1928-09-21 The Plainsman

              All-College Night
Be There! THE PLAINSMAN Yea! Tigers
Beat Southern
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1928 NUMBER 3
Special Train To
Carry Students
To Game Friday
Start* Non-Stop Trip 3 O'clock
Sept. 28; Leaves Mont­gomery
11:15 P. M.
Dr. Knapp Holds
Conference With
Members of Staff
Gives Dreams and Ambitions
For Auburn's Future
BIRMINGHAM NEWS
SCHOLARSHIP MAN
MUCH DESERVING
Cleveland Adams Comes To
Auburn With Fine Record
NEWSPAPER BIG FACTOR
$2.39 IS ROUND TRIP FARE
Saturday Morning Classes Are
Not Excused
A.special train will run from Au­burn
to Montgomery for the Auburn-
Birmingham-Southern football game
the night of September 28. The
schedule for it was announced here
today by Coach R. C. Brown.
The train will leave Auburn at
three o'clock the afternoon of the
28th and make a non-stop trip to
Montgomery. On the return it will
leave Montgomery at 11:15 that
night and make another non-stop run.
Announcement has been made by
President Knapp that all students
will be excused from classes in time
to catch the train for Montgomery.
At eight o'clock on the morning of
the 29th classes will be resumed as
usual.
CIVIL ENGINEERS
PAY CITY VISIT
Professor Calian Arranges Have C.
W. Finnell Address Students
On Thursday night, September 20,
Colonel Charles Woosley Finnell,
Chairman and Chief Engineer of the
Alabama Highway Department; A.
H. Feagin, Division Engineer of the
Third Division; and Assisting Engi­neer
George R. Moulton, of the Ala­bama
State Highway Department,
visited Auburn and conferred with
Dr. Bradford Knapp, Dean J. J. Wil-more,
and Prof. John A. C. Calian
on miscellaneous topics relating to
the college.
Both Mr. Feagin and Mr. Moulton
are Auburn men of past years.
Prof. J. A. C. Calian, Head of the
Civil Engineering Department, ar­ranged
for a lecture to be given by
Colonel Finnell to the student
branches of the Engineering Socie­ties,
namely the A. S. C. E., A. S. M.
E., and A. I. E. E. on Monday night,
Oct. 1st.
The State Highway Engineers were
returning from an inspection trip of
the roads of eastern Alabama.
Student Employment
Department Formed
The recently established Depart­ment
of Student Employment, J. V.
Brown, Chairman, with the coopera­tion
of a number of citizens of Au­burn
has done great work already this
year by finding employment for more
that a score of college students. In
this way this department has made it
possible for a number of deserving
young men, who could not attend
school without an opportunity to earn
a part or all of their expenses, to
enroll this year at Auburn.
Mr. Brown, however, states that
there are yet a number of boys who
would like to get odd jobs from time
to time if they can be provided. The
department has on its list boys who
are capable, and will be glad to do,
such work as painting, carpentering,
gardening, mowing lawns, trimming
hedges, building or repairing fences,
and washing cars. Mr. Brown asks
that the citizens of Auburn communi­cate
with him when they want such
work done as he has mueh help avail­able
at all times.
Daily Publication In The Near
Future Seen by Prexy
On Monday afternoon from 4 to
5 Dr. Knapp held a conference with
members of the Plainsman Staff. At
this time matters mutually interest­ing
were discussed.
In his talk Dr. Knapp set forth
some very progressive ideas. He
spoke of his wonderful dreams and
ambitions for the new Auburn. . In
the realization of these he expects
much aid from the Plainsman. Since
the Plainsman is truly indicative of
Auburn life, Dr. Knapp disclosed that
he would distribute notable issues of
The Plainsman to High Schools of
Alabama as an excellent means of ad­vertisement.
Dr. Knapp also caution­ed
the staff against the publication
of any matter that might in any way
injure the name or standing of Au­burn.
Dr. Knapp emphasized the fact that
he is always ready and willing to be
consulted by any student. If any
minor trouble arises ,come to him and
adjust matters quietly instead of
rousing the entire school.
In closing Dr. Knapp outlined a
very constructive program for the
Plainsman. Auburn needs a daily
paper. That is the goal for which
the Plainsman should strive. In Dr.
Knapp's mind this goal is not far
distant. It will be attained, he said,
when Auburn's student body num­bers
about 2500.
HELPS SUPPORT FAMILY
Very Interested in Utility of
Students' Activities
SHI ANNOUNCES
EXAM SCHEDULE
OF DELINQUENTS
Regular Class Attendance Excused
When Conflict
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. Knapp has announced that
there will be Special Freshman and
Upperclassman Convocation in the
coming week. However, instead of
the former schedule prevailing, the
Upperclassmen will meet on Tuesday
and the Freshman on Thursday. The
time will be from 11 A. M. to 12
Noon. Important announcements are
to be made. Everyone be present.
Students who were absent from
the term examinations and those who
made grades from 50 to 59 should
prepare to stand examinations during
the week of September 24—October
1. Conditioned subjects must be re­peated
in class unless a re-examina­tion
is passed as scheduled below.
Only one re-examination will be
given.
No conditional grades of Seniors
may be cleared by re-examination
after Oct. 1. Seniors stand examina­tions
according to this schedule or
arrange to repeat in class.
Students must secure a card from
the Registrar's office, Room 104, and
notify the instructor concerned. A
fee of $2.00 for each examination is
charged but the maximum cost is
fixed at $5.00. A student will be ex­cused
from his regular class work
which conflicts with this examination
schedule.
(Continued on page 6)
Each year the Birmingham News
offers a four year scholarship to Au­burn
to one graduate of an Alabama
high school. The winner is chosen
according to his all around merit.
The committee that picks the win­ner
after the most careful and serious
consideration of the splendid records
of all applicants, could not see any
way around picking young Cleveland
Adams, and here is just why:
"Cleveland Adams is 21 years of
age, a resident of Eufaula, a graduate
of Eufaula High School in the class
of '28. Seven years ago his father
disappeared and this boy has had the
responsibility of supporting the fam­ily,
consisting of his mother, two sis­ters
and a brother. His mother has
not been able to work. The Kiwanis
Club of Eufaula has helped him for
five years. His afternoon and night
work has been a large factor in keep­ing
the family going. He is char­acterized
by all who know him as
honest and upright in every way.
"Among the many things Mr.
Adams has done is to take an inter­est
in such activities as would be a
benefit to him and those with whom
he came in contact. He was a loyal
member of the band for five years.
He conducted a very successful night
school last year at the Cowikee Cot­ton
Mills of Eufaula, where he was
employed. He has been assistant
scoutmaster for two years past. In
scholarship, his average for over four
years is A. Only once has he fallen
below A in four years. He had to
borrow money every year to keep up
his family, and has worked hard and
paid it back.
Auburn expects big things from
such a man as Cleveland Adams.
The three other News Scholarship
holders are: Roy Sellers '29, Arley
Baas, '30, and Murff Hawkins, '31.
'28 PASSES ON
A few days ago, two painters
unbeknowingly splashed out a
"Miserere" with their brushes
on the historic old water-tank.
The old order changeth. The
old regime gives place to the
new. The faces on Langdon
Hall stage have changed and so
has the numeral on the water-tank.
A shining new "29" is there.
FIRST MASS MEETING
OF YEAR TO BE HELD
ON SATURDAY NIGHT
Current Literature
Course Now Offered
Novelists, Poets, Dramatists, Philo­sophers,
Scientists, be Discussed
STUDENT DROWNS
RESCUING A GIRL
Watt Howie Loses Life Saving Girl
Companion
The many friends of Watt Howie
were greatly shocked when they
learned of his death on July 29, 1928.
Howie was drowned in Lochapoka
Creek after he had rescued a girl
companion who had fallen in the
stream. His body was recovered
about an hour and a half later.
Howie, it was said, was a good
swimmer. He had jumped into the
creek to save Miss Mary Frances Mc-
Cosh, of Roanoke, who had slipped
from the bank. He carried her
ashore and then disappeared under
the water. According to reports Miss
McCosh could not swim.
The young man was accompanied by
Miss McCosh, Kirby Paul, of Bir­mingham,
Miss Elsie Beddingfield, of
Rodgersville and Mr. Williams, all
students at Auburn Summer School.
Howie was a Junior in Electrical
Engineering at Auburn and was a
very popular student. He was a
member of the Tau Omega Chi fra­ternity.
A one hour course in Current Lit­erature
will be given this year by
Prof. Daughrity, according to an an­nouncement
from the office of Prof.
Rutland, head of the English depart­ment.
The new courses will be given
at eleven o'clock on Tuesday.
Although plans for the course are
not yet completed, it will be a general
review of today's literature, accord­ing
to the professor in charge. Novel­ists,
short story writers, poets,
dramatists, philosophers, scientists,
and magazine writers will be discus­sed.
The purpose of the course is to ac­quaint
busy engineering students with
important facts in the cultural life
of the nation. It should prove to be
a great boon to the engineers who
cannot take the more advanced litera­ture
courses.
Auburn Engineer
Renewing Drive
For Subscribers
Success of Project Puts Pub­lication
on Par With Other
Technical Magazines
Famous Auburn Band Makes
Initial Appearance
TO ELECT CHEER LEADERS
Dr. Knapp on Program for
Great Rally
Members of the Auburn Engineer
staff will visit the various frater­nities
and boarding houses during the
coming week to secure the subscrip­tions
to the magazine of those in­terested
in the publication.
The Auburn Engineer is endeavor­ing
to obtain five hundred voluntary
student subscriptions so as to gain ad­mission
to the Engineering College
Magazine Association, a national or­ganization
formed for the promotion
of engineering college publications.
Through the medium of this associa­tion
the magazine will be improved by
available suggestions from authorities
and from members of the association
and at the same time spread to other
colleges over the country the type
and quality of engineering accomplish­ments
that Auburn offers .
CONGRESSMAN
J. LISTER HILL
MAKES APPEAL
Tolerance In Politics, Religion, Edu­cation
Desired
An earnest appeal for tolerance in
politics, religion, and in education
was made by Congressman Lister
Hill of Montgomery in an address
before the Kiwanis Club of Auburn
Monday.
The speaker spoke on Thomas Jef­ferson,
picturing him as a personifi­cation
of democracy. He said that
when Jefferson came to write an epi­taph
for his own tomb he made no
reference to the fact that he had been
both president and vice-president of
the United States but referred only
to himself as "a member of the Con­tinental
Congress, author of the sta­tute
of religious freedom in Virginia,
and founder of the University of Vir­ginia.
Mr. Hill declared that "the work of
Thomas Jefferson was such that it
will live after time dims the epitaph
on his tomb; and that his memory
will be cherised wherever men love
liberty and freedom as long as time
lasts."
The address was received with en­thusiasm
by the club, many members
of which gathered around the speaker
to shake his hand at the conclusion.
He made the trip to Auburn especi­ally
for the meeting to deliver the
address and returned to Montgomery
immediately after the meeting.
Alumnus!
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All out for the first mass meeting
of the year! Football yells, band
music, pep talks, and general huller-balloo
will start promptly at 8 Sat
urday night on the drill field.
Dr. Knapp has planned a big pro­gram
full of spirit and enthusiasm.
His byword, he says, will b« pep and
loyalty; if one doesn't have 'em when
he comes, by golly, he'll be full of
'em when he leaves.
At the meeting the President will
present a dandy plan whereby there
will be less "hell raising" and more
of the real old Auburn spirit. Every­one
is urged to be present and make
the first mass meeting under the new
regime the biggest and most success­ful
in the history of football.
The following program has been
announced:
1. Band Music
2. Yells and songs between each
number
3. Dean Petrie
4. Coach Bohler
5. Introductions: (2 minutes each)
Captain Carter
Alternate Captain Ingram
Coach Hutsell
Coach Moulton
Coach Brown
6. Three-minute talks by students:
Frank DuBose, President Senior
Class
"Pop" W. W. Paterson, Past
Captain Football
Roy Sellers, Student Secretary
Y. M. C. A.
Ludwig Smith, Editor Plainsman
7. Alumni and town—three-minute
talks:
J. V. Brown, Alumni Secretary
Shell Toomer •
Homer Wright
Mayor Yarbrough
8. President Knapp.
Atwater-Kent To
Sponsor Radio
Audition Contest
Local Hearing Set for Septem­ber
29, Langdon Hall
VALUABLE PRIZES GIVEN
Contestants Must Register Be­fore
September 25
Plans For Great
Opening Dances
Near Completion
Rudy Brown's Orchestra Of
Atlanta To Play
The Auburn audition for the At-water
Kent Radio Contest will be
held in Langdon Hall, September 29,
at 8 P. M. The age limit for contest­ants
is 18 to 25 inclusive.
The winners in the Auburn audi­tion,
one young man and one young
woman, will then take part in a dis­trict
contest, whence the winners go
to the national finals. The two win­ners
of first place—a man and a
woman—will each receive a gold
decoration, $5,000 in cash, and two
years tuition in a leading conserva­tory;
winners of second awards will
each receive $2,000 in cash and a
year's tuition; third place winners
will each receive $1,000 in cash and
one year's tuition; winers of fourth
awards will each receive $500 in
cash, and fifth place, $250 cash.
Contestants will please communi­cate
with Mrs. J. W. Tidmore, Au­burn,
phone number 207-J. Names
of contestants must be handed in to
Mrs. Tidmore not later than Sept. 24.
LARGE NUMBER EXPECTED
Fraternities Have
Scramble For Houses
Temporary Locations Used While
Action On New Houses Halted
Bill Young Stricken
With Appendicitis
Popular Radio Announcer Rests Well
After Operation
W. A. (Bill) Young, well-known
as announced of station WAPI at Au­burn,
was stricken with appendicitis
at an early hour Wednesday morning.
He was rushed to a hospital at Ope-like
where an operation was perform­ed.
His physicians report that no
complications were found and that
his recovery should be as rapid as
normal for an operation of this kind.
Young is a member of Alpha
Gamma Rho and Square and Com­pass
fraternities. Since his gradua­tion
in 1925 Young has been connect­ed
with the Extension Service located
at Auburn. He has been Assistant
Extension Editor, Assistant Mgr. of
WAPI and Radio Announcer of
WAPI. Mr. Young is closing up his
affairs at Auburn and will assist in
installing the new radio broadcasting
station WAPI located in Birmingham.
As soon as the new station is under
way Mr. Young will move permanent­ly
to the Magic City.
While in Auburn Young was one
of the most popular young men on
the campus. He was a member of
Spades, Scarabs, Scabbard and Blade,
Inter-fraternity Council, Business
Mgr. of the 1925 Plainsman. He was
a member of the Auburn Band for
two years being Business Mgr. of
that organization. As an active mem­ber
of the Y. M. C. A. Friendship
Council for four years he was a bul­wark
in that field. He was a candi­date
for class football, a member of
the Students Agricultural Club and
Assistant Editor of the Alabama
Farmer and later on the Board of
Control of that publication.
While in college Young studied Ag­riculture
but was well known by the
entire student body through his parti­cipation
in various student activities.
There has been quite a bit of
scramble for temporary location of
Fraternity houses this semester.
Among the ones to move were the Pi
Kappa Alpha, Tau Omega Chi, and
Delta Sigma Phi. The Pi Kappa Al­pha
fraternity is now situated in what
is known as Cary's castle. They mov­ed
out of their old house on North
Gay Street to make room for Tau
Omega Chi, who had bought the prop­erty.
The Delta Sigma Phi moved
from 325 Gay Street to North Gay
Street. This was the result of in­complete
plans of the college for Fra­ternity
Row. These Fraternities, with
Phi Kappa Delta, A. T. O. and Phi
Delta Theta were to have new homes
this year. The contracts of Delta
Sigma Phi have been approved and
let . The Phi Delta Theta's have every
thing complete, but the contract has
not been let. Phi Kappa Delta, and
Alpha Tau Omega have their plans
completed, but these have not been
matched with funds by the college.
The plans of the schools calls for these
four new houses to be completed at an
early date.
Bid Cards Will Be Distributed
Sunday Afternoon
The Social Committee is rapidly
completing its plans for a glorious set
of Opening Dances. The dates se­lected
are October eleventh, twelfth
and thirteenth. From all present in­dications
the Opening Dances this
year will have a larger attendance of
girls present, and will be the best
in many years. The dates selected
will not conflict with any local foot­ball
trip, for the team will be in
Gainesville, and only a few students
will accompany them.
One of the best orchestras in the
South has been contracted to furnish
the music and other entertainment.
Rudy Brown and his Orchestra, who
broadcasted at the National Radio
Convention, and who are widely
known in collegiate circles, have been
secured for the occasion. Brown's
orchestra consists of ten musical art­ists
playing twenty-five instruments.
Several unique decorative schemes
have been submitted to the Social
Committee, but as yet no definite an­nouncements
have been made.
The bid cards will be distributed
among the various fraternities Sun­day
afternoon. Men are urged to
turn in these cards at their earliest
possible convenience.
REPORTER'S CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
CHI OMEGAS GIVE
BIG GYPSY PARTY
Open Social Season With Colorful
Occasion
On Tuesday night the Chi Omega
Sorority entertained about fifty stu­dents
at a unique Gypsy party. At
8 P. M. the guests set out from the
sorority rooms for Ag Bottom, where
a large bonfire burned merrily. The
Gypsy costumes of members of the
sorority helped create a feeling of
freedon and abandon that charac­terizes
Gypsy band. In the course of
the evening delightful lunches, in red
and yellow kerchiefs, were served.
The Chi Omegas carried out their
reputation as charming hostesses, for
this original party was one of the
most enjoyable of the opening season.
Dempsey's Condition
Rapidly Improving
Accident Victim Resting Nicely In
Opelika Hospital
On Sunday, Sept. 9, Delton
Dempsey, '32, suffered a fractured
skull in an automobile accident on
the Opelika highway. Others in the
accident suffered only minor cuts
and bruises.
Recent reports are that Dempsey
is getting along nicely, and that his
present rate of convalescence points
to an early recovery.
Tad McCallum Succeeds Lewis As
President
At 7:30 Sunday night at the Pi K
A house the Plainsman Reporters'
Club held one of the largest and most
successful meetings in its history.
Among those present were twenty-five
enthusiastic Freshmen, an increase of
one hundred per cent over last year's
membership.
At this meeting officers of the club
for the coming year were elected.
They were as follows: President, Tad
McCallum, Sigma Nu; Vice-President,
Will Sheehan, Kappa Sigma; Secre­tary
Treasurer, Clarence Dykes.
The Reporters' Club will hold its
next meeting this Sunday, 7 P. M., at
the Sigma Nu house.
FRESHMAN CLASS
RECEIVE PASSES
Frosh See Show Through Courtesy
Foreman Rogers
Through the courtesy of Foreman
Rogers complimentary tickets to the
Tiger Theatre were presented to mem­bers
of the Freshman class this week.
The beautiful new theatre is with­out
a doubt a great asset to Auburn.
The large "Tiger" sign outside helps
brighten up College Street, and the
tasteful interior decoration would be a
credit to any town the size o,f Auburn.
NOTICE STUDENTS
Dr. Knapp and the Executive Coun­cil
have decided to let a student vote
determine whether Saturday classes
will be excused for the Ole Miss or
Mississippi A & M football game.
Both games will be played in Bir­mingham,
the former on October 20
and the latter on Nov. 17.
All students are urged to vote at
once on the ballot printed below, and
to drop their votes in the ballot box
at the Auburn Printing Co.
I prefer that Saturday games be ex­cused
for:
Ole Miss Game
Miss A. & M. Game
Check One.
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STAFF
Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief
J. B. McMillan Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
Raymond DeArman, '29 _-Associate Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 _- Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 News Editor
Campbell Blake, '30 News Editor
J. E. Taylor, '30 Proofreader
G. D. Waits, '30 Ass't. Proofreader
Chas. Ingersoll, '29 Sports Editor
J. E. McLeskey, Ass't. Sports Editor
Posey Morton, '31 Humor Editor
Bob Handley, '29 — Humor Editor
REPORTERS
E. T. England, '30; Roy N. Sellers, '31;
Robert L. Hume, '31; Bob McConnell,
'31; White Matthews, '31; George Dun­can,
'31; Richard A. Jones, '31; John
Lewis, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; J. D.
Foy, '31; Murff Hawkins, '31; Alvin
McConnell, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF
Grady Moseley, '30 ----- Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr.
Carlos Moon, '31 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
A. C. Taylor, '30 Circulation Mgr.
G. W. Smith, '30 Ass't. Cir. Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Ass't. Cir. Mgr.
M. Hawkins, '31 Circulation Dept.
J. L. Sellers, '31 Circulation Dept.
Geo. W. Postelle, '31 - - Circulation Dept.
A Great College;
A Great Leader
The position as leader of a college like
Auburn demands someone who is full of
initiative, one who is farsighted in pro­gressive
views, and one who is enthusiastic
about the growth of Auburn. One cannot
help noticing the progressive movements
taking place in Auburn at the present time.
Any college is fortunate who has such a
leader directing her and watching out for
her welfare.
In this respect Auburn is indeed for­tunate,
for she has a great man at her
helm, steering her safely through a dan­gerous
strait in state affairs and public
opinion.
Dr. Bradford Knapp has been here only
a few months, yet in this time he has ob­tained
more Auburn Spirit than many who
have been here for a great number of
years. He has conspicuously placed Au­burn
before the people of this state, and
he is showing them every day what an as--
set this college is to the citizens of Ala­bama.
Dr. Knapp's plan, when it will have ma­terialized,
for the future development of
Auburn will be nothing short of the real­ization
of the dreams of the men who have
gone out from here in the years past.
These men want Auburn to grow and will
be willing to support any progresive plan
for growth when it has been fully explain­ed
to them and when its advantages have
been accurately foretold. These men will
be willing to help Auburn in getting the
new buildings that are so badly needed,
in beautifying the campus until it is the
finest in the South, in supporting the ath­letic
teams to the fullest extent, if they
know that the students of this college are
holding high the ideals and standards as
well as trying hard to make this a greater
college than she has ever been before.
Dr. Knapp believes that the best way
for Auburn to grow is for the outside
people to have faith and confidence in her
ability to fit those who come here in the
best posible way to pursue their work
later on in life. He feels that one of the
most effective means of creating such a
trust is for the students to obey the laws
of the state and nation and to also re­spect
the rights of other people as well as
to conduct themselves as gentlemen at all
times. When such a condition comes
about, Auburn will have obtained an as­set
that can justly be valued exceedingly
high. But along with these things there
are some other things that also must be
considered.
One of the most important of these is the
seizure by the students of the advantages
offered here for an education. If, the stu­dents
will only stop and think, they can
easily see how much a good college educa­tion
can mean to them. Another point is
that the students must back the athletic
teams with the true Auburn Spirit.
Thus it can be seen that whether or not
Auburn grows to be a powerful as well as
a popular college rests to a great extent
with the students themselves. Dr. Knapp
has a great campaign ahead of him; he has
a hard batle facing him when he tries to
fight down the .prejudice that has sprung
up within the past few years. He cannot
carry out his plans and, therefore, serve
the college and state in the most efficient
manner unless he has the whole-hearted
support of everyone who believes in Au­burn.
Dr. Knapp has plainly told by his enthu­siastic
talk what he hopes to do here if he
can get help. He has explained exactly
how he stands on the question of making
Auburn a greater college. At the same
time one can easily guess the answer to
such questions as these which the students
might ask themselves. Do we want Au­burn
to have new buildings? Do we want
Auburn to grow to be a college of three
thousand students? There can be but one
answer. Of course, they do, but will be
almost impossible to have them until they
have decided to follow the suggestions and
advice of Dr. Knapp.
The students have a great opportunity
to give Auburn a great service at the pres­ent
time. Auburn needs the student's sup­port
at all times, but she needs it worse now
than at any other time in many years; for
if she has it now, it will be used to the
best advantage by her new leader.
They can serve Auburn best by living by
her code and upholding her standards.
They can also serve by being loyal at all
times. Auburn is calling to her followers
to help her, and they can if they will live
for her as though it made them happy.
The Cajoler Deserves
Meritorious Praise
An event to which we point a finger of
pride is the appearance of a sister publi­cation,
The Cajoler. This meritorius
magazine made its initial appearance since
we last went to press; and we take this
means of expressing our delight at this
distinction for the institution. Congratu­lations
are extended the entire staff, of
which Leslie Sawyer is leader, in acknow­ledgement
of this important work being
carried on by them. Nor would we ignore
the contributors, or any staunch supporter
of the magazine.
The first issue is indeed a credit to the
compilers and to the College, we dare say
no humorous publication has emerged with
such wonderful success in the initial issue.
Variety and merit of content, art contri­butions
and general appearance of The
Cajoler are in line for highest praise.
Complimentary remarks are prevalent
everywhere concerning the finess of the
publication. The first issue found way to
the admiration of those who were so for­tunate
as to look over it. We offer our
portion of praise to the launching of this
valuable move along with the others.
We are constantly impressed with the
responsibility and work involved in getting
out a magazine like this, hence we know
what is undergone—the gruesome yet quite
pleasant, long tedious hours of work re­quired.
You who have read the printed
page day after day without ever asisting
in its making, can hardly realize the depth
of it all.
The Cajoler affords Auburn a team of
publications unequalled, no doubt in any
southern college. The one possible addi­tion
now is a purely literary publication;
and this need is being partially filled
through the columns of the new publica­tion
at present. >
The publication program at Auburn,
which has been reorganized this year, is
one to reflect the utmost service and pride
on any college.
Auburn Engineers Should
Elect Cultural Courses
Do Auburn men select their courses of
study inteligently?
Have they not been taught specialization
so thoroughly that they are blinded to the
folly of over-specialization? Are not tech­nical
subjects stressed with an unfair sub­ordination
of the humanities? We realize
fully that Auburn is esentially a technical
school, but we believe that a well educated
technician is not a narrowly educated tech­nician.
The well educated technician is
a man who is not at a loss intellectually
outside his shop or laboratory.
A specialized education is a great thing,
but over-specialization is almost as bad
as no specialization. The engineer who
knows nothing outside his chosen field is
not an educated man, although many such
men graduate from Auburn each year.
The engineer must remember that he won't
live exclusively in his workshop. Some
knowledge of what is going on in the in­tellectual
world is necessary if he is not
to be a hermit. He cannot be a good
citizen, nor can he vote intelligently with­out
some knowledge of history, political
science, sociology and economics. He will
be a wall flower socially if he cannot con­verse
on such subjects as current literature,
music, painting, drama, sculpture, religion,
international politics, and a hundred other
subjects. Big executives don't confine their
conversation to "shop" while at dinner
parties. A man cannot acquire culture at
one fell swoop after he has become middle
aged. Only psuedo-culture comes this way.
The early-acquired background is neces­sary.
Specialization supported by a solid
background is the ideal education.
Too many engineering students are nar­row-
minded ignoramuses who jeer at cul­tural
courses. Their pet courses are sub­ject
to ridicule at the universities, but of
course they don't know that. This moronic
attitude should be counteracted, engineers
are allowed. a few elective hours (which
they usually fill with "crips" or more tech­nical
courses.) Herein lies their oppor­tunity.
We wish to call the attention of the en­gineers
to the academic courses, and to
stress the necessity of some cultural know­ledge.
No engineering student in Auburn
would lose time by taking the course in
Shakspere (unless he were incapable of
comprehending the subject matter of the
course). This is merely an example. There
are many other courses in ancient litera­ture,
current literature, history, economics,
psychology, and other subjects, which may
be elected at Auburn.
Cultural courses at college will go a long
way toward providing a nucleus of that
necessary cultural background which will
have to. be acquired at osme time. The
courses are here; Auburn's academic fac­ulty
is unusually string; there remains the
problem of interesting the engineers in the
humanities, and breaking up the asinie idea
that all academic courses are merely
"crips" for the athletic employees. Auburn
engineers must become widely educated be­fore
they can be called well-educated.
Defacing College Property
An Unsightly Practice
In our. inaugurated to enlarge the cam­pus
and beautify it, the defacing of the
property of the school, if brought to an
end, should be the first and most important
consideration.
It has been the habit for quite a while
to mark the campus with show cards. These
cards are tacked around on the trees leav­ing
their marks of rusty tack heads and
scraps of cardboard which is unsightly.
We think the worst of this is practised on
the main gate. It doesn't need a close in­vestigation
to discover the unsightliness
of this practice. In addition to the large
rusty tacks to be seen, there has been a
great deal of the mortar chipped out. If
the ones that are in the habit of this prac­tise
would erect a Bulletin board on which
these cards would be shown, it would help
Dr. Knapp in his program of extension and
beautifying the college property.
We feel sure that every one will cooper­ate
in this and make the campus a truly
beautiful place. A place that the visitor
as well as the students might admire and
tell their friends over the state. In doing
this each one of us can help in carrying
Auburn not the whole state.
Auburn has as many old traditions as
any school in the country, but there are
some that are necessary to keep. Some
that do not confirm with the modern
ideals. For the benefit of both School
and man these must be discontinued.
The most wonderful development that
could come here at Auburn would be the
change from slovenliness to tidiness. Slo­venliness
goes hand in hand with rowdyism.
Can these be beneficial?
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
College life is like a great football game;
the officials call time, the game begins, the
fellow who understands the rules best and
how to play the game gets through best
and easiest. The main things is that the
player who has his mind on the game is
always the best player. Get your mind on
the game. Do not let the work accumulate.
Study hard. Remember what you are here
for and remember also that leading schools
and even leading organizations are taking
men with high records freely but always
raising a question about the man with the
poor record.
I like the way Coach Bohler and his as­sistants
are working with the Foot Ball
Team and I like the way the men them­selves
are working. Bohler has the right
idea and if we all stay behind him I shall
have no fears. Don't let any "Gloomy
Gus" cast any reflections on any of us.
Students and the people of Auburn and the
Alumni, too, can help if they will be very
mindful of what they say. Discord, jeal­ousy,
fault finding, discontent, these never
make a great fighting team or a winning
team either. Unity, hard work, clear think­ing,
team work, courage, determination,
unselfish devotion to the interests of the
team and the college, these are the things
which make winners. I believe everyone
has this spirit. Let us all help to keep it.
The individual, the college or the nation
will advance always which puts the things
of life in their right relationship. What is
the real thing of importance? Is it bodily
comfort; is it satisfying our desires; is it
letting go? No, we rise as we stand on
the intellectual, moral and spiritual things
of life as the highest and best there is.
Control is a real part of education. The
man who lacks control may acquire know­ledge
but, also, lack real education.
18 AUBURN FOOTPRINTS «
JUST AN OLD HOUND DOG
"Say mister," said little Johnnie to the guest, "that's Bessie's cup you are
drinking out of."
"Well, well, I'm honored," said the guest. "Is Bessie your sister."
"Naw," said little Johnnie. "Bessie is our old hound dog."
* * * * * * * *
He: When a girl walks home from an automobile ride what does it mean?
She: It means that she "no's" her men.
* * * * * * * *
LITTLE "SQUARE-JAW" TURNS SCOTCHMAN
Little "square-Jaw" Salter was almost late for a "date" at the renowned
Woman's College last Sunday night in the frantic attempt to recover a nickle. From
information available it seems that "Square" deposited a jitney in a telephone
that is supposed to return your fifth of a quarter when you fail to get your num­ber.
"Square" failed and the old rusty nickle must have ceased its earthy cares—
for it failed to come back. And "Square" remained there persistently trying to
get his five-cent piece until forced to leave—this being done reluctantly.
* * * * * * * *
She (after a quarrel): Leave this house at once. I never want to you again.
He: I have one request to make before I go.
She: Well, what is it?
He: Before I leave this house forever, would you mind getting up off my lap?
* * * * * * * *
AG HILL
City Banker (visiting on farm): I suppose that is the hired hand.
Farmer (who has visited banks): No, that is the first vice-president in charge
of the cows.
* * * * * * * *
Captain: All hands on deck. The ship is leaking.
Voice from below: Aw put a pan under it and go to bed.
* * * * * * * *
Him: I think nature is wonderful. Just think little chickens hatch from eggs.
Co-ed: Well how do the chickens get in the eggs?
* * * * * * * * _.
A patent has been granted for a flexible traffic post bearing this sign, "GO
SLOW AND AVOID CHILDREN.
:;: * * * * * * *
THAT'S OUR WEAKNESS!
A country boy standing o nthe corner for the first time in a large city was
accosted by a minister who asked him to have a drink at the fountain.
"No, thank you," the boy said, "I don't drink."
"Well then won't you have a cigar," asked the minister.
"No thanks, I don't smoke," replied the boy.
"Well then my good boy come down to my house and meet my wife and
daughter."
"All right mister," said the boy, "You know none of us are perfect."
* * * * * * * *
A hot number is a nineteen year old girl with the brains of a little child, the
form of Venus, the clothing of EVE, and the disposition of Santa Claus.
* * * * * * * *
OH! DOCTOR (?)
A tramp approached a door marked Doctor Roberts, and knocked.
A lady answered and he asked: Has the Doc an old pair of pants he could spare.
No, the lady answered, besides, they wouldn't fit you.
Are you sure, Miss?
Quite sure, was the reply. I am the doctor.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
"By lupiter 7- Tluvius
n BOOK REVIEW «
"DEAD LOVERS ARE FAITHFUL
LOVERS"
By Frances Newman
Boni & Liveright, New York, $2.50
This story by the distinguished Georgia
novelist relates the loves of two women for
one man. The wife "was sure she had
married the man whom she had loved most.
And she was sure that she has not married
the man who had loved her more than any
man who had loved her. And she could
not forget the morning when her mother
told her that a wife's love always grows
and a husband's love always lessens." In
her matronly "impregnably great" way she
modestly and feebly attempted Cleopatra's
technique without realizing that Anthony
was Octavia's husband, and that matriarchy
was rarely exclusively successful in a pa­triarch.
After hearing her husband say
that artichokes were "the only food that
has its best bites at the bottom, exactly the
opposite of love," she dimly began to hope
that "her marriage would end victoriously
with a crepe veil from Paris rather than a
decree of failure from Paris."
The girl, Isabel Ramsey, who preferred
to be regarded as "a woman instead of a
Holy Bible which had been printed by Gut-tenberg,"
realized that "even if a man
loves a girl after he has stood before a
clergyman and a congregation with another
woman, the girl can oly have a few of the
little crooked scraps which are left when
the scissors have cut around the pattern of
his life," and "that if a life founded on
love pauses for a second, it pauses like an
airplane which has nothing more depend­able
than air and water betwen itself and
hell."
But, after a tense sick-scene resembling
Tchekoff's famous dance-scene in the
"Cherry Orchard" with its dazed unconsci­ous
air of near-disaster, and after the omit­ted
death, the girl faded out, andthat "im­pregnably
great lady," the widow at last
felt herself walking on "the green oasis of
a memory" over which she was "dropping
the victorious curtain of her very long
black crepe veil."
The Newman style, the "glitering Gallic
impersonality" of the "The Short Story's
Mutations" and the witty style of "Rachel
and Her Children," and "The Hard-Boiled
Virgin" is unusually enriched in "Dead
Lovers Are Faithful Lovers" by exquisite
poetic passages abounding in allusions run­ning
the whole gamut of cultural experi­ence:
a delightfully sophisticated network
woven around a frame of daring physio-psychology,
narrating in detail the ap­proximately
complete emotional and men­tal
life of two women in love with one man.
(Incidentally, the physiology reminds one
of Milton's cosmography.) But the net­work
is coherently knoted with the frequent
repetition of numerous pregantly signifi­cant
phrases recurring in the minds of the
two women, and resembling Wagnerian
leit-motifs in their artistic purpose of mak­ing
the novel a symphony of life, love, wit,
emotion, thought, and allusion.
The widely varied abundance of piquant,
witty social satire can only be realized
by reading the book: e.g. "the celebrated
soprano whose voice was supposed to be
slightly damaged by the birth of two royal
children and one baritone child."... ."God
could interfere with the laws of nature to
stop a sun which was already fixed, and
to raise men from the dead, but He could
not interfere with the social dogmas of
Vir-ginia." . . ."Mrs. Abbot owned paiting
and sculpture and literature, and had at
least a controlling interest in music." . . . .
Epigrams also abound: e.g. "The appear­ance
of a desirable man immediately re­leases
a woman from obligations toward
another woman." There never was a mar­riage
when the girl hadn't done at least
her part, or a little more." "Ever love is a
first love and every lover's kiss is a first
kiss." "The Greeks were the only nation
who ever had good taste in gods." "Apples
from the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil drop from the shelves and the clients
of libraries every day." Et cetera ad libi­tum.
As Goldsmith discovered the funniest un­told
story in the world, "Old Grouse in the
Gunroom," so Miss Newman has discovered
the longest soliloquy: "the soliloquy which
the captain of a rescuing ship might expect
from a woman who had just spent five
years on an island without listening in­habitants,
and without even a pokeberry
bush to yield ink for the setting down of
accumulating conversation." Ulysses' tech­nique
is also useful for something besides
avoiding sirens' singing. No! You are
wrong; Miss Newman did not slip in calling
it a soliloquy.
Atlanta allusions range from the Pied­mont
Driving Club's ball room, whose ceil­ing
reminded a traveled diner of a "Cele­brated
Italian Renaissance tomb," the Me­tropolitan
performance of "Tosca," "Zaza"
(with Geraldine Farrar), to the Carnegie
library, and the Emory library.
On the whole, Miss Newman has done
a beautifuly witty candid work: fashion­able
crape and lavender disturbed by the
breezes of a cynical, yet tender, brilliant
intellect.
Miss Newman is publishing this month a
volume of stories from the French of La-
Forge.
—P. B. Cole.
WHO, in your opinion is America's
greatest contemporary dramatist?"
No response. "Then can you name
any contemporary American dramatists?"
Again no response. Was the above heard
in a third grade classroom, or among a
group of negro laborers? No, it was heard
in an Auburn classroom containing a large
group of sophomores who were about to
begin a course in English Literature. It
wasn't one of the X sections either; it was
a representative bunch of second year col­lege
men.
SUCH ignorance of what is going on
in the world outside our own tiny
sphere is astounding. In this day of
cheap and quick communication, news­papers,
magazines, radio, cheap books and
cultural advancement, it is the more in­excusable
for a college sophomore to be
so ignorant. However, worse than the ig­norance
is the lack of interest in becoming
informed. Something is radically wrong
with the typical Auburn attitude" toward
things cultural.
I DIDN'T start out to advertise an Eng­lish
course when I began this column,
but mention of a new course in Current
Literature is not out of place. The course
will meet once a week, at eleven o'clock on
Tuesday and will be a survey of present-day
literature. The overworked engineer
or pre-med man should find in this course
an invaluable aid in acquiring an education.
It will give him something which he can't
do without, yet it won't take but one hour
a week. Quite welcome, English depart­ment!
* • * * * *
M Y Son Gets Spanked is the title of
an article of some interest in the
September Harpers. Frederick F.
Van de Water is the author. It is an at­tack
on one of our most cherished tradi­tions,
and he doesn't make out a bad case
at all. It seems that he has had to punish
his little boy for striking a girl who was im­posing
on him, although the girl was much
larger than the boy. The inexorable law
that says that woman is inferior to man is
invoked. The writer makes the point that
women are inconsistent in that they claim
sexual equality, yet still expect deference
when they will profit by it. Of course it
wont' do any good to make this point, yet
it is interesting reading.
WHILE I'm on Harpers, there is
another article in the September
number which has some meat in
it. It is entitled Quack Doctoring the Col­leges.
The college seems to be a popular
subject for magazine reformers to work on,
and this is a criticism of the critics and re­formers.
* * * * *
THE latest fad in sartorial matters
seems to be the old-time suspenders.
In my opinion, they are absolutely
the most slouchy articles of dress that a
man can put on. No matter how com­fortable,
healthful, or stylish they may be,
the man running around with a pair of
trousers drooping off his shoulders by a
pair of suspenders (without a coat) is a
slouchy looking person. However there is
one redeeming feature; Auburn men
couldn't possibly be less careless in their
dress than they have already been, so they
don't lose by taking up suspenders. I
guess that suspenders are one of my pre­judices.
He Ought To Know Better
There is no use trying to joke with a
woman. The other day Jones heard a
pretty good conundrum and decided to try
it on his wife.
"Do you know why I am like a mule?"
he asked her when he went home.
"No," she replied promptly, "I know
you are, but I don't know why you are."
WHO DREAMS SHALL LIVE
Who dreams shall live. And if we do not
dream
Then we shall build no Temple into Time.
Yon dust cloud, whirling slow against the
sun,
Was yesterday's cathedral, stirred to gold
By heedless footsteps of a passing world.
The faiths of stone and steel are failed of
proof,
The King who made religion of a Sword
Passes, and is forgotten in a day.
The crown he wore rots at a lily's root,
The rose unfurls her banners o'er his dust.
The dreamer diets, but never dies fair
dream,
Though Death shall call the whirlwind to
his aid,
Enlist men's passions, trick their hearts
with hate,
Still the fair Vision lives. Say nevermore
That dreams are fragile things. What else
endures
Of all this broken world save only dreams.
—Dana Burnet.
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
EXTENSIVE PLANS LAUNCHED
BY MEMBERS Y.M.C.A. CABINET
The program for this scholastic
year's work is filled with extremely
interesting and uplifting numbers;
General Secretary Roy Sellers and
the "Y" officers and cabinet mem­bers
have launched extensive plans
for the coming year that mean much
to the occupants of the campus.
This work will start in earnest with
a breakfast for the Cabinet Sunday
morning at eight o'clock. This event
will occur at the Auburn Inn, where
all members of the Cabinet are ex­pected
to gather for an enjoyable
hour of discussing plans and con­suming
refreshments.
The Cabinet is composed of the
following members: Roy Sellers, W.
T. Edwards, Harry Cottier, J. W.
Stanton, George Stafford, Howard
Smith, A. V. Blankenship, E. P.
Blocker, W. W. Bryant, J. R. Carre-ker,
G. J. Cottier, F. H. DuBose, A.
B. Johnson, C. R. LeCroy, T. H. Le-
Croy, A. L. Morrison, J. D. Neeley,
J. R. Parrish, R. A. Sansing, A. L.
Smith, C. L. Williamson, R. L. High-tower
and Victor Savage, Jr.
The first cabinet meeting was held
in the "Y" assembly room Sunday
afternoon, Sept. 16, beginning at one-thirty.
At this gathering reports
were made by various committee
chairmen concerning plans for their
work, terminating with a general
discussion of plans for the near fu­ture.
Roy Sellers, elected by a student
vote last spring to the chair of Presi­dency
of the Auburn Y. M. C. A.,
tendered his resignation in order to
accept the position of General Sec­retary
of the organization, his re­signation
wa saccepted. During the
summer months, Mr. Sellers received
an appointment from Dr. Knapp to
this new position. Vice-president W.
T. Edwards automatically became
president upon the resignation of Mr.
Sellers.
At this meeting W. W. Bryant ten­dered
his resignation as chairman of
Deputations Committee, giving as his
reason a lack of time "to do the posi­tion
justice. His resignation, on
these grounds, was also accepted.
R. L. Hightower has not returned
to college this session, leaving still
another opening to be filled.
Members of the Cabinet were
urged to turn in nominations for
these vacancies during the present
week, the candidates to be selected at
the next meeting of the Cabinet. Re­quest
was also made by the retiring
President that appointments of lieu­tenants
for discussion groups be sub­mitted
at once. Each captain is ex­pected
to select five live, wide-awake
influentinal men for these positions.
Selection in final selection of can­didates
for the above mentioned va­cancies
and lieutenants will be made
at the breakfast Sunday morning.
The first Council meeting will be
held at 4 p. m. Sunday, September
22, in the Presbyterian church. All
captains and lieutenants are expect­ed
to be present and receive an­nouncements
of plans for the year's
work. Newly appointed lieutenants
will be instructed in the duties of
their field.
Each student is urgently requested
to join some discussion group; tak­ing
active part from the very begin­ning.
There is one near every man
on the campus; no worthy excuse for
not taking part in a discussion group.
R. A. Sansing, discussion group
chairman, has formulated plans for
a big year in this work.
Perhaps no other work has such a
beneficial influence and reaches as
far over the campus as this discussion
group work. It deserves the support
of every Auburn student; its bene­fits-
canot be estimated. This branch
of service is only one of a vast num­ber
of brotherly programs bearing a
Christian atmosphere that is sponsor­ed
by the Auburn Y. M. C. A.
CANARY NURSES
Auburn students are versatile,
yea verily. Two new frosh have
taken up the business of canary
nursing. Bill -Moon, widely
known man about Gadsden,
brought back a canary ,to ab­sorb
a bit of higher learning.
He commissioned Rats Murphy
and Regan Lonnigan as chief
nurses. We'd like to make a lit­tle
wager that these innocent
frosh blush when they give this
yellow beauty a bath.
Dan Cupid Claims
E. P. Blocker Victim
STUDENTS ADVISED
OF VALUE OF TIME
AUBURN BARBER SHOP
Razor Honing a Specialty
Oldest Barber in Auburn
BOB FOSTER
GOOD PRESSING
In an effort to aid freshmen stu­dents
at Alabama College this year to
spend their time to the greatest per­sonal
advantage the faculty counsel
committee through Dr. Hallie Farmer,
head of the department of history and
economics, presented suggestions for
a "time budget" at the freshman chap­el
period September 18.
Going on the ground that the time
of high school students is largely man­aged
for them by their instructors.
Dr. Farmer took cognizance of the
real problem freshmen college students
are up against, when they find them­selves
for the first time on their own
initiative and responsibility in the
matter of how to use their time. She
suggested that a study schedule, simi­lar
to the class attendance schedule
be prepared by each freshman, with
the most difficult studies listed first,
and in the order of their difficulty.
DR. T. B. MCDONALD
DENTIST
Office Over Toomer's Drug
Store
Fellows, it's an absolute fact—
Blocker is married!!!
Such a shock has not hit the Vil­lage
since the reign of King Tut.
This information was mysteriously
revealed to a member of the Plains­man
Staff late Thursday evening; it
seemed impossible to gather the de­tails
of the case.
Anyway, the lone fact that Mr. E.
P. Blocker is married is about all
the student body can stand at pres­ent.
-Perhaps the inklings of the case,
will be dished out gradually, as the
fellows become prepared.
Though in all seriousness, this is
indeed a distinctive feat! Having
never as much as once been suspicion-ed,
this news comes as a bold stab to
every acquaintance of the party in
question.
Mr .Blocker is well known in Ag
circles .being a prominent member of
the class of '31 in this department.
His studious, busy manner gave no
room for anyone supposing that Cu­pid
ever troubled his dreams.
Since matrimonial precessions seem
to be in order, the Plainsman wishes
Mr. Blocker all the happiness that
any wedlock ever offered. The name
of the bride is still in the offing, also
her whereabouts. It is believed the
union occurred in late August.
Opelika-Auburn
Golf Tournament
Begins Sept 23
The golfers of Opelika and Auburn
are busy training for the tournament
which is being sponsored by the
Opelika-Auburn Golf Club. The
opening matches will be played in
Opelika on Sunday September 23,
and the finals will be played in Au­burn
on the folowing Sunday.
This tournament is expected to cre­ate
much interest among the sport
loving population of the two cities.
It is one of the annual events of the
two cities. There are no prizes of­fered
and no fees will be charged.
Some of the best golfers in the
eastern part of the state will be play­ing
in this tournament. Mr. Collier,
a local player qualified with the low­est
score of the local team. His
score was 28.
The local team will consist of the
following: Ingram, Nixon, Collier,
Lyle, Biggin, Spann, Wood, Hollings-worth,
Martin, Jones, Hendrick, Har­rison,
Kennedy, Myrick, Moulton and
Hargraves. There are three who
have been named as alternates. These
men are Snugg, Bennett and Robin-
Dean Petrie Gives
Account of Storm
OPELIKA PHARMACY INC.
Prescription Druggist
YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED
Phone 72 O p e l i k a , Ala.
The First National Bank of Auburn
ADVICE AND ACCOMMODATION
FOR EVERY COLLEGE MAN
ANY FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
C. Felton Little, '06, President
W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier
RATS!
HAVE YOUR HAIR CUT
, -AT-VARSITY
BARBER SHOP
Hundred Students
At First Ag Meet
A hundred students attended the
opening program of the Ag Club in
Comer Hall Wednesday evening, Sep­tember
19, beginning at 7:10 .o'clock.
This is considered a record breaking
attendance for the opening meeting.
The attendants were welcomed back
by President J. R. Taylor, Jr., after
which a number of interesting talks
concerning summer adventures and ex­periences
were given. One lowly ro­dent
was forced to extract his excuse
for living—a very humiliating act be-
,-fore such a congregation, indeed.
Messrs. Bailey and Weidenbauch
were honored speakers, in the course
of which each tried severely to "gag"
the other. Mr. Bailey convincingly
announced that Auburn would expe­rience
some touchdowns in the foot­ball
realm this season.
Officers of the Ag Club for the
present semester, as elected at the
last meeting last spring, are as fol­lows:
J. R. Taylor, Jr., president; T.
R. Home, vice-president; "Rip" Rea­gan,
secretary; A. L. Smith, treasur­er.
An excellent program is being form­ulated
for the next meeting, on Wed­nesday
night, September 26. The au­ditorium
in Comer Hall is expected to
be filled to overflowing. Every Ag
man is expected to attend, bringing
with him a co-ed (if feasible), and
all others interested are cordially in­vited
to come to these weekly pro­grams.
Student Ends Life
By Drinking Acid
MISS. A. & M.—September 14, the
student body was shocked with the
tragedy of suicide on the part of one
of its fellow students. W. M. Hol­land,
science freshman, from Verona,
Mississippi was the victim of the
suicidal act.
Apparently in a serious trance of
despondency, Holland took his life by
drinking three ounces of carbolic acid.
The fact that he purchased the acid
during the afternoon before his death,
at 7 P. M., in the adjoining town of
Starkville, affords evidence that his
act was the result of premeditation.
Shortly after taking the acid, Hol­land
became nearly unconscious. His
groaning called forth his brother who
was rooming across the hall. The
brother, Leslie Holland, found him
struggling with intense pain and hold­ing
the photographs of his mother
and sweetheart. He was quickly taken
to the college hospital, but died with­in
5 minutes after arriving.
The contents of a letter written to
'his mother indicated that Holland
was becoming tired of his life and
also, that he, at the age of 24, was
too old to start now and complete his
college training.
The cadet corps honored Holland
by marching down to the train and
paying him the tribute of a sorrow­ful
farewell. The cadet bugler sound­ed
taps as the train departed.
Dean Petrie gave the students of
Current Events a rare treat Thurs­day
night in an account of the hor­rible
storm that has ben raging on the
Florida coast the first part of this
week.
It seems that on Monday he was
called to Jacksonville, Florida by the
death of his aunt. Monday night he
boarded the train at Opelika for the
trip. He reached Waycross safely
enough Tuesday morning but here he
first found serious evidences of the
storm. Because of a Bridge that had
been washed away between Waycross
and Jacksonville he had to travel in
a roundabout way. This trip caused
him to realize the severity of the
storm. He says that beside the rail­road
he saw trees blown down like
corn in a strong wind. Everywhere
he saw water. In some places houses
were sitting in pools of water which
reached the porches. The trip which
normally required only two hours re­quired
nine hours.
Dean Petrie returned to Auburn
Thursday afternoon over the same
route that he left. On his return trip
he says that water coveerd the tracks
in several places. He seemed im­pressed
over condition in which he
found the country, and the storiets
he had heard from people who were
actually in the storm.
GLEE CLUB ROUNDS
INTO CONDITION
Former Opelikans in
Storm Are Uninjured
First news out of the storm strick­en
areas of Florida to relatives in
Opelika of former Opelikans was re­ceived
this morning by Mr. and Mrs.
H. T. Saunders from their daughter,
Mrs. B. Y. Pennington, of Lake
Wales. A letter and telegram were
received, the latter being delayed be­cause
of the lack of communication
facilities.
Mrs. Pennington wrote that all of
the family escaped injury and their
home was only very slightly damag­ed,
but hundreds of homes in Lake
Wales were badly damaged and fur­niture
ruined. Most of the business
houses were unroofed, the letter
said. Dr. Pennington's instruments
were mostly ruined, his office in a
down-town building being left with­out
ceiling, by the high winds.
According to the letter, the fruit
was severely damaged, with an esti­mate
that not more than ten per cent
can be saved.
Allen Weaver and family also re­side
in Lake Wales and they too es­caped
injury.
Social Science Club
Meets Under Herren
Everything seems to get delayed in
the mails, except bills.
The Social Science Club, sponsored
by Prof. Herren, held their first meet­ing
of the year last Monday night.
Thirteen old members, three new mem­bers
and four faculty members were
present. No program had been ar­ranged
but to start the year off right
each Professor made a short talk.
The club extends a cordial invitation
to all students taking Business or
Educational courses. Meetings are
held every Monday night in the Pow­er
Building at 7:00 P. M.
The officers of the club are: J. L.
Little, President; V. L. Collins, Vice-
President ; G. A. Dozier, Secretary and
Jack Riley, Treasurer.
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Apropos to this schedule, it was sug­gested
that students allot that part of
their time when their minds are fresh­est
to the most difficult studies, al­lowing
two hours for the subject found
by the individual to be the hardest
for her.
Time for recreation, Dr. Farmer in­sisted,
particularly the hour and a
half preceding the evening meal,
should be provided in the "time bud­get."
"The test of personal, individual
ability," Dr Farmer pronounced, "lies
in the ability to manage one's self, in­cluding
one's time."
Students will consult the dean and
the members of the faculty counsel
committee from time to time during
the year, particularly during the first
weeks, for effectiveness in following
the "time budget."
Under the efficient management of
Professor Bidez the Auburn Glee Club
is rounding into shape for another
big year. The troupe already has a
number of unusually talented enter­tainers
and many gifted singers.
However, the greater the number
trying out for the club the better the
chance is to develop a top-notch or­ganization.
Therefore, Professor Bi­dez
urges strongly that all who play
any musical instrument or have had
any experience whatever in singing
report to the next meeting of the
club to try out for membership.
MOBILE BOYS PLAN
CHRISTMAS DANCE
Thursday night at 9:00 P. M. the
students from Mobile met the the Phi
Kappa Delta house to formulate plans
for a Christmas dance. Thirty men
were present.
George Brinson, A. T. O., was
elected chairman of the dance com­mittee.
Brinson announces that he
expects a real Auburn dance; attrac­tive
decorations; dandy music; and
plenty of good old Auburn spirit.
The dance will not be strictly a
Mobile dance, for many students from
Bay Minette, Pensacola, and other
nearby towns are expected to attend.
<<YV>"» NOTICE
As yet a number of Rat Bibles
have not been called for. You
who have not received one are
urgently requested to do so this
week; waiting later may mean
you get no Rat Bible. Don't
forget to bring your registration
card with you.
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Make Your Dollar Grow to Two
in a Year
At the Bank $1.00 only grows to $1.04
in a year
HERE IS THE WAY!
I have an opportunity to buy out my employers' business. This
business is an old established business here in Auburn. Last year
the business made one dollar eighteen and three-quarters cents
for every dollar invested or as you see better than 100 per cent.
There is no reason why the business should not do equally well or
even better this year since Auburn is now on the increase.
I need a partner to help finance about one fourth or one third
of the purchase price. It is not necessary, if this partner does not
desire, for him to devote time to this business. It is one in which
students can be used in their spare time when business is heavy.
Anyone having $2500 or less and caring to double it in a year
write to post office box 1023 and I will call and explain the details
in person.
1 Communinations will be answered in the order in
which they are received.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN
Back With Tigers
Varsity Prospects Brighter as Hoffman and Cunningham Report for Duty
Sophomores Showing Up
Well In Practice Sessions
Light Scrimmages Held Monday and Tuesday
of this Week; Lee Takes up Duties
as Assistant Coach
At the close of the third week of
grid practice at the Plains the pros­pects
of' the team began to look
brighter, for Murray Hoffman and
Riley Cunningham reported to head­quarters
and began a series of light
work-outs, such as running with the
ball, punting, jumping hurdles, and
other forms of exercise that the squad
had done the previous week, in order
to get into trim for the hard knocks
of the game. Both of these men are
old lettermen, and were warmly wel­comed
into the Tiger training camp,
for they have had experience on the
grid-iron which will be of great value
in the coming contests. Although
these old veterans know much about
the game does not mean that they have
a place cinched on the first string, for
there is plenty of keen competition for
positions in the line.
Sophomores Showing Up Well
In the practices during the past few
weeks, we have noticed that a good
percentage of the squad is composed
of Sophomores, who are strutting their
stuff out on Drake Field, and are
furnishing an anormous amount of
competition for the Juniors and Sen­iors
who have played before. This
begins to put an idea into our heads
as to how many of the men are new
to the varsity, will be in uniform when
the first whistle blows in Crampton
Bowl on the 28th, which is just one
week off. In the line we have been
keeping our eyes on Ben Newton and
"Babe" Taylor, and it seems that these
two giants will be plenty of trouble
to any opponents who think they can
gain through the line. Harkins at
center is a man who can stand his
own with the best, and reminds every­one
of his brother, "Red," who was
captain of the Tigers three years ago.
Culpepper at end is showing up well,
and Sheehan at guard is a fighter.
One of the new signal callers is Win-go,
who is small and light, but has
the knack of carrying the ball and
can heave it like a bullet.
Aerial Attack Used in Practices
Coach Bohler has divided the squad
into about five teams, and has been
giving them much practice in running
signals. He has at the present date
about seven or eight men who can call
signals, and the majority of these can
pass the ball with great accuracy.
The men who have been calling sig­nals
are: Callahan, Crawford, Ward,
Jones, Tuxworth, Long and Wingo.
Of this group Callahan, Crawford and
Tuxworth have been putting a boot
under the ball for the greatest yard­age,
and they have all had good luck
at passing the pigskin. About three
out of every four plays is a pass,
and our ends are getting to where it
is a very rare thing for them to miss
one. Ingram and DuBose are death
on snagging passes, while Nagley,
Robinson, and Yarbrough have shown
much improvement in catching the
ball, and also in rushing the man
while they are on the defense. Coach
Bohler has some of the cleverest pass­es
in existence, and it keeps the spec­tators
guessing as to where the ball
is going next. (The bleachers are
still full of spectators every after­noon).
Backfield in Good Condition
Backf ield prospects are being round­ed
into shape as the third week of
practice draws to a close, and with
the first game only a week off much
curiosity is aroused as to who will
constitute the backfield. At the full­back
position we have three outstand­ing
Tigers who have had experience
on the squad before. They are Sel­lers,
Granger, and Moseley, and each
are of the type that do not fail to
hit a man hard enough to where he
does not want to get up for some
time. Last year in several games, Sel­lers
was the only man that could -make
any substantial gains, as will be re­membered
in the Howard game when
he tore open the Howard line for gain
after gain. In "Stumpy" Granger we
have one of the surest tacklers and
best blockers in the South. Last year
in the Georgia game "Stumpy" made
something like twenty tackles without
missing one. For two years John
Moseley has scrubbed, but this year
it seems that he has more punch and
fight, and will be one of our regular
mainstays.
When it comes to fast running, Au­burn
has a man in "Snitz" Snider who
can out run any other man in the
Southern Conference. Last week he
was on the reciving end of a bunch
of passes, and ran wild down the
field after hooking on to them. Jim
Crawford is another of our best bets
in the backfield again this year. He
is very fast and can pass and punt.
The beginning of the week a new
machine was put on Drake Field that
is used by the backfield men to give
them training in hitting the line, and
then not to stop, but to keep on dig­ging.
It is a one man bucking ma
chine, and is designed so that the man
running with the ball can hit it at
full speed, and he gets the same ef­fect
as a man hitting the line. An
other device that Coach Bohler has
placed on the field is a group of box
es that the men have to run through
as though they were leaping over the
hurdles. In this way they acquire the
habit of lifting up their feet.
Green and Burt are running Har­kins
a hard race to see who will fill
"Pop" Patterson's place of center
Both of these men have spent a year
with the scrubs; however, they played
in a few of the games last year.
Part of the practice every after
noon is hitting and blocking the dum­my.
The team members have shown
much improvement in this form of
the training, and now they hit the
dummy like they thought it was one
of those Georgia Bulldogs. They have
learned to hit the dummy and keep
digging until they have it on the
ground.
Light Scrimmages This Week
Monday and Tuesday of this week
headgears were distributed to the
players, and everyone was given a
chance to show what he could do in
the particular position that he was
out for. Part of the squad was put
on the defence, while others were
given the ball and passes and line
bucks were tried. Tuxworth tried his
foot at punting, and did a good job
of it. The backfield men had trouble
in making any gains when Captain
'Nick" Carter, Spinks, and Taylor
were in the defensive line. "Nick" is
even better this year than he was
last, and.should land a berth on the
all-Southern team.
Coach Lee Takes Up Duties
The newest arrival in the Village
is^ Coach "Sheriff" Lee, who reported
to the practice Tuesday afternoon,
and will be one of Coach Bohler's as­sistants.
He comes to Auburn with
a great athletic record, and we are
glad to have him helping to put out
the best team in the South.
NOTICE
There are a number of students
who have registered and have not re­ceived
their ATHLETIC TICKET
BOOKS. All who have not gotten
these must do so at the earliest pos­sible
date, for they will not be ad­mitted
to the games without them.
These books can be obtained at the
Gym, by showing the registration
book.
1928 Football Schedule
Pept. 28—Birmingham Southern
Oct. 6—Clemson (Home coming)
Oct. 13—Florida
Oct. 20—U. of Mississippi
Oct. 27—Howard
Nov. 3—U. of Georgia
Nov. 10—Tulane
Nov. 17—Mississippi A. & M.
Nov. 29—Georgia Tech.
-Montgomery (Night game)
-Auburn
—Gainesville
-Birmingham
-Auburn
-Columbus
-New Orleans
-Birmingham
-Atlanta
FRANK TUXWORTH
Frank Tuxworth, Tiger triple-threat
ace, should prove one of the
mainstays in Coach Bohler's back-field
this season. Tuxworth is espe­cially
good at passing the oval and
would be a valuable man on this ac­count
alone, because from- present
indications the Tigers will depend on
a passing game this season.
Tuxworth hails from Logansport,
La. and starred in four major sports
at Washington High of Washington,
La. He entered A. P. I. in 1924 and
was quarterback on the Rat eleven of
that year. For the next two seasons
he was on the Varsity squad and at
the beginning of last season it was
generally conceded that he would
do the signal calling but a disagree­ment
with the Faculty resulted in his
banishment from the squad. Tux
worth is one of the leading contend­ers
for the quarterback position this
season and it is certain that he will
see a great deal of service.
Since coming to Auburn, Tuxworth
has developed into a good Track man,
and was Auburn's best bet in the
broad jump last Spring. This will be
his least season on the gridiron and
should be his best.
IN MEMORIAM TO "SHEEP" LAMB
The passing of "Sheep" Lamb puts sorrow deep in the hearts
of the students, faculty, and alumni of this institution, for he
was loved by all who had any interest in Auburn. He was one
of the truest and most loyal Auburn men that has ever finished
here.
During his days at the Village, he was classed among the great­est
football players of the time, and was one of the few Southern
men to make the coveted all-American team. He was on the team
back when the Tigers conquered all comers, and it was due mostly
to him that we were not scored on for one or two seasons.
It was great men like Mr. Lamb that started the invincible "Au­burn
Spirit" that is so well known the country over. During his
life, he was ever on the look-out to help any Auburn man out, and
it is said that before he would buy any materials for his company,
he would have to be sure that he was getting it from an Auburn
man.
In actual dollars and cents he has done much for A. P. I., and
at the time of his death was helping to put several of our promin­ent
athletes thru school.
It will be many years before we will ever have another man
here who could be as loyal to that Auburn team as "Sheep" Lamb,
and he will be remembered on our campus as long as there is a
school here.
More Than Hundred Rats
Fight for Places on Team
TN THE ENEMY CAMPS
TIGER GROWL
One of old Tigers has turned in
a great season with Cleveland this
year. This is George Grant who led
the league up until last month, by
winning eight games and losing none.
Last week-end the Montgomery
Flyers Grid outfit journeyed to Line-ville,
where they met "Old Folks"
Garrett's Aggies, and when the game
was over "Old Folk's" boys had done
all of the scoring, and the result was
a 10 to nothing victory. Our hats
are of to him, for he still has the
same old fighting spirit that he used
to possess when he was on the squad
here. He never did make his letter
for he was not heavy enough, but
there never has been a man on the
Orange and Blue squad who would
fight any harder than he would.
All of the teams that the Orange
and Blue are scheduled to meet on
the football field this season, have
started the hard task of training for
the coming events. It is always
doubtful as to what kind of results
the teams will reap before the season
is over, for it is too early to predict
anything this early. The Auburn
Tigers do not expect to win every
game on the schedule this year, for
the team is new to Coach Bohler, and
too, we will meet some very strong
teams. But there is one thing that
we do know and that is that we will
stick with that team through thick
and thin, for we have confidence in
them and know they will put all they
have into the game.
University of Georgia
One of the strongest Auburn op­ponents
this season is the Georgia
Bulldogs, which is being directed by
Coach Mehre who was asistant coach
under "Fuzzy" Woodruff up until
this year. Their Senior backfield will
be one of the greatest in the country,
according to Don iMller. With a
quartet like H. F. Johnson at quar­ter,
Bobby Hooks and Frank Dudley
at halves, and Herdis McCrary hold­ing
down the fullback position, they
will have a combination that will be
hard to stop, provided they have a
line that will function. It is believed
that this backfield will compare with
the mighty Notre Dame back field
which was so widely known as the
Four Horsemen. Last year McCrary
was second all-American fullback,
and this year will probably make the
mythical first team. Johnson will
most likely cop the job of punter,
while Hooks will try his hand at
passing.
The Georgia ends will be weakened
by the loss of Shivar and Nash who
made berths on the all-American
team, and graduated last Spring.
Martin and Palmer will probably fill
these places, with a few Sophs as subs.
Lautzenhiser, Frisbe, and Stalling
will play tackle, while Jacobson and
Haley will be guards. Boland will
play center again. The reserves are
also above> the average.
Mississippi A & M
Head Coach Hancock and Coach
Dauber of A. & M. have had their
cohorts at pratice for about ten days
now, and claim that the prospects
are very bright there this year. There
are many men out for each position,
which makes the competition very
great. The veterans of the backfield
are: Capt. Gene Chadwick, Bill Pep-penheimer,
Stone, Allen, and Pick­ens.
These men have had much ex­perience
in the game and will streng­then
the team greatly. The back-field
will be light but fast, as most of
the candidates for these positions are
small. The scrubs have been giving
a good account of themselves, and
will likely be in the line-up at times.
Captain Bill Brunson and Jelly
Thompson are having little competi­tion
in the race for tackle. McEl-veen
and Weeks seem to be passing
the ball back from center, which is
the same job they had last season.
The whole grid squad is composed
of fifty men.
Georgia Tech
Among the teams that loom up
strong this season is our favorite ri-
With the second week of practice
under way, each afternoon finds over
a hundred Rats fighting for places
on the team to meet the Birmingham-
Southern Rats October 5 at Auburn.
Now that the preliminary condition­ing
is over, Coach Brown has the
Rats blocking, tackling, and running
signals. In order to handle the big
squad, he has issued shoulder pads
to about forty freshmen whom he per­sonally
coaches; while "Pop" Pateir-son,
last year's Auburn captain, di­rects
the rest.
Many of the men out for the team
come to us wth enviable high school
Bessemer, J. L. McRee of Lanier, Joe
Andrews of Lanier, E. L. Stewart of
Anniston, and • Pebble Stone of Mari-anna,
Fla.
Good Backs
Some of the backfield men who are
going good are W. R. Tamplin of Au­burn,
Mike Reedy of A. M. I., Frock
Pate of Woodlawn, B. C. Jones of
Bessemer, John Hamilton of Bay Mi-nette,
M .V. Davidson of Lanier, L. L.
Hatfield of Cloverdale, Harry Guthrie
of Wright's.
With such men as these and others
equally as good, everything points to
a successful Freshman Campaign.
The schedule this year includes games
records and should go good this year., w j t n Birmingham-Southern, Florida,
There are many others, who though
not so well known are showing up
well in practice. The coaches will
not, however, judge a man by his
record at prep school, but only by the
ability that he shows here so that
each man has a fair chance to make
the team.
Promising Linemen
Among the linemen showing up well
are: J. D- Bush, Mobile High, George
Holdcroft of Ensley, H. Jacobs of
Georgia Tech, Tulane, and Georgia.
The dates and places, with the ex­ception
of the Georgia game which
is still unsettled are as follows:
October 5th, (Day before Homecom­ing)—
Birmingham-Southern at Au­burn.
Oct. 13th—Florida at Columbus.
Oct. 27—Georgia Tech at Atlanta.
Nov. 3rd—Tulane at Auburn.
Nov. 17 or 24—Georgia at Colum­bus
or Athens.
CROSS COUNTRY CANDIDATES
REPORT FOR FIRST PRACTICE
Pistol Team Gets
New Grounds for
Pistol Practices
When the Tigers began practice
this year they were in need of sev­eral
students to help with odd jobs
on the practice field. Several mem­bers
of the Freshman class appeared
on the scene, and among them was
a certain young fellow named Smith.
Yet, he is a young brother of "Goat"
Smith, who was manager of last years
football team. He answers the des­cription
of the old "Goat," and has
received the nickname of "Little
Goat." He is already a very valuable
asset to the team, and will most likely
follow in the footsteps of his older
brother.
In Robert S. ^Duncan, we have
another old Auburn graduate who is
making good in his profession. He
is in charge of the testing work of
the dairymen of the Selma trade ter­ritory.
While in school here, he was
one of our best distance runners on
the track team, having been Captain
of the cross-country team his Senior
year.
It seems that 'night games are be­coming
very popular this year, for
many schools are taking up the idea,
and it works well. On September
21st Ensley High and Hueytown High
will meet at Legion Field in a night
game. This will be the first time that
the Birmingham fans have had the
(Continued on page 6)
One of the latest improvements on
the Auburn campus is that of the new
pistol range, which is located down in
the hollow below the present artillery
stables in an ideal spot for pistol
practice. It is very quiet, and is lo­cated
where the practices will not be
disturbed by having a large crowd of
spectators always in the way. Much
work and money was put out on get­ting
this range into shape this sum­mer,
and Lieut. Leitch plans on put­ting
out another one of his champion­ship
team again this year.
Practice Starts About October First
Regular pistol practices will begin
about October 1st at which time many
of the old pistol experts are expected
to be on hand. The return of "Little
Diz" Pruitt will help the team out to
some extent, for he was one of the
regulars year before last. Other
men of experience who are back are:
W. H. Cumby, O. S. Adams, N. W.
Geist, and E. H. Miller. In addition
to this group, we will expect a large
number of Rats to be out and help
to bring home the bacon to the
Orange and Blue.
The new range has ten targets,
which makes it much larger than the
one used in previous years. Thus
more men are given a chance to prac­tice
at the same time. A nice house
has been constructed for holding the
targets, etc., and has a cement found­ation.
So with these new facilities,
we are expecting great things from
our Pistol Team.
Southern All-Star
Elevens to Meet in
Atlanta January 1
On New Year's Day, Atlanta will
be the scene of a great grid contest
when two Southern all-star teams
meet there, and the net proceeds will
go to help the crippled children in
the Scottish Rite and Shrine Hospitals
throughout the South. The Southern
Conference will be divided into two
sections, and teams will be chosen
from the teams represented in each
of these. This game will be played
annually, and the proceeds will be
divided among four of these hospitals.
One team will be composed of the
stars from the following: U. of Mary­land,
U. of Virginia, Washington and
Lee, V. M. I., V. P. I., U. of North
Carolina, North Carolina State, U. of
South Carolina, Clemson, U. of Ken­tucky,
Vandy, U. of Tennessee, and
Sewanee. The other team will con­sist
of twenty five players from the
following: U. of Georgia, Georgia
Tech, U. of Florida, AUBURN, Ala­bama,
U. of Mississippi, Mississippi
A. & M., L. S. U. and Tulane.
The players must be nominated by
sending in their names to the secre­tary
of the Conference, and he will
ascertain the twenty five who have
the most votes. The coaches will be
elected at the annual meeting- of the
Conference asosciation.
The players expenses will be paid
to and from Atlanta and while he is
there, but nothing outside of this
will be given him. They will likely
be given a gold football as an emblem
of the occasion.
For the past three weeks all of I are
the attention of the athletic backers
has been put on the gridiron, but on
Wednesday the call for the cross­country
prospects was sounded far
and wide around the Auburn campus,
and was answered by a larger group.
Only a few of last years best cross­country
experts are on hand, for we
have lost Captain Duncan, Mills, and
Aldrich, all three of whom were good
distance runners, and their absence
will be greatly felt. To take the
place of these men we have V. C.
Helms who is a letterman and a track
demon of some standing. Others who
are out, but are not lettermen, are;
Teague, McLendon, Hicks, Wilson,
Bottoms, Wilcox, Brogdon, Dyal,
Shanks, Pitts, Gray, Kummer, Okley,
and Hughs. Coach Hutsell expects
more out in the next few days, when
the work gets under way for there
is always a group of stragglers to
report for the practices. The pros­pects
of a winning team depends up­on
the development of new men, for
Helms and Teague are the only men
who have had much experience on the
track.
Freshmen Cross Country
All members of the Freshmen class
val, Georgia Tech. It has been sev­eral
seasons since we have been able
to give the Yellow Jackets a good
dose of defeat, and now the question
arises as to what we will do this sea­son.
Tech is bound to have another
of her strong teams, for she has an
aggregation back this year that have
had much experience on the field, and
were on the Championship team last
year. Her ex-Freshman will give the
old men a hard fight for places on
the varsity, for they had one of the
best Rat teams in the South last year.
The lettermen who will- be back
(Continued on page 6)
urged to go out for the Fresh­man
class cross-country team, and
practices were begun for this group on
Thursday the 20th. By going out for
this team, the Rats are excused from
taking Physical Training, and every­one
interested in it is asked to see
Coach Hutsell or Coach Red Brown.
The same is true for Freshmen who
are out for football. There seems to
be much good material on the Year­ling
team, and they should show up
well this year under the superb tu­torage
of Coach Hutsell.
Varsity Begins Training
On Thursday of this week the Var­sity
track team began their first exer­cises
which started the training for
the Fall. It is led by Captain Percy
Beard, and alternate-Captain Ira Vir­gin.
Other members of the squad who
were strong contenders for places on
the first team last year are: Burnett,
Galeiard, Anderson, Tinsley, Willis,
DeBardeleban, Hughs, Rutland, Wein-baum,
Nunn, Mathews, Harmon, Dav-
| i s ,and Jones. Many of these men
have been in varsity meets before,
and should be in their prime this year.
As football season goes on, the best
track prospects on the campus are
found on the football field, and are
unable to report for track practice.
Even though they are not in track
togs, they are going through a stiff
training program, and get much prac­tice
in running too. When they go
through a season of football train­ing,
it is found that each one of them
are in good physical condition for the
Spring track team. Among the track
flashes that are under Coach Bohler
now and are unable to be uot for the
Fall track training are: Robinson,
"Nick" Carter, Granger, Hoffman,
Nagley, Bell, and Newton. As soon
as the Thanksgiving Day game is
over these men will be ready to don
the clothes of the lightly clad.
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BRADFORD KNAPP ADDRESSES
FARMERS OF MACON COUNTY
An agriculture with cotton for a
background and livestock and other
crops mixed plus a proper balance of
industry will make the South one of
the most prosperous sections of the
United States, in the opinion of Dr.
Bradford Knapp, president of t h e Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
who addressed a meeting of business
men and farmers at Notasulga Friday
night.
The occasion was t h e annual farm­e
r s ' night by t h e local Lions Club and
Dr. Knapp was t h e principal speaker.
He was introduced by P . O. Davis, of
• Auburn. A. B. Hope, president of t he
club, presided. Two dozen farmers
were present as guests of the club.
The address by Dr. Knapp followed
in the introduction of Prof. J. A.
Walkley, t h e new teacher of vocational
agriculture, and T. W. Allen, new
county agent for Macon County. Walk-ley
was introduced by Joe Wheeler
Malone, former teacher of vocational
agriculture, and Charles G. Brockway,
r e t i r i ng county agent, introduced Mr.
Allen.
Dr. Knapp emphasized the fact that
agriculture is changing rapidly and
t h a t there is a n agricultural problem
national in scope. He declared that
farmers have not benefited by the]
t a r i f f and t h a t this accounts for much
of the disparity between agriculture
and industry.
The speaker was not pessimistic
over the outcome. He insisted, how­ever,
that senators, congressmen and
other officials at Washington should
recognize t h a t there is a n agricultural
problem and t a k e proper steps to cor­rect
it, not for t h e good of agriculture
alone but for the entire economic
structure, for all depend upon agri­culture,
he said.
Turning from agriculture, Dr.
Knapp gave hearty endorsement to
industrial development in Alabama.
He declared t h a t cotton should remain
the main cash crop of t h e farmers of
Alabama but urged raising livestock
and other crops and mixing industry
with agriculture.
EVANS SOCIETY
HAS FIRST MEET
MANY CO-EDS AT
WEBSTERIAN MEET
"The "Who a r e you and what did
you do this Summer?" game-like way
of introduction of every member of
the Evans literary society Tuesday
night at the first meeting of the
society brought forth many witty and
informative replies. Quite a few men
found the Evans a good strong society
which works from the f i r s t . Many of
the old members were absent due to
having graduated • from the institu­tion
in May or August. However,
The Websterian Literary Society be­gan
the season last Thursday with a
record attendance of co-eds. The un­usual
interest evinced by the girls,
and the splendid showing made by
the boy members point to a very suc­cessful
year for the society.
As a means of getting acquainted
the members arose, one a t a time, a nd
introduced themselves, giving points
of personal interest about themselves.
These short talks were most amusing
—in fact, in several cases the speak­ers
had to be restrained from telling
too much.
A. V. Blankenship said a few words
about the benefits to be derived from
a literary society. In his t a lk Blan­kenship
used the word man vaguely,
and in elucidation explained t h a t the
t e rm embraced woman, also. This
statement was greeted with laughter.
The Websterians are looking for­ward
to the biggest year in the his­tory
of their society, and urge that
visitors attend their next meeting.
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GLADYS COPELAND
G O E S TO SUMTER
On October 1 Miss Gladys Copeland
of Auburn will become home demon­stration
agent for Sumter County.
She will be employed by t h e extension
service of the Alabama Polytechnic
I n s t i t u t e and the Sumter County
Board of Revenue of which Phil Wil-lingham
is chairman. Her appoint­ment
was recommended by Miss Eliza­beth
Forney, district home agent at
Auburn.
Miss Copeland graduated at Auburn
in the class of 1923, t a k i n g home eco­nomics.
Since graduation she has
taught home economics in high schools
in Montgomery and Florida. She
took a special course at Auburn dur­ing
the summer of 1928 to prepare
herself for the work she will do in
Sumter County.
First Pep Meeting
Is Called Off Due
To Rainy Weather
I t takes quite a lot of rain to
dampen the s p i r i t of Auburn students.
The big pep meeting t h a t was schedul­ed
for last Saturday night was called
off for fear that the affair would
be too wet. When the meeting was
announced postponed, notwithstanding
the river that flowed past Langdon
Hall, many students were seen wad­ing
to town .
The main street was not quite deep
enough for diving, but the wading
was excellent and many students took
off their shoes and carried them in
their hands so that the shoes would
not get wet. The plan worked very
well so long as there was paving under
foot but students not t a k i n g a course
in Soils soon found the surrounding
soil to be exceedingly rich in broken
glass and stone bruises.
Here's Your Chance
To Pick Your Man
Handbook Written
For Athletes
Because of the high interest in t he
November election of the President,
nearly all of the American college
publications, at the instigation of Col
lege Humor, have planned a nation­wide
s t r aw vote to determine the vot­ing
preference on the two candidates.
All students, regardless of age, a re
asked to vote. The complete student
opinion is of much more interest than
just the votes of those students who
a r e of voting age, because then it can
be determined what the college world
thinks of the two candidates.
Students please fill out the ballot
below, and drop it in box in Tiger
Drug Store. Returns of t h e vote will
be printed in the Plainsman at a fu­t
u r e date.
Howard Students
Enjoy Summer Trip
Twenty-five dollars sufficed for a
t r i p from the Gulf of Mexico to t he
Great Lakes for two Howard College
students—Bertram King, of Billings-ley,
and James Folson, of Elba, ac­cording
to a story told by the two
boys at their return to school this
semester.
The trip included visits to a num­ber
of the larger cities of the United
States, the boys attending the Re­publican
convention at Kansas City
while on t h e tour.
Strange things were experienced by
the youths, including a night in jail.
I t was in Nevada, Mo., t h a t the How­a
r d boys registered for the night at
the city jail. Funds were getting low
and the weather kept them from stay­ing
outdoors, so they asked permis­sion
to spend the night in t h e shelter
of the j a i l.
Only the lack of funds kept the
boys from attending the Democratic
convention in Houston. In fact, they
were in Houston several days before
the opening, but they were forced by
diminishing funds to leave.
While thousands of people were
turned from the convention hall doors
in Kansas City, the boys obtained jobs
as ushers and were present at every
session.
W. D. COPELAND SUCCEEDS DR.
C. S. YARBROUGH AS MAYOR
The town of Auburn will have a
new mayor on October 1, for on t h at
day W. D. Copeland, prominent gro-cerymanr
will succeed Dr. C. S. Yar-over
Dr. Yarbrough by a vote of 165
brough. Mr. Copeland was elected
to 142 a t a municipal election Monday.
Although it will be Mr. Copeland's
first experienct as Mayor of Auburn
it will not be his f i r s t experience as
a mayor. Before moving to Auburn
ten years ago he was mayor of Nota­sulga.
Therefore, he will have the
unique distinction of having been
mayor of two towns. He was elected
for a t e rm of two years.
Mr. Copeland has pledged himself
to continue civic improvement work
in Auburn and to give immediate at­tention
to the grammar school build­ing
which is inadequate and below
standard for comfort and convenience.
Other improvements are anticipated
by the new mayor.
Four of the five members of the
old council were re-elected. They a re
Felton Little, Homer Wright, W. D.
Martin ,and B. B. Ross. Prof. J. C.
Grimes is the old new member of t he
council. He succeeds A. L. Thomas
who was low man on a ticket of six.
The election attracted much atten­tion,
and was closely contested just
before election day.
FRESHMAN FROM MEXICO
The last member of the freshman
class to register at Auburn is Ignacio
Villasenior of Guannajuato, Gtl.,
Mexico, who comes from this f a r coun­t
r y to study the mechanical engineer­ing
course. Mr. Villasenior prepared
for college at the Guanajuato Col­lege.
He plans to remain in Auburn
four years .
Publication within the next few
weeks of "A Handbook on Athletics,"
by J. Graham Bickley, is expected to
further distinguish its author who,
before becoming a member of t h e Uni­versity
of Alabama faculty two years
ago, was a star player on its base­ball
and basketball teams.
Written in the form of note book,
the handbook attempts to furnish high
school coaches information about base­ball,
football, basketball and track.
Brickley this year is a member of
the faculty of the University of Illi­nois.
He is a bachelor of science and
master of a r t s at the University of
Alabama and in addition to his athle­tic
prowess proved his ability as a
scholar by winning a Phi Beta Kap­pa
key.
there were more than fifty per cent
of the old members pi-esent this time.
After becoming acquainted with one
another, the Evans was entertained
by E. P. Blocker and a freshman in
a stunt, "The Human Grindstone."
This stunt brought forth howls of
laughter and sharpened the grinder's
knives as well as the societie's sense
of humor.
Following this, Mrs. Margaret
McNeal Arant gave a short history
of the work done by the society. She
summed up in a few well chosen words
the events which in Evans had partici­pated
in and t h e results of these con­tests.
It seems that this society has
had more than its share of victory
an dthe future looks bright according
to Mrs. Arant.
Then, just for fun, Hugh Bennet
entertained the society with some very
humorous jokes that really went over
with a laugh.
M. V. Hallman, the chairman of
the program committee, mapped out
the plans made for this semester. Mr.
Hallman expects, with the cooperation
of the members, to do away with
humdrumness of the program and to
have some special form of entertain­ment
every time t h a t the society meets.
Prof. Butler, the ex-critic, was r i g h t
there with a very interesting talk.
He seemed confident of the success of
the society of which he is now an
honorary member.
Following the program the business
of electing a critic was taken up. The
society elected for this office, G. J.
Cottier.
HERBERT HOOVER
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NOTICE
The American Society of Mechani­cal
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of this'semester on Monday nite,
Sept. 24 in Ramsay Hall at 7:00 P .
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN
SOCIAL SEASON AT THE
UNVERSITY TO BEGIN SOON
The fall social season of the
University of Alabama will open
up in full swing when the annual
opening dances begin Thursday even­ing,
September 20.
The opening dances this year will
be given in the University Gymnasium
by the "A" Club on Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday evenings, September 20,
21, and 22. The Thursday and Pri-
University of Wisconsin's boasted
liberalism missed fire when the Stu­dent
Forum cancelled a lecture by
day night dances will be from 9 to 1 Mrs. Bertrand Russell, on the ground
dances that will be given in the gym­nasium
until October 6, the date of
the Alabama-University of Mississippi
football game, and indications are that
these will be the most enjoyable open­ing
dances experienced at the Cap­stone.
LIBERAL WISCONSIN
o'clock and the Saturday night dance
will be from 9 to 12 o'clock.
Jack Linx and his recording orches­tra
have been engaged to furnish
music for the three dances and re­ports
have it that Linx and his band
are coming down loaded with every­thing
new in the way of dance music
and novelties.
These three dances are the only
GREENE'S
OPELIKA, ALA.
Clothing, Shoes
-and—
Furnishing Goods
that her message was not in keeping
with the policies of the Forum last
spring.
First objection was registered by
Scott Goodnight, dean of men, when
the Cardinal published excerpts from
New York newspapers giving Mrs
Russell's views on companionate mar­riage,
free love, and eugenics.
"The quotations attributed to her,"
said Dean Goodnight, "were unworthy
of any speaker who was invited to
speak on a univeristy platform."
He notified President Glenn Frank
who then asked the officers of the
Forum to reconsider their action. They
decided to cancel the lecture, but in­sisted
that the action was taken on
their own initiative without either co­ercion
or recommendation from the
president. The chairman of the Fo­rum
explained that when the lecture
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For the first time since Auburn's
establishment in 1872 no regular hour
is set for convocation exercises. At
the first convocation last Thursday,
President Knapp informed the stu­dents
that until further notice there
would be no schedule of assemblies in
Langdon Hall. It is his belief, he
said, that such meetings should not be
held unless there was some real need
for calling the students together.
Therefore, convocation this year at
Auburn will occur only when some
matter arises that should be brought
before the student body or when some
distinguished person visits the cam­pus.
On such occasions a call convo­cation
will be announced and all will
be expected to attend.
SANENESS BEING SHOWN IN
NEW STUDENT FASHIONS
GENUINE NEHI BEVERAGES
ARE GENUINE ONLY IN THE PATENT BOTTLES
YOU'LL SEE THESE RHYMES
You'll see these rhymes so many times
You'll know we "clean and press":
'Twill be no trick to get a kick,
For "knockouts" we will stress!
THE IDEAL LAUNDRY
was planned, it was believed that Mrs.
Russell had "a valuable and signifi­cant"
message for the students, but
"later information leads us to believe
that we were wrong."
President Frank would make no
statement, but referred an interviewer
to his article written for the Cardi­nal's
first Sunday magazine, before
the Russell episode. That was en-part:
"Official oversight of student
titled "Sane Censorship," and said in
discussion should, I think, concern
itself, to the virtual exclusion of all
other considerations, with the preser­vation
of elementary good taste and
common decency. It should not con­cern
itself with a dogmatic selection
of 'safe and sane' ideas. For, after
all, most of the ideas we now think
safe and sane were once derided as
unsafe and insane."
Both Dean Goodnight, and F. Louise
Nardin, dean of women, approved the
cancellation. Mrs. Russell did speak
in Badison, but not until E. L. Myers,
columnist on the Capitol Times, had
gone to a deal of bother finding a hall
that would permit the lecture.
The university man, acknowledged
oracle in the world of men's wear,
has returned to sanity in dress, ac­cording
to surveys of three widely
separated educational institutions.
In the north, Yale University was
selected as a typical university in a
"university town." In the South,
Vanderbit was chosen, for the same
reason. And for a middle ground,
Princeton was selected.
In all of these, observers found
that almost unanimously, the students
had reverted from the "slouchy" col
lege tendency of recent years, to a
tidiness and care in dress that was
surprising.
In all the colleges, the starched
collar was found to be so nearly uni­versal
that it appears to constitute
almost a uniform. The comfortable
low, pliant starched varieties were
most in demand in both North and
South.
Extreme cuts of ti-ousers, absurd
shirt, collar and tie combinations and
other freakish effects have disappear­ed.
The college man, according to one
student, realizes that he is a poten­tial
wage earner, and that he is
judged by his habits in clothes as
well as in his other practices. He is
not attractive to his colleagues, to
the co-eds or to his future employer
in silly-looking clothes.
That is why he has decided to wear
reasonable clothes.
TN THE ENEMY CAMP£
MUTUAL DESIRE
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First Pep Meeting!
Freshmen!
Bring Your Rat Bible and Assemble in the
West end of the Bleachers for
Auburn Loyalty Night
'AUBURN SPIRIT NIGHT"
7:30 P. M. SATURDAY NIGHT
Upperclassmen!
Be Present—with Plenty of Pep
And Help
Cheer, Sing and Encourage the Team
Talks by
Dr. Knapp, Coach Bohler
and Members of Team
FOR H E A L T H SAKE
EAT MORE
ICE CREAM
SAXOPHONE SLANG
"Slang and the saxophone are kin,
for they both serve as means with
which to express every mood—free or
tense—of the human heart," writes
Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, managing edi­tor
of the New Standard Dictionary,
in an article called "Slang: the Saxo­phone
of Speech," in the Daily Prince-tonian.
Dr. Vizetelly does not underestimate
the forcefullness of slang, neither does
he join the purists in denouncing it
as vulgarizing to the language. "What
has been said of slang in the past holds
good for the present," he writes, "for
it is, and has been little else than a
direct product of the spontaneous com­bustion
of the emotions caused by a
bursting of the bonds of restriction
that conventional life has imposed.
It is really the 'side show' of speech
which may, some day, win its way into
the ring, and there prove the chief
attraction. The people who think do
not find it hard to cite examples of
this, and college clang is full of it."
Yet for all this there are difficulties
in the way of anyone who would
officially adopt the new terms. Dr.
Vizetelly continues:
"In our academic institutions we
have much slang that is virile and
snappy, yet to one who devotes himself
to the study of English, the redun­dance
of unauthorized words and bi­zarre
expressions frequently proves
a source of unutterable annoyance and
vexation. Should he take advantage
of what he sees and hears in his own
day, and incorporate into .the language
the frippery gathered through daily
contact with the affairs of life or
through familiar conversation with
his fellow men? If so ,then the very
first to condemn his would be the
literary critic, and he would not lack
any of them to tell him that he had
recognized insufferable vulgarity and
debased the mother tongue." N.S.
Answering frequent editorials in
the Yale News regretting the absence
of personal contact between president
and students, President James Row­land
Angell, in letter to the student
paper, explains that he has tried sev­eral
unsuccessful experiments and is
"still giving consideration to other
possible methods of accomplishing the
desired results."
On the suggestion that the president
should teach, he says:
"Although I find greater pleasure
in teaching than in anything else I
have ever done, since becoming presi­dent
of Yale there has never been a
period when I could command the time
again to undertake the teaching of a
class, and I hould be entirely unwill­ing
to attempt it unless I could dis­charge
the obligations to my own
satisfaction, at least. I still hope this
time may come."
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PREXY'S COLUMN
its
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And
"Best Because It's Froze-Rite"
The Plainsman has adopted the
policy of devoting space each issue
to be known as Prexy's Paragraphs.
In these pargraphs Dr. Knapp will
convey things of interest to the stu­dents
of this institution. Each stu­dent
will be able to receive Dr.
Knapp's personal viewpoint on sub­jects
of vital interest and importance.
This policy of having Dr. Knapp to
contribute to the students' own pa­per
will also keep the student in per­sonal
contact with the President. The
purpose of this column is further to
keep the faculty and the Alumni, as
well as the city of Auburn, informed
as to the current issues concerning
the college.
(Continued from page 1)
All re-examination grades, whether
passing or failing, should be reported
promptly to the Registrar's office.
A passing re-examination grade will
be recorded as 60.
SCHEDULE
Monday, Sept. 24, A. M.: Horticul­ture,
Economics; P. M.: English.
Tuesday, Sept. 25, A. M.: History,
Pharmacy; P. M.: Mathematics, Ani­mal
Industry.
Wednesday, Sept. 26, A. M.: Edu­cation,
Foreign Language, Chemical
Laboratory, Highway Engineering,
Electrical Engineering; P. M.: Zoo­logy,
Entomology, Drawing, Machine
Design.
Thursday, Sept. 27, A. M.: Home
Economics, Physics, Veterinary Medi­cine;
P. M., Chemistry.
Friday, Sept. 28, A. M.: R. O. T. C.
Monday, Oct. 1, A. M.: Agronomy,
Civil Engineering, Surveying, Phy­sical
Training; P. M.: Botany, Archi­tecture,
Agr. Engineering, Mech. En­gineering,
Heat Engines, Mechanics,
etc.
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
MONDAY, SEPT 24
John Gilbert in
"FOUR WALLS"
with Joan Crawford, Vera
Gordon
TUESDAY, SEPT. 25
Gary Cooper and Fay Wray in
"THE FIRST KISS"
WENDESDAY & THURSDAY
SEPT. 26 & 27
Adolphe Zuker & Jesse Lasky
present Clara Bow in
"THE FLEET'S IN"
With James Hall
FRIDAY SEPT. 28
Billy Dove in
"THE YELLOW LILY"
with Clive Brook
SATURDAY, SEPT. 29
"HAROLD TEEN"
with Mary Bryan, Alice White
and Arthur Lake
(Continued from page 4)
for the first practices are: Captain
Peter Pund, Parham, Drennon, Wad-dy,
Speer, Watkins, and Mizell. Much
is being heard about whether Bob
Randolph and "Stumpy" Thomason
will be allowed to return to the Geor­gia
school. They have been in train­ing
with the rest of the squad, but
they will be allowed to play on the
team. Both of these old backfield
men have been deficient in their
studies, but spent the whole summer
makin up work, and on Sept. 20th
the faculty will decide whether they
can play.
Tech has a hard schedule this fall,
with Tulane, Notre Dame, and North
Carolina booked for October, and in
November she hits Vandy, Alabama,
AUBURN, and Georgia.
With a bunch of Sophomores as
Dunlap, Lumpkin, etc., the Tornado
should be one of the sensations of the
year.
Tulane
Coach Bierman put his Green Wave
to work some days ago, but is very
muchly handicapped due to a badly
crippled team. Three men are on the
injured list due to injuries received
in practice lately. These men are
Dalrymple, McCane, and Eskrigge
and were showing up good in the line.
Dick Baumbach, star quarterback of
last year, is out of uniform for the
last few practices, due to a wrench­ed
knee.
Holland and Masesy are confined
to their beds due to sickness. Mc-
Carroll broke his leg last year wrest-
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ling in the Tulane gymnasium, but
reported for the team the other day,
and found that he would be unable
to play this year. So things are look­ing
rather blue to the Greenies as
they glance down the list of injured
players.
Bill Banker, the big blond, and
Armstrong are among the outstand­ing
players at Tulane. Captain Char­les
Rucker who plays tackle will be
an additional feature to Coach Bier­man.
Florida
This year finds the University of
Florida with Coach Charles Dorais
directing the grid team for the first
time. Some of the Conference critics
claim that before the championship
team is picked that due consideration
will have to be given the 'Gators, for
they will have a good team and an
ideal schedule. They do not open
until Oct. 13, when they play Au­burn.
Two of last years mainstays, Cap­tain
Bowyer and Crabtree, will con­stitute
half of the backfield, and
should be even better this year than
they were last.
Clemson
The Celmson Tigers have been get­ting
regular work-outs lately under
the tutorage of Josh Cody, who is
the head Coach this year. He has
a group of Sophomores that were
good last year and will help to
strengthen his squad this year with
the help of the last year reserves.
Captain O. K. Pressley whose regu­lar
position is at center, is one of the
best bets in the line.
TIGER GROWLS
(Continued from page 4)
opportunity to witness one of these
night affairs.
Emory and Henry College has or­dered
lights put on the football field
and they will try the game after dark.
They have four games scheduled for
night.
The Haskell Indians will defend
their title of the "most traveled"
football team in the country this fall.
They have ten games on their sche­dule,
and only two of them are at
home. They will meet colleges ail
the way from New Orleans to Minne­sota.
The squad is composed of fifty
Indians from 24 tribes, and they come
from 22 states.
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