1939-10-06 The Auburn Plainsman

              Hear
Hugh Comer THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Dam That
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VOL. LXIII z-i ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, OCTOBER 6, 1939 No. 10
FOUR CHOSEN FOR
PUBLICATION BODY
Comer To Speak To Cabinet Selects New
ASEC Monday Night Members for Board
At Graves Center
Architects drawing of the new Alpha Gamma Rho house on South College Street, erected this summer and occupied at the beginning of
school. It is one of the largest houses on the campus.
TAPPING COMPLETED BY SCARAB
AND ETA KAPPA NU SOCIETIES
Electrical Engineers
Choose Ten New Members
Ten top ranking members of
the junior and senior classes in
electrical engineering were tap­ped
for membership in Eta Kap­pa
Nu, national honorary electric­al
engineering fraternity, at a
meeting Tuesday night. Formal
tapping will take place on Octo­ber
10.
Those named from the senior
class are Henry C. Maulshagen,
Edwin Munroe, and Ted Chiles.
Juniors selected were Wilbur B.
Davenport, Earl Austin Crow,
Jack Loeb, Martin H. Fischer,
Doctor Thomas Rogers, George
Morrison, Cecil Earl McMahan,
William B. Hawthorne, and Ur­ban
Haskell Johnson.
Xi chapter of Eta Kappa Nu
was established at Auburn in
1920. This national professional
fraternity was founded at the Uni­versity
of Illinois in 1904. The
purpose of the organization is to
bring into union for natural bene­fit
the men in this profession who
by their attainments in college or
in practice have manifested a
deep interest and marked ability
in their work. Members are se­lected
on scholastic achievement,
general character, and participa­tion
in extra-curricular activities.
As an incentive for high schol­arship
the chapter offers a schol­arship
award to the freshman in
electrical engineering with the
highest average at the end of his
first year in school.
Architects Pick Three
At Freshman Reception
Scarab, national honorary ar­chitectural
fraternity, t a p p ed
three third-year men for member­ship
at a reception for freshmen
Tuesday night in the architecture
building. Those selected were
Frank Harper James, William Mc-
Gehee, and John McCabe.
Scarab fraternity is the older
of the two national honorary ar­chitectural
fraternities. The chap­ter
at Auburn was installed in
1921 and replaced a local archi­tectural
society that had formerly
been organized by students.
The purpose of the fraternity is
to select students who are out­standing
in their scholastic work
and in qualities of leadership and
those who show promise in the ar­chitectural
field. Its members are
chosen twice a year in the spring
and the fall. President of Scarab
this year is Phillip Hamill.
At the reception held for fresh­men
in architecture Dr. L. N. Dun­can
spoke briefly to the 175 stu­dents
gathered for the occasion.
He was introduced by Prof. Sid­ney
W. Little who acted as Mas­ter
of Ceremonies for the occa­sion.
Dean F. C. Biggin talked on
his many years of experience with
architecture students.
Several entertaining features
were presented on the evening's
program. Paul Rudolph presented
several piano selections and Den­nis
Newton sang as the main fea­tures
of the evening's entertain­ment.
The program was closed
with the serving of refreshments.
Dr. Partin Addresses Open Forum
Group On Russo-German Alliance
Forum Beginning Second
Year on Auburn Campus
"The Russo-German Alliance"
was the subject of an interesting
and timely talk delivered before
the Open Forum Club in Broun
Hall Tuesday night by Dr. R. L.
Partin, of the history department.
New officers were also elected.
Dr. Partin began his talk by
saying, "No one really knows
much about the Russo-German
pact, and I cannot say that I
know very much. I doubt if Hit­ler
and Stalin can accurately
foresee the outcome of this al­liance."
Then Dr. Partin continued, "We
all wonder much about the change
of diplomacy between the Nazi
and Communist factions. Hitler
has formerly denounced Commun­ism
in no uncertain terms. Pos­sibly
Stalin is getting the upper
hand in the diplomatic venture.
"It seems a well - established
fact that the entrance of the Rus­sian
army into Poland was large­ly
responsible for the sudden
downfall of that country. Just
how much of Poland Russia will
receive from their military coup
with Germany is unknown.
"I believe that the union of
Germany with godless Russia has
been largely responsible for Italy
and Spain remaining neutral. We
wonder what will come out of the
conference between Count Ciano
and Hitler. A break in the Rome
Berlin axis seems imminent.
"I do not believe that Russia
can give much economic help to
Germany. They have had several
short crops and their industraliza-tion
program has not progressed
very well. But first, how much
is Russia willing to help Germany?
Then, how much can Russia help
Germany?
"I do not think that Stalin is
unwise or foolish in this new al­liance.
He wants to get as much
out of this invasion as possible.
From best news sources it seems
evident that Russia can only furn­ish
some agricultural products in
the main. It is highly probable
that the Berlin-Moscow axis may
break before long.
"Which of the involved nations
could best withstand a long drawn
out war? That is another import­ant
question. Russia would not last
long in such a war. Britain and
France undoubtedly could with­stand
a longer war than Germany.
"There has been mention of the
fact that Hitler might abdicate in
favor of Goebbels. It is not likely
that Hitler can trick Britain and
France into such a diplomatic
coup.
Continued on page 4
Student Leaders Convene To Discuss
Coming Religious Emphasis Week
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday, Dr. Dun­can.
Of course, these congrat­ulations
are a bit premature
since the event isn't until
October 14. However, we
want to mention if because
we hope that tomorrow you
are going to get your birth­day
present.
Yes, sir. A victory over Tu-lane
tomorrow would be about
the nicest birthday present
we know of. Come on gang,
wrap up that gift and bring
it back with you.
WALSTON SPEAKS
AT COED MEETING
Addressing the 560 women stu­dents
of API at convocation yes­terday
afternoon, Dr. Rosa Lee
Walston, director of women stu­dents,
stressed the opportunities
offered at Auburn for enterpris­ing
students. "Truth and friend­ship,"
stated Dr. Walston, "are
two things open to every girl, and
success is her's if she learns their
value."
Dr. Walston also discussed
plans for Religious Emphasis
Week and asked that every girl
help to make it a success by her
attendance.
Plans Laid for
Home Ec Meeting
Here Tomorrow
At a meeting last night of the
Dana Gatchell Chapter of the A-merican
Home Economics Asso­ciation,
plans were completed for
the state meeting of the Associa­tion
to be held here tomorrow.
Representatives f r o m Snead
and Athens College will be guests
of the college Friday and Satur­day
nights. Delegates from Mon-tevallo,
University of Alabama,
Judson, Huntingdon, and Howard
will spend the day only.
Registration will begin at 10:00
a.m. in Langdon Hall, after which
the visitors will be entertained at
a luncheon in Smith Hall. At 1:15
a tour of the campus will begin.
The afternoon session will begin
at 2:15 p.m. Concluding the day's
activities will be a tea at the new
Home Management House.
Miss Lilly Spencer, official
delegate to the National Home
Economists Meeting in San An­tonio,
Tex., in June, related some
of her experiences to the members
present.
Inter-Church Council
To Direct Open Forums
With John Ivey presiding, more
than 60 student leaders of camp­us
organizations met last night in
the President's office to make
plans for attendance at services
during Religious Emphasis Week.
Ivey stated that the leaders
gathered for the meeting were ex­pected
to head their various or­ganizations
in urging attendance
at this religious venture. An ex­ecutive
committee has been ap­pointed
composed of four faculty
members, Dr. L. E. Starr, Dr. S.
B. Hay, Dean J. E. Hannum, and
one other, and four student lead­ers,
Winfrey Boyd, George Hil-ler,
Frank Cayce, and John Ivey
to govern t h e planning of
Religious Emphasis Week.
It was announced by Ivey that
classes would be excused every
day during the week of October
15-21 from 10:45 until 12:00 for
the morning services. The pro­grams,
to be led by Dr. John A.
Davison of Selma, are not to be
of a highly evangelistic nature.
Dr. Davison will speak in general
on "Why is Life Worthwhile?"
Attendance at these religious
meetings will not be compulsory
but will be entirely a voluntary
effort on the part of each stu­dent.
There will be two services dur­ing
the day and an open forum
discussion. The morning service
will be at 11:00; the evening ser­vice
will be from 7:00 to 8:00.
During the afternoons throughout
the week open forum discussions
will be conducted under the su­pervision
of the Inter-Church
Council, headed by Earl Gardner,
president.
Continued on page 4
Outstanding Industrialist
Chosen as First Speaker
For Engineering Group
Hugh Comer, outstanding Ala­bama
industrialist, will be the
speaker Monday night at Graves
Center on the Auburn Student
Engineers Council seminar which
is in operation for the first time
this year.
The speaker was announced
yesterday by Dawson Mullen,
president of the ASEC. The meet­ing
will begin at 7:30 o'clock.
Mr. Comer is vice-president and
manager in charge of operations
of the entire chain of Avondale
Mills, one of Alabama's largest
industrial groups. He is a grad­uate
of the University of Ala­bama.
Although he is affiliated with
the textile industry, members of
the ASEC stated today that his
speech would be of interest to all
engineering students.
The new seminar course is re­quired
of all students in the
School of Engineering. One-third
of an hour credit is given at the
completion of one semester's at­tendance.
Students in chemistry
and chemical engineering are in­vited
to attend but will not be
given any credit this semester.
Printed forms upon which the
students will fill out notes will be
given out at the door. At the
conclusion of the talk a period of
10 or 15 minutes will be allotted
in which the students will fill out
these forms. They will be collect­ed
at the door and will serve as
a check on attendance and as a
basis for the grade given each stu­dent
in the course. ASEC officials
have asked that students not rat­tle
the forms while Mr. Comer is
talking as plenty of time will be
given after his speech to fill them
out.
One unexcused absence from
the seminar series will result in a
failure in the course, so the at­tendance
of all engineering stu­dents
is necessary.
All students who have not yet
filled out Student Directory in­formation
blanks are urged to re­port
to the Registrar's office at
once and do so.
All newly formed campus or­ganizations
are requested to send
a complete membership list to the
Registrar's office as soon as pos­sible.
Students See Team Entrain In Annual
rr See Team Off For Tulane" Pep Rally
Cheerleaders Appear
Their New Uniforms
in
Notices
Correction. Student tickets will
be sold at the boys' gymnasium
for the A,uburn-Georgia Tech
game. Student tickets for the Au­burn-
Mississippi State game will
be put on sale Wednesday, Octo­ber
11, at 1:00 p.m. and will con­tinue
until 6:00 p.m. The tickets
will be sold from 8 to 12 a.m. and
from 1 to 6 p.m. on Thursday,
and at Legion Field Stadium on
Saturday from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
The student body filled Lang­don
Hall last night in the annual
"see the team off to Tulane" pep
rally.
Convening in the old hall a few
minutes before time for the train
to leave, the group was led in 'a
brief pep session. Then led by the
band and the cheerleaders, the
crowd paraded to the station
where the team, three complete
teams and three extra players as
well as managers and coaches,
boarded the 9:00 train bound for
New Orleans.
Pep officials stated earlier this
week that there would be no pep
rally but changed their plans and
signs placed on store windows an­nounced
the meeting.
New uniforms for the cheer­leaders
arrived this week and
were in evidence at the pep meet­ing
for the first time last night.
A large number of students are
leaving today for New Orleans.
However, the game is not one of
the excused games and classes
must be attended this afternoon
and tomorrow morning.
Professor Johnson of the Soci­ology
Department will speak on
problems relating to courtship and
marriage at a joint meeting of the
YMCA and YWCA at Student
Center, Monday night at 7:00
o'clock.
* * *
The regular meeting of the
Pharmaceutical Association will
be held Monday evening at 8:00
o'clock in the Ross Chemical Lab­oratory.
A retail druggist of Co­lumbus,
Ga., will speak. All phar­macy
students are urged to be
present.
* * *
Any freshmen interested in
turning out for polo see Captain
W. W. Whelchel at the stables at
3:00 p.m. on Monday or Wednes­day.
* * *
Episcopal C h u r c h services,
eighteenth Sunday after Trinity.
Church School, 9:45 a.m. Morn­ing
prayer and sermon, 11:00 a.m.
Young Peoples' Discussion Group,
7:00 p.m.
Other Notices on Page 4
Board of Eight Members Serves Function
Of Governing all Student Publications
At an informal meeting of the Executive Cabinet last
night four seniors were elected to serve on the publications
Board for this year. In the order named they are Betty
Showalter, Ed McCowan, John Dabbs, and Rollins Al-dridge.
Betty Showalter is president of Sphinx, the Auburn
Players, and of the International Relations Club. She is a
member of Kappa Delta sorority.
Ed McCowan is a member of
ARCHITECTS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
HERE NEXT WEEK
Dean Biggin to be
Made a Fellow of the
AIA on His Birthday
The annual meeting of the Ala­bama
Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects will be
held in Auburn on Thursday, Oc­tober
14.
On that date, October 12, Dean
Frederic Child Biggin of the
School of Architecture and Allied
Arts will have reached his seven-ieth
birthday, and in recognition
of his unwavering devotion to the
advancement of architecture is to
be made a Fellow of the Amer­ican
Institute of Architects.
The certificate of fellowship
will be presented to Dean Biggin
by Dean Rudolph Weaver of the
University of Florida School of
Architecture who is Regional Di­rector
of the Southeastern Divis­ion
of the AIA.
Fellowship is the highest honor
the Institute may bestow and has
been given to only one other ar­chitect
in Alabama, William T.
Warren, who will also be pres­ent
at the meeting. Mr. Warren
is a member of the firm of War­ren,
Knight and Davis of Bir-mingham,
who are architects for
the extensive building program
nearing completion on the camp­us.
Before the presentation the
Alabama Chapter, of which there
are 42 members and associates,
will hold a business meeting in
the Architecture Building at 10
a.m. At 1:00 p.m. there will be
a luncheon with the faculty of the
School of Architecture and Al­lied
Arts as hosts. Most of the
architectural faculty are members
of the Alabama Chapter of the
AIA.
A feature of the afternoon will
be a talk on the subject "Low
Cost Housing in Europe" by Hugh
Martin, architect of Birmingham.
Mr. Martin has just returned
from Europe and will present a
comprehensive survey of the man­ner
in which Europe has handled
its vast housing problem.
Scabbard and Blade, and Blue
Key. He is a captain in ROTC
and' a student instructor in the
School of Architecture.
John Dabbs is a member of
Spades, ODK, and Scabbard and
Blade. He is a captain in ROTC.
Rollins Aldridge is a Spade,
member of ODK, member of Scab­bard
and Blade, and of Tau Beta
Pi. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in
ROTC and is a member of Sigma
Chi social fraternity.
The Publications Board, con­sisting
of four student members
and four faculty representatives,
has charge of all students pub­lication.
Faculty members are Dr.
J. R. Rutland, head of the Eng­lish
department; W. T. Ingram,
accountant and purchasing agent;
Kirtley Brown, publicity director;
and Prof. J. E. Roop, professor
of journalism. Ralph Draughon,
executive secretary, is ex officio
chairman of the Board.
Each September the faculty
group selects eight seniors as
nominees for the Board, and the
Student Executive Cabinet elects
four of these to serve. Those se­lected
will serve for the remainder
of the year.
The only other business dis­posed
of in the meeting was ap­pointment
of Jim King, vice-presi­dent
of the Cabinet, to see that
all boarding house patrons are in­formed
concerning Religious Em­phasis
Week.
Pi Kappa Phi Wins
Right to Fete
Allan Jones
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity emerg­ed
as winner yesterday afternoon
in the contest between fraterni­ties
and sororities in the sale of
tickets to the Concert Series. The
Pi Kappa Phi's were well ahead
of any other group. Kappa Delta
sorority was second.
By selling the most tickets the
fraternity won the privilege of
entertaining Allan Jones, well-known
singer, who will appear
here on the Concert Series Jan­uary
9.
TWENTY SELECTED
TO TAKE PART IN
FLYING PROGRAM
Must Pass CAA Exam
Before Final Approval;
Alternates Also Named
The results of the preliminary
physical examination given Wed­nesday
night to applicants for the
CAA flying course were announc­ed
yesterday.
Selected as the 20 to be given
first preference were L. R. Al­dridge,
E. C. Allen, O. P. Board,
R. G. Campbell, R. N. Campbell,
W. B. Carroll, B. J. Chapman, J.
R. Dyas, W. O. Farrior, M. J.
Fortner, H. S. Grundman, J. H.
Harper, M. J. Hooper, J. C. Mc-
Culloch, D. H. Mullen, R. G. Nest-er,
C. R. Plosser, B. H. Rawlin-son,
R. M. Stewart.
Alternates chosen are as fol­lows:
C. H. Bailey, P. I. Barnes,
E. R. Calloway, R. S. Carstens,
C. L. Davis, J. W. Jordan, J. N.
Mueller, C. C. Motley, W. W.
Wyatt. A few others have not yet
completed their examination.
The first 20 will be required
to pass the Civil Aeronautics Au­thority
medical examination to be
given Monday or Tuesday in Co­lumbus.
For train reservations to Man­hattan
game on the Elliott Tours
see Dennis Newton at the Pi K A
house. Price, $34.
Today
Page
Publications Board Chosen. 1
Hugh Comer to speak Mon._l
Think it Over Mont 2
Tulane, Game 3
Girls' Intramurals 3
Boys' Intramurals 3
Freshman Football Team 4
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Students of The Alabama Poly­technic
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So long as the boys behave
themselves, how about lending
them a little assistance instead of
discriminating against them. W.H.
Well?
By John Ivey, Jr.
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Think It Over,
Montgomery
SOME OF THE people of Mont­gomery
dislike the flow of Au­burn
students through their city
so much that they have passed
an ordinance which makes a
criminal of anyone who throws
up a thumb and says, "Auburn."
This ordfnance was passed last
spring, but little action was tak­en
until this fall. Until recently
the Montgomery police have been
talking like some cop in the
movies and making the hitch­hikers
move out of the city lim­its.
However, Friday, September
22, they went further and drove
up in their little red wagon and
carried six "thumbers" to the
city jail. Four of the "thumbers"
were Auburn students, one was
from Clemson, and the other was
a student of Troy.
The following story was told
by the Auburn men, but natural­ly
they preferred t h a t their
names be left out of it. They were
standing on the "Birmingham
corner" in Montgomery trying to
catch a ride when the station
wagon drove up and stopped. The
"cops" made the boys get in and
carried them off to jail. They
were carted to the rear of the
jail and herded inside as if they
were desperate criminals l i ke
Dillinger or Baby Face Nelson.
First, they were questioned by
the desk sergeant and it looked
as if four of our students and
two others would have to spend
a night in the Montgomery jail.
However, they were questioned
by the chief, who freed them
when he found that they knew
nothing of the ordinance.
The policemen who caught
them claimed that they had
warned a group of students to
move on but it seems that the six
boys picked up were members of
a different group.
Montgomery is an Auburn
town. Dozens of API students
live there and the city is full of
alumni. Every year Montgomery
gets at least one Auburn football
game, usually more than one. Au­burn
students and faculty mem­bers
do a lot of their trading in
the capital city.
It's nice that Montgomery ap­preciates
Auburn's support.
Most of the boys who hitch­hike
through Montgomery are
broke — boys who are literally
going to school on nothing a year.
The price of the ticket they
would have to buy instead of
hitch-hiking would mean inabili­ty
to buy books or clothes, some­times
even food, that they des­perately
need. Of course, there
are exceptions, but generally
speaking, the boy who can af­ford
to pay for his ride pays will­ingly.
Instead of the threat of arrest,
these boys need all the help they
can get.
Auburn hitch-hikers intimidate
no one. Their uniforms and ROT-C
caps identify them. The motor­ist
who picks them up does so of
his own free will.
THERE ARE MANY people on
the campus who think that it
is perfectly permissible to snatch
rat caps. These people are work­ing
against an Auburn custom
which h a s to struggle hard
enough as it is to keep alive.
These people are being not only
dishonest, but inconsiderate as
well. Many a freshman suffers
because he doesn't wear his rat
cap—because some thief stole it.
A freshman momentarily left
his rat cap on a chair in Student
Center the other day while he
went across the room to greet a
friend. Someone sitting nearby
calmly appropriated the cap, de­spite
the fact that he was taking
another person's property. Some
cap snatchers have a collection of
caps, and the more they snatch
the happier they are.
Rat caps are not distributed
gratis. They are paid for and of­ten
at a sacrifice. People who
steal caps incur the just resent­ment
of the freshmen and, no
doubt, of the various organiza­tions
which sponsor the wearing
of rat caps. Stealing is not an
Auburn tradition; wearing rat
caps is. Take your choice. R.S.
Beating The Frosh
AUBURN LIES IN A pretty civi­lized
section of the country and
in most ways is civilized itself.
There is one notable exception,
Auburn, particularly in the fra­ternities,
still clings to that an­cient
custom of beating the help­less
freshmen.
We use boards. In Biblical
times the most popular method
of wreaking vengeance on the
helpless for being helpless was
called stoning. Hopelessly out­numbered,
the victims found
themselves in much the same po­sition
as do our present fresh­men.
It was useless to struggle,
because that just added to the
pleasure of the tormenters and
made the torture more severe.
Everyone has a streak of cruel­ty
in him. Some get it out of their
systems in youth by pulling off
flies' wings and tying cans to
dogs' tails. Some are able to over­come
the temptation to torture
the helpless. Still others feed
their streaks of cruelty by beat­ing
freshmen.
This custom should be, and
could be, abolished. Why must
this one evidence of barbarism
remain on our campus? H.M.
Why The Anonymity?
IT SEEMS TO US that a few
well-placed signs would help
spread Auburn's fame. Through-traffic
first passes the chicken
farm, which bears no obvious
connection with API. A neatly
painted sign announcing the be­ginning
of the college property
would help matters. And why
not label the various departments
of the campus itself? Signs for
the horticultural and dairying
acres, for the new buildings and
stadium, would help people find
their way about. ,
Here's a chance for the com­mercial
art students and wood­work
students to do Auburn a
practical service. Any volun­teers?
R.S.
Dam that Ripple.
Lay off our boys, Montgom­ery.
You ought to be giving them
free meals instead of free trips
to the jail.
Dam that Ripple.
Business Manager Parker of
the Glomerata was seen headed
across the campus 'tother day
with a huge box under him arm!
Guess they're shipping out the
graft already.
Dam that Ripple.
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.
MUCH CAN BE SAID concerning the
purpose and objectives of the com­ing
"Religious Emphasis Week," but
very little can be done to assure the
successful climax of all the plans un­less
the student body accepts the events
in the light planned. There have been
comments that the week will be one in
which a number of highly evangelistic
services will be held, that the program
will be highly emotional . . . all this is
not true.
According to advance plans the en­tire
series is to be so presented that it
will give the individual student food for
thought on spiritual matters and there­by
a chance to arrive at some conclus­ions
on problems concerning religion.
* * *
To further stimulate thought the In­ter-
church Council is planning a series
of open forum discussion groups that
will be conducted in the afternoons
during the week. These programs will be
under the direction of some faculty
member, and at that time anyone with
a question to be discussed may present
it to the group.
* * *
Straight from the Auburn Fire De­partment
comes a report that they have
personally developed two new types of
fire alarms. It must be understood that
this efficient organization specializes
in service of all kinds including sprink­ling
water on would-be fires.
The two new sensational alarms were
developed after long research and ex­perience
in the protection of the girls'
dormitory from any blazes that might
arise. If the call for the fire extinguish­ers
comes in the- middle of the night
and they immediately shoot the glori­fied
combination truck and water-pump
out to the job with the siren enjoying
freedom, they call this a "night-coat"
alarm. This is so designated because by
the time they arrive at the dormitory
the girls are clad in night coats.
However, if they receive the alarm
and quietly sneak down Gay Street and
then coast up to the structure without
any disturbance, this call is billed as
a "night-gown" affair. We have as­surance
from Second Assistant Fire
Chief Wingfield that such alarms are
strictly on a business basis.
To the Auburnite the red-light mark­ing
the intersection of Opelika Road
and Gay Street is a very interesting af­fair.
The usual non-stop flight from
Opelika and places in between ap­proaches
a climax as it nears this blink­ing
bit of color. The car slows down
to forty or fifty miles an hour and the
driver dashes merrily around the corn­er
with a very short prayer to keep
him from going through the Beta Kap­pa
house on the opposite side of the
street.
Before the light was installed, several
automobiles tried to jump the dead end
and hurtle the block to reach College
Street with a minimum of delay, but
they always had a little trouble getting
enough altitude to clear the two cedar
trees growing in their path.
* * *
During the course of the last mass
meeting we discovered several new
slants on the first horse play of the
year by the freshmen. Ever since the
trouble came about we have been go­ing
around with the theory that it was
not the innocent first year man that
was to blame, that the blame should
rest with the upperclassmen who sug­gested
the display.
Last Thursday night about a dozen
freshmen were feeling just the least
bit playful, but there was not an up­per
classmen anywhere around that
might have sewed the germ of thought.
Rather than this there were about two
dozen high school and grammar school
students leading the entire affair. To
be sure they were not participating,
but they suggested a snake dance in
the middle of main street and before
the words had become accustomed to
floating out in the night, our new stu­dents
were enjoying themselves in a
little dance under the street light.
No harm done, nothing hurt, just a
little fun, but it did suggest that maybe
after all the college men have not
started our recent exhibition of horse­play.
Then too it made us wonder about
the advantages of a college education.
When a group of college students so
readily fall in with leadership from
high school students, it is certainly, an
insult to the freshman's intelligence
. . . and rightfully so!
CAMPUS LEADERS—Tom Henley
TOM HENLEY, "DEAN" to you and
chairman of the Social Committee,
hasn't been an Auburn student for all
of his college career. He went to the
University of Alabama—for one day.
Tom lives in Montgomery. After fin­ishing
high school he got the yearning
for adventure and signed up with a
tramp steamer. He worked his way to
Spain, Portugal, and France. He was
in Spain when the Civil War began in
1936. He likes to travel, has been in
27 states in this country, and has trav­eled
in Mexico.
Tired of "seeing the world" after
only one year, Tom registered at the
University. He went there for one day
—and didn't particularly like the place.
So he transferred to Auburn. And be­cause
he changed his mind Russ Mor­gan
is playing for the Sophomore Hop
in Auburn this term. Tom Henley is the
man who signed him up.
Once in Auburn Henley decided that
he definitely was a business man and
registered in business administration.
And he has done exceptionally well, has
some fine grades, and is a member of
Delta Sigma Pi, honorary business ad­ministration
fraternity, as well as of
ODK.
Tom says that he isn't a politician,
because he didn't run for any political
office until last year. He's the fellow
who hired the diminutive negro during
the last election, dressed him in a bright
red bell-hop suit, and gave him a clang­ing
cow-bell and a sandwich-man's sign
to advertise the fact that Mr. Henley
was in the race. Not a politician. Well!
Tom's hobby, since he was elected,
has been "playing around with bands."
Not literally, of course, because his
musical talent is in picking those or­chestras.
At any rate, during the past
summer he's come into contact with a
number of the nation's finest. He met
and talked to Tommy Dorsey, Dick
Jurgens, Hairy James, Johnny Davis,
and Bob Crosby. He even spent a
night or two in Dorsey's home.
Another hobby is raising dogs. Those
two Eskimo Spitz pups that play a-round
the Pi Kappa Phi house are
prodigies of Henley's.
Tom has another ambition. An even
greater one than to "play in the seven­ties"
in golf. And that ambition is to
"Give Auburn the best set of dances—
openings, mid-terms, and finals—that
they've ever had."
With the Co-ops—By A. Fred Henning
CO-OP FARMERS MAY be a common
sight here in our halls of learning
before long. Of course, we can be too
sure of a thing, but just for fun let's
open up this rumor and see what real­ly
is inside of it.
In a recent conversation with Alex
O. Taylor, M. J. Funchess, dean of the
School of Agriculture, expressed his de­sire
to look into the "works" of the co­operative
plan of study as it is now
being conducted here on our campus
for engineers. And now the rumor has
it that courses in the school of agricul­tural
engineering are to be made avail­able
to students on the co-operative
plan.
It is evident that such an offer made
by this institution would bring about
a noticeable increase in its enrollment.
As for the employment of these poten­tial
scholars, Mr. Taylor is of the opin­ion
that a number of part-time jobs
would begin to appear throughout the
state.
For example, a co-operative student
enrolled in agricultural engineering
could easily fill one of several jobs
which might be offered by the Soil Con­servation
Service or by manufacturers
of farming implements and manufac­turers
of fertilizers. Other prospective
employers throughout the state include
several large dairies, county agents, the
state forester, and many others too
numerous to mention.
While we're on these rumors let's
get another off our chest (and into
print). From reliable sources comes
word that the studies of chemistry and
pharmacy might also be made available
on the co-operative plan. As for the
jobs to be filled by co-op stud?nts in
pharmacy, it shouldn't be hard for us
to visualize several of those potential
pharmacists getting their early train­ing
in our local soda parlors. To them
filling such a prescription as "two 81's,
shoot two, cut the ice" should be just
plain "duck soup."
* * *
It is reported by the athletic com­mittee
that a number of the co-ops in
section B have already made arrange­ments
to get their athletic books. This
accounts for the fact that a number of
our alternates were present at the Au­burn
- Birmingham - Southern game in
Montgomery last Friday evening. Did
you meet yours?
Mimeographed copies of the original
constitution of the MITEC club as
framed by Section B last summer have
been distributed amongst the coopera­tive
students. It is intended that each
co-op read this constitution, and if he
has any suggestions to offer for its re­vision
and amendment to make them in
the following manner.
List the sections and articles which
you consider demand revision and be­side
each plainly write (type or in ink)
how you think it should read to meet
our present needs. Turn in your sug­gestions
by dropping them into the Sug­gestion
Box which will be located in
Mr. Taylor's office. These suggestions
will be reviewed and passed on by the
Executive Council of the MITEC club.
Letters to the Editor
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Sir:
Unless something is done Auburn stu­dents
will be at this time of the year
in 1950 still dashing to the gymnasium
and standing in line for hours to get
football ducats.
Being a senior, I rejoice that this is
my last year to stand in line for one
or two hours for a decent ticket or
wait until the line dwindles and get
a seat on the nine-yard line (if lucky).
For a more efficient system of dis­tributing
student tickets I suggest that
the purchases be made by classes with
the seniors having access to the first
tickets issued between certain hours.
(The seniors should have one privilege
to cherish). In turn the remaining
classes would be privileged to purchase
their tickets in descending order. This
arrangement would throw classmates
together and promote class spirit. This
would put no hardship on the under­classes
as each year would mean bet­ter
seats than the preceding year.
Students who have heard this sug­gestion
approve of it so I am passing
it on to the Editor of the Plainsman
who seems to be aware of the neces­sity
for streamlining some things about
the campus. Yours truly,
Charles N. Moore
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the
second in a series of exchange letters
being carried on between a member of
the Plainsman and a coed member of
The Round-Up, student newspaper at
New Mexico State.
State College, N. M.
September 29, 1939
Dear No. 113285:
I see you are having a pilot train­ing
course. Well, we're up with you
there. We don't have an airport, and
the student pilots are having to go 50
miles to El Paso to get the required
flying hours.
So you're moaning about not hearing
Plains Talk
By Herbert Martin
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this
column are those of the writer and are not to
be construed as the editorial policies of this
paper.
FROM A BOOKLET issued by a well-known
fountain company. . . .
A lion met a tiger as they drank be­side
a pool.
"Tell me," said the tiger, "why are you
roaring like a fool?"
"That's not foolish roaring," said the
lion with | a twinkle in his eyes,
"They call me King of all the Beasts
because I advertise."
A rabbit heaH them talking and ran
homeward like a streak.
He thought he'd try the lion's plan,
but his voice was just a squeak.
A fox came to investigate . . . had
luncheon in the woods.
Moral . . . never advertise unless you
have the goods.
*
This seems to be pretty good horse
sense, but have you ever noticed the
people who violate this rule? Everyone
is at times guilty of tooting his own
horn, and sometimes he is justified. No
one will toot your horn for you unless
you do a little tooting yourself, but
have you ever been taken up on your
bragging and been given a' difficult
job to do, all because you overestimat­ed
your abilities ? Most of us would prof­it
by tooting our own horn with a soft
city toot and leaving the raucous blast­ing
suitable to the highway horn for
someone else to toot for us.
* *
How about a fund for the under­privileged
undergraduates who might at
times feel pressing needs, when fund-less,
for renting a U-Push-It?
* * *
Unnecessary . . . Broun Hall, we
ought to give it back to the Indians
. . . the feud between the Kampus
Deltas and the Awful Goons. The Crowd
Jimmie Lunceford. Well, fancy this if
you can. That thriving metropolis to
the south of us, El Paso, has persuaded
Kay Kayser to come and play there the
same night that the New Mexico Ag­gies
have a football game scheduled
with Arizona State. Isn't that lovely?
Now that it's getting cold everybody
is beginning to wear shoes again down
here. The other day a coyote jumped
into the window during a physics lab,
but the instructor got him out before
anything happened. Yesterday when
the Pep Club was drilling on the foot­ball
field they ran into a nest of rat­tlesnakes.
Nothing came of it though,
because someone in the back rank
pulled out her six shooter and shot them
all before the Drum Majors got back
there to beat them off with their
batons.
Be sure and tell me how many Au-burnites
believe that last paragraph.
Have you heard about Mr. Fred
Shaw, that journalism instructor you
gave us? The poor fellow has devoted his
life towards making New Mexico apos­trophe
conscious. He went berserk when
he found that his seven-weeks-old son
couldn't grade paper for him.
Does Auburn play Arkansas State?
We beat them at Little Rock, 12 to 3
last night. All I have been able to
glean from The Plainsman about your
football team is that it wears dark blue
knitted pants. Love,
No. 272974
O'muggas are taking every advantage
of the privilege of being neutral. The
pledge group shows this. . . . The Glom­erata
crew, still unhung. . . . The paths
which make tit-tat-toe marks all over
the grass in the "Quadrangle."
* * * *
The college has gone to considerable
trouble to find wigwams for the coeds
to use until the permanent chateaus are
completed. It seems that the squaws
would spend a little time in these tem­porary
wigwams. However humble,
there's no place like your wigwam.
But the gals are unpredictable. From
the Ptomaine Tavern to the various
frats the gals beat a continuous path.
No grass is growing under their feet,
and like that famed pair they don't
know where they're going, but you
guessed it, they're going. Gabbing, gali-vanting,
gleeful, glorious gals, follow­ing
gasping guys forever . . . that's the
picture. The only way we'll ever have
any peace and quiet around here is to
take out all the girls and shoot them
down like dogs.
* * * * *
Really, fellas, let's don't tie Tulane
this time. Some of the seniors here
would like to see something happen
down there sometimes before they grad­uate.
The fact that some of the seniors
will be here for some time to come has
no bearing on the subject.
It must be pretty tiresome to you
players to swim against that Wave all
afternoon and not score or drown
either.
Of course, Tulane had somewhat of
an advantage last year. The Green
Wave was naturally not hampered as
much by waist-deep water as were the
Tigers, who are notorious for their in­ability
to swim. This year is going to
be different, even if that statement is
becoming rather familiar.
Based on the Martin Forecasting
System, which selects winners and
scores, not by last year's scores, but by
what last year's scores should have
been, my prediction for the game is Au­burn
53, Tulane 6.
Cruelly cut Tuesday by that old de­mon,
column inches, Carrie, the Campus
Cupidienne, wants to introduce her fel­la
up here in a safe place. She pre­sents
Ossified Oscar, the Campus Oscu-lator.
She must like him, because she
wants you to meet him, and you're all
of the family she has.
* * * * * * * *
The composition of one of the mer­cenary
maids of Montevallo . . . the
usual bag of bones and hank of hair,
a pound of lipstick and an ounce of
soap and water, various assorted hair­pins,
compacts, picture show stubs,
notches on her mind for fraternity pins
she has acquired, an innate desire to
acquire more, and the desire to deceive
males whenever possible, a simple look
common to all of this species, inability
to play fair or to think accurately, to­tal
inability to remember anything, love
of two-timing.
I think that Joe E. Brown must have
been thinking of her when the follow­ing
bit of poetry appeared on his pro­gram
a few nights ago:
"A gum-chewing girl and a cud-chewing
cow
Are alike in their ways, but different
somehow.
What that difference is, I'll tell you
right now . . .
It's the thoughtful look on the face
of the cow!"
October 6, 1939 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Auburn to be Underdog Against Tulane Wave
TI6ER TALES
By BOOTS STRATFORD
BOOTSStUATBaRD
If the brave Panthers of Birmingham-
Southern had been playing any team but
Auburn last Friday night, we would have
been backing them to the last whistle. They
were splendid in their last game against the
Tigers and we felt like saying, "Well done,
good and faithful team, gallant are your
hearts and honor rests proudly on your gold-helmed
heads." It really brought a mist to
our eyes to realize that the fine rivalry be­tween
the two schools had been culminated.
* * *
This Bill Kirchem that plays tackle for
the Green Wave of Tulane is 225 pounds
of sheer speed. He can reel off a 220 in near record time
consistently, and runs this event for the Tulane track team.
What a running guard he would make in the Notre Dame
style of play.
* * *
Incidentally, with the substitution to South Bend Sta­dium
for Cramton Bowl, Auburn could have easily passed
off as the Fighting Irish what with those Irish green jersies
and the old Rockne trick of substituting whole teams for
each other. Also that sudden thrust of Charlie Hayns-worth's
that was called back was reminiscent of the Ram­bler's
attack. True Notre Dame style is based on shaking a
man into a broken field from the opponents 30-yard line
on back, thus emphasizing spectacular gallops by the left
halfbacks. This is true because the Notre Dame system
with its man on man blocking is inherently weak on power
plays. Of course some coaches, such as Coach Meagher,
have modified the original style with innovations of their
own that do permit the running of such plays.
* * *
According to Earl Walsh, Fordham scout who will
fly to New Orleans to watch Tulane against the Plains­men,
Auburn has really beat the Greenies 6-0 in their
last three encounters. He says that a visiting team must
spot Tulane a touchdown because of the New Orleans
brand of weather!
* * *
Congratulations and best wishes to Max Moseley in his
job as sports editor of the Montgomery Advertiser. Max
is a swell fella and knows his sports backwards and for­wards.
He should be a good un'!
* * *
Governor Dixon will take in the Alabama-Fordham
game while in New York this weekend. . . . Famous
Boys Town, Neb., has a high school football eleven
with a record of 28 victories in four years of competi­tion.
. . . Knute Rockne, Jr. is a candidate for the
football squad at Notre Dame. . . .
Greenies Favored to
Break Three-Year Tie
Saturday's Came in New Orleans to
Test Power of Tiger Football Squad
Tangling with the tidal terror of Tulane tomorrow,
those Auburn Tigers will rate as underdogs before the rip
tide of Tulane power.
The Green Wave pulled one out of the fire against
Clemson last week, using a power play system, and Coach
"Red" Dawson will stick by these tactics unless Auburn's
front wall has developed remarkably over their perform­ance
in the Southern game. If this strategy doesn't work,
Greenies have a dipsy-do
School Of Education Wins Title
From Kappa Delta In Volleyball
Educ a t i on Girl s Wi n Squad Members
Three and Lose None
In the final game for first place
in the girls intramural volley ball
tournament the School of Educa­tion
won over the Kappa Delta
Sorority. This victory placed Kap­pa
Delta in second place, leaving
third place to be played off by
the losers of the other games.
Among the girls playing for the
School of Education were Sara
Tant, Kernie Hawkins, and Dot
Floyd. The Kappa Delta team was
composed of Sadie Edwards, Hul-da
Rutland, Mary Lydia William­son,
and Betty Showalter.
The School of Education won
first place by defeating Alpha
Gamma Delta, Phi Omega Pi and
Kappa Delta. Kappa Delta had
won over Chi Omega and Home
Economics.
Other teams participating are
FHA, YWA, Zeta Delta, Theta
Upsilon, and School of Science
and Literature.
Getty Fairchild, Anniston, Ala.,
senior, center; weight 190; height,
six feet. Found himself at center
last season and showed up well.
Has become talented performing
many center chores. Prepped in
Wisconsin, where he won all-star
honors in backfield.
the Greenies have a
aerial show sparked by "Bouncin*
Bob" Kellogg that may uncork
the bottle on this 0-0 tie bore.
Incidentally, this Kellogg is
some shakes as a ball player, he
zips passes with sharp accuracy,
punts with the best of them, is a
thing of beauty in a broken field,
and is a master of the lost art of
football - dropkicking. He was
somewhat a disappointment last
year but this season he is realiz­ing
to the full the greatness of
his potentialities. He averaged
seven yards a try against Clem­son.
Teaming with Kellogg in the
rear works will be Paul Krueger,
as brainy a field general as they
come, and up in front of them
will be a big hard-hitting line led
by the brilliant Bob Wenzel at
right end, Henry Flower at cen­ter
and the fastest big man you
ever saw at tackle in Bill Kir­chem.
Two heart warming facts were
evident to Auburn fans in the
opener against Southern. First,
the good right toe of "Dynamite
Dick" McGowen is as potent as
ever, and, second, that well known
knee of "Jumping George" Ken-more's
seems to be as good as
new. Kenmore was bounced to the
ground once by a hard tackle
from behind that caught him right
at the knee, but he bobbed up
from that one as chipper as ever
and skittered around the rest of
the night like the Kenmore of old.
But injuries to key men may
hurt t h e Plainsmen. Charlie
Haynesworth suffered a badly
bruised shoulder in the Southern
tilt while Hatch Howell was sub­ject
to an injured knee. Joe Cor-dell,
hefty sophomore tackle,
Abb Chrietzberg, Auburn, Ala.,
junior, center; weight, 17 9 ;
height, six feet, one inch. Fiery,
aggressive and reliable. Always
striving to improve. Should fin­ish
career as top-notcher. Broth­er
Auburn's No. 1 pivot mainstay
in 1933, Will Chrietzberg.
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broke a bone in his hand that
will keep him out of uniform for
two weeks. Haynesworth and
Howell will probably be ready to
go against the Olive and Green
though, along with Bill Mims,
hard-driving right halfback who
was held out of the game last Fri­day
because of an injured leg.
Haynesworth, who plows the
line like the fullback that he is
and runs in a broken field like a
halfback, should go good against
Tulane with those quick opening
plays from the T formation like
his touchdown run against South­ern
that was called back.
Auburn's starting lineup will
probably be as follows: Pearson
and Cremer, ends; Wolff and
Bulger, tackles; Howell and Mills,
guards; Morgan, center; McMa-han,
quarterback; McGowen and
Happer, halfbacks; and Haynes­worth,
fullback.
TOUCH FOOTBALL
GETS UNDER WAY
WITH FIVE GAMES
Delta Sig, SAE,
And Alpha Gamma
Rho Are Victors
Two games of touch football
played simultaneously on Bullard
field Thursday of last week started
the ball rolling in what promises to
be one of the hottest battles for
Intramural Sports honors ever
staged on the Plains.
Delta Sigma Phi nosed out Pi
KA 7-6 in a nip-and-tuck affair
while the SAE's showed consider­able
power in defeating the Alpha
Psi's 25-6. This week found Al­pha
Gamma Rho outmaneuvering
the Sigma Pi's in a game similar
to the Delta Sig-Pi KA fracas of
last week. The score was 2-0.
In the SAE-Alpha Psi game the
outstanding features were the S-AE's
pass defense and accurate
passing, which make the Sig Al-
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When the final whistle blew, the
Delta Sig's and Pi KA's were
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an advantage of one or two
points to be decided by the ref­eree.
The Delta Sig's four-down
total exceeded that of the Pi KA's
giving the former team the vic­tory
7-6.
Similarly, the Alpha Gamma
Rho-Sigma Pi game ended in a
scoreless tie necessitating the
four-down playoff. The Sigma
Pi's failed to complete any of
four attempted passes while Al­pha
Gamma Rho capitalized on
two completed passes and a run­ning
play to win the game 2-0.
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Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN October 6, 1939
Swimming Team
Prospects For
Year Are Bright
Mohns t o Lead T e am
T h r o u g h Tough Six-
Meet Schedule
Under their new captain, Henry
Mohns, the swimming team has al­ready
begun practice for the year.
With but two of last year's
squad returning the Tigers are ex­pecting
a banner year, although
they have a stiff six-meet schedule
facing them.
Sam Kelly, who unofficially broke
the conference record in the 220-
yard free style last spring, is be­ing
counted upon heavily to be the
team's ace scorer. Davis Gam-mage,
cup winner in the South­eastern
meet held in Birmingham
this summer, will pair with Sher-bie
Smith in the 440. Together,
they will be hard to beat.
In the diving department will be
Lester Norvell and George Aus­tin,
who came up from the fresh­man
ranks this fall. Austin will
also perform in the breaststroke
along with Bill Miller. Dick White
and B. B. Cobb will do the sprints
for the squad.
James Lyons and Page Walker,
who were lost last June via the
graduation route, will be hard to
replace. However, the prospects
are the best seen in the last few
years.
Cub Football Team
Books Three Games
Will Play Tech
Here November 10
Although hampered by a light
squad Coach "Bat" McCollum is
reported to be well pleased with
freshman football prospects. The
squad of thirty-five "rats" show
promise of being the best fresh­man
team in several years.
The average weight of the line
is about 180 pounds. The back-field
will barely average 165
pounds. Coach McCollum pre­dicts
that the boys will gain sev­eral
pounds by next year when
they will be eligible for varsity
competition.
The freshman team will play
only three games this year ac­cording
to a ruling of the South­eastern
Conference. The schedule
is as follows: Florida at Talla­hassee,
Fla. on October 27; Mer­cer
at Americus, Ga. on Novem­ber
3; and Georgia Tech at Au­burn
on November 10.
All fraternities are to turn in
to Tom Henley by October 10,
typewritten lists of all members
to receive one-night tickets in ac­cordance
with the new Social
Committee dance plan.
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Camera Club Meets;
To Convene Tonight
The Camera Club held its first
meeting of the year last Tuesday
night in Ramsay 113. Several
faculty members were among the
22 persons present.
Plans for a club darkroom and
studio were discussed. H. B.
Moses gave a talk on infra-red
film. Schuyler Richardson gave
an illustrated lecture comparing
different kinds of film.
Another meeting is scheduled
for tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Ram­say
113. All members are urged
to attend. Prof. C. R. Hixon will
give a lecture on various films
and types of filters.
Religious Week
Continued from page 1
Dr. Charles Davis of the his­tory
department spoke a few
words to the students gathered in
the president's office. He said,
"The timeliness of this event is
opportune. The students need a
little time off for meditation.
Meditation is indeed a great thing
for relieving the troubled mind."
Ivey also announSed that the
lecture services would only last
30 minutes. The rest of the time
on the program will be taken up
with group singing. A musical
leader had been secured for this
purpose and the Glee Clubs will
act as choir during the song ser­vices.
The meetings for services
will be held in Graves Center. If
this will not hold all desiring to
attend xhe services, loudspeakers
will be set up for the benefit of
students outside.
Dr. Partin
Continued from page 1
"The question of Italy's stand
in case of a general European
war is very interesting. Musso­lini
is a shrewd diplomat. He will
probably consider whether Brit­ain
and France or Germany and
Russia could do Italy the most
harm. There is a great possibility
that Britain and France might
buy Italy's support.
"The entire European war sit­uation
is in great doubt and the
actual military developments have
been covered up by censorship of
news sources. On most of the
questions which might arise in'
your mind concerning the war,
your guess is as good as mine."
At the conclusion of the dis­cussion
after Dr. Partin's talk,
new officers for the present year
were elected. They are: Presi­dent,
William Boggs; Vice-Presi­dent,
Juanita Johnston; Record­ing
Secretary, Annie Moon; Cor­responding
secretary, Newman Ir-by;
Treasurer, Charles Moore;
Publicity director, Dan Hollis.
Notices
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
"Resolved that there should be
a state-wide stock law in Ala­bama"
will be debated by mem­bers
of the sophomore class at
the n e x t meeting of the FFA
which will be held in Langdon
Hall next Tuesday night, October
10. Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
* * *
Open house will be held from
3:00 to 5:0 o'clock on Sunday,
October 8, at Carr Hall. The pub­lic
is cordially invited to attend.
* * *
There will, be an "Open House"
of Downtown Studio — Private
Art School, 114 S. Gay Street,
(opposite Methodist Church), Fri­day,
October 6th, 2:00 to-9:00
p.m. and Saturday, October 7th,
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Art ex­hibits
are on at same hours.
'The Rains Came'
To Be Shown At
Tiger Theatre
Successful Best Seller
F u r n i s h e s Theme for
S t r a n g e Tale of India
The power of one of today's
greatest novels finds its full
scope on the screen in Darryl F.
Zanuck's production of "The Rains
Came," the sensationally successful
best-seller by Louis Bromfield,
which will be shown Sunday and
Monday at the Tiger Theatre,
with Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power
and George Brent sharing stellar
honors.
These fascinating strangely-as­sorted
humans, cut off from the
world in the colorful mythical
city of Ranchipur, India, with all
restraint swept away, as the angry
forces of nature made life a fad­ing
hope and love a desperate
longing, are brought vividly to
life in this 20th Century-Fox film.
Faithful in mood and detail to
the book, "The Rains Came" pre­serves
all of Bromfield's char­acters.
Myrna Loy breaks with the
"perfect wife" tradition to play
the amorous Lady Edwina Esketh;
Tyrone Power has his most ro­mantic
role as the high-caste
Hindu surgeon, Major Rama Saf-ti,
who proves the one great love
of Lady Esketh's life; and George
Brent is seen as the worldly Tom
Ransome, a ghost out of the lady's
romance-strewn past.
Brenda Joyce, discovered by
star-maker Zanuck as the climax
of a nation-wide search, heads a
brilliant supporting cast in the
role of Fern Simon, the fresh,
young beauty whose love gives
the world-weary Ransome a new
lease on life.
"The Rains Came," which has
been hailed by preview critics as
one of the truly great pictures of
all time, was given the hearty ap­proval
of author Bromfield.
The earthquake, flood, fire and
plague which highlight the novel
have been faithfully reproduced
in the motion picture production
and are said to provide the most
breath-taking spectacle scenes the
screen has ever shown.
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