1929-03-24 The Plainsman

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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1929. NUMBER 44
GREEK COUNCIL
TO CELEBRATE
" EASTER SUNDAY
Egg Hunt Will Feature Annual
Fraternity Observance
Of Eastertide
MANY PRIZES GIVEN
Plans Practically Completed
For A g Bottom "Egg Search"
Easter Sunday, March 31, will
again be celebrated this year by the
Interfraternity Council with an
Easter Egg Hunt; Tom Walthall,
president of the organization, states
that plans are rapidly formulating,
-and it is predicted that the celebra­tion
will be a success.
The fraternities composing the In­terfraternity
Council will send fresh­men
representatives to participate in
the annual Egg Scramble; the rats
will meet at the Lambda Chi Alpha
house at two P. M. Easter Sunday af­ternoon,
and from there they will
march to Ag Bottom, the scene of the
fray.
Aside from the "egg searching,"
the biggest attraction will be a
scramble for a large "golden egg,"
over which all freshman will fight.
A prize of real value will be awarded
to the fraternity represented by the
rat who succeeds in keeping the egg.
Prizes will also be awarded for the
best and most effectively dressed
participants; last year, it will be re­membered,
several "tots" very gra­ciously
imitated Cupid.
RADIOGRAMS BE
SENT FREE HERE
Station W4AQ Offers Novel Method
Sending Greetings
The college amateur radio station
W4AQ, on the third floor of Broun
Hall has recently prepared a place
for the leaving of radiograms to be
sent by the station. These messages
will be sent to any part of the United
States, and to any part of the world
when possible.
Amateur stations are not allowed
to charge for this service and as a re­sult,
cannot have quite as efficient
a system as that of commercial com­panies.
However, all messages left
with W4AQ for transmission will be
sent at the earliest possible time after
filing, it was announced. Delivery
cannot be guaranteed,, but the op­erating
staff will do all that it can to
get each and every mesage to its des­tination.
If the message is of great import­ance,
it should be given to a com­mercial
radio or telegraph company.
The amateur radiogram offers a nov­el
method of sending greetings to
friends and in some cases will be
found valuable in communicating
messages of a more serious nature.
W. M. Garrard, Secretary of the
Auburn Radio Club, stated that any­one
may send a radiogram simply by
writing it out and dropping it in the
slit cut in the door on the third floor
of Broun Hall. The length of a mes­sage
should not exceed fifteen or
twenty words, excluding the address.
Alpha Lambda Tau
Sends Delegates
To National Fraternity Convention
In Birmingham, April. 4-6
Beta chapter of the Alpha Lambda
Tau fraternity will send several dele­gates
to the annual national conven­tion
which will be held in Birming­ham
on April 4, 5, and 6. The alum­ni
chapter in Birmingham and Eta
chapter of Howard College will be
the hosts at the gathering; the head­quarters
will be located at the Tut-wiler
Hotel.
The Auburn delegation will be
composed of the following men: W.
B. Jackson, of Monroeville, presi­dent
of Beta chapter; J. B. Kincaid,
of Leeds; J. K. Smith, Jr., of Eu-taw,
treasurer of Beta; and Max Wil­liams,
of Birmingham. R. J. Sherer,
of Jasper, is an alternate delegate.
Alpha Lambda Tau was founded
at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta,
Georgia, in 1916; Beta chapter was
established at Auburn in 1922.
Patent Obtained Phonograph Attachment CAMPUS IS GIVEN
SPRING DRESSING
Don May, and Proposed Phonograph Equipped With Counterbalance
Attachment
Senior Invents Device Whereby
Machine Be Played Any Position
Don May, Auburn Senior, has in­vented
and recently received a pat­ent
for an attachment for a phono­graph
which will enable it to be play­ed
in any position. The invention con­sists
of a counterbalance- for the re­producer
and tone arm with a lead
weight, and a small spring on the in­side
of the "elbow" to produce pres­sure
on the record. The arm is made
of one piece of metal and not of the
"throw back" type. The weight is
so placed that it will balance the
arm and reproducer in any plane,
such as upside-down, on its side or
on its end.
The purpose of the invention is to
make it possible to have music in
places where it was heretofore impos-sibe.
This phonograph has many ad­vantages
over the ordinary kind be­cause
it may be operated in any
plane, and may be shaken or bounced
while -playing. These machines will
have regular places in canoes, motor
boats, small yachts, aeroplanes, and
in automobiles. It is difficult to play
the ordinary kind of machine in an
automobile even when it is not in
motion, because the seats are form-fitting
and not level.
The device was invented last Aug­ust
and a model was made. The mod­el
worked so well that Don applied
for a patent, and since that time he
has been perfecting the device and
has had -several offers for financing
of the invention. Prof. J. Thomas
Allen, "of East Radford, Va., and
Comer C. Pierce, of Louisville, Ala.,
have formed with Don M. May, of
Bennettsville, S. C, a syndicate for
the purpose of incorporating the pro­motion
of the invention under the
name of The Equipoise Phonograph
Co. The commercial center of the
Company is to be Birmingham, Ala.
The first machine that will be
placed on the market is to be a port­able
with some new features such as:
longer, sound chamber with large
area' and large sound outlet, and a
thin lid which may be either open or
closed when the machine is being,
played. A very neat appearance will
be obtained by means of a metal case
covered with leather, and the port­able
machine is to have a rich tone
and large volume. Other models are
to be made by the company when the
corporation is well established.
Don May is a Senior in Elec. Eng.
at Auburn. He spent his first two
years of College at Ga. Tech, and
since he has been at Auburn he has
made many friends and takes a large
place in the campus activities. He is
member and manager of the tennis
team, member of Auburn Tennis
Club, member of the Auburn Radio
Club, Associate Editor of the Au­burn
Engineer, Circulation Manager
of the Cajoler, and a member."of the
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
A. H. FEAGIN, ROAD
ENGINEER, IS ILL
Former Graduate Stricken After
Heroic Work in Flood Area
A. H. Feagin, Auburn graduate of
'89, division engineer for the
State Highway Department, who
came out of the South Alabama flood
area Thursday, thoroughly, exhausted
from long hours of directing the re­pair
of • roads and bridges, so that
supplies for refugees could move by
automobile into the devastated towns,
was stricken yesterday with paraly­sis
which has affected his entire left
side.
From his home in Union Springs,
where he lies desperately ill, the in­formation
came last night that his
condition is critical.
For four days and five nights, "Mr.
Feagin worked, with only a few
hours of sleep in all that time, it is
stated; snatching a little food when­ever
he could and harrying from
point to point, to see that the con­struction
forces were making all
speed possible. His illness is be­lieved
to be the direct result of his
almost super-human efforts in bring­ing
relief to flood sufferers.
WAPI GREAT AID
TO FLOOD VICTIMS
$75,000 In Cash Raised And 12 Cars
Supplies Shipped To Area
Business Fraternity
Banquets In Opelika
Beta Alpha Sigma And Guests Enjoy
Social Evening
Beta Alpha Sigma, local honorary
fraternity of Business Administra­tion,
and one of the most active on
the campus this year, entertained its
members and several guests at a ban­quet
Thursday night at the Clement
Hotel in Opelika. All the guests
(Continued on page 4)
Professor L. N. Duncan, director of
the Extension Service, speaking today
over WAPI, related to the radio au­dience
the immediate steps of aid
taken by the radio station staff in
behalf of the "hundreds of Alabam-ians
made destitute by the devastat­ing
floods of the past two weeks. He
said that when he left the station in
Birmingham yesterday morning, prac-
.tically $75,000 in cash had been raised
through WAPI, and in addition the
staff had just finished shipping the
twelfth carload of supplies; also, that
it is likely that the staff raised more
in actual cash and supplies than the
entire cost of the station up to this
time, and that it is impossible to es­timate
the value of the station in giv-
(Continued on page 4)
Ag Club Will Meet
Georgia In Debate
Scruggs And Drane Will Defend
Negative Side
The annual interscholastic Ag Club
debate between representatives of
the Agricultural college here and the
Georgia State Agricultural college
will be held in Athens, Georgia, April
5. B. Q. Scruggs, Junior, of Cull­man
county and Becker Drane,
Sophomore, of Brookhaven, Miss.,
will defend the negative side of the
question, "Resolved: That lands de­voted
to reforestation should be
exempt from taxation for a period of
twenty years." W. C. Welden,
Junior, has been chosen as Auburn's
alternate speaker.
During the past few days the cam­pus
force of Auburn has been ex:
tremely busy in taking care of sev­eral
thousand plants and shrubs
which have been purchased by the col­lege.
A nursery has been started
back of the R. O. T.'C. stables with
the view of landscaping the entire
campus and over a hundred shrubs
have already been planted at .the
base of Ramsay Hall. One of the
latest addition to the equipment of
the campus force is a new one horse
power lawn mower. The grounds
around the two new fraternity
houses are being graded by the col­lege
and directly across the street
"Ag" bottom is being cleared of all
the undergrowth which has accumu­lated
there during the winter.
THIEVES ENTER
COLLIERS SHOP
Fifth Robbery Within Week
Provokes Activity Among
Citizens
FRESHMEN WIN
IN THIRD MEET
OF THIS SEASON
Jones and Baskerville Get De­cision
in Birmingham-
Southern Debate
IS DISTINCT TRIUMPH
Considered Almost Impossible
For Affirmative To Win
Another petty robbery occurred
last Thursday night when thieves en­tered
Collier's Shoe Shop and pil-ferred
the place. The robbers broke
into the shop through the back win­dow,
taking a pane out and crawling
through the hole; they left through
the front door. Mr. Collier, manager
of the shop, reported the loss to be
small \only several pairs of shoes
having been missed. City officers
have been working on the case.
Professor A. L. Thomas went to
Montgomery last week to the State
Law Enforcement Office, to arrange
investigations of robberies which oc­curred
early last Sunday morning. At
Kilby prison finger-prints were taken
from the cash register of the Student's
Supply Shop, and negatives were
made . A county officer was instruct­ed
to go to Auburn and get finger­prints
of several suspects; the finger
prints will be contrasted with those
on the cash register. The officer will
also investigate the other places
which were robbed and will get fin-thieves.
The town will assume part
of the expenses.
Course In Paints And
Varnishes To Be Given
Professor M. T. Fullan Will Conduct
Radio Discussion
A short course over radio in the
practical household use of paints and
varnishes will be given by WAPI dur­ing
the noon programs from Auburn
of the week March 25-30. Prof. M.
Thomas Fullan, head professor of me­chanical
drawing and machine de­signing,
will conduct this radio course
with a series of five ten-minute dis­cussions,
including refinishing of fur­niture,
lacquers, and auto finishings.
In addition, there Will be the regular
features from other departments of
the college.
The short course in paints and
varnishes is designed to give practi­cal
information to farmers and house­wives
regarding their use in home
beautification.
Monday: "Outside Painting," Prof.
Fullan; "A Book Review," Prof. H.
W. Adams of the English department;
Dr. Duncan C. Harkin, violin and
Prof. Walter Kinkaid, piano.
Tuesday: "Timely Poultry Topics,"
Prof. John E. Ivey, head of poultry
industry; "Inside Painting," Prof.
Fullan; Jerry Feagin, tenor, and J.
W. Gwin, Jr., Violin.
Wednesday: "Ways of Character
Building," Dr. Beulah Clark Van
Wagenon; "Varnishes and Stains,"
Prof. Fullan; Home Economics fea­ture;
Student Quartet.
Thursday: "Auburn's Method of
Encouraging Scholarship," Charles
W. Edwards, assistant registrar; "B-Battery
Eliminators," Prof. J. A. C.
Callan; Instrumental trio: L. B. Hall-man,
euphonium, J. B. Leslie, trum­pet,
and Mrs. Mark Drake Askew,
piano.
Friday: "Refinishing Furniture,"
Prof. Fullan; Home Economics fea­ture;
Rev. O. D. Langston, tenor.
(Continued on page 4)
The Auburn debating team won a
decision over Birmingham-Southern,
in their thrid debate of the season,
in Birmingham, the question being:
"Resolved, that expert jurists, three
to five in number, should be sub­stituted
for the present system of
trial by jury. Two freshmen, J. Mac
Jones and William Baskerville, rep­resented
Auburn on the affirmative
side.
That this first win of the season
was a distinct triumph for the Auburn
argurers is forcibly shown by the fact
that several Southern universities
have complained that this question
debated is weighted so heavily in fa­vor
of the negative that it seems
almost impossible for the affirmative
to win a decision.
Paul Spurlin, Professor of French
at Southern and chairman of the fac­ulty
committee on debating, at one
time himself a famous debater, gave
a critical analysis of the debate. The
decision was renderd by the custom­ary
three-judge system.
The debate was singular in view of
the fact that J. Mac Jones was noti­fied
that he was to take part only
twelve hours before the debate.
Clifton Kirkpatrick had been sche­duled
to make the trip, when, Thurs­day
afternoon he became ill, his fever
reaching 102 in a few hours. The
doctor declaring that it "would be im­possible
for him to go, young Jones
was immediately notified that it was
necessary that he act as a substitute.
ENGINEERS' DANCE
IS NOW ASSURED
Definite plans for Engineer's Day,
April 12, are rapidly nearing comple­tion.
A recent announcement from
the general chairman of the project
committees states that girls may be
invited from points as far as Mont­gomery
and Columbus. Special ar­rangements
may be made for those
girls who cannot return that night.
The final date for the placing of bids
in the box in the Ramsay reading
room will be Tuesday, March 26, at
10 A. M-The
dance will last from 9:30 till
1:00; Max Jones and his Collegians
have been engaged for the affair.
The chairman, Charles Bradley, also
stated that there are only a few tick­ets
for the banquet left, and that
these may be purchased at the price
of one dolar each.
Besides the banquet and dance,
there will also be an engineering mov­ing
picture, to which the white rib­bon
to be worn by all engineers on
that day will admit one.
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FACULTY ATTENDS
A.E.A. CONVENTION
Auburn Alumni Take Prominent Part
Convention Activities
Many of the faculty and alumni
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
have been in attendance in Birming­ham
during the past few days at the
1929 convention of the Alabama Edu­cation
Association. Many of the of­ficers
of the association and speak­ers
during these meetings are old
graduates of Auburn who have been
actively engaged in educational work
in Alabama.
Dr. C. W. Daugette, president of
the state normal school at Jackson­ville,
who for the last year has been
president of the A. E. A., is a gradu­ate
of A. P. I., as is Dr. Charles B.
Glenn, superintendent of the schools
of Birmingham and host to the Ala­bama
Education Association upon
the occasions of its frequent meet­ings
in the Magic City. Another
prominent member of the A. E. A.,
who was a former student of Auburn,
is W. T. Harrison, First Vice-Presi­dent.
Thursday evening at six o'clock a
dinner was held in the ball room of
the Tutwiler Hotel for the Auburn
teachers in attendance at the Con­vention.
Dr. C. A. Brown, Asst. Supt.
of the city schools of Birmingham
and graduate of A. P. I., was toast-master.
The following is a list of the
faculty members of Auburn who
were present at the convention:
President Bradford Knapp, Dean
George Petrie, Dean J. W. Scott,
Dean B. B. Ross, Dean Zebulon Judd,
Dr. R. W. Allen, Mr. J. V. Brown,
Dr. Irvine, Professor M. L. Beck,
Dr. R. L. Johns, Dr. and Mrs. Van
Wagenon, Professor S. L. Chesnutt,
Dr. B. R. Showalter, Dr. Fred Alli­son,
Professor J. R. Rutland, Mr. C.
W. Edwards, Director L. N. Duncan,
Mr. P. O. Davis, Professor C. D.
Killebrew, Miss Zoe Dobbs, Profes­sor
J. F. Duggar, Professor J. M. Rob­inson,
Dr. W. A. Gardner, Miss
Louise Glanton, Professor T. P. At­kinson,
Dr. E. R. Miller, Mr. C. C.
Brooks, Dean L. Jones, Dr. Leo Gos-ser.
ICEBOUND" BE
GIVEN TONIGHT
Amateur Offering Far Above
Average, Opinion Dr.
Gosser
STATION WAPI
BECOMES PART
NATIONAL UNIT
Decision For Affiliation with
Radio Chain Reached
Thursday
FIRST PROGRAM MONDAY
Offerings of Educational and
Local Character Continued
The play "Icebound" to be present­ed
bythe Auburn Players at Langdon
Hall tonight, is made an unusual at­traction
by its wealth of local color.
The setting is the village of Vezey,
in the state of Maine. The characters
are drawn very accurately and are
true representatives of the class of
Main "small towners." The author,
Owen Davis, has depicted very well
the individual characters, and has
breathed into them the essence of
human nature in addition to the ty-pification
of Maine. Dr. Charles P.
Weaver, onetime Professor of Eng­lish
at the University of Maine, says
of this play: "I have been through
Vezey and the surrounding section of
Maine. Vezey is a town of about
five hundred people. These are peo­ple
of moderate means and are im­bued
with the spirit of frugality ty­pical
of the state. The play 'Ice­bound'
is very true to life as to char­acterization.
The plot is very ap­propriate
and reasonable, and the play
overflows'with realism." Dr. Weav­er's
judgment is lent force by the
fact that "Icebound" was the Pul­itzer
Prize winner for 1923.
The female lead in "Icebound" is
played by Martha Haupt, who was
voted "Miss Personality" of Auburn.
The other parts are played by stu­dents
prominent in dramatic work in
Auburn. These amateur actors and
actresses have labored long"1 and
faithfully, under the direction of Dr.
Leo Gosser, to make this play-an -ex-,
cellent and worthwhile one. They are
offering to Auburn a class of ama­teur
theatrical far above the aver­age.
The cast of "Icebound" follows:
Jane Crosby, Martha Haupt; Ben
Jordan, Murff Hawkins; Henry Jor­dan,
Campbell Nethery; Emma, Clari-bel
Parsons; Nettie, Evelyn Bryant;
Ella, Margaret Lawrenz, Sadie, Izola
Williams; Orin, Ann Daugherty;
Judge Bradford, Louis Lankford;
Doctor Curtis, Charles Rush; Hannah,
Blanche Taricredi; Jim Jay, S. D.
Raines.
Stacey Awarded
Large Contract
Will Install Electrical Equipment
Entire Georgia Village
W. C. Stacey, former Auburn stu­dent,
and at present an electrical con­tractor
here, recently was awarded
the largest contract of its type that
has ever been let in the South. The
Goodrich Rubber Company accepted
his bid on the electrical equipping of
five hundred and ten houses in the
Goodrich factory community in
Thomaston, Georgia.
Mr. Stacey up to this time had con­fined
his work mainly to Auburn,
having outfitted many building pro­jects
in this vicinity within the past
year.
Radio Station WAPI, in Birming­ham,
will join the network of the
National Broadcasting Company im­mediately.
The first chain program
for the station will go on the air at
10 p. m. Monday. It will be the na­tional
grand opera program pre­sented
in the studios of Station
WEAF in New York City.
Final action for the hookup of the
Birmingham station with the nation­al
system was taken at a meeting of
the officials and the board of control
in the studios in the Protective Life
Building Thursday. Dr. Bradford
Knapp presided. Other members of
the board are Dr. George H. Denny,
president of the University of Ala­bama,
and Dr. O. C. Carmichael, presi­dent
of Alabama College, Montevallo.
Others present were Dr. L. N. Dun­can,
director; P. O. Davis, general
manager; Walter N. Campbell,
manager; W. A. Young, assistant
manager and announcer, and Dr.
James E. Thomas, who is in charge
of programs to be broadcast by the
University of Alabama. It was the
first meeting of the board of control
since the University and Montevallo
joined the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
in the ownership and opera­tion
of the station, four weeks ago.
The initial schedule of chain broad­casting
calls for one program each
(Continued on page 4)
Annual "A" Day To
Be Held Here April 1
Baseball Game With Lions Scheduled
For Afternoon
The Auburn "A Club" will cele­brate
its annual "A Day" this year
on Monday, April 1; the features of
the day will be a game between the
Auburn and Montgomery "Lions"
baseball teams and most probably an
"A Club" dance in the evening.
The Montgomery "Lions" will
journey to Auburn to meet the Tigers,
the game to begin at 2 P. M. Ad­mission
charges for students will be
fifty cents, and for others, one dol­lar.
The Lions won the Southeastern
League pennant last year, and all
indications point for a good season in
1929 for that club. The Tigers, al­though
they suffer the loss of five of
the 1928 regulars, are picked by many
to win the Southern Conference base­ball
championship again this year.
Although the consent of the ad­ministration
has not been granted yet,
the "A" Club dance will take place
on the evening of April Fool Day.
Coach Moulton has not yet picked
his starting lineup for the game, as
several games will be played before.
April 1, and it is too early to make
any selections. Selma will be played
on March 28, and Tulane on March
29 and 30; Carter will probably pitch
against Selma, and Lee and Roper
will start the two Tulane games.
These decisions are not final, as there
is almost a week of practice before
the trip is to be made.
Alpha Phi Epsilon
• To Initiate Fifteen
New Members Be Guests At Banquet
Following Ceremony
Alpha Phi Epsilon, national honor­ary
speech arts fraternity, will init­iate
fifteen pledges next Thursday
night at its regular annual initiation.
Immediately following the ceremony
the chapter will entertain the new
members at a banquet, in the Eastern
Star room.
Alabama Alpha chapter of Alpha
Phi Epsilon was established on this
campus in 1917. President of the
local chapter this year is Gene Walsh,
a junior in the school of civil engi­neering.
PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN SUNDAY, MARCH 2J4, 1929.
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CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Circulation Managers: Walter Smith '31,
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Assistants: B. W. Kincaid '32; R. A. Mann
'32; Roy Wilder '32, Cleveland Adams,
,'32, J. M. Barton '32.
team would not call the halfback's signal
to carry the ball unless he was in his frat.
When someone did carry the ball only his
fraternity brothers would give him inter­ference
or open holes in the line for him.
When a captain was elected the best man
got the captaincy only when he had more
brothers on the squad than the second
best man. This rivalry was also carried
on outside the athletic grounds. Many
street fights and much trouble was the re­sult.
Of course, Auburn hasn't gotten so far
as yet, and we hope it never will. But it
has been rumored that some of the so-call­ed
fraternity loyalty has been carried to
our football field and our basketball floor.
Let us hope this is not true.
In supporting school athletics this riv­alry
that always exists between fraterni­ties
is greatly desirable if it is a friendly
rivalry, rivalry that strives to get the
greatest number of their members as spec­tators.
This rivalry where each fraternity
is striving to surpass the other in doing
things for the school is the kind of rivalry
every college wants among its fraternities.
It Is Time For Auburn
Citizenship To Act
Another robbery Thursday night re­minds
us again that we are not protected
by competent police power. Robberies in
the town number over ten in the last few
months. All of these were business houses.
J. W. Wright's, The Style Shop, Homer
Wright, Student Supply Shop, Ideal Laun­dry,
Jitney Jungle, Tiger Theatre, and
latest, Collier's Shoe Shop, have been vis­ited
by night marauders and have felt the
hand of the robber, some of these houses
more than once.
How can the city put up with it? Why
sit by in a lethargy and let our beds be
stolen from beneath us before something
is done? Taxpayers in Auburn should re­ceive
more for their money than they are
getting, in the way of police protection.
. At present the city pays three-hundred
and thirty dollars each month for the sal­aries
of a street-cleaning supervisor, a stu­dent
policeman, a student fireman, and a
chief of police. We believe that this money
could be spent more effectively. Why not
pay two competent men, trained in fire
and police protection, one hundred and
fifty, dollars a month salaries to serve as
firemen and policemen combined? Each
man to work a twelve-hour shift and also
be available' at all times for call service.
The man on day shift could easily assume
the task of supervising the negroes employ­ed
as street-cleaners. A student watchman
could be retained for twenty-five dollars
to patrol the town and campus for the
purpose of reporting fires, and twenty-five
dollars would be a sufficient sum to pro­vide
housing four volunteer firemen. One
twenty-five dollar per month student
watchman and a trained policeman could
give protection here at night, with the
other policemen ready on call and the four
firemen ready in case a fire broke out.
This would entail a monthly pay-roll of
three-hundred and fifty dollars, twenty
dollars more than is spent at present.
Under this plan we believe that better
protection could be obtained. Any man
can enforce pool-room regulations and ar­rest
an occasional Sambo who is caught
shooting dice; the apprehension of robbers
is a different matter. Trained men are
needed. The number of robberies occurring
demands them.
A policeman and a student nightwatch-man
could patrol the town at night; the
business section is no larger than the beat
of a city policeman; four men ready on
call could efficiently manage the fire ap­paratus;
would it be better? Obviously it
is time for the citizens to act; street-corner
and drug-store discussions and dark fore­bodings
won't deter determined robbers;
that has been shown too plainly.
It has come to a situation that must be
changed. We are at the mercy of snea-thieves
who work on a large scale. It is
time for something to be done.
A National Movement
To Eliminate Horseplay
The movement to lessen fraternity
horseplay has taken a national aspect, our
exchanges show.
Schools from Texas to Maine have taken
action to make the life of a neophyte more
pleasant. •
This movement had evidently been
growing for years until this year when the
action became concerted. It is probable
that the affair at .the University of Texas
early last fall, when a student died from
electric shock, intimated the movement.
This accident created^ investigations at
that school by the 4egislature, the univer­sity,
and intermediate organizations. For
a while it seemed that all fraternities would
be barred.
Illinois and Wisconsin are among the
schools now considering the subject and
preparing for action by the Interfrater-nity
Council, or other governing bodies.
It is probable that, with the lessening of
severity in initiations, the freshman life
in fraternities will be made a trife harder.
But even if that is the .result, the fraternity
and pledge will profit. That will not af­fect
his scholastic standing, as prolonged
initiations did.
" L i U l e T h i n g s"
By Tom Bigbee
We think that a huge monument
should be erected to the memory of that
fellow who coined the well-known and all-too-
true phrase, "Procrastination is the
thief of time." Another man has said that
this is a human weakness; we wonder if
there is a corrective drug for it? Here,
indeed, is a fertile field for some inventive
chap?
There comes to mind a statement made
by a man of years. and experience—and
an Auburn graduate—about a decade past.
He said, "Man goes the way of least re­sistance."
Which also bears its part of
truth.
One corrector for these "procrastina­tion"
and "least resistance" elements is
the written recitation; but when it comes
to that, we are almost willing to procras­tinate
right on down the lane of least
resistance!
No doubt you have been reading the
poetic produjctioms of "Convict number
969," in "Auburn Footprints". We must ad­mit
(he, she, it) is distinctly good, and
no joking. Ye columnist entertains a poetic
fever; we wonder if it might be possible
to gain entrance behind the bars, and
spend a few days with 969.
What do you think of the recent edi­torial
attack on the police system here?
Will it hold water? I'm speaking of the
attack.
Robbery in the business section of Au-*
burn seems to be growing quite common.
There's a loose nut somewhere that ought
to be screwed down.
Reports of Auburn alumni organization
and activities sound good. 'The "parents"
of any institution can well nigh make
or break it, if they will; and organization -
such as is now going on doesn't sound like
any breaking program.
If you want to be optimistic, boost the
Auburn tennis team, and hope it victory in
the approaching combats. Three hi-s for
their chance, and pluck.
^ AUBURN FOOTPRINTS «
A play depicting the future of marriage
and divorce laws will be produced at the
University of California soon.
Newsreels will be made of the winners
of a beard growing contest at U. of Minn.
Letters to the Editor
Fraternities
And Athletics
Is the ever-existing rivalry between our
i. aternities doing more harm than good?
Is this rivalry hurting our athletics? We
answer, "We hope not."
Athletics at one of the larger colleges
in Kentucky were almost ruined by fra­ternities.
The quarterback on its football
On board S. S. "Adriatic"
March 2, 1929.
Editor of The' Plainsman:
Perhaps this little newspaper, published
on board ship at sea, may interest you.
The Adriatic was built in 1905 and is
therefore 24 years old,.but on account of
its size, almost 25,00* tons, and an un­usually
smooth sea, there has so far been
but little rolling, and almost no sickness
among the passengers.
We are now about 600 miles from land
and sailing almost due east. Until this
morning the rain and bitter cold weather
in which we left New York, followed us;
but at about nine o'clock the sun came out,,
and by evening we expect to strike the
Gulf Stream and warm weather.
I have been agreeably surprised and de­lighted
with the accommodations and ser­vice
offered the tourist cabin passengers,
and was even more with the passengers
themselves. Practically every college in
the United States is represented, particu­larly
theological seminaries and the minis­try.
For instance, one of the most inter­esting
men I talked with yesterday turned
out to be Director of the Near East Relief,
and like myself, is leaving the ship at
Athens for a nine day stay in Greece.
I would strongly advise all who are
contemplating a trip abroad, to select the
tourist cabin class and save about half
the cost of the ocean passage. The ac­commodations
are practically on a par
with those of the Pullman class of .our
railroads. Dining rooms and service are
especially good—while I write, an excellent
orchestra is playing, and last evening there
was dancing for those who enjoy this
strenuous form of exercise. A fair library
is- at the service of readers.
The Adriatic being a British ship, tea
is served every afternoon at 4:00 o'clock
—British characteristics touch one on all
sides—and most delightfully so. For in­stance,
we were puzzled last evening to
know what "Sandwich Pastry" meant—
only to discover later that it was layer
cake.
With most cordial regards to all at Au­burn,
by whose thoughtfulness I am at
last headed for the "land of di'eams",—
and not yet certain that I may not wake up
and find it all a dream.
Very sincerely,
FREDERIC CHILD BIGGIN.
What Does This Mean?
Here is -something new at the Univer­sity
of Wisconsin. Donald Meiklejohn, son
of the head of the experimental college,
returned from a trip with the hockey team
to find that he had been honored by elec­tion
to the board of Memorial Union. He
declined with thanks, and the reason he
gives is interesting—"It has been my ex­perience
that even participation in athletics
tends to be incompatible with the amount
of time I should like to give to my scholas­tic
work."
Imagine that, in a- world of coonskin
coats and extra-curricula societies that of­fer
opportunity for an, ambitious young
man to become a popular idol in the stu­dent
body. Junior Meiklejohn doesn't say
that there should be no outside activities.
He recognizes the value of athletics, as
shown by his participation in games. But
he actually wants some time left to study.
For years the trend has been the other
way. The old college, composed of a small,
select student body interested primarily
in textbooks, is gone, probably forever.
In its place we have a crowded university
world in which students—no, not students,
but collegiate "citizens"— spend a mini­mum
of time in scholastic work and a
maximum in letting their light shine upon
admiring fellows. And now one among
them actually pushes aside the crown and
calls for the old dog-eared texts. Is it an
earthquake or just a revolution?—Milwau­kee
Journal. ,
HASHED SCRAPS
A stranger who had been in the thriving town of CarrollOon, Georgia but a
few days lost a very valuable dog. He went to the newspaper office and wrote an
advertisement to be run that afternoon, offering twenty-five dollars reward for
the dog. Evening came, and no paper appeared. Finally, anxious to see his ad,
the gentleman went down to the newspaper and found only Weemie Baskin there.
"Isn't there going to be any paper this evening?" he inquired. "No, Sir!" re­plied
Mr. Baskin, "No paper today. Everybody's out hunting that dog." This
foregoing story may not contain the truth and nothing but the truth, but it is
vouched for by Weem's friend Watkin Johnson. The latest dope on Sid (Scotch­man)
Stewart is that he took his girl to a free art exhibit and insisted that she
walk rapidly, and explained to her that by so doing, they got the effect of
watching moving pictures—and saved fifty cents. We have noticed with not a
small degree of consternation an august would-be barrister of the sophomore
class—is his name Overton?—falling from grace in the minds of many, while, para­doxical
as it may seem, it is said that he is in reality falling for Grace. He seemed
almost to have attained the reputation of the admired woman-hater, when he
recently became most deliciously moon-eyed—and indications point to the fact
that Moon is also enshrined in his heart.
* * * * * * * * * *
ON A JAILBIRD
Say fellows! If I have my way the very next time
I see that guy convict number 969
And if I'm in my present state of mind
\ I'll surely make him hard to find.
I'll tell that crazy love sick yap
To get his carcass off this good old map.
Why every time I read his verses
They bring to mind the worst of cui'ses
To describe a guy that will spoil good rhyme
Trying to tell of guys that have beat his time.
Right now I'm madder than all get out,
He doesn't even know what it's all about.
If he doesn't get the blondes off his mind
His number will be the sum total of nine minus mine.
In spite of his vei'ses he might be a poet,
Highly improbable, he surely don't show it.
Why any guy can write his kind of rhyme,
If you dont' believe it take a look at mine.
From his accounts of all the dames he has met
And he hasn't found one that will half do, yet,
Huh! Well, all I have to say'
Is, he simply isn't made that way.
But even if he don't find one in this fair clime,
He better beware and stay away from mine.
Now fellows, I hope the Editor's time
Is to valuable to waste on 969,
Because if he does any more of his print,
We'll all know he naturally can't take a hint.
But if he will print our dear little rhyme
We'll excuse him for those of jailbird 969.
—Capt. Frubells
(Of the jailhouse guard)
* * * * * * *• " * * *
THIS WEEK'S FANTASY
A new professor, dictating a few days ago, was in doubt as to the use of a
certain phrase, so he said to the stenographer: - " '
"Do you retire a loan?" . N
The wistful-eyed one replied rather sleepily:
"No, I sleep with mama."
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
COST OF A SLOGAN
From every billboard, from within the
pages of every magazine they stare at us,
opera singers, vaudevilleans, athletes, mili­tary
men, and women of the headlines, all
joining in one unanimous tribute and tell­ing
how, when they feel that irresistible
temptation, they "Reach for a Lucky in­stead
of a ' Sweet". George Washington
Hill, president of the American Tobacco
Company, spent over twelve million dol­lars
putting this slogan over on a public
already avid on the subject of reducing
and keeping fit. The result you see every­where,
you even hear it over the air
during Lucky Strike hour. And the public
has responded eagerly to the adjuration
of its idols. Lucky Strike sales have sky­rocketed
tremendously under the impetus
of such advertising and have several times
over repaid the cost of the campaign.—
Sewanee Purple.'
THE GEDUNK
I am the good fraternity brother, who
believes that all the property, clothes and
money of my brothers, also belongs to me.
When a brother has something new that I
like, I help myself and wear it. Then. I
cast about for another dear brother to prey
upon. I am very likely to make great
plans for a week-end, only to discover at
the last moment, that I have no money, so
I must be financed by another kind broth­er.
Of course I know that I am a parasite
upon my friends, but we belong to the same
fraternity and they must endure me.
IT WOULD BE FINE
Plans were discussed at a meeting of the
Young Women's Christian Association re­cently,
for a Big Sister movement at the
Oklahoma A. and M. College.
It is the intention of the organization to
create a system and tradition in the college
by which freshman girls are to be met at
the train, assisted in registration, and ac­quainted
with the college in general. This
movement is a little late in coming, as you
will see by comparison with our own sys­tem;
but at that I wouldn't mind being a
big brother to the big sister organization.
* * * * *
THAT SATURDAY BATH
No need for the University of Florida
students taking a bath on Saturday nights.
That is there will be no need when the new
swimming pool, which they are planning, is
completed in actuality as well as on paper.
The Board of Control of the university are
now making arrangements for such a pool.
The student body as a whole decided to con­tinue
the annual pool fee of $2.50 until the
pool debts are completely paid. Baths will
be different then; 'cause one doesn't mind
losing a little poundage (dirt) if he can
swim while he is doing it. Some of the
showers here have to be waded to—but that
offers some pleasure because it reminds
one of swimming on the coast where you
have to wade out to deep water. 'Nuff.
* * * * *
TOO LARGE
The University of California now leads
the United States in the number of full-time
enrolled students. There are 17,337
students enrolled. Columbia university is
second with 13,691.
According to recent statistics published
in the interest of higher learning, *he in­crease
of college students for 1928 was only
two percent in comparison to the 'twenty-five
percent increase in the last five years.
Auburn runs a close race being only about
16,000 behind the University of California.
Time out.
* * * * *
MAY WE SOON HAVE ONE
Clemson can now go up in the air, as
well as, out on the air. The Clemson Aero
Club has just completed an airplane which
they have been working on for nearly a
year.
CHANGING TIME
College students and other youngsters are
rapidly recovering from the "Whoopee" pe­riod,
and the plane of morality, especially
in college, is much higher than it was two
years ago and constantly rising. Believe
it or not. Rev. Leslie Glenn, secretary of
college work of the National Council of
the Episcopal Church, who for the last
eighteen months has been conducting an in­tensive
survey of student morals in all sec­tions
of the country, with special reference
to the "whoopee" craze, says so. A preach­er
said this:
"There are still cocktail and petting par­ties,
of course," said Rev. Mr. Glenn, "but
they are diminishing and are now merely
a fading gesture of the so-called 'revolt' of
youth. Two years ago saw the lowest moral
trend among students. Today it is much
higher and mounting steadily." Send this-home
to the folks; it sounds good.
"Students of both sexes are displaying
more religious feeling. They do not care
so much for the church, but their religious
feeling is much deeper. Some of them con­sider
a religion as soothing syrup for second
childhood, rather than food for manhood,
but these are boys and girls noted for self­ishness.
. "The survey shows that from eighteen to
thirty-five people out of every hundred who
have gone through college did not attend
church regularly, but they turn to the
church devotedly after they have children."
And they send us to church. Regardless
of their own ideas they want their children
to come up under the refining influence of
the church." We can't blame the older gen­eration
so much though; they weren't so bad
after all. Just think of the temptation
while on the way to church—the fair one
by one's side, miles to church, the beauti­ful
flowers along the way, and—aw you
know, things ain't like they used to was.
NOW WE HAVE AN EXCUSE
The students at Lafayette College recent­ly
made tests of the underweights, normal
and overweights to find out which made the
best grades. The underweights, it was
found, made the better grades. Probably
that is what got them that way. Several
of us have lost considerable weight recent­ly.
AricM wonder?
MEDITATIONS
O N THIS A N D T H AT
IBy '^Benjamin Trovosh^
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions ex­pressed
in 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.
I MPRESSIONS on College Street: white
linen seen for the first time this
Spring. . . and boys in shirt sleeves
. . . where is the gentleman of color who
used to sell Liberty on the sidewalk every
week? . . . Dr. Petrie reading a newspaper
. . . Joe Ford talking excitedly to some­one
about Glomerata "pitchers". . . Addi­son
McGhee holding forth in pedantic sen­tences
to a gaping group . . . The .inevit­able
group of co-educational students wan­dering
up the s t r e e t . . . A show window
has been changed! . . . a car full of Ope-lika
girls creating a sensation among the
freshmen . . . a group of statesmen set­tling
any and all questions while loafing
at a drug store . . . everybody in school
must go to the Post Office between ten
and eleven A. M. . . .an early week ender
leaving (He must be—he's wearing a coat!)
. . . a bunch of architects griping about
their hard work . . . a popular professor
"bulling" about bird dogs . . . the city fire
truck roars down the street. . . two juni­ors
looking serious and speaking in under­tones
. . . must be politics.
* * * * *
THE LIFE of a columnist is a hard
one. Every day brings a protest or
a denunciation. To please everybody
one would have to write a sweet little fairy­tale
on the beauties of nature and the mar­velous
perfection of everything in sight.
But we columnists have one consolation;
we can always tell the Conscientious Ob­jectors
that there is no force applied to
anyone to make them read our stuff. It
is strange that the ones who object so
strongly (four of them in the past four
days) always say that they read the col­umn
regularly. They always have the pri­vilege
of turning to something else. It
makes little difference to a columnist who
reads his ramblings except the proof-read­er.
Then there is always recourse to the
editor, who has final say so as to what
goes in. However, this cohmm is not
going to start discussing the Auburn foot­ball
prospects nor the Blue Ridge confer­ence.
Other departments are provided for
these things. The reader who doesn't like
what he sees can anticipate his displeasure
and refuse to read anything that regularly
is obnoxious to him. There are literary so­ciety
reports; and a comic strip.
* * * * *
AN EDITORIAL writer on the staff
of the student paper at the Uni­versity
of North Carolina objects
to the practice of assigning the younger in­structors
to the freshman sections. He
says that the frosh have to be used as lab
material on which the recent grads learn
to teach. He says that the most inexper­ienced
men are given the plastic freshman
who haven't formed an opinion of educa­tion,
and that the young teacher's incom­petency
creates a bad impression and builds
up a bad attitude toward instructors. It
weakens the freshman's conception of the
professor as an omnipotent dispenser of
learning.
Maybe that's bad. Maybe it isn't. I was
rather relieved when I discovered that in­structors
are human, and that most of
them are learning as well as teaching. My
best professors don't sit up and reel off
facts for me to memorize; they suggest
problems and are not displeased if I op­pose
them in a view. There may be some
harm coming from the Situation; perhaps
it isn't as serious as the Carolina editor
paints it, however.
CHILDREN OF DARKNESS
(In Their Generation Wiser Than The
Children of Light)
We spurred our parents to the kiss
Though doubtfully they shrank from
this—
Day had no courage to review
What lusty dark alone might do—
Then we were joined from their caress
In the heat of midnight, one from two.
This night-seed know no discontent,
In certitude his changings went;
Though there were veils about his face,
With forethought, even in that pent
place,
Down towards the light his way he
bent /
The kingdonis of more ample space.
Was day prime error, that regret
For darkness roars unstifled yet?
That in this freedom, by faith won,
Only acts of doubt are done?
That unveiled eyes with tears are wet,
They loathe to gaze upon the sun?
—Robert Graves.
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
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Daily
EPHEMERA
There is a woman who makes my eye
A place of shadows, as now and then
I see her dimly going by,.
And faintly coming back again.
She moves as many others move;
There is no utterance in her tread
To tempt an echo, nor to prove
What other footsteps have not said.
As often as she comes and goes
She is forgotten, as now and then
The wind is forgotten until it blows
A blur of dust down the street
again.
—Hazel Hall.
Phi Kappa Tau Has
Founder's Day Banquet
The Alpha Lambda chapter of the
Phi Kappa Tau fraternity held its
annual Founders Day banquet on Sat­urday,
March 16, in commemoration
of the founding of the national or­ganization
at Miami University in
1906. The banquet was served at
8:00 o'clock in the dining room which
was attractively decorated in the frat­ernity
colors and in the colors of A.
P. I. A large Auburn pennant adorn­ed
the wall at the foot of the table.
All the members of the chapter and
the following guests enjoyed the oc­casion:
Professor and Mrs. J. M. Rob­inson,
Miss Deese, Miss Garrett, Dr.
Edwards, and Dr. Dillard. I
Gen., Bullard Honored
With Reception
Last Saturday evening, General
Robert Lee Bullard, former Auburn
student and distinguished military
veteran, was honored with a delight­ful
reception at the Alumni gymna­sium,
beginning at eight o'clock. The
gym was decorated with the Auburn
colors, orange and blue, and the lights
swinging from above were covered
with the colors also. The various
flags of the R. 0. f. C. unit were at­tractive
and received worthy atten­tion.
In the receiving line were General
and Mrs. Bullard, Dr. and Mrs.
Knapp, and Major and Mrs. Kennedy.
Everyone enjoyed exceedingly the
pleasure of meeting these people.
The music for the reception was
furnished by Max Jones and his or­chestra.
The professors and military
officers, with their wives and lady
friends, led the evening dance which
was very attractive.
The most enjoyable event of the
evening to most everyone was the de­lightful
refreshments, being delicious
punch and cakes.
Major and Mrs. Kennedy
Entertain With Luncheon
Major and Mrs. J. T. Kennedy en­tertained
in honor of General and
Mrs. Bullard on Thursday noon with
a lovely luncheon. Guests included
General and Mrs. Bullard, Dr. and
Mrs. Bradford Knapp, Prof, and Mrs.
C. L. Hare, Mrs. Gross Harrison and
Dr. Walton. Dr. Walton is visiting
here from Texas A. and M. College.
Business and Professional
Women Organize
The Business and Professional wom­en
of Auburn have organized a branch
of the National Business and Profes­sional
Women's Association, and will
no longer be a department of the
Woman's Club. The Club wishes them
all success and offers its coopera­tion
in their new role.
Architectural Seniors
Guests At Informal Supper
Professor and Mrs. M. S. Osborne
were hosts at a delightful informal
supper given to the seniors in Archi­tectural
Design on Monday night.
Those present were: Gene Williams,
Bob Blakey, Bruce Anderson, Ken­neth
Giddens, Bill Young, George Mor­gan,
Charlie Davis, Harry Goleman,
J. W. Williams, "Toby" Howe, T. S.
Christopher, Horatius Glover.
Mr. J. B. McMillan spent Saturday
in Montgomery.
TOOMER'S HARDWARE
The Best in Hardware and Supplies
CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager
PERSONALS
J. F. Pargason stopped in Auburn
on last Friday to visit with friends.
Mr. Fargason attended A. P. I. in
1927 and is a member of the Sigma
Pi fraternity; he is now studying
Pre-Med at the University of Ten­nessee.
* * *
Ben Sanke made a trip to Selma
last week.
* * *
Mr. Paul White spent last week­end
in Montgomery.
* * *
F. T. Hanby visited his parents in
Birmingham during last week-end.
* * *
Clyde Sellers of Dadeville was the
guest of .the Alpha Lambda Tau frat­ernity
over last week-end.
* * *
Julian Meeman, Clay Jones, Jack
Knight, Harry Fox, and Roy Sellers
went to Columbus last week-end.
* * *
Mr. Otis Waller, coach at Ridge
Grove High School, was the guest of
his mother, Mrs. T. V. Waller, last
week.
* * *
Tom Walthall, James, Nicol, Haley
Milligan, Spencer ^tussel, R. A. Cul­pepper,
and Alex Smith motored to
Lanett on Saturday. /
The First National Bank of Auburn
ADVICE AND ACCOMMODATION
FOR EVERY COLLEGE MAN
ANY FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
C. Felton Little, '06, President
W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier
Optical Department
KLEIN & SON
MONTGOMERY
Dr. Thos. D. Hopkins, Optometrist
New and Most Modern Equipment for Examination and
Fitting Eyes with Scientific Lenses
TOOMER'S DRUG STORE
Drug Sundries
Drinks, Smokes
THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY
ON THE CORNER
Miss Agnes Ingram, former student
at A. P. I., was the guest of her sis­ter,
Miss Sarah Ingram, last week­end.
—
* * * m
Miss Voncile Tate is spending this
week-end with her parents.
* * *
Miss Dorothy Taylor '28 spent last
week-end at home in Auburn.
* * *
Chink Cosper, Bill Oakley and Ed­ward
Bearden were the guests of the
Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity on last
Sunday.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Peterson, an­nounce
the birth of an eight-pound
boy. Mr. Peterson is an Auburn
Alumnus and coach of the Central
High School of Chattanooga.
* » *
Mrs. Fred Allison will serve on the
Nominating Committee at the meeting
of the Alabama State Federation of
Woman's Clubs. Mrs. S. L. Toomer
will represent the General Federation,
and will report also for her office^ as
State Chairman of Home Extension.
* * *
The Study Class of the Episcopal
Church met with Mrs. J. J. Wilmore
on Monday afternoon. These classes
are very interesting and enjoyable.
* * *
Among the women students attend­ing
A. E. A. in Birmingham this week
are: Anne Litchy, Bernice McMillan,
Grace Pinnell, Annie Ross Fuller and
Evelyn Henry. Miss Litchy will also
attend the meeting of the Home Eco­nomics
Association as official dele­gate
from the local Home Economics
Club.
Dr. And Mrs. Knapp
Honor Gen. Bullard
With Dinner
A charming event of Monday even­ing
was a dinner given by Dr. and
Mrs. Knapp, at their home, in honor
of General and Mrs. Bullard. Twen­ty-
eight guests, including Major and
Mrs. Kennedy, Captain and Mrs.
Spraling of Opelika, Mr. and Mrs.
Hare, and Mrs. Harrison, with the
Deans and their wives, were present.
Very appropriate decorations of red,
white and blue were used effectually
throughout the dining room. In each
corner and at intervals along the wall
were placed groups of crossed flags.
Correspondingly colored streamers ex­tended
gracefully to the walls. The
patriotic color scheme was emphasiz­ed
in every detail. Even the individ­ual
mints and cakes were artistically
decorated with beautiful raised flags.
Colored lights flooded the room, blend­ing
in with the suggestive color
scheme, and adding beauty to the col­orful
scene.
Sigma Phi Beta
Give Informal Tea
The Sigma Phi Beta Sorority en­tertained
at an informal tea Sunday
afternoon, March 17, at their home
on South College St.
The color scheme in decoration and
refreshments featured St. Patrick's
Day.
Miss Rebecca Pate, president of the
chapter and Mrs. Henry Good, Vice-
President, were hostesses of the after­noon.
Among the guests to call were: Rev­erend
McGuire, Reverend Hay, Pro­fessor
and Mrs. P. P. Powell, Messrs.
Murff Hawkins, Owen Armstrong,
Reaves, Raines and Misses Skinner,
Evelyn Henry and Elizabeth Mardre.
Messrs. Reaves and Raines delight­fully
entertained the guests with musi­cal
selections during the hour.
These informal Sunday afternoon
teas have been a custom with the
Chapter since the first of the year
and have helped to create a home­like
feeling among the members and
their friends.
BULLARD TALKS
AT U.D.C MEET
On Tuesday afternoon, at the home
of Mrs. J. A. Parrish, attractively
decorated with lovely flowers, the Ad­miral
Semmes Chapter of the U. D. C
held a very interesting meeting. The
president, Mrs. P. P. Powell, in her
usual charming manner presided. The
program opened according to the rit
ual.
Mrs. B. B. Ross, in her gracious
manner, introduced the distinguished
speaker of the afternoon, General
Robert Lee Bullard. General Bullard
made a very inspiring talk which was
received with great interest.
Other guests of the Chapter were
friends from the Chapter in Opelika.
Delegates elected to attend the State
Convention in Mobile in April were:
Mrs. P. P. Powell, Mrs. W. A. Ruf-fin,
Mrs. Watt.
The assistant hostesses were: Mes-dames
Copeland, Champion, Bailey
and Dowell. A delicious ice course
and coffee were served during the
social half-hour.
Veterinary Meds. Hold
Annual Social
A New Shipment
Special Auburn Stationery
Received This Week
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Chi Omega To Give
Pan Hellenic Reception
Alpha Beta of Chi Omega will give
a Panhellenic reception on April 5.
It is desired that all national frater­nities
with members in Auburn be
represented in the guest list. It is
therefore requested that those frater­nity
women who are members of na­tional
fraternities not represented on
Local Panhellenic please send their
names and the name of the fraternity
to -which they belong to Annie Ross
Fuller, President of Local Panhellenic,
or leave them at the Plainsman of­fice
for Evelyn Henry. The roster
thus gained will be used as a perman­ent
record in Local Panhellenic.
Miss Catherine Hare
Appears On Broadway
Miss Catherine Hare, daughter of
Dr. C. L. Hare, of Auburn, who made
her New York debut a few weeks ago
with the Louise Gifford Players in
special performance of Kreymborg's
"Uneasy Street," opened on Broadway
last Saturday night in a new play
"Buckaroo' at the Erlanger theatre.
No fewer than six of the Louise Gif-
Prof. and Mrs. Hare
Honor General. Bullard
On Saturday evening, Professor and
Mrs. C. L. Hare charmingly enter­tained
in honor of General and Mrs.
Lee Bullard at dinner. Lovely white
lillies and hyacinths formed the cen­tral
table decoration with individual
favors carrying out the St. Patrick's
idea. The guests were: General and
Mrs. Bullard, Dr. and Mrs. Knapp,
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne, Dr. and Mrs.
Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Toomer, Ma­jor
and Mrs. Kennedy, Dr. and Mrs.
Petrie, Miss Lane, Mrs. Gross Harri­son,
of Birmingham, Dean and Mrs.
Wilmore, Mrs. B. B. Ross, Dr. and
Mrs. Allison, Mr. Kirkley, Mrs. Myers
of New Orleans, and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul King, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Shi,
and Dr. and Mrs. Scott.
Fred D. Patterson, Jr.
Elected Phi Kappa Phi
Doctor Fred D. Patterson, Jr., has
been honored by election to Phi Kap­pa
Phi, honorary scholastic frater­nity
of the Iowa State College, Ames,
Iowa. The membership of this or­ganization
is selected from the upper
third of students both graduate and
undergraduate. Doctor Patterson was
selected as the speaker from the grad­uates
to appear on the initiation pro­gram,
March 11th. His subject was
"Achievements of Research." Dr.
I Patterson is a graduate of A. P. I.
and has taught in Auburn. He be-lord
pu.-ils have been east in this * a n h i s graduate work in September,
1928, and is doing research in Poul-
The Veterinary Medical Association
held its annual social at eight o'clock
on Friday evening, last, in the Veter­inary
Building. The auditorium was
attractively decorated with southern
smilax and orange and blue_ lights.
The veterinary atmosphere was creat­ed
by pictures of different animals
along the walls.
The entertainment for the evening
was centered around the bridge tables.
However, much merriment was created
by the impromptu speeches of out­standing
men in the department. An­other
feature of the evening was the
"Beauty Contest" which settled a long
time disputed question among the Vet
students. Mr. Rainey, a very prom­inent
student of Veterinary Medicine,
was proclaimed the winner because of
his knowledge of cosmetics and his
unusual ability to attract the other
sex.
Later in the evening the guests were
served a delightful plate of sand
wiches, salad, ice cream, cake and
punch. About forty people were pres­ent,
among them being members of
the faculty, members of the Associa­tion
and their guests. Mr. John Fa-vara,
president of the Association,
acted as the host of the social.
Gen. and Mrs. Bullard
Honored
Dr. and Mrs. Pierre
Entertain At Bridge
Dr. and Mrs. Pierre entertained on
Friday evening with four tables of
bridge. Friends enjoying their hos­pitality
were: Mr. and Mrs. Sewell,
Salmon, Scarseth, Williamson, Med-lock,
Grimes and Good. Top scores
scores were won by Mr. Scarseth and
Mrs. Good. Concluding the evening,
a tempting salad plate and coffee
was served.
Mesdames C. L. Hare and P. King
entertained on Friday afternoon,
March 15, at a reception in honor of
Mrs. Lee Bullard, Mrs. Gross Harri­son
'of Birmingham and Mrs. Myers
of New Orleans. At the door the
guests were met by little Misses Su-selle
Hare and Marjorie King, who
received the cards. The guests were
first greeted by Mesdames S. L.
Toomer and J. J. Wilmore. Mesdames
Basore and Askew introduced them
to Mesdames C. A. Cary and F. C.
Biggin who escorted them to the re­ceiving
line. In the dining room St.
Patrick's Day motif was carried out
in all details of the decorations, in
which a profusion of lovely flowers
was used. Mesdames Petrie and Ken­nedy
poured tea and coffe at the beau­tifully
appointed table with its lace
cloth nad center decoration of lillies
and hyacinths in a silver basket.
Alpha Lambda Tau
Gives Informal Dinner
Beta Chapter of the Alpha Lambda
Tau Fraternity gave an informal din-
Tuesday night in honor of the repre-ner
and smoker at their house last
sentatives from the fraternities on the
campus who are members of the In­ter-
Fraternity Council; to which
body the A. L. T.'s have recently been
admitted a member.
Thirty-five representatives were
present. All enjoyed a three-course
dinner and the "smokes" that follow­ed.
Prof. J. M. Robinson who is fac­ulty
advisor of the Council was pres­ent
and gave a very interesting talk.
This was followed by short impromp­tu
speeches by other members of the
Council that were present.
attractively decorated with pink peach
blossoms. The color scheme of pink
Mrs. Harkins Entertains and green was used throughout. Mrs.
Tuesday Afternoon J. T. Hudson won tope score follow-
Mrs. C. D. Harkins was hostess at ed by Mrs. J. J. Wilmore who was
a lovely five table bridge party on second. An ice course was served at
Tuesday afternoon. The home wasthe conclusion of the progressions.
play, which gives promise of being a
real hit. Miss Hare came to New
York to attend Miss Gifford's sum­mer
course, and has given herself
diligently to her studies all winter.
Not only has she acquired sufficient
dramatic ability to appear on Broad-
_wayi but she has also made remark­able
progress as a stage dancer, and
much more will certainly be heard of
her in the near future.
W.
Kitchen-Calhoun Wedding
Recently Announced
"Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Calhoun of
Spartenburg, S. C, announce the en­gagement
and approaching marriage
of their daughter, Mary Ann to Mr.
Raymond Kitchen, of Greenville, S.
C.
Miss Calhoun is very popular among
the younger set of Spartenburg. She
is talented in music, having finished
school at the University of Virginia
with further study at Cincinnati and
abroad. She is a member of the Phi
Mu Sorority, and several musical so­cieties.
Mr. Kitchen is a student at
A. P. I. and a member of the Alpha
Psi Fraternity.
Miss Skinner Honoree
At Lovely Shower
On Saturday afternoon, Mrs. J
Scott and Mrs: P. P. Powell were
charming hostesses when they enter­tained
with a shower in honor of Miss
Julia Lake Skinner, who will be mar­ried,
to Dr. Kellersberger in May.
Telegrams from friends were read and
Little John Scott entered with two
large baskets of lovely gifts as he
cried "All Aboard for Africa."
Miss Skinner sails for Africa in the
early summer where she will be con­nected
with one of the large hospi­tals
in the Belgian Congo.
The guests included the Presbyter­ian
ladies and special friends of Miss
Skinner. She made a host of new
friends during her brief visit in Au­burn.
try Disease.
Mrs. Harrison Honor
Guest At Luncheon
Mrs. Gross Harrison of Birming­ham
was the guest of honor at a de­lightful
buffet luncheon on Tuesday,
given by Mrs. S. L. Toomer. Potted
plants were used in the reception hall
and living room. In the dining room
the color scheme of yellow and green
was carried out in cut flowers. The
guests who enjoyed this hospitality
were: Mesdames Hare, Harrison,
Ross, Petrie, Askew, Dunston, Ander­son,
Lazarus, Myers, King, and Wil­more,
and Misses Lane, Glenn, Whita-ker,
and Bondurant.
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Home Ec. Teachers
Attend Meeting
Misses Glanton, Spencer and Palm­er
from the School of Home Econo­mics
are attending the meeting of the
Home Economics Section of the Ala­bama
Educational Association in Bir­mingham.
Miss Glanton was on the
program for Friday afternoon and
Saturday morning. Misses Palmer
and- Spencer are attending the meet­ings
and doing errands in connection
with exhibit to be put up for the meet­ing
of the Federation of Woman's
Club meeting in Tuscaloosa in April.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1929.
FLOATING U. STUDENTS ENTER
CHINA WITH GUNBOAT ESCORT
Activities of Floating University
students in the far east are revealed
in letters and dispatches just received
in New York. Among other interest­ing
events, these letters describe a
trip with military escort into the in­terior
of China, a combined dance and
discussion at the University of Ma­nila,
and an address by Mahatma
Ghandi in India.
The talk by Ghandi, who had trav­eled
hundreds of miles to meet the
students, was delivered at Delhi, the
capital of British India. The ageing
Hindu leader, dressed in his usual aus­tere
robe of home-made cloth, sat
Buddha fashion on a platform in an
open air courtyard. His magnetic
voice held the American boys and girls
spellbound, despite the din of the
streets, as he spoke of the aims and
ideals of young India. After his talk,
students of government and econom­ics
remained for over an hour ques­tioning
the Mahatma.
In Manila, where Dean Rafael Pal-ma
of the University of Manila had
organized a committee of students and
educators, the study trips were sup­plemented
by an open-air dance on
the university grounds just outside
the walled city. Filipinos who had
studied in America acted as an intro­duction
committee. The American
boys spent much of their time discus­sing
politics with their hosts. The
girls were quite envious of their host­esses'
pineapple cloth sleeves which,
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as one of the girls put it, are "the
most beautiful mosquito netting yet
invented."
The trip into the interior of China
has proved one of the outstanding
adventures of the cruise so far. Stu­dents
and faculty boarded Chinese
junks at .Canton, and were towed up
the pirate-infested river by a gun­boat
detailed for their protection by
the" Nationalist Government. After
spending a night on the junks, while
the gunboat watched the crowded
river, the university set out on foot
over lonely, abrupt hills for Teng Woo
monastery, accompanied by a body­guard
of Nationalist soldiers and
about a hundred coolies with sedan
chairs to carry the girls and faculty
women. At the monastery English-speaking
monks explained Chinese
Buddhism to the students of compara­tive
religions. Art students sketched
the typically Chinese architecture, the
grotesque gardens, and the weird
scenery. Meanwhile the students and
professors of world affairs were chat­ting
with the officers of their guard,
getting an intimate account of the
recent upheavals in China.
DR. A. S. PEARSE
GRANTED LEAVE
Professors Search
For Ugliest Woman
A group of American professors,
withholding their names, are conduct­ing
a research to find the ugliest
woman in the world. At present there
are but two known claimants of the
title. One is a French actress, and
the other is an English woman. The
French woman has a mouth stretch­ing
nearly from ear to ear, and two
narrow slits for eyes. Her face pre­sents
a toad-like appearance.
Strengthening her claim as the queen
ugliness in her 14-inch, wasp-like
waist. The English woman has an
enormous, bovine face, with a huge
nose that is even out of proportion
with her great, hideous face. It
seems that the professors are going
to have to apply every test of ugli­ness
in order to determine the true
champion.
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Requested by the division of medi­cal
education of the Rockefeller Foun­dation
to become visiting professor of
zoology in Keio University at Tokyo,
Japan, and to establish a research
laboratory there, Dr. A. S. Pearse, of
Duke University, has been granted a
leave of absence from Duke until
September, 1930, it is announced by
President W. P. Few.
The selection of Dr. Pearse by the
Rockefeller Foundation to organize a
department of zoology at Keio univer­sity
and to inaugurate a program of
research there came in recognition of
the extra-ordinarily valuable work the
Duke professor has done in the field
of zoology, especially in the branches
of parasitology and ecology. Dr.
Pearse will leave Japan in June, 1930,
and will spend two months in Siam
and Indja studying ;the migratoiry
habits of water animals, under a grant
from the division of natural science of
the Rockefeller Foundation. Mrs.
Mrs. Pearse and their daughter will
join Dr. Pearse in Japan this summer.
Dr. Pearse sailed for Japan at the
beginning of the present term.
Much of Dr. Pearse's research has
been carried on abroad, and he has
spent considerable time in Africa,
South America, and the Phillipine Is­lands.
Representing the international
health board, he spent a year in Ni­geria
before coming to Duke, study­ing
the parasite carriers of typhus.
W. H. Cocke Resigns
As Head Of V. M. I.
Upon the advice of physicians to
limit his activities and in order to
devote more of his time to business
interests in the Middle West, Gen­eral
William H. Cocke resigned his
post as superintendent of the Virgi
nia Military Institute on Tuesday,
March 12, the resignation to become
effective on July 1, 1929.
Effort on the part of the Board
of Visitors of V. M. I. to forestall the
superintendent's resignation but sug­gesting
that he appoint an assistant
superintendent did not meet with the
approval with General Cocke, who
declared that there is plenty of work
for one superintendent but not enough
for two, and that the man in full
charge should be on duty at all times
"The very high standard of discip­line
maintained frequently causes
questions, of much delicacy to arise
that must be handled by one fully
responsible and informed in order to
avoid injustice and at the same time
maintain our standards," General
Cocke said.
ALABAMA HISTORY
BEING BROADCAST
OVER RADIO WAPI
Alabama's Radio 'Station, WAPI,
in addition to giving the current news
and the markets as well as musical
programs is giving to the public a
half hour once a week in Alabama
history. The initial program was
broadcast Thursday, March 21st, at
5:00 o'clock from Birmingham, by
Mrs. Marie Bankhead Owen, Director
of the Alabama State Department of
Archives and History.
Mrs. Owen prefaced her remarks
by making an acknowledgment to her
late husband, Thomas M. Owen, for
the source materials that had been
brought together by him in the State
Capitol. She made a brief review of
the several periods of Alabama his­tory
beginning with the invasion by
DeSoto in 1540, followed by a brief
reference to the State's colonization
by the French, and its later posses­sion
by the British and finally its en­trance
into the Union under the stars
and stripes. She stated that the word
"Alabama" is of Indian origin, the
interpretation of which is popularly
accepted ^s "Here We Re'st" which
sentiment is inscribed upon the great
seal of the State.
A brief sketch was made of the
various localities which have served
as Capitals beginning with St. Ste­phens
as the Territorial Capital, and
including Huntsville as the tempo­rary
seat of government of the State,
Cahaba as the first official capital,
with Tuscaloosa and Montgomery as
successors. A description was given
of "Alabama" written by Julia Tut-wiler
as the generally accepted State
song, the State flag, which is a red
St. Andrew's cross on a field of white,
the golden rod as the State Flower and
the Yellowhammer as the State Bird.
BUSINESS FRATERNITY
BANQUETS IN OPELIKA
(Continued from page 1)
stated that it was one of the most
elaborate feasts that they had ever
attended.
Besides the 17 members and the
two faculty members that were pres­ent
were: H. G. Wright, Grand Sec'y.-
Treas., Delta Sigma Pi; John V. Den-son,
Attorney-at-law, Opelika, Ala.;
William Samford, Attorney-at-law,
Opelika, Ala.; Prof. J. E. Conn, of
Auburn; and Dick Jones, represen­tative
of Plainsman.
Otis DeVaughan, President of the
organization, acted as toastmaster
and made the first welcoming talk.
He spoke of the object of the fra­ternity
and the high standard it is
striving for; stating that, "the Delta
Sigma Pi, a national Business fra­ternity,
is the present 'goal' of the
Beta Alpba Sigma and that they
have petitioned Delta Sigma Pi and
will not be satisfied Wntil they have
been recognized as such." The sec­ond
speaker was Mr. Wright, Grand
Sec'y.-Treas. of the Delta Sigma Pi
fraternity. Mr. Wright gave them
many inspiring words and also stated
a few things about the Delta Sigma
Pi. He said that the Delta Sigma Pi
was founded some twenty years ago
and now had over 26,000 members.
After Mr. Wrights' speech, all the
other guests present, and the two
faculty members, gave short talks
that were thoroughly enjoyed. The
speeches consisted mostly of the
business problems of today.
Members of the Beta Alpha Sigma
are, Otis DeVaughan, Pres.; V. L.
Collins, Vice-Pres.; E. H. Killgore,
Sec'y.; C. P. Austin, Treas.; H. A.
Emerick, D. M. Jackson, F. L. Laster,
E. D. McCorquodale, T. M. Roberts,
Jr., J. W. Sentell, Evans Young, G.
A. Dozier, E. W. Howell, A. M. Mar­shall,
J. B. McClure, W. W. Rogers
and A. M. Sewell. The faculty mem­bers
are, J. T. Allen, and J. M. Her-ren.
Mr. Allen is already a member
of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity.
STATION WAPI BECOMES
PART NATIONAL UNIT
(Continued from page 1)
day, but it was -announced that this
will be increased until the sta­tion
will be handling most pro­grams
of the National Broadcasting
Company available to stations in this
section. Only the division of time is
in the way to complete network ser­vice
and an application is now pend­ing
before the Federal Radio Com­mission
in Washington to remove this
difficulty.
Action of the board of control was
telegraphed by Dr. Duncan to head­quarters
of the National Broadcast­ing
Company in New York, and im­mediately
a reply came from New
Yorok that WAPI, "The Voice of Ala­bama,"
had been admitted to the sys­tem
which will make the Alabama
voice a part of the voice of the na­tion.
In addition to joining the network,
the board authorized the management
to make other program additions when
found necessary for the huge audience
and to make the station outstanding
in education as well as entertainment.
Being owned by Alabama's three in­stitutions
of higher learning, and
operated by the owners in coopera-with
the city of Birmingham, em­phasis
is expected to be placed on edu­cation,
although entertainment will
not be neglected.
The chain programs, it is said, will
afford the best music and other en­tertainment
features available in the
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
MONDAY, MAR. 25
"SUNRISE"
with George O'Brien & Janet
Gaynor
Admission 15c & 35c
TUESDAY, MAR. 26
Marie Prevost in
"A BLONDE FOR A NIGHT"
with Harrison Ford
Admission 10c & 25c
WEDNESDAY, MAR 27
George Bancroft in
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STREET"
with Nancy Carroll & Bac-lanova
Admission 15c & 35c
THURSDAY, MAR. 28
May McAvoy & Conrad Na-gel
in
"IF I WERE SINGLE"
Admission 10c & 25c
FRIDAY, MAR. 29
"THE GRAIN OF DUST"
with Ricardo Cortez, Claire
Windsor and Alma Bennett
Admission 10c & 25c
SATURDAY, MAR. 30
Rod La Rocque in
"STAND AND DELIVER"
with Lupe Velez''
Admission 10c & 25c
TECH TO ADOPT
QUARTER SYSTEM
According to the "Technique,"
Georgia Tech is considering the adop­tion
of the quarter system employed
by Emory and other leading colleges
in place of their present system of
two semesters.
The advantages to be derived from
•the system of dividing the school
year into three quarters with the
fourth quarter as the summer session
are set forth by Tech's weekly as fol­lows,
and may be of interest to Emory
students:
To the student: (1) fewer courses
at a time; (2) less time over which
to carry details in mind; (3) less
work piled up at the end of the term;
(4) repeated courses meaning only
three months instead of semester;
(5) more carefree Christmas holi­days,
since the fall exams come in the
middle of December; (6) interval of
vacation in March, after the second
quarter exams; (7) greater interest in
each subject, due to fewer courses
on schedule and less time in which to
carry them.
To the professor: (1) fewer month­ly
quizzes; (2) exams which test a
student before he is rusty on any
part of the subject; (3) less cram­ming
in evidence before examinations;
(4) more time devoted by students to
each subject.
ALEXANDER, RUTH,
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TO C. M. T. CAMP
United States, in addition to educa­tional
and religious numbers. Pro­grams
by artists of Birmingham and
elsewhere will be broadcast in con­junction
with the chain programs,
enabling Alabama listeners to enjoy
their own talent as well as national
features.
It was announced that the national
hookup will hot replace local pro­grams
except that adjustments of time
will Be made in order to handle them.
On the other hand, officials of the
station will have more time to devote
to educational features for which
WAPI plans to become nationally fa­mous.
Members of the operating staff of
the station were given high praise for
their untiring and outstanding ser­vice
in behalf of flood sufferers in
South Alabama. It was said that no
other station has equaled the service
just rendered by WAPI, when thous­ands
of men, women and children
were in distress with their property
wiped away. The goal of $75,000 is
almost in sight, and, in addition, the
station collected 12 cars of clothing
and other supplies. •
WAPI GREAT AID
TO FLOOD VICTIMS
, / (Continued from page 1)
ing out information.
. Mr. Duncan stated that the entire
Extension Staff, and the county men
and women agents throughout the
flooded areas, are available, fully or­ganized
and thoroughly devoted to
helping the stricken people in every
way.
In conclusion, Mr. Duncan said:
"Finally, I wish to say a word of en­couragement
to these stricken friends
and fellow Alabamians. I want you
to know that my heart goes out in
this hour of .your distress, and that
my prayers and best wishes are with
you. All Alabama has implicit faith
in your courage and fortitude. We
all know that out of these ruins you
will rebuild your agriculture, your
business, your homes, and go onward
and- upward in progress and in civili­zation."
COURSE IN PAINTS AND
VARNISHES TO BE GIVEN
(Continued from page 1)
Saturday: "Lacquers and Auto Fin­ishings."
Prof. Fullan; Extension Dis­cussion,
Director L. N. Duncan;
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Swat and Gene Tunney, the World
Heavy Weight Champion, but hun­dreds
of other well known athletes,
coaches and college athletic directors
over the United States advise young
men to attend the Citizens' Military
Training Camps.
Coach Alexander, of Georgia Tech,
Atlanta, Georgia, had this to say:
"I consider these camps one of the
very finest things that the govern­ment
has ever done for the youth of
this country. I have had a number
of boys report for football practice
just after finishing a summer in one
of your camps and have noticed that
they are always in splendid physical
condition. I always urge my players
to attend either a C. M. T. C. or one
of the R. O. T. C. Camps during the
summer."
Babe Ruth remarks, "The first es­sential
to success in any activity is
good health. The C. M. T. C. with
their supervised athletic exercises in
the open air are health builders. Be­sides
they teach our young men the
fundamentals of real American citi­zenship
and therefore strongly appeal
to me."
Gene Tunney says: "The C.M.T.C.
incalculably benefits young men men­tally,
morally and physically. The 30
days in the open relieves the indoor
man from his cares and worries of
business and keep the athlete on his
toes for his future contests."
Similar remarks were made by Wal­lace
Wade, Athletic Director of the
University of Alabama, by Coach
Rockne of Notre Dame, by Coach
Bierman of the University of Louisi­ana,
by Johnny Weissmuller>-_the
Champion Sprint Swimmer, by Bill
Tilden, the word's best on the tennis
court, and by many others.
Co-Eds At Cincinnati
Make Commandments
News Notes, P. O. Davis, director of
the department of public informa­tion;
Grace Moon, piano; Mrs. Helen
Norman Carnes, soprano.
The co-eds' code from the Universi­ty
of Cincinati adjures "necking" but
see "no harm in kissing a boy of whom
you are particularly fond."
"The Ten Commandments of Popu­larity"
were drawn by a group of uni­versity
girls led by Jane De Serisy,
president of the Young Woman's
Christian association, and sports edi­tor
of the college paper.
The ten commandments are:
Always be a lady. Us good taste
in selecting your clothes, and do not
let actions belie that taste.
Always be a good sport. Do what
the majority wants, but not to the
detriment of your own convictions
and ideals.
Handling a line is helpful. Even if
you are not the type, this "your-great-big-
wonderful-boy" stuff does get
over, used in moderation, of course.
Play tennis, golf, bridge, swim and
dance. If not all, then do these two
certainly—bridge and dance.
Read the papers. Know your cur­rent
events, politics and athletics. It
is well to be able to conserve one
is well to be able to conserve on se­rious
subjects as well as light ones.
Do not "neck". If a girl is charm­ing
and peppy enough to interest a
boy, she need not worry about being
of the gold-digger type. Do not kiss
promisculously. There is no harm in
kissing a boy of whom you are par­ticularly
fond.
Dress attractively but not neces­sarily
expensively. A boy notices the
general effect you produce, so be as
pretty as you can, but do not make
up heavily.
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