1939-09-15 The Auburn Plainsman

              Morgan Signed But
Dances in Doubt
The Auburn
Dances to be
October 21-22
Russ Morgan will bring his
famous slide trombone and his or­chestra
to Auburn on October 21
and 22 for the Opening Dances,
Tom Henley, chairman of the So­cial
Committee officially announc­ed
today.
Said Henley earlier in the week
in talking to reporters, "Other
bands may be better known for
swing, but Morgan has one of the
best all-round bands. There's
plenty of vocal variety—a girl
singer, two male singers, and a
trio. And they can swing it if you
want it."
Morgan will come to Auburn
from an engagement in Boston,
but at present is playing in Mem­phis,
Tenn. He is familiar to local
radio listeners because of his
three-year engagement on the
Phillip Morris program, where he
made his particular style of music
famous.
There will be five dances in
the Sophomore Hop Set: Friday
afternoon and night and Saturday
morning, afternoon, and night.
Members of the Social Com­mittee
for the year were announc­ed
today by Tom Henley, chair­man.
Following the usual custom,
there are five members and one
alternate.
"Red" Bamburg from Brent is
president of Alpha Gamma Rho
fraternity.
Kirby Clements, a Phi Delta
Delta Theta from Montgomery, is
Plans for the Opening
Dances were hanging fire at
noon today as it was revealed
that they were scheduled to
be held during Religious Em­phasis
Week.
Tom Henley was trying to
communicate with Consolidat­ed
Radio Artists in New York
at 11:30 this morning in an
attempt to get Russ Morgan
to appear in Auburn at some
other date. However, he seem­ed
very doubtful that he
would be successful. He had
received no reply at the time
the Plainsman went to press.
Whether he would be al­lowed
to go ahead with the
dances during Religious Em­phasis
Week had not been of­ficially
announced this after­noon.
a lieutenant in ROTC and a
pledge of Scabbard and Blade.
Carl Happer, of Birmingham is
a member of spades, ODK, Scab­bard
and Blade, and is president
of SAE fraternity.
Charlie Kilpatrick, a Kappa Sig­ma
from Carrollton, is a member
of the "A" Club, the varsity base­ball
team, and is a pledge of Scab­bard
and Blade.
Vernon Wells of Selma is a
member of Theta Chi fraternity.
Alternate is John Hall, Sigma
Chi from Cecil.
Tickets for the Sophomore Hop,
the Junior Prom, and the Senior
Dance must be purchased from
these students.
WATTERS HEADS ELECTIONS GROUP;
POLL ON ABSENCE SYSTEM PLANNED
Freshmen Required to Purchase Rat Caps
Before Being Given Athletic Books
John Watters of Selma, Margar­et
Pearson of Montgomery, and
Jim King of Rome, Ga., were elect­ed
to posts in the Executive Cabi­net
last night when the Cabinet
went into action for the first time
this year.
Watters, senior cabinet member,
was elected Chairman of the Elec­tions
Committee by acclaim. He
announced that his permanent
committee would be selected within
the next few days. This commit­tee
is in charge of all student elec­tions
on the campus, beginning
with the freshman elections this
fall and ending with the annual
spring elections next semester.
Miss Pearson was elected treas­urer
of the Cabinet by acclaim.
She is senior women's representa­tive.
King, who is vice-president of
the body, automatically became
chairman of the Ring Committee
by virtue of his post. He announc­ed
the following students as mem­bers
of the committee: John Wat­ters,
John Rice, "Red" Bamburg,
and "Bunchy" Fowler. Further
announcements concerning senior
class rings will be made soon,
King stated.
The Cabinet meeting was opened
by President John Ivey, Jr., who
made a short talk concerning the
amendments to the constitution
carried out last spring. New copies
of the complete constitution with
all amendments will soon be avail­able,
Ivey stated.
The Cabinet decided in favor of
holding a student poll to gather
student sentiment and opinion on
the present cut system. Further
action on this matter will be taken
up at a meeting of the Cabinet
next week.
An act was passed requiring that
all freshmen must purchase rat
caps before they can receive their
student activities books. These
caps will cost 50 cents and will be
on sale at the time the athletic
books are given out to freshmen.
Further announcements regarding
the obtaining of rat caps will be
made in an early issue of the
Plainsman.
Plans were also discussed con­cerning
the necessity of all fresh­men
wearing their rat caps. Fur­ther
action on this matter is ex­pected
to be taken soon.
Approval was given to the Alpha
Phi Omega drive for new tennis
courts. The drive will have the
cooperation of the Cabinet as much
as possible.
Members attending the meeting
were John Ivey, Jr., John Watters,
Gordon MacEachern, Margaret
Pearson, Virginia Adams, Kenneth
Funchess, Jim King, Dan Hollis,
Sam Pettus, John Deming, Otis
Burnside, Herbert Martin and
Bob Anderson.
Social Committee
Staff Photo by Lewis Arnold
Members of the Social Committee for this year, officially re­leased
today by Chairman Tom Henley. From left to right they are:
John Hall of Cecil, (alternate member), Kirby Clements of Montgom­ery,
Vernon Wells of Selma, "Red" Bamburg of Brent, Tom Henley
of Montgomery (chairman), Bill Kilpatrick of Carrollton. Carl Happer
of Birmingham, also a member, does not appear in the picture.
PLAINSMAN Hurray
For Henley
Vol. LXIII Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama, September 15, 1939 No. 4
First Lady Pays Visit to Auburn
ODK TAPS TWO
SENIORS TODAY
HiLLER AND DABBS ARE HONORED BY
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP FRATERNITY
Visitor
Omicron Delta Kappa, na­tional
honorary leadership
fraternity, tapped two out­standing
s e n i o r s , George
Hiller and John Dabbs, this
morning.
Hiller, of Jasper, is president
of the Interfraternity Council and
of Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity.
He is a member of Tau Kappa
Alpha, the debate team, and is
a captain in ROTC. He is enroll­ed
in pharmacy.
Dabbs, whose home is in Bes­semer,
is a member of Spades,
Tau Beta Pi, and Scabbard and
Blade. He is a captain in ROTC
and a student in mechanical en­gineering.
The two were tapped in the tra­ditional
ODK manner by their
names being placed on the main
gate. Names of present members
were posted on the right gate in
the order in which they were tap­ped
last spring, while those of the
two new men were on the left
gate in the order of tapping.
Hiller's name was placed on the
gate at 8:00 o'clock, while Dabbs'
appeared at 9:00.
ODK is a national honorary fra­ternity,
having chapters in leading
colleges and universities through­out
the nation, though its chapters
are concentrated in Southern
schools. Selection of members is
based primarily on character and
is conditioned upon scholarship,
leadership, forensic ability, social
and extra-curricular activities.
ODK was founded at Washington
and Lee in 1914.
Members of the local Omega cir­cle
are as follows: Winfrey Boyd,
president; Charles Kelley, vice-president;
Rollins Aldridge, secre­tary-
treasurer; Billy Smith, Bob
Armstrong, John Ivey, Tom Hen­ley,
Hank Parker, John Watters,
John Rice, Carl Happer, and John
Godbold.
PAN HELLENIC
COUNCIL PUNS
YEAR OF ACTIVITY
Under the direction of Ruth
Miller, Panhellenic is launching
a year's program which bids to
be one of the most successful
seasons in the history of Auburn
sorority life.
To acquaint new coeds with
rush rules and the purpose of so­rorities,
Panhellenic published a
rushing manual which was dis­tributed
among the girls when
Cardinal Key entertained on Mon­day
night, Sept. 4.
According to rules issued by
this organization, closed rushing
was observed on Monday and Tues­day,
days of registration. The
open rush program officially
opened on Wednesday night and
ended on Monday night. Silence
period began Monday night and
continued until Wednesday after­noon
when pledges were signed.
Pledge services could not be held
until today.
Panhellenic is the advisory-governing
organization establish­ed
on every campus where there
are two or more national sorori­ties
and is composed of two mem­bers,
including the president,
from each local sorority. The pri­mary
purpose of this organization
is to discuss mutual problems con­cerning
the maintenance of col­lege
and sorority standards, schol­arship
supervision, social func­tions,
and rules of rushing. The
aim of Panhellenic is to foster
close cooperation and to increase
the bond of friendship among the
sororities.
Honorary and alumni members
include Gov. Frank M. Dixon,
President L. N. Duncan, Execu­tive-
Secretary Ralph Draughon,
Maurice Bloch, four-time president
of the Alumni Association; Col.
Fred C. Wallace, former comman­dant
of the School of Military
Science and Tactics here; Coach
Wilbur Hutsell; Dr. Charles Da­vis;
P. O. Davis, director of the
Extension Service; Albert Collins,
superintendent of the State De­partment
of Education; Prof. Gene
Gray; Grover Hall, editor of the
Montgomery Advertiser; Judge T.
D. Samford; Neal Davis; and Jeff
Beard.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt who
paid a brief visit to Auburn yes­terday,
meeting a number of stu­dents
and faculty members and
speaking to the ROTC corps.
Scabbard And Blade Taps Three Officers
And Fourteen Students At Thursday Drill
Occasion is Annual Fall
Tapping of the Organization
Scabbard and Blade, national
military honor society, tapped 14
students and four army officers
at drill yesterday morning.
Army officers selected were
Col. John J. Waterman, Maj. H.
F. Searight, Capt. George M. Cole,
and Capt. W. W. Whelchel. Capt.
Whelchel was not present. Capt.
Harry M. Watts, a member of the
society during a former tour of
duty at Auburn, stood in the tap­ping
line.
Eleven of the 14 students were
from the field artillery, the other
three from the engineers.
Frank Cayce, president of Sig­ma
Chi fraternity, is a member
of Blue Key and a lieutenant col­onel
of the engineers. He is from
Birmingham.
Ted Chiles of Albertville is a
member of Pi Kappa Alpha fra­ternity
and Phi Psi, honorary tex­tile
engineering organization. He
is a lieutenant.
Kirby Clements, P h i Delta
Theta from Montgomery, is a lieu­tenant
and a member of the So­cial
Committee.
Joe Mack Gafford, an SPE from
Greenville, is a captain.
Billy Goode, a captain in the
motor battery, is a Kappa Alpha
from Tallahassee, Fla.
Bill Kilpatrick is a member of
the Social Committee, the "A"
Club, and the varsity baseball
squad. He is a captain and a mem­ber
of Kappa Sigma.
W. C. Lumpkin, a lieutenant in
the mounted battery, is from Tus-kegee.
Tom Mitchell, Delta Sigma Phi
from Bessemer, is a captain.
C. C. Morgan is a Phi Delta
Theta from Uniontown. He is a
lieutenant.
J. K. Orr, textile engineer from
Atlanta, Ga., is a lieutenant-col­onel
and brigade adjutant. He is
a member of Kappa Sigma and
Phi Psi.
V. V. Rhodes of Bay Minette is
a member of Alpha Gamma Rho
and is a lieutenant.
Ben Scarbrough of Birmingham
is a member of Delta Sigma Phi
and is a captain in the engineers.
Jim Scrivner is a captain in the
engineers. He is a Lambda Chi
and his home is in Berry.
Fred Wellborn of Section is a
captain in the motor battery.
The tapping yesterday was car­ried
out by having Scabbard and
Blade members line up by the
brigade staff. Neophytes names,
were called and they came for­ward
and lined up in front of the
members. After a brief speech by
John Rice, captain of Scabbard
and Blade, members pinned the
red, white, and blue pledge rib­bons
on the new men.
Initiation of the neophytes will
take place within two weeks, Rice
stated yesterday.
Drawing Of Dance
Dates Is Monday
Representatives of various cam­pus
organizations and fraternities
will draw for social calendar dance
dates on Monday afternoon at one
o'clock in the student center.
The managers of several campus
orchestras, including those of the
Auburn Knights and the Auburn
Plainsmen, will be on hand to re­lease
contracts to play for dances
throughout the coming season.
Organizations may sign up at
this time with Robert Duncan for
the reservation of Graves Center
for the dances.
George Hiller, president of the
Interfraternity Council, emphasiz­ed
the fact that in the past organ­izations
have failed to send repre­sentatives
to social calendar draw­ings,
and hence have failed to have
dance reservations. He requests
that all organizations be represent­ed
at this time.
Phi Psi, honorary textile group,
will hold a smoker Monday night
at 7:30 at the textile building. All
textile students are invited.
Alpha Phi Omega
Tennis Court
Drive Continues
The drive to secure additional
tennis courts for college students,
sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega,
service fraternity for former Boy
Scouts, is taking shape rapidly
with several campus and civic or­ganizations
already on the in­dorsement
list.
The Junior Chamber of Com­merce,
Rotary Club, Lions Club,
Ag Club, Veterinary Medicine
Club, and the ODK's have all in­dorsed
the plan and have appoint­ed
committees to work in co-op­eration
with the members of Al­pha
Phi Omega.
Other organizations over the
campus are expected to meet with­in
the next week with a view to­ward
lending aid in the drive.
All organizations interested in
joining the movement should ap­point
committees to work with the
groups who have already joined.
For further information on the
campaign write the Alpha Phi
Omega Tennis Committee, Box
502, Auburn, Ala.
Makes Short Speech
To ROTC Cadets
Freshmen Go Wild
In Repetition Of
Last Year's Riot
Mob Forms After Pep
Meeting and Disturbs
Town with Rampage
By BOB ANDERSON
Several hundred freshmen and
a large number of upperclassmen
went wild last night in what seems
to be the annual post-pep-rally
tour of destruction.
The wrecking started with a
few innocent snake d a n c es
brought on by the enthusiasm cre­ated
by cheerleaders at the rally.
Then there were cries of "Raid
the zoo" and "Grease the tracks"
and "Crash the show."
Excited freshmen soon picked
up the cries and the spirit, and
the mob was formed. It grew
quickly and soon the hundreds
were running up and down the
streets, picking up cars, trying to
storm the women's dormitories and
the theater.
The railroad tracks were greas­ed,
and when the nine o'clock
train came through and stopped, it
was unable to get under way for
several minutes. Students attempt­ed
to board the train, and fright­ened
porters threw out drinks and
candy to keep them off.
A bus came through town and
as soon as it stopped was sur­rounded.
The driver stepped out
with a wrench to try to force his
way through and had his clothes
almost torn from his back for his
efforts.
John Ivey, Jr., president of the
student body circulated among the
mob talking to students and in a
few minutes the group dispersed.
An undisclosed number of the
group had their names taken and
were called before college offi­cials
this morning. No official an­nouncement
has been made as to
what will be done with them. A
rumor from a very reliable source
that they would be expelled from
school could not be confirmed this
afternoon.
Council To Meet
Monday Night
There will be a meeting of the
Interfraternity Council on Monday
night, at 7:00 o'clock.
George Hiller, Council president,
stated today that the main purpose
of the meeting would be to get the
interfraternity sports program un­der
way for the term.
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, director
of women students, will talk to
Council members on matters con­cerning
the new regulations for
women students and will request
their cooperation in helping to en­force
these rules.
Dick Bjurberg, student publicity
head of the Auburn Debate Coun­cil,
will put before the Council for
approval a plan for initiating an
interfraternity debate tournament.
Suggested subjects for debates in­clude
the "possibility of a system
of deferred rushing in Auburn".
Faculty Socials Begin
Informal faculty get-togethers
will be held every Monday night
from 7:00 to 8:00 in the Girls'
Gym, starting Monday, Septem­ber
18, according to Miss Fannie
Stollenwerck, instructor in physi­cal
education.
Mixers, social dancing, rhythmic
activities, and games will consti­tute
the evening's program. Facul­ty
members, wives, husbands, and
friends are urged to come to these
gatherings.
Meets a Number
Of Students
"One of the greatest first ladies
in all the history of America,"
were the words that introduced
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to a
crowd of 5000 Auburn students,
public school children, faculty
members, and townspeople yester­day
afternoon at Bullard Field.
Mr. P. O. Davis, director of the
Extension Service, introduced
Mrs. Roosevelt from inside the
car in which they were riding.
In a quiet voice she said, "You
have a very remarkable institu­tion
here at Auburn. I'm glad to
see what the Federal government
had to do with the progress of this
institution. I am sorry I have so
little time to spend with you, but
I thank you for your wonderful
welcome."
The car bearing Mrs. Roosevelt
left Bullard Field and drove to
the old president's home, now the
women's social center. The first
lady stepped from the car and ad­vanced
to the porch of the house.
Here she was introduced to sev­eral
deans and townspeople, and
to leading officers of women's stu­dent
organizations.
Dr. Duncan introduced Mrs.
Roosevelt to the following people:
Deans Funchess, McAdory, Wil-more,
Dr. and Mrs. Yarbrough,
Mrs. Lawrence Barnett, Mrs. Em­ma
Wright, and Ralph Draughon.
She was also introduced to the
following presidents of women's
organizations: Virginia Adams,
Women's S t u d e n t Government
Association; Amy Drake, Cardi­nal
Key; Betty Showalter, Sphinx;
Ruth Miller, Pan-Hellenic Coun­cil.
Mrs. Roosevelt was presented
with a large bouquet of red radi­ance
rose buds. Several pictures
were snapped.
She was becomingly dressed in
a navy blue silk dress with white
print figures. She wore a broad-brimmed
navy blue straw hat,
trimmed with a veil and white
grosgrain ribbon, with shoes and
pocketbook of navy, to match.
Around her neck was a double
string of pearls.
Just as Mrs. Roosevelt stepped
into the car, two students extend­ed
their hands through the win­dow
of the car and asked her to
shake hands with them. Someone
in the car tried to roll up the
window, but the democratic lady
paused long enough to shake hands
with the two unknown students.
Mrs. Roosevelt came by auto­mobile
from Montgomery to Au­burn
in company with Senator and
Mrs. Lister Hill, Mrs. Frank M.
Dixon, and her secretary. The
party was first welcomed at the
new president's home by Presi­dent
and Mrs. Duncan, Colonel
and Mrs. T. D. Samford, Dr. Rosa
Lee Walston, and Mrs. Marion
Spidle.
After leaving the women's so­cial
center Mrs. Roosevelt return­ed
to Montgomery where she de­livered
an address last night.
Notices
All freshmen who did not take
the freshmen tests Wednesday,
September 6 will take these tests
Saturday, September 16, begin­ning
at 8:00 a.m. Students will
assemble at Samford Hall, Room
315. Students concerned will re­port
to the Registrar's Office to­day
to secure admission cards.
Phi Lambda Upsilon will hold
its annual chemical smoker on
Monday night at 7:00 o'clock on
the terrace at the rear of Ross
Chemical Building. A program has
been arranged and refreshments
will be served. All chemistry and
chemical engineering students are
invited to attend.
Varsity and freshmen members
of the polo squad of last year who
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Thank God for the physical separation
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Give Us Courts
IT SEEMS THAT tennis courts are
about as scarce as dodo birds for the
majority of tennis fans who are at­tending
Auburn this year. Not only are
the courts scarce but half of the ones
which we have are located at the Girls'
Gym, which is across town from most
of the students. The other half, two
YMCA courts next to the Lambda Chi
House, are in a fair location, but play­ers
must wait hours, it seems, before
they get a chance to play. Many times
the crowd is so large that players will
return home without playing a single
game.
Much should be done by the college
and other organizations to provide more
courts for the students. Triple the num­ber
of courts and the number would still
be too few for the large number of
tennis fans. The variety of recreation
at Auburn is none too great, and since
the large increase in students, recrea­tion
now seems to be too small in quan­tity
as well as in variety.
Much is already being done. Alpha
Phi Omega, Scout fraternity, has start­ed
a drive toward better tennis facili­ties.
They have won the approval of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce, which
looks as if it will be a great aid to
the "Cause." Wittel Dormitory has also
joined the Alpha Phi Omegas in the
drive for more tennis courts. So keep
plugging, Scouts, for the whole student
body will back the plan to the limit.
W. H.
Wait Till You Get Out
AFTER EVERY movie as one walks out
of the venerable Tiger, he can see
a number of persons lighting up their
cigarettes. Frankly, those who wave
fire around at such a time are holding
human life pretty cheap.
The theater aisles are usually filled
with laughing, talking people. The
slightest slip of the hand by someone
who is lighting a cigarette could spell
tragedy. A slip, someone's clothing on
fire, and the slaughter would be on. In
close quarters like those of a theater
aisle full of people, one flame would en­wrap
a dozen people in a few moments.
The wait of a few seconds to get
outside the theater isn't going to hurt
anyone who wants a smoke. But the
little difference might mean life or
death sometime.
Those who "light up" inside are be­ing
very inconsiderate of others as well
as gambling with their own safety.
Thank God For The
Atlantic
LIFE IN AMERICA goes on much as
usual. We go to classes in the beloved
old halls and have our dances and laugh
and chatter. We have youth and life
and song.
There is a milk shake in a drug store,
the smiles of girls one meets, the friend­ly
handshake of a friend, the sheer joy
of being alive and free. Absorbed in
our little problems we go our way, liv­ing
and loving and laughing.
Daily we pick up the papers and read,
thinking that we understand. Actually
we cannot understand. One must go
through it and have it written on his
brain in flame to comprehend. Once in
a while someone turns the conversa­tion
to war. A brief cloud passes across
eyes, and the word is, "I hope we can
stay out."
Over there, there is no youth and
laughter and happiness. There is death,
slop and slum in the mud, the screams
of a friend in mangled agony, the
stench of decayed flesh that might be
mine or yours, military orders and
murder and a bullet through t he
stomach. Thank God for the thousand and
more miles of water that separates
what we have from what you offer. The
Atlantic is the greatest natural bless­ing
ever bestowed on us. None of us
appreciate it until war comes. It is
water to swim in and sail on and see
on maps. When Europe flames it is a
protector and a mother. Beside it our
Henley Does It
THE NEW PLAN for financing the
three big dances of the year has
gone into effect, and it's already pay­ing
dividends in the form of Russ Mor­gan
for the Opening Dances. Though
it is customary for the band playing
at the Sophomore Hop to be less out­standing
than those at the other two
sets, Morgan's band rates higher in
campus opinion than any of the three
which played all last year.
It's impossible to tell whether the
better band is the result of the new
financial system or of a hard-working
Social Committee, or possibly a com­bination
of the two. But the revised
system is Tom Henley's brain-child any­how,
so he deserves the credit coming
and going.
Congratulations on a good band, Tom,
and we wish you success with the
dances.
A Business Manager
Succeeds
AT LAST A Business Manager gets up
in the world!
For nine months "Little Man" Grish-ham
hawked the editorial staff of the
Plainsman about the uselessness of
their duties. He believed, as all ad-bandits
do, that anyone who did any
writing was a parasite on society. News­paper
copy was something to-fill up the
space between ads, and radio programs
were something to fill in between pleas
to buy soap, soup, and scent.
Now the wee knocker is spending six-months
at station WLW in Cincinnati
learning to write radio programs. At
this point we recall a proverb about he
who laughs last. Ah, well, eventually
they all learn. The next time we see the
world's shortest shortstop we are go­ing
to have an interesting resumption
of the old argument about which staff
of the Plainsman is the more important.
Now "Little Man" has been succeed­ed
by "Sniffy" Armstrong, who is even
littler. In fact, he's becoming somewhat
of an office mascot like Grover Hall's
Clarabelle. Come out from under the
desk, "Sniffy."
Letters to the Editor
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I have heard much comment on the
Auburn Concert Series for this year.
The Plainsman has carried pictures of
all the attractions to appear on the
series. Tell us more about these attrac­tions.
May I, as a student, congratulate
those who are responsible for this un­dertaking.
The series that is arranged
for this year is outstanding in talent.
I feel that the Auburn student body
as a whole will enjoy and appreciate the
various events.
The latest addition of Mr. H. V. Kal-tenborn
to the series is very commend­able.
I am sure all of us have heard him
over the radio, and will appreciate the
opportunity to hear him in person.
I believe the majority of the students
feel as I do in saying that the idea of
a concert series at Auburn is a forward
step in keeping with educational facili­ties
necessary for a really complete ed­ucation
in culture as well as knowledge.
Sincerely yours,
An Interested Student.
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
As the first pep meetings of the year
are beginning, we hope that every
freshman boy will act like an Auburn
student and every freshman girl will
behave as a young lady. Previous to
this year the unknowing freshmen have
been mislead by unscrupulous upper-classmen
into acts that have all the ap­pearance
of mob frenzy.
A loud cheer, a hearty laugh, and a
whooping "War Eagle" are splendid
indications of the Auburn Spirit that
we all love so much; but it must be em­phasized
strongly that damaging of
property, stopping of important traf­fic,
and raiding homes and dormitories
is far from a show of Auburn en­thusiasm.
Let us have fun, students, but not
at the expense of the law abiding citi­zens
and the furor of the police de­partment.
Sincerely yours,
Martin Wender.
Fans at this year's Army-Navy grid
battle consumed 70,000 hot dogs, 4,000
gallons of coffee and 11,000 ham sand­wiches.
Plains Talk
By Herbert Martin
ANOTHER BUNCH of rats is trying
to absorb the Auburn Spirit in one
huge gulp. It can't be done. Little bites
are much more easily digested, and the
subject is much less likely to grab the
wrong thing if he assimilates it slowly
than if he swallows,a full load of the
first thing that is thrust at him.
Better writers, than I have tried to
define the Auburn Spirit, only to learn
that it is indefinable. Profiting from
their mistakes, I shall try to state a
few of the things that it is not.
The Auburn Spirit is not shown by
beating it up to Wittel Zoo and scaring
the poor inmates out of ten y e a rs
growth, although most of the girls stay­ing
there could spare at least that much.
Greasing the railroad tracks, although
a popular Auburn sport for some de­cades,
is illegal and can no longer hide
behind the flowing cloak of the afore­mentioned
Auburn Spirit.
This intangible feeling among Au-burnites
should not incite its possessors
to any acts of vandalism; it should not
show itself by unsportsmanlike acts.
True Auburn men do not throw bottles
or insults at officials or opponents.
Spirit and spirits are two different
things. Do not look for the true Au­burn
Spirit somewhere between the
neck and bottom of a bottle.
And, freshman, if you get that Au­burn
Spirit, whatever it is, you'll still
be a freshman, but you will be almost
human!
*
I may have been over-estimating the
potential charm of the incoming coeds,
or I may have been looking in the
wrong places, but the new group seems
to me to be a bit below par. The few
cute arrivals appear to be lacking in
that well-known Auburn quality of
friendliness. Of course, it is quite pos­sible
that they just freeze when they
perceive that I am going to speak, but
in a week of snooping around behind
various buildings, bushes, and trees I
have found that it is universal on the
campus.
I was strolling the other day with a
local B.M.O.C. who rates well locally
in power with the feminine element. We
spied a charming miss, and my compan­ion
immediately put on "Friendly ap­pearance
number 7-A", which is a com­bination
that few girls have been able
to resist. He spoke very friendly-like
and was-perfectly charming. The girl
raised her nose a foot and swept on
by. She happened to sweep up against
a pore little freshman who was below
her range of vision. The freshman bark­ed
and bit her. I thought that the whole
thing was very funny, and it was!
• *
The Alpha Phi Omega drive for more
and better tennis courts is meeting with
enthusiastic support that promises some
results at last. If this can be kept alive,
Auburn's tennis court situation seems
to be on a definite up-grade.
* * *
In answer to my prayers, the follow­ing
poem was submitted. It is sym­pathetically
dedicated to all tired peo­ple.
I'm tired of whiskey,
I'm tired of gin,
I'm tired of virtue,
I'm tired of sin.
I'm tired of pork chops,
I'm tired of steak,
I had a chill the other' night
And was too tired to shake.
I'm tired of the depression,
I'm tired of being a wreck,
I had a date last night
And was too tired to neck.
Damn, I'm tired.
* * * *
"And," counters Carrie, the Campus
Conversationalist, "What do YOU think
of the cut system?"
The Auburn Plainsmen and How They Grew
By BOB CHISHOLM
Atmosphere!
Peck's bad boy joined a road show
for adventure, but Charlie Craig spent
a week with a circus so that he could
better plan the decorations for a Uni­versity
of New Hampshire dance.
It was all because the committee for
the sophomore hop decided to give their
dance a circus atmosphere with "pea­nuts,
popcorn, and pink lemonade," gay
sideshow canvases, and "the greatest
collection of wild animals on the con­tinent."
Feeling that first hand knowledge
would give him much more aid than
he could find in library books, chair­man
Craig spent his spuing vacation
with a small circus playing in his home­town.
It was a week well spent, for the
cooperative showmen contributed post­ers
and trimmings as well as a wealth
of ideas for setting a circus scene.—
(ACP).
Most popular non-athletic extra-cur­ricular
activity at the University of
Maine is the stage.
NEW AND YET familiar to the campus
is the sight of the Auburn Plainsmen,
Auburn's latest swing band, featuring
all of the latest numbers in snappy,
scintillating arrangements.
The Plainsmen, under the direction of
"Peanut" Scarborough, are a style band,
playing a light, easy style of swing that
reminds one of the music of Kay Kyser.
The orchestra started under the
handicap of having to select its mem­bers
from the classes of summer school,
but by hard work and diligent effort
and with constant rehearsing, surpris­ing
results were obtained.
The group had rehearsed but one
week when they received their initial
chance, an audition for a position at
the College Inn. The test was quite suc­cessful
and the band went to work at
the College Inn, playing twice daily,
and they're still at work there.
They appeared at all of the "A" Club
dances during the summer and won im­mediate
success with summer school
students, who ganged to the WPA Hall
to hear them every Saturday night.
The special arrangements and novel­ty
numbers are capably handled by Len
Riley, who has formerly played and ar­ranged
for such well known orchestras
as Art Kassel and his Kassels in the Air,
and for Wayne King.
"Peanut" Scarborough, the director
and business manager, was one of the
original members of the Auburn Cava­liers
who graced the Auburn campus
about six years ago.
To round out their programs of snap­py
rhythm and sweet music the Plains­men
feature the vivacious Rosalyn Shep­herd
as vocalist. Her smooth voice adds
grace and beauty to the easy swing se­lections
that the band produces.
Three saxes, three trumpets, a piano,
drums, and bass, together with Miss
Shepherd and Director Scarborough
make an eleven that would be a credit
to the campus of any college.
The personnel of the band is as fol­lows:
Len Riley, tenor sax and ar­ranger;
Joe Lacy, first sax; R. D.
Browning, third sax; Shug Fitzpatrick,
first trumpet; Charlie Higgins, second
trumpet; Sam Elkins, third trumpet;
Ralph Moody at the piano, Bob
"Turkey" Lett in the percussion sec­tion,
and Charles Johnson on the bass.
Featured voices are those of Rosalyn
Shepherd and "Peanut" Scarborough,
with Charlie Higgins joining in on
novelty tunes.
THE CO-OP—By A Fred Henning
THE PURPOSE OF the co-operative
plan of education is to make avail­able
a higher education in the field of
engineering to worthy and deserving
young men who find it necessary to fi­nance
their own education. This plan
so arranges the college instruction on
an alternating basis that the young man
attends college three months and works
three months on a job in his chosen
field of engineering.
The employer simply gives one job to
two such young men, one of whom oc­cupies
the job in factory or shop while
the other attends college. At the end
of each quarter they exchange places;
the one in shop or factory attends col­lege,
the one in college goes to work
on the job. Thus, each student secures
progressively his theoretical knowledge
and his practical experience. A co-opera­tive
course requires five years time.
Upon graduation the student has two
and one-half years of practical experi­ence
in his technical field in addition to
his degree in engineering.
The co-operative plan of education
was inaugurated at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute by its Board of Trus­tees
on June 25, 1937. The plan itself
was established in recognition of the
increasing trend toward industrial de­velopment
and the growing sentiment
for more efficient service in the tech­nical
departments and bureaus of gov­ernment.
The first class to enter Auburn on
the co-operative plan registered on Sep­tember
6, 1937. At that time there were
only te"n pairs of co-operative students,
six pairs of which were employed by
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company and four pairs of which were
given jobs with the Alabama Power
Company. This section, now part of the
"A section", represented only ten jobs.
It was a small start, these 20 students
and ten jobs, but it was a good one.
Since that time the enrollment of stu­dents
on the co-operative plan has
grown by leaps and bounds. It has in­creased
to such a figure that already
two major departments in the School
of Engineering have added new instruc­tors
to their teaching staffs.
The enrollment of students on the
plan for the fall term of 1938 was ex­actly
double that of the preceding
year. Its 40 students represented an ad­ditional
five firms who afforded them
employment in their engineering de­partments
throughout the state.
During the 1938-39 session the en­rollment
was increased to a still great­er
figure by the registration of new
co-operative students in December and
in March. Including the new registra­tions,
there are at present a total of
160 students on our co-operative plan.
One-hundred and eight of them are at­tending
classes now, and comprise what
is known as "section A". Their alter­nates,
comprising "section B", are em­ployed
on the 76 part-time co-operative
jobs throughout the state. At present
there are approximately 40 industrial­ists,
manufacturers, utility executives,
and public work officials who have one
or more of our co-operative students in
their employ.
» * *
The co-operative students met last
Wednesday evening with Alex O. Tay­lor,
director of co-operative education,
for the purpose of discussing the possi­bility
of the formation of a club for
co-operative students. The guest of hon­or
was Edward W. Morris, president
of the Mitec Engineers, a club recently
organized by "section B". The group
was addressed by J. E. Hannum, assist­ant
dean and professor of engineering,
Maj. R. A. Laird and Capt. H. O. Pax-son,
assistant professors of military
science and tactics. Announcement of
the details of a meeting of the group
in the near future will be made through
the office of the Director of Co-opera­tive
Education.
Watch this column for announce­ments
concerning activities of co-opera­tive
students.
Ralph Pearson—Lecturer and Artist
RALPH M. PEARSON, lecturing artist
who will appear here on March 1,
started his colorful career in Chicago at
the Art Institute, studying art on Sat­urdays
and in his spare time.
This work in art soon led to the com­pletion
of the full four-year course.
During the time that he was studying
at the Art Institute, he took over a
newsstand on one of the busy streets
of Chicago. In a short time he had turn­ed
the stand into a retail stationery
and news delivery business.
A few years later Pearson built a
35-foot cabin cruiser with his own hands
and took his mother on a trip down
the Mississippi River, through the Gulf
of Mexico, up the coast to New York
and through the Hudson River, through
the Great Lakes and back to Chicago.
In the next few years he spent all
of his savings on experimental avia­tion.
This need of money was the cause
of Pearson's return to his first love,
art.
He gained much prominence as an
academic etcher. He has done artistic
work in designing and production of
modern rugs and in teaching.
He has exhibited etchings in many
large cities in the United States since
his first exhibition in 1915. For his ar­tistic
efforts he has received many
prizes. He is represented in the per­manent
collections of the City of Chica­go,
the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Congressional Library in Washington,
the Los Angeles Museum of Art, the
Rochester Museum of Art, the New
York Public Library, and numerous oth­er
places.
Pearson was the originator of experi­ments
in adult art education. This ex­periment
is carried on at the Design
Workshop and the New School for So­cial
Research in New York. He is still
active in this field of art instruction.
He is the author of "How to See
Modern Pictures," "A Portfolio of
Etched Bookplates," "Fifty Prints of
the Year 1925," and many magazine ar­ticles.
He is one of the leading exponents
of the Modern Movement and one of the
foremost etchers of the time. He now
has a book ready for publication in
which the modern school of etchings is
brilliantly illustrated.
Ralph Pearson, lecturing artist and
foremost of modern etchers, will ap­pear
on the Auburn Concert Series on
March 1. Art students as well as other
students should look forward to this
event with enthusiastic interest.
Adolf On The job
Two Brown University freshmen have
received 15 volumes on Nazi culture
and industry because, in a moment of
fun, they addressed a note to Der
Fuehrer telling him how much they ad­mired
him. They particularly commend­ed
him for the brilliant success of his
foreign policy, but closed their message
with a mild note of censure: "We feel
free to criticize our President, but we
don't want any foreigners to say any-
Well?
By John Ivey, Jr.
WITH THE REAL results of the war
on Hitlerism being kept a mystery,
we Americans can be grateful that our
homeland is far enough removed from
the direct affects of the struggle to
remain ignorant of the horrors of the
realities.
Although there has been much dis­cussion
to the contrary, we firmly be­lieve
that it will be quite some time
before Herr Hitler will feel the urge
to try his hand at swimming the At­lantic
with a pocketful of Nazi ideals
. . . surely he doesn't want Uncle Sam
to attend the little dispute between
Germany and the John Bull-Franco
duet.
* * *
Let the European boys spend the
winter shooting at each other, let them
tear their present stage of civilization
down to smoking, bloody ruins, let the
war on Hitler continue until Adolph
goes way of past German power-crazed
leaders . . . but let us reap the bene­fits
of our last acceptance of a Euro­pean
invitation to suicide and keep our
side of the Atlantic away from the mis­ery
of another World War.
* * #
Russ Morgan for the opening dances?
It can't be true, but it is . . . this hap­pens
to be the best band we have had
for this set of dances in the history of
the affair. Russ does not have the ex­citing
band that Shaw or Goodman
might boast, but he does have that good
old appeal that will please the most
critical swing fan as well as followers
of the Wayne King type of music. T.
Henley, you are doing all right. How
about Glenn Miller for the mid-terms?
* * *
Now that we have survived the first
couple of weeks since the opening gun
for the start of school, some few begin
to look back and see the development
of some very serious faults in the sys­tem
of fraternity rushing . . . of course,
Auburn has always been without any
regulation concerning the fate of the
freshman at the hands of the various
fraternities; however, this year has
seen the situation go from bad to worse.
* * *
Practically everyone will agree that
something should be done, but it is im­possible
to get any of the boys to go
out on the proverbial limb and suggest
any possible changes, or for that mat­ter,
spend any time trying to work
out an efficient system of rules re­garding
fraternity rushing.
* * *
Say what we may about the system
of "catch as catch can" rushing, if it
continues to go to the extremes where
each train and bus must be met by
practically every lodge . . . where un­due
pressure is put on the new fresh­man
to make him realize the merits of
the lodge so rushing . . . where for
the first week the rushee hardly has
time to unpack his suit case, much less
settle down to any form of study . . .
where when the time for him to settle
down comes he is more than likely wear­ing
a pledge button and mentally up­set,
uninformed about Auburn and his
work, rundown from irregular hours
and constantly being on the go . . .
something should be done for the sake
of the freshman as well as the fra­ternities.
* * *
Any fraternity man can see that in
such cases there is a good possibility
of the lodge making mistakes in the
men so pledged and the very likely re­sults
of the freshman being unhappy
with the group he has pledged himself
to. But it all boils down to the fact
that if one lodge sets the pace for
which there is no limit, the others must
follow to survive. By this we do not
mean that any one group on the campus
is responsible for any of the existing
evils, but it has become another version
of "keeping up with the Jones family."
* • *
Of course you run into the argument
that because of the very nature of the
fraternity system, it is necessary to
pledge men at the beginning of school
and have a certain number of them
move in the house in order to operate
the fraternity on a sound financial
basis; but even in the face of this
fact, there can be some much needed
reform made in the present system of
fraternity rushing.
thing against him."
In immediate response to their note,
they received five pounds of literature
from Berlin, including many finely-printed
illustrated books and pamphlets.
Typical line from one of the books:
"Germany is a land of work! Germany
is a land of peace! Germany is a land
of joy!"—(ACP).
Fish Finale
A DePauw University alumnus has
gulped 5,000 goldfish to end all such
contests in the future. He did it at a
goldfish hatchery, where tiny goldfish
come at least 5,000 to the cup of water.
And that (we hope) is that!—(ACP).
September 15, 1939- THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Dean Funchess Speaks
To Ag Club at First
Meeting of Year
Wednesday night in Comer Hall,
Dean M. J. Funchess of the School
of Agriculture, spoke to a capa­city
crowd of 300 students at the
first meeting of the Ag Club.
Dean Funchess began his talk
by asking these questions, "Why
are you here? Why did you come
to Auburn? What do you hope to
get out of college? Do you boys
actually have something to hope
for?"
Dean Funchess continued, "The
burden of what I have to say to
you pertains to the competitive
proposition that you will face upon
graduation from this institution.
"Begin now by planning what
you hope to obtain; what you hope
to amount to; and then go to work
on these hopes.
"The public, the taxpayers, put
up about $200 per year for each
of you here at Auburn. The tax-paying
public has a stake in each
man and woman in this college.
You have a responsibility. Live up
to that responsibility.
"The American people are striv­ing
to maintain a high standard
of living. To that end, the people
are giving money to educational
institutions.
When you graduate and take a
job, you will be doing a service to
the people. You will be justifying
the faith placed in you.
"Of course you boys are looking
at this proposition from a selfish
standpoint, for what you can get
out of the public. You are right
in doing so. The public needs
trained servants; they need train­ed
men; they need you.
"Now, again, Why did you come
here? For a good time? Sure,
some of the time. Did you come
here to loaf? Yes, some of the
time. Did you come here to make
good grades? Yes, but not hav­ing
the idea of just making good
grades and nothing else.
"First, be your own boss! Bud­get
your time—make your good
grades, have your good time, and
loaf a little; but above all things,
be your own boss.
"What are you going to get out
of college? And how? Participate
in the Ag Club, which in my hum­ble
opinion is the leading organi­zation
on the campus. Take part
in the programs, attend all meet­ings,
and you will better yourself.
This club is one of the answers
to how you are going to get what
you want out of college."
Allan Jones, Noted American Tenor,
Was Almost A Miner Instead Of A Singer
Lecturer
Frosh Feted
By Blue Key
Blue Key entertained several
hundred freshmen at its annual
reception held on the lawn of
the women's social center Satur­day
night.
Freshmen who went down the
receiving line were presented to
the administrative officials and
deans and their wives.
They were served punch and
cookies by members of Cardinal
Key and Sphinx.
Members of ODK assisted Blue
Key with the reception and were
present Saturday night.
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Artist Will Appear
Here on Concert
Series January 9
But for the dreams of his fath­er
Allan Jones, renowned tenor,
would have been a miner in the
coal fields around his home at
Scranton, Pa.
. Allan's father, Daniel, was a
mine superintendent at the coal
fields and it was natural to ex­pect
that Allan would become a
miner. But Daniel dreamed of
greater things for his children. He
wanted them to have as fine and
complete a musical education as
possible.
The first instrument Allan
learned to play was the organ,
then the piano, under the direc­tion
of his father, at the age of
four. He often played at box so­cials
and church picnics at this
early age.
At eight years of age, he was
singing in the choir at St. Luke's
Episcopal Church and remained
with the choir until he was 14.
During this time his voice changed
from soprano to alto and finally to
tenor. Even this early those who
heard him felt that Allan was
headed for a great singing career.
Soon he passed from the teach­ings
of his father to the teachings
of Scranton musicians. He paid
for the lessons with money he
earned in running errands for a
clothing store. He soon changed
to the Baptist Church choir and
earned his first money there as a
singer. After this success of mak­ing
money by use of his voice,
Allan became determined to ad­vance
further in the field of music
and looked forward eagerly to a
musical career.
After graduation from high
school, Allan worked for a few
years in the coal fields and saved
every penny that he could. He
even worked a double shift in the
mines in order to make some more
money. Finally when he had $1500
in the bank, he enrolled in the
Syracuse University M u s i c al
School.
His outstanding ability as a so­loist
at Syracuse brought him a
musical scholarship at New York
University in less than a month's
time. He was soon awarded a
scholarship in languages at New
York University.
Then Allan had a burning desire
to complete his musical education
in Europe. To raise money for the
undertaking he gave a concert in
his home town of Scranton. The
house was a sellout and the audi­ence
cheered him until the rafters
echoed. The grateful citizens paid
$1100 to hear the home town boy
who was making good.
The following summer he began
his European musical education in
Paris at the Warford summer
school. He also worked with an
opera company while in Paris, and
although it was hard work, Allan
met the task with a grin.
The following fall he returned
to New York and signed a con­tract
to sing with Anna Case and
the New York Philharmonic with
Walter Damrosch conducting the
orchestra. This was followed by
numerous concerts all over the
United States. But his desire for
more musical study soon found
him back in Paris with his teach­ers.
The next three years he spent
jumping back and forth between
Paris, London, and New York.
He sang in the title role in
"Boccaccio" and was widely ac­claimed
by the music critics. Af­ter
this he signed a three-year
contract with the Shuberts for
operettas. Next he signed with the
St. Louis Municipal Opera Com­pany
for a season. The following
winter he went on a tour of the
country.
After more operettas in St.
Louis, he opened in Boston op­posite
Mme. Jeritza in "Annina",
later called "Music Hath Charms."
After this he sang in Chicago and
St. Louis in several operettas.
Then the talent scouts from
Hollywood signed him to a long
Electrical Engineers
To Hold AIEE Smoker
The Auburn branch of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers will^hold a smoker on
Monday night at 7:00 p.m. in Ram­say
110. All electrical engineering
students are invited to attend.
The smoker is being held to ac­quaint
electrical students with the
aims and purposes of the AIEE
in furthering the field of electrical
engineering and aiding engineers.
Band Hard at Work
Under Prof. Crubbs
The Auburn Band has been hard
at work for the past week in pre­paration
for the Auburn-Southern
game in Montgomery on Friday
night, September 29.
Prof. Frank Grubbs has charge
of the band for this year, and all
boys who are interested in a try-out
can see him in Langdon Hall
every afternoon from 5:00 to 6:00,
or see Prof. P. R. Bidez in the
Chemistry Building. There is
plenty of room for capable players.
The band gave its first public
performance of the school year at
the ROTC formation yesterday af­ternoon,
and at the pep rally last
night. Drilling will begin some
time next week, and the public is
invited to attend.
Dr. Askew Opens
Office Here
Dr. W. M. Askew, a native of
Auburn and former student at
API, has returned to Auburn and
opened an office for general medi­cal
practice.
Following his graduation from
Lee County High School, Dr. As­kew
took his pre-medical training
at Auburn and then went to the
University of Alabama where he
took his first two years of medi­cine.
From there he went to Wash­ington
University, St. Louis, where
he graduated with highest honors.
The- following year he served as
interne at the City Hospital in St.
Louis. During the past year he
was assistant resident surgeon at
the same hospital.
Dr. Askew will occupy the same
building on Thach Avenue used
by his grandfather, the late Dr.
John H. Drake, who for 53 years
served as API's college physician.
The Glomerata still has on hand
from 50 to 75 volumes of last
year's publication, most of which
students have partially paid for
or ordered. All students who wish
to secure them may get them this
week from the Glomerata office,
which will be open from 4:30 to
5:30 every afternoon.
term contract with M-G-M. He has
played in many outstanding pic­tures,
among which are "Reck­less,"
"A Night at the Opera",
"Rose Marie," "Show Boat," "A
Day at the Races," "Everybody
Sing," and the "Firefly."
On July 26, 1936, he was mar­ried
to Irene Hervey, film actress.
They have a son, John Allan, one
year old.
Allan is an enthusiastic horse­man
and with Robert Young, op­erates
the famous Bel-Air riding
stables near Hollywood. He is
fond of the outdoors and often
makes trips into the mountains of
California.
Possessing a brilliant person­ality,
Allan Jones, tenor, is sure
to make a hit with Auburn stu­dents
when he sings at Graves
Center on January 9.
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and authority on current events
who will speak here on Decem­ber
14.
REMAINDER OF
FRAT PLEDGES
ARE GIVEN
Following is the continuation of
the list of fraternity pledges car­ried
in Tuesday's Plainsman:
Sigma Chi: Ed Hughes, Bir­mingham;
James Bourme, Bir­mingham;
King Memory, Black-shear,
Ga.; Harry Donavan, Tal-lassee;
Ed Gilmer, Montgomery;
Mandeville Phipps, Natchez, Miss.;
Russell Stewart, Atmore; Eugene
Corbett, Morristown, T e n n . ;
Vaughn Pope, Birmingham; Joe
Eddins, Birmingham; Warren
Flemming, Atlanta, Ga.; McMur-ray
Griffith, Birmingham; Tom
Mastin, Montgomery; Syd John­ston,
Mobile; Billy Kimbrough,
Chipley, Ga.; George McKinley,
Chatham; John Trader, Birming­ham;
Ike Pitman, Mobile; Billy
Phillippi, Camden, Ala.; Homer
Carder, Birmingham.
Theta Chi: Francis Brown,
Maplesville; Jack Earnest, Au­burn;
LeLand Starr, Auburn;
Troy Snow, Mobile; Jim Motes,
Anniston; R. W. Lett, Auburn; J.
D. Sharp, Florence; J. D. Lee, An­niston;
Marvin Marriannia, Bes­semer;
Joe Noojin, Attalla; Sher-rod
Dollar, Gadsden; Bill Curry,
Anniston; Bill Cowan, Opp; Irvin
Wright, Opp; Johnny Faust, On-eonta;
Billy Ashmore, Bessemer;
Marvin Denton, Oneonta; Henry
Lyons, Jacksonville; Calvin Miller,
Montgomery; Charles Mooney, On­eonta;
Jessie Twilley, Selma;
Droopy Dillon, Mt. Olive; R. D.
Browning, Selma; Ray Carr,
Montgomery; Watt Dudley, Sel­ma;
Wiley Fancher, Montevallo;
Philip Dunnaway, Marion Junc­tion;
Allan Clapp, Eufaula; G. L.
Byars, Jasper; Wallace Allen,
ASCE ENTERTAINS
WITH FUNCTION
About 15 members of the Amer­ican
Society of Civil Engineers
were present at the smoker given
by the student ASCE members
Monday night.
Prof. J. A. C. Callan told the
group of a trip to San Francisco
to a meeting of the National
Board of Examiners for Profes­sional
Engineers and Land Sur­veyors.
Prof. Roy Taylor spoke on the
future of engineers and the im­portance
of ASCE.
New graduate assistant from
the University of Florida, Roy
Myers, offered his assistance to
the group.
Prof. F. C. Hulse spoke brief­ly.
An interesting discussion about
work at the Marine Studios in
Florida was given by Prof. Lowe.
Jacksonville, Fla.; James Rey­nolds,
Selma.
Lambda Chi Alpha: Eugene
Brook, Dothan; Allan Cowart,
Montgomery; Luke Terry, Syla-cauga;
Louis Atkins, Greenville;
Wyeman Whittfield, Sheffield;
Ray Ellis, Jasper; Frank Moore,
Elfers, Fla.; Foster Haley, Jasper;
L u k e Johnson, Montgomery;
David Orr, Ft. Benning, Ga.; For­est
Shelton, Tuskegee; George
Guzman, Mexico City, Mexico;
John Andress, Brundidge; George
McDonald, Rockford; Sam White,
Sylacauga.
Sigma Pi: W. A. Cochran, Bes­semer;
Joe Johnson, Birmingham;
Broadus Holt, Jackson, Miss.
Sigma Phi Epsilon: Charles
Rew, Montgomery; Joe Hornsby,
Dothan; Gordon Duffel, Macon,
Ga.; Chorlton Moore, Thomasville,
Ga.; Derrick Clark, Auburn; Arch­ie
Diegal, Birmingham; Felix
Turnipseed, Montgomery; Ray
Lockhart, Birmingham; Gordon
Brooks, Fairfield; James Powell,
Fairfield; Dug Cochrell, Fairfield;
Jack Curlee, Birmingham; Charles
Ray Floyd, Peterman; Robert
Veitch, Birmingham; Fonde Philip,
Mobile.
Phi Delta Theta: Glenwood
Pierson, Montgomery; F r a nk
Letchfield, Montgomery; Bill Dow-ling,
Birmingham; Lewis Morgan,
Uniontown; Ben Craig, Florence;
Richard J. Comer, Birmingham;
Bill Hagood, Brewton; Lewis
Mays, Birmingham; Fred Thomp­son,
Alexander City; Frank Wood­ruff,
Montgomery; John Hand,
Mobile; Fleet Hardy, Troy; Billy
Duncan, Decatur; Robertson Al­len,
Charleston, S. C.; Douglas
Luce, Mobile; Tommy Vercen,
Moultrie; Sherrod McCall, Moul­trie,
Ga.; Wally Hanum, Auburn;
Scott Farley, Opelika; Henry Hil-
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Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN •September 15, 1939
Footballers Battle It Out for Starting Positions
ALL RULES FOR PARTICIPATION
IN INTRAMURAL SPORTS ARE GIVEN
I. Eligibility
(1) All students of the College shall be eligible to enter
any sport except as provided later in this article.
(2) Winners of the Auburn varsity award "A" shall
not be eligible to compete in that particular sport.
(a) Having been awarded a letter at some other
college or university disqualifies a student
from the sport in which he has earned a letter.
(b) Individuals receiving full scholarships are
eligible for fraternity competition, with the
exceptions of touch football and basketball.
(3) Any individual who is a member of a varsity squad
at the time of a regularly scheduled varsity game, pre­season
training trips excepted, or who joins the varsity
squad after the starting of the respective intramural sea­son,
shall not play on an intramural team in that sport,
or any other sport during the same season.
Such squad membership shall be governed by a list sub­mitted
to the Intramural Department by the varsity coach.
(4) The varsity coaches may exercise authority to bar
from the respective intramural sport any man of varsity
calibre who is scholastically ineligible or, for any other
reason, is not out for varsity competition in that sport.
(5) A student barred from varsity athletics because
of professionalism shall be barred from those branches in
intramural athletics in which he has removed his amateur
standing.
(6) Regular members of freshmen or reserve squads
shall not, during that season, compete on an intramural
team in the respective sport. All individuals who are mem­bers
of these squads one day prior to the coming of the in­tramural
season, or at any time during the season, shall
be considered regular members.
Membership in a freshman or reserve squad shall be
governed by a list submitted to the Intramural Department
by a freshman or reserve coach.
(7) If otherwise eligible, all active members and
pledges who are properly recorded may represent their
fraternity.
(8) Only non-fraternity men or fraternity men not hav­ing
an active chapter on the campus are eligible for inde­pendent
team competition. Players, after entering one con­test
with a given team, may not transfer to another team.
(9) Each independent team is required to submit a
list of its players at, or before, its second scheduled game.
Only those players listed shall play with that team during
the season. An Ail-Year Independent |squad is not limited
in number but only 15 all-year awards are allowed to the
winner.
(10) Lineups submitted at the first match in horse­shoes
and tennis must be kept for the remaining matches.
There is to be no shifting of the players and their posi­tions,
although other men may be submitted.
II. Health Cards
Approved health cards are required, without excep­tions,
to be placed on file in the Intramural office before
permission will be granted to participate in the following
sports: touch football, basketball, track, swimming and
any other sports which might be added to the program
later and are considered strenuous.
III. Forfeits
(1) If a team or contestant fails to appear at the ap­pointed
place within 10 minutes after the scheduled time
for a contest, the official in charge may, at his own discre­tion,
declare the contest forfeited, to the team or con­testant
ready to play.
(1) A team shall forfeit any contest in which it uses
an ineligible player and the ineligible man is barred from
further competition in that sport for that season.
IV. Protests
The Intramural Department does not assume the respon­sibility
for checking upon the eligibility of men playing on
various teams, but any cases of ineligibility called to its at­tention
will be dealt with according to the rules.
Continued on page 6
Possible Starters
Two and Three Deep
800TS'SmfiTFbRD
Tiger Tales
By BOOTS STRATFORD
Getting knocked slap silly
is getting to be a habit with
Walt Chandler, "General"
of the Auburn Army and
leading football guard can-
. didate. Walt
w a s wafted
into the land
of the sing-i
n g birdies
when he for­got
to duck
one during a
boxing s e s ­sion
at ROTC
c a m p last
summer, and
t h e n last
week he a-gain
joined the ranks of
the jab jolly while mixing
it up with some of the fellas
on Drake Field. It took him
a few days to come around
after that one, but the big
saber slinger 'pears to be in
tip-top shape again.
* * *
Captain K e n Rogers of
Maxwell Field, Uncle Sam's
glamour boy gift to the golf­ing
world, who fired one of
the lowest preliminary round
scores in the National Ama­teur
Meet in Chicago, has
qualified four straight times
for the Amateur. The recent­ly
promoted Captain quali­fied
twice for this meet at
the regional tourney in Hon­olulu
while on duty there.
He flies to most tournaments
he participates in—he is the
Montgomery Beauvoir Coun­try
Club's first entry in the
National Amateur—and he
is almost as noted for his red
pants and gaudy s p o r ts
shirts as he is for his fine,
down-the-middle brand of
golf.
* * *
Speaking of golf—Henry
Cotton, captain of the Brit­ish
Ryder Cup squad, man­aged
to slip into Germany,
grab off the German nation­al
golf title, and skin out
again just before the pres­ent
hostilities began — dis­concerting
the Fritzies no
no end.
And — speaking of golf
and war—two weeks prior
to Great Britain's declara­tion
of war against Germany
the British P.G.A. received
a rather pathetic appeal
from the Spanish pro golfers
who survived the recent
Spanish Civil War. There
were only seven survivors
and they asked for clubs,
balls and bags, old or new,
to enable them to get going
again.
* * *
Auburn's October 21 op­ponent,
Manhattan College,
has a Squad roster that
looks like a list of those Pol­ish
cities that the Nazis have
been blasting about the
countryside for the last
week or so. Smolenski, Gaus-poehl,
Jocker, Czekalski,
Pomicter Gnup, Kopicki,
Supulski, and Spisak are a
few of the type setter's ter­rors
that deck the Jasper's
lineup.
* * *
All best wishes to Oscar
Burford, dependable Tiger
flankman of '38, in his new
role as head coach of Talla­poosa
County High School at
Dadeville. It will be interest­ing
to watch his pupils per­form
against the Auburn
High Tigers here November
10.
Charlie Haynswortb
Alabama Polytecb. Auburn
Plunging fullback who may plug up the hole left by the gradua­tion
of Pelham Sitz. He i* showing up very well in practice.
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Only Howell Sure of
Starting Berth
Perhaps the biggest news from
Drake Field where the Tigers of
A. P. I. prowl every afternoon
is that there is no news concern­ing
a starting lineup. During sig­nal
practice and dummy scrim­mage,
Captain Hatch Howell's
mates are interchanged so free­ly
that at present the only man
sure of a starting berth against
Southern is Howell himself. Prob­able
starters are two and some­times
three deep at each position.
Gus Pearson, Jim LeNoir, James
Samford, Babe McGehee, Theo
Cremer, and Teedy Faulk are en­gaged
in one of the hottest races
on the entire squad with a start­ing
role at the ends as their ob­jective.
Another tight race is on
for the quarterback, blocking
back, job with Bunchy Fowler,
Buddy McMahan and Lloyd Cheat­ham
fighting it out. Cheatham has
shown remarkable improvement
and spirit as a sophomore and may
fight his way into a starting berth
as soon as he acquires a little
experience.
The starting center, guards, and
tackles are a little hard to tab
at this stage of the game, but we
nominate Getty Fairchild as the
first string snapperback with
Chrietzberg and Morgan apt to
turn the tables any day. Captain
Howell has one guard position al­most
cinched and Ernie Mills looks
to be a good bet along with Walt
Chandler as his running mate.
George Wolff, Alt.-Capt. Bill
Nichols, Chester Bulger and Gor­don
MacEachern are battling it
out at the tackle positions with
all four given even chances to
start.
It seems probable that Coach
Meagher will run his backfield in
two units with both combinations
rating as starters. With one of the
quarterbacks' mentioned above,
Dick McGowen, Charlie Haynes-worth
and Carl Happer will most
Inframurals for
Coeds Start
Next Monday
The women's intramural sports
program starts next Monday, Sept.
18. All women students are invit­ed
to participate in this program,
which includes competition in
team, dual, and individual sports.
Teams may be formed by camp­us
organizations, sororities, co-op
houses, dormitories, schools, or
similar groups. Groups desiring to
enter should immediately turn
names in at the Physical Educa­tion
office in Samford 210. Stu­dents
who are not yet affiliated
with a team and desire to play
may leave their names in the of­fice
so that they can be placed in
a group.
The program for the first sem­ester
includes volley ball, swim­ming,
tenniquoits, twenty-one, and
shuffleboard. The volley ball tour­nament
begins Sept. 25.
Other activities to start next
week are tap dancing in Student
Center, on next Monday at 5:00
and Dance Club at 5:00, Wednes­day
at the Girls' Gym. Students
may become members of these
groups by attending the first
meeting.
For more detailed information
on these activities women are urg­ed
to read the Women's Athletic
Association Handbook and watch
bulletin boards and Plainsman for
notices.
This season is Coach Jack Mea­gher's
sixth as Auburn's head
football boss and athletic director.
Coach Meagher assumed his pres­ent
duties at Auburn in 1934. He
came to Auburn from Rice Insti­tute
in Houston, Texas.
likely run as one unit with George
Kenmore, Ross Dean and Bill
Mims performing as another. How­ever,
other crackerjack players
such as Francis Riddle, Geter Can-trell,
Bud Wendling, Paul Ellis,
and Woodie McNair stand good
chances of disturbing the above-named
backfield combines.
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Is One of Success
Coming from Failure
Glenn S. "Pop" Warner, Temple
University's 68-year-old grid men­tor,
is one man to whom failure
brought success.
After graduation from Cornell,
Warner hung out his law shingle
in his home town, and cooled his
heels on top of his desk for two
months without a single case.
When the chance to coach Iowa
State College came along, he took
it with the intention of continu­ing
his law work later. The twen­ty-
five dollar per week salary, in
the words of "Pop", seemed like
"big money."
When "Pop" did decide to coach
he did it in a big way, too. After
he had accepted the job at Iowa
State, he received an offer from
the University of Georgia which
he also accepted, being probably
the only football coach to hold two
coaching jobs in one season. He
devoted the first month of the sea­son
to Iowa State and the re­mainder
of the season to Georgia.
Following the characteristic War­ner
style, both teams had success­ful
seasons.
"Pop" says, "Football got into
my blood after the first season,
and I never did go back to law
work. I have been in the game
for forty years and get a bigger
kick out of it today than I did
when I first started."—(ACP).
Auburn Professor
Recovers Radium
Between $2,000 and $3,000
worth of lost radium was recover­ed
from a city dump for a Selma
physician recently by A. St. C.
Dunstan, Auburn professor, with
the use of an electroscope he in­vented
several years ago.
Prof. Dunstan has previously
recovered valuable radium with
his invention and has won wide
attention.
In the report of his recent find
the professor said that he arrived
in Selma at 8:15 a.m. and was
able to hand over the lost radium
to the doctor at 5 p.m. During that
interval Prof. Dunstan had explor­ed
with his instrument the doctor's
office, trash cans back of the of­fice
building and an area at the
city dump about 30 by 50 feet.
While the operations of digging
up trash were in progress, a thun­derstorm
came up and work was
suspended about an hour. The
electroscope has the ability to in­dicate
the presence of radium and
its distance from the instrument.
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API Building
Program Safe
Auburn's building program is in
no more danger from effects
of the quarrel between the State
of Alabama and the Public Works
Administration. Gov. Frank M.
Dixon announced Wednesday that
an agreement had been reached
between the state government and
John Carmody, PWA administra­tor.
Carmody's terms were met by
the addition of amendments to
the Booth bill, passed a few weeks
ago by the legislature. The a-mendment
was sent from Wash­ington
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T. S. Lawson, and meets all objec­tions
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The Booth bill provided that be­fore
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THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Five
Dr. Duncan
Acts As Delegate
Dr. L. N. Duncan was among
300 delegates who attended the
World Congress on Education for
Democracy held at Columbia Uni­versity,
New York, the week of
August 13-20.
Prominent public men and edu­cators
from all over the world
were present. Among the speak­ers
were Stanley Baldwin, former
prime minister of Great Britain;
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor;
Edouard Herriott, president of the
French Chamber of Deputies;
Louis Dumas, general inspector,
Ministry of National Education,
France; and Gunnar Mydral, econ­omist
at the University of Stock­holm,
Sweden.
One of the keynotes of the ses­sion
was the emphasis on the fact
that American school teachers,
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Reporter Gives History Of Sears
Roebuck Scholarship Club
Croup is Young
But Active
By DAN W. HOLLIS
In October of 1937 Bill Eden
walked into the office of M. J.
Funchess, dean of the School of
Agriculture, and ventured, "Dean, -
I think that the boys who have
received Sears Roebuck Scholar­ships
at this school ought to or­ganize
a club—to get acquainted."
Dean Funchess gave an affirma­tive
nod and immediately sent a
letter to each boy receiving a
Sears Scholarship requesting his
presence at an important meeting
in Comer Hall.
And some few days later in the
office of the Dean of the School
of Agriculture a new agricultural
organization was formulated, des­tined
to gain an important place
on the Auburn campus.
Since October 1937 the Sears
Scholarship Club has come a long
way and has indeed carved a place
of its own on the campus of this
institution.
At the first meeting of the new­ly-
formed club a constitutional
committee was appointed and a
constitution and by-laws were
soon formulated for the organiza­tion.
Listed as the purposes of this
new organization were to promote
scholarship, to foster fellowship
and brotherhood, to be active in
extra-curricular activities, to pro­mote
parliamentary procedure, to
foster a social activities program,
and to be active in all agricultural
events on this campus and else­where.
The achievements of the club
have been many and far-reaching
in their aspect. Along with the
accomplishments of each indivi­dual
member, the group as a whole
has performed certain work.
Members soon became active in
the Ag Club and the FFA on Ag
Hill, and other organizations on
the campus. The club presented
an entire program at the Ag Club
the first year and was widely ac­claimed
for the most interesting
program of the year.
During the first year of or-not
armed forces, must lead the
fight against the propaganda war
of other types of government."
ganization, the individual accom­plishments
were greater than the
group activities. Various members
took an active part in such activi­ties
as the Ag Fair, the Ag Ban­quet
and Dance, the FFA Ban­quet
and Dance, the Ag Club de­bates,
and the Alabama Farmer,
agricultural magazine published
on the campus. At the close of
the year one could look back on
the work of this club, still in the
cradle, and say, "Well done."
During the first year with the
aid of Sears, Roebuck and Com­pany,
the club obtained a page in
the Glomerata, college annual of
API. This served to make the club
better known and to further es­tablish
the young organization as
one of the most progressive on
the campus.
Soon after the close of the first
year, it was announced that W.
G. "Bill" Eden, of Ashville, had
been selected as the outstanding
member of the club for that year
and that he would be awarded a
prize of $200 for his achieve­ments.
When the records of the regis­trar
were released at the end of
the year, it was revealed that five
members of the club had made an
average of 90 or above for the
session.
At the beginning of school in
the fall of 1938, the members of
the club set out to accomplish
even more than during the previ­ous
year. At the Ag Fair the club
presented an interesting exhibit
on the subject of Genetics. The
club was in charge of an entire
Ag Club program once during
each semester. Social gatherings
were held for members of the
club and their dates at various
time during the year.
At the Ag Banquet, held in
March of 1939, the loving cup pre­sented
annually to the "best all-round
junior in agriculture" was
awarded to Bill Eden, chief found­er
of the Sears Club.
This year several members of
the club will serve on the Alabama
Farmer staff. Bill Eden will serve
as advertising manager, W. T.
Kyser as assistant business man­ager,
J. G. Haupt as circulation
manager, M. T. Bryant on the
Board of Control, and Dan W.
Hollis as associate editor.
And so the third year of the or-
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Glenn. Don't hesitate to rent one of Bob's
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outstanding ROTC unit, and out­standing
guard on the football
field.
WRITTEN CONSENT
REQUIRED TO GO
TO MANHATTAN
Permission Must be
Presented to College
Officials by October IS
Students wishing to attend the
Auburn-Manhattan football game
and the World's Fair in New York
on October 21 must present a
written permission from their par­ents
not later than October 15.
Students will be excused from
classes from 2:00 p.m. on Wed­nesday,
October 18, to 9:00 p.m.
on Sunday night, October 22. Per­mission
for boys should be written
to Ralph Draughon, and for girls
to Dr. Rosa Lee Walston.
Permission to make the trip to
New York applies only to students
going and returning on the spec­ial
train.
ganization of the Sears Scholar-
Club begins. Greater goals are in
sight for this year, and as the
members of this club look back on
the accomplishments of the past
two years they can feel proud.
Prof. Cohen
Leaves; Prof.
Barkalow Back
A. C. Cohen, Jr., instructor in
the mathematics department, here
since 1934, is now enrolled at the
University of Michigan, where he
is doing graduate work toward
the degree of doctor of philoso­phy.
He attended there this summer,
having obtained a year's leave of
absence from Auburn to study.
Prof. Cohen graduated from
Alburn with the degree of Bach­elor
of Science in 1932 and was
awarded the Master of Science
degree in 1933.
Returning from the University
of Michigan this year is Fred S.
Barkalow, Jr., who has spent a
year of study there in wildlife
management. He was awarded the
degree of Master of Science in
Wildlife Management in June. He
has also completed a large part of
the requirements for his doctor of
philosophy degree.
Prof. Barkalow is a graduate of
Georgia Tech and has been an in­structor
in the department of zo-
Lambda Chi Alpha
Entertains
Lambda Chi Alpha entertained
rushes, pledges, members, and
alumni at their annual rushee-alumni
banquet Wednesday eve­ning
at the chapter house.
The house was lighted by
candles and decorations carried
out the purple, green, and gold
colors of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Prominent alumni presented in­cluded
Prof. Frank Orr, Prof.
Hixon, Br. B. F. Thomas, Prof.
J. H. Johnston, all of Auburn;
Lindley Hatfield, Opelika; and Dr.
G. W. Penton, Montgomery.
Ed Smith, former local mem­ber
who is now studying law at
the University of Virginia, presid­ed
over the meeting and introduc­ed
Dr. Penton as the main speaker
of the evening.
In conclusion the fraternity
song was conducted and the affair
ended. About 90 people were pres­ent
for the banquet.
ology and entomology here since
1936.
Names Of Housemothers For Coming
Year Released By Interfrat Council
Faculty Members
Build Homes
Auburn faculty members are
the owners of a great many of the
new homes now being erected or
just completed in the city.
Among those who have new
houses or houses still under con­struction
are Prof. B. F. Alvord
and Dan T. Jones in the Foster
Subdivision; Prof. John E. Pitts
in Gardner Subdivision; Coach
Buddy McCollum, Prof. R. E.
Wingard in the Wright Subdivis­ion;
Dr. R. E. Mundhenk on Bur­ton
Street; Coach Jack Meagher,
Cauthen Subdivision; Prof. J.
Herman Johnson, Genelda Avenue.
One of the most unusual of the
new Auburn homes is that of
Prof. Telfair B. Peet, who is
building a modernistic home in the
Edwards-Irvine Subdivision, which
is just off North College Street.
Epsilon; and Mrs. L. Y. Dean,
Theta Chi.
There are two new housemoth­ers:
Mrs. Williams, Kappa Sigma,
and Mrs. Hambrick, Phi Delta
Theta. Mrs. Hambrick replaces
Miss America Ball, who died at
her home in Georgia last July.
The Executive Council also an­nounced
that students would be
excused from classes for the fol­lowing
football games: Birming­ham-
Southern at Montgomery,
Mississippi State at Birmingham,
Georgia Tech at Atlanta, Villa-nova
at Birmingham and Georgia
at Columbus.
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The list of fraternity house­mothers
for this year has been re­leased
by Prof. J. M. Robinson,
faculty adviser to the Interfrater-nity
Council, as follows:
Miss Maude Gholston, Alpha
Gamma Rho; Mrs. Rebecca D.
Henry, Alpha Tau Omega; Mrs.
Ann M. Stover, Delta Sigma Phi;
Mrs. M. M. McClendon, Kappa Al­pha;
Mrs. Helen D. Williams, Kap­pa
Sigma; Mrs. Lessie M. Gewin,
Lambda Chi Alpha; Mrs. P. M.
Hambrick, Phi Delta Theta; Mrs.
W. F. Tyler, Pi Kappa Alpha; Mrs.
Stella Foy Williams, Pi Kappa Phi;
Mrs. Ruby Hart, Sigma Alpha Ep­silon;
Mrs. Lena B. Ziglar, Sigma
Chi; Mrs. J. O. Reid, Sigma Nu;
Mrs. Elizabeth V. Cox, Sigma Phi
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Page Six T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN • September 15, 1939
DEBATE DIRECTOR
SAYS PROSPECTS
ARE GOOD
By PROF. E. D. HESS,
Auburn Debate Director
There has never been more in­terest
manifested in debate than
that which prevails on the camp­us
at the present. With a new
debate organization in prospect
and a versatile program planned,
this year promises to be the best
we have ever had.
The intramural and freshman
debate programs have been well
planned by the student commit­tees,
and with the cooperation of
the freshmen and varsity debaters,
these tournaments will certainly
be successful.
The Debate Council has plan­ned
to put before the various fra­ternities
a plan for interfrater-
• nity debating. This plan promises
to create interest among groups
where little interest has been
shown before.
The intercollegiate committee
headed by Harold Sutton is plan­ning
an extensive program with
debate teams with various schools
throughout the country. We hope
to have a formal debate with some
outstanding Eastern school such
as Dartmouth and some outstand­ing
Southern team such as Baylor
University or the University of
Florida.
The campus debate committee
is headed by Knox Millsaps and
the plans formulated already un­der
his leadership assure a suc­cessful
and well-rounded program
of debate on the campus.
Richard Bjurberg has charge of
the publicity and his program for
the year has been well worked
out. He promises to inform the
students of debate activities.
Martin Wender is student head
of the Debate Council and his en­thusiasm
has already been shown.
William Boggs is head of Tau
Kappa Alpha, national honorary
forensic fraternity. This frater­nity
selects students who have
shown outstanding ability in de­bate
and in public speaking; and
sponsors both varsity and fresh­man
debate tournaments.
This year the Debate Council
is making a special effort to in­terest
girls in debate. More than
half of the teams we debated last
year were teams from girls'
schools. Since this was true, there
is a great incentive for girls' de­bate
teams on this campus. I hope
the girls will respond to the invi­tation
of the Debate Council to
participate in debate this year.
Intramural Sports Rules
Continued from page 4
(1) All protests, except those regarding eligibility,
must be made in writing to the Department within twenty-four
hours after the contest in question.
(2) Protests other than those concerning eligibility
must be made on the field of play. Protests made on the
field of play and overruled by the field supervisor may be
appealed to the Intramural Director. At the time of such
action both teams are to be notified that the game is being
played under protest and may be appealed.
(3) Games in which a protest is sustained shall be re­played
from the beginning of the nearest preceding divis­ion
of the game. For example: In basketball from the be­ginning
of the quarter in which the protest occurred, etc.
V. Postponements
A scheduled contest may be postponed only by agree­ment
of both team managers. The Intramural Department
should be notified not later than 12 hours previous to the
scheduled time. The responsibility for scheduling such post­poned
games shall rest upon the teams involved and not
upon the Intramural Department. In general, a postponed
contest should not be scheduled later than one week after
the original date.
VI. Rules of Games
Specific rules, which take precedence, are given out at
the time of entrance in each sport.
VII. Awards
(1) Each fraternity belonging to the inter-fraternity
council will receive the award provided by its respective
council for winning a championship.
(2) Each member of the Independent team receives an
intramural award, depending upon the importance and size
of the tournament. Note: The number of awards is limited
to one more than the number on the regular team in that
sport.
(3) Each winner and runner-up in an all-campus singles
or doubles tournament shall be awarded the official intra­mural
award.
Notices
Continued from page 1
expect to turn out for polo this
year are requested to see Capt.
Jacoby at the stables on Monday
at 4:30 p.m. with reference to
the fall polo practice.
ASME will hold a smoker Mon­day
night at 7:00 o'clock in Ram­say
109. All members and fresh­men
in mechanical and aeronau­tical
engineering are invited to at­tend.
All members of the editorial and
WAX WORKS
Down to another year of jab­ber
about the latest recording
jobs completed by the nation's
outstanding disc artists. With the
rise of many young bands during
the past summer, it looks as though
the variety of selections will be
good.
* * *
Bob Crosby and his much im­proved
dixie-land band have just
finished a Decca production billed
as "You and Your Love" and the
reverse plate "Over the Rainbow."
Both of these tunes are well done
and exhibit some very interesting
arrangements. Bob is featured via
the vocal cords.
* * »
"Still the Bluebird Sings" and
"An Apple For the Teacher" are
the two latest Bing Crosby tunes.
Decca made this disc coupling
Bing and the John Scott Trotter
musical outfit. Bing gives the us-business
staffs of the Glomerata
meet at the Glomerata office to­morrow
afternoon at 1:30.
The Debate Council will meet
Monday night at 7:30 in the "L"
Building.
AIEE will hold a smoker Mon­day
night. For further details see
story on inside page.
The Engineering Library in
Ramsay Hall is now open four
nights weekly from 7:00 to 9:00
o'clock, Monday night through
Thursday night.
The Writers' Club will meet
Monday night at 7:30 in Room 314
Samford Hall. All students inter­ested
in writing are invited to at­tend.
ual fine bit of vocalizing. The lat­ter
of these two tunes is very
good.
* * *
For a little solid sending by
way of a couple of novelty tunes,
Jimmy Dorsey gives us "Shoot the
Meat Balls To Me Dominick!
Boy!" We don't think this is the
best work that Dorsey is capable
of; however, "The Jumpin' Jive"
on the reverse of the plate is un­usually
well done. Has some of
that typical Jimmy Dorsey punch.
* * *
For the sweet tune lover and
certainly a good tune for all to
lend an ear to is the "Medley of
Gus Edwards Song Hits" given
the special attention of Bing Cros­by
and the Music Maids, a very
well drilled bit of female vocal
background. "In My Merry Olds-mobile"
is a questionable tune,
but has a nice lift . . . it didn't
knock us out. The record as a
whole is well worth attention.
Geste Brothers
Return To Tiger
This Weekend
An incomparably fine cast head­ed
by a starring trio consisting
of Gary Cooper, Ray Miland and
Robert Preston, combined with an
heroic, rousing, action-filled story
of three gallant brothers who find
adventure in the French Foreign
Legion, mark Paramount's bril­liant
new version of "Beau Gest"
as one of the most thrilling ad­venture
dramas to hit the screen
in years. The picture will be
shown on the Owl Prevue Satur­d
a y and regular shows Sunday
and Monday at the Tiger Theatre.
The gallant brothers "Gest" are
played with gusto by Cooper, Mil-land
and Preston. Cooper brings
the "strong-silent-man" technique
for which he is famous to bear on
the role of "Beau", oldest of the
trio. Milland and Preston are su­perbly
cast as his younger broth­ers,
"John" and "Digby." The sup­porting
cast — chosen with rare
judgment by Producer - Director
William A. Wellman — is headed
by Brian Donlevy, who scores with
a consummate portrait of the sav­age,
half-mad serglant, "Mark-off";
Susan Hayward, hitting just
the proper note of romance in her
scenes with Milland, J. Carrol
Naish, as "Rasinoff," Donald O'-
Baptist Students
Give Reception
Friday night, September 8, ap­proximately
250 Auburn students
attended the reception given at
the Auburn Baptist Church by the
Baptist Student Union honoring
freshmen and new students. The
theme of the social was "The Col­legiate
Pow-Wow." Following the
B.S.U. Grand March, a number of
unusual games were enjoyed by
those present under the direction
of Hank Parker.
The climax of the program of
the evening came in the last fea­ture
of the program called "The
Friendship Circle." Davis Woolley,
Baptist Student Secretary, intro­duced
the leaders of the Baptist
Training Union and led the group
in a Friendship Circle typical of
the meetings held each Sunday
night by the students after the
preaching service.
Connor as young "Beau" are all
superb.
"Beaut Geste"—which is based
on the novel by P. C. Wren—tells
how the Geste brothers join the
French Foreign Legion in order
that no single one of them shall
be accused of the theft of a valu­able
sapphire, the "Blue Water"
—from their guardian. Two of the.
brothers, Beau and John, are
chosen for duty at Fort Zinder-neuf."
When Markoff attains command
at Zinderneuf, drives the men to
mutiny with his savage treatment,
Beau and John remain loyal to
their soldier's oath. Markoff or­ders
them to shoot the leaders of
the mutiny. They refuse. Markoff
is about to shoot them down when
a wild desert tribe, the "Toua-regs,"
attack the Fort. Markoff, a
madman in action, props slain
legionnaires in the fort's em­brasures
so that the Touaregs will
think the fort well-manned. When
Beau is mortally wounded, Mark-off
tries to obtain the jewel; but
John and Beau overcome him,
John ramming a bayonet through
his chest. Before he dies, Beau
gives John two letters — one to
place in Markoff's hand, one to
convey to their guardian.
Intersectional games in success­ion
with Boston College and Vil-lanova
appear on Auburn's 1939
football card. The Tigers, who
meet Manhattan in New York City
on October 21 in their other in­tersectional
combat of the season,
clash with Boston College in Bos­ton
on November 4 and Villanova
in Birmingham on Armistice Day.
Holliday-Whatley
Wedding is Announced
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Holladay
have announced the marriage of
their daughter Edna Lucille to
James Columbus Whatley of Au­burn,
the marriage having taken
place in Auburn on Sunday after­noon
September 4. .
Dr. James R. Edwards perform­ed
the ceremony in the presence
of a few members of the immed­iate
family.
Mrs. Whatley whose home was
in Alco is a graduate of Miller
High School, Brewton.
Mr. Whatley is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. P. Whatley of Auburn
and attended API.
The couple will make their
home in Auburn.
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