1940-03-12 The Auburn Plainsman

              Auburn Weather
Is Here Again THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Auburn vs. Carson-
Newman Tomorrow
VOL. LXIII z-i ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, MARCH 12, 1940 No. 47
Blue Key Announces Choice of New Members
DELTA SIGMA PI Junior Political Fifteen M e n P i c k ed
From left to right, Allen Smith, Lewis Patrick, Jim Mays, and John Leith, Erskine College's varsity
debaters who appeared here Thursday night against the Plainsmen platform-men. Tomorrow night two Au­burn
teams debate two teams from Carson-Newman College at 7 o'clock in the new classroom building.
Sixty- Three Students
Placed on Deans'Lists
Six of Eight Schools Have Lists in;
Two are Yet to be Announced
Following the announcement of first semester grades
by the registrar's office last week, 63 juniors and seniors
have been placed on deans' lists. In accordance with the
new absence rule they will be permitted unlimited cuts for
the remainder of this term.
The deans' lists of the School of Architecture and the
School of Home Economics have not yet been announced.
The other lists, arranged by schools, follow.
School of Agriculture: P. B.
Gibson, E. F. Schultz, M. W. . G. L. Lewallen, G. K. Jones, C. T.
Camp, William Zeigler, Robert Mason, L. F. Whitney, A. D.
Langford, Fred Wellborn, Wil- Knowles, J. D. Stith, Joe Witten,
liam Eden, Richard Wible, and and Ruth A. McConnico.
C. M. Wilson. —
School of Chemistry and Phar­macy:
Charles Cook, Benjamin
Eich, Francis H. Gerhardt, Joe
Heard, and Leroy Thompson.
School of Education: Coy S.
Bazemore, Jessie W. Drake, Su­san
Mizelle Hare, Francis Eliza­beth
Harwell, Harvey Hardaway
Jackson, Flora Straight, Ossie
Hanson Bowden, Spurgeon L.
Davis, Amy Drake, Ethyl Ger­trude
Gardiner, David Ruse Grif­fin,
Virgil W. Lord, Virginia Car­roll
Miller, Ann Odelle Tatum,
Elizabeth Glass Wheeler, and Au­gusta
G. Williams.
School of Engineering: LaFay-ette
F. Bledsoe, Robert N. Camp­bell,
William Ashley Chapman,
Warren G. Darty, Ted Wilson El­lis,
Marion Jake Fortner, Frank
B. Gunter, Urban Haskell John­son,
William Henderson Laseter,
James Carlyle McCulloch, Daw­son
H. Mullen, Jr., Roger R.
Petrey, Doctor Thomas Rogers,
Adrian Laval Sicard, Timothy G.
Vick, and Melvin G. Whitaker.
School of Science and Litera­ture:
Julian Myrick, Mary More-man",
Hugh Green Ford, Kathleen
' Brennan, W. H. Chandler, John
Deming, Carolyn Jones, Carl Hap-per,
and George Kenmore.
School of Veterinary Medicine:
API AND CARSON-NEWMAN
DEBATE
TOMORROW NIGHT
Four members of the Auburn
debate squad will meet a quartet
of debaters from Carson-Newman
College at 7 o'clock tomorrow
night in the new classroom build­ing
on the question of American
isolation.
Byrd Marshall and Hoyt Hall
will uphold the negative side for
Auburn against one Carson-New­man
team, and John Ivey and John
Godbold will debate the affirma­tive
against the other visiting
team.
The debaters will be held in
Rooms 14 and 16 of the new
building.
Notices
The Sears, Roebuck Club is
scheduled to hold an outing Sat­urday
night, March 16, at 7:30
o'clock. All members of the club
are asked to assemble at Comer
Hall.
Oracles will meet tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock in the Social
Center.
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Blue Key announced today the tapping of 15 new mem­bers
including 13 juniors, Col. John J. Water­man
and Kirtley Brown. See column 7.
Unlimited Cuts is the privilege going to those stu­dents
whose names are on the
deans' lists, as provided by the new absence rule.
See column 1.
Georgia Tech was too much for the Auburn swim­mers
Saturday afternoon and the Tig­ers
were drowned by the Jackets, 30-45. See page 4.
Tan n o r m a *s *^e dolphins' next opponent, at Alumni
I ClIllCjjCC Gym pool Friday afternoon, the time be­ing
tentatively set for 4 o'clock. See page 4.
Inforoctinfl a r e *^e a c ^ v ^ e s °f the Toxicological Lab-
I l l l C I w l l l i y oratory, one of Auburn's most unusual and
Dr. Gilbert Gives
Four Lectures Here
Philosopher Visits
API Second Time
Dr. Katherine Gilbert, member
of the faculty of the School of
Philosophy of Duke University,
delivered a series of four philo­sophical
lectures in Langdon Hall
last week from Monday through
Thursday.
The first three lectures were de­livered
at 4 o'clock in the after­noon,
and the fourth was deliver­ed
before the girls' convocation
at 11 o'clock Thursday morning.
The series of lectures was ar­ranged
primarily for the women
students, but all students, facul­ty
members, and townspeople were
invited to attend.
The lectures given by Dr. Gil­bert
were, "The Vice of Talking
about Virtue and the Importance
of Thinking about It," "Reason
and Absolutes in Goodness," "The
World and Man's Place'in I t ."
The fourth lecture, presented at
th£ girls' convocation, was "The
War and Our Will."
Dr. Gilbert is one of the na­tion's
foremost scholars and an in­ternationally
respected authority
in the field of aesthetics. She is
also an author of renown, having
recently published a comprehen­sive
"History of Aesthetics."
Dr. Gilbert received the AB and
AM degrees from Brown Univers­ity
and the PhD degree from Cor­nell
University. She taught two
years in elementary schools and
later served as assistant in Eng­lish
and in philosophy at Brown.
She was a member of the faculty
of the department of Philosophy
at the University of North Caro­line
before going to Duke in 1939.
Only Deficiency
Grades to be Given
At Mid-Semester
Only deficiency grades will be
given on mid-semester reports this
spring, according to an announce­ment
made by the registrar's of­fice
today.
Deficiency grades include fail­ures,
incomplete grades, conditions,
and grades below par because of
absence from examinations. Stu­dents
will receive no report on
grades above the passing mark.
The registrar's office explained
that since mid-semester reports
were issued for the sole purpose
of informing the student, his par­ents,
and his dean of the type of
work he had been doing, no perm­anent
record being kept, a report
on his deficiencies would be ade­quate
to accomplish this purpose.
A complete record of all grades,
however, will be sent out for any
student whose parents request it.
little-known departments. See page 4.
Notice
The American Chemical Socie­ty
will meet tonight at 7 o'clock
in Ross 207. Motion pictures will
be shown. All members please be
present.
SELECTS SIX NEW
MEMBERS AT BALL
Business Students
Honored for High
Scholastic Records
Nine business administration
students were tapped at the Com­merce
Ball Friday night for mem­bership
in Delta Sigma Pi, na­tional
business fraternity.
The men chosen for member­ship
include John Peyton Thrash­er,
Huntsville; P. T. Bruner, Bir­mingham;
Arthur Burnett, Flor­ence;
Eugene Corbett, Morris-town,
Tenn.; Joe Crawford, Un­ion,
S. C ; Edward D. Gilmer,
Montgomery; Vernon W. Morgan,
Georgiana; William Joe Phipps,
Opelika; Mitchell Wadkins, Au­burn.
Crawford is a senior, Wadkins
and Corbett juniors, and the re­mainder
sophomores.
Delta Sigma Pi is a profession­al
commerce and business admin­istration
fraternity which aims to
foster the study of business in
schools and colleges, to encourage
scholarship, and to bring busi­ness
students together in closer
association.
Officers of the API chapter
this year are Rufus Porter, presi­dent;
Charles Harris, vice-presi­dent;
Charles Fincher, treasurer;
and Henry Faucette. secretary.
NEW BUILDING
BEING OCCUPIED
Physics Department
Moves Into New Space
Occupation of the recently com­pleted
classroom building on West
Thach began this week with the
shifting of the physics department
from the basement of Samford in­to
larger and more modern quar­ters
in the new structure.
Most of the equipment of the
department had been moved into
the building by today, and some
laboratory sessions are already be­ing
held there. However, actual
classes will not begin until the
chairs, which have been placed in
the building, are fastened to the
floor.
According to the School of Sci­ence
and Literature office, the in­stallation
of typewriting equip­ment
has already begun, and the
books in the economics library will
be moved from Broun Hall in the
next few days.
Campus Events
Monday, March 11
7:00 p.m. — ASCE and ASME
Meeting. E. E. Michaels will lec­ture.
7:00 p.m. — American Chemi­cal
Society. Ramsay Hall 200.
Motion pictures, Ross 207.
Wednesday, March 13
7:00 p.m. — Debate: Auburn
vs. Carson-Newman College. Stu­dent
Center.
Friday, March IS
7:30 p.m. — Alumni Dinner.
New Dining Hall.
9:00 p.m. — Military Ball.
Graves Center.
Saturday, March 16
Alumni and "A" Day Celebra­tion.
10:00 a.m. -r- Polo game: Au­burn
vs. Atlanta Horse Guards.
Bullard Field.
2:00 p.m. — Football: Orange
vs. Blue. Auburn Stadium.
7:30 p.m.—Sears, Roebuck Club
outing. Comer Hall.
8:15 p.m. — Concert: Aeolian
Guild Singers. Georgia State Col­lege
for Women. Langdon Hall.
(Admission free)
9:00 p.m. — Honor Society
Ball. Graves Center.
Coming Event*
March 21-24 — Spring Holi­days.
April 1-2 — Operetta: "Chimes
of Normandy". Langdon Hall.
April 3 — Engineers' Day.
Pot Boiling As
Election Nears
Flowers, Martin, and
Moore Out for Vice-
Presidency of Cabinet
Leading the list of sophomores
seeking 1940-41 junior class of­fices
are three candidates for the
vice-presidency of the Executive
Cabinet, Charles Flowers, Herbert
Martin, and the latest entry, Bill
Moore.
Flowers is a member of Lamb­da
Chi Alpha social fraternity,
and is vice-president of the soph­omore
class. Martin is sophomore
representative to the Executive
Cabinet at this time and is an
ATO. Moore is a member of Kap­pa
Alpha and is enrolled in agri­culture.
Five sophomores have publicly
announced their candidacy for the
two positions as junior class rep­resentative
to the Executive Cabi­net.
They are Tom Rowan, trans­fer
from the University of Flori­da,
enrolled in agriculture; Jim
Morgan, another ag man; Gray
Carter, electrical engineering stu­dent
and Phi Delta Theta; Char­les
Alton, a third ag man; and
Bob Anderson, Montevallo, ma­joring
in journalism and this
year's president of the sophomore
class.
In the line-up for the presi­dency
of the junior class are
Craig Lee Jackson, an industrial
engineering student, and John
Daniel, enrolled in agricultural
administration. Another possible
candidate for this job is Otis
Burnside, a vet student, who is a t
present secretary of the Execu­tive
Cabinet.
Two candidates have thrown
their hats into the ring for the
vice-presidency of the class. They
are W. H. Gregg, an ag student
and W. D. Kelly, mechanical en­gineer.
Mentioned as a third pos­sible
candidate is Joe Gandy,
business administration student
and sophomore cheerleader this
year.
Howard Worthington, ag stu­dent,
is so far the only candidate
to publicly announce for the of­fice
of class secretary.
For class treasurer, Russell Am­brose
and Bob Dabney, both busi­ness
students, have thrown their
hats into the ring.
Flo Pickens, as yet the only
girl in the race, is candidate for
the office of historian of the
class. She is taking Science and
Literature.
David E. Young, a junior in ag­ricultural
education, has entered
the race for treasurer of the sen­ior
class. He is a member of Ag
Club and FFA.
By Senior Honorary
Col. Waterman and Kirtley Brown Chosen
In Addition to Thirteen Juniors
Blue Key, national honorary leadership fraternity, an­nounced
today the selection of 13 outstanding juniors, one
faculty member, and one member of the college administra­tion.
From the faculty Col. John J. Waterman, commandant
and head of the School of Military Science and Tactics was
selected. Kirtley Brown, publications director and head of
the college publicity department, was chosen from the ad-
— — ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ — ministration.
'Rainbow Division'
Member Attends
'Fighting 69th'Here
One of the most interested spec­tators
at the movie "The Fighting
69th" at the Tiger Theatre Sun­day
was Hugh Hill Thorp, a na­tive
of Auburn and a member of
the famous "Rainbow Division"
featured in the picture.
A member of the old 4th Ala­bama
National Guard regiment at
the beginning of the war, Mr.
Thorp was sent first to the Mexi­can
border during the trouble there
in 1917 and later to Camp Mills,
N. Y., where the 4th Alabama
was consolidated with units from
Ohio, Iowa, and New York to form
the 167th Infantry, or "Rainbow
Division."
From Camp Mills, the 167th was
sent to France, where it fought in
the battles on the Champagne
front, at Chateau-Thierry, and lat­er
in the St. Mihiel Salient and the
Argonne F°r e s t . At Chateau-
Thierry Mr. Thorp was wounded
nine times, and after the war spent
Continued on page 4
Delta Sig's Install
New Frat Officers
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity in­stalled
on Wednesday, March 6,
the following officers for the
coming year: John McCabe, pres­ident;
A. R. Smith, vice-presi­dent;
John Arnold, secretary;
Bert Simpson, treasurer; Bill
Greene, sergeant-at-arms; Bill Ca­lif
f, editor; W. L. Nichols, his­torian;
Sherril Embry, chaplain;
Bill Shofner, house manager.
Immediately following the in­stallation
of officers, formal in­itiation
of the following men was
conducted; Bob Kloeti, John Har-bert,
Chester Braune, and W. H.
Weaver. Thursday night the new
officers feted the retiring officers
with a stag dinner.
Lee County High School Wins First
Place In Dramatics Division Of Tourney
The 13 juniors, chosen on the
basis of scholarship, participation
in activities, and qualities of lead­ership,
follow.
N. J. Adams, a student in tex­tile
engineering, is a member of
Phi Psi and of the Engineering
Council, and is a Scabbard and
Blade pledge.
Marlin W. Camp, agriculture, is
a member of Alpha Gamma Rho,
of the Ag Club, is a Scabbard and
Blade pledge, and has an outstand­ing
scholastic record.
Abb Chrietzberg, civil engineer­ing
student, belongs to Sigma Nu,
was tapped last week for Scab­bard
and Blade, plays center on
the football team, and is a mem­ber
of the "A" Club.
Paul Ellis, business administra­tion,
is a member of SAE, plays
halfback on the football squad, is
a student representative to the J.
W. Scott Loan Fund Committee.
Walter "Chick" Hatcher, busi­ness
administration, is a member
of ATO, plays with the Auburn
Knights, and is API's head cheer-lead.
William B. McGehee, architect,
is a member of Kappa Sigma,
Scarab honorary fraternity for
architects, and is a candidate for
editor of the Glomerata.
Cecil "Buddy" McMahan, a
Sigma Chi and an electrical engi­neer,
belongs to Eta Kappa Nu,
the "A" Club, and plays quarter­back
on the football team. He was
tapped last week by Scabbard and
Blade.
Ernie Mills, guard on the foot­ball
team and a member of the
"A" Club, also belongs to Delta
Sigma Pi and is a Scabbard and
Blade neophyte. He is a business
administration student.
William H. Mitchell, civil engi­neering,
is a member of SAE and
Chi Epsilon.
Edward M. Paul, architect, be­longs
to Sigma Chi, is a Scab­bard
and Blade neophyte, and is
a candidate for editorship of the
Glomerata.
William C. Rotenberry, chem­istry,
belongs to Pi K A and was
tapped last week for Scabbard and
Blade.
Eddie Taylor, ATO and a pre­law
student, is a member of the
polo squad and is a Scabbard and
Blade pledge.
Ted Wright, education, is chair­man
of interfraternity sports, an
SPE, and a Scabbard and Blade
neophyte.
Tuscaloosa High Has
Best School Paper
Auburn's Lee County High
School players presenting the
play "To a Shave" won the grand
finals in the annual dramatic com­petition
tournament in Langdon
Hall Saturday night. The Auburn
High players defeated West End
High School of Birmingham and
Murphy High of Mobile in the
final run-off between the winners
of the small high school tourna­ment
and the winners of the large
high school meet.
The Auburn team ran away
with the honors for small schools
Friday night by defeating We-tumpka
High School, winner of
the Friday morning contest, and
Woodland High School, winner of
the Friday afternoon contest.
The Lee County cast in the
winning production were Mar­garet
Toomer, Sarah Harmon, Ed­ward
Drake, and Lamar Ware, Jr.
The team was directed by Miss
Marie Sewell.
Honorable mention for the best
acting in the tournament went to
Margaret Toomer; Lee County;
Rachel Green, Inverness; Tom
Finnay, West Blocton; R u th
Jones, West End (Birmingham);
and Bob Flanagan, Murphy (Mo­bile).
The "Tuscaloosa Hi - Life";
high school newspaper, of which
Isabelle Campbell is editor, won
first rating in the high school
newspaper contest for the second
straight year. Mobile's "Murphy
Hi-Times", edited by James Hud-gens,
and the Piedmont High
School paper, edited by Laura
Burns came in second and third
places respectively.
In the editorial writing contest
Nancy Dickson of Opelika High
School won first place with her
editorial entitled "For What Are
the Finns Fighting?". Second
place was won by Lamar Field,
Jr. of Anniston High School with
the editorial, "Careful Uncle
Sam". James Peterson of Holt-ville
High School took third place
with an editorial, "A Review of
the Third-term Question".
The ready-writing essay con­test
was won by Lawrence Lar-sen
of Tuscaloosa High. His essay
Continued on page 4
Harvard Graduate
School Scholarship
Offered by Atlantans
A $300 scholarship to Harvard
Graduate School of Business Ad­ministration
will be offered again
this year by Harvard's Atlanta
alumni chapter, Lyle E. Campbell,
professor of accounting at Emory
University, announced this week.
"The scholarship, offered an­nually
by the chapter, will pay
the tuition for half of the first
year," Professor Campbell said.
Applicants will be judged on
scholarship and financial need.
The scholarship is offered pri­marily
to students in the South­east.
"In the past we have had good
luck in sending men to Harvard,"
Professor C a m p b e l l declared.
"Each winner has done excep­tionally
well, and we hope to find
a southeastern student his year
to continue the good work."
Application should be made be­fore
May 15 to Lyle B. Campbell,
Emory University, Georgia.
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Editor's Note: Advertising for this issue
is being handled by Frank Wilson, junior
on the business staff. Advertising for
. Friday's issue was under the direction
of Martin Wender, also a junior mem­ber
of the business staff.
College Students
And Coals
SPRING is here and presently a
number of us will leave Au­burn
for the last time. One won­ders
how many of us have any
definite, positive aims which we
have thought out logically as
best we could and have decided
to follow. How do we propose to
live this life that is before us?
Most of the women among us
will marry. Most women do and
that will be that, but the men
cannot avoid their problems so
easily, and that is what we would
speak of.
A liberal guess is that- there
are not three men in the graduat­ing
class who have formulated
anything e v e n approaching a
philosophy with which to judge
happenings and circumstances, as
they meet them, other than the
taken-for-granted American ideal
of earning a bucketful of money
by hook or crook and devoting
all of their energies to the job.
The great American evasion of
getting up at the last possible
minute, rushing to the office,
rushing through the day, rushing
home, gulping the food, and then
out to the theater — that's the
usual practice. In off moments
it'll be varied by belittling the
shabby Jones and begrudging the
classy Smiths.
You could count on the fingers
of one hand the number of men
who will graduate with the ideal
of serving society. Yet the mature,
serene, and dignified oriental
philosophies advocate this as the
greatest and most satisfying aim
a man can know.
What is your aim? Do you have
one or will you drift with circum­stances,
take your bread where
you find it, give nothing and take
nothing in this so-called world of
sweat and sorrow. C.J.B.
Mr. Quillen Quips Wrong
ROBERT Quillen, who bears the
title of "America's Most Quot­ed
Paragrapher," daily para­graphs
his ultra-conservative,
sometimes even a bit mossy,
ideas to millions of newspaper
readers, and most of the time
does it well. But even the most
backward of us have to snort at
one of his latest, to wit: "They
say no GOP candidate has any
ideas, but what of it? Maybe
we'd do better without any more
ideas for a while."
Honestly, the old quipper him­self
must not even believe that
one. If he doesn't adhere to more
progressive ideas than his, he
hardly thinks that we'd be bet­ter
off with no ideas at all. Imag­ine
a country with a complete
dearth of new thought, even of
ideas of the 1900 Quillen vint­age.
Come off, Mr. Quillen.
Herbert Martin's reference to
sandspurs brings back those days
when one had to sit down on the
ground, pull a dirty bare foot in­to
a lap, and yank out one of the
offending little devils.
Taking A Poke At
The Boss
SUNDAY night on Jack Benny's
program the First Family of
the country were the victims of a
couple of sly, very Bennyish digs.
As Jack and the inimitable Mary
Livingston, supposedly in Wash­ington,
passed the White House
Mary remarked, "Smell the fish
frying." Then following the slam
of a door, Mrs. Roosevelt was
heard to say,. "Good-bye Frank­lin."
It's such an everyday occur­ence
for members of the First
Family to be the butt of jokes
that none of us give much
thought to it, but it's just one of
those little embellishments that
go along with democracy and
help to make it so different from
other concepts of government.
No doubt what would happen to
a German or a Russian actor who
pointed a barb toward the head
of government. America may still
have its "Cotton Ed" Smith, and
even her Liberty League, but de­mocracy's
still fine.
State Tariff Walls? No!
AT first sight we cheered with
admiration the declaration of
a Texas business man who an­nounced
a one-man boycott of
products from Wisconsin in pro­test
against the dairy state's pro­hibitive
tax on margarine, a
product of Southern cotton oils.
Said the executive in a memo­randum
to his firm's purchasing
department: "We don't want to
cut off our noses to spite our
faces, but . . . let's see what we
can do about cutting the noses
off some of those fellows who are
trying to spite us, and the sooner
the better.
"In other words, if Wisconsin
wants to tax .heavily one of the
major products of the South and
a very fine product at that—mar­garine—
why should we be so
anxious about drinking their beer
or buying Wisconsin manufactur­ed
products."
After pondering over the prob­lem
for a while we saw it differ­ently.
Were we a rootin-tootin'
Southern gentleman we would
immediately declare our person­al
and private embargo on Wis­consin
products. We'd eat no
breakfast food from Wisconsin
mills, have no Land-O'-Lakes but­ter
on our toast, drink no Schlitz
beer at the brew joint.
But it isn't a problem to be
viewed from a Southerner's view­point
only — the existence of
tariff walls between states is a
problem of national importance.
Trade barriers very nearly wreck­ed
the infant country under the
Articles of Confederation; New
York taxed firewood from New
Jersey, and Jersey reciprocated
with a tax on vegetables from
New York. Each state vied with
the other in imposing tariffs
much higher than the old ones
between the colonies and Eng­land.
Now, 150 years later, states
which cannot see beyond their own
interests to the broader and much
more important concept of the
nation are going back to the old
scheme.
A spokesman for the National
Cotton Council has stated, " . . .
it is a definite certainty that the
cotton states can wage just as
deadly a trade war as any other
group of states." However, he
neglects to mention whether the
cotton states, or Wisconsin either,
can derive any benefit from such
a battle of tariffs.
Only a fool could wish to build
another Europe of bickering
states with a tariff wall at ev­ery
border and maybe a search
to be certain that the law is be­ing
enforced.
The problem is far bigger in
concept than the viewpoint of
Wisconsin or of the National Cot­ton
Council.
CAMPUS CAMERA Well?
By John Ivey, Jr.
THE 191 COLLEGE FRATERNAL
WAS ORGANIZED AT THE COLLEGE
OF WILLI/WAND MARV ON DEC­EMBER
5JT7fe. ODDLY ENOUGH.
OF THE FIVE ORKatNAL FOUNDERS*
TWO WERE NAMED SMITH AND
' ONE JONES.'
THE KEY WAS FORMERLY A
SILVER MEDAL, BUT LATER
THE STEW WAS ADDED FOR
THE PRACTICAL PURPOSE OF
NIGmiY WINDING THE SCHOLAR'S
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The Plainsman Forum
Letters to the Editor
Kicks From The Dormitory
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear John:
Some of the girls at the dormitory
called me up about three days ago and
gave me some dope, menus and so
forth, and asked me to write something
about it to the paper.
They had a meeting the night before
and have just about decided to start
doing something about conditions.
Here is some of the information:
(1). Expenses are higher than they
were before they moved in.
(2). There is not enough or enough
change in the food that is served.
-(3). All are required to pay for
breakfast and not more than fifty per
cent get up to eat it.
(4). Some of the girls have to buy
meals at Food Lab, Nursery School,
and at the same time must pay for
those meals at the dining room.
(5). Sunday supper is not served; a
paper bag of food is passed out at the
noon meal, and if a girl is not there
no other girl can get the bag for her.
The complaints go on and on. I've
got two pages of notes on it. This is
obviously not all, but the point is that
something is definitely wrong, and no­body's
fixing it up.
More on the same subject later, if
necessary.
Ibn Sherlock
The New March Song
And Football
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
The news of a possible new march
song for Auburn given in last Friday's
Plainsman was, I am sure, of keen in­terest
to all who read it. A colorful col­legiate
song adds much to the prestige
of any college, and it is a well known
fact that Auburn is in need of one of
the march nature.
Why can't we have a "public audi­tion"
of "The War Eagle" to see how
it goes over with the students? Students'
ears are the best judges of thing of
this nature, you know.
As for our Alma Mater there are few
things more beautiful, especially when
a large group lets loose and really gives.
The sad part of it is that at many foot­ball
games the words tend to be dis­connected
mumbles. So why not put the
words before the student? Tulane's
system of printing their Alma Mater
on soft drink cups is very effective and
probably expensive, but it seems as
though some economical way could be
found. The student ticket books might
offer possibilities.
Tiger games are more and more be­coming
events to which everyone with­in
thumbing distance goes. Let's make
it more so that way.
The more color, the bigger the pay­ing
gate, the more money for the ath­letic
department, the greater the glory
of API.
M. B.
Auburn Should Not Enter
A Fight For Funds
Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Mr. Godbold:
Remembering your editorial advocat­ing
an Auburn Foundation to solicit
needed funds for Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, I call your attention to an
article from the Washington Post,
which was reprinted in a recent edition
of the Montgomery Advertiser:
In it Dr. Walter A. Jessup of the
Carnegie Foundation deplores the com­petitive
scramble for funds and en­rollment
among the colleges of the na­tion,
just what you are proposing that
Auburn take part in.
The Post says: "He has . . . called
attention to a fundamental weakness
that threatens to drag down our edu­cational
standards. That is the restless
urge to expand regardless of the lim­itations
of income. . . ."
Auburn has not much to lose and
not enough to gain by getting in a cut­throat
fight for sought-after money,
the kind of fight Dr. Jessup attacks.
However, I am in agreement on what
you said about inactive honor organi­zations.
But, if they are to be active
as you propose, it should be in some
better way than in a useless fight for
money.
Most cordially,
A Senior
Editor's Note: The American Commit­tee
for . Democracy and Intellectual
Freedom remarks as follows: "The an­nual
report of the Carnegie, Founda­tion
for the Advancement of Teaching,
released February 18, as usual made the
headlines. Also as usual, only the sen­sational
statements were featured, as
in the 'New York Herald Tribune':
'Carnegie Study Assails Colleges' Gifts
Scramble.' The really startling conclus­ion
in the report of the President of
the Foundation, Dr. Walter A. Jessup,
is that there is now a remarkable simi­larity
in all respects between public and
private institutions of higher learning."
In other words, both the Herald-
Tribune and the Washington Post were
getting away from the real crux of the
report in what they said.
Why Did W e Come To Auburn?
Editor
The Plainsman
Dear Sir:
We enter an apparently endless dis­cussion
with this letter, but another
review cannot hurt.
What's a college education good for
intrinsically? Who gains? Is there a
gain? These are only some of the many,
many questions which all of us have
had to answer, if not to others, to our­selves.
The answer, however, cannot be gen­eral.
There must be a number of ans­wers,
but they must all be to the ques­tion,
"Why did we come?"
We might come for the prestige a
degree will give, for the pleasure to be
found here, to put off a little longer
the inevitable entrance into the world
of work, to learn how to earn a liv­ing,
or (and those who fall into this
group are few—very few), to "continue
the search." Finally there are those
aimless ones who have no goals, no axes
to grind; they are the silent bystand­ers,
the ones who watch and look and
then turn away, the ones who have no
dreams.
Choose your category, it is here.
A Philosopher
The Stadium For
Graduation Exercises
The Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Sir:
For several past years the WPA Hall
has been used for the graduation exer­cises
in the Spring. With approximately
five hundred seniors in this year grad­uating
class it would mean that should
the Hall be used again this year the
Seniors would again be necessarily lim­ited
in the number of guests that they
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this
column are those of the writer and are not to
be construed as the editorial policies of this
paper.
THE English are still able to act like
gentlemen over the business of being
forced into the English army. In fact,
the policy of John
Bull at the present
seems to add one
more ray of hope for
this thing called De­mocracy
that shines
brightly out of the
present reliving of
the dark ages in Eu­rope.
In E n g l a n d ar­rangements
have been
made to give legal
doHH /i/4S/ status to persons ob­jecting
to joining Great Britain's fight­ing
men. In other worde, if a man can
prove to a court that he is a "conscien­tious
objector," he is given some job
at home that gives him a chance to
serve his country without facing the
enemy fire. However, if this same in­dividual
be one who cannot justify his
stand on concrete grounds, he is likely
to find himself packed off to France
on some dirty job or even sent to Fin­land
. . . it has happened!
As long as a government still re­spects
the views of its citizens under
such grave circumstances as England
finds herself struggling with, there
seems to be little chance that humanity
• will be forgotten, even though dictators
rage and rant over the battlefields of
Europe.
However, we are a bit wary in ac­cepting
all seen and heard, because the
British propaganda machine has been
noted for grinding out choice bits for
American consumption. The idea and
purpose sound good, we just hope that
it isn't a lot of John Bull.
* * *
While wandering along the sidewalk
toward the center of town from the
intersection of Magnolia and Gay
Streets, we began to compare the pres­ent
real estate improvements with the
Auburn of 10 or 15 years ago . . . the
old town has certainly had her face re-lifted
and relifted!
Of course all the mass of new build­ings—
a grocery store, a credit com­pany,
beauty parlor, and five and ten
cent store, are the newest additions to
the landscape; however, down in the
middle of the block things used to real­ly
happen.
The Auburn Fire Department used
to house its pride and joy in part of
the structure that has since been taken
over by Hudson's Grocery Store. This
mass of machinery was a highly painted
object that reeled, reeked, squeaked
and ran on elbow grease instead of
gasoline and oil, like other self-respect­ing
autos . . . they claimed that it was
a fire engine, but other people had
their own opinion. It was always a prob­lem
to figure out just what chance the
engine had of getting excited enough
to furnish the necessary spark for com­bustion
. . . some say it went off and
committed arson one dark night when
it heard that a new hunk of metal was
to take its place.
It was not uncommon to see a wag­on
load of wood stuck in the mud in
front of the Bank of Auburn in those
days . . . also, the boys used to play
football in the street on Saturdays when
business was slack . . . of course, "Miss
Cora's" boarding house was feeding col­lege
boys even then . . . one passed the
house at meal-time at his own risk
. . . bread came flying out of the din­ing
room at blinding speed . . . some­times
those corn pones got mighty hard
. . . bad for the head, not to mention
the stomach. At night this section of
the Fair Village was devoid of light ex­cept
for a lonely light that hung from
one of the well-meaning telephone
poles in front of Toomer's Drug Store
. . . the freshmen didn't have a chance
in their mad run from the upperclass-men
head head-shavers.
About that same time the Post Office
used to be in the building now known as
Thrasher's Furniture Company . . .
Homer Wright was running a drug
store, but he also sold gas to ailing
cars . . . the tank was located right in
front of his present place of business.
This could go on all night, but try­ing
to write a description of changing
Auburn is almost as bad as trying to
keep up with the map changes in Eu­rope
. . . so enough!
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.
WE'LL be on the spot again next week­end
when the alumni come to call.
We have new buildings to show, and
_ _ _ ^ _ _ _ _ we have a vastly im­proved
campus to
point to. Still, al­though
old Auburn
men will see these
things w i t h pride,
this won't be exactly
new to them. They've
seen pictures of the
buildings, and they've
heard of the great
improvement f r om
many sources.
" What they will
really come to see is something they
have been missing all these years. They
want to see what makes Auburn what
it is; they want to experience the same
feeling they once did when they looked
up at old Samford in the late afternoon,
or when they gathered around Langdon
on Sunday afternoons for band concerts.
* * *
These men love Auburn, they love
what it stands for, and they love it for
what it meant to them. We want them
to see that a little matter like the trip­ling
of enrollment hasn't destroyed the
feeling common to all Auburn men who
have been a year or two on the campus.
Old Auburn men are coming home.
Some of them were here last year, and
would be allowed to have present at
graduation. With the Hall seating a
maximum of about 1,500 and with 500
seniors, the number of guests in all
probability would be limited to two per
senior.
We understand that the suggestion
has been made that, weather permit­ting,
the exercises be out of doors in
the amphitheatre. This sounds like a
good suggestion but even then the num­ber
that could be seated would be lim­ited.
After discussion of the matter among
ourselves and with a number of other
seniors, we wonder why the graduation
could not be held in the new stadium.
The two center sections could be re­served
for families and specially invit­ed
guests and then anyone desiring
could sit in the other sections. A minor
ppint is that the seniors have not had
much opportunity to use this beautiful
new stadium, and it would be altogether
fitting that we should graduate there.
We respectfully submit this sugges­tion
and ask that other seniors consid­er
the idea and express their opinion on
it and ask that the Executive Council
give it their careful consideration.
A Group of Seniors.
some have been here already this year,
but some haven't been back for too long
a time. Let's hope that Auburn will still
be home to them.
* * *
How about some pencil-sharpeners
well distributed around several of the
buildings, just to be in keeping with
the building program? As things stand
one has to go to the registrar's office in
Samford, or to the mathematics office
in Broun to find a sharpener, and other
buildings are about as bad. The lad with
no knife must of necessity chew a point
on his pencil if the need is urgent.
* * *
We feel constrained to defend our­selves
from the recent verbal attack in
Gilbert's column on musical massacre
and mayhem. Still musically speaking,
we feel that his sally was similar to ac­cidentals
in the signature . . . just a
trifle flat.
And Jimmy, when plagiarizing from
Radio Guide, why not use the whole ar­ticle
and give the magazine credit. Your
mention of Bunny Berigan's theme, "I
Can't Get Started," giving a hint as to
his recent suit for bankruptcy, might
have included Jack Teagarden, who also
was mentioned under a "The Theme Is
the Thing" headline. Teagarden, also
bankrupt, used "I've Got a Right to Sing
the Blues."
». * *
Memoirs of a nature-lover . . .
The dogwood on the campus in past
springs . . . the cool muddy water of the
old Wright's Mill before the lake was
built . . . violets behind the church on
the Chewacla road . . . throwing rocks
in Lake Martin after dark, with 'skeet-ers
so thick you could scoop them up
with a shovel . . . the ice that covered
Auburn on Christmas . . . the freight-train
sound of the Gulf across a lake
early in the morning, and the sand dunes
lined up along the coast . . . pine trees,
and ghostly sycamores . . . red bugs,
ants, and sand spurs.
* * *
Mind Meanderings . . .
Wonder who winds the college clock,
and when and why? . . . how many days
would it take a student to untangle Sam-,
ford's chain ladder and descend if he
were cut off from the stairs by fire? . . .
wouldn't it have been nice if the Sigma
Nu's had put on a Snake Dance for their
grand march?
Suddenly it has dawned upon approxi­mately
half the student body that tennis
weather is here. Court situation is still
sad, but shows promise . . . Auburn
tennis team should have a little better
season this spring, in spite of the loss
of some valuable veterans . . . March,
so far, hasn't been so fine for kite
flying . . . so what? . . .cut quotas can
go awful fast when they get started . . .
Spring Holidays will soon be here!!
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kabbage, figures
that, since spring is here, it's time for
her to sprout. We'd like to see her try it.
march 12,; 1940 THE AUBURN P L A I N S MAN Page Three
UP IN SOCIETY
By EMMA NELL PARRISH
SIGMA NU DANCE AND HOUSEPARTY
Beta Theta of Sigma Nu entertained the past week-end with a
house party and a dance, with a large number of out-of-town girls
attending. Saturday afternoon a tea dance was given at Graves Center,
and the formal was held that night. Decorations were effective in
fraternity colors of black, white, and gold. After the Saturday night
dance members and their dates were entertained with a breakfast
served at the chapter house.
* » *
SIGMA PI GIVES BOWERY BALL
^ ^ Saturday night the Sigma Pi's entertained mem-
^ ^ ^ B ^ bers, pledges, and their dates at one of the most
M ^ ^ unique house parties of the year, a Bowery Ball. The
^U ^ ^ ^ house was decorated as a saloon in the worst part of
^ ^ P ^ H ^ ^ a large city, and all guests were dressed as "toughs."
JfjJ Refreshments were served over a realistic bar, and
* ^ songs appropriate to the occasion were sung. The ball
was chaperoned by Prof, and Mrs. Henry Good and the housemother,
Mrs. D. W. Crosland.
* * *
KAPPA DELTA INITIATES
Sigma Lambda of Kappa Delta held formal initiation last Wed­nesday
night for Anita Albright, Delphine Thomas, Laura Wallace,
Kate Jones, Carolyn Cowdan, Carolyn Henderson, Jane Sartain, Juli­ette
Summers, Corrine Tatum, Margaret McCain, Lila Mae Watters,
Billie Hightower, Eleanor Hightower, Ernestine Lloyd, Jean Laird,
Mary Ellen Bagby, Jean Williams, Flora Underwood, and Jessie Pierce.
Following initiation a banquet was given at Hitchcock's Coffee Shop,
where Delphine Thomas was presented with the traditional Kappa
Delta ring for being the model pledge, and white roses were given to
the newly initiated members.
* * *
PRESBYTERIAN STUDENTS GIVE PARTY
Last Tuesday night the Presbyterian Students Association enjoy­ed
a party at the church parlor. Margaret Woolf was "in charge of
an entertaining program of games and contests. Delicious refreshments
were served to the 35 students present.
* * *
BETTY BELLE BRANDT IS COMMERCE QUEEN
Delta Sigma Pi, honorary fraternity for business administration
students, was host at their first Commerce Ball in history Friday
night, and Betty Belle Brandt, junior in business administration, was
revealed as Commerce Queen. Escorting Miss Brandt, who was elect­ed
queen by vote of business administration students, was Rufus Porter.
* * *
ALPHA GAMMA DELTA INITIATES TWELVE
Alpha Gamma chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority held form­al
initiation ceremonies for 12 initiates last Saturday afternoon at 6
o'clock in the new chapter room. Miss Margaret Hilchie of Toronto,
Canada, national inspector for Alpha Gamma Delta, witnessed the
initiation.
Girls initiated were Terry Bost, Dora Brice, Joe Reynolds, Sara
Boles, Katherine Schurter, Edith Mosely, Frances Hodge, Billie Owen,
Claire Joyce Lasseter, Nellie Tyler, Carolyn Morgan, and Adele Fox.
Sorority president Eleanor Wright presided over the candle-light
initiation service. Following the initiation, old members honored the
new members with the "Feast of Roses," held at 7:30 in the chapter
room.
* * * m
SAE'» INSTALL ELEVEN NEW MEN
SAE initiated eleven new men Sunday night at a formal ceremony
presided over by Judge Walter B. Jones of Montgomery. The follow­ing
were initiated: Billy Barton, Thomas Bell, Tom Cargill, Paul Ellis,
Alfrid Green, Woodward Hubbard, Goree Johnson, Julian Jones, Billy
Ryan, John Scott, Homer Wright, Jr.
After the initiation the chapter entertained with a banquet with
Porter Pease acting as toastmaster. Visiting alumni were Judge Jones,
Joe F. Day, Opelika; D. D. Black and Frank Harvey Miller of Mont­gomery.
Alumni Association Now Has
Total Of 8,700 Registered Members
Auburn Alumnae
Group Is Active
Has About 115
Local Members
The Auburn Alumnae Associa­tion,
working as a unit of the
Alumni Association, now has about
115 local members, all of whom
are former Auburn women stu­dents,
according to the president,
Mrs. Emil Wright.
Founded only a year ago, this
group is the result of a third at­tempt
to form an alumnae organi­zation.
The first was the "Auburn
100,000 Club," formed to raise
funds for the school.
The present Alumnae Associa­tion
is cooperating with school of­ficials
in the dedication celebra­tions
being planned for the new
dormitories, to be held in May.
Committees o n registration,
transportation, decorations, and an
alumnae tea have been appointed
by the president of the organiza­tion,
Mrs. Emil Wright.
Plainsman, which is mailed twice
weekly to paid-up members. Re­ports
received daily by Miss Culver
keep the office posted on the where­abouts
of the members of the asso­ciation,
and on what they are do­ing.
Secretary Porter Grant tours the
country, organizing alumni clubs in
cities, addressing gatherings, plan­ning
activities for members of the
association, and serving as "pep
manager" for the old graduates.
He is constantly talking and en­couraging
alumni members to co­operate
with their alma mater in
all undertakings and activities,
and encourages the alumni to talk
to high school students with the
hope of getting them to enroll at
API.
Inter-Church Croup
To Give Party at
Craves Center
The Inter - Church Student
Council, organization of student
members of the various Auburn
churches, is sponsoring an inter-church
social to be held at Graves
Center, March 19.
According to Harold Sutton,
president of the Wesley Founda­tion
and chairman of the inter-church
social committee, the
young people of all the churches
in Auburn have been invited to
attend. Plans are being made to
entertain approximately 300 stu­dents.
Purpose of the social is to bring
students of the various denomina­tions
closer together.
The Council was organized dur­ing
the early part of the present
school year, and Earl Gardner,
president of BSU, is serving as
president. All church and young
people's religious organizations on
the campus are represented on the
Council. Its purpose is to provide
a means for the religious organi­zations
to exchange plans on
ideas on problems of common in­terest
to all religious denomina­tions.
Because of the war, no Rhodes
scholarships will be granted in
1940.
LOST—Yellow gold watch chain,
with small gold bar on one end.
Executive Cabinet key with "R.
C. Anderson, 1939-40" on back.
Auburn Key. Finder please call
Plainsman office. Reward.
LOST—A black purse with "Eva"
written in gold on the inside.
• Please return to Eva McCudy.
Reward. Dorm. 3.
DEANNA DURBIN
TO STAR AT TIGER
IN 'FIRST LOVE'
Pronounced by a regiment of
critics and a vast army of Deanna
Durbin fans as the best picture
the amazing star has yet made,
"First Love", will be shown
Wednesday and Thursday at the
Tiger Theatre.
Time was when Deanna, during
the first two pictures of her six-picture
career, was looked upon
only as a child with a remarkable
voice. Today she is regarded as a
remarkable young actress.
Deanna's voice is heard in four
selections in Universal's "First
Love." These are: "Home, Sweet
Home," by John Howard Payne;
"Amapola," by J. M. Lacalle;
"One Fine Day," from Puccini's
opera 'Madame Butterfly," and
"Spring in My Heart," an ar­rangement
of Straus waltzes
adapted by H. J. Salter and spec­ial
lyrics by Ralph Freed.
In supporting roles are seen
Helen Parrish, Robert Stack, Eu­gene
Pallette, Lewis Howard,
June Storey, Leatrice Joy, Mar-
Association Led by
Mattison and Grant
The rolls of the Auburn Alumni
Association show a total of 8,700
registered members, according to a
report by the Alumni office.
Of the 8,700, more than 5,000
are from Alabama. There are 50
registered life members. On the
office secretary. She keeps contact
with alumni every day through
special bulletins and through the
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
PORTER GRANT
"lost" file are the names of about
1,000 graduates.
Headed by George Mattison, of
Birmingham, president, and Porter
Grant, Auburn, secretary, the
Alumni Association keeps in con­stant
contact with the whereabouts
and activities of the members.
It was not until 1938 that the
Alumni Association obtained a full-time
secretary and office staff.
Previous to that time various
members of the college administra­tion
had performed the tasks of
alumni secretary in spare time.
On constant duty in the Alumni
Office in the Plant Service Build­ing
is Miss Claire Culver, Grant's
G-E Campus /Vetvs
GENEALOGY
COFFIN • RICC
YOUNt • SWOPE
ftltft • WILSON
THIRD GENERATION
GENERAL Electric became a proud
grandfather this year, when Charles E.
Wilson became president and Philip D.
Reed chairman of the board of directors—
the third generation of G-E leaders. They
will carry on as "captain" and "navigator"
of General Electric in place of Gerard Swope
and Owen D. Young, who held these posi­tions
from 1922 until their retirement at
the first of this year.
Mr. Young and Mr. Swope leave behind
them a brilliant record of achievement.
Under their leadership General Electric
fostered a great new branch of the electrical
industry—the manufacture of appliances
which eliminate the drudgery of housework
and create comforts and conveniences for
the home.
Through their efforts General Electric's
many employee plans were achieved—old-age
pensions and group life insurance, a
wage-adjustment plan to meet increases
in the cost of living, vacations with pay, an
employee savings plan and many others—
ample evidence that these executives were
many years ahead of their time in vision
and consideration for the welfare of their
employees.
SIMPLIFIED BALANCING
HOW about balancing a 50-ton generator
rotor turning at 3600 rpm ? No, not on
the end of your chin or anything like that,
but balancing it until its vibration is less
than three ten-thousandths of an inch—
or one-tenth the diameter of a human hair!
Not so easy, you say? Well, a little while
ago you would have been right, for the
balancing of a large rotating machine was
a long-drawn-out procedure, perhaps re­quiring
the removal of the rotor from the
machine.
But today there is a G-E portable instrument
that does the job simply, quickly, and under
actual operating conditions. A 20,000-kva
synchronous condenser, for example, can
sometimes be balanced in as few as three
runs—a far cry from the 100 to 170 trials
which were frequently necessary before.
GENERAL W ELECTRIC
Honor Societies
Ball Is Saturday
All Honor Groups to
Be Given Leadouts
Beginning at 9 Saturday night
Blue Key will present its Honor
Societies Ball, sponsored each
year by this senior group.
All junior and senior members
of the campus' honor groups will
be invited, but only the seniors
can bring dates. Elmer Almquist,
Blue Key publicity chairman, said
yesterday that honor society
members who have not signed a
list from some society of which
they are members may do so at
the door Saturday night, and
would be admitted to the dance
following their signing.
The Auburn Knights will furn­ish
music for the dance, which will
last until 12.
American College Girl Covering
War In Europe For Radio Listeners
Scabbard and Blade
To Have its Annual
Banquet on Friday
Scabbard and Blade will enter­tain
Friday night with its annual
banquet preceding the yearly Mili­tary
Ball. The entertainment will
be held at 7 o'clock at the Bap­tist
Church with all members of
Scabbard and Blade and their
dates present.
Entertainment has been pro­vided
in the form of both musical
entertainment and brief speeches
by several of the army officers.
Following the banquet all Scab­bard
and Blade members will at­tend
the Military Ball at Graves
Center.
cia Mae Jones, Charles Coleman,
and many others.
Has Scored Several
Important Scoops
Wearing a trench coat, a red
hat, a pair of Norwegian boots,
and rejoicing because she can still
get fingerwaves, an American col­lege
girl, just a few years out of
Vassar, is covering the most
dramatic newsbeat in the world.
Roving European reporter for
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys­tem,
Mary Marvin Breckinridge
scored a real scoop recently when
she drove eighty miles through a
blinding Norway snowstorm (the
trip took 25 hours) to broadcast
a description of the burial of the
German sailors killed in the Alt-mark
incident.
But Miss Breckinridge's report­ing
is not confined to headline
stories; she has brought Ameri­can
radio listeners human interest
stories of the impact of the war
on the average citizen in neutral
as well as belligerent countries.
On skates, she toured the frozen
meadows of The Netherlands, over
which a German advance was ex­pected.
She stood in neutral Lux­emburg,
100 yards from the Fran­co-
German frontier, and then
broadcast from a radio station
there, where the censorship was
imposed by the Prime Minister
himself, to whom Miss Breckin­ridge
read her script, in French.
He deleted nothing.
In other broadcasts Miss Breck­inridge
has shown the impact of
war on the diamond markets of
Amsterdam, in the idle docks at
Rotterdam, the continent's busiest
harbor.
She has described a school for
prospective brides near Berlin;
ahe was the only woman journalist
allowed to visit a prisoners' camp
in the Reich, where she interview­ed
British pilots, and survivors of
the Undine, the Starfish, and the
Rawalpindi.
A few months ago, Mary Mar­vin
Breckinridge was a photo­grapher.
She went to England,
shortly before the declaration of
war, and took pictures showing
the effect of war on the civilian
population. She made a camera
record of the evacuation of the
children from London, and tour­ed
the provinces to take other
shots.
On her return to London, Miss
Breckinridge was invited to give
a talk to CBS listeners by Ed­ward
R. Murrow, Columbia's Eu­ropean
chief of staff. She receiv­ed
so much favorable comment
that Columbia appointed her re­porter
without portfolio in Eu­rope.
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a glance, and an unusual facility
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Page Four THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN March 12, 1940
BOB DICKINSON, diminutive track star and alternate-captain
of the 1940 cinder team. He is a consistent scorer on the track, tak­ing
part in the 100, the 220, and the broad jump.
Tigers-Tennessee to
Swim Here Friday
Meet Will Be at
Alumni Gym Pool
In Alumni Gym pool at 4 o'clock
Friday afternoon the University
of Tennessee's swimmers will
meet Auburn's tankmen, who
dropped a 30-45 to Georgia Tech
here Saturday afternoon.
Tennessee, who just nosed out
Auburn last year in the last game
of the API swimmers' tour, is an
unknown quantity to the nautical
Tigers. The only basis of com­parison
between the two teams is
that the Volunteers also lost to
Georgia Tech, which should make
the teams about equally matched.
Against the unknown power of
the Tennesseeeans Auburn will pit
such veterans as Sam Kelly, Dav­is
Gammage, Henry Mohns, Bill
Miller, and Dick White.
On the Tennessee team Auburn-ites
will probably see in action
Gerald Yagodkin, ace diver, who
swam against Auburn men in in­ter-
battery meets at ROTC camp
at Ft. Benning, Ga., last summer.
Friday's meet will be Auburn's
last one of the season before go­ing
to the Southeastern confer­ence
meet in Atlanta on March 2
and 23.
WHEELER WINS IN
FOUL THROWING
The all-campus foul throwing
contest was held last week, start­ing
on Wednesday and lasting
through Saturday. Enthusiasm for
the event ran high, the number
of entries totaling about 35.
J. H. Wheeler topped the mark
of all contestants by putting the
sphere through the hoop 135 times
out of a possible 200. Wheeler
who was also the campus champ­ion
in foul throwing circles last
year, was 34 baskets ahead of the
next closest contender, R. W.
Logsdon, who tossed the ring 99
times out of a possible 200.
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Continued from page 1
several months in a convalescent
camp.
The veteran spoke of "The
Fighting 69th" as being a good
approximation of conditions both
at Camp Mills and in France. He
spoke of the North-South brawl at
Camp Mills shown in the picture
as actually having happened,
though not in the manner which
the show described. More men
were involved, he said, and in
reality the trouble arose from a
brawl between a northern sentry
and a southern soldier trying to
slip out of camp.
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TECH SWIMS TO
45-30 VICTORY
OVER AUBURN
Gammage and Kelly,
Austin and Norvell,
Score for Tigers
The Auburn swimming team
lost by a 30-45 margin to Georgia
Tech's tank squad last Saturday
afternoon in Alumni Gymnasium.
Led by Davis Gammage, back­stroke
ace, and Sam Kelly, free­style
swimmer, Auburn put up a
game scrap, but the Techster's, led
by Howard Duncan, were too
strong.
Gammage and Kelly placed
first and second, respectively, in
the 440-yard free-style. Gam-mage's
time was 5:49.7.
George Austin and Lester Nor­vell
placed second and third, re­spectively,
in the diving event, but
both were beaten by Tech's Dun­can,
undefeated diving champion.
The back-stroke event was easi­ly
won by Gammage, time, 1:56,
while Kelly placed first in the
220-yard free-style race, time,
2:35.8.
The summary of events and con­testants
are as follows:
270-Yard Medley Relay—Won
by Stuntz, Hutchinson and Berry,
of Tech. Time, 3:2.6.
220-Yard Free-Style — Kelly
(Auburn). Time, 2:35.8. Hutchin­son
(Tech) and Anderson (Tech),
tied for second place.
50-Yard Free Style — Stradt-man
(Tech), first; Bates (Tech),
second; McCall (Auburn), third,
Time, 25.9.
Diving—Duncan (Tech), first;
Austin (Auburn), second; Norvell
(Auburn) third.
100-Yard Free-Style — Bates
(Tech), first; Kelly (Auburn),
second; Berry (Tech), third.
Time, :57.7.
150-Yard Back-stroke — Gam­mage
(Auburn), first; Stuntz
(Tech), second; D. Anderson
(Tech), third. Time, 1:56.
220-Yard Breast-Stroke — Hut­chinson
(Tech), first; Mohns (Au­burn),
second; Miller (Auburn),
third. Time, 2:53.
440-Yard Free-Style — Gam­mage
(Auburn), first; Kelly (Au­burn),
second; Ward (Tech),
third. Time, 5:49.7.
Swimming in Saturday's meet
were six men who swam with each
other in high school at Boys' High
in Atlanta, three of them appear­ing
for Auburn and three for
Tech. The Auburn men were Bill
Miller, Dick White, and Henry
Mohns, and the Techmen Ted Ab­bey,
Bert Anderson, and Dick
Anderson.
Auburn meets the University of
Tennessee dolphinmen Friday af­ternoon
at 4 o'clock in Alumni
Gym in the last of their meets be­fore
they go to Atlanta for the
Southeastern Conference tourna­ment.
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TIGER
Pike's, SPE's Win
In Basketball
FFA and Mobile Garner
In Independent Division
Pi K A and SPE came out on
the long end of last night's fra­ternity
i n t r a m u r a l basketball
games. Pi K A tripped the highly
touted Sigma Chi's 24-20, and
SPE nosed out a fighting bunch
of Delta Sig's 20-19.
In the independent division F-FA
downed Creel 21-18, and Mo­bile
ran over East Glenn 35-15.
This leaves t h e independent
championship to be decided by a
playoff between the two winners
of last night. FFA was the win­ner
of league one, Mobile of lea­gue
two, East Glenn of three, and
Creel of four.
Thursday night Sigma Chi
trounced Alpha Psi 22-13, and the
FFA's earned the right to play
last night by downing the Hot
Shots 29-20. The same night East
Glenn won over Terrell 17-10, and
Mobile barely nosed out Horns-by
Hall 24-22.
Dick Tracy Has Nothing On Alabama's
Ace Scientific Crime Investigators
Tournament
Continued from page 1
was entitled "A High School Stu­dent
Looks at the South". The
"second and third prizes went to
Lamar Field, Jr., Anniston, and
to Anne Wood, West End High
School.
Charles Emmet of Ensley High
School won the prepared speech
contest with his subject, "Is De­mocracy
A Failure?". Billy Kry-der
of Opelika was second and
Margaret Shirley, Tuscaloosa,
third.
The impromptu speech contest
was won by W. Bidgood of Tus­caloosa,
while Rex Criminale of
Murphy High of Mobile came in
second, and Doris Smothers of
Murphy High and Olga Lee of
Dallas County High of Planters-ville
received honorable mention.
The other contests and their
winners are as follows:
Alabama history — B y n u m
Green, Murphy High, second Nor­ma
Baker of Dallas County High
of Plantersville.
Chemistry — Lamar Field, Jr.,
Anniston, second Albert Rauber,
Lee County High, Auburn.
Freehand drawing1—Ed Davis,
Murphy High.
Identification of plants—Henry
Eugene Biscoe, Dallas County
High, second Wendell Smither-man,
also of Dallas County High.
Spanish—Harry Amos of Mur­phy
High and Helen Sharkle of
West End High.
Toxicology Department
Is Located in Auburn
By CONYERS RELFE
Tucked away in a back corner
of the L Building is the office of
one of Auburn's most interesting
features, the Alabama Toxicologi-cal
Department. It's purpose is
to work in criminal investigation
for the State of Alabama, and by
scientific methods which involve
both chemical and physical sci­ence,
this department has not only
given evidence that has convicted
many criminals but also has aided
in exonerating many guiltless peo-
'ple.
The Toxicological Department
was founded in 1935. At that time
its staff consisted of only one in­vestigator,
but now it is manned
by five scientists, who are thor­oughly
trained in law as well as
in physics and chemistry. Prepara­tions
are now being made to es­tablish
five branch offices to be
strategically located throughout
the state. Tentative locations have
been made for Montgomery, Bir­mingham,
Mobile, Dothan, and
Decatur.
The chief equipment is in the
form of three laboratories, equip­ped
with the most modern scien­tific
criminological investigation
devices, and all located in Ross
Chemical Laboratory. The chemi­cal
laboratory contains the neces-
Poetry — Julia Grace, Tusca­loosa,
second Pattie McCoy, La
Fayette.
School group winner at the sci­ence
fair was the Beulah Junior
High School Science Department.
The individual group entry that
won was prepared by Bernard
Murphree, Bill Ivey, and Billy Sal­mon
of Lee County High of Au­burn.
These contests are held here in
Auburn annually and are sponsor­ed
by the API English Depart­ment.
About 500 students attend­ed
this year.
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laboratory contains ballistic equip­ment,
spectra-analytical equip­ment,
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When the department is assign­ed
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an investigator will be able to
reach the scene of any crime in
the state within an hour's time.
On field trips staff members
carry a portable laboratory which
contains the basic instruments and
chemical equipment necessary for
preliminary investigation. This
portable lab contains a micro­scope,
chemical reagents, moulage
materials, photographic equip­ment,
and kit of surgical instru­ments.
Investigations are conducted by
the toxicologists at the request of
the governor, attorney general, or
any law enforcement officer of
the state or county, and it works
particularly in cooperation with
Rufus Deal Reported
In Good Condition
Auburn's sensational sopho­more
fullback last season, Rufus
Deal, was operated upon for ap­pendicitis
at St. Margaret's Hos­pital
in Montgomery Friday af­ternoon.
Dr. J. W. Dennis said yesterday
that "Deal was doing just fine,"
and the surgeon in charge was
quoted as saying he expected a
speedy recovery for the big full­back.
Deal, whose home is in Tusca­loosa,
was stricken Friday morn­ing
and was immediately rushed
to Montgomery from Auburn for
the operation.
the state highway patrol.
An average of one case is in­vestigated
each day which may re­quire
from one hour to several
months for completion. The de­partment
particularly handles evi­dence
in cases of murder, cattle
rustling, rape, burglary, and hit-and-
run driving.
The Alabama Toxicological lab­oratory
is second to none in the
South, and when the five sub-sta­tions
are established it will be
one of the leading organizations
of its type in the United States.
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