1928-04-27 The Plainsman

              GLEE CLUB
CONCERT
MAY 3 THE PLAINSMAN DANCE BIDS
ARE DUE
MAY 4
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928 SPECIAL
BIDS FOR PROM DUE MAY 4;
PLANS FOR DANCES ARE MADE
New Decorative Scheme
Will be Used in
Alumni Gym
WEIDEMEYER WILL PLAY
Dances Begin May 17; Will be
Informal but Impressive
r
By Harry Wise
Bids for the Senior Prom must be
in the hands of the Social Committee
by May 4th. The cards for these will
be distributed on April 27th, allowing
just one week for the bids to be filled
out. The hearty co-operation of all
students in filling out these cards
promptly will be appreciated by The
Committee.
Weidemeyer's Orchestra will be here
to begin the music for the Senior
Prom on the evening of Thursday,
May 17th. These dances will be in­formal.
New features will be added to the
decoration of the Gym for this set of
dances. Nile Green colors blended in­to
an Under Sea Scene will be the
general plan of decoration with the
Orchestra seated in a "boat" in the
center of the floor. This will allow
dancing all around the music.
Weidemeyer will play or has played
for the final dances at the University
of Ala., Vanderbilt University, Cor­nell
University, Princeton and here
at Auburn. Extended engagements
have been filled at the Adolphus Ho­tel,
Dallas, Texas and the Brown Ho­tel,
Louisville, Kentucky, and they are
now at Kansas City filling an en­gagement
that will last eight weeks.
The very latest in all song hits will
be brought to the campus by Weide­meyer.
The dances will be under the direct
management of the Social Committee
with the aid of the Faculty Committee
and Miss Dobbs, social director and
dean of women.
The members of the Student Social
Committee are: B. E. Meadows, Chair­man,
H. C. Hopson, M. S. Kestler,
Merritt Burns, T. N. Conwell, Tom
Boone, Otis DeVaughn, Noble Crump.
Dick Adams, and Luke Brown.
The Faculty Social Committee is
composed of: Mr. J. V. Brown, chair­man;
Miss Zoe Dobbs, social director;
Prof. M. T. Fullan, Prof. C. L. Hare,
Coach W. H. Hutsell, Coach J. E.
Pitts, Coach R. C. Brown, Prof. C. W.
Edwards, Major J. T. Kennedy, Capt.
J. M. Garrett, Capt. B. C. Anderson,
Lt. W. B. Niggins, Dr. B. R. Showal-ter,
Prof. N. L. Nickols, and Miss
Lula Palmer.
OFFICERS VISIT
THETA CHI'S HERE
National President and Dean Fields
Visit Auburn Chapter
A banquet was served at the home
of the local chapter of the Theta Chi
Fraternity, Friday, April 20, at 8:30
p. m. in honor of the fraternity's na­tional
president and Dean Floyd
Fields, of Ga. Tech.
Frank Schrenk the national presi­dent
arrived at 8:00 p. m. and the
banquet began immediately. "Unk.
Emmett Sizemore was toastmaster
for the occasion. The assembly was
then addressed by the retiring chap­ter
president, Cecil Woodall, on ac­complishments
during the past year.
The president elect, Tom Walthall, on
the policy for the coming year and by
William Mollette, ex-president, on the
accomplishments during the past four
years. Dean Fields then addressed
the body on, "Preparing oneself for
the world". Next was a short history
by Frank Schrenk, on matters of fra­ternal
interests. All Alumni faculty
members gave short talks. Adjourn­ed
to a more informal social hour.
This was the first visit of Mr.
Schrenk since the chapter has been
located in its new home.
NOTICE
Lost—A Student Council Key.
Please return to Carol Porter,
Lambda Chi House.
«A" CLUB DANCE
The "A" Club will sponsor
a dance in the Gym Saturday
night. Max Jones' Auburn
Collegians will play. The dance
will be chaperoned by officers
and their wives.
TAG DAY BE HELD
TO FINISH COURTS
At last there are hopes of complet­ing
the "Y" tennis courts which were
begun last summer on the lot just
below the Lambda Chi house. This
hope rests in the fact that May 4-5th
are to be featured on the campus by
"Tag Days", and the contributions are
to be used for the completion of the
remaining three courts of the four
which have been proposed. With ap­proximately
four-hundred more dol­lars,
these courts can be made the
best in Auburn.
That the courts will be popular
with the students is attested by the
fact that the one court which has
been completed has been the scene
of unusual activity for the past two
months. These courts will be for the
free use of the students, and the "Y"
hopes that enough money can be
raised "Tag Days" to carry the con­struction
forward.
The "Tag Days" exercises will be
under the direction of Roy Sellers,
president-elect of the Y. M. C. A. for
next year, and students, faculty, and
townspeople are urged think of the
value of the of the courts to student
recreational welfare, and support
"Tag Days" by a contribution.
NOTED COMPOSER
SINGS AT AUBURN
Mrs. Mildred White Wallace Enter­tains
at Convocation
White Wallace, noted Alabama mus­ician
and composer of Columbiana,
delightfully entertained the Auburin
students at the regular convocation
hour Thursday morning in Langdon
Hall when she rendered a group of
vocal solos including melodies of her
ow ncomposition. Mrs. Wallace came
to Auburn at the special invitation
of President Spright Dowell.
Wednesday evening Mrs. Dowell
gave a dinner party for Mrs. Wallace
and the invited guests were Mrs. Mary
Drake Askew, Mrs. J. B. Jackson,
Miss Zoe Dobbs, and Miss Lula Pal­mer.
Miss Zoe Dobbs, dean of women and
social director who introduced Mrs.
Wallace to the Auburn students, spoke
of her as one who had created for
herself a distinguished reputation as
a musician and as a gifted composer.
"Mrs. Wallace has the God-given
gifts of full throated song", said Miss
Dobbs. The group of songs sung by
Mrs. Wallace included "When Song
Is Sweet", "Her Dream", "Just Been
Wondering", "Lonesome Time", a
melody of her own composition and
"Stepping Along".
Malone is Elected
President of Rats
Clyde R. Malone, A. T. 0., was
elected president of the class of '31
by the members of his class at Con­vocation
Tuesday, April 24. Ma­lone
hails from Florence, Alabama,
and is pursuing a course in Agricul­ture.
He was elected from a group
of seven nominees.
The other freshmen elected were:
Vice-president, Howard Sparks, Sec­ondary
Education; Treasurer, Fred
Wood, Pi. K. A., General; Historian,
Becker Drane, Agricultural Educa­tion.
Twenty-three less fortunate nomi­nees
left the polls withon an office.
The elected officers do not occupy
their chairs until next September.
PORTER TO HEAD
GREEK COUNCIL
HERE NEXT YEAR
Inter-fraternity Council Holds
Annual Banquet in
Opelika
ORDER LAMPS
ELECTS FIVE
NEW MEMBERS
Honor Society for Women An­nounces
Pledges for
1928-29
ANNOUNCED AT S O C I A L
Initiation of New Members be
Held Sunday Morning
RECENT PLEDGES
OF FRATERNITIES
List of Men Who Have Been Pledged
Since Last List Published
The following have been pledged
since the last list published:
Theta Chi: Brant Maynord, Bill
Floyd, Paul Smith.
Kappa Sigma: Jack McKleskey.
Delta Sigma Phi: T. C. Dykes, J.
H. Quinn.
Phi Delta Chi: R. A. Horn, E. B.
Philpot, M. Swann.
Phi Kappa Delta: Kenneth Crain,
L. Lankford.
Lambda Chi Alpha: H. F. Hulse,
C. Martin, H. E. Chapelle, C. Har-kins,
J. M. Cook, F. Yarbrough, Abie
Hardin.
Beta Kappa: Aubrey White, Wm.
Burt, Geo. Stafford, Wm. Steele, E.
E. Purvis, Perry Edwards, Karl
Nickolson.
Alpha Lambda Tau: Cameron, F.
N. Maxwell, "Breezy" Winn, H.
Glover, T. C. Allen, Cook.
(Continued on page 4)
On Thursday, April 19, the order
of Lamps entertained at a musicale.
The purpose of this musicale was to
announce the women elected to rep­resent
the order thru the next year.
The musicale was followed, imme­diately
by a half hour social Dur­ing
this half hour each of the retiring
members, of this famed organiza­tion,
pinned a yellow Jonquil on one
of the newly elected members. In
this manner tit became known that
Maryline Cauthen, Evelyn Henry,
Eloise Floyd, and Lottie Story had
been chosen to represent the order
for the coming year.
The organization is composed of
five girls, all Seniors, who have ful­filled
five qualifications. The letters
of the name constitute the first letter
of the qualification. The qualifica­tions
which are required to have
been fulfilled by the elected Juniors
are L, Loyalty; A, Ability; M, Mag-nimity;
P, Personality; S, Scholar­ship.
The five Junior girls will be initi­ated
into the order Sunday morn­ing.
GATES TO BE VICE-PRES.
J . M. Robinson and Floyd
Tillery a r e Speakers
Carol Porter, Lambda Chi Alpha,
was elected president of the Inter-
Fraternity Council for next year at
the annual banquet at the Clement
Hotel, Opelika, last Monday night. E.
D. Gates, Phi Delta Theat, was elect­ed
vice-pres., and M. J. Slaughter,
Kappa Alpha, Sec.-Treas.
L. S. Whitten, the retiring presi­dent,
ably officiated as toastmaster.
Floyd Tillery and Prof. J. M. Robin­son
were the speakers.
The retiring officers are: L. S.
Whitten, pres., Garth Gilchrist, vice-pres.,
and H. P. Jones, Sec.-Treas.
The members of the Council for
next year are:
W. S. Crawford, E. D. Gates, Phi
Delta Theta; H. W. Glover, Jimmie
Ware, Alpha Tau Omega; M. J.
Slaughter, Allen Roe, Kappa Alpha;
A. F. McGhee, Murray Hoffman,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; P. F. Cren­shaw,
D. Foy, Sigma Nu; John Wood,
J. R. Taylor, Pi Kappa Alpha; Bob
Blakey, C. H. Booth, Kappa Sigma;
S. S. Stewart, T. H. Carden, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; J. B. Merrill, Carol Por­ter,
Lambda Chi Alpha; T. A. Wal­thall,
H. H. Milligan, Theta Chi; W.
B. Collier, E. N. Merriweather, Alpha
Gamma Rho; A. H. McRae, O. H.
Davis, Sigma Phi Sigma; W. P. Har­rison,
T. S. Winter, Delta Sigma Phi;
T. M. Roberts, O. B. Carter, Pi Kap­pa
Phi.
Y.M.C.A. State Council
Meets In Birmingham
Auburn Has Second Largest Group
of Representatives
Honor Schools Are
To Be Announced
' The inspection for the distinguish­ed
college of the senior division of
the R. O. T. C. unit has just been
completed and the various reports
are being computed in order that the
results may be ready for announce­ment
early in June.
For the past eight years the R. O.
T. C. unit of Auburn has won the
rating of distinguished college and
it is hoped that this year the honor
will be held.' It has been expressed
by Major Kennedy that in his opinion
the R. O. T. C. unit is the best in the
south and it is believed by him that,
once*, again the unit has come thru
with the same degree of success as
in the past.
GLEE CLUB WILL APPEAR IN
SECOND CONCERT ON MAY 3
«Y" TAG DAY
The Y. M. C. A. will hold a
"Tag Day" May 4 and 5, for the
purpose of raising funds to com­plete
the tennis courts begun
last year. The support of the
students is solicited.
AUBURN AGS WIN
DEBATE WITH GA.
MILLIGAN TO
BE PRESIDENT
JUNIOR CLASS
Noble Crump, Vice-President;
O'Rourke, S e c r e t a r y ; and
C a m p b e l l , T r e a s u r er
H. O. DAVIS IS HISTORIAN
T w e n t y Men On Ballot For
V a r i o u s Offices
"Y" WILL SEND MEN
TO B L U E R I D GE
Half Expenses Will be Paid by the
College Y. M. C. A.
What significance has Blue Ridge
to Auburn students? Why should all
students try to go to Blue Ridge at
least one summer during their stay
in college? Where is Blue Ridge lo­cated?
What are the expenses? And
how long does one get to stay there?
These are some of the questions stu­dents
ask concerning one of the most
inspiring and greatest "get together"
points in the south for college stu­dents.
At Blue Ridge, one gets the
associations with college men from all
southern colleges. There they get a
broad viewpoint of life not to be had
elsewhere. An Auburn student should
attend because Auburn is rated as one
of the greatest southern colleges, and
at Blue Ridge that rating is either
strengthened or weakened by Auburn's
attendance.
Blue Ridge is located on the Blue
Ridge mountains of North Carolina,
sixteen miles from Ashville. In that
cool and inviting atmosphere, a great
gathering is to be held on June 15-25
for the purpose of studying some of
the problems of the college campus
activities.
Those students who go from Auburn
will have the privilege of staying in
the "Auburn Cottage". The Y. M. C.
A. agrees to pay as much as twenty
dollars on the railroad fare of each
student who goes from here. The re­maining
expenses will probably not
be over twenty-five dollars.
All students who are interested in
Blue Ridge should call at the "Y" of­fice
and talk it over.
The State Student Council and of­ficers
training conference met April
13th, 14th with the State Associa­tion
in Birmingham. Auburn was
represented by the second largest
group consisting of Sam Mosely, Roy
Sellers, W. T. Edwards, Harry Cot­tier,
J. W. Stanson, R. A. Sansing and
George Stafford.
Friday morning the Student divis­ion
met witi. the General Assembly
and learned much of the inside work­ings
of the "Y". One of the reports
was "Student Work" by Hubert Sear­cy
of Birmingham Southern. Mr.
Searcy outlined the college work of
the past year and gave Auburn's pro­gram
some very desirable publicity.
One of the statements was "It has
been said of Auburn that the genuine
Christianity on the campus is exceed­ed
by few institutions". We have a
reputation to live up to.
Friday evening we met in a ban­quet
session with the Assembly at
the Southern Club. The Auburn del­egation
particularly enjoyed the pick­les.
The principle speaker in the student
division was Mr. Harry Comer, gener­al
secretary of N. C. State Univer­sity.
Among his subjects were "The
History of the Association Movement",
"Our Campus Situation,—Problems
and Opportunities", "Technique of
Program Building". He brought up
the fact that we are all a part of the
Student Y. M. C. A., the largest Stu­dent
organization in the world. From
these talks we gleaned many new ideas
that will be put into effect next
year.
The conference was closed Satur­day
afternoon with the election of
the following State officers: Presi­dent
Hubert Searcy of Birmingham-
Southern (re-elected), Vice-Presi­dent
John Sentell of the University,
Secretary-Treasurer R. A. Sansing of
Auburn.
An invitation was extended by the
Auburn group to the conference to
hold it's next meeting in Auburn.
This was unanimously accepted.
Next November we will be the hosts
of the State Student Council.
Haley H. Milligan, '30, will pilot
his class next year, according to re­sults
of the clas election held Thurs­day.
Other officers chosen at this
time are: Noble Crump, Vice-Presi­dent;
H. O'Rourke, Secretary; Frank
Campbell, Treasurer; H. O. Davis,
Historian.
Milligan is from Newton, a mem­ber
of Theta Chi, taking Electrical
Engineering. He is a evry promin­ent
man on the campus, having
served as president of his class dur­ing
the current year.
The officers are also very popu­lar,
being held in high esteem by
their classmates. They will asume
office duties next September.
Affairs at the polls went on in
comparative quietness. However,
only a minor portion of the class
members cast votes. Fifteen other
nominees were deprived of positions
in office.
EPISCOPALIANS
FINISH CHURCH
Building be Completed by First of
August is Plan
Work has begun on the completion
of the Auburn Episcopal Church. It
is" hoped that the church will be com­pleted
by the first of August.
Two years ago, the Auburn Episco­pal
congregation decided to build a
new church. They had been occupy­ing
one of the oldest churches here
at that time. Frank Lockwood of
Montgomery was called on to design
the new structure. Plans were drawn
up by Mr. Lockwood and approved by
the congregation. The contract was
let to Algernon Blair of Montgomery,
to build the church.
All the work except the finishing of
the interior of the auditorium was
completed immediately. Services were
held in the Sunday School Room of the
Parish House. Besides this room,
there is another small room for be­ginners,
a kitchenette, a club room
upstairs, toilets and showers for the
boys who stay in the tower.
The design of the church is English
Gothic, after the fashion of the En­glish
Parish Churches. The walls are
of hollow tile, covered with brick ve­neer.
The windows in the auditorium
are long, with pointed arches. Flam-bouyant
tracery is used. At the front
of the church, there is a beautiful
rose window. Over the main entrance
is a heavey tower.
The auditorium, when completed,
will hold about 250. The ceiling work
in the auditorium is open. Heavy,
stained hammer-beam trusses support
the roof. These long trusses extend
down the wall to the level of the
head. The walls are plastered, but
as yet, not colored. The pulpit is of
panel wood, and stands-to the left of
the altor. The Chancel is also of pan­el
wood, and like the pulpit, will be
stianed.
Auburn debaters representing the
Ag Club won the annual debate with
the University of Georgia Ag Club
debating team here Wednesday eve­ning,
April 25, the contest occuring
in Comer Hall at the regular weekly
Ag Club meeting period.
Messrs. Roy Sellers, Clyde T.
Thompson and George S. Williams
were the Auburn speakers, who de­fended
the negative side of the ques
tion, Resolved: That a bill should be
enacted by Congress and signed by
the President embodying the same
salient principles of the McNary-Hau-gen
Bill.
Messrs. T. J. Harrold, M. M. Hardie
and H. A. Inglis were the Georgia
r.peakers, who very ably defended the
affirmative, winning one of the three
judges' decisions. The judges were:
A. B. Hope, Notasulga banker; Bill
Samford, of Opelika; and W. P.
Brown, instructor in the department
of History, Auburn. P. O. Davis, Au­burn
Extension Editor, served as
Chairman.
The winners rendered a forceful
and convincing argument, displaying
thorough acquaintance with the sub­ject.
Professor Kenneth Daughrity,
of the Auburn English department,
coached the team. They were quite
hard put by the Georgia argurers,
who afforded a strong defense. Each
participating speaker delivered an
impressive message.
Immediately after the debate a hog
calling contest was engaged in, which
proved the reality of the farmer boys
participating. In this eent Mr. Har­die,
Georgia representative, took part
and displayed marked ability. In fi­nale,
ice cream was served the attend­ants
under the direction of Professor
W. H. Eaton, with A. V. (Shorty)
Culpepper as toastmaster.
Same Program Will be
Given With Few-
Changes
LATE HITS BE PRESENTED
Popular Demand To Cause
Second Appearance
UNIQUE PROGRAM
WILSONIAN M E ET
Drill in Parlimentary Procedure Is
Feature of Meeting'
Drill in Parlimentary procedure
featured the weekly meeting of the
Wilsonian Literary Society, held Tues­day
evening, April 17. The meeting
was called to order by the president,
after which the minutes were read
and the new and old business was
brought up.
The program started with Rat Un­derwood
being put in the President's
chair. He held office until he made
the first mistake. He did not run the
meeting according to Parliment and
Rat Goodman replaced Underwood.
He held office until the judges decid­ed
that he made a mistake. The meet­ing
was carried on in this fashion
until the hour was up. G. J. Walsh
was the chairman when the meeting
was turned back to the regular Pres­ident,
George Stafford.
The meeting revealed that very few
members know much of Parlimentary
procedure. Several members held the
chair for more than once but they
were the one's who did all of the par­ticipating.
A motion was made that
all members present that have not
served on the program be allowed to
let Tuesday night count as one time.
The motion was tabled until the next
meeting of the Society.
Try-outs for the annual inter-So­ciety
debates will be held at the next
meeting. The Wilsonian's will debate
the Wirt Society, Tuesday, May 3rd.
The Wilsonian's will debate the nega­tive
side of the question, Resolved:
That Only Twenty-Five Percent Of
the Present Senior Class Should Be
Given Their Diplomas. As the clock
struck, the business before the Society
was concluded and the meeting was
adjourned.
By Robert L. Hume
The Auburn Glee Club is going to
give a concert on May 3 at Langdon
Hall, due to the popular demand of
many who did not hear them when
they last appeared here. The pro­gram
will be practically the same as
the previous one with a few excep­tions.
Max Jones' orchestra and
the Mandolin Club have been working
hard on some of the latest hits and
will be in top form when the con­cert
comes off| Everyone who at­tends
will receive full value for the
twenty-five cents admission charge,
as can be testified by those who have
heard them before.
MEMORIAL DAY
PROGRAM HELD
'Service of Confederate Flags"
Features Exercises
The "Service of Confederate Flags,"
a depiction of the history of the flags
used by the Confederate States during
the War between the States, featured
the Memorial Day exercises Thursday
afternoon at Langdon Hall.
Major John Kennedy was Marshall
of the Day and Dr. B. B. Ross presid­ed
during the following program:
March, College Orchestra; Invoca­tion,
Rev. Wm. Byrd Lee; Solo, "Car­ry
Me Back to Ole Virginny, Mrs. A.
Carnes; Reading, "Music in the
Camp", Miss Dabney Hare; Quartet,
"My South", Messrs. Langston, Jones,
Francis and Roe;, "Gems From Steph­en
Foster", College Orchestra; Solo,
"The Bonnie Blue Flag", Mr. Durrett;
Service of Confederate Flags, Mrs.
Herman Jones, and Messrs. W. H.
Gregory, Gene Walsh, Sam Mosley,
Bob McKinnon, and Forney Ingram;
"Dixie", College Orchestra.
Immediately after the program the
Engineer R. O. T. C. Unit marched to
the cemetery, where Company "C",
adjudged the best drilled company
last year, fired the salute over the
graves of the Confederate soldiers
buried here.
ENTRANTS TRAIN
FOR HORSE SHOW
Givban Gets Spill During Workout
Wednesday
The prospects for the horse show to
be held on the varsity baseball field
May 1, are exceedingly pleasing. The
entrants are displaying a keen inter­est
in the coming event, and according
to Major Kennedy the competition
will be unusually keen. The students
and regulars who will participate in
this display of skill are out for prac­tise
every afternoon from one until
four, at the riding hall. The men and
horses workout under the supervision
of one of the riding instructors, Cap­tain
Anderson or Lieut. Townsley.
The entrants are already putting
their mounts through precisely the
same rounds that they will undergo
during the contest, and both men and
horses are coming around in good
shape.
While putting his horse over one of
the hurdles during practice Wednes­day
afternoon, Givhan, one of the
entrants, sustained a fall when his
mount slipped, after clearing the
hurdle. It is rumored that Riley Cun­ningham
also often imitates the
Prince of Wales. Neither Givhan
nor his mount were injured by the
fall. According to Major Kennedy
incidents of this kind occur quite fre­quently,
but rarely is anyone injured,
for to an experienced horseman a fall
means little more than being tackled
does to a football player; part of the
game.
The type of riding done in the horse
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STAFF
Rosser Alston Editor-in-chief
H. C. Hopson Business Mgr.
EDITORIAL STAFF
C. D. Greentree, '28 Associate Ed.
J. B. McMillan, r29 ..._ Managing Ed.
J. D. Neeley, '30 . Ass't. Mgn. Ed.
Ludwig A. Smith, '29 News Ed.
J. W. Powers, '28 — Proofreader
J. E. Taylor. '30 Proofreader
Max Kahn, '28 Sports Ed.
Chas. Ingersoll, '29 .. Ass't. Sports Ed.
Geo. Ashcraft, '29 .. Ass't. Sports Ed.
Celeste Nesbitt, '28 Co-ed Ed.
J. W. Randle, '28 Exchange Ed.
A. V. Blankenship, '30 ..- Humor Ed.
REPORTERS
J. W. Powers, '28; Catherine Hare,
'28; Harry Wise, '29; J. W. Mills,
'30; H. H. Milligan, '30; E. T. Eng­land,
'30; Roy N. Sellers, '31;
Robert L. Hume, '31; Thomas P.
Brown, '31; R. O. Kimbro, '31;
Clyde Seale, '31; Bob McConnell,
'31; White Matthews, '31; George
Duncan, '31; Richard A. Jones, '31;
Jessie C. Adams, '31; L. Wf Strauss,
'31; E. M. Flynn, '31; W. D. Dryer,
'31; J. D. Foy, '31; John Lewis, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF
H. W. Glover, '29 .... Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Geo. Williams, '28 Adv. Mgr.
Carlos Moon, '31 __ Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 .. Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
John McClendon, '28 Cir. Mgr.
A. C. Taylor, '30 ...... Ass't. Cir. Mgr.
G. W. Smith, '30 ...... Ass't. Cir. Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Cir. Dept.
M. Hawkins, '31 Cir. Dept.
W. H. Smith, '31 Cir. Dept.
J. L. Sellers, '31 Cir. Dept.
Geo. W. Postelle, '31 Cir. Dept.
WHY YOU SHOULD COME TO
AUBURN
There is always a veil of mystery
that surrounds the college or univer­sity
when viewed by the average
high or preparatory school student.
To these young men there is a chal­lenge
to unexplored attainment in
higher educational circles. The vast
majority come to the institutions of
higher learning yearly with little
knowledge of the vital guiding in­stincts
that will carry them through
a successful college career. Unfor­tunately
there is little to be learned
of first hand information concerning
the college of today by the high
school senior. With all sense of fair­ness
and with a degree of hope that
the reader will be one of the many
youths who will enter college next
fall or will be instrumental in influ­encing
others we have prepared this
special edition of the Plainsman with
the 'idea of conveying, in a small
measure, pictorially and editorially
just what Auburn offers the young
man or woman. Incidentally we will
take a glimpse into the field of sci­ence,
invention, and the business
world to survey the works of some of
Auburns prominent alumni.
We at once realize that Auburn is
only one of the many fine institu­tions
engaged in the processes of
higher education. At the same time
we will attempt to point out briefly
the fact that the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute does offer the student cer­tain
advantages that are not to be
found on any other campus.
Any young man or woman who is
considering attending college to take
courses in electrical, mechanical, civil,
highway, architectural, and agricul­tural
engineering, teacher training,
academic courses, architecture, agri­cultural
education, veterinary medi­cine,
agriculture, business adminis­tration,
pharmacy or pre-medical
should seriously jonsider Auburn.
The above courses are given under the
direction of professors of recognized
ability and thoroughness of scholar­ship.
Auburn offers the advantage of
sound and thorough technical and
general training without the undesir­able
qualities of a large university
in a large city. Her extensive equip­ment
with annual additions meet the
requirements of the student.
The many and varied campus or­ganizations
develop one's musical,
social, literary, technical, forensic,
dramatic and journalistic talents.
The social fraternities add zest and
life to the Auburn Spirit. A loyal
student body upholds from year to
year, jealously, an espri d'corps un­like
any spirit to be found on any
other campus.
In recent years the college has
come in for a large share in national
and sectional honors including: cham­pion
rifle, pistol and baseball teams,
an incomparable R. O. T. C. corps as
evidenced by the fact that Auburn
has been rated by the U. S. War De­partment
as "Distinguished College"
for eight consecutive years. The
oldest and one of the best college
bands in the south has become an in­tegral
part of the institution which it
represents.
The efficiency and thoroughness of
a correct technical training is proven
by a long list of alumni who are lead­ers
in their chosen fields.
The influence of the college is of
such importance that one should not
lightly choose the institution which
will better fit one for a profession.
Those further interested should
communicate with the Registrar and
enter into a larger fellowship with
the future directors of industry.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
lupiter 1. TIirt>ius
THE CHALLENGE
In these days of increased facili­ties
and demands there is little ex­cuse
for anyone not to go to college.
In past years the alibi of thousands
for not completing their education
was that they never had the oppor­tunity.
One's success depends large­ly
on one's training and the man who
knows how gets the position instead
of the job.
Education has become extremely
popular as it has become highly spe­cialized.
It is the most expensive
thing in the world and the only
thing which man must pay for in
which he tries to beat himself in the
bargain. Today the high school
graduate stands on the threshold of
opportunity in the upward trend to
greater fields of attainment.
There is a tremendous demand for
professional college trained men in
the engineering and business world.
This demand must be met. During
the coming session the colleges will
open their gates to those who intend
to invest themselves in the great ad­venture.
The challenge is to those
who can "stand the gaff" and carry
on. The time for your consideration
is now. Will you reject or answer in
the affirmative?
Last week two German's Koehl and
Heunefeld, and their Irish companion,
Fitzmaurice, alighted on Greenely Is­land,
off the bleak coast of New­foundland
to complete the first west­ern
trans-Atlantic flight for heavier-than-
air machines. A couple of
dirigibles have made the trip suc­cessfully,
one of them, however, tak­ing
the Southern route.
This latest flight marks the ninth
crossing of the Atlantic ocean by air­men.
Alcock, Brown, Brock, Schlee,
Lindburgh, Chamberlain, Levine,
Koehl, Heunefeld, Fitzmaurice, Byrd,
Acosta, Noville, Balchen, the pilots
of the two dirigibles, and the pilots
of the NC-4 have flown across the
water separating Europe and Ameri­ca.
Probably the most remarkable
flight was that of Alcock and Brown
back in 1919. They had none of the
highly-developed navigation instru­ments
which have aided the later
fliers. All of these men took great
risks, and their achievements are
marvels of science, yet when one says
trans-Atlantic flying today, the man-in-
the street thinks only of Charles
A. Lindbergh. Is it quite fair?
* * * * *
MY OWN EPITAPH -
Life is a jest, and all things show it;
I thought so once, but now I know it.
—John Gay.
* * * * *
In an article entitled Does Business
Want Scholars? in the May Harpers,
Walter S. Gifford, president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, "debunks" the old myth
that college does not fit men for bus­iness.
The old idea that only the
athletes and social hounds who an­nex
chains of keys for participation
in activities were successful later in
life is dispelled by the cold facts
which Mr. Gifford shows.
Based on statistics gathered in his
company's offices throughout the
country, his contention that the bus­iness
success of a man is in direct
ratio to his grades while in college
sounds very plausible. Figures and
charts are given which would con­vince
the most ardent extra-curricu­la
fan. Scholarship is recommended
as the sure way to get a start on
the next man.
Yet with such proof before us, we
still make ourselves believe that ne­glecting
school work to make friends,
learn to be sociable, get self-condi-dence,
and all the rest are for our
own good. Mr. Clifford's article is
recommended to the campus hound
who is going to make a million on his
varsity letter and string of keys as
a warning.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
The Indiana Daily Student, search­ing
among the archives, has discov­ered
that in '99 there was a rule at
the University of Indiana saying that
"No co-ed shall ride by means of
horse and buggy beyond the city lim­its".
Every graduating class of Prince­ton
since 1916, with the exception of
one, has adopted some form of insur­ance
as a class gift. Three-thousand
two hundred and ninety-nine gradu­ates
have a total of $1,123,000 in in­surance,
all of which will be paid to
Princeton when the policies expire.
The average cost of one year in
Cornell University is $1,410 according
to a study made by university author­ities.
The fraternity man spends an av­erage
of $1,398.62. A member of a
sorority spends on an average of
$1,450, and non-sorority girls spend
$1,250.
After deciding that it cannot hope
to compete with dances and co-eds as
a campus attraction, Philomathia
Literary Society, which has existed
for forty-five years at the Universi­ty
of Wisconsin, has wilfully passed
from campus activities.
"It seems that literary societies
went out with the horse and buggy.
With so many outside activities going
on in the university, few men find
time, or are interested enough to at­tend
our meetings," stated the sec­retary
of the organization.
law will lessen the number of fail­ures.
They say that pearls come from
oysters, but some girls get diamonds
from nuts.
Another editor has bitten the dust.
The editor of the comic magazine
"Columns" of the University of
Washington has been removed from
his post for "gross abuse of the func­tions
of his office". The cause of
the trouble was an article written by
him entitled, "Manuscript found in
a spittoon" or "A detailed account
of the history of expectoration
through the ages." The article was
branded by the faculty committee on
censorship as "abominally vulgar,
and in gross bad taste". And thus
the revolt of the student editors con­tinues.
The number of flunks at Union
College must have been exceedingly
high to precipitate the recent action
that has been taken by the Board of
Trustees of that institution, when
they voted upon and passed the rul­ing
that a charge of twenty-five dol­lars
be imposed upon the student for
each course that he repeats as a con­sequence
of failure. As the courses
of study are prescribed and must be
passed in order to obtain a degree
the student will find it pretty expen­sive
to flunk. It is hoped by those
who enacted the ruling, that the new
« AUBURN FOOTPRINTS W
While strolling a few nights ago,
several couples were seen in a very
secluded spot, and, judging from the
whispered murmurings, the words
"In the Springtime a young man's
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
love" are undoubtedly true. From
now until college is out, every cam­pus
nook will have its occupant and
the location of every stone on cer­tain
paths will be known to those
interested in the moonlight and wo­men.
As the last curve in being rounded
and the home-stretch looming ahead
the question "Will I win the race?"
is troubling more than one of us.
Let's fight a little longer, fellows;
it can't last forever.
Al Smith has been visiting the to­bacco
section of the country. When
he left that section a few days ago,
he was given a twelve inch cigar. The
givers didn't say what thew meant
by such a present, but it was possib­ly
given so that Al could or would
have to meditate longer on the pro­hibition
question. That rank odor
ought to put him to sleep, too.
Tom Mix recently signed a con­tract
with a movie producer. He
isn't to receive but three million dol­lars
for two years. We probably be­lieve
that Tom had to use his rope
to lasso such a fat contract as that.
Tim Gowder was about to be for­gotten
at the Ag. Banquet until he
found a new way in which he could
use his vocal powers. "How about
it, gentlemans?"
Senator Reed began to walk down
the nomination ladder last week when
he made a bitter attack on the
League of Nations and the World
Court in New York City.
According to an Illinois insurance
company, bathtubs, as an accident
cause, are twice as deadly as step-ladders.
It isn't hard to understand
why Auburn students are never even
crippled, much less killed in bathtub
accidents. Saturday doesn't come
but once a week.
If this were a very important col­umn,
there would be a great amount
of shouting when the writer announc­ed
this to be the last time he has to
think up stuff that goes in. We have
deserved criticism and have received
same. And yet, we can't help won­dering
if our critics could or would
be willing to try their hand at in-proving
this column? If they are
willing to do so, they have a perfect
right to criticize; if they are not will­ing
to help make it a better column,
we think they should not open their
mouths so frequently about it.
Last but not least, we want to
thank all for taking the jokes on
them found herein with the spirit in
which they were given-that of fun
and jest. Thank you.
Students who work their way wholly
or partially thiu the University of
Minnesota consider themselves mar­tyrs,
according to professors at that
institution. Working has become a
fad, and the students who receive low
grades in their courses invariably pre­sent
the excuse, "I am working my
way thru school." Investigations
have been made and in the majority
of cases the student uses his self-earn­ed
money for social uses and added
luxuries.
The latest additions to tne ranks of
the working students is the fair co-ed
with her furs and the car, who dons
a cap and apron at noon and waits on
tables in campus eat shops. This stu­dent
with all the servility of a maid
during the noon hour drives in her
Cadillac to tell her admirers of the
fun she had serving soup and apple
pie.
<*V-Blind Tigers
His horse went dead,
His mule went lame,
He lost his cows
In a poker game.
Then a cyclone came
On a summer day
And blew his house
And barn away.
An earthquake came
When they were gone,
And swallowed the ground
The house was on.
The tax collector
Then came around
And charged him for
The hole in the ground.
-g AUBURN'S ALUMNI %
Kind Old Lady (giving boy a pen­ny
for carrying parcels): What
should a polite little boy say after
getting a penny"?
L. B.—"I'm too polite to tell you".
An apple a day keeps the doctor
away, but an onion is not so specific.
"When our shirts return from the
laundry, what cigarette do they re­mind
you of"?
"Old Golds. Not a cuff in a car­load."
' A couple of well-known seniors
have according to their friends,
written a book which they appropria­tely
named "The Boot Won't Fit".
We don't know the specific reason
for the publication of such a volume,
but feel that Messrs. Kahn and Ken­ny
must have meant it to be a warn­ing
to all undergraduates.
THE
KL0THES
SH0PPE
UP-STAIRS
BIRMINGHAM
We sell good clothes
for less because it
costs us less to sell
Gourley F. Crawford
Student Representative
Take the "L"
2071/2 North 19 St.
MILLER REESE HUTCHISON
Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, at one
time Edison's invaluable assistant,
ranks high among the nation's in­ventors.
His claim to fame is al­ready
firmly established, his inven­tions
numbering over one thousand.
Hutchison is a native of Baldwin
County, Alabama. He graduated
from Auburn in 1897, having taken
a special course combining electrical
engineering, mechanical engineering,
and machine design. In 1895, while
yet in school, he made known his first
invention, the "Acousticon", a device
to aid the deaf. During the Spanish
American War, Hutchison was en­gaged
in laying submarine cables and
planting submarine mines. In 1902
he attended Queen Alexandra for her
deafness and received a gold medal
from her as a "token of friendship
and merit for scientific research"
Dr. Hutchison is probably best known
as the inventor of the Klaxon warn­ing
signal, of which there are hund­reds
of thousands in use. In 1910
he became associated with Edison,
and took up the work of developing
the Edison Storage Battery for heavy
work. He soon became Chief Engin­eer
of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., in
which capacity he remained for 10
years. Dr. Hutchison is now a mem­ber
of the executive staff of the
Acoustic Products Co., recently form­ed
by a merger of the Sonora Phono­graph
Co., the Bidhamson Co., and
the Premier Laboratories, headed by
Dr. Hutchison.
MATTHEW S. SLOAN
Matthew Sloan was born in Mobile,
Alabama in 1881. Before he had
reached his twentieth birthday, he re­ceived
a degree in Electrical Engin­eering
at Auburn. In 1906 he became
chief engineer of the Birmingham
Railway, Light, and Power Co. In
the following year he was appointed
superintendent of power. In 1908 he
was appointed superintendent pf the
company's electric department, and
two years later he was made assistant
to the president of the company. In
the latter part of 1913 Mr. Sloan be­came
connected with the New Orleans
Railway and Light Co., as assistant
to the vice-president, and in 1917 he
was elevated to vice-president and
general manager. Within a short
time, however, he resigned to join the
executive staff of the New York Ed­ison
Co., as assistant to the vice-pres­ident,
and in that capacity became
operating manager of the company.
In the summer of 1919 he became
president of the Brooklyn Edison^ Co.
Since Sloan came to the Brooklyn
Edison Co., nine years ago, its annual
income has increased from less than
ten million to over thirty million dol­lars.
Its customers numbered 120,-
000 when he assumed control. Now it
serves more than 600,000 people.
MARVIN PIPKIN
Marvin Pipkin graduated at Au­burn
in 1914. He took a post grad­uate
course, serving at that time as
an assistant in the Chemical Depart­ment.
He was employed for three
years as an analytical chemist by the
Phosphate Mining Co. in Florida.
Not long after the United States en­tered
the World War Pipkin enlisted
in the Military Service, but he was
soon transferred to the Chemical War­fare
Service, being employed in re­search
work at Nela Park, Cleveland,
Ohio, where the laboratories of the
General Electric Co. had been turned
over to the government. After the
close of the war Pfpkin remained at
Cleveland in the research laboratories
of the General Electric Co. In 1925
he invented a process for the inside
frosting of electric light bulbs, and
in recognition of the importance of
this invention, he was awarded the
Coffin Prize for that year.
GENERAL ROBERT LEE BULLARD
General Robert Lee Bullard, second
in command to Pershing in the Amer­ican
Expeditionary Forces during the
World War is another whom Auburn
is proud to claim. General Bullard
was born near Youngsboro, Alabama
in the first year of the Civil War.
Probably the fact that this great war
was raging at the time of his birth
had a part in determining his destiny.
He attended Auburn for three years,
at the end of which he received and
accepted an appointment to West
Point. After his graduation he re­mained
in the regular army of the
United States. His rise was rapid.
Before the end of the nineteenth cen­tury,
he had made an enviable record.
In October of the year in which our
country entered the World War, Bul­lard
was appointed Major-General,
and in November of that same year
he was appointed Lieutenant-General.
In the course of the war General Bul­lard
commanded the first American
division to take its place in the front
lines in France, the 3rd Corps, and
the 2nd Army. He participated in the
operations that resulted in the reduc­tion
of the Marne salient, and also in
the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was
in command of the 2nd Army when
the German resistance west of the
Marne was shattered.
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S P O R T S = Georgia Ties Auburn in Dual Track Meet:: S P O R TS
Frosh Nine Hand Tech
Team Defeat on Campus
By C. T. Ingersoll
The baby Tigers handed the Tech
Rats a nice defeat last Saturday af­ternoon
at the tune of 6 to 1. The
Auburn boys played heads up ball
from the start, and had it not been
for an occasional error on the part of
the locals, the Georgians would not
have made as good a showing as they
did.
Carter held the mound position for
Auburn from the start, and shot the
pill in in a manner that kept the
visitors from getting a chance to get
on to it. He struck out nine of the
thirty-four men that faced him, and
only gave up two hits. Tech used two
pitchers, Branson and Murphey, who
gave up eight hits between them. The
visiting hurlers were well supported,
making only two errors, while the
Tigers made seven.
Neither aggregations got a bingle
or a run in the first two innings, but
in the third Auburn brought one in.
Potter was hit by pitcher, and Harris
sacrificed him to second. He went to
third on Branson's error, and came
home on Pate's sacrifice fly.
Big Fourth
Auburn got to hitting her pace in
the fourth and got three hits with as
many runs. Brown was first man up,
and hit deep into left field for a com­plete
tour of the bases. Chappelle hit,
and Dreaden sacrificed him to second.
He went to third on a wild pitch, and
Carter walked. Potter was out at
first, and Carter went to second. Har­ris
hit, and Chappelle and Carter
came in for counters.
The yearlings marked up another
when Pate drove one out of the park
for a homer in the fifth.
In the sixth Potter got a hit, and
Harris knocked a three bagger, bring­ing
Potter in. This was the last score
the Plainsmen made.
The lone Tech score came when
Holt got a bingle. He advanced to
second on right fielders error, and
went to third when Dayr went out at
first. He then came home on the
catchers error.
Line-up and Summary:
AUBURN
Potter 2b
Harris cf
DeRamus rf
Pate ss
Tucker If
Brown c
Chappelle 3b
Dreaden p
Carter p
Totals
GEORGIA TECH
Teeple cf
Isaacs ss
Jones 2b
Dunlap 3b
Herron c
Holt lb
Dayr If
Hale rf
Branson p
Murphey p
Laster rf
AB
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
28
AB
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
1
0
R
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
6
R
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
H
1
2
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
8
H
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
E
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
2
0
7
E
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Totals 32 1 2 2
Home runs, Brown and Pate; three
base hits, Brown and Harris.
Double plays: Tech—Isaacs to Jones
to Holt (2).
Umpires: Emille and Long.
Athletic Regime at Auburn Better;
Plainsmen to Have Good Material
By C. T. Ingersoll
Although the first part of this year
was not so successful for the Tigers,
things are beginning to look brighter
in the athletic department, as we look
forward to next season.
Football
There was a change in coaches at
mid-season, and now we are very for­tunate
in having Coach Bohler as
head-coach of the fighting Auburn
Tigers. Coach Bohler came to Au­burn
last month, and took over the
reins of spring training, and is giving
the gridders practice in punting, block­ing,
passing, and holding the pig-skin.
He comes to us from Mississippi Col­lege,
leaving a clean record there.
Many of the Auburn games last fall
resulted in close scores, and were
hard-fought to the end. Everyone
that saw the L. S. U. game, will re­member
how the team fought, and
did not give up until the last whistle
had blown.
Much fine material will be on hand
in the Tiger camp next fall, when the
first call for candidates is heard.
With the material left over from the
varsity and Rat squads, we will be
ready to start the season right. From
the varsity we have Captain "Nick"
Carter, Cunningham, and Long in the
line, while Crawford, Tuxworth, and
Snider will be handling the ball in
the backfield. Then from the Fresh­man
squad there will be four power­ful
linemen in Harkins, Jacobs, New­ton,
and Taylor. These men will aver­age
over 200 pounds each, and it is
just like going through a stone wall
as to get over them.
Basketball
Auburn has just finished the most
successful season on the court that she
has had since she has had a basketball
team. The Championship was only
lost by one point. Here we must
pause and say that Coach Papke
should receive much of the credit for
this, due to his untiring efforts for the
betterment of the team. The whole
squad and student body have the
greatest respect for Coach Mike, for
he is an ideal coach.
The team became famous this season
for the 3 to 1 decisions. They piled up
large scores on everybody, averaging
45 points per game, and a total of
1000 points for the season. Two of
our players, DuBose and Akin, were
placed on the all-Southern team.
Even though we lose several basket
artists, we still have Mullin, Howell,
Capt. DuBose, McGhee, L. James,
Smith, Snider, and Vines. Some few
players will be advanced from the Rat
ranks, which will strengthen the
squad. The First-yearmen had a win­ning
team also.
PERCY BEARD
By Watts Howie
As a track man, Percy Beard has
very few rivals in the events that he
takes part in. This is his second year
on Auburn's Varsity Track Team and
he has been going strong during this
time. Beard participates in events
such as high hurdling, low hurdling
and broad jumping. He holds the Au­burn
Record for the latter. He made
the Texas trip, took part in the Tech
Relays in Atlanta and the Georgia-
Auburn Track meet held here on
Drake Field last .Saturday. Percy
came from the Georgia-Auburn Meet
with first honors in the high hurdles,
low hurdles and needless to stay he
won the broad jump with no trouble.
In the Tech Relays he won first place
for high hurdling, came out third in
the broad jump and won the honor
of being high point man in that meet.
Beard also stretched his record for
the broad jump in the Tech Relays.
In Percy Beard, Auburn can boast of
having another track star like
Weemie Baskin, as he is climbing
toward that goal.
Beard being an honor student is a
member of the Tau Beta Pi Honorary
Fraternity and of the Blue Keys. He
is also a member of the Alpha Tau
Omega Social Fraternity, and is a
Junior at Auburn taking Civil En­gineering.
Beard is a student who
believes in athletics strongly and at
the same time he believes in school
work being just as important and
that they should go hand in hand.
Tech Takes Last
Game of Series by
Score of 7 to 5
Tigers Make Total of Ten Errors
in Game in Atlanta
By George Ashcraft
Georgia Tech took the last game of
the series between the two schools,
when the Tigers could get only the
short end of the 7-5 score. The Au­burn
nine was considerably off in
form, a total of 10 errors being charg­ed
to the Plainsmen. Tech also con­tributed
four errors to the score books.
In the opening frame Auburn push­ed
across one run, and the Tech forg­ed
ahead in their half by making two
counters. Smith of Tech got a single,
went to second on a sacrifice by Mi-zell,
went to third when F. James
dropped a heave allowing McCash to
get on, and scored when Waddy was
safe on Sankey's error. McCash
came in on Parham's single.
Auburn tied the count in its half
of the fourth on F. James' double, an
error by Campbell, and E. James' in­field
out. However Tech again took
the lead in her half of the same in­ning,
getting two runs across. They
increased their lead by getting anoth­er
in the fifth. In the first half of
the sixth the Plainsmen tallied again,
but one run was all that could be forc­ed
across the plate. Auburn failed
to tally in the seventh while Tech ac­counted
for one more run to increase
her lead to three runs. Auburn made
up two of these runs in the eighth,
but Tech made another in her half of
the inning, and the game was over
when the Tigers failed to count in the
ninth.
Smith and Parham, with three hits
FRESHMAN ELECTION
Bulldogs Deadlock With
Plainsman Harriers Here
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Where Auburn boys have bought
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Baseball
Now that baseball season is in full
sway, and we have seen Coach "Slick"
Moulton's cohorts in action several
times, it is easy to see that we have a
good chance to retain the baseball
Championship again this year. The
Plainsmen copped this title last year.
Some costly errors have been made
this year, but the team is gradually
working into shape and Coach Slick
is smoothing over the rough places.
The team was primed for the first
tilt with Tech last week, and showed
the fans some real playing.
Many of the old players will return
next year, making the baseball out­look
good for next season. Smith,
Currie, Crawford, Booth, and several
other regular players will be seen
again on the baseball team next se :-
son. Wood and Potter will be great­ly
missed in the mound, but we will
have Stoutenborough, McGhee, and
Lee back with several new members
from the Freshmen. Carter and
Wynn are looking good "in the mound
for the Yearlings. Carter tossed
against the Tech Rats last week, and
only gave up two hits. Other Rats
that will make strong bids for the
varsity are: Pate, Potter, Harris, and
Newton. All four of the last me -
tioned have shown exceptional ability
on the diamond.
Out of the present team we have
several all-Southern men. Ben Sank-ey
and Cush Wood obtained this hon­or
last year. Wood was voted one of
the best pitchers in the Conference
last year.
Track
The Orange and Blue harriers have
an excellent chance to cop the title
in track this year. Coach Hutsell has
been giving his charges much prac­tice
for the several meets which are
not far off. Coach Hutsell is one of
the outstanding coaches in the United
States, and has been chosen as one
of the Olympic coaches.
The cinder artists have a record to
be proud of in that they have not lost
a dual meet in eight years. In this
time great track men have been turn­ed
out, such as Greene, Lock, and
Baskin.
Next year we will have a large num­ber
of experts back, among who are;
Beard, Virgin, Tuxworth, Granger,
Teague, Carter, Robinson, and Nage-
Freshman election! Important af­fair!
Tears and high hopes! Boys
coming into the room. Hello Bill,
How're you? Friendly to the ex­treme.
Unusual! The boys, for the
most part, are quiet and tense. They
turn to ask each other, Who the
dickens is this guy? Are you going
to vote for yourself? Sure I want at
least one vote. What kind of politics
is this? So this is Freshman elec­tion!
Boys sitting in the window smok­ing,
carefree, apparently not at all
annoyed or concerned with all the
hubbub. Boys standing up, appar­ently
.looking for their cohorts, com­panions
in crime, so to speak. Well
boys we will soon know who the
Sophomore officers will be. As if
we wouldn't.
Dean Wilmore at the front of the
room looking a bit morose and down
cast. Cries of "Calvin Coolidge,"
"William Jennings Bryan," and "Ala­bama
casts twenty four votes for Un­derwood."
Some one gets up on the
platform and announces that a candi­dates
name has unintentionally been
left off the ballot. "What's he run­ning
for?" "Who is he?" Every­body
finishes voting. Boys talking
and laughing with each other. A gen­eral
feeling of "peace after the
storm" prevails.
ley. Beard is another Baskin on the
hurdles, and Virgin is running him a
close race. Coach Hutsell also is de­veloping
some runners from the
Freshman class. Bell is one of the
most promising of this group.
An active athletic program is under
full swing at Auburn. Mr. J. V.
Brown, Coach "Red" Brown, and
Coach Bohler are spending much time
lately in organizing alumni branches
with the idea of development of a
greater Auburn. These men are get­ting
great results, and much enthus­iasm
is being created at these alumni
meetings.
At one big Auburn get-together last
week, Coach Bohler said, "Wholesome
college athletics make for the develop­ment
of character, and we need faci-tities
at Auburn that will make it
possible for every student to take part
in some game for which he is adapted.
This will keep the boys out of pool
rooms, will minimize bull sessions and
will give them a chance to express
themselves physically."
So to sum up this whole article,
Auburn is on an upward flight in the
athletic world, and before so very
many months pass, she will be back
in her same old high-rating position.
FRANK CURRIE
By Watts Howie
The above is none other than Frank
Currie, flashing infielder, who is hold­ing
down third base for the 1928 Au-burnites
in great style. Frank is a
good utility man, as he can play most
any position in the infield and is just
as valuable in the outfield. At the
plate he swings from the right side
of the platter, and is known as a bat­ter
who can smite the apple on the
nose and send it far away., He usual­ly
gets to a pitcher in the early part
of the game and should be feared by
the best of them as he always makes
an impression when he takes his turn
at the plate. At running bases, Cur­rie
is no slouch for he is sure to go
down at half a chance.
Currie is a strong favorite for a
position on the Tiger Aggregation
next year and he is being counted on
especially for his ability to soak the
pill. He is sure to make his letter
this year as he has participated in
many of the Conference Games, and
is sure to be in his prime for the
1929 season.
Frank hails from Atmore where he
participated in football and baseball
for the Atmore High School. He was
captain of the high school football
team there in his junior year and he
was elected captain of the baseball
team as a Senior. He is a Junior at
Auburn and he is taking the General
Course.
each led the Tech offense. Ellis was
the only Plainsman who could get
more than one safety, the Tiger cen­ter
fielder connecting with the ball
for two bingles out of four attempts.
A neat catch by Akin of a fly by
Mizell in the seventh, and a stop by
Smith of Waddy's drive in the eighth
were the fielding features of the
game.
In spite of losing two out of three
to the Tech outfit, Auburn is still
very much in the running for South­ern
Conference honors. Eleven more
games yet remain to be played, and
with a fair percentage of wins in
these games the Tigers will have a
strong claim for the championship.
We all know that we have the best
baseball team in the South, and it is
certain that Coach Slick's nine will
come out on top and show that fact
to the conference.
The Box Score
AUBURN AB R H E
Akin If 3 0 1 1
Currie 3b 4 0 0 3
Gilchrist 3b 10 0 0
Crawford rf 4 1 1 0
Sankey ss 5 0 1 2
Smith 2b 5 0 1 0
F. James lb 4 2 1 2
Ellis cf 4 0 2 0
E. James c 4 1 1 1
Wood p 2 0 1 1
McGhee p 10 0 0
Stoutenborough p 0 0 0 0
xLee 1 1 0 0
Totals 38 5 9 10
By George Ashcraft
Coach Wilbur Hutsell's track team
came near defeat in a dual meet for
the first time in seven years Saturday
afternoon on Drake field when Coach
H. J. Stegmans Georgia Bulldogs tied
the Tigers 63-63. The meet started
with "Snitz" Snider, captain of Au­burn's
track team, winning the 100-
yard dash over two Georgia contest­ants.
The meet was nip and tuck all the
way through and was not decided un­til
the final event, the javelin throw,
had been completed. Georgia led in
the firse few events but the Plainsmen
came back to gain the lead when they
captured the three places in the run­ning
broad jump. Auburn took eight
first places to the Bulldogs six.
Snider and Beard were the high
point men for the Tigers with 15
points each, a first in each event
they entered. Snider won first in the
100-yard dash, the 220-yard, and the
quarter-mile. In the 440 "Snitz" set
a new Auburn record of :50 3-5,
breaking the old record of :513-5,
made by W..G. Paige in 1911. This
makes the third Auburn record that
has been broken already this year.
In the Texas Relays Beard made a
running broad jump of 22'-5%
breaking the record of 21'-9" set by
Pea Green in 1926. In the same meet
Robinson set a new Auburn record
of 186'-10%" in the javelin throw,
breaking the old record of 172'-3"
which was set by "Weemie" Baskin
in last year's Southern Conference
meet.
Beard with a first in the high hurd­les,
low hurdles, and the broad jump
tied with Capt. Snider in scoring.
Sam Robinson won the javelin with
only one throw. He had an injured
Wood, Newton and
Spann Are Injured
During Past Week
Last week three of our athletes
were injured while in action for
the Tigers. These men are Wood
Newton and Spann, and in behalf
of the student body the writer of
this wishes to express sincere
sympathy to them, and wish them
a speedy recovery.
Wood hurt his ankle in the
Tech game in Atlanta last week,
but will be back on the diamond
in about a week.
Newton, big Frosh first base­man
and star hitter, received a
bad injury on the ankle when his
spike caught as he was sliding to
second.
Spann broke his leg while out
for spring training. We hope he
will be in good shape for next
season.
xBatted for McGhee in eighth.
GA. TECH
Smith ss
Mizell lb
McCash rf
Waddy cf
Parham If
Hobbs 2b
Terrell 2b
Stevens c
Campbell 3b
Florrid p
AB
5
3
5
3
5
3
1
5
3
4
R
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
H
3
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
2
E
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Totals 38 7 10 4
Summary: Two-base hits, Wood,
F. James, Parham; stolen base, Par­ham;
sacrifice, Mizell; double plays,
Currie to Smith to F. James; Ter­rell
to Smith to Mizell; left on bases,
Tech 12, Auburn 9; bases on ball, off
Florrid 2, off Wood 1, off McGhee 2;
struck out, by Florrid 7, by Wood 3,
by McGhee 4; hits, off Wood 6 in 4
innings, off McGhee 3 in 3 innings,
off Stoutenborough 1 in 1 inning; hit
by pitcher, by McGhee (Campbell);
losing pitcher, Wood. Umpires, Wal­ton
and Dorfan.
arm, and only threw the one time
because Auburn needed the points.
The best efforts of all others in this
event failed to pass his one throw.
Upshaw saved the day for Auburn in
the last event of the meet, the javelin.
Auburn needed a first and a third
place to tie the meet. Robinson had
already as good as won first place
with his one throw, and a Georgia
athlete had thrown it just a few feet
behind. A hard fight then ensued for
third place and the meet, and Upshaw
came through with a throw of 150'.
The best the other Georgia men could
do was far behind this mark. Virgin
looked good in the hurdles and high
jump, running second to Beard in the
120-yard high hurdles, and getting
third place in the high jump. Buster
Duncan put up a hard fight in the
mile but could only get third place. He
followed this up however with an easy
second in the two-mile event. Nick
Carter won first place in the discus
with a hurl of 124'-4", only missing
by a quarter of an inch the record
set by Baskin. Nick also got a second
place in the shot put. In addition to
getting a third in the javelin, Upshaw
also finished second in the 220-yard
low hurdles, and third in the running
broad jump.
Young led for the Athenians with
ten points to his credit, getting a first
place in the half-mile and mile events.
The track team left Thursday night
on the Seminole for Gainesville, Fla.,
where they will engage in a triangular
meet with Florida and Georgia. They
will arrive in Jacksonville at practi­cally
the same time that the Georgia
team gets there, and arrangements
have been made for both teams to go
to Gainesville on a bus, thereby elimi­nating
long waits for trains.
Results:
100-yd dash, 1st, Snider (Auburn),
10 2/5; 2nd, McCrary (Georgia);
3rd, Cook (Georgia).
220yd dash, 1st, Snider (A), 22 2/5;
2nd, McCrary (G); 3rd, Cook (G).
440-yds., 1st, Snider (A), 50 3/5;
2nd, Cook (-G); 3rd, Bottoms( (A).
880-yds., 1st, Young (G), 2:02 1/5;
2nd, Jarnigan (G); 3rd, Tamplin (A).
1-mile, 1st, Young (G), 4:43 4/5;
2nd, Jones (G); 3rd, Duncan (A).
2-mile, 1st, Becton (G), 10:39 2/5;
2nd, Duncan (A); 3rd, Teague (A).
120-yd. High Hurdles, 1st, Beard
(A), 16 flat; 2nd, Virgin (A); 3rd,
Anderson (G).
220-yd. Low Hurdles, 1st, Beard
(A), 26 3/5; 2nd, Upshaw (A), 3rd,
Cook (G).
Pole Vault, 1st tied by Kenner (G)
and Byrd (G), l l ' - 8 " ; 3rd, Creel (A).
High Jump, 1st tied by Kenner (G)
and Sutherland (G), 6'-0"; 3rd, Vir­gin
(A).
Broad Jump, 1st, Beard (A),
21'-2%"; 2nd, Tuxworth (A); 3rd,
Upshaw (A).
Shot Put, 1st, Nixon (G), 40'-ll";
2nd, Carter (A); 3rd, Anderson (G).
Discus, 1st, Carter (A), 124'-4";
2nd, Huff (G); 3rd, Nixon (G).
Javelin, 1st, Robinson (A), 179'-0";
2nd, Anderson (G); 3rd Upshaw (A).
Total, Auburn 63, Georgia 63.
Tiger Baseball Schedule For 1928
Date Opponent and Their Score
March 23—Fort Benning ( 0)
24—Fort Benning ( 0)
26—Montgom'ry Lions( 6)
28—SelmaCloverleafs( 4)
30—Tulane ( 1)
31—Tulane ( 3)
2—Clemson ( 2)
3—Clemson ( 6)
9—Georgia ( 3)
10—Georgia (Rain)
11—Florida ( 1)
12—Florida ( 5)
13—Fort Benning (12)
April
14—Fort Benning (Rain)
May
16—Georgia Tech
17—Georgia Tech
20—Georgia Tech
21—Georgia Tech
26—Florida
27—Florida
28—Florida
2—Clemson
3—Clemson
4—South Carolina
7—Georgia
8—Georgia
11—South Carolina
12—South Carolina
18—Vanderbilt
19—Vanderbilt
( 4)
( ID
(Rain)
( 7)
( 6)
Auburn Score and Place Played
( 7) at Fort Benning, Ga.
(11) at Fort Benning, Ga.
( 2) "A" Day, at Auburn
( 3) at Selma
( 6) at Auburn
( 9) at Montgomery
( 6) at Auburn
( 6) at Auburn
( 3) at Auburn
at Auburn
( 4) at Auburn
(10) at Auburn
(11) at Auburn
at Auburn
(15) at Auburn
( 2) at Auburn
at Atlanta
( 5) at Atlanta
( 5) at Panama City, Fla.
at Panama City, Fla.
at Panama City, Fla.
at Clemson
at Clemson
at Columbia, S. C.
at Athens
at Athens
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Nashville
at Nashville
Pa«e 4. THE PLAINSMAN
UNIDENTIFIED BODY FOUND
BADLY MANGLED ON TRACKS
AUBURN, ALA., April 20, 1928,
(PA). The well known and often
heard Uncle Bill, who is one of our
most popular kennel owners, (except
Cole, and several others) announced
that he had purchased the bottom
floor of the gym, that has been for­merly
used by Ross Gorman, Zez Con-frey,
or what have you, and will es­tablish
and maintain to the best of
his ability one of those nerve racking
cafes often called by Rat Morrison,
a cafeteria. The house which former­ly
housed the machinery for W. A. P.
I. will be moved adjoining the gym
and be used for a store room for this
new establishment.
This is one of the greatest steps
ever taken by the Auburn Engineers.
In fact it is one of the greatest feats
ever attempted since Dean Petrie
started losing his hair. Several of
our most prominent boarding houses
have already closed down. Uncle Bill
says he will be ready to serve bull
and grits about the time the Stone
Mountain Monument is completed.
The bunch of waiters as was seleced
by Mussolini, Bebe Daniels, Bull Dog
Herrin, and Gerald Chapman will be
no more than the bunch who attend­ed
the basketball game in Atlanta not
so many moons ago, via freight, pro­vided
Homer Wright and Red Meagh­er
will furnish the proper amount of
Fairy Soap for destroying all visible
evidence of the trip.
Only the oldest and best foods will
be served. Gas masks will be furnish­ed
for those who do not eat onions
and Houdini ihe juggler will be wait­ing
at the front door to teach those
who do not know the art of balanc­ing
peas on a knife. Soup will be
served on a sound proof porch by
Blanco, the famous Swiss yodeler and
board can be had by those who so
desire, in the form of saw dust.
Owing to the amount of advertising
necessary, and the mere fact that new
things must become established, a frca
meal will be served on the opening
day to all students under twelve who
have fasted for at least six months.
Handouts will be given to the first
ten others who appear at the upstairs
back window, well shaved. No horse
meat will be served under any circum­stances
as we have heard of people
becomming choked to death by some­one
carelessly yelling "Whoa." All
machines used in the kitchen will be
very modern and of the Nunnally and
Floresheim type, the latter using real
raw cows and giving off as it's finish­ed
product steak, condensed milk,
liver, tallow candles, bone buttons,
hoof glue, solid leather shoes and bo­logna.
For our male patrons who are
inclined to be timid, all chickens will
be well dressed, and a special salad
will be composed of wartless cucum­bers,
non-skid okra, Wrinkle proof
prunes, ready strung beans, charred
corn, and will be made on Mr. Spin-garn's
pot-boiler plan. No lids will be
used on any utensils, as the food will
always be open for criticism. Those
who buy meal tickets will be gyped.
If the owner becomes crowded with
profits before the end of *he first
month, the proceeds will go directly
for the purchase of grass skirts for
the starving Armenians or for the
paving of The West Point Route.
It is here that the management
takes the opportunity to presume he
is justified in asking your hearty co­operation,
is he not right? A reward
of $5.00 will be giv^n for the best
answers to this question, if turned in
to box 0000 on or before Thursday,
April 15th. (All answers must be
either yes or no).
NOTICE
In a recent issue a list of students
whose average for the first semester
was 90% or above was published. The
name of John J. O'Rourke, sophomore,
Electrical Engineering whose average
was 94.66% was omitted. The Reg­istrar's
office wishes to make this
correction.
If a college education tends to les­sen
ones breadth of view on life then
our educational system is a failure.
The leaders of the world are largely
college men.
Our Tennis Balls come in Seal Cans and
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Board of Pharmacy
Has Meeting Here
Members Praise Auburn School of
Pharmacy
Success in any profession lies in
the creation of happiness and certain­ly
the opportunities of a pharmacist
are for the promotion of good will
and happiness in any community was
the statement of S .A. Williams, pres­ident
of State Board, retail druggist
and president of the Rotary club of
Troy, and prominent member of the
Alabama State Board of Pharmacy,
when he, with several other members
of the State Board appeared at the
annual banquet given by the Auburn
Pharmaceutical Society at the Thom­as
Hotel Monday night.
The members of the State Board of
Pharmacy were very high in their
praise of the Auburn boys who grad­uate
from the Auburn School of Phar­macy
and pass the state board exami­nation.
Mr. Bingham, ex-retail drug­gist
of Tuscaloosa, and secretary of
the State Board of Pharmacy, stated
that before the pre-requisite law came
into effect requiring pharmacist to
complete three years work in an "A"
grade college preliminary to appear­ing
before the state board for license,
fifty percent of the non-college ap­plicants
failed the examination and
only fifty percent of these who pass­ed
failed in the drug business later.
He stated that the graduates of the
Auburn school of Pharmacy who
stood the examination were by far
the most successful of any other ap­plicants
to appear before the board.
L. C. Lewis, retail druggist of Tus-kegee,
stated that the State Board is
behind the school of pharmacy at Au­burn
and that through the coopera­tion
of the governing board and the
school and the backing of the Phar­maceutical
Association, the profession
of pharmacy could greatly benefit and
become more attractive.
"Don't buy a drugstore, as soon as
you get your diploma, boys!", was the
advise of Mr. Duncan, retail druggist
of Birmingham. "There are too many
drugstores in the United States al­ready
and that is the trouble with the
profession". It is true that we are
making it harder for anyone to be a
pharmacist, but that will eventually
result in fewer druggist, better paid
clerks, and more successful pharma­cists—
which is what you want—so
work for the other fellow for a while
until you get your experience and let
someone else pay the expenses."
After various members of the State
Board had responded to Toasts from
Dr. L. S. Blake, head professor of
pharmacy at Auburn, who acted as
the toastmaster for the occasion, Dr.
Spright Dowell, president, was called
upon to give his interpretation of an
educated man. Doctor Dowell replied
by saying there is no educated man
nor ever will be, because the process
of education is never ended. He said
that an education depended upon three
things, inherent ability or intelligence
training and application.
About thirty members of the stu­dent
pharmaceutical society were pres­ent.
N. H. McCallam, Jr., of Dothan,
is president of this society and made
the welcoming address to the members
of the state board who were guests
for the occasion.
Short Course Given
Over Radio Station
MAD DOG CAUSES
SCARE IN AUBURN
Many things happen in Auburn
which create much excitement but
a new cause was found last Sunday
when a mad dog was discovered in
town.
Early last Sunday morning some­one
reported that a mad dog was
running loose near Tankersly's store.
Many students and town people hur­ried
to the scene with all types of
weapons. When the dog was found
he was shot down by Professor
Thomas who had been one of the
first persons on the scene.
The mad dog had been hanging
around town for two or three days
and no one knows just exactly how
much if any damage was done. For
this reason more precautions should
be taken concerning the dogs in the
future.
Building Rebuilt At
Birmingham-Southern
Birmingham-Southern celebrated
the opening of their student activities
building recently rebuilt after being
burned several months ago.
On Friday evening of April 13 the
auditorium was packed with students
and visitors taking part in "Stunt
Night" that was followed by a huge
banquet.
A short course of special interest
to farmers and stockmen will be pre­sented
at Station WAPI during the
week beginning April 30. Musical,
education and market features will be
included as usual.
Monday noon, April 30, the studio
trio with vocal solos by Miss Evelyn
Smith; C. K. Brown on Auburn news;
and W. A. Ruffin on harmful garden
insects.
Tuesday noon, May 1, the Auburn
Stringers in a program of popular
numbers; Prof. J. C. Grimes will be­gin
the livestock short course.
Tuesday night, beginning at 9, jazz
program by the Auburn Collegians;
a book review will be given.
Wednesday noon, May 2, the stu­dent
quartet and Rev. O. D. Langston
in vocal selections. Prof. W. B. Eng­land
on a review of business condi­tions;
Prof. W. H. Eaton on a dairy
topic; and athletics at Auburn by a
member of the coaching staff.
Wednesday, beginning at 9, the stu­dio
orchestra in a classical program.
Thursday noon, May 3, studio or­chestra
program; Prof. W. H. Eaton
will give timely information on dairy­ing.
Thursday night, beginning at 9,
the studio orchestra. Dr. George Pe­trie
in a current topic discussion.
Friday noon, May 4, the latest Vic­tor
records will be played during the
Jesse French-Victor Program; "Aunt
Sammy" will give a discussion of
special interest to home makers; in­structions
on hog care and manage­ment
by W. C. Taylor.
Saturday noon, May 5, vocal selec­tions
by L. R. Simpson and Walter
Samford; old time fiddle music by
M. L. Hornsby; Miss May I. Cureton
on the "Better Homes" program in
Alabama. Livestock short courses will
be concluded with a round-table dis­cussion.
FUDGE TO RECEIVE
PH.D. DEGREE SOON
Animal Development
and Copper Sulphate
For growth and development of
animals, copper sulphate has been
found by experiments to be important.
A report to this effect has been re­ceived
from Prof. W. E. Sewell, a
member of the animal husbandry fac­ulty
who is now on leave at the Iowa
State College and one of three inves­tigators
to make this discovery. The
other two are Prof. J.. M. Eward
and V. E. Nelson.
"Our researches with swine and
rats," said Prof. Sewell, "show that
these animals-make better gains and
exhibit a higher food utilization per
unit of weight increase when small
amonuts of copper sulphate are in­corporated
in the ration. The basal
rations used were, in the light of our
present knowledge, complete from the
standpoint of proteins, vitamins, in­organic
constituents, and energy.
"In the ashing of the rats fed cop­per
sulphate it was observed that the
greater part of the stored copper sul­phate
was confined to the liver. The
light blue color, characteristic of cop­per
salts, was very evident in the ash."
Prof. Sewell is doing post-graduate
work at the Iowa State College and
will return to Auburn when he com­pletes
his work there. He came to
Auburn from Jefferson County sev­eral
years ago. After graduating
here he took a post-graduate course
at the University of Missouri and re­turned
to Auburn as a member of the
faculty. He then went to the Iowa
College to continue his graduate work
toward a degree of doctor of philo­sophy.
After spending two years in re­search
work with the experiment sta­tion
of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
Prof. J. Franklin Fudge has
completed his work for the degree of
doctor of philosophy from the Uni­versity
of Wisconsin and will leave
Auburn this summer to accept a posi­tion
as chemist with the Florida ex­periment
station with headquarters
at Lake Alfred. He will conduct re­search
pertaining to citrus fruits.
Dr. Fudge came to Auburn from
Illinois. He graduated at the Uni­versity
of Illinois in 1924. In 1925,
he received his M. S. degree from
the University of Wisconsin, and
will get his Ph.D. this year. He re­ceived
credit for his work here. This
enabled him to work in the South
and get a credit from a northern uni­versity.
Men Students Give
Co-eds Advice Free
Culpepper Winner
Ping Pong Tourney
A second Ping Pong tournament
has recently been closed at the Y. M.
C. A. Recreational room with Mr.
J. C. D. Culpepper the winner of the
large Auburn pennant which was giv­en
as a first prize. E. G. Salter won
the second prize, and the third and
fourth prizes went to F. J. Peddy and
A. F. Bass.
The entrants to this tournament
were limited to the first sixteen who
paid an entrance fee with which to
purchase the prizes, and the tourney
was staged at the request of a number
of students who did not get to par­ticipate
in the tourney held in Febru­ary.
Ping Pong has grown to be the
favorite sport of many students, and
it is beneficial in that it requires the
same sort of skill to be a good ping
pong player as it does to be a good
tennis player. More should try their
hand.
Feeling that it is easier to tell a
woman "what not to do" than "what
to do," members of the men's college
of the University of Rochester have
assumed the role of big brother to
their fair sisters of the women's col­lege.
Through the medium of the Cam­pus,
college undergraduate publica­tion,
the men are offering their ad­vice
to all coeds—free.
Some advice has been offered in
the following list of "don'ts," which
appeared in the Campus:
Don't look over our shoulder to
read our newspaper. Go buy one—
they only cost a few cents.
Don't say you "just adore" any
girl who is your rival .
Don't accept an invitation to have
a sandwich and then order a whole
meal.
Don't keep us waiting more than a
half hour, especially when a to-be-paid-
for chariot awaits you without.
On the way to a picture show,
don't rave about what a wonderful
musical comedy is in town.
Don't say you are reducing—and
then eat everything in sight.
Don't ask us whether or not to let
your hair grow.
Don't explain that you know it's
bad form, but that you just like to
chew gum, anyway.
Don't poise your cigarette grace­fully
and then puff the smoke out
before you have time to taste it.
Don't be afraid to accept a date
at the last minute, especially when
you want it. We know we're sup­posed
to think you're popular.
Don't be avidly interested in the
things you say shock you.
ENTRANTS TRAIN FOR
HORSE SHOW
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show is a bit more advanced than that
done in the regular riding classes. The
purpose of it is to develop and main­tain
a keen interest in equestrianship
and in horse-flesh in general, as well
as to give the man who is really in­terested
a chance for further devel­opment.
Entry in the show is open to the
three upper classes and to the enlisted
men stationed here. There will be
six major events; Senior Jumping;
Junior and Sophomore Jumping; In­ter-
class Bending Race; Enlisted
Men's Messenger Race; Enlisted
Men's Saddling Race; and Enlisted
Men's Jumping. In addition to this
an exhibition of Roman riding will be
given by Sgt. Forman and Private
Foust.
Although our horse show will not
be presented on quite as large a scale
as was done at several larger units,
we can confidently state that in qual­ity
and performance it will rank with
the best in the country.
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
MONDAY, APRIL 30
Wallace Beery and Raymond
Hatton in
"PARTNERS IN CRIME"
TUESDAY, MAY 1ST
George O'Hara in
"CALIFORNIA OR BUST"
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
MAY 2ND & 3RD
Billie Dove in
"THE LOVE MART"
with Gilbert Roland and Noah
Beery
FRIDAY, MAY 4TH
Jacqueline Logan in
"THE LEOPARD LADY"
SATURDAY, MAY 5TH
Fred Thomson & Silver King in
"SILVER COMES THRU"
Chemical Society
Meets Monday Night
The Chemical Society held its reg­ular
meeting Monday night. After
the roll call and reading of the min­utes
a very interesting discussion was
given by Mr. Reddock on, "Dyna­mite
and Its Relation to Industry."
In this he emphasized the transfor­mation
of peace time explosives
plants into manufacturing plants for
war explosives. 900,000 pounds of
Glycerol are used annually in mak­ing
glycerine. Ammonium-nitrate is
being used more and more every
year.
President Rheyling gave a few
points on the life of Emil Fischer,
well known experimenter in Organic
Chemistry, and Moissan who did
quite a bit of research work in In­organic
..Chemistry djuring the Or­ganic
Period. Mr. Rheyling also
stated that several new industries
for the manufacture of rayon silk
are to be opened in the South. A
new dye industry has recently been
established in West Virginia. This
means new opportunities for the
Chemical Engineer in the Southern
States.
AG CLUB HAS ITS
ANNUAL BANQUET
The Students Agricultural Club
had its sixteenth annual banquet last
Friday evening, April 20, at 7:30
o'clock in Smith Dining Hall. The
menu was excellent and the program,
under Toastmaster L. N. Duncan,
very entertaining. At this banquet,
according to custom, the senior mem­bers
were presented with their Ag.
Club diplomas by Dr. Dowell. R. Y.
Baily presented the Gamma Sigma
Delta loving cup, which is considered
the highest honor in the Ag Club, to
J. R. Taylor. As a fitting close to
the affair, Hon. Morgan Blake made
the address of the evening, an address
which will long be remembered.
The small college or university of­fers
the broadest medium for the in­dividual
in enlarging ones social, phy­sical
and mental facilities that means
so much to ones success in life.
RECENT PLEDGES
OF FRATERNITIES
S. A. E.: F. D. Clark.
Pi Kappa Alpha: Roy Pate.
Pi Kappa Phi: McCauley Barnes,
Barrow.
Sigma Nu: Van Dawson Durrett,
G. C. Morgan, H. L. Davis.
Sigma Phi Epsilon: G. F. Craw­ford,
T. B. DeLoach, Jr., J. T. Let­cher,
M. B. Selcher.
Sigma Pi: Murph Hawkins, Head-ley,
Dobbs, Lynne.
Davis Talks Before
Ag Journalism Class
"Thinking, today, is at a premium,"
declared P. O. Davis, of the Exten­sion
Service, at the Ag Journalism
class Monday night. "Writers of to­day,"
said Mr. Davis, "must have a
trained mind to be successful. They
must be able to analyze people, to
know their likes and dislikes, to fully
understand them and to know how to
manage them." The speaker stated
further that a writer must be a mas­ter
of the English language, be a
close observer, and be thoroughly
conversant with conditions of the
people for whom he is writing. Mr.
Davis was the second of a series of
speakers to appear before the Ag
Journalism class this semester.
GREENE'S
OPELIKA, ALA.
Clothing, Shoes
—AND—
Furnishing Goods
The Tiger Drug Store
—At the Sign of—
UNITED CIGAR STORES
DRUGS-CANDIES-TOILET ARTICLES
M. E. SMITH & CO.
Established 1881
Ladies' Ready-to-Wear
Millinery :-: Notions
Men's and Boys' Clothing
Shoes :-: Haberdashery
Phone 11
Opelika — Alabama
Smart Stjjed Qothes Knr CollegpMeai
Tailored At Rochester
A Special
PEAKE Line
for College Men
With two pairs of trousers
Made to our specification by Learbury, in
fabrics and patterns that had the O. K. of
college men in the Eastern schools before they
were made up. At thirty-nine dollars they
offer value heart-warming even to the chap
who A.B.'d in Scotch spending.
$39
Second Floor—Louis Saks
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2nd Ave. at 19th St., Birmingham, Ala.
HIGH SCHOOL
PICTORIAL
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THE PLAINSMAN
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 11)28
HIGH SCHOOL
PICTORIAL
SPECIAL
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The President's Mansion, one of the most beautiful residences
in the South.
Dr. Bradford Knapp, Auburn's newly elected president.
Dr. Knapp will appear on the campus July 1. 1928, com­ing
here from Oklahoma A. & M.
Dr. Spright Dowell. who has recently resigned as
President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute to accept
the Presidency of Mercer University .
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Beautiful Fraternity Home
Comer Agricultural Hall
Alumni Hall, the Men's Dormitory, when- every modern convenience is
to be found, including a swimming pool.
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of Veterinary Medicine.
Auburn Alumni Gymnasium
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The famous Auburn Band, oldest college band in the South.
Annual trips are made to the important football games and to
Mardi Gras in Mobile.
Main Entrance to campus
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One of several shops where students receive practical training in
the manual arts.
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Pitching staff of the Auburn baseball team. Reading from
left to right, they arc: Lee. Landstreet, Wood. Potter, Hall.
Mc( iliee. Stoiitenboroiigh.
Vlajor J T. Kennedy, Commandant and Head Profes­sor
of Military Science and Tactics. Auburn has been
rated "Distinguished College" eight consecutive years by
the War Department.
"Mike" 1'apke. (loach of bas
cet-ball.
P. It. Bidez, who
has developed t h e
Auburn Band to un­paralleled
heights in
college musical or­ganizations.
A modern fraternity home
Dr. George Petrie, Dean of Graduate Studies and
Head of the History department.
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Langdon Hall, the college chapel
PICTORIAL SECTION THE PLAINSMAN APRIL 27, 1928
Fred,Tic Child Biggin,
Dean of the School of Archi­tecture.
L. X. Duncan. Director of
Agricultural Extension Ser­vice.
The 1928 Glee Club
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Xobulc.n Jiulcl. Dean of the School
of Education and of the summer ses­sion.
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The Pistol Team. Auburn in the last four years has won the trophy
cup three times, losing last year by only one point.
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Marion J. Funchess, Dean of Col­lege
of Agriculture and Director of
the Experiment Station.
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George A!. Bonier, Head
Coach.
Dr. B. I!. Ross, Dean School of
Chemistry and Pharmacy and State
Chemist.
John •!. Wilmore, Dean of the
School of Engineering and Head of
the Department of Mechanical Engi­neering.
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Administration
Building
The Mandolin Club, one of the many student organizations that offer
opportunity for development and expression.
Dr. Knapp, Auburn's new
head, throwing firs! ball of the
HIliK campus baseball season.
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Miss Zoe Dobbs, Dean of Women and Social Director
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J. W. Scott, Dean of the
Academic Faculty.
E. R. "Slick" Moulton,
Coach of the 1928 Baseball
Team.
A Camp Scene Where Students Are Given Practical
Military Training.
John E. Pitts, assistant football coach and
Assistant Professor in Mathematics. He was
an all-Southern player on Auburn teams for
two years.
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Auburn Baseball Squad.
Tin'
Weems Baskin, National Indoor and
Outdoor Hurdles Champion, who will seek
Higher Honors in the Olympic Games this
vear.
Administration Building. One of the Oldest and .Most [mpret
sive Structures on the Campus.
ie Historical Laboratory
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1924.
The picture Was Taken in
Action Scene of Football Game.
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One of the .Many Interesting Events of the Annual
Horse Show. "Spoofy" Taking a Five Foot Jump.
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Veterinary Building and Serum Plant
Wilbur llutsell, T r a c k
('oach. who has been chosen
as one of the (loaches for the
(tlympic (James.
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The State Laboratory where important ex­periments
are carried on.
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B. L. Shi, Registrar and Executive
Secretary.