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Library (3) TRACK MEET SATURDAY THE PLAINSMAN TRACK MEET SATURDAY TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. NUMBER 51 1929 GLOMERATA WILL BE DEDICATED TO ALUMNI OF AUBURN WEIDEMEYER'S ORCHESTRA TO PLAYFORPROM "Personality Plus Orchestra" Comes Direct From Broadway Ag Banquet To Be Held on Saturday Many Prominent Visitors Are Expected I. T. QUINN WILL GIVE ADDRESS MEMORIAL DAY IS WELL KNOWN HERE Announcement Of Awarding Decoration Contract Be Made Soon Weidemeyer's Orchestra, the most highly acclaimed musical aggregation that has ever appeared in Auburn, will play for the Senior Prom, May 16, 17, and 18 it was announced by the Auburn Social Committee today. Weidemeyer and his "Personality Plus OTus Orchestra" will come direct from Broadway to play for the University of Georgia Final Dances, whence" they will journey to Auburn to make the year's last set of dances the same huge success that they were in 1928, at which time the same orchestra furnished the music. From Auburn Weidemeyer will go to Tuscaloosa to play for the University of Alabama dances. Weidemeyer's orchestra consists of eleven melody artists, all of whom contribute to the dances by their originality in specialty numbers. The players wear different costumes at each of the dances. The orchestra includes one premier soloist and a matchless trio. Always several original, novelty college numbers are offered. Weidemeyer made the statement last year, at the conclusion of the dances, that Auburn was his favorite school, and he proved the truth of his statement. The orchestra gave Auburn yells, played "Glory, Glory, Dear Old Auburn", and on rising to play "Good-bye Auburn", received a thunderous applause. There is no doubt but that everyone who attended the Finals last year will testify to the effect that Weidemeyer is second to none. As Pete Crenshaw, chairman of the Social Committee, said when announcing the name of the orchestra, "It is Weidemeyer; nuf sed." A call for bids on decorations of the gymnasium for the dances has been issued by the committee, and it is expected that in a very short while definite announcement of the awarding of the bid wil be made. Also, according to the Social Committee, dates for the mailing of bids to the dances will be announced in the Sunday issue of the Plainsman. The annual Ag Club banquet, which is probably the foremost event on the Ag Club calendar will be held next Saturday evening in Smith Hall, beginning at 8 o'clock. Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson College, and a former Auburn professor in agriculture, will be the principal speaker of the evening. Other prominent men, including Dr. Bradford Knapp, Dean M. J. Funchess, Director L. N. Duncan of the Extension Department, P. 0. Davis, and other outstanding agricultural men will contribute to the attractiveness of the evening with [speeches. The entire day Saturday has been designated as Ag Day, sponsored by the Ag Club and being put on for the first time this season. This feature is expected to add greatly to the interest of the occasion in drawing many agricultural alumni back to the campus for a general get-together in the furtherance of agricultural interests. A baseball game between members of the Ag Club and members of the Ag faculty has been scheduled for the afternoon. A major event of the evening, during the banquet, will be the awarding of the Gamma Delta loving cup to the best all-round Junior in agriculture. This individual will be elected by Gamma Delta members in conjunction with the Ag faculty, the election to take place Friday night. Other awards will be the Ag Club diplomas to senior mmebers of the Ag Club. Program To Take Place In Langdon Hall At 3 : 4 5 P. M. Elected Botegha R. O. T. C. TO BE REVIEWED Delta Sigma Phi Moves To New Fraternity Row New Home Is First Completed Present Project Of The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity moved into its new house on Fraternity Row last Thursday, April 18. Their house, facing on College Street, is the first on the new Fraternity Row to be completed; it is a striking two-story brick structure, modern in every respect, and is now accomodating thirty-two men. The building is attractively furnished and decorated throughout. On the first floor, there is a large reception room, which opens on the north into a library, and on the south into a den. A large dining room occupies the extreme south end of the house; a guest room and a house mother's room, both with private baths, occupy the north end. On the first floor in the rear, there are three study rooms with sleeping quarters, accommodating two men each. Upstairs, in the front of the house, are nine study rooms; at each end of this floor there is a large dormitory sleeping porch accomodating the men whose study rooms do not have sleeping quarters. There are also four study rooms, upstairs, with sleeping quarters for two men, and two large bathrooms with showers. Although there are now only thirty- two men in the house, forty-three can be occomodated. Films Depict Latest Subway Construction "Boring Of Cascade Tunnel" Presented To Engineers Also The engineering students were very fortunate in having two one-reel pictures of technical interest presented Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in the Tiger Theatre. One of the films, "Building New York's Newest Subway," showed the construction of a new subway under the streets of New York; the project, which will cost $507,000,000, is being carried on under difficult conditions, as traffic conditions must remain normal while excavations and constructions are being made. Professor Callan, who saw the construction of the subway in a recent trip to New York, made a short introductory talk on the present work. The other film, "Driving the Cascade Tunnel," was about a tunnel which was driven through the Cascade Mountains in the State of Washington. This was a very difficult task; the construction required three years. It is 7.79 miles long, the longest - railroad tunnel in the Western Hemisphere. These pictures were presented by the courtesy of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Incorporated, of Wilmington, Delaware. DR. KNAPP SPEAKS AT MANY PLACES Dr. Bradford Knapp was the principal speaker at the State Civitan Convention, held in Ensley on April the twenty-third and twenty-fourth. Today at noon Dr. Knapp addressed the Guntersville Civitan Club. From Guntersville Dr. Knapp will go to Al-bertville where he will address the local Civitan Club. We will return to Auburn on Friday. NOTICE TO SENIORS This week-end will mark the end of the time for Seniors to order their rings. All Seniors who desire to get their rings before graduation may see any of the following men immediately: A. F. McGhee, A. J. Yates, J. L. Burton, W. B. Collier, or C. L. Dins-more. Tribute To Be Paid To Confederate Veterans Auburn will pay tribute to the Confederacy tomorrow, at the annual Confederate Memorial Day exercises, to be held in Langdon Hall, starting at 3:45 P. M. The R. O. T. C. unit will participate in a Memorial Day review, and also be inspected by official army inspectors for the Distinguished College rating. Major John T. Kennedy will act as Marshal of the Day in the exercises, and President Bradford Knapp will be presiding officer. A very appropriate program has been arranged; Hon. I. T. Quinn, state commissioner of game and fisheries, will deliver an address. The program is as follows: March, College Orchestra; Invocation, Rev. J. R. Edwards; Solo by Rev O. D. Langston; address by Mr. Quinn; vocal selection by four students; and "March," College Orchestra. After this, services will be held at the cemetery, where the Soldiers' Monument and the grave of Confederate Veterans will be decorated by students of the high school and grammar school of Auburn. The band will participate in this part of the exercises; members of the military unit will fire a salute over the graves. At the end, "Taps" will be played by a bugler. The Confederate Memorial Day services are sponsored annually by the Auburn chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Number Men Initiated Into Greek Fraternities At the end of the past half-semester there were quite a number of men initiated into the different fraternities on the campus. Those having initiations, with the names of the new men and the date of the event, are as follows: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, April 21, Leo Young, Monroe, La.; George Harrison, Birmingham; Booth Ingram, Ope-lika. Theta Chi, April 20, C. H. Bras-well, Ensley; James Nichols, Carbon Hill; Ralph Jordon, Selma; Joe Justice, Selma; Page Riley, Ensley; Jack Awtry, Atlanta; Sam Casey, Slocomb. Sigma Phi Sigma, April 17, A. L. Teague, Asheville; E. P. Murphy, Gadsden. Beta Kappa, April 19, George Williamson, Birmingham; R. H. Staples, Boston, Mass. Pi Kappa Phi, April 21, Peter Crump, Montgomery; "Jack Cumbie, Roanoke; "Red" Burgess, Florala; Glenn Rose, Troy; Jim Roberts, An-niston; D. W. Jackson, Thomasville, Ga. Horse Show Will Be . Staged On May Day May 1 is the date and the varsity baseball field is the place for the annual horse show at Auburn. It will start at two o'clock in the afternoon and will be participated in by enlisted men and sophomores, juniors, and seniors of the R. O. T. C. unit, with Lieutenant C. P. Townsley in charge. As in the past, it will be a spectacular affair. The events will include senior jumping; junior jumping; sophomore jumping; enlisted men jumping; musical chair; students' potato race; enlisted mens' race; Roman riding by Sgt. Foreman. A horse show at Auburn has been an annual event for several years. Each is a colorful and thrilling event. The show this year will be up to or above the standards of those of the past, Lieutenant TownBley said. MARTIN H. GLOVER Dothan; Junior in Architectural Engineering; Alpha Lambda Tau Fraternity; Architectural Association. MAX WILLIAMS Birmingham; Junior in Architectural Engineering; Alpha Lambda Tau Fraternity; Architectural Association; Rifle Team. CHARLES F. DAVIS Montgomery; Junior in Architectural Engineering; Blue Key; Omicron Delta Kappa; Scabbard and Blade; Social Committee; Editor of 1930 Glomerata; In-terfraternity Council; President of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Botegha is an honorary architectural fraternity, the purpose of which is to unite in fellowship those students who have attained a marked proficiency in their work and have shown an interest in the Fine Arts. MILITARY UNIT BE INSPECTED THIS WEEK-END Army* Officers Are To Be Here To Gather Rating Data On R.O.T.C. Unit REVIEW BE HELD FRIDAY INTER-SOCIETY DEBATES HELD Blankenship and Upchurch To Meet Overton and Pike The Websterian and Wilsonian literary societies were victorious in two inter-society debates which were held on Tuesday night; both of the winning teams had the affirmative side of the question, which was: "Resolved: That the present system of granting quality points as in effect at this institution should be amended to prohibit their bestowal for any activity for which college credit is not given." A. V. Blankenship and R. G. Up-church, of the Websterian literary society, triumphed over M. V. Hall-man and J. W. Letson, of the Evans; the winners well earned the decision, bringing out many good points for the affirmative side. Hugh Overton and J. W. Pyke, of the Wilsonian society, defeated Roy N. Sellers and W. C. Weldon, of the Wirt literary society. The two winning societies will meet in a debate on the same question on May 9; the topic is one of importance to students, and should command quite a bit of interest. Prof. C. H. Bedingfield Goes To New Orleans Is To Represent Federal Land Bank As Field Representative On May 1 Prof. C. H. Bedenfield, itenerant teacher trainer in connection with the school of education of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, will become a field representative of the Federal Land Bank at New Orleans, which will be his headquarters and to which city he will move his family as soon as arrangements can be made. Mr. Bedenfield will serve as contact and public relations, man for this bank in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Since he graduated at Auburn in 1920 he has been in vocational work. Immediately after graduation he became teacher of vocational agriculture in the Lauderdale County High School at Rogerville where he graduated, this being his old home. He remained there until 1924 when he became critic vocational teacher at the Lee County High School at Auburn. He continued in this position until 1925 when he became itenerant teacher trainer, in which position he soon became very popular with the staff at Auburn and also with the teachers of vocational agriculture throughout the state. THENDARA ELECTS HEADS NEXT YEAR Members of Thendara, at their regular meeting Monday night, elected the following officers for next year: N. S. Illges, president; H. H. Milli-gan, vice-president; Jimmie Ware, secretary and treasurer. Thendara is the oldest interfraternity organization on the campus. Its membership consists of a limited number of Juniors and Seniors. Distinguished College Rating Is Again Sought By Local Staff Major William E. Devall, of the coast artillery corps, and Major G. H. Franke, of the field artillery, will inspect the R. 0. T. C. unit here Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Major Devall, who is stationed at Atlanta, graduated from West Point in 1913. Major Franke, who is connected with the General Staff at the headquarters of the fourth corps area Atlanta, graduated from the U. S. Military Academy in 1911, and was also a distinguished graduate of the Command and General Staff School, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1926. Major Franke was one of the officers who inspected this unit last year, while this happens to be Major Devall's first visit here. The general object of the inspection is to promote the efficiency of the R. O. T. C. by establishing uniform standards of proficiency. The inspection will determine the degree to which the unit has attained toward the objective set forth in the war department program of instruction, and the part which the individual student plays. It is this phase of the inspection that has much to do in the rating obtained by the unit. An examination is made of students, covering all theoretical and practical work embraced in the various courses of all classes. Attention will be given to the classroom work as well as to the drill and ceremony. The inspection also covers the condition of government property issued to the institution, including adequacy of facilities for theoretical and practical construction, and for the care of animals and property. The inspection will also furnish general information data relative to the R. O. T. C. unit. Brooder House Burns Destroys 2,000 Chicks Oil-Heater Thought To Be Origin Of Latest Fire The brooder house at the college poultry plant, about one mile south of town, was completely destroyed by fire early Wednesday night; of the 4,500 baby chicks in it at the time approximately 2500 were saved. The structure was covered with ample insurance. Call for aid at the fire department was issued immediately, and the fire truck was on the grounds before the fire was well under way; however, little aid could be given, due to the lack of a water connection. The brooders within the building were oil heated, this source being the supposed origin of the fire. This marks the second very destructive fire at the poultry plant within the past year, the former occurring last spring and completely destroying the hatchery. It was replaced with a substantial fire-resisting building of stone structure. "Auburn" Painted On Top Of Toomer's Store Designed To Aid Aviators Passing Over "Village" The Auburn Post of the American Legion, taking part in blazing the trail for aviation in Alabama, arranged for the painting of the word, "Auburn," in twelve foot letters, and a huge arrow pointing north, on the roof of Toomer's Drug Store. Members of S. A. M. E. painted the massive letters completing their work yesterday. Baskin and Snider Be Guests of'Bama To Promote A Better Spirit Between Schools Weemie Baskin and Euil Snider, Auburn's world known track stars, will leave Auburn tonight for Tuscaloosa, where they will be the guests of the University of Alabama "A" club. The two cinder artists received an invitation from the 'Bama "A" club to run as a feature of their "A" Day celebration and readily accepted as they believe that their appearance at the Capstone will foster a better spirit betwen the two state institutions. Baskin in a champion hurdler, and only recently broke the world's record for the eighty-yard high hurdles on the local track. Baskin clipped over a second off of the record but it was unofficial as only two timekeepers clicked him. He will race against some picked stars in the 80 and 100-yard high hurdles while performing in the Druid City on Alabama's annualy "A" Day program, Friday. Euil Snider, member of the 1928 Olympic team, and co^holder with Ray Bartubi of the 400-metre record will run the 100 and 220 at Tuscaloosa. He is a former conference champion in both events and easily runs the century under ten flat. In a recent tryout on Drake Field with only a few days practice, he negotiated the 100-yard distance in 9.8 seconds. Snider will run against some ex-Bama and freshman stars. The invitation received by Baskin and Snider to appear on Alabama's "A" Day program, which will be featured by a baseball game between the Capstone and Georgia Tech, is just another step in bringing the two institutions back together in athletic activities. INNOVATION IS MADE IN USUAL CUSTOM STAFF To Create Closer Union Between Former Graduates Of Alabama Poly. ATHLETICS FEATURED Glomerata Will Be Distributed About May 18 PLANS MADE FOR FINAL 'Y' BANQUET Last Get-To-Gether Be Friday, May 3 Held On At the meeting of the Y. M. C. A. cabinet Sunday afternoon plans for the final "Y" banquet were laid. May 3rd is the date for this biggest event of the"Y" calendar. It- is expected that a man of national renown will make the main address. George Williamson, Bill Yarbrough and W. H. Wailes are in charge of the decorations. B. Q. Scruggs is chairman of the committee on arranging for the place and menu. Many outside visitors are expected to be present at this affair, also, the winning discussion group is to be the guest of the council. Grand President Of Phi Kappa Tau Here Dr. I. M. Wright, Grand President of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity was recently in Auburn, visiting the Alpha Lambda chapter here. He left Tuesday evening for Atlanta to officiate at the installation this week end of the Alpha Rho chapter of Phi Kappa Tau at Georgia Tech. Dr. Wright is director of education at Muhlenberg College of AHentoVn, Pennsylvania. The following men from the chapter here have gone to Atlanta to assist with the installation: R. P. Willingham, N. M. Mcln-nis, W. H. Harris, and Professor J. M. Robinson. Phi Kappa Tau was founded at Miami University in 1906, the Alpha Lambda chapter being installed in Auburn last year. NOTICE All fraternity panels have been returned to the "lomerata by the engraver, and are ready for distribution to the various organizations. They may be obtained at the Bureau of Public Information, first floor of the Administration Building. Students receiving these must sign the name of the organization with their names. The 1929 Glomerata will be dedicated to the alumni of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. For the first time in Auburn's history the annual staff has departed from the usual custom of dedicating the book to some outstanding member of the faculty or citizen in the town of Auburn. The dedication of the book to the alumni was done "To create a closer union between the former graduates and the college, and to focus attention of the present student body on the phenomenal achievements by members of the alumni body," according to a statement of T. S. Christopher and Joe Ford, editor and business manager, respectively, of this year's book. The dedicatory statement, which is headed "The Spirit of the Past," reads as follows: "To that spirit of progress, achievement and devoted service, which has reached such rich development in the lives of our alumni, we bow our heads in silent tribute and to them and to that spirit we reverently dedicate this volume of the Glomerata." In the opinion of those who have seen the advanced proofs of the 1929 Glomerata, and according to the statement of the printers and engravers who have made the book, this year's annual will be the best in the history of Auburn, and will rank with the foremost college annuals in the South this year. The books will arrive in Auburn (Continued on page 6) Six Are Pledged To Beta Alpha Sigma ' At its last meeting, Beta Alpha Sigma, honorary commercial fraternity, announced the names of six pledges, all of whom are prominent juniors in the General Business cqurse. The men extended bids are as follows: J. P. Bethune, G. M. Carter, H. O. Davis, J. S. Jones, A. M. Pearson, and L. M. Thomas. The initiation will take place Sunday night. At this meeting was held the installation of the following officers for next year: Thomas Roberts, Jr., president; E. V. Howell, vice-president; W. W. Rogers, secretary. Auburn Band Give Concert Over WAP1 On Friday night, April 26, from 8 to 9 o'clock, the Auburn Band will broadcast a concert from the Auburn studio of radio station WAPI. List-eners- in, no doubt, will include thousands of ardent admirers of the Auburn Band throughout the South, Professor Bidez, director of the band, announced that the following selections will be offered: "The Italian in Algiers," "The Grand March and Battle Hymn," from Wagner's Rienzi; "Slavonic Dances," Tchai-chowsky. Dental Association Elects New Head Last week the Alabama State Dental Association elected as president of the association Dr. Peacock, resident of Auburn and practicing dentist of Opelika. He will take office immediately. Dr. Peacock is a graduate of Van-derbilt University, where he was a member of Delta Sigma Delta, honorary dental fraternity, and Northwestern University. He has practiced dentistry in Opelika for the past twenty-seven years. PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. glfo ft kinsman Published semi-weekly by the students of ttie 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 A. V. Blankenship, '30 __ Associate Editor Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor Hugh W. Overton . 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 T. S. Coleman, '32; Clarence Dykes, '32; George Harrison, '32; Robert Sansing, '30; S. H. Morrow, '32; J. E. Jenkins, '32; H. G. Twomey, '32; Victor White, '32; D. Reynolds, '32; Virgil Nunn, ' 3 1; Gabie Drey, '31; James Davidson, '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. Consider Carefully Ex. Cab. Members With the adoption of the constitution of the Associated Undergraduate Students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute there arises the necessity of considering what men are to be placed in the important offices of the organization. The men filling these positions will have very broad authority over student activities. Whether the affairs of the Ex. Cabinet are administered properly will depend entirely upon these men. Therefore it behooves the student body to deliberate well before placing any man in office. To be fitted to hold office in the new organization a student must possess certain abilities and characteristics not to be easily found nor lightly esteemed. He must be capable of clear and logical thought, and of rendering unbiased and un-opinioned decisions. He must command the respect of his fellow students and be capable of leading them. He must be honorable and sincere; he must be capable of placing duty before self-interest. He must be even tempered, well balanced, and emotionally stable. He must be able to deny his friends for the good of the student body. He must, above all things, be honest, and incapable of any subversive act. These requirements are difficult of fulfillment. This very difficulty is the thing that, more than any other, creates the necessity for calm consideration by the student body of those men it proposes to elect to be the officers of the organization. Only by setting aside all prejudices of friendship and popularity can the student body hope to arrive at a proper choice of officers. For this reason the students at Auburn are urged to take careful inventory of their fellow students before chooosing for themselves their leaders in this, their very own, student organization. Do Your Part To Secure Distinguished Rating The inspecting officers are in Auburn this week to determine whether or not^we shall again receive distinguished rating as a military college. For ten years A. P. I. has enjoyed 'this rating which is a marked distinction when one considers the number of schools having R. O. T. C. units and the few that can possibly receive this honor. Only a few schools in the country are placed on this select list. The method of rating this year is to be slightly different but will have no bearing on the institution prepared for the inspection. Every student in college, whether in the unit or not, must try hard to see that nothing lessens Auburn's present standing. To have this honor taken away would hurt a great deal, as it would show a laxity in the work and a decline in military study. To maintain the present standing, the students must show a military aptitude and bearing that will be significant of the training received. No one should wear a mixed uniform. Besides being attentive to his personal appearance, he should be able to answer the questions of the inspecting officer. These things, if they are done, will create a very favorable impression on the examiners. If the students will realize the important role' they are to play in the inspection", there will be no need to worry. Auburn will continue to receive distinguished rating. We hope that every man will have the interest of the college enough at heart to perform to the best of his ability that which is expected of him, and to insist that others do. Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Engineers' Hike Should Be An Annual Event The hike of the Engineer unit next Saturday promises to be very successful. In the past the hike has been only mediocre, being given one year and not the next, but it has apparently taken root and will probably be staged annually. The hike was first put on in the hope that the students would get an idea of what a soldier's life is, to be able to more fully appreciate the work being done, and to create a closer fellowship among them. These objectives were reached in the past, and there is no reason to think they will not be in the future. The S. A. M. E. is sponsoring the affair. Plans have been completed for some time by the members of this society, and they are to be commended for the efforts they have put forth in its behalf, and the interest that has been worked up in those participating. We believe that the students will support such a move heartily, as it lends a very decided touch of color to the regular routine besides accomplishing those things already referred to. Such things as the hike preserve in a part the social welfare of the college, and we feel sure that it will wield no small influence in its power to promote? fellowship among the students. The Baseball Team Must Have Student Support To be successful, a college athletic team must have the support of the students. Even a champion professional team must have its backers if it is to win consistently, while a college organization must rely much more on those of the college which it represents. The baseball team has been having difficulty in getting the support of the student body. Why this is so is not known, for Auburn has had a championship team for two straight years. It seems that the students are not interested in baseball. Occasionally a word of disgust is heard from someone who has lost confidence in the team because it has failed to win as often as he desired. But why does the team lose? One part of the answer is the number of vacant seats in the bleachers. As long as the students refuse to go to the games and as long as no enthusiasm is shown in the cheering and applauding, the players will not be imbued with the desire to win. They will be fighting, but without the strong, supporting student body needed to achieve success. Possibly a plea to the students would help, but we cannot understand why they must be urged to cheer for Auburn. The team is working for Auburn; victory cannot be score/1 until a unified spirit and a unified effort are put forth with but one goal in view. We expect students to help the players as they should. Our President Is Honored Again News comes from the executive office that Dr. Knapp will make commencement addresses at nine Alabama schools during May and June. It is an honor and a source of gratification to Auburn that her president should be asked to make the most important address of the year at these schools. Many more requests for Dr. Knapp's services were received, but it was impossible for him to schedule more than nine dates. It is but a tribute to his ability and reputation that these schools should select him. It is an indication that he has already won the respect of the state, and that he is considered one of the big men in the state. Auburn benefits from these commencement addresses. Dr. Knapp's name is linked with that of Auburn, and his reputation is reflected on the school. Our school is put before the high school graduates in an attractive manner; in a manner which will unquestionably draw men to Auburn. Dr. Knapp is not going out to solicit enrollment, but he will so impress the graduates that many of them will come here as a result of his influence. We feel that congratulations are due to our president on this demonstration of the name that he has already made in Alabama. The human brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment we get up in the morning and doesn't stop until we get to class. If we may paraphrase Lord Tennyson, at Auburn in the spring a young man's fancy nervously turns to thoughts of politics. I cannot help expressing my delight that .we have been able to get "Red" F l o y d as assistant coach. He was a great football player on a team that a l w a ys played good football and from a school which believed in high class athletic sports on a clean, fine basis. I regard Dan McGugin as one of the great outstanding coaches in America and I think we are fortunate to have a man whom he is willing to recommend to come and help us build back the winning spirit and the winning ability here at Auburn. * * * # * There is a lot of sheer nonsense being put out in the daily papers of this state nbout WAPI. I may have to write an article to the papers on this subject but let me say this now to the student body: There will be no propaganda in favor of anything which would be injurious to the people of the state of Alabama permitted to go out over WAPI and WAPI is not going to participate in any political campaign except on a basis of equal opportunity to everyone. We are undertaking a difficult task. I for one want to register my determination to make WAPI serve two interests and two interests only—one is the interest of the common people of the State of Alabama and the other is the interest of higher education in Alabama and the only reason I put the interest of higher education in at all is because of my belief that the interest of higher education will serve the interest of the people. * * * * * As time goes on I am more and more impressed with the importance of our proceeding sanely, wisely, and calmly in organizing the Undergraduate Student Association. I have repeatedly said to students that without doubt there are mistakes in the rules and regulations. We will find those as time goes on and I for one feel willing to trust the good sense and the fairness of any group who may be elected upon the council to help work these things out. I count myself to be really a student whenever I work on student problems. I try to think of the wise thing for the students as • a whole and I shall be glad always to help in the task of getting this organization going in good shape. " L i t t l e T h i n g s" By Tom Bigbee "If I only knew! Then I could eto ahead," is a quotation opening a recent editorial. But would we go ahead if we knew exactly what was to happen next? And wouldn't some of the disasters and unlucky turns that await us slacken our efforts and mar our advancement to an unbelievable degree? Seems to me that our surest possible encouragement, in the long run, is more or less a matter of uncertainty— and especially concerning the pitfalls. "Nothing in life is set," the editorial goes on to say. As in generally accepted, life is largely a gamble; a guess-game from start to finish. And well it is; no plan could be better. "What state in Cincinnati in", one student asked of another in the "Y" reading room Sunday afternoon. This is no direct stab at any one individual, but it goes to show how prone we are to drift along without grasping even the most general facts. For instance, can you state how many steps there are leading up to the entrance of Langdon Hall? No! And yet how many times you have mounted those very steps. You might recall the number of columns there, but I doubt even that. Cubans like to have their pictures taken. Havana has more than 2000 photography's studios. Bruce Barton says that one may expect his work to be exciting for about twenty-five per cent of the time, and that the stuff he is made of will show up in the other seventy- five per cent. Which, after all, must be about right. Even in this fast age some of the very fastest individuals "find time to slow up occasionally—under suitable environment and company! THE GEDUNK I'm the Gedunk who confiscates the automobile when the family comes to visit me. I spend little of my time with the family and as quickly as possible, I park them somewhere, fill the car with my friends and tear off for a spin. Up and down College Street I go with my dinky hat pulled over my left eye, slouched upon my neck under the steering wheel, a cigarette drooping nonchalantly from my mouth and with the cut-out open. If the machine happens to have eight cylinders or a collapsible top, so much the better. Of course I know it looks like a high school boy's idea of a good time, but I like to do it and it makes me appear rather rakish and man-about-townish. H AUBURN FOOTPRINTS $ HASHED SCRAPS There is fear in the hearts of a great many entering the Engineers' domicile. On investigating it was found that the cause of this was the fact that at almost any moment the world's oldest war cry might issue from the throats of the youthful rulers who recently came in control of the Hall. Captain John A. C. is advocating a course in reading for movie-goers. He will possibly teach it. For a time it seemed that one of the fair ones would have a wooden leg. That would create a sensation in this town where wooden legs are rare, even though some may seem to possess such a thing. In fact, it seems to be a fad among the girls. Personally we think that it's merely an excuse to not wear stockings. * * * * * * * * * * THE LURE OF THE TITAN HAIR What power is this that a red-haired Miss Conceals in the light of her hair? Why is it that men unerringly wend Their footsteps into her snare? 'Tis said by her foes that God only knows The lure of Titan hair; Yet a thoughtful friend our safety defends; Explains why we should beware: Long years ago, (his story goes) A fair-haired damsel lived, Who begged the gods of heaven and sod Resistless charm to give. Her selfish desire aroused the ire Of the gods to whom she prayed, So they gave her red hair in place of the fair, But her soul was taken away. And now, friends, you know that the lack of a soul Is the point of her ruthless career; Irrestible hair, but never a care For hearts sincerely laid bare. —Convict number 969. * * * * * * * * * * The knife descended. The great white face grew grave. The white teeth that usually flashed in a grin were hidden behind closed lips. A gleam of satisfaction shot from intently fixed eyes. The arm swept the knife closer. Beads of perspiration stood out on his brow, yet his face retained its grim intensity. At last the gleaming blade struck flesh and slashed. The knife barely showed in the long red welt. Again his eye gleamed and drops of perspiration trickled down his brow. He struck deeper, and the livid flesh rolled back and the bone crunched from the blow. A devilish look of self-satisfaction and mastery of such a deadly weapon masked his large face as he gazed upon the gaping wound. Then he turned. Yes, John, the Greek, had cut another steak for the ravenous appetites of Auburn students. —Alex. * * * * * * * * * * A (GRANTED) WISH We wish, it seemed, passed ball I'd dreamed, Last night he was back again, But a newer face had taken the place Of the blond and her disdain. Life is a game, and the gambler's insane, Who expects to win a lot, But whether we choose we have to lose, And die whether we like it or not. But now and then by chance we win, And sadness is set apart. Fate spun a wheel and a new ideal Came to our poet's heart. Fellow Convict 702. MEDITATIONS ON THIS A N D THAT IBy ^Benjamin Trovost~ WITH OTHER COLLEGES i A PERFECT DESCRIPTION Here's how a freshman at Cumberland University sums up a low-brow in describing himself: "I'm a low-brow, through and through, with small prospects of improvement. I do not enjoy classical music; I do not eat asparagus; I do not like to wear a tie; I do not appreciate abstract classical literature; for pastime reading, I prefer the American Magazine to the Bookman; I use ain't in preference to^am not; I like the movies, but have no particular inclinations towards becoming a patron of Grand Opera; I pronounce laugh and can't with short a's and use you all as the plural of you; I read the comic and sport sections of the newspaper, and then glance over the editorials and news reports if I have enough time left; I crumble crackers in my soup and am fond of New Orleans molasses; I bite my finger nails, call an evening meal supper instead of dinner, and do not own a poodle dog; and yes, I am fond of calliope music." Nothing personal at-all. * * * * * YES, WE HAVE THE ADVANTAGE A literary magazine, with a purpose to allow "self expression", edited, published, and written by a lone student at the University of Missouri, is the boast of Columbia's literary world. The magazine is "The Literarian Inquirer," owned, printed and circulated by Ernest W. Tedlock, a freshman student. All of the details of putting out an issue of the magazine are attended to by Tedlock with the exception of casting the type. This takes too much time, he said. The financial burden of the sheet is born by Tedlock. He does not sell advertising space and gives the issues away. This is a fine piece of work. We do not need such a paper though, our co-eds can still be depended upon to scatter the necessary—. * * * * * AND HOW A suggestion by the students to the faculty of Ohio Wesleyan University that they be allowed to sit in on faculty meetings was frowned on by the higher ups. The president said: "The students are too busy running the university now". Splendid cooperation is thusly insured. A BUSINESS HEAD A Chicago man the other day took an extra big drink of corn wiskey, and shortly began to see reptiles, also animals in assorted colors. So he rented a room and opened a museum. Many people paid 35 cents admission and when they saw only an empty room they called a policeman. The policeman was going to arrest him, but the man got him off in a corner and gave him a drink. The policeman then gave the man $300 for a half interest in the show. * * * * * IT'S "HOT" HERE At Point Barrow, Alaska, by act on congress, the northernmost school in the world has been completed, and is now being used by about 60 Eskimo youngsters. Part of the ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the structure included the breaking of a bottle of seal oil over it. Quit thinking; the reason they broke a bottle cointaining oil as part of the ceremony, instead of—well anything thinner than oil, would freeze you know. * * * * * A PAINFUL DEATH Died or dying rapidly, Collegiate Fords: cause, lost faith and decreasing popularity. The day of the collegiate car is passed. The "Smart thing to do" last year is by no means the vogue of this year. The students have gone back to their parents' cars and the parents, after enjoying a period of driving, have gone back to the fifty passenger yellow bus. All of the colorful originality expended on the old wreck is now in the junk pile. Not even the high school brother will pay five bucks for the remains. Our brief romantic period is over, at least with cars. The remains lie smouldering in the alley. * * * * * GET MARRIED—RAISE GRADES Numerous student marriages with corresponding rises in scholarship have led students at the University of Colorado to openly advocate marriage as a solution follow marks and apathy in school work. Of course Dad will be interested in hearing this. Also let the school furnish certain commodities along this line, and see how the response is. 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. * * * * * IT WAS the evening of the day on which the junior elections were held. The members of the class were waiting in front of a drug store, hoping to get the returns. They discussed the election casually. Said one: "Who'd you vote for this office?" "I voted for Blank for that one" replied the other. "Why?" "Because he speaks to me on the street every time we meet." "Well, that's true, but that don't make him the best man for the office does it?" "I don't care, I'm not going to vote for anybody that is so 'snooty' he can't speak to you." "Well, I voted for Blank; he's from my home town." "You did! And you know that he is absolutely not the man for the place; only-politics got his name on the ballot. That is the most foolish thing I ever heard of." "That makes no difference; I'm going to stand up for the old home town, boys against anybody." "But the man is absolutely incapable of being president of a class. He can't even talk before a crowd. He never has an original idea; he isn't even well known." "Who'd you back for this office?" "I was for Blank. He is a pretty good ole boy. Never is griped at anybody and is a mighty good friend." "He is all right, I guess. I didn't vote for him, though. We promised the Zeta Delta's to vote for Blank. They were .wing to support our man for another office." "Why this man was the least fitted for that office of any on the ballot; you should have known that." "Oh, well, who cares? They gave us a lot of help, and maybe our man was elected." "Well, even if he is your lodge brother, I didn't vote for him. He doesn't speak to me on the street." "Well of all things! You know that he was ablsoutely head-and-shoulders above the rest of the ballot. He has more ability along that line than all the rest together. I'm surprised at you." "Makes no difference; I'm entitled to vote like I want to." And so on until someone offered to buy them a coca-cola. * * * * * EX-PRESIDENT Coolidge has sold a scries of articles to a popular magazine. The price is reputed to be one dollar per word. Ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith has sold a series of articles to another popular magazine, at a reputed price of two dollars per word. The message of Coolidge, who was president for six years, is worth less to a publisher than is the message of Alfred Smith, ex-newsboy who was defeated for the presidency. It is worth just half as much, if the reported figures are correct. Why? It is rather symbolic of the two men. We could trust Coolidge with the executive powers of our country, while we could not trust those same powers to Smith, yet we will pay twice as much to read what Smith has to say. It only shows that we do not put much weight on personality when choosing a president. The office is one that we would rather see in the hands of a man who will do nothing diplomatically than in the hands of one who will do something with little regard for prejudice or sentiment. Smith has more to say, and has something interesting to say. His opinions on prohibition and other national questions are more open, fearless, intelligent, unhypo-critical; therefore we will pay to read them. Yet we refused him the presidency. MOONLIGHT What time the meanest brick and stone Take on a beauty not their own, And past the flaw of builded wood Shines the intention whole and good, And all the little home of man Rise to a dimmer, nobler span; When colour's absence gives escape To the deeper spirit of the shape, —The nearth's great architecture swells Among her mountains and her fells Under the moon to amplitude Massive and primitive and rude: —Then do the clouds like silver flags Stream out above the tattered crags, And black and silver all the coast Marshals its hunched and rocky host, And headlands striding sombrely Buttress the land against the sea, —The darkened land, the brightening wave And moonlight slants through Merlin's cave. —V. Sackville-West. V THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE FINALS BE PLAYED SUNDAY INTERFRAT. GOLF TOURNEY By Tad McCallum The interfraternity golf tournament sponsored by the Auburn Golf Association is now in full swing and the championship will be decided Sunday when the finals are scheduled to be played. Much interest has been manifested in the tourney and it is evident from the class of golf exhibited by many of the players that a golf team could be selected from the entire school that would make a creditable showing in the annual Southern Conference tournament. The riiblic and mashie^ wielders commenced battling last Saturday and the six winners of the first round matches advanced to the second round to compose the upper flight while the losers were dropped to the consolation bracket to fight it out for the second flight trophy. Following are the results of the first round matches: The Sigma Nu team defeated the Kappa Sigma pair, ."> and 2; the Pi Kappa Alpha's won from the Phi Delta Chi's, 4 and 3; the Kappa Alpha team walloped the S. A. E. representatives; the Lambda THE KLOTHES SHOPPE UP-STAIRS BIRMINGHAM We sell good clothes for less because it costs us less to sell FRED THALEN Manager Take the "L" 2071/2 North 19 St. Chi Alpha's forfeited to the Sigma Pi's, and the Phi Delta Theta's copped handily from the Delta Sigma Pi pair, 4 and 3. In the second round the favorites won their matches handily and adT vanced to the semi-finals. The Phi Delta Theta5 s took things easy in winning from the Sigma Pi team, 5 and 4; The S. P. E.'s won from the Kappa Alpha's, 3 and 2, and the Sigma Nu's copped from the Pi Kappa Alpha's, 4 and 3. In the consolation round the Lambda Chi Alpha's won a gruelling 19 hole match from the Delta Sigma Phi's; the Phi Delta Chi's won from the Kappa Sig's, 2 and 1, and the S. A. E.—Alpha Tau Omega match had only been partly completed at the time of going to press. The semi-final matches, will be played Saturday with the finals coming Sunday. Drawings were made Monday for the semi-finals with the folowing pairings resulting: First flight Sigma Nu. vs. Phi Delta Theta. Sigma Phi Epsilon—bye. Second flight Winner S. A. E.-Alpha Tau Omega match vs. Phi Delta Chi. Lambda Chi Alpha—bye. The championship seems to hinge on the outcome of the Sigma Nu-Phi Delta Theta encounter which will be played Saturday afternoon. The S P. E. pair advanced to the final round by virtue of a bye but it is doubtful if they are as strong as either of the other final contenders. The Phi Delta Chi's are favored to cop the lower bracket trophy but face strong competition in the A. T. O.'s and Lambda Chi Alpha's. Brilliant individual play is expected to geature the concluding matches and will be the basis of selection of a school golf team if Auburn sends a team to the Conference tournament next month. Blake Talks On "Football And Life" GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE NEW MONEY Americans To Meet Foreign Debaters "The world takes its hat off to The government is almost ready to Debates will be held next autumn every Christian gentleman that it meets," said Morgan Blake, leading sports authority of the South, in a talk before the Darlington football squad the 95 or more guests gathered at a banquet in honor of the grid team. Mr. Blake made the above statement near the close of a 15-minute speech upon the subject of "Football and-Life." He declared that the game of life and the game of football were similar in many. respects, and that a young man starting out in life with high ambitions and keen expectations was a parallel to the back-field star tucking the ball under his arm and attempting to reach the goal of success. "There are many tacklers there to bring either down," said Mr. Blake, "and it would go hard were it not for the 'interference' and a young man should have this interference in life just as in football if he wishes to gain the goal." Following out this idea Mr. Blake named the "tacklers" and the "interference." He stated that the worst of the tacklers is the new forced and false philosophy of self-expression. Other tacklers named were: passion and lust, greed, selfishness, and trouble. On the other hand the interference that will carry a young man through to his goal were summed up under the heads of good associations, the partnership of a good woman, either wife or sweetheart, the love of a good mother, and a partnership with God. In closing he said to the football squad: "Be loyal to the royal which is in you and remember that you are sons of a King." Girl President To Select King At Hop "Snap courses" are favored by Dean Hawkes of Columbia U. If these courses are approved by the faculty, some of the best lecturers in the U. S. will give them. No exams will be held on them, but a half-credit will be allowed. A. MEADOWS GARAGE AUTO REPAIRS TIRES CARS FOR HIRE U-DRIVE-'EM ACCESSORIES GAS OIL GREASES PHONE 29-27 TUBES The First National Bank of Auburn ADVICE AND ACCOMMODATION FOR EVERY COLLEGE MAN ANY FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE C. Felton Little, '06, President J W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier | **^»«»«»«»s»«».#»e»s»s>«»«»«><«s»<*<>s»s»s>s»«»«>«»«>s>s>e>s»s»s»s»«jis>s>"s*s»<»e»s»e»s>»«»»e»s*s»4 Burton's Bookstore CARDS FOR EVERY OCCASION Cheer cards and sympathy cards, friendship cards and birthday cards, graduation cards and congratulation cards, mother's day cards and father's day cards. • 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 Holding the honored office of president of the sophomore class at Ohio State University carries with it this year a stumbling block which has placed Miss Marion L. Riggs, .of Toledo, the pretty president, in an em- Ibarrassing position and her fellow classmates in an uproar. As head of the class, Miss Riggs will be "aueen of festivities" at the annus Jophomore Hop May 17. As "queen" of the prom, she must lead the grand march but she must also select a "king" to conform with tradition. Poor Marion has no precedent to rely upon in her humiliating predicament. For years past, the president of the sophomore class has always been a boy. When May rolled around he proudly became "King" of the grand march and as proudly selected his queen. Now things are reversed. Miss Riggs has revolted and refused to make the choice of" a royal partner. She'd be queen of the prom and all that, but she'd be hanged if she'd select a mate. Subsidiary class officers went into a huddle in the hope of preserving tradition. They prevailed upon the president and called in her sorority sisters for help. Finally Miss Riggs compromised a little. She said "maybe." At least, there is plenty of time to decide, she said. issue a new size and design of paper money to replace that which has been used by thre generations of Americans. Our present paper money is to be replaced by new bills only two-thirds as large—2 9-16 by 61-4 in.— and with new pictures on their faces and backs. Another change is in the paper itself. Heretofore this paper has been made of about 75 per cent linen to 25 per cent cotton, and containing distinctive colored silk fibers, as a protection against counterfeiting, but counterfeiters learned to imitate them so well that they became an aid rather than a hindrance. These colored fibers are not to appear in the new money. Instead will be a little colored silk chopped up fine and distributed all over the paper. Another radical change will be the disappearance of yellow backs. These yellow backs, have meant "redeemable in gold", making them seem more secure while really, all paper money is equally secure, so thereafter all faces will be printed in black and all backs in green. Already the government presses have clanked out tons of the new bills, and soon there will be enough of them to meet the currency needs of the nation. Then the change will be made. When banks ask for new currency to replace old and soiled notes, they will receive the smaller size, and the old money will be retired as fast as it comes in. Architects To Meet At Univ. Of Fla. for American Colleges and Universities with several foreign debating teams under the auspices of the National Student Federation of America. These teams will represent Oxford University, Cambridge University and Victoria University College of New Zealand. The custom of international debating was inaugurated approximately five years ago under the auspices of the Institute of International Education and was turned over to the Foreign Relations Committee of the N. S. F. A. a year ago. Each team spends about seven weeks of the fall term traveling through one section of the United States, meeting our colleges in debates. During the past year two teams came to the United States from England, one from Australia and one from the National Federation of Canadian University Students. One of the English teams was the first woman's team to come to the United States for international debating. Next fall one of our visiting teams will be the first debating team to visit the United States from New Zealand. As it is impossible for the English teams to meet their own traveling expenses during the tour, American universities have always invited these teams as their guests. Each American college included in the _ schedule of the visiting teams pays a fee of $125 and offers hospitality to the members of the team for the day of the debate. INSECTS HOLD VERY DOMINANT POSITION IN ANIMAL KINGDOM Announcement has been made that the Southern Intercollegiate Architectural Competition will be held this year at the University of Florida at Gainesville. The .contest, which is of six weeks duration, is to close on May 13, 1929. At this time first, second, and third mention will be selected. The drawing this year is to be the plan of a legation. Such specifications as were necessary have . been sent out by Mr. William A. Boring, School of Architecture, Columbia University, New York City. A jury is to select the winners. Auburn is one of eight schools to be represented in this contest. The others entering the contest are: North Carolina State, Georgia School of Technology, Clemson, University of Florida, Rice Institute, University of Texas, and Texas Agricultural and Mechanical School. 281 Samples Building Stone Compose Column Assembled from Pennsylvania's 80,000 square miles into a column only six feet square at the base, every known variety of Keystone state building stone forms an attraction on the* campus of the State College there. From 150 localities, 281 samples of building stone were shaped into a polylith 33 feet high. Because it tells how the stones withstood weather-ing the "monument" as it is known to students, attracts building specialists and geologists from all parts of the country. Seniors Study Law Closer Than Ever Two Georgia senior law students recently were, for the first time in their college careers, trying to find out something about the law. The occasion dealt with something a "spoofing" friend had told them in all seriousness. "Oh, yet," he said. "Haven't you heard? There's a new way of examining seniors in the Law school being tried this year. They're going to put all the senior law class in jail, and see if they know enough law to get out. If they get out, they pass the course. If they don't, they pass awhile in jail." The two seniors were greatly'wor-ried. At the last report, they were cramming furiously. The dominant place in the animal kingdom is held by the insects. A statement in this connection made by Dr. W. C. Allee, professor of zoology at the University of Chicago, read as follows: "In time this may become the age of man, the most highly developed mentally of the vertebrates, but at present he is only beginning to dispute the ascendacy arthropod." The truth of this statement is indicated by the estimate of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology that farm crops in the United States are damaged annually to the extent of one billion dollars, and every indication shows that the damage is increasing. The boll weevil alone destroyed at least 25 per cent of the cotton crop annually. The European corn borer, Japanese beetle and gypsy moth are of sufficient economic importance that the U.S. government has established an experiment station for the control of each. The time is near at hand when each successful agriculturalist must employ scientific control methods for the numerous insect pests which annually attack his crops. However, economics entomology is only a .small field compared with the field in general entomology. Insect control depends almost entirely upon research in the fields of insect devel-opment, morphology and physiology. Insect physiology is a science which in the last few years is just begin-ing to receive the attention of scientists. Among other fascinating fields of entomology are ecology, geographical distribution, classification and evolution. Entomology deals not only with control of injurious insects but also with the production of substances of commercial value such as honey, beeswax, silk and shellac. The production of honey in the United States amounts to 200,000,000 to 400,000,000 pounds annually, which has a value of about 15 cents per pound. In addition, bees produce 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 pounds of beeswax valued at millions of dollars. Silk, which is taken from the cocoon of the silk worm, has a commercial value of $200,000,000 to $500,000,- 000 a year. Unquenchable optimism seems to be one of God's gifts to fools. GOLF TENNIS BASEBALL EQUIPMENT TIGER DRUG STORE TOOMER'S HARDWARE The Best in Hardware and Supplies CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager BANK OF AUBURN We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business CLEMENT HOTEL OPELIKA, ALABAMA Our grill room and other facilities aiway* open to our Auburn friends See or Phone "W" Williams at 377-W about your next banquet Oklahoma Keeps Records Of Students Montgomery, Alabama Local Dealers HOMER WRIGHT S. L T00MER Installation of new record systems for all students in the school of engineering has be.en effected by a committee of faculty members of the Oklahoma A. and M. school of engineering under the direction of Prof. Edwin Kurtz, it is announced . With the plans used by the committee all students in the school of engineering now enrolled and those who have graduated will have a record filed in the deans' office showing their accomplishments while in school and their employment records after leaving school. The purpose of the system as outlined is two fold. It will provide a permanent record of graduates for those seeking to employ Oklahoma A. and M. students and will provide the basis "for a psychological study of the cause and effect of certain environments on the development of the students. Feenamint The Laxative You Chew Like Gum No Taste But the Mint The historic bell of the old mission of Santa Clara which was not damaged in the fire which destroyed the church will be recast and set up in the new church. Two graduates of Santa Clara U. have financed the recasting. Keep youth longer! cleanse 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 They gave the express rider a good start corner druggist has Nujol. Make sure you get the genuine. Look for the Nujolbottle with the label on the back that you can read right through the bottle. Don't delay, get Nujol today. Henry Wells, developing the mail and express business of Wells Fargo, knew the necessity of careful preparation andalertmanagement. Communication was more than the picturesque racing of pony express riders; behind the scenes there was always the systematic planningof routes, the watchful inspection of outposts and men. Communication today is immeasurably faster than it was then, thanks to electricity. And to a vastly greater degree has the work of preparation behind the scenes become important. In the Bell System, management must constantly look ahead to provide the sinews of service against growing public demand—material and men must be mobilized to extend and keep open the lines of communication. BELL SYSTEM n//nation-wide system of'iuter-conuecting telephones " O U R P I O N E E R I N G W O R K H A S J U S T B E G UN PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1928 • a Wf W r^ • CAROL PORTER, Editor- J, \ -DICK JONES, Associate Editor Elmer Salter, Contributor; Tad McCallutn, Palmer P. Daugette, Jack S. Riley, Assistants. D AUBURN LOSES TO FLORIDA IN MEET TUESDAY Coach Moulton s 1929 Auburn Tiger Diamondeers By Rosser Alston The University of Florida harriers defeated Coach Wilbur HutselPs trackmen in a dual meet on Drake Field Tuesday 63-49. The meet ended the setson for Coach Nash Higgins' 'Gators but is the first dual meet on the Tiger schedule. It was the second dual meet lost by the Hutsellmen in 9 years. The Floridans captured first place in nine events and made a sextet of seconds. Newcombe, Florida hurdler nosed out Captain Percy Beard of Auburn in the 220 low hurdles in 25.1 sec. ;_ . Burnett, from Bessemer, Auburn jumping jack broke the Auburn record in the high jump in 5 ft. 10 1-2 inches which was established in 1920. He barely missed the six foot mark and will try to better his mark later in the season. Knight of Florida won the century in 10.1 with Goodbread his team mate a close second. Bell and Hanby, Tiger flashes were outclassed in this event By Elmer G. Salter With a chance of raising their conference baseball standing above the .500 mark, Coach "Slick" Moulton and 14 confident Auburn Tiger dia-*' mondneers left the Plains Wednesday Hall of Florida sent the shot i morning via automobile for Panama for 39 ft. 10 3-4 inches followed by j City, Fla., where they meet the Uni- The above group of Tigers have been seen "strutting their stuff" at times on the diamond this year, but have fallen in a slump lately. About this time last year, Coach "Slick" was getting "down hearted" over the way his Tigers were performing, but he made a few changes and things picked up considerably. The same has happened again this year and now Coach Moulton has made changes in his outfield and in his infield. "Big Ben" Newton has been drawn from the outfield and placed at the initial bag. "Little Pete" Harris has been stationed at left field and Captain "Jack Frost" Smith lias been shifted back to the keystone bag, where he performed in such a highly -satisfactory manner last year. These Tigers are off to Panama City, Fla. to meet the University of Florida in a three game series this week-end and all of Auburn is pulling for them to bring back the bacon. J. C. FLOYD, VANDERBILT, TO ASSIST BOHLER NEXT SEASON Plainsmen Off Confident of Victory Over Florida in Three-Game Series Carter, giant Plainsman weightman with 39 feet 9 1-4 inches. Click, snappy 'Gator clicked off the mile for a first place in 4 min. 44.6 seconds. Pitts of Auburn, second. Munger, vaulter for the palm staters stoppled over the horizontal at 11 feet 8 inches as Hughes placed second. The Floridans grabbed first and second place in the 220 yard dash as Newcome crossed the tape in 22.8 seconds with Mike Knight second. Munger for the Floridans crossed the finish line in 53.1 for the 440 while Bell of Auburn rang up a second place. Capt. Dick Trogdon of Florida could not run in his last meet because of illness. Teague, stellar Plainsman distance man was nosed out on the home stretch in the two-mile by Rice of Florida who barely crossed the tape in front of his opponent. Rice made it in 10 minutes 32.1 second for one of the closest races in the distances ever run on the Auburn track. Big Nick Carter slung the discus for 126 feet 1 inch for a first place versity of Florida pastimers in a three-game series, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The trip to the Florida metropolis is the final road jaunt j for the 1929 nine as they play their! remaining series w.ith Vandy, Georgia and Mercer on Drake field. Coach Moulton possesses the mystery team of the conference. His nine started off on the "right foot" but gradually lost their firm footing on the conference championship until now they are about counted out of the race. They gave Georgia Tech the worst defeats that they have ever suffered when the two teams met on the local diamond and then played the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta and lost two straight contests. Miscues played a part in the Jackets first vict o r y over Auburn this season while Jordan, Tech ace, was complete master of the situation in the second tilt. The pitching staff, which on paper, looked to be weakest department of the team at the beginning of the season has lived up to Coach Moulton's prediction that it would be the strongest. Carter, Harkins and McGhee caused the genial Tiger mentor most of his worry \,his year. Booth, Ingram and Tuxworth have tried to catch the baffling curves of the Plainsmen boxmen but all have failed to live up to the standard set by Ebb James on the Villagers .championship 1928 team. (Continued on page 6)' Yellow Jackets Win From Plainsmen 8-3 SPORTS STUFF By "Dusty" Porter for Auburn with Hall of Florida trail- have all pitched masterful ball • at ing behind with a 120 ft. throw. "Choektaw" Creel, javelin thrower for the Plainsmen threw the stick 159 feet 1 3-4 inches for a first place as Bethea for Florida came seeond. Both first and second places in the 120 yard high hurdles went to the Tigers as Beard made it in 15.1 sec. with Virgin, lanky Bengal hurdler second. Beard was also first in the broad jump in 21 ft. 8 1-2 inches as Bethea of the 'Gator harriers came second. The high point man of the meet was Capt. Beard of Auburn who had 13 points to his record. The half mile closed the day as Florida's score mounted when Click, plucky 'Gator came in first in 2 min. 4.3 sec. with McClendon of Auburn second. The Tigers will meet the strong University of Georgia runners in a dual meet on the Auburn track Saturday. times, only to see their m.ates toss the game away with costly miscues. The departure of Capt. Ebb James from the catching staff of last season has By Dick Jones Bunching hits . in the fourth and sixth innings, Georgia Tech defeated Auburn 8 to 3 Saturday to also cop the second of the two game series played between them in the "Flats". Tech won the first game by the count of 12 to 8. These two victories made an even break for the two teams in their four games scheduled this season. Auburn won the first two by an overwhelming score when they met in the "Village" a few weeks ago. Tech took a lead in the second in- I ning, scoring one run, then in the fourth scored two more on Smith's home run, sufficient to put them so far in front that the Plainsmen were never able to overtake them. Harkins and McGhee only let up nine hits to the Tech tossers while Jordan held the Tigers to seven widely scattered bingles. Score: R H E Auburn 000 010 200—3 7 1 Tech 010 204 Olx—8 9 3 •Harkins, McGhee, and Ingram; Jordan and Stevens. Carl Creel Gets Start On Athletic Honors Looks like Carl Creel is trying to step way «head of the many honors gained by his future relatives of the Creel family on Auburn athletic teams. , Carl is only a Sophomore this year and has captured a first place in Auburn's first dual track meet. He tossed the javelin 159 feet 1 3-4 inches against Florida Tuesday to win first place. Carl was also a member of the varsity football squad and varsity basketball squad this year. TRACK RECORDS Bad looking prospects mean nothing to Coach Hutsell. Starting the year^with practically nothing left over from last year to work with the Tiger cinder artists journeyed over to Atlanta for the annual Tech Relays and brought back two records for the other colleges to shoot at. Percy Beard the young man who found himself left to fill the shoes of the greatest track man the south has ever produced was the big show in Atlanta arid no doubt he has acquired some of Baskin's habits as just how to break records. Against the best the south had to offer this same Mr. Beard was able to establish two records in the hurdling event that will no doubt stand for some time. Maybe when a man becomes accustomed to seeing records topple as has been Beards case in the years he spent with Baskin on the cinder track it just comes natural that he should acquire the habit, and he had it real bad. Our track team does not show the promise in dual meets, but in a Conference meet where the points are usually scattered we can always assure ourselves of enough points to be among the first few. With a man to carry on Sniders work in the sprints we would have little to fear. BASEBALL With the opening of the college baseball season the big question in the Auburn student's mind was: "Will the pitching staff come through?" There was never a doubt as to the hitting ability of the club, but the pitching staff was new and inexperienced and this seemed to be the spot that would give the most trouble, but as the season progresses all worry about the pitching staff has vanished. When a pitcher allows from three to six hits in a game then he has done all you can expect, and this has been the speed at which our pitchers have been traveling, but with the same amount of errors being contributed it is hardly possible to win games. Now with good pitching and hitting, the defense should find themselves before long, but until then it will be hard to win games. At the present time the "Bulldogs" from Georgia are setting the pace in the southern conference, and as it appears so early in the season it will be left up to Auburn, Florida, or Clemson to stop the march. If Auburn can brace the defense then there is no reason why we can not do the job when the Bulldogs journey over to the "Plains" for the two games. * * * tf * " * * * GOLF Golfing in Auburn has picked up considerably in the past few weeks and each day you can see many students wending their way to the Country Club for the daily round. The tournament being played in the Fraternity circle has done much for the promotion of Golf at Auburn, and boys who otherwise would spend the afternoon playing bridge are spending the afteroon out in the open and getting the exercise that every Auburn student needs. The one time "old man's" game can no - longer be termed as such. The Tennis players are getting credit in physical training for their activities on the tennis courts, why not give 1 the Golfers some consideration and bring -a,bout a greater interest in this game? w By Rosser Alston In a statement issued Saturday by Dr. Bradford Knapp, President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Coach George M. Bohler of Auburn it was stated that J. C. Floyd, Assistant Coach at Vanderbilt University had been selected as Plainsman assistant coach for next year. Coach Floyd will report for duty July first. Coach "Red" Floyd is well known in southern athletic circles having played on the Vandy eleven for four years, graduating there in 1920. He was captain of the Commodore footballers in his senior year and comes to Auburn highly recommended by Vandy coaches. Coach Dan McGugin, in a lengthy communication to President Knapp stated that Coach Floyd was a fine student of the game and a man of character and influence. Coach Floyd formally accepted the position as Tiger Assistant Coach Saturday. He is the third member of the trio who will direct the destinies of the Plainsmen during 1929. The other two members of the coaching staff are Coach George M. Bohler and "Bull" McFadden. The new Tiger Coach was athletic director in the Morgan School for several years, his team winning against odds in a spectacular manner. Later he took charge of athletics in the Knoxville High School. The Knoxville eleven was undefeated on the grid for two years except for one team. - While at Knoxville he was tendered the position he now holds at his alma mater. While at Vanderbilt he has been doing exceptional work, it is said. " Coach Dan McGugin very highly recommended Coach PToyd, saying that he believed him to be one of the greatest teachers of sports ever coached by hipi. Coach McGugin stated that he believed that Coach Floyd would serve Auburn's needs best at this time. President Knapp and Coach Bohler are enthusiastic over the prospects for the coming year as Coach Floyd formally accepted the position. Mr. Floyd stated in a letter to Auburn's Prexy that he was much interested in bringing the Plainsmen out of the pit. It is said that Coach Floyd is rated with Wade, Cody and Collins. Rat Baseballers Hand Baby Jackets Crushing Defeat in Saturday Game The former Captain of the grid team this past season who is now starring on Coach Wilbur Hutsell's track team. Carter performed at guard- and tackle during his four years on Auburn's team and was an oustanding man throughout his carer. In Auburn's first dual meet which was with Florida last Tuesday, "Nick" captured first place in the Discus throwing by tossing the discus 126 feet and 1 inch. Carter is a member of the Tau Omega Chi fraternity 'and many honorary fraternities. Freshmen Lose to Tech Frosh 7-4 In Slow Game Friday Afternoon By Roser Alston The Auburn Rat baseballers were the victims of the Georgia Tech frosh in a slow game Friday afternoon when they were defeated 7-4 by the visitors. The Techsters scored on errors after the Baby Tigers had established an early lead. The game was the first of a two game series' to be played pn the Auburn diamond. Coach "Red" Brown's ball club chalked up three scores in the third but were held pointless for the next two innings until Lloyd, first baseman for the Baby Bengals sent the apple far into left field in the sixth for a homer which tied the score 4-4. The Tech lads made runs in the third and fifth periods. The visitors showed good form playing an almost errorless game while the Plainsman yearling aggregation failed, to support the Auburn batteries when seven errors were marked up against them. Lloyd, holder of the first sack on Coach Brown's nine closed a perfect day with two singles and a homer. The leading men coming to the plate for Tech were English and McKee. Anderson, stellar twirler for the Tiger first year nine did not pitch in his usual form allowing 7 hits. The Plainsmen managed to turn five hits into four runs. Kaley was on the receiving end for the Brownmen while Mitcham and Farmer were the batteries for the Little Jackets. Score by innings: R H E Tech Frosh 001 030 300—7 7 1 Auburn Rats 003 001 000—4 5 7 Referee: James (Auburn). By Rosser Alston The Auburn frosh baseballers Saturday handed out a crushing defeat i to the Georgia Tech yearling nine 10-4 in an interrupted game on the Auburn diamond. Coach "Red" Brown's aggregation retaliated for the 7-4 victory of the visitors Friday. The game eneded the frosh series with the Jackets. The Techsters rang up three pointers in the first inning while the home team made a twosome in the initial round. The Baby Tiger's managed to cop two runs in the fourth as Bigger-staff, Plainsman holder of the third station made a homer on errors tying the score 4-4. Another run closely followed put the Brown nine in the lead. The Jackets were held pointless for five innings. The break came in the seventh for the Orange and Blue as the Tiger yearlings made the rounds, hitting to all points of the compass and ringing up six runs to the Jacket's one. Primm and Kaley, Auburn's batteries did the job brown. The visitors used three twirlers on the mound in an effort to stop the Bengal attack during the latter periods. Strickland, Primm and Dulce, pill slingers for the Gold and White and Farmer, stellar receiver for the Techmen failed to give the sines and cosines right to curb the hard hitting of the Tiger nine. Jordan and Harper made two baggers for the Plainsmen as Strickland fanned a quartet. Primm sent six away from the plate after they had failed to hit the apple. Duke, Tech hurler who relieved Primm in the eighth struck one. Score by innings R H E Auburn 200 200 600—10 13 3 Ga. Tech 300 000 100— 4 5 5 Umpire Ebb James. Summary: Two base hits, Jordan (2), Harper. Three base hits, Roberts and Lewis. Home runs, Kaley. Sacrifice hit, Jordan. Stolen bases, Riley, Pullen, Jordan. Struck out, by Strickland 4; Primm 6. Duke 1. Base on balls, off of Strickland 2. Pased ball, Kaley 2. Left on bases, Auburn 5, Tech 4. Date Tiger Baseba Opponent and Their March 28—Mtgy. Lions April May 29—Tulane 30—Tulane 1—Mtgy. Lions 3—Ga. Tech , 4—Ga. Tech 5—B'ham.-Southern 6—B'ham.-Southern 8—Georgia 9—Georgia 12—Howard Aats 13—Howard Rats 15—Clemson 16—Clemson 19—Ga. Tech 20—Ga. Tech 19—Ga. Tech Rats 20—Ga. Tech Rats - 25—Florida 26—Florida 27—Florida 26—Marion 27—Marion • 3—Vanderbilt 4—Vanderbilt 3—Ga. Tech Rats 4—Ga. Tech Rats 10—Georgia 11—Georgia 20—Howard 21—Howard // Schedul Score ( 2) (10) ( 1) (10) ( 3) ( 8) ( 6) ( 6) ( 5) ( 8) ( 3) ( 3) ( 6) ( 4) (12) ( 8) < 7) -( 4) Auburn ( 4) ( 4) (17) ( 1) (23) (16) ( 8) (16) ( 3) ( 7) ( 5) (12) ( 6) ( 3) ( 8T ( 3) ( 4) (10) e for 1929 Score .and Place Played at Montgomery at New Oi •leans, La. at New, Orleans, La. "A" Day, at Auburn at Auburn --at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn at Athens, at Athens, at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn at Atlanta at Atlanta at Auburn at Auburn at-Panama at Panama at Panama Ga. Ga. (Rats) (Rats) (Rats) (Rats) City, Fla. City, Fla. City, Fla. at Marion (Rats) at Marion (Rats) at Auburn at Auburn at Atlanta at Atlanta at Auburn at Auburn (Rats) (Rats) at Auburn Alumni Day at Auburn THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE PUBLISHERS AGREE TO ABANDON PUBLISHING FRAUDULENT ADS Publishers of a periodical printing fraudulent and indecent advertising have signed a stipulation agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to abandon publication of advertising that does not truthfully represent either the products advertised and offered for sale or results obtained from use of such articles. Signing of the stipulation by the company of its own accord obviated the necessity of formal proceedings on the part of the commission. While the name of the corporation cannot be revealed, according to the commission's rule regarding publicity of stipulation proceedings, the facts in the case are made known. This stipulation is in part a result of policies evolved at a trade practice conference of periodical publishers last October, when the industry TOPMOST VALUE! HEIGHT OF STYLE! 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The company, in signing the stipulation, agreed that if it ever resumed or indulged in any of the practices in question, the stipulation as to the facts as made by the commission may be used in evidence against it in the trial of the complaint which the commission may issue. N E W B O O KS L As Reviewed by Members of the English Department ! The Valley of Olympus by Octavus | Roy Cohen: D. Appleton and Com- 'pany.'N. Y. Literary fame has its natural lim-nothing new under the sun. And yet because of this fact there is no need to say that all the great novels have already been written. The drama of ary character means to be forever associated with it. Octavus Roy Cohen, Alabama's own by mutual adop-j tion, and Birmingham's by choice of residence, has become so closely associated with Florian Slappey and other similar characters of Birming- 1 ham's Dark Town society that it is • sometimes difficult to realize that I his literary workshop turns out a very , considerable variety of other products. And yet such is indeed the case. His latest book, "The Valley of Olympus," is a romance of a young man's adventures in Hollywood. The hero is an Alabamian, a graduate of the University of Alabama and to make the character further appealing, itations. To create a popular liter- human life is still as intensely interesting as it ever was but the interest lies in the analytical presentation of character and environment rather than in the mere course of events. Herein lies the weakness of Mr. Cohen's l-ecent book. The characters in "The Valley of Olympus" are mere types and not only lack verisimilitude but also the other necessary ingredient of life, the conviction of reality. The reader feels that while the hero was nominally born in Alabama he might have been born anywhere else in America and that, not only for him but for most of the other characters as well, Mr. Cohen is doing practically all of the talking and most' of the thinking. In spite of these very obvious de- .THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN By GENE BYRNES himself and his native State in an intersectional strife on a Pasadena gridiron. The heroine quite naturally a football star who made history for fects, however, the book, as a whole, is engagingly written, as all of Mr. Cohen's stories are. The style is smooth and easy and though the novel is a movie star, a European beauty cannot in any sense be called a great with whom he falls deperately in love. Under such circumstances it is jnot difficult to foresee highly inter-i esting developments in the way of | plot. It is no serious disparagement of Mr. Cohen's book to say, however, that it belongs to that type of litera-j ture which is commonly called ephemeral. To begin with the plot is light —in fact, almost stereotyped—though it is well to remember that all the ordinary human relations have long since been pretty thoroughly depicted in literature and that so far as plots are concerned, there is indeed book or one that will greatly increase the author's fame, its perusal will be found to be a pleasant and entertaining pastime. I Kelvinator Kelvinator Refrigerator is on display at Jitney Jungles Store in Auburn. Kelvinator Refrigerator was the first electric refrigerator ever made, 15 years ago. This one is in operation today giving satisfactory service. We are very proud of our 1929 model, which is as silent as the falling snow. We are very proud to announce that this refrigerator is the most economically operated on the market. Kelvinator is unquestionably the best refrigeration that can be built for its price without sacrifice of quality anywhere along the line from raw material to finished product. You could s not buy better results. You get more for your dollars than elsewhere. We will be glad to demonstrate, or call on you. Opelika Electric Company J. L. RENFRO, Manager OPELIKA, -:- ALABAMA Fifteen Scholarships Awarded By CMTC Fifteen scholarships in e l e v en educational institutions throughout the Southeast and of a total value of approximately two thousand dollars will be awarded to deserving students in the six C. M. T. Camps of the Fourth Corps Area this summer. These awards would seem to indicate an established feeling of favor and appreciation for the product of C. M. T. Camps in our eight southeastern states. The thirty day camps this year in this section of the country are to run from June 13th to July 12th at Fort Bragg, N. C, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., Fort Moultrie, S. C, Fort Screven, Ga., Fort Barrancas, F \., and Camp McClellan, Ala. Students at each camp will have an opportunity to compete for some of these scholarships. License Proposed For Hitch-Hikers Some joker in the New Hampshire Legislature has proposed a license fee for hitch-hikers amounting to $5.50 per person. According to newspaper reports, another measure was also proposed that would require them to display two headlights and a tail light when traveling at night. No cause for laughter is contained in the pending Pennsylvania bill, however. 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"Say it 'With fylowers" FOR ALL OCCASIONS R0SEM0NT GARDENS Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA FLORISTS With a cigarette as good as Camels the simple truth is enough CAMEL C I G A R E T T E S WHY CAMELS ARE THE BETTER CIGARETTE Camels are made of the choicest tobaccos grown—cured and Mended with expert care. Camels are mild and mellow. The taste of Camels is smooth and satisfying. Camels are cool and refreshing. The fragrance of Camels is always pleasant, indoors or out. They do not tire the taste nor leave any cigaretty after-taste. O 1929, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Winiton-Sitam. N. C. PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. HONOR SCHEDULE OF OMICRON DELTA KAPPA IS ANNOUNCED i. SCHOLARSHIP Majors Highest Distinction Distinction Minors Winner of any departmental medal or prize. II. ATHLETICS Majors Letters in three sports Captain of any major sport Manager of any major sport All-Southern recognition in any sport. Minors Letter man major sport. President of the "A" Club Member varsity cross country . Member of team (any major sport) Captain or Manager, Minor Sport. III. SOCIAL LEADERSHIP Majors Officer of the Executive Cabinet President Y. M. C. A. President of the Senior Class Chairman Elections, Finance, Social Committee. Minors President of any other class President of the Interfraternity Council Y. M. C. A. Cabinet Best all round Ag or Engineer Member of the Executive Cabinet IV. NON-ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES Majors Colonel R. 0. T. C. Three intercollegiate debates Bus. Mgr. Band or Glee Club Minors President Literary Society Major officer in R. O. T. C. Winner declamation, oratorical, contest. President Officer of band or glee club Intercollegiate debater Pres. Auburn Players Member Theta Alpha Phi, Kappa Kappa Psi, Eta Kappa Nu, Gamma Sigma E., Phi Delta Gamma, Alpha Phi Epsilon, Alpha Mu Rho, Rho Chi, Kappa Delta Pi, Scabbard and Blade. V. CAMPUS PUBLICATIONS Major* Editor Plainsman Editor Glomerata Bus. Mgr. Plainsman Bus. Mgr. Glomerata Minors Editors and Bus. Mgrs. Departmental publications Managing Editor, News Editor, Sports Editor, Associate Editor of Plainsman. PLAINSMEN OFF CONFIDENT OF VICTORY OVER FLORIDA MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama (Continued from page 4) Capt. Howard Smith is performing at the keystone, and with Ben Newton, at first, Coach Moulton has just about solved his infield problem. Smith played errorless ball in Tech series, his first games at his former post, but failed to connect with the offering of "Kid" Clay's moundsmen. The Orange and Blue captain is playing his final games against Florida on the diamond and he is expected to wield a wicked bludgeon, one like he did last season when he led the championship Auburn nine in batting by a fraction of a point over Jim Crawford, Auburn outer gardener. Auburn's fly chasers have given Coach Moulton little to worry about but shaping a errorless infield has caused him plenty of lost sleep. Crawford, Burt and Harris will be stationed in the outfield when the Tigers clash with the 'Gators. Smith, Currie, Newton, Pate and Booth will comprise the starting infield lineup for the Moultonmen with Carter, Mc- Ghee and Harkins pitching in the order named. Peter Lee was carried along by Coach Moulton as relief hurler and might receive the nomination to start one of the trio of games. Rupert Ingram, catcher, and Dugan Taylor, utility and manager, were the other players carried on the trip to Panama City. PAPER SURVEY SHOWS INCREASE IN OUR COLLEGES Tiade with the advertisers. Our F o u n t a i n Is Always C L E A N R a t e d 1 0 0 % E v e r y Month by H e a l t h Dept. STUDENTS SUPPLY SHOP Service W i t h a Smile The Three Greeks John, Yannus and Alex "When Better Coffee is Brewed We Will Concoct It" • . ; • ' . . . ' •• Auburn Gafe See Our New JANTZEN BATHING SUITS For Men and Ladies er —Also New Line of— ARROW Shirts and FAULTLESS Pajamas Clothing Agent Here This Week To Take Your Measure GIBSON' Men's Wear s For eighteen years the Boston Transcript has annually compiled the enrollments of ninety representative American colleges and universities and presented its figures as a typically national survey. They have been acceptable, inasmuch as the curve that has been true for these institutions would have been just as true for for the many smaller colleges left out. It finds that there are today six times as many students in these colleges as were there thirty years ago. For the decade between 1890 and 1900 the gain was over 4,500 a year. For the next decade that gain was nearly 10,000 a year, and it has touched 50,000 since then. Lately there has been a steady slowing up of this phenominal increase has dropped to the lowest since the saturation point will shortly be reached. The interesting point about these figures is that this year the rate of increase has dropped to the lowest since the war. For the last five years the per cent gain has been 6.5, 5.1, 4.7, 4.8, and 3. Then tendency has obviously been a slowing up of college registration. The gain last year over the previous year was 13,800; this year it is 9,000. The total enrollment in the selected instiutions is now 301,363. It is in the freshman classes that the figures best show conditions. Last fall 75,733 entered these ninety colleges and universities as compared to 76,029 in 1927, a per cent loss of 0.389. Throughout the country half of the colleges report small freshman increase, and half small losses. The peak seems to have been reached in the number of incoming freshmen This may be due to a number of causes. Such a tremendous gain per year as happened in the first years following the armistice in Europe could not possibly be maintained permanently under the best of conditions. In the West the farming situation has not been conducive to heavier college registration. There has been the development during this period of the junior college, which is not reckoned with in the figures above, and which undoubtedly has drawn students from the smaller Western institutions. There has been the movement among endowed universities in the country toward limitation of numbers, so as deliberately to hold down the number of students to the equipment and the size of the faculty. FIVE INITIATED BY ALPHA MU RHO The Auburn chapter of Alpha Mu Rho, national honorary philosophic fraternity, held its initiation for the recently elected pledges Monday night, April 24. Those initiated were Mary Garling-ton, B. C. Blake, Carmen Teague, J. L. Neeley, and Charles S. Davis. After the initiation the new officers for next year were elected. Charles S. Davis is the new president, and B. C. Blake is the new secretary and treasui'er. 1929 GLOMERATA WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE ALUMNI OF AUBURN Student Conference Be Held In Budapest This summer an important international student congress will meet in Budapest, Hungary, from August 10th to 24th. This will be the eleventh annual congress of the Confederation International res Etudiants (C. I. E.) of which about thirty-six nations are members through their national unions of students. The National Federation of America is a member of this International Confederation of Students and will therefore be represented at the Budapest Congress. Founded in 1919 at Strasbourg, France, because of the need for the cooperation of the youth of the world, the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants convenes annually in Congress to discuss concrete means of promoting international student cooperation. It is the belief of this student organization that the best way to further international understanding is through actual co-operative activities in which the students of various countries must work together. Such activities have been to promote student self-help, international students sanatorium, an international Book Bureau, international university games, and student travel. The two weeks of the annual congress are spent, therefore, not in theoretical discussion of peace or politics, but instead in promoting the activities which will create international understanding among the youth of the world. Garrett and Brooks Attend Buyers Meet The meeting of southern educational buyers and business managers in Gainesville, Florida,' April 19-20 was attended by S. W. Garrett, business manager, and C. C. Brooks, accountant, Auburn. Upon returning to Auburn they reported a very pleasant and also a very profitable trip. They returned to Auburn, Monday. (Continued from page 1) around the 18th of May and will be distributed promptly, it was stated by members of the staff. Immediately following the opening pages appear the pictures of each president of the alumni association since 1906, together with a brief synopsis of their accomplishments during their term of office. They are: T. D. Samford, 1902-07; C. L. Harold, 1910- 12; Thomas Bragg, 1912-20; J. V. Denson, 1920-21; Charles F. DeBarde-leben, 1921-24; and Judge William H. Samford, 1924-28. There is also a picture of Gen. R. E. Noble, alumni president at the present time, and J. V. Brown, executive secretary. Following this, appear the pictures of twelve of the present vice-presidents of the Alumni Association, six pictures being placed on each page; namely: Judge L. F. Sessions, Ozark; J. D. Foy, Dothan, Dr. George Blue, Montgomery; W. R. Reynolds, Annis ton; Judge F. W. Hare, Monroeville; J. M. Moore, Montgomery; C. S. Culver, Gadsden; W. E. Henley, Birming ham; W. M. Williams, Washington, D. C ; M. S. Sloan, New York; O. E. Edwards, New York; and Lee Ash-craft, Atlanta, Ga. The 1929 Glomerata has many outstanding features which mark it a disinct accomplishment in the publications of the Auburn student body. The cover will be of black antique mission grain, extremely simple in design. Embossed at the top will be a tiger head, in deep red, within a metallic bronze shield border. The words, Glomerata, 1929, will be embossed in the lower right hand corner. On the twelve opening pages there are drawings in four colors. The building section, which consists of eight full-page photographs of campus views, is also done in four naturalistic colors. These colors are identical with the ones which appear in the actual campus view. In the senior section the pictures are arranged eight to a page, there being four pictures in horizontal panels both at the top and bottom of the page. Senior pictures in the past have always been run in vertical panels. Between these two panels is a very dim outline of the Main Gate, over which the printed matter appears. On the sub-division pages of the athletic section there are pen and ink drawings of the team captains of each of the four major sports. These were drawn by Prof. Frank W. Applebee of the school of architecture. At the end of each section in the book there is a full-page pen and ink drawing - of campus scenes done by Charlie Davis. Sam Pope has drawn a number of pen and ink sketches which mark the endings of several sub-divisions of the book. In the baseball section a sketch of a regular baseball diamond covers two pages, and pictures of the various players are placed at the correct positions on the diamond. The entire feature section of the book is done in brown sepia ink on pebbled paper. The snapshot section is most' attractive this year, and there are eight pages instead of six as in the other books of recent years. The motive of this year's book carried out in the division pages represents modern college activities in the foreground with a parallel scene taken from Greek mythology appearing dimly in the background toward the top of the page. The drawings for each of these division pages, which appear in four colors, were made by an experienced artist of New York City. COLLEGE PAPERS TEND SUPPRESS INJURIOUS NEWS In their effort to suppress the unfavorable news stories that originate on their campuses, a great many educational institutions are injuring their relations with the public and press, declared R. W. Madry, director of the News Bureau of the University of Noi-th Carolina in an address in Nashville Tenn., before the fifteenth annual meeting of the American Association of College News Bureaus, in session at Vanderbilt University. It is an unwise policy for educational institutions to attempt to suppress legitimate news, and many more of them have come to realize this fact in recent years, Mr. Madry said. "In fact, real news can't be suppressed," Mr. Madry added. "Real news will get out, regardless of attempts of college officials toward suppression. True, it may be suppressed temporarily, as frequently it is, but the fact remains that a good story that is fit to print is going to get into print sooner or later. "And once newspapers learn that an institution is trying to suppress a story, the chances are nine out of ten that they will give that particular story a much bigger play than they would have had it been given to the papers when it first broke." Other speakers at this session included John Price Jones, New York financial campaign expert, who discussed publicity in relation to institutional financing; Roscoe B. Ellard, director of the Lee Memorial School i of Journalism, Washington and Lee University, whose topic was "Utilizing the Department of Journalism in News Dissemination"; A. G. Strough ton, director of the News Service at Bucknell University, whose subject was "Coordinating Alumni Activities with Publicity," and C. R. House, head of the Department of Journalism and director of the News Service at Wesleyan College, who discussed pub licity methods for the small denomi national college. HOOVER ACCOMPLISHES MANY MINOR REFORMS SINCE IN OFFICE Trade with the advei-tisers. WE MAKE r / T ^ O NEWSPAPER I X MAGAZINE x w CATALOG CUTS Tonik For Cats and Wounds Prevent infection! Treat e v e r y c u t , w o u n d or scratch with this powerful non-poisonous antiseptic. Zonite actually kills germs. Helps to heal, too. Herbert Clark Hoover, who has been in the White House about six weeks, has probably accomplished more in the way of minor reforms than any other President has done in an entire term. Some of these more or less radical changes could hardly be termed reforms, but they have served to alter the physical appearance of the executive domains, and to shift duties from one side to another so profusely that any former Chief Executive would probably fail to recognize his former office, and official as well as private haunts. Among the more notable changes that Mr. Hoover has instituted are. (1) Instead of the customary two, Mr. Hoover will retain only one medical advisor (Lieut. Commander Joel T. Boone). (2) The First Lady of the Land will not retain any Secret Service men for personal protection as has been the custom for the last two administrations. (3) For the first time in many years (probably since the Roosevelt Administration) a cradle has been set up in the White House. This is for the convenience of Herbert C. Hoover III, the President's grandson. (4) Four new Pierce Arrows, a Lincoln, and a Packard, each bearing the seal of the United States are parked in the White House garage for the use of the Presidential Family. (5) Mr. Hoover found the Presidential four-poster bed (used by Abraham Lincoln) discouraging to Presidential slumber, and had his own bed moved in. (6) Presidents in the past have rarely used the telephone in the ante-hasroom of the executive office, so no one has ever bothered to have one installed on the President's desk. Herbert Hoover frequently has telephone conferences, saving Cabinet members and Senate Committee Chairmen tiresome trips to the White House, so for his convenience a telephone has been installed in his private office. (7) President Hoover has had the yacht "Mayflower" decommissioned. This saves $300,000 annual maintenance, and sends nine officers and 148 men back to regular naval duty. (8) As Mr. Hoover is no yachtsman, he is no inveterate horseman, so he had the Presidential stables closed.' This act saves around $20,000 annually and sends some 15 horses and 10 men back to regular military duty. (9) Two fishing tracts have long been under the eagle eyes of Mr. Hoover's right-hand man and $10,000 per year secretary Lawrence Richey. Last week one of these tracts was leased, and another was purchased (in the name of Lawrence Richey). Both are in Virginia, near Washington. (10) The Executive Offices are being enlarged, and the basement of the White House is being renovated. The former for more elbow room and the latter for storage space. (11) The West embankment of the White House lawn is being cut away to permit basement windows. (12) An idle existence for the military aides is a thing of the past. The two new aides, Lieut. Col. Campbell B. Hodges, U. S. A., and Capt. Allen Buchanan, U. S. N., have been supplied with desks and office space, and will probably take care of minor army and navy questions, and thereby lighten the burden of the President. RED'S PLACE Pay Cash Pay Less 0PELIKA FLORAL CO. " S a y It W i t h F l o w e r s" FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS P h o n e Opelika 211 Don't Forget Mother MAY 12 We Have Appropriate Gifts And Cards- The Student Supply Shop For Things T h a t A r e Different HiM* M V "*v^» SLOT MACHINES The slot machines on college premises have helped their makers to amass a sum of money amounting to $35,000,000 during 1927, in pennies alone. A stick of gum, a square of chocolate, or weigh told for a cent, keep pennies in circulation. Delicious and Refreshing mm PAUSE Am OF COURSE IT'S NO FAIR PLAYING THE PROCTOR AND SPYING OUT SUCH A DELICATE SITUATION AS THIS. BUT THEN, WE'RE NO PROCTOR. AND WE CAN RESIST ANYTHING BUT TEMPTATION. ©VE* 8 M I L L I ON A DAY J All of which goes to prove (if we may be excused for saying so) that the pause that refreshes is the janest temptation which millions ever succumbed to. And to these same millions the pause that refreshes has come to mean an ice-cold Coca-Cola. Its angling, delicious taste and cool after-sense of refreshment have proved that a little minute is long enough for a big rest any time. The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta. Ga. YOU CAN'T BEAT THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES I T H AD T O B E G O O D T O O E T W H E R E I T CD-S I s
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Title | 1929-04-25 The Plainsman |
Creator | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
Date Issued | 1929-04-25 |
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OCR Transcript | Library (3) TRACK MEET SATURDAY THE PLAINSMAN TRACK MEET SATURDAY TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. NUMBER 51 1929 GLOMERATA WILL BE DEDICATED TO ALUMNI OF AUBURN WEIDEMEYER'S ORCHESTRA TO PLAYFORPROM "Personality Plus Orchestra" Comes Direct From Broadway Ag Banquet To Be Held on Saturday Many Prominent Visitors Are Expected I. T. QUINN WILL GIVE ADDRESS MEMORIAL DAY IS WELL KNOWN HERE Announcement Of Awarding Decoration Contract Be Made Soon Weidemeyer's Orchestra, the most highly acclaimed musical aggregation that has ever appeared in Auburn, will play for the Senior Prom, May 16, 17, and 18 it was announced by the Auburn Social Committee today. Weidemeyer and his "Personality Plus OTus Orchestra" will come direct from Broadway to play for the University of Georgia Final Dances, whence" they will journey to Auburn to make the year's last set of dances the same huge success that they were in 1928, at which time the same orchestra furnished the music. From Auburn Weidemeyer will go to Tuscaloosa to play for the University of Alabama dances. Weidemeyer's orchestra consists of eleven melody artists, all of whom contribute to the dances by their originality in specialty numbers. The players wear different costumes at each of the dances. The orchestra includes one premier soloist and a matchless trio. Always several original, novelty college numbers are offered. Weidemeyer made the statement last year, at the conclusion of the dances, that Auburn was his favorite school, and he proved the truth of his statement. The orchestra gave Auburn yells, played "Glory, Glory, Dear Old Auburn", and on rising to play "Good-bye Auburn", received a thunderous applause. There is no doubt but that everyone who attended the Finals last year will testify to the effect that Weidemeyer is second to none. As Pete Crenshaw, chairman of the Social Committee, said when announcing the name of the orchestra, "It is Weidemeyer; nuf sed." A call for bids on decorations of the gymnasium for the dances has been issued by the committee, and it is expected that in a very short while definite announcement of the awarding of the bid wil be made. Also, according to the Social Committee, dates for the mailing of bids to the dances will be announced in the Sunday issue of the Plainsman. The annual Ag Club banquet, which is probably the foremost event on the Ag Club calendar will be held next Saturday evening in Smith Hall, beginning at 8 o'clock. Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson College, and a former Auburn professor in agriculture, will be the principal speaker of the evening. Other prominent men, including Dr. Bradford Knapp, Dean M. J. Funchess, Director L. N. Duncan of the Extension Department, P. 0. Davis, and other outstanding agricultural men will contribute to the attractiveness of the evening with [speeches. The entire day Saturday has been designated as Ag Day, sponsored by the Ag Club and being put on for the first time this season. This feature is expected to add greatly to the interest of the occasion in drawing many agricultural alumni back to the campus for a general get-together in the furtherance of agricultural interests. A baseball game between members of the Ag Club and members of the Ag faculty has been scheduled for the afternoon. A major event of the evening, during the banquet, will be the awarding of the Gamma Delta loving cup to the best all-round Junior in agriculture. This individual will be elected by Gamma Delta members in conjunction with the Ag faculty, the election to take place Friday night. Other awards will be the Ag Club diplomas to senior mmebers of the Ag Club. Program To Take Place In Langdon Hall At 3 : 4 5 P. M. Elected Botegha R. O. T. C. TO BE REVIEWED Delta Sigma Phi Moves To New Fraternity Row New Home Is First Completed Present Project Of The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity moved into its new house on Fraternity Row last Thursday, April 18. Their house, facing on College Street, is the first on the new Fraternity Row to be completed; it is a striking two-story brick structure, modern in every respect, and is now accomodating thirty-two men. The building is attractively furnished and decorated throughout. On the first floor, there is a large reception room, which opens on the north into a library, and on the south into a den. A large dining room occupies the extreme south end of the house; a guest room and a house mother's room, both with private baths, occupy the north end. On the first floor in the rear, there are three study rooms with sleeping quarters, accommodating two men each. Upstairs, in the front of the house, are nine study rooms; at each end of this floor there is a large dormitory sleeping porch accomodating the men whose study rooms do not have sleeping quarters. There are also four study rooms, upstairs, with sleeping quarters for two men, and two large bathrooms with showers. Although there are now only thirty- two men in the house, forty-three can be occomodated. Films Depict Latest Subway Construction "Boring Of Cascade Tunnel" Presented To Engineers Also The engineering students were very fortunate in having two one-reel pictures of technical interest presented Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in the Tiger Theatre. One of the films, "Building New York's Newest Subway," showed the construction of a new subway under the streets of New York; the project, which will cost $507,000,000, is being carried on under difficult conditions, as traffic conditions must remain normal while excavations and constructions are being made. Professor Callan, who saw the construction of the subway in a recent trip to New York, made a short introductory talk on the present work. The other film, "Driving the Cascade Tunnel," was about a tunnel which was driven through the Cascade Mountains in the State of Washington. This was a very difficult task; the construction required three years. It is 7.79 miles long, the longest - railroad tunnel in the Western Hemisphere. These pictures were presented by the courtesy of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Incorporated, of Wilmington, Delaware. DR. KNAPP SPEAKS AT MANY PLACES Dr. Bradford Knapp was the principal speaker at the State Civitan Convention, held in Ensley on April the twenty-third and twenty-fourth. Today at noon Dr. Knapp addressed the Guntersville Civitan Club. From Guntersville Dr. Knapp will go to Al-bertville where he will address the local Civitan Club. We will return to Auburn on Friday. NOTICE TO SENIORS This week-end will mark the end of the time for Seniors to order their rings. All Seniors who desire to get their rings before graduation may see any of the following men immediately: A. F. McGhee, A. J. Yates, J. L. Burton, W. B. Collier, or C. L. Dins-more. Tribute To Be Paid To Confederate Veterans Auburn will pay tribute to the Confederacy tomorrow, at the annual Confederate Memorial Day exercises, to be held in Langdon Hall, starting at 3:45 P. M. The R. O. T. C. unit will participate in a Memorial Day review, and also be inspected by official army inspectors for the Distinguished College rating. Major John T. Kennedy will act as Marshal of the Day in the exercises, and President Bradford Knapp will be presiding officer. A very appropriate program has been arranged; Hon. I. T. Quinn, state commissioner of game and fisheries, will deliver an address. The program is as follows: March, College Orchestra; Invocation, Rev. J. R. Edwards; Solo by Rev O. D. Langston; address by Mr. Quinn; vocal selection by four students; and "March," College Orchestra. After this, services will be held at the cemetery, where the Soldiers' Monument and the grave of Confederate Veterans will be decorated by students of the high school and grammar school of Auburn. The band will participate in this part of the exercises; members of the military unit will fire a salute over the graves. At the end, "Taps" will be played by a bugler. The Confederate Memorial Day services are sponsored annually by the Auburn chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Number Men Initiated Into Greek Fraternities At the end of the past half-semester there were quite a number of men initiated into the different fraternities on the campus. Those having initiations, with the names of the new men and the date of the event, are as follows: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, April 21, Leo Young, Monroe, La.; George Harrison, Birmingham; Booth Ingram, Ope-lika. Theta Chi, April 20, C. H. Bras-well, Ensley; James Nichols, Carbon Hill; Ralph Jordon, Selma; Joe Justice, Selma; Page Riley, Ensley; Jack Awtry, Atlanta; Sam Casey, Slocomb. Sigma Phi Sigma, April 17, A. L. Teague, Asheville; E. P. Murphy, Gadsden. Beta Kappa, April 19, George Williamson, Birmingham; R. H. Staples, Boston, Mass. Pi Kappa Phi, April 21, Peter Crump, Montgomery; "Jack Cumbie, Roanoke; "Red" Burgess, Florala; Glenn Rose, Troy; Jim Roberts, An-niston; D. W. Jackson, Thomasville, Ga. Horse Show Will Be . Staged On May Day May 1 is the date and the varsity baseball field is the place for the annual horse show at Auburn. It will start at two o'clock in the afternoon and will be participated in by enlisted men and sophomores, juniors, and seniors of the R. O. T. C. unit, with Lieutenant C. P. Townsley in charge. As in the past, it will be a spectacular affair. The events will include senior jumping; junior jumping; sophomore jumping; enlisted men jumping; musical chair; students' potato race; enlisted mens' race; Roman riding by Sgt. Foreman. A horse show at Auburn has been an annual event for several years. Each is a colorful and thrilling event. The show this year will be up to or above the standards of those of the past, Lieutenant TownBley said. MARTIN H. GLOVER Dothan; Junior in Architectural Engineering; Alpha Lambda Tau Fraternity; Architectural Association. MAX WILLIAMS Birmingham; Junior in Architectural Engineering; Alpha Lambda Tau Fraternity; Architectural Association; Rifle Team. CHARLES F. DAVIS Montgomery; Junior in Architectural Engineering; Blue Key; Omicron Delta Kappa; Scabbard and Blade; Social Committee; Editor of 1930 Glomerata; In-terfraternity Council; President of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Botegha is an honorary architectural fraternity, the purpose of which is to unite in fellowship those students who have attained a marked proficiency in their work and have shown an interest in the Fine Arts. MILITARY UNIT BE INSPECTED THIS WEEK-END Army* Officers Are To Be Here To Gather Rating Data On R.O.T.C. Unit REVIEW BE HELD FRIDAY INTER-SOCIETY DEBATES HELD Blankenship and Upchurch To Meet Overton and Pike The Websterian and Wilsonian literary societies were victorious in two inter-society debates which were held on Tuesday night; both of the winning teams had the affirmative side of the question, which was: "Resolved: That the present system of granting quality points as in effect at this institution should be amended to prohibit their bestowal for any activity for which college credit is not given." A. V. Blankenship and R. G. Up-church, of the Websterian literary society, triumphed over M. V. Hall-man and J. W. Letson, of the Evans; the winners well earned the decision, bringing out many good points for the affirmative side. Hugh Overton and J. W. Pyke, of the Wilsonian society, defeated Roy N. Sellers and W. C. Weldon, of the Wirt literary society. The two winning societies will meet in a debate on the same question on May 9; the topic is one of importance to students, and should command quite a bit of interest. Prof. C. H. Bedingfield Goes To New Orleans Is To Represent Federal Land Bank As Field Representative On May 1 Prof. C. H. Bedenfield, itenerant teacher trainer in connection with the school of education of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, will become a field representative of the Federal Land Bank at New Orleans, which will be his headquarters and to which city he will move his family as soon as arrangements can be made. Mr. Bedenfield will serve as contact and public relations, man for this bank in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Since he graduated at Auburn in 1920 he has been in vocational work. Immediately after graduation he became teacher of vocational agriculture in the Lauderdale County High School at Rogerville where he graduated, this being his old home. He remained there until 1924 when he became critic vocational teacher at the Lee County High School at Auburn. He continued in this position until 1925 when he became itenerant teacher trainer, in which position he soon became very popular with the staff at Auburn and also with the teachers of vocational agriculture throughout the state. THENDARA ELECTS HEADS NEXT YEAR Members of Thendara, at their regular meeting Monday night, elected the following officers for next year: N. S. Illges, president; H. H. Milli-gan, vice-president; Jimmie Ware, secretary and treasurer. Thendara is the oldest interfraternity organization on the campus. Its membership consists of a limited number of Juniors and Seniors. Distinguished College Rating Is Again Sought By Local Staff Major William E. Devall, of the coast artillery corps, and Major G. H. Franke, of the field artillery, will inspect the R. 0. T. C. unit here Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Major Devall, who is stationed at Atlanta, graduated from West Point in 1913. Major Franke, who is connected with the General Staff at the headquarters of the fourth corps area Atlanta, graduated from the U. S. Military Academy in 1911, and was also a distinguished graduate of the Command and General Staff School, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1926. Major Franke was one of the officers who inspected this unit last year, while this happens to be Major Devall's first visit here. The general object of the inspection is to promote the efficiency of the R. O. T. C. by establishing uniform standards of proficiency. The inspection will determine the degree to which the unit has attained toward the objective set forth in the war department program of instruction, and the part which the individual student plays. It is this phase of the inspection that has much to do in the rating obtained by the unit. An examination is made of students, covering all theoretical and practical work embraced in the various courses of all classes. Attention will be given to the classroom work as well as to the drill and ceremony. The inspection also covers the condition of government property issued to the institution, including adequacy of facilities for theoretical and practical construction, and for the care of animals and property. The inspection will also furnish general information data relative to the R. O. T. C. unit. Brooder House Burns Destroys 2,000 Chicks Oil-Heater Thought To Be Origin Of Latest Fire The brooder house at the college poultry plant, about one mile south of town, was completely destroyed by fire early Wednesday night; of the 4,500 baby chicks in it at the time approximately 2500 were saved. The structure was covered with ample insurance. Call for aid at the fire department was issued immediately, and the fire truck was on the grounds before the fire was well under way; however, little aid could be given, due to the lack of a water connection. The brooders within the building were oil heated, this source being the supposed origin of the fire. This marks the second very destructive fire at the poultry plant within the past year, the former occurring last spring and completely destroying the hatchery. It was replaced with a substantial fire-resisting building of stone structure. "Auburn" Painted On Top Of Toomer's Store Designed To Aid Aviators Passing Over "Village" The Auburn Post of the American Legion, taking part in blazing the trail for aviation in Alabama, arranged for the painting of the word, "Auburn," in twelve foot letters, and a huge arrow pointing north, on the roof of Toomer's Drug Store. Members of S. A. M. E. painted the massive letters completing their work yesterday. Baskin and Snider Be Guests of'Bama To Promote A Better Spirit Between Schools Weemie Baskin and Euil Snider, Auburn's world known track stars, will leave Auburn tonight for Tuscaloosa, where they will be the guests of the University of Alabama "A" club. The two cinder artists received an invitation from the 'Bama "A" club to run as a feature of their "A" Day celebration and readily accepted as they believe that their appearance at the Capstone will foster a better spirit betwen the two state institutions. Baskin in a champion hurdler, and only recently broke the world's record for the eighty-yard high hurdles on the local track. Baskin clipped over a second off of the record but it was unofficial as only two timekeepers clicked him. He will race against some picked stars in the 80 and 100-yard high hurdles while performing in the Druid City on Alabama's annualy "A" Day program, Friday. Euil Snider, member of the 1928 Olympic team, and co^holder with Ray Bartubi of the 400-metre record will run the 100 and 220 at Tuscaloosa. He is a former conference champion in both events and easily runs the century under ten flat. In a recent tryout on Drake Field with only a few days practice, he negotiated the 100-yard distance in 9.8 seconds. Snider will run against some ex-Bama and freshman stars. The invitation received by Baskin and Snider to appear on Alabama's "A" Day program, which will be featured by a baseball game between the Capstone and Georgia Tech, is just another step in bringing the two institutions back together in athletic activities. INNOVATION IS MADE IN USUAL CUSTOM STAFF To Create Closer Union Between Former Graduates Of Alabama Poly. ATHLETICS FEATURED Glomerata Will Be Distributed About May 18 PLANS MADE FOR FINAL 'Y' BANQUET Last Get-To-Gether Be Friday, May 3 Held On At the meeting of the Y. M. C. A. cabinet Sunday afternoon plans for the final "Y" banquet were laid. May 3rd is the date for this biggest event of the"Y" calendar. It- is expected that a man of national renown will make the main address. George Williamson, Bill Yarbrough and W. H. Wailes are in charge of the decorations. B. Q. Scruggs is chairman of the committee on arranging for the place and menu. Many outside visitors are expected to be present at this affair, also, the winning discussion group is to be the guest of the council. Grand President Of Phi Kappa Tau Here Dr. I. M. Wright, Grand President of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity was recently in Auburn, visiting the Alpha Lambda chapter here. He left Tuesday evening for Atlanta to officiate at the installation this week end of the Alpha Rho chapter of Phi Kappa Tau at Georgia Tech. Dr. Wright is director of education at Muhlenberg College of AHentoVn, Pennsylvania. The following men from the chapter here have gone to Atlanta to assist with the installation: R. P. Willingham, N. M. Mcln-nis, W. H. Harris, and Professor J. M. Robinson. Phi Kappa Tau was founded at Miami University in 1906, the Alpha Lambda chapter being installed in Auburn last year. NOTICE All fraternity panels have been returned to the "lomerata by the engraver, and are ready for distribution to the various organizations. They may be obtained at the Bureau of Public Information, first floor of the Administration Building. Students receiving these must sign the name of the organization with their names. The 1929 Glomerata will be dedicated to the alumni of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. For the first time in Auburn's history the annual staff has departed from the usual custom of dedicating the book to some outstanding member of the faculty or citizen in the town of Auburn. The dedication of the book to the alumni was done "To create a closer union between the former graduates and the college, and to focus attention of the present student body on the phenomenal achievements by members of the alumni body," according to a statement of T. S. Christopher and Joe Ford, editor and business manager, respectively, of this year's book. The dedicatory statement, which is headed "The Spirit of the Past," reads as follows: "To that spirit of progress, achievement and devoted service, which has reached such rich development in the lives of our alumni, we bow our heads in silent tribute and to them and to that spirit we reverently dedicate this volume of the Glomerata." In the opinion of those who have seen the advanced proofs of the 1929 Glomerata, and according to the statement of the printers and engravers who have made the book, this year's annual will be the best in the history of Auburn, and will rank with the foremost college annuals in the South this year. The books will arrive in Auburn (Continued on page 6) Six Are Pledged To Beta Alpha Sigma ' At its last meeting, Beta Alpha Sigma, honorary commercial fraternity, announced the names of six pledges, all of whom are prominent juniors in the General Business cqurse. The men extended bids are as follows: J. P. Bethune, G. M. Carter, H. O. Davis, J. S. Jones, A. M. Pearson, and L. M. Thomas. The initiation will take place Sunday night. At this meeting was held the installation of the following officers for next year: Thomas Roberts, Jr., president; E. V. Howell, vice-president; W. W. Rogers, secretary. Auburn Band Give Concert Over WAP1 On Friday night, April 26, from 8 to 9 o'clock, the Auburn Band will broadcast a concert from the Auburn studio of radio station WAPI. List-eners- in, no doubt, will include thousands of ardent admirers of the Auburn Band throughout the South, Professor Bidez, director of the band, announced that the following selections will be offered: "The Italian in Algiers," "The Grand March and Battle Hymn," from Wagner's Rienzi; "Slavonic Dances," Tchai-chowsky. Dental Association Elects New Head Last week the Alabama State Dental Association elected as president of the association Dr. Peacock, resident of Auburn and practicing dentist of Opelika. He will take office immediately. Dr. Peacock is a graduate of Van-derbilt University, where he was a member of Delta Sigma Delta, honorary dental fraternity, and Northwestern University. He has practiced dentistry in Opelika for the past twenty-seven years. PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. glfo ft kinsman Published semi-weekly by the students of ttie 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 A. V. Blankenship, '30 __ Associate Editor Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor Hugh W. Overton . 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 T. S. Coleman, '32; Clarence Dykes, '32; George Harrison, '32; Robert Sansing, '30; S. H. Morrow, '32; J. E. Jenkins, '32; H. G. Twomey, '32; Victor White, '32; D. Reynolds, '32; Virgil Nunn, ' 3 1; Gabie Drey, '31; James Davidson, '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. Consider Carefully Ex. Cab. Members With the adoption of the constitution of the Associated Undergraduate Students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute there arises the necessity of considering what men are to be placed in the important offices of the organization. The men filling these positions will have very broad authority over student activities. Whether the affairs of the Ex. Cabinet are administered properly will depend entirely upon these men. Therefore it behooves the student body to deliberate well before placing any man in office. To be fitted to hold office in the new organization a student must possess certain abilities and characteristics not to be easily found nor lightly esteemed. He must be capable of clear and logical thought, and of rendering unbiased and un-opinioned decisions. He must command the respect of his fellow students and be capable of leading them. He must be honorable and sincere; he must be capable of placing duty before self-interest. He must be even tempered, well balanced, and emotionally stable. He must be able to deny his friends for the good of the student body. He must, above all things, be honest, and incapable of any subversive act. These requirements are difficult of fulfillment. This very difficulty is the thing that, more than any other, creates the necessity for calm consideration by the student body of those men it proposes to elect to be the officers of the organization. Only by setting aside all prejudices of friendship and popularity can the student body hope to arrive at a proper choice of officers. For this reason the students at Auburn are urged to take careful inventory of their fellow students before chooosing for themselves their leaders in this, their very own, student organization. Do Your Part To Secure Distinguished Rating The inspecting officers are in Auburn this week to determine whether or not^we shall again receive distinguished rating as a military college. For ten years A. P. I. has enjoyed 'this rating which is a marked distinction when one considers the number of schools having R. O. T. C. units and the few that can possibly receive this honor. Only a few schools in the country are placed on this select list. The method of rating this year is to be slightly different but will have no bearing on the institution prepared for the inspection. Every student in college, whether in the unit or not, must try hard to see that nothing lessens Auburn's present standing. To have this honor taken away would hurt a great deal, as it would show a laxity in the work and a decline in military study. To maintain the present standing, the students must show a military aptitude and bearing that will be significant of the training received. No one should wear a mixed uniform. Besides being attentive to his personal appearance, he should be able to answer the questions of the inspecting officer. These things, if they are done, will create a very favorable impression on the examiners. If the students will realize the important role' they are to play in the inspection", there will be no need to worry. Auburn will continue to receive distinguished rating. We hope that every man will have the interest of the college enough at heart to perform to the best of his ability that which is expected of him, and to insist that others do. Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Engineers' Hike Should Be An Annual Event The hike of the Engineer unit next Saturday promises to be very successful. In the past the hike has been only mediocre, being given one year and not the next, but it has apparently taken root and will probably be staged annually. The hike was first put on in the hope that the students would get an idea of what a soldier's life is, to be able to more fully appreciate the work being done, and to create a closer fellowship among them. These objectives were reached in the past, and there is no reason to think they will not be in the future. The S. A. M. E. is sponsoring the affair. Plans have been completed for some time by the members of this society, and they are to be commended for the efforts they have put forth in its behalf, and the interest that has been worked up in those participating. We believe that the students will support such a move heartily, as it lends a very decided touch of color to the regular routine besides accomplishing those things already referred to. Such things as the hike preserve in a part the social welfare of the college, and we feel sure that it will wield no small influence in its power to promote? fellowship among the students. The Baseball Team Must Have Student Support To be successful, a college athletic team must have the support of the students. Even a champion professional team must have its backers if it is to win consistently, while a college organization must rely much more on those of the college which it represents. The baseball team has been having difficulty in getting the support of the student body. Why this is so is not known, for Auburn has had a championship team for two straight years. It seems that the students are not interested in baseball. Occasionally a word of disgust is heard from someone who has lost confidence in the team because it has failed to win as often as he desired. But why does the team lose? One part of the answer is the number of vacant seats in the bleachers. As long as the students refuse to go to the games and as long as no enthusiasm is shown in the cheering and applauding, the players will not be imbued with the desire to win. They will be fighting, but without the strong, supporting student body needed to achieve success. Possibly a plea to the students would help, but we cannot understand why they must be urged to cheer for Auburn. The team is working for Auburn; victory cannot be score/1 until a unified spirit and a unified effort are put forth with but one goal in view. We expect students to help the players as they should. Our President Is Honored Again News comes from the executive office that Dr. Knapp will make commencement addresses at nine Alabama schools during May and June. It is an honor and a source of gratification to Auburn that her president should be asked to make the most important address of the year at these schools. Many more requests for Dr. Knapp's services were received, but it was impossible for him to schedule more than nine dates. It is but a tribute to his ability and reputation that these schools should select him. It is an indication that he has already won the respect of the state, and that he is considered one of the big men in the state. Auburn benefits from these commencement addresses. Dr. Knapp's name is linked with that of Auburn, and his reputation is reflected on the school. Our school is put before the high school graduates in an attractive manner; in a manner which will unquestionably draw men to Auburn. Dr. Knapp is not going out to solicit enrollment, but he will so impress the graduates that many of them will come here as a result of his influence. We feel that congratulations are due to our president on this demonstration of the name that he has already made in Alabama. The human brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment we get up in the morning and doesn't stop until we get to class. If we may paraphrase Lord Tennyson, at Auburn in the spring a young man's fancy nervously turns to thoughts of politics. I cannot help expressing my delight that .we have been able to get "Red" F l o y d as assistant coach. He was a great football player on a team that a l w a ys played good football and from a school which believed in high class athletic sports on a clean, fine basis. I regard Dan McGugin as one of the great outstanding coaches in America and I think we are fortunate to have a man whom he is willing to recommend to come and help us build back the winning spirit and the winning ability here at Auburn. * * * # * There is a lot of sheer nonsense being put out in the daily papers of this state nbout WAPI. I may have to write an article to the papers on this subject but let me say this now to the student body: There will be no propaganda in favor of anything which would be injurious to the people of the state of Alabama permitted to go out over WAPI and WAPI is not going to participate in any political campaign except on a basis of equal opportunity to everyone. We are undertaking a difficult task. I for one want to register my determination to make WAPI serve two interests and two interests only—one is the interest of the common people of the State of Alabama and the other is the interest of higher education in Alabama and the only reason I put the interest of higher education in at all is because of my belief that the interest of higher education will serve the interest of the people. * * * * * As time goes on I am more and more impressed with the importance of our proceeding sanely, wisely, and calmly in organizing the Undergraduate Student Association. I have repeatedly said to students that without doubt there are mistakes in the rules and regulations. We will find those as time goes on and I for one feel willing to trust the good sense and the fairness of any group who may be elected upon the council to help work these things out. I count myself to be really a student whenever I work on student problems. I try to think of the wise thing for the students as • a whole and I shall be glad always to help in the task of getting this organization going in good shape. " L i t t l e T h i n g s" By Tom Bigbee "If I only knew! Then I could eto ahead," is a quotation opening a recent editorial. But would we go ahead if we knew exactly what was to happen next? And wouldn't some of the disasters and unlucky turns that await us slacken our efforts and mar our advancement to an unbelievable degree? Seems to me that our surest possible encouragement, in the long run, is more or less a matter of uncertainty— and especially concerning the pitfalls. "Nothing in life is set," the editorial goes on to say. As in generally accepted, life is largely a gamble; a guess-game from start to finish. And well it is; no plan could be better. "What state in Cincinnati in", one student asked of another in the "Y" reading room Sunday afternoon. This is no direct stab at any one individual, but it goes to show how prone we are to drift along without grasping even the most general facts. For instance, can you state how many steps there are leading up to the entrance of Langdon Hall? No! And yet how many times you have mounted those very steps. You might recall the number of columns there, but I doubt even that. Cubans like to have their pictures taken. Havana has more than 2000 photography's studios. Bruce Barton says that one may expect his work to be exciting for about twenty-five per cent of the time, and that the stuff he is made of will show up in the other seventy- five per cent. Which, after all, must be about right. Even in this fast age some of the very fastest individuals "find time to slow up occasionally—under suitable environment and company! THE GEDUNK I'm the Gedunk who confiscates the automobile when the family comes to visit me. I spend little of my time with the family and as quickly as possible, I park them somewhere, fill the car with my friends and tear off for a spin. Up and down College Street I go with my dinky hat pulled over my left eye, slouched upon my neck under the steering wheel, a cigarette drooping nonchalantly from my mouth and with the cut-out open. If the machine happens to have eight cylinders or a collapsible top, so much the better. Of course I know it looks like a high school boy's idea of a good time, but I like to do it and it makes me appear rather rakish and man-about-townish. H AUBURN FOOTPRINTS $ HASHED SCRAPS There is fear in the hearts of a great many entering the Engineers' domicile. On investigating it was found that the cause of this was the fact that at almost any moment the world's oldest war cry might issue from the throats of the youthful rulers who recently came in control of the Hall. Captain John A. C. is advocating a course in reading for movie-goers. He will possibly teach it. For a time it seemed that one of the fair ones would have a wooden leg. That would create a sensation in this town where wooden legs are rare, even though some may seem to possess such a thing. In fact, it seems to be a fad among the girls. Personally we think that it's merely an excuse to not wear stockings. * * * * * * * * * * THE LURE OF THE TITAN HAIR What power is this that a red-haired Miss Conceals in the light of her hair? Why is it that men unerringly wend Their footsteps into her snare? 'Tis said by her foes that God only knows The lure of Titan hair; Yet a thoughtful friend our safety defends; Explains why we should beware: Long years ago, (his story goes) A fair-haired damsel lived, Who begged the gods of heaven and sod Resistless charm to give. Her selfish desire aroused the ire Of the gods to whom she prayed, So they gave her red hair in place of the fair, But her soul was taken away. And now, friends, you know that the lack of a soul Is the point of her ruthless career; Irrestible hair, but never a care For hearts sincerely laid bare. —Convict number 969. * * * * * * * * * * The knife descended. The great white face grew grave. The white teeth that usually flashed in a grin were hidden behind closed lips. A gleam of satisfaction shot from intently fixed eyes. The arm swept the knife closer. Beads of perspiration stood out on his brow, yet his face retained its grim intensity. At last the gleaming blade struck flesh and slashed. The knife barely showed in the long red welt. Again his eye gleamed and drops of perspiration trickled down his brow. He struck deeper, and the livid flesh rolled back and the bone crunched from the blow. A devilish look of self-satisfaction and mastery of such a deadly weapon masked his large face as he gazed upon the gaping wound. Then he turned. Yes, John, the Greek, had cut another steak for the ravenous appetites of Auburn students. —Alex. * * * * * * * * * * A (GRANTED) WISH We wish, it seemed, passed ball I'd dreamed, Last night he was back again, But a newer face had taken the place Of the blond and her disdain. Life is a game, and the gambler's insane, Who expects to win a lot, But whether we choose we have to lose, And die whether we like it or not. But now and then by chance we win, And sadness is set apart. Fate spun a wheel and a new ideal Came to our poet's heart. Fellow Convict 702. MEDITATIONS ON THIS A N D THAT IBy ^Benjamin Trovost~ WITH OTHER COLLEGES i A PERFECT DESCRIPTION Here's how a freshman at Cumberland University sums up a low-brow in describing himself: "I'm a low-brow, through and through, with small prospects of improvement. I do not enjoy classical music; I do not eat asparagus; I do not like to wear a tie; I do not appreciate abstract classical literature; for pastime reading, I prefer the American Magazine to the Bookman; I use ain't in preference to^am not; I like the movies, but have no particular inclinations towards becoming a patron of Grand Opera; I pronounce laugh and can't with short a's and use you all as the plural of you; I read the comic and sport sections of the newspaper, and then glance over the editorials and news reports if I have enough time left; I crumble crackers in my soup and am fond of New Orleans molasses; I bite my finger nails, call an evening meal supper instead of dinner, and do not own a poodle dog; and yes, I am fond of calliope music." Nothing personal at-all. * * * * * YES, WE HAVE THE ADVANTAGE A literary magazine, with a purpose to allow "self expression", edited, published, and written by a lone student at the University of Missouri, is the boast of Columbia's literary world. The magazine is "The Literarian Inquirer," owned, printed and circulated by Ernest W. Tedlock, a freshman student. All of the details of putting out an issue of the magazine are attended to by Tedlock with the exception of casting the type. This takes too much time, he said. The financial burden of the sheet is born by Tedlock. He does not sell advertising space and gives the issues away. This is a fine piece of work. We do not need such a paper though, our co-eds can still be depended upon to scatter the necessary—. * * * * * AND HOW A suggestion by the students to the faculty of Ohio Wesleyan University that they be allowed to sit in on faculty meetings was frowned on by the higher ups. The president said: "The students are too busy running the university now". Splendid cooperation is thusly insured. A BUSINESS HEAD A Chicago man the other day took an extra big drink of corn wiskey, and shortly began to see reptiles, also animals in assorted colors. So he rented a room and opened a museum. Many people paid 35 cents admission and when they saw only an empty room they called a policeman. The policeman was going to arrest him, but the man got him off in a corner and gave him a drink. The policeman then gave the man $300 for a half interest in the show. * * * * * IT'S "HOT" HERE At Point Barrow, Alaska, by act on congress, the northernmost school in the world has been completed, and is now being used by about 60 Eskimo youngsters. Part of the ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the structure included the breaking of a bottle of seal oil over it. Quit thinking; the reason they broke a bottle cointaining oil as part of the ceremony, instead of—well anything thinner than oil, would freeze you know. * * * * * A PAINFUL DEATH Died or dying rapidly, Collegiate Fords: cause, lost faith and decreasing popularity. The day of the collegiate car is passed. The "Smart thing to do" last year is by no means the vogue of this year. The students have gone back to their parents' cars and the parents, after enjoying a period of driving, have gone back to the fifty passenger yellow bus. All of the colorful originality expended on the old wreck is now in the junk pile. Not even the high school brother will pay five bucks for the remains. Our brief romantic period is over, at least with cars. The remains lie smouldering in the alley. * * * * * GET MARRIED—RAISE GRADES Numerous student marriages with corresponding rises in scholarship have led students at the University of Colorado to openly advocate marriage as a solution follow marks and apathy in school work. Of course Dad will be interested in hearing this. Also let the school furnish certain commodities along this line, and see how the response is. 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. * * * * * IT WAS the evening of the day on which the junior elections were held. The members of the class were waiting in front of a drug store, hoping to get the returns. They discussed the election casually. Said one: "Who'd you vote for this office?" "I voted for Blank for that one" replied the other. "Why?" "Because he speaks to me on the street every time we meet." "Well, that's true, but that don't make him the best man for the office does it?" "I don't care, I'm not going to vote for anybody that is so 'snooty' he can't speak to you." "Well, I voted for Blank; he's from my home town." "You did! And you know that he is absolutely not the man for the place; only-politics got his name on the ballot. That is the most foolish thing I ever heard of." "That makes no difference; I'm going to stand up for the old home town, boys against anybody." "But the man is absolutely incapable of being president of a class. He can't even talk before a crowd. He never has an original idea; he isn't even well known." "Who'd you back for this office?" "I was for Blank. He is a pretty good ole boy. Never is griped at anybody and is a mighty good friend." "He is all right, I guess. I didn't vote for him, though. We promised the Zeta Delta's to vote for Blank. They were .wing to support our man for another office." "Why this man was the least fitted for that office of any on the ballot; you should have known that." "Oh, well, who cares? They gave us a lot of help, and maybe our man was elected." "Well, even if he is your lodge brother, I didn't vote for him. He doesn't speak to me on the street." "Well of all things! You know that he was ablsoutely head-and-shoulders above the rest of the ballot. He has more ability along that line than all the rest together. I'm surprised at you." "Makes no difference; I'm entitled to vote like I want to." And so on until someone offered to buy them a coca-cola. * * * * * EX-PRESIDENT Coolidge has sold a scries of articles to a popular magazine. The price is reputed to be one dollar per word. Ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith has sold a series of articles to another popular magazine, at a reputed price of two dollars per word. The message of Coolidge, who was president for six years, is worth less to a publisher than is the message of Alfred Smith, ex-newsboy who was defeated for the presidency. It is worth just half as much, if the reported figures are correct. Why? It is rather symbolic of the two men. We could trust Coolidge with the executive powers of our country, while we could not trust those same powers to Smith, yet we will pay twice as much to read what Smith has to say. It only shows that we do not put much weight on personality when choosing a president. The office is one that we would rather see in the hands of a man who will do nothing diplomatically than in the hands of one who will do something with little regard for prejudice or sentiment. Smith has more to say, and has something interesting to say. His opinions on prohibition and other national questions are more open, fearless, intelligent, unhypo-critical; therefore we will pay to read them. Yet we refused him the presidency. MOONLIGHT What time the meanest brick and stone Take on a beauty not their own, And past the flaw of builded wood Shines the intention whole and good, And all the little home of man Rise to a dimmer, nobler span; When colour's absence gives escape To the deeper spirit of the shape, —The nearth's great architecture swells Among her mountains and her fells Under the moon to amplitude Massive and primitive and rude: —Then do the clouds like silver flags Stream out above the tattered crags, And black and silver all the coast Marshals its hunched and rocky host, And headlands striding sombrely Buttress the land against the sea, —The darkened land, the brightening wave And moonlight slants through Merlin's cave. —V. Sackville-West. V THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE FINALS BE PLAYED SUNDAY INTERFRAT. GOLF TOURNEY By Tad McCallum The interfraternity golf tournament sponsored by the Auburn Golf Association is now in full swing and the championship will be decided Sunday when the finals are scheduled to be played. Much interest has been manifested in the tourney and it is evident from the class of golf exhibited by many of the players that a golf team could be selected from the entire school that would make a creditable showing in the annual Southern Conference tournament. The riiblic and mashie^ wielders commenced battling last Saturday and the six winners of the first round matches advanced to the second round to compose the upper flight while the losers were dropped to the consolation bracket to fight it out for the second flight trophy. Following are the results of the first round matches: The Sigma Nu team defeated the Kappa Sigma pair, ."> and 2; the Pi Kappa Alpha's won from the Phi Delta Chi's, 4 and 3; the Kappa Alpha team walloped the S. A. E. representatives; the Lambda THE KLOTHES SHOPPE UP-STAIRS BIRMINGHAM We sell good clothes for less because it costs us less to sell FRED THALEN Manager Take the "L" 2071/2 North 19 St. Chi Alpha's forfeited to the Sigma Pi's, and the Phi Delta Theta's copped handily from the Delta Sigma Pi pair, 4 and 3. In the second round the favorites won their matches handily and adT vanced to the semi-finals. The Phi Delta Theta5 s took things easy in winning from the Sigma Pi team, 5 and 4; The S. P. E.'s won from the Kappa Alpha's, 3 and 2, and the Sigma Nu's copped from the Pi Kappa Alpha's, 4 and 3. In the consolation round the Lambda Chi Alpha's won a gruelling 19 hole match from the Delta Sigma Phi's; the Phi Delta Chi's won from the Kappa Sig's, 2 and 1, and the S. A. E.—Alpha Tau Omega match had only been partly completed at the time of going to press. The semi-final matches, will be played Saturday with the finals coming Sunday. Drawings were made Monday for the semi-finals with the folowing pairings resulting: First flight Sigma Nu. vs. Phi Delta Theta. Sigma Phi Epsilon—bye. Second flight Winner S. A. E.-Alpha Tau Omega match vs. Phi Delta Chi. Lambda Chi Alpha—bye. The championship seems to hinge on the outcome of the Sigma Nu-Phi Delta Theta encounter which will be played Saturday afternoon. The S P. E. pair advanced to the final round by virtue of a bye but it is doubtful if they are as strong as either of the other final contenders. The Phi Delta Chi's are favored to cop the lower bracket trophy but face strong competition in the A. T. O.'s and Lambda Chi Alpha's. Brilliant individual play is expected to geature the concluding matches and will be the basis of selection of a school golf team if Auburn sends a team to the Conference tournament next month. Blake Talks On "Football And Life" GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE NEW MONEY Americans To Meet Foreign Debaters "The world takes its hat off to The government is almost ready to Debates will be held next autumn every Christian gentleman that it meets," said Morgan Blake, leading sports authority of the South, in a talk before the Darlington football squad the 95 or more guests gathered at a banquet in honor of the grid team. Mr. Blake made the above statement near the close of a 15-minute speech upon the subject of "Football and-Life." He declared that the game of life and the game of football were similar in many. respects, and that a young man starting out in life with high ambitions and keen expectations was a parallel to the back-field star tucking the ball under his arm and attempting to reach the goal of success. "There are many tacklers there to bring either down," said Mr. Blake, "and it would go hard were it not for the 'interference' and a young man should have this interference in life just as in football if he wishes to gain the goal." Following out this idea Mr. Blake named the "tacklers" and the "interference." He stated that the worst of the tacklers is the new forced and false philosophy of self-expression. Other tacklers named were: passion and lust, greed, selfishness, and trouble. On the other hand the interference that will carry a young man through to his goal were summed up under the heads of good associations, the partnership of a good woman, either wife or sweetheart, the love of a good mother, and a partnership with God. In closing he said to the football squad: "Be loyal to the royal which is in you and remember that you are sons of a King." Girl President To Select King At Hop "Snap courses" are favored by Dean Hawkes of Columbia U. 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KRATZER'S Holding the honored office of president of the sophomore class at Ohio State University carries with it this year a stumbling block which has placed Miss Marion L. Riggs, .of Toledo, the pretty president, in an em- Ibarrassing position and her fellow classmates in an uproar. As head of the class, Miss Riggs will be "aueen of festivities" at the annus Jophomore Hop May 17. As "queen" of the prom, she must lead the grand march but she must also select a "king" to conform with tradition. Poor Marion has no precedent to rely upon in her humiliating predicament. For years past, the president of the sophomore class has always been a boy. When May rolled around he proudly became "King" of the grand march and as proudly selected his queen. Now things are reversed. Miss Riggs has revolted and refused to make the choice of" a royal partner. She'd be queen of the prom and all that, but she'd be hanged if she'd select a mate. Subsidiary class officers went into a huddle in the hope of preserving tradition. They prevailed upon the president and called in her sorority sisters for help. Finally Miss Riggs compromised a little. She said "maybe." At least, there is plenty of time to decide, she said. issue a new size and design of paper money to replace that which has been used by thre generations of Americans. Our present paper money is to be replaced by new bills only two-thirds as large—2 9-16 by 61-4 in.— and with new pictures on their faces and backs. Another change is in the paper itself. Heretofore this paper has been made of about 75 per cent linen to 25 per cent cotton, and containing distinctive colored silk fibers, as a protection against counterfeiting, but counterfeiters learned to imitate them so well that they became an aid rather than a hindrance. These colored fibers are not to appear in the new money. Instead will be a little colored silk chopped up fine and distributed all over the paper. Another radical change will be the disappearance of yellow backs. These yellow backs, have meant "redeemable in gold", making them seem more secure while really, all paper money is equally secure, so thereafter all faces will be printed in black and all backs in green. Already the government presses have clanked out tons of the new bills, and soon there will be enough of them to meet the currency needs of the nation. Then the change will be made. When banks ask for new currency to replace old and soiled notes, they will receive the smaller size, and the old money will be retired as fast as it comes in. Architects To Meet At Univ. Of Fla. for American Colleges and Universities with several foreign debating teams under the auspices of the National Student Federation of America. These teams will represent Oxford University, Cambridge University and Victoria University College of New Zealand. The custom of international debating was inaugurated approximately five years ago under the auspices of the Institute of International Education and was turned over to the Foreign Relations Committee of the N. S. F. A. a year ago. Each team spends about seven weeks of the fall term traveling through one section of the United States, meeting our colleges in debates. During the past year two teams came to the United States from England, one from Australia and one from the National Federation of Canadian University Students. One of the English teams was the first woman's team to come to the United States for international debating. Next fall one of our visiting teams will be the first debating team to visit the United States from New Zealand. As it is impossible for the English teams to meet their own traveling expenses during the tour, American universities have always invited these teams as their guests. Each American college included in the _ schedule of the visiting teams pays a fee of $125 and offers hospitality to the members of the team for the day of the debate. INSECTS HOLD VERY DOMINANT POSITION IN ANIMAL KINGDOM Announcement has been made that the Southern Intercollegiate Architectural Competition will be held this year at the University of Florida at Gainesville. The .contest, which is of six weeks duration, is to close on May 13, 1929. At this time first, second, and third mention will be selected. The drawing this year is to be the plan of a legation. Such specifications as were necessary have . been sent out by Mr. William A. Boring, School of Architecture, Columbia University, New York City. A jury is to select the winners. Auburn is one of eight schools to be represented in this contest. The others entering the contest are: North Carolina State, Georgia School of Technology, Clemson, University of Florida, Rice Institute, University of Texas, and Texas Agricultural and Mechanical School. 281 Samples Building Stone Compose Column Assembled from Pennsylvania's 80,000 square miles into a column only six feet square at the base, every known variety of Keystone state building stone forms an attraction on the* campus of the State College there. From 150 localities, 281 samples of building stone were shaped into a polylith 33 feet high. Because it tells how the stones withstood weather-ing the "monument" as it is known to students, attracts building specialists and geologists from all parts of the country. Seniors Study Law Closer Than Ever Two Georgia senior law students recently were, for the first time in their college careers, trying to find out something about the law. The occasion dealt with something a "spoofing" friend had told them in all seriousness. "Oh, yet," he said. "Haven't you heard? There's a new way of examining seniors in the Law school being tried this year. They're going to put all the senior law class in jail, and see if they know enough law to get out. If they get out, they pass the course. If they don't, they pass awhile in jail." The two seniors were greatly'wor-ried. At the last report, they were cramming furiously. The dominant place in the animal kingdom is held by the insects. A statement in this connection made by Dr. W. C. Allee, professor of zoology at the University of Chicago, read as follows: "In time this may become the age of man, the most highly developed mentally of the vertebrates, but at present he is only beginning to dispute the ascendacy arthropod." The truth of this statement is indicated by the estimate of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology that farm crops in the United States are damaged annually to the extent of one billion dollars, and every indication shows that the damage is increasing. The boll weevil alone destroyed at least 25 per cent of the cotton crop annually. The European corn borer, Japanese beetle and gypsy moth are of sufficient economic importance that the U.S. government has established an experiment station for the control of each. The time is near at hand when each successful agriculturalist must employ scientific control methods for the numerous insect pests which annually attack his crops. However, economics entomology is only a .small field compared with the field in general entomology. Insect control depends almost entirely upon research in the fields of insect devel-opment, morphology and physiology. Insect physiology is a science which in the last few years is just begin-ing to receive the attention of scientists. Among other fascinating fields of entomology are ecology, geographical distribution, classification and evolution. Entomology deals not only with control of injurious insects but also with the production of substances of commercial value such as honey, beeswax, silk and shellac. The production of honey in the United States amounts to 200,000,000 to 400,000,000 pounds annually, which has a value of about 15 cents per pound. In addition, bees produce 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 pounds of beeswax valued at millions of dollars. Silk, which is taken from the cocoon of the silk worm, has a commercial value of $200,000,000 to $500,000,- 000 a year. Unquenchable optimism seems to be one of God's gifts to fools. GOLF TENNIS BASEBALL EQUIPMENT TIGER DRUG STORE TOOMER'S HARDWARE The Best in Hardware and Supplies CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager BANK OF AUBURN We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business CLEMENT HOTEL OPELIKA, ALABAMA Our grill room and other facilities aiway* open to our Auburn friends See or Phone "W" Williams at 377-W about your next banquet Oklahoma Keeps Records Of Students Montgomery, Alabama Local Dealers HOMER WRIGHT S. L T00MER Installation of new record systems for all students in the school of engineering has be.en effected by a committee of faculty members of the Oklahoma A. and M. school of engineering under the direction of Prof. Edwin Kurtz, it is announced . With the plans used by the committee all students in the school of engineering now enrolled and those who have graduated will have a record filed in the deans' office showing their accomplishments while in school and their employment records after leaving school. The purpose of the system as outlined is two fold. It will provide a permanent record of graduates for those seeking to employ Oklahoma A. and M. students and will provide the basis "for a psychological study of the cause and effect of certain environments on the development of the students. Feenamint The Laxative You Chew Like Gum No Taste But the Mint The historic bell of the old mission of Santa Clara which was not damaged in the fire which destroyed the church will be recast and set up in the new church. Two graduates of Santa Clara U. have financed the recasting. Keep youth longer! cleanse 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 They gave the express rider a good start corner druggist has Nujol. Make sure you get the genuine. Look for the Nujolbottle with the label on the back that you can read right through the bottle. Don't delay, get Nujol today. Henry Wells, developing the mail and express business of Wells Fargo, knew the necessity of careful preparation andalertmanagement. Communication was more than the picturesque racing of pony express riders; behind the scenes there was always the systematic planningof routes, the watchful inspection of outposts and men. Communication today is immeasurably faster than it was then, thanks to electricity. And to a vastly greater degree has the work of preparation behind the scenes become important. In the Bell System, management must constantly look ahead to provide the sinews of service against growing public demand—material and men must be mobilized to extend and keep open the lines of communication. BELL SYSTEM n//nation-wide system of'iuter-conuecting telephones " O U R P I O N E E R I N G W O R K H A S J U S T B E G UN PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1928 • a Wf W r^ • CAROL PORTER, Editor- J, \ -DICK JONES, Associate Editor Elmer Salter, Contributor; Tad McCallutn, Palmer P. Daugette, Jack S. Riley, Assistants. D AUBURN LOSES TO FLORIDA IN MEET TUESDAY Coach Moulton s 1929 Auburn Tiger Diamondeers By Rosser Alston The University of Florida harriers defeated Coach Wilbur HutselPs trackmen in a dual meet on Drake Field Tuesday 63-49. The meet ended the setson for Coach Nash Higgins' 'Gators but is the first dual meet on the Tiger schedule. It was the second dual meet lost by the Hutsellmen in 9 years. The Floridans captured first place in nine events and made a sextet of seconds. Newcombe, Florida hurdler nosed out Captain Percy Beard of Auburn in the 220 low hurdles in 25.1 sec. ;_ . Burnett, from Bessemer, Auburn jumping jack broke the Auburn record in the high jump in 5 ft. 10 1-2 inches which was established in 1920. He barely missed the six foot mark and will try to better his mark later in the season. Knight of Florida won the century in 10.1 with Goodbread his team mate a close second. Bell and Hanby, Tiger flashes were outclassed in this event By Elmer G. Salter With a chance of raising their conference baseball standing above the .500 mark, Coach "Slick" Moulton and 14 confident Auburn Tiger dia-*' mondneers left the Plains Wednesday Hall of Florida sent the shot i morning via automobile for Panama for 39 ft. 10 3-4 inches followed by j City, Fla., where they meet the Uni- The above group of Tigers have been seen "strutting their stuff" at times on the diamond this year, but have fallen in a slump lately. About this time last year, Coach "Slick" was getting "down hearted" over the way his Tigers were performing, but he made a few changes and things picked up considerably. The same has happened again this year and now Coach Moulton has made changes in his outfield and in his infield. "Big Ben" Newton has been drawn from the outfield and placed at the initial bag. "Little Pete" Harris has been stationed at left field and Captain "Jack Frost" Smith lias been shifted back to the keystone bag, where he performed in such a highly -satisfactory manner last year. These Tigers are off to Panama City, Fla. to meet the University of Florida in a three game series this week-end and all of Auburn is pulling for them to bring back the bacon. J. C. FLOYD, VANDERBILT, TO ASSIST BOHLER NEXT SEASON Plainsmen Off Confident of Victory Over Florida in Three-Game Series Carter, giant Plainsman weightman with 39 feet 9 1-4 inches. Click, snappy 'Gator clicked off the mile for a first place in 4 min. 44.6 seconds. Pitts of Auburn, second. Munger, vaulter for the palm staters stoppled over the horizontal at 11 feet 8 inches as Hughes placed second. The Floridans grabbed first and second place in the 220 yard dash as Newcome crossed the tape in 22.8 seconds with Mike Knight second. Munger for the Floridans crossed the finish line in 53.1 for the 440 while Bell of Auburn rang up a second place. Capt. Dick Trogdon of Florida could not run in his last meet because of illness. Teague, stellar Plainsman distance man was nosed out on the home stretch in the two-mile by Rice of Florida who barely crossed the tape in front of his opponent. Rice made it in 10 minutes 32.1 second for one of the closest races in the distances ever run on the Auburn track. Big Nick Carter slung the discus for 126 feet 1 inch for a first place versity of Florida pastimers in a three-game series, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The trip to the Florida metropolis is the final road jaunt j for the 1929 nine as they play their! remaining series w.ith Vandy, Georgia and Mercer on Drake field. Coach Moulton possesses the mystery team of the conference. His nine started off on the "right foot" but gradually lost their firm footing on the conference championship until now they are about counted out of the race. They gave Georgia Tech the worst defeats that they have ever suffered when the two teams met on the local diamond and then played the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta and lost two straight contests. Miscues played a part in the Jackets first vict o r y over Auburn this season while Jordan, Tech ace, was complete master of the situation in the second tilt. The pitching staff, which on paper, looked to be weakest department of the team at the beginning of the season has lived up to Coach Moulton's prediction that it would be the strongest. Carter, Harkins and McGhee caused the genial Tiger mentor most of his worry \,his year. Booth, Ingram and Tuxworth have tried to catch the baffling curves of the Plainsmen boxmen but all have failed to live up to the standard set by Ebb James on the Villagers .championship 1928 team. (Continued on page 6)' Yellow Jackets Win From Plainsmen 8-3 SPORTS STUFF By "Dusty" Porter for Auburn with Hall of Florida trail- have all pitched masterful ball • at ing behind with a 120 ft. throw. "Choektaw" Creel, javelin thrower for the Plainsmen threw the stick 159 feet 1 3-4 inches for a first place as Bethea for Florida came seeond. Both first and second places in the 120 yard high hurdles went to the Tigers as Beard made it in 15.1 sec. with Virgin, lanky Bengal hurdler second. Beard was also first in the broad jump in 21 ft. 8 1-2 inches as Bethea of the 'Gator harriers came second. The high point man of the meet was Capt. Beard of Auburn who had 13 points to his record. The half mile closed the day as Florida's score mounted when Click, plucky 'Gator came in first in 2 min. 4.3 sec. with McClendon of Auburn second. The Tigers will meet the strong University of Georgia runners in a dual meet on the Auburn track Saturday. times, only to see their m.ates toss the game away with costly miscues. The departure of Capt. Ebb James from the catching staff of last season has By Dick Jones Bunching hits . in the fourth and sixth innings, Georgia Tech defeated Auburn 8 to 3 Saturday to also cop the second of the two game series played between them in the "Flats". Tech won the first game by the count of 12 to 8. These two victories made an even break for the two teams in their four games scheduled this season. Auburn won the first two by an overwhelming score when they met in the "Village" a few weeks ago. Tech took a lead in the second in- I ning, scoring one run, then in the fourth scored two more on Smith's home run, sufficient to put them so far in front that the Plainsmen were never able to overtake them. Harkins and McGhee only let up nine hits to the Tech tossers while Jordan held the Tigers to seven widely scattered bingles. Score: R H E Auburn 000 010 200—3 7 1 Tech 010 204 Olx—8 9 3 •Harkins, McGhee, and Ingram; Jordan and Stevens. Carl Creel Gets Start On Athletic Honors Looks like Carl Creel is trying to step way «head of the many honors gained by his future relatives of the Creel family on Auburn athletic teams. , Carl is only a Sophomore this year and has captured a first place in Auburn's first dual track meet. He tossed the javelin 159 feet 1 3-4 inches against Florida Tuesday to win first place. Carl was also a member of the varsity football squad and varsity basketball squad this year. TRACK RECORDS Bad looking prospects mean nothing to Coach Hutsell. Starting the year^with practically nothing left over from last year to work with the Tiger cinder artists journeyed over to Atlanta for the annual Tech Relays and brought back two records for the other colleges to shoot at. Percy Beard the young man who found himself left to fill the shoes of the greatest track man the south has ever produced was the big show in Atlanta arid no doubt he has acquired some of Baskin's habits as just how to break records. Against the best the south had to offer this same Mr. Beard was able to establish two records in the hurdling event that will no doubt stand for some time. Maybe when a man becomes accustomed to seeing records topple as has been Beards case in the years he spent with Baskin on the cinder track it just comes natural that he should acquire the habit, and he had it real bad. Our track team does not show the promise in dual meets, but in a Conference meet where the points are usually scattered we can always assure ourselves of enough points to be among the first few. With a man to carry on Sniders work in the sprints we would have little to fear. BASEBALL With the opening of the college baseball season the big question in the Auburn student's mind was: "Will the pitching staff come through?" There was never a doubt as to the hitting ability of the club, but the pitching staff was new and inexperienced and this seemed to be the spot that would give the most trouble, but as the season progresses all worry about the pitching staff has vanished. When a pitcher allows from three to six hits in a game then he has done all you can expect, and this has been the speed at which our pitchers have been traveling, but with the same amount of errors being contributed it is hardly possible to win games. Now with good pitching and hitting, the defense should find themselves before long, but until then it will be hard to win games. At the present time the "Bulldogs" from Georgia are setting the pace in the southern conference, and as it appears so early in the season it will be left up to Auburn, Florida, or Clemson to stop the march. If Auburn can brace the defense then there is no reason why we can not do the job when the Bulldogs journey over to the "Plains" for the two games. * * * tf * " * * * GOLF Golfing in Auburn has picked up considerably in the past few weeks and each day you can see many students wending their way to the Country Club for the daily round. The tournament being played in the Fraternity circle has done much for the promotion of Golf at Auburn, and boys who otherwise would spend the afternoon playing bridge are spending the afteroon out in the open and getting the exercise that every Auburn student needs. The one time "old man's" game can no - longer be termed as such. The Tennis players are getting credit in physical training for their activities on the tennis courts, why not give 1 the Golfers some consideration and bring -a,bout a greater interest in this game? w By Rosser Alston In a statement issued Saturday by Dr. Bradford Knapp, President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Coach George M. Bohler of Auburn it was stated that J. C. Floyd, Assistant Coach at Vanderbilt University had been selected as Plainsman assistant coach for next year. Coach Floyd will report for duty July first. Coach "Red" Floyd is well known in southern athletic circles having played on the Vandy eleven for four years, graduating there in 1920. He was captain of the Commodore footballers in his senior year and comes to Auburn highly recommended by Vandy coaches. Coach Dan McGugin, in a lengthy communication to President Knapp stated that Coach Floyd was a fine student of the game and a man of character and influence. Coach Floyd formally accepted the position as Tiger Assistant Coach Saturday. He is the third member of the trio who will direct the destinies of the Plainsmen during 1929. The other two members of the coaching staff are Coach George M. Bohler and "Bull" McFadden. The new Tiger Coach was athletic director in the Morgan School for several years, his team winning against odds in a spectacular manner. Later he took charge of athletics in the Knoxville High School. The Knoxville eleven was undefeated on the grid for two years except for one team. - While at Knoxville he was tendered the position he now holds at his alma mater. While at Vanderbilt he has been doing exceptional work, it is said. " Coach Dan McGugin very highly recommended Coach PToyd, saying that he believed him to be one of the greatest teachers of sports ever coached by hipi. Coach McGugin stated that he believed that Coach Floyd would serve Auburn's needs best at this time. President Knapp and Coach Bohler are enthusiastic over the prospects for the coming year as Coach Floyd formally accepted the position. Mr. Floyd stated in a letter to Auburn's Prexy that he was much interested in bringing the Plainsmen out of the pit. It is said that Coach Floyd is rated with Wade, Cody and Collins. Rat Baseballers Hand Baby Jackets Crushing Defeat in Saturday Game The former Captain of the grid team this past season who is now starring on Coach Wilbur Hutsell's track team. Carter performed at guard- and tackle during his four years on Auburn's team and was an oustanding man throughout his carer. In Auburn's first dual meet which was with Florida last Tuesday, "Nick" captured first place in the Discus throwing by tossing the discus 126 feet and 1 inch. Carter is a member of the Tau Omega Chi fraternity 'and many honorary fraternities. Freshmen Lose to Tech Frosh 7-4 In Slow Game Friday Afternoon By Roser Alston The Auburn Rat baseballers were the victims of the Georgia Tech frosh in a slow game Friday afternoon when they were defeated 7-4 by the visitors. The Techsters scored on errors after the Baby Tigers had established an early lead. The game was the first of a two game series' to be played pn the Auburn diamond. Coach "Red" Brown's ball club chalked up three scores in the third but were held pointless for the next two innings until Lloyd, first baseman for the Baby Bengals sent the apple far into left field in the sixth for a homer which tied the score 4-4. The Tech lads made runs in the third and fifth periods. The visitors showed good form playing an almost errorless game while the Plainsman yearling aggregation failed, to support the Auburn batteries when seven errors were marked up against them. Lloyd, holder of the first sack on Coach Brown's nine closed a perfect day with two singles and a homer. The leading men coming to the plate for Tech were English and McKee. Anderson, stellar twirler for the Tiger first year nine did not pitch in his usual form allowing 7 hits. The Plainsmen managed to turn five hits into four runs. Kaley was on the receiving end for the Brownmen while Mitcham and Farmer were the batteries for the Little Jackets. Score by innings: R H E Tech Frosh 001 030 300—7 7 1 Auburn Rats 003 001 000—4 5 7 Referee: James (Auburn). By Rosser Alston The Auburn frosh baseballers Saturday handed out a crushing defeat i to the Georgia Tech yearling nine 10-4 in an interrupted game on the Auburn diamond. Coach "Red" Brown's aggregation retaliated for the 7-4 victory of the visitors Friday. The game eneded the frosh series with the Jackets. The Techsters rang up three pointers in the first inning while the home team made a twosome in the initial round. The Baby Tiger's managed to cop two runs in the fourth as Bigger-staff, Plainsman holder of the third station made a homer on errors tying the score 4-4. Another run closely followed put the Brown nine in the lead. The Jackets were held pointless for five innings. The break came in the seventh for the Orange and Blue as the Tiger yearlings made the rounds, hitting to all points of the compass and ringing up six runs to the Jacket's one. Primm and Kaley, Auburn's batteries did the job brown. The visitors used three twirlers on the mound in an effort to stop the Bengal attack during the latter periods. Strickland, Primm and Dulce, pill slingers for the Gold and White and Farmer, stellar receiver for the Techmen failed to give the sines and cosines right to curb the hard hitting of the Tiger nine. Jordan and Harper made two baggers for the Plainsmen as Strickland fanned a quartet. Primm sent six away from the plate after they had failed to hit the apple. Duke, Tech hurler who relieved Primm in the eighth struck one. Score by innings R H E Auburn 200 200 600—10 13 3 Ga. Tech 300 000 100— 4 5 5 Umpire Ebb James. Summary: Two base hits, Jordan (2), Harper. Three base hits, Roberts and Lewis. Home runs, Kaley. Sacrifice hit, Jordan. Stolen bases, Riley, Pullen, Jordan. Struck out, by Strickland 4; Primm 6. Duke 1. Base on balls, off of Strickland 2. Pased ball, Kaley 2. Left on bases, Auburn 5, Tech 4. Date Tiger Baseba Opponent and Their March 28—Mtgy. Lions April May 29—Tulane 30—Tulane 1—Mtgy. Lions 3—Ga. Tech , 4—Ga. Tech 5—B'ham.-Southern 6—B'ham.-Southern 8—Georgia 9—Georgia 12—Howard Aats 13—Howard Rats 15—Clemson 16—Clemson 19—Ga. Tech 20—Ga. Tech 19—Ga. Tech Rats 20—Ga. Tech Rats - 25—Florida 26—Florida 27—Florida 26—Marion 27—Marion • 3—Vanderbilt 4—Vanderbilt 3—Ga. Tech Rats 4—Ga. Tech Rats 10—Georgia 11—Georgia 20—Howard 21—Howard // Schedul Score ( 2) (10) ( 1) (10) ( 3) ( 8) ( 6) ( 6) ( 5) ( 8) ( 3) ( 3) ( 6) ( 4) (12) ( 8) < 7) -( 4) Auburn ( 4) ( 4) (17) ( 1) (23) (16) ( 8) (16) ( 3) ( 7) ( 5) (12) ( 6) ( 3) ( 8T ( 3) ( 4) (10) e for 1929 Score .and Place Played at Montgomery at New Oi •leans, La. at New, Orleans, La. "A" Day, at Auburn at Auburn --at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn at Athens, at Athens, at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn at Atlanta at Atlanta at Auburn at Auburn at-Panama at Panama at Panama Ga. Ga. (Rats) (Rats) (Rats) (Rats) City, Fla. City, Fla. City, Fla. at Marion (Rats) at Marion (Rats) at Auburn at Auburn at Atlanta at Atlanta at Auburn at Auburn (Rats) (Rats) at Auburn Alumni Day at Auburn THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. 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At last the question is answered." "Has true love come into your life —or didn't you recognize it when it came? Are you afraid now of the baffling, perplexing mysteries of sex relatioship? Are you discontinted with the stupid lies and furtive, ashamed answers the world gives you in place of the naked, fearless truth you desire? Do you want some safe, sane, unashamed advice on sex questions? Clip coupon below." "Men—Big Pay. South American work. Companies pay fare, expenses. "Liquor or drug habit cured or no pay". "Two Dollars if Cured." "Tobacco or Snuff Habit Cured or No Pay." "$1.50 If Cured." Various matrimonial bureaus carried advertisements, one offereing such inducements as "Ladies worth $75,000, $100,000, $200,000, $300,- 000. Quick results positively guaranteed". Another pleaded, "Try me first. Pay when married". The commission found all the advertisements complained of to be fraudulent, and many sugestive, and indecent. The company, in signing the stipulation, agreed that if it ever resumed or indulged in any of the practices in question, the stipulation as to the facts as made by the commission may be used in evidence against it in the trial of the complaint which the commission may issue. N E W B O O KS L As Reviewed by Members of the English Department ! The Valley of Olympus by Octavus | Roy Cohen: D. Appleton and Com- 'pany.'N. Y. Literary fame has its natural lim-nothing new under the sun. And yet because of this fact there is no need to say that all the great novels have already been written. The drama of ary character means to be forever associated with it. Octavus Roy Cohen, Alabama's own by mutual adop-j tion, and Birmingham's by choice of residence, has become so closely associated with Florian Slappey and other similar characters of Birming- 1 ham's Dark Town society that it is • sometimes difficult to realize that I his literary workshop turns out a very , considerable variety of other products. And yet such is indeed the case. His latest book, "The Valley of Olympus," is a romance of a young man's adventures in Hollywood. The hero is an Alabamian, a graduate of the University of Alabama and to make the character further appealing, itations. To create a popular liter- human life is still as intensely interesting as it ever was but the interest lies in the analytical presentation of character and environment rather than in the mere course of events. Herein lies the weakness of Mr. Cohen's l-ecent book. The characters in "The Valley of Olympus" are mere types and not only lack verisimilitude but also the other necessary ingredient of life, the conviction of reality. The reader feels that while the hero was nominally born in Alabama he might have been born anywhere else in America and that, not only for him but for most of the other characters as well, Mr. Cohen is doing practically all of the talking and most' of the thinking. In spite of these very obvious de- .THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN By GENE BYRNES himself and his native State in an intersectional strife on a Pasadena gridiron. The heroine quite naturally a football star who made history for fects, however, the book, as a whole, is engagingly written, as all of Mr. Cohen's stories are. The style is smooth and easy and though the novel is a movie star, a European beauty cannot in any sense be called a great with whom he falls deperately in love. Under such circumstances it is jnot difficult to foresee highly inter-i esting developments in the way of | plot. It is no serious disparagement of Mr. Cohen's book to say, however, that it belongs to that type of litera-j ture which is commonly called ephemeral. To begin with the plot is light —in fact, almost stereotyped—though it is well to remember that all the ordinary human relations have long since been pretty thoroughly depicted in literature and that so far as plots are concerned, there is indeed book or one that will greatly increase the author's fame, its perusal will be found to be a pleasant and entertaining pastime. I Kelvinator Kelvinator Refrigerator is on display at Jitney Jungles Store in Auburn. Kelvinator Refrigerator was the first electric refrigerator ever made, 15 years ago. This one is in operation today giving satisfactory service. We are very proud of our 1929 model, which is as silent as the falling snow. We are very proud to announce that this refrigerator is the most economically operated on the market. Kelvinator is unquestionably the best refrigeration that can be built for its price without sacrifice of quality anywhere along the line from raw material to finished product. You could s not buy better results. You get more for your dollars than elsewhere. We will be glad to demonstrate, or call on you. Opelika Electric Company J. L. RENFRO, Manager OPELIKA, -:- ALABAMA Fifteen Scholarships Awarded By CMTC Fifteen scholarships in e l e v en educational institutions throughout the Southeast and of a total value of approximately two thousand dollars will be awarded to deserving students in the six C. M. T. Camps of the Fourth Corps Area this summer. These awards would seem to indicate an established feeling of favor and appreciation for the product of C. M. T. Camps in our eight southeastern states. The thirty day camps this year in this section of the country are to run from June 13th to July 12th at Fort Bragg, N. C, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., Fort Moultrie, S. C, Fort Screven, Ga., Fort Barrancas, F \., and Camp McClellan, Ala. Students at each camp will have an opportunity to compete for some of these scholarships. License Proposed For Hitch-Hikers Some joker in the New Hampshire Legislature has proposed a license fee for hitch-hikers amounting to $5.50 per person. According to newspaper reports, another measure was also proposed that would require them to display two headlights and a tail light when traveling at night. No cause for laughter is contained in the pending Pennsylvania bill, however. It follows the example of New Jersey in forbidding this most pleasant and diverting form of travel Department Members All Phi Kappa Phi's The botany and planth pathology department of Oklahoma A. and M. claims a special scholastic distinction in having all members of the department, including the secretary, members of Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary scholastic fraternity. Membership in Phi Kappa Phi is taken from the ten per cent of each year's graduating class having the highest average of grades for four years' college work, and having no failures. Body Of Richards Found In River The search for Rolland G. Richards, 26, former nine-letterman at Michigan State college, who disappeared December 13, after an audit of his books at the First National Bank of Detroit disclosed a shortage of $2,500 was ended when the Detroit River gave up his body near Riverview, a Detroit suburb. Authorities declared that the body apparently had been in the water for weeks. Active search for Richards had Boys! If You Eat M E A T Buy it from your Friends MOORE'S MARKET —Phone 37— been conducted by polce in Detroit and Canada ever since his disappearance. A hat bearing his initials had been found on a ferry between Detroit and Walkerville. Richards was one of the greatest athletes to atte"nd Michigan state in recent years. He was a star back-field man on the football team, starred at forward in the basketball squad, and captained the baseball team in his senior year. He had the distinction of being one of the few men who ever graduated there with nine letters to his credit. The College of Propaganda, Rome, has contracted a loan for $1,500,000 to meet expenses for rebuilding. Cardinal Mundelein has been authorized by Pope Pius XI to negotiate the loan in the United States. OPELIKA PHARMACY INC. Prescription Druggist YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED Phone 72 Opelika, Ala. "Say it 'With fylowers" FOR ALL OCCASIONS R0SEM0NT GARDENS Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA FLORISTS With a cigarette as good as Camels the simple truth is enough CAMEL C I G A R E T T E S WHY CAMELS ARE THE BETTER CIGARETTE Camels are made of the choicest tobaccos grown—cured and Mended with expert care. Camels are mild and mellow. The taste of Camels is smooth and satisfying. Camels are cool and refreshing. The fragrance of Camels is always pleasant, indoors or out. They do not tire the taste nor leave any cigaretty after-taste. O 1929, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Winiton-Sitam. N. C. PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929. HONOR SCHEDULE OF OMICRON DELTA KAPPA IS ANNOUNCED i. SCHOLARSHIP Majors Highest Distinction Distinction Minors Winner of any departmental medal or prize. II. ATHLETICS Majors Letters in three sports Captain of any major sport Manager of any major sport All-Southern recognition in any sport. Minors Letter man major sport. President of the "A" Club Member varsity cross country . Member of team (any major sport) Captain or Manager, Minor Sport. III. SOCIAL LEADERSHIP Majors Officer of the Executive Cabinet President Y. M. C. A. President of the Senior Class Chairman Elections, Finance, Social Committee. Minors President of any other class President of the Interfraternity Council Y. M. C. A. Cabinet Best all round Ag or Engineer Member of the Executive Cabinet IV. NON-ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES Majors Colonel R. 0. T. C. Three intercollegiate debates Bus. Mgr. Band or Glee Club Minors President Literary Society Major officer in R. O. T. C. Winner declamation, oratorical, contest. President Officer of band or glee club Intercollegiate debater Pres. Auburn Players Member Theta Alpha Phi, Kappa Kappa Psi, Eta Kappa Nu, Gamma Sigma E., Phi Delta Gamma, Alpha Phi Epsilon, Alpha Mu Rho, Rho Chi, Kappa Delta Pi, Scabbard and Blade. V. CAMPUS PUBLICATIONS Major* Editor Plainsman Editor Glomerata Bus. Mgr. Plainsman Bus. Mgr. Glomerata Minors Editors and Bus. Mgrs. Departmental publications Managing Editor, News Editor, Sports Editor, Associate Editor of Plainsman. PLAINSMEN OFF CONFIDENT OF VICTORY OVER FLORIDA MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama (Continued from page 4) Capt. Howard Smith is performing at the keystone, and with Ben Newton, at first, Coach Moulton has just about solved his infield problem. Smith played errorless ball in Tech series, his first games at his former post, but failed to connect with the offering of "Kid" Clay's moundsmen. The Orange and Blue captain is playing his final games against Florida on the diamond and he is expected to wield a wicked bludgeon, one like he did last season when he led the championship Auburn nine in batting by a fraction of a point over Jim Crawford, Auburn outer gardener. Auburn's fly chasers have given Coach Moulton little to worry about but shaping a errorless infield has caused him plenty of lost sleep. Crawford, Burt and Harris will be stationed in the outfield when the Tigers clash with the 'Gators. Smith, Currie, Newton, Pate and Booth will comprise the starting infield lineup for the Moultonmen with Carter, Mc- Ghee and Harkins pitching in the order named. Peter Lee was carried along by Coach Moulton as relief hurler and might receive the nomination to start one of the trio of games. Rupert Ingram, catcher, and Dugan Taylor, utility and manager, were the other players carried on the trip to Panama City. PAPER SURVEY SHOWS INCREASE IN OUR COLLEGES Tiade with the advertisers. Our F o u n t a i n Is Always C L E A N R a t e d 1 0 0 % E v e r y Month by H e a l t h Dept. STUDENTS SUPPLY SHOP Service W i t h a Smile The Three Greeks John, Yannus and Alex "When Better Coffee is Brewed We Will Concoct It" • . ; • ' . . . ' •• Auburn Gafe See Our New JANTZEN BATHING SUITS For Men and Ladies er —Also New Line of— ARROW Shirts and FAULTLESS Pajamas Clothing Agent Here This Week To Take Your Measure GIBSON' Men's Wear s For eighteen years the Boston Transcript has annually compiled the enrollments of ninety representative American colleges and universities and presented its figures as a typically national survey. They have been acceptable, inasmuch as the curve that has been true for these institutions would have been just as true for for the many smaller colleges left out. It finds that there are today six times as many students in these colleges as were there thirty years ago. For the decade between 1890 and 1900 the gain was over 4,500 a year. For the next decade that gain was nearly 10,000 a year, and it has touched 50,000 since then. Lately there has been a steady slowing up of this phenominal increase has dropped to the lowest since the saturation point will shortly be reached. The interesting point about these figures is that this year the rate of increase has dropped to the lowest since the war. For the last five years the per cent gain has been 6.5, 5.1, 4.7, 4.8, and 3. Then tendency has obviously been a slowing up of college registration. The gain last year over the previous year was 13,800; this year it is 9,000. The total enrollment in the selected instiutions is now 301,363. It is in the freshman classes that the figures best show conditions. Last fall 75,733 entered these ninety colleges and universities as compared to 76,029 in 1927, a per cent loss of 0.389. Throughout the country half of the colleges report small freshman increase, and half small losses. The peak seems to have been reached in the number of incoming freshmen This may be due to a number of causes. Such a tremendous gain per year as happened in the first years following the armistice in Europe could not possibly be maintained permanently under the best of conditions. In the West the farming situation has not been conducive to heavier college registration. There has been the development during this period of the junior college, which is not reckoned with in the figures above, and which undoubtedly has drawn students from the smaller Western institutions. There has been the movement among endowed universities in the country toward limitation of numbers, so as deliberately to hold down the number of students to the equipment and the size of the faculty. FIVE INITIATED BY ALPHA MU RHO The Auburn chapter of Alpha Mu Rho, national honorary philosophic fraternity, held its initiation for the recently elected pledges Monday night, April 24. Those initiated were Mary Garling-ton, B. C. Blake, Carmen Teague, J. L. Neeley, and Charles S. Davis. After the initiation the new officers for next year were elected. Charles S. Davis is the new president, and B. C. Blake is the new secretary and treasui'er. 1929 GLOMERATA WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE ALUMNI OF AUBURN Student Conference Be Held In Budapest This summer an important international student congress will meet in Budapest, Hungary, from August 10th to 24th. This will be the eleventh annual congress of the Confederation International res Etudiants (C. I. E.) of which about thirty-six nations are members through their national unions of students. The National Federation of America is a member of this International Confederation of Students and will therefore be represented at the Budapest Congress. Founded in 1919 at Strasbourg, France, because of the need for the cooperation of the youth of the world, the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants convenes annually in Congress to discuss concrete means of promoting international student cooperation. It is the belief of this student organization that the best way to further international understanding is through actual co-operative activities in which the students of various countries must work together. Such activities have been to promote student self-help, international students sanatorium, an international Book Bureau, international university games, and student travel. The two weeks of the annual congress are spent, therefore, not in theoretical discussion of peace or politics, but instead in promoting the activities which will create international understanding among the youth of the world. Garrett and Brooks Attend Buyers Meet The meeting of southern educational buyers and business managers in Gainesville, Florida,' April 19-20 was attended by S. W. Garrett, business manager, and C. C. Brooks, accountant, Auburn. Upon returning to Auburn they reported a very pleasant and also a very profitable trip. They returned to Auburn, Monday. (Continued from page 1) around the 18th of May and will be distributed promptly, it was stated by members of the staff. Immediately following the opening pages appear the pictures of each president of the alumni association since 1906, together with a brief synopsis of their accomplishments during their term of office. They are: T. D. Samford, 1902-07; C. L. Harold, 1910- 12; Thomas Bragg, 1912-20; J. V. Denson, 1920-21; Charles F. DeBarde-leben, 1921-24; and Judge William H. Samford, 1924-28. There is also a picture of Gen. R. E. Noble, alumni president at the present time, and J. V. Brown, executive secretary. Following this, appear the pictures of twelve of the present vice-presidents of the Alumni Association, six pictures being placed on each page; namely: Judge L. F. Sessions, Ozark; J. D. Foy, Dothan, Dr. George Blue, Montgomery; W. R. Reynolds, Annis ton; Judge F. W. Hare, Monroeville; J. M. Moore, Montgomery; C. S. Culver, Gadsden; W. E. Henley, Birming ham; W. M. Williams, Washington, D. C ; M. S. Sloan, New York; O. E. Edwards, New York; and Lee Ash-craft, Atlanta, Ga. The 1929 Glomerata has many outstanding features which mark it a disinct accomplishment in the publications of the Auburn student body. The cover will be of black antique mission grain, extremely simple in design. Embossed at the top will be a tiger head, in deep red, within a metallic bronze shield border. The words, Glomerata, 1929, will be embossed in the lower right hand corner. On the twelve opening pages there are drawings in four colors. The building section, which consists of eight full-page photographs of campus views, is also done in four naturalistic colors. These colors are identical with the ones which appear in the actual campus view. In the senior section the pictures are arranged eight to a page, there being four pictures in horizontal panels both at the top and bottom of the page. Senior pictures in the past have always been run in vertical panels. Between these two panels is a very dim outline of the Main Gate, over which the printed matter appears. On the sub-division pages of the athletic section there are pen and ink drawings of the team captains of each of the four major sports. These were drawn by Prof. Frank W. Applebee of the school of architecture. At the end of each section in the book there is a full-page pen and ink drawing - of campus scenes done by Charlie Davis. Sam Pope has drawn a number of pen and ink sketches which mark the endings of several sub-divisions of the book. In the baseball section a sketch of a regular baseball diamond covers two pages, and pictures of the various players are placed at the correct positions on the diamond. The entire feature section of the book is done in brown sepia ink on pebbled paper. The snapshot section is most' attractive this year, and there are eight pages instead of six as in the other books of recent years. The motive of this year's book carried out in the division pages represents modern college activities in the foreground with a parallel scene taken from Greek mythology appearing dimly in the background toward the top of the page. The drawings for each of these division pages, which appear in four colors, were made by an experienced artist of New York City. COLLEGE PAPERS TEND SUPPRESS INJURIOUS NEWS In their effort to suppress the unfavorable news stories that originate on their campuses, a great many educational institutions are injuring their relations with the public and press, declared R. W. Madry, director of the News Bureau of the University of Noi-th Carolina in an address in Nashville Tenn., before the fifteenth annual meeting of the American Association of College News Bureaus, in session at Vanderbilt University. It is an unwise policy for educational institutions to attempt to suppress legitimate news, and many more of them have come to realize this fact in recent years, Mr. Madry said. "In fact, real news can't be suppressed," Mr. Madry added. "Real news will get out, regardless of attempts of college officials toward suppression. True, it may be suppressed temporarily, as frequently it is, but the fact remains that a good story that is fit to print is going to get into print sooner or later. "And once newspapers learn that an institution is trying to suppress a story, the chances are nine out of ten that they will give that particular story a much bigger play than they would have had it been given to the papers when it first broke." Other speakers at this session included John Price Jones, New York financial campaign expert, who discussed publicity in relation to institutional financing; Roscoe B. Ellard, director of the Lee Memorial School i of Journalism, Washington and Lee University, whose topic was "Utilizing the Department of Journalism in News Dissemination"; A. G. Strough ton, director of the News Service at Bucknell University, whose subject was "Coordinating Alumni Activities with Publicity," and C. R. House, head of the Department of Journalism and director of the News Service at Wesleyan College, who discussed pub licity methods for the small denomi national college. HOOVER ACCOMPLISHES MANY MINOR REFORMS SINCE IN OFFICE Trade with the advei-tisers. WE MAKE r / T ^ O NEWSPAPER I X MAGAZINE x w CATALOG CUTS Tonik For Cats and Wounds Prevent infection! Treat e v e r y c u t , w o u n d or scratch with this powerful non-poisonous antiseptic. Zonite actually kills germs. Helps to heal, too. Herbert Clark Hoover, who has been in the White House about six weeks, has probably accomplished more in the way of minor reforms than any other President has done in an entire term. Some of these more or less radical changes could hardly be termed reforms, but they have served to alter the physical appearance of the executive domains, and to shift duties from one side to another so profusely that any former Chief Executive would probably fail to recognize his former office, and official as well as private haunts. Among the more notable changes that Mr. Hoover has instituted are. (1) Instead of the customary two, Mr. Hoover will retain only one medical advisor (Lieut. Commander Joel T. Boone). (2) The First Lady of the Land will not retain any Secret Service men for personal protection as has been the custom for the last two administrations. (3) For the first time in many years (probably since the Roosevelt Administration) a cradle has been set up in the White House. This is for the convenience of Herbert C. Hoover III, the President's grandson. (4) Four new Pierce Arrows, a Lincoln, and a Packard, each bearing the seal of the United States are parked in the White House garage for the use of the Presidential Family. (5) Mr. Hoover found the Presidential four-poster bed (used by Abraham Lincoln) discouraging to Presidential slumber, and had his own bed moved in. (6) Presidents in the past have rarely used the telephone in the ante-hasroom of the executive office, so no one has ever bothered to have one installed on the President's desk. Herbert Hoover frequently has telephone conferences, saving Cabinet members and Senate Committee Chairmen tiresome trips to the White House, so for his convenience a telephone has been installed in his private office. (7) President Hoover has had the yacht "Mayflower" decommissioned. This saves $300,000 annual maintenance, and sends nine officers and 148 men back to regular naval duty. (8) As Mr. Hoover is no yachtsman, he is no inveterate horseman, so he had the Presidential stables closed.' This act saves around $20,000 annually and sends some 15 horses and 10 men back to regular military duty. (9) Two fishing tracts have long been under the eagle eyes of Mr. Hoover's right-hand man and $10,000 per year secretary Lawrence Richey. Last week one of these tracts was leased, and another was purchased (in the name of Lawrence Richey). Both are in Virginia, near Washington. (10) The Executive Offices are being enlarged, and the basement of the White House is being renovated. The former for more elbow room and the latter for storage space. (11) The West embankment of the White House lawn is being cut away to permit basement windows. (12) An idle existence for the military aides is a thing of the past. The two new aides, Lieut. Col. Campbell B. Hodges, U. S. A., and Capt. Allen Buchanan, U. S. N., have been supplied with desks and office space, and will probably take care of minor army and navy questions, and thereby lighten the burden of the President. RED'S PLACE Pay Cash Pay Less 0PELIKA FLORAL CO. " S a y It W i t h F l o w e r s" FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS P h o n e Opelika 211 Don't Forget Mother MAY 12 We Have Appropriate Gifts And Cards- The Student Supply Shop For Things T h a t A r e Different HiM* M V "*v^» SLOT MACHINES The slot machines on college premises have helped their makers to amass a sum of money amounting to $35,000,000 during 1927, in pennies alone. A stick of gum, a square of chocolate, or weigh told for a cent, keep pennies in circulation. Delicious and Refreshing mm PAUSE Am OF COURSE IT'S NO FAIR PLAYING THE PROCTOR AND SPYING OUT SUCH A DELICATE SITUATION AS THIS. BUT THEN, WE'RE NO PROCTOR. AND WE CAN RESIST ANYTHING BUT TEMPTATION. ©VE* 8 M I L L I ON A DAY J All of which goes to prove (if we may be excused for saying so) that the pause that refreshes is the janest temptation which millions ever succumbed to. And to these same millions the pause that refreshes has come to mean an ice-cold Coca-Cola. Its angling, delicious taste and cool after-sense of refreshment have proved that a little minute is long enough for a big rest any time. The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta. Ga. YOU CAN'T BEAT THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES I T H AD T O B E G O O D T O O E T W H E R E I T CD-S I s |
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