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VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928 NUMBER 18
ALL-COLLEGE
HIKE DRAWING
MUCH INTEREST
Many Stunts Being Planned to
Insure Success of Annual
Affair
BAND HEADS PROCESSION
Donkey Bout Is To Be a New
F e a t u r e
The annual All-College Hike, a ma­jor
event of the fall months here,
which yearly claims a universal in-trest
among students and faculty
members, is now in the making pre­paratory
to its occurrence Decem­ber
8, according to a recent state­ment
issued by John Cottier, chair­man
of the committee in charge.
In keeping with the usual custom
which has prevailed here since 1923,
this interesting event will be held at
some suitable near-by spot, where
fitting games and contests will be
engaged in; the usual program, in­cluding
tug-of-war between Fresh­men
and Sophomores, a pillow fight
by representatives of these classes, a
Co-ed football game, pie-eating con­test
between two professors, and
numerous other stunts of a similar
nature will be-staged.
An additional thriller for the com­ing
event this year will be a "donkey
bout," in which two contestants will
be mounted on mules and equipped
with boxing gloves fixed on a long
staff; these instruments will serve as
the battle arms. It is believed that
this particular event will establish a
precedent in the sport world, and
probably prove famous, thus magni­fying
the Auburn All-College Hike.
Mr. Cottier and his committee are
planning a number of other thrilling
events which promise a real enter­taining
program for the day.
Dr. Knapp will, in all probability,
take a leading part in this famed
event; his presence will be a distinct
addition to the occasion.
The annual All-College Hike here
is sponsored by the local YMCA or­ganization,
being .one of the several
student entertainments it stages each
session. Each student and professor
is expected to join in and make this
a day of real care-free entertain­ment,
in which all memory of class­rooms
and text books will be left be­hind
for the hour.
Refreshments will be served.
MEMBERS LAND
GRANT COLLEGES
IN WASHINGTON
At the annual convention of the
Association of Land-Grant Colleges
and Universities in Washington this
week, the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
is being represented by: Dr.
Bradford Knapp; Prof. L. N. Dun­can,
director of extension; Dean J.
J. Wilmore, of the college of engi­neering;
Miss Helen Johnston, state
chairman of home demonstration ex­tension
work- Dr. F. W. Parker,
Prof. J. W. Ti'dmore, and W. D. Sal­mon,
of the experiment station; and
Miss Louise Glanto, fiead of the de­partment
of home economics.
Officials of the Land-Grant Col­leges
of the United States meet an­nually
for the consideration of prob­lems
of national importance. Dr.
Knapp and others from Auburn will
appear on the program.
While in Washington, Dr. Knapp
will address graduates and former
students of Auburn living in Wash­ington.
To meet and address the
Auburn alumni of New York, Dr.
Knapp will be in that city on Friday
night of this week, according to an­nouncement
made at his office here.
BLUE KEY HAS
DINNER TUESDAY
The regular luncheon of the Blue
Key honorary fraternity was held last
Tuesday in the Eastern Star Room,
from 12:30 to 1:30. The affair was
strictly for members.
The program consisted of a gener­al
discusison, led by oJe Ford, on the
subject of the "High Cost of Cigar­ettes
in Auburn." The general
opinion of the members present was
that the price is too high.
Auburn School of
Architecture Is In
Traveling Exhibit
The Auburn school of architecture
will be represented by eight student
sketches in a traveling exhibit of ar­chitectural
drawings to be shown this
year at all member schools of the
Association of Collegiate Schools of
Architecture. Each of the twenty-six
members of the Association are sub­mitting
sketches that are now being
assembled at the Kansas State Agri­cultural
College, Manhattan, Kansas.
From here the exhibit will be sent
to each of the colleges and universities
for display for a period of three days
before being sent to hte next institu­tion
on its itinerary.
Announcement to this effect was
made by Dean Frederic Child Biggin,
of the department of architecture, who
stated that the purpose of the project
was to give each institution an op­portunity
to compare its work with
that of the other member colleges.
The exhibit is not competitive and no
prizes will be awarded.
The exhibit wjill probably reach
Auburn during April or May of next
spring.
The exhibit will be most unusual
in its large size and because of the
fact that it will contain specimens of
architectural work from all the best
colleges of architecture in the United
States. Before each college is visited
the exhibit will travel thousonds of
miles through every section of the
country.
Auburn is one of three schools in the
south to be members of this associa­tion,
to which the leading institutions
of the country belong, including Yale,
Harvard, and Cornell. A traveling
exhibit was instituted last year but
Auburn did not participate, as in­formation
concerning it was obtained
too late.
The Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture is composed
of all college courses of architecture,
which are recognized by the American
Institution of Architects.
AUBURN GLEE CLUB
MAKES HEAD WAY
IN P R A C T I C ES
Although it is too early to make
any definite statement on the ability
of the Auburn Glee Club, it has been
stated that the organization is com­ing
along very well with its work.
Some of the men are experienced,
and are not having any trouble with
the work, but there are some weak
spots in the club, and it is to these
parts that the greater attention is
being given. At present, the plans
of the Glee Club are to make two
extended trips in the spring, one to
the northern part of the state, and
the other to the southern part; the
first trip will be made about Febru­ary
first, and performances will be
given at the following places: Alex
City, Sylacauga, Anniston, Gadsden,
Montevallo, and Montgomery. The
trip to the southern part of the state
will be made during the middle of
March. The places to be visited dur­ing
this tour have not been announ­ced.
It is planned to take forty mem­bers
of the Glee Club, the Mandolin
Club, and Max Jones' orchestra on
the trips.
B I D S WANTED ON
GYM DECORATIONS
Bids are wanted by the Social
Committee on decorations of the
gymnasium for the Mid-Term
Dances to be given in January.
Each bid must be in the hands
of the committee not later than .
December 10. Bids must pro­vide
for purchase of all materials
and labor needed for decorating
the gym.
For information as to require­ments
prospective bidders should
see any member of the Social
Committee. These are: Pete
Crenshaw, chairman; J. R. Tay­lor;
"Andy" Anderson; H. O.
Davis; Tom Walthall; Luke
Brown; Tom Brown; Renda
Gross.
PROF. NICHOLS
GETS PATENT ON
NEW STERILIZER
Designed Primarily for Domes­tic
Use
IS VALUED A T THOUSANDS
Popular Use Expected Because
of Low Operating Cost
Patent has been granted to Prof.
M. L. Nichols, head of department of
agricultural" engineering of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, on a ster­ilizer
invented by him. The patent has
been received and announcement is
made by Prof. Nichols that he is pre­senting
it to the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute. It is valued at thousands
of dollars. .
The sterilizer was designed for
household, hospital, dental office,
dairy barn, or wherever a small steri­lizer
is needed. Although manufac­ture
has not been stared the cost will
not be large. It should not exceed
$50. Prof. Nichols said.
It may be connected with any
water heater—electric, oil, gas, or
wood. Cost of operation will be very
low. Popular use of it is expected.
Prof. Nichols explained that the in­vention
consists essentially of a valve
and other apparatus to control water
flow so that water merely covers coils
of heater unit, thereby generating
steam immediately. Steam so gen­erated
will be used for sterilizing.
General use of the invention will
be a direct contribution to disease
control whether used in homes or
elsewhere. Prof. Nichols explained.
With this attachment the housewife
may sterilize all dishes at a cost that
will be almost nil; and sterilization
should make it unnecessary to dry
them, he explained.
Prof. Nichols is confident that
household sterilization is coming the
same as domestic refrigeration. De­velopment
may be a little slower but
it will be rapid when once it gets
started, he said. The invention is a
direct result of rural electrification
work done by the Alabama Power
Company in cooperation with the Ex­periment
Station of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. Attorneys of
the Alabama Power Company handled
the patent proceedings for Prof.
Nichols who decided to make it a gift
to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
his employer.
Prof. Nichols has spent ten years
in agricultural engineering work at
Auburn. While here he has made
valuable contributions to his field of
work and has obtained national rec­ognition.
He is widely known as a
leader in agricultural engineering.
Auburn s Delegate to
Fraternity Meeting
CAROL PORTER
CAROL PORTER
TO REPRESENT
FRATERNITIES
WILSON GIVES
INSTRUCTION IN
FARM TERRACING
To teach how to terrace land and
to demonstrate the value of prevent­ing
washing, a series of terracing
schools are being held in different
counties in Alabama by J. B. Wilson,
agricultural engineer of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, working in co-aperation
with the county demonstra­tion
agents. Each school lasts three
days, during which farmers learn the
value of terracing and how to oper­ate
a terracing level and how to
build and maintain terraces.
During November 15, 16 and 17
a terracing school was held in
Blount County by Mr. Wilson, who is
working with R. O. Shaver, county
agent. The first three days of this
week he was in Coffee County and
the last three days he will be in Bibb
County. A school will be held in Lee
County November 26, 27 and 28; and
in Monroe County, December 3, 4,
and 5.
SIGMA PI'S H A VE
NEW TENNIS COURT
The Sigma Pi fraternity has almost
completed its tennis court, which lies
just south of the fraternity house.
Only a few minor details are neces­sary
before the court will be ready
for use. The Sigma Pi boys announce
that all fraternity men are welcome
to the court, as well as the co-eds.
At Conference in New York,
Beginning November 30
Carol Porter has. been chosen by
the local interfraternity council as
Auburn's delegate to the National
under-graduate Conference. The
Conference will assemble at the
Pennsylvania Hotel in New York
City and will be in session Nov. 30
and Dec. 1.
Auburn is the only college in Ala­bama
which has membership in the
National organization. The Confer­ence
will discuss the vital problems
which confront fraternities today
and will strive for a solution of the
same.
THE PIERRETTES
ARE COMING SOON
Woman's: College Dramatic Club To
Present "Dover Road"
The "Dover Road", a clever English
comedy, has been chosen by the Pier­rettes,
Woman's College dramatic club,
as the road play for the year, and
the play has been cast by try-outs.
Leonard, the leading man, will be
played by Virginia Tutwiler, presi­dent
of Pierettes, and a senior in ex­pression.
She has appeared in numer-our
plays on the campus, and was
leading lady in the road play of last
year.
The play this year gives ample op­portunity
for each character to star
and a strong cast has already begun
work. They are: Latimer, Helen Tur­ner;
Dominic, Martha Spain; Leonard,
Virginia Tutwiler; Anne, Eleanor
Buckalue; Eustacia, Frances Turner;
Nicholas, Jerry Lisenby.
The play will be presented here
Friday, December 15th. While here
the members of Pierettes will be the
guests of the Auburn Players.
IZOLA WILLIAMS
IS CONVALESCING
Victim of Crash to Re-enter School
In Next Few Days
The students of Auburn will be
highly gratified to learn of the rapid
recovery of Miss Izola Williams,
sophomore co-ed, who was injured in
an automobile accident last week.
While attempting to cross the street
at the corner of Dexter Avenue and
Lawrence St., Montgomery, she was
struck by a truck, being hurled sev­eral
feet by the impact and render­ed
unconscious. She was rushed to
St. Margaret's hospital by a motorist.
The injuries, which at the time were
thought to be serious, proved to be
minor cuts and bruises. Miss Wil­liams
will return to school in a few
days.
Chi Omega Has
Special Initiation
The Chi Omega sorority had a spe­cial
initiation this Sunday night for
Miss Elizabeth Sheppard, of Opelika.
Miss Evelyn Henry was in charge of
the initiation committee. There were
thirteen members and four pledges
present. Immediately after the ini­tiation
was over, the group repaired
to the Tiger Sandwich Shop and en­joyed
a late supper.
JUNIORS ELECT
COMMITTEE AT
CLASS_MEETING
Four Elected To Serve in Rat
Violations
SOPHS ELECT OFFICERS
Teague Elected Vice President
of Junior Class
At a joint meeting of the Junior
and Sophomore classes, held at eleven
o'clock Wednesday in Langdon Hall,
representatives from these two
classes were elected to membership
on the Rat Violations Committee.
This committee is composed of five
seniors, four juniors, and three soph­omores;
one member of each separate
delegation serving as chairman of
that group. The purpose is to see
that freshmen obey the rules passed
and approved by the Senior class, and
to place such penalties as is war­ranted
for infractions of some. The
seniors on the committee, elected
previously, are: Frank DuBose,
chairman; Howard Smith; B u ck
Y6ung; J. M. Downing; Moon Mul-lins
and Ludwig Smith. The juniors
elcted Wednesday are: Hayley Milli-
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Auburn Players To
Begin Road Season
Modern Themes Featured In One-
Act Plays
Before a large audience composed
of students and visitors, the one-act
play, "What They Think," modern in
every respect, was presented Monday
night by the Auburn Players. The
theme was typical of an ordinary
American family, the troubles of the
parents, and those of their offspring
in trying to evade the laws set down
by the father and mother. All this
was embodied in the play.on ly it was
composed of really original wit and
humor, and as a whole was very
clever. Jeff Miller played the fath­er,
Voncile Tate, the mother, and
Viola Thorn and Campbell Nethery
the daughter and son. Under the di­rection
of C. M. Rush some brilliant
drama was staged, especially by Mil­ler
as the irate father.
The Players wil begin the road
season at Union Springs Friday
night with a presentation of four
one-act plays, composed of this pro­duction,
"Scraps," "Paths of Glory,"
and "Biologically Speaking." About
fifteen of the members will appear
in these productions.
1929 GLOMERATA
TO BE UP-TO-DATE
Very satisfactory progress is being
made toward publishing the 1929
Glomerata. This annual will be up-to-
date in arrangement and design.
The pictures for this year book are
to be simple, there being no design
inside of the border. The pictures
on the panels are to overlap, there­by
increasing in reproduction in the
book from one-fourth to one-half size
of the originals. The introductory
and snapshot sections have been en­larged
by eight pages. The senior
section will be in square print, de­parting
from the oval style of last
year. The cover design, a raised tiger
head, is one of the most attractive
features of the Glomerata.
"Maggie" McGhee, sports editor,
has arranged to present individual
writings of athletes, which will add
attraction to the sport section.
Football Rivalry Gets
Blamed For Shooting
Montress Freeman, Birmingham-
Southern College student was shot and
killed last night in an altercation at a
drug store in Birmingham.
O. H. Westbrook, a Howard College
student, surrendered to police after
the shooting.
The altercation was blamed by po­lice
on the recent rivalry between the
two local colleges. The shooting' came
just three days before the annual
football game between the two schools.
It is said that both men are from
Gadsden and are known to students
here. -.
Old Stars of Gridiron to Meet
Again in Benefit Game
CLASH IN MONTGOMERY
Interest Being Shown Over Re­newed
Relations
Contest To Be Held AUBURN - 'BAMA
To Select Beauty FOOTBALL GAME
Section 0f_ Cajoler NEW YEAR'S DAY
The Cajoler announces that special
feature contest will be held in order
to select a beauty section for the cen­tral
pages of Auburn's humor and
literary ppblication. This new fea­ture
will appear in the dance issue of
The Cajoler which will be distributed
Friday of the Mid Term Dances.
Students who have girls coming to
the Mid-Terms dances are requested to
submit their pictures as soon as pos­sible.
A jury will select the number
to be featured. The contest closes
December 15. All photographs must
be in the hands of the editor-in-chief
by that date, unless special arrange­ments
are made.
The selection of the jury will be
declared final. The winners will ap­pear
in the dance number of The Ca­joler.
In a statement to the press
today regarding the contest Leslie
Sawyer, editor-in-chief, said that a
small deposit would be required when
the picture is submitted.
The Cajoler can not be responsible
for the return of any pictures pub­lished
due to the fact that they will
have to be especially prepared and
mounted for reproduction. All pho­tographs
not reproduced will be re­turned
to the owners after the jury
has issued their final judgment.
It is expected by the staff of the
humor publication that much interest
will be manifested on the part of stu­dents
who will be anxious for their
favorites' pistures to appear in the
dance edition.
PHI DELTA GAMMA
S E L E C T S SEVEN
MEN TO CHAPTER
Seven outstanding men were pledg­ed
last week to Phi Delta Gam­ma,
national forensic fraternity. The
purple and white ribbons may be
found on: W. T. Edwards, senior E.
E. from Birmingham; Bruce Har-kins,
senior Ag. Ed. from Fayette;
J. R. Carreker, Junior Ag. Ed. from
Cook Springs; J. J. O'Rourke, Junior
E. E. from Selma; Murff Hawkins,
sophomore C. E. from Birmingham;
H. W. Overton, Sophomore E. E.
from Wedowee; and Roy N. Sellers,
sophomore General from Dadeville.
These men will help guide the foren­sic
and literary destinies of the col­lege.
Gamma Sigma Epsilon
Pledges Three Students
The Delta Alpha Chapter of Gam­ma
Sigma Epsilon, national honorary
fraternity for students in chemistry,
has announced its first selection of
pledges for the year. The honor of
membership was conferred upon two
seniors and one junior, namely: A.
J. Maggie; O. F. Smith; J. F. Mitchell.
Delta Alpha Chapter was installed
at Auburn in 1923, for the purpose of
bringing together students in chem­istry
who have exhibited marked in­terest
in their chosen field, and who
have attained a high grade of scho­larship
and shown a superior ability
along chemical lines. Two elections
are held yearly, one in the fall, when
members from the senior class are
chosen, and the other in the spring,
when members from the junior class
and one from the sophomore class are
chosen.
Auburn-Tech Tickets
Go On Sale Friday
Announcement is made by
Coach George M. Bohler that
student tickets for the Auburn-
Tech game in Atlanta Thanks­giving
will go on sale Friday
morning at eight o'clock in his
office.
The price of these tickets will
be fifty cents. Coach Bohler
announces, also, that coupon
No. 9 will be good for this game.
Auburn and Alabama alumni foot­ball
players will clash in Cramton
Bowl, Montgomery, on New Year's
Day, in a charity benefit game, spon­sored
by the Montgomery Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
"Pop" Paterson, former Auburn
center and captain, and "Bull" Mc-
Fadden, former Auburn guard and
now coach at Cloverdale High in
Montgomery, will be coaches for the
Auburn Alumni gridders.
"Here" Caldwell, former Alabama
end and "Pinkie" McClintock, ' also
former Alabama end, both coaches
now at Lanier High, of Montgomery,
will be the Alabama squadron's men­tors.
A very notable group of former
Auburn stars will be assembled under
the Orange and Blue colors for the
game, the list including John Shirer,
"Flivver" Ford, Ed Shirling, Frank
Tuxworth, "Red" Harkins, "Weemie"
Baskin, "Square5' Salter, "Nick" Car­ter,
Rupert Ingram, "Pop" Paterson,
"Bull" McFadden, and others. Many
football fans' interest will be attracted
by such a list of prominent names.
Under the Crimson and White col­ors
such men as "Wu" Winslet, "Red"
Brown, "Here" Caldwell, "Mac" Mc­Clintock,
and Jack Hovater will stand
forth.
Unparelled interest should be arous­ed
in this clash, this being the first
time since 1907 that Auburn and
Alabama have pitted, in any form,
alumni or students, against each other
on the gridiron.
The receipts of the game will go
entirely to charity, the proceeds be­ing
handled by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce as sponsor and promoter.
The players. will arrive in Mont­gomery
two days before the game.
Auburn and Alabama "participants"
will be advised of their plays by copies
of the formations which will be mailed
to them by their respective coaches.
BURNS ATTENDS
LIVE STOCK SHOW
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute
will be represented at the Interna­tional
Livestock Show in Chicago,
December 1-8, by F. W. Burns and
Dr. R. S. Sugg, extension specialists,
and A. A. Lauderdale, county agent
of Shelby County.
In adidtion, three students expect
to see this big livestock event for
1928. W. B. Collier will be in Chi­cago
attending an annual convention
of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity;
Harry Wise will go as representative
of the Alabama Farmer; and George
Miller expects to be present also.
Each year the International Live­stock
Show in Chicago is the out­standing
livestock event of the year.
It is the greatest in the United
States and one of the two largest in
the world. It is a clearing house for
new ideas about livestock as well as
a display of the best of different
kinds of livestock.
Brown And Noble
Visit Auburn Alumni
NOTICE
Left in Room 301, Administration
Building, one new log-log slide rule.
Return same to Gene Walsh, and re­ceive
reward.
General Noble and Secretary J. V.
Brown during the past two weeks,
from November 6th to the 17th, have
visited alumni in many of the towns
in the following counties: Macon,
Bullock, Barbour, Pike, Henry, Hous­ton,
Dale, Coffee, Elmore, Autauga,
Dallas, Chilton, Coosa, and Shelby.
At Notasulga, Union Springs, Abbe-vill.
e Dothan, Enterprise, Ozark, Tal-lassee,
Wetumpka, Prattville, and
Clanton, meetings were held, and in
each town where there were no local
chapters, organizations were establish­ed,
when possible.
General Noble was pleasantly re­ceived
in every town and many cour­tesies
and accommodations were ex­tended.
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STAFF
Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief
James B. McMillan ___ Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
Raymond DeArman, '29 --Associate Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 __• Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
K. R. Giddens, '30__Ass't. Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 News Editor
Campbell Blake, '30 News Editor
Robert L. Hume, 31 — Ass't. News Editor
Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor
J. E. McLeskey, '31 Sports Editor
Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor
Howards Sparks, '31— Ass't. Humor Editor
REPORTERS
Marcus Alspaugh, '32; Robert Baxter, '32;
T. S. Coleman, '32; Kenneth Cooper, '32;
Clarence Dykes, '32; Thomas Dykes, 31;
Edmund England, '32; J. D. Foy, '31;
George Harrison, '32; Murff Hawkins,
'31; Clinton Jones, '32; John Lewis, ' 3 1 ;
• Richard Lightfoot, '32; White Matthews,
'31; S. H. Morrow, '32; Frank Parker,
'32; Will T. Sheehan, '32; Alex Smith,
Jr., ' 3 1 ; K. G. Taylor, '32; W. M. Taylor,
'32;' Gerald Thompson, '32; J. E. Jen­kins,
'32; H. G. Tooney, '32; Victor
White, '32; Thome Winter, '30; D.
Reynolds, '32; F. Y. Peteet, '32; Virgil
Nunn, ' 3 1 ; Gabie Drey, ' 3 1 ; Charles Mat­thews,
'32; James Davidson, '32; L. W.
Strauss, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
H. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr.
White Matthews, '31 : . Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
Walter Smith, '31 Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Benjamin Kinkaid, '32; Jack Bauneister,
'32; Roy Gamer, '32; Donald Simmons,
'32; Warren H. Gard, '31; C. F. Strip-lin,
'31.
Is Football the Incentive
For a College Education
"What is life in an institution of learning
if one can't play football? Ted Sloane and
Jim Kiernan, having played three years for
the Navy—all that the eligibility rules per­mit—
have resigned from the academy."
Thus ran a comment in a recent issue
of this publication.
We wonder if far too many college stu­dents
don't take this very same attitude
toward playing the game. And we hasten
to contend that this is entirely the wrong
attitude for the student to take concerning
football. The man that idealizes the sport,
or plays for honor and notoriety alone, is
a distinct drawback to the team and the
institution which it represents.
No doubt we are coming close home with
these remarks, but it is only just that the
diseased tree in our own back yard be
hacked on, as well as that in the garden of
our neighbor. In years past—and possibly
still—certain students at Auburn have
relied wholly upon athletics as their excuse
for being here. But this is a situation fast
losing ground; and it cannot go too quickly.
We need to accept the teachings of our
own leader and President, who advocates
athletics as only a sideline, and the fellow
who puts sports first is defeating a worthy
purpose. The professional player should
seek his fame outside the college arena,
where he rightfully belongs.
Take the man who plays "Grandstand"
football, as the act is commonly phrased—
what does he contribute to the glory of the
institution or the game? He is a detriment
to the art of college football, and directly
undermines the glory of the sport. Scarce­ly
even is a "tetotaller" a clean, respectable
sport; and often he comes to be despised
by his mates.
The player that will quit college activi­ties
when his athletic eligibility has ceased,
has no rightful place on the team while he
can remain in action. Football may easily
play an important part in the life of a
college man, but never should it be allowed
to become his master. Just as the side­show
should never outshine the big tent.
It is our belief that the present athletic
system here will eliminate the "Ham" of
football; we are for it one hundred per
cent. Let's keep the element free of pro­fessionalism.
When Will Students Unite
For a Greater Ayburn
We have learned by this time how well
is it for us to pull together. We have
seen the wonderful results that are ours
because of that, and we have also seen the
lack of satisfactory results when we have
failed to strive as a unit.
The student body of a college is more
or less one large family and we of Auburn
should endeavor to make this true. Of
course, there is no desire to stamp out in­dividuality,
but we believe that the indi­viduality
of every student can be retained
and at the same time everyone working
with one great goal in view, namely, of
making Auburn a greater and better school.
We have seen within the past few weeks
football games end in defeat because we
refused to cooperate to the fullest extent
in the cheering and personal concentration
that is required to win great victories. Also
we achieved one victory as the result of our
cooperation and determination to not be
defeated. It would seem that this one
great spurt would have caused us to do
our best in the future, but it has not done
so fully.
Again, a small fire did a great damage
because the students failed to cooperate in
an effective manner. There have been nu­merous
other cases in which the students
have not thought of the best and most
sensible thing to do. However, these inci­dents
are past, and we should have pro­fited
greatly by the experience obtained
from each of them. Instead of lamenting
over these unpleasant incidents, we should
take a new stand in our efforts to -help
Auburn by "getting together" in a much
better manner than heretofore.
We as students should maintain as far as
possible a fairly good scholastic record.
It will enhance the name of Auburn and
help us. It is possible to finish with a
bare pass, but we will have cheated our-seves
out of a great deal of knowledge we
could have obtained. We are delivering
Auburn a mean blow by not knowing as
much as her graduates should know. Then,
too, we should not expect too much in foot­ball,
for a championship team has never
been built in a day. Support the teams in
the finest manner, for we are on top in
everything but football and we are coming
back in that.
There are many other things in which we
can help make Auburn greater and benefit
ourselves at the same time, but we cannot
do that unless we take time occasionally
to think deeply just how everything is go­ing.
If we will only think about the things
that confront us and Auburn, we well
always see that the best results can be ob­tained
if everything is done in a coopera­tive
manner.
Letters to the Editor
Dearest Editor:
Oh, that there could be found
One little spot of happy ground
Without the village tattler!
Oh! that the mischief making crew
Could be reduced to one or two,
And they were painted red and blue
That everyone might know them.
We, the Co-eds, were ignorant of the fact
that we were causing so much commotion
on the campus. We really never felt our
importance so greatly until we read the
article in the last Plainsman. We were
surprised to know that the boys in Auburn
did not have enough things to do to devote
their minds to, if any, and were forced to
turn their attention to the co-eds and their
faults such as the use of the lipstick and
powder and the manner in which we
dress. We might say that the students of
Auburn are hard up for something to worry
about. We, the Co-eds, are not doing any­thing
to lower the standards of the campus.
We have not overlooked the faults of the
boys. Auburn is noted for its tobacco
chewing which has become one of the main
features of Auburn in the last few years.
A person passing through Auburn would
probably think he had hit a road camp,
for the dirty necks and ears behind a face
of bristles based on a dirty shirt give all
evidence of a vulgar tramp. These upper-classmen
do not seem to realize that they
are teaching the Freshmen to do the things
which will in the long-run serve to be a
drawback to Auburn. No matter how un­tidy
some boys are there are a few who
wish to be sanitary.
However we have not let this worry us
so much as our lipstick and short dresses
have bothered you. We dont think that the
boys have anything to say about the co-eds
going to higher authority with their trou­bles
when the boys carry their troubles
to the paper and have it published for the
public to read. When you publish such
things as that how can Auburn help from
becoming the laughing stock among colleges.
Some of the girls have gotten in line
ahead of the hungry beasts and so have the
boys gotten in line ahead of the girls, but it
never occurred to us to publish our beastly
hunger to the public.
I think if you will look at yourself once
in a while, you will not find so much fault
with the co-eds. They at least wear clean
clothes.
Many of the Auburn boys have expressed
their opinions of the article in the last
issue of the Plainsman and they find it
impossible to see how boys can say what
they have about the female sex when they
have mothers and sisters of their own.
We are sure that if you will turn your
attention for a few minutes away from the
co-eds and their short skirts, to the college
and the principles on which it is based,
we think that you will find that the "Pecu­liar
Element" of which you spoke in the
article is of utmost importance. Auburn
is a land grant college and without co-eds
IT CANNOT EXIST.
We try to act as ladies at all times but
when we come in contact with the common
element we often forget our home training.
The co-eds did not come to Auburn for
the purpose of causing a riot on the campus
and it seems that it should be easy to know
why the co-eds have the right to sling mud
when they read such articles as was publish­ed
in the last issue of The Plainsman.
You sing "Glory to Dear Old Auburn"
and yet you do the things to destroy all
the honor and glory of the school. Auburn
has very many attractions and if one is not
too determined to find fault with the co-eds,
we are sure he will turn his attention to
other things.
Co-eds. _
* * *
Ed. Comment: The above letter was writ­ten
by a few co-eds to whom the editorial
mentioned refers. The comment published
in last Saturday's issue of The Plainsman
was not intended nor did it attempt in any
manner to make any criticism of the ma­jority.
The purpose of the editorial was to elimi­nate
some of the petty differences between
the co-eds and male students by impressing
upon the more intelligent faction of girls
that they are bearing the criticism for
the behavior of a conceited few. It is
necessary for the betterment of Auburn that
there be more kindred spirit existing
throughout the college. However, such
will never be achieved until the more supe­rior,
intelligent co-eds suppress those few
of their members who desire to be con­spicuous
merely as a suffice for their
egotistical vanity.
Nov. 19, 1928.
Editor the Plainsman:
Men of Auburn! The call to arms has
been sounded. Let us gather around our
standard bearer and assist in really ousting
the co-ed this time. The editor and "Ye
True Engineers" have given the battle cry.
The fight is on. Co-eds must not longer
continue to abuse our patience.
Like all peace loving engineers we have
been sitting idly by and watching the co-ed
take a strong hold. All well and good.
But when she begins to desecrate our only
retreat, Ramsay Hall, it is time to sit up
and take notice. And notice is being taken,
though not very strong. There is no justice
in this old world if we must continue to
face co-eds in Ramsay's sacred walls.
Let us hear from Dr. Knapp. We en­gineers
beg on bended knees to be released
from the clutches of this awful crisis. Are
we to plead in vain? We cannot longer en­dure
the smell of "Hoyt's" in our Ramsay.
Something must be done and something will
be done.
We ask you, how much have women alum­nae
contributed to not only this building,
but to the high standards of this institution?
A little suggestion is offered to our friend,
"Ye True Engineers." "If they won't emi­grate;
let us eradicate."
Bluebeard.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
Dear Editor:
It was with mingled feelings that I read
the editorial pertaining to the co-eds in the
last issue of the Plainsman. My reactions
to some parts of the editorial were, in a
measure, favorable; but the things cited in
the article that justified criticisms were
so clouded with gross exaggerations and
untrue insinuations that the effective part
of the article was lost. My impression was
that the editorial was meant to be construc­tive
criticism, but if this was its object, it
totally missed its mission. Without a doubt
the article jarred some few into thin! ing
and that is well, for unique experiences are
good for all of us; however, that is not the
way to bring about reforms. We must go
at it through the medium of a higher plane
and in a less antagonistic manner. When
the writer of the editorial committed him­self
to the statement that he did not care
whether the co-eds spoke or not whether
they bought all the cosmetics availabler-or
how they dressed so long as they did not take
the boys' place in the "chow" line he killed
all the possible beneficial effects that might
have been derived from his criticisms. He,
also, intimated that the article was intended
for only a minority of the co-eds, but then
asked how the male students could give the
co-eds in general the respect deserving of
a lady. A few bad apples in a barrel of
good ones does not necessarily mean that all
of the apples deserve no consideration. As
for the manner in which the co-eds dress, the
male students should be above criticism in
that respect before they take upon them­selves
the right to criticise the fairer sex in
that regard. The co-eds might well retaliate
with a few citations of sweaters and no
shirts, shoes and no sox, and a number of
cases of week old beards. So if the male
students want to instigate some reform they
should concentrate on some needed reform
and on some practice that is infringing on
their rights; also, something that they
themselves are above.'
One practice that the co-ed is indulging
More than twenty freshmen were made to run the gauntlet of sophs at Tulane
for disobeying freshman regulations. Vic Anderson, president of sophs, says this
practice is to continue until all yearlings are obedient. Nice people. Every student,
by the time he reaches his sophomore year, is perfect, and always has been. The
very idea of anyone breaking a law or regulation of any nature. Also, freshman
roll was called at the last pep meeting, and those not present were to get "a good
beating." Now won't you be good?
* * * * * * * *
The students at Lafayette College have discovered a novel way of decreasing
the stag line at the annual tea dance which takes place after the Lafayette-Washing­ton
and Jefferson football game. In former years the admission to this function
was free to everyone. This year, however, the rule has been changed slightly. The
admission is still free for couples, the stags, however, must pay a fee of fifty cents,
Not bad. It is sometimes inconvenient to take a girl to the dance and get drunk
too. Anyway who wants to save the reputation of his college, when one can stag
and get drunk? A matter of a few cents is not to be considered on such important
occasions. This is the right side to take, is it not?
* * * * * * * *
New light on the co-eds. The burning of the new co-ed dormitories at Antioch
College in the middle of the night created a great deal of excitement, especially
a\nong the male students. Who'd a thought it? To bad our co-eds don't stay in
the building now used by the freshman Chem Lab sections, so that we could do
both the college and ourselves a great favor.
* * * * * * * *
Here is how the colleges voted in the late election. In the straw ballot con­ducted
in 1,104 American Colleges, by student publications and other organizations,
before the national election on the sixth, Hoover received a two to one vote over
Smith. Hoover carried thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia, while
Smith carried only ten states in the Colleges, two more than he acually carried
in the election. I was unable to get the dope on the amounts won or lost by the
students over the election.
* * * * * * * *
Religion has always played an important role in the life of a university. From
medieval Paris, Louvain, and Oxford to the New World of Harvard and Yale,
religion has been the cornerstone. It is a well known fact that Notre Dame's
teams, generally one by one and on their own volition, go to their famous shrine
before any game—not that they may win, but that their personal honor may be
kept representing their Alma Mater. Could it be possible for one to act unsports­manlike,
in the least degree, if he were to practice just a little of this great example
set by Notre Dame?
* * * * * * * *
Pipe smoking has suddenly become very popular at Oglethorpe University,
and the number of pipe smokers is increasing rapidly. The Petrels give six pro­bable
reasons for this increase. The Petrel's analysis of the situation is: 1. The
pipe cost's only fifty cents; 2. A can of tobacco goes twice as far as a package
of Luckies; 3. Seniors smoke pipes because it looks dignified; 4. Sophs think it's
doggy; 5. Freshmen have pip^s too; 6. It is a prerogative safe from infringement
by the co-eds. This is quite a saving at first, but what is one going to do when
his room mate follows the example, as usual?
* * * * * * * *
Comeback, chickens. The University of Arizona was leading all institutions
of higher learning in the egg-laying contest, but the loss of five star egg manufac­turers,
that were stolen, has given Arizona's chance of winning a great setback.
I'll bet that there was some time at the outdoor chicken fry. Don't you know, one
of these kind that college students pull sometimes? A dirty trick to the hens,
this was.
BOOK REVIEW m
THE NEW UNIVERSE
BY BAKER BROWNELL
D. Van Nostrand
Brownell's New Universe is one of those
books that fire the imagination and lure
our curiosity. Zona Gale, in the New York
Herald Tribune, says, ". . . here is a bi­ography
of the universe, bodied in beauty,
in prose balanced and reticent, but undeni­ably
singing, yet colored and lit by the
brilliant common sense of America. . . .
It is a human book, a book not so much
humanizing knowledge as uncovering its
undivine humanness. It is a book through
which the average adult may literally in­crease
his experience and his power to see
about him."
Professor Edwin E. Slosson says, "I do
not know of any book which gives in one
volume such a sweeping survey of modern
views and recently acquired kowledge of
all fields—astronomical, physical, biological,
and sociological." If one wishes to know
what the quantum theory of energy is, to
get some conception of stellar and galactic
evolution, to see below the surface of human
behavior, angling with dreams and wishes
and inhibitions; if one wishes to know how
we have become what we are from what we
used to be, how art and industry have
revolutionized life, what is happening to us
now as nations, cities, families, he will
find much to store his mind with and much
that will enrich his outlook on life, in
Brownell's New Universe. It may have been
intended for freshmen in college, for it
teases one on to further study and rewards
one bountiful for careful, thoughtful read­ing.
Even the older reader feels that his
education is being energetically brought
down to date.
The New Universe is, like all Gaul, di­vided
into three parts, the first dealing
with studies in matter, the world as scien­tific
fact, the second dealing with society,
human conduct and practical action, and the
third dealing with personal values, appre­ciations
and spiritual interests. One of its
in that especially the engineering student
might be justified in attempting to stop is
that of holding classes in Ramsay Hall.
This building was dedicated to the engineers
and they take pride in the fact that it is
theirs. Realizing that the building does
belong to them they have a greater appre­ciation
of it, and thus become better en­gineering
students and more effective col­lege
students. Leaving this in the best of
spirits, I am yours for still a better Plains­man.
Herr Diogenes Teufelsdrackh.
greatest values is its attempt at the co­ordination
of specialized knowledge. It is
intended to unlock, through selection of
ideas, certain doors to deeper knowledge
of the world and life. The world is going
so fast, we are so busy, there are so many
things to learn, new avenues of learning
are being opened up so rapidly that one
needs something like this systhesis of the
universe to unify it. It is a deliberate,
enlightened refusal to accept life lightly
or gloomily.
Naturally, the book falls into the class
of outlines such as Well's Outline of His­tory,
which was in a way the father of a
long line: Drinkwater's Outline of Litera­ture,
Wood's Outline of Knowledge, Durant's
Story of Philosophy, Outline of Science,
and so forth. I suppose that the world has
never seen such a deluge of popularizations
of knowledge, some of them written by
scholars and scientists who have often scorn­ed
attempts to simplify science for the com­mon
man. Of course a reader may be in
danger of insidious propaganda when he
reads Wells or Durant but if he reads with
fair intelligence he need not be harmed
thereby. Though it is foolish to think
that one can be educated by swallowing
such outlines one can be educated more
satisfactorily with them. For instance, if
college freshmen in Tennessee and Nebraska
had absorbed twenty years ago some brief
outline of science or if Brownell's New
Universe had been available the Scopes
evolution comedy would have been less likely.
Intelligent men and women want to get
something like an adequate conception of
life as the scientist, the historian, the theo­logian,
the philosopher see it. No one can
know accurately and minutely more than
a very small sector of science yet we thirst
for the larger views. The New Universe,
one of the best of this group of compen-diums,
will satisfy and encourage_ healthily
that thirst.
Wordsworth speaks of poetry as the finer
breath of knowledge, or what we might
call the glow of interestingness in the
spirit's forge where man and nature meet
and fuse. The thoughtful reader will find
in this book the kind of intelligence that
will "merge document and poetry". Per­haps
one of the most interesting parts is
that dealing with the contrast between
knowing and being, with consummations;
love, beauty, and religion, with man's con­viction
of the worth-whileness of something
and with his confidence in a something
beyond sensation and reason.
I recommend the book for it's knowledge,
for its philosophy, and for its vital fresh­ness
of conception.
MEDITATIONS
O N THIS A N D THAT
"23} ^Benjamin Trovosf—
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions ex­pressed
in this column are not necessarily
the editorial opinions of this paper. It is
a column of personal comment, and is not
to be read as an expression of our edi­torial
policy.
* * * * *
DIDN'T the co-eds get stepped on
in last week's paper tho? Poor
things, they are always getting a
raw deal from somebody; now they are pub­licly
lambasted for their attitude in general.
It is said that the proper approach to a
man's heart is via his gustatory system.
From what I can hear about the co-eds at
the cafeteria, they have become firmly en­trenched
in the hearts of some of the males
on the campus. However, it is not a warm
spot which they occupy in these hearts—
just the opposite. That really is a shame.
The College goes to much expense to pro­vide
a nice cafeteria for the boys and girls,
and they have to go and fight about it.
Naughty, naughty. The manager should
send some of them home without any supper
some night; then they would behave like
little ladies and gentlemen.
* * * * *
ONE can just tell that the second
issue of the Cajoler is just 'fore
coming out by noticing how hot-and-
bothered Leslie Sawyer looks. He's
beginning to appear very busy now. He
assures me that the forthcoming issue is
"Bigger and Better" and that the third
issue, which he is already planning, is still
more so. If he can complete his years
program, with a good college comic maga­zine
which does not base its humor upon
sex and corn whiskey, then we have a man
on the campus to be proud of; I know of
no other college where it is being done.
ALREADY, with the school year just
begun, the undercover whisperings
and bickerings which so strongly in­fluence
student politics at Auburn are
gaining impetus. Factions are forming,
throat-cutting is being planned; double-crossing
is being contemplated. Seniors and
Juniors are already thinking about the
election next Spring, and are laying their
plans in preparation for them. Little per­sonal
dislikes are being magnified and over­estimated
in importance.
Right now I'd like to make a suggestion.
A suggestion which is not original with me,
nor is new on this campus. Why not have
open student politics, with above-board cam­paigns
and stump speeches? The senior
class took a step in that direction last
year when the present system of nomina­tions
was inaugurated. Under this system,
each candidate presents his qualifications to
the nominations committee, which chooses
those who are to run on the ticket. Why
not let each candidate, and his friends tell
the members of the class just why he is
suited for office? Why is there any neces­sity
for the false modesty which says that
the candidate shall not solicit votes openly,
no matter how he works privately? It
is hypocrisy. This is merely a suggestion;
but it is one which those in power might
do well to ponder over. It would facilitate
the reorganization of a strong student gov­ernment.
Birmingham-Southern is to have a live
panther for a mascot, according to the
Howard Crimson. One of the alumni of
Southern, now living in Africa, has prom­ised
the animal to the college. The How­ard
Crimson expressed the desire that it
might arrive in time for the Howard-
Southern game.
Life is something like continuous vaude­ville—
half of the people are busily search­ing
for "This Way Out" and the other half
are just as busy searching for "This Way
In."
ENVOY
To "More Songs from Vagabondia"
Whose furthest footsteps never strayed
Beyond the village of his birth
Is but a lodger for the night
In this old wayside inn of earth.
To-morrow he shall take his pack,
And set out for the ways beyond
On the old trail from star to star,
An alien and a vagabond.
—2—
If any record of our names
Be blown about the hills of time
Let no one sunder us in death,—
The man of paint, the men of rhyme.
Of all our good, of all our bad,
This one thing only is of worth,—
We held the league of heart to heart
The only purpose of the earth.
—Richard Hovey
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Advertisements OPELIKA BUSINESS REVIEW Advertisements
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Baked Goods of Superiority
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Demand this bread and note its
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This modern establishment, engaged
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only, in this section, but in the en­tire
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The Ingram's Bakery, backed by its
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Be sure to inspect this bakery.
See that in your next groceries is
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GREENE'S
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NU GRAPE BOTTLING WORKS
High Grade Beverages
With plant in Opelika, Ala., phone
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Demand Nu Grape Bottling Works
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This well known enterprise which
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The old and true saying that the
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In this business review we are glad
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of the leaders in the business and so
considered by the big furniture manu­facturers
of the country. To be able
to buy furniture values and then to
be able to sell the furniture to the
public at the right price has been
the ambition of Mr. Williams, the
manager of this establishment. How
well he has succeeded in this effort
is attested by a constantly and ever
increasing patronage.
The stock of this firm is not lim­ited
to a meager selection of a few
articles of furniture but you will be
agreeably surprised to find a com­plete
assortment of all grades and
styles in each of the different de­partments
and you will also find that
the genial salesmen will be pleased
to show you the entire assortment
and give you any information regard­ing
the quality or style of any ar­ticle
in the store. Many valuable
suggestions can be had regarding
the proper combinations of designs
and various grades of wood which
will prove helpful in the proper selec­tion
of furniture, and no matter
whether it is one piece or a suite
that you are looking for they will
be pleased to give you the same kind
of service.
Such an institution as this one adds
to the reputation of the community
for being alive and wide awake. It
brings favorable comment not only
from the local but also from the trav­eling
public and assists in making this
a more progressive section of one of
the greatest states in the union. More
such institutions as this one is the
aim of every community which wishes
to keep its place in the march of
progress.
One might devote columns to fur­ther
descriptions of this store, but
let it suffice to say that you will find
there just what you would expect to
locate in the headquarters of such an
establishment as they maintain. We
are pleased in this business review
to compliment this popular concern,
who are among the community's bus­iness
people.
AMERICAN DRY CLEANING CO.
Cleaners and Dyers of Proven Ability
Located in Opelika, Phone 5, are
well known for their prompt and satis­factory
service. They call and deliv­er
everywhere, but if you live with­in
that radius not covered by them,
send your work via parcel post and
it will be promptly returned.
There is no establishment in this
city that has done more for the good
of the public of this section during
this era of high prices than this well
known cleaning and dyeing establish­ment.
The fact that they are able to
take clothing that fades or needs
cleaning and turn it out so that it
looks new has saved many a high
priced purchase and helped to lower
the cost of living.
The American Dry Cleaning Co.
have installed most modern machin­ery
by which clothes come out tho­roughly
cleaned and absolutely odor­less
with that "lily white" atmosphere.
This scientific process is harmless for
the most delicate fabrics.
Many people havejearned through
their service that they can save the
expenditure of many dollars for new
clothes. Everyday brings more
work from patrons who have been
saved the purchase of new garments
through the excellent work that this
firm does in the cleaning and press­ing
of old ones. Both men and wo­men
have found that the most deli­cate
fabrics are carefully and effi­ciently
handled here and returned in
a most satisfactory manner.
At this establishment the best and
latest process is used and as a conse­quence
when the garments are re­turned
to you they look smooth, odor­less
and in press according to the
styles of the day. They specialize
in all classes of dry cleaning for both
men and ladies, and the most delicate
dresses are handled in the most care­ful
and efficient manner.
The manager, Mr. V. A. Meadows
of this well known concern is an au-authority
on dry cleaning and press­ing
and all work done by this es­tablishment
is under the direct super­vision
of him.
J. R. MOORE
Jewelry of Distinction
Located in Opelika, Mr. Moore fea­tures,
many year-around gift's and
specialties, besides a large .selection
of jewelry. The popular retail jewel­ry
establishment is one of the most
complete and up-to-date jewelry stores
to be found in this section of the state.
On up-to-date jeweler with a reli­able
stock of jewelry is as indispen-sible
to any community of any ordin­ary
refinement as the haberdasher or
druggist and to the jeweler whose
work shows a high degree of skill, a
liberal patronage is assured.
The residents of this community
are by no means behind the times in
this respect which is thoroughly at­tested
by the large clientel of satisfied
patrons acquired and held by this
popular jewelry store.
Whether the gift season is "on" or
"off" you will find their stock replete
with the latest in quality at a modern
price. But the matter of fact is, that
of late years, the gift season is always
an event looked forward to and this
up-to-date firm are cognizant of this
fact and have their stocks at all
seasons of the year filled with sug­gestions
appropriate for the time.
The repair department is in the
hands of skilled craftsmen and there
is nothing too difficult or complicat­ed
for them to repair or adjust.
It is indeed a pleasure to direct our
many readers to such an establish­ment
which has always been of the
more progressive type and who boosts
for every enterprise in their com­munity.
OPELIKA LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING CO.
Opelika's Leading Laundry
Opelika's Leading Laundry, phone
18, feature a better class of laundry
and dry cleaning work. If you do not
live within that radius served by their
trucks send in your work via parcel
post and it-wil receive prompt, care­ful
attention. Everything is return­ed
but the dirt. The manager of
this concern is making special ef­forts
to render the best of service in
their line.
This well known laundry and dry
cleaners is one of the best equipped
industries in this section of the coun­try
that transacts business over this
and adjoining country, and the repu­tation
of their work for general ex­cellence
has spread far and wide over
this part-of the state.
The work is turned out in such a
manner that you will be more than
pleased if you give it a trial. They
live up to the name in workmanship
and business details.
The business of the Opelika Laun­dry
and Dry Cleaning Co., has spread
all over this part of the country, it is
no means confined to its own city. The
rapid increase in the business is due
to the more than ordinary ability in
the conduct of the affairs of the in­stitution.
A specialty is made of the cleaning
of ladies' garments, while they do this
same class of work for men. Their
pressing of garments is always cor­rectly
done and promptly called for
and delivered. •
The dry cleaning system used not
only cleans your clothes, but thorough­ly
renovates them in the most sani­tary
manner. It also turns them out
in the most approved styles without
the disagreeable odor that accom­panies
the work of so many cleaning
establishments. The latest cleaning
and renovating machinery in their
plant makes it possible for them to
handle the most delicate fabrics and
turn them out so that they look like
new.
We wish to refer all of our readers
to the Opelika Laundry and Dry
Cleaning Co., which is a progressive
and modern institution and to suggest
that as regards laundry, and dry
cleaning, they cannot do better than
to entrust their work into the care of
this well known laundry.
Located in Opelika, Ala., phone 37
pay the highest market prices for milk
and cream to the farmers. Demand
it from your dealer.
It is a well-known fact that no one
industry within the limits of this sec­tion
of the state has made more rapid
progress as an important educational
factor during the past decade than
this popular Opelika Creamery, whose
model plant is one of our most valued
industrial assets.
Since the location in this place of
this plant it has been continually im­proved
due to the rapid increase of
the business until today the creamery
from every standpoint is the equal of
any similar industry in the country,
while its products are sold over many
retaiT counters throughout this sec­tion
of the union, thus doing more to
advertise this section than any other
enterprise.
Their Froz Rite Ice Cream and
Creamery Butter is universally con­ceded
to be the perfection of the
American creamery manufacturer's
art. They ship large consignments
ove"r this territory every week, which
speaks well for its quality.
They are prepared to supply indi­viduals
or the trade with butter in any
quantity on short notice.
To give our readers an adequate
idea of the large operations of the
Opelika Creamery, we will state that
they transact business with hundreds
of farmers who supply them with
milk and cream and that they pay
thousands of dollars each year for
their supplies.
The farmers are well satisfied with
the top notch prices paid by this re­liable
firm for milk and cream and a
large number of them are sending in
their products to this plant.
The production of milk, cream and
butter is a proposition that ought to
appeal to every owner, even of a small
farm, as it is a well known fact that
this mode of farming builds up the
land and at the same time makes the
producer more money that he could
make by straight farming and then
he gets paid right along in cash.
This establishment is thus adding
much to this section as a valuable
market at our doors for the products
of the farm.
MASON-MUSIC CO.
Opelika's Musical Headquarters
Witn model store in Opelika is gen­erally
known as the "Music Center"
of this part of the country but for
us to giv3 here any idea of the leading
qualities to be found throughout this
large and varied stock is an impos­sibility—
it must be seen to be appre-cited.
A visit to this store will con­vince
you as it has thousands of oth­ers
that it is the home of quality
goods which are always sold at most
reasonable prices.
They feature the well known Jesse
French brand of pianos, in all styles,
shapes and finishes and are recom­mended
by the leading musicians of
the country. They are veterans in
the music business and whatever ad­vice
or suggestions they may offer in
your case you can fully depend upon.
This is also the home of the nation­ally
known Columbia Kostal which is
the best known in the reproduction
world and at prices that will surprise
you. The radio is also featured and
they have a radio to suit everybody's
needs.
The same air of supremacy invades
their lines of wind and string instru­ments
where modest prices are the
motto.
The public is assured of quality
goods here at all seasons of the year.
By reason of the wide range in qual­ity
and price it is very difficult for
the uninitiated now to select a piano
or player piano and get full value un­less
they are dealing with some one
in whom they can place confidence.
For this reason there is a general
satisfaction in doing business with
the Mason Music Co.
It has been a problem to many
parents, when children begin to ex­press
the wish for musical instruments
to know what brands or makes repre­sent
the most value for the invest­ment,
as generally the parents have
passed the musical days and are not
posted on the subject. Supplying this
great need has been one of the se­crets
of success with this firm. Just
take your musical problems to them
and they will solve them for you with
satisfaction to both parents and pu­pil.
DR. C. L. DAY
Chiropractor
FARLEY BROS.
Feeds. Seeds and Groceries
Located in Opelika, phone -22 are
regarded as headquarters for Seeds,
Flour, Groceries, and extensive deal­ers
for the nationally known Purina
Feeds which every one knows denotes
quality beyond comparison.
Through their straight forward and
above-board policies this firm has es­tablished
an enviable reputation in
these parts and the farmers and the
people generally, have come to look
upon this firm as one of the prom­inent
concerns of this section, that
sells for the lowest prices. Through
their extensive dealing in all kinds
of seeds, flour and feeds, they have
afforded the farmers of this section
of the country a most advantageous
market right at their very dor. They
bring thousands of dollars into this
section each year that would other­wise
go to some other center were
their policies and service not satis­factory
in every particular.
In the way of feed the manage­ment
has made an exhaustive and
scientific study of modern feeding and
all feeds are made up with reference
to their nutritive value.
No matter what problem you may
have in feeding you will find the
management can solve it for you.
They are courteous and willing to
give you all information both on lo­cal
and foreign feeds of which they
carry a complete line.
The heads of this well known con­cern,
are leading business men, who
have, by their acute business judg­ment,
fair and honest methods
brought this establishment to the lead­ing
position that it occupies today in
the commercial and agricultural life
of this section. They have always
been boosters for the county and in
this business review we wish to com­pliment
them upon the admirable man­ner
in which they and their associates
are serving the public.
With offices in Opelika, Ala., phone
78, licensed under the State Laws of
Alabama, we herein wish to call the
attention of our readers to his effi­cient
services. With well appointed
offices is one of the most prominent
chiropractors in the state. He is not­ed
as an expert in analysis and of­fers
the public the highest type of
professional service. Patrons come
long distances and receive very bene­ficial
adjustments.
In the professional life of this part
of the state there are none who have
attained a more successful career than
this doctor, who is recognized as au­thority
on chiropractic. Success has
been marked and he is often consulted
by other members of the profession.
The work of the chiropractor is to
correct subluzations found in the
spinal column. This is done by an
adjusting move performed in a pain­less
scientific manner which in their
normal articular relation releases the
pressure their former deviations caus­ed
and the nerves affected. When
said adjustment is completed mental
impulse will flow unretarded and
health will result naturally.
He is a professional man of ex­traordinary
power of understanding
of the individual and noted for quick
and correct analysis. He possesses a
natural appetite for the correction of
all causes of diseases.
The general satisfaction expressed
by many clients and the great de­mand
for his services constitute a well
merited tribute to his efficiency and
conscientious methods.
He is a great booster for the com­munity
and the active member of the
commercial life of this section.
Chiropractics add life to years and
years to life. If failing it will pay
to consult this scientific firm at once.
In this business review we wish to
compliment them upon the very valu­able
work Dr. C. L. Day is now doing
in this community and direct your
special attention to his business meth­ods.
KOPLON'S SHOE STORE
High Grade Shoes, First Class Repair Work
Located in Opelika, Ala., feature
quality shoes at reasonable prices in
the latest styles.
There are many and various ways
of keeping down the annual expense
in raising a large family and among
them are the items of footwear. This
shoe house long ago conceived the
idea of placing before the public a
good, dependable shoe at the very low­est
possible price. The volume of
business thus created is a most grati­fying
return and has encouraged them
to continue the policy.
Another feature of their success is
the fact that their line of shoes are
built from odd and regular shape
lasts, so that no matter what kind
of an odd shaped foot you may have
they are sure to have a shoe that will
fit you comfortably and still con­form
to the latest styles in construc­tion.
The whole world knows that a per­son
suffering from ill-fitted shoes
can not be 100 per cent efficient in
their work. By dealing here you have
the satisfaction of knowing that every
member of your family is comforta­bly
shoed at the minimum expense.
If you go out of this store with a
shoe that does not fit, it is your own
fault and not the salespeople's. It
will be because you deceived the sales­man.
In this review we deem it both fit­ting
and merited to direct attention
to Koplon's Shoe Store, where the
people are served scientifically as well
as economically.
ZUPPKE COMPARES
OLD GAME WITH
MODERN FOOTBALL
"Was the old game harder on the
players?" asks Bob Zuppke of Illi­nois
in his article, "How Hard Is
Football?" appearing in the Decem­ber
College Humor. "From every­thing
I have heard about it from old-time
coaches and players, there is no
doubt but that it was. Can you
imagine a football team of today
packing up its equipment and gayly
starting off on a trip to play six
games in eight days? It hardly seems
possible that this ever could have hap­pened,
yet back in 1892 Illinois' squad
actually played this schedule. This
was not a steady diet, but I mention
it to show that they did play longer,
more arduous schedules in the olden
days. Today the number of games
played during a season is limited to
eight, with rare exceptions.
"Football is not as hard today be- (
cause the coaches have more experi­ence
than their predecessors. A coach
first of all, is a pedagogue. He is a
good coach because he has the ability
to judge the amount of work and
rest his players require, rather than
because he is an adept in divising
plays and drilling his players in the
fundamentals of the game. He knows
better than to let his players batter
each other into insensibility; his goal
is not to develop idiots. He knows
that all of the energy of his players
must not be used up by muscle, that
some must be left for the brain. Foot­ball
today is easier o nthe players;
the practice hours are shorter, and
shorter hours reduce the possibility
of mental and physical fatigue. The
rest periods are more frequent.
Some players may squawk against
the dullness and the hardships of
football practice because his vanity
has been hurt by his failure to do well
in the sport, or perhaps he has played
on a losing team. There is always
drudgery, if we must use the term,
in preparing yourself to play any
game. Nothing in life is gained
which is worth while without hard
work and a certain amount of sacri­fice.
Football will always be too
hard for some boys who have been
reared in a soft, pampered environ­ment,
with plenty of money to spend
and cars to drive, which assure them
of feminine company. Golf is more
likely to appeal to this class than
football. Have you taken note of
some of the names which are bobbing
up in the line-ups? The Raskowskis,
the Nowacks, the Truskowskis? This
simply means that these first genera­tion
descendents of the newer immi­gration
come from rugged stock and
less enervating homes where existence
is more of a struggle, where the coon-skin
coat and its implications are as
far away as Mars.
"Don't think of football as recrea­tion
or exercise," Zuppke continues.
"It is only the old who talk about
such things. In football youth finds
the safety valve for his spirit. Foot­ball
is more than a game; it is not a
physical expression, although it is ex­pressed
physically. It is a symbol
of sportsmanship and it is virile
drama."
Past Matrons Club
Is Organized Here
Past matrons of the order of East­ern
Stars in Auburn have organized
a new club, known as Past Matrons
Club. The organization meeting was
called by Mrs. Bradford Knapp and
thirteen attended and became mem­bers
of the club, the purpose of which
is to further Eastern Star work. The
club will meet monthly.
Officers elected were: Mrs. P. O.
Davis, president; Mrs. Clara Ellen
Yarbrough, secretary-treasurer. Other
members are Mrs. Bradford Knapp,
Mrs. J. C. Grimes, Mrs. A. Z. Wright,
Mrs. W. D. Copeland, Mrs. George
Moxham, Mrs. I. S. McAdory, Mrs.
Elba Wicker, Mrs. W. V. Jones, Mrs.
J. A. Parrish, Mrs. S. J. Finley, and
Mrs. Tucker.
Mrs. Knapp has served two Eastern
Star orders as worthy matron. The
first was in Washington and the
second in Fayettville, Ark.
YALE VISITS GEORGIA
(OPELIKA BUSINESS REVIEW CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)
The biggest sensation occasioned
by preliminary announcements of
1929 grid schedules for the South is
the declaration of the University of
Georgia's athletic committee that the
Yale-Georgia game will be played in
the new stadium at Athens on Octo­ber
12th, 1929. The magnificent
new stadium now under construction
will be completed and dedicated on
that date.
PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928
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JACK McLESKEY, CAROL PORTER, Associate Editor*
Dick Jones, Tad McCailum, T. S. Winter, Howard Sparks, Assistants •
AUBURN SUPPORTERS REMAIN Tigers Badly Off
LOYAL DESPITE MANY LOSSES Form in Saturday
By Dick Jones Game With Aggies
"Will Auburn ever come back"
was on the lips of some thousand
fans Saturday night after the Tigers
went down in defeat at the mercy of
the Mississippi A. & M. Aggies 13-0
to lose their 7th game this season
and only win one.
Faithful supporters of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute haven't given
up hope yet and I believe they never
will. For the Auburn Tigers are
down farther than they have ever
been in the history of Football teams
in the "Village of the Plains." The
loyal alumni has stuck by them
through it all and it has been heard
many times that they will continue to
do so.
The wearers of the Orange and
Blue had showed a great deal of im­provement
up until last Saturday
when they were pushed back a notch
or two by the Aggies. Auburn was
doped to lick the gridders from the
State of Mississippi on account of the
fine showing they had made in the
past three games before. They came
to the front so far as to lick the How­ard
Bulldogs 25-6. Then held the
Georgia Bulldogs to a 13-0 score over
the Plainsmen the following Satur­day.
And last Saturday a week ago
only let the Tulane Greenies beat
them 13-12. This being the greatest
game Auburn had played in quite a
while. They played even better
against the Greenies than they play­ed
against Howard College.
The Plainsmen showed a hard drive
at times in the game Saturday but
were unable to make it prove suc­cessful.
They gained most of their
yardage with the overhead play and
were checked quite a bit when it fail­ed
to function. The Tigers out punt­ed
the Aggies some 10 yards but only
to hold them scoreless in the first
quarter. The first break of the game
came in the first quarter when the
Aggies fumbled on Auburn's 5-yard
line. The Tigers quickly took ad­vantage
of it and Crawford punted
out on the first play getting off the
longest punt of the game. He punt­ed
some 75 yards where Auburn
downed the Mississippians in their
tracks. The first quarter ended here.
In the second quarter the Aggies
made the longest run of the game.
They went off right tackle some 20
yards to score their first touchdown.
No other real extra long runs were
made during the game but the Aggies
made some mighty good gains at suc­cessive
intervals. Mississippi scored
her other touchdown by a pass that
netted some 20 yards with one of the
Aggies pulling it down out of the
ozone in the last quarter behind the
goal. They used another overhead
play to add the extra point.
Coach George M. Bohler was able
to see a few of his weakest spots in
the Tigers forward wall as it failed
to hold like it should. The Aggies
hit it regular for short gains. How­ard
Long being the main cog in the
front ranks held down right guard
for the Plainsmen in fine style. He
broke through the opponents line sev­eral
times and threw the Aggies for
bad losses. Dunnam Harkins also
played well in the line for Auburn.
The hardest Aggie for the Tigers
to hold was Pappenheimer. He
twisted and squirmed out of the
arms of many would-be tacklers for
consistant gains. It was almost left
up to Stumpy Granger and Clyde
Sellers who backed up the Plainsmens
line, to stop him many times.
Porter Callahan, who has only one
more year to perform under the Au­burn
colors, was forced from the
game in the second quarter when he
received a bad lick on his right knee.'
SPORTS STUFF
By "Dusty" Porter
For three whole quarters the fol­lowers
of the "Crimson Tide" really
believed that they were going to beat
Georgia Tech, or at least tie them,
but Gentlemen, Alabama broke all
rules of etiquette when they were
bold enough to carry the pig-skin
across the goal line against this bunch
of mad cats from Tech. It just isn't
being practiced by the best trained
teams, because, to score on these boys
is just like shaking a red flag at a
mad bull, and this is just what the
boys from "Bama" did. Be reason­able
with the "Tornado" and they will
blow over about 13 points and call it
a day, or get rough and watch the
thermometer mount. They are gone
boy, and I'm afraid the whole marine
corp couldn't stop them.
Up in Nashville, "Hack and Mack"
were right again and Tennessee's
dream of twelve years came true,
when the "Volunteers
the second defeat of the year to! the radio about the "Three Bears,"
"Vandy." Tennessee is one of tile | or the "The Pig That Went To Town
select few who can look back over' in a Limousine." You see what I
he looks way ahead and" sees a new
and modern game of football coming
into the limelight and when this idea
cracked in his cranium, like all great
men, he blazed forth to the world
what his dream was like, and was it
funny, the "Modern Football" that
he wrote so much about? The next
"Who's Who" published in America
will be compelled to give this mar.
the front page. But now to recall a
few years back this same Mr. Charlie
Brown used to coach Birmingham-
Southern and this "Modern Football"
was taught them by the originator of
the idea and we can now undertsand
why Birmingham-Southern was so
very successful while employing his
ideas. This same man sent his
charges against Auburn several times
but was never able to score, but still
he has a long bill and a comical mind
that must fly into action. We think
that such an unusually funny man Pike Roads' eleven played Auburn
administered should be telling funny stories over'lHi h e r e F r i d ay> o n Aubum;s football
The "Tigers" for the first time £his
year went into the game against Miss.
A. & M. doped to win by two touch­downs,
but we still content that dope
is in reality a lot of bunk.
Auburn got enough bad, sad, rug­ged
and plain sorry football out of
her system to do any team, for at
least two seasons. It was easily the
sorriest game of football we have had
the chance of seeing Auburn particip­ate
in this year or any other year.
The line displayed about as much
blocking and tackling ability as we
see in a baseball game. The back-field
usually had a Mississippi play­er
to escort the ball back to them
when on the offense, and to attempt
to run was just plain murder. It is
a shame that our backs could not
signal for a fair catch when the ball
was snapped back from center. It
would have at least saved the side
lines some embarassment.
On , the long end runs that were
used so effectively by the Miss,
bunch, the Auburn ends were carried
clean to the side line and don't you
ever think that a runner ever got out­side
of our end, no sir, but he found
a path between tackle and end just
as clean as the path that Sherman left
when he marched through Georgia.
There was one Miss, back with a long
protruding chin and several times an
Auburn man would hang an arm
under this man's chin and eventually
bring his victim to earth, and this
was amusing to all A. & M. alumni
and students, but to an Auburn man,
it was sickening. I overheard several
young ladies commenting on the
wonderful "necking" tactics. Prob­ably
some of the boys are planning
on going to Hollywood, and really
several of them belong there.
After the smoke had cleared from
the battle field in Birmingham, the
Auburn Students were admiring their
Hero's picture on the front page of
the "Plainsman," and a great hero he
was. Before or after the game?
There were two men on the field
that realized they were out there to
play football, Callahan and Granger.
The others I don't think knew what
they were playing.
Any football team that can play
such wonderful football against a
real team one week, then come back
and play such a remarkably sorry
game against such a team as A. & M.
is bewildering. They know how they
have proven that, but they seem to
forget so soon. You are right Mr.
Brown, we are on the upward climb,
but we want you to put this in your
note book if you have one? You
coached a team for several years that
was never able to cross our goal line.
GRID REVIEW AND FUTURES
By "OSWALD"
For three quarters of hysterical
football the Crimson Tide from Ala­bama
played the Golden Tornado of
Georgia Tech on even terms. But
Tech's superior reserve strength blast­ed
'Bama's hopes in the last quarter
and thus a mighty struggle ended 33
to 13. But if ever a team made a
more gallant stand I'll have to be
cited. Alabama crippled, lame, but
with spirits that soared to the skies,
played one of the best teams that
the South has ever produced but they
made that team throw every bit of
its power into the fray before they
finally gave up the ghost. Thomason
and Mizell continued to show great
strength and Hagler of Alabama
played a wonderful game.- This game
puts Tech in the national champ list
with such other claimants as Car­negie
Tech, Wisconsin and Southern
California but it hardly seems likely
that any national team will be select­ed
by sport scribes.
The Volunteers from Tennessee
broke a long standing jinx and de­feated
a listless team from Vandy
for the first time in twelve years.
That Sophomore sensation, Gene Mc-
Ever, repulsed twice, finally drove
the ball to the 15 yard line where a
16-yard pass from Capt. Roy Witt to
Hug registered the touchdown. Vandy
was in a decidedly inferiority-com­plex
frame of mind, but should have
won. Vandy made 12 first downs to
the Volunteers six, gained 253 yards
from scrimmage to 176 and Jimmy
Armistead gained more ground than
did McEver. But in football, the
touchdowns and points after are what
count.
The Florida 'Gators bowled over
Clemson's Bengals Saturday, after
Clemson had scored first against
Bachman's "shock troops." The
great running of Red Bethea, Can-1
nonball Clyde Crabtree and mate*
featured the game. Van Sickle play­ed
a marvelous game at end and
Jimmy Steele in the line. Florida
should be well represented when All-
Southern and All-American picks are
made. Florida will come through
Thanksgiving and should defeat the
Volunteers Dec. 8.
A rejuvenated team from the Uni
versity of Georgia fought bitterly
against L. S. U. Saturday but the
educated toe of Guy Nesom's was the
margin of difference. And thus
Coach Cohen's team remains in the
running.
The remainder of the Southern
Conference teams came through as
expected with one or two exceptions.
Auburn was one of these. In every
sense of the word Auburn should have
won Saturday but the necessary
punch just wasn't there. Do not
mean to offer an alibi but how many
have considered the fact that Miss.
A. & M. tied Mich. State and Michi­gan
University only defeated Mich.
State 3 to 0, and had to fight like
wildcats to do that? I personally
think that Miss. A. & M.'s strength
has been considerably underestimat­ed.
Although starting off weak they
have been gradually gaining strength
and were at their peak against us.
And we had ebbed down to the lowest
form witnessed this season. A good
game should be in store Thanksgiving
and let's all be there to see the Ti­gers
give Tech the surprise of their
lives.
Carnegie Tech and Wisconsin pull­ed
the surprises outside of the South­ern
Conference. Both teams are po­tential
national champion possibili­ties.
And Carnegie Tech defeated
Notre Dame for the first time in nigh
onto a quarter of a century that the
Rockne ramblers have tasted defeat
on Carter Field.
In summarizing picks
FROSH CLOSE SEASON FRIDAY
WITH DEFEAT FROM BULLPUPS
By Tad McCailum
Auburn's Baby Tigers
I gave the Atlanta fans something to
brought think about when he returned a kick-their
1928 season to a close in Colum­bus
last Friday afternoon when they
were rather badly chewed by the
Georgia Bullpups and emerged on
the short end of a 39 to 6 score. With
the exception of this one-sided en­counter,
the Tiger Rats went through
a fairly successful season which con­sisted
of a five game schedule that
included some of the strongest
Southern Conference and S. I. A. A.
Freshman aggregations.
The Tiger Frosh opened the season
in great style by trouncing the Bir­mingham-
Southern Rat eleven 25 to
2 on Drake Field, in a game featured
by the running of Young and Hat-'
field and the line play of Holdcroft
and Bush. The Auburn Rats exhi­bited
a powerful offense in this game
and followers of the Tigers predicted
a great year for them.
In their second encounter of the
season, the Tiger Cubs were handed
a 7 to 0 defeat by the Florida Fresh­men
after they had played rings
around the 'Gator outfit for three-fourths
of the game. Following this
reversal the Auburn Frosh suffered
another set-back two weeks later
when they bowed to the Tech Mina-ture
Tornado on Grant Field after a
hard scrap. Pat Barron proved to
be just a little too much for the Tiger
Rats and his nifty stepping account­ed
for two of his team's three touch­downs.
Young, Auburn quarterback,
last week the following is given: Out
of 13 games predicted in the Southern
Conference won 9 picks and lost 4.
Outside Southern Conference picked
two winners and four failed to come
through. Picked 5 correct scores and
relative strength of 8 teams.
My forecast for Thanksgiving will
predicted be predicted in Sunday's paper.
off ninety yards to the Tech 10 yard
marker. "Frock" Pate brought his
line-crashing ability into play and
carried the ball over in three plunges
but this ended Auburn's scoring for
the day and the game ended with the
score standing 20 to 6.
For their next encounter, the Cubs
invited the Tulane Freshmen into
their own back yard and sent them
home trailing on an 18 to 7 score. A
lengthy gallop of 75 yards by Leo
Young featured this tilt. "Frock"
Pate also got away for several nice
gains and played an all-round good
game.
To conclude the season, the Rat's
saved the worst for the last and of­fered
very litle opposition to a feroci­ous
Georgia Bullpup who made a very
complete meal of Tiger meat in the
Columbus Memorial Stadium. The
work of Holdcraft, Pate, Harding,
and Tamplin somewhat offset a mis­erable
let-down in the play of the en­tire
team. Tamplin's punting in the
final quarter kept the score from
mounting higher after the Auburn
team had completey collapsed in the
third quarter and allowed the Geor­gia
Rats to score 19 points.
Winning games is not the real ob­ject
of having a Freshman eleven
and if a quantity of good material
is developed for the varsity squad,
then the Freshman team is a complete
success. The Auburn Rat team is
certainly a success from this stand­point
as there is little doubt but that
several of the Tiger Cubs will find
their way into varsity ranks next
fall. Individually, the Auburn Rats
were probably as brilliant collection
of Prep stars as has ever been gath­ered
together at the Tiger Institu­tion,
and most of them will be heard
I from next year.
Id rather have a
Chesterfieldr
Auburn Hi Beats Pike
Roads 7-0 Here Friday
her schedule and see not one blotch.
They have battled E'm where they
found E'm,
They have barred not a soul,
They dropped the curtain for Ala­bama,
And they stopped poor Vandy cold.
(Pat. Applied For.)
It is a shame that Tech, Florida,
and Tennessee will not meet each
other, but Florida and ' Tennessee
will come together and some one must
fall from the pedestal.
* * * * *
The Birmingham News is very for­tunate
in having such a comical man
to juggle words for them in the
Sporting Department. This gentle­man
is very much of a progressive,
mean Charlie.
STANDING OF TEAMS IN INTRA­MURAL
FOOTBALL EAGUE
Won Tied Lost
Engineer Bn.
2nd. Bn. F. A.
1st Bn. F. A.
2rd Bn. F. A.
Per
1000
500
400
333
Results of Games
Engineer Bn. 19—1st Bn. F. A. 7.
2nd Bn. F. A. 20—3rd Bn. F. A. 0.
2nd Bn. F. A. 25—1st Bn. F. A. 0.
Games Scheduled This Week
Wed. Nov. 21—3rd Bn. F. A. vs.
Engineer Bn.
Thurs. Nov. 22—1st Bn. F. A. vs.
3rd Bn. F. A.
Fri. Nov. 23—2nd Bn. F. A. vs.
Engineer Bn.
field. Pike Roads made seven first
downs and Auburn Hi six. A hard
game marked by brilliant playing.
Newton and Blackmqn starred for
Auburn, while Frizzel and Newberry
starred for the visitors.
Between the halves the students of
Auburn Hi marched out on the field
in a body and formed a large "A".
While in the field they gave some
splendid yelling.
The lineup:
AUBURN PIKE ROADS
Newton (C) Back Frizzell
Blackmon Back Pool
Christzberg Back Tjaden
Cook Back Newberry
Gibson End Dees
Richardson End McNeil
Howard Tackle Gorrell
Locke Tackle Johnson
Earnest Guard Z. Flecher
Fincher Guard P. Flecher
Dunn Center Goodwin (C.)
r f W ^ '
/ / is considered the height of bad form, they
say, to carry your own sandwiches to a tea—or
to pack your own blanket for the week-end-but
luckily, no such outlandish conventions
surround the smoking of your own cigarette.
"I'd rather have a Chesterfield," fortunately,
is a phrase which not only remains "good
cricket" in polite circles—but at the same
time brands the smoker as a person of rare
discernment and excellent discrimination.
And small wonder, considering all the re­mark
implies. Good taste, top quality, the rare
sparkle of tobacco goodness—all these combine
to justify the choice of that man who thus
shows his keen judgment.
"I'd rather have a Chesterfield"—a neat line,
that—the mark of a real connoisseur and the
password of six million smokers.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT
ANNUALLY ON GRID TEAMS
Harvard University's receipts from
football in 1924 amounted to more
than a million dollars, of which near­ly
$300,000 was spent on various inte-collegiate
teams, traveling expenses,
coaches, rubbers, trainers doctors,
uniforms and supplies. In the same
year, according to a report to the
National Collegiate Association by
Prof. Thomas E. French, of Ohio
State University, Ohio, spent $r3,000
for intramural athletics, and $127,017
for a $1,600,000 stadium.
And this proportionate expenditure
is by no means unusual, says John R.
Tuis, in the current Harper's Maga­zine
out to-day. "During the same
year Stanford University's athletic re­ceipts
were $194,000, and after paying
for a football stadium, a basketball
stadium, team expenses and equip­ment,
it spent the generous sum of
$7,500 on intramural sport," he
states.
"When a college spends $74,000 for
coaches, $5,000 for rubbers, and $6,-
000 for medical services in one short
season of two months, it might appear
that intramural athletics will be like­ly
to receive less than their share from
the remainder. Strong and powerful
as is the Great God Football, signs
are not wanting to show that Ameri­can
college undergraduates are be­ginning
to doubt it's divinity.
"Intense class feeling began to die
out years ago. Classes to-day are far
too large in the great universities to
permit of much class feeling or class
loyalty being shown. The feeling so
wrongly called 'college spirit' is los­ing
ground in many of the large edu­cational
institutions throughout the
country."
Seventeen per cent of the men and
twenty-eight per cent of the women at
the University of Chicago attended no
football games during a recent sea­son,
according to the 1925 report of
the Faculty-Student Committee on the
Distribution of Students' Time , to
which Mr. Tunis refers. "If so many
student's had been absent from a foot­ball
game twenty years ago the situa­tion
would have called for a football
revival meeting.
"To the sports follower football is
more than merely a game, it is a re­ligion.
It might almost be called our
national religion. Dean Willard Sper-ry,
of the Harvard Theological
School, said that the only true reli­gious
spirit to be discerned among
large bodies of undergraduates to­day,
is in the football stadium. So
fundamental is the craving of man
for ritual in one form or another,
one college president said, that when
churches do away with ritual it
springs up in other and most likely
places. Ritual has so prevaded foot­ball
that it is fixed and standardized
from Main to California.
"There are almost as many football
officials as players upon the field and
they are handpicked for each game by
a High Commissioner who receives
a salary of ten thousand dollars for
the job; a job which does not appear
to be working out over well. Last
season more than three thousand dol­lars
was spent for spies to watch the
officials and report up<_ii their fair­ness
and the quality of their officiat­ing.
This fall there is talk of spies
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cost of three thousand dollars.
"Colleges are waking up to realize
that what they have on their hands
is a first-class octopus which is
strangling many of the legitimate
pursuits of the educational institu­tion.
In most American colleges there
are two factions; football and anti-football.
The football faction is well
organized, powerful, articulate .em­bracing
most of the students, the ath­letic
directors, their staffs, many of
the influential graduates and mem­bers
of the board of trustees, and oc­casionally
even the president himself.
There is no denying the fact that a
winning football eleven is a great help
to the president of every college. Af-
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Probably no one has a more ver­satile
and interesting position than
the Purchasing Agent, all purchases
for Alabama Polytechnic Institute
being made on requisition through
his office.
Since July 1st this office has put
through 2483 requisitions. Each
requisition requires that the Purchas­ing
Agent shall have signed his name
on the dotted line at least five times
before the transaction is completed.
The average number of requisitions
put through daily is 20. On one day
as many as 70 orders were made.
These requisitions vary in amounts
from 25c to $88,000.00. Before the
purchasing transaction is completed
all facts pertaining thereto pass un­der
the eyes of the President. In
brief, each requisition takes the fol­lowing
course: from the department
to the office of the Purchasing Agent.
Here it is approved by the Purchasing
Agent, the hour received stamped on
the face of the requisition, quota­tions
received, requisition numbered
and sent to the Accountant's office
where it passes through the hands of
the Auditor and all necessary entries
made by the bookkeeper. It is then
returned to the Purchasing Agent,
provided it is in keeping with prear­ranged
budget and the policies of the
President. The Purchasing Agent
completes the order.
Each day's mail brings many inter­esting
requests for purchases. In
one day's mail there was a request
for 180 grasshoppers, 10 pounds of
yeast for feeding birds at the Poul­try
Farm, 1 quart of Neet's-foot oil
to oil the wagon lines at the Station
farm, 2 Nasal irregators, 100 cap­sules,
rubber gloves. The purchasing
Agent again finds on his desk a re­quest
for the purchase of rat cages, a
pony for the Animal Industry Depart-ment.
rubber policeman, three feet
of "Happiness," a carload of poultry
feed, etc.
One office has purchased more
than one-half million sheets of paper
during the last three months. It will
require an excess of a million sheets
of paper to feed the more than 65
typewriters on the campus during the
session. 180,000 printed envelopes
were ordered recently in one pur­chase.
Perhaps the most interesting phase
of the Purchasing Agent's office is
buying for the "Zoo."
Bankers Association
Forms Study Group
Under Dr. J. W. Scott
Sponsored by the Chattahoochee
Valley Bankers Association, a study
group of the American Institute of
Banking has been organized.
The decision to organize the group
followed recommendation to this ef­fect
by John H. Drakeford, Tuskegee
banker and chairman of a committee
of the Association appointed at a
former meeting to study the question
and make recommendations. The
course will begin November 28.
The group will meet bi-weekly and
will be taught by Dr. John W. Scott,
dean of the academic faculty of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au-brun.
Twenty-four members will
take the course. Subjects of prac­tical
interest to practical bankers will
be taught, it was announced.
A. B. Hope, president of the First
National Bank, Notasulga, and also
president of the Chattahoochee Val­ley
Bankers Association, presided at
the meeting, which was one of the
best yet held. Commodore Herbert
Hartley, former commander of the
S. S. Leviathan, and John V. Den-son,
attorney of Opelika, each ad­dressed
the meeting. Commodore
Hartley told of his personal experi­ences
as commander of the Leviathan,
while Mr. Denson discussed "Negoti­able
Instruments."
Short talks were made by Clyde
Williams, Wallace M. Montgomery,
and J. D. Robinson, Atlanta bankers
who were present as guests of the
Association.
ROGER BABSON
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TO GET RICH
Roger Babson, statistician and
prognosticator, suggests "seventy
ways of becoming a millionaire" in
the New York Herald Tribune. They
are: Volcanic power stations, earth's
rotation as a source of energy, cold
light, automatic street cars, traffic
signals that work from the driver's
horn, 500-mile speed airplanes, air­planes
with sleeping compartments in
the wings, city streets without any
crossings, double deck streets, park­ing
places on the first floor of stores,
watches run by radio, books that talk,
practical eugenics, medicine droppers
taking the place of shovels, electri­city
made at the mines, the regula­tion
of sex, height, and other physical
characteristics by new electric waves,
self-finding golf balls, automatic
chemical analysis, automatic transla­tors
of launguages, elimination of
common colds, precast tunnels, syn­thetic
foods, using gun powder to put
out fires, motor cars with gas tur­bines,
sleeping accommodations on
motor coaches, seawater dynamos,
electric music, automatic garages,
harnessing electrons and atoms, ice-less
refrigerator cars, telephones by
which you can see, harnessing the
tides, the wonders of the ultra violet
rays, return to Sunday observance,
utilizing the power of prayer, lights
that pierce fog, paper made of glass,
long distance weather forecasting, in­cluding
the prediction of earthquakes;
telegraphing photographs, changing
birch into mahogany, bringing about
international peace, locating oil and
minerals automatically, stablization
of the fishing industry, returning to
the use of windmills for power,
changing plant life, developing a me­chanical
man, cooling houses in sum­mer
as well as heating them in win­ter,
gliders for every boy, music from
the ether, the renumbering of cities,
automobiles without gears, transpar­ent
metal, using the cosmic rays, new
methods of preserving, new sources
of gasoline; harnessing parasites, ra­dios
in the churches, selling lumber
in packages, eliminating the need for
dentists, farming under paper, real
talking movies, counting with a
weighing machine, planning by wind,
houses without windows, fountain
pens that write in three colors, feed­ing
plants with pills, elimination of
rust and decomposition, electric traf­fic
officers, power from cornstalks,
and the wonders of the new electric
waves.
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ANALZES D A T ES
"Was it worth it?" asks a Univer­sity
of Florida senior of. the editor
of the Alligator in a letter regard­ing
the dates he has had since he en­tered
the univeristy. According to
his statistics, he has lost 2,578 hours
on dates, 1,649 miles traveling to and
from them, lost 17,893 hours of sleep,
gargled 236 bottles of listerine, and
purchased 3,479 "dopes," rushed 14
girls, recovered 56,837 hairpins, and
bailed her brother out of jail four
times. On the other side of the led
ger, he has received 73 heart-rending
and 18,439 indifferent kisses, 19,511
tender embraces, chronic insomnia
and the loss of a good fraternity pin
CUMBERLAND SUED BY STUDE
WHO "FLUNKS" EXAMINATIONS
The entire faculty of Cumberland
University is the defendant in a law
suit filed against them by Willie
Baird. Mr. Baird charges that the
faculty flunked him on his last exa­mination,
thus causing him to lose his
chance of getting an A. B. degree.
The charges are far more serious than
they seem, for it is believed that this
exposure will unearth a deep mystery
that has baffled the students of Cum
berland Univeristy so long. A plot
originated by a master mind to flunk
just as many students as possible
each year, thereby enlarging the en
rollment of the institution.
ter winning everybody is in such a
good humor that things run smooth
ly and quietly among students and
professors.
"The anti-football faction is smal
ler, less powerful, vastly less noisy
but- nevertheless growing rapidly.
Some of them would like to do away
with football entirely. Although it
has been powerless to act effectively
so far, one president told me that
many thinking graduates, undergrad
uates, members of the faculty, and col
lege presidents would be happy if
football could be abolished without up­setting
the athletic systems of the col­leges
generally."
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OPELIKA BUSINESS REVIEW
Advertisements -:- (Continued from page 3) -:- Advertisements
C. M. CANON
Dealer of the Nationally Known Buick Cars
With offices and salesrooms in Ope-lika,
this is one of the finest and most
complete automobile institutions in
the state and is devoted to service to
Buick owners. This progressive au­tomobile
institution is giving Buick
owners in Opelika and vicinity a ser­vice
that is distinctively metropoli­tan
and also the equal of any in the
largest cities.
There have been two million Buick
motor cai's manufactured and of this
great army of fine automobiles nine­ty
per cent are still running, thus ex­plaining
the popularity and promi-neivt
position of the Buick.
Each one has the famous valve- in-head
motor, and each one is offered
by Buick as a modern car at a price
that is the greatest motor car value
ever afforded. When you have seen
and examined these current Buick
models you will readily say that it
is no wonder that the entire automo­bile
industry "sits up and takes no­tice"
that "The 1929 Buick is the
greatest Buick ever Built."
Among the many attractive features
of the Buick, are balanced wheels
which aid in smooth riding, a crank­shaft
ventilator and thermostatic wa­ter
control which makes change of oil
necessary only four times a year. All
models are furnished in New Color
combinations of Duco.
At the National Auto Show Buick
won first place among all other cars
at any price for nine consecutive
times, and the tenth time for all cars
priced over $595.00.
This is indeed a distinctive as well
as a merited triumph. To hold this
position once is an acknowledgment
that the country at large has recog­nized
the worth of your car. To hold
this coveted position for ten consecu­tive
years is evidence of Buick's lead­ership
throughout the world.
A special feature is their service
to Buick owners. This means that
they have men who have wide ex­perience
on these cars and therefore
when you leave your car. here you
know it will be in the hands of ex­perts.
Those who purchase cars at
this establishment may rest assured
that they will be given the most met­ropolitan
service afforded in the larg­est
cities. The result of this expert
service is that patrons here will al­ways
use proper oil, fuel and supplies
and that a slight adjustment will not
become a serious trouble because of in­competent
mechanics who are not fa­miliar
with their work. We are glad
of the opportunity to commend Mr. C.
M. Canon, whose progressive activi­ties
in co-operation with Buick own­ers
have been essential in the build­ing
of a modern and metropolitan
automotive service for the benefit of
Opelika and surrounding country.
CROSSLEY & WALDROP
Funeral Directors of the Highest Order
Located in Opelika, phone 220, this
company provides the most up-to-date
and finest funeral equipment. Night
calls phoned will be answered with
promptness.
In this business review it is emi­nently
fitting that we make commen­dable
mention of the efficient and
conscientious work which has secured
for this prominent professional firm
an enviable place among the most mod­ern
funeral directors and embalmers
in the state.
As is generally known, this firm is
recognized as among the most con­scientious
people in this section, and
the distinction is well merited as the
excellent service rendered in this prac­tice
will testify. It can be truly said
that no others in the section are en­gaged
in the calling of which they are
able exponents, have made a closer
study of their business or are better
equipped to carry out all the work at­tendant
upon the calling.
A modern funeral chapel is placed
at the disposal of their patrons which
is not only an accomodation to those
in apartments or houses with limited
rooms, but is one of the most elegant
establishments of this kind in the
entire state. It is fully in accordance
with the latest and most metropolitan
plan of diplomatic service for it has
become the accepted system in larger
cities for people even in the most lux­urious
homes to make use of such per­fectly
appointed funeral chapels as
this one. They furnish a strictly up
to date equipment, including the best
of motor vehicles.
This well known firm has by pro­fessional
work of the highest order,
gained a name as thoroughly relia­ble
funeral directors, which is not
confined to this city alone, but extends
throughout this and adjoining coun­ties.
It is highly proper and fitting in
this, our business review, that we give
this firm of Crossley & Waldrop com­mendable
mention as being among
our leading and useful citizens, who,
by the successful practice of this
necessary profession have gained
naught but the good will of all whom
they have served.
OPELIKA FLORAL CO.
Flowers for All Occasions
With modern floral shop in Opeli­ka,
phone 211; Sunday or night 205W
they provide an up-to-date floral ser­vice
which extends far into the sur­rounding
territory. They have always
proved to be the most reliable and
satisfactory source whenever you
wish to "say it with flowers."
Through years of serving the pub­lic
they have gained an enviable repu­tation
for promptness, skilled work
and reasonable prices.
The services of the modern florist
have become an essential in the life
of the modern city as has the haber­dasher,
or grocer, and the people of
this community may well be proud of
this capable establishment which sup­plies
only the best' blooms and foliage
with an unequalled service.
When in need of special floral de­signs
for parties, banquets, weddings
or other gala events, don't fail to a-vail
yourself of their suggestions and
skill. They have a happy method of
combining ability with quality in a
way that prices are no higher than
those charged for inferior service.
Here almost every member of the
flower family is represented. Being
florists of long experience they are
masters in producing the finest com­binations
of blooms and foliage and
by means of a modern heating equip­ment
are enabled to produce the most
popular flowers at all times of the
year.
In compiling this review we wish to
make special and commendable men­tion
of the Opelika Floral Co., and
we refer our readers to these experts
in the floral decorative art before pur­chasing
elsewhere.
OPELIKA ICE CO.
Wholesale and Retail
In making this review we are glad
to compliment the Opelika Ice Co.
upon high character of their service,
and their straight forward business
methods. They serve hundreds of
people in this locality with such a
necessary product as ice, and this com­pany
is rendering this community a
service of inestimable value. When
one stops to think what would become
of the food supply of the country with­out
ice and cold storage plants then
only do we begin to realize the true
value of this product that prevents
waste and preserves for us the best
in the land. In such a way a service
of true worth is furnished the people
of the community by the Opelika Ice
Company.
A famous and popular product is
their pure ice which they distribute.
It is very highly recommended by
doctors for both the sick and the
well.
The management is in the hands
of progressive, and experienced men
in this line. They know the needs of
their patrons in every branch of the
service they render and carry out the
policy of seeing that every demand is
promptly and satisfactorily met. The
publisher of this edition wishes to
compliment this well conducted or­ganization
which is rendering such a
valued service in the matter of PURE
ICE and to direct the attention of
all readers to the merited success these
admirable policies have won for this
company.
"COLLEGIATE"
The nemesis of the University stu­dent
has met him halfway. He coin­ed
the word "collegiate" a few years
ago on his campus with a connotation
that spoke of youth and gayety and
everything that was right, to find
it now thrust back on him with a con­notation
that flavors of cheapness
and everything that does not appeal
to the college student.
"Collegiate" is the word of the day.
It is applied to the yellow slicker,
splashed in varied colors with John
Held drawings, and time-worn jokes.
The watching world smiles benignly
and says, "It's collegiate." Fords
which have run the gamut of igno-miniousment
from factory to junk
pile are hauled out and decked up
with red lanterns and verbal decora­tions-
in white chalk.
But while these few innovations
receive patient and kindly treatment
at the hands of the public, the con­notation
that is gaining predominance
over the correct meaning of the word
is approaching the mark of question.
Collegiate is being applied to
things that are the direct antithesis
of the word. The college student
should be the leading type of citizen,
whose taste in all things should be of
the highest, yet you see advertise­ments
of 10-cent jewelry, labeling
them the "latest collegiate craze."
Stories of college life have been writ­ten
in such number during the past
year that you seldom pick up a maga­zine
that does not picture a mythical
college with all the trimmings that
the unsuspecting citizen labels de­risively
"collegiate."
When a word has Implanted itself
so firmly in the American vocabulary
with such disastrous results, it seems
time to do away with it. When the
college student becomes the mark
of attention because of the advertise­ments
of cheap jewelry and the un­true
stories of college life it is time
to boycott the word and find a sub­stitute
that will hold the connotation
that the student means to have.—
The Minnesota Daily.
CAMP FIRE GIRLS HOLD
CEREMONIAL MEETING
COLLEGE STUDENTS T A K I NG
ACTIVE INTEREST IN POLITICS
"Politics never used to be considered
a gentleman's game," says Leo A. Bo­rah,
in the December issue of College
Humor. "College folk looked down on
the whole business with disdain. They
wouldn'Ugive it a minute's considera­tion.
But the attitude of the college
student is changing today; he recog­nizes
politics as a real force in the
country. If the students who really
feel an active interest in government
will consider politics as a career and
enroll in the courses intended'to pre­pare
them for it, the United States
will be able to mix in world politics
without fear. It will no longer be the
tenderfoot sitting in the other fellow's
game.
"The student who would go in for
politics needs to obtain first a thor­ough
cultural education. At the same
time he must learn how to put his
knowledge to work, how to get out
of the academic rut and talk the
language of the electorate. A charla­tan
with a full complement of cam­paign
tricks can beat the most bril­liant
theorist in the world if the
theorist does not know how to put his
stuff over.
"The trouble with most American
college students today is that they
know nothing about public affairs.
In an examination in current events
in a certain university, one student
identified George Washington English
as a famous negro educator. Another
thought Maxfield Parrish was the
headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan.
With this sort of knowledge, how can
college students expect to do anything
at politics? Fortunately not all stu­dents
are like that. With the coming
of professors of practical politics has
come a growing interest of students
in the business of government.
"Politics is not a crowded profes­sion.
It gives you a chance to use
your personality and your education
and at the same time to be a regular
human being."
HONOR SYSTEM CHANGED
AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Ceremonial meeting was held in the
cap fire rooms Saturday morning
November 10, at 10 o'clock in honor
of Miss Kempthorne. All camp, fire
girls and guardians were present, six­ty
in number. Miss Kempthorne, in
her usual charming and interesting
manner, spoke to the girls on "What
the camp fire means to girls" and dis­played
a very interesting exhibit of
handcraft .
Miss Kempthorne wa sdeeply im­pressed
with what Auburn has done
for camp fire. .
Pan-Hellenic Council
Honors Sorority Pledges
The Panhellenic Council entertain­ed
the pledges of all sororities on the
campus with an informal tea on Wed­nesday
afternoon, at the rooms oc­cupied
by Pi Kappa Sigma and Chi
Omega. The guests were met at the
door by Miss Annie Ross Fuller, who
was assisted by Miss Elizabeth Mar-dre.
Miss Evelyn Henry presided
over the tea table assisted by the
other members of the Council. Fall
flowers were the feature decorations.
Much detective work is being in­dulged
in by the students at the Mass­achusetts
Institute of Technology.
They are all trying to find a certain
field day trophy. The loss of the cup
was discovered when a photograph of
it was to be taken for the school pub­lication.
The student body of the Univer­sity
of Texas has decided by an over­whelming
vote to abolish that part
of its honor system which requires
students to expose their fellows seen
cheating on examination.
According to the new system, the
student still takes an honor pledge
saying that he or she has neither giv­en
lior received aid on examination,
but the "spy" clause, which has been
in operation since 1883, has been en­tirely
done away with.
The old spy clause was considered
unnecessary, and more in the nature
of a useless rule.
JUNIORS ELECT COMMIT­TEE
AT CLASS MEETING
(Continued from page 1)
gan, chairman; "Shorty" Long, Jim
Crawford; "Abe" Martin. The
Sophomore representatives elected
are: Clyde Malone, chairman; Jack
McLeskey; H. W. Espey.
After this meeting, Carmen Teague
was elected vice-president of Junior
class, to serve in the place of Noble
Crump, who left school several
weeks ago, on account of the death
of his father.
A gruesome skeleton has been dis­covered
on the campus of the Uni­versity
of Toronto. Students there
believe it to be the result of a fra­ternity
initiation held some days
ago. *
BAILEY'S DRUG STORE
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded
Located in Opelika, phone 113, is
regarded as headquarters for toasted
sandwiches, hot drinks, etc., and they
carry a large stock of high grade
Hollingsworth's Candy which is in
demand by all who insist on the best,
and Mr. Bailey cordially invites the
Plainsmen to make this popular drug
store their meeting place while in
Opelika.
Having the enviable reputation of
being among the city's most thorough­ly
dependable and representative bus­iness
concerns, engaged in the com­pounding
and sale of the purest of
drugs, medicines and sundries.
Long ago this store won, and has
since well sustained a reputation for
being the one drug store in this sec­tion
where the patrons could always
get what they wanted just when they
wanted it. The proprietor employs
only registered pharmacists and so
are thoroughly experienced in com­pounding
drugs.
They carry a large and complete
line of druggists' sundries, which by
means of their large patronage, is al­ways
new and fresh.
The fountain and cigar departments
are strictly up-to-date and stocked
with the best of refreshments of the
thirsty or where the Havana-hungry
man may revel in his own brand.
In keeping with the policy of al­ways
keeping a little in advance of
competition, they always make pur­chases
in large quantities, thus getting
better prices, which means large sav­ings
and are passed on to the patrons.
In this business review of this busy
city we are availing ourselves of the
opportunity to commend the proprie­tors
of this establishment for untir­ing
effort's to serve the public so sat­isfactorily
and bespeak for him a con­tinuance
of the present generous pat­ronage
of the people of both the city
and county.
T
Interesting Facts
Are Revealed
On Our Colleges
A number of interesting facts
about American colleges and univer­sities
are revealed in the 1927 edition
of the Educational Directory of the
United State Bureau of Education.
Here are some of them:
Columbia University, at New York,
is the largest university or college in
the country, with 35,000 students
and 1,500 teachers.
Buena Vista College, at Storm
Lake, Iowa, is the smallest college in
the country, with 21 students and a
faculty of 16 teachers.
Harvard is the oldest university
having been established in 1636. Wil­liam
and Mary College and Yale Uni-veristy
come second and third, hav­ing
been established in 1693 and 1701
respectively.
Harvard boasts of a 32-million-dol-lar
endowment, the largest in the
country, while Oberlin College, in
Ohio, has the largest endowment—
$11,000,000—of any college as such.
In Canada the univeristies of Mon­treal,
Toronto, and Laval are the
three largest educational institutions
of the collegiate nuature, having be­tween
five and six thousand students j
each.
The college enrollment nearly
doubled between 1922 and 1924, in­creasing
from 269,000 men and 168,-
000 women in 1922 to 419,000 men
and 246,000 women in 1924.
THRILLS ARE HARD TO
GET SAYS "ABE MARTIN"
"The great unsettlin', disturbin'
factor in American life t'day is th'
insistent an' growin' thirst fer
thrills," declares Abe Martin in the
December College Humor. "Women
especially crave thrills. Look how
they rush t' go under th' knife fer
th' thrill of an operation. Ther
hain't a thrill left in housekeepin',
'cep perhaps climbin' on a stepladder
now an' then. Men, too, are begin-nin'
t' complain. They get a thrill
out o' spendin' money, but earnin' it
is growin' tiresome an' prosy.
"It's the great variety o' present
day thrills that's alarmin'. Robbin'
a bank when you don't need th' mon­ey,
drinkin' anything that smells like
formaldehyde, startin' off to Paris
in one-motor planes, walkin' home
from thickets at three A. M. I don't
believe ther's any thrill left t' a first
kiss; it comes so easy these days.
We're gettin' so blase' that we walk
out on a lion act."
VETS MEET ON
WEDNESDAY
The regular meeting of the Vet­erinary
Medical Association was held
on Wednesday night in the Veterin­ary
building. Dr. Cary made an in­teresting
talk on the American Vet­erinary
Medical Association. The
membership of the Association in
1890 was 200; the present member­ship
is 400. At the annual conven­tion
of this association a clinic and
educational program is conducted,
which is very beneficial to all pre