1939-11-10 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXIII z-i ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, NOVEMBER 10, 1939 No. 20
Cadet Corps Invades Birmingham for Parade
Auburn Planning Gala Welcome For Old
Grads At Homecoming On November 30
Photos by Lewis Arnold
The ROTC Cadet Corps from Auburn, which has received the highest rating from the War Depart­ment
for the past 20 consecutive years, and the 98-piece Auburn b a n d will be colorful features of
the Armistice Day parade in the Magic City tomorrow. The parade will start from Terminal Station at
10:30 a.m.
Nine U.S. Army officers who teach military science and tactics at API will accompany the cadet
corps.
1. The army officers, from left to right, are, Capt. H. O. Paxson, Maj. H. F. Searight, Maj. R. A.
Laird, Col. John J. Waterman, commandant and head professor of military science and tactics, Capt.
G. M. Cole, Capt. H. L. Watts, Capt. W. W. Whelchel, Capt. K. L. Johnson, and Capt. L. E. Jacoby.
2. Company C of the Engineers, best drilled company in the Engineer Regiment.
3. Brigade Commander Walter Chandler, highest ranking cadet officer of the corps.
4. A candid shot of "that Great Auburn Band."
5. One of the color guards of the cadet corps.
6. Drum Major Earl Guy. Engraving Courtesy Birmingham News
College, S t u d e n t s , and
City Combining Forces
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
the student body, and the city of
Auburn are all combining forces
to make the stadium dedication,
Homecoming, and game with Flor­ida
on November 30 one of the
biggest events in Auburn history.
Nearly all fraternities are ar­ranging
to extend hospitality and
a cordial hand of welcome to their
old men who come. Several are
planning banquets and most are
planning to serve meals to their
grads.
Fraternity houses will not dec­orate
for the occasion by agree­ment
of the Interfraternity Coun­cil.
The decision was that the
money necessary could be better
spent for some other purpose, pos­sibly
for entertaining visitors on
homecoming day.
Gov. Frank M. Dixon of Ala­bama
and Gov. Fred Cone of Flor­ida
have both been invited to at­tend.
The City of Auburn has in­vestigated
the possibility of invit­ing
the city officials of the city
of Gainesville, where the Univer­sity
of Florida is located, to be
their guests at the game and cere­monies.
The alumni are planning a
meeting in Bibb Graves Center
following Thanksgiving Dinner
and immediately preceding t he
game.
Freshman Election
Set for Wednesday
FOURTEEN TENNIS
COURTS ASSURED
G r o u p t o be Located by-
New Classroom Building
Auburn will have at least 14
new tennis courts ready for play
by next Spring, Pres. L. N. Dun­can
told a committee represent­ing
the organized tennis court
drive sponsored by Alpha Phi
Omega, national service fraterni­ty,
Wednesday.
Pres. Duncan said that con­struction
on the courts will be
begun as soon as present construc­tion
is completed, the committee
composed of Virginia Adams,
Sabel Baum, and Sam Pettus re­ported.
A committee made up of Doris
Greene, Elizabeth Steele, Jerry
Kuderna, and Martin Wender
earlier in the week called upon
the Planning Board of the college
and secured an allotment of
ground for the 14 courts which
will be placed immediately below
the new class room building on
East Thach Avenue. The board
also suggested that five more
courts be built across from the
classroom building below the rat
football field.
The tennis court drive has been
under way since the opening of
school, and around 15 civic and
campus organizations are repre­sented
in the committee. Sabel
Baum is chairman of the group.
The next move of the commit­tee
will be to help with the ticket
sales for the ODK Musical Mis­cellany
which will be held on the
night of December 5 to help pro­vide
funds for the construction of
these courts.
Racket-buster Thomas E. Dew­ey
majored in music while a Uni­versity
of Michigan student.
Petitions Must be
In by 12:00 Tonight
Getting their first taste of
campus politics, the freshman
class will go to the polls in Stu­dent
Center Wednesday to vote
for their class officers and rep­resentatives
to the student gov­ernment
of the college.
Candidates who had qualified
with John Watters, chairman of
the Elections Committee, by early
this morning were: Class Presi­dent—
Ralph Hunt, Ike Pittman,
Homer Wright; Vice-President —
Clem Clapp; Secretary, Watt Dud­ley;
Treasurer John P. McGee,
Dick Shively; Historian, Martha
Gerhardt, Margie Houston; Cabi­net
Representative, Tom Bulling-ton,
Bill Lynn.
Midnight tonight is the dead­line
for all petitions, and they
must be in the hands of Chairman
Watters by that time. Watters has
announced that a box has been
placed just inside the door at the
Kappa Alpha fraternity house for
the petitions.
Some of the more important
rules governing student class elec­tions
as prescribed in the consti­tution
of the Undergraduate Stu­dents
Association are as follows:
Voters must present their stu­dent
activity books as identifica­tion
before receiving ballots, and
the Elections Committee shall see
that each student activity book is
properly marked or punched so
that a book may not be used twice
in the same election.
Unsigned ballots s h a l l be
thrown out.
Anyone found guilty of unfair
practices at the polls shall have
his voting privilege removed by
the chairman of the Elections
Committee. After a Cabinet hear­ing
on the offense, the name of
the offender, the offense, and his
fraternity affiliation shall be pub­lished
in the official student news­paper
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Continued on page 8
DELTA SIGMA PI
SELECTS EIGHT IN
ANNUAL TAPPING
O r g a n i z a t i o n is for High
- R a n k i n g S t u d e n t s in
Business Administration
At its Tuesday night meeting
Delta Sigma Pi, honorary com­merce
and business administration
fraternity, tapped three juniors
and five sophomores.
Juniors selected were John
Hagler, William Kimbrough, and
Ernest Mills.
Robert Adair, Robert Brewer,
John Turner Hudson, Samuel Net­tles,
and Lloyd Thrasher com­posed
the sophomore group.
John Hagler is from Louisville.
William Kimbrough is a Sigma
Chi pledge from Chipley, Ga.
Continued on page 8
Students Urged to
Attend Kreisler
Concert After Came
The following telegram was re­ceived
this morning by President
L. N. Duncan, urging Auburn
students to attend the Fritz Kreis­ler
concert in Birmingham tomor­row
night. "Welcome you and
Auburn boys to Birmingham Sat­urday.
Please announce to your
student body F r i t z Kreisler
world's greatest violinist will ap­pear
Saturday evening at Muni­cipal
Auditorium Birmingham.
Would like to reserve a box for
Auburn boys decorated with Au­burn
colors with you as my spec­ial,
guest. Wire me if you would
like to make reservations for boys.
Would make every possible con­cession.
,
My son Nevin Foster now with
GE in Massachusetts graduated
from Auburn in 1928 so my in­terest
is all with Auburn. Here's
to your victory tomorrow.
Mrs. J. W. Luke,
Director,
Birmingham Civic Celebri­ties
Association."
Any student wishing to take
advantage of Mrs. Luke's offer
can make arrangements with her
at the Tutwiler Hotel, Birming­ham.
Auburn Players Complete Casting For
Presentation Of 'R. U. R.' In December
Prof. Laban C. Smitb
Wins Leading Male Role
Casting was completed late this
week for the play "R. U. R."
which the Auburn Players will
present in Langdon Hall on the
nights of December 12-13.
The play is a fantastic melo­drama
which deals with a mechan­ical
man factory of the future
known as "Rossum's Universal
Robots." The action of the play is
concerned with a world-wide up­rising
of the robots and the con­sequent
extinction of the human
race.
Dr. L. C. Smith of the School
of Education received the leading
male role of Harry Domin, gen­eral
manager of Rossum's Univer­sal
Robots. Jane Smith, who ap­peared
briefly in the first play
of the year as Mrs. Carrington
in "The Crime at Blossoms," was
given the female lead of Helena
Glory.
The part of Sulla, a Robotess,
will be played by Amy Drake, one
of the most accomplished actress­es
in the Players. Others receiv­ing
parts who have appeared in
^previous productions of the Play­ers
include Warren Bridges as Mr.
Alquist, head of the Works De­partment
of R. U. R.; Richard
Hall as Dr. Hallemeier, head of
the Institute for Psychological
Training of Robots; O. Martin
Holland as Consul Busman, Gen­eral
Manager of R.U.R.; Robert
Foster as Radius, a Robot; Ar­thur
Elsberry as Primus, aJKobot;
Sue Millirons as Helena, a Robot-ess;
Helen Mae Holt as Nana.
Several newcomers to the Play­ers
were cast. They included Tom
Hughes, sophomore in agricul­tural
education, as Mr. Fabry,
Technical Controller of R. U. R.;
Robert Corman, freshman in
chemical engineering, as Dr. Gall,
head of the Physiological and Ex­perimental
Department of R. U.
R.; Ellis Snead, sophomore in edu­cation,
as Marius, a Robot; and
F. M. Speake, sophomore in agri­culture,
as a Robot.
Final ROTC Plans
1. Uniform for parade in
Birmingham—Blouses, black
belts, white shirts and the
regular cap, trousers, and
shoes.
2. The brigade will form at
5:45 a.m. Saturday morning
on Gay Street and start load-on
cars at 6:00 a.m. The
place each battery is to form
is where each battery was dis­missed
Thursday, November
9.
3. The bigade will form on
26th Street, head at 7th Ave­nue,
(not 25th and 8th as
stated in prior issue of the
Plainsman) on arrival in Bir­mingham.
4. After the parade, units
will be dismissed at 5th Ave­nue
and 21st Street (not 7th
Avenue and 20th Street as
given in prior issue of the
Plainsman). An Auburn sta­tion
wagon will be on 5th
Avenue at 21st Street to re­ceive
standards, guidons, sab­ers
and rifles.
Sandwiches, drinks, can­dies,
and fruit will be avail­able
at reasonable prices to
cadets and students on the
special train.
Tigers Ready for
Villanova Tomorrow
Sixteen Hundred Cadets to Participate
In Gigantic Armistice Day Celebration
Sixteen hundred uniformed cadets, members of Au­burn's
ROTC corps, will board special trains at 6:00 o'clock
tomorrow morning en route to Birmingham for Armistice
Day celebrations and the Auburn-Villanova football game.
The main feature of tomorrow morning's activities will
be the Armistice Day parade in which the cadet corps, a-long
with the Auburn band, will participate.
At 2:00 o'clock the Tigers will meet the Wildcats of
Villanova on Legion Field. Stung
Rifle Practice
To Begin Monday
Dawson Mullen, colonel of the
engineering regiment, announced
this morning that practice for the
newly organized rifle team will
begin Monday afternoon at the
range on the third floor of the
Textile Building. Practice will be­gin
at 3:00 and last until 5:30
and will be held every week on
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday afternoons.
For the next two weeks all fir­ing
will be done from the prone
position. Fifteen rounds will be
issued for each score and each
score will be judged. Sight changes
will not be made as the targets
will be judged on grouping of
the shots.
Because of lack of time at pres­ent
no man can fire more than
two scores in one day or more than
four scores in a week.
Mullen stated that anyone who
is interested in the team is invit­ed
to try out.
University of Kentucky frosh
are classified according to col­leges
by the color of the buttons
on their caps.
Cabinet Puts Stop
To Transfer Of
Activity Funds
G r o u p s S u p p o r t e d by
A c t i v i t y Fees not to
P a y for G l o m e r a t a Space
Meeting in special session last
night the student Executive Cabi­net
unanimously passed an act
providing that organizations re­ceiving
appropriations from Stu­dent
Activities Fee not be requir­ed
to pay for the space alloted
to them in the Glomerata.
The act came as a solution to
differences of opinion on the mat­ter
which have arisen during the
last few days following the re­fusal
of the Cabinet to pay for
pages allotted to the class of­ficers
and to the Cabinet itself:
Bills presented to the Cabinet to­talled
$275.
Organizations affected by the
act included the Executive Cabi­net,
The Auburn Plainsman, the
Glee Club, the class officers, and
the Women's Student Government
Association.
The act as stated is as follows:
"In order to make for better
use of funds appropriated direct­ly
to certain organizations from
the Student Activities Fund and
in order to do away with the swap­ping
of monies between groups
receiving their support from same,
the following is enacted:
"Organizations supported by di­rect
appropriation from Student
Activities Fee will not be required
to pay for the space alloted them
in the Glomerata. In addition
there shall be no charge for the
sections recognizing the officers
of the four classes."
The Cabinet also discussed the
coming freshmen elections which
have been set for next Wednes­day,
November 15. Plans for a
social were considered and the
meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
by last week's defeat, the Tigers
are expected to put up an under­dog's
fight.
A feature of the game will be
a colored card display by between
800 and 900 cadets seated in a
special section. Under the direc­tion
of John Davis and Billy
Smith, seniors from Birmingham,
some 19 different card forma­tions
have been arranged and will
be presented to the crowd at
Legion Field.
A mass meeting of the entire
ROTC unit was held in the amphi­theater
at Graves Center yester­day
during drill period. Col. John
J. Waterman made final an­nouncements
concerning the trip
to Birmingham and the parade.
The meeting ended with yells led
by Headcheerleader Chick Hitcher
and the singing of the Alma Mater
by the cadet corps.
Col. Waterman announced that
the unit would form for disem­barkation
at 5:45 a.m. tomorrow
morning on Gay Street. Two
trains will be used, the second of
which will stop at the Opelika sta­tion
to pick up Opelika students.
The trains are to arrive in Bir­mingham
at approximately 10:30,
at which time the parade will
form on 26th street.
One of the trains Will leave
Birmingham for the return trip
at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night and
the other at 11:30 p.m. Special
tickets are good on special trains
only.
The official after - the - game
dance in Birmingham will be held
in the Thomas Jefferson Hotel
Ballroom from 9:00 o'clock until
1:00. Music will be by the Auburn
Knights, featuring vocalist Polly
Hall.
As most students will not be
able to stay for all the dance,
admission for students will be only
40 cents per person. Table reser­vations
may be obtained at no
extra cost.
The University of Oregon has
an amplifier that will magnify a
sound 15,000,000 times.
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Staff Photo by Lewis Arnold
CHARLES KELLEY, editor of the Glomerata, isn't worrying over hit publication. He's furrowing
his brow over plans for the ODK Musical Miscellany, of which he is general chairman. No doubt he's
worried most of all about where to get a hall big enough to accommodate the crowd.
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They Have Dared to Think
OUT OF THE student govern­ment's
campaign to make of
itself a genuine government in­stead
of a hypocritical pretense,
there have come criticisms of
students' taking such a part in
c o l l e g e activities. Apparently
there is opposition to the student
government's carrying out the
spirit as well as the letter of its
constitution and making its hand
felt in the administration of stu­dent
affairs as w a s intended
when the Undergraduates Stu­dents
Association was organized.
As for the idea that anyone is
overstepping his rights or trying
to confiscate authority—nothing
could be further from the truth.
Students are trying by h a rd
work, and they have found that
there is no substitute for it, to
make effective what they have.
Why the objection to having a
student body with the courage to
think for itself? Students have
had initiative enough to engen­der
a spirit of cooperation and
then have given of their time and
thought and study in a genuine
attempt to work toward what
they believe is a greater Auburn.
In return a few, and a very few
we must admit, have pointed the
finger of shame and bawled,
"Those students are thinking!
They can't do that!"
How long has it been a sin to
think? Even if the students were
completely wrong at least there
is ferment in their minds instead
of smug complacency.
Must there be a stigma attach­ed
to the term "student"? The
fact that an idea originates with
a student makes it neither a plot
against the government nor an
immature falsity. Some excellent
ideas backed by hours of honest
endeavor have come from stu­dents
and will continue to come
from the same source. Many of
them lack the polish which more
experienced minds can give, but
they do have the freshness and
the desire for progress which
few minds other than the young
can impart.
It took us two months as a sen­ior
to realize that no one believ­ed
more sincerely in all this than
the college administration. No
group could have sympathized
more sincerely with s t u d e n t
thought or worked any harder to
see that it is maintained. To them
goes the appreciation of the en­tire
student body.
They Died In Vain
JUST 22 YEARS ago tomorrow,
at 11:00 o'clock, the roaring
guns along the western front
ceased firing. All was quite and
still. Peace reigned supreme once
again. The "war to end all wars,
and to make the world safe for
democracy" had ended. /
But that war did not end all
wars, for today along those very
same lines where bloody battles
raged in all the fury of Mars him­self
the big guns of war are still
pounding humanity into ghastly
barbarism. They call it a "war
of nerves" this time. They know
that it is not a "war to end all
wars."
And tomorrow in our own
peaceful United States we com­memorate
the dead, our loved
ones, brothers, sons, and fathers.
All over the nation citizens will
be wearing the red poppies, sig­nifying
the dead. The bands will
be blaring and the statesman will
be making great speeches about
the heroic dead who died for the
honor and preservation of our
country.
It, all seems a bit ironical when
we think that but for the power-crazed,
fanatical minds of some
men this tragedy of civilization
would not have occured. And it
seems a bit ironical when we
think of those memorable words
that Lincoln spoke on another
battlefield, commemorating the
heroic dead, "That these dead
shall not have died in vain."
For those who died in the last
great war did give their lives in
vain. The world is not "safe for
democracy." And if wars raged
from now until doomsday the
political difficulties still would
not be solved. War can solve
nothing. It only wrecks lives, mu­tilates
those who manage to
crawl out alive, and plunges civi­lization
back countless years.
The highest hurdles for democ­racies
are yet to come. It will
only be by clear, level-headed
thinking that we will be able to
weather the storm, and not by
bloodshed.
Tomorrow the cadets of API
will march through the streets of
Birmingham with the bands blar­ing
and the colors flying. The air
will be filled with gay cries and
hearts will thrill as they salute
"Old Glory." But in the hearts of
many there will be sorrow and
saddened thoughts of the occas­ion
just 22 years ago when the
"war to end all wars" had ceased
and their loved ones did not re­turn,
or if they did return they
were simply a hulk of what life
ought to be. These saddened
hearts will not forget that those
dead did die in vain. D.H.
Auburn Honor
WHEN TOM ROWAN, sopho­more
in agriculture, conceived
his apple-selling scheme every­body
laughed at him, for know-the
Auburn student body, no one
imagined that his "honor system"
method of selling fruit would
work. But Tom was right and his
critics wrong.
So what? What does it prove?
One might say that it shows that
no Auburn student is so dishon­est
that he can take an apple
with the words "Honor System"
staring him in the face and not
pay for it.
Conversely, it might be the
first indication of a swing toward
the old days when the honor sys­tem
was used on the campus.
Those were the days when a stu­dent
could leave a raincoat in
Langdon Hall all semester to
have it available if the rain ever
caught him there, or leave his
books on a desk and find them
there six months later. Now­adays
it's dangerous for a stu­dent
to drop his pencil unless he's
quick on the draw. Them was
the days, fellows.
Or, maybe it's simply a case of
no one's having swiped an apple
yet because he hasn't had a
chance or isn't in the proper hu­mor.
Regardless of which alterna­tive
it be, we are enjoying stand­ing
by and seeing the outcome of
Rowan's idea.
Freshman elections in the off­ing.
Watch the back-slapping,
and handshaking multiply. But
at least there'll be no seegars,
etc., dispensed.
Well?
By John Ivey, Jr.
obz/W n/sy
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.
AMERICANS WERE SOLD the last
World War by France and England
on the basis of making the world safe
for democracy. We
paid an unheard of
price in money and
in lives. Now the
same salesmen are
trying to sell us the
same product under
the billing of "the
war of the democrac­ies
against dictator­ship"
or "stop Hit­ler."
And further­more,
the price of
the wares b e i ng
vended by the European War God has
not been reduced but increased.
Basically it is a war that has been
raging in Europe since the beginning
of time with the one sole purpose of
seeing who will be the holder of the
balance of power on the continent.
The last generation of Americans
gave freely of their money and life
blood in what amounted to a fight to
keep European control in the hands
of the French and English. Proof of
this is written in red all through the
Versailles Treaty. It resulted in the
complete economic collapse of a brave
try by the German people to establish
a working democracy just a few years
later.
There was no general war in Eu­rope
for 20 years simply because Eng­land
and France had complete control
of the balance of power, but as soon
as a nation became able to challenge
this long-held supremacy, then the two
aforementioned nations were eventual­ly
forced to take issue with the ag­gressor.
Twenty years ago we helped them
decide who would be the shapers of
European destiny, we helped decide
which group would persecute the oth­er,
but now the weak rises to chal­lenge
the strong, and again we are
invited to defend some high sounding
ideal.
The struggle will go on as long as
the world lasts, always culminating in
a war when one group considers itself
able to challenge the ability of the oth­er
to continue its hold on the economic,
political, and military strong box of
Europe.
Let's not be played for suckers again
and be sold a portion of the World War
II which really marks the completion
of another cycle in the struggle be­tween
European nations for control of
purse strings. It is strictly an affair for
them to decide, not for Americans to
take part in.
* * *
It is now the opinion of most col­lege
newspaper men that the editorial
page should be the one spot in the
paper where the students can expect
to find intelligent discussions on mat­ters
not only of campus-wide interest
but also of a national and international
scope. Strictly "Joe College" columns
and editorials are being shoved into
the background.
Today well-informed public opinion is
needed more than at any time since the
end of the last World War. The col­lege
men of this country have more at
stake than any college generation since
1918. It follows quite naturally that
we should not let someone else do our
thinking and acting for us when our
clear vision becomes a matter of neces­sity,
not merely a thing of chance.
The chief medium for putting issues
before the student populace of the na­tion
is the college newspaper, and now
as never before it has a responsibili­ty
to its readers. When many of the
large daily sheets persist in feeding citi­zens
large slices of propaganda shroud­ed
in the folds of news stories and pic­tures
. . . when we as students fail
to realize or even think about matters
confronting us as Americans . . . then
it is the place of the college editor and
journalist to try and awaken interest
in such matters.
* * *
It was interesting to note the stand
taken in "Plains Talk" by Herbert Mar­tin,
Jr., regarding the intelligence and
capabilities of students to cope journal­istically
with matters of nation-wide
importance. His insults were thrown
very carelessly. We might say to him
that if he truthfully believes that col­lege
students are not developed enough
to begin to formulate their own opin­ions
and bring them up for discussion,
then maybe he had better take an about
face . . . he insults the intelligence of
the entire student body, including him­self.
Maybe in Mr. Martin's opinion the
not-so-thrilling adventures of "Carrie
the Campus C o p y Criminal," (his
own brain-child) playing amid the
trinkets of the local junk yard are
the most educational feature t h at
can be composed for student consump­tion,
and maybe he thinks this is the
only type of editorial work the students
in general should consider while get­ting
an education; however, in advanc­ing
such contentions his reasoning is
likened unto that of some mentally
stagnant Harry High School.
Letters to the Editor
Editor,
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Editor:
It is quite evident that some 3,000
students are at the mercy of the govern­ing
bodies of this institution.
There" are hundreds of men and wo­men
who had made their plans accord­ing
to your announcement in the last
issue of the Plainsman in regard to the
Thanksgiving Day Holidays. Many had
planned to go home and bring their
parents or their dates down for the
game; many others had planned to have
their folks down for the big Turkey Day
Classic and then return home with their
folks for Thanksgiving Day dinner. A
great many students who do not get an
opportunity to go during the semester
have been anxiously awaiting these holi­days
so they might be able to see their
families.
This will make the third time our plans
have had to be changed and it is really
becoming quite monotonous. Can't those
governing bodies decide what is best for
their kindergarten wards?
To change our holidays just for the
sole purpose of football is outrageous.
Although I must admit our football
team is not playing up to its par, I can
see no reason why the students should
be punished by requiring them to see the
game. When the football team and ath­letic
committee come to the stage of con­trolling
our school holidays, then it is
high time we change our alma maters.
A Student.
Editor's Note: A bit strong, and you're
badly wrong on several points. The holi­days
have not been changed three
times. The confusion over Thanksgiv­ing
holidays has not been confined to
Auburn but has been nation-wide and
the situation here has not been the
fault of the college.
Furthermore, no one is requiring you
to attend the game, nor is the football
team and "athletic committee" control­ling
"your" school holidays (incident­ally,
when did they become yours). The
change in holidays was made to insure
a successful homecoming for several
thousand alumni. Maybe we're wrong,
but in our opinion the success of the
only stadium dedication we will ever
have and the biggest homecoming in
Auburn history are much more import­ant
than "your" holidays.
A n s w e r s c r i t i c i sm of Ivey
Editor,
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Mr. Ivey may not have as much evi­dence,
pro and con, concerning Mr. Lind­bergh,
as does, let us say, Boake Carter.
However, Mr. Ivey, just as Mr. Carter,
has gumption enough to form opinions
and let them be known.
"Why not stay within the scope of a
college paper, and leave broader ques­tions
for those more able to cope with
them?" is, in my opinion, one of the
most belittling aspersions that I have
ever seen aimed at The Plainsman.
The college paper is a training ground
for students who intend to cope with
major problems. I refuse to allow my­self
to believe that the majority of their
readers feel that the scope of the col­lege
student is not broad enough to cope
with problems other than those limited
to the campus.
Paul D. McCormick
Stop k i l l i n g t h e s q u i r r e ls
Editor,
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir.
Recently I have noted the decrease
of the squirrel population on our camp­us.
You and I both know that in former
years squirrels have inhabited our
campus in large numbers and visitors
have often remarked on that fact.
It seems now though that students
and townspeople are decreasing or even
demolishing this species of wildlife of
which we should be proud and make ev­ery
effort to conserve. Boys with sling
shots and small rifles have been killing
and pestering these animals no end.
If the boys were starving for some­thing
to eat, it might be a different
thing, but we hardly think the boys
are that hard up. May I suggest that
all students take it upon themselves to
conserve these animals which in many
instances have become almost as pets.
A conservation-minded
student
Open Forum Club
Discussion Among
LEADING STUDENT discussions on
the campus this year concerning cur­rent
social, economic, and political
problems and questions is the newly or­ganized
Open Forum Club, headed by
William Boggs from Selma, president.
The club was established here last
year and reorganized recently. Plans
are now rapidly progressing to make
this organization even more active than
it has been in the past. The club has
as its nucleus 15 old members and will
tap 15 new members at the next reg­ular
meeting. Members will be selected
in the spring and fall under the new
plans.
Purposes of the group are: To pro­mote
freedom of speech and principles
of democracy through discussions of
social, economic, and political prob­lems.
Members of the club, as stated in the
new plans, must be students who have
shown a decided interest in civic and
national affairs and who have support­ed
democracy and free speech through
intelligent thinking and speaking. Mem­bers
will also be selected on the basis
of scholastic work.
The meeting place of the Forum is
in the Glee Club room above Elec Lab
behind the Textile building every Tues­day
night from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Fees
Leading
Students
are $1 a semester and an initiation fee
of $1 for new members.
Heretofore the club has been open
mainly to members and all students
were invited to become members. Un­der
the new set-up, a nucleus club
of some 30 members will sponsor the
forums. All students, faculty members,
and townspeople are always invited to
attend. Outstanding speakers from all
parts of the state and the South will
lead the discussions at the forums this
year.
As an example of the oustanding
speakers to lead the discussions this
year is the speaker for next Tuesday
night's meeting. He is Leon F. Whit­ney
of Orange, Conn., listed in Who's
Who as biologist, author, and lecturer.
Mr. Whitney will talk on the subject
"Who Shall Inherit the Earth?", a dis­cussion
of birth control and genetics.
Officers of the Open Forum Club
for this year are, president, William
Boggs; vice-president, Juanita John­ston;
publicity director, Dan Hollis, Jr.;
recording secretary, Annie Moon; cor­responding
secretary, Newburn Irby;
and treasurer, Charles Moore. Other old
members are Virginia Adams, John
Warner, Beth Murphy, David Savelle,
Marie Johnson, Dennis Newton, Mary
Beth Marshall, and Etta Claire Brackin.
New members will be tapped at the
next meeting of the club.
With the Co-ops—By A. Fred Henning
ALEX O. TAYLOR, DIRECTOR of co­operative
engineering, announced to­day
that the co-op exam schedule has
been tentatively arranged for the 27, 28,
and 29 of November. This being the
case, all co-operative students will have
finished their exams by Thanksgiving
day (Nov. 30). Such an arrangement
should prove very satisfactory to the
good scholars who find it difficult to
enjoy a football game while trying to
study physics or applied mechanics.
And speaking of exams, they're not
far off. In fact, they're lurking about
in the very near future, and will be
upon us before we know it!
* * *
Another bit of news gathered from
the office of the coordinator informs
us that plans have been completed to
place four more co-operative students
on part-time jobs. The names of the
four boys to be placed have not as yet
been disclosed. They are to work for
the Alabama Natural Gas Company,
Alabama Gas Company, and the South­ern
Natural Gas Company. These three
companies collectively operate the gas
utilities in several of the larger towns
in the state.
Mr. Taylor, in a recent conference
with C. H. Horn, chief engineer of the
Gas Company, and Er H. Miller, local
manager of the Auburn, Opelika, and
Tuskegee gas companys, made arrange­ments
to supply at least two new co­operative
students each year.
Such a systematized hiring of co-op
workers will enable the gas companies
to supply each of their branch offices
with student employees, and, at the
same time, enable them to advance and
train these men to fill more responsible
positions. In the past the gas company
has employed Georgia Tech co-op stu­dents
on its part-time jobs.
The three companies comprising this
group of utility operators serve the fol­lowing
Alabama towns: Anniston, Au­burn,
Decatur, Gadsden, Heflin, Hunts-ville,
Leeds, Montgomery, Opelika, Re­form,
Selma, Talladega, Tuscaloosa,
Tuskegee, and Wetumpka.
* * *
W. B. Brantley, chief engineer of-the
State Highway Department of
Georgia, recently informed Mr. Taylor
that he planned to^ offer jobs to Au­burn
co-operatives with that state de­partment
in Georgia. This employing of
student workers is by no means a new
step being taken by Mr. Brantley as
he already has a number of Georgia
Tech co-ops working on similar jobs.
* * *
J. E. McDaniel, coordinator of the
co-operative plan at Georgia Tech, has
been giving valuable assistance to Mr.
Taylor in the placing of Georgia boys
on the Auburn co-operative plan. Mr.
Taylor, in return, is giving what assist­ance
he can to Mr. McDaniel.
* * *
At a recent meeting of the MITEC
Engineers, Will Gregory was elected
treasurer and Fred Henning was elect­ed
corresponding secretary. Plans for
a social to be given within the next
two weeks were discussed and final ar­rangements
for the function are to be
made by a special social committee ap­pointed
by the president.
Plains Talk
By Herbert Martin
Pennsylvania State College is consid­ering
establishing a special training
course for truck drivers.
Forty-one foreign nations were rep­resented
in the student body of Colum­bia
University's summer session.
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.
TOMORROW we celebrate Armistice
Day. Well, so what
Some 20 years ago we felt that we
had made the world safe for democracy.
We gave ourselves a pat on the back,
and, ignoring the very undemocratic Rus­sia
whom we had countenanced, settled
down to enjoy unbroken years of world
peace and good will. The little fellow
had found a. protector; all was right
with the world. Today a dictator is des­troying
even the symbol of democracy
in Europe.
*
On that November 11 we ended a
war to end war. Today, barely 20 years
later, the world is involved in a war
which promises to equal the last in its
worst aspects. •
After that other war, various bodies
were set up to insure protection of the
weaker nations. Since then Italy has in­vaded
Ethiopia, Japan has been creat­ing
wholesale slaughter in China, and
Germany has marched into Czechoslo­vakia
and through Poland. Russia is
using her present position to gain foot­holds
in the smaller states which sur­round
her.
* *
Ironically enough, we still consider
Armistice Day one of the greater dates
of history. We point to it with a visible
swelling of the^chest. We won the war;
we showed the world that right must
triumph. We are wrong. We really show­ed
the folly of man . . . the futility of
using war to settle anything.
* * *
Homecoming is not something that you
can take or leave alone. It is a dream
come true . . . the culmination of years
of hoping and planning by those who
love Auburn. We are fortunate in that
we are in school when this dream ad­vances
into the reality stage. We owe
something for the privilege of being
Auburn students at such a time.
It doesn't take much to pay this debt
in a way that will satisfy all concerned.
All that we have to do is to do something
that we should be glad to have the
chance to do. If you remain in Auburn,
attend that game and show a little spir­it,
and behave that day as all Auburnites
should, we will have done our part.
Let's stay here; let's treat the home-comers
in a way that will keep them
proud of having gone to Auburn and will
show them that the Auburn Spirit still
lives, and is not just something we like
to talk about. We'll be glad we did.
* * * *
The student body as a whole is to be
congratulated on the attitude toward the
football team. They've lost a few games,
it is true, but they haven't lost the sup­port
of the students, and that support
is worth more than any gridiron victory.
A little hard luck has hit them, but with
all Auburn back of them, they can't help
winning some games.
This is part of it. Some more is Bir­mingham,
lost touchdowns, good luck
due, and personal opinion. Anyway, it's
Auburn 53, Villanova Wildcats 6. I have
a little inside information.
* * * * *
Carrie, the Campus Complaisantist, is
afraid that ads will usurp her usual po­sition,
but anyhow, she wonders, "What
has become of the age-old Auburn cus­tom
of speaking to everyone you meet?
It's getting so that whenever you speak
to anyone to whom you haven't been for­mally
introduced, they credit you with
being either a campus politician, a gum
salesman, or a member of some frat rush
committee who didn't see your pin!"
November 10, 1939 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Sadie Hawkins
Day
And a Manhunt is
on in Auburn
"Ah hereby proclaim," intones
the mayor of Dogpatch in photo
No. 1, and when he's through it's
officially Sadie Hawkins Day on
the Auburn campus. Other days
the mayor is John Ivey, president
of the student body. Off for a
practice sprint in No. 2, left to
right, are coeds Frances Plaxco,
Suzelle Hare, Betty Showalter,
Mary Lydia Williamson, Virginia
Adams, and Eloise Williams. Next
in No. 3 they find a live target
in Rollins Aldridge. Gunning for
him, left to right, are Frances
Plaxco, Eloise Williams, Betty
Showalter, and Virginia Adams.
No. 4 shows Li'I Abner "Red"
Bamberg being caught by "Daisy
Mae" Suzelle Hare after a hard
chase. Managing to get away tem­porarily
he climbs the nearest
"spreading chestnut tree" but is
again being caught by the same
lovely lass.
The poor Li'I Abners get to­gether
in No. 6 to discuss "what
on airth" can be done about it.
The quartet from No. 3 train
their guns on, left to right, Rol­lins
Aldridge, Billy Smith, Jack
Wild, John Ivey, Jr., Elmer Alm-quist,
and "Red" Bamberg.
It's the end of Sadie Hawkins
Day on the campus of API as
Mary Lydia (Mitzi Mudlark) Wil­liamson
snaps the handcuffs on
poor "Red" (Li'I Abner) Bam­berg
in No. 7.—Photos by Arnold.
Engraving Courtesy B'ham Post.
Jaycees Staging
Ticket Sale Drive
The Junior Chamber of Com­merce
of Auburn is in the midst
of a campaign plan for boosting
the sale of tickets for the Home­coming
Game with Florida and
dedication of the new stadium on
Nov. 30. Jeff Beard is chairman
of the' group in charge.
This month the Chamber is de­voting
its time and energy to the
sale of tickets through personal
contacts by each member. They
are also conducting a letter cam­paign
to cities and towns over the
state in an effort to give added
publicity to the game.
Other Junior Chamber of Com­merce
organizations throughout
the state are being contacted and
urged to arrange motorcades to
the game and to help in the sale
of tickets.
P.O.P. HOLDS FIRST
FORMAL TONIGHT
The first formal dance of the
year will be given tonight in
Graves Center by Psi chapter of
Phi Omega Pi. Miss Virginia West,
president of the sorority, will lead
the dance escorted by Harvey
Rice of Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Rice
attended school at the University
of Florida.
During the evening there will
be one lead out and three no
breaks.
A University of Illinois scien­tist
has discovered a method of
determining the taste of cheese
by x-ray photos.
Some 70 college and university
presidents are graduates of In­diana
University.
The Universities of Texas, Ok­lahoma
and California at Los An­geles
have been given special Will
R o g e r s Memorial Scholarship
funds.
The only Gaelic college in
North America is located at St.
Anna's Nova Scotia.
BOSTON, MASS.—(ACP)— A
famed Massachusetts Institute of
Technology scientist, Prof. S. C.
Collins, has developed the world's
coldest refrigerator—and it will
operate at 450 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit.
The new device operates on
compressed helium, a gas that
produces the coldest temperatures
known to man.
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It's All Right For A Girl To Take Vef,
But A Boy Taking Home Ec - That's News
Auburn Boy Majoring in
Foods for Second Year
When Virginia Holcombe came
to Auburn a few years ago and
registered in agriculture there
was a mild furore at such an un­usual
occurence. Then last year
along came Jane O'Brien to cre­ate
no less than a sensation by en­rolling
in veterinary medicine.
Reporters interviewed Miss O'­Brien,
her picture appeared in
newspapers, publicity ran rife.
But it took Thomas O'Grady,
local boy, to go both of them one
better by enrolling in home eco­nomics.
Says O'Grady, "Home Ec is no
crip course as any girl taking it
can tell you. The professors are
excellent and the work interest­ing."
Thomas is majoring in foods,
his interest in the culinary side of
life having been aroused while
working in a boarding house. He
made his unusual choice of pro­fession
"because there are few
men in this particular field and I
have been interested in food for
a long time."
Apparently he is unembarrass­ed
by the fact that he is the only
boy in a school of around 150
girls.
Thomas attended school during
the first semester of last year but
was out during the second semes­ter.
He has reenrolled this year
with the determination to finish
his course.
Actually, the presence of a
male student in the School of
Home Economics is not so un­usual
as it might seem. Claude
Pritchett of Evergreen was a-warded
the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Home Economics in
August 1934.
Players-Glee Club
To Give Operetta
"The Chimes of Normandy," a
light opera written by Robert
Planquette has been chosen by the
Girls' Glee Club and the Auburn
Players as the presentation to be
given jointly by' these two or­ganizations
in March.
Books have already been order­ed,
but there have been no defi­nite
plans made as to the cast.
Try-outs will be held for the lead­ing
parts. More definite plans will
be announced later.
' The setting for this operetta is
in Normandy, France, during the
reign of Louis XV.
Professors T. B. Peet and Law­rence
Barnett will direct the op­eretta.
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Lambda Chi Alpha
National Secretary
Visits Local Lodge
Bill Wainwright, national trav­eling
secretary of the Lambda Chi
Alpha Fraternity, is visiting the
local chapter and will be in Au­burn
through today. Mr. Wain­wright
has spent several years in
fraternity work exclusively and
has visited colleges all over the
United States and Canada where
the fraternity's 105 chapters are
established.
Mr. Wainwright is a graduate
of the University of Florida and
has attended the graduate law
school of that institution. He was
special regional traveling secre­tary
for Lambda Chi Alpha in the
South before accepting his pres­ent
national appointment.
Auburn Graduates
Win Fellowships
Two Auburn graduates, J. G.
Brown of Phenix City, and Tom
Edwards, Jr., of Montgomery, have
been awarded fellowships by the
W. K. Kellogg Foundation of
Michigan for 12 months study.
Edwards, a graduate in civil en­gineering,
and Brown, a major in
chemical engineering, are studying
public health engineering at the
Michigan foundation.
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Page Four THE AUBURN P L A I N S M AN November 10, 1939
DR. DUNCAN TELLS OF PROGRESS AT AUBURN
Cites Importance of
School to the State
Alabama Poly Graduates Taking Lead
In Nearly all Fields of Activity
"The Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
at Auburn represents a new
type of education for the Ameri­can
masses," said President L. N.
Duncan.
"Auburn is the answer to the
longings and wishes and hopes of
the people for a type of training
which would meet their needs. The
old type of education," according
to Dr. Duncan, "emphasized words
and languages. In this new type
emphasis has been shifted 'from
language as a basis to science as
a basis; from the study of words
to the study of things; from the
verbalistic to the scientific system
of education'."
Origin of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute dates back to the pass­age
of the famous Morrill Act in
1862 which was signed by Abra­ham
Lincoln to create the Land-
Grant College. Gist of the act
states that its purpose is to create
colleges where branches of learn-
DR. L. N. DUNCAN
ing related to agriculture and me­chanics
will be taught, without ex­cluding
other sciences and classical
studies and including military
tactics, "in order to promote the
liberal and practical education of
the industrial classes in the gener­al
pursuits and professions of life."
Three "great purposes" of Au­burn
have been listed by Dr. Dun­can.
They are the training of scien­tific
leaders; the establishing of a
great thorough-going and compre­hensive
agricultural research pro­gram;
the organization and direc­tion
of a vast agricultural exten­sion
service program which will
carry information and inspiration
to all the people of the State
wherever they live.
The Auburn Atmosphere
"There is something about the
atmosphere surrounding the work
at Auburn which has an unusual
attraction for a certain type of
student," according to Auburn's"
president. The spirit of hard work
and the craving for knowledge on
the part of those who come have
been great factors in determining
the splendid qualities of the boys
and girls making up the Auburn
student body. They come seeking
a special kind of knowledge—a type
that will make for their highest
mental and moral development and
efficiency and at the same time
prepare them for making a living.
"Since Auburn was created and
is financed by the taxpayers of
Alabama we feel that the insti­tution
owes its first duty and obli­gation
to the State. The student
body, therefore, is almost entirely
made up of the citizens. They are
composed of the cream of the youth
of Alabama."
Total Enrollment 56,200
Since the founding of Auburn in
1872, according to Dr. Duncan, the
total student enrollment has been
56,200, and of this number 4,195
have been women.
"These men and women," de­clared
Dr. Duncan, "are filling high
positions in every walk of life in
Alabama and in the nation."
"The great and so-called learned
professions of law, medicine, and
the ministry have been and are
now being adorned by Auburn
graduates. Especially in the field
of agriculture, engineering, veter­inary
medicine, architecture, chem­istry,
pharmacy, and home eco­nomics,
have Auburn-trained men
and women made notable contri­butions
to scientific and social
progress.
"No institution in the State has
had a greater influence upon gen­eral
educational progress than has
Auburn. Rich and enduring con­tributions
to educational founda­tions
and policies have been made
by Auburn men.
"An important representative of
the United States Department of
Agriculture recently made the
statement that of all the South­ern
institutions Auburn without a
doubt has made the greatest con­tribution
to the ably trained ag­ricultural
leadership of the coun­try.
"The great corps of county men
and women agents, teachers of vo­cational
agriculture, and home eco­nomics,
and the leaders in farm
security who are revolutinizing
Alabama are Alabama-born and
reared and Auburn-trained men
and women.
Architecture and Engineering
"The school of architecture is
the oldest in the South and one of
only four recognized in the highest
grade by the American Institution
of Architects. Graduates in this
school are readily accepted by
schools of architecture at Yale,
Massachusetts Institute . of Tech­nology,
Princeton, and Cornell.
"There is hardly a home or a
public building in Alabama but
what has been planned and has
been or is being constructed under
the supervision of some skilled Au­burn
architect.
"In the field of chemistry and es­pecially
chemical engineering Au­burn
men aretaking the front rank
throughout the country in all of
the important chemical and chem­ical
engineering enterprises.
"In the field of engineering the
institution has been a notable pio­neer.
The State's matchless water
power resources was first visualiz­ed
by Auburn-trained engineers.
The first projects were conceived
by and developed under the leader­ship
of Auburn-trained engineers.
Auburn-trained engineers have had
a powerful influence on the map­ping
and construction of Alabama's
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Auburn Students And Townspeople
Flying Under Auspices Of Aero Club
Aeronautical engineers working on a plane in one of the airplane
shops. The aeronautical engineering student at Auburn is given prac­tical
as well as theoretical instruction.
magnificient highway and bridge
program. There is hardly a mining
development in the State which has
not been surveyed and plotted by
some Auburn-trained engineer.
Veterinary Medicine
"In the field of animal diseases
and related subjects, Doctor C. A.
Cary and his associates have lifted
what we in the old days in deri­sion
termed "horse doctoring" to
the level of a great and useful pro­fession.
"They have created a standard
college as a result of all of these
pioneer efforts. In importance vet­erinary
medicine is now ranked
along side that of human medicine.
"The research work by this
group of scientists has discovered
an intimate relationship between
the diseases of animals and man.
The contributions by these trained
technical men in preventing and
handling horrible diseases that are
transmittable from animal to man
is one of the finest achievements
of this scientific age.
"The enormous and almost in­surmountable
task of ridding Ala­bama
of the cattle tick, thus mak­ing
it possible with our most fav­orable
climatic conditions for Ala­bama
to become one of the great
and profitable livestock areas, the
value of which can hardly be es­timated.
"The practical results of the re­search
work of the chemists and
agricultural leaders of Auburn
have transformed great areas of
the State from almost barren con­ditions
to rich and prosperous ag­ricultural
and business civilization.
Plans Study of Black Belt
"In the early days as the lum­berman
harvested the timber from
vast areas in South Alabama the
wonder of the time was what to do
with these cut-over lands which
were considered useless for agri­cultural
purposes. The discoveries
by the agricultural workers and
the soil chemists of the missing
elements of nitrogen, phosphorus,
and potash in these^ soils and the
proper adaptation of crops have
added untold wealth to these great
areas.
"In like manner the area known
as Sand Mountain, extending
northeast from Birmingham to the
Tennessee and Georgia lines was
—until the result of the work of
these Auburn scientists—spoken of
as the "barren lands." The develop­ment
and the progress of the fine
civilization of this agricultural em­pire
in Alabama is traceable di­rectly
and specifically to the re­sults
of the work of the technical
and scientific men in chemistry
and agriculture at Auburn.
"The Black Belt with its rich
soil and with cotton and slaves de­veloped
one of the most unusual
and remarkable civilizations in its
time. With the depletion of these
Auburnites Win
In Art Exhibit
"The Road", a painting by Prof.
Frank W. Applebee, head of Au­burn's
applied art department, has
been awarded "first honorable men­tion"
in the 10th annual Jury Ex­hibition
of the Alabama Art
League being held this month in
Montgomery.
"Mr. Applebee's painting 'The
Road' is one of the most interest­ing
in the show. He is a sound and
versatile painter and has done
much to influence the trend of
Alabama art he has trained
some of the most promising paint­ers
in the State", according to the
Montgomery Advertiser.
A certificate of merit and three
honorable mentions are awarded
each year. Mrs. Virginia Barnes of
Montevallo, well-known portrait
painter, was given the highest
award this year. Martha Hender­son,
of Birmingham, and Mildred
Nungester, of Decatur, were re­cipients
of the other two awards.
Among the 92 paintings accepted
by the jury were a watercolor by
Prof. Roy Staples and three oils
by Alfred James of the applied art
department. Hulda Rutland, senior
in commercial art, placed two
paintings and Charles Kelley, ar­chitectural
student, won a place
for the first oil painting he has
produced.
The exhibit is the largest ever
held by the Art League.
rich soils by continuous cotton
growing and soil erosion, the free­ing
of slavery, and the coming of
the boll weevil, what to do with this
entire area was one of the foremost
questions of every thoughtful and
patriotic citizen of the State.
"With the establishment of the
branch experiment station at Mar­ion
Junction, and with the results
of the research work in progress
under Auburn's direction, we shall
soon have at hand definite know­ledge
of what the problems are
confronting the farmers in the
Black Belt and their solutions." -
Group Now Boasts 18
Members, 9 Students
Many air-minded citizens and
students of Auburn may be found
at any and all hours of the day at
the Auburn-Opelika Airport where
they fly through membership in the
Auburn Aero Club.
The club, which has no official
connection with API, boasts a
membership of 18, three of whom
have private licenses and seven of
whom have student permits. Fraz-ier
Fortner, W. Rhodes, and Forest
Shelton have private licenses.
Judge Roberts Brown, W. E.
Boone, Paul Darden, Dick Hall,
T. R. Loder, Bert Powell, and A. L.
Lumpkin" are the possessors of stu­dent
permits. James Cousins, Tom
Edwards, Jake Fortner, Art Jones,
Charles Lewis, Davis Manning,
Rufus Page, Jr., K. G. Wells, and
Robert Buck are students.
The Club maintains one of the
two planes kept at the Airport.
It is a 1939 J-3 Cub Trainer with
a 50 h. p. Franklin Engine. It is
kept up by Prof. Robert Pitts of
the aeronautical engineering de­partment,
who holds an airplane
and engine mechanics certificate.
Instruction is handled by Lt. B.
M. Cornell of the aeronautical en­gineering
department.
Previous membership of the club
has been small, but this year the
CHORAL READERS
ORGANIZE CLUB
The Choral reading class, spon­sored
by Prof. E. D. Hess, organ­ized
early in the week into a choral
reading club. Several new members
were admitted, most of whom were
girls. There were 18 present in all.
Ralph Irwin was elected presi­dent;
Bill Newman, vice-president;
Merle Woodard, secretary-treasur­er;
and Dorothy Floyd, publicity
manager.
The club will hold regular meet­ings
on the first and third Monday
nights of the month at 7:00 p. m.
and is still open for membership.
Interested students see Prof.
Hess in the "L" Building.
group hopes to get into the Inter­collegiate
Flying Association and
to take part in air meets and other
activities.
Membership in the club is open
to all interested students and
townspeople.
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November 10, 1939 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Five
SERGE JAROFF, director of the Don Cossack Chorus. The chorus
will appear here in concert on November 23 at Graves Center.
Don Cossack Chorus To Bring Unique
Group Of Singers Here For Performance
AH are Exiles from
Their Motherland
Songs may come and songs may
go but there is at least one song
which is good forever, the famed
chant of the Volga Boatmen. Amid
this heyday of jitterbugs and swing
music the 36 singers of the Don
Cossack Chorus will arrive in Au­burn
on November 23 to sing the
song of the Volga Boatmen and
other Russian songs known all
over the world for their stirring
melody and unforgettable lyrics.
The concert will take place at the
auditorium in Graves Center.
Translated into 53 languages
and available in more than 200 dif­ferent
arrangements for solo voice,
instruments, and ensembles from
balalaika orchestra to jazz band,
the song, known by a number of
titles including "Ay Ookhnem",
"The Volga Boatmen's Chant", and
the "Song of the Volga Boatmen",
is one of the most popular songs of
all time. It dates back to the late
seventeenth century when the slow
rhythmic chant was first raised on
the banks of the Volga River in
Russia.
The 36 Cossacks had never stud­ied
music nor considered it as a
possible profession up until a year
before their concert debuts. In fact
almost every other career but mu­sic
was being followed by these
men before they met as members
of the White Army in Crimea
during the Russian Revolution,
and were organized into a chorus
by their present-day leader, Serge
Jaroff, in the "Camp of Death" at
Tchelengir, to which they had been
sentenced by the Bolsheviks.
Fourteen of the Don Cossacks
were military men before the out­break
of the war. Three were law­yers
and two were chemical en­gineers.
One of the singers occu­pied
the Oriental Languages chair
at a leading Russian university
and was a student of some 23 for­gotten
tongues. Another, a gold­smith,
fashioned exquisite gifts of
jewelry, while one of the singers
supplied the riding habits of the
Imperial ladies. One of the Don
Cossacks, whose identity is un­known
even to the chorus' man­ager,
was a former secret service
agent, and another was a titled
nobleman who owned estates in
the Caucasus covering approxi­mately
twice as much territory as
the entire state of New York.
Ironically, the Cossacks are
men without a country, for they
have been exiled from their home­land
by a Soviet edict.
Since 1921 they have wander­ed
around the world with their
passports issued by the League of
Nations bearing the phrase "en
voyage" substituted for the name
of their home country.
After they were released from
the prison camp at the end of the
war, the 36 Cossacks gathered at
Sofia in Bulgaria to sing the
songs they had chanted around
their small campfire in the "Camp
of Death." Their audience was
small, but among those who heard
them was the Bulgarian king,
Alexander. King Alexander gave
to Serge Jaroff and his singers
the encouragement they needed to
start them on their world-wide
concert tours. They made their
first public appearance in Vienna
later in the same year and since
then have appeared before more
than 3750 concert audiences in
34 countries of the world.
NORTH GEORGIA
REVIEW PRESENTS
ESSAY CONTEST
The North Georgia Review, a
magazine of the southern states,
has announced an essay contest
for college students, offering a
prize of $25.00 for the most in­teresting
essay on the problem of
how to achieve a real democracy
in the South.
The student may use his own
title, and attack the subject from
any point of view. The manu­script
should be 300 words or less,
should be twpewritten if possible,
and the Review reserves the right
to publish the prize winning es­say.
Address of the Review is Clay­ton,
Ga.
"REAL GLORY" TO
SHOW AT MARTIN
Starring Gary Cooper, and with
Andrea Leeds and David Niven
heading an unusually important
cast, Samuel Goldwyn's adventure
drama, "The Real Glory," which
will have its first showing at the
Martin Theatre on Sunday and
Monday unfolds a thrilling and
exciting tale of the Philippine
Scouts and their heroic bravery
at the conclusion of the Spanish-
American War, when the Philip­pines
were overrun by insurrec­tionists
and religious fanatics.
The central theme of "The Real
Glory" revolves around the ex­ploits
of the scouts, who became
a constabulary on the island and
rallied to their support loyal na­tives
and peaceful Moros. The
Moros, a tribe of unorthodox Mo­hammedans,
had retreated to the
hills and jungles of the Sulu King­dom
to wage a fierce religious
war against the remaining Ameri­can
troops.
For weeks a corps of 500-odd
workmen, most of them skilled
craftsmen, labored to complete a
replica of a regular army post in
the Philippines for this Goldwyn
picture, and the results are start­ling.
The space occupied by the
set comprised six acres, and 40,-
000 square feet of asphalt were
used for a lagoon 400 feet long
and six feet deep, containing 1,-
500,000 gallons of water. This
vast body of water wasn't static
for a minute for a pumping plant
was set up to maintain a natural
current in the stream and a six-inch
head of water tumbled con­stantly
over a six-foot waterfall.
They're Here, They're There, They're
Everywhere - Those Graduates Of 1939
API AND PARENT-TEACHERS
UNITE
FOR CELEBRATION
Citizenship Day to
Be presented Here
On December 14
Alabama. Polytechnic Institute,
in cooperation with local leaders
in the Parent-Teachers Associa­tion
will present a local program
in observance of Citizenship Day
on December 14.
On this day, which is also Ala­bama
Day, recognition will be giv­en
to the youths of every com­munity
in the State who have
reached the age of 21.
Mrs. B. R. Showalter, state
president of the PTA, has an­nounced
that civic organizations,
veteran's organizations, the Ala­bama
Educational Association,
and State Education Department
will cooperate in the program.
In the state of Alabama there
are approximately 30,000 young
men and women, who will legal­ly
grow up this year by becoming
21 years of age. These young
people will reach the age of citi­zenship,
and the privileges, rights,
and responsibilities of adulthood
will fall upon their shoulders.
There are approximately 1200
students in Auburn who are 21
years of age or over. The lead­ers
of the citizenship program are
trying to arrange an open forum
discussion session for them on De­cember
-14.
Former Student
Appointed to Job
In Texas School
Miss Laura May Callan of the
class of 1936 at Auburn has been
appointed instructor of home eco­nomics
in the high school at Big
Lakes, Texas. Miss Callan took
work toward her master's degree
last year at the University of Tex­as.
She is the daughter of Prof,
and Mrs. John A. C. Callan.
Locations of Prominent
Former Students Given
From the Alumni Office comes
word concerning the whereabouts
of some of the outstanding mem­bers
of the class of 1939.
L. E. Foster, president of ODK
during his senior year, is now em­ployed
by the Armstrong Cork
Co. of Lancaster, Pa.
George Knight, former presi­dent
of the Interfraternity Coun­cil,
is holding a four-year fellow­ship
in the Institute of Paper
Chemistry, Lawrence, Wis. When
he completes his fellowship he
will receive a PhD degree.
Jim Swanner, captain of the
track team, also has a job with
the Armstrong Cork Co., and is
located in Lancaster, Pa. His wife
is the former Miss Cora Lipscomb
of Auburn.
Bill Troup, last year's pep man­ager,
is with Eastern Air Lines at
Bowman Field, Louisville, Ky.
Jim Hilleke, colonel of the en­gineer
regiment last year, is em­ployed
by the Republic Steel Co.,
Birmingham.
Jack Adams, head cheerleader
two years ago, is now a flying
cadet at Randolph Field, Texas.
The business manager of last
year's Plainsman, Charlie Gris-ham,
is holder of a rural radio
fellowship at Station WLW in
Cincinnati.
Edwin Godbold, editor of the
1938-39 Plainsman, is an officer
in the U.S. Marine Corps, in the
training school at Philadelphia,
Pa.
John Eagan, last year's captain
of the Auburn Scabbard a nd
Blade, is employed with the Her­cules-
Powder Co. in Brunswick,
Ga.
Charlie Hollingsworth, presi­dent
of last year's senior class, is
an assistant county agent in Walk­er
County.
Perry Schwartz, editor of the
1939 Glomerata, is in Auburn
with the Campus Planning Com­mittee.
Curty Farley, is in LaGrange,
Ga., with Calloway Mills, and is
to be moved to the Cleveland,
Ohio sales division of the com­pany
in the near future. Farley
was business manager of the 1939
Glomerata.
In the last ten years, Washing­ton
University has awarded schol­arships
totalling more than $1,-
000,000.
Knox College, the original "Old
Siwash," has been selected as the
location for a series of "Old Si-wash"
motion pictures.
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GEORGE MATTISON, presi­dent
of the Auburn Alumni Asso­ciation,
along with the Auburn
men of Jefferson County . has
been instrumental in making ar­rangements
for Auburn's "inva­sion"
of Birmingham tomorrow.
Town Hall Putting
On Essay Contest
College students have a chance
to show their literary ability and
to express their opinions on the
subject, "What does American
democracy mean to me?", through
the new nation-wide contest being
conducted by the Town Hall of
the Air, radio program.
The subject will be discussed
on Thursday evening, November
23, at 8:30, central standard
time, on the program, "America's
Town Meeting of the Air", and
will be broadcast over station WJ-Z
and the Blue Network of NBC.
The essay is to be not more
than 1000 words, and the dead­line
for entries is December 4,
1939. Prizes totaling $1000 will
be awarded for winning essays.
First prize will be $500 plus an
expense-paid trip to New York to
speak on the Town Hall program
over the. radio. A second prize of
$200 and a third prize of $100
will also be awarded. Twenty ad­ditional
awards of $10 each will
be made.
Further information may be ob-
Faculty Proposes
Revised Method
Of Registration
Glee Club Sings Before
Forum in Monthly Session
At Graves Center Hall
At the regular monthly meet­ing
of the Faculty Forum in
Graves Center last Wednesday,
motions were passed authorizing
the appointment of committees by
Dr. Roger Allen, forum president,
to study the systems for student
registration used by other colleges
and universities, and to study Au­burn's
curriculum.
A steering committee for the
Forum was announced by Dr. Al­len
which will consist of Forum
officers and the following mem­bers
of the faculty: Dr. F. S.
Arant, Ralph Draughon, Dr. John
H. Goff, J. E. Hannum, W. D.
Salmon, Dr. B. R. Showalter, and
Mrs. Marion Spidle.
Dr. L. N. Duncan spoke in fav­or
of the policy of the Faculty
Forum in appointing committees
to look into various matters which
might arise throughout the year.
Dr. Allen announced that here­after
the program of the forums
tained by writing to the Essay
Contest Editor, Town Hall, New
York City.
Former Professor
In Chess Tourney
Lawrence Hampton, mathemat­ics
instructor who formerly taught
at Auburn, has entered the na­tional
tournament for the corres­pondence
chess championship of
the United States, states a recent
story in the Harvard (111.) Herald.
Each move in the matches will
be by mail. Mr. Hampton has been
playing -chess by mail for six
years, and has played contestants
from 31 states, three Canadian
provinces, and England.
Mr. Hampton now lives in the
Alden farming community of Mc-
Henry County, 111.
would be for entertainment and
fellowship. Committees will be ap­pointed
to handle all business and
will report at each monthly meet­ing.
The Glee Club entertained the
group of faculty members with
songs featuring several Negro
spirituals. The club was directed
by Lawrence Barnett, and soloist
for the occasion was John Druary,
baritone, sophomore in education
from Fairfax.
Officers of the Forum for this
year besides Dr. Allen are Dr.
Charles Davis, vice-president; W.
T. Ingram, treasurer; and Miss
Berta Dunn, secretary.
Princeton University will found
a special geographical library in
honor of Richard Halliburton.
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Page Six THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN November 10, 1939
TIGERS PRACTICE IN EARNEST
* * *
Exercise and Place Kicking Featured
* * *
FOR COMING GRIDIRON BATTLES
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Calisthenics to unlimber stiff muscles
and work up steam is the first item on
every Auburn gridder's practice sched­ule.
The inverted bicycle exercise
(above) is one of the most popular
routines. A quartette (at right) get lim­bered
up before the more strenuous
practice starts. * Getting down to busi­ness
(below) in the shadow of an Au­burn
building.
Place kicking (top right) is a daily feature
of the Tigers' training program. The picture
shows the Tigers being drilled in the art, adept-ness
at which has pulled many an apparently
hopeless game barely out of the fire.—Engrav­ing
Courtesy Alabama Magazine.
Records of API
Gridiron Foes
Records of Auburn's 1939 grid
foes up to date follow.
Birmingham-Southern
0—Auburn 6
6—Loyola 7
7—Louisiana Tech 6
0—Mercer 10
7—Millsaps 7
0—Miss. State 28
Swimming Pool In Alumni Dormitory
Opened For Benefit Of Women Students
Villanova
14—Muhlenberg
40—South Carolina
7—Texas A. & M.
7—Arkansas
13—Detroit
0
0
23
0
6
20 64
Tulane
7—Clemson 6
12—Auburn 0
7—Fordham 0
14—North Carolina 14
18—Ole Miss 6
58 26
Mississippi State
45—Howard 0
19—Arkansas 0
14—Florida 0
0—Auburn 7
37—Southwestern 0
0—Alabama 7
28—Birmingham-Southern 0
Manhattan
0—Holy Cross 28
6—St. Bonaventure 0
0—Duquesne 7
7—Auburn 0
26—Boston U. 0
81 39
Louisiana State
7—Mississippi 14
26—Holy Cross 7
7—Rice 0
20—Loyola __' 0
12—Vanderbilt 6
0—Tennessee 20
72 47
Georgia
26—Citadel 0
0—Furman 20
0—Holy Cross 13
6—Kentucky 13
13—N. Y. U. 14
16—Mercer 9
64
Florida
0—Texas
0—Miss. State . ..
7—Boston College
7—Tampa
14—Maryland
0—South Carolina
69
12
14
0
0
0
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All Swimmers Must Have
Permit from Physician
The swimming pool in Alumni
Hall opened Wednesday afternoon
and is now available for use by
women students. All coeds desir­ing
to swim must have a permit
which may be secured from the
office of the college physician.
This permit must be shown be­fore
the student will be admitted
to the pool.
The pool is scheduled to be
used from 4:00 to 6:00 on Mon­day
through Thursday afternoons;
from 5:00 to 6:00 on Friday af­ternoons;
and 2:00 to 6:00 on
Saturday afternoons.
All students enrolled in the
physical activity classes will be
permitted to swim once or twice
a week at the regular class hour.
Instruction will be given in these
classes.
Students will be required to
furnish their own suits, caps, and
towels and must abide strictly by
the regulations posted in the
shower room. For those students
temporarily without suits tank
suits will be provided.
Sportswriter Pokes
Fun at API in Verse
Based on an interview with El­mer
Salter, sports publicity di­rector,
who was in New York
handling publicity for the Au­burn-
Manhattan game, a New
York sports writer published in
his column a few days ago a bit
of poetry which was reprinted by
several Southern sportswriters
and has inspired wide comment
among Auburn students and fans.
ON A FORWARD PASS FROM
GOLDSMITH
Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of
the plain,
Whose football team is always on
a train,
Whose football fans raise loud
and loyal cheers
For playing feats they haven't
seen in years;
Sweet Auburn, let your residents
rejoice,
Give ear, give eye and, as one
man, give voice!
Your football favorites, long wont
to roam,
This year—what, ho—will play
a game at home!
Tiger Cubs Christen New Stadium In
Game This Afternoon with Tech Freshmen
Freshman Team Seeking
Second Win of Season
The new football field and sta­dium
will be the setting for a
battle between the Tiger Cubs
and the Georgia Tech Baby Jack­ets
Friday afternoon at 2:00
o'clock. The Baby Tigers will be
out to avenge the 7-6 lacing Tech
handed the varsity in Atlanta.
A 13-2 win over the Florida
frosh in opening their three-game
schedule against loop competition
have given the freshmen high
hopes of conquering the Atlanta
plebes.
In their second game of the
season last Friday in Americus,
Ga., the Cubs tied up with the
Bear Cubs of Mercer University
in a battle which ended in a 12-
12 tie.
There are several candidates of
almost equal caliber seeking top
honors in every department and
Coach "Bat" McCollum has not
decided on the starting line-up.
But it likely will come pretty
close to being the eleven that
opened in the melee with Florida.
Unless unexpected switches are
made between now and Friday af­ternoon,
the club that will take
the field against the Georgians
probably will have Fagan Can-zoneri,
Bessemer, or Fred Hurst,
Birmingham, and Henry Monsees,
Savannah, Ga., Billy Barton,
Montgomery, or Garland Childrey,
Atlanta, Ga., at ends; Jim Mc-
Clurkin, Birmingham, and J. B.
Lawless, Bessemer, at tackles;
John Maddox, Andalusia, and
Fred Knight, Cullman, at guards;
Jack Ferrell, Birmingham, or Tex
Williams, Philadelphia, Pa., at
center; Clarence Graham, Tallas-see,
at quarterback; Monk Gaf-ford,
Fort Deposit, or Bill Year-out,
LeNoir City, Tenn., and Au­brey
Clayton, Collierville, Tenn.,
or Charles Finney, Five Points, at
halfbacks, and Jim Reynolds, La-
Grange, Ga., or Hugh Foshee,
Alexander City, at fullback.
Auburn students may get in by
showing their student activity
books at the gate. All non-stu­dents
attending must pay admis-
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia and all
of his commissioners will give a
lecture course this year at New
York University on the city's gov­ernment.
Beloit College h a s scheduled
two Thanksgiving holidays this
year.
"Welcome"
To the "Magic City"
Auburn!
After the Game
DANCE & RELAX
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Pickwick Club
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14—Notre Dame
35—Howard
14—Vanderbilt
7—Auburn
6—Duke 1
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13—N. C. State
40—Sewanee
28—Chattanooga
21—Alabama
17—Mercer
20—L. S..U.
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faculty counselor for foreign stu­dents.
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State College travel a
total of 18,024 miles a week.
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0—Florida 7
19—Temple 0
28—St. Anslem 0
13—Auburn 7
Theta Kappa Nu and Lambda
Chi Alpha, national social frater­nities,
have combined under the
name of the latter group.
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Some University of Louisville
buildings originally housed a ju­venile
reform school.
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DICK McGOWEN, Empire, Ala.,
junior, halfback; weight, 185; height,
six feet. Likely to finish Auburn as
best all-around back in decade. Super
punter. Averaged 41.6 yards kicking
67 times as sophomore. Can thread
needle with his passes. Powerful and
shifty runner.
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Outstanding Player
Of S. E. Conference
To be Given Trophy
The Touchdown Club of Atlan­ta
has announced that it will pre­sent
a trophy to the "outstanding
player in the Southeastern Con­ference,"
the selection to be made
at the close of the season.
The committee chosen by Ever­ett
Strupper, president of the
club, to select the outstanding
player is composed of Buster Kil-patrick,
chairman; Walter Powell;
Muggsy Smith; Buck Cheeves;
Jack Troy; Ed Danforth; and O.
B. Keeler.
Campus jobs netted Williams
College students $68,000 last
year.
A.P. STILL RATES
VOLS AS FIRST
Still riding high as a result of
their 20-0 triumph over LSU last
Saturday, the Tennessee Vols
maintained their number one spot
in the Associated Press Poll,
with ranking Notre Dame in the
runner-up spot and with Texas
A & M moving into the third slot.
Michigan, second a week ago,
skidded into ninth spot after their
loss to Illinois.
The first 10 teams of the na­tion
according to AP are listed
below.
1. Tennessee
2. Notre Dame
3. Texas A & M
4. Southern California
5. Cornell
6. Oklahoma
7. North Carolina
8. Tulane
9. Michigan
10. Ohio State (tie)
11. UCLA (tie)
Temple University has offered
its stadium as the site for the
1940 Olympics.
Goddard College is believed to
be the only institution of higher
education in the U. S. that does
not use academic regalia at com­mencement
exercises.
Welcome Auburn!
Make this old
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Your Headquarters
Next Saturday
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ERNEST MILLS, Columbus, Ga.,
junior, guard, weight, 190; height,
five feet, 11 inches. Came through
fine in 1938 in role of first-stringer
and in spelling starters. One of
squad's most dependable players. One
of South's better all-around guards.
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Captain MILTON HOWELL, Bes­semer,
Ala., senior, guard; weight,
185; height, five feet, 10 inches.
Coach Meagher calls him one of the
best all-around guards he has ever
seen. A specialist on both offense and
defense. Missed half 1938 season be­cause
of injuries. Has Ail-American
aspirations that might be realized this
season.
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November 10, 1939 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Seven
API-Villanova Clash in Birmingham Tomorrow
BOOTS STRATFORD
TIGER TALES
By BOOTS STRATFORD
When you see the Wildcats of Villanova swing into
their offense tomorrow, don't think you've wandered into
a performance of the Ballet Russe by mistake; it's only
_ the Clipper Smith variation of the standard
~~~ Notre Dame attack. After the huddle, the
team charges, shouting, up to the ball with
the backfield dancing into the conventional-
T formation, stretching their arms to get
proper intervals.
Then to the tune of a unified count, a
swing shift moves 11 stalwart young men
into the regular right or left single wing-back
or double wingback formations from
which the Wildcat attack explodes.
And what an attack! Skipper Clipper
has evolved an affair known as a multiple spinner that
would make one of Rube Goldberg's wildest dreams seem
logical. It's rumored that the Wildcats had to break up
practice one afternoon because nobody could find the ball
after it had passed through said spinner. The backfield
looks like four whirling dervishes on this particular play.
Smith says that his innovations, which seems to be a
combination of Warner and Notre Dame systems, are not
intended for show, but puts more zip in the 'Novans' of­fense
by giving it rhythm.
* * *
Our Squire Salter, athletic publicity director, seems
to have made a big hit up in Yankeeland. We quote
from the Eagle, official Boston College football pro­gram:
"Mr. Elmer Salter, who thumps the tub for
Auburn made a fine impression upon the Metropolitan
sports writers upon the occasion of the recent visit of
the Tigers to the Big City. . . . Mr. Salter is a big
league publicity man and he does a splendid job for
Auburn . His complete and accurate bits of informa­tion,
his exceptionally fine photo and mat service, and
his up-to-the-minute news releases are as fine as any
received by any of the colleges in New England."
Which is all to the credit of Auburn.
* * *
Nick Basca, star Villanova passer, jumped into the lime­light
last year against Auburn with his devastating chunk­ing
and has remained there ever since. He threw 57 and
35-yard touchdown strikes last week to beat the Univer­sity
of Detroit 13-6.
* * *
Despite its present low standing the University of
Chicago grid team has won more Big Ten champion­ships
than any other team. . . . St. Mary's of Texas has
a double decker bus for athletic trips that will hold
53 players. . . . Dean of Women Mack at the U. of
Nevada didn't like drum majorette Elsie Crabtree's
abbreviated marching costume and, despite a student
strike, ordered her into a more sedate garment. Next
Saturday Elsie will parade in an ante-bellum outfit,
hoop skirts and all.
Tigers Primed for
Fray with Wildcats
Game Set for 2:00 p.m. at Legion Field;
Villanova Looks Good to Auburn Scout
It will be Tiger against Wildcat tomorrow on the brown­ing
sward of Legion Field, Birmingham, as Auburn meets
Villanova, a team they are yet to beat after three encount­ers.
They played to a 7-7 deadlock in Havana, Cuba, Jan.
1, 1937, then they met in Philadelphia in the regular sea­son
of that year to the tune of a 0-0 tie. Last year the 'No-vans
were victors 25-12.
Chief threat of the Clipper Smith outfit is their aerial
game with Nickie Basca, the soph
who threw Auburn to defeat last
year, as the chief chunker. He
will have available as receiver
Long Len Kolenda who has been
out of the lineup with injuries
up till now. This giant end is rat­ed
as the best pass snagger on
the Wildcat squad and will give
the Auburn pass defense plenty
of trouble along with other re­ceivers
such as Buzz Howlett,
right halfback, and Walter No-wak,
end. Basca threw passes of
57 and 35 yards last week to de­vastate
Detroit 13-6, both aerial
bombs hitting pay dirt.
Auburn will also probably rely
heavily on her aerial game. With
ground game lacking the zip so
far this season, Meagher may
shoot a pass attack at the Wild­cats
in order to generate some
scoring steam.
Meagher is also counting on
"Rippin' Rufus" Deal, bruising
soph fullback, to spark the of­fense
with plenty of yardage pick­ed
up through the middle of the
line. Another soph counted on
heavily is Lloyd Cheatham, quar­terback,
who ran 80 yards to
score on Boston with an inter­cepted
pass. He is probably the
Tiger's best pass defense man.
Fullback Charlie Haynesworth,
who has been reinstated on the
squad, and Gus Pearson, end,
w e r e the Plainsmen scorers
against Villanova last year, and
while they do not rate starting
berths now, they no doubt will be
given a chance to repeat their
1938 performance.
Coach Ralph Jordan, who scout­ed
the Wildcats in their games
with South Carolina, Arkansas,
and Detroit, delivered the follow­ing
report on Clipper Smith's
boys:
"Villanova has a very versatile
offense, with great passing and
extraordinary running and kick­ing.
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Occasions for Time
Out in Games Given
1. When play is for any reason
suspended by the referee.
2. When the ball goes out of
bounds.
3. After a touchdown, safety,
or touchback has been made.
4. During a try-for-point after
touchdown.
5. While the ball is being
brought out for a kick-off.
6. After a fair catch has been
made.
7. When a forward pass be­comes
incomplete.
8. When the ball is declared
dead by the referee after a foul
has been called by any official,
and subsequently during the en­forcement
or declination of the
penalty.
9. While teams are taking reg­ular
2-minute "timeouts."
10. During all substitutions, ex­cept
when referee believes that
offending team is trying to prof­it
by making replacements in or­der
to call for "time-out" after
having exhausted three requests
for this privilege which are allow­ed
without penalty during each
half.
Time begins again when the ball
is actually put in play.
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Auburn's probable s t a r t i ng
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Nichols at tackles, Howell and
Mills at guards, Morgan at cen­ter,
Cheatham at quarterback,
Happer and McGowen at half­backs
and Deal at fullback.
Reporter Looks Over New Auburn Field
House and Stadium and Finds Them Good
GUS PEARSON, junior end
for the Tigers, who may see ser­vice
against Villanova tomorrow.
He played the best game of his
career against the Wildcats in
Philadelphia last year and may
repeat on Legion Field.
GRADUATE CAPTAINS
Graduate students are captains
of Auburn's 1939 football forces.
Captain Milton Howell, Bessemer,
an Ail-American guard candidate,
received a bachelor of science de­gree
in business administration
last May and Alternate-Captain
Bill Nichols, Sylacauga, hardwork­ing
tackle, had a B.S. degree in
agriculture conferred upon him at
the same time. Both hope to be a-warded
master of science degrees
at Auburn's 1940 commencement
exercises.
Freshmen Prep for
Annual Cake Race
These crisp autumn days num­erous
freshmen may be seen trot­ting
and puffing around the
campus getting in training for the
annual ODK Freshman Cake Race
to be held December 13 over a
2.7 mile course.
The Cake Race is an annual
event in which all freshmen par­ticipate
unless excused by the col­lege
physician. To the winner goes
a large loving cup, an immense
cake, and a track numeral. Each
of the first 25 entrants to cross
the finish line receives a cake,
presented by an Auburn coed.
The fraternity having the lowest
first four man total receives a
loving cup. Last year the winner
of the Cake Race was Harry Rus­sell.
New Bowl on East Thach
Avenue to Seat 12,000
By REDDING SUGG
When Auburn sets about to
build a stadium it builds a good
one. That is the conclusion which
this reporter reached after visit­ing
the new bowl on East Thach.
The present program of con­struction
on the stadium is ex­pected
to be completed by Sun­day
and will come as the conclu­sion
of months of hard labor as
well as years of planning.
Physically the stadium is one of
the handsomest in the South, and
it will accommodate some 12,000
people.
Its main entrance faces west­ward
toward the anatomy labora­tory
of the School of Veterinary
Medicine. Two great, ornate iron
lamps hang on either side, while
in large white letters above the
opening are the words "The Au­burn
Stadium." A secondary en­trance
leading to the east stands
will be to the east of the field
house. A flight of 30 steps will
descend to the level of the foot­ball
field.
The west stands wil accommo­date
7,580 persons. They are well
constructed of the best brick and
concrete with decorative lime­stone
trimming.
Inside there is a foyer lighted
by a large iron chandelier and
terminating in an inclined run­way
opening into the stands. The
seats are made of redwood, the
ageless timber, supported by steel
bars screwed into the concrete.
The principal body of the west
stands is gently curved and com­posed
of 10 sections each 27 rows
high, while a central part of these
stands extends to the commodious
press box which is in turn topped
by four flag poles. The highest
part of the stands is 38 rows high.
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At each end of the stands is a
lounge, as yet practically unfurn­ished.
The east stands will seat 4,500
persons. They are constructed of
pine timber treated with sill cure,
a preservative similar to creosote
though not as irritating to the
human skin. The wooden stands
are founded on brick and are built
to last 10 years, though they have
a possible life expectancy of some
15 years. Presumably, t h e se
stands are as comfortable" as the
concrete ones, resembling those in
Montgomery's Cramton Bowl.
The football field is attractive
and well constructed, being built
on the same principal as a turtle's
back, with a slight hump in the
middle to promote adequate drain­age.
Already it is almost perfect­ly
sodded with Bermuda grass.
The holes for the goal posts were
being dug and the yard lines were
being laid out Wednesday after­noon.
The field is surrounded by a
cinder track boasting a 220 yard
straightaway. The entire distance
around the track is approximately
.3 of a mile.
At the north end of the west
stands the steep sides of the nat­ural
bowl are being filled in. The
.sides will be sloped gradually to
the track and will be sodded.
Eventually the field will be en­circled
by a cyclone fence and a
hedge, while other shrubbery will
be planted about the stadium en­trance
and the field house.
The field house is at the north­ernmost
end of the project. It is
built on a line with the stadium
Continued on page 8
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Page Eight THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN November 10, 1939
JUNIOR OFFICERS CHOSEN IN FIELD ARTILLERY
Officers of the student club division of the Alabama Home Eco­nomics
Association this year are (left to right): Alice A. Little,
Alexander, junior at Alabama. Polytechnic Institute; Rebecca Pate,
Auburn education school faculty, state adviser, and Juanita Johnson,
senior in home economics at Auburn.
Resume Of Lives And Activities Given
For Oxford Debaters Appearing Here
Street and Heath to
Debate Here Thursday
The two Oxford debaters, Ed­ward
R. G. Heath and Peter
Street, who appear here Thurs­day
night in a debate with an Au­burn
team have had interesting
lives, according to information re­ceived
by Prof. E. D. Hess, direct­or
of debate here.
Heath attends Balliol College,
Oxford. His home is in Broad-stairs,
Kent, England, and he is
23 years old. He has won school
prizes for music, character, and
service. In autumn 1936 he was
awarded the Open Organ Scholar­ship
to Balliol College.
At Balliol he has served as
president of the Oxford Union
Society, president of the Univer­sity
Conservative Association, and
chairman of the Federation of
British University Conservative
Associations. He has also been a
leading undergraduate musician.
During the recent Spanish War
he traveled in Spain and in ad­dition
has traveled in France, Bel­gium,
and Germany.
By nature and politics he is a
radical-conservative.
Peter Street's home is in Lon­don
where he attended the Haber­dashers',
one of the old city
schools.
He is enrolled in Exeter College,
Oxford. There he has served as
president of the Junior Common
Room, president of the Oxford
University Liberal Club, and was
acting president of the Oxford
Union at the outbreak of the
present war, having had three
years of debating experience in
the Union.
He has won colors in boxing
and rugby football at school and
college and has been a captain of
athletics at college. However, he
says that sports are his hobby,
not his obsession.
In the new year Street will
commence training with the Royal
Engineers in the British Army.
The Auburn team to face the
Englishmen will be composed of
John Ivey, Jr., and John Godbold,
Auburn Songs
ALMA MATER
On the rolling plains of Dixie
'Neath its sun-kissed sky,
Proudly stands, O' Alma Mater,
A. P. I.
To thy name we'll sing by praise,
From hearts that love so true,
And pledge to thee our loyalty
The ages through.
(First Chorus)
Hail thy colors, Orange and Blue,
Unfurled unto the sky.
To thee, our Alma Mater, we'll
be true,
O' A. P. I.
AUBURN VICTORY MARCH
Come on boys, let's travel;
For it's time that we're on our
way
Time to hit the gravel;
We've got to win that game today.
Fight you Auburn Tigers,
For the victory.
Let them say it!
As we play it!
Frosh Elections
Continued from page 1
Institute. The offender shall not
be eligible to vote in any fur­ther
elections during the year.
Any means of campaigning by
a candidate or his supporters oth­er
than personal approach renders
the candidate ineligible. No candi­date
may distribute free merchan­dise
or have circulars or cards or
other advertising printed and cir­culated
in the behalf of his elec­tion.
The Elections Committee
shall decide cases under these pro­visions
subject to approval by the
Executive Cabinet.
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will be some phase of American
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case. Finder please return to
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Always Rings
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Organization and frater­nity
printing a specialty.
Get our prices first. Sam­ples
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No order too small to re­ceive
our prompt, courte­ous
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Military Department
Announces Non-Coms
Appointments Become Effective at Once;
Selections Approved by President Duncan
Cadet 1st Sergeants: John Dem-ing,
Btry. A, 1st F.A.; J. A. Quen-ellel,
Btry. B, 1st F.A.; J. B.
Cagle, Btry. C, 1st F.A.; F. B.
Wilson, Btry. D, 1st B.A.; B. F.
Marshall, Btry. E, 1st F.A.; J.
B, Stratford, Btry. F, 1st F.A.;
J. F. Burgess, Btry. A, 2nd F.A.;
C, H. McGehee, Btry. B, 2nd F.
A.; W. R. Snellings, Btry. C, 2nd
F. A.; W. C. Rotenberry, Btry.
D, 2nd F.A.; R. T. Young, Btry.
E, 2nd F.A.; J. W. Johnson, Btry.
F, 2nd F.A.; W. G. Darty, Btry.
D, 3rd F.A.
Cadet Staff Sergeants: R. D.
Hall, Brigade Standard; W. H.
McGehee, Brigade Standard; N.
F. Meadows, 1st F.A. Standard;
R. F. Clayton, 1st F.A. Standard;
T. L. Campbell, 2nd F.A. Stand­ard;
A. J. Hawkins, 2nd F.A.
Standard.
Cadet Sergeants: Btry. A, 1st
F.A.: R. H. Linderman, V. W.
Chumley, A. L. Lumpkin, R. D. .
White, J. D. Danner, H. A. Fill-mer.
Btry. B, 1st F.A.: J. E. Davis,
H. L. Sutton, M. Wender, J. E.
Danner, J. Bozeman, J. D. Gilder,
A. W. Jenkins, C. A. Rollo.
Btry- C, 1st F.A.: W. H. March,
R. C. Pickens, H. Saye, J. E. Ba­con,
D. R. Griffin.
Btry. D, 1st F.A.: R. H. Cham­bers,
D. P. Hale, D. Barnhill, W.
C. Long, C. J. Hayden, N. J.
Adams.
Btry. E, 1st F.A.: L. R. Nor-vell,
L. Patterson, J. N. McCabe,
T. P. Hunt, R. S. Payne.
Btry. F, 1st F.A.: J. A. Pear­son,
J. R. Haley, M. Wadkins, E.
S. Ott, D. Gardiner, W. White.
Btry. A, 2nd F.A.: J. W. Ed­wards,
W. T. Kyser, W. L. Elmer,
W. L. Nicholls, J. R. Waldrop.
SAE's Defeat Sigma
Nu's by 6-0 Score
SAE clinched one leg of the
final bracket in interfraternity
touch football by downing the Sig­ma
Nu's 6-0 yesterday afternoon
after a last-minute score.
Twice before the lodges had
met in the playoff, both games
ending, in scoreless ties.
With about two minutes to go
in the last quarter Sigma Nu
kicked from deep in its own ter­ritory,
but John Cooper dived in
and partially blocked the boot.
Lester Farmer gathered in the
ball and skirted down the side­lines
to score.
This touchdown was the first
one scored on the Sigma Nu's this
year.
A crowd of around 500 people
was on hand to see the game.
Btry. B, 2nd F.A.: F. A. Head,
R. T. Burns, J. E. Welden, E. -
H. Browning, C. G. Elliot.
Btry. C, 2nd F.A.: R. L. Wilk-erson,
R. M. Langley, L. B. Wil­son,
J. F. Pope, W. Hodo.
Btry. D, 2nd F.A.: A. Chrietz-berg,
M. W. Camp, N. H. Wits-chen,
J. N. Eddins, M. J. Hutchi­son.
Btry. E, 2nd F.A.: J. P. Hollo-day,
R. D. Nunn, F. M. Renfro,
S. E. Embry.
Btry. F, 2nd F.A.: J. H. Stag­gers,
M. J. Fortner, C. A. Haupt,
R. I. Hamilton, P. J. Ellis, P. H.
Perry.
Btry. A, 3rd F.A.: D. R. Savel-le,
M. S. Esslinger, R. F. Stin-son,
G. Sawada, E. D. Taylor, W.
F. Miller, J. W. Powers.
Delta Sigma Pi
Continued from page 1
Ernest Mills of Columbus is a
member of the "A" Club and a
guard on the football team.
Robert Adair, director of the
Auburn Knights, is from Madison.
Robert Brewer is a member of
the International Relations Club
and of Sigma Pi fraternity. He is
from Birmingham.
John Turner Hudson of Au­burn
is a track manager and a
member of ATO fraternity.
Samuel Nettles, a KA, is from
Tunnel Springs.
Lloyd Thrasher makes his home
in Auburn.
Men selected for Delta Sigma
Pi are required to have high aver­ages
and to excel in leadership
and service. The organization was
founded in 1907 to foster the
study of business in colleges and
universities, to encourage scholar­ship
and the association of stu­dents
for their mutual advantage
by business research and practice.
On the Auburn campus it takes
a leading part in activities among
business administration students
as well as sponsoring well-known
speakers and discussion. During
the present school year it has led
in boosting the John W. Scott
Loan Fund, Inc.
Notice
The girl's glee club is in need
of an accompanist who will be
able to attend all practices and go
on all trips with the glee club. All
applicants apply to Mr. Barnett
in Elec. Lab. between 4:30 and
6:00 on Tuesday or Thursday.
Btry. D, 3rd F. A.; M. T. Bry­ant,
A. T. Bentley, J. D. Davis,
H. R. Faucette, J. A. Harkins,
W. M. Hatcher, J. G. Haupt, A.
B. Head, T. W. Hereford, M. B.
Jackson, W. V. Lord, W. M.
Land, K. L. Lott, N. E. McGow-en,
E. F. Mills, M. Torres, T. R.
Wright, W. I. Zeigler.
Assigned to Band: W. G.
Greene, C. T. Higgins, J. H. Mc-
Broom, S. L. White.
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'Drums Along The
Mohawk' At Tiger
Claudette Colbert and
Henry Fonda Co-starred
When Walter D. Edmonds, who
was raised in the traditions of
New York State's beautiful Mo­hawk
Valley, wrote his biggest of
best-sellers, "Drums Along t he
Mohawk," it was immediately
recognized by Darryl F. Zanuck
as one of the finest screen possi­bilities
he had ever encountered.
Accordingly the book was pur­chased
by 20th Century-Fox who
proceeded to give it top import­ance
on the schedule.
This is evidenced by the names
associated with Zanuck's produc­tion
of "Drums Along the Mo­hawk."
John Ford was made di­rector.
Claudette Colbert was
starred with Henry Fonda, whose
family hails from the Mohawk
Valley. Other names in the cast
guaranteeing unusual p l a y i ng
power are Edna May Oliver, Ed­die
Collins, John Carradine and
Dorris Bowdon.
To top it all, it was decided to
film the picture in Technicolor so
as to bring out as vividly as pos­sible
the great action and battle
scenes and to take advantage of
the beautiful backgrounds of the
Valley in which the filming was
done.
The first big job facing the
company was to find somewhere
in the west a locale like the Mo­hawk
Valley. Three hundred stu­dio
workers, including 70 mem­bers
of the cast, had to be trans-
New Stadium
Continued from page 7
and is therefore askew to the
street. The gables and arched en­trances
at the back give upon a
long stretch of sod extending all
the way to track. The view of
the field house from the southern
end of the football field—well,
it's lovely.
The little things about the sta­dium
impress one. The steps lead­ing
to the rows of seats are shal­low
and easy to navigate. The
seat numbers are neatly burnt in­to
the redwood, and the row num­bers
are brass inbedded in the
concrete.. The stadium is so well-built
that even the non-support­ing
walls are fully a foot thick.
Aside from its excellence as an
athletic facility, the stadium's
most striking attribute is its beau­ty.
The great spaces within the
bowl almost dwarf the hundred-foot
field proper. Dark, thickly
growing pine woods shadow the
southern end of the development.
Perhaps the most impressive beau­ty
of the stadium is its trade­mark,
the tree-framed view of
Samford Hall's towers, since the
beginning the proud symbol of
all that is Auburn.
ported to the Wasatch Range in
Utah where, at an elevation of
11,000 feet, a perfect "Mohawk
Valley" was found.
The result is a picture whose
spectacle and romance make it
tops among current Hollywood of­ferings.
It will be shown Sun­day
and Monday at the Tiger
Theatre.
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