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VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1927. NUMBER 7
ANNUAL AG FAIR
BE NEXT MONTH
IN COMER HALL
Band Will Lead Big
Parade Thru Town
EXHIBITS TO BE SHOWN
ON MAIN FLOOR COMER
Barn Dance Will Climax the
Evening
The Annual Ag Fair will be held
on Ag Hill November nineteenth. The
band will lead a "Big Parade," fea
turing every department of the agri­cultural
college, with the heads of
each department taking part in their
respective section of the parade.
Exhibits will be displayed on the
main floor of Comer Halb These will
be new and different. The Animal
Husbandry .Hanger wil be the scene
of the melee and other entertainments.
The annual game of wheelbarrow
"polo, .between the Sophs and the
"Rati," promises to be the most excit­ing
fracus ever staged in the village.
Side shows, odd means of selling
drinks, and stunts such as the Ags
have never "pulled" before are on the
program.
A committee of dexterous and tact­ful
Ags has been appointed to entreat
with Miss Dobbs for permission to
"throw" a barn dance following the
fair.
All students and professors are in­vited
to help make this the biggest
and best Ag Fair in the history of Au­burn.
JONES' AUBURN
COLLEGIATES GO
TO MANCHESTER
Auburn Orchestra Gains Good
Reputation
Max Jone's Auburn Collegiates are
-doing their part to spread the fame
of Auburn far and wide. Last Fri­day,
October 14, the Auburn Collegi­ates,
an eight piece orchestra,, with
six members of the band, left for
Manchester, Georgia to take part in a
celebration of the completion of cer­tain
public utilities in Manchester.
An all day festival had been planned
by the Kiwanis Club and the Ameri­can
Legion. First, the orchestra and
the six members of the band led a
parade up the main street of the
town. Then, they gave a concert on
a band platform specially constructed
for the occasion. During the concert,
the platform was almost destroyed by
the crowds in their attempts to get
closer to the famous Auburn band.
Half a block of one of the newly
paved streets was roped off, and was
sprinkled with cornmeal in prepara­tion
for the big feature. At 9 P. M
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FORENSIC COUNCIL ORGANIZED DR. MCCLUSKY
TO FILL LONG FELT NEED HERE SPEAKS AT RAT
CONVOCATION
SNAKE DANCE IS
GIVENATGAME
IN MONTGOMERY
The Auburn Forensic Council, an organization whose purpose is the
promotion of intercollegiate forensics,_was formed last Monday night under
the leadership of Professor Kenneth Daughrity, faculty chairman of debates.
Coke Mathews, '29, was elected president and George Jester, '28, secretary.
The original membership consists of twelve members.
Interest in forensic contests, for sometime dormant in many American
colleges, has always been more or less alive~at Auburn. The history of our
oldest literary societies is well known. With the quickening interest however
among professional men, based on the demand for well trained speakers, Au­burn
has felt the need of a forensic organization which would interest stu­dents
in forensics and train them in this field. .
Council Formed
Consequently the Auburn forensic
council has been formed and its aims,
functions and organization are now
clearly defined. A nucleus headed by
the' senior intercollegiate debaters of
the college forms the basis of the
group. All students of Auburn are
eligible for admission to the organiza­tion.
Admittance may be gained in
three ways: Application, recpmmenda-tion,
and invitation. Admittance is
possible only after the critical exami­nation
and observance of the candi­date
as a speaker and as a thinker.
Debaters Wanted
All students with debating experi­ence
are urged to declare their candi­dacy
and recommendations will be
carefully considered.
Officer*
The following officers were elected
for the present year: Coke Mathews,
president; Sam Mosley, vice-presi­dent;
Geo. Jester, Secretary; Mercer
Holmes, Treasury; Carol Porter, sear-gent
at arms. Professor Kenneth
Daughrity, faculty chairman of de­bates
was elected coach; Professor
M. S. Kestler, as assistant coach and
J. B. McMillan, chairman of research.
Students Show Loyalty
To Team In Vivid
Manner *
Noted Lectured Talks
on "The Student and
His School"
USES HIS EXPERIENCES IN
WAR AS ILLUSTRATION
SIX HUNDRED STUDENTS
MAKE DEMONSTRATION
Famous Auburn Band Leads
Students Onto Field
Collegiate Ford
Visits Montgomery
It was a crowd of freshmen from
Auburn. A small-sized crowd, but
well compressed in a familiar well
Worn tin can which for brevity is
known as a back number Lizzie, or
shall we say Queen Elizabeth.
This Q. E. bore its load proudly up
before the capital, and its peppedfull
load disembarked and carelessly left
the relic of Detroit parked by its lone­some.
On the sides of the venerable
contained in rattling bold type was
painted a number of college signs, a
few of which are reproduced here.
The door—wired tight—read:
"Not to be opened 'til Christmas."
If this was not enough the hood
boldly proclaimed through rust and
discolor: "Queen Elizabeth Special."
The rear end of the Detroit's pride
carried the best example of modern
English of them all. None of the
great transatlantic flyers can beat
Auburn on this slogan, or aphorism,
or what not, and the creator of this
witticism—well, who knows what he
will do, for he made a pungent start
in the realm of fantasy by naming his
venerable bus: "The Spirit of Hali­tosis."
Spirit of Sigma Nu
Makes Tour to City
At four P. M. Friday afternoon
the "Big Black Motor" alias "Spirit
of Sigma Nu" alias "Queen Victoria
the Third," loaded down with boys and
baggage cranked up for the hectic
dash for Montgomery. As the newly
christened bus pointed its nose city­ward
the students aboard let the
whole world know that they were
going to "get" L. S. U. With a
maximum carrying capacity of nine
passengers, and twelve aboard, the
old boat was pretty well loaded.
After a few miles of dust-raising
it was evident that the black motor
could not stand up under the heavy
load so all passing cars were stopped
until rides were gotten for the sur
plus passengers. With the load light
lightened, the rest of the trip was
made in record time and hitting on
all six the Black Motor busted Mont'
gomery wide open.
Such a curiosity caused quite a bit
of interest on the street and all of
the pedestrins took time out to laugh.
While visiting in Montgomery "A good
time was had by all" and a sleepy
bunch of students piled in at eleven-thirty
Sunday night for the return
trip.
Barring one puncture, the return
was made in quiet repose and the
Black Motor nosed into port about
three o'clock Monday morning.
"Rats" Put Colors
On Bank Flag Pole
Some graduates of Auburn say that
the freshmen class of this year has the
least spirit of any class that has ever
been in Auburn. Yes, they said it,
but it is all wrong. If these gradu­ates
had been in front of.the Exchange
Hotel in Montgomery last Saturday
at 11:45 a. m. they would have chang­ed
their minds.
Seven freshmen passed around their
Rat caps and collected enough money
to buy six yards of orange and six
yards of blue cloth. Getting on top
of the First National Bank building
they placed these colors on the flag­pole.
As they raised the colors the
Rats gave yells from the top of the
biulding and the students in the
streets cheered.
The Rats, R. J. Holleman, Ray Lee,
Roy N. Sellers, J. K. Beeman, Hol-stein
and one or two others were the
leaders in this display.
The public was astounded, thrilled
and joyously pleased with the outcome
of the L. S. U. game of last Saturday
The old team put forth all they had
and worked like some great machine
agains a predicted downfall. The
boys showed what they were made of,
because they were fully convinced
that the whole student body was be­hind
them to the final period.
The snake dance was the main at
traction of the game. At the half the
band went forth on the field closely
followed by more, than five hundred
students, each wild with enthusiasm
and joy, proud of the noble stand the
team was making against L. S. U.
As the band proudly marched out
on the field the students filed in close
behind in a snake dance. This lasted
until the end of the field was reached
then the band played a number of
patriotic selections until they were sta­tioned
directly in front of the student
body, there they played our alma
mater while the students sang this
beautiful song which is so cherished
by all. Immediately afterward the
band marched over to the grandstand
and played while the Rats gave a
cheer for L. S. U.
The. enthusiasm of the game ran
high and everyone's nerves were on
an edge, anxiosuly awaiting the re­turn
of the players to see what fate
held in store for them during the re­maining
two quarters. One man was
heard to remark:
"I now see why I love Auburn and
that old team, I love it because of the
fine spirit and true sportsmanship
displayed in such a gentlemanly man­ner.
CAPTAIN PICK IS
DIST. ENGINEER
It is always interesting to know of
the progress of one who has taken an
active part in our life here at Au
burn, and the news that Captain
Lewis A. Pick is to succeed Major
Elliot as District Engineer in Alaska,
is especially interesting to those who
were associated with him in the R. 0.
T. C. Unit.
Captain Pick was born in Virginia,
November 18th, 1890, graduated
from the Virginia Polytechnic Insti­tute
at Blacksburg, Va. in 1914, and
later attended the engineers school at
Fort Humphreys, Va. In 1924 he
came to Auburn to take an active part
in the military training work and
while here married Miss Alice Cary,
the daughter of Dr. Cary, one of the
most prominent doctors in the South.
In August 1925, Captain Pick was
transferred to New Orleans where he
assumed the duties of district engi­neer,
and while there distinguished
himself by his untiring efforts to
bring relief to the Mississippi Flood
sufferers. It was due in a large
measure to his knowledge and efforts
that New Orleans was saved from de­struction.
His present post will place him in
charge of the railroads, river com­merce
and other branches of military
service. We wish him every success
in his new undertaking.
Dr. F. D. McClusky, who is in Au­burn
this week giving a series of lec­tures
on college administration and
instruction, gave the freshmen a very
interesting and instructive talk, at
this weeks convocation exercises, on
"The Student and His School."
Dr. McClusky said that the experi­ences
in life are just as good in a way
as an education and used some of his
experiences in the recent World War
as a parallel to our college education.
He told of his experiences with a cer­tain
British ace who was an instructor
:.n flying and who had a great influ­ence
over all he came in' contact with.
Dr. McClusky said that our instruc­tors
here in Auburn should exert this
-ame influence over us and that we
should pick out some special instruc­tor,
whom we admire, and copy him.
In closing he compared his flying
school in France to Auburn, telling of
the respect the men over there had
for this British ace and declared that
the spirit of a school is shown by the
respect the students have for their in­structors.
Dr. McCluskey was educated in
Missouri and his Masters work in
Education at the University of Chi­cago.
He has been engaged in col­lege
teaching and administration
work at University of 111. and Purdue
University.
SalieSpeajxTo TIGERS OFF TO MEET (j |)RGIA
oniMoHyNkht ENCOURAGED BY LAST? GAME
Birmingham Man Is Third
Speaker of Series
Mr. J. E. Salie, of Birmingham,
spoke to about eighty members of the
Architectural Association last Mon­day
evening, on The Making of- An
Architectural Draftsman. Mr. Salie
himself an architect, was able to give
them many interesting points from a
valuable store of experience. He is
one of Birmingham's foremost Ar­chitects,
and is also a member of the
American Institute of Architects, an
organization know all over the world.
Mr. Salie arrived here Mopday af
ternoon from Atlanta, where he had
attended the Alabama-Tech footbal
game. He was entertained, during hi:
stay here, at the Sigma Nu Frater
nity House. Mr. Salie was the third
prominent man to speak to the Ar
:hitectural Association this semester,
and the Assocaition hopes to have
other men of note address them at
frequent intervals.
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Greatly Heartened by the Splen< a Showing
Against L. S. U., the Tigers WL„ Go To
Columbus Determined to Upset the
Team That Defeated Old Eli.
KEYS INITIATE
NEW MEMBERS
THURS. NIGHT
Students Conduct
Complimented by
Railroad Official
In view of some recent things that
have occurred on the trains it is
pleasing to note the conduct of the
students on the special train Satur­day.
An official of.the road had this
to say as the train pulled into the sta­tion
Saturday night: "Gentlemen, I
wanta to thank you for your conduct
on the train today. It has been as
good as any I have seen in any student
body." Having made the trip himself,
the writer can corroborate this state­ment.
There was no rowdyism, no
"horse play," nor any kind of conduct
unbecoming gentlemen. This fact de­notes
a decided improvement of stu­dents'
former deportment on trains,
and is very pleasing."
KAPPA KAPPA PSI
H A S INITIATION
What proved to be one of the most
interesting features of the homecom­ing
program was the demonstration
on Drake field between halves when
five members of the Auburn Band
were publicly initiated into Kappa
Kappa Psi, national honory musical
fraternity. On Monday evening the
mysteries of the fraternity were re­vealed
to P. S. Alford, Chipley, Fla.,
cornet; J. W. Stanton, Sylacauga,
bass; J. H. Nicholson, Albany, clari­net;
Ben Rives, Troy, saxaphone;
and R. L. Foster, Birmingham, solo
clarinet.' Election is based on musi­cal
ability, scholarship, character and
leadership.
Social Club Takes In
New Men
Several
The Keys, a social interfraternity
organization on the campus had their
annual initiation of pledges last
Thursday night.
The Keys was organized among the
national fraternities to bring them
closer together and maintain good
fellowship on the campus. It is an
organization of many years standing.
Members of the Keys can be disting
uished by the "Skull and Crosskeys"
that they wear.
Greatly encouraged by the great game they played
against L. S. U. last Saturday, the Auburn Tigers, accompanied
by Coach Pitts, will leave on t h e special train Saturday morn*
ing for their invasion of Columbus. Fired on by the loyal sup­port
of the student body and the pep meeting Thursday, Au­burn
expects to bring home the bacon. The wonderful game
the t e am played in Montgomery made a n impression on all who
s aw it. The t e am is playing with a greater snap and pep than
ever before. Things look more promising than at any other
time this season.
Georgia Has Team
The game should prove to Be an
exciting one. Georgia has a team
that is to be feared this year, and
with an inspired Auburn team some­thing
has got to break loose. Georgia
played a marvellous game against
Yale two weeks ago, and repeated
again last week in defeating Furman
decisively. Georgia is said to have a
much better team than last year from
results already shown this year. But
"they will be fighting a team filled
with the famous old Auburn spirit
and the outcome will be in doubt
until the final whistle announcing
that the game is over.
Team Groomed
Coach Boozer has been grooming
his charges the last week in prepara­tion
for this game. In scrimmages
with the strubs and Coach Browns
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ELECTRICAL CO.
MEN GUESTS AT
PRACTICE HOUSE
Home Economics De­partment
Entertains
At Dinner Friday
DONORS OF EQUIPMENT
ENTERTAINED AT DINNER
THIRD EGG LAYING
CONTEST TO CLOSE
The Third Alabama Egg-laying
Contest closes at sundown, Sunday,
October 23rd, 19#7. The record this
year will be much better than the first
year, possibly 20,000 more egg's hav­ing
been produced, but even so will
fall 7,000 eggs short of the second
year's record.
Officials of the contest have little
hope of any hen reaching the 300 egg
rank during the year. The only hen
approaching this mark is one owned
by Adam Glass of Mobile which has
laid 295 eggs. Four of the hens in
the contest last year reached the 300
egg mark.
The Fourth of these contests begins
November first. All the pens are
already reserved for this year.
SIZEMORE GIVEN
WRITEUP IN THE
LIONS MAGAZINE
It is always of interest to the
students to learn of any honor which
may come to either a citizen or fac­ulty
member. It is with pleasure
therefore that we publish the follow­ing
extract which appeared in an
issue of the 'Bama, a publication of
the Tuscaloosa Lions regarding Mr.
Emmett Sizemore:
Emmett Sizemore, the dynamic force
behind the roaring Lions of Auburn,
is always at his post—pushing, pull­ing
and cheering. If it takes a little
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REPORTERS CLUB
ORGANIZED HERE
A meeting of the Plainsman re­porters
was held October 9, at the
Sigma Nu house. The purpose of this
meeting was to organize a reporters
club to promote better understanding
and co-operation between the re­porters
and the officials of the
Plainsman. Mr. John Lewis was
elected president and Mr. L. W. Mat­hews,
secretary. A committee com­posed
of Mr. T. R. Gray, Mr. Harry
Wise, and Mr. Mathews was appoint­ed
to investigate reporters clubs at
other colleges. The following men
are charter members: R. A. Jones,
R. N. Sellers, F. T. England, F. M.
Guyton, T. R. Williams, E. M. Elyn,
J. D. Foy, McConnell, J. Lewis, W.
Mathews, R. L. Hume, G. T. Duncan,
J. C. Seale, W. D. Dryer, T. P.
Brown, J. W. Mills, H. H. Milligan,
Harry Wise, T. R. Gray and J. W.
Powers.
An Announcement
Glee Club practice will be held in
Langdon -Hall tonight at seven
o'clock. Placement* and assignments
will be made at this time. It is im­perative
that all be present.
P. R. BIDEZ
Prominent representatives of elec­trical
supply firms on visit to college'
were entertained at dinner in the
Home Economics Practice House
Friday night. Miss Dana Gatchall,
assistant professor of Home Econo­mics,
with the assistance of students
from the department served a delight­ful
seven course dinner to power com­pany
representatives whose firms so
generously aided in furnishing the
Practice Home with electrical equip­ment.
Many Guests
Among the guests at the dinner
were Mr. W. B. Christie, southern
manager for the Hot Point Co.; Mr.
C. L. Redd of the General Electric
Co.; Mr. A. B. Collins, commercial
manager of the Alabama Power Co.;
Miss Elizabeth Lea, chairman of the
Womans Commission of the Alabama
Power Co.; Mr. C. J. Hendon, distri­butor
for the Hot Point Co. in Geor­gia;
Mr. E. C. Easter of the Alabama
Power Co., Mr. Nichols of the, Agri­cultural
Engineering Department; Mr.
Jesse Athens of Birmingham; Mr. R.
A. Leake, Miss Louise Glanton of
the Home Economics Department.
Dr. and Mrs. Spright Dowell also
attended the dinner.
Novel Feature
A very novel feature of the enter­tainment
at the dinner Kriday night
was a court pageant presented by
home economics students. Miss Mamie
Mathews as Queen of Sheba reigned
over the pageant and at her command
the guests of the- evening were ush­ered
into her court. Here her court
attendants, Misses Irene Fletcher,
Velma Pipkin, Mamie Riley, Linnie
Cline, Bertha Dennis, Eunice Stin-net,
Myrtle Wilson, Clara Ponseve,
Lillian Dunn, Olive Gibbons, Celeste
Nesbitt, and Mrs. Era Godsey, enter­ed,.
Each bore gifts and favors. At
the queen's command, the attendants
presented the gifts to the guests as
tokens of appreciation from the Home
Economics Department.
STATE SECRETARY
YMCA VISITS HERE
Mr. J. Ward Nelson, State Y. M.
C. A. Secretary, visited Auburn on
Thursday, October the thirteenth, to
encourage the work here, and to an­nounce
that "Dad" Elliot is to be in
Auburn on Novemher 1-3 to conduct a
series of Evangelistic Services. The
Services are to begin on Tuesday :it
Freshman convocation. Night ser­vices
are to be held on Tuesday and
Wednesday nights, and the closing ser­vice
will be held on Thursday morn­ing
at the Upperclassmen convoca­tion.
\
Mr. Nelson, in private interviews
with students and to a meeting of the
Friendship Council Cabinet on Thurs­day
night, urged the cooperation of
the students in order to make the
Services a success.
ARCHITFCTS DON
COLORED SMOCKS
Last Tuesday our attention was at­tracted
to a large number of students
on the campus who were wearing
brightly colored capes- or smocks. This
custom, adopted by the students of
Architecture two years ago, is merely
an attractive way of introducing the
Architects to the rest of the student
body, and lets everyone know that the
architectural department has some
good men.
The custom was originated by Mil­ton
Smith Osborne, Professor of De­sign,
in 1925, and has since become a
fixture at Auburn. In order that
each class might receive the proper
recognition, a varied color scheme was
adopted. Freshmen were seen wear-
:ng blue, Sophomore orange, Juniors
scarlet, and the Seniors gray. A good
time was had by all and it is hoped
that these students will continue the
custom in succeeding years.
AUBURN ENGINEER
STARTS CAMPAIGN
On Monday, October 5, the Auburn
Engineer will start its subscription
campaign. There are now about 250
subscribers and the magazine is stag­ing
this campaign for an additional
250 members. The staff is striving
to obtain for the magazine a member­ship
in the "Engineering College
Magazines Associated." This Asso­ciation
has enrolled as members,
magazines from every section of the
country including The Armour Engi­neer,
Armour Institute of Technology,
Chicago, Illinois; The Colorado Engi­neer,
University of Colorada, Boulder,
Colorada; Cornell Civil Engineer, Cor­nell
University, Ithaca, New York;
Technograph, University of Illinois,
Urbana, Illinois; Penn State Engi­neer,
Pennsylvania State College,
State College , Pennsylvania; and
many others.
For the rest of the week, the Engi­neer
will be displayed in the window
of the Student Supply Shop beside
other Engineering magazines for
comparison. The Engineer is one of
the youngest engineering magazines
yet it puts out as many and as large
issues as most any.
To be eligible for membership in
the E. C. M^ A. the magazine must
have 500 paid subscriptions. It means
much prestige and honor to the Au­burn
Engineer to become a member
and a greater honor to Auburn for
having a magazine in this association.
Every Engineer and Architect^ who
has not subscribed to this interesting
magazine is urged to do so and help
to make the campaign a success.
Pa*« a
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Editor-in-chief
EDITORIAL STAFF
C. D. Greeatree, '28 Associate Editor
R. C. Cargile, '28 Associate Editor
C. R. DeArman, '29 Associate Editor
J. B. McMillan, '29 Managing Editor
Ludwig A. Smith, '29 News Editor
Coke Matthews, '29 Associate News Editor
J. W. Powers, '28 Proofreader
J. E. Taylor, '30 _ Proofreader
Max Kahn, '28 '. Sports Editor
Chas. Ingersoll, '29 __ Ass't. Sports Editor
Geo. Ashcraft, '29 __ Ass't. Sports Editor
Ueleste Nesbitt, '28 Co-ed Editor
J. W. Randle, '28 Exchange Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 Humor Editor
REPORTERS
J. W. Mills, '30; J. D. Salter, '30; G. N.
Sparrow, '30; Harry Wise, '29; S. S.
Tatum, '28; R. B. Kelso, '30; Chas.
Howard^ '30; V. Savage, Jr. '30.
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Mike likes the Auburn Spirits.
We should have given the L. S. U. Tigers
a goose egg for dinner.
In spite of all the wild newspaper tales
the student body showed a football loving
public what spirit is.
It seems incredible that a bulldog could
lick a tiger but that has been the outcome
^ior many years. Should we always follow
traditions?
dents of that university attribute its fail­ure
to the absence of five vital factors
necessary for effective student control. The
factors are:
1. Interest by the student body.
2. Election of qualified candidates to of­ficial
positions.
3. Sufficient power invested in the gov­erning
body by the university.
4. Support of the administrative officers.
5. Presence of two well organized stu­dent
political parties recognized by the uni
versity authorities.
IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT:
The Auburn Tigers gloriously fought and
held the team that tied Alabama to nine
points; these being made through breaks,
so to speak. Yes siree—the Auburn Tigers
showed Mike a thing or two. And we won­der
if, way down deep in his heart, hi
wasn't extremely proud of his old pfeyer,
Boozer. We wonder, too, if he wouldn't be
glad to have in his services now a Boozer?
Mike, Auburn is still on the map.
Today our Tigers do battle with the team
that licked Yale. And they too may come
to realize that the Auburn Tiger is still
rough on Bulldogs.
Even though our sister institution—Ala­bama
had a hard day Saturday, there is
still a chance for her to again win the
southern conference championship—that
is, if—
Mike Fisher is travelling again and will
no doubt be back at his old tricks of gain­ing
yardage on the gridiron pretty soon.
Bull Andress crawled -out of bed Monday
morning exclaiming that he heard the mer­cury
drop in the thermometer around foui
bells.
The" Ideal Laundry is gaining a reputa­tion
along with other phases of this lovely
village.
Pigs may be pigs, but bulldogs aren't in­sured
a safe outcome after meeting the Au­burn
Tigers.
We Can—We Must—beat Georgia!
Table manners indicate whether one has
been well bred, raised or just allowed to
grow up. We are sometimes prone to over­look
some of the little things that go to
make up a life of culture and refinement.
The day has come where a college is a
group of buildings behind a stadium. Con­ditions
in the realm of collegiate football
are far worse than in profession baseball.
The time is not far distant when there will
be no football in colleges. We do not want
a commercialized educational system. We
still contend that a college president should
not be the one who is paid with the funds
that are left after the coaches are given
their checks.
Those in the old school are constantly
calling our attentions to the glorious past
of the colleges. We do not survey their
.viewpoint with utter disdain but with no
small amount of condemnation. We ap­preciate
the fact that much can be learned
from history but the present generation is
looking into the new day. We moderns
are too much inclined to forget the past
although we regard those with reverence
who cherish it. There is a certain freedom
that has manifested itself in collegiate
circles in recent years. This is the spirit
of transcendentalism—of a renaissance in
student thought and actions.
One of the most interesting events of the
season is to soon be enacted on Ag Hill
when the furrow followers will stage a
harvest celebration. This year the ag fair
will be of a different character than those
of previous years. Many new and original
ideas have been brought forth to make the
occasion one of interest not only to those in
the agricultural college but to the entire
student body.
What is our duty while in college? This
question often arises. We will strive to
answer it from the students point of view.
Although it may "not be evident we are in
college to get an education. All else should
be subordinate to thiB one issue. First let
us say that it is of major importance to
give strick attention to one's classwork.
But this is not all in life. It does not pay
to have a high scholastic rating at the ex­pense
of loss in personal contact. The de-'1
velopment of personality and character is
one of the main benefits of a college educa­tion.
Some time should be devoted to stu­dent
activities but.
."Classify students according to their
capacities and abilities and train them
accordingly. That is the way by which'
the problem of misfits may be eliminated
in our colleges today," was the statement
of Dr. Hayes in an address at the Univer­sity
of North Carolina. He denounced the
present system of education.
Student government at the University
of Arkansas has failed. Prominerft stu-
UNFAVORABLE PUBLICITY FOR
AUBURN
During the past few days, Auburn has
been the recipient of quite a bit of uncall­ed
for publicity, some of which was of a
nature that did not bespeak the truth, and
some which was true.
Just why some reporters should stretch
their imaginations to such a degree as
would cause them to turn'in such stories to
the various newspapers of the State, we
cannot understand. -
One striking instance of the untrue be­ing
publisherd may be shown in the fol­lowing,
which was taken' from one of- the
daily papers recently. "That a censor-sihp
has been maintained over students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, who
hae not been permitted to advise their rel­atives
and friends of conditions at the
institute is the charge made by members
of the senior class in explanation of raids
on coaches of the Western Railway of
Alabama during the night hours of last
week."
Upon investigation, we find that the
students have made no such charges, and
that such statements are absurd, to say
the least. Who could expect any^sane-minded
person to believe any such tommy-rot,
if he should see it in one of the pa­pers?
The only purpose an article, like
the one which the above extract was taken
from, pan possibly serve is to hold the stu­dent
body of Auburn up to scorn.
Another statement which appeared in
the papers with regard to the train raid
was that some of the students were ar­rayed
m pajamas. This is another untrue
statement. No Auburn man has gone that
far from the paths of decency. It is to
be regretted that these false statements
have-gotten into print over the state and
we hope that the people will see the un­truthfulness
of such reports through the
ridiculous side of these statements.
Auburn men are as peaceable and as
gentlemanly as the students of any other
institution of learning. The fact that some
fifty freshmen raided a train and commit­ted
other acts that do not meet with public
approval does not mean that Auburn has
lost her sense of honor and dignity. Out
of a student body of sixteen hundred boys
and girls, only a few, possibly fifty, took
part in the raid. The other fifteen hun­dred-
fifty did not approve of it in the
least. Yet, it seems that the impression
has gotten out among the people of the
state that the whole student body was in­volved
in the melee, where in reality, only
about two or three per cent of them-were
in it.
No, Auburn men are still gentlemen by a
large majority, and will continue to be
gentlemen regardless of the unfavorable
publicity which they have received through
the hands of some mis-informed news ar­ticles.
We, as Auburn men, hope that in
the future, such reports as the above men­tioned
will be left out of the newspapers.
There is no truth in them, and all they
do is create false impressions on the out­side
among those who are not intimately
connected with our institution.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEAK
Saturday, Oct. 15. We pay six dollars
for a bottle to find that it is only water.
Did Womans College appropriate your last
fifty cents too?
Sunday, Oct. 16. Bond issue to pave fra­ternity
row floated—down ag creek.
Monday, Oct. 17. The zoo seems to have
become a vertiable oasis if we judge by
the growing number of dates. It seems
that the average collegian likes that fruit
best.
Tuesday, Oct. 18. Frank Malone declares
thaft he works for the joy of working for
the goed of things as they ought to be.
Wednesday, Oct. 19. Volume thirty-one
will come out next year was the statement
of the management when asked when the
year book would be completed.
Thursday, Oct. 20. According to P. R.
Bidez, director, the Auburn Band will play
new hymns at the show to be presented
soon.
Friday, Oct. 21. Officials declare their
intentions of moving Columbus across the
river for the game. Heartily endorsed by
followers of/ Bacchus. Assistance of En­gineers
unit needed.
Saturday, Oct. 22. We do not choose to
make any statements about the game.
With Other Colleges
The final touch necessary to make foot­ball
as foolproof as other high-powered
business has been supplied by Northwest­ern
University. Student ticket-passports,
bearing portraits of their owners, must be
presented for admittance to the games. Stu­dent
ticket managers explain the new
wrinkle as a means of preventing students
from selling their reservations.
* * * * *
The "Erskine Mirror" announces the
eighty-eighth annual opening of the col­lege.
Erskine hoMs-the distinction of being
the oldest denominational college In that
state.
* * * * *
At the University of Georgia the co-eds
ace to have a drum, fife and bugle crops.
Twenty-two women will make up this addi­tion
to the university activities.
* * * * *
Columbia University, on October 12, dedi­cated,
with international ceremonies, its
news center of Italian culture, Casa Ital-iana.
The King and Queen of Italy have
sent two paintings to be hung in the new
building, and the Italian government is ex­pected
to send other art objects. Premier
Mussolini has appointed a special committee
to select the furniture for the Casa.
* * * * *
The football honor system has taken hold
of three Vermont colleges which have an­nounced
that no scouting of conference
teams will be carried on this year. Middle-bury,
Vermont and Norwich colleges are
the ones in the agreement^ Students and
the alumni of the instnitutions concerned
have been asked to refrain from sending in­formation
dealing with the rival teams.
This gentlemanly pact is limited to the
three schools, however, and is no bar to the
scouting of other teams.
* * * * *
Women students at Ohio Wesleyan will
be expelled from the university if guilty of
smoking, President John W. Hoffman has
informed parents of entering registrants.
A ban on student automobiles and student
marriages has also been emphasized. Wo­men
may dance if they present written re­quests
from their parents, but no student
may attend out-of-town dances. To all of
which the president had added an invita­tion
for prospective students who do not
approve of the rules, to seek their educa­tion
elsewhere. Wesleyan students, left
only with the right to speak (in modera­tion),
are asking for a ban on examina­tions,
the only bit of universel college pro­cedure
not out-lawed by the president.
* * * * *
University of Michigan Freshman en­rollment
is 200 less this year than last. To
the suggestion that the university's ban on
automobiles is responsible for the reduction,
President C. C. Little.said, "If enrollment
has decreased because of the automobile
restriction, I am glad of it."
' • • * • *
The United States Military Academy, at
West Point, celebrates its one hundred
twenty-fifth year with the opening of the
fall term.
* * * * *
Insufficient enrollment has resulted in
the cancellation of the proposed round-the-world
cruise of the co-educational floating
university, the Aurania. The 214 students
who had registered for the tour, which was
to have started October 16, must find other
educational opportunities for the year. De­spite
the abandoment of the tour this year,
plans are being made to carry out the pro­gram
next year. A. J. Mcintosh, in charge
of the cruise reiterates his faith in the
value of the co-educational university.
The Cincinnati Symphony "Orchestra
have dedicated their first concert to the
University of Cincinnati. The program to
be presented features as soloist one of the
students of the university. \ '
Blind Tiger
Father: "Son, what does this 60 on your
report mean?"
Son: "I don't know, unless it's the tem­perature
of the room."
"Miss Curel," said the office manager
apologetically to his stenographer one
morning, "I would suggest that you do not
write letters to your young man during of­fice
hours. Smith & Co. report that we
sent them a shipment of love and kisses in­stead
of the tar and axle grease they or­dered."
They can't be any dumber
Than little Lottie Skinner;
She thinks they ring dumb-bells
To call deaf mutes to dinner.
He was boring her Jo tears when in came
her dog. "Ah," he exclaimed, "have you
taught him any more new tricks since I
was here last?"
"Yes," she said sweetly, "if you whistel,
he will bring your hat."
Street-car passenger: "Do you charge
for children?"
Conductor: "Under six we do not."
rell, I have only five."
A Topeka millman tells about a tin roof
of a Kansas store that was torn off and
rolled into a compact bundle by a cyclone.
Having a sense of humor the owner wrap­ped
a few strands of bailing wire around
the ruin and shipped it to Henry Ford. In
due time came the communication saying:
"It will cost-you $48.50 to have your car
repaired. For heaven's sake, tell us what
hit you."
Innocence may be bliss, but you sure let
a lot of good jokes get'by you.
"You've got a cold."
"Yeah."
"How'd you get it?"
"Slept in a field last nite, and someone
left the gate open."
"He's leaving his umbrella again. He's
probably the absent minded professor who
would leave his head if it were not attach­ed."
"Guess you're right, I heard him say only
yesterday that he was going to Switzerland
for his lungs."
"My dad is a Moose, an Elk, an Eagle,
and a Lion." ^
"Gosh, how much does it cost to see
him?"
It was during the war on this side of the
water. A rookie was travelling to town
on his first over-night leave.
"Say," inquired the conductor, "what dya
men by salutin' me so much? I ain't no
army officer."
"I know you ain't," replied the rookie
promptly, "but anything will do to practice
Love is what leads sensible men to spend
hours of valuable time listening to a girl
giggle?- s.
OUR POET SINGS
About Georgia
We have small fear of U. of G.
We think we'll hold 'em scoreless,
A great big bite they'll try to get . . . .
The apple will be coreless.
—R. W. Burton.
Football Staff
We hear they are of "Dreadnaught" size
And "scared-o-nothing we,
When Greek meets Greek, then we surmise,
. We'll see what we shall see.
I
Once in a while to Auburn's team
There comes a sore defeat,
But Auburn's built in such a way
That she will ne'er stay beat.
Our patience we can exercise
For there is ground for hope
And Hope holds high her flaming torch
In spite of all the dope.
- R. W. Burton.
THEN AND NOW
Reminiscences from the Orange and Blue,
Issue of Saturday, Oct. 19, 1912
Auburn easily defeats the Clemson Ti­gers,
headlines.
* * * * *
'Twas a song of a different tune this sea­son,
when the. squad journeyed to the op­posing
Tiger's lair, only to be defeated
to the tune of 3 to 0.
But "them days are gone forever"—-our
team has come into, its own again, and is
fully able to give considerable 'ell to the
team that tied the mighty Crimson Tide.
And what's more, it is going to show the
team that went north and defeated Yale a
thing or two. From this day forward watch
that team strut I
' The Pi K A's opened their new colonial
« BOOK REVIEW H
THE DECLINE OF AN ARTIST: SHER­WOOD
ANDERSON
Any competent critic of modern litera­ture
would, I feel certain, name Sherwood
Anderson not less than third or fourth
among those of importance in America now
writing prose. He has won to this position
through a series of books which have shown
a tender and profoundly sympathetic un­derstanding
of certain phases of American
life. But within the last three years he
has published books which show a marked
decline in his powers to envision character
and to tell a-story. A new book by him is
the signal for rising hopes that he has re­turned
to the field where he is pre-eminent
among American authors. In this latest
book, A Netv Testament, one's hopes are
not only unfilled but they are further low­ered.
Anderson's importance as an artist
seems definitely-to be in decline.
The matter in the book at hand may be
called prose or poetry, as; one wishes, but
probably is best names as poetic prose. It
consists of a number of psalm-like frag­ments,
which together may be taken as the
testament of the author's artistic faith.
They show an intense pre-occupation with
what goes on in the mind of a sensitive man
but is; never uttered, because these thoughts
are chaotic and unordered and have only
snatches of meaning. Here these vague
rumblings of thought are set down porten­tously,
from which they seem to gain a sig­nificance
I fear they do not possess, a pro­fundity
they cannot sustain. Often these
dream-like mosaics of words have a strange
beauty that comes from their intense sub­jectivity,
or from the quick insight into
fumbling men that has characterized An­derson's
best work. But "Words, words!"
one is likely to exclaim before the end is
reached, weary of the purple words and the
unending posturing of the author.
Putting aside this present volume, I
should call attention-to those books which
have given Sherwood Anderson his still un­questionable
position in American letters.
He began his career with three novels,
Windy McPherson, Marching Men, and
Poor White, that struck a new note of pro­found
sincerity. In them were seen the
real feelings of a man at variance with the
current notions of success, and who was
dreaming of the possibilitey of men setting
/home on Gay street with a housewarming
dance Saturday night. Punch was served
in the den.
* * * * *
We revel with glory in the memory of
those good old days, even though we of
the present reign were minors at that time,
and were not allowed to participate. Those
were the days of our dads; 'twould have
been quite interesting, no doubt, to have
peeped in on them just for a minute.
At a class election, J. A. Key was elect­ed
Orator of the Senior Class. He also
served as Editor of the Orange and Blue
throughout the year, distinguishing him­self
in both phases of activity.
* * * * * " •
So it was with S. H. Lynne last session.
Holding down identical flanks to Mr. Key
made a very enviable record. His work
in these activities set forth no end of
good influence for Auburn. Fifteen for
"Seedie"!
Road trip* for Band—Goes to Selma; also
to Alabama Girls Industrial Institute at
Montevallo, and Jacksonville College at
Marion. The Band was made up of twen­ty-
five pieces; one week trip.
* * * * *
This was during the days when the
famous Auburn Band was in its infancy,
so to speak. But it undoubtedly made a
grand impression on its hearers even in
those days; Auburn boys are still going to
Montevallo! We'd hardly dare risk our
Band there now, however; we can hardly
spare a single one of them—and it would
be a bit difficult to place a female mem­ber
in the ranks of the Barfd! So there.
Gala bonfire and nightshirt parade
staged. Rats revel in "Street Fair" occa­sion.
Old men are reminded of the good
old days that gave birth to the incompar­able
Auburn Spirit.
* * * * *
And this remmds'us of the recent similar
"rip-roaring" good time we had. Who said
the Auburn Spirit is dead? Surely no one
could who saw or heard this demonstration.
Old residents of Auburn commented oh
it as being the livliest rally seen here in
years. If you aren't possessed with the
Auburn Spirit, better get busy and pick up
a bit of this surplus that's escaping all
over town.
Editorial commenting on the good spirit
displayed before the Fla. team.
* * * * *
This same splendid spirit is still to be
found at games, and. is destined to carry
on with the good name of Auburn through­out
the coming ages.
themselves suddenly free from sham. These
were the books of a dreamer of high, im­possible
attainments, but in them also were
evidences of the power of observation and
understanding and power over words which
were to make his next book an American
masterpiece. Winesburg, Ohio was publish­ed
in 1921; and at once its truth and sin­cerity,
its living and moving characters,
made for the book a permanent place. I
feel certain that of all the books produced
during the movement which has been called
"the' revolt from the village," two only will
survive because of sheer merit: Spoon River
Anthology, because of the strikingly original
form and the power of the deeply etched
portraits; and Winesburg Ohio, because of
the artistic finish and the intensely seen
truth and significance of the tales. His
people in this book may have been unsuc­cessful,
irresponsible, or weakly aspiring,
always frail and wistful and yearning, .but
they were always individuals who could be
understood by the emotional adolescents
most people are. Anderson wrote of them
tenderly and sympathetically, stressing their
fancies and feeling a pathetic sadness that
their lives should be so unmeaning. All this
was done with a remarkably adequate style,
with what I should call on objective use
of words to express very subjective anlyses
of character and feeling. His words were
fresh and unspoiled, and they marched on
their very clear path in a naive, unassuming
manner. One felt that here was a book in
which genuiness was stamped on every
page; truth was in it as no other book of
its time.
In this manner Anderson wrote two other
books of tales and short stories The Xriumph
of the Egg, and Horses and Men, which
carried on and developed the power he had
displayed. The former book contains at
least one of the finest short stories written
in America, and the second, while not so
fresh and naive as formerly, records tales
of common men and women who are com­pletely
visualized and left living on the
page. With Winesburg and these two books,
plus an occasional story he has told since,
Anderson has established himself as the
greatest short story writer we have in this
country at present. He has a gnuis for a
tale, and a genius for telling it as the story
itself deserves to be told. The American
short story, in the hands of all except An­derson
and possibly two others, has become
merely another machine-made product, from
which all life has been squeezed in the ap­plication
of the formula. Anderson's tales
have-'life in them-because he knows that
not all the meaning at the core of life is
expressed by outward acts and speech, and
because he is not afraid to resort to sym­bolism.
His work is important as the
stories of de Maupassant and Chekhov are
important in literature, not in the same
manner, but for the same reason: that life
is caught and held in them.
In the succeeding books, Many Marriages
and Dark Laughter, Anderson has lost all
his fresh, naive qualities and become a so­phisticated,
self-conscious author intent on
rendering the last thoughts and fancies of
his characters. As a result, he has become
vague, because his pre-occupa.tion with
words, healthy at first, has led him to ex­perimentation
with them for their own sake
There is page after page in Dark Laughter
that is barren of meaning, but crowded with
splendid, enchanctment-weaving words. The
influence of Joyce is too much to be seen;
and in the resulting confusion the delicate
threads of the story are lost irretrievably.
The decay of the story-teller in him had
set in.
The decline that has been noted became
shaper as two or three other books have
appeared within the last two years. He has
been concerned solely with himself in A
Storyteller's Story and in fat, and the self-dramatization
on an empty stage has be­come
distasteful and repelling. He has
descended into sentimentality of a refined
sort, but is unquestionably that worst of all
literary blights that has come upon him.
His words show the change: now they strut
proudly, and bear banners, and leave the
straightforward way they once had fol­lowed.
The emotion, especially in A New
Testament, to come back to it, is unreal and
vague, trumped up to fit a fine phrase, put
in after thm mould has been made.
One regrets the decline that has come
upon Anderson the artist, for he has yet
more power than most writers in America,
and a more individual mind. That all hope
for h15"reclamation is not gone is evidenced
by an occasional tale he tells in the course
of a book, like the splendid story "Death
in the Woods" which is a chapter in Tar.
But to regain a faith in implicity and a
mood of tenderness is no easy task: water
can as easily run uphill. Yet this author
who was led into literature through wonder
at his own deep, vague feelings, and an un­derstanding
of such feelings in others, may
interpret more of life to us in books to fol­low
this. Just now, however, if the appear­ance
of this book so little worthy of at­tention
will serve to recall one of the great
books of modern American literature,
Winesburg, Ohio, and to win new readers
for Anderson, it will have served well.
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Rocking chairs have been placed in
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building of Emory university,
and when students assembled there
Friday to hear lectures on history,
economics, journalism, and socialogy,
they were able to listen with more
ease than the former straight-backed
immovable class, room chairs afforded.
These chairs have broad arms on
which books and pads may be placed,
and the rockers afford an outlet for
whatever accumulation of nervous
energy the students are not able to
devote to their pursuit of learning.
In case a lecture on the marvels of
journalism becomes soothing to the
restless spirit of youth, this soothing
effect can be accompanied by a leisure
ly and killing movement of the rock
ers. And presumably during the in-tenser
moments of lectures on the di-divisions
of Charlemagne's empire
and on inherited tendencies and ac­quired
characteristics, the students
may express their excitement by rock­ing
violently. No instances, however,
were reported Friday of the students'
zeal for knowledge provoking such an
excessive degree of rocking as to up­set
their chairs.
Members of the Emory faculty who
will discourse to swaying classes are
Dr. E. H. Johnson, dean of business
administration; Dr. Theodore Jack,
dean of the graduate school; Dr. Com­er
Woodward, dean of men, and Ray­mond
Nixon, assistant to the presi­dent.
JONES' AUBURN COLLEGI-ATES
GO TO MANCHESTER
(Continued from Page 1.)
Chesterfield smokers
don't change with
the traffic signals
•. . but watch how other smokers are changing to Chesterfield!
the dance began, the strains of the
band being intermingled with the hi­larious-
cheering of the numerous Geor­gia
rooters present. If the Georgia
boys thought they could phase the
Auburn Collegiates, they were badly
mistaken; for at the end of every
piece, the orchestra gave an Auburn
yell. They told those fellows right
then that "We Can, Me Must, We
Shall—BEAT GEORGIA!" The Col­legiates
certainly deserve praise for
wnat they did that night. They
foundN Manchester a Georgia town—
they left it an Auburn town.
Max has a big future planned for
his orchestra. Not only will it play
for all the "A" Club dances, but, dur­ing
the Christmas Holidays, it will
make an extended tour of Southern
Alabama and Georgia. But in the
very near future—it will play at the
Georgia-Auburn Dances. These will
be held Friday before the game from
9 to 1 P. M. and Saturday from 9 to
12 P. M. in the ballroom of the Ralston
Hotel, Columbus. Everybody be there
and show 'em that Auburn can "take"
another Georgia town.
The pep and spirit that that bunch
showed is a sure indication of the
confidence they feel in the- team.
When the old Auburn spirit is working
like it is now, all we can say is "Watch
out, Georgia." Because we can, we
must, beat Georgia.
The probable lineup will be:
Burns, LE; Carter, LT; Andress,
LG; Paterson, C; Garner, RG; Cun­ningham,
RT; Ingram, RE; Hodges,
QB; Ellis, HB; Crawford, HB;
Shotts, FB.
TIGERS OFF TO MEET GEORGIA
ENCOURAGED BY LAST GAME
Imrn.Ala.
(Continued from Page 1.)
freshmen they have been showing up
exceedingly well. The line is playing
as a man, all charging at the same
time. And of course we know how
they showed up on defense last Sat­urday,
often breaking through and
throwing the L. S. U. backs for a loss.
The backfield men have been prac­ticing
on passes and trick running
plays, Coach Pitts having given them
a whole bag of tricks to use in the
coming game.
Fisher Out
It is feared that injuries will
greatly hamper the team. .. Mike Fish­er
is still unable to play, not having
recovered from the injury he sustain­ed
in the game last Saturday. Snitz
Snider, the speed merchant, is suf­fering
from a charley horse, and it
is doubtful if he will see much if any
service in the comming affray. Tay­lor,
who scored against Florida, is
another who probably will not get in
the game. Callahan, who has been
running at full, is also out with an in­jury.
The loss of Snider and Fisher
is a hard break, but with the old Au­burn
spirit working as it is the team
is prepared to fight to the last breath.
Ellis, Hartselle, Crawford, Peake,
and Shotts can be counted on to do
their bit in advancing the ball when
it comes their time to act. The quar­terbacks
are all that anyone could
want. And if that line plays the
brand of football it displayed in
Montgomery, it is a sure thing that
Georgia will not run any plays over
them.
Ovation Given
The Tigers were given a great
ovation at the mass meeting Thursday
night. It seemed as if the entire stu­dent
body plus the population of both
Opelika and Loachapoka were there.
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WAPI Announces
Program For Week
Programs broadcast from Station
WAPI during the week beginning
Monday, October 24, will include musi­cal,
educational, and athletic features.
Football fans will have an oppor­tunity
to listen to play by play re­ports
of the Auburn-Howard and of
the Alabama-Mississippi A. & M.
games. These reports will begin at
2 o'clock, October 29. The station is
operating on a wave length of 319
meters or 940 kilocycles.
Monday noon, vocal selection by
Evelyn Smith and the studio quartet.
Prof. C. K. Brown will give Auburn
news notes, and Prof. D. G. Sturkie
will give instructions on preserving
seed corn.
Tuesday noon, October 25, studio
trio with Jerry Feagin, soloist. Miss
Henrietta Thompson will discuss ex­tension
teaching and correspondence
courses in home economics work.
Tuesday night, beginning at 9,
classical selections by the studio or­chestra.
Prof. Kenneth Daughrity
will present a book review.
Wednesday noon, October 26, or­chestra
program. Prof. J. C. Grimes
on a livestock topic.
Thursday noon, October 27, solos by
Rev. 0. D. Langston, and string music
by Bob McKinnon and Allen.Francis.
A religious topic by Rev. Milligan
Earnest. A chat with the alumni by
Prof. J. V. Brown, and results of the
rate of fertilizing cotton in 1927 by
R. Y. Bailey.
Thursday night, beginning at 9,
classical selections by the studio or­chestra.
Friday noon, October 28, popular
Victor releases will be played during
the Jesse French Victor program.
"Aunt Sammy" will discuss a home
economics topic.
Friday night, musical program by
the studio orchestra, and by artists
from the Chattahoochee Valley.
Saturday noon, October 29, vocal
selections and duets by L. R. Simp­son
and Walter Samford. Prof. J. R.
Rutland will discuss the Sunday
School lesson.
Saturday afternoon, beginning at 2
o'clock, a play by play report of the
Auburn-Howard and of the Alabama-
Mississippi A. & M. football games.
as the "instructor of instructors." Dr.
McClusky is at Auburn this week for
the purpose of giving lectures to the
professors and instructors.
The speaker brought out the fact
that the outstanding characteristic of
an educated man is tolerance, toler­ance
for ideas of other people. He
said: "The experience of football and
baseball players, while on the field,
leads them to tolerance because at
one instant the fans will be cheer­ing
but at the next instant if a mis­take
is made they will be criticising
the players.
Having seen service in the A. E. F.
the speaker told many interesting
war stories.
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"What are the things that come to
us while in college and later in life
that really make a man of us?" was
the subject discussed by Dr. F. D.
McClusky from Scarbfough School,
N. Y. at upperclassman convocation.
Dr. Dowell introduced the speaker
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THE PLAINSMAN
I
SPORTS Get Georgia SPORTS
L S. U. BARELY WINS OVER
AUBURN BY 9 TO 0 SCORE
It was in the last five minutes of
the game that Mike Donahue's Tigers
overcame Boozer Pitt's Tigers in the
first College tilt that Montgomery has
seen this year. The Plainsmen put
up more fight than tfhey have in any
other game this year. It happened
like this:
First Quarter
Ingram, of the Plainsmen, kicked
off to Haynes who was out of bounds
on his 25-yard line. Louisiana State
off side. Godfrey lost yard on run
around Auburn's right end. Haynes
punted to Hodges who returned to
his own 44-yard line. Shotts out of
bounds. Hodges two yards through
center. Fisher one yard off right
tackle.
Crawford punted to L. S. U.'s 25-
yard line. Auburn off sides on first
play. Haynes around Auburn's left
end for six yards and first down.
Brown lost three yards. Haynes
around Auburn's end for two yards.
A pass was grounded. Mason punted
and Hodges was stopped on own 25
yard line. Crawford attempted end
run around his right end.
Crawford punted out of bounds on
his own 45 yard line. Both teams off
side on first play. Brown 6 yards
around Auburn's right end. Haynes
failed to gain. Haynes made first
down off left tackle, being first down
by inches.
The ball was on Auburn's 34-yard
line. Haynes failed to gain. Shotts
intercepted a pass on his own 30-yard
line.
Fisher got two yards. Fisher lost a
"yard. Crawford punted to Haynes,
and was stopped by Ingram, who was
hurt on the play. The ball was on
L. S. U.'s 33 yard line. Ingram re­covered.
Haynes got two yards. In­gram
threw Brown for, 6 yard loss.
Haynes punted to Hodges, who re­turned
it to 34 yard line. Stump re­placed
Vineyard for Louisiana State.
Crawford failed to gain. Shotts
through center for two yards. Craw­ford
punted to Haynes, who was
stopped by Burns. Burns threw
Haynes for a 3-yard loss. The quar­ter
ended with the Plainsmen fighting
hard. (
Score: L. S. U. 0; Auburn 0.
Second Quarter.
The ball was on L. S. U.'s 30 yard
line. Haynes punted out of bounds
.on Auburn's 40 yard line. Spinks
replaced Garner. Mike Fisher went
off left tackle for four yards. Weaver
replaced Swanson for Louisiana.
Shotts a yard through center.
Fisher failed to gain. Crawford
punted to Godfrey, who was stopped
on his own 20 yard line. Hayjjes fail­ed
to gain. Shannon replaced Burns.
Brown failed to gain on wide end run.
Haynes punted to Auburn's 42 yard
line.
A pass from Fisher was incomplete.
Shotts a yard. Hodges failed to gain.
Crawford punted to Haynes who
brought it back 23 yards. It was on
his own 43 yard line. Morgan re­placed
Brown for L. S. U. Haynes
failed to gain, but gained a yard on
next play. Godfrey failed to gain.
Haynes punted 33 yards to Hodges,
who returned 5 yards.
Hodges failed to gain. Crawford
gained 6 yards. Fisher got 2 yards.
Crawford punted to Haynes who re­turned
the ball to his own 38 yard
line. Stovall failed _on line plunge
but Auburn was off sides.
Haynes failed on line buck. Long
replaced Ingram. Haynes punted to
Auburn's 15 yard line. Shotts got
two yards but fumbled. L. S. U. re­covered,
but the refree's whistle had
blown. Crawford punted and Haynes
returned to Auburn's 38 yard line.
A pass, Godfrey to Neesom, netted 8
yards. Peake replaced Hodges.
Another pass was incomplete. A pass,
Godfrey to Neesom, made first down,
and the third for L. S. U. Then two
more passes were tried, but were
grounded. Auburn's ball on her own
30 yard line. Fisher made four yards.
Ellis replaced Fisher and lost a yard.
Here the quarter ended. In the first
half L. S. U. made three first downs
and Auburn none. Score: Auburn
0; L. S. U. 0.
The Auburn Band marched on the
field, and played while the student
body gave a demonstration.
(Continued on Page 6.)
Open Practice to
Be Observed in
Future by Pitts
"Boozer" A«k» for Cooperation of
Student* in Rejecting Poachers
During the regime of John E. Pitts,
better known as "Boozer", open prac­tice
will be in vogue at Drake field.
All the students are requested to come
out. They should take an interest in
the team, and should show that they
are standing behind them by means of
their presence. So, get in line and
watch the boys strut.
Students, there is only one objec­tion
to open practices and Coach
"Boozer" is depending on the stu^.
dents to make good that flaw. By
open practice, is meant practice that
is absolutely open to the entire student
body and all others that you know are
for Auburn, love Auburn and would
fight for Auburn. If any person of
objectional attitude and unknown by
students is seen poaching on the boys,
please report that person to someone
on the field and his presence will be
investigated. Help Coach "Boozer"
by doing this and open practice will
be continued.
"Boozer" declares that the above
rule will be followed from now on
with the possible exception of some
Thursdays and Fridays whence may
want to give the gridders a bit of
inside dope. So lets cooperate and
go out whenever possible.
Back that Team! Back "Booze?!"
Back Auburn!
Cross Country Men
Hold First Tryout;
Duncan is Captain
Buster Duncan was unanimously
elected captain of the cross country
team for the coming year, last week,
getting every vote cast except his own.
He has been on the cross country
team for the last two years, always
working his best for Auburn. It will
be remembered that in the B. A. C.
annual road race last which, which
was decisively won by Auburn, Dun­can
finished' thirteenth out of a field
comprising the cream of the South's
'distance men.
The first tryou'ts were held the
first of the week. The best time was
that of the newly elected captain, he
going around the course in the time
of 17:58. Aldrich, of last year's
squad, placed second. Third place
was captured by Mills. Helms was
fourth, Teague fifth, Morrow sixth
Walters seventh, Hicks eighth, Mc
Clendon ninth, Turner tenth, Clayton
eleventh, -Yancey twelfth, Wilcox
thirteenth, Mathews fourteenth, Coop­er
fifteenth, and Dyal sixteenth.
The first meet the team participates
will be a dual meet with the Univer
sity of Georgia. The date has not as
yet been definitely decided upon, but
will be settled the last of this week.
The next meet for the Auburn har­riers
is with Georgia Tech in Atlanta
on November 11. The final and most
important meet will be the B. A. C.
Annual Roadrace. in Birmingham.
The date for the race this year has
not been announced yet, but wiL
most probably be the first week in
December.
Prospects this year look good, even
if not so good as at this time last year.
Of course the team will miss the ser­vices
of Shorty Morrow and Collum
and one or two others, but the team
is coached by one of the best track
coaches in the South and it is reason­able
to expect that he will turn out
as good a team as ever. The team has
gotten thoroughly limbered up during
the last three weeks, and are now
going to work in earnest. And any­one
who doesn't think it is work just
let him get out and try to run even
three miles. The boys are now in
pretty good shape, and rattled off a
snappy five miles last Wednesday.
Rats Play Tulane
Rats Saturday in
New Orleans, La.
Coach Brown and a squad of
twenty-one freshmen will leave Fri­day
morning for New Orleans to en­gage
in a tilt with the Tulane fresh­men.
The rat team now looks better
than at any other time this season,
and Tulane can look forward to a
hard game. Coach Brown has devel­oped
a strong team of fighting foot­ball
men who should be a credit to the
institution they represent.
The rats have been working hard
for the last two weeks in preparation
for this game. They did not have a
game scheduled last week, and with a
two weeks lay off should be in fight-ng
trim Saturday. The freshmen
have been getting some mighty good
training lately in the scrimmages
with the varsity, and have been show­ing
up good in them. One day last
week the freshmen were playing a
defensive game only, the varsity
having possession of the ball trying
out their offense, but nevertheless the
rats were able to tally three touch
downs. Two of these were made by
-cooping up fumbles and tearing over
the goal line, Jacobs and Harkins
shining therein. The third touch­down
was made by Chambless, who
intercepted a pass and ran thirty-five
yards. In addition to these, Bell at
half has been showing up real good
and alsb proving that he is a decep­tive
broken field runner. Otherr
showing up well have been Sheehan
Creel, and Brown.
The men making the trip are:
Creel, LE; Jacobs, LT; Sommer-ville,
LG; Harkins, C; Sheehan, RG;
Taylor, RT; Brown, RE; Chambless,
Q; Bell and Wingo, Halves; Arm­strong,
FB. Extra men are: Hill and
Carter, guards; Culpeper and Frazer,
ends;-Hoskins, quarter; Malone and
Sullivan, halves; Newton and Herron,
fullbacks; Christopher, center.
Auburn Students
Arouse Interest of
Public in South
Spirit of- Days BD. is Rejuvenated
By Loyal Followers of Tigers
Once more the high standard of
that old Auburn spirit has been gain­ed.
The loyal followers of the figh-ing
Tigers from the Plains of 'Bama
succeeded in scaling the highest peaks
jver occupied this past week during
and after the L. S. U. fray. That
spirit is far better than the spirit
shown by the students that back a
ieam that" has not lost a game in sev-aral
years. There was no booing, no
irying nor alibis! Everyone, was
'iappy, proud and raring to celebrate
as great a moral victory that was ever
witnessed. And the victim -of that
2elebration was none other than the
Capitol City.
And speaking of the Capitol City
reminds me of the biggest compliment
that I have ever heard paid any Col­lege
in the World. "Irish" Levy, All-
Southern linesman for Tulane dur­ing
the past few years stated that
the greatest thing that-ever happened
to his knowledge in regards to
athletics and spirit was when Auburn
was beaten by the Tulane Greenies
in Crampton Bowl. The score was 13
to 6 in their favor and it was the
first time Tulane had ever whipped
the Tigers. And the Auburn band
marched back to town playing the fa­mous
Tulane swing. That he declar­ed,
was one game that he was sorry
helped win.
Fellows, are we down hearted?
What better do we want than a team
that will get into the thick of the fray
and throw their opponents for terri­fic
losses, tackle and tackle hard; and
play the game as fair as rules per­mit.
I repeat, lets back 'em to the
limit. Georgia may be good but Au­burn
has it over those Bulldogs like
a dollar over a dime. Lets back 'em,
Navy Bill Ingram
Depicts Modern
Faults cfFootball
Declares That Alumni Often Hurt
Chances of a Wining Team
The main points of Coach Ingram
of the U. S. Naval Academy are given
below as he stated them for the A. P.
"A boy in high or preparatory
school should pick a school and not
a team. This boy should look to the
school having the courses he wants.
If all other things are equal and a
school has a good athletic team then
that school is all right to choose."
"But* many of these boys go where
they are promised the most. Prose­lyting
is the greatest evil around foot­ball.
I really see no other great evil."
Internal Evils
"Football coaches are fast becom­ing
a high type and if allowed by the
alumni bodies to work according to
their own judgement they will turn
out fine. But the alumni groups
have often made a football coach look
bad. They make it impossible, at
times, for a high-class man to get the
greatest good out of football. And
the greatest good is not simply win­ning
games."
"All alumni bodies want winning
teams. Nothing else seems to mat­ter.
"Tf this stress placed on a win­ning
team the football coach, knowing
hi& job depends on the number of
games he wins, may do things that
he otherwise would not do. If left
alone he certainly would not do them.
"It is good to have a winning team.
Now and then we hear of good losers
but there are few good losers. The
spirit of the nation is to win and de­feats
are not taken lightly. A win­ning
team is an inspiration. Without
a Winning, team-the coaches trying to
interest a whole student body in foot­ball
have a difficult task."
For the Good of the Game
"There is much good to be had from
the training that football gives. It
is a character builder. It builds the
physique. It builds the mind. A fel­low
who has been through football is
the better for it."
"There was a time when the vet­eran
of football might have been the
worse for his participation. That
was in the days when many injuries
accompanied the game through dan-yell
for 'em and never give up. Make
Georgia ashamed of themselves and
be proud of it. Lets all journey to
Columbus and stick behind the fight-ingest
gridmen in the States.
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"Football has grown in popularity
until-now every boy plays football as
every boy played baseball 15 years
ago. I believe more boys are inter­ested
in football than in baseball, at
the present time."
The Real American Game
"It has become such a great game
that the whole country is interested.
It has become big news in the papers.
(Continued on Page 6.)
In The Enemy Camps
TULANE VS. MISS. A. A M. , large score of 43 to nothing. The
Tulane was beaten by Mississippi \ game was slowed up by continual
A. and M.in New Orleans in a hard
fought game last week. The Aggies
came back hard in the fourth quarter
and scored two touchdowns, beating
the Greenies 13 to 7.
A. and M. was outplayed the first
half. Billy Banker, of Tulane, made
most of the yardage for his team. He
pushed the ball down the field and
made their first and only score of the
game. This score resulted from suc­cessive
25 and 37 yard end run by
this gentleman. He is one of the
best backfield men in the Southern
Conference. Pizzano failed to kick
goal.
In the third quarter the Aggies
brought the ball within ten yards of
Tulane's goal line twice, but were
unable to get it over. However in
the fourth period their strength came
back, and a pass, Chadwick to Wells,
netted them a touchdown. Chadwiek
kicked goal. Peppenheimer made sev­eral
gains, and the ball was on the
ten-yard line. The other score was
made on line bucks. Chadwick fail­ed
to kick goal.
Chadwick, Peppenheimer, and Wells
were the best players for Mississippi
A. & M.
HOWARD
Howard had no trouble beating the
Jacksonville State Normal by the
substitutions on both sides. Long
end runs were the feature of the
game.
Van Buskirk played rings around
the Jacksonville team, galloping away
for runs of 85, 38, 35, 28, 15, 10 and
smaller amounts. He scored five
touchdowns.
Long end runs accounted for the
tallies, but Howard only made three
first downs in the first half. Capt.
Billy Bancroft replaced Burns in the
last half, and made four first downs
in succession. On the first play he
reeled off 20 yards.
Busky made the first score for the
Baptists, after a 28 yard run. Barns
went through the line for seven yards
and second touchdown, after a 35
yard sprint by Busky. Bradley was
another back that was a thorn in the
side of the^Teachers. The four "B's"
were really running true to form.
(Bancroft, Burns, Busky, and Brad­ley
are the four "B's.") They could
hardly be stopped on these long end
runs.
Waters and Floyd were outstanding
players for Jacksonville.
Jacksonville did some fumbling.
They only made two first downs in
the whole game.
Jacksonville attempted 19 passes,
and completed three. Howard inter-
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cepted five of them. The Bulldogs
tried six passes, and completed two of
them for thirty yards each.
GEORGIA TECH
The Golden Tornado stopped the1 that played Tech last year
Crimson Tide last Saturday, and
came out on top with a score of 13
to 0. "Stumpy" Thomason led the
attack against the Alabama team,
and gave them .defeat for the first
time since 1924. Centre was the last
team to beat Alabama.
Thomason was the hero of the tilt.
Tech had carried the ball from their
own 40 yard line to 'Bama's 30 yard
line. Then Thomason started around
left end. Everyone knew that he
would be stopped before he reached
the line of scrimmage, but this was
not what happened. The Alabama
end started in, but was stopped hy
Durant and Randolph, who kept him
out of the play. Parham blocked out
the tackle, so Thomason loped down
the field for the first touchdown. He
then kicked goal, leaving the score 7
to 0. This made the Tide start some
terrible drives, but the Jackets were
determined not to let them pass. This
score had put confidence into the
Jackets, but they really had to fight
to keep back that Tide.
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Alabama made the most yardage,
but this was not what won the football
game. It was the one unguarded
moment and then Thomason was gone.
Alabama did not show the same team
She did
not block or tackle up to her standard,
and Tech was ever watching for a
chanJJ !|o break the Alabama jinx.
Alal a had on alibis, even though
they were in weak condition after
playing Mike Donahue's L. S. U. Ti­gers
last week. But just the same
Tech won.
There was much money lost, for
the spectators were betting heavily
on Alabama, but the dope was upset
as_it has been many times • before.
The Crimson hearts were all right,
but they just lacked the fight and
punch when they got the ball near
the goal.
There were several Alabama play­ers
that stood out for the quality of
football that they played. In the
backfield were Brown, Taylor, and
Brasfield who gained much ground,
but could not get it all at once. On
the line" Pearce and Smith showed
the Georgia boys some rare form on
offense and defense.
Thomason and Mizell were the
chief ground gainers for the Tornado,
each having a touchdown to his credit.
These men, even though new, are play­ing
football of high caliber.
The outstanding men for Tech were
Durant, Parham and Randolph. These
men put up the interference that
made it possible for them to make the
two scores that broke the winning
streak for the Crimson Tide.
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Kelso. The Rats were: Lane, Dryer,
Taylor, Martin, Smith, M. C, Herren,
Hawkins, White, Broun, McBride,
Pearson, Baldwin, and Lucas.
The meeting adjourned to meet
again October 24, (Monday Night)
at 6:45 P. M.
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Notes of the Societies
WIRT
The added expression of pomp and
merriment was manifested at the
Wirt Literary Society Tuesday night,
which is usually characteribed by
dignity and enthusiasm.
Miss Lois Bostick took the initial
part with a very humorous reading
entitled "Bill." C. H. Davis ably pre­sented
some very interesting facts on
"The Overpopulation of The College."
He pointed out the fact that this prob­lem
was at present confronting the
American college, and as yet there is
no probable solution for it. However,
he intimated that to raise the stand­ard
of the colleges would seem the
most practical remedy for the situa­tion.
To the amusement of the society
appeared "Shorty" Culpepper and his
jokes, which was followed by an ini­tiation
of those new members who
had not already taken the degree.
EVANS
The Evanites enjoyed a real good
program Tuesday night. The meeting
was called to order by president Mc-
Call. Hugh Bennet gave a very in­teresting
talk on the Auburn-Georgia
game and -for everybody to back the
team. Following this was the VINES
QUARTET, who gave us two musical
numbers which added variety to our
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program and was enjoyed equally as
well. -
P. L. Wright gave us a very inter­esting
talk on raising the standards
of our schools, this was the feature
talk on the evening. Rat Nunn told
us of the introduction of a new rubber
plant to the United States.
Our critic Miss' McNeil commended
the society for such an interesting
program, staying that if we continu
ed with such wonderful progress, our
society would be serving its purpose.
Mr. Roy Cargile, member of Alpha
Phi Epsilon asked if the Society would
support a magazine to be published
by the different societies on the cam­pus.
The Society voted to support
it 100 per cent.
to come with a well prepared article.
"Col." Stephens suggested that an
auto-biography of some great engi­neer'be
given at each meeting.
The following Sophomores and
Freshmen were present: Blankenship,
Irby, Wilson, Paul, Graham, Willing-ham,
Johnson, Packard, Gilbert,
WILSONIAN
Is the freshman class at Auburn
growing worse each year? This was
the subject ior discussion at the Wil-sonian
Literary Society Tuesday even­ing.
The question was presented in the
form of a debate-which was stated as
follows: Resolved that the Freshman
Class is growing Worse Each Year.
The speakers on the affirmative side
were-J. H. Herrod and Eugene Walsh;
while the negative side was defended
by Rats Williamson and Overton.
The speakers on the affirmative side
stated that the general conduct of the
rats on the campus had gone beyond
the bounds of reason and that the de­struction
of property was_ disrespect
ful to the Auburn spirit. According
to the affirmative speakers; for five
years our college has been steadily
declining, because each year the fresh­man
class grew worse.
The rats were prepared to defend
their side of the question, and some of
their statements made us wonder if
the freshman class is not growing
better. According to Rats Williamson
and Overton; to say that the freshman
class is getting worse each year would
be to say that Auburn College is get­ting
worse each year would be to say
that Auburn College is getting worse
each year, and records prove that the
college is advancing and is not on a
decline. The rats also said that at
present there were more freshmen en­gaged
in college activities than ever
before in the history of Auburn, which
indicates improvement rather than
decline.
The decision was rendered by a
vote of the society, in favor of the
negative side.
A musical number by Mr. J
Pirkle concluded the program.
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An A. S. VJ. E. smoker was given
Monday night, October 17, for the
Sophomore and Freshman Civil Engi­neering
students, introducing these
students to the work of the organiza-
, tion, and encouraging them to take ad­vantage
of the new privilege of be­coming
associate members of A. S. C.
E.
The program follows with' Presi­dent
Mullins presiding as toast-mas­ter:
Introduction of Freshmen and
Sophomores.
Song by the Civil "Canary Birds"
—"I've Been Working on the Rail­road."
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Lieut. Lietch—"What Engineering
Means to the Young Man.""
Professor Baughman—"Problems
of Placing College Students."
Professor Hulse—"The Student
Choosing the Right Field."
"Forney" Ingram—"Why Civil En
gineering was his Chosen Profession."
Professor Callen—"CivH- Engineer­ing
and How it Fits Men for a Broad
Field in Life."
Song-Director Callen and baton
(level rod) "Old McDonald Had
Farm." This caused much ami
ment.
Dooley" Gilchrist—"Freshmen Put
More into Your Work and You Will
Get More Out of it."
"Colonel" Stephens—"What A. S.
C. E. Means to a Freshman."
Fifteen minute recess, during which
smokes and apples were
around.
Professor Callen welcomes Fresh­men
and Sophomores, and urges other
Freshmen and Sophomores to come out
to A. S. C. E. Lectures.
Song, by the Civils—"By the Light
of the Moon"—Ye Shall work.
Profesor Barrer—"The Good Work
of A. S. C. E."
Nearing the close of the meeting
Bates urged a larger attendance for
next meeting, and all on the program
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CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Those who did not attend the meet­ing
of the Chemical Society last Mon­day
night certainly missed a treat in
Prof.. C. A. Basore's address on "The
Chemical Engineer's Future." He
gave an interesting talk on the phases
of our life's work after graduation.
First taking up the various posi­tions
for which the college graduate
is fitted, Prof. Basore outlined the
type of work and the prospect for
advancement in each. He then pro­ceeded
to show the tremendous ad­vantage
that the man who goes deep­er,
taking graduate work, "has over
the one who goes into chemical engi­neering
fresh from college. Touch­ing
briefly the institutions most fitted
to give a higher technical education
and the courses offered, he told of
the better places open to the man who
takes a graduate degree.
Taking up the obstacles the chemi­cal
engineer meets in the business
world, Prof. Basore spoke briefly on
the unstability of the chemical in­dustries,
saying that they are in a
constant state of change because of
the introduction of new methods. He
closed by explaining why the chemical
engineer must .be an all-around engi­neer,
stressing the importance of
physics, mathematics, and German to
the future chemist.
ally through their intensive endeavor
to accomplish something that is im
possible, such asHhe work of the old
alchemist and the perpetual motion
instigators. He followed this discus­sion
with several of his humorous
Irish jokes of which he has an un­limited
supply. The program was
made more interesting by the fact
that there were plenty of cigars, cig-arretes,
mints and chewing gum for
those who cared for them.
The A. S. M. E. meets every other
Monday evening at 7 o'clock in room
109, Rarifeay Hall. The next meet­ing
will be held October 31, and all
"Mechanical engineers are urged to
come out and, if not already a mem­ber,
join us. We have a real society
this year.
GAMMA SIGMA EPSILON
The Delta Alpha Chapter of Gamma
Sigma Epsilon, National Honorary
Chemical Fraternity, held it's first
meeting of the year Thursday night,
October 13th. All of the old members
from last year were present, and
many problems were discussed. The
convention in Atlanta November 25th
and 26th was thoroughly discussed,
and it was finally decided for all of
the members to attend. The new
chemistry buildings, that is to be erect­ed
at Auburn during the next few
months was a subject of much inter­est.
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October 17, missed a rare treat. How­ever,
of the one hundred and twenty-five
students who are enrolled in
Mechanical engineering, some seventy
were present. Those present other
than the students were several of the
faculty, including Dean Wilmore, Pro­fessors
Hixon, Fullan and Schubert.
The program was especially inter­esting.
The meeting took the place
of the regular fortnightly meeting of
the society but there was very little
business to be attended to and this
feature did not bore the participants
very long. Guitar and mandolin
music was given by Bob McKinnon
and Allan Francis. Professor Hixon
followed with a discussion on the
foundation and purpose of the A. S.
Mf E., and then gave a history of
magic. He further confirmed him,
what seemed like, felicious statements
when he demonstrated with many of
his card tricks which held the onlook­ers
astounded for several minutes.
After this came Professor Fullan with
a discussion on the debt we owe those
men who have contributed to the ad­vancement
of engineering accident-
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L. S. U. BARELY WINS OVER
AUBURN BY 9 TO 0 SCORE
. (Continued from page 4)
Second Half
Callahan replaced Shotts, Long re­placed
Ingram, Gregory for Carter.
Auburn kicked to L. S. U.'s 20 yard
line and Brown made 25 yards on the
first play. Brown failed at center.
A pass, Godfrey to Neesom, put the
ball on Auburn's 42 yard line. A
pass, Godfrey to Weaver, put the ball
on Auburn's 30 yard line. Brown got
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two yards and then five. The ball was
on Auburn's 23 yard line. Brown
through center and was stopped tin
Auburn's 6 yard line.
The ball was on Auburn's two yard
line, Brown gained a yard. It was
fourth down and Haynes was thrown
for a yard loss by H. J. Carter. It
was Auburn's ball on her own two
yard line.
Crawford punted to L. S. U.'s 30
yard line. Brown failed to gain, but
Auburn was penalized for being off
sides. A pass was intercepted by
Callahan who was stopped on his 28
yard line. Ellis five yards. Calla­han
a yard. Crawford punted to
L. S. U.'s 30 yard line. Cunningham
threw Brown for a 5 yard loss.
Renfro punted and Hodges was
downed on his 22 yard line. Hodges
made five yards. Callahan failed to
gain. Crawford punted to Auburn's
4G yard line. Brown failed to gain.
Fisher replaced Ellis. A pass ne ted
Louisiana a yard. Another pass was
grounded. Haynes punted, and Fish­er
was downed in his tracks. Au­burn
was penalized for holding. L.
S. U.'s ball on Auburn's 30 yard line.
Godfrey failed to gain. Fisher in­tercepted
Godfrey's pass and took the
ball to Auburn's 25 yard line.
Fourth Quarter
Mike Fisher worked his, way
through the line and was in the clear,
but was pulled down from behind.
This was Auburn's first down. The
ball was in midfield. Callahan fail­ed
to gain. A pass Hodges to Long,
was incomplete. Callahan punted and
Godfrey was stopped on his own 24
yard line. Pearce replaced Andress,
and Sellers for Callahan.
Godfrey failed on end run. Brown
around end for first down. Shotts re­placed
Sellers. Haynes failed to gain.
Brown lost seven yards. Haynes
punted and Hodges was stopped on
his own 30 yard line. Crawford lost
a yard. Hodges failed to gain. Craw­ford's
punt was blocked, but Carter
caught the ball on Auburn's 38 yard
line. It was L. S. U.'s ball, for it did
not go past the line of scrimmage.
Godfrey a yard through center.
Carter threw Brown for three yard
loss. Brown two yards. A pass,
Haynes to Stovall, put the ball on Au­burn's
30 yard line. Haynes got six
yards, v
Haynes made first down through the
line. Haynes failed to gain. The ball
was on Auburn's 14 yard line. Nee­som
dropped back and kicked a field
goal. The ball was held by Mason,
who had only been in the game a few
seconds.
Shotts kicked off, and Mason was
stopped by Long on his 25 yard line.'
Haynes failed to gain and punted.
Hodges was stopped on his own 45
yard line. Snider replaced Fisher.
Snider failed to gain, falling as he
got near the line of scrimmage. Ma­son
intercepted a pass, and returned
the ball to bidfield. On the next play
Godfrey passed 30 yards to Haynes,
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Neesom failed to kick goal.
The score was Auburn 0; L. S. U. 9.
Shotts kicked to Haynes, who was
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Taylor replaced Snider, and Holtz-claw
for Spinks. Crawford punted
and the game was over.
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And it is a real American game just
as baseball is."
"Some of the country's greatest
men were trained on the football
field. Trace nearly any great star
and you will find him making good."
"The largest stadiums we have are
sometimes too small to accommodate
the crowds wanting to see big* games."
"Such a fine game should be pro­tected.
The evils of football should
be stamped out. Proselyting should
be frowned on everywhere. And if
there are other evils-they should be
looked to. The football men, them­selves,
should clean house and not
leave it to the enemies of the game."
SIZEMORE GIVEN WRITEUP
IN THE LIONS MAGAZINE
(Continued from page one)
lifting, he'll do that too, but you may
be assured that Sizemore is a man
with the "do." All Auburn men, that
is, all Alumnui of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute know Sizemore. They
remember him on the gridiron, and
he has never let up a moment with
that fighting spirit. Now he is figh-ing
for Lionism, just as he did those
four years he looked so powerful in
the Tiger line.
Emmett Sizemore is a native of
Fayette County, raised on hog and
hominy, graduates at the West Ala­bama
Agricultural School, Hamilton,
1914, entered Auburn session 1916,
graduating there 1921. He was on
the varsity football and track teams
three years, and Captain of the foot­ball
team 1920. Since graduation,
Emmett has been connected with the
Extension Service of Auburn College,
and was President Auburn Lions
Club January 1st—July 1st, 1927.
He attended the International Con­vention
of Lions Club at Miami last
June. He is now Deputy Distirct
Governor.
YOUNG PEOPLES
DEPARTMENT MADE
At Sunday School Sunday morning
a young peoples meeting was held and
the proposed plan of putting the
Young People's Department under
student leadership, was voted upon
and adopted. Officers were elected at
this meeting.
The orchestra will be elected at the
beginning of each semester. Mrs.
Herman Jones Has been asked to take
charge of it. Mrs. Carnes, the or­ganist
at the Episcopal Church, sang
a very beautiful solo before the meet­ing
adjourned.
Dean Judd who is superintendent
of the Sunday School was asked what
he thought of the new plan of organi­zation
and of the officers elected. He
stated that under the new plan the
students would shoulder the full res­ponsibility
for a successful adminis­tration
and that this sense of respon­sibility
would stimulate the students
to do their best. Furthermore, this
plan provides for the full expression
of student individuality.
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