1938-02-18 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXI Z-I
AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1938. NUMBER 40.
South Is Frontier Of
LJation, Says Goff
[in Speech
"We of the south produce raw
I materials in abundant quantity,
I snip them elsewhere, and have
I chem returned to us at high prices.
J said Dr. J. H. Golf in the key-
[note statement of an address be-
[fore members and .guests of Delta
I., giua Pi last Tuesday evening.
| Dr. Goff spoke on "The Great
I South" and showed with tangible
lustrations that the south is the
|.real frontier of the nation.
Introduced by Frank Conner,
ice-president of Delta Sigma Pi,
liJr. Goff began his speech by
[distributing and explaining sev-
;ral maps of the southeast show-f
ing spendable income by counties.
Alabama's spendable income was
the lowest in the area. The speak-
| er pointed out that we have a
| better system of inland waterways,
more power, better mineral re-ources
and seaports as good as
-vher states, yet our income is
considerably below that of our
-\djacent neighbors. Georgia and
Mississippi. "It is a hard thing
explain," said Dr. Goff, "I have
ied to break it down from many
. viewpoints, but everything seems
to favor us. It is almost inexplain-able."
Speaking of the south as a
whole, Dr. Goff said that we have
all we need for a sound economy
and our big problem is building
u p our spendable income. He said
that we have been living under an
economy based on the production
of raw materials, and the yield
from raw materials is small as
inpared to that of finished goods.
He said that we have a small
>;rcentage of the nation's indus-
'•ies, whereas we should have
large portion. We have every-hing
we need to make many
:ioods that we do not produce at
nil. We are the greatest consumers
! oilcloth, and it is made from
cotton and vegetable oils taken
from this section, but there is not
a single manufacturer of oilcloth
in the south. The same is true of
wall paper, shaving soap, muni-
• i n s and numerous other con-umers'
goods.
"If we are to progress," says
Dr. Goff, "we must put more peo­ple
in possession of lands. We must
reclaim eroded lands and abused
timber lands, and must have ex­isting
freight barriers removed."
These are the prime reasons why
southern progress has been slow.
- ccording to Dr. Goff.
In conclusion, Dr. Goff said
'The south flings out a wide open
challenge to the young folk of the
country and the great opportuni­ties
of the country now lie in the
outh."
Huntingdon I. R. C.
jroup Meet Here
The Auburn chapter of the In­ternational
Relations Club were
hosts to the Huntingdon Chapter
n Thursday evening. Eleven del­egates
were entertained with sup­er
at the Terrace Tea Room. Im­mediately
following the supper
i-rty a regular club meeting was
held in the Student Center, with
the public invited.
Jean Batigne, club president,
called the meeting to order and
turned the program over to the
president of the Huntingdon chap-ler,
Miss Martha Pettus, who in­troduced
Miss Irene Brinson Mon-oe,
sponsor of the chapter, Dean
L. L. Clifton, and Dr. Helen Tay-
' ( r . Each spoke briefly on world
affairs.
The subject for the evening was
"Neutrality," with talks made on
the following topics: Frances Cobb,
ackground of Neutrality;" Lucy
lj^num, "The Far East Crisis;"
Helen Marsh, "Isolation"; Rose­mary
Parkman, "World Coopera-
•:on."
In addition to the already men-
:oned speakers, the following del-gates
a. so were present: Frances
Sullivan, Jessie Sue Byrnum and
Louise May.
The president of the Hunting­don
chapter extended an invitation
to the Auburn Club to present a
program in Montgomery later in
the spring.
Noted Pianist
During a three-day visit here,
Julian DeGray, talented pianist
and teacher of Bennington Col­lege,
will appear in a concert
and numerous informal confer,
ences with students interested in
music. He has an unusually large
repertoire and will be prepared
to play request number in the
informal conferences.
Speaker On Chinese
Cults Conies Here
James Henry White, noted'stu­dent
of Chinese culture, will speak
in Langdon Hall Tuesday night
on the "Highlights of Chinese Ci­vilization,"
using colored slides
to illustrate his lecture.
On display Tuesday in the Ar­chitecture
Library will be a col­lection
of 60 beautiful "camera
paintings" of Chinese art and ar­chitecture
mounted in hand-carv­ed
frames. These views were se­lected
from 4000 photographs tak­en
by Mr. White and his brother
Herbert Clarence White during 8
years in China and carefully paint­ed
by skillful Chinese artists.
The White brothers enrolled in
the language school at Peking,
China, in 1922. They became in­terested
in the Chinese language
and culture, and especially in the
magnificent art and architecture
of the country and decided to
recreate it through hand-colored
views for the people of the West­ern
world.
"The logical medium with
which to accomplish our aim was
photography," said Herbert C.
White in the June, 1931, issue of
Japan Magazine, "and we began
the fascinating work of building
up a collection of photographic
studies of ours which would por­tray
the glories of China's artis­tic
heritage in a manner hitherto
unknown.
During their eight years among
the Chinese, the Whites organiz­ed
expeditions and made pilgrim­ages
to practically all the great
showplaces. Weeks at a time were
spent roaming about old temples
and fortresses and adding hund­reds
of photo studies to their col­lection.
Students, faculty members, and
townspeople are invited Tuesday
night. There will be no admission
charge.
Auburn Alumni Of Talladega
Entertain With Banquet
The Auburn Alumni of Talla­dega
will entertain with a ban­quet
tonight at 8 p. m. in Talla­dega,
honoring Auburn head coach
Jack Meagher, Porter Grant, Al­umni
Secretary said today.
Coach Meagher will be the
principal speaker using as his
subject "Athletics at Auburn". A
series of short speeches will also
be made by Dr. L. N. Duncan,
Porter Grant, and Maurice Bloch,
president of the Alumni Associa­tion.
Pictures of the Orange Bowl
game and other Auburn football
games will probably be shown.
Accompanying Porter Grant to
Talladega will be Dr. L. N. Duncan,
Coach Meagher and • Maurice
Bloch of Selma who will join
the party for the banquet.
NOTICE
There will be an important
meeting of the swimming team
Monday afternoon at 5:00 at the
Gym. All members are expected
to attend.
Discussion Of World Peace Problems Is
Given By Russian Lecturer Here
BY J. H. WHEELER
Maurice Hindus, journalist and
author, told an audience of Au­burn
people in Langdon Hall Wed­nesday
evening that "when war is
declared between the Facist pow­ers
and France and England, the
United States cannot stay out."
Theme of the speaker's address
was the Russian Revolution, but
much of the talk dealt with possi­ble
causes and results of future
wars.
"If Mussolini and Hitler do not
find a way to solve their internal
troubles, they will go to war," he'
said, "either against France and
England or against Russia."
"Should they attack Russia," he
declared, "they would be finally
exhausted in a long-drawn-out
conflict. Rapid development of
manufacturing has made Russia
too strong for France and Ger­many
to handle."
But if attack were centered on
France and England, the United
States would be drawn in, he con­tinued.
Blood ties and common
literary background between A-mericans
and Englishmen were
given as the forces which would
develop war psychology in this
country- were England attacked.
He spoke of the Facists powers'
desire for expansion and ment­ioned
as possibilities the British
Empire, and the rich agricultural
lands of the Ukraine and Georgia
in Russia.
The new Russian military pow­er
was emphasized. "Russia does
not want war, but she will fight
if not left alone," he said. Already
Russia has the largest standing
army in the world, with 1,300,000
regulars and 10,000,000 reserves.
"The Russian Revolution should
have come a hundred years soon­er"
declared Mr. Hindus.
"Modern machinery has made
revolutions like wars," he explain­ed.
"Had the Russian revolution
come when the Americans and
French had theirs, much of its
brutality could have been avoid­ed."
The speaker, brought to the
campus by the new Auburn En­tertainment
Committee, is a natu­ralized
American citizen, but since
1923 has spent much of his time
in Russia. Most of the talk was
devoted to defects and accomp­lishments
of the Revolution which
is now in its 20th year.
He spoke of the new agriculture
as the outstanding product of the
Revolution. Huge collective farms
run by scientific methods have
removed inefficiencies caused by
the backwardness of the peasants
and are producing substantial
stores of food. "In my opinion,
Russia will not have another fa­mine,"
he said.
Emphasis was placed on the de­velopment
of vast stores of na­tural
resources in the Ural Moun­tains,
along the Amur River in
Siberia, on the shores of the White
Sea beyond the Arctic circle, and
elsewhere.
In discussing the cotton produc­tion
in Central Asia by irrigation,
he said that the Russians formerly
bought large quantities of Amer­ican
cotton, today they do not
buy a bale.
Elimination of the Jewish pro­blem
he considered "an outstand­ing
creative achievement." Com­munism
has outlawed racial dis­continued
on page four)
Vet Lecturer
Fraternities, Sororities Will Engage In
Go-To-Church Month Contest In March
Sponsored by the Y. M. C. A.,
the annual Interfraternity Go-To
Church contest will be held dur­ing
the month of March.
The trophy, a 10-inch loving
cup, to be presented to the fra­ternity
having the largest per­centage
attendance at any of the
Auburn Churches during the four
consecutive Sundays of March, will
be secured at an early date and
be placed on display in a down­town
store window.
Much interest has been shown
in years past, and it is hoped.that
this contest will prove to be no
exception. The Theta Chi Fra­ternity
was winner of last year's
contest. Although last year's con­test
extended over two month's
duration, the contest this year will
last only one month.
All fraternities are eligible to
compete. A table with an attend­ing
"Y" member will be stationed
at the entrance of each Auburn
Church for the morning service.
All members and pledges attend­ing
services will check their
names on lists as they enter. A
strictly percentage basis of the
number present of the number en­rolled
in the chapter of each fra­ternity
will be in effect.
A comparative rating of the fra­ternities
will be tabulated each
week an dthe results announced
in the Friday issue of the Plains­man.
The contest will be in effect for
the Sundays of 6, 13, 20, and 27th
of March.
Chapter presidents will be pro­vided
at an early date with rules
and full particulars governing the
contest. Further inquiry concern­ing
the contest should be address­ed
to Clyde Jones or Arthur Coop­er,
president and vice-president re­spectively
of the "Y".
Winners Of Theta Upsilon
Cake Will Be Notified
The drawing for the Theta Up­silon
cake will be Wednesday
night, February 23. The lucky win­ner
of the large three layer devil
foods cake will be notified im­mediately
after the drawing. If
you have not bought a chance
on this cake then buy one now, be­fore
it is too late.
Ain't the Plainsman fine?
Another competitive activity for
the sororities of the campus will
be provided for by the Y. W. C. A.
in the form of a Sorority Go-To-
Church Contest.
Ann Moon, Y. W. C. A. president
announces that the contest will be
sponsored, carried out, and the cup
donated by the members of the
Y. W. C. A. The cup to be award­ed
the winner will be secured at
an early date and placed on dis­play.
A Sorority Go-To-Church Con­test
is a new activity on the cam­pus,
but indications are that it
will be a huge success.
The content will take place
throughout the same period of
time as the Fraternity Go-To-
Church Contest. For the four Sun­days
in March sororities will vie
with one another for the lead
which at the end of the fourth
Sunday will determine the winner.
The contest will be on a percent­age
basis. Ratings will be weekly
tabulated and announced. Sorori­ty
members and pledges Will
check their attendance at the en­trance
of any Ayburn Church as
they attend a morning service.
The Y. W. C. A. Sorority con­test
and the Y. M. C. A. Fraternity
contest will be run independent of
each other, though both shall take
place at the same time, the same
rules shall be in force for both,
and the cups will be donated by
the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A.
for the winners of the Sorority
contest and the Fraternity contest
respectively.
Cavaliers Piny At Pickwick
Club In B'ham Tonight
The Auburn Cavaliers, popular
campus orchestra, left this after­noon
for Birmingham where they
will furnish the music for a dance
at the Pickwick Club tonight.
Saturday night the orchestra will
journey to Columbus where they
will entertain Georgia dancers
at the Welfare League Ball.
The Cavaliers will make the
trips in their trailer and will re­turn
to this campus Sunday. The
orchestra is under the adminis­tration
of Jimmie Hooper, busi­ness
manager, and Bruce Kelly, di­rector.
It is a true Aristocrat.
PROSCAR MBXUMLEV
Important developments in
veterinary medicine will be dis­cussed
by Dr. Oscar V. Brumley,
president of the American Vet­erinary
Medical Association,
here next week during the an­nual
Short Course for graduate
veterinarians. He is dean of the
veterinary school at Ohio State
University.
Vet Speaker 1 0&.L.\/AN£$
Dr. L. Van Es will discuss
swine diseases, anthra, and
farm sanitation at the annual
Short Course for graduate vet­erinarians
here next week. He
is from the University of Ne­braska,
where he is chief of the
division of animal pathology and
hygiene. Van Es is a recognized
authority in his line.
Annual Short Course For Veterinarians
Is Scheduled For February 21 To 25
By KIRTLEY BROWN
To acquaint themselves with
the latest developments in the
field of veterinary medicine, more
than 100 practitioners from every
southern state are expected in
Auburn Monday for the opening
of the 14th annual Short Course
for Graduate Veterinary Medicine
which continues through Friday.
Among the out-of-state speakers
and demonstrators will be Dr. O.
V. Brumley, president of the A-merican
Veterinary Medical As­sociation,
Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio; Dr. L. Van Es,
University of Nebraska; and Dr.
W. W. Dimock, University of Ken­tucky.
Dr. I. S. McAdory, dean of the
veterinary medical school of Au­burn
and State veterinarian, Sat­urday
announced the following
complete program for the Short
Course:
Monday, Feb. 21, at 1:30 p. m.,
Dr. E. S. Winters, of the veteri­nary
faculty at Auburn, will open
the conference as chairman of the
milk section. Dr. L. E. Beckham,
meat and milk inspector for the
City of Tuscaloosa, will discuss
inspection work for the small city;
dairy farm inspection will be dis­cussed
by H. C. Abele, of the
State Department of Public
Health, Montgomery; steam cham­ber
sterilization, Dr. H. H. Wil­liamson,
Florida State Health De­partment,
Jacksonville; labora­tory
control of the milk supply,
Dr. M. O. Robinson, Auburn; and
grading a dairy farm, H. C. Abele.
In charge of the clinic Monday af­ternoon
will be Drs. F. P. Woolf
and W. M. Howell, of the Auburn
faculty.
Monday evening Dr. F. A.
Clarke, of the U. S. Public Health
Service, Washington, D. C, will
discuss uniform milk regulations;
how a city gets its milk supply
will be discussed by Dr. Robin­son;
and Dr. Brumley will make
the closing address of the even­ing.
Dr. R. E. Jackson, inspection in
charge with the Alabama Division
of the Bureau of Animal Indus­try,
Montgomery, will open the
Tuesday morning session with a
discussion, "Three and a Half
Year's Work in Combating Bang's
Disease under the Federal State
Cooperative Program." Other
phases of Bang's disease control
will be discussed by Dr. W. ,E.
Cotton, Auburn, U. C. Jenkins,
president of the Alabama Live­stock
. Producers Association,
Faunsdale, Dr. L. E. Starr, as­sistant
veterinary school dean at
Auburn, and Dr. R. H. Hamner,
Montgomery. Part I of the section
on swine diseases will follow by
Dr. L. Van Es.
Equine breeding hygiene, Part
I, by Dr. Dimock will open the
Tuesday afternoon program. He
will also discuss encephalomyelitis
and swamp fever, and the clinics
will be handled by Dr. Dimock,
Dr. Woolf, and Dr. Howell. Two
addresses will feature the Tues­day
evening session; "Essentials
of Livestock Sanitation" by Dr.
Van Es, and "The Importance of
Toxicilogyto the Veterinarian" by
H. W. Nixon, Auburn, State tox-
(Continued on page four)
Derrinq Delivers
Address To T
Mr. Paul Derring, blind Y. M. C.
A. Secretary from Virginia Poly­technic
Institute, addressed the Y.
M. C. A. and other collected per­sons
in Langdon Hall on Thursday
evening.
Mr. Derring was one of the most
masterful informal speakers ever
heard. At the outset of his speech,
he admitted that he had no pre­vious
idea on intentions of what
he was to say; yet he talked for
thirty minutes in a most pleasant
and entertaining manner. Devoid
of eyesight since youth, Mr. Der­ring
has learned to feel the pres­ence
of an audience. All who heard
Mr. Derring were of the opinion
that he, indeed, possessed a re­markable
personality. Having a
mild-mannered voice and using
few gestures, he presented a
countenance that held rapt at­tention.
Mr. Derring is the fourth speak­er
to be brought to the campus
to speak to the Y. M. C. A. and
others interested. Previous speak­ers
were Mr. Bill McKee, Mr. Inzer
and Mr. V. M. Hardwick.
Non-Residents Are
To Take Classes
Five special. Saturday classes,
with more than 50 members, were
organized at the college last Sat­urday
to provide work during the
semester for non-resident students
who drive to Auburn once a week
for classes. Saturday was the last
official registration day for this
special work.
Classes organized were Curricu­lum
Studies, Dr. Paul Irvine; Phil­osophy
of Education, Dr. Zebulon
Judd; American Literature, Dr. L.
G. Gosser; Southern Literature;
Prof Henry W. Adams; and Ala­bama
History, Prof. Charles F.
Davis.
Normally about 50 students en­roll
in these Saturday classes,
which are offered every semester.
The students, mostly teachers,
drive from 10 to 50 miles each
Saturday, the classes meeting for
three hours at a time. Each stu­dent
is allowed to enroll in two
classes.
By taking Saturday classes at
Auburn, a teacher may complete
12 hours of credit during the
school year.
Debate Team Goes
On Tour Of Four
States Soon
Auburn debaters begin their ac­tive
intercollegiate campaign next
week when two teams will take
a week's tour through Georgia,
Alabama, Tennessee, and Ken­tucky.
This trip will be the first of
several which are expected to be
made this year, marking Auburn's
best debate prospects in several
seasons.
Debating as one team will be
Bernard Sykes and Larry Caruth.
ers. Sykes is a sophomore in Pre-
Law and a member of the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity. Caruthers
is a sophomore in Pre-Law and a
member of the Sigma Chi fra­ternity.
These two will uphold the
affirmative and the negative of
the question, "Resolved: That the
Southern states should adopt a
system of unicameral legislatures."
The other team will be composed
of George Hiller and A. C. Allen.
Hiller is a sophomore in Pharm­acy
and a member of the Pi
Kappa Phi fraternity. Allen is a'
sophomore in Ag. Ed. Both of these
debaters had extensive experi­ence
as freshmen, Allen being the
recipient of one of the two Tau
Kappa Alpha cups awarded to
the winning team in the freshman
Tau Kappa Alpha debate tourna­ment.
This team will uphold the
affirmative and the negative of
the question, "Resolved: That the
National Labor Relations Board
should be empowered to enforce
arbitration in all industrial dis­putes."
The iternary for the tour is as
follows: Monday, February 21,
Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.;
Tuesday, University of Chattanoo-go,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; Wednes­day,
University of Tennessee in
Knoxville and Maryville College
in Maryville, Tenn.; Thursday,
Berea College in Berea, Kentucky;
Friday, Murfreesboro State Teach- .
ers College at Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
Saturday, Birmingham-Southern
in Birmingham.
Plans for other debate tours and
the schedule of home debates for
Auburn teams have not yet been
released by the Debate Council
but will probably be made public
in a few weeks.
Nazi Germany Is
Shown In Film
Dramatically revealing the spec­tacular
growth in the United
States of the German-American
Bund, Nazi-in-spired organization,
which today claims a membership
of 200,000 the editors of March
Of Time bring to the screen of
the Tiger Theatre "Inside Nazi
Germany—1938" an exclusive
motion picture of international
significance.
Leader or Fuehrer of the Ger­man-
American Bund is Fritz Ku-hn,
former German machine-gun­ner,
who from his headquarters in
the Yorkville section of New York
City, superintends the widespread
national organization of U. S. Ger­mans
who have developed nearly
eighty centers of activity in a
short time. They have established
under Kuhn's leadership, at least
twenty-five summer camps and
drill grounds. March Of Time
shows them in brown shirts and
Nazi regalia marching and exer­cising
under the swastika flag.
To extend their activities to un­touched
sections of the country
and more effectively to spread the
doctrines of Adolf Hitler, the Kuhn
organization recently purchased
178 acres of Southberry, Connect­icut,
as a site for another Nazi
camp.
Usually unaffected by the direct
impact of world events, the towns­folk
waxed indignant at this at­tempted
inroad by the German-
American Bund. To the little New
England town March of Time
brought its cameras and recorded
an exciting town-meeting which
aroused citizens called to prevent
the organization of a Nazi quart­ers.
Too large for the ordinary
meeting place, the hundreds of
men and women went over to the
larger quarters of the Congrega­tional
Church. From the hills came
farmers and their sons who come
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PAGE TWO
Plainsman Editorials
LANGDON HALL WOULD RETIRE
ON PENSION AT EARLY DATE
There is a pressing need for modern au­ditorium
facilities here at Auburn. Mellow
with tradition and history, Langdon Hall
stands an old man in the midst of a new
generation and finds itself unable to meet
the demands of the modern world.
The seats in the historic old hall have
borne up bravely under the shock of count­less
mass meetings. They have patiently
undergone the punishment offered by rau-cuous
children. The struggle to bear up
under the strain is fast becoming too much
for their ebbing strength and they are
crying out for retirement. They should be
retired.
Brought up two generations ago, the
stage fell into the current thought channel
of being narrow. Years of asosciation with
the college students have caused it to
stretch as much as possible, but, too many
generations behind, it has no chance to
expand to cope with the modern activities.
It should be retired.
The walls themselves, tired of guarding
the sound of any speeches, are relaxing
their vigilance. Saturated with stores of
knowledge, thousands of cheers, and count­less
performances, they can no longer ab­sorb
the activities that take place within
them. Acoustical expert walls are press­ing
them for their job and, reluctantly,
they tender their resignation. They should
be retired.
Advertisements should be placed in the
classified columns of the newspapers stat­ing,
"Auditorium Wanted, apply at A. P. I."
The qualifications for the job should be
that the successful applicant have a large
stage, comfortable seats for 3000, modern
acoustical construction, a floor sloping
toward the front, and all modern audi­torium
advantages. When the applicant is
found, Langdon Hall should be retired and
pensioned immediately.
The Plainsman writing contest is going
into the last stages. Due to the fact that
most literary matter takes much time for
its preparation when the time for inspira­tion
and writing is considered the time
length of the contest stretched over quite
a long period seemingly. However, all con­tests
of such nature usually last quite long­er.
It is hoped that quite a larger number
of manuscripts will be submitted than are
on hand at the present. This contest is con­sidered
a definite move of progression,
hence the wish for the wholesale enlist­ment
of the cooperation of the writing
section of the student body.
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THIS "OUTLINE" WORLD STILL
WOULD LIKE TO READ A BOOK
Not long ago a student for another col­lege
wrote a letter to this paper, in which
he advocated a nation-wide campaign on
the part of students for the purpose of
establishing the use of "outlines" rather
than textbooks in classes.
We are not in accord with the growing
movement in America to convert not only
the students, but also the general public
to the idea that Americans do not have time
to read books. We find this idea expressed
in many ways, partly to win support for
a crop of "picture" magazines and "di­gests"
and partly to make the newsboy the
central figure in our education. We must
do our reading on the run. At least that is
what we are told.
There is a place for "picture" magazines
and "digests" or they would not be so
popular. Our belief is that there is also a
place for books, undigested and unabridged
in any form—books to be read at leisure.
We admit that this is a hectic world, but
mere mechanical haste does not mean that
we are going anywhere in particular.
There are times when we can get an in­tellectual
"lift" from a paragraph or a
single epigram or proverb; but there are
other times, when our minds are relaxed,
when we wish the solid satisfactoin that
comes from more lengthy communion with
our favorite authors—the kind of satis­faction
we get out of reading all of Dick­ens,
all of Thackery and all of Shakespeare.
Skimming the surface of things may
keep us reasonably well informed, but it
does not give us the satisfaction nor the
power that we obtain from real solid read­ing.
All this is just another way of saying
that there are no short cuts to learning.
There is no substitution for leisurely read­ing.
We hold that any propaganda aimed at
influencing the public not to read books is
false propaganda. Any lessening of the es­teem
due good books or any attempt to
persuade others to lose the esteem they
hold is false reasoning and harmful rea­soning.
"AFTER CLASS SMOKES" HOLD
SOME SORT OF PLACE HERE
We take it that there is a kind release
from uncomfortable shackles to light a
cigarette or a pipe the moment the bell
rings which signifies the end of a class
session. At least, one would get the idea
that most students have that feeling judg­ing
from the consistent enthusiasm em­ployed
in the practice.
One might have it that this is only sym­bolic
of the attitude of defiance which one
is able to demonstrate in the face of the
professor who reigns mighty during the
class session but who loses all power of
exercising control and paternalistic respect
when his charges are released. Possibly it
is only a reflex that has its expression in
the fact that there is something definitely
stimulating in the debaunch of nicotine.
If the immediately foregoing be the case,
the matter of attitude hardly enters into
the matter, just a matter of habit which
has no especially good or bad aspects.
However, it all goes to prove the point
that the human demands certain types and
amounts of sedatives for any kind of par­ticipation.
Unless these sedatives are pre­sent
and used, the human hesitates, some­times
balks, at work. There was once the
innovation of an institution which has be­come
known as Discipline. It has been of­fered
for various problems. But all the
while the human has been resentful of
most any such encroachment upon his
rights. If a sedative is needed in this case
of class participation, it is just another
human characteristic having its play.
"Are those leaving our colleges different
from the mases, except for their interest
in football tickets on the fifty yard line?"
Dr. Robert G. Sproul, president of the Un­iversity
of California, thinks that 85 per
cent of the students in junior colleges are
not of college caliber and should not go on
to higher education.
"One rarely finds a European college
student working his way through school.
Even if we should get a job, it is very
probable we would not get money for it.
Our pay would be the valuable experience
we received from the job. "Robert Forstor,
foreign exchange student form Switzerland
at Ohio State University, praises the ini­tiative
of American students who work
their way through school.
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
PLAINSMAN FORUM
Mr. Max Welden,
Pres. Executive Cabinet,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Mr. Welden:
This is not addressed to you personally but
rather to that which you represent—the Au­burn
student body. In other words, the letter
has its address as much to the "any man on
the street" as to any other addressable per­sonality.
The Plainsman has a section which is sup­posed
to be devoted to opinions coming from
the scope of our readers. The section was
known as Letters To The Editor, but we have
received very few letters, which is apparently
indicative of one of two or three things. How­ever
it is not a matter of discouragement. If
there be opinions to be expressed, then we can
rename the section Letters From The Editor.
In order to give you something to be think­ing
about, I will make a modest proposal.
This proposal has as its preface in mind the
fact that Auburn is much of that "Ideal"
which was mentioned in the first editorial in
the Wednesday issue, that it is a living pano­rama
of the "Beau Ideal" of college and col­lege
life, and the very self same ideal which
is in demand by the faculty and the, student
body. With the "Ideal" in the foreground,- I
add that with all we have, the model "Re­public
of Auburn College" might have its
initiation. Leaving the idea for minute con­sideration,
I further substantiate the stand
which I am taking.
The fact that there have been hardly any
expresion of opinions about any of the com­ponents
of our college life submitted to this
section, there is the logical conclusion that
there have been no opinion in existence in
any of the minds of our Auburnites. This
might easily be a wild guess, for it is quite
possible that our readers consider us as un­democratic,
as Bolsheviks who have no rejfard
for the wellfare of our institution, that we
would have noting to do with any proposal
which has as its aim the betterment of that
which is around us. All in all, they may think
of us as an institution which has no intention
of " sponsering the Auburn Spirit." We know
nothing of what or what has not been
thought about the "pretty pass of things here,"
that is, the smug somnolency which has been
gaining more and more power among our
Sixteen Ems
BY SPACER OUTER
A talented member of the Spacer Outer
Club presents
DID "U" KNOW THAT
Evelyn Dubose has another sucker on the
string? Slow but sure? Watch it Sarg.
Buck Darden is on the race for Miss Hand-ley?
Bobby Laurence is back in circulation with
Mary Hayes. Pd. Adv.
The so called Mad House does not exist
anymore since Kate moved out?
There has been an undiscovered romance
between Anazelle and Billy Gillmore?
Sadie is making her rounds at Union Springs
every weekend—ditto Floyd Pugh.
Wiley Sharp was positively caught muggin'
up a mess with a certain tomato by the light
of the moon in Ag Bottom last Friday night.
Time — 11:30
For information on how not to keep three
girls on a string ask John B. Thomas.
Two snakes dancing (according to John
Ivey), are Tony Williams and Percy South.
The Spring Love Bug Begins to Bite the
following already: ..
Van Hodges and Carson
Fred Boswell and Annie Lou
George Morrison and Herren
Bo Russell and Tooker
Hortense and Jack Carr
O'Reilly and Motley
Armstrong and Doris White
Bill Boynton and Johnnie Stansberry
McGhee and Verna Jack
Spec and Dimples Griffen
Sue and guess who
Our Editor. has got the double
itching.
Someone wants to know why Jane Hand-ley
refuses to give Oliver Fletcher a date.
A large number of entries have already been
received for the Plainsman's creative writing
contest and much of the material is of a sur­prisingly
good quality. There is still ample
time for anyone with literary aspirations to
enter his brainchild and incidentally get a
chance to win one of the cash prizes being
offered.
- Voice of the Students
constituents. Possibly this lack of interest
is the reason for the lack of opinions, the
lack of action, and the dead state of things.
But back to the "Republic of Auburn Col­lege"
proposal, it might be considered some-
- what as a likeness of a Utopian development.
With the ideal set-up expressed in the afore
mentioned editorial clear in mind, it is to be
easily seen that we have all, or most, of the
necessary constituents to begin the develop­ment
of the ideal "Republic." In the first
place, the cardinal point in any ideal or Utop­ian
community is the complete satisfied state
of the inmates. We have that matter well in
hand, incorporated in our easy complacancy.
In other words, we are completely satisfied
with the set-up just as it is, any new ideas
or actions- would disrupt the whole thing,
hence the necessity of keeping down any new,
easily termed radical, innovations which might
come up from time to time.
We have drank deep of the lotus. We are
satisfied with that small existence of ours.
Our "Auburn Spirit" does exist, though it be
an anemic semblance. It has taken for granted
that the "grand thing" does exist. Further­more,
it has been assumed that it is a whole­some
thing which could not be replaced a
whit by anything near its equal. In fact, this
intangible thing is considered of such a na­ture
that should we find it uncomfortable for
activity, little trouble would be encountered
in living on its tradition. Of course it all
amounts to this simple fact that if there is
such a thing it is a lots of nonsense which
is whooped up intermittently and might justly
be termed unrefined "collegiana" in its cheap­est
form.
But if the last idea be taken, it will be a
deviation from the original, that of the "Re­public
of Auburn College." It would be the
innovation of an idea which might serve to
wreck the whole set-up.
Herewith, I say we have a dead thing
which we are proud of, a thing which we
pherish, a thing which is orth more than any­thing
that could be derived from any sort of
activity, so hy not provide the proper work­ing
conditions for it immediate success.
The proposal now rests, like that which it
proposes. If you think it is a good idea carry
on but do it in a quiet manner so as to not
disturb the "SMUG SOMNOLENCY."
Yours in the acting,
The Editor
Talk About The Town
JACK STEPPE
ROBERT LEE MUNDHENK
The palm for the niftiest bit of satire we
have read in many a moon goes to Ye Ed for
for his piece on the "Ever wide awake Au­burn!
The apparent apathy of a large part
of the student body is the gist of the piece.
This is all too true. The majority of the stu­dents
in our noble institution have about as
much initiative as a blind bull. If by some
stroke of fate someone does hit on a progres­sive
idea he is immediately dubbed a "crack­pot,"
or a radical. The inability of most of us
to differentiate between radicalism and pro-gressiveness
is responsible for our ostrick-like
attitude of keeping the facts of things'
hidden while we bury our heads in the sands
of our own smug complacency. If the famed
Auburn spirit were applied to more aspects
of our college life, we, as well as the institu­tion
itself, would reap untold benefits. Au­burn
has, in all probability, the most dis­organized
student body of any major col-college
we know of. In order to accomplish
anything there must be some sort of single­ness
of purpose, and it is in this respect that
we are sadly deficient. What the remedy for
this can be we won't hazard to guess, but
surely a remedy can be wrought.
We are also pleased to note from Wednes­day's
edition that the Glee Club proposes to
give several concerts on the campus this
spring. And then too Blue Key announces that
they will once more sponsor a fraternity
spring sing this year. The sing last year met
with unusual success and a repetition will
be more than welcome.
For the first time in quite a while we get
the chance to see a stage show at the Tiger.
Some of them have been good and a few,
more or less, have been of a lesser nature.
Since this is written before we get a chance to
see it and won't appear until after its over
we can only guess. In all probability, how­ever,
it will probably give a bit more im­petus
and a few new steps to the slowly dy­ing
Big Apple.
And now—having said our little piece—
we will retire to topics of more or less aca­demic
interest.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 18,1938.
News And Views
BY L. E. FOSTER
"Had I been present at the creation
I would have given some useful hints
for the better ordering of the uni­verse"—
Alphonso the Wise.
How many Alphonses can you think of to- i
day?
NEWS INTERNATIONAL—The web of?
Nazism has snared another victim. It's Aus­tria.
Austria has not openly announced her
intention of becoming a full fledged German '
ally, but from surface appearance one can
• see that she has given away in her own ideals .
and Nazism is moving in.
The new Austrian cabinet, of which several
are Nazi workers, voted Wednesday to free I
all political prisoners. This meant the free- 1
ing of 1228 Nazis and nearly 500 Communists.
A number of reports from Austria con­firm
the belief that Austria and Germany are
in political harmony, and we should not be at
all surprised to see Austria in the German '
alliance that is already formed.
REMARKS AT RANDOM—For some quaint
and curious reason the campus seems to be a I
trifle less active than in the last few years.
SATIRE—-Enrollment at the University
reached a new high at midsemester when
5,200 registered. We wonder what percentage i
of these students speak English.
DID YOU KNOW THAT—The widest street ]
in the world was in Buenos Aires? It is the ]
Avenida "Nueve de Julio, which measures 460 „
feet from one side to the other. It is a re-
- - _ 4
cently completed city project designed to i
relieve traffic congestion in certain sections "
of Buenos Aires.
NEWS NATIONAL—There's peace at last I
on the farm bill front. The armistice was ;
Signed when 56 senators voted for and 31 I
against the farm bill in its status of compro­mise.
In general the bill provides that the Sec-retary
of Agriculture make estimates of the
expected supply, set this figure against the
expected demand, and adjust production ac­cordingly.
For the farmers, we are glad this was
passed, but it will stir up the same adverse
sentiment that the AAA did. Our farmers have j
been on the short end of the horn and the j
passage of this bill is a definite break in their '
favor. They will certainly be benefitted by C
the stabilization of marketing prices that will |
come from setting crop quota. And they will
no doubt be helped by having a national skip- j
per who oversees the whole situation and j
makes large scale adjustments. ]
In our national economy we have not rea- \
lized the importance of our farmers. The j
farmer is a very important cog in our na- -.1
tional setup, and his well being is reflected j
in all our welfare. 1
DAY BY DAY—The death of O. O. Mclntyre J
burst deep into the hearts of many an Amer- 1
lean journalist and reader, for he was one U
of the best loved writers the world has known. I
Writing humorous narrations ^pf his im- I
pressions of the Big City, Mclntyre was king 1
" of American columnists, and his writings were j
more widely read than those of any writer ;1
of the day. His column was filled with human 1
interest and mild philosophy that was ap- J
pealing to the American masses. -1
Replacing "New York Day by Day" in the J
380 papers in which his column appeared will 1
be hard, and it will take a journalistic genius 1
to climb to the heights of popularity that he j
attained. J
NEWS UNIQUE—If you think your home j
town has crazy traffic regulations listen to -j
this. Sydney, Australia, has installed an al- j]
ternate day parking system which provides j
20 minutes parking periods on the odd num- I
Iters side of the street on the odd day of the I
(nonth, and on the even numbers' side on the j
even days of the month. ' • 1
We had rather not park than try to figure '4
it out. J
RAMBLES—Dean Noe is back at his home 1
- after having proven to the world, nothing— J
Jackie Coogan has gotten some ideas from
unpaid school teachers and is suing Consol- -j
idated Artists Inc., for $3,000 in back salary— J
Porter Grant is just the' man Auburn has been 1
needing as alumni secretary—The new hat in
the governor's race is that of Prohibitionist J
Hardy Riddle—The decisiveness of a single
point was emphasized to the fullest last Mon­day
when Tech beat Auburn by a single score
•—At the suggestion of her daughter, Mrs. J
Roosevelt used her first lipstick last week. .
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1938. THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Fencing Reported
Good Outlook
The outlook for fencing at Au­burn
appears very encouraging, ac­cording
to Jimmy Davis.
Advocates of the parry and
thrust met Wednesday night, and
the surprisingly large number of
thirty were present. Plans for the
year were discussed, but actual
practice did not begin until last
night.
Six veterans are back this year
and will be able to show the new­comers
a few of the fine points.
The following men have signed
for the sport: L. C. Worthy, W.
G. McDowell, Laurens Pierce, G.
W. Caruthers, W. L. Ellner, F. D.
Nixon, J. P. Caxton, J. L. Cortina,
V. H. Johnson, Corolus M. Bloom-field,
J. B. Carmichael, C. W. Cook,
C. E. Harless, D. Lloyd, H. Chap­man
and H. S. Grundmann.
Anyone who is interested in
fencing should see Professor E. B.
Smith immediately. Professor
Smith may be found in his office
on the second floor of Samford
Hall any time during the day.
No outside contests will be sche­duled
as fencing here is necessar­ily
intra-mural at this early stage.
It is hoped that in the near future
it will become an inter-collegiate
sport.
Enie menie minie moe
Down to Howard's we must go.
Peanuts fresh, So they brag.
5c buys a great big bag.
FOR SALE—Frigidaire, perfect
condition. WUI sell for $55. Mrs.
Del Morgan. Telephone 260. 341
Payne St.
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PLAINSMAN SPORTS
Guard
Ray Gibson
Although only a sophomore
Gibson has made a fine showing
in his first year of varsity com­petition
and his ability to han.
die the ball off the backboards
has proved to be invaluable to
the team this season.
Ga. Tech Wins With
Slight Margin
For the second successive year
the Bengals from the Auburn
Plains failed to conquer the Geor­gia
Tech Yellow Jackets by a one-point
margin. Last Monday night
Tech's six-foot array again proved
too hard to handle and the Tigers
were defeated 43 to 42, in a game
that_ was packed with thrills from
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Tiger Tankers Have
Two Meets Here
Over Weekend
The Auburn swimming team
will inaugurate their home sche>
dule this Friday when they meet
the strong Tennessee tankmen on
home waters in the Alumni gym­nasium.
This match is to be fol­lowed
Monday with an engagement
with the Florida Gators here at
Auburn.
Both Tennessee and Florida have
especially strong swimming teams,
the latter in particular, and the
Tiger splashters will have to be
in top form to emerge victorious
The meet with the Florida Gators
will be the Plainsmen's hardest
test of the year and it will be a
mighty tough struggle to gain a
point over the fast moving Ga­tors.
In their first meet of the sea­son
the Auburn tankmen were de­feated
by Georgia Tech, 42 to 35,
in Atlanta. In this contest Lyons
received second place in the 220
yard freestyle and a first in the
440; Smith placed third in the 220
and 440; Captain Kierstead won
the 60 yard dash; Perry placed
third in diving; Forbes came in
second in the 100; Ousley placed
second in the 100 yard backstroke;
Campbell third in the backstroke;
Mohns second in the breaststroke;
Heathcote third in the breast-stroke,
and a team composed of
Paul, Ousley, Forbes and Kier­stead
won the 400 yard relay.
In their meet the following day
the Tigers were again subdued,
this time by Emory in Atlanta, 49
to 26. Failing to take a single first
place from the potent Emory out­fit.
The following are Auburn men
who placed in the various events:
220—Lyons, second, Smith, third;
50—Forbes, second; diving, Perry,
second, Chambers, third; 100 free­style—
Forbes, second, Kierstead,
third; 100 backstroke—Ousley, se­cond,
Campbell, third; 100 breast-stroke—
Mohns, second; 400 free­style—
Lyons, second, Smith,
third.
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Ice-cold Coca-Cola adds a taste thrill to food. It's '
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start to finish.
Tech's ability to handle the ball
off the backboards was largely re­sponsible
for their slim margin
of victory. Throughout the con­test
the dexterous Jackets relied
on their towering height to gain
possession of the ball under both
baskets, and in this respect the
Tigers were sometimes at fault.
Too many times during the game
the Plainsmen failed to follow up
their shots, but being at such a
disadvantage as they were, they
put up an amazing battle against
Tech, who hovered over the Ben­gals
like giants.
Neither coach substituted dur­ing
the entire game, the starting
fives of both clubs going the en­tire
route. This game marked one
of the most aggressive contests ev­er
staged in the Alumni gymnas­ium,
the score being tied an even
dozen times at different stages.
The game was close and spirited
throughout, with Tech holding a
26 to 24 advantage at halftime,
but the Tigers evened the count
many times in the second half.
Both outfits brought the capacity
crowd to its feet every minute of
the altercation, with their spec­tacular
floor work and brilliant
shooting.
Malvern Morgan, Auburn's
three-sport athlete, again took in­dividual
scoring honors with 19
points, giving a brilliant demon­stration
of masterful shooting.
Crawford Holmes, who in this
writer's opinion is the Tigers best
all-around man, found the bas­ket
for 13 markers. Jones, for­ward,
and Johnston, center, led
the victors in scoring with 14 and
12 points respectively.
The Box Score
AUBURN
Morgan, F
Holmes, F
Edwards, C
McKissick, G
Gibson, G
Totals
GEORGIA TECH
Jordan, F
Jones, F
Johnston, C
Sims, G
Anderson, G
Totals
G F TP
9 1 19
6 1 13
3 0 6
1 0 2
1 0 2
20 2 42
G F TP
3 0 6
S p o r t s C h a t t er
By Bill Troup
0 14
2 12
1 7
0 4
20 3 43
Heinz Guttmann, defense man on Marquette University's
hockey team, was decorated a number of years ago by the
late President Von Hindenburg of Germany for all around
excellence in athletics . . . Guttmann is a native of Germany
. . . Madison Square Garden corporation has collected ap­proximately
$2,500,000 in rent from the Rangers and Ameri­cans
since hockey was introduced in New York in 1925 . . .
John Kester of Portage, Wis., recently bowled 101 games
in 15 hours and 47 minutes with only 40 minutes rest . . . Six
times his score was over 200 . . . His average was 158 . . .
Kester weighed 170 pounds when he started and 158 when
he finished . . . It is reported that Jack Dempsey will receive
$50,000 plus 10 cents a case for permitting his name to be
used on a new whiskey . . . Bill Tilden is making a profes­sional
tennis tour of India . . . George Marshall estimates
that it costs him $12,000 a game to put the Washington Red­skins
in the field . . . Boxing at Penn State College attracts
an average of $8,000 a show . . . Ted Sura, a law student
at the University of Detroit, has been varsity cheer leader
for seven years . . . He is taking a seven year law course . . .
Only nine shots at the basket were taken in the second half
of the recent Illinois-Purdue game . . . During the 14 minutes
that the Boilermakers held the ball continuously Pat Malaska,
Purdue guard, picked up a quarter tossed onto the floor by a
fan . . . Naturally, generous, Malaska handed the coin to an
official who smilingly reached into his pocket and gave Pat
10 cents in change . . . Stan Wooderson, British law student,
who ranks as one of the world's greatest milers, weighs only
122 pounds . . . Glen Lee, Nebraska middle-weight, is a direct
descendant of Gen. Robert E. Lee . . . Stanford has abandoned
the practice of admitting former athletes to its sports con­tests
free of charge . . .
Auburn's two home swimming meets with Tennessee this
weekend and Florida, Monday should both prove to be mighty
interesting . . . The Tiger tankmen are out for revenge after
their two setbacks from the hands of Georgia Tech and
Emory . . f Syracuse University has added skiing and bowling
to its list of varsity sports . . . Fifty-six year old Fred McLeod,
Washington, D. C, professional, who won the 1908 national
open championship, played 550 rounds of golf-in 1937 . . .
Johnny Coulton, former world's bantamweight champion,
who was 49 years old a few days ago, can still make the ban­tamweight
limit of 112 pounds with his clothes on . . . .
Football Captains
Feted At Banquet
"We have all we need for anoth­er
great team next season and we
will be out there fighting," said
Bo Russell to Auburn alumni at
the Alumni football banquet in
Montgomery last week.
Newly elected Captain Bo Rus­sell
and Alternate-Captain Marion
Walker were called on for short
speeches at the meeting, and both
spoke the sentiment of the team
when they said they expected an­other
fine season "because we
have the material and the deter­mination."
From a relative large group of
football candidates eligible for the
captaincy, these men were chosen.
Russell will represent the line, and
Walker the backfield.
Alumni attending the big ban­quet
in Montgomery expressed
their full approval of the selections
made. As the new leaders strode
to the front, a loud applause went
up, and an even louder one when
the bashful speeches were made.
Retiring Captain Lester Antley
and Alternate-Captain Billy Hitch­cock
also made short talks and
wished the new pilots the best of
luck for the coming season. Ant­ley
and Hitchcock predicted that
the teams would-be as strong if
not stronger than last season.
Baby Tigers Win
Over Waverly
Playing Waverly on their home
court last Friday, the High School
was barely able to eke out a close
victory in winning 21 to 20. Wav­erly
led throughout the game and
in the closing seconds had the
score supposedly cinched at 20 to
19. With less than 10 seconds to
play, "Jug" Wright threw the ball
into Jack Bright who attempted
to shoot. The whistle ending the
game blew as the ball left the
hands of Bright, and in shooting
Bright was hacked by an opposing
player and was awarded two free
throws. Cooley and with deliberate
eye and aim both points were con-
Center
Karge has been a substitute
center for the past two seasons
and has, on numerous occasions,
displayed a fine form in handl­ing
the ball. Starting as a regu­lar
against the Columbus out­fit
last Wednesday night he
came through in a great man­ner.
verted, thus winning a basketball
game after the game was over.
Bright led in scoring with 14
points followed by Ward with 4
points; Stevens, 2 points; and Alm-quist,
1 point.
A game was dropped to Nota-sulga
by a close margin of 20 to
18 on Monday night. The only
other game on the card of the BaT
by Tigers this week is Dadeville
who will be met in Dadeville to­night.
The diamond, hardest of miner­als,
remains unmatched as an ab­rasive.
Auburn Baskefeers
Receive Defeat In
Last Home Game
Making their final bow on 'the
home court for the current sea­son
the Auburn Tigers were again
defeated by a one-point margin
last Wednesday night by the Nehi
Reds of Columbus, Ga., 44 to 43.
Coach Ralph Jordan started the
second five against the Nehi out­fit
and they did well, gaining much
needed experience. However,
Coach Jordan's charges were un­able
to cope with Dick Jones, pro­fessional
baseball player who is
owned by the St. Louis Cardinals,
whose masterful shooting netted
him 25 points. /
It was largely through the
shooting of Jones that enabled the
Columbus aggregation to subdue
the Bengals, and they held a 22 to
15 halftime lead. The Tigers were
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not up to their usual high standard
and showed signs of the previous
Tech battle. It was late in the
ball game before Auburn started
to function with Crawford Holmes
hitting the hoops for 13 markers.
Diminutive Ernest Pappas played
a good game at guard, collecting
six points.
A return tussle with Birming­ham-
Southern this evening, a
brace of tilts with Florida in
Gainsville Feb. 25-26, and a second
meeting with Georgia Tech in At­lanta
Feb. 28 will wind up Au­burn's
basketball season for the
year. After the game with Tech,
the Plainsmen will start training
for the conference tournament in
Baton Rouge.
Box Score
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Dudley (2) F Dennis (6)
Karge (2) C Homer (9)
Pappas (6) G Bowden (2)'
Ginter (0) G - Jackson (2)
Substitutions: Auburn—Holmes
(13), Morgan (4), Edwards (3),
McKissick and Gibson (8). Nehi—
Shapiro.
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Postmasters Will
Meet Here Soon
The annual meeting of the Al­abama
Chapter of the National As­sociation
of Postmasters will be
held "here on Monday and Tues­day,
March 21 and 22, according
to announcement Saturday of W.
Cooper Green, Birmingham post­master,
president of the Alabama
Chapter.
A cordial invitation to each of
the 900 postmasters in Alabama
to attend the Auburn .meeting
was issued at the same time by
Homer Wright, of Auburn, who,
as host postmaster, is heading the
committee on local arrangements.
Mr. Wright said that a special
parade by the Auburn Cadets at
11 a. m. on the morning of March
22, the elaborate banquet which
forms the climax of the meeting
that evening would be the high­lights
of the entertainment pro­gram.
Principal speaker at the
banquet will be Dr. Zebulon Judd,
education school dean and sum­mer
session director at Auburn.
The visitors, many „of whom
will be entertained in the cottages
at the new State Camp on the
south campus, will be welcomed to
Auburn by President L. N. Dun­can,
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, and Dr. Cecil Yarbrough,
Mayor of Auburn.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Green said that the program
for the meeting this year has been
planned to give Alabama post­masters
much information for fur­ther
advancement of the postal
service and to give an interesting
entertainment feature.
Tryouts For Engineer Rifle
Team Completed This Week
Tryouts for engineer company
rifle teams will be completed this
week. The teams will then be cut
to seven men, only five of whom
will represent each company in
the inter-Company competition
scheduled for next week.
A trophy is to be presented to
the winning team, and individual
medals are planned for the vic­torious
members.
"E" company led the regiment
at the end of last week. The re­maining
five teams placed in the
following order: companies F, D,
B, C, A.
Short Course
(Continued From Page One)
icologist.
Dr. Dale A. Porter, acting di­rector
of the new Regional Ani­mal
disease Research Laboratory,
will open the Wednesday morn­ing
session with a discussion on
the control of parasites of swine
in the South. This will be followed
by another address on equine
breeding hygiene by Dr. Dimock
and Dr. Van Es will discuss anti-rax
in the Middle West. Dr. Mc-
Adory will report on the outbreak
of anthrax near Demopolis. He will
be assisted in the presentation by
Dr. J. H. Ryland, Selma. Rabies is
the subject to be discussed by Dr.
Frank Milam, Rockefeller Re­search
Foundation, Montgomery.
Wednesday afternoon Dr. Brum-ley
will discuss lameness in hor­ses
and mules and Dr. Van Es will
talk on swine diseases. Dr. Brum-ley
and Dr. Dimock are to be fea­tured
in the clinic. Nutritional di­seases
of small animals will be
the subject of Dr. Brumley's ad­dress
Wednesday evening.
Dr. Julius Devern, of Atlanta,
Ga., will open the Thursday morn­ing
session of several of the dis­eases
common to dogs in the South,
the qualifications of a successful
small animal practitioner will be
discussed by Dr. Brumley. Para­sitic
diseases of dogs is the sub­ject
of Dr. Howell's discussion, and
the value of blood work in small
animal practice will be discussed
by Dr. R. L. Mundhenk, Auburn,
professor of anatomy and histol­ogy,
and Dr. J. E. Greene, Auburn
instructor. Drs. E. A. Davis and
J. L. Miller, Columbus, Ga, will
close the session with Disucssions
of digestive disturbances of dogs.
A report on avian tubervulosis
in Alabama by Dr. C. I. Harkins,
of the Bureau of Animal Industry,
the relation of this disease to other
animals by Dr. Van Es will open
the Thursday afternoon session.
Dr. Brumley, Dr. M. K. Heath,
and Dr. J. M. Bryan, of Birming­ham,
will be in charge of the
clinics.
Thursday evening all of the
visitors will attend the elaborate
banquet given in their honor by
the student chapter of the Ameri­can
Veterinary Medical Associa­tion.
Guest of honor will be Dr.
Brumley and the speakers will
include Dr. L. N. Duncan, presi­dent
of Alabama Polytechnic In-
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
COOPER
in his greatest triumph BOVrtfi
written by the author of "The Devil It a Siif/'.TTaworded the
Parents* Magazine medal for the belt pictureof thejnonth—with
MAUREEN O'CONNOR
KATHLEEN BURKE • ROBERT EMMETTiO'CONNQK
MARJORIE MAIN v MATTYJAIM
Directed by W I l l l A M NIOH'*XAdapta««»~i
DialoBue by OIISON BROWN and SCOTT DAT"
Original Slory' by ROWIANO MOWNr
Frats Finish Into
Second Round Play
Second round play in the inter-fraternity
basketball league be­gan
Wednesday, Feb. 9.
Most of the games came out as
expected, but defeat of the Sigma
Chi's by the Alpha Phi's 15 to 12
came as a surprise to most fol­lowers
of the team. This may es­tablish
the Alpha Psi's as a dark
horse in the league; at any rate
they will bear watching.
All the results of the' games in
the second round of play have not
come in, but some of them are:
Kappa Sig 4, Alpha Psi 18; Sigma
Chi 26, Lambda Chi 14; Phi Del­ta
Theta 13, Sigma Pi 11; Phi Kap­pa
Tau 18, Theta Nu 15; Pi K. A.
27, Pi Kappa Phi 8; Kappa Alpha
17, S. A. E. 38, Tau Epsilon Phi
12.
The standings of the teams in
the various leagues are as fol­lows:
League I
Pi K. A.
Delta Sig
T. U. O.
P. K. P.
League II
S. A. E.
K. A.
S. P. E.
T. E. P.
League III
S. C.
K. S.
L. C. A.
A. P.
League IV
A. G. R.
A. T. O.
A. L. T.
T C.
League V
S. N.
P. D. T.
s. P.
P. K. T.
Won
2
Phi 1
0
0
Won
2
2
0
0
Won
1
0
0
2
Won
1
0
0
1
Won
1
1
0
2
Lost
0
0
1
2
Lost
0
0
2
2
Lost
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
Jackie Cooper Is
Star At Opelika
Robert Emmett O'Connor, star
policeman of the films, who prob­ably
has done more than any oth­er
individual to popularize law
enforcement officers with the A-merican
public, made a trip to
New York City last summer. While
in the eastern metropolis he was a
guest at four dinners given in his
honor, and during the same pe­riod
appeared in fourteen benefit
performances, for which, of course,
he donated his professional ser­vices.
It didn't occur to O'Connor that
there was anything unusual about
that. In fact, there was nothing un­usual,
for this kindly cop of the
films likes to do things for other
people, and expects nothing in re­turn.
When honors do come his
way he is pleased no end, but sur-
| prised. O'Connor, who appears in
his customary role as a bluecoat
in Monograms' latest feature, "Boy
of the Streets," coming Sunday to
the Opelika Theatre, and starring
Jackie Cooper, exudes an atmo­sphere
of friendliness and good
cheer on the screen, and the same
holds true in real life.
When Robert Emmett O'Connor
first came to Hollywood, he didn't
realize that he was joining the
police department, but now he
feels that he should be eligible for
a pension. There has never been
a police officer in any police de­partment
in the United States who
has been promoted and demoted
as much or as often as he has.
stitute; Hon. R. J. Goode, Alabama
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Industries; and Dr. J. N. Baker,
chief of the State Public Health
Service.
Annual meeting the Alabama
Veterinary Medical Association
will be held at 8:30 Friday morn­ing
with Dr. L. E. Beckham, pres­ident,
presiding. Dr. Brumley will
deliver the principal address. Pro­gress
in pullorum disease control
by R. B. Jones, chief of the poul­try
section of the Alabama De­partment
of Agriculture; range
paralysis of fowls, by Dr. Van Es,
and observations on swine diseases
in Alabama by Dr. J. W. Venable,
Gadsden, will constitute the dis­cussions.
Dr. L. E. Starr, Auburn,
and Dr. J. L. West, Auburn, will
discuss the common diseases of
poultry that evening with Dr.
Starr and others leading the round
table discussion on mastitis and
other diseases. A dance that even­ing
will bring the conference and
short course to a close.
Forward
Bob Dickinson
Dickinson is another sopho­more
that has made the varsity
grade. Although being of small
stature he is one of the fastest
men on the Auburn squad, and
is also expected to burn up the
cinders this spring.
Hindus Speech
(Continued from page one)
crimination and the Jews. Though
finding the transition from pri­vate
business to industry and ag­riculture
difficult, are "happier
than they have ever been before."
he declared. He told of visiting
a collective farm village where
Jewish people had become the
"best farmers in Russia." Formerly
small shop-keepers, these Jews
have learned scientific farming
in eight years which is far su­perior
to that of the Germans in
Russia.
Great strides in education were
pointed out. In 1914, Russia had
8,000,000 children in grammar
and high schools. Today there are
38,000,000. Tuition is paid by the
government; and .in addition, 85
per cent of the university students
also receive their living expenses.
The spread of atheism he con­siders
another far-reaching effect
of the Revolution. "There is no
ban on worship in Russia," he said,
"hut thie government is doing
everything possible to foster
atheism among the young.
"Russia needs only to be left
alone to develop her resources,"
he said in conclusion. "She is build
ing factories feverishly, but it
will be years before their full
benefits are realized. Then when
basic agricultural problems are
settled, the country will be free
to solve its basic political worries."
The Soviet Union is working
toward Democracy, Maurice Hind­us,
noted author and lecturer, told
an audience of between 300 and
400 in Langdon Hall last night. As
economic problems are solved, Mr.
Hindus predicted, the dictatorship
will steadily relax.
Born in Russia, Mr. Hindus came
to America at the age of 15. He is
a graduate of Colgate and Har­vard,
and the author of four
widelyread books. Since the World
War he has spent a large part of
his time in Russia, studying the
effects of the Soviet Revolution.
The Revolution came 100 years
late, Mr. Hindus explained, and
largely because of this has been
more brutal and extreme than
were social revolutions of other
nations. However, Russia is work­ing
out its own problems, and will
continue to do so successfully if
left alone. Russia's chief threat
now lies in possible attack by
Nazi Germany in an effort to
obtain the rich Ukraine Valley.
Italy, Germany and Japan have an
anti-Communist pact signed with­in
the past year.
In enumerating the chief effects
of the Russian Revolution, the
speaker mentioned the develop­ment
of natural resources, the me­chanization
of the country, the
building of a strong military ma­chine,
and the advancement of
education and science. Before the
War eight million Russians at­tended
school; today thirty-eight
millions are enrolled.
One rerriarkable Accomplish­ment
of the Soviet has been the
establishment of the Jews an the
land. Today Jews are among the
most successful Russian farmers.
Farming, too, has become highly
'The Awful Truth'
Shows At Tiqer
Getting a divprce in Hollywood
isn't always as easy as it sounds.
Irene Dunn got one from Cary
Grant for scenes in Columbia's
new comedy, "The Awful Truth,"
starting Sunday at the Tiger The­atre.
It was an uncontested di­vorce,
with a property settlement
made in advance, yet the trial
took seven days, and that didn't
include the ten days required to
build the courtroom.
In the early days of pictures,
movie couples went to a real
courtroom to make scenes dealing
with divorce. Now they prefer to
build their own courtrooms on
sound stages, where they can con­trol
the lighting, the acoustics and
even the temper of the judge.
The courtroom in "The Awful
Truth," was modeled from a court
in New Jersey, where the case is
supposed to be heard. It was
supervised by an ex-judge from
that state, to conform to the New
Jersey laws and legal procedure.
Evidence was taken, and the
decision made time after time, so
that the cameramen could move
the-cameras about and get it from
all angles.
It was fully a week before Direc­tor
Leo McCarey finally gave his
OK to the legal parting and let
them take down the classic walls
of the courtroom, yet the actual
scene requires only a few minutes
on the screen.
Probably a dozen really expen­sive
divorces could be paid for
with the money required to stage
and photograph these few minutes
of actual picture which audiences
will see; to pay the salaries of the
synthetic judges, attorneys and
courts attaches.
But in one regard Columbia
saved money. Although the court­room
had a capacity of 400, only
six sleepy villagers were needed
for spectators. Because that's
about all the visitors in any New
Jersey courtroom for an uncon­tested
divorce of perfect strangers,
with no fireowrks.
And those 394 empty courtroom
chairs represented a saving of $15
a day each, for seven days.
NOTICE
Students who live in Opelika
may obtain copies of the Plains­man
at the News Bureau, first
floor, Samford Hall, on Thursday
and Saturday.
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mechanized.
Mr. Hindus pointed out that to­day
Russia is too strong as a
military power to be attacked by
Japan. A conquest of Siberia would
have been more logical than a con­quest
of China, but Japan dared
not make war with the Soviet.
While Russian standards of liv­ing
are still low, they have been
raised enormously since the War.
During the nineteenth century the
nation suffered 19 famines. Mr.
Hindus predicted that the day of
famines is ended.
Mr. Hindus is equally well
known as a writer as he is a lec­turer.
Since the beginning of the
Russian Revolution he has made
ten trips to Soviet Russia to gain
material for his lectures, articles
and books. Besides traveling
through Russia and Siberia, he has
spent much time living with the
peasants on collectivization farms.
He knows thoroughly the life, cus­toms
and conditions of the people
of Russia. Knowing Russia before
the old regime with the new, and
the changes that Communist Rus­sia
has undergone in the transition.
Explanation is given of why Com­munist
Russia has displanted such
things as religion, private proper­ty
and business and the modern
family; and how they are being
replaced by Communistic institu­tions.
Mr. Hindus is a speaker and
writer of unusually high attain­ment.
He has spent years study­ing
Russia in its various aspects.
He knows Russian literature and
history thoroughly, speaks Rus­sian
quite fluently, and is bound
by no ties to his native land. He
speaks conscientiously, truthfully,
and sincerely.
predatory fish are wintering with
their prey. They have explored
the great hibernating pits of the
mouth of the Volga.
Luminous living leaves will shed
soft light along the' central ave­nue
of the New York World's Fair
in 1939. They will be reflected
in mirror pools.
Nazi Germany
(Continued from page one)
to town only on rare occasions.
Determined to prevent the in­cursion
of the Nazis was a lusty,
old lady, Miss Jennie Hinman, who
appears in March of Time vigor­ously
speaking her mind to the
assembled citizens.
"My great grandfathers and my
grandfathers fought for liberty,
as did the ancestors of other peo­ple
of this town. I call upon you
people, most of whom are related
to me in some degree of kinship,
to keep the Nazis out," declared
Miss Hinman, Daughter of the
American Revolution.
March of Time brings a vivid
record of many dramatic scenes
to the Tiger Theatre in its latest,
full-length release, "Inside Nazi
Germany—1938," an outstanding
example of fearless pictorial journ­alism.
4
Dean J u d d Leaves Town To
Attend Funeral
Mrs. Julia Tutt Royster, mother
of Mrs. Zebulon Judd, died Thurs­day
at the home of her son, Fran­cis
B. Royster, in Biloxi, Miss.
Mrs. Royster was born in Co­lumbia,
S. C, and spent most of
her married life in Raleigh. N. C.
Surviving are her son, Francis
B.. Royster, and two daughters,
Mrs. Zebulon Judd of Auburn, and
Mrs. Jacques Busbee of Moore
County, North Carolina. Her chil­dren
were with her the week pre­ceding
her passing.
Dr. Zebulon Judd left Auburn
late Thursday to attend the fun­eral.
CORRECTION
Students interested in fencing
will meet on the third floor of
Textile Building, East End, Friday,
Feb. 18th, 4:00 to 5:30 p. m.
Three Professors
Address Rotary
« Brief addresses by three memb­ers
of the Auburn faculty were
made before the weekly meeting
of the Rotary Club here Thursday
at the Thomas Hotel. Those who
spoke were Prof. Wayne Wonderly,
of the modern language depart­ment;
Prof. John E. Pitts, of the
mathematics department; and Prof.
Roy Goslin, of the physics depart­ment.
Accompanying Prof. Wonderly,
who is serving this year as local
scoutmaster, were three assistant
scoutmasters, Rene Bidez, E. S.
Brook, James Irvine, and W. A.
Mays. Professor Wonderly talked
on the Scout movement in Amer­ica.
National Defense Week, Feb­ruary
10 to 22, was the subject
of Professor Pitt's talk, and Prof.
Goslin discussed some of the prac­tical
uses of polarized light. He
also explained the value of polar­ized
light in scientific research.
Visitors at the meeting were
T. D. Samford, Jr., of Opelika and
S. W. Brown, Decatur. Prof. E.
V Gordon, of the school of ag­riculture,
was present at the club
for the first time after his election
to membership in the Rotary club.
Presiding at the meeting was the
Rev. S. B. Hay, club president.
NOTICE
Members of all honor societies
taking part in the Honor Societies
Ball are requested to see the
presidents of their respective so­cieties
for the purpose of signing
petitions for financing the ball.
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Service for Home and Automobile Radios which is
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been able to devise, and no expense has been spared
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