1940-02-16 The Auburn Plainsman

              Have You Had Your
Wasserman Yet? THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Auburn Vs. Sewanee
Gymnasium, Tonight
VOL. LXIII z-i ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FEBRUARY 16, 1940 No. 40
Drive for Wasserman
Tests Gathers Force
100 More Students Take Free Tests
At College Infirmary This Week
Approximately 100 Wasserman tests were given at the
College Infirmary this week as the anti-syphilis drive be­ing
conducted, among Auburn students by Squires continu­ed
successful.
This week's quota of tests doubled the total number
given since the opening of the infirmary, bringing it up to
200. As yet no "positive" specimens of blood have been
found.
The total of 200 includes only
the tests which have been given
students by the college health au­thorities.
There have been a large
number of tests made by the coun­ty
health officials and by private
physicians, but there is no way
of determining this number.
In its drive, Squires, sophomore
service organization, is working in
cooperation with the Auburn Jun­ior
Chamber of Commerce, which
is conducting a similar drive
among Auburn citizens.
At the Coed Convocation held
yesterday, Dr. R. E. Rothermel,
of the County Health office, spoke
to women students on syphilis and
advised them to take the Wasser­man
tests.
Dr. Rothermel will speak to the
Pre-Med club Monday night at
8:00 o'clock in Ross Auditorium
on the subject "Syphilis and Ven­ereal
Diseases."
Wasserman tests are being giv­en
every day except Saturday and
Sunday at the college infirmary,
from 9 to 11 o'clock in the morn­ing
and from 1 to 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. There is no charge to
students for the tests.
Plans are being considered by
Squires which call for the con­struction
of a large "thermomet­er"
on which the number of tests
given would be recorded daily, to
be placed near the main gate.
Several fraternities have tak­en
up the drive, and members and
pledges are being requested to
take the Wassermans.
The question of the drive was
brought to the attention of the
Executive Cabinet in its regular
meeting last night, and Cabinet
members pledged their support.
Extension Workers
Meeting In Auburn
Representatives From
11 States Are Here
Extension workers of f i ve
Southeastern states took part in
t h e Southeastern States Intra-
Regional Extension conference
here yesterday and today.
Discussions were held to develop
more effective extension work in
the states represented. Those who
took part in the discussions were
extension directors, state, county
agent and officials of the United
States Extension Service in Wash­ington.
This is one of a series of meet­ing
being held in the states of
Florida, G e o r g i a , Mississippi,
South Carolina, and Alabama.
Workers from Alabama who at­tended
were P. O. Davis, Exten­sion
Service director, Miss Etna
McGaugh, J. L. Lawson, Emmett
Sizemore, James D. Samford, L.
L. Self, Misses May I. Cureton, Eli­zabeth
Forney, and Ruth Dobyne.
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Scholarship and leadership were the primary con­sideration
as 32 seniors, three graduate
students, and two faculty members were selected last night
for membership in Phi Kappa Phi, considered the highest
honor that Auburn can bestow for scholarship.
See columns 6 and 7.
Wasserman Tests
A Big Business
are the first order of conversa­tion
on the campus as the num­ber
of free tests given at the Infirmary this week reaches
100. Behind the test-taking is Squires, new sophomore serv­ice
group. See column 1.
in Auburn is NYA, which has more
than $4,000 a month payroll.
See page 3.
is Auburn's opponent in venerable Alumni
Gym tonight and tomorrow, beginning at
7:30. The Tiger Cubs play Columbus Manufacturing Com­pany
and Maxwell Field, at 6 both nights. See page 4.
for the second semester will be­gin
Monday night with two bas­ketball
games on the book for the Girls' Gym at 7 and 8.
See page 4.
Sewanee
Coed Intramurals
STUDENT CENTER
TAKES IN $475
Profit from Machines
Yet to be Determined
The Student Center has taken
in more than $475 this year from
its machines, installed the first se­mester
by the Executive Cabinet,
according to a report compiled
by Mrs. Rena H. Jolly, Cabinet
secretary and hostess of the Cen­ter.
The bulk of the intake came
from the Coca-Cola vending ma­chine,
which has taken in $327.15
since the Center took over the
vending machine on Nov. 1. The
remainder of the sum came from
the nickelodeon, which has pro­duced
$150.70 since it was in­stalled.
However, these figures repre­sent
total receipts from the ma­chines,
and the net profit will be
considerably less, since o n e -
half of the nickelodeon's intake
will go to the owners of the ma­chine,
and the cost of the drinks
that go into the Coca-Cola machine
has yet to be subtracted from the
total sum.
Profits from the machines are
to go into a fund to be used for
upkeep of the Student Center.
Mrs. Jolly also reported that
from 50 to 70 students have been
enjoying the use of the Student
Center each night since she has
been holding open house from 8
to 10 every night except Sunday.
Repairs made on the Center
during the between-semester holi­days
brought it up to tip-top con­dition.
High School Tourney
To Be Held Here
Early in March
Several hundred high school
students from over Alabama are
expected to attend the State High
School Tournament slated to be
held here March 7-9.
Contests will be conducted in
21 fields, according to Dr. Leo
Gosser, general chairman. These
fields will include aeronautics,
art, biology, books, chemistry,
drama, foreign languages, history,
industrial arts, journalism, Latin,
mathematics, mechanical drawing,
music, physics, public speaking,
science, spelling, typewriting and
writing.
General headquarters for the
tournament will be located in Stu­dent
Center, and the visiting con­testants
will be housed in the cot­tages
at Graves Center.
CSCW Guild Singers
Will Give Concert
In Auburn March 16
The Aeolian Guild Singers, of
Georgia State College for Women
at Milledgeville, will appear here
in concert on Saturday evening,
March 16 in Langdon Hall. The
concert will begin at 8:15 p.m.
under the direction of Miss An-nafreddie
Carstens.
Composed of some 70 members,
the visitors will remain over night
in Auburn at Graves Center and
will take supper and breakfast at
the new dining hall.
Thirty-Seven Selected by
Phi Kappa Phi Last Night
Election Is Highest
Honor for Scholarship
Tickets To Hindus CABINET OFFICE
Staff Photo by Lewis Arnold.
Auburn's Baby Tigers, scheduled to tie up with Columbus Manufacturing Company at Alumni Gym
tonight at 6 in the preliminary to the conference tilt between Auburn and the Purple Tigers of Se­wanee.
Left to right, the freshmen are: front row: Donald Elrod, Paul Nuckolls, Joe Stokes, Clarence
Michaels, Harold Hollis, George Stokes, Roy Carpenter, Homer Wright; second row, Warren Fleming
(manager), Marlin Long, Jack Bright, Bob Ellis, Karl Tipper, Harold Walker, Ed Young, Harold Smyer,
and Charles Rew.
Lecture Already
On Sale By IRC's
Lecture Tentatively
Set for Langdon; May
Be Changed to W P A Hall
Tickets for the Maurice Hind­us
lecture next Thursday were
distributed among International
Relations Club members last night
for sale to students, townspeople,
and Auburn faculty members.
IRC, together with the Concert
Series, is sponsoring Hindus' ap­pearance
on the campus.
Hindus will come here as a sur­prise
attraction on the current
series of lectures and concerts,
and the regular season tickets will
not be good for admission to the
performance. Tickets, which may
be purchased from any Interna­tional
Relations Club member,
and also at the News Bureau of­fice
in Samford Hall, will be 25
cents for students, 50 cents for
faculty members and townspeople.
The lecturer is scheduled to
speak on "What Next in Europe"
and is expected in the course of
his talk to dwell at length on the
Russo-Finnish War. He is inti­mately
familiar with the situation
in Russia, being Russian-born,
and having lived for long periods
of time in that country since be­coming
a naturalized American.
Hindus received his education
in American schools, but a pro­nounced,
though colorful Euro­pean
accent betrays his foreign
travel and experiences. He is widely
known on the campus for two pre­vious
visits here, during which he
gripped the attention of his audi­ence
through his forceful use of
English, his obvious command of
his subject, and a rich fund of
humor.
PICTORIAL BOOK
BEING REVISED
AND REPRINTED
Auburn's 20 - page pictorial
booklet containing photographs of
every division of the college will
be reprinted within the next few
weeks and distributed to seniors
in Alabama high schools.
Though essentially the same as
last year, the booklet has been
slightly revised and a number of
new photographs have been add­ed.
Last year's booklet received en­thusiastic
approval as one of the
most attractive booklets of its
kind issued by any college in the
country.
OPENING MONDAY
AT STUDENT HALL
Student Government
Headquarters to be
Open Daily, 11 to 12
The new Executive Cabinet of­fice,
which opens in Student Cen­ter
next week, will be kept open
from 11 to 12 each day the Cabi­net
decided in meeting last night.
In case longer office hours are
needed, provision will be made,
Cabinet members said.
The new office will give stu­dents
a chance to offer sugges­tions
and make complaints to the
Cabinet. Some member of the
Cabinet will be on duty each of­fice
hour.
Gordon MacEachern, elected
chairman of the Invitations Com­mittee
by the Cabinet last week,
announced that the Committee
would be composed of Margaret
Pearson, Charles Morgan, Charlie
Kilpatrick, and David Sprinkle.
Because of the similarity of the
names Executive Cabinet and
Executive Council, the Cabinet
plans to submit a proposed new
name for itself to the students
for approval in the spring elec­tions.
Suggested new names were
Student Senate, Student Council,
and Student Cabinet.
It was announced in last night's
session that the Cabinet plans to
bring up to date the unfinished
portions of the revised student
constitution, streamlined l a st
spring. Complete provisions will
be made for the Social Commit­tee,
the Finance Committee, the
Ring Committee, and the Invita­tions
Committee.
John Watters reported for the
Elections Committee that the
committee would meet tomorrow
night to determine dates of the
elections.
Pre-Med Club Will
Hear Anti-Syphilis
Address on Monday
Dr. R. E. Rothermel, Lee Coun­ty
health officer in charge of
syphilis and venereal diseases,
will speak to the Pre-Med club
Monday night in Ross Auditorium
at 8:00 p.m. His subject will be
"Syphilis and Venereal Diseases".
The meeting is being held in con­nection
with the anti-syphilis drive
now being conducted in Auburn
by the Junior Chamber of Com­merce
and on the campus by
Squires.
Dr. Rothermel Addresses Woman's
Convocation On Wasserman Tests
Election of Freshman
Representative Put Off
Dr. R. E. Rothermel, Lee Coun­ty
Health Officer, spoke to a con­vocation
of coed students yester­day
in Langdon Hall on the sub­ject
"The Six Venereal Diseases."
The lecture was given in connec­tion
with the anti-syphilis cam­paign
being conducted by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
Squires.
Announcement was made at the
convocation that the College In­firmary
wished to have a health
certificate from every coed, in­cluding
if possible a blood test.
These tests may now be secured
at the Infirmary at the hours 9-
11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.
The new API regulations book­lets
were distributed. It was an­nounced
that a series of convo­cations
would be held March 4,
5, and 6 on the subject "Ethical
Problems."
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, director
of women students, announced
that any lost and found article
should be turned in to her office
at the Mansion, where articles
lost may be claimed by the owners
upon identification.
The scheduled election of a
freshman representative to the
Women's Student Council was
postponed until the next convo­cation.
Zeta Delta, SPE
Dances Scheduled
For This Week-End
On the social calendar for this
week-end are two dances.
Tonight at 9 at Graves Center
the Zeta Delta's will give their
formal dance.
Tomorrow night from 9 to 12
SPE will have its Valentine Ball,
led by Betty Henderson of Wil­mington,
N. C, a student at Ag­nes
Scott, and Turner Murphy,
president of the -chapter.
32 Seniors, Three Graduate Students,
And Two Faculty Members Included
Thirty-seven new members were elected to Phi Kappa
Phi, national honorary society for students of high scho­lastic
standing and traits of leadership, at a meeting of
the Auburn chapter last night.
Dr. Ralph Doner, retiring president of the group, an­nounced
that 32 members of the senior class were select­ed,
three members of the graduate school, and two facul­ty
members.
Those named were William
Gibbs Eden, Earl Kennamer, John
Rice, Clarence M. Wilson, E. T.
McCowan, Charles Cook, Francis
Gerhardt, Benjamin Eich, Virginia
Adams, Thaddeus Henry Cren­shaw,
Susan Mizelle Hare, Frances
Elizabeth Harwell, Coy Stokely
Bazemore, George Gavin McFaden,
Annie Katherine Moon, J. Harold
Harper, Rollins Aldridge, Frank
B. Gunter, Henry C. Maulshagen,
William Mitchell Smith, Elmer H.
Almquist, LaFayette Bledsoe, Jr.,
Hulett Lasseter King, Jr., Mar­garet
Pearson, Winfrey Boyd,
Walter Chandler, John Godbold,
Carl T. Happer, Julian P. Myrick,
Tyler Young, L. D. Jacobs, Leon
F. Whitney.
Graduate students elected were
Basil K. Collins, W. P. Pickett,
and June Krause. Roy Goslin, of
the physics faculty, and Ernest
B. Smith, professor of physical
education, were the faculty mem­bers
chosen.
Initiation will be held for the
new members in a few weeks.
Dr. Charles S. Davis was named
president of the honor society for
the next year, succeeding Dr. Do­ner.
Robert G. Pitts was elected
vice president; Dr. Paul Irvine,
secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Neil
O. Davis, correspondent.
School of Agriculture
William G. Eden of Wedowee is
a member of the Agriculture Club,
managed the Ag Fair, was voted
the most outstanding junior in ag­riculture.
Earl Kennamer, Bes­semer,
is a member of the Ag Club,
editor of the "Alabama Farmer,"
and an ROTC major.
John Rice, Birmingham, is
alumni editor of "Alabama Far­mer,"
a member of Spades, ODK,
Scabbard and Blade. Clarence M.
Wilson, Roanoke, has the second
highest average in the School of
Agriculture for his three and a
half years in Auburn.
School of Architecture
E. T. McCowan, Mobile, was
selected from the School of Archi­tecture
and Allied Arts. He is a
member of Blue Key, of Scabbard
and Blade, and is a captain of
ROTC.
School of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Charles William Cook, Auburn,
an SPE, is president of the Au­burn
Chemical Society, member of
Phi Lambda Upsilon, and a lieu-
Southeast Alabama
Home Economists
Meet Here Tomorrow
More than 50 home economists
from all Southeast Alabama coun­ties
will gather here tomorrow
morning for a district home eco­nomics
conference, according to
Ruth Dobyne, district home dem­onstration
supervisor of the Ala­bama
Extension Service.
The first session will be at 10:-
30 a.m. in the new studio in Dun­can
Hall.
Counties that will have repre­sentatives
will be Coosa, Talla­poosa,
Lee, Randolph, Macon,
Montgomery, Bullock, Autauga,
Russell, Chambers, and Elmore.
Each county will send home dem­onstration
agents, vocational home
economics teachers, and Farm Se­curity
Administration workers.
Miss Etna McGaugh, state home
demonstration agent, will be the
featured speaker.
tenant colonel in ROTC. Francis
Gerhardt, Mobile, is president of
Phi Lambda Upsilon, a member of
Auburn Chemical Society, secre­tary
of Auburn Student Engineers'
Council, and an SPE. Benjamin
Eich, Ft. Davis, SPE, is a mem­ber
of Rho Chi, secretary of APA,
vice president of Pharmaceutical
Society, and as a freshman was
awarded the Rho Chi Scholarship
Award.
School of Education
Virginia Adams, West Point,
Ga., is president of the Woman's
Student Government Association,
member of Cardinal Key, member
of YWCA cabinet, the Forum Club,
Kappa Delta Pi, Writers Club and
International Relations Club.
Susan Mizelle Hare, Auburn, is
a member of Cardinal Key, won
the scholarship cup her sophomore
year, member of Oracles, Dance
Club, and Kappa Delta.
Frances Elizabeth Harwell, of
Opelika, a Kappa Delta, has been
outstanding in scholarship for her
three and a half years in college.
Coy Stokely Bazemore, Weoguf-ka,
and George Gavin McFaden,
Wetumpka, are both members of
Kappa Delta Pi. Annie Kather­ine
Moon, Ashland, is a member
of Kappa Delta Pi, Forum Club,
Sphinx, president of YWCA, mem­ber
of FHA.
School of Engineering
J. Harold Harper, Bessemer, is
enrolled in aeronautical engineer­ing
and is a member of Tau Beta
Pi.
Rollins Aldridge, Jr., Columbus,
Ga., is a member of Spades, Scab­bard
and Blade, vice president of
Student Engineering Council, Tau
Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, Publications
Board, ODK and Sigma Chi. He
is enrolled in civil engineering.
Frank B. Gunter, Phenix City,
enrolled in electrical engineering,
is a member of Tau Beta Pi^
ROTC major, secretary AIEE, Eta
Kappa Nu vice president.
Henry C. Maulshagen, Birming­ham
ATO, is a member of Phi
Lambda Upsilon, Eta Kappa Nu,
Tau Beta Pi, and had the highest
four-year average in the class of
1939.
William Mitchell Smith, Bir­mingham,
is a member of Spades,
Scabbard and Blade, ODK, Tau
Beta Pi, Sigma Nu, was president
Continued on page four
MISS ETNA McGAUGH, who will
be chief speaker at the meeting
of home economist* from 11
Southeast Alabama counties to­morrow.
She is state home dem­onstration
agent.
Page Two T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN February 16, 1940
The Auburn Plainsman Are We Neutral?
Published Semi-Weekly by the
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A Challenge to Students
ALL OVER THE United States
far-seeing students of state-supported
universities are coming
to realize how badly their insti­tutions
need financial help oth­er
than that given by the states
themselves. As a result, they are
establishing university founda­tions
to serve as centralized col­lecting
agencies for private aid,
both in the form of monetary
contributions and physical facili­ties.
Student-sponsored foundations
of this type are functioning effi­ciently,
and fruitfully, at the Uni­versities
of Minnesota, Michigan,
California, North Carolina, Mis­souri,
Kansas, New Hampshire,
and Illinois, and at Iowa State,
Rutgers, and Washington State.
A foundation for collecting
benefits for Auburn is just as fea­sible
as one for Minnesota or
California. Students here are bas­ically
no different from those at
other schools. They have the
same capabilities and, if they
will, they can achieve the same
objectives.
While Auburn graduates are
not, as a rule, wealthy men, nor
is Alabama itself a, fertile source
of contributions, there are always
a certain number of people, small
though the number may be, who
are looking for some place to do­nate
money for a good purpose.
And there are many more, who,
with a little persuasion, would be
willing to lend aid in a small fash­ion.
Furthermore, Auburn needs
physical facilities just as much as
it does money, and in the search
for them lies just as much of a
germ of opportunity.
An Auburn Foundation is not
only an idea, it is a challenge to
those of the key-granting socie­ties
— service, leadership, and
otherwise — which have as their
sole functions the tapping and
initiating of men, and have no
real justification for existence. A
group tackling a job like this
would find itself faced with more
work than it ever dreamed of
and more difficulties than it
could hope to surmount in months
of never-ending effort. But what
it could do for Auburn in the end
would be immeasurably great.
Support Plainsman
Advertisers
LIKE ALL other students, the
Auburn student likes to see a
big issue of his college paper.
Where is the man who doesn't
deplore the standard four-page
issue and welcome the six and
eight-pagers? And the staff, like
the reader, favors the larger is­sues,
want to publish them.
However, the number of larg­er
issues depends not on the staff
but on you readers. The large ad­ditional
expense of publishing
extra-size editions must be borne
by increased sales of advertising
in that issue. And the business
manager and his staff can sell
more advertising only when the
student body supports those mer­chants
who advertise in the
Plainsman.
If you want a bigger paper, a
better paper, support the Plains­man
advertisers. B.S.
IT IS ALL very interesting, this
matter of the official neutrali­ty
of the United States. Very nice
indeed. But exactly who is neu­tral?
Newspapers and radio con­stantly
ask donations for the aid
of the Finnish and the Chinese,
and apparently the donations are
received and forewarded. Ed­itorial
writers everywhere open--
ly advocate the Finnish cause,
and to top it off the president
made a speech to the American
Youth Congress last week in
which he stated that America
favors the Finns.
Perhaps the Russians and the
Japanese are the wolves of civi­lization,
perhaps not, but that's
not the point. The point is that
we profess neutrality and then
are repeatedly guilty of acts that
are not neutral.
Oh yes, there are some naive
ones who will say, "But it is right
to do this, for the Chinese and
the Finns are the oppressed and
downtrodden." That may be, but
it is sleight-of-logic to state it as
an argument, for right or wrong
does not affect us as neutrals
We cannot be concerned with
justice as pictured by opposing
propagandas, if we are to remain
neutral.
The fight is not ours, and those
who will have to do the fighting
are, to say the least, not breath­less
with eagerness.
It is peace we want, and peace
alone, not political bravado. If
we must stick our nose into oth­er
people's business in order to
gain prestige, prestige be damn­ed.
Our otherwise-good president
has the disturbing habit of go­ing
garrulous at times, a sing-ularily
unique failing for a diplo­mat.
A certain Roosevelt, Theodore
by name, was noted for his mili­taristic
blustering. We hope that
the inheritance is nil. C.J.B.
In Which a Feud Is Buried
NO MORE is there rivalry be­tween
Plainsman and Glome-rata.
No longer are slurring re­marks
cast by the staffs of the
two publications; the vitupera­tive
attacks of yesterday have
been buried; the feud of long
and honorable standing has been
tossed in among those things that
are better forgotten.
The reason? The Plainsman has
taken over the Glomerata, and the
yearbook now exists in name only.
Editor Kelley, realizing the over­whelming
task that he had under­taken,
gave up the ghost a few
weeks ago and called in the news­paper
staff to put out his Glome­rata
for him.
John Ivey, Dan Hollis, Herbert
Martin, and Park Holland have
written most of the non-pictorial
matter. Sports Editor Boots Strat­ford
has written the sports sec­tion;
Plainsman staff photogra­pher
Lewis Arnold has taken the
snapshots. Former Plainsmanite
Jack Birdsong has written the
caption for all snapshots.
Yes, the enmity is dead, for the
Plainsman staff is putting out the
1940 yearbook and herewith stakes
its claim to the credit. Of course,
the two publications still maintain
separate offices, but the Plains­man
office is general headquar­ters,
and Plainsman officials are
now giving the orders. Kelley, will
you run down to the drug store
like a good boy and buy us a drink?
We're busy getting out the Glom­erata.
B.S.
The Glomerata is now a subsidi­ary
of the Auburn Plainsman.
Are you one of those who has
had a Wasserman? They're free!
Speak to him, you junior, he
might vote for you.
The Plainsman Forum Plains Talk
Letters to the Editor
A Defense of the Field House
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Mr. Godbold:
I would like to use some of the
Plainsman space to tell a few persons
a few things. I am speaking of the per­sonified
gripers who have been rais­ing
so much heck about the Field House.
Probably the writers of the letters con­cerning
this matter (particularly a
very lowly freshman) do not know what
a great expenditure of energy it took
to launch $1,500,000 building program.
Do they think that the officials of
The Federal Government, The State of
Alabama, and The Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute would spend the taxpayers
money for a building unless they had
a definite purpose in mind? The Field
House was built with the one purpose
of having a dressing room for all ath­letics
taking place in the stadium and
to house the coaches and officials of
the Auburn Athletic Association; fur­thermore
the physical training instruct­ors
and coaches have to teach and prac­tice
in the old gym, so don't anyone
think that they have anything over you.
Football, being our major sport of
course came first in the athletic end
of the building program, and because
the college needed a football stadium
more than a basketball court; they
naturally built a stadium first. The
Field House is a part of the Auburn
Stadium and had nothing to do with
basketball from drawing board to com­pletion.
I admit that basketball games in the
present gym are crowded and that the
floor is cracked, but I will wager that
the authors of these degrading letters
could not do half as good a job with a
building program as has been done al­ready.
If they had been at the helm
of said building program, we would
probably have a glorified basketball
court and would go on for years with­out
a football game in Auburn. On the
other hand we might have the Stadium
and basketball court, yet go on study­ing
(the most important thing in some
students minds) in the old Library,
which has been so aptly described by
Redding Sugg.
I, being an ardent fan of API, think
that the few people who denounce any
of the new buildings because the col­lege
didn't build every conceivable
structure, should realize that Dr. Dun­can
and the State Authorities are do­ing
everything possible to keep Auburn
one of the greatest institutions in the
United States.
Respectfully,
A Freshman
Well?
By John Ivey, Jr.
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.
ALREADY the political pot is boiling,
spreading around the campus plenty
of wind-bag rumors. The juniors are
just before going in­to
the matter of
"getting elected" as
though it were a
matter of life and
death; they will soon
reach the point where
they believe nothing
they hear, and refuse
to tell anything they
know.
During the process
of getting the right
dotiH / i / s / people lined up, our
would - be politicians will precipitate a
lot of comment that will not be com­plimentary
to themselves or to what
they are trying to do. It is true that
some boys will be running for office
who have many good ideas which they
want a chance to put into practice,
while on the other side we have men
who are just aching for the chance to
"get elected" with no purpose in mind,
and with little thought as to the po­tentialities
they might possess.
Because a man happens to stick his
neck out in an effort to be a leader
in the political division of student ac­tivities
he faces an unhappy situation.
In the past we have had some pretty
questionable characters connected with
campus politics. These men have left
a stench on one of our prime institu­tions
of democracy, and the result is
that many people who would otherwise
be interested in throwing their hat into
the ring, find themselves hesitant a-bout
doing so.
On the other side of the argument
is the fact of the personal benefit that
a student can obtain through joining
the ranks and running for an office.
Most of the advantages are highly sub­jective
but are of a nature that will
give the individual some valuable ex­perience
in dealing with all types of
people, something that will undoubtedly
be of aid in future years.
Through meeting fellow students,
matching wits with one's opponents,
and the general good feeling of try­ing
to do something worthwhile, a man
gains a certain amount of self-confi­dence
and self-respect which he can­not
possibly gain other than through
competition of this sort.
It is true that the various sports of­fer
the same advantages to participants,
but it is also true that many of us
are either not physically able to take
part in the more specialized sports or
have never had the opportunity. So
there remains one field that will lend
itself to the talents of those who wish
to get one of the best lessons of life,
that of getting along with other peo­ple.
* * *
In considering the really objection­able
side of politics, and it is one that
has been brought about through un­fair
practices coupled with many sland­erous
remarks that gain force as they
pass from mouth to mouth. In many
cases the latter cause has been unjusti­fied
and has been brought about by
misunderstandings and personal jeal­ousies.
A lot of these things will just
have to be taken as inevitable.
After considering the matter as a
whole it all boils down to this. Don't
get into politics at Auburn just to be
a glory-seeker, because there is only
one winner in each race and the glory
is little. However, if you want to run
for an office in an effort to learn a
lesson from the experience, if you have
some pretty good ideas on what you
would like to do in case you happen
to be successful, go to it.
After you win the challenge is yours!
The seniors this year have tried to con­duct
themselves and the groups they
represent so as to partially wipe off the
blot that has existed on the institution
of politics. It will be up to the group
next year to carry on with the same
idea.
With the Co-OpS—By C 1 Bastien
Mitec Engineers
The Co-op social takes place tonight!
Informal, Student Center, begins at 9.
A new part of the Mitec constitu­tion
is to go into effect with the end
of this semester, and it will be well if
all Co-ops will give it some thought.
It is the part providing for a book ex­change
to be carried on by the club;
the vice-president receives the books and
transfers them to the vice-president of
the other section. The whole matter is
to be discussed at a special meeting
which is to be held next Thursday night
at 7, room 103 Ramsay.
Also, all members of the Mitec club
who are going to get a key are re­quested
to notify Pres. Don Kirk at the
first opportunity.
Briaerean
Much, in a vague way, has been
heard concerning the Briaerean Society,
and it will be of interest to many to
hear something definite. It is an honor
society for Co-ops; to become a can­didate
for membership one must have
completed two years of college, at least
one of these two at Auburn, and have
a weighted average of 85 or better.
Candidates must be nominated by mem­bers
and are admitted by a unique
method of voting. It is a society with
secret rites, and only members are al­lowed
to attend meetings. From five to
10 new men are admitted at elections,
which take place once a year.
The society will become an official
body on the campus tonight, when a
group of six men from Georgia Tech
initiate the six here who are eligible.
They are Jack I. Joyner, Donald Kirk,
J. Fred Gurly, Robert B. Morgan, Rals­ton
H. Robertson, and C. J. Bastien.
General
Fooled us again on the inspection
last Tuesday. Tisk, tisk, and I had my
uniform pressed Monday evening.
COLUMBUS, OHIO— (ACP)— Wom­en,
an institution hitherto regarded as
a necessary factor in the building of
happy home life, will have no place in
—nay! are strictly prohibited from—
the home of the Phi Kappa Tau frater­nity—
for one week-end a year at Ohio
State University.
From the front of the fraternity
house hangs a huge sign which proclaims
in bold letters to the world that "Anti-
Woman Week End" is in progress.
From Friday to Monday, the rules
are simple and terse: "No dates, no
shaves, no haircuts, no shirts, no ties
or pressed trousers, and above all no
communication with (and here is list­ed
a classification without a loophole)
any girl, maid, or woman."
All pictures of women are taken
from the rooms and, following a solemn
ceremony, deposited in a safe until
Monday morning.
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.
EDITOR Kelley of the Glomerata men­ageries
still wonders who sent him a
certain telegram which has made him
suspect some mem­bers
of his staff of
gross treachery. The
telegram read, from
left to right, as fol­lows:
- js£ "Fly at once. All
is discovered!
A Friend"
* * *
It remains a puz­zle
why Ag men are
required to have so
. many hours to grad­uate.
It takes, we believe, well over
150 hours to get an Ag degree, which
is nearly 20 more than most other
Southern schools require. When you
realize that many of these hours are
gained from labs which add materially
to actual time used, you can see why
lights burn on the Hill when other stu­dents
are home in bed.
* * *
In answer to numerous queries, we
offer a detailed plan which, if follow­ed
faithfully, should prove workable
for getting excuses for out-of-town ab­sences
because of sickness.
First, you must be desperately ill, so
desperately that friends are already
consulting florists as to prices of floral
offerings.
You must get your mail at a recog­nized
hospital, or, if unable to be mov­ed,
employ six registered nurses both
day and night. These nurses must be
over 40 and abnormally ill-favored.
You must have X-ray pictures made
and clipped to your record, along with
at least a dozen candid photos taken
of yourself in various pathetic poses.
These must be made by a photographer
who is a member in good standing of
the national association, and must be
developed in the presence of at least
four reliable witnesses. No retouching
will be allowed.
You must submit a detailed hospital
report, complete with diagnosis and
hourly temperature readings, containing
case history of three other persons
similarly afflicted, and, if possible, a
record of how they faired in after life.
At least one of the three must have
been killed in an automobile accident
within six months of his recovery.
All of the above must be attested
to by three physicians recognized by
the Alabama Medical Association and
the American Medical Association, and
must be signed by a Notary Public.
Three witnesses with grandfathers who
fought under Lee in the Civil War,
when we chased the Yankees back
North, must sign the document. This
must be approved by Mayor Yarbrough
and the City Council.
This evidence must be presented to
Dr. Dennis at the city limits before
you enter Auburn. If you look suffici­ently
pale and wan (courtesy Sir John
Suckling, we think) you have a better-than-
even chance of getting your ab­sences
excused.
* * *
We didn't kick when women did a
little farm work. We didn't mind much
when they entered factories. There was
some row about women writers, but
that all blew over, as did the furor a-bout
women smoking.
We kept them from voting for a
number of years, but we don't mind too
much when they cast their ballot now.
We allowed them to enter offices, and
lo and behold they became the execu­tives,
and bossed the business world as
they did the home.
In sports, they took up tennis, golf,
and a modified version of basketball.
When they began playing baseball, we
thought that might end it, but no, they
even play football now.
They've taken over the stage, they
run many of our industries, and they
wield great influence in radio and jour­nalism.
Many of them have become ex­cellent
scientists. In but one field have
they stayed behind.
Gentlemen, the future of manhood is
at stake! Right here on our own camp­us,
women are attempting to enter the
sacred field of engineering. Having al­most
completely dominated every school
here, they are at last trespassing on
man's last garrison, that of surveying.
Shall we admit to our children, also
dominated by the women, that girls
build our bridges and laid out our high­ways?
We can't even keep them out of our
wars; we must draw the line, big and
black, somewhere. We cannot stand for
this encroachment upon our rightful
domain! We must act at once! The
three invaders must be repulsed!
With due cooperation and promises
of sodas and sundaes we could perhaps
lure the maids away from classes un­til
they have exceeded their cut quota
and are dropped from their classes —
a demoralizing example for other Ama­zons
who might desire to follow in their
footsteps — and thus we could assure
ourselves and our posterity lasting hap­piness
and an unfemininized occupation
for future years!
* * *
Karrie, t h e Kampus Konoisseur,
wants to know just what all this talk
about the food at the dormitories is
about. We were lucky enough to take
Karrie over to dine this week, and the
meal was superb. The general atmos­phere
was even surprisingly quiet for
the 400 girls.
American Students Opposed to
Compulsory Military Service
WHILE the youth of Europe marches
off to the battle fronts, American
college students stand overwhelmingly
opposed even to the mention of com­pulsory
military service in the United
States.
This is revealed in a coast-to-coast
poll conducted by the Student Opinion
Surveys of America, results of which
show that 81 per cent of the men and
women attending the nation's colleges
and universities are against requiring
"every able-bodied American boy 20
years old to go into the Army or Navy
for one year."
The poll was taken using a scientific
cross section that includes exact pro­portions
of the different types of stu­dents
registered in all the institutions
of higher learning. College men, who
would have to carry the guns and do
the marching, were found to be the
most opposed, only 17 per cent favor­ing.
But 21 per cent of the half million
girls going to college said they favored
military training—for the boys.
The national results follow:
Men Worn. Both
Should require 17% 21% 19%
Should NOT require 83 79 81
These figures contrast with those of
a recent poll taken by the Surveys, in
which 87 per cent of the collegians de­clared
themselves for ROTC training on
the campus, 4 per cent more men than
women giving their approval. Of those
approving, however, 58 per cent speci­fied
that it should be voluntary.
The attitude of campus youth on
Army and Navy service is congruent
with that of the American public, for
in other national polls opinion has been
registered emphatically against initiat­ing
this practice now so prevalent a-broad.
One explanation of the large vote stu­dents
turned in against compulsory ser­vice
may be that a good many believe
the United States can stay out of the
present war. In a Survey last Decem­ber,
68 per cent of them were of that
opinion.
College Newspapers
Express Opinions on
Loans to Finland
DESPITE THE fact that collegiate
writers on foreign affairs have all
the sympathy in the world for the
cause of the plucky Finns in their fight
against Russian aggression, the great
majority of the college newspaper ed­itorialists
do not favor the proposed
government loan to Finland.
The Santa Barbara State College
El Gaucho argues the point in this man­ner:
"Neutrality, like life, is just what
you make it. And to be effective, neu­trality's
motto must be 'what's good
for the goose is good for the gander.'
That is why this tendency to look the
other way when it comes to dealing
with Finland in the current conflict
with Russia is a dangerous practice. It
is an open breach of true neutrality,
whether it assumes the guise of hu-manitarianism,
democracy or what-you.
It is a road to war, deeply worn
by the travel of would-be neutrals."
But, says the Brown University Daily
Herald, "while 'neutrality' is a sure­fire
slogan at the present time, this
question should be divorced from any
lines of politics that may exist. If war
were imminent or even possible from
loans to the hard-pressed Finns, our
step should be wary, but this aid doesn't
preclude disaster. As long as the loans
are for non-military purposes, as is
proposed, Roosevelt, Senator Wheeler
and ex-President Hoover seem correct
in their belief that involvement would­n't
follow."
Citing our needs for the money here
in the U.S., the University of Michigan
Daily says: "It is difficult not to ad­mire
the fight the Finns are putting
up in defense of their homeland. It is
difficult not to respect their courage
and perseverance. But it is far more
difficult to close our eyes to the needs
of the American people when the cry
goes up for aid to Finland."
February 16, 1940 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
WORDS on
MUSIC
By JIMMY GILBERT
Greetings Gates, let's swing.
Record of the week is a Co­lumbia
advance preview of Ray­mond
Scott's new band (now
grown from a mere quintet to a
complete 14-piece orchestra) play­ing
the old standard, "Peanut
Vender". In spite of his additions
Scott still preserves the "Toy
Trumpet" style that has made
him famous. Turn it over to hear
"Business Man's Bounce". For
1940 jitter models only.
On the sweet side we are well
supplied this week. Orrin Tucker
plays "At the Balalaika" and
"Drifting and Dreaming". Kay
Kyser, the old Prof, grinds out
"Indian Summer", and "Do I Love
You?". O. Tucker comes in again
to give "You'd be Surprised" and
"Little Girl" (all Columbia jobs).
Last but absolutely not least,
Glenn Miller does "Starlit Hour"
and "In an Old Dutch Garden"
(Bluebird). Someday I'm going to
dedicate a column to songs like
these.
Out-of-the-ordinary record this
week is "The Man Who Comes
Around", by Les Brown and band.
Definitely for stags and only for
dates who know you. Good tempo,
but if your date is on the shy
side, don't let her listen too care­fully
to the lyrics. In case you
don't know, Les Brown and Boys
were once the big sensation on
the Duke University campus. Oth­er
side brings a fine vocal by
Herb Muse on "That Old Gang of
Mine".
On the Plains front, we have a
rising young band that is putting
out good music. I am referring to
"Peanut" Scarbrough's Plainsmen
and especially to their recent ar­rangement
of "St. Louis Blues,".
Rosalyn Shepherd is the featured
vocalist, and the effects are the
best we've heard on the old stand­by.
When you dance to t he
Plainsmen again, listen for this
one, and for the jitterbugs, listen
to Charlie Higgins meeting the
horn on "Boy Meets Horn". Not
bad!
For the dial twirlers — Jack
Leonard, until lately T. Dorsey's
featured vocalist, now has a pro­gram
of his own — Wednesday
3:45 and Friday 4—CBS. Mon­day
nights we have Louie Arm­strong
and orchestra at 11 from
CBS. Larry Clinton and the Dipsy
Doodlers come in every night at
11:30 from WWL in New Orleans.
NBC Red Network brings Bob
Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey at 10:-
30 and 11 respectively on Thurs­day
night. Harry James on NBC
Bandwagon this week.
Fond Hope: That Glenn Miller
and the Animated Andrewses will
record their version of "Three
O'clock in the Morning".
Preview of the Week: Listen
for the local Knights playing
trumpeter Bobby Hill's arrange­ment
of "Careless" — vocal by
Jack Hutchinson. Bobby did him­self
proud on this one and I don't
mean maybe! You'll be hearing it
this week-end for the first time.
English Debater
Writes Professor
Of Safe Arrival
Prof. E. D. Hess, director of
debate, received a card this week
from E. R. G. Heath, one of the
members of the English debating
team who debated against an Au­burn
team here Nov. 16.
The card was sent from Balliol
College, Oxford, England, where
Heath is a student. It stated that
he had arrived safely in England
during the week of Jan. 27.
Heath's debating partner, Peter
Street, who had to return earlier
to England to join the army, had
arrived Jan. 1.
Mr. Heath expressed to Prof.
Hess his enjoyment of the visit
to Auburn, and asked to be re­membered
to several of the stu­dents
who helped to entertain
him and his partner.
While in Auburn, the two young
Englishmen were taken out to
"Fraziers Park," where they saw
a real "swing session." In his
card to Prof. Hess, Mr. Heath
sent his special thanks to the stu­dents
who took them on this ex­cursion.
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New Telephones Put
In Girls' Dorms
Two new phones were installed
in each of the girls' dormitories
of the Coed Quadrangle this week,
making a total of three phones
available for each 100 girls.
The following is a list of the
numbers as they now stand:
Dormitory One, 891, 892, 9141;
Dormitory Two, 896, 897, 9142;
Dormitory Three, 893, 894, 9143;
Dormitory Four, 898, 899, 9144.
SPE INITIATES
SEVEN NEW MEN
Sigma Phi Epsilon held formal
initiation Sunday afternoon for
seven men, Charles Rew, Auburn;
Bob Farrell, Leesburg, Fla.; Phil­lip
Fonde, Mobile; Wallis Martin,
Mobile; Leroy Spearman, Bir­mingham
; McDaniel J a c k s o n ,
Charlotte, N. C.; and Milton Step­hens,
Ensley.
The ceremony was conducted
by Turner Murphy, president;
Carl Adamson, vice-president;
Francis Gerhardt, acting master
of ceremonies; and Joe Ware, as­sistant
master of ceremonies.
Draughon Speaks
At Kappa Delta Pi's
Annual Banquet
Ralph Draughon, executive sec­retary
of API, addressed a group
of 40 Kappa Delta Pi members in
the banquet hall of the Baptist
Church Wednesday night at the
annual initiation banquet of the
honorary education fraternity.
Dr. E. B. Smith of the School
of Education served as toastmas-ter
on the program. George Mc-
Faden, president of the student
chapter; Prof. George Sargent,
Kappa Delta Pi counselor; and
Dean of Education Zebulon Judd
made short talks. Sergeant
George Moxham, • local baritone,
sang several numbers.
Rice Announces
Committeemen For
1940 Military Ball
Ball is for Seniors
And Juniors in ROTC;
To be in Graves Center
John Rice, captain of Scabbard
and Blade announced yesterday
the following committees for the
Annual Military Ball sponsored
by Scabbard and Blade and given
for the juniors and seniors in
ROTC.
Executive Committee, W. H.
Chandler, D. H. Mullen, J. C.
Rice, and Getty Fairchild.
Invitation and Reception, G. S.
Hiller, C. T. Happer, A. K. Clem­ents,
F. B. Gunter, C. C. Morgan,
Marlin Camp, W. G. Darty, and
Captain H. O. Paxson.
Decorations, Ed McCowan, B.
A. Renfroe, J. A. Lamar, L. R.
Aldridge, W. L. Lett, L. S. Jones,
M. J. Hooper, J. C. McCulloch,
and N. E. McGowen.
Publicity, J. C. Godbold, R. H.
Armstrong, A. E. Steele, F. L.
Wellborn, E. F. Kennamer, P. J.
Ellis, and C. E. McMahan.
Finance, J. M. Gafford, F. W.
Cayce, J. N. Dabbs, P. R. Nichols,
T. R. Mitchell, H. S. Britt, J. N.
McCabe and Captain L. H. Ham.
Music and Program, Winfrey
Boyd, E. H. Almquist, J. P. My-rick,
K. M. Funchess, J. K. Orr,
J. P. Holladay, and C. H. Mc-
Gehee.
Every state and 47 foreign
countries are represented in the
Harvard University student body.
The Louisiana State University
zoology museum recently was giv­en
a collection of skins of 300
rare birds.
LOST — Tuesday, February 6,
ladies yellow gold Waltham
wrist watch with yellow gold
link band and diamond setting.
Name engraved on back. Call
392-R after 5 p.m. Reward.
FOR RENT — Nine rooms, two
boys per room, $5 each. Also
one 2-room apartment. Will be
vacant March 1st. See Bill
Guice, 242% E. Thach or phone
689.
Sizzling Steaks and
Sea Foods are
our Specialty
Auburn Grille
Air-Conditioned
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
COMES FIRST!
LET US KEEP YOUR HAIR NEAT!
See Frank for shoe shines.
Campus Barber Shop
Auburn's NYA Program Is A $4,000 Per
Month Business With 275 Employed
Auburn's Grant is
State's Second Largest
By C. J. BASTIEN
A total of 275 Auburn students
are now receiving aid toward their
educational expenses at Auburn
under the NYA as recently shown
by a yearly NYA report given out
by the government.
Undergraduate students are al­lowed
to earn an amount, set by
various college authorities, be­tween
a minimum of $10 per month
and a maximum of $20, while the
earnings of graduate students
range from a minimum of $20 to
a maximum of $30. Preliminary
figures show that NYA paid an
average wage of $13.28 to college
and graduate students, and the
average wage of the undergrad­uates
was $12.93 while that of the
graduate students was $21.31.
The number of students who are
aided by this plan in the state of
Alabama alone is 1,619, and the
yearly allotment for the state is
$218,565.
The student quota for various
colleges in Alabama is as follows:
Auburn 275, Birmingham-South­ern
82, Spring Hill 31, and the
University of Alabama 484.
The University's monetary ap­propriation
per month is $7,-
260.
NYA Administrator Aubrey
Williams announced that the Col­lege
and Graduate Work Program
of the National Youth Administra­tion
for 1939-40 is reaching 18.8
percent more youths than during
the preceding academic year. The
Relief Appropriation Act of 1939
made this possible.
Total Fund is $14,038,268
The total allotment of college
and graduate work funds for the
academic year 1939-40 amounts to
$14,038,268. The state allotments
are made on a monthly basis, us­ually
over a nine-month period,
but sometimes over an eight-month
period.
Part time employment is pro­vided
for needy students between
the ages of 16 and 24 inclusive by
the National Youth Administration
College and Graduate Work Pro­gram.
Students must be enrolled
in a non-profitmaking, tax exempt,
bona fide educational institution.
The officials of each educational
institution select the needy stu­dents
for this work and assign
them to a project under the super­vision
of the faculty.
The students perform a wide
variety of work activities, such as
research and laboratory work,
building and repair of equipment,
construction and repair of build­ings
and other school facilities,
clerical and stenographic work and
library assistance.
VET MED SHORT
COURSE WILL BE
HELD IN MARCH
The 16th Annual Conference for
Graduate Veterinarians will be
held at API on March 20 to 23,
according to Dr. I. S. McAdory,
dean of the Auburn veterinary
school and state veterinarian.
Technical lectures on latest de­velopments
in veterinary medicine
will be given by outstanding vis­iting
speakers and members of the
Auburn veterinary faculty.
Among the out-of-state practi­tioners
of national reputation who
will appear on the program are
Dr. T. A. Sigler, Greencastle, Ind.,
and Dr. J. G. Horning, Houston,
Texas. Dr. Sigler will lecture and
direct the large animal clinic dur­ing
the short course, and Dr. Horn­ing
will lecture and conduct the
small animal clinic.
IRC Picks Delegates
For Southeastern
Convention of Club
Betty Showalter, president of
the International Relations Club,
has been selected by the organiza­tion
as delegate to the Southeast­ern
Conference of [International
Relations Club, to be held at the
University of North Carolina late
in March. Frank Gunter, senior
engineering student, is to be alter­nate
delegate.
The Conference meeting is look­ed
upon as the high spot of the
IRC year. Last year's meeting was
held at William and Mary Col­lege
in Williamsburg, Virginia,
and the 1938 meeting at Vander-bilt
University in Nashville, Tenn.
Miss Dotty Davis to
Lead Interfrat Ball
With George Hiller
Miss Dotty Davis of Birming­ham-
Southern will lead this year's
Interfraternity Council Ball on
Feb. 23 with George Hiller, presi­dent
of the Council. The Ball will
be held at Graves Center.
Other officers and their dates
are Vice-president Julian Myrick
and Mary Ellen Bagby; Secre­tary-
Treasurer Parker Narrows
and Verna Jack.
The Pan-American S t u d e nt
Chain is sponsoring an automo­bile-
caravan tour of Mexico this
summer.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
Senator Robert A. Taft has been
acclaimed as Yale University's
man-of-the-year by an alumni or­ganization.
Smart college women stay ahead of fashions
and style changes. Spring clothes are
now being shown at
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ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT.
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Men's Wear
"Auburn's Leading Men's Store"
Charles Laughfon
To Star At Tiger
Appears as "Hunchback
Of Notre Dame" in Movie
A brilliant screen transmutation
of Victor Hugo's renowned novel,
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
will be shown Sunday and Monday
at the Tiger Theatre, with Charles
Laughton in the title role, with a
star-studded featured cast, with a
record roster of atmosphere play­ers,
and with a vivid pageant of
medieval Parisian life staged
against dazzling sets of monumen­tal
proportions.
Treating of that significant pe­riod
of European history just be­fore
Columbus discovered America,
when thinkers everywhere were
throwing off the shackles of super­stition
and ignorance and were
awakening to a new world of pro­gress,
"The Hunchback of Notre
Dame" has long been a classic of
literature. Written in 1823-30, the
book created a world-wide sensa­tion
and established the name of
Victor Hugo. Charles Laughton
surpasses every previous portray­al.
Equally splendid is rated Mau­reen
O'Hara, Laughton's protegee,
who, according to preview critics,
makes a sensational American de­but
as the gypsy girl.
Plainsman to Halt
Publication of
Merry-Go-Round
Beginning with this issue the
Plainsman is discontinuing the
publication of "The Washington
Merry-Go-Round", nationally syn­dicated
column by Drew Pearson
and Robert S. Allen.
Printing of the column, an un­usual
feature for a college news­paper,
was inaugurated as an ex­periment
in December, and while
it has met with approval by read­ers
has not been popular enough
to warrant its cost.
Colgate University's budget has
been balanced for 17 consecutive
years.
Cedarville College's new presi­dent
is William Smith Kilpatrick,
who is just 26 years old.
A special course for the college's
maids and porters has been an­nounced
by Bryn Mawr College.
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FOR TOMORROW
Freshmen placement tests will
be given tomorrow for all enter­ing
freshmen and all freshmen
who have not had the tests before,
at 8 o'clock in Ramsay Hall.
Freshmen whose names begin
with letters "A" through "L," will
report to room 217, Ramsay, and
those whose names begin with "M"
through "Z," will report to room
304.
Students will be excused from
regular classwork missed while
taking these tests, according to a
statement issued yesterday by the
registrar.
A fee of $1.00 will be charged
to students missing the tests with­out
official permission. These stu­dents
will have to take the tests
later.
The University of Vermont
next year will celebrate the 150th
anniversary of its founding.
New Jersey College for Women
has a new course called "Back­ground
for War."
Seventy-eight Indiana Univer­sity
graduates have become col­lege
presidents.
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TI6ER TALES
By BOOTS STRATFORD
Dante has it t h a t fella called Faustus forfeited his soul
to the Devil in a little deal some time back. Fie on Faustus,
t he was a piker; heed—and we weep with
~" t h e shame of it — we have sold our soul
down the river to none other than Kelley,
that baleful buccaneer of the bounding
graft wave. First of the pore oF Plainsman
Panthers to feel the clutch of Kelley was
"Birdlegs" Martin, the Komic Kampus
Kommentator, and now ye sports ed, for
the purely pathetic consideration of three
chocolate shakes and a 99-year subscrip-
_ tion to t h e Auburn edition of t h e Sears and
BOOTSSVWFOZO R o e b u c k c a t a l o g that Kelley and company
are grinding out, has sold out to tear off a few sports
pages for t h e great, grand and glorious Glomerata.
* * *
Ranking second only to the new stadium as the
greatest addition to Auburn's athletic plant in recent
years, the new field house was opened for service with
the beginning of football spring training season and
the track season. Anything this side of perdition would
have been a welcome relief to • Auburn athletes ac­customed
to drafty dressing rooms with wooden lock­ers,
a training room that was unusual only in that it
lacked so many conveniences, and showers that strict­ly
had a mind of their own — they rivaled a WPA
worker in efficiency and in action resembled the foun­tains
of Versailles in that what spray came out of them
was directed mostly at the ceiling. Anybody who had
the nerve to soap up under one of those showers was
regarded as the purest of optimists; the Kansas dust
bowl had nothing on those babies. But the change to
the field house was like stepping from the outer dark­ness
through the gates of heaven. A fine, modern
training room, a super supply room for "Sarge" to
hang out in, spacious locker rooms and most blessed
of all benevolences—showers that work!—you really
oughta look it over pardner.
Coed Inframurals For Second Semester
To Open With Basketball Games Monday
School of Education
Leading in Points
Coed intramurals for the sec­ond
semester will get under way
Monday night as intramural bas­ketball
begins with nine teams
entered.
Monday night at 7 Theta Upsi-lon
and the School of Science and
Literature will break the ice, fol­lowed
at 8 by the School of Edu­cation
vs. Phi Omega Pi.
Tuesday night the Home Eco­nomics
girls and the Kappa Del­ta's
will play at 8.
Other first-week game will be
on Thursday night, when Alpha
Gamma Delta meets the winner
of the Theta Upsilon-Science and
Literature game.
Other coed intramurals booked
for the second semester are mass
badminton, badminton singles, and
tennis."
Leading coed intramurals in
points at present is the School of
Education with FHA and Alpha
Gamma Delta tied for second and
Theta Upsilon and Kappa Delta
tied for third.
The pace-making School of Ed­ucation
girls won volleyball and
tenniquoits tournaments, the Al­pha
Gam's won "Twenty-one" and
FHA garnered the shuffleboard
tourney. In the two individual
competitions, Flora Straight won
the shuffleboard tournament, and
Louella Haselton won the basket­ball
goal-shooting contest.
PI K As W IN IN
OVERTIME PERIOD
With the Pi Kappa Phi-Alpha
Lambda Tau intramural basket­ball
game being called, the Sigma
Nu's coasted to an easy win over
the Phi Delta Theta's in a game
marked by few thrills Wednesday
night at Alumni Gym. Dave Rog­ers
and Meredith Hazzard led the
Sigma Nu's in their 32-5 victory.
Tuesday night, the Sigma Chi's
ran riot over the hapless Beta
Kappa's for an impressive victory
of 73-5. Only the Alpha Psi's re­main
in their path to the semi­finals.
The SAE-Lambda Chi game
was postponed Tuesday night.
Paced by "Ace" Hill the Pi K
A's won a close game from the
Theta Chi's Monday night. Shoot­ing
from all angles, Hill tied the
score with a few seconds left in
the final period. In the overtime
period Hill sank another, winning
the game 28-26.
In the other game played Mon­day
night the Alpha Gamma Rho's
16-10.
Plainsmen Meet Sewanee Tigers
Here Tonight and Tomorrow
Purple Tigers Expected to be Improved;
Jordanmen Have Trounced Them Twice
Those hard luck Tigers, nosed out 48-47 by a high fly­ing
Georgia five in their last engagement, will meet their
cousin Tigers from Sewanee, coached by Joel Eaves in a
two-game engagement this week-end, the first clash com­ing
tonight at 7:30 and the second tomorrow night at the
same hour.
The freshman five will play Columbus Manufacturing
tonight at 6, while they will engage the Maxwell Field Fly-tomorrow
night at the same —~•""""——^————————
Billy Ryan Made
Intramural Sports
Editor of Plainsman
Billy Ryan, freshman in phar­macy
from Greenville, has been
appointed intramural sports editor
of the Plainsman beginning with
this issue.
Intramurals have been handled
in the past under the direction of
the sports editor, but Auburn's
extended intramural program has
made it impossible for one editor
to handle both intercollegiate and
collegiate sports.
Ryan, an SAE pledge, served
on the sports staff during the
first semester as a reporter. His
field will cover both boys' and
girls' intramurals.
ers
time.
The varsity's starting five that
played such good ball against
Georgia was composed of J. P.
Streetman and Frank Manci, for­wards;
Shag Hawkins, center; and
John Huff and Ray Gibson,
guards, and this same outfit will
probably lead off against the Se-wanians.
The Plainsmen hold a two-game
edge over the Purple Tig­ers,
but Sewanee has improved so
much since those contests that
they will prove to be a much more
dangerous foe.
Bob Dickinson, Billy Fleming,
Tom Mastin, and Woodie McNair
will see plenty of service along
with the starting five.
Two Plebes Moved
To New Grid Slots
Clayton and Barton Are
Shifted at Practice
With practice marred for days
by continued bad weather spring
training has moved slowly, with
most of the practice sessions be­ing
indoors.
Most important development
has been the shift of two plebes
to new positions. Aubrey Clayton,
180-pound halfback, has been
shifted to the center position to
bolster the ranks weakened by the
loss of Mai Morgan and Getty
Fairchild.
Billy Barton, Lanier High of
Montgomery product, has been
moved from end to quarterback.
While Clayton was a consistent
performer at his halfback post, he
was far from being a varsity man
with John Oberg turning in a fine
game for the ags.
In last night's game the SPE's
downed the KA's 18-16 and Del­ta
Sigma Phi outscored Sigma Pi
16-10.
CARD OF THANKS
The relatives of the late Mrs.
Tommie D. Green gratefully ac­knowledge
your kind thought and
expression of sympathy.
yet, hence the decision to move
him to the pivot post where he
was needed more.
Barton, too, was facing season­ed
competition, in the form of a
growing crop of ends, several of
them sophomores, so he was mov­ed
to a post where he is needed
more and where he will have a
better chance to see service.
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TOMMIE MASTIN
Auburn
Only a sophomore, Tommie has
played in several games this year.
He will be one of the junior's a-round
which Coach Jordan is hop­ing
to build a great team next
year.
Ants-So Small That
12 Would be the Size
Of One Pinhead'
Floating in a test tube on the
desk of Dr. Neal Weber, Univers­ity
of North Dakota associate pro­fessor
of biology, are eight of the
smallest ants in the world.
So small that 12 of them to­gether
would be the size of one
pinhead, the tiny insects were dis­covered
by Dr. Weber last summer
in a central African jungle near
the Belgian Congo border in the
Sudan. The professor's specimens
have proved to be 25 per cent
smaller than any other ants known
to man.—(ACP).
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Continued from page 1
of Junior Class, formerly adver­tising
manager of "Plainsman,"
lieutenant colonel in ROTC.
Elmer H. Almquist, Columbia,
Mo., is a member of Tau Beta Pi,
ATO, Blue Key, and Scabbard and
Blade. LaFayette Bledsoe, Lang-dale,
is a member of Tau Beta Pi,
and ASME. Hulett Lasseter King,
Huntsville, is a member of Phi
Psi.
School of Home Economics
In the School of Home Econom­ics
Margaret Pearson, Auburn, was
chosen. She is a member of Car­dinal
Key, member of Home Eco­nomics
Club, and a Kappa Delta.
School of Science and Literature
Winfrey Boyd, Gilbertville, Ky.,
is a member of Spades, ODK, Tau
Kappa Alpha, Scabbard and
Blade, Glee Club, Debate Council,
Delta Sigma Phi.
Walter Chandler, Columbus,
Ga., is a member of KA, Blue Key,
"A" Club, Interfraternity Council,
cadet brigade colonel of ROTC.
John Godbold, Auburn, is a
member of Spades, Editor of the
"Plainsman," member of Tau
Kappa Alpha, Debate Council,
ODK, Scabbard and Blade, IRC,
ATO, and lieutenant colonel in
ROTC.
Carl Happer, Homewood, is a
member of Spades, ODK, Social
Committee, Delta Sigma Phi, Scab­bard
and Blade, "A" Club, SAE,
and lieutenant colonel in ROTC.
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Auburn Roller
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Saturday, Feb. 17
Tex Ritter in
"ROLL WAGON ROLL'
Cartoon and Dick Tracy
OWL SHOW
Jack Holt in
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Added: 3 Stooge Comedy
Sunday, Feb. 18
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BARNEY RAPP
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John Rice {Catherine Gibbs
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Alpha, Pi KA, captain in ROTC,
vice president of Interfraternity
Council.
School of Veterinary Medicine
Three members of the school
of veterinary medicine were
chosen for scholarship and leader­ship.
They were Tyler Young,
Duffield, Va., L. D. Jacobs, Fall
River, Mass., and Leon F. Whit­ney,
Orange, Conn.
Graduate Students
Basil K. Collins, Birmingham,
is doing his graduate work in in­dustrial
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and W. P. Pickett, Statesboro, is
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