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Dress Up For The Review Tomorrow THE PLAINSMAN Welcome to Auburn Cotton States Teams TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. NUMBER 35 COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED FOR ANNUAL MILITARY BALL Weems Baskin Breaks World's Record at Meet Special Decorations To Be Secured For Gym CRACK DRILL SQUAD Is O u t s t a n d i n g Social Event Of Y e a r ; Many Visitors E x p e c t ed EARL CARROLL CHOOSES THE 1929 BEAUTIES Selections M a d e For Glomerata Beauty Section The third annual Military Ball at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will be held on Friday evening, March 8, at the Auburn Gymnasium, is was announced by the military department Saturday. This social event, which is one of the most brilliant to be held on the Auburn campus each year, is the center of interest for all eligible R. 0. T. C. officers at this time. The commanding general and staff from the fourth corps area with headquarters at Atlanta as well as commanding general and officers at Fort Benning have all been issued special invitations to attend. The affair will be strictly military in that the decorations are of this motive and those in attendance will wear the regulation dress uniform. Cadet officers composed of seniors taking the R. O. T. C. course and all reserve officers as well as the regular army officers attached to the R. O. T. C. unit will participate along with the invited guests. Previously this affair has been a part of the Washington's birthday celebration coming on the evening of February 21. The date was changed to March 8 this year because conflicting events at the alumni gymnasium. Committees in charge of the ball are as follows: Invitation and Reception: M. D. Helms, W. P. Smith, R. M. Hatcher, Lieut. G. B. Barth. Music: J. B. Merrill, H. E. Williams, L. B. Hallman, Capt. B. C. Anderson. Decorations: C. C. McMillan, W. R. Kirkwood, W. B. Leo, T. R. Home, P. L. Hassler, A. H. McRae, H. W. Riddle, E. W. Peake, H. L. Mullin, Lieut. W. B. Higgins. Refreshments: J. R. Taylor, R. G. Brownfield, C. R. DeArman, K. Nick-erson, Capt. B. H. Bowley. Entertainment: J. L. Burton, M. B. Hoffman, N. W. Geist, R. E. Spann, G. H. Smith, Lieut. C. P. Townsley. Finance: C. H. Booth, E. R. Jones, J. H. Cone, R. F. Tinsley, W. W. Paterson, Lieut. W. B. Leitch. Publicity and Advertisement: A. F. McGhee, J. R. Vincent, C. E. Smith, Lieut. C. E. Pease. EXHIBIT IS SENT TO M.I.T. ART SCHOOL 30 Sketches Applied Art Clas* In This Exhibit An applied art exhibit of 30 sketches by freshman and sophomore students at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute has been sent to the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston where it will be put on display in their exhibit halls. This privilege comes as a distinct honor to the work done at Auburn in applied art and to Professor Roy L. Staples under whose direction the exhibit was made. The Auburn sketches, which will remain on exhibit for one week, include those of still life in pencil and charcoal, nature studies in water color, rendering in color, and problems in design. Though the applied art course at Auburn is only in its second year it is quite plain that this work is meeting an increasing demand for trained artists who will be an important part in the industrial growth of the South. This is true because any manufactured article must first be designed by a trained artist. The following students prepared sketches for this exhibit: J. D. Canterbury, Raoul Herbert, Hubert Har-rjs, Phil Hamill, T. M. Williams, T. B. Kirkland, Eugene Gray, G. Wingo, Hugh Ellis, R. Rutland, Kay Williams, B. A. England, G. L. Hicks, J. C. Alexander, and Geo. L. Boswell. ARE WELL KNOWN HERE P r o g r e s s On Annual V e r y Sati s f a c t o r y To Staff The selection of beauties for the 1929 Glomerata, made by Earl Carroll, is announced to-day by the staff. The young ladies chosen are Misses Elizabeth Davis, of Montgomery; Madge Hardy, of Birmingham; Mary Phillips Orme, of Atlanta; Marjorie Clifton of Atlanta; Janice Lane, of Sylacau-ga; Bo Prather, of Miami, Florida. These selections were made from a large number of pictures sent to the New York theatrical producer by the staff, and represent the pick of an authority on feminine pulchritude. Mr. Carroll stated that he made a very careful examination of the photographs sent to him and that his choice is the result of much consideration. The staff has a number of photographs that were handed in for this section but that were not chosen, and would like to be notified if any of these pictures are to be used in the Senior Favorites section. The staff reports that the progress on the Glomerata is about normal for this time of the school year, and that indications point to a very good annual for the class of 1929. Proofs have been received on much of the work, and the staff is more than satisfied with them. Local Circle ODK To Be Represented McGhee and Ford to Attend National Conventions If present plans materialize, Omega Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa will have a large representation at the 'National Convention which will be held at the University of Alabama, March 1 and 2. Addison McGhee, president of Omega Circle and Joe Ford, business manager of the Glomerata will be the official delegates of the local circle. A number of others have expressed a desire to attend, according to announcements made today by officers of the circle. Dean W. L. Prince of the University of Richmond, national president of the fraternity who installed Omega Circle last May will preside over the convention. From recent reports it is estimated that approximately one hundred members of the order will attend the convention. The Supreme Council of Omicron Delta Kappa will convene in Tuscaloosa, Feb. 28, the day before the convention starts. Out of twenty-four circles, sixteen have a rating of A. Omega Circle, the youngest chapter and the only one located in a technical institution is given first rating. KNAPP CONDUCTS YMCA DISCUSSION Speaks To Normal Group Monday- Night of This Week High ideals and Christian leadership are the two important duties of the Y. M. C. A. lieutenants in carrying out the "Y" program, according to Dr. Knapp, who conducted the first "Y" Normal Discussion of the semester Monday night, February 18. Although last semester's work was very successful, there is room fdr greater advancement, and it was brought out by Dr. Knapp that the burden for this advancement rests upon the shoulders of the lieutenants. The captains, majors and president can be a great help, but they do not have the oportunity to mee tthe boys as do the lieutenants. Hence they must convey the ideals and principles of the "Y" to the students. Won Fifty Yard High Hurdles In M e a d o w b r o o k G a m e s. INJURES ANKLE MUSCLES A p p e a r s Again To Surprise Fans Weems Baskin, former Alabama Polytechnic Institute track star, now with the New York Athletic Club has broken two world's records in the past six days. In the New York A. C. games in Madison Square Garden Monday night, he won the sixty-yard high hurdles in record time, beating the world's record Jjy a good margin. In the Meadowbrook games in Philadelphia Tuesday night he won the fifty yard high hurdles heat in 6.5 seconds, breaking the world's record of 6.6. In the final heat he crossed the tape first with a time equalling the world's mark. The finish was only 10 yards from the fourth and last hurdle. Although the wall was padded, due to Baskin's immense frame and his momentum, he injured his ankle when he could not stop before reaching the wall. An x-ray revealed that although no bones were broken several ligaments were badly torn. It was expected that he would not appear, again this season. Much to the surprise of fans, he entered the race Monday night. Baskin is the product of Coach Wil- Wilbur Hutsell. After completing his college career at Auburn where he was prominent on the cinder path, he has since broken several national and world's- records. Blue Key Completes Housing Program Has Cooperated With Officials For Past Two Years Breaks World Records On Hurdles COTTON STATES TOURNAMENT TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON LIONS CLUB INVITES PRESS CLUB MEMBER According to a statement issued today by Rosser Alston, chairman of the committee in charge of housing and entertaining the visiting high school basketball teams, representing the Blue Key Honor Fraternity, final arrangements have been completed for their welfare. For the past two years Blue Key has cooperated with athletic officials in making the Cot-otn States Tournament successful. Coach Hutsell, founder of the Cotton States Interscholastic Basketball Tournament in 1922, was present at the Blue Key luncheon Tuesday, and in a brief address commended the fraternity for the work done in the past, and stated that he saw in the Blue Key a practical, wide-awake group of leaders ready to cooperate and further interests of the institution. Wednesday afternoon, night, and Thursday morning, as the contesting teams arrive, they will be taken in charge by members of the fraternity. Blue. Key has taken over the responsibility of housing and entertaining the teams while they are here. First they will aid in getting the arriving teams registered, and then will distribute them among the different fraternities that are cooperating with the Blue Key in caring for them. All sixteen teams have been housed, and arrangements made for their care while they are here. The visiting teams, while guests of the college, will be honorees at the special ceremony on Washington's birthday, when Congressman Bowling will address the Cadet Corps. The Corps will be reviewed by Governor Graves and his staff. HIXON IS TAKEN TO MONTGOMERY Professor Charles R. Hixon, of the department of mechanical engineering left Auburn Tuesday morning for Montgomery to- undergo a serious operation for internal complications. Being operated on Wednesday morning, he had, according to reports received Wednesday afternoon, successfully survived the operation and begun to convalesce. He is in Saint Margaret's hospital. Falling in line with the progressive attitude taken by the Kiwanis Club last week when it invited a representative of the Plainsman to be present at each of its weekly meetings, the Lions Club makes the announcement to-day of the extension of a standing invitation to the Plainsman to have one of its reporters present at their open meetings. By taking this commendable action the Lions Club assures the townspeople of Auburn of an interesting and reliable account each week of the happenings at these luncheons, which are naturally of great interest to the public. When such a group of men, as attend these meetings, get together, news is in the making, and by inviting a member of the Press Club to be present the Lions Club makes it possible for the Plainsman to give the news to the citizens of Auburn in much less time than would otherwise be possible. BIDS ARE BEING TAKEN FOR NEW ROTC UNIFORM According to information received from Major Kennedy, the officers in charge of R. O. T. C. instruction are busy working on the details for Auburn's ne wuniforms. The change is to go into effect at the beginning of the term in September 1929. Various firms which manufacture high grade uniforms have been asked to quote prices, submit samples of cloth, and make up uniforms for the officers to inspect. The officials of the.War Department plan to nave on hand by fall at the beginning of the semester a sufficient number of uniforms to equip all basic students. Advanced course students will prdbably have made-to-measure uniforms of the same general cut as that of the basic students. The present Junior class will retain their present uniforms until they graduate, and will not be required to buy new uniforms. This plan will work out all right as they will be Seniors then, holding the position of cadet officers, and will not be in the ranks. The announcement of change in style of uniforms has been met with enthusiasm and universal approvement by the students, faculty and officers in charge at Auburn. DANCE PLANNED FOR THE SECOND ENGINEER'S DAY GOV. GRAVES TO REVIEW R.O.T.C. FRIDAY. FEB. 22 Double-Header Game F e a t u r es Program W. B. BOWLING TO SPEAK Dr. and Mrs. Knapp Will Entertain Board Trustees Blue Key Has Charge of Local Entertainment SIXTEEN TEAMS ENTERED Only Members of State Associa t i o n s Invited Seven New Courses In Extension Work The addition of seven correspondence courses in bookkeeping, accounting, and related lines of study were announced Monday by Dr. B. R. Sho-walter, director of extension teaching at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. These courses include one in elementary bookkeeping, elementary accounting, principles of accounting, cost accounting, public accounting and auditing, business arithmetic, and business English. (Continued on page 6) The six hundred odd Engineers on the campus will doff their overalls and turn out Friday, March 29th, for the second annual Engineer's Day. Tau Beta Pi, in conjunction with the other technical societies, will conduct the amusements. There will be no classes in the engineering school after twelve o'clock, the first number on the program is an entertainment, featuring a technical movie and other numbers. A banquet will be held that night with a speaker of note present. After the banquet there will be the crowning event of the day, an all engineers' danct, held at the gym from 9:30 'till 2:00. This is one of the first new movements that coincides with Dr. Knapp's idea of more of the right kind of social life on the campus. Last year marked the first Engineer's Day. The attendance was about two hundred. It was a success. This year the plans are of a much wider scope. The attendance will be correspondingly in creased. Unfortunately, the banquet facilities are limited so the banquet tickets will probably not number over a hundred and fifty. The gym ought to be big enough to hold all the engineers for the dance. Watch the Plainsman for further details. Pharmacy Dean Is To Inspect Auburn Is Head of the Pharmacy College at Ohio State According to information received by Prof. L. S. Blake, head of the local school of Pharmacy, from Dean C. B. Jordon, chairman executive committee of the American Association College of Pharmacy, an inspection of Alabama Polytechnic Institute school of Pharmacy will be made by Dr. C. A. Dye. Mr. Dye is dean of the college of Pharmacy at Ohio State University. This inspection is conducted every three years. At the last regular meeting of the association, held in Portland, Maine, August, 1928, the assdciation voted that beginning the scholastic year of 1932 the minimum course in Pharmacy at all member institutions must be the four year course. This will mean that the present three year course will not be offered after that date. These institutions to be inspected shall be incorporated as a college or school of Pharmacy, or be a department of a regular incorporated educational institution, or a department of a state university, or under the supervision by an incorporated pharmaceutical society. On his trip south Dr. Dye will inspect the University of Tennessee and Meharry College at Nashville. Auburn is the only college in the state of Alabama holding membership in this Association and was the fifth college in the country and the first in the South to obtain membership. The course was established in the year of 1896. The annual features of Washington's birthday will be celebrated on the Auburn campus Friday, February 22. The Military department has planned an elaborate program and are expecting to have the best review of the year on that day. The ROTC b u r n athletic unit will assemble at ten o'clock and at ten fifteen the Adjutant's call will be given. The unit will be reviewed by Governor Graves, Congressman Bowling, Dr. Knapp and other members of the board of trustees. Each year the governor of Alabama comes to this festival, and it is especially interesting to Gov. Graves because he is an ex-army officer, attaining many honors while he was in service. Following the review, the ceremonies will be continued in Lang-don Hall, at which time Judge W. B. Bowling will be the principal speaker. Judge Bowling is a widely known speaker and everyone who can possibly hear him should accept the opportunity. Following this address, Dr. and Mrs. Knapp will entertain Gov. Graves, Judge Bowling, and other members of the board of trustees. At one thirty the board of trustees will hold their regular meeting, and at two o'clock there will be a double-header baseball game played between the first and second battalions and between the third battalion and engineers. These games will be played on the varsity field. Dr. Knapp Speaks At Farm Bureau Meeting Pictures Changes That Have Occurred In Agriculture Optimism for the future of agriculture predominated at the joint meeting and barbecue of the Montgomery County Farm Bureau and the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs at the courthouse last Saturday. Dr. Bradford Knpap was the principal speaker. Charles W. Rittenour, president of the County Farm Bureau, presided. Declaring that to protect and build soil fertility, produce most of the food consumed by the family and all of the food consumed by the livestock and to get a cash income from at least three sources is a safe plan for agriculture, Dr. Knapp reached the climax of his speech. He pointed out to the fact that the experiment station of Auburn is and has been finding out facts for farmers of the state and that the extension service is functioning to carry these messages to the rural people. Before giving the safe program for agriculture, Dr. Knapp made a plea to the people present to stand by him and other officials of the college in seeing that Auburn is not cut off from the rural schools and life of the state. He said that it is very important that the right kind of teachers be placed in the rural schools in order that they may give a better point of view to agriculture, thus causing the boys and girls to have a desire to stay on the farm. Dr. Knapp said: "If you cut the agricultural leaders, thinkers and workers off from the school system of the state; if you deprive Auburn of its chance to have a place in influencing what is taught and how it is taught in the country school of Alabama, you have sent the state into the race with other states with one foot hobbled. Teachers trained one way can strip the country of its best- (Continued on page 6) According to an announcement issued today by Coach Wilbur Hutsell, in charge of the Eighth Annual Cotton States Basketball Tournament, final plans have been completed and all is in readiness for the coming of the sixteen high school teams that will compete for honors in the cage meet. Five states will be represented in the tourney this year, Coach Hutsell said. The drawings were made by Au-officials yesterday morning and the sixteen teams notified. The teams will be met on arrival by representatives of the Blue Key Honor Society who have complete charge of local arrangements and entertainment. The tournament this year will be held under the rules and regulations of the National High School Athletic Federation, official sanction having been given by that body. According to the rules, many strong teams who have made good records in the past will not compete this year because they are not members of the state associations. After careful comparison of the records by Auburn coaches, the sixteen teams whose records were considered best were issued invitations Monday. Coach Hutsell has been in telegraphic communication with the various teams since their acceptance. Several quintets registered yesterday afternoon and last night. The remainder are expected to arrive early today. While in Auburn the visitors will be the guests of the college. Fraternities who will keep teams while here are Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Delta, Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Pi, Square and Compass, Alpha Lambda Tau, Theta Kappa Nu, Theta Chi, Sigma Phi Sigma, Phi Delta Chi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Phi Kappa Tau, and the Tau Omega Chi. The Cotton States cage tourney was founded in 1922 by Coach Wilbur Hutsell. During the first year 29 teams entered. The following year 20 teams entered. In 1924 the present plan was inaugurated which tends to foster fairer competition. Those who have won the Cotton States title in past years are: 1922— Tech High, University High, runner-up; 1923—G. M. A., University High, runner up; 1924—Simpson High, G. M. A., runner-up; 1925—Marshall-ville (Ga.), G. M. A., runner-up; (Continued on page 6) YWCA COUNCIL MEMBER VISITS Has Conducted Numerous Meetings Here Since Arriving Miss Carrie E. Mears, of the student council of the Y. W. C. A., is in Auburn, making a visit to the Auburn chapter of the Y. W. C. A. Miss Mears, with the headquarters in New York, is secretary of the National Student Council of the Y. W. C. A., and is now touring the South, visiting the student chapters in the colleges and universities in this section of the country. The purpose of Miss Mears' visit is to make a visit to the chapter, and discuss the phases of Y. W. C. A. work, and at the same time discuss any problems that concern the organization. Miss Mears arrived in Auburn Friday night, having visited several colleges in Georgia; she arrived too late to attend the banquet of the Auburn Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. Since she has been here, several meetings have been conducted, and Miss Blanche Tancredi, president of the Auburn chapter, announces that an open meeting will be held on Sun-dsy afternoon at two o'clock. PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. gtyg f kinsman Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala. 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 Davidson, '32; W. M. Taylor, '32. BUSINESS STAFF George Carden, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr. Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr. W. B. Jones, '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. and that they will feel justly repaid when such is rendered in return. At this time we are not at all unmindful of the national distinction Auburn has attained through military channels during the past eight years. We attribute this largely to the efficient management in military facilities here. What an advantage these new uniforms can be made in carrying our honors still further. With these new uniforms, a substantial foundation in military work, and such an efficient corps of commanding officers as graces our unit, we should have not limiting factor in pleasant, efficient R. O. T. C. training henceforth. Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Miss Dobbs Honors Auburn Almost daily, it seems, are we reminded that the men and women connected with Auburn are nationally recognized and appreciated. A distinct honor comes to us, as well as to our Dean of Women personally, when she is selected by the president of the National Education Association of the United States as a delegate from this country to the conference of the World Feredation Education Association to be held in Geneva, Switzerland next summer. Miss Dobbs has not yet decided whether she will accept the appointment or not, but we hope that she can do so, and be one of the representatives of this country at the international meeting.. We congratulate Miss Dobbs upon receiving this outstanding recognition, and we congratulate Auburn upon being honored indirectly by having this appointment come to our Dean of Women. Kiwanis Invites Reporter To Luncheon The recent action of the Kiwanis club, in inviting the Press Club to send a representative to each meeting is appreciated very much by this paper. By this means the paper will be able accurately to report the activities of this important civic club, and one reporter will be given the opportunity each week to enjoy the luncheon of the club, meeting there the leaders of the town. Universal Approval Well Merited The recent announcement made by the Military Department here, relates to securing grey uniforms of a different style to those now being used, is meeting with practically universal approval among the student body. It is generally regarded that this move is one of distinct advancement in Auburn's Military field. Apparently this is a denotation of advancement which is in keeping with the splendid progressive-ness exercised by Military authorities here during recent years. The Plainsman, believing that it expresses the sentiments of the vast majority of students here, justly lauds the R. O. T. C. department for this accomplishment. And not only is our praise restricted to this one act, but it is offered in commendation of the many other attributes attained during recent years—and which bids fair to continue as the years come and go. Despite the rambling criticisms sometimes directed at the Auburn Military department, its executives invariably hold the best interests of the institution and the students^ in view, working steadily toward this end. And, seemingly regardless of proffered rebuke or criticism, improvements founded upon thorough management continue to flow our way. This we unreservedly attribute to the efficient and capable personnel that constitutes the leadership of an important, developing branch of the college—the R. O. T. C. unit. Appearance and care of present uniforms have been repeated objects of would-be severe criticism. One cadet bemoans the fact that during his two years of compulsory military training here, he has spent enough time wrapping leggins to purchase a complete uniform that would require no such waste of time.. With the arrival of new, straight-leg trousers as the present proposal implies, this grudge can not longer be resorted to. Keeping the khaki in a respectably dressy appearance has also been a mark of buffeting; with the smooth, snappy greys this will also have to be discarded. Members of the R. O. T\ C. unit should bear in mind, however, that this advantage is being offered for their benefit, and they will be expected to make the very best of it. While the uniform is a necessary part of the soldier, we must not overlook the truth in the old adage that "Clothes do not make the man." The appearance of gray uniforms will not mean that we are to lounge on easy cushions in our rooms while these snappy suits parade perfectly in drill for us. It will be up to the students in R. O. T. C. here to prove their appreciation of this advantage in new dress with military service and bearing in accordance to the effort expended in securing it. We believe the officers will ask or expect no more recompense for their efforts than this, Letters to the Editor Editor, The Plainsman, Auburn, Alabama. Dear Sir: We were greatly amused at the stand taken by Mr. Benjamin Provost in your issue of the fourteenth in respect to engineering students and their courses. We might add that if your, advertising programs falls down you might offer the above mentioned article to College Humor, Uncle Billie's Whiz Bang, etc. Mr. Provost takes the attitude that the only requisite of a good engineer is a few years of experience in digging ditches, climbing poles and fixing leaky toilets while the reqisites of an academic man, or as he infers, a gentleman, are many years of study in art, music, philosophy, literature, economics, languages, history and politics. In our opinion he has the cart before the horse. Mr. Provost's idea of engineers learning how to build bridges, mine coal, and operate power plants by only the \vell known teacher, "Experience," is not only impractical but illogical. When you begin to compare the results obtained by a man whose knowledge is limited only to experience to those obtained by a man who has had the advantage of a technical education the illogicalness of the above argument is quite apparent. We would like to ask this highly cultivated columnist' whether he would for example rather leave "terra firma" in an airplane designed by a thoroughly practical and technical aeronautical engineer or one designed by a man who has worked in an airplane factory for a few years? Most likely Benjamin's fool-hardiness and desire to uphold his cherished principals exceeds his common sense. He states that he expected to find men with an open minded scientific attitude toward education when he came to Auburn, but instead found men who would not realize the value of a cultural education. It seems that Mr. Provost is slightly narrow minded himself when he refuses to recognize the value of a technical training. Even Francis Bacon, one of the most cultured men who ever spoke the English language, realized the value of science and devoted many years of his life towards that end. Benjamin insinuates that one who pursues a technical education is taking a short cut to a college degree. It seems to us that a man who studies art, music, philosophy, literature, economics, languages, history, and politics to the exclusion of all else in this practical age of science and invention is merely taking a short cut through life. For after all this is a pretty practical old world and we would like to ask where such airy minded idealists as Mr. Provost would be if it were not for the practical hard thinking engineers of today. Technically yours, N. G. NEERS. Thoughtlessness, indifference or poor sportsmanship, whatever it was, the action of a large group on Monday night in getting up and starting out of the room at least three minutes before the end of the game with Florida was inexcusable in every way. I cannot understand it. I have seen this student body stand fast and stay to the bitter end on the foot ball field time after time and have admired their fine sportsmanship on such occasions. Surely, the team had an off night. It was hard to watch. But you must remember that the same team has played a good game and will play a good game again in the future. Not only was this action discourteous to our visitors but more so to our own men. It created confusion, lost us any advantage there might have been in the last few minutes of the game. I felt much ashamed to think this action might hurt us in our standing among real men and our rival colleges. Let us resolve that this shall never happen again. Let every real Auburn man stick to his place until the last gun is fired. Stay put! When we have to take defeat let us stand up and take it like men and not slink away with backs turned. As I have said, this may have been thoughtlessness, indifference or poor sportsmanship but whatever it is let us see to it that the same thing does not happen twice. * - * * - iii * The world of today is advancing along most lines with great rapidity. This is peculiarly true of the sciences. What was taught yesterday is behind the times today. Some men forget this truth because they are not awake to these things. No teacher of today can travel the rut of routine, teaching the same thing yesterday, today and forever and do either himself, his students or his college justice. This day and age demands of every teacher that he know the last word, the most recent discovery, the- most advanced truth of his subject. Every member of the faculty must devote time to the task of keeping up. I recognize the fact that the administration must help by encouragement and plan but no administration can do it all. We must move together. « AUBURN FOOTPRINTS " L i t t l e T h i n g s" By Tom Bigbee One smile is worth far more than a dozen frowns at any stage of the game. Which brings to mind that fact that the spirit displayed at the first game with Florida this week wasn't at all commendable. Try to picture your own self on the court, fighting as if for dear life to win; then how do you suppose you would -feel on glancing around to see your classmates filing out of the gym? Desertion has never won a battle; neither has it contributed to the fight or reserve of our basketball team when it is doing its vei-y best to win. Looks like somebody will have to go back and hunt up some of the old Auburn Spirit— the kind that keeps the student body yelling and whooping through the last whistle, and even after the gun has been fired.. We believe it is nothing short of a downright shame to desert our team in action. When are we going to awaken to the realisation that five men can't win a game alone? The players themselves will tell you that the spirit of the student body is their major motive. And if we are going to destroy that, then what care should the team have for even trying to win? Try to imagine yourself playing a game before a razzing, hissing, disloyal group of spectators—would you feel pepped up over it? This is a very serious matter that we should direct more devotion into. Think it over seriously. You fellows who grumbled chronically over having to wear slouchy khaki in drill —what are you going to hatch up for a "griping" subject now? Monday morning: So much to do! Saturday night: So little done. And so, far far into the weeks. THE GEDUNK I am the playful Gedunk. I am fairly bubbling over with fun at all times and must out with it on all occasions. It makes no difference to me whether or not someone is trying to study or is busy with something else, I must have my little practical joke. I can think of such original tricks to play on my friends, no one ever knows what to expect next, and I do enjoy it. No circumstance is ever too serious or is anyone ever too busy to prevent me from having my fun. A few people have hinted that I am a bore and that perhaps it would have been better had I never been born. If I feel good, why should not the whole world benefit by it? Since my wit is not sought, I shall force it upon you. HELP? Dear Junior Civils, ^-- I have been informed that my brother, J. D. Hawshaw has been seen in your midst. He left home with the deepest determination (and my watch) to become as great a detective as his Father. His last letter stated that he was mixed up in a gang with Jimmie Ware, alias "Ladies Man", Bob Willingham alias "Jazz Baby", John Wilson, alias "Sheffield Shiek", and A. V. Smith, alias "Miss Hap." Friends I implore your aid in finding my lost brother, saving him from these infamdus men. It is also rumored that he is taking a subject from a certain professor who is closely connected with the town of London, and has acquired habits of same town. Again I ask your aid in finding my brother. Don't let him join the W's. A sorrow stricken brother U. R. HAWKSHAW, 215 Pratt Hall W. C. A., Montgomery, Ala. * * * * * « * • THE JOURNEY OF LIFE In the early dawn, with sails full set, The ships of Life put forth to sea, With waters calm, and steady breeze, Nor can we tell what their fates will be. They start at par; all side by side, And sail to the West in the path of the sun, \_ To begin the great journey of Life's one intent; By nightfall their journey is lost—or won! A contrary breeze from the South springs up n^And strengthens to the fury of an ocean gale. One by one the ships veer off, Til one alone to the West holds sail. By noon they are scattered all over the sea, One here, one there, and one heading West, And hour by hour, as the day goes by, Pulling farther and farther ahead of the rest. As the sun sinks low, to the water's edge, This one holds true to the harrowing test, And with sails full set, still holding her course, She sails alone to the Golden West. —-Convict Number 969. * * * * * * * * CALL ME AT 4G How come they call you big toe? Somebody told me the other day that you 'us an old heel, but I said I thought you 's jam up cause I lairks you so-o-o-o much. You do say the cutest things in your tabbleoid sheet. I'll tell you a secret—the reason I thinks so much of you, Pigg-Wiggy, is that you are so goshamighty clever. Great Big Digit (that's my nicky-namy for you) have you ever been down in that awful Ag Bottom? I's reading a book the other day on how to make love, and my roommate said I's wasting my time. Told me to go down there and I'd find out heaps. Well, sir, I goes down there and the first thing I hear is "smack!" somewhere over in the bushes. Now I believe somebody slapped somebody's face—cause I is so innocent—but then I was downright scairt . I yelled, and whattayano? Folks come arunning out of them bushes like pigs, but for me I thinks they'us having a lit society meeting or something—cause maybe I ain't supposed to know what they'us really doing. Diggy, if you lairks me a little bit, whatta you say we go down in the farmer's ditch and sow some oats, and oh, the reeping of 'em. , . Burningly, MOO COW EDD. MEDITATIONS ON THIS AND THAT ^By ^Benjamin Trovosh~ WITH OTHER COLLEGES BRING ON THE RED FLANNELS Presbyterian College's football team may appear in knitted football pants next season, according to the Presbyterian College Blue Stocking. The advantage' of the knitted pants is in their ability to streth and give with the movements of the body. There is no interference with the free leg motion of the kicker, nor is there any strain in the position of the lineman. * * * * * RATHER THE SMELL OF TOBACCO THAN—? "I hate to see a girl smoke a cigarette because I object to kissing a gill whose breath smells of tobacco." This is the consensus of opinion at the University of Minnesota anent the subject of co-eds who smoke. That's strange. Most men do not strenuously object to women smoking as a matter of principle, but they do protect when "their girl" smokes. * * * * * AMONG WHICH W. A. P. I. IS BEST Radio is rapidly gaining recognition in the colleges, both as a medium for broadcasting college activities and as a course, of study for those who wish to make it their life work. Many of the larger stations are employing only college men in the capacity of announcer or director—men who have had microphone experience. There are now sixty-three college radio stations in the United States. This is particularly remarkable, since it must be remembered that radio as a college institution is comparatively new. The college broadcast lectures, educational talks, talent recruited from the student body, etc. Some of the schools have large and beautiful studios with a staff of artists equal to any commercial station. :j: m m _ j|c ^ SUCH IS THE PURPOSE OF THOSE That "hoboing" is popular among Furman men as well as students of practically all other universities and colleges, is a well-established fact. Also, the fact that some time is taken out in the lazy art of waiting for rides is also shown by other things than statistics. At the point where the Newberry road is joined by the Columbia cut-off, about two miles this side of Newberry, there is a sign-post with several signs on it. Perusing this board a few days -ago, a pair of Furman men discovered that the same trail had been used by others, and those others had to wait a little there also. On the backs of the signs, there are names of numerous students from Clemson, Furman, Carolina, Auburn, Citadel and other colleges. Some of themvput the date of their passage there, and still others left brief notes for some who were presumably following close behind them. Why don't 9 somebody start an honorary frat for hoboes? Probably the opinion is that, one would have to cease activity though after being elected, as in other honorary fraternities. WOULDN'T IT GO BIG HERE An attempt at Northwestern to estab-i lish a "Dutch" system of dating where men | and women would share equally in the expenses resulted in two poorly attended dances. Although women are geting more and more into salaried positions that make them partly or totally independent, it will be a long time before they will give up the security of having a man to fall back on when they tire of work or develop a strong penchant for homes and babies. Letting the boy friend pay for the movie is one way of training the husband to pay the rent or taxes. Students at Northwestern were flying in the face of human nature. It is surprising that they failed. * * * * * MEN HAVE MORE SENSE Going to college seems to have a bad effect upon the weaker sex, if statistics mean anything, or at least it serves to make them more independent. Only forty-six per cent of the women who receive sheep-skins from Ohio State ever partake in matrimonial bliss. The statement is also made that only in Arkansas and Massachusetts do the majority of women graduates marry. The statement has been made that fig-gures don't lie, but these may be taken to mean one of two things; either women become wise with education, or men graduate with more sense. The correct interpretation depends upon the prejudices of the individual. 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. * * * * * THE ORDER of business for today seems to be explaining something that I have previously written. Every day my already-low opinion of my ability to express what is on my mind is further lowered by finding people who misunderstand something that I say or write. Two engineers literally lay me low in a letter published on this page today, because they seem to think that I undervalue the worth and importance of technical training. The members of the debating teams • are complaining that the Plainsman has taken a very unsympathetic attitude toward forensics, because of some, remarks printed in this column. Unless the editor can find something else with which to fill up this space in each issue I will soon have to hire a cartoonist to draw illustrations of my points; I can't seem to get them across. A! S FOR THE engineers; my contention is that many students in the academic school were narrowminded because they refused to attach any value to technical education, and that some technical students here are narrowminded when they refuse to see any worth in a cultural training. Many students at both schools are not narrow—many of them see the other man's point and see the necessity for both. I complained about the viewpoint of the academic students; when I came here I expected to find things different, but too many technical men have the same narrow outlook. The two engineers have the impression that the scorn of technicians is my view; that I say learn only by experience; that is false; I only remarked what many of my classmates at the other school believed. I did not insinuate that a technical course is a short cut to an education; I mentioned having heard that view expressed elsewhere. I am fully aware that the misunderstanding is merely the result of my crude expression; I no more agree with one narrow view than with the other; I fully appreciate the value of trained technicians; I had not meant to express any personal view; I meant to present the two conflicting views and to call them both narrow-minded. I hope that this will clear the column of the charge of narrow-mindedness made by the correspondents. I assure the engineers that "narrowminded ignoramus" fits the academic student as well as it does the other, and that it is applicable only to a certain number of both. * * * * * IN LAST Sunday's issue I made a few remarks about debating. I thought that I was paying the debaters a high compliment by saying that debating is not for the hoi-polloi; I thought that I was making it clear that I didn't believe the dumb majority would be competent to judge complex arguments. However, I hear that I have slammed forensics. Now I know that only men with a certain type of mind can become successful debators. I know this because I once tried to debate. I repeat, I tried. The certain type of mind is above the average in clearness and alertness. The debater must think quickly, deeply and in a logical manner. He must be able to put across his points in a convincing manner. For this reason I say that debating is not for the masses; it is not for the rah-rah boys. I doubt that the whole school was ever deeply interested in forensics because only in Utopia would one find a student body 100 per cent competent to be interested. TO-MORROW is Washington's birthday anniversary. Our news editor Tom Brown, is tearing around the office calling the War Department naughty names because their idea of celebrating the birthday of the "father of American freedom" is to make him, (Tom) stay in Auburn and drill. Tom claims that it isn't consistent at all; that we should celebrate by having a day of freedom in commemoration of Washington's work. THE STIRRUP-CUP Death, thou'rt a cordial old and rare: Look how compounded, with what care! Time got his wrinkles reaping thee Sweet herbs from all antiquity. David to thy distillage went, Keats, and Gotana excellent, Omar Khayyam, and Chaucer bright, And Shakspere for a king-delight. Then, Time, le tnot a drop be spilt: Hand me the cup whene'er thou wilt; 'Tis thy rich stirrup-cup to1 me; I'll drink it down right smilingly. •—Sidney Lanier. \ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE I PARKER PEN COMPANY PROMOTES INTEREST IN AVIATION BY TOUR The Parker Pen Company, Janes-ville, Wisconsin, has long been a believer in coimniercial aviation and operates its own airplane to speed up the conduct of its business. Wishing to do their bit to encourage interest in aviation among college students, officials of the company have arranged to have the plane visit as many colleges as possible during its trips around the country. At each college, complimentary flights are given to a certain number of students, usually selected by drawing for "lucky numbers" conducted under the auspices of the college newspaper. r~~ At Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, over 1700 students registered for a chance for a free "air ride," which is typical of the interest shown at every college the plane has visited to date. During the winter months, the; plane is being operated in Southern States, and the following colleges are included in its itinerary: Georgia Institute of Technology, Tulane University, Rice Institute, University of Texas, University of Kansas, University of Missouri. 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It has double the horse power of the ordinary cabin monoplane, as this provides an additional factor of safety in taking off in small fields or flying over mountainous territory where high flying is advisable. The plane will climb to an altitude of 20,000 feet with full load, and will climb the first 10,000 feet in 13 minutes. It is equipped with every device for safety and comfort—brakes on the wheels for quick stopping on the ground and easy maneuvering, heated cabin, quarter-million candlepower landing lights, and many other technical devices recently developed to aid safe flying. The pilot, Edgar PaParle, has a record of over 3,000 flying hours—a rec-or dequalled by few airmen in this country. The Parker plane, painted red with black-tipped wings to conform to' the well known Duofold pen color scheme, always attracts attention wherever it goes, and thus makes a very effective advertising medium for the Parker Pen Company and its products. Wilsonian Society Musical Program Georgia Tech Golden Tornado Takes To Air in Parker Plane HIGH PRESSURE STUDY IS WORTHY MUCH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION Edgar LaParle, Pilot of the Parker Pen Airplane, "Parker Duofold," and members of the Georgia Tech Football team who were given complimentary flights during the plane's recent visit to Atlanta. The program of the Wilsonian Literary Society Tuesday night was unusually interesting throughout. Mr. P. H. Alsobrook told of the inquiries he had made as to some of Ripley's sayings in the "Believe it or not" section of The Montgomery Advertiser. Alsobrook has learned from Ripley that Washington's birthday is not February 22, but is February 11, due to the calendar being changed in the eighteenth century. "John's History Lesson" was read by Miss Lottie Collins. The history student seemed to have every historical event centered around the year 1492. The society was favored by several musical numbers by Reaves and Raines on their guitars. "COLLEGE MEN"—COME TO SEE US FOR Nunnally's Candies, Kodaks and Films, John Holland Fountain Pens THOMASON DRUG STORE—OPELIKA, ALA. BANK OF AUBURN We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business OPELIKA PHARMACY INC. Prescription Druggist YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED Phone 72 Opelika, Ala. Chevrolet Meeting At Birmingham More than four hundred Chevrolet Dealers, sales managers and bankers from Alabama and Western Florida were guests at an elaborate sales meeting and banquet given by the Chevrolet Motor Company in Birmingham at the Tutwiler Hotel a few days ago. Following the banquet an excellent vaudeville shohv was provided for the visitors. Mr. M. D. Douglas, Assistant General Sales Manager of the Company, was toastmaster. The principal speaker was Mr. P. Sever, the Birmingham Zone Sales Manager, who pointed out that the Birmingham Zone would share in a large measure in the success of the company this year. "In Birmingham Zone it may be truthfully said that when the automobile business is on a sound basis, other industries also show progress," said Mr. Sever. "It is in this region that we have the great cotton belt and the largest center in the world for coal and iron industries," concluded this Zone Manager. Mr. Bain, local Chevrolet dealer, declared after a careful observation of the playlets portraying new and effective marketing ideas for the dealers, he was sure that 1929 would be a banner year for Chevrolet dealers. "The excellent suggestions given us by the high Chevrolet officials will enable the Chevrolet dealers to render the highest type of service to his community," said the local dealer. Among the speakers at the meeting were M. D. Douglas, Ass't. General Sales Manager, P. Sever, Zone Sales Manager, Wm. A. Blees, Managers Dealers Finance and Acounting, J. H. Blackmore, Ass't. Sales Promotion Manager, T. E. Chancellor, Ass't. Manager Truck Division, J. P. Little, Manager Parts & Service Division and Will Power, Manager of Show Productions. PHI BETA KAPPA BE ESTABLISHED The Tallahassee Association of Phi Beta Kappa held a meeting last Thursday in which definite plans for Alpha Lambda Tau To Hold Convention The national convention of Alpha Lambda Tau will be held in Birmingham in April with the Eta chapter at Howard College, the Beta chapter at The poor student who delays his work until the last few days of the semester has long been the object of professional excoriation. . . This student turns in all required work, a trifle late, perhaps slightly condensed, but practically always intact. The reward? He is lucky to rate more than the traditional "D." Often his results are of higher quality than those of the student who is content to remit the assignments as per schedule. Many times it is of at applying for a charter of the society Uuburn and the Birmingham Alumni for Florida State College for Women | A s s o c i a t i o n a c t i n g a s h o s t s H e a d. were made. This association has been working for about four years to secure a charter. There is the hope that Florida State College for Women will be accepted at the next triennial convention in 1931. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most distinguished honorary scholastic fraternity. It was organized in 1776 and admits only persons of the highest scholastic standing. In each triennium not more than three charters are granted in each district of which there are seven in the United States. quarters will be at the Tutwiler Hotel. Committees on entertainment are already at work, and officials of the CITY OF AUBURN AN ORDINANCE To amend an Ordinance "To provide for the regulation of privies in the town of Auburn, Alabama, etc." adopted May 5, 1923. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Auburn, Alabama, as follows: Sec. 1. That Section 2 of an ordinance adopted on May 5, 1923, entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the regulation of privies in the Town of Auburn, Alabama, etc." be and the same is hereby amended so that it shall read as follows, to-wit: "Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to permit upon any property in Auburn, Alabama, a privy or dry closet of any kind or description for the reception of human excreta to be maintained or exist, where any of said property is or may be connected with the public sewer system of said City; except that where any such property is connected with the public sewer system, and one or more stools, commodes or water closets are in actual use i&nd operation, there may be maintained at the same time on such "Say it 'With ^lowers" FOR ALL OCCASIONS R0SEM0NT GARDENS Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA FLORISTS SHOWING ALL WEEK FEBRUARY 17-23 YOU HAVE SEEN / •THf0/#w or A /Mr/air-'my DOWN EAST'-'MS T£N COHHAM>M£NrS"~ mm£COV£#£D WAGON"-" B£N HU/9"~ 'THE B/G PAfiADE" arid TZOtV CECIL DEMILLE*S "PICTURE OF PICTURES" KINC^KINGS Presented by Pathe Synchronized on The PHOTOTONE Tivoli Theatre Montgomery, Ala. POPULAR PRICES Adults 50c Children 25c Widely Discussed Is "The King of Kings" One of the greatest events of the picture season will be the premier showing of Cecil B. De Mille's "King of Kings," at the Trivoli Theatre at Montgomery, Ala., all week beginning Sunday, Feb. 17. This picture has enjoyed a sensational success in New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadel-pia and Los Angeles, and has been more widely discussed by press, clergy and laity than any other motion picture since "The Birth of a Nation." The causes of the popularity of "The King of Kings" are not far to seek. Among them are the world's greatest story, the reverent dramatization of the life of Christ; supei-b acting of eighteen stars; 500 well-known players and 5,000 extra people; the restoring of a historical period in buildings, scenes, properties and costumes exceeding in elaborateness even "Ben- Hur"; and above all a vision' that truly realizes the infinite tenderness, humanity and uplift of the New Testament story. Local theatre goers are looking forward with great interest to H. B. Warner's embodiment of the title role. Among the other characters portrayed are St. Peter played by Ernest Tor-rence; the Magdalene, Jacqueline Logan; Mary Mother, Dorothy Cum-ming; the Roman Centurion, Montagu Love; Simon of Cyrene, William Body; Mary and Martha of Bethany, Josephine Norman and Julia Faye. Other fine characterizations are those of the two Schildkrauts as Caiaphas and Judas, Victor Varconi as Pilate, Sam De Grasse as the Pharisee, and Theodore Kosloff as the servant of the High Priest. CITY OF AUBURN AN ORDINANCE To further provide for the revenue of the City of Auburn. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Auburn, Alabama, as follows: Sec. 1. That each fire insurance company doing business in the City of Auburn, for the privilege of doing business within the limits of said city, shall pay to the City of Auburn a license tax which shall be an amount equivalent to $4.00 upon each $100.00 or major fraction thereof, of gross premiums, less return premiumSj on policies issued during the preceding year on property located within the City of Auburn; and no credit or deduction of any kind shall be allowed or made on account of the cost of re-insurance by such company in a company not authorized to do business in the State of Alabama; and provided that any new company doing business within the City of Auburn shall pay to the City of Auburn for the first year, or fraction thereof, of its operations, a license tax in the amount of $10.00, which shall be adjusted at the expiration of the first year, or fraction thereof, so that the license tax payable for the first year shall be equivalent to $4.00 for each $100.00, and major fraction thereof, of the gross premiums on policies issued during the year or part thereof, covering property within the City of Auburn, such companies thereafter to pay the license tax hereinabove provided for fire insurance companies. Sec. 2. That each insurance company, other than fire insurance companies, doing business within the City of Auburn, Alabama, shall pay to the City for the privilege of doing j business, a license tax for each year of $10.00, and in addition thereto I $1.00 on each $100.00 or major fraction thereof, of the gross permiums, less return premiums, received during the preceding year on policies issued during said year to citizens of said City of Auburn. Sec. 3. That the licenses herein provided for shall be paid for the year 1929, on or before the first day of May, 1929, and for each succeeding year shall be paid on or before the first day of March. Sec. 4. On the 31st' day of December, 1929, and of each year thereafter, or within sixty days after such 31st day of December, each insur-j Birmingham chapter and of the alumni association are hoping to make | property one pit privy as hereinafter the convention one of the most sue least average ranking. The semester grades, however, have never known to inspire the recipient of greater endeavors. Why should the so-called dilettante student be verbally lammed by unanimous faculty opinion? Regarding him as though he were purely a laboratory specimen, why doesn't he deserve the highest grades? In the commercial world the high-pressure worker who can turn out even ordinary work is always suitably rewarded. It's the man capable of quantity production on short notice who is in demand. He who can outline a selling campaign over night, or design a building, or write a novel, is a valued man. Therefore the student who is capable of turning out the semester's work in two days should be regarded with awe. Phi Beta Kappa should be proud to honor him as one of its own. Such a student demonstrates his caliber by his actions. cessful in the history of the frat. CITY OF AUBURN AN ORDINANCE To further provide for the public safety. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Auburn, Alabama, as follows: Sec. 1. That College Street, from the South margin of Miller Avenue to the North margin of Bragg Avenue, is hereby designated as and is declared to be a "Thru Street". Sec. 2. That Gay Street, from the South margin of Miller Avenue to the North margin of Mitcham Avenue is hereby designated as and declared to be a "Thru Street". Sec. 3. It shall be 'unlawful for any person to drive or propel, or cause to be driven or propelled, a vehicle of any kind into a Thru Street without first causing such vehicle to come to a complete stop with the front end of the vehicle, or head of the team if drawn by animals, to be when such stop is made, between the margin of such street and a line parallel to it not more than six feet from said margin. Sec. 4. Suitable signs shall be placed at each intersection bearing the words "Thru Street, Stop", or some similar warning signal. Sec. 5. Any person who shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall be punished by fine of not; less than $1.00 nor more than $100.00 and by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, one or both, at the discretion of the officer sitting as Recorder. "I, Bert Newton, Clerk of the City of Auburn, Alabama, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Auburn at a meeting held on the 19th day of February, 1929. Witness my hand, this 19th day of February, 1929. BERT NEWTON, City Clerk." defined. "I, Bert Newton, Clerk of the City of Auburn, Alabama, hereby certify I that the foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance duly adopted by the j City Council of the City of Auburn j at a meeting held on the 19th day of February, 1929. Witness my hand, this 19th day of February, 1929. BERT NEWTON, City Clerk." 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Packer's latest, in the Modern Duofold—aids college work immensely 24afogrcater ink capacity, s'zeforsize, than average pens. ance company which did any business in the City of Auburn during any part of the year of which such December 31st is the end, shall furnish to the Mayor of the City of Auburn a statement in writing, duly certified, showing the full and true amount of gross premiums received during such year on policies of fire insurance which covered property located within said City, and on policies of other insurance issued to citizens of said City, as required by the Act of the Legislature of Alabama, approved July 22, 1927, and shall accompany such statement with the amount of license, tax due according to the provisions of this Ordinance; and failure to furnish such statement, or to pay such amount shall subject the company and its agents to the penalty provided in this Ordinance for doing business without a license. Sec. 5. 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Florida had downed the Auburn quintet the night before 46-29. At the first of the game it was difficult for either team to score. Auburn finally made the first count when Mullin slipped one through the hoop with ease. This was three minutes after the whistle to begin had blown. Then Mullin scored the next point of the game by a free throw at the basket. This put Auburn in the lead 3-0 and it was six more minutes before either team was able to register another point. After this Florida began ringing them regular as did Auburn and Florida stepped only one point ahead of the Tigers, holding it a few seconds which was the only time they were in the lead. "Boots" Fulton, "Moon" Mullin, and DuBose went on a "spree auvui, .moi time and began dropping the ball through the basket. Mullin, the Tiger forward, led the scorrers with 15 points but he was closely followed by DuBose with his 14 points and McLucas with his 14 points. Auburn was leading the Gators 24-13 at the half which was quite a coincidence for Florida was leading the Tigers 24-13 at the half the night before. AUBURN (51): Mullin (15), and Fulton (12), forwards; DuBose (14), center; James (6), and Vines (4), guards. Subs.: Anderson. FLORIDA: (26): Crabtree (4), and Perrine, forwards; Clemmons (2), center; Waters (1), and Van- Sickle, guards. Subs.: McLucas (14), North (5), and Colson. Referee: Roosma (West Point). To Captain Plainsmen Gridders Tigers Lose Hard Fought Tilt to Tech Close Score 41-46 Alternate Captain Next Season Tigers "Shorty" will be the man to lead the "Tiger" eleven next fall. And he should be well qualified to fill the about this Position having played at practically every position on the team since entering Auburn. Shorty finished the past season at guard and it was at Rat Dribblers Complete Successful Season; Cop Fast Game From S.M.A. By Dick Jones The Rat dribblers of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute completed a most successful season Tuesday afternoon when they defeated the Southern Military Academy, 74-20, in the Auburn gym in an extra fast game that the winners jumped into the lead in the very beginning like a whirlwind. The Tigers scored their first three throws at the hoop before Southern even got the ball under their basket. After the Southern lads put a nice one in from the center of the floor Auburn swung into a scoring mood and Jordan, Lumpkin, Aldridge and Lawson continued it throughout the contest, rarely ever missing a shot. Then when the first half ended the | Auburn Tigers were leading 32-12. "Lefty" Jordan, the "Baby" Tiger hoop artist, led the scorers with 27 points. He scored 19 of them in the | first half of which he played only) a half. Williams was the star for the Southern Military lads, who are coached by "Nurmi" Nelson, a former Auburn star on the gridiron and on the cinder paths. Williams scored 10 points for the losers. Lineup and summary: AUBURN (74): Jordan (27), and Aldridge (7), forwards; Stewart (3), center; Kaley (4), and Hatfield (2), guards. Subs.: Beard (3), Lumpkin (10), Johns, Kooiman (4), Lawson (14), Curvin, and Lasseter. S. M. A. (20): Williams (10, and (c.) Boones (2), forwards; Powell, center; Hitchcock (2), and Straiton (2), guards. Subs.: Olds (4). Referee: Ebb James (Auburn). this position he was par excellent. Although he is not the biggest man to lead an Auburn team he is probably the most aggressive and if every man will put as much into the game as "Shorty" does there will be a big change in the Auburn team next year. SPORTS STUFF By "Dusty" Porter GIVE US TIME We think it is only modern human nature for a large majority of the sport loving public to become dissatisfied when things don't go just right in the athletical line. Auburn for the past four years has been in the "rut", yet the majority of us expect to jump from our low position to Southern Conference Champions in one year which is almost impossible. We have seen a new coach in charge for the past four years, and when a winning team did not bloom out over night with the change in the coaching staff, we would soon get downhearted and begin to sum up the reasons for our failure to win games and each time the discussion has drifted to the coaching staff, "The coaching staff is no good", and with such prevailing not only in the student body and alumni, but also among some of the athletes, it is almost impossible for any coach regardless of who he is' or what his past record may be to produce athletical teams that will satisfy the majority when we are in such a state of mind, and there is no coach that can come to Auburn and change the situation over night. We must be willing to stay behind the coaches and give them the chance to make good, and we can't consider one year long enough for a coach to install his system and get it working to any degree of satisfaction. We have had a change in the coaching staff and just a change satisfies the majority, and the dissention that has existed among the alumni, students and followers of Auburn must be wiped out and start anew. We must all realize that it will take some time for Auburn to climb back to the select class, and this can be done only through cooperation of everybody concerned; so let's forget the past and stay behind the coaching staff, and Auburn will soon be back in the place that she occupied for so many years. COTTON STATES TOURNAMENT This week-end will find the "Village" graced with many new faces. The Cotton States Tournament and we would say the greatest high school sporting event of the year will bring many visitors to the "Village" to see the south's best high school basketball teams battle for the great honor of being looked upon as champions of the prep class. Some of Auburn's best athletes were first seen in action during these tournaments, and the Auburn Spirit has caused many of the visiting players to enter Auburn when their high school days are over. Let's cause many more to select Auburn to be their Alma Mater. BEN SANKEY BACK They all may leave but the majority will always come back for more. Ben Sankey, probably the best shortstop to do battle for the "Tigers" in many years slipped into town a few days ago to get the "kinks" out of his arm, the lead dut of his system and his eyes on the ball, and each afternoon Ben can be seen in action on \he baseball field and the passing of another year has made no changes with him. We are only sorry that we will not have the pleasure of seeing Ben pick them out of the dirt for Auburn another year, because it is good to anybody's eyes to see Ben in action. Saturday night the fast flying quintet from Georgia Tech added one more victory to their Conference rating by downing the Auburn five in one of the most exciting games of the year. From the first tip-off up until two minutes before the end of the game it looked as though the game would go in the win column for the "Tigers". At the half Auburn was leading by one point, but the inability of the Auburn team to make their shots good caused defeat in the final ! minutes of play. In the passing at-i itack and floor work Auburn was su-perior, but shots that were usually-good for two points in any other game would ride the rim and drop to the outside! For Auburn, Captain Dubose was the high point man dropping seven from the court, and adding four by the foul route giving him eighteen points and honors for the night. Wilson for Tech ran a close second with a total of seventeen points for the days woi'k. Line up: AUBURN: Mullins (14), and Fulton, forwards; DuBose (18), center; James (6), and Vines (1), guards. Subs: Frazier (2). GA. TECH: Heeke (15), and Wilson (17), forwards; Hudson (5), center; Maree (1), and Brooks (2), guards. Subs.: Coker (4), Wages (2). Porter has finished his second year i years and no better defensive man on the gridiron for Auburn and no man has fought harder for victory than he has. < Porter has been the outstanding halfback in Auburn for the past two can be found in the south. With Callahan and Long leading the Auburn attack next year things are sure to change when football gets underway again. Monday, February 25, Last Day to Sign Up For Intra Mural Baseball 'Gator Quintet Downs Tiger Cagers In First Game of Series 46-29 By Dick Jones The University of Florida quintet downed the Auburn Tiger's Monday night, 46-29, in the Auburn gym in the first of a two game series. Lt. Barth, in discussing the Intra Mural baseball league yesterday with a Plainsman reporter stated that he wanted to issue a last call for all men j who intend trying for the Freshman baseball team to turn out for play in the Battalion league. It is believed that a few men are holding back on account of possible injury to their arms due to cold weather. This is not the proper spirit—the coaches will not call on a man to "throw his arm away. off and when games are played they are cut down to five innings because Freshman Cagers Cop Game From Tallassee By Tad McCallum Auburn's Freshman cagesters wal-j loped Tallassee High, one of the strongest contenders for Alabama j high school honors, by a 40 to 25; score in the Auburn gym Monday afternoon. The Baby Tigers played a listless On cold days games are called g a m e a n d s h o w e d t h e e f f e c t s o f t h e i r j Lumpkin, forwards; Stewart hard battle with the Tech Frosh Sat-1 c e n t e r . K a , e y ( g ) a n d H a t f i e l d ( 3 ) Baby Tigers Ride To Victory in Tilt With Tech Freshies By Tad McCallum Auburn's Baby Tigers wound up their season in a blaze of glory Saturday night when they defeated the highly rated Georgia Tech Frosh quintet 49 to 45 in one of the most thrilling games ever played in the local gym. The victory atoned for the lone defeat that the Auburn Rats have suffered for the season, this coming from the Tech Freshmen three weeks ago in Atlanta. The game was a nip and tuck affair all the way through and neither ieam was able to hold a lead for any length of time. English, diminutive Tech forward, gave a remarkable exhibition of shooting and was responsible for 17 of Tech's 45 points. He looped field goals from every conceivable angle and carried the main burden of Tech's offense. Raines, former Vienna High star, was watched closely and was held to three field goals. For the Auburnites, "Lefty" Jordan with 16 points, Aldridge with 11 points, and Stewart with 11 points featured in the scoring. Kaley and Hatfield put up a beautiful exhibition of guarding and succeeded in giving the Tech forwards a miserable afternoon. Kaley also dribbled down on several occasions and sank field goals when they were most needed. English, Perkins, and Raines were the big breezes in the "Little Tornado" and all turned in first class performances. Lineup: GA. TECH (45): English (17), and Perkins (14), forwards; Raines (7), center; Waldrep and Griffeth, guards. Subs.: Ma+his (7) for Griffeth. AUBURN (49): Jordan (16), and (ID, Florida's dribblers presented a fastjby t h e n ^ g u n & g o i n g d o w n a n d ^ w o r k i , l " : '•'•»''>"'"'!"" when (Vabtree, weather turning cool. In order to get the full benefit from the battalion league as developing urday afternoon but they managed to j G u a r d g g u b . A l d r i d g e ( 1 1 ) f o ;r Perrine, and demons started down the floor toward the gators basket. Crabtree being the star. He shot with a "dead-aim" and passed like a gun shooting a bullet. Then when the game ended he was leading the scorers for the night with 16 points. The Tiger Captain, DuBose, was right on his heels with 13 points. The Auburn five were off to much in their shooting to compete with the Gators. The Tigers took as many shots at the hoop as the winners but had their hardest luck of the season when it came to ringing them. Florida was leading 24-13 when the half ened. Chappelle, played a nice game at ENGINEERS DOWN SECOND BATTALION FIRST GAME OF INTRA MURAL SEASON By Tad McCallum The Engineers defeated the 2nd Battalion 7 to 3 in the first official game of the intramural baseball league Monday afternoon. Both teams played steady baseball for early season and only three bobbles were recorded during the entire game. Fleming hurled a nice game for the Engineers and only gave up four scattered hits in addition to whiffing ten men. Ellison, on the mound for the 2nd Battalion was hit freely but retired nine opponents by the strikeout route. Colman featured at the bat for (Continued on page 6) Tourney Schedule 1 P. M. Monticello Midland City 2 P. M. Andrew Jackson Tallapoosa 3 P. M. Geneva County Sidney Lanier 4 P. M. Franklin County Foley High 5 P. M. Perry High Wetumpka 7 P. M. Malone Alliance 8 P. M. Bradley High La Grange . 9 P. M. Tallassee Rol)t. E. Lee ground for the Freshman team it is essential that every one turn out now. Lt. Barth has conferred with the coaching staff and it has been decided that any man who fails to turn out for the Battalion league will not be considered when picking the Freshman team unless he is now playing on the Rat basket j ball team or has reported his reasons | (to Coach Brown) for not participating and has been excused by him. So far the only two men excused by Coach Brown are Prim and Anderson. Men now playing Rat basketball, or out fro spring football, who desire to play baseball should report (to Lt. Barth at once and have their names placed on team rolls, reporting for play as soon as other sports are over. Players are again reminded that they must keep in touch with the schedule of games. These schedules are now posted on the artillery and engineer bulletin board and gymnasium board. run up a fairly high score by a hard Lumpkin. fight couped with the deadly marksmanship of Aldridge and Lumpkin who were credited with 14 and 13 points respectively. The Tallassee quintet opened things up with a bang and scored 8 points before the Tiger Cubs came through with a single marker. Aldridge slip-1 outfit in the second half and Ald-ped one through and the Rats came , ridge and Lumpkin were looping 'em gave the Rats plenty of trouble in the first half. Both of these boys have received all-state high school mention and they showed that they justly deserved this honor. The Rats looked like a different to life and soon evened things up. "Lefty" Jordan, Auburn's scoring acre, was badly off and was relieved by Lumpkin in the first half. Auburn's offensive play was ragged for the major portion of the encounter and at the half the Cubs were leading by the slender margin of 18 to 14. Mason and McClellan were the big guns in Tallasee's attack and they from all angles while Kaley and Hatfield returned to their usual form and stopped the Tallassee forwards cold. Jordan returned to the game in the closing minutes and looped a pretty one just, before the timer's gun put an end to the fray. Lineup: AUBURN: Jordan (2), and Aldridge (14), foi-wards; Stewart (c), (Continued on page 6) forward in the last half when he substituted for Fulton. Lineup and summary: AUBURN (29): Mulin (5), and Kennedy, forwards; Capt. DuBose (13), center; Vines, and James (2) guards. Subs.: Chamblee (3), Fulton, Yarbrough, Frazier (2), Chappelle (3), Anderson (1), DeVaughan. FLORIDA (46): Crabtree (16), and Perrine (4), forwards; demons (12), center; Waters (5), and Van- Sickle (5), guards. Subs.: McLucas (2), Salzer (2), and North. ' Referee: Roosma (West Point) ; Tinier: Hutsell (Missouri); Scorer: Salter (Auburn). 1929 Basketball Schedule Date Opponent and Their Score Auburn Score and Place Played Jan. 2—Ft. Benning (38) (40) At Auburn Jan. 5—Birmingham A. C. (34) Jan. 9—Ft. Benning (43) Jan. 11—La Grage YMCA (32) Jan. 12—Birmingham A. C. (38) Jan. 18—Southern (28) Jan. 25—U. of Florida (44) Jan. 26—U. of Florida (32) Jan. 28—L. S. U. (45) Jan. 29—L. S. U. (65) Feb. 1—Clemson (46) Feb. 2—Georgia (39) Feb. 6—Georgia Tech (42) Feb. 8—Tulane (48) Feb. 9—Tulane (25) Feb. 11—Mercer (46) Feb. 12—Mercer (31) Feb. 16—Georgia Tech (46) Feb. 18—U. of Florida (46) Feb. 19—U. of Florida (26) Feb. 21, 22, 23—Cotton States Tournamoii Feb. 25—B'ham.-Southern Feb. 26—B'ham.-Southern March 1, 2, 4, & 5th—Conference Tournament At Atlanta (37) (37) (29) (20) (32) (34) (39) (28) (28) (20) (32) (25) (35) (40) (41) (29) (41) (29) (51) At Auburn At Columbus At Auburn At Birmingham At Auburn At Gainesville At Gainesville At Auburn At Auburn At Clemson At Athens At Atlanta At Auburn At Auburn At Macon At Macon At Auburn At Auburn At Auburn At Auburn At Auburn THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE DEAN BIGGIN ANNOUNCES TENTATIVE OUTLINE OF TOUR As a Christmas gift from students of architecture at Auburn, alumni, and the Alabama chapter of American Institute of Architecture, Dean Frederic Child Biggin, of the school of architecture of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, will leave Auburn February 26 for a cruise of three continents before he returns to Auburn six months later. President Bradford Knapp has granted him a leave of absence in order that he may take advantage of the gift which came to him early last December as a complete surprise. During his absence Professor Milton S. Osborne will be acting dean, President Knapp announced. Dean Biggin will leave Auburn early on the morning of February 26. He will arrive in New York the following day and that night the Auburn alumni and former professor of Auburn will gather at a banquet in his honor. He will sail from New York the following day and go direct to a section of the world, which is famous for its architecture and from which scores of ideas have. been passed on » GREENE'S OPELIKA, ALA. Clothing, Shoes —and— Furnishing Goods to countries in the western hemisphere. On March 18 he will arrive at Madeira. After a brief stay there he will go to Gibi'altar; and from there to Algiers in north Africa. The next stop will be at Nice on the north side of the Mediterranean. From here he will go to Naples and then to Athens where he will l'emain 9 days seeing, studying, observing, and enjoying, for Athens is one of the places where there is much to be seen and enjoyed by trained architects. Continuing his journey eastward he will go from Athens to Haifa which is the port to Jerusalem where he will spend a week before going to Cairo, Egypt. He plans to spend a considerable time in that section where he will see temples, tombs of kings, and many other things which he is anxious to see. A trip on the Nile River is contemplated. Alexander, Naples, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Venice, Milan, Nimes, and Aries will be visited before he arrives in Paris where he will spend 10 days. He will visit several towns in the Paris district. From Paris he will go into Germany. He expects to take a trip on the Rhine River. From G.ermany he will go into Belgium and thence to England. From London he will make a circuitous tour over England, visiting cathedral towns. He will return to London in August and start his homeward voyage over the Atlantic. He will be back in Auburn for the opening of college next September. B O O K B R I D GE i By P. B. COLE THE NATURE OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD by A. S. Eddington, Mac-millan, N. Y., $3.75. WHAT IS LIFE by Augusta Gaskell, Chas. C. Thomas, Springfield, 111., $5.00 THE BISHOP MURDER CASE by S. S. 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Eddington of Cambridge University, an astronomer and Einsteinian exponent with the rare gifts of style, humor, and imagination. All physical science is a "shadow world shadowing forth a world familiar to our consciuosness." It is a cycle of mathematical relations among measurements. It leaves out all that is non-metrical. The physical world is a world impinged on mind and invented or built by it. "All else responds to the rainbow; the physicist in him measures its ether waves." But within the domain of physics a world may be built for field purposes —^k world, however, which is coarse, which has no descriptions of atoms, electra, and quanta, and which does not give what Professor Eddington finds, in the light of recent physics, "to be an irreducible fact about the nature of the 'basal' universe, entropy— the factor of increasing chance, randomness, disorganization." We can -not know the true nature of things, the ding 'in zich, at least not in terms of physical science, but we can comprehend them intuitively as we know love or the flow of time or consciousness. "There is a side of our personality which impels us to dwell on beauty and other esthetic significances in nature and in the work of - man, so that our environment means much to us—much that is not. warranted by anything found in the scientific inventory of its structure." There is a "great bifurcation of the basal structure. On the one hand, out of physical measurements and mathematical symbols we construct the world in terms of the fields of geometry, mechanics, magnetism, and electricity. We have, on the other hand, the world of spiritual and human values which elude science because they ,elude measurement. In brief the center of experience, both scientific and mystic, is in the operation of the mind and consciousness. This scientific conclusion is essentially the same as the philosophies of Aristotelian "innate ideas" and Kantian transcendentalism. Science and philosophy, the mass and the individual, are both necessary adjuncts for the pursuit and attainment of knowledge. Since matter and motion are identical, the fundamental essence of life and motion to Eddington, Einstein, etc., is unknowable, but to Miss Augusta Gaskell is comprehensible: "life is born of the meeting of a hydrogen ion—and an atom or ion of electropositive tendency, crowded together and with their domains overlapping." The result is a union of a positive electron and a negative electron—"not as a- hydrogen atom, but as a new and different unit."' "This unit is the basis of life." Altho H. L. Mencken finds Miss Augusta Gaskell's treatise hard reading and questions its scientific value, Dr. Compton, professor of physics at Princeton, certifies that "her discussion of modern atomic physics is accurate, well balanced, and worth reading for its own sake." Possibly Miss Gaskell was a co-ed at Princeton. Charles Scribner's Sons announce that S. S. Van Dyne's new book, The Bishop Murder Case is probably the only detective story ever written which utilizes Einsteinian mathematics and "celestial mechanics." Next we will probably have Einsteinian prose of geometrical design by Theodore Dreis- President Hoover probably will read The Bishop Murder Case since he is reported by a friend in the October Bookman to end his regular orgy (2:00-5:00) of reading by dozing to sleep over "myriads" .of murder mysteries. Alfred A. Knopf Co. plan to publish on Hoover's inauguration day a book by Ralph Barton entitled God's Country which probably is humorous. God's country is in the hands of the Philistines. Abraham Lincoln's birthday, February 12, attracts attention to some recent books: Bernie Babcock's Lincoln's Mary and the Babies, as well as her older The Soul of Anne Rutland, the John Day $25,000 prize novel, The Father and to many older important works: Carl Shamburg's poem, John Drinkwater's play, Vachel Lindsey's Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight, Walt Whitman's O Captain, My Captain— poems surviving numerous forgotten Lincoln lives, giving to all posterity his personality, and proving the (Wordsworthian) thesis that could be deduced from Eddington's Einsteinian exposition that "Poetry is the breath and fined spirit of all knowledge, the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all science." Abraham Lincoln's early reading was limited but select: The Bible, Pilgrim's Progress, Aesop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe, A History of the United States, the Parson Weem's Lives, especially that of George Washington, and a part of the Arabian Nights. A i\ew book by a former Birmingham newspaper reporter, The Outline of Man's Knowledge, is prominently advertised. The Philadelphia Public Ledger describes it as "the book to read and know," the Pittsburg Sun- Telegraph calls it "a university in itself," and The Toledo Times says that it is "like viewing the universe from a hilltop." We wonder if that hilltop is above the clouds, or if it is possible for a modern newspaper reporter to take, like renaissance Bacon, all knowledge to be his province and not his master. John Matthews Manly, whose mother, a very prominent Alabama woman, died recently in South Carolina, is a really distinguished scholar, head of the English department of the University of Chicago, and author, coauthor, or editor of many books, among which is a recent one: Contemporary British Literature. This consists largely of biographical and bibliographical notes, reading lists, indices, and a few general remarks, all designed to inform the studious and inquiring reader: student, clubwoman, teacher or any one interested in contemporary writing. The best sellers of 1928 taken from the Author's Annual ed. by Henry Lainer are: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Wintersmoon, Swan Song, The Greene Murder Case, Bad Girl, and Claire Ambler for fiction, and Disraeli, Mother India, Trader Horn, Napoleon, Strange Interlude, and We for non-fiction. The statement has been made and believed that "the turn-over in literature has reached a point without precedent in literary history." In actuality the peak of production in fiction was reached in 1901, with 2,234 titles, including new editions. In no year since has the number reached the two-thousand mark. Last year the total was 1,809, and of these 668 were new editions, many more new editions than in 1901. But the number of actual copies now printed is far in excess DR. STEVENSON TO DELIVER ADDRESS DAVIDSON IN JUNE Dr. Ross Stevenson, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J., will deliver the baccalaureate sermon before the 1929 graduating class of Davidson College on June 2nd, according to an announcement made today by Dr. W. J. Martin, president of the college. The Davidson president expressed gratification that Dr. Stephenson had accepted the invitation. Dr. Stevenson will come to Davidson direct from St. Paul, Minn., where he will attend a meeting of the U. S. A. Presbyterian Assembly. Dr. Stephenson has been president of Princeton Seminary since 1914. He is a graduate of Washington and Jefferson college, where he obtained an A. B., and M. A. degree. His theological work was done at McCor-mick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and special study has been done at the University of Berlin. Honorary degrees have been conferred upon him by several institutions, among which was his own alma mater and the University of Edwinburgh. Before assuming the presidency of Princeton Seminary, Dr. Stephenson had served as a pastor in Missouri, as professor at McCormick Theological Seminary, and as pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church in New York and Brown Memorial Presbyterian church in Baltimore. He was at one time moderator of the Northern Presbyterian Church, served in the Y. M. C. A. during the World War and has been on international religious committees. Dr. Martin stated that the selection of other speakers for the commencement program at Davidson is being delayed until it is definitely known whether the new $600,000 Chambers building will be completed and ready for dedication by June. An announcement of the possibilities of finishing the structure should be forthcoming within a few days, he said. Sonie men's idea of moarlity is hiring a homely stenographer.. of the old figures because book production in the United States multiplied two and one-half times between 1914 and 1925. Religious books are next to fiction in popularity. WE MAKE n T T T O NEWSPAPER I 11 I I N MAGAZINE ^ V! J- ^> CATALOG . S e r v i c e E n g r a v i n g Co .- Montgomery, Alabama TOPMOST VALUE! HEIGHT OF STYLE! Boys! 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No doubt hundreds have tried—and struggled in vain—to use the precious information, but as a writer has put it, the Inn without Madame is "like Tara's hall without the harp!" The making of a great cigarette, too, is a secret to be guarded. The artistry lies in how the tobaccos are blended—and from our own private formula comes the rich fruity flavor that you get in your Chesterfield. Suffice it to say that our blend can't be copied —nor for mildness with flavor can you duplicate the rare Chesterfield goodness. CHESTERFIELD MILD enough for anybody, .and y e * . . T H E Y SATISFY LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. SEVEN NEW COURSES IN EXTENSION WORK Scenes from Annual Mardi Gras Festival in Mobile (Continued from page 1) The new courses are so arranged, according to Dr. Showalter, as to give service to those who want to study along business lines either in an elementary or advanced manner. The elementary courses in bookkeeping and accounting give one the basic knowledge for the installation and keeping of a simple system of business records, whereas, the other courses in accounting allow one to pursue studies on into the- professional field. Material for these courses has been prepared by a number of nationally recognized authorities in the United States. Each lesson will be given the immediate supervision of the accounting specialists at Auburn, Prof. J. T. Allen, instructor in economics. The courses in business arithmetic and business English give training to those who need special drill in these subjects. The business arithmetic course has been prepared by Prof. W. P. Champion, instructor in mathematics, and the course in modern business English has been prepared by Prof. Kenneth L. Daughrity, assistant professor in English. Over $70,000,000 were spent last year in the United States for commercial correspondence courses ranging from $25.00 to $150.00 each. According to Dr. Showalter these same subjects have been obtained from state institutions at less than one-third of the above cost. Descriptive bulletins of these courses may be obtained by writing Dr. B. R. Showalter, Auburn, Ala. FRESHMAN CAGERS COP GAME FROM TALLASSEE (Continued from page 4) Center; Kaley (3) and Hatfield (4), guards. TALLASSEE: Mason (9), and Waldrip (2), forwards; Elder (2), center; Dunn (5) and McClellan (7), guards. Subs.: Auburn: Lumpkin (13) for Jordan, Beard for Stewart. Life would be dull if we knew what it wall all about. Dr. Allen Speaks To Pharmacists GOLF TENNIS BASEBALL EQUIPMENT TIGER DRUG STORE 2ND BATTALION Wilson, ss Orme, 2b Davidson, 3b Gholston, lb Lowe, cf Turman, c Mimms, rf Gissendanner, Ellison, p If AB 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 R 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 E 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 After the regular formalities of the meeting had been dispensed with, the president of the Pharmaceutical Society called Dr. Allen before the club to give a treatise on perfumes and cosmetics. Dr. Allen is a professor in the chemistry department here, and has had quite a bit of experience in the subject on which he spoke, since he has been on the "inside" with the Dupont Company. The content of his address was interesting throughout. In it he pointed the way to a courteous, efficient method of selling toilet preparations to ladies, and along this vein expressed his sorrow at the unhappy truth that the ordinary drug clerk seems to have very little conception about how to sell powders, rouges, and other articles of that nature. The speaker next brought out some intresting facts concerning the manufacturing side of the drug business. He said that the actual ingredients put in a box of the most expensive powder costs only a low pei-centage of the actual selling price, and nearly half of that is accounted for by the perfume which is incorporated. In contrast he displayed about 1-20 of an ounce of Jasmine, a natural ex-1 tract he said, which was worth $625. i He also spoke at length on various j tests carried out with powders, perfumes and nail polishes to obtain an unbiased opinion of the general public as to which brand of these articles was the most desirable. Some astonishing facts were brought to light by this procedure, one to the effect that a low-priced polish was better than df several costing much more. Totals ENGINEERS Rickles, 3b Colman, cf West, lb Casey, c Riley, ss Cumbee, If Varnon, rf McCarn, 2b Fleming, p Totals Score by innings': 2nd Bn. Engineers 25 3 4 2 —Mobile Register Photo. The pictures give some idea of the festivities that were a feature of the mid-winter carnival in Mobile in which the Auburn Band was the special attraction. Upper left shows a youthful masker. Upper right, the Auburn Band on parade led by J. B. Merrill, drum major. Lower left, shows one of the many floats with King Felix III, king of the carnival, insert. Right, Miss Francis Whiting, queen and two royal pages. Below is Smilo, clown entertainer, official fun maker and mascot of Auburn Band. He is shown riding his little bicycle. For Guts and Wounds Prevent infection! Treat every cut, wound or scratch with this powerful non-poisonous antiseptic. Zonite actually kills germs. Helps to heal, too. LOST, FOUND AND WANTED LOST—One male Collier pup, 4 months old, with new collar. Small reward. Auburn Studio. Websterian Society Has Regular Meet The Tuesday night meeting of the Websterian Literary Society was a decided success. The programs for this semester have been very inetrest-ing and of a varied nature. The program for this week consisted of a brief sketch of Abraham Lincoln's life, given by J. M. Henderson. Mr. Henderson brought out the facts that "Abe's" boyhood life, the beginning of his political life, and of the service he rendered his cduntry in a very interesting and impressive fashion. W. E. Callum told some of the history of the Tuskeegee Institute, located at Tuskeegee, Alabama. The discussion revealed many facts about the founder of this Institute, Booker T. Washington. He got his first educational inspiration while working in a salt factory as a laborer, says Mr. Collum. He also states that the Institute is supported entirely by donaiton and outside help. Within the Institute itself they have 242 members on the faculty, and with an enrollment of about 1700 students, we can imagine the training each student gets. "Rat" Higgins, acting as critic, gave a few points the society might improve upon. The society adjourned with the satisfaction that they would be favored by a debate at the. next meeting, between R. G. Upchurch and A. V. Blankenship. Subject: "Resolved— that quality points for literary society work should be abolished." MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama Have You Tried Our CLUB BREAKFAST Hot Cakes and Syrup Eggs Ham Coffee Toast From 7 to 11—All for 35c Tiger Sandwich Shop i_ COTTON STATES TOURNAMENT TO B E G I N THIS AFTERNOON 29 7 11 1 200 100 0—3 101 120 2—7 (Continued from page 1) 1926—G. M. A., Ft. Valley (Ga.) runner-up; 1927—Vienna, G. M. A., runner-up; 1928—Vienna, Tech High runner-up. Among strong contenders for the title this year is Bradley High, Cleveland, Tennessee, winners of the E. Tenn. tourney and the Dixie In-terscholastic last year; a five of powerful offense scoring more than 31 points in every game and having 13 For Special Laundry Service call the American Dry Cleaning Co, We Pay For Telephone Calls F ONE IVE L Opelika * - * Alabama wins and one defeat on their record Alliance High, Bessemer, is unquestionably the strongest team in the Birmingham district, having chalked up wins over the Alabama state champions and Simpson High. The latter game was a 25-2 victory. Glaze, forward is the leading point maker. Sidney Lanier, who always has a strong quintet, will compete after an absence of three years. They have lost only one game. It is generally conceded that the Coach Wells' five will be strong this year when pitted against Dixie's best. Andrew Jackson High, of Jacksonville, Fla./state champs in 1928, who were eliminated in the third round in the Stagg tourney in Chicago last season, will bring a strong team. In the last 35 games played including the national tournament, they have suffered only one defeat. • Foley High enters the tourney yet undefeated. They have a good record, having played such teams as Pensa-cola, Spring Hill and Bay Minette. Thurston Adams, a graduate of last year, is the coach. DR. KNAPP SPEAKS AT FARM BUREAU MEETING _J (Continued from page 1) trained another way they can inspire the youth to love agriculture and rural life and tackle the problems and work them out." In the outset of his speech, he pictured the changes that have taken place in agriculture. He said that farmers, in order to keep up with the day have and are making changes. He pictured two sides to agriculture; that is the production and the marketing. He said that the production side of it may be handled more or less individually, but that marketing should be studied and done cooperatively. He also pointed to the fact that there is a financial part in transportation which ties the producer and marketer together. This can best be handled by group action, he added. Trade with the advertisers. N O T I C E We Have Leased the AUBURN GARAGE We will earry a full line of Parts, Accessories, Tires, Tubes and that Good Gulf Gas and Oil. We have expert mechanics who can make that old bus run like the Governor's car. A trial is all we need to convince you. WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE AND WILL APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS -COME TO SEE US— ]. % Johnson Formerly Prop. Johnson Tire Co., Opelika, Ala /
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Title | 1929-02-21 The Plainsman |
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OCR Transcript | Dress Up For The Review Tomorrow THE PLAINSMAN Welcome to Auburn Cotton States Teams TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. NUMBER 35 COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED FOR ANNUAL MILITARY BALL Weems Baskin Breaks World's Record at Meet Special Decorations To Be Secured For Gym CRACK DRILL SQUAD Is O u t s t a n d i n g Social Event Of Y e a r ; Many Visitors E x p e c t ed EARL CARROLL CHOOSES THE 1929 BEAUTIES Selections M a d e For Glomerata Beauty Section The third annual Military Ball at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will be held on Friday evening, March 8, at the Auburn Gymnasium, is was announced by the military department Saturday. This social event, which is one of the most brilliant to be held on the Auburn campus each year, is the center of interest for all eligible R. 0. T. C. officers at this time. The commanding general and staff from the fourth corps area with headquarters at Atlanta as well as commanding general and officers at Fort Benning have all been issued special invitations to attend. The affair will be strictly military in that the decorations are of this motive and those in attendance will wear the regulation dress uniform. Cadet officers composed of seniors taking the R. O. T. C. course and all reserve officers as well as the regular army officers attached to the R. O. T. C. unit will participate along with the invited guests. Previously this affair has been a part of the Washington's birthday celebration coming on the evening of February 21. The date was changed to March 8 this year because conflicting events at the alumni gymnasium. Committees in charge of the ball are as follows: Invitation and Reception: M. D. Helms, W. P. Smith, R. M. Hatcher, Lieut. G. B. Barth. Music: J. B. Merrill, H. E. Williams, L. B. Hallman, Capt. B. C. Anderson. Decorations: C. C. McMillan, W. R. Kirkwood, W. B. Leo, T. R. Home, P. L. Hassler, A. H. McRae, H. W. Riddle, E. W. Peake, H. L. Mullin, Lieut. W. B. Higgins. Refreshments: J. R. Taylor, R. G. Brownfield, C. R. DeArman, K. Nick-erson, Capt. B. H. Bowley. Entertainment: J. L. Burton, M. B. Hoffman, N. W. Geist, R. E. Spann, G. H. Smith, Lieut. C. P. Townsley. Finance: C. H. Booth, E. R. Jones, J. H. Cone, R. F. Tinsley, W. W. Paterson, Lieut. W. B. Leitch. Publicity and Advertisement: A. F. McGhee, J. R. Vincent, C. E. Smith, Lieut. C. E. Pease. EXHIBIT IS SENT TO M.I.T. ART SCHOOL 30 Sketches Applied Art Clas* In This Exhibit An applied art exhibit of 30 sketches by freshman and sophomore students at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute has been sent to the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston where it will be put on display in their exhibit halls. This privilege comes as a distinct honor to the work done at Auburn in applied art and to Professor Roy L. Staples under whose direction the exhibit was made. The Auburn sketches, which will remain on exhibit for one week, include those of still life in pencil and charcoal, nature studies in water color, rendering in color, and problems in design. Though the applied art course at Auburn is only in its second year it is quite plain that this work is meeting an increasing demand for trained artists who will be an important part in the industrial growth of the South. This is true because any manufactured article must first be designed by a trained artist. The following students prepared sketches for this exhibit: J. D. Canterbury, Raoul Herbert, Hubert Har-rjs, Phil Hamill, T. M. Williams, T. B. Kirkland, Eugene Gray, G. Wingo, Hugh Ellis, R. Rutland, Kay Williams, B. A. England, G. L. Hicks, J. C. Alexander, and Geo. L. Boswell. ARE WELL KNOWN HERE P r o g r e s s On Annual V e r y Sati s f a c t o r y To Staff The selection of beauties for the 1929 Glomerata, made by Earl Carroll, is announced to-day by the staff. The young ladies chosen are Misses Elizabeth Davis, of Montgomery; Madge Hardy, of Birmingham; Mary Phillips Orme, of Atlanta; Marjorie Clifton of Atlanta; Janice Lane, of Sylacau-ga; Bo Prather, of Miami, Florida. These selections were made from a large number of pictures sent to the New York theatrical producer by the staff, and represent the pick of an authority on feminine pulchritude. Mr. Carroll stated that he made a very careful examination of the photographs sent to him and that his choice is the result of much consideration. The staff has a number of photographs that were handed in for this section but that were not chosen, and would like to be notified if any of these pictures are to be used in the Senior Favorites section. The staff reports that the progress on the Glomerata is about normal for this time of the school year, and that indications point to a very good annual for the class of 1929. Proofs have been received on much of the work, and the staff is more than satisfied with them. Local Circle ODK To Be Represented McGhee and Ford to Attend National Conventions If present plans materialize, Omega Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa will have a large representation at the 'National Convention which will be held at the University of Alabama, March 1 and 2. Addison McGhee, president of Omega Circle and Joe Ford, business manager of the Glomerata will be the official delegates of the local circle. A number of others have expressed a desire to attend, according to announcements made today by officers of the circle. Dean W. L. Prince of the University of Richmond, national president of the fraternity who installed Omega Circle last May will preside over the convention. From recent reports it is estimated that approximately one hundred members of the order will attend the convention. The Supreme Council of Omicron Delta Kappa will convene in Tuscaloosa, Feb. 28, the day before the convention starts. Out of twenty-four circles, sixteen have a rating of A. Omega Circle, the youngest chapter and the only one located in a technical institution is given first rating. KNAPP CONDUCTS YMCA DISCUSSION Speaks To Normal Group Monday- Night of This Week High ideals and Christian leadership are the two important duties of the Y. M. C. A. lieutenants in carrying out the "Y" program, according to Dr. Knapp, who conducted the first "Y" Normal Discussion of the semester Monday night, February 18. Although last semester's work was very successful, there is room fdr greater advancement, and it was brought out by Dr. Knapp that the burden for this advancement rests upon the shoulders of the lieutenants. The captains, majors and president can be a great help, but they do not have the oportunity to mee tthe boys as do the lieutenants. Hence they must convey the ideals and principles of the "Y" to the students. Won Fifty Yard High Hurdles In M e a d o w b r o o k G a m e s. INJURES ANKLE MUSCLES A p p e a r s Again To Surprise Fans Weems Baskin, former Alabama Polytechnic Institute track star, now with the New York Athletic Club has broken two world's records in the past six days. In the New York A. C. games in Madison Square Garden Monday night, he won the sixty-yard high hurdles in record time, beating the world's record Jjy a good margin. In the Meadowbrook games in Philadelphia Tuesday night he won the fifty yard high hurdles heat in 6.5 seconds, breaking the world's record of 6.6. In the final heat he crossed the tape first with a time equalling the world's mark. The finish was only 10 yards from the fourth and last hurdle. Although the wall was padded, due to Baskin's immense frame and his momentum, he injured his ankle when he could not stop before reaching the wall. An x-ray revealed that although no bones were broken several ligaments were badly torn. It was expected that he would not appear, again this season. Much to the surprise of fans, he entered the race Monday night. Baskin is the product of Coach Wil- Wilbur Hutsell. After completing his college career at Auburn where he was prominent on the cinder path, he has since broken several national and world's- records. Blue Key Completes Housing Program Has Cooperated With Officials For Past Two Years Breaks World Records On Hurdles COTTON STATES TOURNAMENT TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON LIONS CLUB INVITES PRESS CLUB MEMBER According to a statement issued today by Rosser Alston, chairman of the committee in charge of housing and entertaining the visiting high school basketball teams, representing the Blue Key Honor Fraternity, final arrangements have been completed for their welfare. For the past two years Blue Key has cooperated with athletic officials in making the Cot-otn States Tournament successful. Coach Hutsell, founder of the Cotton States Interscholastic Basketball Tournament in 1922, was present at the Blue Key luncheon Tuesday, and in a brief address commended the fraternity for the work done in the past, and stated that he saw in the Blue Key a practical, wide-awake group of leaders ready to cooperate and further interests of the institution. Wednesday afternoon, night, and Thursday morning, as the contesting teams arrive, they will be taken in charge by members of the fraternity. Blue. Key has taken over the responsibility of housing and entertaining the teams while they are here. First they will aid in getting the arriving teams registered, and then will distribute them among the different fraternities that are cooperating with the Blue Key in caring for them. All sixteen teams have been housed, and arrangements made for their care while they are here. The visiting teams, while guests of the college, will be honorees at the special ceremony on Washington's birthday, when Congressman Bowling will address the Cadet Corps. The Corps will be reviewed by Governor Graves and his staff. HIXON IS TAKEN TO MONTGOMERY Professor Charles R. Hixon, of the department of mechanical engineering left Auburn Tuesday morning for Montgomery to- undergo a serious operation for internal complications. Being operated on Wednesday morning, he had, according to reports received Wednesday afternoon, successfully survived the operation and begun to convalesce. He is in Saint Margaret's hospital. Falling in line with the progressive attitude taken by the Kiwanis Club last week when it invited a representative of the Plainsman to be present at each of its weekly meetings, the Lions Club makes the announcement to-day of the extension of a standing invitation to the Plainsman to have one of its reporters present at their open meetings. By taking this commendable action the Lions Club assures the townspeople of Auburn of an interesting and reliable account each week of the happenings at these luncheons, which are naturally of great interest to the public. When such a group of men, as attend these meetings, get together, news is in the making, and by inviting a member of the Press Club to be present the Lions Club makes it possible for the Plainsman to give the news to the citizens of Auburn in much less time than would otherwise be possible. BIDS ARE BEING TAKEN FOR NEW ROTC UNIFORM According to information received from Major Kennedy, the officers in charge of R. O. T. C. instruction are busy working on the details for Auburn's ne wuniforms. The change is to go into effect at the beginning of the term in September 1929. Various firms which manufacture high grade uniforms have been asked to quote prices, submit samples of cloth, and make up uniforms for the officers to inspect. The officials of the.War Department plan to nave on hand by fall at the beginning of the semester a sufficient number of uniforms to equip all basic students. Advanced course students will prdbably have made-to-measure uniforms of the same general cut as that of the basic students. The present Junior class will retain their present uniforms until they graduate, and will not be required to buy new uniforms. This plan will work out all right as they will be Seniors then, holding the position of cadet officers, and will not be in the ranks. The announcement of change in style of uniforms has been met with enthusiasm and universal approvement by the students, faculty and officers in charge at Auburn. DANCE PLANNED FOR THE SECOND ENGINEER'S DAY GOV. GRAVES TO REVIEW R.O.T.C. FRIDAY. FEB. 22 Double-Header Game F e a t u r es Program W. B. BOWLING TO SPEAK Dr. and Mrs. Knapp Will Entertain Board Trustees Blue Key Has Charge of Local Entertainment SIXTEEN TEAMS ENTERED Only Members of State Associa t i o n s Invited Seven New Courses In Extension Work The addition of seven correspondence courses in bookkeeping, accounting, and related lines of study were announced Monday by Dr. B. R. Sho-walter, director of extension teaching at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. These courses include one in elementary bookkeeping, elementary accounting, principles of accounting, cost accounting, public accounting and auditing, business arithmetic, and business English. (Continued on page 6) The six hundred odd Engineers on the campus will doff their overalls and turn out Friday, March 29th, for the second annual Engineer's Day. Tau Beta Pi, in conjunction with the other technical societies, will conduct the amusements. There will be no classes in the engineering school after twelve o'clock, the first number on the program is an entertainment, featuring a technical movie and other numbers. A banquet will be held that night with a speaker of note present. After the banquet there will be the crowning event of the day, an all engineers' danct, held at the gym from 9:30 'till 2:00. This is one of the first new movements that coincides with Dr. Knapp's idea of more of the right kind of social life on the campus. Last year marked the first Engineer's Day. The attendance was about two hundred. It was a success. This year the plans are of a much wider scope. The attendance will be correspondingly in creased. Unfortunately, the banquet facilities are limited so the banquet tickets will probably not number over a hundred and fifty. The gym ought to be big enough to hold all the engineers for the dance. Watch the Plainsman for further details. Pharmacy Dean Is To Inspect Auburn Is Head of the Pharmacy College at Ohio State According to information received by Prof. L. S. Blake, head of the local school of Pharmacy, from Dean C. B. Jordon, chairman executive committee of the American Association College of Pharmacy, an inspection of Alabama Polytechnic Institute school of Pharmacy will be made by Dr. C. A. Dye. Mr. Dye is dean of the college of Pharmacy at Ohio State University. This inspection is conducted every three years. At the last regular meeting of the association, held in Portland, Maine, August, 1928, the assdciation voted that beginning the scholastic year of 1932 the minimum course in Pharmacy at all member institutions must be the four year course. This will mean that the present three year course will not be offered after that date. These institutions to be inspected shall be incorporated as a college or school of Pharmacy, or be a department of a regular incorporated educational institution, or a department of a state university, or under the supervision by an incorporated pharmaceutical society. On his trip south Dr. Dye will inspect the University of Tennessee and Meharry College at Nashville. Auburn is the only college in the state of Alabama holding membership in this Association and was the fifth college in the country and the first in the South to obtain membership. The course was established in the year of 1896. The annual features of Washington's birthday will be celebrated on the Auburn campus Friday, February 22. The Military department has planned an elaborate program and are expecting to have the best review of the year on that day. The ROTC b u r n athletic unit will assemble at ten o'clock and at ten fifteen the Adjutant's call will be given. The unit will be reviewed by Governor Graves, Congressman Bowling, Dr. Knapp and other members of the board of trustees. Each year the governor of Alabama comes to this festival, and it is especially interesting to Gov. Graves because he is an ex-army officer, attaining many honors while he was in service. Following the review, the ceremonies will be continued in Lang-don Hall, at which time Judge W. B. Bowling will be the principal speaker. Judge Bowling is a widely known speaker and everyone who can possibly hear him should accept the opportunity. Following this address, Dr. and Mrs. Knapp will entertain Gov. Graves, Judge Bowling, and other members of the board of trustees. At one thirty the board of trustees will hold their regular meeting, and at two o'clock there will be a double-header baseball game played between the first and second battalions and between the third battalion and engineers. These games will be played on the varsity field. Dr. Knapp Speaks At Farm Bureau Meeting Pictures Changes That Have Occurred In Agriculture Optimism for the future of agriculture predominated at the joint meeting and barbecue of the Montgomery County Farm Bureau and the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs at the courthouse last Saturday. Dr. Bradford Knpap was the principal speaker. Charles W. Rittenour, president of the County Farm Bureau, presided. Declaring that to protect and build soil fertility, produce most of the food consumed by the family and all of the food consumed by the livestock and to get a cash income from at least three sources is a safe plan for agriculture, Dr. Knapp reached the climax of his speech. He pointed out to the fact that the experiment station of Auburn is and has been finding out facts for farmers of the state and that the extension service is functioning to carry these messages to the rural people. Before giving the safe program for agriculture, Dr. Knapp made a plea to the people present to stand by him and other officials of the college in seeing that Auburn is not cut off from the rural schools and life of the state. He said that it is very important that the right kind of teachers be placed in the rural schools in order that they may give a better point of view to agriculture, thus causing the boys and girls to have a desire to stay on the farm. Dr. Knapp said: "If you cut the agricultural leaders, thinkers and workers off from the school system of the state; if you deprive Auburn of its chance to have a place in influencing what is taught and how it is taught in the country school of Alabama, you have sent the state into the race with other states with one foot hobbled. Teachers trained one way can strip the country of its best- (Continued on page 6) According to an announcement issued today by Coach Wilbur Hutsell, in charge of the Eighth Annual Cotton States Basketball Tournament, final plans have been completed and all is in readiness for the coming of the sixteen high school teams that will compete for honors in the cage meet. Five states will be represented in the tourney this year, Coach Hutsell said. The drawings were made by Au-officials yesterday morning and the sixteen teams notified. The teams will be met on arrival by representatives of the Blue Key Honor Society who have complete charge of local arrangements and entertainment. The tournament this year will be held under the rules and regulations of the National High School Athletic Federation, official sanction having been given by that body. According to the rules, many strong teams who have made good records in the past will not compete this year because they are not members of the state associations. After careful comparison of the records by Auburn coaches, the sixteen teams whose records were considered best were issued invitations Monday. Coach Hutsell has been in telegraphic communication with the various teams since their acceptance. Several quintets registered yesterday afternoon and last night. The remainder are expected to arrive early today. While in Auburn the visitors will be the guests of the college. Fraternities who will keep teams while here are Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Delta, Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Pi, Square and Compass, Alpha Lambda Tau, Theta Kappa Nu, Theta Chi, Sigma Phi Sigma, Phi Delta Chi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Phi Kappa Tau, and the Tau Omega Chi. The Cotton States cage tourney was founded in 1922 by Coach Wilbur Hutsell. During the first year 29 teams entered. The following year 20 teams entered. In 1924 the present plan was inaugurated which tends to foster fairer competition. Those who have won the Cotton States title in past years are: 1922— Tech High, University High, runner-up; 1923—G. M. A., University High, runner up; 1924—Simpson High, G. M. A., runner-up; 1925—Marshall-ville (Ga.), G. M. A., runner-up; (Continued on page 6) YWCA COUNCIL MEMBER VISITS Has Conducted Numerous Meetings Here Since Arriving Miss Carrie E. Mears, of the student council of the Y. W. C. A., is in Auburn, making a visit to the Auburn chapter of the Y. W. C. A. Miss Mears, with the headquarters in New York, is secretary of the National Student Council of the Y. W. C. A., and is now touring the South, visiting the student chapters in the colleges and universities in this section of the country. The purpose of Miss Mears' visit is to make a visit to the chapter, and discuss the phases of Y. W. C. A. work, and at the same time discuss any problems that concern the organization. Miss Mears arrived in Auburn Friday night, having visited several colleges in Georgia; she arrived too late to attend the banquet of the Auburn Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. Since she has been here, several meetings have been conducted, and Miss Blanche Tancredi, president of the Auburn chapter, announces that an open meeting will be held on Sun-dsy afternoon at two o'clock. PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. gtyg f kinsman Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala. 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 Davidson, '32; W. M. Taylor, '32. BUSINESS STAFF George Carden, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr. Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr. W. B. Jones, '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. and that they will feel justly repaid when such is rendered in return. At this time we are not at all unmindful of the national distinction Auburn has attained through military channels during the past eight years. We attribute this largely to the efficient management in military facilities here. What an advantage these new uniforms can be made in carrying our honors still further. With these new uniforms, a substantial foundation in military work, and such an efficient corps of commanding officers as graces our unit, we should have not limiting factor in pleasant, efficient R. O. T. C. training henceforth. Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Miss Dobbs Honors Auburn Almost daily, it seems, are we reminded that the men and women connected with Auburn are nationally recognized and appreciated. A distinct honor comes to us, as well as to our Dean of Women personally, when she is selected by the president of the National Education Association of the United States as a delegate from this country to the conference of the World Feredation Education Association to be held in Geneva, Switzerland next summer. Miss Dobbs has not yet decided whether she will accept the appointment or not, but we hope that she can do so, and be one of the representatives of this country at the international meeting.. We congratulate Miss Dobbs upon receiving this outstanding recognition, and we congratulate Auburn upon being honored indirectly by having this appointment come to our Dean of Women. Kiwanis Invites Reporter To Luncheon The recent action of the Kiwanis club, in inviting the Press Club to send a representative to each meeting is appreciated very much by this paper. By this means the paper will be able accurately to report the activities of this important civic club, and one reporter will be given the opportunity each week to enjoy the luncheon of the club, meeting there the leaders of the town. Universal Approval Well Merited The recent announcement made by the Military Department here, relates to securing grey uniforms of a different style to those now being used, is meeting with practically universal approval among the student body. It is generally regarded that this move is one of distinct advancement in Auburn's Military field. Apparently this is a denotation of advancement which is in keeping with the splendid progressive-ness exercised by Military authorities here during recent years. The Plainsman, believing that it expresses the sentiments of the vast majority of students here, justly lauds the R. O. T. C. department for this accomplishment. And not only is our praise restricted to this one act, but it is offered in commendation of the many other attributes attained during recent years—and which bids fair to continue as the years come and go. Despite the rambling criticisms sometimes directed at the Auburn Military department, its executives invariably hold the best interests of the institution and the students^ in view, working steadily toward this end. And, seemingly regardless of proffered rebuke or criticism, improvements founded upon thorough management continue to flow our way. This we unreservedly attribute to the efficient and capable personnel that constitutes the leadership of an important, developing branch of the college—the R. O. T. C. unit. Appearance and care of present uniforms have been repeated objects of would-be severe criticism. One cadet bemoans the fact that during his two years of compulsory military training here, he has spent enough time wrapping leggins to purchase a complete uniform that would require no such waste of time.. With the arrival of new, straight-leg trousers as the present proposal implies, this grudge can not longer be resorted to. Keeping the khaki in a respectably dressy appearance has also been a mark of buffeting; with the smooth, snappy greys this will also have to be discarded. Members of the R. O. T\ C. unit should bear in mind, however, that this advantage is being offered for their benefit, and they will be expected to make the very best of it. While the uniform is a necessary part of the soldier, we must not overlook the truth in the old adage that "Clothes do not make the man." The appearance of gray uniforms will not mean that we are to lounge on easy cushions in our rooms while these snappy suits parade perfectly in drill for us. It will be up to the students in R. O. T. C. here to prove their appreciation of this advantage in new dress with military service and bearing in accordance to the effort expended in securing it. We believe the officers will ask or expect no more recompense for their efforts than this, Letters to the Editor Editor, The Plainsman, Auburn, Alabama. Dear Sir: We were greatly amused at the stand taken by Mr. Benjamin Provost in your issue of the fourteenth in respect to engineering students and their courses. We might add that if your, advertising programs falls down you might offer the above mentioned article to College Humor, Uncle Billie's Whiz Bang, etc. Mr. Provost takes the attitude that the only requisite of a good engineer is a few years of experience in digging ditches, climbing poles and fixing leaky toilets while the reqisites of an academic man, or as he infers, a gentleman, are many years of study in art, music, philosophy, literature, economics, languages, history and politics. In our opinion he has the cart before the horse. Mr. Provost's idea of engineers learning how to build bridges, mine coal, and operate power plants by only the \vell known teacher, "Experience," is not only impractical but illogical. When you begin to compare the results obtained by a man whose knowledge is limited only to experience to those obtained by a man who has had the advantage of a technical education the illogicalness of the above argument is quite apparent. We would like to ask this highly cultivated columnist' whether he would for example rather leave "terra firma" in an airplane designed by a thoroughly practical and technical aeronautical engineer or one designed by a man who has worked in an airplane factory for a few years? Most likely Benjamin's fool-hardiness and desire to uphold his cherished principals exceeds his common sense. He states that he expected to find men with an open minded scientific attitude toward education when he came to Auburn, but instead found men who would not realize the value of a cultural education. It seems that Mr. Provost is slightly narrow minded himself when he refuses to recognize the value of a technical training. Even Francis Bacon, one of the most cultured men who ever spoke the English language, realized the value of science and devoted many years of his life towards that end. Benjamin insinuates that one who pursues a technical education is taking a short cut to a college degree. It seems to us that a man who studies art, music, philosophy, literature, economics, languages, history, and politics to the exclusion of all else in this practical age of science and invention is merely taking a short cut through life. For after all this is a pretty practical old world and we would like to ask where such airy minded idealists as Mr. Provost would be if it were not for the practical hard thinking engineers of today. Technically yours, N. G. NEERS. Thoughtlessness, indifference or poor sportsmanship, whatever it was, the action of a large group on Monday night in getting up and starting out of the room at least three minutes before the end of the game with Florida was inexcusable in every way. I cannot understand it. I have seen this student body stand fast and stay to the bitter end on the foot ball field time after time and have admired their fine sportsmanship on such occasions. Surely, the team had an off night. It was hard to watch. But you must remember that the same team has played a good game and will play a good game again in the future. Not only was this action discourteous to our visitors but more so to our own men. It created confusion, lost us any advantage there might have been in the last few minutes of the game. I felt much ashamed to think this action might hurt us in our standing among real men and our rival colleges. Let us resolve that this shall never happen again. Let every real Auburn man stick to his place until the last gun is fired. Stay put! When we have to take defeat let us stand up and take it like men and not slink away with backs turned. As I have said, this may have been thoughtlessness, indifference or poor sportsmanship but whatever it is let us see to it that the same thing does not happen twice. * - * * - iii * The world of today is advancing along most lines with great rapidity. This is peculiarly true of the sciences. What was taught yesterday is behind the times today. Some men forget this truth because they are not awake to these things. No teacher of today can travel the rut of routine, teaching the same thing yesterday, today and forever and do either himself, his students or his college justice. This day and age demands of every teacher that he know the last word, the most recent discovery, the- most advanced truth of his subject. Every member of the faculty must devote time to the task of keeping up. I recognize the fact that the administration must help by encouragement and plan but no administration can do it all. We must move together. « AUBURN FOOTPRINTS " L i t t l e T h i n g s" By Tom Bigbee One smile is worth far more than a dozen frowns at any stage of the game. Which brings to mind that fact that the spirit displayed at the first game with Florida this week wasn't at all commendable. Try to picture your own self on the court, fighting as if for dear life to win; then how do you suppose you would -feel on glancing around to see your classmates filing out of the gym? Desertion has never won a battle; neither has it contributed to the fight or reserve of our basketball team when it is doing its vei-y best to win. Looks like somebody will have to go back and hunt up some of the old Auburn Spirit— the kind that keeps the student body yelling and whooping through the last whistle, and even after the gun has been fired.. We believe it is nothing short of a downright shame to desert our team in action. When are we going to awaken to the realisation that five men can't win a game alone? The players themselves will tell you that the spirit of the student body is their major motive. And if we are going to destroy that, then what care should the team have for even trying to win? Try to imagine yourself playing a game before a razzing, hissing, disloyal group of spectators—would you feel pepped up over it? This is a very serious matter that we should direct more devotion into. Think it over seriously. You fellows who grumbled chronically over having to wear slouchy khaki in drill —what are you going to hatch up for a "griping" subject now? Monday morning: So much to do! Saturday night: So little done. And so, far far into the weeks. THE GEDUNK I am the playful Gedunk. I am fairly bubbling over with fun at all times and must out with it on all occasions. It makes no difference to me whether or not someone is trying to study or is busy with something else, I must have my little practical joke. I can think of such original tricks to play on my friends, no one ever knows what to expect next, and I do enjoy it. No circumstance is ever too serious or is anyone ever too busy to prevent me from having my fun. A few people have hinted that I am a bore and that perhaps it would have been better had I never been born. If I feel good, why should not the whole world benefit by it? Since my wit is not sought, I shall force it upon you. HELP? Dear Junior Civils, ^-- I have been informed that my brother, J. D. Hawshaw has been seen in your midst. He left home with the deepest determination (and my watch) to become as great a detective as his Father. His last letter stated that he was mixed up in a gang with Jimmie Ware, alias "Ladies Man", Bob Willingham alias "Jazz Baby", John Wilson, alias "Sheffield Shiek", and A. V. Smith, alias "Miss Hap." Friends I implore your aid in finding my lost brother, saving him from these infamdus men. It is also rumored that he is taking a subject from a certain professor who is closely connected with the town of London, and has acquired habits of same town. Again I ask your aid in finding my brother. Don't let him join the W's. A sorrow stricken brother U. R. HAWKSHAW, 215 Pratt Hall W. C. A., Montgomery, Ala. * * * * * « * • THE JOURNEY OF LIFE In the early dawn, with sails full set, The ships of Life put forth to sea, With waters calm, and steady breeze, Nor can we tell what their fates will be. They start at par; all side by side, And sail to the West in the path of the sun, \_ To begin the great journey of Life's one intent; By nightfall their journey is lost—or won! A contrary breeze from the South springs up n^And strengthens to the fury of an ocean gale. One by one the ships veer off, Til one alone to the West holds sail. By noon they are scattered all over the sea, One here, one there, and one heading West, And hour by hour, as the day goes by, Pulling farther and farther ahead of the rest. As the sun sinks low, to the water's edge, This one holds true to the harrowing test, And with sails full set, still holding her course, She sails alone to the Golden West. —-Convict Number 969. * * * * * * * * CALL ME AT 4G How come they call you big toe? Somebody told me the other day that you 'us an old heel, but I said I thought you 's jam up cause I lairks you so-o-o-o much. You do say the cutest things in your tabbleoid sheet. I'll tell you a secret—the reason I thinks so much of you, Pigg-Wiggy, is that you are so goshamighty clever. Great Big Digit (that's my nicky-namy for you) have you ever been down in that awful Ag Bottom? I's reading a book the other day on how to make love, and my roommate said I's wasting my time. Told me to go down there and I'd find out heaps. Well, sir, I goes down there and the first thing I hear is "smack!" somewhere over in the bushes. Now I believe somebody slapped somebody's face—cause I is so innocent—but then I was downright scairt . I yelled, and whattayano? Folks come arunning out of them bushes like pigs, but for me I thinks they'us having a lit society meeting or something—cause maybe I ain't supposed to know what they'us really doing. Diggy, if you lairks me a little bit, whatta you say we go down in the farmer's ditch and sow some oats, and oh, the reeping of 'em. , . Burningly, MOO COW EDD. MEDITATIONS ON THIS AND THAT ^By ^Benjamin Trovosh~ WITH OTHER COLLEGES BRING ON THE RED FLANNELS Presbyterian College's football team may appear in knitted football pants next season, according to the Presbyterian College Blue Stocking. The advantage' of the knitted pants is in their ability to streth and give with the movements of the body. There is no interference with the free leg motion of the kicker, nor is there any strain in the position of the lineman. * * * * * RATHER THE SMELL OF TOBACCO THAN—? "I hate to see a girl smoke a cigarette because I object to kissing a gill whose breath smells of tobacco." This is the consensus of opinion at the University of Minnesota anent the subject of co-eds who smoke. That's strange. Most men do not strenuously object to women smoking as a matter of principle, but they do protect when "their girl" smokes. * * * * * AMONG WHICH W. A. P. I. IS BEST Radio is rapidly gaining recognition in the colleges, both as a medium for broadcasting college activities and as a course, of study for those who wish to make it their life work. Many of the larger stations are employing only college men in the capacity of announcer or director—men who have had microphone experience. There are now sixty-three college radio stations in the United States. This is particularly remarkable, since it must be remembered that radio as a college institution is comparatively new. The college broadcast lectures, educational talks, talent recruited from the student body, etc. Some of the schools have large and beautiful studios with a staff of artists equal to any commercial station. :j: m m _ j|c ^ SUCH IS THE PURPOSE OF THOSE That "hoboing" is popular among Furman men as well as students of practically all other universities and colleges, is a well-established fact. Also, the fact that some time is taken out in the lazy art of waiting for rides is also shown by other things than statistics. At the point where the Newberry road is joined by the Columbia cut-off, about two miles this side of Newberry, there is a sign-post with several signs on it. Perusing this board a few days -ago, a pair of Furman men discovered that the same trail had been used by others, and those others had to wait a little there also. On the backs of the signs, there are names of numerous students from Clemson, Furman, Carolina, Auburn, Citadel and other colleges. Some of themvput the date of their passage there, and still others left brief notes for some who were presumably following close behind them. Why don't 9 somebody start an honorary frat for hoboes? Probably the opinion is that, one would have to cease activity though after being elected, as in other honorary fraternities. WOULDN'T IT GO BIG HERE An attempt at Northwestern to estab-i lish a "Dutch" system of dating where men | and women would share equally in the expenses resulted in two poorly attended dances. Although women are geting more and more into salaried positions that make them partly or totally independent, it will be a long time before they will give up the security of having a man to fall back on when they tire of work or develop a strong penchant for homes and babies. Letting the boy friend pay for the movie is one way of training the husband to pay the rent or taxes. Students at Northwestern were flying in the face of human nature. It is surprising that they failed. * * * * * MEN HAVE MORE SENSE Going to college seems to have a bad effect upon the weaker sex, if statistics mean anything, or at least it serves to make them more independent. Only forty-six per cent of the women who receive sheep-skins from Ohio State ever partake in matrimonial bliss. The statement is also made that only in Arkansas and Massachusetts do the majority of women graduates marry. The statement has been made that fig-gures don't lie, but these may be taken to mean one of two things; either women become wise with education, or men graduate with more sense. The correct interpretation depends upon the prejudices of the individual. 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. * * * * * THE ORDER of business for today seems to be explaining something that I have previously written. Every day my already-low opinion of my ability to express what is on my mind is further lowered by finding people who misunderstand something that I say or write. Two engineers literally lay me low in a letter published on this page today, because they seem to think that I undervalue the worth and importance of technical training. The members of the debating teams • are complaining that the Plainsman has taken a very unsympathetic attitude toward forensics, because of some, remarks printed in this column. Unless the editor can find something else with which to fill up this space in each issue I will soon have to hire a cartoonist to draw illustrations of my points; I can't seem to get them across. A! S FOR THE engineers; my contention is that many students in the academic school were narrowminded because they refused to attach any value to technical education, and that some technical students here are narrowminded when they refuse to see any worth in a cultural training. Many students at both schools are not narrow—many of them see the other man's point and see the necessity for both. I complained about the viewpoint of the academic students; when I came here I expected to find things different, but too many technical men have the same narrow outlook. The two engineers have the impression that the scorn of technicians is my view; that I say learn only by experience; that is false; I only remarked what many of my classmates at the other school believed. I did not insinuate that a technical course is a short cut to an education; I mentioned having heard that view expressed elsewhere. I am fully aware that the misunderstanding is merely the result of my crude expression; I no more agree with one narrow view than with the other; I fully appreciate the value of trained technicians; I had not meant to express any personal view; I meant to present the two conflicting views and to call them both narrow-minded. I hope that this will clear the column of the charge of narrow-mindedness made by the correspondents. I assure the engineers that "narrowminded ignoramus" fits the academic student as well as it does the other, and that it is applicable only to a certain number of both. * * * * * IN LAST Sunday's issue I made a few remarks about debating. I thought that I was paying the debaters a high compliment by saying that debating is not for the hoi-polloi; I thought that I was making it clear that I didn't believe the dumb majority would be competent to judge complex arguments. However, I hear that I have slammed forensics. Now I know that only men with a certain type of mind can become successful debators. I know this because I once tried to debate. I repeat, I tried. The certain type of mind is above the average in clearness and alertness. The debater must think quickly, deeply and in a logical manner. He must be able to put across his points in a convincing manner. For this reason I say that debating is not for the masses; it is not for the rah-rah boys. I doubt that the whole school was ever deeply interested in forensics because only in Utopia would one find a student body 100 per cent competent to be interested. TO-MORROW is Washington's birthday anniversary. Our news editor Tom Brown, is tearing around the office calling the War Department naughty names because their idea of celebrating the birthday of the "father of American freedom" is to make him, (Tom) stay in Auburn and drill. Tom claims that it isn't consistent at all; that we should celebrate by having a day of freedom in commemoration of Washington's work. THE STIRRUP-CUP Death, thou'rt a cordial old and rare: Look how compounded, with what care! Time got his wrinkles reaping thee Sweet herbs from all antiquity. David to thy distillage went, Keats, and Gotana excellent, Omar Khayyam, and Chaucer bright, And Shakspere for a king-delight. Then, Time, le tnot a drop be spilt: Hand me the cup whene'er thou wilt; 'Tis thy rich stirrup-cup to1 me; I'll drink it down right smilingly. •—Sidney Lanier. \ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE I PARKER PEN COMPANY PROMOTES INTEREST IN AVIATION BY TOUR The Parker Pen Company, Janes-ville, Wisconsin, has long been a believer in coimniercial aviation and operates its own airplane to speed up the conduct of its business. Wishing to do their bit to encourage interest in aviation among college students, officials of the company have arranged to have the plane visit as many colleges as possible during its trips around the country. At each college, complimentary flights are given to a certain number of students, usually selected by drawing for "lucky numbers" conducted under the auspices of the college newspaper. r~~ At Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, over 1700 students registered for a chance for a free "air ride," which is typical of the interest shown at every college the plane has visited to date. During the winter months, the; plane is being operated in Southern States, and the following colleges are included in its itinerary: Georgia Institute of Technology, Tulane University, Rice Institute, University of Texas, University of Kansas, University of Missouri. The Parker plane, christened "Parker Duofold" by Amelia Earhart, is Keep youth longer! deanse the system of poisons Two of the great enemies to youth and vitality are delayed elimination and intestinal poisons. To keep yourself free from both these common difficulties will help you to stay young. •With the use of Nujol you can do it too. For Nujol absorbs body poisons and carries them off, preventing their absorption by the body. Nujol also softens the waste matter and brings about normal evacuation. It is harmless; contains no drugs or medicine. It won't cause gas or griping pains, or affect the stomach or kidneys. Every corner druggist has Nujol. Make sure you get the genuine. Look for the Nujol bottle with the label on the back that you can read right through the bottle. Don't delay, get Nujol today. a 410 H.P. Fairchild Wasp five-passenger Cabin Monoplane, top speed 140 miles per hour. It has double the horse power of the ordinary cabin monoplane, as this provides an additional factor of safety in taking off in small fields or flying over mountainous territory where high flying is advisable. The plane will climb to an altitude of 20,000 feet with full load, and will climb the first 10,000 feet in 13 minutes. It is equipped with every device for safety and comfort—brakes on the wheels for quick stopping on the ground and easy maneuvering, heated cabin, quarter-million candlepower landing lights, and many other technical devices recently developed to aid safe flying. The pilot, Edgar PaParle, has a record of over 3,000 flying hours—a rec-or dequalled by few airmen in this country. The Parker plane, painted red with black-tipped wings to conform to' the well known Duofold pen color scheme, always attracts attention wherever it goes, and thus makes a very effective advertising medium for the Parker Pen Company and its products. Wilsonian Society Musical Program Georgia Tech Golden Tornado Takes To Air in Parker Plane HIGH PRESSURE STUDY IS WORTHY MUCH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION Edgar LaParle, Pilot of the Parker Pen Airplane, "Parker Duofold," and members of the Georgia Tech Football team who were given complimentary flights during the plane's recent visit to Atlanta. The program of the Wilsonian Literary Society Tuesday night was unusually interesting throughout. Mr. P. H. Alsobrook told of the inquiries he had made as to some of Ripley's sayings in the "Believe it or not" section of The Montgomery Advertiser. Alsobrook has learned from Ripley that Washington's birthday is not February 22, but is February 11, due to the calendar being changed in the eighteenth century. "John's History Lesson" was read by Miss Lottie Collins. The history student seemed to have every historical event centered around the year 1492. The society was favored by several musical numbers by Reaves and Raines on their guitars. "COLLEGE MEN"—COME TO SEE US FOR Nunnally's Candies, Kodaks and Films, John Holland Fountain Pens THOMASON DRUG STORE—OPELIKA, ALA. BANK OF AUBURN We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business OPELIKA PHARMACY INC. Prescription Druggist YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED Phone 72 Opelika, Ala. Chevrolet Meeting At Birmingham More than four hundred Chevrolet Dealers, sales managers and bankers from Alabama and Western Florida were guests at an elaborate sales meeting and banquet given by the Chevrolet Motor Company in Birmingham at the Tutwiler Hotel a few days ago. Following the banquet an excellent vaudeville shohv was provided for the visitors. Mr. M. D. Douglas, Assistant General Sales Manager of the Company, was toastmaster. The principal speaker was Mr. P. Sever, the Birmingham Zone Sales Manager, who pointed out that the Birmingham Zone would share in a large measure in the success of the company this year. "In Birmingham Zone it may be truthfully said that when the automobile business is on a sound basis, other industries also show progress," said Mr. Sever. "It is in this region that we have the great cotton belt and the largest center in the world for coal and iron industries," concluded this Zone Manager. Mr. Bain, local Chevrolet dealer, declared after a careful observation of the playlets portraying new and effective marketing ideas for the dealers, he was sure that 1929 would be a banner year for Chevrolet dealers. "The excellent suggestions given us by the high Chevrolet officials will enable the Chevrolet dealers to render the highest type of service to his community," said the local dealer. Among the speakers at the meeting were M. D. Douglas, Ass't. General Sales Manager, P. Sever, Zone Sales Manager, Wm. A. Blees, Managers Dealers Finance and Acounting, J. H. Blackmore, Ass't. Sales Promotion Manager, T. E. Chancellor, Ass't. Manager Truck Division, J. P. Little, Manager Parts & Service Division and Will Power, Manager of Show Productions. PHI BETA KAPPA BE ESTABLISHED The Tallahassee Association of Phi Beta Kappa held a meeting last Thursday in which definite plans for Alpha Lambda Tau To Hold Convention The national convention of Alpha Lambda Tau will be held in Birmingham in April with the Eta chapter at Howard College, the Beta chapter at The poor student who delays his work until the last few days of the semester has long been the object of professional excoriation. . . This student turns in all required work, a trifle late, perhaps slightly condensed, but practically always intact. The reward? He is lucky to rate more than the traditional "D." Often his results are of higher quality than those of the student who is content to remit the assignments as per schedule. Many times it is of at applying for a charter of the society Uuburn and the Birmingham Alumni for Florida State College for Women | A s s o c i a t i o n a c t i n g a s h o s t s H e a d. were made. This association has been working for about four years to secure a charter. There is the hope that Florida State College for Women will be accepted at the next triennial convention in 1931. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most distinguished honorary scholastic fraternity. It was organized in 1776 and admits only persons of the highest scholastic standing. In each triennium not more than three charters are granted in each district of which there are seven in the United States. quarters will be at the Tutwiler Hotel. Committees on entertainment are already at work, and officials of the CITY OF AUBURN AN ORDINANCE To amend an Ordinance "To provide for the regulation of privies in the town of Auburn, Alabama, etc." adopted May 5, 1923. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Auburn, Alabama, as follows: Sec. 1. That Section 2 of an ordinance adopted on May 5, 1923, entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the regulation of privies in the Town of Auburn, Alabama, etc." be and the same is hereby amended so that it shall read as follows, to-wit: "Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to permit upon any property in Auburn, Alabama, a privy or dry closet of any kind or description for the reception of human excreta to be maintained or exist, where any of said property is or may be connected with the public sewer system of said City; except that where any such property is connected with the public sewer system, and one or more stools, commodes or water closets are in actual use i&nd operation, there may be maintained at the same time on such "Say it 'With ^lowers" FOR ALL OCCASIONS R0SEM0NT GARDENS Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA FLORISTS SHOWING ALL WEEK FEBRUARY 17-23 YOU HAVE SEEN / •THf0/#w or A /Mr/air-'my DOWN EAST'-'MS T£N COHHAM>M£NrS"~ mm£COV£#£D WAGON"-" B£N HU/9"~ 'THE B/G PAfiADE" arid TZOtV CECIL DEMILLE*S "PICTURE OF PICTURES" KINC^KINGS Presented by Pathe Synchronized on The PHOTOTONE Tivoli Theatre Montgomery, Ala. POPULAR PRICES Adults 50c Children 25c Widely Discussed Is "The King of Kings" One of the greatest events of the picture season will be the premier showing of Cecil B. De Mille's "King of Kings," at the Trivoli Theatre at Montgomery, Ala., all week beginning Sunday, Feb. 17. This picture has enjoyed a sensational success in New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadel-pia and Los Angeles, and has been more widely discussed by press, clergy and laity than any other motion picture since "The Birth of a Nation." The causes of the popularity of "The King of Kings" are not far to seek. Among them are the world's greatest story, the reverent dramatization of the life of Christ; supei-b acting of eighteen stars; 500 well-known players and 5,000 extra people; the restoring of a historical period in buildings, scenes, properties and costumes exceeding in elaborateness even "Ben- Hur"; and above all a vision' that truly realizes the infinite tenderness, humanity and uplift of the New Testament story. Local theatre goers are looking forward with great interest to H. B. Warner's embodiment of the title role. Among the other characters portrayed are St. Peter played by Ernest Tor-rence; the Magdalene, Jacqueline Logan; Mary Mother, Dorothy Cum-ming; the Roman Centurion, Montagu Love; Simon of Cyrene, William Body; Mary and Martha of Bethany, Josephine Norman and Julia Faye. Other fine characterizations are those of the two Schildkrauts as Caiaphas and Judas, Victor Varconi as Pilate, Sam De Grasse as the Pharisee, and Theodore Kosloff as the servant of the High Priest. CITY OF AUBURN AN ORDINANCE To further provide for the revenue of the City of Auburn. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Auburn, Alabama, as follows: Sec. 1. That each fire insurance company doing business in the City of Auburn, for the privilege of doing business within the limits of said city, shall pay to the City of Auburn a license tax which shall be an amount equivalent to $4.00 upon each $100.00 or major fraction thereof, of gross premiums, less return premiumSj on policies issued during the preceding year on property located within the City of Auburn; and no credit or deduction of any kind shall be allowed or made on account of the cost of re-insurance by such company in a company not authorized to do business in the State of Alabama; and provided that any new company doing business within the City of Auburn shall pay to the City of Auburn for the first year, or fraction thereof, of its operations, a license tax in the amount of $10.00, which shall be adjusted at the expiration of the first year, or fraction thereof, so that the license tax payable for the first year shall be equivalent to $4.00 for each $100.00, and major fraction thereof, of the gross premiums on policies issued during the year or part thereof, covering property within the City of Auburn, such companies thereafter to pay the license tax hereinabove provided for fire insurance companies. Sec. 2. That each insurance company, other than fire insurance companies, doing business within the City of Auburn, Alabama, shall pay to the City for the privilege of doing j business, a license tax for each year of $10.00, and in addition thereto I $1.00 on each $100.00 or major fraction thereof, of the gross permiums, less return premiums, received during the preceding year on policies issued during said year to citizens of said City of Auburn. Sec. 3. That the licenses herein provided for shall be paid for the year 1929, on or before the first day of May, 1929, and for each succeeding year shall be paid on or before the first day of March. Sec. 4. On the 31st' day of December, 1929, and of each year thereafter, or within sixty days after such 31st day of December, each insur-j Birmingham chapter and of the alumni association are hoping to make | property one pit privy as hereinafter the convention one of the most sue least average ranking. The semester grades, however, have never known to inspire the recipient of greater endeavors. Why should the so-called dilettante student be verbally lammed by unanimous faculty opinion? Regarding him as though he were purely a laboratory specimen, why doesn't he deserve the highest grades? In the commercial world the high-pressure worker who can turn out even ordinary work is always suitably rewarded. It's the man capable of quantity production on short notice who is in demand. He who can outline a selling campaign over night, or design a building, or write a novel, is a valued man. Therefore the student who is capable of turning out the semester's work in two days should be regarded with awe. Phi Beta Kappa should be proud to honor him as one of its own. Such a student demonstrates his caliber by his actions. cessful in the history of the frat. CITY OF AUBURN AN ORDINANCE To further provide for the public safety. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Auburn, Alabama, as follows: Sec. 1. That College Street, from the South margin of Miller Avenue to the North margin of Bragg Avenue, is hereby designated as and is declared to be a "Thru Street". Sec. 2. That Gay Street, from the South margin of Miller Avenue to the North margin of Mitcham Avenue is hereby designated as and declared to be a "Thru Street". Sec. 3. It shall be 'unlawful for any person to drive or propel, or cause to be driven or propelled, a vehicle of any kind into a Thru Street without first causing such vehicle to come to a complete stop with the front end of the vehicle, or head of the team if drawn by animals, to be when such stop is made, between the margin of such street and a line parallel to it not more than six feet from said margin. Sec. 4. Suitable signs shall be placed at each intersection bearing the words "Thru Street, Stop", or some similar warning signal. Sec. 5. Any person who shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall be punished by fine of not; less than $1.00 nor more than $100.00 and by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, one or both, at the discretion of the officer sitting as Recorder. "I, Bert Newton, Clerk of the City of Auburn, Alabama, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Auburn at a meeting held on the 19th day of February, 1929. Witness my hand, this 19th day of February, 1929. BERT NEWTON, City Clerk." defined. "I, Bert Newton, Clerk of the City of Auburn, Alabama, hereby certify I that the foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance duly adopted by the j City Council of the City of Auburn j at a meeting held on the 19th day of February, 1929. Witness my hand, this 19th day of February, 1929. BERT NEWTON, City Clerk." 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Florida had downed the Auburn quintet the night before 46-29. At the first of the game it was difficult for either team to score. Auburn finally made the first count when Mullin slipped one through the hoop with ease. This was three minutes after the whistle to begin had blown. Then Mullin scored the next point of the game by a free throw at the basket. This put Auburn in the lead 3-0 and it was six more minutes before either team was able to register another point. After this Florida began ringing them regular as did Auburn and Florida stepped only one point ahead of the Tigers, holding it a few seconds which was the only time they were in the lead. "Boots" Fulton, "Moon" Mullin, and DuBose went on a "spree auvui, .moi time and began dropping the ball through the basket. Mullin, the Tiger forward, led the scorrers with 15 points but he was closely followed by DuBose with his 14 points and McLucas with his 14 points. Auburn was leading the Gators 24-13 at the half which was quite a coincidence for Florida was leading the Tigers 24-13 at the half the night before. AUBURN (51): Mullin (15), and Fulton (12), forwards; DuBose (14), center; James (6), and Vines (4), guards. Subs.: Anderson. FLORIDA: (26): Crabtree (4), and Perrine, forwards; Clemmons (2), center; Waters (1), and Van- Sickle, guards. Subs.: McLucas (14), North (5), and Colson. Referee: Roosma (West Point). To Captain Plainsmen Gridders Tigers Lose Hard Fought Tilt to Tech Close Score 41-46 Alternate Captain Next Season Tigers "Shorty" will be the man to lead the "Tiger" eleven next fall. And he should be well qualified to fill the about this Position having played at practically every position on the team since entering Auburn. Shorty finished the past season at guard and it was at Rat Dribblers Complete Successful Season; Cop Fast Game From S.M.A. By Dick Jones The Rat dribblers of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute completed a most successful season Tuesday afternoon when they defeated the Southern Military Academy, 74-20, in the Auburn gym in an extra fast game that the winners jumped into the lead in the very beginning like a whirlwind. The Tigers scored their first three throws at the hoop before Southern even got the ball under their basket. After the Southern lads put a nice one in from the center of the floor Auburn swung into a scoring mood and Jordan, Lumpkin, Aldridge and Lawson continued it throughout the contest, rarely ever missing a shot. Then when the first half ended the | Auburn Tigers were leading 32-12. "Lefty" Jordan, the "Baby" Tiger hoop artist, led the scorers with 27 points. He scored 19 of them in the | first half of which he played only) a half. Williams was the star for the Southern Military lads, who are coached by "Nurmi" Nelson, a former Auburn star on the gridiron and on the cinder paths. Williams scored 10 points for the losers. Lineup and summary: AUBURN (74): Jordan (27), and Aldridge (7), forwards; Stewart (3), center; Kaley (4), and Hatfield (2), guards. Subs.: Beard (3), Lumpkin (10), Johns, Kooiman (4), Lawson (14), Curvin, and Lasseter. S. M. A. (20): Williams (10, and (c.) Boones (2), forwards; Powell, center; Hitchcock (2), and Straiton (2), guards. Subs.: Olds (4). Referee: Ebb James (Auburn). this position he was par excellent. Although he is not the biggest man to lead an Auburn team he is probably the most aggressive and if every man will put as much into the game as "Shorty" does there will be a big change in the Auburn team next year. SPORTS STUFF By "Dusty" Porter GIVE US TIME We think it is only modern human nature for a large majority of the sport loving public to become dissatisfied when things don't go just right in the athletical line. Auburn for the past four years has been in the "rut", yet the majority of us expect to jump from our low position to Southern Conference Champions in one year which is almost impossible. We have seen a new coach in charge for the past four years, and when a winning team did not bloom out over night with the change in the coaching staff, we would soon get downhearted and begin to sum up the reasons for our failure to win games and each time the discussion has drifted to the coaching staff, "The coaching staff is no good", and with such prevailing not only in the student body and alumni, but also among some of the athletes, it is almost impossible for any coach regardless of who he is' or what his past record may be to produce athletical teams that will satisfy the majority when we are in such a state of mind, and there is no coach that can come to Auburn and change the situation over night. We must be willing to stay behind the coaches and give them the chance to make good, and we can't consider one year long enough for a coach to install his system and get it working to any degree of satisfaction. We have had a change in the coaching staff and just a change satisfies the majority, and the dissention that has existed among the alumni, students and followers of Auburn must be wiped out and start anew. We must all realize that it will take some time for Auburn to climb back to the select class, and this can be done only through cooperation of everybody concerned; so let's forget the past and stay behind the coaching staff, and Auburn will soon be back in the place that she occupied for so many years. COTTON STATES TOURNAMENT This week-end will find the "Village" graced with many new faces. The Cotton States Tournament and we would say the greatest high school sporting event of the year will bring many visitors to the "Village" to see the south's best high school basketball teams battle for the great honor of being looked upon as champions of the prep class. Some of Auburn's best athletes were first seen in action during these tournaments, and the Auburn Spirit has caused many of the visiting players to enter Auburn when their high school days are over. Let's cause many more to select Auburn to be their Alma Mater. BEN SANKEY BACK They all may leave but the majority will always come back for more. Ben Sankey, probably the best shortstop to do battle for the "Tigers" in many years slipped into town a few days ago to get the "kinks" out of his arm, the lead dut of his system and his eyes on the ball, and each afternoon Ben can be seen in action on \he baseball field and the passing of another year has made no changes with him. We are only sorry that we will not have the pleasure of seeing Ben pick them out of the dirt for Auburn another year, because it is good to anybody's eyes to see Ben in action. Saturday night the fast flying quintet from Georgia Tech added one more victory to their Conference rating by downing the Auburn five in one of the most exciting games of the year. From the first tip-off up until two minutes before the end of the game it looked as though the game would go in the win column for the "Tigers". At the half Auburn was leading by one point, but the inability of the Auburn team to make their shots good caused defeat in the final ! minutes of play. In the passing at-i itack and floor work Auburn was su-perior, but shots that were usually-good for two points in any other game would ride the rim and drop to the outside! For Auburn, Captain Dubose was the high point man dropping seven from the court, and adding four by the foul route giving him eighteen points and honors for the night. Wilson for Tech ran a close second with a total of seventeen points for the days woi'k. Line up: AUBURN: Mullins (14), and Fulton, forwards; DuBose (18), center; James (6), and Vines (1), guards. Subs: Frazier (2). GA. TECH: Heeke (15), and Wilson (17), forwards; Hudson (5), center; Maree (1), and Brooks (2), guards. Subs.: Coker (4), Wages (2). Porter has finished his second year i years and no better defensive man on the gridiron for Auburn and no man has fought harder for victory than he has. < Porter has been the outstanding halfback in Auburn for the past two can be found in the south. With Callahan and Long leading the Auburn attack next year things are sure to change when football gets underway again. Monday, February 25, Last Day to Sign Up For Intra Mural Baseball 'Gator Quintet Downs Tiger Cagers In First Game of Series 46-29 By Dick Jones The University of Florida quintet downed the Auburn Tiger's Monday night, 46-29, in the Auburn gym in the first of a two game series. Lt. Barth, in discussing the Intra Mural baseball league yesterday with a Plainsman reporter stated that he wanted to issue a last call for all men j who intend trying for the Freshman baseball team to turn out for play in the Battalion league. It is believed that a few men are holding back on account of possible injury to their arms due to cold weather. This is not the proper spirit—the coaches will not call on a man to "throw his arm away. off and when games are played they are cut down to five innings because Freshman Cagers Cop Game From Tallassee By Tad McCallum Auburn's Freshman cagesters wal-j loped Tallassee High, one of the strongest contenders for Alabama j high school honors, by a 40 to 25; score in the Auburn gym Monday afternoon. The Baby Tigers played a listless On cold days games are called g a m e a n d s h o w e d t h e e f f e c t s o f t h e i r j Lumpkin, forwards; Stewart hard battle with the Tech Frosh Sat-1 c e n t e r . K a , e y ( g ) a n d H a t f i e l d ( 3 ) Baby Tigers Ride To Victory in Tilt With Tech Freshies By Tad McCallum Auburn's Baby Tigers wound up their season in a blaze of glory Saturday night when they defeated the highly rated Georgia Tech Frosh quintet 49 to 45 in one of the most thrilling games ever played in the local gym. The victory atoned for the lone defeat that the Auburn Rats have suffered for the season, this coming from the Tech Freshmen three weeks ago in Atlanta. The game was a nip and tuck affair all the way through and neither ieam was able to hold a lead for any length of time. English, diminutive Tech forward, gave a remarkable exhibition of shooting and was responsible for 17 of Tech's 45 points. He looped field goals from every conceivable angle and carried the main burden of Tech's offense. Raines, former Vienna High star, was watched closely and was held to three field goals. For the Auburnites, "Lefty" Jordan with 16 points, Aldridge with 11 points, and Stewart with 11 points featured in the scoring. Kaley and Hatfield put up a beautiful exhibition of guarding and succeeded in giving the Tech forwards a miserable afternoon. Kaley also dribbled down on several occasions and sank field goals when they were most needed. English, Perkins, and Raines were the big breezes in the "Little Tornado" and all turned in first class performances. Lineup: GA. TECH (45): English (17), and Perkins (14), forwards; Raines (7), center; Waldrep and Griffeth, guards. Subs.: Ma+his (7) for Griffeth. AUBURN (49): Jordan (16), and (ID, Florida's dribblers presented a fastjby t h e n ^ g u n & g o i n g d o w n a n d ^ w o r k i , l " : '•'•»''>"'"'!"" when (Vabtree, weather turning cool. In order to get the full benefit from the battalion league as developing urday afternoon but they managed to j G u a r d g g u b . A l d r i d g e ( 1 1 ) f o ;r Perrine, and demons started down the floor toward the gators basket. Crabtree being the star. He shot with a "dead-aim" and passed like a gun shooting a bullet. Then when the game ended he was leading the scorers for the night with 16 points. The Tiger Captain, DuBose, was right on his heels with 13 points. The Auburn five were off to much in their shooting to compete with the Gators. The Tigers took as many shots at the hoop as the winners but had their hardest luck of the season when it came to ringing them. Florida was leading 24-13 when the half ened. Chappelle, played a nice game at ENGINEERS DOWN SECOND BATTALION FIRST GAME OF INTRA MURAL SEASON By Tad McCallum The Engineers defeated the 2nd Battalion 7 to 3 in the first official game of the intramural baseball league Monday afternoon. Both teams played steady baseball for early season and only three bobbles were recorded during the entire game. Fleming hurled a nice game for the Engineers and only gave up four scattered hits in addition to whiffing ten men. Ellison, on the mound for the 2nd Battalion was hit freely but retired nine opponents by the strikeout route. Colman featured at the bat for (Continued on page 6) Tourney Schedule 1 P. M. Monticello Midland City 2 P. M. Andrew Jackson Tallapoosa 3 P. M. Geneva County Sidney Lanier 4 P. M. Franklin County Foley High 5 P. M. Perry High Wetumpka 7 P. M. Malone Alliance 8 P. M. Bradley High La Grange . 9 P. M. Tallassee Rol)t. E. Lee ground for the Freshman team it is essential that every one turn out now. Lt. Barth has conferred with the coaching staff and it has been decided that any man who fails to turn out for the Battalion league will not be considered when picking the Freshman team unless he is now playing on the Rat basket j ball team or has reported his reasons | (to Coach Brown) for not participating and has been excused by him. So far the only two men excused by Coach Brown are Prim and Anderson. Men now playing Rat basketball, or out fro spring football, who desire to play baseball should report (to Lt. Barth at once and have their names placed on team rolls, reporting for play as soon as other sports are over. Players are again reminded that they must keep in touch with the schedule of games. These schedules are now posted on the artillery and engineer bulletin board and gymnasium board. run up a fairly high score by a hard Lumpkin. fight couped with the deadly marksmanship of Aldridge and Lumpkin who were credited with 14 and 13 points respectively. The Tallassee quintet opened things up with a bang and scored 8 points before the Tiger Cubs came through with a single marker. Aldridge slip-1 outfit in the second half and Ald-ped one through and the Rats came , ridge and Lumpkin were looping 'em gave the Rats plenty of trouble in the first half. Both of these boys have received all-state high school mention and they showed that they justly deserved this honor. The Rats looked like a different to life and soon evened things up. "Lefty" Jordan, Auburn's scoring acre, was badly off and was relieved by Lumpkin in the first half. Auburn's offensive play was ragged for the major portion of the encounter and at the half the Cubs were leading by the slender margin of 18 to 14. Mason and McClellan were the big guns in Tallasee's attack and they from all angles while Kaley and Hatfield returned to their usual form and stopped the Tallassee forwards cold. Jordan returned to the game in the closing minutes and looped a pretty one just, before the timer's gun put an end to the fray. Lineup: AUBURN: Jordan (2), and Aldridge (14), foi-wards; Stewart (c), (Continued on page 6) forward in the last half when he substituted for Fulton. Lineup and summary: AUBURN (29): Mulin (5), and Kennedy, forwards; Capt. DuBose (13), center; Vines, and James (2) guards. Subs.: Chamblee (3), Fulton, Yarbrough, Frazier (2), Chappelle (3), Anderson (1), DeVaughan. FLORIDA (46): Crabtree (16), and Perrine (4), forwards; demons (12), center; Waters (5), and Van- Sickle (5), guards. Subs.: McLucas (2), Salzer (2), and North. ' Referee: Roosma (West Point) ; Tinier: Hutsell (Missouri); Scorer: Salter (Auburn). 1929 Basketball Schedule Date Opponent and Their Score Auburn Score and Place Played Jan. 2—Ft. Benning (38) (40) At Auburn Jan. 5—Birmingham A. C. (34) Jan. 9—Ft. Benning (43) Jan. 11—La Grage YMCA (32) Jan. 12—Birmingham A. C. (38) Jan. 18—Southern (28) Jan. 25—U. of Florida (44) Jan. 26—U. of Florida (32) Jan. 28—L. S. U. (45) Jan. 29—L. S. U. (65) Feb. 1—Clemson (46) Feb. 2—Georgia (39) Feb. 6—Georgia Tech (42) Feb. 8—Tulane (48) Feb. 9—Tulane (25) Feb. 11—Mercer (46) Feb. 12—Mercer (31) Feb. 16—Georgia Tech (46) Feb. 18—U. of Florida (46) Feb. 19—U. of Florida (26) Feb. 21, 22, 23—Cotton States Tournamoii Feb. 25—B'ham.-Southern Feb. 26—B'ham.-Southern March 1, 2, 4, & 5th—Conference Tournament At Atlanta (37) (37) (29) (20) (32) (34) (39) (28) (28) (20) (32) (25) (35) (40) (41) (29) (41) (29) (51) At Auburn At Columbus At Auburn At Birmingham At Auburn At Gainesville At Gainesville At Auburn At Auburn At Clemson At Athens At Atlanta At Auburn At Auburn At Macon At Macon At Auburn At Auburn At Auburn At Auburn At Auburn THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE DEAN BIGGIN ANNOUNCES TENTATIVE OUTLINE OF TOUR As a Christmas gift from students of architecture at Auburn, alumni, and the Alabama chapter of American Institute of Architecture, Dean Frederic Child Biggin, of the school of architecture of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, will leave Auburn February 26 for a cruise of three continents before he returns to Auburn six months later. President Bradford Knapp has granted him a leave of absence in order that he may take advantage of the gift which came to him early last December as a complete surprise. During his absence Professor Milton S. Osborne will be acting dean, President Knapp announced. Dean Biggin will leave Auburn early on the morning of February 26. He will arrive in New York the following day and that night the Auburn alumni and former professor of Auburn will gather at a banquet in his honor. He will sail from New York the following day and go direct to a section of the world, which is famous for its architecture and from which scores of ideas have. been passed on » GREENE'S OPELIKA, ALA. Clothing, Shoes —and— Furnishing Goods to countries in the western hemisphere. On March 18 he will arrive at Madeira. After a brief stay there he will go to Gibi'altar; and from there to Algiers in north Africa. The next stop will be at Nice on the north side of the Mediterranean. From here he will go to Naples and then to Athens where he will l'emain 9 days seeing, studying, observing, and enjoying, for Athens is one of the places where there is much to be seen and enjoyed by trained architects. Continuing his journey eastward he will go from Athens to Haifa which is the port to Jerusalem where he will spend a week before going to Cairo, Egypt. He plans to spend a considerable time in that section where he will see temples, tombs of kings, and many other things which he is anxious to see. A trip on the Nile River is contemplated. Alexander, Naples, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Venice, Milan, Nimes, and Aries will be visited before he arrives in Paris where he will spend 10 days. He will visit several towns in the Paris district. From Paris he will go into Germany. He expects to take a trip on the Rhine River. From G.ermany he will go into Belgium and thence to England. From London he will make a circuitous tour over England, visiting cathedral towns. He will return to London in August and start his homeward voyage over the Atlantic. He will be back in Auburn for the opening of college next September. B O O K B R I D GE i By P. B. COLE THE NATURE OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD by A. S. Eddington, Mac-millan, N. Y., $3.75. WHAT IS LIFE by Augusta Gaskell, Chas. C. Thomas, Springfield, 111., $5.00 THE BISHOP MURDER CASE by S. S. Van Dyne, Scribner's, N. Y. GOD'S COUNTRY by Ralph Barton, Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y. Abraham Lincoln in Literature. THE OUTLINE OF MAN'S KNOWLEDGE by Clement Wood, Lewis Cope-land & Co., N. Y., $5.50. CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATURE by John M. Manly & Edith Rickert, Harcour, Brace & Co., N. Y., $2. CLEMENT HOTEL OPELIKA, ALABAMA Our grill room and other facilities always open to our Auburn friends See or Phone "W" Williams at 377-W about your next banquet TOOMER'S HARDWARE The Best in Hardware and Supplies CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager A. MEADOWS GARAGE AUTO REPAIRS TIRES CARS FOR HIRE U-DRIVE-'EM ACCESSORIES GAS OIL GREASES PHONE 29-27 TUBES KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES, STETSON HATS, FLORSHEIM SHOES BRADLEY SWEATERS & MANHATTAN SHIRTS HOLLINGSWORTH & NORMAN ALL QUALITY LINES "Everything for Men & Boys t o wear" OPELIKA, :-: ALABAMA TOOMER'S DRUG STORE Drug Sundries Drinks, Smokes THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER Use Kratzer's Ice Cream Your Local Dealer Has It For your parties and feeds ask your local dealer to order from us. Our products are pasteurized, using best ingredients, therefore necessarily PURE. KRATZER'S Montgomery, Alabama Local Dealers HOMER WRIGHT S. L. T00MER Best Sellers of 1928. The Flood of Books? For the amazed amateur Einstein-ian deader there could scarcely be a more admirable exposition of the content of recent physical science and its bearing on familiar human prospects and convictions that The Nature of the Physical World by A. S. Eddington of Cambridge University, an astronomer and Einsteinian exponent with the rare gifts of style, humor, and imagination. All physical science is a "shadow world shadowing forth a world familiar to our consciuosness." It is a cycle of mathematical relations among measurements. It leaves out all that is non-metrical. The physical world is a world impinged on mind and invented or built by it. "All else responds to the rainbow; the physicist in him measures its ether waves." But within the domain of physics a world may be built for field purposes —^k world, however, which is coarse, which has no descriptions of atoms, electra, and quanta, and which does not give what Professor Eddington finds, in the light of recent physics, "to be an irreducible fact about the nature of the 'basal' universe, entropy— the factor of increasing chance, randomness, disorganization." We can -not know the true nature of things, the ding 'in zich, at least not in terms of physical science, but we can comprehend them intuitively as we know love or the flow of time or consciousness. "There is a side of our personality which impels us to dwell on beauty and other esthetic significances in nature and in the work of - man, so that our environment means much to us—much that is not. warranted by anything found in the scientific inventory of its structure." There is a "great bifurcation of the basal structure. On the one hand, out of physical measurements and mathematical symbols we construct the world in terms of the fields of geometry, mechanics, magnetism, and electricity. We have, on the other hand, the world of spiritual and human values which elude science because they ,elude measurement. In brief the center of experience, both scientific and mystic, is in the operation of the mind and consciousness. This scientific conclusion is essentially the same as the philosophies of Aristotelian "innate ideas" and Kantian transcendentalism. Science and philosophy, the mass and the individual, are both necessary adjuncts for the pursuit and attainment of knowledge. Since matter and motion are identical, the fundamental essence of life and motion to Eddington, Einstein, etc., is unknowable, but to Miss Augusta Gaskell is comprehensible: "life is born of the meeting of a hydrogen ion—and an atom or ion of electropositive tendency, crowded together and with their domains overlapping." The result is a union of a positive electron and a negative electron—"not as a- hydrogen atom, but as a new and different unit."' "This unit is the basis of life." Altho H. L. Mencken finds Miss Augusta Gaskell's treatise hard reading and questions its scientific value, Dr. Compton, professor of physics at Princeton, certifies that "her discussion of modern atomic physics is accurate, well balanced, and worth reading for its own sake." Possibly Miss Gaskell was a co-ed at Princeton. Charles Scribner's Sons announce that S. S. Van Dyne's new book, The Bishop Murder Case is probably the only detective story ever written which utilizes Einsteinian mathematics and "celestial mechanics." Next we will probably have Einsteinian prose of geometrical design by Theodore Dreis- President Hoover probably will read The Bishop Murder Case since he is reported by a friend in the October Bookman to end his regular orgy (2:00-5:00) of reading by dozing to sleep over "myriads" .of murder mysteries. Alfred A. Knopf Co. plan to publish on Hoover's inauguration day a book by Ralph Barton entitled God's Country which probably is humorous. God's country is in the hands of the Philistines. Abraham Lincoln's birthday, February 12, attracts attention to some recent books: Bernie Babcock's Lincoln's Mary and the Babies, as well as her older The Soul of Anne Rutland, the John Day $25,000 prize novel, The Father and to many older important works: Carl Shamburg's poem, John Drinkwater's play, Vachel Lindsey's Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight, Walt Whitman's O Captain, My Captain— poems surviving numerous forgotten Lincoln lives, giving to all posterity his personality, and proving the (Wordsworthian) thesis that could be deduced from Eddington's Einsteinian exposition that "Poetry is the breath and fined spirit of all knowledge, the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all science." Abraham Lincoln's early reading was limited but select: The Bible, Pilgrim's Progress, Aesop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe, A History of the United States, the Parson Weem's Lives, especially that of George Washington, and a part of the Arabian Nights. A i\ew book by a former Birmingham newspaper reporter, The Outline of Man's Knowledge, is prominently advertised. The Philadelphia Public Ledger describes it as "the book to read and know," the Pittsburg Sun- Telegraph calls it "a university in itself," and The Toledo Times says that it is "like viewing the universe from a hilltop." We wonder if that hilltop is above the clouds, or if it is possible for a modern newspaper reporter to take, like renaissance Bacon, all knowledge to be his province and not his master. John Matthews Manly, whose mother, a very prominent Alabama woman, died recently in South Carolina, is a really distinguished scholar, head of the English department of the University of Chicago, and author, coauthor, or editor of many books, among which is a recent one: Contemporary British Literature. This consists largely of biographical and bibliographical notes, reading lists, indices, and a few general remarks, all designed to inform the studious and inquiring reader: student, clubwoman, teacher or any one interested in contemporary writing. The best sellers of 1928 taken from the Author's Annual ed. by Henry Lainer are: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Wintersmoon, Swan Song, The Greene Murder Case, Bad Girl, and Claire Ambler for fiction, and Disraeli, Mother India, Trader Horn, Napoleon, Strange Interlude, and We for non-fiction. The statement has been made and believed that "the turn-over in literature has reached a point without precedent in literary history." In actuality the peak of production in fiction was reached in 1901, with 2,234 titles, including new editions. In no year since has the number reached the two-thousand mark. Last year the total was 1,809, and of these 668 were new editions, many more new editions than in 1901. But the number of actual copies now printed is far in excess DR. STEVENSON TO DELIVER ADDRESS DAVIDSON IN JUNE Dr. Ross Stevenson, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J., will deliver the baccalaureate sermon before the 1929 graduating class of Davidson College on June 2nd, according to an announcement made today by Dr. W. J. Martin, president of the college. The Davidson president expressed gratification that Dr. Stephenson had accepted the invitation. Dr. Stevenson will come to Davidson direct from St. Paul, Minn., where he will attend a meeting of the U. S. A. Presbyterian Assembly. Dr. Stephenson has been president of Princeton Seminary since 1914. He is a graduate of Washington and Jefferson college, where he obtained an A. B., and M. A. degree. His theological work was done at McCor-mick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and special study has been done at the University of Berlin. Honorary degrees have been conferred upon him by several institutions, among which was his own alma mater and the University of Edwinburgh. Before assuming the presidency of Princeton Seminary, Dr. Stephenson had served as a pastor in Missouri, as professor at McCormick Theological Seminary, and as pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church in New York and Brown Memorial Presbyterian church in Baltimore. He was at one time moderator of the Northern Presbyterian Church, served in the Y. M. C. A. during the World War and has been on international religious committees. Dr. Martin stated that the selection of other speakers for the commencement program at Davidson is being delayed until it is definitely known whether the new $600,000 Chambers building will be completed and ready for dedication by June. An announcement of the possibilities of finishing the structure should be forthcoming within a few days, he said. Sonie men's idea of moarlity is hiring a homely stenographer.. of the old figures because book production in the United States multiplied two and one-half times between 1914 and 1925. Religious books are next to fiction in popularity. WE MAKE n T T T O NEWSPAPER I 11 I I N MAGAZINE ^ V! J- ^> CATALOG . S e r v i c e E n g r a v i n g Co .- Montgomery, Alabama TOPMOST VALUE! HEIGHT OF STYLE! Boys! If You Eat M E A T Buy it from your Friends MOORE'S MARKET —Phone 37— STYLES FOR COLLEGE MEN —Charter House —Learbury -Nottingham Fabrics NOW READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION •she, LOUIS SAKS 5* The First National Bank of Auburn ADVICE AND ACCOMMODATION FOR EVERY COLLEGE MAN ANY FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE C. Felton Little, '06, President W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier Certified Used Cars AUBURN MOTOR CO. Sales Auburn CHEVROLET Phone 300 Service Alabama ore SODAS CONFECTIONS TOBACCO STATIONERY MEET ME -AT-RecTs Place TOGGERY SHOP TOGGERY SHOP And the blend can't be copiedf i \ o visitor to Normandy ever considered his tour complete until he had made the pilgrimage to Mont St. Michel and the Inn of the Famous Omelet—ChezMadamePoulard,l'Incomparable, la Fameuse Omelette. The Madame is since gone, but not until just before she died did she reveal the secret of her famous omelets. No doubt hundreds have tried—and struggled in vain—to use the precious information, but as a writer has put it, the Inn without Madame is "like Tara's hall without the harp!" The making of a great cigarette, too, is a secret to be guarded. The artistry lies in how the tobaccos are blended—and from our own private formula comes the rich fruity flavor that you get in your Chesterfield. Suffice it to say that our blend can't be copied —nor for mildness with flavor can you duplicate the rare Chesterfield goodness. CHESTERFIELD MILD enough for anybody, .and y e * . . T H E Y SATISFY LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. SEVEN NEW COURSES IN EXTENSION WORK Scenes from Annual Mardi Gras Festival in Mobile (Continued from page 1) The new courses are so arranged, according to Dr. Showalter, as to give service to those who want to study along business lines either in an elementary or advanced manner. The elementary courses in bookkeeping and accounting give one the basic knowledge for the installation and keeping of a simple system of business records, whereas, the other courses in accounting allow one to pursue studies on into the- professional field. Material for these courses has been prepared by a number of nationally recognized authorities in the United States. Each lesson will be given the immediate supervision of the accounting specialists at Auburn, Prof. J. T. Allen, instructor in economics. The courses in business arithmetic and business English give training to those who need special drill in these subjects. The business arithmetic course has been prepared by Prof. W. P. Champion, instructor in mathematics, and the course in modern business English has been prepared by Prof. Kenneth L. Daughrity, assistant professor in English. Over $70,000,000 were spent last year in the United States for commercial correspondence courses ranging from $25.00 to $150.00 each. According to Dr. Showalter these same subjects have been obtained from state institutions at less than one-third of the above cost. Descriptive bulletins of these courses may be obtained by writing Dr. B. R. Showalter, Auburn, Ala. FRESHMAN CAGERS COP GAME FROM TALLASSEE (Continued from page 4) Center; Kaley (3) and Hatfield (4), guards. TALLASSEE: Mason (9), and Waldrip (2), forwards; Elder (2), center; Dunn (5) and McClellan (7), guards. Subs.: Auburn: Lumpkin (13) for Jordan, Beard for Stewart. Life would be dull if we knew what it wall all about. Dr. Allen Speaks To Pharmacists GOLF TENNIS BASEBALL EQUIPMENT TIGER DRUG STORE 2ND BATTALION Wilson, ss Orme, 2b Davidson, 3b Gholston, lb Lowe, cf Turman, c Mimms, rf Gissendanner, Ellison, p If AB 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 R 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 E 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 After the regular formalities of the meeting had been dispensed with, the president of the Pharmaceutical Society called Dr. Allen before the club to give a treatise on perfumes and cosmetics. Dr. Allen is a professor in the chemistry department here, and has had quite a bit of experience in the subject on which he spoke, since he has been on the "inside" with the Dupont Company. The content of his address was interesting throughout. In it he pointed the way to a courteous, efficient method of selling toilet preparations to ladies, and along this vein expressed his sorrow at the unhappy truth that the ordinary drug clerk seems to have very little conception about how to sell powders, rouges, and other articles of that nature. The speaker next brought out some intresting facts concerning the manufacturing side of the drug business. He said that the actual ingredients put in a box of the most expensive powder costs only a low pei-centage of the actual selling price, and nearly half of that is accounted for by the perfume which is incorporated. In contrast he displayed about 1-20 of an ounce of Jasmine, a natural ex-1 tract he said, which was worth $625. i He also spoke at length on various j tests carried out with powders, perfumes and nail polishes to obtain an unbiased opinion of the general public as to which brand of these articles was the most desirable. Some astonishing facts were brought to light by this procedure, one to the effect that a low-priced polish was better than df several costing much more. Totals ENGINEERS Rickles, 3b Colman, cf West, lb Casey, c Riley, ss Cumbee, If Varnon, rf McCarn, 2b Fleming, p Totals Score by innings': 2nd Bn. Engineers 25 3 4 2 —Mobile Register Photo. The pictures give some idea of the festivities that were a feature of the mid-winter carnival in Mobile in which the Auburn Band was the special attraction. Upper left shows a youthful masker. Upper right, the Auburn Band on parade led by J. B. Merrill, drum major. Lower left, shows one of the many floats with King Felix III, king of the carnival, insert. Right, Miss Francis Whiting, queen and two royal pages. Below is Smilo, clown entertainer, official fun maker and mascot of Auburn Band. He is shown riding his little bicycle. For Guts and Wounds Prevent infection! Treat every cut, wound or scratch with this powerful non-poisonous antiseptic. Zonite actually kills germs. Helps to heal, too. LOST, FOUND AND WANTED LOST—One male Collier pup, 4 months old, with new collar. Small reward. Auburn Studio. Websterian Society Has Regular Meet The Tuesday night meeting of the Websterian Literary Society was a decided success. The programs for this semester have been very inetrest-ing and of a varied nature. The program for this week consisted of a brief sketch of Abraham Lincoln's life, given by J. M. Henderson. Mr. Henderson brought out the facts that "Abe's" boyhood life, the beginning of his political life, and of the service he rendered his cduntry in a very interesting and impressive fashion. W. E. Callum told some of the history of the Tuskeegee Institute, located at Tuskeegee, Alabama. The discussion revealed many facts about the founder of this Institute, Booker T. Washington. He got his first educational inspiration while working in a salt factory as a laborer, says Mr. Collum. He also states that the Institute is supported entirely by donaiton and outside help. Within the Institute itself they have 242 members on the faculty, and with an enrollment of about 1700 students, we can imagine the training each student gets. "Rat" Higgins, acting as critic, gave a few points the society might improve upon. The society adjourned with the satisfaction that they would be favored by a debate at the. next meeting, between R. G. Upchurch and A. V. Blankenship. Subject: "Resolved— that quality points for literary society work should be abolished." MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama Have You Tried Our CLUB BREAKFAST Hot Cakes and Syrup Eggs Ham Coffee Toast From 7 to 11—All for 35c Tiger Sandwich Shop i_ COTTON STATES TOURNAMENT TO B E G I N THIS AFTERNOON 29 7 11 1 200 100 0—3 101 120 2—7 (Continued from page 1) 1926—G. M. A., Ft. Valley (Ga.) runner-up; 1927—Vienna, G. M. A., runner-up; 1928—Vienna, Tech High runner-up. Among strong contenders for the title this year is Bradley High, Cleveland, Tennessee, winners of the E. Tenn. tourney and the Dixie In-terscholastic last year; a five of powerful offense scoring more than 31 points in every game and having 13 For Special Laundry Service call the American Dry Cleaning Co, We Pay For Telephone Calls F ONE IVE L Opelika * - * Alabama wins and one defeat on their record Alliance High, Bessemer, is unquestionably the strongest team in the Birmingham district, having chalked up wins over the Alabama state champions and Simpson High. The latter game was a 25-2 victory. Glaze, forward is the leading point maker. Sidney Lanier, who always has a strong quintet, will compete after an absence of three years. They have lost only one game. It is generally conceded that the Coach Wells' five will be strong this year when pitted against Dixie's best. Andrew Jackson High, of Jacksonville, Fla./state champs in 1928, who were eliminated in the third round in the Stagg tourney in Chicago last season, will bring a strong team. In the last 35 games played including the national tournament, they have suffered only one defeat. • Foley High enters the tourney yet undefeated. They have a good record, having played such teams as Pensa-cola, Spring Hill and Bay Minette. Thurston Adams, a graduate of last year, is the coach. DR. KNAPP SPEAKS AT FARM BUREAU MEETING _J (Continued from page 1) trained another way they can inspire the youth to love agriculture and rural life and tackle the problems and work them out." In the outset of his speech, he pictured the changes that have taken place in agriculture. He said that farmers, in order to keep up with the day have and are making changes. He pictured two sides to agriculture; that is the production and the marketing. He said that the production side of it may be handled more or less individually, but that marketing should be studied and done cooperatively. He also pointed to the fact that there is a financial part in transportation which ties the producer and marketer together. This can best be handled by group action, he added. Trade with the advertisers. N O T I C E We Have Leased the AUBURN GARAGE We will earry a full line of Parts, Accessories, Tires, Tubes and that Good Gulf Gas and Oil. We have expert mechanics who can make that old bus run like the Governor's car. A trial is all we need to convince you. WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE AND WILL APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS -COME TO SEE US— ]. % Johnson Formerly Prop. Johnson Tire Co., Opelika, Ala / |
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