Oxford Debaters
Thursday Night THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Freshmen,
Vote Tomorrow
VOL. LXIII z-l ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, NOVEMBER 14, 1939 No. 21
Oxford Debaters to
Appear Here Thursday
Two Englishmen to Debate Auburn Team on
Possibility of Peace in War-torn Europe
Representing the Oxford Union and Oxford University,
Edward R. G. Heath and Peter Streets, both of England,
will appear Thursday night at 7:00 o'clock in Graves Center
in formal debate against an Auburn team composed of
John Ivey, Jr., and John Godbold.
Subject of contention between the two teams will be
the question, "Resolved: That peace is impossible in a nationalistic
Europe." The Auburn team will take the affirmative
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impossible in a nationalistic Europe,
the Oxford team the negative,
holding that peace is possible.
There will be no decision in the
debate, and usual rules of procedure
will be followed with 10
minute speeches ^and five-minute
rebuttals. Dr. J. W. Scott, dean
of the School of Science and Literature,
will serve as chairman.
There will be no admission
charge to the debate, and the Auburn
Debate Council, sponsor of
the appearance of the team here,
has invited the public to attend.
Last Appearance of Foreign Team
Last appearance of a foreign
team on the campus was last spring
when an Anglo-Irish team composed
of William Williams and William
Beers faced an Auburn team made
up of Edwin Godbold and John
Godbold. At that time Aubujrn
students and townspeople packed
the Graves Center auditorium to
hear the visiting team. Subject
for discussion at that time was
the corruption of the American
judicial system.
Heath and Street will come
here from the University of Georgia,
where they will debate tomorrow.
They are expected to arrive
on the 4:18 train Wednesday
afternoon.
Both of the Englishmen have
won high honors in school. Heath
has served as president of the
well-known Oxford Union, president
of the University Conservative
Association, and chairman of
the British University Conservative
Association. He has traveled
extensively in Europe.
Ask for No Responsibility
Street is acting prejident of the
Oxford Union, and has served as
president of the Oxford University
Liberal Club.
A letter was received from the
two debaters a few days ago asking
that their position be clarified
in view of the present European
situation.
In view of the fact that their
visit here and also the subjects
for debate were arranged before
the outbreak of the European
war, the two debaters have asked
that the Auburn team take the
responsibility for any differences
of opinion or any difficult situations
which may arise in the debate.
Tau Kappa Alpha, honorary debate
fraternity, will entertain the
visitors with a banquet following
the debate. The English team
will leave Auburn Friday morning
for • Mobile, where they will
debate Spring Hill.
The subject for debate was selected
from among a group of six
subjects, the Auburn team originally
preparing a debate on the
subject of "Resolved: That the A-merican
foreign policy should be
one of complete isolation."
After virtual completion of the
case, the team changed subjects
shifting to the new subject of
"peace in a nationalistic Europe",
believing it to be just as pertinent
and at the same time much
more adapted to a strong case for
the Auburn side.
Sportswriter Praises Auburn Team
For Good Conduct On And Off Field
Atlanta Constitution
Speaks Highly of Tigers
Harold Martin, sportswriter for
the Atlanta Constitution, gave the
Auburn Tigers a verbal pat on the
back for their general conduct in
an article appearing a few days
ago in the Constitution. It was reprinted
with a few added remarks
by Max Moseley, sports editor of
the Montgomery Advertiser, and is
so complimentary to the Plainsmen
that it is reprinted here just as
written by Mr. Martin:
Sportsmen on the Field
Auburn's football team may take
a licking now and then on its long
perigrinations North and East, but
the Plainsmen are leaving a good
impression of the gallantry and
sportsmanship of Southern teams
wherever they play, win or lose.
After the game at Boston Saturday,
which Auburn lost in the
final few minutes when Boston
College suddenly caught fire to
score two touchdowns for a 13-7
victory, John Curley, athletic director
at the New England school
came to Jack Meagher with outstretched
hand.
"We almost hate to beat a team
that plays with such sportsmanship,"
he told Meagher as they
stood together in the lobby of the
Plainsmen's hotel.
He referred, presumably, to the
Plainsmen's habit of knocking a foe
to earth with every ounce of power
at their command—and then
picking him up and giving him a
pat on the back.
Auburn supporters need not assume
that Auburn plays a sissy
brand of football and that any
softening could have caused their
loss on Saturday. The pat on the
back is a nice gesture, but it does
not help to clear the head of a
man who has had his eye teeth
jarred by a tackle or a block.
The loss on Saturday was caused
by one "of those phenomenal comebacks
often seen in football—when
a beaten team suddenly finds itself,
spiritually and physically, and
coordinates a smashing attack that
seemingly can't be stopped.
Manners off the Field
The Auburn team minds its manners
off as well as on the field.
Stewardess on the Pennsylvania
Railroad almost swooned when the
Auburn boys, leaving the diner,
paused to tell her they enjoyed
their meal. A steward on the
Southern was surprised when every
player came in to eat wearing a
coat and tie, with hair neatly combed.
Most football teams in his experience
had been tousle-haired,
sweatered youngsters with stubby
beards.
A Boston hotel manager expressed
audible surprise when Capt.
Milton Howell called upon a teammate
for a blessing before every
meal, and he was even more surprised
when a checkup after the
team had packed to leave revealed
no blankets, towels nor ashtrays
were missing.
Who Is Responsible?
We checked to find who was responsible
for these traveling manners.
Jack Meagher gave credit to
Wilbur Hutsell and Dell Morgan.
Dell and Wilbur said Jack had the
idea. All were probably right. At
any rate it started about the time
Meagher came to Auburn. The boys
carried it on from there, the seniors
passing it on down the line
to the sophomores.
Auburn may lose, but winning
or losing, the boys learn a lot
about living that is above and beyond
and perhaps more important
in the long run than the technique
of tackling, blocking and running
with a football.
E. R. G. HEATH
Member) of the Oxford debate
team which will appear here
Thursday night at 7:00 o'clock in
Graves Center against an Auburn
debate team. He is a former president
of the Oxford Union and of
the University Conservation Association,
and pne-time chairman
of the Federation of British University
Conservative Associations.
He has won school prizes for
character, service, and music, and
has traveled extensively in France,
Belgium, Germany, and in Spain.
To the Student Body
The institution is deeply appreciative
for the fine appearance
and manly conduct of the student
body Saturday, Nov. 11. The cooperation
of the student leaders
in making the trip possible, the
conduct of the students in transit
and while in Birmingham all were
great. The showing made in the
parade by the Auburn ROTC was
a masterpiece.
The universal comment by the
fine citizens of Alabama on all of
the occasions wherever the student
body appeared was in terms
of the highest praise always.
Knowing the very unusually
fine type of student which it is
our good fortune to have I was
not surprised at this showing and
these words of commendation. My
heart swells with pride, admiration,
and thanksgiving for each of
you.
The game played by our team
will go down in Auburn's athletic
history as being notable for all
time. i
This is not merely a casual expression
for cooperation but comes
out of a deep and abiding affection
for each of you.
Sincerely your friend,
L. N. Duncan,
President.
ODKForms Honorary
Sophomore Group
Second Year Men to be Selected on Basis
Of Scholarship, Leadership, Character
Winfrey Boyd, president of ODK, announced today the
formation of Squires, leadership, scholarship, and service
organization for sophomore men. Outstanding sophomores
have already been chosen for membership in the new organization
and will be announced in a few days.
The organization will be under the active sponsorship
of ODK. It will consist each year of eight men or less, eight
being the maximum but no minimum being set, all selected
in the fall of their sophomore'
years for outstanding achievements
as freshmen and promise
as college men. Each man's tenure
of membership will last
through his sophomore year after
which he will automatically become
inactive. Selection of men
will be made each year by ODK.
Boyd released for publication
the following statement regarding
Squires: "Squires is not just another
honor organization. It is the
highest honor which can be given
a sophomore in recognition of his
outstanding work as a freshman
and his promise of success as a
man. Over and above that Squires
is a service organization and as
such it is really going to serve.
"Members will not be awarded
a symbol of membership at the
time of initiation but when membership
terminates at the end of
the sophomore year those members
-who have served Squires and
API to such an extent as required
by the ideals of the organization
will be awarded keys. The
key of Squires this becomes, not
an empty symbol of mere membership
but a high award for past
service."
Boyd said that high scholastic
requirements had been set and
would be maintained.
Tau Kappa Alpha
Plans To Fete
English Debaters
Tau Kappa Alpha, national
honorary forensic fraternity, completed
plans last night for a banquet
to be given in honor of Edward
R. G. Heath and Peter
Street, visiting debaters from England,
Thursday night.
Approximately 25 guests will
be present at the formal banquet
to be held after the debate which
is scheduled for 7:00 o'clock in
the WPA Auditorium. Guests will
include Dr. L. N. Duncan, Prof.
E. D. Hess, Prof. W. Flanary, R.
B. Draughon, Prof. H. J. Y. Moss,
and Dean J. W. Scott.
Six new members will be initiated
to Tau Kappa Alpha after
the banquet. The new members,
Continued on page 4
McADORY CHOSEN
TO HEAD VETS
Vet School Dean is New
Prexy of Southern Group
Dr. I. S. McAdory, dean of Auburn's
School of Veterinary Medicine
and State veterinarian, has
been elected president of the
Southern Veterinary Medical Association.
Dr. McAdory's election
took place Saturday at the closing
session of the Association's 1939
meeting in Columbia, S. C. He is
also second vice-president of the
United States Live Stock Sanitary
Association.
Five members of the Auburn
veterinary school faculty appeared
on the program as follows:
Drs. McAdory, L. E. Starr, assistant
dean, R. L. Mundhenk, J. E.
Greene, and John L. West. Dr. B.
T. Simms, Auburn, director of the
Regional Research Laboratory,
served as master of cei-emonies at
the Association's annual banquet.
Intramural Track
Meet to Take Place
Thursday Afternoon
The all-campus (intramural)
track meet will be held tomorrow
afternoon at Drake Field at 4:00
o'clock. Every student is eligible
to participate except varsity letter
men and members of the varsity
squad. There will be a separate
division for fraternity competition
and independent entrants.
The events to be held are the
100-yard dash, 220-yard dash,
440-yard dash, 880-yard run, one
mile, two mile, 120-yard low
hurdles, high jump, broad jump,
shot put, pole vault, 880-yard relay.
Intramural volleyball will start
Nov. 22. Entries should be given
to H. H. Wiggins or delivered to
Intramural office. There are two
courts at the Girls' Gym which are
available for practice.
Intramural basketball will start
immediately after the Christmas
holidays. The Girls' Gym will be
available every night at 7:00
o'clock except Mondays when it
will be available at 8:30.
Football games to be held this
week are:
Tuesday—FFA vs. Wittel.
Wednesday—SPE vs. Sigma Nu.
FRESHMEN 6 0 TO
POLLS TOMORROW
Interfrat Council
Limits Amount For
Dance Decorations
Maximum Amount Set at
Twenty-Five Dollars
In Meeting Last Night
The Interfraternity Council
voted in a special meeting last
night to restrict to $25 the
amount which a fraternity can
spend on decorations for its
dance. The proposal was introduced
last Monday in Council meeting
by Julian Myrick, president of
Pi K A, and was voted on in the
various fraternities at their Wednesday
night meetings.
The proposal passed by a 19-
12 vote. Means of enforcement
were discussed, but no machinery
was set up. The maximum figure
of $25 does not include rental
charges for use of the crystal
ball.
The Council left the question
of decorations for Homecoming
up to the individual fraternities;
however, it was made clear that
the Council is not offering any
award or sponsoring any contest
for the best decorations.
The Bridge Tournament Committee
announced that the tournament
will begin on Nov. 20.
Rules and schedules will be printed
in the Plainsman. Seventeen
lodges are entered in the tourney.
All of the fraternities are making
plans to entertain, house, and
feed their alumni.
John Ivey, president of the
Executive Cabinet, explained the
Cabinet's plan to carry out a
freshman cheering section at the
Auburn-Florida game on Thanksgiving.
Twenty Candidates
Qualify for Offices
Each Voter Required to Present Ticket
Book at Polls to Obtain Official Ballot
The annual elections for officers of the freshman class
will be held tomorrow in the Student Center with polls open
from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
The following candidates, according to John Watters,
chairman of the Elections Committee, have turned in petitions,
and are duly qualified to run:
President of the freshman class — Johnny H. Davis,
Ralph Hunt, Ike Pittman, Homer Wright; Vice-President—
Jimmy Butt, Clem Clapp, John H.
Constitution Copies
To Co Out Today
A limited number of copies of
the constitution of the Undergraduate
Students Association
have been printed and will be delivered
to the various fraternity
houses today, according to John
Ivey, president of the Executive
Cabinet.
Since there are only a limited
number available, anyone who
wants a copy must see Ivey at the
ATO house or call him and make
arrangements for procuring one.
The constitution is completely
revised and up-to-date, revision
having been completed last spring
with the aid of Executive Secretary
Ralph Draughon, Accountant
Travis Ingram, Dr. Charles Davis,
Kirtley Brown, Edwin Godbold,
and a committee appointed by
the Cabinet.
Amendments to the constitu-ion
were approved by the Cabinet
and the student body last
spring.
ODK MISCELLANY
TICKETS GO ON
SALE TODAY
Tentative Plans for
Musical Now Completed
Kelley Announces
Tickets for the annual performance
of the ODK Musical Miscellany
went on sale today and may
be purchased from all ODK members
for 25 cents. Cost at the
door wil be 35 cents. The tennis
court committee, which has volunteered
to aid in <Jie sale will have
tickets by tomorrow.
Charles Kelley, chairman of the
Miscellany Committee, announced
yesterday that tentative plans for
this year's extravaganza had been
completed.
To be similar to last year's
show, the Miscellany will be held
in Langdon Hall auditorium on
December 5, at 8:00 o'clock.
The program will consist of all
available musical talent and will
be climaxed with the naming of
"Miss Auburn" for 1939-40.
One of the feature attractions
of the program will be the ODK
swing-out when the honor society
Rockettes will present several of
their famed precision routines.
Cuban folk dances will be interpreted
by Fred Jones, Delta Sigma
Phi pledge, and his sister Tita
from Birmingham. The SAE trio
will also be in the cast for the
performance. This group appeared
at an "A" club dance earlier
this year. Dance numbers will be
under the direction of Mrs. Louise
Kreher Forte, who will present
several of her students in novelty
dance skits.
The beauty bazaar, featuring
32 girls will be held immediately
after the intermission at 9:30
p.m. A jury of faculty members
will choose seven coeds as "Miss
Auburn's" attendants.
It is planned to have cigarette
girls circulate through the audience
during the show.
Billy Smith is in charge of ticket
sales and John Watters will
act as master of ceremonies.
NYA At Auburn Serving 347 Students
Doing Work In All Divisions Of School
Notices
At the women's convocations
beginning Thursday, the doors of
Langdon Hall will be closed at
4:40 to enable the officers to
close the meetings on time. No
one coming later than this will
be allowed to enter, and seats will
be checked as usual.
* * *
Tennis court committee will
meet Wednesday afternoon at
5:00 o'clock, 301 Samford Hall.
* * »
Bullard Field has been planted
with new grass seed. Everyone,
except troops at drill, is requested
to keep off Bullard Field until
further notice.
» * *
Basketball practice is now under
way, beginning at the gym
at 3:00 o'clock every afternoon.
Group Working Over
13,000 Hours a Month
By BRUCE MARTIN
Last month the NYA College Aid
Program at Auburn paid out
$3972.40 to 347 students doing a
total of over 13,000 hours of work.
Of these 347, 65 are girls, and one
is a graduate student.
The NYA workers each do from
33 to 50 hours of work a month,
the average time being about 40
hours. Undergraduates are paid
30 cents an hour and graduates are
paid at the rate of 50 cents an
hour.
Every county in the state of
Alabama is represented on the
NYA roll at Auburn.
In spite of the fact that they do
this work in addition to carrying
a full college load, the NYA stu-
Continued on page 4
Sanders; Secretary — Watt Dudley,
Owen Munro; Treasurer —
John P. McGee, Dick Shively, B.
Wayne Peake; Historian—Martha
Gerhardt, Margie Houston, Elizabeth
Lambeth; Cabinet Representative—
M. D. "Pat" Brinson, Tom
Bullington, Bill Gordon, Billy
Lynn, Pete King.
Each student will be required
to present his student activity
book at the polls. Eacn book will
be properly punched or marked to
prevent its being used for obtaining
more than one ballot.
Rules Given
Chairman Watters requested
that voters and candidates pay
particular attention to the following
election rules, taken from the
Constitution:
Anyone 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
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.
Unsigned ballots will be thrown
out.
Continued on page 4
WHITNEY TO SPEAK
AT OPEN FORUM
ON BIRTH CONTROL
Leon F. Whitney, biologist, author,
and lecturer will speak to
the Open Forum Club tonight at
7:00 p.m. on the subject, "Who
Shall Inherit the Earth?", a discussion
of birth control and sterilization.
The club meets in the
Glee Club room above the Elec
Lab.
President Bill Boggs has announced
that new members of the
club have been selected and will-be
tapped after the meeting tonight.
Members must be students
who have shown a decided interest
in civic and national affairs.
The club has recently organized
and will sponsor forums for discussion
of current social, political,
and economic problems throughout
the year. Each week a speaker
will talk on the subject of the
forum for that week and following
his talk a round-table discussion
will follow.
Mr. Whitney is a native of
Orange, Conn. He has served as
Executive Secretary of the American
Eugenics Society since 1924.
He is also a member of various
other biological societies, and the
author of some dozen or more
books and has written numerous
scientific pamphlets and papers.
All students, faculty members,
and townspeople have been invited
to attend the meetings of the
Club and take an active part in
its discussions.
Page Two T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN November 14, 1939
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Keep It Clean
TOMORROW'S ELECTION will
bring the tears of bitterness to
many, the joy of winning to a
choice few. It will be to you
freshmen an introduction to Auburn
politics, a merciless and
tough game of great importance
in the eyes of the student body.
Win or lose, tomorrow will be
a trying day for all of you candidates.
That office you're campaigning
for has probably come
to mean more to you right now
than anything else in the world.
In your desire to win you may be
tempted to take advantage of
some other candidate, maybe
even to step beyond the rules a
bit in order to garner a vote.
Some of you may not have absorbed
enough of the Auburn atmosphere
to know that unless you
play fair the game isn't worth
the candle. Auburn had its fill of
dirty student politics a few years
ago, and since then it has countenanced
no unfairness in elections.
When the Elections Committee
sets down a rule, it means business,
and regardless of fraternity
affiliation, individual standing,
or personal prestige it will slap
an offender's crime down his
throat with punishment in accordance
with the regulations.
Over and beyond the rules
there is something bigger — the
personal relationships, between
the candidates. More than anyone
else your fellow candidates
will be the ones who know what
kind of campaign you conduct
and what type of man you prove
yourself to be. Student politicians
seldom talk much about what
they know, but all of them will
carry in their minds for four
years at least the knowledge of
whether or not you are a man.
No matter how much it hurts,
keep it clean. You'll never regret
it.
Who's Muddled? —
Everybody
IN ALL THE PUBLICITY arising
out of the student opinion poll
absence rule, and the other hoi
polloi of this year the Plainsman
staff, and we imagine nearly everyone
else too, has almost gone
beserk trying to distinguish between
the Executive Cabinet and
the Executive Council.
How two such important bodies
accumulated such similar
names we don't know. But in a
spirit of charity, or mercy, or
good fellowship, or something,
will one group or the other kindly
change its name?
While confusing terminology is
being discussed—the title "President
of the Executive Cabinet"
—someone must have lain awake
nights trying to muddle people
with that one. Why not call him
"President of the Student Body,"
serving as head of the Cabinet
by virture of his position as student
body head. -
The Plainsman would like to
go on record as favoring the Executive
Cabinet's changing its
name to the Student Senate or
Student Legislature or some like
title and letting the presiding of-
" ficer be known as the President
of the Student Body.
Success In Birmingham
AUBURN DID ITSELF proud in
Birmingham Saturday. Those
gray-clad legions m a r c h i ng
through the city left Birming-hamians
with an impression of
Auburn that they will not soon
forget, for the cadets were easily
the outstanding feature of the
parade.
After the parade broke up Auburn
uniforms were in evidence
all over the city, but nowhere
was there any disorder or row-diness,
only a lot of ardent War
Eagles and honest enthusiasm.
On the train there were a few
who were disturbing, but on the
whole everybody was well behaved—
and happy.
In spite of a lackadaisical attitude
on the part of a few and
some confusion as the result of
hurried preparations, the card
display was highly successful. It
too, showed the Steel City that
Auburn can never again bear the
title of "cow college."
There was a time when Birmingham
was not particularly
enthusiastic about Auburn, in
fact was almost anti-Auburn.
Now Birmingham is an Auburn
town and it became more so than
ever when the API cadets showed
the entire city that Auburn
has it.
Utopia — Is There Such
A Place?
IT IS THOUGHT BY some careful
thinkers that most human
beings develop into physical maturity
long before they reach
mental maturity. This opinion is
unpleasant but logical, especially
when we in college look about
us and see on every hand the immature
values which are accepted
and evidently never questioned.
The values, the standards of
expectation, set up in many collegiate
minds result in poor and
unfortunate attitudes t o w a rd
scholastic work and outside activity.
It is, for instance, an immature
mentality which directs a
physically adult person to the
practice of cribbing. Such a mentality
regards as a trite gush of
wind the old saw to the effect
that a cheater hurts nobody as
much as himself. It evaluates the
situation falsely and fails to realize
that the object of its education
is its improvement. Such a
mentality does not understand
that cheating is a practice which
retards progress and is therefore
not only dishonorable but foolish
as well.
The collegian who^ avoids all
learning except that forced upon
him by instructors or poor marks
isn't mentally mature. There is a
standard of values inappropriate
to physique when a college man
considers learning an ungrateful
labor or the assimilation of knowledge
a process the sole aim of
which is mechanical perfection.
An adult collegian with an
adult brain realizes that grades
are in part superficial. He does
not allow grades to assume more
importance than actual results,
for he knows that the exclusive
pursuit of grades leaves knowledge
by the wayside.
A collegiate Utopia would be
a place where a sound set of values
in keeping with physique is
established in each student. It
would be a place where the student
is happy and eager to gain
knowledge, in effect, to fill his
coffers. A collegiate U t o p ia
would be a place where all the
mental fools' gold has been
brought to light and left to glitter
harmlessly. R.S.
Well?
By John Ivey, Jr.
QJOHM NB.y
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.
ONE OF THE WORST influences concerning
the present European strife
is to be seen in the news reels that
come through this
section. Not only do
they make a big joke
out of the war, but
exhibit a decidedly
"made in England"
attitude in their selection
o f subject
matter.
For the past two
months nearly every
edition of the news
reel shown here has
depicted scenes of
the British soldier in some form of
playful interest. These pictures rang
all'the way from a soldier's theatre at
the front to the actual "pay day" of the
Tommies. Coupled with these shots of
a peaceful front are the joking explanatory
comments of the voice supposedly
relating factual matter to his public.
To him the war is one big laugh.
When the scene changes it moves to
pictures of the little English children
playing merrily on the lawn of some
fine English estate under the care of
the wives of some big shots in the British
government. The accompanying remarks
speak of the peril of these non-combatants
arising from the danger of
air raids. All this is very true.
The scenes at the front could very
well be changed to some of the destruction
that has taken place in the
war of nerves . . . to some of the
homeless French people left to the
mercy of the not-so-kind God of War.
But no, the American public must be
made to believe that the whole affair
is a picnic.
The atmosphere being created over
the little English tots will be turned
into powerful propaganda just as soon
as a German bomb falls anywhere near
these isolated estates. We, as a nation,
fell head over heels for similar schemes
during the last European conflict. Why
then should our American film industry
feed us huge slices of just the
kinds of scenes that come made to order
for British propaganda? What we
need is a good lesson on what to accept
• gullibly and what to give the
Bronx cheer.
* * *
Art, culture, and traditions of European
lands now at war are preserved
in a unique series of nationality classrooms
in the University of Pittsburgh's
world-famed 42-story Cathedral of
Learning, but the political credos and
racial hatreds are in no way suggested.
The 19 nationality rooms, a "little
league of nations," are projects of national
groups in this country.
Here is the nine rooms already completed,
students and faculty may enjoy
the culture, art, and architecture of
many countries now at war. Arts, which
recognize no boundary lines, portray in
concrete form the finer instincts of the
peoples represented.
The classrooms, with decorations and
appointments authentic and in keeping
with some period in the history of the
nation represented, offer the inspiration
which the best artists and philosophers
of the various peoples have given to the
world.
There is no necessary relation between
the character of the rooms and
the subjects taught in them. The idea
is much simpler. It is that youth, preparing
for useful lives, shall see concrete
evidence of other useful lives in
other times and other lands.—(ACP)
Red Cross Issues Appeal for
Help from College Students
The Plainsman Forum
Letters to the Editor
Distribution of Student
Activity Fees
Editor's Note: At the request of the
Plainsman Mr. W. T. Ingram, accountant,
has outlined the distribution of
student activity funds for the present
semester. His letter follows.
Mr. John Godbold, Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Mr. Godbold:
We have your letter of November' 3,
1939, and it is a pleasure to give you
the information requested as we are
sure that the student body will also be
interested.
The $7.50 Student Activity Fee was
paid by 3,159 regular undergraduate
students and 108 co-op students. These
funds have been deposited as follows:
Per-
Activity centage Amount
Athletic 48.0 $11,628.48
Auburn Band 2.0 484.52
Debating 1.0 242.26
Dramatics 1.5 363.39
Glee Clubs &
Orchestra 1.5 363.39
Glomerata 20.0 4,845.20
Intramural Sports 3.0 ' 726.78
Lectures 1.0 242.26
Plainsman 12.0 2,907.12
Social 3.0 726.78
Student Executive
Cabinet ~ 3.0 726.78
Women's Student
Government 1.0 242.26
Student Social Hall 1.0 242.26
Unappropriated 2.0 484.52
To those students who live in Auburn
and in neighboring vicinities this latest
idea seems all right. They can go home
often enough anyway. But what about
the large number who have been looking
forward to this opportunity and
have made plans for it? What about
those students who are loyal enough, yet
do not think in terms of football? They
can't be branded as traitors merely because
they prefer going home to remaining
here for another ball game; and
compulsion is a psychologically poor
method of arousing the Auburn Spirit.
It seems to me that the advocates of
this latest scheme have given the majority
of students no consideration. It
appears to be a faculty plan, for the
good of the stadium and football, regardless
of the feelings of the people
for whom those things are ostensibly
furnished. It is illogical and unfair, and
I believe that it should be pointed out
—very respectfully—that the stadium,
the faculty, and the college itself exist
for the students. The students are here
to cooperate, not to be operated upon,
and certainly not to serve as vassals
to those things which are here for their
convenience.
Very sincerely,
A Student
100.0 $24,226.00
With best wishes, I beg to remain
Yours very truly,
W. T. Ingram
Accountant
Another Gripe About Holidays
Editor,
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Editor:
Last Tuesday's Plainsman disclosed
the fact that Thursday will be the sum
total of our Thanksgiving vacation and
that the previously arranged breathing
spell will be tacked onto Christmas vacation.
It seems that the faculty has
decided, after much oscillation, (Editor's
Note: Just between friends, fellow,
we suggest that you look up the
mean of oscillation before using the
term again.) that all students must be
kept on the campus in order to make
the Homecoming Game a great success.
It seems to me—and I am sure hundreds
of students will agree to this —
that the vacation question has been
handled rather shabbily throughout.
The first proposal was to have it a
week early. The next bewildering suggestion
was to change it to the last
week in November. Now the "tack it
onto Christmas" idea seems to be the
mode of the moment. All this confusion
would lead one to wonder whether we
shall have any Thanksgiving vacation
at all, and to look forward to the next
scheme—to add Christmas vacation to
the Easter holidays.
Apples for the Engineers
Editor the Plainsman
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Sir:
I wish that Mr. Tom Rowan would
establish one of those apple "machines"
in the lobby of Ramsay Hall. Of course
he,has nothing in common with the engineers,
but after all one cannot always
choose a select group for his friends,
and I think that Mr. Rowan will agree
with me there.
Knowing the engineers as I do I can
safely say that they are just as much
of a horse about apples as anyone in
Auburn. There is one fellow especially
that is particularly brilliant in his field
and has excelled in every course he has
taken. . . . Well he has a mania for
apples and says that fruit is one of the
main items in his daily nourishment.
See, eating apples does something to
you that love can't do and get by with
it.
Now Mr. Rowan, I assure you that
if you put one of your pets—the biggest
one you have — in Ramsay you
will double your returns and will have
more friends in the engineering department.
I for one will support you —
how about it fellow classmates, let's
support Mr. Rowan and show him our
appreciation!
Sincerely yours,
William Z. Kidd, Jr.
(Mechanical Engineering)
AMERICA IN RECENT years has looked
increasingly to its colleges and
universities for leaders in all walks of
life. Not the least of the organizations
which rely heavily on the nation's educational
institutions for that quality of
leadership essential to success is the
American Red Cross.
Today there are more than 3,700 Red
Cross chapters throughout the country.
They cover virtually every square inch
of continental United States and its
territorial possessions. These chapters
are engaged in many branches of activity.
They aid the suffering in disaster;
they assist service men, civilians, veterans
and their families who find themselves
in sudden distress and need; they
help the blind, the maimed, the ill to
overcome, in some measure, their handicaps.
And when grim-visaged war casts its
shadow on the world, the Red Cross and
all its members unite to lighten the
burden of the afflicted. The wounded
and sick are tended. Women and children,
innocent victims of a fury that
knows no bounds, are fed, clothed and
sheltered. The Red Cross light is kept
burning without fail.
The Red Cross and Leadership
All this work requires leadership. In
fact, the measure of the Red Cross and
every one of its chapters is dependent
on the quality of its leaders. For that
reason the organization has always
sought to interest the student on the
campus.
Much of its humanitarian program,
though designed to a particular purpose,
is peculiarly adapted to stimulating
this interest. Classes in life saving
and water safety, in first aid, in home
hygiene and care of the sick, and in
nutrition are provided every year in
many colleges. Large numbers of students
participate in these to the mutual
advantage of themselves and the
Red Cross.
Many a football player, carried injured
from the field, has been tended
by a Red Cross first aider. Summer
camps, swimming and other recreational
resorts all over the country each
year are staffed by men and women
trained in one or more of these subjects
by the Red Cross. They guard the safety
of bathers, care for the injured and
know what to do when tending the ill.
Cooperation Beyond the Campus
Cooperation between the nation's
colleges and the Red Cross extends beyond
the limits of the campus. When
the Ohio and Mississippi boiled over
levees and banks guarding the very existence
of hundreds of thousands living
in the fertile lands along those rivers,
great numbers of men and women from
colleges in the flooded areas volunteered
for rescue and relief work.
Manning boats, they evacuated stranded
refugees from upper stories of partially
inundated houses, from roofs and
higher ground which the rampaging
waters had turned into islands overnight.
They distributed relief supplies,
helped care for refuges and performed
a great variety of services for which
they earned not only the undying esteem
of the Red Cross, but the gratitude
of many a refugee.
The Annual Roll Call
The annual Roll Call, when the Red
Cross, as servant of the people, goes
before the country with an accounting
of its services and a request for renewed
faith and affiliation for the future,
is another period when educational
institutions demonstrate their cooperation
with the organization. Faculties
and student bodies are virtually as one
in their pledge of affiliation with the
Red Cross, in their renewal of faith in
the things it stands for: the mitigation
of human suffering wherever there is
a need.
During this year's Roll Call, which
beginning November 11 and continues
through November 30, the Red Cross
is planning to enlist at least 1,000,000
new members, many of them from A-merica's
colleges and universities. It
needs this increased membership for
two primary reasons: the normal peacetime
program must continue without
let-up; humanitarian needs that arise
as a result of war in Europe must be
met to the best ability of the Red Cross.
Volunteer Service
During the coming months chapters
from cost to coast will afford occasion
for volunteer service. Great numbers of
surgical dressings and hospital garments
will be needed. Clothing for women
and children evacuated from the
war zones will be required. The Red
Cross motor corps will want recruits to
aid in collecting and transporting supplies.
Many other opportunities for service
to humanity will arise, all of them
having a definite appeal to the college
student. Participation in this work will
be more than welcome.
Plains Talk
By Herbert Martin
If you think you can beat the operators
of the many football pools, look
at this record hung up in a recent contest
at Dartmouth College:
Out of 739 entering game predictions
in a typical week-end contest,
only 13 students correctly predicted
nine games out of ten. Not one called
all ten games right.
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this
column are those of the writer and are not to
be construed as the editorial policies of this
paper.
THE GESTAPO WILL probably have
harsh words to say to me about this.
I shake in mortal fear as I contemplate
consequences should they visit me some
dark night and wreak their bloody
vengeance upon me. Anyway, I must
say it. I can't help believing that England
and France will emerge victorious
from the current European struggle by
a score of oh, about 53 to 6.
*
Just where should credit rest for the
recent bombing of the Nazi beer hall?
I'm betting on Hitler, the WCTU, a
keg of badly mistreated home brew,
or serious gastronomical disturbances.
* *
I see that the Interfraternity Council
has decreed that frat houses will not
this year observe the time-honored custom
of decorating the frat houses for
homecoming. The money will instead
be used for "some more worthwhile
purpose, probably for entertaining the
visitors here for Homecoming Day."
It seems to me that this is illogical.
With all Auburn decorated, an air of
festivity has in past years been a direct
result of this decorating. Just what
more worthwhile purpose will be found?
And will the frats donate the money
which would have been used for decorating
to a common fund to sponsor
some big event, or will each frat search
for its own more worthwhile purpose?
This should be the biggest homecoming
that Auburn has ever had. Auburn
should be on parade, and parade carries
with it the idea of dressing for the
part. Old Auburn men remember former
homecomings. They, who have made
this one possible, will compare it with
others they have taken part in.
Won't they find something lacking?
Won't they miss all of the carnival atmosphere
of homecomings when the
opponent was Spring Hill or Wofford.
This year, with a real headline attraction,
shouldn't we put on a better show
than ever?
I'm not familiar with the exact cost
of decorations, or with the method
which is to be used to unite these funds-to
put on something really big, but I
would like to know just what will be
done with this money?
I haven't had a chance to read it, but
' I have been informed by a well-meaning
friend that one Mr. John Eli Ivey
combined his usual faculties for misinterpretation
and misrepresentation to
deliver some very scathing invective
concerning my idea of student capabilities
here in Auburn.
Mr. Ivey excellently backtracked after
thoroughly wash-boarding my statements
concerning our ability to judge
better men than ourselves (After all,
even God waits until the end of the
world to pass judgment upon us.) by
referring to the college, and, I infer, to
Auburn in general, as the "local junk
yard." If that is Mr. Ivey's honest picture
of Auburn and the college, he does
well to confine his remarks to off-campus
material. If he thinks student
problems and affairs are beneath the
consideration of intelligent students
and, necessarily, writers, intelligent or
not, his actions are altogether correct,
as far as he is personally concerned.
But, I find it rather hard to believe
that he thinks this, in view of his recent
very excellent discussion of the
need for a dean of men here at Auburn.
That article was good because
he knew something about his subject.
His Lindberghian dissertation can base
no claims to fame upon this important
phas,e, at least.
I believe that national and international
questions are and should be of
greatest interest to us, but, I believe
that our part is to discuss and question,
not to take dogmatic stands because we
think that we are as well informed as
anyone who may challenge us.
* * *
The planning board has allotted the
ground; the president has sanctioned
the plan. All of which leads one to believe
that Aubulrn will at last have
some tennis courts to be proud of.
Alpha Phi Omega, national service
fraternity, deserves a world of credit
for having had the courage to take up
where others have made such ignoble
failures. The organizations, civic and
campus, which are helping, deserve unstinted
praise also. There's been a lot
of work done, and there's a lot left to
be done. The result will be something
to record proudly in big black capitals
in the annals of every organization participating.
* * * *
"And," says Carrie, the Campus Comforter,
"say what you will about big
engineering or business opening for the
college graduate, it's still the home ec
gals who land the best jobs. Even if
they get fired, they get alimony!"
November 14, 1939 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
UP IN SOCIETY
By EMMA NELL PARRISH
Gibson-Rush Marriage
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Gibson of Tunica, Miss., have announced the
wedding of their daughter, Lucile, to William E. Rush, Jr., the marriage
having taking place in Birmingham on October 28. Mrs. Rush
is a junior in interior decoration and a charter member of Decor,
interior decoration society. The groom is a senior in architecture and
a member of Scarab and of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
The couple was entertained Thursday
evening in Smith Hall at a suprise party
given by Decor. Climax of the evening was
the presentation of an electric percolator
and luster ware cups and saucers to the
bride and groom. In addition to Mr. and
Mrs. Rush those present were Christine
Blackburn, Margaret Harrison, Louise
Hayes, Sue Quattlebaum, Marie Hodges,
Sarah Mason, Janie Carter, Ruth Stelzen-muller,
Verna Jack, Parker Narrows, Joe
Lacey, Henry Stahmer, Jimmy Armistead,
Richard Waldrop, and Carlton Noblin.
A surprise party by Scarab and a
buffet supper by Lambda Chi were also given for the couple last week.
* * *
ALT Party and Pledging
Alpha Lambda Tau entertained pledges, rushees, and dates with
an informal dance last week.
Following the dance Warren Morris and Jesse L. Jordan, Jr. were
formally initiated and Fred Curtis, Landy Little, Edward Lett, Turner
Kronfield, Ralph Stanford, Thomas Emery, Robert Mitchell, and Roy
Frank Clayton were pledged in the formal ceremony of the fraternity.
* * *
Delta Zeta-Delta Sigma Phi Open House
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Grimes held open house Sunday afternoon
from 4:00 to 5:00 for members of Zeta Delta sorority and Delta Sigma
Phi fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Grimes; Dorothy
Hurst, president of Zeta Delta; and
Winfrey Boyd, president of Delta Sigma
Phi, greeted the guests at the door.
Also entertaining the Delta Zeta's and
dates last week were Mr. and Mrs. Evans
Young, at whose home the group enjoyed
an evening round an open fire.
* * *
Tamplin-Tanner Marriage
Mrs. John M. Tamplin of Auburn announces the marriage of her
daughter, Margaret Frances, to Wiley Drexel Tanner of Dora. The
ceremony took place on November 10.
Miss Tamplin is a senior in business administration. They will reside
in Auburn and both will continue their studies at API.
Auburn Crad Sent
To Kelly Field
Hoyt A. Jolly, Jr., former API
student and son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hoyt A. Jolly of Auburn, was
transferred Nov. 9 from the preliminary
training base at the Dallas
Aviation School in Dallas,
Tex., to Randolph Field at San
Antonio, Tex. Mr. Jolly is a member
of the flying cadet corps of
the U. S. Army.
He graduated from Auburn last
May.
Of the original 58 cadets, Jolly
is one of the 38 who have successfully
completed their courses at
the Dallas school, one of the nine
civilian schools recently designated
by the Secretary of War as
training bases for the flying
cadets. Upon the completion of
his three-months' training course
at Randolph Field, he will pursue
his studies at Kelly Field, and
conclude his training with a U. S.
Army tactical unit.
STUDENT CENTER
ATTRACTS CROWDS
Success of the Student Center's
new plan of staying open at
night far exceeded expectations
last week as students thronged
the Center every night. Crowds
of 100, 150 and up gathered to
dance and enjoy the other facilities
of the recreation hall, according
to Mrs. Rena Jolly, chaperon.
Tuesday the FFA and FHA
gathered in the Center for a joint
social.
Plans are now being discussed
by the Executive Cabinet to have
a formal opening in the near future,
but no definite decision has
been made as yet.
There is no admission charge to
the Center, the only costs being
for the nickelodeon and for refreshments
which may be obtained
from the coca-cola machine.
Early reports indicate that the
U.- S. college student population
this year will be only approximately
one per cent higher than
last year.
In olden times, Union College
professors were entitled to pastures
where their cows could
graze.
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MISS JEAN COSTINE of Lakeland,
Fla., who will lead the Pi
K A dance Saturday night with
Julian Myrick.
Pi Kappa Alpha
Plans For Week-
End Festivities
T h r e e Different Auburn
O r c h e s t r a s t o P l a y for
Dances on S a t u r d ay
Upsilon chapter of Pi Kappa
Alpha fraternity will hold its annual
house party and fall formal
dance this week-end.
The activities will begin Friday
afternoon with a steak fry at
Wright's Mill followed by a house
dance that night. The chapter will
be host at three dances Saturday
at which the music will be furnished
by the three Auburn orchestras.
The morning dance from 11:00
to 1:00 will be at the Student
Center with the Auburn Plainsmen
furnishing the music. The tea
dance from 4:00 to 6:00 and the
night dance from 9:00 to 12:00
will be at Graves Center. The Auburn
Collegians will play in the
afternoon and the Auburn Knights
at the evening dance.
The Pi K A lead-out Saturday
night will be led by Miss Evelyn
Costine, of Lakeland, Fla., escorted
by Julian Myrick, president
of the chapter.
The chapter will have its annual
banquet between the tea and
the night dance.
The chapter will have a house
party for the out-of-town girls attending.
A buffet supper will be
served at the chapter house following
the Saturday night dance.
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Tiger Cubs Dedicate Stadium Properly
With 10-0 Victory Over Georgia Tech.
Close Season With
Win Over W e a k Squad
A 10-0 triumph for Auburn's
frosh eleven over the Georgia
Tech Baby Jackets Friday christened
Auburn's new football stadium
and playing field that will
be dedicated when the Auburn
and Florida varsity outfits hook
up in a ranking Southeastern Conference
struggle on Alabama's
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov.
30.
The win completed Auburn's
three-game campaign for 1939.
The Tiger Cubs of Coach Bat Mc-
Collum licked Florida, 13-2, in
their other league scrap of the
season and were tied by Mercer,
12-12, in their first two tilts of
the year.
Inferior punting kept Tech in
the hole all during the first half
and the losers failed to enter Auburn
territory a single time during
the initial 30 minutes of action
and also did not chalk up a first
down. Auburn was off to a flying
start and, after looking at payoff
dirt three times, scored a
touchdown in the introductory
period and a field goal in the next
chapter.
A pass from Monk Gafford to
Fred Hurst was good for 21-yards
and the victor's touchdown. Jack
Smith place-kicked for the extra
point and also scored a field goal
from the 19 in the second quarter.
The Cubs touchdown drive
was launched on Tech's 35.
Tech was a much stronger team
in the second half, but was matched
on both the offense and defense
by the local frosh, who registered
14 first downs to five for
Tech, gained 220 yards by rushing
against 100, completed five
of 17 passes for 83 yards against
two completions for an unimpressive
Tech outfit that picked up
26 yards.
Leading Auburn's offensive
charge were Halfback Monk Gafford,
of Fort Deposit, and Full-
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Dr. Allison to
Speak to Chemists
Dr. Fred Allison, head of the
physics department, will address
the Auburn Chemical Society on
"the Magneto-Optical Method" tonight
at 7:00 in Ross 203. The
public is invited.
Dr. Allison is the discoverer of
the magneto-optic method of analysis,
which he discovered accidentally
while conducting an investigation.
He found by using the
speed of electricity in a wire as
a measuring agent that different
elements give different time lags.
In this way two new elements,
Virginium and Alabamine, have
been identified. This method not
being recognized, it is still controversial,
but several schools
have installed the apparatus and
are obtaining similar results. Dr.
Allison will explain his set-up during
the lecture.
A short meeting of the Auburn
Chemical Society will take place
after the address.
Rules from the 1860 student
handbook of Westminster College
that make us glad we're collegians
in 1939: "Attendance on circuses
is not allowed, and students are
never allowed to be on the streets
nor in the stores, about town, except
on business, which is to be
promptly attended to; nor to be
away from their own rooms, except
at appropriate times for recreation
in some inoffensive and
honorable manner."
The University of North Dakota
has nine student cheerleaders.
SERGE JAROFF, director of
the Don Cossock Chorus, appearing
here on Nov. 23.
back Jim Reynolds, of LaGrange,
Ga. Shining lights for Tech,
which, like Auburn, failed to take
advantage of several scoring
chances in the last two stanzas,
largely because of miscueing, in
the backfield were Halfback Sheldon
and Kuhn.
Neither team flashed any sensations
in the line, but Auburn's
starting forewall of Hurst, Mon-sees,
McClurkin, Lawless, Knight,
Maddox and Williams won lots of
praise as a unit.
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IN five universities, eight selected college
graduates are doing research work in
electricity, physics, and chemistry, aided by
Charles A. Coffin Foundation Fellowships.
As undergraduates these men attended the
U. of Cincinnati, Johns Hopkins, College of
the City of New York, U. of Washington,
Oberlin.Columbia, Muhlenberg, and Denison.
These awards are gran ted annually by General
Electric in honor of the Company's founder
and first president—Charles A. Coffin. Several
previous recipients have attained national,
and even international fame; one, Dr.
Carl D. Anderson, received the Nobel
Award in Physics—-probably the outstanding
recognition for scientific achievement.
The committee of three distinguished men
who will make next year's awards is composed
of: J. H. VanVleck, representing the
National Academy of Sciences; Olin J.
Ferguson, representing the Society for the
Promotion of Engineering Education; and
F. Malcolm Farmer, representing the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers. Applications
for the 1940 fellowships are now
being distributed to colleges and universities.
They must be completed and returned
to the Secretary of the Charles A.
Coffin Foundation, Schenectady, N. Y.,
before January 15, 1940.
SNOW CRUISER
WHEN it comes to dignity, Antarctica's
penguins, with their permanent tail
coats and stiff shirts, are right in the front
row. But their dignity is due for a shock. A
"snow cruiser" will soon be rolling across the
penguins' icy front yard,-'
Putting it mildly, this cruiser is quite different
from the locomotives, trolley coaches,
and other vehicles that G-E engineers help
to build or equip. But these engineers weren't
the least perturbed when called upon to
design electric equipment for the strange
conveyance. Four G-E traction motors,
generators for the two 150-hp diesel engines,
and complete control equipment were
installed.
Designed by the staff of the Research Foundation
of the Armour Institute of Technology
for use by the Government during the U. S.
Antarctic Service under Rear Admiral
Byrd, the cruiser is so built that it will
crawl over crevasses 15 feet wide. The
vehicle, constructed by the Pullman-Standard
Car Mfg. Co., is 55 feet long and will
weigh 75,000 pounds when fully loaded. Ten-foot
pneumatic tires support the four wheels.
A five-passenger airplane is carried on top.
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN November 14, 1939
Collegians Believe In Unlimited Scope
For Editorials Of College Newspapers
M a j o r i t y of A l m o s t T wo
T o O n e O p p o s e L i m i t a t i on
Nearly two thirds of the vast
army of students who read more
than 850 colleges and university
newspaper believe that their publications
should not limit their
editorial comment to campus problems,
but should also take up matt
e r s of national and international
importance.
This is the result of a national
poll just taken by the Student
Opinion Surveys of America, the
college newspaper's public opinion
news service that weekly reports
surveys taken by means of
mathematical s a m p l i n g s . The
Plainsman is a cooperating member,
aiding in conducting interviews
on the Auburn campus,
which is one of the key polling
institutions from coast to coast.
This sentiment, although well
turned toward the positive side,
is not a dictate from the readers
to the problem. Readers of large
university papers such as the Minnesota
Daily or the Michigan
Daily are almost unanimous in
their belief that editorial stands
should not be limited. But in
small schools, where papers do
not carry wire news of world happenings
and campus problems are
more intimately felt, student bodies
in some instances voted to
keep the editorial page strictly to
their own affairs.
Section - by - section reports to
the question, "Should college
newspapers limit their editorial
stands to campus problems, or
should they discuss national and
international questions also?" are,
in percentages:
Camp- Ntl.
us etc.
New England 32 68
Middle Atlantic 41 59
East Central 34 66
West Central 33 67
South 33 67
Par West 40 60
National 36 64
A good summary of opinion as
found on many campuses was explained
by Dan Kasel, interviewer
for the Campus Collegian at the
University of Toledo, in these
words: "A great many students,
although wishing other than college
problems discussed, feel that
the editorial department of their
papers should contain a greater
amount of campus material. City
newspapers, they say, is the place
for other affairs."
NYA Students
Continued from page 1
dents have a scholastic average
above t h a t for the entire school as
a whole.
Among the many different types
of work done are included the following
:
Construction, repair, and remodeling
of buildings and apparatus,
maintenance of grounds and buildings,
clerical assistance, library
service, reproduction work, such as
mimeographing, departmental services,
assisting in laboratories,
home economics school, recreational
assistance, arts and crafts, shop
work, making of posters, arranging
displays, serving as dormitory
hostesses.
Experience acquired by students
doing NYA work is often valuable
to them when they are applying
for jobs after receiving their diplomas.
They are likely to get jobs
doing work very similar to that
done in college.
In addition to the Student Aid
Program, there is also a NYA Resident
Project here. This is composed
of 18 boys and 16 girls each
working an average of 70 hours a
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An exhibit of unusual interest
is on display this week in the
library of the School of Architecture
and Allied Arts.
The exhibit consists of nearly
a hundred large samples of modern
and period fabrics. The wide
variety of yarns, colors, and text
u r e s shows the diversified products
of both domestic and European
looms. Many pieces are exclusive
importations of New York
jobbers and are not usually seen
by the public at large.
Some of the pieces are contemporary
copies of antique silk damasks
and brocades, Renaissance
velvets, and delicate Louis XV
patterns. Many show the boldness
of our modern designers and their
ability with texture combinations.
The modern designs feature cotton
yarn and the synthetic fibers
now in general use.
The fabrics were selected in
New York by Prof. S. W. Little
and will become a part of the permanent
sample file for the use of
students in Interior Decoration.
For the convenience of those in
Auburn who are interested in
viewing the exhibit, each sample
will have a t a g showing its origin
and quality. The public is invited
during the regular hours of the
Architectural Library.
Tau Kappa Alpha
Continued from page 1
James MacBroom, Richard Bjur-berg,
Nick Nichols, John Ivey,
Charles Dubberley, and Kirk Newell,
were tapped for the fraternit
y on November 6. Prof. W.
Flanary will be initiated as an
honorary member of the fraternity.
Cups and keys will be awarded
to winners of last year's intramural
debate tourney and this
year's i n t e r f r a t e r n i t y tournament.
The cup for the winning fratern
i ty team will be presented to E.
D. Taylor and E. W. Wadsworth
of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
month. These live on a cooperative
basis, with the girls doing the cooking
and other similar tasks and the
boys doing the heavy work.
DEBATE TOURNEY
ENDS IN DEADLOCK
T i e B e t w e e n T w o T e a ms
T o B e R u n o f f T o n i g ht
The freshman debate tournament
sponsored by Tau Kappa Alpha
ended in a draw between the
girl's t e am of Wynona Parker and
Merle Woodard upholding the
negative side of the question and
the opposing team of John Scott
and Ted McKenzie, debating the
affirmative side.
The run-off of the freshman
tournament will take place tonight
in Room 4 of the " L " building.
The question being debated is
"Resolved: that the railroads
should be taken over by the government."
The first round of the Varsity
debate tournament began Wednesday
night when Kirk Newell
and Juliam Myrick, affirmative,
debated Jesse Porter and Owen
Reeder, on the negative side. The
question "Resolved: that the United
States should follow a policy
of strict isolation, both economic
and military, toward all nations
outside the Western hemisphere
engaged in armed or civil conflict."
The team of William Boggs and
J. T. Wheeler upholding the affirmative
side met Harold Sutton
and Martin Wender, negative side,
in the second of the varsity debates
Thursday night. No results
of the debates will be announced
until the tournament is completed.
All students and faculty members
are invited to attend the debates
held in Room 4 of the " L " building.
"No. 1 Dodo Boy" is the new
t i t le of Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom,
actor-fighter-night club operator.
He has been voted this new honor
by the University of Southern
California chapter of Alpha Gamma
Delta because "he is the one
actor in the film industry with
whom we positively would not
wish to be stranded on a desert
island."
Brown University will this year
begin publication of "Mathematical
Reviews," an international
journal on mathematics.
T e m p l e University gridders
have names for their plays, instead
of using numbers.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers. Wednesday & T h u r s d ay
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The Fuzzy-Wuzzies, Kipling's
"first-class fighting fellows," are
presented in top form in Alexander
Korda's all-color film of the
Sudan, "Four Feathers," which is
slated for its premiere showing at
t h e Tiger Theatre on Wednesday
and Thursday. Directed by Zol-t
a n Korda, "Four Feathers" depicts
the dramatic story of Harry
Faversham who redeems himself
by a series of daredevil adventures
during Kitchener's campaign
in the Sudan, after his closest
"friends and the girl he is engaged
to marry dub him a coward by
sending four white feathers.
As is well known, the Fuzzy-
Wuzzies a r e wild, independent
men, tall, beautifully proportioned
and extremely brave. When
several hundred of them were hired,
thru proper official channels,
to appear in "Four Feathers",
they travelled by rail to the spot
where the Korda brothers had established
a huge location camp on
the banks of the Nile. When they
arrived at the nearest depot they
refused to get out of their trains
until they had finished the war
song they were singing.
In the film, they fight with the
Dervishes against the British and
some of the men in the English
Regiments did not relish the idea
of being charged by a crowd of
fighters as wild and mad as they
looked. To overcome this fear, the
zareba, a stockade of prickly
brushwood, was reinforced and
strengthened on the side of the
British.
During the scene in which the
Fuzzy-Wuzzies took part, it seemed
that some of them had been
slightly scorched by the wads fired
from the blank cartridges. So
one giant of a man, who decided
to avenge the insult, threw .a
spear which drew blood. When the
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Frosh Election
Continued from page 1
Chairman Watters explained
that in connection with the first
rule mentioned above, no candidate
nor his supporters may loiter
around the polls, nor the outside
of the Student Center, during
the day. Vote soliciting may not
be carried on in the vicinity of
the polls.
ROTC Notice
Due to the excellence of the performance
of the Corps of Cadets
in the Birmingham Parade and of
the appearance and behavior of
the men at all times, drill this
morning was cancelled.
To aid in eliminating fumbles,
University of Illinois gridders
wear jersies that have strips of
"stickum" cloth sewed on.
Found: A wallet on second
t r a in returning from Birmingham.
Owner see C. W. Pittman at 423
W. Magnolia.
To the members of the ROTC:
I have received many compliments
on the parade of the Corps
of Cadets in Birmingham. The
credit belongs to the men in the
ROTC. I am proud to be associated
with men who attend API and
who take such pride in the college
they attend.
John J. Waterman,
Colonel, F.A.,
P.M.S. & T.
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