1926-11-24 The Plainsman

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VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24, 1926 NUMBER 12
AUBURN AND GA.-TECH MEET IN DIXIE CLASSIC ON GRANT FIELD
HUGH G. GRANT IS APPOINTED
SECRETARY TO JUDGE BUCK
Popular Professor Will
'Take New Position
On March 4
Announcement was made today by
Judge Hugo Black of Birmingham,
United States Senator-elect from Ala­bama,
of the appointment of Pro­fessor
Hugh G. Grant of Auburn as
his private secretary. Friends of
Mr. Grant here are delighted to hear
of this honor which has been conferr
ed upon him. Although the appoint
ment is effective at once Professor
Gra.nt will not leave his duties here
until March 4, when he will accom
pany the judge to Washington, at
which date Mr. Black will be sworn
into office.
Although his many friends here are
happy in his good fortune they regret
to see him sever connections with the
institution which he has served
loyally and efficiently for over three
years.
Hugh G. Grant was born, reared,
and educated in Birmingham. He
attended Howard College there where
he graduated in 1910, being president
of his class. In addition to this hon­or,
he was also secretary to the pres­ident
and represented Howard in the
State Oratorial contest in Selma.
Won Scholarship
Mr. Grant won the Howard Gard­ner
Nichols scholarship at Harvard
University where he majored in
American Government, Economics,
and English. He won the Speaker's
Club cup for extemporaneous speaking
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ALUMNI HALL
DECORATED TO
SUIT TENANTS
Boy's Dormitory Puts on the
Appearance of a Road
Map
Besides the exquisite landscape
gardening that has been done in front
of the Alumni Dormitory about six
new signs have recently been, and
somewhat mysteriously, placed there.
The signs read: "Parking Limit 30
Minutes," "Speed Limit 25 Miles per
Hour." "Keep To The Right," etc.
One of the signs a 4ew days ago
hanging from the balcony over the
dormitory door read: "Ethyl is
Here". Upon investigation by John
Thomas, Special Representative of
The Plainsman, and member of The
International Goofy Press Service, it
was learned, that Ethyl is a gasoline
and has come to stay. However, the
sign in question has been removed
due to the fact that a stranger in
Auburn might think Alumni Hall is
the girls dormitory.
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PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
Monday, November 29.
"CORPORAL KATE"
A Cecil B. DeMille
production.
Aesops Fables
Pathe News.
Tuesday, November 30.
"FAUST"
Picturization of the great
Opera Starring
Emil Jennings
Wednesday, December 1.
"GOD GAVE ME
TWENTY CENTS"
One of Paramount's
greatest pictures
Thursday, December 2
"THE BLACK PIRATE"
Douglas Fairbanks in the
Most Talked of Hit of
the Year
Friday, December 3
"THE BLACK PIRATE"
Admission 20 and 40 cents
RAILWAY BAND
MAKES BIG HIT
WITH STUDENTS
Young Kitchen Captures The
Hearts of College
Boys
On Last Friday evening, almost
the whole of Auburn turned out to
greet the famous Atlanta and West
Point Railway band, which arrived
here near six-thirty, coming in on a
special train from Montgomery. The
special also brought President C. A
Wickersham, president of the A. and
W. P. Railway, along with other of­ficials
of the road.
When the special rolled in, a vast
number of people were gathered at
the depot to be among the first to
see the famous visitors. Cheers and
shouts were set forth as the occupants
of the cars alighted. The band was
greeted especially by Bill Young, an-
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PI KAPPA ALPHA
GIVES DINNER
FOR COACHES
Football Mentors Feted By
Upsilon Chapter
With the members of the Auburn
coaching staff as their guests of hon­or,
Upsilon chapter of the Pi Kappa
Alpha Fraternity entertained at din­ner
on Sunday. The invitees began
assembling at 12:30 p. m. and were
shown into the living room where
they proceeded down the receiving
line.
At about one o'clock the guests
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EVANS SOCIETY
WINS EVENT IN
DECLAMATION
I. McConnell' Leads in An­nual
Literary Society
Contest
J. I. McConnell, Rayville, Louisiana,
representing the Evans Literary Soc­iety,
won first place in the annual
declamation contest, here today. His
subject was "Influence of the press
on world peace." He is a senior in
mechanical engineering.
Competing with the winner, were
G. T. Stafford, of the Wilsonian Lit­erary
Society, who delivered one of
Woodrow Wilson's famous addresses,
"The Banner of Right," and C. R.
Moore, who gave "The Spartan Glad­iator".
The declamation contest is one of
ihree annual events at which the rep­resentatives
of the Auburn literary
societies meet and try for highest
honors. These are held for the pur­pose
of stimulating an interest in
oratory and declamation. They are
sponsored by Phi Delta Gamma,
national forensic fraternity.
Each year the winner takes back to
his society a handsome loving cup,
bearing the name, class, and society
of the winner. It is hoped that in
time it will form a valuable record
•>{ the winners of this series of con­tests.
The Evans Literary Society, of
which McConnell is a member, is the
youngest on the campus. It was
founded some three years ago, and
named for one of the Professors in
the English department 'who had
shown a marked interest in the young
organization.
The judges of the contest were
Professor John B. Clark, Professor
J. W. Humphries, and Captain Ken
neth G. Althaus.
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IN TWENTY-SIXTH ENCOUNTER
KAPPA PHI IS
HOST TO TEAM
AT BANQUET
Hope Is Expressed That New
Innovation Will Become
Annual Event
Kappi Phi entertained Saturday
night with a very elaborate banquet
in honor of the 1926 football squad.
About sixty-two guests were included
in the hospitality. This affair mark­ed
the hight point in the social act­ivities
of the fall and was the subject
of much favorable comment from
students and members of the faculty.
At 7:30 p. m. the guests began to
gather in the fraternity house locat­ed
on south Gay street and a very
informal . gathering was in order.
At about eoght o'clock the banquet
was announced and everyone repaired
to the dining room. This spacious
room was artistically decorated with
the many colored autumnal leaves,
which effect was enhanced by the
Orange and Blue trimmings. A foot­ball
was placed in the center of the
table, bearing the inscription of
"Square Jaw" Salter, acting captain
of the Tigers.
After a welcome had been extended
those present by Professor J. A.
Kirkly, toastmarster, a four course
luncheon was served with a pleasing
regard for details. During the course
of the dinner, speeches were deliver­ed
by several members of the squad
and the coacjiing staff. Those re­sponding
to toasts were: "Weemie"
Baskin, "Nurmi" Nelson, "Count" Joe
Market, "Square Jaw" Salter, "Ebb"
and "Varsity" James, "Nick" Carter,
"Shorty" Long, "Dizz" Pruitt, "Pit-liful
Po" Moulton, "Tom" Shotts,
"Red" Carter, "Big Boy" Turner,
"Tuxie" Tuxworth, and "Goat" Smith,
trainer.
"Speck" White proposed a toast to
the coaches, in response to which
Mike Papke delivered the prize ad­dress,
of the evening' in which he
declared the size of a man's heart
constituted his value to the team.
Pop Patterson, last of the famous
line of Auburn athletes, asked that
everyone rise in appreciation of the
support given the team, by Madams
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NOTICE!
All interested in the forma-of
a golf team meet at the Kappi
Phi house Wednesday, December
1, at 8:00 p. m.
THANKSGIVING
IS HOMECOMING
FOR STUDENTS
"The Call of the Turkey"
Sounds Clear to Col­lege
Men
FRESHMEN ARE
SUPPORTERS OF
THE PLAINSMAN
Rats Put Out Real Work
Gathering News
Now that Thanksgiving day has
come and the turkeys are strutting
around the barn, memory takes us
back over the long trail of years to
our loved ones at home. It was only
a few years ago that a babe looked
up to behold its mother for the first
time. This- child grew under its
mother's care until the years came
which called it from home to seek
knowledge. Now when Thanksgiving
comes this young man and young
woman looks back to the happiness
which Thanksgiving meant during
early childhood andPyouth.
As father and mother take their
regular chair at the table with their
invited friends on Thanksgiving, a
sigh, then a prayer will be chanted for
their boy and girl not there. Not
that there are no desires on the part
of every boy and girl to spend another
Thanksgiving at home with their
home-folks but duty to their parents,
themselves and their country keeps
many of them away.
It is natural that all college stu-.
dents have a desire to go home; wipe
up the old gun; call up the hounds
and chase the rabbits, quails and
squirrels over every nook and crook.
Childhood days have passed with
most of us but the thoughts of home
and Thanksgiving lingers still.
Not many years ago, only 305
years, the first recorded Thanksgiv­ing
day was inauguerated with a 20
pound turkey. This was during the
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STUDENT BODY
OPTIMISTIC ON
EVE OF CLASH
All Roads Lead to Atlanta As
Old Time Rivals Gather
For Struggle
MAJOR PRAISES
GOOD SHOWING
OF R.0XC. UNIT
From present indications, a large
percentage of the A. P. I. student
body will be in the bleachers on Grant
field Turkey Day, when Auburn
meets Georgia Tech in their annual
pigskin encounter. A special train
of ten coaches will be run on the
Western R. R. of Alabama Thursday
morning to accomodate the students
and other Auburn supporters. This
train wll leave Auburn at 7:30 A. M.,
reaching Atlanta at 11:00 A. M. On
the return trip, it will leave Atlanta
at 8:30 P. M. and reach Auburn at
11.45 P. M.
The ' railroad is offering round
trip tickets at one way fare plus 25c,
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SECOND 'A' CLUB
DANCE EVENT OF
SATURDAY NITE
Gala Crowd Enjoys Good Lo­cal
Music
Thanks Student Body For Co­operation
in Armistice
Day Program
Declaring himself to be highly
pleased with the showing made by
the local unit of the R. O. T. C,
Major J. T. Kennedy, Professor of
Military Seience and Tatics here, ex-preseed
his appreciation to the stu­dents.
His thanks to the student
body were conveyed by a memoran­dum
posted on the military bulletin
board. The complimentary note fol­lows
: A
M\
Memorandum to: Auburn R. O. T.~
C. Unit.
1. The Professor of Military Sci­ence
and Tatics desires to expres to
the R. O. T. C. Unit of this institu-
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"Yes, sir, that's my baby"—atta
boy, do your stuff! And that is the
way the second "A" Club dance of
the-year started last Saturday night
in the College Gymnasium. Students,
and girls with curly auburn hair
thrilled to the boom, boom, boom,
of the drums; the tearful saxophones
shreiked with life and laughter; the
piano put out red-hot pepper tones
of hilarious joy; and the banjo
strummed and moaned.
It was a. night of nights. Music,
mirth, scents of the rarest pejrfumes
of Paris and the Orient. The cease­less
rythm of the orchestra drenched
the air with wails and jingling
chashes. The whole crowd was pepp­ed,
keyed up, and the music took them
deep into the wild junglelands. Some
body said once. "It's life, it's youth,
it's laughter."
Thre were about fifty couples and
about the same number of stags on
the floor. The dance started at nine
and ended at quarter of twelve. The
conduct of the dancers was said to be
unexcelled, and the dance itself was
one of the best ever given by the "A"
Club.
Music for the occasion was render­ed
by:
Mary Elizabeth Motley _ Piano
Dick Yarbrough _ ! Sax.
Paul Fontille _ Sax.
Levin Foster Cornet
Frank Perkins Drums
John McCaa Banjo
Burning of Dummy In­stills
Fighting Spirit
in Students
Feeling keenly the past two defeats
at the hands of the Golden Avalanche
of Marquette and the Georgia Bull­dogs
and inspired by the spirit shown
by the student body, the Auburn
Tigers, about thirty in number, en­trained
this morning for the momen­tous
treck over to the Georgia Cap­ital.
The object of the visit is to try
their strength against the eleven re­presenting
the Georgia School of
Technology. As the score in last
year's contest resulted in a tie, both
teams will endeavor to carry off the
honors and demonstrate its super­iority
over a team with which it has
been evenly matched for the past four
years.
Coach Morey, endeared to the
student body as "King" David, has
been busy in preparation for a last
supreme effort of the present season.
Opponents on this day can rest as­sured
that all the strategy known to
the gridiron will be released Turkey
Day when the curtain rises on what
has been considered the South's
greatest football classic. Uniforms
have been repaired and equipment
generally overhauled. Assisting him
in these tasks were "Bunk" Vaughan,
manager, and the two trainers, "Goat"
Smith and "Sallie" Turner. The
time honored struggle for the balance
of power will be renewed in earnest
on Grant Field when the referee's
DRESS BALL MAY
BE FEATURE OF
NEXT BIGJMNCE
Social Committee Seeks Opin­ion
of Students
Origin of "Touchdown Auburn9]
Related In An Old News Item
1913 Issue of Atlanta Journal
Tells of First Use of Famous
Auburn Chant
sill
In
Immediately after registering at
the opening of school, a goodly num­ber
of Freshmen manifested their in­terest
in the Plainsman, the college
weekly publication. They began re­porting
what news they could find and
were soon sufficiently advanced to
receive an appointment on the staff
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Maybe Auburn's band is playing
yet!
Just about 1:59 p. m., yesterday,
when the grandstand, the smoker, and
the bleachers were beginning to over­flow
like brimming cups, a bass drum
in the left hand corner of the left
hand section of the grandstand spoke
up.
"Touchdown Auburn." I t rumbled
hoarsly, like a fog horn moved to
sober enthusiasm.
"Touchdown Auburn," added, a cor­net
with the note of the tenor as he
joins in the triumphant march in
"Aida."
"Touchdown Auburn," piped the
clarinet, shrilly enthusiastic.
"Touchdown Auburn," they agreed,
as distinct as though each, from the
drum to the reed pipe, had a tongue
with which to speak.
The Auburn Rooters stood on their
tiptoes, and Athenians, in the smoker,
rose in answer. One enthusiast fell
from the top of the tallest pine beyond
the fence, and another rolled down
the red clay bank.
Enthusiasm reached a climax, and
waned, as enthusiasm usually does.
The smoker and the grandstand sub-
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Probability of a fancy dress ball
during the annual mid-semester dan­ces
was discuseed today by J. P.
Atherton, chairman of the Social
Committee. Atherton requested the
opinion of members of the student
body concerning this innovation in
the dance program.
January 27-28 and 29 have been
set as the dates for the Junior Prom
and plans are now underway to
eclipse- all ;-previo.us.. records_both of
attendance and entertainment.
Announcement of the orchestra
selected to provide music for the
dancers will be made later according
to the chairman. "IC^is" understood
that several large orchestras are un­der
consideration and every effort is
being put forth to obtain the best that
money can bring down.
Let's all get behind and boost the
mid-term dance.
whistle sends the two elevens charg­ing
flown the field. Meetings be­tween
Auburn and Tech have always
been replete will thrills and this year
is likely to be no exception.
Tech Strong
Tech is much to be feared by the
Orange and' Blue eleven as Alexan­der's
cohorts have shown flashes of
real ability in their conference games
this season. The number of games
chalked up on the loss side of the
ledger is far from being indicative
of the strength of the team. A glance
at the close lead to which they held
Notre Dame, being spoken of as the
national champions, and the fact that
Georgia was able to defeat them by
a scant margin of one point after
coming from behind in the last half,
is sufficient to convince one that all
their pristine strength has not been
lost by the Golden Tornado. Then,
too, Tech is always keyed up for the
battle with the local crew. Added to
these considerations, the game is to be
played on Grant Field, thus spotting
them one touchdown. A right royal
struggle can be expected however
when these two grid giants clash in
Atlanta on Turkey Day.
M e n Wyceff
The line-up which Alexaudcr
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APPEAL IS MADE
FOR FUNDS TO
SEND DELEGATE
Auburn
To
Asked To Send Nine
National Student
Conference
i
The National Student Conference
is to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
December 28 to January 1. Nine
delegates are to be sent from Auburn
or at least Auburn's quota is nine
delegates.
Plans are on foot to raise enough
money to send several students to
this conference. It is hoped that errik
class will raise enr>"«£. M.o*ey to send
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PROGRAM
College Show
Wednesday, November 24
'THE FLYING HORSEMAN"
Good Western with
Buck Jones,
Gladys McConnell and
Bruce Covington.
Thursday, November 25
No Show
Friday, November 26.
"DESERT GOLD"
Starring Neil Hamilton,
Shirley Mason,
Robert Frazier and
William Powell.
Saturday, November 27.
"SAY IT AGAIN"
A Richard Diy
winner.
With Alice Mills
and Chester Conklin.
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STAFF FOR 1926-27
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Consider the pin—its head keeps it from
going too far.
There's doubt as to which leather makes
the best shoes, but banana skins make
excellent slippers.
Many a true word has been spoken
between false teeth.
What we term keeping in fashion is put­ting
o n riding breeches to pitch horse­shoes.
When more clothes are worn, the flap­per
will not wear them.
A woman's mind is as uncertain as the
squirt vt a grapefruit.
We hear that the simplest way to learn
the Charleston is to catch the itch.
A hairlip is a misfortune, but a mustache
is a man's own fault.
Occasionally a woman gets a self-made
man in marriage, but she very often finds
it convenient to make extensive alterations.
Don't become discouraged. Think of
the mighty hickory tree. It was once a
nut.
THOUGHTS ON THE APPROACH OF
THANKSGIVING DAY.
The approach of Thanksgiving Day nat­urally
suggests a consideration of the reas-one
which the people of the United States
have for devout gratitude. And it is not
improper that among these reasons we
should include our unparalleled prosperity.
No other nation has ever approached
us in the magnitude of its material re­sources.
And, while our wealth is not as
evenly distributed as we could wish, the
average person among us; is incomparably
better off than is the average person any-!
where else in the world.
For all this we shouhTbe_ thankfuL— Ma­terial'
blessings are—not to be despised.
Properly used,.they may be made to min­ister
to intellectual and spiritual life. They
set us free from-:much debilitating and
distracting anxiety and make it possible
for us to appropriate for the enrichment
of our lives the intellectual and spiritual
inheritance that has been handed down to
us. We often call attention to the large
number of people who are ruined by the
possession of money. Let us not, however,
overlook the fact that millions of every
generation are dwarfed and destroyed by
poverty.
And yet the dangers of prosperity are
real, and against these dangers our country
just now needs especially to take heed.
Just before they entered the Land of Prom­ise
Moses solemnly warned the Isrealites
in words which we should do well to take
to heart today: "When Jehovah thy God
shall bring thee into the land which he
sware unto thy fathers, . . . great and
goodly cities which thou buildest not, and
houses full "f all good things which thou
filledst not, . . . and thou shalt eat and
be full; then beware lest thou forget Je­hovah,
who brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of bondage."
The wealth of the country to which the
Hebrews were going was insignificant in
comparison with the present wealth of
America; but Moses knew that to a people
who had wandered for forty years in, desert
wastes it would appear bewilderingly daz­zling
in its splendor and that there was sore
danger that by it they would be betrayed
into forgetting God and into habits of
material self-indulgence. ,
The same peril confronts the young peo­ple
of America today as they enter into the
possession of the inheritance which has
been made ready for them. The danger,
moreover, is not remote, but immediate.
Terrifying symptoms already appear on
every side. It is needless to attempt to
specify. The facts are - appallingly appa­rent
to anyone who has eyes to see and
ears to hear.
Nothing but a revival of vital Christianity
can save us from disaster. And such a
revival cannot be brought about by lamen­tation
and abuse and argument. If we
want a spiritual quickening that will save
us from the ills that threaten us, here are
some of the things to which we must give
attention:
We must wait on God in prayer, first
for ourselves, that we may be delivered
from our sordid selfishness and blighting
materialism and so enriched with all spirit­ual
grace that we shall become sources of
health and healing to others; and then for
our fellows, that their hearts may be opened
to receive the message of life.
We must live the message which we
proclaim. We talk much about witnessing
for Christ, and certainly there is sore
need for such witnessing. But it will re­quire
but little investigation to convince
us that the witnessing for which the world
is asking is not loud and vehement talk,
but Christlike living. Only through such
witnessing may a revival be brought about
that will save us from the doom of the
nations that have been destroyed by their
vices.
Finally, if we are to triumph over our
material resources and make them our
servants instead of our masters, we must
adopt new ideals for the bringing tip of our
children. The blame for the moral laxity
about which we are talking so much and
so loudly just now does not belong solely
to the young people against whom we are
vociferating. We older people are much
more responsible for existing conditions
than they are. They are the products of
our training or the victims of our neglect.
"The fathers have eaten sour grapes and
the children's teeth are on edge." The
way to substitute for the present ruinous
state is to stop teaching our children by ex­ample,
if not by precept, that success means
getting rich, and to set ourselves resolute­ly
and intelligently to the task of bringing
them up to believe with all their hearts
that the successful man is he who seeks
first the kingdom of God and his right­eousness.
Prayer, holy living, wise Christian nur­ture
and training—these are the things
that are needed to keep our material bless­ings
from being turned into curses. While
therefore, we are thanking God for our
abundant harvests and ample incomes, let
us not forget to be grateful that, sinful
though we have been, the way of return
and healing and restoration is still wide
open and that it is still possible for us to
command those spiritual resources which
can still make us in truth a great and
mighty nation through which all the peoples
of the earth shall be blessed.
SAME OLD GAG
Doubtless many of you have experienced
a feeling of antagonism or personal re­sentment
towards those who are advocating
the withdrawal of football games from the
college prdgrams. Certainly the arguments
put forth by these self-styled intellectuals
are egotistical in the extreme and eminate
from~minds-distortedJ3y..a..sjiperabundance
of mental training from which the neces­sary
physical exercise has been omitted.
The Davidsonian, student weekly publica­tion
of Davidson College, attacks this at­titude
and points out the fallacy of the
proposed arguments. We pass the article
on to you with our whole-hearted agree­ment
with the sentiments expressed therein.
"The perrenial attack on football by
those who view with alarm its growing
popularity has been reopened this year by
Alfred Dashiell, who, like his predecessors,
denounces football as a distraction and an
expensive parasite, living off the budgets
of American colleges. We are not surpris­ed
at Mr. DashielPs attitude—there are
thousands who will agree with him—but
we do believe that he has exaggerated the
menace of the sport.
"Writing in the November Forum, Mr.
Dashiell declares that 'football has become
a religious, cult, building stadiums instead
of cathedrals. Its moral and intellectual
benefits are absurdly exaggerated. It is
so expensive that educational budgets suf­fer.
There is nothing Greek about foot­ball.
It is a barbaric Roman spectacle for
a degenerate Roman mob.'
"This bold statement smacks only slightly
of the truth. It is one of these clever
manipulations of words and phrases that
lead inevitably to a false couclusion. One
so wise ar Mr. Dashiell must have smiled
to himself as he compared football, a Sat­urday
afternoon sport, for undergraduates,
with a religious cult. His analogy is amus­ing
in its distortion.
"When Mr. Dashiell declares that many
people fear that football will become a new
national religion, and that thinkers abroad
in our land are viewing with alarm the can-nonization
of football heroes, he is guilty
of one of two unexplainable attitudes.
Either he has jokingly decided to jostle the
gullible public, or he is suffering from a
fanciful fear solely of his imagination.
"Surely no one believes with him that a
false glamor and sentimentalism surround­ing
football will make of it a Saturday
afternoon ritual! There is even more
room for doubt in Mr. Dashiell's statement
that the twenty-two' clean-living gridiron
warriors do nothing more than afford an
opportunity for childish exhibitions by
drunken undergraduates in the stands. He
has inexcusably mixed causes and effects.
"If "drunks" still persist in crowding the
stands at Saturday afternoon football
games—and our own experience teaches us
that this custom is continually losing its
popularity in spite of the. growth of football
—why lay the blame on twenty-two clean
living athletes, who. are in no way respon­sible
for such a condition. It is the men
who persist in "childish exhibitions," which
they should have discarded at the end of
their sophomore year, and not the athletes
that are responsible if such a condition
exists.
"We are_prone to accept, moreover, the
opinions of Dean Gauss, of Priceton, who
has said, 'For my part, I wish we played
football every Saturday during the college
year. My job during the football season is
much easier, as far as enforcing discipline
in the university goes, than at any other
time.'
Why all this antagonism to the hero-worship
enjoyed by football stars. Hero-worship
may be a bad thing, but anyone
who has had even a little experience with
the young of the human species knows that
it is universal and ineradicable. You must
deal with it whether you like it or not.
Why not make it as useful and helpful as
possible? If a boy has no one else to ad­mire,
he will admire and envy a dead-game
gambler quite as blindly as he will.follow
a splendid specimen of the sound mind in
the sound, clean body.
" 'One reason why the game has taken
such a hold on the public is its essential
atmosphere of straightforwardness and
downrightness, its contempt for chicanery
and fraud,' declares Coach William Roper,
in answering Mr. Dashiell's article. 'I am
firmly of the opinion that the more we en­courage
athletic competition, the better cit­izens
we make,' he continues, 'and often­times
football games are won and lost sim­ply
on a mental difference which more than
offsets physical differences just as great.'
"There is no doubt that football has its
faults, but the benefits from the game and
its influence on those who play it far out­weighs
its defects. President Ernest M.
Hopkins, of Dartmouth, has sounded a note
of warning which should carefully-be co™
sidered by those who ascribe the evils to
football much greater than really exist and
who seek to eliminate it from our school
and college activities. President Hopkins
said, 'It is not surprising in a country where
we strive to make man temperate by legis­lation,
industrious by court decree, and
happy by political oratory, that we should
assume our ability to make men scholars
by denying them the opportunity for in­dulging
in any other interest. But argu­ing
from analogy, we lack certainty that
this would be the inevitable outcome.' "
good of dear old Auburn. All these years
the Auburn Spirit has been "One for all,
and All for one." Now let's everybody,
Professors and Students alike, endow your­selves
with the true AUBURN SPIRIT!
EDITOR'S NOTE: We wish to commend
the vigorous stand taken by the student
who is responsible for the editorial appear­ing
above. The paternalistic attitude which
this professor apparently adopted is un­worthy
of a member of a college faculty.
This statement is merely a commentary
on the editorial since we have no first-hand
knowledge of the occurrence.
But while we are on the subject, an
event has recently been called to our at­tention
concerning an offense perpetrated
against the Honor System of the college
to which the faculty, as well as the student
body, is a party. An instructor, preceding
a. quiz, requested all the girls to remove
their sweaters or coats and place them at
a designated place. He then proceeded to
pace up and down the aisles in imitation
of -the renowned Hawkshaw to prevent
someone's obtaining forbidden information.
We could not censure this conduct too
severely and call upon the students sub­jected
to such humiliation to rise up in
condemnation of such petty practices.
We cannot expect the honor system to
function properly as long as the professors
refuse to acknowledge their obligations.
A FAUX-PAS
Our students will meet anybody half way,
but they certainly resent being cowered
into an act.. -in fact, you cannot merely
force the students into something against
their wills. The Professors heretofore
have always treated the student body as
men and they have received in return, the
hearty cooperation of all the students.
This record was blemished last week when
one of the Economics Professors tried to
intimidate the Tuesday afternoon labora­tory
section of Accounting by stating that
he would fail every one in the Tuesday
afternoon section if his answer book to the
accounting problems, which was taken by
someone last Tuesday night, was not re­turned
by three o'clock Saturday. He
further stated that Dr. Dowell and Prof.
Shi after having heard the conditions, said
that he could use his own judgement in
settling the matter.
Now here is the big error—it so happens
that Dr. Dowell has been out of town all
the week, so it was an impossibility for
this Professor to have spoken to him, as
he led his classes to believe. This was a
big mistake and one that we hope none
of the other professors will make. An
act such as this goes against the students,
and naturally they do not thereafter hold
a very high opinion of the professor.
We hope that this criticism will be taken
in the right spirit, IkHHUMkie all for the
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
One tradition the American people have
preserved for many years is the sacredness
of collegiate sports. And now THAT ban­ner
is being dipped in the mire of profes­sionalism.
Misguided alumni, seeing football only
in terms of "won and lost"; universities,
with slightly faded consciences, and a
strong gang of campus-followers rapidly
corrupting America's prominent college
sport into sheer buying and selling. The
grandstand doesn't know in many instances
whether he's watching a man play for a
raise and a bonus or for love of clean
sport and Alma Mater.
There are some things in thfc world that
any disillusioned cynic may say—and that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary
—that are better, higher, and above money.
Trite, yes, but true!
—(Clipped from a college weekly.)
BLIND TIGER
"Hie—Hie— well, folks, here I am.
Hie— I Hie— have been pretty late get-tin'
here, but youse see Hie— I've had a
little "Blindtiger" Hie— and caunt help it."
Her face was happy
His face was stern
Her hand was in his'n
His'n was in her'n.—Davidsonian.
WOOD A NON-CONDUCTOR?
She—"I have electricity in my body."
He—"That's funny, I didn't feel shocked
when I kissed you."
If seeing, is believing—how man must,
believe in the women of today.—Bearcat.
"When Grubbs first got married he
used to fight continually with his wife.
Wonder what cured him?"
"His wife."
Rat Wooten—"Hahn, what's on :your
mind?"
Hahn—"Thoughts."
Wooten—"Then treat them kindly—they
are in a strange place."
When a man marries, he discards a dis­contented
life for a discontented wife.
Hats off to the "Radio Girls." You can
pick them up anywhere.—Davidsonian.
A rattling flivver gathers no girls.—
Tiger.
Wooten—"What donkeys we are."
Hahn—"Kindly speak in the singular."
Wooten—"What an ass you are."
The prize for absentmindedness goes
to the man who after he was married gave
his wife ten dollars aii-d kissed the preacher.
—Tiger.
Concentration is a person's ability to
keep his eyes on the cards during a game
of strip poker.—Tiger
Why don't they have women engineers?
They have to stay out too late at night
with the fast mails.—Tiger.
We know a girl so dumb she thinks a
Colt's Automatic is a young self-starter
horse.
"So your'e lost little man? Why didn't
you hang onto your mother's skirt?"
Youngster—"I couldn't reach it."
When a car stops along the road in day­time,
that's trouble. When it stops at
night, that's romance.
We cannot help but notice that "Red'
Arant has burst into popularity again as
the competitor of Dean Collins for the
favors of a member' of the "fairer" sex.-
We have noticed that "Red" has been
gaining ground lately. You can't keep a
good man down. Recently on an Epworth
League questionaire "Red" put down his
chief concern as "Co-eds" and he seems
to be getting away with it.
* * * * *
We notice this same "Red" on a treas­ure
hunt last Friday jiight. No, Red did
not find the treasure, but we believe that
he is satisfied with the results.
* * * * *
We saw Perry Edwards looking for that
same treasure somewhere around Drake
field and the Main Gate. We may expect
to see this young gallant holding the bag
on a snipe hunt next.
Just a minute ladies! Last year when
"Doc" Small graduated we all thought that
his popularity on the dance floor could
not be filled. But now we have found one
that can do everything and a few things
more as good as Doc. This is none other
than our own "Brother John" Garrett.
We wish to nominate him for Tango King
of Auburn 1926-27.
* * * * *
We have learned from a confidential
source that Square Jaw Salter is contem­plating
the same step that "Dizz" Pruitt
took recently. We are unable to comment
as we do not know enough of the affair
to make a rational comment. But any­way,
Square will bear watching.
* * * * *
What next? Fish Feagin has gone out
for horseback riding. We have not been
able to get all the information about this
young Lochinvar's adventures, but we no­tice
that he has been walking with a very
slow and uncertain gait for the past several
days
* * * * *
By the way, what has become of the old-fashioned
"honor roll" that claimed the
names of so many artillerymen last year?
* * * * *
At last we have it! It is the cook book
that will give a menu for every occasion
from the funeral of a rich uncle to the
visit of a mother-in-law. This unique cook­book
is just off the press, and the first
copies are on sale here in Auburn Rowe
Johnson^ the author, says that he predicts
that it will revolutionize the gentle art of
reaching a man's heart through his stomach.
Howard Head is the local sales- agent.
Step right up girls and get one. It is
guaranteed not to rip, tear, soil, break,
shrink, fade, warp, -wear out or split in
the middler )
, * * * * *
Jimmie Herren won't tell us where he
was last Sunday. It is rumored that he
left Birmingham immediately after the
game but did not arrive in Auburn accord­ingly.
It is rumored that there is some­thing
that detained him between Birming­ham
and Auburn, but we have not been
able to find out the details, but it is always
our policy to make the most suspicious
assumptions.
* * * * *
What should I do when a girl pretends
that she is sick and fills a date with some­one
else? What is the best method of get­ting
rid of prospective mothers-in-law?
What is the psychology of a spring night,
full moon, and the one and only? At last
we have it. "A Thousand Questions and
Answers on the Subject of Modern Shiek-ing,"
published by instructor Posey of the
Department of Architecture. This book
contains 1328 "pages, 2873 illustrations,
glossary, appendix and table of contents.
It is considered the best authority on the
subject that has ever gone to press. Those
that are interested will please see instruc­tor
Posey in the Architectural Drafting
Room. Office hours, 7:00 P.M. to 11:00
P. M.
* * * * *
Men, November 13 was an unlucky day
for us in truth as well as spirit, but that
is passed. We have lost to L. S. U., Geor­gia,
and Marquette, but we lack a lot of
having a disastrous season. These three
games are history. Let's live in the pres­ent,
not in the past. The one bridge re­mains
before us. Whether we cross it
successfully or not determines to a large
extent our success this year. It is the
duty of every loyal Auburn man to follow
King David and his fighting Tigers to At­lanta
and help wreck Tech. Auburn won
from Tech in 1919. Since then the best
Auburn has been able to do has been to
tie the mighty Golden Tornado. But the
worm must turn, and we must turn it.
WRECK TECH!
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
Worcester Tech has added a course in
swimming and life-saving in their physical
educational department. They are to give
training in several different strokes used
in swimming, teach fancy diving, life-sav­ing,
" etc. They are to have regularly
scheduled classes in this course from 4 to
6 p.m.
Presbyterian- College. It seems that the
game between the two institutions this
year was a little too close to suit the
Davidson ians and they dropped them from
their schedule. Davidson gave as her ex­cuse
for dropping them, that there was
animosity between the two student bodies.
Presbyterian College refutes this argu­ment
in rather strong terms.
The Student Council of Northwestern
University, Mass., has decided that there
shall be no more paddling of Freshmen.
They have decided that there are other,
and better means of developing school
spirit, than use of the paddle. They are
working out a new way of punishing erring
freshmen.
A member of the Senior class at Georgia
Tech has raised his voice in protest against
the practice of students bringing their
girl sweethearts into the Tech student sec­tion
at football games. He claims that
this keeps the man stndent from giving
vent to his feelings, by calling the officials
and opponents by names which he thinks
they are entitled to.
Some young brave from Howard College
stole into the lair of Birmingham's Pan­ther
last week and made away with the
cat. It.seems that the spirit between these
two institutions was at a very high pitch
all last week, as it was -claimed that it
was almost impossible to hold classes at
Southern Friday. The enterprising How-ardites
sent the Southern Panther back to
its lair in an ambluance Thursday.
Davidson College has dropped Presbyte­rian
College from her schedule for some
unknown reason, and has thereby aroused
'a storm of criticism from the students at
For Sale:—or trade, cheap this week:
good young'cow giving milk, furniture
two rooms, Ford roadster, and a ladies
wrist watch. In other words she gives
it hurts.
A
for
size
'til
"The movies have lost their only contact
with everyday life." ,
"How's that?"
"They've cut out drinking scenes."
Gibbs: "How can I retain my youthful
bloom, I wonder?"
Rat Springer: "Keep your cheek away
from your sweetie's shoulder."
BULLETIN BOARD
Thursday, November 25
Special train to Auburn-Tech foot­ball
game leave Auburn 7:30 a.m.
Matinee of Auburn-Tech football
game, Langdon Hall, 2:00 p.m.
Thanksgiving holiday through Sun­day,
November 28.
Sunday, November 28
Y. W. Cabinet meeting, Y. Hut,
1:30 p.m.
At the several churches: Sunday
School 9:30 a.m. morning services
11:00 a.m.; Young people's organiza­tions
6:30; evening services 7:30 p.m.
Monday, November 29
Y. Normal meeting, Y.M.C.A., 6:00.
p.m.
Auburn Players,'Y Hut, 7:30 p.m.
S. A. M. E., Engineers room, base­ment
Main Building, 7:00 p.m.
Evans Literary Society, third floor,
Main Building, 8:00 p.m.
Pharmaceutical Association, Phar­macy
building, 6:45 p.m.
Tuesday, November 30
Wirt, Wilsonian, and Websterian
Literary Societies, their respective
rooms, third floor Main Building,
7:00 p.m.
A. Phi E., 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 1
A. I. E. E., room 200 Ramsay Hall,
A. S. M. E., room 109, Ramsay Hall;
Ag. Club, Comer Hall; Architectural
Association, second floor, Main Build­ing;
Chemical Society, Chemical
Building; and V. M. A., Vet. Building,
7:00 p.m. '
Friday, December 3
A. S. C. E., room 109 Ramsay Hall,
7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 4
All College Hike leaves campus at
2:00 p.m.
**•
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
SMALL LOGS EAT
UP PROFITS OF
MANY SAWMILLS
Many sawmills fail to make a prof­it
because of the excessive cost of
handling small logs, according to data
recently compiled by the Alabama
Commission of Forestry. Practically
all lumbermen have observed that it
costs much more to "fell, cut up
bunch, skid and haul a thousand feet
of material in the form of small
sticks than it' does when the same
amount is comprised, in the lesser
number of logs.
It is. not only in the logging of
small trees, however, that profits are
eaten up, but the sawing, piling, and
loading of the lumber also costs more
per thousand feet than in the.case of
the lai'ger boards and dimension stock
from good sized trees. Trees under
twelve inches in diameter at the
height of a man's breast can only be
sawed into such material that every
process in the utilization of such trees
is accompanied by costs of operation
considerably in excess of those per­taining
to more, mature timber.
Another element cuttirtg into the
sawmill profits in the case of small
timber is the fact that the sawed
material grades very low. The greater
proportion of clear lumber is found
in the larger trees, and if the opera­tor
works up small logs almost ex­clusively
he has very little of the
higher priced products to put on the
market.
LOCAL CHAPTER
IS REPRESENTED
IN INSTALLATION
Beta of Alabama Chapter of Tau
Beta Pi, national honorary engineer­ing
fraternity, was installed in Bir­mingham
on Saturday, November 20,
when members of Tau Pi Epsilon,
University of -Alabama engineering
fraternity, were initiated into the
national organization.
Representatives of Alpha of Ala­bama
chapter attending the cere­monies
were: Professor C. A. Baugh-man,
Forney Ingram and Sam Har­bin.
Professor Baughman was one of
the speakers on the program of the
evening at the banquet held at the
Tutwiler Hotel. Local delegates re­ported
a very enjoyable affair.
The students at Emory University
have started a movement for inter­collegiate
sports there. Some of the
faculty have given their reasons for
objection to intercollegiate sports,
but we fail to see the validity of
their contentions. They say that they
do not need athletics to advertise
their school. They say that the
coaches draw more salary than the
instructors in some institutions. We
admit this last statement, and part of
the first, but to say that that is all
there is to athletics, is indeed taking
a very narrow view ^of the subject,
we think. The best thing derived
from athletics, as we see it, is that
"never say die" COLLEGE SPIRIT.
That is about the best thing we know
of to arouse school interest in the
group as a whole, at one time. Ath-lyetics
is something that all can feel
like they are a" part of, whether it
be in the capacity of boosters or war-rios.
Here's to hope that they get
what they have started to get.
NEWS OF WAPI
•
Congressman Bowling Speaks
On Thursday, November 18, Hon.
W. B. Bowling, congressman from the
fifth Alabama district, broadcasted
an address from radio station WAPI
on the subject of "Tax Reduction."
An entertaining musical program and
the usual Thursday night lecture by
Dr. George Petrie added to the pro­gram.
A. & W. P. Band Are Guests
The famous band of the Atlanta
and West Point Railway broadcasted
a special program from radio station
WAPI Friday, November 19, begin­ning
at 7:30 p.m.
Along with the band concert, Ches­ter
Wichersham kitchen, the twelve
year-old boy singer who has appeared
in several concerts with the band,
sang several numbers. Short talks
were made by President C. A. Wick-ersham
of the A. and W. P. Railway;
J. P. Billups, general passenger agent,
and S. R. Young, assistant chief en­gineer.
The band of thirty pieces, together
with the other members of the party
came from Montgomery to Auburn
by special train, arriving in Auburn
at 6:25 p. m. From the station they
paraded through town to Langdon
Hall where they gave a concert of
thirty minutes, at th& conclusion of
which they retired to the studio of
Station WAPI for the program that
began at 7:30 and continued more
than an hour. On the parade the
band was led by Miss Margaret Fau-lin,
the drum-lady.
This was the first appearance for
the Atlanta and West Point Railway
band from Station WAPI, except for
a few numbers broadcast from Mont­gomery
during the State Fair.
Several Programs For This Week
During the week beginning Novem­ber
22 radio station WAPI will broad­cast
a number of interesting uro­grams,
among which are a special
Thanksgiving program by the Trinity
Presbyterian church of Montgomery,
and m play-by-play roport of the Au­burn-
Georgia Tech football game.
The noon programs begin at 12:30
and the evening programs at 8:00.
The schedule of this week's enter­tainment
follows:
Wednesday noon, solos by Mrs. A.
D. Mayo, followed by a lecture on
how to get rid of cock roaches by
Prof. F. E. Guyton.
Wednesday night, the studio or­chestra
with Mrs. Helen Carnes will
be on the air for an hour. Prof
Harry Hamilton will discuss a popular
book and J. D. Pope will talk on the
crops and markets situation.
Thursday noon, silent.
Thursday afternoon, beginning at
2 o'clock a play by play report will
be given of the Auburn-Georgia Tech
football game.
Thursday night, a Thanksgiving
program will be given by the Trinity
Presbyterian church of Montgomery,
with Rev. H. V^ Carson, pastor, in
charge.
Friday noon, Miss Mary Elizabeth
ftfotley, pianist, will play several
numbers, and Aunt Sammy will give
her regular weekly talk. A discussion
of forestry conditions will be read by
Otto Brown..
Friday night a program will be pre­sented
by a party form Tallassee,
with D. B. Butler in charge, follow­ing
which Prof. W. H. Eaton will
then lead a discussion of interest to
livestock owners.
MID-SEMESTER
GRADES TO BE
GOT OUT SOON
With the approach of the Thanks­giving
season comes another very im­portant
event in the college curricu­lum,
that is, Mid-Semester Grades.
For the past week we have experi­enced
a series of quizes and examina­tions
for grades to be used in the
final averages of these reports.
All the grades were turned in at
the registrar's office Saturday, Nov­ember
20. Copies will be given the
students beginning with the week fol­lowing
Thanksgiving, November 29.
A second copy will be sent to the par­ents
or guardians.
These grades are merely issued to
show the student just how he stands.
If they are deficient they are a warn­ing;
or on the other hand they may
be an encouragement. They also
serve to show the parents and guard­ians
how the student stands. The
grades are to be regarded seriously,
hence the college has adopted a rule
of probation. To those limited in the
knowledge of college rules it would be
well to state briefly this regulation.
A student is placed on probation
when these reports show that he has
passed on less than eleven semester
be sent him and the parent. He then
remains on probation until the next
regular reports are made. If during
this time he has raised his standard
hours work. Probation notices will
and passes at least eleven hours work,
the probation charge will be removed.
Failure to improve in his work re­sults
in a request for the students
resignation.
The regular routine of the entire
first quarter of the school year has
been broken into by the football sea­son.
If you have failed to meet the
requirements of the college do not be
discouraged, as a better opportunity
now remains to work harder to re­move
any probation demerit that you
may have befallen any one of us.
Y.M.C.A. GROUPS
NEARING^CLOSE
The Y. M. C. A. discussion groups
ara nearing a close for the first sem­ester.
Two more normal group meet­ings
are to be held after the Thanks­giving
holidays. It is hoped that
the students will take an active part
in this work and help push it the
rest pf the semester in order that
more students on the campus may
be reached through these discussion
groups.
Considerable interest has been
manifested in the normal group work
which is held every Monday night
in the assembly hall. There are al­so
several discussion groups being con­ducted
from this normal class by the
students who attend this class. H.
G. McCall has had charge of the dis­cussions
this semester. ,
A contest is being held by the dis­cussion
groups which will end some­time
in December. The group that
has the highest average based on at­tendance
and reports at normal
group will be given a free ticket to
the Friendship Council banquet which
will be held just before the Christ­mas
holidays.
H A V B
GRADE YOURSELF
FRESHMEN ARE SUPPORTERS
OF THE PLAINSMAN
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF AUBURN
Advice and Accomodation'
For Every College Man
Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction
Albert Thomas, '04, Pres. • G. Herbert Wright, '17 Cashier
C. Felton Little, '06, Vice-Pres. W. D. Steele, Asst. Cashier
"Say it "With <&U>Xvers"
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
ROSEMONT GARDENS
FLORISTS
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
For Dependable
ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT
. Call or IsMtes
Klein's Sporting Goods Store
Agents for SPALDING GOODS
Montgomery
(Continued from page 1)
as reporters. These Freshmen are
still working and it looks at present
that they are the ones that are going
to make the fellow sweat who is ap­pointed
editor in chief of the Plains­man
during later years.
Far be it from saying what kind
of a publication the Plainsman will
be four years from now, but there
are indications that it will continue
to improve. At the present rate of
progress of the new members of the
staff, by the time that the class of
'30 gets the paper in hand there will
be a number of outstanding individ­uals
pulling for the publication and
that is what it takes to make the best
of it. All the college activities are
looking for wide awake, enthusiastic
students for it is realized on every
side that the "bigger" the man the
more dirt he can move. It is the
wishes of the seniors and juniors" on
the staff" this__year that the other
two classes of the college encourage
some members of their group to make
their influence felt on the Plainsman
staff during later years.
More students at Auburn are tak­ing
journalism this year than ever
before. This fact also points to bet­ter
trained students for the college
publications during the coming years.
Every student that expects to con­tinue
along any line of businee which
demands one bit of journalistic know­ledge
should not fail to study the
course of journalism offered by Pro­fessor
Grant, head of the publicity
department of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute. It will aid you
along other lines than journalism if
you are really interested in something
that is up-to-date.
Often the absurd statement is
heard which expresses the idea that
real service in the news papers is
the only thing that will aid in attain­ing
distinction along journalistic
lines. It is true that service is worth
as much or more than anything else,
but a course in journalism will avoid
many blunders which would otherwise
be witnessed. News paper work is
full of wonderful experiences, some
of which are desirable, others are far
from desirable.
With a continued interest in the
college publications and a fuller
course of journalism offered, there is
no reason why all the college publica­tions
should not improve each year.
Within the next few yars we hope
to see the Plainsman a ten page
paper instead of a six and we feel
The ten points below are a real
test. Grade yourself, allow ten per­cent
credit for each point you are
able to check. The total will give you
a fair estimate of yourself.
1. Do I have a definite, daily de­votional
period?
2. Is my church membership in a
local church?
3. Do I support my college's pub­lications
to the limit?
4. Do I contribute regularly to
the church budget?
5. Do I attend the prayer meet­ings
as regularly as I should?
6. Do I invite other students to
attend the church services?
7. Am I a member of at least two
religious organizations?
8. Do I maintain at least an aver­age
interest in campus activities—so­cial,
athletic, and religious?
9. Do I know my life's work?
10. Do I maintain at least an aver­age
of 80 in my studies?
(Modeled from a clipping found in
The' Baptist Student, October num­ber.)
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that we will see it.
The Plainsman office has been
moved to the basement of Alumni
hall where there is plenty room for
expansion. Now it is left to the staff
of this year and the ones of the fol­lowing
years to see that the alumni of
the college are not disappointed in
the paper and that some real journal­ists
go out from the institution on ac­count
of the training they received
from the work on the Plainsman
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at Harvard where he received his A.
B. degree in the class of 1912. He
was later awarded the M. A. degree at
his Alma Mater, Howard College.
After completing his colleg train­ing,
he did newspaper work in Bir­mingham
with the Birmingham News
and Birmingham Ledger, covering
city politics.
Professor Grant later entered ed­ucational
work as principal Barret
school, Birmingham, from which posi
tion he resigned to enter the World
War. After the War, he re-entered
the educational field with Federal
tfoard for Vocational Education work­ing
with disabled soldiers 4m Alaba­ma,
Mississippi, and Louisiana. In
1921 he went with the Alabama State
Board of Education, Montgomery, and
in 1923 came to Alabama Polytechnic
Institute where he is now head of
publicity and journalism department
and teacher of American Government
and Politics. He is aiso the special
writer on Auburn for Alabama news­papers.
In Who'. Who
Mr. Grants work was very favori
ably commented on in the 1925 edi­tion
of "Who's Who in Journalism.',
He is a member of the Baptist
church, Mason, DEMOCRAT, Ameri­can
Legion and State official in For­ty
and Eight society of the American
Legion.
Judge Black's appointee has been
very actively engaged in promoting
the civic welfare of the community
with which he has been identified
during his residence here and served
as the president of the Auburn Lions
luncheon club, a live organization de­voted
to the upbuilding of the city.
A close friend of Judge Black, for
a number of years, his appointment
came as no shock to those who knew
the esteem in which he is held by the
Birmingham jurist.
Auburn has become better known to
the citizens of the state at large
through the columns of papers in
which' Mr. Grant's articles appear
with pleasing frequency. In his class
room in the role of professor and
lecturer he has made for himself an
enviable reputation with his students.
Professor Grant is a member of the
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
PI KAPPA ALPHA GIVES
DINNER FOR COACHES
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repaired to the dining hall which had
been attractively decorated with the
garnet and old gold of the frater-uity
together with the appropriate
Thanksgiving mementos.
Unique place cards were carefully
arranged on four large tables on
which many autumnal delicacies had
been placed. A delightful four course
turkey dinner was served those to
whom the hospitality of the chapter
had been extended.
Following is a list of invited guests:
guests:
Mesdames David Morey and Rus-sel
Moulton, Misses Minnie Motley
and Mittie Lee Stanford, Coaches
David Morey, Mike Papke, Russell
Moulton, and Buck Spinks, Frank
Tuxworth and Emmett Sizemore.'
Members of Upsilon Chapter are:
W. O. Baskin, Jr., T. N. Boone, Z. H.
Burns, M. B. Clayton, J. H. Cone,
Jr., J. L. Hartselle, Clyde Hendrix,
Jr., J. B. Hollingsworth, W. B. Kirk-wood,
C. M. Leland, S. H. Lynne,
Coke Matthews, H. B. McLaren, W.
H. Mow, B. T. Sankejr, J. B> Sides,
G. H. Smith, Ludwig A. Smith,
Luther A. Smith, J." R. Taylor, Jr.,
E. W. Virgin,, Jr., N. C. Wood and
Andrew Day Hoskin.
Following pledges were present:
James Bethel, William Bryant, Fred
Busey, Brice Chestunt, Boots Fulton,
Ray Hamilton, Tom Hendrix, Ty
Jones, Jack Nagely, A. M. Pearson,
Jimmy Primm, Norman Sayer, R. W.
Sheppard and Euil Snyder.
. The "big Three" in football circles
has at last been broken up. Immedi­ately
after the Princeton-Harvard
game last week, the authorities at
Princeton notified Harvard author­ities
that they would no longer play
their teams on the athletic field. The
reason given for the act by Princeton,
was an article which appeared in the
Harvard Lampoon on the day of the
game. This article was rather free
with its chidding of the thought that
Harvard and Princeton were real
friends. It stated that it was a myth,
so to speak, and that Harvard was
hoping that Princeton would not take
Harvard's friendly phrases too ser­iously.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN
SPORTS WRECK TECH! SPORTS
Baby Tigers Lose
To University of
Georgia Bullpups
Rats Show Cla«* in Defence and Of-fenae
But Fail To Get
Started
In their final game of the season
the Rats went down with a 7-0 defeat
at the hands of the Georgia Bullpups.
In this game they did not seem to get
started; there was something wrong,
"perhaps stateness from the long train­ing
period with so few games. For
the most part the boys have just
finished the longest and most stren­uous
training period they have ever
gone through in their athletic career
ond it is quite possible that this has
had its effects. Though they "were
defeated in this, their last game, the
Rats went down fighting and the
Pups knew the Tigers were still there
at the end.
Rats have had a very good season
as you will see when you. stop and
think about it. They have won two,
lost two, tied one^ and also beat the
varisty three times this season. A
finer and scrappier bunch of men
have not been to Auburn in many
moons and it will, probably be many
more before such another crowd
comes. The boys have fought hard
all season and are due full credit.
As we know the Rats have to do
most of their work and get no praise
but honor goes to whom honor is due,
so those who stick in the fight and
repeat their performance for King
Dave next fall will get their share of
the honor.
The boys seemed to be really fight­ing
in the last game as two of them
are still on the disabled list. It is
expected that Crawford will have to
have an operation on his nose. He
seems to have gotten a hard lick
square on the smeller. Garner has
his arm in a sling too and I just
imagine that he strained it in an
effort to hit "him" just a little harder
than he did last time. We are hoping
for no serious results from these
injuries and will be glad to see the
boys well again. This marks the end
of the Rat's football career as Rats
but we will be hearing from them in
the future. They have demonstrated
their ability and only wait for the
time when they will have an oppor­tunity
to do in high style.
L C. H. S. Close
Season Defeating
Handley Hi Team
Presenting a flashy offense and a
formidable defense the lads of Lee
County High rode to a 28-0 victory
over the highly touted eleven from
Roanoke to close one of the schools
most successful seasons. "Pea"
Green's cohorts displayed to many
spectators the fact that they had re­ceived
good coaching lessons in foot­ball
tactics. Greene is indeed to be
commended for turning out such a
successful eleven the first time he
ever assumed the responsibilities of
coaching a team. The stars of the
game Saturday are hard to pick by
virtue of the fact that every player
^"w"a>-dM»playing a high calibre of foot­ball;
however Richardson's run for
one of Auburn's touchdowns was tru­ly
a pretty exhibition .of broken field
running and deserves special com­ment.
The boys from Roanoke put
up a game fight but lost to a team
that showed superior teamwork and
better blocking.
The record of the Lee Countians is
as follows:
Auburn 38—Langdale 0.
Auburn 33—Waverly 0.
Auburn 16—Notasulga 0.
Auburn 0—Opelika 0.
Auburn 0—Dadeville 41.
Auburn 28—Columbus Industrial 6.
Auburn 16—Tallassee 12.
Auburn 25—Camp Hill 0.
Auburn 28—Roanoke 0.
Total points: Auburn 184; oppo-neris
69.
Pf •;'." . l ^g
The above Tigers round out their football career for Auburn in the game Thursday with Georgia Tech.
They are from left to right: Salter, tackle; Market, center; Allen, halfback; Long, guard; and Turner, full­back
and captain for the present season. These gridiron warriors have been stellar performers for Auburn
and will be sorely missed when Morey issues his call for candidates for next season's eleven. Turner comes
to us from Montgomery, Long is from Cullman, while Allen hails from Selma and Salter" from Bessemer.
Market is the only one from without the state. He is from LaGrange, Georgia.
Thanksgiving Games To Mark
Golden Anniversary of Football
Just fifty yars ago this November,
organized intercollegiate football
made its first appearance in the Unit­ed
States.
In the fall of 1876 Columbia, Har­vard,
Princeton, and Yale formed the
Intercollegiate Football Association
of America. A Schedule was drawn
up, Princeton and Yale ploying under
the auspices of the forerunner of the
modern conferences.
The game between Priceton and
Yale was a radical step forward in
more ways than one. Not only did
it open a regular schedule of contests
between the teams of institutions
banded together in a mutual sport
goverining body, but "American" foot­ball
played under revised Rugby rules
had its beginning there.
The original scoring rule read: "A
matchshall be decidedby a majority of
goals alone." Revised it stood: "A
match shall be decided by a majority
of touchdowns ;a goal shall be equal
to four touchdowns, but in case of a
tie a goal kicked from a touchdown
shall take precedence over four touch­downs."
But this system of match­ing
plays resulted in argument over
the relative superiority of each team's
goals when ties resulted and in 1883
Walter Camp secured the introduc­tion
of numerical scoring. The ori­ginal
values assigned were: safety, 1
point; touchdown, 2 points; goal from
try, 4 points; field goal, 5 points.
Features of the game as it was
played half a century ago now seem
outlandish or even humorous. The
system of appointing an umpire for
each side and a referee to decide the
disputes between the umpires, who
took their position in the light of
active attorneys for their respective
team in an instance. The nameless
genius who played halfback greased
from head to foot during one of the
first intercollegiate games and the
L.-P. Smock of Princeton who invent­ed
the laced canvas jacket dubbed
"smock" in his honor, are remembered
for their efforts to make tackling
difficult. In 1893 Harvard appeared
against Yale, each man in a smooth
leather suit. Rain added to the slip-periness
of this natural!* elusive garb.
The game actually lived up to its
name in those opening years, when
figures proved that the number of
kicks in any given contest usually ex­ceeded
the number of scrimmages.
Records were hung for dropkicking
field goals—Alexander Moffat made
32 field goals in 15 games and on
November,1882, scored the almost
unbelievable total of six goals against
Pennsylvania.
A little more than forty years ago
secret signals made their debut. Yale
again was the innovator. "Look out.
Quick. Deac," was one of them call­ing
for a run up 1;he field to the left.
Fifty years ago who would have
predicted that in 1926 crowds of a
hundred thousand would compete for
the privilege of witnessing football
games played in stadia larger than
the greatest built by the Romans?
For who could have foreseen that an
army of 132,000 players would be in
uniform, representing 400 colleges
and 4000 preparatory schools and
contesting 17,500 scheduled games on
4500 gridirons?
Who could have prophesied that
Woodrow Wilson, then a coach at
Wesleyan and Princeton, would even­tually
become President of a nation—
that Harlan P. Stone, Amherst guard,
should ascend to the Supreme Court,
or that John Sargent, center at Tuts,
should become Attorney-General?
Nevertheless let it be said that char­acter
is the least of the fruits of
American football.
Scores of Previous
Games of Auburn
And Georgia Tech
Auburn
... 26 .-
.__ 96 _.
.__ 40 ..
... 29 ..
Year
1892 _--
1894 _.-
1896 _.-
1898 fe_
1899 1 63
1902 18
1903 10
1904 12
1906 --- 0
1907 12
1908 44
1910 16
1912 27
1913 - 20
1914 -._ 14
1915 0
1916 7
1917 _._ 7
1919 14
1920 -, 0
1921 0
1922 6
1923 -.- 0
1924 0
1925 __ 7
Tech
. 0
. 0
. 0
. 0
- °
. 6
- 5
. 0
- 11
. 6
. 0
. 0
. 7
. 0
. 0
. 17
. 33
.68
. 7
. 34
. 14
. 14
. 0
. 7
. 7
Scrubs Play 6-6
Tie With Naval
Air Station Sat
Saturday was indeed a great day
for the "gray jerseys" of Auburn
when they journeyed to Pensacola
and played the Naval Air Station of
that city to a 7-7 tie. It was really
more than was expected of our re­serves
inasmuch as the Air Station
boasted of an undefeated record and
our scrubs had not heretofore gone
into an encounter in which there were
to be the critical eyes of a referee
to follow their every move. "Boozer"
Pitts was in charge of the Auburnites
and he says the boys gave a noble
exhibition of football to the specta­tors
who had journeyed out to see
the Air Station engage the reserves.
The line up that started for the
scrubs was: McGhee left-end, Smith,
left-tackle, Williams left-guard, Hor-ton"
center, Fayett right-guard, Yar-brough
right-tackle, Gregory right-end,
Adams quarterback, Peake left-half,
Spann right-half, Copeland full­back.
Others to make the trip were:
Newsome, Powell, and Pitts, halves.
Young and Richardson ends, Cham­bers,
Scott, and Thomasson, linesmen,
and Jackson, center.
GRIDIRON GAB
VARSITY SCHEDULE
September 26—Chattanooga 6 Auburn 15
October. 2—Clemson 0 i Auburn 47
October 9—Howard 14 Auburn 33
October 16—L. S. U. 10 _' _.._ Auburn 0
October 23—Tulane 0 . Auburn 2
October 30—Sewanee 0 Auburn 9
November 6—Georgia 16 Auburn 6
November 13—Marquette 19 J Auburn 3
November 25—Georgia Tech ?? Auburn ??
FRESHMAN SCHEDULE
October 9—Marion 0 Auburn 34
October 16—Howard Freshmen 6— Auburn 6
October 30—Oglethorpe Rats 0 Auburn 6
November 11—Florida Rats 18 Auburn 13
November 20—Georgia Rats 7 Auburn 0
The Marquette Tribune says: "The
Auburn Band played a Negro spirit­ual
song from one end of the game to
the other and it "got" some of our
boys. It was to be noticed that they
played softly when Auburn had the
ball, and loudly when Marquette was
on the offense". We doubt very
much if the guy who said that was
a negro spiritual song knows much
about music. Anyway, he can't make
104 per cent grade on music. For
their benefit, we will try to explain
what that was. When Auburn was on
offense, it was "Touchdown Auburn",
and when on defense, it, was. "Hold
em Auburn." We would like to re­mind
them that when the Auburn
Band crossed the Rhine River with
the 167th Infantry at the close of the
great war, they crossed it playing
"Touchdown Auburn!"
Northwestern University officials
have become alarmed over the fact
that there are so many coeds there.
They have recently passed a new law
declaring that there must be at least
450 men students there for every
360 coeds. This action was taken,
they say, "In order to increase the
professional atmosphere, and protect
the men". They are afraid of femi­nine
enchantment, seems like.
POINTS SCORED BY
1926 Auburn Football Team
Fisher 24
Ellis _,. _ 18
Allen 12
Snider 18
Turner > 6
Wattwood 6
Patterson 6
Slaughter - - 6
Shotts 7
Moulton 7
Pearce 2
Total 112
Again comes the time when every­body
and his brother forget all their
troubles and go to see a football
game. It is nothing short of Thanks­giving
week. Probably the biggest
drawing card in the south on this day
is the annual fight of Georgia School
of Technology and Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute. This annual affair is
played in Atlanta on Grant Field and,
take it from the old Grads of the
aforementioned institutions, this field
has been the scene of some of the
greatest clashes in the annals of south­ern
football. It matters not what
has been the previous showing of
these two elevens during the season
it can be expected that each team will
be right on Turkey day and any man
who gets -into the fray gets a good
game out of his system. This year
should prove no exception and Thurs­day
will probably see the stands of
Grant Field well packed with follow­ers
of the two elevens.
* * * * *
. It was back in the fall of 1922 that
this great battle was the determining
factor of the winner of the Southern
Conference Championship. This was
the last days of such great Tigers as
John Shirey, "Big" Ed Shirling, and
Slick Moulton. It also marked the
last appearance of "Red" Barron and
Flowers in a Tech uniform. Tech
won this game 14 to 6 and also the
Conference Championship rag. Not
since that day has the Championship
hinged on the outcome of the game,
yet the stands have been just as
crowded with spectators. There is
something spiritual about this game
that draws the crowd.
* * * * *
Most of the student body remem­bers
the nerve-racking game of a
season ago, when Tech had the Tigers
on the short end of a 7-0 score until
the last few minutes of play when
Tuxworth heved one of his spirals into
the arms of the elongated "Pea"
Greene who raced for a touchdown
and the trusty toe of "Clabber" Wil­liams
kicked the extra point and forc­ed
the Golden Tornado into a tie.
* * * * *
This season finds both teams with
a somewhat irregular record up to
date as far as won and lost games is
concerned. Each team has shown
colorful offense at times only to have
it wilt away within a week's time.
Auburn has probably a little edge
on the defense except that her line
sometimes fails to charge together.
If the Tiger's front wall is as formid­able
as it was against Sewanee, the
Tech backs will find the going rather
tough. The Yellow Jackets, however,
have a bunch of backs that are going
to be mighty hard to stop. They are
Little Red Barron, Parnell, and Mur­ray.
* * * * *
Every year this game marks the
end of the career of some of the
Tigers at Auburn. This season is no
exception as we note with genuine
grief the fact that "Square Jaw"
Salter, Paul Turner, Ed Allen, "Nur-mi"
Nelson, Joe Market, and "Shorty"
Long will don an Auburn uniform for
the last time as they prepare to go
into the fray against their Georgia
rivals.
The "lowly" scrubs had their first
chance of the season to display their
wares last Saturday. Evidently they
have reason to feel proud of them­selves
as they held the Naval Air
Station of Pensacola to a 6-6 tie.
The scrubs went into the game with
dope against them and are to be com­mended
for their fighting spirit that
kept off defeat.
The Auburn Rats put up a game
fight in Athens, Georgia, last Satur­day
only to lose to Georgia Rats
by the close score of 7-0. The Rats
played a stellar defensive game and
looked good on the offensive at times
but seemed to lack the necessary
punch to put across a counter. This
wound up the gridiron season for
the baby Tigers and it is assured* that
Coach "Red" Brown has developed
quite a stock of material to aid Morey
in picking a combination to represent
this school next year. Such men as
Callahan, Crawford, and Stoutenbor-ough
should add considerably to the
strength of the Tiger squad for next
year.
* * * * *
Alabama has received an invitation
to play again at the Tournament of
the Roses in Pasadena California.
This brings Wade and his cohorts
a wonderful opportunity to again
Auburn Tracksters
Take Second Place
In Cross Country
In a five-mile race held in Athens,
Georgia, last Saturday, Auburn's team
finished second in competition with
practically every college n the South­ern
Conference. The entries .included
teams from Georgia Tech, University
of Georgia, Alabama, Maryland, Vir­ginia
Polytechnic Institute, Universi­ty
of North Carolina, Washington and
Lee, Clemosn, and Auburn. Univer­sity
of North Carolina placed first
in the meet aided by the great Hutch­inson.
Second place came to Auburn
by virtue of the abilities of her Cap­tain,
"Shorty" Morrow, who came out
third in the meet. Collum was the
other Auburn Harrier to place. He
came in seventh.
This was a most gratifying showing
on the part of the Tigers and we are
loud in our praise of this creditable
showing. Auburn owes much of the
credit of the showing of her runners
to the masterful coaching of their
track mentor, Wilbur Hutsell, who has
certainly brought the Tigers to the
front in the track circles in the South.
bring fame to the University of Ala­bama
and the whole Dixieland. The
opponent for Alabama this year is
to be Stanford University. This is
the eleven coached by the famous
Pop Warner and a team that has
decisively beaten University of Wash­ington.
Truly a great trip for the
Southern Conference Champions, and
if they accept the invitation, here's
hoping that they come out with splen­did
success.
* * . * - . ' * - ' *
Birmingham's football classic which
is the Howard-Birmingham-Southern
encounter proved a thriller from be­ginning
to end and finally resulted in
a 6-6 tie. The game was played at
Rickwood last Saturday.
* * * * *
Montgomery was the scene of a
prep school clash last Friday in which
the wits of two Auburn stars were
matched. "Bull" McFadden's more
experienced eleven emerged victor
over "Hard Boy" Pruitt's aggregation
from Notasulga.
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continue to be in evidence and may
readily be discovered through, the
interest shown in the laboratory and
shop work of the college student.
Anyone having such unusual interest
and facility in building should doubt­less
be guided toward construction
work of some character. If, in ad­dition,
a considerable degree of in­genuity
and originality is shown,
there is every indication that there
is the creative ability, which will find
its best expression in the field of de­sign.
Taking the field of design of elec­trical
machinery as a concrete exam­ple,
the true opportunity of the born
designer is unlimited. It is a broad
statement to say that all electrical
achievements, and the growth of the
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electrical industry are based on the
work of the designer, but this is nev­ertheless
true. Consider what the
eletcrical industry would be today if
the only electrical apparatus available
were based on the designs of thirty
years ago. The designer has contin­uously
led the way since the early
days, creating new apparatus, larger
generating, transforming and switch­ing
units, larger and more economical
utilization apparatus. The work of
the designer has made it possible to
equip a railroad with electric loco­motives
capable of hauling the heavi­est
freight trains over their steepest
grades at twice the speed of steam
trains. Compare this with the status
of electric traction thirty years ago
when the trolley car had just come
into use. The comparison reveals
the fact that designers have traveled
a long way in these thirty years and
confirms the statement that the pro­gress
made is due to them. In elec­trical
apparatus "we have one of the
finest examples of a field where crea­tive
work is to be done, and where
progress is being made at a rate never
exceeded in any art.
Designer Develops'
* •
It is not to be expected that the
colleges will produce fully trained
and equipped designers. The design­er
grows and matures with expe­rience.
The newly graduated engi­neer,
potentially endowed though he
be with all the desirable qualifications
enumerated, is not yet a designer.
He has yet to become acquainted with
the state of the art by a study of the
fundamental reasons governing pres­ent
designs, he must acquire skill in
calculation to be able to evaluate re­sults
and to develop his judgement,
he must study manufacturing methods
and limits; in short, he must as quick­ly
as possible catch up with the pro­cession
and equip hemself to contri­bute
his share to the progress of the
art. Nothing will do more to develop
the designer than experience, and
this experience must carry its share
of responsibility. Almost anyone
would make a fair sailor in calm seas,
but when the storms come with their
varying conditions the resourcefull-ness
of the navigator is then truly
tested. So it is with the designer;
passing through one storm qualifies
him to deal with the next one, even
though it is likely to be a gale from
a different quarter.
College Men Needed
It is to the men who are in school
today that we must look for the de
signers of tomorrow. After viewing
the progress of recent years in design,
some may be tempted to ask if the
larger problems in devolopment of
electrical apparatus have not all been
met, if there is going to be a real
opportunity for the designer in the
future. The fact is that the growth
of the electrical industry is continuing
at such a rate that the problems to
be solved are constantly increasing
in their difficulty, and the need for
the development of apparatus to meet
the changing conditions brought about
by this great expansion affords a
wonderful opportunity to the de­signer.
Electrical apparatus design is today
almost wholly in the hands of men
who have been trained in the techni­cal
schools. It is from our technical
colleges and universities that the de­signers
of the future must come, and
these schools may well devote serious
attention to the development of the
individual talents of their students in
guiding them toward the character
of like work for which they are best
fitted.
I'M THIRD
A boy went away to college. On
his table he placed a little card bear­ing
these words, "I'm Third." The
curiosity of his classmates was ex­cited
by this unusual card, and they
inquired of him the meaning. The
boy's only response was that he would
tell them on the eve of his gradua­tion.
Four years passed and the boy was
finishing with high honors. He had
succeeded in athletics and had been
elected captain of his football team.
Also he was chosen head of his class
in his senior year. Everyone liked
him, yet he remained unaffected and
plain.
On the morning of commencement
day, the boys gathered into his room
and asked—"Now, will you tell us
the meaning of the card?" His story
was simple:
"The day'I left home to come to
college, my mother called me to her,
and talked with me from her heart.
She told me if I would keep as my
motto—'CHRIST FIRST, OTHERS
SECOND, MYSELF THJRD,' I would
succeed. Then she gave me this
card." — (Clipped from a college
monthly.)
LEAGUE ENJOYS
TREASURE HUNT
On last Friday night, the leaguers
with their friends met at the Sunday
School building to begin an illustrious
and memorable treasure hunt The
first clue to the treasure was found
at the Sunday School building and this
one led them to the President's Man
sion; here the second clue told the
leaguers to go to the gymnasium and
after following about seven clues the
group found themselves out at the
northern end of college street. Here
a great big campfire under a silvery
moon greeted them and after getting
warm, little maps were handed to each
member on which was marked the
location of the treasure. Immediatly
all were on the lookout for anything
that might resemble a treasure and
after several minutes of vivacious
searching Bob McKinnon found the
sought-for prize which turned out
to be a large box of Norris candy.
The leaguers were then treated to a
regular weiner roast with marsh-mallows
chipped in as well. This
occasioned much merriment and serv­ed
to soothe those who were unable
to find the treasure. Games were
next in order and proved hilariously
amusing. After a few exciting games
the crowd retired to the fire and were
entertained by impromptu talent such
as mandolin playing by William Ellis;
singing by Bob McKinnon (probably
over the candy), and readings from
Grace Pinnell. Several members
spoke of how the moon affected them
and sbme related their experiences of
speed. The party broke up with the
dying of the fire and began its med-itiative
trend back to the lovliest vil­lage.
The hunt was termed a success by
all those in attendance and great
credit is due to the league's recrea­tional
and social leader, Frances
The social showed very obvious signs
of being carefully planned and no
effort or time were spared in making
the leaguers and their friends enjoy
themselves. Helping Miss Moore was
her committee, Natalie Creel, Rosser
Alston, Hugh Francis, and Sam Mos-ley.
Another social is planned for
the near future and the leaguers are
evidencing pleasant anticipations.
Definite announcements will be made
soon and in the" meantime prepare
for an approaching good time.
A.S.C.E. MEETING
IS HELDJRIDAY
The A. S. C. E. had its regular
meting Friday night. Several were
present who have not been attending
previous metings, giving evidence to
the fact that more Civils are realizing
the importance of the seciety.
The meeting was called to order
by Professor Baughman; W. B. La-
Nicca presided over the meeting after
being elected vice-president of the
society.
The first speaker was H. B. Smith,
who made a talk on summer vacation
work. He told in detail how a prelim­inary
survey 30 miles long was run
over Sand Mountain, and- across the
Tennessee River. In making this sur­vey
the stadia method was used, and
the speaker told of the difficulties
encountered, also how these were
overcome.
V. A. Bates of the Junior Class
talked of the construction of a 6 x
10 foot culvert. He told of an ins­tant
in which the culvert had cracked,
due to a defect in the construction,
and the method by which it was re­paired.
s""~-"-
B. E. Meadows, also of the Junior
Class, compared the raod construction
in China with that of the United
States. He stressed the fact that
bad management runs up the cost of
road construction in China. In the
United -States we have efficient en­gineers,
who see that everything is
properly carried out, and who keep a
record of each day's work.
The last speaker, W. R. Revel, of
the Senior Class, gave the history of
the proposed construction of Moffet
Tunnel, which is to be eight miles
long, cutting through the Great Di­vide
on the road from Denver to Salt
Lake City, saving a distance of twen­ty-
five miles. It is calculated that
the center lines of the under-ground
channels will come within two inches
of coinciding. If this accuracy is
obtained it will be the accomplishment
of a great engineering feat.
Civils, you are missing something
if you are not attending the A. S. C.
E. Let's all come out and make
the attendance one hundred percent.
EVANS SOCIETY
HAS MEETING
The Evans Literary Society held
its weekly meeting Monday night.
They had the largest attendance they
have had at any one time this year.
The program was the best given
so far this year. All members on
the program were well prepared for
their talks, and they made them to
the point.
P. L. Wright gave a talk on the
Farmer's Business, in which he told
of the conditions of the Corn Belt
farmers.
John Fomby then gave an interest­ing
talk on Hunting Insect Fossils.
M. Merriweather gave a most en­joyable
talk on the subject: "Is Pro­gress
a Delusion?"
Miss Margaret McNeal talked about
"Unsung Heroes," in which she prais­ed
the missionaries, and their works.
R. T. Ham gave a real enlightening
talk on "The Making of a Man." He
gave the requirements of an educated
man: Religion, proper selection of a
profession, and an understanding of
good books, and a knowledge of them.
Mr. B. H. Walkley gave a Very in­teresting
talk on the life of a Mr.
Moffet, president of the Gulf Steel
Co., Gadsden, Ala. Mr. Moffet was
born in Tallassee, Ala., in 1864, and
is still living in Gadsden. He was
always a typical, hardworking Alaba­ma
boy, and his labors have been
rewarded.
The critic made a short report in
which he praised the splendid work
of the members on program ,and pro­nounced
the program "the best given
this year."
ONE ACT PLAYS
GIVEN AGAIN IN
HUT THEATRE
'TWON'T BE LONG
It won't be long now!! Till when?
Thanksgiving! and O, boy! won't we
spread joy! Who? All of Us—every
Auburn student, eds and co-eds com­bined—
ah, I meant both. Got that
ticket? You dog-gone tootin'. Gon­na
see Auburn beat Hell outa Tech,
ain't we? Absolutely.
Did ya pass on mid-semesters? I'm
not thinkin' 'bout quizes, grades, nor
nuthin else but Thanksgiving holidays
now. Anyhow, C. S. Matthews said
in last week's Plainsman that we need
to furgit all them grades what's past
and gone. That's jus' what I done,
too; but I may git a reminder from
Paw pretty soon.
Well, back to the game. Goin' on
that air spechul, ain't che? Holy
jublets, naw! How, then? Gosh, I
take a side-door pullman any day.
'Cause I need that fare to buy stamps
and rite to my gurl. You gotta gurl?
Year, aint chew? Naw, they're pesky
critters. Humph! If that's how you
feel about it, you ain't never held
one's hand.
But back to Turkey day and the
game. Well, as I said, it won't be
long now! You're zactly right; it
won't be long now.
I-t w-o-n-'t b-e 1-o-n-g n-o-w!!!
Three one-act plays, presented
Tuesday night with the formal open­ing
of the Hut Theatre, were received
with such applause and enthusiasm
that they were re-presented Thursday
night. "Cokey," a dramatic comedy,
was the first pfay presented and was
received with the approval of all pres­ent.
The comedy, written by Pro­fessor
Hamilton of the Auburn Eng­lish
Department, was very witty and
kept the audience laughing through­out
the play. The cast of characters
were: Bertha DuBose, Mercer Helms,
Rosa Norton, Jane Springer, M. B.
Clayton, Naidee Nichols, Moreland
Smith, and Oscar Asbell. The play
was under the able direction of Rob­ert
M. Hardy. Miss Frances Harris
rendered an interesting reading be­tween
the first and second acts.
The second play, "The Monkey's
Paw," was a mystic performance and
had a very weird setting. The act
ing was very good, being directed by
Miss Marie Sewell. The characters
were: William Heron, Bertha Aplin,
Robert Hardy, Robert McKinnon and
George Jester.
The third and last play presented
"Owin' To Maggie," was a romantic
comedy. This play was also written
by Professor Hamilton. Tnis was the
third appearance of the comedy and
it has always been a success. The
cast included: Martha Haupt, Ann
Litchy, Margaret Bryant, Frances
Moore, Rosser Alston, Coke Matthews,
and George Jester. The play was di­rected
by James H. Price. The staff
of the Auburn Players is composed
of James Price, production manager,
R. L. Pfaff, stage manager, and Paul
White, master of properties.
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PAGE SIX
THE PLAINSMAN
MONDAY
"BROWN OF HARVARD"
The
Winning Picture
of Real College Life
Everybody wantt to »ee
this one!
The Most Beautif uf Love Story
of .the Year.
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WITH EVERY SHOW
6:30 to 10:30
Monday—Wednesday—Friday—Saturday
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EVERY MONDAY
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STUDENT ORCHESTRA
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WEDNESDAY
FOX NEWS
FOX FEATURE
FOX COMEDY
Buck Jones
in
"THE FLYING HORSEMAN"
Fast and Clever Riding
A Corking Good Western
LANGDON HALL
25 cents
RAILWAY BAND MAKES BIG
HIT WITH STUDENTS
(Continued from page I)
Eat 'Em Up Tiger! We Hope You
Will Enjoy A Big Thanksgiving
STUDENT BODY OPTIMISTIC THANKSGIVING IS HOME-ON
EVE OF CLASH I COMING FOR STUDENTS
nouncer for WAPI, in behalf of the
broadcasting station.
The band of thirty pieces, led by
pretty Miss Margaret Faulin, the
drum-major, paraded from the sta­tion
to Langdon Hall," where a short
program was given. Hoards of stu­dents
and citizens followed the parade
to the Hall.^ Quite a bit of commo­tion
was aroused when the followers
were stopped at the doors and request-de
to submit a fee of twenty-five
cents; the program here had been
announced to be given free.
Langdon Hall was filled almost to
capacity with music lovers, eager to
hear the program being given.
Several selections were given by the
Hband; but the biggest hits by far
were the selections given by Chester
Wickersham Kitchens, grandson of
President Wickersham and twelve-year-
old boy singer who has appeared
m several concerts with the band.
Twice he was encored back on the
stage, and a third attempt made.
Young Kitchens was the big attrac­tion
of the program.
A short speech was given by Pres.
Wickersham; other officials of the
road, including J. P. Billups, general,
passenger agent and S. R. Young,
assistant cheif engineer, were intro­duced
by Bill Young.
After these few brief numbers,
the band left Langdon Hall for the
broadcasting station in the Comer
Agricultural Hall, where it engaged
in broadcasting for an hour. This
was the first appearance of the #At­lanta
and West Point band in\ Au­burn.
Although their music was fine,
(Continued from page 1)
or $4.43. These tickets are jfood on
all regular trains (including the
special) leaving Auburn for Atlanta
Wednesday to Thursday morning in­clusive,
except the Cresent Limited,
trains 37 & 38. The return limit is
midnight of Saturday, November 27.
Many students who live in and near
Atlanta will take advantage of the
time limit to spend the Thanksgiving
holidays at their homes. *
Director Bidez and the Famous
Auburn Band, comprising about fifty
musicians, will accompany the student
body on the special. Red Roberts
with his assistants will also be aboard,
with the big street banners, insuring
a great parade before the game.
Many of the townspeople and nearby
Auburn supporters have declared
their intention of making the trip, and
will make up a big part of the crowd
on the special train.
If the number of students going to
games heretofore, either by special
train, priyate means, or "side door
pullman," is a reliable indication,
there will be a general exodus toward
Atlanta, beginning Wednesday. The
Tech game is always a strong draw­ing
card and many boys forego other
trips to make this one. From the
sentiment expressed on the campus,
the student body will be present EN
MASSE to cheer the Tiger on in his
clash with the Yellow Jackets Thurs­day
afternoon.
APPEAL IS MADE FOR FUNDS
TO SEND DELEGATES
(Continued on page 3)
a member or a representative from
each class. The Y. M. C. A. and
Y. W. C. A. are going to send one
delegate each. It is hoped that each
church will see fit to send one rep­resentative
each.
This National Students Conference
will be the greatest covention to be
held this year. It will be composed
of college students from all over the
country. This conference is spon­sored
by the Council of Christian
Associations which is composed of
the Student Council of Y. M. C. A.
and the Student department of the
Y. M. C. A.
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GROCERIES
Phone 24
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it is rumored that our own college
band has them excelled.
When the broadcasting program
was concluded, the entire party board­ed
the special and returned to Mont­gomery.
The tribute paid this ag­gregation
in attendance was splendid
which is very characteristic of Au­burn.
And especially, was the drum-major,
along with another member
of the band of the same sex, warmly
received—particularly by the Auburn
students.
(Continued from page 1)
early day of American history and
the times were very sad on the part
of the observers of the day as 55 of
the 101 colonists had already perished
and the remaining were facing star­vation.
Nevertheless the people
planted their crops and gave a six
days feast after the crops had been
produced. This was' not the first
Thanksgiving but was one of the
first to be observed in America.
Through the years the Day has been
observed and today all groups of
Americans observe the day with
Thanksgiving.
Wild turkeys once roamed the
woods of most of the United States
but these have been largely replaced
with tame ones. One of the sports
of past Thanksgiving was hunting
wild turkeys which were fluttering
from place to place in search of food.
Tame turkeys of today have a ten­dency
to go wild unless tamed when
young. Turkey has become so uni­versal
as a Thanksgiving food that
the day is commonly spoken of as
Turkey Day.
Now that Thanksgiving is here we
hope that none of you will forget the
stranger in his gate, and the widows
and 4he fatherless. We promise
each of you who remebrers these, no
matter what his creed may be, will
be able to bend his head in reverenee
and say:
For all the harvest safely stored,
For all the plenty on this board
All praise and thanks be thine,
dear, Lord.
MAJOR PRAISES GOOD
SHOWING OF R.O.T.C. UNIT
(Continued irom page 1)
tion his entire satisfaction with the
soldierly conduct and appearance of
the Unit throughout the Armistice
Day ceremonies.
2. The military bearing and sold­ierly
conduct of the R. 0. T. C.
Unit during the ceremonies was the
subject of much farorable comment
by the Distinguished Guests of the
College on that day.
'3. The Professor of Military Sci­ences
and Tatics wishes on this occas­ion
to express his tppreciation of the
splendid spirit of loyalty and coopera­tion
always shown by the R. O. T. C.
Unit of this institution.
For the P. M. S. & T.,
Kenneth G. Althaus,
Captain, Infantry, (Col).
Adjutant.
ORIGIN OF "TOUCHDOWN
AUBURN" IS RELATED IN
AN OLD NEWS ITEM
(Continued from page 1)
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(Continued from page 1)
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Morey and Pitts.
Three "H's" given by members of
the squad for the Kappa Phis con­cluded
the dinner, a novel innovation
on the campus and one to be highly
praised.
Following names were included on
the place cards:
Coaches, David B. Morey, John E.
Poitts, Wilbur H. Hutshell, Russell
Moulton, R. C. Brown, A. P. Papke,
and Leslie Spinks; honor guests, Mes-dames
David B. Morey, John E. Pitts,
Wilbur H. Hutsell, Russell Moulton,
Roberts, cheer leader; "Goat" Smith,
trainer and "Sallie" Turner, assistant
trainer; Professor Hugh G. Grant;
"Uncle Emmett" Sizemore and"See-die"
Lynne.
Football squad:
Acting captain, "Square Jaw"
Salter, "Sea Cow" Turner, Merritt
Burns, "Brown Skin" Wattwood,
"Wetumpka" Ingram, "Varsity"
Carter, "Pete" Spinks, "Sister" Cun­ningham,
"Bull" Andress, "Shorty"
James, "Weemie" Baskin, "Nick"
Long, "Trotting" Earnest, "Dizz"
Pruett, "Dummy" Howard, "Pop"
Paterson, "Count" Market, "Nurmi"
Nelson, "Nappie" Hodges, "Pitiful"
Po" Moulton, "Mike" Fisher, "Rough
Ed" Allen, "Buck" Ellis, "Snitz"
Snyder, "Big Boy" Turner, "Tom"
Shotts, "Red" Carter, "Dink" Logan,
"Oldfolks" Garrett, "Bully" Garrett,
"Bud" Slaughter, "Skeeter" Moseley,
"Charlie" Dinsmore, "Hart" Hart-sided,
the commotion in the tree tops
stilled. Even the cheer leaders ceased
from their labors, worthy though
they were of Creator in inspired
moments.
All was still, all except for the left
hand corner of the left hand section
of the grandstand.
"Touchdown Auburn" rumbled the
drum.
"Touchdown Auburn" continued the
trombone.
"Touchdown Auburn," added the
inspired clarinet.
And, as for the clarinet, it piped
as though it were played by Pan or
Jake Mattihessen.
Later on, the crowd began to bulge
through the roof of the grandstand,
by way of the ladder to the press box,
and the smoker took on the appear­ance
of a vast box of sardines, color­ed
red and black.
All Still But That
Suddenly Georgia's enthusiasm pre­dominated;
for a moment there were
only Georgia cheers to be heard; an
indefinable cause had its effect in
overwhelming shouts from the red and
black. But the shouting died, the
waving and tosing in the smoker
ceased, and for a moment all would
have been quiet in the ball park, ex­cept—
In the left hand corner of the left
hand section of the grandstand, the
bass drum, with the cheerful note of
an inspired fog horn, rumbled.
The trombone followed; the cornet
added its "Aida"—note; and the
clarinet piped with the combined spirit
of Pan and of Jake Matthiessen.
Time passed. The moving picture
machines down on the side lines
wound off another reel showing how
a football game looks and disports
itself. The referee's little whistle,
which sounds so much like the author­itative
voice of the traffic squad that
it makes one reach suddenly for the
brake to stop one's car.
This whistle sounded, and Georgia
and Auburn began to smear each
other over the grassy stretches of
PoncedeLeon park. The fortunes of
war shifted toward the Red and
Black, a forward pass was completed
and Auburn's goal was crossed be­fore
anyone knew just what had hap­pened.
The smoker seethed with enthu­siasm.
It was as ebullient as a cit­izen
of France who has heard the
name of Napoleon. It seemed that in
all the world there could be no color
but vivid red and deep black. The
same man fell out of the same pine
tree beyond the fence, and his sym­pathetic
fellow being within the
grounds rolled again down the red
clay bank.
And Still It Sounded
And, yet, there was one dissenting
voice.
"Touchdown Auburn" insisted the
bass drum.
Ditto,, for the trombone, and the
same sized order for the cornet and
the clarinet.
If composers are to be believed, all
the brave and the gallant have met
fate as they sang splendidly with one"
hand upon their hearth and both eyes
on the director. But in adversity
they took to "sob songs," while Au­burn's
band was triumphant, even in
that first dark moment.
At that trying time, it seemed that
the prophets who had given Auburn
"the edge" were false. But the hand
never wavered, never drooped, never
selle, Louie Tamplin, "Tuxie" Tux-worth,
"Bad Knee" Scarborough,
"Crip" Pearce.
Members of the Kappi Phi Fra­ternity
who made possible this pleas­ant
evening are: Professors Kirkley
and Ivey, A. C. Allen, T. D. Allen,
E. Clements, L. W. Draper, W. B.
Hayes, C. W. Haynie, H. W. Head,
Richard Martin, T. H. Pearce, C. A.
Greenwood. W. C. Reagan, J. F.
Farrar, Cameron White, B. Wylie,
Rats Moore, Powe, Stain and Taylor.
Kappi Phi hopes to make this ban­quet
an annual affair.
paused. As regular as the clock
ticks. Auburn's band continued to
say "Touchdown" "Touchdown!"
Other cheering would cease, but the
bass drum never tired, the trombone
had no thought of weariness, the cor­net's
only mission was to urge the
Orange and Blue across the enemy's
goal, and the clarinet's one purpose
was to pipe a song of victory.
Football teams often win games,
but brass bands seldom do. And, yet,
the bass drum and its co-workers were
almost a team in themselves yester­day.
Under such leadership, Auburn
cheered as though the student body,
down to the last freshman, with all
the alumni there to help, were crowd­ed
into the overflowing grand stand,
and all were raising their voices in
the shout for Auburn to score.
The day was beginning to wear
into evening when the progress of
Auburn up the field from the goal
post that stands by the red clay bank
leading up to the railroad tracks, was
stopped by the referee's whistle.
Band First Always
From the grand stand, from the
right hand, from the left hand, al­most
from the skies it seemed, Au­burn
students began to pour upon the
field. But first of all was the band,
playing, "Touchdown Auburn."
The grimy players, who had provid­ed
themselves with haloes along with
the grime, were raised upon the shoul­ders
of those who had cheered, arid
out toward the street they went with
the band at their head, repeating that
undying shout of victory.
How the game might have had an­other
ending agitated the crowd that
went afoot back to town—a crowd
that stretched the length of Ponce de
Leon Avenue from the park to Peach-tree.
Discussion was warm, no one
was other than absorbed. But groups
would stop occasionally.
The band was passing, and from
the open windows of a car was play­ing
"Touchdown Auburn."
The sauce that went with the meat
of last night's dinner was none of the
usual sort. The pepper and salt was
what the score might have been. But
diners, absorbed as they were in this
relish, paused over their dinner to
listen to a passing strain.
As others ate Auburn's band still
played. They marched down Peach-tree
street with the Excelsior spirit,
playing "Touchdown Auburn."
Parade Ends Big Day
The student body that followed the
band began to grow larger and larger.
A procession- formed, and, with the
band in its lead, took its way along
the principal streets.
Georgia also marched, but upon
the sidewalk. Auburn's band took
to itself the broad way or the street
and marched straight ahead with un-waning
enthusiasm, and Auburn stu­dents
followed. They rolled a great
football, made of college colors, and
carried signs reading "Georgia's
Goat."
A little pickaninny, with an eye to
publicity, dropped into the midst of
the parade. He carried a sign adver­tising
men's suits.
Occasionally "Georgia Tech" was
shouted, and the Georgia rooters
along the sidewalk contended bravely
with the Auburn rooters who took
the middle of the way. But their
effort was vain.
Leading the way went the Auburn
band, playing "Touchdown Auburn"
and following this indomitable lead­ership
marched the Auburn students,
prepared to out-shout-the world itself.
At dawn this morning, as the first
streaks of light were beginning to
show, Peachtree street seemed to stir
with the sound, "Touchdown Au­burn".
Maybe it was but an echo;
maybe it was the band still playing,
far away, on its trip homeward, but
with such triumphant strains made
nothing of distance.
Henry Ford recently visited Lin­coln
Memorial University, at Harro­gate,
Tenn. He declined the invi­tation
to speak to the student body,
but seemed to be interested in the
university.
TIGER AND TORNADO MEET IN
TWENTY-SIXTH ENCOUNTER
(Continued on page 6)
will send - against the Moreymen
will be minus the prenence of Doug­lass
Wycoff, one of the greatest play­ers
to ever trod a southern gridiron.
In all fairness to him, it must be
said that Tech has sadly needed him
in all of her games this season, .^nd
his steadying influence will be sorely
missed Thursday. The unfortunate
death of Dick Wright early last sum­mer
also wrought havoc with the
championship dreams of the Geor­gians
this year. Parham, the south's
greatest punter today, is a very good
runner and on him will be placed the
dependence that once was placed on
the mighty Doug. Carter Barron,
the opponent's backfield flash will
carry on in the place of the Lament­ed
Dick.
Moreymen are not underestimat­ing
the strength of the Atlanta crew
and local ball toters are expecting
to claw a sufficient shelter to with­stand
the blasts of the Tornado. The
defense against the aerial attack
which was sadly lacking in the Mar­quette
game has been strengthened in
the practices this week and the second­ary
defense is prepared to smother an
attack from that source. According
to the logical process of deductive
reasoning, the Plainsmen should
emerge victors from the fray as they
will present a much stronger and
more versatile combination when they
take the field this year. On the
othei^and, Alexander will probably
be unable to present as formidable an
array of football talent in this en­counter.
Fans who saw the Auburn team
stiffen last year when the ball was
pushed deeply into her territory still
relate the incident and are more hope-
'ful of a favorable verdict this Nov­ember.
It is beleived that the local
offense is much more powerful than
that sent against the opponents of
last season. Followers of both teams
will be treated to a pretty exhibition of
line play Thursday as both teams are
pretty evenly matched in this depart­ment.
The fight between "Square
Jaw" Salter and Mack Tharpe will
be "one of the most spectacular ever
to be waged by two grid players.
Mack Tharpe was picked on the
mythical All-American by Morgan
Blake, Atlanta sport scribe, while
every Auburn student firmly be­lieves
that "Squaae Jaw" should be
given a berth on the All-Southern
selection and probably would if Au­burn
were accorded decent publicity.
Snyder and Fisher
The Tigers will not be without
their stars when the two teams line
up for the opening whistle. In Sny­der
the Tigers have the fastest man
in the conference both on the cinder
path and the gridiron. The Bessemer
Lad is capable of running the ends
and off tackle with disastrous results
to the morale of the enemy. This
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WIRT ELECTS
NEWOFFICERS
The Wirt Literary Society elected
its new officers Tuesday night in Wirt
Hall. A large crowd was present,
and much interest was manifested in
the election.
The officers elected were: Presi­dent,
L. J. Maxwell; vice-president,
J. B. Beard; secretary, Catherine
Nunn; treasurer, A. V. Culpepper;
publicity agent, F. L. Tucker; ser-geant-
at-arms, O. H. Davis.
track luminary has been one of the
big guns of the Tiger offense in every
game this season while his defensive
work is of the highest calibre.
Mike Fisher, the second of the fleet
duet, is a constant threat to the enemy
and one of the most brilliant backs
to ever thrill the Auburn students
with long runs and savage plunges.
The LaGrange lad is an accurate
passer and a broken field runner of
no mean ability. These two stars to­gether
with these fighting Tigers,
"Square Jaw" Salter, Auburn's best
bet for an All-Southern berth, Bas­kin,
Watwood, Burns, Patterson, Long,
Carter, Howard, Spinks, Cunning­ham,
Pearce, Howard and the rest
of the linesmen, will be the nucleus
around which Morey's attack will be
built. Nelson, Ellis, Allen, Moulton,
Turner, Tupcworth and Shotts will
probably have chances at carrying
the oval.
The probable line-up is as follows:
Watwood „ L. E.
Salter . L.T.
Long : L. G.
Patterson — C.
Carter ...... R. G.
Cunningham R. T.
Baskin R. E.
Tuxworth Q. B.
Snyder L. H .B.
I Fisher R. H. B.
Shotts ... F. B.
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