1940-02-23 The Auburn Plainsman

              Be Thrifty With
Those Cuts THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Wassermans
Are Stylish
VOL. LXIII Z-I ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FEBRUARY 23, 1940 No. 42
Staff Photo by Lewis Arnold.
These modern "Buffalo Bills" forming the Auburn Rifle Team are hitting the bulls-eye quite often these
days in postal matches. Under the leadership of Team Captain Dawson Mullen they are raising the sport
of marksmanship to its former position on the campus.
Shoemaker Speaks
To Seminar Group
E n g i n e e r s H e a r Lecture
On I n d u s t r y ' s Progress
A lecture-demonstration "Pre­views
of Progress" was given at
Engineering Seminar Wednesday
night by J. H. Shoemaker of the
General Motors Corporation.
The speaker demonstrated and
explained a number of modern
scientific developments. Several of
his demonstrations were given to
illustrate the principles of the tele­phone
and telegraph. He also show­ed
some of the recently developed
synthetic plastics, including cloth
made from glass and cloth made
from ordinary skimmed milk.
One of the most interesting
parts of the program was the
demonstration of the photo-electric
cell or "electric eye." This device,
it was shown, can be employed to
change light into sound whose in­tensity
can be controlled.
Three Concerts Next
Week to Close Series
Eugenia Buxton, Roth Quartet, Pearson,
And Lecturer Hindus Will be Presented
The 1939-40 edition of the Auburn Concert Series Will
close next week with a grand splurge of outstanding concert
attractions. On Tuesday night Eugenia Buxton and the Roth
String Quartet will perform at Graves Center. Friday night at
Langdon Hall Ralph Pearson will present his illustrated lec­ture
on art. Maurice Hindus will close the week on Satur­day
night at Graves Center with a lecture on "What Next in
Europe?"
Senior Inviations
Co on Sale Monday
Senior class invitations will go
on sale next Monday morning at
9:00 a. m. at student center, ac­cording
to an announcement by
Gordon MacEachern, chairman of
the invitations committee. Invita­tions
will be sold through Thurs­day
of next week from 9:00 a. m.
to 3:00 p. m. each day. All se­niors
are urged to turn in their
orders as soon as possible to avoid
delay. Orders must be paid for
when given.
Other members of the Invita­tions
Committee are Charles Mor­gan,
David Sprinkle, Charles Kil-
. patrick, and Margaret Pearson.
Orders may be given to any of
these committee members next
week.
Virginia Adams to
Attend Kappa Delta
Pi National Meet
Virginia Adams, president of
the WSGA has been selected to
represent^ the local chapter of
Kappa Delta Pi, honorary educa­tion
fraternity, at the Thirteenth
Biennial Convocation of the or­ganization
to be held in East St.
Louis, 111., February 26 to 28.
Miss Adams is scheduled to ap-per
briefly on one of the lunch­eon
programs at the Convocation.
At the request of Mr. R. J. Walt­ers,
National Executive Counselor
of Kappa Delta Pi, Miss Adams
is planning to devote most of her
talk to a resume of interesting
facts about Auburn.
Notice
The Student Session of the
Presbyternian Church will- hold its
first service and ritual Sunday
night at the Presbyterian Church,
beginning at 7:30. Following the
service communion will be served
by members of the session. Lem
Edmonson, senior from Montgom­ery
is moderator for the Session.
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
A Splurge
Two Dances
of outstanding attractions will be present­ed
here next week as the 1939-40 Auburn
Concert Series comes to a close. Attractions include Eu­genia
Buxton and the Roth String Quartet, Ralph Pearson,
artist, and Maurice Hindus, lecturer. See column 3.
of unusual interest will be held this
week-end with the Interfraternity Ball
leading off at Graves Center tonight and the colorful Beaux
Arts Ball forming the climax tomorrow night. See column 7.
A WnvA t\t U/nrninn w a s i s s u e d b y t h e President's
WOld 01 VYainifly Office this week in lieu of
the fact that students are taking too many of their cuts
the first month of the semester. They urge all students to
be more thrifty with their cuts. See page 2.
was named Head Baseball Coach this
week to succeed Dell Morgan who ac­cepted
a position as line coach at Rice a few weeks ago.
See page 4.
was the shooting of two free shots by Ray
Gibson after the final gun had sounded
in Wednesday night's game with the Tech Jackets. That
tied the game and the Tigers went on from there to win
39-38 in an overtime period. See page 4.
Porter Grant
Masterful
The first two attractions are
part of the regular series but the
Hindus' lecture is a special added
attraction at extra cost. Other at­tractions
that have already ap­peared
on this year's concert se­ries
include Joseph Knitzer, violin­ist;
H. V. Kaltenborn, news com­mentator
and lecturer; the Don
Cosack Chorus; and Allan Jones,
tenor.
Bulletin!
Word was received just before
the Plainsman went to press to­day
that the Roth Quartet will
be unable to make its scheduled
appearance here next Tuesday
night because of illness. Plans are
now being made in an effort to
obtain a substitute attraction for
Tuesday night. Notice of any sub­stitution
will be carried in next
Tuesday's Plainsman.
Although Eugenia Buxton, out­standing
young woman pianist, is
appearing as accompanist with the
Roth String Quartet, attention of
interest has focused itself mostly
on her performance. Miss Buxton
has gained wide recognition for her
ability as a concert pianist in both
the United States and Europe.
She has made appearances with sev­eral
large symphony orchestras.
The Roth Quartet is acclaimed
by many critics as the outstanding
musical string ensemble in Amer­ica.
Coming to the United States
from Hungary in 1928 this quar­tet
has made an enviable record
as a concert group before critical
audiences in cities all over the
United States.
Ralph Pearson, the lecturing
artist will exhibit many interest­ing
works of art in addition to his
illustrated lecture. Mr. Pearson is
not only one of the most outstand­ing
modern sketchers but he is
also a teacher in his own school of
art design. He has written sev­eral
books of especial interest to
art students.
Maurice Hindus is well known
at Auburn. This will be his third
appearance here in three years.
Those who have heard him say
that he is one of the most inter­esting,
colorful, and well informed
lecturers that they have ever had
the pleasure of hearing. He has
just returned from Poland and
Russia and has just published a
new book on Russia. A very pro­lific
writer, Hindus writes many
books and articles in addition to
his numerous lectures upon each
return from his many trips abroad.
WARNING
The President's Office cau­tions
all students to be more
careful and thrifty with their
cutting privileges. Reports from
the Registrar's Office show
that a great number of cuts
are being turned in every day
and from the present rate of
cuts per day, many students
may soon be dropped from
courses for excessive cutting.
Auburn-Emory To
Debate Tomorrow
Boggs a n d W h e e l e r Will
A r g u e Question for API
William Boggs and J. H. Wheel­er,
API debaters, will meet the
Emory University debate team at
Student Center tomorrow night,
at 6:45, according to arrange­ments
made by the Auburn Debate
Council.
Boggs and Wheeler are schedul­ed
to uphold the negative side of
the question, "Resolved that the
United States should follow a
policy of strict isolation, economic
and military, toward all nations
outside the Western Hemisphere
engaged in armed international or
civil conflict."
Other debates scheduled during
the next few weeks include Hoyt
Hall and Byrd Marshall against
Erskine College on March 7; John
Scott and Charles Dubberley
against University of Florida,
March 19; Martin Wender and
Harold Sutton against University
of Pennsylvania, March 20.
Movement Started by
Seniors to Change
Commencement Plans
A movement is now underway
to effect a change in the present
plans for graduation exercises in
May. Upon the request of several
seniors to have the place of the
exercises changed from Graves
Center Auditorium to the stadium,
Dr. Duncan brought the matter
before the Executive Council for
consideration.
The Council endorsed the sug­gestion
of Dr. Duncan that the
baccalaureate services be held one
night and the presentation of di­plomas
the next night in the am­phitheater
at Graves Center.
Seniors who either favor or op­pose
the move are requested to
contact Kenneth Punchess or Joe
Perkins immediately and give their
opinion on the matter.
Callallee Will Talk
To AS ME Monday
Dr. John Gallallee, Director of
Engineering and Head of the Me­chanical
Engineering Department
at the University of Alabama, will
speak to members of ASME next
Monday night in Broun Audito­rium
at 7:00 p.m. All engineers
are invited to attend.
Dr. Gallallee will be accom­panied
by R. A. Polglaze, state
secretary of ASME, and a recent
speaker at the Engineering Semi­nar;
J. Eshelman, member of the
ASME National Council; and G.
Bentley.
Business Students
To Elect Commerce
Queen Next Monday
All Commerce Students
A r e Eligible t o A t t e nd
A n n u a l Ball o n March 8
Election of t h e Commerce
Queen for the Commerce Ball in
Graves Center on March 8 will be
held next Monday from 8:00 a.m.
until 12:00, noon, in Broun Hall.
All business administration stu­dents
are eligible to vote in the
election.
Seven coed business students
have been nominated for the elec­tion
as Commerce Queen. They
are Bettie Belle Brandt, junior
and a member of Kappa Delta;
Doris Greene, junior and member
of Alpha Gamma Delta; Helen
Jordan, junior, Chi Omega; Lu­cille
Walden, sophomore, Phi
Omega Pi; Maude Mullen, senior;
Colley Thompson, sophomore; and
Laura Smith, sophomore.
The Commerce Ball is an an­nual
affair sponsored by Delta
Sigma Pi, honorary business fra­ternity.
All business administra­tion
students will be eligible to
attend by presenting their ticket
books at the door.
The queen of the ball will be
escorted during the Grand March
by Rufus Porter, president of
Delta Sigma Pi. The choice for
queen will not be announced un­til
the Grand March. During the
dance there will be a Delta Sig­ma
Pi no-break, a senior business
students no-break, and one other
no-break in addition to the Grand
March.
The dance will be from 9:00
until 1:00 with the' Auburn
Knights furnishing the music.
Bids have been sent to the presi­dent
and one member of all
campus honor organizations, and
to the faculty members of the
business school.
API Tank Squad
Edges Emory Team
By 4-Point Margin
Auburn's varsity tank squad
defeated Emory University in At­lanta
yesterday afternoon by the
close score of 40%-36%. First
places were taken by Henry
Mohns, Sam Kelly and Davis Gam-mage
for the Tigers. Gammage
was high point man with eleven
points. The team goes in against
Georgia's tank team this after­noon
in Athens at 4:00 p.m.
Accompanied by Prof. E. B.
Smith, head of the intramural
sports department the squad em­barked
yesterday morning by au­tomobile
for Atlanta where they
met and defeated the strong Em­ory
team.
Those making the trip and the
events they swim in are: Capt.
Henry Mohns, backstroke; Bill
Miller, baskstroke; Cummings Mc-
Call, freestyle event; Dick White,
freestyle event; Sam Kelly, 100
yd. and 220 yd. and freestyle
events; George Austin and Lester
Norvell, divers. J. P. Thrasher,
manager, also made the trip.
Freshman English Is A Crip Course
As Far As Ben Dickey Is Concerned
Made 100 in That
Dreaded Course
To the average Auburnite, 101
English is a bugaboo to be escaped
from quickly (if possible) and
afterwards avoided, but to Ben­jamin
Willis Dickey of the School
of Education, freshman English is
a snap. Dickey, it should be ex­plained,
is the first-year man who
pulled down a cold 100 in English
101-S during the first semester
session.
Dickey's adeptness in English
showed itself clearly in high school,
where he averaged 97.25 for four
years on the subject.
When questioned about his am­bitions,
this freshman's answer
was only mildly surprising. In re­gard
to his future, Dickey unhesi­tatingly
replied that his plans were
to obtain a professorship in Eng­lish
as quickly as possible.
Cuarisco Elected
WSCA Representative
Mary Guarisco, freshman in
home economics from Daphne, was
elected freshman representative to
the Women's Student Government
Association at convocation last
Thursday. She will serve on the
governing body for the remainder
of the year.
Others nominated for the posi­tion
were Annice Watkins, fresh­man
in commercial art from Bir­mingham
and Nellie Jim Jerkins,
business administration freshman
from Dothan.
Seven Juniors Seeking
Publication Positions
File Applications with Board this Week;
W. C. Darty is Only Unopposed Applicant
Seven applications were received by the Publications Board
before last Tuesday's deadline for major offices on campus
publications, according to Kirtley Brown, member of the
Board.
W. G. Darty, Junior in Aeronautical Administration from
Lake Wales, Florida, turned in the only application for the
business managership of the Plainsman. If he is approved
by the Publications Board in its meeting Tuesday, Darty
will hold this office next year. ~ ~ ~ " - — ^ — — — — ^ ——
Two applications were received
for the position of editor of the
Plainsman. Dan Hollis, Headland,
enrolled in Agricultural Journal­ism,
and "Boots" Stratford, an
Aeronautical Administration stu­dent
from Montgomery, were the
applicants.
For the editorship of the Glom-erata,
Bill "Trigger" McGehee, an
Architect from Tullahoma, Tenn.,
and Ed Paul, from Birmingham,
also enrolled in Architecture, sub­mitted
applications.
For the position of business
manager of the Glomerata, Kirk
Newell, Mechanical Engineering
student from Birmingham, and Ed
Welden, a pre-med from Wetump-ka,
have applied.
Two other possible candidates for
major senior offices have entered
the field since last week. Albert
Head, Troy, enrolled in Business
Administration, has announced his
intentions of running for the chair­manship
of the Social Committee.
Cliff Beckham, an Ag man from
Mobile, has reportedly entered the
race for Senior Representative to
the Executive Cabinet.
The following Juniors make up
the lists of those candidates whose
names will probably appear on the
April 2 ballot, for major senior
offices:
President Executive Cabinet, Jim
King; Chairman Social Committee,
John Deming, Albert Head; Rep­resentative
to the Executive Cab­inet,
Jack Birdsong, John Davis,
Bill Dodd, Drew Hale, Tom Roby,
Paul Pruett, and Cliff Beckham;
President of the Senior Class, Bill
Crawford, K. L. Lott, Sam Pettus,
and Harold Sutton.
Among the many races in lower
classes, there is one of especial in­terest.
For the office of Vice-
President of the Executive Cabi­net,
Charles Flowers, of Shannon,
and Herbert Martin, of Auburn,
are opponents. Flowers is at pres­ent
the vice-president of the Soph­omore
Class and Martin is Sopho­more
representative to the Cabi­net.
TWO DANCES
ON DOCKET FOR
THE WEEK-END
I n t e r f r a t e r n i t y Ball
And Beaux A r t s Balls to
Be Colorful Occasions
Two of the outstanding dances
of the year will be held this week­end,
with the Interfraternity Ball
tonight from 9:00 until 1:00 and
the colorful Beaux Arts Ball to­morrow
night from 9:00 until
12:00. Both dances will be held
in Graves Center with the Auburn
Knights furnishing the musical
background. __
Leading the Interfraternity Ball
with George Hiller, president of
the Interfraternity Council, will be
Dotty Davis, of Jasper. Ten mem­bers
from each fraternity on the
campus have received bids to the
dance and in addition eleven out­standing
non-fraternity seniors
have likewise received invitations
to the annual affair.
"The Land of Oz" will be the
theme of the annual Beaux Arts
Ball, the most colorful dance held
at Auburn each yeai\ The ball will
be a costume affair with most cos­tumes
depicting some character of
the book. Annice Watkins has been
selected to lead the dance as Prin­cess
Ozma of Oz, from the famous
book.
The ball is sponsored by Scarab,
architecture fraternity, and is a bid
affair. This annual dance develop­ed
from a departmental affair,
which originally was held in the
library of the architecture build­ing
with only architecture and art
students attending. A most elab­orate
decoration scheme will fea­ture
the ball. Decorations have
been designed by Paul Rudolph
and Joe Lacy.
This lovely lady will hold the spotlight tonight at Graves Center
Auditorium when she leads the Grand March of the Interfraternity
Ball, escorted by George Hiller, president of the Interfraternity Coun­cil.
She hails from Jasper, Ala.
Page Two T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN February 23, 1940
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Acting editor for this issue is Dan
W. Hollis, junior member of the ed­itorial
board and candidate for editor
of the Plainsman in the spring elec­tions.
A Word Of Warning
"A WORD to the wise is usual­ly
sufficient" and we sincere­ly
hope that this word of warn­ing
is heeded by the entire stu­dent
body. Reports from the
President's Office and the Reg­istrar's
Office indicate that many
students may be dropped from
courses and perhaps even from
college for excessive cutting of
classes if they are not more
thrifty and careful with their
cutting privileges. Many students
have already used their quota
for some class and a few students
have taken all their cuts.
The student body complained
often of the former two-point
cut system of attendance when it
was in effect. They asked for a
certain number of cuts in each
class; they now have the cuts
which they so earnestly desired.
But along with this privilege
comes a responsibility. The stu­dent
is responsible for keeping
tab of his cuts in each class. If
a student has used all of his cuts
by the end of the first month of
the semester he will not have any
available cuts for later emer­gencies
that may arise.
The student knows beforehand
what will happen to him if he
takes unfair advantage of his
cutting privileges — he will be
dropped from that course. There
is nothing the President's Office
can do about it if the student is
dropped from a course or from
college for excessive cuts with­out
losing face, and they are not
going to do that and we cannot
blame them.
So let's all of us be more thrif­ty
and careful with our cuts and
save them for a time when we
will really need them. Let's heed
a "word to the wise" and show
the college administration that
we can handle our responsibili­ties
in a commendable fashion.
D.W.H.
A Tragedy In The Offing
THE saddest thing about the dis­heartening
European war is the
plight of Norway and presently of
all Scandinavia. There is a dread­ful
possibility that these helpless
countries will be victimized in the
sacrifice of sanity on which the
great powers of Europe seem bent.
Since the military age of Char­les
XII of Sweden, Scandinavia
has taken no war-like role of con­sequence
in international affairs.
Instead of war machines, the
Scandinavians have spent centu­ries
building a happy, dignified
way of life which has been the
consolation of a crazy world.
After all these years of progress,
after their miraculous escape from
the holocaust of the first world
war, the Scandinavian nations are
gravely threatened by this super­fluous
second world war. Since
the capture of the German prison
ship Altmark by Britian in Nor­wegian
waters, Norway has felt
the fire of both belligerent gov­ernments.
Oslo is probably trying to de­cide
whether to risk neutral star­vation
or war-like death. Either
risk is as bad as the other, but the
whole dilemma is more discourag­ing
than its parts because not only
Norway but every nation stands
to lose a great deal if the dilem­ma
is unfavorably solved. R.S.
A Disease Is Not A
Disgrace
AT the present time on our camp­us
a drive is being conducted
against syphilis, the most import­ant
of venereal diseases and one
of the most important diseases
which afflicts man. However, the
majority of college students, and
other people for that matter, do
not know what the word syphilis
means.
When people hear the word
syphilis they shudder and turn
their heads. Why? Syphilis is a
disease and not a disgrace. And
being a disease and one of the
most important that afflicts man­kind
it should be treated as such.
Syphilis is not only a contagious
but also an inherent disease. It is
usually spread through sexual
contacts but there are numerous
other ways which the disease may
be contracted such as the use of
public drinking cups and kissing.
Syphilis is often called "The
Great Imitator" because it may
resemble any number of other
diseases. In the primary stages
the disease may cause a rash
similar to pox or measles. Ulcers
which are hard to the touch may
also result. Loss of hair is not un­common
at t h i s stage. Later
stages of this disease may cause
heart and nervous disorders.
The first step to detect the dis­ease
is the famous Wasserman
blood test which is now being
given free at the College Infirm­ary.
If syphilis is discovered the
infected patient should begin a
long persistent treatment with
arsphenamine and bismuth. This
treatment will cure the patient
in the great majority of cases,
unless latent symptoms have de­veloped,
and even then some re­lief
can be obtained from treat­ment.
The people of t h e United
States and the students of Au­burn
should realize that syphilis
is a disease and not a disgrace,
and that as a serious disease it
should be treated as such. If you
have not had a Wasserman test,
then why not go down to the Col­lege
Infirmary and have your
test made? The results of your
test will be kept in strictest con­fidence
and you will not only be
doing yourself a great favor by
so doing but you will also be aid­ing
the cause of mankind in find­ing
a more abundant and health­ful
life. D.W.H.
Let's Act Like Gentlemen
NUMEROUS have been the com­plaints
concerning the conduct
of students at the local theater.
Not only have many students
voiced these complaints but also
the townspeople. This complaint
is especially registered after owl
shows on Friday and Saturday
nights.
The conduct which we are
speaking of is the various series
of exclamations, cat-calls, ahs,
giggles, whistles, wise cracks
from would be wits, and other
similar cries that disturb the
peace of other persons attending
the picture show and prevent
them from obtaining the pleas­ure
and relaxation for which
they are there.
A man who is of college age
should have passed his childhood
and adolescent days. He should
know how to conduct himself as
a gentleman and especially so in
public places.
Let's not give other people a
bad impression of our student
body which incidentally reflects
an impression of our beloved
school. Let's act like decent gen­tlemen
should act and not like a
bunch of rowdy high school kids.
Well?
By Bob Anderson
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.
Pinch Hit . . .
That time of the year has come when
Auburn seniors who have worked hard
for six months take a breather and turn
their jobs over to some of the under­classmen.
It fell to our lot to try to
substitute for Columnist John Ivey —
whose place we can't hope to fill. So
we're not trying to fill it—just trying
to write a column for a day. John will
be back, so don't just skip this column
next time.
On Either Side the Mannerheim . . .
If "official" reports on the Finnish-
Russian situation could be credited,
each side would have long since defeat­ed
the other, and everybody would be
happy—except possibly the press, who
wouldn't have much to write about. But
the war still rages, and in spite of
seemingly overwhelming odds in the
favor of the Reds, Finland has a pow­erful
ally, who's turned up again to
save them from a Russian thrust —
Old Man Weather. Reports of mid-week
blizzards in the war zones which will
delay fighting for a short time strength­ens
one's belief that "there is a destiny
which shapes our ends." The Finns have
been given another break, which, if they
can make the best of it, might even
mean the turning point of the war. The
short delay will give them time to bring
up reinforcements (if they have any),
time to replinish supplies on the front,
and possibly even time to talk Sweden
into giving them some real support.
Swappin' . . .
The subject of reciprocal trade a-greements,
at present being debated in
the United States Congress promises to
be one of the biggest planks in some­body's
platform in the approaching sia-tional
campaigns. The GOP boys have
it already designated as a strong "anti-plank".
But at least one strong Demo­crat
is helping them out in their fight
against Mr. Hull's policies. One Mr.
Coffee, Democrat, of Congress and
points West, has proposed an amend­ment
to the bill which would force all
future reciprocal trade agreements to
have the Senate's approval before they
went into effect.
Swan Song . . .
It looks as if The Long Regime of
Louisiana just isn't any more. One of
the Jones boys is taking over. Getting
off to a slow start in the returns from
New Orleans, Sam Houston Jones pull­ed
ahead to beat Gov. Earl K. Long
by a neat margin, when the rural re­turns
came in. This means the decline
of a powerful state political machine—
at least temporarily. The Long machine
was founded by Earl's famous brother,
Huey.
The Forgotten Man . . .
While Ivey takes a few days off, his
old friend Colonel Lindbergh has made
the news again. This time it's an ar­ticle
in The Atlantic Monthly, in which
he declares that he sees no balance of
"justification" on either side in the Eu­ropean
conflict, and says that it is
merely another struggle for material
gain by the Western Allies. He states,
in effect, that neither American nor
Western civilization can gain by a con­tinuation
of the war. Solution to the
age-old problem, says the Colonel, lies
in sharing influence among a sufficient
number of Europe's peoples to "make
sure they control an overwhelming mili­tary
strength." But, Colonel, if neither
side is justified in the struggle, if both
sides are seeking material gain, by
which should the influence be shared?
Perhaps both?
Famous Last Words . . .
As campus politics gain headway, our
thoughts turn toward a "word to the
wise." Confucious, 1940 vintage, is fast
on the way to joining the ranks of ob­scurity
with "Little Willy," "Little
Audrey", "Carrie," and a certain wide­ly-
traveled salesman. But in his dying
gasps the old boy is still putting out
gems of wit and wisdom. To quote—
Confucious say, "Politician who slings
mud loses ground."
From Oskaloosa and Bethesda Came
Our Infectious Diseases Professor
The Plainsman Forum
Letters to the Editor
Personals from the Glomerata
Mr. Herbert Martin:
You are fired.
Yours,
Charles Kelley
Glomerata Chief
* * *
Mr. Boots Stratford:
You too.
Signed,
Kellypoo
In Which Martin is Called
Down for Ignorance
Editor,
The Auburn Plainsman,
Dear Sir:
Please have Mr. Martin read his di­rectory
of prisons and penal institu­tions.
When he peruses this publication
he will find that the Auburn referred
to in the Esquire cartoon is the State
Prison of New York.
From all graduates of this institu­tion
I gather that it is an ideal place
and deserves some publicity.
Please, Mr. Martin, if you must show
your ignorance, show it on places other
than the pages of t h e Plainsman.
Through the kind efforts of me and a
few others, we have decided to keep
you on the Glomerata staff if you will
cease such low down ignorance.
Yours,
A Glomerata Man
And Again He is Railed Upon
Editor,
The Auburn Plainsman,
Dear Sir:
I wish to protest against the ignor­ance
which Herbert Martin included in
his column last Tuesday.
Although Esquire magazine couldn't
go wrong featuring our Auburn, Mr.
Martin did go wrong in thinking the
mag was talking about us.
Auburn Prison may be a fine insti­tution
Mr. Martin, but I prefer my Au-burns
located in Auburn, Alabama and
not Auburn, N. Y.
Sincerely,
A Fault-finder
Maurice Hindus, The Cosmopolitan
Lecturer Knows His Russian ABC's
By KIRTLEY BROWN
WHEN Maurice Hindus, noted writer
and lecturer, fills his speaking en­gagement
here on Saturday evening,
March 2, at 8:15 in Langdon Hall his
lecture will contain material which he
has gathered on ten trips to Russia
since the Revolution. Although born in
Russia, Mr. Hindus is an American citi­zen
having come to this country at the
age of fourteen. He holds degrees from
Colgate and Harvard.
Mr. Hindus' lectures show his audi­ences
that mankind has never known
a world such as the one the Russians
are seeking to create. Religion, private
property, the modern family, western
standards of sex morality, western con­ceptions
of sex love, have no place in
this world. Just how they are seeking
to rid themselves of these institutions,
what the consequent reactions are on
the Russian mankind and on Russia's
relations with the outside world—these
make up the chief theme of his lec­tures.
He tells how and why Russia is seek­ing
to uproot religion, private property,
the modern family, existing standards
of sex morality and western concep­tions
of romantic love, and what she is
offering in their place.
He then parades before the audience
group after group of Russian humanity
—the peasant, the proletarian, the in­tellectual,
the communist, the Jew, the
Cossack, the youth, the women — and
shows the transformations they have
undergone since the coming of Soviet-ism.
He explains the meaning, failures,
and possible future successes of the
movement of the world revolution, to
the new kind of war that the world
will witness if or when Russia is in­volved
in military combat with an out­side
nation or group of nations and also
to Russia's relations with America, to
whom she is most friendly, and to Eng­land
to whom she is most hostile.
Mr. Hindus is a speaker of high at­tainments.
He has addressed all types
of audiences in all parts of the Unit­ed
States and Canada. He is one writer
who speaks fully as well as he writes.
A master of the spoken word, the word
pictures he paints are truthful, com­plete,
admirably restrained, and yet
filled with color.
He is not merely a keen observer of
surface manifestations—there is depth
to his observations and he has a mind
that grasps the historical significance
of a new movement. In a single lecture
he gives his audience a better under­standing
of present day Russia than one
can gain by the reading of many books.
By REDDING SUGG
AMONG the members of the Auburn
faculty, Dr. W. E. Cotton, professor
of infectious diseases, is of particular
note. You can find his name in Who's
Who, but in an interview recently Dr.
Cotton gave us details for this five-minute
biography.
Dr. Cotton was born at Oskaloosa,
Iowa, on September 17, 1866, but he
spent his boyhood in Oakfield, a town
which no longer has a post office. He
attended the public school of Oakfield
and eventually entered the Oakfield
Academy, which was the equivalent of
a high school. After Oakfield Academy,
Dr. Cotton taught in a country school
for several winters. The school ran ac­cording
to the crops, being in session
when the crops were not ready for har­vesting
or planting.
After his years of teaching, Dr. Cot­ton
returned home to work on his fath­er's
farm and in his flour mill. He be­lieves
that the time spent at work for
his father taught him as much as his
schooling.
In the fall of 1893 Dr. Cotton en­tered
the Bureau of Animal Industry
at Washington. And when the experi­ment
station moved to Bethesda, Mary­land,
he went with it, steadily increas­ing
his salary.
In 1911 Dr. Cotton graduated from
the veterinary department of George
Washington University. He went to
school after work and at night and on
holidays, and his perserverance result­ed
in his D.V.M. After getting his de­gree,
Dr. Cotton's path was steadily up­ward,
eventually reaching the position
of superintendent of the station at Be­thesda
in 1928. He was retired on ac­count
of age in the fall of 1937, his
term having been extended a year past
the seventy mark.
Together with Dr. E. C. Schroder,
his predecessor as superintendent, Dr.
Cotton published a number of profess­ional
papers. He also published other
articles on tuberculosis and Bangs Dis­ease.
Dr. Cotton presented papers and was
an official delegate at the eleventh and
twelfth International Veterinary Con­gresses
held in London and New York re­spectively.
He has been at Auburn
since November 1937, and he has won
the respect of students and faculty a-like.
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.
THE Glomerata business staff wants it
made plain that it can carry its part
of the load. In fact, the ad boys are
down - right cocky
over their self-suf­ficiency.
Both staffs
admit that, u n t il
Plainsman w r i t e r s
came to the aid of
the decrepit editorial
staff, plans w e re
complete for publish­ing
the advertise-m
e n t s attractively
bound with no other
material whatsoever
therein.
* * *
It's getting so you can't leave Con­fucious
out of anything, even a column,
so we unearthed the following bit of
Chinese philosophy. Confucious is re­ported
to have said, "Censor is person
who know more than he think he ought
to."
* * *
Consideration is being given a mat­ter
that has waited over-long for the
attention. Confusion has resulted since
Nero took his first violin lesson over
similarity between the names of the
two college governing bodies, the facul­ty
Executive Council, and the student
Executive Cabinet. Just lately, Presi­dent
John Ivey has decided to do some­thing
about it.
The Cabinet is considering names for
the change. Names suggested have been
the Student Senate, Student Cabinet,
Men's Student Government, and Stu­dent
Council. The Cabinet proposes to
select one of these, or another, and
present it to the students for approval
in the spring elections.
* * *
The Cabinet office is now open in
Student Center. If you have a sugges­tion
for a new name for the Cabinet
which you think would solve the prob­lem,
why not drop by the office and
turn your name over to the member in
charge?
* * *
Congratulations to Squires for bring­ing
syphilis examinations out from be­hind
the barn, figuratively, and putting
them on the front lawn where they are
available to all. That one in every ten
theory seems to be disproved on our
campus, with not a positive reaction
found in over 200 tests.
Kelley, how about helping us out a
little next week? The big boss is leav­ing
town, and we'll be a bit short-hand­ed.
We may miss Godbold, but maybe
with him and his big red pencil gone,
we can slip a little gossip over on Hollis.
* * *
An open letter to the Boys' Glee
Club. . . .
Gentlemen:
We wonder just how you feel about
the whole thing. You've worked hard
this year; you gave some fine concerts
the first semester, and will give some
of the same caliber this semester.
You've tried to put the Glee Club on
a paying basis; you've contracted for
some fine visiting organizations to sing
here.
How do you like the support you've
had? With possibilities for one of the
finest clubs in the South, how do you
like having to struggle along with a
skeleton club, all because the boys who
could help you, and whom you could
help, won't take interest enough to try
out?
With some fine solo voices, some
good music, and a capable director,
doesn't it rub you just a little the
wrong way to have to remain a small
organization when you have every right
to be big-time?
Auburn once boasted one of the fin­est
glee clubs to be found. With an
even larger student body now, one
would think that the glee club would
be even better. Yet membership is even
below that of last semester.
Your practices don't take a lot of
time. The music isn't particularly hard.
No wonder you feel that you're not
getting a fair trial, that you are in
danger of being sentenced without a
chance to speak a word in your own
defense!
We believe that a change is coming,
that a little reminder is all some stu­dents
will need to get them out, and
that the Glee Club wlil not perish from
the face of the campus forever, so help
us.
Yours sincerely,
Plainstalker
* * *
We're with the "what's a few boards
laid end to end?" letter-to-the-editor
writer 100 per cent. When perchance
our reportorial duties carry us to the
dormitories, we can't say that we en­joy
having to rip up an old board or
two for skis to slide across the mess.
After all, walking is man's natural
means of locomotion, and there's no
justice whatsoever in putting hind­rances
in his way when he practices
his nature-given right.
Also, when you have about eight sec­onds
to sign in from an excursion, you
tend to forget such things as mud and
water until you're inside swimming out.
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kourter, says,
"Unfortunately, most powerhouses seem
to have amps in their pants."
Women And Cats
Not since Annabelle, the youngest
tabbycat, took up with the boys and
girls in the composing room has Clara-belle,
our eminent office cat reported
for duty at this temple of light. She
has completely disappeared. Nobody has
any theory as to her whereabouts and
most of us do not care greatly where
she is, just so she is safe. She's been
missing for more than a week.
A woman that cannot tolerate the
presence of another woman in her world
is headed straight for a lot of unneces­sary
grief. The census shows that there
are a lot of women in this world.—The
Montgomery Advertiser.
* * *
Perhaps Editor Hall should give a
little more attention to his beloved
Clarabelle. You know, Mr. Hall that's
another thing that women go in for in
a big way. Seriously though, we hope
Clarabelle soon makes her return to
your office because there seems to be
a certain atmosphere of home that is
missing when she is not there. Same
way with women.—Editor.
CONFUCIOUS SAY:
"Girl quit playing ball after she make
good catch." — "Pretty stems are
seldom seen on wallflowers." — "Man
who builds house on hillside not on
level." — "All work and no play horses
make you rich guy." — "Girl with fu­ture
should beware of man with past."
— "Whatsoever a man seweth that
shall be also rip." — "Distance between
politician's ears, one block." — "Buy
your umbrellas when sun is shining,
they go up when it rains."
February 23, 1940 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
WITH THE GREEKS
SIGMA PI —
L. B. Freeland, Jr., of Mobile, was elected president of Alpha-
Delta Chapter of Sigma Pi last Wednesday night. Wilbur Davenport
was elected vice-president. Other officers are Bertram Boteler, secre­t
a r y ; Haskell Johnson, t r e a s u r e r ; George Garrett, herald.
* * *
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA —
Tozier Brown, national traveling secretary of Lambda Chi Alpha,
is visiting the local chapter and will be here until February 26. Mr.
Brown is a graduate of the University of Denver. He has spent sev­eral
years in f r a t e r n i t y work exclusively and has visited colleges all
over the United States and Canada. He has been traveling for Lambda
Chi Alpha since September 1936.
* * *
KAPPA SIGMA —
Kappa Sigma held a stag banquet last Friday evening in honor
of Morgan Estes Snedecor, national officer of the f r a t e r n i t y who is
visiting the local chapter.
Mr. Snecedor is a native of Alabama and graduated from the
University of Alabama. He is a past president of the Rotary Inter­national
and at present is one of the leading lawyers of Portland, Ore.
Others present at the banquet besides members and pledges were
Dr. L. N. Duncan, charter member of the local chapter; B. N. Neal,
District Grand Master from Atlanta; Sam Brewster, head of the Camp­us
Planning Program; and Dr. W. B. Lee, pastor of the local Episcopal
Church. Mr. Leon Whitney acted as Master of Ceremonies at the
banquet.
* * *
THETA CHI —
Vernon Wells of Selma has been elected president of Theta Chi
for this semester. Doug Kelley was elected vice-president; Byrd Mar­shall,
secretary; Leon Thomas, historjan; Joe Mitchell, chaplain; Ned
Jordan, marshal; and Charles Higgins, librarian. The t r e a s u r e r has not
been appointed as yet.
Twelve pledges were formally initiated into the chapter this week.
The new members are Wallace Allen, Avery Bruce, Sidney Bledsoe,
Marvin Denton, Francis H. Brown, Wiley Fancher, Harry Lyons, Watt
Dudley, Jesse Twilley, L. Z. Thrasher, Johnny Foust, and Henry Nor-den.
One of the new members, Wallace Allen, is the son of the
first president of Theta Chi at Auburn.
Earl D. Rhodes, national president of Theta Chi, and his wife
visited the local chapter last Wednesday. They were honor guests for
dinner and spent some time in sightseeing around the campus.
* * *
ALPHA GAMMA RHO —
Xi chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho formally initiated 15 men into
the fraternity last Saturday night. Many alumni of the fraternity
were present at the initiation which took place in the chapter room
of the new f r a t e r n i t y house.
Those initiated were Ossie Bowden, Jim LeNoir, W. C. Pritchett,
W. B. Crawley, Wallace Wise, John Daniels, Albert Thompson, Billy
Dryer, Hunter Smith, Bailey Braly, Holt Stuart, Francis Crimmins,
Ed Stewart, Harry Merriweather, and Ramsey Stuart.
* * *
CHI OMEGA —
New president of Chi Omega sorority is Sue Quattlebaum, of
Conway, S. C. She was elected last Wednesday night. Other officers
include Flo Pickens, vice-president; Mary Erwin, secretary; Bobbie
Steele, t r e a s u r e r ; Helen Jordan, pledge mistress; Louise Hayes, chap­t
e r correspondent; and June McWhorter, herald.
Four girls were also pledged at a recent meeting of Chi Omega.
They a r e : Lydia Dunn, Mary Colvin, Adelaide Dodd, and Laura Mae
Smalshof.
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MUSIC
By JIMMY GILBERT
This week on the air: Out­standing
program is definitely
not for the hep cats. It is the
Metropolitan Opera Company's
presentation of "Otello" (NBC
Blue network on Saturday, Feb.
24, at 1 p.m.). This opera is an
adaptation from Shakespeare by
Arrigo Boito, and the music is by
Verdi.
Giovanni Martinelli sings the
role of Otello, and Elizabeth
Rethberg offers the, romantic
touch in the role of Desdemona,
t h e heroine. Lawrence Tibbett
has a supporting part.
Other programs of mention:
Mutual Broadcasting System pre­sents
a new "band per week" pro­gram
called "Show of the Week."
Next week it features the piano
and orchestra of Henry King. Lis­t
e n for it on WGN, Chicago, at
five-thirty p.m. on Sunday, Feb.
25. Friday night, Feb. 23, and
Wednesday and Friday of next
week, hear 0. Tucker and band
("Sweetie Pie" Bonnie Baker in­cluded).
Time: 11:30, MBS.
Band with a really different
style is the "Cascading Chords"
style of Al Kavelin—Steel guitar
effects made by a very versatile
reed section. Broadcasts Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday of next
week over WFFA, Dallas, at 10:-
30 p.m. Excellent.
The waxworks run from "fair"
to "fine" this week. One of the
b e t t e r platters is Harry James
and Company doing "Concerto
Fer Trumpet" and "I'm in the
Market for You". Mighty good for
both listening and dancing. I t ' s a
Columbia recording.
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Some other Columbia records
of the better class are: "Beale
Street Blues" and "Swinging on
the Teagarden Gate" by Jack Tea-garden.
Good for hep-hepping.
Goodman and Bailey do "Darn
That Dream" and "Peace Broth­ers"—
fair only. Raymond Scott's
other recent release, "Just a Gig­olo"
and "Huckleberry Duck",
a r e novel only in name. Fair for
dancing though. B. Goodman and
clarinet do better on "Honey­suckle
Rose" and "Spring Song".
The l a t t e r is a classic adapted to
modern tempos. Also, we have the
Kyser - Babbitt - Simms-Columbia
version of "Way Back in 1939 A.
D.", vs. the Kemp-Bob Allen-Vic­tor
recording of same. Close race,
but my money is on the Kyser
rendition as the best record of
this song we have heard so far.
Kay backs his offering with Ginny
Simms singing "The Wind and The
Rain in Her Hair". Reverse Kemp
to hear the very smooth Smooth­ies
do "Ooh What You SaioV'.
Good too.
Preview: Auburn Plainsmen
playing "I Thought About You".
Fine brass work and good vocal
by P. Scarbrough. Listen for it.
Success Story: Bobby Byrn's
Sizzling Steaks and
Sea Foods are
our Specialty
Auburn Grille
Air-Conditioned
BSU Youth Week to
Start Next Sunday
At Baptist Church
Beginning Sunday, Feb. 25, the
Auburn Baptist Student Union
will observe Youth Week. Dr. H.
H. Hobbs, Pastor of the Clayton
Street Baptist Church in Mont­gomery,
will speak twice daily
during this week. The morning
services will begin at 10 o'clock
and the evening services will be­gin
at 7 o'clock.
Students will be in charge of
all departments of the Church
during Youth Week. Earl Gard­ner,
president of the BSU will
serve as pastor and the other of­fices
of the church will be filled
by other young people.
Dr. Hobbs will lead conferences
each night at 8:30 on subjects of
special interest to young people.
In connection with Youth Week
the YWA and the Baptist Broth­erhood
are giving a joint supper
at the Baptist Church at 6 o'clock
tomorrow night. Dr. Hobbs will
speak to the group, and the dea­cons
of the church are to be the
special guests of the Brotherhood.
band (afore mentioned in connec­tion
with "Yelvy" Yelverton) has
the highly valued spring assign­ment
at the Glen Island Casino.
This automatically takes a band
four steps up the ladder to suc­cess.
Moral—the deserving will
get their just reward.
Did'ja know: That Raymond
Scott's real name is Harry War-now;
he's the brother of hit pa-rader
Mark Warnow.
With the Co-OpS—By C J. Bastien
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The dance held last Friday
night at Student Center was a
great success, and all who took
part are greatly in favor of more
of the same. It was of more or
less historical significance too, for
there were only about ten stags
among approximately e i g h ty
dancers.
At the meeting Thursday night,
the final plans concerning the
book exchange were worked out
and books will be received by
Vice-President Ed Morris, for
transfer to the other section of
Co-ops.
The freshmen representatives
to the Executive Cabinet of the
Club are Jack O'Connor, and Wil-ber
McDuff.
A social committee was also ap­pointed
at the meeting Thursday
night to work out some plans for
dances and socials to be held this
summer. The committee is made
up of Birmingham boys so that
they can get together while at
work. Those appointed are Bob
Morgan, Jack Joyner, Wilber Mc­Duff,
Robert Bowen and C. J.
Bastien.
Briaerean . . .
As was noted in the paper last
Tuesday, The Briaerean is, a t last,
an established society here, and in
it we hope to show what an honor
society can do. Many persons are
somewhat cynical concerning keys
and honor societies, and consider­ing
the ratio of the amount of
work turned out to the possibili­ties,
it is little wonder that they
feel this way. But if the motto of
the fraternity is followed, "Do
not attempt, but do well", then
we will demonstrate the falsity of
judging the one from the many.
At a strenuous two and a half
hour meeting, Wednesday after­noon,
The Briaereans wrote the
by-laws to the body of their con­stitution.
Votes of Thanks . . .
To Bob Teeple, freshman news
reporter To- Godbold of the
Plainsman for his help and co­operation
with the Co-ops __ To
Bloomfield and another for their
aid in recent work __ To Bob
Morgan for his work in attempt­ing
to get individual pictures in
the Glomerata _. To Mr. A. O.
Taylor for so many things we
can't enumerate __ And finally
to all who have given us a hand
here and there.
And with this, Group " B " of
the Co-ops signs off and out to
t u r n a hand in industry for three
months. We'll travel far a nd
work hard, a n d return this
summer for a few more crumbs
from the Table of Knowledge. So
long.
Spring suits are military in style. You will
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of marching buttons. These are now shown
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Page Four THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN February 23, 1940
TIGER TALES
By BOOTS STRATFORD
Track meets with those foes of tradition — Georgia,
Georgia Tech,and Florida—have already been scheduled
for the forthcoming cinder season and a meet with Missis-
. sippi State is hanging fire at this writing.
Coach Hutsell will also enter his track and
field squad in the SEC meet in Birmingham,
the Southern AAU meet, and the Florida
E! .> • Relays at Gainesville on March 30. This re­lay
meet was inaugurated last year by Percy
Beard, former Auburn hurdling star, form­er
holder of the world record time in the
high sticks and present track coach at the
University of Florida.
BOOTSSVt/>rf*RD A baseball g a m e with the University
of Purdue is now under consideration and if this and
the Maroon track deal go through, much will he done
to relieve the annual monotony of always the same
basketball, baseball and track opponents appearing
at the Plains. As it stands now, competition with these
perennials such as Tech, Georgia, Florida and Se-wanee,
is very keen, but after all, "variety is, etc.",
and a few new faces and uniforms would be an ex­tremely
easy eyeful in the Tiger's athletic lair.
* * *
"You oughta spot us 15 points for having to play on
this court." Such were the words of Georgia Tech basket­ball
coach, Roy Mundorff, after his team's one-point loss
to the Tigers Wednesday night, and sour grapes or no,
truth was in his words for among other evils, some of the
floor boards on the court are badly sprung and the side­lines
are always crowded. Auburn — lusty, proud and
growing rapidly—certainly needs a better gymnasium.
* * *
Inclement weather and much illness in his squad
has slowed down Coach Meagher's spring training
drills; many days he has called off practice altogether. *
But there will be head knocking aplenty with the re­turn
of a little favorable weather as Marine Jack pre­pares
his men for 1940's rigorous schedule and also,
incidentally, for the little intra-squad feud due to
come off on Greater Auburn Day.
Basketball Fans
Like the Women's
Intramural Games
Women's intramural basketball
games carried on this week in fine
style with interested crowds turn­ing
out to witness the exhibitions
by the fairer sex.
The Theta U's beat the Science
& Lit's 37-8. Phi Omega Pi's lost
to the School of Education 28-5
and the Home Ec Club lost to
Kappa Delta 25-22 in an exciting
game.
The scores in the boy's games
this week have ranged all over the
board. In Tuesday night's games
SAE won by forfeit over the Beta
Kappa lads, Basketeers beat FFA
II, 10-9, and Mobile nosed out the
Hot Shots 27-20.
On Wednesday night the Sig­ma
Nu's beat ALT 16-9, ATO de­feated
Phi Delta Theta 21-6, Tant
rambled over Nunn 41-16, and
Hornsby Hall walloped Carr Hall
58-29.
Last night at the Girl's Gym
Theta Upsilon trounced Alpha
Gamma Delta to the tune of 31-
14. In the other game last night
the FHA girls completely smoth­ered
the Chi Omega team by a
score of 69-6.
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Tigers Nose Out
Tech Jackets By
One Point Margin
Shooting of Gibson and
Hawkins Under Pressure
Wins by Score of 39-38
Ray Gibson sank two foul shots
in the clutch, Shag Hawkins
slicked in a crip shot some few
minutes later and Auburn won a
basketball game from Georgia
Tech, 39-38, last Wednesday
night.
That was the story of the ball
game and it came about in this
manner!
The game started with Auburn
jumping into a quick lead with
Bob Dickinson, shooting superbly
and covering the floor like blue
lightning, leading the way. Then
the Tigers slowed down a bit and
their shots started going wild. The
Jackets chased hot on their heels
and finally caught them near the
end of the game where the lead
changed hands several times.
With but few seconds to play
and the score tied, Captain Hay-mans
of Tech stole the ball from
an Auburn dribbler and raced
down court to sink one over the
front edge of the basket to jump
the Jackets into the lead. Auburn
passed in, worked the ball down
and just as the final gun went
off, Gibson tried to score with a
desperate one-handed shot. The
shot dropped short but Referee
Ben Chapman ruled a hacking
foul on Gibson's guarder and,
with the game technically over,
gave Gibson two tries at the bas­ket.
Ray, deep in the clutch, wiped
his face with a towel, stepped to
the foul line and heaved that
chunk of cowhide through the
cords twice to deadlock the ball
game again and necessitate a 5
minute playoff period.
Haymans again gave his team
the lead with a long, sure para­bola
to the hoop, but the Tigers
rallied and came storming back
after several scores on both sides
to sack up the ballgame as Shag
Hawkins caromed a crip shot
through the cords.
The box score:
AUBURN— G F PfTp
Streetman, forward — 1 1 1 3
Dickinson, forward 5 0 2 10
Manci, forward 2 0 0 4
Hawkins, center 3 2 2 8
Gibson, guard 3 5 2 11
Huff, guard 1 1 1 3
Totals 15 9 8 39
GEORGIA TECH— G F Pf Tp
Johnson, forward 3 0 2 6
Hayman, forward 4 0 2 8
Hughes, center 4 0 3 8
Lewis, guard 3 3 3 9
Burroughs, guard 1 5 1 7
Gunter, guard 0 0 0 0
Totals 15 8 11 38
(One overtime period).
Halftime score: Auburn 21, Tech 19.
Free throws missed: Streetman 1,
Manci, Hawkins 2, Gibson 2, Hughes 2.
Referee: Ben Chapman.
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University is national facul­ty
billiard champion.
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On the 'Mural Slate
Monday
Alpha Psi vs. Sigma Chi—9:00,
AG.
Lambda Chi vs. Beta Kappa —
10:00, AG.
Tant vs. Hornsby Hall — 7:00,
GG.
Carr Hall vs. Nunn—8:00, GG.
Life Saving Course
To be Taught Here
Two life saving courses will be
given here soon to persons in the
vicinity who are interested.
Ernest B. Smith, professor of
physical education, has announc­ed
that a preliminary life saving
course will be taught March 4 to
15 at the pool in Alumni Gym­nasium.
The 15-hour course will
be conducted by Robert C. John­son
and will be required of Life
Saving Examiners, Water Safety
Instructors and Senior Life Sav­ing
candidates, 19 years or over,
before they are eligible for the
advanced course.
An advanced Life Saving and
Water Safety Instructor Course
will be taught by Mr. Fysal of
National Red Cross headquarters
at the Alumni Gymnasium pool
March 18 to 22. The 15-hour pre­liminary
course will be required
of all persons before they are
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Earl Adamson Margaret Pearson
Charles Flowers Richard Comer
Otis Burnside Billy Ryan
Grant Named New
Baseball Coach
Appointed by Meagher
To Succeed Dell Morgan
Porter Grant has been appoint­ed
head baseball coach to succeed
Dell Morgan, Coach Jack Meagher
announced this week.
Grant is well known around the
Plains as he is Alumni Secretary
and football end coach. He won
three diamond letters here as out­fielder
and relief pitcher in the
early thirties.
Meagher also announced that a
successor to Morgan as line coach
would be picked from his present
staff. Elmer Salter, sports pub­licity
director, succeeded Morgan
as freshman basketball coach.
Grant, who played in the old
Dixie Amateur League, is a na­tive
of Dothan and was chosen
on several college all-star baseball
teams before he began coaching
and became Alumni Secretary.
eligible for the advanced course.
All persons interested in the
two courses are requested to reg­ister
in Room 210 Samford Hall
or to telephone 563 immediately.
RATS W I N TWO
GAMES WEDNESDAY
The Auburn Rats made a good
showing Wednesday night against
both the Muscogee Mill's Five and
Central High School, winning
both games by safe margins.
Against Muscogee the score was
49-33, and the Central game end­ed
27-18 in favor of the plebes.
The Muscogee team is one of
the strongest Georgia Mill's team,
and the Auburn boys played a
bang-up game. Six freshmen play­ed
the entire game against the
Georgia team. They .were Jack
Bright, Hal Walker, Bob Ellis,
Homer Wright, Ed Young, and
Harold Smyer.
The Prosh close their season
at 8:15 tonight with a game with
the Chewacla Eagles, the boys
from the local CCC camp. The
Eagles beat the frosh in a game
earlier in the year, and this will
be a test of just how much they
have improved after a season's
play.
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Mallette at 9116 or see me at
281 East Thach Street.
FRONT room, adjoining bath, for
two or three boys at $5 each
per month. Mrs. Crawford, 200
Bragg Ave. Phone 475-W.
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