1928-02-10 The Plainsman

              MILITARY BALL
FEBRUARY 21 THE PLAINSMAN CAGE TOURNEY
FEBRUARY 16
TO FOSTER THE AUBURR SPIRIT /
VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928
HJWBJlf 'S'tBjJ. NUMBER 19
MILITARY BALL
HELD FEBRUARY
21, ALUMNI GYM
Max Jones' Orchestra Will
Furnish Music.
DANCE WILL BE FORMAL
Deans and Their Wives Have
Been Invited To Ball
Following close on the heels of the
Junior Prom comes the annual Mili­tary
Ball, sponsored by the cadet offi­cers
of the Military Unit at Auburn.
The Ball is to be held in the gym on
the night of February 21, from 10 P.
M. to 2 A. M. All arrangements have
been completed to make this Ball one
of the most outstanding social events
of the season.
Max Jones' Orchestra
Max Jones and his "Collegians,"
who are famous for their musical
ability not only at Auburn, but in the
whole southern part of Alabama, will
furnish the music for the occasion.
Max reports that he has planned
many new specialty numbers for the
Ball.
Dances to Be Formal
The Ball is to be strictly formal.
Cadet officers will wear their dress
uniforms, and civilians will be ex­pected
to be in costume de rigeur.
Girls Invited
The Cadet officers have invited
girls from various parts of the South
to the Ball, and already a number of
the popular younger set have accept­ed.
The deans of the several depart­ments
at Auburn, and their wives,
have also been invited to the Military
Ball.
Official Chaperones
The official chaperones of the Ball
will be: Pres. and Mrs. Spright
Dowell; Major and Mrs. J. T. Ken­nedy;
Capt. and Mrs. B. C. Ander­son;
Capt. and Mrs. J. M. Garrett;
Capt. and Mrs. B. H. Bowley; Lieut,
and Mrs. W. B. Higgins; Lieut, and
Mrs. W. B. Leitch; Lieut, and Mrs. C.
P. Townsley; Lieut, and Mrs. A. B.
Barth; Lieut, and Mrs. C. E. Pease.
Committees
The committees in charge of the
Ball are:
Invitation and Reception Commit­tee:
B. E. Meadows, H. P. Jones, B.
T. Sankey, Capt. Garrett.
Music Committee: S. G. Croom, R.
A. McKenzie, R. L. Foster, Capt. An­derson.
Decoration Committee: W. C. Hurt,
J. E. Hydrick, P. E. Stevens, Lieut
Barth.
Refreshment Committee: R. O.
Lile, R. B. Evans, B. A. Rives, Capt.
Bowley.
Entertainment Committee: H. C.
Hopson, C. A. Burnett, W. H. Greg
roy, H. B. Sims, Liuet. Townsley.
ii Wolf Kitty'' To
Be Presented Here
On Tuesday, Valentine's day, at
8:00 P. M., the "Wolf Kitty," a
sparkling musical comedy, will be
given at Langdon Hall. The play is
one of those sent out by the Amuse­ment
company and is being sponsored
by the Woman's Club of Auburn.
The admission fee is thirty-five cents.
Miss Merrill, who was sent by the
Atlanta Amusement Company for
this purpose, is directing the show.
The cast will be composed of those of
our local artists who have made them­selves
prominent in things of this
kind. A number of beautiful high
school and college girls are taking
part in a snappy chorus which will
be an outstanding feature of the
show. There will be a chorus of boys,
also, and the songs and dances used
are of the latest and snappiest. A
chorus composed of twelve small
children is used in the play and this
chorus adds greatly to the attractive­ness
of the whole.
Among those taking part in the ac­tual
cast are: Moreland Smith,
Charles Moore, Minnie Motley, Cath­erine
Hare, Perry Edwards, and
John Youngblood.
From all appearances this is going
to be one of the best plays ever pre­sented
in Auburn.
MISS DUMOND IS ON
HOME EC FACULTY
Recently Miss Helen Dumond, M.
A., in home economics, of the Univer­sity
of Chicago, was appointed to
fill the vacancy caused by the ab­sence
of Miss Dana Gatchell, assist­ant
professor of home economics, who
is away on leave of absence to do
graduate work towards her master
of science degree at Columbia Uni­versity.
Miss Dumond received her
B. S. degree in home economics at
Ohio University, after which she
taught six years in the public schools
of Ashtabula, Ohio. She received her
M. A. degree from the University of
Chicago last December, using as the
subject for her thesis, a comparative
study of the appetites of 100 child­ren
in the stock yard district of Chi­cago
with the appetites of 100 child­ren
from the Northside.
REGISTRATION
IS ABOUT SAME
AS FOR_1926-27
T o t a l W i t h d r a w a l s S i n ce
S e p t e m b e r A r e 1 77
The Registrar's records show that
this year's registration is about the
same as for 1926-27. The total to
date for 1927-28 is 1605 while the
total for 1926-27 reached 1633.
The withdrawals from the college
since September 1927 are not as
great as many have been lead to be­lieve.
The registration of new stu­dents
at the beginning of the second
semester totaled 66 which is 111 less
than the number which withdrew
after September 15th.
The total withdrawals number 177
(from the different classes) of which
56 were Freshmen, 59 Sophomores, 28
Juniors, 26 Seniors (some of which
completed their residental work) and
8 Special students.
When the total withdrawals are
classified into the different courses
they are: General 53, Chemical 5,
Premedical 9, Pharmacy 1, Secon­dary
Ed 25, Ag. Ed 7, Ag 11, Home
Ec. 10, Architecture 8, Architectural
Engineering 2, Chemical Engineer­ing
13, Electrical Engineering 23,
Mechanical Engineering 8, and Vet­erinary
2.
Upon further investigation the
reasons for withdrawal usually fall
under five heads as follows: Failing
in college work 86; to take up employ­ment
to continue college activities 40;
ill health 14; transferred to other in­stitutions
10; Completed residental
work and will get diploma in May, 8;
while one student died and 18 left
without giving any reason for with­drawing.
Another interesting point about the
withdrawals is the fact that more
than one-third of the casualties came
in the skirmishes before the final
battle. One student withdrew in
September, 12 during October, 15 dur­ing
November, 23 during December,
15 during January (before Exams
began), while 111 failed to register
for the second semester.
HILLTOP STUDENTS
TO STUDY FLYING
After organization has been com­pleted
and necessary finances obtain­ed,
the whir of airplane propellers
will be heard on the Birmingham-
Southern College campus, for mem­bers
of the Sigma Chi Alpha, avia­tion
fraternity recently organized,
plan to build a two-passenger dual
control training plane, Robert Glas­gow,
of Adamsville, Ala., president,
stated.
The fraternity plans to foster in­terest
in college aviation, to teach
rudiments of aviation and to conduct
a practical training course in "ground
flying," officers say.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Will the person or persons who
were responsible for the loss or theft
of the contract and price list of the
Junior Class rings please return same
to Charles Densmore from whom it
was taken in the laboratory of Ram­sey
Hall Thursday afternoon. It is
important that this document be re­turned
immediately
FACULTY DANCE
MUCH ENJOYED
BY PROFESSORS
Staid Profs Lay Aside Dignity
At Dance
ALUMNI GYM DECORATED
Capt. Anderson and Partner
Give Best Waltz
Last Saturday marked the climax
of Auburn's mid-term social season.
Namely, the faculty dance. The music
was furnished by Max Jones and his
Auburn Collegians. There were lead
outs and all sorts of games; in fact
the party might have resembled an
"A" Club dance. "Sober-headed"
professors forgot themselves and
acted natural. When times grew a
bit dull a whistle was blown; this was
done quite often. The orchestra was
silent and all stood back, wondering
what was coming next. Grab your
partners, ladies choice, mens choice,
ring around the roses, and such, di­verted
the minds of our professors
who stand back horrified at some of
the childish and virtuous pranks that
our college set are entertained with.
The gym was decorated in true
Auburn style for the occasion. The
walls were painted a brassy yellow,
the goal boards a most discriminating
white, and even a little wax was
strown on the floor. The guests be­gan
to arrive around eight-thirty and
some were seen coming in as late as
ten o'clock, but there was not a check­ing
list and all seemed carefree and
happy" until the end.
Prizes were given for the best
waltz; Captain Anderson and his
partner were the lucky one, they had
a "boot" on the three judges. Con­gratulations
Captain! How did you
do it?
The writer of this article is not a
professor; he was not present at the
brawl and is not to be held respon­sible
for any riot which might result
from this inside story-
AUBURN STUDENTS
TRAVEL IN FREAKS
"Where there's a will there's a
way." The will to ride must indeed
wax strong within our students, for
they risk their lives and fortunes in
the many nodescript motor vehicles
which overrun our campus. The most
outstanding type of car on the campus
is the degenerate Ford. Top gone;
lights gone; windshield gone; license
tag gone; nothing in particular re­maining
but the motor and wheels.
But there's always a way to get to
Woman's College and who cares if
getting there necessitates pushing an
out-of-date ark sixty miles?
License tags are entirely out of the
question, for the owners of said con­veyances
figure on nuisance tax in­stead.
The many spots where paint
has ceased to be are by custom cov­ered
with attractive signs which
cause the critical public to overlook
the lack of paint.
These antideluvian relics sometimes
become jealous o* one another and
settle disputes by having wrecks. One
of the seasons queerest wrecks took
place when the Sigma Nu's Victoria
III took a bite out of a large tree and
died in convulsions from acute indi­gestion.
All of our "freaks" would
lack quite a bit of circling the globe
but there is no doubt that the noise
from said parade would echo down
through the ages.
AG. WORKERS MEET
JAN. 31 IN MEMPHIS
Auburn is Represented at Annual
Convention
The Nineteenth Annual Convention
of Southern Agricultural Workers
Association met for three days in
Memphis, Tennessee, beginning Janu­ary
31st.
The state of Alabama and Auburn
were well represented by Mr. L. N.
Duncan, Alabama Extension Service
Director, Dean M. J. Funchess, Ex­periment
Station Director; Professors
J. C. Grimes and W. H. Eaton, of the
Animal Husbandry Department, and
Professor M. L. Nichols of the Agri­cultural
Engineering Department.
DEBATING TEAMS
OPEN TO STUDENTS
The article anent the activities of
the Forensic Council appearing in
last week's issue of The Plainsman
neglected to announce that every Au­burn
undergraduate is eligible to com­pete
for a position on the various
debating teams. Membership in the
council is not a prerequisite for par­ticipation
in this activity. Further­more,
it will be the policy of the coun­cil
and the faculty director to give
training to as many men as possible
rather than to point one or two teams
with favorable decisions as a goal.
Separate teams for each of the de­bates
scheduled will be used. Appli­cation
for assignment will be received
by Mr. Daughrity at the English of­fice
Tuesdays and Thursdays after
three or by appointment. All appli­cants
should report within the next
few days.
DR. ALLISON TO
SPEAK BEFORE
SCIENCEGR0UP
Auburn Physicist Speaks On
His Recent Research
Work
Dr. Fred Allison, head professor of
physics here, will deliver the annual
address before the Georgia Academy
of Sciences meeting in Atlanta Fri­day
evening at the Georgia Terrace
Hotel. An invitation to deliver this
address was extended to Dr. Allison
by the president of the academy, Dr.
J. T. Guy, professor of Chemistry at
Emory University.
Dr. Allison's address^ill deal with
some phases of his recent researches
in which he has discovered new prop­erties
of the x-rays and some new
aspects of what is known as the Fara­day
effect. Within the last year and
he has read papers on these discov­eries
before American Association
for the Advancement of Science both
in Nashville and in Chicago.
BETTER SPEECH
WEEK OBSERVED
Use of Dictionary to be Stressed
Here
Better Speech Week will receive
special attention this year by the Au­burn
English teachers according to
announcement made by J. R. Rut­land,
head professor of the English
department.
The object of this better speech
week is to encourage the use of cor­rect
and effective English by students.
Each year some particular goal of
the English course in the school is
emphasized. Last year the voice was
stressed, it being urged that the voice
should be clear, audible, distinct in
utterance, and agreeable in quality.
In stressing correct speech this year
the use of the dictionary as a means
of adding new words to ones vocabu­lary,
is being stressed.
A special committee composed of
English teachers over the state has
been appointed which will distribute
information and suggestions for the
observance of this special week of
the year.
EIGHT STUDENTS
FINISH MID-TERM
Diplomas Will Be Awarded At June
Commencement
Eight students have completed the
work required for graduation and
will receive their diplomas in the
Spring. There are three girls and
five boys in this graduating class.
Those receiving their degrees are
Miss Bertha Elizabeth Dennis, B. S.
in home economic education; Miss
Mamie Bell Mathews, B. S., in home
economics; and Miss Kumi Jeter, B.
S. in secondary education, Roy Clifton
Cargile, B. S. in secondary education;
Peter Preer, Jr., B. S. in general aca­demic;
Wm. Frederick Tidwell, B. S.
in secondary education; J. R. Wilkin­son,
B. S. in four year architecture;
and R. J. Sherer, B. S. in general
academic.
FIVE STREETS
WILL BE PAVED
INNEARFUTURE
T o w n Council Decides On
Paving Program Tuesday
OWNERS TO BEAR COST
College, Magnolia, Thatch,
Gay, and Glenn on plans
At a town held Tuesday night in
the Police Station, plans calling for
over two miles of paving were passed,
according to Mayor Yarbroug. This
will be the second paving unit in Au
burn, and will double the present
amount of paved streets.
The. plans call for the paving of
College Street from Magnolia Avenue
Professor Duggars home; Magnolia
Avenue from Mayor Yarboroughs to
the Golf course; Thatch Avenue,
from Professor Rutland's, by the
Presbyterian Church, by the Presi
dent's Mansion, and will end just be­yond
the Gym.; North Gay will be
completed; Glenn Avenue will be
paved from Professor Salmon's to
Thomas Street. The total cost will
be approximately $200,000.
The pavement will be 30 feet wide,
with a curb. Sidewalks, where not
already laid, are to be left to the
property owners. It is hoped that
the College will put sidewalks on their
property.
The property owners benefitted will
be assessed to meet the cost; the sum
to be paid as tax. The contract will
be let as soon as arrangements can
be made. Work will probably start
about March 15.
EASIEST METHOD
OF TRAVELING
Catching Rides in Vogue Especially
Among Students
" Montgomery, " " Birmingham,"
"Opelika," such are the sounds and
shouts which greet every tourist,
salesman, or truck driver passing
thru Auburn.
I,t is just the modern collegian mak­ing
his way to and from his studies—
or rather college—on his way home, or
to a date with his girl in some dis­tant
feminine institution. And with
this method of hailing the passing mo­torists,
aided by a few other rules
known to the college boy, he usually
reaches his destination on time with a
few cents more than he started with.
How this financial gain is accounted
for is hard to explain, except to say
that "cash on hand and not any spent
is cash gained." This saving of
".cash on hand" is accomplished by
beating rides, sleeping in the cars of
garages, and eating wherever the op­portunity
offers itself.
After a careful survey of the sit­uation
and with many interviews with
same of the most experienced "Col­legiate
Hoboes" it is found that a few
rules have been formulated which are
adhered to by the majority of the boys
who use this method of transporta­tion.
Following are the rules that have
been compiled by the young "knights
of the road."
1. Remember that all modesty and
pride should be thrown to the wind
in bumming, if haste is essential.
Take whatever ride you can get with
disregard to race or color.
2. If the trip is to extend over a
period of several days, get a paper
and see what the weather report will
be for the next day or two. If there
is a possibility of rain take a yellow
slicker along with you, for this will
be a great aid in helping to catch
rides. If you are not a first year man,
borrow a freshman cap. This article
of wearing apparel wil carry you
further than a ten-dollar bill. It is
supposed to represent a "dumb, driven
and perfectly harmless individual."
3. Great care should be used in se­lecting
a place along the state's high­ways
when you go out to catch a
ride. One good place is at the top of
a steep hill which naturally retards
the speed of a car. The bend of a
sharp curve is also another good posi­tion..
Here the driver will naturally
slow up for safety's sake.
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Cotton States Basketball
Tourney February 16th
Short Course
For Graduate
Vets is Held
With Veterinarians from seven
states in attendance the fifth annual
short course for graduate veterinar­ians
conducted by the college of vet­erinary
medicine, opened here Monday
and will continue one week. Dr. C.
A. Cary, dean of the college, is in
charge. Alabama, Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, West Vir­ginia,
Minnesota and Iowa are rep­resented.
The course is being conducted by
Dr. Cary and Doctors R. S. Sugg, I.
S. McAdory, F. D. Patterson, Ed­ward
Everett, and E. S. Winters of
Auburn, together with Dr. W. K.
Boyd of Minnesota University, Dr.
Chas. Murray, Iowa State College, Dr.
George White, Nashville, and Dr. M.
J. Byron, of Birmingham.
New problems confronting prac­ticing
veterinarians are being given
special attention with emphasis on
economic problems. Students in vet­erinary
medicine are attending the
short course.
LEADING PREP
SCHOOLS SOUTH
TO ENTER TEAMS
Teams To Be Guests of College
and Fraternities
FIRST TOURNEY IN 1922
Sixteen Leading Teams Will
Enter Opening Games
KAPPA DELTA PI
IS INSTALLED
Educational Honor Society Enters
Alabama Poly
A local chapter of Kappa Delta Pi
a national honorary educational fra­ternity,
was organized at Auburn on
the night of January 27th. The local
chapter instituted the 45th chapter
of this fraternity in this country. Its
membership open to both men and
women, includes many of the more
prominent teachers and educators
throughout the country. Chapters are
to be found in the principal universi­ties
where there are well organized
schools of education. Dean Judd
states that the Auburn School of Edu­cation
was eligible for a chapter in
several educational honorary frater­nities
and that after "more than a
years deliberation and study of the
merits and standards of the various
fraternities it was decided to select
Kappa Delta Pi.
Last May 24 of the outstanding
juniors and seniors were elected to
membership in a local educational
club. It was the membership of this
local club who were initiated in the
local chapter of Kappa Delta Pi,
which will be known as the Alpha Phi
Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi.
Following are the members who
were initiated:
Rowe Johnson, Celeste Nesbitt,
Beth Seibold, Roy C. Cargile, Frank
W. Applebee, Zana McKee, Nellie Mae
Bass, W. Dent Lucas, Jessie B. Page,
Theodore G. Thom, Shelby L. Wor-ley,
J. R. Sudduth, H. W. Head, Mil­dred
Cheshire, Kumi Jeter, Edward
A. Terry, Edward B. James, Ruth
Warren, Sara M. McDonald, John W.
Thomas, Alberta Proctor, Sabrie Wil­liams,
Julius B. Beard.
After the initiation which took
place in the rooms of the School of
Education, the members of the chap­ter
repaired to the Thomas Hotel
where a beautiful banquet was serv­ed.
There were present besides the
newly elected members Dr. Thomas
C. McCracken, Dean of the School of
Education of the University of Ohio,
Dean Zebulon Judd, of the School of
Education of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute, Miss Lulu Palmer of
the Home Economics Faculty and
Kirtly Brown Professor of Journa­lism.
At the banquet the following who
were already members of Kappa Delta
Pi were elected affiliate members of
the Alpha Phi Chapter, Dean Judd
and Prof. Morphet iniated at Colum­bia
University and Miss Palmer, ini­tiated
at the University of Alabama.
Mr. Julius B. Beard was elected
President of the Education Club last
May and Miss Celeste Nesbitt, Sec­retary.
They will serve as officers of
Kappa Delta Pi until the first regu-
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As the time draws near for the
Cotton States Annual Interscholastic
Basketball Tournament which is to
be held here Feb. 16, 17, and 18, many
of the leading schools of the South
have already sent in their records
for the season, and inquiries con­cerning
the tournament. Some time
ago information about the tourna­ment
was sent to several hundred pre­paratory
schools throughout the
South, and asking those with out­standing
records to send in those re­cords
of the season's play. Many
schools have sent in their records and
many more are expected to come in
this week.
First Tourney Held 1922
The first of these tournaments was
held in 1922, and there were 29 teams
entered. The success of it was as­sured
from the initial performance.
It soon became evident that there
would have to be a limit to the num­ber
of teams entering so it was de­cided
to make the meet an invitation
event. Sixteen teams were decided
upon as a fair and representative
number, so now only that many are
invited and allowed to participate.
These sixteen are selected as those
having the best records from among
all the schools submitting records.
They will be sent special invitations
some time the latter part of this week.
While in the village of the plains
the teams participating in the tourna­ment
will be the guests of the college
and the various fraternities. All
local entertainment, including meals
and lodging, will be provided.
Schedule
There will be eight games the first
day, four the seeJc ^fel day, and the
semi-finals the l as~f fdla y . The hours
for the games the first day, Thursday
are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 o'clock.
Those Friday will come at 3:30, 4:30,
7:30, and 8:30. The hours for the
semi-finals on Saturday will be an­nounced
later. Only 250 season
tickets will be sold, so it is important
that all those who desire season tick­ets
see about them right away. An­nouncement
will be made as to where
to get them and the cost.
The semi-finals and the finals of
the tournament will be broadcast by
WAPI. This feature of the tourna­ment
should be very interesting to
people throughout the state.
Awards on Display
The winner of the championship
will be awarded the President's cup.
S (Continued on page 4)
Auburn Players
To Present Play
For the first production in 1928 the
Auburn Players will present "The
Whole Town's Talking" at Langdon
Hall, Friday night the twenty fourth
of this month. Charles Moore, as
"Chester," has the role of leading man
and has playing opposite him Cath­erine
Hare who made such a hit as
the lead and star of "Dulcy." Beth
Seibold of "Cabbage and Queens"
fame and W. H. Proctor have the sub-leads.
This is Dr. Gosser's first ma­jor
production in Auburn and prom­ises
to be a huge success.
On next Monday night the new
initiates will present the one act play
"Beau of the Bath" to the Club. Miss
Evelyn Henry who was recently elect­ed
President for this semester is the
director and has as her cast Miss
Ruth Murray, Tom Brown and Clyde
Kimbrough.
Officers for this semester were
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No man is entitled to credit for being
good if he isn't tempted.
The secret of popularity is always to
remember what to forget.
It is well to borrow from the present
all the joy that we may without mortgag­ing
the future.
One of the first prerequisites for a suc­cessful
college career for any one is to
know when not to spend money.
A wagging tongue and the press often
cause uneasiness in the minds of' many
a critic.
A look about us convinces one that Au­burn
goes in strong for fraternities and
civic clubs. YesJHe are great joiners.
Auburn has a good basketball team and
we know it. The trouble comes when we
realize that we do know it. Such an at­titude
may ruin our record. We should
not look forward to Pittsburg until we
have won from Georgetown, Ole Miss and
Florida. It is not yet time to get the
magnum caput over ourselves.
The Montgomery Advertiser has not
changed its policies since it has been "un­der
Glass." It religiously upholds Al
Smith for President and thinks that the
"solid south" will be solid if we do not
vote for him. No doubt the Montgomery
Advertiser is all wet.
Why retain professors and instructors
on the faculty whose methods of teaching
were the best years ago but who have not
adapted themselves wholly to the present?
It is still true that when a tree does not
bear good fruit it is best to cut it down.
We cannot realize too seriously that it is
a dangerous thing to retard young minds
in their educational processes.
Perhaps the event of the spring that is
looked forward to with greater expectations
by the college and the prep and high
schools of the south is the Cotton States
Tournament. This is the one time that we
come in direct contact with ,Jhe best ath­letes
in the preparatory schools. To the
quintets who will soon be in our midst we
welcome with spontaneous hospitality be­fitting
southerners. It is needless to say
that the hotly contested games offer no
little diversion to the students and create
a growing interest in the contenders for
the coveted honors. Financially the tour­nament
does not pay but the athletic di­rectors
feel that the loss of several hun­dred
dollars is of minor importance when
the contacts betweea the college and lower
school athletes are involved. To the vis­itors
we again extend a warm invitation
welcome and hope that during the coming
sessions the- schools which you represent
will have the privilege to come again.
ABOUT HONORS
Students are apt to be disillusioned easi­ly.
A few keys dazzle our eyes and lead
us on to the possession of them but we
overlook the substance.
It has been said that when three Auburn
students make acquaintance and find that
they have no personal adornment they
combine to form a new fraternity. It is
enjoyable to themselves but alasj for the
institution. We now find ourselves with
more than enough to go around. Deplor­able
as the situation may be at present
circumstances should be directed within
we cannot remedy it. Efforts to improve
the organizations themselves.
On the members of the honor fraterni­ties
rest the burden of carrying the load
and the solving of the problem. The work
must be carried on from the inside. The
fraternities should be instrumental in de-members
of the numerous campus honor
veloping their organization from the dor­mant
state into active and aggressive clubs
with the better interests of the college and
the fraternity at heart but ever keeping
in mind those things for which the society
was primarily created.
A spirit of cooperation need be injected
into the activities of the honor fraternities
and no hesitancy given when proposals are
made for the betterment of the collegiate
atmosphere. This spring will bring a vital
question before the campus organizations
which will require the untiring efforts of
all. We earnestly await the action of the
honor organizations.
All honors were intended to recognize
men for their accomplishments and to pro­mote
fellowship and the interests of the
group. Never was any honor society cre­ated
with ideals so low as to recognize men
for their fraternal connections or because
they were "just good fellows". We believe
that as a whole the most accomplished and
outstanding students are selected by the
honorary fraternities here but they do not
realize that their responsibilities are great­er
after recognition. There is usually a
period of depression after the newness
wears off. Members grow farther and
farther away from the sacred vows of the
organization and rest on their past laurels.
This in itself is the greatest evil that the
honorary fraternities must contend with.
The honorary fraternities must save
themselves if they are to be distinguished
from clubs without distinction and without
honor.
MORE ABOUT US
In view of the fact that we college
students have been the object of much
controversy we are interested in knowing
what people think of us. We must admit
that the opinions of college and college
men are as different as the individuals that
give utterance to their critical views. We
print below the ideals of the present gen­eration
of college men according to a
prominent educator. This man is in a po­sition
to know the youth of today better
than many of the writers who have flayed
the new generation because of hypocritical
reasons.
Dr. E. M. Hopkins, president of Dart­mouth,
writing in the February Scribner's,
remarks that the vital point at which this
generation of college men is to be dras­tically
criticised, is that it has no under­standing
of the imperative necessity of
self-discipline. Moreover, in the large,
"these men are impervious to attempts to
give them comprehenion that without this
neither intellectual sinew nor moral stam­ina
can be developed except by later strug­gle.
I admit the grave seriousness of this
problem. Unless it is met and solved, all
else may fail."
Dr. Hopkins continues by saying that
our college youth confront a yorld of be­wildering
perplexities undreamed of in any
previous generations immediately preced­ing
them, "possessed of abundant argu­ment
for doubting the validity of old loy­alties
which men have eloquently declared
and then persistently ignored, repelled by
the interpretations of religion which pan­der
to bigotry and intolerance, they revolt
from the tawdriness and futility of it all."
Finally:
In search for better ways they com­mit
new follies. They defy conven­tions,
they shock sensibilities, and, too
often and most seriously, they inflict
cruel hurt upon themselves. But in
the main this generation of youth is
an indomitable one, seeking to be
captains of their own souls and prom­ising
to succeed. In straightforward­ness,
in unhypbcritical honesty, in
cleanness of thought and integrity of
action, jin aspiration anjd idealism,
their like has not been seen before.
Dr. Hopkins has written with force and
conviction, and written sanely. At bottom
youth is sound and on the whole it is
moved by a fine spirit. But the most vul­nerable
spot in the armor of youth clearly
is its failure to understand and appreciate
the "imperative necessity of self-discip­line."
For, as the distinguished educator
of youth says "neither intellectual sinew
nor moral stamina" can be developed ex­cept
by self-discipline.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
^By lupiter <\. 'Pluvius
In the issue of February 3, the Plains­man,
in an editorial captioned Honors and
Activities, voiced a sentiment against hon­or
societies; a sentiment that cannot be
reiterated too often. There are far too
many honor societies at Auburn for any
great prestige to be held by any of them.
Their scopes and purposes overlap each
other, their admission requirements are too
lax, and their productive activity is con­spicuous
by its paucity. »To most students
they are little more than stepping' stones
to campus prominence. They mean noth­ing
at all to a majority of their members.
Most honor societies are active only at
election time, and in the interim between
elections they lie in a state of deseutude,
belying their avowed purposes to "promote
the welfare" of something-or-other.
Honor societies are creatures of a union
of "student activities" and the worship of
high grades. Thinkers among undergrad­uates
and professors in many colleges are
protesting against the choking undergrowth
of superficial extra-curricula activities
which has filled the the average campus.
The editors of the Harvard Crimson pro­voked
a bitter denunciation from the "Old
Guard" when they refused to allow athle­tics
to dominate their paper during the
past autumn, and the manager of the
Princeton football team resigned his posi­tion
because it interfered with his studies.
The intelligent college man is becoming
concerned with getting an education. As
a qualification of the foregoing statement,
I suppose that-a definition of education
is in order. Education is appreciation:
appreciation of life's beauties, life's values,
and life's opportunities. A preoccupation
with campus activities will not develop that
appreciation. Will the experience gained
in activities aid the student when he gets
out into the world and is expected to be
at ease among cultured men? Will it aid
him to hold his own in an after-dinner con­versation
during which the weather, base­ball,
and movie stars are not discussed?
Too many men graduate from Auburn
wh6 have spent all of their spare time in
various college activities, whom the world
supposes to be well-educated, but who
haven't the slightest conception of Realism
or Romanticism, who have never heard of
William James, or Mozart, or Whistler, or
Rabelais, or Cellini. Few of them can
even name ten famous paintings, or more
than one opera, or five comtemporary
poets, much less discuss any of them in­telligently.
The argument that since Auburn is a
technical school, students here should
know nothing outside the particular ifelds
in which they have chosen to study is
asinine. A certain amount of social life
is necessary to the successful man of to­day.
The presidents of the great power
companies do not discuss transmission-line
loads in their drawing rooms, nor do the
heads of state highway commissions con­fine
their conversations to the compara­tive
merits of various concrete aggregates.
A certain amount of liberal education, ob­tainable
only from books and class-room
lectures, is indispensible in this age.
There are many good arguments for
extra-curricula activities: broadening of
personal contacts, development of person­ality,
prevention of ennui, development of
natural talents, and many others, equally
rational. Outside activities are beneficial,
when indulged in temperately. Every stu­dent
should limit his campus activity, and
every college should limit the number of
honor societies to two. A chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa, or some similar society, and
a circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, or some
other society of the same type should fill
the needs of any college in this field, and
should cause more quest for education and
less inane campus politics.
IS With Other Colleges «
Two years without a defeat is the re­markable
record of the debating squad of
the University of Washington.
* * * * *
Students in all departments of American
colleges this year are estimated to total
over eight hundred thousand.
* * * » *
Baylor University, Texas, has a right to
Blind Tiger
Criticise yourself today and others to­morrow.
Late hours may not be-good for one,
but they are fine for two.
Yesterday: Mother's little pet.
Today: Mother's little petter.
Prof. "What color is best for a bride?"
Stude: "I would prefer a white one."
He yearns for her (before) and earns
for her (after).
"I have an appetite like a canary.'
"Yeah, you eat a peck at a time."
He: "If I had known the tunnel was so
long I would have kissed you."
She: "Heavens! Wasn't that you?"
And the Sultan's harem stood in the
post office lobby and cried: "What! No
male today?"
Instead of making a fool out of a man,
a woman furnishes the opportunity—and
lets him do the rest.
Flapper: "Oh, Officer, there is a man
following me, and I think he is drunk."
"Yes," agreed the officer as he gave
her the once over, "I think he must be."
Heard at the Junior Prom: "Gosh, girl,
the rouge you've got on your lips."
"Gimme time, big boy. I've just arrived
at this party."
Our idea of a fellow who needs sym­pathy
is the one who asked his girl to use
radium in her Ipistick in order that he
might find her at night.
Sunday School teacher: "Now, children,
when you put your collection in the plate,
I want each of you to say a verse."
Little Johnnie (after deep thought):
"A fool and his money are soon parted."
"Do you think you can support my
daughter in the way she has been brought
up?"
"No, but she has promised to give up
gambling and drinking."
Accounting Student: "I have added up
this column five times."
Prof. England: "Fine."
Student: "And here are the five ans­wers.'
Daisy dropped an egg on the floor last
night at dinner and asked the waiter what
to do about it.
And what did Watson say?
He said, "Cackle."
He: "I see that an accident happened at
the deaf and dumb school the other day."
She: "What happened?"
He: "Oh, a fire broke out and one of the
inmates broke his thumb yelling fire."
Colored Customer: "Ah wants a tooth
brush."
Clerk: "What size will you have?"
C. C: "Better give me the bigges' and
stronges' you got—dey's ten in the fam­ily."
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
The laziest person in town is a student
at one of the fraternities who wants some­one
to invent a way whereby one can
change classes without awakening. Pos­sibly
some of those with an inventive mind
can be of some assistance to him.
Last year Whatley and Hahn took the
prize when it came to slinging "bull," but
this year there is one here on the campus
who leads them a great deal. This boy
is Rat Baldwin. When this rat gets wound
up, one can just settle down for at least
a couple of hours. When he gives out of
one subject, he always has another to work
on. He must think that perseverance wins
in the end.
There is a great amount of excitement
around the dormitory these days. We
hear that several of the fellows have gone
down under the strain on learning what the
moral percentage was. It was rather high
—too high, in fact, for the weaker-hearted
to stand it.
There are two Smiths eating side by side
down at the zoo. One is a co-ed; one is
not a co-ed. Whenever the 'she' calls -the
'he' "dear," the 'he' turns red all round
over the face. Seems to us he would be
getting used to it by this time.
We hear that Paul Smith has sox appeal
in Clanton.
"Bull" Mathews has gotten out the re­port
that he doesn't want to be known as
any but Frederick Nathaniel Mathews
hereafter. However, in view of the fact
that he, as a rat, was brought up under the
influence of Hahn and Fire, Chief Simms,
we think that "Bull" is much more appro­priate.
Sunshine has fallen from the straight
and narrow path. To be more specific,
we hear that he is becoming quite pro­ficient
in galloping dominoes.
Out of apparent obscurity Locke Cam­eron
has sprung into front-page promi­nence
by giving dancing lessons to Miami.
The mystery deepens when we also hear
that he is giving them for fifty cents per
lesson, and that the money is being paid
by some outsider. Who this outsider is,
we have not been able to find out to suit
ourselves.
Our friend Tucker has reecntly disclosed
that his model life has not been lived with-boast
of the fact that nine of its faculty
members are mentioned in Who's Who in
America.
* * * * *
At the University of Arkansas a free
subscription to the college paper has been
offered to the student growing the largest
moustache in the space of one month.
* * * * *
Mount Holyoke College has passed a rule
requiring freshmen to be in bed every
night at ten o'clock with the exception of
one twelve or two eleven o'clock sit-ups
a week during the first semester.
* * * * *
Tuition varies greatly at different insti­tutions
a recent survey of colleges shows.
It ranges all the way from $4.00 at the
University of Nebraska, a state University,
to $600 at the University of California.
* * * * *
At the University of Cincinnatti the
president of the Junior class got the office
because he was the only man to circulate
a petition for the position. Four possible
rivals suffered from an inferiority complex
—they petitioned for the office of vice-president.
* * * * *
The Clark University faculty committee
appointed to report on the marking system
favored the present system whereby the
student is graded according to his ranking
in a group, the marks being figured on a
basis of 120 members to each class. The
students are highly in favor of an A, B, C,
marking system.
* * * * * '
Beginnings of a Hebrew University have
been inaugurated in Jerusalem. Lord Bal­four
performed the opening ceremony.
Work in some of the departments has
already begun. The university is primarily
for Jews and the official language will be
Hebrew, but members of any race will be
accepted as students.
* * * * *
Of 347 football players chosen by Walter
Camp on his all-America teams, only 15
are now football coaches, the Dartmouth
has discovered. Nothing is said of the
other 359, so having seen a few ex-foot­ball
players out of college, we are left to
the conclusion that the other stars are
pumping gasoline.
* * * * *
Undergraduates of Princeton University
have sent requests to Hollywood concern­ing
recent college pictures which have been
produced by that colony. They express
themselves as wanting true college life
or nothing at all. These, so-called college
films have all cast false shadows on the
students of the American Campus.
* * * * *
Forty-nine fellowships available for ad­vanced
students at .the University of Cali­fornia
and totalling $33,000 were ennounc-ed
recently. Thirty-five of these fellow­ships
are open to graduates of other Uni­versities
as well as the University of Cali­fornia.
Included in this list is the Kellogg
fellowship in Astronomy, and the Newton
Booth fellowship in Economics.
* * * * *
The doing away with all the initiation
of freshmen at Harvard is being considered
following the attack by the Harvard Crim­son
on the recent antics of the Hasty
Pudding Institute of 770 club when it
initiated freshmen in Harvard square.
It is being argued that such initiations
are. childish and out of keeping with the
dignity of the institution.
* * * * *
Five rules must be observed by the fresh-are
subject to reprimand from the sopho­more
service society. They are: all fresh­men
at the University of California or they
men must sit in the balcony at assemblies;
no freshmen must be found loitering in
the sophomore groove; "Queening" on the
campus is taboo, and high school jewelry
must not be worn.
* * * * *
A four year course in technical training
for the motion picture industry has been
organized by the University of Southern
California in cooperation with the commit­tee
on college affairs of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Courses
are given in evening classes at University
out a great struggle on his part. It seems
that there have been instances when he was
fearfully weak from the trial and tempta­tions.
Stay in there, Tucker, we are all
pulling for you and hope that you won't be
led astray
"Nosedive" Hines refuses to pay for
any advertising and hopes that he can
reach" the public some other way. Mr.
Hines has definitely decided not to carry a
male passenger along with him on his
pioneer journey across the wilds of Canada.
He is looking around for a woman pas­senger;
he has considered several co-eds,
but has not finally decided on any one of
them as he must have his boss', Bobo
George, approval.
"Izzy" West is not eating very much
these days as he is too busy talking to his
table companion who, by the way, is a
well-known co-ed.
Book Review
STUFFED PEACOCKS
Emily Clark
Alfred A. Knopf
Stuffed Peacocks! What a strange name
for a book! Miss Clark has adopted as a
title for her book the title of one of the
sketches contained within it. The work
consists of a series of unconnected pic­tures
or to use the more appropro word of
one reviewer, "daguerreotypes" taken from
Virginia and the Old South. It is ironical
but the irony is so gentle that even its
victims could not resent it. The pictures
feature those characters, still often met in
reality, who live in the days of the past,
the past which belongs to the south of
the old Confederacy and "befo' de wah."
They carry on their existence only in its
reminiscences and glory in remaining true
to the ideals of their fathers and of their
early youth. The volume is tastefully il­lustrated
with woodcuts by Wherton Es-therick.
'
Before discussing the book further it
would doubtless be well to devote a few
words to the author herself. She is a
native of Richmond, Virginia. A part of
every year of her childhood was spent on
a Colonial plantation in the black belt of
the southern part of her state. She pre­pared
for college and passed the entrance
examinations for Bryn Mawr but at the
last moment refused to leave home. In­stead,
she founded the Reviewer, a literary
magazine of Richmond. She began to
write because James Branch Cabell once
told her that every issue of her magazine
ought to contain something by its editor.
She has rather a peculiar hobby, which con­sists
in taking note of and observing over a
period of time various unusual characters
she happens to come into contact with.
She is, as it were, a sort' of curio collector.
Her curios are all antiques. Modernity
does not interest her. Running the Re­viewer,
she says, gave her an incurable
taste for this collecting. The pieces
brought together in Stuffed Peacocks show
some of its results. Several of them ap­peared
first in the Reviewer; others in H.
L. Mencken's magazine, The American
Mercury; a few in the Smart Set under
the editorship of Mr. Mencken and George
Jean Nathan.
There are fourteen of the "daguerreo­types"
all told, and each bears an intrigu­ing
title; witness: "Richmond" (the intro­duction),
"Cloud-Capp'd Towers," "The
Shade of Distinction," "Lustre Ware,"
"Chocolate Sponge," "In Velvet," "Stuffed
Peacocks," "Cast in Copper," "Air Plant,"
"Last Chips from an Old Block," "Fast
Colour," "The Ravelled Sleeve," "Jungle
Dusk," and "Death-Mask in Wax." It
would be rank perfidy towards the author,
for me, a reviewer, to reveal to prospective
readers the content of any of the sketches
bearing these captions. Should I attempt
it my clumsily phrased descriptions and
comments would cause my southern listen-ers-
in to feel incensed with Miss Clark's
book and they would refuse to read it;
whereas, if they read it they can but be
delighted. No one could possibly resent
such delicacy and sympathy as she shows
for her characters, even though she is
making fun of them all of the time. It is
only in her first article, "Richmond" that
one can discover much cold blooded analy­sis.
Here she touches upon the snobbish­ness
of Southern poverty. Did I say
snobbishness? No, it is merely a pride;
the sort of pride which permits the presence
of honesty. The people of Richmond, as
featured in Stuffed Peacocks are not
ashamed to confess that they are unable
to afford things. What a desirable trait
to be placed along side the asininity of
some of the Northern newly-rich!
Save in that they are all creatures of
the ante bellum tradition there is consid­erable
diversity among the characters.
Each of theme seems to represent both a
type and an individual Naturally the
young have no place here. There are old
ladies, old gentlemen, and, of course, ne­groes.
The old ladies are charming, the
old gentlemen appealing, but the darkies
are best of all and the most irrisistible of
all. When dealing with them Miss Clark
forgets her irony and contents herself
with painting.
College, Los Angeles, and offer instruction
in 27 departments of study concerned in
the preparation, production, and direction
of moving pictures.
* * * * *
Smith, Vassar, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr,
and Mount Holyoke Colleges, at the conclu­sion
of the conferences of women's stu­dent
govenments at Smith withdrew to
form a conference of their own. They
will also join with the National Student
Federation. Conflicting interests between
the small and large colleges led the five
large groups to leave the remainder of the
original group of sixty to legislate for
themselves.
The body of the normal man has about
Six hundred and twenty muscles. One
fourth of all the muscles are in the neck
and face.
NEW SOCIETY ORGANIZED HERE
UNDER NAME "HOOTNANNIES
Auburn is the birthplace of that
famous organization known as the
Hoot-Nannies. The organization be­came
famous over night, due to the
untiring efforts of its two founders,
Papa Dick Adams and Pape Luke
Brown. The main object of the Hoot-
Nannies is to put the Billy Goats out
of power. Their slogan is: "50,000,-
000 strong by the first of May!"
Thousands have answered the call and
have joined in the great cause. A
great issue of the Hoot-Nannies is:
"Down With Al Smith."
The main headquarters of the Hoot
Nannies is at Auburn. Due to the
efforts of its members, it is rapidly
spreading throughout the south.
Chapters have been formed in all the
larger cities and it is taking the East
by storm. Bennie Casman, of Ross
Gorman's orchestra^and "When you
get old" fame, is a great little or­ganizer
and is traveling through the
East and Middle West installing
chapters. The famous Bennie holds
the high office of Travelling Ambas­sador.
Bennie is a real go-getter and
we feel sure that with his great help
the Hoot-Nannies will be 50,000,000
by the first of May. Bennie's motto
GREEN'S
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is: "You're bound to be a Hoot-Nannie
when you get old." Why not now.
The strongest chapters of Hoot-
Nannies are in the following cities:
Atlanta, Ga., Birmingham, Ala., Quin-cy,
Fla., Miami, Fla., and Jacksonville,
Fla. Exalted Mama Helen Nob J
heads the Atlanta Chapter and is
doing great work for the organ- v
tion. The Atlanta chapter is head­quarters
for the whole state of Geor­gia.
Exalted Mama \lice Monroe
of the Quincy chapter is head of the
Florida district, and is doing i oble
work for the Hoot-Nannies in the 'Ga­tor
state. Exatled Mama "-• Mle
Schwine has the Birmingham chapter
in her charge, and through her ef­forts
has made it one of the largest
chapters.
Officers of this famous organiza­tion
are: High Exalted Grand Whif-fenpoof
Papa Dick Adams, Head Man
No. 1, High Elated Grand Whiff en-poof
Papa Luke Bro-<"~ Head Man
No. 2, High Exalted Grand Whif-fenpoof
Papa Bennie Casman, Trav­elling
Ambassador, High Exalted
Grand Whlffenpoof Papa Bedie Kest-ler,
Chancellor fl|f the Exchequer;
High Exalted Grand Whiffenpoof
Papa Fred Ledbetter, Faculty Ad­viser?;
High Exalted Grand Whif­fenpoof
Papa Jack Fain, Head Scribe
No. 1; High Exalted Grand Whiffen­poof
Papa Earle Meadows, Head
Scribe No. 2, and High Exalted Grand
Whiffenpoof Papa Jesse Adams,
Keeper of the Sacred Horns.
Come on everybody and join the
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Friendship Council
Contest Beginning
Subjects For Discussion For Semester
Selected
The Friendship Council Discussion
Group contest for the second semester
will begin next Monday night, Febru­ary
6. Lieutenants are urged to get
their groups organized and start
right. Free tickets to the Y. M. C. A.
banquet at the end of the semester
will be given to the members of the
group having the highest percentage
at the end of the contests.
Mr. T. R. Home, chairman of the
discussion group committee, has been
actively engaged in selecting subjects.
The subjects selected and probable
leaders are:
. 1. Feb. 6.—Companionate Marri­age—
Rev. Eif D. Burnworth.
2. Feb. 15.—Should R. O. T. C. Be
Required in Our College? Capt. An­derson.
3. Feb. 20.—The Fight For Char­acter—
Prof. K. L. Daughrity.
4. Feb. 27.—How Can We make
The Christian Life a Genuine Experi­ence?
Rev. O. D. Langston.
5. March 12.—Is Our Present At­titude
and Action Toward the Negro
Christian? Dean Z. V. Judd.
6. March 19.—Are Student Activi­ties
Worthwhile, and How Do Campus
Choices Affect One's Life Work? Dr.
J. V. Brown.
' 7. March 26.—How Can I Find My
Calling? Dr. Spright Dowell.
8. April 2.—Student Government—
Prof. B. L. Shi.
•9. April 9.—Prohibition On Our
Campus—Rev. S. B. Hay.
10. April 16.—Benefits of Confer­ence—
Blue Ridge Committee.
The subjects should offer a chal­lenge
to the leadership of Auburn stu
dents.
CAMP MCCLELLAN IS EXCELLENT
SITE FOR SUMMER TRAINING CAMP
WAP I FEATURES
OUT-OF-TOWN ART
During the week beginning Mon­day,
Feburary 13, three programs by
out-of-town artists will be presented
at Station WAPI. These will include
the Wadley quartet of Wadley, Ala.,
a party of musicians from Columbus,
Ga., and the Junior Music Club of
Roanoke, Ala. The basketball tour­nament
for high schools in the South­eastern
States will be played here,
February 16, 17, and 18, and the
semi-final and final games will be
broadcast play by play. The market
news and weather forecasts will be
given during each noon program at
12:05 and 12:30.
Monday noon, February 13, Miss
Evelyn Smith in solo numbers and
the Wadley quartet in vocal selec­tions.
G. A. Trollope will lead a
poultry discussion and C. K. Brown
will give Auburn News notes.
Tuesday noon, February 14, the
studio quartet. Prof. D. G. Sturkie
will discuss results of burning corn
and cotton stalks.
Tuesday night, beginning at 9, a
program by the Auburn collegians.
Wednesday noon, February 15, mu­sical
program by the studio trio. The
weekly report of the Auburn national
egg laying contest will be given.
Thursday noon, February 16, O.
D. Langston in solo numbers. The
Auburn stringers will present college
songs and popular selections. Prof.
M. J. Funchess will discuss "Time of
turning vetch for cotton."
Thursday night, beginning at 9, a
string music program. Dr. George
Petrie will discuss a current topic.
Friday noon, February 17, new
Victor records will be played during
the Jesse French Victor program.
"Aunt Sammy" will discuss a home
economics topic.
Friday sight, beginning at 9, mu­sicians
from Columbus, Ga., will have
charge of the program which will in­clude
solos, quartets and orchestra
selections.
Saturday noon, February-18, the
Junior Music Club of Roanoke under
the direction of Mrs. Frank Hornsby.
A short discussion will be a given by
a home economics specialist.
Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4,
semi final high school 'basketball
game. Saturday night final game of
the Southeastern Basketball tourna­ment.
Hoot-Nannies and help rule the
world. Don't be left by yourself;
join this great brotherhood and make
this world a wonderful place to Stay
awhile in. The membership of the
Hoot-Nannies is limited, only men,
women and children being eligible.
If anyone wants to join, see Papa
Dick Adams or Papa Luke Brown.
Remember that 50,000,000 members is
the limit, so if you don't want to be
left out, you had better hurry up and
join.
Young men from the Northern third
of Louisiana, the Northern two thirds
of Mississippi, the Northern three
fourths of Alabama except the three
Northeastern counties and the West­ern
portion of Georgia, except for a
few counties in the South and North
are generally sent to Camp McClellan
for their C. M. T. C. training. Ap­plicants
for this Camp are usually
more than can be accommodated.
This year, Major General Richmond
P. Davis, Commanding the Fourth
Corps Area, announces that due to
the limited money available only 700
students can be allotted to- Camp Mc­Clellan
for training and a happy
month of outdoor life, from June 17th
to July 16th. I
Within hiking distance of the Choc-colocco
Mountains and with the ter­rain
artistically wooded the beautiful
location of this site for moulding the
character and physique of the boy of
the South would be hard to improve
upon.
Camp McClellan, comprising some
twenty thousand acres is to be found
in the central part of Calhoun Coun­ty.
The reservation touches the city
limits of Anniston and extends to the
north about seven miles. The crest
of the Choccolocco Mountains, marks
the eastern border.
Historically, Camp McClellan dates
back to the Spanish American War,
when in 1898, it was made a military
camp and many troops were mobilized
and trained there. From that period
until the World War it served as a
training' camp for National Guard
units. During the first year of the
World War it was the home of mob­ilization
and training of the 29th Di­vision,
better known as the Blue and
Gray Divisions because it was com­posed
of National Guard units from
both the North and the South and be­cause
this name stuck to it throughout
its illustrious service in France.
Since the World War, Camp McClel­lan
has each summer, been the scene
of training large numbers of C. M.
T. C. and R. O. T. C. trainees and Na­tional
Guard and Reserve units.
The entrance to the camp is about
midway between Anniston and Jack­sonville,
about six miles from each.
Annistori with about 26,000 people is
a thriving and progressive city with
churches of all denominations, mov­ing
picture houses and theatres. Bus
lines operating on an hourly sche­dule
bring it into close contact with
the camp. Jacksonville, the site of
the State Normal College, though
only a small town of-a few thousand,
is one of the oldest in Alabama and
noted for its lovely old Southern
homes.
One company of the 22nd U. S. In­fantry
and a tank platoon are reg­ularly
stationed at Camp McClellan.
During the summer, additional units
from the same regiment march from
Fort McPherson, Ga. to assist with
the training.
The C. M. T. camp is centrally
situated on the reservation and the
topography is so diversified as to
make the terrain suitable for all kinds
of training. Within the camp area
the open spaces are more than suffi­cient
to accommodate the students in
their close order drills, parades and
calesthenics. Ranges exist for gal­lery,
rifle, pistol, machine guns,
trench motors and one-pounders,
The rifle range is three miles distant
from the camp area and the students
are either transported on trucks or
camped at the range during their
rifle practice.
The camp is equipped with mess
halls, kitchens, and baths and the
trainees. are housed in floored tents.
All these facilities are electrically
lighted.
The physical development of the
boy is closely observed and directed
and this supervision extends into re­creational
periods.
Many delightful hours are spent in
the camp swimming pool, which is ap­proximately
200 feet square, ranging
in depth from four to eight feed, fed
by a moutnain stream of pure spring
water and capable of refilling itself
every twenty-four hours.
Numerous baseball diamonds, ten­nis
and volley ball courts and soccer
ball fields are available to meet the
variable inclinations of the students
and.there, is a Camp Athletic Field
where all C. M. T. C. track and field
meets are held.
Inter company leagues in baseball
are to be organized this summer and
also in hand ball, swimming, track
and field events students will com­pete
with one another for honors to
carry back home.
The camp is provided with an open
air theatre where moving pictures are
shown nightly. The theatre is equip­ped
with stage and prize ring where
wrestling, boxing and vaudeville are
frequently added features to the pic­ture
shows.
Bi-weekly dances are held at the
Hostess House. These dances, under
the supervision of the Camp Hostess
and Chaplain are carefully chap­eroned
and the young ladies of An­niston
and vicinity deem it a patriotic
privilege to attend.
Important1 in the moral welfare of
the young men and second to no other
feature of the camp are the religious
activities. Arrangements are such as
to meet the desires of all denomina­tions.
Protestant services are held in
the open air theatre and Catholic
services in Anniston." Governmentii
transportation being provided for
the latter. Experienced Chaplains
of the Regular Army and Organized
Reserves arrange and conduct these
religious features and they are fre­quently
voluntarily assisted by other
clergymen.
The Camp Chaplain, the Camp Hos­tess
and the Camp Athletic Officer,
supervise, under the Camp Comman­der,
the recreational and moral wel­fare
of the young men who attend this
beneficial C. M. T. Camp at Camp
McClellan, Alabama.
L. VOTES ON
HONOR SYSTEM
Majority of Student* at Louisiana
College Think Honor System
Is Failure
NOTICE
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now. There will be a member
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till 3. All orders must be in the
hands of the Committee before Mar.
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482 to 36, the students of Louisiana
State University voted that the honor
system as understood at L. S. U. is a
failure, in the straw election held on
both campuses last Tuesday.
More than 500 votes were cast in
the election, although everyone did
not vote on all three questions.
In answer to. the question as to
whether or not it would be better to
abolish the present honor system and
adopt a new one, 336 voted that it
would be better, while 132 thought
that it wouldn't.
As to whether or not the adminis­tration
of honor should be put into the
hands of the faculty, 274 voted that
it should not, and 212 that it should.
Although the voting was light and
scattered, a sufficient number of .per­sons
cast ballots to determine the
opinion of the student body on the
percentage basis. While some 500 is
not a majority, the proportion of 482
to 36 is so largely in favor of the
larger number, that one may assume
that the opinion of the whole student
body is in approximately that ration.
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Parents and Teachers
Studying Psychology
In an effort to better understand
how to deal with children, five par­ents
and eight teachers at Opp are
jointly studying an extension course
in social psychology taught by Dr.
Edgar L. Morphet, professor of edu­cation
and extension teaching at Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute. Assum­ing
that the ability to understand
children is not an instinct but an ac­quired
power, these teachers and par­ents
mutually discuss current p ob-lems
of child training such as habit
formation, fear in children, selfish­ness,
and the problem of sex training.
It is believed that a joint study of
this kind will produce a common
ground of understanding by parents
and teachers that will facilitate bet­ter
cooperation and coordination be­tween
the parent and the home in
the training of the child.
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Page 4. THE PLAINSMAN
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SPORTS Tigers Lead Conference in Basketball SPORTS
Plainsmen Take Thriller
From Georgia Bulldogs
Papkemen Snatch Tenth Southern Conference
Victory as Georgia Falls
The undefeated Tigers beat the
fast Georgia quintet in the Alumni
gymnasium last Friday night', before
a record breaking crowd. The count
was 28"iEo 25, which is the closest that
the Plainsmen have been held this
year. It was the most exciting game
Xhat has been played on the campus,
and there was such a large crowd
present, that even all of the stand­ing
room was taken up a half an
hour before the brawl started.
The game started with Auburn
taking the lead by Akin shooting
three fouls. Then Auburn had no
trouble in keeping anywhere from six
to ten points in the lead during the
first half. Georgia played hard
during this period, but the Tigers
were just too good for them. During
this half, "Buck" Ellis and "Ebb"
James were the ones that did most
of the scoring for the Villagers, for
"Buck" shot seven points, while "Ebb"
rang up six. When this period of
play ended, Auburn had them 19 to 9.
In the second half the Bulldogs
came back with an offense that was
hard to stop. The James' twins
guarded them like a million dollars,
but even then they were able to slip
around and flop the ball in at close
intervals of time. But even though
they did stage this rally, they were
unable to overcome the ten point
lead that the Orange and Blue held
at the half.
Georgia has one of the best teams
that the Tigers have played this sea­son.
They were aggressive and play­ed
a good floor game. The guarding
.of this team was way above par.
"Ebb" James was high scorer for
the Tigers, getting eight points. He
shot some of the prettiest goals of the
night, and they were at some distance
too. On the defense he was T. N. T.,
and hardly gave the Bulldogs much
of a chance to shoot, for he covered
his man like a "dollar over a dime."
"Buck" Ellis came next in points
with seven. He also took particular
pleasure in taking the ball away from
the Red and Black Jerseyed men.
Several times he recovered the ball by
diving on it, as if he were falling
on a football.
DuBose played a good all-around
game, and made three field goals.
One, especially, mas made in such
beautiful style. He grabbed the ball
from off the Georgia backboard, and
dribbled down the floor to the Geor­gia
defense, where he slowed d -wn
some. The Bulldogs thought he
would pass the ball to one of hi?
team-mates, but he broke loose and
went through the defense, and drop­ped
the sphere in the basket. This
came at a time w^ien the Tigers need­ed
it most.
"Jelly" Akin and "Fob" James per­formed
well, but were unable to score
as much as they usually do. "Jelly"
was being guarded closely, which
kept his scoring down.
Florence, Georgia forward, led
both teams in making points. His
total was twelve. He made some
beautiful shots, for he had the abil­ity
to shove the ball in from midfield.
Lautzenhiser was an outstanding
guard for Georgia, and he kept
"Jelly" from getting such a high
score. Keen and Palmer played an
aggressive game.
Auburn did not put in any sub­stitutes,
while Georgia used one extra
mad.
Spears was the referee of the tilt.
Auburn (28): Akin (6) F, Ellis
(7) F, DuBose (6) C, E. James (8)
G, and F. James (1) G.
Georgia (25): Florence (12) F,
Palmer (4) F, Drew (2) C, Martin
(3) G, Lautzenhiser G, and Keen (4)
F.
Birmingham-Southern Rats Defeat
Auburn Frosh in Hard-Fought Tilt
Coach Brown's cohorts failed to live
up to early season indications in their
last trial. Last Tuesday night their
opponents were) the frosh from the
home of the Bi •lgham-Southern
Panthers, the visitoB coming out on
the long end of a 32 ft>x 21 score. They
were aware of the fac£ that they had
been through a battle when it was
over, however.
Coach Brown made numerous sub­stitutions
throughout the game in an
endeavor to find a winning combina­tion.
The starting lineup seemed to
go very well, but after the half the
rats never could get going again. At
the end of the first session the Au­burn
frosh were leading the visitors
by the close margin of 1 point, the
score being 14 to 13. But the visitors
started a grand march soon after the
beginning of the second half, and soon
had things going all their way. The
Southern rats accounted for nine field
goals in the second half with Jackson
leading the way, while Auburn could
loop in only two field goals in the
same time. The playing of the home
Frosh was pretty ragged in spots,
their main trouble being that they
could not retain possession of the ball
long enough to make a sustained
drive. But all the same they were
certainly trying hard enough. They
just seemed unable to hold the ball.
Summerford put up the best game
for the visitors, also leading the scor­ers
with 11 points. Jackson for South­ern
was the next high man with 10
points.
Chappell, with two field goals and
three foul goals led the home team's
scorers with seven points. Anderson
played a good game at center, as did
Martin and Harmon at forward.
. Coach Mike Papke, who refereed the
game, came out on the floor resplen­dent
in .some beautiful black pants
with a wide white stripe running
down the sides. Many people thought
he was a circus band master until
they saw just whom it was. The game
was fortunate in having a most fa­mous
man for time keeper, Admiral
Buck Ellis being delegated to this
position.
Whatever the brand of basket-ball
put out by the rats, it is certain that
they are in there fighting for all they
are worth. That is exactly what is
expected from Auburn men wherever
they may be and in whatever line of
endeavor they may be engaged. They
are giving'-their best and that is much
more than many of the others of us
are doing. The rats are as much a
part of Auburn's athletic machine as
the mightiest athlete that ever wore
Auburn's colors. It is up to us to
prove our loyalty to Auburn by back­ing
them as much as any other Au­burn
team. Let's get down to the
1928 Auburn Basketball Schedule
Jan.
Date Opponent and Their Score Auburn
Dec. 17—Montgomery Y. M. C. A. (12)
6—White Business College (13)
7—Ga. Tech (29)
Southern College (18)
13—U. of Florida (23)
14—U. of Florida (33)
18—Clemson (26)
19—Clemson (23)
20—U. of Tennessee (14)
27—Tulane (17)
28—Tulane (31)
Feb. 1—Vanderbilt (28)
3—U. of Georgia (25) .
9—Georgetown U. (25)
10—Ole Miss
11—Ole Miss
22—U. of Florida
23—IT. of Florida
Score and Place Played
(38) Auburn
(92) Auburn
(56) Auburn
(51) Auburn
(39) At Gainesville
(43) At Gainesville
(56) Auburn
(30) Auburn
(63) Auburn
(32) At New Orleans
(49) At New Orleans
(62) Auburn
(28) Auburn
(41) Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn Country
Club Elimination
Tourney Begins
With thirty two entries participat-in
the first tournament of the new
Auburn Country Club course got
under way Wednesday morning. Bad
weather hampered the progress of the
golfers somewhat but all details were
finished for the 7-day tourney and
only sunshine was needed for the eli­mination
to proceed. C. H. Davis
won over T. B. McDonald, and Prof.
G. W. Hargreaves, lead Evans Young,
at the close of the second elimination.
Four flights of eight players each
made up the roster, of the first tour­nament
on the local course. In the
first flight were, Ben Sankey vs.
Coach Mike Papke, Buck Spinks vs.
John Hollingsworth, Dr. Doner vs.
C. H. Wyatt, Raymond Spann vs.
Frank Collier. The second bracket
consisted of Evans Young vs. Prof.
G. W. Hargreaves, E. R. Moulton vs.
W. T. Ingram, W. P. Harrison, vs.
G. F. Collier, and D. J. Grice, vs.
E. B. Knuckles.
In the third flight was pitted G. G.
Bennett vs. S. Tatum, Homer Wright
vs. Emil Wright, Chas. Hendricks vs.
C. E. Green, Major John Kennedy
vs. Emmett Sizemore. The fourth
flight was made up of Dr. W. H.
Pierre vs. D. T. Jones, C. J. Young
vs. W. F. Tidwell, Prof. F. E. Guyton
re. G. Keller and C. H. Davis vs. Dr.
T. B. McDonald.
Trophies will be awarded by the
Auburn Country Club Association to
the winners of each flight, with a
special trophy going to the tourna­ment
winner. A gold medal will be
won by the low medalist and appro­priate
awards to each of the runners-up.
All Aspirants For
Baseball Squad to
Report on Fifteenth
With the first call of Spring on
hand, Coach Moulton has set the 15th
as the day for all candidates to re­port
at the new baseball field for
their initial work-out. The first day
will very likely be taken up with as­signing
of uniforms to the different
players and determining of the
strength of the material. A pre-sea-son
inventory indicates a record
breaking flock of material, but three
positions are left vacant by gradua­tion
and two of these are infield
positions, hard positions and exceed­ingly
responsible ones. Enough worry
for any coach, but Moulton seems to
realize his task and has set himself
to fix things up O. K.
The time to report and exactly
where will be announced at a' later
date, probably by use of signs on the
display windows up- town. Let's see
a good round-up of material out the
very first day and help keep things
going.
There are still several vacant dates
to be filled on the schedule, but it is
expected that the final dates and op­ponents,
will, be ready for publication
by next week.
gym for the rat games and let them
know that we are behind them. At
the last game the attendance was
woefully small. Possibly the final
score would have been a horse of
another color if there had been more
of their students to cheer them. Let's
show the rats that we are all behind
them, win or lose as long as they fight.
Lineups:
Auburn (21) BTiam-Southern (32)
Forward
Martin (4) Taylor (6)
Forward
Summerford (11)
Center
., Jackson (10)
Lee (3)
Anderson
Guard'
Frazer (1) Black (4)
Guard
Bearden Holt (1)
Substitutions:
Auburn: Chappell (7) for Frazer;
Harmon, J. T. (6) for Lee; Baker for
Harmon, J. T. for Warren; Anderson
for Harmon, H. D.j" Frazer for An­derson.
Birmingham - Southern: Harbour
for Taylor; Currie for Holt; Swartz
for Summerford.
Refree: Papke. 4
"MOON" MULLIN
H. L. Mullin is the Tiger dribbler
whose countenance is observed in the
above picture. He is known as H. L.
to the professors, but to' the boys he
is just plain "Moon."
"Moon" was one of our best re­serves
last year, and this year he is
still better, and has played in nearly
every game that the Tigers have play­ed
this year. He is fast and knows
how to handle the ball like a veteran
player. It is a very familiar sight to
see Mullin grab the ball and scoot
down the floor and drop it in for
another score for the old Alma
Mater. It is due to reserves like this
man that we can put out such a win­ning
team as we have this year. It
is wisely said that a strong reserve
helps make the team better.
We are looking forward with pleas­ure
to next year, for then "Moon" will
be in his prime, and will do some great
playing for the Plainsmen.
Before taking up his studies at A.
P. I., "Moon" had some good experi­ence
on the courts of Lee County Hi
and at Wetumpka Hi. He played two
years at each of these schools. This
is where he first became interested
in basketball, and became so profici­ent
in the art of the game. His home
is in Auburn.
Program for 1928
Cinder Events Has
Been Announced
Coach Hutsell Gives Complete
Schedule of Spring Track
Meets
Coach Wilbur H. Hutsell has an­nounced
the track schedule for the
year of 1928. This is a pretty stiff
schedule and we will run up on some
strong opponents, and this will go.
hard with the Tigers, for some of last
years track stars are not at the Vil­lage
this year. Included in this list
are Baskin, Auburn "Iron Man" who
is in New York training for the
Olympics, "Shorty" Morrow, A. J
Collum, and "Nurmi" Nelson. These
men will be missed greatly, for they
were our main standbys last year.
However there is much good ma
terial on hand,' but they have just
not had enough experience as yet.
Under the efficient tutorship of
Coach Hutsell, we know that Auburn
will be hard to beat, for he has the
knack of showing the boys how to do
their "stuff" on the cinder path. The
Tiger always holds its own in track.
This year Auburn is in two big re­lays
in addition to the Southern Con­ference
meet and the National Col­legiate
meet in Chicago*- This is a
heavier schedule than usual.
The track schedule for the coming
season is as follows:
March 31—Texas Relays—Austin.
April 14—Tech Relays—Atlanta.
April 21—Georgia—Auburn
April 28—Florida—Gainesville.
May 5—Tulane—Auburn.
May 12—S. I. C. meet—Birming­ham.
May 19—Ga. Tech—Atlanta.
June 9—National Intercollegiate—
Chicago.
Tiger Basketeers Prep
For Homeward Stretch
Undefeated and Leading Conference Race,
Papkemen Look Longingly Towards
S. I. C. Tourney
Most of us try to put off every­thing
except a good time.
COTTON STATES BASKETBALL
TOURNEY HERE FEBRUARY 16TH
(Continued from Page 1.) ;
This is a very beautiful twenty-eight
inch cup. The "A" Club trophy will
go to the runner-up, and the semi­final
trophies will go one each to the
teams eliminated in the semi-finals.
In addition gold and silver medals
will be awarded each member and
coach of the teams finishing first and
second. Members of the semi-final
teams will'be awarded bronze medals.
These awards will be on display at
the Student Supply Shop during the
week preceding the tournament..
The following are some of the out­standing
teams that have made in­quiries
so far. Many others have also
made inquiries but their records are
such that they will not warrant an in­vitation.
.
Many Strong; Entrants-
Tech Hi, of Atlanta, has a very im­pressive
record. This team was the
winner of the first tournament in
1922, and runners-up in 1923. They
are coached by Claud Tolbert. The
Atlanta quintet have won two games
this year over G. M. A. by scores of
51-42 and 47-19. They have played
two games with the wonder team of
the south, Vienna, winning the first
in Atlanta by a score of 17 to 15, and
losing the second in Vienna 16 to 25.
Millport, with practically the same
team as last year, has won eleven
consecutive prep school games and
one defeat. Their lone loss this year
was to the Mississippi A. & M. rats
in Starkville. They beat White Busi­ness
College of Birmingham by the
large score of 64 to 16. Millport prob­ably
has the largest team in the state
in the sense of avoirdupois, their
team averaging around 175 pounds.
They are coached by John Davis.
Darlington Hi, of Rome, Ga., has
run up a total score of 289 to oppon­ents
186 in winning nine straight
games and losing none.
Marianna, Fla., has won 13 games
and lost none. They have a game over
Pensacola Hi, for the last two years
western Florida district champs, to
their credit.
Tallapoosa County Hi, at Dadeville,
has won 10 consecutive games. They
are coached by Levie from Birming­ham-
Southern. Included in their con­quests
are Columbus Hi, 39-31, and
Alex City, 81-6.
Another very highly recommended
team is Opp Hi. They have won 15
games and lost one, that being to
Jacksonville Normal. They have
amassed the high score of 343 to op­ponents
172. Their coach is Stanley
Clark, who was a letter man in bas­ketball,
football, and track at Miss­issippi
A. & M. Among their voc-tories
is one over Glenwood Hi, won-ners
of the 1927 district champion­ship,
by a score of 22 to 10.
Malone Hi, of Florida, coached by
Auburn's own Nurmi Nelson, has won
eight straight games, running up a
total season's score of 203 to oppon­ents
91.
Anniston Hi, coached by Kenneth
Howard, has a good record of nine
wins and only one defeat, with a total
score of 257 to 123.
Another school with a good record
is James School of Eads, Tenn.
Still another is Vienna, the "Won­der
Team of the South," winners of
last year's Cotton States Tournament,
about whom nothing need be said.
Auburn Spirit
From the records of the above teams
and others that have not as yet been
heard from we are assured of some
real basketball during the three days
we are the hosts of the prep school
boys. It is now up to Auburn to
show these boys the real Auburn
Spirit while they are here and thus
instill it into some of them so that
they may return this fall and join the
ranks of Auburn men.
Marching through every foe en­countered
as Sherman. marched thru
Georgia, Coach Papke's "Dreadnaught
Five" loom as the most promising bet
for the S. I. C. tourney according to
their past record. And by what may
we be judged except by our past re-cor?
As Georgia fell after a terrific
and hard fought fray, the thirteenth
consecutive victory was chalked up
on the ledger with not a single loss
to defray the appearance of the op­posite
page. Such a record is not to
be overlooked. Ten of the victories
being against Conference quintets
playing under the names of such-out­standing
institutions as: University
of Florida, University of Georgia,
Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Tulane,
University of Tennessee, and Clem­son.
With only Florida left to be en­countered
after this weeks games and
that team already trounced a couple
of times by the Tiger Dreadnaughts
on their home court, not much worry
is held in check as to the outcome of
the last games.
This article is being written before
the Georgetown and 'Ole Miss tilts,
but it is inferred that these three
games will help boost the point aver­age
considerably. 'Ole Miss has
shown a very inconsistent attack so
far this year, losing and winning, by
neat margins. A pair of twins will
be on the scene to bring the total of
pairs on the Auburn gym to two.
No word has been heard so far as
to the decision of Pittsburgh in re­gards
to the Tiger challenge. Pitts­burgh
continues to rule the East,
winning every game and adding the
Army to their list of conquered last
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week. However, Auburn remains the
National leader in points scored. The
average at this time is 49.2 with a
very fine chance to raise the average
to 50 for the season.
The invitations have not as yet been
made out for the big show as the S.
I. C. tourney may easily be termed,
but it is expected that the sixteen best
quintets out of tne twenty-two insti-tues
and universities, will receive
their invites in the near future. The
drawings will be announced several
days previous to the opening and the
schedule has been arranged as fol­lows:
Friday, Feb. 24—eight games. Pre­liminaries.
Saturday, Feb. 25—four games,
quarter-finals.
Monday, Feb. 27—two games. Semi­finals.
Tuesday, Feb. 28—one game. Finals.
Listed as the most probable winners
according to newspaper reports the
following teams have been picked in
the order named: Auburn, North Car­olina
University, Maryland, Georgia,
Kentucky, L. S. U.
At the present time, A. P. I. has the
honor of leading in total games won,
Conference games won, total points
scored and highest individual scorers.
A record and a fine one. Why not
make it a bit better by sailing through
the remaining games with flying
colors. The team will surely do their
bit. Let's help them out by conduct­ing
ourselves according to the follow­ing:
1. Don't razz the opponents when
they take a free shot.
2. Don't smoke—it cuts off the
players wind.
3. Get in the yells and support that
team.
4. Everybody be at every game.
5. Follow the best team in the
states to the tourney and help pull
them through victoriously.
6. Just watch Auburn step to the .
front. Yea tige/s!
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Notes of the Societies
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY
The Pharmaceutical Society, one of
the livest professional societies on the
campus met at its regular meeting
place on the second floor of the
Pharmacy building, and rendered a
real interesting and instructional pro­gram.
First on the program was a
discussion of pharmaceutical ethics
by Ira Wates. Wates told of some
of the things a pharmacist should do
to uphold the ethics of the profession
upon graduation from Auburn; that
he should never attempt to diagnose
and prescribe for patients, that he
should co-operate with physicians in
the allaying of pains of which hu­manity
is subject to; that he should
deal fairly with the public in all his
relations with them, and finally that
he should remember the slogan, "The
druggist is more than a merchant"
in all his prof essional work.
Next followed a discussion by Rat
Sugg on the subject, "Why I took
Pharmacy at Auburn." He said he
had been in Auburn for four years,
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and all the time he had been here he
had been working for Homer Wright,
one of the leading druggists of the
"Village of the Plains," and he sup­posed
that it was the inspiration
which Mr. Wright gave him that in­fluenced
him more than anything
else to take pharmacy. Those "in
the know" however insist that the
main reason he took the course is
because his father is a druggist, and
that the old adage "Like father, like
son" holds good in his case.
Tommie Jennings then entertained
the fellows with a few choice jokes
which injected the spirit of fun into
the meeting, and caused several
laughs to be emitted from members
of the society.
McCailum, the president of the
society announced that a bunch of
musicians, headed by the inimitable
"Doc Yac" Threadgill would render
some choice selections at the next
meeting which will be next Monday
night at 6:45, and urged all present
to be back and bring someone else
with them, so all pharmacy students
try to make your arrangements to be
there, and also all other students are
invited to be there if they want to
see a real ilve organization render a
real live program.
EVANS LITERARY SOCIETY
When a man marries, trouble may
begin; and the man should be allow­ed
to end the trouble without un­necessary
red tape, expense, or pub-
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licity. However, when a man mar­ries,
his wife is his own to obey and
to trouble, or be troubled by, until
death shall part them. (The same
thing applies to the wife, in each
case.) These were the conflicting
ideas that were exposed during a very
lively impromptu discussion of the
companionate marriage idea at the
meeting of the Evans Literary Socie­ty
Tuesday night. Those who took
part in the dscussion were: Miss Mar­garet
McNeal, W. B. Story, Dan
Sikes, W. C. Kelley, J. R." Fomby,
H. G. McColl, and Moffet DuBose.
Before the discussion, C. A. Harris
gave a short and interesting talk on
the new method of attending classes
which is being initiated into the Har­vard
system as an experiment. His
subject was Give a Cheer for Har­vard;
those who heard his talk know
why the cheer should be given.
Following this, G. V. Nunn criticis­ed
the young people as they are seen
by the members of the older genera­tions.
He also made statements
which showed that the world is not
going to the dogs because of the
antics of youth. His talk was based
upon Our Faults are the Faults of
Youth, an article written by a fa­mous
man of the "Dad" generation.
Prof. Butler gave his criticism of
and some suggestions for the society's
stunt for stunt night. The stunt
looks like a victory for the Evans.
S. A. M. E*
The Auburn Chapter of the Society
of American Military Engineers held
its regular weekly meeting Tuesday
night, February 7. The meeting was
presided over by W. D. Alston, the
local post president. There was a
large turnout of the Junior and Se­nior
Engineers and a few Sopho­mores.
Had it not been for the in­clement
weather there would have
been a much larger attendance,
Mr. C. Thompson was the first
speaker on the program and gave
a very interesting as well as infor­mative
talk on a bridge which the
Sante Fe Railway is constructing
across a river in Fort Madison, Iowa.
In his talk Mr. Thompson brought
out the fact that this is one of the
largest steel bridges ever constructed.
Mr. A. H. McRae, the next speaker
on the program, told of the Great
China walls. He brought out in his
talk that while most people thought
of the wall as a mere curiosity, that
the best military authorities of the
day consider the wall as a great mili­tary
engineering feat for the period
in which it was constructed. He also
stated that a typical cross section of
the wall showed it to be seventeen
and a half feet thick and sixteen feet
high.
Mr. H. McMillan, the last speaker
on the program gave a very interest­ing
talk on the' construction of coffer
dams as was used in the construction
of the piers for the Arlington Memo­rial
Bridge,' which connects the City
of Washington with the Arlington
National Cemetery, across the Poto­mac
river. In his talk Mr. McMillan
told how the wooden piles were driven
down first so as to guide the sheet
steel piles into place as they were
driven.
At the conclusion of this discus­sion,
the meeting adjourned to meet
on next Tuesday night. It is hoped
that more of the sophomores of the
Engineer Unit will become affiliated
with the society.
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A. S. C. E.
The first meeting of the A.S.C.E.
for the new semester was held last
Monday evening. There was no pro­gram;
however, plans for the new
semester's work were brought for­ward.
The President appointed the new
Program committee, the new Repor-torial
committee, and the new Mem­bership
committee. These commit­tees
have the major part to play in
the success of the Society, as there
can be almost nothing accomplished
unless they are functioning properly.
A very good step taken as the se­lection
of the second and fourth
Mondays of each month as the regular
meeting time. This step was taken in
view of the fact that there has been
some confusion heretofore as to the
date of the meeting.
Prof. Callan made a talk to the
that the programs could be
ed a great deal. This im­provement
is necessary if we hope
to have a good and interesting meet­ing.
Mr. Brownlee of the A. I. E. E.
brought up a plan or rather the idea
that the Engineering Societies have
a day sometime during the year on
which all the Societies could get- to­gether
on some common thing and
thereby strengthen the Engineers in
Auburn. This idea met with approval
for the most part, and we hope to
do our part in cooperating with the
other societies in making the Engi­neer
a greater man in Auburn.
The society has planned to present
a stunt Friday night, and those in
charge have promised a real treat to
those who are fortunate enough to
see it.
Prof. Baughman spoke a few words
in which he hoped the members of
the society could pull together for
a greater good. He also furnished
some humor to help counteract some
of the heated arguments that took
place.
The next meeting is to be held next
Monday on the second floor of Ram­say
Hall at the usual hour. As next
Monday is the second Monday in Feb
ruary, and, therefore, a regular meet­ing,
we hope all the civils will be out.
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WEBSTERIAN SOCIETY
The Websterian Literary Society
had a splendid meeting Tuesday
night. The program consisted of sev­eral
good talks by the members.
Mr. Rush told how the old fash­ioned
college had failed. He brought
out the point that twenty-five or thir­ty
years ago technical schools were
not considered as important as the
other kind of educational school.
Now days, however, the whole
scheme of things has been turned
around so that the technical school
has now taken the lead.
W. L. Cochran in "Curbing the
Mississippi" told of plans being work­ed
on as to how the great river could
be curbed. Two of those brought
out were the building of levees and
reforestation,
Miss Cosby told some very good
jokes in order that we could see a
bit of the other side of life at the
same time.
The life story of Clara Bow was
told in somewhat of a vivid way by
Mr. Joe Henderson. In his talk this
speaker told us how Clara Bow had
won out in spite of a great many
obstacles. She tries to grasp all the
fun in life she can, for she feels that
she has right to in payment of the
many sorrows that have partly filled
it
Mr. Alwis Beavers made an in­teresting
talk on parachute jumping.
He told us how the best jumpers in
the world did it so sucessfully.
Mr. Rush has charge of the stunt
to be put across by the society. He*
promises a real live stunt, one that
will be hard to beat.
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last meeting were read by Secretary
Carter. Immediately following, cur­rent
business issues were taken up.
T. D. Alldredge offered a few re­marks
on the coming Ag Banquet,
stating that efforts were in hand for
securing a prominent and fitting
speaker. At this point a committee
for further arranging arid fixing this
feature^was appointed; this commit­tee
consisted of J. D. Alldredge, J. B.
Beard and N. Merriweather.
A Stunt Night committee including
Messrs. A. V. Culpepper, J. E. Hy-drick
and B. Collins was selected.
L. G. Brackeen suggested that some
mark of memory to donor and insti­gators
of the Ag Campus lights be
placed on one or more of the posts.
A committee of three, C. T. Thomp­son,
L. G. Brackeen and E. G. Dise-ker
was appointed for furthering
this issue.
G. S. Williams gave a few short
remarks on the coming debate to be
held here with Georgia later in the
semester. On the investigating and
arranging committee for this debate
were placed, G. S. Williams, T. R.
Home and Roy Sellers. A commit­tee
for filing library bulletins, in­cluding
L. L. Sellers, E. B. Jones and
E. P. Blocker, was appointed.
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President Gowder suggested that a
committee be appointed to assist the
Vice-President ,in arranging pro­grams;
this committee consisted of
J. D. Tucker, John Fomby, J. W.
Richardson, Miss Hazel Arant and
Mrs. Godsey, with Vice-President
Savage as chairman.
CHI DELTA PHI
The reading of original stories and
poems featured the program of Chi
Delta Phi, Monday evening. These
writings were composed by the new
members of the society before their
initiation. The wide range of sub­ject
matter expressed the individuali­ty
of each of the young writers, while
the manner in which it was treated
indicated marked literary ability.
The subjects with their authors
are as follows.
Essay on Men—Lois Wells
The Pickle and the Pie—Blanche
M. Tancredi-
"Home"—Cindy Lester
Mr. Smith's Adventure—Carrie
Hester
"A Day in Auburn" — Martha
Haupt
Aims in Life—Irene Fletcher
The Thirteenth—Lottie Story
The Value of Honor Societies—
Dreams—Annie Ross Fuller
Because of the departure of some
of the old members, it was necessary
to elect the following officers: vice-president,
Hazel Arant; secretary,
Irene Fletcher; and Plainsman re­porter,
Lois Wells.
Miss Anamerle Arant, a member
who finished in the class of '26, was
present at the meeting. She spoke
a word of encouragement to the new
members, and phophesied great things
for. the future of Chi Delta Phi.
No feeling of satisfaction quite
equals that of having done a difficult
job extremely well.
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Vol. I, No. S Friday, February 10, 1928 Copyright, 1928.
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DANGEROUS DAN McGREW SHOT
New Old Gold
Factory
"Doc" Farrell, who runs the
drug store, sandwich shop and
Sheik Club down at the corner of
Main and First streets, says a cig­arette
salesman told him that
pretty soon 30,000,000 Old Golds
a day won't be enough to keep
the country supplied. He says
the P. Lorillard Company is going
to open another plant down in
Louisville very soon that will
boost the production up to 50,-
000,000 cigarettes daily.
"Doc," who is always right up
to date, only got his first stock
of Old Golds about a year and a
half ago, so an output of 50,000,-
000 cigarettes a day isn't a bad
record for a product less than
two years old.
DIAGRAM OF DANCE HALL TRAGEDY | j
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
A young medical school graduate fcom
Ypsllanti came to town last week with
an idea of practising as a throat special­ist
here. Russ Lake told him he'd starve
to death If he hung out his shingle In
this burg because most everybody smokes
Old Golds.
The
smoother and
better cigarette
OLD GOLD
not a cough in a carload
Jappy Clegg has closed the Lincoln
Highway barbecue and lunch room for
the winter. He specializes in hot dogs
and Old Gold Cigarettes. "Two of a
kind/* says Jappy, "because you can't
get a bark out of either of "em."
Les Hamlin, who has the biggest Qld
Gold trade In town, got his new auto
license Tuesday. It sure Is an appropri­a
t e number—"20—4—15."
DAILY SMILE PUZZLE
1—What letter Is missing from the fol­lowing
words: OLD G—LD?
2—What's wrong with this sentence:
George never smokes OLD GOLD Cig-
3—PHI in the missing word In this se.n.
tence: He buys Cig­arettes.
ANSWERS
1—The letter "O," you silly thing.
2—Nothing Is wrong with the sentence,
but something awful Is wrong with
George.
3-Old Gold.
More Famous Note
The Gordian KNOT.
The matrimonial KNOT.
"I do NOT choose to run."
"NOT a cough In a carload.'
Dance Hall Girl Murder*
One of Gold Dust Twins
"Dangerous Dan" McGrew,
once the terror of the Yukon, is
now quite as docile as only a dead
man can be, the big nugget and
gold man from Nome having
been shot last night in the Mala-mute
Saloon.
It was bitter cold, the thermo­meter
registering 40 below, and
as Dan walked into the saloon
the boys had started to whoop it
up, and the ragtime kid at the end
of the mahogany bar was tinkl­ing
a merry tune.
"What are we going to have
men," roared Dan, "rain or
snow?"
The words, spoken with a Scotch
burr, were hardly out of his
mouth when a notorious dance
hall girl, known as Lou, ap­proached
"Dangerous Dan," pul­led
her rod and plugged him
through the heart, and as he fell
to the floor she kissed him, ac­cording
to witnesses of the trag­edy,
as she frisked him for his
bag of yellow dust.
"Sure, I killed him," Lou braz­enly
told Trooper Ginsberg, who
arrested her. "I didn't care how
much he beat me, for that was
only his way of showing his af­fection.
I put up with his hali­tosis,
too, for I was his best
friend and couldn't tell him. But
when he scoffed at me when I
begged him to smoke Old Golds
and get rid of that irritating
cough of his I bumped him off."
Lou says she's going to ask a
change of venue to Chicago when
Indicted. After that she plans to
do a couple of pictures in Holly­wood
before accepting a lucrative
vaudeville contract.
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THE PLAINSMAN
Cash prizes will be awarded for the
best editorials published in college
journals during the academic year
1927-28, according to announcement
made by Henry Grattan Doyle, dean
of men of George Washington Uni­versity.
The awards will be made by Pi
Delta Epsilon, the honorary collegi­ate
journalism fraternity, sponsor of
the competition, which will be direct­ed
by Dean Doyle as grand vice-presi­dent
of the society. The purpose of
the contest is the stimulation of great­er
interest in university publications
and the elevation of the quality of
their editorials. If successful, it will
be made an annual event, with addi­tional
prizes later for other journal­istic
features. College "comics" are
barred from the competition.
Identical prizes will be awarded in
two groups, as follows:
Group—Open to all college journals
and staffs.
Grou B—Open to members of Pi
Delta Epsilon on staffs of college
journals in institutions where the
fraternity has a chapter.
The first prize in each group is $50;
second, $35; third, $25; fourth, $15;
fifth, $10.
A board of judges composed of edi­tors
and writers of national repute
will read the editorials submitted and
make the awards. They are Ira E.
Bennett, editor, Washington Post;
Claude G. Bowers, editor, New York
Evening World; Louis Ludlow, form­er
president, National Press Club,
Washington correspondent; Oliver P.
Newman, Washington journalist, and
Frederic William Wile, Washington
correspondent and author.
The competition closes July 1, 1928.
and the editorials submitted must
have been written by undergraduates
and published during the academic
year 1927-28. Monthlies, quarterlies,
literary magazines, alumni publica­tions
and comics are not included in
the competition.
"Pi Delta Epsilon is nearly twenty
years old and has about 3,000 living
members," said Den Doyle. "It has
chapters in forty-five of the leading
colleges and universities and, by this
initial competition for editorials, hopes
to contribute something now and
more later to the betterment of college
journals and the encouragement of
wholesome campus life."
The officers of the fraternity are:
grand president, George Mcintosh
Sparks, Georgia School of Techno­logy;
grand vice-president, Henry
Grattan Doyle, dean of men, George
Washington University; grand secre­tary,
Harold E. Lobdell, assistant
dean, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; grand treasurer, Joseph"
McNeil, instructor in journalism,
Colgate University.
The judges are nationally known
newspaper men. Mr. Bennett was
formerly Washington correspondent
of the San Francisco Chronicle and
has been since 1905 editorial writer
and since 1908 editor of the Washing­ton
Post. Mrt Bowers was formerly
editor of the Fort Worth Journal Ga­zette,
has been since 1923 editorial
writer on the New York World and
is also well known as a historian.
Mr. Ludlow has been Washington
correspondent of the Indianapolis
Star and is now Washington corres­pondent
of the Columbus Dispatch and
Ohio State Journal. He is author of
**'From Cornfield to Press Gallery'
and "Senator Soloirfon Spiffledink"
Major Newman is a journalist of long
and varied experience and was Com­missioner
of the District of Colum­bia
under President Wilson. Mr
Wile is a famous war correspondent,
author and political writer who broad­casts
weekly talks over the N. B. C.
Blue Network on Wednesday even­ings
on "The Political Situation in
Washington Tonight."
The director of the contest, Dean
Doyle, is a former instructor at Har­vard
who has been a member of the
faculty of George Washington Uni
versity since 1916 and has also taught
at Cornell University and John Hop
kins University.
DR. C. L. BOYD, D. D. S.
DENTIST
Tiger Drug Store Building
Upstair*
STA
SURVE ^^^
Dr. Dowell PraUe^Ku-vey Before
Baptist Winter Assembly
In Florida
AUBURN PLAYERS
TO PRESENT PLAY
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elected last Monday night and are
as follows: President: Miss Evelyn
Henry; Vice-President: Charles R.
Moore; Secretary: Miss Martha
Haupt; Treasurer: Miss Earline Hut-
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A state survey affords the most de­pendable
method of o b t a i n i ng
thorough consideration for a program
of. approved education, Dr. Spright
Dowell said Thursday in an address
before educational conference of the
Baptist Winter assembly at Uma­tilla,
Fla.
Explaining the nature of the sur­vey,
Di\ Dowell said it would take the
measure of the state with respect to
its educational service."
The speaker advanced eight points,
which should be taken into considera­tion
in the conduct of such a survey.
They are: Proper authorization of the
survey, including expenses; selection
of a representative and worthy state
survey commission; determination of
the scope and limits—of the metes
and bounds—of the survey; selection
of a competent and adequate staff of
surveyors; conference, counsel and
cooperation between the survey com­mission
and the survey staff; setting
of forms and standards for guidance;
a thorough-going investigation and
study of conditions and needs in con­crete
fashion over a suitable period;
wise publicity.
The object of the survey, Dr. Dow­ell
said, would be "the formulation
and recommendation of a construc­tive
and wise program," and its
value would be "the adoption and in-augration
of the program."
"In the light of present day experi­ence
and practice," he concluded, "it
may be stated with confidence that
the survey affords the most -depend­able
method of obtaining thorough
consideration, comprehensive machi­nery
and a suitable staff for the
study of the state educational sys­tem,
for the discovery of the needs
of the state and for the development
of a constructive program of educa­tion
through approved agencies.
"This is accomplished by educating
the school force, the general public
and the responsible officials to the
conditions, needs and opportunities of
the schools, sffld, under the direction
of the state survey commission and the
professional and scientifically train­ed
survey staff, should result in a
unified, intelligent and wise pro­gram
for the common weal."
CLASS FOOTBALL
GETS UNDER WAY,
AUBURN CAMPUS
cherson; Advertising Manager: Bald-wyn
Wylie; Business Manager: James
H. Price;' Mistress of the Wardrobe:
Dorothy Jane Springer; Master of
Properties, Paul White'; Stage Mana­ger:
Ross L. Pfaff; and Historian:
W. H. Proctor.
Class football is'getting underway
on the Auburn campus. Each class
has named their coaches and each
class now has a team in training for
the class football championship.
Following the custom established a
number of years ago the classes have
named both a line and a back field
coach from amongst the members of
the Auburn Tiger football squad.
Coaching the seniors are Frank
Tuxworth, backfield and Hobson
Pearce, line. Juniors, Captain "Nick"
Carter, and Tom Shotts. Sophomores,
Howell Long and Jim Crawford, and
Freshmen, Bull Andress and Luke'
Ward.
For many years the plan of student
coaches has been employed at Au­burn.
The system does much to fit
out those who have finished their
football careers, to take up coaching
as a profession and players who
have additional time of the varsity
team is calculated to get great good
from the coaching experience in
learing about the fine points in foot­ball.
Dr. Agnew Talks On
Freedom of Women
Women are no longer the delicate,
"clinging-vine" individuals who must
not stoop to be educated or who must
not learn anything more practical
than how to crochet or play the piano.
In fact public opinion no longer pre­vents
women from entering the pro­fessions
or the business world on
equal terms with men. And contrary
to the prediction of some, even with
the coming of woman suffrage has
not removed her from the pale of high
esteem which she has formerly held.
Dr. Walter V. Agnew, president of
Woman's College of Alabama, traced
the development of woman's emanci­pation
since 1800 in an entertaining
address delivered before the upper-classmen
at Auburn Thursday. He
was introduced by Dr. B. B. Ross,
dean of the school of chemistry and
pharmacy, as an outstanding educa­tor
and the man under whose guid­ance
Woman's College has come to be
one of the foremost institutions of its
kind in the South.
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4. In parking on the highway, never
take a stand above another man who
is trying to catch a ride in the same
direction that you happen to be going.
This is the height of impoliteness
and a serious breach of hobo etiquette.
Always get below him.
5. The car that you happen to
catch a ride in, is, of course, the best,
car on the market, and your father
has pwned a couple of the same brand.
In fact, he has one at the present
time and for endurance and speed it
cannot be beaten. In other words, the
man that has picked you up has
shown rare judgment in selecting the
type of car that he is driving.
6. Never dispute a driver's word
on the number of miles tha$ he has
driven in a certain number of hours.
Just open your mout and eyes wide
in astonishment, and say "That's
damn good."
. 7. When you see a car coming
down the road, all that is necessary to
let the driver know that you want a
ride, is to throw up your hand, and
point your thumb in the direction
that the car is traveling. If the
driver, passes you with an empty seat
in his car and fails to notice you,
bring the aforementioned thumb
around in a horizontal position, work­ing
the other four fingers, up and
down, in the direction of the disap­pearing
motorist.
8. If it is possible, try to deter­mine
the condition of the tires on the
car before getting in, for bad rubber
•will retard progress.
9. Be sure to find out whether the
car is a "For Hire," before getting
in. (Some of the more experienced
Collegiate Hoboes say that instinct
tells them whether it is a "For Hire"
car or not.)
10. In case you are picked up by a
young lady (which sometimes hap­pens)
rule No. 5 does not hold good.
Judge your conversation by the age,
looks and mentality of your com­panion.
11. Unless in case of absolute neces­sity
never ask a driver for a lift
when he is driving a two door sedan
of any kind and has an extra passen­ger
in the front seat. It puts a driver
to a lot of inconvenience to have to
stop and let one passenger out of the
car to allow another one to enter.
12. In case the driver of an auto­mobile
"thumbs his nose" at you just
raise him five or even ten, according
to how you choose to rate him.
CROP VALUES IN ALABAMA
ADVANCE OVER 1926 LEVEL
AUBURN
LIKES GOOD
DANCE MUSIC
And
HERE'S THE LATEST
BY YOUR FAVORITE
Not counting cowpeas, soybeans,
and velvet beans, the value of farm
crops produced in Alabama during
1927 exceeded 1926 production by
534,241,000, according to. the final
crop estimate for the year by F. W.
Gist, agricultural statistician for Ala­bama.
The increased value was made on
100,000 fewer acres than were culti­vated
in 1926. The value of crops
per acre in 1927 was $28.80 as com­pared
with $23.79 for 1926.
Most of the increase was due to
cotton. Although production of cot­ton
in Alabama in 1927 was 1,200,-
000 bales as compared with 1,497,-
000 bales in 1926. The value in
1927 was $135,600,000 as compared
with $108,500,000 for 1926. These
figures include seed. Cotton acreage
in 1927 was 3,225,000 as compared
with 3,651,000 in 1926.
Corn was second, the corn acreage
for 1927 being 2,966,000 as compar­ed
with 2,825,000 in 1926. Produc­tion
in bushels was 47,456,000 in
1927 as compared with 45,765,000 in
1926. Values were $43,659,000 and
$34,781,000. **
The hay crops for the two years
were practically the same. However,
in value the 1926 crop exceeded the
1927 by $1,500,000. The value of
the peanut crop jumped from $3,-
591,000 in 1926 to $5,086,000 in
1927. Both sweet and Irish pota­toes
showed an increase in produc­tion
over the previous year.
These figures by Mr. Gist indicate
a changed situation on the farms of
the state as compared with one year
ago. Farmers are more optimistic
and are starting in 1928 with a bet­ter
outlook. In addition to greater
crop values the values of livestock
and livestock products increased. Im­provements
were made in farm
equipment and farm practices, and
still greater improvements are ex­pected
in 1928.
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lar election of officers of the new
chapter. Mr. Beard served as toast
master at the banquet.
The banquet was a most delightful
affair. A number of interesting talks
were made, chief of which was that
of Dr. McCracken, who as President
of the National Fraternity came to
Auburn to install the local chapter.
Assisting Dr. McCracken in the in­stallation
ceremonies was Dean Judd
and Miss Palmer. Dr. McCracken
won a warm place in the hearts of all
the Kadelphians at Auburn. He has
a warm and magnetic personality.
The initiation as conducted by him
was most impressive and all the ini­tiates
were profoundly impressed by
the ideals of the fraternity and by the
pledges required of them.
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PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
MONDAY, FEB. 18th
Meltro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Presents
Karl Dane and George K.
Arthur in
"BABY MINE"
with Charlotte Greenwood
Paramount News and Comedy
TUESDAY, FEB. 14th
Fred Thomson in
"THE PIONEER SCOUT"
Comedy
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 15th & 16th
Jesse L. Lasky and Adolphe
Zuker Presents
"GENTLEMEN PREFER
BLONDES
with Ruth Taylor, Mack Swain,
Chester Conklin
Paramount News and Comedy
FRIDAY, FEB. 17th
Lois Wilson and George K.
Arthur in
"THE GINGHAM GIRL"
Comedy
SATURDAY, FEB. 18th
Ranger in
"FLASHING FANGS"
Comedy
TED
LEWIS
"Making You Step"
WITH HIS BAND
in
1207-D
"IS EVERYBODY
HAPPY NOW?"
—and—
"DOWN THE OLD
CHURCH AISLE"
You can't help but crave this
number after the first hearing
—it's contagious and a sure
fire hit. Better order now,
they'll go faster than any other
TED LEWIS hit for it's his best
and that's no bunk
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