1940-01-16 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXIII z-i ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, JANUARY 16, 1940 No. 32
Gamma Sigma Delta
Chooses Eighteen
Senior Students
Group Selected from
Upper 25 Per Cent of
Ag and AgEd Men
Gamma Sigma Delta, highest
honor for agriculture and agri­cultural
education seniors, select­ed
18 new men last week and ex­tended
them bids of membership.
Seniors honored by the organi­zation
are Robert P. Armstrong,
Moore J. Burns, Jack B. Cagle,
Bill Eden, Bob Gay, Pryce Byrd
Gibson, Max Emmett Jacobs, Earl
P. Kennamer, Robert M. Prather,
John C. Rice, Charles Chan Vick-rey,
Fred Wellborn, and C. M.
Wilson, all students in ag science.
AgEd students are Coy S. Baze-more
and George McFaden.
Ag engineers are C. C. Morgan
and Prances U. Weaver.
W. C. Lumpkin is the lone ag
administration student.
Members of Gamma Sigma Del­ta
are chosen from the upper 25
per cent of the seniors on the
basis of scholarship, activities,
popularity, leadership, and similar
qualities. Chapters are maintain­ed
at nine of the leading land
grant colleges of the country.
Officers of the local chapter
are W. H. Weidenbach, president;
Prof. E. V. Smith, vice-president;
Prof. F. S. Arant, secretary-treas­urer.
Decorations Will
Carry Sea Motif
Bob Lawrence, Allen
Lamar Hold Contract
A nautical theme has been se­lected
by Allen Lamar and Bobby
Lawrence, winners of the decora­tions
contract for the Junior
Prom, and Graves Center will be
imbued with a salty atmosphere
for the occasion.
• Center of attention will be the
orchestra, seated on a deck-like
bandstand at the east end of the
hall, with a backdrop behind them
depicting a stretch of sea with an
overhanging lighthouse.
Just above the crystal ball sus­pended
from the ceiling over the
middle of the floor, a blue canopy
is to be swung with colored
streamers extending from its edges
to all corners of the room. The
double line of posts down the cen­ter
of the floor is to be conceal­ed
by blue crepe paper, and the
entire hall will be encircled by
large wall strips of green and
brown. Life preservers, anchors,
ropes, and other boat articles will
be hung around the hall to add
to the sea-going atmosphere.
Even the check room and soda
pop bar have been included in the
nautical motif that is being fol­lowed
in all the decorations.
Decorators Lamar and Law­rence
said last night their designs
for the decorations were finished
and that they expected to begin
work at Graves Center during the
coming week end.
JOHN IVEY, JR.: "The only way
cheating will ever be done away
with is by concerted student opin­ion
against it. We hope to create
that opinion."
COMMITTEE MAILS
217 DANCE BIDS
Bid Boxes to be
Collected Tonigbt
The Social Committee mailed
out 217 bids to the Junior Prom
yesterday clearing out the bid
boxes at that time. The boxes will
be collected at 9 o'clock tonight
and no bid cards will be accepted
after that time, according to the
Social Committee.
Girls from 23 states and the
District of Columbia were extend­ed
invitations to attend the Prom
on Thursday, Friday, and Satur­day
of next week.
Birmingham
Jane Bayliss, Mitylene Bowron,
Martha Case, Gay Comer, Jerry
Creel, Lil Culley, Frances Dow-ling,
Evelyn DuBose, Jean Duvall,
Wilbur Fite, Blanche Goldstein,
Dorothy Hall, Jane Hill, Jane Hen­derson,
Betty Hillhouse, Mrs.
Margaret Hillhouse.
Marjorie Holcomb, Jane Judd,
Jeanette Leslie, Frances McDavid,
Jane McGauck, Jane Morgan, Lucy
Nelson, May Pearson, Carolyn
Phillips, Sally Rainer, Evelyn
Randall, Billie Ruth Russell, Mild­red
Sanford, Patty Smith, Lucie
Thomson-, Jackie White, and Alice
Wise.
Auburn
Mrs. Rollins Aldridge, Sarah
Boles, Terry Bost, Etta Claire
Brackin, Bettie Belle Brandt, Mar­guerite
Creel, Marguerite Enochs,
Laurie Ernest, Ruth Foss, Kate
Gresham, Fay Hart, Libba Har­well,
Frances Hodge, Mary John­son,
Margaret Pearson, Nancy
Ray, Elizabeth Rimes, Eugenia
Sanderson, Charlotte Scott, Betty
Showalter, Anamerle Smith, Mar­garet
Smith, Delphine Thomas,
Louise Thrash, Margaret Wallis,
Jane White, Mary Lydia William­son,
and Katherine Wright.
Montgomery
Betty Barnes, Helen Betty
Brown, Mildred Collins, Lucy Cul­ver,
Dorothy Harper, Elizabeth
Hobbie, Anne Johnson, Alice Mar­tin,
Carolyn Mayer, Mae McCord,
Mary Reed, Eleanor Robertson,
Lillian Rossell, Mathilde Taber,
Continued on page 4
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
| \ go the thumbs of the student body on cheating
1/OWn as the Executive Cabinet expresses its aim of
lessening the persistent cribbing evil on the campus. •
See column 3.
y |" I will be the theme of the Junior Prom decora-
NQUTICul tions being put up this year by Bobby Law-
Don your sou'wester matey, here
See column 3.
rence and Allan Lamar,
we go.
r l • DAIM*air t h a t 5t w i l 1 o p e n a b o o k e x c n a n ge
j P n i n X KGYG9IS for second hand books, to be locat­ed
in the basement of dormitory number one, already the
scene of Cardinal Key's new arrival, a tea room.
See column 2.
Cabinet President Fires Opening
Gun in Anti-Cheating Campaign
End of Cribbing Is
Second Semester Aim
Plan Discussed in Meeting With Members
Of Executive Cabinet Last Night
The primary aim of the Executive Cabinet for next
semester will be the complete abolishment of cheating
among students, John Ivey, Jr., president of the Cabinet,
said last night in discussing the body's plans for the rest
of the year with several Cabinet members.
"We have other objectives, but this is our main one,
and we expect to do everything we can to reach it."
When questioned as to the possibilities of.the resur­rection
of the honor system at ~~
Auburn, he replied that he was not
sure whether the student body
would be receptive toward such a
system, but that if it seemed to
be, the Cabinet would ask college
officials to help them set one up.
If not, he stated, some nebulous
form of honor system can be es­tablished
which can develop into
a true honor system as soon as
student opinion conforms to it.
The old honor system under
which Auburn formerly operated
was abolished during the adminis­tration
of Dr. Spright Dowell, fol­lowing
the refusal of students to
reveal the offenders in a case of
gross misconduct.
"In my opinion the only way
cheating will ever be done away
with is by concerted student opin­ion
against it. We hope to create
that opinion," said Ivey. He out­lined
the possibilities of arousing
dormant opinion, which, he point­ed
out, openly countenances
cheating at present.
There was some agitation on
the cheating problem last year and
even talk of forming a vigilante
group to attack it when no action
was taken, but the matter was
dropped when it became apparent
that nothing could be done at that
time.
Anti-cheating plans will be the
first order of business when the
Cabinet convenes in its initial
meeting of the second semester.
If necessary the Cabinet plans
to devote the entire second se­mester
to the project, subordinat­ing
its routine duties to a secon­dary
position.
Military Department
To Offer Riding
Class Second Term
A non-credit course in horse­back
riding for Auburn coeds will
again be offered this year by the
Military Department in conjunc­tion
with the Auburn Polo and
Riding Club, according to an an­nouncement
made by Capt. K. L.
Johnson, officer in charge of the
class.
The equitation class is to be
divided into two sections, a Mon­day-
Friday afternoon section from
4 to 5 o'clock, for beginners, and
a Tuesday-Thursday 4-5 section
for more advanced riders. The
complete course will consist of 20
one-hour periods and is scheduled
to commence Jan. 29.
In case the number of applica­tions
for the course exceeds the
number , of horses available, a
priority ruling set up in previous
years will be followed. Women
students who are members of fac­ulty
families will have first choice,
followed by members of college
employees' families. Residents of
Auburn will be given priority over
non-residents.
Coeds may register for the
course at Mrs. Hackney's desk in
the military office on the first
floor of Samford Hall. A fee of
$7.50 will be charged at time of
registration.
STATE TOURNEY
SET FOR MARCH
Inquiries Already
Being Received Here
Dr. Leo G. Gosser of the Eng­lish
department stated this morn­ing
that a number of inquiries
had been received from secondary
schools over the state regarding
the annual State high school tour­nament
to be held here March 7-9.
General announcements regarding
the tournament, of which Dr.
Gosser is chairman, were mailed
to all Alabama high schools a few
weeks ago.
Last year over 300 high school
boys and girls came to Auburn
for the competition, and it is ex­pected
that an even greater num­ber
will participate in the 1940
tournament. Visiting students will
be lodged in the cottages at
Graves Center.
Greatest interest at the annual
tournament is usually shown in
the dramatics contest between the
various high school dramatics
groups. Murphy High School of
Mobile won this phase of the com­petition
in 1938 and 1939, and
is expected to defend its crown
this year.
There will be 22 academic con­tests,
including aeronautics (mod­el
flying), art, biology, books,
chemistry, drama, foreign lan­guages,
forestry, general science,
history, industrial arts and manual
training, journalism, Latin, mathe­matics,
mechanical drawing, mu­sic,
physics, public speaking, spell­ing,
typewriting and essay writ­ing.
Sphinx To Open
Book Exchange In
Coed Quadrangle
Senior Girls Will
Sell Books at Half
Price for Students
Sphinx, honor group for senior
coeds made public today its plans
to open a book exchange in the
recreation room in the basement
of dormitory number one of the
new Quadrangle.
Opening Saturday morning the
Exchange will remain open for as
many days as necessary until the
second semester is well under way.
The exchange will not buy
books from students but will serve
as a selling agency, disposing of
books for students at one-half the
original price. To this figure will
be added 10 cents, Sphinx's only
charge for selling the book for
the owner. All profits from the
book exchange will go into a
Sphinx scholarship fund.
The book shop will be open
daily from 10 to 12 in the morn­ing
and from 1 to 4 in the after­noon.
Members of Sphinx who will as­sist
in handling books are Louise
Van Ausdal, Marie Johnson, Caro­lyn
Jones, Annie Moon, Hulda
Rutland, Betty Showalter, Eliza­beth
Steele, and Mary Lydia Wil­liamson.
Miss Mary George Lamar
is faculty adviser.
SEWANEE MAKES
OFFER TO COACH
RALPH JORDAN
"There has been a contact made,
but I feel that any announce­ment
should come from Sewanee,"
said Coach Ralph Jordan today of
the rumor that he will take over
the position of head coach at the
University of the South, common­ly
known' as Sewanee.
"I talked with them during
Christmas and again the other
night. However, I feel that any
statement made should be made
by them."
Coach Jordan's statement was
made in answer to a request for
confirmation of the persistent
rumor among sports writers that
he would take the vacant place at
the Tennessee school.
Kemp Began Career At North Carolina
University, Duchin With Leo Reisman
Crommelin Underwood ts
ee s cho^o S
1940 Junior Prom with Junior John Deming, prexy of his
class. See column 6. Co-Op Notice
in the Southeastern Conference is Frank
High Scorer Manci, Auburn forward and sophomore
white hope. Nearest to him is highly-touted George Prather
of 'Bama. See page 4.
Pictures for the Glomerata are
to be taken on Wednesday, at
12:40 in front of Ramsay. All are
requested to wear ROTC uniforms
with white shirts.
Duchin Wanted to
Open Own Drug Store
Because of his ambition to own
a drugstore, Eddy Duchin, who
brings his famous orchestra here
to play for four of the mid-term
dances at the Junior Prom, be­came
a musician, the leader of an
orchestra, and "the magic fingers
of radio".
It was just 10 years ago that
the black-haired Duchin went to
New York to play the piano for
Leo Reisman and his orchestra.
He had accepted the job in order
that he might make enough money
to open up his own drug store
in his home town of Cambridge,
Mass.
But Eddy never got back to his
drug store idea, for he went from
one musical job to another until
he finally organized his own or­chestra
and is now known to radio
listeners throughout the nation as
the "magic fingers of radio".
He organized h i s orchestra
about eight years ago and played
his first engagement at the Cen­tral
Park Casino in New York
City. Success brought him en­gagements
at the Waldorf-Astoria
and the Hotel Plaza in New York
City; the Palmer House in Chica­go
; the Cocoanut Grove at the Ho­tel
Ambassador in Los Angeles.
Kemp is an Alabama
Boy, Born in Marion
Hal Kemp, who brings his fam­ous
dance orchestra to Auburn to
play on Thursday, Jan. 25, is a
native of Alabama. A glance
through his biography shows that
he was born in Marion, Ala. in
1905.
At the age of six Hal began his
musical career by playing the
piano in a theatre in his home
town of Marion. For his musical
endeavors at the movie house he
received two dollars a week and
passes to the show for the family.
In 1922, Hal enrolled at the
University of North Carolina. It
was there that he organized his
first orchestra, including Skinny
Enis, who is now an orchestra
leader; Sophie Dowell, who wrote
the novelty hit song, "The Three
Little Fishes"; and Ben Williams.
His college band won first prize
in a national contest and received
a trip to London and an engage­ment
at the Picadilly Hotel.
Hal is six feet, three inches tall,
and weighs 165 pounds. He still
retains his Southern drawl despite
11 years in the East and North.
One of his hobbies is attending
and playing for college dances.
Last year he married Martha
Stephenson of Birmingham.
LEADER OF THE PROM, beauteous Crommelin Underwood of Mont­gomery.
Selected by the Social Committee, she will lead the grand
march and junior lead-out Friday night, Jan. 26. Her escort will be
John Deming.
Montgomerian Will
Lead Junior Prom
• Broadcast Planned
• Bring Your Book
• Movies Slated
Leading the Junior Prom here
to the music of Hal Kemp and
Eddy Duchin on Jan. 25, 26, and
27, will be Crommelin Underwood
of Montgomery, Tom Henley,
chairman of the Social Committee
announced yesterday. She will be
escorted by John Deming, presi­dent
of the junior class. Miss Un­derwood
has attended Gulf Park
College at Gulfport, Miss., and
Fairmont at Washington, D. C.
0 The dances will be broadcast
on Thursday and Friday nights
over Stations WSFA at Montgom­ery
and WAPI at Birmingham.
There is also a possibility that
Station WRLB at Columbus, Ga.,
will carry the program. Kemp will
play for the dance and broadcast
on Thursday night, and Duchin
will play Friday night. Duchin and
his orchestra will also play for
the dances on Saturday, but no
broadcast has been scheduled yet.
API Baby Tigers
Upset by Opelikans
In a surprising upset the Ope-lika
High School cagers defeated
the Auburn Baby Tigers 26-25 on
the Opelika court Saturday night.
Henry Monsees, Garland Chil-drey,
and Charles Finney led
Coach Morgan's Tigers in their
attack on the Bulldogs.
The first half was slow with
Auburn leading at the close 8-5,
but the second was lightning fast,
and the Opelika boys came from
behind the hard way to take the
game.
Lineups:
Opelika (26) — Whatley (4);
Brown; Plant (11); Bradshaw
(3); Meadows (4); Timms (4);
Back, Hunter.
Auburn Freshmen (25) —Fin­ney
(4); Childrey (5); Monsees
(7); Canzoneri (3); Clayton;
Walker (2); Stokes; Ellis (3);
Young; Rimel; Wright (1).
9 The proms will be formal, but
students may come in informal
dress is they do not have tuxedos.
Fraternity men holding single
dance tickets must present their
student activity books at the door.
Bid cards for the dances will
be taken up at 9:00 tonight and
none will be accepted after that time.
The junior class lead-out and
grand march will be held Friday
night and will be broadcast. Boys
of the junior class who are at­tending
the dance have been ask­ed
to give their name, date's name
and address and the color of her
dress, if possible, to John Deming
at the SAE house before the dance
in order that this information may
be used in the broadcast of the
grand march.
Fraternities giving house par­ties
during the set of dances are
Phi Delta Theta, ATO, Sigma Chi,
Sigma Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha, and
Alpha Gamma Rho.
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, director
of women students, has extended
to visiting girls the privilege of
staying in the new dormitories
for a charge of 50 cents a night
to cover the cost of linen and
cleaning.
0 Gus Coats, manager of the Tiger
Theatre, will make moving pictures
of the dance and they will be
shown on the screen here.
Opening of New Tea
Room is Successful
First night attendance at the
new tea room opened yesterday
by Cardinal Key and Owls in the
basement of dormitory one at the
quadrangle was gratifying, ac­cording
to Cardinal Key members.
Numbers of students called at
the refreshment spot between 8:30
and 10:30 and made small pur­chases
of drinks, sandwiches, and
other eatables. Members of Cardi­nal
Key and Owls served as host­esses.
The room is expected to prove
a special boon to coeds in the
dormitories and their dates.
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Handle With Care-
The New Absence Rule
THE ACHIEVEMENT of a new
absence rule marks the end of
two and a half years of sincere
student displeasure at having to
work under the "two point" rule.
The surprising generosity of the
new system was a surprise to the
student body, for they hardly ex­pected
such liberality as was
granted.
The crux of the matter is this:
the new rule is on trial for one
semester—if we use it carefully,
staying within the limits of its
liberality, it will become perman­ent.
If we misuse it and take ad­vantage
of the concessions that
have been made, the experiment
will be terminated and back we'll
go to the "two point" system.
We are the ones who asked
for the change, and we alone are
the ones who will determine its
success or failure. The manner in
which we observe it is not just a
matter of one semester; thereby
will be determined what system
we will operate under next year
and the next too.
We Auburnites showed our
lack of appreciation of a good
thing when we abused the old
"20 per cent" rule.
But the medicine we had to
take was too much for us. Now,
we've asked for another chance
to show the college that we can
be adults about going to classes,
and they have done their part.
The rest is up to us, and our sins
be on our own heads. If we toss
away this chance the old devil
will be skating over the ice be­fore
we get another.
Trafficking In Souls
THERE ARE times when the
democratic system of govern­ment
breaks down, when even
the staunchest democrat turns a-way
from it in disgust, not be­cause
of the system itself but be­cause
of the frailties of the men
who administer it.
A case in point is that of Gov.
Bricker of Ohio, seeker after the
nomination as Republican can­didate
for the presidency. Re­member
the recent furore about
Ohio's relief problem, the insist­ence
of the state government that
it could care for its own people,
the charges from Washington
that citizens were dying of hun­ger
in Cleveland? The fanfare
has died down, but the taste of
ashes remains.
Here's what Raymond Clap­per,
one of the most authorata-tive
of the Washington corres­pondents,
had to say in his na­tionally
syndicated column:
"There isn't any excuse for people
starving in Cleveland. . . ."
"The town is booming with steel pro­duction
at capacity. The city could
stand adequate taxation to finance re­lief
costs, but the state legislature has
refused to grant it power to impose the
necessary taxes. . . ."
"But Gov. Bricker will not call the
legislature into session because he
wants to make a record for economy
before the Republican national conven­tion
meets. . . ."
"If he sits tight now, he can clean
up this year with a surplus of perhaps
$5,000,000 and offer himself as an eco­nomical
administrator who would make
short work of extravagance at Wash­ington.
. . ."
"A family of six receives 73 cents a
day for groceries. Try living on 13
cents a day and see if you like econ­omy."
Democracy will always have
its Brickers, those who dare to
sell the souls of the ones they
govern for the pieces of silver of
their own political ambitions.
Slow-moving, checked-and-bal-anced
democracy doesn't go in
for Blitzkreigs in government,
but there's still plenty of life in
the old girl—she can move re­lentlessly.
Eventually she weeds
out the Bricker, the Boss Hagues,
the Tom Pendergasts and tosses
them aside.
Bricker is having his day. De­mocracy
will have hers before
long.
Does College Pay?-lr Does
DOES COLLEGE pay? It's the
same old question, but t\ow
some new and more definite in­formation
has been compiled by
the United States Office of Edu­cation.
The figures have been col­lected
by a study of 56,000 alum­ni
graduated from 31 colleges be­tween
1928 and 1935.
Here, in short, is the picture as
revealed by this study:
Sixty per cent of the graduates
have never b e e n unemployed,
and 98 per cent have never been
on relief.
When he has been out of school
one year, the average graduate is
making $1300 and in eight years
he is making twice that.
And all prospective brides and
bride-grooms note: The divorce
rate among college graduates is
lower than among people in gen­eral.
Here's the synthesis: He grad­ates
at 22, gets a job fairly
quickly at about $25 per week,
and after eight years he's mar­ried,
getting about $45, and one
chance in five is that he'll be his
own boss.
The picture has changed since
the depression, perhaps l e ss
flamboyant and more realistic,
but the figures are undeniable.
C.J.B.
Try Staring
A SOUTHERN metropolitan pa­per,
the Atlanta, Journal, recent­ly
told the story of how a lunch-stand
employee foiled a Christ­mas
bandit by staring him into
fright. When the would-be rob­ber
shoved a pistol at Joe (all
lunch-stand employees are nam­ed
Joe), he was met by a cold
15-second stare that scared him
so he lowered his gun and fled.
The staring method of getting
rid of an annoyance has great
possibilities. Alongside Newton
and gravity, Darwin and evolu­tion,
and Einstein and relativity,
go Joe and staring.
There are lots of nuisances
Joe's discovery can be used to
abate.
"Mr. Smith I know you're busy
but this little bill has been over­due
for three months and. . . ."
Say nothing. Just stare at him.
Presently he'll leave.
"Of course, I don't want to sell
you something you don't want,
but your insurance is not ade­quate,
and this policy will give
you perfect protection." You may
have to stare a mean stare at
this fellow but eventually he'll
weaken.
"Friend Jones, I've just drop­ped
by to tell you that you've
been appointed general chair­man
of the $10,000,000 for Buy­ing
Alphabet Blocks for Mesopo-tamian
Children Drive." If you
issue the family distress signal
your wife will come out and help
with some fine matronly staring.
If that brings no results call a
Western Union boy and have him
make it a three-way stare.
Joe, you're a genius.
The Plainsman Forum
Letters to the Editor
In Defense of Yankee Cooking
Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Editor: —
After reading the editorial (?) re­lating
to "Yankee" cooking I have come
to the conclusion that our editor, known
as bicarbonate Johnnie, must spend
most of his time pacing the floor try­ing
to think of subjects to write about.
With no less than three wars going on,
that gentleman has to pick on a bunch
of unsuspecting vegetables. Next week,
I suppose there will be in the paper, a
discussion of the reactions of the cock­roach
to the Russian invasion of Fin­land.
Having been down South only a mere
eight years off and on, I, of course,
cannot claim to be an expert on South­ern
cooking, like our editor, who, after
two weeks is the last word on the sub­ject
of Northern cooking. But, I shall
try in my own humble way to defend
these "devilish Yankee cooks".
He starts off with potatoes, a very
enticing subject, and lists the various
methods of preparation. According to
him the potato is unknown throughout
the South. The truth is that all through
the South the potato is prepared in all
the ways mentioned and served at least
twice a day. I'll grant a point there.
Some of us "Yanks" do eat them three
times a day but not because they are
crammed down our throat. We happen
to like them for breakfast also. Why
condemn our cooks for that?
After all I personally despise grits
but I admire anybody who can eat them
and have nothing against the cooks who
prepare them. As for the string beans,
the next time I'm home I plan to plant
some of those "raw" beans just to see
if they won't sprout. Perhaps the editor
has done this. Did they sprout?
Now we come to those typical Yankee
dishes, hambu'rgs and frankfurts, which,
of course, are unknown in the South,
"except in picnics." If that is true, just
what have I been eating between that
roll? Come to think of it, I never have
taken a good look. As for those sand­wiches
with no butter—our poor editor
just happened to land in one of those
lunch rooms common to all parts of
the country and was "clipped". Of
course, that was the Yankee cook's
fault too.
In closing let me say that I have my
likes and dislikes in both Northern and
Southern cooking and that this letter
is not intended to take anything away
from Southern cooking. I honestly like
it. And, I extend to the editor, an in­vitation
to visit me at my home some
time and let my mother, "a devilish
Yankee cook," prove to him that con­ditions
aren't quite so bad as he makes
them out.
R. C. Tuttle, ChE 40
Rye, N. Y.
Editor's Note:—We accept the invi­tation
with genuine appreciation and
hope to take advantage of it the next
time we're near Rye.
Questions Utility of Field House
Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Editor:
In my meandering way I have done
a good deal of walking and looking a-round
the campus since I arrived, and
I have found many things to admire in
the way of beautiful women, imposing
scenery, and impressive buildings.
In particular, am I impressed by the
new buildings. Very nice indeed, and
all very necessary and useful, except—
and here I am in doubt—the new phy­sical
education building down near the
stadium. It is very nice looking, very
imposing and impressing too, but some­how
something seems to be lacking;
perhaps it is that my feeble intellect
doesn't see the point. What's it for?
Nobody doubts that the designers did
a good job, and that the contractors
built it to the best of their ability, but
of what use are a dozen classrooms,
and as many offices simply for the athe-letic
department, when we need so
many other buildings?
Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't cri­ticize
or question the judgment of the
powers that be, but the utility of a
$60,000 edifice, in my estimation, should
be readily apparent, and not a matter
of uncertainty to one even as ignorant
as I.
Ever yours,
Aw Ning
Northwestern Makes First Step
Toward College Via Radio
Voice Against the New Rules
Esteemed Voice of the People:
The new rules, that came with the
new dormitories, governing the women
students are very nice, aren't they?
My Pop always said, "When a man
hollers; 'Virtue', wear your bullet proof
vest backwards, and when a woman
hollers 'Virtue' run like hell the other
way." He didn't tell me what to do
when a school fell over backwards, so
I'm somewhat confused.
My Pop also said, "The present is
built on the past." But totin' the mold­ed
carcass of the past into the parlor
of the future is an inexcusable breach
of good taste, to my way of thinking.
Even institutions of learning seem to
have yet to learn that all old things
are rotten, old cultures, civilizations,
religions, and philosophies not excepted.
If the past is not dead and will not die
it should be executed.
Pop claimed, "People use old meth­ods
because they have not the initiative
to create new ones, and not because the
old is best."
In short, I would like, here, to issue
a mild reproof of the practical jokers
who wrote the rules and ask them for
a reconsideration, for the rules are real­ly
nothing short of an insult to the in­tellect
and judgment of every woman
student on the campus, and what gen­tleman
could stand by in idleness at
such a time?
Gallant Tommy O'Leary
A Plea for Better Basketball
Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Having been here two years . and
now going on the third, we believe it
is time to raise a question that has been
perplexing us for some time.
Every year Auburn's football fate is
about the same. Every year we knock
off a few good teams, lose a few games
we are supposed to win, and win some
we are supposed to lose. Every fall we
are promised a championship team next
year, and yet no Tiger team has won
the championship since Jimmy Hitch­cock
booted them home in 1932.
We believe that the coaches are do­ing
their best. It seems to us that the
trouble is that poor ole Auburn doesn't
have the money or the rich alumni to
buy a good enough football squad.
We can't compete with the richer
schools.
Then why doesn't Auburn put its at­tention
on basketball? Look at all the
publicity that basketball has been get­ting
lately in magazines and news­papers.
And good basketball teams are
less numerous than good football teams,
especially in the Deep South, thereby
bringing more publicity to the school
that has one.
If it's publicity the school wants from
its athletics, look at that that Long Is­land
University has gotten from its
basketball. Then read the article in
"Colliers" and see how little and how
broke the school is.
Kentucky, a Southeastern conference
school, makes money for its athletic de­partment
with the only decent team in
the South.
If athletic expenses have to be paid,
let football be continued on about the
same "hanger-on of the greats" scale,
but let Auburn's championship aspira­tions
be in the direction of basketball.
Respectfully yours,
Three Juniors.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN
National Candidate Garner F a v o rs
Bringing Lynch Bill to Vote in Sen­ate
but Texas Candidate Connally is
Sure to Filibuster it into Pigeon-
Hole; Midwest Republicans Trying to
Organize into Bloc to Control Con­vention;
Ladies of Wealth Feature of
Jackson Dinner; Homer Cummings'
"Hot" Coat. -
WASHINGTON — The big behind-the-scene
sensation in the battle over
the anti-lynching bill is inside word
that Vice President Jack Garner favors
allowing the measure to come to a vote
in the Senate.
Inability to get a vote on the Senate
floor is the only thing that has blocked
enactment of this legislation for years.
In the last big fight over anti-lynching
in 1937, there was an overwhelming
majority in the Senate for the bill. But
its sponsors were unable to force a
vote. A determined Southern filibuster
lasting nearly six weeks barred action,
and in the end the bill was junked.
Garner gave the filibusters potent
undercover aid in the 1937 struggle.
Throughout his long congressional ca­reer
he has always been against anti-lynching
legislation — and still is. He
considers the bill now passed by the
House to be unsound and impractical.
But with his sombrero in the presi­dential
ring, he has changed his tune
to the extent of permitting a showdown
vote. That's an important concession
because only a vote is needed to put
the measure on the statute books.
However, there is no inside indica­tion
that Garner's stand will produce
results; None of the other southern
leaders has been won over. They are
just as adamant against a vote as in
the past.
Garner's fellow Texan, Senator Tom
Connally, floor general of the 1937
battle, also is a candidate this year—
IT WON'T be, so long, maybe, till the
day when you can get your diploma
while lying in bed by turning the radio
on. Northwestern University has an­nounced
that part credit in the under­graduate
course in Modern Life and
Letters will be given students for lis­tening
to CBS "Of Men and Books"
broadcast by Professor John T. Fred­erick
of the University's Medill School
of Journalism.
This is a first step, and a cautious
one. In order to receive credit, stu­dents
must listen to the broadcast in
Columbia's Chicago studios, and must
stay in the studio for two hours, while
Professor Frederick lectures after go­ing
on the air. In addition, outside read­ing
is required, and a final exam will
be taken after conclusion of the pro­gram
series in May.
The broadcasts will be an extension
of Professor Frederick's regular college
course in Modern Life and Letters.
Founder and editor of the famous mid­dle
Western literary magazine, Mid­land,
until it stopped publication a few
years ago, Professor Frederick is recog­nized
as an authority on regional litera­ture.
A friend of many of the most im­portant
literary figures of our time, he
is frequently assisted on his broadcast
by the novelists and poets whose books
he reviews.
Not pulling any punches, and stay­ing
friends with his authors is a trick
that few besides Prof. Frederick have
mastered.
Plains Talk
By Herbert Martin
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this
column are those of the writer and are not to
be construed as the editorial policies of this
paper.
FRANKLY, we were knocked out too,
when we noticed the "horrible like­ness
at us from its place at the head
of this kolyum Tues­day.
We feel some­what
like the student
who i n f o r m e d us
that, "Some of the
stuff that you copy
from other papers is
f a i r l y good, but
there's no use to scare
us to death when we
try to read it!"
We rather thought
that we had that evi-
_ dence of last year's
Glomerata photography safely buried
among hundreds of others where it
could pass unnoticed. The only com­forting
note is that we cannot, even
by the most imaginative, be accused of
any personal vanity in allowing that
grim visage to be posted, which, Allah
be praised, is only skin deep.
* * *
Common speculation today concerns
just how the enterprising workers will
go about removing the steam shovel
from the Quadrangle. The machine
seems to be effectively hemmed in on
all sides by the buildings and covered
walk-ways. In one place a couple of
pillars have been taken out, or left
out, to allow automobiles to pass, but
but not for the presidency. Tom is up
for re-election and has his eye glued
on Texas—not the nation. He is out
to resist a showdown vote on anti-lynching
just as vehemently as he did
three years ago. Connally's vigorous
Southern backing means that the bill
hasn't a chance. After a few weeks of
filibuster it will again be pigeon-holed.
NOTE:—Also doomed is Pat Harri­son's
resolution, passed by the Senate,
for a joint committee to study govern­ment
income and outgo in order to keep
within the budget. House leaders view
the proposal as a Senate attempt to
rule the budget roost, will pigeon-hole
it in committee.
"Hot" Coat
Things were going pleasantly at
former Attorney General Homer Cum­mings'
cocktail party until James V.
Bennett suddenly announced that his
overcoat was missing.
Guests blinked in horror. The thought
that someone would have the temerity
to pinch the coat of so awesome an in­dividual
as the Chief of the U. S. Bu­reau
of Prisons was hair-raising. A
frantic search was begun for the van­ished
coat and the reckless culprit. Both
were soon found.
A young newsman, who had par­taken
too freely of Cummings' potent
hospitality, had mistaken Bennett's
coat for his own. He was nonchalantly
wearing it as he made his adieus. Ap­prised
of the situation, the reporter re­marked,
"I thought this one felt sort
of warmer than mine."
"Warm!" quipped Gordon Dean, ace
lawyer of the Anti-Trust Division.
"Boy, for a few minutes you had on
the 'hottest' overcoat in the country".
Republican Priming
Midwestern GOP leaders are quietly
doing a lot of pow-wowing among them­selves
on a plan to organize a Mid­west
bloc, which would wield a decisive
hand in selecting the GOP candidate at
the coming national convention.
The grain belt is in a strong strategic
position to do that. First, with the ex­ception
of Ohio, the Midwestern states
have no serious favorite son candidates
to complicate things. Second, the Mid­west
is a crucial, if not THE crucial,
battleground of the campaign. So the
state and local leaders have it in their
power to command a big influence at
the convention—if they unite, and that
is exactly what they plan to do.
The movement is one of the most
significant political developments in
months.
Whether anything comes of it re-it
would take a high degree of imagi­nation
to picture the steam shovel roll­ing
safely through.
The best suggestion we've heard was
that of the engineering student who has
decided that the best thing to do would
be to build a shed over the machine
and use it for mechanical engineering
lab!
* * *
We seem to have lost Lincoln's Get­tysburg
Address. We remember the
house number, 3324, but we would ap­preciate
any help in finding the name
of the street.
* * *
i
In a sorta continued story style, we
begin our story of a day in the life of
a typical Auburn coed who enjoys no
junior or senior dating privileges. To­day's
episode will carry us through
breakfast. . . .
6:45 — Awakened by steam shovel
o u t s i d e w i n d o w , get up and
turns off alarm. Sets alarm again for
7:00 for roomie and crawls back in
bed. Gets up, pulls down window one
inch, which closes it. Covers roomie's
feet, and gets back in bed.
6:47 — Hears roomie cuss steam
shovel and turn off alarm. Roomie
crawls back in bed.
6:55 — Stops attempting to snore
gently, gets up, draws her bath.
6:57—Puts down pencil as she gives
up trying to draw bath, and steps in
bathroom to try the hot water.
7:00—Water ready, but she decides
against bath. Attempts to see her re­flection
in water to comb hair, wishes
for mirror.
7:05—Wakes roomie to borrow hair
pins. Mentally notes where roomie gets
them so that she won't have to wake
her tomorrow morning.
7:07—Hangs towel outside of win­dow
to try to get a reflection in the
glass. Wishes for mirror. Combs hair
hurriedly.
7:10—Slips on dress, messing up her
hair, kisses his picture.
7:15—Slips newspaper clipping un­der
glass in picture frame and attempts
to apply make-up on the reflection
thereof. Figgers she's doing ok until
she notices that clipping is a picture
of Carol Lombard, and that that's her
make-up looking so good. Wishes for
mirror.
7:19—Prepares assignments for the
day's lessons.
7:28—Puts on coat and leaves for
dining hall. Almost gets stuck in mud.
7:30—Food. Tries to see herself in
the orange juice. Wishes for mirror,
(to be continued)
* * *
Theme song of the dorms seems to
be . . .
Four hundred shining faces
And heads of uncombed hair.
Two hundred bare wall-spaces,
. . . there are no mirrors there!
* * *
This issue has a lot about girls in
order to get a few more (?) male read­ers.
We'll settle down to normality next
time.
* * *
If the new 250 watt radio station for
Auburn and very immediate vicinity
still has no name, may we suggest
W-H-I-S-P-E-R?
* * *
We stole this; we frankly admit it.
It came to us second-handed from one
of the fairer of the fairer sex on the
campus. Therefore, Karrie, the Kamp-us
Komedienne, says, rather plagiaris-tically,
"It's a great life, if your
"don't" weaken!" ,
mains to be seen. But the boys are do­ing
a lot of quiet visiting back and
forth. They are also using various state
political affairs, like the Kansas Day
b a n q u e t in Topeka, the Nebraska
Founder's Day, and the Iowa Farm In­stitute
meeting—all to exchange views
on plans and tactics.
The effect, if any, of these confer­ences
will evince itself within the next
60 days, when the precinct organiza­tions
begin holding their meetings on
the selection of delegates. What hap­pens
at these local conventions will de­cide
the role the Midwest actually will
play at the coming Republican conven­tion.
January 16, 1940 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Mai Morgan Will
Coach at Lineville
Malvern Morgan, outstanding
Auburn athlete, has been appoint­ed
head coach at the State Sec­ondary
Agricultural School at
Lineville for next year. Morgan
has starred at center for Auburn
for the past three years, and was
outstanding in the Blue-Gray
football game in Montgomery,
Dec. 31, where he shared the
pivot duties with Carey Cox, ace
center for the University.
Besides his football duties at
Auburn, Morgan won letters in
basketball and baseball. He was
guard on the hardwood team, and
held down first base for the dia­mond
squad. Morgan succeeds
Troy A. Barker as coach at Line­ville.
The average attendance at a
college football game this year
was 22,733.
ROOM FOR RENT—Front corner
room, two beds, gas heat. 305
S. Gay. Mrs. J. V. Trammell.
ROOM and Board for 6 boys. $70
for second semester. 218 N.
Gay. Phone 623.
Congratulations!!
to
OLIN L. HILL
on his Progress at the
"Fairest Village"
A new stock of Spring
Suits is being sent di­rect
to 01 in L. Hill
from
Curlee Clothing
Co.
UP IN SOCIETY
By EMMA NELL PARRISH
Not much doing on the social side, what with the twice-yearly
stints coming up and the Christmas holidays just in the background.
v Anyhow: Auburnites are interested in the announcement of the
wedding of Louise Lovett of Sipsey to John B. Thomas of Auburn
and Sipsey in Birmingham on Dec. 27. Mrs. Thomas is the daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. William J. Lovett. Mr. Thomas, '39, is now assistant
professor of English. He graduated in Science and Lit and was a
Sigma Nu.
* * *
JONES RECEPTION
Allan Jones charmed 1400 listeners at his concert Tuesday night
and then followed up by repeating the process at the reception given
him by Pi Kappa Phi at the chapter house. Billy Clanton and Tony
Cortina greeted guests at the door.
In the receiving line were Mrs. Stella Foy Williams, housemother,
George Hiller, president, Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Duncan, Col. and Mrs.
John J. Waterman, Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, Dr. Paul Irvine, chapter
faculty adviser, and Mrs. Irvine, Mrs. Harry Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Draughon, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards, Miss Virginia Adams,
Mr. and Mrs. Kirtley Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Barnett, Gibner
King, accompanist, and Allan Jones.
Three hundred guests were invited to meet the singer.
* * *
KA FORMAL
Kappa Alpha closed the pre-exam so­cial
season with their annual formal Sat­urday
night at Graves Center. It was led by
Carrie Atkins of Selma, senior and KD at
the University, and Marshall Hooper, presi­dent
of the chapter.
Several hundred guests crowded the
hall to listen to the Knights.
•J f |» * * *
McNEAL-STEWART WEDDING
Joining the ranks of the recent-weds is Lt. Joe Stewart, '37, who
was married on Dec. 23 to Miss Virginia McNeal, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. D. H. McNeal of Montgomery.
Mrs. Stewart graduated from Huntingdon, where she was crowned
May Queen in 1939.
Lt. Stewart played varsity quarterback in football, was president
of Sigma Chi, a member of "A" Club, and was brigade colonel in
ROTC. He is now stationed with the Marine Corps in San Diego, Cal.
Olin Hill Who Hitch-Hiked To Town With
Sample Case, Opens New Store Tomorrow
Why?
" M a n W i t h t h e T a p e "
Has Been Here 9 Y e a rs
Tomorrow will mark another
era in the history of "The man
with the tape" as Olin L. Hill
presents his new store to the pub­lic
with a Grand Opening.
All Auburn has been invited to
be the guest of Mr. Hill, have re­freshments,
and look over the
new store located in the building
formerly occupied by the Produc­tion
Credit Association, between
Lipscomb's Drug Store and Jock-isch
Jewelry Shop.
Olin L. Hill has had an inter­esting
history in his career as an
Auburn business man. Nine years
ago he hitch-hiked into Auburn,
with a handful of belongings, in­cluding
a little sample case from
which he was selling'tailored suits.
In 1932 he sold suits from dis­play
in The College Barber Shop,
and students and townspeople be­gan
to buy from him. On Oct.
8, 1936, with $50 capital of his
own, he opened a little shop in the
building now used by King's
Nursery.
At the first of the school year
in 1937 Hill moved into the "hole
in the wall" that became "one of
the biggest little stores in Ala­bama."
His business increased, and now
he is occupying his new store, one
of the most modern in Auburn.
Film Star Prefers
Auburn Mid-Terms
To Her New Movie
She'd rather be coming back
home for the Auburn mid-terms
than making a movie with Eddie
Cantor. At least that's what Mar­garet
Early, who played in yes­terday's
"Judge Hardy and Son"
at the Tiger, writes to her aunt
in Birmingham.
Miss Early also appeared Sun­day
night on the Screen Guild
program with Eddie Cantor, play­ing
Cantor's daughter in a drama­tic
skit. Her next screen part will
be in "Forty Little Mothers," and
she's hoping that her part in it
will be screened in time for her to
come for the Junior Prom the
last of this month. If so, she ex­pects
to be here.
Margaret also played a small
part in "Gone With the Wind."
At one time she learned the part
of Melanie, but the film was
temporarily shelved, and before it
was revived she appeared in
"Jezebel", a similar movie made
by a rival studio. Consequently,
no one in "Jezebel" was favored
for a part in GWTW, but Selznick
heard her voice and gave her a
small part anyhow.
LOST—Gray reversable top coat.
Lost at Graves Center Satur-
4 day night. Finder please call
George Knopf, ATO House,
Phone 215. Reward.
Of the Big Ten universities,
Purdue University has a higher
percentage of university-owned
housing accommodations than any
other school.
REWARD—LOST, Airedale Ter­rier,
named Russ. Reward $4.00.
Call 123-M.
University of Vermont has a
special student ski patrol to super­vise
the running of ski races and
to aid injured skiers.
THE BIGGEST LITTLE STORE
CROWS BIGGER
OLIN L. HILL
moves into larger quarters, to better serve his many
customers. Which prompts us to extend well deserved
CONGRATULATIONS
S i e b l e r C l o t h es
have played no small part in adding to the respected
reputation of THE BIGGEST LITTLE STORE.
For smartness, for quality, for fit, for price, SIEBLER
CLOTHES, tailored to your individual measure, and fea­tured
in the newer and larger establishment of OLIN L.
HILL have proved to be overwhelmingly popular on the
campus.
THE SIEBLER TAILORING COMPANY
AT LYTLE PARK CINCINNATI, OHIO
GEORGE A. MATTISON, JR.
Alumni Prexy Asks
Why Auburn Is Not
On Vol Schedule
George A. Mattison, Jr., presi­dent
of the Auburn Alumni As­sociation,
has written University
of Tennessee authorities reflect­ing
that Auburn men are "won­dering
why Auburn and Tennes­see
are not playing in 1940."
Mattison wrote when the Ten­nessee
schedule, which was made
public last week, did not include
Auburn on the list of opponents
for next season's games.
He pointed out that Tennessee
officials, in their search for
"tougher opponents for 1940"
were overlooking several of the
toughest available in Auburn, Tu-lane,
and Georgia Tech, while
looking afar for teams such as
Ohio State, Southern California,
and Pittsburgh.
It was said that Auburn had
offered Tennessee choice of sev­eral
dates for a game between
the two schools. Mattison men­tioned
that Tennessee has scored
exactly three touchdowns in as
many years against Auburn.
In the four games since Jack
Meagher and Bob Neyland have
been coaching the respective
schools, each school has won two
games. Auburn victories came in
1936 and 1937 by 6-0 and 20-7.
Tennessee won in 1938 and 1939
with 7-0 decisions. Total points
for the two schools in this four-game
series are Auburn 26, Ten­nessee
21.
A direct connection between in­telligence
and electrical condi­tions
in the brain has been dis­covered
by Cornell University
scientists.
Lafayette College is the depos­itory
of what is believed to be the
best possible working collections
of materials for the study of Gen­eral
Lafayette.
Students Believe We
Can Stay Out of War
Opinion Divided on p| K A p p A ~
War Referendum
- , : . , t REELECT HILLER
With Europe's war now enter­ing
its fourth month of existence, AS PRESIDENT
American college students, in a
national poll conducted by the George Hiller, now president of
Student Opinion Surveys of A- **> Kappa Phi, has been chosen to
merica, have registered a highly h e a d Alpha Iota chapter for the
optimistic view that the United second semester. This will mark
States can stay out of the conflict. h i s t n i r d consecutive semester in
Also, hand-in-hand with the na- the presidency,
tion's apparent determination not , 0 t h e r o f f l c e r s c h o s e n a t t h e
to be involved, a slight majority e l e c t l o n Wednesday night were
of the collegians have voted in t r e a s u r e r > L e R ° y Patterson; as-favor
of requiring a referendum - s , s t a n t t r e a s " e r ' B e r t P° w e l l;
of the people before Congress s*cv*?Ty> " ? " Hugging histor-u
, j . , _ . j , . , . • , lan, Moyer Harris; chaplain, Phil-could
draft men to fight abroad. ,. . , , _ * ' ,
_ , lip Adams; warden, Reeves Haley.
These are the latest findings of R e t i r i n g o f f i c e r s a r e T r e a s u r e r
the Student Opinion Surveys, R u f u s P o r t e r > S e c r e t a r y G e o r ge
which weekly report campus senti- C o l e m a n ) a n d Chaplain Alex Bur-ment
for the Plainsman and the „ j n
other leading college newspapers
of the nation. These polls are all- . . A J J J
taken by means of a carefully- Montgomery Added
selected cross section that extends T— A w CJ Cfjlff
from Maine to California, Wash- *
ington to Florida. R. W. Montgomery, teacher of
To the question, "Do you be- vocational agriculture in the Camp
lieve the United States can stay Hill high school for the past year
out of the present European and a half, will come to Auburn
war " students answered: the second semester where he will
YES—68 per cent. take a post as assistant professor
NO—32 per cent . - of agricultural education in the
Although this issue is pure spec- School of Education,
ulation, it is important to know Mr- Montgomery is not taking
this opinion in order to get an t h e P l a c e o f a n y present member
insight into the war patterns of of t h e A S E d faculty, but is serv-the
average college youth's mind. in£ a s a n addition to the present
The rank and file of voters is not personnel,
so sure that the US can steer
clear, for in other polls only 54 \V/ \Yf \
per cent have held this view. It TV 3X Tr OTKS
will be of interest to note in sub­sequent
surveys the effect here For s o m e low-down blowing by
of the Russian attack on Fin- a f u l 1 band be sure and hear
land, since these polls were made "Lady In Blue" by Duke Ellington
before the Red Army began its o n h i s n e w Columbia recording,
activities. Johnny Hodges is featured on his
Section-by-section votes in the s a x a l o n S w i t h s o m e v e r y £o od
student poll were: Believing the trombone slipping by another
US can stay out of war — New member of the band. An added
England, 61 per cent; Middle At- attraction in the recording is "Lit-lantic,
70; East Central, 65; West t l e Posey" that turned out to be
Central, 70; South, 70; Far West, a f a s t Jumping tune.
64. * * *
"Should the Constitution be To end up this week's discus-changed
to require a national vote sion Jimmie Lunceford, Negro
of the people before Congress swingster, has turned out "Think
could draft men to fight over- of Me Little Daddy" with a plea
seas?" interviewers for the Surveys by Jimmie Young. On the other
asked hundreds of students. They side, a tune dedicated to the Jazz
divided almost evenly, only 53 Club of Belgium is found under
per cent approving. the title of "Belgium Stomp."
Interesting differences were Lunceford does the job up in no
noted among students of different small manner. Very good!
ages; upperclassmen reversing ' _
themselves entirely: War? "There is a determined spir-
A Draft Referendum? Yes No it among the American people to
Freshmen 60 40% keep out, and although much has
Sophomores 52 48 been forgotten, much has been
Juniors 46 54 remembered about World War I,"
Seniors, Graduates 49 51 junior in Ursinus College, Penn-
By section, New Englanders sylvania, declared, combining the
were the only ones against a na- two reasons most often mention-tional
vote, East Central students ed-divided
50-50, and all others ap-proving
by narrow margins. The University of North Dako-
Why do collegians believe the ta has 33 nationalities represent-
US can stay out of the European ed in its student body.
Opening Day, Wednesday, Jan* 17
for
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I wish to fake this opportunity
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Two Toughies Play
In " R o a r i n g T w e n t i e s"
"The Roaring Twenties" star­ring
James Cagney and Priscilla
Lane will be the attraction Wed­nesday
and Thursday at the Tiger
Theatre. The film, which deals
with the turbulent and eventful
decade following the World War,
is based on an original story by
Mark Hellinger, ace columnist.
"The Roaring Twenties" is the
autobiography of a nation on a
jag.
In France, as the war ends,
three soldiers (played by Cagney,
Jeffrey Lynn and Humphrey Bo-gart)
make joyful plans for their
return to America. One plans to
go back to his job as garage me­chanic,
another is going to start
his law practice, the third, scof­fing
at talk of Prohibition, intends
to go back to saloon-keeping.
Cagney also is looking forward to
meeting the girl who has been
writing him cheery letters through­out
the war. But in the world to
which they return their plans are
no longer feasible. Cagney, whose
job has long since been filled, has
to drive a cab, and this soon puts
him on to the boot-legging racket.
Meanwhile he has met his un­known
sweetheart. He has also
made contact with his wartime
buddies and Bogart, who has been
working with a rival boot-legging
gang, joins up with him. He re­tains
Lynn to handle the some­what
shady legal end of his trans­actions.
Riding on the crest of the
wave, they all rise to the top with
him but in the crash, Cagney goes
under first.
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Page Four T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN January 16, 1940
PLAINSMEN TAKE
BRACE OF GAMES
FROM SEWANEE
Faulk and Manci Pace
Tigers; Bodfish Leads
The Sewanee Courtmen
Letting loose a rain of goals
and a powerhouse offensive that
wouldn't be stopped, the Plains
Tigers of Auburn downed Coach
Joel Eaves' Mountain Tigers of
Sewanee twice in succession Fri­day
night and Saturday nights by
scores of 51-35 and 64-32.
Friday night the Auburnites
got off to an early lead and kept
it all the way. Teddy Faulk and
Shag Hawkins kept the Sewanee-ans
back on their heels all night
with booming long shots that
found the basket consistently.
For the first time this season
Coach Ralph Jordan used a bevy
of substitutes as he sent in Charlie
Ham and Bob Dickinson at for­ward,
Woodie McNair at center,
and Jack Tanner, Earl Park, and
Norman Hall at guard.
The box score:
Sewanee (35) G F Tp
Spake, f 3 1 7
Morrell, f 1 0 2
Bodfish, f 4 2 10
Hewitt, f 2 1 5
Roberts, c 1 1 3
W'ington, g 1 2 4
Welch, g 0 0 0
Cranman, g 2 0 4
Totals 14 7 35
Auburn (51) G F Tp
Manci, f 5 1 11
Streetman, f 3 1 7
Hawkins, c 5 1 11
Faulk, g 6 0 12
Tanner, g 0 0 0
Dickinson, g 1 0 2
Ham, f 0 0 0
McNair, c 0 1 1
Gibson, g 1 1 3
Hall, g 0 1 1
Park, g T 1 1 3
Totals 22 7 51
Manci Leads Pack in
Conference Scoring
Saturday night the five repeat­ed
the process by an even great­er
margin. As before, they shot
into the lead at the first and never
relinquished it. Just as they bot­tled
up Griff "Vance of LSU, the
boys kept Bodfish covered like a
chick and he could score only one
field goal.
Manci led the Auburn pack with
17 points, garnered with 7 field
goals and 3 foul shots. Nearest to
him were Hawkins and Gibson
with 10 apiece. Faulk, high scorer
of the night before dropped to a
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Holds Margin of
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Frank Manci, flashy Auburn
forward, is high scoring man in
the entire Southeastern Confer­ence
basketball race with a total
of 65 points scored against con­ference
teams.
George Prather, lanky Alabama
center, was high man with 53
points until Auburn's Saturday
night game with Sewanee, when
Manci's 17 pointers boosted his
score from 48 to 65.
Alabama tackled Tennessee Sat­urday
night, but Prather was on
the sidelines.
Vanderbilt's a 11 - conference
Pinky Lipscomb and Mississippi's
Egger hold top honors for single
games, each having rolled up 20
points in their only conference
appearances. Lipscomb's 20 was
against Auburn.
In addition to his 65 confer­ence
points, Manci racked up a
total of 12 against Spring Hill,
Auburn's only non-conference foe
so far, to make his grand total
77.
The leaders as they stand at
present are:
PIayer--(Team)--Pos. G
Manci, Auburn, f 5
Prather, Alabama, c _4
Brotherton, LSU, f _4
Vance, LSU, f 4
Hawkins, -Auburn, c _5
Streetman, Auburn, f_4
Zoanzukas, Fla., f --4
Lipscomb, Vandy, f _2
Hudson, Alabama, f _5
English, Fla., c 4
total of 7, 2 goals and 3 fouls.
Auburn (64) G F Tp
Streetman, f 1 0 2
Manci, f 7 3 17
Ham, f 2 1 5
McNair, f 3 0 6
Dickinson, f __3 0 6
Hawkins, c 2 6 10
Faulk, g 2 3 7
Gibson, g 4 2 10
Park, g 0 0 0
Tanner, g 0 1 1
Hall, guard 0 0 0
Totals 24 16 64
Sewanee (32) G F Tp
Spake, f 3 4 10
Bodfish, f 1 0 2
Morrell, f ___0 0 0
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FRATS PLAY 7
PRACTICE GAMES
IN BASKETBALL
Seven practice games opened
this year's interfraternity basket­ball
season last week, the only
contests until after semester ex­ams,
which begin the last of this
week.
Sigmu Nu, always a strong team,
dropped the highly-touted SAE
quintet by a score of 15-6 on
Monday night. The same night the
Alpha Psi's downed ATO 17-12.
Tuesday night the Phi Delta
Theta's swamped Lambda Chi 27-
12.
The SPE's, expected to have
one of the best teams in the tour­nament
this year, ran the Beta
Kappa's ragged by 31-4 on Wed­nesday.
Alpha Gamma Rho, powerful
last year and threatening again
this time, beat the strong Kappa
Sig quintet 30-12. The same night,
Thursday, the Delta Sig's nosed
out the Pi K A's by 19-15.
The last pre-exam game was
played Friday night as the Phi
Delta Theta's, playing their sec­ond
practice game, squeezed by
the Sigma Pi's by 15-12.
Play in the regular brackets will
begin on Tuesday night, Jan. 30,
when SAE tangles with Alpha Psi
and Sigma Chi with Lambda Chi.
Waters, f 1 1 3
Morris, f 1 1 3
Sandifer, f 0 0 0
Hewitt, c 1 0 2
Roberts, c 0 1 1
Wrigley, center 0 0 0
Whittington, g 1 3 5
Cranman, g 0 2 2
Welch, g 0 2 2
Apperson, g 0 0 0
Macon, g 1 0 2
Glover, g 0 0 0
Totals 10 12 32
Squad Standings
Squad totals: G F Tp
Manci, f 31 14 76
Hawkins, c 27 16 70
Streetman, f 19 11 49
Gibson, g 14 10 38
Faulk, g 13 4 30
Dickinson, f 6 0 12
Ham, f 4 2 10
Huff, g 3 3 9
McNair, f 3 1 7
Tanner, g 1 2 3
Park, g 1 1 3
Hall, g 0 1 1
Plainsmen to Meet
Vandy Saturday in
Week's Only Game
Coach Kalph Jordan's basket­ball
Tigers are taking it light this
week and next so they can take
the semester exams beginning
Thursday in stride.
Both weeks the Tigers meet
only one opponent. Vanderbilt,
led by the formidable Pinky Lips­comb
will be the opponent Satur­day
night in Alumni Gymn. The
Commodores downed Auburn 51-
45 in Nashville last Thursday.
The Plainsmen, with two more
conference wins under their belts,
leaving their conference won-and-lost
record 3-2, should be in bet­ter
fettle to face the Gold and
Black boys.
So far this season the Tigers
have twice been troubled by strong
individual opponents, then came
back in second engagements to
bottle up the star. They did it to
Griff Vance of LSU, and to Bod­fish
of Sewanee. In second games
against both teams the stars were
completely hog-tied by the Au­burn
defense.
Lipscomb, co-holder of this
year's conference record for high
scoring in one game, a record of
20 points made at Auburn's ex­pense,
may share the same fate
as did the two preceding stand­outs.
Anyhow it'll be interesting
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Six Members Of Cross Country Team
Awarded Minor "A's" For 1939 Season
Squad Has Won Two
Out of Three Meets
Six members of Auburn's 1939
cross country team, which won
two out of three meets this year,
have been awarded minor "A's"
by the athletic department.
Leading the group is Jack Cagle,
senior in agriculture and an Al­pha
Gamma Rho, who ran 1st in
Auburn on Homecoming Day
against Florida, 1st in Athens
against Georgia on Nov. 18, and
2nd in Auburn against Georgia
Tech on Nov. 3.
Herbert Drake, junior in civil
engineering and a Sigma Chi, won
6th place against Tech, tied for
3rd against Georgia, and won 7th
against Florida.
Ray Gibson, senior in education
and a PiKA, placed 2nd against
Georgia, 6th against Florida, and
10th against Tech.
James Holley, junior in chem­ical
engineering and a Sigma Pi,
tied for 3rd against Georgia,
came in 5th against Florida, and
7th in the meet with Georgia
Tech.
Forest Morgan, senior in agri-to
watch Auburn try to put the
bottle on him.
A week from Saturday, on Jan.
27, the Howard Bulldogs will in­vade
Alumni Gym for their first
battle of the year with Auburn.
This is the lone game for that
week, also.
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cultural education, placed 9th
against Florida and 12th with
Georgia Tech.
Harry Russell, Sylacauga, tied
for 3rd against Georgia, placed
8th in the Florida meet, and 14th
in the run against Tech.
The cross-country award con­sists
of a large orange "A" flank­ed
by a smaller "C" on either side,
the entire emblem mounted on a
navy blue sweater.
In their three meets this year
the harriers downed Georgia in
Athens, lost to Georgia Tech in
Auburn by 21-37, and defeated
Florida on Homecoming Day by
21-37. Low score indicates the
winner.
Houston, Yvonne Macon, and
Helen Ousley.
Judson College
Margaret Allen, Martha Fowlk-es,
Janie Strickland, Martha With-erington,
and Alice Worthy.
Montevallo
Betty Biggs, Catherine Siler,
Margaret Spidle, and Frances
Ward were the Montevallo girls
invited.
Continued in next issue
That wacky song, "The Little
Man Who Wasn't There", was
written by a New York University
education professor.
Ninety-five per cent of the Cor­nell
University students have a
religious preference.
Dance Bids
Continued from page 1
Letty Thweatt, and Crommelin
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Tuscaloosa and the University
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Mary Drue Berry, Reba Cope-land,
Martha Darden, Lillian Duf­fer,
Mary Baines, Billie Glaze,
Jane Harris, Mena Hilty, Betty
Hirsch, Anne MacDonald, Mary
Rutland, Nell Sample, Frances
Sayor, and Alice Wilbanks.
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