1930-03-14 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1930 NUMBER 46
EARNEST A. BELL CHOSEN TO RECEIVE WILLIAM L WHITE TROPHY
Religious Week
Will Close With
Sunday Services
Faculty Members, Students,
Townspeople Hear Daily
Sermons At Churches
ATTENDANCE IS GOOD
Baptist, Presbyterian Churches
Have Closing Services
Friday Evening
After seven days of services at
four of the churches here, Religious
Week at Auburn will come to a close
Sunday evening. Closing services
were held at the Baptist and Presby­terian
churches Friday evening, but
the Episcopal and Methodist will con­tinue
through Sunday evening.
Faculty members, students, and
townspeople heard daily sermons the
morning and evening at the Presby
terian, ' Baptist, a n d Methodist
churches and in the evening at the
Episcopal church. Students and fac­ulty
members were excused from
classes during service hours and ex­aminations
were given during the
week. Ministers report that attend­ance
was good.
Three of the visiting speakers came
from Montgomery, and the fourth
from Washington, D. C. They were
Coleman Jennings, of Washington for
the Episcopal Church; Dr. John W.
Inzer, pastor, First Baptist church,
Montgomery; Dr. John W. Frazer:
pastor, Court Street Methodist
church, Montgomery; and Dr. Donald
MacGuire, pastor, First Presbyterian
Church Montgomery.
Resident ministers who assisted
with the services were Rev. William
Byrd Lee, rector, Episcopal church;
Rev. Sam B. Hay, Presbyterian min­ister;
Rev. Bruce McGhee, Methodist
pastor; and Rev. James R. Edwards,
Baptist pastor.
Distant Radio Hearer
To Receive Ice Cream
Earnest and Frank to Reward Far
Away Listener
Four Visiting Ministers During Past Week
DR. DONALD MacGUIRE DR. JOHN W. FRAZER
MR. COLEMAN JENNINGS DR. JOHN W. INZER
SCOUT LEADERSHIP
TRAINING 1SOPENED
Two gallons of ice cream will be
sent to the most distant listener who
hear Earnest and Frank prepare radio
ice cream over WAPI from Auburn
Friday evening at 7:15 o'clock. Lis­teners
have only to wire or write the
Auburn studio. Messages must be re­ceived
within one week after the
program was presented, state the
"Boys with the Dairy Temperament."
Another features of the Auburn
Hour presentation, 7 to 8 o'clock, was
a period of vocal and piano music by
John W. Brigham, Auburn's music
head, and Earl Hazel, instructor in
piano.
Dr. B. R. Showalter presented an­other
of his Parents and Their Chil­dren
talks.
Three Auburn students, S. D.
Raines, Buddy Glennon, and Haskins^
Williams were heard in a group of
guitar and mandolin selections.
Prof. A. L. Thomas and J. J.
Sigwald Will Have Charge
Of Training School
Ping Pong Tournament
Will Start On Mar. 24
Contestants Must Register at "Y"
Before March 22
Information that the Y. M. C. A.
will conduct a ping pong tournament,
starting March 24, was received to­day.
It will be open to all except
those who won prizes in the matches
last semester. All names must be
turned in at the "Y" office before
March 22.
P. H. Alsabrook, committee chair­man,
stated that the following prizes
will be awarded: Electrik Maid Bake
Shop, $2.50 prize; J. W. Wright,
$2.00; Burton's Book Store, $2.00;
Tiger Drug Store, $1:50; Jolly's
$1.50; and G!bsons, $1.50. Prizes
tendered will be awarded in trade.
A series of twelve training lectures
on Scouting began last night in Ram­say
Hall. The first meeting was
known as registration night. At that
time the men decided to meet as
nearly as possible every week at 7:30.
Prof. A. L. Thomas and John J. Sig­wald
will have charge of this special
study course in the rudiments of
scouting. A special invitation is ex­tended
to all council officers, troop
committee men, scoutmasters, school
teachers and men teachers of boys in
Sunday schools, members of civic
clubs, and dads to attend all the meet­ings,
or as many as possible.
John J. Sigwald, Scout Executive
of the Central Alabama Area Council,
will have charge of many lectures.
Mr. Sigwald was trained in a Na­tional
Training camp about two years
ago. He had been scout executive in
Miami, Florida, until December, 1929,
at which time be became executive
for this council.
Prof. A. L. Thomas will also as­sist
in the training school. Prof.
Thomas attended the 21st National
Training Camp held in New York
last summer. The purpose of this
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ENGINEERS' CLUB
TO MEET MONDAY
Will Announce Plans For Engi­neers'
Day Program
Monday Night
A short meeting of the Engineers'
Club will be held Monday night at
seven o'clock in the Broun Hall audi­torium,
it was announced today by
L. F. Camp, president. Engineers of
all courses are urged to make the
meeting, as very important announce­ments
concerning Engineers' Day,
which will be held on Friday of next
week. Meetings of engineering so­cieties
scheduled on Monday night
will not be held, in order that thK
might be a united gathering.
Card tricks and examples of
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'A' Club Dance Tonite
To Feature Collegians
Student Orchestra Will Play For Hop
At Gymnasium; Large Crowd
Expected
State Academy
Of Science Will
Convene in April
Convention Is To Be Held In
New Ross Chemical
Laboratory
BE HELD APRIL 18-19
Entire Program Will Be Open
To Student Body and
Public
For the first time, the annual meet­ing
of the Alabama Academy of Sci­ence
will be held in Auburn; the date
as announced by Dr. Fred Allison,
president of the society and head pro­fessor
of physics here, will be April
18 and 19. The scene of the con­vention
will be the new Ross Chemi­cal
Laboratory, where the most im­portant
topics of scientific interest
will be discussed.
A year ago the policy was adopted
by the Academy of meeting by a
scheme of rotation at the various
institutions of learning of the state.
Heretofore all meetings have been
held in Birmingham as a part of the
Alabama Educational Association
program.
The entire program will be open
to the student body and public. At
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HI SCHOOL STUDES
ENLARGE LIBRARY
Students Secure Books From Towns-
People
Dn Knapp and
Meikleham Be
Given Letters
Honorary "A's" Will Be Con-ferred
For Interest In
Athletics April 2
The Auburn Collegians, under the
direction of Abie Hardin, will be a
feature of the "A" Club dance which
will be held tonight in the college
gymnasium from 9 until 12.
The usual admission prices will pre­vail,
and a large crowd is expected to
attend the affair.
Officials of Demonstration Farms To
Discuss Operation Plans March 17-18
Officials of nine state demonstra­tion
farms will be here March 17 and
18 to confer with officials of the in­stitute
regarding records and plans
of operation at the farms. In addi­tion,
Dr. J. B. Hobdy of Montgomery,
state director of vocational educa­tion,
will attend.
Those expected include the coun­ty
agents in the counties where the
schools are located principals, and vo­cational
agriculture teachers. The
farms are operated by the Extension
Service of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute in cooperation with the
state secondary agricultural schools.
Twelve such farms were made pos­sible
by an act of the legislature in
1927, and nine are now in operation.
County agents to attend are J. T.
Belue, Limestone County; W. R.
Turnipseed, Marion County; A. H.
Barnett, Blount County; W. T. Coker,
Talladegaf F. M. White, Clay Coun­ty;
C. L. Hollingsworth, Clarke Coun­ty;
J. E. Bonner, Sumter County; H.
M. Lewis, Elmore County; and C. S.
Kelber, Henry County.
The principals and vocational
teachers expected are W. H. John­son
and T. C. McCarley of Athens;
E. W. Branyon and J. L. McRey-nolds
of Hamilton; J. B. Penning­ton
and C. O. Davis of Blountsville;
W. F. Nichols and C. R. Pace and B.
H. Ford of Jackson; L. W. Cox and
J. E. Harvey of,Cuba; J. J. Williams
and G. H. LeCroy of Wetumpka; and
H. G. DeLony and B. F. Harkins of
Abbeville.
Having successfully completed
their drive on books for the enlarge­ment
of their library, the pupils of
Auburn High School thank all of the
citizens of the town for their co-ope­ration
in securing the books.
Realizing that they needed a lib­rary
in the school, the students start­ed
a contest among themselves. The
purpose of the contest was for each
student to secure as many books as
he could from his neighbors and
friends. The class having the great­est
number of books in its possession
would be accorded a half day holiday
as a reward. Juniors were the most
successful. They had an average of
13.9 books per person. Seniors were
next with an average of 12.25. Soph­omores
had 11.25; and the freshmen
had 1.25.
With the fifteen hundred dollar
gift of the college the books will be a
substantial foundation to build the
library upon. Lists of suitable books
for high school work and reference
were compiled by the English depart­ment
and given to the school to use.
In all probability the library will of­ficially
open in September for bene­fit
of the Auburn high s<jhool boys
and girls.
NOTED INVENTOR WAS
BLOWN FROM HIS ROOM
"Singed eyebrows, lashes, and hair
were the only damages sustained
when Auburn's most noted inventor
demonstrated a carbide lamp he per­fected
as a student at the Plains,"
recalls Henry A. Skeggs, '01, in a
recent letter to the Alumnus.
"Miller Reese Hutchison, who now
is scientist, inventor, and a power
in Wall Street, then was a student
rooming with John H. Abernathy, '08,
at 'Uncle' Croff Dowdell's", Mr.
Skeggs continues, "One night the
young inventor called in a group of
friends to demonstrate the success of
hig lamp. During the demonstration
the water supply ran out, throwing
the room in total darkness. In try­ing
to discover the cause, Hutchison
lit a match to look into the gas cham­ber
and was blown with John Aber­nathy
into the hallway.
Hutchison, Abernathy, and Skeggs
were all members of the Kappa Alpha
fraternity.
President Bradford Knapp and
Cap.t. H. P. Meikleham, agent for
the Pepperell Mills at Lindale, Ga.,
will join that famous host of "wear­ers
of the A' on April 2, when the
"A" Club honors both of them with a
varsity letter award.
The awarding of the hoonrary
"A's" will be one of the many attract­ive
features planned for "A" Day.
The two notables will receive their
letters just before the Auburn-Mont­gomery
Lions baseball game which
will be staged at 2:30 that afternoon
on Drake Field.
The "A" Club voted to reward Dr.
Knapp, and Capt. Meikleham for
their display of interest in athletics,
not only at Auburn but all over Dixie,
in developing sports on a clean, firm
basis so that the participants will
benefit from the hard knocks receiv­ed
on the gridiron, hardwood, cinders,
and diamond when they begin to face
the battles of life.
It will be recalled that only recent­ly
Dr. Knapp was awarded a varsity
letter from Vanderbilt for playing
tackle and guard on Vandy's first
two football teams. He was always
shown a keen interest in spirts since
aiding in the organization of the in­itial
team at the Nashville institu­tion,
and he says that he will be a
hearty college sports enthusiast as
long as they are planned on a clean
and firm foundation. This is one of
the principal factors that Prexy is
taking into consideration in selecting
Auburn's football coach for next
year.
Capt. Meikelham is another expon­ent
of clean athletics. An example
of his fairmindedness toward his ath­letes
is the case of his giving one
of his star players at Lindale an un
conditional release that he might sign
with a major league club.
Wins Coveted Cup
EARNEST A. BELL
'MISS BLUE BONNET
WILL BE PRESENTED
HERE MONDAY NITE
Play Presented Under Auspices
Of Chi Omega Sorority
Second Scout Troop
Be Organized Here
Will Give Opportunity For Competi­tion
Between Local Scouts
That a second troop of Boy Scouts
will be organized in the near future
at Auburn was announced Thursday
by Scout Executive John J. Sigwald
in speaking before the Rotary club
at the Thomas Hotel. The organiza­tion
of another troop, said the Exe­cutive,
will give opportunity for com­petition
between the two troops
which will result in added interest
for the local scouts.
Extensive plans are being made for
a great camp at Spring Villa this
summer for Scouts in this section, he
said.
Local pastors with the visiting min­isters
who are conducting Religious
Week at Auburn this week were
guests of the club.
At eight o'clock the curtain will
rise upon the premier performance
of the musical comedy, "Miss Blue
Bonnet", given by the Chi Omega
sorority under the supervision of Miss
Celeste Vause. With beautiful cho­ruses
in costumes resplendent with
color and gayness, and with a cast
composed of some of the best actors
in Auburn, the student body is as­sured
of a full evening of entertain­ment.
The scene opens with a glimpse of
the village home of Dr. -*nd Mrs.
Evans who are portrayed by Virgin-ius
Taylor and Lillian Meadows. This
couple desire their daughter Magno­lia
to marry Burton Hills, a gospel
singer of promise. Ma Evans writes
to Miss Blue Bonnet, a teacher of
psychology, and invites her to come
to the town, thinking that perhaps
Miss Blue Bonnet could influence
Magnolia to choose Burton for her
husband.
Miss Blue Bonnet, acted by Mick­ey
Wood, arrives in town and im­mediately
concentrates on Magnolia
as well upon a group of romantic
old maids. Lectures are given.
Th'ngs happen. Hickory Stout, an
erstwhile sweetheart of Magnolia's is
made a student of psychology and be­comes
a rich man through his be­lief.
Burton Hills comes home an a
vacation and meets Miss Blue Bonnet
at the Evans Home, where she is stay­ing.
They recognize each other, for
they had met before in a railroad
accident in Texas. Miss Blue Bon­net
realizes that she is in love with
Burton, and being a true friend of
the Evans' and not wishing to break
Magnolia's heart departs for the city
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Cup Is Awarded
For Excellence
In Engineering
Character, Scholarship, Person­ality,
and Campus Activities
Figure In Selection
IS JUNIOR IN CIVIL ENG.
Outstanding Student Chosen By
Tau Beta Pi and Engineer­ing
Faculty
NOTICE
PLAINSMAN STAFF
There will be a meeting of the
Reporters and Editorial Staff at the
Alpha Lambda Tau House at 6:30.
Sunday evening.
Safe Farming", by Knapp, Notable
As Masterpiece of Farm Literature
That Earnest A. Bell, junior in civ­il
engineering, will be awarded the
William L. White Cup for Excel­lence
in Engineering at the annual
Engineers' Day banquet Friday
night was announced today by offi­cials
of Tau Beta Pi, honorary engi­neering
fraternity.
In making the selection, considera­tion
was given to scholarship, gen­eral
character, personality, and par­ticipation
in college activities.
Bell, whose home is in Anderson,
South Carolina, has been an outstand­ing
member of his class for three
years. Besides maintaining an aver­age
of over 90 in his studies for his
college career, he has been president
of the Class of 1931 for the past
two years. Tau Beta Pi recently
recognized Bell by electing him to its
membership. He is captain of the
Auburn track team this year; this
is an unusual honor, for a junior to
be elected captain of a sports team.
Bell is a member of the Sigma Al­pha
Epsilon social fraternity. He is
also a member of the Social Com­mittee.
Walter L. White, an Auburn alum­nus,
who graduated in 1915, will be
in Auburn for the exercises on Engi­neers
Day, and at the banquet he
will personally make the presentation
of the cup to Bell. Mr. White grad­uated
with a bachelors degree in both
electrical and mechanical engineering.
The award of the cup is made an­nually,
the recipient being chosen by
Tau Beta Pi, in" cooperation with a
committee of the Engineering facul­ty.
The award may be made to any
member of the junior class who is
eligible for membership in the engi­neering
society.
The establishment of the award was
made last year. John J. O'Rourke,
".enior in electrical engineering, was
the first winner.
Dean Wilmore Returns
From Mining Congress
Engineering Head Represents State
and College At Little Rock
Convention
The bulletin entitled "Safe Farm­ing
for 1930," of which Dr. Bradford
Knapp is the author, has attracted
national attention and has been ac­cepted
as a masterpiece of farm liter­ature.
A letter from James C. Stone,
vice chairman of the Federal Farm
Board, to Dr. Knapp said that "If
every fafmer in the United States
could read your suggestions and fol­low
them it would not be necessary
for the Farm Board to be in exist­ence."
Mr. Stone dec'"'-'"} <*«* this bul­letin
suggests a sane program for
successful farming not only in the
South but everywhere. .
Additional recognition of the bulle­tin
from C. O. Moser, vice-president
of the American Cotton Exchange and
a national leader for better agricul­ture.
Mr. Moser requested 15,000
copies for distribution among cham­bers
of commerce, banks, newspapers,
and extension workers of the South.
He declared that the bulletin, while
particularly applicable to Alabama, is
generally applicable to the South.
Extension workers in states out­side
of Alabama have written for ex­t
ra copies. The bulletin has had wide
distribution in Alabama.
It was written by Dr. Knapp and
published by the Extortion Service
as a guide to safe and profitable
farming in Alabama in 1930 and in
future years. The present emergency
cotton situation caused the bulletin to
be published at this time.
Dean J. J. Wilmore, of the College
of Engineering the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, has returned to Au­burn
after attending the industrial
development conference of the South­ern
Division of the American Mining
Congress at Little Rock, Ark.
Upon his return Dean Wilmore ex­pressed
himself as being pleased with
the work of the conference and the
outlook for a continuation of indus­trial
development in the South. He
said that as the key-note speaker,
Governor Bibb Graves recommended
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4-H Club Members Visit
Here Friday Afternoon
Lee County Boys and Girls Conducted
In Tour of Campus
Five hundred Lee County 4-H club
boys and girls visited Auburn Fri­day
under the leadership of Dr. R.
S. Sugg, county agent, and Miss Mary
Bailey, home demonstration agent.
They were conducted over the camp­us
by T. A. Sims and Miss Bess Flem­ing,
state leaders in 4-H club work.
The clubsters came to Auburn in the
afternoon following a rally in Ope-lika.
PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1930
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the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
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at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Thomas P. Brown Managing Editor
Robert Hume Associate Editor
Rosser Alston -—Associate Editor
H. G. Twomey Associate Editor
Gabie Drey , News Editor
Victor White - News Editor
A. C. Taylor _._.Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins- Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
A. C. Cohen, '32; K. B. McMillan, '33; J. C.
Johnson, '33; J. R. Chadwick, '33; R. K.
Sparrow, '33; C. H. Currey, '33; R. T.
Wasson, '33; Lewis Bischoff, '33; A. D.
Mayo, '33; G. F. Adams, 33; J. C.
McFerin, '33; Alan Troup, '32. (
BUSINESS STAFF
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THE PLAINSMAN
—is of the opinion that Dr. Knapp's build­ing
program will not be stopped very easi­ly.
He has a new way of continuing it.
Point System Is
Not Comprehensive
The point system as submitted to the stu­dent
body and published in a previous is­sue
of the Plainsman is probably an honest
attempt at a noble purpose but the attempt
shows that the point system committee did
not carefully prepare a thoroughly effec­tive
and workable plan.
Let us hasten to the point and consider
the omissions in Class A. The Managing
Editor of the Plainsman, the man who has
charge of each issue of the newspaper ex­cept
the editorial page has been totally dis­regarded
as have the News Editor, Asso­ciate
Editor, Sports Editor, Ass't Business
Manager, and minor positions have been
passed without due consideration. The
Managing editor should be assigned at least
fifty points.
Let us turn to those who make the Glom-erata.
Various departmental editors, as­sistant
editors and the Art Editor might
find some points to cover their duties and
limit or guide their accomplishments. It
might be suggested that some of the afore­mentioned
officers be placed in class B.
So important is the placement of minor of­ficers
in reference to publications that care­ful
attention should be given them in or­der
to avoid any fighting at cross purposes
in the future by unscrupulous office seek­ers.
•
It is quite evident that the members of
the point system committee did not thor­oughly
investigate the official names of of­ficers
in organizations as indicated by the
naming of the Vice-President of Blue Key
in group E whereas Blue Key has no Vice-
President. Likewise in other organizations
the attention of the Executive Cabinet is
called to the fact that the titles be corrected
in regard to officers of campus organiza­tions.
No attempt is made to govern member­ship
in organizations by the point .system
but is it fair to totally disregard member­ship
in some of the campus fraternities?
The root of the honors evil that has beset
the college for the past few years with the
growing mania for establishing and joining
organizations is allowed to remain to send
up new shoots to trouble coming genera-tins.
We want a point system that is com­plete
and more perfect at the beginning. It
will be impossible to bring such a task to
completion without incorporating certain
changes in regard to such important limi­tations.
Is it not a self evident fact that through
the medium of the point system the crime
of everloading certain individuals with
"honors" and a halo of hardware can best
be governed? The point system committee
has misinterpreted the deeper meaning and
real purpose of the system, i. e.; to control
'by the award and recording of points to
every student for his or her membership
in organizations, for holding offices in them
or for honors earned in such a manner as
to make a more democratic distribution of
the offices in classes or clubs that more
students may benefit thereby and thus ob­tain
a wider and more varied college ex­perience.
R e p r e s e n t a t i v e From
A u b u r n Needed In This
Of the 152 colleges and institutions rep­resenting
thirty-nine states, which have^ al­ready
entered the National Intercollegiate
Oratorical Contest on the Constitution for
1930, Auburn has no representative. Many
of the leading colleges throughout the coun­try
have or have planned to have a con­testant
when the contest begins on April
15. However, the entry list will close
March 25 and any entry bearing a post
mark later than that will not be admitted.
Why is Auburn not represented in a con­test
of nationwide interest that will net
the winners five thousand dollars on June
19, when the final contest will be held
in Los Angeles? What has become of the
Forensic Council and the honor fraternity
sponsoring intercollegiate forensic activi­ties?
Have they ceased to exist or have
they lapsed into a dormant state of mind
from which they will not awaken? We are
at a loss to understand why one of these
two leading organizations in forensic circles-on
the campus have neglected this all-im­portant
matter. We have as good college
orators and speakers on the campus as will
be found anywhere, but they must be un­covered
and developed. Possibly the rea­son
they have not been is that a little work
will be required of the members of the
organization above mentioned.
Many students in Auburn are interested
in this contest, but they have been at loss
as how to proceed since it will take the
hacking of a body of students to be able
to participate in this event, and now is
the time for these two societies to do some­thing
to justify their existence. They can
undertake the proposition single-handedly
or they can combine their efforts. They
have ten days to get in touch with the
Sixth National Intercollegiate Oratorical
Contest, Liberty, Missouri. Are they go­ing
to do it or remain in that peacefully
ignorant sleep that has characterized their
work on the campus thus f,ar?
A u b u r n ' s Honor Students
Have Best Chance For Success.
Several days ago the readers of the
Plainsman had a chance to see the pictures
of the twelve most intelligent, scholastical-ly
speaking, students of the campus, these
having averaged ninety OT more on every
subject. The grades ranged from ninety-eight
on top to above ninety on the bot­tom,
while nearly two dozen more could
have been added to the list if those having
only one mark below the coveted ninety
could have been counted.
It is gratifying to see so many in the
type of school Auburn is cast the againg
precedent of impossible high grades aside
in an endeavor to reach the maximum in
this"~respect.
In an editorial a week ago the opinion
of a very "high authority on the amount
scholarship played in the forecast of suc­cess
was given. In brief, working one's
way through school and taking more than
the logical interest in campus activities
spoke of certain qualities prevalent in a
student but having the greatest earning
power at the end of a period of fifteen
or twenty years lay almost entirely with
the scholars. Because of their power to
concentrate, developed by many hours of
studying and gleaning facts in the most
economical manner, they have been able
to surpass the median of the class by a
wide margin.
It is necessary for many students to earn
part or all of their college expenses and
it is very commendable, while to partici­pate
in activities tends to broaden one
considerably, but scholarship should always
be the prime thought of college attendance.
A happy medium must be found.
According to statistics, the upper fifty
in Auburn will lead the field in their chos­en
profession after leaving the institution,
and it will be interesting to note their
progress as alumni.
THE BEST SELLING BOOK
According to the American Bible Socie­ty
and other leading publishers 14,000,000
Bibles and Testaments were sold in the
United States last year. The estimated to­tal
of 1919 purchases for the world is
36,500,000. Since October when the revised
Episcopal Prayer Book was published, 1,-
500,000 copies of the Prayer Book have
been sold, according to figures gathered by
the National Association of Book Publish­ers.
Commenting on these statistics of Bible
and Prayer Book sales, Edward S. Mills,
president of the National Association of
Book Publishers, said, "The fact that the
Bible is still the world's best-selling book
seems to disprove the contention of many
that general interest in religion is on the
wane. Another evidence of universal con­cern
with religious problems is the large
number of religious books issued by Ameri­can
publishing houses each year. Of the
10,187 new books and new editions issued
in the United States during 1929, 806 were
religious books. The only two groups which
exceeded religious publications were fiction,
which totalled 2,142 and children's books,
totalling 931. Biography, which is recog­nized
as one of the most popular classes
of literature at the moment, totalled 738
in 1929, 68 less than the religious book to­tal.
4,316 religious books have been pub­lished
in the last five years, and religious
titles have been either second or third on
the list of classifications each year. It is
interesting to note that in 1920 and 1910
religious books stood fourth on the list, in
1900 sixth."
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
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It was a very great
honor to be selected
as the one to whom
the Glomerata this
year was to be dedi­cated.
I count it a
great source of joy
and satisfaction to do
a hard piece of work,
—to build buildings;
to make plans; to get
men who have the devotion and inspiration
necessary to do the type of work of such
an institution; to enthuse those who are
here at work; to try to make their life
and their service worthwhile; to try to
teach people to value what they are doing.
All these are sources of great satisfaction
to one who loves work. No work is hard
in which one is really interested. Never­theless
I shall always count it as the great­est
honor to live in the hearts and memories
and to be a part of the lives of young men
and young women, and hence your regar3
for me is, after all, the chief compensa­tion
which could possibly be given. I want
you to know it takes considerable to live
up to the good opinion others may have
of one but that is a challenge and strength­ens
every good purpose. I am only writ­ing
this because I want the whole stu­dent
body to know how much I appreciate
what the Glomerata Board has done and
because of my hope that it represents the
whole student body.
* * * * *
From all reports coming to me, we are
having a fine week of religious services
at the churches. After looking into the
faces of- these men who have come to help
in these meetings, one cannot help but feel
how important is their work. They, in
their turn, look into the faces of this stu­dent
body and see how tremendously pow­erful
is the opportunity to touch a great
state through this institution.
* * * * *
A week or so ago I wrote a little about
spending money. Spending time is just
as important. I know an old adage which
says: "You pay for what you need wheth­er
you get it or not." You pay for your
education whether you get it or not. If
you do not get it you pay in humiliation,
lack of earning capacity, lack of full satis­faction
which comes through a life well
spent. Waste your time and you are pay­ing
for that which you do not receive.
Waste your money and you are doing the
same. A lot of our education is not in the
classroom, the laboratory, the shop or the
library. A lot of it is not in the books.
At least some of it is in the acquiring of
a sense of value of both time and money.
How you spend these hase an important
bearing upon your character, your success
and your happiness.
* * * * *
In the pullman sleeping car on every
train there is an important warning against
"gamblers and card sharks". There are
two kind of gamblers in college. Of one
kind there relatively few. These are the
young men who play for money or bet
on games. I am glad there are but few
of them. Some instances have come to
my notice which lead me to regard some
types of gamblers as plain every-day
thieves. They have no place in an edu­cational
community and the state has no
funds to devote to the education of such
students, if they can be called students.
There is another type of gambler and that
is the man who gambles away his time.
Possibly he is not quite so bad from a
moral standpoint. The great thing to re­member
in this life is to control yourself,
to be able to say no and say it as though
you meant it and stick to it. These men
who are doing the wrong thing in college
are hurting not only themselves but others
but their actions may be much nearer to
discovery than they think. I hope if they
read this they will understand for whom
it is intended and what it means. Of course
a half dozen men out of 1800 doesn't
amount to much. I would rather save them
by giving them a realization than I would
to punish. Times are hard. The average
student has no money to waste. Spend
your time and your money wisely for your
education and leave these other things
alone.
"Li t t l e T h i n g s> >
By Tom Bigbee
You can see that, even though our own
publication is considered one of the best in
the land, it can't possibly cover quite all of
the interesting matters and comments. Not
for one minute are we aiming discredit at
the Plainsman; but surely you will agree
that it is quite entertaining and fitting to
look around us for the happenings that are
being registered daily on neighboring cam­puses.
Thus it goes with the entire college world,
more or less.
"And may we suggest that vase makers
surely urn their money?" (Pot Shots.)
$ AUBURN FOOTPRINTS ^
We hope that ere another week has slipped into the annals of the past, O. T.
Allen's girl will recognize him. Poor O. T. loves her as only that poor mortal knows
how, but she, aside from not recognizing him, leaves his name from her graduating
list. Never fear, O. T., just be a big strong man and make her sorry.
* * * * * * * * *
It is generally understood that to have to endure lonely heartaches taxes a
man to the utmost. And for that reason many friends of Mr. Blackstone from
out Kansas way, are working their feeble minds trying to figure out some way
to help this dashing young man from the West, and at the same time are much
grieved over his deplorable condition.
* * * * * * * * *
She was just an undertaker's daughter, but how she knew her tones.
* * * * * * * *
Dramatics seem to be becoming quite popular in Auburn all of a sudden, but
there is a reason. The local actors try out their English on their manner of "going
Some guy who wants to fail all his work by having the picture of the movie
beauty in front of him stole the advertisements from the show here last Wednes­day,
and was informed by the manager that if he would bring the pictures back
until after the show was held, then he could have them free. The funny part of it
is that the pictures were returned, but great secrecy was used to hide the identity
of the thief.
* * * * * * * * *
PAGE AARON
From Billowheel we're made to feel
That all his slimy rot
Is the dismal chanting and maniasmic ranting
Of a mind that's gone to pot.
Of baby days and childish ways
This sage he doth impart,
And if to reveal a vow from Billowheel
Never to push a baby cart.
With never a break this elegant snake
Treads the wayward trail
From childhood songs to Russian wrongs
With many a mournful tale.
The grand finale of this hot tamale
Is far too much to think,
\. But it's just as well,, for his special hell
Would drive a man to drink.
—Anon, Xenephon!
* * * * * * * * *
• One would think that the show to be presented Monday by local talent is to
rival some of the more famous stage productions, judging from the important air
a few of the amateur performers have assumed.
* * * * * * * * *
Wonder what those footprints were doing down in Ag bottom last week. Those
girls should know that it is against the rules to invade that region.
* * * * * * * * • •*
The town was astir last week when a couple of the fairer sex were found to be
adorning the inside of the city jail. It seems that the mighty arm of Auburn's
John Law found them co-eds stealing a free ride on the back of an automobile.
Swearing vengence in the name of said law, the skaters were cast in the dingy
room comprising the town's free accommodations. One thing rather gratifying was
the fact that Elizabeth has become so "Hardinized" that she was able to withstand
the hardened life of a jailbird.
* * * * * * * * *
Jew Beeman has a most unusual way of increasing his popularity with his pro­fessors.
His last setto with his favorite professor was a very heart-rending affair.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
COW'S NECK
Valuable advice to student lovers, do­nated
by the Minnesota Daily: "It is safer
to kiss a cow than a co-ed," the committee
reports, after investigating scientific re­ports
published recently on the subject of
osculation. The committee concedes, how­ever,
that it might not be so pleasant.
Cow's cud.
* * * * *
PROHIBITION REFORM
The Harvard Crimson, undergraduate
daily, has launched a campaign declared
to be "an attempt to crystallize undergrad­uate
opinion of the country behind a par­ticular
plan of prohibition reform."
The Crimson said that a letter in which
it was declared that the opinion of col­lege
men in a large majority of the uni­versities
of the country must be organized
on one side or other of the question has
been sent to more than 150 colleges. A
copy of a plan proposed by the Harvard
debating council was enclosed. We wonder
why there isn't a "corn reform"? Potash
gets mighty old.
* * * * *
SQUAWKIE
Having become disgusted with the com­mon
run of college pictures, the students
of High Point college have set to produce
an all-squawkie of college life as it really
is. Here's hoping they don't get puffed
up and, thinking themselves movie actors,
and make it worse than ever. i
* * * * *
WHY NOT A DRAMATIC CLUB?
"Within the last several years, Furman
has gone wild over campus organizations,
and although we have succeeded in estab­lishing
twenty-five or more such activities
for a student body of less than five-hun­dred,
we have failed to organize a drama­tic
club, which, in our opinion, is greatly
needed. This feature of the extra curri­cula
program of other schools has prov­ed
to be a valuable asset to the colleges or
universities in which it was established,
and we see no reason why it couldn't be
made a successful undertaking at Fur-man."
"And that is what we are advocating—
the abolition of a number of useless clubs
and concentration of energy on some worth­while
undertaking such as a dramatic club.
We believe that such an undertaking, prop­erly
sponsored, could be a valuable asset
to Furman."
Most colleges which have a dramatic
club advertise it, let it take splendid plays
on the road to advertise the school, give
it money with which it can adequately put
on plays so that students can achieve thru
acting the ability to speak as can not be
attained in any other way. Dramatic clubs
should be made one of the biggest activi­ties
on the campus, and one of the greatest
advertising sources that a college has. But
here at Auburn, even though we have
splendid talent, and a splendid director, the
administration has made it clear to the
dramatic club that their organization is
undesirable and a backset to this institu­tions
great plans. Not one cent will the
dramatic club receive from the college this
scholastic year. Broadminded? Hardly.
* * * *
THAT'S NICE
At popular lecture courses at the Univer­sity
of Leipsic, which more people want
to attend than can be accomodated in the
ordinary lecture rooms, provision has been
made for the overflow in nearby rooms in
which the lecturer's voice is conveyed by
means of loudspeakers. This is, of course,
to accomodate a large number of students
by lulling them to sleep.
* * * * *
NOT SURPRISED
Where do graduation rings go? To the
"hock shop." So says Tar Barrel of the
Varsity Breeze, St. Louis University. He
reports that 95 per cent of the rings of
'16 are in "Uncle Ben's." We now under­stand
what college does to a young man:
it enables him to live on the extremely low
pay he receives for his four years in col­lege,
almost.
* * * i * *
FUNNY JOKES
Whether a joke will be funny or not
can be determined in advance, if experi­ments
conducted by the psychology depart­ment
at the University of Minnesota are
successful.
Envelopes containing 80 different jokes
were sent to various classes. The jokes
were to be listed in the order of their de­gree
of "funniness", according to individual
preference, or sense of humor. Why not
try them out on an Englishman? Sure,
you're right, the laugh must be registered
the same week.
THOUGHTS IN SILHOUETTE
<if£err THogenese ^eufelsdrockh
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed ia
this column are not necessarily the editorial opin­ions
of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial policy.
THERE are several very interesting
and highly controversal subjects
which are clamoring for discussion.
There is the curious paradox of "religious
week" when those of us who have been going
to church continue to do so and those who
haven't continue to stay away and a large
number of students are deeply thankful for
it because Current Events does not meet and
there are no quizzes; there is that peculiar
difference between a picture show and a
miniature golf course which makes atten­dance
of one on Sunday a venial sin and
of the other something in the neighboh-hood
of virtue; then there is that strange
air of retrogression which seems to dog
each of Auburn's apparant forward steps;
the procrastination over the coaching sit­uation;
the seeming breakdown of the
building program; the cessation of inter­collegiate
debating at Auburn; the decline
and fall of that once valued tradition—
the college spirit; that careful moral su­pervision
exercised by the President and
Social Director which so few of us are
able to appreciate; the moral hypocrisy and
covert salacity of most motion pictures and
their undoubted entertainment value; the
opinion expressed a college professor that
who neither smoke, drink curse nor in­dulge
in more enjoyable forms of dissa-pation
must have some "very interesting
secret vices"; and so on, ad infinitum.
As I say, these are excellent topics and
would afford great opportunity to exer­cise
that profound sarcasm and verbal ex­coriation
so dear to my heart. However
the air is soft and balmy outside, with
more than a hint of spring and there will
be a full moon in a night or two, so let us
speak of loce.
How long, I wonder, has man been
troubled with this passionate illusion of
the senses? The ancients, I am sure, must
have been much less sentimental about the
temporary nature of any amorous attach­ment
and much more successful, if one
accepts the verdict of history, in preserv­ing
it indefinitely. And yet the perfect
love—the exemplification of "and they liv­ed
happily ever after" of the romances—is
extremely rare, well, non-existant as a mat­ter
of fact. If we recall such famous lov­ers
of ancient and medieval times as Hero
and Leander, Pelleas and Melisande, Abe-lard
and Heloise, we cannot but note that
their love never had to stand the acid test
of time, since fortunately for the roman­ticist,
they all perished while still young
and . . .er, hopeful. Glancing over the
whole panorama of love, in perspective,
from Adam and Eve and, of course, Lilith
to "Papa" Browning and his inamorata,
"Peaches", one wonders what changes have
taken place in the human impulse to affec­tionate
conjugation. What is the differ­ence
in the philosophy of love of, say, Plato
and that of Judge Ben Lindsay and Elinor
Glyn? What is perhaps the most striking
difference is in the allowance for what
our most modern young people delight in
terming the biological urge, which is ab­sent,
strangely enough, only in the case
of the former. It is possible though that
Plato was too matter-of-fact to consider it
a necessity of the ideal love. It is also
possible that he was a party to that ami­able
pagan indifference which allowed the
evolution of "aphrodisia" from Aphrodite,
the Goddess of Love.. Everything consid­ered,
however, it is probable that there has
been no great change in the human impulse
from the ancient "opposlolakgs" through
the "Amor omnia vincit" and "Honi soif
qui mal y pense" to the "Passion au natur-elle"
of the moderns.
COUNTING SHEEP
Half-awake I walked
A dim-ly sweet hawthorn lane
Until sleep came;
I lingered at a gate and talked
A little with a lonely lamb.
He told me of a great still night,
Of calm starlight,
And of the lady moon, who'd stoop
For a kiss sometimes;
Of grass as soft as sleep, or rhymes
The tired flowers sangs:
The ageless April tales
Of how, when sheep grew old
As their faith told,
They went without a pang
To far green fields, where fall
Perpetual streams that call
To deathless nightingales.
And then I saw, hard by,
As shepherd lad with shining eyes,
And round him gathered one by one
Countless sheep, snow-white;
More and more they crowded
With tender cries,
Till all the field was full
Of voices and of coming sheep.
Countless they came, and I
Watched, until deep
As dream-field lie
I was asleep. —William Kerr.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
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THE DIETICIAN
A hospital is a dreadful place;
The doctor comes with his medicine
case
And looking you squarely in the face
Prescribes rest and quiet
With a varied diet,
And takes his leave.
The nurses manage the quiet and rest
They refuse the knock of every
guest
And after applying many^a tset
Leave you to wait
The uncertain '"date"
With the dietician.
She comes with her training and skill
Acquired on this high college hill
Makes quick work of restoring the ill
With wholesome food,
And the happy mood
Of the patient.
L. P. .G.
Mrs. Louis Ward
Entertains At Dinner
Mrs. Louis Ward entertained - at
dinner Wednesday evening, honoring
Dr. Inzer, pastor of the First Bap­tist
Church in Montgomery. He is
conducting services at the Baptist
Church in Auburn this week. Yellow
spring flowers were used in decorat
ing the home and the guests enjoy­ing
this" lovely affair with Dr. Inzer
were: Dr. and Mrs. Edwards; Rev.
McCullough; Mr. and Mrs. Sturkie;
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks; Mr. and Mrs.
Garrett; Mr. and Mrs. Hill; Mrs. J.
T. Williamson; and Miss Tidwell.
Tau Omega Chi Fraternity
Entertains New Members
The members of Tau Omega Chi
fraternity entertained on March 1
with a very enjoyable banquet in
honor of new members.
Green and gold, the fraternity col­ors,
were effectively carried out in
the dinner and the table decorations.
The favors presented were bracelets
bearing the fraternity coat of arms,
which every girl will treasure as a
reminder of a most delightful even­ing.
The speakers of the evening were
Professors Robinson, F. C. Hulse,
and W. P. Brown. Their talks inter­estingly
presented the former achieve­ments
and scholastic standings held
by T. 0. X.
After the banquet, dancing was en­joyed
by all. Among the guests
were: Mrs. W. P. Brown, Mrs. Philip
Brown, Annie Laurie Fuller, Bertha
Northrop, Mary Frances Suggs,
Mary Fannie Holstun, Enon Hooper,
Mary Mills, Eleanor Buckalew, Betty
Anderson, Dorothy Breedlove, Kate
Woolf, Kathleen Russell, Abbie Bras-seale,
Mildred Wood, Dorothy Callo­way,
Dabney Hare, Velma Norris,
Ruth Frisbie, Viola Thorn, and Mar­garet
Freeman.
Miss F r a n c e s Young
Hostess At Party
Miss Frances Young enterained at
bridge Saturday nite. St. Patrick's
Day decorations were carried out. A
lovely salad course was served with
a shamrock on each plate. Girlrs high
score prize was won by Miss Dabney
Hare. Boys high score by Mr. Jo
Tartt. The Booby prize went to Miss
Nola Heath. Those playing were
Miss Sara Hall Crenshaw, Dabney
Hare, Ernestine Hill, Jamie Freder­ick,
Jane Yarbrugh, Nola Heath and
Mr. Ted and Jo Tarrt, Jakie Dyal,
Millard Samford, William Biggerstaff
and George Sparrow.
Pi Kappa Sigma
Honored With Party
The Alpha Alpha Chapter of Pi
Kappa Sigma Sorority was charming­ly
entertained by Mesdames Albert
Thomas and B. R. Showalter at the
lovely home of Mrs. Thomas. Punch
was served to the guests as they en­tered
the home.
Dancing and Bridge were thorough­ly
enjoyed during the evening.
Those enjoying this occasion were:
MissesMary Louise Ham, Abigail
Brasseale, Vivian Hester, Claribel
Parsons, Kathleen Russel, Hoyt Ens-loe,
Sarah Withers, Betty Anderson
and Messrs. Postelle, Crawford, Burt,
Granger, McCree, Hatfield, Williams.
Mrs. Killebrew Hostess
U n i v e r s i t y Women Meeting
The University Women met with
Mrs. Killebrew last Monday night.
Mrs. Van Wagenen was the leader
for the program. The topic for dis­cussion
was University Women in
the Business World.
Mrs. Barth Hostess
At Lovely Bridge Party
Mrs. Barth entertained at a lovely
j bridge party this week, compliment­ing
her sister, Mrs. Sears, of Wash­ington.
Mrs. Wilmore and Mrs. Ken­nedy
were awarded the prizes for
highest scores. About twenty tea
guests called at the close of the af
ternoon. The rooms were very beau
tiful with a profusion of spring flow
ers and the tea table was lovely with
its elaborate appointments. Tea and
coffee were served by Mrs. Anderson
and Mrs. Kennedy.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ruff in are
spending the week end in Wetumpka.
* * •
Mr. Johnnie Ward, of Birmingham,
spent Thursday night with Mr. and
MJ?S. Monk Wright.
* * *
Miss Abbie Brasseale spent last
week end in Birmingham.
* * *
Mr. Marion Fink spent last week
end in Birmingham.
* * *
Mrs. Pammel, from Aimes, Iowa, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Seale.
* * *
Mr and Mrs. C. C. Brooks and Miss
Mildred Hansen are spending Satur­day
in Montgomery.
* » *
Miss Kathleen Russell spent a plea­sant
week end in Walnut Grove.
« * *
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Moore, of
Bessemer, visited in Auburn last
week end. Mrs. Moore will be remem­bered
as Miss Evelyn Bryant.
* * *
Mrs. Carlovitz was elected as chair­man
of the Home Economics Depart­ment
of the Womans Club for 1930
and 1931.
* » * • /
Miss Erma Lingley, of Camp Hill,
visited Miss Bess Raby last week end.
* * *
Miss Jeanette Williams from the
University of Ala. visited friends in
Auburn Sunday afternoon.
* * *
Mrs. G. A. Trollope returned from
Albany, Georgia last Sunday.
* * *
The Matrons Club met with Mrs
Copeland this week. A social hour
followed the business meeting and
refreshments were served. Lovely
spring flowers adorned the rooms.
* * *
Mrs. G. Holt, of West Point, Ga.,
is visiting her father, Mr. R. Neigh­bors.
* * *
Dr. Burke has as his guest his
mother from Biloxi, Miss.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gaillard and
sons, Frank and Billie, from Mont­gomery,
viisted Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Stodghill last week end.
* * *
Miss Mary Stodghill, of Birming­ham,
visited her mother, Mrs. L. D.
Stodghill last week end.
* # *
Dean John J. Wilmore has return­ed
from Little Rock, Arkansas,
where he attended the Industrial De­velopment
conference. Southern Di­vision,
American Mining Congress.
* * *
Mrs. Judd and Miss Mary Martin
attended the D. A. R. meeting in De­catur,
Alabama, this week.
* * *
Mrs. Knapp spent Wednesday in
Columbus.
* * *
"Dot" Fulghum, '21, of Montgom­ery,
and Forney Ingram,, '28, of Co­lumbus
were Auburn visitors Friady.
* * *
Mrs. Inzer, of Montgomery, is
spending the week-end in Auburn.
* * *
The Children's Story Tour met
with Mrs. Randolph Tuesday after­noon.
* * *
The members of the Baptist Church
closed their week of revival services
with a reception Friday evening.
» * *
The friends of Miss Annie Hurd
are glad to know that she is improv­ing.
* * *
Misses Lilly Spencer and Dorothy
Dean will give a dressmaking short
course to members of the Axis Club
on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs­day
of next week in Birmingham.
* * *
Mrs. Clarence Townsley and Mrs.
John W. Brigham spend Thursday in
Atlanta.
* * *
The friends of Mrs. J. T. Hudson
regret to know that she is ill.
* * *
The Thursday morning Bridge
Club met at the home of Mrs. J. T.
Townsley this week.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Monk Wright spent
Thursday in Roanoke, Alabama.
Miss Gladys Copeland
and Mr. Paul Blake
Married Friday
In the presence of relatives and
a few close friends, Miss Gladys
Copeland, became the bride of Paul
Blake, of Cheboygan, Mich., at a
home wedding here at seven o'clock,
Friday night, March 7th. Rev. Milli-gan
Ernest, Christian minister, offi­ciated.
The double ring ceremony
was used.
The bride entered the living room
of the Copeland home on the arm of
the groom to the strains of Lohen­grin's
wedding march played by Mrs.
Douglas Copeland. There at an im­proved
altar, decorated with ferns
and snapdragons, the ceremony was
said. They were unattended.
Miss Copeland was becomingly at­tired
in a beautiful cocoa-brown cos
tume of flat crepe with accessories
to match. She wore a corsage of
sweetheart«roses and lillies of the
valley.
Immediately after the ceremony
the wedding couple left for points
East. After their honeymoon they
will make their home at Abbeville
S. C. where Mr. Blake is engaged in
geological surveys fo(r the United
States government. During the
summer they will be in the New Eng­land
states. They will return to the
South next winter.
Mrs. Blake is the youngest daugh
ter of Mayor and Mrs. Copeland. Af
ter graduation at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute she taught in the
Montgomery schools before becom
ing home demonstration agent for
Sumter County, a position she re­signed
recently.
Mr. Blake is the only child of.W.
H. Blake of Cheboygan, Mich. He
is an alumnus of the University of
that state.
Out-of-town wedding guests were
W. H. Blake, Cheboygan, Mich., fa
ther of the groom, Mr. and Mrs.
Rodney Copeland of Cherokee Bluff,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Livingston of
Anniston, Mr. and Mrs. Forest
Bridges of Notasulga, and George
Fluker of Livingston.
Alumnae and Members
Kappa Delta Enjoy Picnic
The alumnae of the Kappa Delta
Sorority gave a picnic last Saturday
afternoon complimenting the mem­bers
and pledges of Kappa Delta. The
girls met at their chapter room at
five o'clock and went out to Yar-brough
Springs. The members, pledg­es
and alumnae enjoying this frolic
were: Betty Buchanan, Roberta Hay-den,
Ruth Hollingsworth, Mildred
Moore, Mjriam Moore, Grace Smith,
Elizabeth Brownfield, Jane Yar-brough,
Dabney Hare, Frances Mc-
Gehee, Frances Moore, Maryline Cau-then,
Julia Wiatt, Mary George La­mar,
Jean Funchess, Carolyn Buch­anan,
Catherine Shaefer, Sara Hall
Crenshaw, Elizabeth Duncan, Mrs.
W. W. Hill, Mrs. C. S. Yarbrough,
Miss Mary Stodghill, Eloise Floyd,
Inez Duke, Martha Power, Mayme
Miller, Mrs. Ruth Dillard, Mrs. Ed­win
Jones and Mrs. Yetta Samford.
S. P. E. Hosts At Lovely
Informal Dinner Wednesday
The S. P. E. fraternity were hosts
Wednesday evening at a lovely in­formal
dinner. The fraternity colors,
crim.-on and purple, were effectively
cariied out in the table decorations.
A delicious four course dinner was
served. The guests were: Misses
Misses Betty Buchanan, Jean Fun-chess,
Jane Yarbrough, Elizabeth
Smith, Francis McGehee, Dabney
Hare, 'Nola Heath, Frances Young,
"Catherine Porter, Frances Moore,
and Captain and Mrs. B. C. Anderson.
S. A. E. Have Founders Meet
At Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Commemorating the founding of
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
at the University of Alabama on
March 9, 1856, the annual Founder's
Day meeting and Banquet was held
in Tuscaloosa, Saturday the 8th, with
Alabama-Mu, the University chapter,
acting as hosts of the occasion.
Featuring the program, were ad­dresses
made by Ex-governor Bill
Brannon, Judge Walter B. Jones of
Montgomery, Jimmy Johnson, '27,
and others.
Those attending from the local
Alabama Alpha-Mu chapter, includ­ed:
Paul Owens, George Harrison,
Norman Illges, Frank Lull, Gene
Grey, Billy Hill, Leo Young, and
Professor Keith Reeve.
Mrs. B. L. Shi Hostess
Three Tables Bridge
Mrs. B. L. Shi entertained last
Thursday with a bridge party.
There were three tables of partici­pants.
Yellow spring flowers were
attractively arranged throughout the
rooms. The prize for highest score,
a beautiful bowl and jonquils, was
awarded to Mrs. Wilmore. The four
out-of-town guests, Mrs. Patterson,
Mrs. Campton, Mrs. Elmer, and Mrs.
Burke, Sr., were presented with love­ly
handkerchiefs.
Mrs. Toomer Entertains
Visiting Ministers
Mrs. Toomer was a gracious hos­tess
Friday at noon when she gave a
lovely luncheon, complimenting the
ministers in Auburn. Spring flow­ers
were attractively arranged in the
living and dining rooms. The guests
were: Dr. Frazer, Rev. McGehee, Dr.
McGuire, Rev. Hay, Rev. Byrd Lee,
Mr. Coleman Jennings, from Wash­ington,
Dr. Knapp, Dr. Thomas, Mr.
Langston and Mr. Toomer.
No man ever exposed himself to
trouble without getting more than
he expected.
Mrs'. P. P. Powell Hostess
St. Patrick's Bridge Party
Mrs. P. P. Powell entertained last
Friday afternoon with a lovely bridge
party. There seven tables of partici­pants
and nine tea guests. St. Pat­ricks
colors were attractively carried
out in decorations and refreshments.
The high score prize, a lovely sil­houette,
was awarded to Miss Marie
Sewell. The low score prize was won
by Mrs. Baver.
Girl Scouts and Camp
Fire Girls Give Program
The Girl Scouts and Camp Fire
Girls put on a program at the busi­ness
meeting of the Woman's Slub
Thursday afternoon. The program
was interesting and instructive and
very much enjoyed. This organiza­tion
is under the management of Miss
Elizabeth Duncan and is the highest
in rank in the United States.
Mrs. Elmer and Mrs. Sears
Honorees at Luncheon
Mrs. B. C. Anderson entertained
Friday with a luncheon, honoring
Mrs. Elmer of New York, and Mrs.
Sears of Washington. Enjoying this
lovely affair with the honor guests
were: Mrs. Townsley, Mrs. John Wil­more,
Mrs. J. T. Kennedy, and Mrs.
Barth.
Visiting Ministers
Given Luncheon
Mrs. Shi entertained Wednesday
with a luncheon, compliment­ing
several ministers. The guests
were Dr. Frazer, Reverend McGehee,
Mr. Langston, Mr. Baughman, Mr.
Toomer and Mr. Hare.
Mrs. Brigham and Mrs.
Townsley Entertain Mothers
On last Tuesday afternoon Mrs.
Brigham and Mrs. Towsley were
hostesses at a lovely tea compli­menting
the visiting mothers in town.
The guests were: Mrs. Elmer, Mrs.
Pummel, Mrs. Burke, Jr., Mrs. Burke,
Sr., Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs.
Toomer, Mrs. Lazacus, Mrs. Seale,
and Mrs. Kennedy.
Eastern Star To Have
School of Instruction
Eastern Star will have a school of
instruction for all chapters of Lee
county, Friday, March 21, at ten a.
m. The Auburn Chapter, number 57,
will play hostess and serve a lunch­eon.
The Worthy Grand Matron will
make her official visit on Friday
evening.
Mrs. Baver Charming
Hostess At Bridge Party
Mrs. Baver was a very charming
hostess last Friday evening when she
entertained with three tables of
bridge The St. Patricks motif was
effectively carried out in the decora­tions.
Mrs. W. E. Sewell received
the ladies' high score prize. The men's
high score prize was won by Lieuten­ant
Barth.
Tree Is Monument
To Memory Of Man
Kent, O.—For the first time in his­tory,
a living tree has been made to
serve as a monument to a man whose
life work is finished and as a "cor­nerstone"
in which has been laid away
the record of his origination of a
science which made him famous.
The tree is an American elm, 50
feet in height and 18 inches in diam­eter,
which was taken from a forest
and replanted today at the entrance
to Roosevelt high school as a memo­rial
to John Davey, father of tree sur­gery.
A cavity nearly a foot deep was cut
in the trunk of the tree and in the
niche so formed was placed a copy of
his book, "The Tree Doctor"—the
book which made known his concep­tion
of a new science.
The cavity was then filled with sec­tional
concrete aaccording to the
principles which Davey originated.
The wound will start to heal immedi­ately.
Bark will creep over it and
in time all traces of the "operation"
will disappear.
STUDENTS CHASE SCOUTS
Heidelberg College students drove
out of town three men suspected of
being scouts for Ohio State Univer­sity,
seeking to induce Merle Hut-son,
an all-Ohio tackle, to come to
State. The three suspects were es-.
cortedfrom town in a truck.
Mrs. C. C. Brooks Hostess
At Lovely Luncheon
Mrs. C. C. Brooks entertained at a
lovely luncheon Friday, compliment­ing
Dr. Inzer of Montgomery. Spring
flowers were used in decorating the
home. The guests were: Mr. and
Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Susie Wright,
Mrs. W. V. Jones, Mr. W. D. Martin,
Dr. Inzer, and Mr. C. C. Brooks
Circle Number Two
Of W. M. U. Entertained
Circle number two, W. M. U., of
the Baptist Church, weer entertained
Monday afternoon by Mrs. H. Cullars.
They began a study course of Jeru­salem.
Delicious refreshments were
served.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Pitts are
spending the week-end in Atlanta
with Mr. and Mrs. Forney Yar­brough.
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THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1930
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ADRIAN TAYLOR, Editor RHODES WASSON, A.sociate Editor
Elmer Salter, Contributor; Herry Borne,, Freeman Barnet, W. C. Free, Charloi Trice, Atrietenti
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Work of "Slick"
Moulton is Praised
By Atlanta Writer
.Editors Note: The following clip­ping
was taken from the Sports Page
of the Atlanta Journal, and'was writ­ten
by O. B. Keeler one of the most
prominent sports writers of the coun­try.
"Slick" Moulton, former athletic
star at Auburn and later baseball
coach there in 1927 and 1928, now is
at the Pepperell Manufacturing Com­pany,
Lindale plant, and, according
to a letter lately received by Mr. Wil-'
liam Chenault Munday, Jr., having a
very fine time supervising physical
education and athletics, for this im­portant
concern. Captain H. P. Meik-leham
is the Pepperell agent at Lin­dale,
and Mr. Moulton remarks very
sincerely that the Captain is one of
the finest sportsmen the south ever
has had—which I may say is no news
to a good many people around Atlan­ta,
Ga. "Slick" also refers to one of
the most whimsical incidents that ev­er
occurred in baseball. It seems that
one season the Lindale Club, of which
Captain Meikleham was president, in
the Georgia-Alabama League, was in
something of a slump—at any rate,
the fans were not in the hearties of
approbation over it, and they were
riding the players rather spitefully at
the home games. Captain Meikleham
liked the boys who were playing ball
for his club, and he felt that the rid­ing
was undeserved. Moreover, it got
on his nerves. So the next afternoon,
Captain Meikleham, as club president,
ordered the ball park gate closed right
in the astonished faces of the assemb­ling
fans, shut them out for the after­noon,
paid the visiting club its guar­antee
personally; and he and the scor­er
sat all by themselves in the stands
and watched the game in peace and
quiet and enjoyment.
I suppose Captain Meikleham is the
only ball club president in the world
who ever did that, and I want to ex­press
my hearties commendation of
the spirit she showed. There have
been other things, many of them in
which he displayed the same sporting
spirit.
-' There was the case of Jimmy Ste­vens,
who had a chance to sign with
the Cards when he was playing for
Captain Meiklehem. The Lindale
club could not sell him, and rather
than stand in Jimmy's way of ad­vancement,
Captain Meikleham made
him a free agent. Such actions stand
out in bold and bright relief, in a
sporting worW ' -'• "'uttered up
and obfuscated with selfishness and
greed.
Moulton had so many college men
on the club last season that around
the circuit they started calling them
the Collegians instead of the Pepper-ells.
They had Shorty Smith and
Jimmy Stevens, of Tech; Howard
f mith, Frank. Currie, Fob James,
Stoutenborough, Hardwick and Wood
from Auburn; Lewis from Alabama;
Lott and Ogle from _ Birmingham
Southern, and Dobbins and Griffith
from Maryland—a baker's dozen og
college stars, many of whom were well
placed to their own advantage after
the season. Shorty Smith was sold to
Shreveport; Howard Smith and Lott
to Chattanooga, and Lewis and Cur­rie
to Columbus.
"Any man that we cannot sell,"
says Slick, "we will make a free
agent, if he has a chance to better
himself in the game. We are more
interested in developing ball players
than in making money out of them.
My motto is give them a break."
The coming season finds Moulton's
outfit in good shape for pitchers and
outfielders, but, with trip exception of
Fob James, first baseman, a new in­field
must be assembled. Pugh and
Patton, outfielders, will be back again,
and for pitchers they start off with
a formidable array, including Stout­enborough,-
Baker, Lott, Hardwick,
Carter is a right handed pitcher,
who has performed for two years on
the Auburn varsity, and has quite an
enviable record. In his first year on
the varsity he defeated the Montgom­ery
Lions in their own back yard, and
since then has added to his record
many well earned victories. Buck is
is a member of the Theta Kappa Nu
social fraternity, and is a Senior.
Tigers to Face Strong
Professional Clubs on
Diamond During Week
By Elmer G. Salter
Two of the four professional clubs
which will be played by Coach Fred
'Sheridans Auburn Tiger baseballers
during the 1930 season are to be fac­ed
during the coming week. Birming­ham
Barons, champions of the South­ern
League, will be encountered in the
Magic City, Thursday, March 20, while
the Selma Cloverleafs are the oppon­ents
Saturday, March 22, in Selma.
The Tiger-Baron tilt is under the aus­pices
of the Auburn "A" club, the
Birmingham moguls consenting to
turn the entire gate receipts over to
the "A" club.
Griffith, Wood, and McDonald. The
vacant positions will be filled by new
men highly recommended to the sa­gacious
Slick at the recent baseball
meeting in Chattanooga.
College games already scheduled in
Lindale include Oglethorpe April 11-
12, and Auburn April 18-19. Four
more will be arranged, and when the
regular season starts, May 9, Moulton
and his men expect to be ready to go,
and go hard.
Moulton has a lot of other activities
in Lindale, involving four fine little
grammar school teams last season,
and two teams of the larger boys in
the mill, for whom he is scheduling
regular Saturday afternoon games
with neighboring high school outfits
this spring. He supervises . basket
ball teams of grammar school pupils
and boys in the mill; he has organiz­ed
two troops of Boy Scouts, and is
principal of the Lindale Textile Night
School—a busy and extremely useful
life.
"I am really enjoying my work
here," he says, "with a fine bunch of
boys and some really big men; there
is no jealousy, bickering, or second-guessing
here."
It seems to me that men like E. Rus­sell
Moulton are doing one of the
greatest things in the United States
today, in keeping the big mill colonies
happy and healthy and contented with
clean sport and something to think
about that is worth while—and it may
be suggested that Red propaganda
never will make appreciable headway
in such a community. Slick Moulton
and captain Meikelham, sportsmen
and gentlement both, are molding good
citizens and good sportsmen for the
future life of this state and all the
south. They are good Americans, and
the boys coming under their influence
connot become otherwise.
BASEBALL QUINTESSENCE
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If spring practice is indicative of the brand of baseball that is to be play­ed
this season, then baseball enthusiastics throughout the South are to
witness some excellent games. Never before has Southern colleges had
such promising candidates out for their varsity teams, and the interest
this year has never been equaled before. .
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The Auburn Tigers will send a se­rious
contender on the field. Not
since the championship team of '28
has Auburn been so well represented.
Leading this team is one of the most
promising collegiate performers in the
country, this is none other than the
captain of the team, Jim Crawford.
Crawford will patrol the center field
area. On his left will be the heavy
hitting, rotund but aggressive, Joe
Burt. This is Burts second year on
the team and he is expected to repeat
his excellent performance of last year.
The left field is still somewhat of an
uncertainty as there is being waged
a merry battle between Pete Harris,
letter man of last year, and Hodge,
hustling fielder from the Freshman
team.
The infield promises to be strong­er
than that of last year, especially
is the hitting of the infielders ex­pected
to improve. The elongated Ben
Newton has been shifted from the
outer gardens to first base, and his
heavy wielder of the hickory should
materially fortify that position. At
second base will be the diminutive
Riley, a spectacular infielder from
last year's Freshman team. The vet­eran
Frock Pate will again perform
at shortstop, and with an improve­ment
in his hitting this year, he should
be one of the best shortsmiths in the
Conference. Another Sophomore will
occupy the third base position, Harry
Lloyd. Lloyd cavorted at the initial
sack last year on the Rodent team,
but due to the gap at third base, he
was shifted to that position, and in
the earlier practices, has demonstrat­ed
that he is quite capable of holding
down the hot corner. Harry is also
an excellent hitter.
The catching staff promises to be
much stronger than that of last year.
Kaley, another Sophomore, is the lead­ing
contender for this position, but
is receiving plenty of competition
from Ingram and Brown.
The pitching staff is composed of
two veterans and three Sophomores.
Buck Carter and Red Harkins are the
two veterans from last years team,
both being right handed, while Smith,
Prim and West are up from the Fresh­man
squad. Prim and West heave
from the left side, while Smith is a
right hander. All of these men are
capable pitchers, and this promises to
be one of the strongest pitching staffs
of the Conference".
After staying out late six nights in
succession a man tells himself that
his fatigue is due to overwork at the
office.
the days of Bob Reeves, Tom Angly
and Doug Wycoff. Coach Kid Clay
is returnning a bunch of veterans,
and to add to their strength, the
have arranged a very ambitious sched-and
Mathis battling for a position,
with both men trying hard to make
the grade.
At first, Coach Clay ha*s three men
battling for a position. Fred Holt,
Tom Jones and Preston are working
daily at the initial sack. Holt is the
most experienced member of the trio,
and Jones may be shifted to thcout-field.
It now appears that Duncan, Mc-
Kee and Isaacs will compose the out­field,
although Harper, a sophomore,
is a likely prospect for one of the
positions.
There is no shortage of pitchers
at the Flats this year. The Yellow
Jackets will have three southpaws;
Powell, Piggy Lyford and Lanier; and
two right handers, Quinn and Myers.
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With ten regulars returning, and a
flock of reserves, and promising soph­omores
on hand, the baseball outlook
at the University of Georgia is ex­ceedingly
bright. Coach Bill White
has two veteran batteries, a complete
infield, and a pair of outfielders
around which to build his 1930 team.
The veteran flingers and catchers
are Lefty Murdock, Captain Harry
Gorman, and Carter and Frye. Mur­dock
and Frye were the leading hurl-ers
last year, and Coach White is
counting on them for another good
season this year.
Besides the regulars, three mem­bers
of last year's Freshman team are
expected to make the varsity grade.
They are Spurgeon Chandler, speed
ball artist, Simpson and Reid.
Rothstein will be stationed at first
base, Davenport seems a fixture at
second, Alternate Captain McGaugh-ey
at shortstop and Roy Day will
occupy the hot corner.
To reinforce this infield of veter­ans
will befour candidates from the
Frosh squad, namely, Downes, Moran,
Rose and Arnold.
In the outfield will be Joe Martin,
Georgia's only three letter man and
Pete Herndon. Four sophomores are
battling for the other berth. They
are Hilburn, Culbertson, Ginn and
Bird.
The Bulldogs have a very difficult
schedule, as they open the season with
Mercer, after which they play eigh­teen
conference" games and several
outside engagements round out the
schedule.
Piiclyei'-Aabmitv
Harkins is one of the veteran pitch­ers
from last year's team, and this
fast ball artist is going to be one of
the assets of the pitching staff this
year. Red is also an excellent foot­ball
player, having been elected cap­tain
of next year's football team. He
is very popular on the campus, and is
a member of the Junior class. He is
a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha
social fraternity.
Auburn Nine Defeats Fort Benning
Baseballers 5-4 on Tiger Diamond
By Adrian Taylor
The 1930 edition of the Auburn
baseball nine opened the season with
a close but decisive victory over the
Ft. Benning soldiers, Friday after­noon.
This team, representing Uncle
Sam, is not a unit team, but is a
representative team of the entire en­campment.
Excellent pitching and long dis­tance
hitting featured the play for
both sides. Lefty Prim, pitcher for
the Tigers, held the soldiers to one
hit, for the six innings which he per­formed.
He retired eight men by
the strike out route, and not a man
reached first base for the first three
innings of the game.
Allison, pitcher for Benning, also
performed well, striking out eight
Percy Beard Holder of
Records on Cinder Path
Rat Diamond Aspirants
Judging from Spring training ac­Report
to McFaden for
tivities, Georgia Tech will have one - # MM J
of her strongest baseball teams since flfSt PrQCtlCe Monday
By Elmer G. Salter
Aspirants to positions on Auburn's
1930 freshman baseball team will
Tech Mentor has a bunch of promis- s t a r t training Monday afternoon,
ing sophomores. The Yellow Jackets E a r j McFaden, who has had much
success his first year at the Corner-ule,
playing 19 conference games, and s t o n e i n t n e c a p a c i t y 0f frosh foot-meeting
three outside foes, namelv Dau c o a c n ) a n d coach of Spring foot-
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Illinois, Notre Dame and Oglethorpe. b a l j ( WJU t l l t o r t n e yearling diamond
The opening game will be with the
Petrels.
nine.
Several of the rodents have been
Especially is the Engineer team to practicing daily with the varsity can-be
strong in the catching department, didates as Spring has made the prom
there being the veteran Frank Speer, is ing frosh hickory wielders very an
Ike Farmer and Dawson. All of these xious to jump into diamond attire
men weight over 225 pounds, and are a n d start wielding their heavy sticks
excellent hitters. • Jimmie Hitchcock, Porter Grant, Her-
Captain Red Terrell is being tried bert Miller, Sam Mason, Robert Ar
at third base this year, but may be thur, Ike Parker, Tom Brown Izzy
shifted to his regular position, second Steinberg, Lefty Childers, Lee John
base. Another candidate for third is SOn, George Jenkins and Earnest Mol
Frink. He is showing up well and phus, all members of the 1929 Orange
may be given the regular assignment, and Blue plebe team, are expected to
Either Pullen or Roberts will hold be in the limelight when the frosh
down shortstop for the Engineers, start on their schedule,
but it is very likely that these men
will alternate at that position. Forethought is the basis of all cap-
At second, the Jackets have Richie italistic production.
By Elmer.G. Salter
Percy Beard, who was recently se­lected
on the National Collegiate Hon­or
Roll for his outstanding record last
season in running the 120-yard high
hurdles in 14 4-5 seconds, will com­pete
in the Georgia Tech Relays, Ap­ril
12. Beard was captain of the Ti­gers
1929 cinder team, and is also
Southern record holder in the low hur­dles
and present Southern Conference
broad jump champion.
Coach Wilbur Hutsell's protege
completed his athletic career at the
Cornerstone last May, so will run un­attached
in the Tech Relays. Beards'
outstanding record last year, "which
won for him All-American fame, the
lone trackster in Dixie to receive this
honor, was made in the Tech Relays,
the only meet which he was really
pushed to win.
Beard is instructing in Civil Engi­neering
here and is working out ev­ery
afternoon under the watchful eye
of the man he gives the credit for his
success, Wilbur Hutsell, who has pro­duced
tracksters at Ala. Poly for nine
years, and assistant coach on the 1928
United States Olympic team.
Judging from his recent feats in
jumping the timbers on Drake Field
Beard will again be a favorite to win
the low and high hurdle events in his
first meet of the season.
Thirteen Offers Made
Members of Baseball
Team by Professionals
Ed Hamm is Winnei of
of Broad Jump in Meet
Washington and Lee's flying Gen­erals
won the Southern Conference
indoor games in a brilliant rally fhich
came to a climax when the Virgin­ians
captured the mile relay to take
the meet by two points.
The Generals had a total of 29
points, and the Uiversity of North
Carolina was second with 27. Mary­land
and Georgia Tech tied for third
with 13 points each.
Approximately 400 athletes' from
Louisiana to Maryland participated
in three divisions of a general indoor
meet conducted in the Tin Can, huge
indoor sports arena of the University
of North Carolina. Separate compe­tition
was provided for high school
prep teams, freshmen teams and
Southern Conference varsity.
North Carolinas yearlings galloped
away to win the freshman division
with 21 points. The Duke frosh had
8 points, Washington and Lee 7 and
one-quarter, and Virginia and Geor­gia
Tech 3 each.
Augusta Military Academy, Fort
Defiance, Va., scored 22 points to win
the scholastic competition. The Char­lotte,
N. C, High School was second
with 15% ^points. Atlanta Tech
By Elmer G. Salter
Probably the most sought after col­lege
baseball club in the United
States is Auburn's 1930 team. Thir­teen
members of the varsity squad
have had tempting offers to join the
professional diamondeers, but a>l have
signified their desire to complete their
college education.
Capt. Jim Crawford heads the list
of Tigers who are being followed
closely by major league scouts. Craw­ford's
batting average of .389 since
wearing the Orange and Blue colors
and his ability to cover more than
his territory in the outer gardens has
attracted the attention of five major
league clubs and several minor league
teams who are bidding rather free­ly
for his services, if he decides to
cast his lot with the professionals
after completing a brilliant athletic
career at the Cornerstone in May.
Alt. Capt. Joe Burt, outfield; Dun­ham
Harkins, Ray Prim and Buck
Carter, pitchers; Frock Pate, short­stop;
Ben Newton, first base, and
Harry Lloyd, third base, are the oth­er
players to receive lucrative ofers
from American and National moguls.
Chas. Kaley and Rupert Ingram,
catchers; Page Riley, second base;
Phil Hodges, outfield, and G. C.
Smith, pitcher are the Plainsmen who
have received offers to sign with sev­eral
strong minor league teams.
Of the thirteen players who have
had opportunities to play the Na­tional
pastime as a profession, six are
sophomores, four are juniors and on­ly
three will graduate this year. Capt.
Crawford, Rupert Ingram and Buck
Carter are the trio to receive their
sheepskins.
Carter has another year to star on
the mound for the Bengals, but has
decided to pitch to bill collectors next
year instead of heavy bludgeon wield-counted
8 points and Raleigh and High
Point, N. C, scored 7 each.
The climax to the brilliant meet
run off before a crowd of more than
2,000 persons, was the mile relay in
the varsity in which the Generals
came first to win southern confer­ence
championship.
North Carolina took an early lead
in the southern conference events.
In the second half of the meet, how­ever,
the Washington and Lee Gen­erals
started their sensational rally.
When the mile relay had been called,
the Generals had closed the gap un­til
the score was 25 to 24 in favor
of the Tarheels.
The teams were away to practical­ly
an even round on the first quar­ter
of the final mile event. Then,
an unusual thing happened. As Gar­rett,
the second North Carolina man,
rounded the second curve, his baton
flew from his hand. Before he
could recover it and get back in the
race, Washington and Lees man was
too far ahead to ever be overtaken.
Auburn men, but made the fatal mis­take
of grooving one for Joe Burt in
the ninth inning, with his team two
runs ahead. Burt promptly knocked
the ball out of the field, scoring the
two men on base, and winning the
game.
There was a total of five home
runs collected during the afternoon.
Burt, of Auburn, was responsible
for two of these, while Duck Riley
put one over the dump for the third.
Lt. Buckley, of Benning, obtained the
only hit off Primm by his side, this
was a home run. His teammate, Lt.
Cobb, was responsible for the other
homer.
Play by Play of the game Follows:
FIRST INNING
Primm and Kaley were the start­ing
batteries for Auburn. Buckley,
lead off man for the Soldiers, struck
out. Cobb, next man up, fouled out
to Kaley, and Kjelstrom struck out,
retiring the side.
Hodge, lead off man for Auburn,
grounded out to the infield. Pate
struck out. Captain Crawford ob­tained
the first hit of the year, get­ting
a clean two bagger. Ben New­ton
walked. The heavy hitting Joe
Burt, struck out leaving two men on
bases.
SECOND INNING
Reddock struck out. Mitchell
grounded out to the pitcher. Ash
grounded out to Prim to Newton.
Harry Lloyd grounded out to the
infield. Kayley reached first when
Willis erred on his grounder. Duck
Riley received a free pass. Primm
flied out to the outfield. Hodges
flied out to the outfield.
THIRD INNING
Willis struck out. McCarthy flied
out. Allison struck out. Not a man
had reached first.
Pate struck out. Crawford ground­ed
out. Newton struck out.
FOURTH INNING
Buckley hit a home run, the ball
bouncing over the dump in right
field. Cobb struck out. Kjelstrom
flied out to Burt. Reddock ground­ed
out.
Burt, hit a home, run, the ball go­ing
over the center field bank, this
was one of the longest hits ever wit­nessed
on Drake field. Lloyd flied
out. Kaley struck out. Riley hit
.for a single. Prim walked. Hodge
grounded out to the infield.
FIFTH INNING
Mitchell grounded out. Ash walk­ed.
Willis struck out. McCarthy
grounded out.
Pate hit a single. Crawford
reached first on an infielder's choice,
Pate being out. Newton reached
first on Willis' error. Burt was
safe on an infielder's choice, Newton
out. Lloyd grounded out.
SIXTH INNING
Allison struck out. Buckley and
Cobb grounded out, Riley to Newton
Kaley grounded out. Riley flied
out to the outfield. Ingram, hitting
for Primm hit a double. Brown, hit­ting
for Hodge, struck out.
SEVENTH INNING
Kjelstrom hit a single. Reddock
struck out. Mitchell walked. Ash
grounded out. Artist, hitting for
Willis grounded out. Harkins pitch­ing
for Auburn.
(Continued on page 6)
ers from Georgia, Tulane, Georgia
Tech, Clemson, Vanderbilf, Mercer,
Florida, Birmingham, Selma and
Montgomery. His notable achieve­ments
wearing Ala. Poly, colors his
first year are 7 to 4 victory over the
Montgomery Lions in the 1929 curtain
raiser and a 23-3 win over the heavy-hitting
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
After his initial win wearing varsi­ty
attire, Carter was termed the ace
of the staff and lived-up to this title
by serving his deceptive speed-ball to
Southern Conference teams with wins
being added rather frequently to his
already large all-time average.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
Alabama Agriculture Improves Along
Fundamental Lines Last Report Shows
Evidence that Alabama agriculture
continues to improve along funda­mental
lines is contained in the an­nual
report of extension work in ag­riculture
in Alabama last year which
was submitted Saturday by Director
L. N. Duncan to Dr. Bradford Knapp,
and also to officials of the U. S. De­partment
of Agriculture at Washing­ton.
The report—a voluminous docu­ment—
summarizes the work of all
departments. It shows that under
the direction of the county agents,
district agents, and specialists at Au­burn
improved practices in agricul­ture
were used more extensively and
that these practices are resulting in
larger net returns by those farmers
who put them into operation.
Every important phase of farming
was included in the extension pro­gram
of work during the year, the re­port
revealed. Economic production
and efficient marketing were major
projects. With these were combined
other projects necessary to a com­plete
and successful system of farm­ing.
Extension workers were guided
by research results of the experiment
station.
As in former years, Alabama ex­tension
workers did much of their
work in close cooperation with organ­ized
groups of farmers. This they
did in order to render the best serv­ice
to the maximum number of farm­ers,
Director Duncan explained. Dis­trict
Agents J. T. High, R. C. Arnold
and Emmett Sizemore supervised the
work.
County, agents worked in close co­operation
with county farm bureaus
having a program of work in line
with the policies of the extension
service. Through the State Farm Bu­reau,
with headquarters in Montgom­ery,
cooperative work on a State-wide
basis was conoducted. However, the
extension service was available to
every farmer in the State.
While working with adult farmers
county agents and specialists were
conducting 4-H club work for boys.
During the year 13,885 boys did 4-H
club work under the direction of their
county agents and T. A. Sims, State
club leader of Auburn. These young­sters
not only practiced cooperation
among themselves but conducted
practical demonstrations in improv­ing
farming. Each, was a demonstra­tor;
and the work of each one influ­enced
farmers and farm boys in the
surrounding community.
Proper use of commercial fertiliz­er
was a major project under the di­rection
of J. C. Lowery, extension
agronomist. As an average Alabama
farmers spend fifteen million to
twenty million dollars annually for
fertilizer. The aim of the Extension
Service is to get maximum returnrs
from this enormous expenditure.
As a result of their work home-mixing
of fertilizers as recommended
by the Experiment Station of Auburn
has become a Statewide practice; and
Alabama farmers, according to offi­cial
reports, are getting larger net
returns than farmers of any other
state from the use of commercial fer­tilizers.
Larger application of the
right ingredients in the proper pro­portions
was urged by county agents
and other extension workers.
More use of farm machinery was
encouraged for the sake of efficiency
in production and larger returns per
farm worker. Terracing and other
forms of land improvement received
much attention. This work was done
by the county agents in cooperation
with J. B. Wilson and W. H. Gregory,
extension agricultural engineers. De­monstrations
in machinery and ter­racing
produced results immediately,
Mr. Duncan reported. Following the
demonstrations farmers bough: im­proved
machinery in order to do a
better job of farming. It was ex­plained
that in this way Alabama
farmers can increase their' income
and, at the same time, complete suc­cessfully
with farmer in other states
where farm machinery is being used.
Development of the livestock side
of Alabama agriculture to balance it
with cotton and other crops made
progress during the year under the
direction of F. W. Burns, extension
livestock specialist. County agents
conducted demonstrations and gave
instruction as to how to succeed with
livestock. Growth and improvement
of dairying was emphasized through­out
the State. In southeast Alabama
county agents gave especial attention
to hogs; elsewhere in the State hogs
were included in the program of
work in line with the agriculture in
each county. In the Black Belt and
in the Tennessee Valley beef cattle
demonstrations were conducted.
Poultry work was directed by
George A. Trollope, who resigned
during the year to become head of
the poultry department at Auburn,
and was succeeded by H. R. Bailey.
More and better farm flocks was the
objective of poultry work.
In livestock and poultry projects
extension workers sought, first, to
get rid of unprofitable animals and
birds. Their next stop was to feed
and manage so that each animal or
bird retained in the herd or flock
would return a profit to justify its
being retained.
More and better forestry work was
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Books of Interest
"The Whiteoaks of Jalna" a Continuation of Prize
Novel "Jalna"
THE WHITEOAKS OF JALNA
By
(Mazo De La Roche)
K. M. McMillan, '33
Mazo de la Roche's Whiteoaks of
Jalna takes up the story of the ec­centric
Whiteoak family where the
prize novel, Jalna, left off.
The central figures are Renny and
Grandmother Adeline. Renny is the
shining star to which the whole fam­ily
looks for guidance. He is a self-sufficient
young man of about forty
who possesses a great deal of com­mon
sense and savoir faire. Adeline,
the centenarian progenitress of the
vhole connection dominates her chil­dren
with an inflexible will. She
shocks and astounds them all by leav­ing
her comparatively Vast fortune
150 rooms, every
room with bath
and showers
Circulating ice water
and oscillating
f a n s
STRICTLY FIREPROOF
The Greystone
Montgomery, Ala.
Wolff Hotel Company Charles A. Johnson
Operators Manager
i
done with Otto Brown as extension
forester. The work was conducted so
as to cause farmers to make timber
a money crop by managing it proper­ly.
More and better gardens and or­chards
was the aim of the work in
horticulture, of which Julian Brown
was in charge. Improvement in the
appearance of home grounds and also
grounds around public buildings was
the goal of landscape work promoted
by Sam F. Brewster, extension land­scape
specialist, with the help of the
county agents and home demonstra­tion
agents.
Cooperative marketing of farm
products and cooperative buying of
fertilizer, seeds, and other things en­tering
vitally into production on
farms was promoted by the Extension
Service in cooperation with the State
and county farm bureaus. J. D.
Moore and J. B. Sylvest are extension
marketing specialists.
During the year cooperative mar­keting
of poultry was conducted on
a large scale. The report shows that
100 cars of poultry were sold coop­eratively
for $385,888 by 35,000
farm people. In addition 35 cars of
turkeys, raised by 7,000 people, were
sold for $121,335.
A successful demonstration in stor-aoge
of Alabama eggs was conducted.
Eggs produced in the spring when
prices were low were stored in a Bir­mingham
cold storage plant. In the
fall they were removed from storage
and sold at much higher prices. They
kept in good condition thereby de­monstrating
that Alabama eggs prop­erly
produced and stored will keep
in storage. Farmers who participat­ed
in this storage demonstration re­ceived
much higher prices for their
eggs. They also removed the surplus
from the spring market and caused
local prices to advance.
A cooperative commission concern
for the sale of livestock was establish­ed
at the Montgomery Stock Yards
during the year. Likewise, wool was
sold in large quantities on the coop­erative
plan. Other farm products
were sold in the same way.
A new high record in planting win­ter
legume seed in Alabama was es­tablished,
Mr. Lowery reported. The
total for hairy vetch and Austrian
peas was 1,950,000 pounds. Mr. Low­ery
explained that winter legumes
are raised in Alabama for improving
soil and that the success of this
movement in Alabama is due to ex­tension
workers who began promoting
these crops after the Experiment Sta­tion
had discovered how to succeed
with them.
The program of extension work in
Alabama in 1929 was a continuation
of that of 1928 and former years. It
will be continued in 1930 and in fu­ture
years, Professor Duncan said.
to Finch, the object of the whole
family's contempt and tyranny.
Finch seems to be the most dis
cussed figure in the book. He is pre­sented
as a budding genius who is
overruled and thwarted on every
hand by his arrogant kin. They ter
rorize and pursue the tortured boy
until he makes a desperate attempt
at suicide, but is saved by Eden, the
real weakling of the family. Altho
the story essentially treats of Finch,
it is the story of the whole family in
their hardness, sentimentality, and
solidarity.
Alayne, who was driven from Jal­na
by her unfaithful husband, Eden,
returns to nurse him back to life.
Her return awakens her lov« for
Renny, and they are finally reunited
by Eden's promise of a divorce and
his elopement with Minny Ware.
It could not be said that this story
is superior to Jalna; they are both
absorbing in their uniqueness.
Co-Eds Prepare For
Varied Professions
In Studies At Auburn
Out of one hundred and fifty-six
co-eds enrolled at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute seven are prepar­ing
for professional careers varying
from the manufacture of cosmetics
to interior decorating.
Architecture claim's the largest
number with four; chemical engi­neering
is next with two, and phar­macy
claims the seventh. Although
chemical engineering is one of our
most exacting mathematical sciences,
Miss Margaret Lawrenz, junior in
chemical engineering, has attained
one of the best records in this de­partment.
Miss Lawrenz's grades were good
enough to make her eligible for Tau
Beta Pi, honorary fraternity in engi­neering,
but the constitution of this
organization calls for men only. Miss
Lawrenz says she does not know yet
what phase of chemical work she
will follow but plans to do graduate
work before entering the active field.
Miss Susan Spangler, sophomore,
is the other co-ed enrolled in chemi­cal
engineering. She intends to do
work in the field of cosmetics upon
graduation—certainly a feminine
field.
Enrolled in the school of five-year
Architecture is Miss Maryline Cauth-en,
who upon graduation expects to
do resident work. As a means of
gaining experience Miss Cauthen will
do office work before entering the
active field. She is also taking in­terior
decorating as an aid to her
future work.
Misses Louise Bedell, Bertha Nor­throp,
and Mariam Toumin are the
other co-eds taking architecture and
are enrolled in the freshman class.
Miss Hope Norris, a junior, is the
only member of the fairer sex en­rolled
in the school of pharmacy.
• All the women students enrolled
in these courses say that they are
required to do as much work as the
men, with the possible exception of
those taking surveying. There the
men are chivalorous enough to do
the hard work.
Copies Of Smallest
Book Given College
Two copies of the smallest book
ever printed in the United States
have been sent to the Uuniversity of
South Carolina by the publishers, the
Kingsport Press, Kingspjort, Tenn.
One copy was sent to Dr. D. M. Doug­las,
and one to the library, where it is
on display in the museum room.
The book is entitled "Lincoln," and
contains four of Abraham Lincoln's
principal addresses. It is smaller
than a postage stamp, is bound in full
red leather, and has gilt-edged pages
of India paper. The type is small but
clear, and the book is easily readable.
There is no record of a smaller book
ever having been printed in the Unit­ed
States.
OHIO STATE PLANS TO
CONDUCT SCHOOL FOR
"HOUSE-HUSBANDS"
More and better husband will soon
be turned out by Ohio State univer­sity
when the "college of housekeep­ing"
now being planned by the Y. M.
C. A. employment bureau gets un­der
way.
Real estate men have demonstrated
their willingness to co-operate by of­fering
vacant houses as "laborato­ries"
for the novel college, which will
include departments of window wash­ing,
wall paper cleaning, floor wax­ing,
and attic tidying. The school
will be headed by a faculty well ver­sed
in the subjects.
Reward should be in proportion to
usefulness.
INTERESTING STATISTICS
The following interesting statistics
were compiled by The Penn Mutual
News Letter:
Every minute^—
1 baby is born;
2 husbands are shot;
3 fires break out;
4 girls leave home;
5 girls come back;
6 automobiles wreck;
7 cashiers go out walking;
8 people get hurt;
9 men need insurance;
10 agents are after 'em.
Chimes Tower Is To
Be Lighted At Night
With College Colors
The South Dakota State College
campanile, a 165-foot chimes tower
on the campus at Brookings, S. Dak.,
is to be illuminated at night with
yellow and blue, the college colors,
by means of thirty flootlighting pro­jectors,
some with clear, some with
yellow and others with blue lenses.
The shaft, visible for twenty miles
in the daytime, will be visible to avi­ators
a hundred miles away at night
for an 8,000,000-candlepower revol­ving
beacon and a directional beacon
will be mounted atop the structure.
All the lighting equipment is to be
supplied by the General Electric
Company.
The campanile is a gift of Charles
Coughlin of Milwaukee, a graduate
of the college. The 37-foot Bedford
stone chamber immediately below
the beacon light houses a set of elec­trically-
operated chimes used to call
students' to classes, play concerts,
and sound the hours with Westmin­ster
peals. The 24-foot Bedford
stone base of the tower is to be flood­lighted
with white light. The tower
proper, between the base and the
white dome, is of red brick, the gen­eral
architecture conforming with
that of the Lincoln Memorial Lib­rary
and the Coolidge Sylvan The­ater
nearby on the campus. The
chimes tower was designed by Per­kins
and McWayne, Sioux Falls; the
contractors are the Wold-Mark Con­struction
Company of Brookings and
the Aberdeen Engineering Company
of Aberdeen.
Tiger Is China's
King Of Beasts
BELOIT COLLEGE-LOGAN
MUSEUM SENDS EXPEDITION
TO EXCAVATE IN ALGERIA
The Beloit College-Logan Museum
expedition to Algeria, which has just
this month started its travels will ex­cavate
from 40 to 60 sites in North­ern
Africa. These sites located in
the eastern part of Algeria, north of
the Sahara Atlas mountains were in­habited
by prehistoric man 20,000 to
100,000 years ago.
Eleven students will be included in
the personnel of the expedition. Each
will be in charge of two or more Arab
assistants and will supervise the col­lection
from one habitation site. Work
on each site will continue until a col­lection
of bone and stone implements
has been secured sufficiently large
to determine the place of that par­ticular
site in the cultural sequence
of the Old Stone Age. The Students
will study the material co'.lected and
prepare a report upon it. They will
receive college credit for the work.
To the Chinese the tiger, not the
lion, is the king of beasts. From
childhood they are taught to fear the
tiger, and he is made the bugaboo to
frighten youngsters. If they are
naughty, they are told that the "lao-hu"
(tiger) will catch them. Paper
tigers are pasted over doors in China,
so that the evil spirits, seeing the
beast will flee away.
The Chinese have great faith in
tiger bones, claws and sinews as med­icine.
Since the tiger is so strong,
they say, medicine made of him must
make one strong. Traveling medi­cine
men with tiger skins stretched
on their poles as signboards rarely
wait long for purchasers of their
Girl Students Form
Governing Body
The North Carolina State Col'.ege
Pioneer Club, which is composed of
72 co-eds, have formulated plans for
a separate Student Government
which will serve as a law-making and
enforcing body for the girl students
at that college, according to an an­nouncement
from the president of the
co-ed organization, who discussed
the matter with officials of the pres­ent
governing body of the students.
Decision was made at a joint meet­ing
with the present representatives
on the student council and members
of the co-ed organization to have a
committee from the Pioneer Club
draw up a constitution and submit it
to the present student government
for their sanction. Representatives
from both organizations said that one
governing body was not adequate for
both sexes, and the co-eds should have
their own student government, which
would run parallel with the male or­ganization.
Officers for the Co-ed Student
Government will be elected in the
spring and will be in readiness for
serious work next year, says the pres­ident
of the Pioneer Club.
Money Causes Worry
To Colored Man
Ten thousand dollars in cash money
seemed to be the greatest worry of a
colored man at North Carolina State
a few days ago, contrary to the usual
rule that money brings joy and dis­sipates
all worry.
A negro walked into a cigar and
confection store and after hesitating
for several minutes until the store
was emptied of all customers, he
fearfully entreated the proprietor,,
known as "Little Doc" Morris to the
boys around the school, to take care
of ten thousand dollars for him.
At first the Doc thought that the
man had either stolen the money or
was trying to put a fast one over on
him, but when he gazed on the ten
grand in cold cash, tens, twenties, and
hundreds, he was convinced but
greatly puzzled.
After the explanation that the
money was paid as a compromise
claim on an accident case that had
involved the negro and the Carolina
Light and Power Company, the store­keeper
advised the worried crow to
deposit his surplus change in four
local banks in order to insure himself
against any great loss in case one or
two of the banks found it to their in­terests
to close their doors to busi­ness.
Jimmie Merrill New
WSFA Announcer
Announcement is made by Howard
E. Pill and Gordon Persons of radio
Station WSFA in Montgomery that
Jimmie Merrill, an Auburn man now
at Birmingham, will be announcer
when their station goes on the air,
the last of March.
Merrill has been with Station
WKBC in Birmingham. He has a
good radio voice and Auburn men are
pleased with the fact that he will be
with the Montgomery Station, which
will cooperate with Station WAPI.
Always Ready to Give You the Best of Service
TOOMER'S HARDWARE
CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager
A challenge
to the imagination
To provide telephone service of na­tional
scope, to manage and develop
properties valued at more than three and
three-quarter billion dollars, to maintain an
organization of more than 400,000 people
at highest efficiency — such work spurs
the creative thought of men of the high­est
calibre.
Within the Bell System many have
achieved outstanding success. Their work
is not only in pure science and engineering,
but in organization and management, in
salesmanship, financial administration, eco­nomics
and the many other fields vital to
the growth of so great an enterprise.
Because of these men the Bell System is
able to furnish the best all-around telephone
service in the world. A progressive policy
puts at their disposal every aid that a great
organization can give.
BELL SYSTEM
i/f nation-wide system of inttr-connecting telephones
" O U R P I O N E E R I N G WORK HAS J U S T B E G U N '*
V
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PAGE SIX
THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1930
Library Commission
Endorsed By D. A. R.
Miss Mary Martin, Librarian, Repre­sents
Auburn Chapter At Decatur
Convention
A library commission for Alabama
was endorsed by the Daughters of
the American Revolution at their
recent state convention in Decatur,
according to a report by Miss Mary
Martin, librarian, for the Institute,
who represented, as regent, the Au­burn
D. A. R. at the convention.
Other organizations have endorsed
the proposal, Miss Martin explained.
The plan is to present to the next
legislature of Alabama a bill which
vill create and provide for the opera­tion
of a state library commission.
Miss Martin is president of the
Alabama Library Association, which
organization is making the movement
wth a view to improving and enlarg­ing
library service within the State.
AUBURN NINE DEFEATS FORT
BENNING BASE BALLERS
5-4 ON LOCAL DIAMOND
SCOUT LEADERSHIP
TRAINING IS OPENED
(Continued from page 1)
camp was to train the-men who at­tended
just how to hold a training
school.
The new approved course of the
elements of scoutmastership will be
given as prescribed by National Head­quarters.
The twelve lessons will
include study and practice in, organ­ization,
elementary first-aid, hiking,
tracking, and trailing. The first six
lessons comprise a minimum course.
Every man interested in boys work
should attend this much at least. The
second six lessons of first class scout
requirement will be conducted out-of-
doors mainly with the new activi­ty
program for all in attendance.
Those who complete the entire
twelve lessons will be awarded the
new approved certificate for stand­ard
course one.
The advanced course two for scout
leaders will be conducted by assign­ment
for home study, with demon­strations
and tests semi-monthly. All
who completed course one last year
will be eligible for and are requested
to come and enroll at this time in the
advanced course.
All scouts who are here in school
are given a special invitation to at­tend
all of the meetings and thereby
receive the certificate in scouting.
STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
WILL CONVENE IN APRIL
(Continued from page 1)
this time papers will be read upon
various phases of research covering
a wide range of scientific topics.
Many' of these papers will describe
results of a technical nature, while
others of a more general character
will appeal to the general audience.
The officers of this organization
consist of the outstanding scientists
of the state. They are- as follows:
President Fred Allison, Auburn; First
Vice President, E. B. Carmichael,
University of Alabama; Second Vice
President, T. S. Eckert, Birmingham-
Southern; Honorary President, John
Y. Graham; Secretary-Treasury,
James L. Brakefield, Howard Col­lege;
and Councilor to A. A. A. S.,
Wright A. Gardner, Auburn.
A last appeal at this time is being
made to those who have papers for
the program that they get in touch
with one of the local officers at
once. The program will soon be in
the hands of the printer.
Further information, with a de­tailed
program of the meeting will
appear in an early issue of the
Plainsman.
(Continued from page 4)
Pate hit a single. Crawford ad­vanced
him to second. Newton
grounded out. Burt was safe when
Sheriff erred. Lloyd grounded out.
EIGHTH INNING
Sheriff walked. McCarthy safe on
an infielder's choice. Sheriff out.
Allison flied out to Burt. Buckley
hit a single. Cobb hit a home run,
scoring the two men on base. Kjel-strom
grounded out.
Kaley struck out. Riley hit a home
run. Harkins grounded out.
NINTH INNING
Reddock hit a double. Mitchell
and Ash grounded out. Sheriff flied
out.
Pate walked. Crawford was safe
on Buckley's error. Newton struck
out. With his team trailing by two
scores, Joe Burt hit his second home
run of the game, the ball bouncing
over the dump in left field.
Auburn a.b. r. h. e.
Hodge, l.f. 3 0 0 0
Harris, l.f. i 0 ^0 0
Pate, ss. 4 1 2 0
Crawford, c.f. 4 1 1 0
Newton, f.b. 4 0 0 0
Burt, r.f. 5 2 2 0
Lloyd, 3rd b. 4 0 0 0
Kaley, c. 3 0 0 0
Riley; 2nd b. 3 1 2 0
Primm, p. 10 0 0
Harkins, p. 10 0 0
*Ingram 1 0 1 0
**Brown 10 0 0
TOTAL 35 5 9 0
* Batted for Primm.
**Batted for Hodge.
Struck Out By Primm,. 8; by Har­kins
1.
Base on balls by Primm, 1; by Har­kins
2.
Home runs, Burt 2; Riley 1.
Doubles, Crawford and Ingram.
Fort Benning a.b. r. h. e.
Buckley, 1st b. 4 2 2 1
Cobb, ss. 4 1 1 0
Kjelstrom, c.f. 4 1 0 0
Reddock, 3rd b. 4 0 1 0
Mitchell, r. f. 3 0 0 0
Ash, 1. f. 3 0 0 0
Willis, 2nd b. 2 0 0 2
Sheriff, 2nd b. 1 1 0 1
McCarthy, c. 3 0 0 0
Allison, p. 3 0 0 0
TOTAL 30 5 4 4
Struck out by Allison, 8.
Walked by Allison, 3.
Home runs, Buckley 1; Cobb 1.
Doubles, Reddock 1.
Coolidge Dedicates
Irrigation Project
The Coolidge Dam, built for irri­gation
purposes, on the Gila River in
Arizona, was formally dedicated by
former President Coolidge on March
4. This dam, intended to furnish
water for the irrigation of 100,000
acres, was begun in January, 1927,
and completed in record time during
October, 1928. This dam, which is
the first multiple dome dam ever
constructed, has one complete dome
in the center, and two partial ones
ending in bedrock on each side. The
total length of the dam, including the
spillways is 920 feet, while the under
part of the center dome is approxi­mately
250 feet above bedrock.
This dam has a storage capacity of
1,200,000 acre feet, and based on
the average flow of the Gila River,
it will take three and a half years to
fill the entire storage capacity.
The domes of this immense dam
are twenty-seven feet thick at the
bottom, and the buttresses between
are sixty feet thick at the base. In
its construction 390,000 pounds of
concerte, 6,000,000 pounds of steel,
2,750,000 pounds of gates and iron­work
and 230,000 feet of waterproof­ing
were used while 330,000 cubic
yards of dirt and rock were excavat­ed.
Major C. R. Olberg, who designed
the structure, is assistant chief engi­neer
of the United States Indian
Irrigation Service.
Although this dam is 150 miles
away from Phoenix, and thirty.miles
from Globe, the nearest railroad
point, about 15,000 people were
present at the dedication. In his ded­icatory
address, Mr. Coolidge called
upon the people of the Southwest to
bring to completion another great
project, the Boulder Dam. He said
that to his mind, the dedication
should be, not one of the dam, but
of the people of the community and
state to the enjoyment of the bene­fits
of the water flowing from the
structure, and to the advancement
of the nation, to the benefits of edu­cation,
and to the making of better
homes and the making of a better
country. Governor J. C. Phillips and
party represented Arizona at the cere­monies.
MILITARY
Immediately following the annuon-cement
that Emory would substitute
a program of compulsory physical
education for compulsory military
training, the Carnegie Foundation
wrote Emory officials for a detailed
description of the plan.
Emory officials believe that the
Foundation, which attracted wide­spread
comment a few months ago by
its charges of subsidized players in
college athletics, is seriously consid­ering
the physical education program
to be inaugurated there as a solution
for the problem of overemphasis of
intercollegiate athletics.
Under this plan, to be installed
next year, Emory will have six grad­uate
coaches to direct the various
athletic activities of the freshmen.
These coaches, working under the
supervision of a physical director,
will devote their entire time to fresh­men.
Sophomore and senior college
athletics will be under the direction
of the faculty.
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We Will Be Open For Your Benefit
—On—
SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH
We Will Try to Give You the
Best Material and Service.
Men ^-Soles $1.00-$1.25
Heels '.. «35
Ladies V^-Soles .85
SHOES DYED ANY COLOR
Service With a Smile
Baker Shoe Shop
Ovimbundus Tribe
Holds Queer Lore
The associated Press reports the re­turn
to this country of W. D. Hamb-ly,
who has brought to the Field Mu­seum
of National History here the
lore of a little known primitive tribe
—the Ovuimbundus.
Among the strange customs of the
tribe, which inhabits the west coast
of Africa, is a superstition that a
blacksmith is not killed until he has
killed a man.
The superstitution was that the spi­rit
of the victim entered a wooden
idol, which the blacksmith kept near­by.
A tribe undressed and unashamed,
and another in which the women lean
to slight garb when past the age of
18, was found.
One tribe worshipped a white cro­codile,
said to be 200 years old, and
carefully watched by the British
government for fear small children
would be fed the monster as sacri­fices.
One forbidden custom, but practic­ed
nevertheless, is a barbaric test
of boys before acceptance into a tribe
as men. They undergo beatings and
minor mutilation and then are formed
to dance in front of the girls, from
among whom they choose a wife. The
girls undergo a similar ordeal, but
Dr. Hamby was not allowed to wit­ness
anything except the dance.
The beatings are especially severe
and the surgery often brings death
from infection, in which case the
wooden vessel, from which the sub­ject
ate, is sent to the boys' mother
with a hole punched in it, signifying
that the boy was not fitted to be­come
a man.
Busi. Women's Week
Is Observed In Auburn
Local Club Participates Actively in
Third Annual Celebration
The Auburn business and profes­sional
women's club participated ac­tively
in the third annual observance
of National Business Women's Week
which ends March 16, according to a
report by Miss Berta Dunn, president.
Members of the club went in a
body to the Baptist Church on March
9. Merchants of Auburn cooperated
by placing in their windows special
displays telling the story of how wo­men
are taking a prominent place in
business and industry. The posters
were prepared by the art craft class
in home economics at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. A prize of
$2.00 will be given for the best pos­ter
and fifty cents each for the next
four best. Miss Dunn stated that
winners have not yet been announced.
The Auburn library cooperated by
setting aside a business women's
bookshelf for the week. In addition,
Miss Dunn spoke over Station WAPI
on "Women in Business."
"Recent statistics show," she said,
"that women have entered all but 37
of the 572 occupations followed in the
United States, that there are 5,000
women lawyers, 7,000 women bank­ers,
25 women bank presidents, four
women railroad presidents, and^. near­ly
200,000 women owning and manag­ing
large farms." She added that the
business and professional woman is a
definite factor in the life of the na­tion—
a wholesome and intelligent
factor and that she has come to
stay.
The observance of the special week
at Auburn was in line with a national
observance sponsored by the National
Federation and its affiliated clubs
in an endeavor to give individual
communities of the nation a better
conception of what a business wo­men's
club means so that they may
better utilize the resources of tht
club in projects which make for com­munity
welfare.
HARVARD SCHOOL
INCREASES TUITION
Cambridge, Massfl—Due to higher
cost of instruction, and increase in
tuition at the Harvard University
Business School from $500 to $600 a
year will become effective with the
class entering next September, ac­cording
to an announcement.
The change was made in accord­ance
with the established policy pf
the school to maintain tuition at an
amount sufficient to pay for current
cost of instruction.
College Men Are Too
Much For George Ade
"When I went down to Purdue in
the eighties I was the only matricu­lant
from Newton County, Indiana,"
confesses George Ade in his article
concerning Purdue in the April "Col­lege
Humor," and" only three resi­dents
of the county were attending
so-called higher institutions of learn­ing,
although some of them were not
so altitudinal in those happy and
formative years.
"Now the main streets and country
lanes are congested with sophisticat­ed
lads and lasses who know all about
Paul Whiteman and 'Strange Inter­lude'
and 'Bob Zuppke, and how to
put it over on the dean of men.
Among all of them there is a similar­ity
of costuming. The faint note of
originality seldom overcomes the iron
bound dicta of prevailing modes. They
are a new crop, bearing no outward
resemblance to the whiskered Juniors
and Seniors whom I knew long ago
when the plug hat, the single breast­ed
Prince Albert, the 'gates ajar'
collar and a swollen cravat resemb­ling
a liver pad were the trade-marks
of undergraduate eminence.
"Just to size them up at a party or
see them in action, which is usually
slow motion picture stuff unless an
orchestra is playing, they all grew
in the same garden or had their heads
moulded in the same foundry or drop­ped
off the Tree of Life simultan­eously
and a little before they were
ripe—whichever figure of speech you
prefer. All of them pass the same
hard-boiled and dogmatic opinions re­garding
parents, elders, profs and
—girls. Their appraisements are posi­tive
and unaccountable. They have a
way of being bitterly indifferent to­ward
all young women approved by
their sisters and relatives. They glory
in their ignorance of current events
and sober issues confronting the
world of thought, and very often this
ignorance is abysmal and cannot be
fathomed by any deep-sounding ap­paratus
yet devised. On the other
hand, each of them is an 'Encyclo­pedia
Britannica' of unassociated
facts having to do with major sports,
comparative merits of motor cars,
sex phenomena, Greek letter politics
and those mysterious rules of classi­fication
by which the 'muckers' are
set apart from the 'good scouts' and
condemned to obloquy and perpetual
oblivion.
"They are too much for me. I
know that anyone who is still damp
behind the ears and has not had time
to acquire either wisdom or working
capital has no license to lord it over
a gray head who is an L. H. D. and
an LL.D. and a member of the Na-
'MISS BLUE BONNET"
WILL BE PRESENTED
HERE MONDAY NITE
(Continued from page 1)
without telling anyone of her plans.
Perplexing circumstances confront
the audience. The romances of the
young couples become snared in dif­ficulties.
Only after many amusing
events do they untangle and present
themselves in happy endings.
All through the play the choruses
songs among which ahroiraf raftr
weave in and out singing pretty
songs among which some of the pret­ties
are "Rainy Days," "A Romance
of Patches", and "Just Believe In
Me."
Magnolia, played by Inez Shepherd,
is one of the most enchanting parts
in the play. Murff Hawkins plays
the part of the boy who finds himself.
Abie Hardin is the gospel singer,
Bessie Rabie as Una, Miriam Toul-min
as Kate, Katherine Porter play­ing
as Minerva, Clara Parsons as
Janie Belle, Bertha Northrup as Su­sie,
Ruth Murray as Sally, Wes, play­ed
by Joe Jenkins, Thad, by Harry
Riley, and the choruses, made up of
high school girls, all blend into one
harmonious group of color and mu­sic.
Stage properties, that is all scen­ery,
lights, and all stage equipment
are under the complete charge of
Wendell Shaup and W. B. Thomas,
members of the Auburn Players.
Tickets for the performance are be­ing
sold by a committee presided over
by Miss Audrey Fuller. Those who
desire tickets may either see Miss
Fuller or some member of the com­mittee.
Admission will be nominal
in price, thirty-five cents for stu­dents
and fifty cents for others.
tional Institute, author of a dozen
successful plays and twenty assorted
books and landlord over two thousand
acres of unremunerative farm land
—no Sophomore has a right to give
me the cold eye, but when he does
so, I shrivel up and feel unworthy.
He is the aristocratic heir to all the
ages, and I am just a worker in the
fields. Most adults have been wor­rying
since the war about the vices
of youth. I'm not. The thing about
the undergraduate which intrigues me
and excites my wonderment is his
beautiful superiority complex, bathed
in the golden sunlight of self-assur­ance.
I'd like to get one just like
it."
But we are far from disposed to
rest on our achievements—not that
we are greedy, but we know that
progress is the law of the day and
that if we do not continue to go for­ward,
someone else will.
Series Vocational
Lectures Started
Dean Francis P. Bradshaw of the
University of South Carolina began
a series of ten lectures on vocational
and educational guidance for students
last Tuesday night at the Peabody
auditorium.
Dr. Bradshaw is an eminent autho­rity
on personal work among college
men, having specialized in this work
for many years. He is a member
of the American Council of Education,
vice-president of the American Voca­tional
association, president of the Na­tional
Association of Appointed Sec­retaries
and is dean of students at
the University of South Carolina.
The subjects which were discussed
by Dr. Bradshaw during his confer­ence
at the University were: Factors
producing the personnel movement;
factors in a vocational orientation pro­gram;
demonstration interviews; edu­cational
guidance; procedure and tools
of educational work, and methods of
organization of vocational and educa-tinal
guidance.
Dr. Bradshaw's talks were enthu­siastically
received by both faculty
and students.
ENGINEERS' CLUB
TO MEET MONDAY^
(Continued from page 1)
sleight of hand will be demonstrated
by Professor C. R. Hixon. Professor
J. A. C. Callan will present lantern
slides of interesting engineering sub­jects.
Many of the committees at work on
the details of Engineers' Day have
already made reports. Arrangements
for the ball to be given in the eve­ning
have been fulfilled. Floats for
parade, games and contests to be
played on Drake Field, addresses, en­tertainments
have been attended to,
and all indications point to a big day
for the Engineers.
An automatic apparatus with which
the colors of transparent and opaque
objects can be analyzed with scienti­fic
accuracy in ten seconds has been
developed in the graduate laborato­ries
of the University of Pennsyl­vania.
L
We Will Screen
HAPPY DAYS
Sunday Night, 8:45
TIGER THEATRE
DEAN WILMORE RETURNS
FROM MINING CONGRESS
(Continued from page 1)
a South-wide development system in
cooperation with state work in order
that prospective industries may find
the very best location not- only in a
state but in the entire South to locate
new industries.
Dean Wilmore represented the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute at the
meeting. In addition to the key-note
address of Governor Graves, Erskine
Ramsay, of Birmingham, was chair­man,
and Thad Holt, manager of the
Alabama Industrial Development
Board, was a conspicuous figure at
the CongresB, Dean Wilmore said.
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