1939-12-08 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXIII Z-I ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, DECEMBER 8, 1939 No. 27
Christmas Clothes
Drive Beginning
This Week-End
Box t o be Placed in
Student Center; Some
Collections t o be Made
ODK's clothing drive, given
each year in cooperation with the
city's Community Chest cam­paign,
will begin this week-end
and continue through next week,
Rollins Aldridge, chairman of the
drive committee announced this
morning.
The drive has as its purpose the
collection from students of as
many second-hand clothes as pos­sible,
and they are turned over
to the Community Chest for re­lief
and charitable purposes.
Representatives of the drive
will visit each fraternity house
and collect the clothes, and a box
is being placed in the Student
Center where students who are
not visited can bring their contri­butions.
Last year's drive netted a huge
collection of clothes, most of them
of good quality, and members of
the Chest drive group have stated
that the clothes were all put to
good use during the past year.
Monetary contributions are not
solicited by ODK nor is great pres­sure
put on the student body to
contribute.
Aldridge said today in an­nouncing
the drive: "This is a
voluntary campaign and we're
putting no pressure on anyone.
But if all of you will dig down
in the closet and find those old
clothes and shoes which you are
no longer using, we will collect
them, and they will be put to good
and beneficial use."
Cast Of Operetta
Will Be Selected
Glee Club and Players
To Present Production
Tryouts for the operetta, "The
Chimes of Normandy," will be
held from 5:00 to 6:00 o'clock,
Wednesday afternoon, December
13, in the glee club room, accord­ing
to Lawrence Barnett, musical
director for the production.
Mr. Barnett states that he is
especially anxious" for people not
already in the boys' and girls'
glee clubs .to try out, as these two
organizations are desirous of ob­taining
new members. Anyone
wishing to obtain a copy of the
book for "The Chimes of Nor­mandy"
to study prior to the try-outs
should contact Mr. Barnett
by calling him at his home or
ringing 7 90-J.
"The Chimes of Normandy"
will be given in March. It is being
sponsored jointly by the boys'
glee club, the girls' glee club, and
the Auburn Players. Building of
scenery for the production will
begin very soon, and practice will
be in progress immediately fol­lowing
the Christmas Holidays.
All Freshmen to Race Holidays
For Cakes Wednesday
Grueling Race Scheduled to Begin at
3:00; Awards to be Made Wednesday Night
At the sound of the starter's gun next Wednesday af­ternoon,
900 Auburn freshmen will swarm across the rat
football field jockeying for positions in the annual 2.7 mile
ODK Cake Race.
The goal for the winner will be a huge cake, a fresh­man
numeral sweater, a kiss from "Miss Auburn" of 1940,
and a place in Auburn's hall of fame along with Tom Turn­er,
Jim Swanner, Herbert Drake, "Rat" Russell, and other
winners of the annual freshman *~
Christmas holidays have
been extended through New
Year's Day, January 1, the
president's office announced
Tuesday afternoon.
The decision to make the
extension was made Tuesday
morning at a meeting of the
Executive Council.
Classes will be resumed at
8:00 o'clock on the morning
of Tuesday, January 2.
There is to be an important
meeting of all non-sorority girls
tomorow afternoon at 3 o'clock in
Langdon Hall.
classic. For the remainder of the
first 25 finishers there will be
smaller cakes.
Omicron Delta Kappa will pre­sent
a beautiful trophy to the fra­ternity
having the first four
pledges to cross the finish line,
and fraternity interest in the race
has been steadily mounting since
its arrival. The trophy is now on
display in the window of Burton's
Book Store.
According to Billy Smith, chair­man
of the Cake Race Committee,
all plans for the event are com­plete.
The race is scheduled to
begin promptly at 3:00 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, and ar­rangements
are being made to
have all freshmen excused from
classes at 2:00 to prepare for the
competition. All frosh running
will form on the rat field at 2:30
in regular EOTC formation, and
the roll will be called in each bat­tery
and company. Guidons will
be placed for each organization.
Immediately after roll call, each
man will be given a tag on which
he is to print his name and fra­ternity
(if any) cl'early and at­tach
it to the right side of his
shirt. Freshmen must also be sure
they are stamped by an ODK
member.
When the starting gun is fired,
the freshmen will break across the
rat field, preceded by a pilot car.
After leaving the field, the run­ners
will proceed up Thach to Col­lege,
north on College through
town to Glenn, east on Glenn to
Ross, south on Ross to East Mag­nolia,
west on Magnolia to Gay
Street, south on Gay to Samford,
west on Samford to College, up
College to Ag Botton, through Ag
Bottom, across Mell Street, and
finally down the drill field road
to the finish line to Drake Field.
Freshmen must adhere strictly to
the course, and marshals will be
posted at strategic points to see
that this rule is enforced. Run­ners
who cut corners or other­wise
infringe on the regulations
will be disqualified.
Coach Wilbur Hutsell has ad­vised
all runners to bring sweat
clothes of some kind to put on
immediately after crossing the fin­ish
line. Ill effects from cooling
off too fast may be avoided by
moving on to the gym immediate­ly
after the race, without stretch­ing
out on the ground to rest.
Marshals for the course will be
members of Spiked Shoe and the
track squad. "A" Club men will
be present at the finish line to
keep the runners moving along.
Coach Hutsell and Assistant Track
Coach Jeff Beard will act as
timers.
Continued on page 6
Band Leaving For
Knoxville Tonight
Funds Raised Through
Miscellany, Petitions
Through the cooperation of Au­burn
students, faculty members,
and townspeople the Auburn Band
will be in the stands at Knoxville
tomorrow and the Auburn cheer­leaders
will be cavorting on the
field when the Tigers clash with
the Tennessee Volunteers in API's
last regularly scheduled game of
the season.
ODK raised part of the more
than $400 necessary for the trip by
a repeat performance Wednesday
of its Musical Miscellany, which
was given Tuesday night, and the
remainder of the funds needed
were raised through petitions cir­culated
by ODK and Squire mem­bers
and signed by students who
were willing to contribute 50 cents
each from their contingent de­posits.
Several band members will be
unable to make the trip, among
them those who belong to the Au­burn
Plainsmen and Auburn
Knights orchestras, but around 70
members will go.
The band will leave Auburn to­night
at 10:00 o'clock on special
busses and will arrive in Knoxville
sometime tomorrow morning. They
will parade in Knoxville before the
game, and again between the
halves at the game, leaving for
Auburn late Saturday afternoon.
GLEE CLUB SINGS
IN WEST POINT
Presents Program for
Community Chest of City
The Auburn Glee Club under di­rection
of Lawrence Barnett ap­peared
in concert last night at
West Point, Ga. The program was
sponsored by the Junior Civic
League of that city, and the pro­ceeds
went to the West Point Com­munity
Chest Fund for Christmas.
Numbers given by the Glee Club
as a group included "Lo How a
Rose E'er Blooming" by Praeto-rius;
"My Heart Is a Silent Violin"
by Fox-Andrews; "Shepherd, See
Thy Horse's Foaming Mane" by
Oley Speaks; three Negro spirit­uals,
"All God's Chillun Got
Wings," "Go Down Moses," and
"De Animals A-comin'"; six
Christmas Carols, "O Come All Ye
Faithful," "Angels We Have Heard
on High," "O Little Town of Beth­lehem,"
"The First Noel," "Deck
the Hall," and "Silent Night";
"On Great Lone Hills" (Finlandia)
by Sibelius; "Ho, Jolly Jenkin" by
Sullivan-Andrews; "The Peasant
and His Oxen" by Smith-Aschen-brenner;
and "Alma Mater" by
Wood.
John Druary, baritone, sang "To
the Evening Star" from the opera
"Tannhauser," by Wagner, "Cap­tain
Stratton's Fancy" by Deems
Taylor, Schubert's "Serenade," and
"Three for Jack" by Spire. John
I. Warner, bass, gave "A Song of
Steel" by Spross. Paul Rudolph,
pianist, appeared in a solo piano
performance of Liszt's "Hungarian
Rhapsody Number 12".
Auburn To Celebrate Citizenship Day
Next Thursday With Special Program
Name of Speaker to
Be Announced Later
New-made voters among Au­burn
students will be honored on
Citizenship Day, Dec. 14, at a
special program sponsored by the
Open Forum Club and Alpha Phi
Omega and held in the auditorium
at Graves Center.
Mayor C. S. Yarbrough has of­ficially
designated Dec. 14 as Citi­zenship
Day in Auburn, and the
town will be decorated with pa­triotic
emblems. Civic and patri­otic
organizations of the town
will cooperate with the student
groups in the activities of the day.
All students will be excused
from classes for the special morn­ing
exercises, which will begin at
11 o'clock. Citizenship Day is also
Alabama Day, and the auditorium
at Graves Center will be draped
in the red and white colors of
Alabama. The new voters are to
be placed in a section of honor.
Pamphlets describing the sig­nificance
of Citizenship Day will
be distributed at the door, and
there is to be a well-known speak­er,
whose identity has not yet been
given out.
All students 21 years of age
will receive letters before Citizen­ship
Day giving full particulars
on the event.
Sponsors of the day are plan­ning
to bring in high school stu­dents
and other young persons
from other parts of the country,
if possible.
Similar programs are being
sponsored all over the state on
the same day by the Parent-
Teacher Association.
API TENSE OVER
GAME WITH VOLS
Staff Photo by Lewis Arnold.
In the line, from right end to left end: "Babe" McGehee, Bill Nichols, Walter Chandler, Getty Fairchild, Ernest Mills, Chester Bulger,
Teedy Faulk. In the backfield, Bud Wendling, Rufus Deal, Buddy McMahan, Paul Ellis.
And those rolled-up sleeves aren't for ornament.
Students To Sing
Christmas Carols
Wednesday Night
Blue Key, Cardinal Key
And Dance Club Combine
In Presenting Program
Next Wednesday night, Decem­ber
13, Blue Key, Cardinal Key,
and the Dance Club will present
a program of Christmas carol sing­ing
and dancing. The program will
be given in Graves Center audito­rium
and will begin at 8:00 p.m.
Group singing of Christmas car­ols
will open the program, led by
a choir under the direction of Prof.
Lawrence Barnett. Mrs. W. H.
Askew will play the organ for the
occasion.
The Dance Club under the di­rection
of Mrs. Louise Forte will
dance several numbers. The fea­ture
will be a progressive dance
called, "The Twelve Days of
Christmas", a traditional English
carol. Other numbers featuring
the Dance Club will be, "Here We
Come A-Wassailing" and "Bring
A Torch Jeannette, Isabelle", two
unusual type of carols, and "Joy
To the World".
The group singing will feature
such favorite Christmas carols as
"Silent Night", "Little Town of
Bethlehem", "Hark the Herald An­gels
Sing", and others.
Blue Key members will serve as
ushers for the Christmas program.
The public and especially the stu­dent
body have been invited to at­tend.
There will be no admission
charge.
R. M. PRATHER
WINS THE SWIFT
ESSAY CONTEST
Winner in this year's Swift and
Company Essay Contest is Robert
M. Prather, senior in agricultural
science from Autaugaville. He left
Wednesday for Chicago on an all-expenses-
paid trip as prize for
winning first place in the contest.
While in Chicago he will be the
guest of Swift and Company and
will attend the International Live­stock
Exposition, the largest live­stock
show in the world. Sightsee­ing
and educational tours will be
included in the week of events at
Chicago. There he will meet essay
winners from other agricultural
colleges throughout the nation.
The subject of the contest was
"Producing and Handling Live­stock
Products". Many students
in the School of Agriculture com­peted
in the contest.
Winner of the contest in 1938
was Charles Grisham and the win­ner
in 1937 was Don Kyle.
Students Thanked
For Homecoming Day
In an expression of appreciation
of the leading part which students
took in—Homecoming Day activi­ties,
Homer Wright, postmaster
and leading alumnus, said this
week:
"We alumni feel that the stu­dents
did a lot more than we did
toward making Auburn's greatest
day a success. It's impossible to
tell all of you how much we appre­ciate
it.
"The fraternities, the organiza­tions,
the ROTC cadets, and all the
others did a fine job, and every Au­burn
man appreciates it.
Auburn Can Hear
Radio Toast Tuesday
Auburn will be honored with a
salute on Tuesday night by Johnny
over the Phillip Morris radio pro­gram,
the local Phillip Morris
salesman said yesterday.
The program can be heard over
WSB in Atlanta or any of the
other NBC Red Network stations.
Team Given Biggest
Send-Off in Years
Spirit Reaches New Heights as Campus
Hopes for Upset Win Over Tennessee
The Auburn campus is holding its breath till tomorrow
afternoon at 2:00 o'clock when the Tigers meet the "un­beatable"
Volunteers of Tennessee on Shields-Watkins
Field in Knoxville.
At this, the last game of the season, student support
has swung solidly behind the team, and virtually every stu­dent
and alumnus who is not in Knoxville will be hanging
over his radio tomorrow to hear the results.
" - ^ T — - ^ ~ ~ ~ " The Plainsmen are accorded
Engineer Seminar
To Hear Stakelum
Prominent Industrialist
Making Address Monday
The guest speaker at the En­gineering
Seminar to be held Mon­day
night, at Graves Center, will
be R. J. Stakelum, assistant gen­eral
manager of sales for the Ten­nessee
Coal and Iron Company.
Mr. Stakelum is a well-qualified
and interesting speaker. His en­tire
working life has been spent
in sales work, first with the
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company,
and then in his present position
at TCI in which he manages the
sales activities of both companies.
His talk will cover experience
and observations in sales work, a
subject of great interest to all
engineering students.
Mr. Stakelum will be the guest
of Dr. L. N. Duncan during his
visit to Auburn.
The subject of the Engineer's
Day and Engineer's Ball will also
be brought up. On the day there
will be various activities such as
athletic contests and exhibits, and
the activities of the day will end
with the Engineer's Ball. This
plan is an attempt to revive a day
which in the past was considered
the biggest event of the year, and
the success of the plan this year
will determine whether or not it
will continue in future years.
In order to finance such an un­dertaking,^
becomes necessary to
ask for contributions from the en­gineering
students. At the bottom
of the note-sheet furnished at the
seminar, each student will be ask­ed
to signify his willingness to
sign over $.50 from his conting­ent
deposit by signing his name.
This will not obligate the student
in any way, but must be done
simply to determine the consensus
of opinion regarding this matter.
only an outside chance of downing
the Vols, but this is the game for
which they have been pointing
all season, and they will be hard
to handle when they take the
field. And they have behind them
the fervent pleas of an entire stu­dent
body, praying for them to
"get hot" just one more time this
year as they did against Villa-nova
and for one half against
Georgia Tech.
The'Traveling Tigers left town
last night on the 7:55 train af­ter
receiving one of the largest
send-offs in the history ^of Au­burn.
Auburn was there last night
almost 100 per cent at the little
railroad station.
More than a mere football game
hangs on the Tigers' performance
tomorrow, for the Vols have turn­ed
down an $85,000 offer to play
in the Cotton Bowl, hoping to
down Auburn and receive the
coveted Rose Bowl bid, which
means around $125,000.
Unconfirmable was a campus
rumor than CBS would broadcast
the game with Ted Husing hand­ling
the microphone, but it is cer- .
tain that it will be broadcast by
some stations.
Approximately 70 members of
the Auburn Band are making the
trip to the game, expecting to ar­rive
there about 8:00 o'clock to­morrow
morning. An Auburn pa­rade
is scheduled for 10:00 o'clock
tomorrow morning, but the scene
has not been announced yet.
The team will arrive back in
Auburn on Sunday morning on the
11:40 train.
There will be an important
meeting of all non-sorority girls
at 3:00 o'clock tomorrow after­noon
in Langdon Hall.
Glee Clubbers to
Carol Tuesday
The Auburn Glee Club will sere­nade
Auburn and Opelika Tuesday
night with Christmas carols, Paul
Rudolph, accompanist for the Club
said this morning. The group will
ride on a truck and sing without
dismounting.
Rudolph anounced that any con­tributions
received by the Club in
appreciation of its caroling would
be turned over to the Community
Chest.
Staff Photo by Lewis Arnold.
Chris Clifton, "Mist Auburn" for 1940, it handed a bouquet by
Charles Kelley, editor of the Glomerata, after being introduced at
the Musical Miscellany Tuesday night.
From left to right, Kelley, Hank Parker,, business manager of
the Glomerata, Miss Clifton, and Winfrey Boyd, president of ODK and
master of ceremonies.
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Labor's Not Always Right
THE EMPLOYER — a great big
brutal man with a top hat, a
cigar in his mouth, and a club in
his hand. The employee—a clean,
overalled, typical American with
his knotted fists for weapons.
That's the picture which has been
painted in more than one publica­tion
and in the minds of much of
America.
True a picture as that may be
in some cases, we would all be
naively gullible if we accepted it
as characteristic of all capital-labor
relations.
Before labor found a weapon
with which to fight it was hand­ed
a raw deal on innumerable
occasions. But the fact that it has
been mistreated and probably
still is in many cases, gives labor
no right to prostitute the weap­on
of collective bargaining which
it has found.
It is not only false but short­sighted
as well to encourage ev­ery
laborer to view the man for
whom he works as an uncivilized
savage, draining his workers to
the dregs of their life blood and
tossing them aside to be replaced
by more virile life. Not every
employer works his men under
sweatshop conditions and pays
them robbery wages.
There has been in virtually all
capital-labor controversies ardent
discussion of the rights of the
laborer and the obligations of the
employee, but very little is said
about the rights of the employer
and the obligations of the em­ployee.
While every worker has the
right of fair wages, and decent
hours and working conditions, he
has the obligation of doing his
job well and faithfully, and his
employer certainly has the right
to discharge him for failure to
do so without having to answer
to a labor union for it. As for
discharging an employee for
union activities, that is an entire­ly
different matter.
This is no quarrel with union­ism
nor a diatribe against labor.
The laboring man deserves a
great deal more than he has been
getting and unionism is his best
means of obtaining it. But the
fact that he has power gives him
no reason for abusing it. And it
has been done.
From Father To Son
A FEW DAYS ago we received
word from a college official
that he had a letter which he
would like us to print. Having
had experience with the usual
type of thing which follows the
statement, "I'd like for you to
print this," we accepted it a little
cynically.
But we read it and that was
all that was necessary. It is a let­ter
to an Auburn student from
his father.
My dear Son:
This letter will feach you just
about the close of the first se­mester
of your college experi­ence,
for that marks the thres­hold
of your manhood.
I am more proud of you than
is possible for me to convey;
proud of your splendid record to
date, proud that by your own ac­complishments
you are able to
enroll in the college of your
choice.
I wish every father might have
the feeling of confidence in his
son that I hold for you at this
minute. There are a number- of
things which I wish to write at
this time; however, I do not do
this "with any thought of admon­ishing
you, but rather as a coun­selor
of older and more mature
judgment.
Respect and revere those fine
men and women who compose
the faculty. Extend to them the
same splendid co-operation you
have given the teachers in High
School. Learn to distinguish be­tween
the fundamentals of their
subjects and the teachers' per­sonal
opinions about them. Col­lege
experience should develop
your analytical ability. There­fore,
accept and reject, but avoid
becoming opinionated and argu­mentative.
Above all things do
not develop the attitude that col­lege
training marks the end of
learning.
Be democratic. Avoid snobs
—rich or poor ones—and do not
be snobbish yourself. The classi­fication
of a man is not his pos­sessions
or lack of them, but his
character. LEADERSHIP is nev­er
possible truly to a man who
has no sympathetic understand­ing
of his fellows. Be generous
but not foolish. Do not be a prude
or a prig.
Avoid excesses in all things.
Enter freely into the social life
that is offered you, but prove
your mental strength by refusing
any temptation of overindulg­ence.
As you are well aware, I
leave to your own judgment
whether you use tobacco or
liquor. I would prefer in any e-vent
that you indulge in neither
during your formative years.
Your own natural friendliness
will bring you the right compan­ionship.
Treat every woman with
utmost respect and courtesy —
that is the hallmark of a gentle­man.
Accord to each woman the
same respect you would ask for
your own sister. I have great love
for you and a great hope in you.
May all that we do—you and I
—tend to strengthen the tie that
binds us together.
Lovingly,
Your Father.
On To Tennessee
THE AUBURN CAMPUS is not
the only scene of enthusiasm
and high hopes of downing Ten­nessee
tomorrow. Handed to John
Ivey, Jr., president of the stu­dent
body, a couple of days ago
were two telegrams.
They read:
"Auburn Student Body
Care S. L. Toomer, Auburn, Ala.
Though we are not Auburn
men we join entire state in wish­ing
you victory Saturday.
D. M. Gordon and
J. C. Blakey
"Auburn Student Body
Care S. L. Toomer, Auburn, Ala.
Nothing is impossible to Au­burn
when student body, alumni,
team, and -the thousands of Au­burn
friends everywhere, 'one of
whom I am which', pull together
with the will for victory. Let this
faith and spirit animate us all as
we move to battle Saturday. You
can win, you must win, you will
win, and add another glorious
day to Auburn's long history of
great football.
R. H. Mangum"
With that kind of spirit behind
you, you can't lose. Go get Ten­nessee.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN
Soviet Attack Finland to Show Balkans
They Can't Bluff Stalin; Sweden'*
Fear of German Invasion Keeps Na­tion
From Aiding Finns; Russian,
Other Foreign Agents Inspect Plants
Making U.S. Warplanes; Allied Ob­servers
Expect Soviet to Plunge A-cross
Scandinavia to Sea
WASHINGTON — Best diplomatic in­formation
from Moscow indicates that
the sudden attack on Finland was mo­tivated
primarily by the situation in the
Balkans—especially Roumania.
Secretly Roumania is a more impor­tant
Russian objective than Finland
And while Finland is a long way off,
and ostensibly there is little connection
between them, actually the manner in
which Finland had stalled off Moscow
was causing loss of prestige in the Bal­kans.
In other words, Roumania was
wondering whether Russia really meant
business, and whether she in turn, could­n't
out-maneuver Stalin just as Finland
seemed to be doing.
This loss of prestige was what finally
induced Stalin to act, according to in­telligence
reports coming out of Moscow.
Apparently, he figured that it was bet­ter
to make such a vigorous example of
Finland that Roumania and other Bal­kan
objectives would yield without war.
One group in the Soviet inner circle
wanted to wait until Communist agita­tion
inside Finland was so active that
the country could be shaken into the
Russian lap like a ripe plum, without
a struggle. This policy was being pur­sued.
But Stalin got impatient and de­cided
that the Balkan program would
have to be speeded up.
Finnish Notes
Reason the Swedes, despite neighborly
distress, don't do something to help Fin­land,
is fear of Germany. Hitler long
has had his eyes on Sweden's famous
iron mines, and would like nothing better
than an excuse to move in on them.
The British, as usual, were wrong
about Russia. Up until the last minute
they were convinced Stalin would not
move in on Finland. Our State Depart­ment,
relying upon British information,
thought so too.
While Roosevelt was invoking a moral
embargo against shipment of aircraft to
Russia, there were between 75 and 100
Russian-employed agents and inspectors
in American factories which produce
aircraft and defense equipment for the
US Army and Navy. Some are Rus­sians,,
some are US citizens working for
Russia. All are under the direct control
of Amtorg, the Soviet purchasing agency
in New York.
The two companies which have the
largest Russian orders at present are
Radio. Corporation of America, which is
making radio sets for Russian ships and
planes; and Wright Aeronautical Cor­poration,
which is making planes for the
Soviets. Amtorg agents are admitted
daily to these plants, to inspect progress
of the work on Soviet orders.
War and Navy Departments are un­easy
about this practice, and would pre­fer
to exclude all foreigners from plants
producing equipment for US forces. But
government policy thus far has made
no discrimination between foreigners; a
Russian or Japanese or -German who
applies through the State Department
for a permit to visit or inspect a plant
is given the same courtesy as a Briton
or a Brazilian.
Probability is that the question will
come up in Congress at the next session,
and an exclusion policy may be enacted
into law.
Meanwhile the Navy Department keeps
a running report on all foreign visitors,
to show whom they represent, what
. plants they visit and what they see from
day to day.
Russian Objective
If you take out your map of the
Scandinavian countries, you can under­stand
why Russia is attacking Finland
in two different regions—at the extreme
north near the Arctic Ocean, and at the
extreme south, the most prosperous and
populated part of Finland.
The southern attack is to crush the ,
nerve center of Finnish resistance, cap­ture
Helsinki, and end further fighting.
However, the northern attack may be
more significant.
It is expected by Allied strategists
that Russia will march straight across
the northern tip of Finland, then on
across northern Norway and Sweden to
the Atlantic. This area, sparcely pop­ulated,
should be easier to conquer than
the south.
These three countries—Finland, Swe­den
and Norway—are bunched together
in the north like three fingers joining a
hand. Geographically the regions are a
unit. Economically they are extremely
wealthy. Northern Finland contains the
mines of the International Nickel Com­pany,
i Northern Sweden contains the
famous Swedish iron mines, perhaps the
finest in the world. And northern Nor­way
is the area of her best fisheries.
But perhaps more important than all
these in the eyes of Russia is direct ac­cess
to the Atlantic. This, it must al­ways
be remembered, is the key to Rus­sian
policy, whether under Stalin or the
Czar—access to the open sea.
Question: What will Hitler do if Rus­sia
cuts across Scandinavia, practically
encircling Germany?
Finnish Notes
If US military observers are right,
Russia will have a tough time taking
all of Finland, though it will be easy
to take some of it . . . . Stalin chose
a bad time of year for his attack, where­as
Hitler pounced on Poland during
ideal fall weather Hitler care­fully
had built five wide concrete high­ways
to the Polish border, could attack
from five different directions. The Rus­sians
can attack from only two, both full
of hazards . . . . No modern armed
force except the US Marines has suc­cessfully
landed on foreign shores under
heavy fire, and our experts doubt if the
Russians can land along the southern
shore of Finland around Helsinki . . . .
The British tried to land at Gallipoli
during the World War, and that dis­aster
is historic. . . . Prince Mike Canta-cuzene,
now farming in Florida, served
as a shave-tail in the Czar's army under
Baron Mannerheim, present head of the
Finnish army, He thinks the cold-eyed,
high-born Mannerheim will give a good
account of himself against Joe Stalin of
Tiflis.
The Plainsman Forum
Letters to the Editor
Plains Talk
By Herbert Martin
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this
column are those of the writer and are not to
be construed as the editorial policies of this
paper.
THERE'S NO doubt in my mind as to
the score of the Tennessee game. Based
on comparative records of the teams as
well as personal opinion and spirit of
the teams, the pick is, as usual, 53 to 6.
I'm just a bit doubtful as to which team
will score the 53 points, however.
If anything counts which we are bet­ting
so heavily on, Auburn should give
the Vols an interesting afternoon. For
that reason, the choice goes to Auburn,
but if I had any common sense at all,
the selection would be a different story.
* * *
ODK should come in for a large share
of praise for valiant efforts in attempt­ing
to provide a way for the band to
make the trip. Maybe a little help on the
sidelines would furnish the edge needed
to top the favored mountaineers.
* * *
The true story of our sports editor's
mishap has come to light at last. It seems
that he had a little altercation with a
grammar school kid about who cheated
who at marbles, and the grammar lad
lost his temper when Boots pulled a
knife. An eye.that black couldn't be en­tirely
an accident.
* * *
Jack Birdsong, ace sportscaster, has
released the .following All-American
picks:
Left End Gang of Tufts
Left Tackle...."Rocky" Shores of Maine
Left Guard..Hunchback of Notre Dame
Center Tube of Colgate
Right Guard Banks of Wabash
Right Tackle Lock of Yale
Right End Preservation of Union
Quarterback Finger of De Pauw
Left Half-back-Slime of Slippery Rock
Full-back ,. Sack of Duke
Right Half-back Bowl of Rice
The second team boasts such stalwarts
as Plains of Auburn and "Great" Seal
of Alabama in the backfield, and Boise
of Idaho, Red Hills of Georgia, Stock­yards
of Chicago (phew-w), and "Slow
Train" of Arkansas in the line.
* * *
Kelley looks like something from Es­quire.
You've seen those mountaineer
cartoons!
* * *
A cheery note in Auburn-University
relations was shown on Homecoming
Day. Alabama alumni purchased a block
of tickets, and some other seats close by
as well for the game. The Auburn band
played Alabama Swing at the half; the
athletic department decorated the Ala­bama
section suitably, and I didn't notice
any Alabama men cheering when Flor­ida
tallied.
* * *
Christmas is at it again. You read
about shopping days for weeks, and you
see Christmas displays everywhere.
Something's wrong; you don't feel it
coming, until, bang, and it's here. There
ought to be a law to protect innocent
shoppers from the rapid approach of
Christmas day.
* * *
And about that new stadium. I saw in
bold letters, across the front, "The Au­burn
Stadium." I suppose that that
name is all right, but what about some­thing
a little different? I like "The Lair
of the Tiger;" you probably have a
better suggestion. Mine are always
Plea for Silence on Apple
Snitching
Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Mr. Editor:
There's a great deal of griping and
writing of statistics concerning the
Honor System of selling apples.
We have always heard the adage con­cerning
the fact that one seldom gets
something without putting forth con­siderable
effort in the enterprise. No
one admires the determination of a per­son
to work his way through college
more than I.
However, does it seem justifiable to
take up space in our school paper by
using it to illustrate the fact that a boy
will snitch an apple occasionally. I'm
not trying to defend the one who fails
to leave a nickel in exchange for an
apple.
I'm merely trying to show that the
man who trusts to the integrity of stu­dents
to aid in his college expenses
should bear his losses and gains in mute
resignation. If the game of apples
doesn't work why not try some other
racket?
Sincerely,
Tom Underwood
Thanks from ODK
The Auburn Plainsman
Auburn, Alabama
To the Entire Student Body:
You are to be congratulated for the
support you gave the recent drive to
raise funds to send the band to Knox-ville
Saturday. On behalf of ODK and
the Auburn Band I want to thank you
for making such a seemingly impossible
accomplishment of sending the band to
Tennessee possible. To those students
who bought tickets to the Miscellany and
who signed the petitions, to those towns­people
and members of the faculty who
gave so generously, our heartiest thanks.
If, as we are all hoping, Auburn wins
that game tomorrow you owe yourself
a pat on the back for having contributed
something which will be a great inspi­ration
to the team—the presence of the
Auburn Band.
As long as you continue to support
Auburn as you have this week, it can be
said in all truthfulness that the Auburn
Spirit is NOT dead. Good luck, team,
and band.
Sincerely,
Winfrey Boyd,
President ODK.
For an Auditorium
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
The presentation of the ODK Musical
Miscellany last Tuesday night showed
once again Auburn's great and pressing
need for an auditorium .for such per­formances.
All the seats were filled,
many students were sitting in the aisles
in chairs, and nearly a hundred students
were standing at the back of Langdon
Hall. I also understand that more than
a hundred people were turned away from
Tuesday night's performance, necessi­tating
a repeat performance the next
night.
If Auburn had a bigger and better
equipped auditorium they could present
their programs such as the Miscellany
last Tuesday night and the plays of the
Auburn Players in a much more credit­able
style before an audience that was
not cramped and uncomfortable and had
to strain their ears to hear what was
going on up on the stage.
The amphitheatre in Graves Center is
all right at times, but its capacity is
also limited, and I personally do not
favor sitting in the cold winter breezes
on the damp ground or none-too-steady
bleacher seats. Of course the WPA hall
is spacious and warm but the floor is
not slanted to give better sight and the
acoustics are awful.
There is simply no place in Auburn to
put on a program in a creditable man­ner.
Last year the Auburn Players were
forced to turn away nearly three hun­dred
people from their performance of
"King Lear". When plays are presented
in Langdon Hall, as it seems they in­variably
must be, three-fourths of the
audience cannot see what is going on
up stage half of the time and can't hear
what the actors are saying the other
half of the time. When the Oxford
Debaters came to API this year it was
difficult to hear the speakers at times.
These are just a few examples of just
how badly Auburn needs a new audi­torium.
Yours for a new auditorium,
A Student
Pay for Your Apples
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Comment, both local and extended,
has been made of the famed "Auburn
Spirit," and it invariably takes the
form of praise.
This spirit has been instilled within
the hearts of Auburn students from the
beginning of the institution, and it has
reigned as a potent, invincible force
continuously, both within new students
coming to Auburn and deep rooted in
the hearts of our alumni. It might be
called the spirit of "one for all and
all for one". It causes us to love and
appreciate everything connected with
the institution and even the town.
There have been charges made' by
some of the old timers that this "spirit"
is dying or "ain't what it used to be."
This may or may not be true, but we
of the present generation of Auburn
students hold steadfastly to the latter
view. And I think we have an excellent
chance to prove our point of view. I
think we can prove our possession of
that true "Auburn Spirit" through the
success of the Apple Honor System.
Don't you think this spirit should breed
honesty and uprightness as well as
friendliness and good will toward each
other?
Most of us have that moral sound­ness
that would not permit such action
as stealing an apple; but a few stu­dents
might easily give the entire stu­dent
body a black eye. Weak must be
the conscience that allows an apple to
come out of the box painted in our
beautiful school colors, with the words
"Honor System" stamped heavily upon
it without the nickle deposit.
Already this sales honor system is
being widely publicized and probably
will receive much more publicity. We
must show that the integrity of Auburn
students is beyond question It means
much more for Auburn than the sup­port
of Tom Rowan, an important fact­or
within itself.
Think it over! Where is your insti­tutional
pride?
A Student.
Praise for the Cadet Corps
Editor's Note: The following is a copy
of the letter sent to the Plainsman by
Dr. L. N. Duncan.
Dr. L. N. Duncan, President
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Ala.
My dear Dr. Duncan:
This letter is to convey to you and
through you to the Commandant and
splendid Cadet Corps of Auburn, the
sincere appreciation of Jefferson Coun­ty
Council of the American L e g i on
Posts, for your kindly cooperation with
the ex-service men of this community
in staging the finest Armistice Day
Parade yet to march through the streets
of the City of Birmingham.
Immediately following the parade
words of high praise for the splendid
showing made by the Corps was heard
on every hand in the City of Birming­ham.
I am sure that the splendid show­ing
made by the Corps as they swung
through the streets of our city with a
step and rhythm that bespoke the spir­it
of the institution will long be re­membered
by the people of this part
of our State.
With kindest personal regards, I am,
Very truly yours,
W. S. Pritchard,
General Chairman,
Armistice Day Committee.
pretty corny, bdt it does seem that such
a long-awaited newcomer to Auburn
should be graced with more than such
a commonplace title. Maybe name it for
a prominent alumnus, maybe for the
team . . . any way, let's christen it
something special. It rates that.
* * *
An example of business staff humor,
respectfully and carefully copied from
one of the country's better magazines,
and entitled, "Definition of a Kiss."
"A kiss is a peculiar proposition. It is
of no use to one, but absolute bliss for
two. The little boy gets it for nothing,
the young man has to steal it, and the
old man has to buy it. It is the baby's
right, the lover's privilege, and the hypo­crite's
mask. To a young girl it means
faith, to a married woman hope, and
to an old maid charity."
My sentiments, by golly .
We try to print the news we see,
We gather all we kin,
But we haven't room for half we write,
'Cause those ads keep pouring in.
They cover each and every page,
They fill each desk and chair,
They crowd out all the news there is,
They even crowd the air.
And the only way any peace we'll have
With these ad-securing hawgs,
Is to take them out, and one by one,
Just shoot them down like dawgs!
* * *
And Carrie, the Campus Christmas-gift-
getter, wants to get this out in
plenty of time. "So," quoths Carrie,
"Christmas Gift!!"
December 8, 1939 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Collegians Launch
New Political Plan
Student Body Split-
Into Three Parties
College students threw their
hats in the ring last week, and
took the center of the political
stage. The opening meeting in
Westminster College's student po­litical
campaign was important
enough to draw speeches from
Governor Stark of Missouri and
Postmaster General James Farley,
and a coast-to-coast network from
CBS.
The reason for the radio broad­cast
and the speeches from emin­ent
political figures was that the
occasion was important not only
to Westminster, but to colleges
throughout the country. Already
many colleges have expressed an
interest in Westminster's plan for
making students more active po­litically,
and a long range cam­paign
has been outlined.
Westminster College has inau­gurated
this fall a plan for di­viding
the undergraduate body in­to
three political parties—Repub­lican,
Democratic, and Independ­ent-
Liberal. The parties are led
by student chairmen, and hold,
roughly, the political views that
their names indicate. A series of
debates are planned in the college
gymasium, each of which will be
addressed by a guest speaker,
prominent in politics.
Famous Speakers
Among the names of future
speakers are listed Thomas Dew­ey,
New York's District Attorney;
Mayor LaGuardia, of New York;
Senator Arthur Vandenberg; and
ex-President Hoover, all of whom
have expressed approbation of the
scheme.
The final meeting, which will
take place in the spring, will con­sist
of party conventions, run with
all the trimmings of real conven­tions,
from banners to cigar
smoke, and climaxed with each
party's selection of its candidate
for the presidency. Students from
other colleges where similar plans
are being worked out will attend
Westminster's final convention.
Governor Stark made the trip
to Fulton in person, and his re­marks
were heard by 1500 people
in the college gymnasium, in ad­dition
to the radio audience of
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys­tem.
Postmaster Farley spoke
from Washington, also over CBS,
and his remarks .were picked up
inside the gymnasium, and carried
over the public address system
to the crowd.
Four Faculty Men
Attending Vet Meet
The Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
is represented this week by
four staff members at the annual
meeting in Chicago of the United
States Live Stock Sanitary Asso­ciation.
Those attending are Dr. I. S.
McAdory, dean of the veterinary
school and State veterinarian, who
is a vice-president of the Associa­tion;
Dr. L. E. Starr, assistant
dean; Dr. W. E. Cotton, professor
of infectious diseases; and Dr. B.
T. Sims, director of the Regional
Animal Disease Laboratory. Dr.
McAdory is also president of the
Southern Veterinary Medical Asso­ciation.
The University of Minnesota stu­dent
union has opened a new mu­sic
recording lending library.
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SCHOOLTEACHERS
MEETING HERE
More then 500 public school
teachers and officials from 23
Southeast- Alabama counties are
expected to attend a Regional Cur­riculum
Conference being held
here this afternoon. Dr. W. Mor­rison
McCall, director of the in­struction
division, State Depart­ment
of Education, will preside.
Beginning at 2:45 p.m. in Lang-don
Hall, the principal address will
be given by Dr. Doak S. Campbell,
Peabody College, who is the cur­riculum
consultant for Alabama.
James E. Rogers, New York
City, secretary to the National So­ciety
of State Directors of Physi­cal
and Health Education, will be
presented to the group and later in
the afternoon will address the phy­sical
education teachers at a spe­cial
session. His subject will be
"Modern Trends in Health and
Physical Education".
Following the general session,
the group will attend three section­al
meetings beginning at 3:45 p.m.
Freshmen Pledge
Dance is Success
Wednesday night, Nov. 29, the
pledges of the various fraternities
on the Auburn campus held the
first interfraternity pledge dance
in Graves Center. Guests of the
pledges were the presidents and
one other member from each fra­ternity.
Members of the social
committee were also invited to the
dance.
The dance featured music by the
Auburn Knights from eight until
midnight. Fraternity members
were favored with a leadout in
their honor.
The outstanding feature of the
dance was the jitterbug contest
to determine the best "Rug Cut­ters"
in the Freshman class. The
contest was won by Patricia Ervin,
Alpha Gamma Delta pledge, and
LeRoy Montgomery, Pi Kappa Phi
pledge. The winner was chosen by
the Social Committee.
THETA UPSILON
INITIATES TWO
Iota Alpha chapter of Theta
Upsilon held an impressive initia­tion
Saturday evening, Dec. 2,
when the Covenant Degree was
given for Alice Little, Alexandria;
and Eleanor Poe, Birmingham. The
initiation was held in the Theta
Upsilon Club Room at Graves Cen­ter.
The service was in charge of
Helen Porch, president of Theta
Upsilon, and Mary Guy Inzer, Ma­mie
Kate Mitchell, Margaret Nash,
Ann Mason, Jeanne Mayberry, and
Jewel Davis, faculty adviser, as­sisted
with the ritual.
Miss Little is a junior and Miss
Poe is a sophomore, both being
registered in the School of Home
Economics.
BOOKLETS ABOUT
DRAMA TOURNEY
READY TO GO OUT
Bulletins describing the high
school dramatic and other special­ized
contests to be held here March
7, 8, and 9 are almost completed
and should be ready for distribu­tion
to high schools throughout the
state sometime next week.
These contests are an annual
event here, and are sponsored by
the English department of the col­lege.
High schools compete for
dramatic honors in two groups, one
for the larger schools and one for
those smaller. Winners meet to
pick the state champion.
Other contests are held in Eng­lish,
science, nature, and other high
school studies. Medals are award­ed
the winners.
PSA TO GIVE
MUSICAL SUNDAY
The Presbyterian Student Asso­ciation
will present a musical pro­gram
Sunday night at 7:30 in the
Presbyterian Church. The title of
t h e musical pageant is "The
Church's One Foundation".
The pageant is a story in words
and music of the birth of Christ
and the establishment of the first
seven Christian churches. Stu­dents
of the college will participate
in and direct the program. This
will be the last regular worship of
the year for students of the college.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Burke Scheduled to
Conduct Ice Cream
Clinic in Memphis
For the third consecutive year,
Prof. A. D. Burke, head of the Au­burn
dairy department, will con­duct
the ice cream clinic at the
annual meeting of the Southern
Association of Ice Cream Manufac­turers
to be held in Memphis,
Tenn., December 5 to 7.
Purpose of the clinic, said Pro­fessor
Burke, is to further improve
the quality of ice cream made in
the South. During the clinic more
than 60 samples of ice cream will
be submitted for analysis at the
clinic. Last day of the clinic will
be devoted to conferences between
manufacturers and Professor
Burke.
Quality of ice cream made in the
South, which has improved greatly
in the past few years, is now equal
to that manufactured in any sec­tion
of the United States, said Pro­fessor
Burke.
A Yale University health officer
has released a report which esti­mates
that 78 per cent of US male
collegians have athlete's foot.
New York City has the world's
largest system of municipal col­leges.
Oberlin College, home of the tel­ephone,
possesses more phones per
capita than any other city.
Cold... ice-cold
Look for
the familiar
red cooler
Dr. Roger Allen Addresses Open Forum
Club On Conditions In Alabama
Cites Advantages and
Shortcomings of State
Dr. Roger Allen, president of the
Faculty Forum, spoke before the
Open Forum Club Tuesday night
on the subject, "Certain Conditions
in Alabama." An enthusiastic au­dience
took part in the discussion
following the talk by Dr. Allen.
In opening his talk Dr. Allen
said, "A description of the various
natural resources of Alabama
reads like a fairy tale." The large
amount of rainfall, the long grow­ing
season, the ideal climate, 500
miles of rivers, rich coal fields, and
many other natural resources were
described as among the greatest
in the United States.
Continuing his talk Dr. Allen
said that the raising of cotton of­fered
an opening for the textile
industry in this state and that the
raising of corn provided the basis
of a promising livestock industry
in Alabama. "One-sixth of the
forest lands in this state are still
virgin timber. The hardwood that
is cut annually is used in furni­ture
making and the soft wood is
ideal for paper pulp wood for the
great paper industries of this state.
The proximity of coal fields and
iron fields in this state is un­matched
in all the world.
"Potentially one of the richest
states in the union, we rank forty-sixth
in per capita income, with
one-third of our people living sub-marginal
lives. The chasm which
separates our potentialities from
our realities is as tragic as it is
wide. We rank forty-second in
white illiteracy and forty-seventh
in Negro illiteracy. The state
would have to spend 99.8 percent
of its tax revenue to raise its edu­cational
level to the average for
the nation."
Other interesting facts pointed
out by Dr. Allen show that nearly
50 percent of the population in
Alabama is under 21 years of age,
WAA Convention
Meeting Here Today
Approximately 70 women student
leaders in physical education and
faculty members from 13 institu­tions
of higher learning in Ala­bama
will be in Auburn today and
tomorrow for the eighth annual
conference of the Alabama Society
of Women's Athletic Associations.
The conference will open with a
luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Friday in
Graves Center where James E.
Rogers, New York City, nationally
known authority on physical educa­tion,
and Dr. Doak S. Campbell,
Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.,
will be the principal speakers. They
will discuss "The Place of Physical
and Health Education in the New
Curriculum".
Mr. Rogers, who has played a
leading part in development of
state-wide programs of health and
physical education throughout the
United States, is director of the
National Physical Education Ser­vice
of the National Recreation
Association.
Walston to Speak
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, director
of women students at Auburn, will
speak at the Friday afternoon ses­sion,
her subject being "The Con­tribution
of the Women's Athletic
Association to the Campus Pro­gram".
Friday evening the visitors will
attend an outdoor supper at Che-wacla
State Park near Auburn.
The session Saturday morning will
be devoted to round-table discus­sions
led by student leaders from
the University of Alabama, Ala­bama
College, Huntingdon, Judson,
and the Teachers Colleges at Troy,
Livingston, and Jacksonville.
In addition to institutions al­ready
mentioned, there will be rep­resentatives
from Howard, Snead
Junior College, Birmingham-Sou­thern,
and Teachers Colleges at
Athens and Florence. In charge
of the program is Miss Fannie
Stollenwerck, of the Auburn phy­sical
education department.
A royal court session was held
on the Iowa State College campus
when the Crown Prince and Prin­cess
of Denmark visited the insti­tution.
and only one-tenth are over 55
years of age. One-fifth of our
people have hook worm and one
out of every seven are known to
be syphilitic. Sixty-seven per cent
of Alabama's farmers are tenants,
of which 60 per cent are white
people. Their average income is
only $107 per year per family.
Over one-third of these tenants
have venereal diseases and one-third
cannot read or write.
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AUBURN, ALABAMA
STUDENTS WANT
MORE CULTURAL
COLLEGE TRAINING
Pure Technical Work
Believed in by
Only 17 Per Cent
If American students could plan
the course of study for the nation's
colleges and universities, an over­whelming
majority would prescribe
wide cultural background, the Stu­dent
Opinion Surveys of America
find in their latest national poll of
campus thought.
Only 17 per cent of the country's
collegians believe that higher edu­cation
should be mainly technical
and professional training. The
rest say they prefer a curriculum
that will embrace a general educa­tion
rather than one that will pro­duce
men and women primarily
skilled in the trades and the pro­fessions.
But 37 per cent of this
last group make it clear that their
choice is the school that presents
a blending of the two extremes.
Since the weekly polls of the
Surveys are based on a coast-to-coast
sampling determined from
actual enrollments, these results
represent the opinions of the mil­lion
and a half students in all
kinds of colleges, both technical
and otherwise. The Surveys are
conducted in cooperation with The
Plainsman and nearly 150 other
campus publications. Headquar­ters
are at the University of Tex­as,
Austin.
Educator's Opinion
Last month Brooklyn College in­augurated
a new president, Harry
D. Gideonse, who once quit a Uni­versity
of Chicago professorship
after much argument with Dr.
Robert M. Hutchins, chief U. S.
exponent of classical education.
Declared Dr. Gideonse at his in­stallation:
"No college can live by
training the mind alone. . . . Tal­ent
. . . must now be shifted from
sheer cultivation of intellectual
virtues to education for the whole
man, for men as 'knowers and
doers and appreciators'."
A surprisingly large number
would agree with Dr. Hutchins—
but there is also a large group
that believes college is the place to
train both "knowers" and "doers".
The results of the poll are:
COLLEGE EDUCATION
SHOULD—
Be mainly technical and profes­sional
17 per cent
Emphasize a wide cultural back­ground
46 per cent
Include both 37 per cent
Sentiment for professional train­ing
is least popular with New
Mundhenk Chosen
For Vet Office
Dr. R. L. Mundhenk, Auburn
professor of veterinary medicine,
was notified this week of his ap­pointment
to the resolutions com­mittee
of the American Veterinary
Medical Association. Dr. Mund­henk
is also serving for the third
consecutive year as resident state
secretary for Alabama for the
AVMA.
A member of the veterinary
school staff here since 1936, Dr.
Mundhenk is head of the depart­ment
of anatomy, histology, and
embryology. Prior to receiving his
DVM degree at Ohio State Uni­versity,
he was awarded a degree
in pharmacy at the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy. During the
World War he was in France and
held the rank of lieutenant colonel
with the Signal Corps.
Vet Med Juniors
Visiting Mobile
The junior class in the School
of Veterinary medicine left for
Mobile yesterday morning to re­peat
the trip taken by the vet se­niors
a few weeks ago.
They will visit the large oyster
beds of the region where they will
observe and study methods of pro­duction
and preparation for mar­ket.
The latter includes canning
and quick-freezing processes.
While there they will be con­ducted
through a modern bakery
and shown the manufacturing pro­cesses
of bread and other bakery
products.
The trip will include a visit to
the state docks, where they will
study the handling of the incoming
and outgoing food products.
The group is under the supervi­sion
of Dr. M." O. Robinson and
Dr. F. P. Woolf. They will return
to Auburn Sunday.
Jamestown College, in North
Dakota, boasts one of the nation's
oddest campus institutions, a fox
farm.
Dr. John A. Nietz, University of
Pittsburg education professor, pos­sesses
the largest private collection
of textbooks in the U. S. It con­tains
2,000 volumes.
A new and permanent national
association of intercollegiate bas­ketball
has been formed in Kansas
City.
England students (7%), and most
in. favor with Far Westerners
(24%). All other sections of the
country agree almost exactly with
national student opinion as shown
above.
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Page Four THE AUBURN P L A I N S M AN December 8, 1939
Eleven Seniors
Play Their Last
Game Tomorrow
Group Donning API
Uniforms for Last
Time Against Vols
When Auburn lines up against
the Tennessee Vols in Knoxville
tomorrow there will be 11 seniors
on the squad who will be on hand
for their last game of football
for Auburn. *
Included will
be C a p t a in
"Hatch" Howell
whose brilliant
guard play has
made him the
mainstay in the
Auburn line all
year.
A n o t h e r
guard who will
see his last per­iod
of service
will be Garth
Thorpe.
At the center
position will be Malvern Morgan,
who has come through this year,
developing from a mediocre pivot
man to one of the best in the
country. Held out of the Florida
game because of injuries he has
been groomed by Trainer Wilbur
Hutsell and will be ready for ser­vice.
Getty Fairchild, understudy to
Morgan, will also be playing his
last game.
At the tackles Alternate-Cap­tain
Bill Nichols and George Wolff
will be lining up for the final
time.
Bill Mims, hampered tremend­ously
by injuries, this year, and
Francis Riddle are two halfbacks
facing their final encounter. -
Fullbacks Charlie Haynesworth
and Geter Cantrell and quarter­back
"Bunchy" Fowler will com­plete
the contingent of seniors.
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Tomorrow's Came to
Be "Rubber" Contest
Between Auburn-Vols
Tomorrow's game with the Ten­nessee
Volunteers in Knoxville
will break the tie in games won
by the Tigers and Vols in their
series with each other. The Tig­ers
have encountered the Vols
four times since Coach Jack Mea­gher
came here in 1935 and have
won two games while losing two,
to Coach Bob Neyland's eleven.
The Vols defeated the Tigers in
1935 by a 13-6 count, and again
last year they nosed out the
Plainsman by a score of 7-0, win­ning
late in the last quarter of a
hard-fought game. The Tiger
gridders triumphed over the Vols
first in 1936 by a 6-0 score, and
then in 1937 they trampled the
Tennessee team to the tune of
20-7, the worst licking ever hand­ed
a Tennessee team coached by
Neyland.
Tennessee goes up against the
Plainsmen f r o m Auburn in
Shi elds-Watkins stadium tomor­row
with a string of 22 consecu­tive
victories behind them and
with the record of an uncrossed
goal line in the past 13 encount­ers.
A victory tomorrow for Ten­nessee
will probably mean a bid
to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on
New Year's Day. Both teams will
be fighting with everything they
have until the final whistle of to­morrow's
game.
Massachusetts' governor has en­dorsed
a move to close four of that
state's nine teachers' colleges.
API's Grid History
Is a Colorful One
Tigers Have Won
202, Lost Only 128
The history of Auburn foot­ball
is of significant interest to
every Auburn man, and well it
should be.
Every since that memorable day
when Auburn's first football team,
under the tutelage of Dr. George
Petrie, trotted out on the grid­iron
in Piedmont Park, Atlanta,
in February 1892, to engage the
University of Georgia in the first
game to be played in these parts
—we won 10-0—the Auburn stu­dent
body, alumni, and supporters
have followed with ardent inter­est
the part Auburn has played in
football.
Since winning our first foot­ball
game Auburn has played a
total of 357 games, winning 202,
losing 128, and tying 27.
Auburn has amassed some 5,-
656 points against opponents 2,-
868. That almost two-to-one, and
Auburn has long been noted for
playing the toughest schedules of
any team in the nation.
The first undefeated season
Auburn enjoyed was back in 1900
when only five points were scor­ed
against us and that by Ala­bama,
whom we beat 53-5. All in
all Auburn has gone through eight
undefeated seasons since the in­auguration
of football, the last
being in 1932.
In 1907 Auburn played its last
game with the University of Ala­bama.
The game resulted in a tie
6-6, and so did the free-for-all
ruckus which followed. That same
year Auburn lost to Sewanee, the
scourge of the South.
Auburn's first football captain,
J. V. Brown, is at present Direct­or
of Plant Service here at API.
Back in 1926 Auburn secured
the services of a "wonder" coach
supposed to give us a champion­ship
football team in one' year.
We won one game that year and
none the next. The "wonder"
coach resigned in the middle of
his second year, in spite of the
protests of the student body.
In 1932 Auburn was undefeat­ed
and untied until the last game
with South Carolina. At the half
during this last game the score
was Auburn 20, South Carolina 0,
but the final score was 20-20.
"Boozer" Pitts, who has served
on the coaching staff from head
coach on down, after making a
name for himself among the grid­iron
mighty as one of Auburn's
greatest centers, is now teaching
mathematics at API.
Auburn played its first base­ball
game in Montgomery in the
same year of the first football
game in Atlanta. The baseball
team was almost forbidden to un­dertake
the trip, faculty members
deeming it unwise for the college
athletes to make two such long
trips in the same year.
McCowen Only Man
To Play 60 Minutes
Against Alligators
Dick McGowen, stellar halfback,
was the only Auburn player to
play the full 60 minutes against
the Florida Alligators in Auburn's
Homecoming game.
Because of his outstanding play
"Dynamite • Dick" was awarded
the Blue Key cup for being the
outstanding player of the game
from either team.
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STILL LEADING
SEC SCORERS
With but tomorrow's games to
go on the record books, Boots John­son,
hard-driving Mississippi State
halfback appears to have the in­dividual
scoring championship of
the Southeastern Conference safely
tucked away.
Johnson, with 62 points, leads
the parade with Kellogg of Tulane
jumping into second slot with 55
points as he added 8 points to his
total against LSU. This eased Ken
Kavanaugh of LSU back into third
spot with 54 points.
The University of Mississippi
leads in team scoring with 230
points, with Mississippi State in
second place with 216 points and
Tennessee third with 205. Auburn
is next to last over Sewanee with
71 points.
Both individual and team records
follow.
The individual leaders:—
Player, team, pos.— g. td. pat. t'l
Johnson, (Miss. State),
halfback 10 10 3 62
Kellogg (Tulane),
halfback 9 8 7 55
Kavanaugh (LSU),
end 9 9 0 54
Foxx (Tenn.), halfback 9 6 5 41
Dodson (Miss.), fullback 9 5 10 40
Spencer (Ala.), fullback 9 6 0 36
Fordham (Ga.), fullb'k 10 5 0 30
Ison (Ga. Tech), end... 9 5 0 30
Zoeller (Ky.), halfback 9 4 5 29
Jones (Ky.), halfback.. 9 4 4 28
Nix (Miss. St.), halfb'k 10 4 4 28
Team scoring—
Points
1. Mississippi 230
2. Mississippi State 216
3. Tennessee 205
4. Tulane 181
5. Kentucky 161
6. Georgia Tech 129
7. LSU 111
8. Alabama 101
9. Georgia 100
10. Vanderbilt 96
11. Florida 78
12. Auburn 71
13. Sewanee 43
Howell and McGowen Chosen by Coaches
For All-Southeastern Second Team
Two Auburn gridders, Milton
"Hatch" Howell, captain and
guard for the Tigers, and Dick
McGowen, left halfback, won
berths on the «econd All-South­eastern
Conference team for 1939,
announced yesterday. Center Mal­vern
Morgan and backs Lloyd
Cheatham and Rufus Deal re­ceived
honorable mention on the
all-star selections. The team is
selected each year by SEC coach­es.
Howell, one of the outstand­ing
Auburn guards of all time, re­ceived
several first-team votes
from the coaches and barely miss­ed
nosing out Goree of LSU for a
first-team position. He is a vici­ous
blocker and because of his
speed in pulling out of the line is
an important man in running end
plays. -
"Dynamite" Dick McGowen,
has gained wide recognition this
year as the nation's leading punt­er.
His punting average in 10
games this season is close to 46
yards per kick, although he had
one punt blocked in the Villanova
game. Probably the most consist­ent
player on the team, he play­ed
60 minutes of football against
Florida.
Malvern Morgan at center is
one of the most dependable pivot
men in the conference. Cheatham,
sophomore quarterback, is the out­standing
pass defense man on the
squad. Deal, sophomore fullback,
is a devastating line-plunger and
crack defensive man. He also does
some of the punting when Mc­Gowen
is out of the line-up.
On the SEC first team of the
line-up were five Tennessee play­ers.
Tulane's Green Wave and
LSU placed two men each on the
all - star group, while Georgia
Tech's Engineers and Mississippi's
Rebels each placed one man on
the team.
Roanoke College has been the
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than 20 college presidents.
Twenty-five colleges and univer­sities
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COACH JACK MEAGHER-/4/./ra*/v74flw./- AUBURN
The genial Marine will be praying for a win over the "unbeat­able"
Tennessee Vols tomorrow. His previous teams hold an edge over
Tennessee, but this year's squad is accorded only an outside chance
of stopping the march of the mighty orange and white.
Tiger Players Name
All-Opponent Team
Auburn players favored Villa-nova
and Tulane in their pick of
their all-opponent team for this
year. The pick, announced Tues­day,
included only members of the
10 teams played so far this fall.
Tennessee, which Auburn meets to­morrow
in Knoxville, was not in­cluded
in the balloting.
Four men each from Villanova
and Tulane were chosen and one
each from Mississippi State, Geor­gia
Tech, and Manhattan.
The "all-opponents" were ends
Wenzel, Tulane and Elrod, Mississ­ippi
State; tackles Kamen, Villa­nova,
and McCollum, Tulane;
guards O'Boyle, Tulane, and Ma-rone,
Villanova; center Chisick,
Villanova; quarterback Mazzei,
Villanova; halfbacks Kellogg, Tu­lane,
and Howlett, Villanova; full­back,
Ector, Georgia Tech.
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December 8, 1939 THE AUBURN P L A I N S M AN Page Five
Tigers To Give Vols Terrific Scrap Tomorrow
TIGER TALES
By BOOTS STRATFORD
Before Tennessee partisans get too far into the chorus
of "California Here We Come", they might heed the om-nious
growl of an Auburn Tiger as he paraphrases—"Ten­nessee
Here We Come." We've been telling ya all along
and tomorrow's the day—watch that Tiger go!
BOOTS•SviftTFURD
With Texas A & M and Tulane al­ready
booked for the Sugar Bowl and
Georgia Tech and Missouri in the Orange
Bowl, the Rose Bowl Committee is gonna
find itself in an awfully tough spot if an
upset crops up in either or both of to­morrow's
Tennessee-Auburn and South­ern
Cal-UCLA battles. If UCLA wins and
goes to the Rose Bowl, then Tennessee
is automatically out due to the fact that
the Uclans have several Negro perform­ers
on their squad, and therefore a Southern squad
would not be invited. If Tennessee loses, a great hue
and cry will go up over the selection of another op­ponent
for the Trojans, while if both the Vols and the
men of Troy go down, confusion will reign supreme!
*. * *
A quote from Paul Zimmerman's column in the Los
Angeles Times is passed on. "It is next to impossible now
for Tennessee, after its victory over Kentucky in convinc­ing
fashion, to miss the Rose Bowl. The boys in the South
figured Kentucky might upset Coach Bob Neyland's team.
They held an opinion that Auburn could do it, too, but
now only the greatest upset of the year on Dec. 9 can keep
this fine team from finishing a second consecutive unde­feated
season".
That's a mite strong, Mr. Z. Printers ink is not the
tastiest morsel in the world, and you may have to eat them
words!
* * *
We take sentimental delight in personifying inan­imate
things. Such was the case as we passed Drake
Field last Thursday on our way to watch the Tiger-
'Gator dogfall. We wondered at what must be the sad
thoughts of the old field as the cheers and noise of
battle rose up to it out of the bowl of the new sta­dium.
It must have reminisced and dreamed about the
great days of Auburn's gridiron glory and her fall and
then return to that glory, and the swift drumming of
the cleated feet of the great and near great as they
ran and tackled and blocked and fought their valiant
hearts out on its battle scarred turf, and oh so many
more Grand Thoughts. O tempora, O mores!
* * *
Just out of pure perverseness we pick Auburn and
UCLA tomorrow!
* * *
Vital figures in Auburn's late season rejuvenation
have been Captain Milton "Hatch" Howell, "steady"
man of the line whose slashing guard play has been
consistent throughout; Mai "Blue Goose" Morgan,
great all-round athlete and powerful center, whose
snapping, line backing and pass defense work has al- •
ways been above the average but sparkled with espec­ial
brilliance against Boston and has remained in the
limelight ever since with remarkable performances
against Tech, Villanova, LSU and Georgia.
Mighty Tennessee in
For Hard Afternoon
Sports Editor Predicts Win for Auburn;
Physical Condition of Squad is Fine
By BOOTS STRATFORD
Tomorrow afternoon at Shields-Watkins Field, Knox-ville,
a valiant band of Auburn Tigers, making their final
fling at glory for 1939, will battle a Rose Bowl-bound Ten­nessee
eleven gunning for its twenty-third straight victory.
In this number one game of the nation Tennessee is,
of course, the lopsided favorite, but there are more things
there than meet the eye.
First there is Cafego who may not see service at all
because of an injured knee. The "T~"~""""~~~~—~*~""•"——
whit-leathery Hungarian has not Ol I , ^**
been used except for about four rlSyS L.dSt Oa/l7e
plays in the Vols last two wins,
but he is undeniably the spark
plug of his team, and that team
is going to need his guiding genius
against an inspired Auburn Tiger
—if he cannot play, that fact a-lone
might prove the deciding
factor of the fray.
There is climax runner Johnny
Butler, also on the injured list.
Under Major Neyland's system the
tailback is the key man on the
offense, and with both Cafego and
Butler out the Vol's smoothly
clicking offense may be disrupt­ed.
All important is the factor of
punting, where Auburn, possessor
of the finest kicking average in
the nation due to Dick McGowen's
good right toe, has all the advan­tage.
Good kicking is a great of­fensive
weapon as well as a great
defensive measure. If McGowen is
placing his kicks well and lifting
them high enough so that he won't
outkick his ends, punting may be
the doer of yeoman service for
the Orange and Blue.
Still another situation to the
Plainsmen's advantage is in the
psychological angle of the' thing.
Rose Bowl pressure has the Vols
hard in its grip—they can risk
nothing while Auburn is keyed up
for the game, has nothing to lose,
and can shoot the works. The
stage is set for one of the great­est
victories in Auburn football
history, and we believe heads up
ball will pull the Tiger through—
and we're not whistling in the
dark.
Auburn will be in its finest phy­sical
shape of the year with both
Morgan and Kenmore off the in­jured
list.
Alternate-captain Bill Nichols,
senior tackle from Sylacauga,
will make his final appearance as
an Auburn football mainstay to­morrow
afternoon when the Tig­ers
from the Plains and the Ten­nessee
Volunteers meet on the
gridiron at Shields-Watkins Sta­dium
in Knoxville.
RUSSELL TAKES
SPOTLIGHT WITH
FIELD GOAL BOOT
Disputed Kick Costs
Washington Redskins
Eastern Championship
"Bo" Russell, captain of last
year's Tigers and one of Au­burn's
outstanding tackles of all
time, who is now playing for the
Washington Redskins, was one of
the centers of attraction in Sun­day's
game between the Redskins
and the New York Giants of the
National Professional Football
League. Russell was sent in to
boot a field goal in the last min­ute
of play with his team trailing
by two points.
A successful kick would have
meant victory for the Washington
team, the championship of the
eastern division of the league, and
a bonus of about $1,000 for each
player for participating in the
play-off against the Green Bay
Packers, winners of the western
division.
Russell kicked, but the ref­eree
ruled that he missed a goal
by an inch. Washington players
and coaches protested but the ref­eree
stuck by his ruling. Im­mediately
after the game one of
the Redskins caught the official
and struck him, and a near-riot
followed.
Russell has kicked several field
goals for the Redskins this year,
as well as extra points, and has
won several games for his team
with his talented toe.
While playing for Auburn, "Bo"
kicked off, kicked for extra
points, and booted the field goals.
A University of Texas instructor
has devised a process to "photo­graph
mathematically" the atom.
Syracuse University has a spe­cial
graduate course for the train­ing
of future deans of women.
Temple University-has organized
a series of "refresher courses" to
enable alumni to keep up with cur­rent
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Military power in international
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Plainsmen Outscore
Opponents This Year
Auburn's Tigers have an of­fensive
advantage over their op­ponents
as a whole so far this
year having scored 71 points to
their opponent's total of 55 points
in ten games.
The season's scoring record
thus far shows that the Tigers'
greatest offensive heights were
reached in their conference tussle
with LSU when they rolled up 21
points to 7 for the Bayou Bengals.
In only one other game have they
scored more than seven points;
that was when they whipped Vil­lanova
by a 10-9 count by virtue
of a field goal.
The Tigers scored one touch­down
each against Birmingham-
Southern, Mississippi State, Geor­gia
Tech, Boston College, Geor­gia
and Florida. They failed to
score against Tulane and Man­hattan.
Tulane handed the Tigers
their worst defeat of the year by
a 12-0 score.
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Southern Sports Writers Favor Vols
But Give Tigers A Chance For An Upset
'Tennessee Hasn't Seen
A Back as Good as Dick'
Although Tennessee's Volun­teers
are a decided favorite to
whip the Auburn Tigers in their
encounter at Knoxville tomorrow,
most of t h e sports writers
throughout the South give the
Plainsmen a definite chance for
the surprise upset of the season.
The Tiger-Volunteer game has at­tracted
nation-wide notice and
nearly all sports writers are dick­ering
the possibility of an upset
victory for the Tigers.
Here are a few statements from
some of the South's leading sports
writers about the game:
Morgan Blake, Atlanta Journal:
"The Vols are, of course, the out­standing
favorite to beat Auburn,
and they probably will do so. But
nevertheless and notwithstanding,
Auburn is no team to contemplate
complacently. There is a fellow
named Dick McGowen in the Au­burn
line-up and Tennessee hasn't
seen a back as good as Dick so
far."
Max Moseley, Montgomery Ad­vertiser:
"In this Auburn outfit,
Tennessee will face one of the
hardest fighting and most improv­ed
teams in this section. Tennes­see
will rule a two-touchdown
favorite but this means nothing
to the Tigers who are famous
for their performances in the 'un­derdog'
role."
Z i p p Newman, Birmingham
News: "To beat Tennessee the
Tigers will have to play inspired
football and make very few mis­takes.
. . . Tennessee will be bent
on winning. The only way Auburn
can win is to pick the Vols up and
throw them off the field."
Fred Parker, Birmingham Post:
"Despite the tie against Florida
last week just when it seemed the
Plainsmen were on their way at
last, Auburn is definitely rated
in Knoxville as the toughest team
the Vols have faced this year.
Tennessee partisans are perfectly
aware that the Plainsmen are us­ually
a late-starting team which
reaches full strength in mid-No­vember
or later. Nor have Ten­nessee
fans forgotten the kind of
battle Auburn always puts up
against the Vols."
Farmer S e a 1 e, Birmingham
Post: "They'll (Auburn) need
punch against Tennessee and it
is towards this aim that Jack Mea­gher
and his assistants are work­ing
this week. They have a whop­ping
defense and anybody who
has Auburn and 13 points against
Tennessee has a gold mine."
To propagandize for the embar­go
of Japanese war materials, col­lege
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Student Committee Against Par­ticipation
in Japanese Aggression.
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THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN December 8, 1939
Kaltenborn Nearly
Shot in Spanish War
EXEC CABINET
HOLDS SESSION
The freshman class will hold a
meeting either Monday or Tues­day
to discuss plans for the Cake
Race, it was decided last night at
the regular meeting of the Exe­cutive
Cabinet. The date was not
definitely set, but the final plans
will be announced as soon as prep­arations
are complete.
Other class meeting will be
held early in January, and presi­dents
of the different classes are
making plans for several projects
that will be brought up at that
time.
Committee chairmen reported
that the Cabinet steak fry will be
held Monday night, that the con­stitution
is being distributed to
the different organizations, and
that construction has been begun
on the new tennis courts.
John Deming was appointed
chairman of a committee to as­sist
David Rogers in any way pos­sible
in the student Community
Chest Drive.
Plans were discussed for pro­curing
a voting machine for the
spring elections and for placing
a soda fountain in Student Center
next semester.
Chest Drive Going
Forward Steadily
The 1940 Community Chest
Drive is well under way and re­ports
from all sources indicate that
the drive will be successful, ac­cording
to Robert Smith, chair­man
of the drive. It is also evi­dent
he says that the Red Cross
Roll Call will go over the top in
its annual roll call.
The Kiwanis Club set the pace
Monday for the Playground Ac­tivity
Fund with a donation of
$75. Other civic organizations are
expected to make donations at
their next regular meetings.
Because certain key men are
out of the city this week the chest
drive will continue through next
Tuesday instead of Saturday as
was previously announced. All
chairman are urged to make a re­port
before Friday morning at
10:00. Prof. Hugh Francis, gen­eral
secretary and treasurer of
the drive will accept all reports
Saturday at Burton's Book Store
from 11:00 to 12:00 a.m. and
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Dot Floyd to Head
Oracles This Year
D o r o t h y Floyd, outstanding
freshman girl in home economics
from Auburn, has been elected
president of Oracles, campus hon­or
society for first-year coeds.
Other new officers of the organi­zation
include Martha Gerhardt,
Mobile, vice-president; Margaret
McCain, Montgomery, secretary;
and Binnie Ross, Jasper, treasurer.
Oracles was organized at Auburn
in 1935 by Sphinx, senior honor
society for women. Its purposes are
to foster high scholastic standards,
and to meet the problems which
concern the women students of the
freshman class.
Notice!
Seniors and graduate students
who complete all requirements for
degrees in January are requested
to make application for degrees
at the Registrar's office at the
earliest possible moment. These
degrees will be awarded at the
graduation exercises, May 27,
1940.
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"Pleasing You is Our
Pleasure"
Lecturer to Speak
Here Next Week
Amidst bursting shells and the
swishing of steel-cased bullets dur­ing
one of the hottest battles of the
Spanish Civil war, a slightly rotund
figure dressed in a well-tailored
American suit, was seen running
from an old farm house toward
the scene of battle with a micro­phone
under one arm and cable*
wires under the other. As a shrap-nal
shell burst within a hundred
feet of him, he dived into a nearby
haystack for protection.
That man was Hans Von Kalten­born,
news analyst and radio news­caster.
He will speak here at
Graves Center auditorium Thurs­day
night, at 8:15 p.m., as the
third feature of the 1939-40 Au­burn
Concert Series. He will lec­ture
on current problems, both po­litical
and economic.
Getting back to our story now.
After diving into the haystack for
protection from the bursting shrap­nel,
he waited nine hours for the
signal to come when he was to
begin a broadcast to America des­cribing
the battle from actual ob­servation.
While he was waiting,
he listened to the constant swish
of steel-cased bullets c u t t i ng
through the haystack in which he
was seeking shelter. Once an ex­ploding
bomb cut the cable to his
microphone. He repaired the dam­age
by crawling out to the broken
place in the cable and mending it.
All through the Spanish Civil war
he braved dangers such as these
to bring his listeners in America
first hand information on the war
in Spain.
Incidents such as these are to
be found all through the life of
this radio news analyst. His tra­vels
have covered the entire world
and he is constantly jumping back
and forth between Europe and his
own United States. He is often
called "Radio's Marco Polo", be­cause
of his travels all over the
globe to bring up to the minute,
concise news to the radio public
in America and other countries.
He has obtained personal inter­views
with Hitler and Mussolini.
When the recent war broke out in
Europe he was among the first
to be at the scene of conflict to
analyze the war situation for the
American people.
At 56 years of age, with a long
career in journalism behind him,
nothing in Kaltenborn's voice so
much as hints of sensationalism.
His clear-cut, pleasing voice might
be called "international", although
one might detect traces of Harvard
and the Middle West. His infor­mation
on current events are pro­bably
the most well-founded of
any radio commentator and his
opinions are an excellent criterion
of current problems.
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Christine Clifton
Chosen As 'Miss
Auburn' For 1940
ODK Musical Miscellany-
Packs House Tuesday;
Given Again Wednesday
Christine Clifton, Chi Omega
and senior in home economics ed­ucation,
was officially presented
to the public for the first time as
"Miss Auburn" of 1940 when she
appeared on the stage at the first
performance of the ODK Miscel­lany
Tuesday night.
Charles Kelley, editor of the
Glomerata, which sponsors the se­lection
each year, said yesterday
that Miss Clifton received 366 of
the 1357 votes cast in the elec­tion.
Edith Cecil Carson, Kappa
Delta, was second with 326 votes.
Margaret Smith took third with
321. Other candidates ran in the
following order: Marie Hodges,
Phi Omega Pi, 157; Helena Miller,
Alpha Gamma Delta, 111; Prud­ence
Ozier, Chi Omega, 76.
"Miss Auburn" will have her
picture featured in the beauty
section of the Glomerata. Chosen
by a jury of five judges from a
bevy of 25 coeds were a group of
six girls who will be the Glomera­ta
beauties this year: Christine
Blackburn, M a r t h a Gerhardt,
Edith Cecil Carson, Sadie Ed­wards,
Suzelle Hare, and Margaret
Pearson.
Tuesday night's audience pack­ed
Langdon Hall to overflowing
and saw and heard such acts as
the Auburn Glee Club, John
Druary, soloist; the FHA Band;
specialties by Mrs. Louise Forte's,
dance chorus; Hodge White's Jit­terbugs;
Fred and Tita Hopton-
Jones in a Cuban dance number;
the ODK Rockettes; and the Au­burn
Knights.
In the repeat performance held
Wednesday night to raise funds
for the band's trip to Knoxville,
the SAE trio, Hodge Drake's quar­tette,
the "Don Cossack Chorus",
and the selection of "Miss ODK",
an honor won by "Miss" Billy
Smith, were program features as
well as several new acts from some
of Tuesday's performers.
•Assisting ODK in staging its
Miscellany this year were the
members of Squires, new organi­zation
for sophomore men.
It's De TruF
Farm-Life Movie
Shown to Ag Club
"The New South", a sound and
color motion picture showing the
farming and industrial history of
the South, was presented before
Ag Club Wednesday night by Ber­nard
M. Machen, formerly a stu­dent
at Auburn and now with the
Barrett Company.
The film portrayed beautiful
scenes of the southern states such
as flowers, trees, animals, cities,
farms, and farming methods. It
also showed the importance of fer­tilizers
f o r growing Southern
crops, depicting actual scenes from
various experiment stations.
The picture represented months
of work by a production crew,
which after extensive research,
toured the Southern States. There
were no paid actors among the
cast of 500, and all the action was
natural, none was staged.
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"Anybody can •end the band to Knoxville." Winfrey Boyd, presi­dent
of ODK, hawk* tickets to the repeat performance of the annual
Musical Miscellany given Wednesday night to raise funds to send the
band to the Tennessee game. And the band is going.
Official Minutes Given For Last Week's
Meeting Of Student Executive Cabinet
The meeting was called to or­der
by President John Ivey at
8:10 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 28,
1939. The roll was called and the
following were absent: John Wat-ters,
Virginia Adams, Charles Kil-patrick,
and Gordon MacEachern.
President John Ivey welcomed
the newly elected men to the Cabi­net
and explained to them their
Cabinet duties and the rules gov­erning
Cabinet attendance. He
stated that their first duties would
be to contact every fraternity
house on the Campus and to ask
them to be sure to have their
freshman wear their rat caps all
day Wednesday and Thursday un­til
time to put on uniforms for
the Homecoming game.
Tn view of the fact that every­one
was asked to be in uniform
at the Auburn-Florida game, the
Cabinet decided to change the act
that stated that freshmen would
be required to wear rat caps at
the game.
Herbert Martin made a motion
that the act requiring that fresh­men
wear their rat caps to the
Auburn-Florida game be repealed.
Bob Anderson seconded the motion.
The motion was passed.
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C M Birds Sprout
First Pin-Feathers
On Next Monday
Actual Flying to
Start for Auburn's
Student Pilots
Plight instruction under the
CAA pilot training unit here will
start Monday. The training planes,
which are new Cubs with 55 h.p.
Lycoming engines are expected to
arrive late Sunday afternoon.
Instruction will be handled by
James Brennan and J. Wren Allen.
The contract for instruction is
held by the Alabama Flying Ser­vice
of Montgomery of which Al­len
is a partner.
The flight instruction follows
several weeks of ground school
work.
This ground school work, which
includes history of aviation, theory
of flights, and civil air regula­tions,
parachutes, meterorology,
air navigation, power plants, and
aircraft instruments, was given
by Prof. R. G. Pitts and Lieut. B.
M. Cornell of the department of
aeronautical engineering.
Students take seven hours of
instruction a week, from 5:00 to
6:00 three afternoons a week, and
from 7:00 to 9:00 two evenings
a week. The instruction will con­tinue
until the middle of the sec­ond
semester.
The pre-fabricated hangar for
housing the planes has not ar­rived
but is expected late next
week or shortly thereafter. It is
to be of corrugated iron, ship­ped
in sections ready to assemble.
There will be ample space for the
planes, storage of fuel, and rest
room facilities.
President Ivey stated that the
cabinet would act as ushers at the
game and for everyone to be pres­ent
at the stadium at one o'clock.
President Ivey stated that any
election which was not conduct­ed
under the auspices of the Elec­tions
Committee and of the Exe­cutive
Cabinet would not be sub­ject
to the rules governing elec-
Cake Race
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Both Paramount News and Life
Magazine have been invited to
take pictures of the event. Gus
Coats, manager of the Tiger Thea­tre,
has consented to take a movie
of the event and it will be run at
an early date.
Vivian Leigh, movie actress who
will be in Atlanta for the pre­miere
of "Gone With the Wind"
is also being invited to attend.
tion held by the Elections Com­mittee.
Jim King presented the fi­nancial
report of the Social Com­mittee
for the Opening Dances to
the Executive Cabinet.
Herbert Martin made a report
of the social committee of the
Cabinet. He stated that a Cabinet
steak f r y would be held at
Wright's Mill on the night of Dec.
11, 1939.
There was no further business,
and the Cabinet adjourned at 8:50
p.m.
Signed,
Otis Burnside,
Secretary.
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