1940-03-29 The Auburn Plainsman

              Auburn vs. Purdue
Today and Tomorrow THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Get Those
Last Few Votes
VOL. LXIII z-i ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, MARCH 29, 1940 No. 51
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ALICE PAGE of Bay Minette will lead the Alpha Gamma Rho
dance tomorrow night with V. V. Rhodes, president of the chapter.
Presbyterians Begin
Conclave Here Today
Delegates Already Arriving; Session
Begins With Banquet at Smith Hall
Delegates had already begun arriving at noon today for
the state meeting of the Presbyterian Student Association,
beginning today and continuing through Sunday morning.
More than 100 delegates are expected, representing all of
Alabama's colleges.
Registration is taking place this afternoon from 3 to 6 at
the Presbyterian Church. All of the delegates are being
housed at Graves Center.
The convention opens tonight at
6:30 at Smith Hall with a banquet.
Lem Edmonson will be toastmas-ter.
Archie Harkins, of API,
vice-president of the state group,
will give the welcome, and Imo
Heacock, secretary, from Alabama
College, will give the response.
Keynote speaker Dr. George M.
Gutzke will give the after-dinner
speech.
Tomorrow morning's program
opens at 9 o'clock at the Presby­terian
Church with a worship pro­gram
by the University of Ala­bama
group, followed by an ad­dress
and an open forum led by
Dr. Gutzke.
Dr. Duncan will personally de­liver
a message of welcome to the
delegates at 10:15.
At 10:40 the delegates will meet
in a business . session to hear re­ports
and elect new officers.
Lunch will be served at noon
at the Church.
Montevallo will begin tomorrow
afternoon's program at 1 o'clock
with a worship period. At 1:15
five discussion groups will begin,
followed by reports from • the
groups at 3 o'clock.
At 5 o'clock the group will con­vene
at Chewacla Park for a pic­nic
supper, followed by a camp-fire
address by Dr. Gutzke.
Final phase of the conclave will
be Sunday morning. Following a
worship service at 9:30 at the Stu­dent
Center, new officers will be
installed and committees will re­port.
ELECTIONS SLATE
PRESIDENT OF THE
EXECUTIVE CABINET
Jim King
Paul Pruitt
EDITOR OF THE
GLOMERATA
Ed. M. Paul
William H. McGehee
BUSINESS MANAGER OF
THE GLOMERATA
Kirk Newell '
Ed Welden
EDITOR OF THE
PLAINSMAN
Dan Hollis
"Boots" Stratford
BUSINESS MANAGER OF
THE PLAINSMAN
Warren G. Darty,
(unopposed)
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES
TO EXECUTIVE CABINET
Cliff Beckam
Jack Birdsong
John D. Davis
Bill Dodd
Drew Hale
Tom O. Roby
PRESIDENT OF THE
SENIOR CLASS
Jim Bacon
Merlin Bryant
Sam Pettus
Harold Sutton
VICE-PRESIDENT
SENIOR CLASS
Wallace Wise
John A. Curry, Jr.
SECRETARY, SENIOR CLASS
D. K. Christenberry,
(unopposed)
HISTORIAN, SENIOR CLASS
Helen Martin
Bobby Nester
PRESIDENT, WOMAN'S
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Frances Hodge
Dorothy Hurst
Elizabeth .Wheeler
VICE-PRESIDENT, WSGA
Ethel Gardiner
Freda Kyle
Jean Laird
SECRETARY, WSGA
Dora Brice
Eleanor Hightower
Claudia Weinmann
TREASURER, WSGA
Mildred Brown Davis
Ernestine Lloyd
WOMEN'S REPRESENTA-TIVE,
EXECUTIVE
CABINET*
Margaret Lindon
Sue Quattlebaum
*Only junior coeds vote for
this office.
Entire API Student Body Awaiting
Vital Junior Election Tuesday
Plainsmen Down Boilermakers Behind WSGA Qualifies W o m e n ' s G o v e r n m e nt
Steady Pitching Of Kilpafrick Candidates For E l e c t s A t S a m e T i m e
Teams Play Again
Today and Tomorrow
"Kilowatt" fanned 10 — they
didn't have a chance. The score
was 7-2. Charlie Kilpatrick set
the Purdue Boilermakers back on
their heels with only five hits yes­terday
afternoon on the Auburn
diamond in the first game of a
three-game series, which will be
continued this afternoon at 3 and
tomorrow at 2.
Auburn's big guns hammered
out 11 blows off two Purdue toss-ers,
with Ralph Frazier leading
the way again. He got three for
four, and Capt. Tommie Thompson
and Charlie Rollo collected two for
five. Dick McGowen, Fred Hurst,
and Thompson all slammed out
triples.
Kilpatrick's only bad inning was
in the fourth when Mackiewicz and
Stamm singled and Hearn tripled,
all for a total of two runs.
The Tigers played almost per­fect
ball afield, making only one
bobble, by Woodie McNair.
Left-hander Louis Diamond will
mount the mound against the Pur-duemen
this afternoon.
Continued on page 4
AUBURN-ATLANTA
HORSE GUARDS
PLAY TOMORROW
Auburn will meet the Atlanta
Horse Guards on Bullard Field to­morrow
afternoon at 2:30 in the
fourth polo game of the season.
The Horse Guards, always
strong, will bring a veteran team
to the Plains, probably featuring,
as last year, Capt. Wesley Moran.
In two contests with the Guards
last season the Plainsmen outrode
them 10-3 and 4-2.
Capt. L. E. Jacoby will probably
start the usual four of Elmer
Almquist, Bob Armstrong, Clyde
Brown, and Roger Hamel.
Below par in their second game
with Ohio State, the Tigers re­deemed
themselves in their game
with Thomasville, Ga., last Sun­day,
and if they play up to the
mark they set then will give the
Horse Guards a full afternoon.
13 Trackmen Leave
For Florida Meet
API Has Good Chance
For Win Tomorrow
By BOOTS STRATFORD
A band of 13 Orange and Blue
track and field standard bearers
left early this morning for Gaines­ville,
Fla., where they will com­pete
in the Florida Relays to­morrow
against the cream of
Southern track squads.
Bearing a main share of the
point-getting burden will be the
"Big Three" comprised of Cap­tain
"Chuck" Morgan, SEC high
hurdles king and an excellent
performer in the high jump, low
hurdles and broad jump; Bob
Dickinson, holder of second place
laurels in the SEC broad jump
and ace dash man; and Chet Bul­ger,
top-notch man in the shot,
discus and javelin.
The other men making the trip
and expected to turn in creditable
performances are Jack Cagle and
"Rat" Russell in the distances,
Jim Stephenson in the weights,
Andrew Singletary in the low hur­dles
and broad jump, Hoyt Hall
in the pole vault, "Boots" Strat­ford
in the dashes. "Babe" Mc­Gehee
in the high hurdles, and
Bob Morton, Jim Holley and Wil-
Continued on page 4
Alpha Psi Holds
Fruitful Session
National Convention
Of Frat Meets Here
The National Council of Alpha
Psi fraternity held one of the most
successful conventions in the his­tory
of the fraternity here last
week-end, following the annual
conference of Graduate Veteri­narians.
Every chapter was rep­resented,
many of them by sev­eral
members.
The meeting was' called to or­der
Friday morning by the presi­dent,
Dr. H. E. Rebrassier of Co­lumbus,
Ohio, after which the
delegates gave reports on the ac­tivities
of their respective chap­ters.
Friday night the visitors were
entertained .with a banquet in the
banquet hall of the Auburn Grille.
Ralph L. Williams, president of
Auburn's Theta Chapter, acted as
master of ceremonies. An inter­esting
history of Alpha Psi Frater­nity
was given by Dr. E. T. Booth,
' national secretary, and Prof. J.
M. Robinson, faculty adviser for
the Interfraternity Council, de­livered
the principal address.
Saturday morning the council
voted to hold its 1942 conven­tion
at Fort Collins, Colo., and
the meeting closed with the elec­tion
of officers.
Continued on page 4
Basic ROTC Absence
Rules Changed by
Executive Council
By action of the Executive
Council in its meeting Wednes­day
morning, excessive absences
in basic ROTC will no longer
cause the student to be dropped
from class but will be handled by
the Professor of Military Science
and Tactics, the President's Of­fice
announced yesterday.
As in the past, excessive ab­sences
in other courses will result
in the student's being dropped
with a zero.
The action was taken by the
Council following a petition by
Col. John J. Waterman, comman­dant.
In his request the comman­dant
pointed out that College law
requires the two years of basic
ROTC of all male members of
freshmen and sophomore classes
who are not 26 years of age when
they enter as freshmen; hence,
the dropping of a student from
basic ROTC because of excessive
absences prevents the carrying
out of the college rules.
Woman's Club of
Auburn Sponsoring
Movie Next Week
In an effort to provide ample
funds for the local playground
Auburn Woman's Club will spon­sor
the showing of a movie, "The
Light That Failed," starring Ron­ald
Colman, at the Tiger Theater
Friday and Saturday, April 5 and
6.
Net proceeds from the sale of
tickets to the picture show will go
in a permanent summer play­ground
fund. It is also hoped, ac­cording
to members of the Wom­an's
Club, that the fund will even­tually
enable the organization to
begin steps leading toward the
construction of a swimming pool.
Three student organizations are
cooperating with the civic club in
sponsoring the advance ticket sale
to the movie. Omicron Delta Kap­pa,
Cardinal Key and Blue Key
honor societies are the groups
helping with the project.
A special feature of the enter­tainment
program at the Tiger
Theater April 5 and 6 will be the
annual Scabbard and Blade initia­tion
on the stage between night
shows.
Tuesday Election
Hodge, Hurst, and
Wheeler Head Ticket;
Box at Student Center
Three candidates for the presi­dency
of the Woman's Student
Government, Frances Hodge of
Alpha Gamma Delta, Dorothy
Hurst of Zeta Delta, and Eliza­beth
Wheeler of Kappa Delta,
head the list of 14 coeds pro­nounced
by the Examining Board
of the WSGA last night as quali­fied
to run for office in the elec­tions
Tuesday.
For women's representative to
the Executive Cabinet, a post vot­ed
on only by junior coeds, Bet-tie
Belle Brandt, Kappa Delta;
Margaret Lindon, Alpha Gamma
Delta; and Sue Quattlebaum, Chi
Omega are in the race.
Ethel Gardiner, Chi Omega;
Freda Kyle, non-sorority; and
Jean Laird, Kappa Delta, are the
contestants for the vice-presidency
of the WSGA.
For secretary of WSGA, a posi­tion
always filled by a junior,
Dora Brice of Alpha Gamma Del­ta;
Eleanor Hightower of Kappa
Delta, and Claudia Weinmann,
non-sorority, were passed by the
Board.
Two freshmen are in the race
for treasurer of WSGA: Mildred
Brown Davis, non-sorority, and
Ernestine Lloyd, Kappa Delta.
There will be only one box for
coeds voting in the WSGA elec­tions,
to be located at the Student
Center. All coeds will vote for
the four WSGA • positions, but
juniors only can vote for the wom­en's
representative to the Execu­tive
Cabinet.
Textile Show Is
Next Wednesday
Open House to be
Part of Engineers Day
The annual Open House of the
textile engineering department
will be held on Wednesday, April
3, as a feature of Engineers Day.
The various processes in the manu­facture
of cotton fabric will be
demonstrated to the public by
textile engineering students.
Eighty-five students will ope­rate
the. machinery from 3 to 5
o'clock in the afternoon and from
7 until 9 in the evening. The corn-
Continued on page 4
Boxes Set Up at Student Center, Ag
Hill, Vet Hill; Voting Hours Are 9-5
Following a series of thorough, though unusually quiet
campaigns, interest in the junior elections on Tuesday was
at its usual high pitch today, and according to every in­dication
the largest number of juniors in history will go
to the boxes almost unanimously and poll the largest vote
ever cast, even surpassing the bitter 1938 two-election year
when only a handful of juniors did not vote.
~~ " ~ ~ ~ — John Watters, Elections Com­mittee
chairman, said this morning
that he wished to emphasize only
a few things about Tuesday's bal­loting:
that students must bring
their ticket books to the polls in
order to vote, that ags must vote
at the Ag Hill box; vets at the Vet
Hill box, and all others at the Stu­dent
Center box; and that the elec­tion
rules will be strictly en­forced.
The contests for the offices of
the Woman's Student Government
are being handled by the WSGA,
and a special box for WSGA vot­ing
will be in operation at Student
Center. All girls vote at the
WSGA box for their coed govern­ment
officers, and junior girls vote
there for the women's representa­tive
to the Executive Cabinet.
Watters also pointed out today
that while freshman and sopho­more
coeds do vote for the WSGA
officers they cannot vote in the
junior elections.
Tuesday's Plainsman will be
held until the returns are in and
will be published as soon as pos­sible
Tuesday night with full re­sults.
No results will be given out
either by the Elections Committee
or by the Plainsman office before
the Plainsman is out on the streets.
The complete list of candidates
for senior offices is as follows:
President of the Executive Cab­inet:
Jim King, Paul Pruitt.
Editor of the Glomerata: Ed M.
Paul, William B. McGehee.
Business Manager of the Glom­e
r a t a : Kirk Newell, Ed Welden.
Editor of the Plainsman: Dan
Hollis, "Boots" Stratford.
Business Manager of the Plains­man:
Warren G. Darty (unop­posed).
Senior representatives to the
Executive Cabinet: Cliff Beckham,
Jack H. Birdsong, John D. Davis,
Bill Dodd, Drew Hale, Tom O.
Roby.
Continued on page 4
Plans For First
Engineers Day
Almost Completed
Plans were almost completed by
last night for Engineers Day,
scheduled for Wednesday, after
the college had granted a half-holiday
to all engineering stu­dents
for the day. Those excused
from all classes after noon Wed­nesday
will include students in
chemistry and chemical engineer­ing
as well as those from the
School of Engineering.
The actual program will begin
about 1:30 when exhibits will be
opened for view by spectators,
and will close with a ball from 8
to 11 in Graves Center.
Every department of the engi­neering
school is setting up an ex­hibit
for the day, each display; be­ing
under the direction of the
engineering society from that de­partment.
The annual Textile Open House,
already a well-established affair,
will be one of the main attrac­tions.
It will be in operation from
3 to 5 in the afternoon and from
7 to 9 Wednesday night.
Tickets to the ball are already
on sale by engineering students,
selling for 50 cents advance and
75 cents at the door.
Walter Mueller, Engineering
Council publicity chairman, point­ed
out last night that several
weeks ago engineering students
signed petitions at a seminar meet­ing,
agreeing to give up 50 cents
from their contingent deposits for
the purpose of giving an engineer­ing
ball. This 50 cents will not be
deducted, Mueller said, and hence,
it will be necessary for engineers
to buy tickets.
According to Mueller, a num­ber
of prominent engineers from
over the state have been invited
to attend the day's festivities.
Auburn Will See Its First Student
Operetta Monday And Tuesday Nights
PERFORMANCE TO BE AT LANGDON HALL,
8:15; ACTIVITY BOOKS REQUIRED
Auburn will see its first student operetta in history
when, with Fred Mohns singing the male lead and Jean
Byrd the feminine lead, "The Chimes of Normandy", is
presented Monday and Tuesday nights in Langdon Hall.
Curtain time will be at 8:15.
Cooperating with the two principal players will be
six other speaking and singing characters, dancers under
the direction of Mrs. Louise Forte, and the entire person­nel
of the boys' and girls' glee .„
village.
"The Chimes of Normandy" is
known as the most popular ope­retta
of the French composer Rob­ert
Jean Planquette. First pro­duced
at the Folies Dramatique in
Paris in 1897, it enjoyed a run of
more than 400 performances.
The attractive stage set for the
production Monday and Tuesday
was designed by Paul Rudolph and
built by members of the Auburn
Players. Joseph Maurer of the
Players will serve as stage man­ager,
and other Players will fur­nish
technical assistance needed.
FRAT FINANCIAL
OFFICERS WILL
MEET MONDAY
The Interfraternity Council for
Finance Officers will meet Monday
night at 7:30 in the Council room,
302 Samford Hall, according to
President Jim Morgan.
The object of the meeting is a
discussion of a cold storage plant.
John L. Liles, extension economist;
Prof. J. M. Robinson, Interfrater­nity
Council adviser; and W. T.
Ingram, college accountant, will all
be present to assist in the discus-clubs.
General director of the produc­tion
is Prof. Telfair Peet and
music director is Mr. Lawrence
Barnett.
In addition to Mohns as Henri,
Count de Corneville, and Miss
Byrd as Germaine, the cast in­cludes
Lem Edmonson as Greni-cheux,
a sailor; Bob Haas as Gas-pard,
a miser; Jim Burt as Bailli,
the village governor; Martha
Daily as Serpolette, ward of Gas-pard;
and Claudia Weinmann and
Mary Frances Meadows as Ger­trude
and Manette, girls of the
Auburn Crad Opens
Dentistry Office
Dr. Gilmer Brownfield, '29, has
moved to Auburn and has opened
a new and modern dentistry office
on the second floor of the Wright
Building, the new structure be­tween
the Pitts Hotel and Gay
Street.
Dr. Brownfield, a member of the
Auburn chapter of ATO, is a grad­uate
of Atlanta Southern Dental
College. He was reared in Opeli-ka.
Before coming to Auburn he
practiced for several years in col­laboration
with a prominent Nash­ville,
Tenn., dentist.
His office here is said to be one
of the best-equipped in the South.
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Page Two ———————
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Auburn's Horse Treasure
AUBURN welcomes with pride
news of the annual horse show,
now almost a part of Auburn tra­dition.
The gymkhana, now no
longer held, and the horse shows
have always been events antici­pated
by horse-lovers from all of
this part of the state as well as
by students and faculty members
and townspeople.
The horse show is really about
the only time in the year when
any of us stop to realize exactly
how much the Military Depart­ment
horses mean to Auburn.
Men who never before strad­dled
a horse are taught the fun­damentals
of riding, and it's pos­sible
to have almost three years
of steady riding if one takes ad­vanced
ROTC. A surprisingly
large number take advantage of
Saturday and Sunday privilege
riding—and it's very few schools
that can offer the use of horses
free of charge. Coeds have the
advantage of expert instruction
at very 1 o w cost. Scabbard
and Blade holds rides once in a
while.
There's the polo team, too, the
only college polo team in the
South and one of the few in the
nation. Last year's riders were
undefeated, and they spread the
name of Auburn all through the
Midwest, where they made a suc­cessful
tour.
Climax of the year to Auburn
horse enthusiasts is the horse
show itself, where riders compete
in a dozen or more contests —
all the way from sophomores who
can hardly rise to the trot to sen­iors
who can handle horses like
experts.
But probably more important
than anything else is the love of
riding and of horses that become
inbred in men who have never
before felt that way, and ulti­mately
is one of the most cherish­ed
acquisitions of the college
years.
THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN March 29, 1940
You, Me And The War
THREE days ago the United
States uncovered its decision to
give France and Britain unhamp­ered
access to the newest Ameri­can
airplane models. On the sur­face
the impelling motive was to
strengthen national defense by
the resulting expansion of the
airplane industry and the testing
which the warplanes will under­go
in combat.
Actually army and navy offi­cials
must have stuck t h e ir
tongues in their cheeks when they
announced that national defense
was the only objective in mind.
The United States wants the
Allies to win the war. As the
mock conflict has dragged on
even the most ardent isolation­ists
and pacifists have seen their
ranks depleted and have come to
realize that all the written pro­tests
and verbal assertions in the
world cannot destroy the cold­blooded
fact that America does
have a stake in the war.
The argument that the hands
of the democracies are not clean
—that they have been imperial­istic
too, that they countenanced
the double-cross at Munich and
the rape of Poland — all that
sounds good to the ear of an as-serter,
but does it mean much?
While the democracies may
have made their mistakes and
probably will make many more,
the predomniance of their kind
of government constitutes no
threat to the United States, but
a victory for Germany would be
a very real danger. The errors of
the past, and history has yet to
tell whether or not they were
actually errors, sink into insig­nificance
when one realizes that
two types of government are bat­tling,
and one is our kind while
the other is out to destroy it. A
victory for the democracies may
not mean the death of totalitari­anism,
but if the Allies lose de­mocracy
in Europe will be as
hard to find as the dodo.
We do have a stake, a terrific­ally
big and important one. The
protection of that interest by
selling materials now may save us
from sending men later. And
"men" doesn't mean the some­body
else who flits across the
screen in a war movie—it means
me and you.
Youth Hostels
For Alabama
Well?
By John Ivey, Jr.
THE youth hostel, a common
sight in Europe, has finally
spread to Canada and to pafts
of the United States, particularly
New England a n d the Far
West. Most young people know
what hostels are, even though
they've never seen one: they're
inexpensive, simple l o d g i ng
places, offering overnight ac­commodations
at certain points
along the route of tours through
interesting parts of the country.
They are usually located about
15 miles apart, an easy day's
travel afoot or by bicycle, and
are mapped out in chains along
trails and centers of interest to
travelers.
Though hostels are not actual­ly
hotels, they must be clean and
comfortable and are always sup­ervised
by responsible adults.
They consist of separately equip­ped
sleeping quarters and rest-rooms
for men and women and
common cooking and dining fa­cilities.
Anything from a clean,
weatherproof barn to a luxurious
country home can be used, so
long as it measures up to specifi­cations.
Cooking his own meals, travel­ing
afoot or by bicycle, and liv­ing
simply, a hosteller can tour
easily for $1 a day.
Canada's hostel system charges
a membership fee of $2 per year
for each hosteller, for which he
receives a pass entitling him to
use of the facilities at any unit
of the system, revocable at any
time for infringement of hostel
house-rules. There are no paid
workers in the organization —
all work and expansion is car­ried
on voluntarily.
Northern Alabama, with its
striking scenic beauty and its
many spots of historic interest, is
a perfect location for a chain of
hostels. Hostel routes could be
mapped, linking the state parks
and the scenic sections of the re­gion,
the old battlegrounds, the
historic locations, and the vast
reaches of the TVA.
Clean healthful recreation and
travel would be offered Alabama
youth by a hostel system. And
every young person who took ad­vantage
of it would come to
know and to love his state bet­ter.
Democracy?
SEE by the papers that 181,496
Alabamians paid their poll
taxes this year. Add to this the
qualified persons over 45, the
crop of new 21-year olds, and the
war veterans, and you'll have the
total of qualified voters, prob­ably
between 200,000 and 250,-
000. Alabama's population is
close to 3,000,000.
And they call it democracy.
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.
Bob Anderson Pinchhitting
RETRACTION . . .
Because of the regrettable illness of
Columnist John Ivey, this space was
filled Tuesday by two other members
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of t h e Plainsman
staff — neither of
whom was us. And
through some inex­plicable
error, our
name was put on the
column. Much as we
should like to be able
to accept the praise
extended us for the
writing, we believe in
giving credit where
__ credit is due. So,
doHH / i / S / this ig tQ s a y t h at
last issue's "Well?", with the exception
of the last paragraph, on politicians,
was written by Plainstalker Herbert
Martin. The item concerning politics
slithered from the pen of Ye Editor.
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BULL SESSION . . .
We see by the papers that the talk
in England among the powers that be
is all for a new war government, which
would concentrate power in fewer hands
and give to Winston Churchill, first lord
of the admiralty, greater authority and
power. And already there are rumors
that a five-man cabinet will soon re­place
the present nine-man group. This
"streamlining" should make for the
British a better chance at heeling Hit­ler.
Which all brings to mind that lit­tle
poem of George Noel Gordon, Lord
Byron:
The world is a bundle of hay
Mandkind are the asses who pull;
Each tugs it a different way,
And the greatest of all is John Bull.
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JOHN HANCOCK . . .
A newspaper report this week stat­ed
that secret service agents are try­ing
to find who used the name "Frank­lin
D. Roosevelt" on his Communist
Party credentials recently. Presidential
Secretary Stephen Early stated that
this was "obviously a forgery". Well!
Marvelous deduction, Early, marvelous.
* * *
WE WONDER . . .
What the outcome of the trial of the
new cut system will be—will we have
the same system next term? . . . How
the Jack Teagarden-Auburn Knights
rotation combine is going to work out
at the Finals. . . . How long the big
rush, at the new bowling alleys will
last. . . . What new sorority will make
its bow at Auburn next term. . . . What
the new Glomerata (if possible) will
look like. . . . What happened to the
"Letters to the Editor" department of
the Plainsman since the new "sign
your name" rule went in. . . . When
the Auburn enrollment will reach a
climax and stop increasing. . . . How
many more shopping days until Christ­mas.
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PHILOSOPHERESS . . .
In keeping with the current talk on
the campus concerning the dating par­lors
in the "Mansion"—which have no
doors or curtains to afford their oc­cupants
even the slightest privacy —
comes a story from the campus at Mon-tevallo.
It seems that in a certain dor­mitory
of Alabama College there are
several dating parlors, which in the
past were made private with curtains
hung over doorways. And because some­one
on the staff objected to this cur­taining
off or dating couples, on the
grounds that it "warn't nice", the
drapes were taken down. Miss Anna
Irvin, who for years has been dieti­tian
at the girls' college, on learning of
this act, remarked that it would cer­tainly
"be nice if we could change the
world by 'taking down the curtains'."
We understand that the curtains hang
once again over the doors of the dat­ing
parlors in that dormitory at Ala­bama
College.
* * *
CRUSADES . . .
April is "Go to Church" Month in
Auburn. See you in church 1
CAMPUS CAMERA
DR.H.E
(CURLY)
PRES. OF THE UNIV. OF MAR/LAND
IS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE
FOOTEALL COACHES ASSOCIATION
TO RISE TO SUCH A POSITION /
HE COACHED AT MARYLAND FOR
• • • 22 YEARS ' • •
GREEK LETTER STAMP CAN­CELLATION
USED AT GREENCASTLk
IND,ONA 3*1871 STAMP/
CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS
WAS SUCH A COMMON PRACTICE AT
THE UNIV. OF ARKANSAS IN THE
EARLY DAYS THAT THE FACULTY
FOUND IT NECESSARY TO MAKE A
SPECIAL RULING TO FORCE STU­DENTS
TO LEAVE THEIR'SHOOTING*
IRONS'AT HOME/
With the Co-OpS—By A. Fred Henning
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.
TEAGARDEN for the Finals sounds
good to us. We'll venture to claim
that he will bring the most popular out-of-
town band of the
year to Auburn, and
t h a t listeners will
without a doubt for­get
the sloppy slip-horn
playing of Russ
Morgan, who never­theless,
has his fol­lowers.
Our faith in
our own Knights is
boundless, t h o u g h ,
and we predict that
they'll come pretty
— ~~~ ~* dern close to blowing
the Teagarden outfit off the stand.
* * *
We like this poem of Rupert Brooke,
English poet who lived around the turn
of the century. This selection, "The
One Before the Last", was published
shortly after his death in a volume re­leased
in 1916.
I dreamt I was in love again
With the One Before the Last,
And smiled to greet the pleasant pain
Of that innocent young past.
But I jumped to feel how sharp had
been
The pain when it did live,
How the faded dreams of Nineteen-ten
Were Hell in Nineteen-five.
The boy's woe was as keen and clear,
The boy's love just as true,
And the One Before the Last, my dear,
Hurt quite as much as you.
Sickly I pondered how the lover
Wrongs the unanswering tomb,
And sentimentalizes over
What earned a better doom.
Gently he tombs the poor dim last time,
Strews pinkish dust above,
And sighs, "The dear dead boyish
pastime!
But this — ah, God! — is Love!"
Better oblivion hide dead true lovers,
Better the night enfold,
Than men, to eke the praise of new
loves,
Should lie about the old!
Oh! bitter thoughts I had in plenty.
But here's the worst of it—
I shall forget in Nineteen-twenty,
You ever hurt a bit!
* * *
Still not knowing anything to write
about, we quote from A Nonsense An­thology,
collected by Carolyn Wells.
Editor'* Note: For this issue, the ad­vertising
staff is being handled by Jim­my
Rouse, sophomore on the business
staff.
This typist's nightmare
"Some Verses to Snaix."
is entitled
Prodiggus reptile! long and skaly kuss!
You are the dadrattedest biggest thing
I ever
Seed that cud ty itself into a double bo-
Not, and cum all strate again in a
Minnit or so, without winkin or seemin
To experience any particular pane
In the diafram.
Stoopenjus inseck! marvelous annimile!
You are no doubt seven thousand yeres
Old, and hav considerable of a
Family sneekin round thru the tall
Gras in Africa, a eetin up little greezy
Niggers, and wishin they was biggir.
I wonder how big yu was when yu
Was a inphant about 2 fete long. I
Expec yu was a purty good size, and
Lived on phrogs, and lizzerds, and polly-
Wogs and sutch things.
WHEN a young fellow feeds and clothes
himself that's not news. Neither
is it news when a fellow feeds, clothes,
and educates himself, but it is news
when he manages to do all of these
things and then right in the midst of it
all embarks upon the sea of matrimony.
That's exactly what one of our co-ops
did just a few days ago. To be exact,
the date was March 10, and to be still
more exact the fellow's name is Eugene
Caldwell, of Talladega. Congratulations,
Eugene.
* * *
Another personal of interest to most
co-operative students is news received
from John S. (Jack) Telfair of Marion.
In a letter to a friend here Jack says
that he is getting along nicely and that
he hopes to be back with us next sum­mer.
Telfair, a former student at the
United States Military Academy at
West Point, enrolled here in Septem­ber,
1939, and made many friends dur­ing
that quarter. He returned this
month to register again only to have
to leave school because of illness. For
those who are interested, Jack's ad­dress
is the Walter Reed General Hos­pital,
Army Medical Center, Washing­ton,
D. C.
* * *
At a recent meeting of the Mitec En­gineers
plans were made to organize
an exhibit to represent that organiza­tion
on Engineers' Day, scheduled for
Wednesday, April 3. An announcement
was made to the effect that the new
cabinet representatives from the pre-junior
and freshman classes are Robert
Sawyer and Ross Martin, respectively.
* * *
Sophomore co-ops are heard on all
sides to speak with enthusiasm of the
new "war"-class subject of rigging and
also the occasional practical exercises
conducted in connection with that
course. Probably the one factor which
has done most to encourage this en­thusiasm
was the recent hoisting of
Merlin "Shorty" Sims to the top of the
15-foot gin pole erected by the sopho­mores
here on the campus.
* * *
Through the office of the coordinat­or
comes the news that the new co­operative
catalog for 1940-41 will be
ready for distribution to all co-opera­tive
students during the next week.
Words On Music—By Jimmy Gilbert
You are havin' a nice time now, enny-how—
Don't have nothing to do but lay oph.
And ete kats and rabbits, and stic
Out yure tung and twist yur tale.
I wunder if yu ever swollered a man
Without takin oph his butes. If there
was
Brass buttins on his kote, I spose
Yu had to swaller a lot of buttin-
Wholes, and a shu-hamer to nock
The soals oph of the boots and drive in
The tax, so that they wouldn't kut yure
Inside. I wunder if vittles taste
Good all the way down. I expec so—
At leest, fur 6 or 7 fete.
You are mighty long, I shud think
If your tale was kold, yure hed
Woodent no it till the next day,
But it's hard tu tell: snaix is snaix.
—Author unknown.
Harvard Law School
Proposes New Seven-
Yea r Combined Course
A SEVEN-YEAR combined College and
Law School course, open to a few
specially qualified students and design­ed
to integrate more closely the study
of law and the other social sciences,
is envisaged in a report now being con­sidered
by the faculty of Harvard Uni­versity.
Drawn up by a committee of nine
professors, the plan has already been
approved by the Law School faculty.
A student enrolled in the proposed
seven-year course would take three
years of undergraduate work, then en­ter
Law School, and in his fourth and
fifth years approximate the curriculum
which is now ordinarily prescribed for
regular first and second year Law
School students.
In his sixth and seventh years, a stu­dent
would cover the work normally
done by third year Law students, plus
advanced work in History, Government,
and Economics. At the completion of
the course he would be awarded an
AB as well as an LLB degree. (ACP)
SPOTLIGHT this week on ex-White-manite
Jack Teagarden and band,
who, as you know, are scheduled to
furnish assorted jam 'n jive for the gen­eral
melee known as the spring dances.
At present he is "one night standing"
over the South, and has no radio pro­grams
scheduled; however, we do have
a Columbia record by the Teagarden
trombone and band that is a honey.
"I Wanna Hat With Cherries," and its
Waxmate, "I'm Taking My Time With
You", should be included in any record
collection as one of Jack's finest. Kitty
Kalian takes the vocal honors.
This band, one of the largest swing
outfits, boasts in its personnel a Bir­mingham
boy, Clinton Garvin. He's
blond, and does some mighty fine work
on sax and clarinet, so remember to
look for him.
And a couple other records worth
mentioning before we get too far off
the subject: First is "Lights On" Enoch
Light's Bluebirdisc of "Run Rabbit
Run", and "Someday You'll Find Your
Bluebird". The first features, of all
things, an ocarino trio. Sweet record of
the week is Glen Gray's band doing
"I Concentrate On You", plus "Last
Night's Gardenias". Plenty dreamy. Dec-ca.
Newest band on the way up is ba-toneered
by Cecil "By" Golly. They
play medium sweet swing with a touch
of shuffle rhythm from Donahue's, in
Cedar Grove, N. J. He broadcasts on
Tuesday's at 5:30 and Friday's at 11:30,
and kids, he's plenty good. Other radio
recommendations: Top Hatter Jan Sav-itt
and boys play on NBC at 9:15 Sun­day
and 11:00 Wednesday. Glen Gray
and Casa Lomians at three p.m. on
Sunday from Frank Daley's Meadow-brook.
(NBC—WSB Atlanta.) Shep
Fields is the "Show of the Week" guest
on Mutual at 5:30 Sunday.
Artie Shaw's new band releases in­clude
"Gloomy Sunday", "Frenesi", and
"Adios, Marquita Linda". Critics ok
them all as real masterpieces. They are
Victor recordings.
* * »
Didja Know: Campus favorite "Tux­edo
Junction" is named after a trolley
junction in our own Birmingham. Negro
mill workers have made it sort of a
meeting place after work, where they
pick up their dates.
* * *
Going up: Trumpeter Erskine Haw­kins,
the "20th Century Gabriel", can
hit E above C above high C, which is
way up on anybody's horn.
* * *
These Women! Ozzie Nelson is fea­turing
a girl in his brass section now.
She plays trumpet.
* * *
Local Talent: Seven of the eleven
members of the Auburn Knights are ar­rangers.
They're responsible for most
of the fine special arrangements we
hear at the dances. We still haven't
heard "Rose of The Rio Grande" yet,
however.
Cornell Students
Preparing For Annual
'Hotel Ezra Cornell'
FOR the 15th consecutive year, stu­dents
of Cornell University's school of
hotel administration are preparing for
their annual event, Hotel Ezra Cornell,
"the world's only hotel-for-a-day".
Already the student board of direct­ors
has been convening weekly, plan­ning
the many details which make Ezra
Cornell a distinctive event in the ho­tel
business. Since it was first begun
15 years ago, the students of hotel ad­ministration,
have planned, promoted,
financed and managed a new Hotel
Ezra Cornell each year, with increas­ing
success.
Hotel Ezra Cornell had a humble be­ginning.
Fifteen years ago, the eight
seniors who made up the graduating
class decided to hold a faculty dinner.
They planned and prepared the menu,
and served it in the dining room of a
university building. It was favorably
received, and the following year receiv­ed
its now-famous "hotel-for-a-day"
monicker. The students invited not only
campus notables, but hotelmen from ev­ery
part of the country, and that year
nearly 100 attended.
Last year, the 14th Ezra Cornell at­tracted
over 450 hotelmen from every
continent.
March 29, 1940 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Annual Inspection of ROTC
Unit To Be in Middle of April
Auburn Unit Now Has Twenty-Year
Record of "Excellent" Rating
The annual inspection of the Auburn ROTC unit will
take place on April 15 and 16, Col. John J. Waterman said
Wednesday. Col. S. R. Hopkins, PMS&T at the University
of Florida will inspect the field artillery, and Maj. H. W.
Collins, senior engineer instructor at Louisiana State Uni­versity,
will inspect the engineers.
At the inspection last year the Auburn unit won the
rating of "excellent" for the twentieth consecutive year.
The following is a tentative
gun
schedule for the two days:
ARTILLERY
April IS
7 :30- 8 :00 Inspection of stables,
and motor sheds.
8:00- 9:00 Soph. Equitation—Major
Searight at riding pen.
Junior Preparation of Fire
Capt. Ham at Drake Field.
9:10-10:00 Freshman Gun Drill. Capt.
Johnson at Gun Shed.
Senior Gunnery — Major
Searight at 218 Ramsay.
10:10-11:00 Junior Smoke Puff—Capt.
Whelchel at Range.
11:00-12:00 Call on Dr. Duncan in his
office.
1:10- 3:00 Junior — ROOP Motorized
— Capt. Jacoby.
8:10- 5:00 Formal Review — Bullard
Field.
April 16
8:10- 9:00 Fresh. Sig. Communica­tions
— Capt. Cole at Gun
Shed. Freshman Material—
Capt. Whelchel at Gun
Shed.
9:10-10:00 Sophomore Instruments —
Capt. Watts at Drake Field.
Sophomore Motors — Capt.
Jacoby at Bullard Field.
10:10-11:00 Sophomore Mapping—Capt.
Ham at 218 Ramsay.
11:00-12:00 Inspection of store rooms
and records.
1:10- 3:00 Junior Driving and Draft
—Capt. Watts — Bullard
Field.
3:10- 4:00 Freshman Gun Drill—Sgt.
Moxham at Gun Shed.
Freshman Gun Drill—Sgt.
Fitzpatrick at Gun Shed.
ENGINEERS
April 15
8:10- 9:00 Freshman Co-op. Weapons
—Capt. Paxson — Engr.
room 1.
9:10-10:00 Senior Supply and Mess
Management. Major Laird
—Engr. Room 2, Freshman
R i f l e Marksmanship —
Capt. Paxson — Range.
10:10-11:00 Sophomore Rigging Dem.
Capt. Paxson — Junior
bridge site. Junior—Mili­tary
Roads — Major Laird
—Engr. Room 2.
11:00-12:00 Call on Dr Duncan in his
office.
1:10- 2:80 Junior •— Construction of
bridge — Major Laird —
Junior bridge site.
3:10- 5:00 Formal review following
by squad, platoon and com­pany
drill. Bullard and
Engineer Drill Field.
April 16
8:10- 9:00 Freshman Map Reading—
Capt. Paxson—Engr. Room
1.
9:10-10:00 Sophomore — Military
Sketching — Capt. Paxson
—Engr. Room 1.
10:10-11:00 Sophomore — Military
Sketching — Capt. Paxson
—Engr. Room 1.
11:00-12:00 All classes — Company
combat problem — Campus.
1:00- 3:00 Inspection of property and
records.
Co/. Waterman
"It's A Date" At
Martin Sunday
Deanna Durbin's newest picture
was previewed a few nights ago at
the Pantages Theatre in Holly­wood
where it drew a tremendous
attendance. The capacity turnout
for this seventh of the Durbin ve­hicles
jammed the loby and foyer
and at its conclusion sent up cus­tomers
shouts of "best yet".
Judged on the basis of audi­ence
response alone, "It's A Date"
would have to be pronounced Miss
Durbin's finest film.
The movie fans will have an
unusual treat when they see this
film "It's A Date" at the Mar­tin
Theatre Sunday and Monday.
As an added attraction there
will be the latest news event and
the latest March of Time, fea­turing
"Canada At War".
ROLLER SKATE
For H e a l t h ' s Sake
APRIL ( 1 s t ) FOOLS
PARTY
GIFTS FOR EACH SKATER
Coat Hangers, Cigar
Lighters, Garters, etc.
•
Auburn Roller
Rink
. . . will
spection of
unit.
witness his first in-the
Auburn ROTC
Kappa Alpha Will
Install New Heads
Early in April Nu chapter of
Kappa Alpha fraternity will in­stall
nine new officers for the
1941 school year. The men were
elected several weeks ago.
New president will be Jimmy
Reynolds of Anniston, succeeding
Marshall Hooper. Other new of­ficials
will be Sam Nettles, vice-president;
Bill Dodd, recording
secretary; Warren Patrick, cor­responding
secretary; Harry Rey­nolds,
historian; Jimmy Martin,
treasurer; Roy Stinson, censor;
Bill Moore, doorkeeper; and Walt­er
Chandler, guide..
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
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Occasions
•
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Shop
PHONE 611
Bring Your Films
To Us And Be Sure
Of Satisfaction
What your camera sees,
we'll bring into sight.
Student's Supply
Shop
OTIS MOREMAN, Jr., Prop.
. . . And . . .
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George Heard
DRINK
MG«*e A FIAVOR YOU CANT FORGET
It Gives A Sandwich A College Education
3 STUDENTS TAKE
PART IN TESTS
FOR TEACHERS
Three Auburn students will par­ticipate
in a series of standard­ized
tests being given in Atlanta,
Ga., today and tomorrow as a part
of a newly-formed national teach­er-
testing program.
Sarah Green and J. H. Wheeler,
graduate students in science and
literature, and Lillian Jane Smith,
undergraduate in the same course,
are the API students scheduled
to take the tests.
Set up by the National Com­mittee
on Teacher Examination
in an effort to raise teacher stand­ards
throughout the country, the
tests are being given in 25 test­ing
centers over the nation. The
two days of testing will include
a total of 12 hours of examina­tions
in reasoning, English com­prehension,
English expression,
general culture, modern social
problems, and professional edu­cation.
Results of the tests will be sent
to a central filing bureau, from
which they may be sent to any
school system in the country.
Kelley Attends
ODK Convention
More Than SO Are at
' Regional Conclave
Charles Kelley, editor of the
Glomerata and fourth-year in ar­chitecture,
represented the Auburn
circle of ODK at the biennial con­vention
of the Southwestern Prov­ince
of the fraternity, held last
week-end in Birmingham.
The two-day conclave was at­tended
by more than 60 delegates
from Auburn, Birmingham-South­ern,
University of Alabama, Mis­sissippi
State, University of Mis­sissippi,
LSU, Tulane, Vanderbilt,
University of Tennessee, Sewanee,
Millsaps, and University of Ark­ansas.
Speakers included Dr.' Guy E.
Snavely, executive director of the
American Association of Colleges
and Universities, and former
president of Birmingham-South­ern
college; W. Cooper Green,
president of the Birmingham City
Commission, and Dr. Gilbert W.
Mead, president of George Wash­ington
University.
Owls Sponsoring
Movie Tomorrow
Owls honor society for sopho­more
coeds will sponsor a mid­night
showing of the Eddy-Mac-
Donald picture "Sweethearts" to­morrow
night at the Tiger Thea­tre.
Claudia Weinmann, president of
the coed group, announced today
that girls in the dormitories would
be granted special late permission
to attend the show, provided they
bought their tickets in advance
from Owls members.
"Sweethearts," starring Nelson
Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald,
features a number of melodies by
Sigmund Romberg, popular mod­ern
composer of music for light
opera. The show is scheduled to
start at 11 p.m. and regular tick­et
prices will prevail.
Exec Council Rules
Academic Robes For
Faculty Members
Auburn's commencement, com­ing
on May 27, will be the first
one in a total of 68 graduations
where the faculty will be dressed
in academic robes. The innova­tion
results from a recommenda­tion
passed by the Executive
Council Wednesday morning in
which the idea was suggested to
President L. N. Duncan.
Caps and gowns for graduating
seniors were adopted only four
years ago.
'STRANGE CARGO'
TO SHOW AT TIGER
Gable, Crawford Head
Star Cast of Movie
One of the greatest "all-name"
casts since "Dinner at Eight" and
"Grand Hotel" was assembled by
Metro - G o l d w y n - Mayer for
"Strange Cargo," story of a group
of desperadoes w h o escape a
South American penal colony. The
picture, co-starring Clark Gable
and Joan Crawford, will be the
attraction Sunday and Monday at
the Tiger Theatre.
Gable is seen as Verne Andre,
a convict who believes implicitly
in his own physical strength car­rying
him through any emergency.
Miss Crawford is the cynical cafe
entertainer, Julie. With them ap­pear
Ian Hunter as the mysterious
figure, Cambreau, who influences
the fates of all around him; Peter
Lorre as the repulsive libere, Mon­sieur
Pig; Paul Lukas as the wife-murderer,
Hessler; Albert Dekker
as the Cockney safe-cracker, Moll;
J. Edward Bromberg as the fear-ridden
killer, Flaubert; Eduardo
Ciannelli as the demented Telez;
Victor Varconi as the fisherman
who must aid the survivors of the
prison break; John Arledge as the
weakling, Dufond; Frederic Wor-
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lock as the prison governor, Gri-deau;
and Bernard Nedell as Mar-feu.
Picturization of Richard Sale's
best-selling novel, "Not Too Nar­row,
Not Too Deep," "Strange
Cargo" depicts nine characters
who escape a tropical prison.
It would take a student 184
years to complete all the courses
offered by the University of Pitts­burgh.
While exploring in Death Valley,
College of the Pacific students keep
in touch with their campus by
short wave radio.
FOR RENT — Two-room furnish­ed
apartment, $17.50. Tele­phone
764-W.
FOR RENT—Room for three boys
at 234 West Glenn.
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SUNDAY AND MONDAY
Sunday Schedule — 2:00, 4:30 and 9:00 p.m.
Latest Newt of the World — EXTRA! Latest "March of Time"
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TUESDAY — One Day Only
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Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN March 29, 1940
Plans for This Year's
Horse Show Published
Event Scheduled for April 2 1 ; Is
Eighteenth Annual Performance
The 1940 Auburn Horse Show is scheduled for 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, April 21, here at Auburn. This year's
show, the 18th annual exhibition, is directed by Capt. K. L.
Johnson, assistant professor of military science and tactics.
Captain Johnson has stated that trophies and ribbons
will be awarded in each of the 11 classes on the card
and that there will not be any entry fees. Stable room and
forage will be supplied for outside entries, but no respon­sibility
will be assumed for the '
Dodgers-Crackers
Book Came in Lanett
horses stabled.
The program for the 1940 Au­burn
Horse Show follows: Class
1 — Sophomore Horsemanship.
Class 2—Junior Jumping. Class 3
—Polo Stake Race, 'B' Squad. Class
4 — Five-gaited horses. Class 5—
Ladies' Jumping. Class 6 — Pony
Class. Class 7 — Senior Jumping.
Class 8 — Polo Race, 'A' Squad.
Class 9 — Pair Jumping. Class
10 — Ladies' Horsemanship for
Intermediate Riders. Class 11 —
Ladies' Horsemanship for Begin­ners.
This year's event will be a lead­ing
attraction all over the South.
Already many Auburn students
and townspeople are practicing
under guidance of Captains John­son,
L. E. Jacoby, G. M. Cole, and
W. W. Whelchel.
Alpha Psi
Continued from page 1
In addition to Dr. Rebrassier
and Dr. Booth, the following of­ficers
were reelected: Dr. F. X.
Gassner, Fort Collins, Colo., first
vice-president and Dr. B. Scott
Fritz, Marietta, Pa., treasurer. Dr.
W. S. Stone, Ithaca, N. Y., was
elected to succeed Dr. M. C. Lin-neman,
St. Joseph, Minn., as sec­ond
vice-president.
Chapter representatives attend­ing
the convention were: Alpha
Chapter, Ohio State University,
John Miller, Richard Engard, and
W. R. McKee; Beta Chapter, Cor­nell
University, Leo Wuori, El-win
Peterson, Edward Steinfeldt,
Robert Thompson, and George
Alfson; Epsilon Chapter, Univers­ity
of Pennsylvania, George Pop-pensiek;
Zeta Chapter, "Colorado
State University, Jack Bushnell;
Iota Chapter, Michigan State Col­lege,
Bud Conklin, Wesley Mc-
Kenzie, and James Steele; Kappa
Chapter, Washington State Uni­versity,
Philip Olson; and Theta
Chapter, Ralph Williams, Tom
Sutton, and numerous other local
members.
Baseball fans of this section
will have the opportunity of see­ing
"big league" baseball when the
Brooklyn Dodgers of the National
League and the Atlanta Crackers
of the Southern League meet at
Lanett Park Monday afternoon,
April 1, at 3:30 o'clock.
The Crackers will present many
faces familiar to sports fans in
this section. Jack Sudyam, out­fielder,
played freshman baseball
at Auburn a few years ago; Alf
Anderson was a University of
Georgia football star for three
years and played for Lanett in the
Valley League in 1937. Ryan and
Hedrick are former LSU stars and
the latter played with Shawmutt
last summer.
The game is expected to draw a
good crowd of baseball fans from
this section.
Elections
Continued from page 1
President of the senior class:
Jim Bacon, Merlin Bryant, Sam
Pettus, Harold Sutton.
Vice-president of the senior
class: John A. Curry, Jr., Wallace
W. Wise.
Secretary of the senior class:
D. K. Christenberry, Jr., (unop­posed).
Historian of the senior class:
Helen Martin, Bobby Nester.
Auburn-Purdue
Continued from page 1
PURDUE
AB. H. PO. A.
McFerren, 2b 4 0 0 3
Vernon, cf 3 1 2 0
Wargok, rf 4 1 2 2
Mackiewicz, 3b 4 1 2 2
Hearn, ss 3 1 1 2
Stamm, If _. 3 1 2 0
z Young 10 0 0
Smithson, lb 10 4 0
xYeager 10 0 0
Ridgway, lb _ 1 0 3 0
Fisher, c 2 0 8 0
yWaterhouse 10 0 0
Bailey, p 2 0 0 2
Navta, p 10 0 0
Totals • 31 5 24 11
AUBURN
AB. H. PO. A.
Rollo, 2b 5 2 1 3
Thompson, cf S 2 2 0
McNair, ss ,_ 3 1 0 S
Frazier, lb _. 4 3 12 0
McGowen, c 4 1 10 1
Hurst, If 3 1 1 0
McCIuskey, 3b 4 0 1 1
Prather, rf 2 0 0 0
Wright, rf _ 2 1 0 0
Kilpatrick, p 3 0 0 3
Totals 35 11 27 13
x—Batted for Smithson in 7th.
z—Batted for Stamm in 9th
y—Batted for Fisher in 9th.
Purdue - 000 200 000—2
Auburn 100 300 03x—7
SUMMARY—Runs: Rollo 2, Thomp­son,
McGowen, Hurst, Wright, Kilpat­rick,
Mackiewicz, Hearne. Errors: Mc­Nair,
Hearne, Smithson. Runs batted in:
Thompson 2, Frazier 2, Hurst, Wright,
Hearne, Stamm. Three base hits:
Thompson, McGowen, Hurst, Wargo,
Hearne. Stolen bases: Rollo, McNair,
Frazier, Wright. Sacrifice: (Smithson.
Double play: McNair, Rollo and Frazier.
Left on bases: Auburn 7; Purdue 6. Base
on balls off Kilpatrick 2, Bailey 3.
Struck out by Kilpatrick 10, Bailey 6,
Navta 1. Hits off Bailey 8 in 5 innings.
Hit by pitcher by Kilpatrick (Vernon).
Losing pitcher: Bailey. Umpires Hall
and Barnes. Time 2:15.
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TENNIS TEAM TO
BEGIN PRACTICE
Auburn's varsity tennis team
will work out at 1:30 Saturday
afternoon at the Country Club
courts and all interested are urged
to be out to take part in the
practice.
Several outstanding r a c k et
wielders, among them Martin
Lide, Bill Shofner, Charlie Scott,
J. W. McKee, Meredyth Hazzard,
Frank Hale and James Taylor,
will be out and prospects look
good for a well rounded squad.
A schedule is yet to be announc­ed
but tentative arrangements
with the Montgomery and Bir­mingham
Country Clubs, Fort
Benning, Birmingham - Southern,
Georgia Tech and Emory have
been made and these opponents
along with others will be announc­ed
soon on a completed schedule.
It is also possible that the squad
will compete in the SEC meet at
Sewanee May 8 and 9.
Prof. Adams is faculty adviser
for the team, while Charlie Scott
has been named as manager.
Ten Faculty Members
Presenting Papers
At Academy Meeting
Ten members of the Auburn
faculty and staff will present
technical papers at the 17th an­nual
meeting of the Alabama
Academy of Science today and to­morrow
at Birmingham-Southern
College in Birmingham.
They are Dr. Herman D. Jones,
School of Chemistry and Phar­macy;
Dr. A. R. Macormac, School
of Engineering; Prof. J. F. Dug-gar,
Alabama Experiment Sta­tion;
Dr. L. E. Starr, School of
Veterinary Medicine; Dr. B. O.
Christenson and H. H. Earl, Jr.,
School of Agriculture; Dr. A. M.
Pearson, Alabama Cooperative
Wildlife Research Unit, and Fred
S. Barkalow, Allan F. Archer,
James W. Webb, and Ernest C.
Martin, of the State Department
of Conservation.
Evanston, Illinois, high school
students, assembling in their au­ditorium,
to hear the Coe College
band, waited half an hour, dis­covered
there had been a 30-day
error in dates.
Fraternity house presidents at
Oregon State College recently vot­ed
overwhelmingly to continue the
current ban on corsages at their
formal dances.
During February, 1940 a West
Virginia University librarian dis­covered,
in checking out a book,
that it had been used last in May,
1901.
Tigers Revenge
Loss To Benning
Down Doughboys by
Close 3-2 Count
In a revenge licking administer­ed
after a 5-3 loss Saturday, the
Plainsmen nosed out the Ft. Ben­ning
Doughboys 3-2 at Gowdy
Field Tuesday afternoon at the
Fort..
Leading the Auburn pack was
Woodie McNair, shortstop who
collected a double and a single
out of four times at bat and drove
in two runs. Ralph Frazier slam­med
out a triple in the eighth
that scored the winning tally for
the Plainsmen, but was thrown
out at home trying to stretch it
into a four-bagger.
Only other Tiger collecting a
hit was Charlie Rollo who garner­ed
a double.
Louis Diamond, senior portsid-er,
started for Auburn on the
mound. He was relieved in the
fifth by Bob Day, who was credit­ed
with winning the game. Tom-mie
Mastin took over in the last
two stanzas. Ft. Benning was able
to get five hits off the three Au­burn
hurlers.
AUBURN
AB. H. PO. A.
Rollo, 2b 4 1 5 4
McNair, ss . 4 2 1 6
Hurst, If 4 0 0 0
Frazier, lb 3 1 11 1
Ferrell, rf _ 2 1 0 0
Prather, rf 2 0 0 0
McGowen, c 2 0 0 1
Caudill, c , 2 0 2 1
McClusky, 3b 3 0 S 4
Wright, cf 4 0 3 0
Diamond, p _ 1 0 0 1
Day, p 0 0 0 0
Mastin, p 0 0 0 0
Totals —31 5 27 18
FORT BENNING
AB. H. PO. A.
Odom, 2b 2 0 3 3
xGuinn, 2b .— 10 0 0
Polk, 2b 10 2 1
Scott, 3b 3 1 0 2
Burnett, ss. 4 1 0 6
Gilbert, rf ._ 4 0 0 0
xxHill, If 0 0 0 0
Leahner, lb 4 1 9 0
Punzo, If _ 4 0 1 1
Augur, cf _ 2 1 1 1
xxxBob .— 1 0 0 0
Allen, c 3 1 11 0
Taylor, p 0 0 0 0
xxxxBrother - 1 0 0 0
Totals _ 30 5 27 17"
xBatted for Odom in 7th.
xxBatted for Gilbert in 8th.
xxxBatted for Augur in 9th.
xxxxBatted for Taylor in 9th.
Auburn 001 000 020—3
Fort Benning 000 110 000—2
SUMMARY — Runs: Rollo, McNair,
Day, Scott, Augur. Errors: Ferrell, Mc­Clusky,
Burnett, Augur. Two base hits:
McNair, Rollo. Stolen bases: Augur,
Taylor. Double play: Burnett, Odom to
Lanier. Left on bases: Auburn 3, Ben­ning
6. Base on balls: off Diamond 2,
Day 3, Taylor 3, Mastin 1. Struck out
by Taylor 9, Day 1. Hits off Diamond
2 in 4 innings; Day 2 in 3. Hit by
pitcher by Taylor (McClusky). Passed
ball, Caudill. Winning pitcher Day.
Umpires Furtch and Profitt.
Receipts from a basketball
game between a William & Mary
honor fraternity and a faculty
quint will be turned over to the
Finnish Relief fund.
Grant Appointed by
Roosevelt As New
Minister to Siam
Hugh Grant, former United
States minister to Albania and
one-time Auburn professor, was
appointed Tuesday by President
Roosevelt as minister to Thailand
(Siam).
Mr. Grant was a member of the
Auburn teaching staff from 1923
to 1927, instructing in political
science and journalism. He left
Auburn to become secretary to
United States Senator Hugo Black,
then was connected with the State
Department from 1933 to 1935,
when he was appointed to the Al­bania
post by President Roosevelt.
He made a visit to Auburn late
in January of this year, address­ing
the Faculty Forum and Cur­rent
Events classes.
Trackmen
Continued from page 1
bur Davenport in the 440-yd.
dash. Coaches Hutsell and Beard
along with Trainer Ike Pitman
and assistant manager J. T. Hut-son
are also included on the Tig­ers'
traveling list.
The Florida Relays is the brain­child
of Percy Beard, former
hurdling great and present head
track coach at the University of
Florida. The meet was inaugurat­ed
by Beard last year and was a
great success, being attended by
foremost colleges all over the
South.
The first running was won by
North Carolina, barely beating
Auburn's Tigers, 31-30, and the
Tigers may be expected to be on
the revenge trail tomorrow.
Textile Show
Continued from page 1
plete process of cotton fabric
manufacturing will be demon­strated,
beginning with raw cot­ton
from the bale and ending with
a finished product. Probably most
interesting to the public eye will
be the dyeing and testing demon­stration.
Sponsors of the Open House are
the members of Psi Psi, honorary
textile fraternity. Many Alabama
and Georgia textile mills will ex­hibit
their products during the
hours of the event.
In 1890 Coe College students
had to have permission from the
president to leave town for the
week-end.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
University of Omaha students
recently voted six to one in favor
of continuing inter-collegiate foot­ball.
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