1940-02-06 The Auburn Plainsman

              Greystoke,
Langdon Hall, 8:15 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Sadie Hawkins Day,
Coming Up
VOL. LXIII z-i ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FEBRUARY 6, 1940 No. 37
Players Present
'RUR' Wednesday
And Thursday
The Auburn Players, student
dramatics group directed by Prof.
Telfair Peet, will present the well-known
melodrama "RUR" by
Karel Capek Wednesday and
Thursday nights, on Langdon Hall
stage, as their second play of the
current school year.
The performance is scheduled
to begin at 8:15 o'clock. Students
will be admitted by presenting
their activity books at the door;
admission for others will be 25
cents. Mary Carmack is to serve
as house manager, assisted by
Dawson Mullen, Claudia Wein-mann,
and J. H. Wheeler.
Satirical and often cynical in
its tone, "RUR" pictures the ex­tinction
of humanity by a race of
robots brought to life in a man
factory, created by a brilliant
scientist on a remote island, where
the settings for the play are laid.
Jane Smith, senior in science
and literature, is cast as Helena
Glory, humanitarian women's lea­guer
who comes to the island to
set the robots free and remains
to marry the manager of the fac­tory,
Harry Domin (Laban C.
Smith), and witnesses the final
triumph of the robots over men.
Other characters in the drama
include Hallemeier (Lem Edmon­son),
Alquist (Warren Bridges),
Gall (Robert Corman), Fabry (T.
A. Hughes), and Busman (O. Mar­tin
Holland), all members of the
technical staff of the "Rossum's
Universal Robots" factory; Sulla,
a robotess (Amy Drake); Radius,
robot (Joseph Maurer); Marius,
another robot (Ellis Snead);
Nana, maid to Helena Glory
(Helen Mae Holt), and three ro­bots
with walk-on parts (Richard
Hall, F. M. Speake, Julian Bras-well).
In the course of the play, a
manuscript containing the secret
formula for making mechanical
men is destroyed, and in the
fourth-act "epilogue", Alquist, the
last surviving member of the hu­man
race, is shown trying vainly
to rediscover the process. The ro­bots
have purposely been made
sterile, and it appears that within
a few years all robots as well as
men will have perished. However,
the last part of the play intro­duces
a robot and robotess, Prim­us
(Arthur Elsberry), and Helena
(Sue Millirons), who have all the
attributes of humans and are left
to create a new order of men.
Production staff for "RUR" in­cludes
James 0. Reynolds, stage
manager; Sarah Green, prompter;
Sara Lee Banks, electrician; Allen
Odom, assistant electrician; What-ley
Carlisle, sound technician;
Nancy Eagar, manager of proper­ties;
and Martha Daily, properties
assistant.
The play has three different
stage sets and will take place on
a stage recently improved by the
addition of a number of overhead
loft blocks from which various
pieces of scenery may be suspend­ed.
GEORGE HILLER, president of
the Interfraternity Council. The
Council passed its plans for this
year's Parents' Day last night.
Ruth Owen Rohde
To Speak May 5
Ex Minister to Denmark
To Dedicate Quadrangle
Announcement was made at the
monthly Interfraternity Council
meeting last night that Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owen Rohde, former U. S.
minister to Denmark, had accept­ed
an invitation to speak at the
dedication ceremonies for the new
Women's Quadrangle on May 3.
The council decided to set Sun­day,
May 5, as Parents' Day, and
made plans to send every Auburn
student's parents an invitation to
visit API on this occasion. Julian
Myrick, chairman of the commit­tee
in charge of arrangements,
said that complete plans for Par­ents'
Day and the dedication of
the quadrangle would be released
early in April.
John Ivey, president of the Ex­ecutive
Cabinet, announced that
the Cabinet's plans for the aboli­tion
of cheating would be present­ed
to the Interfraternity Council
for approval early next week.
George Hiller, Council head, ap­pointed
Ted Wright, SPE, as chair­man
of the Athletic Committee to
replace Bill Campbell, who did not
return to school this semester.
Johnny Davis was appointed di­rector
of publicity for the Inter­fraternity
Ball to be held Feb. 23.
Hiller announced that a meet­ing
of the financial officers of
each fraternity would be held
Wednesday night to discuss co­operative
buying of supplies for
the various frats.
Sadie Hawkins
Week-End Schedule
Thursday:
11:30—AH girls meet. Dining
hall at Coed Quadrangle.
11:45 — Grand opening man­hunt.
Night—Drug store dates.
Friday:
Morning—Drug store dates.
Night—After Sarg's Marionet­tes—
country store party, Student
Center. Also midnight show.
Saturday:
9:00 p.m.—Girl-break dance.
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Some Change in the present serious cheating situa­tion
was proposed last night by a
meeting of more than 50 presidents of campus organiza­tions.
They blamed administration of exams, lack of know­ledge
of regulations, and dishonesty on the part of stu­dents
for the prevalence of cheating. See column 3.
Dnknfc wil1 b e t h e c e n t e r °* interest when Capek's
KUDOlj "RUR" is presented by the Auburn Players to­morrow
and Thursday nights at 8:15 in Langdon Hall.
See column 1.
PrAwrfnl/A master magician, will be presented by Al-wrCySTORCf
pha Phi Omega tonight in Langdon Hall
at 8:15. Entre, two bits. See Column 4.
The All-Star interfraternity touch football team was
at last named this week, dominated by
the champion SAE's and the Sigma Nu's. See page 4.
Organization Presidents Censure
Cheating in Session Last Night
Problem Considered
At Other Meetings
Plainsmen Meet Hold Yore Hats Boys! Sadie Hawkins Day
Jackets Tonight Is On The Way And The Gals Do the Asking
Exam Administration, Ignorance of
Rules, Student Dishonesty, All Hit
Uncertain of which way to turn but firm in their be­lief
that some change must be made, more than 50 presi­dents
of campus organizations met in Samford Hall last
night to discuss Auburn's cheating situation.
Earlier yesterday two other groups had already met
and studied the Cabinet's anti-cheating drive. Cribbing and
its abolishment was the subject for consideration at a joint
ODK-Blue Key meeting at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and the Interfraternity Council — ^ ^ ^ — — ^ — ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^—
held a similar discussion at its
monthly meeting from 7 to 8 last
night. The meeting of presidents
convened at 8.
With John Ivey, Jr., president
of the Executive Cabinet, presid­ing,
the meeting was turned into
an open forum and students open­ly
aired their views on the cheat­ing
question.
Keynote of the session was the
group's almost unanimous agree-'
ment that cheating arose from
three principal causes: crowded
classrooms and administration of
examinations, student ignorance
of cheating regulations, and dis­honesty
of the students themselves.
Several engineering students
cited reputed examples of quizzes
on which, they said, students used
books illegally, apparently with the
professor's knowledge, because of
the exams being too difficult for
even the best students to pass
without use of textbooks.
Also brought up were numerous
other examples of exam adminis­tration,
the matter %f overly large
classes, and too heavy student
loads.
Executive Secretary R a l ph
Draughon was present and spoke
several times but asked that he
not be quoted.
Among students who spoke were
Dawson Mullen, president of the
Engineering Council, Bill Carroll,
YMCA; Earl Gardner, BSU; Julian
Myrick, Pi K A; Marshall Hooper,
KA; Ruth Miller, KD and Pan-
Hellenic Council; George Hiller,
Interfraternity Council; George
McFaden, FPA; Betty Showalter,
IRC and Sphinx; Ed Keith, AIEE.
Before the discussion opened
Ivey made clear to the group that
the Cabinet was not trying to
establish an honor system but was
simply working for a means to
stop cheating.
Greystoke Will
Perform Tonight
Performance Set for
8 : 1 5 at Langdon Hall
Greystoke, famous sleight-of-hand
artist, will be presented in
Langdon Hall tonight at 8:15
o'clock under the auspices of Al­pha
Phi Omega, national honorary
scouting fraternity.
Greystoke's present tour is his
twentieth in as many years. He
has toured 40 states and parts of
Canada and Mexico, mystifying
every audience. The magician has
performed for two presidents of
the United States and was form­erly
with the Red Path Chautau­qua.
In a telegram received here
by Alpha Phi Omega, Greystoke
states that he specializes in psy­chic
effects and that the majority
of his illusions are original with
him.
Perhaps his best reference is
the fact that at a recent conven­tion
of 500 professional magicians
in Columbus, Ohio he received the
first prize for mystifying the en­tire
convention.
The magician comes to Auburn
direct from a performance in Co­lumbus,
Ga., where his audience
was said to be most enthusiastic.
Admission to the show will be
25 cents.
is the slo­'
Your Man at Your Own Expense' gan of the
WAA, which is sponsoring not one but three Sadie Haw­kins
Days on the Auburn campus. They begin Thursday
morning, end Saturday night with the girl-tag dance.
See column 7.
RULES BOOK TO
BE DISTRIBUTED
TO API STUDENTS
A handbook of college rules and
regulations will be distributed
next week to the entire student
body, according to Ralph Draugh­on,
executive secretary, who ex­plained
the contents and purpose
of the booklets yesterday.
Of especial interest is the fact
that the booklet contains a com­plete
list of rules concerning new
health regulations.
The booklet is divided into sev­eral
sections and contains all rules
and regulations concerning indi­vidual
students in college. For ex­ample,
one section concerns regis­tration
and grades, relating to
regulations concerning the regis­trar's
office. Another section
deals with the accountant's office
and the payment of all fees. A
third section contains rules gov­erning
student load and class at­tendance.
The front inside cover contains
a calendar for the rest of this
year for each class in which the
student is enrolled, included so
that the student may keep up with
the number of cuts he has taken in
each course.
The exact method of distribut­ing
the booklets has not been de­cided
yet, but they will be deliver­ed
to all students some time next
week, probably.
Ex API Star Made
Ramsay Head Coach
Hank Chrietzburg, former Au­burn
grid star, who manned the
center post on the Tigers famous
1932 SEC championship team,
last week accepted the position of
head football coach and athletic
director at Ramsay High School
in Birmingham.
He moved up from his position
as co-coach at the West End (Bir­mingham)
High School, where he
made an enviable record, to take
over the post Bill "Cannonball"
White vacated.
Chrietzburg's younger brother,
Abb, is slated to follow in his
brother's footsteps and take over
Auburn's No. 1 center post next
fall.
Prominent Alumnus
Dies in Opelika
Friends in Auburn and Opelika
were saddened by the death of
Forney Renfro, Sr., 55, Auburn
graduate and prominent citizen of
Opelika, who passed away at his
home there Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Renfro died shortly after he
was stricken with a heart attack.
Funeral services were held Sat­urday
morning at 10 o'clock at the
Trinity Methodist Church.
Mr. Renfro was a graduate in
1908 in mining engineering and a
resident of Opelika all his life. He
was actively interested in the
business, religious, and civic af­fairs
of Opelika, and he held vari­ous
offices of honor.
In recognition of hi§ services,
the schools of Opelika flew their
flags at half mast, the First Na­tional
Bank was closed the day of
his death, and all banks of the
city were closed during the hour
of the funeral.
In Atlanta, Ga.
Young Tiger Team and
Foe are Rated Equal;
Both are Inexperienced
Ralph Jordan's fast improving
cage quintet, barely edged 32-28
Saturday night by perhaps the
best team they have faced this
year, Georgia, will face the Yel­low
Jackets of Georgia Tech to­night
in Atlanta.
The Jackets are fresh from a
thrilling 34-33 victory over LSU
Friday night in Baton Rouge when
Captain Walter Haymans threw in
a haymaker in the last 10 sec­onds
to floor the Purple Tigers,
and the men from the flats will
be hungry for more Tiger meat
tonight.
Carlton Lewis, sure-shot for­ward,
will lead the Jackets' at­tack
along with Johnson and
Hughes.
Shag Hawkins, improving con­stantly
and high point man for
the Tigers in the Georgia game,
is expected to continue his stellar
play and Frank Manci, who led
SEC scorers for several weeks,
should jump back into the lime­light
after being held to but three
points in Saturday's contest.
Bob Dickinson and J. P. Street-man
will also bolster the offense,
while John Huff and Ray Gibson
will do defensive duty. Others
given a chance to show are Billy
Fleming, and Jack Tanner.
Lineup—
SOIL OFFICIAL
TO LECTURE TO
AC CLUB TONIGHT
Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk, as­sistant
chief of the Soil Conser­vation
Service from Washington,
D. C, will give an illustrated lec­ture
on the effects of erosion on
civilization in Europe and other
Mediterranean countries before
the Ag Club tomorrow night at
8 p.m. in the new studio-audi­torium
in Duncan Hall. All towns­people
and interested students
have been invited to attend.
Dr. Lowdermilk has spent a
year and a half in Europe, espec­ially
in countries bordering the
Mediterranean, collecting data,
making photographs, and making
a thorough study and analysis of
the effects of erosion in these
countries. He has also spent some
time in studying effective meth­ods
for the control and preven­tion
of erosion.
Auburn
Manci
Streetman
Hawkins
Huff
Gibson
F
F
C
G
G
Tech
Johnson
Lewis
Webb
Hughes
Burroughs
Whatley Returns to
Fight for the Post
He Vacated in 1938
Second semester registration
marked the return to school of
Stancil Whatley, sophomore star
end, and his subsequent return to
the gridiron.
Whatley, who left the team in
mid-season of 1938 alon g with
"Goon" Harrison, h i s fellow
flankman, was allowed the privi­lege
of competing for his old posi­tion
after being rejected last year
by Coach Meagher. He has one
more year of eligibility.
Harrison is also reenrolled in
school but played professional
football and therefore is not eli­gible
for college competition.
13 New Men Added
To Male Glee Club
Thirteen boys landed singing
posts on the Boys Glee Club dur­ing
auditions Tuesday night in the
glee club room over the Elec Lab.
Girls will have tryouts for the
Girls Glee Club Thursday after­noon
at 4:30 in the glee club prac­tice
room. Director Lawrence Bar-nett
said last night that a num­ber
of singers were needed on
both the Boys and the Girls Glee
Clubs.
The new members will be eligi­ble
for a trip this spring to several
high schools in North Alabama in
conjunction with Dr. Duncan to
advertise Auburn. On this trip
and on the other trips that the
glee club takes the school pays
all expenses.
Judge W. H. Samford
Dies In Montgomery
Judge William H. Samford,
former student at API and mem­ber
of the State Court of Appeals
for 22 years died in Montgomery
Friday following a cerebral hem­orrhage.
He was 74 years old at
the time of his death.
Judge Samford attended API
during the years 1882-83 and
1884-85. A son of Alabama's first
governor, he was born at Auburn
in 1866, and attended primary
and high school in Auburn and
Opelika. He was forced to with­draw
from API after two years of
study because of ill health.
New Members Requested For Glee Club;
Group Has Record Of Service For API
Lawrence Barnett is
Director of Club
With several public appearances
and a nationwide CBS broadcast
to their credit this year, the Au­burn
Glee Club has begun exten­sive
plans for a tour of the state,
during which they will sing be­fore
high school students and a
number of alumni groups and civic
clubs.
With a minimum number of
students singing with the Glee
Club this year, there are many
places open for students with
some vocal talent, and Prof. Law­rence
Barnett, director, has ex­pressed
a desire that the organiza­tion
be brought up to full strength
through the addition of new mem­bers.
Any student wishing to join
the Glee Club may see Mr. Bar­nett
and arrange for a tryout.
The Glee Club is frequently
called upon to represent the col­lege
on various occasions, and this
year has appeared on several im­portant
programs. The most wide­ly-
publicized of these was the re­cent
Columbia Broadcasting Sys­tem
broadcast from Birmingham
called "A Symphony of the New
South," on which program the
Glee Club appeared with Dr. L.
N. Duncan and the presidents and
glee clubs of three other outstand­ing
colleges in Alabama.
On another occasion, the vocal
group sang on the dedicatory pro­gram
for the new studio-auditor­ium
in Duncan Hall, broadcast
over the Alabama network.
Other occasions on which they
have appeared this year included
a program for the Faculty Forum,
the ODK Musical Miscellany, a
concert at West Point, Ga., and
the Alumni Day program of the
People's Bible Class in Montgom­ery.
The Glee Club meets for prac­tice
every Monday and Thursday
night at 7 o'clock in the Elec Lab
building behind the Textile Build­ing.
WAA Sponsoring Three
Days of Frolicking
As a special treat for males
hard-pressed for funds as well as
coeds unable to get dates by or­thodox
means, the Women's Ath­letic
Association has decreed
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
as "Sadie Hawkins Days" on the
Auburn campus, with a slogan of
"Your man at your expense."
"Sadie Hawkins Day" is popu­larly
supposed to have started
with a certain homely spinster of
the Kentucky hills, whose name
has become immortalized on col­lege
campuses everywhere. Tradi­tion
has it that Sadie's father, de­spairing
of finding a husband for
his ill-favored daughter, staged a
special day of "man-hunting",
during which Sadie was privileged
to wed any male of the communi­ty
luckless enough to come with­in
her clutches.
Sadie Hawkins Week-End at
Auburn will open officially Thurs­day
morning at 11:30 with a meet­ing
of all women students on the
porch of the dining hall at the
quadrangle, followed by the grand
opening man-hunt at 11:45. Girls
are to call up males for dates,
and under the rules of "Sadie
Hawkins Day" the boys must ac­cept.
As one WAA member put
it, "Just say you are Sadie, and
he's gotta come." However, the
ladies must pay.
Drugstore dates will be the ac­cepted
order for Thursday night
and Friday morning. Following
Tony Sarg's marionette show at
8 o'clock on Friday night, there
is to be a country store party at
the student center, with square
dancing, games, prizes, and re­freshments.
Admission is 10 cents
per couple.
The Tiger Theater is presenting
a midnight show Friday night.
Girls with "Sadie Hawkins" dates
can get special tickets in advance.
"Sadie Hawkins Week-End" is
scheduled to come to an end Sat­urday
night at the annual WAA
girl-break dance in Graves Cen­ter
at 9. Order of dress for the
affair is, according to WAA mem­bers,
"no ties for the men, no
stockings for the women."
DEBATERS PLAN
THREE TRIPS
First Tour Will Be
Last of This Month
Already scheduled for the Au­burn
debate team is a Mississippi-
Tennessee trip from Feb. 26 until
March 2, it was revealed today by
Prof. E. D. Hess, director of de­bate.
During this trip the team will
meet Mississippi College, Millsaps,
Mississippi State, University of
Mississippi, Union, and Birming­ham-
Southern.
From March 27 until March 29
the team will be in Georgia, where
they will debate Mercer, Univers­ity
of Georgia, and Brenau.
Among the home debates will be
ones with Emory on Feb. 24,
Florida on March 19, and Spring
Hill, April 8.
A trip into Florida has also
been tentatively arranged. Stu­dents
who will represent Auburn
on the trips have not yet been
selected but will be announced
soon, Prof. Hess said.
Generally two teams of two
men each make the trip.
Several mainstays of the de­bate
team have been lost this
year, as most of the experienced
seniors have dropped from the
squad. However, last year's fresh­man
squad contributed several
valuable men who will strengthen
the large group of juniors.
The freshman team is scheduled
to meet Lee County High School
this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
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The Auburn Spirit
THREE thousand five hundred
students are about to begin us­ing
the completed buildings of
Auburn's great expansion pro­gram.
If the appearance of the
old buildings on the campus may
be used as an indication of the
future, the new buildings are
doomed to desecration by thous­ands
of pencils a n d pocket
knives.,
The desks and walls in Sam-ford
and Broun Halls have been
irreparably marred by genera­tions
of Auburn students; fools'
names appear on public places in
every class room, and there is
hardly a desk which has not been
trenched and deeply carved. In
so new a building as Ramsay Hall
marks of the apparently inevit­able
mutilation are evident, and
the Ross Laboratory has also be­gun
to suffer.
The present student body is al­ready
enjoying the privilege of
using the new buildings, and it is
not sentimental to say that in us
is vested a responsibility not only
to ourselves but to the increasing
thousands who are to follow us.
If a tradition of respect to the
alma mater's property is born of
us, perhaps it will become firmly
entrenched to be forever a credit
to us.
Who can look upon the remod­eled
library, a dream come true,
and fail to protect its beauty and
utility? What girl can enjoy the
new dormitories and fail to re­solve
to protect them against the
drab fate of Alumni Hall? It is
the general classroom building
which will most need protection,
and if it survives the present stu­dent
body unharmed, it will be
an honor to us indeed.
If you believe in the much-vaunted
Great Auburn Spirit, or
if you simply prefer civilization
and good manners to crudeness,
by all means prove your belief
and cherish this rejuvenated Au­burn—
save it from premature old
age and infirmity. R.S.
Canada Demonstrates
Cooperation
ON THE eastern tip of the Nova
Scotian mainland of Canada is
situated the little town of An-tigonish,
the home of St. Francis
Xavier University. This universi­ty
is only a small institution with
an enrollment of slightly more
than 300, but all Canada eyes it,
for it is the scene of an unusual
experiment.
As far back as 25 years ago
members of the St. Francis Xa­vier
staff became interested in
solving the problems of the peo­ple
of the surrounding communi­ty
and turned to adult education
for a means. Following the em­bryonic
efforts of these staff
members, the college opened a
department to carry on in a
scientific way the education of
the adult population of eastern
Canada.
St. Francis' technique, known
as the Antigonish Movement, is
based on the mobilization of the
people for the study of the prob­lems
that they face. Mass meet­ings
are held, where the need
for study of the facts in a situa­tion
is made clear to them. Par­ticipants
are then organized into
little groups of five to 10 mem­bers
who meet regularly to dis­cuss
their problems and consider
the successes or failures of their
study. These small groups, known
as study clubs, are supplied with
material from the St. Francis ex­tension
department and from
traveling libraries.
The Antigonish Movement has
as its basis a belief that educa­tion's
primary function is that of
enabling men and women to live
in the broadest sense of the word.
And it operates with the know­ledge
that the ordinary person
may soon tire of academic learn­ing,
but his interests will be much
broader in exploring the possi­bilities
of bettering his economic
position. Hence, the Antigonish
Movement insists on beginning at
the economic end.
Today there are more than 1,-
,000 study clubs in eastern Nova
Scotia alone, not to mention those
in the other Maritime Provinces
a n d Newfoundland. Approxi­mately
30,000 people are taking
part in the movement, and indi­cations
are that the number will
soon reach 100,000. In that part
of Canada, the downtrodden at­titude
of the common man has
gone, and in its place is a vision
of a better order of things.
The world can build a great
many castles, and not all of them
dream palaces, through coopera­tion.
Whether it be in adult edu­cation
or in some other field, co­operation
among those who have
never before worked together
may bring more of a fruitful life
to the common man who has been
denied it before.
Campus Key Janglers
ONE OF the Auburn student
body's worst characteristics is
its frequent unjustified criticism
of the "key janglers" and the
"big shots" of the campus. Gen­erally
an analysis of an "honor
man" is based on criticism for
criticism's sake, seldom on the
man himself. In a majority of
cases the nasty, little remarks
find their origin in the envy of a
man who has done little for a
man who has accomplished much.
The student making behind-the-
back remarks generally as­sumes
that the man who wears a
key invariably obtained it by de­vious
and nefarious ways and
that the weight of his watch
chain is the sole extent of his ac­complishments
in college.
To demonstrate how incorrect
and unfair the common assump­tion
is, examine the scholarship
records of a few of the men
known as "big shots." The presi­dents
of ODK and Blue Key, the
chairman of the Social Commit­tee,
and the Captain of Scabbard
and Blade are all among the scho­lastic
leaders of their schools, and
all four have averages well over
the 90 mark.
The business manager of the
Plainsman, the president of the
Executive Cabinet and of the In-terfraternity
Council, the editor
and the business manager of the
Glomerata, and the pep manager
all have scholastic records well
beyond the school average, most
of them crowding closely on 90.
Of the 28 members of ODK
and Blue Key, 11 have averages
above 90, several of this number
being in the very highest groups
in their schools. Of the entire 28,
only four have scholastic records
that can be called only "fair."
Most of the men between the
four lowest and the 11 highest
have four-year averages of be­tween
85 and 90.
If you want to set yourself up
as a judge of a man who is in
the public eye, a person whose
every mistake and action is open
to far more public view than
yours, t h e n at least be fair
enough to examine the record be­fore
you censure him.
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HARVARD HAS MAD THE
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The Plainsman Forum
Letters to the Editor
Plainsman Called Down for
Closing Argument
Dear Editor:
You take quite a bit upon yourself
by starting a feud and then ending it—
all by yourself. In other words, I'm de­fending
a good friend of mine who
sent in a letter in defense of Yankee
cooking. I, Arnold Wrabel, happen to
be one of those so-called dam Yankees,
and I think, unlike my friend, that the
North has the best food.
But that's not the point I want to
bring up now. The point is, that you
Southerners that take part in an argu­ment
always make sure that it gets in
the editorial section with the heavy
print, while the opposition gets small
print in some inconspicuous part of the
paper. Another point I'd like you to
remember, my dear editor, is that your
side had first say in the matter, and
the opposition should have last say —
not your friend in Hyde Park, Mass.
Personally, I thought your first ed­itorial
was so childish, I didn't even
bother to answer it. I just said to my­self,
"If that's all the junk they must
write about to fill up space, they ought
to just leave a blank and admit they
had nothing to print". But the thing
that gripes me most is the way you
try to make a fool out of someone who
tried to defend his native cooking.
As far as I'm concerned, the matter
is closed, but just remember in the fu­ture
to be cricket about issues, and
give both sides an even chance.
Very truly yours,
Arnold Wrabel
The Cheating Problem
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Editor:
I would like to borrow space in your
paper to discuss a problem that is re­ceiving
some attention on the campus
at the present time, i.e., cheating.
Since a student's only tangible re­ward
in school is his grades, and since
his reputation in school and consequent
chances of obtaining that job, position,
or responsibility after graduation that
will enable him to be better fixed than
his neighbor, is to a large extent based
on the grades made during school, it
is logical that a student wishes to make
(or at least be credited with making)
reasonably high grades.
Being like other humans, it is also
to be expected that students will slight
their work (in lesser or greater degree)
but still desire the greatest reward or
grade possibly possible, forgetting that
the position attendant on good grades
is given on the assumption that grades
are a measure of a man's ability and
that high grades represent a knowledge
of the material covered, and also for­getting
that he may be called on at
a later date to exercise this knowledge.
It is also to be expected that stu­dents,
as other people, will break laws
where the advantages so obtained out­weigh
the penalty attached, or where,
even with a harsh penalty, the chance
of being caught is negligible, specifical­ly,
the laws regarding cheating.
It follows that the way to guarantee
more fully that the grades of a certain
man are more nearly a true measure of
his ability is to prevent cheating.
If cheating is to be prevented, and
it can be prevented only by actual and
forcible means, it seems that the solu­tion
lies in catching and punishment of
the cheaters.
The present question seems to center
about whose duty it shall be to catch
and penalize the cheaters — whether
faculty or students.
The schools of the country are public
institutions with publicly paid heads
and officials for the conditions of those
members of society who demand the
training. It devolves upon the govern­ing
bodies of these institutions to see
that there is not foisted upon the pub­lic
any men who are not of the quality
represented by their grades.
Since, however, the students ulti­mately
bear the consequences of false
representation of the worth of some
of their members, it is also their prob­lem.
Since we already have the rules and
regulations necessary to control cheat­ing,
all that is necessary is for the prop­erly
constituted college authorities
(namely the faculty) to detect and re­port
all violations; and for the proper
body, after examining the merits of the
case, to mete punishment as called for
in the regulations.
If a close watch should be maintain­ed
at examinations, even if it required
the help of an assistant in large classes,
the violators would be apprehended. If
the violators, when their cases are re­viewed,
and they are found guilty,
should be given the maximum penalty,
it wouldn't take but a few "exairfples"
to instill the fear of detection and re­sults
necessary for the law enforce­ment.
Being a member of the student body,
I am in favor of retaining the present
system, if it be used efficiently, be­cause
the adoption of a student honor
system might involve me in the messy
details of reporting some of the cheat­ers.
Sincerely,
E. F. Schultz, Jr.
Suggests Change in Credit Hours
Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Ever since we started to this noble
institution we've noticed a depressing
differentiation in credit hours given
for various courses. Of course, as some
will say, we got the knowledge, so
what's the difference. But nevertheless,
it is something of a psychological hurdle
to work more for less credit than it
would be if the credit were distributed
according to the work hours required
for a course. Also, it is nothing less
than disturbing to get more credit for
a relatively useless course like history
than one gets for a very useful course
like drawing.
And it becomes more than merely de­pressing
when one realizes that one has
worked more for one hour's credit in
physics lab. than one works for 10 hours
of mathematics. In short, somebody's
slip stick went haywire when they fig­ured
up the credit in certain courses.
One of the principal departments in
which this discrepency is most notice­able
is the drawing department where­in
one and a third hours credit is given
for a four-hour lab in which the pro­fessor
must be on the job at all times,
and when the student says, "Well, I
only get such a little credit. Why should
I work so hard for it?" What can the
professor say, and this makes his job
all the harder when he realizes that
there is no answer.
Senior
There are 37,000 electrical outlets
on the University of Iowa campus.
The first All-American football team
was announced in 'Harper's Weekly."
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.
LAST year we mentioned several times
a project that on the surface seemed
highly desirable. It was brought to mind
by the plight of the
minor sports here at
Auburn. If someone
would take up the cause
it might be developed.
Due to the lack of
centralized action on
part of men partici­pating
in swimming,
polo, tennis, cross­country,
and possibly
other s u c h attrac­tions,
there has been
doHn w&y very little, if any,
support given these causes. They suf­fer
from the lack of funds and in many
cases from student support.
If the athletes taking part in these
sports would form some organization
similar to the "A" club, which is made
up of the major sport letter wearers, it
seems logical that they would be in a
position to make some strides toward
bettering their positions here on the
campus. They could not only liven in­terest
among the students, but they
could also show more tangibly the need
for financial support. These things are
thrown out as suggestions, but might
be well used if the minor sport men
are interested.
* * *
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Every day we hear reports concern­ing
the success of Finnish military
forces in their defensive war against
Russia. Although news releases do ad­mit
wide-spread destruction in Finnish
towns as results of air raids by the Soviets,
little mention is made of any losses in
man-power suffered by the Finns in
actual contact with the Russian forces.
Every release, however, carries the in­formation
of many thousands of Russ­ian
soldiers being completely routed by
Finnish attacks, but little mention con­cerning
losses to the Finns.
It does not seem possible that any
army could be so successful in such a
campaign without huge losses, especial­ly
when the Finns are reported to be
fighting chiefly with machine guns and
automatic rifles, while the Soviet army
is backed with heavy artillery. Maybe
those of us here in America are not
supposed to read about anything but
impossible military accomplishments of
the small nation in the face of over­whelming
odds.
How could an army like Russia's be
so completely impotent as it is pictured
and how could the Finns be as com­pletely
untouched as pictured?
* * *
National
The newspapers continue to laud New
Dealer Hull as being the best producer
in the Roosevelt Cabinet, in fact, some
Republicans openly admit he's done a
good job. . . . Gang-buster Dewey con­tinues
to load his cap pistols in an at­tempt
to get the Republican presiden­tial
nomination . . . clean up a few
criminals, get some nice headlines in
the newspapers, and some groups think
the receiver is timber for the White
House . . . logic? . . . The Congressional
bill for the continuance of aid to the
tenant farmer received the necessary
thumbs-down to cut off the money sup­ply
needed to give this element of farm
life a chance to hope for a decent exist­ence.
. . .
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.
IT'S NEVER too late to mention a
tribute paid Auburn. This time it re­fers
to the card displays put on at
several football games last fall. They
have been hailed from all quarters as
the best seen in the South and have
been compared favorably with those in
other parts of the nation.
Next year they are going to be even
better than those of last season. With­out
practice or previous experience the
students put over the show this year in
a big way. With a little experience al­ready
gained and possibilities for prac­tice
real at last, card-toters next year
can accomplish one more step in mak­ing
southern games rival those of the
North in color.
At lot of work has been done to make
the displays possible, and a lot more
will have to be done, but the result
should place Auburn on another "first"
list.
* * *
And now, the last and concluding
chapter which finishes "AT THE BUR­LAP
FACTORY," or "They Made a
Bag Out of Me."
6:00—You guessed it, food, but she's
too excited about the new mirrors to
eat.
6:03—Leaves dining hall, rushes to
room to look in morror.
6:30—Still looking.
6:45—Turns on hot water for bath.
Water is muddy. Takes mud bath.
Rushes out to look in mirror.
7:00—Dressing, looking in mirror.
Fancies she sees some dust on mirror,
gets towel and carefully removes imag­inary
dust.
7:10—Leaves for points unknown.
Returns a moment to cover mirror with
blanket so that no reflection will be
lost.
7:15—Signs out for library.
7:20—Walks in library, reads fun­nies,
looks at magazine cartoons, final­ly
sees date, who arrived a few mom­ents
late.
8:00—Tacit. See no evil, hear no evil,
speak no evil.
9:00—Tacit.
9:30—Still tacit. Twenty-four meas­ures
rest.
10:00—Sends date uptown for pro­visions.
Waits for him at stadium.
10:15—Picnic.
11:17—Returns to dormitory with
story about getting locked in library
and just now getting out. Story not be­lieved,
but she gets in.
11:20—Peeps at blessed mirror.
11:30—Wishes for a nickel and a
way tfo get to the Coca Cola machine.
11:45—Bull, or cow, session.
. . . and so on far, far into the night.
(The End)
* * *
Even when the temperature reaches
98 in the shade, will they still offer the
excuse of frozen pipes for cutting off
water in the WPA Hall during dances?
No doubt that doesn't hurt the Coca
Cola sales any.
And, along the same line, many stu­dents
rightfully resent the double check­ing
necessary for wraps if you step out
at intermission. It seems that some
method could be worked out whereby
pass-out stubs could be given for wraps
taken out during the dance. Overhead
expenses for the check concession sure­ly
do not warrant such charges.
This not being the University, it is
the opinion of many that everything
does not have to be so highly commer­cialized.
Forty cents is not a large sum,
and many of us spend that much and
more without worrying feverishly about
the budget, but several students have
told us that their forty cents a night
for checking coats when with a date
rubbed them the wrong way.
All agree that checking service is
needed and beneficial, but they have a
right to expect the fee to be reason­able
and the service at least fairly
speedy. As it is, students pay super-service
prices-and still stand in line
anywhere from five to 20 minutes try­ing
to get their wraps.
It doesn't make a whole lot of dif­ference
to us personally, principally be­cause
we don't go to enough dances to
really feel the sting, and we seldom
manage to secure a date when we do
go. We just don't like to see the under­privileged
oppressed.
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Konscientous
Konformer, says, "If present plans for
anti-cheating work out, Auburn, al­though
pretty far inland, will have sev­eral
well-traveled shipping lanes!"
1,000 Attending
Texas A fir M Under
Co-op Housing Plan
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS.—(A-CP)
— Twelve young men happened
upon a "haunted" house and a friend
and the result is that 1,000 young men
are attending college here on 82 cents
a day. Everything is included — even
tuition and clothing.
The 1,000 students attend Agricul­tural
and Mechanical College of Texas
and are members of a student co-opera­tive
housing project, largest organiza­tion
of its kind in the US.
This housing project was begun dur­ing
the depression years when many
boys were not able to finance their
educations either by themselves or with
their parent's aid.
Today, the room and board of the
average student of Texas A & M school
costs him $29.75 a month, or about one
dollar a day.
Twelve youths and Daniel Russell,
professor of rural sociology, had been
working on the students' financial prob­lems.
They found their answer in a
haunted house, a large two-story build­ing
near the college's experiment farm.
It was a dilapidated and isolated place,
but the rent was very low.
The house was furnished with articles
from the boys' own homes. They en­gaged
no paid help, except the house
mother who is given a salary by the
boys.
The number of houses increased. By
1936, 700 men were living under this
plan, and every available house near
the school had been rented. The Rotary
club became interested and built a
house for its own sons and friends to
accommodate 20 students.
Six years ago 250 boys were not per­mitted
to attend the school because of
insufficient funds. Today, 1,000 with
no more money than the 250 had are
enrolled.
February 6, 1940 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
CHI OMEGA DANCE
Alpha Beta of Chi Omega entertained with their annual formal
dance Friday night at Bibb Graves Center. Euth Lowe, president of
the chapter and a senior from Auburn, and Garth Thorpe led the
grand march, and during the evening four no-breaks and a Chi Omega
lead-out were featured. Members and their dates were entertained
at the chapter room during intermission, at which time refreshments
were served by alumnae and patronesses.
* * *
MRS. SWANNER ENTERTAINS
Mrs. James Swanner was hostess at a supper Thursday evening
at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. I. S. McAdory. Places were laid
for 14 guests. Mrs. Swanner is the former Cora Lipscomb of Auburn,
a freshman here last year. She was married to Jim Swanner, '39, last
summer.
KAPPA DELTA SUPPER
Kappa Delta sorority entertained pledges and guests at an informal
supper Sunday night at the chapter room. Coffee was poured by
Hulda Rutland. Marie Johnson, Eleanor Scott, and Elizabeth Roberts
served the 60 girls present.
* - ELIZABETH HENDERSON-FRANK
WIGGINS MARRIED
The marriage of Elizabeth Henderson of
Camp Hill to Frank Wiggins, freshman in ar­chitecture,
was solemnized on Jan. 13 at the
home of Judge C. B. Gullatt, Jr. in Phenix City.
Wiggins, whose home is in Montgomery, is
freshman cheerleader. Mrs. Wiggins is secre­tary
to the head of the Southern Industrial In­stitute
in Camp Hill.
* * *
ALPHA GAM TEA DANCE
Saturday afternoon from 4 until 6 the Alpha Gamma Delta so­rority
and a large crowd of guests enjoyed a tea dance at Student
Center. Music was furnished by the Auburn Knights.
ON THE SLATE
On the social calendar for next week-end is the Alpha Psi dance
for Friday night, it being scheduled for Graves Center. Thursday, Fri­day,
and Saturday will be "Sadie Hawkins Days", climaxed by the
WAA "Sadie Hawkins" girl-break dance at Graves Center at 9 Sat­urday
night. Thursday night will be ice-breaker night, and on Friday
there'll be a party at the Student Center.
Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN
Borah Intimates Floored by $207,-
000 Estate; Always Thought
Him Poor Man; New England
Storage of Government Cotton
Featured by Dispute About
Fees; Commodity Credit Corp.
Trying to Prevent Broker From
Lining Up Business; General
Tire Co. Sets Up "Good Neigh­bor"
Plant Jointly with Vene­zuelans.
WASHINGTON — The disclos­ure
that the late Senator Borah
left $207,000 in currency and
government bonds in a safe de­posit
box literally floored his Sen­ate
intimates. For years they had
known him as a poor man who on
more than one occasion had be­moaned
his failure to make money
in private law practice, as other
members of Congress did.
One of these instances occurred
last spring just before the Wash­ing
visit of the British King and
Queen. Borah was in the Republi­can
cloakroom chatting with sev­eral
colleagues when one of them
remarked that his wife had "nick­ed"
him that morning for a new
dress to attend the British Em­bassy
garden party.
"I wish I could buy my wife a
new dress," remarked Borah dole­fully.
"I'd like to be able to do
that, but I just can't afford it
and make ends meet."
"Bill," asked one of the group,
"why haven't you practised law
on the side? It's perfectly proper.
Many members of Congress do it,
and make good money too. I just
heard the other day that Burt
Wheeler got a very handsome fee
for defending a California race­horse
owner."
"Yes, I know that's done," re­plied
Borah. "I know of a form­er
Senator who was paid $40,000
in a case that actually amounted
to little more than the use of his
name. I could have had big fees,
but while it's perfectly proper,
I've always felt it just wasn't the
right thing to do. My constituents
elected me to represent them. They
hired me and I've always taken
the attitude that it was a full-time
job.
"Anyway, it's too late for me
to begin practising law now. You
can't teach an old dog new tricks,
and Mrs. Borah will have to do
without a new dress. There are
other values in life besides money
and dresses."
NOTE—Borah's $207,000 sav­ings
chiefly were from insurance
policies which had accumulated
and which presumably were left
for Mrs. Borah's protection. The
Senator never mentioned this to
his wife and the nest-egg came as
a complete surprise to her.
Wafer Colors Are
On Exhibit Here
Paintings of Wright
Are Showing This Week
An exhibit of water colors by
James Couper Wright, art in­structor
at the University of
Georgia, will be on display here
at the School of Architecture dur­ing
this week.
Born in the Orkney Islands,
Scotland, Mr. Wright is a grad­uate
of the Edinburgh College oi
Art. He has studied and traveled
extensively in Europe and was in
1930 designer for the League of
Nations section at the Internation­al
Exhibition of Hygiene at Dres­den.
Shortly afterwards he came
to the United States and taught
in California.
Mr. Wright received awards for
the first two water colors he ex­hibited
in America and since that
time has continued with the water
color medium. He has also design­ed
and made stained glass win­dows,
a craft he learned in Eu­rope.
In the fall of 1939 Mr. Wright
went to the University of Georgia
where he is now teaching water
color and design. His water color
exhibit has been highly recom­mended,
and from Auburn it will
go to the University of Chatta­nooga,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Cotton Storage
When able little Representative
Joe Martin of Massachusetts took
the floor last summer during the
debate on the barter-cotton classi­fication
bill and urged approval
of a provision to store 300,000
bales of Government-owned cot­ton
in New England, the House
rose as one man and cheered him.
Today those 300,000 bales,
three per cent of the total gov­ernment
holdings, are the center
of the bitterest undercover brawl
in the career of the Commodity
Credit Corporation, custodian of
the cotton.
Cause of the melee is a deal
which the Corporation claims was
made between James Joseph O'-
Donnell, New York and Boston
cotton broker, and a group of
New England warehouses for a
brokerage commission on the lu­crative
storage fees. O'Donnell,
who has powerful Washington in­fluence
and lobbied for the legis­lation,
lined up a number of ware­houses
and appeared on the high
road to getting a 10 per cent com­mission,
when the Credit Corpora­tion
stepped into the picture and
upset his apple-cart with two
edicts:
(1) That any cotton moved to
New England would be allocated
to warehouses purely on a com­petitive
basis; and (2) that no
contract would be awarded to a
warehouse that was under an- a-greement
to pay anyone a fee on
government business.
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SAE's INSTALL
NEW OFFICERS
On Wednesday night, Jan. 31,
five new officers of the local
chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
were installed.
Porter G. Pease of Columbus,
Ga. succeeded Carl Happer of
Birmingham as president of the
chapter. Bob Armstrong of Bir­mingham
succeeded Pease as vice-president.
William H. Mitchell of Birming­ham
succeeded Robert W. Nock
of Wilmington, Del., as treasurer,
while T. Edward Harris succeeded
Mitchell as chronicle, and Cliff
Glover of Newnan, Ga., succeeded
Charles Morgan of Bessemer as
warden.
James Rouse of Montgomery
and John Deming of Evergreen
were reelected recording secre­tary
and corresponding secretary,
respectively.
Staples Painting
Being Displayed
In New York City
A water color painting titled
"The Retreat" by Roy H. Staples,
Auburn instructor in applied art,
is now on exhibit in New York
City at the combined show of the
New York Water Color Club and
the American Water Color So­ciety.
Depicting a marine scene, this
painting was also exhibited at the
fall showing by Alabama artists
in Montgomery. Other paintings
by Mr. Staples were previously
exhibited at the combined show
in .New York in 1938.
Good Neighbor Tires
A unique Good Neighbor ex­periment
has just been arranged
by the General Tire and Rubber
Company, which will set up a tire
factory in Venezuela.
Instead of going in as Ameri­can
oil companies did in Mexico,
and owning the project itself, the
tire company has gone into part­nership
with Venezuela. Venezu­elans
will put up half of the capi­tal,
and will manage the factory.
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'Rulers Of Sea' Survey Shows That U. S. College Students
Booked For Tiger Favor Extending Of Aid To Finland
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
To Be in Sea Movie
A little more than one hundred
and one years ago, ninety-four ex­cited
passengers embarked on a
voyage which was to change the
whole history of ocean travel.
They had purchased passage from
London to New York on the small
paddle steamer, Sirius, the first
ship to attempt the crossing of the
Atlantic without aid of sail.
That epoch-making event is re-enacted
in "Rulers of the Sea,"
new Frank Lloyd film telling of
the triumphs of steam over sail,
which will be shown Wednesday
and Thursday at the Tiger Thea­tre
with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
Margaret Lockwood and Will
Fyffe, great Scottish character
actor, in the starring roles.
Research experts, in delving in­to
source material, discovered that
the fare was quite reasonable by
present day standards for ocean
travel. First cabin passages were
sold for 35 guineas, or $140, "in­cluding
wines and provisions."
The second cabin fare was $80,
including only provisions. If a
passenger wished a stateroom to
himself, he was assessed $80 ad­ditional.
And the steward's fee for
the crossing was 30 shillings.
"Rulers of the Sea", in addition
to recounting the dramatic events
of that voyage, tells of the strug­gle
on the part of many courage­ous
people to bring it to glorious
realization. George Bancroft, Mon­tagu
Love, Vaughan Glaser and a
62 Per Cent Believe
We Should Help Her
Although college students have
often shown an emphatic desire
to keep the United States neutral,
a nation-wide poll completed last
week reveals that sympathy for
Finland is great enough for a ma­jority
of them to approve of A-merican
loans to the only nation
that has kept up its war debt pay­ments.
Specifically, 62 per cent of the
collegians answered "yes" to the
question, "Should Congress allow
Finland to draw on her latest
World War payment to the Unit­ed
States?" This study of senti­ment
in the American college
world is one of the weekly polls
conducted for the Plainsman and
scores of other undergraduate
newspapers that form the Student
Opinion Surveys of America. A
carefully-derived sample of stu­dents
is used by the interviewers
in measuring opinions of the near­ly
one and a half million U. S.
collegians.
Favorable sentiment was found
in all parts of the country on this
proposal that President Roosevelt
made recently, and controversy
over the type of aid this country
should give Finland has already
flared in Congress. New England
students are the most in favor,
more than seven out of every ten
host of other noted players are
cast in support of the three stars.
Corduroy play clothes in the form of shirts,
slacks, and skirts are the college girl's
choice when seen at-
K A Y S E R - L I L I E N T H A L , I n c.
The Shop of Original Styles
BROAD STREET COLUMBUS, GA.
Does Your Clock, Watch or
Jewelry Need Repairing?
• We are having such a nice business in Auburn
we are going to establish an Auburn day in our repair
department.
• We will call for your watch, jewelry or clock
every Thursday and will deliver it the next Tuesday
in good condition.
• Mr. R. D. Edgeworth who has been connected
with Mr. Cook for the last twelve years is in charge
of our repair department.
CALL OPELIKA 199
Cook Jewelry Co.
115 South Eighth Street
Opelika, Alabama
OPELIKA COCA COLA BOTTLING CO.
Phone 70
M-64-1
You Can't Feel
"Dressed-Up"
Driying A
SHABBY
CAR!
ONCESIMONIZED
ITS SHABBINESS
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approving, while those in the Far
West are the least in favor.
Should we allow Finland to use
war debt payment?
New England 72% 28%
Middle Atlantic 62 38
East Central 60 40
West Central 64
South 64
Far West 54
U. S. Total 62
This survey stands out in sharp
contrast to student opinion last
October, when a majority differed
with national public opinion in op­posing
change in the neutrality
law in favor of cash and carry.
36 •
36
46
38
Oberlin College seniors vote for
the person they want to address
them at their commencement ex­ercises.
Norwich University was the
first military-collegiate institu­tion
in the United States.
During its last fiscal year, the
University of Minnesota had re­ceipts
totalling approximately 12
million dollars.
J. R. MOORE
Jeweler & Optometrist
All Makes of Watches
Silverware — Diamonds
Repairing a Specialty
Eyes Scientifically
Examined
Glasses Correctly Fitted
Broken Lenses
Duplicated
Dr. Starling Johnson
Opelika — Phone 120-J
Wednesday-Thursday
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Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN February 6, 1940
SHAG HAWKINS
Auburn
One of the C o n f e r e n c e ' s out­s
t a n d i n g sophomores, Shag led the
P l a i n s m e n against Georgia Satur­day
night with 14 points.
Georgia Hard Put
To Nose Out API
Tigers By 32-28
Auburn Leads at Half;
Shag Hawkins Paces
Plainsmen with 14
Georgia's lanky Bulldogs, fight­ing
for first place in the SEC
were forced to put out all they
possessed to turn back a hard-scrapping
bunch of Auburn Tigers
32-28 before a crowd of 2,000 in
Alumni Gym Saturday night.
The Plainsmen held the lead
during the entire first half, and
when it ended had an edge of 16-
12. Soon after the third quarter
began, however, Buster Chatham,
Bulldog guard, tied the score at
16-all, and then the 'Dogs forged
ahead, never relinquishing their
lead.
Tied for top scoring honors for
the night were Shag Hawkins,
Auburn's sophomore center, and
Dan Kirkland, Georgia guard.
Both scored 14 points.
As usual, Auburn was handi­capped
by the inability to make
foul shots good. Hawkins missed
5 free tosses, Ray Gibson 2, and
J. P. Streetman 2.
The lineups:
GEORGIA—
Kelly, I ...
Killian, f .
Kirkland, c
Chatham, g
McCaskill, g
Moore, g —
Totals
AUBURN—
Streetman, f
Manci, t _
Dickinson, f
Hawkins, c
Huff, g
Totals
G
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2
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0
- 0
12
G
3
1
0
6
0
0
10
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0
0
4
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4
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0
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Pf Tp
2 4
2 4
2 14
2 10
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Pf Tp
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JACK TANNER
Auburn
A n o t h e r of Auburn's crop of
great sophomore basketeers, Jack
hasn't seen a lot of action yet.
But he has been giving Manci,
Dickinson, and veteran J. P.
S t r e e t m a n a close fight for start­i
n g posts. He is e n r o l l e d in AgEd.
AUBURN DROPS IN
SEC STANDINGS
Auburn's hairline loss to a vet­eran
Georgia team Saturday night
dropped the Tig­ers
a slot in con­ference
s t a n d -
ings, from seven­th
to eighth.
However, even
though they hold
eighth place in
ft-1 statistics, the
Plainsmen a re
followed by Van-derbilt's
Com­modores,
who have defeated them
twice, and by Kentucky's Wild­cats,
one of the strongest teams
in the South.
STANDINGS*
TEAM— W L Tp Op
Tennessee - 4 1 161 131
Alabama -9 3 471 400
Georgia .....S 2 209 196
LSU 4 3 28S 241
Miss. State 1 1 91 92
Georgia Tech 3 4 261 297
Auburn - 3 4 31S 276
Vanderbilt 3 5 299 310
Kentucky 1 2 99 102
Tulane 1 2 94 113
Mississippi 0 4 167 196
Sewanee 0 4 111 202
* T h e s e s t a t i s t i c s do not include
last night's game between Ala­bama
and Georgia in Tuscaloosa.
LOST—In front of Howard's 10c
store, Monday afternoon, Shaef-fer
Lifetime fountain pen.
Name stamped on it in gold.
Reward. E. F. Boyette. 226 Wit-tel
Dormitory.
A Fenn College student is plan­ning
the construction of the world's
largest pendulum. It'll be 211 feet
long.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
Frederick-Williams Co.
MORTICIANS
0 Licensed Embalmers
0 Ambulance Service
' LADY ATTENDANT
Auburn -so:- Opelika
Our Products Are Wholesome
And Delicious
• They are placed fresh daily in your favor­ite
grocery store.
• We are now featuring doughnuts.
BALL'S BAKERY
OPELIKA
New Students Please Note!
For Satisfactory
CLEANING - PRESSING - SHOE
REPAIRING
Call 302
BILL HAM
Class of '33
"Your Business IS Appreciated"
Cub Basketeers
Begin Comeback
With 33-16 Win
Squad Being Coached
Now by Salter; Entire
First String Lost
Rebuilding from the ground up
after being shell-shocked by the
loss of their coach, Dell Morgan,
and their complete first string
lineup, the freshman basketball
team is on the comeback trail.
Saturday night they trounced a
strong Valley High team 33-16 in
the preliminary to the Auburn-
Georgia game. This was the Baby
Tigers' fifth win of the season
against four losses.
Ace point manufacturer for the
cubs was Bob Bright, lanky for­ward
and former Auburn High
star, who tossed in six goals from
the field and made three tosses
good from the foul line for a
total of 15 points. The team as a
whole showed remarkable improve­ment
in ball handling and defens­ive
work, and if they continue to
improve as they have in the past
week should soon be welded into
a potent aggregation.
Next chance for local fans to
see the Baby Tigers in action will
be Friday and Saturday nights,
when they tangle with the strong
Marion Military Institute dribblers
in Alumni Gym. Both games are
scheduled for 7 p.m.
• Since Coach Dell Morgan's de­parture
for Rice Institute, Coach
Elmer Salter has taken over the
reins of the freshman squad, which
he has coached several years in
the past.
Spring training took away from
the squad the starting lineup of
Garland Childrey, ace center Hen­ry
Monsees, Fagan Canzoneri, Au­brey
Clayton, and Charles Finney.
On the 'Mural Slate
Tonight:
SAE vs. Sigma Chi—9:00
Alpha Psi vs. Beta Kappa—10:00
W e d n e s d a y night:
Sigma Nu vs. Pi Kappa Phi—9:00
ATO vs. ALT—10:00
Thursday night:
KA vs. Delta Sig—9:00
Kappa Sig vs. Sigma Pi
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Radio
Trouble ?
Volume, difficult to
control? Poor recep­tion
? Burned out
tubes ? Static ? If
your radio has any
of these troubles,
call us up. We'll re­pair
it and replace
any parts at lowest
prices.
CALL
Radio
Service
PHONE
890
We carry a complete line of
shoes for both men and
women college students.
The best in riding boots and
pants are featured at our
complete store.
KOPLON'S
OPELIKA'S BEST
Touch Football All- RE"EXAM SCHEDULE
Stars Announced
Team Selected by
Poll of Greeks
The 1939 all-star team in inter-fraternity
touch football was an­nounced
today by the intramural
sports department. The team was
selected by means of a poll among
the fraternities participating.
SAE, 1939 champions, dominat­ed
the selections with two places
on the first team and a tie for a
third. Sigma Nu placed two men,
and ATO, Theta Chi, Pi K A, and
Kappa Sig, one each. SPE tied
for a first.
The complete team is as fol­lows:
FRATERNITY: ALL STAR
SELECTION — TOUCH
FOOTBALL, 1939-40
Guards Cook ATO
Kelly TC
Ends Mitchell SAE
Jackson SN
Center
Quarter
LH
RH
Full
Guards
Ends
Center
Quarter
LH
RH
Full
Hardwick
Austin
Rotenberry
Andrews
Garrison
Rogers
Alternates:
Crockett, C
Whitney
Wood
McGehee
Brooks
Huff
Bazzell
Thomas
Almquist
Cockrell
Scruggs
SPE)
SAE) tie
PKA
KS
SAE
SN
PKA)
KS)tie
SAE)
KS)
SPE) tie
PKP)
TC
TC
ATO
SPE
SPE
LOST—Twelve keys in an Amity
brown leather folder on or a-bout
Thursday, Jan. 25. Re­ward
for return. Call 537.
PRESCRIPTIONS
Opelika Pharmacy
Phone 72
Opelika, Alabama
Your patronage appreciated
The Fellows "On The
Right Side of
The Tracks!"
* Our spring mer­chandise
will soon
be here.
Call by after classes
to see what's new
YOUNG'S
Wise Chick - Raisers Prefer Our
Chicks
New Hampshire R. I. Reds
JAZZ FEED
A FEED FOR EVERY NEED
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Consumers Coal & Feed Co.
PHONE 11 PHONE 11
Radio Inspectors
Wanted by Civil
Service Commission
The United States Civil Serv­ice
Commission h a s announced
open competitive examinations for
the positions of radio inspector,
$2,600 a year in the Federal Com­munications
Commission, and as­sistant
radio inspector, $2,000 a
year, in various Government de­partments.
Applications must be
on file in the Commission's of­fice
at Washington, D. C, not lat­er
than March 4 if received from
States east of Colorado, and not
later than March 7, 1940, if re­ceived
from Colorado and States
westward.
Full information may be obtain­ed
from Wallace Whatley, Secre­tary
of the U. S. Civil Service
Board of Examiners, at the post
office or customhouse in this city,
or from the Secretary of the U.
S. Civil Service Board of Exam­iners
at any 1st class post office.
All students who have received
conditioned grades (60-69) or
have been absent from examina­tions
with permission during the
last semester may take re-exami­nations
or special examinations
during the week of Feb. 12-17 in
accordance with the schedule be­low.
Only one re-examination will
be allowed in each subject.
Students concerned will secure
class cards from the Registrar's
Office and notify the instructor
in suffiicent time to allow prep­aration
of examination questions.
In case of conflict see schedule
for Saturday, Feb. 17. Absences
from class work conflicting with
this re-examination schedule will
be excused.
A fee of $2.00 will be charged
for each re-examination. Students
absent from examinations on ac­count
of illness are not charged
a fee.
A conditioned subject must be
r e p e a t e d in class unless cleared by
a re-examination within one resi­d
e n c e semester following the se­m
e s t e r in which the condition is
incurred. Grades of "incomplete"
will also be recorded as failures
unless made up within the same
period.
"Seniors completing require­ments
for graduation in the sum­mer
session must have removed
all failures, conditions, and incom­p
l e t e d grades by the end of the
regular re-examination period in
the previous February". ( S e e Cat­alog,
page 4 7 .)
RE-EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
Monday, February 12
3 p.m.—Botany, Secretarial Science,
Machine Design & Drawing, Mathemat­ics.
Tuesday, February 13
10 a.m.—Home Economics, Horticul­ture.
Industrial Engineering, Physical
Education.
3 p.m.—Agricultural Engineering, Ar­chitecture,
Electrical Engineering, Phy­sics,
Sociology, Zoology & Entomology.
Wednesday, February 14
3 p.nv—Agronomy, Agricultural Eco­nomics,
Civil & Highway Engineering,
Economics (first period), English, Tex­tile
Engineering.
Thursday, February 15
10 a.m. — Animal Husbandry, Dairy
Husbandry, Poultry Husbandry. Reli­gious
Education, Veterinary Medicine.
3 p.m. — Applied Art, Bacteriology,
Chemistry, Economics (second period).
Pharmacy.
Friday, February 16
3 p.m.—Aero. Engineering, Education,
Foreign Language, History, Mech. Eng.
Saturday, February 17
9 a.m.—ROTC and conflicts in above
schedule.
APARTMENT FOR RENT—Out­side
entrance. Mrs. L. L. Porch,
223 E. Thach. Also, few places
for boys.
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