1929-02-10 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1929 NUMBER 32
CHEM. BUILDING
BE FIRST BUILT
WITH NEW FUNDS
Be L o c a t e d Near E n g i n e e r i ng
B u i l d i n g ; F a c e Presi­d
e n t ' s H o me
B O A R D SEES P L A N S SOON
C o n s t r u c t i o n Will Start Early
I n Spring
The first big building at Auburn
to come from the unified educational
bill enacted into law by the last Leg­islature
will be a chemistry building
to cost—complete and equipped $250,-
000. It will be located near the en­gineering
building between the main
building and the gymnasium and fac­ing
the president's home.
Plans for this proposed building are
being prepared by Warren Knight
and Davis, Birmingham architects,
under the direction of President Brad­ford
Knapp and Dr. B. B. Ross, dean
of chemistry at Auburn and also state
chemist.
The plan is to break the ground
and start construction of the build­ing
in the early spring. Plans will
be presented to the board of trustees
at their meeting here February 22;
and, if approved, bids will be request­ed
immediately thereafter with a view
to starting construction work at the
earliest possible date. It is hoped
that the building will be complete and
ready for the opening of the regular
session of the college next September.
To gather ideas and information
about such buildings Dr. Ross, rep­resenting
the college, and Tommy
Wingo, representing the architects,
visited the University of Alabama,
Ohio, and Emory University at At­lanta.
' At each of these institutions
they studied chemistry buildings and
also conferred with chemists and ar­chitects.
Prof. Herbert Baume'r,
former Montgomerian and now of the
department of architecture at Ohio
State University, was especially help­ful
to them, they said.
The new building will include the
latest ideas and the most modern
equipment. In it will be consolidated
most of the work in chemistry done
at Auburn. It will include offices
classrooms, and laboratories.
The location will be in line with the
new plans for "greater Auburn" as
proposed by Dr. Knapp with the help
of architects and landscape specialists.
Accident Damages
Whippet And Ford
In the fifth accident occurring this
year at the corner of Gay Street and
Thatch Avenue, a new Whippet se­dan
driven by Mr. Griffith, student at
Auburn, and a Ford Coupe, driven by
C. L. Cansler, senior in college, col­lided,
causing considerable damage to
both cars. The accident occurred
early Friday afternoon. This inter­section
is a blind corner, as is evi­denced
by the wreck statistics quoted
above.
Griffith was driving west of Thatch
and Cansler north on Gay, when, on
reaching the corner, each unawares
of an approaching car, the latter in
an effort to avoid the collision
swerved to the west and crashed into
the side of the Whippet. The whole
front end of the Ford was badly
crushed and the Whippet was side-swiped.
With every accident that occurs at
this dangerous crossing it becomes
more evident that the city should
erect boulevard signs here so that
drivers might know who has the right
of way. It is understood that this
matter'wiH be presented to. the civic
clubs of Auburn for their action.
KNAPP ELECTED
HEAD SOUTHERN
AG ASSOCIATION
AG MEETINGS HELD
AT ELEVEN POINTS
Dr. Duncan Announce* Schedule
Of Group Meetings
To discuss agricultural problems of
mutual concern, Alabama bankers,
county demonstration agents, and
other agricultural leaders will hold
meetings by groups at eleven differ­ent
points, in the state, beginning
February 19, according to Prof. L.
N. Duncan, director of extension ser­vice
of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
The schedule for these meetings is
Russellville, Enterprise, and Mobile,
February 19; Decatur, Opelika, and
Montgomery, February 20; Birming­ham,
Alexander City, and Selma,
February 21; and Gadsden and Tus­caloosa,
February 22.
The meetings have been called and
will be held by the committee on ag­riculture
of the Alabama Bankers
Association, working in cooperation
with the extension service workers of
Auburn. C. W. Mizelle, Opp, Ala­bama,
is chairman of the committee
on agriculture.
"The solution of many difficult
farm problems," said Prof. Duncan,
"are of as much concern to the busi­ness
man as to the farmer. The man
engaged in business or industry who
forgets or ignores the buying power
of the farmer is overlooking one of
the most important and vital phases
of his enterprise."
He added that "Auburn's slogan is
equal, impartial, and united develop­ments
of business and agriculture."
He indicated that business problems
as well as agricultural problems
would be considered at the approach­ing
meetings.
TULANE DOWNS
TIGER CAGE MEN
ON FRIDAY NITE
G r e e n i e s K e p t H u s t l i n g Until
Last F e w M i n u t es
By Dick Jones
The Tulane Greenie cagesters de­feated
the Auburn Tiger cagesters
Friday night, 48-35, in the Auburn
gym in an exciting game that kept
the Greenies hustling, even to the
last few minutes, to win.
"Boots" Fulton, Auburn's shifty
forward, registered the first score of
the game when he broke loose under
the basket and scored a "slow motion"
crip shot. This score caused the Tu­lane
five to tighten up considerably.
They scored 10 points at this time
while the Tigers scored only one
more. The game then rocked along
with the margin of the score between
the teams being around a 10 point
difference. The Tigers worked extra
hard all along and pulled up a notch
or two before the half ended. At
the end of the first half Tulane was
leading Auburn 20-13.
James, the Greenies fast forward,
who substituted for Roberts in the
first half, led the scorers for the
night with 17 points. The Tigers Cap­tain,
Frank DuBose, came second with
15 points. DuBose was hitting them
left and right in this game. He looked
like the DuBose of "Old" and if he
keeps up teh good work the Auburn
dribblers will all fall in with him and
do wonders on the hardwood yet, for
the season is hardly half over.
Ford, Roberts, and Welshe perform­ed
well for Tulane while Mangum
starred. DuBose and Mullin were the
stars for the Plainsmen.
Lineup and summary:
Auburn (35); Mullin (10), and
Fulton (2), forwards; (C.) DuBose
( 1 5 ) , center; James (2), and Fra-zier,
guards. Subs: Chappell, Cham-blee,
Anderson (4) and Harmond
( 2 ) .
Tulane (48): Savoy (7), and
Walshe (8), forwards; Roberts (7),
center; Mangum (7), and (C.) Ford
( 2 ) , guards. Subs.: James (17), and
Eskrjdge. Referee: Roosma (West
Point); Timers, Hutsell (Missouri).
GENERAL BULLARD
TO LECTURE HERE
General Robert L. Bullard will ar­rive
in Auburn, March 12, instead of
February 12 as formerly reported, to
begin a series of lectures. Announce­ment
of definite dates for these lec­tures
was made yesterday by Presi;
dent Bradford Knapp.
General Bullard was reared in
Chambers County not far from Au­burn.
He has many relatives and
also boyhood friends living in this
section. They, as well as students
and faculty members of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, will hear him
in his lectures at Auburn.
W i l l Be E l e c t e d P r e s i d e n t of
B o d y N e x t Y e ar
MEETING HELD HOUSTON
Carreker Will Edit
Rat Bible Next Year
W o r k S t a r t e d B y Dr. K n a p p 's
F a t h e r , S e a m a n A.
K n a p p
During the recent meeting of the
Southern Agricultural Workers at
Houston, Texas, Dr. Bradford Knapp
was elected first vice-president, press
dispatches announce. This means that
he will be elected president one year
hence.
The meeting of agricultural workers
was held in connection with the cele­bration
of the 25th anniversary of ex­tension
work in agriculture and home
economics in which Dr. Knapp has
played an important part. The work
was founded by his father, Dr. Sea­man
A. Knapp.
AUBURN FRESHMEN
DEFEAT SOUTHERN
Tiger Basket Men Have Little
Trouble With Panther Rats
As the paper goes to press report
is received that the Auburn irosh
cagesters won the second of the two-game
series with the Birmingham-
Southern freshman by the topheavy
score of 50-27- The game through­out
was a slashing, fiercely fought
battle, the final gun finding the
Panthers still fighting back. Jordan
starred for Auburn, being high point
mkn of the game. Kajey played
his usual superior defense game and
Stewart, Auburn's lanky center, rare­ly
failed to get the tip-off.
The "Baby" Tiger quintet defeat­ed
the "Baby" Panther quintet from
Birmingham-Southern Friday after­noon
50-32, in the local gym with the
Tigers leading the Panthers through­out
the contest.
The Auburn Rats seemed to have
a bit more speed and a little more
accuracy under the basket than the
Panther Rats and therefore jumped
into the lead at the first of the game
and worked steadily together the
rest of both periods.
Jordan, the Plainsmen's fast for­ward,
was the high scorer W .i 23
points. Captain Waller, the Panthers
hustling forward, was second high
scorer with 14 points and the other
Panther forward, Briscoe, came third
with 10 points.
"Little Slick" Kaley and Hatfield
performed nicely at guards for Au­burn
while Lovelace played the best
game at guard for Birmingham-
Southern.
This was the first of a two game
series these teams are to play
this week-end. The second game will
be played here Saturday afternoon.
CALLAN TELLS OF
NEW YORK TRIP
Entertains A. S. C. E. With Exper­iences
At National Civil
Engineer Meeting
At a recent meeting of the Student
Chapter of the A. S. C. E. Prof. J.
A. C. Callan gave a very instructive
description of his recent trip to New
York City to attend the 76th annual
meeting of the American Society of
Civil Engineers. Due to the many
experiences that he encountered while
in New York, Prof Callan couldn't
begin to describe everything, but he
did give an interesting summary of
the meeting.
The annual meeting of the A. S. C.
E. was opened with the reading of
many interesting papers, which were
written on various topics including
research and practical work. One in-interesting
topic of discussion was
Concrete Arch Testing, many papers
being written on this subject. Prizes
were awarded to the best papers,
some of which Prof. Callan brought
back with him.
An inspection boat ride up the Hud­son
River was next in order, and from
Prof. Callan's description this was
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J. R. Carreker, junior Ag Edu­cation
and very active in campus ac­tivities,
was recently elected by the
Friendship Council as editor of the
College Handbook, more commonly
known as the "Rat Bible," published
annually by the YMCA.
Mr. Carreker was almost unani­mously
chosen for this position at
the first Council meeting this se­mester,
held in the "Y" assembly
room Sunday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock. In addition to this office, he
is general BSU secretary, very active
in all Baptist student activities, mem­ber
of a number of local organiza­tions,
and a popular man among his
fellows.
The other positions on the Hand­book
staff will be filled at an early
date by candidates selected by the
new editor and other "Y" officials.
DORMITORY MEN
HAVE BEST ACT
FOR STUNT NITE
ADDISON M'GHEE
GOES TO U. OF A.
0. D. K. MEETING
N a t i o n a l Honor F r a t e r n i t y to
H o l d B i - A n n u a l Con­v
e n t i on
Addison McGhee will leave next
week to attend the bi-annual conven­tion
of O. D. K.' The convention will
be held this year at the University
of Alabama.
The local chapter of O. D. K. is one
of the most active in the fraternity,
and much should come from atten­dance
of this convention in adding
to the prestige already acquired by
the local chapter. Several large pro­posals
which cannot be announced as
yet, are to be brought up and passed
on which if they receive favorable
treatment, will mean a new era in O.
D. K. circles.
The O. D. K. fraternity is made up
of undergraduate students who have
proven themselves outstanding in
scholastic ability, sports, and other
campus activities. The Auburn chap­ter
has a small membership, and num­bers
among its members students who
have achieved distinction scholasti-cally
and in activities of the campus.
Six Good Debaters Are
Out for Freshman Team
Prospects Look Good For Successful
• Year
Six of the most promising fresh­man
debaters ever to respond to the
first call for candidates for the re­spective
teams appeared on the plat­form
of Langdon Hall Wednesday
night for the official try-out. By the
time these six men are seasoned with
experience, Auburn should have one
of the most formidable arrays of
speakers ever gathered to represent
this college. And remember, readers,
that no inconsequential number of
great national orators has been train­ed
at this institution.
Most of these freshmen come to us
with something of a reputation al­ready
gracing their names. Mac
Jones, an A. T. O. pledge, it is said,
has held audiences in the palm of his
hand with greatest of ease. He can
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Baptist Church To
Have New Organ
As a result of many years of work
by the Baptist women of Auburn, a
beautiful organ has been installed
in the new Auburn Baptist church.
This Sunday morning at the regular
services, the organ will be played for
the first time in public, and those who
attend the services will enjoy the
beautiful music. Mrs. Rupert Ingram
will be the organist for the occasion.
The installation of the organ has
required three weeks of constant
work by experienced installers of
pipe organs. The new organ is a two
manual Moller instrument, and is
equipped with chimes. With the or­gan
installed, the new church is prac­tically
ready to begin the beautiful
programs for which it has been wait­ing
the past few months.
E v a n s S o c i e t y G e t s H o n o r a b le
M e n t i o n B y J u d g es
S E V E N STUNTS GIVEN
O v e r O n e T h o u s a n d S p e c t a t o rs
C r o w d L a n g d on
Hall
Competing with six other strong
entrees and performing before a jam­med
house of well over 1000 specta­tors
at Langdon Hall Friday night,
Alumni Hall won first prize with a
presentation full of wit and originali­ty
in the All-College Stunt Nite fes­tivity
sponsored by the Auburn
YMCA, and open to all local campus
organizations. After much delibera­tion,
the three judges announced the
stunt of the dormitory boys as the
winner, giving the stunts of the Au
burn Players and Evans Literary So
ciety honorable mention.
The event was proclaimed the best
and most successful ever presented
here, this fact being verified by the
voluminous ovation given by the larg­est
crowd ever appearing before a se­ries
of similar events here. To G. J.
Cottier, "Y" social chairman, is due
much of the credit in the success of
the occasion for his persistence and
efforts in arranging its presentation.
The Alumni Hall stunt, which gain­ed
the decision of judges as being the
best of the seven presented during the
evening, and consequently the $10
prize given annually by the Auburn
"Y", was one of keen-wit and thorough
originality through. Being offered as
a combination Convocation speech and
Tiger Sandwich Shop scene twenty
years hence, it was an appealing dis­play
of original student talent un-surpasses
here.
Opening with a ceremonious Convo­cation
speech delivered by O. L. Quen­elle,
a graduate student here, which
brought roars of laughter from the
audience by his relating a little inci­dent
of a preacher who got a wasp
nest in his Sunday pants over on the
West coast of Alabama, this proce­dure
was interrupted by two students
in the audience who wished to excel
him at his post. S. D. Raines and A.
V. Blankenship stepped to the plat­form,
chanted a "dry" tune, and then
announced the following attraction.
This was an ultra-modern scene at
the Tiger Sandwich Shop in 1950,
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Cage Team To Meet
Mercer in Macon, Ga.
DuBose Plays Before Home Folks
Monday and Tuesday
Night
After meeting with very little suc­cess
with S. I. C. basket ball teams,
Coach George Bohler's Auburn Tiger
hardwood five will take their final
road jaunt of the season when they
journey to Macon, Ga., and meet a
strong S. I. A. A. quintet in the Mer­cer
Bears. The Bears will be met
in a two-game series, Monday and
Tuesday evenings.
The leaders of the conference—
Georgia Tech—will be met in the final
game of the week in the "Loveliest
Village," Saturday afternoon. The
two frosh teams will also meet Satur­day
afternoon. It will be the first
varsity matinee held in Auburn this
season.
In the Mercer games Capt. DuBose
will be playing before the home-folks
and he is expected to play the best
game of his career. He was all G. I.
A. A. center when playing with Sidney
Lanier High of Macon and this will
be his first appearance in the city
where he started his brilliant athletic
career. He was awarded a place on
the mythical all-Southern basket ball
five last season and has been the
main cog on the 1929 team. Very
few times has DuBose not been able
to get the tipoff on the opposing cen­ter
and he is expected to be one of
the stars for the Villagers in the
Mercer series.
The games with the Maconites will
be the first meeting of the fives on
the hardwood in several seasons.
Pritchett Departs;
Taking Damnit Also
W. H. Pritchett, a junior at Au­burn,
has resigned and gone to Mo­bile,
where he expects to get a job
with an electrical contracting com­pany.
With him goes Damnit, the
talented housedog that has been with
the Sigma Pi's all of this present
school year. Mr. Frank Boykin, of
Mobile has become very much inter­ested
in Damnit, having seen him dur­ing
the Christmas holidays, and has
made a proposition with Mr. Pritchett
to start breeding similar dogs. He
plans to buy two more Russian wolf
hounds, and to breed them this spring.
Mr. Boykin stated that Colonel Stude-baker,
owner of the Studebaker Mo­tor
Co., and Mr. Dawes, brother of
the Vice-President of the United
States are to be at his place the first
part of next week to participate in
a fox hunt, and that he is sure to
interest them in buying one or more
of the future litter of wolf hounds.
He plans to have Damnit give an ex­hibition
of his prowess as a "chaser"
before a notable list of his guests,
and in such a way he hopes to create
a profitable as well as pleasant enter-praise
in raising wolf hounds.
GOOD TEAMS TO
ENTER C. S. MEET
HELD INAUBURN
Competition is Strong in the
Cotton States Prep
Class
GOOD RECORDS ARE MADE
Tennessee and Georgia to Send
Fast Cage Teams
PREP DRAMATIC
TOURNAMENTBE
HERE APRIL 13
I n v i t a t i o n s Sent to S t a t e H i gh
S c h o o l s t o E n t er
The Alabama high school dramatic
tournament in 1929 will be held at
Auburn, April 13, according to an­nouncement
sent to principals of high
schools by Prof. J. R. Rutland, head
of the department of English at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute and
president of the Alabama Association
of English Teachers.
. With this announcemen!j<%rof. Rut­land
extended an invitation to each
high school to take part in the tour­nament
which, for the past two years,
has been held in Birmingham during
the annual meeting of the Alabama
Education Association.
"We need not remind you", said
Prof. Rutland, "that participation in
the dramatic meet will give your
school publicity and ranking among
the progressive schools of the state,
will make available for your students
inspiration and training not other­wise
obtainable, will provide one more
cultural opportunity to arouse school
interest in your community, and will
incidentally help to increase appre­ciation
of dramatic art in the state."
The Auburn Players and the Au­burn
Little Theatre—two dramatic
organizations—will ' cooperate with
the college in planning and conduct­ing
the tournament, Prof. Rutland
said.
JUDGE BOWLING TO
SPEAK HERE FEB. 22
College Holiday Be Observed
With Exercises .
Judge W. B. Bowling of LaFayette,
for many years congressman from the
fifth Alabama district will be the
speaker at Auburn on Feb. 22, accord­ing
to President Bradford Knapp. He
will speak in Langdon Hall in the
forenoon, following a military review
during which the R. O. T. C. unit at
Auburn will be reviewed by Gov. Bibb
Graves, President Knapp, Major John
T. Kennedy, and members of the board
of trustees of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute.
The program for the day has not
been arranged but announcement has
been made that it will be similar to
other programs at Auburn on the 22nd
of February. The program commit­tee
is composed of Major Kennedy,
Dr. B. B. Ross, Prof. B. L. Shi, Dr.
J. V. Brown, and P. O. Davis.
Judge Bowling is an orator as well
as a jurist and a former congressman.
He resigned from congress to accept
a judicial appointment by Gov. Graves.
As a congressman he was very help­ful
to Auburn and never failed to
respond when he received a call to
service. His son, George, at La Fay­ette
is an alumnus of Auburn of the
class of 1917.
According to letters received by
chairman Hutsell from the coaches of
the various High schools in the Cot­ton
States district, the 1929 Cotton
States Cage Tournament will draw a
number of excellent teams.
There seems to be a greater num­ber
of outstanding teams in the dis­trict
this year than last year. This
means that competition is going to be
keen for any team that enters this
eighth Cotton States tournament
sponsored by the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute each year.
Alliance High, a school on the out­skirts
of Birmingham has made one
of the strongest records on the hard­wood
so far this year. In their let­ter
to Chairman Hutsell they inclosed
their scores for the past games play­ed
this year and the record fails to
show a single defeat. The most in­teresting
part. about their scores is
the large margin they had over every
team they have met. Other outstand­ing
Alabama teams that have writ­ten
Wilbur Hutsell are: Geneva Coun­ty
High at Hartford; Foley High,
Foley; and Midland City High, Mid­land
City. None of these High
school have lost over one game so far
this year. Geneva County High and
Midland City High have won 13 and
lost one. Foley has been victorious in
them all. Midland City High's de­feat
came while an epidemic of flu
was raging and struck four of their
best players.
One of the best teams in Tennessee
at present is Bradley High at Cleve­land.
This team is coached by James
L. Lovell and has defeated many good
teams in their state. If their ap­plication
for membership into the Ten­nessee
High School Association is ac­cepted
they will be one of the first
teams invited. This is the first state­ment
Chairman Wilbur Hutsell has
made toward the inviftition of any
team to enter the meet.
Three teams in Georgia that have
sent in nearly perfect records for
games played already this year are
Franklin County High, Grayson High,
and the Riverside Military Academy.
The Riverside Military Academy is
one of the best teams in the Georgia
Interscholastic Association and stands
undefeated. Franklin County High
has won 13 and only lost 2. These
two defeats being given them by the
University of Georgia Rats. Grayson
High has been a hustling cage team
all year and the other day they doubl­ed
the score on the strong Boys High
quintet of Atlanta.
VIOLIN AND PIANO
COURSES OFFERED
Mrs. Mary Drake Askew To Teach
Announced
By special arrangement students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Instituts can
now take a course in piano or in vio­lin.
Mrs. Mary Drake Askew will
give instruction in piano and violin
for which college credit will be given,
according to announcement made by
President Bradford Knapp.
Mrs. Askew is one of the best mu­sicians
in Alabama. She is a daugh­ter
of the late Dr. J. H. Drake who
was surgeon for the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute for more than half
a century. In addition to playing in
orchestras, in churches, and teaching
she is in charge of musical programs
broadcast from Auburn over radio sta­tion
WAPI. She is also organist for
the Trinity Methodist Church at Ope­lika.
During the remainder of the cur­rent
session of college Mrs. Askew will
teach those students wishing to take
lessons in piano and violin. Arrange­ments
are being made for use of pia­nos
on which to practice. Meantime,
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PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1929
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
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Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
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Business and editorial offices at Au­burn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief
James B. McMillan Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
Raymond DeArman, '29 _-Associate Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30"- Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
K. R. Giddens, '30_-Ass't. Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 News Editor
Alex. Smith, Jr., '31 News Editor
Robert L. Hume, 31 Ass't. News Editor
Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor
Carol Porter, '29 Sports Editor
Dick Jones, '31 Ass't. Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
Robert Baxter, '32; T. S. Coleman, '32;
Kenneth Cooper, '32; Clarence .Dykes,
'32; Thomas Dykes, '31; Edmund Eng­land,
'32; George Harrison, '32; John
Lewis, '31; S. H. Morrow, '32; Alex
Smith, Jr., '31; K. G, Taylor, '32; J. E.
Jenkins, '32; H. G. Tooney, '32; Victor
White, '32; D. Reynolds, '32; Don May,
'29; Virgil Nunn, '31; Gabie Drey, '31;
Charles Matthews, '32; James David
son, '32; W. M. Taylor, '32.
tionably the institutions of higher learning
will have to rid themselves of the burden
of ill prepared students. The very mass
of such poor material makes education a
grinding muddle of hypocrisy. The rem­edies
of Junior colleges will have to be
adopted universally if there is not to be
an overflowing of the universities by a
mass of mediocre students who are in no
position to be on the campus or fitted to
receive higher learning.
It requires no degree of intelligence to
perceive offhand that many boys come to
college without any degree of preparation.
Why this is allowed or tolerated is beyond
our conception. It is entirely the fault of
the state educational system. Either high
schools must be adapted to give students
training to make them think for them­selves
instead of being merely recipients
of predigested information; or Junior col­leges
must be established to take care of
the situation.
The limitation of enrollment offers a
possible solution in so much as the accept­able
men are intellectually aware, spirit­ually
alive and culturally on the qui vive.
It is the leadership of this caliber of men
that the country must have. It is this lead­ership
that the colleges must give then-best
attention.
BUSINESS STAFF
George Carden, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
W. B. Jones, '30 Advertising Mgr.
H. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr.
White Matthews, '31 __ Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Office on ground floor of Alumni Hall.
Circulation Managers: Walter Smith '31,
J. M. Johnson '31, W. A. Files '31, J.
E. Dilworth '31.
Assistants: B. W. Kincaid '32; R. A. Mann
'32; Roy Wilder '32, Cleveland Adams,
'32, J. M. Barton '32.
Abolish Hair.Cutting;
Now Is The Best Time
Again we see a few shaved heads
beautifying the campus. The transfers
and second-semester freshmen are
being made to acquire the "Auburn
Spirit" by clipping their hair. There
are comparatively few men who enter
Auburn at the beginning of the spring
semester and it seems a good time to
begin a reform- We appeal to the
student body to awake from its leth­argy
and repudiate the sentiment of
an unthinking minority.
For two reasons, as we see it, the
men entering Auburn at this time
should not be forced to cut their hair.
First, most of those now enrolling are
transfers from other schools. The
avowed purpose of the hair-cutting is
to "take the cockiness out of the high-school
graduates who have an inflated
opinion of themselves." These trans­fers
have undergone the state of being
freshmen at other schools, and have
received the "benefit" of such pro­cedure
before. Why insult them by
subjecting them to such treatment
again?
Second, it is evident to the fore-sighted
man that hair-cutting must
eventually go. The President has
stated in so many words that the cus­tom
has no place in the progressive
institution that Auburn is to be. It is
antiquated! Some day it is going;
now is an easy time to make a start;
a few men escaping the humiliation
this year will make it easier to abolish
the custom entirely, later.
The intelligent members of this stu­dent
body, as individuals, see that the
practice must go, however reluctant
they may be to abandon it. The little
group that always does the forcible
hair-cutting will never see anything;
we refuse to waste paper appealing to
them. Let the thinking men, the
lovers of Auburn abolish this practice
and thereby obtain honor; later it will
be abolished by the administration and
bring shame to the student body!
Now is the time to enter a wedge.
A few men getting by this semester
will make it easier later. It must come.
Why not now?
Have You A Conception
Of "Auburn Spirit"?
The Plainsman's Essay Contest should
prove of direct interest to every serious-minded
student. The contest, as has been
previously announced, is open to every
student in Auburn. This is to determine,
the man with the greatest conception of
what the Auburn Spirit really is.
One of the values to be gotten from the
contest is that it will cause a great many
students to do some real thinking about
the college and those elements that tend
to make her go forward in a progressive
manner. One of those elements and the
one with which the essay should deal
chiefly is the Spirit that undoubtedly lives
with one years after he leaves Auburn.
The reason for this feeling of close rela­tionship
with the institution cannot be
found unless a very careful study is con­ducted
of everything in Auburn and with
which Auburn is connected.
The students should think about the in­stitution,
its influence on them, its progress
in the future, and the manner it is received
by the outside world. Occasionally one
hears of something thap anyone is ashamed
of, charged to an Auburn student. Natur­ally
such as this does not help the college
and it would not have happened had the
student seen that the result was achieved
" L i t t l e T h i n g s"
By Tom Bigbee
Did ya see that warm show a few .nights
ago where a kiss burned the film in two?
Yes sir, it actually happened!
The work of the Alumni Secretary in
organizing Auburn grads over the state
is indeed very commendable. We believe
(hat these sons of Auburn become fathers
of the Institution in their later years, and
the success of the college remains largely
in their hands—or rather, under their in­fluence.
Just watch these Plainsman boys "step
into the limelight", won't "you? McMillan
the only Senior elected to ODK, national
honorary fraternity; J. D. Neeley elected
president of Kappa Kappa. Psi, national
honorary fraternity for college bandmen.
We tip our headgear with envy to these
aspiring gentlemen.
Congratulations, also, to the local Ki-wanis
Club. Although an infant, having
only recently celebrated its first birthday,
it is quite competent of standing on its own
feet already, and administering to the
phases of higher citizenship and usefulness
about Auburn.
Your unworthy corresponuent was under
the impression that whipping lawbreakers
in the United States was no longer resort­ed
to as a means of punishment. However,
he notes from an AP story that it is still
being practiced. We hope that soon it will
disappear entirely." This practice is be­coming
less common in schools, which we
believe is a good example.
This issue of The Plainsman—Number
32—covers the total number of issues com­monly
published during a college session
during former years. And the term is
little more than half gone. And still they'
tell us that this is only a step to higher at­tainment^—
probably a daily next year.
Well, it must be true that "ya can't keep
a good thing down."
Looks as though campus politics and
campus clubs are about to take the day.
We will admit they certainly need looking
into—with an eye for reformation.
Other things being equal, "It ain't the
brand on the hoss that makes 'im travel."
H AUBURN FOOTPRINTS %
at the expense of Auburn. This with nu­merous
other things cannot possibly reflect
credit on the college, and so, it can be
>seen that if the students will think more of
this school, they will learn to love her
more.
Just what Auburn Spirit is has been the
cause of many big disputes. There are some
who sincerely believe that to have all the
feeling of love and respect there is for
the school they have only to act wild at
football games; there are some who think
that a good grade speaks well for Auburn;
and there are some who are not interested
in the welfare of Auburn at all. These
last few regard their stay here as some­thing
that is forced on them. However,
even though all have not the feeling in
their hearts that a true Auburn man should
have, there are a great many real men left
who feel that the Spirit does not stop with
a football game, does not die with gradua­tion,
but has ideals and principles that have
left themselves firmly indented in their
character. Such men love Auburn because
her famous Spirit has become a part of
them; it cannot be taken as an inanimate
thing, for its influence is of a different na­ture.
A Slump In College
Enrollment At Last
The per cent of gain in the number of
students attending colleges is lower than it
has been in a long time. The reasons for
this slump are several: agricultural and in­dustrial
conditions; the development of
Junior colleges and the deliberate limita­tion
of enrollments.
There is comfort at least in the candid
facing of the latter two situations. Unques-
Changing Times;
Changing Fads
Fads come and go in Auburn about as
fast as they do anywhere. Just a few years
ago no strip-down car was complete with­out
several remarks, whose purpose was to
catch the eye of the public and in some
cases to satisfy a personal whim, distri­buted
over her body. But today if one sees
very much on a car, he wonders if the
owner has been sleeping very long or is
just a bit slow in his thinking.
Even now the go-to-h— hat craze is rap­idly
waning, and in a few weeks will prob­ably
be a tiny spot on the pages of has-been.
Sometimes we think the students are
even becoming more respectable in their
dress. But we may be mistaken, for it is
possible that our eye is trying to keep up
with our mind, which is being worked over­time
attempting to stay abreast the fads
as they constantly flit from place to place.
Suitors
Many ill matters are undertaken, and
many good matters with ill minds; some
embrace suits which never mean to deal
effectually in them, but if they see there
may be life in the matter by some other
mean, they will be content to win a thank,
or take a second reward. Some take hold
of suits only for an occasion to cross some
others, or to make an information, whereof
they could not otherwise have apt pretext,
without care of what become of the suit
when that turn is served; nay, some under­take
suits with a full purpose to let them
fall to the end to gratify the adverse party,
or competitor. Surely there is in sort a
right in every suit, either a right of equa­lity,
if it be a suit of controvery, or a right
of desert, if it be a suit of petition; if af­fection
lead a man to favor the wrong
side, in justice rather let him use his coun­tenance
to compound the matter than to
carry it; if affection lead a man to favor
the less worthy in desert, let him do with­out
depraving or disabling the better de-server;
in suits which a man doth not un­derstand,
it is good to refer them to some
friend of his, of trust and judgment, that
may report whether he may deal in them
with honor. Suitors are so distasted with
delays and abuses that plain dealing in de­nying
to deal in suits' at first, and report­ing
the success barely, and in challenging
in more thanks than one hath deserved, is
grown not only honorable, but also graci­ous;
in suits of favor the first coming
ought to take but little place, so far forth
consideration may be had of his trust, that
if intelligence of the matter could not
otherwise have been had but by him, ad­vantage
be not taken of the note; to be
ignorant of the value of a suit is simpli­city,
as well as to be ignorant of the right
thereof is want of conscience; secrecy in
suits is a great mean of obtaining; for voic­ing
them to be in forwardness may dis­courage
some kind of suitors, but doth
quicken and awake others; but timing of
suits is the principal; timing, I say, not
only in respect of the person that should
grant it but in respect of those which are
like to cross it; nothing is thought so easy
a request to a great man as his letter, and
yet not in an ill cause, it is so much out
of his reputation.
—Francis Bacon.
AN APPRECIATION OF AUBURN
We see you Auburn, in fields of waving grain, In lowing cattle and laboring swain,
In fields of cotton of purest white, We see you Auburn, the darkest night.
We see you Auburn, in the rising smoke that points to the noble youth you awoke
On the hillside high and widest plain, we see you Auburn, through clear or rain.
We see you Auburn, in the apothecary's smelling shop, in the factor's rolling, lum­bering,
deadening knock,
In lakes that are deep, wide and long, we see you Auburn, and sing your song.
We see you Auburn, by the side of the road, in the cot of the farmer, with his heavy
load,
In poverty, ruin, toil and despair; we see you Auburn, your spirit is there.
We see you Auburn, as we roll along over the smoothest roads or roughest stones,
Over pavements best that men can build, we see you Auburn, your mission fulfilled.
We see you Auburn, in orchards wide, in wealth and plenty on every side,
In fruits and flowers of the rarest hue, we see you Auburn, our respect is due.
We see you Auburn, in the village school, in the pulpits that stand for the squarest
rule,
In every noble calling of life you lead; we see you Auburn, your future we read.
We' see you Auburn, in the teacher's hand, training and leading the youth of the
land
In every hamlet, nook and school, we see you Auburn, and follow your rule.
We see you Auburn, in the Chemist's hand, In the stones, coal, oil, and grains of
sand;
In mysteries of science you excel, we see you Auburn, you've served us well.
We see you Auburn, as you move along, in victory, dash and lovliest song,
In the trying efforts of the hour, we see you Auburn, our support is power.
We see you Auburn, in the meteor's flash, in the deepest realms your honest task
To open to the minds of men a thought, we see you Auburn, your task is wrought.
—Frank J. Little.
* * * * * * * *
THE HAVEN OF REST
My time's near one for having fun
If time-worn words be true,
For my college days are fading away;
Three months, and I'll be through.
I've learned to live; to take and give;
I've taken the knocks as they came;
I've traveled on freights, defying the fates
And played the checkered game.
I've loved and lost, and drunk the toast
Of the woman-hating soul;
Left nothing untried, and now I'm tired
Of seeking a phantom goal.
It's fun, they say, and in a way
The reasoning isn't bad,
But give me for mine the treasured shrine
Of home, and mother and dad.
» —Convict number 969.
* * * * * * * *
"Waiter, Waiter! There's a button in my salad."
"Must have come off in the dressing."
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
^y '^Benjamin Trovosp—
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions ex­pressed
in this column are not necessarily
the editorial opinions of this paper. It is
a column of personal comment, and is not
to be read as an expression of our edi­torial
policy.
* * * * *
T HERE is some hope for the college
student who is not an athlete! Ever
since I have been in college I have
heard that the man who didn't spend at
least half his time in physical exercise
would never give old Methuslah a close
race. A survey made by the American Stu­dent
Health Association, the National Col­legiate
Athletic Association and a large
life insurance company indicates that the
man who spends his time while at college
in fairly close attention to his studies has
a better chance to reach old age than
does the athlete.
I won't bother to quote the statistics,
but out of a large number of honor stu­dents
and athletes studied, the mortality
rate was found to be 77.3 for the stu­dents
and 91.5 for the athletes. Now my
conscience won't hurt me when I attend
afternoon lectures. I used to feel that I
should get out and play golf or something
like that every afternoon, and when I had
classes I supposed that I was sacrificing
my longevity to something else. That sur­vey
'has helped me a lot!
A
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
ANOTHER NIT WIT CHAMPION
Edwin Chase, senior in biology at the
University of Oregon claims to be the
champion gum chewer of the world. In an
lexhibition before his classmates recently
he put eighty sticks, or sixteen packages,
of gum into his mouth at one time, and
enjoyed it. He kept two "seconds" busy
chewing in the elastic. Probably some of
us should challenge him to a tobacco chew­ing
contest. Ask the co-eds.
Half the joy of life is made up of little
things, taken on the run. Let us run if we
must—even the sands do that—but mean­while
see that nothing worthwhile escapes
us and everything is worthwhile if we try
to grasp its significance.—D. S. Jordan.
By leaving early you give the others
someone to talk about.
THE GEDUNK
I'm the guy whose brother has made
good in this world. He has more money
than a show-dog can jump over and he
will write me out 'a check just any old
time. I don't like to bother him in this
manner though for it might take his mind
off of his work. I'm very proud of my big
brother and I try to let everybody know
what he's doing and how—. Of course
some people say I'm just like him but I
just giggle and go on into the pool room
for I know I have that nice position wait­ing
when I graduate.
IS THEIR DEFICIT AS LARGE AS
CITY OF AUBURN
Because of the great annual deficit, at
Beloit College, Beloit, Wis., which is big­ger
than ever this year, the college found
it impossible to purchase "blue books" to
be used in final examinations this past
semester. In place of the usual two hour
written tests, therefore, short fifteen
minute oral quizzes were given. This, to-my
mind, will greatly affect Beloit Col­lege's
future. "Blue books" are not so ex­pensive
but what the students could have
been asked to buy them.
* * * * *
HOT AND DISMISSED
William A. Smith, attorney general at
Topeka, Kansas, handed down an opinion
that upper classmen who shave off the
freshman's mustache can be prosecuted on
a charge of assault and battery, or, if the
freshman prefers, he can file suit for
damages.
The students at the university found an
ingenious way to circumvent their profs
and studies. Each morning as the doctor
preceded him down the halls pouring enor­mous
quantities of hot water down the
throat of pledges. The number of stu­dents
reported with running temperatures
was so startling that college was dismissed
for ten days.
CLOTHES AND THE MAN
That good looking clothes do create an
impression was recently demonstrated in
one of Georgia Tech's classrooms when the
professor asserted that he always gave
better marks to those dressed in white
shirts and good looking ties.
The same instructor recently sent a stu­dent
to his room to change his sweater
for a coat. The student returned dressed
in full tuxedo attire.
* * * * *
THESE CHANGING TIMES
There comes from Cleveland, Ohio, the
information that the twenty-first annual
convention of the Women's Intercollegiate
Association for Student Government, about
reached the conclusion that the reason the
honor system has failed is because col­lege
men fail to support it and do most of
the cheating. Whether this is true or not,
it is still a bad policy to attach honesty or
dishonestly to one or the other sex par­ticularly.
Of course you can find men who
will lie. Can't you? And I have heard
that there are some women who do not lie.
It is interesting to note the great change
in co-educational conditions which have
come about in a comparatively short time.
Only a few years ago the universal college
men were clamoring against the intruding
on their campuses of the weaker sex, my
error the fairer. Now they are expressing
themselves as being dissatisfied with cam­pus
conditions allegedly created by the
men. Although we can't be too conserva­tive,
still, we trust that the time will not
arrive when the college women will turn
the tables completely by demanding the
expulsion of the men. Time out.
* * * * *
' A NEW MEDIUM OF COLLECTION
All Williamette college fraternity men
who owed money to their houses and had
not made arrangements for the payment
thereof before the end of the semester,
were barred from taking the mid-year ex­aminations
at the college. This was de­cided
by the faculty following a plea made
by the fraternities to the college officials.
This seems to be a rather hard judgment
to place on a fraternity brother. But even
a fraternity man has his weak moments.
No?
NOTHER celebrity has died. Wil­liam
C. B. Kemp. He was known
as Columbia's perpetual student.
Since 1864 this man has been in continu­ous
attendance at Columbia, having in that
time received thirteen degrees in as many
courses. While a boy he was bequeathed
an income of $2500 a year as long as he
should be in school. He spent a lifetime
in classrooms for this meagre income. Now
he is dead. Known as Columbia's perpetual
student. He has some flash-in-the-pan
newspaper publicity. He will be forgotten
by all except his close associates in three
months; his life spent in. useless pursuit
of college credits. Of course the acquisi­tion
of so much knowledge must have given
him pleasure, but what else did he get,
or give? Nothing constructive' was given
to the world by this man. The mine of
learning which his brain must have become
formed no source of a creative power.
He stacked up rows and rows of facts,
trained his mind to sift and organize in­formation,
to draw conclusions and make
conjectures, yet he was intellectually ster­ile
as far as his fellow-man was concern­ed.
An otiose life, dedicated to mere ex­istence,
has been extinguished.
D R. KNAPP was elected first vice-president
of the Association of
Southern Agricultural Workers,
meeting in Texas this week. This is an
honor for Auburn and the state of Ala­bama
as well as a great honor for Dr.
Knapp. Auburn is indeed fortunate in
having as president a man who is so highly
recognized by men of other states. He is
honored by the outside because he is in­terested
in the outside. His mind isn't tra­veling
in a circle bounded by the limits of
Lee county.
N'
FIREMEN AND ICEMEN
A $150,000 fire in Luthern Hall, largest
and oldest dormitory at .Baylor College
for Women, drove 250 girl students into
the freezing outdoors with nothing much on
but pajamas or customary night wear.
One student was injured when she leap­ed
from a third story window into a fire­man's
basket. Nojie of the girls saved any
of their effects. I can't say whether this
includes their compacts or not. However
I'm fer being a fireman.
* * * * *
LIKE A FIREFLY
It can't be long now, before it is time
for the University of New York students
to start purchasing tail lights. That is, if
the New York State Legislature approves
a bill introduced by assemblyman Edwin
C. Nutt. If the bill passes, pedestrians out
after dark must be equipped with a light
"clearly visible to persons approaching
from the rear".
OW THAT it has been a couple of
weeks since the dances, we can af­ford
to think about them. One
thing stands out; at the dances, as at the
football games, one can judge each alum­nus.
There are two types; the man who
comes back because he is interested in the
school, and the man who comes back be­cause
he wants to have a big time; to get
drunk without being in danger of college
discipline. Every class sends some of each
type out; they will be back next year and
the following years; the little fellows who
want to show everyone how independent
they are (probably grocery clerks at home);
the big men who make little racket, but
whom one feels to be working for Auburn
on the outside. We who are still in school
should look at those who come back, es­timate
them, and determine how we want
to be regarded as alumni.
"THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US"
The world is too much with us; late and
soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our
powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid
boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping
flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.—Great God! I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less
forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear Old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
—William Wordsworth.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1929 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
EVELYN HENRY
Smith Hall
Phone 9115 SOCIETY AND FEATURES This Department Open
From 11 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Daily
SKETCH
The shadows of the ships
Rock on the crest
In the low blue lustre
Of the tardy and the soft inrolling
tide.
A long brown bar at the dip of the
sky
Puts an arm of sand in the span of
salt.
The lucid and endless wrinkles
Draw in lapse and withdraw.
Wavelets crumble and white spent
bubbles
Wash on the floor of the beach.
Rocking on the crest
In the low blue lustre
Are the shadows of the ships.
E x e c u t i v e Secretary
Visits Pi K a p p a Phi
The local chapter of Pi Kappa Phi
has as its guest this week-end Mr.
Howard E. Leake, Executive Secre­tary
of the national organization. Mr.
Leake is a graduate of Washington
and Lee and has also completed his
graduate work at the University of
Chicago. He is at present living in
Evangston, Illinois where the Pi Kap­pa
Phi national headquarters is lo­cated.
Mrs. Gosser Hostess
At Sewing P a r ty
On Saturday afternoon, February
2, Mrs. Leo Gosser entertained with
a sewing party in honor of the mother
of Mrs. D. G. Harkin, Mrs. Alfred
Mildren of Holliday's Cove, West Vir­ginia.
Late in the afternoon a delici­ous
salad course was served to the
twelve ladies present. A dainty gift
was presented to the honoree.
'Tis Fine to
Dine
at the
PICKWICK
PLEDGES THREE
SORORITIES
NAMED
Alpha Beta of Chi Omega announc­es
the pledging of Mrs. Catherine
Sewell. Mrs. Sewell is a senior in the
General Course. Prof. W. E. Sewell
is connected with the Animal Hus­bandry
Department of the college.
Sigma Lambda of Kappa Delta an­nounces
the pledging of Miss Mary
Ruth Aiken, of Notasulga, freshman
in General Course.
Alpha Alpha of Pi Kappa Sigma
announces the pledging of Misses Sara
Wilks and Lurlene Betts, both of
Opelika.
Mrs. A r t h u r Gannon
Hostess a t B r i d g e P a r ty
On Wednesday evening, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Gannon entertained at
bridge. Spring flowers were used in
the hall and living room, in golden
and orange hues. Four tables of play­ers
enjoyed spirited contest and at
the conclusion it was found that Mrs.
Yarbrough had high score for the la­dies,
and Dr. Yarbrough for the
gentlemen.
A delicious salad course was serv­ed
; Mrs. Gannon was assisted in serv­ing
by Mrs. J. T. High and Miss
Evelyn Henry . The guests were: Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hixon; Mr. and Mrs.
N. Vanwagenen; Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Sewell; Mr. and Mrs. A. Carnes;
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Eaton; Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Nichols; Dr. and Mrs.
Cecil Yarbrough; Mrs. Dewey Stew­art;
and Mr. J. B. Leslie, Jr.
PERSONALS
F r a n k C u r r i e Honored
W i t h Stag Supper •
On Wednesday evening, January 30,
Mr. W. McD. Moore entertained with
a stag dinner in honor of Frank Cur­rie.
After dinner a card party was
enjoyed by those present. The guests
were: Travis Brown, Coach Moulton,
Howard Smith, Luke Ward, Frank
Tuxworth, Jim Crawford, Frock Pate,
Addison McGhee, Nick Carter, Jack
Tamblyn, Rupert Ingram, Joe Burt,
Pete Booth, J. R. Taylor, C. D. JHar-kins,
Peter Lee, and Frank Currie.
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Ralph Fisher, Lewis Langford, W.
D. Tryon, ,and J. R. Vincent spent
the week-end in Columbus.
* * *
Arthur Parker visited in Birming­ham
Friday and Saturday.
* * *
Royce and Gauley Crawford spent
Sunday here with friends.
* * :i=
Jack' Lloyd of Atlanta, former Au­burn
student, spent Sunday with
friends at the Theta Chi Fraternity.
* * *•
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Caldwell of
Union Springs, motored up Sunday
to visit their son, J. Caldwell. While
in Auburn they spent the day at the
Lambda Chi Alpha house.
* * *
James Naf'tel and C. B. Williams
spent the past week-end in Montgom­ery.
* * *
Former students are welcomed back
this semester. Among these are: Os­car
Coston, formerly Electrical En­gineering
student, registered for an
architectural course; Calvin Cruni has
returned from Montgomery where he
has been confined with tonsilitis for
several weeks, he has registered in
the General Business course; "But­ter"
Pomeroy, John Copdon of Mont­gomery,
"Fatty" Jacobs of Bessemer,
and John D. Martin of Eufaula, have
also registered.
* * *
Holt Leach of Gadsden has return­ed
after an absence.
* * *
Roger Knapp is spending the week­end
at home in the absence of Dr. and
Mrs. Knapp.
* * *
J. M. Cook, Cecil Chappelle, and
Bud Jacobs spent Saturday and Sun­day
of last week in Birmingham.
* * *
Professor Kenneth Daughrity spent
a part of the past week in Atlanta.
* * *
Messrs. Charley McCaskill, Ed
Graves, Al Barnes and Campbell
Blake attended the Sigma Alpha Ep-silon
dance in Atlanta last week.
* * *
Mr. Robert Howard is visiting
friends in Camden over this week­end.
* * *
Mrs. J. J. Wilmore has returned to
Auburn. While in Washington she
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Grant.
* * *
Miss Clarabel Parsons was called
home to Bessemer on Friday morning
because of the illness of her grand­mother.
* * *
Mrs. Dewey Stewart of Rocky Ford,
Colorado, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. A. Carnes. Mrs. Stewart will
be in Auburn for several months while
Mr. Stewart secures his Doctor's de­gree
from Cornell.
* * *
Mrs. H. W. Adams was called to
her home in Millport, Texas, on Sat­urday,
February 2, because of the ill­ness
of her mother.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Yarbrough left
Thursday for a short stay in Atlanta.
Dr. Yarbrough's visit was for the
purpose of attending the meeting of
railroad surgeons held there.
* * *
Miss Thelma Graves has returned
to college from her home in Alexand­er
City where she was called by the
death of her sister.
* * *
On Tuesday evening Dr. and Mrs.
Leo Gosser, Professors J. A. Kirkley
and P. B. Cole, and Charles Rush mo­tored
to Montgomery to witness the
performance of the Little Theatre
Guild of New York which presented
a three act comedy by S. N. Behrman,
"The Second Man".
* * * *
Mrs. Alfred Mildren, of Holliday's
•Cove, West Virginia, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. D. C.
Harkin, left on Monday for a two
month's stay in Florida.
* * *
Mrs. J. K. Lanning, of Birming­ham,
is visiting her, sister, Mrs. Wil­liam
F. Brown.
* * *
Miss Bernice McMillan was con­fined
to her home at Mrs. L. D.
Stodghill's residence for a few days
this past week because of illness.
Eastern Star Entertains
With Musical Tea
On Tuesday night, 8:00 P. M., the
Eastern Stars entertained at a musi­cal
Tea. After a delightful program
of vocal and instrumental selections,
sandwiches and coffee were seryed
in the dining room. It was held to
raise money to assist in paying for a
piano, and was pronounced quite a
success. Mrs. Dora McAdory spon­sored
the affair and Mrs. Elma Creel
was chairman of the committee which
made it a success, much credit is due
both of them. The program was as
follows:
Vocal solo, Mrs. Carnes.
Piano solo, Mrs. Winters.
Vocal solo, Mrs. Donor.
Reading, Mrs. Carlovitz.
Vocal duet, Mrs. Burnsworth and
Mrs. Lipscomb.
Banjo solo, Prof. Roe.
Vocal solo, Mrs. Meager.
Piano solo, Prof. Kinkaid.
Vocal solo, Rev. Langston.
MRS. PHILLIP BROWN IS HONOR
GUEST AT DELIGHTFUL TEA
Chi O m e g a s E n t e r t a in
At Informal Tea
On Saturday, February 2, from 4 to
5, the local chapter of the Chi Ome­ga
Sorority entertained with an in­formal
tea at the lovely home of Mrs.
Albert Thomas. Spring flowers dec­orated
the house prettily, while the
tea table was beautiful with its lace
cloth and white carnations, the flow­er
of the sorority. The guests were
met by Misses Annie Ross Fuller and
Bernice McMillan. Miss Lane Graves
presided at the tea table and was as­sisted
in serving by Misses Anne
Lichty and Julia Price. A number
of friends-called during the after­noon.
On Friday afternoon from 3:30 to
5:00 Mesdames William F. Brown
and Alonzo Meadows were hostesses
at a tea honoring Mrs. Phillip Brown
of Auburn, a recent bride, and Mrs.
J. K. Lanning of Birmingham. Mes­dames
Julia Watt and Susie Wright
assisted in the living room, greeting
the guests at the door and ushering
them into the dining room. Mesdames
S. B. Mardre and W. V. Jones pre­sided
at the tea table, and were as­sisted
by Mesdames Parker, Orr, Med-lock,
Young, and Miss Gladys Glad-ney.
The Valentine motif was used
in the decoration throughout the liv­ing
room, with cut flowers in the din­ing
room. The tea table was lovely
with its lace cloth over rose and a
center piece of red carnations, light­ed
by tapers.
Mrs. William F. Brown was gown­ed
in biege georgette, Mrs. Phillip
Brown was beautiful in a heavily
beaded purple aster frock, Mrs.
Meadows wore a blue taffeta model,
Mrs. Lanning's gown was of beaded
flesh georgette. Over a hundred
guests called during the afternoon.
Mrs. Phillip Brown will be remem­bered
as Miss Leonora Hooper, of the
class of '27.
Mrs. Brown Honored
At Bridge Breakfast
Mrs. Louis Ward entertained in
honor of Mrs. Phillip Brown on Wed­nesday
morning with a bridge break­fast
at her home on South Gay Street.
A delicious menu was served three
tables of players, after which an in­teresting
game was enjoyed. Mrs.
Homer Gentry won high score. The
house was lovely with a profusion of
violets. The following ladies parti­cipated
in this hospitality: Mesdames
Phillip Brown, Orr, Isbell, Carlovitz,
Gentry, Sturkie, Medlock, Ruffin,
Wilson, Barnes, Williamson and Miss
Wilks.
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S o r o r i t y P l e d g e s Honored
By Chi O m e g a Pledges
On Saturday, February 9,
Pledges of Chi Omega entertained the
Pledges of Kappa Delta, Pi Kappa
Sigma, and Sigma Phi Beta with a
tea at the sorority room on Gay Street.
The colors of Chi Omega, Cardinal
and Straw, were used in the decora­tion
of the room. The tea table, love­ly
with its low bowl of jonquils and
tall tapers in silver holders, was pre­sided
over by Miss Willie Mae Cow-den.
She was assisted in serving by
Misses Audrey Fuller and Mary
Louise Hakanson.
E a s t e r n S t a r s E n t e r t a in
Members Vet. Association
On Thursday evening, February 7,
the Eastern Stars served an elabor­ate
five course dinner to sixty mem­bers
of the Veterinary Association
which was in session here. The din­ner
was served in the dining room of
the Eastern Stars.
Home Ec. D e p a r t m e nt
W o m a n ' s Club Meets
The Home Economics Department
of the Woman's Club met on Thurs­day
afternoon in the Architectural
Department. Mr. Applebee addressed
the meeting on the "Hanging of Pic­tures."
He also gave lantern slide
pictures of the different periods and
trend of art.
W o m a n ' s Club Meeting
Be Held T h u r s d ay
The regular business meeting of the
Woman's Club will be held next Thurs­day
afternoon at three o'clock at
Smith Hall. At this meeting the
nominating committee will be elected.
It is urged that all members of the
club be present.
Home Economics Club
Elects Officers At Meet
On Wednesday afternon, February
6, 1929, the Home Economics Club
met in its new club room, which is lo­cated
on the second floor of the Nur­sery
School. The purpose of this
meeting was to elect officers. The
retiring president, Rebecca Pate, call­ed
the meeting to order. The follow­ing
officers were elected for the new
semester:
President, Naomi Wilson; Vice-
President, Anne Weeks; Secretary,
Emma Jo Atkins; Treasurer, Anne
Dougherty; Reporter, Lucile Burson.
After the election of officers, Miss
Louise Glanton gave helpful sugges­tions
on several points of the Club's
work.
Sigma Phi Beta Sorority
Has Informal Tea
A number of friends were enter­tained
by the Sigma Phi Beta sorori­ty
Sunday afternoon, February 4, at
an informal tea.
The living room of their chapter
house was decorated with lighted tap­ers,
cut flowers, and ferns. The home­like
atmosphere was emphasized by
a glowing fire in the open grate.
The guests were met and given a
hearty welcome by Miss Martha
Haupt, house president of Sigma Phi
Beta. Miss Lawrenz and Miss Sarah
Holladay served during the hour.
Among the guests were Misses Hope
Norris and Marguerite Crommartie
and Messers Perinnium, Walter H.
Smith, Raymond Kitchens, and Oliver
Hewett.
The sorority plans to make it a cus­tom
to have an informal tea each Sun­day
afternoon.
K a p p a Delta Pi
I n i t i a t e s N e w Members
On Monday night, February 4, the
local chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, na­tional
honorary fraternity initiated
several members of the educational
faculty. After the regular initiation
ceremony, a musical program was en­joyed.
Those initiated were: Profes­sor
Noel Van Wagenen, Dr. Beulah
Van Wagenen, Dr. Paul Irvin, Dr.
Martin Luther Beck.
P a r e n t - T e a c h e r s
A s s o c i a t i o n Meets
The local Parent-Teacher Associa­tion
held a most delightful meeting
on Friday afternoon. The speakers
for the afternoon, Miss Allen, Ex­tension
Secretary for the State Child
Welfare Department, and Mrs. Car-pew,
Lee County Welfare worker,
were introduced by Mrs. J. W. Scott.
The meeting was held at the Lee
County High School with Misses Dug-gar
and Pate hostesses.
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Mrs. E. D. Burnsworth, Mrs.
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there.
* * *
Mr. Bill Howard, Alpha Tau
Omega, was called to his home in Co­lumbus
on Wednesday night because
of the death of his father, Mr.
Charles Howard. He returned to Au­burn
on Saturday night.
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On Saturday evening, Alpha Alpha
of Pi Kappa Sigma, entertained in
formally with a buffet supper honor­ing
their pledges and rushees. A pro­gram
of varied amusement continued
throughout the evening. Twenty
five guests enjoyed the hospitality of
the Pi Kaps.
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FLU SITUATION BRINGS GREAT
CHANGE IN VENTILATION IDEAS
The flu epidemic has brought about
renewed agitation for efficient me­chanical
ventilation of motor coaches
and street cars in every part of the
United States.
• City and state health commission­ers,
besides the United States Public
Health Service, are issuing warnings
and asking for laws which will thor­oughly
protect the health and comfort
of those who ride in public vehicles,
while some prominent manufacturers,
sensing the trend, already are provid­ing
these facilities.
Of nearly 500 huge motor coaches
recently ordered by officials in Tole­do,
Detroit, Columbus, and Cleveland
to supplement street car service every
one is provided with a complete me­chanical
system of ventilation which
is capable of changing the air every
three minutes without opening the
windows or causing drafts. Germ-laden
air is taken, out continuously
by blower fans which also pump in
fresh air, take it through a heater,
and distribute it evenly among the
passengers. Each of 120 busses pur­chased
recently by the city of Detroit
is provided with three ventilators in
the room, one in the cowl and an elec-
" trie ventilating fan overhead near the
door.
Some of the more observing manu­facturers
of auotmobiles are giving
increasing attention to ventilation of
their products. Several have adopted
a new type of hot water heater which
takes hot water from the circulating
system of the engine and passes it
through the heating element of the
heater which is mounted conveniently
on the dash under the cowl. Fresh
air is given through the heating ele­ment
by a small blower fan to all
corners of the interior of the car and
returned, thus forming a complete
circulation of fresh warm air which
will keep the interior of the car snug
and warm in the most agreeable
weather.
Practically all of the quality pro­ducers
of automobiles have recently
bulletined their dealers and branch
service managers to make certain that
ventilating systems' are operated dur­ing
the cold spell which brings with
it the menace of carbon monoxide
poisoning in closed garages.
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OUT FOR FRESHMAN TEAM
(Continued from page 1)
make you believe that black is white—
and like it. Clifton Kirkpatrick,
whom the -K. A.'s are watching with
palpitating eagerness, can stir you
with the rich resonance of his voice,
and lift you out of your seat with the
crescendo of his appeal. These two
men will probably be the first to
mount the forensic platform in A. P.
I.'s behalf. Later Baskerville, a Phi
pledge, whose delivery is as slick as
his hair, and Harris, who depends on
a cherubic smile and a "you can't
help but believe me" delivery will trav­el
up to Southern to give battle to
the Bull Dogs. Later than that,
Gregory, whose mind you can almost
hear click with righteous precision,
and Pike, petit but powerful, will have
their say-so. Maybe this won't be
the order in which any of them will
appear, but all will appear and Au­burn
should watch them with undivid­ed
interest.
Every intelligent student is invited
to attend the Auburn-Howard Varsi­ty
debate, Langdon Hall, February
28. Time will be anounced later. The
only admission fee is a gentlemanly
manner and a hospitable mind.
CALLAN TELLS OF
NEW YORK TRIP
(Continued from page 1)
was intensely interesting. At this
time they inspected the gigantic 3500
foot bridge that is under construction
over the Hudson River. This bridge
is of the suspension type and will be
supported with four steel cables each
being 36 inches in diameter. The
construction of this bridge will cost
75 million dollars and will accomodate
ten million vehicles a year as well as
many passengers on elevated rail­ways.
The approach to the bridge
on the New Jersey side of the river
is being cut through solid rock,, and
much time will be required for the
job. The engineers expect to complete
the construction some time in 1932.
Another piece of engineering work
that the Society inspected was the
construction of new Nassau Street
Subway. This construction is to cost
around six hundred and fifty million
dollars of which two hundred and for­ty
million dollars of the work is un­der
way. In order to carry on the con­struction
of this work, the foundations
of the adjoining buildings have to
be removed. To do this requires the
greatest of engineering skill. By
means of hydraulic jacks the build­ings
are held in place while the old
foundations are removed and new ones
put in. Prof. Callan said that he ac­tually
saw one building raised one
eighth of an inch, but that there was
no depression after the new founda­tions
were in place.
Prof. Callan's description was very
interesting and was enjoyed by the
entire chapter, and it is hoped that
at a later date he will go into detail
as to the construction of the subway
and suspension bridge over the Hud­son
River, particularly as to the an­chorage
of the four 36 inch cables.
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Paul de Kruif in Hunger Fighters
as in his earlier Microbe Hunters has
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to the poor ignorant layman and has
given in humane English the stories
of a few forgotten famous men, Carle-ton,
"wheat dreamer," who "brought
the magnificant Kubanka wreat from
its old home on the Turgbai steeps of
western Asia to more than four mil­lions
of acres of the land of the Ameri­can
Northwest," Mackay, "who sent
the golden miles of hard red spring
wheat marching west," Rorset, who
had to "unlearn the official dope of
Governmental Poo-Bahs on the plague
of pigs and face a pestilence that
could be everywhere at once," Hoffer,
"who made the maize plant, itself,
talk to the farmers," and Joseph Gold-berger
who "risked his own, his wife's
and his co-workers' lives to prove that
the disease of pellagra is nothing but
a hidden hunger.' 'Incidentally Dr.
Paul de Kruif spent two and a half
years on Hunger Fighters.
Another agriculturist, K. W. Free­man,
who was born in London, edu­cated
at Oxford, and then supported
for several years by his work as a la­borer
and general farm hand, has pub­lished
a magnificent novel of a drab,
bad farm cherished and developed
painstakingly by a heorically sturdy
family—an ancient and curiously
carved dull mahogany frame for a
fresco of vigorous youth comparable
to the frescoes of early Renaissance
Italy.
Kristin Lavransdatter (a triology
of three novels "The Bridal Wreath,"
"The Mistress of Husaby," and "The
Cross") is the work for which Sigrid
Undset was awarded the Nobel prize.
It, as also was Joseph And His Breth­ren,
is a Book-of-the-Month selection,
and is one of the few really great
works of fiction in the first quarter of
this century—a triology as inspiring
in its spaciousness, its spirituality,
and its warm human details as the re­ligiosity
of a Gothic Cathedral. It
follows the life, from childhood until
death, of a Norwegian woman of the
fourteenth century—a century per­meated
with half-barbaric, half Chris­tian
thought and folk customs. Crowds
of people move through this vast mov­ing
picture as in that other glorious
novel of a past age, Flaubert's Sa-lammba.
Things happen in large un-
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hampered fashion; again and again
chance strikes like lightning, but as
impassively and inexorably time
creeps on.
Great as Sigrid Undset undoubtedly
is, another writer of medieval stories,
James Branch Cabell, probably writes
more pleasantly and more intellectu­ally
clevery. His White Robe will
hardly supplant Jurgen, which Carl
Van Doren called the great American
novel, or even The Cream of the Jest,
but it will remain in the history of
literature as one of the finest artistic
productions dedicated by one artist to
another artist who died in the tasks
of her artistry—Frances Newman.
The volume is bound in a modern
adaptation of the medieval leather
and caken-board binding; the paper
is Italian hand made; and the story
is one that in its intellectual gaiety
would have delighted the soul of the
charming Frances Newman.
Hansell Baugh, youthful magazine
writer and former editor of The Fig-ureln
The Carpet, the organ of the
Research Society of New York, who
as a little boy in knee breeches was
aided by Frances Newman at the At­lanta
Carnegia library in the selec­tion
of books to read, has also paid
his tribute to that delightful person­ality
in the February Bookman by a
review of her posthumous work, Six
Moral Tales from Jules Laforgue—
the introduction to which is undoubt­edly
the most brilliant criticism Miss
Newman ever wrote and one of the
most brilliant I have ever read. Fur­ther
comment will be given on the
Six Moral Tales and The White Robe
later.
To end this list of really splendidly
excellent books there is another book,
besides, Whither Mankind, which
should be in every library, The An­thology
of World Poetry edited, by
Mark Van Doren—a volume which in-
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which ws well presented. "Wine,
women and song" dominated, inter­spersed
with dancing—artistic, class­ical
and in chorus—and climaxed by
a double murder of two women result­ing
from a modern "It" girl vamping
a husband from his wife as he sat
with her at dinner; the husband did
the killing. In this act, the Hawai­ian
dacing by Ned Geist and a Span­ish
rendition was very commendable,
gaining wide applause from the au­dience.
"Hay Seeds," presented by the
Auburn Players, in which a splendid
likeness of a typical "backwoods"
family coming to town was presented,
brought roars of laughter from the
audience. Evelyn Bryant and Murff
Hawkins played the respective roles
of "Ma and "Pa", with their young
son and daughter, in a trip to town.
Never having seen a locomotive, "Ma"
was overbearingly inquisitive of the
Station Agent as to the arrival of the
next train; "Pa", who was hard of
hearing repeatedly butted in with his
blunderous "Heh? What'd he say,
corporates representative collections
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Ma?" Then when "Ma" announced
that she was merely employing cau­tion
in getting her exceedingly mis-chevious
progenitors across the
tracks, the Station Agent collapsed as
the curtain was drawn.
The Evans Literary Society stunt,
which also gained honorable mention,
presented an Auburn Executive Coun­cil
meeting in 1950. This was a ren­dition
displaying almost every con­ceivable
pre-modern advancement
along educational lines, and dealing
with the'petitions and problems of
up-to-date students at that time. It's
originality well merited the honorable
mention it received.
The other attractions were given
as follows: "Hoemcoming in the fall
of 1935," by the Wilsonian Literary
Society; "Transition from High
School to College," by the Wirt Lit­erary
Society; "A Professor of Ex­pression
and his Pupil," by the Ag
Club; and "Frosh Registration" by
AIEE. All of which gained the
plaudits of the attendants by being
well rendered.
A distinct and attractive feature
of the evening was the appearance
of the Auburn Mandolin Club, which
played between acts; they received
repeated encores.
Dr. Roger Allen of the Chemistry
department, Professor Robison, head
of the Entomology department, and
Dr. Irving from the School of Edu­cation
acted as judges.
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President Knapp is making plans to
establish a complete department of
music at Auburn as soon as it is feasi­ble
to do so.
For many years Auburn has felt
a need for musical instruction and Dr.
Knapp gave attention to it soon after
he became president last year. He
expects to make it one of the best and
one of the most popular departments
of the college.
A smile from a boss who knows
good workmanship is worth more than
a medal from a committee of im­practical
experts.
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