1929-11-12 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1929. NUMBER 19.
Celebration of Armistice Day is
Begun With Review of R.O.T.C.
Major-Gen. McCoy and Hon.
George Grant Give
Addresses
BARBECUE IS GIVEN
Exercises Concluded with Foot­ball
Game in
Afternoon
The Armistice Day celebration at
Auburn took the form of a review of
the Auburn R. 0. T. C. Corps and
speeches by Major-General Frank
Ross McCoy and the Honorable
George H. Grant in Langdon Hall
after the review on the drill field
Monday morning.
The program in Langdon Hall was
opened with the singing of the first
and last stanzas of America by the
audience. Honorable G. H. Grant,
State Commander of the American
Legion, was introduced as the first
speaker by Dean Petrie. Dean Petrie
explained that Mr. Grant was a very
active man during the last war, hav­ing
taken a brilliant part in the air
service.
"The American Legion," stated
Mr. Grant, "wants peace with honor
and security." He emphasized the
work that the American Legion is
doing for the orphans made by the
War, the disabled veterans, the pas­sage
of favoarble measures by Con­gress
to aid in such work.
Mr. Grant also called attention to
the work of the American Legion in
the beginning of the Junior League
Baseball, and in sponsoring the Uni­versal
Draft Bill, a bill which would
provide for the conscription of
money, industires, and men during
war times. "It is not fair," stated
Mr. Grant, "for some men to sit back
home in the laps of luxury while oth­ers
are standing in the trenches in
mud."
Major-General Frank Ross McCoy
was the next speaker that was in­troduced
by Dean Petrie, who told the
audience of the brilliant career of
the speaker. He stated that Major-
General McCoy was graduated from
the United States Military Academy
just in time to serve in the Spanish-
American War. He has served the
United States in Cuba, in the Phili-pines,
in Mexico, in Nicaragua, in
South America, and in the World
War at which time he was Brigadier
General of the 63 Infantry Brigade.
At the present time he is commander
of the 106 Infantry, 42 Division. In
the past he has been closely associat­ed
with President Roosevelt, Secre­tary
of War Taft, and General Leon­ard
Wood. He is a member of the
Royal Geographic Society of London
and has been awarded the Distin­guished
Service Cross. He comes from
Pennsylvania and is of Scotch blood.
Dean Petrie concluded his enumer­ation
of the accomplishments of the
major-general by saying that he de­serves
no credit at all for his won­derful
career as he is a real Scotch
Presbyterian and know that was all
predestined.
The major-general described, in
detail, the trenches in Flanders on
the first Armistice. He then adapted
his story to the war of the Auburn
students. He said that he hoped that
the students would be allowed to fol­low
their vocations in peace, and yet
he wanted to see the Auburn engin­eers
warring with the forces of Na­ture.
"There are many things to be
conquered—the Nicaraguan canal
the. Mississippi Valley, the problem
of controlling rivers," he said.
"We have hope of permanent
peace. People have always hoped for
peace; even before the time of Christ.
We have found that it cannot be
done by treaties alone," the speaker
said. Major-General McCoy is a
recognized authority on this subject;
having served as chairman of the In­quiry
and Concilliation, for the Pan-
American Council.
The results of the War as pointed
out in his speech are: It made de­mocracy
safe; it changed the face of
Europe; it changed us from a self-satisfied
nation to a world power.
(Continued on page 4)
Auburn Players to
Give Play Tonight
"Dramats" to Appear in Five
Act Performance
A five act play, "A Little Child
Shall Lead Them," will be presented
by the Auburn Players on Wednesday
night at the Y Hut.
A good performance is promised by
the Players in their first long play of
the year; Professor Shaver, of the
English department, is director of the
show.
The story deals with the consoli
dation of country schools, and con
tains an interesting plot, interwoven
with comical bits.
EPISCOPAL WORKER
IN AUBURN SUNDAY
Organize Sunday School Lea­gue
for Students Here
Miss Ruth Bettner, state leader of
the Episcopal Young People's Ser­vice,
was a visitor in Auburn Sat'ur
day and Sunday in order to establish
an organization of Episcopal students
here.
The young people at a meeting Sun
day night voted to form an organiza­tion
to be a part of the National
Federation of Episcopal Young People,
but not to carry the name of Young
People's Service League. A commit
tee was appointed to determine the
name for the group. This society is
a distinct organization, not taking the
place of the St. Paul's Club.
The objective of the new league are
service, study, worship, and fellow
ship. All Episcopal students are urg­ed
to become members, it was stated
by Charles Davis, president-elect of
the club.
The next meeting of the league is
to be held next Sunday night at 7
o'clock. The meeting will be preceded
by a social, it was announced.
Epworth League Meets
In Opelika On Friday
Newly Formed Union Includes Lea­gue*
of Six Towns
The first meeting of the recently
organized Epworth League Union will
be held at the First Methodist Church
in Opelika next Friday night at seven
p. m. This union includes the Leagues
of Auburn, Loachapoka, Not'asulga,
Roxanna, Smith's Station, First and
Trinity Methodist Churches in Ope­lika.
An interesting program is promised
by the council of the First Church
League, under the direction of Miss
Catherine Lowe and Lewis Jones, both
of whom are students.
"What Friendships Mean to the
Leaguers" will be discussed at the
meeting. A1 trophy will be given to
the League having the largest repre­sentation.
Auburn members are urged to at
tend the meeting.
AUBURN DELEGATES
LEAVE FOR CHICAGO
TO ATTEND MEETING
Auburn Will Be Represented
At Three Conventions
DR. KNAPP ATTENDS
All Three Meets Are Being
Held During This Week
Representatives left here Sunday
to attend three conventions in Chica­go
which are being held this week.
The college will be represented at the
annual meeting of the Association of
Land-Grant Colleges and Universities,
November 12 to 14, the American So
ciety of Agronomy, November 14 and
15, and the American Soils Survey
Association, November 12 and 13.
At the Land-Grant meeting, Dr
Knapp, Dean Wilmore, of the engi­neering
school, Dean Funchess, of the
school of agriculture, Director Dun­can,
of the extension department, and
Miss Louise P. Glanton,- head of the
home economics school will represent
Auburn.
Dean Funchess, as president, will
preside over the meeting of the Agron
omy Society. He will make'the presi
dential address at the business meet
ing. Dr. J. W. Tidmore, and pro
fessor Sturkie will also attend the
gathering; both will present talks.
G. D. Scarseth, research professor
of agronomy here, and J. F. Stroud,
state soil survey work, of Montgom
ery, will present a paper on "The
Black Belt Soils of Alabama" at the
meeting of the Soils Survey Associa­tion.
A. P. I. Sends Delegates
To State Student Meet
Will Be Held at Birmingham South­ern
November 18
Robert Sansing and Leslie William­son,
Y. M. C. A. officers, are the
Auburn delegates who are to attend
the State Student Union to be held
at Birmingham-Southern College,
Monday and Tuesday, November 18
and 19.
Mr. O. R. Magill, one of the lead­ing
workers in the Y.' M. C. A. in the
South, is to lead these meetings in
their discussion of ".Y" work on
southern campuses. The purpose of
the convention is to discuss the pres­ent
work being done by the organi­zation
and to decide what means
should be used in imporving it. Ac­cording
to the local "Y" leaders, the
work can be appreciably broaden­ed
in its scope on all campuses.
Mr. Sansing, President of the Au­burn
Y. M. C, is to make out the
program to be followed at the con­vention.
EDUCATIONCLUB
WILL BE FORMED
IN NEAR FUTURE
First Meeting Will Be Held On
November 18
DEAN JUDD APPROVES
Seventy Seniors Meet to Make
Temporary Plans
Delta Sig's and Sigma
Nu's Open Tourney
First Encounter to Take Place on
Monday
Auburn Matrons Club
Elects 1929 Officers
Mrs. P. O. Davis Is Re-Elected Presi­dent
of Club -
At their annual meeting members
of the past matrons club of Auburn
elected officers for the year. Mrs.
P. O. Davis was re-elected president,
Mrs. George Moxham, vice-president,
Mrs. Elba Wicker, secretary. The
club is composed of past matrons of
the Order of Eastern Star. Members,
in addition to the officers, are Mrs.
W. D. Copeland, Mrs. S. J. Finley,
Mrs. Clara Yarbrough, Mrs. J. C.
Grimes, Mrs. E. D. Blirnsworth, Mrs.
A. Z. Wright, Mrs. W. V. Jones, Mrs.
Bradford Knapp, Mrs. I. S. McAdory,
Mrs. W. P. Zuber, and Mrs. Meyers.
The club was organized last year by
Mrs. Knapp.
The intra-fraternity basketball
tournament will get underway at
Alumni Gymnasium Monday after­noon.
The schedule has been drawn
up by Coach Lee and has been posted
in the gymnasium. The Sigma Nu's
and Delta Sigma Phi's will open the
tournament. A consolation tourna­ment
will be held for the losers in
the frist round.
Severl of the Greek lodges have
good material and the tournament
is expected to be one of the hardest
fought in several seasions. Tau
Omega Chi—defending champions—
will have a hard time in capturing
their second championship as Sigma
Nu, S. A. E., S. P. E. are all boast­ing
of strong teams.
Sigma Nu Honors War
Heroes in Services
Reverend Hay Pays Tribute to War
Dead
The annual Sigma Nu Armistice
Memorial service was held Sunday
evening at the Auburn Presbyterian
Church. Rev. S. B. Hay paid touch­ing
tribute to those of the Sigma Nu
(Continued on page,4)
At a meeting of more than seventy
seniors engaged in education courses,
definite steps were taken, and prelimi­nary
plans made for the organization
and founding of an Education Club
here on the campus. This action is
the outcome of a realization among
educational students as to the need
of a definite organization within their
ranks, which will serve as a stimulus
in educational study, and in the social
aspects of those in this department.
Monday evening, November 18, has
been selected for the date of the first
meeting, at which time officers will
be elected, and a provisionaly consti­tution
presented for ratification. A
temporary committee, composed of C.
A. Brogden, V. L. Vines and Victor
Savage, Jr., was selected to conduct
preliminary arrangements prior to this
meeting. They report that a consti­tution
has been framed, and will be
presented to Dr. Knapp and the Exe­cutive
Cabinet of the Undergraduate
Student Association for acceptance
this week.
A short program has been planned
for this initial meeting, in which is
included musical numbers, short talks,
and refreshments served at the close.
The greater part of the hour will be
taken up in the election of officers,
however. The constitution will also
be presented for ratification.
At the senior meeting last week,
pronounced enthusiasm for the found­ing
of such an organization was preva­lent.
A number of those present
voiced their idea of the need of an
Education Club here, and the service
it would undoubtedly render its mem­bers.
It was brought out that through
such means, a deeper insight into the
field of education could be obtained,
a professional consciousness aroused,
and a social laxity among students
in the department mended. It' will
serve as a means for discussing mod­ern
problems in educational fields not
covered in the courses offered. And
in general, it will broaden the student
to fit the requirements of this pro­fessional
work after leaving college.
Announcement of this organization
meeting is being made in practically
all education classes this week. Al­though
being led principally by sen­iors,
all students engaged in education
courses are urged to be present and
become active members. The depart­ment
of education is heartily in favor
of the proposed organization, and
Dean Judd has pledged full support in
the undertaking. He is highly in fa­vor
of the movement, and states that
he is willing to lend every possible
effort toward its establishment and
furtherance.
In speaking of this, he stated, "I
know of no other means whereby Edu­cation
students here could be so ma­terially
benefitted. I have observed
the need of just such an organiza­tion
among the students in this de­partment
for a number of years, and
(Continued on page 4)
TULANE GETS SLOW
START TO TRAMPLE
TIGER VARSITY 52-0
Auburn Eleven Shows Great
Form During 1st Half
BANKER TULANE STAR
Greenies Show Power to Score
38 Points in 2nd Half
Starting slow, Tulane's stormy
Greenies flashed a smashing offen­sive
in the final half of the game last
Saturday against Auburn to score a
52 to 0 victory over the Tigers.
The Auburn Tigers opened the con­test
with a strong line that was al­most
unconquerable during the first
quarter.
First Quarter
Chattie Davidson, Auburn's hustl­ing
signal barker, kicked off to start
the ball rolling. Tulane failed to
gain much yardage on the Tigers and
punted. The Tigers then did the same.
And after exchange of punts Tulane
carried the ball to Auburn's 20-yard
line. Here Auburn tightened up their
front wall and made matters hard for
the Greenies to pass their 20-yard
marker with George Egge, Ben New­ton,
and Grady Long throwing them
for a loss around their end and Cap­tain
"Shorty" Long doing the same
thing around his side of the line.
McRee and Taylor were breaking up
the interference on the right side of
the line and Harkins and "Shorty"
Long were getting the man with the
ball. After Auburn ran two plays
that failed to net enough yardage to
try two more in hopes of making a
first down, Chattie Davidson punted
out to the center of the field where
the Greenies got the ball on Auburn's
43-yard line.
The Greenies then started another
drive for Auburn's goal and reached
the Tigers 5-yard line before the wear­ers
of the orange and blue colors
could halt them. Tulane carried the
ball to Auburn's five-yard marker
this time from the 43-yard line in on­ly
2 downs, but could not carry it
over. Billie Banker had not entered
the game yet, but was now being
warmed up out on the sideline. Tu­lane's
other two triple-threats, in the
backfield, Armstrong and Pizzano had
not entered the game yet either. Piz­zano
was still nursing a bruised lip
and cut mouth and when he did final­ly
enter the game he wore a head
helmet that covered everything about
his head, but his eyes. The New Or­leans
sports writers called him the
"Phantom of the Opera," and believe
me he looked the part.
When Tulane reached the Tiger's
five-yard line this time, the headlines-men
came out to measure it for first
down, but Tulane had missed it one
inch. Jones, who had just been sub­stituted
for Davidson, stepped back
behind Auburn's goal line and punt­ed
out fifty-two yards to the Greenies
forthy-seven yard line and Auburn
grounded the.\ ball there. George
Egge, the Tiger's hustling left end
grounded the ball.
Billie Banker was then rushed into
the battle and on the second play,
which was in the last minute of the
first quarter, the Blond Blizzard toss­ed
a 27-yard pass to Hugh Whatley,
(Continued on page 4)
Cubs Stage Eighty Yard Drive to
Win Over Tech Rats by 7-0 Score
Dean Petrie Makes
Armistice Address
Speaks to Students of Langdale
Sunday
Bassett Is Chief Ground-Gainer
Of The Game
GAME PLAYED IN RAIN
Dr. George Petrie, professor of his­tory
and dean of the graduate school
told Sunday school students of Lang
dale Sunday that the world is moving
slowly toward universal peace. He
made this statement in an armistice
day address in which he reviewed the
events following the world war down
to date.
The recent visit of Ramsay Mac-
Donald to the United States and the
Central and South American tour of
President Hoover between his election
and his inauguration were cited by
him as examples of international
friendship and goodwill which fend
toward world peace.
All the important events bearing
upon world peace were revived by
the speaker who was heard by spec­ial
invitation of Sunday School stu­dents
and teachers.
WOMEN'S CLUB TEA
ATTENDED BY MANY
Social Is Given in Rooms
School of Architecture
of
Auburn Professor Tells of Snail
Culture in Lecture on French Tour
Professor "Baldy" Roe Observes Many Things of Interest in
Gallic Journey
The culture of giant snails two and
three inches in diameter, the tremend­ous
traffic cheeses, truck farming,
and vineyards are important phases
of French agriculture, according to
Prof. John Winans Roe, assistant
professor of Romance languages at
Auburn, who spent last summer in
France. Professor Roe did advanced
study at the University of Dijon.
As a result of his observations in
France, Professor Roe is delivering
a series of talks over .WAPI from
Auburn. Thursday he spoke on
French agriculture and next Thurs­day,
November 14, between 12 and
12:30 he will talk to the radio audi­ence
about the daily life of the
French people. The last of Professor
Roe's discussions will take place on
Friday evening, November 22, when
he talks on "French Art and Educa­tion."
France is practically self support­ing
from an agricultural standpoint,
says Professor Roe. It is a land of
small farms and individual holders.
Their meats, especially their steaks,
are inferior to England's. For good
beefsteak, the latter country stands
supreme. France has good mutton and
(Continued on page 4)
One hundred fifty people attended
the studio tea which was given on
Friday night by the Art Department
of the Auburn's Women's Club.
The affair was given in the rooms
of the architecture and allied arts
school; the attendants were members
of the club and their guests from Au­burn
and Opelika.
Mrs. F. C. Biggin, chairman, and
other members of the Art Department
of the club, received the guests; they
viewed the Southern States Art
League exhibition which is being con­ducted
here, and afterward were serv­ed
refreshments in the Architectural
Library. Members of the architectu­ral
faculty explained the different
types of paintings and etchings.
The decoration committee was prais­ed
for the beautiful effects it achiev­ed
in the exhibition rooms and in the
library. Flowers and autumn leaves
were used effectively with unique
lighting arrangements.
The idea of the Studio Tea was
conceived by Mrs. Biggin; the various
committees worked dilligently to as
sure the success of the tea.
Heavy Jacket Team Failed to
Threaten to Score
Art Exhibition Will
Close November 15
Hundreds of People* Have Visited
Auburn to See Display
The Southern States Art League ex­hibition,
which is being conducted by
the school of architecture and ap­plied
arts, will be on display until
Friday, November 15.
Many people in this vicinity have
viewed the pictures since they have
been exhibited here; individuals have
realized for the first time, how many
good painters of which the South can
boast.
Portraits, figures, landscapes, mar­ines,
and still views are shown; this
is a varied group of paintings repre-presenting
all styles of work.
This display is touring the South;
it has been shown in art galleries,
museums, schools and colleges, in
clubhouses, and in fairs.
Miss Glenn Builds New-
Home on Glenn Avenue
Present Home Site Will Be Occupied
By New Auditorium
Miss Allie Glenn, whose home north
of the Practice House will be de­molished
for the building of the new
Victor Hanson Auditorium on that
site is building a new duplex house
on Glenn Avenue to be completed in
the near future. The new home will
be modern in every respect.
Coach Earl McFaden's strong fresh­man
eleven rose to heights Armistice
Day that other Auburn first year
teams have failed to reach since the
Southern Conference started rat ath­letics
under one head. In a sea of
mud, they won a hard fought battle
over Kid Clay's formerly undefeated
Baby Yellow Jackets from Georgia
Tech. The final score, 7-0 hardly
does the Baby Tigers jusice, since
they were in possession of the ball
during the most of the afternoon, and
easily outplayed the Baby Engineers.
The McFaden team entered the
game the underdogs because they had
two members of their starting back-field
on the sidelines and they were
playing a team that outweighed them
considerably. They regretted to lose
Ike Parker, first string quarterback,
and Jimmie Hitchcock, regular half­back,
but Tom Shackleford and Ken­neth
Phipps were nominated by Coach
McFaden to start in their places and
their mates quickly gained confidence
in the two Montgomery boys after
they showed some brilliant work play­ing
during the early stages of the
contest.
Tech kicked off to Money who re­ceived
the ball on his own twenty
yard line and returned five yards. On
the first play Tom Brown slipped off
tackle for a gain of eighteen yards.
Bassett and Phipps hit the line for
another first down before the Baby
Jackets could settle down. Tech held
and Shackleford booted to the losers'
twenty yard line. " .
Lee Johnson and D. T. Jones smear­ed
the first play tried by Tech so they
punted on second down. Shackleford
received on Tech's forty-five yard line
but was downed in his tracks. Phipps,
Brown and Bassett started another
drive that carried them to their op­ponents
twenty-five yard line. Bas­sett
broke through again for a fif­teen
yard gain but Auburn was off­side
and penalized five yards. This
took the spirit out of the Baby Tigers
and the Baby Jackets held them for
downs.
Kid Clay's eleven could not pene­trate
the McFaden forward wall and
their attempted end runs were stop­ped
cold the first half by Henry
Money, Porter Grant and Sam Mason.
A punting duel was in the offing dur­ing
the second period with neither
team having such advantage and the
half ended 0-0.
Coach McFaden gave his team one
of his comeback talks during inter­mission
and they came back upon the
field determined to win the first vic­tory
ever recorded by an Auburn rat
team over the Georgia Tech yearlings.
Tech kicked over the goal line and
the Auburn rodents started a march
down the field from their own twenty
yard line that was not stopped until
they had crossed their opponents goal
line. This was during the third pe­riod
and was one of the longest drives
staged by an Auburn team in several
seasons. Tom Shackleford carried out
Coach McFaden's orders and simply
engineered the drive and also did
some effective blocking.
William Bassett, Tom Brown and
Kenneth Phipps carried the slippery
pigskin and were stopped for no gain
only twice on their eighty-yard march.
Miller, Jones, Johnson, Wood and
Prim were opening up large holes in
the line which carried the fleet-foot­ed
Auburn backs across the line of
scrimmage and they eluded the secon­dary
for long gainj three times. Bas­sett
was the big ground gainer in this
long drive.
An offside penalty put the ball on
Tech's three yard line. Phipps and
Brown gained one yard in two tries
and Bassett scored the winning touch­down
when he hit right tackle for
the necessary yardage. Shackleford
passed to Money for the extra point.
(Continued on page 4)
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Students' Acts May Cost
Auburn Rail Privileges
It has long been the "custom among the
younger college men to remove, misplace,
or deface property, and particularly rail­road
property. That which could not be
maliciously destroyed by the unthinking
youth is generally appropriated to adorn
their domiciles.
These collectors represent a certain
type of kleptomaniac that is both obnoxi­ous
and undesirable. Unfortunately a stu­dent
body the size of Auburn's has a gen­erous
sprinkling of such students.
Old heads have knitted their brows at
student perplexities; students themselves
have shrugged their shoulders and looked
with disdain upon minor atrocities; The
Plainsman editorial writers have pounded
the entrails out of their typewriters in
crying out against unseeming acts. We re­fer
mainly to the loss incurred by the
railroad in running the special trains to
and from the Florida game.
We have discusssJ and investigated the
case fully f.iU may accuse the railroad of­ficial
report with ony one discrepancy. In
the report a statement was made that has
a very important relation to Auburn and
the student body.
In the letter from an official of the A.
& W. P. R. R. it was intimated that such
actions as students of Auburn were seen
to do on the Florida specials was almost
without precedent. It further stated that
Auburn students were a bunch of hood­lums
and that such conduct occurred only
on trains where A. P. I. students were
handled. «
Be such statements as they may it is
generally known that the West Point
Route does not handle special student
trains other than those serving Auburn,
it is also known that seldom does this par­ticular
railroad handle student specials
from other roads.
The actions of Auburn students on
trains are not highly commendable. The
railroads are imposed upon to an unneces­sary
degree. When students throw seat
cushions from trains, remove railroad prop­erty,
and hamper the progress of any train
by applying the emergency brake or cut­ting
the signal cord the lives of passen­gers
are endangered. Such misdemeanors
are only done by uncouth persons who lack
breeding and who have not awakened to a
full consciousness of the finer qualities of
gentlemanly character and deportment.
The Ag Club Power
Behind The Ag Fair
The success of the Ag Fair, put on last
Friday evening, indicates far more than
the mere staging of an annual event. To
the man who is awake to realities, it prov­ed
that there is no "dead wood" in the
leaders over on Ag Hill; they are living
up-to-date, with the defermination tha|t
no moss be found growing on their backs.
In spite of two serious barriers—unfa­vorable
weather and a sick manager—the
Fair was a decided success. Evidently the
Ag boys have no inclination toward letting
any failure in any line be chalked up
against them. There was that factor of
concerted effort present which seemed to
make things go in spite of all difficulties.
Commendation is due the agricultural stu­dents
in this matter.
We are constantly hearing the truthful
utterance that this is an age of coopera­tion
; the occupants of Ag Hill have caught
this idea. Their Ag Club is an expression
of this, it is generally admitted that this is
one of the leading student organizations on
the campus at present; it has an outstand­ing
active membership, and affords real
service to those taking part—this factor
being the real life of it.
The Ag Fair is only one of the several
big events put on by the Club annually;
and its phenomenal success proves the real
work being put over. This year their pro­gram
was varied, which proved an uplift
in more ways than one—and also showed
that they are quick to pick up advantages
and improvements. We congratulate them
on this progressiveness.
No longer can we throw hissing remarks
at an Ag, unless we come to the front and
prove ourselves his superior. Right now we
might well take note of these accomplish­ments,
and attempt to catch step with them.
Letters to the Editor
My dear Editor—
I beileve it was Poe who said that in
criticizing anything one should point out
the defects rather than laud its more ad­mirable
qualities, a statement in which I
fully concur. Hence, whenever I feel the
impulse to offer any critical views on the
present state of affairs at Auburn, I
choose to entirely forget those things
which are worthy of approval and consid­er
only those which merit condemnation,
being certain that there are too many
loyal Auburn "boosters" to allow the form­er
to go unmentioned. However, I am too
well acquainted with the mental processes
of the average Auburn student to hope that
my remarks will be taken in the helpful
spirit in which they are meant and I am
fully prepared to accept the scathing op­probrium
which may be heaped on my un­deserving
head.
At the present moment I am very much
concerned with the policy of conservative
retrenchment in every things except the
purely material phases of our college life
which now seems to be in force at Auburn.
It seems rather a pity that the expansion
of class room facilities incorporated in the
constructive building program now under
way should not be accompanied by some
proportionate broadening of our intellectu­al
horizons. At a time when the tendency
among the progressive educational insti­tutions
of the country is towards a more
cosmopolitan tolerance of different stan­dards
of thought and conduct Auburn still
clings to the narrow and intolerant policy
of intellectual and moral astringency. At
a time when many institutions are taking
steps toward the abolition of compulsory
class attendance the powers that be at Au­burn
are insisting that students shall at­tend
every single class and lab period
scheduled. A more puerile restriction can­not
be imagined! Futhermore a detailed
report is^made to the parents of the stu­dent
who is so misguided as to cut a few
classes. I was profoundly mortified the
other day, on receiving a letter from home,
to learn that a report of some four or five
outs which I had taken the preceding week
had been mailed my parents and I have no
doubt but that they too were mortified to
feel that the college authorities considered
me to be of sufficiently immature and ir­responsible
character as to require that a
report be made them every time I am ab­sent
from a class.
As I see it, the prime distinction between
a collegiate and a secondary school is that
in the former the student attends classes
because he desires information concerning
the subject while in the latter he attends
classes only because compelled to do so.
If this distinction is removed then Auburn
becomes merely a sort of glorified Trades
School which the student attends simply be­cause
his parents wish him to be prepared
to undertake some particular means of liv-lihood.
This seems to me to be the very
antithesis of the purpose of a collegiate in­stitution.
Frankly, I am greatly concerned
over this reactionary manifestation, the
more scr since it has always appeared to
me that Auburn lacked that atmosphere
of learning and scholastic aptitude which
is indispensible to any college. In my
opinion the thing which Auburn needs most
is more incentive towards independent and
constructive thought and action on the
part of the students. It is undeniable that
the present regime at Auburn is a decid­edly
autocratic one and allows the stu­dent
no voice in matters pertaining to the
school life. Up to the present time this
has not been very apparent since it has
been possible to persuade the student
body along the lines it is desired they shall
follow but it will become clearly evident as
soon as there is a divergence of opinion
between the head of the institution and
a majority of the students. I am constrain­ed
to believe that we have allowed our con­cern
over the condition of our football
team to obscure many mo(re important
questions. Personally, I consider the dis­charge
of Coach Bohler at this season of
the year to be practically indefensible^-
but why go into that? There is, no doubt,
a severe difference of opinion on that mat­ter
and there is no need to bring up a
chapter of our past history which had best
be forgotten. Intelligent thought on the
part of the Auburn student is more im­portant;
hence I am signing myself,
Yours for more and clearer thinking,
LLEWELYN LADYFINGERS.
" L i t t l e T h i n g s"
By Tom Bigbee
If you failed to read "Thoughts in Sil­houette"
in last Friday's Plainsman, then
you have missed something worthy of your
attention; turn,back and read it. Diogenese
has "hit the nail on the head," if you
please. Listen to this:
"The only way this deplorable practice
can be eliminated is for the student body
to face the situation squarely, frown upon
acts of this nature and do their individual
parts in obliterating it":—speaking in re­gard
to stealing done by students.
And further: "Why shouldn't being
marked a thief by some persons well up in
your heart the lust of battle just as much
as being called one? " And he further re­flects
that "It is a rotten mess when the
more scrupulous men have to shoulder the
responsibility of the so-called thoughtless
and weak."
With this we heartily agree; and especi­ally
with that latter statement. It is all
right to hope that a select few of the re­spectable
and honor-loving students of this
institution will uphold its good name and
reputation, in spite of any possible misde­meanor
committed by others here; but
in reality such a hope doesn't reach an
inch.
This matter is an "Auburn family" af­fair,
and should be settled at home. As bad
as we hate to admit it, not all of the pres­ent
Auburn students are clear of theft
charges. It behooves the more influential
men to accept the challenge, and straighten
out these wary, trouble-brooding mem­bers.
This situation has been brought home to
us in the rejection of "Y" membership
cards at Birmingham. And the students are
directing their attack on the local "Y" or­ganization,
which is altogether misput.
Would you expect to build a chimney from
the top downward? The Y. M. C. A. is a
christian association, and we dare say its
officers here will not defend a member
in some act of wrong.
Doubtless it would be a most appropri­ate
thing to clean up our own attics, and
then cast stones at the "Y".
There seems to be a fever of criticism
sweeping the campus nowadays—slashing
right and left. The "Y", the Cajoler, the
football team, Sunday movies—they have
all had their station as targets. We won­der
if even one single remark that has
"been thrust at either was in the least justi­fied?
It is easy enough to sit by and give
orders in a definiency, but how far does
that go? Did you ever try turning a hand,
and then observing the difference in re­sults?
Those who are free to criticise usual­ly
never know what it means to do any­thing
else besides offer criticism.
And in this connection, we observe that
Mr. Billowheel has created a notorious
name as a "broadcast critic," rudely at­tacking
isues at random and running a-ground
at times. This is merely what we
have observed from the outside; we haven't
expressed our idea of the gentleman's re­marks
yet.
You wouldn't have suspected that the
old-square dance is so old after all, had
you based your sole conclusion on the stan­za
put on at the Ag Fair Friday night. That
was a lively number, indeed.
"Times ain't as they wuz," remarks a
present Senior as he reads the - statement
that only two hundred freshmen voted at
the recent class election. However, we be­lieve
this system of voting is far better
and more effective than the discarded one,
which involved mass voting and mass in­fluence.
Congratulations to the Auburn Engineer
for its national recognition. This speaks
well for this departmental magazine and
its staff. We wonder who will be first to
criticise this attainment!
Headlines of publication article: Pro­posed
United States of Europe. Maybe our
country isn't such a bad example, after
all.
°SQ) AUBURN FOOTPRINTS «
The Geckette
I'm the Geckette who is continually
laughing. I know that it sounds silly to
those around me, and my presence becomes
even obnoxious on occasions, but I really
can't help laughing with all my might at
any and everything.
Of course, I stay down at the zoo and it
is there that I have my fun. Whenever I
talk to anyone, he always starts loughing
too, so I just feel that he enjoyed talking
to me. If I even suspected that it was any­thing
else, I'd—just laugh it would be so
comical.
When I eat I laugh; when I walk up the
street, I laugh; when I talk to anyone, I
laugh; when I study I laugh; when I have
a date, I worry the poor fellow to death
in ten minutes with my outbursts of laugh­ter;
my roommate evens tells me there is
a huge smile on my face when I sleep; in
face, there is spasm after spasm of per­iodic,
delirious laughter connected with me
wherever I go.
Surely, I know that there are some nar­row-
minded people in the world who can't
appreciate a person with a sunny nature,
but that doesn't deter me in the least. The
way I have my fun is a caution to anyone!
The thickness of some of the newly discovered skulls prove that there were
undoubtedly some politicians to be contended with even back in the old days.
* * * * » • » •*
Abigail recently recovered a ring that had been lost somewhere on the cam­pus.
She didn't know where until the finder told her it was picked up on Drake
Field. We were greatly surprised that she should be guilty of frequenting this
rendezvous, but facts are facts. But possibly some boy lost it on his way to the
stables.
ft*******
The Auburn football trail is leading us down into the valley of dispair so far
that the sunshine can never penetrate the thick foliage of the huge adverse score.
* * * • * • * •
Strange things have happened in this burg, but the cake-taker for the past
week was when a horse threw Catherine Porter. We can't say that he didn't have
a perfect right, but at the same time it took a vast amount of nerve fbr him to set
her sallying forth on a little errand of meeting the ground.
* * * * * * * *
Out of the haze left by the crash of the stock market several days ago come
stories of how some people lost their entire fortunes, in some cases, huge. Maybe
we're lucky to be poor after all.
* * * * * * * *
That seems to be the only consolation they can have at the present time.
* * * * * _ * * *
RECIPE FOR KISS CAKE
Take an armful of pretty girls, lovely faces, laughing eyes, and rosy cheeks.
Mix together well and press two lips. The result will be astonishing.
Then take one piece of dark porch, a little moonlight (sometimes this can be
omitted) press one small hand into larger so as not to attract attention, two
ounces of romance, and one or two whispers.
Now dissolve half-dozen glances into quantity of hesitation and two ounces
of yielding. Place kiss on blushing lips;-flavor with slight screams. Then put away
to cool, serving after dark.
—U. R. Mistaken.
* * * * * » * ~ *
Personally we think this guy is all wet; in fact, he doesn't know nearly enough
to qualify as first class.
* * * * * * * *
It's too bad the Ag Fair couldn't riot have been held in the time of the ad­venturous
English King. Some of the contestants could have possibly gotten the
job as the jester for the more fanciful kings.
* * * * * * * *
Abie Hardin seems to have assumed again command of the zoo. He hasn't
stated exactly what his next campaign will be, but all may lay to it that whatever
it is the ladies will be playing a major part in it. They always do for him.
* * * * * * * *
At the end of the first half of the game last Saturday some one in the crowd
gathered in front of Wright's drugstore was heard to remark that Auburn's "sleep­ing
giant" had apparently opened one eye. Tulane evidently stepped in the
"giant's" face during the second half and caused him to squint considerably.
* * * * * * * *
J. D. Atkins must have "rated" considerably with the B. S. U. conventionists.
We understand that one of them left him an article of clothing, possibly to remem­ber
her by. Wonder what kind of "it" it takes to acquire gifts such as this.
* * * * * * * *
According to all the information available on the subject some one pop called
on Bob Willingham and his date Saturday night and Bob left in a rather hurried •
fashion. How come?
* * * * * * * *
Rex Sikes is GREEN with envy and is going to change his course to architec­ture.
Ask Charlie Davis or a Judson girl.
* * * * * * * *
Our co-eds must be EXTREMELY religious judging from the late, hours the
convention girls were allowed to keep.
* * * * * * * *
Three Welshmen were in an inn enjoying a glass of beer.
First man: "Best glass of beer I ever tasted no other!"
Second man: "So did I, neither."
Third wit: "Neither did I, too."
* * * * * * * *
It is a long column that has no end.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
PURITY NO GOOD
Yale would gladly swap the "purity"
credit to it in the recent Carnegie Founda­tion
report for a "couple of good running
backs or a pair of good ends."
President James B. Angell, of Yale, said
so at a banquet of Yale and Harvard clubs
shortly after the Carnegie report was re­leased.
* * * * *
GATE CRASHERS
Sixteen Lehigh University students were
arrested by Bethlehem police following a
parade when the students attempted to
force their way into a theatre. College au­thorities
claimed that many of those ar­rested
were innocent of any part in the
riot, and stood firmly bqhind the stu­dents.
Sure the whole group was innocent.
The very idea of suspecting college stu­dents
of attempting to beat their way into
anything.
* * * * *
i
RUSHING RULES DROPPED
Due to disruption of the organization of
the Inter-Fraternity Council, Control of
all rushing and pledging rules, at Ogle-thrope,
have been relinquished. These mat­ters
will be left to the discretion of the
individual fraternities and the Council will
not interfere. The functions of the Council,
in the future, will be purely social.
* * * * *
FRIED CHICKEN VIA AIR
A startling innovation in collegiate cir­cles
recently was the use of an airplane
for the delivering of sweetmeats from pa­rents
throughout the country to their
daughters in college. A co-ed at Winthrop
college, was the recipient of a box of fried
chicken by airplane. This fad, according
to authorities is spreading .throughout
the country.
All which reminds me of the lady that
became very much out of patience in a
cable office and said, "Well, if you're so
smart that you can send flowers and
money by cable, I'm blessed if I can see
why you can't sent an umbrella. Ain't we
sorry?
DADS OF RATS DO ALL KINDS OF
WORK
Fathers of Emory freshmen are occupied
in everything from cutting stone to manag­ing
lyceums, say statistics from the Regis­trar's
office there.
Farmers and merchants head the list
with twenty each, and ministers, traveling
salesmen, and physicians come next with
fourteen, twelve, and nine respectively.
Chemists, accountants, judges, dentists,
Iaundrymen, printers, auditors, teachers,
engineers and bookkeepers, hatchers, and
bottlers are also included in the list. We
fail to see the number in the bootleg busi-nes.
probably they are so numerous that
they could not be readily counted, or else
this was not counted as an occupation.
Again, maybe business has become so great
in the noble bootleg industry, that the stu­dents
have, for the present, dropped out of
school. We're worried. And the drunk ly­ing
on the sidewalk said, "I'll climb this
wall if it takes me all night."
* * * . * *
FENCING AT 'BAMA
The fencing team which was organized
on the University of Alabama Campus at
the beginning of the the last scholastic
year, has developed with rapid strides.
Many of the candidates have become very
proficient with the rapiers. A strong team
was turned out last season, having beaten
the only squad that accepted their chal-lege.
That's nice.
, * * * **
UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINTING NEW
BOOK
The Oglethorpe University Press under
the supervision of Mr. J. P. Hansard is
working busily on the "Oglethorpe Book
of Georgia Verse," a collection of the
works of outstanding Georgia poets edited
by Dr. Thornwell Jacobs.
' The new book will be off the press by
February, 1930. Several sheets which are
being used as advertising matter have been
mailed out, having to deal with the bi­ography
and poems of Thomas Holley
Chivers.
WELL, I'D SAY THIS
"2ty cAaron tBilbivheel
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions express­ed
in this column are not necessarily the
editorial opinions of this paper. It is a
column of personal comment, and is not to
be read as an expression of our editorial
policy.
* * * * *
YESTERDAY was November the elev­enth
and a few years ago the most
horrible war in the world's history
ended. Yet all over the world today mil­lions
of young men are in uniform, arm­ed
to kill and to march in unison to a chant­ed
one, two three, four—death, death,
death. Bands are playing, and would to­morrow,
lead millions of young men with
blood in them over a precipice into hell
like the Pied Piper. Artillery rumbles sa­lutes
and we cheer. Men in uniform make
foolish speeches and we cheer them. We
commemorate the ending of the most god­less
blood festival by preparing for an­other
one. God! What a sordid, unimagi-
.native world of fools we are!
Every soul of us should be with our fath­ers
and mothers before our home fireside
praying, if we know how.
* * * * * GENTLE zephyrs: . . . . The foolish
feeling that you have with your
shoes off in a cobbler's shops . . . .
a cup of chocolate before a warm fire . . . .
the devilish feeling that you have when
you put on a grey suit after wearing a
blue one for a week . . . . a letter on time
from your girl . . . . a much needed cigar­ette
. . . . when the professor forgets to
collect the paper which you haven't pre­pared
. . . . a word of encouragement from
a person that you scarcely know, you want
to hug him . . . . when someone asks you
for a spot of advice . . . . that up-in-the-world
feeling you have when you ask a
professor a question he can't answer . . . .
the warmness inside after making a few
good resolutions.
* * * * * AS A PERSON who has worked his
way through college, and as one
who can almost see the sunset of a
college career, I can ask myself—is it
worth it? I don't know. If I had it to do
over again, knowing what I know now,
would I do it? I don't know. Perhaps not.
To show for my years in college I have a
jumpy set of nerves, an adeptness for mak­ing
fair grades with a minimum of study,
because there is little time for it, a pro­found
disgust for curriculum, a gripping
nausea at the thought of trying to make a
"success," a mere handful of friends and
the realization of being merely a micro­scopic
lump in a slimy mass of humanity.
Ten years agon one would have said
that I needed a drink and today I would
say the same thing. The reason for all this
is that there were three buttons gone off
the only clean shirt this morning. Per­haps
a person that would sew on new but­tons
down at the laundry would save more
souls than the B. S. U. and Epworth Lea­gue
combined.
* * * * * APRIZE winning suggestion for
study in the library: . . Stuff your
ears full of cotton and put a re­volver
in your pocket. Go over to the
Library, you'll have to do that, and if it is
night carry along a lantern. There is one
young man there who will be glad to help
you, but he'll be busy, so swagger up to
one of the other assistants and yell at him
or her until he or she finishes the maga­zine
article that he or she is reading. Tell
the person behind the desk the nature of
your literary urge. The person behind the
desk will not understand you, so repeat
what it is you want eleven times right
quick and don't wait for an answer. If it
is engineering material that you want, go
search among the English shelves, but you
won't find what you want. If it is a novel
you want, don't look in the card index, be­cause
it will be out just change your mind
and try to find some other book, but you
won't find that either. Light your lantern
and go behind the stacks and if you are
not pounced upon by the librarian, you
will have a nice long uneventful and en­tirely
unsuccessful hunt for what you want.
After you have scrambled about for a few
hours, go look under the table in the far
left hand corner and pick up the book that
you find there, but alas, it not the book
you want either. Smash your lantern and
walk out into the night and shoot your­self
six times. «
* * * * *
We dedicate this small space witli- sin­cere
profoundness to Mister . . . . er . . . er
. . . Waskins . . . . no that's not it . . . . to
Mister Hascul Billings . . . . oh hang it!
that's not it either. . . . . to Mister . . . er .
. . ah . . . er . . . to Mister Halians Wil-kins
. . . . that's it. No. That is not it eith­er.
Oh Dear! What'll I do. Oh horrors!
Ten thousand goshes! isn't this terrible?
I'm so embarrassed. Well, anyway the sen­timent
is good, so we'll dedicate the space.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Purdue Contends For
Western Championship
Lafayette, Ind.— (IP)—Back in
1897 they crowned the first Western
Conference football champions, and
every year since Purdue has been
fighting valiantly but vainly for that
title. Occasionally Purdue has been
a threat, but always the champion­ship
settled on one of the bigger
schools, richer in material and with
all the advantages.
It looks like Purdue's big moment
finally has arrived. The Boilermak­ers
are on the threshold of their first
Big Ten title; they are not yet in,
but if they can beat Iowa Saturday
at Lafayette, they can start unfurl­ing
the pennant.
After that they still will have
Indiana to beat, in one of those
"traditional" affairs in which there
is much hard fighting, but the Hoos-ers
will have to exhibit much more
than they've shown so far to do any­thing
against Jimmy Phelan's hus­kies.
Iowa, of course, will be a tough
problem for the Boilermakers, fresh
from a rousing victory over Minne­sota
as she is. But the Hawkeyes put
everything they had into that Minne­sota
game, while Purdue was able in
her battle with Mississippi to save her
best men for the Big Ten games to
come.
Four of the greatest backs in
the country will tread the turf in
Ross-Ade Stadium here Saturday.
They are Glen Harmeson and Pest
Welch of Purdue, and Willis Glas­gow
and Oran Pape, of Iowa. The
game will be one of the two big mid-western
features of the weekend and
should catch the interest of the na­tion.
Harvard Papers
Have Hooch Ads
Federal authorities took notice of
advertisements appearing in the
Harverd-Dartmouth edition of Harv-erd
Lampoon, the Crimson comic
sheet, and the Harvard Daily Crimson,
purporting to have been written by
local bootleggers calling attention to
their illicit wares and giving tele­phone
numbers where liquor might
be obtained.
Assistant Federal Attorney Elihu
Stone said the advertisements may
have been jokes, but if they were
bonafide, prosecutions would follow.
In a statement the Federal officer
said that he had asked the prohibi­tion
department to investigate. He
added that if the advertisements were
jokes, it was rather poor taste in his
opinion.
Many Students At
Yale Self-Supporting
Director Albert B. Crawford, of the
department of personnel study and
the bureau of appointments of Yale
are working their way through the
university. These self-supporting stu­dents,
in the last year, earned a total
of $687,647 at jobs ranging from
artists models to pallbearers. This
represents an increase of nearly
$100,000 over the previous figures.
Financial aid amounting to $485,-
620 was extended to these student
workers through scholarships and
loans. The total student earnings of
$687,647 announced by Mr. Crawford
represent only the earnings of stu­dents
who obtained employment
through the university's bureau. In
addition to these earnings, other stu­dents
who obtained work independ­ently
of the bureau earned more than
$150,000. One of the more enter­prising
students, according to Mr.
Crawford, earned $5,000 during the
school year in his spare time.
Wives of graduate or professional
students at Yale, numbering 57,
"helped things along" by earning
more than $50,00.0 during the year.
CHURCH'S GREATEST NEED
Cleveland—(IP) — "Probably the
church's greatest need today is the
revaluation of the intellectual as­pects
of Christian truth to the new
development in mankind's intellect."
This is the opinion of Dr. Clement
B. McAfee, of Chicago, professor of
systematic theology in the Presby­terian
Theological Seminary and mod­erator
of the Presbyterian General
Assembly, who spoke here recently.
In his address Dr. McAffe said:
"Christianity has often been be­hind
entellectually in that its mes­sage
has very often not been worded
to suit the times."
Books of Interest
Joseph Hergesheimer Develops Principal Plot of
"Java Head" Around Chinese Woman
JAVA HEAD
By Joseph Hergesheimer; Alfred A.
Kraff, Publisher
Reviewed by K. M. McMillan '33
"Java Head" is a realistic novel by
that master portrayer of women,
Joseph Hergesheimer. As i» his usual
custom, Mr. Hergesheimer develops
his principal plot around a woman.
The story does not get into full swing
until she is introduced, and her death
is the climax of the story.
The story is one of a sea-faring
family in Salem, Massachusetts.
"Java Head" is the name fixed on
the doorpost of the Ammidon home­stead
by Jeremy Ammidon, retired
seaman and head of the family. The
name is significant of happiness and
safety from all danger.
The principal character is a
Chinese woman. Taou Yuen, the
daughter of a Manchu noble. She is
one of Hergesheimer's triumphs in
realistic characterization, and one of
of his best female creations. Her
whole childhood has been marred by
the fact that she was crippled when
quite small. Thus handicapped, she
was unable to lead a normal child's
life, and spent her time scholastic-ally
with the result that she became
educated to a degree far above the
average Chinese woman.
She is a devout Buddhist, a firm
believer in the predestination of
events by her beloved god, the Eter­nal
Tao; she is inscrutable in her in­nermost
emotions, and not a lover of
the things of this world, but rather
one who looks forward to the after
life to be spent in infinity with her
ancestors and the Almighty Tao.
Gerrit Ammidon, son of Jeremy
Ammidon, quarrels with his fiancee,
Nettie Vollar, and sails away to
China. When he rteurns he brings
with him Taou Yuen, a Chinese wo­man,
as his wife. He endeavors to
unite the customs of the East and
the West, but all in vain. Edward
Dunsack, brother to Gerrit's former
fiancee and an adventurer just re­turned
from Chitya, attacks) Taou
Yuen while under the influence of
the drug habit. To save herself, from
being so much as touched by the
maniac, Taou Yuen commits suicide
and thus releases Gerrit to mary Net­tie
Vollar.
Roger Brevard is introduced in a
sub-plot as a man of fastidious tastes
to contrast more vividly the rough
character of Gerrit Ammidon. The
story is quite an unusual piece of
contemporary literature, and is a
"Chef-d'oeuvre" of character-draw­ing.
Account Of Wedding
Clipped From Copy
Fountain Inn Tribune
Mexico City—(IP)—The latest
Mexican revolution, strange to say,
promises to turn out to be of great
benefit to the University of Mexico.
A plan is under way here where­by
the property of all rebel generals,
which was siezed after the outbreak
of the revolution will be turned over
to the Univerisity as an endowment
fund. '
BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL LAB
Toronto—(IP) — Ten years of
teaching has finally convinced Dr. E.
A. Bott, head of the department of
psychology at the University of
Toronto, that the best psychological
laboratory in the world is his own-fireside,
and that a faculty meeting
is the second best.
"The social contacts of the home
and street," he says, "make experi­mental
psychologists of us all, and
a reasonable knowledge of basic psy­chology
is as essential to a safe life
as a reasonable knowledge of
physics."
New York—(IP)—Almost fifty
debates will be engaged in by the
New York University debate squad
this year, according to the schedule
made out for the orators. Most of
the leading college and university
teams in the United States and Cana­da
are on the list.
The Museum of Comparative Zoo­logy
at Harvard recently acquired
what is said to be the greatest collec­tion
of horns and antlers in the coun­try.
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A long time ago, in a moment of
weakness we clipped form The Foun­tain
Inn Tribune the following from
the sometimes eloquent, sometimes
philosophical, sometimes humorous,
sometimes otherwise, pen of one
Robert Quillen. At the time we
thought it funny—now we are in
doubt. We pass it on in part the "in
part" following the announcement
of the name:
"The groom is a popular young
bum who hasn't done a lick of work
since he got shipped in the middle of
his junior year at college. He man­ages
to dress well and keep a supply
of spending money because his dad
is a soft-hearted old fool who takes
up his bad checks instead of letting
him go to jail where he belongs.
"The bride is a skinny, fast little
idiot who has been kissed by every
boy in town since she was twelve
years old. She paints like a Sioux
Indian, sucks cigarettes in secret, and
drinks mean corn liquor when she is
out joy riding in her dad's car at
night. She doesn't know how to cook,
sew, or keep house.
"The house was newly plastered
for the weding and the exterior new­ly
painted, thus appropriately car­rying
out the decorative scheme for
the groom was newly plastered, also,
and the bride newly painted.
"The groom wore a rented dinner
suit over athletic underwear of im­itation
silk. His pants were held up
by pale green suspenders. His num­ber
eight patent shoes matched his
state in tightness .and harmonized
nicely with the axle-grease polish of
his hair. In addition to his jag he
carried a pocket knife, a bunch of
keys, a dun for the ring and his usual
look of imbecility.
"The bride wore some kind of
white thing that left most of her legs
sticking out at one end.
"The young-people will make their
home with the bride's parents—which
means they will sponge on the old
man until he dies and then she will
take in washing.
"Postscript: This may be the last
issue of the Tribune, but my life
ambition has been to write up one
wedding and tell the unvarnished
truth. No that it is done death can
have no sting."
Frosh Uses Novel
Notebook System
Much stress has been put on using
certain "catch words" in taking notes
on various lectures in the History
department this year. Following are
the notes of one student who seems
to have learned to apply this advan­tageous
system:
Paul I (1796-1801).
Half cracked.
Put in cooler in 1801.
No results during reign except
four sons.
Alexander I (1801-1825).
Able and brilliant.
Had "imperial 'it'."
Nicholas I (1825-1855).
Opposite in character to Alexan­der.
Didn't give a damn what people
thought.
He was reactionary and tried to
strut his stuff by force.
He lost the" Crimean war after
going the full ten rounds; this
defeat broke his heart.
He soon croaked.
Alexander II (1855-188 .1)
Hot stuff but was killed by a
» nihilist's "pine apple."
—Emory Wheel
Many Traditional
Gridiron Contests
Next Saturday
Chicago—(IP)—The nation's foot­ball
schedule for Saturday, Novem­ber
16, is replete with contests which
will attract more than local atten­tion.
Many of the games are "tradi­tional"
contests, of the sort toward
which teams point all season, and
the winning of which is worth as
much or more than a sectional cham­pionship.
Traditionational contests in the
east include those between Penn State
and Bucknell, Pittsburgh and Carne­gie
Tech, Syracuse and Colgate, Ver­mont
and Middlebury, Williams and
Amherst, and Yale and Princeton.
Such games in the South include
those between Davidson and North
Carolina, Duke and North Carolina
State, Georgia Tech and Alabama,
Southern Methodist and Baylor, Ten­nessee
and Vanderbilt, and Texas and
Texas Christian.
Traditional contests in the West
include those between Colorado
Aggies and New Mexico, Wyoming
and Utah, and Oregon and Oregon
State.
And in the Mid-West tradition will
float over the stadiums as games
are played between Minnesota and
Michigan, Illinois and Chicago, Neb­raska
and Oklahoma.
Other important games for Satur­day
include:
East — Columbia - Pennsylvalia,
Dartmouth - Cornell, Harvard - Holy
Cross, New York University-Missouri,
Army-Dickinson, Navy-Wake Forest.
South—Georgia-Alabama Polytech,
Virginia Polytech-Maryland.
West—Denver—Utah Aggies.
Dame-Southern Calofornia, North-western-
Inliana.
French Count To
Shave His Whiskers
Hays Declares Talkies
May Sub For Lecturers
If the visions of Will H. Hays,
movie executive, ever becomes a
reality, college students of the fu­ture
will be taught by "talkies" and
the work of many college professors
may degenerate into the routine of
merely taking class attendance.
In a recent letter to President C. R.
Richards of Lehigh University, Mr.
Hays stated, "We are now faced with
the possibility of audible motion pic­tures
augmenting the usefulness of
the screen as a collateral aid in the
actual process of instruction. I am
ready to recommend to the member
companies of the Motion Picture
Producers and Distributors of Ameri­ca
that we experiment on a major
scale, involving, if necessary, consid­erable
outlay of money from which
there may be no expectation of finan­cial
return, to the end that the instru­mentality
shall move forward in edu­cational
service in keeping with any
new possibilities."
Mr. Hays, in his letter asked Dr.
Richards for his opinion as to the
feasibility of the project based eith­er
on research at Lehigh or upon his
own personal opinion.
In reply. Dr. Richards stated that
he is favorable to the project, but
further added that its use will be
limited, of course, to certain lines of
instruction. He believes that the stu­dents
will more readily remember
that which they have seen and heard
than that which they have only hear*
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Official Goes To
Game Via Airship
Bethlehem, Pa.—(IP)—Carl Reed,
who umpired the Lehigh-Muhlenberg
football game here, had his first ex­perience
in an airship. Reed left New
York the morning of the game for
Bethlehem, but missed his train at
Manhattan transfer. Then he went
to the Neward (N. J.) air port,
planked down $50 and at 12 o'clock
flew to Lehigh Stadium, landing a
short time before the game started.
Princeton University celebrated the
1,999th birthday of the poet Virgil by
placing on exhibition rare and valu­able
copies of his works.
Old Painting Lost
At Univ. Of Georgia
Mysteries are not wholly reserved
for Van Dyne's or Oppenheim's sto­ries.
They may occur even in the best
of colleges.
Sometime about 1860 the Univer­sity
of Georgia was given a copy of
Leonardo de Vinci's "Last Supper"
by Creighill. It was a life-size pic­ture
and was placed in the north end
of a museum on the third floor of
Academy; building.
The museum was cut up into class
rooms and the picture was rolled and
placed on the top of a cabinet. From
there it disappeared and no trace of
it has ever been found.
There are many theories as to the
fate of the "Last Supper." Mrs. Ab-bie
Holt, niece of Daniel Pratt, the
man who gave it to the university,
believed it was destroyed in an ef­fort
to keep it from the Federal
troops. David Crenshaw Barrow,
chancellor-emeritus of the Universi­ty,
recalled seeing the picture when
was a student at the University. He
did not think it was stolen during
the war between the States. At any
rate it has never been recovered and
no trace of it has been found.
Toronto—(IP) — When Professor
Stelme de Champ, burly French
count, came to Canada 27 years ago,
flowing beards were all the rage.
They were the dream of youth and
the pride of middle age. Coincident
with his appointment to the depart­ment
of French in the University of
Toronto, Count de Champ began
growing a full beard which in all the
years between has been pointed out
to freshmen with other campus sights
and has charmed many a co-ed's
romantic heart.
Now he is going to cut it off—not
of his own volition That beard is a
prized possession. But Toronto has
been discourteous, has mocked at his
whiskers.
Professor de Champ recalled the
cries of "bolshevik," "give him a
dime for a shave," and "look at
that," which have greeted him recent
ly on all his infrequent ventures
downtown.
"Even the little bell-boys" he-com­plained
recently, "join in the gener­al
mockery. No, it is not very polite,
but then the people of Toronto are
not noted for their courtesy."
When Count de Champ came to
Toronto, nine out of every ten pro­fessors
in the university wore beards.
He deplores the sheep-like manner in
which the men of this city have fol­lowed
the lead of those in New York,
one visiting the barber.
The professor is an authority on
pipes. All his best ones are made in
the French Jura. A carved head of
Voltaire, reproduced from the famous
statue by Houdon on the Comedie
Francaise forms the bowl of one.
STUDENTS WALK OUT
Marinette, Wis.—(IP)—A one-day
walkout of 100 students of the Marin­ette
high school here resulted in fail­ure
recently^ when Principal W. B.
Senty threatened to end outside ac­tivities
if the students stayed away
from school any longer.
The students walked out as a pro­test
against the suspension of three
members of the football team alleg­ed
to have participated in drinking
parties.
In an interview with a group of
American college students recently,
Georgard Bernard Shaw declared that
Americans are a barbarous people,
who are gradually returning to the
ways of the red Indian.
330-Pound Freshman
Playing Football
Football may be rough sport but
it certainly is not a good way to lose
weight. For a living example, one
may look up W. H. Clark, the big 330
pound freshman of Pawhuska, Okla­homa,
who is starting his college ca­reer
at the University of Arkansas.
For the last eight years. "Fatty"
has been playing this sport. It is only
the last two years that the Oklahoma
heavy-weight has lost an extra ounce
of flesh. Imagine his embarrassment!
He only dropped from 350 pounds to
his present weight.
Clark wears a number 11 shoe, has
a waist measurement of 54 inches,
and his chest is normal at 55 inches.
He measures 31 inches around his
thighs and is 21 inches round the
knee.
But Harold is having his own pri­vate
woes. Officials can't find a foot­ball
or military art suit to fit him.
Out of more than 200 football suits,
none of them will halfway fit the
man. He's wearing overalls to prac­tice
in. More than likely the War De­partment
at Washington, D. C, will
have to send a special made soldier
suit.
The 19-year-old youngster would
make three or four "Jelly" War-nock's,
one of his own tiny class­mates,
who hails from Camden.
"Jelley," the school lightweight,
weighs only 97 pounds, stands only
five feet two in his bare feet, and his
"teeny" shirts would hardly make a
decent patch on Clark's blouse. The
heavyweight is larger around the calf
of his leg than "Jelly" is around the
waist. The "litle midget" could have
a pair of shoes and some leather left
over from one of Clark's old shoes.
$10,000 LEFT TO COLLEGE
Oberlin college received $10,000 by
the will of the late Senator Theodore
E. Burton, of Ohio. Burton was an
Oberlin graduate.
A. C. Ernst recently gave Wooster
college $100,000 as a starter for the
institution's drive for $1,500,000.
FOR RENT—One new well furn­ished
steam heated room. Within one
block of Main Building. Reasonable
rates. Apply to W. W. Pate, P. O.
Box 212.
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Located Next to Tiger Drug Store
We Appreciate Your Trade
Justin Platz, proclaimed the best
football player ever turned out by
Western Reserve University at Cleve­land,
is a soda clerk. He graduated
last year.
ENGLISH IN CURRICULUM
Cleveland—(IP)—"Every lesson is
a lesson in English." Dr. Howard L.
Driggs, professor of English teaching
at New York University, talking be­fore
high school principals here declar­ed
that English was still the frame
of the curriculum, that every other
subject was dependent upon it.
Quoting a business leader, he said:
"The greatest overhead of business
today comes from the use of 'bun-glish'
instead of English. In a thous­and
different ways, through faulty
speech and writing, we are wasting
great sums of money constantly."
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1929.
EDUCATION DOES NOT BRING
HIGHER PAY SAYS DR. CLARK
Most people of today are of the be­lief
that a college education increases
the earning power of an individual;
and that as a result of having pur­sued
a technical course of study in an
institution of higher learning, the
young men and women graduating
from all kinds of schools and col­leges
today are capable of earning
more money than had they entered
business immediately upon leaving
the secondary schools.
Dr. Harold F. Clark, professor of
education at New York Teachers'
College, maintains, however, that
such people are harboring a false im­pression,
and points out that a col­lege
education actually cuts earn­ing
power because it overcrowds the
professions and vocations. Question­ing
the notion that each year spent
in college adds a definite number of
dollars to earning power, Dr. Clark,
says:
"The persons who are earning high
wages today would have made them
without the help of education. It is
quite natural that if you compare
non-educated persons with educated
persons you will find the latter earn­ing
more money because that type of
person is going to college today. To
reveal actual results of education, you
are obliged to compare the two
groups of equally capable presons.
If any one thing stands out from all
the material it is that numbers are
a determining factor in the economic
effects of education. It cannot be too
strongly emphasized that any one
kind of education can be oversupplied
from the economic standpoint."
What Dr. Clark wants to demon­strate
here is that education is a
commodity just as much as oil or cot­ton
and is therefore subject to the
laws of economics. The laws
of supply and demand will de­termine
the remuneration of the in­dividual
in a profession just as much
as they will determine the price of
EDUCATION CLUB
WILL BE FORMED
IN NEAR FUTURE
(Continued from page. 1)
it has been my desire to see steps
taken to that effect. I wish you to
know that I am enthusiastically in
favor of this, and I shall be more than
glad to lend a helping hand wherever
I may; don't hesitate to call on me,
or any member of this department, if
we can be of service to you."
The expression of the seniors at the
discussion meeting was practically un­animous
in favor of the idea. Also
undergrate students have been ap­proached,
and they invariably express
enthusiasm.
The organization meeting will be
held in room 314A of the Administra­tion
building, beginning at 7:30 p. m.,
Monday evening, November 18. All
students enrolled in education courses
are urgently requested to attend.
oil and cotton. It is almost self-evi­dent
that if you prepare one hun­dred
men for ninety positions, you
will create pressure to decrease the
remuneration.
The noted educator, to our esti­mation,
is quite right in his state­ments.
Too many people are in col­lege
today with that mistaken idea—
or shall we say delusion?—that mere­ly
because they are going to college
they will be worth a fortune when a
diploma is handed them or a degree
conferred on them. What 'really
counts is natural ability. As Dr.
Clark remarks, "the boy with ability
will get to his destination in the busi­ness
world quite regardless of a col­lege
education," to which we would
like to add, "if he applies himself,"
for no amount of talent will be of
avail to any individual if it is per­mitted
to lie latent within him or to
remain undeveloped through lack of
initiative.
Other men of prominence in the
educational world voice the same
opinion. One of the greatest criti­cisms
of the college of today is that
it turns out too many A. B.'s and no
geniuses. It is mass production
throughout our entire educational
system. No amount of attention is paid
to individual differences in the ma­jority
of colleges.
The New York man finds support
Tn his arguments in no less a person­age
than the great Roman orator,
Cicero, who centuries ago said that
"natural ability without education
has oftener raised man to glory and
virtue, than education without
ability."
TULANE GETS SLOW
START TO TRAMPLE
TIGER VARSITY 52-0
Florida Grid Star
Marries in New York
New York—(IP)—With the entire
Florida football squad as spectators,
Rainey Cawthon, captain and full­back
on the University of Florida
football team, was married here the
day following the Florida-Harvard
game, to Miss Sarah Lovell Payne,
daughter of a prominent Nashville,
'Tenn., couple.
The bridegroom had a bright, new
bruise across his nose received in
the game at Cambridge. Several oth­ers
in the audience bore marks of
battle.
Dormitory Built From
Sale of Cowboy Poems
Harrogate, Tenn.— (IP)—Sale of
cowboy poems, written by Dr. Ferdi­nand
W. Lafrentz, chairman of the
board of the American Surety Com­pany,
of New York, has made pos­sible
the erection and dedication of
the Lafrentz-Poole Hall, a dormi­tory
for women at Lincoln Memorial
University, near here. Five hundred
copies of the poems were sold for
amounts ranging from $100 to $5,-
000 each.
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HAGEDORN'S
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When Better Pies and Coffee
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"The Three Greeks"
AUBURN CAFE
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who caught it over the heads of every
Tiger and raced through a clear field
for Tulane's first and only counter in
the first quarter. Bankef kicked goal
from placement to add the extra point.
The ball going straight through the
bars.
Score: Auburn 0—Tulane 7.
Tulane then kicked off to Callahan
who was tackled so hard that he fumb­led
the ball and another Tulane man
recovered the ball deep in Auburn's
territory as the first quarter ended.
Second Quarter
After making two first downs the
Greenies then scored again. Banker
carried it over from the 2-yard line
after he failed to gain on the play
just before that. Banker was being
watched by the Tigers on every play
and failed to gain on many occasions.
But Banker added the extra point
from placement.
Score: Auburn 0—Tulane 14.
Tulane then kicked off to Young,
who returned the kick over 20-yards
with a pretty run by shaking off sev­eral
Greenie would-be tacklers if
Young had not been so shifty and
fast.
Auburn then opened up their driv­ing
power and advanced the ball a
great deal, making their first first
down during the second quarter. Au­burn
failed to make another first
down and kicked. Tulane was unable
to register another score before the
half ended. Up to this time Banker
had been unable to make any out­standing
runs against the Tigers.
Score: Auburn 0—Tulane 14.
Third Quarter
At the opening of the third quar­ter
Tulane was able to score within
the first few minutes. Banker was
now getting off with his long runs.
He advanced the ball to Auburn's
nineteen-yard line after an exchange
of punts and from there Tulane scor­ed
another touchdown with one first
down and a 5-yard run by Banker
that carried it over. Banker then
kicked his last point after touchdown.
Score: Auburn 0, Tulane 21.
Tulane then scored their next points
when Billie Banker caught a 25-yard
pass behind Auburn's goal line. Bank­er
failed to add the extra point.
Score: Auburn 0—Tulane 27.
Fourth Quarter
When the fourth period opened, Tu­lane
was deep down in Auburn's terri­tory.
Then on the first play of this
quarter Tulane broke through the Au­burn
line to score another touchdown,
but Tulane was holding and the play
was called back. Banker then passed
20-yards to Holland who pulled it
down out of the ozone on Auburn's
five yai-d line and dashed over the
goal. Banker failed to add the extra
point.
Score: Auburn 0—Tulane- 34.
"Wop" Glover, Tulane's fast back-field
ace, then stepped off left end
with perfect interference and a cut
back to the right and' scored Tulane's
next counter. This was the longest
run of the game and was good for
sixty-nine yards. Leo Young was
playing Safety man for the Tigers
at the time of the play and made a
brave attempt to stop Glover, but
was unable to do it on account of
three Greenies running interference
for him when he reached Young. The
ultra critical sheets of New Orleans
proclaimed this play the funniest foot­ball
play of the 1929 season, because
Leo Young looked like he was doing
some kind of a new dance step down
the field in front of Glover in an ef­fort
to side step his companions and
spill him.
Banker failed to add the extra point
again.
Score: Auburn 0—Tulane 40.
Tulane scored again a few minutes
before the game ended by running in
several fresh men. They carried the
ball to Auburn's five yard line where
Auburn held them for three downs
Then on the fourth down Dawson car­ried
it over. Banker failed to add the
extra point again.
Score: Auburn 0—Tulane 52.
Captain "Shorty" Long was shift­ed
to right end in the third quarter
and began dealing out plenty of
trouble to the Greenies. "Shorty"
caught a pass in the third quarter that
netted a nice gain for the Tigers.
It seemed an almost impossible catch,
but "Shorty" dived to snag it and
slide out of bounds. However, the
ball was carried out on the field, the
referee seeing that the ball itself had
not gone out.
Stumpy Granger hit the Green
Wave's front wall for several nice
gains, but when a time-out was called
Civil Service Position
As Junior Chemist Open
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the following
open competitive examination:
JUNIOR CHEMIST
Application for junior chemist
must be on file with the Civil Service
Commission at Washington, D. C, not
later than January 21, 1930.
The examination is to fill vacancies
in the Federal classified service in
Washington, D. C, and in the field.
The entrance salary is $2000 a year.
Higher-salaried positions are filled
through promotion.
The duties are in connection with
different phases of chemistry, chemi­cal
engineering, and industrial techno­logy.
The facilities of the different
bureaus make them in many respects
the best equipped laboratories in the
world, and close contact with the in­dustries
make the experience thus ob­tained
ideal preparation and training
for industrial research. Chemists who
desire to continue college work are
offered good opportunities to do so,
not only in the universities of Wash­ington,
which arrange their class
hours to suit the convenience of per­sons
in^ the Government service by
giving courses in most subjects in late
afternoon or evening, but, in addition,
the departments themselves, in a num­ber
of cases, offer courses in advanced
work which are given suitable credit
by recognized colleees.
Competitors will be rated on gener­al
chemistry and elementary physics,
and an optional subject. The option­al
subjects are: Advanced inorganic
chemistry, analytical chemistry, or­ganic
chemistry, and physical chemis­try.
Full information may be obtained
from the United States Civil Service
Commission at Washington, D. C, or
from the secretary of the United
States Board of Examiners at the
post office or customhouse in any city.
CUBS STAGE EIGHTY YARD
DRIVE TO WIN OVER TECH
RATS BY 7 TO 0 SCORE
California Flowers Fill
200 Refrigerated Cars
A $7,000,000 bouquet, requiring
more than 200 refrigerated cars to
transport to the furthermost sections
of the country, has been the contri­bution
of a single California county
to the floral marts of America.
From September 1 to October 20,
the Southern Pacific shipped approxi­mately
200 cars of cut flowers to
Chicago, New York, Boston, New
Orleans, far distant cities, from the
flower beds of San Mateo County.
Flowers of every variety were includ­ed
in the shipments, although chrys­anthemums
for religious festivals in
New Orleans formed the major part
of the cargo.
he got cold and was checked with his
running a great deal.
J. D. Bush, Erk Taylor, McRee,
Harkins, Grady Long, Joe Burt, Ben
Newton, and George Egge, were all
playing jam-up football at times.
Leo Young broke through the
Greenies for several nice gains while
Chappelle and Hatfield did like-wise
Herman Joi*s did some unusually
good punting at times, sending the
pigskin out .of bounds on nearly every
punt. Porter Callahan played a great
defensive game the little time he was
in.
The mosquitos in New Orleans gave
the Tigers nearly as tough a battle
as did the Greenies. The players
could be seen swatting them on their
legs during the game.
Tulane—Holland, left end; McCane,
left tackle; Bodinger, left guard;
Roberts, center; McCormick, right
guard; Rucker, right tackle; Daly-rymple,
right end; Baumbach, quar­ter
back; H. Whatley, left halfback;
Banker, (C), right halfback; Seeuws,
fullback.
Auburn—Egge, left end; Newton,
left tackle; G. Long, left guard; Hark­ins,
center; H. Long (C), right guard;
Taylor, right tackle; McRee, right
end; Davidson, quarter back; Hat­field,
left halfback; Callahan, right
halfback; Chappelle, fullback.
Officials: Henry (Kenyon), ref­eree;
Irwin (Drake), umpire; Sulli­van
(Missouri State), head linesman;
Tyson (Idaho), field judge.
(Continued from page 1)
The third quarter ended a few seconds
after Bassett found the promised land.
The team from the flats started
their only drive in the last period.
Two first downs were registered when
the Tiger Cubs suffered a slight let­up
but they were stopped in midfield
after time out had been called by Au­burn
and" they talked the situation
"over.
During the closing minutes of the
game, Tech resorted to the air in an
effort to keep their slate clean for
the season. Three passes were tried
that carried them to Auburn's 40-
yard line but the fourth and fifth
aerial heaves netted losses and the
ball went over to the winners on her
own forty-yard line. Before the Cubs
could run another play, the timekeep­er
brought the muddy battle to a
close.
The stars for Auburn are the elev­en
men that were in the game. Some
individuals shone on every play but
the glory for winning goes equally
to the linesmen and backs.
Neblett, Corn and Harrison were
the luminaries for Tech in her for­ward
wall, with Holland and Cain
carrying the brunt of the ball carry­ing.
Auburn will meet her second op­ponent
of the week Saturday after­noon
when they encounter Ted Cox's
undefeated Baby Greenies from Tu­lane
on Drake Field. The Tulane
game will bring to a close a success­ful
season for the Tiger Cubs on the
gridiron.
Tech
Stanaker
Corn
DeLoach
Neblett
Davis
Harrison
Pascoe
Boner
Holland
Slaton
Cain
AUBURN PROFESSOR TELLS
OF SNAIL CULTURE IN
LECTURE ON FRENCH TOUR
Auburn
Mason
Miller
Wood
Johnson
Jones
Prim
Money
Shackleford
Bassett
Phipps
Brown
Lineup
LE
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
RE
QB
LH
RH
FB «
SCORE BY PERIODS
Auburn 0 0 7 0—7
Tech __0 0 0 0—0
Touchdown—Auburn: B a s s e t t.
Points after touchdown, Auburn:
Pass Shackleford to Money.
Officials: Referee, Johnson (Geor­gia
Tech); umpire, Knowlton,
(Tufts); head linesman, Paterson
(Auburn).
(Continued from page 1)
ham and plenty of rabbits and snails.
The porer people in the French coun­try
sections are keen for rabbits.
They take the place of our Alabama
chicken.
"The snail," continued Professor
Roe, "is considered quite a delicacy.
They have domesticated it to rath­er
large proportions—two or three
inches in diameter. When baked with
a sage dressing, they aren't half bad.
I never personally visited any snail or
rabbit farms, but there must be a
large number of people who cultivate
them."
Paris is fed through "les Halles
Centrales" (enormous markets)
which are supplied from the outly­ing
districts. The vicinity of Paris
is one vast truck garden. Lettuce,
beets, radishes, parsley, enter into
every well served Parisian's meal.
All this produce is hustled into the
metropolis at an early hour. Long
before dawn, at 3 or 4 a. m. especial­ly,
les Halles are a scene of brist­ling
activity. Feeding Paris and her
countless friends is no small task. To
handle all that mass of perishable
produce calls for an efficient sys­tem
of distribution. By breakfast
time everyone is served.
Beyond the truck farm belt with­in
a twenty-five to thirty mile limit
are found enormous wheat fields. In
certain^portions France produces
great quantities of wheat, oats, rye
and corn. This is one of those sec­tions.
The soil seems to be especial­ly
suited for this purpose between
Paris and Orleans.
"Great quantities of milk are used
in making cheese in France," said
Professor Roe. "Butter is rarely
served, and milk drinking is a curi­osity.
At that, you can only get hot
milk. Last summer I would gladly
have given a half dollar for an ice
cold glass of milk. Judging from the
Danes and Swedes one is lead to be­lieve
that the Scandanavians are
pretty well nourished—also that light
wines and beers leave something to
be desired—nourishment in particu-
Montclaire Vare Cup
Given Yale Student
Montclair, N. J.—(IP)—The Mont-clair
Vale cup for 1929 is to be
awarded to Saunders MacLane, of
Norwalk, Conn., who has the highest
scholastic record ever attained by a
Yale undergraduate. The cup is to
be given annually hereafter to the
Yale senior who is the best scholar.
MacLane made an average for the
first three years of his work of 96Ms.
The lowest grade he ever got was
87% for one term in his freshman
year. In three years he has had nine
term marks of 100.
"I'm not an agriculturist but it
seems to me there must be profit in
sheese making. Maybe as much
as cotton, who knows? The French
cultivate perhaps too many vineyards,
New York State too much milk,
Alabama too much cottorv and per­haps
not enough milk. Diversification
pays in farming as well as in invest­ment.
"France produces tremendous
quantities of wine. One reason is that
in certain portions nothing else is so
profitable. The famous Burgundian
wines are obtained fi'om grapes
grown on soil little suited for any­thing
else—rolling, hilly country with
very poor sub-soil. Caesar, who trap­ped
Vercingetorix near Alesia not far
from Dijon, probably sampled the
Burgundian wine and okehed it!"
Los Angeles—(IP)—Fire resulting
from a defective flue, caused damage
estimated at $45,000 to the Sigma
Epsilon fraternity House at the Uni­versity
of Southern California re­cently.
Two other nearby fraternity
houses were damaged by the blaze.
Pittsburgh, Pa.—(IP) — Traffic
was so jammed in this city after the
Ohio State-Pittsburgh football game
that traffic commissioners were forc­ed
to turn out traffic lights and let
policemen direct the flow of auto­mobiles.
FOR SALE — Portable Corona
typewriter in good condition. Price
is right. See Geo. Brenson, A. T. O.
House.
CELEBRATION ARMISTICE
DAY IS BEGUN WITH
REVIEW OF R. O. T. C.
(Continued from page 1)
In regard to the review of the R.
O. T. C. Corps, Major-General Mc­Coy
said, "I was glad to see the sol­dierly
bearing of the men, and I was
especially glad to see the unit in the
new uniform. I was getting tired of
the soldier's uniform and I think the
cadet grey is quite an improvement.
A good description of the major-general's
talk may be found in what
Dean Petrie said about it, "I have
looked for years through the news­paper
files for an account of the
first Armistice Day in France and
have failed, but you have given me
a very clear picture."
After giving his audience an enu­meration
of the results of the War
the major-general spoke of the fol­lowing,
telling something in detail
about each one: General Joe Wheeler,
Colonel Screws, Gordan Johnson,
Major Kennedy, and General Puller.
He told the audience that the
World War veterans will be with-them
for some time to come and that
they should take care of them.
He ended his speech with the
words, 'I am glad to find patriotism
and loyalty still alive in this country
and especially in this school.
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(Continued from page 1)
fraternity who sacrificed their lives
in the Great War. The church was
decorated by several bouquets of beau­tiful
flowers contributed by W. W.
Pate-rson of Montgomery. The service
is an annual event and is always at­tended
by the local chapter of Sigma
Nu in a body.
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