1938-05-11 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly
Wednesday THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
VOL. LXI Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MAY- 11, 1938 NUMBER 63
Kappa Delta Pi
Taps Seven
Teachers
Seven new members have been
elected to Kappa Delta Pi, natio­nal
honorary education fraternity.
They are Byron W. Bean, Clan-ton;
J. B. Brackin, Headland; Rex
Brannon, Midland City; Bennie
Jean Dabbs, Alexander City; Dan
Meadows, Salem; Mrs. Mary Mc-
Sturkie, Auburn; and Helen Wil­liams,
Opelika.
At the recent banquet held at
the Terrace Tea Room in honor
of the initiates Roy Bolen, Jack­son,
served as master of ceremon­ies,
and honor guests were Mrs.
L. N. Duncan and Mrs. Carl Preer.
Principal speaker at the ban­quet
was the Rev Carl Preer, who
spoke on "Pathways that lead to
Culture." He was introduced by
Prof. Edna J. Orr, of the school
of education who is counselor for
the Auburn chapter of the frater­nity.
Entertainment features includ­ed
an accordia«"solo by Mac Rach-man
tap dancing by Louise Kreher,
Kernie Hawkins, and Mary Hayes,
and a skit, "Reaping Vengeance"
by the initiates.
The Rev. Preer said that science,
logic, art, and religion are four
paths which lead to culture. Sci­ence,
he said, is a means by which
man ascertains something of the
material universe; logic is a pro­cess
by which man explains some­thing
of nature and by which man
expresses an urge for basic irderli-ness;
art is a means of expressing
and enjoying the beautiful. Reli­gion
is man's connecting link with
the universal—man's instrument
for identifying himself with Crea­tion.
Vet Hill Contributes
Many Luminaries
I
Ey H. B. TITLE
This year, more than ever be­fore,
our veterinary school has
contributed quite a number of out­standing
athletes to Auburn. Some
cf these scintillating stars are:
Cordon MacEachern, David Sprin­kle,
Dick Swindle, Louis Diamond,
Sana Dorfman, Bert Reinow, Fred
Shell, and Bob Dickinson.
Gordon MacEachern who is a
sophcmore, is considered by many
as one of the starting tackles for
next year. He has often been com­mended
upon his aggressive, and
exhilirating type of football. Here
is one boy who is going places
next year.
Dick Swindle, who turned in the
best pitching performances last
year is a junior and the star pitch­er
of Auburn's hurling corps. No
less a luminary is Louis Diamond
another of Auburn's array of
whom much should be heard in
the next two years.
David Sprinkle, sophomore' is
one of Coach Hutsells mainstays
on the track squad. His perform­ances
in the pole vault/, high
jump, and broad jump have met
with the approval of all Auburn
rooters. He was one of the high
point scorers in the Southeastern
Conference track meet last year
and is expected to repeat at the
next meet.
Bob Dickinson, sophomore, has
been showing a lot of promise
in the sprints and broad jump.
A lot is expected from him too.
Sam Dorfman, junior, is captain
and coach of the boxing team
and due to his tireless efforts many
Auburn students have bene taught
the fine points of self defense.
Fred Shell, sophomore, a mem­ber
of the polo team has drawn
quite a bit of praise on his hard
riding and sharp shooting.
Bert Reinow, senior, a member
of the swimming team for the past
two years has also been an in­structor
of the Life Saving course
offered to students.
NOTICE
Anyone desiring to serve on the
Business Manager's Staff of the
Plainsman next year, please at­tend
meeting at 8 P. M. Friday
in the Plainsman office, or see
Charlie Grisham, N-l Garden
Court Dormitory. Phone 459-W.
Tigers Win Second Conference Victory
From Florida Gators At Gainesville
Auburn's well-balanced track
team won its second Southeastern
Conference meet of the season
when it defeated the Florida Gat­ors,
72 1-2 to 53 1-2, at Gains-ville
last Saturday.
In a freshman track meet run
concurrently with the varsity e-vents
the Baby Gators won 10
first places and tied for another
to win over the Auburn frosh,
10 1-2 to 3 1-2. First places were,
the only ones counted.
Chester Bulger in the shot put,
Jim Swanner in the mile and 880,
Speck Kelly in the 440-yard dash,
Dave Rogers in the javelin, Chuck
Morgan in the high jump and 120
yard high hurdles, Dave Sprinkle
in the pole vault, Bob Dickinson
in the broad jump and John Ro­berts
in the two-mile run were
the Bengals' stalwarts who garn­ished
first places for the victors.
Francis Kearney, Florida scintil-lant,
broke the Gator track mark
in the 220-yard dash. He ran it in
21.7 seconds, bettering his old re­cord
of 22 flat.
Summary:
Shot Put—Won by Bulger, Au­burn1,
45 ft. 3 1-2 inches; second,
Walker, Florida 44 feet, 5 1-2 in­ches;
third, Krejcier, Florida, 43
feet, 3 1-2 inches.
Mile Run—Won by Swanner,
Auburn; second, Gresham, Auburn
third, Newell, Florida. Time 4:33.
4 seconds.
440 yard run—Won by S. Kelly,
Auburn; second, Shearer, Auburn;
Third, Nichols, Auburn. Time 51.5
seconds.
Javelin—Won by Rogers, Au­burn,
175 feet 1 inch; second,
Heath, Auburn, 169 feet 6 inches;
third, Bettis, Florida, 150 feet.
High Jump—Won by Morgan,
Auburn, 6 feet, 1 1-2 inches; se­cond,
Rayburn, Florida, 6 feet;
third, South, Auburn, 5 feet 11
inches.
100-yard dash—Won by Kear­ney,
Florida; second, McGahey,
Florida; thrid, Dickinson, Auburn,
Time 9.8 seconds.
Pole Vault—Won by Sprinkle,
Auburn; second, Stevenson, Flor­ida;
Rayburn, Florida, and What-ley,
Auburn, tied for third. Height
12 feet, 4 1-2 inches.
120-Year High Hurdles—Won by
Morgan, Auburn; second, Sellers,
Auburn; third, Raymond, Florida.
Time 15.5 seconds.
Broad Jump—Won by Dickin­son,
Auburn, 23 feet 7 3-4 inches;
second, Baldwin, Florida, 22 feet
7 3-4 inches; third, Sprinkle, Au­burn,
22 feet 6 3-4 inches.
880-yard run — won by Swan­ner,
Auburn; second, Newell, Flor­ida;
thrid, Way, Florida. Time 2
minutes, 2 seconds.
Discus—Won by Duggan, Flor­ida,
131 feet, 8 3-4 inches; second,
Davis, Florida, 128 feet, 11 3-4
inches; third, Bulger, Auburn, 125
feet, 10 1-4 inches.
220-Year dash—Won by Kear­ney,
Florida; second, McGahey,
Florida; third, Cockrell, Auburn.
Time 21.7 seconds. (New Univer­sity
record.
Two Mile Run—Won by Roberts,
Auburn; second, Williamson, Flor­ida;
third, Watson, Florida. Time
11.0 minutes, 9 seconds.
220-Yard Low Hurdles—Won by
Stevens, Florida; Morgan, Au­burn,
and Sellers, Auburn, tied
for second. Time 25 seconds.
How To Make Worthwhile Publications
Of Plainsman, Glomerata Is Told
Editorials concerning the two publications, the Plainsman
and the Glomerata, especially editorials seeking certain im­portant
changes and innovations, have graced the editorial
page of this paper time and time again. It is f a i r ly probable
that they were never read, hence the placing of this one on
t h e front page. (Possibly, it will be able to cash in on some
of the notoriety of t h e recnt bits of w r i t t e n matter concern­ing
the worthy Spades organization.)
The purpose of this editorial is to advance the arguments
that both publications, as t h e y stand, are in deplorable state
of affairs, though through no fault of their own. The blame
Would be h a r d to place; no one would be willing to accept it.
The Publications Board, ultra-conservative body, t h e student
body, u l t r a - u n i n t e r e s t e d and ignorant of certain possibilities,
the two publications, powerfully weak, are all asleep to the
moot question of progression. They are not conscious of the
fact that in this day and age t h e kind of no-progress-at all
results in retrogression. We have all become so used to inertia
that t h e v e r y idea of any constructive work looms as some­thing
vastly distasteful, radical, and uncalled-for.
Possibly it is h u r t i n g some sweet l i t t l e feeling to say that
the Glomerata which we have now serves no worthwhile
purpose adequately. You will probably clasp it tightly to
your breast with all its t r e a s u r e of dead photographs and
meaningless captions and swear to never p a r t with it, declare
that your college life shall be further enriched in l a t e r years
when you pull it out and wipe t h e dust off it. If that's the
a t t i t u d e you wish to take, fine! J u s t serves our purpose. If
you want something that could really be utilized for such
sentimental drippings why not have a book that will serve
t h e purpose. You guessed it. We a r e still h a r p i n g on t h e mag­azine
yearbook i d e a , ' t h e collection of periodical publications
of a p i c t u r e and editorial n a t u r e which may b e bound as nice­ly
as our presnt yearbook and preserved. Mind you, it is
also a good idea to conserve worthwhile material. It must be
admitted that it is also an i n t e r e s t i n g experiment to see if
the physical volume will withstand the ravages of time but
not near so i n t e r e s t i n g as it would b e to t a k e down one which
had stood u p and still held a w e a l t h of material concerning
your college life, t h a t time which you would like to rememb­er
but which will slip your memory, most of it, unless you
keep some legible accounts, something, I repeat, more reminis­cent
t h a n a bunch of pictures and a few captions.
With one of these books, a clear and a n accurate account of
t h e entire school year might be kept for future use. With
the periodic publication of these books, material for current
perusal would be had.
Now, for the other matter, that of the Plainsman. It is
deplorable how t h e Plainsman struggles along, starving for
t h e lack of front page copy. It is unestimable ego t h a t main­t
a i n s that there is enough front page news on this campus
for two editions each week, especially with one other paper
to serve the needs of the townspeople. And t h e poor, old
Plainsman, so l i t t l e and aenemic t h a t it doesn't evn look like
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Blue Bonnet Teas I
Are Held Each
Tuesday
Once each week, on Tuesday af­ternoon
from 4:00 until 6:00 o'­clock,
the girls in Foods, III, class
are entertaining with a Blue Bon­net
tea in the dining room of
Smith Hall.
Three menues are prepared for
each tea, with the prices ranging
from ten to twenty cents for each
plate. Miss Gatchell, instructor of
the Foods class and director of the
teas, explained that a minimum
price was placed to the plates to
defray the expenses of buying and
preparation.
Though the entire class is uti­lized
in the preparation and serv­ing
of these teas, special groups
have been appointed to alternate
in the planning of theTnenues and
the general supervision of the af­fairs.
Miss Gatchell further ex­plained
that more than the pro­viding
of a "delightful rendezvous"
for students, faculty, and towns­people,
these Blue Bonnett teas
serve to give the class practical
experience in the planning and
preparation of such menues and in
tea and dining room management.
Invitations to these teas are ex­tended
to the student body, facul­ty,
and townspeople.
Foster Is Elected
0. D, K. President
At an Omricron Delta Kappa
meeting Monday night, L. E. Fos­ter
was elected president of the
honorary organization for the com­ing
year. He succeeds Lopez Man-toux,
who is completing a year
of service in that capacity.
Bill Troup was selected vice-president
succeeding A. D. Holmes
and Billy McGehee was elected to
fill the position of treasurer be­ing
vacated by Buck Darden. Keys
were presented to the tltvelve
new members and the officers
were installed.
An initiation and banquet for
the newly tapped members was
held last Tuesday night. The for­mal
initiation took place in Pres­ident
L. N. Duncan's office. The
banquet was held on the Pitts
Hotel terrace. Ralph Draughon
was the principal speaker for the
occasion. Short talks were made
by Col. Wallace, Dr. Duncan, Dr.
Charles Davis, Judge T. D. Sam-ford,
Jr., and Dr. Albert Collins,
the newly tapped honorary mem­ber.
Jarvis Brown acted as toast-master.
The following outstanding mem­bers
of the Junior Class were ini­tiated:
Edwin Godbold, Bo Russell,
Jim Hilleke, Perry Schwartz, L.
E. Foster, Billy McGehee, Bunchy
Fowler, Sam Teague, John Eai-gan,
Curty Farley, George Knight,
and Bill Troup.
Secretary Grant To Attend
Jackson Alumni Meeting
A recent communication from
Mr. Howard H. Knowles, formerly
of Birmingham, and now a resi­dent
of Jackson, Miss., reveals that
a chapter of the Auburn Alumni
Association has been organized in
that city, Porter Grant, Alumni
Secretary, said this morning. Mr.
Knowles was a member of the
class of "25.
The next meeting of the Jack­son
club will be on May 13, with
Secretary Grant attending. Pic­tures
of the football games of the
1937 season will be shown.
This new organization will ben­efit
the association and will add
many Alumni active members to
the rolls.
At the next meeting of the Jack­son
club, a sing-song session will
be held to arouse the enthusiasm
of the old Auburn spirit. Mr.
Knowles said.
PRIVILEGE RIDING
Field Artillery Sophomores who
have had equitation will be given
privilege riding May 14, 15, 21 and
22.
About 40 horses will be avail­able
each day. Riders will sign
up for privilege riding in the mili­tary
office not later than 1,1:00 A.
.M 6f the Saturday of the week
end they desire to ride, indicating
which day they desire to ride.
Rho Chi Taps Two
Pharmacy Juniors
Ruby Helen Stokes and Jamie
L. Meigs, juniors in the school of
pharmacy, have been tapped for
membership in Rho Chi, national
honorary pharmaceutical society.
New members were pledged at a
recent meeting of the Pharmaceu­tical
Society by T. W. Robertson,
president of the Auburn chapter.
The Rho Chi Society promotes
the advancement of the pharma­ceutical
sciences and good fellow­ship.
The society was founded at
the University of Michigan in
1922, and Zeta chapter was in­stalled
at Auburn in 1925. Student
membership is restricted to und­ergraduates
who have shown pro­ficiency
in the science of Phar­macy,
who have good scholastic
averages and who exhibit a spirit
of good fellowship. Elections to
the society are held twice each
year.
Student members of the society
are T. W. Robertson, W. V. Stough,
A. F. Ashurst, and W. M. Lamar.
In addition there are three faculty
members, Professors L. S. Blake,
G. W. Hargreaves and A. F.
Nickel.
Miss Stokes is from Montgom­ery
and is a member of Chi Omega
Sorority. She is also a member of
Cardinal Key. Meigs is from Cent-erville
and is a graduate of Birm­ingham
Southern.
Co-ed's Intramural
Sports To End
The women's intramural pro­gram
will be completed the early
part of next week, Miss Fannie
Stollenwerck reports. Those acti­vities
now in progress are bad­minton
and the tennis singles.
Final contestants in the tennis
singles are Madelon Richardson
and Mary Hayes.
The archery tournament will be
held and completed next week.
Winners of recently completed ac­tivities
are Frances Barnes in
shuffleboard singles, Kappa Delta
sorority in mass badminton, shuf­fleboard
and the tennis doubles.
The eight competing groups in
points acquired during the year
are led by the Kappa Delta soro­rity,
who are thereby winners of
the W. A. A. cup. The cup and
the individual awards will be
presented at a program in Lang-don
Hall tomorrow.
Union College Students
Streamline Government
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., (ACP)
—Union College students have
streamlined their under-graduate
governing system.
By a vote of the student body,
undergraduates have adopted a
new constitution that provides for
functional and proportional rep­resentation,
petition, referendum
and recall.
The new constitution provides
for a Student Council form of gov­ernment,
in which eleven council-men"
are to be elected by extra­curricular
organizations supported
by student tax, twenty-five elect­ed
on the basis of one for each
forty students, four class presi­dents
and a student tax commit­tee
chairman. Faculty coordinator
of student activities will advise
but not vote in the Council.
Marguerite Johnson Is N ew
Future Homemakers Head
Marguerite Johnson, Auburn,
and Kathryn McClellan, Decatur,
home economics students at the
Alabama Polytechnic, have been
elected president and vice-presi­dent,
respectively, of the Auburn
collegiate chapter of .the Future
Homemakers of America.
At the chapter's last meeting
it was decided that the organiza­tion
would contribute toward the
expenses of the Women's Student
Handbook. Principal speaker at
the meeting was Prof. Edna J. Orr,
faculty adviser for the chapter.
Before the close of the regular
session the chapter will aid with
the interior decoration of the Wes­ley
Memorial House.
Spring Singing Scheduled To
Take Place Tonight At 7
There are only three more- issues
of the Plainsman.
Martin Is Elected
Blue Key Prexy
The initiation of 13 neophytes
and the holding of their annual
banquet was held last Saturday
evening by members of Blue Key.
The banquet was held, following
the afternoon dance of the finals
of which Blue Key was host, at
the Baptist church at 6:30 p. m.
Immediately following the ban­quet
a formal initiation was held
for the pledges, acquainting them
with the ritual and principles of
Blue Key. It was at this time that
Capt. Hamm was inducted into
the chapter as an honorary mem­ber.
Talks on the history and pur­pose
of Blue Key were made by
ex-president John Pollard, David
Hamilton, Armstead Harper, Mal­colm
McDonald and Jack Adams.
An election of new officers was
held. Those receiving offices in­clude
Allen Martin, president;
James Swanner, vice-president;
Foy Laseter, secretary and treasur­er;
and Roy Taylor, correspond­ing
secretary.
The new members who com­prise
Blue Key are Dallas Benton,
Allen Martin, Oliver Fletcher, Da­vid
Roberts, Horace Weissinger,
Shelton Pinion, Andy Cox, Roy
Taylor, Foy Laseter, Marion Walk­er,
C. C. Owens, and Joe Crooks.
David Hamilton and Armstead
Harper made the arrangements for
the banquet.
Supreme Court To
Act On Football
WASHINGTON, D. C, (ACP)—
Tho nation's highest tribunal, the
U. S. Supreme Court, will soon tell
the nation whether or not football
is an educational activity that
comes under the heading of an
essential governmental function.
The state of Georgia and its
two state institutions, the Univer­sity
of Georgia and Georgia
School of Techuology, together
with 14 other state universities,
are asking the court to rule a-gainst
the federal admission tax
for athletic contests sponsored by
state institutions.
The U. S. attorney general's of­fices
hold that, "We hazard the
statement that the members of
the Constitutional Convention
would doubt that twenty-two men
playing a game with a ball con­stitute
an essential government
function."
The defendants hold that public
education is a government function
and that holding athletic contests
is an integral party of the public
education program.
College Has Radio Series
To Orientate Freshmen
East Lansing, Mich., —(ACP)—
Next fall's Michigan State College
freshmen'will arrive on the cam­pus
all ready oriented to the early
part of college life—at least they
will be if they listen to a new
series of radio programs the col­lege
is sponsoring.
The programs, broadcast over
WKAR this month, will tell them
all about registration, payment of
fees and other formalities neces­sary
for enrollment in the class
of '42. This is believed to be the
first time radio has been used to
instruct freshmen before they ar­rive
on the campus.
Beta Kappa Elects Officers
For Coming Year
The Sigma Chapter of the Beta
Kappa Fraternity recently elected
the following oficers to serve for
1938 and 1939.
President, Arthur C. Sansing;
Vice-President, Dickie Allen; Tre­asurer,
Jacque Houser; Guard,
Johnnie Brassell; Chancellor, Ev­erett
S. Brooks; Interfraternity
Council representative, Johnnie
Brassell.
The battle of Harmonies will be
staged tonight at 7:00 at the W.
P. A. Amphitheater when frater­nities
and sororities will compete
in the Spring Singing for the a-wards
offered by Blue Key and
O. D. K., and Sphinx respectively.
President L. N. Duncan will pre­sent
both trophies to the winners,
According to John Scott Pollard,
president of Blue Key and chair­man
on arrangements the award to
be given by O. D. K. and Blue Key
has been received. The following
inscription appears on the cup:
Winner
O. D. K. — Blue Key
Spring Singing
1938
Each fraternity group will be
alowed to sing only one other song
besides the required song "All
Through the Night." The same re­striction
has been placed upon the
sorority groups which are requir­ed
to sing "Smiling Through." The
awards will be based on the ren­dition
of both songs.
The fraternities taking part in
the competition are Sigma Nu, P.
K. A., S. A. E., Sigma Chi, Alpha
Gamma Rho, Alpha Lambda Tau,
Alpha Psi, Beta Kappa, Kappa
Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, and
Phi Delta Theta.
The sororities competing for the
Sphinx award' are Kappa Delta,
SChi Omega, Theta Upsilon, and
Phi Omega Pu.
The singing will be open to the
public and will provide entertain­ment
for all.
Carberry Addresses
Delta Sigma Pi
"Scholarship, leadership, char­acter,
personality, initiative, and
the ability to solve problems are
the essential characteristics of a
successful business man" said
Prof. Francis X. Carberry, in a
speech made at Delta Sigma Pi
meeting last night.
In talking on "Prerequisites to
Business Success," he said that
success is not generally achieved
by a perosn who has mastered one
of the essentials. "These qualities
work together, and the successful
men in the business world have
all."
Mr. Carberry's talk was bas­ed
on material taken from a mag­azine
article, combined with a
number of personal observations
relating to employment and pro­motion
in business ranks.
After Prof. Carberry's speech
the newly elected officers were •
installed, and retiring president
George Perry expressed his re­grets
that he leaves the chapter
this year.
T Groups Install
New Officers
The annual installation banquet
of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
was held Saturday evening, May 7,
at 6:15 o'clock in the Eastern Star
Hall over College Inn.
The banquet was planned under
the direction of Miss Virginia
Adams with the -assistance of
Marguerite Reynolds, Ann Moon
and Edither Patten.
The progilam consisted of a
vocal solo by Ann McRee and a
"professor quiz." Miss Zoe Dobbs
was the main speaker of the even­ing
with Ann Moon and Clyde
Jones, president of the organiza­tion,
making short talks.
New officers who were installed
in Y. M. C. A. are Landis Worthy,
president, with others being an­nounced
later. Officers for Y. W.
C. A. are Ann Moon, president;
Dorothy Summers, vice-president;
Camilla Newberry, secretary; Char
lotte Edwards, treasurer; and Mar-querite
Reynolds, reporter.
Vogtle In Hospital
Alvin Vogtle, Jr., underwent
an operation for appendicitis at
St. Vincent's on Tuesday afternoon
He is said to be resting easily.
Vogtle is a junior in business ad­ministration
and a member of the
Sigma Nu social fraternity.
PAGE TWO
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1938.
Plainsman Editorials
WE PUBLISH A GRIPE REGISTERED
BY ANOTHER NEWSPAPER
The following editorial appeared in the
Armour Tech News in Chicago. It has a
few points that may well be adapted to
Auburn, its students, and their attitude
toward their newspaper.
Whose Newspaper?
Mind you now, we're not complaining.
This is merely an exposition of our exas­peration
over a situation that has exas­perated
us on the Tech News for a long
time. To put it bluntly, we've been disap­pointed
in a game with the student body,
with the publicity office, with the faculty
and with the administration. Their attitude
in this game is something like this: I know
some news but I won't tell until its printed
in the daily papers." Well, that's all very
fine, lots of fun too, but it happens that
we on the staff are also students of en­gineering,
and haven't the time to go chas­ing
around looking for news that breaks
unexpectedly.
Some months ago Dr. Hotchkiss resigned
his position as president of our school —
very "hot" news. You can imagine how
mortifying it was to us when we read a-bout
it in the metropolitan dailies coming
out on our day of publication. We were
"scooped." The school promptly notified
the dailies, completely ignoring us—after
all, no one reads the Tech News but Ar­mour
students. Many, many choice stories
have slipped by us in such a manner.
There are many small but interesting
personal stories about the students them­selves
that never find their way into print.
Our staff is limited and naturally can't
know of the majority of these. It may be
due to modesty, or bashfulness, or most
likely, indifference, but the students them­selves
never take the trouble to inform
us of these things.
It may be that we are crying "sour
grapes." Perhaps we are. Much of the
fault probably lies in a lack of alertness
on our part. The fact remains, never-the-lss,
that this paper belongs to Armour—to
its students and to its faculty. The news
it prints is the news that the staff thinks
is parons will find most interesting and
edifying. Its purpose is to be of most ser­vice
to Armour and to represent Armour
in the form of a publication with true
newspaper policies. To be "scooped" is a
reflection upon the caliber of Armour as
well as those upon its staff.
The Auburn Plainsman
Published Semi-Weekly By The Students
Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
Business and editorial offices at Lee County
Bulletin building on Tichenor Avenue. Phone
448. Editors may be reached after office hours
by calling 159 or 363, business manager 539.
J. R. Buntin Editor -
R. H. Workman - Managing Editor
G. L. Edwards — Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Associate Editor: L. E. Foster, Edwin Godbold.
News Editor: J. H. Wheeler.
Sports Editor: Bill Troup.
Society Editor: Eleanor Scott.
Feature Editor: Joan Metzger Barkalow.
Cartoonist: Wilbur Bagby.
Special Writers: Jack Steppe, Franklyn Ward.
Reporters: Charlie Burns, Nancye Thompson,
Mitchell Wadkins, John Godbold, Ed. Smith, B.
L. Mundhenk, Gus Pearson, Babe McGehee, J. B.
Thomas, Johnnie Stansberry, Joh» Ivey, S. G.
Slappey, Laurens Pierce, Eugenia Sanderson.
Kate Gresham
BUSINESS STAFF
Assistant Business Managers: Sam Teague.
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Digest.
The responsibility of putting out a news­paper
that tells the most about Armour,
and Armour people, and Armour doings
lies with the student body, the faculty, and
the administration as well as with its staff.
If they have any news that the rest of the
school should konw or would like to know,
why don't they use this "common ground"
as a means of doing it.
Well that's off our chests. What a re­lief!
MATTERS OF WORLD PEACE CANNOT
COMPLETELY ESCAPE EVEN US
The other day the Institute of Public
Opinion stated that it had acquired statis­tics
proving that 69 per cent of a cross sec­tion
of the American people favor unquali­fied
neutrality as the wisest course for the
United States to follow. Even more per­tinent
is the fact that 70 per cent stated
that they believed it had been a mistake
for us to enter the last war.
Today while we turn our eyes toward
peace programs which college students are
supporting enthusiastically, we find that a
recent survey of student opinion on peace
reveals that American students do not ap­prove
of consumers' boycott against Japan
collective security, or participation in a for­eign
war. According to the Creightonian,
published by Creighton University, 38 col­leges
in 18 states were contacted for this
survey with a total of 9,858 votes recorded.
In regard to the second question, which
was concerned with the popularity of com­pulsory
ROTC, the survey showed that an
overwhelming majority of college students
are opposed to compulsory military drill in
any schools other than those which exist
primarily for the purpose of military train­ing.
In reference to a permanent policy for
keeping America out of war students down
ed the proposal of collective security by a
large majority, with only 21.6 casting a
favorable vote. In comparison with the Re­sults
of the Survey on Public Opinion, the
percentage of students favoring unquali­fied
neutrality is low, since the student poll
registered only 39.2 per cent favoring neu­trality,
while 69 per cent was registered for
in the public opinion survey.
Well, students at Auburn wouldn't be
concerned with such trivial matters as
world war and world peace. We are above
such matters. It all goes to remind one of
the article in a former issue of "Ken" in
which was depicted a fable with which
everyone is familiar.
It seems there were an angel, a little
devil, and a monkey. The monkey was one
of those three characters who sees, hears,
and speaks no evil. These three individuals
saw that the state of world affairs was de­finitely
in a mess. However, being optimis­tic,
the little angel argued that things
would come out nicely in the outcome. The
monkey was willing to give it a try, so
they assumed a position of vantage above
the world of hearing, speaking, and seeing,
no evil. But affairs were in such a state
of havoc that this procedure could not be
continued. The Smell coming from the
maladjustment and trouble down in the
world overcame them. It was such an of­fensive
odor that they had to give up the
former act and each take a firm grip upon
their noses.
The dances are over and the students are
getting over. The students are spent and
so is their money. The students are broke
and so are many of their hearts. Their
hearts are aching and so are their heads.
Their heads are buzzing and so are the
professors. Exams are coming and so are
the Yanks. The Yanks have Southern
Holidays and so do we. By crackie, school
is nearly out!
Students at Oklahoma A. and M. College
can walk on dry steamlined sidewalks
even on icy, slippery days. When college
engineers designed the underground sys­tem
of laying steam heating lines between
building they were placed underneath
some of the main interconnecting side­walks.
The steam pipes keep ice or wet
spots from collecting on the walks.
Talk About The Town
BY JACK STEPPE ~ R. L. MUNDHENK
More about Moore . . . . Contrary to the
expectations of many (ourselves included),
Moore's orchestra for the finals turned out ^
to be a right smooth group of musicians. We
can give Chairman Duncan credit for his
orchestra, but we'd like to pick a bone with
him about his statement on the decorations—
as to how they were chosen because of their
uniqueness and appropriateness, etc., etc.
Why doesn't he show his true colors and tell
us what we darn well know—that these de­corations
were picked because the bid was
way under anything else ever heard of.
Our apologies . . . . to the faculty member
whom we tried to get off a light tower at
the Spring Festival. Of course, if we had
known he had the garlands of the past glories
clinging to him, or had we known he was
somebody extra-special, we never should have
dared to deny him privileges to which he
evidently believes he has a right. It goes
without saying, however, that the students
when asked to vacate similar positions, show­ed
the better manners. They got down with­out
argument—or special attention from the
director.
Things we're agin:
Campus politicians
Kilby prison rules for visiting dance dates
Listening to speeches in military formation
"One Person"
To-night . . . . comes the Spring Sing. Blue
Key is to be commended for the effort they
have expended to make this event an annual
one, and on of the events of the school year.
The Sing this year promises to surpass even
that of last year, when some exceedingly fine
vocal groups were heard.
The End . . . . is just beginning. Exams, as
you have probably heard are just around the
weekend. For ourselves it will be the last
time, and while we are anything but a senti­mentalist,
we do feel sorta funny at the
thought of leaving to venture out into the
chilly world. Auburn is "like that . . . as even
you doubting freshmen will find out if you
stay here.
Poetry . . . . So we are told.
A certain young fellow from France
Went to sleep in some grass filled With ance
What you're thinking is wrong
For he sleep right along
Cause the ance stayed out of his pance.
(Snitched)
Bogart is either a gentleman or we
caught him napping. We had a "hill billy"
band down for dances at the "Cow College"
and he didn't even say that he thought it
appropriate. How now, Walt?
When we get all the space filled with
clipped editorials we will go start on this
semester's school work. Believe it or not,
the Plainsman is no plaything.
Collegiate Review
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
20,000,00 people are drawn into college
football stadia each fall.
The game of football existed in England
as early as 1175.
One-half of one per cent of entering col­lege
freshmen are 15 years old or younger.
American colleges and universities give
out approximately $30,000,000 in scholarships.
College and university students compose
15 per cent of the youth of the U. S. of col­lege
age.
Approximately 80 per cent of higher edu­cation
is co-education.
Harvard University has discovered that
its students are growing taller at the rate
of one inch every 32 years.
Graduation exercises each June represent
an annual turnover of approximately $20,-
000,000 in direct expenses.
The American Association of University
Women has 50,000 members.
To educate an R. O. T. C. student so that
he can receive a reserve officers' commission
when he graduates from college costs $739
where such training is compulsory.
Up to ten different races have been repre­sented
in the University of Hawaii at one
time.
Hollywood cameras are clicking on the
Virginia Military Institute campus these days
getting "local color" for the film version of
"Brother Rat."
The University of West Virginia glee club
produced Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
with men in all roles.
Connecticut State College co-eds success­fully
protested the imposing of five cent
fines for holes made in walls of their dormi­tory
rooms.
Four Alexanders—a father and three sons—
are enrolled in the University of Toledo.
More than thirty religious denominational
groups are represented in the Wheaton Col­lege
student body.
The University of Pittsburgh will be host
this June to the convention of the American
College Publicity Association.
Sixteen Ems
BY SPACES OUTER
Spacer Outer wishes to borrow another
phrase to continue this time with these great
"Auburn Knights"
By These "U" Shall Know 'Em
Robin "Rube" Russell (piano)—nice look­ing,
courted a great deal by one of our cam­pus
queens, Kate Crossley. Nimble fingers
and is a replica of Teddy Wilson.
Curtis "Tubby" Griffith, (Bass Fiddle) —
Can slap that fiddle around. Short and plump
on the friendly side.
Hilding "Horn" Homberg (Drums) —
Rhythm of the bones, finest drummer in
Lee County and U. S. A. (maybe), a great
pepper upper and pepper outer!
Walter "Chick" Hatcher (Trumpet) — A
"peppy pumper," most friendly among the
lads, short but no short runner and can he
blow that horn! (Misses a few notes once in
a while tho, ask Ivey).
Macon "Mike" Ellis (Sax) — a darn good
fellow, happy-go-lucky, swell footer and likes
to air the boys around in the bus not to
mention fixing flats! !
Joe Mitchell (Sax) —Little Guy. Sensible
likes to rehearse a lot and furthermore, its
rumored he is falling deeply in love with
cute Betty Bell Bryant! ! Teh, Teh ! !
Frank Speight (Trombone)— A camera
fiend, a runt, with a Casanova reputation (a
mild one) How about it Emily Hixon? Same
as below.
Van Hodges (Trombone) —He has practi­cally
playing with "Blondie" Carson but his
trombone stays at the College Inn, further­more,
he is rated along with Will Osborne's
slide trombones! !
John "Ive" Ivey (Trumpet) — Lead a dog's
life by "Yelvy" in the band and by Tony in
the campus lab. A swell fellow, liked by all
especially by the gas and he is a hot trumpet­er.
Edward "Eaddard" Wadsworth (Violin) —
A rival of Rubinoff's, pink headed, and is still
looking for a true flame! !
Frank "Here" Barnard (Sax) — A man
of few words who uses his for his vocabu­lary.
Gerald "Yelvy" Yelverton (Sax and Clari­net)—
Quiet in personality, slim and shy
leads the Knights a dog's life and believe it
or not he is rated along with Benny Goodman
in a fine style. He'll be on the top sometime
soon—That is Spacer Outer's Opinion!
And now for a little bit of "Sigma Nu
Humor," folks!
'Tis rumored that L. E. Foster hates all wo­men.
Well, all except two, anyway.
Phi Omega Pi "pops"—Jack Curry and
Curtis Amos.
And who is "Dingleberry Dan—My Man"—
not Johnnie Davis ? ? ?
"Horse" Herren seems to be carrying a
torch for Handley. However late dates are
late dates.
Why do the Sigma Nu kids take their dates
in the house through the front door but take
then out by the side door? ? ?
"Two and Two Make One" (In these cases)
Marjor-ie Neal—Murray Bradley.
Edith Cecil Carson—Chile Allen.
Emily Hixon—Frank Speight.
Nancye Thompson—Johnny Harrell.
Bertha Kahn—Jack Carr.
Kate Gresham—Johnny Brassell.
Pete Wright-^Billy Hitchcock.
Libba Hunt—Junior.
Helen M.—Riley.
Tooker—Alone.
Now courteous is the Japanese!
He always says, "Excuse me Please."
He climbs into his neighbor's garden
And smiles and says, "I beg your pardon."
He bows and grins a friendly grin,
And calls his hungry family in;
He grins and bows a friendly bow:
"So sorry, this is my garden now."
—Ogd«n Nash—Reader's Digest, March, 1938.
News And Views
BY JOHN GODBOLD
*
THIS TIME: MAY DAY; ONE HAND
OF POKER; REVIVED CfflNA;
HUMBLE PnC; DDXON DOES IT.
The May Day, Spring Festival, or what­ever
one chooses to call it, presented by the
Auburn coeds was most enjoyable. The back­ground
story, the colorful costumes, and the
dancing all combined to make a very pleas­ing
performance. All those taking part and all
those directing and assisting deserve commen­dation.
May there be more Festivals like this
in future years.
Everyone is watching with interest to see
what will be the outcome of the squabble
over $150,000 lost by a Britisher in a Holly­wood
poker game. The loser paid off in bank
drafts but stopped pyament on them. The un­paid
winner of the huge sum avers that he
is depending on the sportsmanship of the
loser to nudge him into payment. Poker may
be fun, but $150,000. And on two pair at that!
Downtrodden China, the football for the
rest of the world, is feeling her oats. The
proverbial worm may not have turned yet,
but anyhow the Chinese are puttting up a
terrific battle against the Japanese invaders.
Months ago all the world thought China was
•on its last legs. But the needed spark of cour­age
came from somewhere and thousands ral­lied
to the Chinese standard. Now Japan is
driving at the nerve-centers of middle China.
Slowly the invaders are progressing but at
terrific cost. Their transportation lines are
cut time again by the little bands of guerillas
who have proved so effective a means of
war.
Today nearly everyone looks on and hopes
for a Chinese victory in the war. Possibly it
is the habit of sympathizing with the underdog
that is largely responsible for this attitude.
Yet, if the Chinese were to win, there is a
faint potentiality which can bring plenty of
worry to a thinking person. The backbone of
China has stiffened. If she downs the Japs
now, it may mean that Japan will no longer
be the feared ruler of the East. Out of the
ashes of victory a new Chinese may arise—
one that feels its tremendous strength and
dares to look the world in the eye and take
its place among world powers. Fifty years
from now, a hundred years from now, if
China with its thronging millions were in­vested
with a tremendous militant spirit such
as that which characterizes Japan now, then
there might indeed b a threat to Western
civilization, a far greater threat than that
which Japan offers today.
Watch our National Progressive Party grow!
Great Britain and France have again dem­onstrated
that the first lesson in international
diplomacy is "Watch out for yours truly first
of all." The two nations, seeking for the
friendship of militant Italy, have eaten hum­ble
pie and decided to recognize the Italian
conquest of Ethiopia. In order to do it, they
had to persuade the League of Nations to re­lease
them from their agreement not to do so.
Russia and several minor countries fought
the move, but the two big powers were too
much. So again mighty powers which might
be a force for international justice and peace
have decided to sacrifice every principle of
humanity for their own selfish motives. So
long as this continues, international peace can
never be.
Alabama wonders if Judge Sparks will en­ter
a run-off primary with Frank Dixon.
Many voters over the state are opposed to
Sparks running again against the "War
Eagle" (from Birmingham. Dixon very nearly
received a majority vote in the first pri­mary
and if there were to be a second one,
it would not even be close. At least the state
would be saved the expense and the candi­dates
and voters a lot of trouble if the se­cond
contest were not held.
A contest is being conducted on the Uni­versity
of New Mexico campus to find the
male student with the ugliest legs.
Casque and Cascet is the name of the inter-fraternity
relations board at the University
of New Hampshire.
The University of California medical school
is planning a summer camp for diabetic chil­dren.
BELATED PROPHECY
The Hill Billy Swing will be started soon
with the same "Country Break-Downers (no
use to mention them, everybody knows who
are the guilty parties) and the Spacer Out­er
weeps at this last round-up and says
"Aloha" to some of those "who won't be no
more"—Ed Duncan, Pete Wright, Haygood,
Morris Hall, Elizabeth Gotcher, Mildred Glass
Helen Jones, Jimmy Buntin, Workman, Chico
Silva, Floyd Pugh, Jack Adams, Max Welden,
Janie Handley George Hariston, Lopez Man-toux,
Hitchcock, Pollard, and, and.
If Alex Burgin's blind date coming up for
the dances will turn out as expected and be
able to follow?
What Bill Lee will say when he sees Pete
Daniels with his old girl?
EDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1938. THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
liters Will Be
udges In Contest
Not professional "judges" but
authors of national renown will
ead and pass on the manuscripts
submitted in the Student Writers'
ontest sponsored by the League
of American Writers in co-opera-ion
with the American Student
Tnion and the Friends of the Ab­raham
Lincoln Battalion.
The ultimate selection will be
made by a jury consisting of El­liot
Paul,, author of the best-sel­ler,
"The Life and Death of a
Spanish Town" and the recent
novel, "Concert Pitch;" Donald
Ogden Stewart, noted screen wri­ter,
author of "A Parody Outline
of History," "Father William;"
Jean Starr Untermeyer, poet, au­thor
of "Winged Child," "Steep
Ascent;" H. V. Kaltenborn, out­standing
radio news analyst, au­thor
of "We Look at the World,"
"Kaltenborn Edits the News;"
Professor Robert Morse Lovett,
author, teacher and editor; Clif­ford
Odets, playwright, author of
"The General Died at Dawn"
(scenario) and the Broadway suc­cesses,
"Waiting for Lefty," "A-wake
and Sing," "Golden Boy;"
and Genevieve Taggard, author
of "The Life and Mind of Emily
Dickinson," "Not Mine to Finish,"
"Calling Wetsern Union."
Another novel feature of the
Contest is that no particular meth-d
of treatment is required—ima­ginative
or critical material may
be submitted. The contestant may
send in either poetry or prose,
film or radio script, fiction, drama,
or essay.
The subject posed for discussion
is one of great moment to college
youth: "The antifascist struggle in
Spain today and its relation to the
general welfare of the American
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
ELEANOR SCOTT, EDITOR
Annual Church Picnic To
Be Held On Saturday
The Auburn Baptist Student
Union will entertain with its an­nual
picnic, next Saturday from
three to eigth p. m. Those attend­ing
will meet at the First Bap­tist
Church, where they will be
furnished transportation to Chew-ala
Park.
Various games an stunts have
been planned for the occasion.
These games and stunts will be
followed by a picnic supper and
a Campfire Program.
According to avis Woolley, Bap­tist
Student Secretary, all B. S.
U. members are expected to be
present. Other young people, inter­ested
in B. S. U. work, are also in­vited
to attend.
citizens of tomorrow."
A total of one thousand dollars
will be awarded in prizes. There
will be a first prize of $500 and
four additional prizes of $250, $125,
$75 and $50.
The Contest is open to all under­graduates
enrolled in American or
Canadian universities, colleges, or
secondary schools during the acad­emic
year 1937-38.
Manuscripts and inquires from
candidates in colleges east of the
Mississippi River should be for­warded
to Rolfe Humphries, Lea­gue
of American Writers, 381
Fourth Avenue, New York City.
Those from west of the Mississippi
should be sent to Ellen Kinkead,
1531 Taylor Street, San Francisco,
Calif.
All entries should reach these
offices before Indepence Day, July
4, 11938.
Drink
A FLAVOR YOU CANT FORGET
It Gives A Sandwich A College Education
Dance At Brady's
MIDWAY TAVERN
Thursday and Saturday, May 12 and 14
Music By
The Rhythm Kings
8 'til? Small Cover Charge
First In A Series Of 'Kampus Komments'
On Music Is Given By Kay Kyser
By KAY KYSER
It's certainly a privilege and a
pleasure to be able to address all
you students through the medium
of your college paper. Now, first,
will all of you listen to our "Col­lege
of Musical Knowledge" each
Wednesday kindly raise your right
hand. Hm, not bad at all. Now
raise your left hand. Now pick up
the paper. Oh, you didn't drop it.
The subject of our first musical
sermon is "Swing" itself. They
say that college students are the
leading followers of swing, which
in technical terms means you're
the hottest jitterbugs. During our
recent appearance at a New York
theatre, however, we had the
chance to talk to. undergratduates
of Columbia, N. Y. U., Fordham,
Barnard, Manhattan and other
colleges in the metropolitan area.
The concensus of opinion seemed
to be that while swing was swell
to listen to, softer and smoother
music was preferred for dancing—
but it was all right if a dash of
swing was thrown in every now
and then. After all, variety was
always the spice of life on the
dance floor.
One student was particularly
set in his notions. He said, "We
had a famous swing band for our
prom. No sooner did the band
start playing than practically ev­eryone
was gathered around the
bandstand. Very few danced. Af­ter
a while the studetns got tired
of standing before the band and
tried their hand (figure of speech,
folks) at dancing. But they found
that the mad, rapid, stacatto rhy­thms
of swing almost impossible
to dance to. We've found our les­son.
No more swing bands for our
proms. They're okay for listening
purposes, but when we have a
dance, we .want to dance!"
How do you feel about swing?
We're unbiased. We try to play
the type of music you want to
dance to, -and feel our program a-long,
mostly influenced by the
numbers that are requested. But,
we'd like you to send us your o-pionions,
and I'll gladly discuss
the most interesting in open forum
viq these "Kampus Komments."
Talking about swing, Raymond
Gram Swing is the name of a pol­itical
and news commentator on
the Mutual Radio Network. We
learn that Mr. Swing gets many
letters from irate swing fans, ask­ing
him why he uses such a "mis­leading"
name on his broadcasts.
Mr. Swing happens to be using his
own name. Imagine, a "Swing" ar­rangement
of a political speech!
Did you know that "Star Dust,"
G-EO
SPEEDY FLIES
'T'HERE are many legends of nature which
have remained for many yeara, eventually
being refuted by naturalists, but one which has
persisted up until a few weeks ago is that of the
phenomenal speed of the deer botfly. While
man plods along at a speed of 400 mph in his
airplane, one entomologist calculated the speed
of the deer botfly to be 800 mph. Digressing
from his usual types of experiments, Dr. Irving
Langmuir, Nobel Prize winner in the General
Electric Research Laboratory, exploded this
entomological myth by means of a series of
tests.
Using a piece of solder the size and shape
of a deer botfly, Dr. Langmuir proved that if
this insect traveled at 800 mph it would
encounter a wind pressure of 8 pounds per
square inch—enough to crush it, and that
maintaining such a velocity would require a
power consumption of % hp—a good deal for a
fly. He also demonstrated, using the solder
model, that the insect, while flying at only 60
mph, is invisible, yet the entomologist esti­mated
the speed of the fly at 400 yards per
second because he saw a brown blur pass by his
eyes. Finally, the calculation proved that if the
fly struck a human being it would penetrate the
skin with a force of four tons per square inch.
^ BOMBARDING ATOMS
ri 'HE modern miracles of aviation, television,
and World's Fairs are taken quite calmly in
this twentieth century of progress. But it is a
different matter when scientists start snapping
the whip with ions to smash ultramicro-scopic
particles called atoms into even more
minute portions. And that's just what scien­tists
are doing over at Harvard University.
«#-
ATOMS
Using a machine called a cyclotron, devised by
Prof. Lawrence of the University of California,
the Harvard physicists are bombarding atoms
by accelerating ions to a tremendous speed and
shooting them out through a hole in the side of
the machine. But people are talking about this
barrage of ionic ammunition because the results
have proven successful in the treatment of
cancer.
This is the third of such atom-smashing ma­chines
for which the General Electric Company
has furnished parts. Even in such academic
and highly specialized fields, Test men
are called upon to make their contributions.
GENERAL H ELECTRIC 90-58FBI
Hoagy Carmiehael's immortal tune
was originally written as a "hot"
number and that it gathered dust
on the shelf of a music publish­ing
firm before it was finally re­vised
by Hoagy and given to a
grateful world? Did you know that
"Till We Meet Again," a tune
written during the World War,
still holds the all-time high for
sheet music sales with a total of
5,000,000 copies? Did you know
that many of the recording firms
send complete recording units into
the Southern states and into what
we know as the "hill-billy" regions
where they record native tunes
played and sung in their original
way? Did you know that tunes
like "The Prisoner's Song,"
"Wreck of the old 97," "Nobody's
Darling but Mine" and a host of
blue yodels and shouts attained
popularity in this way? You didn't
know it? Just for that you'll have
to stay in after the dance tonight.
Are you aware of the fact that
Mozart wrote the first swing
tune? No? Well, he wasn't either,
but he did..Did you know that
Eve was the first one to "do" the
Big Apple? Yep, if it weren't for
that apple, we'd have a better be­haved
world—certainly on the
dance floor anyway.
How many musical instruments
can you name? The average person
knows ten. There are actually ov­er
300, not including the popular
hair comb and tissue paper combi­nation.
Of course, many of these
are obsolete today, and I'll bet
you're all saying there aren't e-nough
that are obsolete. Now, is
that nice? Oh, it is?
We'd like our "Kampus Kom­ments"
to be a "clearing house"
for all your musical problems and
queries. If you have none, think
of some. It's really fun. We will
answer questions of a technical
musical nature through the mail
individually, but others that we
believe might be of interest to
you studetns will be discussed
here.
So, until next week—here's hop-in'
you're listenin'! So long every­body.
Mrs. Charles Davis Gives
Picnic For I. R. C.
The members of I. R. C. were
entertained at a picnic out at
Wright's Mill. Mr. and Mrs. Davis
gave the party for the old and new
members of the club. The follow­ing
people were present: John
Batigne, Otey Anderson, Charlotte
Bowdon, Edwin Godbold, Kathleen
Brennan, Jack Carr, Guy Williams,
Walter Meadors, Frank Gunter,
Dennis Newton, Griffin Tatum,
Charles Fisher, Perry Schwartz,
George Hiller, Julian Myrick, John
Godbold, Ted Chiles, Charles Fis­her,
Harold Title, John HarreL
Nancye Thompson Sam Dorfman,
Noel Baker, Bertha Kahn, Charles
Haupt, Schuyler Richardson, and
Henry Whitfield.
Discussion Of Fig
Production Is Had
A small wasp-like insect makes
production of the Smyrna fig, one
of the world's best figs, possible
according to a report given at the
F. F. A. meeting here Tuesday
night by Orland F. Burns, who
has made a study of some of the
economically important insects.
This fig which holds an import­ant
position in the export trade
of Smyrna is grown to some ex­tent
in the United States especially
in California. Cuttings were im­ported
into this state in 1890 by
a newspaper editor, who distribut­ed
them among his subscribers.
But the fig was not successfully
produced until several years later
when it was discovered that this
small wasp was the only insect
that could pollinate the fruit.
When it was made known that
these figs would not mature in
this country, the National Gov­ernment
sent an entomologist to
Smyrna to study the conditions
under which they grew there. It
was found that this wasp spent
the winter in a wild variety of
figs, and plans were made at once
to import this insect to California.
B. S. U. Officers Are To Be
Installed Sunday
An installation service, for new
Baptist Student Union Officers,
will be held at the First Baptist
Church, next Sunday morning at
the regular eleven o'clock worship
hour.
These new officers will make up
the B. S. U. Council for the 1938-
39 school year.
The new officers are: Larkin
Wyers, president; Eugene Knight,
Sunday School Superintendent;
Roy Bolen, Training Union Direc­tor;
Douglas Sellers, Irby Ham­monds,
Landis Worthy, L. M.
Smith, Jaunita Johnston, John D.
Brooks, and Hankins Parker; Gen­eral
B. Y. P. U. Officers.
Hoyt Nations, H. L. King, D. T.
Rogers, Houston Gravellee, Hugh
Maddox, Mildred Sconyers, and
Jack Finley; General Sunday
School Officers.
Annie Moon, Pianist; J. P. Holi­day,
Chorister; and Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Harris, Faculty Advisers.
Railway Express Clears
Baggage Troubles
Getting vacation baggage "out
of the way" is the problem up­permost
in the minds of many
college men and women at this
time of the year. This applies not
only to trunks or suitcases con­taining
clothes, but also to books
and study materials to be re­turned
home. Perhaps there is also
the bicycle or sporting paraphe-nalia
that will be very useful
during the summer.
A convenient solution for all
these little shipping problems
is provided by the Railway Ex­press
Agency. It is merely nec­essary
to 'phone the local express
agent, and consider the job done.
There is no unnecessary fuss, or
extra effort involved to get this
service in action. Moreover, all
such shipments can be sent with
"charges collect". Special tags
and labels are provided, and that
is all there is to it.
Personals
Miss Dorothy Thompson and
Miss Mary Childress of Montgom­ery
spent the weekend in Auburn
for the final dances.
Duncan Mitchell and John Har­rel
spent the weekend in Monte-vallo
for the dances.
Among the Montgomery girls
present for the dances were: Geor­gette
Johnson, Patty and Eleanor
Upchurch, Edith Mathws, Marga­ret
Caddell and Jerry Moore.
From Huntingdon came the fol­lowing
young ladies for the dan­ces:
Nancy Sorrell, Frances Mid-dlebrooks,
Elizabeth Downing, and
Mary Rutland.
Miss Madeleine Richardson
spent the weekend at her home in
Selma.
Betty McKay also spent the
weekend at her home in Mont­gomery.
Elizabeth Nettles To Wed
Former Auburn Student
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Nettles of
Tunnel Springs and Peterson an­nounce
the engagement of their
daughter, Barbara Elizabeth to
Boardman Nettles Ivey of Clan-ton.
The wedding will take place
the early part of June.
Boardman Ivey was a member
of the class of 1936. He was a very
popular man on the campus being
a member of the polo team, a
member of Blue Key, member of
the Inter-fraternity Council, a
major in the R. O. T. C, a memb­er
of Scabbard and Blade, and a
member of the Sigma Pi social
fraternity.
AUBURN'S MOST
MODERN CAFE
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Auburn
Grille
Air Conditioned
Potato Starch Is
New Glue Base
Sweet potato starch may form
the basis for a flourishing new
Southern industry, said Charles
Breedlove, who made a report on a
Scientific American article,
"Starch from Sweet Potatoes," at
the Ag Club meeting here Wed­nesday
night.
The undersirable yellow color
of this product has in the past
prevented its extensive sale, but
sweet potato starch of a purity,
color, and quality equal to that of
the finest starches is now an actu­ality.
The very high degree of vis­cosity
demanded by the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing for a suit­able
adhesive to be used on pos­tage
stamps, labels, and envelopes
is made possible by this starch.
It has been shown by tests to be
the only starch produced in the
United States meeting these re­quirements.
At present a foreign
product manufactured from conova
root is being used exclusively by
the Federal Government for these
purposes.
A factory at Laurel, Miss., in the
heart of the South's principal
sweet potato growing section, is
now producing around a hundred
thousand pounds of this product
annually. The textile industry is
consuming about the entire output
of this Mississippi plant at present.
The sweet potato season is 100
days long, and during this time
the plant operates on a 24-hour
basis including Sunday. Special
starch making sweet potatoes are
grown to some extent by the farm­ers;
however, the plant uses cull
potatoes exclusively.
In this plant the potatoes are
passed under a series of sprayers
that wash off all grit and foreign
matter. They are then ground to
break up the starch gramules,
chemicals are added for bleach­ing
purposes, and the starch-bear­ing
liquid is screen from the pulp,
which is a by-product of the plant
and which is used for stock feed.
The liquid goes through a second
bleaching process and is allowed
to settle to the bottom of large
vats, where the water is drawn
off and the starch is dried.
This plant was financed by the
Federal Government for the pur­pose
of developing an industry to
help the people who were on rural
relief in South Mississippi, and at
the same time be a permanent
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New Members Of Cardinal
Key Are Initiated
Cardinal Key, National Honor­ary
Society for Women, held its
annual initiation banquet Monday
night above the College Inn. The
new initiates present were: Thea
Dunn, Rene Gibson, Rachael Here­ford,
Nell King, Clara Merrill,
Rubye Pitts, Camilla Newberry,
Eleanor Scott, Anne Winn, Annie
Lou Whittaker, and Dr. Rosa Lee
Walston.
President Mildred Glass acted
as toastmaster. Alumni members
living in Auburn also attended
the banquet.
benefit to Southern agriculture. A
second plant, privately financed, is
being planned in Florida, and it is
estimated that not fewer than 150
such plants will be necessary to
fill the increasing demand for root
starch.
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1938.
Rogers,, Stewart Are
Stars In Film
Teamed romantically for the
first time, Ginger Rogers and
James Stewart are currently co-starred
in the highly romantic
screen comedy, "Vivacious Lady",
which plays Friday and Saturday
at the Tiger Theatre.
Virtually an unknown two years
ago, Stewart has soared to a high
place in film popularity as a re­sult
of his last three hits. "Seven­th
Heaven," "The Last Gangster",
and "Navy, Blue and Gold."
In "Vivacious Lady", Stewart
essays the role of a repressed bo­tany
(professor who encounters
Ginger Rogers, featured entertain­er
at a nightclub, and falls madly
in love with her.
The greater part of the amus­ing
action in this comedy romance
takes place in a small university
town in upstate New York. Here
the newly married night club en­tertainer
and her erudite spouse
settle down in different homes,
while the apprehensive husband
tries to summon enough nerve to
tell his stern father, the college
president, that he has married
a night club beauty.
Ginger Roeers and James Stew­art
play the frantic lovers in this
offering, while James Ellison, as
the playboy cousin to the faint­hearted
instructor completes the
hectic triangle by being "Jonny-on-
the-spot" when the lonesome
bride wants to make whoopee.
"The Loveliest Village Of The Plains" From The Air
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11
THURSDAY, MAY 12
HE BLASTED HER
off BROADWAY with
SCARELINE TYPE!
• GEORGE
• TONE
LOVE IS A
HEADACHE
-* TED HEALY',',4.
— MICKEY ROONEY
Novelty
and
Comedy
MARTIN
THEATRE
iaess
More About Our Publications
(Continued from page one)
a newspaper. So for crying out loud, someone tell me why
it couldn't be changed to a weekly of six or eight page pro­portions
so it could at least assume something of the appear­ance
of one. It doesn't seem plausible that it would hurt the
"cow college" pride of the Auburn students to have anything
less than a semi-weekly student newspaper. The larger col­leges
in the country have weekly papers, and they have much
more news to publish and many more students to read the
paper. There are only three or four such freaks in the whole
country.
This is a kind of a swan song to a noble ambition, it might
easily be guessed. There isn't much we could do, other than
what we have done in calling the matter to your attention
(Remember Auburn is a democratic institution,), about fur­thering
action on the matter. But we do gently persuade you
to read and digest that which we have said, give it construc­tive
thought, and maybe by the time your children are in
school at Auburn the idea will have gotten around. However,
:::me must be given the idea. We don't expect any change
within the next several years; it would be too reactionary
to suit the temper of the school and its glorious student body
Emory Mathematics Wizard
Stumps College Faculty
Atlanta, Ga. — (ACP)—Four-teen-
year-iold Willis Dysart, a ru­ral
Georgia youth with but two
years of formal schooling, has
Emory University professors a bit
bewildered.
They are bewildered because, in
a few seconds time, is his head,
he can do among other things
such mathematical unfoelievables
as find the square root of 138,-
799,961 and add seven three digit
figures accurately—and he doesn't
use pencil and paper.
One of this wizard's special
stunts is to ask your blrthdate,
then tell you your age in the num­ber
of seconds ycu have livedo
Prof. Orr Gives Garden Tea
For Student Teachers
An elaborate garden breakfast
was given recently by Prof. Edna
J. Orr of the School of Education
honoring the student teachers in
Home Economics Educational Vo­cational.
The guest of honor was Miss
Marie Robelot of New Orleans.
Miss Thelma Graves was also one
of the honored guests.
Those attending this affair were
Mary Alice Tucker, Camp Hill;
Josephine Story, Opelika; Carolyn
Hendricks, Brundige; Elizabeth
Bryan, Brundiege; Vela Dennis,
Wetumpka; Helen and Mary Bi­shop,
Lincoln; Mrs. Doris Chrietz-berg
Mantel, Union Springs; and
Irma Spears, Pisgah.
New York Students
To Study Cities
New York City — (ACP)—A
new experiment in municipal gov­ernment
research has been in­stituted
here by Mayor Fiorello
H. LaGuardia and this city's mu­nicipal
educational institutions.
Under a new plan announced
last week, students in the city's
colleges will be trained for civil
service careers by doing under­graduate
research in the various
policy forming departments of the
city government.
"These studies and surveys will
be of a research, rather than an
investigative nature," the spon­sors
of the plan announced. "Stu­dents
of marked ability and in­terest
will be appointed as re­search
associates on the staff of
the department of investigation to
serve during the duration of their
projects as volunteer assistants
without compensation, but with
full credit for their work by col­lege
authorities.
A. I. Ch. E. Convention Is
Discussed At Meeting
At an A. I. Ch. E. Meeting
Tuesday night a general discussion
of the recent convention of the
student chapters of A. I. Ch. E.
at the University of Tennessee
was held. Different phases of the
convention were explained by
John Eagan, John Cobb, Winston
Wood, and L. W. Armstrong.
The convention, which students
from Auburn, Tech, Miss. State,
N. C. State, V. P. I., Virginia,
and Florida attended, was also
attended by Forrest Crabtree, J.
M. Edge, John Lanier, and Kelly
Dixon.
Other items on the program in­cluded
a talk on Chemical Engi­neering
by Albert Arruzza and
an inspection of the Industrial
Chemistry Laboratory. It was de­cided
by the A. I. Ch. E. to have
a social before the end of the
year in order to bring the chemi­cal
engineering students into a
closer group.
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Examinations will begin next
week.
POCKET BILLIARDS FOR STUDENTS
(An Editorial From The Baltimore Sun)
The hope entertained in some quarters that billiards will
presently become a ranking college sport is a pleasant one to
contemplate. Except perhaps for the demands which the mas­tery
of the game makes upon time it is one that seems to be
preeminently fitted to find a prominent place in extra-curri­cular
activities. In addition to having retained the cha'acter
which led one seventeenth century writer to describe it as a
"most gentle, cleanly and ingenious game," it is one that ideal­ly,
at least, develops just that combination of beautiful physi­cal
discipline and mental alertness which have always been
the goals of American education.
To be sure, it does not consitute exercise in the same way
as a basket ball game or a hockey match does. Billiards re­quires
a finer and more delicate kind of muscular precision, a
more subtle obedience of hand and eye to the mind, rather like
that which fencing encourages. Intellectually it may not quite
have parity with chess, but there are aspects cf it which
strongly suggest the strategic intricacies of the combinational
and positional problems of that game. Indeed, it might crudely
be compared with chess played with foils.
And finally it could well be used as a point of departure
for all manner of instructive studies supplementing the class­room
work in certain subjects. Think only of the beautiful ob­ject
lessons it would provide in physics—indedd, it is only
by a more profound knowledge of physical laws that most of
us possess that the spectator at a match between experts can
even reconcile himself to the belief that what he has seen done
is at all possible. In any case the game is one that should
prosper in academic setting, maybe we should say it ought
to click there—if, that is, the average student is equal to its
demands. The implements of the game may be solid ivory;
their use requires very different qualities.
REED'S BILLIARD PARLOR
Students Decide On
Government ills
Ithaca, N. Y. —(ACP)—A col­legian's
program for righting many
cf the ills of the nation was form­ulated
by Cornell, Dartmouth and
University cf Pennsylvania stu­dents
in conference here to dis­cuss
ways and means of "Mak­ing
Democracy Work."
After considerable discussion,
the delegates favored:
Governmental endorsemnt of
labor's right to organize and bar­gain
collectively and endorsed the
National Labor Relations Act prin­ciples.
Economic sanctions against ag­gressors
of democratic nations;
For local governments, the elim­ination
of unnecessary offices, con­solidation
of duties and consolida­tion
of unnecessary small govern­mental
units.
Control of competition for some
industries, and removal of monop­olies
for theirs, and governmental
regulation of utilities.
The delegates voted down ex­tension
of government control of
the press.
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Pharmaceutical Society
Elects New Officers
In a recent election the follow­ing
persons were chosen as offic­ers
of the Auburn Pharmaceutical
Society for the forthcoming year.
President, Jamie L. Meigs; Vice-
President, C. R. Barron; Secretary-
Treasurer, J. D. Bozeman; Repor­ter,
Ruby Helen Stokes; Parlia­mentarian,
Beth Murphy.
The Society voted to have a bar­becue
for its members in the near
I future.
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