1927-04-16 The Plainsman

              JUNIORS!
Cast Your Ballot
Tuesday THE PLAINSMAN
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
FILL OUT
DANCE BIDS
NEXT WEEK
VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, AJRIL 16, 1927 NUMBER 28
NOMINATING COMMITTEE NAMES CANDIDATES FOR OFFICES
AG. CLUB HOLDS SUCCESSFUL
BANQUET HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
THE MODERN ELISHA
Many Features Provide
Entertainment; Car­ter
Wins Cup
Fifteenth annual banquet of the
Agricultural Club of Alabama Poly­technic
Institute was attended Friday
night by more than one hundred fifty
students from the campus on the hill.
G. B. Phillips, retiring president of
the club, appropriately welcomed the
guests to the entertainment which
was held in Smith Hall. Dr. M. J.
Funchess, dean of agriculture, ren­dered
efficient service as toastmaster.
The principle address of the even­ing
was made by Dr. H. V. Carson,
pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church
of Montgomery. After being pre­sented
by the toastmaster, Dr. Carson
COMMITTEE HAS
PLANS MADE FOR
COMMENCEMENT
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Weidmyers Orchestra
Again Appear
Will
Plans for the commencement in­formal
dances for May 19-20-21 have
been successfully arranged by the
Social Committee. Bid cards will be
distributed beginning Monday, April
18, to be collected by April 30. The
invitations will be mailed May 2.
The regular prices this year will
be $10.00 for three evening dances,
VOTING WILL TAKE PUCE
AT T ALL DAY TUESDAY
ANNUAL Y.M.C.AJ Results ofElection Will
TAG DAY PROVES
HUGE SUCCESS
Work Is to Begin on Courts
at an Early Date
outlined the possibilities for real ser-1 $ 7 ( ) 0 ^ evenjng ^ ^ &nd
vice'in the world offered to graduates!
$4.00 for one evening dance. All
in this department.
_,, . , „ c. ,-- r.„,4.„ I those who attend are requested to
The coveted Gamma Sigma Delta '
loving cup was presented by the
president of the society to J. E.
j"uRneido'r Cona rtethr e asA gt hec am'bpeusts . all-Croaurtnedr
is from Blountsville, Ala., and has
been selected as the business manager
of the Alabama Farmer for 1927-28.
Many enjoyable stunts featured
the evening's entertainment program.
Musical scores were rendered by Dick
Yarbrough's popular orchestra, while
vocal selections by the Ag Quartette
were especially acceptable.
Miss Lillian Gist and Pup Jones,
appearing in their "Black Bottom"
duet, received round after round of
applause, while the faculty stunts
were provocative of much mirth.
The awarding of the Ag Club dip­lomas
by Dr. Spright Dowell, presi­dent
of the institution, was one of
the most interesting and solemn events
of the evening.
Members of the club declared them­selves
unanimously pleased with the
singing of Miss Lucile Frasier of Op-
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H. L. FULWILER
IS FORCED TO
LEAVECOLLEGE
Plainsman Loses One of Its
Best Workers
Untoward circumstances recently
compelled the resignation of Harry
Fulwiler of Buchanan, Va., from col­lege,
thus depriving the paper of one
of its hardest and most dependable
workers. Fulwiler has served through­out
the past two semesters as News
Editor of The Plainsman and his ab­sence
will be sorely felt.
Fulwiler, a \Junior in Electrical
Engineering, was one of the most out­standing
men in his class. He was
a member of the Blue Key Fraterni­ty,
honorary campus leaders organi­zation,
and Alpha Lambda Tau, social
fraternity. According to his present
plans, he will locate with some firm
in Birmingham. It is possible that
he will return to school next semester.
PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
Monday & Tuesday, April 18-19
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents
Lon Chaney in
" M R . W U "
with Renee Adoree, Louise Dres­ser
and Ralph Forbes
Wed. and Thurs., April 20-21
Jesse Lasky and Adolphe Zu-ker
present
"CHILDREN OF DIVORCE"
with Clara Bow, Esther Rals­ton,
Gary Cooper, Norman
Trevor, Elinar Hanson, Ir­is
Stuart, Hedda Hooper
and ten other feature
players
Friday, April 22
"TARZAN AND THE
GOLDEN LION"
An Ail-Star Cast
Saturday, April 23
"DEFYING THE LAW" •
with Lew Cody, Renee Adoree
and other brilliant players
A Good Comedy Every Day
wear light clothes, preferably linen.
The fraternities, Alpha Tau Ome­ga,
Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu and
Alpha Gamma Rho, will be used for
house parties, Pi Kappa Alpha and
Lamba Chi Alpha being reserves.
The lead outs are as follows:
Thursday night, two senior lead
outs and two no breaks.
Friday morning, two no breaks.
Friday afternoon, two no breaks
and two Inter Fraternity lead outs.
Friday night, three no breaks, two
senior lead outs, Grand March and
feature dance.
Saturday morning, two no breaks,
two Bovine lead outs and Bovine ini­tiation.
Saturday afternoon, two no breaks
and two "A" Club lead outs.
Much time is being devoted to mak­ing
this year's Commencement Dances
a great success. New plans ai-e be­ing
made for scenery and decoration.
Weidmeyer's orchestra will again ap­pear
in Auburn for this event. Judg­ing
from their former programs,
equal enjoyment is expected from the
orchestra this year.
AUBURN TEAM
WILL DEBATE
WITH MERCER
0PELIKA HOST
LARGE B.Y.P.U.
CONVENTION
Auburn Delegation
Play
Presents
J. E. Walsh and Coke Matthews
to Represent Auburn
Two hundred young men and young
women met in Opelika April seventh
and eighth, as delegates to the South­east
Alabama B. Y. P. U. convention.
The convention was initiated by lunch
at the Baptist church at*l p. in.
A. B. Zbinden, of Hartford, Ala­bama,
presided over the convention.
Carl Hearn, of Andalusia, led the
congregational singing.
Among the speakers for Thursday
were Miss Elizabeth Perry of Mont­gomery,
Rural Field Worker for
State B. Y. P. U. of Alabama, who
gave a chalk talk "His Will Mine;"
Miss Georgine Coley of Montgomery,
Junior-Intermediate Leader of State
B. Y. P. U. of Alabama; R. Elton
Johnson of Montgomery, State Sec­retary
of B. Y. P. U.; and Edwin S.
Preston of Atlanta, who discussed
the B. Y. P. U. Department.
Many other interesting and in­structive
reports and talks were made
by delegates from over the district.
Friday was a full day of program
from the sunrise prayer service at
seven a. m., conducted by Rev. Binns,
to the closing address of the conven­tion
by Dr. T. C. Mahan, at 8:30 p.
m. Probably the most interesting
outside feature of the day was the
trip by automobile over the paved
road to Auburn, where all of the del­egates
were greeted by Dr. Spright
Dowell and other members of the Au­burn
Faculty. Auburn students were
asked to escort the cars over the cam­pus,
at least one student being as­signed
to each car.
Also the Auburn B. Y. P. U. De­partment
presented a play "A Vision
of B. Y. P. U.," at 8:15 p. m. Fri­day.
Most of the characters in this
play were college students.
Auburn goes on the war path again
Friday, April 22, when our debating
team journeys to Mercer to parti­cipate
in the last of this year's inter­collegiate
debates. This debate marks
the third time that we have "come to
words" with Mercer. On the first
two debates, held last year and year
before last, Auburn has come out on
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ATTENTION!
The annual faculty ball game will
be staged on the new baseball field
on Saturday, April 30. The proceeds
from this game will be turned over
to the grammer school to provide for
much needed repairs. This is one of
the best attended campus games each
year and interest seems to be at high
pitch again this spring.
Fellows, this is the chance for you
to secure a hearty laugh, at the ex­pense
of your pet prof, at a minimum
of cost. Let's all see this collossal
struggle.
GEN. BUSINESS
INSPECTION
TRIP SUCCESS
Points of Interest in Economic
World Visited
TENNIS CLUB TO
STAGE OPEN
TOURNAMENT
LESLIE SPINKS
AGAIN ELECTED
HEAD 'A' CLUB .
Cliff Akin Made Vice-President
and Ben Sankey,
;— Secretary
Any Students Desiring to Enter
Must Register With Mem- Leslie "Buck" Spinks was reelected
ber of Club Next Week president of the Auburn "A" club at
the annual election of officers held
In pursuance of the plan adopted her<j W e d n e s d a y . c l i f f A k i n j of N o.
in other years, the Auburn Tennis t a s u , g a > w e l l k n o w n b a s e b a „ and
Club plans to stage an open singles, b a s k e t b a l l s t a r j w a s n a m e d b y t h e a t h.
tennis tournament. During the last, ^ bo(Jy &g t h e i f v i c e . p r e s i d e n t.
year there has been a great deal more
interest taken in the possibility of
tennis becoming an inter-collegiate
sport than ever before. The follow­ers
of the gentle art of getting the
ball across the net feel that tennis
has been a sadly neglected game at
Auburn, and hope that the athletic
officials will some day take up this
matter and organize a tennis team
with a regular schedule as other
colleges have.
Both an open singles and doubles
tournament is put on each year by
the Tennis club with the end in view
of promoting interest in tennis on the
campus. These tournaments always
draw quite a crowd for the semi-final
and final play offs. It is hoped that
there will be more entrants into the
tournament this year than there havs
been in previous years.
The members of the Tennis club
are Dudley Traywich, Alex Walker,
Crewe Sellers, Glover and Jackson.
Application to any one of these men
will secure registration in the tour­nament.
The "A" club is made up of stu­dents
who have fulfilled the pratiei-pation
requirements for award of the
"A" in some of the major collegiate
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The General and General Business
Seniors spent last week on the an­nual
inspection tour; most of the
time being spent in the Birmingham
district. On Monday this group of
students accompanied the Engineer
Seniors to Mitchell Dam, where about
three hours were spent in inspection
of that electric plant. The group
then took a boat on the Coosa for
Lock 12, eighteen miles up the river,
which was reached in two hours. Af­ter
the inspection of this plant, which
is quite different from Mitchell Dam
on the point of construction, they
went to Birmingham, by way of Clan-ton.
They spent a busy day Tuesday in
the city. They visited J. F. Clark's
Brokerage Co., (Shannon's) where
they saw the display of market quo­tations,
and received valuable in­struction
from Mr. Shannon, and Mr.
Nail. At Jemison & Co., the group
was given interesting talks on real
estate by Mr- Hill Ferguson, and Mr.
Roy Cox, '09, and on insurance by
C. C. Cornell, '07. Vice-president By­ron
showed the boys every detail
and. function of The First National
(Continued on page 6)
On last Wednesday, April 13, the
Y. M. C. A. staged its annual Tag
Day, with very appreciable results.
No definite results are yet determin­ed
as to the amount of money re­turned,
though the occasion was a de­cided
success.
In the plans of the day, the entire
town as well as the campus was cov­ered
in a systematic manner. The
drive was placed in charge of effi­cient
"Y" officials, who organized
groups of subordinates to canvass
the town in an orderly style. One
group of workers covered the resi­dential
section, while another took
over the business section of the town;
then still another group worked
among the students. The entire day
was spent in a lively effort to ob­tain
all the funds possible.
A splendid response was given the
occasion, especially by those who ful­ly
understood the cause, and its cer­tain
benefits. To those who respond­ed
to the drive, much appreciation
and thanks are extended by those
who have the move at heart. The en
tire "Y" organization is exceedingly
grateful for this splendid response
on the part of the citizens and the
students also to those who offered
their services in the drive.
The object of this drive is to se­cure
funds for the erection of stu­dent
tennis courts. As many courts
as funds will provide for are to be
constructed. They are to be modern-ly
equipped, and will serve much
wholesome outdoor entertainment for
the students. Construction work is to
be started at an early date.
When the courts are finished, and
are being used, those who contributed
to the cause will be proud to say,
"I was instrumental in establishing
that advantage for the students."
Are you boosting "Y" tennis courts?
Be Announced at Ju­nior
Banquet
LETTER MAILER
IS INVENTED BY
A.P.I. OFFICIAL
Former Patents Are Perfected
By Local Accountant
DR. PETRIE LOOKS BACK ON
ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR
"It is just ten years since President
Wilson delivered his famous war mes­sage
to congress," said Dr. George
Petrie in his weekly talk on current
events. "It was a memorable occa­sion
and a masterly address. We are
just beginning to understand how it
changed the whole course of history,"
Dr. ' Petrie said.
"Some scenes in history will live
forever. Who can forget the night
when President Wilson read to con­gress
his famous war message?
"Ten years have passed since then:
but the scene is still vivid in our
memories. Time has only served to
deepen our appreciation of its far
reaching significance.
"This Means War"
"We know the long series of wrongs
that led to the decisive step. The
march through Belgium, the sinking
of the Lusitania, the attempts to
stir up the Mexicans against us, the
sudden desperate resumption of un­restricted
warfare—these are familar
milestones on the road that brought
us finally to war.
"The faithful Tumulty tells us how
Mr. Wilson received the news that
Germany would at once resume the
submarine horrors. When the mes­sage
was handed to him, he read it
(Continued on page 6)
Invention which may revolutionize
the business of mailing out thousands
of tons of letters in this country has
been perfected by S. J. T. Price of
Auburn, accountant for the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. The invention
is a mechanical letter folding machine
embodying three patented features,
namely: folding the paper, feeding
the envelope and inserting and seal­ing
the envelope. Patents have been
applied for and Mr. Price has been
assured that his machine is patenta­ble.
This machine will probably be
placed on the market within a year.
The machine, it is said, will be a
big time saver, easily doing the work
of from eight to ten clerks, the esti­mated
output being 5,000 papers fold­ed
and inserted in the envelope per
hour. The popular feature of this
machine is that it will feed the letter
into a window envelope.
The remarkable thing about this
patent is the fact that Mr. Price is
not a mechanic and has never had
any experience with machines. How­ever,
in his work as college account­ant,
he saw the great need of time
saving devices in getting out letters
in bulk. Accordingly, about the time
of the Greater Auburn Campaign, in
his spare time, he began to develop
his idea. Mr. Price came to Auburn
in 1918 from Washington, D. C, where
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Nominating committee of the jun­ior
class submitted its selection for
the various class officers at a regu­lar
meeting of the class on Tuesday.
Nominations from the floor were op­ened
and quite a few names were ad­ded
to the ballot in this manner.
The poll will be located in the Y.
M. C. A. office and seniors will be
asked to preside over the ballot box.
Actual voting will begin at eight
o'clock on Tuesday morning, April
19 and will continue on through six
o'clock that evening.
To prevent plural voting, a dual
system of checking will be in vogue.
A roll of the class members will be
at hand to check each junior's name
off as he votes, while the ballot must
be signed.
Results will be announced at the
banquet to be held in Smith Hall at
eight o'clock Tuesday night. No vot­ing
will be allowed at the banquet.
Tickets for this affair are now on
sale and it is hoped that each junior
will attend.
The banquet committee is. busily
engaged in preparing a program
which will consist mainly of speeches
from prominent faculty members and
musical numbers. Following is a
sample ballot:
For President (Vote for one): T.
B. Shotts, F. E. Tuxworth, Ben San­key,
T. H. Pearce and A. C. Hay-good.
For Vice-President (Vote for one) :
W. H. Gregory, Earl Meadows, M.
Burns, S. S. Tatum, Buck Ellis, and
M. K. Wilkins.
For Secretary (Vote for one) :
Cush Wood, Louie Tamplin, D. Q.
Wilson and H. Kinzer.
For Treasurer (Vote for one) : R.
P. Sitz, Riley Hill and Dick Evans.
For Student Council (Vote for
four): R. O. Lile, F. O. Miller, W. C.
Hurt, T. H. Pearce, T. D. Alldridge,
Ralph Williams, Hugh Whatley and
W. D. Alston.
For Honor Committee (Vote for
four): C. H. Feagin, F. M. Malone,
Moon Mullins, Rucker Simms, Rut-ledge
Daugette, Julius Beard, B.
Wylie and Harry Moss.
For Editor-in-Chief Plainsman
(Vote for one) : Rosser Alston, R. C.
Cargile, C. D. Greentree and D. S.
McKenzie.
For Business Manager Plainsman
(Vote for one): H. C. Hopson and
George Williams.
For Editor-in-Chief Glomerata
(Vote for one) : L. S. Whitten and
Dick Evans.
For Business Manager of Glomera­ta
(Vote for one): Ben Rives, W. C.
Weatherby and J., Aubrey Wilson.
(Continued on page 3)
PROGRAM
College Show
Monday, April 18
"TAXI, TAXI"
With Everett Horton
One of the best comedy casts
of years
Tuesday, April 19
"THE TEMPTRESS"
With Greta Garbo, Antonio
Moreno, Linoel Barrymore
Wednesday, April 20
"THE AUCTIONEER"
With George Sidney, Marion
Nixon, Sammy Cohen
Thursday, April 21
"THE NIGHT OF LOVE"
With Ronald Coleman and Vil-raa
Banky
Friday, April 22
Same program as Thursday
Saturday, April 23
"THE PRICE OF HONOR"
With Dorothy Revier and Mal-com
McGregor
NEWS —COMEDIES
GOOD MUSIC
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STAFF
S. H. Lynne Editor-in-Chief
F. A. Smith Business Manager
H. G. Grant Faculty Adviser
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rowe Johnson Associate Editor
W. F. Tidwell Associate Editor
C. D. Greentree Managing Editor
H. Fulwiler, Jr —News Editor
H. W. Head Proof Reader
J. W. Powers Proof Reader
R. Alston Cartoonist
J. L. Price Bulletin Board Editor
Redus Collier Sports Editor
D. O. Sikes Associate Sports Editor
Catherine Nunn Co-Ed Editor
John Thomas Humor Editor
R. C. Cargile Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
J. W. Randle_..'28 A.V.Blankenship '30
P. F. Crenshaw_'29 Rex. Sikes '30
C. R. DeArmen.'29 R. B. Kelso '30
J. B. McMillan.'29 K. Kimbrough—'28
Coke Metthews.,29 Chas. Howard--'30
J. W. Mills —_'30 V. Savage, Jr.—'30
J. D. Salter '30 B. B. C. Lile_— '30
G. N. Sparrow__'30 J. F. Mitchell-—'30
Harry Wise '28 L. A. Smith, '29
BUSINESS STAFF
H. C. Hopson Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
William Frank Advertising Manager
J. E. Barnes Circulation Manager
George Hann.-Ass't. Circulation Manager
W. M. Baxter Asst. Circulation Mgr.
Hershel Hatchett Mailing Clerk
A. V. Blankenship Mailing Clerk
H. W. Glover Ass't Advertising Mgr.
L. P. Dumas Ass't Advertising Mgr.
Failure is often the key to success.
It is an ugly woman that no man loves.
Ugliness is not the opposite to beauty
that only lies powder and paint deep.
The sharp tool of friendship is too often
dulled by constant usage. It is a sad day
for a man when he first realizes this.
Satisfaction inevitably results in stag­nation.
A contented mind sinks deeply into
the rut of supposed happiness from which
it seldom emerges.
The moral status of modern youth is a
storm center of criticism. Necking, or pet­ting,
is puritanically condemned. But these
crusaders for the Right seem to take no
cognizance of the fact that this offense
is not a moral wrong but a conventional
impropriety.
We read recently of a parade out in Cali­fornia,
staged by members of the society
for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
There was nothing unusual in this spec­tacle;
such is a common occurrence. But
the point of peculiar interest was the rout­ing
of the participants by a large white
Italian rat which innocently made its ap­pearance.
Naturally it is to be inferred that
the "squeaker" sex was in the majority.
The junior class has become a verita­ble
maelstrom of clashing political factions
and the alarming fact is that their actions
are not specifically directed. We do not
say this in marked condemnation of this
one class; we realize that this criticism
may have been aptly directed against any
number of junior classes in the past. At
the same time we do not infer that present
conditions are justified by previous predi­caments.
We urge, however, careful con­sideration
in the selection of the heads of
the two official college publications and
the constituents of student government. The
incumbents of these officers should be
elected on the bases, first, of familiarity
with their respective duties, and second,
of personal integrity.
It seems to us that the local Honor Sys­tem
is working under severe pressure in a
determined effort to retain student govern­ment.
Therefore, maximum penalties are
being imposed in the majority of cases,
an inconsistency which should not be over­looked.
This unique plan of operation is
necessarily established upon the element of
fear and any such system is obviously re­pugnant
to fairly intelligent students. The
argument has been advanced, in justifica­tion
of this experiment, that, while the in­telligence
could be appealed to through
reason, the mass must be cowered into obe­dience.
We fail to see the justification of
this argument where a college honor sys­tem
is under consideration. Auburn men
should be given credit for the products
of their education; they certainly should
not be classed with the illiterates and ig­noramuses
of the proletariat.
DOES NOT COLLEGE BASEBALL
DESERVE PUBLICITY
We are at a loss to understand the at­titude
of the sport editors of the large
state newspapers in regard to college base­ball.
News of the activities of college
nines during the present season has been
quite conspicious by its absence. We are
not pleading for daily streamers proclaim­ing
to the reading public that Auburn has
one -of the greatest teams ever produced in
this section of the country, although we do
no doubt their interest in this fact. What
we do deplore, however, is "their neglecting
to print stories concerning Southern Con­ference
competition.
For instance, how many papers have car­ried
the conference standing on their sport
pages? Very frequently we receive in­quiries
through the mail as to Auburn's
comparative rating in the race for the
championship. Many readers would be in­terested
in finding out that, at present,
Auburn is battling for first place in this
column.
Baseball, as it is played by the college
organizations, is a credit to the national
pastime. The element of competition in
itself should be sufficient to elevate it
above the plane of professionalism. Where
the incentive to victory is never too strong
for fair play, a high type of emulation is
certain to follow.
Whereas professional baseball is exclu­sively
mercenary, loyalty to ones institu-the
driving force in inter-collegiate con-tion,
to the coach and to his associates is
tests of this nature. We realize that pure
love for the pastime abounds in the hearts
of many of the professional players, caus­ing
them to cling desperately to their
avowed occupation long after they have
begun to weaken. To the members of or­ganized
clubs, however, baseball is a stern
business affair. We do not condemn pro­fessional
baseball, we appreciate its posi­tion
in providing recreation in the larger
cities of the country. We fail to see, how­ever,
why the salary disputes between ma­jor
league players and their managers
should be given preference in Alabama
papers, when our own state possessess one
of the strongest teams in the Southern
Conference.
The fact that the sport editors of these
papers are, for the most part, college grad­uates
is all the more puzzling. We ven­ture
to state, furthermore, that the base­ball
fans in Alabama are equally as inter­ested
in the outcome of games between
Auburn and her rivals or Alabama and her
opponents as they are in leg injuries to
some celebrity away off in a distant state.
We are quite certain that news of this na­ture
would be much more acceptable than
the pedigree of a famous racing horse of
the nineties or a lengthy and intricate
dissertation on the ways and means of golf.
We do not believe that we are advocating
anything unreasonable when we ask for
a just representation on the sport pages of
our own papers, nor do we think that such
a request, if granted, would decrease the
sales of the periodicals in question.
WE ARE OUR BROTHER'S KEEPER
By Rosser Alston
On the battlefield of Saratoga stands a
towering shaft commemorative of the de­cisive
struggle of the Revolution. About
it are four niches containing bronze statues
of those who commanded there. In the
first stands Horatio Gates, in the second
Schuyler, and in the third Morgan. But
the fourth, alas! stands empty. The man
who won that niche has forfeited his right
to be remembered. As we look upon the
base we see the name engraven there and
our minds review the deeds of Benedict
Arnold, hero, patriot, traitor. That empty
niche shall stand for a forfeited ideal, for
loss of power, for faithlessness to a sacred
trust.
In the history of a college there are
many crises that may come with the change
of time. Each new year ushers in more
problems to be solved. It is just such a
period through which we have passed. We
speak in regard to the honor system. We
have heard the question discussed pro and
con and have cast our votes.
There are Benedict Arnolds among us.
We have not been aware of their presence.
These men have failed to live up to a
solemn obligation, they have broken a
pledge. By so doing this Janus mob has
undermined the foundations laid with care
and forethought by the committee. Will
our system be a Lucifer among our other
outstanding accomplishments and be bur­ied
forever in our catacombs? Above the
cry of the rabble and the shouts of the
moneychangers; among the din of politi­cians
and the tumult of victory comes per­sistent,
insistent, the demand of the offend­ed
"You are your Brother's keeper"? No
fair minded student dare avoid this ques­tion.
The dulling of the conscience her­alds
its decline. With a college as with
the individual the noblest quality is char­acter.
The greatness of Auburn lies in
her character, in her lofty ideals, in her
moral pride. On these principles our in-situation
stands; without them it falls.
The die is cast, we have crossed the Rubi­con.
INTRAMURAL SPORTS AT AUBURN
By R. C. Cargile
There has been a great deal of agitation
on the part of some people during the last
year for radical changes in the athletic pol-.
icies of the colleges of the nation. Many
of these people, or "would be" reformers,
give as their reasons for advocating a dras­tic
change in athletic policies, the fact that
only a few students are getting a chance
for development in any branch of athletics.
While we grant the truth in this state­ment,
we also point out the fact that it is
not necessary to lower the athletic stand­ing
of the colleges, by tearing down the
present varsity teams and building several
teams in the place of one. This would in-i
deed be a way to get more people on the
teams representing the colleges, but will
the end justify the means? Many reform
advocates argue in favor of having two
varsity football teams for each college. This
would mean that the coaching staff would
have to be enlarged in order to take care
of the added work in building up the extra
varsity teams. The standard of play-would
be lowered considerably, and it would not
be long before the public interest would be
going down. Attendance at games would
be far less than it is at present. A college
could not give its best to the paying public,
if such was the case. No college would
seek to have itself represented at any great
student conference, or any kind of inter­collegiate
gathering where the intellect
played the leading part, by a mental weak­ling.
It would be folly for the college to
do so. No college wishes to be represented
in any kind of contest by its weaker stu­dents,
whether it be in a mental or a phy­sical
capacity.. Colleges must be represent­ed
on the athletic fields by the very best
talent possible, just as it is represented in
other fields of endeavor by its most capable
men.
Some of the northern universities and
colleges have opened up the trail in an ef­fort
to solve this situation of giving all the
students a chance to develop their athletic
ability. This is being done by employment
of an intramural coach for the college. It
is the sole duty of this coach to work with
the students of the different organizations
on the campus, in building up athletic teams
among these different organizations. He
coaches these teams and arranges tourna­ments
for them. This has proven highly
satisfactory in places where it is being tried
out thoroughly. There is a friendly spirit
of rivalry among the fraternities, and oth­er
organizations of non-jfraternity men.
In this manner, all students who wish to
take part in athletics are given plenty of
opportunity for participation in real con­tests.
Each year, there are many freshmen
here at Auburn, who try out for the vari­ous
teams. Most of these men are cut
from the squad within three weeks after
the first practice. If Auburn had an in­tramural
coach, these men would be able
to keep on going out for athletics, and
many kinds of contests could be arranged
among them at Auburn.
Auburn has some splendid material for
tennis teams, fraternity baseball and track
teams, basketball teams, and golf and La­crosse
teams. There would be sports for all
who desire to participate, and the present
inequalities of opportunity for athletic de­velopment
would be reduced to a minimum.
There is no reason why Auburn can't put
across a well organized program of inti-a-mural
sports and physical education among
her students. All we need it someone to
boost the idea if the students want it.
AUBURN NEEDS GLEE CLUB
There are many student organizations
on the campus which are filling a great
place in the development of the student's
life. There are three major literary soc­ieties,
and their work is so much in evi­dence
that it need not be discussed. The
various engineering societies furnish the
student with an opportunity to enter into
a group and take part in the technical
discussions along the line in which he is
interested. The Auburn Players give the
students training in expression and acting
on the stage. There are many other sim­ilar
organizations too numerous to mention.
However, there is one line of student
activity in which Auburn falls short, and
that is a college glee club. There is not a
reason in the world why we should not have
a glee club. There is not another school
in the south that lacks this organization.
We should be ashamed of this condition.
Not only would the glee club furnish en­tertainment
on the campus, but it would
be a great advertisement for the school.
Auburn has the talent, and this should not
be neglected any longer. Something
should be done. The year is not so far
gone but what the organization could be
gotten on foot for next year.
VALE
There is always a tinge of pathos attend­ant
on a separation from scenes or tasks to
which one has become accustomed, though
the former may have seemed drab at times
and the latter often discouraging. Thus,
it is with a feeling of genuine regret that
we pass on the torch to other hands; hands
which we hope will hold it higher than we.
But before we end our present endeavor,
there are certain feelings of appreciation
which must be expressed.
In the first place, the editor is deeply
indebted to the efficiency and dependability
of the staff which he was so fortunate in
gathering around him. To them belongs
whatever credit is due for the appearance
of the front page, the structure of the news
articles and their contents. Few revisions
have been necessary in their stories.
• To the college authorities, we wish to ex­press
our gratitude for a more tolerant at­titude
toward freedom of speech than has
heretofore existed. We believe that we
have profited through our cooperation with
them in some of their far reaching pro­jects
and we trust that they have been in­fluenced
in shaping their policies by stu­dent
sentiment as expressed through the
columns of this paper.
We appreciate the generous advice ex­tended
to us on all occasions by Professor
Hugh G. Grant, our faculty advisor. Mr.
Grant, while always willing to offer sug­gestions,
has never attempted to function
as a censor.
The Auburn Printing Company, where
this year's Plainsman is being published,
consistantly has treated us courteously, for
which we are indeed grateful. -Mr. A. H.
Tucker has offered his assistance many
times in the formulation of difficult plans
and has invariably worked to the best in­terests
of the publication.
Especially do we thank Harry Fulwiler
for his loyalty in the collection of news
stories and the distribution of assignments.
On his shoulders has fallen the heaviest
burden and he has borne it exceptionally
well. Without his assistance, we should
have been unable to , present the students
of Auburn a creditable sheet.
We appreciate the support supplied by
Rowe Johnson and W. E. Tidwell, our co­workers,
in the determination of a definite
editorial policy. We have keenly felt the
loss of L. O. Brackeen from the editorial
staff since his graduation at the termina­tion
of the first semester.
C. D. Greentree has rendered invaluable
assistance in the capacity of managing
editor and it has been he who has success­fully
attended upon the mechanical make­up
of the front page.
Our own cartoonist, Rosser Alston, is re­sponsible
for the most striking innovation
to be made in southern college journalism
within the past few years. His drawings
have been clever and quite appropriate.
The Blind Tiger found its way to the
light through the guidance of R. C. Cargile
who has also handled the news from other
colleges in a judicious and discriminating
manner.
Not once during the publication of this
year's Plainsman has the editor been troubl­ed
to collect material for the sport page.
Comparison with that of other college week­lies,
reveals the marked superiority of this
widely read section of the paper. We ex­press
our sincere gratitude to Redus Col­lier
for the capable manner in which he
has edited the South's finest sport page.
And in thanking Redus we do not over­look
the excellent work done by his assist­ants,
Dan Sikes, Max Cahn and J. F.
Mitchell.
One of the most difficult tasks on the
editorial page has been ably cared for by
John Thomas, who has supplied material
regularly for the Auburn Footprints sec­tion.
Written in John's inimitable style,
this column has been one of the most popu­lar
features of the paper.
A touch of feminism has been added to
the paper by the presence of Miss Cather­ine
Nunn on the staff. Miss Nunn has
contirbuted articles from time to time of
special interest to our co-ed readers.
We are not unmindful of the fact that
one of the most exacting and thankless
positions on the staff is that of Proof
Reader. We consider ourselves peculiarly
fortunate in obtaining the services of How­ard
W. Head, prominent English scholar,
for this duty. The mistakes which he has
overlooked have been comparatively few
and we both congratulate and thank him.
J. W. Powers has proved to be an able as­sistant
in this field.
James Price has served the staff well
as the editor of the Bulletin Board, weekly
calendar. We can not prize too highly his
punctuality.
We are at a loss to adequately express
our gratitude to the reporters for their
splendid services. They have never failed
us when we called on them for support,
and we are especially anxious to convey
upon them a large portion of the praise
which the staff has received. Those who
have rendered conspicuous services and who
have been unusually faithful are: C. R.
DeArmen, J. B. McBillan, J. W. Randle,
L. A. Smith, V. Savage, Jr., and A. V.
Blankenship. Others whose stories have
aided in the attractiveness of the sheet
are: P. F. Crenshaw, Coke Matthews, J.
W. Mills, J. D. Salter, G. N. Sparrow, Har­ry
Wise, Rex Sikes, R. B. Kelso, K. Kim­brough,
Charles Howard and B. C. Lile.
So you see, patient reader, that the edi­tor
is, in reality, only slightly responsible
for the success of his paper. The real
work is done by his assistants. He is re-
11 AUBURN FOOTPRINTS V
During the past week we cannot help
but notice the amount of politicihg that
has infested our campus. Yes, you guess­ed
it. It's the Junior class elections that
are responsible for this evil. We hear from
reliable authority that more Juniors have
been writing home for money during the
past week than any other week previous.
We were also able, after laborious com­pilation
of statistics to ascertain that the
amount of business done in the local ice
cream dispensaries correspondingly in­creased.
The banquet season has arrived also.
The Ag club has started the ball rolling.
Rowe Johnson is disappointed, since his
bootlegger encountered the Lochapoka speed
cop and his order did not arrive in time
for the banquet. Better luck next time,
Rowe.
:;i * • :it * *
Don't we wish that we were a husky
tackle like the Right Honorable Mr. Cun­ningham.
According to the statistics com­piled
by Shack Matthews after the third
hour class in Sociology has elected its
committee to discuss the honor system this
worthy gentleman obtained the unanimous
vote of the co-ed population of the class
thereby being elected. This school is fast
losing its reputation of being a he-man's
college. This is especially true when it be­comes
possible for the co-eds to elect whom
they please in opposition to a substantial
majority of the masculine members of the
group.
:;: * :!: * *
Incidentally the first of May is slipping
up on us. We have noticed the decline of
our May Day celebration, from the glory
that sourrounded it three years ago when j
Professor A. S. (Emma) Golemon ascend­ed
the throne, amid the cheers and ovations
of fellow students, the speeches of the fac­ulty,
dinner parties, symphony orchestras,
marriage ceremonies, and court splendor,
while the Pathe News preferred to grind
out the performance in preference to film­ing
the President of the United States'
visit to the University of Georgia (we do
not mean to detract one laurel from the
crown of the late President Harding, or to
ridicule his memory in the least) to the
comparatively tame affair that was pre­sented
to us last year. By this we do not
mean to cast any reflection on the recipient
of this honor last year. But we must admit
that the average Auburn student relishes
comedy rather than beauty. Since this is
the case it is better to have wholesome farce
than a mediocre pageant, for anything that
is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
To this end we should elect a real he-man
to be queen of a he-man's college.
But, with the modern mode of- dress,
boyish bobs, and masculine mannerisms of
our ever-increasing horde of "rags, bones,
and hanks o'hair" it is difficult to differ­entiate
between a co-ed and an Auburn
student. In view of this situation Bones
Vaughn has decided that a co-ed (1927
model) can represent us as May Queen just
as well as a less sophisticated member of
the bachelor's union. To this end he is
supporting Florida's own for May Queen
Consequently his battle cry has become
"MIAMI FOR MAY QUEEN." Bones is
confident of an overwhelming victory for
his candidate, in face of the overwhelming
opposition that is promised by several mem­bers
of his own gender, who habituate Ag
hill. Bones' campaign headquarters is
Room 106 Alumni Hall. He is planning a
mass meeting in interest of his candidate
in the near future. Your support and in­fluence
will be appreciated.
Fellow students, our work is finished.
We have endeavored to give you clean,
wholesome wit and humor. But real wit
is spontaneous, and it is a physical impossi­bility
for a staff as small as ours to furn­ish
enough inspirations to supply this
column with wit each week. We, therefore,
have had to resort to humor, derived from
the misfortunes, or natural tendencies of
our fellow students. Now that we have
finished, we can tell you the truth. Ac­cording
to the infallible Dr. Showalter the
tendency of any student to seek companion­ship
of the opposite sex is an inborn ten­dency,
and not essentially humorous, or un­natural.
But we have insinuated that it
is unnatural, and since practically none
of you have accepted the insinuation with­out
consideration, and laughed at our "scan­dal"
along with the rest of your colleagues.
But now that it's all over we wish to dis-.
illusion you.
We have attempted to give you clean,
wholesome humor; but at times when we
were rushed for time we have allowed
jokes that may be interpreted in a smut­ty
manner to slip in unawares. We express
regrets that this has happened; but no one
is perfect, so mistakes will be made. But
to you that accuse us thustly we reply,
"We are less evil-minded than you."
We wish to thank everyone for the
sportsmanlike manner in which he has
taken personal jokes and the toleration of
poor jokes and misunderstandings.
Yours sincerely,
The Humor Staff.
* « * * *
MIAMI FOR MAY QUEEN.
(Paid political advertisement.)
« BLIND TIGER *
The following advertisement has appear­ed
in all the nearby county newspapers,
and daily in some of the dailies, for quite
a while: WANTED:—A genuine blessing
with IT. Only those possessing IT may
apply. Come, call, or write "Goofy" Nu-chols.
A: * * * *
(A CHAPTER ON MAN)
Man born of woman is a forked animal
with wheels in his head.
He cometh into the world kicking, and
kicketh all the days of his life.
When a yearling, he is boss of the ranch.
But at five, the "old man" breaketh his
scepter over the young- king's head, and
where is he?
He playeth hookey from school, and learn-eth
to swim in a mud puddle.
. He hath a voice like a calliope and an
appetite and disposition like a cub wolf.
As a gosling "in the good summer time"
he weareth a sore tie, and when his dad
does his duty, he frequently standeth up
to eat.
He feedeth his face with green apples
and sigheth mightily in the still watches
of the night.
When the hair beginneth to grow whisk­ers,
the rustle of a skirt is sweeter music
to his ears than the music of the spheres.
Smitten by feminine charms, he straight­way
taketh the kink out of his back and
sponsible for the policy of his paper and
upon its merits he stands or falls.
It has been our policy to foster the Au­burn
spirit and by this comprehensive
statement we wish to convey the idea that
the Plainsman has endeavored during the
past two semesters to advance the interests
of Auburn. This policy has often called
for the condemnation of systems and often
it has caused particular emphasis on the
good accruing from an action or a campus
institution. We realize that we have blun­dered
in some instances. We wish that we
could recall our words in these cases. Know­ing
this to be impossible we hope that the
bad we have done will be forgiven and only
the good remembered.
Seniors, the editor expresses his grati­tude
for the opportunity you have made
possible to him. He hopes that you have
had no grave cause to regret your choice.
swelleth up like a poisoned pup.
Sport shirts and luminous sweaters
cometh next, and he spreadeth his pride as
a peacock spreadeth his tail.
At sixteen, he knoweth more than all the
"universities," and the "old folks," they
are has-beens.
By day he hustleth for candy coin, and
by night he buildeth castles in the air.
But lo! his darling giveth his the "mit"
and breaketh his heart into ten thousand
bits.
When two days of mouring are over, he
findeth another by far more fair, who
mendeth his gizzard, and his sorrows flee
as the shadows.
In due time, she duplicateth his heart
fracture, and he liveth a day in hell, but
is rescued ere the sun goes down, by anoth­er
damsel who damns him some more. .
He groweth hard-hearted and damneth
a few damsels himself, and then meeteth
his Waterloo.
She smiteth him under the fifth rib, and
he returneth the blow.
For many, moons they coo and woo like
sick doves. Then cometh the preacher and
it is all over. Selah.
Next cometh Pete and Repeat, Kate and
Duplicate, et al; and they start to do and
be done as their father before them.
Now the old man hustleth for grub with
an exceedingly great hustle.
He farmeth and is robbed by the trust.
He hireth himself to a corporation and
goeth on strike and is struck on the head
with a policeman's club and knocked sen­sible.
He starteth on the road to sell things,
and is sold for a song.
He goes on 'change and is changed from
bull to bear with such alacrity that he
loseth all his change.
He groweth more wool. God knoweth
how, and contracteth great love for the
ponies. He figureth out a system, and is
robbed systemmatically.
He is utterly astonished at the speed of
the pony he didn't pick to win.
Next he goes into politics, and learneth
that all men are liars.
Afterwards he goes on a long excursion
with the boatman Charon and where is he?
Selah.
Damfiknow. —Copied.
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
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One pipe-load invites another. And . . •
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rollers fold the papers twice by a
buckling process. In the meantime
an envelope is taken from a contain­er,
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SAFETY RAZORS
CAUSE SLUMP IN
BARBER SHAVES
By S. S. Tatum
"Safety razors, free with most
shaving creams today as inducements
for sales, play havoc with the bar­bers
trades in shaves," according to
statements of well known barbers of
Auburn.
"Students especially," he went on
to say, "take advantage of this as
they like to get all that's coming to
them; and, having plenty of time to
make use of these articles, rarely
visit the red and white pole shops ex­cept
for their fort-nightly haircut.
"People are getting more indepen­dent
along these lines and as a whole
only the rushed business man and the
tired traveller resort to the tender
cares of the barber."
As I climbed into the chair and
casually informed him I wanted a
shave, he seemed rather surprised
and during the courr•:• of the shave
he used four different razors, apoli-gizing
for their dullness due to lack
of frequent use.
"No, shaving isn't what it used to
be with the barbers since the younger
generation can trust themselves with
the modern safety razor. In the
olden days fear of a lacerated face
drove them regularly to their favor­ite
barber. The old fashioned razor
that demanded a steady nerve and
extreme confidence to master it was
responsible for the old custom of the
regular barber shop shave."
BOTANIST GIVES
NEW THEORY OF
LIFE PARTICLE
• Dr. Benjamin M. Duggar of Mis­souri
botanical gardens and Washing­ton
university, St. Louis, alumnus of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
has made the discovery of the riddle
of life according to information re­ceived
at Auburn this week in the
I form of a special article in the Amer­ican
Weekly, as well as other infor-
I motion received by Doctor Duggar's
] friends at Auburn. Doctor Duggar
has discovered the so-called "life par­ticle"
as the result of an investiga*
tion of the diseases of plants.
Doctor Duggar believes that a new
theory of life will have to be formed,
that the life particle is undoubtedly
an organism and that our ideas of an
organism must square to it, that we
can no longer consider cells as units,
that we must now think of nucleus of
a cell as being made up of life parti­cles,
each life particle being itself a
living organism with some means of
reproduction.
"No one knows where life came
from or how it came to exist. But
scientists know that certain living
organisms can be created from inor­ganic
things by the application of
certain electric discharges or by the
action of the sun's ultra-violet rays.
It is a low form of life. We know
that carbon dioxide and water were
abundant when life first entered up­on
this earth. It is reasonable to
suppose that life was brought into
being by the action of the sun's rays
upon this carbon dioxide and water.
Doctor Duggar graduated at Au­burn
in the early nineties and was
also a member of the teaching staff.
After receiving the M. S. degree at
Auburn, he continued his botanical
studies at Harvard where he received
the M. A. degree, and at Cornell
where he obtained the Ph. D. degree.
He served at University of Illinois
and Cornell as assistant professor of
botany. From professor of botany
in the University of Missouri he was
called to Cornell as head of his de­partment,
where he taught many of
the »men who later came to occupy
important positions as botanical
teachers throughout the United
States.
In order to reserve a larger por­tion
of his time for research, Doctor
Duggar accepted the position of bot­anist
of the Missouri botanical gar­dens,
together with a chair in Wash­ington
university, St. Louis, which
position he still holds. On leaves of
absence he served the United States
department of agriculture, which sent
him on a technical mission to Europe
and also the national research council.
Last year, Doctor Duggar acted as
secretary and organizer of the world's
congress of plant science. A paper
that he read before this body attract­ed
wide attention from scientists and
was extensively quoted in the techni­cal
journals, the Literary Digest, and
the daily press. In this he recorded
some of his recent investigations of
the lowest known forms of life, bodies
so small as to escape the most power­ful
microscopes. This class of or­ganisms
is responsible for serious dis­eases
of potatoes, tobacco, and many
other cultivated wild plants. The gen­eral
press quoted his conclusions as
marking a distinct advance in biolo­gical
knowledge.
Doctor Duggar is the author of
three botanical books, covering the
subjects of plant physiology, and
mush room culture. He has recorded
his experimental results in numerous
articles in scientific journals. Re­cently
Doctor Duggar served as pres­ident
of the American' Botanical So­ciety.
PATE WILL GO
TO HONDURAS
W. W. Pate, instructor in the de­partment
of agronomy of the college
of agriculture, left here March 31 to
accept a position as chemist for the
United Fruit Co., in Tela, Honduras,
in Central America.
Mr. Pate will be one of four chem­ists
employed by this company and
located at Tela. They will study
soils in its relation to the production
of bananas and other fruits. He was
selected on the recommendations giv­en
by Dean M. J. Funchess. The
company had made a careful search
for the man best fitted for this po­sition.
/
In May, 1924, Mr. Pate received
his B. S. degree in Agriculture from
Auburn. He then became connected
with the department of agronomy as
assistant, and to do graduate work.
He was awarded his M. S. degree
last May, and has since been an in­structor
and engaged in research
work. Before coming to Auburn he
received his training at the Conecuh
County High School at Castleberry.
GLOMERATA TO BE READY
FOR DISTRIBUTION BY MAY 15
The 1927 issue of the Glomerata
which is published each year by the
Senior class will be ready for the
student body May 15 The Alabama
Engraving Company has completed
all the engravings and as soon as the
proof has been read and corrected,
the copy will be given to the printers
for publication. The Benson Print­ing
Company of Nashville will do this
work.
All engravings being'used in this
issue are old Colonial; which is a dis­tinct
departure from the style of
engraving used in the former editions.
T. B. Ledbetter, editor, and J. C.
Mathisson, business manager, deserve
special' commendation for the fine
manner in which they have conducted
the publishing of the Glomerata.
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members and quite a few stu­dents,
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was one of the most enjoyable
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For Historian (Vote fpr one): M.
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Ben Sankey, Bull Andress, Pete
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Bates, Mutt Gregory, Dad-Gummit
Pearce and Kayo Pearce.
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1.
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hissed, as he sank exhaust­ed
in his chair. "For a
whole year on the trail
and not a clew."
4.
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to the man who could find
a cough in an OLD GOLD
cigarette. And Nick Car­ter
took the trail with con­fidence
born of past suc­cess."
' I have searched the
country over for a year,
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of OLD GOLD smokers in
the hope of hearing them
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NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD 99
PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN
SPORTS Auburn Plays Illinois Here This Week SPORTS
Auburn Trackmen Do
Well in Annual Meet
ATLANTA, Ga., April 9.—Five
Southern relay records were smash­ed
and one tied in the fifth annual
Georgia Tech Southern Relay Car­nival
held on Grant*Field Satur­day
afternoon. O'Dell, former Clem-son
star, lowered his pole vault rec­ord
by 2 inches when he went over
the bar at 12 feet 6 inches. Henry
Cummings, of Virgina, clipped the
Century dash in 10 seconds flat,
equalling the mark by Berryman and
Chandler.
Virginia broke the half-mile re­lay
mark four-tenths of a second,
finishing in a wild spurt in 1 minute
and 31.4 seconds. Bill Tate, the for
mer Georgia star, broke the 2-mile
record by 11.2 seconds when he spurt
ed by Tuttle, of Duke, to finish ir
10 minutes and 4.2 seconds. Luny
Smith, the former Alabama star,
held the old record of 10 minutes and
15.4 seconds.
Guy Nelsom, of L. S. U., added
two new marks, winning the shot
put in 43 feet, 4 inches and the discus
throw in 135 feet, 10 7-8 inches. Papa
Hood, of Tech, held the former shot
put record of 42 feet 7-8-inch, while
Catchell, of Mississippi A. & M., held
the former record in the discus at
132 feet, 2 inches.
Heavy rain fell during the morning
with a slight drizzle during the early
part of the meet which made the
track soggy and slow.
The flash of the many brilliant
color track uniforms of the Southern
teams added color to the otherwise
drab scene. More than 600 athletes
took part in the annual carnival
staged by Georgia Tech which as
sembles the cream of the Southern
cinder paths. There were races for
all sizes and shapes in the 33-event
program.
Weemie Baskin, of Auburn, drop­ped
into the limelight by winning the
120-yard high hurdles with Cooley,
of L. S. U., and Benzel, of Indiana,
trailing in second and third place.
Coming back in the low hurdles, P.
Beard, of Auburn, took third push­ing
his teammate.
Alabama took third in the four-mile
relay which was won by the
four North Carolina milers in com­paratively
fast time, considering the
slow track.
In the two-mile relay for colleges,
Auburn fnished a close third with
Georgia edging out Indiana for the
victory. Throughout the entire race
the three teams were bunched and it
was only on the final sprint that
Georgia won out.
Snider, of Auburn, won the 220-
yard dash leading a great field to
the tape. Pepper, of Alabama, the
former Southern Conference title-liolder,
was second with Curry, of
Davidson, third. Snider holds the
•present record of 22.1 seconds.
Robinson was the only Auburn en­try
to place in the field events, get­ting
a second in the javelin throw,
which Rhinhart, of Indiana, won at
182 feet, 8 3-8 inches,
first, Georgia, second, Oglethorpe,
100-Yard Dash—Cummings (Vir­ginia),
first; Hamm (Tech), second;
Curry (Davidson), third. Time, 10
seconds flat. Equals old record.
Distance Hedley Relay for Col­leges—
Duke University first, India­na
second, L. S. U. third. Time 8 min­utes,
23 seconds.
Half-Mile Relay for Colleges—
Virgina first, Mississippi A. & M.
second; Indiana, third. Time 1 min­ute
31.4 seconds. New record.
Half-Mile for Prep Schools—Mon­roe
Aggies first, Darlington second,
McCallie, third. Time 1 minute 37.5
seconds.
Baskin Wins
120-Yard High Hurdles—Baskin
(Auburn), first; Cooley (L. S. U.),
second; Benzel (Indiana), third
Time 16 seconds flat.
One-Mile Relay for Colleges—In­diana
first, Vanderbilt second, Mis­sissippi
A. and M., third. Time 3
minutes 26.6 seconds.
Half-Mile Relay for High Schools
—Calhoun first, Canton second, Jack­son
third. Time, 1 minute 43.3 sec­onds.
Half-Mile Relay for Prep Schools
—Duvall first, Boys High second,
Charlotte third. Time, 1 minute 34.8
seconds.
One-Mile Relay for Freshmen—
Tech first, Mississippi A. and M.,
second, Georgia third. Time 3 min
utes 36.6 seconds.
Four-Mile Relay for Colleges—
North Carolina first, Tech second,
Alabama third. Time 19 minutes 8.4
seconds.
One-Mile Relay for Preparatory
Schools—Monroe A. & M. first, Bay­lor
Military Academy second, Mc­Callie,
third. Time 3 minutes 41.4
seconds.
Two-Mile Relay for Freshmen—
Georgia first, Mississippi A. and M.
second, Tech High third. Time, 8
minutes 45 seconds.
220-Yard Low Hurdles—Benzell
(Indiana), first, Baskin (Auburn),
second, Beard (Auburn), third. Time,
20 seconds, flat.
Two-Mile Run—Tate (Georgia),
first, Tuttle (Davidson), second,
Pritchard (N. C ) , third. Time, 10
minutes 4.2 seconds. New record.
One-Mile Relay for High Schools—
Charlotte ' first, Ashville, second,
Tech High, third. Time, 3 minutes
41.6 seconds.
Snyder Cops 220
220-Yard Dash—Snider (Auburn),
first; Pepper (Indiana), second;
Curry (Davidson), third. Time, 22.4
seconds.
Sprint Medley Relay—Indiana first,
Clemson, second; Virginia, third.
Time, 3 minutes 41.6 seconds.
Pole Vault—Odell (unattached),
first; Barnes (unattached), and Bass
(Centre), tied for second. Height 12
feet 6 inches. New record.
Shot Put—Nesom (L. S. U.), first;
Helvey (Sewanee), second; Hood
(Tech), third. Distance, 43 feet 4
inches. New record.
Discus Throw—Nesom (L. S. U.),
first; Prather (Indiana), second;
Helvey (Sewanee), third. Distance
135 feet 10 7-8 inches. New record.
High Jump — Eubanks (Ogle­thorpe),
and East (L. S. U.), tied
for first 5 feet 6 inches. Odell (un­attached),
third.
Broad Jump—Hamm (Tech), first;
Hagnef e (Presbyterian), second;
Odelle (unattached), third. Distance,
22 feet 7 1-2 inches.
Rats Cop Opener
From Shawmutt
Very little has been heard of the
"Rat" baseball team this year, but
they have started off now and have
made their bid for a place in the light
just now. While the big gang was
wrecking Tech, Red had his boys off
to our neighboring state doing battle
with our friends around Shawmutt.
It may be truly said that it was some
what of a family affair though as
one of our men worked against us
for a portion of the game. Lefty
Hughes was on the mound for the
mill team for several innings and did
some nice work while there.
Like the fall conglomeration of
finding out who could play football,
Coach Brown has had quite a time
these last few weeks trying to decide
who could do the best in a baseball
way. He is in a manner better off
this time because he is now acquaint­ed
with the boys personally and
knows something about their makeup.
The success with which he has met
seems encouraging at the present.
Playing their first regular game as
a unit, the team walloped the fast
mill team from Shawmutt Georgia,
3-0, in their own back yard. The
closeness of the game is evidenced
by the close score, and any game that
ends with only three men crossing
the plate is a good one. The team
has gotten away to a good start now
and should do some good work in
"BULLY" HITCHCOCK
The husky athlete shown above is
our slugging third baseman and one
of the men that dealt misery to Tech
hurlers last week at Montgomery.
Bully hit a homer in the opening
game of the series that is said to be
the longest hit ever seen in Cramton
Bowli He scored three runs in as
many trips to the plate and was of
all round assistance in giving Tech
a severe drubbing. Hitchcock was
placed on the mythical All-Southern
team last year and should have little
difficulty in retaining the honor this
spring.
Evans Society Men
Down Websterian
It is getting rather late for basket­ball,
but just now we find ourselves
in the midst of the annual Inter-
Literary Society tournament. The
societies were late getting started
this year, but at last they have got­ten
together and have things going.
In the first game of the series the
Wilsonians defeated the Wirts and
in the second game the Evans defeat­ed
the Websterians, 19-13.
This second game was a thriller
and closely contested from start to
finish. The winner could not be safe­ly
predicted until the closing minute
when the Evans boys began to widen
the lead that had been very small even
to a minus quantity part of the
game. With the end near and the
score differing by apparently a mar­gin
that could be overcome, the Web­sterian
boys began a desperate drive
to put through the winning tally.
However the Evans boys were pre­pared
for just such an attack and
weathered it successfully for a while.
When the rapid grind began telling
on the Websterians, the Evanstons
opened with their counted attack and
soon had them a wider margin to
ride to victory.
Reynalds was the star of the Web­sterian
quintet. He scored 8 of their
thirteen points. Giddens only played
part of the game, but counted for
two points, while Crawley counted
for the other three. To these boys
goes the honor of doing the scoring
but they were aided by Jester, Tid-well,
and Broad. Very little passing
was in evidence due to the lack of
practice of either team. The defen­sive
work of Crawley was outstand­ing
while Jester was in most every
play.
Kuykendall was high point man for
the game though he only beat Rey­nalds
by one point. His total was
nine; Cottier got four points for sec­ond
place with the scorers, while Tay­lor
and Frederick got three each.
('Kayo" failed to register himself,
but was helping the other boys keep
the coming campaign. The actual
lineups and box score for the game
is unavailable, but Coach "Red" used
three batteries in the game. He
must have had fair success with each
of them too. The longest hit regis­tered
was one by our boys and it
went for three bases.
Auburn Pounds
Out Win Over
Tech in Capitol
Cramton Bowl was the scene of
one of Auburn's most impressive vic­tories
in baseball this season when
it was the place of action of the Tech-
Auburn baseball series. The stands
were full of Auburn supporters and
everyone seemed primed for witness­ing
a neat baseball fray. Morey
chose to send "Cush" Wood to the
mound for the villagers while Coach
Clay sent in Conn to do the fling­ing
for the Champs of last spring.
Things rolled in easy fashion for the
first inning but Auburn got in a
holS in the second by allowing the
Yellow Jackets to push over a run
and take the lead. The run came
as a result of Allen's error followed
by a wild throw by Wood and a timely
single by Moreland. Waddy scored
the other run for Tech in the seventh
after he had been given a free pass
to the initial sack. This act was
followed by singles by Yoeman and
Brewer and another run was netted
by Tech. Auburn failed to get start­ed
until the fourth inning but they
certainly opened the big guns when
they did get started. Joe Wallis was
the first man to face Conn in the
fourth and he was also the last to
face him in that inning. The Plains­men
batted around and put across
four tallies to take the lead for the
first time in the game. Morey's
crew added two more runs to their
list in the fifth as a result of "Jelly"
Akin's triple with Allen and Hitch­cock
on the bases. The seventh was
another big frame for the Tigers.
Allen drew a pass and scored a mo­ment
later ahead of Hitchcock who
drove a home run far into left field
for one of the longest drives ever
seen in the bowl. The last two runs
came the following inning when
James, Sankey and Allen got clean
hits.
Fielding honors of the day went
to Wattwood playing first base for
Morey. He had everything a first
sacker needs and played heads-up
ball all through the game. His play
of Owen's grounder in the seventh
was an exhibition of quick thinking
and quick acting.
Hitting" honors were somewhat di­vided.
Hitchcock furnished the spec­tators
with more thrills as a result
of his long homer and also a hefty
double. He also scored three times
in as many times to the plate. San­key
and Allen contributed two blows
each for their afternoon performance.
the ball in their own territory and
making it hard for the Websterians
to get a shot when they did get the
ball near their goal. Taylor proved
to be a very good defensive man too.
The gang did not get their passes
to working until the last few minutes
and it was soon seen then who would
win.
The Evans is now holding the cham­pionship
and will strive hard to hold
it when they meet the Wilsonians in
the final next week. The Wilsonian
won their game by a rather one sid­ed
scrap and are primed to give the
Evans a good fight. This should be
a good game and arouse some interest
among £he societies.
PLAINSMEN CONTINUE MARCH
TO TITLE BY DEFEATING TECH
PAT MOULTON
Pat Moulton has proven himself
one of the mainstays on Morey's
pitching staff this season. He is
an able hurler from every point of
view He has a excellent build for
a moundsman. He has height, wei­ght
and an easy style of delivery.
Pat has one of the fastest balls in
the conference and he mixes it up
with a quick breaking curve, one that
has proven itself baffling to all bats
who have had the misfortune to face
Pat's pitching. His best performan­ce
of the season was the game pitched
against Florida. He breezed through
nine innings allowing the Alligators
only two hits but was forced to ac­cept
defeat as his lot as a result of
the inability of the Tigers to solve
the pitching of the Florida pitcher.
Pat has won games from Georgia and
Tech without apparent difficulty and
bids fair to be placed on the All-Sou­thern
team this spring. Moulton
came to Auburn from Mobile where
he was a star at Springhill. He is
a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity and other social organiza­tions
of the campus.
Morey Grateful
for Help Received
on New Ballhld
Editor, The Plainsman,
Auburn, Ala.
Dear Sir:—
May I, through your columns,
thank the various individuals and de­partments
of the college for their
help in connection with Drake Base­ball
Field.
The Military. Agricultural, and
Engineering departments never re­fused
an S. O. S. The undergraduat­es
loyally rallied to our calls. And
my associate coaches deserve the
greater part of the credit for making
this field possible. They gave un­sparingly
of their time and concen­trated
effort.
I am very proud of our new field,
and am deeply grateful for the coop­eration
which gave us this valuable
addition to our athletic plant.
Thanking you for your courtesy,
I am,
Faithfully yours,
David B. Morey,
Director of Athletics.
Tangents from Sport Circles
With half the conference games on
•the schedule already played and sev­en
out of eight won, Auburn follow­ers
are very optimistic over the chanc­es
of waving the championship bunt­ing
over the Village of the Plains.
We cannot overlook the fact that this
string of victories include a clean
sweep of the University of Georgia
series and also the Georgia Tech se­ries.
These last- two mentioned are
usually among ithe hardest games
for the Tigers.
The games with Illinois should
prove interesting from the stand­point
of seeing just how the south­ern
baseball teams are stacking up
with their northern foes this season.
Auburn certainly has one of the
strongest teams in the conference
and Illinois is a highly touted north­ern
team. Much hair should fly be­fore
either team concedes victory to
the other.
it * # if *
Mississippi A. and M., Florida, and
Alabama seem to be strong contest­ants
for the Southern Conference
championship as well as our own
Bengals. Florida and Alabama both
have tasted the drugs of defeat on
Strategic use of the squeeze play
and the ability to hit in the pinches
boosted Auburn's string of conference
victories up to seven, when the Morey
swatsmiths pounded the Georgia Tech
baseballers for a 7 to 5 win in the
second and final game between the
two teams in Cramton Bowl Saturday
afternoon.
i
The Tech combine put up a more
stubborn scrap than they did in the
opening game, but they could not
withstand the steady shower of Tiger
bingles that began in the second
frame and lasted throughout the
game. Pat Moulton, Tiger hurler,
gave up nine hits to the Georgia crew,
but he tightened in the pinches and
with the timely support of his team­mates,
enjoyed easy sailing. The
Plains tossers garnered a total of 11
hits off Carney, Tech moundsman, head
making a total of 21 hits during the
two games.
As in the opening contest, the
Techsters got away to an early start
and scored once in each of the first
two stanzas. A pair of doubles by
Yoeman and Crowley accounted for
the initial marker. A single by More-land
scored McCash, who had re­ceived
free transportation, for the
second tally. The Auburnites did
not bunch their hits to stage a big
scoring inning, but continued to ham­mer
away with a run or two every
other frame that put them in front
by two scores when the final session
came. Sankey put over the first
Tiger run when he galloped across
the platter on Hitchcock's single.
Things were quiet until the fourth,
when Allen and Akin each received
free trips. Wattwood was struck by
a pitched ball and choked the bases,
with Moulton up. It looked like a
good time to score wasted, but the
Tiger flinger surprised everyone by
slapping out a lengthy single that
drove in two counters. Ellis and E.
James went out to the infield to re­tire
the side, but the damage was
done. "Rough Ed" Allen went on a
little rampage of his own in the fifth
when he poled out a triple and then
stole home to complete the job.
With the count 5 to 3 Auburn in
the eighth, Coach Clay's outfit tied
the score with a brace of runs, when
McCash got his second single to score
Crowley and Waddey. Things look­ed
as though they would take an in­teresting
turn at this point, but the
Bengal sluggers scored two in their
half of the eighth to go into the lead
again. Moulton pulled some classy
baseball strategy at this point, when
he hit a slow infield roller and sac­rificed
Hitchcock in. Wattwood
cinched matters when he scored on
Ellis' single. Tech went down in
short order to end the tilt in the
ninth.
Ebb James, Sankey and Hitchcock
grabbed the major laurels among the
Auburn ash wielders, getting two
bingles each. Allen's triple was the
only extra base clout among the 11
Tiger hits. Wallis and Ellis got the
remaining two singles.
Crowley Hits Two Doubles
Crowley, hefty Tech timber swing­er,
got two doubles to lead the hit­ting
for the afternoon. Yoeman got
a double and a single out of five times
at bat, while McCash came next with
two singles. Moreland, Angley and
Smith each got a single.
"Buck" Ellis' speedy fielding in
the outer gardens featured the play
of the day. He made several beauti­ful
running catches, and covered his
territory by some brilliant work.
Brewer, Tech first sacker, stood out
by his work on the Tech combination.
He snagged several hot liners, rob­bing
Watwood of an easy hit, by leap­ing
up and stabbing one over his
The contest marked Auburn's sev­enth
conference victory, as they have
chalked up two wins over Geoi-gia,
two over Tulane, and one over Flor­ida,
two over Tech and have suffered
their only defeat from the 'Gators
in a 1 to 0 fray.
Box Score
Georgia Tech:
AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Smith, ss 5 0 1 2 2 0
Yoeman, rf 5 1 2 1 0 0
Crowley, 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0
Waddey, cf 3 1 0 2 1 0
McCash, If 2 1 2 1 0 0
Moreland, 2b 3 0 1 4 3 0
Angley, c 4 0 1 4 0 0
Brewer, lb 3 0 0 10 1 0
Chason x 1 0 0 0 0 0
Carney, p 3 0 0 0 4 0
HilJ xx 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 24 11 0
Auburn
AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Ellis, cf 5 0 1 4 10
E. James, c 5 1 2 3 1 0
Wallis, If 3 0 1 0 10
Sankey, ss 4 1 2 4 3 0
Allen 2b 2 2 1 3 5 0
Hitchcock, 3b -_-3 1 2 1 1 0
Akin, rf 3 1 0 1 0 0
Watwood, lb 3 1 0 1 1 0 0
Moulton, p 3 0 2 0 3 1
Totals 31 7 11 27 15 1
x Batted for Brewer in 9th.
xx Batted for Carney in 9th.
The score by innings:
Georgia Tech 119 001 020—5
Auburn 010 210 12x—7
SUMMARY—Two base hits: Yoe­man,
Crowley. Three base hit: Allen.
Sacrifices: Moreland, Wallis, Allen
Moulton. Stolen bases: Allen 2
(stole home.) Left on base: Georgia
Tech: 5; Auburn 6. Double plays:
Waddey to Moreland. Bases on balls:
off Carney 2; off Moulton 3. Struck
out: by Carney 2; by Moulton 3. Hit
by pitcher: by Carney (Watwood.)
Passed ball, Angley, E. James. Um­pire:
Bridges and Johnson. Time,
1:50.
two occasions while A. and M. has
yet to be beaten by a conference
team.
Fob James is getting along as nice­ly
as could be expected. His leg" will
be weak for some time yet to come
but he should be in good shape for
athletics next fall. He is captain of
next season's basketball team and it
would be quite a blow to Auburn to
lose this athlete's services for good.
Wattwood is filling in the place made
vacant by James' accident in excel­lent
style and should improve as'the
season advances.
* # * * *
"Red" Brown seems to have things
under way with the Rats. We hail
with pleasure that his cohorts came
home with the bacon on their first
venture. They defeated the Shawmut
High team.
Auburn has a track team of which
she is certainly proud. Under the di­rect
guidance of Coach Hutsell, the
Auburn harriers rode to victory in
the only dual meet of the season and
made an enviable record in the Tech
! Relays last Saturday. The Plains­man
copped two first places, two sec­ond
places, and five third places. An
idea of the worth of record might
be gained by noting that Alabama
was able to win four third places.
* * * * *
Baseball activities have opened in
most of the leagues and we see many
recent Auburn stars strutting around
in the various leagues. Red Griffin
and Charlie Gibson are with Pensa-cola
in the Southeastern. Pea Greene
is with Selma. The last news from
Dog Face Sheridan was that he held
Rochester team hitless for four in­nings.
STRAW HATS &
PANAMA
ARE NOW ON DISPLAY
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Y. W. C. A. officers for the year
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Hazel Arant, under graduate repre­sentative;
Lucy Parker, secretary;
Rebecca Pate, treasurer.
• * • •
College Y. W. C. A. girls gave a
program during the week of prayer
observed by the Womans Missionary
Union of the Auburn Baptist church.
The program was given during the
usual hour of prayer meeting Wed­nesday
evening.
Women have been admitted to the
"dirt farming" courses at the Nation­al
Farm school at Doylestown, Pa.,
this year. First time that it has
been done. Fifty co-eds will learn
about soils, tractors, ensilage, stock
raising and other fundamentals of
successful agriculture.
CUTTER
U-RE-LITE " ** * I-T-E CIRCUIT BREAKERS
Miss Grace Gardner, alumnus of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
| class of 1926, has been named super-i
visor of the nursery of the North
Congregational church, one of the
largest and most influential churches
in Detroit, Michigan, according to in­formation
received by Miss Agnes
Ellen Harris, dean of women at Au­burn.
Miss Gardner received high honors
here during her undergraduate work
at Auburn and is now working un­der
a fellowship at the Merrill-Pal­mer
Nursery School in Detroit, Mich­igan.
try interests, it is difficult to deter-1
mine upon a particular week that will
be uniformly suitable for the entire!
country, says the State Commission j
of Forestry. While the week desig-nated
by the Governor at the request |
of the President is somewhat late in
the season for Alabama, nevertheless
it is believed that much benefit will I
i
result to the State through the citi­zens
giving common thought to the
ways and means of restoring, devel­oping
and making proper use of the
forests and woodlands of the com-j
monwealth.
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EVANS SOCIETY
The Evans Literary Society held
its regular meeting last Monday
night at eight o'clock in the regular
room. There were several members
absent, but nevertheless a very inter­esting
and enjoyable program was
rendered. Before the program was
held a short business session. The
social committee reported that a hike
was being planned for the near fu­ture
and asked the members to pre­pare
for this and help make it a suc­cess
as the others that have beep stag­ed
by the society in the past- The
society tries to stage a social or hike
each semester and time is getting
short now as commencement is draw­ing
near and there will be many oth­er
functions that will conflict later.
The program was opened by Miss
1 Hulse. She gave a very interesting
j and instructive talk on Ottawa, Cana­da.
This is one of Canada's import-
I ant cities and owes it prosperity to
i the lumber and timber business, as
I it is situated in the heart of Cana-
1 da's foi'ests. Miss Hulse is one of
I our younger members and we are
I more than pleased with her first con-
| tribution to our programs . Corbet
1 Bishop talked on the relation of the
past to the present as it is divulged
by the study of rocks and other geol­ogical
formations. Croft gave a
sketch of the ilfe of former Gover­nor
H. L. Whitfield of Mississippi.
Whitfield was an obscure figure in
the politics of his state until he was
elected governor. He soon became
the guiding light of his people and
state. This was due to the true
gentleman and christian leader that
he was. Hallman discussed Student
Laws and Self Government. One of
the purposes of this is the building
of character nad morals and learning
by doing. Blocker ended the pro­gram
with "Rastus and his mule."
This was very comical and added
variety to the program.
The society is deeply indebted to C.
Kelso for "Glimpses of Salt Lake
City:"
Everybody thoroughly enjoyed
"Who's Afraid," a reading by Miss
Grace Pinnel, which she also pre­sented
on the Wirt's radio program
March 29.
WIRT SOCIETY
The Wirt Literary Society met at
Wirt Hall for the regular meeting at
seven o'clock Tuesday evening. Of­ficers
for the last half-semester were
installed and the following program
given:
A. V. Culpepper gave a very in­structive
talk on "Dogs, Man's Most
Valuable Animal Friend."
R. E. Smith, Jr., discussed "Where
the Next War Will Begin."
L. J. Maxwell told "How We Shall
Loose the Next War."
Forestry Week Set
Aside By Governor
American Forest Week has been
set aside by the President of the
United States and. by the Governor
of Alabama. The week designated
is from April 24 to April 30, inclu­sive.
The proclamation of Governor
Graves is as follows:
"WHEREAS, the President of the
United States has designated the week
beginning April 24 and ending April
30 as American Forest Week and
recommended that during that week
the thought of all citizens be directed
to the matter of preventing forest
fires and to the measures necessary
to the preservation and wise use of
our forests; and
"WHEREAS, the President has
further recommended that the Gover­nors
of the several States do like­wise
designate this week for special
observance; and
"WHEREAS, the State of Ala­bama
is particularly interested in the
development, perpetuation and prop­er
use of the forests and woodlands
which comprise a very large propor­tion
of the area of the State and are
the foundation of numerous indus­tries
of vast importance to our wel­fare;
and
"WHEREAS, the forests of our
commonwealth, in addition to their
fundamental economic significance
and importance contribute numerous
incidental benefits to the well-being
of .our people through watershed pro­tection,
maintenance of soil fertility,
recreational facilities, the tempering
of climatic influences, and in numer­ous
other ways;
"THEREFORE, I, Bibb Graves,
Governor of the State of Alabama,
do designate and set apart the week
beginning April 24 and ending April
30, in this year of 1927, as American
Forest Week, and urge upon all pub­lic
officials, civic and business organ­izations,
forest* land owners, editors,
educators and all patriotic associa­tions
and citizens generally to unite
in the common task of development
and proper use of our forests."
With regard to the nation's fores-
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PAGE SIX
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MONDAY
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"TAXI, TAXI"
George Weston's big story from Saturday Evening Post.
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The Great American Character Drama
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DR. PETRIE LOOKS BACK ON
ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR
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(Continued from page 1)
slowly. As he read, his face changed
its expression. First it showed sur­prise,
then incredulity, finally ster-ness.
'This,' said he, as his lips
tightened, 'this means war.'
The War Message
'So thought many others. But how
would war come, and when?
"On April 2 President Wilson read
his famous message to congress. All
were eager to hear it, for no one knew
just what he would say.
"No one who was there will ever
forget the scene. Senators, repre­sentatives,
justices of the supreme
court, ambassadors, cabinet members,
occupied every seat. Many were glad
to get a place to stand. The galler­ies
were crowded with distinguished
visitors.
"Down came Speaker Clark's grav-el,
then followed the brief announce­ment:
'The president of the United
States.' Qouckly the president came
forward to the desk, leaned his arm
lightly on in- holding his manuscript
in his hand. Even so it trembled.
Well it might, for he held in the bal­ance
the lives and the destiny of his
people.
"The silence was intense as he re­counted
in his masterly way the
wrongs that Germany had committed.
Eagerly all waited to hear what he
would urge congress to do. Would
there be 'watchful waiting,' or some
new form of armed neutrality?
"Then came the now famous sen­tence
: 'There is one choice we can
not make; we will not chose the path
of submission,' He got no further for
some minutes. Chief Justice White,
half rising from his seat brought his
hands together with a resounding
stroke of heartfelt approval that
started an outburst over the whole
house. It was the voice of the na-
(Continued from page 1)
Bank. This was a particularly valu­able
laboratory exercise for the stu­dents
in Economics. The Birming­ham
News plant was another inter­esting
establishment, as was Pizitz
Department Store, where Supt. Finc-kel
explained the organization, man-
AUBURN TEAM WILL DE­BATE
WITH MERCER
(Continued from page 1)
the small end. It is hoped that the
team this year will be able to break
the jinx. According to the law of
averages, Auburn should win this de­bate,
since she lost the last two.
The question that our representa­tives
will argue is, resolved: That
foreign governments should relin­quish
all governmental control in
China. This question is a world issue
today, and we are interested to know
the decision of the judges. Auburn
is upholding the negative side of the
question. «
The two men representing Auburn
are J. E. Walsh and Coke Matthews.
Walsh is a freshman taking Civil
Engineering. His home is in Annis-ton.
He will be remembered as one
of the speakers in the recent inter-society
oratorical contest, when he
made his bow to the student body.
Matthews is a sophomore and spends
his time pursuing General Business.
His home is in Birmingham. He is
a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fra­ternity,
Phi Delta Gamma,, and secre­tary
of his class. He also participat­ed
in the debate against Mercer last
year.
We are glad to note that there is a
freshman on this team, and urge all
men and freshmen especially to parti­cipate
in some college activity.
LESLIE SPINKS AGAIN
ELECTED HEAD "A" CLUB
tion, spontaneous, deep, solemn.
Looking Backward
"Ten years have passed. As we look
back quitely now on that and the oth­er
stirring scenes that followed so
rapidly, how do we feel about ifall?
Can any one say that we acted rash­ly?
Could we have kept out of the
war? Surely not, if we loved liberty
and valued our own self respect.
"It was a terrible war. Heaven
forbid that we shall ever have anoth­er
like it! But if we are to avoid
that fate, we must find a just and
manly way to settle international
differences. A mere sentimental out­cry
against war gets no where."
agement and the personnel from the
seventh floor to the basement.
Wednesday was spent with the
Engineering Seniors at the Fairfield
and Ensley steel plants, and at Moore
Handley's. On Thursday they visit­ed
the City Water Works, Acipco, the
Cement Plant and other places. While
on Friday interesting talks and ob­servations
were received at the Ala­bama
National Life Insurance Co.,
Alabama Power Co., and Ward &
Sterne Investment Co. Arrangements
for visits to the latter places were
made by E. C. Leach, an Auburn
graduate, now an agent for Ward
& Sterne, with headquarters in Mont­gomery.
Incidentally, some of the boys at­tended
the Auburn banquet at the
Tutwiler Hotel Thursday night. And
on Friday night Dr. J. B. Clark made
a talk to the Alabama department of
Colleges of the A. E. A. on the sub­ject,
"Opportunities for Social Sci­ence
Research in Alabama."
AUBURN CIVIC CLUBS INAUGU­RATE
HEALTH CLINIC
ROBERTSON'S QUICK LUNCH
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
'She ©est that can be bought^-served
as well as can be served ,
15 Commerce St. Montgomery, Ala.
(Continued from page 1)
sports, football, basketball, baseball,
and track.
One of the most outstanding ac­complishments
of the "A" club is the
installation of an "A" club room up
town where former athletes and alum­ni
make headquarters when iniAu-,
burn. Their headquarters will be
located over the First National Bank.
The "A" club in addition to their
athletic features has become one of
the leading social organizations on
the campus. For the past three or
four years this organization has been
instrumental in staging some of Au­burn's
leading social events.
Auburn Boys
Are Always Welcome
At The
Post Office Cafe
105 Twelfth Street
Columbus, Georgia
TRULY AMERICAN
The first health clinic in the South
for the examination of cooks, nurses
and handlers of food was inaugu­rated
this week by the civic leaders
of both white and colored races co­operating
with the county and state
health officers.
In the past three days 567 per­sons,
the majority of the number
being negro cooks and nurses, have
been given free physical examina­tions.
The examination of approxi­mately
400 negro school children
will follow immediately.
This movement was started sever­al
weeks ago by local civic leaders,
who wish to place Auburn in the very
He dared all for Revenge!
He sacrificed all for Love!
Pulses Beat! Hearts Throb!
Senses Reel! Nerves Tingle!
with the gypsy bandit and his beautiful captive
in their fight for their love right.
front ranks of American cities in
the eradication of contagious dis­eases
among both white and colored
I races. Under the direction of a spe­cial
committee consisting of Prof.
C. L. Hare, Dr. R. S. Suggs and Ho­mer
Wright this health program was
planned and executed. The various
civic clubs which include The Villag­ers,
Lions, Chamber of Commerce,
and The Auburn Womans Federated
Club, deserve their share of the cred­it
for this great step in Auburn's
progressiveness.
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worthy of the name and not
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Openings for managers. The
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TOM WALKER
Dept. 92 - Pittsburgh, Pa.
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