1927-02-05 The Plainsman

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VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1927 NUMBER 18
AUBURN MID-YEAR DANCES PROCLAIMED HUGE SOCIAL SUCCESS
REGISTRATION FOR SECOND
SEMESTER SETS NEW RECORD
Shi States Enrollment
Near Fifteen Hun­dred
Mark
Excess of One Hundred Over
Former Number
Noted
Registeration for the second se­mester
started early last week, and
is still in order. Records of the Reg­istrar,
Prof. B. L. Shi, show that,
even though some are leaving, still
others are entering, which is keep­ing
the number enrolled at par.
Up until Wednesday afternoon,
February 2, 1463 students had en­roled
for the second semester; some
are yet to come in. This is 91 in ex­cess
of the total number who regis­tered
for the second term last year.
This goes to show that the enroll­ment
here is still on the incline.
It is estimated that about thirty
or forty new students came in for
the second term. About ten com­pleted
graduation requirements by
the close of last semester, and have
gone to work. Still another group
of restless, love-stricken boys found
it a bit too strenuous for their sweet
nature here, and have departed into
other fields. This group was small,
however.
Various localities and institutions
are represented in the number of
new students who have registered for
work this semester. Among the col­leges
that failed to retain their en­tire
number throughout the year are,
Alabama, Georgia Tech, and others.
Other students from over the entire
state have come in for their first ex­perience
in college activities.
Authorities of the institution are
well pleased with the promptness
with which the work of the second
semester was inaugurated, the first
day being Monday, January 31. On
that day work proceeded with almost
the same smoothness and regularity
that has been prevalent during the
entire past semester.
AUBURN LIONS
HEAR DR. JUDD
IN ADDRESS
Good Citizenry Subject of Talk
by Local Dean
COLLEGE STUNT
NIGHT SET FOR
NEXT THURSDAY
Ten Dollar Cash Prize To Be
Awarded Winner
The date of the annual College
Stunt Night has been changed from
Friday, February 11, as scheduled in
the college calendar, to Thursday
night, February 10, according to an
announcement made today by Royce
Crawford, general secretary of the
local Y. M. C. "A. under whose aus­pices
the event will be staged.
J. M. Edwards, president of the
Y. M. C. A. announced that a cash
prize of ten dollars would be award­ed
the entry winning first place. Mr.
Edwards stated that all organizations
and campus clubs were cordially in­vited
to enter the contest.
College stunt night is an institu­tion
at Auburn, a high type of enter­tainment
is provided by the amateur
actors.
Langdon Hall will be the scene
of the stunts while the time has been
set at 7:00 Thursday night.
Deviation from schedule in college
calendar is^Iue to a desire to coop­erate
with the college picture show,
according to Secretary Crawford.
There will be no admission charged
as the expenses engendered will be
met by the Y. M. C. A. The students
and general public are cordially in­vited
to attend.
GIRLS' IMPRESSIONb ur ini^
Since the close of the dances Saturday night
many people have been heard proclaiming the
Junior Prom as the greatest dance Auburn has
ever given. Figures show the attendance to be the
largest ever. As for the entertainment furnished,
the following quotations of some of the many visi­tors,
have been secured.
Miss Marcia Stafford, Chicago, 111.: "Your college
is great and these dances will always remain a pleas­ant
memory."
Miss Helen Barbee, Atlanta, Ga.: "Great to come
back Auburn dances are good."
Miss Dorothy Smythe, Roanoke, Va.: "I think the
dances are perfectly marvelous."
Miss Catherine Cook, Washington, D. C.: " I think
they're grand, really I do."
Miss Ruth Shaw, Defuniak Springs, Fla.: "Au­burn
has some of the finest men in Alabama."
Miss Helen Ingram, Montgomery, Ala.: "I'just
don't know what to say."
Miss Catherine Scott, Paducah, Ky.: "They're
just fine; I certainly have enjoyed-them."
Miss Marilee Shaw, Chapel Hill, N. C : "Auburn
dances are the best."
Miss Ruth Fain, Gainesville, Fla.: "They're just
fine; better than ever."
Miss Margaret Horton, Roanoke, Va.: "Auburn
dances are certainly fine."
Miss Jackie Hurlbert, Mobile, Ala.: "The best
I've ever attended."
Miss Cadle Propst, Ensley, Ala.: "I think the Au­burn
dances are the best ever."
Miss Catherine Thorington, Montgomery, Ala.:
"The dances are good."
Miss Mary Sadler, Anderson, S. C : "I like Au­burn
dances just fine."
SATURDAY NIGHT BRINGS
TO CLOSE BRILLIANT PROM
FORENSIC ORDER
INITIATES NINE
MEN TUESDAY
Phi Delta Gamma Receives
New Members Into
Bonds
PROGRAM FOR
SCOUTS MADE
UP INMEETING
Organization of Auburn Unit
Perfected by
Committee
Address on good citizenship by
Prof. Zebulon Judd, dean of the
school of education and 'tf;he sum­mer
school at Auburn, and interest­ing
reports on civic affairs by chair­man
of important committees featur­ed
the weekly meeting' of the Au­burn
Lion's Club. Emmett Sizemore
president of the club, presided and
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I
PROGRAM
College Show
Monday, February 7th
"HER BIG NIGHT"
With Laura LaPlante, Einar
Hanson, Zasu Pitts, and
Tully Marshall.
Universal News—Comedy
Tuesday, February 8th
NO SHOW
Wednesday, February 9th
"WHISPERING WIRES"
With Anita Stewart, Edmund
Burns, Mac Swain, "Heinie"
Conklin, Charles Clary,
Frank Champeau.
Comedy—"Light Wines and
Bearded Ladies"
Thursday, February 10th
COLLEGE STUNT NIGHT
Friday, February 11th
"THREE FACES EAST"
With an All-Star Cast
Pathe Comedy
Saturday, February 12th
MONTEVALLO GLEE CLUB
50 and 75c
A more intensified program for
the Auburn Boy Scouts was worked
uot at a meeting called Monday af­ternoon
by Dr. B. F. Thomas, chair­man
of the Boy Scout organization.
Auburn is one of units of the recent­ly
organized Boy Scout council, com­posed
of ten East Alabama counties,
of which L. R. Simpson, with head­quarters
in Opelika, is director.
Chairman Thomas appointed his
governing board as follows: A. L.
Thomas, vice-chairman; S. L. Toom-er,
finance; Rev. S. B. Hay, chair­man
Court of Honor; R. C. Christo­pher,
survey; Rev. Milligan Earnest,
camping; H. A. Jolly, civic; J. M.
Robinson, training; and Emmett
Sizemore, publicity.
For the past three years, Boy
Scout work at Auburn has grown in
interest, and during this time a hut
has been erected. The movement has
received the keen interest of the Vil­lagers,
and Lions, local luncheon
clubs, and the Auburn chamber of
commerce.
Heretofore, one troop has been
maintained, with Sgt. George Mox-ham,
as scout leader, but under the
reorganization plans, it is intended
that there will be two troops, with
the selection of scout masters pend­ing.
Sgt. Moxham has been named
as assistant Scout Commissioner, and
will probably give up his work as
head of one of the troops.
Quite a lot of interest is being
shown in the movement among the
student body of the Alabama Poly­technic.
Already, a chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega, scout honorary frater­nity,
has been organized wth ten
Eagle scouts, as charter members.
It is said that there are more than
twenty Eagle scouts in the Auburn
student body at present. This organ­ization
has signified their interest in
assisting the scout work of the local
troops. A union church service is
being planned for February 6th at
the Baptist church in which the Au­burn
scouts will take part.
Oh Tuesday, Phi Delta Gamma,
honorary forensic society, held its
regular initiation. After the im­pressive
ceremony the following men,
representatives of the best literary
talent in school, were taken into the
society:
F. E. Bertram, E. T. Bright, R. C.
Cargile, Rowe Johnson, George Jes­ter,
Coke Matthews, C. C. Phillips,
Roy Sellers, and George Williams.
Phi Delta Gamma is a national
organization whose purpose is to fos­ter
and maintain forensic work, ora­tory,
debate, and dramatics. It is
very encouraging in the establish­ment
of a larger number of literary
societies where they are needed, and,
through its recognition of men who
participate in literary activities, it
promotes a wider interest in that
phase of college activities.
NOTICE!
Those students, Juniors, who fail­ed
to take the examination in Edu­cation
404 the last semester of last
year, 1925-26, will be privileged to
take it on Tuesday night, February
9, at 7:00 o'clock in the Education
office.
MUSICAL SHOW
TO BE GIVEN BY
LOCAL PLAYERS
NEW PLEDGES
SELECTED BY
ALPHAMURH0
Honorary Fraternity Elects
Three Seniors, Six
Juniors
ZEZ C0NFREY (AUBURN PROVES
SCORES BIG HIT LAVISH HOST TO
WITHDANCERSMANY VISITORS
Paderewski of Jazz Ably Ac-compained
by His
Orchestra
Dancing To Feature Presenta­tion
of Football
Frolic
CONTEST TO BE
HELD IN BUTTER
JUDGING HERE
Samples From Creameries to
Be Scored at
Meeting
Continuing a practice of two years,
a butter judging contest will be held
at Auburn, February 9, at which
smaples of butter submitted by Ala­bama
creareries will be judged and
scored by Joel G. Winkjer, of the
United State department of agricul­ture,
Prof. W. H. %aton, professor
of dairying at Auburn, and F. W.
Burns, extension livestock specialist.
All of the Alabama creameries
have been notified and each is invit­ed
to send samples of two pounds,
the same as in former judgings. Each
sample will be judged and scored and
a report sent to the creamery manu­facturing
it.
Football Frolic, that orgy of sym­phonic
and syncopated excitement
which the Auburn Players will stage
at Langdon Hall this month will be
enlivened considerably by the num­erous
dance numbers which are driv­ing
the choristers of the organiza­tion
almost into a frenzy. Miss Lil­lian
Gist, Auburn's most eminent ex­ponent
of the dancing art, is direct­ing
the dance numbers for this year's
musical comedy.
Miss Gist studied dancing at the
famous Ned Wayburn School of Danc­ing
in New York City and she main­tains
a highly successful studio of
her own in Auburn. It was fortu­nate
for the Auburn Players that
she could be induced to train the ma­ny
chorouses of the annual antics
of the thespians. She has appeared
frequently at various functions in
Auburn since she returned from New
York and her talents and gifts as a
dancer of note are well known. The
show this year contains about eight
or nine' difficult dance routines, in­cluding
the popular and complicated
Black Button,' which has taken the
entire country by storm. Everyone
wants to learn it, few are able to and
scarcely anyone is allowed to. How­ever,
Miss Gist's class is progressing
to the point that indicates perfection.
The evening of Thursday, Febru­ary
24th will be dedicated to this
high-powered musical show and Lang­don
Hall will be the center of attrac­tion
on that night, if the campus in­terest
in jazz and jocosity holds out
until then.
The following pledges are announc­ed
by Alpha Mu Rho, national honor­ary
philosophic fraternity: Seniors,
R. G. Carter, L. J. Maxwell, and J.
B. Hollingsworth; Juniors: R. C. Car­gile,
M. S. Kestler, Sam Mosley, Ce­leste
Nesbitt, B. T. Sankey and Do­rothy
Taylor.
Members are selected once each
scholastic year from both the junior
and senior classes initiated the pre­vious
year as juniors. Membership
is based upon interest in the doctrin­es
of philosophers, scholarship, gener­al
activity and good fellowship.
Auburn chapter of Alpha Mu Rho
was established last spring and study
during the past semester has been
confined to Greek philosophy.
Purpose of this fraternity is to
encourage the search for truth
throughout the colleges and univer­sities
of the country.
Initiation of the new pledges will
take place on Wednesday night, Feb­ruary
9, probably at the Auburn
Inn.
HARE SEARCHES
FOR POISON IN
BODY^F GIRL
Murder Suspicion Awaits Con­firmation
By State
Chemist
When Irving Berlin wrote his fam­ous
song, "I Love a Piano," it is said
that he had Zez Confrey in mind.
Certainly, no jazz pianist has ever
tickled the ivories with the fervor,
agility, and insinuating mastership
of the illustrious Confrey. Because
he is considered the greatest expon­ent
of syncopation piano-playing, Mr.
Confrey is compared with the great
Polish classicist. Hence his title of
"Paderewski of Jazz."
Auburn music lovers had an op­portunity
to hear thdis unique enter­tainer
last week when he brough his
splendid orchestra to the Villiage.
This orchestra furnished able accom-painment
to its famous director. Zez
Confrey has evolved a style of play­ing
which is entirely original with
him, although it has been copied by
pianists all over the world.
His text books in syncopation are
the best ever written on this subject,
and his sparkling compositions are
considered among the noteworthy con­tributions
to modern music. Some of
these are "Kitten on the Keys," "Diz­zy
Fingers," and other favorites.
Mr. Confrey is a versatile enter­tainer
as well, and -he has evolved a
number of novel stunts for his or­chestra.
But the genial personality
and marvelous technique of the "Pad­erewski
of Jazz" captivates everyone
and overshadows any similar per­formances
being given today.
150 Girls Add Zest to
Revelry
The most brilliant and best attend­ed
dances in the history of Auburn
came to a close Saturday night.
Thursday night saw more dancers on
the floor than any other Thursday
night since the advent of dancing at
Auburn. Of about 350 invitations
sent to girls in about ten states, ap­proximately
150 girls attended. The
states represented include: Illinois,
Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and
North Carolina.
Zez Confrey and his orchestra of
Chicago furnished the music for the
entire set of dances. Confrey, some­times
called, "America's greatest
novelty pianist," is the composer of,
"Kitten on the Keys," "Stumbling,"
"Lazy Fingers," and many other
popular dance hits. "The man with
a thousand fingers' and his ultra
modern 'syncopators have established
an enviable reputation from coast to
coast."
The opening dance of the Junior
Prom was Thursday night: Friday
night was the night of the Junior
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LOCAL MASONIC
CLUB TO MOVE
INTO NEW HOME
J. L. Delbridge House To Be
Occupied on September
First
MATTHEW S. SLOAN ADVISES
ADHERENCE TO BUSINESS
By HUGH G. GRANT
Matthew S. Sloan, native of Ala­bama
and product of the Alabama
Polytechnic institute, has received
high recognition as a result of his
achievements as president of the
Brooklyn Edison company, ,New
York, according to information re­ceived
here in this week in the form
of a special stody in Forbes Business
Magazine, published in New York.
The leading story in the January
15 edition of Forbes is an article
about Mat Sloan by Johnson Hey-wood,
the well known writer.
The article is entitled, "Pick Your
Business—and Stick to It: Sloan."
Caption over the article is as fol­lows:
"In the seven years that Mat­thew
S. Sloan has run the Brooklyn
Edison company its 142,000 custom­ers
have increased to 650,000 and its
business, in spite of lower rates for
current, has grown from $9,000,000
to $35,000,000."
Matthew S. Sloan, Heywood writes,
"has turned down several tempting
offers to take big jobs outside of the
public utility field, but he has stuck
persistently to the career he chose
for himself twenty-five years ago
and I happen to know that one of
the jobs would have paid him con­siderably
more than is paid to the
president of the United States."
Mat Sloan came to Auburn from
his native city Mobile in the late
90's. He worked persistently, being
rewarded with a B. S. degree in 1901
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Though evidence points to unnat­ural
death in the case of Venola
Greathouse, whom, it is alleged, was
poisoned by her father, wealthy Bibb
county planter, confirmation must
await the report of Prof. C. L. Hare
of Auburn, associate state chemist.
Profesor Hare is at present engag­ed
in an examination of the young
girl's viscera in an effort to prove
or disprove the poison theory.
According to Mr. Hare, reports of
the findings are sent in to the Pro­bate
judge of the county in a sealed
and registered envelope, preventing
any leak in the results which might
prove obstructive to the case.
Crime referred to is one of the
most actrocious in the history of
Alabama crime and has attracted
wide spread interest and aroused con­siderable
indignation is surrounding
counties.
Present experiment is representa­tive
of the important work being car­ried
on in the state chemical labora­tory
here under the direction of Dr.
B. B. Ross, state chemist. Many no­table
poison cases have been decided
by the evidence discovered in the lo­cal
laboratory.
Auburn masonic club, comprising
a large number of leading students
will occupy a new home September
1, according to announcement of F.
L. Burkes for Auburn masonic offi­cials.
The J. L. Delbridge home on the
corner of Magnolia and Gay street,
has been purchased for $11,500, the
Grand Lodge of Alabama having con­tributed
the sum of $4,150 and the
local masonic lodge having donated
a large lot, the proceeds to be applied
on the building. Auburn masons
hope to erect a temple on this site at
a future date it was stated. The Au­burn
masons are quite active as well
as the student members, many of
whom have completed their work in
masonry.
FRESHMEN HEAR
REPORTS FROM
CONFERENCE
Auburn Delegates in Convoca­tion
Speeches on Milwau­kee
Convention
ALPHA TAU OMEGA
HAS BANQUET AT
CLEMENT HOTEL
NOTICE!
College Stunt Night under the aus­pices
of the Y. M. C. A. will be held
February 10th instead of February
11th as first announced. Stunt Night
will be observed in Langdon Hall, and
all campus organizations are invited
to participate.
Twenty-five Couples Present;
Orchestra Furnishes
N
Music
One of the many outstanding social
events during the Junior Prom was
the Annual Banquet given by the lo­cal
chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega
Fraternity.
The banquet was given Friday
evening from 8:00 to 10:00 o'clock
at the Clement Hotel in Opelika. The
dining room was beautifully decorated
in the fraternity colors and flowers
were very attractively arranged on
the tables. "Dick" Yarbrough and
orchestra rendered music and danc­ing
was enjoyed between the courses.
There were about twenty-five coupl­es
who enjoyed the hospitality of the
fraternity.
Several Auburn delegates to the
Student Conference, recently held in
Milwaukee, spoke to the Freshman
class last Tuesday during the convo­cation
hour. Fred Edwards, presi­dent
of the local Y. M. C. A-, and
one of the Auburn delegates told of
the trip North. He said the news­papers
of Milwaukee were giving one­sided
stories as to the purpose and
proceedings at the conference. They
have not given the conference justice
which it deserves. The conference
was somewhat of an International
Conference as thirty-ifive national­ities
were represented among the
twenty-five hundred students pres­ent.
Mr. Edwin McCall, representing
the junior class, spoke for a few
minutes on the classes which met af­ter
the principal speech of the day.
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PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
MONDAY, FEB. 7
DON'T TELL THE WIFE
A Warner Brothers Classic,
starring Irene Rich and an all
star cast. News and Comedy.
TUESDAY, FEB. 8
THE VERDICT
With an all star cast. Aesop's
Fable and Comedy
WED.-THURS., FEB. 9-10
"NEW YORK"
An Extra Special Paramount.
Ricardo Cortez, Lois Wilson
and an all star cast.
Comedy and Krazy Kat
Admission 15 and 35c
FRIDAY, FEB. 11
THE THIRD DEGREE
A Warner Brothers Classic
with an all star cast.
Comedy and Krazy Kat
SATURDAY, FEB. 12
THE MAD DANCER
All the latest dance steps
—Comedy—
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THE PLAINSMAN
Members of the Plainsman staff
join with the students and faculty
of the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
in expressing their . sincerest
sympathy and real sense*of bereave­ment
to the grief-stricken family of
Miss Charlotte Denny, beloved
daughter of Dr. George Denny,
president of our sister institution,
who has recently been called to
join the procession eternal.
Now that the mid-year dances have slip­ped
into the regretted past, students are
looking elsewhere for entertainments to
pass away the time until the commence­ment
season brings with it the last set of
dances for the scholastic year.
Many students have Deen heard to ex­press
their reluctance to begin anew the
second semester as it follows on the heels
of the delightful loafing period during
which they were troubled only by occasion­al
examinations.
The dances were not so expensive for
local students this year as many visitors
were generous enough to furnish the stimu­lation
for all the exhilleration in evidence.
Vicissitude is the step-child of success.
Several brothers have found the pace to
swift and have dropped by the roadside this
semester. We wonder just who is to blame
for their failure to succeed. ' Have they
been given a fair chance? Has fate de­creed
their failure or has faulty enviro-ment
during their plastic days in the pub­lic
schools of the state warped their course?
We are inclined to accept the latter ex­planation.
Many familiar faces will be sorely missed
this semester, which fact brings to our
minds the unfairness of the general in­dictment,
"He could have stayed in school
if he had wanted to. There is always a
plenty of work to be found by those who
seek it." Only those who have been dis­appointed
in their search for employment
here can. fully appreciate the fallacy of
this optomistic view. The few positions
open to students in the town are engaged
several years in advance and little oppor­tunity
is afforded those who are forced
to forego an education because of inade­quacy
of funds.
The seniors are running the home stretch
now. Some will have to sprint the last
lap to break the tape; others must main­tain
their steady stride to finish, while
still others may coast in to a well earned
victory.
Happiness which pervaded the dance
floor last week was almost comic relief
from the grim tragedy of hard times all
about us in the rural districts.
We should like to see the new white way
in operation before electricity is supplant­ed
as a means of illumination.
Is Life just what we make it or are we
not just what Life makes us?
It is an alarming fact that a college edu­cation
now, in order that it may meet the
present day requirements, turns out its
finished products in men whose sole ac­complishment
is blandly smiling their ap­proval
under all circumstances.
We understand that Jack Knight, a
freshman from Georgia Tech, was in town
for the dances in the capacity of special
press agent for Brenau girls in general.
More power to him.
RETROSPECTION. AND INTRO­SPECTION
We have just begun a new year, scholas-tically
speaking, and it might be well to
pause for a moment to take an inventory
of the events of the year just closing.
Auburn has climbed yet higher on the
scale of collegiate rating. The school of
engineering is second to none in the South
and has rapidly forged to the front ranks
of the great technical schools of the west­ern
hemisphere. The department of archi­tecture
has gained more recognition from
the great American Society of Architec­ture,
possessing as its dean the president
of the Alabama chapter of this society.
Graduates of Home Economics department
are in great demand all over the state and
the plea has repeatedly come in for more
young women to take their places as home
demonstration agents. Agricultural ex­periments
from Auburn are attracting
nation-wide interest while jfoung experts
are carrying the scientific methods of till­ing
the soil to the farms of the entire
South. In all departments there has been
a decided increase in efficiency and ac­complishment.
Many improvements have been added to
the beauty of the villiage of Auburn. Paved
streets have eliminated the dread of dust
and mud while a white way has recently
been installed which will give Auburn the
appearance of a real city. A new theatre
and several business houses have improved
the financial condition of the city. A new
water system is functioning beautifully.
Plans are being pushed for the construc­tion,
in the near future, of a modern hotel
here. New residences have materially
beautififed the town and many other im­provements
in appearance are being con­templated.
Although not so fortunate in football and
basket ball during the past year, the Tig­ers
placed an exceptionally strong baseball
team on the field while the track combine
swept everything before it in a victorious
season.
We do not profess to be a seer, but we
believe that Auburn has a bright future
before her. The town is yet in its primi­tive
stage of expansion, while the school
with its constant fusion of new blood will
ultimately occupy the top of the collegiate
world. In athletics Auburn is due to re­gain
its former perstige in the South. The
cage quintette is developing into a wonder
team while the same club will represent
Auburn on the diamond. With Baskin and
Snyder to perform on the track we can be
assured of another successful season in
track under Coach Hutsell. Football pros­pects
are the brighest in years and every­thing
points towards a great team next
Fall. '
Yes, Auburn's future is even more prom­ising
than its past has been glorious, a
wonderful prediction. '
DRINKING AND OTHERWISE
Reports have been circulated and gen­erally
broadcasted to the effect that the
recent set of dances were the "wetest" that
Auburn has ever had. While we indig­nantly
deny this false accusation we are
not blind to the fact that intoxication was
very much in evidence both on the dance
floor and on the streets and that the con­duct
of the participants suffered accord­ingly.
In defense of the students, however, it
must be said that most of the objectionable
drinking and consequent episodes are to
be laid at the door of the visitors. It was
they who imported the liquor in copious
quantities and on them may be placed the
blame for transgressions on the college
rules. ,_->
Naturally the - officials seeing a group
of young men apparently enjoying a drunk­en
spree on the dance floor supposed them
to be students who were deliberately de­fying
the college regulations. This mistake
was logical as'all were clad alike in pre­scribed
formal dress.
Also visitors to the gymnasium during
the dance periods were' unable to •distin­guish
Auburn men from outsiders and
consequently carried away a very bad im­pression
of the conduct of local students.
The most flagrant offenders, however, con­fined
their bacchinical revelry to the streets
of the villiage which served to complicate
matters all the more.
We are always happy to welcome visitors
to Auburn and extend a cordial welcome to
students of neighboring institutions to at­tend
our dances, but we believe they should
return the courtesy by conforming to the
rules which govern us.
THE HONOR SYSTEM HAS FAILED
Conclusive proof that the honor system
at Auburn is a pathetic failure has been
accumulating since its inception and un­der
its tremendous weight it must needs
be crushed. Its most ardent exponents
cry for a fair trial. But it has had every
advantage to succeed. Ideal conditions
have existed in several class rooms, but,
contrary to the theory upon which the sys­tem
is founded, cheating flourished rather
than diminished.
In a recent report to the student body
in convocations assembled representatives
from the honor committee quoted statistics
compiled by that body in which the dis­position
of each case submitted to the com-mitte
during the first semester was point­ed
out to the students. In no case had a
violation of the system been reported by
a student. One can readily see that in this
case the purpose of the plan has been en­tirely
defeated, for it was established as
a device for student enforcement.
For several years the honor system has
merely been a convenient working hypo­thesis
in Auburn and the time has come
when all thoughtful students must reject
it as a shameful failure. The past exami­nations
have revealed it as a screen behind
which dishonesty has been resorted to al­most
universally.
The objectives of parental approval and
election to various honorary organizations
have proved too great a lure and real learn­ing
has been sacrificed for superior grades.
Students have demonstrated the fact
repeatedly that they will not report their
classmates for infringements on the honor
code while professors, jealous of their ped­agogical
dignity, have ignored the edicts
of the honor board. Quizzes and examina­tions
are becoming to be pregnant with
unscrupulous practices. Those who were
orthadox believers in the system have been
forced into an atheistic attitude. They
are now anxious to see the honor system
supplanted here by faculty control. There
is a large class whom a change will not af­fect.
We speak now of those students and
professors who have practiced honesty in
their work regardless of the enviroment.
However, there is a still larger class who
will be inclined to fight the removal of the
system from Auburn. We refer now to
those who have been using it as a cloack
for their dishonest practices.
Why has it failed? Many reasons may
be assigned. We feel that the most salient
cause is COMPULSORY CHEMISTRY
AND HISTORY FOR FRESHMEN. Lack
of adequate funds necessitates unusually
large lecture " classes in both of these
courses, a state which is very unfair to
inexperienced youth. Freshmen enter
school here in the plastic stage of their
character development. Few concepts of
honor have been acquired and the stamp of
agnosticism is yet easily discernable in
them. They are herded together into one
large room, three hundred bewildered boys
and girls, the more honest, the less hon­est
and the comparatively dishonest all to­gether.
The ease with which high grades
are acquired by those who are "slick
enough to pull the wool over the profes­sor's
eyes" is apparent to all and is cer­tainly
attractive. Therein has the germ of
dishonesty been instilled and the germ of
corruption breeds rapidly. Soon all scruples
have been swept aside and the more lucra­tive
practice of cheating is welcomed.
Then, too, failure of their idols to ad­here
to the- tenets of the honor code is
responsible for this misconception of the
newly initiated freshmen. Seeing them en­gage
in questionable practices and after­wards
not be troubled with qualms of con­science,
but rather inclined to boastfulness
is not calculated to instill in them respect
for this system. Reasoning in this man­ner
honesty of the student undergoes a
decomposition during his four yers' resi­dence
in school, beginning with his fresh­man
year. And for the reason stated
above and stated in terms of one of the
psychological laws of learning, reactions
which are undesirable tend to become weak­ened,
a graduate ought to be rather low
down on the scale of honesty.
Fortunately this is not always the case
for there are many members of the faculty
who, given the opportunity of personal
contact with the student, are able to so
define honesty in such a manner that the
reaction from its practice is decidedly de­sirable.
Therefore we are inclined to be­lieve
that honesty in Auburn would be
placed on a much higher plane if its the­oretical
control be taken out of the hands
of the students and placed under the care
of the faculty.
We appeal to the student body to ponder
carefully over the situation and to declare
themselves by a re-vote on the system, this
action to be demanded by them.
In recent reports on the receipts at
football games during the last season, it
is found that Harvard took in one million
dollars. Thirty teams averaged more than
half a million. Another group averaged
about four hunderd thousand dollars each,
and a third group of twenty-five colleges
averaged about one hundred thousand dol­lars
each .
New Student.
WHAT NEXT IN EDUCATION?
Exchanges of students between Tulane
University, and the Ross Institute, of Lon­don,
England, has been arranged by Dr.
Aldo Ca'stellani, of Tulane, world famous
authority on tropical diseases.
"Students from Tulane who wish to car­ry
on research in certain fields will be
sent to Ross Institute," Dr. Castellani said,
"and research workers from the Institute
will come to Tulane in the near future."
Tulane Hullabuloo.
Why Study (Not meant for FreshmehT
The more you study, the more you know;
The more you know, the more you for­get;
The more you forget the less you know;
So why study?
The less you study, the less you know;
The less you know, the less you forget;
The less you forget, the more you know;
So why study?
Blue and Gray.
Letters to the Editor
The Auburn Fire Department
The Auburn fire department has been
the source of much unjust criticism for
the past three years, particularly for the
last six months. However, we have not
kicked at the "witty" and humorous say­ing
that have been thrown at us, but, we
do think that some of these so-call humor­ous
criticisms have been rather severe.
In order to put some of the minds clear
about the Auburn fire department, there
are a few facts that we would like to pre­sent.
There has never been any funds avail­able
for the operation and maintenance
of the fire department. .The service ren­dered
by the personnel of the Auburn fire
department is purely voluntarily, and not
one cent has been received as compensa­tion
for work done. Some may say that
there has been no work done, but if they
think that there is no work attached to a
fire department, we invite them to try it
for a few days. Then this is the idea
that the work is a pleasure, but this idea
seems to be somewhat misconceived. We
haven't ^s yet found any pleasure in get­ting
wet; in getting out of a warm bed
at three or four o'clock on a cold morning;
in paying a bill for cleaning and pressing
clothes that were ruined in the service for
others.. Still there is the prevalent opinion
that the Auburn fire department is a
joke, and its personnel are either crazy or
foolish for having anything to do with the
protection against fire.
Little do some people realize that Au-
,buriT had no fire department when the
present members took charge. The depart­ment
then consisted of five hundred feet of
hose and a reel cart, and nothing else. To­day,
the department represents an ex­penditure
of fifteen hundred dollars, and
still we have not sufficient equipment.
On a few occasions the department has
made somewhat of a poor showing, but the
reason for this poor showing was caused
by insufficient equipment, or poor water
pressure. With the proper equipment, we
challenge any fire department in the South
to have a lower fire-loss than Auburn.
We believe that if the parties who try
to make a joke, of the personnel and equip­ment
of the Auburn fire department would
devote their "Joking Time" into helping
build up a fire department, or to playing
marbles or something they know more
about than fire departments, every one
concerned would be a great deal better off.
An Ideal Laundry
When one pays $15.00 laundry fee he
naturally expects to get service* for his
money. When he is compelled Jfa pay this
fee and then doesn't get service, he has a
right to cry, "Robber." Recently a stu­dent
received his laundry, carried it home
and then proceeded to check up. Two shirts
were in the same soiled condition as they
were when sent to the laundry, one shirt
had the collar burned completely away,
(Probably the iron was left standing on
i t ) , and two towels sent to the laundry
failed to return.
This is no exceptional case. Every week
finds some student incensed over the loss
of maybe something valuable, or probably
one or two handkerchiefs, which are of
such small value as to make the collection
of a damage fee almost ridiculous. Again,
should one send six new silk socks to the
laundry, they would be connected with
safety pine and run through the "lathe"
coming back at the end of the week alright
except for the loss of heels and toes, and
the addition of a few more holes.
Ideal service consists in giving full and
satisfactory service for value received.
This implies that all articles of apparel
belonging to students should at the end
of the week be returned fully laundered
and in the same sound condition as when
sent to the loundry. If this kind of ser­vice
cannot be secured, ways and means
will be found to secure. The student body
is not composed of millionaires, but they
do have a student government, and it will
not stand for tyrrany in any form.
Another one of our number has achieved
distinction socially. We have noticed for
some time that Harry Fulwilder has worn
a pin that is foreign to any institution
that exists at Auburn. Upon careful in­vestigation
of the matter it was found
that it was a pin of the Theta Delta Tau
Sorority, of Virginia Intermont. Harry
has recently been elected honorary member
of this Sorority. We understand that he
has invited several of the members of said
sorority to attend the dances. We nomi­nate
Harry for the Pan-Hellenic Council.
* * * * * * *
Miami has started in on the wholesale
principle, or at least we have learned that
she had dates with at least ten otherwise
respectable Auburn students. They are:
Messrs. Green, Nagley, Bryant, Stier,
Dowdey, Walmsley, Burton, Daniels, and
two unidentified.
* * * * * * *
Since our friend Green is in this num­ber
we understand that Miami has decided
to learn to play a cornet. But nevertheless,
we must admit that she certainly does toot
her own horn. Ask Willie Frank, he
knows.
* * * * * * *
Rat Jack Nagley has been unaminously
selected as the ambassador of the Pi K A's
to the junior zoo. Rat Bill Bryant ran a
close second. This said Jack Nagley, in
view of his uninterrupted success has de­cided
to write a book on "The Why and
Wherefores of Shieking." Every aspiring
young Lochinvar should posess one.
Jackie Hutchinson says that she does
not doubt evolution any more, after seeing
"Rat" Bull Stier and Miami together. Rat
Stier said that the girl that got him would
have to take a joke, so, Miami, being ser­ious-
minded, went into the dark with him,
so that she could not see the joke.
* * * * * * *
As a diplomat we must hand it to "Rat"
Dowdy. This idealistic young rodent acted
as spokesman for the group of Romeos that
would fain win the favors of Miami. This
Freshman also introduced "Rat" Daniels,
and got away with it. We worid^r what
this college is coming to. It is the limit
when a Freshman can call an upper class­man
"Rat" without suffering the conse­quences.
We also hear that the august
Freshman class will henceforth expect the
lowly seniors to carry matches for their
conveniences.
* * * * * * *
But, speaking of matches, "Rat" Burton
says that Miami is a "match" for anyone.
* * * * * * *
"King Tut" Tutwiler has a way of his
own. Ask Mabel Johnson, she will ac­credit
this fact.
Gentle readers, doubtless many of you
are wondering what became of the Plains­man
last week. We know that the excuse
given is that there were too many exams.,
but nevertheless, both the editor-in-chief
and the business manager found it conven­ient
to attend all the dances and the so­cial
duties connected thereto. "Seedy"
says he knows a lot of scandal, but he won't
tell it.
* X i'fi # * * *
"Brother John" Garrett was making the
dances with bells on, as everyone expected;
but we can not understand his actions in
pulling a certain young lady out of bed by
the leg at 2:00 A. M.
* * * * * * *
We had a good one on Royce Crawford,
but it was censored.
* * * * * * *
We noticed art editorial in the last week's
Plainsman regarding the rowdy exit some
of our number made at several of the bas­ketball
games. The simpliest remedy that
we can suggest to this situation is the
swinging of the gym doors out instead of
in. If that building were located in a
town of any size this would be forced by
law. But, while Auburn has no building
law, it is still good sense.
* * * * * * *
Our state legislature now has a bill un­der
consideration to the end that evolution
shall not be taught in the public schools
of the state. We regret that our state is
folowing the example of Tennessee in the
passing (or trying to pass) of this "Mon­key
Law." Since they see fit to legislate
facts, and attitudes we would suggest the
following legislation:
1. Repeal the law of gravitation. There
have been some serious injuries due to falls
and without gravity the expense of running
elevators, cranes, derricks and many other
such things would be eliminated.
2. Abolish friction. This would add to
the efficiency and life of all.mchinery.
3. Make pi even three instead of
3.14159—this would simplify calculations.
4. For convenience make the year even
300 days, with leap year every year for
the co-eds benefit.
5. Substantiate the story of Santa Claus
and the stork. These tales are too beau­tiful
to throw away.
6. Abolish such stories as the abduc­tion
of Helen of Troy, Nero, King John,
etc. History should be uplifting as well
as present the facts.
7. Make the signing of the declaration
of independence in 1800. 1776 is too hard
to remember.
8. Reinstitute the Spanish Inquisition.
This would be the most cenvenient man­ner
of convincing others that we are right.
<$ BLIND TIGER *
Well, folks, how many ney year's reso-lushuns
did youse mak? Hie, I tell yuh,
'bout this here hes—loo->shin biznis. If
yuh haf t' make 'em, better keep 'em to
yerself, -'cause if you break them they won't
ennyboddie no 'bout you making 'em or
breakin' 'em but your own self. Hie.
§ § §
George Bender Kremer Hann says that
the only objection to the new barber shop
is the fact that when he enters it,_he can't
BACK out of it.
§ § §
Rat Wooten was discussing the organi­zation
of a Bremen Band on the campus
the other day when some one asked: "What
place do you mean to give Hann?"
"The part of the Jackass," replied
Wooten.
§ § §
A busy man, according to our idea, would
be a one-armed paper hanger with the itch.
§ § §
"What fraternity do you belong to?"
"The 'I Delta H-l'."—ex.
§ § §
How times do change. Old-timers used
to think that rich men would go to hell
instead of the Senate.
§ § §
It is generally understood that John
Thomas and Prof. J. A. C. Callan have
formed a partnership as structural design­ers.
Contracts are now being solocited.
§ § §
We wonder what was the significance
attached to John Thomas and Miami's pa­rading
College Street, holding hands, the
other day? Probably he wishes to be ap­pointed
to the position of assistant to
"Bones" Vaughn in Miami's campaign for
May Queen.
§ § §
OUR FUNNY ANCESTORS
A gentleman opened doors for ladies
And at dances wore gloves lest he soil his
partner's gown.
And in the evening asked her father's per­mission
to sit in the parlor with daugh­ter,
That was back in the age, when in danc­ing,
the feet were employed.—Ex.
First Co-ed—"Year after year, the skirts
grow shorter and shorter What will be
the ultimate effect?"
Second Co-ed—"I don't know, unless each
flapper hoists a parasol and calls it a pet­ticoat."
§ § §
He came home and, as they say in the
movies, found his wife sewing on a tiny
garment.
"My dear, my dear," he cried.
"Don't be silly," she replied. "This is
just my new dinner gown."—Judge.
§ § §
There are Charlestion dancers numerous,
Around each traveling man's town,
And some shake east,
And some shake west,
And some shake up and down.—Ex.
§ § §
It's easy enough to be pleasant
When life's going merrily 'round
But the guy worth his chaff
Is the man who can laugh
When his garter's coming down.—Ex.
§ § §
An old-fashioned man is the one who
wears suspenders—the girl is the one that
dances with her feet.—Tiger.
§ § §
Getting the baby to sleep is the hardest
when she is about eighteen years old.—
Tiger. •
§ § §
First Co-ed—"Gonna be -busy tonight?"
Second Co-ed—"Don't know yet. This
is my first date with him."—Bearcat.
§ § §
Wooten—"When will there be only 25
letters in the alphabet?"
Little Six—"I'm sure I don't know."
Wooten—"When U and I are one."
§ § §
An optimist is a man who takes a co-ed
for a car ride. A pessimist is the same
man coming back.—Collegian.
§ § §
Witty:—"Do you think a woman be­lieves
you when you tell her she is the
first girl you ever loved?"
Creel:—"Yes, if you are the first liar
she has ever met."
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(Continued from page 1)
There were fifty-five such classes;
each of which discussed some phase
of the preceeding speech if no other
subject was chosen.
Miss Nesbit of the Auburn Y. W.
C. A. told us about Dr. Kennedy of
England, and who has been spoken
of as being the Chaplain to the King
of England. He was the most noted
person at the conference and made
several fine talks to the students.
He brought very important subjects
to the front with a very different
point of view than is usually held.
G. F. Crawford, who was sent by
the Presbyterian Church and who al­so
acted as a representative of the
freshman class, told of several very
important personages who were pres­ent.
Each one of these men spoke
of the most important subjects con­fronting
the young people of the
world of today.
The conference stated at the be­ginning
that it was not for the pur­pose
of arriving at conclusions, but
it was for the purpose of putting
the facts before the young people,
so that they could give time and
thought to working out conditions
which would come out for the best.
Mr. Royce Crawford, secretary of
the local. Y. M. C. A., spoke for a few
minutes of the afternoon programs
that were usually chosen. Some of
the delegates from one part of the
country would want to meet dele­gates
from another section. In this
way many students from the various
parts of the country were able to
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become acquainted. The different
parties would go to some place.
Sometimes it would be to a manufac­turing
plant so that the conditions
under which the workmen labored and
lived could be studied; at othertimes
the parties would, go out and enjoy
the > ice sports for awhile. In short,
every one at the conference had a
fine time.
A religious questionnaire, the pro­duct
of the Milwaukee Conference,
was distributed to each student. The
students filled out, signing the name
of the college at the bottom, but not
signing their own names. It is hop­ed
that every student filled out one
of these cards, for the religious work
among the young people-of America
is to be guided by the results obtained
in this nation-wide campaign.
AUBURN MID-YEAR DANCES
PROCLAIMED HUGE SUCCESS
HOMER WRIGHT
(Continued from page 1)
Ball. Lawrence Whitten led the
grand march with Miss Lorraine
Webb of Birmingham. The same
night there was a special dance by
"Diz" Pruitt and Miss Eloise Mc-
Karal, characterizing the dance of
the colonial period. Friday morning
witnessed Thendra lead-outs and. no-breaks,
the Pirate tea dance coming
that afternoon. Saturday morning
the Scabbard and Blade dance took
place, and that afternoon the Inter-fraternity
Tea Dance. That night
the closing night of the Junior Prom,
was the largest attended dance of
the series. This dance was character­ized
by no-breaks, and Junior lead-outs.
At 11:30 the Junior fadeout
took place and the dances came to a
close.
The 'Pronv was held in the college
gymnasium which had been decorat­ed
for the event. Decorations were
in black and white, the Junior class
colors, and orange and blue, the Au­burn
colors.
Girls here for the dances were
given rooms in the following frater­nity
houses: Pi Kappa Alpha, Lam­bda
Chi Alpha, Theta Chi, Phi Delta
Theta, and Pi Kappi Phi.
The officials chaperones were
President and Mrs. Spright Dowell,
Major and Mrs. J. L. Kennedy, Cap­tain
and Mrs. James Garrett, Cap­tain
and Mrs. K. G. Althaus, Cap­tain
and Mrs. B. C. Anderson, Lieut­enant
and Mrs. W. B. Leitch, Lieut­enant
and Mrs.' Higgins, Mr. and
Mrs. H. S. Gentry.
Those comprising the Faculty So­cial
Committee were: Miss Zoe
Dobbs, social director; C. L. Hare,
Roy Dimmitt, Wilber Hutsell, Cap­tain
Althaus, Captain Cushman, Maj­or
J. L. Kennedy, Coach J. E. Pitts,
Dr. B. R. Showalter, Miss Agnes Har­ris,
Miss Dana Gatchell.
Those dancing included: Miss Mar­garet
Whittle of Athens, Sa., with
Arthur Sanders; Miss Rhona Merri-wether
of Birmingham with V. V.
Smith; Miss Mae Clark of Atlanta,
Ga. with E. A. Conwell; Miss Jean-ette
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Univ. of Ala. with L. W. Hoffman;
Miss Lily Mae Crook of Livingston
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Jr.; Miss Frances Stallworth of Liv­ingston
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Miss Elizabeth Reagin of Mobile,
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Horton of Roanoke, Va., with Harry
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of Ala. College, with H. E. Conine;
Miss Bernice Robbins of Marion, with
W. C. Stacey; Miss Ina Mae Malone
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Miss Annie Mae Briscoe of Womans
College, with H. E. Conine; Miss Mar­garet
Allison of Montgomery, with
Joe Wallis; Miss Virginia Ledbetter
of Birmingham, with W. C. Clisby;
Miss Bunch Dunbar of Atlanta, with
W. A. Hodges; Miss Helen Barbee of
Atlanta, with H. G. England; Miss
Marcia Stafford of Chicago, 111., with
H. G. England; Miss Lena Solnick
of Martin, with Jack Strother; Miss
Mittie Frank Champion of Mont­gomery,
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Miss Evelyn Moore of Macon, Ga.,
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Dena Barrs of Tallahassee, Fla.,
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Univ. of Ala., with Royce Crawford;
Miss Dot Anderson of Atlanta, with
Rupert Ingram; Miss Sarah Mur­ray
of Atlanta, with H. V. Salters;
Miss Madge Hardy of Birmingham,
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TIGER CAGERS MAKE IT EIGHT
IN A ROW BY WIN THURSDAY
First Game
The Auburn Tiger basketmen won
their seventh straight here Wednes­day
night when they defeated the
fast Clemson college quintet by a
score of forty-three to twenty-six in
the first of a two game series.
The Papke dribblers shoved off
with a neat lead but as the first half
progressed and the score stood Au­burn
twelve, Clemson five, the Caro­linians
bombarded their baskets in a
series of successful shots that coined
a seventeen to twelve lead which
marked the only dangerous situation
that developed for the Plainsmen.
The first half ended Auburn twenty-one,
Clemson seventeen.
Akin Star* Again
Jelly Akin, star Auburn forward
who has led the Tiger scoring in the
last seven games divided honors to­night
with DuBose, center and each
of these cracksmen hit the loops for
twelve points. E. James came in
for second honors with eight points
and F. James third with seven points.
Newman, forward and Odell run­ning
guard, the former with nine
and the latter with seven, took the
spotlight in Clemson's scoring.
The James brothers at guard prov­ed
to be worthy custodians of the Au­burn
baskets and their fine guard­ing
minimized the Clemson score.
Lineup and Summary.
AUBURN (43) POS. CLEM. (26)
Ellis (4) F Brock (8)
Akin (12) _.F. ..Newman (9)
DuBose (12) C McGlone
E.-James (8) G Odell (7)
F. James (7) .G Eskew (2)
Substitutions: Clemson: Hendee
for Brock; Hanna for Newman; Bat-gon
for Eskew, Referee Spears.
Horton and Sizemore.
Second Game
The fighting Auburn Tigers an­nexed
their eighth consecutive victory
in overwhelming the Clemson Tigers
by the score of 45 to 23. This game
makes the sixth straight game for the
Papkemen in the past seven days
and the entire six have been victories.
The Tigers have withstood the grind
without any signs of weakening and
hopes are running high in the Au­burn
camp for a championship team.
Captain Ellis regained his eye for
the basket and rang up seventeen
points during the fray and also play­ed
a wonderful floor game. Akin,
who has been the high point scorer
for the last seven games, registered
eight points and shared honors with
DuBose at center for second hon­ors.
The James twins continued their
jam-up style of playing and held the
alert Clemson forwards in check. Es­kew,
a light headed Clemson. guard,
made himself well known to the Ti­gers
for time and time he would drib­ble
through the entire team for a
crib shot. Brock and Newman also
played a fine game at forward. The
Tigers leave tomorrow* for Gaines­ville,
Fla., where they will take on
the 'Gators in a return game hav­ing
defeated them on the home court
51 to 34.
Lineup and summary:
AUBURN (45) POS. CLEM. (23)
Ellis 17, F Brock 5
Akin 8, F Newman
DuBose 8 C.......: McGlone 2
E. James 4, G .', Odell 2
F. James 15, G Eskew 7
Substitutions: Auburn: Howell
for Ellis, Mullin (2) for Akin, Hall
(2) for DuBose, Kaley (2) for E.
James, Slaughter for F. James. Clem­son:
Hendee for Brock, Mikiff for
Hanna, Hanna for Newman, Batson
(6) for Odell. Referee Spears.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPRING FOOTBALL
Spring football for varsity men for the 1927 football team will
start on January 31, 1927.
A list of the men who are to report for the spring practice will be
posted shortly.
BOXING
All men, interested in boxing, either as individuals or as fraterni­ty
groups, please make entries with Coach David Morey at once.
SOCCER FOOTBALL
The inter-fraternity series in soccer football, including nationals and
locals, will start on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1927.
Fraternities should submit entries at once to Coach Morey.
CLASS FOOTBALL
Class football will start March 6, 1927. ..
There will be two weeks allowed for practice—the first game to be
scheduled on Tuesday, March 21, 1927.
The class football series must be finished by March 30, 1927.
INTER-FRATERNITY GOLF
All men interested in inter-fraternity or inter-class golf, please
make entries with Coach Morey.
DAVID B. MOREY,
Director of Athletics.
Tigers Landslide
Tulane Dribblers
Under 50-11 Score
Mike Papke's Tigers made it four
straight over Tulane tonight, taking
the game by the very decisive score
of 50 to 11. The game was a flashy
one, being fast and furious from
start to finish.
The Orleanans put up a brave and
courageous fight, and made a good
show on the floor, but were unable to
joombat an inspired lAuburn team,
which played the best game put out
by a Tiger cage team in years.
At the start, both teams played a
wary game, and six minutes elaps­ed
before the first field goal was
rung. The half ended 17 to 3. In
the second half the Tigers went wild
and rang goals from every conceiva­ble
angle. In the latter moments of
the game Coach Papke turned out
his pony team to pasture, the scrubs
keeping up the good work.
Jelly Akin, Notasulga's chief bid
to fame, was again the high point
man, finding the rim for 18 points.
Lineup and summary:
Auburn (50) Tulane (11)
Ellis (12) F ...Davidson (2)
Akin (18) -C Jones (5)
DuBose (6) G Chamberlain (2)
E. James (8) G — Brown
F. James (2) G .... Chatelain (1)
Substitutions: Howell (2) for El­lis;
Mullins for Akin; Hall (2) for
Dubose; Slaughter for E. James;
Kaley for F. James.
Tulane: Martin for Jones; Levy
for Chamberlain; Blumberg (1) for
Chatelain. Referee, Spears.
Tulane Quintet is
Again Victim of
the Auburn Five
A whirlwind finish staged by the
Tulane Greenies in the last part of
the second period in their cage bat­tle
with the Auburn Tigers last
Saturday night at Tulane gymnasium
netted them all but one point of
knotting the count, and the final
whistle found the visitors on the bet­ter
end of a 31 to 30 score. A big
lead in the first half saved the Tig­ers,
as they held the margin of 20
to 8 at the end of this period.
The margin of one foul goal de­cided
the game, but when the Auburn-ites
scored this point they were not
aware of What value it would be to
them later on in the contest. Tu­lane
players, also, so far behind in
the first half, did not realize that
if they would have caged one of the
foul shots they threw so wildly at
the baskets they could have tied the
score, and would have had a chance
to win the play-off.
Wilmer Jones, Tulane guard, fur­nished
plenty of power to the Tulane
offensive with accurate goal shooting
and excellent dribbling down the
floor. His five field goals were im­portant
factors in Tulane's fine show­ing,
and most of his goals came at
the point where the Tigers were
fighting stubbornly to check the Tu­lane
advance.
'Akin's height and quickness ac­counted
for ten of Auburn's points,
and he was ably assisted by DuBose,
tall center, and E. James, guard, in
sending up the Tiger score.
Little hope was held for the Green­ies
at the end of the first half, with
the score standing 20 to 8 against
them. And then there was more dis­couragement
when the Tigers began
hitting the rings for more goals to
start the second period.
Greeniei Start Rally
Cheers were brought from the
gathering of about 500 fans when
the Greenies began finding the bas­kets
for a few goals, but few thought
that rally was going to be brought
within one point of the Tiger score.
Jones opened the second half by
scoring a field goal, but Ellis of the
Tigers followed suit by putting one
in himself. Jones came back a while
later and got another field goal, but
again the Tigers kept up the pace
with a field goal by DuBose. A
field goal by E. James sent the Au­burnites
out in front by two more
points, and DuBose caged a goal to
give the Bengals a still better mar­gin.
Tulane tightened its defense at this
stage of the contest and the pass-work
was going in much better or­der
than in any other part of the
game.
Blumberg Cages Goal
Blumberg started the rally when
he caged one from the free-throw
line, and Davidson came right back
with a field goal. Chatelain got a
field goal and then Blumberg took a
long shot and it went through to
make the count 26 to 21 favor of the
Auburnites. The score stood 26 to
13 before Blumberg made that foul
goal.
Wilmer Jones again tossed through
a field goal, but E. James added a
point to the Auburn score with a foul
shot. A field goal by Davidson and
a foul shot by Blumberg put the
score at 27 to 26, in favor of Au­burn.
But two successive field goals
by Akin, Auburn forward, gave Au­burn
the lead by 31 to 26.
With but a few minutes to go, the
Auburn guards drew the Tulane de­fense
way down the court and with
these tactics stalled for time. How­ever,
in face of the short time, Jones
got a field goal and Davidson caged
a long shot to put the score at 31 to
30. • Again the Auburn guards drew
the Tulanians far down the court,
but the-whistle blew before any more
Auburn to Have
A New Baseball
Field This Spring
According to a recent report by
Coach Morey Auburn baseball acti­vities
will shift scenes this spring.
There is under construction, a new
baseball diamond on what has been
the rat football field. There has been
felt the need for more space for base­ball
here for many years and it is
with keen interest that we watch the
laying out of this diamond. One of
the features of the change from the
old diamond to the new site is that
there will be an addition of 110 feet
to the length of right field; a short
right field has been one of the main
objectios to the old field. The bleach­ers
for the new field will be taken
care of by the bleachers used for the
football field. -
There is no reason why this field
should not be made into one of the
best diamonds in the south; that is,
among college circles.
Former Auburn
Boy Makes Good
at West Point
....Samuel Lynn Morrow, student at
West Point and formerly a student
at Auburn represented West Point
Military Academy in the 115 pound
class in a meet with New York Uni­versity
and won from his opponent
in the second round.
Young Morrow has many friends
here who are glad indeed to hear
that he is making such good record
for himself at West Point. While
a
at Auburn, Morrow made quite an
enviable record for himself. He was
judged as the best all-round cadet
in the R. O. T. C. and had a high
scholastic standing in all his classes.
He was a member of the Alpha
Lambda Tau fraternity and Tau Be­ta
Pi. Morrow hails from Ensley,
Alabama, and received his appoint­ment
to West Point from retiring
Senator Oscar W. Underwood.
The First Class Man is not inter­ested
in his past record—He's a lit­tle
ashamed of it.
scoring was done.
Field Goal Cancelled
Akin caged a field goal just as
the whistle blew for the end of the
first period, buLit was cancelled
when the referee decided the ball
was in the player's hands when the
whistle sounded. This would have
given Auburn a 33 to 30 victory, in­stead
of a 31 to 30 triumph.
The Greenies will leave with the
Auburnites tonight at 10 o'clock for
Auburn, Ala., where the teams will
resume their series Monday and
Tuesday evenings.
Coach Simons will take Pat Browne,
Chamberlain, Blumberg, Chatelain,
Jones, Setzler, Levy, and Martin on
the trip.
The box score:
Tulane (30)—
Davidson f
Blumberg f
Chamberlain c
Chatelain g
Jones g ...
Browne
Setzler c
f fig fc
3 0 0
1 3 3
.1 1 0 4
. 2 0 1
..... 5 1 3
.... 0 0 0
1 0 0
Totals 13 4 11
Anburn (31)—
f flgfc
Ellis f ~ 2 0 9
Akin f - 5 0 3
DuBose c 3 0 2
E. James g _... ~ 3 1 1
F. James g 12 3
Totals 14 3 12
Officials—Steiner, referee; Oakes
umpire; Moss scorer.
Papke's Charges
Hand Out Licking
to Tulane Quintet
Tulane's Greenies showed up bet­ter
on basket shooting last night than
in any game so far this season, but
the Auburn basketball players had
a still better eye on the rings and
caged more field goals to win the
first game of a two-game series by a
score of 41 to 32. A run of baskets
in the first period gave them a lead
of 21 to 16 at the end of that division.
The second contest is scheduled to
be held tonight in the Tulane gymna­sium,
and a comeback by the Green­ies
is very likely to happen. '
Coach Simons sent in an entirely
changed line-up, it finding Jack
Chatelain the only regular at his
post. Leonard Chamberlain was sent
to the pivot, Blumberg started at
forward while Crawford, Davidson
and Wilraer Jones took care of the
other guard post with Chatelain.
Better Offensive
This combination presented a much
better offensive for the Greenies, but
for the first time this year, the de­fense
was not an airtight depart­ment.
The big and fast Auburn
players got through the defense with
great frequency and they caged many
goals from under the baskets.
Crawford Davidson, who shot seven
field goals and one foul goal during
the .night, lived upto expectations
with his good work at forward, and
he will be expected to be the main
treat again tonight. Davidson is a
very good goal shooter and when
there is any chance of • getting the
ball through the loop he does it.
Wilmer Jones surprised many last
night with some very good work at
guard. He did some excellent drib­bling
in the first part of the game
and took several shots which just
did miss going in:
The Auburn forwards, Ellis and ]
Akin, were very elusive and they got
through the Tulane defense for many
goals. Ellis caged five field goals
and one foul shot, and Akin made
six field goals and one foul shot. F.
James also contributed much to his
team's victory by sending through
four field goals.
Takes Eearly Lead
Tulane took an early lead, relin­quished
it and took another lead by
a score of 12 to 11 in the first part
of the opening period. But the Au­burnites
put on a spurt at this stage
of the contest and caged enough goals
to maintain a good lead at the half.
With the score one point against
them, DuBose caged a field goal and
Akin made a goal in succession.
Blumberg augumented Tulane's score
with a field goal, but Ellis, Akin and
F. James made field goals in that
order to give them a 21 to 14 lead.
Davidson made a goal just as the
half ended.
The Greenies fought desperately
in the second period to catch up with
their opponents, but as they caged
goals the Auburnites did likewise.
Tulane scored sixteen points in this
period and the visitors got twenty.
Statistics show that the Greenies
missed more shots at the baskets than
the Auburnites, thus indicating they
are not up to the right form on
shooting. Tulane missed forty-one
good shots and the visitors missed
twenty-six.
The box score follows:
Tulane (32)—
MUCH INTEREST IS SHOWN IN
INTERFRATERNITY BASKETBALL
Interfraternity basketball is now
getting under way. Teams are prac­ticing
regularly at the gymnasium
and several tilts have already been
staged.
Much interest is manifested, not
only by the members of fraternities,
but also by the student body at large.
Some twenty teams, representing
practically every fraternity on the
campus, have entered to compete for
the title. Two leagues, called the
American and the National, have
been organized; the champions of the
two groups are to play for the best
two out of three games, the winner
to be awarded the cup for perman­ent
possession. The cup which will
be given is bought by the Inter-Fra­ternity
Council, aided by donations
by the merchants of the town.
Every fraternity will enter a strong
team competent to hold up its stand­ards.
However, several teams, name­ly,
the Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Alpha,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma . Phi
Epsilon, and Sigma Phi Sigma, are
the favorities for the crown, although
it is always possible that a dark
horse may loom up and cop the
championship. Below is a list of
rules given out about ten days ago
for the eligibility of teams and play­ers:
The folowing men are not eligible
for inter-fraternity basketball:
(1) Men who remained after the
final varsity cut.
(2) All men who are on probation.
Entry fee of $2.00, to be paid be­fore
the first scheduled game, $1.00
of the entry fee goes toward the
cost of the cup for winner, $1.00 to be
returned at close of series in the
event the fraternity has played each
of its scheduled games. Entry fees
are to be paid to Coach Morey.
A complete squad list must be
turned in to either Coaches Morey or
Papke before the first scheduled
game. Names of any ..men added to
the squad must be submitted to either
Coaches Morey or Papke 48 hours
before the next game.
Games will start at scheduled time;
otherwise game will be forfeited.
Any protests must be in writing to
the Director of Athletics either 48
hours before or after the game in
question.
The winner of the American Lea­gue
(to be determined by elimina­tion)
shall play a series of 3 games
with the winner of the National
League (to be determined by elimi­nation).
The team which wins 2
out of the 3 final championship games
shall be declared the winner of the
inter-fraternity series, and the cham­pionship
cup shall be awarded to this
team for their permanent possession.
To defray the cost of the balls, an
admission fee of 10 cents will be
charged at each game.
In the absence of Coaches Morey
and Papke, basketballs for regularly
scheduled practice sessions may be
procured from Kate by signing upon
a receipt and return of balls.
Shoes must not be worn upon the
playing floor.
Orders for suits must be placed
between 5 and 6 P. M. Wednesday,
Thursday, or Friday, in the office of
the Director of Athletics. All or­ders
must be in by Friday, January
21, 1927.
David B. Morey,
Director of Athletics/
Blumberg f -• 1
Davidson f 7
Chamberlain c 3
Chatelain g —. 1
W. Jones g — —- 1
Levy g 0
Martin f L. 0
Browne g ^. i
flgfc
0 4
Totals 14 4 11
Rats Cop Thriller
From Shawmutt
With 30-20 Score
"Red" Brown's rats are still on the
map and are now performing on the
court with that old time scrap and
pep. The atmosphere makes one
think it is summer time, but the fight­ing
baby Tigers perform in a man­ner
that will make one think of the
cool days last fall when they were
on the gridiron. Yes sir, that old
Tiger spirit is there.
It was a real treat to see the way
they handled themselves while de­feating
the Shawmut Athletic Club
30-20. With these youngsters show­ing
their stuff they are we can just
rest assured of the future of our bas­ket
machine for a few more years.
The McKinneys are gone, the James
twins have one more year, but their
brother is with us and so is Collins
and Boyd.' These boys showed some
real class both from offense and de­fense.
James was the hight point
man for Auburn with 12; Collins
got 8, Boyd 4, and Adams, Chamblee,
and Ward 2 each. Collins and Ward
were perhaps the best defensive men
on the floor and Collins proved to be
quite a scoring machine. Auburn was
weak on points after fouls, failing
four attempts and not scoring a sin­gle
point by this route. Shawmut
made 4 points that way but failed in
8 other attempts. Auburn was pen­alized
12 times for fouling and Shaw­mut
4 times. For Shawmut, John­son
was just about the whole team.
He scored 16 of their 20 points, get­ting
6 field goals and 4 out of 9
trials after fouls. Rarden and Smith
each got a field goal and Shaymut's
scoring was over for the day. Au­burn's
passing and dribbling was too
much for the A. C. boys with the re­sult
that they just ran and passed
their way to a decisive victory.
Lineups: Auburn, Adams, Cham­blee,
James, Collins, Ward, and subs.
Boyd, Kennedy, and Fulton. Shaw­mut:
Rarden, Gellet, Cogens, Smith,
and Johnson; subs.: Moon. Referee,
Moulton, score keepers, Miller and
Cosper.
Auburn (41)—
Ellis f ...
Akin f
DuBose c
E. James g 1
F. James g 4
Kaley g 0
flgfc
1 1
Totals 18 5 8
Officials: Steiner, referee; Oakes,
umpire Moss, scorer.
A Report from New Orleans
Here we have the solution to the
problem of how Auburn beat Tulane
2-0. According to a certain Sophie-
Newcomb blonde by the name of An­na
who claims that she KNOWS!
Says that Mr. Reedus Day who had
the- good luck to receive a forward
pass on the Auburn 5 yard line with
no Auburn players around, dropped
the ball to shake hands with himself.
We certainly appreciate this act,
Mr. Day.
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Jersey milk strengthens the
body to resist disease.
It gives proper balance to a
diet and insures greatest effi-ciency.
It prevents malnutrition a-mong
children.
It helps repair the wear and
tear of the body.
It contains the vitamines
needed for growth and health.
It helps keep the digestive
tract in a proper condition.
It contains lime which builds
healthy teeth and strong bones.
It gives more food value for
less cost than any other food.
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THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
I II M!gg-
H i s FAITH unconquerable, his passion for
work irresistible, his accomplishment not sur­passed
in the annals of invention, Thomas
Alva Edison has achieved far more than man­kind
can ever appreciate. February eleventh is
the eightieth anniversary of his birth*
Wherever electricity is used—in homes, in busi­ness,
in industry—there are hearts that are con­sciously
grateful, that humbly pay him homage.
6^5 « = ^ 7 G )
GENERAL ELECTRIC
WILSONIAN HAS
REGULAR MEET
The Wilsonian Literary Society
met at the regular meeting time Tues­day
evening at 7 o'clock in room 301,
Main building. After the roll call a
motion was made and seconded for
adjournment so that members might
have an opportunity to see the basket­ball
game between Tulane and our
varsity squad. Motion for adjourn­ment
carried unanimously and the
program was postponed until next
regular meeting.
Election of officers for the first
MAKE OUR STORE YOUR STORE
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Cigarettes
Drug Sundries
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After-shaving comfort
HOW do you fit your newly-shaven
face for the rigors of an academic
day ? Some men just wash off the lather
with water. Others in growing numbers use
Aqua Velva, Williams new scientific after-shaving
liquid. It helps the skin retain its
needed natural moisture—keeps the com­fort
of a Williams shave all day long. Big
5-ounce bottles, 50c.
Williams Aqua Velva
half of the second semester was held
at a previous meeting.
The folowing officers were elected:
J. M. Edwards, president; M. H.
Simmons, vice-president; Miss Polly
Grace, secretary; R. O. Alston, treas­urer;
Sam Mosley, critic; "Rat"
Scruggs, sergeant-at-arms; L. W.
Perry, Plainsman reporter.
The retiring officers are the fol­lowing:
F. E. Bertram, president;
Sam Mosley, vice-president; Miss
Mildred Cheshire, secretary; C. C.
Phillips, treasurer; J. M. Edwards,
critic; "Rat Wooten," sergeant-at-arms;
Joe Palmer, Plainsman report­er.
CAMPUS CAPERS
By Ruth Plumly Thompson
Oh! it's great to be the captain when
the bands begin to play!
To romp out on the" gridiron rough
and ready for the fray.
To know the boys are with you, and
your best date in the stand,
Your flowers on her raccoon coat—
your flowers—Boy, it's grandJ
The whistle blows, the pcrimmage
starts, you fight with zest and
joy,
You block that kick and glance up
quick to catch her eye—but, boy!
She's listening to a handsome Soph!
Well, laugh that off and say
He must be good; she doesn't even
deign to glance your way.
And while he earnestly explains the
game, out in the mud
You pound and flounder through the
line and hanker for his blood!
You tear through interference like a
comet bound for Mars
And shoot the twisting pigskin for a
dropkick through the bars.
With cheers and yells the game goes
on—but don't believe those birds
Who rave about brave actions speak­ing
louder than mere words.
Brave actions! While you do your
stuff O. K. and fight and suffer,
She listens raptly to the words of
that poor sideline duffer!
Oh! it's great to be the captain and
to know you've saved the day—
But with ankle sprained and victory
gained you don't feel quite so gay
For as you sit that night in pain
while others celebrate
That simperin' Sophomore—drat his
style!—walks off with your best
date!
—Birmingham Age-Herald.
FOREST VALUES
ARE INCREASING
IN ALABAMA
ETA KAPPA NU
OFFERS PRIZE
FOR ARTICLE
During the past three years over
eleven million dollars in forest values
have been added to the wealth of
the citizens of the state, over and
above what would have accrued with­out
the adoption of forestry meth­ods,
according to compilations com­pleted
by the State Commission of
Forestry. In arriving at this conclu­sion
the Commission in its computa­tions
has used conservative figures
throughout. The result announced,
therefore, is to be regarded as min­imum
rather than maximum.
Prior to the active interest aroused
in growing timber through the infor­mational
work carried on by local
rangers and other agents of the Com­mission
of Forestry, the prevailing
anual average of forest land burned
over amounted to about thirty-six
per cent. Most observers placed the
proportion much higher than this,
but in order to be on the safe side
the Commission has taken this figure
which was verified for 1923, notwith­standing
that it is probably a low
rather than a high estimate.
There remained, therefore, an an­nual
average of sixty-four per cent
of unburned land prior tothe initia­tion
of forestry work. In 1924 only
thirty-four per cent was burned over,
leaving a gain of two per cent in un­burned
woodland. There being about
twenty-two million .acres of forest
land in the state, this two per cent
amounted to four hunderd forty
thousand acres, which for that year
was allowed to produce forest values
instead of having these inhibited by
fire. Such values amount to not
less than one dollar her acre per an­num;
in fact, they are usually rated
at a much higher figure.
In 1925 the gain over the old av­erage
was twenty per cent or ap­proximately
four million four hund­red
thousand acres, and in 1926 the
gain on the same basis amounted to
not less than twenty-nine per cent
or about six million three hundred
eighty thousand acres which, under
old conditions, would have burned
over, but which under forestry meth­ods
produced actual values.
In terms of one dolar per acre per
annum, the saving to the citizens of
the state for the three years amounts
to eleven million two hundred twenty
thousand dolars. The Commission
regards it as not unreasonable to ex­pect
a continued increase in forest
values,, especially in young growth.
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AUBURN BRANCH
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THE
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Eta Kappa Nu honorary electrical
engineering fraternity, is offering a
slide rule to freshmen and sopho­mores
of the local branch of the A.I.
E.E. for work in connection with the
Auburn Engineer and the A.I.E.E.,
according to announcement made by
the officers of both societies recent­ly-
The prize will be given to a mem­ber
of one of the two lower classes
who submits the best article or series
of articles for publication in the Au­burn
Engineer, and who is actively
interested in the affairs of the A.I.
E.E.
"There has been an unusual
amount of interest in the society
this year", J. D. Stewart, the chair­man
of the electrical society reports,
but Eta Kappa Nu makes its offer
in an attempt to even increase the in­terest
taken, its officials say. The
chairman of the program committee
of the A. I. E. E. has promised the
members a number of two and three
reel pictures as well as several out of
town speakers for the society, notable
among them will be Holland E. Cox,
assistant general manager of the Bir­mingham
Electric Company.
Eta Kappa Nu feels that in mak­ing
this prize possible, members of
the two upperclasses will be given
more incentive to go out and work,
according to its officers.
The rules governing this contest
will be found in the December copy
of the Auburn Engineer, or a copy
may be obtained from W.'H. H. Put­nam,
editor of that magazine.
The judges of this contest will be
the Dean of Engineering, the profes­sor
of Technical Writing, and the
editor of the Auburn Engineer.
EVANS HOLDS
FIRST MEETING
OF SEMESTER
The first meeting of the second
semester marked the_ beginning of
the administration of the new offi­cers.
Mr. Taylor was in the chair
and all other officers were present
and gave evidence of being on the
job. The program committee is to
be congratulated on their first effort.
Chairman Cargile of the stunt night
committee, reported that there was
plans being formulated for our part
in that affair. Miss Gibbs gave a
very interesting discussion of the sub­ject
"what is a good sport." She
gave several definitions of a good
sport and they were all good, but it
would take much space to really de­fine
what is embodied in the phrase,
"good sport." Mr. Cargile read an
editorial from the Shreveport Times,
titled "Where Lies the Blame." It
was clearly brought out that the
"blame" is not always placed in the
proper place. However, this is im­possible
because of circumstances.
Mr. Horn's talk on "Please, may we
share the ocean" had a tendency to­ward
humor but was very serious in
its nature. That question is and
has been of utmost importance since
the 5-5-3 ratio on battleships has
been in existence. The meeting was
closed without finishing the program
to enable the members to attend the
basketball game on time. The Evans
is for the Tigers always.
The University of Syracuse has
struck a blow at the fraternities on
their campus. They accused the fra­ternities
of being antiquated remnants
medieval education. They have or­ganized
a Student's Union, of sever­al
thousand members, to take the
place of the fraternities and sorori­ties.
Both fraternities and sororities
were "throw-backs" to the Stone Age,
exerting a detrimental influence on
the whole University and fostering
the clique-spirit of savages, accord­ing
to the accusations made. Breed­ing
of discontent and schism within
the student body were laid at their
door.
The chief aim at the new organi­zation
is to give the neutral students
the social life and privileges that are
now enjoyed by members of the fra­ternal
groups, who form about one-third
of the entire student body.
They plan to build rest rooms where
the co-eds can go between classes and
not be bothered with members of
the opposite sex. They plan for oth­er
rest rooms, etc., costing a total of
near $1,500,000.—New Student.
A special Peake line
for College Men
With two pairs of
Trousers
Made to our specifications
by Learbury, in fabrics and
patterns that had the O.K.
of college men in the East­ern
schools before t h ey
1
were made up. At thirty-nine
dollars t h e y offer
value heart-warming even
to the chap who A.B.'d in
Scotch spending.
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN
LUCILLE LLOYD
SPEAKS BEFORE
LOCAL CLASSES
Urges New Vision in Talk to
Baracas and
Philatheans
Baraca and Philathea Sunday
School classes, in a joint meeting at
the Tiger Theatre, Sunday morning,
were invited to grasp a new vision
of their tasks on the campus, by Miss
Lucile Boyd, state Baptist student
secretary.
The story of the Israelitish maiden
in the fifth chapter of II Kings, was
effectively illustrated to the Y. W.
C. A. girls, by Miss Boyd, at two
o'clock at the Y Hut. Miss Boyd
brought out the three facts concern­ing
her loyalty to the God whom she
knew and loved. These were, "that
a change in residence did not ef­fect
her religious fervor, that her re­ligion
stood the test of time, and that
she contributed what she could to
cause those around her to know and
honor her God." Through her fideli­ty
and loyalty Naaman was cleansed
of his leprosy.
The regular evening service hour
at the Auburn Baptist Church was
given to Miss Boyd for her talk to
the many students and citizens of
Auburn. Here she said that "the
young people of today want difficult
tasks to perform. Easy taks are not
welcomed because anyone can do
them."
In an effort to get the students to
set their goal high, she said, "We
cannot hope for the young people to
accomplish the best unless the high­est
ideals are held up before them.
Great things should be expected of
every student of Auburn, for each
one is to go out in the world as a
leader in the community in which
he makes his home. Older people
should not criticize the younger gen­eration
for lack of interest in reli­gious
activities until a challenging
and worth while program has been
provided."
Miss Boyd came to the campus to
conduct a study course for the B. S.
U. For one hour every day this week
about fifty students gathered at the
Y assembly room for this course on
the B. S. U. manual. Much time was
spent in the discussion of methods
and plans of campus religious organ­izations.
Plans were made for the
reorganization of the Auburn B. S.
DR. C. L. BOYD
Doctor of Dental Surgery
and Oral Pathology
Tiger Drug Store Building
Upstairs
WORK IS DONE
AMONG NEGRO
FARMERS HERE
Outstanding among the develop­ments
due to extension work in ag­riculture
among negro farmers of
the south is that more of them have
become land and home owners, says
an official report received here to­day
from the United States depart­ment
of agriculture.
"Southern negro farmers," says
the department, "are learning better
methods of farming and home mak­ing.
They are becoming land owners
and home owners as a result of their
renewed interest. Home ownership
is the largest factor in the solution
of the so-called negro problem and
cooperative agricultural extension
work has exerted a great influence
in this direction. This is especially
true since negroes have been appoint­ed
to act as demonstration agents.
The gradual increase in the num­ber
of negro agents and also in the
appropriations for their support dur­ing
the last 10 years gives much
promise for the development of this
work. During the first year under
the Smith-Lever act there were 66
negro men and women demonstra­tion
agents; in 1926 there were 299.
During 1924, 3,659 negro farmers
undertook demonstrations with cot­ton
and 3,072 carried the work to
completion and submitted reports.
In addition, 2,630 junior club mem­bers
planted an acre or more of cot­ton
and 1,734 of them completed the
work. Many of these boys cleared
more than $11 each on their acres and
some more than $200.
Corn has always been a favorite
crop for demonstrations by adults
and juniors in the south. More than
U. and the Baraca Sunday School
class.
The state student secretary has
her office in Montgomery. Fifteen
of the colleges in the state are on her
regular schedule for visits. She is
the only woman in the South who
holds a position as state student sec­retary.
x
She comes to this position well
qualified to discharge its duties. In
pursuit of preparation for this kind
of work she attended S. M. U., of Dal­las,
Bice Institute, of Houston, and
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, of Fort Worth, all in the
state of Texas.
W. D. C0PELAND
Staple and Fancy
Groceries and
Feeds
MONTEITH'S
—Where Friends Meet—
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
HAGEDORN'S
Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes
OPELIKA'S BEST STORE
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FOR ALL OCCASIONS
ROSEMONT GARDENS
FLORISTS
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
Do You Regularly Attend Any Religious Service?
9:30 A. M. Sunday School
11:00 A. M.N Communion
6:30 P> M. Christian Endeavor
7:30 P. M. Union Meeting Baptist Church
AUBURN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
AUBURN LIONS HEAR
DR. JUDD IN ADDRESS
(Continued from page 1)
introduced the speakers.
Dean Judd declared that democracy
is a means and not an end and that
one of the fundamental truths of
good citizenship is that a man helps
himself by helping his fellow in the
community.
Professor Judd also emphasized
the great importance of citizens ex­ercising
the right to suffrage through
payment of poll tax and casting of
ballots in the several elections that
occur each year. He pointed out
that the voting list in Auburn is en­tirely
too small and that no person
has the right to criticize the manner
in which municipal affairs are hand­led
if he has not shown sufficient in­terest
to pay his poll tax and go to
the polls.
Dean Judd also advocated the
town meeting of open forum*for the
discussion of matters effecting pub­lic
welfare. His speech was heartily
applauded.
Among the reports submitted by
chairmen were the report of the
committee on the need of adequate
fire department in Auburn by Capt.
B. C. Anderson; report on city beau­tiful
plans by Prof. C. L. Isbell; and
the report on the boy scout move­ment
by Dr. B. F. Thomas. A rally
for the work will be held at the Bap­tist
church Sunday evening, Febru­ary
6.
Special music was rendered by
Bill Strong and Peelie Grant. W. H.
Appleton of the Research Depart­ment
was introduced as a guest.
MATTHEW S. SLOAN ADVISES
ADHERENCE TO BUSINESS
There are hundreds of students
at Marquete University who are work­ing
their way through school. It is
claimed that one youth packs ice
cream two hours per week, and gets
$17 for his work. Many of their star
athletics are slinging out soup and
washing dishes in the dining halls and
cafeterias of Milwaukee.—Tribune.
Clemson College has secured the
services of Josh Cody, now assistant
coach of football at Vanderbilt Uni­versity,
for next season. Coach Cody
comes to them highly recommended,
they are looking forward to the
awakening in athletics that has been
so long in getting to Clemson.
3,000 adults and 4,000 club members
completed work with this crop. From
a demonstration viewpoint alone, it
is estimated that a million negro
farmers and home makers are being
influenced effectively. Demonstra­tion
with other crops and wth live­stock
has been equally as effective.
The agents have visited in course of
their demonstration work more than
28,000 farms and 26,000 homes.
The extension work for negroes
and by negroes has been built up
practically in the last 10 years, the
report added. It is a fine tribute to
the good work of the negro agents
that, when the period of retrench­ment
came soon after the world war,
their force and their appropriations
were the only ones which were not re­duced.
With this solid foundation,
with this inspiring record, and with
this successful history the near fu­ture
holds out much hope for even
more rapid development.
A copy of the circular can be ob­tained
by writing to the United
States department of agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
Agricultural extension work among
Alabama negroes is under the gener­al
direction of the extension service
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
with Tuskegee institute in immediate
charge. Both cooperate with the
United States department of agricul­ture.
At present 20 local negro men
agents are working in 22 counties and
nine negro women are working in
nine counties.
YOUTH
Youth in all its glory,
In its glad ease and trend
Can weave a precious story
That never wants an end.
In all that's pure and loving,
Give Youth a decent show—
Then watch how things go moving
And setting all aglow.
With those who find it pleasing
To be and do and move •
With one accord, and leaving
All guilt behind, is love.
Let no sad plight encumber
The youth that's grouped or lone;
To trouble-makers, slumber
Is restless; all ease is gone.
—Victor Savage, Jr., '30.
(Continued from page 1)
and M. S. degree in 1902 in Electri­cal
Engineering.
Wat Good Student
Sloan was a good student but not
a "grind" and paid some attention
to the social life of the campus and
the town.
Ih fact he paid particular atten­tion
to one of Auburn's fair young
women and nine years after gardua-tion
he was married to Miss Lottie
Everade Lane, daughter of the late
General James H. Lane, professor of
civil engineering and drawing, a man
endeared to all Auburn men of a
generation ago.
Heywood says, "that the technical
colleges, including Auburn were turn­ing
out thousands of young electrical
and mechanical engineers every year
when Sloan finished and that the ma­jority
of the graduates became sales­men
of incandescent lamps and other
electrical accessories."
"Perhaps Sloan," he adds, "would
have gone directly to work for a
central station during,one of his sum­mer
vacations." Through a friend
he got the chance to act for three
months as the "general manager of
the municipally-owned plant at Do-than,
Ala., a town of abuot 4,000 peo­ple.
"He got a broad view of the va­rious
phases of the electric lighting
business at an early age. He liked
it—all parts of it—and determined
to folow it as a career.
Made Special Study
"But before he came to that deci­sion
Sloan made as thorough a stu­dy
of the public utility business as a
young fellow just out of college could.
He became convinced that instead of
being a senile industry as its many
diseases and death-rate would indi­cate,
it was in fact a potentially ro­bust
infant, suffering from arrested
growth. He believed that the time
would come when cheap electricity
would be as essential as cheap water
then was and that it would be as nec­essary
to households and to industry
as water.
"His first job after graudation
was with a street railway, cleaning
and repairing motors. He wanted a
broader experience than he could
get there, so he entered the special
apprenticeship course of the Genral
Electric company at Schnectady,
New York."
Mr. Sloan went with the Birming­ham
Railway Light and Power com­pany
in 1906 as chief engineer and
became assistant to the president with
supervision over all departments. In
1913 he was called to New Orleans
to become vice-president and general
manager of the New Orleans Rail­way
Light and Power company.
Recognized in 1917
In 1917 he became operative man­ager
of the New York Edison com­pany
and in 1919 he became presi­dent
of the Brooklyn Edison compa­ny.
He also has various other con­nections,
being president of the Ams­terdam
Electric Light, Heat and
Power company; treasurer of the
Electric Testing laboratory; director
of the Peoples Trust company, Brook­lyn.
He is also a member of the
American Institute of Electrical En­gineers
and the Academy of Politi­cal
Science.
One of the significant features of
the Forbes article is Heywood's ref­erence
to Sloan's ability to win the
good-will of the public. He says in
part: "Great interest was aroused
by the Brooklyn Edison company's
page announced, signed M. S. Sloan,
president, in the New York newspa­pers
on Christmas eve, that a volun­tary
cut in rates from seven and one-half
to seven cents a kilowatt hour
would effect a new saving of $1,500,-
000 a year for Brooklyn consumers.
The further statement was that this
new year's present to millions of peo­ple,
f olowing a similar cut two years
ago, would, with the new reduction
in power rates, mean a saving of
more than $5,500,000 by the end of
1927. This great public benefit, it
was set forth, was made possible
through better methods and more
economical processes.
Had Great Vision
"Mr, Sloan was one of the very
first to realize the need of good re­lations
between the public utility
companies and the public. For three
years his ability along these lines
was recognized-by the industry, mak­ing
him chairman of the public re­lations
committee of the National
Electric Light Association."
The interview also brings out Mr.
Sloan's theory of advancement* in
business: "Advancement in busi­ness,"
says Mr. Sloan, "depends to a
[Meeting a train in the Union station]
You are an experienced smoker
and you know your brand!
YOU'RE an experienced smoker, would not be far and away the
You know good tobaccos. You first. If Camels weren't quality
know taste and fragrance. supreme, they would not be the
And you insist on the best — overwhelming preference of smok-that's
Camels. Only the primest «s who have tried every brand.
tobaccos grown are good enough
for you—the experienced smoker.
Whatever you do you are going to
do right, if you know it.
Your taste tells you the tobacco
difference in cigarettes and you're
going to smoke the best. Your
advice to others is — "Have a
If Camels weren't the best, they Camel!"
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WINSTON-SALEM, N. C
1927
great extent upon the ability of the
man to grow and to learn by experi­ence.
The trouble with many men,
I find, is that they are unwilling to
learn and to get experience. When
they learn one job they are willing to
stay at it, for it is undoubtedly
easier to do a thing which has been
thoroughly learned than to learn a
new thing.
"The chances for the young man in
the public utility industry today are
at least as great as they were when
I started. And the need for men who
are thoroughly grounded in the prac­tical
side is tremendous."
"Mr. Sloan was given a free hand
to develop the Brooklyn Edison com­pany,"
Mr. Heywood continues, "and
at once he began to put into effect
the methods—both technical and hu­man—
which his 18 years of varied
experience had shown him to be ef­fective.
"Its properties today—seven years
after Sloan took their management
—are as efficient as those of any
central station, and its relations with
the public are far better than those
enjoyed by most. How this was ac­complished
is not to the point. But
the result has been that in the seven
years that Sloan has run the Brook­lyn
Edison company its 142,000 cus­tomers
have increased to 650,000 and
its business, in spite of lower rate
rates for current, has grown from
$9,000,000 to $35,000,000.
"Sloan is reluctant to offer advice
to young men on how to succeed. He
passes over the virtues of honesty,
thrift and hard work as too obviously
essential to need mention. He puts
considerable emphasis on not drift­ing
into a business thoughtlessly at
the outset, but to choose as carefully
as possible a business which has pos­sibilities
of great growth.
"He stresses the necessity of learn­ing
every phase of the business you
choose for a career, and of insisting
on being changed from job to job for
that purpose.
" 'Having chosen correctly,' he says
'Stick, don't be led away from a
good business that you like by offers
from the, outside.'"
OUTLOOK FOR
1927 IS FAIR
The business outlook for 1927 is
neither one of hopeless optimism'nor
of pessimism according to Professor
J. M. Herren of the economics de­partment
at Auburn. Professor Her­ren
has just returned from Cleve­land,
Ohio, where he made an inves­tigation
of business conditions. In
his opinion the tendency to look busi­ness
squarely in the face is stronger
now than it has been in a good many
years.
"Most business men are not expect­ing
another business year like 1926.
They do not expect conditions to be
as good as in the past. On the oth­er
hand they look for no panics in
1927.
"In my opinion installment selling
and buying must be curtailed in 1927.
At present most large industries
have a surplus of money. The con­ditions
are opposite to those at the
time of the last panic. Then, most
industries were burdened by debt
while individuals owed little.
"Remembering this, Roger Babson,
the statistician, and many business
men believe we all would do well in
1927 to conduct an anti-debt cam­paign.
That is, we should keep out
of debt ourselves and get everyone
else to pay their debts.
"By keeping out of debt, by con­ducting
business as well as possible
and by keeping as many men em­ployed
as will be efficient, business
in 1927 will be fairly good. There
should be nothing disastrous. I
can see something good for the indi­vidual.
"Commodities on the whole should
enjoy a continuous decline. Wages
will not be increased much."
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