1924-03-14 The Plainsman

              VOL. XXVII. AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY MARCH 14, 1924. No. 22
TIGERS TOSSERS
TEE OFF FRIDAY
Open 1924 Season With
Howard Bulldogs
The grass is getting greener;
trees are putting out their buds;
students are beginning to think of
summer jobs; or in other words,
Spring has arrived and with it
comes King Baseball. All thoughts
of Basketball, Spring Football, and
other sports are put aside and ev­eryone
joins in homage to the
American Game. The mind of the
student has changed from drop-kicks
and foul goals to strike-outs
and home runs.
On Friday the Howard aggrega­tion
of ball tossers invade the Vil­lage
of the Plains for the first game
of the season, and the studes will
hear the joyful sound of bat meet­ing
ball, and give vent from time
tc time to such warlike cries as
"Kill the Umpire," etc.
The question in which the stu­dent
is most interested just now
is, "What kind of a team are we
going to have represent us this
year?" We believe that it Will be
a team worthy of the honor of
representing Auburn.
First, there is a snappy infield
composed of Fancher, Griffin, Al­len
and- Stewart at first, second,
short and third, respectively. Jo
Harrison and Maury will hold
forth in center and left field, with
Self, Roberts, Willingham and Ar-go
ready and willing to occupy any
infield or outfield position that may
be vacant. The Knights of the Chest
Protector will be Pete Davis and
Sitz, the latter a reformed outfield­er.
To Sheridan will go the main
pitching burden, but he will have
some valuable assistance from
Messrs. Knight, Market, Crump,
Phillips and Hines. Although there
are few veterans on the nine, and
notwithstanding the hard schedule
ahead of them, the Tigers give
promise of developing into a
strong team, and there is every
prospect of there being plenty of
work in store for the teams that
are scheduled to meet the 1924
Tigers.
INTER-FRAT TRACK
MEET MARCH 17th
The annual Inter-Fraternity track
and field meet will be held on
Drake Field, beginning Monday
March 17th, and ending Saturday
March 22nd. This meet will be
open to all active members of fra­ternities
and maintaining a chapter
house.
A special silver loving cup will be
awarded the winning fraternity, to
be held by them for one year. It
will become the permanent proper­ty
of the team winning twice.
The following events will be con­tested:
70 yards dash; 1-5 mile run;
running high-jump; shot putt; and
running broad jump.
Each fraternity will be permitted
to enter as many men in each event
as they wish. The individual re­cord
of each man competing will
be taken. The record of the
five men of each fraternity in
each event will be the record of
that fraternity. All entrants may
take two trials in each event
—two trials in each run, two
trials of six putts each in the shot,
etc. Trials may be taken any time
during the week.
SCORING: The fraternity with
the best tecord in each event) will
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Pistol Team
Wins From
Princeton
H I ) i
Auburn's pistol team defeated
the pistol team of Princeton Univer­sity
by score of 1246 to 1206. These
scores were made out of a possible
1400. The team consists of ten
men and all ten turned in .good
scores, however W. B. Wood >was
the high scorer of the ten, turning
in a score of 263 out of a possible
280.
About thirty challenges have
been sent out to the various colleges
over the country but so far only a
few have accepted. The matches
for month of April include Oregon,
Wisconsin, Iowa, and the United
States Military Academy. Au­burn's
team is one of the best in the
country and other teams are a little
shy of accepting challenges on this
account.
WALLACE WIcKINNtY 10
LtAU 1H2& UAUtSftKS
At a meeting of the varsity bas­ket-
ball men Saturday night, Wal­lace
McKinney, of Mobile, was elect-as
captain of the 1925 team, and
Earl Barks of Birmingham was
elected as manager. McKinney has
just completed his third season of
the team, having made a regular
position his freshman year at Au­burn,
and has been a star as a guard
in each of the successive seasons.
Barks also plays a guard position,
and .will be a member of the senior
class next year.
Seven members of the 1924 team
were awarded their numerals at the
meeting, these being; Captian Hahn
Captain elect W. McKinney, Harri­son,
Duke, Creel, Barks and B. Mc­Kinney.
Of the present squad, four of the
regulars, Hahn, Duke, Harrison and
Creel will be missing when the next
season rolls round. This will be a
heavy loss, as three of the list have
been regulars for the past thrsa
campaigns. Six men of the '23
squad will return, which includes,
W. McKinney, B. McKinney, Barks,
Gray, Midgette and Evans. Three
of this number are letter men.
Some promising material will be
available from the freshman squad
of this year among which is a few
six-foot additions, and this is one
thing that has been scarce on the
'liger cage team for the past few
seasons. H. McKinney, brother of
thi» two present McKinney mem
bers of the team, Hall Cummins,
Long, Arnall, Pruitt and Allison are
all promising candidates for the
team of 1925.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
DATE CHAHGED
At the Senior Class meeting held
Tuesday, March 11, in the auditor­ium
of the Engineering Building it
was decided to change the time of
the Class Day exercises from a
March date to a time during Com­mencement.
It has been a custom
of long standing for the seniors to
hold their class exercises several
months prior to graduation, but the
plan has not been considered en­tirely
satisfactory.
It is pointed out that the change
of dates will more concentrate the
interest in the class by having all
of it's programs at approximately
the same time when relatives and
other friends of the Seniors may
find it more feasible to attend.
The date suggested for the Class
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GIBSON SIGNS
WITH ATHLETICS
Popular Player Reported
To Mackmen Thursday
Another interesting event to the
followers of Auburn sports, was
the announcement carried in the
sporting pages of the dailies, that
Charlie Gibson had affixed his sig­nature
to a contract of the tribe of
Connie Mack. For the past three
years "Gippy" has been doing the
regular backstopping on the Tiger
baseball team and served a couple
of seasons as quarterback on the
Plainsman football machine.
Gibson's ability to stop them in
the pit, cut them down On the
paths and to whale the old horse-hide
far and often attracted the
"ivory hunters" to such an extent,
that for the past two seasons they
have been angling for his services.
Due to the pursuing of his course
in college, Gibson turned' a deaf
ear to the siren voices of the Big
Show representatives. On account
of his playing semi-pro ball in
South Georgia last summer Charlie
was ruled ineligible to play in in­ter-
collegiate games and so he at
last decided to try his hand in the
ranks of the professionals. Many
are predicting the success of the
former Tiger star in fast company,
and thousands of Auburn friends
are pulling for him to make good.
The signing of Gibson gives the
famous team of 1921 a record for
other college teams to shoot at, as
Charlie is the eighth of their num­ber
to go to fast company on their
departure from Auburn. These in­clude:
Ollinger, Grant and John­son,
pitchers; Gibson, catcher;
Barnes, Fulghum and Richardson,
infielders, and Sherling, outfielder.
Of these, seven reported to Big
League teams, and the eighth to
Toronto, an International league
aggregation.
THE SEASON'S TRACK
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Track prospects, taken as a
whole are better than at any time
for the past several years at Auburn.
Only three of last year's heavy
scorers are missing from the squad,
these being Grisham and Stallings
who scored first and second in both
the dual meets a year ago; und
Rush, point winner in both fhe half
mile and mile in 1923.
For the sprints this season, Mar­tin,
Crane and Goodwin are on
hand, with Snapp, Creel, Coleman
and Meiggs to do the middle distan­ces.
Stockleberg, Boyd, Belcher,
Reeves, Mcintosh and Lee are a sex-tetrof
good distance men and this
leads the list in number of competi­tors.
For the hurdles, Marquis,
Young and Crane are in line and
Lock, Marquis and Scott make up
the trio of high-jumpers.
Captain Pippin leads the list for
the broad jump and has a worthy
running mate in Pea Green, of last
season's football team. Lock and
Marquis will look after the pole
vault and for the weights, White,
Mosley, Campbell, Midgette, Sitz
and Couch are having a merry
contest. Ollinger, Green and
Scott complete the squad and are
the boys who are tossing the Javelin.
Stockleberg's 432:2 5 is the Au­burn
record for the mile and the
rangy lad looks to be a conference
contender this time. Boyd is
another distance man who has been
a consistent point winner for the
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WMAV BROADCASTS
GOOD PROGRAMS
Regular Musical Concerts
uven tin inursuays
Auburn can now boast of having
one of the most powerful and best
broadcasting stations in the South.
Appropriations for the construction
of the station, WMAV, were made
during tne Auburn Drive by the Bir­mingham
News and the set was de­signed
and built by the radio facul
It was operated successfully last
year, with, musical programs, mar-
Jiet and weather reports being
broadcast regularly. During the
first semester of this session only
iootball games were broadcast but
beginning about the first of the
second semester, WMAV has been
broadcasting a regular schedule of
programs. On every Thursday
evening a musical program is ren­dered
which consists of orchestra
selections, vocal and instrumental
solos, witu frequent variations aud
occasionally a short talk. On Sat­urday
evenings a program is run
which is of special benefit to the
farmers, talks on agricultural sub­jects
being made by faculty mem­bers
of that department of the col­lege.
A formal opening and dedication
of the station was held on the even­ing
of February 21. Speeches were
made by Victor Hanson, Governor
Brandon and President Dowell, and.
music for the occasion was render­ed
by the A. P. I. Serenaders. On
last Wednesday evening the annual
home entertainment of the Auburn
Glee Club was broadcast and on
Thursday evening a musical pro­gram
was given by the negroes
from Tuskeegee Normal and Indus­trial
Institute. Dr. R. R. Moton,
president of the Institute also made
a talk.
The work this year of the Broad­casting
Station has been very suc­cessful.
Hundreds of compliment­ary
cards and letters have been
received from all parts of the
country from Oregon to Maine.
The set is still being im­proved
day by day and is fast be­coming
the very best in this section
of the country. For the benefit of
those who have receiving stations
it may be said that the schedule is
8 P. M. Thursdays and Saturdays,
and that the power is 500 to 700
watts, and the wave length is 250
meters.
RECEPTION GIVEN
AT PRACTICE HOME
Auburn's Model Practice Home
was thrown open Friday evening
and a lovely reception was given
to the members of the faculty and
their wives. The eight seniors in
home economics, who are living at
the home and who had made the
preparations for the reception,
made up the receiving and en­tertaining
committee. They were
assisted by Misses Agnes Ellen
Harris, Dana Gatchell and Hen­rietta
Thompson, who served the
delightful refreshments, which in­cluded
cream puffs with whipped
cream and fruit.
Much credit must be given to the
promoters and operators of the new
Practice Home, while the home
does not appear to be anything out
of the ordinary to the casual.ob­server
from the outside, but one
ghince at the inside, with its neat­ly
kept and delightfully arrang­ed
household furnishings, is enough
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Garrard Harris
To Speak in
Auburn Mar. 18
Garrard Harris, associate .editor
of 'me Birmingham News, and one
of the south's best known news­paper
editorial writers, will be the
guest of - Auburn next Tuesday,
March 1.8. Mr. Harris comes under
the auspices of the Journalism De­partment
and will speak to ' the
class in journalism on editorial
writing luesday evening at 6:30.
He will also be the convocation
speaker at the regular convocation
hour, Tuesday 1:00 p. m.
Mr. Harris is a loyal and influ­ential
friend of Auburn, having
contributed many editorials about
tne college during the Semi-cen­tennial
Campaign, in addition to
his other support to the institu­tion.
ALUMNi fti RALLY
Sitht m APKiL 4m
A clarion call for the return of
the "old grads' to their alma mater
on April 4 has been sounded by
Charles F. DeBardeleben, president
of the alumni association. On this
day all of the Auburn men scattered
throughout the southland are urged
to assemble at Auburn for a grand
get-together rally. According to
the announcement, this will be the
initial meeting of a series of similar
conferences.
As a means of notifying the alum­ni
scattered throughout the state
of the series of conferences, the
'keymen' in each county will be no­tified.
In order to further notify the
alumni of the plan Mr. DeBardele­ben
has sent out circular letters as
follow:
"It has occurred to me for some­time
that nothing better could be
done in the interest, of the Alumni
and College at Auburn than to have
one or two Alumni Conferences
during the college year at Auburn.
"At these conferences first hand
information can be gathered as to
the activities of the School and con­structive
suggestions and recom­mendations
can be made by the at­tending
Alumni to the President
and faculty.
"The initial meeting is planned
to be held at AUBURN on APRIL
4th, and I earnestly urge you to be
present at this meeting and help to
perfect plans for a continuance of
these conferences. Bring some
other Auburn men of your commun­ity
with you if possible.
"I am writing now so as to give
you ample time to make your ar­rangements
to be on hand.
"Kindly advise me if you will be
present."
WEBSTERIAN BANQUET
VERY ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
One of the most enjoyable affairs
of the year was that of the Web-sterian
Literary Society Banquet
which was held at the Tea Room at
six o'clock Tuesday night taking
the place of the regular meeting of
that society.
Over thirty of the society mem­bers
were present at this feast, and
judging from the sounds of laughter
and the pleased expression on all
the intelligent (?) faces everyone
thoroughly enjoyed the affair.
Several of the most famous speak­ers
of the society made remarkable
speeches beginning with "Rat"
Frank the "great" humorist. Next
was one of our former presidents,
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GLEE CLUB GIVES
ANNUAL CONCERT
Langdon Hall Filled To
Overflowing
Before a crowded house the Au­burn
Glee Club gave its annual
home concert on Wednesday night.
In addition to the vocal entertain­ment,
the instrumental selections
by the Mandolin Club and the jazz
music by the Orchestra made
the performance, one of the best
that has ever been given here.
Judging from the applause, the en­tire
program was heartily enjoyed
by all present and, the encores giy-en
were equally as good as the list­ed
numbers. Perhaps the biggest
hits were made by the specials of
the Glee Club, by Mr. F. H. Boyd
with his piano selections, the med­leys
of the Mandolin Club, and the
lively dance music of the Orches­tra.
First on the program were three
choruses by the Glee Club in uni­son
: "Soldiers of Freedom," "Songs
My Mother Taught Me," and "'Tis
Morn." These received a hearty
applause that was" well deserved.
Next in order came "The Trump­eter,"
a vocal solo by M. G. Smith.
The singer was encored several
times and for one of his encores
he sang, "When I'm With You."
Mr. Smith has a wonderful voice,
being a first basso, and will no
doubt be one of the leading attrac­tions
in the Club's road trip.
A quartette, composed of Messrs.
Tyler, first tenor, Cathcart, second
tenor, Collins, first bass, and John­son,
second bass, gave several sel­ections,
among them being "Drink
to Me Only with Thine Eyes" and
"The Bells of Shandon." These
were followed by several piano
solos from F. H. Boyd, who led
off with "2nd Mazurka," but was
encored three or four times. Each
time it seemed that his music be­came
better and better. Three sel­ections
were then given by the
Glee Club: "Watchman! What of
the Night," "When the Roses
Bloom," and "The Song of the An­vil."
All of these were exception--
ally good and showed careful work
on the part of the director.
The Mandolin Club, which fol-
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SPLENDID PROGRAM
BY WILSONIAN SOCIETY
At the regular weekly meeting of
the Wilsonian Literary Society on
last Tuesday Night, although the
weather prohibited a large crowd
from coming out, there were at least
forty-five or fifty present. But
they made up in spirit and enthus­iasm
what they lacked in numbers
and were treated with one of the
very best programs that have been
rendered at the Wilsonian since its
organization. The program given
was an excellent combination of
biography, elocution, witticisms,
adventure and humorous selections,
and each person who took part in it
showed both talent and prepara­tion.
Miss Jimmie Lee Smith beg
the program with the biography of
Alice Freeman Palmer. This was
followed with a humorous reading,
"Tit-for-Tat," by Miss Sudie Dow-dell.
Both of these were given in
such a way that the members of the
society were highly entertained ani
at the same time received interest
ing information. "My First Kissj
was given by S. O. Benson, who
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Chloe Earnest Associate Editor
W. T. Wood Sports Editor
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ATHLETICS VS. SPIRIT OF
UNREST
Recently the question has been
much discussed regarding the stress
given to athletics in colleges. The
'spirit of unrest that is said to ex­ist
in some of the colleges has been,
in part, attributed over-emphasis
placed on athletic sports. That a
spirit of unrest has prevailed among
the Auburn students for some time
is very evident and the question
naturally arises, whether or not
this is due to too much sports.
A somewhat careful summing up
of the situation at Auburn seems to
point to the fact that a reverse con­dition
exists, as it appears that the
athletic scope in the Village of the
Plains is far too small. While it
is true that great bursts of enthus*
iasm are constantly being display­ed
during the football season, and
if a championship is probable,
spirit almost runs riot, but this ap­pears
to be the result of circum­stances
that could easily be remedi­ed.
We do not maintain that there is
any need for greater interest in
football, baseball and other forms
of intercollegiate contests that are
being indulged in at present. It
might be a good policy to place
stress on some of these and branch
out more in other forms, as tennis,
lacrosse, etc., but what seems to be
one of Auburn's greatest needs at
present is athletics for every stu­dent
who desires to participate in
them. To have this means much
expansion in the line of athletic
fields, but with an abundance of
vacant lots, fields, etc., that are so
common around the Village it does
seem that no great effort would be
required and only a comparatively
small expense would be necessary
to meet the demands for places for
pleasant and wholesome recreation
that every Auburn student could
enjoy. /
The present day youth is an en­thusiast
by nature and even as the
youths in the generations of the
past. It being an age of athletics,
the average student desires to par­ticipate
in some form of sports as
a means of recreation, but with
such cramped conditions (one foot­ball
field, one baseball diamond,
etc.) as exist at present this is im­possible.
Very little interest can
be had in intramural athletics on
account of there being no place
available for the contests. Of the
thirteen hundred youths who are
enrolled in the A. P. I., some sev­enty-
five percent took part in
some form of inter-scholastic games
before entering college. Many of
these came to college with some
hopes of "making a team" before
completing their college course, but
they find that if they are not well
developed athletes upon entrance
there is little chance of realizing
this ambition. Being crowded out
in the first few days of practice is
disheartening to a candidate for
next year where more athletic
fields are available.
This is not a plea for more pleas­ure
and less work in the college
course. It has long since been
proven that restraint does not make
good students. Discipline is nec­essary,
but this appears far easier
for the busy minds and the best
solution to the problem of restless­ness
seems to be the giving of free
access to plenty of wholesome
sport and making the classroom
work come up to a higher standard.
If there is plenty of things avail­able
that are of interest to the stu­dents
they will gladly put forth the
effort required to remain in good
scholastic standard, and much, of
the unrest will disappear.
HARE ADVOCATES STUDENT
COACHES
any team and this is one of the
chief disseminators of unrest at
Auburn. Only the other day two
students were heard to say that
they were planning to go to school
Professor C. L. Hare, when in­terviewed,
seemed very enthusias­tic
regarding his recent proposal
to the executive committee of the
Southern Conference, regarding the
adoption of a system whereby
student coaches would direct the
teams participating in inter-colleg­iate
games. According to this plan,
one or more specialized coaches
would be necessary, according to
the size of the enrollment of the
college, whose duties would be to
instruct the student coaches and
to be responsible for the discipline
of the teams.
A few of the interesting points
as made in the proposal are:
After a term of years (say after
1928) the duties of all paid coaches
at Conference institutions shall be
confined to the development of
mass athletics for the entire stu­dent
body. All teams engaging in
intercollegiate contests shall be
coached by students alone, with
a corps of strategists and assist­ants
made up of players and others
familiar with the sport.
Viewed from the standpoint of
the student, would it not be vastly
to his advantage, would not the stu­dent
coaching staff be on their met­al,
and use their brains in devising
tactics and strategy as they never
do under the present system?
A team, the creature of the brain,
as well as the brawn, of the stu­dent
body itself would be truly
representative of its* college, it
would be its very own.
The necessity of planning for a
season's campaign, and for future
years, would' lay upon the student
body such responsibility that would
develop mental alertness to an ex­tent
now impossible.
Several other important points
were included in the proposal
but lack of space prevents their
use in this issue. Professor
Hare explained that this wns
not a move against the salari­ed
coach but that it could be
made a system whereby the teach­ing
forces and coaches would be
paid on a more equal basis. This
last point has become a 'bone" of
much contention in colleges during
the past few years.
When presented to the committee
in Atlanta, last week, the plan met
with considerable comment, both
pro and con. Being of such a re­volutionary
nature, it will take
some time for the consideration of
such a plan. At least it has several
good as well as bad features and it
will be interesting to see how it
will be taken after more time and
thought is given to it by the com­mittee.
INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL
ADOPTS RULES CONCERNING
COMING TOURNAMENT
The Interfraternity Council met
idonday night, March 10, and adopt­ed
rules and regulations to govern
i t s first annual tournament in
uaseball, tennis and golf. Some of
the rules decided upon may not af­fect
present conditions very much,
nut tiiey are made with an idea of
permanency in mind to fit such
circumstances as may arise in the
future.
General rules to cover all of the
events have been drawn up, as weu
as special regulations to fit each
individual sport.
because of the large number in­terested
space is here given for the
publication of all the rules agreed
upon, with the exception of the
special ones on Baseball and Ten­nis
which will be announced later,
lhc rules are:
1. The Interfraternity Council
proposes to annually sponsor a
Golf, Tennis and Baseball Tourna­ment.
2. The participant shall be a
member of a fraternity of said
council.
3. The participant shall be an af­filiated
member of a fraternity of
said Council.
4. No member of a fraternity
shall be considered eligible who
has been classed as professional in
Golf, Tennis or Baseball.
5. The officials in the respective
tournaments shall be named by the
committee in charge, and be agree­able
to both contestants.
6. Any team failing to report at
the specified time and place will
have automatically forfeited the
the contest.
7. Each team will be required to
furnish its own equipment
8. The matching of contestants
will be by drawing, conducted b>
the committee in charge.
9. The times of the games shall
be arranged by the committee in
charge and posted in due time.
10. The place of the indiv. jal
centests shall be decided by the
committee in charge.
11. All disputes shall be settled
by an arbitrating committee elected
by the Interfraternity Council.
12. These, rules shall be subject
to change or amendment by a ma­jority
vote of the ^Interfraternity
Council.
The special rules relating to Golf
follow:
"l. Anyone having previously
made a letter in Golf will not be
eligible.
2. The Golf Tournament shall be
go governed by the rules and regu­lations
as set forth by the Auburn
Golf Association and the general
rules as set forth by the Interfrater­nity
Council.
3. A team shall consist of two
men from each fraternity.
4. The games shall be played in
foursomes.
5. Nine holes shall constitute the
course.
The fraternity making the high­est
combination score in the three
events will be awarded a suitable
wall plaque or other trophy by the
Interfraternity Council. Several of
the merchants of Auburn have be­come
interested in this tournament
to the extent that they are consid­ering
giving cups to the winners
of the individual sports.
The committee hopes to have the
golf games all played by the end of
March, and to have tennis take up
the first two weeks of April, while
baseball will immediately follow.
Further announcements will be
made later by the Committee in
charge whom the Council has nam­ed
as H. G. Brice, Chairman, G, A.
Orum and R. E. Lambert.
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1791-1867
Apprentice to an English book­binder.
Attracted the atten­tion
of Sir Humphrey Davy,
becoming his assistant. "The
greatest experimentalist of all
times," says one biographer.
The electrical unit Farad was
named for him.
I n 1880 the Edison
Electric Illuminating
Company, of New York
City, installed a genera­tor
of 1200 lamps cap­acity,
then considered
a giant. By continuous
experimentation and re-s
e a r c h the General
Electric Company has
developed generators
900 times as powerful
as this wonder of forty
years ago.
" What's the use of itr
Michael Faraday saw the real beginning
of the age of electricity nearly a century
ago when he thrust a bar magnet into a
coil of wire connected with a galvanometer
and made the needle swing.
Gladstone, watching Faraday at work in
his laboratory, asked, "What's the use of
it?" The experimenter jestingly replied,
"There is every probability that you will
soon be able to tax i t" The world-wide use
of electricity that has followed the Faraday
discovery abundantly justifies the retort
to Gladstone.
Faraday's theory of lines of force is con­stantly
applied in the Research Laboratories
of the General Electric Company in de­vising
new electrical apparatus of which
Faraday never dreamed. Every generator
and motor is an elaboration of the simple
instruments with which he first discovered
and explained induction.
GENERAL ELECTRIC
THE PLAINSMAN
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es
He looked at her. She was his
idol.
Her little hood was perched jaun­tily
on one side—tantalizingly.
"You're different—not like the
others," he murmured, and sighed.
"They are too noisy—you are so
quiet. Theirs is the pace that kills
—yours is gentle and easy. They
are emotional—they break d o w n -
not so with you. I love your cool­ness
I"
"And to think—that soon you'll
be my ownl"
"But are you tired? Ahl i had
forgotten my date. We shall have
to hurry."
And so he cranked her, jumped
in—and drove away.
—Sun Dial.
She—I saw you driving yester
day with a gentleman.' He appear­ed
to have only one arm.
Her—0, no, the other arm was
around somewhere.
—Exchange.
And you've told her
How much you
Love her. ;£• . i
For her beautiful face
Aid pretty ways
And you've told her
You'll give up
All other girls, and
You'll reform and be good
1 u r l . e r sake;
And then,
Wiien you've seaa-1 it
\> ith a marvelouv,
Blissful, holy
Kiss;;
»!:d you take of.'
* our frat pin,
And you're putting it on
Her dress;
And then you stick yourself
On some other guy's
Frat pin,
Ain't it tough?
—Exchange.
SOFT MUSIC
"Hear your cook quit, Jack."
"Yep. 'My Swedie Went Away I"
—Widow.
She: What kind of a girl is
Yvonne?
He: Well, I took her riding in a
taxi and the bill was $49.82.
—Purple Cow.
Drunk—"Hie, 's a funny thing,
but when water freezes it always,
hie, freezes with the slippery side
up."
Puppy Love is The Beginning of
A Dog's Life.
He:—"May I kiss you good­night?"
She:—"No, Herbert; it is my
principle never to kiss any one
good-night."
He: Well, let's drop the principle
and show some interest.
—Exchange.
RUBBING IT IN
Citizen—Judge, I'm too sick to do
jury duty. I've got a bad case of
itch.
Judge—Excuse accepted. Clerk,
just scratch that man out.
—Cornell Widow.
BIBLE STUDY LEADERS
INSTITUTE AT UNIVERSITY
There are two ways to win a
woman. One is to spend money on
tv.'r. So is the other.
—Exchange.
Scph.—I was over to see her last
night, when some one threw a
brick through the window and hit
the poor girl in the ribs.
Fresh.—Did it hurt her?
Soph.—No, but it broke three of
my fingers.
—Pitt Panther.
"Stop!" cried the voice in the
taxi.
The driver stopped.
"I didn't mean you. Keep right
on driving," said the voice.
Teacher: "What animal makes
the nearest approach to man?"
Little Boy (timidly): "The
flea."
—Exchange.
Five representatives of the Au­burn
YMCA attended a Bible Study
Leaders' Institute which was held
at the University of Alabama last
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Those attending were, Prof. W. H.
Eaton, L. H. Tapscott, W. A. Young,
C. H. Turk and W. E. Glenn. This
Institute was held under the aus­pices
of the University YMCA. The
leader was Dr. A. Bruce Curry of
the Bible Institute of New York.City
who is one of the leading men in
the field of Bible Study in Amer­ica.
The Institute was held for the
students of Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana, with approximate­ly
fifty attending. Six sessions
were held, each lasting about two
hours, the last being held on Sun­day
afternoon. Those who attend­ed
were cared for-by the Y. M. C.
A. in the dormitories and frater­nity
houses on the campus.
Dr. Curry brought the charge
that people of today live accord­ing
to personal opinions and forget,
what the real religion of Jesus
Christ is. His great desire is to
help American students under­stand
that the Bible is a book deal­ing
with life at its best and not
one to be read as a treatise of his­tory
or anything else, although it
does have that in-it. It discloses
the great life of Christ and if one
is willing to study it thoroughly
he may re-discover what the Mas­ter
Teacher came to give us. He
urged that, as students become
dissatisfied with modern man-made
religion they should go back
to the beginnings of Christianity
for a pure conception of what it
should be.
NEW LITERARY CLUB FORMED
What trouble Adam had—
No man in days of yore
Could say when he had told a joke:
"I've heard that one before."
Overheard at Students' Club
"Say, please quit eating your soup
for a minute; I want to tell Bill
something."
SHE KEPT HER HEAD
Her: Oh, Jack, that last waltz
has made me so giddy, I must sit
down.
Him: Certainly—there's a r:ozy
corner at the bottom of the garden.
Her: Thank you so much, but
I'm not as giddy as all that.
—Exchange.
Husband—That dress shows your
back clear down to your waist.
Wife—Well, that's where my
back stops.
Ain't it tough,
When you're out with
The only girl,
A new literary club has been
formed on the campus. It is to be
devoted to original composition
and the promotion of literary tal­ent.
The name given it by its
founders is "The Pen Pushers
Club."
. The charter members of the or­ganization
are: Chloe Earnest, Ruth
Earnest, Dorothy Duggar, Clara El
len Yarbrough, Osie Hagerman, Bill
Wood, and Emily Hare.
The purpose of the club as set
forth in the constitution is: "to
encourage original composition,
self-expression, and frank criti­cism
among the members."
Any student of the Alabama Poly­technic
Jnstitute is eligible for
membership into the "Pen Push­ers."
A person desiring admittance
must present some original compo­sition
to the club, which will be
voted on, and if it is accepted he
will be allowed to join.
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RIDING ORDERS ISSUED
BY MILITARY DEPARTMENT
"A new series of regulations gov­erning
privilege riding have been
issued, and it is thought that a word
of explanation may not be inap­propriate
at this time.
"The Military Department regrets
exceedingly that it is forced to limit
the number of people granted these
privileges, and trusts that an under­standing
of the situation will pre­vent
any feeling of dissatisfaction.
The Department has been guided in
its decision to limit the list to ad­vanced
course students of the Field
Artillery Unity by the fact that the
horses were sent to Auburn for the
use of the Field Artillery. At pres­ent
there are only forty seven gov­ernment
horses here for the use of
107 seniors and juniors of Field Ar
tillery."'
The following regulations gover>*
ing privilege riding are effective at
once, and all previous notices on
the subject are hereby revoked:
(1) All students granted riding
privileges will be listed and assign
ed horses. This list will be posted
on the bullentin board at the Sta­bles,
and no departure therefrom
will be permitted.
(2) Under no circumstances will
a student allow-any one to mount
the horse for which he signs up
Horses will not be galloped within
two miles of stables. Lack of care
or abuse of animals will result in
suspension of privileges.
(3) Horses may be taken from
stables between the hours of 1:30
and 2:00 P. M. on Wednesdays, Sat­urdays,
and Sundays. Horses must
be returned by 5:00 P. M. Horses
will be walked the first ten minutes
out of the stables and the last ten
minutes back, and at such intervals
as will prevent distress or excessive
fatigue to animals.
(4) Any student granted riding
privileges may be authorized to
take out an extra horse for a lady
upon WRITTEN ORDER from
LIEUTENANT JONES. The extra
horse will be assigned by the N. C.
O. at the stables.
(5) In the event that two or more
persons desire use of same horse, if
all interested are at stables at 1 = 30
P. M., horse will be assigned in the
following order: to a senior; to a
junior; as an extra horse for a seni­or;
as an extra horse for a junior
If all those interested are not at
stables by 1:30 P. M., horse will be
assigned according to hour of ar­rival.
The assignment of the N. C.
O. in charge of stables will be final.
(6) Students taking advantage of
riding privileges will sign up for
animals at the time same are taken
out.
John E. Hatch,
Major, F. A. (DOL)
Commandant.
SPLENDID PROGRAM
RY WILSONIAN SOCIETY
(Continued from Page 1)
seems to have had some rare ex­perience
along that line—at least
to hear him tell it
H. T. Wingate then gave a very
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A variety of stylet for
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interesting story of romance and
adventure that held everyone in
suspense until it turned out to be a
mere dream. It was a representa­tion
of "Life as it Seldom is." R. U.
Staton ventured forth with some
current events that involved every­thing
from the time of the ancient
Gieeks to recent happenings in Au­burn.
And Freshman R. Johnson
concluded the program with a few
jokes that "made" some of the mem­bers
present in grand style.
On the whole it was one of the
n-.ost successful meetings that the
society has ever held and if the
standard set up by this program is
kepi up during the whole semester,
it may be depnded upon that this
year will be one of the best that the
society has ever had.
GLEE CLUB GIVES
ANNUAL CONCERT
(Continued from Page 1)
lowed with a medley, was applaud­ed
so heartily that it seemed as if
the. audience would never allow
them to get away. They were call
ed back five or six times and in
their encores "Down on the Farnr
and the medley of college songs
ending with "Glory to Old Auburn
were among the best. S. C. Zeigler,
star soloist for the Club, rendered
several selections which were
greeted with an enthusiastic re
ception from the audience; the first
of these was "Our Yesterdays,"
and the second was "Forever," the
words and music to which were
composed by W. T. Wood of the
Senior Class. "Bill" accompanied
him on the piano.
After three more excellent selec
tions by the Glee Club in chorus,
"Tommy" Jones and his six-piece
orchestra held the center of attrac­tion
for twenty or. thirty minutes,
From the quality of the music they
gave and the tone of the reception
with which it was heard by the
audience it may be judged that Au
burn, has an orchestra that will
compare favorably with any in the
South. And Mr. Jones is to be con­gratulated
for his work in organ
izing and directing it. The music
given by these six men was con
sidered one of the biggest hits of
"the entire performance. They are
T. W. Jones, trombone and direct­or;
F. H. Boyd, piano; Paul Fon
tille, saxaphone and violin; R. D.
Yarbrough, saxaphone; G. H. Man
dy, drums, and R. L. Simpson,
banjo.
W. M. Anderson, first tenor, with
the Glee Club quartette, sang "Pic
anniny Snuggle Song," and when
encored gave a yodeling solo,
"Sleep, Baby Sleep." The conclud­ing
numbers of the night's per
formance were the "A. P. I. Loy­alty
Song" and the new "Alma Mat
er", composed by Bill Wood. When
the new college hymn was sung the
entire audience rose to its feet in
reverence, and this was the first
time in the history of the institu
tion that such a thing has happen­ed.
It made a thrill run through
the students to feel that Auburn
now has an Alma Mater that is as
beautiful as any in the country.
On Friday, the Glee Club, togeth­er
with the Mandolin Club and the
Orchestra, left on its ten day trip
to South Alabama. Several per­formances
will be given on the trip
and there is no doubt that if they
make as creditable showing as they
did before the Opelika audience on
Tuesday and the Auburn audience
on Wednesday, they will meet with
success wherever .they go. P. R.
Bidez deserves the commendation
of the whole college for his splen­did
work in directing the Club.
INTER-FRAT TRACK
MEET MARCH 17th
(Continued from Page 1)
be given one point; tenth best, ten
points, etc. The team with the low­est
number of points for the five
events will be awarded the loving
cup. (Sample scoring—if each of
the five best men of a fraternity
jump five feet, their record will be
twenty-five feet.)
Each fraternity desiring to enter-is
expected to file a list of members
with the Games Committee, or
Coach Hutsell, on or before Satur­day
March 15th.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
DATE CHANGED
(Continued from Page 1)
Day exercises is Monday night,
May 19—preceding the Graduation
exercises on the following Tuesday
morning. This hour has previously
been given over to the "Festival of
Lights," which is the occasion on
which the "keys" to the ruling
class are given to the officers of
the in-coming Senior Class by the
officers of the out-going Seniors.
THE SEASON'S TRACK
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
(Continued from Page 1)
past two seasons in his two mile
jaunts. Reeves and Belcher show
ed up well in the cross country
meet last fall and bid fair to go
well in the spring meets..
"Duke" Marquis was the all-round
track star of the team last year and
scored eighteen points in one of the
dual meets. He does the high and
low hurdles, the high and broad
jumps and is a good man in the pole
vault. Captain Pippin has never
failed to go better than twenty-one
feet in the broad jump and was
second in the conference meet in
Montgomery last year.
Lock is the best pole vaulter that
ever tried his hand at Auburn, and
ihc long fellow never reached his
real stride until in a meet in Chi­cago
last summer when he cleared
the bar at twelve feet. White is
making his first try, having been on
the freshman team last year, and is
going fine with the weights. 01
linger and Greene are putting the
javelin around one hundred forty
feet in practice, which makes the
outlook pleasing .
RECEPTION GIVEN
AT PRACTICE HOME
(Continued from Page 1)
to make the most profound bache­lor
admit his erring judgment.
Those who live in the home and
to whom must go the big portion
of the praise for this elegant house­hold,
and also for success of the
house warming are: Misses Mar­garet
Wilbur, Millicent Best, Eliza­beth
Duncan, Lysbeth Fullan, Mary
Haine, Lucia Porter, Pearl Jones
and Eldora Thurman.
WEBSTERIAN BANQUET
VERY ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
(Continued from Page 1)
Mr. R. A. Nunn who flattered the so­ciety
so mucn until it will take
wccits to get back to normal again.
After the conclusion of this speech
by some mistake a Rat was called
upon who deigned to make his talk
on the wonderful subject of "Mar­riage
1'" The talk was nothing ex­cellent
in itself but it aroused a
subject that continued until the
conclusion of the affair. What it
was all about was that someone
discovered (or thought they did)
during the progress of the talk that
the speaker was Very much interest­ed
in a certain girl and therefore
this pointed to his chosing the
aforesaid subject. Several other
real good talks were made by var­ious
members of the society with
subjects ranging from Florida to
steam turbines.
Mr. K. W. Grimley, the able presi­dent
of the society acted as tost-tnaster
for the occasion and presid­ed
in a fine manner. The thanks of
the society is due Mr. Kernodle who
rendered several beautiful selec­tions
on the piano.
Everyone departed from the ban
quet voting it one of the most suc­cessful
banquets that they had ever
had the pleasure of attending. This
was the first annual banquet of the
society but it is to be an annual af­fair
hereafter, this being decided at
the last meeting. The society has
had a highly successful year,
launching three new enterprises in
literary societies during the past
few months which were the holding
of Jhe first social affairs, a weenie
roast and a banquet, that have ever
been held by_ any society, and the
is uance of a society paper.
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