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VOL. XXVII. AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUES DAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1923. No. 11
TIGERS BOW TO
CENTRE COLONELS
Fifteen Thousand Fans
Witness Annual
Straggle
Covington, Rabenstein and
Lemon Spelled Defeat
For Plainsman
With three men starring as the
center of attraction and eight oth­ers
that might be called the chor­us
of the show, the Centre Colo­nels
reaped a lusty morsel of re­venge
in the Magic City on Nov­ember
17th and avenged the Tig­ers
for their victory of the pre­vious
year.
It being the seventeenth of the
month the Kentuckians settled on
that number and made it a seven-
-I?*5d to nothing...$core.
It was a flash of the Americian,
Covington, a, splash of the Hebrew,
Rabenstein, and a .dash of Lemon
mixed in that upset the hard fight-
DR. SMITH SPEAKS
AT CONVOCATION
Chooses Unique Subject
"Gumption"
At Convocation, Thursday, Dr.
W. T. Smith, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Opelika, ad­dressed
the upper classmen on the
unique subject, "Gumption." Hav­ing
been introduced by President
Dowell, the speaker began by an
explanation of the significance of
the word and how he came to sel­ect
it as a topic for an address.
"Gumption," stated Dr. Smith,
"is that which makes a man dis­satisfied
with the mediocre, and
causes him to establish higher
aims for himself." The speaker
showed clearly how a man who
has .this quality is in every way
a real man because it enables him
to be a constructive force among
his fellowman. He said that every
discovery, invention, and improve­ment
that has gone to make the
inn Titters in one of the best
of fooUHOl that BirmU* ^ « » - better place to Uve in
games
ham has'seen Mr'auoy ye«rt
This combination seemed to be
a hard one to fathom but the three
mentioned were not alone in their
efforts as the other eight yellow-jersied
colonels were very much
in evidence during every moment
of the game
They opened up great holes for
the backs to tread through and on
Ihe defensive presented a barrier
that was too much for the Tigers
to penetrate.
- Messers. Ghinn, Lynch and Cap­tain
Knbale displayed a brand of
football that makes Centre the fear­ed
rival that she has been in Sou­thern
football for the past few
years.
t Auburn was outweighed several
pounds per man and the lack of
experience also was a handicap
- tho every man fought to the last
to prevent another loss being
chalked up against them but the
odds were too great. The work
of Lawrence and Captain Reagan
in the line was on par with any
seen this year, while Pruitt and
OUinger worked like Trojans de­fending
the flanks. These two wing-men
spilled enough interference
to stop an ordinary team but Cen­tre
had enough of this article to
carry them for a season, in this
one game. Great work by the sec­ondary
defense kept down the
score and the showing of Peterson
and Williams in this sector was
all that could be asked. Centre's
off tackle smashes were the hard­est
driving attacks that the team
has gone against this year, accord­ing
to the gallant warriors who at­tempted
to stop them.
Feny Crane, smarting his first
game at halfback, was the biggest
offensive threat the Plainsmen
bad to offfer against the Dan­ville
aggregation. The little half
can be attributed *p men- of
"gumption." ,».
Dr. Smith expressed the great
need today for real men, men of
"gumption," upon whom all the
hope of future progress depended.
"With all thy getting get "gump­tion,'
" said the speaker in conclu­sion,
"because the world will al­ways
hold a place for the man
who has it."
The speech was flavored from
beginning to end with amusing an­ecdotes,
illustrative of points
which the speaker desired to bring
out. And as he concluded, Dr.
Smith was accorded a great burst
of applause both for the good
quality of his address and the ex­cellent
manner in which it was
delivered.
SCARABS HONOR
SOCIETY ANNOUNCES
NEW MEMBERS
ham; A. F. Kelley, Midway, F. J.
made s e v e r a l * the longest gains J A l m g r e i l f Birmingham; R. E. Lam-of
the game and upon one oc
casion batted down a pass just be-
\ fore it flew into the waiting arms
lot Lemon who was over Auburn's
jttonl line at the time. Fox Howe
. Vas deprived of the honor of
Mooring a touchdown by the irony
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It is the custom of the Scarab
Senior Honor Society to elect ten
members annually. Five of this
number are chosen by the retiring
Senior class at each Commence­ment
from the Junior class, and in
the fall another election of five men
is held by the five members select-ad
in the spring. The reason for this
policy of choosing members is that
the first five men should know
iheir class better than the retiring
membership, and perhaps this
knowledge enables them to perfect
a stronger and better working or­ganization.
The Scarabs of the spring elec­tion
are: J. E. Wiatt, Auburn; R.
G. Brice, Charlotte, N. C.; H. L.
Mellon, Livingston; I). W. Griffin,
Birmingham; and G. A. Orum,
Midway; while those of the fall
election are F. K. Hanlin, Birming-bert,
Jr, Darlington; and J. K.
Moseley, Pensacola, Fla.
The object of this organization
is outlined in this portion of the
preamble, viz.: "The Scarabs Sen­ior
Honor Society has for its pur­pose
the furtherance of the inter-
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CAPTAIN "RIP" REAGAN, brilliant Tiger leader who will play his
» last game for Auburn Thursday.
DR. BRUCE SPEAKS TO FRESHMEN
Dr. Homer S. Bruce of Opelika,
a student at Auburn more than for­ty
years ago, was the chief speak­er
at freshman convocation exer­cises
in Langdon Hall. He was
introduced by- President Spright
Dowell.
Dr. Bruce, one of the oldest liv­ing
graduates of Auburn, dealt in
reminiscences to the delight of
more than five hundred freshmen.
He said the only man at Auburn
today who was here when he was
a student was Dr. Drake, college
surgeon, who is rounding out fif­ty-
two years of service. Practic­ally
all the present buildings have
been constructed since Dr. Bruce
was here.
The speaker used a tripod as an
illustration in urging the young
men to make the best of their op­portunities,
the three points being
knowledge, skill and character.
He said the .German people before
the late World^ War had the first
two, knowledge and skill, but
through lack of character, brought
on the .most terrible war in the
history of the world. He-empha­sized
that each one of the three
must be present in the "life of the
individual as well as in the life
of a nation.
CAPTAIN JOHN McINTYRE, leader o f t h e Jackets, who will finish
his ^idiron career at Grant l'j^ (fckey Day.
TIGERS AND JACKETS
PREPARE FOR CLASH
; \
AOBORN LEADS IN
VICTORIES WON
Recent Years Have Found
Jackets Gaining
When Captain Reagan shakes
hands with Captain Mclntyre and
the referee sounds the significant
blast-of the whistle next Thursday,
it will be the twenty-fifth meeting
of the Tigers and the Golden Tor­nado.
In only seven of the thirty
one seasons elapsing since the first
meeting in 1892 have the two
teams failed to meet. Some twenty
five thousand fans will bedeck the
stands of Grant Field for the Tur­key
Day classic, which has become
the greatest drawing card in the
South as well as one of the most
colorful games in the country.
In the total number of wins Au­burn
leads by a wide margin, hav­ing
won' seventeen to seven for the
Jackets. An interesting feature of
the meeting of the two rivals is the
fact that in all the games played
there has never a tie game resulted.
Despite the grea. rivalry tht scores
have not been as close as with
Georgia and other opponents of the
Plainsmen. The variation here
runs from a 96 to 0 win by Auburn
back in 1893 to a 7 to 0 victory
by Tech in 1915. Tech's most over­whelming
victory came in the days
of Joe Guyon and Everett Strap­per
when they piled up a 68 to 7
score in 1917. In only one game
during the long period, has a vic­tory
been recorded by a lone
touchdown, which is quite a con­trast
with the Tiger-Bulldog record
for the past ten years, which
shows less than seven points per
game.
Another unusual feature is that
the winning of these two teams
has been in streaks. The Tigers
copped the first eight games play­ed
and after dropping one to the
Jackets in 1906, came back for
eight more wins before biting the
dust again in 1915. Tired of being
the under dog so consistently the
Tornado awoke and for the past
few seasons has reaped a big har­vest
of revenge. Of the'last seven
games played, the Tigers have only
emerged winner upon one occa­sion,
this being in 1919 during the
days of Pete Bonner, Coach War­ren
and. Herman Trapp, all of
whom played an important roleHn
grabbing off a brilliant victory,
despite the early predictions of Old
Man Dope who frowned upon the
idea until the memorable day was
almost done.
Records of previous games:
1892, Auburn 26, Georgia Tech
1891, Auburn 96. Georgia Tech
1896, Auburn 40, Georgia Tech
1898, Auburn 29, Georgia Tech
1899, Auburn 63, Georgia Tech
1902, Auburn'18, Georgia Tech
1903, Auburn 10, Georgia Tech
1904, Auburn 12, Georgia Tech
1906, Auburn 0, Georgia
1907, Auburn 12^G.66fgia Tech
1908, Aubuj^CGcorgia Tech
1909^-ftuburn 8, Georgia Tech
Record Crowd Will See
Dixie's Classic In At­lanta
Thursday
Golden Tornado Doped As W
Favorite By Many
Sport Writers
While Coaches Pitts, Wilson and
Cole, have been busy grooming
the Tigers oh Drake Field for the
past ten days, Coach Alexander
and his corps of lieutenants have
been just as busily engaged prim-ng
with all the available wrecking
power. For each it will be the
battle of the season as the record
jf each team depends upon the
outcome of this annual Thanksgiv-
.ng Classic. For. the past few years
this game has been considered as
in important one from a southern
championship standpoint. While
both teams possess much strength
and have shown more power than
was expected of them at the begin­ning
of the season, their records
do not place them up around the_
lop of tlie S. I. C. heap, therefore
the loss of the final clash will be
sorely felt by the team that meets
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1910, Auburn 16, Georgia Tech
1911, Auburn 11, Georgia Tech
1912, Auburn 27, Georgia Tech
1913, Auburn 20, Georgia Tech
1914, Auburn 14, .Georgia Tech
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As there has been no tie t>
between these rivals in twenty-four
meetings it seems that there is lit­tle
"chance of a deadlock' resulting.
The Jackets have been in three
drawn games with her S. I. C. ri­vals
this season and the Tigers have
two of the same scores resting up­on
their record sheet. That both
teams will give their best to cop
this affair every one knows, as the
success of the whole season is
hinged upon the outcome.
An advance seat sale of 26,000
goes to show how the football lov­ing
public feel about the game,
this being the largest number that
ever assembled for a game below
the Mason and Dixon Line. Truly
Tech Flats will be the scene of her
greatest crowd and perhaps her
hardest fought battle.
Both teams have suffered from
injuries to quite an extent during
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BROADCASTING STATION
TO BEGIN
REGULAR PROGRAMS
The Birmingham News Broad­casting
Station, WMAV, has not
been operated this year except to
broadcast some of Auburn's foot­ball
games, but will begin about
December 1st to broadcast regular
programs three times a week.
Last year the station operated
on only one third of its rated pow-
*>r, yet hundreds of complimentary
cards and letters were received
from listeners all over the United
States and in Canada. This year
more power will be usad on Jhft
improved^seiJl.«ifflrf|^)erated Qn f u ll
powj*pl t WJU jje t h e m o s t p o w e r.
ful broadcasting station in the
south.
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1915, Auburn
1916, Auburn
1917, Auburn
1919, Auburn
1920, Auburn
1921, Auburn
1922, Auburn
0, Georgia Tech 7.
7, Georgia Tech 33
7, Georgia Tech 68.
14, Georgia Tech 7.
0, Georgia Tech 34.
0, Georgia Tech 14.
6, Georgia Tech 14.
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Due to the Thanksgiving
Holiday, making it impractic­able
to publish the Plainsman
for Friday following Thanks­giving,
it was decided to delay
this issue until Tuesday.
HAS SOMEBODY BLUN­DERED
I
When the Auburn team and sup­porters
left Rick-wood Field on the
afternoon of November 17th, there
was nothing but praise spoken for
the Centre team and its good
sportsmanship and on every hand
was heard expressed the hope that
these two teams would meet again
in 1924. The Tiger machine had
been through one of its hardest
and most important games of the
season and while taking the de­feat
as good sportsmen do they ex­pressed
themselves individually
and collectively in favor of a 1924
game with the Colonel^.
From the information that can
be gotten at the present time it
eems that the desire of the play-ersf"
the students, and of all Au­burn
supporters is to be disre­garded
as Centre has been left off
Auburn's schedule for next year.
True that they were offered a date
in "October but it is hardly expect­ed
that a team of Centre's caliber
would accept an early season date
when the team is not prepared to
meet an opponent in a hard game,
nor can they be expected to ac­cept
the October crowds that at­tend
football games.
Birmingham no doubt wanted to
see these two teams meet again in
that city next year and have a
right to expect that their wishes be
met if possible because the Bir­mingham
people have certainly
supported Auburn in all things.
Birmingham has the right to ex­pect
Auburn to schedule a major
November game in that city but
in the coming year they will not
see this happen. Instead of Cen­tre
the Tiger will meet Vandy in
Birmingham in 1925 and while it
is readily admitted that Vandy is a
worthy opponent for any Auburn
team, to quote from a Nashville
paper: "There would have been
little benefit in having Auburn on
the grid schedule this fall. Auburn
is sinking. She had a hard time
weathering the Howard game."
Now if the Nashville papers feel
and express themselves this way
what support will an Auburn-
Vandy game get in Nashville? Bir­mingham
has turned out a crowd
of from 12,000 to 16,000 people to
each of the three games with Cen­tre
and while the crowd and fi-s
&re not the first motive of
I
ur
football, stiir^ftsrf-^would seem to
be" one point to be consld^SFfd in
scheduling games. Popularity witi
the public is one of the main things
that makes football the leading
sport before the American people.
There is no desire to imply that
the Vandy team or student body
feels a$ the writer quoted above
expresses himself, but >J*$$en the
papers speak in w Hft# ft is cer
tain to affect the attitude toward
the game.
Now to sum it up, the desire of
the Auburn team has been disre­garded;
the desire of the Auburn
student body has been taken for
naught; Birmingham's claim or
right to a major game in that city
has not been considered; and the
financial side of the game has not
come up for any notice. The good
will of Auburn supporters is an
absolute essential to the success of
a football season. The season may
be a decided success insofar as fi­nances
and games won go, but the
main idea in arranging a -college
football schedule is to arrange
such a schedule that after it is
completed the team and support­ers
are satisfied. The team will,
at all times, be giving its best for
the college. The supporters will
at all times be behind the team,
but it is an undisputed fact that
the desires and wishes of those
most concerned should be given-some
consideration.
WHY WE HOWL
A spirit of universal disapprov­al
on the part of the student body
of Auburn over the lack of a "re­served"
section of seats at the stag­ing
of the Georgia, Tulane and
Centre football games, played in
Columbus, Montgomery, and Bir­mingham,
respectively, has been
expressed to representatives of The
Plainsman.
The student body feels in the
first place'that they have not been
given a square deal, for at every
football game at which they have
been present in any large number
during the past two months they
have found! that the section- of
seats that was sapposed to be set
aside for their exclusive use has
been usurped by the public at
large-.a public knowing practic­ally
nothing of how football is
played and absolutely lacking in
what is« called the Auburn spirit.
At the game between Auburn
and Centre in Birmingham Satur­day,
November 17, the reserved
stand for the Auburn student body
on the East side of the field at
Rickwood Park between the 40-
yard lines was filled, not with an
enthusiastic body of loyal students
and alumni, but by the great mass
of citizens who interfered with any
organized cheering, thereby abso­lutely
destroying the spirit of stu­dent
body as far as it helped the
morale of the team. Where were
the students? They-stood in the
great majority inside the fence at­tempting
to see over the heads of
those in front.-thereby losing sight
of a football game that they had
come 150 miles^to see and wliich
played largely for their bene­f
i t .^
FootbalPgalSfigare not played
solely for the edm&Stipn of the
public-.which would view*^*KJth
equal alacrity the running of
horse race or a match between
two Southern League baseball
teams, .but for the student bodies
of the two teams represented on
the gridiron.
The almost total lack of organ­ized
cheering in .the "reserved"
section of the left-hand bleachers
aroused considerable comment
from citizens of Birmingham who
have every reason to know and
respect that spirit. One man even
in the press box was heard to say,
"What's the matter with the Au­burn
student body? They're not
doing any rooting!"
How could a student body do
any rooting for their team when
they were scattered all over the
bleachers and standing on the
ground with outsiders sitting in
their seats witnessing a game in
which they had but the slightest
interest, beyond the passing of a
Saturday afternoon at a "ball
game?"
That they have been imposed
upon has been slowly driven home
to the good-natured student body
and they are almost unanimous' in
condemning the slovenly way in
which the park officials in some
of the cities in which the Auburn
team has played this season have
neglected the local student body in
favor of the outside public. That
the college authorities are- not to
blame is brought out' in a letter
sent by Roy Dimmitt, director of
student activities, to W. A. West,
manager of Rickwood Park, " Bir­mingham
in which he contracted
for a student reserved section on
the left side of the playing field
with the band in the'center.
Excerpts from the letter follow:
"You will recall we requested
that the Auburn student section be
partitioned or roped off to keep
others out. I hope that this has
been done and that ample ushers
will be assigried to keep outsiders
from taking students' places. The
ushers will be instructed to in­quire
of everyone who comes in
whether or not he is a student.
"In addition to roping off a stu­dent
section on either side cf the
50 yard line, we should like a
smaller portion inside of the larg­er
one roped off for the band. The
band consists of 44 members and
the director wishes this section
eight seats high and six seats wide.
"As we have sold 1,220 student
tickets, the section should be made
amply large. This is accompanied
with a diagramed sketch."
The student body of Auburn
feels that since it is their college,
their football, team and their in­terests
which are being jeopardiz­ed,
and accounting is request­ed.
If, as is believed, the officials
of Rickwood Park are to blame in
not providing guards to keep out­siders
out of the Auburn student
section during the course of • a,
game on that field, the student
body should exert its influence in
preventing Birmingham from se­curing
an Auburn^Centre "contest
in the future. The impression made
upon the students at seeing their
"reserved" seats taken up by
"good" citizens can not but mould
their opinion of the quality of Bir­mingham
hospitality as a whole.
THE WILL TO CONQUER
What one can do, if the Will .to
do is there is exemplified by one
whose name was a name to con­jure
with in the field of visionary
and applied chemistry and elec­tricity.
This man was Charles
Proteus Steinmetz, who died re­cently
at Schenectady, N. Y.
Steinmetz started off his career
in this country as a poor immi­grant,
but ended his life as chief
consulting engineer and head x of-the
Consulting Engineering de­partment
{organized by him) of
the General Electric Company.
- The man was not gifted with su­perb
physical health, but was a
hunch-backed, crippled dwarf with
a prodigious brain and above all
a WILL to accomplish results. As
oof of this hp begun his career
in thisTH^untry as a draftsman in
the ractory^J*»«-Osterneld and
Eickcmeyer, (the latTeT^bcJAg an
=-"16
inventor and pioneer in the field
of electrical research in America)
at $2 a day and worked up to the
enviable position that he occupied
at his death.
Steinmetz, besides being inter­ested
in electrical research is one
of America's most typical examples
of the close relation between mod­ern
science and modern industry.
He was an exponent of both pure
science and applied science. As
an* example of the former he in­vented
the lightning generator, in
which he effectively imitated
lightning, by making an electric
wave act in his laboratory as or­dinary
lightning would in a play
of the elements during a storm. He
produced an "indoor thunder­storm"
by hurling a bolt of arti­ficial
lightning with_the energy of
1,000,000 horse-power, and secured
the shattering effect of real light­ning.
Besides this wonderful feat, he
was interested in the electric mo­tor
as a means' of transportation,
perfecting a year before-his death
an electric.automobile that would
run 200 miles without having its
batteries recharged, capable of
making a speed 6£ from 15 to 40
miles an hour, weighing-only 2,000
pounds and to sell for §1,000 or
less.
Besides these achievements, says
the New York American, he pro­duced
a formula-for producing
energy as a by-product of heat; a
process by which smoke could be
eliminated, a plan by which Ni­agara
FaUs could be harnessed to
provide power for every use in
New York State; perfection of a
theory proving that microbes could
be cultivated to provide food for
the world; the mercury lamp, the
meridian incandescent lamp, and
various appliances for elevator mo­tors;
the plan for the transmission
of light and power great distances;
control of transmission. He also
wrote text-books that are author­ized
for study in almost every elec­trical
school in the world.
Yet this man was a poor hunch­back
without enough money in his
pocket when Tie landed in the
states to buy him a "square" meal
at a cheap restaurant. It was his
indomitable will that won out ih
the end. He did not amass wealth
for his own benefit, but contented
himself with only what he needed.
He had an understanding with his
employers up to the time of his
death that he was to be paid no
regular salary but that at any time
he needed money he could have it.
All the money that he drew in this
way that did not go to provide him
with the necessities of life went
into the development of his re­search
laboratory at Schenectady.
As the Cornell Sun says:
"His life is a shining^example
of a quiet, straight and unswerving
path amidst the turmoil of conflict­ing
passions, avarice, extrava­gance,
cure-alls, pseudo-science,
pseudo-patriotism, pseudo-life it­self."
In other words he lived
life aiTlife is supposed to be lived
--he was' interested in his work
for betterment of humanity in gen-'
eral, and it was his will that ac­complished
his aims.
R. J. Cooper, graduate in Elec­trical
Engineering at Auburn, class
of '22, and a visitor here, has re­turned
to East Pittsburg, Pa.,
where he is engaged in some im-
'ortant and far-reaching testing
work on transformers of large
capacity and high voltage. Mr.
Cooper announced at Auburn that
the Westinghouse Company a short
time ago claimed the largest order
for distribution transformers
which has ever been awarded. A
series of four transformers will
generate one million volts. Mr.
Cooper is engaged in making these
tests. He visited his parents in
Auburn and was in conference
wrth prof. A. St. C. Dunstan, head
of the Electrical Engineering De­partment.
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THE PLAINSMAN
Trash Can
There must be something to the
stuff because we heard an inebri­ate
at the Centre game refer to
Covington's free kick as "the kick
that shook Wall Street."
In reference to that same game
we are reminded of the spacious
seating arrangement thereof. Of
course there was an Auburn sec­tion.
But the Auburn students
were scattered over that section
like poppies in Flanders1' fields.
Now you could not expect the
poppies to grow up and be opium,
pipes if you had the prize corn
field of Jefferson County planted
in the same pasture with them.
You might just as well try to keep
the average Auburn undergraduate
from making use of that same corn
in some manner or other. Those
of us who did not park along the
side-lines and try to view the
game through rifts in the line of
stylish headgear for men, did our
best to dispose about a foot of
standard double-apron barbed wire
entanglement comfortably beneath
the bosom of our pants. Now if
you!have ever occupied such a po­sition
you may see the point. But
if you are accustomed to viewing
the games from a revolving office
chair, you might as well go on and
make another revolution. Be care­ful,
however, that you do not start
one.
because of a cliff which happens
to be located close to the left
flank. Now consider for a moment
such a situation. If, at the com­mand
"Squads right" several men
turned sharply to the left and pro­ceeded
leisurely over the cliff,
wouldn't you consider it justifi­able
to urge them back to the right
with your saber? Or say a paddle,
for instance? What's the odds?
Not having so very much to bull
about this week we submit the
-following "Ode to the Starlit
Moon," which we composed in a
fit of meanness some time past.
Notice the carefully stepped meter.
' Get Tech, Get Tech, Get Tech, Get
Tech,
Get Tech, Get Tech, Get Tech,
Get Tech, Get Tech, Get Tech, Get
Tech,
Get Tech, Get Tech, Get Telh.
Rural Variation.
-~~eet-Tec1i, By Heck, By Heck, Get
Tech,
Get Tech, Oh Heck, Get Tech,
There are two gallons in a peck
Of Corn, Get Tech, Get Tech!
WHAT
Personally, to use Ihe current
expression, we can't quite pro­nounce
the Freshman rules a suc­cess.
Gonsider, for instance, what
they have done to our Main En­trance.
The atrocity performed
thereon was the natural, and, we
must admit, quaintly humorous re­action
of an oppressed sect. We
can't deny the humor, especially
since we, the framers of the rules,
considered them such a huge joke
on the tribe of Frosh. Apparently
the rules are a failure, to put
it bluntly. Other colleges have
made a success of them so
they say. Of course that de­pends
on what other colleges mean
by a success. Napoleon once said,
"Squads right." That, however, is
hardly the reason that every shave­tail
in our glorious army says it.
They might say it, for instance,
Tempora and Morons haven't
changed so much. We read just re­cently
of how Zeus invited some
young lady to Olyinpus to see the
game and fed. her on Ambrosia
and Nectar.
Golfers need not be surprised if
after December fourth they find
that they get off most of their
drives into a white nightie.
AFTER MR. BILL VANCE
Chapter 1
Hart
Chapter 2
Schaffner
Chapter 3
Marx.
Critics are trying to decide
decide whether the painting call­ed
"Man Catching Air" is a real
Rembrandt- or not. Chronologists
maintain that air did not exist in
the time of Rembrandt. J. Minus
Bakboan, the noted futurist, claims
that the men who lived at the time
were too heavily built to have
caught it if it had existed. Ap­parently
he has never studied the
portrait "Mrs. Rembrandt" after
Rembrandt.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Larva
Anopheles
Stegoymia
CHEMICAL FRATERNITY
ANNOUNCES 1923 PLEDGES
Announcement of the pledges to
Gamma Sigma Epsilon, natiorfal
honorary fraternity of the Alaba­ma
Polytechnic Institute, for 1923
was made by C. R. Saunders, sec­retary
of the organization, last
week. The new members were
voted on at the first fall meeting
of^the organization last week, the
secretary stated.
Gamma Sigma Epsilon has been
located on the campus since the
spring of 1923, having been found­ed
some five years ago at David­son
(N. C.) College. The purpose
of the organization is the promo­tion
of an active interest in things
of a chemical nature in the great
proportion of Southern colleges
up to this time without an organi­zation
of this type.
With this fraternity as a goal
for their ambitions, undergradu­ates
taking chemistry courses here
at Auburn, have set" their eyes on
Gamma Sigma Epsilon.
Recent pledges to the chemical
brotherhood were: E. S. Kilgore,
A. F. Harman, W. F. Powell and
Frank Dorrill, juniors, and G. M.
Keller, senior.
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Get R e a d y to "Get Tech
Thanksgiving Day '£,
Here's Our Line-up
Clothes and Overcoats, Schoble Hats,
Surefit Caps, Florsheim Shoes. Manhat­tan
and Ide Shirts, Phoenix and Wilson
Hose, Munsingwear and Wilson
Underwear, Cheney Ties
uburo.Ala.
WATCH OUR WINDOWS
LINK BELT DONATED
TO COLLEGE MACINE
COLLEGE MACHINE SHOP
Donation of a complete link belt
installation for one of the large
machines in the college machine
shop has been made by the Link
Belt Company of Chicago, accord­ing
to announcement made today
by Prof. A. St. C. Dunstan, head
of the Electrical Engineering De­partment.
The installation was made pos­sible
through the influence of S.
L. Morrow, field manager for the
firm "in the Birmingham district.
Mr. Morrow, according -to Prof.
Dunstan, is a warm friend of Au­burn
and has a boy?, S. L. Morrow,
Jr., enrolled here in the freshman
class.
LIONS LUNCHEON CLUB
ORGANIZED IN AUBURN
Lions international luncheon
club has been organized here fol­lowing
the visit of L. D. Hill of
Montgomery, field director. The
new organization has started
things off auspiciously and already
a constructive program for the
town of Auburn is being mapped
out.
The temporary officers named
are Dr. B. F. Thomas, assistant
college -surgeon, president; Dr. L.
A. Tatum, vice-presidept; L. A.
Knapp, secretary-treasurer.
Among the prominent speakers
who have already appeared before
the club the last two meetings are
Dr. Spright Dowell, president of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute;
Dr. Cecil Yarbrough, mayor of Au­burn;
Judge Hugo L. Black of Bir­mingham;
E. Herndon Glenn of
Opelika.
The local club meets every Tues­day
at noon in the local tea room.
WEBSTERIAN SOCIETY
HEARS GOOD TALK
The Websterian Literary Socie­ty
met at its usual hour on Monday
night. The reading of the minutes,
the roll call and (he business con­sumed
only a few minutes, so Mr.
Meade was given almost the en­tire
hour to talk to the society
about Honduras.
He first told of the geographical
situation of Honduras and* some
of its historical points of interest.
His description of the natives was
so vivid that one could form a good
mental picture of them. Next Mr;
Meade told of many interesting in­cidents
that occurred while he was
in Central America. Amorig^ these
he mentioned dances, Fourth of
July celebrations, and revolutions.
During his speech, Mr. Meade
passed several pictures around
that enabled the audience to get
a better picture of scenes and con­ditions
in Honduras. At the con­clusion
of his speech he stated
that although he enjoyed his stay
in that country, he advised no one
to go there unless he had some
special purpose.
CHEMICAL SOCIETY MEETS
The Chemical Society held its
regular weekly meeting at seven
o'clock, Wednesday evening. After
the business was disposed of the
chair was given over to Vice-Pres­ident
Charles Smith, and an in­structive
talk was made by Prof.
Keller on the origin of bubbles.
Following President Keller's talk,
Mr. Gardner spoke on "Oil." The
climax of the program, however,
was the expounding of the "Scal-conian
Theory" by its originator,
Mr. Scalco.
The Chemical Society l i a s an in­structive
program each week and
all chemical students are request­ed
to attend regularly to receive
instruction and to promote good
fellowship among the different
classes.
We never saw a panhandler
who was smokln' a pipe.
AG. CLUB HAS
GOOD PROGRAM
The Ag. Club's reputation of giv­ing
instructive and varied pro­grams
was well upheld at the 'last
weekly meeting Thursday evening
in the auditorium of the Agricul­tural
building, which is the regu­lar
place of meeting.
The program was well introduc­ed
by J. E. Hamilton's comparison
of "Livestock Farming vs. General­ized
Farming." Mr. Hamilton had
evidently given considerable
thought to the topic and spoke
very interestingly of the merits of
each type of farming. However,
the conclusion which he left with
his hearers was that the livestock
system of farming offers the bet­ter
proposition in that it is safer,
more practical, there is less labor
required, and greater increase in
.property values are possible as a
rule.
"Commercial Fertilizers as a
Source of Building up Farms in>
Alabama" was discussed next by
W. G. Killough. Mr. Killough told
of the South's destitution of fertile
lands and how much attention the
problem deserves and is at last re­ceiving.
In his opinion lime is
about the only one of the commer­cial
fertilizers which will do last­ing
good on the farms of the state,
and the situation is the same else­where
over the South, he declared.
"The millions of dollars spent an­nually
for commercial fertilizers
in the South does very little to
build up the farms," said Mr. Kil­lough,
"and the farmers will de­rive
greater good from the use of
a. limited amount of lime, along
with more legumes and manures."
F. S. Arant gave some lively
jokes on various members of the
Club.
Prof. F. E. Guyton was a faculty
visitor of the Club at the meeting.
He was called upon for a talk, and
in his response complimented the
Club on it"s large active member­ship
and the enthusiastic program
rendered. Prof. Guyton gave high
endorsement to such activities as
the Ag. Club and urged the stu­dents
to join all similar organiza­tions
open to them, so long as they
do -not overdo the thing. "It is the
biggest thing in college for you,"
he said, "get in, do things, and fol­low
your superiors because the ac­tivity
in such will do much to
weigh your success or failure in
your future career."
The Ag Club felt that it could
better it's members By having a
critic; so to comply with this idea
S. H. Gibbons was elected Critic.
This is the first time in the history
of the organization perhaps, when
such an office has been inaugurat­ed.
One of the striking features of
the. Ag Club is its sense of respon­sibility
to help it's department
keep it's equipment and buildings
in the best condition possible. A
special committee to look after the
defacing of seats and other proper­ty
was elected*in the persons of
L. H. Tapscott, B. F. Ponder, E. E.
Hale, and C. W. Winston.
The Club is trying to secure col­lege
quality points on it's activi­ties,
and a committee is to be nam­ed
later to take this matter before
the college authorities
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SONG OF A SENIOR
DR. FRAZIER SPEAKS
TO UPPER CLASSMEN
'1 wish I was a little rock,
A-settin' on a hill,
EA-doin' nothing all day long--
But just a-settin' still,
I wouldn't eat, 1 wouldn't drink,
1 wouldn't even wash,
I'd sit and sit a thousand years,
And rest myself, by gosh!"
ATTENTION, AUBURN RATS
"Bucket and Dipper" is the sug­gestive
title of an organization of
Ohio State Juniors whose chief
work is law enforcement among
Freshmen. Ten offenders who
failed to wear their official head­gear
were immersed in Mirror
Lake as a part of the edicts of this
Executive body.
The honor system at Princeton
is so well developed that students
may even take their examination
papers to their rooms and write
out their answers in absolute pri­vacy.
The Sociology department at the
University of Kansas sent out ques-tionaires
to thirty Co-eds upon
the subject, "Qualifications of an
Acceptable Husband." Twenty-two
checked as a first requisite finan­cial
ability. Love brought up the
rear.
"Why keep that schoolgirl com­plexion?"
asked the Senior as he
brushed off his lapel.
. .Exchange.
JPrpL Thomas: "I am dismissing
you ten minutes early today, gen­tlemen.
Please go out quietly in
order not to awaken Prof. Fullan's
_-Senior Machine Design Class."
..Overheard.
At the Convocation hour on
Thursday, November 15th, the up^
per classmen heard a good address
made by Dr. John W. Frazier, pas­tor
of the First Methodist Church
of Pensacola, Fla. Dr. Frazier is
a former pastor of Auburn and is
well known by the older members
of the faculty and citizens of the
city.
"I am a Vanderbilt man," he stat­ed
in the course of his speech, "but
second only to my Alma Mater, my
loyalty goes to Auburn. Here is my
second love." A burst of applause
greeted this statement by the
speaker.
Dr. Frazier chose as the subject
of his address, "Americanism."
He explained in clear-cut language
just what is meant when he spoke
that word. To him it meant sev­eral
things which he named and
discussed in order; national honor,
opportunity, education . "Ameri­canism,"
according to the speaker,
means that one can follow the dic­tates
of his own conscience with­out
restraint, and also that he can
think along the lines that he
chooses.
"We are thinking in terms of
commerce, industry, science, lit­erature,
politics-all things that are
really worth while," stated the
speaker. "We need never fear
that our-government will go upon
the shoals of Socialism when we
have an intelligent vote there. The
school is our greatest protection
against these evils."
In conclusion, Dr. Frazier prais­ed
the moral atmosphere which he
found here at Auburn. He showed
in Tevery way that he was a loyal
Auburn supporter in every worthy
undertaking of the institution.
A M your
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PROSPECTS FOR TRACK
TEAM ARE GOOD
DORMITORY DOINGS
Shiek ?: "May I print a kiss on
lips?"
Co-Ed: ?: "Yes, if you won't
lish it."
AN ARTILLERYMAN
Mistress: "Mary, your friend has
such an air of braggadocio about
him."
Mary: "Yis, pore lad, he works
in a livery stable."
MORE ARTILLERY STUFF
Co-Ed: But don't you find that
horseback riding gives you a head­ache?"
Hahn: "No, just the opposite."
What is so rare as a day in June?
Someone suggests a. pass in Elec.
and Mag.
THIS WEEK'S PUZZLE
If an elephant can carry a trunk,
how much can a Teddy Bear?
A LOVE POEM
When first I saw you, I don't think
I thought a single doggone thing,
I just felt dizzy..on the brink,
And blamed the cigarettes again.
And later when my heart near
tore
A rib loose when you passed by,
I laid the blame at Volstead's door,
And swore off on synthetic rye.
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But now I'm hep., alas I I'm hep..
It ain't the pills or poison brew,
It's this: I like your style, your
pep,
Oh hang it, I'm in love with you.
..Tramp Star.
yoiOj nately, most people read
io getBMray from themselves and
nt to lind themselves ;much of
our reading therefore is compar­able
to day-dreaming.
The cross-country team is now
busily training for the road race
to be held in Birmingham on Dec­ember
15th. Two letter men are
to take part in this event, Stockle-berg
and Boyd. In addiion, there
is now material out for practice
and everything indicates that a
goad team will be developed by
the time the race is to be held.
Goleman, Armstrong, Mcintosh,
Belcher, Lee, Reeves and Whigham
are the new men who are training
for this event.
The Birmingham Road race is
an annual event sponsored by the
Birmingham Athletic Club in
which several leading southern col­leges
take part. Auburn has been
represented for the past several
years, and this year the team is
going to Birmingham with the
hopes of making a very creditable
showing.
Organized practice for the field
events has not yet begun, but
many of the track candidates are
already in training for the field
meets to be held next Spring. Only
two letter men were lost from last
season's track team, the weight
men, Gresham and Stallings. With
the material which has already
proved its mettle and those who
will make their tryouts, prospects
are auspicious for a good track
team for Auburn during the com­ing
season.
Field meets will be held with
Tulane and Georgia Tech on their
campuses. This means two good
trips for those who make the team,
and should be an inducement to
all would-be track men to "put
out" to the very limit in training
so that they might stand a better
chance of doing so. Beside these,
there will be a meet with Georgia
here on the campus, and the S. I. C.
track and field tournament which
is an annual event
CO-EDS ORGANIZE
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
At a call meeting of the Women
Student Government Association
on Thursday afternoon a Women's
Athletic Association was organized.
This organization is independent
of regular Athletic Association of
the college, being organized and
supported by the women students
of the college. Officers were elect­ed
for the organization and plans
for the year are already under
way.
The following officers were
elected: President, Elizabeth
Young; Vice-President, Margaret
Brown, Secretary and Treasurer;
Lillie Mae Jordan; Cheer Leader,
Margaret Lane; Song Leader, Mrs.
Margaret Blair.
Fancy loafing is a high art
We all like to be "consulted."
Life is a game of catch as-catch
can.
Every man tries to give himself
a square deal.
Hold fast to your illusions ;you
need to be happy.
"What a difference
just a few cents make!' FATIMA
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What Engineering
Owes to the Imagination
From An Argument Over
Watches Came KDKA
BACK in the days when wire­less
was just beginning to
spread, Frank Conrad (now
Assistant Chief Engineer of the
Westinghouse Electric & Manu­facturing
Company) and another
official, happened to compare
watches, to see if it was time to
go back to work. Their watches
differed.
Unable to convince his friend
that his watch was right, Mr.
Conrad suddenly remembered
that the naval station at Arling­ton,
Va., had ^'ust inaugurated
a system for sending out daily
time signals by radio. Just the thing to prove
his point! ,
So he built a simple set of receiving apparatus,
erected an aerial, and—you can imagine what
happened! He was badly bitten by the radio bug.
After proving to his satisfaction the accuracy of his
watch, he started experimenting with the trans­mission
of music by radio, with good success.
He began sending out phonograph music from
his home, and attracted the attention of some of
the big department stores, that had installed radio
departments. They in turn, started advertising
Mr. Conrad's "musical evenings."
Then, one day, upon arriving at his desk, he was
summoned to the office of Harry Phillips
Davis, Vice President of the company.
"Frank," said Mr. Davis, "I'm going to
close your radio station." His attention had
been attracted the night before to a simple
note in a full-page advertisement, which read,
"Mr. Conrad will send out phonograph music
this evening."
You know the rest. In November, 1920,
"KDKA" was formally opened to send out
election returns. It had received the first
license issued by Uncle Sam. Today over 500
broadcasting stations entertain and educate
millions of people each night, a wonderful
result from so insignificant an argument as
one over watches.
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REV„ N. B- McLEOD r
'^ Rev." Norman B. McCloud, who
has been pastor of the Auburn
Methodist church for the past four
years, has been assigned to the
local church for another year of
service.
\ It was hoped, but not expected,
that Rev. McCloud would be able
to return, as the rule has been
heretofore that a pastor can not
remain in ,one place longer than
four years. The past session of
the Conference amended this rule
and extended the length of service
to. five years. A delegation was
sent to Opelika, where the Confer'
ence was held, to request the re­turn
of Rev. McCloud.
Rev. McCloud is very popular
with the students and citizens of
Auburn and all are glad that he
.has-been sent back for another
fyear. Rev. McCloud makes the
following statement: "The past
year has been entirely a success­ful
one in every phase of church
life and great things are hoped for
the coming year with the assist­ance
of Rev. A. E. Barnett, who
has been appointed • Student Pas­tor."
1resolutions be sent to them; a copy
i/uiMsriea' lit ith?~ 'PUtthptmar, J-«riiw"
that this resolution be inserted* in
the minutes of this class.
RESOLUTIONS ON THE
DEATH OF C S. SMITH
A-Whereas,
an all wise Providence
has removed from among us our
friend and co-worker;
Therefore, be it resolved, that in
the death of Charles Samuel Smith,
lately Chairman of the A. S. M. E.,
the A. S. M. E.' has lost one of its
most valued officers, .untiring in
his efforts toward the upbuilding
of the organization, at all times
Toyal, faithful and true; the mem­bers
of this organization collect-
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ively and individually have lost
a friend much beloved and whose
untimely passing so deeply grieves
us; and that this school has lost
one of its best and highest types
of students, who was ever ready
to serve its best interest.
Be it further resolved that the
members of the society extend to
the grief stricken family their
deepest sympathy, and that a copy
of these resolutions be sent to
them, a copy published in "The
Plainsman"; and that this resolu­tion
be spVead upon the minutes
of the society. .
Y. W.. C. A. PLAYING
IMPORTANT PART IN
LIFE OF YOUNG WOMEN
r
The Young Woman's Christian
Association is playing an import­ant
part in the life of the young
women of Auburn. On two Sun­days
of each month, regular Y. W.
serivces are held at two o'clock at
Smith Hall. At these some mem­ber
of the faculty, £> minister or a
student talks on some topic which
ought to be of benefit in the reli­gious
life of the student.
At the last meeting, Mrs. Miles
talked on "The Student as a Minis­ter
of Reconciliation." Mrs. Miles
said that every Christian' is a min­ister
of Reconciliation and each
member of the Y. W. £. A. must
consider herself a Christian. She
added that in order to be a minis­ter
of Reconciliation one % must
study the Bible, intelligently.
Miss Helen Dean Rhodes, who
has been studying in New York,
^ave_a.violin ^olo^ccompanigd.bj;
Mrs. Margaret Blair. At each .ser­vice
special music is rendered.
On the 24th and 25th of Novem­ber,
Miss Ruth Scandreth, Y. W. C.
A. Council adviser, will be in Au­burn
and will give information to
each cabinet member concerning
her particular phase of work. Miss
Scandreth is a graduate of Agnes
Scott College and was president of
the Y. W. C. A. in 1922. On Sun­day
afternoon, November 25,- Miss
Scandreth will talk to the entire
body of girls at Smith Hall.
Every married man is convinced
he would have been rich if he
had remained a bachelor.
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RESOLUTIONS OF THE
SENIOR CLASS ON
DEATH OF C. S. SMITH
Whereas, the Infinite Being, in
His .wisdom has removed from
among us our friend and class
mite; ^*«
Therefore, be it" resolved that in
the death of Charles Samuel Smith,
lately a member of the Senior class,
the Senior class has lost one of its
outstanding members..one who
: was untiring in his efforts to pro­mote
the best interests of the class,
and who was at all times loyal,
faithful and true to his class and
to his college; that the members of
this class have lost a much beloved
friend and whose untimely pass­ing
so deeply grieves us.
Be it further resolved that the
members of this class extend to
he grief stricken family deepest
DOUGLAS WYCOFF, Tech's giant
fullback, who punts, passes,
and' drives hard when carry­ing
the ball. "Doug" is a big
portion of the Jackets' offense.
MAY & GREEN
SP0RTIN6 GOODS
Montgomery - Alabama
FMee Taylor
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the interest of Elec­trical
Development by
an Institution that will
be helped by what'
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Industry. -
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you deserve it?
"Give me a log with Mark Hopkins at one end
of it and myself at the other," said, in effect.
President Garfield, "and I would not want a
I better pollege."
But if Mark Hopkins was an inspired teacher, it
is j u s t as true that James A. Garfield was aninspir-
- ing student.
Sometimes Garfield's praise of his professor is
quoted in disparagement of present day faculties
. . -»-the assumption being that we as listeners are
sympathetic, all that we ought to be—and that
it is the teacher who has lost his vision.
Is this often the case?
I t is the recollection of one graduate at least
that he did riot give his professors a chance. Cold to
their enthusiasms, he was prone to regard those
men more in the light of animated text-books
than as human beings able and eager to expound
their art or to go beyond it into the realm of his
own personal problems.
This is a man to man proposition. Each has to go
halfway. Remember, there are two ends to the log.
Astern Electric Company
Wherever people look to electricity for the
Comforts and conveniences of life today, the
Western Electric Company offers a service as
broad as the functions of electricity itself.
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Clothing
C. S. WHITTELSEY, Jr.
THE YOUNG MEN'S STORE OPELIKA, ALA3AMA'
Gents'
Furnishings
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AUBURN'S WATER
SUPPLY INADEQUATE
The town of Auburn, including
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
with the largest enrollment at this
season of the year in its history
has only fifty percent of its nec­essary
water supply as a result of
inadequate plant according to in­formation
given out today by col­lege
officials in charge. While
every precaution is being taken in
the emergency, a small fire coupl­ed
with a high wind might play
havoc with this town and college,
it was pointed out. One large two-story
house was burned to the
ground a few days ago because
there was no water. The college
operates the water plant. •
At the last session of the Legis­lature
request for a minimum of
$50,000.00 was made through the
budget commission to meet the
water emergency at Auburn. Un­til
such provisio'n is made, it was
stated, the college with its numer-ous
laboratories and dining halls
must continue to suffer from the
lack of sufficient water.
Auburn, for many years, has
been forced to put up with temp­orary
water supply. Several wells
have been dug during the past fif­teen
years, but the supply
wells could not keep pace with the
growth Of the town and the col­lege.
The present supply comes
from a source two miles south of
the town, originally a large spring.
Two wells were dug and the spring
abandoaeu. Another well is being
dug now but this, is only tempor­ary
makeshift it was stated, and
to me^et the needs of the situation
FunUhg water source i n u s t ^ e p r o -
filtering and purifying plant.
The town of Auburn today has
a population of about four thous­and
persons including the student
body, instructors, extension work­ers
and citizens. For this popu­lation
the water pumps now sup­ply
about 90,000 gallons, or just
about half of the amount needed
for proper sanitation, fire protec­tion
and general uses.
Officials in conference here in
order to meet the emergency out­lined
a plan- which provides for
shutting off the water from 8 to
11 in the morning, from 2 to 5 in
the afternoon and from 8 P. M.
to 5 A. M. While this plan serious­ly
interferes with proper work in
laboratories as well as in dormi­tories
and boarding houses where
students reside, it is said to be the
only way to take care of the sit­uation.
College students and citi­zens
are cooperating in carrying
out the new plan.
TIGERS BOW TO
CENTRE COLONELS
(Continued from Page 1)
Udor to the last meeting of the
legislature a careful survey by
engineers was made, who estimat­ed
that' a minimum of $50,000.00
was needed to provide a proper
^GRADUATE OF NAVAL
ACADEMY AT AUBURN
Auburn men, notably Major Gen­eral
Robert Lee Bullard of World
War fame, have gone from the Vil­lage
of the Plains to the Naval
Academy at West Point.
Now, however, the tables have
turned for Ensign W. H. Sewell,
a graduate of the Naval Academy,
from-f-class '21, has enrolled here in the
Electrical Engineering department.
He is a member of the senior class
and will complete his work next
June.
Mr. Sewell said he enjoyed the
experiences at the Naval Academy,
but that upon graduation decided
that he wanted to he an Electrical
Engineer rather than a Major Gen­eral.
Accordingly, he looked over
TlfC^SBgfWffeTftfg °Colft5gT£s .~«Ji rate
country with the result that he
chose Auburn. Prof. A. St. C. Dun-stan,
head of the Electrical En­gineering
Department, said today
that Mr. Sewell was making a very
enviable record.
of fate, as the referee's whistle
sounded altogether too soon, when
after a forward pass had been
fumbled by Centre the "Little
Tiger" scooped it up and ran for
a touchdown. In the most "part
the officiating was all that could
be desired upon this occasion, the
premature decision cost the Tig­ers
a touchdown', on the only real
chance that had come their way
this season.
The game was clean and inter­esting
from every angle and the
type of game that make the public
like football all the more. A no­ticeable
feature of the game was
the absence of the Auburn rooting
which was due to the fact that the
thrill-hungry fans who had gener­al
admission tickets for the east
side of the field, "rushed" the stu^
dents' reserved section and refus­ed
to give up these seats when the
students arrived. .The students
were scattered anywhere they
could get a view and all chance
of organiized cheering was spoiled,
a condition that could not be avoid­ed
under the circumstances. After
all it was a great game and played
in real sportsmanlike manner.
Lineup and summary:
Centre (17): Lemon, le; Skid-more,
It; Rubarth, lg; Kubale, c;
Lynch, rg; Chinn, re; Thomasson,
rt; Covington, qb; Spurlock, lhb;
Rabenstein, rhb;rGordy, fb.
Auburn (0): Ollinger, le; Har-kins,
It; Reagan, lg", Lawrence, c;
Sitz, rg; Brice, rt; Pruitt, re; Pet­ersen,
qb; Cpane, lhb; Williams,
rhb; Ford, fb.
Centre scoring: Touchdowns,
| S ^ n $ f t ^ % 4 ^ r s f e t t n - ^ e i U ^ s b,
Lemon. Points after touchdown,
Summers, Lemon. Referee, Henry
(Kenyon); umpire Springer (Penn­sylvania);
field judge, Stewart
(Dartmouth); head l i n e s m a n,
Thomas (Perdue).
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SPECIALISTS IN
YOUNG MEN'S APPAREL
"JO JO" HARRISON, one of the
Plainsmen's speediest and most
dependable backs, who will
be closely watched Thursday.
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TIGERS AND JACKETS
PREPARE FOR CLASH
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their last two games, but most of
these will be healed by the time
the referee gives the starting sig­nal.
It is doubtful if "Flivver"
Ford will be in shape for the game
but the big fullback hopes to get
going with the whistle. Huckeba
will also be handicapped and will
be fortunate to get into the game,
for the Tigers. Pinkie Hunt of the
Jackets, has been giving the Tech
supporters some worry on account
of his injuries but is expected to
be at the signal calling station
from the beginning.
This game will mark the passing
of Captain Rip Reagan and Fox
Howe of the Plainsmen. Tech
will be the loser of Captain Mcln-tyre
and others and it will be a
colorful game from every angle.
For Auburn it is the game of the
season and one of the most impor­tant
in ^he, history of the school.
Tech has won, three straight vic­tories
and a fourth would be a
"precedent that has not been known
in Auburn's football history. While
the team has shown more strength
than was the early predictions of
the critics, the record of the Tig­ers
is not up to the standard on
account of the new and inexperi-enced
material that makes up the
biggest portion of the machine. To
date the '23 Tigers have shown as
gallant a brand of fight as ever
has been displayed by any team
on any field and despite their low
percentage in the win column,
they have had a good season thus
Yes, if Auburn can take the fi­nal
battle of the year from Tech,
it will have been a great season.
It is the season from the stand­point
of the Orange and Blue. If
Howard should trounce the Tigers,
99 to 0 and Spring Hill wallop
them 222 to 2 and if they should
fail to make a single first down
against Marion and in the mean­time
win the Thanksgiving Game
from Tech, Auburn would have
had a successful year for the
Plainsmen. Probable line-up:
Auburn Tech
Ollinger le Staton
Harkins _.- It-'--=--- Merkle
Reagan (C) lg.--(C) Mclntyre
Lawrence c c, Frye
Sitz - . - rg--,--- McConnell
Brice rt Usry
Pruitt re ... Nabell
Petersen _• qbl , Hunt
Williams -hb Williams
Howe s hb.l Albright
Ford - fb-: ". Wycoff
SCARABS HONOR SOCIETY
ANNOUNCES NEW PLEDGES
(Continued from Page 1)
ests of the college through the com­bined
efforts of ten men selected
annually from among members of
the Senior class who have shown
their ability as leaders in the class
and general usefulness to the in
stitution and student body."
It is therefore seen that Scarabs
is in the main a serious organiza­tion
which strives for practical
benefits to Auburn and her tradi­tions.
It ranks as a leading honor
organization in the college, and
membership is considered one of
the chief honors Auburn bestows.
W. R. ABBOTT
Photographer
Opelika and Auburn
IN AUBURN TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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AUBURN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
11:00 A. M. Anticipating Christmas
7:30 Passing of Third Floor Bat
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BAPTIST CHURCH
E. W. HOLMES, Pastor
11 A. M.
7:30 P. M.
Regular Services
Good Fellowship and a Warm
Welcome. Come!
Something You Mustn't Forget
That Santa Claus will be in our store for the
next six weeks with the biggest pack he's ever,
had on his back. He can show you what your
best girl wants. Just take a peep and you'll
See—
Christmas Stationery.
Gold and Silver Pen and Pencil Sets
Auburn Pillow Covers, Table Runners,
Pennants and Pins
Popular Novels and Gift Books
Christmas Cards for Everybody
BURTONS BOOK STORE
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Bank of Auburn
AUBURN. ALA
S. L. TOOMER, Pres. Dr. C. A. CARY. Vice Free-
W. D. MARTIN, Cashier
We are here to serve the public in any of the
Banking Lines