1938-10-14 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938 NUMBER 12
Blue Key To Present Award After Game
WILL BE AWARDED
TO OUTSTANDING
PLAYER IN GAME
The Auburn Chapter of Blue
Key will present a trophy to the
outstanding player in the Auburn-
Mississippi State football game
which is to be played in Mont­gomery
tonight. The presentation
will take place immediately after
the game, and will be presented
personally by members of Blue
Key.
A number of prominent sports
critis in the press box will act as
judges of the individual playing
of the men on both teams, with
the trophy going to the man on
the Auburn or Mississippi State
team who excels in ability, lead­ership,
and sportsmanship. The
decision will be made two or three
minutes before the end of the
game. Then the members of Blue
Kay will be notified from the
press box which player was chos­en,
and immediately after the
game the members will make the
presentation on the field. It is
planned for the Auburn and Mis­sissippi
State squads to gather on
the field at the same time to wit­ness
the presentation.
The trophy is 12 inches high
and mounted on a 3-inch pedestal,
with the inscription, "Blue Key
Outstanding Player Award—1938."
It is the purpose of this national
honorary organization to make an
expression of their appreciation of
good sportsmanship in college and
inter-college competition, stated
Allen Martin, president of Blue
Key.
ODK And Blue Key
Build Scoreboard
Work on a new scoreboard for
the gymnasium is started and will
be completed in several weeks, it
was announced today by members
of ODK and Blue Key, organiza­tions
which are sponsoring the
erection of the board.
After considering several bids
from student constructionists, the
sponsors decided on the bid sub­mitted
by Perry Lamar. He has
made neceessary arrangements and
is working on the board. It is to
be a large scoreboard of moder­nistic
design, with a blue key em­blazoned
on the left lower cor­ner,
and an ODK key on the op­posite
corner. The board proper is
io be made of heavy plywood and
will be finished in a semi-gloss
blue. The scoring apparatus will
consist of a hoop device on which
tin plates will slide. The new
scoreboard is to be of durable
construction, and will be free from
the fragile parts that have put
other scoreboards out of opera­tion.
The design of the board calls
for a stop-clock, which will be ad­ded
when a satisfactory arrange­ment
for its installation has been
made.
The board is simple in design,
giving only the running score and
the names of the players in the
game.
Chi Omega Sorority Holds
Formal Pledging
The Alpha Beta Chapter of Chi
Omega had formal pledging Wed­nesday,
Sept. 28, for the follow­ing
girls: Helen Barnes, St. Pet­ersburg,
Fla.; Eleanor Blackridge,
Abbeville; Francene Breedlove,
Columbus, Ga.; Doris Carpenter,
Yakima, Wash.; Mary Ella Cook,
Montgomery; Martha Gardiner,
Huntsville; Nell Gilchrist, Auburn;
Mickey Fuquay, Daytona Beach,
Fla.; Louise Hayes, Starksville,
Misi; Mary Irwin, Huntsville;
Peggy Qwen, Montgomery; Geor-gianna
McWhorter, Huntsville;
June McWhorter, Huntsville; Flo
Pickens, Decatur; Julia Stuart,
Montgomery; Mildred Waldrop,
Jasper.
O. D. K. Musical Miscellany To Be Monday
AG CLUB ELECTS MABEL GRAY TO BE
QUEEN OF THE HARVEST AT AG FAIR
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By Dan W. Hollis
Mabel Gray of Abbeville was
selected as Queen of Harvest for
the Ag Fair last Wednesday night
at the Ag Club. Miss Gray, a
sophomore in home economics, is
an outstanding beauty on the cam­pus
and is sure to grace the fair
with much charm. The fair, as has
been announced previously, will
be presented to the public on Nov.
4 at the amphitheater in the W-PA
village.
Senior fair manager Douglas
McVay has announced that many
new and unusual features will be
of interest to the public in general.
Many original and interesting ex­hibits
from each of" the depart­ments
of the School of Agricul­ture
will be on attractive display.
The exhibits will be 'arranged in
booths set up in the cabins sur­rounding
the amphitheater.
The program for the evening
includes many novel and humo­rous
eventsvas well as the impres­sive
ceremony of the crowning of
rtfloeen of Harvest. A string
d composed of club members
present several musical num-
SS0tkfeSrs, ri$d a take-off on the facul
.ter-
AubuBmesents
Bid For Lab
Auburn's bid for the Federal
farm research laboratory to be lo­cated
in the South was presented
Tuesday to W. B. Van Arsdel, Bu­reau
of Chemistry and Soils, U.
S. Department of Agriculture, who
is serving as field representative
of the agency.
Mr. Van Arsdel met with the
local committee which prepared
a brief showing that it would be
advantageous to the work of the
laboratory to locate the project
here. Attending the meeting were:
P. O. Davis, chairman of the com­mittee,
President L. N. Duncan,
Ralph B. Draughon, Mayor C. S.
Yarbrough, S. L. Toomer,
Armed with information con­cerning
advantages to be derived
by establishing the farm research
laboratory here, the committee
answered a number of questions
asked by Van Arsdel. The meet­ing
between the agricultural de­partment
representative and the
Auburn group began at 10 a. m.
Tuesday and continued until late
afternoon.
Extension Director P. O. Davis
announced that options have been
taken on five pieces of property
on which the laboratory could be
located. These he named as (1.)
the country club golf course, (2.)
Toomer farm within the city lim­its,
(3.) Cary Preer farm, (4.) C.
S. Yarbrough farm, and (5.) col­lege
property along the Auburn-
Montgomery highway. Mr. Van
Arsdel was taken on a tour of in­spection
of all the proposed lab­oratory
sites.
President L. N. Duncan submit­ted
a letter addressed to Henry
A. Wallace, Secretary of Agricul­ture,
along with the brief.
Former Auburn Commandant
Returns To City For Visit
Col. G^ H. Franke, now stat­ioned
in Panama, arrived in Au­burn
Sunday afternoon from New
York City, Washington and At­lanta,
where he visited his daugh­ter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Croen, and grandson. He is
staying with Capt. J. L. McKinnon
in Pinedale.
sure to bring many laughs.
e novel idea of a milking con­test,
entrants being home econo­mics
students, has been suggested
by several members. Various stu­dents
and members of the faculty
will also engage in a hog calling
contest.
Further announcements as to
exact time of program and sale of
tickets will be made later by the
managers of the Ag Fair. Every­one
is invited to attend what
promises to be the best fair in
years.
Bampton Concert Is
Highly Successful
Auburn's 1938-39 Concert Series
was successfully launched last
Friday evening when more than
900 students, townspeople, and
out-of-town guests attended the
recital of Rose Bampton, Metro­politan
Opera star, in WPA Hall.
Prof. J. R. Rutland, committee
chairman, was highly pleased at
the reception given Miss Bamp­ton
and her accompanist, Nils
Nelson. Both of the artists expres­sed
themselves as enjoying their
visit to Auburn and the oppor­tunity
to appear before such a
"large and appreciative audience."
Second attraction in the series
is a presentation in two perfor­mances
of Maxwell Anderson's
Pulitzer Prize play, "Both Your
Houses" on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
The matinee performance will be
given at 3:15 and the evening per­formance
at 8:15, both in Lang-dan
Hall.
Since the seating capacity of
Langdon Hall is only 656, it will
be necessary that students, towns­people
and faculty members make
their reservations for each of the
performances. Those who hold sea­son
tickets may obtain special
tickets to either of the performan­ces
by calling at the desk on the
first floor of Samford Hall on
Thursday between the hours of
2:00 and 4:30. Tickets may be ob­tained
also Saturday morning at
the News Bureau and on Monday
and Tuesday between 2:00 and 4:-
30 p. m. at the desk on the first
floor of Samford Hall. They may
be obtained on Wednesday, Oct.
19, at the News Bureau.
The order of Military Merit, an
R. O. T. C. award, was given for
the first time at a Massachusetts
Institute of Technology review
this month.
Proceeds Will Be Applied
On Construction Of New
Student Tennis Courts
"Let's complete those tennis
courts," is ODK's maxim as it
makes final plans for the musical
miscellany it is putting on Monday
night in Langdon Hall. Through
the medium of a variety musical
program, Omicron Delta Kappa is
endeavoring to raise funds to be
applied on the tennis court pro­ject.
The project involves the con
struction of eight tennis courts be
hind the mens' gymnasium and
two just over the baseball dump.
According to Billy McGehee,
ODK treasurer, nearly 300 tickets
have been sold, and if ticket sales
continue to move as rapidly as they
have to date, 700 tickets,will have
been sold by Monday night.
The stage of Langdon Hall is
to be decorated in a modernistic
manner, giving a night club atmos
phere. The whole program is to be
a floor show presented from
"Club Deitakap." As the curtain
rises there will be dancing couples,
who will demonstrate some nov­elty
steps that typify modern
dance floors.
The floor will then be cleared
as the master of ceremonies en­ters,
and the floorshow wilt be
presented in two parts. In the
first part the following entertain­ers
will perform: Colored Hodge's
quartet, Max Rachman at the
piano; Billy Lawrence, singer; the
Three Dukes; Paul Rudolph at the
piano; and a dance number. The
Auburn Knights, collegiate or­chestra,
will play several num­bers.
This popular student band,
under the management of Curtis
Griffith, is willingly giving then-services
free of charge for the pro­gram,
just as all the other perfor­mers.
On the latter half of the prog­ram
more variety is to be produc­ed
by: Perry Lamar, violinist;
Lem Edmondson and John Farn-ham,
singing; Laurens Pierce,
whistling; Seargeant Moxham,
singing; Grady Wise at the piano;
Uhlman, accordionist; Albion
Knight, singing; and one more
number to be announced. The Col­legians,
local student orchestra,
under the direction of J. W. Mc-
Kee, will play.
For the grand finale the ODK
chorus girls will be on review.
Under the direction of Dancemas-ter
Troup, ten members of ODK
will shimmy their way onto the
stage and will give the audience
some high kicks. The feature of
the finale is a pecking duel be­tween
the long and the short of
the organization—Troup versus
Grisham. The chorusters are to
be clad in tights and will be paint­ed
up to play the parts.
By the end of the program the
ticket-takers will have figured the
profits of the affair, and this a-mount
will be made public.
The active and associate mem­bers
of Blue Key are to be the
guests of ODK Monday night,
tickets having been sent them
several days ago.
E. B. Smith of the intramural
department, who is leading the
fight for the tennis courts, has
expressed his gratitude for stu­dent
efforts toward the finishing
of the ten proposed counts. Mr.
Smith said that work will get un­derway
as soon as convict labor
may be acquired.
There will be a 10-cent advance
in ticket price Monday. Tickets
are now on sale at Burton's Book­store,
and may also be secured
from any member of ODK. The
admission (advance sale) is 25
cents.
PRE-GAME RALLY TO BE BROADCAST
FROM WSFA AT 4:30 THIS AFTERNOON
The University of Virginia alum­ni
association will request that
Congress give the university the
$3,000,000 fund available as a
monument to Thomas Jefferson
for an "educational, living tri­bute."
Broadcast time for the Auburn-
Missisippi State pep rally has been
set for 4:30 to 5:00 this afternoon
from the studios of WSFA at the
Jefferson Davis Hotel. Charles
Burns is in charge of arrange­ments
for the program.
Among the many speakers on
the program will be President L.
N. Duncan; State president, Dr.
G. D. Humphrey; Allen Martin,
representing the student body of
Auburn; the co-ed cheerleaders,
Doris Green and June Tooker; and
Bill Troup, newly appointed pep
manager; and Elmer Salter, sports
writer.
It is hoped that two nationally
known sports writers will be on
hand for the program. These be­ing
Grantland Rice and Henry Mc-
Lemore, who will be on hand for
the game tonight.
Songs of the two schools will be
featured and latest sports infor­mation
will be brought by Howard
Johnson, Sports Editor of the Ala­bama
Journal and Pete Mahan of
the Associated Press.
Governor Bibb Graves will offi­cially
welcome the visitors to
Montgomery. Alumni representing
State and Auburn will be Perkins
Prewitt, President of the Alabama
Mississippi State Alumni, Hon.
Haygood Paterson, Commissioner-elect
of Agriculture; and Maurice
Bloch, President of the Auburn
Alumni.
The broadcast will take place
from the ballroom of the hotel so
as to accommodate larger crowds.
All students are invited to attend.
John Nixon will be joint announ­cer
with Burns, and the entire Au­burn
Glee Club will be one of the
principal features.
Eagan Is Delegate
To Blade Meet
John Eagan of Bessemer, Cap­tain
of Company L, Fifth Regi­ment
of Scabbard and Blade, will
attend the 21st convention of the
National Society of Scabbard and
Blade, which will convene at Ber­kley,
Cal., on Nov. 9 and will con­clude
its sessions the evening of
Nov. 12 with a formal banquet.
Scabbard and Blade is an hon­orary
organization of Advanced
Course R. O. T. C. students, and
members are chosen for their
proficiency and interest in mili­tary
subjects, and their active
participation in a sound program
of national defense. The organiza­tion
numbers 77 companies with
an active membership of approx­imately
2200, and a total member­ship
of about 28,000.
The National Convention is as­sembled
every other year, with
the organization as a whole bear­ing
the expense of one delegate
from each company. Quite freq­uently
the companies send alter­nates
to share in the inspiration
to be derived.
The organization sponsors a pis­tol
match and a rifle match be­tween
the various companies each
year, awarding a cup to the win­ning
company in each competi­tion.
The society publishes a quar­terly
magazine, the Scabbard and
Blade Journal. In addition Scab­bard
and Blade cooperates with
other patriotic organizations and
the War Department in matters
affecting the R. O. T. C. and na­tional
defense.
Blue Key Head
NOTICE
The Auburn tennis team will
meet the crack Montgomery out­fit
in Montgomery this after­noon
at 2:15. Everybody is cor­dially
invited to attend the meet.
ALLEN MARTIN of Selma,
President of Blue Key honorary
fraternity, who will make the
outstanding player award, , # r >
night, is a student i n ^ ^ m r"
administration andJ^a\hepu;
of the Execu<4ye?\^inat^%caba
bard a n d O ^ e aJgd^jKapp^iAl-
'Both Vflfr Houses'
To Be Presented
By Kirtley Brown
Maxwell Anderson's famed Pul­itzer
Prize Play "Both Your
Houses" will be presented both
matinee and evening by the Jit­ney
Players, America's oldest
traveling repertory company, here
in Langdon Hall on Wednesday,
Oct. 19. The matinee performance
begins at 3:15 p. m.; the evening
performance at 8:15.
"Both Your Houses" is a sen­sational
expose of Washington
politics—it tears asunder the false
masks that hide the bureacrats
smug, self-satisfied little souls, and
shows then in their true light. The
story revolves around a young
Lochinvar who comes out of the
west to attempt tp clean up the
House of Representatives as a
member of that large and un-wieldly
body of legislators, save
taxpayers' money, and bring idea­lism
and integrity to a hardened
and a cosmopolitan capital.
The young congressman's strug­gle
with crooked and unscrupu­lous
politicians and lobbyists has
the ring of sincerity and realism
rarely, if ever, achieved in a play
concerning politics. Mr. Ander­son
never stands his actors on
soapboxes to preach, for always he
remembers he is writing for the
stage, a medium of entertainment,
and not for some dry and heavy-handed
political publication. He
holds no briefs for any isms or
parties, in fact the Houses referred
to in the title are not the Houses
of Congress but the two political
parties, and he takes no sides but
the side of right.
In the play keen characteriza­tions
and full length portraits of
various politicians have the au­thenticity
of today'ss newspaper.
The beauty of Maxwell Anderson's
writing and the keen and pene­trating
sense of humor incorpora­ted
in the play have never been
surpassed. .
When "Both Your Houses" was
first produced in New York by the
Theater Guild the hardboiled met­ropolitan
critics opened their dic­tionaries
in search of new super­latives.
The critics called it one
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Tigers To Face
Tough Maroon
Team At 8
Tonight
By Boots Stratford
Tonight it's the Orange and
Blue against the Maroon and
White—a strong, well-nigh
impenetrable defense and, po­tentially
a swiftly striking of­fense
against attack that is
double-dipped in poison—Au­burn's
brave try to approach
a new peak in their season's
play and perhaps emulate
last year's 33 to 7 mauling of
the Maroons, against the Bull­dog's
ambition to swoop
through their Southeastern
Conference schedule unde­feated.
That's the setup, and
a victory for the courageous
Plainsmen will be classed as
a definite upset.
The Tiger's offense has been
given a heavy overhauling this
past week and it should be click­ing
sweetly tonight. The defense
is always of topnotch caliber, and
should the offense round into
form, the Maroons will be in for
a rough night's entertainment. Au-r
burn's fleet and shifty backfield
is due for a large evening in the
way of touchdowns, and maybe
they'll bust loose against State.
Mississippi has a young team,
with seven sophomores on the
first team. But what they lack in
experience is made up for in en­thusiasm
and confidence. They're
one of the highest scoring teams
in the^adtion, and their backfield,
wjujfl^operates from the basic
i jJj©Kre Dame right and left shift
behfld^anjanbalanced line (an un­usual
djjjkrbination), is extremely ,
!ce and possesses several out-
"anding stars. Left half Sonny
Bruce is one of the leading first-year
backs in the Conference. He
is deadly with his punting and
can hit the sideline deep in the
"coffin corner" with remarkable
accuracy. His broken-field run­ning
is also outstanding, and he
may blast the Tiger defense to pie­ces
with his sharply placed aer­ial
bombs. Watch him—he'll be
a stellar player by the time he
winds up his college career.
The Maroon's line led by Cap­tain
Bill Gray, is equally as
strong as the rear works, and it
has not been penetrated for a
single point so far this season. In
fact, no team has been able to
dent the defense to the extent of
piercing it further than the 35-
yard stripe. It really looks as if
they have the goods that go into
the making of a football team.
Spike Nelson, new Bulldog
coach, is due a lot of credit for
the remarkable way in which he
has brought his green team along
and developed it in both spirit and
ability. Frank Carideo, former
Notre Dame great under Knute
Rockne, is also due his share of
the praise for the excellent play
of the backfield.
On paper Auburn has what it
takes for a winning combination
despite the loss of outstanding
players, but on the field there is
a lack of that intangible spark
that is such a prime requisite for
a winning football team. Perhaps
this condition arises from the fact
that a climax runner, such as was
Jimmy Hitchcock for the famous
1931 eleven, has not arisen to pace
the team to victory by breaking
loose at unexpected moments for
long, spectacular runs. George
Kenmore might have been that
man-rSpec Kelly should be that
man. Perhaps he will be tonight.
The probable lineups are as fol­lows:
AUBURN Pos. MISS. S.
Burford LE Elrod
Russel (C) LT Gray (C)
Burns LG Lynch
Morgan C Goolsby
Mills KG Corhern
Wolff BT Alford
Whatley RE Moore
Walker QB Turner
Kelly LII Bruce
O'Gwynne RH Nix
Sitz FB Ellis
Officials: Ervin (Drake), refe­ree;
Clements (Alabama), umpire;
Severance (Oberlin), head lines­man;
Striegel (Tennessee), field
judge.
PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938
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Dr. Duncan's Birthday
Today should be a great day for Auburn.
And certainly it is a momentous occasion for
President Luther Noble Duncan, for today is
t h e one day in t h e year on which he can cel­e
b r a t e his birthday!
. T h e r e are all types, shapes, and sizes of
birthday presents, material ones, of course.
But the best present that could come from
a loyal and devoted student body, in t h e opin­ion
of t h e Plainsman, would be a justification
of President Duncan's belief in A u b u r n Spir­it
in t h e form of good conduct and behavior
of the entire student body on the special
trains to and from Montgomery. There can
t h e n be no doubt that the students of Ala­bama
Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e are not only cap­able
but w o r t h y to be called ladies a n d gent­lemen
of t h e Plains, and not t h e v a r i e t y that
was raised in t h e barn.
This is t h e b i r t h d a y present of the student
body to President Duncan. May no one stoop
low enough to spoil the wrapping on the
present before it has been opened.
Best wishes for many more happy birth­days,
Dr. Duncan. R.T.
Blue Key Award
Tonight Blue Key will present their annual
Outstanding P l a y e r Award following the Au­burn-
Mississippi State game to the player
on one of the teams who leads the pack in
a t h l e t i c ability, leadership, and good sports­manship.
Such a gesture is one worthy of recogni­tion,
and certainly one of unanimous appro­val
of those who appreciate football played
as it should be played—hard but fair and
square. Good sportsmanship is as hard to
find as a needle in a haystack, and especial­ly
on the gridiron, where intense rivalry
sometimes makes the best of players forget
themselves. The referee is quick to penalize
for breach of sportsmanship, and the guilty
p a r t y pays by the yardage. It would be a
novel treat for the referee to give a team
advantage of e x t r a yardage for good sports­manship,
but t h a t is beyond the r u l e book.
The rewards for playing the game clean
are few and far between. Blue Key's cup can
go to only one player, but if 22 men play
t h e i r hearts out for the sake of the game
and not for individual glory, it can be a dif­ficult
problem for the judges to choose a
winner.
L e t ' s hope that the game tonight will be
played that way. R.T.
Conduct On The Trains
It is indeed a gracious gesture on the part
of the school officials and the athletic de­partment
to supply us with free transporta­tion
to the game tonight. Plenty of work and
time have been taken to arrange this trip,
and quite an expense has been incurred.
Such generosity should warrant our best
behavior on the train, both going to and re­turning
from Montgomery. Last year the stu­dent
body was given the privilege of riding
to the Southern game. On the train was one
of the officials of the railroad. He warned
everybody of the risk taken in transporting
several hundred people who knew each oth­er
well enough to be wandering around dur­ing
the entire journey. He asked that every­one
be careful, and he begged that the fix­tures
on the train be treated with reason­able
respect. No doubt it was some of our
misdirected Auburn spirit that brought on
the ultimate disregard of th'e official's plea,
and some valuable railroad property was des­troyed.
A window was kicked out. The mech­anism
for distributing drinking cups was
smashed. Several seats were mistreated. Such
actions are not characterictic of Auburn stu­dents.
Several times last year the overhead cord
used by the condoctor to stop the train in
case of emergencies was pulled. The engi­neer
soon realized that the signals .were the
pranks of students. Consequently he would
not stop.
Such an instance is comparable to the she­pherd
boy who shouted, "wolf." The operator
may stop the train once or twice, but after
that it is only natural that they disregard
the signal. You have only to imagine some
real emergency to see what might have hap­pened
last year, or what possibly might hap­pen
this year. It just isn't worth the risk to
place the lives of hundreds of your fellow
students in jeopardy for a few minutes of
frivolity.
The game is going to be fine. We all hope
the Tigers will win. But let's get there to
see them do it. J.B.T.
Rose Bampton
Last week we Auburn students showed we
could take our culture straight and like it.
One thousand people turned out for Rose
Bampton and behaved in a manner that was
beyond reproach. Everything was done in
perfect taste, and we are sure the Metropo­litan
star left with a pleasant feeling toward
Auburn people.
Not only was the crowd large and well-mannered,
but everybody had a good time.
The enthusiastic calls for encores demonstra­ted
that.
However, it occurs to us that more fore­sight
in selection of program might have
made the evening even more successful.
Miss Bampton's program was highly class­ical,
including many numbers which were
utterly foreign to us. That they went over is
a tribute to her genius. But we think the
program would have been just as worthwhile
had some of the more popular classics and
semi-classics been mixed with the deeper
numbers, Things from Victor Herbert, for ex­ample,
or Schubert's "Ave Maria."
We hope in the future an attempt will be
made by the lecture committee to suggest
along general lines the programs for musi­cal
attractions brought here, so that a pleas­ing
balance may be maintained between
music known and unknown. Thus artists and
audience may meet on common ground, with
no lessening in education and a decided gain
in enjoyment. J.H.W.
Guest Articles
In this issue we present another in our
series of guest articles. This week's guest
writer is a man who is no stranger to Au­burn,
Dr. John H. Goff, former professor of
economics here.
Coming up soon with guest articles are
Benjamin Russell, President of the Alabama
State Chamber of Commerce; Bill Rollow,
Sports Editor of the Montgomery Advertis­er;
and Albert Collins, State Superintendent
of Education. More will follow all during the
year.
Maestro And Mouse
"The baton of Arturo Toscanini and the
pen of Walt Disney have done more in recent
weeks to lift America out of the doldrums
than anything emanating from political sour­ces.
America is all right as long as we re­tain
our sense of beauty and our sense of
humor."
Somehow we like that statement. It ap­peared
in a little booklet published back in
March, 1938. At first it semed fantastic to
link Toscanini with Disney, but later not so
fantastic after all. Melody and make-believe
carry us out or our every-day worries.
Toscanini's popular radio concerts have
been truly epoch-making, and Disney's
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" made
film history.
We wonder what the forgotten mouse,
Mickey, thinks of Snow White's popular­ity.
For it was Mickey, the immortal, who
made it possible for Snow White to become
a success. We cannot help but think that
Disney will return to Mickey with apolo­gies,
bearing a piece of the finest cheese,
wrapped in cellophane and tied with a pink
ribbon.
WELL!
by I. Philip Space
RUMORS have it that the or­chestra
which played for the Op­ening
Dances was not the real Mc­Coy.
By that meaning that the reg­ular
performers in said group of
cats were not on the Auburn cam­pus,
but playing somewhere else
in the United States, possibly for
a Kappa Delta dance at the Uni­versity
of Alabama. Leaving Mr.
Katz with a group of sit-in kit­tens
to play for the Social Com­mittee,
et al.
However, whatever you may
claim, the short-running at the
Opening Dances was on the part
of the students who could afford
the price of admission, because the
band was grossly underrated by
small talk which circulated on the
campus, including one remark
made in this column, which the
writer takes back double.
Next time the Social Commit­tee
says that they have a good
orchestra, the best thing to do is
take them at their word and save
the beefing for afterwards, and not
before.
* * *
NOTE to Jo-Jo: the title of this
column should be changed to
"How I Love My Buddies," with
an afterthought to the effect that
the way to keep your name out
of this column is to write it your­self.
Eh, Jo-Jo.
* * *
THE BEST WAY to get an ex­cuse
for that Saturday class is
NOT to leave a freshman behind
to play sick for you. Doctor Quack
and his favorite stooge and snoop­er
will be sure to dose your sub­stitute
with castor oil, just to make
sure that you (or your buddy)
are not only feeling s?ck but also
are very much on the genuine
side of the ledger. This publicity
and fatherly advice comes from
the sage lips of Syd Cook, Sigma
Nu expert on how to leave school
on the ' week-end with a mini­mum
of two-point deductions.
* * *
ALWAYS THE FIRST to scoop
up on money-making propositions,
"Deacon" Teague pounced on Kate
Gresham's ad in the Plainsman
for a tutor in that crip course
(according to Teague), trigonom­etry.,
We realize that after all
three dollars is a small price to
pay for a few lessons in how to
get by with a 100 average by one
who knows how, but when will
he have time to do said tutoring.
He can't do it at night, according
to unanimous poll conducted at
the Middleton household.
* * *
WITH FRESHMAN ELECT­IONS
not far in the offing promi­nent
politicians on the campus
have gone into a huddle with
their proteges to find a way to
beat the other fellow's line-up
and cut his throat at the same
time. No doubt the feathers will
fly thick and fast in the next few
weeks, but will you ever see any
of the feathers? Likely not. More
goes on behind the scenes and peo­ples'
backs' than meets the eye.
And not only that, but I bet ten to
one that at this time of the year
when mid-semester is upon us the
freshman who is wearing his rat
cap and smiling at the same time
has something other than his arm
up his sleeve.
UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEMS OF
THE SOUTH
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Editor '
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
O. D. K. and the Athletic De­partment
are to be congratulated
on the fine success of "Pep Week."
From all appearances, this move­ment
has placed the Auburn
Spirit back on the high level that
it once occupied.
The student body is to be com­mended
on their hearty coopera­tion
toward bringing about this
change in spirit. All of the pep
meetings of last week, especially
the Thursday night meeting, were
marked by an exhibition of that
"true" Auburn Spirit. The lack
of any rowdiness was evident too
and appreciated by the townspeo­ple
in general.
There was one thing which did
not seem to fit in with this plan
of reviving a true Auburn Spirit.
That was the holding of a pep
meeting on Sunday morning, dur­ing
church worship hours. The
noise of the band and the crowd
was very disturbing to church
services. True, it was good to
show the team that Auburn was
for them, win or lose. On the oth­er
hand, this fact did not prevent
the meeting from disturbing the
By Dr. John H. Goff,
Chief, Transportation and Industrial Economics Division,
Tennessee Valley Authority
Anyone deeply interested in problems pertaining to the social
and economic welfare of the South cannot fail to be cheered and
encouraged by both the regional and national attention these matters
have received in recent months. Much of the information disclosed in
the writings and discussions is really not new to professional specia­lists
in agriculture, engineering, sociology, and economics, but the
hopeful factor lies in the certainty that the layman is being pro­voked
to thought about the problems of his region. When professional
research men can discover problems and barriers to a people's de­velopment
and make them known to the laymen who see the neces­sity
for taking active steps to solve those problems or eradicate the
barriers, one has a picture of democracy in action.
When all the problems of the South are thrown into relief ft
will be seen that one is more prominent than the others. A grasp
of this salient problem is necessary for an understanding of the other.
It grows out of the fact that the South is a region of relatively low
income, which in turn arises from the economy of the region being
one too much devoted to raw material production. Raw materials
do not bring in the markets of the country and the world the com­paratively
high prices which processed or manufactured goods com­mand.
Payment for the skill used in conversion of raw materials into
finished products is higher than the payments for raw materials pro­duction.
Because of its devotion to agriculture, mining, and for­estry
the South has not received for its own workers enough of the
benefits which accrue to producers engaged in converting raw prod­ucts
into finished goods. This is the reason why business leaders, econ­omists,
educators, political leaders, and other are pointing out that the
South badly need suitable industry to correct the unbalance of its
economy. ,
The type of industry needing most encouragement is small-scale
manufacturing—ventures locally controlled and owned, and well diver­sified
within the region. Profits from that type of industry would re­main
in the South. The opportunities for small industries are great in
the South. The success of some will simply lay the ground work for the
success of others. In the long run such development of small in­dustries
would be a chief stabilizing influence on the region's econ­omy.
If the industries economically suited to the region are organized
and energetically pushed they cannot fail of success. It is precisely
in such fields that the technically trained student from Auburn can
find his opportunities in life to assert his initiative and to make use of
his talents and training.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
The following readers may call by the box office of the Tiger
Theater and receive their passes to the Sunday and Monday show
"Carefree:" Sam Teague, W. G. Darty, Jack Adams, Robert Brewer,
and J. P. Campbell.
The prize jokes they turned in are given below:
First father: "What's your boy going to be when he graduates
from Auburn?
Second father: "An octogenarian, I think."
* * *
Kitty: "When I was 10 years old, my father gave me a very
pretty ring. Would you care to see it?"
Eliz.: "Yes, I just adore antiques."
* * *
She: "I'm a Venus de Milo girl."
He: "What's that?"
She: "Hands off!"
* * •
He: "Say, you are charming, alluring tonight, darling. By George,
you are a brick!"
She: "That's fine, dear. Thanks. But remember, you're no mason."
* * »
The boy sat on the burning deck
He didn't feel a thing.
Dead end.
church services.
We, the Baptist Student Union
Council, wish to say that we are
definitely opposed to pep meet­ings
or rallies during Sunday wor­ship
hours. We sincerely hope
that such a thing will not happen
again.
Aside from this one objection,
we wish to heartily indorse all of
the activities of the recent "Pep
Week," and the things accom­plished
thereby.
Sincerely yours,
The Auburn Baptist Stu­dent
Union Council *
First Baptist Church
Editor's note: Purely and sole­ly
for the purpose of giving an­other
view on the subject, one
of our staff members asks that
we put one of the local chur­ches
on record as dismissing
services early on the Sunday in
question so those attending
church could get to the station
in time to welcome the team.
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
dere editer:
i am writting you this letter to
discuss the auburn spirit which i
saw displayed at the football game
which was hell in nocksvul last
week-end. i never saw so much
yellin an takin own from a stu­dent-
body before in my life, lest
than two hunnert uv us tigers
made more racket than the entire
university uv tennessee student-body,
yessir, pepul frum the wess
stans said that we all out chaired
the vols three to won. they outto
know, 'cause they were facing both
of the chairing squads.
we all say that we want to see
this same sperit down at mun-gumery
this comming week-end.
we the students of auburn univer­sity
should have the best yellin
in the stans ez well az the bess
teem on the feel, with the help
of our competent chair-leeders,
which we didn't have as knocks-vul,
we all should be able to do
some of the bess "BLOWING
OUT" which has ever been done,
we've got the students, we've got
the school, whin we all get down
there we're gonna hav some reel
yellin. there is no reasin why any­one
with all the stuff we got
should be the short runners as we
have been at the fust of this year,
with the exception of the tenn.
game, our teem don't let us down
and i see no reason why we
shouldn't give them all we got
What I Want To See
In New York
(Editor's note:—This essay,
which won first prize in an es­say
contest sponsored by the
Panhellenic House Association
of New York, was written by
Sylvia Goodman of Detroit,
Mich.)
I want to visit New York, not
Jimmie Walker's tinsel city, nor
Odd Mclntryre's merry-go-round
of celebrities, but Walt Whitman's
Manhattan, and Max Miller's.
I don't care about Dinty Moore,
nor Hattie Carnegia, nor Broad­way,
nor the Empire State Build­ing,
but I do care about the rather
mad crowd of the subway and the
elevated, and I want to be part
of the crowd, just once. I want to
sit, in the balcony or on the stair
—it doesn't matter, at the Metro­politan,
to hear Lily Pons and Tib-bett
and Grace Moore. I want to
walk along the waterfront at night,
and become intimate with the At­lantic
and smell salt air and oil
from a tramp steamer. I want to
eat peanuts in Central Park.
I want to walk into the office
of a popular magazine, to thank a
certain editor for surpassingly
gentle rejections. I want to ride
the ferry to Jersey, with the wind
sharp in my face. I want to stand
on the dock when a great ship
sails for Southampton, or Gibral­tar,
or Paradise; I want to min­gle
with the crowds; wave my
handkerchief to the passengers;
cry because sailings are sad, for
you may never know what it is
like. I want to walk around Co­lumbia
University nonchalantly as
though I were already a student
there. I want to see the melan­choly
brownstone houses of Fif­ty-
sixth Street or thereabouts,
and I want to meet a landlady,
the sort who appropriates trunks
and knows her rights. I want to
have lunch at the Automat. I
want to look down at the Hudson
River from the roof of a tenement.
I want to stand spelling out the
words on the electric sign in Times
Square.
I want to ride on top of the
Fifth Avenue bus, without a hat.
I want to go back-stage at the
Shubert. I want to see the push­carts
of Delancey Street, and Mrs.
Cohen and Mrs. Kelly. I want to
see the Statue of Liberty from a
tugboat, in brilliant sunlight. I
want to talk with somebody for­eign
and strange on Ellis Island,
somebody just arrived from some­place
far distant and ask what A-merica
is like. I want to see a sob
sister. I want to buy a guitar in a
Tenth Avenue pawn shop. I want
to buy old books in a dim old book
shop.
I want to look at the faces of
people in the streets, the harass­ed,
the pre-occupied, the smiling
and mysterious, wonderful faces
of common people. And when I
have done these things I shall have
no curiosity about Wanamaker's,
the Scandals, the tall buildings.
But I shall have seen New York.
from the stands.
any similarity of characters rep­resented
here with reel pe­pul
is done on purpose an we don't
care whut you think about it.
none of them is ficticoius.
Yourn trooly,
"Naughty" Cleveland
P. S. pleez get this published in
the next currant issue uv your
plainzum. we gotta get more sperit
in our granstans before the mis-sippi
state game.
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I understand that we paid a
reasonable price for our Glome-rata
pictures at the first of the
semester. From all I can gather
the biggest expense about photo­graphy
is the initial taking and
developing of the picture. Why
then, should Gasper-Ware hold us
up for additional prints? Any good
photographer will make a second
print of an eight by ten for a
whole lot less than three dollars.
Since Gasper-Ware is getting all
of the Glomerata business it
seems to me that they should be
required to make reprints at a
much more reasonable price than
that which they have been charg­ing.
Yours truly,
Annoyed Ned
The Intercollegiate Rowing As­sociation,
sponsor of the annual
Poughkeepsie Regatta, was found-de
in 1895.
Lawrence College has a larger
investment in athletic equipment
per student than any other mid-western
college.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
PiKA's Give Tea For
New Housemother
Upsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Al­pha
entertained their new house­mother,
Mrs. W. F. Tyler, with a
lovely tea Sunday afternoon, Oct
9, from 4 to 6 p. m.
Those forming the receiving line
were: .W. M. vMcGehee, president
of the chapter; Mrs. W. F. Tyler,
honoree; Mrs. Maude Smith; Prof.
J. M. Robinson, fraternity advis­er;
R. B. Draughon, executive sec­retary;
Mrs. R. B. Draughon; and
Dean Zoe Dobbs.
Those acting as assitant host­esses
were: Mrs. Elizabeth Cox,
Mrs. W. C. Gowin, and Miss Alma
Newton. Miss Allie Glenn was
elected by the chapter to be hon­orary
hostess.
President McGehee presented
Mrs. Tyler with a lovely jeweled
fraternity pin as a gift of the
chapter.
The house was beautifully dec­orated
for the occasion. Autumn
leaves, Southern smilax, and dah-ilas
were used in carrying out the
NOTICE GIRLS
CARY CASTLE
Two Rooms $6.50 Per
Person
Two Rooms $7.50 Per
Person
Nice Location
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Kappa Delta Pi Entertains
With Outdoor Supper
Twenty-five members and
guests of Kappa Delta Pi, honorary
education fraternity, attended an
outdoor supper on Monday even­ing
at Chewacla Park. In charge
of arrangements for the supper
were Mrs. Glenn Bradley and
Mrs. Nola Lane. An informal so­cial
followed the supper.
Regular meetings of the chap­ter
will be held on the second
Monday evening each month at 7
p. m. in Samford 209. Plans for
the initiation banquet will be made
•at the next meeting on Nov. 14.
Nixon Will Speak To Police
Convention In Atlanta
H. W. Nixon, state toxicologist,
is scheduled to deliver an address
in Atlanta on Oct. 28 before the
fall meeting of the southeastern
section of the American Railway
Police Officials. Mr. Nixon will
discuss the development of scien­tific
evidence in criminal prosecu­tion.
colors of the fraternity, garnet
and old gold.
Refreshments of punch, candies,
and cakes were served on the
porch by Sara Smith, Cora Lip­scomb,
Margaret Lynch, Mary Ann
Herren, Verna Jack, Ruby Pitts',
Sadie Edwards, and June Tooker.
Dale Carnegie, apostle of friend­ship
and influence, is the favorite
columnist of West Texas State
College students.
Outstanding radio artists and
technicians, are on the faculty of
the New York University sum­mer
Radio Workshop faculty.
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STAFF FEATURE WRITER INTERVIEWS
DON C0MPT0N, EX-LOYALIST FLYER
By Charles Burns
Captain Don Compton, former
Loyalist aviator happened in the
Tiger Theater this week to view
the picture "Boys Town." Through
the courtesy of Manager Gus
Coats, I had the pleasure of meet­ing
him.
I have often wondered what it
was like for an aviator to survive
after being shot down. So the first
question I asked was, "Were you
ever hit while fighting?"
His reply was, "Not only was I
hit, but was sent spinning toward
the earth about nine months ago
during a "dog fight" with Fran­co's
forces in Spain. I was hit five
times by machine bullets, and I
want you to look at the base of my
skull where one of those bullets
grazed me."
Compton continued. "At first
the machine bullets did not hurt
much. There is just a stinging sen­sation
like a pin prick, then sud­denly
things seemed to go round
and round, and I lost conscious­ness.
My plane plunged earth­ward.
Things in my past life flash­ed
through my mind. I partly
gained consciousness .to see the
earth rushing up towords me and
just grabbed the controls in time
to make a landing—a bit bumpy
but safe."
Born Under "Big Top"
Compton, a native of Florida
was born under the "big top" of
Ringland Brothers' Circus in win­ter
quarters at Clearwater, where
his parents were the famous "Fly­ing
Comptons," daredevil trapeze
and tightwire performers. At five
years of age he began his circus
career appearing with the parents
in the act—thus setting a begin­ning
to this daredevil ambition.
His schooling was at the Univer­sity
of Florida, where he spent
two years, ending his college ca­reer
to join the flying forces of
Uncle Sam. Receiving his prelim­inary
training at Mitchell Field,
Long Island, N. Y., he advanced
to Kelly Field, San Antonio,
Texas, where he was awarded his
wings and received the Army
commission. From Texas, the
young aviator was transferred to
Maxwell Field, Montgomery, for
a year's service.
Was Stunt Man In Hollywood
Leaving the air service, Captain
Compton went to Hollywood as a
stunt man with Paramount Pic­tures,
working with them for
eight years. He appeared in such
aviation epics as "Hell's Angels,"
"West Point of the Air," "Dawn
Patrol," "Devil Squadron," "Lilac
Time^' and also did the death de­fying
head slide for life in Lon
Chaney's "Laugh Clown Laugh."
The grandest men that he knew
in Hollywood were Lon Chaney,
Will Rogers, Wallace Beery, and
Clark Gable. Compton calls them
the "grandest men on two feet."
Asked about his happiest, proud­est,
and saddest moment Captain
Compton said that the happiest
was flying in the air, with the
earth thousands of feet under him;
the proudest was at the birth of
his daughter five years ago; and
the.saddest, the death of his wife
in Los Angeles. His greatest thrill
No Gap, No Rub, No
Bulge, Because They're
Ankle-Fashioned.
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The Capitol Clothing Store
Montgomery, Ala.
came while dodging planes in the
air, and the sensation of coming
down when shot.
The easiest kind of plane to
bring down in combat, according
to Compton, is the huge bomber,
while the hardest is one with a
pilot and observer. In fighting one
aviator does not try to kill the
pilot, but trys to disable the plane
If the pilot bails out, he goes free.
To his credit, Captain Compton
has destroyed officially 15 ships,
while his pals—Bert Acosta, Ma­jor
Tinker and "Whitie" Dahl,
squadron companions of his in
Spain— give his number as 24.
Appeared Before 50,000
The largest public appearance
that he made was in Detroit,
Mich., on Decoration Day in 1933,
when he appeared before a rec­ord
crowd of 50,000, jumping 300
feet from a plane into the water
without a parachute.
In Spain Compton said that the
commander of his squadron al­ways
said in broken English,
"Now, senores, we go upstairs,"
when it was time to take off.
With this command Captain
Compton takes his plane high in­to
the clouds, but as for me—I
had rather remain on the good
earth.
Sears Club Elects
New Officers
The Sears Scholarship Club met
last week in Comer Hall for the
puropse of electing new officers
for the ensuing school year. The
retiring president, W. G. Eden,
presided over the election. After
the smoke cleared away, the
following results were an­nounced:
president, Merlin Bryant,
Andalusia; vice-president, John
Haupt, Elberta; secretary-treasu­rer,
S. L. Davis, Hamilton; re­porter,
Dan W. Hollis; program
chairman, W. G. Eden, Ashville.
Fully demonstrating the prin­ciple
of scholarship, for which the
club is named, four of the five
officers elected, had scholastic av­erages
of 90 or above for the past
year. The Sears club has the high­est
scholastic rating of any ag
organization on the campus. Al­though
only one year old, this
organization has progressed rap­idly
but surely toward the top.
Plans for the coming year in­clude:
one radio broadcast each
semester over Alabama stations
in Gadsden and Dothan; educatio­nal
tours to Sand Mountain Ex­periment
Station and the Wire-grass
Experiment Station; an an­niversary
banquet; sponsoring an
exhibit at the Ag Fair this fall;
giving an entire program before
the Ag Club once each semester;
participation in extra-curricular
activities and intramural sports;
organization of a national asso­ciation
of Sears Clubs; and the
publishing of an annual news let­ter.
Dean M. J. Funchess of the
School of Agriculture is the sole
honorary member of the club. Re­tiring
officers are: president, W.
G. Eden; vice-president, J. P. Hol-laday;
secretary-treasurer, Leon
Graham; reporter, Dan Hollis.
FFA To Hold Meet
In Kansas City
Alabama's 6,500 students in vo­cational
agriculture will be repre­sented
at the National convention
of Future Farmers of America in
Kansas City, Mo., next week by
A. L. Morrison, subject matter
specialist, and six outstanding
members of the Alabama FFA As­sociation.
Glenn Curlee, of the Holtville
FFA chapter, will represent Ala­bama
and the South in the Na­tional
FFA Public Speaking Con­test,
in which' he will be opposed
by three other regional winners.
The Contest will be held Monday
evening at the convention in Kan­sas
City. After winning the Ala­bama
championship in public
speaking this summer, Curlee lat­er
defeated winners from Geor­gia
and Florida and on Sept. 30
was victorious over regional con­testants
from Virginia, Oklahoma
and Arkansas.
Besides Curlee and Mr. Morri­son,
the Alabama delegation will
include Dolphus Price, Falkville,
president of the Alabama FFA
Association; John Bill Knowles,
Headland, secretary; Bruce What-ley,
Beauregard; George Ash-worth,
Hartselle; and Bradley
Twitty, Cherokee, past FFA state
secretary.
Prof. James Exhibits Five
Paintings In Columbus
Five oil paintings done by Prof.
A. E. James, instructor in applied
art at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, are now on exhibit at the
Chattahoochee Valley Fair in Co­lumbus,
Ga. The group includes
four landscapes and one still life.
Prof. James will serve as one of
the judges of the art competition
in which a large number of paint­ings
and water colors are entered
at the fair in Columbus.
Baptist Students
Go To Memphis
By L. M. Smith
The Auburn Baptist Student
Union is planning to be well rep­resented
at the Fourth Quadren­nial
All-Southern Baptist Student
Conference, which is to be held in
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 27-30.
The conference, coming every
four years, brings together Bap­tist
young people from every cam­pus
in the South. The last week
in October has become the tra­ditional
date. Inspirational speak­ers
of international fame address
the present student generation.
The problems of the world from
the standpoint of the church and
the campus is the theme. This
meeting is the largest Baptist stu­dent
gathering in the world.
The commission plan of confer­ence
will be followed, with all
based on the meeting's special
theme, "My Maximum for Christ."
Leaders of national note will be in
charge of these commissions.
Among the internationally
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T. G. Dunning of England.
A mass meeting of students and
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on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 30. A
special program will be presented
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Auburn's quota for this confer­ence
is 25. The cost of the meeting
will be very low. All students who
are interested in attending this
conference, are urged to contact
Mr. Woolley, Jack Finley, or some
member of the Student Council
at once. Those attending will be
given excuses for any school ab­sences.
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Band Will Play At
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By Max McAlily
During the past weeks the Au­burn
Band under the direction of
P. R. Bidez has rapidly been shap­ing
into the trim, smart-stepping
outfit that is known throughout
the South as one of the foremost
college bands. The 80-piece out­fit
has been rehearsing daily Mon­day
through Friday in preparation
for the coming games.
Lawrence Lee, senior from Sel-ma,
is drum major and has been
aided in putting his men through
the paces by Joe Crooks, cadet
major. Of the 80 men, 23 are
freshmen, 21 sophomores, 8 jun­iors,
and 18 seniors. A full in­strumentation
and a well-balanced
band should go far toward fur­nishing
plenty of music and add­ing
much to the games this fall.
Letters were formed by the band
at the Southern game in Montgom­ery
and will be formed at other
games this year, Director Bidez
said today. Trips the band will
make include the Mississippi State
game in Montgomery, Georgia
Tech game in Atlanta, Louisiana
State game in Birmingham, and
Georgia game in Columbus.
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938
Tiger Players Are Sketched By Sports Writer
Elmer Salter Draws Brief Thumb-Nail
Sketches Of Auburn's Football Team
Alternate Captain
By Elmer Salter
Captain Bo Russell, Birming­ham,
Ala.; senior, tackle; weight,
202; height, six feet, one inch.
Played in only one high school
game before coming to Auburn.
Almost 100 per cent Auburn grid
product. All-Southeastern Confer­ence
choice in '37. Striving for All-
American laurels this season. One
of Tigers best of all-time. Many
think him one of two best tackles
to wear Orange and Blue during
the last decade. A swell blocker,
fast charger, and a ferocious and
deadly tackier. Next to football,
he had rather play Softball. He is
a member most of leading honor­ary
fraternities on the campus,
and is a very likeable student.
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Miltonv Howell, Bessemer, Ala.;
junior, guard; weight, 185; height,
five feet, 11 inches. Slated to fin­ish
career as one of Auburn's bet­ter
guards of all-time. He received
all-star consideration as sopho­more,
and is talented both offen­sively
and defensively. Is a vic­ious
blocker and bone-crushing
tackier. A former end, but likes
guard best. Craves action in mid­dle
of line. Rose to heights in
Orange Bowl triumph this year
over Michigan State. Lauded
highly by Ted Husing, acs CBS
sports announcer. Ambition is to
win berth on major all-star club.
Junie Burns, Frisco City, Ala.;
senior, guard; weight, 193; height,
six feet, one inch. Blessed with
mobility and considerable talent
in several fields. Will conclude
college career as mighty valuable
player. Mainstay on No. 2 club
last year. Reliable and clever.
Weight man on track team..
Garth Thorpe,. Aiken, S. C;
junior, guard; weight 200; height,
six feet. Will be very effective if
he uses all of his physical power
to advantage. Built like wrestler.
Fast for one his size. Can tackle
accurately and in a thunderous
manner. Needs to become vicious
on gridiron all time. Has lots of
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PIG WALKER is the No. 1 field general on the Tiger eleven,
and is a good blocker and a heady quarterback. His calling of the
plays has pulled Auburn out of many a hole, and his last year
should be a good one.
quently excels in whipping out of
line to become pathfinder.
Ernest Mills, Columbus, Ga.;
sophomore, guard; weight, 190;
height, five feet, 11 inches; one of
most promising sophs on squad.
Tagged for high honors before
graduating. Former tackle. Rapid­ly
developing knack of pulling
out of line with ease cf a vete­ran.
Already a defensive stalwart
and needs only seasoning to be­come
an offensive wheelhorse.Anv-bitious,
determined and willing.
Walter Chandler, Columbus,
Ga.; sophomore, guard; weight,
195; height, six feet, one inch.
Served as apprentice reserve in
1937 and now has experience
needed to come through in a big
way if he ever reaches the top.
Only 19, one of youngest memb­ers
of squad. Hard worker. Has
not yet equaled coaches expecta­tions,
but has high hopes of not
disappointing them. Ideal frame
for guard. Lost much early sea­son
practice because vacation in­jury,
but spirit was never dim­med
and he has makings of a
mainstay.
Oscar Burford, Marion, Ala.;
senior, end; weight, 185; height,
six feet. Rugged and hefty. Has
piano-built legs. Hard and scrap­py.
Adroit pass catcher, and skill­ful
tackier of punt receivers. Plen­ty
hard for opposing tackle to
take out of play. Crashes very ef­fectively.
Proficient all-around
end. Coached in high school by
Auburn's Ed James, present sup­erintendent
of education in Per­ry
County.
Standi Whatley, Cordova, Ala.;
junior; end; weight, 192; height,
six feet, three tinches. Can flag
aerials with best. Running in fav­ored
lane in all-star race. Rather
foxy. Aggressive and courageous.
No grid novice in any department.
Has considerable class in each.
Has chance of becoming one of
Auburn's leading terminal per­formers
of all-time.
Max Harrison, Atmore, Ala.;
junior, end; weight, 190; height,
six feet, two inches. Can place
with leaders snagging passes in
any league. Swift and a phenome­non
in covering punts. Punt re­ceivers
find it difficult to elude
him. Coached in high school at
Atmore by Hardboy Pruitt, a rank­ing
flankman at the Plains in
the early twenties.
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Gus Pearson, Birmingham, Ala.;
junior, end; weight, 178, five feet,
10 inches. Scrapper from first to
last whistle. But not too fiery.
Just right. Rapidly forging to
front as first-class wingman.
Gifted both offensively and de­fensively.
Could use more weight
to advantage, but this is not much
of a handicap. Still very proficient
performing many grid chores.
Tired" fiddling" around in reserve
ranks and his present goal is to
climb to top and remain there.
Alternate-Captain Pig Walker,
Dothan, Ala.; senior, quarterback;
weight, 170; height, five feet,
eight inches. Highly talented as
a blocker. Astute field marshal.
Stands out as team director. Also
passes well and is a glue-finger­ed
pass receiver. Diagnoses en­emy
formations splendidly. Came
to Auburn as a halfback. Block­ing
ability won him high recog-niton
and he was quickly trans­ferred
to signal-calling spot,
where he has been swell for two
campaigns.
Osmo Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
senior, quarterback; weight, 174;
height, five feet, nine inches. Very
level-headed and wise selector of
plays. Defends well against over­head
bombardment. Qualities as
blocker mighty high. Former full­back.
Captain high school team in
hometown in 1932. All-state high
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Intramurals Is
Higher This Year
Steady Increase Is Seen
In All Departments;
Tennis Results Given
By Herbert Martin Jr.
Participation in intramural ac­tivities
shows a decided improve­ment
over that of last year. There
has been an increase in almost
every department, and students
and faculty are showing more in­terest,
as shown by the following
comparisions:
Touch football, 1937-38, 24
teams, 240 individuals; 1938-39,
37 teams, 370 individuals;
All-campus tennis singles, 15
last fall; 60 this fall;
Faculty tennis singles, 20 last
spring; 24 this fall;'
Faculty shuffleboard, none last
fall, 24 this fall;
Social dance class, 40 students
and no faculty members last year;
170 students and 30 to 50 faculty
members this year;
Badminton, no students or fac­ulty
members last year, 15 stu­dents
and 12 faculty members
this year;
Hiking Club, 8 members last
year, 20 this year;
Archery Club, 15 members last
year, 25 members this year;
Dance Club, no members last
year, 15 this year.
Faculty recreational class, no
members last year, 20 this year;
Volleyball, 8 teams, 80 individ­uals
last year; 10 teams, 100 indi­vidual's
this year.
Tennis Results Given
Incomplete results of the first
round matches in the all-campus
tennis singles show the following
winners: G. P. Tait, B. B. Henry,
W. Hollingsworth, A. Milton, H.
Weissinger, W. E. Shafner, C. U.
Smith, H. C. McLanahan, G. Wil-lard,
Lang Hixon, Franke Hale, G.
A. Cabaniss, M. T. Belvins, J. L.
Phillips, G. Hiller, F. Morris, A.
J. Darby, J. Mueller, Jerome Ku-derna.
Much interest has been shown
in this year's tournament, with 60
entries as compared with the 15 of
last year. It is expected that this
tournament will uncover some
fine players.
WRITER EXPLAINS THAT TRADITIONS
OF FOOTBALL DATE BACK TO 1865
By J. B. Thomas
When college students yell them­selves
hoarse, inspiring their grid­iron
favorites on to victory, they
are carrying on a tradition that(
dates back to 1865. Yet the foot­ball
game today could hardly be
recognized as that first played in
American colleges.
In the years between 1865 and
1868 rules were evolved at Princ­eton
and Rutgers. In these early
games carrying the ball was for­bidden
and there were 25 players
on each side. The ball was to be
kicked, and if it were caught in
the air or on the first bound the
player making the catch was en­titled
to a free kick. Six goals were
necessary to win a game.
However, these early games
were strictly intramural. In 1869
Capt. William Gunmere of Prince­ton,
later Chief Justice of New
Jersey, challenged Capt. William
Leggett of Rutgers to a game be­tween
the two schools. This game
the first intercollegiate college
football game in America, was
played at Brunswick, N. J., and
Rutgers won, 6 to 4.
Princeton's cheer, just as it is
today, was heard during this game.
It was originally invented by an
unknown soldier of the Seventh
Regiment of New York, the day
the Regiment mobilized for war,
April 30, 1861. The students of
Princeton heard the cheer as the
to be known as "guards." The
soldiers passed during the night,
and they promptly adopted it. It
is said to be the oldest of col­lege
cheers.
By 1877 the number of men on
a football team had been cut to
15. These men were arranged as
follows: nine crouched in the line,
one quarterback just back of the
line; two halfbacks just behind
him; one three-quarter-back; and
t^o fullbacks.
Soon the number was reduced
to 11, and names for the positions
originated. The players at the ex­treme
ends of the lines were call­ed
"end men," and the adjacent
players were "next-to-ends." The
man at the pivot position was call­ed
"center," and those on his right
and left were "next-to-centers."
As these "next-to-centers" guar­ded
the center with their legs,
much as they do today, they came
to be known as "guards." The
"next-to-ends" made most of the
tackles, so they became "tacklers,"
and later "tackles."
The year 1884 marked the ori­gin
of interference, then called
"guarding." In the beginning, it
consisted of a player running on
each side of the carrier in order
to make tackling more difficult.
It was also during this year
that pants made of "moleskin"
replaced those made of canvas.
Today the players are clad in uni­forms
which consis,t of so much
padding that the coaches say ^the
wearer is almost as safe as if he
were at home in bed.
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school fullback in '32. Tennessee's
ace scorer in football in both 19-
31 and 1932.
John Davis Jr.; Birmingham,
Ala.; senior, quarterback; weight,
150; height, five feet, nine inches.
As great as they come blocking in
open field. Leadership ability nev­er
questioned. Would be grid sen­sation
if had power lead plays
through line. President Auburn
"A" Club. Member many honor
societies. One of most popular
students on campus. Son of one of
Tigers hardest-hitting fullbacks of
all-time. Father Davis received
All-Southern honors.
Spec Kelly, Tarrant City, Ala.;
senior, halfback; weight, 162;
height, five feet, 10 inches. Fam­ous
for speed. Sprinter on track
and field team, which he will be
alternate-captain of in 1939. Bona
fide triple-threat and a good one.
Not so elusive but plenty swift.
Runs 100 in less than 10 seconds.
One of South's foremost athletes
and one of Auburn's two three-let­ter
athletes. Letterman in football,
baseball and track. He is truly
the Tigers "Tarrant City Express"
that is successful in flying by
many foes.
Dick McGowen, Empire, Ala.;
sophomore, halfback; weight, 180;
height, six feet. Has possibilities
of being recognized as one of
Dixie's best. One of two longest
distance punters on squad. Also
accurate passer and clever run­ner
and pass flagger. Nephew of
Lawrence Chambles, erstwhile
Tiger track reliable.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
Elmer Salter Draws Brief Thumb-Nail
Sketches Of Auburn's Football Team
(Continued From Page Four)
Chester Bulger, Rumford, Me.;
sophomore, tackle; weight, 210;
height, six feet, two inches. Heav­iest
player on squad. Agile and
loose. Shifty. Powerfully con­structed.
Potentially, he rates the
"A" group. Likely to crash head­lines
any time and become con­sistently
starry. Leading scorer
on track team.in 1937. Puts shot
and hurls discus. Ace in both e-vents.
Former end. Ex-Auburn
quarterback, Luke Ward, native
of Bessemer, "sold" him on Au­burn,
and he decided to leave
"Yankeeland" and become a Sou­therner.
Solid as granite. Many
times become immovable in line.
A little more time, and he might
be located in No. 1 flock.
Jim Sharman, Miami, Fla.; soph­omore,
tackle; weight, 208; height,
six feet. Slated to become mono­gram
winner if can escape injury
jinx. Always hurt most opportune
time. Pretty tough deal with de­fensively
and can become an A-l
blocker.
Ralph O'Gwynne, Selma, Ala.;
senior, halfback; weight, 152;
height, five feet, 10 inches. Not
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game. A really great little half­back.
BUI Mims, Hayneville, Ala.; jun­ior,
halfback; weight, 175; height,
five feet, 10 inches. Not fancy but
dependable and rugged. Stellar
blocker and passer. Very danger­ous
reeling off short gains when
needed. Slated to become top­flight
first-stringer as senior.
Carl Happer, Birmingham, Ala.;
sophomore, halfback; weight, 160;
height, five feet, 10 inches. Found
self in '38 spring drills and really
went to town. Snake-hipped car­rying
the ball and very effective.
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Pelham Sitz, Attalla, Ala.; sen­ior,
fullback; weight, 175; height,
five feet, 10 inches. Followed two
brothers and two cousins to Au­burn,
all of whom were athletes.
Line-bucker deluxe. Comes fair­ly
close to always ripping off
precious yards when needed. Can
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Not many on squad better than
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.- BILL MIMS is a hard-running
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Sitz in blocking department.
Charlie Haynsworth, Birming­ham,
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Geter Cantrell, Lanett, Ala.;
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hopes to.
George Kenmore, Americus,
Ga.; junior, halfback; weight, 158;
height, five feet, 10 inches. Rail-birds
think only injuries will
keep him from joining all-star
class. Is outstanding in foremost
departments of football. Swivel-hipped.
Classy punter. Brilliant
passer. Excellent pass receiver.
Not powerful but mighty potent
ball carrier. Letterman and regu­lar
in baseball. Georgia Military
College graduate, where Graham
Batchelor, ex-Georgia ace, was
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Dick Bassi, who made his debut with the Bears against
the Cardinals last Sunday night, is a dynamite planter for a
California oil drilling company in the off season . . . In this
department's opinion all it will take to make Captain Bo
Russel an Ail-American tackle is some good publicity . . .
He certainly has the playing qualities and all that is needed
is to bring this fact before the sports writers of the country . .
Quarterback
Southern California's football
squad will travel 15,200 miles
this season . . . The itinerary in­cludes
a trip to Honolulu . . .
Sydney W/ooderson of England,
one of the world's greatest milers,
weighs only 124 pounds . . . The
University of Wisconsin will cel­ebrate
its fiftieth anniversity of
the introduction of football at the
school in its game with Indiana.
Gunnar Barlund, heavyweight
contender, was born in Helsing-fors,
Finland, of Swedish parents
. . . Three hundred and seventy-five
dozen balls were used in the
national singles tennis tourna­ment
. . . Glenn Cunningham, Bill
Bonthron and Louis Zamperini,
star milers, suffered severe leg
burns as youngsters.
The first forty-four players on
Nebraska's football squad average
less than 21 years old . . . Dazzy
Vance received $187,000 during
his long career with the Dodgers
. . . He won 187 games . . . Red
Ruffing of the Yankees is the only
major league pitcher who has
beaten each of the rival teams in
his league twice this season.
Dameron Davis, leading scorer
in the Southeastern Conference at
present, is a brother of Bob Da­vis,
one of last year's leading
point-getters . . . Gabby Hartnett,
manager of the Chicago Cubs,
states that a new Cub ball club
would greet the fans in 1939.
Williamson Rating
Scores Best Mark
By Bill Troup
Power came forth across the
country last week-end and the 10
national football leaders bobbed
up from coast to coast. At the top
of the list is Notre Dame, still
two points ahead of its closest riv­al,
although it beat Georgia Tech
by only 14 to 6.
Injuries which had forced our
two key players out for the sea­son
hurt Auburn's pre-season
planning, and that team was beat­en
in the leading Southeastern
Conference game of the week by
Tennessee 7 to 0. Star guard
Hatch Howell and back George
Kenmore, out with injuries, left
Auburn weakened last week and
the previous one. Auburn was
picked in Williamson's pre-season
story to lead the Conference this
season.
The Williamson System scored
its best average of the season last
week-end with an over-all ef­ficiency
of 86.1 per cent, or 88
per cent not counting upsetting
ties. On 302 games, including 15
reported late from the previous
week, there were 32 upsets, 12
upsetting ties, 28 called upsets,
and 7 called ties.
The Auburn Tigers slipped
down a few notches in the Will­iamson
rating after their defeat
by the Tennessee Vols, and were
placed in No. 27 position for the
week.
Following is a list of the first
fifteen teams ranked by William­son:
1. Notre Dame 2. Santa Clara
3. Pitt 4. Minnesota 5. Alabama
6. California 7. T. C. U. 8. North­western
9. Columbia 10. Okla­homa
11. Michigan 12. Army 13.
U. C. L. A. 14 Tennessee 15.
Darthmouth.
FOR SALE—One portable Un­derwood
typewriter, practically
new. Reasonable price. Room 102
Samford. Phone 6.
his coach.
Bill Nichols, Sylacauga, Ala.;
junior, tackle; weight, 203; height,
five feet, 11 inches. Considered by
many.as most conscientious play­er
on squad. Never knows .word
quit. Tireless campaigner. Crack-erjack
on '37 runnerup eleven.
"Poison" to plays aimed in his
direction. Charges swiftly. Nimble
for big fellow. Likes to make re­sounding
tackles. And he freq­uently
makes many.
George Wolff, Atlanta; Ga.; jun­ior,
tackle; weight, 205; height,
six feet, two inches. Graduate of
Georgia Military Academy. Active
for rangy 205 pounder. Classified
as gargantuan. Manned second
team post last season in very cap­able
manner. Improves right a-long
and labeled by many as all-star
hopeful as senior. Certainly
has physical qualifications.
Gordon Mac Eachern, Haverhill,
Mass.; sophomore, tackle; weight,
204; height, six feet, four inches.
United States Army officer at Au­burn
persuaded him purchase re­lease
from Army in Hawaii and
become Plainsman. Studying vet­erinary
medicine and has to miss
lots of practice because late af­ternoon
classes. Would be rather
far advanced if not tardy for al­most
each practice. Hard to move
defensively and occasionally looks
good in other fields.
Poultry Genetics
Project Underway
The new poultry genetics ex­periment
just being begun at Au­burn
is the first of its kind in the
country and will achieve a great
deal for Alabama and other states,
stated Dr. C. W. Warburton, di­rector
of the federal extension
service of the nation, at a meeting
here recently.
Dr. Warburton was one of the
speakers at a luncheon held in
the WPA Hall after an inspection
of the new poultry experimental
project headed by John E. Ivey,
poultry expert with the Alabama
Extension Service.
The experiment has as its aim
increases in egg production
through improvement in roosters.
The project will undertake through
several generations of chickens
and over a period of four or five
years to develop an outstanding
strain of roosters which can be
made available at low cost to Ala­bama
chicken-raisers.
Dr. C. W. Knox, senior geneti­cist
of the Department of Agri­culture,
who also spoke at the
luncheon said that the results of
the genetics work at Auburn will
be of vast benefit to poultry rais­ers
in Alabama and the entire na­tion.
In order to effectively house
facilities for the new project, one
large building and fifty chicken
houses have been made available
on the poultry farm. The main
building, which was erected by the
Alabama ' Extension Service, will
include offices for Mr. Ivey and
his associates as well as other fa­cilities.
The building will be oc­cupied
this week.
Plans For Ag Fair
Are Released
Prospects for the greatest Ag
Fair ever to be held here are in
store for the coming event Nov.
4. According to plans released by
H. D. McVay, senior manager, the
program will be held in WPA Am­phitheater
again this year. The ex­hibits
will probably be in the
WPA Hall, although this has not
been definitely settled yet.
The major event will be the
crowning of the "Harvest Queen."
The mock faculty event will also
be of interest. Wrestling, singing,
dancing, and many other interest­ing
attractions are yet to be work­ed
in the most interesting prog­ram
ever to be staged on such an
occasion here.
Work on the exhibits has already
begun. The following departments
will have exhibits: agronomy and
soils, agricultural engineering, zo­ology,
fish ponds, wildlife, botany,
horticulture, forestry, soil conser­vation,
animal nutrition, poultry,
animal husbandry, dairy, agricul­tural
economics, Sears Roebuck
Club, F. H. A., F. F. A., Alabama
Farmer, and probably others.
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JOHN DAVIS is one of the
best blockers on the Auburn
squad and his only handicap is
lack of size. Nevertheless, he
has proven to he one of the most
valuable men on the team. He
is president of the "A" Club.
Thirty Wellesley College seniors
are writing novels as part of their
work in an English course.
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NOTICE
A. I. E. E. meeting Monday
night, Oct. 17, in Ramsay 109 at
7 p. m. Alex Taylor of the co-op­erative
engineering department
will speak. All electrical engi­neering
students are urged to be
present.
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THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938
Phi Psi Initiates
Ellis Royal
Monday night Lambda chapter
of Phi Psi, textile fraternity, ini-ated
into its fold B. Ellis Royal
of Charlotte, N. C, editor of the
Textile Bulletin. Mr. Royal is an
alumnus of Auburn, graduating in
the class of 1934 in textile engi­neering.
The local chapter of Phi Psi,
which is the largest national hono­rary
textile fraternity in the
country, felt that since Mr. Royal
has so consisently manifested
keen interest in the affairs of his
alma mater and of his profession
that he should be chosen for mem­bership.
The local chapter is compocsed
of juniors and seniors of the tex­tile
engineering department who
have proven themselves outstand­ing
by their leadership, scholar­ship,
and adaptability. New mem­bers
are tapped twice yearly
from the sophomore and junior
classes.
During the year Phi Psi spon­sors
many events of interest to
textile students and engineering
students in general. Numerous
men of prominence in the textile
field are brought to Auburn to
Prof. Hargreaves Is Named
To Pharmacy Board
Prof. George Hargreaves, asso­ciate
professor of pharmacy at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, has
been named for the second year as
a member of the Committee on
Problems and Plans of the Amer­ican
Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy.
At a recent meeting of the As­sociation
in Minneapolis, Minn.,
Prof. Hargreaves delivered a
technical paper on "A Contribu­tion
to the Preparation and Chem­istry
of 6-Aminoquinoline." He
collaborated with A. B. Marshall
and W. W. Whorton in the re­search
and preparation of the pa­per.
Prof. Hargreaves is also serving
this year, along with five other
professors of pharmacy, on a sub­committee
of the Pharmaceutical
Syllabus Committee, to deal with
the revision of the outline on
Pharmaceutical Technique. Other
members of the subcommittee are
Dean W. A. Jarrett, Creighton
University; Dr. C. O. Lee, Purdue
University;, Dean E. T. Motley,
University of South Carolina; and
Dr. H. M. Burlage.
speak. The annual Cotton Ball,
held in April, is an important fun­ction
sponsored by the fraternity.
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Monday Is Last Day
For Annual Photos
Due to the fact that a few hun­dred
students have neglected to
go by and have their pictures made
for the Glomerata, the staff is
having one photographer remain
over until Monday of next week.
This is positively the last chance
for students to have their pictures
made.
"All students are urged to come
by at their earliest convenience
and not wait for appointments to
be made," said Curty Farley, bus­iness
manager of the annual. "No
more appointment cards will be
mailed out, so all students who
have not received cards or who
have not received second notices,
do not wait for a card."
Proofs may be seen whenever
students wish to call for them. The
photographer will select proofs
for the students if they do not call
for them soon. All students who
owe money for extra prints must
pay now, as the pictures will not
be sent in until payments is
made.
Jitney Players
(Continued from page one)
of the most exciting and engros­sing
plays ever to deal with a con­troversial
subject. Brooks Atkin­son
in the New York Times wrote,
"An excellent play . . . . real and
stimulating;" Walter Winchell
termed it, "Timely and top-notch
entertainment," and other critics
joined in the unanimous chorus of
praise.
The Jitney Players, with an ex­cellent
acting company which in­cludes
Ethel Barrymore Colt,
Pendleton Harrison, Bettina Cerf,
Douglas Rowland, Phyllis Flana­gan,
Harry Gresham, Madeline
Hooley, Tom Gorman, and Robert
K. Adams, who staged "Both
Your Houses," are now in thei:
sixteenth season.
Safe driving and traffic effien-cy
is one of the new courses plan­ned
for the University of Pitts­burgh
summer session.
OH, ROCK IT FOR ME!
By Duchin Calloway Dorsey
Goodman
"Swing!" What a poor, abused
word—used to describe every type
of sound conglomeration that
blares through our loud-speakers,
applied to all the pandemonium
produced on our dance floors—
no wonder people have become a
bit bewildered as to the exact
species of music described by this
little word.
Before taking up swing, how­ever,
we'd first better become ac­quainted
with a general definition
to cover all the so-called popu­lar
music. It is simple, contagious
music written in "four-four" time,
played on brass, reed, string, and
percussion (drum) instruments,
arranged so that one or more of
these instruments plays the solo
while the rest of the orchestra
carries the rhythm in accompani­ment.
"Four-four" time is the mu­sician's
way of saying four beats
to the measure; "three-four" is
waltz time.
Swing music differs from other
varieties of popular music in its
time and has characteristics-just
as clearly defined as the waltz or
the rhumba. While the waltz has
three beats to the measure, with
emphasis on the first beat (coun­ted
one, two, three, one, two,
three), swing has four beats to the
measure with empnasis on the
second and fourth beats (counted,
one, two, three, four).
Most folks think that all swing
music is fast and all fast music is
swing. This is definitely not the
case—the best and most authenic
swing is played in slow tempo. A
majority of the fast music you
hear is not swing. An example
might be Shep Field's rendition*
of "Tiger Rag."
Any piece of music written in
"four-four" time can be swing.
Here's an experiment you can try
right now. Whistle "Organ Grind­er's
Swing" and pat time with
your hand, first emphasizing the
first beat (one, two, three, four),
then whistle the same way, but
emphasize the second and fourth
beats—now you're swingin'—see
the difference. Got it? Okay,
rock it for me!
•"Deacon" Teague, please note.
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Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity
To Install 'Opinion Box'
Within the next few days Delta
Sigma Pi, business and professio­nal
fraternity, will place an op­inions
box at the head of the stairs
at the east end of Broun Hall, ac­cording
to David Wittel, vice pres­ident
of Delta Sigma Pi. The ob­ject
is to provide the students*in
the business department a means
of expressing themselves in such
a manner that their'criticisms and
suggestions will reach the ears
of the faculty and. administrative
heads.
Anyone who wishes may drop a
signed note into the box, and his
suggestion or criticism will be
analyzed by a Delta Sigma Pi
committee, then turned over to
Dean Scott, if worthy of further
consideration. The signers of these
notes are not to be publicized, as
their opinions are to be confi­dential
among themselves, the o-pinions
box committee, and Dean
Scott.
Many good suggestions have
been passed on to men who were
not in position to put them into
effect, and Delta Sigma Pi is seek­ing
to devise a means of commu­nication
between the students and
faculty, in order that the good stu­dent
suggestions may be carried
into effect.
Fabrics Being Displayed In
Architecture Library
An unusual display of fabrics
is on exhibition in the architectu­ral
library. It will be kept open
to the public during the day
through Monday, Oct. 14.
The fabrics are manufacturer's
samples and include a wide va­riety
of designs, colors and types.
Many contemporary pieces are
shown as well as excellent exam­ples
of modern reproduction of
antique Italian and French bro­cades
and damasks. A number of
the samples are imported weaves
in silk and linen.
These fabrics will later become
a permanent part of the working
file of samples for use by students
in the course in interior decora­tion.
Through the cooperation of
many leading manufacturers this
working file is being greatly en­larged
and brought up to date. As
later acquisitions are made, they
will be shown to those in the com­munity
who are interested by
similar exhibition.
At the beginning of the 1938-39
school year, all Yale University
freshmen will be housed together.
More than 45,000 students have
entered the "cultural Olympics"
sponsored by the University of
Pennsylvania.
Freshman Election
To Be November 3
Election of freshman officers
will take place Thursday, Nov. 3,
according to an announcement
made,last night by Billy McGe-hee,
chairman of the elections
committee. The date for the elec­tion
was set by the Executive Cab­inet
in a meeting Monday.
Nominations blanks of candi­dates
must be in the hands of the
elections committee head at the
PiKA House by noon on Oct. 26.
No nomination blanks will be ac­cepted
after that hc^ur.
All blanks must be signed by 25
members of the freshman class
and must read as follows: "We,
the undersigned members of the
freshman class, do hereby nomi­nate
for
" Follow­ing
the signatures, the candidate is
to sign as follows: "I hereby ac­cept
the nomination. "
As in the past, the election will
be held at the student center. The
customary rules and regulations
which prohibit campaigning on
the floor of the center and in the
near vicinity will be in force. Of­fenders
will be disciplined by the
election committee and the Exe­cutive
Cabinet.
"A" Club To Have Dance
At Cloverdale Tonight
The "A" Club is sponsoring an
after-the-game dance at Clover-dale
High School tonight from 10
to 2 o'clock. Music will be by the
Auburn Knights, and admission
will be $1.
Numerous out-of-town girls are
expected at the affair, as well as
alumni from all parts of the state
who will be in Montgomery for
the game.
Kappa Delta Pi Gives Outdoor
Supper Monday Night
Twenty-five members and
guests of Kappa Delta Pi, hono­rary
education fraternity, attend­ed
an outdoor supper Monday
evening at Chewacla Park. In
charge of arrangements for the
supper were Mrs. Glenn Bradley
and Mrs. Nola Lane. An informal
social followed the supper.
Regular meetings of the chap­ter
will be held on the second
Monday evening each month at
7 p. m. in Samford 209. Plans for
the initiation banquet will be made
at the next meeting on Nov. 14.
More smokers everywhere are
turning to Chesterfield's refreshing
mildness and better taste.
I t takes good things to make a good
product. That's why we use the best
ingredients a cigarette can have—mild
ripe tobaccos and pure cigarette paper—
to make Chesterfield the cigarette that
smokers say is milder and better-tasting.
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Glomerata
Advertisers
At a time when all Auburn is
pouring into the great city of
Montgomery, it is fitting that the
Glomerata present outstanding
firms in Montgomery, whose ad­vertising
space in the Glomera­ta
is their expression of their best
wishes for the success of the year­book.
It would be impossible to give
all of them recognition in this
column at once, so the reporter
will juggle the numbers and pick
one out of the hat. Here we are—
Sears, Roebuck and Co., Mont­gomery
Retail Store:
The most important thing about
Sears at the present time is the
52nd Anniversary Sale, which is
now in progress. Their slogan for
the sale this year is, "More For
Your Money!" and here are the
facts:
Sears merchandise is produced
only by manufacturers with an
acknowledged national reputation.
By buying from these well-known
sources, Sears assures itself and
its customers of merchandise that
is unexcelled in quality. Sears
pays the same price as the next
fellow. It's the direct route this
merchandise takes, from factory
to Sears to you, that saves you
money. No middleman. No whole­saler.
No distributor and no na­tional
advertising expense to pass
on to you. That's why you get
more for your money at Sears.
It goes without saying that the
Auburn students and townspeo­ple
have a standing invitation to
visit Sears store, not only during
the anniversary, but anytime they
are in Montgomery.
Other prominent Montgomery
advertisers represented in the
Glomerata are: Montgomery Fair,
Capital Clothing Co., Goodform
Shop, Dixie Supply Co., Helburn
Co., Perry's Hamburgers, Scheaf-fer
Jewelry Co., and J. C. Connor.
Opelika High School Teacher
Speaks To Auburn FHA's
Miss Evelyn Calhoun, teacher
of vocational home economics at
the Opelika High School, was the
principal speaker at a meeting
this week of the Auburn Collegiate
Chapter of the Future Homemak-ers
of America in Student Cen­ter.
Following her discussion of
"Teachers and Teaching," Miss
Calhoun answered a number of
questions asked by FHA members.
At the business session Lucile
Pace, Miriam Earnest, and Mar­guerite
Johnson were appointed
to arrange an FHA exhibit at the
Ag Fair to be held on Nov. 4.
A joint social with the Collegiate
FFA Chapter will be held at an
early date and Katherine McClel-lan,
Dorothy Summers, and Jon-nielyn
Campbell were appointed
to work out details with an FFA
committee. . _ _ ^ _
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