1940-02-09 The Auburn Plainsman

              Tony Sarg,
Langdon Hall Tonight THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN WAA Girl-Tag Hop,
Tomorrow Night
VOL. LXIII z-i ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FEBRUARY 9, 1940 No. 38
Politics Begins As Publications
Board Sets Qualification Dates
Staff Photo by Lewis Arnold.
SADIE HAWKINS GETS HER LIL' ABNER: Betty Belle Brandt grabs an ear and a date all at
one time by catching innocent and unsuspecting freshman George Heard on his blind side. That's a
death grip she's got, too. Poor George, he tried so hard to get away.
Faculty Considering
Cheating Problem
Department Sessions
Already Being Held
The Executive Council of deans
and administrative officers brief­ly
discussed anti-cheating enforce­ment
in a session yesterday morn­ing
in the President's Office.
Ralph Draughon, executive secre­tary,
said this morning that the
necessary disposal of routine busi­ness
prevented the Council from
devoting a great deal of time to
the cheating problem, but that the
Council would meet again early
next week, probably Tuesday
morning, and would consider the
matter then.
President L. N. Duncan has al­ready
requested each dean to call
meetings of faculty members in
the various departments of each
school to discuss cheating. Several
of these meetings have already
been held, and a number of oth­ers
are expected to take place dur­ing
the first few days of next
week.
According to Mr. Draughon, the
idea of a general faculty meet­ing
to weigh the much-discussed
problem is being considered and
a meeting may be held in the
near future.
TAU BETA PI
PREXY SPEAKS
C. H. Spencer, national presi­dent
of the executive council of
Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineer­ing
fraternity, spoke Tuesday
night at a dinner here attended
by undergraduate members of the
Auburn chapter and alumni living
in or near Auburn. The Tau Beta
Pi head's visit marked the first
time a national president of the
engineering organization has come
to Auburn.
Mr. Spencer's stay in Auburn
Tuesday and Wednesday included
visits to Dr. L. N. Duncan, Dean
of Engineering John J. Wilmore,
and Assistant Dean Hannum. He
made a tour of the campus and
commented favorably on the cur­rent
expansion program here.
The present trip of the Tau
Beta Pi official will carry him to
all chapters of the organization in
the Southern states, the South­west,
and the Great Lakes reg­ion.
He is scheduled to attend a
meeting of alumni members in
Birmingham Saturday night, Feb.
10, at which efforts will be made
to form a new chapter of Tau
Beta Pi in that city.
ROTC Unit to Hold
'Corps Day' Tuesday
First "Corps Day" of the 1940
drill set-up of the ROTC unit
will be held Tuesday morning,
when the entire unit, both engi­neer
and artillery brigades, will
form and pass in review at the
regular 11:00 o'clock drill period.
Corps Day will be held on one
drill day each month during this
semester.
On other drill days, artillery
regiments are alternating in drill.
One regiment performs dismount­ed
drill while the other goes
through various field artillery
drills, such as the use of instru­ments,
communications, and calis­thenics.
Juniors in Field Artillery who
participate in an ROTC Lab on
regular drill days, are required to
be present in their batteries for
Corps Day.
Kenmore Not Coming
Back for Fifth Year
George Kenmore, veteran half­back
on the football squad and
second baseman on the baseball
team, made public yesterday his
intention of not returning to
school next year. Kenmore, a five-year
man, is scheduled to re­ceive
his degree next August fol­lowing
his completion of ROTC
camp but was to come back to
school and take graduate work
and play his third year of inter­collegiate
football.
Kenmore, a star in his sopho­more
year, was out with injuries
his junior year and played this
year as understudy to Captain-elect
Dick McGowen.
Registrar's Notice
Charles W. Edward, registrar
called attention today to the fact
that students who have not pass­ed
60 per cent of their work and
must clear conditioned grades in
order to return to good standing
are required to pass their reexams
during the regular reexamination
period, which extends from next
Monday, Feb. 12, through Satur­day,
Feb. 16.
Students who do not pass 60
per cent of their work are placed
on scholastic probation and those
already on probation who fail to
pass 60 per cent are suspended
from school.
Soil Conservation
Discussed by Expert
Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk, a
well known authority on soil con­servation,
gave an illustrated lec­ture
Wednesday night at Agricul­tural
Club meeting in which he
outlined a government-sponsored
26,000-mile trip that he and his
wife reecntly took in search of
information about soil conserva­tion
practices in foreign countries.
Mrs. Lowdermilk appeared on
the program with her husband,
giving a brief resume of their vis­it
into 17 different foreign coun­tries.
Probably the South's greatest
authority on soil conservation, Dr.
Lowdermilk is the author of sev­eral
books. One of the best known
of his works is his novel, "The
Eleventh Commandment."
AVender Steps Out of
Race for Plainsman
Business Manager
In a brief statement yesterday,
Martin Wender, junior in business
administration from Columbus,
Ga., announced that he had with­drawn
from the race for business
manager of the Plainsman in the
spring elections. When questioned
for reason for his withdrawal,
Wender replied that "something
else has turned up."
Other students mentioned as
possible candidates for the office
of business manager include War­ren
G. Darty, aeronautical admin­istration;
Frank B. Wilson, busi­ness
administration; and Johnston
Hawkins, business administration.
Sarg To Present
'Robin Hood' In
Langdon Tonight
Familiar Characters
From Fiction Appear
In Marionette Show
Robin Hood will be the presen­tation
on Langdon Hall stage to­night
at 8 o'clock when Tony Sarg
brings his famous marionette
troupe to Auburn under the au­spices
of the Auburn players.
Tony Sarg will bring to life for
his audience tonight such famous
characters as Friar Tuck, the
Sheriff of Nottingham, Maid Mar­ian,
Little John, King Richard the
Lion-Hearted, and Robin himself.
Among the familiar scenes por­trayed
will be the archery con­test,
at which the shaft of an ar­row
is actually split by the pup­pet
Robin, and the well-rounded
stave fight between Robin and
Little John on the bridge.
The color and tone of the pres­entation
are said to be unusually
good.
Admission is 25 cents for
adults, 15 cents for children.
Isbell Appointed
As New Plainsman
Circulation Head
Roy Isbell, sophomore in busi­ness
administration from Auburn,
was appointed circulation man­ager
of the Plainsman this week
to succeed Walter Going, junior
in mechanical engineering from
Birmingham.
Isbell, who has worked on the
circulation staff of the Plains­man
for five months, was appoint­ed
after Going had announced his
resignation from school last week.
Going had worked on the circula­tion
staff for three years and
served as circulation manager the
first semester of this school year.
Kappa Delta Pi
Initiates Eight
New Members to Be
Honored at Banquet
Kappa Delta Pi initiated eight
new members at its meeting Wed­nesday
night, Sara Rowe, Violet
Dorsett, S. L. Davis, John M. Law­rence,
G. W. Terrell, Samuel H.
Alverson, H. H. Jackson, and W.
Erwin Wadsworth.
Kappa Delta Pi is a national
honor society in education, and its
purpose is to encourage high in­tellectual
and scholastic standards
and to recognize outstanding
contributions to education. The
officers of the society are G. T.
Sargent, counselor; George Mc-
Faden, president; Amy Drake,
vice-president; Jonnielyn Camp­bell,
secretary; Orville O'Shields,
treasurer; and John Weeks, his­torian-
reporter.
The newly initiated members
will be special guests at the or­ganization's
semi-annual banquet
to be given Wednesday night.
Good Character Creations And Settings
Distinguish Players' Production of 'RUR'
Bridges' Acting is
High Spot of Play
The Players' production of Karel
Capek's melodrama "RUR" on
Wednesday and Thursday nights
this week was fraught with the
difficulties which attend any play
with a large and partly inexperi­enced
cast. The acting was at times
spotty, especially on the part of
those comparatively new to dra­matics
here, but the effects creat­ed
by Director Telfair Peet's best
group of settings and a number of
polished pieces of acting on the
part of minor characters overbal­anced
the slight creakiness pres­ent
now and then.
Lillian Jane Smith carried the
leading lole of Heltna Glory in the
Players' production with the
smoothness one would expect of an
experienced stage performer. Her
acting was not so consistently good
as that which she has done in sev­eral
comic roles in the past, but
she never faltered and was a
steadying influence on the play.
New to the Players, Laban C.
Smith as Harry Domin, head of a
billion-dollar man factory, show­ed
throughout the first requirement
of an actor—presence.
Though slight, the part of Amy
Drake as Sulla, the Robotess, was
perhaps the most polished of the
entire play. Perfectly composed in
speech and manner, she moved and
gestured with the precision one
would expect of a piece of machin­ery.
Of all the longer parts in the
play, the role of Warren Bridges
as Alquist was the most consist­ently
good piece of acting. His
make-up as an old man was the
best in the play, and he managed
to get into his voice and movements
the illusion of age.
Lem Edmonson, O. Martin Hol­land,
Arthur Elsberry, and Sue
Millirons as Hallemeier, Busman,
Primus, and Helena the Robotess,
respectively, filled their minor roles
with polish.
Robert Corman and Thomas A.
Hughes, as Gall and Fabry of the
"RUR" staff, were the most in­experienced
among the members of
the cast having substantial parts,
and this handicap showed itself in
a certain constraint of gesture and
a lack of voice range and quality.
However, both had mastered the
basic fundamentals of stage per­formance,
and will doubtless im­prove
with other parts.
Director Peet's robots, Ellis
Snead, Joseph Maurer, F. M.
Speake, Richard Hall, Julian Bras-well,
and John Druary, were very
convincing.
Helen Mae Holt, as Nana, put
into a character part a comic qual­ity
one would scarcely expect of
an actress playing her first speak­ing
role in a college play.
ANTI-SYPHILIS
DRIVE UNDER WAY
Infirmary Giving Free
Wassermans to Students
An anti-syphilis drive is now be­ing
conducted among the student
body with particular emphasis on
their taking of Wasserman tests,
which are being given free of
charge at the College Infirmary.
Leading the campaign is Squires,
new sophomore service group,
which is cooperating with the Au­burn
Junior Chamber of Com­merce
and the college health de­partment.
Dr. J. W. Dennis, head of the
health department, said yesterday
that the Wasserman test would be
given free to each student who re­quests
it.
These tests may be taken at
the Infirmary during the follow­ing
hours of every day of the
week except Saturday and Sun­day;
mornings, 9 to 11 o'clock and
afternoons, 1 to 3 o'clock.
Dr. Dennis stated that over 100
Wasserman tests had been given
students in the past two weeks
and that not one "positive" speci­men
of blood, indicative of the
disease, had been found.
FRAT FINANCIAL
OFFICERS TO MEET
Monetary Officers
Group to Be Formed
Financial officers of all Au­burn
fraternities will meet at 7
o'clock Monday night in the In-terfraternity
Council room, third
floor Samford Hall, to form an
inter-Greek organization of fi­nancial
officers.
The purpose of the proposed
group, according to Julian Myrick,
vice-president of the Interfrater-nity
Council, is to permit ex­change
of plans and ideas which
will benefit the fraternities on
the campus. After formation, the
society will cooperate with the
housemothers of fraternities, who
organized recently, according to
Myrick.
The group will elect its own
officers but will work with the
guidance and the cooperation of
the Interfraternity Council.
Weinmann Awarded
Players' Cup for
"Best Performance'
Following last night's perform­ance
of "RUR" by the Auburn
Players, Claudia Weinmann, soph­omore
in home economics, was
presented with the cup given an­nually
by the dramatics group for
the best individual stage per­formance.
She is the first coed
ever to receive Auburn's major
dramatic award.
Miss Weinmann was awarded
the cup by a committee of three
judges for her role of "Mrs.
Woodman" in "The Crime at Blos­soms",
the Players' first semester
production. The judges gave hon­orable
mention to Warren Bridges
for the part of "Alquist" in
"RUR", Lillian Jane Smith for
"Mrs. Carrington" in "The Crime
at Blossoms", and Jim Burt for
"Christopher Merryman" in the
same play. Mary Carmack and '
Laban C. Smith, both of whom
had given creditable perform­ances,
were non-students and in­eligible
to compete for the cup.
Around 50 Attend
New Bible Class
More than 50 persons were in
attendance at the first session of
the new bible class being taught
at the Episcopal Church by Dean
J. E. Hannum, assistant dean of
the School of Engineering.
The class, which is meeting at
10 o'clock each Sunday, deals with
Life in Palestine at the time of
Christ.
PLAINSMAN, CLOMERATA CANDIDATES
MUST FILE APPLICATIONS BY FEB. 20
The political pot began boiling today with the announce­ment
by the Publication Board that candidates for Plains­man
and Glomerata offices must have qualification appli­cations
in the hands of the Board by noon of Tuesday,
February 20.
Qualification papers must be submitted to Kirtley
Brown, publications director, in the News Bureau office in
Samford Hall by the deadline. The Board will consider
and pass on all applications be- "~
fore March 2.
Elective posts on the two pub­lications
are those of editor and
business manager. Aspirants for
both posts on both publications
must be declared eligible to enter
their names in the campaigns be­fore
they may seek office.
John Ivey, Jr., president of the
Executive Cabinet, said yesterday
that he imagined that the elections
would be around April 1, but that
'Sadie Hawkins'
Sport Continues
Through Tomorrow
Week-End of Fun to End
With Girl-Break Dance
At Graves Center Hall
Sadie Hawkins Day, the WAA's
carnival of topsy-turvy merry­making,
will continue through to­night
and tomorrow after begin­ning
with a small-scale manhunt
at the close of drill yesterday.
There is a variety of entertain­ment
to be furnished by the "Sa­dies"
at their own expense for the
next 36 hours. Tonight Tony
Sarg's marionettes play in Lang­don
Hall at 8 o'clock, and as soon
as that closes there will be a coun­try
store party at the Student Cen­ter
with square dancing, games
and refreshments. Admission is 10
cents.
The Tiger Theater is presenting
its weekly midnight show at 11
o'clock tonight, and girls with
dates may get special tickets in
advance.
"Drugstore" dates will continue
through tomorrow with movie dates
tomorrow afternoon. The riotous
week-end will come to a close tomor­row
night at the annual WAA girl-break
dance in Graves Center. The
affair is to be very informal, neck­ties
and stockings being checked
at the door.
At drill yesterday morning a few
courageous Sadies ventured onto
the field to search for potential
"Abners" and some were success­ful.
Four of the unfortunate cap­tives
were escorted to dinner at
the Women's Quadrangle by their
feminine captors.
the exact date will have to be set
by the Elections Committee of the
Cabinet.
Martin Wender, junior in busi­ness
administration and a candi­date
for business manager of the
Plainsman, announced yesterday
his withdrawal from the race.
The list of qualifications for
positions on the Plainsman and
Glomerata that have been used
for the past two years and have
been retained for this year are as
follows:
1. That every candidate must
have completed at the time of his
election, at the end of the sec­ond
semester of his junior year, at
least 92 hours of work.
2. T h a t minimum scholastic
average of 80 be accepted as the
standard.
3. That every candidate must
submit a paper of not more than
1000 words including his plans
for improvement of the publica­tions
upon which he wishes to
work, together with constructive
criticism of the publication dur­ing
the present year.
4. That candidates for editor­ship
of the Plainsman shall have
completed, with an average of 80
or above, courses in reporting and
copyreading, or shall be enrolled
in such courses and doing work
of that quality.
5. That candidates for business
manager on both publications
shall have completed, with an
average of 80 or above, a course
in accounting, or shall be enrolled
in that course and doing work of
that quality.
6. That the Board publish in
the Plainsman detailed informa­tion
concerning the qualifications,
including scholastic requirements
and experience, of each candidate.
7. That each candidate for
business managership of Glomera­ta
and Plainsman be informed that
he will be required to make a
surety bond of $1000 in case he
is elected.
8. That candidates for elective
positions on the Plainsman and
Glomerata be informed that the
Board will expect them to assume
duties as assistant in the position
for which they are elected im­mediately
after their election and
serve for the remainder of the
year in order to gain valuable ex­perience
in that position.
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Carrot Caccinnc in ^ark corners are tne order of
JuClCl J C J J I U I I J the day as junior politics begins
brewing with the Publications Board's announcement that
applications for Plainsman and Glomerata candidates must
be in by Feb. 20. See column 7.
Warrorman t e s t s a r e n o w ava^a^e ^r e e o f charge
If QJSVIITICMI to students at the Infirmary as part of
the anti-syphilis drive being sponsored in Auburn by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce, Squires, and the college
health officials. See column 5.
Continuing through tomorrow are the festivities of
Sadie Hawkins Day, closing with the
WAA girl-tag dance at Graves Center tomorrow night.
See column 6.
Marion Institute's cadets are the guests at Alum­ni
Gym tonight and tomorrow
night, and the Tiger Cubs have been polishing their de­fensive
work to give them a merry welcome. Game time,
7 o'clock. See page 4.
In A t h a n e t o n i £ n t t h e varsity Tigers face Georgia's
III A l l l C n 3 powerful courtmen, who were scared out
of five year's growth last Saturday night on the court of
Alumni Gym. See page 4.
Page Two THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN February 9, 1940
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How To Pass The Buck,
In One Lesson
MORE THAN HALF a hundred
campus leaders met in a Sam-ford
Hall classroom Monday
night, apparently lacking in the
intellectual courage to see a
problem deeply and objectively.
They convened to discuss cheat­ing,
and naturally the discussion
centered around the crux of the
situation, the blame for cheat­ing.
Unfortunately the group as­sembled
took the easy way out
and placed the major burden of
the blame on the faculty. Only
one or two voices rose to dis­agree
with the obvious senti­ments
of the crowd, in spite of
the opposition of the Executive
Secretary and of the chairman,
John Ivey, who has been the
chief backer of anti-cheating.
The students were willing to
blame themselves for only a mod­icum
of cheating, charging the
rest to faulty classroom and ex­amination
administration.
In part their stand is justified,
for there have been examples of
exam-giving that are little bet­ter
than absurd. But in the main
their charge is entirely unfair,
and does not, we sincerely be­lieve,
reflect the representative
opinion of a student body, which
is usually free to admit when it
is in the wrong.
The group's charge blames a
man's dishonor on the fact that
the deterrent to keep him from
b e i n g dishonest isn't strong
enough. That very nearly ap­proaches
the ridiculous — to
blame one's own moral weak­ness
on the fact that the guard­ian
of morality doesn't enforce
the law with as strong an arm as
he might.
The group's stand is reminisc­ent
of a like case in pure and
simple rationalization, the story
of a murder in one of the wide-open
towns of the old West, a
tale often used for illustration in
debate.
The sheriff of the town was
standing by when a drunken
cow poke pulled his six gun and
took a pot shot at a harmless
boy. The officer pulled his gun
and cracked down on the culprit,
but he missed, and the puncher's
second shot killed the boy in cold
blood. Whereupon the puncher's
companions formed a posse, toss­ed
a rope over the limb of a sage­brush,
or whatever kind of limb
it is they toss a rope over, and
hanged the sheriff because he
missed his shot.
Auburn's student leaders were
just about as fair Monday night.
They excused the real criminals
by "hanging the sheriff." The
guardians of Auburn law have
missed some of their shots, so the
student "posse" is attempting to
make them the criminals.
Following their line of reason­ing,
one supposes that they, sit­ting
as a jury, would exonerate
a criminal who had burglarized
a house, if at the time of the
crime, the householder's watch­dog
had been asleep.
No doubt their action Monday
night was the quickest and the
easiest way to find a whipping
post. Whether it was fair or jus­tified
or whether it reflects the
honest opinions of a student body
which is generally honest enough
to admit its own faults—that is
another question.
Pines And The South
NEAR Monroeville in South Ala­bama
a young farmer is put­ting
into practice what has long
been one of our favorite theories
of agriculture—the planting of
pine trees on worn-out soil.
Last spring the farmer, Fred
Jones, planted 13,000 pine seed­lings,
and he estimates that 75
per cent of them have lived. The
young trees have grown normal­ly
and should be profitable tim­ber
within a few years. Now, in
cooperation with the Extension
Service, Mr. Jones is establish­ing
a demonstration tract of
trees to show farmers how pines
can be made a money crop.
Frankly, this editor knows a-bout
as much about agriculture
as the average farmer knows of
publishing a newspaper. But it's
common sense and not agricul­ture
that even the small remun­eration
from trees is better than
no income at all on fallow soil
not even carrying its tax load.
Whether the return be sizeable
or not, at least it is money in the
farmer's pocket that he is not
getting from the unused land.
Already the number of Ala­bama
acres planted to young for­ests
has increased appreciably,
chiefly because of the AAA. The
Triple A program provides for
a payment of $7.50 an acre up to
four acres for tree-planted land,
or a maximum of $30 per farm.
According to estimates from the
Extension forester's office here,
seedlings cost around $2 per
acre, delivered to the farm, and
the labor to plant them runs a-bout
$2, leaving a profit of
$3.50 per acre on the AAA pay­ment
alone. In addition to this
gain the farmer gets, of course,
the net return from disposal of
the mature trees.
Kraft paper mills are already
springing up in the South, giv­ing
the financially undernourish­ed
region potentialities for an­other
source of life-giving reve­nue.
And a month ago the first
commercial newsprint made from
Southern yellow pine rolled off
the machines of the Southland
Paper Mill at Herty, Texas.
The importance of cellulose as
a factor in everyday life is wid­ening
consistently, and therein
lies another ray of hope for the
South, for the pine is an excel­lent
source of the ever-import­ant
cellulose.
The pine-raising industry may
be no pot of gold, but at the
least it is an economic possibili­ty
in a region which can ill af­ford
to overlook any possibility,
no matter how small.
Environment
REMARKABLE, isn't it, what
environment will do for even
the worst of us? A little more
than a month ago the Plainsman
occupied its new office; since
then the boys have undergone a
complete change of heart.
No longer does anyone spit to­bacco
juice on the floor; instead,
all aim at the windows. Empty
Coca Cola bottles and Bruce's
Juices cans aren't tossed in a dis­orderly
pile in a corner but are
neatly stacked. When a staff
member bums a cigarette, he al­ways
says, "Please." Most news
staffs are thought of as being
made up of a rowdy lot of bums,
but this is not true of the Plains­man
rosebuds.
However, the gentling forces
of a cultural atmosphere have
done little for the business man­ager;
he must still put a Web­ster's
Unabridged on his chair so
he can see over his desk top.
Most unfortunate.
CAMPUS CAMERA With the Co-OpS—By C J. Bastien
CORNELL U. HAS FIFTY PIECES OF-EARLY
AMERICAN RRE-RGHTTINQ EQUIPMENT/
THE UNIV. OF ROCHESTER.
HAS A COLLECTION OF
"PHONEY" STOCKS AND
BONDS. FAC£\ALUEIS
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The Plainsman Forum
Letters to the Editor
Wender -Withdraws From Race
Auburn Plainsman
Auburn, Alabama
To My Friends:
It is with sincere regret that I must
announce my withdrawal from our pre­senter
race for the business manager­ship
of the Auburn Plainsman. Having
looked forward with eagerness for three
years to this position, it took much de­liberation
before this decision was
made.
My purpose in writing this letter is
to thank those who have avowed their
support in my behalf and to pledge my
best cooperation to them in their slight­est
endeavors.
Extending my best wishes to ea*h
of my classmates in this race, I remain.
Yours truly,
Martin Wender
The Laundry Is Reproved
Dear Editor:
It is with great sorrow that I am
called upon to issue a gentle reproof
to the laundry of the Village of the
Plains.
Perhaps I am a little hard on them,
a little mud on the cuff and leg of a
cleaned pair of trousers isn't much to
get upset about. The poor cleaner prob­ably
does as good a job as he can. And
the fact that no light-colored tie ever
sent to the cleaners has been known
to come back satisfactorily cleaned isn't
really important.
The laundry folk don't really get as
much credit as they deserve, consider­ing
the percentage of dirt they succeed
in removing in ratio to the small a-mount
they leave in.
I wouldn't consider reprimanding
them for the infinitesimal matter of
tearing the sleeves off a shirt or rip­ping
one up the back now and then.
It's not important when one gives con­sideration
to the wonderfully punctual
delivery service for which the laundry
is known.
And as long as the inspecting of­ficers
don't mind a double crease in
trousers who am I to gripe?
If orchids have thorns, orchids to the
laundry, if not, roses will do.
C. J. Bastien
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
THE FRONT page of this paper has
been loaded with comment on the
reaction of various organizations to-ward
cheating. In
the main, reaction
from the seniors who
are in charge of stu­dent
groups here on
the campus has been
t h a t of favoring
some action; how­ever,
there always
comes the kick-back
from elements that
gripe regardless of
the issue.
doHH WE-i Repeatedly, stories
have cropped up of persons who are
completely satisfied with things as they
are—those who wonder what the fuss
is all about—and rumors from people
who think the matter has gone so far
that any attempt to stop cheating at
Auburn is near to impossible.
The problem of finding a cure is not
so hard, but what is really difficult
is to devise a cure that will insure the
interests of the students as a group
in the future. No matter what work
might be done to eliminate undesirable
elements or to direct opinion toward
putting a premium on honesty, if we
do not set up some incentive for a
continuation of the fight, the whole
scheme might as well be handed back with
an apology for its ever having been
brought up.
* * *
National
The Christian Front boys accused of
plotting an anti-Semetic campaign and
developing a scheme to overthrow the
U. S. government now have the heavy
hand of the law resting over them. This
type of criminal is a bit new to our
courts, but serves as a warning that
maybe the activities of this group and
of the German-American Bund have
counterparts never dreamed of by the
average citizen. . . .
More Congressional noise over the
anti-lynch bill finds that fight no
nearer an end . . . taking a cut at Sen­ator
Wagner of New York, Senator
Connally of Texas said that the bill
was aimed only at the South and "ex­empts
those gangsters, who vote in
New York City, who go out and murder
white men." . . . nothing like keeping
the punches below the belt. . . . In­diana's
Paul McNutt continues to suf­fer
a mild case of Federal Investiga­tion
of his activities back in the old
home state . . . presidential timber?
. . . another un-American society has
as its mouthpiece anti-Semetic Silver
Shirt Dudley Pelley, who agrees that
the Dies Committee is on the up and
up.
International
The Russian disease becomes more
acute as far as the French and British
are concerned, but Nazi Hitler feels
that somehow he never promised to
help the Russians if it came to a fight
. . . Herr Hitler had best make his
decisions with the possibility in view
of a Russian victory in Eastern Europe
and try to keep the Soviet Bear from
wondering about summering in Berlin.
. . . Finns facing fate from the Rus­sian
invasion soon . . . when the ground
begins to thaw there will be carnage if
Spring is not accompanied by a huge
increase in munitions, airplanes, and
possibly men.
Pennies Dropped In
Texas U. Library's
Marble Wishing Well
AUSTIN, TEXAS—(ACP) — Pen­nies
dropped into the "wishing well' at
the University of Texas may not bring
the wisher his wish, but they add to
the mounting pile of coins university
librarians are saving to "buy some­thing
nice for the rare book room."
The "wishing well" in this instance
is a fifteenth century marble well-head,
brought to this country from Italy and
given to the university. It stands on
the roof garden just outside one of the
nation's outstanding rare book collec­tions,
on the fourth floor of the sky­scraper
main building.
Mitec Engineers
There were about 40 members pres­ent
at the last meeting of the Mitec
Club, and the meeting was an all-round
success. The date for the Co-op social
was set as Friday, Feb. 16, at Student
Center. It is to be informal, and will
start at 9 o'clock.
A key design was chosen by an al­most
unanimous vote, and a design for
a letterhead was also chosen.
The next meeting will take place on
Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7 o'clock in Room
109, Ramsay.
Briaereans
The Tech honor society for Co-ops,
the Briaereans, wrote another letter to
those who are eligible here, sent a copy
of their constitution, and completed the
final arrangements for the six who are
eligible, to attend their dinner dance
to be held in Atlanta tonight.
Freshmen
The freshmen Co-ops must be a
group of super-men: They made a 93
class average on a war quiz last week,
and it has been heard that they aver­aged
90 on a chemistry quiz.
One freshman, Bob Teeple by name,
is covering the ground on the week ends
by the "air-way": Florida one week
end, Birmingham the next. Wonder
what it could be that carries him so
far?
Ideal
It is the aim of democracy that the
few shall direct the power for the bene­fit
of the many. It is the ideal that
the few shall forget their selfish aims,
and if they do not forget, it is con­strued
as a vicious misuse of the trust
of the many. It is easy to forget these
things.
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.
AUBURN needs a new auditorium. Of
course, the present may not be the
best time to consider another new build­ing
program with the
first barely complet­ed,
but as sugges­tions
have been made
for a new gym, and
as another building
program is at least
potential, we can at
least think a b o ut
buildings which we
would like to have.
Langdon Hall, al­though
respected and
loved and useful as
a roof for Student Center, is inade­quate.
Seating capacity is too small to
accommodate crowds such as attend­ed
mass meetings and similar gather­ings
this year, and the WPA Hall,
large enough, has no stage or perman­ent
seating arrangements.
A new stadium, well-conditioned both
as to acoustics and as to seating facili­ties,
would add greatly to the attrac­tions
brought here by the concert
group and under other auspices.
It would be possible to have a great
many more College Night type pro­grams,
and the Auburn Palyers would
really have an incentive to step out
and go places.
Langdon Hall has the location; the
WPA Hall has the size. Neither of these
has proper physical equipment, and a-coustics
are bad in both places. It looks
as if it's up to Dr. Duncan and the
Democrats.
* * *
Waxing poetic again, we not so
proudly present "Some Verses on
Roomies." Part I is entitled "The 'He'."
He's your finest, firmest, fastest friend
In the midst of pleasure, gloom, or sin,
He's your roomie.
He'll borrow your money when you
have some to lend,
But he'll put you to bed when you've
had too much gin,
He's your roomie.
He'll turn in your laundry when you
feel a bit sick;
He faithfully wears all the ties that
you pick;
He's your roomie.
He'll turn on the current when you're
out like a light
Whether punch drunk or just drunk
or a little bit tight.
. . . He's your roomie.
He'd abscond if he could with your very
best gal
But if trouble comes up he's your very
best pal.
He's your roomie.
If you've an 8 o'clock class and your
alarm clock should break
Your roomie's the one who will see
you're awake,
'Cause he's your roomie.
He'll help you get ready when you're
about to be late;
When you're broke, to your cause he
will money donate,
He's your roomie.
He'll congratulate you on the date you
do rate;
When you take her home he'll go out
and late-date . . .
He's your roomie.
He wears all your clothes . . . socks,
shirts, shoes and ties,
No matter the measurements they're
just the right size.
He's your roomie.
He'll drink all your likker; smoke your
cigarettes;
He'll forget what he -owes you and
he'll welsh on his bets,
But he's your roomie.
When everything's rosy and there're no
bills to pay,
You sometimes may think he just gets
in the way,
But when trouble appears and all things
go wrong,
Your roomie's the one you can fall
back on strong.
He'll do what he can to make things
get right,
If things still stay wrong, he will help
you get tight!
He's sad when you're sad; when you're
happy he's glad.
He'll be there when you need him; he
seldom gets mad.
He's your pal, your companion, your
brother deluxe,
He's the best friend you have, . . .
well . . . er . . . gadzooks!
He's
your
roomie.
* * *
Part II next week . . .
* * •*
Karrie, the Kampus Kutie Katcher,
wonders, "Why do they have to de­clare
a special Sadie Hawkins session
when they've the whole Leap Year to
mess around in?"
Well Known Orchestra Singer Now
Enrolled in Vet School Here
By GEORGE HEARD
FEW OF us knew that for the past
year Auburn has been host to a per­son
well known as a radio singer. He's
known around the campus as Jack Der-win.
Jack came to Auburn five years ago,
then sang in New York and Bermuda
with Eddie LaBaron and Al Donahue,
but needing "a more stable job" he de­cided
to reenter API.
Jack, who was christened Derwin
Dimmerling, first entered Auburn in
1935, when he came from East Liver­pool,
Ohio to study veterinary med­icine.
Shortly after this he began sing­ing
for the Auburn Knights, and when
summertime came he went on the an­nual
tour which the Knights take.
But when time came to come back
to school, Derwin went to New York
instead and joined Eddie LaBaron and
his orchestra, which was playing in the
Rainbow Room of the RCA Building.
It was at this time that Derwin chang­ed
his name to the one familiar to most
of us, Jack Derwin.
After being with Eddie LaBaron a-bout
a month, Jack went over to Al
Donahue, who left on a trip to Ber­muda
shortly afterward. When he came
back from his short stay in Bermuda,
Jack divided his time between LaBaron
and Donahue. It was at this time that
most of his recordings we play were
made.
In the early part of 1938, Auburn
regained a personality and New York
lost a popular singer. Jack, after think­ing
things over and talking with his
father and his wife, decided that veter­inary
medicine was a more stable oc­cupation
than vocalizing. "Singing was
all right while you had it, but if some­thing
happened, such as a cold or a
sore throat, it was just too bad." So
Jack reentered school as a vet. student.
When asked which he preferred, sing­ing
or veterinary medicine, Derwin
tactfully replied that "Singing is a
great way of feeling fine—expressing
one's self, but when it comes to a
career give me veterinary medicine."
The current Russo-Finnish war story
is as follows: Three Finns were sitting
in a dugout playing cards when a roar­ing
noise was heard overhead: "What's
that?" asked the first. "Probably an­other
Russian division," replied the
second. The third got up, yawned and
said: "Deal me out for a round."
February 9, 1940 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
WORDS on Washington Merry-Go-Round
M U ? IC By DREW PEARSON and R°BERT s- ALLEN
By JIMMY GILBERT
Dear Studes:
This will introduce Jimmy Gil­bert,
who, in the ensuing weeks,
will attempt to give interesting
remarks on a few swing programs
you might like to listen to; and
in addition to this bring you the
latest record reviews and the
newer and better efforts of our
local dance bands. If you like it,
say so. If you don't, all sugges­tions
will be appreciated.
And now—
The next time Chick Hatcher,
first trumpet man for the Auburn
Knights, crawls down from his
perch in the brass section and
waxes eloquent on "Up the Lazy
River", give him a big hand. This
song is an oldie, arranged by
Chick himself. He sings a chorus
and finishes up with some mighty
fine horn blowing (a la Harry
James).
Just ask for it next time, and
make him feel good; maybe he'll
take the hint and grind out an­other
like it soon.
In the canned department, we
have a new company coming
through with some excellent bands
and songs on Varsity records. The
first of these is Johnnie Messner's
music in "Our Little Part of
Town." It has a fine introduction
and a smooth clarinet solo. The
other side features the entire or­chestra
in a new drinking song,
"A Drink is What We Need".
Good sound effects on gurgling
liquid.
Phil Harris has just signed a
contract to make the new Varsity
records exclusively. Watch for
them.
Another fine record in this
week's column is "Between 18th
and 19th on Chesnut Street".
Typical Bing-Boswell swingaroo
made for listening and dancing.
The other side is a Crosby solo on
"Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams".
Plenty of violins in the back­ground.
Good dating music —
dreamy. Decca.
On another Decca, little-known
Bobby Byrn and band play "If
It Wasn't For The Moon",
(smooth!) a n d "One Cigarette
for Two" (smoother!!). Both have
lead off trombone solos, and the
clarinet work is done by ex-Au­burn
Knighter "Yelvy" Yelver-ton.
Really, Yelvy has played
for- G. Miller, and at present Yel­vy,
Byrn, and band are in Holly­wood
making a musical short.
Bluebird brings Glenn Miller
and Marion Hutton in "Ooh What
You Said". This is Miller at his
best, and the tempo is just right
for the more advanced jitterbug
antics. Reverse, and you have the
usual Miller sax section and Ray
Eberly in "I Beg Your Pardon".
More dreamy dating music. Blue­bird.
Dorsey of the trombone plays
a classic job in two parts on a
Victor. It is a swing version of
"Milenburg Joys". Good for the
hep cats.
For radio listeners — Daytime.
Saturday at 2:30 comes "Star­dust
Music" on WGST in Atlanta,
(CBS. Sweet — especially good
for the boy who carries his radio
to the dating parlors. On Sunday,
Blue Barron and tea dance music
come on NBC at 3 p.m.
Night — Sunday. Xavier Cugat
and his Continental music visit
the "Bandwagon" at 6:30 on N-BC.
Don't quote me, but I don't
think he will play "The Little Red
Fox."
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Most popular but most pathetic
pastime of Washington society
these days is raising money for
Finland. Distinguished and well-meaning
ladies hold afternoon
teas and dinner parties at which
the problem of Finnish relief is
discussed and dissected fore and
aft.
At these, every phase of relief
for Finland is threshed out —
whether it is wise politics for the
Republicans to vote money for
Finland, whether t h e money
should be raised as a bond issue,
whether more money should be
advanced by the Export-Import
Bank, whether Herbert Hoover is
really the right man to head the
relief drive.
Meanwhile Hjalmar Procope,
distraught Minister of Finland,
sits and listens. He is polite, but
it is easy to see that while this
conversation rages he is thinking
of anti-aircraft guns and airplanes
and how many weeks more his
country can last.
It is like discussing an elabo­rate
dinner menu for a starving
man who would be satisfied with
a loaf of bread, if he could only
get it immediately.
Finally the Finnish Minister is
called upon to speak. His voice
breaks, the tears stream down his
face, and the meeting adjourns.
The ladies have had their emo­tional
spree, but little has been
accomplished for Finland.
Desperate Finns
Meanwhile the Finns, worried
over the fact that their cause in
America has got into the hands
of high society, are considering a
money-raising campaign of their
own. They fear that too many
horse shows and high hat festivals
have removed them from the ken
of the man in the street.
So the Finns have been discuss­ing
with such students of human
psychology as Ted Clarke and
Steve Hannagan the idea of a
popular drive to raise money for
Finland. Under this plan, Ameri­can
families would be asked to
save Finnish families by donating
anything up to $10—and in re­turn
receive the blue cross of
Finland to hang in their windows.
Confidential intelligence dis­patches
report that Finland's con­dition
becomes daily worse. Troops
are exhausted. There are almost
no replacements. It may be a mat­ter
of weeks.
V-P Boomlets
The only thing accomplished at
that "secret" Chicago meeting of
State GOP chairmen from ten
Midwestern states was the polish­ing
up of a number of vice-presi­dential
boomlets.
With the exception of Ohio,
where Senator Taft is the recog­nized
favorite son candidate, the
politicos agreed to blackout such
aspirants in their states in order
to go to the national convention
with free hands to operate as a
powerful Midwestern bloc. But for
vice president they left the door
wide open, and the result was a
number of boomlets.
"Merry-Go-Round
Charley Broughton, Democratic
National Committeeman f r om
Wisconsin, has made it clear to
bigshot Washington politicos that
Wisconsin will come to the Chica­go
convention 100 per cent Roo­sevelt.
. . . The American Labor
Party which swings the balance
of power in New York City, has
decided to stick together only if
Roosevelt runs for a third term.
Otherwise it won't.
Lambda Chi Alpha
Installs Officers
On Wednesday night, Jan. 31,
Omega Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha
installed new officers.
D. W. Moody succeeded Charles
Kelley as president and Charles
Flowers succeeded Ed Welden as
vice-president. Marion Perry suc­ceeded
D. W. Moody as secretary
and Joe Wilbert succeeded James
Scrivener as treasurer. Ed Welden
took the place of Parker Narrows
as social chairman. W. G. Darty
followed Stanley Ott as captain
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Tell your roommate to b uy some white T r u mp
shirts today. Only two dollars each. You'll
like them—so will he! T h e y ' r e Sanforized-shrunk
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For Your
Wesley Foundation
To Have Speech on
Racial Relations
Race Relations Sunday will be
observed with a special program by
the Wesley Foundation at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday night.
Special features will be a talk by
the principal of the Lee County
Training School for Negroes at
Auburn, on the subject, "How We
May Have Better Race Relations."
He will be accompanied by mem­bers
of the various colored church
choirs of Auburn, who will render
solo and chorus numbers.
The public is cordially invited to
this program sponsored by the
Missions And World Friendship
Committee of the Wesley Founda­tion,
under the leadership of Miss
Alice Little and Miss Koleen Stone.
KAPPA SICS PUT
IN NEW OFFICERS
The new officers of Beta Eta
chapter of Kappa Sigma Frater­nity
were installed Wednesday
night to serve the term expiring
next October.
V. Venton Mitchell, of Tallassee,
was installed as grand master of
the chapter, succeeding Bill Camp­bell;
Bill McGehee, grand procura­tor,
succeeding Garth Thorpe; Dick
Hall, grand master of ceremonies,
succeeding Bill McGehee; Bill
Miller, grand scribe, succeeding
Henry Mohns; George Whitney,
grand t r e a s u r e r , succeeding
Charles Harris.
'Balalaika' To Be
At Tiger Sunday
Tenor Nelson Eddy and
Ilona Massey Starred
"Balalaika," coming to the Tiger
Theatre Sunday, is Nelson Eddy's
fourth anniversary picture. It was
four years ago that the Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer singer became a
star overnight By his appearance
opposite Jeanette MacDonald in
"Naughty Marietta."
Now, just as Eddy rode to fame
with Miss MacDonald, he is serv­ing
as co-star to introduce another
new starring personality to the
screen in "Balalaika." She is Ilona
Massey.
Appearing briefly in a part in
"Rosalie," Miss Massey devoted a
year to studying English before she
was selected to play opposite Eddy
in the current picture. Hollywood
is hailing her as the season's sensa­tion.
"Balalaika" is based on the Lon­don
stage musical success by Eric
Maschwitz. It is a colorful story of
Old Russia before, during and af­ter
the revolution.
The supporting cast includes
Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan,
Lionel Atwill, C. Aubrey Smith
and Joyce Compton. The picture
was directed by Reinhold Schunzel.
Plans are now under way for
the opening of the new LaSalette
College in Arnolds Park, Iowa,
next September.
New York University has open­ed
a special course on the eco­nomic
and political issues of the
coming presidential campaign.
of the degree team. Ed Welden was
also selected representative to the
Interfraternity Council.
An Ohio State University men's
dormitory has been named after
former secretary of War Newton
D. Baker.
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Employment of Men
From Colleges is
Highest Since 1929
Industrialists predict that pros­pects
for immediate jobs for the
1940 class of college graduates in
the United States are brighter this
year than they have been since
1929, according to a release from
the Allis-Chalmers Company.
More than 50 industrial concerns
will send talent scouts to leading
universities and technical schools
of the country between now and the
end of May. Increased enrollment
by individual companies and the
record number of firms now reach­ing
into the schools for future ex­ecutives
means a wider choice of
careers opening for 1940 gradu­ates.
The Allis-Chalmers announce­ment
states that most of the com­panies
who take men for practical
training direct from the schools
base their selections on the follow­ing
points: a student's class rec­ords,
his appearance and personal­ity,
and his character and men-classmates,
and friends.
BAPTISTS HAVING
PARTY TONIGHT
The Auburn Baptist Student Un­ion
is having a general social for
all members and prospective BSU
members tonight in the Student
Department of the Baptist Church
at 7:30 p.m. The theme of the
social is "Patriotism". Grace New­man,
chairman of the BSU Social
Committee, is in charge of the pro­gram
for the evening. Games and
contests have been planned stress­ing
patriotism.
The purpose of the social is to
create interest in BSU work and
to give the members of the BSU an
opportunity to become better ac­quainted.
New students and trans­fer
students have been especially
invited.
Harvard University's eight li­braries
contain 4,079,541 books
and pamphlets.
There are now 550 junior col­leges
in the U. S.
Dr. J. E. Smith, Youngstown
College dean of men, is on leave
of absence to act as research ad­viser
to GOP candidate Thomas E.
Dewey.
Author Thomas Mann has been
named honorary rector of the Uni­versity
of Dubuque.
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Statement of the Condition of
Bank of Auburn
AUBURN, ALA.
At the Close of Business December 30, 1 9 39
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts
Overdrafts
Furniture and Fixtures
Stocks and Bonds
Cash and Due from Banks
.$366,143.13
96.78
3,750.00
. 59,200.00
. 241,686.61
$670,876.52
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock
Surplus
Undivided Profits
Deposits
Other Liabilities
. 25,000.00
. 25,000.00
. 34,533.52
. 582,428.81
3,914.19
$670,876.52
S. L. Toomer, President Emil F. Wright, Cashier
R. F. Blake, Assistant Cashier
DIRECTORS:
C. L. Hare
C. A. Jones
Emmett Sizemore
Emil F. Wright
S. L. Toomer
Dr. C. S. Yarbrough
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Corporation
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Page Four T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN February 9, 1940
TI6ER TALES
By BOOTS STRATFORD
Intramural basketball seems to be enjoying one of its
best seasons this year due to greater interest, keener com-
. petition and faster basketball. Some of the
fraternity and independent entries have
crackerjack teams capable of holding their
own with any number of amateur teams.
Thrilling games have been dished up in
several of the matches, two of which were
the Sigma Nu overtime victory over ATO
and the Sigma Chi surprise win over SAE.
* * *
The Renaissance, colored prestidigi­tators
of professional basketball, played
SooTS'SZRATFORD a game last n i g h t in A t l a n t a composed of
t h r e e fifteen minute p e r i o d s in e a c h of which a t e am
from t h r e e Negro colleges w e r e t h e o p p o n e n t s.
* * *
Pinky Lipscomb, high-scoring Vandy ace, was felled
by pneumonia last Tuesday and as a result, Vanderbilt's
SEC championship chances have dropped sharply. Lips­comb's
condition is reported as not too serious.
* * *
Tommy Farr, British heavyweight, is reported to
have accepted Mike Jacob's offer of a world's heavy­weight
championship bout with Joe Louis next June,
condition to Louis' conquest of Arturo Godoy (heh,
heh). Farr was rejected from service by the Royal
Air Force because of defective eyesight. We'd say his
eyes were completely shot if he still has visions of
the world's heavyweight championship crown.
* * *
The "master miler", Glenn Cunningham; seems to have
at last slipped past his peak after reigning supreme over
all contenders for years. In the winter indoor season Gene
Venzke, he of the perfect running form, and Chuck Fenske
have already edged Galloping Glenn.
Sigma Chi's Look
Strong In 2nd Win
AGR's, A l p h a Psi's,
And ATO's Also Win
The Sigma Chi's further estab­lished
their intentions of winning
the fraternity intramural basket­ball
title this year among frater­nities
last Tuesday night when
they edged the strong SAE ag­gregation
in an overtime contest
by a score of 20-18.
Although the SAE's led 17-10
at the half, the Sigma Chi's
forged ahead in the last quarter
to tie the score, and then went on
in the overtime period to win the
contest. Loss of Bill Mitchell in
the last quarter by injury hurt
the chances of the SAE's. Harry
Donovan sunk the overtime goal
that decided the contest.
On Tuesday night Alpha Gam­ma
Rho defeated the Theta Chi's
by a margin of 21-14 in a well-played
game, the Rho's exhibit­ing
a fine passing combination.
The other scheduled game for
Monday night between PiKA and
TEP was postponed.
In a wild scoring spree the
Alpha Psi's smothered the Beta
Kappa's to the mighty tune of
51-4 in a regularly scheduled game
on Tuesday night. Harold and
McKee led the Psi's with 17 and
16 points respectively.
The Pi Kappa Phi-Sigma Nu
game ended in a near free-for-all
Wednesday night and an official
ruling on the contest has not been
announced yet. In the other game
of that night the ATO's defeat­ed
Alpha Lambda Tau by a score
of 18-14, with Almquist leading
the attack for the ATO aggrega­tion.
In last night's game the Delta
Sig's tripped the KA's 22-16 and
Kappa Sigma nosed out the fight­ing
Sigma Pi's by the close mar­gin
of 15-12.
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SEC scoring honors after slipping
well down the line from his for­mer
first place.
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Latest News Events
TIGER
Rats Meet M. I.
Tonight, Tomorrow
Game is a t 7 O'clock
In Alumni Gymnasium
Coach Elmer Salter's freshman
basketball squad will meet the var­sity
team from Marion Institute
in a game at 7 o'clock tonight at
Alumni Gym and another encoun­ter
tomorrow night. This is the
first time the Rats have played
the cadet team since the 1937-38
season.
Strating on the comeback trail
last Saturday night with a 33-16
over Fairfax High, after the loss
of their regular coach, Dell Mor­gan,
the frosh hope to continue
their winning ways with a pair of
victories over the cadet team
from Marion.
Leading the freshman squad
will be Bob Bright, lanky forward
and former Auburn High School
star. He gathered 15 points in last
Saturday's encounter with Valley
High. The team has been greatly
hampered by the loss of Childrey,
Monsees, Canzoneri, Clayton and
Finney, who are now engaging in
spring football training.
Coach Salter formerly coached
the freshman squad for several
years before he relinquished the
post to Coach Morgan. This week
he has stressed passing and de­fensive
work.
TECH DOWNS API
IN WILD CONTEST
Almost E n t i r e Tiger
Squad Plays in Game
By BOOTS STRATFORD
In what started out as a bas­ketball
game and ended up look­ing
like a rugby match between
ten Ritz brothers, Auburn was
walloped 53 to 31 by Georgia Tech
Wednesday night in Atlanta.
Shortly after the game began,
both teams started passing poorly
and fumbling badly and the ball
bounced crazily about the court,
bounding off various parts of the
players anatomies, mostly their
heads. But Tech would always re­cover
somehow and with Carlton
Lewis leading the way, the Jack­ets
built up a towering 32-17 lead
at halftime.
Coach Ralph Jordan shook his
team up at intermission and shot
a quintet composed wholly of
sophomores into the fray as the
second half began. These men —
McNair, Mastin, Motley, Fleming
and Tanner—held the Jackets for
five and one-half minutes with­out
permitting a score but then
the Gold and White surged for­ward
again to win going away
at 53-31.
Lewis led the Jackets with 21
points while Hawkins paced .the
Tigers with 12 points followed by
Manci with' 7.
Tigers To Meet Powerful Georgia, The
Team They Almost Beat Last Saturday
For the second time within a
week, Auburn meets Georgia on
the hardwood, this time in Athens
tonight. The last game between
the two was played last Saturday
in Auburn where the Georgia
giants edged to a 32-28 victory
over the Plainsmen.
Since then the Bulldogs have
lost to Alabama and the Tigers
have dropped a one-sided decis­ion
to Georgia Tech.
The rapidly progressing Tiger
five fell to pieces rather badly in
the Tech fray and hope to make
a comeback against the Red and
Black tonight.
Although customarily starting
a team predominantly made up of
sophomores, Coach Jordan may
lead off against the Georgians
with a team composed entirely of
first year men led by Shag Haw­kins,
crack soph center. Joining
Hawkins may be Manci and Mas-tin
or McNair at forwards and
Billy Fleming and Tanner at the
guard posts.
The Georgia sharpshooters will
be paced by Kirkland at center
with guard Chatham sharing the
honors. Other stalwarts are Kelly
and Killian, forwards; and Mc-
Caskill and Moore, guards.
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