1931-12-05 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, DEC. 5, 1931 NUMBER 24
Block And Bridle
Club Wins Nation
Wide Distinction
Presented With Loving Cup At
Chicago Convention
BLUE KEY PLEDGES SIX SENIORS IN FALL ELECTION
JOHNSON ATTENDS MEET
Local Report Called Best of
Any Chapter In Country
"For chapter excellence" the Au­burn
chapter of the National Block
and Bridle Club was awarded a hand­some
bronze loving cup at the recent
meeting in Chicago, and as reported
by Herbert Johnson, member of the
Auburn club, who attended the meet­ing
in Chicago and brought the cup
home.
The award was made from reports
presented by the thirteen chapters
throughout the United States. The
Auburn report was found to be the
best. It was a record of the work
which the chapter had done during
the year.
-'Livestock judging contests at Au
burn and assistance in judging and
in selecting animals for 4-H club
boys in different counties of the state
were leading projects of the Auburn
Club, the active membership of which
consists of sixteen students in ani
mal husbandry. They are W. H.
Cowan, Herbert Johnson, J. W. Mat­thews,
R. W. Montgomery, E. F. Oak
ley, J. F. Turner, W. S. Pollard, T.
W. Lumpkin, H. M. Finney, J. W.
Griffin, W. W. Matthews, J. C. Odom,
M. S. Phillips, L. A. Baisden, O. 0.
Manning, and R. L. Yielding. Tom
Lumpkin is president and J. W. Grif
fin is secretary.
Faculty members are Professors
J. C. Grimes, W. E. Sewell, A. D.
Burke, .W. H. Eaton, G. J. Cottier,
and F. W."Burns. Harry Snow of
Mongtomery is an honor member.
Education Club Has
Interesting Program
An unusually interesting program
was staged by the members of the
Education Club last Tuesday night,
according to a statement from Ralph
Trammle, president of the club. The
program was an open-forum discus­sion
of the question, "Should married
women be permitted to teach
school?"
The program, according to Tram
mel, began with a somewhat humor
ous discussion; but it soon asumed
the proportions of the discussion of
a vital social problem. A heated de
bate ensued, in which everyone pres­ent
participated. "When the time
for adjournment came," stated Tram-mal,
"the members would not consent
to adjourn until a motion has been
made and passed to continue the
discussion in next week's program."
The entire discussion, it was stated,
revolved around the social problem of
the deterioriation of home life, the
idea being advanced by several that
married women can not engage them
selves in an active profesional ca
reer without a subsequent loss of
leppect for duties of the home.
Varsity and Freshmen
Pistol Teams Reduced
Eliminations held for the past
month have reduced the-membership
of the freshman and varsity pistol
teams to 35 marksmen from out of
an original 120 candidates. Further
elimination matches are being held,
daily, and the number will probably
be reduced to two teams of 10 or
12 men each.
The pistol teams are organized by
the Military Department, and are un­der
the supervision of Lt. W". C. Hug-gins.
During the past several years,
the varsity has made a good record,
winning national championships
among the R. O. T. C. schools in
1923,-1924, and 1926. Second place
was won in 1925 and 1927, and third
place in 1928 and 1929.
Bill Ham Chosen As Head
Cheerleader; Is Assisted By
Jenkins, Parmer, Prewitt
Ellis Returns From Po^r^Z^1^y A
National Frat Meet
Hugh Ellis, representative of the
Auburn Interfraternity Council at
the National Undergraduates Coun­cil,
held in New York City last week,
has returned to Auburn and expres­ses
as being highly enthusiastic over
several points discussed at the meet­ing.
Ellis stated that the local coun­cil
compares favorably with those in
the leading educational institutions
over the enty-e country.
That a number of the new ideas
brougth out at the convention can be
successfully used here, Ellis said,
leads him to believe that an attempt
to insert them into the plans of the
Inter-fraternity Council would ac­centuate
the work prescribed by its
annual calendar should such attempts
prove successful. A few of the de­tails
of the discussions are along the
following lines: namely, politics,
pledging and pledge training, schol­arship,
and cooperative buying. The
two most popular plans concerning
politics were, first, open politics with
open campaigning; and second, to
have a nominative committee who
would announce the candidates for
the various offices the day of the
election.
The most favorably accepted pledg­ing
system brought to the attention
of the group was the plan of defer­red
pledging consisting of a period
of rushing early in the yea> and then
a period of time in which no mention
of the fraternity is made, a£ the end
of which, the men are allowed to
choose the fraternity they wish to
pledge. It was generally thought
that information on the incoming
freshmen is desirable, that is, to
know the freshmen's addresses, etc.
The great majority of the group was
definitely opposed to hazing in any
form.
Suggestions were made that a com­mittee
be selected in each fraternity
for the purpose of giving the pledges
information and training for the fra­ternity
and school. The pledges were
also to be allowed to select an ad­visor
from the uperclassmen to whom
they would take their personal and
school problems.
Deficiencies in studies among
pledges would be remedied by hav­ing
those who were deficient report
to the house every evening for spe­cial
study. Besides this there would
be the regular study hours. Several
plans for cooperative buying were
discussed and some would be advant­ageous
here, Ellis seems to think.
One of these plans offered a' saving
of ten percent in costs.
The N. U. C. intends to be more
fully organized and able to effective­ly
deal with the problems that arise
from the councils in the various
parts of the country. The executive
committee has made plans to send
to every council a questionnaire, ask­ing
them for any problems they wish
to have discussde, at the next meet­ing
of the N. U. C. An early selec­tion
of next year's delegate was ad­vocated
in order that he may become
familiar with these problems. A. copy
of the detailed minutes of the meet­ing
are being drawn up and sent to
each council in order to complete
the work of this convention.
Debating Society Will
Discuss Cotton Holiday
"Resolved: that the United States
should have a cotton holiday in 1931"
will be the subject of a debate be­tween
members of the Auburn Debat­ing
Society Monday evening. The
meet will be held in Room 302, Sam-ford
hall at 7 o'clock, and all students
are invited.
Club to Succeed Stier
SERVED AS ASSISTANT
To Seek New Mascot For Tigers
Replacing "War Eagle"
Bill Ham, one of the best known
figures on the Auburn campus, was
selected as head cheerleader for the
year 1932-33, by the "A" Club at
its meeting last Monday night. Ham,
whose home is in Cottonton, Alabama
will be a senior in Business Admini­stration
next year, and is one of the
most popular students on the campus.
He will replace "Bull" Stier who
finishes this year, as head cheerlead­er.
As able assistants to Ham, the
"A" Club chose George Jenkins,
junior, Earl Parmer and Edward
Prewitt, freshmen.
.During next summer ' Ham plans
to secure a tiger cub to replace
"War Eagle", Auburnls mascot for
the past two seasons, but who was
recently given his freedom.
The new cheerleader is a member
of the Pi Kappa Alpha social fra­ternity.
Post and Gatty Here
To-Morrow Afternoon
The arriveal of Post and Gatty is
scheduled for to-morrow afternoon.
The pair are making this stop, the
only one in Alabama, to be present
for the formal opening of the new
Auburn-Opelika airport. Later in the
afternoon the fliers will speak in the
Opelika Theatre.
The construction work on the new
airport Bas been almost completed
and after rains have leveled the field,
final construction will be completed
and the formal opening will be held.
The public is invited to visit the air­port
Sunday and witness the landing
of the "Winie Mae". A small ad­mission
of fifty cents will be charged
at the lecture given by Post and Gat­ty.
Those who have been backing the
local airport project here will be
glad to see it finished. Work was
started on this the early part of last
year by the 'local Chamber of Com-
.merce and with the cooperation of
other civic organizations of Opelika
and Auburn, a corporation was
formed which acquired the site after
many delays. A lease has been made
with the U. S. government which pro­vides
for improvements and it will be
used as an emergency landing field for
the nwde air mail service between At­lanta
and New Orleans.
Twenty-five cents admission will be
charged for both the address, and the
program on the field.
Dairymen Are Awarded
Diplomas On Good Work
Dairy production figures released
here by C. M. Ling, in charge of of­ficial
testing, show that five Alabama
dairymen have earned deplomas for
developing their herds to an average
production equaling or exceeding 300
pounds of butterbat per year. These
dairymen are Van Antwerp Realty
Corporation of Mobile; King Brothers
of Marion County; C. C. Loyd, Ste­venson;
A. L. Christopher, Athens;
and J. C. Beene of Huntsville.
In recognition of their achievement
these dairymen have been awarded
diplomas by the National Dairy As­sociation,
making them members of
the Honorary Guild of Gopatis. Their
names will be placed on the national
Herd Honor Roll.
CORRECTION
The R. O. T. C. unit and the band
will parade on Thursday and Satur­day
of next week at 11-12 A. M.,
and not on Friday as announced in
Wednesday's issue, Major G. H.
Franke, commandant, said today.
AUBURN PREPARES
FOR LARGE TRADE
EXPANSION PLANS
Dances, Parade, Movies to Fea­ture
Mammoth Celebration
36 SPONSOR MOVEMENT
To Acquaint People With Ad­vantages
of Trading Here
* Dances, parades, a movie, and the
awarding of cash prizes will be in­cluded
in the Trade-Expansion Cele­bration
to be held in Auburn Wed­nesday
through Saturday, Dec. 9-12,
according to plans announced by of­ficials
of the Auburn Merchants and
Business Men's Association. The
celebration is jfreing held in an at­tempt
to increase business in Auburn
and to acquaint people with the ad­vantages
of trading here.
The streets of Auburn and the
stores of the 36 rnerchants sponsor­ing
the movement have been decorat­ed
with flags and bunting in anticipa­tion
of the festivities.
It is planned to have the rural
schools near Auburn dismissed Wed­nesday,
and th e school having the
greatest proportion of its pupils pres­ent
will be given a cash prize. A
free moving picture will be shown
for the school children.
On Wednesday, Friday, and Sat­urday
nights street dances open to
everyone will be held. The affair
Saturday will be an old-fashioned
square dance.
Five prizes totaling $50 in gold
will be given Friday afternoon, the
tickets to be given those making pur­chases
from sponsors.
The R: O. T. C. unit and band of
the college will parade Thursday and
Saturday mornings, and a flag pres­entation
ceremony will be held in
conjunction with one of the parades.
An automobile caravan will tour
neighboring vicinities to advertise the
celebration. \
Five Days Are Left
For Frosh Nominations
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR ANNUAL CAKE
RACE DECEMBER 9
Twenty-Five Cakes Awarded to
Winning Freshmen
SPONSORED BY O. D. K.
Contestants Instructed to Wear
Tag Bearing Name and Frat
Five days remain in which to sub­mit
nominations for Freshmen class
officers. The selection is to be held
on Tuesday, December 15th. All
nominations must be presented in the
following form:
We, the undersigned members of
the class of 1935 do hereby nominate
for - _ -.
(Signatures of twenty-five or more
Freshmen)
I hereby accept the nomination
(Signature of Nominee)
The nominations must be turned
over to George Tucker, chairman of
the election committee, not later than
5 p. m., on Thursday, December 10th.
No nomination will be accepted after
this date, nor will they be accepted
unless in the above prescribed form.
George Tucker may be reached at the
Sigma Nu house.
Several men have already been put
up for their class offices, but as yet
little interest has been displayed.
Frosh politicians are expected to
start their intrigues in near future.
Auburn Included On
Publication's List
"The Iron and Steel Engineer"
journal of the Association of Iron and
Steel Engineers, will be received by
the Electrical Engineering School
here. Auburn is one of the twenty-five
institutions in the United States
selected by the organization to receive
the publication.
This paper will be placed on file
in the general reading room and
should be found of great interest to
all students of Electrical and Mechan­ical
Engineering, particularly those
who are interested in the Iron and
steel industries.
A change in date of the annual
freshmen cake race, sponsored by the
Omicron Delta Kappa honor socie­ty,
has been announced by Jeff Beard,
president of the society. The race,
formally scheduled for December 4,
has been changed to December 9.
All first year men are invited to par­ticipate
in the race, and officials are
expecting over four hundred men to
enter.
Awards will consist of twenty-five
cakes to the first twenty-five men.
finishing the race, and a silver loving
cup to the fraternity having the four
runners finishing nearest the winner.
Rules for the race are as follows:
the race will start at the exit of
Drake Field, south of the hedge, at
4:00 p.-m. on Wednesday, December
9th. All freshmen will be required
to enter and report at Drake Field
not later "than 3:30 p. m. for final
instructions* Any kind of uniform
may be worn 'that would pass ordi­nary
censorship. Parts of military
uniforms or complete uniforms will
be taboo.
Upon arrival at the starting point
individual tags will be issued, upon
which each man will write his name
and fraternity or ranch. After filling
in the above, each man will securely
fasten the tag to the right side of
his, coat, shirt or sweater. Each
man's finishing position will be re-corded,
the first four finishers of the
same fraternity being declared win­ners
of the Inter-fraternity Council
trophy.
The course will be from the en­trance
of Drake Field, down the road
to Thatch avenue, east on Thatch
avenue, to College Street, North on
College Street to Glenn avenue,
(Montgomery highway), thence east
on Glenn to Ross, south on Ross to
Magnlia, west on Magnolia to Gay,
then south on Gay to the end at
Samford avenue, West to Miller ave­nue,
West on Miller to College Street
arid executing a right turn and then
on College Street to the Ag Bottom
road and west to Drake field.
From the field a pilot car will serve
as a guide.
Honor Fraternity Chooses
Leading Campus Figures;
Election Held Last Night
Last 'A' Club Dance
Of 1931 To-Night
Tonight is the night. The
night of nights. The stage is
set, let the show go on! Again
an evening of entertainment has
been planned that will eclipse
all former records, with twice
the music, and we modestly add,
both in quantity and quality.
As the gentle curfew (not the
mechanical "high-C" on the City
Hall) tolls the knell (no relation
to little Eva) of parting day, the
"A" Club will open its largest
' dance of the year. A bargain
entertainment with two orches­tras,
staging a battle of music
to a three hour decision by the
dancers. The playing of "The
Prisoners Song" or "Little Mary
Feagin" will automatically dis­qualify
either of the orchestras.
"Susie" Freeman will bring his
Knights of Columbus here for
the occasion to do battle with
Jimmie Robbins and the local
talent. Never before -has such
an amaxingly large evening been
offered for the depression price
of one dollar.
Many out-of-town visitors are
expected to be in Auburn for
the occasion and a large crowd
is expected to attend. Coming as
a climax of the series of Fall
dances put on by the "A" Club.
Mounted Battery
Organized Here
Organization of the mounted bet-tery
of field artillery will be started
today at ten o'clock when approxi­mately
sixty juniors and seniors in
the advanced R. O. T. C. meet at the
artillery stables for preliminary in­structions.
The battery is being or­ganized
as a permanent nit of the
military school and will be continued
in succeeding years, eleven juniors
being selected each year to carry on
as seniors the following year. Vol­unteers
will fill the vacancies left by
the juniors as they move up each year.
Drill for the mounted battery will be
held every Saturday morning from
10:00 to 12:00, and will replace the
regular Saturday drill with the R.
O. T. C. unit. Students participating
in the work of the mqunted battery
will be excused from Tuesday drill on
alternate weeks.- Absence from mount­ed
battery drill on Saturday morning
will count as two cuts since it will
be a two hour class.
The object in organizing the battery
is to give students who are interested
an opportunity to become acquainted
with the fundamental principles of
mounted "battery work, and to give
demonstrations from time to time. In­struction
of the battery will be in
charge of the army instructors sta-i
tioned here.
Dr. Petrie Publishes
Booklet On Ala. Day
Dr. George Petrie, head %f the de­partment
of history, is the author of
"Materials .for Alabama Day Pro­grams"
which carries an outline for
the observance of Alabama Day on
December 14. The 40-page booklet
was published by the State Depart­ment
of Education in Montgomery for
distribution to schools and organiza­tions
planning to celebrate the occa­sion.
"The purpose of the little booklet,"
says Dr. Petrie, "is to help schools,
women's clubs, and other organiza­tions
celebrate Alabama Day. An ef­fort
is made in this program to in­clude
some reference to the Bi-Centen-nial
of George Washington. This has
seemed appropirate because many
things occurred in this part of our
country which had a direct and im­portant
bearing on the Revolutionary
War and the course of events during
Washington's administration. These
things are often overlooked. It has
seemed, therefore, especially important
to emphasize them this year."
Extracts which throw light on what
might be called "Alabama in Wash­ington's
time" are found in the book­let.
It was through the lively interest
of Mrs. Zebulon Judd of Auburn, state
-regent of the Alabama Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolu­tion,
which brought about the cooper­ative
effort whereby Dr. Petrie has
prepared the Alabama Day material,
said State Superintendent A. F. Har-man
in the foreword to the booklet.
Dr. Harman said that during the
last three years the programs have
emphasized first the formative period
of the State's history, second the pe­riod
conneted with the Confederacy,
third the latter period of reconstruct
tion and industrial development.
Since this winter will mark the bi­centennial
of Washington, the pro­gram
for 1931 places emphasis on
facts in Alabama history and this
section which have connection with
Washington and that period.
Material for the staging of a pag­eant,
"Alabama's Gifts" written by
Miss Myra Segar of the State Teach­ers
College appears in the booklet.
All Men Elected by Society Are
Active in Various Forms of
Campus Life
STAMPS MEN AS LEADERS
Wible Head of Local Organi­zation;
Fraternity of Nation­al
Scope
Six members of the Senior class,
all prominent figures in campus life,
were elected to the Blue Key last
night. It was the annual fall elec­tion
of the fraternity.
The election included: G. V. Nunn,
Auburn; George Walter, Birming­ham;
Lake Parker, Panola; Frank
Campbell, Greenville; Jack Turner,
St. Stephens; and George Anderson,
Carbon Hill.
The Blue Key is a national honor
society. The aim of the local chap­ter
is to further the best interest of
Auburn, to promote fraternalism
among the students here, and to fos­ter
intercolleigate relationships. It
also strives .to develop a national
spirit by placing the stamp of ap­proval"
upon college leaders, which
will make it possible to recognize
them wherever they are found.
These men have been leaders in
various forms of student activity,
and have done much worthy of rec­ognition
by their fellow students.
The Blue Key is headed by Rich­ard
Wible, president; with Louis
Gholston, vice-president, and John
T. Harris, secretary-treasurer.
Sponsors Are Named
For Camp Fire Girls
Election of a board of sponsors for
the Auburn Camp Fire Girls took
place this morning, when the group of
seven representative citizens met in
the college office of President Brad­ford
Knapp with Mrs. Laura V. Lom­bard,
executive secretary of the At­lanta
Camp Fire Council, Miss Tthel
Percell, Atlanta, guardian, and Miss
Elizabeth Duncan, local guardian.
The board of sponsors consists of
President Knapp, Felton Little, Mrs.
C. A. Basore, Mrs. John Williamson,
Homer Wright, Travis Ingram, and
Miss Berta Dunn.
Arriving in Auburn early Friday
afternoon to make the annual visit to
the local Camp Fire organization,
Mrs. Lombard and Miss Percell were
entertained with an elaborate tea giv­en
by tjie Pamaho Group of Auburn
Camp Fire Girls. More than 300
townspeople were presented to the
honorees from 4:30 to 6:00 o'clock at
the home of Felton Little where the
tea was given.
The home was beautifully decorat­ed
with the large floral donation from
Mr. King of the Opelika Floral Com­pany.
With the Koda Group as hostesses,
a council fire was staged in honor of
the visitors at 7:00 o'clock Friday eve­ning
on the lawn of the President's
Mansion. Mrs. Lombard addressed the
gathering which was attended by both
Dr. and Mrs. Knapp.
An overnight camping trip to Lake
Martin is to be staged by the council
this evening.
Architectural Students
Have Highest Averages
Students enrolled in the School of
Architecture and Allied Arts led the
college in scholarship for the 1930-31
school year, according to figures re­leased
by Charles W. Edwards, asso­ciate
registrar.
With an average grade of 76.95 the
architectural students were 1.17 above
the general college mark of 75.78.
They were closely followed by mem­bers
of the School of Engineering.
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Published semi-weekly "by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $2.50 per year (60
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Dally.
STAFF
Victor R. White, Jr. _:Editor-in-Chief
J. Roy Wilder Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Gabie Drey Associate Editor
R. A. McMillan Associate Editor
J. W. Letson Associate Editor
J. R. Chadwick Managing Editor
L. C. McCallum Sports Editor
H. W. Moss News Editor
Horace Shepard News Editor
Charlie Simmons Composing Editor
Vv-H. Kjellman ^....Exchange Editor
Helen Garrett _ Society Editor
Frank G. Keller Contributing Editor
W. W. Beck Contributing Editor
REPORTERS
Otis Spears', '34; M. M. Spruiell, '34; Billy
Hamilton, '34; Hugh T. Lawson, '35; Walter
Brown, '35; J. C. Ivey, '34; W. G. Hall, '35;
B. C. Pope, Jr., '33; Jack Knowlton, '35;
Walter Smith, '35; Marion Kelley, '33.
BUSINESS STAFF
James Backes Asst. Business Manager
Knox M. McMillan .... Advertising Manager
Robert Greer . Circulation Manager
Phillip M. Benton Asst. Adver. Mgr.
TRADE EXPANSION
Some time ago it was decided that the
town of Auburn, deep in the throes of de­pression,
should put on a trade expansion
program whereby the tradesmen of the
town would derive untold profits through
the medium of a "high-pressure" adver­tising
program. Into the town wandered
an expert, a man who would be able to
place the town on its feet through the in­evitable
sales agent, the great god adver­tising.
It was deemed wise by a few that,
everyone should subscribe to the program
and watch their respective businesses soar
to untold heights. There were many who
had the business foresight to see that such
a program was unwise; most of these
found it necessary to contribute to the pro­gram
to protect their business, a few clung
to their beliefs and were criticised by the
rest. Approximately one thousand dollars
was the price to be paid a rank outsider to
put over a program to aid local merchants
in their sales. Almost nine hundred dol­lars
will leave this town and will' be spent
elsewhere. If the profits realized will
eventually warrant the time and expense
the business men of Auburn consume in
preparing and carrying out the plan, it
will be nothing short of phenomenal. How
long will it take them to realize that the
very backbone of the trade' which goes on
in this town must be confined to the school?
Catering to school and to the school and to
the outlying districts at the same time
will not bring local business to a happy
ending. The majority are here because
the school is here and for the sake of their
investments they must cater to the great­est
source of revenue. The town will be
adorned with atrocious streamers and the
whole district will garb the robes of a
"circus come to the town." What the town
realizes in profits, they will lose in good
will, which after all will be the basis of
their success for a much longer period than
five days.
We are in a generous mood at the pres­ent,
Christmas is near at hand and since
everyone else must feel the same as wit­nessed
by their desire to give nine hundred
dollars to a healthy alien, we will hope for
the best and hope that an autographed
moral lesson will be given to each to nail on
the wall over the numerous ledgers about
the town.
TOO DEMOCRATIC
Words of progress and wisdom came from
the lips of Charles A. Brown, when he de­clared
that large college enrollment in­creases
had placed colleges in the dilemma
of "either coordinating their work closer
to the secondary schools or of admitting
only superior students who are capable of
carrying on the program. The convention
of the Association of colleges and Secon­dary
schools, to whom the address was de­livered,
may well consider this statement.
The idea of higher education for all has
a highly democratic tone, it is true. Yet, in
more recent years, the spirit of democracy
has so thoroughly saturated our educa­tional
system that colleges have become
flooded with a host students, who can ad­vance
no real reason for being in college
except that it is quite the conventional
thing to do. This type usually remain the
prescribed four years, breathe the air of
tradition, wear knickers, and in the end
receive a degree as a certificate that they
have stayed out of jail and attended a
suitable number of classes.
Every man is not adapted to a college
education, and to attempt force to one on
all who can summons together the financial
requirements is just another misconception
of progress.
TTONOR WHERE HONOR IS DUE
We wish to take this opportunity to de­clare
at least a temporary truce with the
Crimson-White and extend to Elwood Rich­ardson,
it's editor, our congratulations, first
for being editor of the publication in it's
first year as a semi-weekly and lastly, but
by far most profoundly, for his election To
the position of the vice-presidency of the
National Intercollegiate Press Association.
Such an honor carries with it such great
praise in the collegiate fourth-estate and
such great possibilities for progress, that
we feel all the more justified in according
him and his exemplary publication our in­sufficient
bravos. This position no doubt
will enable him to carry our sister publi­cation
to even greater heights. What more
could he and his co-workers want than this,
what more do they need to make the year a
journalistic triumph? One of them, yea,
even their leader, a ranking officer of this
active and progressive press association.
Letters to the Editor
Editor of The Plainsman:
This article is not written in order to
hamper the merchants putting on this great
Trade Expansion Program, because I think
anything that can bring us out of the de­pression
in the way of increased trade war­rants
our most enthusiastic support. The
question is whether this Trade Expansion
is of economic value to the merchants of
Auburn and.Auburn itself. Will it pay eco­nomically?
Is this the time and place to
pull a Trade Expansion Program?
From past experience it has been found
that trade doesn't go from a big town to a
little town unless there is some especial
inducement such as price. Opelika, being
one source from which trade might be
brought to Auburn and being larger, offers
lower prices on the same goods that can be
bought in Auburn. Lower prices in that
community will eliminate that possible trade
in Auburn during the Great Trade Expan­sion
Program. Then the only reason that
the people from Opelika have for coming
to Auburn is for Curiosity's sake, and
that in itself is no excuse for having such a
Trade Expansion. Another source of trade
for the merchants comes the town of Au­burn
itself. Under the present financial
conditions the people of Auburn are not
gr.ing to buy anymore than necessary. Any
buying expansion on the part of the people
of Auburn during this period will come
from the normal Christmas business which
is expected without an added attraction
such as a Trade Expansion Program. Have
the merchants of Auburn failed to recog­nize
this fact or is it a gamble with the
business Cycle? Who is your leader or
forecaster? What does he know about it.
As a final source of Trade the only dis­tricts
left for the Greater Trade Expansion
to draw from the country districts around
Auburn. Again the question arises is the
great celebration going to attract enough
country trade to pay for the expansion pro­gram!
In all about $900 will have to be
cleared as net profit by the Auburn mer­chants
to pay for such a celebration. By
net profit I mean the profit made after all
overhead has been paid and all expenses
paid. It is reasonable to say that the mer­chants
of Auburn will make about four
per cent profit on the goods they sell on
the average. That being the case they
will have to sell about $22,500 worth of
goods, as a total volume of sales, to cover
the expense of the Greater Trade Expan­sion.
Can this figure in total volume of
sales be reached in Auburn during four
days? Personally, I don't think this figure
can be arrived at and as a result I think
the Greater Trade Expansion is out of
place and will be a flop. It is not eco­nomically
justified.
No doubt there are some merchants in
Auburn who recognize the fact that this
Trade Expansion is not sound business, but
due to the fact of mob psychology and boy­cotting
they are forced into such an expend­iture
of supporting The Greater Trade
Expansion in order to pacify the power­ful
few who have fallen for the idea. The
merchants who have not entered into this
Grand Jubilee and are threatened with
boycot are to be congratulated on their
sound business policy. Cash speaks to
some people, but credit is speaking to the
people of Auburn who are momentarily
pressed. If the other merchants of the
town would follow the business practice of
the few sound business concerns in Auburn
then their, business might pick up too.
It is a shame that the merchants of Au­burn
should be lead blindly into such a eco­nomic
impossibility, such as a Greater Trade
Expansion Program during this period of
business inactivity due to financial dis­turbances.
Who is the Advocator? Where
did he come from?
It has often been said that where there
IDLE EMS
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in this
column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of
this paper. It is a column of personal comment,
and is not to be read as an expression of our
editorial policy.
Since the editor is a rather enigmatic
personality, one who is likely to do almost
anything in a crisis, and since he informs
me that unless some copy be forth-coming
from some source, however base, and since
the rest of the editorial staff is off chasing
butterflies, a solemn duty has fallen on
my unworthy shoulders,—the task of writ­ing
a column. _
* * * * •
The first blast of Winter: What makes
the profs much a jovial crew when the
report's come out? The Alubamian is giv­ing
Auburn quite a bit of publicity. Maybe
the little ones want to play in our back
yard. No more football games. In walks
the managing editor. The poor chap has
been in a trance for weeks. Maybe he's
cracking under the depression. One of
my history professors pulls up his socks
immediately before each recitation. Is any
art so low as sports writing? "Idontgive-adam"
is getting to be the national by­word.
Why. has naturalism in literature
sunk into decadence? Why do most young
professors try to look sophisticated? Santa
Claus is almost upon us. A host of imi­tations
arise to vie with the Ballyhoo. Why
not The Plainsman? The poems of Alfred
Noyes. Many of the famulty use the ex­pression
"can't hardly." What is it all
about anyway?
* * * *
Football has taken the hindermost, and
the student turns to plot subsidary activi­ties.
There is always the fear of being left
alone in the vast collegiate world with only
studies. Imported Ballyhoo artists herald
the expansion of trade. How long can
even some of the people be fooled? The
"Stars and Bars" are proudly flying above
the Village, and one wonders if Confederate
money is going to be accepted. The student
body is listless. The professors fail to reg­ister
any antimation. Mid-Semester dis­graces
have been taken with becoming
gracefulness, and only a few bothered to
write any explainations home.
* * * *
We quote here a tribute to Auburn by
the Dean of American sports writers. It
was written in 1908.
Poem by Grantland Rice
Sweet Auburn, huskiest village of the plain,
Once classed as Dubville—muchly on the
wane,
Trimmed here and there by high and low
alike,
Eac hpassing year bumping down the pike;
Beaten by teams that thou hadst once
crushed down,
Gone seemed thy glory and thy past re­nown,
Much as that village of the self-same name
The late O. Goldsmith piped to lasting fame
When lo, from out the mire of dull defeat,
With brawn yarms and lightly tripping
feet,
Back to your own, as in the dim past when
The mighty Penson—dashing "Blondy"
Glenn, .
The'crafty Tichenor, Williams and the rest
Of that far age held Auburn at the crest,
With whirlwind speed you come into your
own—
A king again upon a kingly throne—
A rival well worth watching on the track,
Peer of the Purple and the Gold and Black,
No more "deserted", nor of fame deprived
But crowned now with memories revived.
Quotations
Our country has cause for gratitude to
the Almighty. We have been widely bles­sed
with abundant harvests.—Herbert Hoo­ver
in his annual Thanksgiving Day proc­lamation.
Wheat Farmers take notice.—IP.
Many men are paying more to fail to put
a little golf ball in a hole than they are
spending on their children's education.—
Prof. Frank Roscoe.
Man's right to possess should rest upon
his ability to use the possession unselfishly.
—Rev. E. M. L. Gould.
When Adam dolve, and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?—Anon.
My country is the world; my countrymen
are mankind.—William Lloyd Garrison.
He serves his party best who serves the
country best.—Rutherford B. Hayes.
Mass production is simply production for
the masses.—Edward A. Filene.
is a will there is a way. Best luck to the
Auburn merchants, I am
Yours very truly,
Happy Credit & Bad Boycott, Inc.
-:- AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
The Democrats are telling their children that the Republican party is respon­sible
for Santy's workshop not being run this Christmas.
* • * * * * * * * * *
One wonders to just what extent Auburn trade might be expanded if such
available spaces as Bullard and Drake fields, were utilized to carry out the carnival
effect.
One of our Deans has advised all co-eds to pay particular attention to the
amount of ozone in the room, when dating.
* * * * * * * * * *
You can get a good second hand car or husband sometimes, but there is usually
a reason why the owner let them go.
* * * * * + * * * , *
What this campus needs is a good five cent honor fraternity.
* * * * * * * * * *
Joe Purvis reached the height of his colorful career last week when he com­pleted
one of his architectual problems without complaining about the amount of
work he had to do.
* * * * * * * * * *
Even our grades show the effects of the depression. This is being used as a
counter attack on fond fathers.-
* * * * * * * * * *
All the trade expansion program needs to be a success is a pair of some co-ed's
pajamas.
* * * * * * * * * *
We suggest that the freshman who is still emulating Eddie Cantor go to an­other
picture show sometime.
* * * * * * * * * *
Why don't science come through with an anti-freeze solution for bank assets?
* * * * * * * * * *
The Davidsonian announces a Sophomore house party. Personally we fear
such a thing is impossible in any of our existing structures.
* * * * * * * * * *
A newspaper report says that swearing is unknown among the Souix Indians.
. So is golf.
* * * * * * * * * *
Although most commodities are down it is reported that Senate seats are still
out of reach of the average man.
* * * * * * * * * *
It might be interesting to the wise guy who said "True love never runs smooth­ly",
to know that the detours are not any smoother.'
* * * * * * * * * *
Congress is rapidly assuming the Scotchman's position in the minds of American
wits.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
Having ruined three perfectly good
sheets of perfectly good white paper in
starting this column, we have come to the
conclusion that the best way to begin any­thing
is to start off like this. Of course,
it may be an admission that you are not
ingenious enough to write an opening sent­ence
that will attract attention, and get
interest at the beginning, and—where's
that Century handbook?—oh yes, arouse
suspense, and will be direct, and thousands
of other things that give freshmen misery
when they are asked to give the functions
of the topic sentence on an examination.
In this case, it certainly is such an ad­mission.
Spread out over the table are
fifteen or more clippings, from the fifty or
more papers that came during the Thanks­giving
holidays, with a variety of facts
that can only be equalled by that bulky vol­ume
called "The Lincoln Library of Es­sential
Information", and possibly the En­cyclopedia
Britannica. For instance, there's
a statement from a psychology teacher that
runs like this: "College students might as
well be given hot dogs as diplomas when
they graduate from college, for at least
they could eat the hot dogs, but they can do
nothing with the diplomas." This teacher
forgets that you can always frame your
diploma to show to your children, at the
same time telling them tall tales about
when you were in college—with the diploma
as evidence of the fact that they are true.
Of course, if your children are of the im­pertinent
kind sometimes seem and head,
and say that the diploma doesn't prove any­thing
of the sort, you can tell them how
they did you when you were a freshman,
with demonstrations. And you can start a
fire with the diploma if the college authori­ties
have been thoughtful enough to do away
with the old-fashioned sheepskin type. Try
doing either of these with a hot dog! On
second thought, s hot dog could be framed,
but precious alcohol would have to be used
as a preservant. After this scathing ex­posal
of the fallacies in this suggestion of
this psychologist, we hope he will apolo­gize
to the great American college student
and crawl back into his hole at Detroit
University, where other bright ideas that
should furnish material for beginning
columns, if a suitable topic sentence can be
found, will, we hope, soon emanate. (The
above is an example of the complex sent­ence
a la mode.)
* * * *
Now here's a little note from Emory,
which is not accompanied by proof in the
form of the bottle—but you can see one
anywhere.
Ripley and his "Believe It or Not"
take a back seat as one of nature's
strangest phenomena is found at Grady
hospital by Emory Medical students. A
negro man came to the hospital com­plaining
of an internal disorder, which
after much diagnosing, it was found
- necessary to open him up. A Ne-Hi
bottle was found and the trouble was
soon remedied.
Of course there are other not-quite-so-sensational
clippings strewn here and
there. These come from columns, personal,
news, an advice-to-the-lovelorn columns,
from other college papers. But it is rather
a hard job to decide which to put here.
Probably everyone would be all excited to
learn that an organization known as "The
Supreme Archaic Order of Junior Inde­pendent
Mustache Growers Association of
Muhlenberg College" has been formed at
Muhlenberg to foster the old custom of
moustachio raising so common in the nine­ties
among those in their twenties and thir­ties.
This club is called the S. A. O. J. I.
M. G. A. C. for short. However, it is fair­ly
certain that some of the cynics of the
college would be interested in this bit of
glad guidance clipped from the Brenau
Alchemist:
"The next time you are made the
'goat' of any situation, try laughting
at yourself, and see how really funny
you are It's sure worth trying.'v
* * * *
If we were any other kind of a columnist,
we could gripe a little and fill up space
now and then. But all we can do is let
other columnist gripe for us and reprint
their stuff. Here's something from Max
Hall, columnist on the Emory Wheel, which
should get a hearty "Amen" from every
Auburn male, and, incidentally will fill the
remaining space allotted to this column:
"Last year this column waged a des-erate
fight against certain obnoxious
expressions. Among these scourges to
happiness were 'Whatcha been doin?'
Oky-doke; K. O.; Oke (any member of
the O. K. family); and "Whatta ya
know?'
"Each of these blots on the English
language makes us grit our teeth in
race every time we hear it. Especially
Oky-doke. Oky-doke is pretty bad.
Some day we will lose control and choke
some poor little sub-deb to death for
saying Oky-doke.
"But now there has arisen an ex­pression
that arouses our anger even
more quickly than Oky-doke. It is "Pul-lease!'
"It was not a question of becoming
tired of the world. We hated it from
the beginning. The first time it was
uttered in our presence, we wiched
with pain. f
"Can you imagine what an existence
we now lead, with every person, well,
almost every person) of the feminine
sex and between the ages of 14 and 25
saying 'Pul-lease' at least once with
every breath.
"You know how they say it. 'Pul-lease!'
You've heard them. It's getting so pre­valent
now that one can stand on any
dance-floor and hear little rat-squeaks
all over the room. The 'little rat-squeaks
are the girls saying Pul-lease'."
Withal, the modern girl is not a prig.—
O. M. Green.
INSIGHTS
By Conscientious Cletus
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in this
column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of
this paper. It is a column of personal comment,
and is not to be read as an expression of our
editorial policy.
MOST FOLKS like to tell other peo­ple
how to run their business. Take
Conscientious Cletus for instance.
He sticks his nose into more things that
do not concern him, and all that he needs
is time because soon everybody will find
out from his pedanic and pointless spout­ing
forth, exactly why they are a failure
and exactly what they need to become a
success.
Judging from the success that Cletus is
having it might be much better for hu­manity,
if he would direct his efforts to
bringing about a reform in the immoral liv­ing
conditions of blind mice, but according
to a statement issued by Cletus immedi­ately
after his election to the office of
Grand Chief Mogul of the International
Associated Exhaulted Order of Amalga­mated
Social Misfits, he continues telling
people how to run their business because
so many of the social leaders of Auburn
are doing the same thing and he likes com­pany.
* * * *
Take for the example the activities of
some of the Auburn busy-bodies who are
so interested in keeping the morals of our
American youth pure and white that they
lose sight of the fact that they themselves
might have a distorted sense of what moral­ity
really means. It all comes back to the
fact that some people hate progress and
the change that is the natural result of pro­gress.
Some people are so evil-minded that
it is hard for them to realize that every­one
else has not degenerated to the same
plane.
* * * *
Some of the citizens of Auburn felt it
their christian duty to stop or have stopped
the most immoral, disgraceful, and degrad­ing
practice of letting girls (in a bathing
suit) pose before a mixed art class. Since
time immemoral man has studied the female
form as God's most beautiful creation.
There are a few busy-bodies who can not
be led to believe that posing is not an im­moral,
avaricious practice. Other schools
of art in the south, use professional models,
who pose in the nude, and nothing thought
of it.
There are a certain tribe of men today
who MUST so elevate their morals that no
animal thoughts can come to them. Why
don't these "Moral Pace-Setters" require
the doctor to use dark glasses when he
performs an operation or even blind-fold.
Just think how evil-minded he must be
when he comes to the operating room to
find a NUDE FORM there! i| ! In very
much the same way an artist or art stu­dent
must travel on a higher moral plane.
An argument might arise that posing be­fore
students may tend to lower rather
than raise their morals, however, if we
never give them a chance, what reason have
we to believe that they are an avaricious
lot. Cletus challanges anyone to give a set
of good reasons why our art students are
not worthy of a life class using the female
form.
:|; * * *
Although it seems there is a trend on the
campus toward too great a number of honor
societies, there IS a need for a juornalistic
society, which will reward those men who
seek fame in the world of arts and letters.
Most every other campus has some society
which elects those who, by their journalistic
ability, merit reward. Of the four campus
publications, which are sponsored by the
studenty-body, none can say that there are
too great a number of applicants for work
on their staff.
* * * * >
And as this goes to press we have the
age old problem of what to give the girl
back home. Christmas is all but here and
we wonder where that extra five bucks is
coming from. A word to the lucky few of
our student-body who can say to wifey, "We
must economize this year, deary".
Variations in, temperature induce great­er
resistence to disease and also favor mentr
al activity.—Dr. Ellsworth Huntington.
We live, but a-world has passed away
With the years that perish to make us
men.—William Dean Howells.
"What keeps the stars shining," is far
from being answered.—Professor Henry
Norris Russell.
We must be careful not to confuse the
absence of elaborate formalities with bad
banners.—Professor William Lyon Phelps.
We must turn to education as a social
vaccination against industrial ills.—Dean
William F. Russell.
Presents, I often say, endear absents.—
Charles Lamb.
SATURDAY, DEC. 5, 1931 T H E P L A I N S M A N •:- A L A B A M A - P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE PAGE THREE
TAD McCALLUM, Editor
CONTRIBUTORS:
HARRY BARNES
MARSHAL KALEY
K. G. TAYLOR
NEIL 0. DAVIS
Footballs Not "Pigskin"
As Everyone Calls Them
Cleveland—(IP)—For years and
years, ever since sport pages were
invented, football scribes and people
generally have been referring to
footballs as "pigskins."
And we'll all probably go right on
calling 'em that.
But we'll be wrong. Footballs are
not made of pigskin. They are made
of cow hide. Take it on the author-tiy
of the A. G. Spaulding & Bros.,
who ought to know.
Most footballs were made of pig­skin
in the early days of the game
and the cheaper balls are still made
of it. But the best fottballs are
made of hide from Texas or Argen­tine
steers.
Only Paid Admissions
At Army-Navy Game
Washington—(IP)—Not even Ma­yor
Walker will receive a pass to the
Army-Navy game at New York Dec.
12. Government officials have taken
care that there will be Tio "dead­heads"
attending the game. The pro­ceeds
are to be divided between
West Point and Annapolis for the
respective schools to give to charity
as they see fit.
Auburn Finishes Most Successful Grid Season in Several Years
Lead Their Team Through Good Season
BUSH -THCKUE. DAVIDSON -qufiRTeRemx
The Tigers knew what they were doing when they elected Chattie
Davidson and J. D. Bush to lead them through the 1931 season in the
role of Co-Captains. They have proved real leaders and hard workers
and have set good examples for their team-mates. Both will graduate
in May.
FOOTBALL TEAM AND COACHES
FETED WITH ANNUAL DINNER
Alumni Present Gold Footballs to Seniors; Watches to Coach­ing
Staff; Silver Pitcher and Glasses to Mrs. Wynne
Patronize Advertisers.
"Say It With Flowers"
And Say It With Ours
FOR EVERY SOCIAL
OCCASION
Rosemont Gardens
FLORISTS
Montgomery, Alabama
Homer Wright, Local Agent
for Auburn.
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The Alumni Association presented
gold footballs to the six senior mem-berhs
of Auburn's team; a beautiful
silver pitcher and six silver goblets
to Mrs. Chet Wynne, and handsome
watches to Coach Chet Wynne and
his assistants at the annual gridiron
dinner given by President and Mrs.
Bradford Knapp. Old grads were
present from Montgomery, Auburn,
Selma, Columbus and Birmingham to
present the appropriate gifts.
Alumni entered the president's
home after 48 guests had concluded
a delightful turkey dinner. Players
and coaches were not expecting the
invasion and looked amazed when Dr.
George Blue headed the delegation
that filed into the dining hall. Dr.
Blue was master of ceremonies.
Dr. Blue paid glowing tributes to
the Auburn coaching staff and play­ers
before introducing the Honorable
Thomas Bragg, of Birmingham, vice
president of the Alabama Power
Company, who presented a dozen
coaches and players with suitable
gifts for their assiduous work dur­ing
the 1931 campaign.
Always Ready to Serve You
BANK OF AUBURN
Bank of Personal Service
Under New Management
AUBURN AMUSEMENT &
SOCIAL CLUB
UNDER SUPERVISION OF AMERICAN LEGION
The Very Best
Sandwiches
r
Hot Chocolate
Ice Cream
Soft Drinks
Benson Brothers
On Campus Corner
Engraved on the footballs given
to James Bush, Chattie Davidson,
Ralph Jordan, George Egg, Lindley
Hatfield and George Holdcroft was
the player's name, position, year, and
the scores the the Auburn-Georgia-
Tech and Auburn-Wisconsin games.
The Plainsmen triumphed over the
Yellow Jackets, 13 to 0, and tied the
powerful Badgers, 7-7.
Watches were presented to Coaches
Sam McAllister, Earl McFadden, Wil­bur
Hutsell, Dunham Harkins, Chet
Wynne and Roger Kiley.
Inside of Wynne's and Kiley's
watches was engraved: To Chet
Wynne (Roger Kiley) in appreciation
of outstanding service to Auburn
fiom Auburn alumni—1931."
Dr. Knapp handed Coach Kiley an­other
gift immediately after he had
received the watch from Bragg. It
(Continued on page 4)
GREATEST IMPROVED
TEAM IN THE SOUTH IS
LAUDED FOR SUCCESS
Tigers Rise From Slump to Win
Five Games This Season
MEET SOUTH'S STRONGEST
Offer Tulane and Georgia Real
Battles; Alumni and Friends
Rejoice
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Earning the title of "The most
improved team in the Southern Con­ference,"
the Auburn Tigers finished
a highly successful campaign and are
now receiving well deserved praise
from alumni and friends of the col­lege
all over the country. The rec­ord
of five victories, a tie, and three
losses is quite a contrast to the nine
straight losses of 1927 and the lean
year following. Only one team de­cisively
outplayed the Plainsmen,
that being Tulane, one of the strong­est
elevens in the country and un­disputed
champions of the Southern
Conference. Georgia earned her 12
to 6 victory over the fighting Tigers
but the contest was in doubt up to
the final whistle and Auburn seemed
to -grow stronger as the game pro­gressed.
Upset Dope
The Panthers of Birmingham^Sbu-thern
put up their customary fight
as the Plainsmen opened the season
in Cramton Bowl but Auburn was
a little bit too strong to be jinxed
and won 24 to 6. Then came the
long journey to Wisconsin and the
prayers that the Badgers might be
held to a low score. As a result,
the Badgers were lucky to score and
luckier to^ hold the Tigers to one
touchdown. Even the Madison sports
writers agreed that Auburn would un­doubtedly
hav been superior on~a dry
field which would have aided in off­setting
the advantage in weight pos-sesed
by Wisconsin. On the follow­ing
Saturday the Badgers defeated
Purdue, conquerers of Northwestern.
Win From Tech
Returning south, the Tigers invaded
Grant Field where they had been de­nied
victoi'y for twelve years in com­bat
with the Golden Tornado of Geor­gia
Tech. The smooth, tricky of­fense
of the Plainsmen would not be
denied and they swept to a 13 to 0
victory, but lost the services of sev­eral
valuable stars through injury.
Florida caught the Tigers in a slump
following the two hard games and
managed to get away with a 13 to
12 verdict. A breather with Spring
Hill resulted in a 27 to 7 score and
then came Tulane. The Green Wave
had every advantage—weight, power,
and reserves, but it took two full
periods of terrific pounding to pro­duce
a single score and the Tigers
were doing a little pounding of their
own all the while, threatening to
score on two occasions.
Sewanee was put aside, 12 to 0,
and a real scare was thrown into
the Bulldogs of Georgia before the
Plainsmen concluded their campaign
with a hard earned 13 to 6 win over
South Carolina on Thanksgiving Day.
Thousands of Auburn alumni who
were loyel through the long years
when Auburn was at the bottom have
been well repaid for their loyalty by
the success of- the 1931 Tigers.
Coaches Wynne, Kiley, McAllister
and Hutsell cannot be given too much
credit for their wondeful work and
neither can the members of the squad
who played most the games without
relief.
Co-Captain J. D. Bush has been
further honored by being selected
at^one the the tackle positions on
CoacSvAlexander's all-Southern team.
The Georgia Tech coach is a member
of the All-America Board of Foot-
Jball and his nominations carry con­siderable
weight. Jimmie Hitchcock,
backfield ace, has also been included
on a number of the first team selec­tions
and was placed on the second
team of the Associated Press. Por­ter
Grant, star end, has been on
most of the third team picks of the
news services and has been rated
higher on some of the individual se­lections.
Captain of This Year's Cagers
Basketball centers on op­posing
teams will have
their hands full this season
keeping up with Jack Ste­wart.
Jack is bigger and
better than ever and is
captain of the Tiger quin­tet.
He was one of the
high scorers of the con-erence
last year
and is in line for
all-Southern hon­ors
this season.
FRESHMEN COMPLETE SUCCESSFUL
SEASON WITH FOUR VICTORIES
Wealth of Material On "Frosh" Team to Strengthen Varsity
Next Year; Win Two of Three Conference Games
CAGSTERS GET INTO
SHAPE RAPIDLY WITH
REGULARS RETURN
Prospects Bright For Greatest
Team In Years
STEWART CAPTAIN
Twenty-Five Fight For Berth
On Team
By Neil O. Davis
The Auburn freshmen completed a
fairly successful season when they
dropped the last game of the season
to the Madison Ga. Aggies Thanks
giving day. Coaches McFadden and
Harkins developed one. of the best
"rat" teams Auburn has had in sev­eral
seasons. Th,eir Proteges won
four games and lost two; and two
Southern Conference victories were
included in their win column.' Bir­mingham-
Southern, Oglethorpe, Tu­lane
and Georgia are the teams de­feated,
while the "rats" lost to Flori­da
and Madison.
Injuries hampered the team's play
throughout the season, and played
a large part in their loss to Florida.
Three star performers did not get in
the game, and the reserve ranks were
greatly depleted. Outside of this
game the Baby Tigers sped along
at a fast clip and showed worlds of
power and speed. The freshmen pro­bably
reached their peak against
Tulane, when they displayed the most
exciting brand of football displayed
on Drake Field this year. In this
game, the "rats" flashed a brilliant
offense and a stubborn defense. The
Tigers trailed Tulane for three quar-
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ters but never conceded them vic­tory,
and came from behind to win.
With a good first string and a
wealth of reserves who compare fav­orably
with them on the freshman
squad this year; the varsity ranks
will be bolstered up somewhat with
the men coming up to battle for a
position. Among those contending
most strongly for a varsity berth are:
Center, Musgrove, Haigler and Far-ris;
Guards, Housten, Welch, Pace,
and Porter; Tackles Patterson, Tur­ner,
Hardin, Bedford, Stover, King,
and Lawson; Ends, Kemp, Fenton,
Morriss, and E. Whitten. Capable
backs are: Quarterbacks, Brown, Ca-ton,
and Clarke; Halfbacks, Hender­son,
Wright, Snider, Morriss, and
Wynne; Fullbacks, Mo"ore and H.
Whitten.
With every regular of last year's
strong quintet returning, the pros­pects
for a winning basketball team
are extremely bright. Coach Sam
McAllister, who is beginning his sec­ond
year at the head of the Tiger
cage squad, officially opened prac­tice
last Monday and has been drill­ing
about 25 candidates daily. Sev­eral
football prayers who are expect­ed
to earn places on the squad have
been given a wek's rest and will not
report until Monday. These include
Ralph Jordan and Lindley Hatfield,
veterans of two seasons, Robert Ar­thur,
reserve center, David Ariail and
Marion Talley, sophomores.
Captain Jack Stewart, one of the
best pivot men in the Conference,
heads the letter men, every one of
whom will be playing his final season.
Tom Lumpkin, forward, "Slick" Ka-
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PAGE FOUR T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE SATURDAY, DEC. 5, 1931
Recent Opening of Old Cornerstone Reveals Institution's Earlier Days
HISTORY OF THIRTY TWO
YEARS BROUGHT TO LIGHT
Pages of Educational Progress Turned Back With Destruction
of Old Grammar School
Pages in Auburn's educational pro­gress
were turned back 32 years on
November 24 with the opening of the
cornerstone of the old grammar
school building. The structure was
demolished to make way for the
erection of a modern Post Office
Building. ,
"Auburn Female Institute, erect­ed
by the mayor and council of the
Town of Auburn, October 24, 1899,"
was the inscription on the stone.
The documents provided a complete
history of the event when unsealed
by Homer Wright, whose name wos
found on the Institute's roster, of
students.
Both boys and girls were allowed
to attend the Institute, but only
girls were allowed to graduate. "It
(the institute) proposed to fit boys
and girls for the Junior class in the
Alabama Polytechnic", was the state­ment
of its purpose contained in a
news story carried in "The Opelika
Post" of October 21, 1898, a copy of
which was found in the cornerstone.
School's Progress
"The Auburn Female Institute is
in a most flourishing condition,"" con­tinued
the story, "and is doing the
best possible work . . . Auburn is to
be congratulated on retaining, as
principal of its city schools, so in­fluential
a-teacher of Prof. G. W.
Duncan." Professor Duncan was at
the head of the school one year later
when the new building was erected.
On the same location before the
Civil War a chair factory was estab­lished
the building^ of which was later
turned into a school taught by Pro­fessor
Slaton, who later headed the
public school system in Atlanta,- Ga.
The institute's purpose was fur­ther
explained >in its catalogue of
1894-'95, many tattered pages of
which are scarcely readable because
of the damage done to all contents
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of the cornerstone by moisture which
had seeped in. "When the Agricul­tural
and Mechanical College of Au­burn,
Alabama, decreed the admis­sion
of young women to its Junior
class, the Trustees of Auburn Dis­trict
School decided to change the
character of their institution, and
make it more distinctly a school for
higher education of young ladies,
retaining, however, its Primary and
Intermediate grades, to which boys
were admitted.
"The couse of study prescribed in
the Primary and Preparatory depart­ments,
extending over a period of
eight years, prepares boys and girls
for our collegiate course. . This
course, covering a period of three
years, is not only designed to prepare
young ladies for their entrance into
the Junior class of the A. and M.
College, but also to give a well round­ed
education and culture to those
students who do not wish to pursue
their studies further.
". . . . By moving to the village
of Auburn, they (parents) have ac­cess
not only to an Academic and
Collegiate education of their elder
sons and daughters, but also to an
under graded course for smaller
children equal to any in the State,
and at a minimum expense.
"Situated as it is upon- the most
elevated point between Montgomery
and Atlanta, Auburn enjoys an en­viable
reputation for freedom from
malaria and other contagious dis­eases.
"A moral, christian sentiment pre­vails;
and the people are noted for
their liberality, hospitality, and cul­ture.
'
"The Institution building (describ­ing
the old building still used in
1894-'95 and formerly the structure
housing the chair factory) is o one-story
structure, consisting of a main
building and- two ells, which give a
front of one hundred feet. Along
the front and one side extends a ver-randa
from which an interesting
view is commanded.
"Besides the main assembly room
and library, there are five recitation
rooms comfortably equipped and well
lighted. . . .
"The library is off the main assem­bly
"room, and' is well lighted. At
present it contains a case of nearly
three hundred volumes and is sup­plied
with current literature. Its
value as a reference and literary li­brary
will be enhanced as rapidly as
possible.
"We have not deemed it necessary
or advisable to purchase physical or
chemical apparatus to use in our
course, since to our graduates is
open one of the finest equipped phy­sical
and chemical laboratories in the
South (referring evidently to those
of the College). As to other needed
apparatus we are ordinarily well
equipped.
Courses of Study
The catalogue specifies a course of
study for three departments: prima-y
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ry, preparatory, and collegiate. In
addition, there was a music depart­ment
which gave instruction in "pi­ano,
organ, guitar, violin, flute, cor­net,
vocal music and voice building
. . . . all thoroughly taught by Prof.
L. F. Whitaker, a teacher of expe­rience,
who is endorsed by several
of the leading colleges of the South."
Mathematics, speling, reading,
writing, languages, English and geo­graphy
were taught in the five years
of the Primary department. In the
preparatory Department Latin and
history were taught along with math­ematics,
reading, and geography in
the "third", second", and "first"
classes. Latin, English, mathematics,
and history formed the course of
study in the first year of the Colle­giate
Department known as the
"Sophomore Class."
J. A. Hollifield was president of
the Board of Directors of the Insti­tute
and T. P. Wimberly" was secre­tary
and treasurer. Other members
included such familiar names as W.
W. Wright, T. U. Culver, Prof. 0.
D. Smith, Prof. P. H. Mell, and Col.
A. J. Bondurant.
On the "Roll of Teachers and Pu­pils
of the Auburn Female Institute,
1898 and 1899, Auburn, Lee County,
Alabama" dater September 5, 1899,
and found in the cornerstone, Prof.
G. W. Duncan heads the list as prin­cipal,'
Miss Toccoa Cozart, first as­sistant,
and Miss Sallie Trawick, sec­ond
assistant. Professor Duncan
graduated from Auburn in 1898. He
has lond since given up school work
and is at present the southern repre­sentative
for Houghton-Mifflin Com­pany,
publishers.
"Your are today placing another
milestone on the road of progress
that Auburn is travelling, and, it is
a bright stone that future genera­tions
will admire," said Judge W. J.
Samford, who soon after became
Governor of. Alabama, in delivering
the address of the day at the laying
of the cornerstone on Oct. 24, 1899.
"Auburn is," he continued, "and
your action today emphasizes the fact
that she will remain, a great educa­tional
center. Your have one of the
two great State educational institu­tions.
. . . Let me say to the young
men and women of my country that
the keenest blade in the warfare of
life is a splendid education." Au­burn's
Main Building is now known
as William J. Samford Hall.
News concerning peace settlements
in Paris following the spansih-Amer-ican
War were contained in the issues
of "The Opelika Post" found in the
cornerstone. Several items referred
to activities of President McKinley.
From "A Short History of the
Building." found among cornerstone
contents we learn that "Early in the
year 1899 the Mayor and Council of
the Town of Auburn petitioned the
General Assembly of Alabama for au­thority
to issue bonds for the pur­pose
of building a school house. Hon.
John T. Harris, one of the represen­tatives
from this county (Lee) fram­ed,
had charge of, and labored for
the passage of the bill, which largely
through his efforts soon became law.
The town authorities edvertised the
bonds, and received bids from several
different quarters. The bid of C H,
Coffin of Chicago, being adjudged
the best, was accepted and the bonds
were sold to him for a premium of
$101. As soon as practicable, plans
and specifications were adopted, and
'coneracting builders were invited to
submit bids for the construction of
the building. After careful consid­eration
of all bids submitted, the May­or
and Council awarded the contract
to Mr. J. A. Cullars, a citizen of Au­burn.
A copy of the ordinance authorized
the issuance of bonds to the amount of
$6,000 "for the purpose of building
a school house or houses and repairing
the same . . . ." *
The Town Authorities
Town authorities were listed as fol­lows
in the handwriting of the rever­ed
R. W. Burton, clerk. "Officers
elected January 1899 to serve for one
year: Chas. E. Little, Mayor. Coun­cil:
T. A. Flanagan, treasurer; T. K.
Whitman, A. L. Dillard, and R. W.
Burton. The Board of Education of
Auburn School District, elected by
the Mayor and Council June, 1899, to
serve one year: Chas. C. Thach, pres­ident;
R. W. Burton, secretary and
treasurer, C. A. Cary, J. M. Thomas,
T. U. Culver, C. E. Little, and J. W.
Harris."
Also in the cornerstone was found
a "List of officers of the Most Wor-
Fog Keeps Grads From
Harvard-Yale Game
Boston—(IP)—No less than 210
Harvard and Yale graduates, who
took a boat from -New York here to
see the Yale-Harvard football game,
had to be satisfied with hearing the
game by radio.
The boat, Pan America, becanlfe
stalled in a fog on its way here, and
could not make port in time for the
game.
As a result the opposing alumni
lined up on opposite sides of the
deck and cheered for their respective
teams as the reports came over the
air.
Teachers Are Poorly *
Paid, Survey Shows
New York —(IP)— A survey con­ducted
by the National Education As­sociation
has revealed that most of
the teachers in the city school systems
of the United States get lower salaries
than the average annual income of all
gainfully employed persons.
shipful Grand Lodge of A. F. and A.
M. of Alabama officiating at the lay­ing
of the Corner Stone of the Public
School Building in the Town of Au­burn,
County of Lee and State of
Alabama on the 24th day of October,
A. D., 1899. A. L. 5899. Henry H.
Mathews, M. W. Grand Master; John
H. Drake, Deputy Grand Master; G-W.
Hardy, Senior Grand Warden; J.
B. Lyons, Junior Grand Warden; E.
T. Glenn, Grand Treasurer; B. Dixon
Armstrong, Grand Secretary; J. B.
K. Spain, Grand Chaplain; C. L. Hare,
Grand Marshal; J. Kahn, Senior
Grand Deacon; T. D. Power, Junior
Grand Deacon; L. W. Cobb, Grand
Steward; C. W. Shearer, Grand Stew­ard;
J. D. Foster, Grand Tyler.
Class Roll
In Professor Duncan's handwriting
was found a complete list of "pupils"
many of whom have later attained
marked distinction and have had an
important part in the development of
the College and the Town of Auburn.
They are Allie Armstrong, Frank
Armstrong, Bessie Alvis, George Al-vis„
Norwood Anderson, Bel Ander­son,
Walter Anderson, Sequi Averet'te,
Marvin Boykin, Edwin Bragg, Bessie
Burke, George Burke, Mary Burke,
Maud Burke, Mary Cox, Jonnie May
Culver, Emma/Lou Culver^ Ruth Cul­ver,
Elwyn Cary, Phoebe Cary, Sallie
Culver, Richard Drake, Jorden De-
Bardeleben, Jesse Drake, Mary Drake,
James Finney, Daisy Foster, Harda-way
Fraser, J. W. Harris, Leoline
Hammock, Mary Ree Harris.
May Harvey, Lizzie Hanson, Allie
Heard, Mollie Hollifield, John Hud­son,
Percy Hudson, Clay Hudson,
Charlie Hudson, Fannie Hudson, Mary
Kate Jackson, Sidney Jones, Jessie
Kindred, Tommie Kindred, Felto'n Lit­tle,
Lucy Little, Frank Lipscomb,
Achsah Myhand, Mary Alice Myhand,
Eugent Mason, Ethel Mason, Margar­et
Moore, Evelyn Mei'chant, Mammie
Mitchell, Celeste Nabors, Briggs Na­pier,
Kate McCord, George McCord,
Bessie O'Hara, Clifford Rutledge,
Frank Rutledge, John Rutledge, Mary
Rtuledge, Mary Susan Samford, John
B. St'eadham, Olive Steadham, Lily
Taylor, Kate Taylor, Alma Tompkins,
Albert Thomas, Willie Thomas, Ern­est
Thomas, Ercel Thomas.
Will Ward, Kate Wills, Ernesto
Washington, Otis Thach, Mary Mitch­ell,
Mattie Anderson, Osborn Drake,
Bessie Thach, Hodge Drake, Willie
Wilson, Mary Hudson, Rion McKis-sick,
Oscar Rutland, Hal Logan, Batt
Spain, Albert Ward, Wallace Jackson,
Edward Motley, Winston Hale, Salle
Ree Cloud, Mollie McElhaney, Fannie
Harwell, Walter Harwell, Ambrose
Harwell, Norwood O'Hara, Annie L,
Wright, Lucile Wright, Homer
Wright, and Wilmot Wright.
CAGESTERS GET INTO
SHAPE RAPIDLY WITH
REGULARS RETURN
(Continued from page 3)
ley, guard, "Red" Lawson, guard, and
Hatfield and Jordan, guard and for­ward,
respectively, played on the
freshman quintet in 1928 and have
gone through two varsity campaigns
practically intact. Last season they
won most of their scheduled games
over strong Conference opponents
and eliminated the University of Vir­ginia
in the annual tournament at
Atlanta before losing to the Bulldogs
of Georgia by the close-score of 31
to 27.
Ralph Jordan, sharpshooter of the
Tigers, has been one of the high
scorers of Dixie for the past two sea­sons
and is expected to repeat this
year. He was closely pressed last
season by Jack Stewart and Tom
Lumpkin and at one time all three
were listed among the leading six
scorers of the Southern Conference.
Limited floor space will probably
caNase Coach McAllister to trim down
the large squad at the end of this
week and probably again just before
the Christmas holidays. Several prac­tice
games will be played with ama­teur
teams in the neighboring vicinity
before the team embarks on its regu­lar
schedule in January.
J FOOTBALL TEAM AND
COACHES ARE FETED
WITH ANNUAL DINNER
NOTICE! .
The Episcopal Church
Auburn, Ala. /
Rev. Wm. Byrd Lee, Jr., Rector
The 2nd Sunday in Advent
Church School and Bible Class—
9:45 a. m.
Holy Communion and Sermon—
11:00 a. m. .
Meeting of the Y. P. S. L.—6:30
p. m.
Everyqne is cordially invited to at­tend,
(Continued from page 3)
was a petition, signed by over 1,700
students, requesting Dr. Knapp and
the alumni to do all in their power
to retain Coach Kiley's services for
another year. The students appre­ciate
the outstanding work done here
by Kiley the last two football seasons
as well as the alumni.
Out-of-town alumni present for the
presentation exercises were: Dr. Blue
and Ed Leach, of Montgomery; Mau­rice
Bloch, of Selma, who saw the
Tigers in action in their nine games
during the past season; Tom Bragg,
Charlie DeBardeleben and Hub Hahn,
of Birmingham, and Joseph Flournoy,
J. P. Illges, George Phillips and Al­fred
Young, of Columbus, Ga. The
local alumni present were: Bedie
Bidez, Prof. Cliff Hare, president of
the Southern Conference; Foreman
Rogers and Homer Wright.
Besides the senior players and
coaching staff, the following enjoyed
the hospitality of Dr. and Mrs.
Knapp.
Mark Holmes, Marion Talley, Tom
Brown, Sterling Dupree, Ike Parker,
Ripper Williams, Herschel West,
Thomas Head, Bob Arthur, Jack Ba­ker,
Elmer Salter, Ellis Royal, Tom
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