1929-10-01 The Plainsman

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BAND MATINEE THE PLAINSMAN ATTEND
THE DANCES
VOLUME LIII
TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929.
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NUMBER 8
HUNDREDS OF GIRLS ACCEPT DANCE BIDS
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Auburn Band to Sponsor Football Matinees For Out-of-Town Games
INITIAL MATINEE
TO BE HELD FOR
CLEMSON^ CLASH
Play-By-Play Accounts To Be|
Given in Langdon Hall
c t K S n i l M e y Hatfield Dashes Around Panther End
To Score Lone Tally of Thrilling Encounter;
Auburn Outplays Southern Throughout Battle
SPECIAL WIRE LEASED
Experienced Operator At Scene
Of Game To Send Reports
The Auburn Band, in pursuance of I
its policy of last year, will hold foot­ball
matinees on the campus during
the five of the remaining seven games
dff-campus. Play-by-Play accounts
of the games will be given in Lang­don
Hall, beginning Saturday, Octo­ber
5, at 1:30 P. M., when the re­juvenated
Tigers tackle Clemson Col­lege
in Clemson.
The matinees will be made possible
by a special leased wire service thru
the Western Union Telegraph Com­pany.
A special operator will be on
the field of battle up in South Caro­lina
and another experienced opera­tor
and announcer will be on the re­ceiving
end, in Langdon Hall.
Admission will be twenty-five cents,
according to C. E. Meyer, Manager
of the Auburn Band, all profits being
used to establish a band treasury for
the stabilization of the band on a firm
financial foundation, so that new in­struments
may be bought.
With experienced telegraphers and
announcers on both ends of the line
the play-by-play account will be al­most
as thrilling as seeing the game
itself. Every student is expected to
turn out for the matinees in order that
the project may be a success.
Students should be reminded that
support of the band in attending these
matinees is also supporting the team,
as large financial returns will make
it possible for the band to purchase
the new instruments which are much
needed.
The matinees will be held during the
following games:
Clemson—At Clemson—Oct. 5.
Vanderbilt—At Birmingham, Oct. 19.
Tennessee, At Knoxville, Nov.- 2.
Tulane, At New Orleans, Nov. 9.
Georgia, At Athens, Nov. 16.
Executive Cabinet
Selects Committees
Frank Smith Chosen A< Freshman
Member of Social Committee
The Executive Cabinet, at its reg­ular
semi-monthly meeting Monday
night, practically completed its or­ganization
for the year 1929. Mem­bers
were appointed to four commit­tees
by the committee chairman.
Also, at this time the Cabinet decided
to sponsor a "Mother's and Dad's
Day", the date being set for Satur­day,
Oct. 26, the same day on which
Auburn plays Howard College on this
campus. The Executive Cabinet an­nounced
its sponsorship of this fea­ture
occasion in view of the fact that
the Homecoming Day game is to be
played in Montgomery.
The roster of the Social Committee
was completed by the appointment of
Frank Smith to the position of fresh­man
member.
Robert Sansing, chairman of the
Elections Committee, announced the
appointment of Fred Renneker and
Earl Gissendanner to the senior posts
on the committee, W. S. Myrick,
Sabel Shanks, and Rex Sikes to the
junior positions, and Norman Ander­son
to the sophomore place.
The Points System Committee,
under the chairmanship of Streeter
Wiatt, will consist of three members,
Bill Bryant, Lee Sledge, and Sam
Pope.
Two juniors, Hugh Ellis and J. L.
Christian were appointed to the Class
Ring Committee, of which A. M.
Pearson is chairman. Two more mem­bers
of this committee are to be
chosen by Earnest Bell, president of
the junior class.
The Cajoler is just off the
press and is waiting to spread
mirth and laughter all the way
from the moutains of Tennessee
to the highest rating fraternity
on the Tuskegee campus. "Even
y o u r old grandmother w i 1,1
chuckle", says Haskins. "Dr.
Knapp laughed, himself, so if
you don't get your copy and send
your girl fiers you are commit­ting
an injustice on the innocent
and you won't go to heaven. As
it Is, you have a chance. Attend
to this right away." And The
Plainsman might add, for its
sister or brother (whichever it
is) publication, that the Fresh­man
Number is a "bang-down"
good issue from the cover design
to the final giggle. There's plen­ty
funny things on this old cam­pus
and the Cajoler has fished in
every laugh in school and bot­tled
it up in one of the best
issues the adolescent wit-slinger
has ever slung. Congratulations
to the Cajoler and to the studes
who buy them.
MANY FRESHMEN
BECOME GREEKS
Score Made in Last Quarter of
Game
EXTRA POINT ON PENALTY
| End Of Fraternity Rush Season
Sees Record Number On
Pledge List
BOTEGHA PICKS
FOUR STUDENTS
Architectural Honor Fraternity
Pledges Three Juniors,
One Senior
Probably the slowest rushing period
in the history of fraternities on the
Auburn campus has come to a close,
and with the conclusion comes the an­nouncement
from James Ware, presi­dent
of the Interfraternity Council,
that a record number of freshmen
have gone greek. Twenty-four so­cial
fraternities formally announced
their respective lists of pledgee as the
pledging season ended. During this
period of rushing many socials have
been given the incoming frosh by va­rious
fraternities. Along with these
were smokers given by the new pledg­es
of several frats to the freshmen
of other fraternities. One notices
on viewing the hundreds of names on
the pledge list that practically every
town in the state of Alabama is rep­resented,
not to mention numerous
representatives f r o m out-of-state
cities.
Four students in Architecture were
elected to membership in Botegha,
honorary architectural fraternity, at
the annual fall election of the society
held yesterday. The new members are
Virgil Callahan, Hugh Ellis, Eugene
Gray, and Earl C. Smith.
The requirements for election to
Botegha are that a man must com­plete
one year's work in the architec­tural
or architectural engineering
course, have an average over 80 in
his studies, and show an interest in
the three fine arts, architecture,
painting, and sculptoring.
Smith is entering his fourth year
in the architectural course; the other
men have started their third year. All
are enrolled in architecture except
Gray; he is taking the architectural
engineering course.
The officers of Botegha are
Streeter Wiatt, president, Fred Ren­neker,
vice-president, and K. R. Gid-dens,
seci'etary and treasurer.
Auburn Cheering Stands Clam­or
Ceaselessly During
Tussle
DAVIS IS CHOSEN
MEMBER OF ODK
Even Grid Stars Believe
Dinner Bell Comes First
Head Of Publicity Department
Elected In Recognition Of
Service To College
By R. T. Wasson
In a breath taking exhibition of
oval "toting" the Plainsmen broke
loose in the final bracket of the first
game of the season to win by a nar­row
margin from the roving Panther
of Birmingham. The roaring Tiger,
leashed for three long quarters,
broke loose after over an hour of
guelling playing to carry the white
oval over the goal line for the lone
but winning score of the game. The
streak of white sailed under the bar
for the extra point but because of the
over anxious Panther the point was
awarded to the Tiger.
A lanky, bareheaded, youngster, in
the form of Hatfield, resembled a
streak of lighting in his zig-zag
course to the one "narrow stripe that
meant victory or defeat to his school.
He was unable to be checked in his
erratic course and nothing would do
The pledges of each fraternity on | but that he carried the ball over,
the campus are as follows: | After passing the line of scrimmage
THETA CHI: R. P. Greer, Bir-j he was without interference from his
minghani; W. Whitman, Elbaj Al-1 companions and from there he played
Kiwanis Club Elects
Officers As Members
Captain Anderson and P. O. Davis
Speak At Club Luncheon
Two new members of the local Ki­wanis
were chosen from the military
section of the Auburn faculty. These
men, Captain Grower and Lieutenant
Bowman, are new members of the R.
0. T. C. unit and will take the places
of the men lost from last year's mili­tary
faculty, in the instruction depart­ment
as well as in the activities of the
Kiwanis. An outstanding member of
the Kiwanis as well as the military
unit is Captain Anderson.^ He was
President of this organization the
past year and at this meeting was
unanimously elected district trustee.
This office automatically elects him to
be a delegate to the district meeting
that is to be held in Anniston the 14th
and 15th of October. Two other dele­gates
were also elected at this meet­ing
to attend the convention.
Captain Anderson made a report on
the investigation of the situation of
the Grammar School and said that the
last report he received was a favor­able
one. The Grammar School is in
bad condition and the Kiwanis is striv­ing
to accomplish something towards
the bettering of the prevailing con­ditions.
P. O. Davis explained the Radio
Contest that is to be held in Birming-
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pheus Ellis, Elba; J. Roberts, Gads-
G. Christopher, Gadsden; A. Lacey,
Anniston; T. Breitling, Demopolis; J.
Backes, Mobile; A. Hansen, Ever­green;
A. Palmer, Atlanta; H. Crow-en,
New York City; L. McCree, Mont­gomery;
F. J. Peteet, Birmingham.
TAU OMEGA CHI: C. Austin,
Pine Hill; W. W. Hill, Fort Paine;
H. B. Lawson, Nelson, Ga.; L. Mar-ley,
New Brocton; A. D. Mayo, Quin-cey,
Fla.; M. R. Knox, Uriah; J. H.
Strong, Roanoke.
PHI DELTA THETA: B. Wilson,
Gadsden; D. Renchy, Opelika; J.
Boyd, Troy; W. Tolmey, Troy; F.
Hardy, Troy; • L. Johnson, Langdale;
P. Wharton, Gadsden; A. Kirkley,
Birmingham; H. Hogue, Marion; J.
C. Webb, Marion; I. Pope, Marion;
R. Simpson, Valentine, Neb.; F. Rich­ardson,
Decatur; S. Pugh, Union
Springs; Bill Sellers, Montgomery; A
Sparrow, Wilmington, N. C.; J. Arm­strong,
Hoganville, Ga.; C. Cannon,
Opelika.
ALPHA TAU OMEGA: J. Feore,
Mobile; Bill Malone, Mobile; Berke­ley
Bush, Mobile; C. Neal, Opelika;
Roy Lapsley, Selma; J. Chadwich,
Montgomery; N. Sellers, Anniston;
Bill Hardin, Opelika; Newton, Mont­gomery;
Perry Gorety, Columbus; C.
Johnson, Huntsville; J. Louis, Pratt-ville;
P. Jackson, Tunnel Springs; L.
Parker, Panola; William Naugh,
Selma; George Cauthen, Roanoke.
KAPPA ALPHA: H. Barnes, Pratt-ville;
R. Brasfield, Natchez, Missis­sippi;
M. Caskey, Montgomery; R. El­lis,
Birmingham; H. O. Murphy,
Prattville; W. Jackson, Birmingham;
Roger Knapp, Auburn; O. Robinson,
Atmare; R. Robinson, Thomasville,
Ga.; M. Schuessler, Wadley; C. Trice,
Thomasville, Ga.; A. G. Bunkley,
Montgomery; H. Nolen, Alev City.
PHI KAPPA DELTA: Howard
Pringle, Mobile; Albert Dodge, Mo­bile;
H. C. Stringfield, Pensacola;
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a successful, but lone hand. This man
had passed over this same line on
many occasions but never at a time
more befitting to put his name in the
annals of football history. There was
a hole, barely discernible, opened in
the Panther line but it was sufficient
for this man to squirm through and
from there it was but a matter of out­running
the speedy Panther. This
brilliant run marked one more score
in the advancement of Auburn in the
football world.
A fumble, recovered on the Pan­ther
30 yard line was the thing that
put the ball in position for this man
to carry his team to undisputable
victory. After regaining this fumble,
that one of the Panthers had muffed,
Crawford bucked out of bounds and
then got 3 yards on the right side of
the line. 10 yards more were added
on a pass from Crawford to Jones.
At this stage of the battle, was when
the name of Hatfield will go down in
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Due to his accomplishments and
service to the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute in many line of work, Posey
Oliver Davis, head of the Publicity
Department, was elected to the Omi-cron
Delta Kappa honorary fraternity
recently.
Omicron Delta Kappa fraternity
was founded in 1914 at Washington
and Lee University, and the Omega
Circle was founded here in 1928. The
purpose of Omicron Delta Kappa is
threefold: First, to recognize men
who have obtained a high standard of
efficiency in collegiate activities,
and to inspire others to strive for
conspicuous attainments along sim­ilar
lines. Second: to bring together
the most representative men in all
phases of collegiate life and thus to
create an organization which shall
help to mould the sentiment of the
institution on questions of local and
intercollegiate interest. Third: to
bring together members of the fac­ulty
and student body of the insti­tution
on a basis of mutual interest
and understanding.
Mr. Davis was born in Athens, Ala­bama.
He was educated in the public
schools of North Alabama- and later
attended Auburn where he was grad­uated
in 1916, receiving the B. S. A.
degree. He was horticulturist for the
Alabama Experiment Station from
1916 to 1917, agricultural agent for
the Southern Railway from 1917 to
1918, did extensive boys' club work
from 1918 to 1920, and was special
representative for the Progressive
Farmer from 1920 to 1921. Among
his other honors attained while in
college are Phi Kappa Phi and Gam­ma
Sigma Delta.
He was one of the pioneer direc­tors
of radio in the South, being in
charge of the radio stations operated
by the college from the very begin­ning-
He is at present Director of
WAPI, head of the Department of
Public Information at Auburn, and
manager for the Alabama division of
the Atwater Kent Radio Audition.
When the dinner bell rings at
Auburn there is an awful strug­gles
f o r self-preservation s o
much so that when a train rings
at the same time there is not any
desire to heed its pleadings.
The football special Friday
came and went while the foot­ball
players were trying to make
their appetites leave them. The
team was so busy eating that the
special left Auburn without the
true cause for its running at all.
The train with all its merry­makers
left here and went to
Loachapoka before anyone dis­covered
that the team had been
left at home. Of course a team
is not essential to the "success of
a football game but never-the-less
the train waited in Loacha­poka
as a matter of formality.
The special waited at the Loach­apoka
metropolis until the next
train came along and deposited
its burden on the intended.
The moral "Neither time nor
trains wait, not even on football
teams."
BAIRDANDHIS
SERENADERS T 0
BEGIN 0NFRIDAY
Social Committee Rapidly Com­pleting
Gym Decorations
DANCE RULES ANNOUNCED
Four Social Fraternities Make
Plans For House Parties
LT. F.0.B0WMAN
IS NEWARRIVAL
Assumes Position of Military
Instructor In R.O.T.C.
Engineer Unit
NOTICE TO STUDENTS
Robert Sansing, president of the
Y. M. C. A., announces that the Rat
Bibles have arrived and will be ready
for distribution at 1 o'clock Wednes­day
afternoon. All students are
urged to call by the Y. M. C. A. of­fice
at this time and obtain their
copies.
0. B. Keeler Pays Tribute to the
Auburn of Past, Present, Future
In a recent issue of the Atlanta
Journal one of the foremost sports
writers of the south, O. B. Keeler,
comments very favorably on the Au­burn
of today and yesteryears. Mr.
Keeler is a writer of dynamic ability
and this paean of praise from a
writer so widely read is most wel­come
to Auburn's followers.
The article as it appeared in the
Journal is as follows:
"I certainly do not wish or intend
for the dawning football season to
elapse without some little tribute
from Mr. Lorenzo Ferguson Wood­ruff
and myself to one of our old fav­orites—
the Alabama Polytechnic In-tsitute,
more generally known as Au­burn,
and at one era a dominant pow­er
in the realm of football. Mr.
Woodruff and I had the honor to be
contemporaries of that era of Au­burn's
greatness; we could, if we
were so inclined, sit together and
philosophize upon the theme, How are
the mighty fallen. But such is by no
means our inclination. Let the drab
and dusty philosophers of yesteryear
tinge if they must the exotic glory
of the current season with its adjec-tiverous
borders about sparkling beds
of" rhetoric. Mr. Woodruff and I are
not going to do any such thing.
Rather (as we agreed this morning)
we would haul out the old paean and
perform upon it, a lusty duet, with
one large foot (Mr. Woodruff's, I
suspect) upon the loud pedal. "I re­gard
Auburn's schedule this season,'
said Mr. Woodruff, 'as one of the
most sublime features in the world
of sport today. In the past I have
both respected and feared Auburn on
the football field. I am perfectly sin­cere
in the expression now of a re­spect
and an admiration more potent
and more penetrating than ever be­fore.'
"Come to think of it—it seems I
never think of anything really prom­ising
until somebody calls it to my
attention—Auburn hasn't conquered
a conference football team in some
three years. But downhearted—no!
I would preface the negative with the
good old resounding four-letter word
for the nether regions but the style­sheet
says no. Downhearted—no!
" 'Good old Auburn, bands playing
—and they've got a really fine band;
cheer-readers leading; sponsors spons-
(Continued on page 4)
Lieutenant F. O. Bowman has ar­rived
at Auburn to take up his du­ties
as professor of Military Science
and Tactics in the Engineer Unit of
the R. O. T. C. He comes from the
29th Division of Engineers at Fort
Humphrey, Virginia. Up to the pres­ent
time there has been only one of­ficer
in the Engineer Unit here, this
year the member being increased to
two. Captain Grower and Lieutenant
Bowman takes the places of Captain
Bowley and Lieutenant Higgins, who
have been transferred from Auburn.
Lieutenant Bowman was born in
New Mexico and was appointed to
West Point Military Academy from
that state in June, 1196. He was
graduated and was commissioned
Second Lieutenant November 1, 1918.
He was made First Lieutenant on the
15th of September, 1919 and was
graduated from Engineering School
in 1921.
The Lieutenant is a Distinguished
Marksman with the rifle and is an ex­cellent
pistol shot. He has just com­pleted
a firing season with the Engi­neer's
Rifle Team at the annual
matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. It is
understood that Lieutenant Bowman
is to coach the Rifle Team at Auburn
this year.
Lions Club Sponsors
Landscaping Project
Representative committees from
the Kiwanis Club, the Rotary Club,
and the Womens' Club will be in­vited
to meet with a committee from
the Lions Club to discuss possibilities
of the formulation of a city-planning
and landscaping program for Auburn
according to Lieutenant Townsley,
president of the local Lions Club at
the regular meeting of the club
Tuesday. It is hoped by the club
that much beneficial progress toward
the development of such a program
can be made by the cooperation of
the various clubs.
After a very delightful lunch was
served (during which the "dime"
chairman grew very prosperous),
Professor Hyde of the Department of..
Horticulture and Forestry was in­troduced
as the speaker. Many ef­fective
illustrations of the benefits
derived from early and careful city-planning
and beautifications were
pointed out by Professor Hyde.
The program was concluded by
some musical selections by "Baldy"
Roe on the banjo.
Acceptance cards are pouring in, in
answer to the seven hundred and fif­ty
bids to the Sophomore Hop sent
out by the Social Committee, and
from all indications by Friday after­noon
Auburn will be alive with
Southern beauties.
Maynard Baird and his Southland
Serenaders arrive Friday, and will
blow the lid off that afternoon when
things get under way with the Inter­fraternity
tea dance from 4 until 6
o'clock.. The night dance begins at
10, continuing until 2 o'clock, being
climaxed by the Grand March led by
Jim Boswell and Anita Mitchell. The
remainder of the program values:
Scabbard and Blade Dance Saturday
morning, "A" Club Dance, Saturday
afternoon, and the final dance Sat­urday
night.
Baird's Orchestra will consist of a
company of musical clowns that can
play thirty instruments hot and sweet.
This array of talented young men
furnish music that is expressive to
the last degree of melody, and is en­livened
by vocal numbers, comedy en­sembles,
and solo specialties.
The decoration of the Gymnasium
is progressing rapidly under the di­rection
of the Social Committee; the
scheme is to be simple. Elaborate
plans have been made for house
parties at the Phi Delta Theta, Theta
Kappa Nu, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and
Alpha Gamma Rho fraternities.
Much enthusiasm has been aroused,
and the air is full of the usual dance
talk. Auburn is in the mood to make
the coming festivities the best set
of dances in history.
Following is the set of dance regu­lations
:
1. All visiting young ladies will be
under the supervision of the Social
Director, and Dean of Women, or
her representative during their period
of stay in Auburn.
2. AH visiting ladies are expected
to arrive not earlier than the open­ing
day of the dances and to leave on
Sunday following the close of the
dances.
3. All visiting ladies s h a l l be
housed in the designated chapter
houses, as directed by the Dean of
Women.
4. All visiting ladies will check in
at their respective houses with the
Social Director, or her representative
within thirty minutes after the close
of the dance each night.
5. All visiting ladies will be re­quired
to be back on the dance floor
not later than thirty minutes from
the time intermission begins, except
on Saturday night when the time
limit will be fifteen minutes.
6. All visiting young ladies will be
required" to scheck in at the dance
floor by the following schedule:
Friday night, 10 to 2 P. M.
Saturday night, 9 to 12 P. M.
7. The full do-operation of the
above regulations will be respectfully
solicited of the visiting young ladies.
Study Course Given
For Baptist Students
Among the many activities engaged
in by Baptist students workers is B.
S. U. Study Course that is in session
this week. Courses are being taught
by trained workers who are helping
the leaders of the Baptist student
body to get a better B. S. U. organ­ization
here. The course for the ones
interested in Sunday School work is
being taught by Mr. Davis Cooper Jr.
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PAGE TWO
THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929.
®j|g pautmuatt
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama. •
Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
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* 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
A. V. Blankenship Editor-in-chief
Walter B. Jones Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF*
Thomas P. Brown _ —Managing Editor
Robert Hume Associate Editor
Rosser Alston _ Associate Editor
Chesley McCaskill Associate Editor
Gabie Drey News Editor
Dick Jones - Sports Editor
A. C. Taylor _ Associate Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins ...Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
A. C. Cohen, '32; Victor White, *32; Jas.
Davidson, '*32; H. G. Toomey, '32; Clar­ence
Dykes, '32; T. S. Coleman, '32; K.
G. Taylor, '33; J. C. Johnson, '33; Free­man
Barnes, '33; J. R. Wilder, '32; C.
B. Thompson, '33; R. P. Greer, '33; A.
B. Hanson, '33; J. R. Chadwick, '53; C.
H. Currey, '33.
BUSINESS STAFF
Hugh W. Overton Advertising Mgr.
Charles Davis . . - Circulation Mgr.
A Victory Saturday /
Necessary For Auburn
Auburn is entering her first Conference
battle this week in Clemson. She is-enter­ing
it with a great amount of courage and
the determination to win despite the fact
that she is not considered a possible win­ner
by many sports writers. Clemson has
a powerful team, a possible winner in
Sou^grji.football circles. She has taken on
"a~few small colleges and smothered them
under a savage and wierd attack; she is
now prepared to meet the stronger Con­ference
teams with the expectation of
winning. It has been a long time since
Clemson had a consistent winner and she is
hungry for a title. Both she and her sup­porters
know that this year offers the best
opportunity in many years. Clemson is out
to show the world she has a great team,
and intends to trample all opposition under
foot if possible. Auburn is to be a victim
if she permits herself to be caught una­wares.
Now is the time for the followers of this
institution to rally to the cause of Auburn
as they have never done so before. Not
a Conference victory in three years, yet
her courage is greater than that of any
opponent. Auburn needs some victories
to strengthen that morale it takes to win
games and to have faith in herself. We
have a fine football team, but unless the
team has united student support, we can­not
hope to win games. If we allow our­selves
to suffer downfall at the hands of
other teams early in the season, we shall
find the morale of the school and team
sinking to a low level. Auburn must win.
She can win if the students will stand
courageously behind her. We know she
has the power and brains to win, but it
takes the support of the students as well.
During this week and those following we
must stand unitedly behind the gridiron
boys and show them we believe in then-ability
to play the game for all they are
worth.
We can win from Clemson if we have
the will to do so. The time has come for us
to do so. If we lose it will be a severe
blow to Auburn's chances this year, while
if we win, we can justly be proud of our
team, for it will have defeated one of the
most powerful in the South. The whole
student body and not the team alone must
fight to win from Clemson next Saturday.
It can be done, so let us get to it.
Disorder Not Caused
By Auburn Students
There has been quite a bit of specula­tion
as to what the conduct of the students
would be on the football-trips this year,
especially the trips where the games were
to be played at night. Some thought that
the students used the darkness as a cover
for their drinking, and accordingly made
it very unpleasant for some of the visitors
at the game.
There was some drinking among the stu­dents
at the last Friday's night game but
not enough to cause anyone to say that they
should have been expulsed. By far the
greater part of the drinking and carousing
at the game was done by outsiders who
had gained admittance to the Auburn
stands. It was these who did most of the
mischief-making and drinking to the dis­content
of those who did not want to tol­erate
it.
We regret to say that these people were
allowed to sit with the students, causing
them to be unable to cheer in unison. This
was very noticeable. The cheer leaders
were at a loss as to how to enthuse the stu­dent
body because of the wrangling and
uproar these outsiders made.
We are glad to see that the students have
proved that they can act as gentlemen.
Their actions at the game proved this, and
although many partook of intoxicants later
on in the night, they acted very well at the
game. The rowdyism that was evident was
caused by those who did not belong to the
ranks of the institution.
We hope that in the future an effort will
be made by those having student tickets to
keep all outsiders out of the stands as they
will interrupt the cheering, act ungentle-manly
before young women, and in general
cause an unfavorable impression to be gain­ed
by onlookers. When this condition shall
have come about, the Auburn students will
have gained something that is really worth­while.
College Directory
To Satisfy A Need
We have been in need of a directory in
Auburn for quite awhile. It is often im­possible
to find a student, especially if he
is not well known on the campus. This has
led one into many aggravating situations
when there should not have been any.
Finding that a directory was in demand,
the college has decided to have one printed.
It is to have the names of the students and
faculty with all other necessary informa­tion
regarding each such as the addresses,
telephone number, course, and class, if a
student and school in which located, if
connected with the college. This will faci­litate
finding one very much.
There will be some who are moving
from place to place, but they will be few
in number. This will be the case whether
there is a directory or not, while it will be
a simple matter to find those who do not
change their place of residence.
Various agencies in Auburn have tried
to keep a record of the address of the stu­dents
in the past, but on account of having
them in a file and not distributed in book
form throughout the town, it has proved
more or less a failure, not in the sense of
failing to have the record, but of not hav­ing
any way in which to be in constant
touch with the students.
We think it one of the best possible
moves the college could make toward mak­ing
every member of the student body more
easily found by any one of its members
or by visitors. The directories will be
distributed by the college.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
Letters to the Editor
Editor of The Plaisman,
Dear Sir:
Everyone seems to be aroused over the
Sunday Movies. I am not aroused over
them, but over the attitude that so many
have toward their moral welfare. My heart
lies in grief for those schoolmates of mine
who are being driven, by the strokes of
Satan, away from God. There is great
need for leaders among the students. Lead­ers
who will show them the path that leads
to good moral Character. Our good Presi­dent
Knapp is trying to do all that he can
to lead the students in the right direction.
He can not do it all alone. Who is the one
who can do it alone?
In the Plainsman published last week
there was a letter by a student, suggesting
that the twonspeople keep their noses out
of the students business. He said that it
would be a far more attractive place
around here if they would. Yes, it would
be to those students who are wandering
away from- God. I say that if the boy who
said that had listened to the advice of
adults when he was younger, he would be
more of a gentleman now. The people of
the town are only trying to help us. I know
it. Every mother and father knows the di­rection
that the yong one takes when al­lowed
to go free. That is why the elders of
our community are so interested in us.
We are never perfect. A man's character
is not measured by what he can do. It is
measured by the effort put forth to obtain
perfection. Why is it that we cannot put
forth a great effort to be a gentleman? It
is only "Wont." Those who will not when
they have the opportunity need guidance.
Our town people will not give up. They
are laboring to benefit their children.
One does not like to lie around the house
idle over the week end. But why is there
time to be idle over the week end? There
is one book that is greater than any yet
written, for everyone to study on Sunday.
Why is it that so many will not read their
Bibles? We are commanded to keep the
Lord's Day holy and if we do we will not
not find time to do else. Sunday is never
too long for me. It is too short. "Turn
from your evil ways, companions. You can
never hurt yourself trying to be better.
That is my plea. I am in earnest, I mean
it. They call me a fool, a pessimist and
many things else but my arm is still ex­tended
to them. My prayers are still for
them and, as are many of the citizens of
the town, I am trying to influence them to
go in the path that leads to God.
A Freshman.
The two kinds of girte are the pretty
ones and those that stand up in street cars.
It feels good to be
on the winning side.
I had the rare and
unusual experience of
sitting at the Press
Club in the great
building owned by the
Press Association in
Washington with my
ear glued to the loud
speaker of a radio
receiving set trying to hear every word of
the game. It is an exciting experience. At
the last end of the broadcasting there was
considerable interference. Fortunately our
good friend, Governor Bibb Graves, was
thoughtful enough to send me a message
as did also Mrs. Knapp. So I knew a little
after midnight the result of the game. Re­member
that is only a beginning. From
now on experience ought to add to the ca-pacaties
of the team.
The opening dances come the last of this
week. Now, I hope they will be a very en­joyable
occasion. They will be such in
every way if the one or two per cent who
always cause the difficulties could only
measure up to the high standards of the
average student at Auburn. I hope we will
have a group of guests in here of the very
finest young women to be found in Ala­bama.
I hope many of their parents will
come with them and that they will all go
away singing the praises of Auburn and
Auburn hospitality. If we can keep the
very small percentage from making the
rest of us ashamed of them, I am sure that
will be the result. We have been setting a
high standard. Let's keep on making it
better and better. No late dates, no drink­ing,
just fine, gentlemanly conduct and
genuine and thorough social enjoyment.
We do not have to imitate other colleges.
Let's just do better than they are able to
do.
* * * * *
Governor Bibb Graves wired me in
Washington: "Our great team won great
game seven to nothing."
* * * * *
From a number of alumni, I have re­ceived
messages indicating not only their
pride in the winning of the game, but their
very great pride in the fine conduct of our
band. That band is a source of strength to
this institution. As long as they remain
hard-working musicians with good military
discipline and keep themselves always fit
and fine as they were Friday night in
Montgomery, we will all be extremely
proud of them. I am satisfied, from all
I have heard, that they made a splendid
showing.
" L i t t l e T h i n g s"
By Tom Bigbee
• AUBURN 7, Birmingham-Southern 0!
The earnest labors of a loyal team, and
the deep desires of a faithful student body
are at last being realized!
Can you imagine the results of this open­ing
game being worth the equivalent of
$250,000 to this Institution? Yet that is
the evaluation placed upon the outcome by
a great man—one whom we all love, and
have confidence in.
It is entirely possible that the balance
for Auburn is even greater than these fig­ures
indicate. At any rate, we wouldn't
have lost the game for twice that amount.
We aren't even sympathizing with those
who were so foolish as to predict that our
opponents would double the score against
us.
It is now our job to sit stead in the boat,
row hard, and continue the journey up
stream. The current is at last one that can
be met; there is to be no turning back.
When asked by a professor last week
how many games Auburn would win this
season, a player answered, "At least half
of them." We believe he meant what he
said, and knew what he was talking about.
It is very encouraging to note that
gradually more stress is being placed on
Journalistic training here—and rightfully
so. We would like very much to see a
School of Journalism instituted here; the
growing need for such will eventually de­mand
it.
Believing as we do that there is enor­mous
power in the press, and that public
opinion is largely controlled by it, there is
a growing need for journalistic training
at Auburn which is far from being satisfied
at present. To compete with other insti­tutions
which are supplying this demand,
Auburn must hasten to catch step.
Of course this new addition can't swell
to perfection over night; but still it can't
come too soon. The newspaper industry in
America employs thousands of men annu­ally.
This is an age which demands trained
workers, and Auburn can contribute bril­liant
workers to this field as other col­leges
can. •
We are now looking forward to the day
when «ur own great and growing College
here can supply trained leaders to the pow­erful
arena of of Journalistic endeavors.
X AUBURN FOOTPRINTS «
We noticed where another good man has gone wrong. It is getting to the point
where no one can escape the penalty. John Coolidge is the latest national figure
to go astray by marrying. A woman is at the bottom of most devilment.
* * * * * * * *
Tho American girl is like a hand-painted picture.
That co-ed has awfully long arms—she reached all the way across the table.
It must have been a narrow table, for everyone knows no co-ed would ever be
accused of such a social blunder.
* * * * * * * *
She knew her curves—her father was a racer.
* * * * * * * *
Going down on the Special several students got homesick when we began to
pass the cotton fields where the cotton had opened. In fact, one of the freshmen
was caught just bfeore he leaped from the moving train. He must have been
lonesome.
Or maybe he had a quiz Saturday morning.
* * * * * * * *
A freshman is like a pine tree—he is always green.
* * * * * * * *
LAMENTATION
I'm just a poor freshman alone in the world
Away from my mama—away from my girl;
Away back at home I was lord of it all;
It looks right now I'm due for a fall.
I'm not at all lonesome; I'm not even blue
Because there's just so darn much to do.
But one thing that makes us poor rats hold our breath
Is the fact that these Sophs will beat us to death.
We thought the days of our spankings had gone
The day we put long trousers on.
"Rat, reach for your ankles"! we utter a moan;
These dern upperclassmen don't know we're grown.
Next year we'll be older; we won't "rat" at all
As this year's licks we easily recall.
The past will be near, but the scars will be gone,
As we beat those others until they groan.
—Mouse.
Mouse, we are glad to receive your contribution, and hope that you won't let
this be your last.
* * * * * * * *
Notice: An error was in last Friday's Plainsman. The team did not leave on
the Special.
* * * * * * * *
From a private interview we learned that Tommy Baggette has recently fin­ished
a book, entitled, "My Private Life". Many facts that have been heretofore
unknown concerning the illustrious Tommy are said to be in this volume. It is to
be ready for publication within a few days. Place your orders early if you want to
get some of the greatest and most interesting reading obtainable at the present
time.
* * * * * * * *
Rube: "Can't you read writing?"
Boob: "Naw, I can't even read reading."
* * * * * * * *
We see where a tailor pushed a millionaire, whom he had never seen before,
off the elevated up in New York. He must have mistaken the old man for someone
who owed him a bill. Or it may have been a case of having it in for wealth.
Moral: remain poor all your days. No worry here, we will.
WELL, I'D SAY THIS
^By cAaron ^illolvheei
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
SEWANEE TO PLAY IN MEXICO
The Sewanee Tigers have been asked
to play a football game with the University
of Mexico on November 20th. This game
will dedicate the new million dollar Portes
Gil stadium. The best part of all is that
the President of Mexico is to pay the ex­penses
of the team from his personal in­come.
As long as the team does not be­come
tangled up with anything down in
that country, it will be a fine trip.
* * * * *
WAR OVER FOR AWHILE
Up at Southwestern the Greek War, as
rushing season is called, is over. There will
probably be great rejoicing in the camp of
the innocent freshmen as they will no long­er
be molested by the eternal determina­tion
of the upperclassmen to intrigue them
into joining their respective lodges. It
seems that the casualty list in the little
war amounted to 127. At this rate the stu­dent
body could not last long.
* * * * *
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NO UPSET
Maybe a few were surprised to see the
huge score Chick Meehan's New York Uni­versity
team piled up in a so-called foot­ball
game last Saturday, against Vermont.
The Vermonters, were covered so deeply
with the score they couldn't even get out.
This team has the habit of going through
all the opposition during the season, and
we are looking for a great showing this
year.
* * * * *
GOOD TALENT
The textile faculty at Clemson College
is a good one, because it is largely re­cruited
from the Textile School at the
North Carolina State College, at Raleigh.
The Clemson bulletin makes note of return
from Summer work of R. L. Lee, Jr., who
has competed work for his master's degree
in textiles at the Raleigh institution. This
added information is that W. E. Shinn, who
has had a number of years' teaching ex­perience
at the North Carolina College,
and who recently became connected with
the Clemson textile department, is appoint­ed
head of the weaving and designing di­vision
for the coming year. Clemson has
been reaching out for good talent.
We don't know anything about how good
they are up there, but we think we have a
very good faculty down here. In fact, sev­eral
textile schools would do well to look
us over and see how we are doing things
here.
CADETS ON JOB
The class privileges at V. M. I. are being
closely guarded this year as they have in
the past. The various classes have gotten
them as the result of long and arduous
labor, and have warned the freshmen that
any violations of the rules or encroachment
on the rights and privileges of the upper
classes will mean a severe penalty. No
other class is to encroach on the rights of
a higher class either. We think that having
to attend a military school would be
enough punishment for anyone to bear.
* * * * *
CLEMSON A?
Clemson beat Newberry 68-0, and this
past week Citadel, never regarded the
strongest team in South Carolina, beat the
same college 59-0. We wonder if Clemson
is as invincible as she seems. We'll soon
know.
* * * * *
ONE KIND OF RECORD
Birmingham-Southern leads all Metho­dist
Episcopal Churches, South, in enroll­ment,
amount of property owned and in
amount of salary paid out. It is a fine
record that this college holds over twenty-six
other Methodist schools. With almost
a thousand students, a million dollars'
worth of property in the heart of the in­dustrial
district of Birmingham, Southern
ranks with the progressive colleges of the
South.
Another thing that has happened up
there is the decree that rats are not to
wear their caps whenever they are in town.
This is to promote the friendliness between
Howard and Southern. It is a result of the
deplorable trouble which resulted in the
death of a student last year. Howard rats
have no caps to wear so there should not be
any more trouble between rival freshmen
this year.
COSMOPOLITAN IS RIGHT
Cumberland University from way up in
Tennessee is enjoying a very unique dis­tinction
in having students from sixty-one
colleges enrolled this year. There are not
many colleges in the country that can
boast of so many different schools rep­resented.
.The only question that enters
our mind at this time is whether or not
all these students came for the desire to
attend this institution or beqause they
were kicked out of some other. But who
knows? And who cares.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions express­ed
in this column are not necessarily the
editorial opinions of this paper. It is a
column of personal comment, and is not to
be read as an expression of our editorial
i policy.
* * * * *
THE SUNDAY MOVIE issue is as yet
roasting over the coals. Practically
all of the actions taken so far by both
sides have merely been gestures. From
now on the question will be fought out
under ground, so to speak. One must place
one's ear to the ground to follow the
comedy. The voices of the students, of
course, continue to clutter the atmosphere
like so much Swiss yodeling.
All the letters published in the paper
advocating the motion pictures on Sunday
are of the same tenor. There is prevalent
in each of them the same helpless, feather­brain
arguments. In all of the letters there
is this idea expressed: Give us picture
shows on Sunday, or we will catch rides
over to Opelika and annoy everyone; give
us Sunday shows or we will all leave Au­burn
over the week end and go over the
state, giving Auburn a bad name; we must
have artificial amusement on Sunday be­cause
we are not well educated enough to
take care of ourselves one day in the week;
we cannot exist, happily, one day in the
week without a schedule to guide us be­cause
we are irresponsible, we must have
amusement; if you don't give us Sunday
movies, we will sit around in our rooms
and tell dirty stories, because that is what
a boy must do if he cannot attend a show
on Sunday. And again, if you don't give us
our movies, we will cry. We will write ju­venile
letters about the women in town.
There now, you must give us our pictures
on Sunday.
Tut tut, boys, tut tut. Forget it. What
were yo-yos invented for? Did you know
that students at Yale and Princeton are re­quired
to attend church on Sunday? Just
think what you are gaining by coming to
Auburn. You don't have to go to church,
and yet you begin to bawl for pictures.
* * * * *
THE GAME in Montgomery furnished
the beginning of a very pleasant week­end.
We won the game and that helps
a great deal. The dance after the game was
a success also. At least, we enjoyed it. We
rather hesitated about taking the girl
friend to the dance because of the blood­curdling
fairy tales which always surround
any dance after an Auburn football game.
We went however, and as usual, the blood
and thunder was absolutely missing. The
dance was a nice affair, one to which you
would not want to take your sister, but one
to which you could carry any nice girl
friend that you happened to have handy.
I did not see one ungentlemanly act upon
the floor. I do not say that there was no
drinking, because there was. In fact, a
great many were drinking, but not in ex­cess.
No vulgar or obscene boisterousness
was noticed. It is very encouraging to see
that a college can win a football game and
then not have its students become pie-eyed
and plastered to the nth degree. It all goes
to prove that prohibition is a success. In
its way, it is a success. It indicates that
even college students are becoming tem­perate
in spite of prohibition or that honor
is becoming the vogue among bootleggers.
* * * * *
OUR CHEERING would be more ef­fective
if the studets paid more at­tention
to the leaders. A few short,
well executed yells would be of more value
than the incoherent cheering at all times.
A large cheering section such as Auburn's
need not be unorganized or unwieldy. Of
course it is more difficult to have concerted
cheering with such a large section, but
many schools do it. It merely requires the
learning of the yells and following the
cheer leaders. The leaders probably, are
responsible for the lack of effectiveness of
our cheering. The head cheer leader does
not conduct the cheering with the aid of
his assistants with the precision necessary
for the most effective results. Too much
high-pressure monkey business is indulged
in by the assistants.
* * * * *
AUBURN'S BAND is great. Whether
we win our games or not, we cer­tainly
have the advantage of any
other school between the halves. The band
is about the most impressive part of our
games. Hardly anything at Auburn gives
us as much favorable publicity as our band.
* * * * *
The sororities did much of their pledging
by quizzing boys as to the eligibility of
their prospect pledges. Dates were ar­ranged
between certain boys, who were to
act as stool pigeons and the prospective
pledges. Wonder what the dear sisters
wanted to find out about the girl pledges?
It simply shows that any sort of fraternity
has no place among girls in a school like
Auburn.
1
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
NO DEFINITE ACTION IS TAKEN
ON WAPI AT RADIO CONFERENCE
The delegation representing Radio
Station WAPI in an informal confer­ence
with the Federal Radio Commis­sion
in Washington last week return­ed
to Alabama Sunday night with re­ports
of no definite action having
been taken by the radio commission
in awarding full-time, cleared channel
on a higher wave length to WAPI.
However, the delegation expects to
receive shortly notification of action
on the part of the national board.
The committee of 7 was under the
chairmanship of Dr. Bradford Knapp.
Members are as follows: Dr. O. C.
Carmichael, president of Alabama
College, Montevallo; Dean Ray Lan­caster,
representing University of
Alabama; Mr. P. O. Davis, Auburn;
Dr. A. T. Harmon, State Supervisor of
Education; S. P. Storrs, Commission­er
of Agriculture and Industries; C.
W. Ashcraft, Auburn trustee.
The WAPI representatives were
welcomed to Washington by Senator
Tom Heflin and Senator Hugo Black,
of Alabama, Congressman H. R. Stea-gall,
of Alabama, Congressman M. C.
Argood, of Alabama, and Hugh G.
Grant, secretary to Senator Hugo
Black. These last named were pres­ent
at the informal hearing.
Dr. Knapp as chairman of the dele­gation,
presented the petition for
full-time channel for WAPI to the
commission. The petition in full fol­lows
:
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 25, 1929.
Judge E. 0. Sykes,
Commissioner Third Zone,
Federal Radio Commission,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Judge Sykes:
To render the service which we
wish to render and which our listeners
expect us to render—radio Station
WAPI, located at Birmingham, must
have a full-time cleared channel on a
lower frequency than is now being
used, which is 1140 killocycles.
This statement is based upon ac­tual
operating experience, not theory.
We have found it impossible for the
Station to measure up to the expecta­tion
of the people of Alabama—and
other states—on only half of a clear­ed
channel. Furthermore, a frequency
of 1140 killocycles is not a satisfac­tory
wavelength in view of the fact
that the Station is being operated pri­marily
to serve Alabama.
The difficulties experienced by
half-time operation are insurmount­able.
It is impossible for the Station
to be on the air the same hours daily,
which means that the station cannot
present any feature at the same hour
each day during the evening hours.
We are able to do this during the day­time
because of a simultaneous opera­tion
with Station KVOO which is far
enough from Station WAPI to avoid
serious interference in daytime.
Under the present arrangement, all
three of the educational institutions
sharing in the ownership of WAPI
are handicapped in instituting a com­plete
program. With full time on the
air, the State Department of Educa­tion
supported by the faculties of
these three institutions can put out
not only daytime programs for the
aid of high schools over the state, but
night time programs of education as
well. Our full-time program con­templates
:
Market news service with the re­ports.
Agricultural information.
Banking and business information.
Information affecting industries.
Programs for the education of the
masses in the sciences.
Educational programs for high
school teachers.
Educational programs for high
school students.
Educational programs for Smith-
Hughes teachers and students in 115
agricultural high gchools in the state.
Programs for the information and
education of housewives in Home Eco­nomics
in all of its various branches.
Programs for the information of
the public in health service in which
Alabama is far in the lead.
Programs for the cultural and liter­ary
improvement of people of Ala-
! bama from the faculties of her edu­cational
institutions and from other
sources^
Programs which bring to the people
of Alabama the great talent of the
nation through chain broadcasting.
Programs which inform the people
of the state regarding her own af­fairs.
Programs which aid the state and
state officers in the performance of
their duties.
Miscellaneous programs made neces­sary
by incidents in the life of the
people of the state of Alabama.
Under our division of time—which
we consider as good as can be ar­ranged—
we are forced to present our
regular features at the same hour
three days a week and at another hour
the other three days of the week.
Consequently, the value of these pro­grams
is only a fraction of what it
would be if we Were able to present
them at the same hour each day.
Still another disadvantage of part-time
operation is inability to present
a large number of programs for which
there is a demand.
This applies largely to programs
originating in our own studios, but
"Say It With Flower>s>'
And Say It With Ours
FOR EVERY SOCIAL OCCASION
Rosemont Gardens
Florists
Montgomery, Alabama
Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn.
KLEIN & SON
Jewelers
GRUEN WATCHES
Montgomery, Ala.
ISO rooms, every room
with oath and
showers*
Circulating ice water
and oscillating
a n s
STRICTLY FIREPROOF
The Greystone
Montgomery, Ala.
Wolff Hotel Company
Operators
Charles A. Johnson
Manager
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
HAGEDORN'S
Opelika's Leading Department Store.
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
also to chain programs from the Na­tional
Broadcasting Company. Be­ing
located approximately .200 miles
from any other station broadcasting
chain programs, there are many people
who depend upon WAPI for these
programs as well as those originat­ing
in our studios.
Therefore we have two insurmount­able
handicaps. They are (1) in­ability
to broadcast when broadcast­ing
should be done and (2) insuffi­cient
time to broadcast programs
needed and wanted by our listeners.
In asking the Federal Radio Com­mission
to assign to Station WAPI
full time or a cleared channel, we
wish to present the following rea­sons
to sustain this request:
1. Inability with present assignment
to render service which station was
installed to render, which listeners
want and expect, and which are in
behalf of "public interest, convenience,
and necessity."
2. Under present ownership and ar­rangement
for operation Station
WAPI is entitled to a full-time clear­ed
channel.
3. The records of the Federal Ra­dio
Commission show that Alabama
is underquoted in cleared and region­al
service.
4. States adjoining Alabama are
underquoted.
5. Talent available for programs from
WAPI is sufficient for full-time oper­ation.
6. Station WAPI is not being oper­ated
for financial profit. It was in­stalled
and is being operated to ren­der
service in education and enter­tainment
to the people of Alabama
and the surrounding states.
7. The record of WAPI entitles the
station to full-time cleared channel.
8. Station WAPI is one of the old­est
stations in the South; and, from
its beginning, has been operated as
a non-commercial public service sta­tion.
The important point which we de­sire
the Radio Commission to get is
this: WAPI is a state owned and state
controlled station. It is true that it
was built originally by the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute which is the
land-grant college of the state, but it
was reorganized last spring under the
joint ownership of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute at Auburn, the Uni­versity
of Alabama at Tuscaloosa,
and the Alabama College, the state
college for young ladies, at Monte­vallo.
It has its direct cooperation
with all state departments and is pre­pared
to function as a real state sta­tion.
The station cooperates also with the
Protective Life Insurance Company,
the newspapers of Birmingham, civic
and other organizations of Birming­ham,
and individuals and organiza­tions
throughout the State interested
in the advancement of the State along
economic, social, educational, religious,
industrial, and agricultural lines. A
plan of cooperative broadcasting with
the State Department of Education
is now being formulated.
We wish to call the attention of the
Commission to the fact that Alabama
pooled her radio interests in Station
WAPI. In this connection a historical
statement is in order. It was in 1922
that Station WAPI was founded with
the call letters WMAV. That was a
small station installed and operated
by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
at Auburn. In the early days of ra­dio
broadcasting Station WMAV was
replaced by a more modern station
with more power.
About that time Gevernor Bibb
Graves became interested in installing
a small station at Montgomery for
broadcasting market reports and oth­er
information. Meantime, the Pro­tective
Life Insurance Company was
interested in the installation of a small
station in Birmingham. The Univer­sity
of Alabama was interested in in­stalling
a station at Tuscaloosa.
Our experience had convinced us
that this would be a serious mistake.
Neither station could have succeeded
and the public would have suffered.
A plan was suggested for pooling
the radio interests of the State into
one big station in Birmingham, the
center of population, of talent, and
of wealth. This plan appealed to the
various parties concerned and Station
WAPI, with new equipment and pow­er
of 5,000 watts, became a reality.
Therefore, Alabama has combined
her radio interests into one big sta­tion.
In doing so Alabama has sim­plified
the work of the Federal Radio
Commission in making assignments.
If every state in the Union would do
what Alabama has done, the work of
the Radio Commission would be easy
and radio service would be improved.
Records as to assignments in Ala-
Many Alumni at Game
"Slick" Moulton Recalls Day Auburn Stopped the
Great Silverstein and Won from W. & L.
The Auburn Tigers were the pre­dominating
feature of the Southern
Conference at Montgomery, but there
were many other drawing cards at the
initial bout. The stands made a sight
that was befitting for a place in the
Art galleries of the world. Looking
at the contest from an artistic stand­point,
one can see its likeness to the
old gladatorial fights of years gone
by:
The college boys were there in full
collegiate array. Mixed with them
were the audacious colors of the ef­feminate
followers of the world's
greatest sport. Everyone was on an
equal. The poor mixed with the rich,
the ignorant with the scholars, the
professor with his young proteges
and the Governor with his followers.
The Fates were with the fans as the
Alma Mater fight their way to in­disputable
victory.
"Slick" Moulton, an old Auburn
varsity man was telling the other
night at the game of the only time he
was ever afraid in a football game.
"Slick" was on the Auburn eleven
that went to Birmingham to play
Washington and Lee in 1920. The
great Fullback, Silverstein, was tear­ing
up the line for W. and L. Slick
went on the field at Birmingham
"Yes, I was scared, I'd heard of that
guy and I knew on the first play he
was coming around my end. "Fatty"
Warren saw me shivering and said,
"Don't worry 'Slick' we'll get him
when he comes around here!" And
on the first play the great General
fullback started around my end.
"Fats" ran in and scattered the inter-
God of Weather was especially kind
. ., . .. , , . , . u'ference like chaff and I was lucky to
to them. A more suitable night could ~ J
not have been had for the staging of
this battle. Thousands of twinkling
stars winked down on the chosen
twenty-two human stars of the foot­ball
world. The moon was replaced
by the work of man in the forum of
myriads of man-made lights that made
the arena a shining oval in the blan­ket
if surrounding darkness. There
were many prominent Auburn alumni
at the game that saw their dear old
grab him for a big loss. And he never
did get up to the line of scrimmage
after that and Auburn rolled over W.
& L. in a ridiculously easy fashion."
bama and surrounding states on clear­ed
and regional channels are on file
in your office. They show that sever­al
states in the southeast are under­quoted.
For example, Mississippi has
no cleared channel; and the people of
Mississippi should get more radio ser­vice
from Station WAPI than from
any other station. Florida is also
underquoted, having no cleared chan­nel.
Likewise, Georgia and South
Carolina are underquoted.
Alabama is underquoted on both
cleared and regional channels. And
Alabama is low also on local channels.
Of 600 stations in the United States,
Alabama has four, including one half-time
on a cleared channel, one region­al
station, and two locals—while the
average number of stations per state
is about 12, Alabama has only four—
two tiny stations, one regional, and
one big station with half of a cleared
channel. Yet Alabama is about an
average state in area and in popula­tion.
Station WAPI is in position to uti­lize
all of the talent available in Ala­bama.
The entire Birmingham dis­trict
is convenient to the main studios
in Birmingham. Another studio is in
Montgomery, the capitol city of the
city of the State. The third is at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn.
The University at Tuscaloosa,
and Alabama College at Montevallo
contemplate installation of studios and
speech input equipment but do not feel
justified in doing so with the station
operating on half time. Likewise,
much talent in Montgomery and else­where
is not being used because of
limited time on the air.
The policy of the station with re­gard
to commercial programs is known
to the Commission. A statement of
it appears above. We wish to add
here that we are not asking for ad­ditional
time for financial gain but
rather to render service of the high­est
type.
The service record of Station WAPI
is well known. That the station has
made maximum use of its.opportuni­ties
and of its assignment is admit­ted.
Certainly the service record of
the station entitles it to a bigger op-i
portunity—to full time on a satisfac­tory
cleared channel.
Few stations in the South, or else­where,
antedate WAPI. The station
was a pioneer. Tens of thousands of
dollars were spent in service and in
gaining experience necessary to a
broader and more useful service.
Therefore, we come to you not as be­ginners
but as veterans in the busi­ness
of broadcasting.
We prefer not to clash with any
other station. We are presenting our
request believing that you will grant
it because of its merits. We are ask­ing
you to consider all the facts from
the standpoint of other stations as
well as WAPI and act on a basis of
the actual facts.
Awaiting your reply, we are,
Dr. Bradford Knapp. Pies.,
Ala. Poly. Inst.
Dr. George H. Denny, Pres.,
Univ. of Alabama.
Dr. O. C. Carmichael, Pres.,
Alabama College.
One of the most interested specta­tors
at the Friday night's bout was
Mike Donahue, a former Auburn
mentor. Mike was making notes of
the plays executed by Southern's
team as his Spring Hill team meets
Birmingham Southern next week.
Mike took his limit of "time outs"
during the game to "gas" with his old
friends in the press box.
Two Members Are
Added C. E. Faculty
The Civil Engineering Department
announces that two instructors will be
added to the faculty of the Depart­ment.
They are Percy Beard and E.
H. Givhan, both of whom will report
on October 4.
Beard is a graduate of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute in the class of
1929. During his college career, he
was not only outstanding in his stud­ies,
but also as an athlete. He was
captain of the track team last year
and holds the Southern Conference
record for the low hurdles. Beard
will instruct full time on his return.
Since graduation, Beard has been in
Frankfort, Kentucky, doing highway
engineering work.
Givhan will instruct only half time
and will do work equivalent to that of
a fellowship.
Another graduate of the institute
has also been added to the Civil Engi­neering
Department. He is C. N. Suf-fich.
Suffich has already reported
and is instructing classes in Civil En­gineering.
He returns on a fellow­ship
which calls for half time put in
on research work. The research work
will be the testing of concrete forms
in the new buildings on the campus.
The funds for this purpose have been
provided for by Dr. Knapp for each
of the engineering departments. These
tests will be extended over a period of
two years. The results of this experi­mental
work will be published in a bul- '
letin form by the Civil Engineering
Department.
AUBURN-ATLANTA
PAVING FINISHED
director of Birmingham-Southern,
played the "pivot position" on the
Auburn squad in 1916 and the back-field
in 1917 was present in the
stands at Friday night's game^ Rob­inson
was an All-Southern man in his
time.
Barriers were removed and the 15-
mile section of paved road between
Opelika and West Point on the Mont­gomery-
Atlanta Highway was opened
to traffic yesterday morning, it was
announced during the afternoon by
Herman Orr, assistant division en­gineer
for the third division of the
State Highway Department.
This 15-mile stretch completes the
paved highway between Auburn and
Atlanta and does away with the last
detour on this important road. The
only sections now remaining unpaved
between Montgomery and Atlanta are
those between Auburn and Tuskeege
and between Line Creek and Mont­gomery.
In other words, all of the
approximately 200 miles of road be­tween
Montgomery and Atlanta is
paved now except the sections mention­ed,
which total about 55 miles.
Joe Denson an enthusiastic alum­nus
of Opelika, was down for the
game Friday night. To be frank Joe
was not entirely satisfied with the re­sults
of the game. There is not a
more loyal backer of Auburn to be
found ^anywhere than Denson.
"Fats" Warren, who is now resi­dent
engineer for the State Highway
department, came up from Camden
to see the game Friday night. "Fats"
played with Auburn in 1917, '19 and
'20. There wasn't but one thing that
kept him from playing in '18 and that
was the war.
NOTICE
Lost: One black imitation leather
hand bag, on the Wetumpka-Tallassee
highway just outside of Tallassee.
Finder please call Marvin Dinsmore
at the Phi Kappa Tau House, Auburn,
Alabama.
A man was seen figuring on the
top seats of the bleachers after the
game. He was no other than Champ
Pickens—a former legislator and
football manager. On inquiries as to
the reason of this, it was found out
that he was trying to figure the re­sults
if Auburn were scheduled to
play Alabama this season. We hope
that his results were in favor of Au­burn
but the result is certainly doubt­ful.
Forney Renfro, who is now con­nected
with the Atlanta and West
Point Railroad with headquarters in
Atlanta, was one of the Tiger main­stays
in the late nineties was at the
game Friday night. Forney, like
thousands of other Auburn alumni,
is praying for the time when old Au­burn
will be at the top of the ladder
in football.
Auburn has one former star that
still gives his time to the improve­ment
of the team. In tht early 1900's
he gave it physically but now he gives
several minutes each day in silent
prayer for Auburn to climb to the
top in football circles.
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Willie Pitt, who is now connected
with the State Highway Department
was present at the game Friday night.
He was on the best football players
that ever wore the Auburn colors.
Willie played the position of guard
with excellent results. It is remem­bered
especially the game he played
against Alabama in Montgomery and
the score was somewhere in the vicin­ity
of 65 to 6. All' the Auburn stu­dents
went home "broke" as the bet­ting
was that Alabama would not
score.
Cary Robinson, who is now athletic
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929.
HATFIELD DASHES AROUND
PANTHER END TO SCORE
GAME'S LONE TOUCHDOWN
(Continued from page 1)
the records of Auburn football.
After the fighting Tigers had carried
the ball so near to victory it was but
a matter of time until Hatfield broke
loose with his brilliant run that
saved the day for the Tigers.
The interference of both teams
was poor and for this reason the
teams were slowed down consider­ably.
The Tigers backs, as well as
those of the Panthers, had to fight
a lone game throughout the whole
battle and it is a wonder, in itself,
that there was as much yardage
gained from the line of scrimmage.
| The Tigers were winners not only in
points but were decidedly so in num­ber
of yards gained. Tamplin and
Young were especially outstanding
for their ability in returning the
"rock" up the field on punts. The
Panthers "out booted" the Tigers but
were unable to return them towards
their end of the field. Black showed
up especially well for the Panthers
and played the positions of end and
backfield in a way that was credit­able
to any losing team. He was un­doubtedly
the outstanding star for
the Panthers .and played as good a
game of ball as has ever been played
in the Montgomery arena. The Tigers
showed a great deal of improvement
over their first game of last year,
especially in the field of blocking
and tackling.
In the line the outstanding lumin­ary
was Bush for the Tigers. Bush
worked from one end of the line to
the other, in a tireless and relentless
manner and a better exhibition of
"grit" has never been seen before,
as this man tried to fill the positions
of seven men. Practically no plays
were made through him and he held
down the line in a creditable manner.
Smith's inability to hold the oval on
punts greatly added in Auburn's deci­sive
victory. The Tigers were never
in real danger but one time during
tion during the entire game.
Line-up >
AUBURN
Egge
Newton
G. Long
Harkins
H. Long (C)
Taylor
McRee
Jones
Crawford
Callahan
Granger
LE
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
RE
QB
LH
RH
FB
SOUTHERN
James
Battle
Cashet
Mann
Duncan
Townsend
Carter
Smith
Black
Carraway
Pilgreen
Score by periods:
Auburn 0 0 0 7—7
Southern 0 0 0 0—0
Scoring Touchdown: Hatfield. Ex­tra
point awarded Auburn, Southern
off sides.
Substitutions: Auburn: Pate for
Granger, Bush for G. Long, Hatfield
for Callahan, Yarbrough for Pate,
Prim for Jones, Tamplin for Hat­field,
Young for Crawford, Crawford,
Crawford for Tamplin, Pate for Yar­brough,
Hatfield for Young, Callahan
for Pate, G. Long for Bush and
Granger fer Callahan.
Substitutions: Southern: Waller
for Coshett, McCullough for Carra­way,
Corbin for Mann, O'Brien for
Smith, Vaughan for Black, Jackson
for Townsend, Tucker for Duncan,
Summerford for James Sargeant for
McCullough.
Officials: Ervin (Drake) referee;
Severance (Oberlin), umpire; John­son
(Tech), head linesman; Malpman
(St. Louis U.), field judge.
Undisputable Facts of the Tiger's
Supremacy Over the Panthers:
First Downs
Auburn, 10; Southern, 5, one on
penalty.
Yards Gained From Scrimmage
Auburn, 168; Southern, 72.
Forward Passes
Auburn: attempted 8, completed 3,
gain of 24 yards, intercepted 1.
Southern: attempted 3, completed
none, intercepted 1.
Penalties
Auburn, 8 for 70 yards; Southern
8, for 15 yards.
Punts
Auburn 12, averaging 38 yards.
Southern: 10 averaging 41 yards.
Punts Blocked
Auburn, 1.
E^imbles
Aubtirn, 2; recovered 1.
Southern, 1; recovered 2.
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Ted Greenhalgh, Birmingham; S. E.
Garrett, Birmingham; Jack Pilgrim,
Foley; H. Clark, Birmingham; C. Jor­dan,
Bainbridge, Ga.; W. Strickland,
Pensacola.
PI KAPPA ALPHA: D. Neal, Ens-ley;
H. Stanly, Andalusia; R. Kilgore,
Jasper; B. Riser, LaFayette; B. Bor­den,
Greensbore; Edwards, Tuskegee;
Gilbreth, Ft. Payne; B. Bronson,
Dadeville; George Bogwell, Jasper.
SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON: T. A.
Barnes, Spring Hill; F. H. Barnes,
Spring Hill; T. Bishop, Hurlsborough;
B. Curtwright, Tuskegee; Ed Dantz-ler,
Eufaula; M. T. Hubbard, Talla­dega;
R. T. Wasson, Greenville, Miss.;
W. Hurt, Tuskegee; F. Renfroe, Ope-lika;
C. Johnson, Ensley; E. Davis,
Wetumpka.
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA: T. Rang-ley,
T. Brown, and J. Faunville, Mont­gomery;
C. Senn and J. Bassett, Troy;
J. T. Millsaps, Atlanta; Red Gar-many,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; D.vJones,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; J. Collins and H.
Collins, Carrolton; H. Metcalf and
Cecil Ward, Birmingham; W. P. Sitz,
Gadsden; D. Sheridan, Bessemer.
PHI KAPPA TAU: V. H. Kille-man,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; R. Witherville,
Pensacola; A. J. McCreary, Brook­lyn,
N. Y.; F. Baggert, Bay Minette;
J. Milliner, Riverview; R. Bain, Au­burn;
Wm. Rogers, Brewton.
SIGMA PHI EPSILON: T. Ennis,
Montevallo; J. Grant, Dothan; J.
Gravely, Montgomery; F. McGraw,
Marvel; Bill Pitts, Montgomery; W.
Richardson, Eufaula; Tom Hamilton,
Opelika; T. Johnson, Dothan.
ALPHA LAMBDA TAU: T.
Brough; C. B. Ellege; George Pan-hurst;
F. W. Smith; R. L. Spruiell.
ALPHA PSI: K. O. Smith, Bear
Creek; M. T. Thome, Lawrence, S. C ;
A. T. Thome, Lawrence, S. C; John
Burnson, Americus, Ga.; Lee Druer,
Meridian, Miss.
SIGMA PHI SIGMA: W. T. Moore,
Orrville; T. B. Richardson, Russel-ville;
S. B. Motes, Epes; L. Huey,
Bessemer; W. H. Holland, Seale; J.
B. Upshaw, Hurtsborough; H. Lump­kin,
Rome, Ga.; E. Robinson, Selma;
W. D. Parker, Ozark; J. D. Simp-kins,
Jackson.
PI KAPPA PHI: R. Arthur, Ens-ley;
J. M. Adams, Ashland; M. S.
Caley, Marion Junction; H. Hooton,
Ashland; R. Kennedy, Pavo, Ga.; J.
M. Owen, Florence; K. T. Phipps,
Montgomery; J. P. Roberts, Sylacau-ga;
C. L. Strickland, Childersburg;
J. W. Smith, Powderly; J. C. Wil­liams,
Sylacauga; E. Wynn, Ashland.
SIGMA NU: J. May, Montevallo;
K. McMillan, Talladega; G. Lanier,
Birmingham; D. Long, Birmingham;
W. Paterson, Montgomery; C. Stroz-ier,
Cordele, Ga.; L. Jemmison, Bir­mingham;
R. Savage, Birmingham;
P. Grant, P. Irwin, Dothan; R. Mul-lins,
Clanton; A. S. Turk, Nelson, Ga.;
J. Hitchcock, Union Springs; C.
Briggs, Bessemer; B. Cadell, Gadsden;
J. Stewart, Anniston.
BETA KAPPA: A. C. York, Em­pire;
H. King, Sheffield; C. Strickle,
Birmingham; N. Miller, Mobile; W.
Kinnimer, C. Thelander, E. Kilken,
Birmingham; R. Roberts, Auburn.
KAPPA SIGMA: E. Wood, Colum­biana;
N. Striplin, Florence; C. Stan­ley,
Montgomery; E. McCree, Dade­ville;
R. Crooks, Woodward; T. Wall,
H. Nabors, Birmingham-
ALPHA GAMMA RHO: R. Lov-vorn,
Wedowee; W. Gray, New Mar­ket;
J. Turner, St. Stephens; S. Sel­lers,
Ramer; J. Hankin, Midland
City; E. Oakley, Pine Hill; H. Miller,
Sommerville; K. Neal, Lineville; W.
Swink, Niantu; T. Melton, Pine Ap­ple;
J. Renyan, Delta; V. Brooks,
Florence; C. Patterson, Pyriton; M.
Phillips, Carrollton; F. Gaines, La
Grange, Ga.; R. Jones, Delta.
PHI DELTA CHI: C. Chun, Jack­son;
Red Primm, Jackson; C. Wood-
NOTICE
To All Patrons of the Auburn Post
Office:
Your mail is a very important mat­ter;
and in that you receive same it is
very essential that you leave your ad­dress
at the office. If you have not
a box leave your street address at
the General Delivery window so that
the Post Office directory may be com­plete
and your mail will not be re­turned.
Sincerely,
L. A. KNAPP, P. M.
B. KEELER PAYS TRIBUTE
TO THE AUBURN OF PAST,
PRESENT AND FUTURE
Four Journalism
Courses Added To
English Department
Four new English courses, all in
Journalism, will be offered at Auburn
this year, according to a statement
from the English Department; Pro­fessor
Shuford will instruct the
classes. He has studied Journalism at
Northwestern University, which of­fers
one of the foremost journalistic
courses in the country; Professor
Shuford has had practical experience
with several large daily papers.
A new one hour course, college
journalism is intended especially for
the Plainsman Staff members. Credit
is given in this class for work done on
the Plainsman. The main thing to be
done in this course is correcting news
stories. Professor Shuford believes
it best for the amateur news writer
to have a fundamental knowledge of
newspaper work. To gain this he is
starting his pupils in by having them
correct news stories already written.
Later on they are to write and correct
their own stories, being careful all
the time to employ in their work and
in the right order the necessary ele­ments
of newspaper writing.
A senior course is offered for those
interested in advanced newspaper
writing and editing. Another course
is in Agricultural reporting. Accord­ing
to Professor Shuford, this course
will prove very beneficial to the stu­dents
in Agriculture as it will enable
them to prepare papers in a concise
and efficient manner. Great interest
is being shown by those enrolled in
this form of writing.
One of the latest courses to be of­fered
is that in feature writing. Many
students have expressed a desire to
take up this course, and Professor
Shuford has made plans to give them
the very best instruction along this
line. Articles are to be written and
openly criticised. Later on assign­ments
will be made to those in the
class so that they can prepare papers
for publication.
Professor Shuford is especially
anxious to get a good class started in
reporting. Work is to be carried on
in a news laboratory; actual news­paper
work to be stressed here. The
Plainsman is to benefit from the ad­dition
of these new courses as any­thing
suitable for publication will be
turned in, and any competent writers
who may be uncovered will be given a
trial on the Plainsman staff.
(Continued from page 1)
oring,' says Mr. Woodruff, 'steps out
and compiles for itself a schedule
that would curl the hair on the cold­est-
headed coach in America today,
and electrify the oldest and dumbest
alumnus. Good old valiant Auburn—
who hasn't won a conference game in
three years—collects a program in­cluding
every single powerful team
in the conference except Alabama,
and only hasn't got Alabama because
Alabama wouldn't play. Clemson,
Florida, Vandy, Georgia, Tulane,
Tennessee, Tech—what a roster! The
gamest school in all this world; that's
what Auburn is. Auburn may have
lost everything but courage, but that
remains. My hat's off to Auburn!'
"And mine , too. Believe me,
please, there is not the faintest sug­gestion
of kidding in this little trib­ute.
In this selfish day of promo­tion
and self-seeking, Auburn stands
up like the Eiffel Tower, with her
long heritage of courage and her
blazing tradition that never wavered
or burned dim in the days when Au­burn
took 'em as they came, the big­ger
the better. The best darned foot­ball
story I ever wrote was inspired
by an Auburn team, back in 1915.
The best feature story in American
football today—and I didn't write
that one, either—was about an Au­burn
team struck down by dengue
fever and holding Georgia and Royal
Bob McWhorter to a scoreless tie,
with three regulars in the line-up, and
a mess of raw second-string men who
ran on the field with tears on their
cheeks, because little Mike Donahue
was sick unto death in a distant town.
"Auburn stands up in song and
storyi and in fair tradition. Auburn
has played an heroic role in southern
football for three generations; and
you may show me, if you will, the
conference team that hasn't taken
her lickings, from Auburn, and taken
them plenty. And, by gum, any man
who .wants to poke fun at Auburn to­day,
or make smart cracks about Au­burn's
big schedule, and the struggle
Auburn had beating Birmingham-
Southern Friday, can step right out
and break a lance, or two of them,
with Mr. Fuzzy Woodruff and me.
And, by the eternal, we'll get the
little smart aleck told some things
about Auburn that will cause his
scalp to crinkle and his eyes to sting,
or he is no true man.
"Gallant Auburn—accept an honest
tribute from one oldtimer, who re­veres
you and loves and honors you,
and wishes you always well! This
1929 schedule is a thing of one year;
and one year is a very narrow slice,
out of history. "What is far bigger,
and far more permanent, is the bright
record of sportsmanship and fair play
—the roster of fame where sportsmen
write their names. That is something
which endures. And on that roster I
find many and many a name, with
'Auburn' after it. The heritage of
sportsmanship—Auburn has it, in a
degree that rates any Auburn man
where he gives the wall and doffs the
hat to no one. And if anybody feels
inclined to poke fun at Auburn now
—my address, and Mr. Woodruff's
address, will be in care of The At­lanta
Journal. And I think that two
oldtimers can take care of the wise-crackers
of today. Auburn is a name
that never sets with the sun. We
shall find it tomorrow—and tomor­row,
and tomorrow."
KIWAN1S CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS AS MEMBERS
(Continued from page 1)
ham. He seemed very optimistic over
Miss Frisbie who is to represent this
district in the contest. Mr. Davis gave
a list of the prizes to be given for the
winner of the National Contest and
they are well worth working for. The
first prize is to be $5,000 and two
G. Hatcher, W. A. Holman, York; J.
K. Kroell, Longview; R. L. Thomas,
Reidville, Ga.; T. M. Walden, Bir­mingham.
Chi Epsilon Chi: M. J. Rickles,
Birmingham; J. C. Nelson, Brantley,
L. H. Johnson, Ohio; D. E. Foutz,
Irvington, Alabama.
all, Abandon; H. McGee, Bonifa, Fla.;
F. R. Yates, Lineville.
THETA KAPPA NU: T. Coleman,
Ft. Deposit; W. Ganse, Stockton; F.
Gordy, Chatom; J. Hueto, Oakman; V.
Lovell, Huntsville; S. Northcutt,
Evergreen; J. Patterson, Florence; V.
K. Sims, Bessemer; J. Williams, P.
Smith, Auburn; L. T. Taylor, Center-ville;
B. Tisdale, Mobile; M. Thomas,
Goodwater; H. Stuart, Akson, O.; M.
Newton, Greenville; R. Pittard, Easta-boga;
N. Grey, Letohatchee.
SIGMA PI: Clifford Reeves,
Charles Howard, Isaac Ledbetter, J.
H. Bradley, Homer Hollifield, J. R.
Hester, George Hodge, Jr.
Delta Sigma Phi: R. L. Akin, Bir­mingham;
C. A. Brooks, B. F. Cald­well,
Birmingham; C. H. Currey, Mo­bile;
W. M. Marshall, Birmingham;
years tuition at College, the second,
$3,000 and one year's tuition, the
third, $2,000 and one year's tuition,
the fourth, $1500 and one year's tui­tion
and the fifth $1,000 and one
year's tuition. This contest is spon­sored
annually by the Atwater Kent
Kent Radio Company. The Radio au­dience
is allowed to vote in the first
contest that is to be held in Birming­ham.
After this announcement, Miss
Frisbie gave two selections that prov­ed
beyond a doubt her choice for this
contest.
INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL
Pi'ague, Czechoslovakia—(IP)—If
American college students are the ob­jects
of criticism because they place
too much apparent importance on
football games, they may point their
critics to Central Europe, where the
winning of international football
contests has become second in the
importance to the honor of the vari­ous
countries only to that of winning
military scraps.
According to the outlook of the
Czechoslovakian press, if this nation
STUDY COURSE GIVEN
FOR BAPTIST STUDENTS
(Continued from page 1)
Mr. Cooper is the State Secretary for
Sunday School work in Alabama.
Likewise, for those interested in B.
Y. P. U. a course is being taught by
Mr. Henry Rogers, state field secre­tary
for the B. Y. P. U.
Miss Kathleen Hagood, State Y. W.
A. worker, is teaching a course for
students on Missions. The ones taking
this course are getting a real insight
into the Mission Fields of the South­ern
Baptists.
Mrs. Henry Rogers and Miss Har­rison
of Opelika are teaching courses
for the Intermediate and Junior B. Y.
P. U. Departments, respectively.
Approximately one hundred pupils
are enrolled in this study course this
week.
The principal thing the Baptist
Student Body is looking forward to
is the State B. S. U. Convention,
which meets in Auburn Nov. 1-3. Two
Hundred Baptist students from all
the colleges in Alabama are expected
to attend this convention.
loses its football game with Hungary,
the future of the nation is lost.
The Italian press almost asked for
a military invasion of Austria last
year when Austria beat Italy.
'Tis Fine to
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