1940-02-20 The Auburn Plainsman

              Engineering Seminar,
Tomorrow Night THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Those Wassermans
Are Still Free
VOL. LXIII z-i ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FEBRUARY 20, 1940 No. 41
Staff Photo by Lewis Arnold.
Members of Auburn's Executive Cabinet, student governing body, lead the way in the student anti-syphilis
drive by taking Wasserman tests. Mr. E. M. Fitts of the College Infirmary is shown giving Cabi­net
President John Ivey the test, while Cabinet members look on and await their turns. Standing, left
to right, are John Deming, Ike Pitman, Virginia Adams, Bob Anderson, Jim King, Gordon MacEachern,
Dan Hollis, Otis Burnside, Kenneth Funchess, and Sam Pettus.
Darty Apparently Unopposed for
Business Manager of Plainsman
Newell and Hollis Enter Plainsman,
Glomerata Races; Others Expected
Warren Darty, junior in aeronautical administration,
was the only sure candidate for business manager of the
1940-41 Plainsman this morning and seemed assured of
an unopposed race, if he is approved by the Board of Stu­dent
Publications. He is a Lambda Chi.
Only two other applications for publications posts were
in at 9:30 this morning, but several others are expected
before the deadline at noon today. Kirk Newell, Pi K A
and a junior in business admin-istration,
has applied for quali­fication
for business manager of
the Glomerata and Dan W. Hollis,
junior in journalism and a Theta
Chi pledge, has applied for editor­ship
of the Plainsman.
Others expected to put in ap­plications
before the deadline are
Ed Paul, Sigma Chi, and Bill
"Trigger" McGehee, Kappa Sig­ma,
both for editor of the Glom­erata,
Ed Welden for business
manager of the Glomerata, and
Boots Stratford for editor of the
Plainsman.
Frank Wilson, junior in busi­ness
administration, said l a st
night that he was definitely out
of the race against Darty and
would not run. Johnston Hawkins,
third possible candidate in the
Plainsman business managership
contest, has already disclaimed
intention of running, and, ac­cording
to several juniors last
night, was not expected to be able
to meet Board requirements if
he did present an application.
Darty has served on the Plains­man
business staff for two years,
and has been serving as office
manager during the current year.
ENGINEERS PLAN
A SPECIAL DAY
OF CELEBRATION
Plans are being made by the
Engineering Council for an Engi­neer's
Day during the first part
of April, to be participated in by
all the engineering societies on
the campus, Dawson Mullen,
Council president, said last night.
Each society will prepare ex­hibits
dealing with the work done
in its department of the School
of Engineering. Open house will
be the order of the day in all of
the engineering buildings, and
demonstrations will be staged in
all of the engineering labs, Mul­len
said.
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
W a r r o n Hardf JUI"or m aeronautical administration,
T l Q l l v l l l / O N l f is apparently the next business man­ager
of the Plainsman, although he must still be approved
by the Board of Student Publications. Both of the other
two possible candidates seemed definitely out of the race
this morning. \ See column 1.
Crtfinfi ( - l o r i i n n r w e r e se* ^as^ m s h t by the Elec-j
p r i l i y LlCCliOllS tions Committee of the Cabinet
for April 2 and April 11, with the important junior races
coming off on the first of the dates. See column 5.
go two two - man debating
teams next Monday for a
week's tour through Mississippi and Tennessee.
See column 7.
Invitation Orders
Begin Next Week
Orders to be Taken at
Main Gate for 4 Days
Orders for senior class grad­uation
invitations will be taken
at the Main Gate from Monday,
Feb. 26 through Thursday, Feb.
29, according to Gordon Mac­Eachern,
chairman of the Invita­tions
Committee. In the event of
stormy weather the orders will
be taken in Student Center. Hours
for taking orders will be 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. each day.
Price of the invitations this year
will only be 17 cents according
to MacEachern. One standard, low-priced
invitation has been adopted
this year because of constant disap­proval
by previous graduating
classes of the high prices for
more elaborate invitations. Or­ders
must be paid for at the same
time they are taken.
The invitation this year is a
plain white folder with a view of
Samford tower and the seal of
API on the front cover. On the
inside of the folder is simply an
attendance request for the sixty-eighth
graduation exercises at
API.
MacEachern urged all seniors
to turn in their orders as soon
as possible and emphasized that
orders will be taken only on the
four days listed.
Off To The Matches
To The Campus
A Tough Battle
came a new honor society Friday,
this time for the growing group of
co-op students, as representatives from Georgia Tech in­stalled
a chapter of The Briaerean here. See page 3.
is in prospect for tomorrow night
_ at Alumni Gym at 7:30 between
Auburn and Georgia Tech, for Tiger-Jacket court games
are always a scrap. The Tiger Cubs play Muscogee Mills
before the main bout, Central High after it. See page 4.
RALPH PEARSON
TO SPEAK HERE
ON MARCH 1
Ralph M. Pearson, one of A-merica's
foremost artists, lecturers,
writers, will speak in Langdon
Hall at 8:15 p.m. on Friday eve­ning,
March 1, as the final at­traction
on the Auburn Concert
and Lecture Series. Subject of
his illustrated address will be
"Development of Modern Art".
Mr. Pearson originated the ex­periment
in adult art education
known as the Design Workshop
at the New School for Social Re­search
which he still directs in
Nyack, N. Y. For the past five
years he has conducted courses
in pictorial analysis at the New
School.
In addition to many magazine
articles, Mr. Pearson has written
two well-known books on art.
Mr. Pearson was born in. 1883.
While still in high school in Chi­cago
he began studying art on
Saturdays at the Art Institute
where subsequently he took the
full four-year course.
Elections Committee Sets Spring
Balloting for April 2nd and Nth
JUNIORS TO VOTE ON APRIL 2;
3 BALLOT BOXES TO BE SET UP
A two-day spring election was set last night by the
Elections Committee of the Cabinet with juniors voting
on April 2 and sophomores and freshmen on April 11.
In an attempt to obtain a more representative vote than
has been possible in the past, the Committee also made
plans to hold the balloting at three strategic points, one
box to be placed as usual in Student Center, one on Vet
Hill, and the other, for agricultural students, at Comer
Hall.
John Watters, Elections Com­mittee
head, said the new set-up
would be followed in an attempt
to relieve some of the congestion
that past election days have wit­nessed.
Under a new provision in the
student constitution, a list of
qualified student voters, deter­mined
from records in the regis­trar's
office, will be published
by the Committee a month prior
to the election. Following the
publication of this list, a week
will be allowed in which students
whose names were omitted may
make complaints to Committee
members. At the end of this time,
a list of revisions will appear.
Watters stated that candidates
in the elections would not be al­lowed
to use cards, posters, loud
speaker systems, or any other
means of "electioneering" except
personal solicitation. Restricted
areas around the polls will be
observed on election day, inside
which no politicking is to be per­mitted.
Assisting Watters in holding
the elections will be a number of
seniors, including George Long,
Bob Gay, Fred Wellborn, George
Weaver, Charles McCoy, Ted
Chiles, Ralph Williams, and Tom
Mitchell.
High School Tourney
Plans Completed;
Big Croup Expected
Plans are complete for the larg­est
State High School Tourna­ment
ever staged at Auburn when
the annual event is held here
March 7-9.
Dr. Leo Gosser, tournament
chairman, said Friday that he ex­pects
500 high school boys and
girls from all sections of Alabama
to participate in the contests.
Contests will be conducted in
21 different fields, including
aeronautics, art, biology, books,
chemistry, drama, foreign lan­guages,
history, industrial arts,
journalism, Latin, mathematics,
mechanical drawing, music, phy­sics,
public speaking, science,
typewriting, and writing.
High points of interest at the
tournament each year are the
dramatic productions by the vari­ous
high schools which are held
in the auditorium of Langdon
Hall. Telfair B. Peet will be in
charge. The one-act play contest
last year was won by Murphy
High, Mobile.
For the second year the model
flying contest will be held at the
Auburn-Opelika a i r p o r t , and
Lieut. B. M. Cornell, professor of
aeronautical engineering, w i ll
conduct the contest.
General Motors
Man To Speak At
Seminar Tomorrow
Engineer Group Will
Meet Tomorrow in
Place of Monday
Earnest L. Foss of General
Motors Corporation will present a
demonstration - lecture entitled
"Preview of Progress" at a spec­ial
meeting of the Engineering
Seminar tomorrow n i g h t at
Graves Center. The meeting will
begin at 8:15.
Tomorrow night's seminar ses­sion
is at a different time from
usual meetings, which are cus­tomarily
held on Monday, but be­cause
of impossibility of Mr. Foss'
coming at any other time, the
date of the meeting was chang­ed,
seminar officers said.
A few of the features of the
lecture, according to Walter Muel­ler,
publicity director of the Sem­inar,
are demonstrations involving
the principles underlying the tele­phone
and telegraph, the "elec­tric
eye", and synthetic plastics.
Mr. Foss' demonstration will be
very similar to one that is being
shown now in Columbus, Ga., and
that was exhibited at the New
York World's Fair last summer.
Auburn fraternities have been
requested by. Engineering Coun­cil
officers to meet early Wed­nesday
night in order that all en­gineering
students may get to
the seminar on time.
No More Wasserman
Tests to be Given
Until Tomorrow
No Wasserman tests will be
given to students at the Infirm­ary
until tomorrow because of a
temporary shortage of blood speci­men
containers, Dr. J. W. Dennis
said this morning.
Because of the large number of
tests given last week in the stu­dent
anti-syphilis drive, the last
of the containers were used Fri­day.
College health officials were
unable to obtain more containers
from the County Health office in
Opelika, and it was necessary to
wait on a shipment from the state
laboratory in Montgomery.
This shipment will arrive to­morrow
along with reports on
tests given late last week.
Interviewing Of
Seniors Under Way
Du Pont Man Here Today;
Several Others Expected
Interviewing of seniors for jobs
upon graduation is already well
under way, and several compan­ies
are sending representatives to
Auburn during the next few
months. Already a large number
of students have been interview­ed
by the companies which have
already had their representatives
call here.
George Beach of Du Pont is
in Auburn today interviewing
chemical engineers, mechanical
engineers, and chemistry students.
Allis-Chalmers, one of the larg­est
machinery manufacturers in
the world, will interview men on
Feb. 29. A representative of Arm­strong
Cork Company, who will
interview both business adminis­tration
and engineering students,
will be through on March 4. In-gersoll-
Rand men will talk with
potential jobholders in Birming­ham
on the spring inspection trip,
probably March 29.
On April 1 and 2, Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company men
will come to Auburn to talk with
seniors.
Among the well-known com­panies
which have already sent
representatives have been West-inghouse,
whose interviewer was
here on Dep. 12; General Electric
on Jan. 20; Goodrich, late in Jan­uary;
Southern Bell Telephone
Company, last week.
In addition to the above com­panies,
most of which are inter­ested
in engineering students,
several companies have called on
business administration students.
A number of typewriter and
business machine companies are
included in this group.
DATE OF HINDUS'
SPEECH CHANGED
The Concert Series and the In­ternational
Relations Club post­poned
yesterday the date of Mau­rice
Hindus' lecture here until
Saturday, March 2, after receiv­ing
a telegram from Mr. Hindus
saying that he was ill in Chicago
of influenza and would be un­able
to fill his originally schedul­ed
date on Thursday night.
Mr. Hindus, a talented lecturer
and a favorite with Auburn audi­ences,
will speak on "What Next
in Europe?"
MAUGANTALKSTO
FRATERNITY MEN
Speech is 1st of Series
On Fraternity Problems
Fraternity problems was the
theme of an address here Friday
night by Harry R. Maugan, travel­ing
secretary of the Alpha Lamb­da
Tau fraternity, who spoke to
a special meeting of the Inter-fraternity
Council.
Mr. Maugan showed the value
of fraternities to college men and
the benefits which a fraternity
man enjoys over a non-fraterni­ty
man after graduation as well
as during membership. He express­ed
the desire for more intimate
cooperation between campus fra­ternities
and urged that this be
fostered by more sports, more
open house parties, and closer
mingling of individual men.
Maugan remained at the ALT
house over the week-end and
viewed the initiation of pledges
into the fraternity.
An alumnus of Mercer Univers­ity,
Mr. Maugan now resides in
Atlanta, Ga., headquarters of the
national chapter of ALT. He
makes semi-annual visits to all
the chapters of the fraternity,
consulting with and advising of­ficers
and members.
The meeting Friday was the
first of a series to be held in
honor of visiting executive secre­taries
of fraternities with chap­ters
here.
Students Advised Not
To Assume That They
Are on Dean's List
Students who believe that they
will be on the dean's list as soon
as it is made public should not
assume that they already have un­limited
cut privileges, Ralph
Draughon, executive secretary,
said this morning. The determi­nation
of whether or not the
dean's list will be retroactive, that
is, will cover all absences incur­red
since the beginning of the
second semester, will rest with
each dean, Mr. Draughon said,
but he advised that students be
on the safe side and take no pri­vileges
which they are not cer­tain
of.
API Debaters Book
First Expedition
Of Spring Season
Four Seniors to Make
Tour of Mississippi
And Tennessee Schools
First of the scheduled inter­collegiate
debate trips for the Au­burn
squad during the spring
season is one through Mississippi
and Tennessee beginning Monday.
The two teams making the trip
will be composed of four seniors,
George Hiller, president of the
Interfraternity Council, with Win­frey
Boyd, president of ODK, and
John Ivey, president of the Exe­cutive
Cabinet, with John God-bold,
editor of the Plainsman.
Colleges at which debates have
been arranged are Mississippi
College, Millsaps, Mississippi State
College for Women, University of
Mississippi, Mississippi State, Un­ion
University, Southwestern, and
Bethel College.
The second spring tour will be­gin
on March 27 at Mercer Uni­versity.
Other colleges on the
slate for this four-day trip through
Georgia are University of Geor­gia,
Georgia State College for
Women, and possibly Martha
Berry. Debaters making this trip
will be Dorothy Floyd and Merle
Woodard, freshman debaters, and
William Boggs, president of Tau
Kappa Alpha, with Martin Wend-er,
president of the Debate Coun­cil.
"
Two speakers, John Scott,
freshman, and Richard Bjurberg,
sophomore, will enter the South­ern
Association of Teachers of
Speech Tournament in Chatta­nooga,
Tenn., on April 21.
Concluding the round of tours
will be one to the Grand Eastern
Tournament at Winthrop College,
Rock Hill, S. C.
Appearing on the home debate
calendar are J. H. Wheeler and
WilMam Boggs, debating Emory
University here on Feb. 24. Hoyt
Hall and Byrd Marshall will de­bate
Erskine on March 7; Martin
Wender and Harold Sutton are
scheduled to debate the Univers­ity
of Pennsylvania on March 20;
and there are three other dates
pending, one with Spring Hill, one
with Carson-Newman, and the
other with Huntingdon.
Fraternities Asked
To Meet Earlier
Officers of the Engineering
Council requested this morning
that all fraternities meet a few
minutes early tomorrow night in
order that all engineering stu­dents
may get to the Engineering
Seminar on time. The Seminar,
which ordinarily meets on Mon­day
nights, is holding a special
session at 8:15 tomorrow night
to hear Earnest L. Foss of the
General Motors Corporation give
a demonstration-lecture.
New Agricultural Engineering Building
Is Most Modern In Every Aspect
Built by Combined
State, Federal Funds
The new Agricultural Engi­neering
Building located on Mell
Street just south of Duncan Hall
is modern in every detail. Ex­ternally
it is 150 by 50 feet and
is constructed of red brick trim­med
with white sandstone. The
two story structure, plus the
basement, contains five well light­ed
classrooms, five research lab­oratories,
four shops, 16 offices,
a library, and a seminar room.
Representing $100,000 in con­struction
costs a n d containing
$40,000 worth of equipment, the
Ag Engineering Building is com­pletely
paid for. Half of the
money was furnished by the Unit­ed
States government, and the
other half by the State of Ala­bama.
Several new building materials
were used on the interior. Tubu­lar
mercury vapor lamps for hall
illumination, Venetian blinds for
the office windows, and Masonite
blocks of mottled black and brown
color for flooring material.
At the present time the land­scape
in front of the building is
still to be completed. The grounds
are to be sodded with Bermuda
grass and appropriate shrubbery
planted to make the landscape
and building harmonize with the
neighboring Duncan Hall and Ani­mal
Husbandry Building.
Warren, Knight, and Davis, as­sisted
by Dr. R. E. Yoder, form­er
head of the agricultural engi­neering
department, designed the
building.
Page Two THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN February 20, 1940
The Auburn Plainsman
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Editor's Note: Frank Wilson, junior on
the business staff and candidate for
business manager of next year's Plains­man,
is in charge of advertising for this
issue.
Are Auburn Coeds Dumb?
THE otherwise efficient coeds of
API are for some reason prac­tically
ignoring the Girls' Glee
Club. The coeds are missing a
wonderful opportunity at an ac­tivity
which has the three-fold
advantage of credit, of advanc­ing
the reputation of Auburn,
and of giving probably the best
fun to be found in any college
activity.
Auburn coeds almost wore out
their welcome with college offi­cials
begging for the establish­ment
of a girls' glee club, and at
the second semester of the 1938-
1939 session the present organi­zation
was formed under the di­rection
of Mr. Lawrence Barnett.
When the club was formed 45
girls came out for membership,
and during the first semester of
the club's life there was every
prospect of big success.
It is a mystery why member­ship
has declined, but the fact re­mains
that at present there are
no more than 25 members in the
club. The number is at least a
dozen less this semester than last
semester. Membership has so de­clined
that there has been great
difficulty in finding voices for
the operetta "The Chimes of
Normandy", to be produced this
term. And if membership con­tinues
to decline as it is doing at
present, there is no reason to
think that the college will not
withdraw its support from the
organization.
There are about as many or
more girls going to Auburn as
there are attending Huntingdon
or Judson or Alabama College,
and yet Auburn's Girls' Glee Club
ranks not at all with those of the
girls' schools.
Of the nearly 600 Auburn co­eds,
one would expect that at
least 100 would have tried out
for the glee club; but the fact
is that hardly 35 have done so
this year.
Wake up, girls. You're only
young once, and now's the time
to sing the Glee Club to the
prominence which is its just due.
R.S.
A Bouquet- To Squires
IT'S NOT at all unusual for Au­burn
organizations to under­take
projects that are worthy of
commendation. But it is refresh­ingly
out of the ordinary for a
group to set to work quietly be­hind
the scenes, satisfied to do
something without asking for the
limelight.
Characterized by a quiet de­termination,
asking for nothing,
giving everything, the Squires
have gone to work to get every
Auburn student they can to take
one of the free Wasserman tests
offered by the College Infirmary.
They begged for no ballyhoo.
It was difficult enough to per­suade
them to let out the actual
facts about what they were do­ing,
to say nothing of the usual
pure propaganda that some or­ganizations
issue. In the place of
hogwash they substituted per­sonal
salesmanship, and set to
work popularizing Wasserman
tests on that basis. And they have
done it.
The students a r e reacting
slowly, but the trickle moving
toward the Infirmary is a steady
one. One hundred Wassermans in
one week can hardly be ignored.
Mark one up in the book of
Auburn history for a good or­ganization
doing a great work in
a new way.
The Plainsman Forum
Letters to the Editor
Maurice Hindus
MAURICE Hindus, who comes
here Saturday, March 2, for the
third time in as many years, is a
master at the art of pleasing an
audience. His lectures have the
two essentials to audience inter­est—
accuracy and color.
Hindus' lectures are accurate
because he knows the people and
things he talks about through
years of intimate association with
them on journalistic missions.
Like Vincent Sheean, John Gun-ther,
and other top-flight for­eign
correspondents, he has vis­ited
Europe time and again in
the past few years, and each time
has returned with new material
for magazine articles, lectures,
radio appearances, and books.
For a naturalized citizen, Mau­rice
Hindus has a most amazing
command of English. Not even
Hans Kaltenborn, who created
such a stir at his appearance
here in December, can eclipse
his facility for finding the right
phrase at the right time. Like
Kaltenborn, he is known for the
ease and authority with which he
a n s w e r s impromptu questions
from the audience.
Possibly the most attractive
thing about this man is the ac­cent
in his speech. Hindus was
born in Eastern Siberia, and
though his family emigrated to
this country during his childhood,
his American schooling has not
removed this mark of European
origin. However, his accent does
not detract from the clarity of
his speech, and it definitely adds
color.
It is rare good fortune that has
enabled the Concert Series and
the International Relations Club
to bring Maurice Hindus to Au­burn
on a contract that will en­able
students to hear him for the
price of a show ticket and facul­ty
members for 50 cents—a "ridi­culously
low price," as one prom­inent
professor put it. J.H.W.
Aim At The Starlings
WATCH out! Auburn is being in­vaded
by enemies of good and
beauty!
Those big, plump, sleek black
birds with bright yellow beaks
which you have seen around the
campus recently are a plaguy
tribe. They are the notorious
starlings, which for years have
badgered the nation's capital to
the point of desperation.
Starlings are worse than Eng­lish
sparrows a b o u t building
messy and insect-bearing nests a-round
the eaves of buildings.
They are not particularly pretty
and they sing no enchanting
songs. They are, however, ene­mies
of birds which are responsi­ble
for the song that makes Ala­bama
woods pleasant.
We are told that starlings are
particularly hard on the robins,
one of the most universally lov­ed
species of wild birds. They are
also enemies of the South's be­loved
mockers, we believe, and
if they work hardships on these
it is probable that others of our
native birds suffer from them.
If you must shoot guns in this
vicinity, aim them at the star­lings.
R.S.
A Reply to the Field
House Defense
Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Editor:
Another freshman has thrust his head
above the terrain and spoken a word
of foolishness. Will these freshmen
never learn that they should be seen
and not heard?
The subject is a letter in regard to
the new Field House, disclosing very
poor logic and a leaning to loquacity.
Said freshman states that it took a
lot of energy to launch the $1,500,000
building program. How astute he is.
And he states the question of the
curious in a nut shell when he says:
"Do they (those curious concerning the
building of the Field House) think that
the officials of The Federal Govern­ment,
The State of Alabama, and The
Alabama Polytechnic Institute would
spend the taxpayers money for a build­ing
unless they had a definite pur­pose
in mind?" A very imposing list
of authorities, but that in brief is ex­actly
what the inquisitive wonder about.
He confuses the issue wonderfully
when he says that because Auburn
needed a stadium more than it needed
a basketball court, the stadium was
built. Personally, I ain't seen nothing
criticising the building of the stadium;
it's the expenditure of $60,000 for a
glorified dressing room that the local
dupes wonder about.
If it makes the coaching staff feel
any better sitting in a pile of new of­fices
interspersed with a lot of empty
class rooms, all located where a gym
should be, why that's that.
We ain't criticising, we're just curi­ous.
Non-Freshman.
"A Few Boards Laid
End to End?"
Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Dearly Beloved Editor:-
For the sake of struggling humanity
spare a line for a teensy weensy gripe.
Had to wait for an hour and a half
to get a cab for the dance Saturday
night, but that isn't the gripe. The fact
that Fate brought rain both Friday and
Saturday night also is not the gripe.
The small matter is that after arriv­ing
at the new dormitories over an
hour late, I was confronted with the
enticing unavoidable of gamboling over
a path an inch deep in mud:, freshly
shined shoes, trousers just cleaned and
pressed. It was all just, too irresistable.
When we came out, it was necessary
for me to "tarzan" my date over said
path, and her with a freshly pressed
gown. A quarter of an inch of tooth
dust did I grit off upon the considera­tion
of slipping.
If the stage of construction of the
dormitories does not allow the laying
of cement walks, what's the matter with
a few boards?
Consider the shoes and trousers sav­ed;
consider the slippers and gowns.
Consider the embarrassment. Consider
the evenings ruined. In short, when the
fate of future generations is at stake,
what are a few boards laid end to end?
Very nice dormitories, lovely wom­en,
lovely dispositions, foul mud; jim-iny
crickets, need more be said?
Optimistic Visionary
Well?
By John Ivey, Jr.
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this
column are those of the writer and are not to
be construed as the editorial policies of this
paper.
On Men Dying
Several figures prominent in ' public
life in our own state have passed away
recently, and in connection with the
death of these men
something r a t h er
strange has come to
mind.
For at least two
days the newspapers
carried stories with
descriptions of the
funerals, written in
language that would
do credit to a king.
T h e y carried fea­tures
on the struggle
dotiH WE? ' of t h e s e m e n f r om
their beginnings to their deaths as pub*
lie idols. However, after the lapse of
less than a week those same columns
had forgotten entirely those men.
The point that struck us was that in
less than 10 days the columns were
telling in vivid terms of the hot politi­cal
fight in progress over the coveted
positions emptied by death's visit. The
fight was being waged for a position
which another man had held for years,
giving his energy to do a great piece
of work, but had been less than a week
removed by the old man with the scy­the.
Maybe we are too idealistic, but when
we see examples such as this written in
everyday life, we find a sober lesson.
It just all goes to prove that' for a
man to think that in his hands he holds
the destiny for any principle, that the
world can't get along without him, that
no one can fill his shoes, that his job
is one that demands his very health
and life—it's a lot of nonsense. Seems
like one might as well live moderately
as long as he can, with the idea in
the back of his mind that there are
a bunch of fellows who would give their
right arms to use his death as a step­ping
stone to their own success, that
is, if he stood in the path they were
traveling.
* * *
The Year In Review
Being in a mood to dash back over
some current history, we will start our
little skit back in the last week of the
first month of 1940 A.D. . . .
The Mid-Term Dances came, consum­ed
shoe leather, deflated pocket books,
distributed circles for bloodshot eyes,
and slipped away . . . after the week­end
everyone blinked in the sunlight
of the second semester . . . it had
started! It was rumored that some dope
had decided that it wasn't nice to cheat
on examination; however, what made
it really a laugh was that he thought
he could do something about it. He
didn't know that trying to get changes
made here at Auburn was just about
as fast as trying to get the Law of
Gravity repealed . . . maybe he knew
it, but the sap certainly didn't think
he would run into much opposition.
Well, he was wrong.
You know what? He even found fel­lows
that got mad because the subject
was brought up, because they thought
that it was going to be a heck of a note
when they couldn't go to a class and
pass it without even buying a text book.
That fellow was crazy! Let's just leave
that subject.
The winds came and the rains de­scended
. . . in fact, some pretty good
soil erosion problems were born while
two students almost drowned in the
process of trying to swim from Broun
Hall to Samford . . . deep water a-round
Langdon Lab. To make things
still worse there came an epidemic of
Sadie Hawkins cut-ups . . . it ended up
costing the coeds money, but what the
heck, it was all gotten from a check
signed by Papa. (This is kinda silly,
but it beats writing a mess of stuff
on politics and those little thumb wav­ing
parties in Europe.)
School ground on as only school can
grind . . . the winds came on and the
rains descended still more . . . in fact
a cloud almost knocked over Samford
Tower when the Plainsman revealed for
the first time that Editor Buck Kelley
had turned the once-yearly picture book
over to the Plainsman . . .it was still
raining on a bunch of sophomores call­ed
Squires who were shouting for more
free Wasserman tests.
Enough of this! Let Father Time
write the rest.
U. S. College Editors
Supporting Nation's
Reciprocal Trade Pacts
INTERNATIONAL trade, and the ac­companying
question of retention or
abandonment of the reciprocal trade a-greements
policy of the present admin­istration,
is getting more and more at­tention
from collegiate editorial writers.
And their attention, for the most part,
is taking the form of a campaign for
the support of Secretary of State Cor-dell
Hull's trade pacts. There is little
or no sentiment for abandonment of
the pacts as proposed by some congress­ional
leaders.
The Evansville College Crescent: "To
date, under this act, the state depart­ment
has entered into 22 of these pacts
with 21 nations. Centering their appeal
in the offers of tariff reduction up to
50 per cent Secretary Hull was able
to consummate these pacts in every
quarter of the globe, much to the bene­fit
of American foreign trade. These
pacts, brought the U.S. from the time
of their inception, an ever-increasing
yearly total of foreign commerce."
The Ohio State University Lantern
asserts: "There is no doubt that a
sound economic relationship among na­tions,
such as this program has help­ed
establish among about two score na­tions
which have signed such trade a-greements,
is one way of strengthen­ing
political relationships. Nations, like
men, practically always are happy if
their economic relationships are satis­factory.
Above all, such a program will
help tremendously in re-establishing dis­rupted
trade economy in the vital post­war
reconstruction period. This is an
opportunity for the U.S. to do more
by staying out of the war than by
getting in."
Smelling a political rat in the' attack
on the Hull pacts, the University of
Michigan Daily says: "It seems to mat-
Plains Talk
By Herbert Martin
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this
column are those of the writer and are not to
be construed as the editorial policies of this
paper.
THE officially christened Boys' Pow­der
Room (if you have doubts, look
at the sign) boasted by the new library
should be more fully
equipped if it is to
carry out its desig­nated
plan. Boys are
not in the habit of
carrying make-up kits
with them, and it's
hard to explain to a
coed that you'd like
to borrow her com­pact
to step in and
powder your nose.
From t h e Daily
Tarheel. . . .
"They tell us to keep on the paths
By putting up signs saying 'Please'
Best remedy we know
Is twelve inches of snow
The kind that comes up to your knees!"
* * *
Still off the campus, we're struck by
the noble thoughts of Missouri students
who framed a set of resolutions for
the new semester. Among the resolu­tions
was this: "To break away from
the slaver Bacchus and not partake of
the filthy liquid. Except on birthdays.
Anybody's."
* * *
Another example of an Auburn or­ganization
that has recently shown re­markable
growth is the physical educa­tion
department. In the three years of
its existance it has grown from a five-student
class with one instructor into
a department with 50 students that now
has a staff of five instructors.
* * *
A club has been organized for stu­dents
who are either majoring or minor-ing
in physical education. Purposes
have been listed as follows:
1. To establish and maintain a closer
relationship, socially and professional­ly,
among all physical education stu­dents.
2. To unify the physical education
students into a group so that it will
become recognized on the campus.
3. To promote fellowship, efficiency,
and cooperation among the physical
education students of API.
Officers elected to serve the club are
president, Ray Gibson; vice-president,
Flora Straight; secretary and treasurer,
H. B. Holt; reporter, Hugh Davis; and
historian, Luella Haselton. A faculty
advisor is to be named as soon as the
selection is made.
+ * *
We understand that a petition is be­ing
circulated which calls for lengthen­ing
the time between classes from 10
minutes to 15 minutes. Proponents of
the plan argue that the extension should
be made because of Pall Mall, Regents,
and R C Colas!
* * *
Glance at the bottom cartoon on
page 83 of the new Esquire if you'd
like an idea of how API rates in other
parts of the country.
* * *
They tell us to be natural, to be
ourselves. They say that a man's true
self is the one that counts, that we
accomplish little by sham. Let's take a
look and see how a few violators of
this rule have made out.
Take Jack Benny. A concert violin­ist
of no mean ability, he clowns and
corns his playing to a shucky degree,
yet he succeeds, is salting away wheel­barrow
loads of folding money each
year, and is- famed wherever radio
reaches.
Zazu Pitts, quite a beauty off-screen,
lets her permanent get frowsy, applies
the wrong make-up in the wrong quan­tities
and in the wrong places, and
makes a comfortable living in the proc­ess.
* * *
The pre-White House Mrs. Roosevelt
was seldom excelled in chicken frying
and other home arts. Leaving head­quarters
for an eight-year journey,
she has acquired some fame, as well
as a bit of notoriety, as a lecturer.
Hitler, a post-card and house paint­er,
dropped all for a try at leading
sheep to the slaughter. Though the
sheep he picked were blind, he has at
least attracted world-wide attention.
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kollegienne, says
of girls who claim to be 16, or 17 or
18, without having been kissed. "They'd
better be looking around for a cat and
a good book. If boys haven't found
anything attractive, or even potential­ly
attractive in 16 years, it's pretty
certain that there ain't a whole lot
there!"
Pianist Eugenia Buxton Has
Outstanding Musical Record
YOUNG, charmingly beautiful, pianist
Eugenia Buxton, who comes to Au­burn
with the Roth String Quartet on
Feb. 27 on the Auburn Concert Series
has distinguished herself as a talented
musician on the concert stages of two
continents. She may well be called "one
of the foremost women pianists of the
day."
Miss Buxton is a native Southerner.
She was born in Memphis, Tenn., and
received her first musical training in
that city. She later studied in New York
City where Paderewski heard her and
praised her ability highly.
Following her sensational debut per­formance
at Town Hall in New York
City before a critical audience, she re­ceived
invitations to play with several
major symphony orchestras, among
which were the Minneapolis Symphony
and the St. Louis Symphony orchestras.
Since her debut she has given recitals
in 11 countries. Next summer she will
make appearances in South America on
an extended concert tour. At present
she is touring the United States with
the Roth String group.
Last season she made triumphant ap­pearances
in many European cities in­cluding
Stockholm, Copenhagen, Gen­eva,
Brussels, Amsterdam, London, and
Paris. She gave recitals over interna­tional
broadcasting systems from Brus­sels
and Paris. Her schedule for this
fall in Europe was cancelled because
of war conditions. Now she has plan­ned
a tour of Canada in place of the
previously planned European tour.
Remount Horses Honored by Being
Named After Prominent War Eagles
By ART JONES
MAN'S best friend may be the horse,
but seldom da our equinine buddies
get such an honor as the new animals
at the ROTC stables have received.
Thirteen proud ponies arrived at
their new headquarters last summer as
remounts to fill in the depleted ranks
of Auburn horse-drawn artillery ani­mals.
At that time they were given the
name by which they will be known as
long as they remain at Auburn.
Although the names they bear sound
perfectly normal to the uninitiated, to
Auburn men and women they have an
immortal, historical, almost holy aspect,
for they are the names of several of
t h e school's never-to-be forgotten
young alumni.
"Wingo" is named for Billy Wingo,
ter to no one that the Republicans, in
their attack on reciprocity, do not say
what policy may be substituted for it.
In all probability they remain silent be­cause
they do not want to bring up
'Smoot-Hawley' again. After Ameri­ca's
experience during the early years
of the depression, the words 'Smoot-
Hawley' jar on American ears."
Incidentally, this particular phase of
Secretary Hull's work has brought many
college newspapers to thumping for
him as the next Democratic candidate
for the presidency.—(ACP).
now a first lieutenant in the U.S. Ma­rine
Corps. He was brigade colonel in
his last year at Auburn, 1936.
Five horses are named for members
of the class of '38. Spec Kelly, the
brilliant "jitterbug" halfback; Joe
Stewart, quarterback on the same team,
former brigade colonel, and now a
lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps;
Walter Gilbert, who made Ail-Ameri­can
center and was captain of the foot­ball
team; Bill Smith, who was lieu­tenant
colonel of the mounted battery;
Joel Eaves, all-Southern end, pitcher
on the baseball team, and now basket­ball
coach at Sewanee.
Six members of the class of '39 were
likewise honored; quarterback Bunchy
Fowler, now taking graduate work;
halfback Ralph O'Gwynn, who made the
winning touchdown against Michigan
State in the Orange Bowl; and all-A-merican
tackle Bo Russell, now play­ing
professional football with the Wash­ington
Redskins.
Along with these three football men
were three horsemen, Gus Franke, of
the polo team, and son of a former Au­burn
military commandant; Bob Mc-
Nulty, also a polo great; and John
"Sparky" Sparks, major of the mount­ed
battery.
One undergraduate, Dave Rogers,
was also honored. Dave, who throws the
javelin on the track team, will finish
in May.
February 20, 1940 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Page Three
UP IN SOCIETY
By EMMA NELL PARRISH
SPE GIVES VALENTINE BALL
Sigma Phi Epsilon entertained with a Valentine Ball Saturday
night. Bibb Graves Center was cleverly decorated in red and white,
combining the fraternity emblems and the Valentine motif. Following
the grand march, the members and their dates
formed a large heart, the shape of the SPE
pin, and while Lem Edmonson sang "Wonder­ful
Sig Ep Girl", SPE's presented their dates
with heart-shaped lockets bearing the fraternity
seal. After the dance a delicious buffet supper
was served by Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, housemother,
at the chapter house.
* * *
ZETA DELTA DANCE
Friday evening, Zeta Delta, colonizing
chapter of Delta Zeta, entertained with their
annual formal. Bibb Graves Center was deco­rated
with the sorority colors, old rose and vieux green. Leading was
Dorothy Hurst, president of the chapter, and Bill Dulion, senior in
elec engineering. A Zeta Delta lead-out and three no-breaks were fea­tured.
* * *
SAE AND LAMBDA CHI VALENTINE PARTIES
Tuesday night Valentine parties were given by Lambda Chi Alpha
and SAE fraternities. The SAE's and their dates enjoyed a buffet
supper and dancing at the chapter house. About 30 girls were present.
The Lambda Chi house was decorated in keeping with the sea­son,
and refreshments were served to the members and their dates
following a house dance. Large chocolate hearts embossed with fra­ternity
letters were given as favors to the dates.
* * *
PRESBYTERIAN STUDENTS ENTERTAINED
Sunday evening following church, Presbyterian students enjoy­ed
a fellowship hour at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. Sam B. Hay.
After an evening of entertainment, punch and chocolate cake were
served to the 25 students present.
* * *
CHI O's INITIATE .
Alpha Beta of Chi Omega held formal initiation Saturday night,
at which time Bebe Stone was named as the model pledge. An im­pressive
ceremony was held for the following initiates: Marjoria Perry,
Lucretia Perry, Jean Williams, Anne Pafford, Arnold Owens, Binnie
Ross, Jimmie Jerkins, Dorothy Blackman, Catherine Richmond, Martha
Gerhardt, Ellen Hocksema, Ruth Sundberg, Ethel Gardiner, and Bebe
Stone.
* * *
ATO's INITIATE ELEVEN
ATO initiated 11 new members in a ceremony at the chapter
house Sunday afternoon: Ernest Herlong, John Druary, Hardy Picard,
Bruce Martin, Ed Rogers, Pat Brinson, John Ball, Daughtry Perritt,
Rene Bidez, Bob Barnes, and Estes Sherrill.
Following initiation a banquet was held, with a number of facul­ty
members and old grads present.
* * *
ON THE SOCIAL CALENDAR
In the little blue book for this week-end are the Interfraternity
Council ball and the Beaux Arts Ball. Friday night Council Prexy
George Hiller and Dotty Davis will lead the way at Graves Center
beginning at 9, as the Greeks hold their annual fest. Saturday night,
beginning at 9 in the- Student Center, the architects hold their color­ful
costume ball with this year's theme "The Land of Oz." However,
any kind of costume is acceptable.
^Announcing
The formal opening of Rubye's Beau­ty
Salon in the new Wright Building on
Magnolia Avenue.
Favors will be given the first hun­dred
ladies visiting our shop. Light refresh­ments
will be served to all.
Open house from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. Monday, February 26. Public invited.
Cold •••ice-cold
Look for
the familiar
red cooler
Opelika Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Phone 70
Co-op Honor Society
Is Established Mere
Chapter Installed
By Tech Engineers
A new honor society was in­troduced
to the Auburn campus
at exactly 1:45 a.m. last Satur­day
morning, when the Beta Chap­ter
of The Briaerean honor so­ciety
was officially installed here
by six of the members of the
Georgia Tech chapter.
The six charter members of
the Auburn chapter are Robert
B. Morgan, J. I. Joyner, R. H.
Robertson, Don Kirk, J. F. Gurly,
and C. J. Bastien. Mr. A. O. Tay­lor,
director of Co-operative Edu­cation
was initiated as the first
honorary member.
The initiating committee from
Tech was made up of John Drew,
president; R. C. Cheek, acting
vice-president; H. R. Perry, act­ing
secretary; G. B. Cauble, treas­urer;
J. A. Hutchinson, and H.
E. Spangler.
The society was named after
Briaereus, a god in Greek myth­ology
having a single eye and 100
hands. The eye symbolizes unity
in organization, and the 100 hands
symbolize each member contribut­ing
his share in the work of the
society.
The society was founded at
Georgia Tech on Jan. 28, 1922.
The members of the Auburn
chapter have already adopted the
body of a constitution and the
following officers have been elect­ed:
C. J. Bastien, president; J.
I. Joyner, vice-president; and R.
H. Morgan, secretary-treasurer.
It is planned to organize an­other
branch of the club in the
other section when it returns to
school.
In common with all honor so-
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Thursday, Feb. 22
Friday, Feb. 23
PAT O'BRIEN in
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Howard Worthington, Winfrey Boyd,
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cieties, The Briaerean, is pri­marily
interested in fostering
higher standards of work and
leadership, and to this end vari­ous
awards are made to the out­standing
freshman and senior each
year, but unlike most societies,
it has a lasting membership, for
the pre-juniors have three years
in which to formulate plans and
carry them out completely, while
ordinarily honor society member­ship
is made up of seniors alone,
who, having no permanent stand­ards
or policies are hampered in
their attempts to do things which
would benefit the school.
Famous Quadruplets
Delivered by Father
Of Auburn Graduate
Records in the registrar's of­fice
have revealed that Dr. H. J.
Sankey, the Alabama Dr. Dafoe
who delivered and is attending
the Walker County Short quad­ruplets,
is the father of Ben
Sankey, honor student and all-southern
shortstop at Auburn 12
years ago.
The younger Sankey, now play­ing
professional baseball in the
International League, graduated
from Auburn in 1928. While a
student here he held membership
in Spades, Scarab, Blue Key, "A"
Club, Scabbard and Blade honor
societies, was president of the
senior class, and won three let­ters
in varsity baseball.
Dr. Kildare Movie
To Show At Tiger
Lionel Barrymore and
Lew Ayres are in Cast
"The successful physician is he
who uses the backbone of an ac­tor's
trade." So declares Lionel
Barrymore, dean of the screen's
character stars, who plays Dr. Gil­lespie,
veteran mentor of Lew
Ayres in "The Secret of Dr. Kil­dare",
medical-detective romance
which will be the attraction Wed­nesday
and Thursday at the Tig­er
Theatre.
By that, the eldest of the Roy­al
Family explains, he doesn't
mean that the doctor should act.
"But in studying any ailment,
physical, mental or moral," says
Barrymore, "the physician studies
the psychology, character and
motives of his patient. That's just
what the actor does in getting his
conception of a character.
Barrymore, as the old doctor,
and Ayres, as young Dr. Jimmy
Kildare, his assistant, study a
strange mental malady of a beau­tiful
heiress in the story, based
on Max Brand's novelette. Ayres
exposes a quack doctor, and cures
the girl's blindness by mental sug­gestion.
"The Secret of Dr. Kildare" is
the third of the popular "Dr. Kil­dare"
series to reach the screen.
Together with Ayres and Barry­more,
the cast of the new picture
features Lionel Atwill, Helen Gil­bert,
Nat Pendleton, Laraine Day,
Sara Haden, Samuel S. Hinds,
Emma Dunn, Walter Kingsford,
Grant Mitchell and Alma Kruger.
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Sadie Hawkins Day
Nets WAA $25 Profit
The WAA's Sadie Hawkin's
Day brought in a profit of ap­proximately
$25, which will be
spent on a recreation room in the
Coed Quadrangle, Sara Lee
Banks, WAA president said last
week.
"We've got something started
that we hope to make a yearly
custom," Miss Banks said. She
stated that the WAA is now work­ing
on a plan whereby at next
year's Sadie Hawkins Day, some
kind of season ticket for the en­tire
program will be sold.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
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Formal Opening
of Auburn's Newest 5c & 10c Store
Thursday, February 22, 3 P. M*
Ladies' Rayon
PANTIES
Regular 25c to 39c values
While they 10c
Last, pair
Fancy-Colored
POTTERY
SECONDS of 25c to 50c
values
Opening
Special 10c
Ladies' Colored and
Plain White
HANKIES
Limit of
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LARGE SIZE TURKISH
Values to TOWELS 25c 10c 50 SHEET NOTE BOOK
FILLERS, 3 pkgs. 10
One Lot
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Tea Kettles, Boilers, Dish
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Opening
3 Days, each 25c
EVERY REGULAR 10c
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EXCEPTION OF FEW
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Each 9c
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Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN February 20, 1940
Auburn Walks Over
Sewanee In Friday-
Saturday Games
Tigers Chalk Up 48-30,
63-34 Points Against
E a v e s ' Tennesseans
Auburn's youthful basketball
squad found its stride last week­end
and soundly trounced their
Tiger cousins from Sewanee to
the tune of 48-30 and 63-34.
Sharpshooting by Hawkins and
Streetman in Friday night's game
and by Hawkins and Dickinson
in Saturday's encounter led the
Plainsman to their fourth victory
in as many starts over Sewanee
this season.
Shag Hawkins, the amazing
sophomore center from Dora, bag­ged
16 points Friday night and
12 points Saturday to make a
two-game total of 28. Streetman
dropped in six field goals and
three free throws in Friday's bat­tle
to garner 15 points. Highlight
of the two-game series however
was the amazing sharpshooting of
Bob Dickinson in the Saturday
game. Dickinson entered the game
at the beginning of the second
half and sunk eight field goals
and two free shots for a total of
18 points in that one half.
Individual stars for the Tigers
from the University of the South
were Stake, who scored 15 points
in the first game, and Morrell,
who scored 18 markers in the
Saturday game.
Only two more games remain
on the schedule for the varsity
team, an encounter here with the
Jackets from Georgia Tech to­morrow
night at 7:30 and a game
against Florida in Marianna, Fla.,
Saturday night.
L i n e u p s :
SEWANEE G
Spake, I 6
M o r r e l l , f 1
Roberts, c O
Welch, g _ .4
W h i t t i n g t o n , g 2
M o r r i s , f O
Apperson, f O
Macon, g 0
F Pf Tp
2 2 15
2 2
3 0
2 8
4 5
O O
0 O
1 0
T o t a l s
AUBURN
Manci, f
S t r e e t m a n , f
H a w k i n s , c ...
Huff, g
Gibson, g
Dickinson, f .
M a s t i n , *
McNair, f
Motley, g
T a n n e r , g
D u n b a r , g
F l e m i n g , g ...
. 1 3 4 14 30
G F Pf Tp
0 4
1 15
3 14
2 8
T o t a l s 19 10 13 48
F r e e throws missed: S t r e e t m a n 3,
Dickinson, Manci 2, Hawkins, Gibson,
Huff, Spake 3, Murrell, Roberts, Welch
2, W h i t t i n g t o n 2.
H a l f - t i m e score: Auburn 24; Sewanee
14.
R e f e r e e : Malcolm Laney, ( A l a b a m a ).
AUBURN
S t r e e t m a n , f
Manci, f
H a w k i n s , c ...
Gibson, g
Huff, g
Dickinson, f .
M a s t i n , f
McNair, f
Motley, c
T a n n e r , g
Dunbar, g ...
F l e m i n g , g ..
Totals
SEWANEE
Stake, f
Morrell, f
R o b e r t s , c ._
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LADY ATTENDANT
Auburn . . . . . . Opelika
Tech-Tigers Scuffle
Here Tomorrow Night
Both Aggregations
Led by Sophomores
When the Auburn and Georgia
Tech quintets clash tomorrow
night in Alumni Gym at 7:30, the
fans will see a contest of sopho­mores
that promises to be spec­tacular,
for Auburn-Tech basket­ball
games are always anybody's
battle. Tech has just added new
laurels to her crown by defeat­ing
Vandy and Duke, and the
flashy sophs from the "Gone With
the Wind" city are invading Au­burn
for a return match with the
local Tigers.
Individual honors on the Tech
team go to Lewis, a guard, who
is one of the leading scorers in
the Southeastern Conference.
The Plainsmen, led by Shag
Hawkins, have just taken two
very decisive tilts from the Se­wanee
Tigers, and with this in­centive,
are ready to start on the
comeback trail. The defeat of the
Yellow Jackets will put the local
lads back in the running for an
invitation to t h e Southeastern
Conference tournament. The Tech
boys have won five and lost five
to put them in sixth place in the
Southeastern Conference battle
for basketball supremacy.
Probable Tech line-up:
Johnson—F
Haymans—F
Hughes—C
Lewis—G
Burroughs—G
HAWKINS, MANCI
TIED FOR 7TH
IN SEC SCORING
With exactly the same number
of points scored against South­eastern
Conference competition,
Frank Manci and Shag Hawkins
are tied for seventh place in in­dividual
basketball scoring along
with Griff Vance of LSU.
All three have accumulated a
total of 113 points. Manci's comes
from 47 field goals and 19 free
throws. Hawkins has garnered 51
field goals and 11 free tosses.
Vance's total, like Manci's, comes
from 47 tosses from the field and
19 from the foul line.
Leading the SEC pack is Bur-nell
Egger of Mississippi, who,
with 164 points, is 32 points a-
Score at Half: Auburn 24; Sewanee
14.
P e r s o n a l F o u l s : S t r e e t m a n , Hawkins
3, Gibson 4, Huff 2, Dickinson, Tanner,
Fleming, Stake 2, Morrell 2, R o b e r t s 3,
Welch 2, W h i t t i n g t o n 4, Macon.
F r e e Throws Missed: Streetman 2,
Dickinson, Mastin 2, Hawkins, Gibson,
Huff, S t a k e 3, Morrell 2, R o b e r t s , Welch
2, W h i t t i n g t o n 2.
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On the 'Mural Slate
Tonight
SAE vs. Beta Kappa 9:00, AG.
Alpha Psi vs. Lambda Chi 10:-
00, AG.
FPA II vs. Basketeers 7:00,
GG.
Hots Shots vs. Mobile 8:00, GG.
W e d n e s d a y
Sigma Nu vs. Alpha Lambda
Tau 9:00, AG.
ATO vs. Phi Delta Theta 10:00,
AG.
Tant vs. Nunn 7:00, GG.
Carr Hall vs. Hornsby Hall
8:00, GG.
T h u r s d a y
KA vs. Sigma Pi 9:00, AG.
Kappa Sig vs. SPE 10:00, AG.
FPA I vs. Terrel's 7:00, GG.
Baptist Student vs. N i g ht
Hawks 8:00, GG.
Auburn Drops To
Eighth In SEC
Four of 5 Wins Have
Been Over Sewanee
With only two more games a-head
of them and a disappointing
season behind, Auburn's cagers
have skidded into eighth place in
the SEC. Actually their won-lost
record is not quite as good as the
"5 won, 6 lost" indicates, for 4
of the 5 wins have been at the
expense of Sewanee, cellar team
of the Conference, which has lost
all 8 of its SEC games. Further­more,
below Auburn in the stand­ings
is Vanderbilt, a team which
has proved its superiority over
the Plainsmen by licking them
twice.
The S t a n d i n g s:
T E AM W L Tp Op
T e n n e s s e e 6 2 247 208
Georgia 9 3 470 412
Alabama 11 4 548 490
LSU _ 6 4 387 386
Miss. State 4 3 330 320
Georgia Tech S 5 402 397
K e n t u c k y 3 3 213 186
A u b u r n S 6 SOS 441
F l o r i d a 3 4 282 296
V a n d e r b i l t 4 6 390 406
M i s s i s s i p p i 3 7 428 443
T u l a n e 2 6 258 307
Sewanee O 8 242 402
head of his nearest competitor,
Brotherton of LSU.
Googe Prather, talented Ala­bama
center, is holding fifth place
in spite of being kept out of sev­eral
games by injuries.
AUBURN WINS 4
SECONDS, A THIRD
IN AAU SWIM MEET
Gammage, Kelly, and
Slaughter Score for
Auburn in Birmingham
Four second places and one
third place were written up for
Auburn's representatives Friday
night at the Southeastern AAU
swimming meet in Birmingham.
Davis Gammage and Sam Kelly,
members of Auburn's varsity
team, and Joe Slaughter, a mem­ber
of the freshman swimming
team, swam for API at the Bir­mingham
Athletic Club pool Fri­day
and Saturday nights. Al­though
they didn't arrive until
5:30 and began swimming at 7:-
30, they made a fine showing
against strong competition.
Joe Slaughter placed second in
both the 50 and 100-yd. freestyle
events. Davis Gammage placed
second in the 100-yd. backstroke
and also in the 300-yd. individual
medley. Sam Kelly, swimming
against stiffer competition than
his two teammates, placed third
in the 220-yd. freestyle.
The team leaves Thursday for
Atlanta to swim against Emory
University and Friday afternoon
they go in against the University
of Georgia at Athens. After the
everits Friday afternoon the team
may go to Maryville, Tenn., to
swim against Maryville College.
However, this meet has not been
definitely decided on.
Baby Tigers Win Three Straight, Meet
Tallassee High School Tonight
burn's "sophomore wonders" a
hard fight for a place in the start­ing
lineup next season.
Notice
There will be an important
meeting of the Auburn Society
of Industrial Engineers Tuesday,
Feb. 20, 1940. All industrial en­gineers
are urged to attend.
The University of Wisconsin
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in 32 consecutive home matches.
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Two Other Games on
This Week's Slate
With a three-game schedule a-head
of them for the closing week
of their season, Auburn's Baby
Tigers meet Tallassee High in Tal­lassee
tonight, Muscogee Mills at
6:30 tomorrow night in the pre­lim
to the Auburn-Georgia Tech
game, and Central High of Phenix
City immediately following the
varsity game.
In an unusually busy three days
the Cubs showed rare form in
trouncing three strong opponents
the past week. In Thursday night's
game, Hal Walker led his team­mates
to a 39-17 revenge victory
over an Opelika High team which
had previously nosed them out.
Friday night Walker starred
again as the rodents beat a strong
Columbus Manufacting Company
five in a preliminary game to the
Auburn-Sewanee tilt. The two
Bright boys, Jack and Bob, Hom­er
Wright, and Bob Ellis also show­ed
up well.
In the Saturday night pre­liminary
the boys repeated their
games of the previous two nights
to shoot down the Maxwell Field
Fliers. The entire game was domi­nated
by the flashy work of Jack
Bright, as he made 15 points to­ward
his team's 42-34 win. Bright,
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