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Cabinet Aims Toward
Better Government
Student Opinions Poll to be Conducted;
Freshman Elections Date is Announced
Beginning its first real step toward more effective student
government, the Executive Cabinet met last night and
passed a number of rulings, definitely setting the student
opinion poll, arranging for special seating at the Auburn-
Florida Game, setting a date for freshman elections, and
agreeing to enforce its control over the Social Committee.
The proposal of purchase of a nickelodeon for the Student
Center was also discussed, and President John Ivey announced
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The Auburn
pletely revised constitution will
be ready for distribution with the
student directories in a few days.
Tuesday, October 21, was set
as the date for the student opinion
poll on the present cut rule,
which provides for deduction of
two points for each unexcused absence.
According to statements made
in the meeting, the voting will be
conducted so that balloting will
take a minimum of time. Several
ballot boxes will be used, speeding
up the poll appreciably. The
Cabinet has urged all students to
vote in the poll, expressing their
opinion either for or against the
present absence system.
The body rules that all freshmen
must wear rat caps in order
to gain admittance to the homecoming
game. Extra rat caps to
replace those stolen or lost will
be placed on sale within a few
days, the place to be announced
later. According to the Cabinet
ruling, freshmen will not be admitted
without their caps. All freshmen
will sit together in a special
section reserved for them approximately
in the middle of the cheering
section.
The date for the freshmen elections
has been set as Wednesday,
November 15. John Watters,
chairman of the elections committee,
said last night that the committee
would work out details for
the election and announce their
decision in a few days.
After discussion by the body,
it was agreed that there be strict
enforcement of the rule requiring
that a financial statement be
turned in to the Cabinet by the
Social Committee after each
dance set of the year. Since the
Social Committee is a permanent
committee of the Cabinet, it is
under Cabinet control.
Work is now under way compiling
true copies of the revised
constitution, and 3,500 copies will
be printed and distributed with
the student directory when it is
completed.
The Cabinet also voted to look
into the possibility of placing a
nickelodeon in the Student Center
and keeping the Center open
on week-end nights and possibly
one or two nights during the week.
PANTHERS PRIMED FOR BATTLE WITH
GLOMERATA GRAFT WAVE BOYS TODAY
Stratford and Parker
Pronounce Teams Ready
. The Plainsman Panthers and the
Glomerata Graft Wave have been
pronounced by Coaches Hank Parker
and Boots Stratford to be
ready for their football game of
the century this afternoon at 4:00
o'clock on Bullard Field.
Parker said this morning that
his Graft Wave was straining at
the leash and would do to the
Panthers what the Green Wave did
to Auburn. But Coach Stratford .
met his threat with the assertion
that the Panthers would do to the
Glomerata boys what the Plainsman
boys did with Buck Kelley's
pants.
Parker will toss a hefty team at
the Panthers, featuring such heavyweights
as John Huff at center,
Jim King in the backfield, and
Doug Nettles at end.
The Plainsman boys have been
badly crippled by the loss of their
ace center, Bob Anderson, the
"Montevallo Monsoon." Anderson
departed from Auburn Wednesday
for a date with the dentist and
has not returned.
However, with Coach "Flying
B o o t s" Stratford tossing the
passes, ends "Horrible" Hollis and
"Bird-Legs" Martin receiving, and
Park Holland running red riot at
guard, the Panthers should be potent.
A telegram was accidentally intercepted
yesterday by a member
of the Plainsman staff, addressed
t<5 the headquarters of the National
Professional Football League. It
originated in the Glomerata office
and was requesting the loan of
Bo Russell, Davy O'Brien, Bronco
Nagurski, "Shipwreck" Kelly, and
Sammy Baugh.
Coach Stratford confidently predicted
that the Panthers would
have no trouble even if the Graft
Wave succeeded in running its
"ringers."
Unusual Class Holds Meeting Over
Morning Coffee Cups Twice A Week
Discussion and Debate
Class Meets at Breakfast
By REDDING SUGG
Auburn has at least one class
that chews something beside the
fat when it meets—a class which
meets over the breakfast table.
It is a discussion and debate
class under Prof. E. D. Hess,
which, because of a conflict in
schedules, found that the hour
from 7:00 to 8:00 in the morning
was the only time that it could
meet. S^>the members hie themselves
out of bed on Tuesday and
Thursday mornings and "meet at
one of the local cafes where they
discuss current questions over
their bacon and eggs.
Prof. Hess stated that the class,
which studies the technique of
discussion the first semester and
debating the second, is necessarily
conducted along the lines of a
panel discussion and that a breakfast
table serves just as well as
one in a classroom. Each meeting
is directed by a student, leader
who, by the way, is the only member
who finds it difficult to swallow
his breakfast along with his
discussion.
Pertinent questions, such as
whether the United States should
maintain economic as well as military
neutrality in the European
war, are discussed under leadership
and according to specific
rules. The last 10 minutes of the
hour are devoted to criticism of
the leader's tactics.
Meeting informally as it does,
the class more nearly approaches
normal conditions of panel discussion.
There is more spontaneity
and less classroom stiffness.
The class is more alive arid up-to-
the-minute than most. For instance,
a member recently served
on a jury and participated in a
serious, real-life panel discussion.
This student will conduct a meeting
of the class which will argue
the question of doing away with
juries and substituting the pronouncements
of the judges.
Prof. Hess believes that the
class is developing a wholesome
attitude toward the questions it
discusses and that the second semester
of debating will be helped
by it. A broad view of subjects
precludes the usual belligerent
character of debates.
This novel class is composed of
10 students: J. C. Arnold, "Red"
Bamberg, H. W. Dudley, Jack
Giles, J. W. Morgan, J. N. Mul-lins,
B. H. Rawlinson, S. H. Richardson,
W. E. Strickland, and E.
W. Wadsworth.
PLAINSMAN Jolt Those
Jaspers
Vol. LXIII Z-I Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama, October 20, 1939 No. 14
NINETEEN SENIORS CHOSEN FOR
MEMBERSHIP IN "WHO'S WHO"
HUGH COMER TO SPEAK TO ENGINEER
STUDENTS MONDAY IN GRAVES CENTER
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Unable to Come When
Previously Scheduled
Hugh Comer, outstanding Alabama
industrialist, will speak to
the engineering students seminar
in Graves Center Monday night
at 7:00 o'clock. He was scheduled
to speak here on October 9
but was unable to do so because
of business engagements.
Mr. Comer is vice-president and
manager in charge of operations
of the entire chain of Avondale
Mills, one of Alabama's largest
industrial groups. He is a graduate
of the University of Alabama.
Although he is affiliated with
the textile industry, his speech
is expected to be of interest to
all engineering students.
The new seminar course is required
of all students in the
School of Engineering. One-third
of an hour credit is given at the
completion of one semester's attendance.
Students in chemistry
and chemical engineering are invited
to attend but will not be
given any credit this semester.
Printed forms upon which the
students will fill out notes will be
given out at the door. At the
conclusion of the talk a period of
10 or 15 minutes will be allotted
in which the students will fill out
these forms. They will be collected
at the door and will serve as
a check on attendance and as a
basis for the grade given each student
in the course. ASEC officials
have asked that students not rattle
the forms while Mr. Comer is
talking as plenty of time will be
given after his speech to fill them
out.
One unexcused absence from
the seminar series will result in a
failure in the course, so the attendance
of all engineering students
is necessary.
Denson Speaks at
Coed Convocation
John Denson, prominent lawyer
of Opelika and a member of the
Auburn Board of Trustees, addressed
the women students of
API yesterday afternoon at £he
regular convocation period. The
subject of his address was "Women's
Participation in Government."
Mr. Denson gave a short history
of women's participation in governmental
affairs and parallelled
the struggles of the American
women with those of England.
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston introduced
Mr. Denson to the students
and later presented his mother to
the assemblage. Mrs. Denson gave
a few brief words and promised to
come again to speak.
Other features of the program
were two songs, "Alabama" and
"Dixie", led by Juanita Johnson,
and a piano selection rendered by
Frances Plaxco.
Virginia Adams, president of
the • Woman's Student Government
announced that a student
poll would be taken on Tuesday,
October 21 in Student Center on
the question of the college cut
system and she urged that every
student cast her vote for or
against the present set-up.
Today
Cabinet Acts
Who's Who -
Sell Alabama!
Scott Loan Fund
Stadium Dedication
Intramural Football
Manhattan Game
Knitzer to Play
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Large Group Of
Fans Go To Game
In New York City
Students, Townspeople,
And Supporters Entrain
For Manhattan Contest
Forty-five A u b u r n students
left this week on the football
special train to New York City to
attend the Auburn - Manhattan
game on Saturday.
There were 29 boys and 16 girls
making the trip. They will return
to Auburn Sunday night.
Making the trip were Lewis
Arnold, Birmingham; Clyde Au-try,
Jr., Dixon's Mill; Robert
Bales, Morristown, Tenn.; Christopher
Crayton Brown, Opelika;
Harry Arthur Donovan, Tallassee;
Charles G. Elliott, Tallassee; Don
Faulk, La Grange, Ga.; Tom Henley,
Montgomery; Frank Harper
James, Montgomery; Arthur Jol-ley,
Montgomery; James Jowers,
Wetumpka; W. D. Kelley, Jasper;
Ralph O. Kiper, Gilbert, La.; W.
H. Laseter, Montgomery; William
H. Lee, Fort Deposit.
Edwin McCowan, Mobile; C. O.
Mann, Jr., New Hope; Dennis W.
Newton, Auburn; Frank A. Robinson,
Birmingham; Charles Sea-well,
Montgomery; Henry L. Sher-rod,
Jr., Birmingham; William T.
Skinner, Williamton, N. C.; Mortimer
Torres, Tampa, Fla.; William
I. Zeigler, Millbrook, Robert
Sawyer, Fairfield; Phillip Adams,
Alexander City; Eugene Caldwell,
Talladega; Robert Morris Tru-lock,
Climax, Ga.; Ralph Wallis
Talladega.
Nannette Louise Eager, Montgomery;
Sadie Edwards, Union
Springs; Susan Mizelle Hare, Auburn;
Mary Guy Inzer, Eden; Annie
Lyde Lewis, Tuskegee; Lillian
Luke, Eufaula; Lucille Paulk,
Opp; Helen Porch, Alexander
City; Carolyn Rich, Bainbridge,
Ga.; Mary Florence Roberts, Gold
Hill; Martha Kate Smith, Woodstock;
Mattybelle Tabor, Owens
Cross Roads; Delphine Thomas,
Auburn; Nell Wallis, Talladega;
Frances Wilson, Auburn; Carleton
Farish, Grove Hill.
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Captain "Hatch" Howell who
leads the Tigers against the Jaspers
of Manhattan tomorrow afternoon.
Freshman Debate
Schedule Released
Tau Kappa Alpha Tourney
Now in Second Round
The Debate Council announced
today the schedule for the second
round of the Tau Kappa Alpha
freshman debate tournament.
Wednesday afternoon Ted Mc-
Kenzie and John Scott, affirmative,
will face Bill Bazemore and
Elizabeth Lambeth, negative.
Thursday a f t e r n o o n Merle
Woodard and Wynona Parker, affirmative,
will debate Wayne
Peake and John Harbert, negative.
Arnold White and Maurice
Vann, affirmative, will debate
Roy Green and Dot Floyd, negative,
on Friday afternoon.
All the debates will be held
in Room 4 of the "L" Building
and will take place at 4:00 o'clock.
The freshman tournament is
sponsored each year by Tau Kappa
Alpha. It consists of two
rounds, each team changing sides
and opponents at the end of the
first round.
Winners are determined on a
point basis, the winner not being
determined until the second
round has been completed.
Dean John W. Scott will speak
before the Pre-Med Club Monday
night at 7:00 p.m. in Ross
203. All freshmen are urged to
attend.
MEET THE TRAIN
SUNDAY NIGHT
Billy Smith, pep manager, has
asked that all students be on hand
to meet the train bringing the
team from Manhattan when it
comes in Sunday night at 9:15.
The band and the cheerleaders
will be there to give the team a
welcome.
Be there to show the boys that
you're for them, win or lose.
Hitch Up Yore Hosses Zeke And Let's Go!
The Ag Boys Are Having A Fair Again
Annual Festival Booked
For Tomorrow Night
The program for the annual
Ag Fair to be presented in Graves
Center tomorrow was announced
today by Bill Eden, senior manager
of the fair.
' The exhibits will be on display
from 4:00 p.m. until 12:00 p.m.
The program in the amphitheatre
begins at 7:00 o'clock, while the
carnival starts at 8:00, and the
dance will begin at 9:00 o'clock.
The program to be presented in
the amphitheatre will consist of a
mock faculty, presenting imitations
of several professors; sack
race; rolling pin throwing contest,
with several married ladies participating;
music by the FFA string
band; tap dancing numbers; hog
calling contest; songs by a girl
trio; harmonica solo; and a tobacco
auctioneer. Bellaire Krudop
will act as master of ceremonies.
As a semi-climax to the program
will be the presentation of
the scholarship cup to the freshman
in agriculture having the
highest average during the past
year. At the close of the program
Miss Frances Barnes will be
crowned Queen of Harvest by
President L. N. Duncan.
The dance will begin at 9:00 in
the WPA Hall with the Auburn
Plainsmen furnishing the music.
Miss Barnes will lead the dance,
which is being sponsored jointly
by the Lions Club and the Ag
Club.
Tickets for the Fair are now
on sale and can be obtained from
any of the following students:
Fred Wellborn, W. C. Lumpkin,
John Rice, Leonard Lett, Jack
Cagle, Merlin Bryant, J. D. Davis,
Sam Alverson, W. T. Kyser, Jack
Snow, Kenneth White, J a ck
Jones, Joe McNanus, Joe Weiden-bach,
and Tom Bullington.
Two Coeds Included
In Group Selected
All to Have Biographies Included in
Book of Outstanding College Students
Nineteen seniors, including two coeds, were selected
today to be listed as Auburn's representatives in "Who's
Who in American Colleges and Universities", a yearly publication
giving the biographies and college achievements
of outstanding college students of the country.
Selection is based on character, leadership in extracurricular
activities, scholarship, and potentialities of future
usefulness tjo business and society.
Those selected, together with
First Religious
Emphasis Week
Closes Tonight
Dr. Davison Concludes
Successful Experiment
Sponsored by College
Dr. John A. Davison will close
Auburn's first Religious Emphasis
Week tonight when he delivers the
last in his series of addresses
which have been the features of
the week of meditation for Auburn
students.
Large crowds have attended
nearly all of the twice-daily services.
Earlier in the week Dr.
Davison commended the students
on their attendance, saying that it
was much better than that at similar
services in many denominational
schools.
Tuesday morning Dr. Davison
spoke on "How we may develop
a permanent strong and effective
personality and character".
"God is an essential factor in the
development of a permanent and
effective personality and an upright
character," stressed Dr. Davison.
Wednesday morning Dr. Davison's
subject was "Playing the
game". He used Paul as an example
of one who played the game
of life as it should be played. He
said that the game of life had its
good and its bad moments. He emphasized,
"Everyone can get along
all right as long as the breaks are
good but some fall when the bad
breaks beset them on the pathway
of life". The particular service
was attended by the entire football
team and the lecture was given
especially for them.
"Faith in the unfolding life" was
the topic of Dr. Davison's address
on Wednesday night. Before beginning
his lecture he expressed
pleasure at the large attendance
at all the services during Religious
Emphasis Week.
In explaining the importance of
faith in our lives, he saidr "Faith
in fellow men makes them turn to
us naturally and tends to arouse
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their achievements at Auburn
are:
Virginia Adams is president of
the Woman's Student Government,
a member of Cardinal Key,
and has taken an active part in
YWCA and WAA activities.
Rollins Aldridge is a member
of Spades, ODK, Scabbard and
Blade, Tau Beta Pi, ASCE, and
Chi Epsilon. He is a member of
Sigma Chi social fraternity and
is a lieutenant colonel in the engineer
regiment of the ROTC.
Elmer Almquist is a member of
Blue Key, Scabbard and Blade,
Tau Beta Pi, of ATO fraternity
and is a captain in ROTC. He attended
Johns Hopkins for one
year, transferring to Auburn,
where he has made an outstanding
scholastic record.
Bob Armstrong is a member of
Spades, ODK, Scabbard and Blade,
and Tau Beta Pi. He plays on the
varsity polo team, is a major in
ROTC, and a member of SAE social
fraternity.
Winfrey Boyd is a Spade, president
of ODK, a member of Scabbard
and Blade and Tau Kappa
Alpha and a captain in ROTC. He
is business manager of the Glee
Club of which he has been a member
for the past three years. He
is president of his fraternity, Delta
Sigma Phi. He has been a member
of the varsity debate team
for three years.
Walter Chandler is brigade
colonel of the ROTC unit, a member
of the "A" Club, plays varsity
football, and is a member of
Scabbard and Blade. He is a KA.
John Dabbs is a Spade, an ODK,
a member of Scabbard and Blade
and Tau Beta Pi. He is a captain
in ROTC and was appointed
as one of the four student
members of the Publications
Board a few days ago.
John Godbold is a Spade, an
ODK, a member of Scabbard and
Blade and Tau Kappa Alpha. He
is editor of the Plainsman, has
been on the varsity debate team
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Notice!
"Crime at Blossoms"
To be Next Week
The Auburn Players will present
"The Crime at Blossoms," a
three-act drama, next Wednesday
and Thursday in Langdon Hall,
according to Prof. Telfair Peet,
director.
The scene of "The Crime at
Blossoms" is an English cottage
where two murders have been
committed, and the action of the
play satirizes the reaction of the
public to the notorious spot.
Mary Carmack has the starring
role in the play, supported by
Jim Burt, Claudia Weinmann, and
a cast of twenty others.
The set for "The Crime at Blossoms"
has been moved from the
Y-Hut to Langdon Hall, and all
remaining practice sessions will
be held on Langdon Hall stage.
Just before the Plainsman
went to press this afternoon
the Military Department announced
that the ROTC unit
will go to Birmingham and will
march in the parade there before
the Villanova game on
November 11. However, the
plan is conditional upon each
ROTC student's allowing
$1.00 to be deducted from
his uniform allowance. This,
together with $1.00 furnished
by the college, will pay for a
round-trip train ticket and a
ticket to the game.
All other students who wish
to go on the same train must
pay the regular round-trip
train ticket price of $1.50
and buy their own tickets to
the game.
The plan involves no cash
expenditure by s t u d e n t s,
since the $1.00 comes out of
the uniform allowance.
Further details of the plan
will be announced early next
week in all ROTC classes.
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Sell Alabama!
IT'S A SELF-EVIDENT fact that
any agricultural economy must
sell its products if it wishes to
succeed. The South, and Alabama
especially, is no exception.
The day of the country-store
type of selling has been replaced
by the era of high-pressure
salesmanship. The automobile
salesman can give a sales talk
that would almost sell a cow on
the hoof to a vegetarian; the
clothing manufacturer advertises
his wares from coast to coast, and
a trained salesman talks you and
me into buying them. America
still "Reaches for a Lucky" and
takes its "Pause that refreshes."
The same facts apply to agricultural
products. Maine potatoes
hardly gained their popularity
on quality alone. California
oranges and Florida grapefruit
are a by-word in nearly every A-merican
home. It takes no con-noiseur
to tell that Long Island
duckling is no better than highbred
and well-fed young duck
from Massachusetts or Utah.
But who ever heard of Alabama
blueberries or Alabama
yams or Alabama anything in the
field of agriculture?
The Southern farmer is one of
the few producers in modern society
who expects to sell without
salesmanship. Alabama raises
some of the finest strawberries
in America, but does Alabama
get a premium price for its better
berry? Hardly. They're not
Alabama strawberries or Dixie
Superb Strawberries — they're
just ordinary red strawberries,
as far as the buyer is concerned.
However, no matter how good
the advertising and the salesmanship,
there must be a quality
product to stand behind. Alabama
and the South produce
quality in some fields, and they
are capable of producing it in
others. If Alabama wants to sell
she must weed out the knotty
cantaloupes, stringy cabbage, and
grass-fed beef. Then when quality
is achieved, advertise quality
and sell quality and collect a
premium for it.
Last summer, peaches just
couldn't be bought in Auburn.
Some of the farmers brought in
wormy, rock-hard nubs fit for
nothing but pig feed. A few
brought in good fruit, and they
could have sold an unlimited
quantity of it. Sometimes advertising
isn't necessary to create
demand — the demand is there
and the South will not satisfy it.
If Alabama wishes to progress,
she must come abreast of the
times. High standards plus salesmanship
can sell Southern products.
What are we waiting for?
You Explain It-We Can't
FAR BE IT FROM us to inquire
too deeply into the mysterious
inner working of the sovereign
State of Alabama, but how the
State can assign such all-powerful
qualities to a measly 35 cents
is a bit beyond our depth. What
we mean is this: a new driver's
license will cost everyone $1.10,
regardless of his past, present, or
future. But if you have paid the
above-mentioned omnipotent 35
cents for a license the past year,
through some form of wizardry
or black magic you are automatically
endowed with a complete
knowledge of traffic rules, hand
signals, and perfect eyesight and
do not have to take a driver's examination.
In fact, you can be
blind, halt, lame and have a bad
case of the galloping heaves for
all the State of Alabama is concerned
if you have paid the almighty
35 cents.
BUT, if you haven't enriched
the State's coffers by this sum,
black suspicion is cast upon you
and you are required to undergo
a driving examination before
being allowed on the same road
with fellow citizens. Said citizens
may not know a "left turn"
signal from a stop light, but they
have paid 35 cents and are thus
above reproach. Frankly we are
bewildered. B.S.
The Other Side
Editor's Note: The following
editorial is not in exact keeping
with the editorial policies of the
Plainsman. We print it, not as an
expression of our policy but as a
well-written presentation of the
arguments on one side of the European
situation.
"THE BETTER rule is to judge
your adversaries from their
standpoint; not from yours." —
Robert E. Lee.
During the past few weeks we
have been told again and again
that the German people do not
want war, that they are fighting
now only because Herr Hitler has
commanded it. Is that propaganda
created to arouse American
feeling against Der Fuehrer?
World War I and the division
of the spoils that followed it did
more than make Germany a
"has-been" nation. They broke
the German spirit.
The German people needed a
leader who could restore their
feeling of confidence that Germany
was still a first-class power.
Adolf Hitler became that
leader. His government grab became
possible only when the
German people realized that he
wanted to restore their self respect
and make Germany a powerful
nation once more.
Perhaps he has exceeded his
bounds. But popular German
sentiment is with him; he is only
endeavoring to recover for Germany
and the German people
what is rightfully their own.
Perhaps there was considerable
dissension in Germany before
World War II began, but
those dissenters are now agreeing
with the Nazi policy. After
all, Hitler's policies were producing
tangible results for Germany
where all others had failed.
With the advent of the present
war it became fhe choice of
the German people to choose between
the fatherland and its
enemies. Therefore, this became
the war of the German people, a
war for the honor of the fatherland,
not a war to boost Hitler as
other nations may have us believe.
To say that the German people
are fighting against the anti-
Nazis is to ignore the facts—the
German people are fighting for
their honor and the honor of
their fatherland. P.H.
Letters to the Editor
Well?
By John Ivey, Jr.
dotjti / i / f i/
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.
CHARLES LINDBERGH, THE Lone
Eagle who said farwell to America to
escape from what he then considered
______^_^___ the land of crime and
brewers of unwanted
publicity, is finding
it difficult to return
to what he now considers
the land of
the free.
After rubbing elbows
with the citizens
in the homeland
of the individual who
killed his first born,
after becoming a hero
in the eyes of
Nazism and being decorated and accepting
the favors of men who now
threaten to tear down European civilization,
"Lindy" returns home to escape
the inconvenience of becoming a pawn
to the God of War in the lands to
whence he had fled for safety.
Now this glorified airplane mechanic
returns to America to give his pro-German
remedy for remaining neutral during
the activities of World War II. Not
only does he advance his theory concerning
the course for American neutrality,
but he has taken it upon himself
to advise Canada as to her relationship
to the United States and Great
Britain.
Is it not ironical to see a man who
undoubtedly achieved his so-called success
because of high-powered advertising
become an authority on matters of
government?
Our Lone Eagle would do America
more good at present by applying for
a commission in the Royal Air Force
in the country of his adoption, or by
making himself a candidate for more
German military decorations.
* * *
For almost a year the Student Executive
Cabinet has been working on
the constitution governing the activities
of the Undergraduates Student Association.
The work is practically completed.
This document will be ready for distribution
to the student body along
with the student directory. It represents
many hours of work on records
going back for 10 years . . . the,gathering
and modification of ideas of student
government from dozens of campuses
all over the country. It is largely
a set of rules to aid in the development
of efficient student self-government
here at Auburn.
* * *
To Executive Secretary Draughon,
Accountant Travis Ingram, and Publicity
Director Kirtley Brown, the Executive
Cabinet is indebted for their cooperation
in aiding the student committee
to work on the new constitution.
During the past year these men have
given much of their valuable time to
the formulating of the new rules.
* » *
However, the importance of the work
remains to be realized over a period of
years. Regardless of how well the constitution
might be written, it will mean
little if student leaders fail to supplement
it with sound projects and policies
in their administrative work.
* * *
In view of the many letters and comments
that have been appearing in the
Montgomery Advertiser it looks as
though the Auburn boys have been
given quite a square deal by the City
Commission in the Capital City. .
It is a well-known fact that the boys
from Auburn would stand high in any
circle in regards to miles traveled by
power of waving their thumbs in the
breeze. Now that the city of Montgomery
has given us permission to again
use the ride-catching technique, all that
we have to do is to be sure that no
thoughtless student takes advantage of
the kindnesses shown him. Catch your
rides but be orderly in your comments
to passing travelers.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter
appeared in the Montgomery Advertised
of October 19.
Editor, The Advertiser:
Living on Madison Avenue for nearly
30 years on a corner favored by the
Auburn boys because of the light signal,
would like to say a few words
against what has become not only a
nuisance to property owners on these
intersections, but a traffic danger as
well.
Before calling the police last Winter,
this corner had as many as 20 or more
boys at one time every Sunday afternoon.
These boys gathered from morning
to late in the evening, many times
on Friday and Saturday nights. Their
constant shouting of Auburn and other
noises was enough to make a nervous
wreck of the persons having to hear it
all the time. No home owner in any
town should have to put up with this.
The home owners have helped to make
the town. Do they have no rights at
all? We also pay taxes and vote and
have for years, and I think we pay a
little more taxes than these boys who
think the highways belong entirely to
them.
Last Winter on several occasions we
asked these boys to please stop shouting
Auburn, but we were answered
back with tart remarks. Yes, the streets
are free, but when crowds gather and
make a lot of fuss, this is a nuisance
and annoyance. These boys come from
all parts of Montgomery and are
brought in the family car, buses, taxies,
etc., as if this were a bus station. As
for the boys working their way through
college—very commendable. However,
the whole college must be doing just
that, judging the number who thumb
their way back every weekend.
There is no objection to a few boys
standing on corners thumbing rides. It
is the noise and calling Auburn that is
objectionable. In all fairness, a few of
the boys have conducted themselves as
gentlemen, getting lifts just by their
thumb, uniform or cap which is cer^
tainly sufficient to identify them as
to where they want to go. To these boys,
we are sorry it is or was necessary to
call the police as no doubt a few of
them got mixed up with the loud and
unreasonable kind.
If these boys want consideration, let
them consider and respect us too. We
are also citizens of Montgomery who
love our homes and want peace, but
when it is made unbearable by a few
unthinking youngsters who feel they
have all the rights because they are
going to college, it is time for the city
and police to set them right.
HOME OWNER.
Editor,
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Allow me to express my congratulation
to Mr. John Ivey on his column
pertaining to the desire for a dean of
men here at Auburn.
I have closely followed the several
statements which have appeared in the
Plainsman from time to time on the
subject of an adviser for men students.
Mr. Ivey laid all the cards on the
table, giving the entire and complete
argument for his side. Though I do
not agree with him in many of the matters
which he discusses, this is one
time that he is right.
I am a senior, definitely not in the
classification of a campus leader or
"big shot." However, I have had one
or two little problems to come up on
which I would have liked aid and advice.
My dean is a fine fellow, but he's
a bit too busy to fool with my personal
problems. I have cooled my heels in
college offices more than once waiting
for someone to talk with me, and then
had the buck neatly passed. I have cooled
my heels again only to have the
buck passed again.
Just as Mr. Ivey said, call him a
dean of men or some other name if you
want to, but why can't the men have
some one person to whom they can
turn, knowing that they can get definite
action or at least a definite statement,
instead of a pat on the back and,
a "see so and so. He'll fix you up."
I don't know much about the student
government and to tell the truth
don't care much. But I do know and
I do care that every girl on the campus
has an individual to whom she can
take her problems. And I, and about
3000 other boys, have no one person.
We can keep on trying all the available
sources and keep on being sent to
somebody else.
I do not want to belittle anybody's
efforts. I know how hard college officers
work and how overburdened they
are. And this to me constitutes one of
the greatest arguments for a head for
men students. Why not give a part of
their work to an adviser for men students,
take it off their shoulders, make
it easier on them and better for us
too.
I congratulate Mr. Ivey and the
Plainsman on their stands. Don't yield,
for we students are behind you one
hundred per cent. I have talked to a
number of the boys here in the house.
Several of them have had the same
experiences that I have had and all of
us are unanimous in feeling that we do
deserve some kind of an adviser or
dean of men.
Sincerely,
E. A.
Editor,
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Ed:
We think that the letter to the editor
space is some of- the most valuable on
the paper, and we urge its continuance.
We have nothing to say at this time,
but we thought that we'd write and
tell you so. If we ever do have anything
to say, you may rest assured that
we will let you know.
But, as graduates of this institution,
we think that this rat cap situation
should be corrected. There ain't many
wearing them, and them that is is
either upper classmen or are afraid that
said caps will be stolen, swiped, or otherwise
removed from their oft bald and
empty craniums.
Ain't none of these frosh so handsome
that a bit of color on their heads
would spoil their looks. Why, back in
'23 we used to wear sometimes two at
once. We were never seen without at
least one.
Rat visages look good, whether surmounted
by an Auburn or Tech rat
cap, but, in all fairness to the rodents,
lets require one rat chapeau to rest unashamed
atop the hatracks of every
frosh.
Times have changed, as the little pig
exclaimed as he watched grandpa soaring
through the uprights. They used
to miss most of those kicks, still repeating
the pigs words.
In spite of the change in times, rat
cap wearing remains an Auburn tradition.
Let's don't let a few lousy rats
change this.
Love and xxxxxx's,
Two finished scholars
With the Co-ops—By A. Fred Henning
LAST WEEK WE were very informally
introduced to the members of
the pre-junior class of section A, now
in school. Since we now know a little
something about these fellows, their employers,
their jobs, etc., let's see if we
can get to know the sophomore co-operative
students in very much the same
manner.
These fellows, comprising a group of
29, represent 16 different companies,
corporation, railroads, and governmental
departments throughout the state.
For example, four of these sophomore
co-ops are employed on part-time jobs
with the Alabama Power Company,
four with the Alabama State Highway
Department, two with the Alabama Dry
Dock and Shipbuilding Company, and
two with the Birmingham Electric and
Manufacturing Company.
The remaining 12 of the employers
mentioned above are represented here
in school with one student each. These
are the Connors Steel Company, the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company, the Continental Gin
Company, the Birmingham - Southern
Railroad, Lamson Sessions Company,
Decatur Iron and Steel Company, the
Monsanto Chemical Company, the Bibb
Manufacturing Company, Alabama Byproducts
Corporation, Southern Kraft
Paper Co., U. S. Pipe Co., and the Tennessee
Coal Iron and Railroad Company.
At the time of this writing only
five of this class of 29 co-ops remain
unassigned to co-operative jobs. These
sophomores are enrolled in the school
of engineering in the following groups:
12 are studying mechanical engineering,
six each are studying electrical and
chemical engineering, and four are
studying civil engineering.
Upon inspection of this grouping it
is found that this sophomore class is
largely interested in the four engineering
courses mentioned and that it is not
even represented in the fields of industrial
or textile engineering. For this
reason, it strikes us as being the most
compact of the three classes now in
school. This, by the way, sophomores,
will undoubtedly be a big help to you
in scheduling certain courses in later
years.
The most striking name found in the
sophomore co-op roster for this year
is that never-to-be-forgotten William
Penn, who according to my memory of
history is an English admiral—or is he
his son, the founder of Pennsylvania?
Oh well, he's a pretty important guy,
and right here in Auburn studying mechanical
engineering too!
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.
BY NOW WE HAVE soundly trounced
the Glomerata Graft Wave to the
tune of several touchdowns, largely because
members of the Graft squad
posed for photos before vacating the
spot after retrieving the pigskin from
the upper region. Such grandstanding
is not to be tolerated on the plains of
Auburn, so we shot them down like
dogs.
At present it is rumored that the
Glomerata crew is declaring anyone eligible
to play on their team who has his
picture in the annual, or bi-annual, as
the case may be. The "A" Club has
been offered a free panel for the use
of some of the most outstanding luminaries,
but most of said stars are journeying
to New York for the Manhattan
classic, so no fear is felt from
this source.
Ignoring the Kelley reputation for
foul play, the Martin Forecasting Bureau
again predicts . . '. Panthers 53,
Graft Wave 6.
*
Last Saturday night several of the
few who remained in Auburn for the
weekend were gathered around the radio
for a little dance music to cheer
up their sagging spirits. One of the
lads succeeding in tuning in some fine
music. Various guesses as to the identity
of the band were hazarded. Said
guesses ran the gamut from several of
the top name bands to some of the
better known southern bands. Came the
end of the number, and the announcement.
The Auburn Knights were doing
the swinging. More power to them.
• *
At the risk of incurring the enmity
of that vague and mysterious body
known as "The Seven", I want to get
a few statements off my chest concerning
them.
First, as is usual, come congratulations,
especially as the reading public
numbers such a large percentage of
the student body. There must be some
need for such a paper if it attracted so
much interest at the first appearance.
But, if you must hide behind the nom-de-
plume of your trade name, it is
hardly fair to print dirt about various
people and organizations, especially if
said dirt cannot be proved. If your
identities were known, the ones hurt
by your statements would have' a means
for retaliation, if they could prove your
charges untrue. I think that there must
be a special corner of the Bad Place
reserved for anonymous gossipers.
Your publication could be of valuable
service to Auburn. Compliments, if deserved,
are always welcome, and help
the recipient to do even better in the
future. Many moves for college betterment
that would attract little notice
in the Plainsman may work better' in
your vehicle.
Come on, "Seven," let your paper
do the work that is fitted to do without
taking advantage of your little
hide-out of a name to throw mud on
some who do not merit your attention.
* * *
One question which has bothered me
since a recent bull-session. This session
was unusual in that the subject was
professors and grades instead of gals
and likker.
One of the participants brought up
the question of quote why do professors
ask relatively unimportant questions
on quizzes instead of the things
most emphasized, just because the last-mentioned
are easy? unquote. In the
nature of a reporter, and not as an expression
of personal opinion, I'd like to
give a few of the points offered.
We are here to get a bit of knowledge
that we will remember and be
able to use in the future. Certain fundamentals
are stressed by the text and
the professor; we infer from this that
they are important, and we attempt to
at least grasp the whole.
But, come the quiz. We are not asked
to explain the whole. If the point
is touched at all, some minor point is
often asked. The really important
things are too easy to constitute a fair
test.
Why try to discover something which
the student doesn't know? Isn't it much
more important to find out what they
do know?
This is not intended to reflect upon
all of the profs, or even most of them,
but there are undeniably some who
practice the above principles.
* * * »
Manhattan this week. In spite of the
demoralizing effect of the journey and
time spent in New York, the prediction
is Auburn 53, City Slickers 6. There'll
come a day!!
* * * * *
Carrie, the Campus Conundrum, has
this one all figured out. "If you can't
get a date for the Opening Dances,"
says Carrie, "just come anyhow and
bring your suitcase. After all, a bag's
a bag!"
October 20, 1939 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
98-Piece Auburn
Band Is Larger --
And Swingier
New Drums, Alto Horns,
And Flugel Horns Added
For Better Instrumentation
This year's Auburn Band with
98 members is larger than it has
ever before been, increasing appreciably
from last year's membership
of 82. Not only is the band
larger but the instrumentation is
more perfectly balanced because
of an increase in the alto and
baritone sections.
Prof. P. R. Bidez is director of
the band, having served in this
capacity for the past 20 years.
Prof. P. E. Grubbs is assistant director
and ~E. P. Guy is drum major.
The band has procured a much-needed
set of drums consisting of
a bass drum and three snare
drums. The snares differ from the
standard parade drums, being
shallower and having a sharper
and lighter tone.
Two alto horns have been obtained,
and two flugel horns that
have been collecting dust for the
past few years have been put into
use.
According to Mr. Bidez, the
band shows prospects of being one
of the best ever to represent Auburn.
He also stated that he is
planning to have a concert band
this year and plans to form it soon
after the close of the football season.
The band showed up well both
in Montgomery and in Birmingham,
but because of lack of practice
before the Southern game the
formations between halves were
done from regular block formation.
However, the extra two
weeks of practice made possible
the formation of letters at the
Mississippi State game.
The personnel of the band is as
follows:
R. L. Adair, J. L. Adderhold,
F. T. Agricola, J. L. Allegood, J.
C. Ball, Jack Berlin, P. R. Bidez,
John Blunschi, 0. P. Board, J. N.
Bourne, J. M. Brown, R. D.
Browning, 0. H. Burnside, A. M.
Burgin, H. C. Carder.
J. O. Colvard, J. N. Cooper, B.
H. Craig, W. Cunningham, A. B.
Cowart, J. M. Davis, H. G. Dailey,
T. W. Elkin, James Pancher, M.
M. Peagin, A. Flowers, H. L. Gol-son,
C. B. Glover, F. M. Grim-wood,
M. L. Griffith, W. G. Green,
E. P. Guy.
H. G. Hard, C. R. Heaslett,
Frank Helms, C. T. Higgins, J. R.
Hill, R. G. Hill, O. M. Holland,
J. T. Hudson, C. L. Isbell, F. M.
Jones, E. C. Kain, W. B. Kelley,
L. P. Knight, B. B. Knowles, J.
H. Lee, R. W. Lett, W. P. Locke,
G. H. Massey, J. S. Maloy, Sam
Mayo, H. M. Martin, J. B. Martin.
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TIGER
New Loan Fund Ready
For Incorporation
Last Details Still
To Be Ironed Out
Incorporation papers have been
drawn up for the John Winfield
Scott Loan Fund, Inc., and will be
filed in a few days, Rufus Porter,
president of Delta Sigma Pi,
honorary business administration
fraternity said Wednesday.
Final details will be worked out
in a session 'with Dr. Duncan in
a few days and in a convocation
to be held next week for all students
of the School of Science and
Literature.
The loan fund was originated
last spring as the idea of Dean
Scott and is modeled on a student
loan fund in operation at
the University of Texas. The project
was sponsored by a number
of seniors and by Delta Sigma Pi.
The fund is not ready to go into
operation as yet. Sponsors hope
to accumulate a much larger
amount before the first loans are
made. Students in the School of
Science and Literature are the
only ones eligible to receive loans.
At a convocation held last
spring for the entire student
body of the School of Science and
Literature, the students almost
unanimously pledged the residue
of their contingent deposits to
the fund. The sum obtained from
these pledges has served as the
nucleus around which the rest of
the fund has grown up. A few
small donations have also been
made, and according to Dean
Scott, more substantial ones are
expected as soon as incorporation
is complete.
The fund was named in honor
of Dr. Scott by vote of the students
attending the convocation
last spring.
At the same meeting Dr. Scott
announced that he hoped to donate
the percentage of $100 equal
to the percentage that the amount
of pledged contingent deposits is
of the total contingent deposits
of students of the School of
Science and Literature.
The papers of incorportion provide
for a Board of Directors
composed of 10 members, with
George Mallory, F. B. Mitchell,
J. A. Mitchell, T. C. Miller, W.
B. Moore, LeRoy Montgomery, J.
H. McBroom, B. C. McCary, J. R.
McClesky, J. A. McCrory, J. P. Mc-
Farland, J. W. McKee, J. N. Mc-
Nutt, F. A. McWilliams.
B. M. Nash, W. E. Peters, W.
R. Pickard, J. R. Powell, J. L.
Redd, J. E. Reynolds, M. E. Richards,
D. T. Rogers, E. C. Rodgers,
W. H. Ryan, R. A. Sawyer, M. D.
Sellers, J. W. Scott, H. C. Sharpe,
J. T. Siler, W. E. Shofner, W. H.
Stough, R. S. Sugg,
L. E. Threadgill, M. M. Thornton,
S. L. Toomer, J. M. Vance,
E. N. Vann, R. H. Veitch, T. J.
Vereen, D. C. Wells, C. E. Well-ons,
W. H. Weisz, S. L. White,
E. W. Wadsworth.
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COLLEGE LIFE
Seven coed student leaders appeared
on a program of the Auburn
Alumnae Association held
Monday afternoon in Student
Center and explained the functions
of various campus organizations.
Much interest was expressed by
the local women's group in student
activities, and a long discussion
was held in connection
with the charging of a 50-cent
fee by Pan-Hellenic Council to all
girls wishing to be rushed by sororities.
Ruth Miller, president of
Pan-Hellenic, led the discussion.
Other organization presidents
appearing on the program were
Virginia Adams, Woman's Student
Government Association;
Lallie Fee Cook, YWCA; Amy
Drake, Cardinal Key; Flossie
Granberry,, FHA; Betty Showalt-er,
Sphinx; Sara Lee Banks, Woman's
Athletic Association.
Blue Key Honor
Society Initiates
Two Senior Pledges
Charles Kilpatrick of Carroll-ton
and John Kenneth Orr of Atlanta,
Ga., were formally initiated
Tuesday night, October 10, by
Blue Key, national honor fraternity.
After a banquet given in honor
of the two new men, plans for
the present year were discussed.
In addition to the two new
members Blue Key has 13 members.
Capt. L. H. Ham is faculty
adviser for the group.
the dean of the School of Science
and Literature serving as ex officio
chairman. Two of the members
of the Board are students,
one a senior and one a junior,
while the others are faculty members
drawn from various departments
of the School of Science
and Literature.
FOUNDER OF AERO
DEPARTMENT
VISITS AUBURN
Prof. Finch Praises
Growth of School and
CAA Training Program
Visiting in Auburn last week
was Prof. V. C. Finch, who was
one of the founders of the department
of aeronautical engineering
here.
Prof. Finch came to Auburn in
1930. He left in 1933 and went to
Leland Stanford University in
California to acept a position as
professor of mechanical engineering.
The present year marks his
sabbatical year in that school, and
he is taking a leave of absence.
During 1930-31-32, aeronautical
engineering subjects were taught
in the department of mechanical
engineering. A separate department
was set up and put into
operation during 1932-33.
Prof. Finch and his wife who
accompanied him here, expressed
their admiration at the growth of
the school since 1933, and' he
stated that he was "very much
pleased about the new Civilian
Training Program" being undertaken
in connection with the department
which he helped to establish.
He remarked enthusiastically
that the department "had
certainly thrived."
Prof. Finch holds the ME degree
from Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Before coming to
Auburn as head professor of
aeronautical engineering, he was
an aviator in the United States
Navy.
During the 1938-39 school year,
200 colleges created some 300
scholarships for foreign refugees.
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IRC Invites 22
For Membership
Invitations have been offered
to 22 upperclassmen to become
members of the International Relations
Club. All have met the
scholastic requirements of the
Club and have manifested an interest
in international affairs.
Those given bids are Sara
Green, E. C. Allen, Burk Powell,
Archie Harkins, Bob Marshall,
Hazle Garrison, Carolyn Jones,
Ruth Miller, Richard Bjurberg,
Louise Thrash, Park Holland, Kate
Jones, Mary Ella Funchess, Cuth-bert
Gentle, Lila Mae Watters,
Ed Monroe, Hugh Cook, Jack
Snow, Vernon Morgan, John T.
Hudson, Edward Wadsworth.
The new members were entertained
last week at a hay ride and
picnic at Lake Condy.
Purpose of the IRC, which
meets once each week, is to discuss
international problems. It is
sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation
for International Peace.
Soph Hop Band
Now in New York
Auburn students attending the
Manhattan game will have a
chance to hear Russ Morgan, now
playing several times daily at the
Paramount Theater in New York.
He opened there on October 11,
and will remain until he leaves for
Auburn.
According to Tom Henley,
chairman of the social committee,
Auburn students are invited to
go backstage after each performance
and meet the leader and
members of the band. Admission
to the show, which also includes
a screen show, is 45 cents.
Cinemaster Fredric March is
leading a drive for funds to provide
technical equipment for the
new University of Wisconsin theater.
The libraries of U. S. institutions
of higher learning contain
more than 62,000,000 bound volumes.
Of the 1,500 different types of
positions for which the U. S. Civil
service commission offers examinations,
only approximately 200
require a college degree or its
equivalent.
Louisiana State University has
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months as regards federal student
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Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN October 20, 1939
AUBURN-FLORIDA GAME TO DEDICATE
NEW STADIUM ON THANKSGIVING DAY
Dedication Certificate
Tickets Selling for $5
Red letter day for Auburn will
be Thanksgiving, November 30,
1939, when Auburn plays the University
of Florida at the new Auburn
Stadium. This will be the
first campus game in many years
and has been designated as Homecoming
and Annual Alumni Day
by the Auburn Alumni Association.
The new stadium will be dedicated
that afternoon and gala
plans for the occasion are already
in the process of formation. There
will be a ceremony immediately
before the game in which President
L. N. Duncan) Coach Jack
Meagher, Gov. Frank M. Dixon,
and other prominent figures will
deliver short speeches dedicating
the stadium.
There will be a flag-raising
ceremony with both teams standing
at attention on the field while
the band plays the "Star Spangled
Banner" and the "Alma
Mater." At the half the band will
perform again.
Decoration of all fraternity
houses with suitable Homecoming
motifs will be another feature of
the day. Other plans will be released
later.
The section of seats within the
30-yard lines in the west stands
has been reserved for the purchasers
of dedication certificates.
These certificates are in the form
of a ticket giving the date, opponent
played, a word or two a-bout
the dedication, the names of
the coaches, and a place to write
in the score of the game. The
certificate is attached to the regular
ticket, which will cost $2.50
plus $2.50 for the dedication
souvenir, making a total of $5.00.
Funds derived from the sale of
the tickets will be applied to future
additions to the stadium.
These souvenir tickets may also
be bought with a ticket in any
other section of the stands.
There will be no passes of any
description issued for this game.
This ruling includes former' "A"
men, coaches, players, the press,
the governor, and the president of
the college.
Students will sit in a reserved
section in the east bleachers extending
from the 40-yard line past
the 50 to the goal line. The faculty
will also sit in a reserved section
of these stands while the
remainder of the seats in this section
will be put on sale the day
of the game as general admission
at $1.50.
A scoreboard will be erected in
the new stadium with the money
already contributed by the alumni
to the building fund.
LOST—Brown purse. Identification
in purse, hospital insurance
receipt. Name, Josephine
Reynolds. Finder return to
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Scheduled for Both
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Approximately 350 junior and
senior high school boys and girls
from 37 schools in District 4 will
gather at Auburn on Oct. 21 for
their annual Play Day.
Eight counties will be represented
at the meet, according to
Prof. E. B. Smith, director of intramural
sports.
Counties which will send boys
and girls to Auburn will be Bullock,
Chambers, Coosa, Elmore,
Lee, Macon, Russell, and Tallapoosa.
Registration for girls will take
place at the Girls' Gym at 8:30
a.m. and for boys at Graves Center
auditorium at 8:30 a.m. The
competition for girls will be held
at the Girls' Gym, and the activities
will include rhythm, surprise
giant volley ball, tenniquoits,
tumbling and stunts, kickball,
endball, freeplay, archery, ringo,
skoup ball, and rope jumping.
Activities for boys will take
place on Bullard Field and will
include volley ball, relays, soft
ball, speedball, one ring basketball,
and individual sports. In
case of rain the boys will perform
in the boys' gymnasium.
A meeting of teachers, parents,
and principals will be held at
10:30 a.m. at Woman's Gym.
Lunch will be served to the visitors
at Graves Center Auditorium
at 12:15. Mrs. Louise Lee Forte
will present a dancing class which
will demonstrate rhythm activities
at 12:45 p.m. Awards to winners
in the competitions will be made
at 1:45 p.m.
DICK McGOWEN, one of the
South's outstanding p u n t e r s ,
whose booming spirals are expected
to back the Manhattan Jaspers
back on their heels tomorrow.
Mr. Smith announced that
movies will probably be shown at
Graves Center.
In charge of Play Day will be
Miss Fartnie Stollenwerck, Mrs.
Louise Lee Forte, and Mrs. Roberts
H. Brown, all of the college
physical education staff, and Miss
Estelle Hightower, of the Lee
County High School.
Football Bureau
Gets Startling
Results on Games
Last week, in spite of widespread
upsets in the football world,
the Paul B. Williamson Rating
System achieved an efficiency of
84.4. Notable picks were Oklahoma's
win over Lynn Waldorf's
Northwestern Wildcats, and Kentucky's
startling victory over Van-derbilt.
This was a honey of a
pick as it was the first time in
43 years of competition that the
Wildcats have licked the Commodores
and it was the first time
in the history of the Williamson
System that the System picked
Kentucky to win!
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In Interfraternify Touch Football
All League Winners to
Be Announced October 30
The SPE's romped to victory
over the Theta Chi's in their final
league game by a 13-7 score on
Monday afternoon to win the
touch football championship in
League One.
The SPE's have scored a total
of 67 points in winning four games
and losing none, while their opponents
scored only seven points.
They won the championship last
year and have their eyes on the
trophy this year.
Among the more thrilling games
Latest revised ratings place
Duke, Pitt, Ole Miss, Oklahoma,
North Carolina U., Ohio State,
LSU, Nebraska, Oregon and Notre
Dame as the ten leading teams of
the nation in that order. Tulane
is placed in eleventh position, Tennessee
in twelfth place, while Auburn's
Saturday opponent, Mississippi
State is rated in thirteenth
place.
Other interesting ratings place
Alabama as number 20, Boston
College as 32, Auburn as 48, Florida
as 80, Manhattan as 83, Georgia
as 89, while Georgia Tech is
rated in slot number 34.
of the week was the Pi K A fray
which finally ended in a 7-6 victory
for the Pi K A's. At the
close of the regulation game the
two teams were tied at 6 all. Each
team ran four plays according to
the new rules and the Pi K A's
were declared winners as they
gained more yardage on those
plays than the SAE's. This leaves
a three-way tie in League Four
with Pi K A, SAE, and Delta Sigma
Phi locked for top honors.
Leadership for League Three is
tied up between KA, Kappa Sigma,
and Sigma Chi, but all games
in this league will not be completed
until next week.
In League Two there will be
a play-off game next week to decide
the victor of that -league between
Sigma Nu and ATO fraternities.
All final games with winners
in each league are to be announced
on October 30.
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One of the tackle positions on
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The fellow's name happens to
be Frederick Gwaltney McCollum,
Jr., and he's the son of Coach
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debut early Wednesday morning
and weighed in at nine pounds,
10 ounces.
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October 20, 1939- THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Five
Tigers Tackle Jaspers in New York Tomorrow
TIGER TALES
By BOOTS STRATFORD
Those green jersies continue to be the luck sign for
the Tigers—they upset Mississippi State while wearin' 'em
and lost to Tulane when they wore those orange jobs. Hope
^ the hex doesn't hold true this weekend—
they'll be wearing orange again because
Manhattan's school color is Kelly Green, so
the Jaspers will be wearing emerald-hued
jersies. * * *
As soon as "Dynamite Dick" Mc-Gow-en
gets better height and direction in his
kicks, he'll rate with Auburn's all-time
greats. There are four physical requirements
for good punters: speed in getting
_ _. ball away, distance, height and place-
°° ment; and one mental requisite; coolness
under fire. McGowen has the first two named and the
last one and when he adds the third and fourth items
to his qualifications, old grads will forget all about
the almost legendary "Little Tiger" Howe and other
great Auburn punters.
* * *
Rufus Deal is a throwback to the early days of Auburn
football when the fullbacks were rough and rugged
and made their 5 yards every time with about ten men
hanging on them. "Rippin' " Rufus is potentially a great
fulback, his line plunging leaves little to be desired, and
when he learns to handle that pigskin with greater finesse
and starts getting those punts off a little more quick-like,
he'll rank with the best.
He's proof of many coaches contention that a good
football man can play any position. Deal was originally
a guard and one of the best when he played for the Tuscaloosa
High School Black Bears.
* * *
We clicked with nine out of 11 predictions last week,
Duke slipping up against Pitt's supposedly "deemphasized"
football team and Army and Columbia deadlocking one to
knock us out of a perfect score. Good picks were Auburn's
win over State and Texas A & M's victory over win-weary
Villanova.
Aided and abetted by the three witches of Macbeth
and the crystal ball of the wicked witch of the
west, we close our eyes, turn around three times on
one foot and pick these predictions out of the air
while still dizzy.
The Orange and Blue of Auburn to flaunt high
over the Kelly Green of Manhattan—The Tigers will
show the East some sho' 'nuff South'n feetball, suh, to
wipe out last year's Villanova loss.
Tennessee over Alabama — Two fine football
teams; Cafego looks like the factor that swings the
balance of power to the Vols.
Georgia Tech to beat Vandy — The Commodores
will spend most of the afternoon trying to locate the
pigskin.
Kentucky to wallop Georgia—All Georgia needs
this year is a football team.
Tulane to put the skids under North Carolina—All
of which rises out of the belief tnat a top-notch Southeastern
Conference team can lick a top-notch Southern
Conference team two out of three any day.
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Fleet back whose passing arm rang up a touchdown for Auburn
last Saturday. He will probably see action tomorrow against the Manhattan
Jaspers in New York. He is an accurate passer and one of the
shiftiest backs on the squad.
Plainsmen to Try for
Second Straight Win
McGowen, Happer, Fowler, and Deal
May Start for Auburn in Backfield
By BOOTS STRATFORD
The East will get another look at the best in Southern
football when those traveling Auburn Tigers, 32 strong,
meet the Jaspers of Manhattan College tomorrow at the
Polo Ground, New York, in one of the top intersectional
clashes of the day.
The Plainsmen face the task of following in the big
footsteps of LSU's win over Holy Cross and the lickings
that both Alabama and Tulane gave Fordham, but they
should uphold the Southeastern ' ~~
Conference's remarkable intersectional
record with a win over Herb
Kopf's Kelly Green eleven.
New Yorkers will get a glance
at one of the best punters in the
nation when Dick McGowen starts
loosing those booming drives of
his to the far reaches of the Polo
Grounds and also at one of the
top guards of the country in Capt.
Milton Howell, granite block in
the middle of the Tiger line.
Dismissal of Charles Haynes-worth,
senior fullback from Birmingham,
from the football squad
Wednesday was only a disiplinary
measure it was learned yesterday.
Haynesworth is in New York now
with the football team and will
play against Manhattan.
These factors make the Tigers
a potentially powerful offensive
machine, while line play in general
and end play in particular has
steadily improved to make the defense
steel strong. The Jaspers
will run into a rough afternoon if
the Tigers start clicking.
But Herb Kopf will have plenty
of dynamite to shoot back at the
Orange and Blue in John Supulski,
slashing halfback whose passing
and off-tackle dices will constitute
a constant threat; Eddie Fay, Su-pulski's
understudy, who is too hot
to hold in a broken field; wing-back
Ted Mazur, who can really
put a toe under that pigskin; "Awful"
Artie Jocher, strong man
tackle; and Captain Jerry Pall,
176 pounds of concentrated, fighting
guard.
Entourage accompanying the
Plainsmen to New York includes
coaches Meagher, Morgan, Jordan,
Grant and Hutsell; Professor Herbert
Martin as faculty adviser;
Bedie Bidez in connection with
ticket sales; sports writers Max
Moseley of the Montgomery Advertiser,
Phillips and Vance of the
Birmingham News-Age Herald,
and Bradberry, J. Martin and Harold
Martin from the Atlanta papers;
manager Jim Callaway and
his assistants Joe Sprague and
Vergil Rich; also Tom Mastin, official
motion picture photographer,
and Lewis Arnold, college and
Plainsman photographer. Publicity
Director Elmer Salter left for
New York Sunday to handle publicity.
Players taken were: guards, Ar-dillo,
Mills, Chandler, Howell,
Thorpe and Wise; tackles, Bulger,
Chalkley, Crimmins, MacEachern,
Nichols and Wolff; ends, Cremer,
Faulk, McGehee, Pearson, Sam-ford,
and Lenoir; centers, Fair-child,
Morgan and Burns; quarterbacks,
Cheatham, Fowler and Mc-
Mahan; halfbacks, Happer, Ken-more,
Mims, McGowen and Wend-ling;
and fullbacks, Deal, Dean and
Haynesworth.
Probable starting lineups are as
follows:
AUBURN 3
Faulk LE
Wolff LT
Mills LG
Morgan C
Howell RG
Bulger RT
Cremer RE
Fowler QB
McGowen LH
Happer RH
Deal FB
Conference
MA NHATTAN
Farabaugh
Jocher
Borman
Pomicter
Fall
Shamis
Smolenski
Gnup
Supulski
Mazur
Migdal
Standings
Team Won Lost P OP
Kentucky
Tulane
Mississippi
Tennessee
Auburn
Mississippi State
Louisiana State
Florida
Sewanee
Vanderbilt
Georgia Tech,
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Alabama, and
played confer-
Meet The Coach-
His Life Has Been
An Interesting One
By ELMER G. SALTER
Jack Meagher, head coach and
athletic director. Born in Chicago,
July 5, 1896. Graduated
Elgin, 111., High School in 1915.
Attended Notre Dame for two
years. Left to enter World War.
End in football at Notre Dame,
1915 and 1916. Entered World
War as private in Marine Corps
and was discharged as a captain.
Launched coaching career at St.
Edwards, Austin, Texas, in 1921.
H e a d coach at St. Edwards,
where he completed the requirements
for an A.B. degree, until
receiving appointment as head
coach at Rice Institute in 1929.
Resigned at Rice in 1934 to accept
dual athletic position at Auburn.
Has 18 years coaching
record of 115 victories 61 losses
and six ties.
Member of Rotary club. Married
and has six children, five boys
and one girl, who is a freshman
at Auburn. Hopes his boys will be
excellent football material for
Auburn, where his present contract
does not expire until September
1, 1943. His last four Auburn
teams have lost only 12 de-
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Under Meagher, Auburn played
in two post-season games, tieing
Villanova, 7-7, in Havana, Cuba,
January 1, 1937, and defeating
Michigan State, 6-0, in Miami,
January 1, 1938, to become coach
of first Dixie eleven ever to win
Orange Bowl trophy.
Soft spoken and modest, is unusually
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Players respect him to the
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Never raises voice on or off field.
Uses Notre Dame system with
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for aggressiveness, neatness,
and determined, confident and
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Page Six THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN • October 20, 1939
Taking Of Pictures
For Glomerata To
Cease October 28
Editor and Business Head
Of Yearbook Announce
Staff Members for Year
Charles Kelley, editor of the
Glomerata, announced today that
the taking of class pictures for
the annual will close on Saturday,
October 28.
Kelley anonunced that about
2800 pictures had already been
taken and that some 500 pictures
remain to be taken. These pictures
must be in the hands of the publishers
by November 15; therefore,
all pictures must be taken
by the end of this month. Proofs
on pictures will be ready three
weeks after the date the picture
was taken.
Kelley announced that the following
students had been selected
as members of the editorial staff
of the college annual: photographers,
Lewis Arnold, Arthur
Brantley, and Leroy Spearman;
sports editor, Gus Pearson; secretarial
assistants, Jimmie Jerkins
and Bettie Belle Brandt; fraternity
editor, Joe Lacey; divisional
editor, Bill McGehee; art editor,
Paul Rudolph; editorial assistants,
Jack Greeson, Jack Birdsong,
James Chastain, Robert Farrell,
John Cooper, Ed Paul, Allen Miller,
Henry Flynn, and Harry Huff.
Hank Parker, business manager
of the Glomerata announced that
the following students were members
of his staff: Tony Williams,
Venton Mitchell, Cliff Beckham,
Billy Clanton, Bill Dodd, Kirk
Newell, Ed Welden, Doug Nettles,
Sam Nettles, Carl Pace, Charles
Floyd, Frank Helms, Malcom
Hunter, John Sanders, Jim King,
James Thomas, and John Huff.
Knitzer Appearance
Set for Tuesday
Artist is First
On Concert Series
The Auburn Concert Series
will launch its program for 1939-
40 Tuesday, when Joseph Knitzer,
talented violinist, appears on the
concert stage at Graves Center
auditorium.
With approximately 1,000 season
tickets already sold for the
series, a capacity crowd is expected
for the Knitzer concert which
will begin at 8:15 p.m.
Hailed at 26 years old as "an
artist fairly bursting with talent,"
Knitzer has already appeared under
the batons of Leopold Sto-kowski
and Walter Damrosch. He
was the youngest soloist ever to
play with the New York Symphony
when he made his debut at
14.
Knitzer was born in New York
City and showed signs of musical
talent at the age of three. His
father, a native of Leipsig, began
taking him to weekly concerts at
that age, and commenced his violin
instruction when Joseph was
seven.
In 1934 Knitzer won the Walter
Naumburg Award and the following
year the prize of the National
Federation of Music Clubs,
as well as the Schubert Memorial
Award.
This season marks the fourth
in Knitzer's steadily growing career.
The Worcester and Ann Arbor
Festivals, the Detroit and Dayton
Symphonies, the Ford and
Kraft Radio Hours are nationally
famous auspices under which he
has appeared. This year he will
appear with the New York Philharmonic-
Symphony under the
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The College Man He
If You Don't Believe
But tbe Day of Clothing
Fads has Come t o an End
College clothing fads have had
their day . . . and a brilliantly
colored day it was, too . . . but
now the average college man is
dressing with "rhyme and reason."
On campuses where color once
ran riot, where undergraduates
paid little or no attention to clashes
in their garb, the practice is
now to avoid extremities. While a
more subdued ensemble is the order,
the college student hasn't
abandoned his flair for color.
Quite the opposite. Instead of "going
overboard" with yellow trousers
and crimson coats and other
manifestations of the enticement
of color, the well-dressed under-grad
is satisfying his craving for
brighter, gayer hues in his ties,
hosiery and accessories.
Solid colors and striped patterns
in shirts are the favorites
for this fall with checks entirely
out. Of the striped' motif, wide-spaced
stripes are in predominance,
followed by the band stripe,
which, as you know, is comparable
to the small cluster stripe. Green
and tan are gaining prominence
on the campus and at present are
giving the ever-popular blue a run
for its money. In many instances
college men are selecting grey or
sand color for their shirts. These
colors, being neutral, blend nicely
with sharp stripes.
's Quite A Dude;
If Read This
"Who's Who"
Continued from page 1
for three years, is a lieutenant
colonel in ROTC, and a member
of ATO fraternity.
Carl Happer, a Spade, is a halfback
on the football team, a member
of ODK, Delta Sigma Pi, and
Scabbard and Blade. He is president
of SAE.
Tom Henley is Chairman of the
Social Committee. In addition he
is a lieutenant in ROTC, a member
of ODK, and of Pi Kappa Phi
fraternity.
George Hiller, president of the
Interfraternity Council, is a member
of ODK, the varsity debate
team, Rho Chi, and the Pharmaceutical
Society. He is a captain
in ROTC and is president of Pi
Kappa Phi fraternity.
John Ivey is a Spade, president
of the Executive Cabinet, an O-DK,
member of the varsity debate
team, of Delta Sigma Pi, and
JOSEPH KNITZER, violinist
who appears here Tuesday night
as the first attraction on the Auburn
Concert Series.
baton of John Barbirolli, who
heard him in audition and immediately
engaged the young violinist
to play with him in the
spring.
Knitzer is opening the second
year of the Auburn Concert Series
and it promises to be even
more successful than the first.
Tickets for the series may be
purchased from Kirtley Brown,
News Bureau, Auburn.
president of ATO social fraternity.
He is an associate editor of the
Plainsman.
Charles Kelley is editor of the
Glomerata, vice-president of ODK,
member of Scarab, and president
of Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity.
George Kenmore, president of
Blue Key, is a member "A" Club,
Scabbard and Blade, a captain in
ROTC, and a member of Pi Kappa
Phi social fraternity.
Hankins Parker is business manager
of the Glomerata, a member
of ODK, AVMA, and has been
active in Baptist Student Union
work.
John Rice is a member of
Spades, and ODK, captain of
Scabbard and Blade, colonel in
ROTC. He is a member of the Ag
Club and is on the Alabama Farmer
staff.
Betty Showalter is president of
Sphinx, Auburn Players, and IRC,
is a member of the Publications
Board and a member of Kappa
Delta sorority.
Billy Smith is a Spade, a member
of ODK and Scabbard and
Blade and a lieutenant colonel in
ROTC. He is pep manager and is
president of Sigma Nu social fraternity.
John Watters is a member of
Spades and ODK, a captain in R-OTC,
member of Scabbard and
Blade and the Executive Cabinet,
and chairman of the elections
committee. He is a member of
Delta Sigma Pi, and of Kappa Alpha
social fraternity.
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'THE PLACE TO GO"
New Management
Home to Have Open
House Next Sunday
Mrs. Marion Spidle, dean of Auburn
School of Home Economics,
announced today that an open
house tea will be held in the new
home management house Sunday
afternoon, from 3:00 to 6:00
o'clock. The 300 guests who have
been invited will be received by
Dr. L. N. Duncan, Mrs. Spidle,
and Miss Florence Davis. The
members of the staff and the girls
who reside in the house will serve
as hostesses.
Everyone has been cordially invited
to come by and inspect the
new house.
Religious Week
Continued from page 1
devotion. It is faith in mankind
that makes us wax strong in mankind."
Dr. Davison went on to explain
that we were not made to live for
ourselves but were made to project
ourselves into other's lives, and
in this way our fulfilling ministry
in life. "It is God's will", he said,
"that every young man and woman
shall become great."
Dr. Davison delivered the ninth
in his series of talks on "The Life
Worth-While" on Thursday morning.
Using David Livingstone as
an example, he showed how Christianity
enables a man to overcome
almost any obstacle in life. On the
other hand he showed how those
people who do not live a Christian
life usually are not really successful.
He said that the true meaning
of success was the attainment of
Christian manhood and womanhood.
ALICE FAYE SEEN
GETTING PIES IN
HER PRETTY FACE
Star is Recipient of
Custards Tossed in
"Hollywood Cavalcade"
Hollywood glamour girls are
accustomed to "taking it" by
now.
They've long since ceased to
register surprise when they learn
that the script requires them to
take a beating at the hands of
the six-foot "hero," be dropped
bodily out of a window or tossed
into a swirling river.
Binnie Barnes was dropped unceremoniously
into a horse trough
by Randolph Scott in "Frontier
Marshal."
In "Drums Along the Mohawk,"
Claudette Colbert will be tossed
out of a canoe into a river as a
start. Later, when enjoying a nice
case of hysterics, she experiences
the sobering effects of a sound
smack in the jaw, administered by
Henry Fonda.
But all these cinematic trials
pale before the one to which lovely
blonde Alice Faye was subjected
during the shooting of her first
Technicolor film, Darryl F. Za-nuck's
production of "Hollywood
Cavalcade," the romance of the
movies from bathing beauties to
world premieres, which will be
shown at the Owl Prevue Saturday
with regular shows Sunday and
Monday.
For in early scenes of this 20th
Century-Fox film, which co-stars
her with Don Ameche, Alice takes
no less than 19 custard pies smack
in that lovely face! The pies were
tossed by that veteran pie-slinger,
Buster Keaton, who plays himself
in the film, which also features
J. Edward Bromberg, Alan Curtis,
Stuart Erwin, Jed Prouty,
Donald Meek, George Givot and
Eddie Collins.
On the same program the Tiger
presents the latest March of Time
"The Battle Fleets of England,"
which presents a comprehensive
and uncensored film story of the
British Navy today, emphasizing
its vital role in the defense of the
British Empire and the strategy
of the Allies in their war against
Germany.
To -feed Great Britain's 50
million people, the film shows
more than 150 ships a day must
bring their cargoes to British
docks; for in peace or war, Britain
must import nearly all the
food she eats.
GIRLS GLEE CLUB
TO SPONSOR CLUB
FROM UNIVERSITY
Auburn music lovers are anticipating
a recital by the Girls Glee
Club of the University of Alabama
in the early spring of 1940.
Lawrence Barnett, director of
the boys and girls glee clubs here,
recently received a request from
the president of the University
Clubs to visit Auburn during its
spring tour.
The girls of the Glee Club voted
at once to sponsor the University
songstresses, and the business
manager of the club has written
the University group of the decision.
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will be announced later.
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