train will arrive in Atlanta at 11
a. m. The return trip will begin
at 7:30 Saturday night.
The middle-west is the most tal-erant
section of the U. S., accord­ing
to Elton Sakamoto, a Japa­nese
Sioux Falls College student
who has traveled widely in this
country.
A combination torchlight
parade and shirt-tail parade
will be held Thursday night
immediately after the pep ral­ly
at Langdon Hall, accord­ing
to an announcement made
this morning by Pep Manager
Bill Troup.
At 8 p. m. Thursday students
will assemble at Langdon Hall,
where they will be addressed by
Haygood Patterson, sheriff of
Montgomery County, arid Porter
Grant, Alumni Secretary. The Au­burn
band will be there, as well
as the cheering squad.
Freshmen are urged to come
with a torch prepared for the pa­rade
and with their shirt tails
out. The torches will be lighted
immediately after the rally at
Langdon, and the student body
will parade downtown in honor of
the team.
Troup called attention to the
fact that in the old days when a
parade was held to Auburn that
nothing remained on the side­walks
watching except the dogs
and that most of them even join­ed
to. All the student body is urg­ed
to join in the celebration in­stead
of jamming the street up
at Toomer's and preventing the pa­rade
from being formed. Persons
riding in cars are requested not to
double-park uptown so as to
watch the celebration, as it blocks
the already congested street.
Rowland Is Leading
Man In Play
Douglas Rowland, young lead-tog
man with the Jitney Players
who appear here in Langdon Hall
for matinee and evening perfor­mance
on Wednesday, Oct. 19, ran
away from school at 17 to go on
the stage. Two years later he was
leading man with the Detroit
Players. At first he played every­thing
from the offstage voice to a
character bit.
The play to be nresented here
by the Jitney Players is Maxwell
Anderson's Pulitzer prize drama,
"Both your Houses," a sensational
expose of Washington politics.
The matinee performance will be­gin
at 3:15 and the evening per­formance
at 8:15.
In Detroit the stock company
cast Mr. Rowland in such diversi­fied
roles as the title part in "The
Bad Man" to the juvenile to "The
Monster." From this troupe he was
recruited into the famous Jesse
Bonstelle Company in Detroit.
With the Jitney Players, which
Mr. Rowland joined in 1929, he
has acted half the great parts in
•the English language on coast
to coast tours. His performances
so moved Ina Grotte, a Houston
critic that she wrote of him, "He
is the finest actor I have ever
seen." George Holland to Boston
claims, "Rowland has more power
and personality than half the
leading men to New York and
Hollywood.
Privilege Riding For BOTC
Seniors And Juniors Begins
Riding privileges will be extend­ed
to Field Artillery juniors and
seniors who have had equitation
or were to the mounted battery
at camp.
The hours will be from 1 to 3
p. m. Saturdays and Sundays. A-bout
30 horses will be available
each day.
Those desiring to avail them­selves
of privilege riding may ob­tain
a privilege riding card at the
Military Office. As last year, a
picture must be made to be pasted
to the card.
NOTICE
Student auto tags have come
and may be obtained at the office
of the Executive Secretary to Sam­ford
Hall.
A few students have not yet
registered their cars. Attention is
called to the fact that the dead­line
for registering is past.
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Conduct
From all reports so far student conduct
on the special trains to and from Montgomery
was good. There were, of course, some
examples of thoughtless foolishness and van­dalism
by some muddle-headed undesirables,
but on the whole conduct was good. Cheer­ing
at the game was better than for any con­test
so far. It looks like a true revival, folks.
May it last.
Scoreboard For Gym
Congratulations are in order for both O. D.
K. and Blue Key for their cooperative efforts
toward "erecting a permanent and neat score­board
in the men's gymnasium. Work on the
scoreboard has begun, and it should not be
long before it is installed.
The reciprocal, friendly, and constructive
spirit exhibited by the two senior honor so­cieties
this year is most encouraging. Too
often in the past the members of the two or
ganizations have thought only in terms of
outdoing each other. The welfare of the school
and the student body received little atten­tion.
Keen rivalry between senior honor organ­izations
is all right, but when it sinks to the
status of childish efforts to work off personal
grudges, then we are against such organi­zations.
This year has seen less of the child­ish
spirit and more of the manly, construc­tive
spirit on the part of the two organiza­tions.
Both are doing splendid work.
Good Cheering
Henceforth, anyone having any criticism to
be directed at the cheerleaders had best say
it under his breath. For the cheering in the
east stands at the game Friday night was
nothing short of an uproar.
One loudspeaker brought more out of the
students than a hundred years of hollering
could have accomplished. Charlie O'Reilly
behind a microphone has it over him behind
a megaphone like a dollar over a dime.
Congratulations to Bill Troup and the
cheerleaders for their resourcefulness. It
was a great step in pushing the Auburn
spirit to the ceiling. R.T.
Co-Ed Glee Club
Auburn has been a co-educational school
since 1892; it is next to the oldest co-educa­tional
school in the south. Since the institu­tion
of courses here for women, there have
been many campus activities that have been
introduced for their benefit, but in one thing,
there has been a decided absence. Auburn
has no girls' glee club.
Two years ago, an attempt was made to
organize such a glee club. The idea was tak­en
up by an adequate number of women stu­dents
to form a club, but after the second
or third meeting, their number had dwind­led
to a mere handful. The result was that
there was no glee club. Even last year, an­other
try at organizing the club was started,
but as had been the lot of those before, the
idea was dropped after the first few meet­ings.
This year, there are about 450 women stu­dents
registered in school. This number, al­though
comparatively small to the number
of boys, is considerably higher than the reg­istration
in many of the strictly girls' schools
that hove glee clubs. There is no reason then
why we should not have a girls' glee club, at
least, as concerns the quantity there is to
choose from.
There are those that would like to see such
a club formed and those that are willing to
work a little to get it started. If they would
push the matter just a little and get the en-husias'ra
of a large group of girls, Auburn
would see the formation of a successful girls'
glee club. L.P.
College Wit
Auburn is growing up! More students have
come here this year than ever before. But,
alas! the boy's boarding houses, the men's
dorms, and Toomer's corner have not
grown up. Last year's wits still remain, with
a seeming influx of new ones.
And all of this waggery is aimed at the
co-eds who pass by. For instance: "I'll take
the one in the middle," when there are only
two girls passing. Or—"I like the one with
the hat on," when both are hatless. This
great brilliancy should be used for commer­cial
purposes. Genius is only wasted in a
place like this.
Furthermore, besides this great waste of
talent, it puts the co-ed "on the spot." There
is nothing she can do or say to stop the com­motion
her passing causes. She can say noth­ing.
"Cat's got your tongue!" is howled at
her. She can speak sweetly. "She's flirting
with you!" is yelled. Laughter. Giggles.
Howls. The great Auburn spirit all over
again.
The argument has been put forth that this
is a college town and it is expected of college
students to behave like children. Who ex­pects
it? Certainly not the co-eds. They only
hope, and not successfully, that some col­lege
wit will not start the firecracker that
starts the rest of the gang popping off.
Auburn can never grow up as long as
its students act like children in grade school
when a co-ed passes. M.N.
Awnings
The other day, we ducked to keep from
hitting a low-hanging awning, and when we
came up again, we found that we had just
ended one of the best feuds in years. Our
sworn enemy for these many years mistook
that gesture for a friendly nod and came at
us so heartily with an outstretched hand
that we found ourself shaking it before we
quite knew what we were doing.
Now that in itself was bad enough, but
just think of some of the other things that
might have happened that could have been
much worse. It set us to thinking, and when
we got through we decided that we were
pretty lucky to get out as light as we did.
Suppose that we had ducked when a jealous
husband and his wife were passing along.
You see, these awnings that are just a bit
too low are really more of a hazard than
most people suspect. A hundred things be­sides
hitting your head could happen. So
we say: Down with the awnings! . . . . No . . .
No, that's not what we mean at all. What we
mean is: Up with the awnings! L.P.
Swing Music
Swing is here to stay . . . or maybe its
'sway,' but just the same, swing is definitely
with us. There is not an orchestra on the
radio today that has not felt the effect of
swing in one way or another. It may be that
the orchestra is purely a "swing band," or
it may be a concert orchestra leader giving
evidence that he, too, can play what the pub­lic
likes.
At best though, "swing" is essentially
rhythm with a little music thrown in to
give it the name. Even se, as primitive as
this modern reversion is, it has taken the
country by storm. Intelligent people make
fools of themselves on dance floors where
before, they danced to music.
If one of the country's jitterbug clubs
could be persuaded to take an unbiased view
of swing, it's doubtful if Benny Goodman
could hold a good second place in competi­tion
with one of the lesser known Ubangi
tribes of Africa. Swingsters have been known
to dance several minutes at fever pitch to
nothing more than a drum solo, and what's
more, they like it.
There's little that can be said in defense
of music that will be effective to the swing-crazed
jitterbug. Time is the only healer,
and just as surely as it conquered jazz, so
will it fulfill the prophecy and make for the
return of sweet music. L.P.
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
The following letter addressed
to the author of this column was
received last week:
Dear John:
This letter may be based on an­other
of those many evidences of
the inadequacy of expression pe­culiar
to the English language;
but here goes!
Tuesday's "Before Tomorrow,"
in speaking of earmarking part of
the state's income, stated, "To so
earmark government funds is a
very short sighted policy." If the
adverb "so" is specifically con­cerned
with allocation of the gas­oline
tax, I agree, but if it was
meant to be taken in a general
sense, the fence is between us.
I speak of education. It is an
obvious fact that, in Alabama, ed­ucation
is considered a plank in
political platforms. Every candi­date
for the governor's couch
makes some kind of promise to
education. Now don't you think
it's ridiculous for so important a
branch of state functions to be
dependent at all on a source of
support so uncertain as the fulfill­ment
of political promises? And
don't you think that a system
which trains the future leaders of
Alabama and the nation should
be made secure and certain by ear­marking
a specific amount of the
state's revenue to its operation
and improvement?—Or do you?
Sincerely,
Jim Hilleke
To which we reply:
Dear Jim:
It seems that there must be a
fence between us. The word "so"
was intended to be taken in a
general sense.
Obviously education is just as
important as you say that it is.
But don't forget that there are
many other functions of govern-lment
which are important, too.
Health, public safety, relief, help
for the aged, and many more. Ed­ucation,
by all means, should re­ceive
its share of public funds.
However, to definitely set down
in the constitution of the state of
Alabama that educational insti­tutions
must receive a definite
group of funds each year, NO
MATTER WHAT THE STATE'S
INCOME, is certainly, in our opin­ion,
just as shortsighted as ear­marking
the gasoline tax.
Suppose that the state of Ala­bama
were to face another de­pression
like the last one. Then,
with money desperately needed
for relief and aid to the unemploy­ed,
education with its earmarked
funds would be receiving more
than its share. Instead of distri­buting
a shortage of funds among
all the agencies of the govern­ment,
you propose to centralize it
even more, making some agency
bear it so long as that agency isn't
education. True, education has
been the goat during the past
shortages; however, earmarking
of funds will simply make some
other agency the goat.
Furthermore, I ask you to look
to the future. Do you really think
that it is intelligent to set down
today in inflexible black and white
laws which shall inflexibly gov­ern
the actions of those who will
be at the head of our government
twenty years from now? Can we
see far enough in the future to
make the rules now for what
they shall do then? The Brook­ings
Institute, which has thorough­ly
investigated the governments
of over two^thirds of our states
say that we should not.
Apologies to you and to any
others who may have been con­fused
by the ambiguity of my
writing.
Sincerely yours,
John Godbold
* * *
THE SURPLUS CROPS of the
country may be advantageously
disposed of under a program now
being formulated by the Depart­ment
of Agriculture.
The plan would provide for
two prices for agricultural goods
and the manufactured products
derived from them—a regular
market price and a lower price for
benefits of families on relief and
low-income households. The
losses sustained on the low-price
sales would be sustained by the
government.
Plans somewhat similar to this
have been tried before in the last
few years by the government, but
this is the first time that a large
scale attempt has been brought
forward.
Senator Borah's views on this
brain-child of Secretary of Agri­culture
Henry Wallace best ex­press
what seems to be the sen­sible
viewpoint about it: "His
(Secretary Wallace's) suggestion
that our own hungry get the ben­efit
of our own surplus food stuffs
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
I'm through with all women,
They cheat and they lie,
They prey on us males
Till the day that we die;
They tease us, torment us
And drive us to sin.
Say, who was that blonde
That just walked in?
An old sage says: A college is just like a washing machine. You
get out of it just what you put in, only you'd never recognize it.
* * *
Here's a specimen of dry Montgomery wit (you could never be­lieve
anything in Montgomery could be dry could you?): On a freez­ing
night a circus and managerie was going through our little city of
the tax tokens on the way to Mississippi. There the gorilla died. As
they were in a hurry they simply straightened out the limbs of the
animal and laid him beside the road. At dawn two of the natives ap­proached
the stiff figure of the animal.
"No, he ain't dead from Wetumpka—I know all the folks there."
"He ain't from Mt. Meigs either."
"I know what we can do. Let's go over to Auburn and see if
any of the college faculty is missing."
* * *
Freshman: "My, what a lovely corsage!"
Montevallo (also brand new): "I'll have you know my figure is
natural!"
* * *
An absent minded professor (probably Professor Applebee) stood
in fronto of the wrong side of the mirror and failed to see his re­flection.
He figured that he must have already gone to work, so he
went back to bed.
Modern youth respects old age when it comes in bottles.
* * *
Heard at the Southern game:
"Who you shevin'?"
"Dunno, whash your name?"
* * *
Come by the Plainsman office anytime between now and
Thursday morning and drop your prize joke in the box on the Edi­tor's
desk placed there for that purpose. The Tiger Theater will
give five passes to the Sunday and Monday show, "Sing You Sin­ners,"
to the person turning in the five wittiest quips.
THE EDITOR'S MAILBOX
Editor's note: A lot has been
written and said during: the
last two or three weeks on the
Auburn Spirit. A lot of people
have tried to explain what Au­burn
Spirit is; a lot of people
have tried to give examples of
it. Almost everyone who spoke
of it stressed the fact that there
was something- about the spirit
of Auburn that binds men of
divergent character and ways
of life together, no matter where
they are. The thing that holds
thousands upon thousands of
men together, makes them love
the same traditions and revere
the same customs must be a
great moving force. And true
Auburn Spirit is that.
This week we received a let­ter
that to us reflects the spirit
that is Auburn. It is a letter
from an Auburn graduate whose
home is thousands of miles a-way,
but whose heart is bound
to Auburn and her welfare. Ev­eryone
on the Auburn campus
knew Jesus and Enrique Silva
from Mexico City, and many
here still hear from them regu­larly
by letter, for they keep
up with Auburn affairs. The
letter is from Enrique and is
given below.
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I have read several articles and
"Letters to the Editor" in the
school paper concerning the poor
is, as an emergency proposition,
sound and humanitarian."
* * *
Ain't it fun to discuss compara­tive
scores with University of
Alabama rooters!
* * *
THE JAPANESE say that Chi­nese
resistance is toppling. How­ever,
they said the same thing a
year ago.
The truth is, we believe, that
the Chinese will never be really
conquered. Possibly the Japs may
win a military victory and here
and there extend their zones of in­fluence
along railroad lines, but
it is hard to see how the masses of
China can ever be ruled in the
manner which Japan hopes. As
one writer expresses it, a Japa­nese
victory and occupation would
be equivalent to some foreign
power's conquering the Mississip­pi
River and the land 20 miles
on each bank and then trying to
rule the entire United States from
that base.
Auburn Spirit that has been shown
this year by the student body and
the uncivilized way some of them
have acted by damaging personal
property.
Auburn has always been fam­ous
for its fine college spirit, but
it seems that this Spirit is rapidly
disappearing, and unless some­thing
is done, it will die in a few
more years. I don't think that the
cheerleaders are to blame for the
poor showing they did at the Au­burn-
Southern game. The student
body is the one to blame for not
supporting them because a good
deal of the responsibility to have
a good cheering section falls on the
crowd that forms it, because if
they show some cooperation the
cheerleaders will feel more eager
to help. I noticed this poor spirit
at some of the games last year,
where only a few students show­ed
that Auburn Spirit.
In the last issue I received (Oct.
4), I read three "Letters to the
Editor" concerning this matter,
and I feel disgusted to know what
is happening. Some of my friends
to whom I have praised Auburn
so much have also read several
of these articles and they tell me
that it is a shame that in a coun­try
that is among the most civili­zed,
students act the way they are
doing in Auburn. It is true that
the students have to show their
spirit some way, but there is a
limit to everything, and I am sure
that if any of the boys who were
in the crowd that raided the girl's
dormitories had any -property,
they wouldn't like to have it de­stroyed.
Such action hurts the
school's reputation and make the
parents feel ashamed to say that
they send their sons and daughters
to an institution like that one.
When I finished school there, I
was proud to say that I studied at
Auburn and hope that the student
body will cooperate to keep the
school's name high and be proud
to say that they are an Auburn
man or woman.
Yours truly,
Enrique Silva
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
ODK wishes to thank the advis­ers,
entertainers, and the audience
who made possible our musical
presentation last night in Langdon
Hall. It was generosity that enab­led
us to turn over to Mr. E. B.
Smith a check sufficiently large
to cover a great part of the ex­pense
of constructing the proposed
tennis courts.
Our Musical Miscellany is ov-
WELL!
by I. Philip Space
FAR BE IT from the editor of
this column to horn in on Troup
and his stooges as far as sports
comment is concerned. But this
time, it is mighty hard to hold
back on a few observations from
last week-end.
The professors ought to give the
entire student body a holiday af­ter
the double-header that the
Auburn football team played Fri­day
night and Saturday afternoon.
Mississippi State was not only
thoroughly trounced, but Alaba­ma's
famous Crimson Trickle
went down before the Tennessee
powerhouse. Making the score Au­burn
6 Alabama 0. If you and Wil­liamson
are such hogs about com­paring
scores.
When you consider how effi­cient
was Tennessee at Legion
Field and the frame of mind that
they were in, it makes the Au­burn
blood in you crawl to a new
high in pressure.
University student's alibis were
to the effect that Alabama was
off her game. But if they had been
in Rose Bowl condition, they
couldn't have beat Tennessee last
Saturday.
* * *
IF YOU HAD SEEN the grin
on coach McCollum's face when
Pelham Sitz sneaked through the
center of the Mississippi line for
the third touchdown last Friday
night, you would have given Au­burn
12 points for the score in­stead
of 6. The play caught the
Mississippi boys napping, and
they were given a first hand view
of the retreating feet of Sitz head­ing
for the land of the bacon.
THE AUBURN SPIRIT once
more is on the warpath. And if
you didn't happen to notice it at
the game, then you are either
blind, deaf, or dumb, or some com­bination
of the three. If there are
many more 96 yards to be reeled
off on kickoff returns for 6 points
of badly needed gravy, and Au­burn
students are on the right
side of the result, then they had
better build something else to re­place
the wooden stands. They
came close to being reduced to
matchstick size, with the celebra­tion
after that one jaunt by the
illustrious Mr. Kelly.
er, but our efforts to secure the
courts are not. The completing of
these courts is one of our biggest
objectives of the year, and we
will see the thing through.
Sincerely,
Omicron Delta Kappa
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Godbold:
What happened to the opening
dances?
The attendance this year was
considerably decreased, even from
that of last year. Those at the dan­ces
can vouch for the fact that the
attendance grew weaker as the
dances progressed, the Saturday
morning and afternoon crowd
dwlindling to only four couples.
As a result, the Social Commit­tee
is in debt, and must make up
this loss on the midterm dances.
This situation, where the Au­burn
student body will not attend
its own Opening Dances, can, and
should be remedied, for the sake
of the reputation of Auburn.
Is it a mistake to contract a
large orchestra for so small a
crowd as turned out? Would it
be better to sign up a local orches­tra,
lowering the fee per couple,
and leaving the large orchestra
for midterms and finals? Perhaps
then the student body would turn
out for the dances as it does i'(
fraternity dances, the Social Com­mittee
would come out profitably,
or at least evenly, and there
would be a manifestation of the
great Auburn Spirit, which is
so coveted at present.
Or was the appalling lack of at­tendance
due to the appalling lack
of publicity for these dances? Per­haps
the committee could retain
the large orchestra and higher fees
if the dances were publicized more
in the local papers, and general
advertising was spread over the
campus. This year there was
scant knowledge and interest a-mong
the students, few of them
even knowing what orchestra was
going to play.
Or is it a mistake to even at­tempt
to have opening dances?
At any rate, if the Social Com­mittee
is going to continue these
opening dances each year, some
provision should be made for
greater attendance. This year it
apparently made the mistake of
biting off much, much more than
it could chew!
Your sincerely,
Interested Student.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Auburn Players Stage Dance
Saturday in Y Hut
The Auburn Players, campus
dramatic group, had a dance Sat­urday
night at 8:30 in the Y Hut.
The Hut was decorated with
flats from the last play and light­ed
with various colored spots a-round
the walls.
Dawson Mulllins, president,
was master of ceremonies, and
only members were present.
Prof, and Mrs. Telfair Peet were
chaperones.
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SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
ELEANOR SCOTT, Editor
Miss Virginia McCall Is Married To
David Maxwell, Jr In Monroeville
The marriage of Miss Virginia
McCall, daughter of Lealis Law
McCall, and David Marvin Max­well
Jr., son of David Marvin
Maxwell, took place at 6:30 o'­clock
Tuesday evening, Oct. 11, at
the Monroeville Methodist Church.
Dr. George Lang of the University
of Alabama performed the cere­mony
in the presence of a number
of friends and relatives.
The choir loft was concealed by
an arch of Southern smilax in
front of which stood tall candel­abra
holding white tapers. In the
center of the chancel was a bas­ket
of white gladioli and tube­roses.
Floor baskets of the same
flowers were placed on either side
of the altar and the chancel rail
was covered with smilax and ferns.
Tapers interspersed with smilax
were used over the side entran­ces
to the chancel and reserved
pews were marked by taprs in
standards tied with sprays of tube­roses
and white satin ribbons.
Mrs. Lyston Allen Hixon pre­sented
a program of nuptial music,
assitsed by Mrs. Foy F. Feagen,
violinist, and Mrs. A. V. Culpep­per,
soloist.
Attending the bride as matron
of honor was her sister, Mrs.
Joseph L. Reddoch. The brides­maids
were Mrs. Carl E. Brown,
sister of the groom, and Miss Mar­tha
Williams of Livingston. All
wore dresses of the shirtmaker
type in three shades of satin. The
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Miss Haygood Weds
Wesley Laney Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis Hay-good
of Greenville, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, to Wesley Thurston La­ney
Jr. of Columbus, Ga., on Sat­urday,
Oct. 8.
The ceremony was quietly sol­emnized
at the First Baptist
Church in Columbus, with mem­bers
of the immediate families
and a few intimate friends attend­ing.
Dr. Frederick S. Porter offi­ciated.
Both Mr. Laney and his bride
are graduates of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. While there
they were prominent in all school
activities. Mrs. Laney was vice
president of the senior class; a
member of Sphinx and Theta Ep-silon
honor societies, the only
woman member of Student Board
of Publications; a member of
Women's Student Council for two
years, and is a member of Kappa
Delta sorority. Mrs. Laney, who is
a young girl of striking brunet
beauty and vivid charm, received
her diploma in the School of Home
Economics.
Mr. Laney was a member of
Scabbard and Blade, Interfrater-nity
Council, the Auburn Swim­ming
team and the International
Relations club. He Is a member of
Phi Delta Theta social fraternity
and was graduated from the
School of Business Administra­tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Laney are now
making their home with the
groom's parents on Hilton Avenue
in Columbus.
Auburn Third In Number Of
Montgomery Teachers
Attending Summer School
Auburn ranked third in number
of Montgomery pupil school teach­ers
attending summer school this
past summer, Dr. Clarence M.
Dannelly revealed Saturday. The
University of Alabama ranked
first, Huntingdon second.
Other institutions attended
were State Teachers College, Troy,
Alabama College, Columbia Uni­versity,
Peabody, State Teachers
College, Florence, Bowling Green
College of Commerce, University
of Cincinnati, University of Vir­ginia,
Birmingham-Southern, Un­iversity
of North Carolina, Univer­sity
of Florida, and the University
of Wisconsin.
"This is a highly commendable
work," Dr. Dannelly commented.
"It means that more than half of
our teachers spent varied lengths
of time in study for more efficient
work during the present and fu
ture years."
Sigma N u Fraternity Gives
Buffet Supper At House
Beta Theta chapter of Sigma
Nu entertained members and
pledges and their dates with a
buffet supper Thursday night at
7:30 at the chapter house. A de­licious
cold plate was served to
the guests on the lawn and then
the party was entertained by the
pledges.
After the humorous program in
doors, the guests were taken out
to roast marshmallows around a
large bonfire.
Among the guests were: Jule
Tisdale, Kathryn Blake, Edith Ce­cil
Carson, Dot Burke, Pete
Wright, Marie Johnson, Eleanor
Scott, Jean Cogburn, Johnnie
Stansberry, Suzelle Hare, Audrey
Kirk, Anamerle Smith, Annie
Lyde Lewis, Elizabeth Leyden,
Betty Belle Brandt, and Ella
Brackin.
bodice of each dress was smocked
as were the puffed sleeves. The
matron of honor wore sky blue
and carried yellow Roosevelt roses.
Mrs. Brown wore a dusty pink
and Miss Williams wore Aqua,
and both carried pink Briarcliff
roses. The junior bridesmaids wore
period dresses of ruffled taffeta
in pink and blue shades harmoniz­ing
with the dresses of the brides­maids.
They carried old fashioned
bouquets of Briarcliff roses and
Pompom Asters.
Preceding the bride to the al­tar
were Maribeth Temple Hines,
flower girl, who wore a full length
ruffled taffeta, carrying a nose­gay,
and Carl E. Brown Jr., as
ringbearer, who wore a white sa­tin
suit and carried the ring on a
white satin pillow.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her brother, Curtis
H. McCall, wore a gown of white
Ultra satin, with a Peter Pan col­lar,
buttoned bodice and sleeves
of Pompeian lace braiding across
the forehead and finished with a
spray of orange blossoms. A full
length veil flowed beneath a
shorter cape of net. She carried a
Prayer Book bouquet of gardenias
showered with valley lilies. She
was met at the altar by the
groom and his best man, Lyston
Allen Hixon.
After the reception Mr. and
Mrs. Maxwell left on a motor
trip to various points in the South­east
and on their return they will
be at home in Monroeville. The
bride wore for traveling a navy
blue suit with matching accessories
and a corsage of briarcliff roses.
The bride is a graduate of Ala­bama
College and was, before her
marriage, Home Demonstration
Agent in Sumter County. The
groom received his education at
Alabama Polytechnic Institute and
the University of Alabama and
now holds a position as cashier of
the First National Bank of Mon­roeville.
Branch Is Delegate
To Engineer Meet
Representing Alabama Alpha of
Tau Beta Pi at the annual con­vention
of the society held in
Cleveland, Ohio, last week on Oct.
6, 7, and 8 was Ben Branch, pres­ident
of the local chapter. Branch
is a senior in the School of Engi­neering,
a pledge of Eta Kappa
Nu, honorary electrical society,
and a member of Phi Delta Theta
social fraternity.
The convention was sponsored
by Ohio Beta of Tau Beta Pi at the
University of Cincinatti, and
headquarters for the convention
was the famous Netherland-Plaza
Hotel. Delegates to the conven­tion
participated in tours of the
University of Cincinatti and vi­cinity.
Dr. Arthur E. Morgan,
formerly chief engineer of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, was
one among nationally famous en­gineers
to address the convention.
Officers of Tau Beta Pi are Ben
Branch, president; Roy Taylor,
vice president; George Stelzen-mueller,
secretary, and Prof. C. R
Hixon, treasurer and faculty ad­visor.
Complete Wedding Plans
For Miss McGehee And
Lt Westbrook Given
Complete plans are announced
for the marriage of Miss Laura
Frances McGehee and Lt. Sam
Wilkins Westbrook, which will
take place Thursday at 5 p. m. at
the First Methodist Church in
Montgomery.
Both young people come of fam­ilies
long prominently identified
with the social, civic and relig­ious
life of Alabama. Miss McGe­hee
is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Robret Bruce McGehee of Troy.
Her father is pastor of the First
Methodist Church of that city, and
well known throughout the South.
The McGehee family is one of the
most distinguished in the state,
having contributed through gene­rations
to its upbuilding and de­velopment.
Hef mother was Miss
Frances Herndon of Nashville,
Tenn., a member of the Herndon,
Coleman and Lee families of Ten­nessee,
North Carolina and Vir­ginia,
which date back through
Confederate and Revolutionary an­cestors.
The charming bride-elect
is a graduate of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, where she
was a popular and outstanding
student and a member of the hon
or societies of Cardinal Key and
Kappa Delta Pi. For the past two
years she has been connected with
the State Department of Public
Welfare in Montgomery.
Lt. Westbrook, who is the son
Theta Upsilon Sorority
Gives Possum Hunt
The Theta Upsilon sorority rec­ently
entertained its pledges and
guests with a possum hunt. Af
ter a successful hunt the group
gaithered around a bonfire for re­freshments.
Those present were as follows:
Mary Guy Inzer, Sylvan Haworth,
Thea Dunn, A. D. Cotney, Mammie
Kate Mitchell, Chan Vickery, Hel­en
Porch, Ralph Bush, Eleanor
Home, Melvin Patty, Anne Ma­son,
Hoyt Warren, Margaret Nash,
Charles Flowers, Mary Florence
Roberts, Bob Smyer, Edith Cham­pion,
Jack Benford, Mary Beth
Bugg, Allen Lewis, Margaret
Lynch, Edgar Nelson, Sara Car-lise,
Lawrence Pierce, Carleton
Farrish, and Buddy Hill.
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entrance. Phone 462 or 11.
Miss Floyd Cosby Is Wed To
Mr. Eugene Cook
The marriage of Miss Floyd
Cosby and Eugene Cook, both for­mer
students of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute took place at the
Sardis Methodist Church in Dade-ville
Sept. 4 with Rev. W. L.
Jones officiating.
A musical program and candle
lighting service preceded the cer­emony.
The altar was beautiful­ly
decorated with ferns and palms
interspersed with branched cande­labra
bearing white candles.
The maid of honor was Miss
Sara Cosby of Montgomery. She
was beautifully dressed in a green
taffeta dress. Bridesmaids includ­ed
Misses Erline Cook Hollins A-dair
Elizabeth Elkers and Mary
Claire Heard. They were dressed
in pastel colored gowns and car­ried
arm bouquets of dahlias.
Woodrow Weldon of Notasulga
served Mr. Cook as best man.
Following a wedding trip the
couple will live in Reeltown, where
Mr. Cook is the athletic director
of Reeltown school.
of Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Westbrook
of Faunsdale, also comes from
families long outstanding in the
South. His people paternally and
maternally are prominent Black
Belt families. His mother was Miss
Sallie Wilkins, a descendent of the
Wilkins, Selden, and Minge fami­lies
of Virginia, Tennessee and
Alabama, prominent since early
colonial days. Lt. Westbrook is al­so
a graduate of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, where he
was a member of the Kappa Sig­ma
social fraternity, of Scabbard
and Blade, and was distinguished
in all college activities. He is a
recent graduate of the Army Corps
training school at Kelly Field, San
Antonio, Texas.
Preceding the wedding cere­mony,
a program of nuptial mus­ic
will be rendered by the choir
of the Methodist Church. Miss Mc­Gehee
will have as her only atten­dant
her sister, Mrs. James E.
Green of Auburn, who will be
matron of honor. Lt. Westbrook
will have as his best man his un­cle,
B. H. Wilkins of Uniontown.
Ushers will be Herndon McGehee
of Troy, James E. Greene of Au­burn,
Richard McKee of Fauns­dale,
and Eugene Tanner of Union-town.
The bride will enter with
her brother, Bruce McGehee Jr.
of Norris, Tenn. The wedding cer­emony
will be performed by Dr.
Bruce McGehee, father of the
bride. Immediately following the
wedding, an informal reception
will be held at the home of the
bride's parents for members of
the wedding party, relatives and
out-of-town guests.
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18,1938
AUBURN REPRESENTED BY ALUMNI
IN ALL STATES, NINETEEN COUNTRIES
By Charlie Burns
Auburn is represented in 48
states, the District of Columbia,
and in nineteen foreign ports of
the World.
The alumni behind the great
Auburn spirit are doing all that
they can to keep Auburn on top
of the world. Mexico, China, Can­ada,
and even Alaska have alum­ni
carrying on the fighting spirit
of their Alma Mater.
Thirty-five men and one woman
are keeping the spark of the Au­burn
fire burning on the foreign
fields, carrying on the progress,
even though they are thousands of
miles from the home port.
Holding the highest political of­fice
of Auburn alumni in the for­eign
ports is Judge James J.
Banks, who received his B. S. de­gree
in 1882. This Auburn man is
serving as a Supreme Court judge
in Honolulu. He is helping to con­tact
Auburn alumni in this terri­tory
and in neighboring ports.
Privates to captains in the Ar­my,
five leading men are fighting
for Uncle Sam in the ports of call.
With headquarters at Schofield
Barracks are Captain R. F. Wal-tham
of the 31th Infantry, Captain
Jasper M. Groves of the 27th In-frantry,
Lieutenant Lavonne Ed­win
Cox of the 2nd Engineering
Corps, and Private John E. Hatch
with the Field Artillery of the 8th
Infantry.
Also holding positions with the
fighting forces of the American
Army but stationed in other out­posts
are Lieutenant J. P. Bailey
of France Field, Panama Canal
Zone; Edward Morris Gavin, who
received his mechanical engineer­ing
degree in 1931, also stationed
at France Field, Thomas G. Hearne
of the Headquarters unit of Fort
Shafter; and Captain H. H. Skin­ner,
1931 graduate, with the Or-danance
Department of the U. S.
Army in Manila-
Canada's Dominion has two rep­resentatives
of A. P. I. serving in
Ontario province with headquar­ters
in Toronto. B. T. Sankey of
the Class of 1925 is proving him­self
an outstanding baseball lead­er
with the Toronto Club. The
other is W. M. Turnley, who grad­uated
in 1904, with the Dominion
Battery company in the Toronto
offices.
Paris, France, has two Auburn
alumni connected with the finan­cial
interests. Colonel LeVert Cole­man,
1895 graduate with a B. S.
degree, is connected with the
Bankers Trust Company on the
Vendome, and Thomas Gardner
Foster, in the Class of 1893, with
Morgan and Company, also locat­ed
on the Vendome.
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the world comes the report of
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collected in order to sell them for
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Presbyterian Sunday School
And Young People Entertain
The Auburn Presbyterian Sun­day
School and young people's
organization were hosts at a fish
fry Saturday afternoon at 5 p. m.
The guests gathered at the
Presbyterian Manse and were
taken in cars to Chewacla Park.
Archie McGillivray, president of
the young people's organization,
was in charge, and Rev. and Mrs.
Sam Hay served as chaperones.
Among the guests was Prof. J.
W. Roe, who entertained the par­ty
with his banjo.
Sherman Guy Forbes, father of
Edward Coyle Forbes, senior in
electrical engineering. Mr. Forbes
graduated from Auburn in 1900.
At present, he is stationed at Ban­galore,
India, where he is chief
electrician for the Mysor State, in
which Bangalore is located.
West Africa is the home of two
Auburn alumni, McRinley Gris-sett,
and Sam Dowling. Grissett
is in Cameron with the Efulan
Kribi, while Dowling is working
on the Firestone Plantation at
Monrovia, Liberia.
One lone survivor who is carry­ing
the torch for his alma mater in
the United States Territory of
Alaska is Edgar Rhodes Hauser,
who left Auburn in 1929 for Fair­banks
with a Bachelor of Science
degree in electrical engineering.
Mexico, our neighboring country,
has one alumni in the borders.
This graduate being H. D. Jones
who makes his home in Mexico
City, where he is carrying on his
profession of an electrical engi­neer.
James William Alberton Jr.,
mechanical engineering B. S. de­gree
holder of 1934, is a represen­tative
of the Anderson-Clayton
Cotton Company, in the coffee
district and port of Sao Paulo,
Brazil, South America. A graduate
of the 1920 class in chemical en­gineering,
A. V. Meighs, is super­intendent
of the Valdez Sugar
Corporation at Guayquil, Equa-dor,
South America.
Central America, namely the
countries of Honduras and Guate­mala,
is the home of Auburn alum­ni.
The Tela Railroad Company of
Honduras employs Charlie Beck
and William Pate. Beck, a junior
engineer with the company, is a
1929 graduate. Pate, a research
chemist witii the railroad, receiv­ed
his B. S. degree and his mast­ers
from A. P. I. He graduated in
1924 and gained his Masters in
1926.
Honduras also serves as the
home of three Auburn graduates.
Community Chest
To Have Hearing
A public hearing preliminary to
setting up the 1939 budget for the
Community Chest budget will be
held by the Auburn Interclub
Council on Monday evening, Oct.
24, at 7 p. m. in the city hall, ac­cording
to announcement of Dr.
Paul Irvine, President of the coun­cil.
At this hearing, said Dr. Irvine
all local agencies which expect to
be included in the budget next
year are asked to represented at
the meeting and to report on the
benefits accomplished with funds
expended in 1938 by the Interclub
Council.
The 1939 budget committee will
consist of Dr. Irvine, Prof. James
R. Rutland, council secretary, and
Mrs. John E. Ivey. Chairman of
the 1939 Community Chest Drive
will be named in the near future.
At the October meeting of the
Council Monday evening Mrs. Her­man
D. Jones suggested the need
of providing some type of hedge
or fence around the Auburn ceme­tery.
She was asked to investigate
the possibility of securing PWA
aid in the project. A long-time
beautification project for the City
of Auburn and the possibility of
widening and beautifying the Au-burn-
Opelika highway was also
discussed.
Present at the meeting besides
those already mentioned were the
Rev. W. B. Lee, Mrs. W. D. Sal­mon,
Dr. J. L. Seal, Ralph B.
Draughon, and Miss Ruth Mit-cham,
secretary.
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IS DESCRIBED BY STAFF WRITER
ROOM AND BOARD—room and
two meals, $20.00. Call John Blun-schir
at 247 or S48-J.
Dr. John A. Nietz of the Uni­versity
of Pittsburgh has a collec­tion
of some 1,500 old textbooks
used in U. S. schools.
Another Swank Origina­tion...
combining the best
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yet allowing the tie to swing
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"Where the Smart Styles Are
Shown First"
Earl Gissendonner of Puerto Cas-tilla
employed by the Guabul
Farm in the Black River District;
H. Eugene Fowler, an agriculture
graduate of 1924, located at Puer­to
Barriar, Guatemala, with the
United Fruit Co. While at Au­burn,
Fowler was a member of
the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Hugo Waldheim is also in this
field. He graduated in 1931 in
electrical engineering.
An electrical engineer in Shang­hai,
China, is Auburn's James
Hobson Williams, who left the
loveliest village in 1936 for the
port of call.
Panama is represented by five
men carrying the banner Of Auburn
spirit to this country. In Balboa,
Harry Watkins, a civil engineer
and graduate of 1922, is connected
with the Groft Airport in the cap­acity
of his profession. Leonard
Yancy and J. F. Segrest are lo­cated
at Puerto Ammeles. Yancy
is employed by the Chinique Land
Company, while Segrest is a soil
chemist for the United Fruit Com­pany,
having graduated in 1937.
Christobal, in the Canal Zone, is
the home of George S. Bewig, an
electrical engineer graduate of 19-
26. Ancon, Panama, is the home
of J. W. Kaye Jr., of the class of
1929.
Prominent in the legal profes­sion
of Iloioro, Phillipine Islands,
is Thomas N. Powell, of the class
of 1909 and 1910; also, we find
associated with this distinguished
alumnus, Thomas N. Powell Jr.
Numbered among the many Au­burn
found in foreign fields, prom­inent
mention must be given Mrs.
T. S. Gunby. Formerly Anne Tow-les
Hill of Auburn, Miss Gunby
resides at Port Slotsenberg, Phil­lipine
Islands.
Another alumnus of Auburn re­siding
in Manila, Phillipine Is­lands,
is S. E. Stein, President
and General Manager of the
Southeastern Engineering Co.
Inc., a graduate of the class of
1913. Mr. Stein has continued his
active interest in the activities of
his alma mater in frequent cor­respondence
with the various de­partments
. of Auburn.
Inc. A graduate of the class of
1923, J. T. Watt continued his
work in entomology in the Haw­aiian
Islands. More recently, how­ever,
he has returned to the
United States, continuing actively
in the same work, being located in
El Paso, Texas.
In view of the fact that our
records are more or less incom­plete,
we have been unable to of­fer
a complete list of all of the
Auburn alumni in foreign coun­tries.
The alumni department will
appreciate an information as to
Auburn men who may be located
in countries foreign to the United
States. Information of this char­acter
may be addressed to Mr. R.
Porter Grant, Executive Secretary,
Auburn Alumni Association, Au­burn,
Alabama.
By Bob Anderson
There abounds within the range
of our institution, the great A. P.
I., a species of the mammal class,
known to the leaders in zoologi­cal
fields as the family Muridae,
of the order Rodentia, but known
to the less learned as "Rats." In
the opinion of the most eminent
scientists of this fair city of the
plains, the specie common to Lee
County, State of Alabama, has
never been recorded in the annals
of zoology. We have been called
upon to amend this grivous error.
In doing so, we put on record
only the facts which have been
tested by students of Auburn ma­joring
in "Campus Lab." All per­sons
mentioned in this disserta­tion
are fictitious, and any resem­blance
to anyone, living or dead,
is purely incidental.
We shall, at random, choose a
specimen which we think typifies
the entire supply of the specie un­der
question. This rodent we shall
term, for the sake of convenience,
No. 1473. No. 1473 is, in accor­dance
with the general run of the
specie, of a green hue, a rather
dull green. His normal postoure is
an erect position, on his hind legs,
but at the command of his super­iors,
has been known to assume
any number of ridiculous poses.
The expression on the face of the
average rodent, as in the case of
No. 1473, is one of almost unbe­lievable
ignorance, mixed with a
tinge of worry and at times fright.
No. 1473 is subject to chastise­ment
from certain of his superiors.
He follows up such periods with a
queer series of actions, which in­cludes
daily application of rubbing
alcohol, and the consumation of
his food from a standing position,
i. e. from a mantle or some other
high shelf.
No. 1473 suffers terrible punish
ment not only in the form of chas
tisement of a physical nature, but
in the form of many different tasks
which he must perform. He ac­cepts
these tasks not in the man­ner
one might expect of a ver­tebrate
animal, but with a sort of
a "Well, if you gotta, you gotta"
attitude. He serves as a flunky
for all of his superior associates,
being forced to do such menial
tasks as keeping clothes in ship­shape
and shining order, acting
as a messenger, serving as a bu­reau
of information concerning lo­cations
of campus buildings, etc.,
serving as a supply house for mat­ches,
and acting as a go-between
for certain of his zoo-minded and
zoo-bound contemporaries.
All the cases under observation
which have been able to stand one
year under this terrible strain
have pulled through with little
difficulty the final punishments
to graduate from this predicament
and become members of another!
group, a long-eared variety adopt­ed
to conquering a plague known
as studies, and holding the titles
of Sophomore.
Out of the Frying Pan into the
Fire, Rats!
Auburn Alumnus Is Married
I n Wedowee On October 1
The marriage of Mary Jack Dob-son
of Wedowee to James Dewey
Williams of Clanton was perform­ed
Oct. 1 at the Baptist Church in
Wedowee. The ceremony was
read by the Rev. H. M. Murphree.
Mrs. Williams, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dobson of We­dowee,
is a graduate of Alabama
College. The bridegroom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wil­liams
of Clanton. He is a grad­uate
of Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
and a member of the Theta
Chi fraternity.
University of Wichita munici­pal
administration students gov­ern
the city of Wichita for a day
as one of their class projects.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
Rosenwald Fund
Fellowships
Are Available
Open To Both Men And
Women; Awards Will Total
About $1,500 Per Year
Applications for fellowships
from the Julius Rosenwald Fund
are available in the office of the
Executive Secretary Ralph B.
Draughon.
The Rosenwald Fund offers fel­lowships
under two categories: to
negroes, and to white Souther­ners
who wish to work on some
problem distinctive to the South
and who expect to make their ca­reers
in the South. Both types of
fellowships are intended to pro­vide
opportunities for advanced
study to individuals who have al­ready
shown evidence of excep­tional
ability. The fellowships are
not restricted to any special sub­ject
and are open not only to sch-.
olars and scientists, but to persons
who plan to go into the profes­sions
of fine arts, or into agri­culture,
journalism or creative
writing, education, business or
public service.
The fellowships are open to men
and women between the ages of
22 and 35 years, although consid­erations
will be made by the com­mittee
for exceptions of merit.
Candidates must have completed
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FROSH PETITION SUPERIORS THAT
TERM 'RATS' NO LONGER BE USED
We, the undersigned, on this
18th day of October in the year of
our Lord 1938, set forth and make
known that we are, have been,
but will not continue to be, gross­ly,
even negligently misunderstood,
misinterpreted, and misconstrued,
and
Whereas, we think, feel, and do
believe that such appalling, dis­tressing,
yea, chaotic, circumstan­ces,
situations, and predicaments
be immediately, swiftly, and with­out
undue, or unnecessary waste
or loss of time and trouble, be
taken up, acted upon, and con­cluded
to the contentment, satis­faction,
and pleasure of us, the
composers, and
Whereas, we have, on various,
scattered, and singular occasions
at different, individual, and uni­fied
events, happenings, and oc­curences
talked of, debated on,
and discussed with infinite, far-reaching,
meticulous, careful, cau­tious,
discrimination, and disting­uishing
prudence the subject, top­ic,
and motivating, underlying mo­tive,
reason, or incentive for
which we, the undersigned, ap-.
proach, advance upon, and set be­fore
you, and
Whereas, we sense, feel, and do
agree, that the vast, unlimited, in­definite,
and completely devastat-a
general college course or general
professional course before making
application, or give evidence or
preparation equivalent of the
same.
The amount of the award will
be determined on the basis of ex­pected
expenses and time involved
as presented in the plan outlined
upon application. It is expected
that awards will average $1,500
for a full year's work.
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DRINK Mfate A FLAVOR YOU CANT FORGET
It Gives A Sandwich A College Education
ing scope, range, and capacity, or
ability for undermining, endan­gering,
and destroying the bright,
brilliant, optimistic outlook, which
we would, could, and may have,
get, keep in our grasp or posses­sion,
if, and when, you agree to
obey, and comply with, this pact,
document, or resolution, and
Whereas, we, the undersigned
do detest, dislike, and have a dis­inclination
to, any and all unnec­essary,
irrevelant, and useless
words of speech, do admit, state,
and say that the purpose, and
reason for this resolution, demand,
and request, is the accomplish-mens,
gaining, and reaching of our
objective, aim, and purpose, and
Whereas, we, the undersigned,
set forth, expostulate, and state
that, henceforth, hereafter, and in
the future, the members of the
class of 1942 be addressed as
"First Year Men" rather and in­stead
of the term "Rats."
Winchelette
I'd like to take my rat cap off
to that swell fella, Sandy Chase.
Although he's allergic to thank
you's and sez foio on the hero stuff,
he really stood out in an emer­gency
when a co-ed produced an
attack of pendicitus and wanted
a rush order trip home. She wants
you to know she's 'predating it
plenty, Sandy.
If Bill Murph and Etta Claire
Brackin like each other like Carr
hopes they don't, where does Carr
come in?
Such a pity the Ramsay tower
was blocked off—but all the woo­ing
going on top of the water
tanks! For details, see connoisseur
Bob Anderson and Elmore Ragan,
who is now in charge of the fund
being raised for an elavator to the
top.
The "Butch and Johnny Quik
Shave Inc." is now issuing mur­der
mystery magazines with their
razors so's to make the hair stand
out on an end. Mebbe they're not
quite that bad—the business seems
to be getting long rite progressive
like. Their motto is "A close shave
promotes a smooth afair."
Johnny Redmond's one of those
type bachelor-boys who looks be-
HOMER WRIGHT, DRUGGIST
Phone 9 Auburn,
Alabama
Veterinary Notes
By H. B. Title
NO OTHER SCIENCE has con­tributed
more to the welfare of
mankind that bacteriology. The
importance of modern medicine,
surgery, sanitation, and so on in
our present-day order is universal,
common knowledge. The develop­ment
of these sciences was made
possible largely through the reve­lations
of bacteriology. Thus bac­teriology
has supplied the key to
many problems of health, agri­culture,
and industry, and has
served to pave the way for some
of the greatest of scientific ad­vances.
A great many of the ep­och-
making findings in bacterid
ology have resulted from toil in
the field of veterinary bacterio
logy.
THE DISCOVERY OF BAG
TERIA was, obviously, dependent
upon the devolopment of an in
strument capable of magnification
sufficient to bring such organisms
within the range of visibility. Al­though
the evidence is not abso­lutely
definite, a Holland family
by the name of Janssen is general­ly
accredited with the invention
of the first microscope, at about
the end of the sixteenth century.
Their instrument was very crude
and capable of magnifying only
a few diameters.
As early as 1659, Athanasius
Kircher, with a very crude lens,
saw in various types of putrid ma­terial,
minute living bodies not dis­cernible
to the naked eye. His ob­servations,
however, received very
little attention.
However, little progress was
made in the perfection of the mic­roscope
until 1675, wh«n Antony
van Leeuwenhoek, also of Holland,
produced the first such instru­ment
of importance. With this
microscope, which was capable of
magnifying about 150 diametrs,
Leeuwenhoek detected minute
forms of life in saliva, water and
decomposing organic matter. Van
Leeuwenhoek's work marked the
true beginning of microbiology.
Since those early days, the mic­roscope
has gradually been im­proved
so that at the present time
we can satisfactorily magnify ob­jects
1500 or more diameters.
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WITH ALL ITS ACHIEVE­MENTS,
the science is barely out
of its infancy and the field but
partially explored. Thus, through
the labors of those who dedicate
themselves to toil in the vast
world of microscopic and invisible
life, will come more and possibly
greater accomplishments of pro­found
importance to man and the
beasts who serve him.
fore he leaps and decides to stay
where he is.
Perhaps somebody should sug­gest
to the SAE boys who think
they sing like birds that they go
sit in a tree. But never let it be
sede that they are short-runners
when it comes to femmes. Look
what Jim Swanner produced—lo­cal,
Cora Lipscomb.
So I'm a blower-offer, and a
she-cad, huh? Well get this, you
chronium-plated, aluminum-alloy­ed
gossip-writer, if you can find
a more "open" place than the
Plainsman, I'll be glad to make
my remarks about your sloppy
column there. And if you're so
out-in-the-openish, I DARE you
to sign your name under "She
Snoops To Conquer." And con­cerning
the slam concerning the
edito-ial spanking, my hair isn't
red, it's Auburn.
Bet there were plenty lots glad
to see Mabel Powers back in Au­burn,
if only for the week-end.
S. P. E.'s Ted Wright will go
to Birmingham FIRST next time
he breaks a shoulder.
Talking bout daily letters from
New York—and long distance
phone calls! Kate Gresham, you
lucky gal!
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Are Available
Selections Will Be Made
On December 17; Points
Of Qualifications Given
Applications for the Rhodes
scholarships are due not later than
Nov. 5, according to Earl M. Mc-
Gowin, of Chapman, Secretary for
the state committee of selection.
Selections for the state of Ala­bama
will be made on Dec. 13 and
15, and selections for the sixth
district, which includes Alabama
and 5 other states, will be made
on Dec. 17.
The Rhodes Scholarships are
given under the will of John Ce­cil
Rhodes, and 32 scholarships
are assigned to the United States.
The scholarships are tenable at
the University of Oxford, have a
stipend of 400 English pounds,
and are assigned annually in the
United States.
Each appointment is made for
two years, with a possible third
year for those whose record at Ox­ford
and plan of study make an
award advisable. No restriction is
placed upon a Rhodes Scholar's
choice of studies.
The qualifications which Rhodes
specified in his will as forming
the basis of selection are: (1) liter­ary
and scholastic ability and at­tainments;
(2) qualities of man­hood,
truth, courage, devotion to
duty, sympathy, kindliness, un­selfishness,
and fellowship; (3)
exhibition of moral force of char­acter
and instincts to lead and
to take an interest in his school­mates;
(4) physical vigor as shown
by interest in outdoor sports or
in other ways.
Some definite quality of dis­tinction,
whether in intellect,
character, or personality, or in any
combination of them, is the most
important requirement for a
Rhodes Scholarship. Financial need
does not constitute a special claim
for consideration.
To be eligible a candidate must
(1) be a male citizen of the
United States and unmarried; (2)
be between the ages of 19 and 35
on Oct. 1, 1939; (3) have com­pleted
at least his sophomore year
at the time of application.
Application blanks may be se­cured
in the office of the presi­dent,
Samford Hall.
POINT OF VIEW
By Martin Wender
The mournful sound that we
hear intermingled with the jubi­lant
cries of peace hail from the
little group of ammunition makers,
whose present existence is one of
torment and misery. Their modern
death-making equipment has been
temporarily stilled because of the
pledge of peace among the Euro­pean
land-grasping power, Ger­many,
and the other land-giving
powers.
To these ruthless capitalists I
give my heartfelt disgust; ther
sour teardrops are sweet in com­parison
to drops of blood—millions
of drops of warm, red blood of
slain consumers of their costly,
deadly products. These financial­ly
poor creatures will probably lose
a few hundred million dollars or
even a billion dollars by this most
undesired turn of events. They are
in the midst of depression as com­pared
to the prosperity that war
would have produced for them.
Could it be that the business cycle
has suffered another economical
jolt? The vision and foresight of
peace-loving men disrupted their
prosperity founded on dangling
limbs, gas-destroyed lungs, and
bullet-tattered bodies.
The question that lingers in the
mind of many pacifists is how long
will their business suffer so just­ly
at this retrenchment of the so-called
"diabolical prosperity." Will
the land-craving fiend, Hitler, re­frain
from his politically unsane
desire to rule the modern world?
Fidelity is a precept unknown to
this Germanic dictator whose
treaties, pacts, and heresy in the
past have symbolized utter unre­liability.
An impassible ambition
to hold the position of world dic­tator
supreme will not suffice with
a mere Austria or a profitable
Czechoslovakia; Rumania's wav­ing
wheat fields and Ukraine's
wealthy resources impassion Hit­ler
and his modern Teutonic war­riors
to create a flourishing and
a very profitable business for our
sorrow-stricken ammunition mak­ers.
In only a few weeks the mu­nition
maker's recession could as­sume
a rosy appearance from
bloody subsidies of peace-loving
nations.
Regional Lab Head
Speaks To AVMA
By H. B. Title
The fifth meeting of the Junior
A. V. M. A. was held Wednesday
night at 7 p. m. with President
Piper in the chair.
It was explained that the selec­tion
of the outstanding senior in
the graduating class would be
made soon. The student is chosen
by a group of five, three of whom
sociation, and two of whom are
faculty members. The annual
presentation of the award is at
the banquet following the short
course, held during the second se­mester.
The name of the student
receiving the award is inscribed on
a plaque in the library.
The speaker of the evening, Dr.
B. T. Simms, was introduced. He
is one of Auburn's most illustrious
graduates. Upon graduation, Dr.
Simms received an appointment
to the experiment station in Ore­gon
and remained there until his
return to Auburn. During his stay
at Oregon, Dr. Simms gradually
became one of the nation's out­standing
veterinarians and ex­cerpts
of his work both in the
field and in the laboratory are
found in the leading veterinary
texts and journals.
Dr. Simms spoke of some very
interesting experiences he had
while in Oregon. He told of some
peculiar diseases he witnessed in
the Northwest and of the hard
time he had diagnosing them. At
the conclusion of the talk Dr.
Simms said that the best way to
deflate a cocky veterinarian's ego
is to put him out in experiment
station research work and let him
find out just how little he knows.
Dr. Simms is returning to Auburn
as director of the Regional Re­search
Laboratory established here
by the federal government.
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THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18,1938
Story Of Alaskan
Fishers At Tiqer
A panoramic view of the rugged
life in America's last frontier is
brought to the screen for the first
time in Paramount's Alaskan
drama, "Spawn of the North,"
which opens Wednesday at the
Tiger Theater. This story of the
men who "go down to the sea in
ships" in the icy waters of the
Arctic is set against a background
about which most Americans know
very little but one which cap­tures
the imagination every time
that it is mentioned.
"Spawn of the North" is set in
the early years of the twentieth
century, but the conditions pic­tured
in it exist today in very
much the same form. As in all
frontier communities, life is lived
with a mad abandon, and sudden
death evokes little emotion. The
law counts only in so far as there
are men around with the will and
strength to enforce it.
The titanic struggle between
fishermen and sea raiders pictur­ed
in the story has been Alaska's
most serious problem for decades,
and is no nearer solution now
than when it first began. The two
opposing forces, led by George
Raft and Henry Fonda in the
screen story, wage an unending
war, with now one side winning,
now another.
No effort was spared by Para­mount
to make the Alaskan back­ground
of the piece authentic.
Long before Director Henry Hath­away
began filming the picture he
sent a crew of cameramen on a
six months' tour of the Territory,
from which they returned with
more than seventy-five thousand
feet of startling scenic film.
Robert Benchley in "How to
Watch a Football Game" and the
latest Paramount News rounds out
this enjoyable program opening
Wednesday at the Tiger Theater.
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The Glomerata proudly presents
the Bank of Auburn on its list
of supporters. No introduction is
necessary, as every one knows the
bank of friendly service on the
corner of main street.
The Bank of Auburn started in
the year of 1907 and from that
year on has continued to grow
and prosper with A. P. I.
The main reason for its fine rep­utation
of fair dealings to all is
the careful supervision of its cap­able
directors who are: L. N. Dun­can,
C. L. Hare, C. A. Jones, Em-mett
Sizemore, S. L. Toomer,
Emil F. Wright, and Dr. C. S. Yar-brough.
These men are among the
outstanding leaders of the college
and the City of Auburn, so it can
readily be understood why the
Bank of Auburn is a fine place to
entrust your savings.
Still another reason to bank
with the Bank of Auburn is the
officers that we see every day as
we deposit our money. They are:
S. L. Toomer, president ; Emil
Wright, cashier; and R. F. Blake;
assistant cashier. These men are
so well known to the public that
there is nothing we could say that
has not already been said in honor
of them.
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NOTICE
A special train will leave Au­burn
Saturday at 8 a. m. for At­lanta
and will arrive there at 11
a. m. Return trip will be at 7:30
Saturday night. Round trip ticket
is $2.90.
Here And There
By Howard Strong
THOSE OF YOU who were as
non-resistant as I, and therefore
read all of Dale Carnegie's "How
to Win Friends and Influence
People" insted of gracefully lay­ing
the thing aside after reading
the first two chapters and picking
up "The Rover Boys at Cheehaw,"
may recapture some of that lost
time by reading Tressler's "How
to Lose Friends and Alienate Peo­ple."
The best thing about Car­negie's
book is that it really does
help one to appreciate Tressler's
more.
* * *
THE AUBURN PLAYERS' first
play was quite entertaining, thanks
especially to the character actors.
However, two or three of the
members of the cast were unfor­tunate
in being made up to re­semble
the clown in the Mighty
Haag circus iristead of the char­acters
their speeches led us to be­lieve
they were to portray.
* * *
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT'S EX­HIBITION
of the Auburn Spirit
at the Auburn-State game sur­passed
all our hopes, and we're
extreme optomists, too. After the
game, some friends from the home
town, who were sitting in the con­crete
stands, said that Auburn's
cheering had ample volume at all
times, but that after the first
"War Eagle," when they say the
cheerleaders signal for said cry,
they grabbed a tighter grasp on
their toupees and false molars.
* * *
When Miss Jewel Davis, catalo­guer
at the library, catalogues a
book containing two short stories
by the same author, she writes the
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NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Revealed
by David Lawrence, in The New Politics...
HOLLYWOOD'S PRACTICAL JOKERS. Alva
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THE SATURDAY EVENING PpST
Campus Events
Today
5:30 p. m., Members of FHA and FFA who are going on the
joint weiner roast, meet in rear of Samford.
7 p. m., Social dancing for beginners, Recreational Hall.
7 p. m., Student-Faculty badminton, W. P. A. Hall.
Tiger Theater, "Three Blind Mice."
Wednesday
Jitney Players present "Both Your Houses," Langdon Hall.
Matinee performance begins at 3:15 p. m. and evening perfor­mance
at 8:15 p. m.
7 p. m., Ag Club.
Fraternity meetings.
Tiger Theater, "Spawn of the North."
Thursday
6:30 p. m., I. R. C, Samford Hall.
8 p. m., Meeting of Alpha Phi Omega.
Tiger Theater, "Spawn of the North."
Friday
4 p. m., Faculty Recreational Class, W. P. A. Hall.
Tiger Theater, "Touchdown Army."
Saturday
Georgia Tech Game in Atlanta.
Tiger Theater, "Air Devils."
Sunday
Tiger Theater, "Sing You Sinners." ,
Monday
Fraternity pledge meetings.
7 p. m., A. S.C. E., Ramsay Hall.
Tiger Theater, "Sing You Sinners."
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on the second line is written
"bound with;" on the last line ap­pears
the name of the other book.
One card turned out like this:
"The Ghost of Down Hill" bound
with "The Queen of Sheba's Belt."
(Look in the catalogue files and
find it for yourself sometime.)
Several people have called for
the book, a small, unimpressive
volume, Miss Davis reports. How­ever,
they always return it to the
desk after they have examined
its quite ordinary binding.
* * *
A MOST INTERESTING PAR­ADOX
is the procedure followed
by a small number of our profes­sors
and instructors in giving quiz­zes.
If the class is a large one, the
giver of the quiz will happily hot­foot
it around the room and be­tween
the seats like a blood­hound
on the chase. After becom­ing
physically exhausted at this,
he proceeds to his platform in the
front of the class-room and
stands with eyes dilated, head os­cillating
rapidly, and intermittent­ly
utters, "Let's not look on any­one
else's paper," and "I'll have
to take up your paper if you don't
Plus: Edgar Kennedy,
Comedy and Novelty
THURSDAY, OCT. 20
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I present to you this week
"dope" on our students featuring
in rag and swing time—how about
a few waltzes thrown in for good
measure.
Rollins Aldridge is humming
"So Little Time" and "I've Got
My Hands Full" with Francene
Breedlove.
Chick Hatcher and Sue Quattle-baum
have "Quit Beating Around
the Mulberry Bush" and are tak­ing
advantage of "Moonlight on
the Campus." (Come early for
good seats in the bleachers.)
Elmore Ragan says to Dot Skel-ton:
"dearest, "You're Nearest To
My Heart" and since "I've Told
My Old Flame Goodby" and "That
Feeling Is Gone," Let's Change
Partners" and "Have Ourselves A
Time." "I'm at Your Beck and
Call."
Quote by Ragan: "I recommend
for night courting the dug-out,
which is ideal for dodging George
Knight and his candid camera."
"Hot Cha House" is the name
given to the Glomerata Office with
its new Venetian blinds, hardwood
floors, air-conditioning, dicta­phones,
mahogony desks, etchings,
Turkish rugs, and liquor cabinet
(technically called the filing cab­inet).
Edward Wadsworth, getting
ready for a date croons: Give me
my "Walking Stick." I'm on my
way to see Marion Fitz in Ope­lika
and Montgomery is "For­gotten."
Dedicated to "General" Julian
Fowler—"Small Fry."
Dotty Egan's phone rings con­tinuously
with Earnest Floyd,
Lambda Chi, on the other end
softly mooning "What Are You
Doing Tonight?"
In answer to Winchelette: Where
do you get all your childish ideas,
my little green freshman? If you
are such an upright reporter and
"darers" go first, publish your
name in your column. You're jus.
another "Small Fry." Who start­ed
this "rif-raff" stuff, anyway?
What did you do, run out of lousy
gossip, or late-date too late to
write all your notes that will prob­ably
cause the Editor no end of
libel suits?
(Continued from page one)
happy months in the asylum, the
news comes to Charley that he has
won a $5,000 prize in a national
painting contest. He returns to the
old life, but soon becomes disgust­ed
with the "speeches, banquets,
interviews," and wearying atten­tions
of his wife. At length, he de­cides
that the people outside the
asylum "are crazier than those
who are in it," and goes back to
the sanitorium of his own free
will.
Open tryouts for "King Lear,"
the Players' next production,
will be held tonight and Thurs­day
night at the Y-Hut. Tonight
at 8 o'clock the three women's
roles of Goneril, Regan, and Cor­delia
will be cast. All are ma­jor
parts. It is requested that
those trying out come at 8, as
a class in play production is
scheduled for the Hut the hour
preceding.
Thursday night, beginning at
7 o'clock, the majority of 17
men's parts will be filled. Some
of these parts have been tenta­tively
cast, but several good
roles remain. New material is
very much desired, and prospec­tive
actors who can fence will
be doubly welcome.
The production staff, usually
tucked securely away behind the
scenery, was given a chance in
this play to perform for the au­dience.
Between Acts III and IV,
the curtains were opened, and
.the audience watched a scene shift
in progress. In full view of the
crowd, a full set of flats was tak­en
down and another put up in
its place, and the change of fur­niture
was made, all within the
space of eight minutes.
The University of Wisconsin has
a new department for the study
and teaching of Gaelic.
The budget for Columbia Uni­versity
for the fiscal year begin­ning
July 1 will be $14,806,021.
NOTICE
Student tickets for the Auburn-
Georgia Tech football game will
be on sale Wednesday from 1 to
6 p. m. On Thursday, student
tickets will be on sale from 8 to
12 a. m. and from 1 to 6p. m.
Stadium tickets may be obtained
for 50c with the athletic book
coupon number 5. The price of the
regular tickets are $2.20 each. The
tickets will be on sale at the boys'
gymnasium.
Student tickets will also be sold
at the stadium in Atlanta.
Arnaud C. Marts, head of a firm
that acts as finiancial counselors
for philanthropic institutions, is
the new president of Bucknell
University.
keep your eyes off your neighbor's
work."
And printed behind him on the
blackboard are the eight letters:
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