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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. xxxrx AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1926. NO. 23
AG FRATERNITY
INITIATES TEN
NEW MEMBERS
"ADAM AND EVA" PRESENTED
IN LANGDON HALL TUESDAY
F r a t e r n i t y Night To Be Inaug
u r a t e d W i t h P r o g r a m To
Be Put on At 8 O'clock
J . M. Moore, Commissioner of U J Q . F R A T E R N I T Y
A g r i c u l t u r e Delivers A d d r e s s J Q B R O A D C A S T A T
To G a m m a Sigma D e l t a S T A T I O N T O N I G HT
A banquet and an address by Hon.
J. M. Moore, commissioner, of agriculture
and industries, Montgomery,
featured the annual initiation of
seniors in agriculture into the Gamma
Sigma Delta, honor society of
agriculture, here Saturday night.
Mr. Moore spoke especially to the
students, telling them of the demand
for young men trained in agriculture
but emphasizing that these demands
are for men who really know how to
render service. He cautioned them
against being too ambitious for high
salaries at the beginning, advising
them to start near the bottom in a
line of work which their preference
is to follow.
The speaker said that the need
has never been greater than now for
trained men along agricultural lines,
and that the field of service being
rendered by men trained in agricultural
colleges continues to expand.
Prof. L. N. Duncan, director of
Extension, introduced the speaker.
Prof. W. D. Salmon acted as toast-master.
Prof. M. L. Nichols, president
of the local chapter of Gamma
Sigma Delta, delivered the welcome
address, and C. M. Kearns, of 51c-bile,
delivered the response.
Gamma Sigma Delta is a national
honor society of agriculture but tiie
Auburn chapter is the only one in
the South. To be eligible to membership
students must be among the
upper one-fourth in grades. In JMI-dition,
they must have taken an active
part in student affairs, quali4;;-
Th'g themselves to be leaders.
The students initiated Saturday
night were: L. L. Aldridge, Boaz; F.
S. Arant, McKenzie; H. R. Bailey,
Wadley; S. R. Gibbons, Prattville; M U S I C I A N F R O M
Marvm Guin, Gum; B. G. Hall, Hamilton;
O. C. Helms, Elba; A. W. Jones T H S k f C P ' ( ^ R F ' W I J I
Verbena; C. M. Kearns, Mobile; and
J. M. Spencer, Ensley (JQ Q J [ f [ | £ ^ J R
For the first time the famous negro
quartette of Tuskegee Institute
will put on a program over Station
WAPI, beginning at 8:00 P. M., Sat
urday, March 6, according to announcement
made today by Prof. L. N.
Duncan, director of the station.
This quartette is nationally famous
and never fails to make a big hit.
While their program will be arranged
in advance, provision will be made
for answering requests which come
in by long distance telephone and by
telegraph.
COL SAM WILKES
MAKES TALK, TO
UPPERCLASSMEN
"The present railroad situation of
today is continually met with an increase
of business, this being made
possible by the splendid cooperation
of the Amei-ican business man," Colonel
Sam W. Wilkes, Publicity agent
of the Atlanta and West Point, and
the Georgia Railroads, declared at
the convocation exercises fpr upper-classmen.
The speaker was introduced by
Dr. Spright Dowell, who told of the
forty years of service that Colonel
Wilkes has rendered in this field and
of his constant loyalty to his profession.
Colonel Wilkes is a native of
South Carolina and is a retired colonel
in the national guard. Preceding
the address, Dr. Judd, dean of
the education department, made an
announcement in regard to summer
school, urging all students to file their
applications early as a large attendance
is expected.
Colonel Wilkes told of the wonderful
era in the world history in which
we live, and of the many modern
changes that have been made in railroad
transportation. "Formerly it
was hard to stop a train and it was
to a certain extent dangerous to ride
on a train, but today a person is
perfectly safe with the new compressed
air brakes that insure safety. In
every respect the comforts of the
home have been transplanted to the
pullman coach and the dining car.
"The railroads have had several
big jobs to handle and each time
have done them successfully. When
the United States entered the world
war, the big problem arose as to
how the railroads would handle the
big business that confronted them.
The first fraternity night will be
inaugurated at WAPI tonight when
the members of the Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity broadcast. The A. T.
O.'s will broadcast from 8 until 9
o'clock. The beginning of fraternity
night at WAPI will be heralded by
all the fraternities on the campus as
each fraternity will be given one
night to broadcast.
The program to be rendered by the
A. T. O. fraternity is as follows:
Introduction of the chapter to the
radio audience.
Roll call of all the members in
the chapter.
Brief history of the Alpha Epsilon
chapter.
Tenor Solo, Sometimes, by C. B.
Burgoyne.
Paddalin Maddalin Home, Orchestra.
Yes Sir, That's My Baby, Orchestra.
Baritone Solo, Oh, What a Girl,
E. A. Pruitt.
That Certain Party, Orchestra.
Has Anybody Seen My Gal, Orchestra.
Show Me The Way To Go Home,
Orchestra.
Baritone Solo, The World is waiting
for the Sunrise, E. A. Pruitt.
By The Light of the Stars, Orch-
2stra.
Angrv, Orchestra.
Auburn Medley, Orchestra.
Song by the entire chapter.
Old Favorite Makes Hit
With Auburn Play
Goers
POLITICAL NOTICE
"Katy" Elliot announces his candidacy
for May Queen. It is to be
remembered that he ran second in
the race last year, and he is asking
for the cooperation of all his staunch
friends in the coming campaign. Lets
?et behind this noble man, and put
him in the honored position which
has been the ambition of his life to
attain.
(Paid Political Advertisement.)
The railroads were over crowded but
regardless of all obstacles, traffic
moved on to its destination, through
the unification of the locomotives.
After the war the railroads were
praised very highly for the big task
which they handled so well.
"Whenever questions and disputes
arise the interstate commerce commission
settles (hem in a fair manner.
This commission really acts as
a compromise between two extremes."
In' conclusion the speaker paid high
tribute to Alabama, declaring it one
of the foremost states in this country.
He also paid high tribute to
Alabamas great heroes, Admiral
Raphael Semmes, and General Joe
Wheeler. "I will never forget the
day that I knew Alabama and its people,
as this name is synonomous with
culture, refinement, and splendor."
The fairest Village was regaled
last Tuesday night with one of the
rare local appearances of a "real
play-acting company," said company
presented the old hit "Adam and Eva"
for the delectation of the assembled
multitude.
The plot, which was not especially
involved nor difficult to unravel,
concerned the traditional tired business
man who wished to forget his
family for an indefinite time. Instead
of adopting the ordinary procedure
of spending a few blissful
hours of forgetfullness nightly at
the Follies or the Scandals, this gentleman,
who, incidentally was in the
rubber trade, resolved to take his
forgetfullness in a big lump and go
to the wilds of South America. Finding
that one of his associates, a
young, tall, handsome, dark, etc.,
etc., was tired of the Amazonian
jungles and wished for the peace of
family life, the rubber man swapped
his family for a trip to the crooel,
forests where monkeys were monkeys
and proud of it.
With the knight of the checkbook
on his way south the new head
of the family is faced with the responsibility
of making several total
strangers bow to his will and with
the added responsibility of making
the mlike it. And that, ladees and
gentulmen, is the plot. Of course
there is the usual love scene, burglar
scene and other scenes without which
no play of this type could survive.
The tait, handsome hero gave a
passable performance and could say
"you're wonderful" in a voice that
would send a thrill even into a Coeds
heart, while his eventual bride,
Eva, was quite easy to look on, had
a voice of such sweetness that many
a hardened Sophomore was seen to
lift his eye and sigh amourously. Old
Mr. King, the rubber magnate, played
the role of the irascible father
very well, and seems to be more
acquainted with the Thespian art
than any of his colleagues. The other
two male characters, Clint and
Lord Algy (who talked as the traditional
Englishman always talks and
the real Englishman never does)
started out as idlers and worthless
neer-do-wells, and ended up by showing
their manhood and facing the
music in a way that would delight a
Sunday school superintendent. Clint's
wife, who was also Mr. Kings daughter,
was very passable in looks, but
let us draw the curtain of charity
there. The maid, who was supposed
to act the role of a kind of refined
idiot, played her part to perfection.
A venerable Pathe news, showing
fleeting glimpses of the 'Bama-Wash-ington
game and other up-to-date
matters, and a hoary film depicting
life around Auburn back somewhere
near the Paleozoic era completed the
program.
AVERAGES FOR
LAST YEAR ARE
MUCHHIGHER
Statistics Show Auburn General
Average To Be 76.8;
Fraternity Average
Is 77.8
The scholastic average of Auburn
students for the year 1924-25 was
76.8 according to figures compiled
by Professor J. M. Robinson. The
fraternity average was 77.8 and the
average of three groups of students
whose records were picked at random
from the files was 75.7, the composite
average being taken from these
and the fraternity averages.
The Plainsman has published in
a previous issue the averages of the
students for the first semester of
last year. The average for both
semesters is below:
Average
1. Square and Compass 81.8
2. Tau Kappa Phi 81.6
3. Sigma Pi •— 80.6
4. Sigma Phi Epsilon 80.5
5. Sigma Kappa Nil 80.2
6. Tau Omega Chi 80.1
7. Phi Delta Chi 79.9
8. Sigma Theta ^.„ 79.9
9. Kappa Alpha 79.4
10. Alpha Tau Omega 79.3
11. Kappa Phi 79.3
12. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 78.7
13. Sigma Nu 78.3
14. Alpha Lambda Tau 78.2
15. Theta Chi 78.0
Auburn Average ^,77.8
16. Phi Kappa Delta 77.7
17. 25 non fraternity men z-w _ 77.3
18. Phi Delta Theta 77.1
19. Alpha Gamma Rho 77.0
20. Kappa Sigma 77.0
21. Sigma Phi Sigma* 76.3
22. 25 noiJf,vfct'>rmty men 1-m . 75.0
23. Alpha Psi . 74.9
24. 25 non fraternity men a-b_ 74.9
25. Delta Sigma Phi 74.8
26. Pi Kappa Alpha 73.3
27. Lambda Chi Alpha 73.0
MISSGATCHELL
PUBLISHES NEW
BOOK OF MENUS
Notice to All Students!
In order to cooperate with the College
Surgeon and to aid him in giving
prompt attention to student*
who are placed on the sick list all
students are requested to observe the
following rules.
In case of sudden illness or an
accident at any time call Dr. Thomas
at his residence, phone 174-J, or at
his office 174-W.
To report students for the sick
list at the first hour call by the office
in the Main Building before 8
o'clock.
Should there be any cases to report
after the first hour Or. Thomas
will be in the office at the Main
Building at nine, ten and eleven o'clock.
After dinner Dr. Thomas will be
at the Surgeons office, next to Mrs.
Drake's from 1 until 3:30 o'clock.
A book that is invaluable and indispensable
to the housewife has just
come off the press. This book,
"Menus For All Occasions," was written
by Miss Dana King Gatchell,
assistant professor of home economics.
The purpose of this book is better
expressed in the preface than
can be given otherwise. This piece
of work comes as the result of request
of my many friends and acquaintance
for help. "What shall I
serve for my party?" "Tell me how
to do this," "What shall I serve for
dinner etcs.?" Have been asked me
many times and in response to these
and many more questions this has
emerged from my pen.'
The purpose of the book is twofold.
First, to aid the hostess in
finding something attractive for her
many functions, to give suggestions
for menus and means by which she
can carry them out, suggestions for
decorative showers, Table Service, to
furnish her with a market order for
preparing the menus, giving some
idea of the quantity required to
serve various number people. Second,
To furnish food combinations around
family meals, her company meals and
which a housewife may plan her
formal meals, not only menus
to aid the housewife but any one
whose duty it is to plan menus for
people or groups of people such as
clubs, etc.
This is not a receipe book, but
all the receipes have been tried out
and tested. "May these pages aid to
bestow your hospitality, with less
effort, less worry and more grace upon
friends and truly be worthy of
the word friend in its real significance."
Such a book is used by the woman
PLANS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
MEET ARE BEING PERFECTED
JOURNALISM CLASS
HEARS ADDRESS BY
NEWSPAPER MAN
R. T. Dozier Of Capitol City Is
Guest of Students
T u e s d ay
Declaring that it would be the
height of folly to trust a big business
to uneducated people, as experience
and foundation are very essential;
and to meet the demand the
newspaper field requires educated
college journalists, R. T. Dozier, veteran
newspaper man, stated in his
address before the combined classes
in Journalism last Tuesday.
The speaker was introduced by
Professor Hugh H. Grant, head professor
of journalism. Mr. Dozier
started his newspaper career with
the Augusta Chronicle, he has also
reported on Chicago and Omaha papers,
being connected with the Associated
Press in the former city. He
is now the Managing Editor of the
Montgomery Journal.
At the start of his address the
speaker told of how he resigned his
job to accept a newspaper position,
although the pay was considerably
less. The only reason that he could
attribute to doing this, was that he
loved the profession and decided to
follow it regardless of pay. In the
course of his talk he told of what
constituted a good journalist, and
discussed some of the experiences
of a newspaper man.
''All thought is stimulated by news
stories in this generation and the big
problem is to be accurate and relate
the true story. A good reporter
must have a nose for news and must
realize what constitutes news. He
must consider that the average person
is only a high school graduate,
so the story must be written so that
it is plain and wpll understood. There
are many stories that the doctor of
philosophy understands, but the
world at large fails to comprehend
the meaning. Don't be careless in
your work, and always use simplicity.
The faculty to write requires
continuous practice, and this alone
causes many reporters to fall by the
wayside.
"In no respect do I agree with
the old theory that a college trained
man will not make a success in the
journalistic field. Adolph Ochs, owner
of the New York Times spends on
an average about $50,000 a day to
print his paper, and if he trusted this
enormous enterprise to uneducated
men it would be the height of folly.
A person can't be taught how to be
a reporter, as one has to work out
their own methods of procedure. A
reporter must see and understand
human nature, as his job throws hmvj'Samford, Opelika, Dr, Dunbar Ogden
into conflict with all classes of people.
"Last but not least a man must
have pride in his profession, and if
you are in the newspaper game, believe
that you are representing the
greatest profession in the world. The
paper in a most powerful agency and
is continually exerting influence in
various ways. There is a probability
that if there had been no newspapers
in 1914, there would have been
no world war. The paper is a great
instrument for harm or good, and
you must remember that the first
impression written can't be erased,
so accuracy and the truth can't be
stressed too much. Don't look down
on the newspaper because it is sensational,
as the Holy Bible is as sensational
as any news story that has
ever been written.
who does her own work, a book for
reference and is being used as text
book in the home economics department.
This book is divided into two
parts. The first part is "Menus for
all Occasions with Menus, Prerequisites
for Service, Food preparation,
Table Service, Market Orders."
Will Be in Auburn, Opelika,
Lanett and
Tuskegee
Complete program 'for the Alabama
Conference Social Work which will
be held jointly at Auburn, Opelika,
Lanett, and Tuskegee, March 21-25
inclusive was given out here today.
Social workers were unanimous in
the statements that the conference
will be by far the most important
conference of its kind ever held in
the State of Alabama and one of
the most important ever held in the
South.
Speakers of national and inter-national
reputation have been invited
and have accepted places on the program.
For the first time in the
v
history of the conference joint sessions
will be held in four cities,
namely: Auburn, Opelika, Lanett,
and Tuskegee. Auburn and the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute have
been designated as headquarters for
the conference by Miss Elizabeth
FOrde of Mobile, president, and Mrs.
B. Woodfin Cobbs of Montgomery,
secretary.
Cooperating in the formulation of
conference plans are Dr. Spright
Dowell, president of Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, Miss Agnes Ellen
Harris, dean of women, and other
members of the Auburn faculty as
well as church and club women and
other leading citizens at Auburn,
Opelika, Lanett, and Tuskegee.
Among the prominent out-of-state
speakers on the program are Dr. F.
Ernest Johnson, Director of Department
Research of the Federal Council
of Churches of Christ of America,
Dr. C. J. Gaplin, conomist of United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C, Dr. E. W. Sykes,
president Clemson College, Miss
Katherine Lenroot, Assistant Chief
of U. S. Child Bureau Washington,
D. C, Edgar F. Allen, president International
Society for Crippled
Children, Elyria, O., E. C. Binder-man,
professor sociology New York
School of Social Work, Dr. C. B.
Wilmer head of educational Depart-l
ment at University of the South,
Sewanee, Miss Marion Mims, Extension
division at University of Louisiana.
Prominent Alabama citizens on
the program are: Governor W. W.
Brandon, Dr. Spright Dowell, president
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Dr. Morris Newfield, Birmingham,
Dr. R. E. Tidwell, assistant
state superintendent, of education,
Miss Elizabeth Fonde, president of
the Alabama Conference Social
Work, Mobile. Mrs. A. M. Turnstall,
Greensboro, T. C. Foster, state department
of education, Montgomery,
W. T. Harrison, Shawmut, Col. T. D.
ETA KAPPA NU
ELECTS 11 MEN
TO MEMBERSHIP
Two Seniors And Nine J u n i o rs
Notified Of T h e i r Election
To Honor Society
Eta Kappa Nu, an honorary fraternity
for electrical engineers, held
its annual spring election Tuesday
evening. Eleven men, including two
seniors were notifed Wednesday of
their selection.
The following are the initiates:
Seniors: B. Si Gilmer, Montgo- .
mery; J. L. Wright, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Juniors: J. M. Edwards, Tuskegee;
W. B. Fisk, Jr., Montgqmery;
N. W. Harris, Decatur; J. N. Nelms,
Birmingham; W. L. Garlington, Camp
Hill; W. H. H. Putnam, Birmingham;
R. Collier, Decatur; J. C. Street, Jr.,
Anniston; J. D. Stewart, Florence.
Eta Kappa Nu is the only national
honorary fraternity for electricals on
the campus, and selects men from the
upper ranks of the Junior and Senior
classes according to their grades and
general standing among their fellow
students.
AG. FACULTY
DONS OVERALLS
GETST0W0RK
C o o p e r a t i o n F e a t u r e s W o r k On
S t r e e t To Coiner Hall
Mobile, Miss Roberta Morgan, American
Red Cross, Birmingham, Miss
Bessie Rencher, city welfare department
Mobile, Mrs. S. H. Lurton,
probation office Montgdmery, Miss
Virginia Lee Handley, director of
state welfare department, Montgomery,
Judge S. B. Murphy, E. J.
Eudrall, Mrs. W. L. Murdock, Miss
Rose Converse, of Birmingham, Mrs.
E. L. Strickland, Anniston, Miss
Willie Zuber, Columbiana.
The conference will convene in
Auburn Sunday afternoon March 21
at 3 o'clock in Langdon Hall with
the address of welcome by Dr. Spright
Dowell, response by Dr. Morris New-field,
Birmingham; address; "Onward
March of Progress in the
South", Dr. R. W. Sikes, president
of Clemson College; address, "South
and Rural Social Progress," Mr. E.
C. Linderman, professor of sociology,
New York school of social work; Sunday
evening at 6:30 o'clock dinner at
Opelika at Trinity Methodist Church;
presiding, Dr. E. R. Tidwell, Montgomery;
address; "Phases of Civilian
Rehabilitation." T. C. Foster, Montgomery,
address, "The Care, Cure and
(Continued on Page 6)
Once again the student body has
recovered from the shock it received
Saturday when it learned that the
entire faculty of the agricultural department
of the college was doing
some real, honest manual labor on the
street which leads from Comer hall.
No incident since the foundation
of the college has' shown more of a
cooperative spirit than these men
showed when the call for aid was issued.
Dean Funchess, dean of agriculture
did not stand back and say
"Go to it boys" but said "Come on
boys and let's put it over." When
the faculty was working, one member
felt'just as important as another.
The entire group had one goal
in mind and that was to get the work
done in order that another call would
not be made on a later date. In
all there were twenty-six professors
working on one piece of work at the
same time.
This deed did not only show the
officials of the college that the faculty
of agriculture was interested
in the improvement of the college
and campus but it proved to the
students of agriculture that their
"Profs" would back them up in a good
and noble deed. Some weeks ago
the members of the "Ag" club voted
that they would spend an effort to
improve the street which leads to
Comer"haIl by stopping the car traffic
on the street and paving it so
that the tramping could be done on
it instead of on the lawn.
The students of agriculture agreed
to do the work of paving free of
charge if some one would furnish
the cement. The cement was supplied
by Dean Funchess and the work
was begun by the students immediately.
When the work was started a request
was made by the members of
the Ag club and faculty members of
agriculture that all traffic on the
lawn be stopped at once. This request
was obeyed by almost every
student as soon as they were informed
abqut what was being done to
improve the lawn. The students carried
the work on at a nice rate during
hours when they had no classes
until the work was about three-fourth
done.
Last Saturday a resolution was
passed by the staff that every agricultural
professor of the college
would be notified to meet and finish
the job of paving the street. N«t a
member of the faculty failed to show
his interest in the work and they completed
the job. To see those fellows
work recalled the "log-rolling"
and "corn shucking" of long ago.
Pat* *
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 238—W
It seems from press reports that the
University of Alabama is not satisfied with
one innovation, but, being inspired perhaps,
by the recent prowess of her representatives
on the Pacific Coast, is pushing
forward into new fields of activity.
It will be of interest to the readers of
The Plainsman to know that $50.00 could
be raised at the University for a prize in
a song contest, and that three people-all
men-who could qualify as judges in the
contest, were found on the campus.
The contest is in progress and by a
process of elimination the number of songs
thought worthy to take the place of the
"Alabama Swing," which they plan to discard,
has been reduced to four. After
further scrutiny two of these will receive
the death kneel and then the fun
will start.
The two songs, which in the mind of
the judges, are most worthy to follow the
revered Alabama Swing will be put up and
tried. They will be sung by the glee club,
and played by the band, and "talked about'*
until they are quite well known to every
body on the campus, then they will pass
before the final tribunal. By a vote of
the student body one will be^hosen as
Alabama's college song and one will be
relegated to the trash heap.
THE STUDY SYSTEM AT PRINCETON
College periodicals are of every type and
degree of excellence, and there are about
900 of them. There are humorous journals
which sell widely even outside the
college circle, with great profit to the editors,
and there are literary monthlies which
appear unheralded and unsung, to circle
among the literati of the campus. Then in-between
type of publication the campus
newspaper, daily or weekly, with local news
and gossip, and editorials dealing with college
problems.
One would think that from these media,
a composite picture of college life, thought
and achievement could be drawn. This
is exactly what several enterprising young
men from Baltimore have done, and will
do monthly hereafter, in a pleasantly presented
magazine called the Intercollegiate
World. It is their aim to print not only
stories and poems of especial merit, but
to have many articles of discussion of college
problems, departments of educational
and general news, athletics and humor, and
each month two or three articles by prominent
men on topics to interest a college
audience.
In the January issue President John
Grier Hibben of Princeton University
writes at some length on the upper-class
plan of study recently undertaken at Princeton.
It is one of the fullest and best
discussions of the plan and what it promises
in difficulties and achievements that
has appeared.
After one year of trial for the new method,
President Hibben is confident that
i t will prove a great advance step.
Owing to the many wild rumors concerning
the number of men dropped from
the University as a result of the June examinations,
and to the evident misunderstanding
of the method and purpose of our
new plan of study, I should like to discuss
this subject at length and to disclose
the reasons underlying our rules and Standards,
as well as the main objective which
we'jhave in view. I often hear the criticism
that at Princeton we are too rigorous
in the standards of scholarship. It
is a graduate standard based on the very
simple and reasonable consideration: that
the standard of scholarship should be lower
in the Freshman year than in the Sophomore
year, and lower in Sophomore year
than in Junior and Senior years.
By Sophomore year, the college, expects
something better than the mere escaping
of actual failure.
It seems absurd that a corporation into
which a young man goes immediately after
he leaves college should be able to
exact from him eight to ten hours of
diligent, faithful work each day, and no
one think of criticizing it; whereas many
of our young men here at Princeton, or
in fact in all other universities, will complain
that, if they do three hours of work
every day outside of'their class-room duties,
it is placing too heavy a burden upon
them.
President Hibben explains in detail the
eminently just, and even lenient, system
which governs promotion from Sophomore
to Junior year. "We expect a man's work
from our Juniors and Seniors." The standard
is higher because the student is by now
working in the fields of his own choosing,
in which he therefore has special interest.
But the new plan of study is far more
than a mere raising of standards, says
President Hibben. It is a radically different
method of teaching and of study, based
on the fundamental principle that students
in college should be trained to meet the
actual conditions which they will find in
their professional and business careers as
soon as they leave college.
The student must learn to drive steadily
to the heart of any subject, to discern between
the essential and the unessential;
not to acquire facts only, but to form the
habit of estimating the value and significance
of facts and their bearing upon
life.
The very fact (President Hibben jcon-cludes)
that he is treated like a man and
is given the freedom of his own initiative
will naturally evoke the best that is in
him.
President Hibben also mentions the interesting
fact that a committee of Dartmouth
Seniors sent out "last year by the
President of that college to report to him
concerning other colleges'i curricula and
methods of study, unanimously recommended
the adoption of a course of study
for the Junior and Senior years at Dartmouth
which is substantially that now in
force at Princeton.
—Review of Reviews.
IN DEFENCE OF THE COLLEGE
STUDENT
What does the average college student
aspire to be? What would he like to be?
And what is he actually? These three questions
have recently been brought to mind
by an inventory of the expressions of
each cadet at Tech about some close
friend.
It must be granted that human nature
is inclined to flatter; so judgment without
some concessions cannot be made from
the mere facts, for the expressed views
which give rise to the stated questions
would have us believe that every college
student is exceedingly popular with both
sexes, industrious, illustrious, intelligent,
sacrificial, attractive, handsome, roniatic,
sure of success, and anything else one
might think of as being descriptive of the
perfect type of man. To speak in the
college vernacular, each cadet is a "heart
breaker," "hard worker," "scribe," "knock
out," "sure hit," and "all 'round good
scout."
Undoubtedly every college student that
has any ambition at all is desirous of possessing
as many of these stated qualities
as possible. Popularity rests on personality,
the latter being universally regarded
as a prerequisite of success; the willingness
to work is likewise necessary to success;
intelligence is undoubtedly so; but
"good looks" and love are not essential.
Upon the word "sacrificial" hinges, perhaps,
one of the most important factors
in life. One who is willing to do all he
can to help his fellow humans usually has
most of the essentials of true success under
his control.
To acquire and develop these various
« BULLETIN BOARD «
Friday, March 5. -
7:00 P. M. "Yes, Yes Nanette" Pathe
Comedy. "The Far "Cry" First National
Picture.
Saturday, March 6
7:00 P. M. "The Movie" Educational
Comedy. "The Midshipman" Metro Picture
starring Ramon Novarro.
Sunday, March 7.
9:30 A. M. Sunday School services at
the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and
Episcopal Churches.
11:00 A. M. Church services at the above
churches.
6:30 P. M. B. Y. P. U. meets at the
Baptist Church. C. E. meets at the Presbyterian
Church. League meets at the
Methodist Church.
7:00 P. M. Evening services at the
above Churches.
Monday, March 8.
6:30 P. M. Normal class of the Student
Friendship Council meets in the Y.
M. C. A. lecture room.
7:00 P. M. The American Society of
Civil Engineers meets in Broun Hall.
7:00 P. M. The Society of American
Military Engineers meets in the R. O. T.
C. room in the Main Building.
7:00 P. M. The Auburn Players meet
on the fourth floor on the Main Building.
7:00 P. M. Evans Literary Society meets
in the Main Building.
Tuesday, March 9.
7:00 P. M. The Wilsonian, Wirt, and
Websterian Literary Societies meet in
their respective rooms in the Main Biuld-ing.
7:00 P. M. Dean Petrie's class in Cur-rent
Events meets in the Engineering Auditorium.
Wednesday, March 10.
7:00 P. M. The American Society of
Electrical Engineers meets in Broun Hall.
7:00 P. M. The Pharmaceutical Society
meets in the Pharmacy Building.
7:00 P. M. The Student Ag Club meets
in the Ag Building.
Thursday, March 11.
7:00 P. M. Dean Petrie's class in Current
Events meets in the Engineering
auditorium.
« WITH OTHER COLLEGES %
Roller skating is the order of the day
for the co-eds of the University of Texas
during the week preceding exams, according
to Miss Anna Hiss of the physical activities
department. "We are trying to
encourage the girls to engage in some form
of recreation, which will get them in better
condition for the examination week."
We wonder if that's the only reason?
Those auto parties out west.
The University of Nebraska held its first
ice carnival a few days ago. There was
skating, skiing, toboggan sliding • and a
beautiful ice float parade. One of the
features was a "Charleston on the Ice"
contest.
After the University of Oklahoma forbade
the bringing of automobiles to the
campus, one enterprising student came to
school in an aeroplane.
At Colorado' College, a student committee
has been appointed to consider a
way around two obstacles that face the
general student sentiment opposing compulsory
chapel. The college has just completed
a successful endowment drive and
"the administration of the college feels
that a change so soon would be unwise."
Also the college charter says that daily
chapel will be. held. State action will be
necessary to eliminate this provision.—The
New Student.
Twenty-two branches of athletics are
offered to students at Ohio State University.
Smoking, among college women has become
such a well-established custom at
Barnard College that rules for the purpose
of adjusting instead of prohibiting
it are being considered by the college authorities.
The rules on how, when, and
where to smoke are designed to guide college
girls in the delicacies of the art and
to prevent any desires to experiment with
cigars and pipes.
February fourth. Before expressing their
preference the men listened to a debate
between Vernon Mcllraith '26, in favor of
compulsory drill, and George Simpson,
'25, against.—The New Student.
Yale has undertaken extensive researches
on the best ways of teaching history by
means of motion pictures. We'd much rather
sleep through a history movie than a
history lecture, due to the desirable lack
of noise.
A cheer-leading contest was held between
halves at a recent University of
Kansas basketball game. The purpose of
this was to give the students an opportunity
to judge the ability of the prospective
cheer leaders to give them an idea
whom to vote for in the spring election.
Northwestern University offers a
month's course for police chiefs. The main
study is the psychology behind crimes.
.Visitors at a sorority house at the University
of Washington were shocked to
find one Ichabod in the bath tub. It developed,
however, that the chap in question
was only an imported live Florida alligator.
The girls claim that this particular
alligator, which is six inches long, will
whistle like a frog when tickled behind
the ears.
Miami University of Ohio has added a
four-year course in athletic coaching to
its curriculum. Instruction in the fundamentals
of each sport and of" each position
on all teams is taught. A bureau is also
to be established to secure positions for
graduates.
No more formals will be included in the
list of fraternity social events at the University
of North Dakota. A successful
student campaign was recently carried out
for the abolishment of fraternity formals.
In spite of last minute attempts to prevent
the balloting Coe College men expressed
themselves in favor of voluntary military
training by a vote of 178 to 159.
The vote was taken^at a mass meeting,
qualities is the original object of the college
student. If he comes to college of
his own free will, he seeks training of
intellect, personality, and the rest. If he
is sent/to school by someone else, he is
sent by one who hopes he will absorb
them, knowingly or unknowingly. But,
regardless of primary motive, the average
student seeks these attributes before he
has reached the time of his graduation—
if he does not, his time at college has been
worthlessly spent. He may desire to be
more popular than intelligent, more intelligent
than industrious, more industrious
than sacrificial. No matter what the
main aspiration may be all are strengthened
and enlarged to some extent. Though
some few may devote their attention to
more frivolous cultivations, the majority
are serious in their self-development, and
not nearly as prone to waste time, "sow
wild oats," fall in love and climb out
again, and have a "corkin' good ..time" as
many people today seem to think.
Washington and Lee University, noted
for its Honor system, has an "Honor-
Store" where the students may act as their
own clerks and leave their money in money
boxes sitting at different places on
the counter.
He: Marry me now; two can live as
cheaply as one.
She (coyly): But how about three?
He: What, do you think I'll support
your father, top?—Yale Record.
Heard on Broad Street: "Mamma, take
me to the circus."
"There isn't any circus today."
"Yes, there is, 'cause I saw a funny
looking clown with big red pants on going
up the street a while ago."—Darlington.
"I see in a paper that a widower with
nine children out in Nebraska has married
a widow with seven children."
"That was no marriage. That was a
merger."—Davidsonian.
"Why does a college man have so little
tire trouble?"
"Because he makes his flat tires walk
home."—Clemson Tiger.
Poor Jane!
How sad the story of Jane McCreek.
Her will was strong, but her won't was
weak—Exchange.
She—"Do you like tea?"
He—"Yes, but I like the next letter of
the alphabet better." — Ky. Kernel.
Prof: "Do you change your environment
very often?"
Fred: "I shore do. I change every Saturday
night."—Clemson Tiger.
H Ye Kol-Yum *
Crystals
Now that the station is going full blast
there should be a great increase in the
sale of crystal radio sets. These sets
are plenty powerful enough to hear the
station with lots of volumn. In fact the
writer is now sitting with a pair of head
phones on and listening to the enhancing
strains of music that are coming over the
air.
The advantages of crystal sets are
many. In the first place they are without
a doubt the clearest receivers to be found.
There is not a set on the market, regardless
of cost that can compare with the
clear reception of a crystal set. Secondly
the initial outlay of a crystal set is small
and the head phones will be the biggest
item. And lastly but not least they cost
nothing to operate. There are no batteries
to be bought every three months and no
storage batteries to be charged.
This article is not intended as an advertisement
but merely as a piece of information
to those unfamiliar with radio.
Of course the great disadvantage with the
crystal set is that it cannot cover a range
greater than twenty five miles. That of
course means that no other station than
WAPI cart be heard. But at that they
are having very good programs now and
with high promise of better in the future.
It should be the duty of every Auburn
man to listen in on his station and
give favorable or unfavorable reports on
the programs and reception. It must be
remembered that they things that they are
putting on the air are going to all parts
of this continent, and that we are constantly
being judged by what we put on
the air. Therefore it up to the boys to
help out those that are running the station
in every way possible.
In The Year 2000
Behold the Fairest Village of the Plains
in the year two thousand. All the streets
but one are paved, and that is but an alley.
The students do not have to go to
classes at all but merely lie in bed and
listen to lectures over the radio. They are
fed by capsules and study while they
sleep. The fire department has a new
truck of the latest design and operates
noislessly. Everything has changed and
only one old custom remains. Gripe.
Limits
Curious as it may seem there are limits
to everything in this world. There are
limits to what man can do, and what beast
can do. There are limits to electricity and
power and all the other agencies that work
for man. There are limits to the amount
of coal that can be mined and there are
limits to the life of the world. Just lately
it has been announced that there are limits
to the universe.
But how does this knowledge that there
are limits to everything in this world affects
us. In this way. What are the
limits of your brain? It has a limit but
neither you nor anyone else can determine
that limit. It is only by long experience
and a whole lifetime that it can
be accurately determined and then you
cannot be sure that if things had not
turned out differently you could not have
risen to greater heights.
On this assumption then it is worth considering
the fact that you do not know
what you are capable of doing. It is a
well known fact that in time of stress men
have done things that they would not be
capable of if the stress were removed. In
other words it is worth your time to think
about the things that you could do if you
had to. It gives you greater power to
do the things that you are doing now.
Approximate your limits.
WHY IS IT?
A group of girls and cadets were gathered
in one corner of the ballroom conversing
on nothing of importance, which
is often the case, when one of the group
asked the question, "Why is it that the
girls of today are not as beautiful and attractive
as their mothers?" No one attempted
to answer the question; no one
attempted to deny the implied fact; and
the majority agreed with it. It seems
that the general impressions and opinions
of all the young men of the group were
the same.
We cannot say with perfect assurance
that the girls of today are not as beautiful
as their mothers, but, granting the truth
of the matter, we will attempt an answer.
In the preceding editorial an effort at
showing the actual ideals and character
of the young men of today was made. If
there is a depth and sincerity in the "makeup"
of the young men of today, it is only-natural
that they should seek the same
depth and sincerity in others, especially
in those from whom they are to some day
Auburn Foot Prints
Some Sophomore asked me to find out
it is that one other Soph, Snow by name,
always signs his name—Artman Snow and
does not use his initials, as is customary
when writing ones name on the papers
to be handed in.
Who is the fellow whose girl calls him
by this cunning combination "Buckey-
Honey?"
The Junior C. E. Class is still wondering
why J. Roy Camp's question of the
year has never been answered. Namely,
"How do you tell the time by a sun-dial
at night?"
At the beginning of the year the convocation
speakers always spoke on their
"Philosophy of Life" but lately their have
changed their topics. This has aroused
much curiousity among the curious and
they would like to know the meaning of
the change..
"Buck" Burgoyne received quite an ovation
the other night when he rendered his
song so nobly in the play given. As he
stepped before the audience with a manful
stride some fair lady in the rear just couldn't
.hold it any longer and had to cry
out, "Oh, Isn't he just too sweet for words."
Now we do not say but just which one
could that have been.
Chap Smith came into class the other
morning and we at once noticed that his
neck seemed to be a little out of line with
the rest of his body. When asked what
the trouble was he mentioned the fact
that he had had a heavy date the night
before and the date almost broke his neck.
Now that can't be right because it should
have been visa-versa.
We are beginning to get more light
thrown upon the subject these last few
days. "Jelly" Wyatt does not go to so
much trouble for nothing. There is only
two more months now before the first
of May and as in times gone by we must
have a May Queen. Now some of us have
forgotten together and decided that we
would rather this man be our choice among
the Juniors. To run such a race one must
have some publicity and the right kind. So
far Wyatt has done nothing except buy
himself a flaming pair of knickers. Of
course this will help out some but at the
same time he must put out all the extra
work required.
How can the Sophomores be so rowdy in
Convocation? They are still young and
can hardly afford to lose their sleep.
Wednesday night a saw mill on the outer
edge of town caught fire and of course
was patronized by about three forth of
the student body. For a while it looked
like the fire truck would not get there in
time for us to ride back to town. It did,
finally get there though and not only acted
as a taxi but really did produce about an
eighth of an inch stream of water.
Who caused the spread of "whooping
cough" in the Junior C. E. Class?
Why is it that Mr. Goode cannot pick
one of the two Co-Eds and give the rest
of us a chance at the other one?
It use .to be so that Swede Mathison
would hail a certain "Ford" at every available
chance but now he only hails the
"Ford" when there is no one else in sight.
How come it was?
A certain Co-ed in school recited her
experiences that she had had with her different
dates these last three years. Her
experiences were numerous and her list
included some well known campus characters,
foot-baJU men, cheer-leaders and the
such—but that is a secret and I pledge not
to say any thing about it.
choose life partners, is it not?
The mothers of the present-day girls
have this depth and sincerity, which, • in
addition to their prettiness, adds an intangible
something to their attractiveness,
making them beautiful. The average modern
girl is "shallow." Her real self is
not portrayed. On the surface she is pretty;
but her mind and .soul are too far
beneath the surface to lend to her attractiveness.
Few of them possess an appeal
to the mind and heart.
The modern young men, though frivolous
much of the time, seek real beauty and
not just prettiness. The lighter attitude
of life, though entertaining for a while,
does not create a lasting impression. The
modern girl is a "good sport" and well
liked; but the girl not so modern is the
one sought for her love and inspiration.
—Va. Tech.
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On the rolling plains of South Schenectady, in
several scattered buildings, is a vast laboratory for
studying radio broadcasting problems. Gathered
here are many kinds and sizes of transmitters, from
the short-wave and low-power sets to the giant
super-power unit with a 50- to 250-kiIowatt voice.
Super-power and simultaneous broadcasting on
several wave lengths from the same station are
among the startling later-day developments in
radio. And even with hundreds of broadcasting
stations daily on the air throughout the land, these
latest developments stand for still better service
to millions of listeners.
Only five years old, yet radio broadcasting has
developed from a laboratory experiment into a
mighty industry. And alert, keen young men have
reaped the rewards.
But history repeats itself. Other electrical developments
will continue to appear. And it will be the
college man, with broad vision and trained mind,
who will be ready to serve and succeed.
K.1MPB ERAL ELECTRIC L E C T R I C C O M P A NY S C H E N E C T A D Y N E W Y O RK
IANS
MEETING
Literary Society,
The regular pro-was
presided over
lan of the program
lima Bentley. The
Ixperiences of Lew
Malone. The dis-out
the fact that
; fight for courage
ave him the power
:ess among his fel-
Laurie'Crawley fol-several
poems on
'success. "Rat" Bowden gave a f ew
l selections on the harp. Miss Bertha
| Dennis gave a talk on the "Funda-
I mentals of Happiness" which con-j
eluded the program.
All aspirants for the coveted bask-j
etball team were asked to turn their
I name into the manager. Among the
I prominent basketeers reporting were:
Stephens, Lowe, Crawley, Stewart,
Malone, Wylie, Gester, Wright and
Johnson. Practice is to start soon
to prepare for the annual tournament
held among literary societies at Auburn.
Other business consisted of
the announcement that preliminaries
for the oratorical contest are to be
held soon.
"RN-METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School 9:30 A. M.
[orning Service 11:00 A. M.
Spworth eague 6:30 P. M.
Ivening Service 7:30 P. M. n
' \ Students Welcome
,UBURN BAPTIST CHURCH
*e, Church With A Warm Welcome
1:00 A. M. "Enduring Investments"
:30 P. M. The Four Square Man
I. A Man's Body
Bring Your Friend
Sunday School 9:30 A.M.
Prof. John Ward, Supt.
horning Service 11:00 A. M.
Dr. Geo. Lang,
ristian Endeavor 6:30 P. M.
RN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
AG CLUB NEWS
The Ag Club held its usual snappy
program Wednesday night at 7 o'clock
in Comer hall. The first number
on the program was none other
than the "ag" students would-be
May Queen of last year, "Katy"
Elliott who solved the problem that
has long been worrying machinists;
why a tractor bucks up when it is
too heavily loaded and how to overcome
this trouble. "Katy" says that
the reason the four wheeled horse
stands up on its hind legs is that the
load is too heavy and that the way
to get around this obstacle is to reduce
the load.
J. B. Ruffin spoke on "Hawaii"
and brought out some very interesting
facts in regard to the mixed "Aemer-ican
born foreigners" and their relation
to the United States. "Changes
Which are Going on in the South"
were discussed by M. E. Stevens in
which he declared that there have
been two outstanding changes in the
South during recent years; that of
the exodus of the negro to the North,
and the exodus of the Northerner to
Florida.
"Why Students go to College"
was next on the program by N. G.
Norris in which he brought out that
there are three reasons why men go
to college, namely, because they
have to go, because it is the popular
thing to do, and because they want
to fit themselves for later life work.
The speaker declared that present-day
indications are that the last class
are in the minority, by far. "Rat"
Sellers chose as his subject "The
Ladies" but at the last minute he
decided that too many of the old
men had dates out for the meeting,
so he changed his subject and orated
at length on the much debated
question, "How Shall the Co-eds be
Treated" and his final conclusion was
that the best thing to be done, was
for us to do our duty by the Co-eds.
The final number on the program
was a discussion of "American Production
of Rubber" by "Rat" Jones.
SKELETON IS
GIVEN TO THE
ZOOLOGY DEPT
One of the latest additions to the
college is a human skelton presented
to the museum of the Department
of Zoology-Entomology by Dr. C.
3. Seay of Pratt City. This is a
valuable contribution and it has already
been planned by the professors
of this department to use this
human skeleton in class work.
This human skeleton will be placed
In the museum of the Department of
Zoology-Entomology, along with the
many other curioes. Although it is
not generally known that this department
is collecting and building a
great museum, this skeleton will be
an invaluable addition to this department.
It is hoped that such a
fine gift as Dr. Seay's will be followed
with others and in the near future
this museum will be one of the
best in the country.
Dr. C. S. Seay is a special praction-er
in Pratt City where he has been
active for a number of years. It
was through Albert Nickels, member
of the state board of health of
Birmingham, that this donation was
made to the museum here. Mr.
Nickels attended Auburn and completed
the prescribed course for pharmacy.
Dr. Seay and Mr. Nickels brought
the much treasured relic from Pratt
Jity through the country in a car
last Saturday. Of course, the skeleton
was wrapped snuggly in a blanket
to keep it out of sight from the
aye of passerbys.
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RESOLUTIONS ON
DEATH DR. DRAKE
ARE # ADOPTED
Formal resolutions on the death
of the late Dr. John Hodges Drake,
college surgeon at Auburn for fifty-three
years, have been unanimously
adopted by the Auburn Board of
Trustees. The resolutions were prepared
by Charles S. McDowell, Jr.,
of Eufaula, a member of the Board,
in accordance with the request of
the Board. Resolutions follow:
"Whereas God in the exercise of
His wisdom has removed from the
scenes of his earthly labor, John
Hodges Drake, who at the time of
his death and for fifty-three years
prior thereto, was the faithful and
efficient surgeon and physician of
this Institution, exemplifying in his
life and character the highest type
of American manhood and christian
and in his services, the best traditions
of the noble profession of
which he was a member, and:
Whereas, by the rectitude of his
life, his constant attention to duty,
his sympathetic association with
faculty and student body, he has rendered
invaluable service to this Institution
and aided in extending its
influence for .good throughout the
commonwealth and nation and:
Whereas it may be truthfully said
of him: 'He gave his substance to
the poor, his strength to the weak,
his sympathy to the unfortunate and
his heart to God,' Therefore be it
resolved by the Board of Trustees
that:
In the passing of John Hodges
Drake, this college has lost one of
its staunchest, most efficient and
most loyal supporters; and that Auburn
and .the State has lost one of
its noblest citizens; that, the student
body has lost its great physician and
that this Board regrets more than
can be expressed in words the passing
of this great and good physician and
joins with the community and his
family in mourning his lose.
Resolve further that these resolutions
be spread upon the minutes of
this Board, a copy be furnished to
the family, and to the press of the
State, and to him who is gone we
say in love and sincerity: 'Requies-cat
in pace.' "
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Mr. Moore explained to the farmers
of the state the conditions which
now exist and how some of these
conditions can be improved by the
farmers. He stated the fact that if
the farmers would produce enough
feed stuff such as grains and hay
there would be less time to spend
in the production of cotton. He advocated
the reduction of cotton acreage
because he feels that the production
of too much cotton is more a
drawback to the farmer than would
the production of less cotton which
would increase the price of cotton
per pound.
The speaker said that Alabama
farmers are trying to cultivate too
much cotton acreage. An effort is
'being put forth at present to decrease
the acreage and to increase
the production per acre.
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informed from time to time about
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drives which are being put forth to
help the farmer overcome the unfavorable
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every farmer of the state.
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June 5 New York. Sail on Cunard Line S. S. Lancastria.
13 Cherbourg. To Paris.
14 Paris. Sightseeing tours of the city, visiting
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Napoleon's Tomb, Louvre, Madeleine,
Boulevards, Champs Elysees. Excursion
to the Trianons, Malmaison and Versailles.
Motor to Chateau-Thierry, Rheims
and the Battlefields.
19 Avignon. Visit the Papal Palace.
20 Nice, on the French Riviera. Motor over
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22 Genoa, Italy's great commercial city.
23 Rome. Visit St. Peter's, Vatican, Lateran,
24 Scala Santa, Forum, Coliseum, Pantheon,
25 St. Paul's Outside the Walls, Catacombs.
26 Drive along the Appian Way
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3 Venice. Visit St. Mark's Doges' Palace,
4 Bridge of Sighs, Rialto, glass works. Ex-
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6 Milan. Visit the Cathedral and Da Vinci's
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8 Lucerne. Visit the "Lion" and old bridges
9 Interlaken. Mountain railway to Lauter-brunnen,
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10 Steamer on Lake Thun; rail to Berne.
11 Via Bale and the Black Forest.
12 Heidelberg. Visit the Castle and University.
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13 The Rhine by steamer.
14 Cologne. Visit the Cathedral.
16 Brussels. Sightseeing tour of the city.
16 Amsterdam. Visit the Ryks Museum. Ex-
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18 The Hague. Drive to the Peace Palace,
"House in the Woods" and Scheveningen. _
19 London. Motor tours and visits to the
20 Tower, St. Paul's Houses of Parliament,
21 Westminster Abbey, National and Tate
22 Galleries, British Museum. Motor to
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SPORTS ~- Coeds Play Jacksonville Here Saturday = SPORr
MOREYMEN CLOSE SECOND
WEEK OF HARD PRACTICE
First Game Of Season Two Weeks Away;
Joe Wallis Goes To Outfield And
Stewart Is Shifted To Second
With the first game of the season
with Ft. Benning but a couple
of weeks in the future, Coach Morey
has been busy separating all of the
wheat, with the result that of the
original 50 candidates, but 29 remain
as th£ Tigers swing past the
second week's preparatory work. As
things now stand there are three
catchers, seven pitchers, two first
fbackers, two second sackers, two
third sackers, two shortstops, and
eleven outergardeners. With these
foreyjwill mould his 1926 diamond-ers.
The biggest problem that the Ti-
T mentor will have to face in his
rst year the helm will probably
the outfield. Four members of
st year's squad are competing with
me of the former Frosh, Self, Steen.
xket, and Wallis, who has been
fted from the initial sack, are the
Serans of one or more Tiger cam-igns,
while Ellis, Akin, Tuxworth,
Ufcy, Bogue, Gant, and Harrison,
esent the younger social set,
are trying to oust their prede-ssors.
Several important changes have
n made in the inner works since'
first few days of practice. The
«t important of these was ^the
nsporting of Captain Geechie
iwart, from the torrid corner to
he keystone berth,
ith Walter Hitchcock, who mas-the
apple for a neat .479 last
for, the freshmen, on hand to
the pill around the hot cor-
;he shifting of Stewart to the
station served to round out
er infield.
inner works at present pre-
Fobb James and Hodges at
Stewart and Gilchrist at sec-itchcock
and O'Brien at third,
nkey and Newsome to cover
Fort field. Of these Cecil Ste-the
only one remaining from
|as«n.
shifting of Joe Wallis to the
outfield simplified the first base
problem by cutting the number of
contestants to two, Nappy Hodges
and Fobb James. Both of these men
throw from the port side while Wallis
does his tossing from the other
end. James appears at present to
be the reigning favorite.
Ben Sankey, who will succeed Ed
Allen as Tiger shortstopper, appears
to be a real find. Sankey is one of
the smoothest working fielders on
the lot and gets the ball away fast
and accurately.
"Dog Face" Sheridan, Lefty Hughes,
and Pat Moulton, members of last
year's slab corps are ready for duty
again this year. In addition to these
men there are Hardwick, Jones, Potter,
and Wood, of the former freshmen.
The receiving department received
severe jolt when Dick Maury stopped
a foul tip which resulted in two
broken fingers and a bunged-up
hand. The Mobile lad will probably
be out for the next few weeks, at
least. Maury, a letter man for the
past two seasons, started catching
last spring. The peppy receiver was
low to get started being handicapped
with a sore arm, but blossomed
forth in great style toward the fag
end of^ the campaign.
The loss of Maury will leave Ebb
James, who handled the wind pad
and big mitt quite acceptably for
the freshman squad of last year, to
do the bulk of the work behind the
plate. "Clabber" Williams will also
be available for receiving duty.
The squad, so far, has been handicapped
by cool weather, though the
boys have not had to lay off as they
have in other years due to Jupe
Pluvius. But two practice tilts between
the Varsity and Yannigans
have taken place so far. However,
the Moreymen will probably, get
their first taste of the Rats when
the two mix matters, Saturday afternoon.
\d Basketeers
it Jacksonville
ire Sat. Night
ss Ruby Powell and her Ti-
|ketball mates will play their
jitball game of the season,
the gymnasium, when they
he strong Jacksonville Nor-
Itette. The game will be
ature of a return engage-iie
contest was billed for a
weeks ago, but the Cotton
rnament interfered, and
lhad to be postponed. The
fcnvaded the territory of
for their first game with
Jalites, and came back to
with much the shorter
ge score.
Tigresses have not yet suc-f
carrying off the premier
single contest, they will
Inal, desperate, effort to
[setback to the girls from
this year failed to live
pace set by their pre-
|largely for want of ma-only
veterans of two
te on the squad this year
fowell, and Ethel Price,
performers being Fresh-
! games dropped this year
toward, and one each to
Woman's College, and
l-Southern.
Auburn Rifle Team
Loses First Match
Lose Close Shoots With
M. I. T. And Delaware
Lieutenant Boley's Auburn Rifle
team composed of students enrolled
in the three military departments of
the college, met defeat in their first
matches of the year last week.
The first shoot was dropped to the
targeteers of Boston Tech by the
close score of 1848 to 1776, while
the second affair was decided in favor
of the University of Delaware
to the tune of 3503 to 3474. The
relative merits of the Auburnites
and their opponents may be determined
by the fact that the first contest
went by the wayside by the small
margin of 72 points,, while naught
but a measley 29 points separated the
Plainsmen from the Delaware outfit.
The Boleyites are now in the midst
of' the Fourth Co-Area shoot, aiming
their rifles against those of the various
schools in this section having R.
O. T. C. units.
Next week the Plainsmen have two
more shoots on tap. They are to
engage the University of Kansas and
Virginia Military Institute. The following
week will witness the national
competition for the Hearst Trophy.
J. H. Johnson, team captain, is
high point man at present, with 765
out of a possible 800.
The roster of the team is made up
JOINS BARONS
News drifted into the Fairest
Village during the week, that Red
Griffin, former Tiger keystone
star, above, had joined the forces
of the- Birmingham Barons. The addition
of the. ex-Tiger second sack-er,
to the Dobbers gives Alabama's
two major institutions three men
trying for berths on the Magic City
squad. The others are Grant Gillis
and Pooley Hubert of the University.
Griffin played four years on the
big Tiger squad and captained the
squad last year.
Tigers Lose Close -
Battle N. C. State
S t a t e r s E l i m i n a t e P l a i n s m e n In
T o u r n a m e n t By a 32 To
26 Score
Bill McKinney and his mates saw
their last tip. off of the 1926 season,
when they went down in the first
round of the S. I. C. tournament,
being put out of the running by the
fast North Carolina State squad, 32
to 26. »
The Tigers clung desperately at
the heels of the Carolinians, and were
always witbin easy hailing distance
of the Staters.
Watkins, State guard, sent in three
field goals and led the field in scoring
during the first half. Hall got
himself in bad at the start of the
contest by his fouling, and was put
out of the game before the end of
the half with four personals. Snyder
succeeded him.
The State men started out in the
lead. The Tigers fought back and
took the lead for the first time after
the first foiir minutes of play.
James dribbled down the floor to
sink the tying shot, and Bill McKinney
tossed in1 a long one to give
the Plainsmen the lead.
The Carolina squad came back later,
and forged to 'the front once
move, the count at the end of the
first half being 15 to 11 in their
favor.
The.second half went on much as
the former one, and the score ended
with the Staters in the lead by
half a dozen pointers.
Kangaroo Ellis was the leading
scorer, with 11 points including five
field goals. Bill McKinney oiled up
for the swan song, making four field
goals for 8 points, and assured himself
the position of the team's leading
scorer for the season, with the
Kangaroo coming in a close second.
The opposition did the Tigers one
better in the matter of tallying field
goals, getting and even dozen to 11
for the men of Papke.
Lineup and Summary:
Freshtnan Squad
Gets Underpay
L a r g e Group Of Candidates
G r e e t Frosh Mentor
As is usual in all forms of freshman
athletics, a large host of Frosh
diamond -aspirants are on hand for
the first weeks limbering up exercises,
and the rodent tutor, Coach
Brown, is having a rather uneasy
time of it in the weeding out process.
Among the most likely performers,
the Auburn haired leader, has two
first sackers, three second basemen,
two' third basemen, and two short-fielders.
Three pitchers, four receivers,
and a whole flock of gardeners
are putting in strong bids.
At present it appears that the
outfield is most difficult problem
that the Tiger mentor will have to
face, as there is such a large group
striving to land the three berths. As
he is somewhat disappointed in the
showing of his pasture candidates,
it is probable that Coach Brown will
shift some of his more promising
candidates for the inner works into
the outer gardens.
To cover the initial sack ,there are
J. C. "Lefty" Wattwood, who last
fall played right end on the football
squad, and W. Jones, former Bessemer
first sacker. As things stand
at present it appears that Wattwood,
who starred at Alexander City, will
get the call, though Jones has been
turning in some creditable work.
In the keystone department are
a trio of men, Logan, of Lakeland,
Fla., Porter, and McCrory of Huey-town.
Logan who occupied the pivot
of the pigskin squad, has been giving
a good account of himself and
will make his two contestants step
to oust him.
Those who stand out among the
torrid corner hopefuls are Pete
Booth, of. Columbus, Ga., and Harris,
who hails from Sheffield. Neither
of these has showed signs of superiority
thus far. Booth proved himself
to be just as scrappy on the
diamond as he was on the basketball
court, where he held forth at
guard.
One of the more promising \:an-didates
to be uncovered in the
mass, is J. L. Appelton, of Ft. Payne,
who is putting in a strong bid for
the short field. Appleton is tall,
rangy, has a large pair of hands,
and handles the horsehide quite acceptable.
He is being rather stiff
competition by H. Smith, who formerly
wore a Vernon uniform, and" it
is probable that one of the two will
heed the call of another position before
the opening contest.
Tiger Freshmen Coeds Disc
Slaughter Sidney] Basket
Lanier Cagers
Gresham, Gresham for Williams,
Snyder for Hall.
Auburn 11. Foul goals: State: Dickens,
3; Brown, 2; McDowell, 1. Auburn,
Ellis, 1; Hall, 1; Akin, 1;
James, 1. Umpire, Menton.
Dick Maury
The Tiger back stopping department
received a setback when, in
lasl week's practice tilt, Dick Maury,
Jungaleer maskman of last year,
caught a fast one between the little
finger and its adjacent member. As
a result the Springhill receiver will
have to be content to watch his mates
from the sidelines for a couple of
weeks, at least, while the injured pew
is, recuperating. Maury, however,
has a worthy successor in the person
of Ebb James.
Dick, whose official title is Richard
Wilmer Maury, spends his time
in Spring Hill during the off-season,
or when he isn't playing ball or listening
to "John."
Maury, should he be able to don
the livery this spring, will be nund-ing
out his third year in a Tiger
uniform, aside from a year spent
with the Rats. During his three
year career, the Tiger backstop has
filled various positions in the infield
and outfield, and only last year, decided
tov tackle the catching berth
as a regular thing.
Maury has done as well as could
be expected with the stick. Last year
he pounded the apple for an average
in the vicinity of .270.
Last year the peppy receiver was
allowed to work in the earlier games
with a sore arm and his throwing
was way off as a result. However,
during the latter half of the campaign,
the Spring Hill product began
to pick up in fielding and tossing,
as well as in the hitting department.
Maury began to ^blossom forth in
great style as the season closed and
continued his good work through the
summer.
Dick is in his fourth year, and
might often be found studying some
of his Civil Engineering subjects,
when not on the baseball lot.
. A dozen former prep school receivers
are on hand to land the back-stopping
job. It is impossible to
say who will handle the wind pad
and mask, though there are three
men who seem to be forging ahead
of the field. These men are Wright,
Troy;, Hartselle, Hartselle Ingram,
Wetumpka. Hartselle and Ingram
performed on the football squad, the
former at the signal calling station,
and the latter playing at one of the
flanks.
Eight men are oh hand for mound
duty. Among the principle slab
R o d e n t s Run Wild T a l l y i n g 55
P o i n t s ; Last Game
Of Season
By way of getting sweet Tevenge
for a 46*to 32 de/eat handed them
by Sydney Lanier a couple-of weeks
ago, the Tiger Rats of Coach Brown
came back with a bang, Saturday
night, in the last basketball game
of the season to be played by an' various sororities, and
Auburn team. I nimous approval when
They returned to the front with the association meetin
A proposition for st
etball tournament was
the Women's Athletic
the fourth annual mee
iiesday afternoon. It
t.;&t the four sororitit
,,us fight it out amt
for the sorority honor;
winner meet the non
for the championship
sex.
The subject of i,he t<
ginated among the m<
N. C. State (32)
Dickens (3)
Gresham
Brown (10)
McDowell (5)
Watkins (7)
Substitutions:
Spence (7)' for
F
F
C
G
G
State
Auburn (26)
McKinney (8)
Ellis (11)
Hall (1)
Akin (3)
James (3)
: Williams for
Brown. Auburn:
of the following men: J. H. Johnson,
M.'T. Smith, Jas. H. Price, R. W.
McPherson, J. E. Moody, P. T. Ray,
H. D. Lowe, J. Singleton, W. C. Mc-
Carley, R. G. Daniel.
m VARSITY BASEBALL SCHEDULE
M a r c h 19 a n d 20 C. B e n n i n g a t C. Benning
M a r c h 22 a n d 23 Camp Benning at Auburn.
M a r c h 24 a n d 25 .TT.Xleorgia a t A u b u rn
March 30 Spring Hill a t Mobile
March 31 a n d April 1. Loyola a t New O r l e a ns
April 2 a n d 3 Tulane at New Orleans
April 5 Michigan at Auburn
April 9 a n d 10 Georgia Tech at A t l a n ta
April 15 .„'..,..;..Howard at Birmingham
April 16 a n d 17 ..,, Vanderbilt at Nashville
April 2 3 a n d 24 B'ham-Southern at A u b u rn
April 3 0 a n d M * ? * Georgia at A t h e ns
May 4 and 5 Oglethorpe at A u b u rn
May 17 a n d 18 Mercer at A u b u rn
( C o m m e n c e m e n t )
such a rustle and bang that the
Montgomerians never had a ghost of
a chance from the beginning, and certainly
not at the end, for the boys
of Brown were getting better every
minute. When the whistle announced
that the deluge of field goals
had ceased, the Rats emerged on the
long end of a 55 to 20 score. After
wittnessing this fracas, one wonders
how the • Lanier boys ever managed
previously to eke out a victory over
the Orange and Blue warriors.
Howell, Mullins, and DuBose, played
the stellar rolls in downing the
Capitolians. The aforesaid trio
started helping themselves as soon
as the gong sounded, and when the
first half was signaled, were off to
12 field goals between themselves.
The Tigers started off at a whirlwind
clip, and were past the 20 point
mark before the unsuspecting Poets
had sunk more than a couple of field
goals. At the end of the half the
count stood 29 to 9.
During the second half Howell and
DuBose continued the work of the
first semester. Pete Booth, whose
guarding left little to be desired in
the initial half, came to the fore
in the scoring department after the
midpoint.
The game progressed in the last
half very much as it had at the
start. Toward the end of the embro-glio
it appeared as though the Tiger
quota would not mount to the
half century mark, but a sudden
spurt on the part of the Jungle Cats
in the latter stages put the count
over the top. A Tiger team had
woft a victory by the largest margin
in four years.
The Lanier squad spent most of
the time in taking men out and injecting
new blood into the fray in
what appeared to be an effort to
stem the Tiger tide. Howell was removed
from the game toward its
end, as the Tiger forward and his
opponent, Kaminsky displayed such
keen interest in one another, the
gentle are of fisticuffs having been
on exhibit temporarily. ,
The victory gives the Tigers four
games in the win column exclusive
of their triumph over Selma Y, Twice
have the Rodents been bumped, once
by Lanier, and another time by the
Tech Rodents. Two games have gone
on the' right side of the ledger from
Marion, one from Tech, and one
from Lanier.
All of the Tigers put up a good
performance, especially Howell, DuBose,
and Booth. Carroll and Collins
were the best for the Montgomerians.
The question of suita
brought up, several bei
The final decision was
cup be presented to the
the name engraved ther
ning sorority will retairl
the cup until the follow
following sororities are
in the competition: Kap
Omega, Sigma Rho, at
Rho.
The Co-eds are' not c<
efforts to basketball
have several other (v
their sleeves including
indoor baseball, and
Considerable interel
played over the comi^
namerit which is books'
about March 15. To tl
this tournament will be
sterling silver pin in t
design with the name i
graved.
It is reported that th<
has livened up a bit ancj
moonlight picnics are
for the near future,
door baseball will staj
any of the girls wisl
part in this sport ar|
one of the officers
tion, and be present &\
CASUAL cor
We are glad to hear t
ment that our old friend
who formely inhabited
around «econd base, h£
fit to try for a place on
squad. This makes two
outfit who have decided
lot with Organized' Bas
is in the spring training
St. Louis Browns. (
artists are Strong, Brewton; Mc-
Ghee, Macon; Lee, Troy.
The Baby Tigers will open the
season April 9, when they meet the
Tech Rats on the campus in a two
games series beginning on that date.
They also have a return series with
the Techsters, a single game billed
with the Howard Freshmen, and one
with Marion. It is expected that
several games will be added later.
For the first time thi
Tiger moundsmen unlo<
soup bones and sent so
ters over the platter. 1
pears to be rounding int
ly except for a, bit of wi
Hardwick had the pill
over the plate in mid-se<
and the way the formei
man worked the corner w
Summary: j
Auburn Fg
Mullins, f 4
Howell, f 7 '
Wilson, f __.
Smith, f
DuBose, c _.
Booth, g
Vines, g
DeVaughn, g
Totals 24
Sidney Lanier Fg
Price, f 0
Kaminsky, f . 1
Walker, f c 0
Carroll, c 4
Andrews, g c 0
Newcomb, g 0
Collins, g 2
Roberts, g 0
Adams, g 0
Totals 7
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DINNER MEET
OF SCABBARD
ND BLADE HELD
Company L. fifth regiment of the
Scabbard and Blade held their first
dinner meeting of the year at the
Auburn Inn on last Thursday evening.
Cadet Captain C. V. Ingram,
company commander, presided. The
meeting was featured by short talks
from several of the regular army of+
ficers who are honorary members
of the organization.
A news letter from the national
headquarters containing many interesting-
items was read. Chief among
these items was the news of the national
rifle and pistol contests among
the Scabbard and Blade companies.
Memories of the recent carnival
will be made all the brighter with
the thought of the Auburn band.
Thirty nine strong, the band
marched at the head of every parade
and offered a number of concerts
in Bienville square that were
heard by large audiences. Smart,
well-trained and enthusiastic, members
of the band added a dash of color
to the festivities with their picturesque
uniforms, their dark cloaks
flung over the shoulder to show a
bright orange lining and did much to
assure the success of the carnival.
The band has been the pride of
Auburn college for nearly 25 years.
It is considered the oldest college
band in the south. It was organized
by Professor M. T. Fullan, of Auburn,
who was bandmaster for a number
of years. Prof A. L. Thomas,
who directed for 10 years, then in
1919, by P. R. Bidez, former student
and professor of chemistry, well
I known for his prowess as a full back
[
Some twenty or more "Elecs" met i in his college days, and a bandmas-and
enjoyed an unusually good pro-1 ter in the "Rainbow Division" dur-gram
Wednesday night. A lively • ing the world war. Mr. Bidez conduc-business
session was held, in which I ted the band in Mobile. v
a howl was raised about quality ] Whenever members of the band
points. It was decided to arrange j are obliged to leave the organization
for getting them, if possible, and re-' at graduation, there are always a
port on the results of the investiga- '• sufficient number of student musi-tions
at the next meeting. The A. I. cians to replace them. Hence the
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E. E. is a real society, and there is
no reason why the same recognition
should not be accorded it as is given
the other societies.
R. Crawford gave an interesting
discussion of the laying of a high
voltage transmission cable across thel improved until he is able to take the
Mississippi river. The various difficulties
confronting the engineers,
After a short discussion, it was de- [ a n ( j how they met them, were
cided that the local company would brought out in the discussion, and
compete in these contests. The following
committees were appointed
by Cadet Captain Ingram: pistol
team, J. B. Patterson, J. B. Jackson,
and L. F. McConnell; rifle
team, J. L. Singleton, R. M. Roun-tree,
and P. C. Ausley.
Plans for sending two delegates
to the national convention-were for-muated,
and C. V. Ingram and P. C.
Ansley were elected to represent the
local company at the convention
which will be held during the latter
part of April, at Louisiana State
University.
Major Hatch, the first speaker of
the evening, discussed at length the
plans for the senior military ball
to be held on February 22. The
local commandant also expressed a
desire of seeing a revival of the custom
of all the cadet officers saluting
the army officers on certain designated
parts of the campus. ,
Captain Cushman, was also strong
in believing that the saluting of the
officers by the cadets would be instrumental
in raising the military
standards of the Alabama Polytech-nich
Institute.
He stated that one of the best
ways of inaugurating the custom
would be for all Scabbard and Blade
members to start by saluting their
brother officers as well as the regular
army officers.
Captain Althaus extended to all
elaborated upon. G. C. Moore told
us something of great super power
projects, of which .so much is heard
today. His talk brought out the
plan of the electrification of the
Holy Land, and of the plans to siphon
water from the Mediterranian
Sea to turn the wheels of power
there.
We were glad to have an Ag man,
G. B. Phillips, with us tonight to
visit our society and to tell something
about "Rural uses of Electricity."
His talk was enlightening to the
"Elecs" to have one of our Ag
brethern tell us of the uses of our
products in their business. We believe
this idea is an innovation and
we hope it can be repeated soon.
band maintains a uniform standard
of excellence.
"Any Auburn freshman interested
in music is immediately placed in
our beginners' class, trained, and his
skill in the instrument he has chosen
Tom Ellzy, Secretary of the Alabama
Council of Religious Education,
spoke to the freshmen last Tuesday
on clean living and living right.
Mr. Ellzy based his talk upon the
sixth chapter and seventh verse of
Galations.' "Be not deceived; God is
not mocked for whatsoever a man
soweth that he also shall reap."
"If you are to be a leader, you
have got to cross the rivers as you
come to them," said the speaker. "The
greatest art of all living is right
living."
Mr. xEllzy emphasized the fact
that the younger generation did not
realize the seriousness of the many
vices that are being carried on today.
These necking parties and petting
parties are leading them to Hell and
until such practices are stopped by
the present generation, the sins of
the father will be visited upon the
third generation.
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FROM NOW
cordial invitation to be present at
the meetings of the Infantry Club.
Regular meetings of this organization
are held on the first and third
Mondays of every month at 8 o'clock
after the first show in the Infantry
room.
Lieutenant Leitch urged greater
activity of the Seaward and Blade
members. ' He suggested that the
local company act as hosts to all
the cadet officers at a barbecue to
be given in the spring.
Lieutenant Higgins stressed . the
importance of the Scabbard and
Blade organization to the R. O. T.
C. unit of the institution. * He also
activity of the Scabbard and Blade discussed plans for the organization
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place of members of the band," Mr.
Bidez said. "Every year there is inevitably
a Void in our ranks from
graduation. But members of the
class have been trained in the meanwhile,
and they fill our ranks again,
maintaining the proficiency of the
band. At present we have more than
40 students in our beginners' class.
"This training band has every opportunity
to study. Three hours a
week are devoted to practice. It is
only after application and development
of talents that members are
made skilful in their various instruments.
But there is never any difficulty
in filling the ranks. This year
the band will lose about nine members
at graduation. But already we
have that number in the training band
ready to replace them."
Mr. Bidez said about 20 students
work their way through Auburn by
playing in the band. These are members
of the Auburn orchestra, with
Mr. Bidez as conductor, who play
three times a week at a picture-show
in the college.
"The training in music at Auburn
is extensive," Mr. Bidez said. "Music
scores of every opera and symphony
are at the disposal of students. They
are urged to study these scores ,and
master them."
The average age of members of
the band is 19.
& —Mobile Register.
It is a day in the early part of
September, 1950. The father, an
•jld Auburn Student, calls his son to
him to give his fatherly advice before
he sends him to college. He
instructs him "My Son, I have during
the eighteen years of your life tried
to give you all the attention and
care that any son receives from his
father. I have had experts to look
after your diet that you might be
the healthiest possible. "Physical culture
experts have done all in their
power to give you the strength, endurance,
and quickness needed. Your
mind has been trained to prepare it
for the great work it must do. You
are, I hope, physically and mentally
fit to stand the terrific hardships
of the inter-collegiate sport for which
I trust and pray you are prepared.
So, my son, I leave it up to you and
feel you will not fail in this which is
so dear to me. I send you to Auburn
and hope that you will take
the advantage of all your opportunities
and bring glory to us and to Auburn
by your brilliant and courageous
service on the Auburn Ping-Pong
team."
The reader may easily see that
this sort has claimed the best athletes
of the country and long since
displaced football, Basketball, Baseball,
and other less 'strenuous- sports.
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of rifle and pistol teams to compete
in the national contests.
T. E. Phillips delivered his farewell
address in which he extended
to the organization his best_ wishes
for a success in all future undertakings.
Phillips finished his course of
studies at the end of the first semester.
W. A. Young, an alumnus member,
gave a short talk in which he
praised the good work of the present
members.
Previous to adjournment of the
meeting, the following motions were
made and carried: That the petition
from the Diamond and Circle of
New York University for a company
of Scabbard and Blade be approved;
and that regular dinner meetings be
held on the first Thursday of every
month at 6:30 o'clock in the evening.
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Four names were omitted from the
list of promotions in the Field Artillery
Order published in a previous
issue. The names were: To be cadet
First Lieutenants: Adkins, T.R.;
Gilmer, B. S.; McMullan, C. W.; and
Kelly, T. J.
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AT EIGHT "The Ghost
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All the Best Pictures
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All employees are
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Regular program
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the week.
Shows begins promptly
at 7:00.
The Wilsonian literary society
held its regular meeting last Tuesday
night. Many interesting facts
were brought out by those on the program.
J. C. Bull related the greatness of
"A Feudest Who Fought the Feud."
In this discussion, it was brought
out that a feudest stopped the feud
in Georgia with educational methods.
"An American Monument to Surpass
the Pyramids" was discussed by
Annamerle Arant. She brought out
the fact that plans are on foot to
complete the gigantic monument in
its immensity in the near future by
the new sculptor. This monument
will be divided into three sections,
namely, General Lee, Jefferson Davis
two color bearers and other confederate
notables, just back of them
will be a company of Confederate
soldiers, and still further in the background
will be represented some
prominent heroic Southern women
who so faithfully discharged their
duties during the war. One thing
that is noticable about this monument
is the size. It is so large that
fifty men can be seated on General
Lee's shoulder and it is six feet from
his mustache to his eyebrows. The
Greeks and early sculptors have not
carved any more wonderful piece of
art nor will the pyramids surpass it
in age in the future.
Due to the fact that professional
criminal and. crimes in America get
so much publicity through the newspapers
is one reason why justice fails
in the United States. The above fact
was brought out by W. R. Hardin
in his talk on "Where American Justice
Fails." He also attributed the
present great crime wave to the ease
in which criminals can make bonds,
the petty technicalities of the law
and trials, and professional criminal
lawyers of today.
Fannie Iagou gave a discussion of
"How the White House Became a
Glass House" in which she gave a
sketch of the work of Bill Price, the
first great White House reporter. In
a few but concise words L. W. Perry
portrayed the life and works of
the Great Doctor Johnson. Perry ift
a humerous way told of this great
man's marvelous memory and of his
great work that he produced.
The Auburn Radio Club held a
special called 'meeting last Thursday
evening at eight o'clock on the third
floor of the old Engineering Building.
A very interesting talk on
transformers was given by John
Wright. Lewis Howie, club secretary
had prepared a large Telsa coil,
which is capable of producing an
electric spark 15 inches long, and the
club was entertained for some time
by a beautiful display of 'home-made'
lightning.
The next regular meeting will be
on Friday evening, February 26, just
after the first show. Everybody interested
in radio is cordially invited
to visit us. Just remember the day
and time: Friday Evening, after first
show, at Eight o'clock in Old Engineering
Building, Third Floor.
Unsolved Mysteries
How they put the holes in Swiss
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The Income Tax blanks.
What it really is they sell for a
dollar a pint.
What the Mah-Jong ciubs'.are doing
now.
Calvin Coolidge.
How they get away with the same
old hokum in mystery plays.
Who killed Cock Robin.
The logic of a woman's mind.
Life.
Free verse.
Idle rumors.
Einstein theory.
Mammy songs.
Yonkers.
Southern hospitality.
Tabloid newspapers.
Ex-candidate Hylan.
Railroad time-tables.
Inccuous desuetude.
Enforcing prohibition.
Sally's whereabouts.
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The regular meeting of Wednesday
night, March 3rd, began by making
preparations and plans for the
reception of Calvin W. Rice, Secretary
of the National A. S. M. E.
Secretary Rice is to speak Friday
night at 8 P. M. in the new Engineering
building. He will speak on
"The Status of Education in the
United States and Abroad."
From this to the program of the
evening was rendered. W. C. Clisby
began by telling us of an automobile
he made by himself in his younger
days. A picture of the car was
furnished, showing that the speaker
was well versed on the description
of the machine. He used a motorcycle
engine for power, and in wheel
construction he told how bicycle hubs
and rims were used. Later however,
he used steel rims because the
wooden ones were not capable of
withstanding the wear. Much of
the material used in construction was
taken from the junk yard and made
over in his own little shop. He told
of making nearly all the parts, and
some of the ideas especially, were
exceptionally good.
We hope Clisby will continue to
be as ambitious and successful in
his future work as he has been in
the past.
Next, we had a very interesting
and instructive talk by J. E. Barnes,
on "Water Supply in Chicago."
Chicago formerly drew its water
from Lake Michigan but as the city
grew, the lake became contaminated
and other water supplies had to be
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The regular meeting of the S. A.
M. E. was held in the Engineering
room, Monday night. As President
Quinn was unable to attend, Vice
President R. K. Posey presided. After
the reading of the minutes, Posey
told us of the future activities planned
by the society. He spoke of the
much talked of "Smoker" that had
been planned for this meeting but
it was postponed. It will be "held
at the next regular meeting which
will be March 8th, 1926. He also
mentioned the trip to be taken to
Montgomery; and from there the
Alabama River will' be explored by
members of the society. This trip
is to be taken some time in the
spring upon a steel barge under the
supervision of Major Bethel. He
also told of the Engineer hike that
was started last year and will be
held this year, April 17th. The S.
A. M. E. will sponsor this hike if
permission is granted. Another thing
of interest that is being planned is
the society banquet that we plan
to hold while the inspecting officers
are in Auburn.
Lieutenant Higgins then gave an
outline of these events. He said
that the moral of the unit and the
outside activities played a prominent
role in the Competitive Drill and that
the Engineer Unit must not fall
down. Lieutenant Higgins brought
out the fact that the S. A. M. E.
was a social society for the Engineering
Unit and was always glad
to have visitors from other units.
Posey thanked Lieut. Higgins in
behalf of his speech. Afterwards
President Posey told of several original
and amusing anecdotes. J. M.
Edwards gave a brief talk on the
3. A. M. E. banquet held last year
while the inspecting officers from
Washington were visiting us. He
said that aside eating, most of the
banquet was taken up with stirring
speeches. According to his statement,
the inspecting officers seemed
well pleased.
Following Edwards talk, J. M.
Earnest took the floor, and made a
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searched for. One proposal was made
to get water from the St. Lawrence
River; another proposal was made to
make another lake in Canada (a 6th
Great Lake) about the size of Lake
Erie and to draw from that.
Finally, Chicago solved her pro-available
water. However, the water
has to be piped for considerable
distances.
The concluding talk of the evening
was made by W. C. Hurt, on
"Lives of Great Engineers."
He began with Corliss. One of
the engineer's first jobs was to rebuild
a bridge that had been washed
out. He did this against the criticism
of his fellow workmen but
the job was completed in good order
and at a very milch lower cost than
had been expected. He continued
to show that he was not to be out
done and presently we find that he
had gone into work on machinery.
His first work of note in that line
was to patent a sewing machine.
Later came his very common and useful
valves. Corliss was well aware
of the power* of his engines and he
challenged others to compete with
him.
Next, Hurt took up Richard Ark-wright.
Arkwright began his career
by dyeing wigs, hair brushes, etc.
He became very proficient in this
work and soon obtained a monopoly
on the industry. Later we find he
became interested in the textile industry.
There he had a great and
continued success. His inventions
and perfections in this work gained
for him the honor of introducing
"quantity production."
Stevens and Maudsley were also
engineers of great note. Stevens
was connected more with Civil Engineering
work and it seems that
nothing was too great a project for
him. He was the builder of several
railroads and he built them in different
countries, and carried the
work on all the projects at the same
time.
Henry Maudsley was the "father of
the machine shop." The first threads
to be cut on a lathe were cut in his
shop. He was a man of great ability
and initiative.
With the conclusion of this very
interesting talk the Society adjourned.
On Tuesday night at eight a most
interesting program will be presented
in Anderson Auditorium (The
Methodist Sunday School building.)
The program will consist of musical
numbers and the delightful booth
Tarkjngton play "The Ghost Story."
This will be presented by the Auburn
Players. This entertainment should
be a treat to every one in Auburn
as it is an unusually well balanced
program.
The entertainment is given by
circle number two of the Methodist
workers. The admisison will be fifteen
and twenty-five cents.
SEE "THE GHOST STORY"
Tuesday at eight, in the Anderson
Auditorium. 15 and 25 cents. (Adv.)
motion that Dean Reagan should be
the S. A. M. E. candidate for May
Queen. This motion was quickly
seconded, and the vote in favor of
the proposal was unanimous. Reagan
responded very beautifully and appointed
Earnest as campaign manager.
R. C. Crawford moved that the
date for the hike be held April 17th.
His motion was seconded and passed
by vote. Posey then appointed
Alston, Crawford, and Earnest, as
a committee to get the information
desired before making arrangements
for the hike.
It was voted by the society that
the cruise of the Alabama River be
limited to the members of the S. A.
M. E. As there was no further business,
the meeting adjourned.
• All be out for the "Smoker" next
Monday evening.
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JUNIOR CLASS
HOLDS MEETING
A junior class meeting was held
last Tuesday. At this class meeting,
it was decided that the class numerals
should be painted on the Ag tank, and
the contract is to be let to the low-est
bidder, which will be given out
at the next meeting. The background
for this numeral will be purple,
and the numerals will be in gold.
This painting will be something like
nine by twelve, and any person desiring
to bid on this job should do
so at once. All bids should be sealed,
with names signed, and turned
over to Abe Robinson.
The next junior class meeting will
be held March 9, 11 to 12 o'clock
in room 301 Main Building. It is
requested that every junior be present,
as there is important business
to come up. Besides the awarding
of the bids to paint the numeral on
the Ag tank, there is to be a discussion
about the junior banquet, which
will be held sometime in April. It
is hoped that all the juniors will catch
the class spirit and be present at
this meeting, as it is only a few
weeks off until nominations for officers
will be opened.
All juniors are requested to see
Mr. J. P. Atherton and place their
orders for their class rings if they
so desire. It would be wise to place
your order now, as it will take about
six weeks to get the rings here. This
will insure you a ring before commencement.
ONLY 15 and 25 cents to see "The
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on Tuesday at eight. (Adv.)
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Education of Crippled Children;
Edgar F. Allen, Elyria O; 8'clock
First Baptist Church in Opelika, presiding,
Col. T. D. Samford; president
address Miss Ellen Fonde, Mobile;
Address "The Church and Social
Work; Dr. F. E. Johnson.
Monday at 9 o'clock at Auburn
special session for judges of juvenile
courts and probation officers; addresses,
"Juvenile Court Procedure,"
Miss Katherine Lenroot, Washington,
D. C., 10:19 o'clock leave for Lanett,
band concert on train; Lanett Cotton
Mill Band; visit mill and school
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address Governor W. W. Brandon;
demonstration activities at West
Point Manufacturing Co., under direction
of E. R. Cook, Lanett; automobile
ride through Chattachoochie
Valley; 7 o'clock at Auburn, stunt
dinner given by students of A. P. I.;
presiding Professor J. M. Robinson;
8: 30 o'clock, Langdon Hall; address;
"building a Foundation For Community
Organization," Miss Mary Mims,
state university Louisiana; address;
"Welfare Relations of City and
Farm," Dr. C. J. Galpin, Washington,
D. C.
Tuesday at 9 o'clock in Langdon
Hall, Auburn; presiding, Mrs. A. F.
Tunstall Greensboro; address; "Better
Understanding Between Local
Agencies in Handling Transient Cases
Miss Roberta Morgan, Birmingham;
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and Mrs. W. L. Murdock, Birmingham,
address; "Detention Homes
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of officers at 11 o'clock, review
of R. O. T. C; at 12:20 o'clock,
leave for Tuskegee; spend the afternoon
visiting the veterans hospital
and Tuskegee Institute.
Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock community
singing by students of the
Tuskegee Institute; demonstration
of Industrial Activities of the Institute
by students; at 8 o'clock, presiding;
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Monday night at 7:00 P. M.
The members were urged to take
pait in the Oratorical Contest, which
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March.
What is more beneficial, more interesting,
more unusual than the
reading of short stories? Last" Monday
night Miss Dobbs gave the society
a very instructive talk on the
^hort Story, after which she read
two stories which were written by
a French writer. These stories were
characteristic of the French Short
"tories, in that they ended at an unexpected
time.
She referred to Carrol Lewis
Maxey, whose short stories are representative
in plots, settings, and
plain narrations. She also mentioned
to Blanch Williams, a master of
the Short Story, who is noted for
her simple style.
The Americans have no Short
Stories as compared to those of the
French and British. There are so
few Americans who write, that it
is almost impossible to find a typical
American Short Story.
Miss Dobbs has promised to read
the "Black Poodle" in the near future
and the society looks forward to
this occasion.
McLendon discussed a few points
from Roberts' Rules of Order.
Next Monday night the society
will feature some "Auburn Gripes."
Do not forget the Social next Friday
night at 6:30 in the Ag Bottom.
We Are For Auburn Always
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Men's and Boys' Outfitters
Phone 21 Opelika
TUESDAY—ANDERSON AUDITORIUM—
AT EIGHT "The Ghost
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