1929-11-26 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1929. NUMBER 23.
AUBURN WARRIORS BATTLE TECH JACKETS THANKSGIVING DAY
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Phi Kappa Phi Extends Bids to Eighteen Members of Class of 1930
Honorary Scholarship Fraternity
Selects Most Prominent Seniors
Practically Every Department
Of College Represented on
Roster of Pledges
PREXY PRESIDENT OF FRAT A P h i B e t a Kappa club may soon
be formed here by faculty members
Professors May Form
Phi Beta Kappa Here
Election to Phi Kappa Phi Is
Highest Recognition of
Scholastic Ability
The election of eighteen seniors to
the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society was
announced today by Professor C. A.
Baughman, head professor of highway
engineering and secretary of the so­ciety.
The following is a list' of the stu-dents
chosen for membership: James
David Atkins, Ch. E., Mobile; Fair
Jones Bryant, C. E., Gadsden; Harris
James Christensen, E. E., Athens;
Charles Francis Davis, Architecture,
Hartford; James Marion Henderson,
Ag Ed., Camp Hill; Jesse Devon
Jackson, Ed., Grady; William Keis-ter,
E. E., Montgomery; William
Claude Kelly, Ed., Abbeville; John
Floyd Mitchell, Ch. E., Jacksonville;
John Joseph O'Rourke, E. E., Selma;
Lucien Elmore Owen, E. E., Florence;
Alice Whitcher Sandlin, H. Ec,
Bridgeport; Levin Lee Sledge, M. E.,
Greensboro; William Brooks Story,
AgEd., Opelika; DeAlva Clinton Sum-merford,
E. E., Hamilton; Blanche
Tancredi, Ed., Birmingham; Dewey
Mason Turney, AgEd., Hartselle; and
Thorne Sherwood Winter, E. E., Mo­bile.
Phi Kappa Phi is a national honor
society organized for the purpose of
encouraging scholarship and originali­ty
among students.
Members of the senior class who
have made high averages in all sub­jects
during the four years of their
college courses are eligible if they
meet the other requirements of charac­ter"
and individual initiative, as dem­onstrated
by usefulness and promin­ence
in worthy student and college
activities. Leadership is given the
greatest consideration if the scholar­ship
requirements, an average of
eighty-five, have been met.
Dr. Knapp is president of the Au­burn
chapter of the society; Profes­sor
Baughman is secretary.
belonging to this oldest Greek letter
fraternity; an endeavor is being made
to discover all men on the faculty
who belong to the society.
Membership in the fraternity is
based first on superior scholarship,
and the Phi Beta Kappa key is a prize
greatly sought after in some institu­tions.
Elections to the society is con­sidered
one of the highest scholar­ship
honor awards.
The shape of the key antedates the
days of "stem-winder," and goes back
to the days when watches and clocks
alike were wound by keys. Phi Beta
Kappa was founded on December 5
1776, at William and Mary College,
Williamsburg, Virginia.
STUDENTS ACCLAIM
TIGER GRIDDERS AT
HUGE MASS MEETING
Captain "Shorty" Long Burns
Dummy to Close Exercises
On Drake Field
TEAM PERFORMS WELL
Dr. Knapp and Coach Floyd
Speak to Hundreds of
Loyal Students
«< Buck" Spinks, '25,
Will Coack At Bates
Signs Three-Year Contract As Assist­ant
Football Coach
L. (Buck) Spinks, of Thomasville,
Alabama, Auburn graduate of the
class of 1925, has signed a three-year
contract to assist Dave Morey as
coach of Bates College, it was an­nounced
by Clifton D. Gray, presi­dent
of Bates College.
After graduating from Auburn
Spinks coached for two years and
then took up his practice of civil en­gineering.
He returned to the coaching pro­fession
this year when Morey came
to Bates, and aided in turning out a
team which gave Bates its first state
championship since 1906.
DELEGATES TO
T MEET REPORT
Many Constructive Projects
Are Planned at Convention
Professor Duncan
To Attend Meeting
Will Meet With Federal Farm Board
In Memphis
Professor L. N. Duncan, director of
the Extension Service, Auburn, will
attend a meeting of members of the
Federal Farm Board and cooperative
marketing officials at Memphis, Tenn.,
December 10-11, where plans will be
made for enlarging the organizations
included in mai-keting cotton. A spec­ial
invitation to him to attend the
meeting came from Carl Williams,
member of the Farm Board.
Reports of the delegates to the State
Student Council meeting held in Bir
mingham last week-end were heard
at a meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Cabi
net on Sunday afternoon.
George Williamson gave a very
complete account of the happenings
at the meeting. He said that the dis­cussions
were led by the regional Y.
M. C. A. secretary, R. 0. Magill.
Represented at the meeting were
delegates from the University of Ala­bama,
Howard College, Birmingham-
Southern, and Auburn; each college
chose three problems which are vital
on college campuses. Through the co­operation
with the respective student
bodies, plans for the solutions are
hoped to be formulated. The project's
chosen by the Auburn delegates were
"The Relation of Students to Sex
Life," "Creating More Interest in Re­ligious
Education," and "Helping
Failing Freshmen."
Work on the last object has already
begun. A committee was appointed
to try to find out which freshmen have
failed in three or more semester hours
of work. It is hoped that in the near
future coaching classes can be arrang­ed
for these men, and in this way aid
them in improving their work.
Furthering interest in religious edu­cation
was also discussed by the cabi­net,
and a committee was appointed to
present suggestions at the next meet­ing
as to how this woxk should be
carried out.
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The Student Body acclaimed the
Orange and Blue cohorts this after­noon
as twilight brought a close to
the campus football season. Amid
thunderous applause from one thous­and
loyal students Captain "Shorty"
Long burned the dummy, an effigy of
the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
The undying spirit for which Auburn
is famous throughout the South typi­fied
the mammoth revival meeting.
Spirited talks from Dr. Knapp, Coach
Johnny "Stoopdown" Floyd, and
"Shorty" inspired in the hearts of
the Plainsmen a feeling of confidence
—confidence that the closing game of
the season will be a different story
from the Auburn-Tech tilts of the past
few years. Auburn men shouted, "We
will beat Tech"—the fighting Tigers,
with jaws hard set, expressions of
grim determination on their faces,
bore silent witness to the declaration
by their splendid showing in the last
practice maneuvers before they meet
Georgia Tech for the last Thanks­giving
Day encounter between the
two schools.
The ceremonies were opened with
"Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here"
played, as only the Auburn band can
play it; and with each lusty note the
smoldering embers of the Auburn
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LEADS TIGERS IN FINAL GAME TURKEY DAY
Auburn Advertised
In State Newspaper
Montgomery Paper Runs Advertise­ment
Based on Articles By
Faculty
Game Will Be Last Auburn-Tech
Gassic Played On Thanksgiving
T.O.X. Defeats S.A.E.
To Win Frat. Tourney
Interfrat Basketball Brings to
Light Good Prospects
For Varsity
A series of full-page advertise­ments,
based upon articles written
by members of the faculty of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, is now
being run in .the Montgomery Adver­tiser.
The first article appeared Mon­day,
November 18, the second, Mon­day,
November 25, and five others
are to run on this schedule.
The articles were written by Dr.
Bradford Knapp, Professor J. C.
Grimes, Professor E. W. Camp, Pro­fessor
A. D. Burke, R. Y. Bailey, and
P. 0. Davis. They were arranged
through the department of Public In­formation.
In the series of articles, the Adver­tiser
is presenting facts about vari­ous
subjects of especial interest to
central Alabama.
Degree of Doctor of Engineering
Conferred Upon Sloan by College
Standing on the same platform in
old Langdon Hall where he received
hris first college degree 28 years ago
Matthew S. Sloan had conferred up­on
him Saturday night, November 23,
by his alma mater the honorary de­gree
of doctor of engineering, the
highest honor Alabama Polytechnic
Institute can confer upon one of her
sons.
The degree was conferred by Presi­dent
Bradford Knapp with impres­sive
ceremonies in the presence of
distinguished! Visitors, faculty, stu­dents
and townspeople of Auburn
who packed the auditorium.
From the time he arrived late in
the afternoon until the hour of his
departure it was "Matt Sloan Day"
in Auburn where he distinguished
himself as a student. A star athlete
in football and baseball and a good
student, "Matt" Sloan was popular
as a student at Auburn where he
graduated in 1901.
As president of a combination of
electrical concerns in New^York, he
is at the head of the greatest utility
organization in the world.
In 1902 Sloan received the degree
of master of science at Auburn and
in 1911 he was awarded the profes­sional
degree of electrical engineer.
Leaving college 27 years ago, his
career has been a meteoric rise all
the way from the bottom to the top
of the electi-ical world.
Mr. Sloan received his B. S. in
electrical and mechanical engineer­ing
at Auburn in 1901. The next year
he received his M. S., and in 1911 the
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The strong T. O. X. team defeated
the S. A. E. quintette in a hard-fought
game for the supremacy of
the fraternity basketball realms
Monday night. The outcome of the
game was doubtful until the last
minute of play, and the S. ^\.. E. ag­gregation
threatened on several oc­casions.
Both teams had pulled through a
hard series of games to entitle them
to contend for the title, and undoubt­edly
were the two strongest teams in
the race. The game was fast and,
from reports of the school's veterans,
was one of the fastest games ever
played for the cup. Both teams have
several outstanding players as well as
a good bunch of consistent, hard-driving
men.
The S. A. E. quintette opened an
attack in the opening minutes of the
game that the T. O. X. were unable
to stop for a while but they soon call­ed
halt to their attack and blocked
them on every move. T. O. X. showed
an exhibition of guarding that was
inpregnable and but for the first few
minutes of the second half the S. A.
E. bunch came back with revived
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KIWANIS CLUB FETES
0RANGE& BLUE TEAM
Principal Address at Banquet
Delivered by President
Knapp
Bishop McDowell Is
Visiting In Auburn
Entertained at Reception
Episcopal Students
by
Bishop McDowell, of the Episcopal
diocese of Alabama, is visiting in Au­burn
this week. Yesterday evening
he attended a meeting at the Auburn
Episcopal church, and last night he
was entertained at a reception by the
Episcopal students here.
Today he spoke at the meeting of
the Rotary Club, and tonight he will
attend a meeting at the Episcopal
church in Opelika.
The bishop was rector at the church
here about ten years ago; the Epis­copal
church was built through his
influence.
While he was rector here, Bishop
McDowell was made head of the Ala­bama
Episcopal diocese.
When Georgia Tech faces Auburn
on Thanksgiving Day they will have
a real fight on their hands. This
statement was made by Coach Floyd
in the presence of the team and mem­bers
of the Auburn Kiwanis club at
their luncheon Monday when the Ki­wanis
club entertained the football
team and coaches.
The principal address was delivered
by President Knapp who praised
members of the Auburn team for their
fine manhood. He said that Auburn
has had a most difficult schedule this
year and that this should be consider­ed
when thinking of the Auburn
team.
"The stiffest football in the United
States is played in the Southern Con­ference,"
continued Dr. Knapp.
"Georgia, Georgia Tech, Tennessee,
Vanderbilt, Tulane, and Florida each
would make a splendid showing
against any other team; and Auburn
has played each of these. These are
real football teams which we have in
the Southern Conference these days."
Dr. Knapp told the club that talk
about Auburn's being dropped from
the Tech schedule is "bunk". He said
that he had just had a conversation
over long distance assuring him that
Tech wants to continue Auburn on
her schedule although a change of
dates may be necessary. Tech offi­cials
recall that Auburn played them
for many years when they were
around the bottom and now Tech is
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Declamation Contest
Will Be Held Tonight
The annual inter-society declama­tion
contest, sponsored by Phi Delta
Gamma honorary forensic fraternity,
will be held in Langdon Hall at 8
o'clock tonight, it was announced by
members of Phi Delta Gamma today.
The Wirt Literary Society, the Wil-sonian
Literary Society, and the Web-sterian
Literary Society will enter
contests, it was announced.
The declamation contest comes as
a culmination of half a semester's ac­tivity
on the part of the literary so­cieties.
The name of the winner,
along wi.th the name of the literary
society to which he belongs, will be
engraved upon a silver loving cup on
which is engraved the names of the
winners of the past several years.
Two Schools Have Met on Grid­iron
2 9 Times Since First
Game in 1892
TO MEET ON EQUAL TERMS
Charlie Dudley and "Red'
Roberts Will Lead Cheers
At Game in Atlanta
WOMEN'S CLUB IS
GIVEN CHARTER
Becomes Member of National
Federation of Women's
Clubs
A charter making the Auburn
Business and Professional Women's
Club a member of the National Fed­eration
of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs was presented to the
Auburn club Wednesday night by
Miss Lelia Jones of Anniston, presi­dent
of the Alabama Federation of
Business and Professional Women's
Clubs.
The charter was received by Miss
Berta Dunn, president of the Auburn
club, at a charter night banquet at
the Thomas Hotel. More than 60
people attended the banquet, which
was addressed by Dr. Bradford
Knapp, Miss Lucie Dowe, Mont­gomery,
program chairman of the
national federation, and Mrs. Gert­rude
G. DeArmand, Birmingham,
State membership chairman.
Greetings were extended by presi­dents
of other clubs at Auburn. Mrs.
C. A. Basore spoke for the Women's
Club, Prof J. R. Rutland, for Rotary,
Prof. J. C. Grimes, for Kiwanis, and
Lieut. C. P. Townsley, for Lions. In
addition short talks were made by
Mayor W. D. Copeland, Mrs. Brad­ford
Knapp, and Mrs. S. L. Toomer.
The Business and Professional Wo­men's
Club is one of the largest and
most active organizations at Auburn.
Officers in addition to Miss Dunn are
Mrs. Alma Whatley, vice-president,
Mrs. Ethel Peacock, recording sec­retary,
Mrs. A. F. Nickel, correspond­ing
secretary, and Miss Nettie Dennis,
treasurer.
NOTICE: No classes Wednesday
afternoon by direction of President
Knapp. Notice is given that after­noon
classes, Wednesday, November
27, will be annulled. Thanksgiving
holidays begin at 12:00 o'clock Wed­nesday.
All students are expected to
be at their work Monday morning,
Decet- ". according to schedule.
Auburn Students Shout, "Beat Tech!"
Coach "Red" Floyd Smiles and Hopes
The busiest man in college towns
this time of the year is undoubtedly
the football coach, whether it be
Podunk University, or "Harvard. This
is certainly true with Coach Johnny
"Red" Floyd, recently made head Tig­er
mentor. Anywhere one meets him,
he always has football on his mind.
Floyd began his college career at
Vanderbilt university. There he was.
awarded letters in three major sports.
In football he made his "V" for four
consecutive years, Freshman included.
He received letters in baseball three
times, and twice in basketball. Al­though
he was a great football and
basketball player, football was his
first love.
Graduating in 1921, he was soon ap­pointed
head coach at the Morgan
preparatory school in Petersburg,
Tennessee. While there, his football
team- won every game they played,
including the southern prep school
championship over Georgia Military
Academy. His basketball teams won
the state championship twice. He al­so
produced a winning baseball team.
During the year 1923 and 1924, he
coached at the State Teachers Col­lege
in Murfreesboro Tennesse. In
eighteen football games, his teams
came out victorious every time. His
baseball and basketball teams were
also winners.
After his contract expired at Mur­freesboro,
he became head coach at
the Knoxville high school. While
there, his football teams won eleven
games, tied three, and lost only one.
In basketball his team won the Ten-continued
on page 4)
By A. C. Cohen, Jr.
When the Tigers grapple with the
Golden Tornado on Grant Field
Thanksgiving Day, a thirty-seven
year old Southern football classic
will be brought to a close. Auburn
and Tech will not sever football re­lations,
but the future games will
probably be played earlier in the sea­son.
Auburn and Tech have played
twenty-nine games since 1892, when
the two teams first met on Thanks­giving
day. The composite scores of
the games give Auburn 421 points to
Tech's 366. Auburn has won fifteen
games, tied two and lost twelve.
The Tigers have suffered from an
exceedingly hard season, but under
the intensive coaching of Coach
Floyd, they are expected to play one
of the best games of the season
against the Yellow Jackets. Tech has
always had a much feared team, but
the Tigers never fail to show their en­tire
fighting strength against this ag­gregation.
Last year the Golden Tornado, na­tional
champions, ran through the
Auburn line at will, but this year the
Yellow Jackets seem to be quite off
form, and no such repetition is ex­pected
by members of the Tiger
squad. Although Auburn has not been
able to defeat a conference team this
season, Tech has had an almost equal­ly
bad year. They have only the Flor­ida
victory chalked up in their favor.
During the workouts of the past
week here, improvements were made
in the Tiger's blocking and tackling,
as fundamentals have been stressed
in every practice of the week. A long
scrimmage with the scrubs was held
Friday afternoon. The final practice
of the season will be held this after­noon,
and will be fought to a close
with the burning of the dummy fol­lowed
by a pep meeting.
The Auburn band of forty-five
pieces will be present at the game,
and will parade between the halves,
playing the "Alma Mater" while sev­eral
hundred students and alumni
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B'ham Architects Are
Accorded High Honor
Warren, Knight, and Davis Receive
Medal for Excellence of Work
The Birmingham firm of architects,
Warren, Knight and Davis was award­ed
"The Southern Architect's Medal
for Excellence in Commercial Work"
at the southern convention of archi­tects
at Memphis, Tennessee. The
states represented were Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Vir­ginia,
Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisi­ana,
Texas, North Carolina, and
South Carolina.
The same time this firm was
awarded second place on public work.
Warren, Knight and Davis is large­ly
an Auburn concern. Auburn men in
it are W. T. Warren, '97, John E.
Davis. '11, T. G. Wingo, '13, A. H.
Stockmar, '27, C. C. Yonge, '10, and
H. L. Holman, '24.
This firm is doing the architectural
work for new buildings at Auburn
and at several other educational in­stitutions
in Alabama. Plans and spe­cifications
for a great number of the
larger buildings in Birmingham and
other cities in the State were drawn
by this firm.
PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1929.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Thomas P. Brown Managing Editor
Robert Hume Associate Editor
Rosser Alston Associate Editor
Chesley McCaskill Associate Editor
Gabie Drey News Editor
Victor White News Editor
Dick Jones Sports Editor
A. C. Taylor Associate Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
A. C. Cohen, '32; K. B. McMillan, '33; K.
G. Taylor, '33; J. C. Johnson, '33; R. P.
Greer, '33; A. B. Hanson, '33; J. R.
Chadwick, '33; C. H. Currey, '33; R. K.
Sparrow, '33; S. A. Lacy, '33 R. T.
Wasson, '33; J. R. Wilder, '32; R. P.
Boyd, '32; H. G. Twomey, '32.
BUSINESS STAFF
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THE PLAINSMAN
—believes that the progress made by
the Auburn Players so far this year
is indicative of a very successful fut-ture.
We feel that dramatics are to be
materially boosted this season.
A u b u r n Bestows Highest
Honor Upon Worthy Son
On Saturday evening, November 23, the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute conferred
upon one of her sons a degree never before
bestowed upon anyone by this institution,
that of Doctor of Engineering. Auburn has
been slow to take up this practice of be­stowing
honorary degrees, a practice which
is generally being followed by other insti­tutions
of learning and the ceremonies of
Saturday evening were, therefore, of more
than passing significance.
However there is no doubt that no mat­ter
how unusual and distinctive the degree,
bestowed on Matthew Sloan, is termed, he
is worthy of the honor and has earned
many times over this degree given him by
his Alma Mater. Perhaps his greatest serv­ice
has been to promote good feeling be­tween
the power industry and its consum­ers.
Gove Hambridge in an article publish­ed
in the "New York Herald-Tribune" pic­tures
him as the modern slave of the lamp,
always ready to give the best service at
the lowest possible rate. His accomplish­ments
are far too numerous to mention and
he holds innumerable positions.both phil­anthropic
and business.
When he left Auburn Dr. Sloan, had the
same opportunities that the average grad­uate
of this institution has. He had no won­derful
connections with those higher up in
the electricial field to help him up the lad­der
of success; it was a fight from start
to finish. Instead of being pulled up this
proverbial ladder he literally pulled him­self
up to the position which he now holds
and in all probability is not through pulling
yet. Dr. Sloan has, "left footprints in the
sand of time" which will be marks for
years to come for future Auburn graduates
to aim at. However the fact that he is
virtually at the top of the power industry
is not the real mark by any means. It is
the fact that he obtained this position
through his own efforts and after attain­ing
it has succeeded in remaining the same
Matt Sloan that all his old friends in col­lege
knew. That is the real mark.
Auburn has made a wise decision in pick­ing
this man as the first to receive an hon­orary
degree from this institution. He is
truly worthy of the title he bears, Doctor
of Engineering.
Rat Bible Scores
A n o t h e r Victory-
Attractive advertising is the best man­ner
in which any school can become known.
Numerous instance have been given where­by
the merest chance some student has
been gotten through some unusual chan­nel.
The latest fine result to come to Au­burn
in this nature is through the Rat
Bible.
It seems that a high school boy in New
York City, who is finishing his prepara­tory
training this year, saw an Auburn
handbook, and because of the favorable
impression it created in him, is seriously
contemplating this school as the seat of his
higher education.
This proves that people are watching Au­burn
and are interested in her immense­ly.
It is another case of someone who has
never even seen the school being willing to
take a chance on finding everything to his
liking by the name and appearance of one
of its representative advertisements.
Much Work Being
Done to Beautify Campus
Quite recently the news columns of this
paper carried the announcement that the
college was spending quite a nice sum of
money in an effort to beautify and clean
up the campus. Grass was planted, trees
trimmed, shrubs set out and efforts made
in every way to make the grounds of the
institution look nicer and a little more
presentable. A more recent announcement
carried the news that the honorary engin­eering
fraternities were sponsoring a move­ment
to beautify We grounds and terrace
of Ramsey Hall. The old unsightly path
which extended across the terrace was
spaded up, new grass was planted and
signs put up requesting everyone to keep
off the grass. In other words there has
been a general trend by those connected
with the Alabama Polytechnic Institute to­wards
the beautifying of the campus.
Evidently the City of Auburn has failed
to notice this trend or if this is not so then
they have failed to catch the gentle hint
thrown out by these efforts. What is the
use of the college spending its time and
money to beautify the college grounds when
the main streets of the town look more like
an alley than a street, to use a mild ex­pression?
Travelers passing through Au­burn
very seldom get a chance to see the
campus and are impressed only by the looks
of a few streets on which they ride.
Last Sunday, College street would have
put to shame the best hog wallow on "Ag"
Hill. Papers, leaves and all sorts of accumu­lated
trash were strewn the entire length
of the street. Between the curbing and
sidewalk where the cement is still lacking,
water from recent rains stood in the best
variety of South Alabama mud. There was
every evidence of a lack of interest on the
part of city officials as to what appearance
the town put forth.
Since the college is spending its good
money in imporving its grounds it is cer­tainly
the duty of the City of Auburn to
spend a little bit in cleaning up the streets
and main business section.
THE FASTER AGE
How long will it be until the steam loco­motive
has been consigned to the museum
of ancient relics? It has been apparent for
some time that the days of the steam en­gine
is passing, for the country is well-en­tered
into the age of electricity, and the
Pennsylvania is one company that is has­tening
the day. It will shortly place orders,
so The New York Times is informed, for
150 electric locomotives of greater speed
than any yet made, to be used in traffic
between Washington and New York. The
cost of these electric locomotives will be
$16,000,000,"and is but an item in the
Pennsylvania's $1000,000,000 job of
electrifying its lines between these points.
The running time will be cut from the
fast schedule of five hours, the best the
Pennsylvania can do with steam, to four
hours and less. The railroad companies are
doing their best to meet the competition in
fast travel by the air plane, and while they
may never expect to match the five hours'
schedule from New York to Atlanta, even
with the aid of electricity, they are develop­ing
the possiblity of faster travel, with the
added elements of comfort and safety.
—Charlotte Observer.
We are of the opining that the faster
age is a significant fact that Auburn is
destined to have a wonderful growth. The
increased facilities in the transportation
world depend chiefly on the added
knowledge and application of electrifica­tion
measures. Auburn, being one of the
lejading technical schools in the South,
should place a large number of men in this
field. The time has come when Auburn men
must look to the greater things in the
electrical world; it is justifiable for them to
go forward, for they have the knowledge;
and success is theirs if they but go for it
as they have the ability.
The Gecko
I'm the Gecko who knows everything
about sports in Auburn. I can't think of
anyone who could tell me anything about
a single one; in fact, that is what I have
to do most of the time—just tell people
facts. Sometimes I am studying when along
comes a group discussing some phase of
sport. Of course, those talking don't want
me in the talk and I may not even know
them, but I just can't go along letting them
discuss about a subject they planinly
don't know much about.
I can tell anyone how many games we
have won or lost for years. I keep right up
with the old schedule. A great many peo­ple
never realize what an intelligent guy
I am, for it takes one with plenty of brains
to do what I do. In fact, I am nothing more
than a travelling library; I can pick the
players in basketball and baseball. I know
more than the coaches; they hardly knew
the best players.
I wish everyone could see my side of
the question, for it is really the only one
that can be seriously considered and it is
important that one should do the right
thing. I know everything will listen for it
isn't often that I am able to help him con­tinuously.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
I have not heard a
single yell yet. I am
hoping that some may
possibly get started
before the Tech game.
I am still hoping that
we go to Atlanta with
heads up. This is one
of the oldest inter-school
contest in the
South. I want to make
a good showing so that it will be continued.
* * * * *
I want to commend the student body,
faculty, and all concerned who participated
in the exercises in honor of Mr. Matthew
Scott Sloan on Saturday night. I am well
satisfied at the fine cooperation received.
Soon the football season will be over and
we can turn to basketball and trips for the
band and glee club. I am very anxious that
the work in music particularly should move
forward. It is of great importance and we
must find the time for it.
* * * * *
While I was at the Chicago meeting re­cently
the President of a University in New
England actually consulted me by asking
about some of our building plans, saying
that he had seen the Auburn Alumnus and
was very much attracted by the description
of one of our buildings. It is a very in­teresting
thing when the distinguished
president of a University in New England
can borrow some ideas from us folks away
down South. I am taking it as quite a
compliment to our building program.
* * * * *
The Student Directory is worth a great
deal. It is a source of delight to me to see
this excellent publication. Of course there are
some mistakes but there are not very many.
I think they might put among students or­ganizations
a little different order and
place the Executive Cabinet of the Student
Undergraduate Association in its true posi­tion
as the most important organization on
the campus. It is put into the Directory as
though it was an equal of the Student So­cial
Committee, for example, and the class­es,
etc. As a matter of fact it exercises
an administrative position in the student
body above that of the Social Committee.
I wish it might have been given a place by
itself as the real truly democratic and rep­resentative
student organization on the cam­pus.
* * * * *
Saturday, November 23 was a pretty hard
day. It rained and I never more greatly
appreciated the need of good roads ^nto Au­burn.
I have not ridden as many miles
over perilously slippery roads in quite a
a long time. The truth of the matter is
just as I was about five miles out of Au­burn
the rear wheels of my car slipped over
into the ditch after I had been tired out
and the ability to judge the quality of the
road had evidently suffered under the cir­cumstances.
I am writing this little para­graph
to say, however, that there was some
young man from Auburn, I think in a Chev­rolet
Car, who stopped and who did a migh­ty
fine piece of personal service for me
and for Dean Wilmore that night. He
stopped a number of cars and collected
quite a little bit of help which we appreciat­ed.
I did not get his name and I want to
take this means of thanking him and I hope
he will come into see me some day at the
office so that I may know who it was. In
the darkness of that night I could not quite
recognize him, although I know he knew
me. At any rate it was one of the finest
acts of good friendship upon the highway
which are a source of delight and which
compensate us for the acts of some of the
men who drive automobiles and get in one's
way once in awhile.
" L i t t l e T h i n g s"
By Tom Bigbee
"We should be as careful of our words
as of our actions, and as far from speaking
ill, as doing ill," said Cicero.
That being the cause, friend columnists
and writers of letters to the Editor, may­be
we had best pipe down a bit. It is true
that a drop of ink, though small and insig­nificant
as it may seem, can make a million
blink.
Why. not change our chat to a subject of
a more domicile nature, anyway—at least
for a week. Let's harp on the weather for
a while. Do you think it will snow?
At least some of the organizations on the
campus are beginning to sponsor definite
movements; and none too soon, is our idea.
An organization merely for organization's
sake has a poor excuse for existing.
"Service" is the word—action the motto.
About the most useful little thing we
have noticed in quite a while is the recent
Directory of Administrative Staff, Facul­ty
and Students. It hands out a world of
info in a nutshell. The instigator needs a
button for that idea.
Usually when a girl says she is all run
down, she winds up in some fellow's arms.
The "Talkies" at many movies depend on
who sits near you.
« AUBURN FOOTPRINTS %
She: Give me a cigarette.
He: Does your father allow you to smoke?
She: Yes, why?
He Why don't he allow you fifteen cents to buy you a pack?
* * * * * * * *
The driver: (who had picked up an Auburn Student several consecutive week­ends
finally ask the student) : "Say, do you go to school or catch rides'"
* * * * * * * *
It is generally understood that Jakie Dyal was able to get his car for a few
days to make the trip to Atlanta on the senior Inspection Trip.
* * * * * * * *
Prof. Robinson: (to officer on busy street), Could you see me across the
street?
* * * * * * * *
A TRAGEDY
The night was dark and dreary. A steady wind was blowing from the west,
causing the boughs of the trees to make a ghostly noise upon the roof. The rain was
pattering against the window panes, and the town clock was slowly striking the
hour of midnight, sounding like a death knell. The man was slowly dying, dying,
dying—his mustache.
* * * * * * * *
"Wild Bill' Sibert was seen running up the main street last week-end with a
chair in each hand, a davenport under one arm, a bed under the other, a tooth­brush
in his mouth, and murder in his eyes.
* * * * * * * *
BADLY SMITTEN
I was charmed by the look in her eye,
By her nightingale voice I was smitten,
And her beautiful figure, oh, my!
By her glorious hair I was bitten.
She's really the charmingest girl, sir,
In her arms any man would find bliss, sir.
But what struck me most about her
Was her hand when I started to kiss her.
* * * * * * * *
She couldn't be exhausted—she was a fireman's daughter.
* * * * * * * *
For the last time the Tigers romp across the Tech football field on Turkey
Day. It means the passing of a classic.
* * * * * * * *
MAYBE HE WAS LAZY
They say the wrist watch was invented by a Scotchman who objected to tak­ing
anything out of his pocket.—Judge.
* * * * * * * *
SOUNDS REASONABLE
Soph: "What did paul Revere say at the end his ride-"
Frosh: "Whoa."
* * * * * * * *
PLAY, FOOL, PLAY!
She held the diamond between trembling fingers and stared at the man before
her.. What should she do? Should she cast it from her or—or—would it be better
to reconsider? What would he say? What might he do? His eyes were staring into
hers with stony intensity. The diamond seemed to burn her fingers. She felt weak
and incompetent—incapable of decision. Bright spots danced before her eyes. She
shuddered and drew a long breath. Yes! She must do it. There was no escape.
Blindly she shut her eyes and tossed the diamond on the table in front of her. It
was done! And then she heard her partner's deep sigh of relief as he gjathered up
the trick.
> WITH OTHER COLLEGES *
TOO HARD ON RATS
The Mu Pi secret society of sophomores
at Columbia, in ill repute for its harsh
treatment of freshmen, was abolished by
the Student Board for inefficiency. It was
robbed of much of its power by the au­thorities,
and its abolition was urged by a
series of editorials in the Columbia Spec­tator.
* * * * *
104 MORE CO-EDS
The Univeristy of Alabama has an in­crease
of 104 co-eds over last year's enroll­ment,
bringing the total up to 664 all
told. Five hundred and nine, are from Ala­bama.
In this five hundred and nine, one
hundred and forty-three cities are repre­sented
with Tuscalosa having contributed
185. Birmingham and Mobile ran next with
41 and 39 respectively. One hundred and
one cities contributed one each. More foot-bal
players, can now be counted on coining
to 'Bama.
* * * * *
STUDENTS LAMENT
The most contemptible lowdown miser­able
ungrateful spiteful hateful under­handed
double-crosing craven cowardly
despicable unbalanced unprincipled refrac­tory
preposterous phlegmatic backbiting
unscrupulous scurrolious scoundrel I know
took the answers I filched from the pro­fessor's
desk and didn't bring them back
till after the exam. Any more comments
necessary?
* * * * *
FIND NOAH'S ARK
A search is soon to be made for Noah's
ark. The suggestion being made by Wm. H.
Strong, former president of the Chicago
Chapter, American Association of Engin­eers,
with the idea that the old boat be
brought to the forthcoming World's. Fair
in 1933.
That the Ark my be found is believed by
Mr. Strong becouse of the fact that wooden
chariot wheels have recently been un­earthed
at Kish, from a depth of 45 feet.
The age of these wheels is estimated at
5,000 years.
"It is safe to assume," he says, "that
only fire, an earthquake or an avalanche
could have destroyed the Ark, because it
it was built of gopher wood, notorious for
its ability to withstand all decay."
It is proposed to search all over and
around Mount Ararat by air planes equip­ped
with strong cameras. Vast sections of
this territory have never.been explored. It
is very unlikely that any part of Noah's
body may be found, 'cause we have read
nowhere where he had a wooden leg.
APPLES BRINGS AMBULANCE
Mistaking poison for salt, and pouring it
on an apple he was eating, a freshman at
the University of Texas, died on the way
to the hospital. He had brought the poison
from the science lab. to his room for ex­perimental
purposes, and had warned his
roommate of its deadly qualities.
* * * * *
WEDDING OF SOCIAL PROMINENCE
A great event is to take place soon at
Judson College when Miss Freshman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Judson, steps to
the altar with Mr. Junior. Elaborate plans
are being made for this annual affair.
* * * * *
IRON-MAN OF GRIDIRON
Crowl, captain of the Rutgers football
team, has completed thirty-six consecutive
football games without ever being relieved.
* * * * *
ANOTHER BRAIN-STORM
"The majority of the young men and
co-ed students in our colleges are primarily
interested in wearing coon skin coats,
drinking from hip pocket flasks and cheer­ing
the eleven."
This is one of the findings of a report
made public by Prof. David Snedden of
Teachers Colelge, Columbia University. He
has spent a number of years in a study of
the aims and objectives of various kinds
of school agencies.
The report admitted that there were
some students who undoubtedly attended
college for the sake of knowledge. He in­sists
on a very expensive way of making
"whoopee," doesn't he?
* * * * *
STEPPING OUT
In the Rocky Mountain Collegian, we
find the following'article:
"We had a cadet Saturday which was
extremely unique. Derbies and coonskins
were heaped into a common pile with stet­sons
and sheepskins in checkroom, and cow
college co-eds tripped lightly by on the
arms of 'lawyahs' and 'doctahs' from
'state'." unique? Yes.
* * * * *
VOSH?
Tulane has her troubles too, listen:
"Cleanliness is next to Godliness, but if
it has to be bought with an order, give,us
dirt. Lilacs, peppermint, roses, cabbages—
anything but sickening sweet—that clings
and clings. We hereby petition Executive
to change the smell of the liquid soap em­ployed
for the wash basins in the gym.
Signed by the advocates of purity to the
ninety-nine and forty-four-one-hundredths
degree."
WELL, I'D SAY THIS
<tBy cAaron '^Billolvheel
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
f.his 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.
* * * * *
IN WALKING across the campus the oth­er
evening we were attracted by some­thing
not unlike thunder rumbling from
the open doors of Langdon Hall. We walk­ed
up to the steps and peeped in for a
minute, two minutes, and finally about
twenty minutes. The glee club or choral
club or whatever they call it was practicing.
I was astonished and greatly pleased to
see so much enthusiasm being spent upon
something which is absolutely worthy..
There were probably a half-hundred men
working in earnest and giving the strictest
of attention to the director who was working
as hard as the rest. There was no self-con­scious
giggling and disinterestedness which
are so commonly associated with such or­ganizations
that are lacking in purpose.
Every man in that group seemed to be striv­ing
to attain perfection in the performance
of his particular bit.
Before I spring my very trite conclusions
on you, I will mention another organiza­tion
upon the campus which in my opinion
is the most meritorious group connected
with the school, the Auburn Dramatic Club
or the Auburn Players. Membership in
the Auburn Players is gained after one
gives evidence of ability in acting, direct­ing,
stage lighting, stage carpentry and
after the expenditure of many hours of ac­tual
labor). Here again we have almost
fifty students who are working with an
earnestness and interest that is surprising.
The above mentioned conclusions are
these:—We believe that the benefits de­rived
by the hundred students on this cam­pus
from the two activities mentioned above
are of more tangible and of more actual
and lasting benefit to the participants than
the benefits received by the students that
play football, basketball, baseball and all
the others. Nothing new about this, but it
is something that may be said over and
over.
The Varsity and Freshman football
squads combined does not exceed the num­ber
of one hundred, we estimate. These
two groups make up practically the same
proportion of the entire student body. The
members of the glee club and dramatic club
exert slightly less actual effort than the
athletes, but a great deal more mental ef­fort,
which is, after all, what we are here
for.
Yet these organizations are subsidized
only to the extent that they may live on a
ration of bread and water. I do not say
that this over-stimulation of physical ac­tivities
and the under-nourishment of the
higher branches of activities is accountable
to any one certain thing. Nor can the
blame be placed accurately without much re­search.
It is, I believe, the natural out­let
of a young, highly enthusiastic and ac­tive
nation. A sort of plague; one that we
became afflicted with while fighting the
Indians. Whether you agree or not, Ameri­ca
must grow up some day.
We do not play for the sport of playing.
That has all been burried under the morass
of a feverish, wild-eyed desire to win.
It has been estimated that the South is
about twenty-five years behind the East in
our mode of thinking about athletics; that
the West is about seventy-five years be­hind
the South. That is only one person's
idea and is not to be taken too seriously.
Oh well, we've drifted. (Somebody make
a wisecrack about that).
* * * * *
THE SAD, SAD story of Billy Bun-kerville:—
Billy was the kind of boy
that no one paid particular attention
to. If they had, Billy would not have known
what to do with it. He wormed his way
through grammar school and finally after *
much grunting and straining he managed
to graduate from the high school of Bunk-town,
Ala. Billy received an Eversharp
pencil and the condescending nod of the
town banker upon his graduation. Billy
came to Auburn. On a rainy meeting night
he was passed by a sleepy pledging com­mittee
of Alpha Boom Boom fraternity.
Still, no one paid particular attention to
Billy Bunkerville. After four years of
hazy dwedling about, Billy was graduated
from Auburn with a degree in engineering
(I've forgotten what kind). For gradua­tion
Billy received a Parker Duofold foun­tain
pen and a condescending nod from the
village banker. He wrapped the fountain
pen with the pencil in a torn pair of under­wear
and placed the bundle in the bottom
of his trunk with the pictures of his girl.
Still no one pays any attention to Billy
Bunkerville, but he is a member of the
Bunktown stock exchange—live stock ex­change.
FROM "MOONSTRUCK"
Cold shone the moon, with noise
The night went by.
Trees uttered things of woe:
Bent grass dared not grow.
—Richard Hughes.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
LAMER NOSES OUT FRESHMEN
RESERVES 3-0 IN CAPITAL CITY
By Tad McCallum
The Sidney Lanier Poets nosed out
a 3 to P victory over the Auburn
Freshmen Reserves in-a hard fought
battle played under adverse weath­er
conditions in Crampton Bowl Fri­day
afternoon. A place-kick, booted
by Frank Moseley, Lanier halfback,
decided what would otherwise have
been a scoreless tie. Moseley sent the
oval squarely between the goal posts
from Auburn's 20-yard line early in
the second quarter after Cardwell had
recovered an Auburn fumble deep in
the Tiger Cubs' territory.
The Resejve line was a stone wall
throughout the entire game and stop­ped
the Lanier backs cold on several
occasions when costly fumbles on the
part of the Auburn backs had given
the Poets the ball in scoring territory.
Auburn's lone chance to score came
in the second period when Davidson
attempted to punt out from his own
15-yard line. Porter Grant broke
through and blocked the punt but the
Reserve line was slow in charging
through and Lanier recovered. On
Many Bluffers Found
During Examinations
He who attempts bluffing on final
exams during the next few days—
and there will be plenty of us at­tempting
it—may be assured that he
belongs to what is perhaps the great­est
class of bluffers in existence.
Out of one hundred University of
Cincinnati students who recently
took a special examination composed
of questions which had no answer,
half of them bluffed 46.58 per cent
or more. Some bluffed their way
through 81 per cent of the examina­tions,,
which asked for fictitious word
definitions, authors of unwritten
books, and identification of certain
alleged passages in Shakespeare.
The same examination, given to
fifty-eighth non-college men and wo­men
chosen at random, showed that
the bluffing score of this group was
only 25 per cent. .This leads a well-known
writer to declare that "our
educational system trains to dishon­esty
and pretentiousness. . . ."
Perhaps he is right, but neverthe-les
we still defend bluffing. There is
something to it that savors of a re­liant,
do-or-die, fighting spirit that
seems commendable in youth. Stu­dents
on the whole know that bluff­ing
is wrong, yet they often resort to
it because of a notion that instructors
sometimes give some credit for "at­tempts"
at answering exam questions.
If they are ingenious enough in bluff­ing,
some instructors may respect
their genius enough to give it con­sideration.
And then bluffing al­ways
produces some amusing ma­terial
for faculty small talk.
his next attempt Davidson got off a
long spiral that carried the ball to
mid-field.
Lanier played defensive football
during the last half and punted on the
second or third down. Auburn's of­fense
was ragged and the Reserves
were unable to maintain a sustained
drive. The condition of the field was
largely responsible" for this, however,
and Auburn managed to roll up four
first downs to Lanier's three. Mor-phus
got away on a 30-yard jaunt
around left end as the game was end
ing and the gain proved futile.
Arthur and Bunkley were out
standing in the center of the Re
serves' forewall while Grant and Chil
ders handled the flanks well. Phipps
and Shackleford did most of the ball
toting .
Moseley was the big gun in Lanier
offense until he was removed in the
second quarter with a badly injured
hip. Haigler at center was the out
standing lineman for the Poets.
Lineup
RESERVES
Grant ' LE
Arthur LT
Bunkley LG
Curlee C
Senn RG
Wagnon RT
Childers RE
Shackleford QB
Neal HB
Morphus FB
Auburn 0 0
Lanier 0 3
Officials: Severance (Oberlin) ref
eree; Owens (Georgia), umpire
Smith (Army), headlinesman.
LANIER
Davidson
Cardwell
Watson
Haigler
Crossland
Haygood
Scott
Paterson
Brown
Moseley
0 0—0
0 0—
Search for Noah's
Ark Will Be Made
A search is soon to be made for
Noah's Ark.
The suggestion was made by Wil­liam
H. Strong, former president of
the Chicago Chapter, American Asso­ciation
of Engineers, with the idea
that the old boat be brought to the
forthcoming World's Fair in 1933.
That the Ark may be found is be­lieved
by Mr. Strong because of the
fact that wooden chariot wheels have
recently been unearthed at Kish
Mesopotamia, from a depth of 45
feet. The age of these wheels is esti­mated
at 5,000 years.
"It is safe to asume," he says,
"that only fire, an earthquake or
avalanche could have destroyed the
Ark, because it was built of gopher
wood, notorious for its ability to
withstand all decay."
It is proposed to search all over
and around Mount Ararat by air­planes
equipped with strong cameras.
Vast sections of this territory have
never been explored.
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Montgomery, Ala.
of Character that re­flect
the True Spirit
of the Holiday Sea­son.
Greeting Cards
now showing
Student Supply Shop
The Best Moderately Priced
The Best New Records
Personal Criticism of New Records Made Each
Week by Buddy Glennon
This column is a personal criticism
of the new records released each
week. I sincerely hope it will be an
aid in selecting the best records
available.
When you return from the Tech
game feeling all pepped up over the
way the Tigers treated the Yellow
Jackets, you'll go straight to the "old
phonograph" and play a hot number
to re-stimulate your feelings. There
are some real good records just out
that you should have for that occa­sion.
The warmest thing on record is the
"Jungle Crawl" and "Lucky 3-6-9"
played by Tiny Parham and his
Musicians. This is a negro orchestra,
and you know of the natural rhythm
possessed by this race.
If this cold weather is introducing
your knes to each other, all you have
to do is put "Funny Feathers Blues"
under the needle and you will get
all hot and bothered. Then turn it
over and play "Hod Do They Do It
That Way" and hear a passionate
saxaphone in ideal dance time. You'll
like this one. Both tunes are played
by Henry Allen, Jr., and his orches­tra.
While we're discussing dance tunes,
I want to mention two scorching
records by Fess Williams and his
orchestra—more negroes. "Kentucky
Blues" is the best dance record out.
"Hot Town," on the other side, will
keep you stepping. On their latest
record is "Ain't Misbehavin' " and
"Sweet Savannah Sue"—both good
dance tunes.
"Sweeter Than Sweet' from
"Sweetie" by the Ipania Trouba­dours,
is so good that I must mention
it again. Contrary to custom, the oth­er
side is also very good. It is "My
Strongest Weakness Is You" from
"So Long Letty."
Now a brand new one, "Remark­able
Girl" played by Ted Weems
and his orchestra. There's no other
orchestra in the country like Ted's.
This record is good, but the other
side "There's Too Many Eyes That
Wanna Make Eyes At Two Pretty
Eyes I Love" displays more of Ted's
individuality. A real saxaphone at­tracts
your attention in this one.
The Columbia Photo Players have
made two records that are—well,
give them a trial anyway. The tunes
are "I Come To You" from Skin
Deep" and "Dance Away The Night"
from "Married in Hollywood." On
their other record are "My Love
Parade" from "The Love Parade" and
"Dream Lovers."
Al Katz demonstrates the musical
ability of his musicians in a novelty
called "I Lift Up My Finger And
Say, Tweet, Tweet." This is a peppy
record with exceptional instrumental
work. The other side is "My Wife
On a Diet" from "Whoopee." This
a better dance number, but there
a little too much singing.
Do you remember the sentimental
records Ruth Etting made last sum
mer. Well, she has a new one—"Ain'
Misbehavin' " and "At Twilight." She
has th&t appeal that runs college
boys crazy, if engineering hasn't al
ready done it.
Ben Selvin gives us another—
"Sunny Side Up" from "Sunny Sidt
Up" and "Love" from "The Trespas
ser." Because of the popularity of
this picture, Gloria Swanson has also
made a record of "Love."
If you saw the "Hollywood Revue,
you know that Ukulele Ike can make
his uke talk. He has a new record of
I the "Sophomore Prom" and "Reach
ing for Someone."
And Paul Specht plays two tunes
from "Untamed" which is at the Tig
er Theatre tonight. They are "That
Wonderful Something" and "Chant
of The Jungle." The first is good and
has a wonderful guitar accompani­ment.
Nat Shilkret plays "Love Me"
from the French show "De'ja'." This
is a pretty waltz with beautiful
changes. The other side is "Its Been
A Long Time Between Times" by Leo
Reisman and his orchestra. Don't fail
to hear this—it is one of the best.
Here's one—"From Now On" from
the "Street Singer" played by the
Knickbockers. The smooth chorus is
followed by the wildest snatch of
music you ever heard. That bass is
really low down. The reverse side is
"You've Made Me Happy Today" by
the same orchestra. You will like the
dreamy chorus.
Books of Interest
Hunky" is a Vitally Different Book, Written With
Wonderful Simplicity and Directness
HUNKY
BY THAMES WILLIAMSON
Coward McCann Inc., Publishers
Reviewed by K. M. McMillan, '33
"Hunky" is the story of Jencic, the
great slow man, who is working con­tentedly
in a world of which he
knew little, and for which he cared
less. He came to America as a child
from one of the Teutonic nations of
Central Europe, which one, neither he
nor any one else ever knew. He was
a great brute in strength, but a
child mentally. He worked hard as a
laborer in a bakery until Teena, a
girl with whom he fell in love, and
Krusack, his great friend and deliver,
lifted him out of his stupid existence
and gave him happiness in an entirely
different world.
"Hunky" is a vitally different
book, written with wonderful sim­plicity
and directness.
AN ORDINANCE
Be it ordained by the City Coun­cil
of the City of Auburn, Alabama,
as follows:
That the ordinance adopted by
the City Council of the City of Au­burn
on the 23rd day of October,
1923, and being in words and figures
as follows, to-wit':
Sec. 1. No person, firm or cor­poration
engaged in the drug busi­ness
or in the business of keeping a
restaurant or engaged in any other
business shall on Sunday sell ice­creams,
sherbets or other-vices, soda-water,
soda fountain drinks or bot­tle
drinks of any kind, except persons,
firms, or corporations engaged in the
business of keeping a restaurant may
sell and furnish ice-cream and bottle
drinks with any meal or lunch served
on Sunday.
Sec. 2. Any person, firm or cor­poration
who shall violate any section
of this ordinance shall for the first
offense be fined not less than five or
more than twenty-five dollars and up­on
a second or any subsequent convic­tion
in the same calendar year shall
be fined not less than twenty-five dol­lars
nor more than One Hundred Dol­lars
and may also be put to hard la­bor
for the Town of Auburn for not
exceeding three months be and the
same is here-by repealed.
"I, Bert Newton, City Clerk of
the City of Auburn, Alabama, here­by
certify that the foregoing is a true
copy of an Ordinance adopted by the
City Council of Auburn at a meeting
held on November 5th, 1929."
B. NEWTON,
(Adv. 26) City Clerk.
Jencic, the principal character, has
an astonishingly simple philosophy;
one full of individuality and indif­ference.
At "first he was content to
work six nights a week in the store­room
of a bakery for the meager
salary of six dollars a week. His only
aim in life was to work, eat, and
sleep; his Saturday nights off were
terribly lonely and listless ones, and
he sincerely wished that he could
work seven nights a week.
His whole life is changed by his
falling in love with Teena and the
help given him by Krusack. In the
end he is happily married to Teena,
and Krusack has given him the posi­tion
of second baker at the bakery.
The author realistically depicts the
ignorance of foreigners in America;
their beliefs, and their innermost
feelings. It is not a dull, tiresome
book; its pages are alive with action,
and the author does not stop to moral­ize
at any time.
It is full of simplicity; it has no
complicated plot, and all the charact­ers
are simple in their illiteracy.
Auburn Players to
Give Play at Beulah
The Auburn Players presented
the play "A Little Child Shall Lead
Them," at Beulah School, Saturday
night, November the 23rd. The same
play presented in Auburn last week,
received much favorable comment.
The play was of1 special interest
to the people at Beulah as the scene
is laid in a rural community with the
plot centered around the effort of
consolidating the schools of the com­munity.
The part which appealed to the citi­zens
of the Beulah community is that
the Auburn players donated their tal­ent
and all of the proceeds went to
the school at Beulah.
The play is under the direction of
Professor J. D. Shaver, a member of
the Auburn faculty.
Tells How to Stop
The "Red Robber"
Fire, "the red robber," destroys
3,500 people and $150,000,000 worth
of property on farms and in rural
communities of the United States
yearly. These figures are based on
an estimate by the United States De­partment
of Agriculture!. Alabama
lives and property come in for their
share of death and destruction, mem­bers
of the agricultural engineering
department at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute say.
Much of this disaster is prevent­able,
according to J. B. Wilson, ex­tension
agricultural engineer at Au­burn,
who, with county agents, is
helping farmers of Alabama with
their building problems.
Mr. Wilson and the U. S. Depart­ment
of Agriculture list eight of the
principal causes of rural fires, to
which they say two-thirds of the loss
and death is due. These causes are
(1) spontaneous or self-ignition of
hay and other agricultural products,
(2) lightning, (3) defective chim­neys
and flues, (4) sparks on com­bustible
roofs, (5) careless use of
matches—smoking, (6) careless use
and storage of gasoline and kerosene,
(7) defective heating equipment,
(8) faulty wiring and improper use
of electrical appliances.
Suggestions for reducing fire loss
are also given. In general these con­sist
of prevention of the causes, Mr.
Wilson said, but called particular at­tention
to the importance of ventilat­ing
hay immediately after it is stored.
He also mentioned that major build­ings
should be equipped with light­ning
rods. "A substantial metal roof
with all parts in good electrical con­tact
and with proper grounding also
offers good lightning protection," he
added. Good, fire-resistant roofing
material, he continued, will prevent
many fiers from sparks.
School Authorities
Put Ban on Yo-Yoing
The first sign of an outbreak
against the yo-yo appeared in the
Danville, Ohio, public schools this
week when the school authorities
placed that popular plaything on the
taboo list. It is reported that this
adict has seriously cramped the style
of both pupils and teachers.
The reason for this drastic action
is that a number of school boys made
their way to the balcony of the
gymnasium and swung their revolving
bobbins on long strings to the floor
below where teachers were at dinner.
As soup and yo-yos do not mix, the
school authorities decided in favor
of the more necessary article.
Queer Things Found
On Registration Cards
Sun-tan! A University co-ed tells
the world, through the medium of
her registration card, that she be­longs
to the "sun-tan" race! How­ever,
this slip of her pen, or con­science,
miay be accounted for in
that she is a "heathen." Sunday
morning for her is just "the morn­ing
after the night before."
Many queer things were found in
the registration cards. No one can
imagine the number of freshmen
who, with no embarrassment what-sover,
gave their birth dates as the
year 1929.—University of Washing­ton.
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Human Race Now in
Its Earliest Infancy
The human race now is in the
earliest infancy of an existence that
may last for 1,000,000,000,000
years in a universe made up approxi­mately
20,000,000,000,000,000,000,-
000,000 stars in a flight like that of
a great flock of celestial swans, which
already has lasted, roughly, close to
10,000,000,000,000 years.
Such is the picture of man's place
in creation presented in the annual
report of the Smithsonian institution
by J. M. Jeans, celebrated astronomer
and secretary of the Royal Society of
Great Britain.
Mr. Jeans pictures man as just be­ginning
to peep over the edge of his
cradle, and concludes his picture of
life, space and time with the aston­ishing
statement:
"The picture it sees may be mere­ly
a creation of its own mind in which
nothing really exists except itself.
The universe which we study with
such care may be a dream, and we
brain cells in the mind of the dream­er."
Man, he says, has existed at the
most about 300,000 years on a planet
about 2,000,000 years old, with every
likelihood that conditions still will be
suitable for human life a million mil­lion
years hence, although the years
will be longer and the climate colder.
A very gloomy view of the future,
Mr. Jeans observes, would give man
a life span of 2,000,000,000 years.
"Hell Week" Now
Losing Popularity
At Northwestern
Twelve fraternities at Northwest­ern
University have just announced
that "Hell Week," the initiation
period in the fraternities, has been
abolished. This brings the total num­ber
of fraternities on the campus not
observing "Hell Week" to twenty-three.
This movement is sponsored by
Robert Hicks, president of the inter-fraternity
council, and by James W.
Armstrong, dean of men. It is the
result of a resolution passed by the
national Inter-fraternity council
against the tactics employed in the
initiation of pledges.
The backers of the movement con­tend
that the physical abuse is a poor
test for the fitness of an individual
to the group, that it is prejudicial to
the welfare of the pledge, and that
it makes a poor impression on the
public.
Opelika Kiwanians
Hear Professor Roe
Democratic Senior Dill, of Wash­ington,
has made a plea that Congres­sional
debates be broadcasted by
radio over a coast-to-coast network.
Kiwanians of Opelika heard an in­teresting
talk by Professor John Roe,
of the languages department; his
talk being the feature of the meeting
Wednesday.
Professor Roe's talk bordered
around his experiences and impres­sions
of foreigners gathered this
summer, when he made a trip abroad,
and the time he spent abroad during
the World War.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1929.
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
ENGINEERING CONFERRED
UPON SLOAN BY COLLEGE
(Continued from page 1)
professional degree of E. E. was con­ferred
upon him.
Seated on the platform with him
were members of the Board of Trus­tees,
distinguished visitors, and mem­bers
of the faculty, including Dean
John J. Wilmore, of the school of
engineering, who taught Mr. Sloan
as a student at Auburn.
The trustees were •represented by
Dr. A. F. Harman, Montgomery; C.
W. Ashcraft, Florence; T. D. Sam-ford,
Opelika; and Harry Herzfeld,
Alexander City.
In conferring this degree Dr.
Knapp explained that it was the first
of its kind to be presented by the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. It was
the second honorary degree awarded
by Auburn in 40 years.
Dr. Knapp sketched Sloan's record
from the time he was a boy in Mobile.
Immediately after graduating at Au­burn
he went to Dothan where he had
his first experience as a manager of
a small power plant. Later he was in
Memphis, with the General Electric
Company in Schenectady, with the
Birmingham Railway Light & Pow­er
Company, and with the New Or­leans
Light & Power Company be­fore
going to New York, where he
has placed himself at the pinnacle of
public utilities success.
Dr. Knapp's Statement
The statement made by Dr. Knapp
in conferring the degree follows:
"We are assembled here on a very
interesting occasion to do honor to a
great graduate of this institution.
Honorary degrees have been confer­red
by practically all colleges in
America and this policy has become
the accepted one in most institutions.
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute
has been exceedingly slow in taking
up this policy fearing, without doubt,
that it would be misunderstood. Ours
is largely a technical school organized
as it is for the purpose of training
men in the higher branches of agri­culture,
engineering and other sci­ences
as well as giving each of these
an opportunity for cultural improve­ment
and personal development. Au­burn
has not heretofore paid any
great amount of attention to the
honoring of those of its sons and
daughters who have gone forth into
the world and reflected great credit
upon the institution as well as upon
themselves.
"Honorary degrees have been con­ferred
at some institutions as a sort
of personal reward and often upon
persons who have had no connection
with the institution at "all. At other
institutions they are conferred upon
public men as a mark of distinction
because of the high quality of service
performed by these men for the com­monwealth.
"In the highest sense an honorary
degree which is conferred upon a
former graduate or one who has per­formed
a distinct service to the in­stitution
because of high approval
of his Alma Mater is the highest
ideal of an honorary degree. It is in
this spirit and with this thought we
come to these exercises tonight.
"The Board of Trestees of this in­stitution
at its meeting last June au­thorized
the conferring of honorary
degrees under such regulations and
under such circumstances as the
faculty and the board might approve.
"This is the first degree to be con­ferred
under such authority. Al­though
the entire regulations have
not been worked out, such limita­tions
are going to be placed upon
this high privilege as to confine these
degrees very largely to .men and wo­men
of the very highest worth who
have in some way reflected in then-own
lives honor upon their Alama
Mater. If we should go outside of the
range of our own graduates and oth­ers
connected with the institution,
our thought would be to confine them
strictly to the men of the very high­est
worth in the State of Alabama.
These regulations have not been en­tirely
worked out.
"The degree of doctor of agricul­ture
and doctor of engineering have
been conferred by the most distin­guished
colleges in this country.
They are not held by men in all pro­fessions
and walks of life but are
confined strictly to those in engin­eering
professions in the one case and
those in agricultural professions in
the other. They are degrees that are
held by but few men. They are con-sidei-
ed a great honor. Both of them
are strictly honorary degrees and are
not conferred for any work actually
undertaken within the collegiate in­stitution.
"It is with a great deal of pride
and satisfaction that we come to this
special occasion for the purpose of
conferring upon Mr. Matthew Scott
Sloan the degree of Doctor of engin­eering.
Born in Mobile, Alabama, in
1881, he came to Auburn and entered
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in
the fall of 1897. In 1901 he was
graduated with the degree Bachlor
of Science in both the Elecetrical and
Mechanical Engineering courses. His
two chief teachers, Professor Dun-stan
in electrical engineering and
Dean Wilmore in mechanical engin­eering,
are still on the faculty. In
1902 he remained with the college as
a Graduate Assistant in Electrical
Engineering and took the degree of
Master of Science,—hence we may
refer to him as a member of our
faculty at one time. Under the rules
of this institution and other similar
ones a professional degree is con­ferred
after some years of the prac­tice
of the engineering profession and
Mr. Sloan took the degree of Elec­trical
Engineering in 1911 under
these provisions. From 1902 to 1906
he was with the General Electric
Company at Schenectady. In 1908 to
1914 he was Chief Engineer and As­sistant
to the President of the Birm­ingham
Railway Light & Power
Company. His efficient service there
made him Vice-President and Gen­eral
Manager of the New Orleans
Railway & Light Company from 1914
to 1917.
"In 1917 he went with the Edison
Companies of New York and became
successively President of the Brook­lyn
Edison Company and then of the
New York Edison Company and later
on of the combined Electric Light
& Power Company of that great or­ganization.
His capacity for adminis­tration
and his rare talents for or­ganization
of great engineering en­terprises
has made him a director in
numerous corporations, a director in
the United States Chamber of Com­merce
and President of the National
Electric Light Association.
"His ideals for public service in­clude
efficiency in business manage­ment,
sympathetic and understanding
treatment of employees, courtesy to-
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all scientific inventions which should
be made available to them, absolute
truthfulness and honesty in public
and personal relations.
"It is a far cry from the slender
freshman in his gray uniform at Au­burn
in the late nineties to the dis­tinguished
president of the largest
consolidated electric service organi­zation
in this country or in the
world. I am sure that I am speaking
the solemn truth that these steps
from one to the other are steps taken
through earnest application, tremen­dous
capacity for hard work and the
indomitable courage to move forward
and to work well.
"In honoring Matthew Scott Sloan
this institution desires to set its stamp
of approval upon the true value of
what it is attempting to do. The
measure of this institution's true
worth is in men like Matthew Scott
Sloan and not in a few paltry suc­cesses
in local field or the transient
victories or defeats of an athletic
team. The glory of Auburn is in the
type of men it sends into the world,
men of courage, men with training,
but, above all, men who have not
feared to put forth their effort
abundantly.
"These are our products and by
them we are perfectly willing to be
judged. It is of infinitely great im­portance
to this institution that there
be Matthew Scott Sloans in the class
of 1930 or 32 who will come into
their own in 1950 or 1960 and re­flect
ideals and spirit which they
have acquired under the oaks of this
old campus, qualities which will stand
them in good stead when they pre­side
over large enterprises for the
service of the people of a great na­tion.
"It is, therefore, my high privilege
on behalf of the Board of Trustees
and the faculty of this institution to
confer this degree at this time.
"Matthew Scott Sloan, Alabamian,
student of this institution, honor
graduate in Electrical and Mechani­cal
Engineering, Master of Science,
Assistant upon the Faculty, Profes­sional
Electrical Engineer, Adminis­trator
of great electrical enterprises,
examplar of Auburn spirit, by au­thority
of the unanimous vote of the
Board of Trustees of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, your Alma Mat­er,
and by authority of the unani­mous
vote of the faculty of this in­stitution,
it is my high privilege to
confer upon you the honorary de­gree
of "Doctor of Engineering"
and to admit you into all the rights
and privileges thereunto pertaining."
Dr. Sloan Speaks
Mr. Matthew Sloan, in his address,
following that of President Knapp's,
expressed the ideals of the gigantic
public utilities corporation. He said:
"Our ideal is to furnish as good,
as modern, as progressive electric
service as knowledge, skill, hard
work, and the present state of scien­tific
attainments will yield. Our ideal
is to manage the affairs of our com­pany
as efficiently and economically
as the best business judgment and
knowledge we can command will en­able
us to. Our ideal is to sell our
service at as low rates as we can and
still remain sound and prosperous
business, which is necessary if we are
to furnish the highest possible grade
of service. Our ideal is to operate
so efficiently and economically and
to sell our service so extensively that
we can, from time to time, lower our
rates, sharing with the public the ad­vantages
which our handling of the
business brings to the company. Our
ideal is to make electric service just
as widely useful to every person and
every business as we can. This is not
only intelligent seeking of new busi­ness
but is also an endeavor to ful­fill
our function as an agency of
public service. Our ideal is to plan,
administer and develop our company
so that it shall be a sure and vital
factor in helping our community to
grow^and prosper. Our ideal is to
have customers who are friends, and
to serve a community which knows
about us, believes in us and respects
us for our policies and what we ac­complish
in living up to them.
"Such ideals, I think, are in the
minds of most utility executives of
major position. They may never have
been formulated as I set them down,
but' consciously or unconsciously, the
men who spend their lives in public
utility service shape their policies and
operations along these lines. And
along these lines must utilities de­velop
for success in the job now con­fronting
them and the bigger work
the future will present to them."
Campus Expressions
The Present Condition of the Vocabulary of the
So-Called Average Undergraduate
By An Humble and Sometimes
Literate Senior
"Hi, Kid, how about getting on the
ball and giving me the cold dope on
this con interp racket?"
"Say, lissen, dopeless, that's a gut.
They aren't going to lay you an egg,
are they?"
"Geest, I hope not. They got me
running, though."
"Ah, don't be a dope all your life.
Get wise to yourself. No prof is go­ing
to stick out his neck by flunking
a Senior. You oughta lay off the
books for a while. I got an idea.
The wife's got a pretty swell babe
down. How about us going around
and doing a little high-class wolfing?"
"Nope, I couldn't do it. I gotta
study 'em up."
"Ah, come on, we'll toss off a few
and then smooth 'em up." "
"Can't do it; and besides yorfr room­mate's
a toughie."
"Say, if he opens his mouth, I'll
cream him."
"Nope, chase yourself, I gotta
pound the books."
"Oke, see you at the game tomor­row?"
"Oke, by me."
"Oke."
Thus of an afternoon two serious-minded
youths who ornament Phi
Beta Kappa keys might hold forth.
Their phrases, it is to be noted, are
heavy with the rich, luxuriant growth
of four years of concentration on the
liberal arts. . . . As earnest entomo­logists
point out, the classics of to­day
are but the argot of yesterday.
And so the undergraduate in intro­ducing
amazing words in the speech
of the day is performing a valuable
service in keeping the English lan­guage
from an unwholesome lapse in­to
stagnation.
It is hardly possible to catch the
shades and nuances of meaning that
reside in certin phrases; . . . but' we
offer the following glossary as of
possible value to visitors to academic
climes. Naturally the essence of the
vernacular is its closeness to the soil
of its birth. . . .
Geest!—This mellifluous word is
without doubt the most essential part
AUBURN WARRIORS BATTLE
TECH JACKETS THANKSGIVING
(Continued from page 1)
will rise and sing. A parade through
the main business district of Atlanta
will be led by the band Thursday
morning.
Capt. "Shorty" Long, Porter Calla­han,
Willie Granger, Forney Yar-brough,
Herman Jones, Lawrence
Chamblee, and Grady Long, will
wear the Orange and Blue Jersey for
the last time in the Turkey Day tilt.
Charlie Dudley and "Red" Roberts,
two former Auburn cheer leaders,
will lead the cheers at the game.
Many upperclassmen will remember
the yells these whoopee makers used
to provoke from the crowds at the
football games. "Red" was present
at the Howard game, and that proved
to be Auburn's lucky day.
The mention of the Auburn-Tech
conflict never fails to arouse mem­ories
of the days when John Heis-man
and Mike Donahue were at the
helm in Auburn. O. B. Keeler in the
"Atlanta Journal" Monday evening
calls to membory the time when Mike
Donahue had four fullbacks includ­ing
Harris and "Beedie" Bidez, and
without the slightest disguise, pound­ed
the Tech line with one fullback
until he was exhausted and then sent
in another—and another—and still
had one left, while Tech had no more
lines to send in. He also recounts the
time when Donahue outwitted "In­jun
Joe" Guyon and scored the only
touchdown of the day, when Tech was
on a rampage.
There seems to be a sort of halo
about the game at Grant Field Thurs­day;
a friendly rivalry as old as that
existing between Aubm-n and Tech
cannot help but bring to mind the
events happening in the olden days.
Egge is recovering from a sprain­ed
ankle, and it is thought that he
will be able to enter the tilt. This is
the only injury sustained by the
team.
The probable line-up for Auburn
is as follows:
Egge and McCree ends
Andrews and Newton tackles
G. Long and Bush __^ guards
Harkins center
Jones '- quarterback
Hatfield and Young halfbacks
"Shorty" Long fullback
of the undergraduate vocabulary.
However orthodox and academic he
may be, the student must occassion-ally
Geest or he will become a social
leper The word may flame with
anger, shine with joy, weep with sor­row,
glow with enthusiasm, shudder
with disgust. Geest what a word!
Oke—• . . . A condensation of the
more ponderous O. K. There is a
sonorous note about it that has made
its vogue immense. Among the elite
it has almost completely ousted the
once familiar the nuts.
Toughie, Smoothie— . . . The
toughie is the man of the hour when
the policeman's whistle blows. It is
always nice to be close to him when
the riot calls are turned in. . . .
Smoothie, on the other hand,
indicates savoir faire, a certain je ne
sais quoi, an indefinable something.
Clothes do much to make the smoothie.
When one is entertaining a young
lady, it is always well to avoid a
smoothie, lest he try to smooth 'em up.
Occasionally there comes a rare gen­ius
who beneath the polished exterior
may boast an army of iron. Then we
have the rare toughie-smoothie com­bination,
not unlike a stick of dyna­mite
in a platinum case.
Softie—One who lets his studies in­terfere
with his education Softie
indicates lack of sufficient energy, im­agination,
or ambition to get on the
ball in any way. . . .
To cream Its various synonyms
are to knock cold, to cool, to beat up
on, to take, and so on. . . . A thing or
a person when creamed has been
treated successfully with considerable
violence.
To wolf, to chisel, usually refers
to the depredations committed by a
stag at a prom at the expense of a
man who is entertaining a young lady
A babe now has risen in the social
scale so as to be any beautiful and
dumb member of the female sex in­troduced
to the campus for the sake
of bringing joy and gladness to the
hearts ofthe denizens thereof. . . The
ultimate in the sex is honored by the
words plenty nntsy babe.
Wet—Still the all-embracing term
used to damn anything. . . . Ideas, per­sons,
things may fall beneath this
blighting adjective. Applied to an
undergraduate, it is a fighting word
unless accompanied by a smile.
To be laid an egg is the sad fate
of one who has been completely crush­ed,
outwitted, defeated
A gut—A rapidly disappearing relic
of the days when an education was
absorbed instead of wrought out of
unyielding materials. It refers speci­fically
to a course requiring and re­ceiving
little time or though. When
the happy undergraduate discovers
such a course and registers in it, he
is accused of hopping a gut. If the
gut proves to be no gut, then it is
said to have back-fired and the pro­fessor
is proved no gentleman.
To threaten to get on the ball in­dicates
a determination to undertake
persistent effort along any line.
Speaking scholastically, it is consid­ered
better to say pound the books,
study 'em up.
To stick out one's neck is to com­mit
an unpardonable error, to lay
oneself open to criticism, usually that
of being wet. It is a dopeless thing
to do. A persistent offender should
ivise up on himself.
Wife—A roommate. . . .
It is to be noted that the old An­glo-
Saxon monosyllables still flourish
—Princeton Alumni Weekly.
Professor Dunstan
Searches For Radium
Leaves for West Virginia to Recover
Radium Lost by Hospital
Professor Dunstan left Auburn yes­terday
enroute to Huntington, West
Virginia, where he will attempt to lo­cate
a small quantity of radium lost
by the hospital there. The value of
the lost radium is estimated to be
$2000. Professor Dunstan will con­duct
his search for the valuable metal
with a personally designed radio-metei-.
For several years the professor in
engineering has engaged in searches
for lost radium, and has at various
times succeeded in finding much of
the lost material. He has receovered,
during the years in which he has tak­en
part in such work, radium the total
value of which is over fifty thousand
dollars.
STUDENTS ACCLAIM TIGER
GRIDDERS AT HUGE
MASS MEETING
AUBURN STUDENTS SHOUT;
"BEAT TECH!" COACH RED
FLOYD SMILES AND HOPES
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nessec State tournament two succes­sive
years, and his baseball team won
nineteen out of twenty games. In
the middle of the season of 1927, he
returned to his Alma Mater as as­sistant
to Dan McGugan. He reminds
sistant to Dan McGugan. He remain­ed
there until he was hired as assis­tant
to George H. Border, incoming
mentor here at the Plains.
When Bohler handed in his resigna­tion
early this month, President Brad­ford
Knapp without hesitation ap­pointed
Floyd head coach. Floyd was
faced with the task of developing a
losing Auburn team into a winner at
almost the close of the season.
Nevertheless, he has gone at his
task daily with an unending spirit.
Many evenings the moon has shined
brightly over Drake Field before he
has left his work. He has prepared
the Tigers for the final battle of the
season. Someone shouts, "To hell with
Tech," Floyd Smiles—and hopes.
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Spirit began to take new life and *• O. X. DEFEATS S. A. E.
burst into flame. The same spirit
that led Auburn to conference vic­tories
in the past was in evidence—
alive and undaunted that spirit defies
defeat and is determined to break the
Jinx that has followed Auburn for
three seasons.
Capt. "Shorty" Long voiced the
sentiment of the team in a brief talk,
saying that the Tiger would give
Tech more trouble than was expected.
He also expressed his regret that
Thursday would be the last time he
would wear the Tiger uniform, and
his intentions of terminating his grid
career by giving his best to the team
that he had worked with for four
years.
As the dummy went up in flames
the Auburn Band thrilled the crowd
with the Alma Mater song, and to the
strains of the grand old song the
curtain of the 1929 football season
was called.
TO WIN FRAT TOURNEY
DELEGATES TO
"Y" MEET REPORT
KIWANIS CLUB FETES
ORANGE AND BLUE TEAM
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unwilling to drop Auburn.
The meeting was a pep affair dur­ing
which football songs were sung
and Auburn yells heard. The team
participated in pep songs and yells.
The purpose of the Kiwanis club
was to entertain the football Tigers
and coaches and to assure them that
the club is behind them and counting
on them to make a good showing at
the Tech game, the final of the sea­son.
Professor J. C. Grimes, presi­dent
of the club, presided. Yells were
led by Bud Baxter, cheer leader.
DO ATHLETES MAKE CLASSES?
What's all this row about college
athletes getting reduced tuition in
large universities? They make less
use of their classes, don't they.—De­troit
Collegian.
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Student honor was discussed at the
meeting, and many suggestions offer­ed.
No action was taken, but the
members were urged to ponder on the
subject.
Army and Navy football negotia­tions
fail to reach an agreement for
a resumption of games. A slight va­riation
of the old elephant and whale
difficulty.
Personality may be valuable, but
the fellows who hold down the
best jobs don't seem to have much
of an excess of it.
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hopes and aspirations but as on their
former drive the verastile T. O. X.
placed a wet blanket over their en­thusiasm
by their dribbling and
guarding.
Kuykendall showed a form of drib­bling
that cannot be easily surpassed
and on numerous occasions dribbled
the length of the floor to drop the
leather sphere in the loop for two
points. Smith and Lawson also showed
up well. For the S. A. E.'s, Barnes
showed good form in dribbling, and
shooting the sphere through the loop,
while Gholston was all over the
floor, stopping the plays of the T. O.
X. on numerous occasions. Lull play­ed
a good game at guard, and Cap­tain
Anderson was in receipt of the
tip-off practically every trial. Big-gerstaff,
the flashy S. A. E. forward
was smothered out by the lanky T.
O. X. boys.
The game was one that was filled
with thrills from the beginning to the
end and the refreeing of Salter and
Lee kept the boys on the move at all
times, and made the game one that
was cleanly played thorughout.
Lineup
S. A. E. T. O. X.
Points Points
F. Biggerstaff _ 2 F. Sanford ___
F. Barnes 6 F. Kuykendall 11
C. Anderson ._ 5 C. Smith, E. C. 7
G. Gholston ___ 1 G. Smith, G. C.
G. Lull G. Lawson __ 6
Officials:—Lee and Salter. Time
Keeper, Cobbs.
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of buying four-dollar neckties.
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