1927-03-19 The Plainsman

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DAY MARCH 23 THE PLAINSMAN "A" DAY
MARCH 29
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, MARCH 19,1927. NUMBER 24
METERMEN ARE GUESTS OF AUBURN THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK
ENGINEERS AGAIN 1NVABE H u f t S HS
MITCHELL'S MUl ON HIKE "**"*"™I
Participants C l a im
They Need M o re
Walking
About two years ago the Engineers
made a successful attack on Mitch­ell
Mill garrison. Quite a few of the
veterans of that campaign who have
weathered the storm of R* 0. T. C.
since then have been anxious to re­peat
the performance. However, so
many of them remembered too well
the last trip, and it was impossible to
get enough men to enlist for another
turn last year. Interest was differ­ent
this year though, and a very im­posing
army was mobilized for the
duration of the conflict. This second
invasion was as much- so if not more
successful than the first.
The organization of this particular
army is quite different from any oth­er.
However, it has some of the char­acteristics
of the Knights of the old
who outfitted their units and financed
the campaign. In this organization
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LEGISLATORS
VISIT NEEDY
INSTITUTION
NEW FAD
Due to the present lack of
pedal locomotion, it is appar­ent
that in a million years or
more the human race will be
legless. Believing in this theo­ry
and urged on by a desire to
serve humanity, Professors
Hugh G. Grant, head of the
Journalism department and
publicity work, and J. W. Roe,
of the Foreign Language de­partment,
have mapped out a
hiking program.
The general itinerary includ­es
the distance of approximate­ly
eight miles and each Sun­day
afternoon is set apart for
these unique exercises.
Such an heroic example is
not entirely original though
commendable. For many years
Auburn students have wended
their weary way afoot from the
Lee County metropolis to the
village, rarely for exercise how­ever.
Trip to Tuskegee Brings Out
Deplorable Contrast
Members of the House of Repre­sentatives
of the state of Alabama
were the guests of Auburn on Wed­nesday
and Thursday. The purpose
BANQUET GIVEN
BY CHEMICAL
MENTOWILEY
Noted Food Specialist Talks
of Prohibition Fight
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, world fam­ous
apostle of pure food, honor guest
of their trip to the village was to i n - j a t a d i n n e r p a r t y g i v e n r e c e n t i y b y
vestigate conditions existing here and| m e m b e r s o f t h e f a c u i t y of the school
report their findings as a committee ; o f c h e m i s t r y h e a d e d by Dean B. B
Ross revealed a new angle to the
prohibition question in this country,
Incidentally, the noted chemist threw
some new light on the character and
during the next sessio*n of the House.
Especial attention to the status and
needs of the local extension service
constituted the main plan of this
committee. -Several trips over to the
agricultural department were con­ducted
by Dean Funchess and Pro­fessor
L. N. Duncan of the extension
service.
On Wednesday afternoon the party
motored down to Tuskegee to inspect
the model barns found there and was
provided with a pitiful contrast be­tween
the barns of the negro school
and those of our own campus.
President and Mrs. Dowell were
hosts at a reception in honor of the
visiting solons on Wednesday night.
Through this medium, members of the
faculty were introduced to the law­makers.
During the short while of their
visit here the legislators were assign­ed
to rooms in the Alumni Dormitory
while meals were served them in
Smith Hall. According to reports, a
highly favorable impression was made
on these men and belated aid to this
poverty-ridden institution seems to be
just in the offing.
personality of the late Theodore
Roosevelt, whom he knew intimately.
The dinner, which was given in Smith
Hall, was the culminating event of
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ANNUALSUNDAY
SCHOOL MEET IS
TO BE HELD HERE
PROGRAM
College Show
Monday, March 21
"BUTTERFLYS in the RAIN"
with Laura LaPlante and James
Kirkwood. Universal.
Tuesday, March 22
"PARIS"
with "Charles Ray and Joan
Crawford. Fox.
Wednesday, March 23
"CANYON OF LIGHT"
Fox Picture with Tom Mix
and Tony, the wonder horse
Thursday, .March 24 '
"THREE FACES EAST"
Mystery drama of Secret
Service. Producers Picture
Friday, March 25
"TWINKLETOES"
Colleen Moore, will dance her
way into your heart.
Saturday, March 26
"THE WRECK"
Featuring Shirley Mason with
Malcolm McGregor. Liberty.
The Fourth Annual Standard Sun­day
school training school for Auburn
and Opelika will be held at the First
Methodist Church at Opelika, March
20-25. The First Methodist Church
at Auburn is expected to send a large
number of workers from the various
classes to this training school. The
students as well as the towns people
are cordially invited to attend.
Dr. Zebulon Judd is dean of this
school and will teach "Principles of
Religious Teaching." Among the oth­er
members of the faculty are Dr.
Plato Durham of Emory Univesity
who will teach "The Spirit and Ge­nius
of Methodism." Dr. W. F. Cann
of Opelika will teach "The Life and
Letters of St. Paul." The Speciali­zation
unit of "Primary Materials and
Methods of Teaching" will be given
by Miss Margaret Patterson, Elemen­tary
Superintendent of Alabama Con­ference
Sunday School Board. "The
Small Sunday School" is the subject
to be taught by Rev. S. M. Baker,
Home Extension Secretary of the Ala­bama
Conference, now a student at
Emory University.
Credit can be obtained for any of
the above courses by attending all
class sessions unless providentially
hindered, reading the textbook assign­ed
and bringing all the written work
up daily.
Who should attend these courses?
All officers, teachers church members
Sunday School members and the stu­dents
of the college. It is hoped that
every Sunday School class of the
Auburn Methodist Church will send
a large representation.
OF NEWSPRING
Bridge and Washers Openly
Indulged In
CHEMICAL PRAISE
By Dr. Harvey Wiley
Even great men fall in love, but in this case, as in most in­stances,
the process of becoming enamoured of a fair lady had
its origin in youth. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, internationally known
chemist, who recently addressed several large audiences here as
the guest of Dr. B. B. Ross, penned the following clever lines
while a student in Chemistry at Harvard University:
Spring has come and with it the
season for robust .. .
emerge from their hibernation «.—
engage in strenuous, manly sports.
Wherever one seeks in Auburn, he
will find plentiful evidence of youth's
desire to joyously engage in exer­cise.
On the porches of all the fraterni­ty
houses he may see at all times of
the day a fervent group of young
giants gathered around the bridge ta­ble.
No sooner does one player drop
out than an eager substitute races in
to replace him and the uninterrupted
progress of this thrilling contest is
assured.
Or perchance while strolling down
the street he may see animated groups
of bareheaded, shirt-sleeved youths
trying their skill at a hazardous game
o'f pitching washers. Exhaustion de­pletes
their ranks for only an in­stant,
then eager reserves are rush­ed
in to fill the breach.
To gaze on such manly, virile
scenes as these is bound to make the
blood course more quickly through
the veins and the heart of the spec­tator
thrill with joy.
This is Auburn's first sign of
Spring.
DEBATING TEAM
OPENS CONTEST
NEXT THURSDAY
To Meet Mississippi A. and M.
In Y Hut
Auburn will meet Mississippi A.
and M. in the first intercollegiate
debate of the year for a local team
next Thursday night in the Y.W.C.A
Hut at 8:00 o'clock, according to an
announcemtnt made today by Pro-fesosr
Harry L. Hamilton, coach of
the local team.
Seats are available to seat large
crowd in the Hut and all steps are
being taken to insure the success of
this contest.
Added interest in the question is
engendered by the fact of the Presi­dent's
vetoing the McNary-Haugen
farm relief bill.
The Auburn team, composed of Miss
Polly Grace and R. W. Vaughn will
defend the affirmative side of the
following question:
Resolved: That the South should
unite with the West in supporting a
Farm Relief measure based upon the
principles of the Haugen-McNary Bill
which was passed by the last Congress
and vetoed by President Coolidge.
WAPI PROGRAM
FOR NEXT WEEK
IS ANNOUNCED
Columbus, Ga., Fairfax and
Langdale Artists Will
Broadcast
Eleven programs will be broadcast
from Station WAPI during the week
beginning March 21. Among these
will be Columbus, Georgia, artists un­der
the direction of LeRoy Lewis,
and artists from Fairfax and Lang-dale.
The evening programs will be­gin
at 8 o'clock, except the Friday
evening program which begins at 9
o'clock.
Monday noon, solos by Mrs. A. D.
Mayo. J. D. Pope on the agricultural
situation, and John E. Ivey on the
Alabama Egg Laying Contest.
Monday night, silent.
Tuesday noon, music by a trio
composed of Mrs. Dick Yarbrough,
piano, Mrs. Mary Drake Askew, vio­lin,
and A. D. Staples, flute. W. H.
Appleton wiil discuss forage crops
and "Aunt Sammie" will discuss
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I know a maiden, charming and true
With beautiful eyes like cobalt blue
)f the borax head, and I guess she'll do
If she hasn't another reaction.
Her form is no bundle of toilet shams,
Her beauty no boon of arsenical balms,
And she weighs just sixty-two kilograms
To a deci-decimal fraction.
Her hair is a crown, I can truthfully state
'Tis a meter long, nor curly nor straight,
And it is as yellow as plumbic chromate
In a slightly acid solution.
And when she speaks from parlor or stump,
The words which gracefully gambol and jump
Sound sweet like the water in Sprengel's pump
In magnesic phosphate ablution.
One day I said, "I will leave you for years,"
To^try her love by rousing her fears;
She shed a deciliter of tears,
Turning brown the turmeric yellow.
To dry her tears I gave her, you know,
A hectogram of candy; also
To bathe her red eyes, some H>0}
She said, "You're a naughty fellow."
I have bought me a lot, about a hectare,
And built me a home ten meters square,
And soon, I think, I shall take her there,
My tart little acid radicle.
Perhaps little sailors on life's deep sea
Will be the salts of this chemistry,
And the lisp of the infantile A, B, C
Be the' refrain of this madrigal.
To Be Presented in High School
Auditorium on 29th
COED COLUMN [PLAYERS WILL
Edited By Catherine Nunn | KLl JtlA I UllUfV
The first sorority house is to be | fl| VltHIVA
established on the campus by the Phi
Delta Rho's.
The Phi Delta Rho sorority was
founded at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute in 1923. It is one of the
four sororities on the campus, being
the largest im membership.
The girls will live in the Mardre
house, beginning September 1, 1927.
The officers are: Lillian Dunn, Au­burn
president; Neida Martin, Au­burn,
vice-president; Leetie Gibbs,
Arab, Treas; Lorene Parrish, Clanton,
Sec. Other members are: Katherine
Nunn, Auburn; Rebecca Pate, Au­burn;
Mrs. Lowery, Auburn; Hadie
Nichols, Andalusia; Cindy Lester,
Dadeville; Vera Isbell, Fort Payne;
Linnie Cline, Kenedy; Gertrude Ger-ber,
Sheffield; Jane Springer, Miami,
Fla.; Viola Thorn, Hanceville; Sarah
Holliday, Fairfax; Edna Creel, Birm­ingham;
Martha Haupt.
This is in keeping with the plan
of. sorority and fraternity houses as
set up by other institutions.
The womans student Government
met Tuesday and the following offi­cers
were elected for the year 1927-28.
President, Beth Seibold; vice-pres­ident,
Margaret Bryant; secretary,
Pertice Tucker; treasurer, Irby Bar­rett;
house president, Eunice Stinnitt;
town president, Dot Taylor.
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According to an announcement
made today by Professor Harry L.
Hamilton, director of the Auburn
Players, the Football Frolic of 1927
will be repeated in the high school
auditorium in Opelika on the night
of March 29. The presentation of
this enjoyable musical comedy will be
under the sponsorship of the Camp
Fire Girls of Opelika.
This will mark the third appear­ance
of the show which played be­fore
an enormous crowd in Langdon
Hall three weeks ago and again last
Friday night.
Due to unavoidable circumstances,
several of the original numbers will
be omitted, thus shortening the play
which was slightly too long in its un­abridged
form.
Some of the most popular scenes
which will be enacted in Opelika are:
"Blowing the Blues Away," featur­ing
Moreland Smith; the quartette,
composed of Hopson, Moore, Smith
and McKinnon; the rhyming cafe
skit featuring the same four actors;
a duet by Misses Eloise Floyd and
Elizabeth Mardre; and the Black
Bottom, with Miss Lillian Gist, Pup
Jones and chorus.
THIRTY ELECTRICIANS AND
STUDENTS ATTEND CUSSES
DR. MORPHET IS
SPEAKER AT RAT
CONVOCATION
Takes Freshman On Tour of
Phillipines and China
An hour of delightful entertain­ment
in the form of imaginary travel
was afforded the Freshman class free
of charge at convocation Tuesday. Dr.
Morphet of the Education department
was the speaker of the hour.
Dr. Morphet carried the class in
a body to Manila, of the Phillipines,
in a delightful manner. The trip was
begun on board a liner, starting from
San Francisco and going by way of
Honolulu, Honghong, Yokahoma,
Shanghai, South Sea islands, and
other points of minor interest. How­ever,
these substations occupied only
brief stops.
The big hit of the trip was in Ma­nila,
-where jtnuch amusement was
afforded by the odd customs and
practices there. One striking sight
was the act of the native men wear­ing
the ventral end of their shirts
outside their trousers.
Quite a while was spent in visiting
and reviewing the schools there,—
their methods and progress. The
varied humorous coined phrases of the
students there afforded side-splitting
laughs for several minutes. These
oddly expressed phrase, Dr. Morphet
explained, were indication of the fact
that the English language is one
that is difficult to learn.
This trip was thoroughly enjoyed
by practically every member of the
class. It was made much more im­pressive
by the display of a brilliant
ly colored head cloth throughout the
speech, which was secured in the
Phillipines Jby the speaker.
The other regular numbers of the
convocation period were actuated at
the beginning of the hour, which in­cluded
devotional exercises conducted
b the student pastor, Rev. Langston,
and introduction of the speaker by
Dr. Dowell.
Lectures by Local Pro­fessors
Followed by
Experiments in Lab.
MANY EXHIBITS
ARE ON HAND
Correct Metering Is
in Courses
Stressed
In behalf of the Metermen of the
different operating and utility com­panies
of Alabama, as well as the
other citizens who might be interested,
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, in
cooperation with the Alabama Power
Company and several of the electrical
manufacturing companies, has con­ducted
a school for Metermen at Au­burn
during the. past week. These
classes, which were conducted during
eight hours of the day, have been
attended by thirty men from different
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Professor Rutland of Department of
English Favors "Vicar of Wakefield'
On November 14, 1926, there ap­peared
in the Birmingham Age-Her­ald
a criticism of the "Vicar of Wake­field"
by Dr. James R. Rultand, head
of the local English department,
which has attracted widespread at'
tention. Because of the simplicity
of its styl.e and keeness of insight,
we pass it on to you:
"One of my favorites among old
books is Goldsmith's Vicar of Wake­field.
The chief reason why I like
it is its personal intimacy, the spirit
of even-tempered Goldsmith, its hu­mor
and its gentle irony. I not only
enjoy the Vicar's mild amusement at
the frivolity of his daughters and
wife, but also the author's genuine
delight in his creature's unconscious
vanity and delectable gullibility.
Then there is amiable irony at the
expense of stingy fathers, fault-find-rhg
horse traders, and the affecta­tions
of ambitious folk, which shows
the keen but kindly insight into hu­man
nature so characteristic of Gold­smith.
Few characters in our novels are
as enjoyable or as admirable as Dr.
Primrose, in whom the author por­trays
good-humoredly some of his own
short-comings as well as much of his
own innate goodness. The Vicar is
one of the very few successful pic­tures
in fiction of a righteous man.
I would not be like him. I am too
conscious of his weakness. But I en­joy
his simple, unaffected goodness—
goodness that is companionable and
does not puff itself up. I wish he
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ALPHA LAMBDA
TAU'S ATTEND
CONVENTION
Meets in Atlanta
The sixth annual convention of the
Alpha Lambda Tau fraternity was
held in Atlanta, at the Biltmore hotel,
on the 10, 11, and 12 of this month.
The convention began Thursday morn­ing
with a buffet luncheon at 11:30,
then from 1:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. a
business session was held after which
there was a tea dance given in the
Georgia ballroom, from 5:00 P.M. un­til
700. Another business session was
held Thursday night.
On Friday morning at 10:30, the
fraternity presented a bronze Found­ers
tablet to Oglethorps University.
T. V. Morrison, Atlanta attorney and
grand regent of the fraternity, pre­sented
the tablet to Dr. H. J. Gaert-ner,
head of the department of edu­cation
and Germanic languages, who
acted in the absence of Dr. Thornwell
Jacobs, president of the university.
Short talks then followed by Mr.
Morrison and Dr. Gaertner. At 1:30
Friday afternoon another business
session was held, and Friday night
from 10 until 2 o'clock was the most
outstanding social event of the con­vention,
which was a formal dance
given in the Georgian ballroom, which
was attractively decorated with dra­peries
of black and gold, the fraterni­ty
colors. At the northern end was
a large replica of the fraternity pin
which was lighted during the no-breaks.
The music for the dances
was furnished by Charlie Trout's
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NEW DIAMOND
BEING PLACED
IN CONDITION
Bleachers Erected and Dug­outs
Under Construction
Work on the new baseball field is
being pushed rapidly forward in or­der
that it may be in good condition
on the date of its dedication, set on
March 29. This day has also been
officially designated as "A" Day at
which time many alumni will gather
to renew former experiences.
A growth of smooth, bright green
grass has been carefully nursed into
existence, and with the level bareness
of the base paths forms a striking
contrast. All bumps have been level­ed
down and the fielding positions
around the bases have assumed a
smooth appearance. A mound has
been constructed for pitchers' box
with every precaution taken to pre­vent
washing during rainy spells.
Bleachers, formerly used on Drake
Field, have been pressed into ser­vice
and now line edges of the field.
Masons are busily occupied in pre­paring
brick dugouts both for the
visitors and the home team. It is
understood that a large scoreboard
will be stationed in the remote re­gions
of the outfield. Work on this
project has been under the sole guid­ance
of Coach David Morey and his
staff of assistants.
A game with the Birmingham Bar­ons,
marking the initial appearance
of the '27 Tiger diamond combine,
will feature the day's program. At
this time the field will be dedicated
to a man much beloved of both the
alumni and the students of Auburn.
Several high dignitaries of the state
are expected to be present.
PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
Monday, March 21
"ALTERS OF DESIRE"
with Mae Murray and Conway
Tearle. Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer Picture
Tuesday, March 22
"NO CONTROL"
Harrison Ford and Phylis Haver
A Metropolitan Picture
Wed. and Thurs., March 23-24
"CASEY AT THE BAT"
Wallace Beery with Ford Ster­ling,
Zazu Pitts and Iris
Stuart. Paramount Picture
15c and 35c
Friday, March 25
"THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER"
Jack Holt in Zane Grey's Story
of Guns and the Desert
Saturday, March 26
"WANDERING FOOTSTEPS"
with Estelle Taylor, Bryant
Washburn, and Alex B.
Francis.
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Practice begets wisdom.
Sincerity is the child of Truth.
Suicide is the direct result of moral
cowardice.
That the heart rather than the brain is
the seat of the affections is proved by the
fact that all men love.
The art of true laughter is as valuable
to mankind as any of the masterpieces of
the so-called beaux arts.
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In order that there might be a 100 per
cent attendance at Saturday morning drill,
we advocate the removal of the drill field
to Montgomery.
It is understood that some of the seniors
expressed the hope that the engraver would
misspell the word, presence, on their invi­tations
to make it read "presents". Why
not?
There is some opposition to the proposed
stadium. This is easily understood. There
are always some people who, due to the
preponderance of "logic-tight comparH-ments"
in their mental life, are opposed to
progress.
We have found the perfect pessimist here
in Auburn. One boy expressed his dis­gust
at the advance signs of Spring. He
gave as his reason for his unique aversion
to the arrival of that delightful season the
fact that the leaves on the trees prevented
his seeing the college clock from his win­dow.
We hear that the spring trainers voted
a week's extension to their practices. This
is a very commendable attitude on the part
of these ambitious athletes. By their eager­ness
to work and ambition to develop into
gridiron wizards, they are evincing the
true Auburn spirit. Incidentally they are
showing up well in the practice games.
Many people have wondered at the growth
of the mighty oak from the little acorn,
but few stop to consider the most phenome­nal
of all developments—that of the human
mind. The keenest intellects the world has
ever known were born in an almost blank
state. The new born baby is probably de­void
of any mental action except the sim­plest
native reactions.
Life is precious and its faintest spark
is as carefully guarded as that spark of
fire so zealously tended by the ancients.
Pathetic evidence of the tenacity with which
a human clings to this mortal existence
was furnished last Tuesday in Chicago
where a twenty-two year old boy lay para­lyzed.
His lungs had failed to function five
days previously. Friends volunteered to
work in shifts to maintain respiration. Al­though
his body was slowly dying, his will
or spirit never faltered. "I'm all right",
forced between his clenched teeth and par­ched
lips, were the last words he uttered
before he lost his grip on Life.
A NEW SET OF TEETH IN THE HONOR
SYSTEM
A plan has recently been worked out
by the faculty committee on the honor
system and the student representatives
which has put teeth in the old system now
in vogue. The proposed plan provides for
the signing of a pledge at the terminal of
the examination "by each individual. The
phraseology of the pledge, "I pledge my
word of honor that I have neither given,
received nor seen anyone else give or re­ceive
help on this examination," is self-explanatory.
Why is this an improvement over the
old plan whereby a student is obligated
by a sense pi personal honor to report any
violations of the honor code brought to his
attention? In the first place it brings the
question of honor a little nearer home to
the habitually honest student. Under the
present regime, one is liable to feel that
failure to report infractions of honesty
is not a direct reflection on his own charac­ter
but that the burden of shame is on
the student who commits this indescretion.
When one is required to sign a pledge,
however, he will be more cautious before
he sacrifices his self respect to avoid
criticism.
Then, too, it will be a shield for the
honest student. Even though most boys,
have been taught not to bear tales, they
have been drilled in the protection of their
integrity in whatever environment they
may have been located. Although it may be
an exaggerated sense of humor, the South­erner
has always regarded his oath as in­violable
and has always stood ready to de­fend
the sanctity of his promise. This
is just what the pledge amounts to, an oath
or promise. We do not believe that there
are enough common liars in Auburn to
defeat the purpose of the new system.
In submitting this plan, the committee
takes cognizance of the alarming condition
of student honesty at Auburn. There is
no doubt in the minds of the sane minded
at Auburn that the honor system, as it
now exists, is a miserable failure. Some­thing
had to be done. It was a question of
either abolishing the student control of
cases involving the honesty of their fellows,
and reverting to the old system of faculty
patrol, or renovating the present System.
The honest student would not have been
radically affected by either decision, for
he does not object to the professor's watch­ing
him at all times.
The next step must be to inflict a penal­ty
for violating the honor code in propor­tion
to the student's conception of honor.
In other words, a sophomore, junior, or sen­ior
should receive'the severest penalty for
cheating, namely, expulsion. Forcing a
freshman to drop a subject may be a suf­ficient
preventative. The longer one re­mains
in contact with the actual opera­tion
of an honor system, the less excuse
for cheating he has. Hence our convic­tion
that an upperclassman should suffer
especially for his misbehavior on examina­tions.
Any honor system requires the support
of the student body, as this is the founda­tion
upon which the structure is reared.
If this system will not work; then it's facul­ty
supervision for us.
TO .GROW OR NOT TO GROW
MUSTACHES
This month's Engineer carried an editor­ial
condemning the contemplated mark of
distinction to be worn by the seniors on
the inspection trip, the moustache. They
condemn this proposed practice on th«
grounds that the proud possessor of this
hairy growth on the upper lip will be prone
to think more of its cultivation on the
forthcoming trip than he will of the genera­ting
and relaying of power.
If we condemned it, our criticism would
be born of another source, that of the
inability of all the seniors to raise a notice­able
crop. We believe if any badge of dis­tinction
is to be worn, it should be one
that can be bought and not created. If the
moustache must be worn, we suggest the
addition of a "van dyke" beard as it "would
lend an added touch of dignity.
However, there is nothing seriously amiss
with this moustache idea. As for it leav­ing
an undesirable impression of Auburn,
as the author of the article in question sug­gests,
we are doubtful. The men with
whom the groups will be thrown in con­tact
on a trip of this nature will be interest­ed
more in their brains than in their facial
expressions.
Then there is the matter of expense to
be taken into account. A flaming red tie,
aside from its being hopelessly antiquated,
would cost the wearer at least one dollar,
while" the furry lip may be procured at an
actual saving of shaving cream and acces­sories.
Think of the economy of this nov­el
feature.
Let the seniors alone. They are over­burdened
with criticism now. Four years
spent in serious application to their studies
entitles them to an amount of frivolity,
even though it assume the form of a mous­tache.
THE BLOT ON THE TANK
Recently some daring, clever individual
or groups of individuals undertook to smear
the numeral of the present freshman class
over that of the outgoing senior class. For
years it has been the privilege of the gradu­ating
class to place their numeral on this
certain tank and those who have marred
it by painting over it have been made to
suffer the consequences when apprehended.
Such a simple stunt is obviously the re­sult
of a distorted sense of humor. We
do not know who is responsible for this
indignity, perhaps it is a member of the
rat class. If not, the wrong is double, for
not only has the appearance of the attrac­tive
'27 been totally ruined, but the expense
of repainting it will be shifted to the fresh­men.
It has been reported that sophomores
were responsible for the amusing prank.
We should have thought that they had
outgrown their childhood days. And child­ish
this prank certainly was for the party
was not content with doing their mischief,
they cast suspicion on someone else, the
very essence of cowardice.
Naturally the treasury of the freshman
class will have to provide funds for re­painting
the tank. Therefore, if the kids
who perpetrated this devilment should be
found, we advocate their punishment by
the freshmen at a public celebration. May­be
this would put a stop to such extrava­gant
foolishness.
Due to popular disgust in the continued
reference to the Browning case and its
parallels, the newspaper syndicates have
sought other sensational material to capti­vate
the eye of the romantic reader.
Hence the abundance of stories on the pre­valence
of suicide among college students
appearing in the news sheets recently.
They assign definite motives to these var­ious
suicides, the most popular being a
desire to experiment with immortality.
Why pick on the college students? The
uncertainity of life after death has appeal­ed
to thousands of minds as preferable to
the certainity of their earthly existence.
Great minds never run in the same chan­nels.
To be great a mind must be indivi­dual.
It is true that they follow in those
channels carefully sounded by the experi­mentation
of their predecessors, but when
they strike a shallow stretch, they immed­iately
branch off in a new direction.
BOOK REVIEW CONDUCTED BY
MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY
Edited by John B. Clark, A.M., Ph.D.,
Professor of Economics
FORECASTING BUSINESS CONDITIONS
C. O. Harcjy and G. V. Cox,
Macmillan Co., 1927.
The science of business is progressing
so rapidly that the average student, with
a mind bent on business, is no longer con­tent
to study merely the present theories
and conditions. He is more and more in­clined
to cast his thoughts into the realms
of the future. He thinks in terms of cy­cles.
Nor is his analysis of the future
problems based wholly on imagination.
The business student forecasts the future
on the basis of known economic data. In­deed,
the science of forecasting is no lon­ger
confined entirely to the expert econo­mist.
It is fast becoming of vital concern
to the broad-visioned layman.
... In line with this study of business prob­lems,
there comes from the press just now
(January, 1927) a particularly interesting,
simple, instructive book—Forecasting Bus­iness
Conditions, by Professors Hardy and
Cox of Iowa and Chicago universities, re­spectively.
This is a text of 314 pages
several pages of appendices, brimfull of
illustrative statistical data on quantity pro­duction,
wages, trade, prices, etc., along
with model or illustrative "forecasts" by
Babson, Brookmire, Moody, and others.
An especially helpful bibliography on fore­casting
is also appended.
A wealth of valuable material on fore­casting
business conditions is presented.
The student of any phase of business can­not
fail to be stimulated and informed
by the reading of this book. Economics
is no longer "the dismal science" of bygone
days, with an appeal only to the stoical
mind. Business has its romantic side as
well. It is readable books like this which
are lifting the science of economics into
its proper, practical relationship with every­day
life and living.
The names of some of the twenty-two
chapters reveal their attractiveness: Bus­iness
Forecasting, Depression and Prosper­ity,
Statistical Devices For Forecasting, The
Babson, Brookmire, Howard and Moody
Services, The Cause of Business Cycles,
Transportation, Stock Market, Banking and
the Money Market, Indexes of Production,
Labor, Trade, Business, and Prices. Illus­trative
charts and graphs add to the use­fulness
of this text which is attractive
in appearance and quite free from typo­graphical
errors.
JOHN B. CLARK.
Prof. Crenshaw: "What is a polygon?"
Rat: "It is a dead parrot, sir."
Letters to the Editor
More on the Stadium
There was an article in last week's Plains­man,
replying to my letter to the Editor,
the week before, concerning the plans for
building a stadium here. It seems that
we shouldn't carry on such lengthy contro­versy
in our paper, bu^ there were a few
statements in last week's article that are
perfectly absurd. There were a few state­ments
that were good, and few that had
absolutely no foundation whatsoever.
"It is necessary in that it is essential to
the progress of athletics at Auburn." Is
the stadium going to build up the strength-of
the teams that represent Auburn? Ac­cording
to the writer's statement last week,
it would. "An attractive stadium would
draw athletes to Auburn, and what's more
important, it would draw a high type of
athlete, a student and a gentleman." It is
perfectly absurd to think that a stadium
would draw athletes to Auburn. Every
one knows that it is money that takes ath­letes
to college nowadays, and not stad­iums.
What can Auburn offer in the way
of inducement to athletes, with nothing to
offer them when they get here, other than
the thoughts of playing in a magnificent
stadium? Will this suffice to bring them
here? Absolutely not. Auburn isn't go­ing
to have winning teams until she gets
better athletes, and it is a cinch that a
stadium will not bring them here. I do
not mean to say that our present athletes
aren't doing their best. They are, and I
am for them first, last, and always, but
that fact that they aren't winning, is enough
to prove that other colleges have the best
material.
He makes the statement that we did not
draw any more people in Montgomery and
Birmingham last fall than we drew here
If he will get out the papers from each of
these cities, for the dates on which Auburn
played there, he will see different. The
same man who estimated the crowds here
and there, gives these cities a wide margin
in attendance. We only had between four
and five thousand here at the homecoming
game, and there were between seven and
eight thousands at the L. S. U. game in
Montgomery. The real fact is that we play­ed
to larger crowds out of Auburn in every
game unless it was the Howard game.
The writer of this article has seen six
games played here on the campus, and the
bleachers were full only once. No one had
to stand up that day. That was when Au­burn
met V. P. I., and there were two things
that caused the larger crowd that day.
Namely, Auburn had a new coach, and
people wished to see his team in action,—
and V.' P. I. was a new visitor to this
section of the country.
As for the drawing power here, Auburn
isn't a large enough place to hold the crowds
that Columbus will hold. We have not the
necessary hotels, and restaurants here that
a football crowd requires, and it is not pro­bable
that any person would put these
buildings here just for a football game or
two each year. It is absurd to think that
we would draw as many people from Co­lumbus
here to see us play Georgia as we
do in Columbus. Everyone knows that you
can hardly find parking room in Columbus,
as large a place as it is, on the day of the
Georgia game. What would we do here?
Send the motorist to Ag. Bottom? It is
out of the question for Auburn to even try
to accommodate that kind of crowds. That
is why no more people come to Auburn for
our games than do. We have the seating
room and no one has ever been injured
in our bleachers (a fact our writer last
week tried to reverse). People don't come
here because they have no place to go when
they get here.
The writer says that the majority of
the students want the stadium here. This
plan was put up and railroaded through
before the students had time to think over
it very well. The writer of this article
voted for it once at first, but has reversed
since in his voting, and will continue to
do so. There have been a number of our
leading students heard saying that they
wish that they could vote against the plan
now, after they have studied it over. If
this question had been presented from both
sides at the first, it would have failed miser­ably.
How many of the students know that the
A CLUB has failed to vote in favor of the
plan? H»w many students know that the
leading members of our coaching staff
are opposed to it? They are in a position
to know what Auburn needs athletically,
more than the average student. Why
shouldn't they endorse the plan if it is
best for Auburn? Certainly they would,
if it was the logical thing to do. Auburn
isn't going to draw crowds anywhere until
she puts out a winning team. How are
we to get that winning team? Certainly
not from a concrete stadium.
There were not two hundred Auburn
students at Tulane last fall, according to
the Times Picayunne. Half of those who
were there caught rides, and the "conser­vative"
estimate of the average expense to
students at the game was not forty dollars,
but would not exceed $25 in the least. We
admit that a few students spent more than
We are interested to note that our sister
State, Mississippi, had passed an Anti-Evo­lution
bill, but we can hardly see why
they should make dumb animals and birds
pay too. A few days ago, a citizen of
said state caught a Monkey-faced Owl. It
is enough to say that this Owl was head­ed
for Alabama when it was captured.
Even the wild life of the South has come
to recognize that Alabama is the haven
of refuge for all that are persecuted. We
can conceive of the idea of the law all
right, but never did we think that our
neighbors would be so cruel to their an­cestors.
* * # # 9
Co: "Jimmy didn't say more than three
words las. night."
Ed: "Honestly,' honey, you shouldn't let
him kiss you all the time."
* * * * *
Our idea of the stingiest person in the
world is the girl who won't use perfume
on a windy day.
* * * * *
"My roomie is a man of triple person­ality."
"Yes, humptomala, explain."
"A stag at dances, a sponge at drug
stores, and a mule in bed."—Rammer-Jam­mer.
* * * * *
Battleship—a girl who wears corsets.
* * * * *
First Chorus Girl: "What are you doing
now Mazie; I never see you in the thea­tre
any more."
Second Chorus Girl: "Oh, an automobile
insurance company is paying me $500 a
month not to wear short skirts on streets
where traffic is heavy."—Sample Case.
* * * * *
I called the maiden my turtle dove,
The color left her cheeks,
And on the shoulder of my coat,
It showed for several weeks.
* * * * *
"What is the difference between a typi­cal
Auburn boarding house dinner and a
bull session?"
"At the bull session, one gets fed up on
bull tales, and at dinner, he gets fed'on
bull tails."
$25, but many of them spent less. All
students here are not drawing fat checks
from home every month.
Our alumni helped build the Administra­tion
and Ag. buildings. Many of them are
dead now. Would they rise from their
graves to protest our adding to them?
Would our Alumni resent our adding to
the gym? Absurd! Certainly not.
The truth of the business is: Those
men who are in position to know Auburn
needs do not favor the plans for a stadium.
The "A" Club and our Coaches are against
it. They know what we need, and should
be the greatest deciding factor in the
matter. If they favored this plan, the
writer would certainly favor it.
Another thing, if this question was taken
up again, in mass meeting, and the true
relation it has to our future in athletics,
explained by A Club members and the
coaching staff, "Men who Know", it is
almost a cinch that the plan would be re­jected
by the student body. There is a
strong feeling of opposition against this
plan spreading over our student body
here of late.
Stadium Seconded
To the Editor: -
Just a word of endorsement in favor of
the ideas in last week's letter to the Editor,
concerning the erection of a stadium on
the Campus here.
It is plain enough to me that the' other
needs on the campus are far more pressing
than that of a stadium, and would be of
much more vital help to the institution.
And again, why should the present stu­dent
body heap up debts upon coming
students, when the act isn't at all justified?
If there was a pressing need for the erec­tion
of a stadium at Auburn, that would
change it all. But there isn't; and why
go that far beyond need, when others are
so significant.' .
Our present athletic field is nothing to
be scoffed at, and will satisfactorally ac­commodate
the games played hee.
I am one who pronounces this stadium
idea as perfectly absurd. And 1 urge that
the present supporters stop and think over
the situation seriously before carrying the
move to execution. Ask yourself this ques­tion:
Will its benefits equal those that
might be derived from the same amount of
capital if it were invested where it is need­ed
more?
Let me urge that you refer to last week's
issue of the Plainsman and read the letter
to the Editor headed "Stadium".
These thoughts are offered by one who,
as you might suppose, is a lover of college
sports, especially football, but who has the
fundamental interest and welfare of his
•college at heart.
I ask you to think these things over once
more, seriously.
"His wife must be a pretty fast girl."
"Why?"
"I just heard him say he couldn't keep
her in clothes."
* * * * *
"Do you think we can squeeze in here,"
asked the man as they looked for a seat
in the crowded show.
"Don't you think we had better wait,
dear, until we get home?" said she as they
found a vacant seat.
* * * * *
Young thing (rather hesitatingly): "I'd
like to buy a petticoat."
Floor walker: "Antique department,
third floor, miss."—Tiger.
* * * * *
The road to hell has some wonderful
parking places.—Tiger.
* * * * *
The editor of a country newspaper re­ceived
an announcement of a wedding,
and an auction, the same day. Here's
what appeared in his paper:
"Wm. Smith and Lucy Andrews were
disposed of at public auction at my place
one mile east of a beautiful cluster of
roses on her breast and two white calves,
before a background of farm implements
too numerous to mention in the presence
of seventy guests including two milk cows,
six mules and one bob sled.
Rev. Jackson tied the nuptial knot with
two hundred feet of hay wire, and the
bridal couple left on one good John Deere
gang plow, for an extended trip with terms
to suit purchaser. They will be at home
to their friends with one good baby buggy,
and a few kitchen utensils after 10 months
from the date of sale to responsible parties
and some fifty chickens."
* * * * *
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAKING
HONOR SYSTEM WORK
1. Students will march to exams in
columns of squads, halt at the door and
be examined for contraband notes.
2. Before entering the class room, each
student will be psychologically tested to
see if he intends to cheat.
3. Each student will be required to wear
blinders.
4. If student looks suspicious, he will
be gagged to prevent communication.
5. Students will sit two seats apart,
with a professor in between each two, arm­ed
with black jacks to enhance additional .
respect.
6. Additional professors will peep
through peepholes in the walls.
7. When student has finished the exam,
a lie detector will be used to see if he has
cheated.
8. In grading the papers, the prof, will
take off ten points on each paper on poss­ibility
that the students have cheated.
—New Student.
* * * * *
Sunday School Teacher: "Any why did
Noah take two of each kind of animal in
the ark?"
Bright Child: "Because he didn't believe
the story about the stork."
* * * * *
Voice from the audience—"Well, sir,
I'd say he was a magician."
"That's a new one on me," said the
monkey as he scratched his head.—David-sonian.
* * * * *
"Why did you stick this knife in this
man?"
"I saw the police coming, and I had to
hide it somewhere."—Ala. Rammer-Jam­mer.
* * * * *
Bruce Harkins—."You're worrying me to
death. I'm already wandering in my
mind."
Alice Wittl—"That's all right. You
won't go far."
* * * * * *
There" were several strikingly amusing
"skits" in the course of the program at the
Football Frolic last week,"but to the editor
of this column, the most amusing one was
the time Julia Price yawned while Robert
Hardy was holding her hands and crooning
"Tonight You Belong to Me" to her. The
sad part of it was, we couldn't tell whether
said yawn was an outgrowth of a prolonged
state of suspense, or from being bored.
We understand that Rat Bull Steir wrote
home for some money, on the plea that he
was in the cavalry and that he needed some
money to buy his horse something to eat.
His generous parent responded by sending
him a bale of hay.
Is it easier to forgive a moral wrong
than bad manners? We are inclined to
think that the preponderance of the evi­dence
points that way. A man will frater­nize
with his fellow who has cheated him
by obtaining his information on an exam­ination,
for instance, but let that same
man insult him and he immediately deserts
his company. It is one of the apparent
weaknesses of our society, this inability to
distinguished between those basically wrong
and those to which a wrong has been at­tached
by a foolish custom.
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
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METERMEN ARE GUESTS OF
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(Continued from page 1)
each man pays a dollar and enlists
for the duration of the war, provided
it doesn't last longer than one week­end,
and he isn't required to hike more
than ten miles in one day. The mon­ey
is used to feed and otherwise sup­ply
the unit for the campaign. When
fully organized the last outfit num­bered
ninety-six men and one supply
wagon loaded with corn and spuds.
Those going on the hike rolled their
packs and put everything in readiness
for the departure at the regular drill
hour last Saturday. At 12:50 sharp
everyone was awaiting the command
"Fall in." A few minutes later the
young soldiers were tramping out of
Auburn by the way of Gay Street at
the end of which the long tramp east­ward
started. The first two miles
were easily covered by the boys, while
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a great deal of bantering and boister­ous
talk was heard from almost every
direction. However, after the first
few miles had worn the enthusiasm
down to a low ebb, the march told a
story all its own. First, a few of
the fellows went down before the
attack of the weight of their pack
and' the pain of aching feet with a
slight soreness of the shoulders be­ginning
to be felt. But the most
disheartening and discouraging thing
that could possible happen was to
learn that our guide, who, by the way,
sports a stride the length of a city
block, had led his warriors in the
wrong direction and was in the gen­eral
direction of Auburn when he
checked. His error lengthened the
telling grind anywhere from two to
five miles, according to how tired the
fellow was who related the tale.
The journey was resumed, however,
as soon as a turn could be accomplish­ed.
As the march continued, there
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was an increasing lack of enthusiasm
among the hikers. Long before the
destination was reached, the report
had gone out that a certain bridge
meant the end of the trail, and there
came forth one joyous shout from
a straggling line a quarter of a mile
long as the bridge was sighted ahead.
Immediately after forcing a crossing
of the mill creek by means of an
antiquated covered bridge, the unit
garrisoned the hill overlooking the
mill pond. All tents were pitched and
K.P.'s appointed. Preparations for
an all night attack were made. Most
of the late evening was taken advan­tage
of for reconnaissance, but the
chow call was sounded just as night
was falling, and the first attack was
made on the Field Kitchen. The en­gineers
suffered no casualties in this
encounter, but the supply of beans,
bread, and sausage was greatly dim­inished,
to say nothing of the coffee
and grease that was used. Failing
in their attempt to rout the enemy,
the boys retreated to a large fire, and
"Rat' Hann and Nuckols started a
general gas attack. Lieutenant Bow-ley
withstood this gas for several
hours, but finally retired to a more
comfortable area that was covered
with a large canvas.
As darkness came on,' plans for
night maneuvers were made. It was
is the execution of these plans that
the first casualty was registered.
This victim went down before the
bayonet of Kipp. To Tinsley goes
the honor or glory, for he was cut in
the rear as his hasty retreat ended
about two inches before that of his
pursuer.
Throughout the night there came j
a continual cry which proves that
some restless sleeper was merely rak­ing
the leaves from under him. How­ever,
a tent was too tame for some
who insisted on attending the camp-fire
until dawn appeared. The most
depressing cry heard was from one
who was forever yelling "I wanta eat
now."
The longest night comes to a close,
though. And with the coming of day
light, the boys were ready for a new
attack. This attack was, in the form
of an early morning raid in which
twenty-four dozen unborn chickens
were destroyed. With the true spirit
of a doughboy everyone retreated,
awaiting the coming attack on Field
Kitchen salient at noon. When the
order to advance was given, with open
meskits and fixed forks the boys rush­ed
across the intervening road to en­gage
the bull and spuds in a pitched
battle. Before long it could be seen
who would come out on top in this
contest, for the boys were devouring
everything that was edible. When the
annihilation had been completed, the
K. P.'s cleaned up, while the rest of
the boys prepare for the return.
The march back, although a few
had learned to appreciate Auburn by
their experiences, was not as bad as
one might think. The pace was short­er,
for the guide who had led us astray
the day before had been replaced by
one. who could not take such long
steps. The leader did not tire the
fellows as much as they had been
tired the preceding day. However, the
bantering and talking was not what
it had been, although a remark out
of the only one who had been promot­ed
on the trip was forthcoming at
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three days of lectures and talks by
the famous chemist. Dr. Wiley and
Dr. Ross have been warm friends for
more than fourty years. Dr. Ross
was toastmasterr and Prof C. L. Hare
recited an original limerick written
in honor of Dr. Wiley. Following
the dinner Dr. Wiley left for his
winter home in Florida.
"We were trying to define whis­ky,"
Dr. Wiley said, " and all of the
distillers were in Washington to pre­sent
their side of the matter. They
were trying to get the government
to define whisky in such a way that
it would be possible for them to
manufacture 'ten-year-old whiskey' in
five minutes. One after the other
they went to see President Roosevelt,
acompanied by their senators, in­cluding
Lodge of Massachusetts, and
Penrose of Pennsylvania. One night
I met Loeb, the president's secretary
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COLLEEN MOORE
Did you know that Colleen Moore,
recently voted by exhibitors of the
country to be the best box office star
in motion pictures, sat on an extra
bench for six months and then got
a job lasting only three days? Well,
its an interesting sidelight on the
career of this highly popular First
National star.
One day her uncle, Walter Howie,
a famous newspaper editor, walked
into the offices of the old Essanay
Company in Chicago. He was aston­ished
to find his lively little neice
sitting on the extra bench. Inquiry
revealed that she had determined on
a film career. When the big editor
offered to get her a better part than
extra in the movies she refused his
aid, asserting that she wanted to "get
by" on her own merits. Many times
during the six long months of wait­ing
that folowed she felt like asking
Uncle Walter to help her out, but
she fought this temptation off.
Finally the chance came. The job
lasted three days, at $3.50 a day, net­ting
the grand total of $10.50. But
a short time later the great D. W.
Griffith chanced to meet Miss Moore
in her uncle's home. He immediately
saw possibilities in Miss Moore and
convinced her family that she had a
screen future. Within a week she
was on her joyous way to California,
and her first chance came under the
direction of Griffith. A long appren­ticeship
in small and featured roles,
then came a First National contract,
"Flaming Youth," stardom and pop­ularity.
Her success continued to
grow with "So Big," "Sally" and
"Irene." "Twinkletoes" and "Or­chids
and Ermine" are her latest ve­hicles.
Miss Moore was born in Port Hu­ron,
Mich. Most of her childhood
was spent in Tampa, Florida, where
she was educated at a convent. At
the age of ten she became interested
in theatricals, organizing an im­promptu
neighborhood stock compa­ny,
playing principal roles from her­oine
to villian and acting as proper­ty
man. Her family wanted her to
become a concert pianist, but a course
in a musical conservatory failed to
swerve her love for histrionics. Col­leen
is the wife of John McCormick,
the highly successful producer of her
pictures. They have a beautiful
home in Hollywood.
at the Cosmos club. I asked him to
get the president to agree not to make
a decision until he had heard from
me.
"Well Roosevelt agreed, and the
next day I received a telephone call
saying that the president would see
me that afternoon. When I arrived
at the white house, the newspaper
men swarmed about me and when I
told them that I was there to lecture
the president they replied that I had
better look out or the president would
lecture me. I talked two hours in
the presence of Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr. Loeb and when I had finished
my testimony, Mr. Roosevelt slapped
me on the back and said, "Wiley,
they have been talking whisky to
me for a month and you are the first
man that has given me a single idea."
"Well, we won this time with the
help of Attorney General Bonaparte,
who upheld my contention in every
detail, but later during the Taft ad­ministration
my enemies in the de­partment
of agriculture, including
Secretary Wilson, the work was un­done
and whisky was redefined.
"I made up my mind then and
there that the best thing to do was
to throw the whole business over­board
and outlaw the stuff, for I
realized it would be impossible to
prevent adulteration, and I maintain­ed
then and I maintain now that
Uncle Sam has no business legaliz­ing
the sale of liquor that would be
worse than the brands of bootleg
being sold today."
Dr. Wiley added that the pure food
and drug act, of which he was the
author, is practically a dead letter
because of the influence of what he
styled, "the vested interests" in
this country.
i S. A. M. E.
The Society of American Military
Engineers held its regular meeting
Tuesday night under the regime of
new officers. In the way of business,
L. A. Easterly and H. B. Smith were
appointed as members of a program
committee to assist the vice-president.
Under the head of program, S. G.
Croom told the society of the Moffit
Tunnel through the Rocky Moun­tains.
This tunnel is the largest in
the Western Hemisphere and the
sixth largest in the world. It was
particularly interesting to engineers
because of the great accuracy with
which it was surveyed. There was
less than an inch error when two
borings, from each side of the moun­tain,
met.
The society was next addressed by
Professor Baughman who related
some of his experiences at Hog Is­land
and defended Mr. Brush in the
Senate investigation of the Hog Is­land
shipyard. Since Professor
Baughman had helped build the rail­roads
on the island himself the talk
was very interesting. The immensi­ty
of the task became quite evident
when Professor Baughman brought
out the fact that a complete city of
30,000 people and 85 miles of rail­road
were built on the island six­teen
months after the first survey
was made.
Other good programs have been
planned for the future so all mem­bers
should do their best to attend.
An expedition is being made into
the wilds of the little republic of
Gautemala this spring. This is the
second expedition sent into this wild­erness
by Tulane. The purpose of
these expeditions is to gain first hand
information about the Mayan Indians
who lived there many hundreds of
years ago. These Mayan tribes had
a high form of civilization, thirteen
large temples having been discovered
on the previous trip.—Tulane Hulla­baloo.
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short intervals (Sergeant Taylor was
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BULLY" HITCHCOCK BEN SANKEY
The left side of the infield being
groomed by Coach Morey should be
weU guarded with such talent as the
two artists pictured in this column.
The season is rather young to start
picking the lineup that will start the
year for the Plainsmen but anyone
peering around the practice field can
easily see that these two gentlemen
just above have the market cornered
on left side of the infield. The first
picture is that of "Bully" Hitchcock,
sweet fielding torrid corner artist
and nerve wrecker for aspiring pitch­ers
who are so unfortunate as to have
to show their wares to this young
giant. Bully certainly received the
right nickname when he came to the
Plains. He is a veritable young
giant and has the towering strength
of a bull. When he connects his blud­geon
with the old horsehide .there is
bound to be misery to the unfortunate
moundsman making the delivery.
During the half of the game that the
enemy ball tossers are trying their
skill with the willow, Hitch guards
the territory around third base like
a soldier guards his post. It is truly
poison for grounders hit toward him
and once he gets his hands on the ball
it is exit for the prospective runner.
He whips the agate around the field
in big league style and with the
accuracy of a Springfield rifle. Last
season was Hitchcock's first with the
varsity and he did so well that south­ern
critics saw fit to put him on the
mythical All-Southern College team.
He hit well above .300 and had a
fielding average above any criticism.
The other reproduction is that of
Benjamin Sankey, sweetest fielding
shortstop in Dixie. When Navoo sent
this son to Auburn, she certainly put
herself on the map. Ben cavorts a-round
the short field like he was born
just for that mission. He handles
himself like a big leaguer in every
manner having one of the prettiest
snap throws of any shortsmith seen
by the writer. He has a knowledge
of the game that stands him in well
at all times. Ben always knows just
what to do with the agate when he
gets his hands on it and the pleasing
part of it that he does the right
thing in the right way. We certainly
miss our guess badly if the aspiring
ball tosser does not get enough notice
from baseball critics to land him on
the All-Southern team this year along­side
his fielding mate mentioned
above. Last spring the heart of every
Auburn "rooter" was gladdened on
more than one occasion by this same
Sankey when he hit the apple for a
circuit with the bases drunk.
Ben is also a nice base runner and
plays heads up base all the time. He
is a Junior at Auburn and is a mem­ber
of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
DIAMOND ARTISTS PREPARING
FOR INVASION OF BARONS
Interest in Rifle
Team Increases
with New Rifles
Lieut. Bowley, who is in charge of
the Auburn rifle team is very opti­mistic
as to the future of his teams.
With new and - improved rifles and
a much better equipped range and
interest at the height that it is, he
sees no obstacle in the way of his
teams winning some matches this
year. Too, he is looking to the future
and thinks it is bright. He is not
overconfident though because he
knows the situation as a whole has-improved
all over the country this
year. This is evidenced by the fact
that though Auburn's score in the
Corp area match this year was higher
than that of last year, they failed
to finish with as high a percentage
as last year.
About one hundred and twenty-five
candidates have tried out so far and
fifteen men have been picked to form
the squad. These men have been
practicing for about six weeks and
will begin firing a match with Univer­sity
of Southern California, Univer­sity
of Nebraska, and Western Mary­land
College in a few days. This
team is composed of members of the
Artillery, Infantry, and Engineer
units. Another team is to be selected
later that will be composed of Engi­neers
only. This team will fire a
match against all other engineer
teams in the country. The winner
of this match will be awarded the
S. A. M. E. trophy.
Inter fraternity Strong Array Ot
Track Meet Won Frosh Ball Tossers
By Pi K A Frat Report for Service
With less than two weeks for pre­season
practice, Auburn's baseball
artists are fast whipping themselves
into summer form. With the Birm­ingham
Barons furnishing the opposi­tion
for the initial engagement we
will have a hard road ahead if we are
to even up the defeat at their hands.
But this year, Mr. Dobbs will find
a different team facing him. Not
much difference in looks, but in ex­perience
if will be far in advance, as
things now appear. With every po­sition
left occupied by last year's team
except the second bag; and that is
being held at present by a former
regular; this year's team should play
excellently together.
Coach Morey, along with Coach
"Slick" Moulton, is endeavoring to
find out the exact man for each po­sition.
With some teams, that is an
easy problems; but with ours, it is
different. The hardest struggle for
supremacy is around the second bag.
Captain C. 0. Stewart left this im­portant
job as the only vacant place.
Ed Allen, who plays anywhere equally
as well, is at the present time doing
himself justice by holding down this
job. But not without opposition, for
two ex-rats, Smith and Currie are
making him keep on his toes. There
is much talk and worry as to who
will finally obtain this regular berth.
From last year's team we have E.
James still going strong as the receiv­er
of all sorts of balls; slow, fast,
curves and spits. Unless a miracle
happened during the summer he will
remain as he was. Brother Fob
James seems to have lost nothing by
joining the movies last season, and
is again on the first sack. Then, re­liable
Ben Sankey still covers the
ground between second and third. It
is going to be mighty hard to get one
by this boy. He plays on his toes
and seldom fails. Completing the
best infield in the Southern Confer­ence,
"Bullet" Hitckcock will very
likely be seen once more cavorting
around the triple ground. After an
excellent summer both at the bat and
in the field, he ought to be as dan­gerous
as ever. A problem for any
S. C. team is presented above. Another
equally hard is in the out-field.v With
Ellis in the center perch, Akin at the
left end and Captain Joe Wallis hold­ing
down the short right field, where
can a man have a chance. All of the
above regulars are ready to assume
all responsibilities in regards to hit­ting
and fielding and all are stars
at both.
But it takes more than nine men
to make a succesful ball team. That
is one reason why King David is
going to come through on the top.
Besides the above mentioned candi­dates,
there are quite a few players
trying for out-field berths. Leading
the list are: Wattwood, Gantt, Taylor
and White. Wattwood is hard to
beat and may pull the surprise of the
season.
But another problem, and probably
the m«st important one of all faces
our mentors. Pitchers! Sheridan is
gone! Who will take his place as
"the old reliable?" Pat Moulton, Pot­ter,
Cush Wood, Lefty Hughes, Mc-
Ghee, Fuller, Young, Wigham, and
Strother are all tusseling for a foot­hold
on the box position. This list
includes, Regulars and Yannigans;
but which ones are to be Regulars
this year is yet to be decided. Strong
pitchers are excellent help to a win­ning
ball club. To give your best
from the delivering box, you must
Golf Tournament
in Progress Here
This week found Auburn in the
midst of its annual golf tournament.
The first flight began Wednesday at
eight A. M. and must be over by
Sunday night. The winners of the
first flight will play in the third
flight and the loosers will play in
the fourth flight. This gives every
one a fair showing and none an ad­vantage.
Anyone wishing to enter
can do so by seeing H. W. Nixon or
paying the fee of fifty cents at the
Tiger Drug store. This fee is pay­able
before starting the game.. Any
member of the golf club who is in
good standing is eligible' without the
extra fee. Everyone interested in
the golf club who is in good standing
is eligible without the extra fee.
Everyone interested in golf should
enter and make the tournament a
success. The rules are not so strict
as to be a nuisance but will protect
each man and control the contest
sufficiently. The matches may be
of either nine or eighteen holes. This
detail to be decided by the contest­ants
at the beginning of their respec­tive
games. The games may be
played at any time of the day dur­ing
the dates mentioned above and in
case of inclement weather additional
time will be allowed. All golfers
should pay their fee, get out the old
outfit and get in the running as a
prize is in store for the winner.
have support. Our nine is not able
to boost of the best pitching staff
in the South, but we believe that we.
can give our pitching staff the best
support of any nine south of the Line.
Then, too, our pitchers are above the
average and several are going to
prove hard to beat if they improve
very much more.
Following the Baron game, the Ti­gers
will engage in six hard games
with three of the best teams in the
Conference. Let's get behind our
team NOW. They are for us and
we are going to give them our full
support. Let's show our rivals that
Auburn has the honor of upholding
her old title as "The Best Sports in
Dixie."
In one of the hottest contests held
in track among local entrants, the
Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity grabbed
off the honors of the Inter-Frater­nity
track meet held recently under
the direct supervision of Coach Hut-sell.
Interest was at a high ebb as
was evidenced by the fact that there
were 116 entries against 94 a year
ago. The talent was far above the
average for such a meet and two
records were smashed in the course
of the events. Snyder, running
the fifth-mile, broke the Auburn rec­ord
by crossing the tape exactly 39.4
seconds after the pistol shot signal­ed
time to start. The record had
been held previously by Nurmi Nel­son,
captain of the track team last
season. The relay team represent-ink
the Pi Kappa Alphas broke the
Inter-Fraternity record, covering the
course of the run in 1 min., 39.3
sec. Baskin captured two first plac­es,
the 70-yard dash in 7.6 sec. and
the shot put, slinging the mass of
metal for a distance of 38 ft., 2 in.
The high jump was won by McCain
of the Sigma Phi Sigma, this ath­lete
gathering himself high enough
in the ozone to clear the rod placed
five feet, four inches from Mother
Earth. Snyder's dash for the 1/5
mile was easily the outstanding in­dividual
performance for the after­noon
and he bids fair to win some
points for the Orange and Blue cin­der
aPtists in this department during
the coming meets.
The record and scores for the meet
are as follows:
Answering the first call for
candidates for rat baseball, all pre­vious
records at Auburn were com­pletely
smashed when nearly one
hundred and fifty players reported
to Coach Brown. Among these there
were highly touted stars from var­ious
high schools of this and other
states. From this number a squad
of about sixteen men will be picked,
but it will take some time and prac­tice
to find out just who will stick
and who will fall victim to the dread­ed
cut. As to the definite posi­tions
that are being applied for;
little is known as there is a big ob­stacle
to be overcome.
With ho diamond for practice to
be held on, Coach Brown is limited
to a very small area on which to
work out his boys. And it will be
quite a time before an ample prac­tice
field will be at his service. This
will allow him to cut his squad very
slow and after much thought. When
there are this many candidates out
for one team, we agree that some­thing
is going to happen and feel a
bit blue as to the prospects of our
rivals.
As yet, there has been no definite
schedule formed but very likely the
Frosh outfit will have plenty of
strong opposition from S. C. schools
and other teams. Games are being
arranged with such teams as Geor­gia
Tech, Georgia, Florida, Spring-hill,
Birmingham Southern, Howard
and Pensacola Naval Air Station.
Fraternity
Pi Kappa Alpha —
Sigma Phi Sigma .
Tau Omega Chi —
Lambda Chi Alpha .
Phi Kappa Delta _.
Kappa Phi —
Kappa Sigma __•—
Sigma Pi
Pi Kappa Phi _.__.
70-yd.
39.4
40.8
42.4
43.0
41.8
44.4
42.9
42.1
43.1
Shot
152 11
155 3
148 2
137 8
137 2
1.45
142
106
122 5
1/5-mile
222.5
232.8
238.6
239.8
237.7
253.5
268.8
285.6
285
High-J.
23 11
24 7
21 9
21 0
23 1
23 6
21 9
22 6
22 9
Relay
1 39.3
1 44.5
1 48.1
1 45.8
Tangents from Sport Circles
With the coming of warm weather
and plenty of sunshine, Morey's
crew of ball tossers are fastly whip­ping
into mid-season form. The
pitchers are beginning to put some­thing
on the ball besides the trade­mark
and the fielders are loosening
up their arms and getting off some
pretty pegs. With the approach of
A-Day, interest is being stimulated
in just what the line-up for the open­ing
game will be.' This column hesi­tates
to predict just what the line-up
will be but it is safe to say that the
infield combination will be James-
Allen-Sankey, Hitchcock. This quar­tet
of baseballers can hold their own
with the best of them and will cut
off many a ball labeled for a hit.
* * * * *
Auburn is well represented in the
Birmingham roster this spring. Grif­fin,
C. O. Stewart, Greene, and Ralph
Stewart are all potential candidates
for a berth on Johnny Dobbs' outfit.
Griffin was captain of Auburn's team
for the years 1924 and 1925 and one
of the best keystone rompers in Dixie.
Stewart was Griffin's successor for
the responsibility of captain of the
team. Green is making a bid for an
outfield berth in the Magic City. He
was a star in football and track while
at Auburn. Ralph Stewart was a
pitcher on the freshman team here
in the spring of 1923 and one of the
best twirlers on a rat team here in
many seasons.
* * |t * *
Quite a number of athletic events
of local competition are attracting
the interest of the student body. An
Interfraternity Track meet was held
last week under the direction and
supervision of Coach Hutsell. The
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity came out
victors with the Sigma Phi Sigma
running second.
A Golf Tournament is to be under
| way within the next few days. Inter-
I est is at high ebb already and it bids
! fair to be a hotly contested affair.
Members of the Golf Club are eligi­ble
and any other may become eligi­ble
by paying the entry fee. The
tournament is to be played on the
local links.
* * * * *
Candidates for Class Football have
already been called out and this an­nual
affair should stir up some spirit
between the classes that no other form
of campus activity can do. This is
the first time the football classic be­tween
the classes has been set for such
a late date and it is feared that the
coming of warm weather may curb
some of the interest in the games.
They are to be played the latter part
of the month.
* * * * *
Mike Fisher, star halfback of the
Tiger eleven the past season has re­signed
from school. He is expected
to work somewhere in Georgia the
coming summer and is to be back to
answer the call of gridiron warriors
next fall. We hate to see Mike leav­ing
but are gratified to know that
he is*going to cast his lot with the
Orange and Blue outfit next year.
Fisher should run well next season
and with added experience will give
some aspiring youth a run for a berth
on the All-Southern team for the
season of 1927.
Auburn was well blessed when she
acquired such athletes as the James
twins to aid in the noble effort of
upholding the traditions of the insti­tution
on the athletic field. They are
able atheltes in all branches of sport
and are at their best when scampering
around in baseball uniform. Ebb
James, struts his wares behind the
bating opposition and he has one of
the sweetest and most annoying line
of gab to work the said opposing
batters that he is never forgotten
by them. Peculiarly enough the mem­ories
are not always of the most
friendly nature. Not only has he
acquired the knack of disturbing the
morale of the batters but he has an
uncanny girt of figuring the weak­ness
of batters and making his pitch­ers
pitch to this weakness. Ebb in
no slouch with the willow and usually
delivers a blow in the pinch. He
takes a nice cut at the horsehide and
has a keen eye for judging the shoots
of the opposition's moundsman.
Fob, the other member of the twin
combination, saunters around the ini­tial
sack when the enemy is batting.
He is one of the few Tigers who
throws from the wrong side; this gift
aiding him materially in covering his
position in excellent style. Fob was
called away to perform before the
camera last season and did not get
to finish the season with the Morey-men
but he played the game in a most
pleasing way while he was with the
Plainsmen and gives all indications
of being a more polished player this
spring.
Fob also swings a mean stick when
trying to drive pitchers from the
box. His timely blows were of great
value to the team while he was in
the "Village" last year. These two
versatile athletes are from Auburn
and got their early training at Lee
County High. They were members of
the varsity football squad last fall
and were the regular guards on Pap-ke's
basketball quintet.
Aside from their athletic venture
they take part in many campus ac­tivities
about these grounds of learn­ing.
They belong to the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.
With such a start, Auburn should
have a baseball team representing
her Rat class that any college would
be proud of. They are one of and
are behind us as we are them. Let's
help them come through as we would
our Varsity. Everybody out and
ready to lend a hand.
"Snitch" Snyder broke the Auburn
record for the dash during the local
interfraternty meet. If we don't miss
our guess this gentleman will break
several records before he leaves this
institution of learning. We see no
reason why this speed demon won't
leave every kind of competition in the
south this spring if he gets into con­dition
and from the way he is ca­vorting
around the cinder path now
he should be all primed for the meets
that are to be staged next month and
in May.
"Lefty" Hughes has at last answer­ed
the call for the National Pastime
game of baseball and can now be
seen working out with the varsity.
"Lefty" should have a good season
with the Tigers this year. He has
had two years of experience and he
has always had worlds of stuff on
the ball. We hope to see this port-sider
come through this year and
make his last stand one memorable for
its success.
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Notes of the Societies
A. S. M. E.
The A. S. M. E. enjoyed an inter­esting
meeting last Wednesday night.
Under the head of business, Presi­dent
Gillette announced that Profes­sor
Kavanaugh of the University of
Pensylvania, who visited the society
last year, would probably be with us
again some time next month. The
society voted to change its meeting
time from Wednesday to Monday
night at 7 o'clock, the next meeting
to*be March 21 at which time the elec­tion
of officers for the coming year
will be held. The time for the an­nual
banquet will also be set at the
next meeting.
The program was opened by J. E.
Barnes who described to the society
a theoretical power plant installa­tion.
The idea of this plant was to
utilize the difference of temperature
of the ocean at different depths to
generate steam to operate a turbine.
E. B. Nuckolls, the next speaker,
gave an interesting talk on "Manu­facture
of Seamless Pipe." He ex­plained
the different processes by
which this pipe is made. •
All mechanicals are urged to at­tend
the meeting next Monday, March
21, and bring their dollar for the
banquet.
AG. CLUB
The Ag. Club is progressing stead­ily
toward her goal of making the
Ag. Club banquet on April 15 the
most successful banquet to be spon­sored
by the club. The diploma com-
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mittee was urged to present diplo­ma's
only to those who have met the
necessary requirements.
"Mutt" Gregory entertained the
club with many lively jokes.
"Keep Step With the New Army,"
was very ably discussed by J. N.
Henderson. The speaker declared
that the hope of the organization of
the farmers is dependant upon the
club boys and girls. There are now
6,000 club boys and girls in Alabama.
The county and state fairs serve as
stimuli to promote and increase the
interest of these young people.
W. D. Lucas asked the question:
"Shall There be an Increase Tax on
Gasoline and Cigarettes?" Oregon
was the first state to tax gasoline,
and at the present time there are
only four states who do not have this
tax. There is a Federal tax of six
cents on every twenty cigaretts sold.
The question of the moment is: "Shall
we increase this tax on gasoline two
more cents per gallon?"
"Country Man's Luck," a very de­lightful
account of the journey of
five Auburn boys to Michigan and
back, was given by Clarence Savage.
The vital point of the speech was
that the expenses of each individual
was sixty-five dollars and the in­come
during this vacation for the five
boys was seven hundred dollars.
B. W. Walkley discussed the prob­able
reasons for the failure of the
McNary-Haugen bill. The bill is more
popular since the president's veto
than it was when passed by congress,
claims the speaker. The hope for
the farmer is that the wide-spread
discussion of the bill may bring fu­ture
aid to the farmer.
J. K. Moore well discussed "Ger­many
Comes Back," not in political
life but in the industrial world. This
was due to the readjustment of the
German money value and the admit­tance
of the German Government into
the League of Nations, stated Moore.
"Greatest Folly of the Chinese and
British" was cleared up by S. S. Ta
turn who stated that the British were
the ones to suffer for the Chinese
landing on their soil and that the
British Empire will be greatly weak­ened
if this folly is to continue.
C. R. Moore gave an oration, as a
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be given in the inter-collegiate de­bate
to be had in the near future.
Moore's "speech" is well plotted and
is well worth while to hear.
The society adjourned after having
initiated nine new members.
WEBSTEKIAN
The Websterian Literary Society
held its regular meeting last Tues­day
night with the vice-president pre­siding.
We had a very interesting
program since the "try-outs" for the
oratorical contests had charge. Their
speeches were fine and the one chos­en
to represent our society is Mr.
LeCroy. We have faith in his abi­lity
and we are sure that he will do
his best.
Plans were started for the basket­ball
games which are to be given by
the societies soon.
Several were absent from this meet­ing.
We missed you and we hope
that you will be back with us next
week.
"Say it With fylolvers"
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
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FLORISTS
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
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WILSONIAN
Regular meeting of the Wilsonian
Literary Society was called to or­der
Tuesday evening by vice-presi­dent
H. H. Simmons, after which a
lively program was rendered, being
enjoyed by the society and a number
of visitors.
E. B. Nuckols made an interesting
talk on "Final Exams and the Honor
System." Mr. Nuckols gave as the
cause for violations of the Honor
System the present method of letting
final examinations.count for so much
on the final average, and the hesitan­cy
on a greater part of the students
to report a man seen cribbing. Mr.
Nuckols said, "the reason why the
honor system doesn't work is because
we are not allowed to work it, in
some classes the professor keeping an
eye on the class during the entire
examination."
Nuckols advocated a system that
would change the present method of
reporting dishonesty; abolish or not
let final exams count so much, and
place students more upon their own
honor.
Harry Fulwiler gave some very in­teresting
reminiscences of the differ­ent
colleges he had attended. Mr.
Fulwiler said, "the Honor System at
Washington and Lee is all that is
claimed for it, but there is more drink.
ing there than anywhere I have been.
At V.P.I, strict military system is
observed and the Honor System is
not as good as at Washington and
Lee." Fulwiler added, "Auburn's
professors are the best I have found,
the Honor System is about as good
here as anywhere and there is not
as much drinking here as in other
colleges I have attended."
George Stafford gave as "Ameri­ca's
Secret" her better wages for
workmen as an incentive toward pro­gress
with efficiency in trades and
industries and a better educational
system for the poorer classes than in
the foreign countries.
"The Best Story I Ever Heard,"
told by Miss Hazel Arant, was a
touching new story of a case in the
Chicago police courts told twenty
years after the incident happened
by the same reporter.
Red Carter, captain of the Wil­sonian
basketball team who are to
play the Wirt Literary Society soon,
urged all the players to be at the
gym Thursday afternoon and night
to practice for this contest.
Critic Sam Mosley made some very
constructive criticisms in general,, but
complimented the program rendered.
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WIRT LITERARY SOCIETY
The meeting opened with the an­nouncement
that the date set for the
radio broadcasting program was
March 29, and that the society bas­ketball
team was to be organized and
begin practice immediately to meet
with the Wilsonian's in the near fu­ture.
. '
"Cuba's Trade: Sould We Keep It,"
was discussed by E. H. Burns, who
stated that we should keep it as there
is only two other countries which the
United States ships more produce to,
which are England and Mexico.
R. F. Hightower spoke on "Public
Buildings and the Budget." He de­clared
that the allotment from the
government for this worthy cause
was very limited and had to be sup­ported
by public citizens.
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A. S. C. E.
The student chapter of the A. S.
C. E. held its regular meeting Mon­day
night.
H. L. Kinzer gave an interesting
talk on the processes in construction
of levies and dams in the United
States. He told how dams and levies
were first built and compared the
unimproved machinery and slow con­struction
with modern machinery
that is used in constructing projects
of this kind today. The importance
and necessity of levies on the Miss­issippi
river, Galvestion sea wall, and
a number of other similar projects
of their nature were also discussed
by the speaker.
B. E. Meadows spoke on the high­way
system of Mexico. He told of
the construction of a road from Mex­ico
City to Teledo, Mexico. The chief
difficulty in construction of the roads
were the difference in elevation of
the mountains near the cities. In
several cases the grade to be used
would have to range from 15 per cent
to 24 per cent. Another difficulty
in constructing roads in Mexico is
the rainfall from October until March
which prevents the construction en-
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tirely during this period. In the low­er
parts of Mexico the soil is a black
mulchy clay which .makes grading
very difficult. On the steep grades
washing off the road is handled by
re-enforced concrete retaining walls.
Mexico is very far behind in the
construction of roads because of the
methods of transportation used in
the past. Heretofore transportation
was carried on by pack trains, but
this method of transportation is fast-ly
decreasing which will require high­way
construction in the future.
President of the society extended
an invitation to sophomores and rats
to attend the society.
The program of the society ended
by electing "Buck" Spinks to coach
the civil basketball team. Other of­ficials
elected are as follows: F. H.
Ingram, manager.
"Kid" Easterly unanimously elected
trainer over "Goat" Smith.
With such an efficient trainer as
"Kid" Easterly we feel sure the civils
will have little trouble in putting out
a winning team.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY
The Pharmacy Society held its reg­ular
weekly meeting in the Pharma­cy
Building last Monday night. The
program for the meeting was: Why
Congress Should Provide Commis­sions
for Pharmacists in the Govern­ment,
by T. E. Wilkinson; A Well
Dressed Store, by L. E. Stevenson;
Essentials of Advertising, by W. M.
Blackshear..
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN
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That beautiful girl of
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An ace of thrills in a cy­clone
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Former Auburn S t u d e nt
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"VICAR OF WAKEFIELD'
(Continued irom page 1)
'had more business sense, but I great­ly
admire the simple fortitude with
which he faces trouble and disaster
and his self-effacing generosity to­ward
all men.
"Then, too, the story, in spite of its
many improbabilities, its clumsy con­struction
and its many other flaws,
is quaint and satisfying. Just think
what unalloyed joy bachelor Gold­smith
must have "had in creating the
conjugal happiness of the Primroses
and in bringing three young couples
to the marriage altar! All of us but
the over-sophisticated may enjoy the
wealth of poetic justice meted out.
Jenkinson and Thornhill are,exposed
and punished. George and his fath­er
descend into poverty and tribula­tion
of all sorts only to emerge (with
little effort of their own, it is true),
happy and unsoured by bitter exper­ience.
The story grows in interest
from beginning, mingling the strange
with the ordinary, seduction, kidnap­ing,
clandestine marriage, swindling,
parties, sermons, true love, and high
ideals. Of course it is old-fashioned,
but it is remarkably satisfying to the
reader with an insight into human,
motives and the reader is easily
amused by human foibles."
Carrying the standard of his Alma
Mater into the realms of pugilism,
Samuel Lynn Morrow, Jr., '27, Ens-ley,
now in the U. S. Military Aca­demy
at West Point, won the 115
pound class boxing championship of
the Corps of Cadets in the thirty-third
annual inter-class indoor meet
held in the cadet gymnasium Satur­day,
March 12.
More than three hundred cadets
participated in the forty-five differ­ent
events listed for the meet. The
program included complete boxing,
wrestling, and swimming meets; fenc­ing
bouts with foil,' sabre and spee;
various track and field events; a va­riety
of gymnastic contests; handball
games, both single and doubles; and
a tug of war and a medicine ball race
for class teams.
While a student here Morrow was
enrolled in the Electrical Engineer­ing
course and was elected to Tau
Beta Pi, engineering honorary fra­ternity.
Cadet Morrow entered the
academy July 1, 1926, having been
appointed by Senator Oscar W. Un­derwood.
He is a member of the
Alpha Lambda Tau fraternity.
(Continued from page 1)
home economics problems.
Tuesday night, musical program
will be featured by the studio orches­tra
and the Auburn mandolin club.
Prof. J. H. Hutchins will present a
book review.
Wednesday noon, the studio orches­tra.
Dr. C. A. Cary will discuss dis­eases
of sheep.
Wednesday night, silent.
Thursday noon, solos by O. D.
Langston . Prof. Hugh Grant will
give news notes of Auburn.
. Thursday night, the studio orches­tra,
with Mrs. Helen Normal Carnes,
soprano, Dr. George Petrie will dis­cuss
a current topic, and Mr. J. F.
Jackson, agricultural agent of the
FAILURE OF MEN
IN COLLGES MAY
BE PROFS FAULT
ALPHA LAMBDA TAU'S
ATTEND CONVENTION
BY HUGH G. GRANT
The assertion so often heard to­day
that only students of marked
or superior ability should be allowed
to continue in our colleges was sharp­ly
challenged at the last meeting of
the National Educational Association
in Dallas, Texas, according to Dean
Zebulon Judd, of the school of educa­tion
at Auburn, who returned from
Dallas March 12. .
Dean Judd and Dr. B. R. Showal-ter,
professor of education, repre­sented
Auburn at the mid-winter
meeting of the department of super-
C. of Ga., Ry. 'will tell how railroads intendence of the N. E.' A. Appro-
METERMEN ARE GUESTS OF AU­BURN
THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK
(Continued from page 1)
cities and by a number of Auburn
students.
The purpose of such a school was
to give to the general public and to
the utility companies of Alabama, in­struction
in the importance of accu­rate
meters, their construction and
operation so as to enable them to
discriminate between an efficient
meter and an inaccurate one.
The personnel for instruction was
as follows: A. St. C. Dunstan, Head
Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute; S. A.
Fletcher, Superintendent of Service,
Alabama Power Company; W. W.
help the farmers. *
Friday noon, the Jesse French pro
gram. "Aunt Sammie" will answer
questions asked by housewives, and
Prof. W. H. Eaton and Prof. W. E,
Sewell will conduct a class in the ra­dio
livestock school.
Friday night, beginning at 9 o
clock, musical program by Columbus
artists under the direction of LeRoy
Lewis. Beginning at 10 o'clock Goss
Bros, string band of Fairfax will
broadcast for an hour.
Saturday noon, music by studio
trio. Coach David B. Morey will dis­cuss
"Outfield Plays."
Saturday afternoon from 5 to 6,
a twilight program consisting of xy­lophone
solos and piano and vocal se­lections.
COED COLUMN
SPRIMG SUITS
(Continued from page 1)
The Nuclohoma, honorary society of
Home Economics has the pleasure to
announce the following new members:
Thelma Graves, Mamie Mathews,
Berta Dennis, Irene Fletcher, Leetie
Gibbs, Mrs. Era Godsey.
Nuclohoma was founded at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1925.
The purpose of which is to encourage
scholarship and promote the study
of Home Economics. Initiation was
held at the apartment of Miss Harris
Wednesday night, March 16.
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ulmrn,Ala.
Hill, Professor of Electrical Engi­neering,
Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute;
R. A. Betts, Assistant Profes­sor
of Electrical Engineering, Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute; C. R.
Hixon, Professor of Mechanical Engi­neering,
Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute;
H. W. King, Meter Engineer,
Sangamo Electric Company; and Geo.
Moore, Chief Engineer, Public Service
Commission.
Lectures were given in the morning
while laboratory demonstration con­stituted
the work of the evening.
These lectures consisted of the fun­damental
principles of the meter, to­gether
with the electrical details and
mechanical construction. Much valu­able
information was given on the in­stalling,'
wiring, testing, and adjust­ing
of two and three wire single
phase and polyphase meters.
Various manufacturing companies
assembled interesting and instructive
exhibits of their latest developments
in metering appliances. These were
demonstrated and explained. De­tailed
instruction was given in install­ing,
repairing, adjusting and test­ing
these and other types of meters.
In the laboratory they were taken
apart and assembled and faults in de­fective
meters were corrected.
Correct metering daily becomes more
important because of its use in inter­connected
transmission systems and
in the growing demand for electrical
energy by the general public. Furth­ermore
the income of the utility com­pany
depends upon the indications
of its meters and therein probably
lies its success.
It is hoped then that this school
has accomplished its purpose of pro­moting
the interests of Alabama, in
that it might benefit both the operat­ing
company and the individual citi­zen.
ximately 5,000 delegates including
many from Alabama, were present.
Dean Judd was also the Alabama
representative at £he meeting of the
national legislative commission called
to consider ways and means for pro­moting
the Curtis bill to. provide a
national department of education
now pending in congress.
"Two important papers read," Dean
Judd said, "treated with failures
among university freshmen and what
to do with the poorest ten per cent
of freshmen. Much has been said in
recent years indicating that the col­leges
should be open only to 'students
of superior ability. One* key note
sounded at the annual meeting of the
N. E. A. emphasized the alleged fact
that failures in colleges and universi­ties
are due not so much to inferior
native ability, but rather to failure on
the part of the college teacher to
make scientific and objective studies
of the causes of these failures."
This thesis was presented in a pa­per
submitted by one of the leading
educators of the country. The theory
should cause college educators to think
well before assuming that many stu­dents
are . of inferior ability, Dean
Judd added.
"The key note of the entire pro­gram,"
according to Dean Judd, "em­phasized
the passing from traditional
to newer practices in education and
every step of -change is closely check­ed
and guarded by scientific experi­mentation.
Educational practices
are no longer based on opinion but on
scientific conclusions. At least 90
per cent of the papers presented in
the Educational Research association
at the national society for standards
of education and college teachers
dealt with specific experimentations
with their conclusions.
"A third paper in this field dis­cussed
the 'Factors Contributing to
Success in College Training,' and the
fourth treated the topic 'An Experi­mental
Study of the Effect on Learn­ing
of Sectioning College Classes on
the Basis of Ability.'
"Two of the more interesting gen­eral
addresses dealt with interna­tional
good will and understanding.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker, of Aus­tin,
Texas, spoke on 'The Password
to the Door of Understanding' and
made a most effective appeal for the
United States cultivating a sympa­thetic
and friendly understanding of
the foreign powers and for our culti­vating
helpful religion to them.
"Judge John H. Clark, of Cleve­land,
Ohio, former associate • justice
of the United States supreme court,
spoke oh the 'Evolution of a Substi­tute
for War, and How America May
Share in it Without Becoming En­tangled
in European Political Af­fairs.'
Judge Clark reviewed the
history and provisions of the league
of nations and the world court and
expressed a profound conviction that
the only sane course for this nation
to pursue is to relate itself to the for­eign
powers in some effective asso­ciation
to promote international amni-ty
and good will and prevent a re­currence
of another conflict more
deadly than that of the recent world
war, so fresh in our memory."
Some of the allied organizations
(Continued from page 1)
Melody Artists. The favors were
made by L. G. Balfour company, of
Attleboro, Mass.
Saturday marked the final day of
the convention. At 1:00 P.M. the last
business session was held, which was
followed by a tea dance from 5:00
to 7:00 P.M., after which was given
a banquet in compliment to the visit­ing
delegates and members.
All business sessions of the - con­vention
were presided over by Mr. T.
V. Morrison, Atlanta attorney and
grand regent of the fraternity, assist­ed
by Mr. J. D. Baxter grand Baron;
Mr. J. D. Chestnut, grand scribe and
acting travelling- secretary; Mr. T.
M. Wells, grand master of the ex­chequer;
Mr. C. D. Harrell, social
scribe; Mr. H. C. Hooter, grand sen­tinel;
Mr. D. V. Gray, grand warden,
and Mr. R. L. Sides, grand chaplain.
One of the main features of the
convention was a radio program, furn­ished
by the delegates, which was
broadcasted Thursday night from
WSB, the Atlanta Journal's station in
the Biltmore hotel.
Among the representatives from
Auburn were: H. L. Nichols, R. J.
Sherer, R. E. Smith, A. F. Nickel,
H. J. Broughton, and J. W. Randle.
AUBURN
represented at Dallas were the na­tional
council of education, national
research association, the society for
the study of education, the society for
college teachers of education, the de­partment
of rural- schools, and na­tional
association of high school in­structors
and supervisors.
Dean Judd spoke before the South­ern
Methodist university college at
Dallas, and a meeting held in honor
of visiting college professors. Other
Alabamians on the program were Pro­fessor
C. J. Going, principal of the
Phillips High school, Birmingham,
and' W. L. Spencer, of the state de­partment
of education. Joe Gwin,
superintendent of San Francisco city
school, was elected president.
Many citizens are doubtless amazed
at the urgent calls of Auburn for fi­nancial
aid. It has been one of the
states useful institutions, and as such
industrial schools in all the states,
and the surprise is that Auburn has
been permitted to get into a state of
practical destitution. We say it is
a surprise, for it is evident that many
did not know of this condition when
the talk has been of doing all for the
big schools. It is a misfortune Ala­bama
cannot afford. Let's wake up
and come to the resuce of Auburn—
Talladega Daily Home.
FRIDAY
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"DON'T FIRE"
—and—
Colleen Moore in
"TWINKLE-TOES"
The golden headed lover
of limehouse will dance
her. way into your
heart
SATURDAY
Lloyd Hamilton in
"SHELL SHOCKED'
—and—
Shirley Mason in
"THE RAMBLING
WRECK"
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LONELY
It's not gay life I'm wanting,
Nor places where bright lights flash.
There's solitude and it's haunting;
Far from this life's mad crash.
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I do not long for bright lights,
Nor men that are only gay.
I long for strange new sights,
In places that are out of the way.
I'm tired of this hectic mad pace,
Where God and his beauties are lost.
I want some secret quiet place,
Far beyond the frontier's post.
A place that's known to God only,
Where beauty and silence have lease.
A place for those that are lonely,
Where troubled souls find peace.
D. S. McK.
The University of Alabama's inter­collegiate
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of winning three intercolle­giate
debates within the last week,
holding decisions over Tulane, the
University of Florida, and the Univer­sity
of North Carolina.—Crimson and
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