1937-10-29 The Auburn Plainsman

              THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
VOL. LXI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, OCTOBBER 29, 1937 NUMBER 15
Sara Smith Elected 'Miss Auburn'
Students Favor Three Changes In Election
Make-up Of Paper
Is Popular On
The Campus
Students Like Present Year
Book; Favor Auburn
University Game
The Opinions Poll which was
held in conjunction with the Miss
Auburn election yesterday showed
a definite difference of opinion
among the students. Though a
majority of the student body did
not participate in the election, a
cross section of their attitude to­wards
the questions included upon
the ballot was shown by the ratio
of the votes.
Students were definitely against
changing the Glomerata to a mag­azine.
Ninety-two votes were cast
for the change while 579 students
expressed themselyes as adverse
to it.
On the question of changing the
Plainsman to an eight-page week­ly,
the reigning sentiment was
for the present two issues. Votes
; for the change totaled 250 while
422 students voted against it.
In order that politics may be
avoided in the selection of publica­tion
heads students voted in favor
of appointment while 198 were
opposed to it.
The present make-up of the
Plainsman suits 469 of the read­ers
while 222 prefer the former
antiquated type of make-up. Rec­ommended
changes were taken
lightly by those filling in the
blanks. Changes ranged from 'cut
the whole thing out" to "put in
a funny paper."
A landslide vote showed that
Auburn students favor the re­sumption
of athletic relations with
the University of Alabama. The
• vote was 780 for and five against
the idea.
Although the first poll was not
so successful as was expected by
those in charge, it is hoped that
more interest will be shown in the
polls to be held later in the year.
Glee Club Now Has
42 Members
A list of 42 students who will
compose the membership of th
1937-38 Glee Club at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute was announc­ed
Thursday by Prof. Lawrence
Barnett, director of the club.
The announcement of member­ship
was made after more than
60 students had attended rehears­als
twice a week for the past
month.
First Tenors—Dunlap McCauley,
Birmingham; Bruce Kelley, Fair­field;
Lawrence Lee, Selma; Mal­colm
Edwards, Marion; Pharis
Johnson, Greensboro; R. L. Grif­fin;
Spratt; and Tony Contina,
Birmingham.
Second Tenors—E. Rouse, Cam­den;
R. D. Smith, Huntsville; J.
Couch, Troy; H. L. Welsted, Au­burn;
C. M. Kelley, Eutaw; Carl
Smith, Opelika; E. O. Pearson,
Opelika; Johnston Hawkins, Mont­gomery;
V. W. Sefiers, Dothan;
Walter Going, Birmingham; Wil-ison
Taylor, Montgomery; John
Taylor, Decatur; R. S. Farnham,
Evergreen; and A. C. Bedsols.
Baritones—Sam Teague, Birm­ingham;
George Weaver, Kutz-town,
Pa.; Reid Doster, Montgom­ery;
L. B. Smith, Birmingham; J.
Hubbard, Dadeville; Charles Cran-ford,
Birmingham; Turner Wil­liams,
Buena Vista, Ga.; K. Baker,
Marion Junction; John Mantel,
Memphis, Tenn.; Tom Memory,
Blackshear, Ga.; William Henry,
Birmingham; and D. W. Moody,
Cooke Springs.
Basses—G. Perry, Cuthbert, Ga.;
D. Newton, Auburn; C. Chilton,
Birmingham; W. Boyd Gunters-ville;
E. S. Smith, Birmingham;
P. Snyder, Washington, D. C ; T.
Payne, Jackson; D. Carlton, Bir­mingham;
and W. R. Moody, Co­lumbus,
Ga.
Harvest Queen
Miriam Denton, of Oneonta, will
be crowned Queen of the Harvest
tonight at the annual Ag Fair. She
is a senior in the school of home
economics.
Miriam Denton Is Ag
Queen; Fair Has
Many Shows
Miriam Denton, senior in. the
school of home economics, will
be crowned Queen of the Harvest
tonight at the State. Camp Amphi­theatre
as the Ag Club presents
its annual Ag Fair.
Beginning promptly at 7:15 p.
m., festivities at the amphithe­atre
will open with a program
of special music. Two wrestling
bouts will be staged, one a match
between an Auburn student and
an outside wrestler, and the other
an exhibition contest between two
amateur performers from Colum­bus.'
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The annual "mock faculty" will
again be a feature, and stunts
of various kinds will be presented.
Jack Cammack, vice-president of
the Ag Club will #erve as master
of ceremonies.
Activities at the amphitheatre
will culminate with the crowning
of Miriam Dertton as Harvest
Queen by N. R. Crawford, presi­dent
of the Ag Club.
Miss Denton, an outstanding
all-around student in home eco­nomics,
one of the girls from 28
agricultural colleges selected this
summer for Danforth Fellowship
Award tours. Her attendants to­night
will be Sara Sargent, Wood-row
Kilgore, Rubye Pitts, and
Mary Rosser.
Following the program, the va­rious
departments of Ag Hill
will present exhibits in the lab­oratory
room immediately in rear
of Comer Hall.
Tickets may be purchased for
fifteen cents from Dan Meadows
and W. L. Martin at Alumni Hall,
Huggins at the Alpha Gamma
Rho House, and Miss Virginia
Holcombe at Smith Hall. O. M.
Johnson is senior manager of the
fair, and W. J. Alverson is junior
manager in charge of exhibits.
Col. Wallace, Dean Wilmore
Go To Atlanta R. O. T. C. Meet
Lt. Colonel Fred C. Wallace
and Dean J. J. Wilmore left for
Ft. McPherson, near Atlanta, today
to represent the college at a reg­ional
conference of the R. O. T. C.
The conference, starting today,
lasts through Saturday.
Dean Wilmore will make one
of the main addresses tomorrow.
His subject will be "The Essentials
of a'R. O. T. C. Unit From the
Faculty Point of View."
Outstanding faculty members
from each R. O. T. C. in the area,
which includes eight states,, will
be present and take part in the
conference program. States includ­ed
in this co-area are Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennes­see,
and Louisiana.
Total Amount Of
Funds Due A. P. I.
Is Unknown
President Duncan States
That Exact Sum Is Not
Known; Revenue Is High
Contrary to reports in several
state newspapers, amount of mofley
Alabama Polytechnic Institute will
be paid as the result of a ruling
by Attorney General Albert A.
Carmichael that there must be re­leased
the difference between a-mounts
appropriated to education
for the past, fiscal year and a-mounts
actually paid out of these
appropriations is not known here.
In a statement to a reporter
this afternoon, President L. N.
Duncan said he had not been in­formed
what will be the actual
amount of funds Auburn will re
ceive as a result of Carmichael's
ruling. Dr. Duncan stated he ex­pects
to receive a check within
a short time after State Comp
troller Charles W. Lee computes
the amount the college is entitled
to under prorations provided by
the Alabama Budget Act.
As explained by Dr. Duncan, the
surplus now on hand at the State
treasury is an accumulation piled
up during the period Oct. 1, 1936
to Sept. 30, 1937, the past fiscal
year. The surplus resulted from
greater revenue than was antici­pated
by the legislature"and Comp­troller
Lee.
When the State budget was made
up, amounts that would be paid
education and other governmental
functions were set aside in accor­dance
with estimated revenue,
Duncan explained. However, large
increases over the estimates have
been realized in revenue from the
liquor, sales tax, and income tax
laws. Consequently there is now
on balance in the treasury the
difference between the estimated
State income and the actual in­come.
It has been reported that funds
due Auburn will be used to pay
back teacher's salaries. President
Duncan stated that since he had
not been informed as to the amount
of money the college will re­ceive,
he is unable to say what
disposition will be made of the
funds. He pointed out, however,
that teachers salaries were paid in
full for the past fiscal year.
One news dispatch released
earlier in the week placed the
amount of funds available to edu­cation
under the attorney gener­al's
ruling at, $40,000. This dis­patch
stated that Auburn teach­ers
will receive $40,000 in back
salaries. Dr. Duncan said he was
unable to verify either of these
two reports.
Another story carried in the
Wednesday issue of an Alabama
newspaper set the amount of funds
available to education at $1,118,-
637.44. Of this mount the State's
higher institutions of learning and
the State Teacher Colleges will
receive $112,000, and public schools
will be paid $1,006,637.44 the news
story stated. These figures were
given on the basis of an interview
with Comptroller Lee. However,
these figures also remained un­verified
yesterday when the Comp­troller
stated the story carrying
this information misquoted him.
He said he expected to determine
t h e actual amounts due Auburn
and other colleges along with the
public schools in a "few days."
NOTICE
Bullard Field will be seeded
with rye grass on Nov. 1. The War
Department has requested that all
persons refrain from using the
field for the period Nov. 1 to Nov.
10.
By action of the Executive Coun­cil
on Tuesday morning one soph­omore
student was suspended from
school for failure to attend classes.
This is the first student to be
dropped under the new attendance
regulations.
Students To Meet
Team At Train
Sunday Night
The entire student body is
scheduled to meet the team Sun­day
night when its returns from
Houston by train at 7:55 o'clock.
"We want to give those Auburn
Tigers one of those old time wel­comes"
states Jack Adams, head
cheerleader.
When the train pulls into the
station, the team will be loaded
into Army trucks of the motorized
artillery unit. The trucks will fall
in behind the band for a parade
through town where the students
will be led in rousing welcome
yells by Charlie O'Reilly, Flash
Flowers, Chick Hatcher, June Took
er, and Doris Greene.
Due to a last minute change
in the time of departure of the
team yesterday, the send-off was
not as good as expected by the
cheerleaders. "We must redeem
ourselves in the eyes of the Tig­ers
by giving them a warm wel­come,
back home," continued
Adams.
Adams stated that he expects
everybody but the babies ' in
cradles to be on hand at the sta­tion
Sunday night whether the
game with Rice ends in a win,
loss, or tie. The entire band will
be on hand to lend their usual
loyal support.
Tigers Set For Tilt
With Rice On
Texas Soil
Riding the crest of a football
wave with the small number of
undefeated clubs in the country,
the "Fighting Tigers" from Au­burn
will clash with the Rice
Owls in Houston, Texas, tomorrow
in one of the main intersectional
games of the nation. Auburn's
game with Rice tomorrow will
launch athletic relations between
the Tigers and Owls.
The contest with Rice, the in­stitution
where Coach Jack Meagh­er
was head football boss until
he came to Auburn in 1934, will
mark the first game in the second
half of the Tiger's current sched­ule.
In meeting Rice for the initial
time, Coach Meagher's Bengals
will be tackling their second and
fjnal intersectional foe of the
current season, and their final non-
S. E. C. opponent. The Plainsmen
will be seeking their first win
over an outfit from Texas, hav­ing
played Texas and Texas A.
& M. The Aggies trimmed the
Bengals in 1911, 16 to 0, and
Texas won, 9 to 0 in 1910; 18-5
in 1911 and 33 to 0 in 1925.
The Tigers were highly praised
for th* excellent manner in which
they subdued Georgia Tech last
week, 21 to 0, and emerged from
the contest without any serious
injuries, receiving only the usual
game knocks. In both the Missis­sippi
State and Tech engagements,
Coach Meagher was able to use
many reserves in the second half,
thus giving his regulars a rest
and enabling the reserves to gain
much experience.
The "Fighting Tigers" left Au­burn
early Thursday morning for
Houston, Texas. A light drill was
carded for Mobile Thursday after­noon
and the Plainsmen arrived
in Houston Friday morning. They
held their usual round of ma­neuvering
this afternoon at Rice
Stadium.
The first were all set for skirm­ish
this week and lined up with
McKissick and Burford on the
flanks, Russell and Holman at
tackles, Sivell and Gillam at
guards, Antley at center, Walker
at qug(rterback, Kelly at right
half, Fenton at right half and
Heath at fullback. This outfit
glanced at Rice plays run by the
freshmen and reserves and dis­continued
On Page Four)
Presentation Of
Hedda Gabler Is
Judged As Good
Elsberry, Nixon, Jones Ex-cell
in Boles; Next Play Is
"Oliver Oliver"
Eight hundred pairs of eyes
turned to the stage in Langdo
Hall last evening as the curtain
rose on what was to be one of
the most successful presentations
of the Auburn Players. The house
was packed with students, facul­ty
members, and townspeople even
to the point of the placing of chairs
in the aisles and the jamming
of the late-comers in the small
confines of standing space at the
rear of the hall.
From the time the first actors
appeared on the stage, a subtle
undercurrent of tension could be
sensed, an undercurrent which
gained strength when the leading
feminine character, Hedda, evinc­ed
interest in her 'pistols."
Hedda's real character became
manifest when her grasping, gree­dy
personality exerted itself in the
second act and was heightened
in the following act as her hard­ness,
cruelty, and lust for power
over others broke through her
mask of sophistication—in the
scene between Lovborg, and her­self
and the following "manuscript
burning" episode.
The play hastened to a ter­rific
capping climax, that was
foreshadowed from the start, as
Hedda, disgusted because of her
coming child and of the failure
of her plan for the "beautiful"
death of Lovborg, decided that her
pistol was the one way of escap­ing
the torture of future bore­dom.
The part of Hedda was minutely
portrayed by Carolyn Jones; her
acting in the play reflects upon
the director for his casting and
places her as one of the campus'
leading actresses. The role of her
eccentric husband, George Tes-man,
was brilliantly played by
Dawson Mullin. This role bids
fair-that he should be cast in more
character parts.
Appearing before the student
body on the stage for the first
time was John Nixon, a handsome
young- man who seems to have
a naturalness on the stage that
immediately attracts attention. It
is hoped that he will .return in
another play in the future.
Arthur Elsberry as Lovborg
reached his height of performance
during the third act* as did also
Mary Cammack in the part of Mrs.
Elvstead. Both played splendid
emotional scenes that reflects
their long experience with the
Players.
Playing minor roles yet none­theless
perfect were Amy Drake,
another actress of long experience,
as the aunt and Ruth Riddle, new­comer,
as the,maid, Berta.
The entire cast and the produc­tion
staff are to be commended
on the success of the production
despite Director T. B. Peet's pes­simistic
opinion to the contrary
immediately before the curtain
rose on the first act.
The Auburn Players will im­mediately
start work On the second
production of the season, a light
comedy by Paul Osborn entitled,
"Oliver Oliver." Casting will be­gin
on Thursday night at seven
o'clock in the Y-Hut. All those,
interested in dramatic work are
asked to attend and try out for
the roles.
No Raise In Railroad Rates
Is Reported In Vicinity
Although action was taken at a
meeting of Southern Railway traf­fic
authorities in Washington, D.
C, Oct. 21, to raise coach fares
from 1 1-2 cents to 2 cents per
mile, M. L. Hendrick, Auburn
agent, has not yet been notified
of the change.
Second Place Goes To Suzelle
Hare; Handley, Bailey Follow
French Speaker
Monsieur Frederix, French lec­turer,
will speak to students and
other interested listeners on four
occasions during his three day
stay in Auburn. He is an accom­plished
linguist and has traveled
widely. He recently visited Spain
to observe the war and write about
it.
Pierre Frederix To
Address Students
On Nov. 1,2,3
Under steely exteriors are reser­voirs
of wistful hopes.
A series of three lectures on
European affairs will be delivered
at the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
by M. Pierre Frederix, bril­liant
French journalist, on Nov.
1, 2 and 3 under auspices of the
Institute of International Educa­tion.
Among the questions to be dis­cussed
by M. Frederix will be the
Blum government in France, the
international situation in Spain,
the Franco-Russian pact, and the
present and future French politi­cal
parties.
Arrangements for the lectures
have been made by Prof. James
R. Rutland, head of the English
department, and Prof. Ralph B.
Draughon, executive secretary of
the college.
A Parisian, M. Frederix was ed­ucated
at the Lycee Condorcet and
at the University of Paris. At the
latter institution he received the
licencie es-lettres in history, as
well as the licencie in law. He
served in the war, having receiv­ed
the Croix de Guerre, and hav­ing
been made a member of the
Legion d'Honneur. For three
years M. "Frederix was secretary
to Joseph Avenol, LLd. D., .of the
French financial delegation in
London; and for about ten years
he was engaged in business. In
1925 he began his eareer as a
writer.
M. Frederix is author of the
study of contemporary political
France entitled, "Etat des Forces
en France," of "Machines en Asie"
(a study on Soviet influence in
Asia, published in 1934); of sev­eral
novels published by "La Re­vue
Francaise." He is now writ-''
ing a book on Spain and for the
purposes of observation, has been
in Spain for several weeks during
the present summer. He has con­tributed
to a number of periodi­cals
and daily papers, particularly
"Europe Novelle" and Le Petit
Parisien."
George Spears To Give Show
At Reed's Room On Monday
George E. Spears holder of the
worlds highest score at straight
billiards will make a personal
appearance at Reeds Billiard
Parlor, November 1, at 4 p. m.
Mr. Spears will play several
exhibition games and will give a
lecture followed by instructions on
some of the finer points of the
game. Besides being a very apt
executionist he is also a specialist
in fancy and trick shots.
All persons interested are in­vited
to attend this exhibition and
lecture for which there will no
charge.
Photo Of Winner
Might Appear
In Glomerata
Sara Smith, first year student
in the school of science and liter­ature
from Union Springs, was
elected Miss Auburn with a plu­rality
vote of 198. Suzelle Hare
held a close second place in the
final count with a total of 187
votes to her credit. The remain­ing
three trailed as Jane Handley
took 140, Jean Bailey 135, and
Johnnie Stansberry 50.
The election was held in the
student Center whereas if it had
been held at some more con-spicuious
spot, there would have
probably been a heavier polling of
votes,, those in charge, of holding
the .election stated. About 900
students cast their votes.
Miss Smith is a popular figure
upon the campus. Though she has
been on the campus for the last
three years, she has not been a full
time student until this year, how­ever,
this situation has caused no
apparent impairing of her popular­ity.
Last year she appeared in the
Beauty Section of the Glomerata.
Though Morris Hall, Editor of the
Glomerata, stated before the elec­tion
that the co-ed elected Miss
Auburn in this particular election
would not necessarily appear as
such in the annual, this paper has
been informed unofficially that
she will occupy that place in the
yearbook.
This election was sponsored and
held by the heads of the Plains­man
and the Glomerata and is
an annual affair with everything
being left in their hands. Though
the Social Committee and Elec­tion
Committee have taken part
in similiar elections in past years,
neither of these two groups have
taken any active part with its ad­ministration
or holding within the
past few years. Those holding the
election were careful to avoid _the
possibility of any fraud entering
into the afafir, and it is quite
certain that the voting and count­ing
was conducted in as fair a
manner as possible.
To be selected "Miss Auburn"
is considered one of the highest
honors, if not the highest, which
a co-ed may attain while in school
here. It is a correct measure of
the girl's popularity with the en­tire
student body and is indicative
of her personality, worthiness, and
beauty.
Auburn-Alabama
Football Urged
The Alabama Kiwanians in a
convention in Tuscaloosa on Oct.
25 and 26, urged the playing of-an
annual football game between Au­burn
and the University of Ala­bama.
Upon bringing the two-day con­vention
to a close the Kiwanians
proposed such an encounter, de­claring,
"it is believed that the
University and Auburn are the
only state schools in the same state
in the United States which do not
meet on the field or sport."
Since Auburn and Alabama have
not played a football game since
1907, the resolution asked that the
authorities of both schools take
steps to arrange such a contest.
Succeeding Leo H. Pou of Mo­bile,
Seybourn H. Lynn of De­catur
was named Alabama district
governor. Those named to the
lieutenant governorship include:
Set Mapes, Tuscumbia; W. D. Self,
Fairfield; Henry C. Meader, Mont­gomery,
and Theodore Jackson,
Dothan.
Although Dothan and Mobile
presented invitations, a 1938 con­vention
city was not chosen.
Nothing seems so unimportant as
money when you have plenty, and,
of course, vice versa.
PAGE TWO .
The Auburn Plainsman
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Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
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Associate Editors: Edwin Godbold, L. E.
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News Editor: J. H. Wheeler.
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Special Writers: Jack Steppe, John Godbold,
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Reporters: Pete Snyder, Mitchell Wadkins, Ed
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Perry.
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Assistant Business Managers: Sam Teague,
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Digest.
Auburn, The Stepchild
The story of the mistreated step-child
is familiar to almost everyone. Out of
sympathy for these children of adversity,
citizens often take action to assist them in
getting a better deal. Yet, from the amount
of action taken to improve conditions
here, it is evident that few people think of
Auburn as a step-child.
Auburn is indeed a step-child in that it
was once the child of the Methodist church
but now belongs to the state. As for mis­treatment,
the poverty of the school is
obvious to even the casual visitor. Numer­ous
high schools in the state present better
facilities even though Auburn is supposed
to be a state seat of culture and higher
learning.
Tradition forbids the razing of the his­toric
halls and the erection of new ones in
their places, but no rule restricts the im­provement
and modernization of their in­teriors.
The draughty class rooms with
their drab woodwork are ill-heated by an
insufficient number of leaky, ancient rad­iators.
The wooodcarvings that once were
desks are too rough to write on. There is
an almost complete absence of fire escapes
and narrow stairways are congested with
students between class periods.
Perhaps tradition prohibits any change
in the appearance of the campus, but sure­ly
the construction of concrete walkways
would not mar its beauty. At present, side­walks
end where the campus begins and the
sand paths become soft after even a slight
rain. Poor drainage causes water to flood
the walks during a heavy rain and stu­dents
are forced to make long detours or
get their feet wet.
Due to the limited number of faculty
members, students are crowded into classes
and much of the personal contact with prof­essors
is lost. The small number of build­ings
prohibits the centralization of each
school in a separate building. Classes are
placed at random in any building where a
vacant room is available. Library and lab­oratory
facilities are too limited-for group
demands.
The demand for student housing facil­ities
forces the utilization of every avail­able
room in town. Rooms in the historic
old homes were not built for comfortable
student quarters and many of them now in
use are not suitable for that purpose. Stu­dents
can hardly be expected to attain a
high degree of culture and education when
even their quarters are uncomfortable.
Lack of athletic equipment restricts
major sports and almost prohibits minor
sports. Independent activity in sports on
the part of students who desire recreation
is limited for the same reason. The dress­ing
room for varsity athletes is a sort of
wooden shanty added to the gymnasium-
The best seats offered spectators at local
events are shaky bleachers and the playing
fields are in poor condition.
Campus organizations, some of which
are supported by student subscription, are
limited in their activities and movements
because the authorities cannot provide for
them. Students desiring to enter forensic,
musical, dramatic, journalistic, and other
cultural activities are at a loss to do so be­cause
their organizations are handicapped.
The step-child is outgrowing its old
clothes. Every year numbers of students
are turned away because the already over­taxed
college facilities will not allow their
entrance. Auburn could be a large and
powerful center, but such is impossible
under the present conditions. If the thing
the college needs most of all can be sum­med
up in one word, it is . . . . MONEY.
Those Candid Cameras
It is no uncommon sight to see a man
on every corner with a camera slung about
his shoulder. These men belong to the new­ly
organized Camera Club, and they are
out to perpetuate the purpose of their club.
That is, it is their desire to catch as many
of the scenes which are worthy of record­ing
in picture form as possible.
There has been a definite trend within
the last few years for all types of publica­tions
to include more and better pictures
with their editorial material. A few maga­zines
have come out in the last two years
exploiting this idea in its most literal form.
They are made up almost exclusively of
pictures. There is hardly any need to men­tion
the vast amount of success that has
been ascertained by these publications. The
publisher' of Life report that they have
been able to supply a sufficient number of
issues for the demand for but only three
cities in the United States.
This club was organized entirely upon
the initiative of those students who are
taking a vital' interest in amateur photog­raphy.
In short, it was organized to facili­tate
the efforts of these candid camera en­thusiasts.
Through their own efforts, a
dark room and other necessary equipment
has been secured for the members.
This all should serve to warn the students
that they should become camera conscious
so that they will be ready to present a be­coming
appearance when one of these can­did
camera men tracks them down for a
rare find in pose or action.
Listen To Speaker
With the coming of Monsieur Frederix
to Auburn next week on a lecture engage­ment
Auburn students will have an ex­cellent
opportunity for hearing a cultured,
well-educated speaker.
Mr. Frederix is acquainted by experi­ence
and education with the European
situation and should be able to give stu­dents
the inside of the struggle in Spain
and other pressing European problems.
Here, as probably every where, it is dif­ficult
to draw a large crowd for a lecturer.
For some reason students just will not go.
It is a pity that the interest of most stu­dents
in the news and happenings of the
day rises no higher than a seining of the
comic section and the sports page.
We think that it would be an excellent
idea for Auburn students to spend a little
more time next week listening to this
speaker. It would tend to jolt them out
of the rut of local afafirs and football,
which at present is about all that they pay
any attention to.
Its The Attitude
It's all a matter of what attitude one
employs that qualifies the manner which
the "Moon River Program" is enjoyed. A
large number of the listeners take the at­titude
of allowing it to facilitate the com­ing
on of a deep sleep. Still there are oth­ers,
but a very minor number, listen to the
readings and the music, allowing it to in­duce
a short period of creative or remini­scent
thinking.
This little admonition is not directed to
the school supporting faction alone. But
there are the matters which are of an
interest to the curricular and extra-cur­ricular
activities with which every stu­dent
should be vitally interested, they slip
by a majority of the students unnoticed.
It's just something of a case of letting the
sweet music of the grinding of action in­duce
a spirit of somonolence, with no pre­scribed
antidote on hand to bring the lag-gers
out of the stupor.
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
PLAINSMAN FORUM
Editor,
The Auburn Plainsman,
Dear Sir:
After reading (with considerable resent­ment,
I assure you,) the letter published in the
last issue of our extremely good newspaper,
I have concluded that the writer, pseudony-med
"Disgusted" needs a thorough course in
the fundamentals of reading—or anyhow a
• course in comprehension of reading matter.
Perhaps I could draw or insert some pictures
for his benefit, so he could better grasp what
I was driving at in my letter to the Forum
(just preceeding) to which he attempted a
reply.
I was not griping about the slang. I'm all
for it—it's wonderful; it fascinates me. What
I am lamenting was the fact that it was all
new to me. As for the "sandy wastes" of
Florida and the having a isolated homestead
as a domicile^ may I say, Mr. Disgusted, that
it is my guess that you have never had the
extreme and unsurpassable privilege and
pleasure of being in that Paradise on the Gulf
of Mexico (population approximately, 100,000
and where if the sun fails to shine during the
day one receives a free newspaper, only three
having been given away a year).
It is the playground of the world and the
culture is so far advanced that slang terms
such as "binge" and "bender" are considered
atrocities and such butchering of the English
language are not deemed worthy of using by
the sophisticated citizens of my home city.
And another thing, I am not a "lad". I wear
skirts! Let's bury the hatchet.
As ever,
"Fruitcake"
You and Who?
By THE DIRTY TWO
Mickey, what in the H !* !*! were you do- -
ing in the College Inn all night the other night?
And who was the little job with you?
"I've got everything I want on this cam­pus,"
said Little Nell when questioned con­cerning
an article published last week.
Carolyn, are you ready to admit that the
worm does turn once in a while? I'd be asham-to
roll "Oh Boy" for his fame as the bare-foot
" ed! Do you want Little Turner back?
Mr. James "Al Smith" Buntin is sure caus­ing
a rout among the "Gentle Sex" with his
new derby. Buntin, did you get that at a fire
sale in Chicago? ? ?
The tears sure did fall at the show Tuesday.
Shame on these very emotional people.
"I've got a new romance," says Kate. We
wonder if it could possibly be with Mr. Bruce
McGehee? ? ? ?
How do you do it Carson? Carry your dates
to the drafting room with you while you are
working? Maybe it is because you are the
"Lady with the light brown hair and the baby
blue eyes."
In spite of all rumors and remarks to the
contrary 'we believe that De Witt Yost and
Ann Griffin really are "true loving." The best
of luck to you both.
What is getting wrong with this school ? ? ?
Three people were seen studying last week
end ! ! ! ! !
The little picture girl—(at the hotel)—sure
has the system for selling pictures—give the
boys a date and they order at once ! What
about it Pollard and Palumbo ? ? ?
Whoever is elected Miss Auburn is undoubt-ably
of the notorious wearers of "The Red
Flannel Drawers."
Orchids to the little Rat who has "not yet
learned the ways of this cruel world.
We hear that Caroline Mayberry tried to
pull a fast one on a certain Rat named Turner,
but said rat caught on and dropped Caroline
before she dropped him. Now we are wonder­ing
how long it will be before Caroline will be
trying to get her Turner back—and he won't
be there. The worm has turned at last, Caro­line.
/
And our own Buntin returns from the
game with a derby—doggoned becoming too!
Society note: Clifford Webb and the Mrs.
(Mary Ella Jack) paid a visit to the Plains.
- Voice of the Students
Editor,
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Since when are the rats supposed to have
all the pep meeting? Are those imbecile per­sons,
who proudly swell out their mediocre
chests and say, "I am an upper classman, too
good to get that famous Auburn spirit and give
one long and lusty "War Eagle?"
To someot these rattle-brained individuals
the contents of a bottle is more important
than cheering those great Auburn Tigers on
to victory. To them, the plea of our cheer
leaders for a rousing yell is but a signal to
take another. Why is it that they seem to
want to shift the shoulders of the ever willing
freshmen all the responsibility of cheering
and yelling for these great gridiron heroes.
The rats are willing, and yes, proud, to sup­port
such a great team, but I for one think
that they should have more help from our
supposedly betters.
Signed
A disgusted rat
Talk About The Town
by JACK STEPPE
That eminent lexiographer, Mr. Webster,
gives no definition in his worthy book of the
word "fruitcake," but one of our six readers
has enlightened us to the fact that it is a well
baked mixture of dough, fruits and nuts. So
far so good but in getting down to cases he
added that the Plainsman's "Fruitcake"* is
much the same only minus the fruit and dough
and not quite as well baked. If your addition
and substraction are up to snuff you will prob­ably
get the idea, if not we hope you don't
bother us about it. And merely to keep the
record straight we would like to add that the
"binge" we were on was merely an indulgence
of our inherent laziness aided by "Fruitcake's"
desire to write a column just one time. Our
old pal of another day, Gum, would undoubt­edly
wax loquacious about our strawberry
thatched cohort, but somehow we don't quite
feel equal to the task. She-for tis one of the
fairer sex merely makes us wonder if per­haps
Barnum wasn't right.
Today Miss Auburn will be elected and
tomorrow there will be 998 1-2 versions of
how the ballot box was stuffed, or the vote
counters bribed or some such rot. All of which
may or may not be so but in any case con­gratulations
to the winner—and may she wear
her crown lightly. ! *
Nomination—Being OVin Tucker's band to
play at the mid-term dances. Maybe not so
well known but an up and coming aggrega­tion—
and if the Bailey sisters look as well as
they sound we would have something—but
definitely.
And for the edification of they who would
accuse us of robbery we would like to say that
we don't get paid for this tripe. Which just
goes to prove that you never get something
for nothing.
Today's Colliers holds a review of the
"coming-at-ypu" views of the new automo­biles.
And from the looks of some of them we
might expect any day to read of some in­ebriate
mistaking one for a dragon and at­tempting
the St. George act—minus the sword.
Question (contributed): I would much like
to know why the slowest gals get home the
fastest and the fastest gals get home the slow­est?
Why ? ? ? ?
As an added attraction to the "Miss Au­burn"
election the Ed has undertaken the
dubious task of determing whether there are
any stary opinions floating around. The ques­tions
being pondered are pertinent but like
many other things brought up we wonder
if the poll will mean any action, or inaction,
depending on what the outcome might be. But
be us glad that we are not being put to the
test as was Gum last year, for indeed, in
comparison his forty six would look like the
French war debt. ,
Going—Auburn—to Houston to prove to
Rice that while they may be able to handle
cows, mustangs or steers, Tigers are another
matter. "Fruitcake" to . (Name your
own ticket). Ye Ed—nuts—trying to fill up
this rag twice a week. We—to school to see
perchance we might pass a quiz or two.
Finis—in other words we is went.
Ultra Flash: A certain tall Sigma Chi pinned
a certain Huntingdonite right under a certain
short Pi Kappa Phi's nose. Looks like he was
short in more ways than one.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 193'
News and Views
BY L. E. FOSTER
THIS WEEK: TAIL-TWISTING
MONTEVALLO COMES TO THI
FARM; U. S. STEEL PAYS; THI
AUTHORS; ALABAMA PAYS UP
STILL A COW COLLEGE.
With the Japanese steadily gaining in th<
Shanghai struggle, they are apparently tak­ing
time out to indulge in the age-old custon
of tying knots in the tail of the British lion
Several weeks ago the British ambassador was
shot and seriously wounded by a Japanese
airplane. The Japanese were slow and indif­ferent
about apologizing. Last Sunday a Rising
Sun -plane machine-gunned British troops
killing one soldier. This time the Japanese
Foreign Minister was somewhat quicker anc
more condescending in his apology. Tuesday
another British outpost was^ attacked by an­other
Jap plane.
One wonders if all these "incidents" are
accidental or if there is some motive behind
them:' If so what could it be? What can Japan
stand to gain by shooting British troops? Brit-ian
has been very patient with the irritating
Japanese; its patience will be exhausted one
of these days. One can only wonder and await
developments.
When the bull takes a professor in his
teeth—that's news. When a Montevallo busi­ness
concern advertises in The Auburn Plains­man—
that's a i sensation. If you will consult
your last Wednesday's paper you will find
that one of the ads was that of a Montevallo
service station. Apparently a large number
of Auburnites are keeping the road warm to
The College, or else Pruit is a supper sales­man.
For the first time in over five years United
States Steel, America's greatest financial and
industrial structure, has paid a common stock
dividend. In addition it has announced broad
changes in the management personnel. Thirty-eight
year old Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., whose
meteoric executive rise has been one of the
miracles of modern business, will take over
the chairmanship of U. S. Steel. Of interest
to Alabamians is the fact that J. L. Perry, re­cent
president of T. C. I. is fo become presi­dent
of Carnegie-Illinois Steel.
The changes in the great corporation do not
indicate that there is dissatisfaction, for the
retirement of present-chairman Myron Tay­lor
has been long expected. Taylor emerged
from retirement to lead U. S. Steel through
some of the most trying years of its existence.
If any man in America is capable of filling
his shoes, that man is Edward Stettinius, the
new chairman.
On Wednesdays the editor of the Plainsman
has never quite recovered from the last Sat­urday's
football game. On Friday they are al­ways
in a playful mood. Consequently usually
it's a "toss-up as to whose name will be put
at the head of this column. Just to straighten
you readers out, one L. E. Foster is to blame
for what appears in the Wednesday editions
of the paper under the title of "News and
Views." The author may be held legally liable
for whatever appears on Fridays under the
same title.
For the first time since Alabama's new
budget law went into effect in 1932 the edu­cational
institutions of the state have received
their appropriations in full. A technicality
held up final payment for a time, but the
slightly over one million dollars was finally
released Tuesday. With Alabama's great in­crease
in revenue it is only fair that education
be paid in full. With its full quota for the
first time in many years, Auburn may find it
possible to make much-needed improvements
and expansion. However, the appropriation
itself should be much larger to insure the most
eflicient operation of A. P. I.
Years ago A. P. I. was known as a "Cow
college." In some ways it still deserves that
satirical title. The most "cow college" of all
is the attitude of the students toward the ac­tivities
which they should take advantage
of and do not. A few weeks ago an eminent
speaker was brought here by the Y. M. C. A.
to speak on interracial problems. A handful
of students attended. Last week one of the
South's foremost authorities on Southern
problems spoke at Langdon Hall. Again a
handful of students were present. Next week
an internationally-known authority on world
problems will speak here three times.. If he
is at all like the gentleman who performed
the same task last year, he will be excellent.
Nevertheless, it is safe to say that only a hand­ful
of students will be present. Until Auburn
students drop their present attitude of in­difference
toward the problems of today that
are their problems of tomorrow, A. P. I.
will remain in one respect at least a "cow
college."
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1937.
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
SPORTS
BILL TROUP, Editor
CONTRIBUTORS
L. E. Foster
Roy Powell
Huey Ford
J. B. Thomas
Hioh School Will
Meet Traditional
Rival Tonight
The local high school football
aggregation will encounter Opelika
tonight in the traditional game
of the year for the two schools.
Due to the intense rivalry every
one of the 1200 seats in Moore
Stadium are expected to be filled
when the opening whistle is heard
at 7:30 tonight.
The "Baby Tigers,'.' led by Cap­tain
Bob Smyer, will probably
enter the game as the favorites
due to their impressive- record
this season. Columbus High won
over the locals, 18 to 13, for the
only black mark chalked up a-gainst
the otherwise clean record.
Troy, Five Points, Tuskegee and
Langdale have been defeated by
the locals.
Auburn defeated Opelika three
years aeo, and since then the
Bulldogs have won the hard fought
games. Auburn seems to have a
better chance of winning over the
Opelika team this year than in
the last few years, but due to
the intense and heated rivalry,
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North College
Auburn Favored By
Dope On Texan
Struggle
Auburn will be a slight favorite
over the Rice Owls when they
meet in Houston tomorrow. Rice
has played fine ball all season and
has displayed a well balanced
attack with speed and power, but
the runaway scores made by the
Tigers in games with Georgia
Tech and Mississippi State have
forced betting odds to favor the
Plainsmen.
In meeting Rice Institute the
Tigers will meet a team that
plays much the same type of foot­ball
that we do. They use a vari­ation
of the Notre Dame system,
with the single-wingback running
formation. Rice plays straight
orthodox ball, and her offense and
defense are essentially like Au­burn's.
The Owls do not use a shift, the
men go straight from the Ruddle
to their positions and signals are
called. They use both a balanced
and an unbalanced line, using
them inter-changeablyi and do
some passing and running from
a short punt formation.
As to weight, Rice will out­weigh
Auburn. The Rice line av­erages
about three pounds per
man heavier than that of Auburn
and the backfield, about 15 pounds.
The Owls have an unusually heavy
backfield, with the lightest man
weighing 180 pounds.
This game in Houston will be
"coming home" for Coaches Jack
Meagher and Dell Morgan, as
they were both coaches at Rice
previous to their coming to Au­burn.
Both hold Rice high in their
estimation as a school and as a
football team.
Snorts Chatter
By BILL TROUP
Capable Substitute Center
anything may happen. Always
hard fought, and a battle to the
last whistle, the annual game be­tween
the two closely situated
schools is one of the best in this
section of the state.
Always leave them smiling when
you say goodbye.
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Auburn opened many experts'
eyes last week in the thorough
manner in which they subdued
Georgia Tech, and as a result, the
Tigers jumped from twentieth
place in the Associated Press poll
this week . . . Some say that Au­burn
will rate the first ten if they
defeat Rice tomorrow, but I am
inclined to believe that they will
not rate the first ten in the opin­ion
of many experts, even if the
"Fighting Tigers" go through their
schedule undefeated . . . Somehow
they cannot believe that Auburn
is a great team and, as a result,
never receive too high a rating by
the experts, except by William­son
who rates Auburn in a fair
manner . . . It seems to this cor­respondent
that what Auburn
needs is a little nation-wide pub­licity
to awaken in many a-mind
what a real lot these Plainsmen
are . . .
Lowel Spurgeon, Illinois half­back
and captain, has an appoint­ment
to West Point for next year
which he intends to keep . . . He
is a junior . . . Landon High school
of Jacksonville, Fla., and Lees-burg
of Leesburg, Fla., played a
regulation footbal game two weeks
ago without making a punt . . .
Landon won, 21 to 20 . . . . The
first three times Landon had the
ball it scored touchdowns and the
first three times Leesburg had the
ball it, too, scored three touch­downs
. . . Dutch Heath, Auburn
fullback, and Rex McKissick, end,
are two of the most improved
players on the Auburn squad . . .
This football forecasting is a
dangerous business but we'll try
our luck again this week . . . So
far to date we have 43 victories,
13 loses and 8 ties . . . Here goes:
Alabama over Kentucky; Texas
A. & M. over Arkansas; Baylor
over T. C. U.; Ohio State over
Chicago; Cornell over Columbia;
Villanova over Detroit; Manhattan
over Georgetown; Vanderbilt over
Georgia Tech; Michigan over Illi­nois;
Missouri over Iowa State;
Oklahoma over Kansas State; L.
S. U. over Loyola (N. C ) ; Santa
Clara over Marquette; Maryland
over Florida; Michigan State over
Kansas; Minnesota over Notre
Dame; Nebraska over Indiana;
Fordham over North Carolina; Na­vy
over Penn.; Pitt over Carnegie
Tech; Harvard over Princeton;
Purdue over Iowa; Auburn over
Rice; Texas over S. M. U.; Ten­nessee
over Georgia; Tulane over
Mississippi; Army over V. M. I.;
California over U. C. L. A.; Wash­ington
over Idaho; Duke over W.
& L.; Northwestern over Wisconsin
and Yale over Dartmouth.
Fenton Is Seventh
In List Of SEC
Point Scorers
"Debonair" Jim Fenton, Tiger
right halfback, moved into sev­enth
place among the Southeast­ern
Conference scorers Saturday
when he made two touchdowns
and kicked three extra points.
Having scored a total of 23
points, Fenton is only one point
below Tulane's ace back, Payne,
who has tallied four times in as
many games.
At the top of the scoring heap
is "Twenty Grand" Bob Davis,
of Kentucky. Davis broke away
for a 67-yard run against Man­hattan
Saturday and boosted his
scoring thermometer to 36 points.
Carrying on the tradition estab­lished
by men like Johnny Cain,
Millard Howell and Joe Riley,
Alabama's Joe Kilgrow is second
ranking scorer in the conference,
with a total of 33 points. He made
his fourth touchdown against
George Washington and kicked an
extra point, which was his ninth
this year.
Though not listed among the
high scorers, Ralph Sivell, Tiger
guard, is the highest ranking lines­man
in conference scoring, having
made touchdowns in the Missis­sippi
State and Georgia Tech
games. He has made 12 points
and says he is out for more.
The ten highest scorers in the
Southeastern Conference are:
TD PAT TP
Davis, Kentucky 6 0 36
Kilgrow, Alabama 4 9 33
Konemann, Ga. T. 5 1 31
Cate, Georgia 5 0 30
Sims, Ga. T. 3 8 26
Payne, Tulane 4 0 24
Fenton, Auburn 3 5 23
Mullins, Fla. 3 3 21
Steadman, M. State 3 3 21
Duncan, Tenn. 3 2 20
MALVERN MORGAN
Alabama Polytech—Auburn
Gifted Sophomore End
STANCIL WHATLEY
Alabama Polytech—Auburn
Variety Of Bird, Animal Names Are Used
To Represent Football Teams Of Nation
By JOHN B. THOMAS
Investigation of the list of col­lege
nicknames applied to athletic
teams shows a variety that in­cludes
practically all members of
the animal and bird kingdoms.
There are also names lifted from
ancient history, from trades and
professions, and—well, name your
division and at least one represen­tative
can be found. ,
Perhaps it might be said that
Auburn is not at all original, but
at least the name "Tiger" is pop­ular.
It heads the list, for 22 col­leges
have adopted the tiger as
their mascot. This refers to only
the plain old man eating tiger, and
does not include the odd species
known as Golden Tigers, Black
Tigers and spotted Tigers.
It is generally known that a
Yale athlete is a Bulldog, but
it is less common knowledge that
Georgia picked up the name after
the Elis had introduced football
to them in a big" way. Bulldogs
are almost as well liked as tigers,
for 21 colleges favor them. Wild­cats
hold down third place with
14.
In spite of Pittsburgh's many
Rose Bowl invitation, she has so
far succeeded in selling her be­lief
in the Panther to only nine
schools. That places the big treach­erous
cat fourth in popularity.
While just plain bears trail
somewhat, bruin boasts the great­est
conglomeration of offspring.
Seven schools have adopted these
offspring, and each has a differ­ent
way of describing its mascot.
There are the Golden Bears of
California, roaring plenty strong
now as they get the rose scent;
the Polar Bears of Bowdom; the
plain Bruins of U. C. LA.; the
native Grizzlies of Montana;
Brown University's Brown Bears,
and Maine's Black Bears.
The violence of nature has
been appealed to by a flock of
colleges who disdain members of
the animal kingdom. Two institu­tions
are represented by the Cy­clones,
one by the Hurricanes, and
a third by the Tornadoes. And be­lieve
it or not, even these ele-
Auburn Is Fourth
Team In Nation
By Rating
California's 20 to" 6 victory over
Southern California places it at
the top of the nation's leading 10
games in the Williamson rating
system with a rating of 99.7 per
cent, with the Vanderbilt Com­modores'
7 to 6 defeat of the pre­vious
week's leading L. S. U elev­en
earning them a rating of 97
for second place. Pitt came back
with a scoring punch to beat strong
Wisconsin, 21 to 0, and earned third
position at 96.7, alter playing
Fordham to a scoreless tie the
previous week-end.
Auburn advanced frpm fifth
place to fourth by exhibiting con­tinued
scoring strength in beat­ing
Georgia Tech, 21 to 0, and
earned a rating of .96.6 per cent.
This victory was the more im­pressive
considering Tech's close
20 to 19 loss to powerful Duke
the previous week.
The first twenty-five ranked
teams follows: 1. California, 2.
Vanderbilt, 3. Pitt, 4. Auburn, 5.
North Carolina, 6. Villanova, 7.
Alabama, 8. Duke, 9. Baylor, 10.
Yale, 11. Dartmouth, 12. L. S. U.,
13. Arkansas, 14. Nebraska, 15.
Minnesota, 16. Texas A. & M., 17.
Indiana, 18. Duquesne, 19. Ford­ham,
20. Tennessee, 21. Notre
Dame, 22. Army, 23. Navy, 24.
Stanford, 25. Southern California.
In the Associated Press poll, Cal­ifornia
remained the nation's No.
1 choice for the second successive
week. The feeling is now produced
that the Golden Bears are moving
rapidly toward Pacific Coast hon­ors,
including the Rose Bowl nom­ination.
The Auburn Tigers' wrecking
crew jumped from a tie for
twentieth to twelfth place in this
poll and seems likely to crash
the first ten at the pace it has
been traveling for the last two
weeks.
The first twenty in the AP poll
follows: 1. California, 2. Pitt, 3.
Alabama, 4. Minnesota, 5. Yale,
6..Baylor, 7. Vanderbilt, 8. Ohio
State, 9. Dartmouth, 10. Ford­ham,
11. Nebraska, 12. Auburn,
13. Duke, 14. Santa Clara, 15.
North Carolina, 16. Villanova 17.
L. S. U., 18 and 19. Holy Cross
and Detroit, 20. Arkansas.
OPELIKA KIWANIANS
HEAR TIGER COACHES
Coaches Ralph Jordan and Jim-mie
Hitchcock were guests of the
Opelika Kiwanis Club at a lun­cheon
last Wednesday.
Talks were made by both
Coach Hitchcock and Coach Jor­dan.
Coach Jordan told of hum­orous
experiences in scouting oth­er
teams for Auburn.
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mental forces have been graced
with color. There are the Golden
Tornadoes, the Purple Hurricanes,
the Golden Hurricanes, and the
Crimson Tornadoes.
Even the waters of the mighty
deep have been drawn upon in
this queer search for titles. Ala­bama's
Crimson Tide, and' Tu­lane's
Green Wave, are familiar
and fearful names in the South.
Perhaps as the result of a more
advanced civilization, and per­haps
simply to appear informed,
some schools in recent years have
reorganized the fact that insects
can be be more dangerous than
even these kings of beasts and
deadly winds. We have the Yel­low
Jackets and the Wasps, while
Oklahoma City Univjersity has
gone literary on us and adopted
Poe's immortal Gold Bug as its
mascot.
The bird family is also well
represented. Eight teams claim
to be Eagles, six Cardinals, two
each are Blue Jays, and Owls, and
one is satisfied to be known as the
Ducks.
In contrast to the various mem­bers
of the Southeastern Confer­ence,
Auburn included, that stick
to the good old reliable tiger,
many institutions seem to have
gone out of their way to be dif­ferent.
These colleges are repre­sented
by their Bullets, Gettys­burg,
Zippers, Akron, Moccosins,
Chattanooga, as well as the Sen­ators,
Colonels, Presidents. Cor­porals,
Commodores, Cowboys,
Warriors, Lumberjacks, Miners,
Flyers, Boilermakers, Cornhusk-ers,
and Moundbuilders.
Probably Robert Ripley was
called upon when Canisius selected
the name Griffin. A little research
in ancient mythology discloses that
the griffin was the name of an
avaricious creature with four legs,
two wings, and a beak. The fore­part
of the beast resembled an
eagle, while the hindpart was that
of a lion. Indeed, this takes the
prize for being the strangest mas­cot.
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1937
Gulping Goldfish
At Gazes' Grille
Gather Gazers
By JOAN METZGER
Gulping rhythmically, 60 con­tented
gold fish dawdle beneath
the neon sign of "Sea Food",
along the east side of College
Street. Lucas Gazes, proprietor
of the smart Auburn Grille, jok­ingly
proclaims, "You see, we
raise our own fish."
At any hour of the day some of
Auburn's best noses may be seen
pressed against the Grille window,
either in excited little groups
pointing at "this one" or "that
one," or as lone stragglers lost in
reverie under the spell of the
placid fish.
White and black faces alike
gape open-mouthed at the aquatic
siderites, who in turn stare back
with impudent inquisitiveness. Lit­tle
children are lifted up to gaze
into the blue tiled pool. College
professors have been seen to dip
fingers experimentally and smile
when the fish, tame from constant
attention, swarm expectantly
around nibbling for food.
Yes, there is no doubt about
it. The gold fish in the Auburn
Grille make one of the most in­teresting
window displays in Au­burn,
and detract hundreds of
window shoppers each day.
Since the Auburn Grille adver­tises
sea foods as a specialty, the
gold fish act as a substitute for the
traditional sea food displays of
redfish, lobsters or flounders.
Whether or not they are a good
advertisement for sea foods, they
attract attention. The collection
consists of the plain gold and
black varieties and a few black
"popeyes" collected from Birming­ham,
Montgomery and Columbus.
Tennis Matches
Begin Tuesday
According to Professor E. B.
Smith, director of intra-mural
sports, pairings for the all-campus
doubles tennis tournament have
been made and the first round of
matches will be played Tuesday
and Wednesday, November 3 and
4.
Tue,sday, Nov. 2—Cagle and
Campbell vs. M. Morris and H.
Strong; H. Jolly and B. McGehee
vs. M. Hollis and B. Holis; J. Huff
and C. Hillers vs. R. Young and
P. Robbins.
Wednesday, Nov. 3—M. Pitts and
J. Loeb vs. F. Kabose and N. Ta-bia;
B. Rottenburry and H. Chap­man
vs. M. Vines and A. Kyzer.
The teams drawing byes in the
round are: K. Clements and J.
Stratford, J. Mantel and W. Man­tel,
and James Wade and C. Mot­ley.
The contestants are urged by
Professor Smith to play their
matches on the above dates and
to turn in the results as soon as
possible in order to get the sec­ond
round finished by Nov. 7.
Opelika
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Buck Jones in
"RANGE FEUD"
Cartoon — Serial
OWL SHOW 10 P. M.
SUNDAY, OCT 31
'Stella Dallas'
MONDAY, NOV. 1
"Prisoner of
Zenda"
A MARTIN THEATRE
Colman Stars At
Opelika Theatre
Ronald Colman, who plays the
dual role of King Rudolph and
Rudolph Rassendyll in "The Pri­soner
of Zenda," showing Monday
at the Opelika Theatre, is a firm
adherent to the belief that the
greatest blessings often come in
deep disguise.
In the adverse circumstances of
1920, when general unemployment
had crippled English theatres, Col­man,
a moderately-known actor,
decided to seek greener fields. On­ly
two years before he had must­ered
out of the London Scottish
regiment of the British army, and
had hung up forever his gilded-war-
time uniform.
It wasn't easy for the young
actor in New York. His original
"poke" of $57 was dangerously
diminished before he landed his
first job, supporting Robert War­wick
in "The Dauntless Three."
The show's run was brief, but it
served Colman's purpose by mak­ing
his presence known to others
of the stage. George Arliss sign­ed
him for "The Green Goddess,"
and Colman's career, although he
hardly realized it at the time, was
an assured success.
In 1922, while appearing in "La
Tendresse" with Ruth Chatter ton
and Henry Miller, Colman was
drafted by the screen. He was of­fered
the leading male role in
"The White Sister," which starred
Lillian Gish. Colman signed his
way into a new and' greater phase
of his acting career, for "The
White Sister," and "Romola,"
which followed, firmly established
him as a star.
..^
Jack Loeb Scores
Top In Frosh Test
The registrar's office announced
today the results of the psychologi­cal
examinations taken by all
freshmen at the opening of the
school year.
The highest score 312 was made
by Jack Loeb of Montgomery who
is enrolled in Electrical Engineer­ing.
He is a graduate of Sidney
Lanier High School.
Second highest score 306 was
made by Warren G. Darty who is
from Lake Wales Fla., where he
graduated from Lake Wales High.
He is enrolled . in Aeronautical
Administration.
In the third place with a score
of 300 was Frank P„ Samford
from Birmingham, a graduate of
Ramsey Tech High School. He is
taking Business Administration
and is a pledge of of the A. T. O.
fraternity.
Robert P. Davison of Opelika
nailed down fourth place with a
total of 284. He is a graduate of
Opelika High School and a pledge
of S. A. E. fraternity. .
With a score of 263 Thomas
Rogers of Birmingham took fifth
position. He is a graduate of En-sley
High and is taking Electrical
Engineering.
George Morrison a Sigma Nu
pledge from Birmingham is a
graduate of Ensley High. He was
in sixth place with a total of 262.
In seventh place was C. H. Mc­Gehee
of Troy, with a score of
257; eigth, a tie between Donald
Clark of Albertville- and Wilbur
Davenport, both with a score of
256; ninth, J. S. Arnett, of Charles­ton,
W. Va., with 255; tenth a tie
between W. L. Hughes and R. T.
Barnett both of Montgomery with
254.
None of this year's scores were
up to the mark set last year by
Francis H. Gerhardt of Mobile
who scored 317, one of the highest
scores ever made at Auburn.
Tiger Theatre To Present
oame On Stage Saturday
The Tiger Theatre will pre­sent
a new type of Football Mati­nee
Saturday when Auburn plays
Rice at Houston, Texas. There
will be a play by play discription
direct from the playing field with
the plays shown on the minatutfe
field on the stage.
On the screen there will be
live short subjects consisting of
sport reels, screen songs, novel­ties
and cartoons. The Tiger The­atre
has been able to secure for
this matinee the famous trick play
diat Vandy pulled on L. S. U.
last Saturday.
Tho' days be dark and trade be
tough, it's always well to make a
bluff; so face the world with cheer­ful
eye, as tho' the goose were
hanging high.
Rice Game
(Continued Front Page One)
played offensively against the
thirds.
The seconds also came in for as
much attention as the firsts. Coach
Meagher, hopes to have them in
pretty good shape for the tiff
with Rice in order that the start­ers
will not have to set such a
terrific pace. On the second club
were Harrison and Whatley, ends;
Wolff and-Nichols, tackles; Burns
and Howell, guards; Morgan, cen­ter;
Smith quarterback; Kenmore
and Mims halfbacks and Hayns-worth.
Held out of the round of skull-cracking
were Billy Hitchcock and
Ralph O'Gwynne halfbacks, and
fullback Pelham Sitz. None is ma­jor
casualty and they were held
out of the scrimmage mostly as
a precautionary measures, all three
being expected to see action a-j
gainst Rice. This fleet O'Gwynne
I is the king-pin of the-second teams'
] attack.
1 Speck Kelly came through with
such sparkling exhibition in his
team's. last two tilts that it is
going to be hard to remove him
off the first eleven, especially if
he continues trotting like he did
against both the Maroon's and
Yellow Jackets. He has stood out
on both offense and defense and
his presence on the first team has
seemed to fire up the club as a
unit.
0
NOTICE
The semi-monthly meeting of
the Branch School for members
of the Officers Reserve Corps liv­ing
in Auburn and vicinity will
be held at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday,
November 2; in the Engineer Class
Room in the basement of Samford
Hall. All are urged to be present.
Y. M. C. A. Officers
Will Speak Here
Addresses by two prominent Y.
M. C. A. officials will be deliver­ed
before college students here
during the month of November
under the auspices of the Auburn
Y. M. C. A. Chapter, acocrding
to Clyde W. Jones, Daleville, local
chapter president.
The speakers will be Charles
Gray, secretary of the Birming­ham
Y. M. C. A. and William Mc-
Kee, student Y. M. C. A. secre­tary
for the southern states. Mr.
Gray will lecture in Auburn on
November 14 and 15 and Mr. Mc-
Kee on November 22 and 23. Ad­dresses
by both speakers will be
delivered in Langdon Hall.
In addition to bringing dis­tinguished
outside speakers to the
campus each month the Y. M. C.
A. is sponsoring a number of pro­jects
this year. In December a large
Christmas party will be sponsored
in conjunction with the Auburn
Y. W. C. A. and the Y chapter
will assist with the State Hi-Y
Conference to be held here from
December 31 to January 2. In the
spring the Y will conduct a "Go
to Church Month" for Auburn
fraternities.
A loving cup will be presented
by the Y this year to the winner
in the Freshmen tennis tournament
and to the first-year student who
renders the most outstanding ser­vice
to the Chapter during the
session. An elaborate installation
banquet for the new officers will
climax the year's activities late
next spring.
Pitchblende is an ore from which
radium is derived.
Delta Sigma Pi Taps
Fifteen New Men
Delta Sigma Pi tapped 15 busi­ness
students Tuesday night at a
reception given in the Recreation
Hall. Those pledged at this time
were: Rufus Porter, Marshall
Hooper, Carl Mosely, Charles Har­ris,
Jack Land, Brooks Sellers,
Keatley Baker, Carl Happer, Sam
Adams, Julian Fowler, John Hall,
Max Harrison, Cumby Bowen,
Julian Myrick and James Bouanc-haud.
These men were elected to the
International Honorary and Profes
sional Business fraternity, Delta
Sigma Pi, because they have been
outstanding in scholarship and
campus activity in the business
department, and have shown an
interest in the field of business
as a profession.
Dean J. W. Scott was the speak­er
of the evening, and he offered
some practical suggestions to the
new business students, pointing
out that it pays to patronize the
main show rather than the side­shows
of college.
Dean Scott read letters from
employers and brought out the
fact that business firms are look­ing
for men of scholarship and
character rather than men who
have been leaders in extra curric-ular
activities.
Dr. Scott then told how Au-burnj's
department of business
had grown from a two-man staff,
instructing a few dozen students,
to the staff it now has, instruct­ing
the largest number of students
of any department here.
At the conclusion of the main
speech President George Perry
gave a brief history of the local
chapter and announced to the
members that their efficiency rat­ing
for last year was the fourth
highest in the entire fraternity of
Delta Sigma Pi.
Perry extended an invitation
to non-members to attend the
professional meetings of the fra­ternity,
and assured "that - promi­nent
speakers would be obtained
for these meetings.
Refreshments were served by
Misses Mary Eleanor Weatherly
and Doris Green.
Pi Kappa Alpha Initiates Four
New Men Recently
Upsilon chapter of Pi Kappa
Alpha recently held an initiation
for four new men. The following
men were initiated: Ed Taylor,
junior, of Gadsden; Alva Ware,
sophomore, of Toomsboro, Georgia;
Howard Lloyd, junior, of Hurts-boro;
and Elmore Ragan, junior,
of Huntsville.
FOOTBALL
MATINEE
Auburn vs Rice
Play by Play Direct Wire From Houston, Texas
5 SHORT SUBJECTS
Cartoon — Screen Song — Sport Reels AND
VANDY'S TRICK PLAY
ON L. S. U. AS CAUGHT BY THE
MOTION PICTURE CAMERA
Saturday, 2 P. M.
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