1926-09-24 The Plainsman

              NEXT SATURDAY IS
DAD'S DAY THE PLAINSMAN TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
PULLING FOR AUBURN-ALABAMA
GAME
VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1926 NUMBER 3
STAGE ALL SET FOR AUBURN-CHATTANOOGA GAME SATURDAY
R.O.T.C. OFFICERS FOR
YEAR ARE MADE KNOWN
F. H. Ingram Appointed
Colonel; S. H. Lynne,
G. C. Ellis, Lieut. Col­onels.
126 Officers
Named
Forney H. Ingram will be the Com­mander
of the Field Artillery Unit,
according to information received
here last Saturday, September 18.
Second in command will be George
C. Ellis. Charles W. Roberts and
William A. Walker were appointed
majors.
In the Infantry Unit, S. H. Lynne
was made lieutenant colonel and
Joseph E. Robinson, major. This is
the last year that the Infantry Unit
of the R. O. T. C. will make its ap­pearance
in Auburn. This year only
Seniors are permitted to choose that
branch of training.
Jack N. Nelms, Cadet Major, will
command the Engineer Unit. Aiding
him will be Cadet Captains Edwards,
Crawford, Williams, Bilbe, Baker, and
McPherson.
The following appointments of
Cadet Officers in the Field Artillery
Unit, Reserve Officers Training
Corps, Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
are announced, effective September
18, 1926:
To be Cadet Colonel—Ingram, For­ney
H.
Cadet Lieutenant Colonel—Ellis,
George C.
Cadet Majors—Roberts, Charles
W.; Walker, William A.
Cadet Captains—Driver, Louis F.
Jr,; Street, Jabez C.; Lovelace, John
C.; Stephens, Miles E.; Goode, Bryan
C.; Barnes, John E.; White, Leonard
P.; Higgins, Burnie E.; Wilder, John
M.; Dow, Clayton H.; Atherton,
James P.
Cadet First Lieutenants—Stewart,
James D.; McDaniel, John A.; Odom,
James J.; Martin, Leon B.; Baker,
Fred P.; Balkcom, Thomas W.; Ber­tram,
Francis E.; Burns, Roy R.;
Caldwell, Clarence G.; Dallis, Mau­rice
P.; Jones, Joseph A.; Kaley, Wil­liam
E.; Marsh, Robert B.; Morrow,
Walter L.; Phipps, Wales H. f Pruett,
William G.; Roche, Joseph "P.; Shell,
Thurston B.; Tucker, William R.;
Walters, John B.; Waldrop, Wilford
E.; Carter, Rodney G.; Curtis, Ben­jamin
P.; Matthews, Shackelford;
Conner, Vonnie G.; Garrett, Alex R.
Cadet Second Lieutenants—Allen,
James N.; Burkhalter, Preston B.;
Crowley, Walter O.; Creel, James C;
Davis, James B.; Feagin, John L.;
Francis, William H.; Frank, William
M.; Fuller, Joseph L.; Grooms, Roy
S.; Hamilton, Andrew J.; Hardy, Rob­ert
M.; Herren, James M.; Hobart,
Thomas F.; Johnson, Clyde A.; Long,
Spurgeon R.; Marks, William M.;
Molette, William P.; Parker, George
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PROGRAM
Tiger Theater
NEW FACES ARE
TO BE SEEN IN
LOCAL FACULTY
Many Departments Increase
Teaching Faculties
THE AUBURN SPIRIT
There have been a number of new
men added to the teaching staffs of
the different departments at Auburn
this year. Some of them are here to
fill the places left vacant by members
of the faculty who have gone else-of
these men are graduates of Au­burn.
Among the latter we find C. R.
Sounders, who received both his M.S.
and B.S. at Auburn, as instructor in
the Chemistry Department, and H. H.
Pike, a last year's graduate, who will
serve as assistant state chemist in the
State Laboratory here.
The, Engineering Department has
also added two Auburn men to its
j staff. . F. P. Jones, B.S., instructor
in drawing and machine design, and
Iness Satistics the second semester.
Iceived his B.S. degree but who also
[completed the electrical engineering
course off ere dby the Westinghouse
Electric Co., as instructor in electri­cal
engineering.
Two new men have been placed in
the Architectural Department. F. W.
Appleby, a graduate of Massachusetts
Normal College takes the place of
Professor Staple as Assistant profes­sor
of drawing, watercolor, and mod­els,
and R. K. Posey, B.S., a grad­uate
of Auburn, as instructor in ar­chitecture.
The Physics Department has been
very fortunate in securing R. L.
Tumbling, A.B., as instructor. Tamb-ling,
a graduate of the University of
Illinois, also served as assistant there,
and comes to Auburn highly recom­mended.
He takes W. L. Rose' place,
the latter having gone elsewhere to
teach.
(Continued on page 6)
AUBURN AND CHATTANOOGA
TO MEET IN SEASON OPENER
S L N I O R CLASS!Tigers and Moccasins to
URGES AUBURN Cla,h" F!r,t Game
ALABAMA GAME
Petition for Resumption of Ath­l
e t i c Relations Is Unani­mously
Passed
Friday, Sept. 24
"The Campus Flirt"
Comedy. Admission 25c
Saturday, Sept. 25
"Fascinating Youth"
Comedy. Admission 25c
Monday, Sept. 27
"Nell Gwyn"
Comedy. Admission 25c
Tuesday, Sept. 28
"Sunny Side Up"
Comedy. Admission 25c
Wednesday, Sept. 29
"Tin Gods"
Comedy. Admission 25c
Thursday, Sept. 30
"The Cat's Pajamas"
Comedy. Admission 25c
W A PI REOPENS
WITH INCREASE
IN WAVE LENGTH
Special Musical Program Ren­dered
on New Wavelength
of 461.3 Meters
R. ALSTON TO BE
IN CHARGE OF
CARTOON^ DEPT
Artist Whose Cartoon Appears
Above to Head New
Department
After being silent for three weeks
radio station WAPI, the Victor Han­son
radiophone of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, has opened its fall
and winter session with a wavelength
of 461.3 meters, according to official
announcement. To date this station
has operated on 248 meters. The
change was made in order that the
station might serve Alabama more
effectively.
On Tuesday, September 21, at 8
o'clock, the first program of the sea­son
was rendered with Mrs. Mary
Drake Askew, chief musician of the
college, in charge. Miss Nina Heard,
piano and Mrs. Homer Teal, soprano,
both of Lanett, were the special mu­sicians
of the evening. Besides the
musical program rendered by the
Lanett musicians, the studio orches­tra
broadcasted .a full program.
During last season the studio or­chestra
was one of the most popular
features of station WAPI. The or­chestra
for this season consists of
seven members, including Mrs. Mary
Drake Askew, violin, Auburn; Miss
Mary Elizabeth Motley, piano, Mont­gomery;
Paul Fontelle, saxaphone,
Ensley; Dick Yorbrough, saxaphone,
Auburn; Levin Foster, cornet, Birm­ingham;
John McCaa, banjo, Annis-ton,
and F. W. Perkins, drummer,
Bessemer.
All of these are popular musicians
and most of them were members of
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One of the most striking innova­tions
in the make-up of this year's
Plainsman is the publishing of a car­toon
on the front page. Very few
of the college papers of the country
have as yet adopted this idea and it
has been with a slight hesitancy that
the plan has been tried for the first
time. It is believed, however, that
the addition of this feature to the
front page will increase its attrac­tiveness
one hundred per cent.
R. Alston, of Stevenson, is the orig­inator
of this idea and to him goes
the, credit for the first cartoon. Al­ston
is a junior in the Architectual
Department and has had some ex­perience
in this line. Any one who
possesses such talent and who wishes
to try his hand at Plainsman work
should get in touch with Alston and
apply for a position on his staff. _
DR. C. S. YARBROUGH
RE-ELECTED MAYOR
Practically all of the old regime
were returned to their places in the
city's government as a result of the
election held in Auburn, Monday.
Dr. C. S. Yarbrough was elected
Mayor over W. D. Copeland. This
will make the fifth -term that Dr.
Yarbrough has served as mayor, and
during the past eight years he has
done much for the improvement of
the town. Within the last two years
eight miles of concrete sidewalks
have been laid, three miles of paving,
trunk sewers have been constructed,
and a great improvement has been ac­complished
in the health conditions
of the town.
The Council were all returned with
the exception of S. L. Toomer. Those
elected were: H. W. Wright, W. D.
Martin, A. L. Thomas, Dr. B. B. Ross,
and C. F. Little. Others on the
ticket were: C. R. Hixon, H. D.
Jones, W. V. Jones, and J. G. Beas-ley.
Ed Huguley Old Tiger
Star Sends Message
. \
Dear Red Roberts,
Let your team know the student
body is behind and with them to a
man, through thick or thin, weal or
woe,
"No Auburn team ever quit and no
j Auburn student body ever failed to
stand by its team. When the going
is hard and the team is meeting with
stubborn resistance then is the time
to "stand by" and send Auburn's
"battle cry" ringing- over the field,
can do -it and dttehBu, redu,TAO
The psychologist well understands the i
power of "moral support." Let your
team know you believe they can do
it and they will do it. Many has been
[the time I have heard, with pleasure,
j some spectator at a football game
I remark "the Auburn team and root­ers
never give up." Auburn has an
enviable reputation. The "Auburn
Spirit" has become famous over the
Southland, and the Plainsmen are
noted for their hard clean playing.
Others, who have served their time
and done their best, have passed the
torch to you and said, Carry on Au­burn!
Carry on!
Thousands of Auburn Alumni will
be following the success of the team
this fall with the keenest interest.
Sincerely,
ED. HUGULEY.
Ed. Huguley, '01, one of the great­est
quartersbacks ever to wear the
Orange and Blue expresses his inter­est
in the Auburn Team through a
personal letter. We always appre­ciate
such statements from our al­umni.
SOCIAL COM.
TOR1926'27
IS SELECTED
P. Atherton Is Chosen Chair­man
of Body Which Will
Direct Social Affairs
AUBURN TO HAVE
FINE WHITE WAY
The white way, discussed so much
by the students and citizens of Au-rer.
iity. The greatest obstacle to be
bum in past years, is to become a
overcome is the problem of securing
money to pay for the system.
The city has in the past few months
spent some $75,000 in paving its
streets, and has very little money
left for other improvements. By
state law, a town is allowed to float
only a certain amount in bonds, ac­cording
to its population. In the case
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Student Council on Monday night
in their first business meeting of the
year selected the members of the So­cial
Committee to function during the
present school term. J. P. Atherton
| of Montgomery and a member of the
j Phi Delta Theta Fraternity was de-
I signed as chairman of this body.
The position which this committee
| occupies in Auburn is one of primary
importance as it has charge of all the
! arrangements for the three annual
i dances, one of the most popular of
the recreational features of the col­lege
program. In addition to secur­ing
the orchestra, setting the dates
of the several proms and sending out
invitations, it must also decorate
the gymnasium on these occasions,
no mean task in itself.
Consciencious endeavor on the
part of this group results in whole­some
entertainment and a high mor­ale,
but their slackness may also cause
a severe letting down of the bars of
sobriety and propriety.
This body is composed of repre­sentatives
from the four classes in
the ratio of four for the Seniors,
three Juniors, two from the Sopho­more
class and a single Freshman.
Men are chosen for this position not
only because of their social interests
and activities but also their general
prominence on the campus and proved
capability.
Members of this year's committee
with their respective classes and fra­ternities
are: Seniors, J. P. Atherton,
Montgomery, Phi Delta Theta; J. M.
Garrett, Jr., Elba, Theta Chi; W. V.
Albright, Laurens, S. C, Sigma Al­pha
Epsilon; B. W. Vaughn, Opelika,
Kappa Sigma, Juniors, C. A. Manley,
Birmingham, Pi Kappa Alpha; B. E.
Meadows, Birmingham, Sigma Phi
Sigma; H. C. Hopson, Leesburg, Fla.,
Phi Kappa Delta. Sophomores, R.
W. Parker, Jacksonville, Fla., Kappa
Alpha; L. A. Hixon, Monroeville, Al­pha
Tau Omega. Freshman, J. N.
Crump, Montgomery, Pi Kappa Phi.
The present Senior Class of Au­burn
has seen fit to step forward
and proclaim that the sister colleges,
the University of Alabama and the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, both
of the state of Alabama, have dropped
the ill-feeling which once existed be­tween
them and are now ready to
join hands and hearts in the sports
which are of interest to both insti­tutions.
At the first Senior Class meeting
of the year, a resolution, which-set
forth the plans by which the colleges
should come together in sports, was
read to the class. After a short dis­cussion,
a unanimous vote of the
class was cast in favor of the resol­ution's
being pushed forward. A
junior and sophomore class meeting
was called to consider the same res­olution
and from all reports the mem­bers
of those classes feel the same
way as the Seniors.
The student body, the alumni of
the institution, and a large per cent
of the business men of the state are
interested in knowing to what the
step taken by the class of '27 will
lead. On every corner at Auburn,
students can be heard expressing their
hopes that the two colleges will come
to terms and manifest some true
sportsmanship whe nthey do clash
horns.
Back in the early part of the twen­tieth
century when Alabama and Au­burn
were practicing what has been
termed, "free for all fight," neither
institution had entirely laid aside its
babyish ways, according to discus­sion
at class meeting, Tuesday. To­day
the colleges have put away child
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of Season on Drake
Field
MANY COEDS
ENROLLED AT
AUBURN NOW
"Auburn^ sweet Auburn, loveliest
village of the plains," seems to be
the center of attraction for the girls
this year. , Why? No one dares to
answer. Of course its not the boys;
it's the school. This year the enroll­ment
is the greatest ever witnessed
at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
for the co-eds. Smith Hall was
filled early in the spring. The Stod-ghill
home, which the college has
rented for a dormitory, is also filled,
Still there are others who are stay­ing
out in town, and those that live
here, while there are many who come
and go every day.
Many of the girls not only came
from Alabama, but Georgia and Flor­ida
as well. There have been about
50 new girls to register, together with
more than one hundred old girls.
Home Economics and Secondary Ed­ucation
have the largest percentage
of girls registered by courses. Other
coeds are registered in, General Art,
General Business, Art and Architec­tual
courses. There is one lone coed
who intends to become a Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine.
NOTICE FRATERNITIES
A complete list of your pledges to­gether
with their home addresses
should be mailed in to this office not
later than Tuesday, September 28,
in order to be published in the Home­coming
Issues of The Plainsman.
Please don't delay, as we wish to have
a list from each fraternity on the
campus.
Drake Field will be the scene of
Auburn's first test of the 1926 foot­ball
season when the Tiger of the
Plains tackles the Moccasins of Chat­tanooga
University. The game is ex­pected
to be a thriller from the min­ute
the referee's whistle smites the
air until the curtain is rung down by
a blast of the self-same whistle.
The initial bow of the local eleven
wil n'ot be a set-up according to ad­vanced
dope which has leaked in
from the camp of the Tennessee lads.
To the contrary the first encounter
will be one of the toughest scraps on
the schedule as the mountain youths
have been at hard work for over a
month, pointing for this particular
contest and in addition to superiority
of practice they will enjoy the ad­vantage
of two veteran teams.
Information that has been gleaned
from time to time during the season's
practice indicates that the visitors
will possess an exceptionally strong
offensive with a bewildering assort­ment
of forward passes, line plays
and end runs. The defense relies
upon an abundance of weight and
speed to break up hopeful Auburn
rallies.
Chattanooga players will probably
arrive in Opelika on Friday remaining
in the neighboring city until noon
Saturday when they will invade the
village. It is thought that the Moc­casin
coaches, who, by the way, re­ceived
their training under the re­nowned
Knute Rockne, will be ac­companied
by. a squad of thirty or
more players.
Coach Morey has been pushing the
Orange and Blue aspirants through •
a series of scrimmages, signal prac­tices
and conditioning exercises for
the past three weeks and expects to
present a formidable line-up in the
opener. Of course many of the lines­men
and several of the backs will
appear for the first time in a varsity
uniform and allowances must be made
for a slight amount of nervousness
on their part. Only five veterans
•will be seen in the opening line-up,
it is believed. They are, Turner,
Market, Allen, Long, Salter.
One of the biggest problems con­fronting
the Tiger Mentor this year
is his kicking department. No one
has been developed yet to fill Pea
Greene's shoes while the educated toe
of Clabber Williams will be sorely
missed when the free points after
touchdowns are needed. Nelson,
Tamplin and Hartselle have been
showing up well in the punting line
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PROGRAM
College Show
Friday, Sept. 24
"Pals First"
Amission 10 and 25c
Saturday, Sept, 25
'Talse Alarm"
Amission 10 and 25c
Monday, Sept. 27
"Social Celebrity"
Amission 10 and 25c
Wednesday, Sept. 29
"No Man's Gold"
News and Comedy
Amission 10 and 25c
Friday, Oct. 1
'The Great Reception"
Comedy
Amission 10 and 25c
Saturday, Oct. 2
"The Sea Bent"
Comedy
Admission 15 and 30c
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WHY NOT AN AUBURN-ALABAMA
GAME?
The action taken by the Senior Class
in their first meeting of the year on Tues­day
in regard to the proposed resumption
of athletic relations with our sister insti­tution,
the University of Alabama, is to be
highly commended. For several years the
matter has been pending but has lacked
the necessary impetus- to place it before the
proper authorities. In a petition adopted
by a unanimous Vote of the class the ath­letic
board of the institute was asked to
take such steps.as they might deem nec­essary
for the renewal of athletic relations
between the two state schools, severed
some time ago.
It is absurd to think that two educa­tional
institutions of their recognized
.standing could not meet on the gridiron,
diamond or basketball court in sportsman­like
competition without petty squabling
and the brawls of roughnecks. Those who
oppose a return of the former spirit be­tween
the two colleges seemingly fail to
recognize that the nature of both student
bodies has undergone a marked change
since the last game played between the
. two. New coaching systems have been in­troduced
and an entirely different style
of play is now in vogue. There is very
little of the old element of "winning by
hook or crook" attached to the modern
contest. Ideals of fair play have sup­planted
those of revenge as the students
have been further educated in sportsman­ship.
We believe that there is a feeling among
the students and faculty of the Univer­sity
kindred to our own and we anxiously
await its manifestation. Aside from feel­ings
of state and school pride, the per­sonal
element is very largely responsible
for the action recently taken by the senoirs.
Sons of many men who claim Alabama as
their Alma Mater are enrolled in the va­rious
engineering and agricultural courses
at Auburn. It is but natural that they
should be interested in a meeting of the
teams of the two institutions.
When Alabama went to the Pacific
Coast to seek new laurels, the Crimson
Tide had no more loyal supporters at the
thousands of matinees than the wearers of
the Orange and Blue. When Alabama and
Auburn met year before last in the South­ern
Conference basketball tournament in
Atlanta there was no evidence of the ran-corwhich
is generally supposed to exist be­tween
the student bodies. On the other
hand the spectators were greatly impressed
by the friendly spirit prevailing through­out
the contest.
A striking parallel may be drawn in the
resumption of athletic relations between
Georgia and Georgia Tech, the two leading
colleges of our neighboring state. When
they were forced to sever connections be­cause
of inability to play a clean, fair
game it was generally .conceded that their
days of competition interse were at an
end. However the past two years have
seen these ancient rivals at it again with
renewed vigor and playing a game free
from all suggestion of quibbling. Must
we admit that we are not capable of being
the sportsmen they have shown themselves
to be?
Auburn and Alabama men meet on an
equal footing on the fields of life, busi­ness
and politics, why not \ on athletic
fields? How about it, Alabama?
Senior Class Petition
First—The Senior Class of 1927 of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute being aware"
of the fine spirit existing between the stu­dents
and faculty of the University of Ala­bama
and the students and faculty of Au­burn,
petition you, if you think such to be
to the best interest of the college and any
other agency that might be involved, to
negotiate with the proper officials of the
University of Alabama for the full resump­tion
of athletic relationship between the
University of Alabama and Auburn.
Second—We suggest that in the event
this petition meets with your approval and
the approval of the University officials
that games be scheduled as soon as prac­ticable.
Third—We realize that the public, in
which a great percentage of the alumni of
both institutions that favor this resump­tion
are included, is eager for the resump­tion
of this athletic relationship between
the University and Auburn and we believe
we as a state institution should show our
willingness to cooperate to this extent.
Fourth—In petitioning you for the re­sumption
of athletic relationship with the
University, we are actuated primarily in
our desire for the. highest type of sports­manship,
and with a feeling that such can­not
quite exist so long as the two institu­tions
decline to engage in collegiate sports
with one another.
Fifth—We offer as a mere suggestion
that football contracts be signed for a
five-year period and the contracts in the
other branches of sports be of such dura­tion
as may be deemed best by the officials
of the two colleges.
Sixth—We make no recommendations,
whatever, as to where football games should
be played but we should like to have one
series of baseball played on the Auburn
campus and one on the University campus
each year if such plans meet with the ap­proval
of the officials of the two institu­tions.
_
COLLEGE NIGHT
College Night, the first general get-to­gether,
has come and gone, leaving in its
wake an in'dellible memory of the occasion
in the riiinds of the freshmen. One never
quite gets over the thrill of a mass-meet­ing
in Auburn as often as the experiment
has been repeated. Nor should he for it is
through this avenue alone, as secret prac­tice
is now underway, that he may Show
to his fellow students his individual loy­alty
and enthusiasm.
The meeting last Friday night was well
attended and the spirit was not lacking.
The crowd behaved in an orderly manner
while in Langdon Hall and no seats were
mangled as has happened many times on
former occasions. There were not nearly
so many empty seats as have been in evi­dence
at previous demonstrations of this
nature: The freshmen responded nobly to
the frantic efforts of "Red" Roberts and
the roof was placed in danger of its safety
by the mighty volume of yell which welled
up beneath it. The very atmosphere tended
to bring back memories of former scenes
when sons of Auburn met in historic old
Langdon Hall to convince their team of
their own unbounded confidence in them.
Only one thing seemed lacking to the
reproduction of the old picture and that
was the absence of the parade of old stu­dents
and rats which wended its triumphant
way through the streets of Auburn, headejd
by our incomparable band and keeping time
to the strains of that old war song of the
plains, "Glory, glory, dera old Auburn."
College Night is the original "Experience
that comes but once in a lifetime," for one
never seems to feel quite the same thrill he
experiences on his first contact with the
true spirit of the Tiger of the Plains. The
first time he proclaims the great Auburn
Bird to the world or beseeches the -blood­thirsty
feline to masticate his opponents is
the culmination of pride. This feeling
does not die out with the fading of youth
but is mellowed with the passing of the
years and is transformed into a deep, abid­ing
regard and affection for Auburn.
In the behavior and the ideas of the
speakers expressed at this time one sees an
entirely different aspect of the renowned
Auburn Spirit. It is one of buoyancy
which approaches exhuberance and is just
as necessary in the lifeone expects to lead
after the close of his college career as
studious habits. We feel that this mani­festation
of the students' esteem for their
Alma Mater coming forth as spontaneous­ly
as it does is the Auburn Spirit in its
most refined state. It is a sort of glorifi­cation
of the ideals for which the institu­tion
stands.
Coach Morey was unable to be present
owing to other duties but he sent a message
of encouragement and a plea for the un­divided
support of the student body. It
was pointed out that secret practice would
be necessary as reports had come to him
time after time advising him that spies
would be sent here to get our plays and
signals.
It is very important that the students
obey the wishes of Morey in this instance
as a single spy could easily don a rat cap
and escape notice if a crowd were on hand.
Our sympathy goes out to anyone who
goes snooping around Drake Field with the
intention of securing information in a
clandestine manner. Woe be unto him if
the student body learns of his underhanded
tactics.
Another year will elapse before another
College Night, but there will be many mass
meetings before that date. The next meet­ing
of this nature will be announced on
the windows up town as well as through
the columns of this paper. Let's turn out
in full force next time and let that team
know that we're still behind them.
RELIEF FOR STORM-STRICKEN
FLORIDA
For several days now the newspapers of
the country have carried screaming head­lines
announcing the ever-increasing death
total exacted by the terrific storm which
has swept over Florida within the last
week.- Stories of _dire suffering and de­vastated
areas have found their way to
the world's attentive ear. One of the
greatest trajedies the South has ever known
has created chaos in the once-peaceful
land of sunshine and joy. Many families
have been left homeless and entirely de­pendent
upon the generosity of their fel­low
countrymen. Relief is being rushed
to the stricken area by all available means
and messages of condolence are pouring
into the terror-stricken state.
Here in Auburn, removed but a short
distance from the awful calamity, we feel
a deep sympathy for our unfortunate
neighbors. There are, marty students in
the college from the state of Florida who
have been directly affected by the storm.
To them we offer our sincerest appre­ciation
of their losses and tender our mea­gre
assistance.
There should be some ixternal manifes­tation
of Auburn's interest in the relief
work which is being carried on under the
direction of the American Red Cross. The
Plainsman Staff offers its assistance in a
move of this nature and suggests that a
sum be collected and sent to the suffering
populace. Any, donation however small
would be appreciated and the value of
the friendship thus advanced could not be
measured in dollars and cents.
Contributions "to this fund should be
I
turned in at the office of this paper to­gether
with the name of the donnor. A
complete list of these names together with
the amount each one contributes will "be
published in the columns of this publi­cation.
, "
It would be another step taken in the
right direction and would convince the
citizens of the afflicted area of the inter­est
Auburn feels in their plight and of
their willingness to aid in any humanitarian
project.
bit bashful, in proclaiming it to the world.
Naturally we are overjoyed at seeing
the interest the rats are taking in the Au­burn
football prospects, but there is such
a thing as carrying the spirit a little too
far. Some thoughtless youth started a
small fire on the same spot which nas been
the scene of victorious bonfires for many
years without stopping to consider that a
new and expensive pavement had been laid
there since last year at this time. Little
di dhe imagine that this small blaze would
grow into a roaring conflagration in a short
while or that a terrific heat would be gen­erated
by a bonfire. As a result the new
street, which has been the dream of sev­eral
generations of Auburnites and which
was put down at a great sacrifice by the
citizens of Auburn, was materially dam­aged
by. the heat. Certainly if he had
stopped to consider the result of his ac­tions
this student would not have kindled
the blaze on this location.
This hilarity served but to ignite the
spark of deviltry and send hundreds of
freshmen scurrying through the streets to
seize and vent their enthusiasm upon any
number of vehicles and their unoffending
occupants. Several strangers report that<
their progress was not only impeded by
the masses in the street which would have
been perfectly natural after a mass meet­ing,
but that their cars, were seized and
held back in some cases while in others
they were pushed far up on the sidewalk.
What sort of impression of Auburn did
these strangers carry away with them? Not
very complimentary to say the least.
Being in a mood for entertainment the
disorderly parade of freshmen surged into
the Tiger Theater, down one isle, up the
other and then out again. True, they did
not disturb any of the property of the
show house but they did annoy those who
had come there to enjoy the performance.
Foreman has not criticized this intrusion
by word or action and he was accommodat­ing
in admitting this yelling horde, but the
principle involved is entirely wrong.
The scene shifted from the theater to
Monteith's pool room where the frenzied
rodents again put on their little act. Such
invasions of private property should not be
sanctioned by the upperclassmen and will
not be countenanced in the future by the
college authorities.
As if they had not done enough the
mob swept down to the railroad station
where another fire was kindled for the
purpose of stopping the Dixie Flyer. Thus
another innocent party suffered to provide
pleasure for the marauders.
The unoffending sidewalks next came in
the way of the prowlers and were promptly
cluttered up with automobiles, wagons and
what not. What an asset this pep would
be on Drake Field Saturday afternoon when
the Tigers clash with Chattanooga. When
it is directed into the right channels and
IS PROPERLY ORGANIZED there can not
be too much enthusiasm, but when it takes
the form of mob frenzy the limit has been
exceeded.
Hereafter let us confine the demonstra­tions
of our feelings for Auburn to the
football field and the mass meetings.
OVERCONFIDENCE
We wish to join Coach Morey in urging
the students not to become overconfident of
a victory in the first game of the season,
for, as he has pointed out the University
of Chattanooga has a good, first-class club,
and has been pointing for the Auburn game
for more than a month.' Naturally he does
net wish to prime the Tigers for their first
combat as the danger of growing stale as
the season progressed would be too great.
There must be no under-estimating the
strength of our opponents. They have two
complete teams of seasoned material and
they are out to win. We have but a frag­ment
of one team of seasoned players and
we are out to find our strength in the
first encounter.
If our hopes are raised too high and de­feat
becomes our lot, then a serious blow
will have been dealt our spirit and the
support of the freshment will be endan­gered
for they cannot understand that the
University of Chattanooga's victory would
not affect o.ur chances at a Southern Con­ference
Championship.
Get out there on the bleachers Saturday
afternoon, cheer for your team whether
they happen to be the long or short end
and you have done your part. Do not be
of the count, hope and work for victory
too confident of winning, however, as the
breaks might go against us.
TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM
In times past the problem troubling the
cheer leaders, coaches and upper classmen
in general was the creating of enthusiasm
in the ranks of the newly initiated fresh­men.
Those who set out this year on a
similar mission have exceeded their goal.
The rats this year have long since acquired
an overboundance of that subtle quality
known as pep and have not been the least
IS JESUS A MYTH?
Realizing that the Christian religion is
undergoing a supreme test in this transi­tional
age and believing that it is as much
a part of Auburn as the regular curri­culum
of the college, we should deem it
a service well rendered if the arguments
of modern skeptics were refuted. We
realize the impossibility of arguing the
numerous phases of this controversy be­fore
you and should like to invite your
consideration to the question, "Was Jesus
an historical personage?" With a wealth
of material at our disposal the problem is
one of selection. An article appearing in
the recent issue of The Nation we believe
to be especially lucid on this point and we
pass it on to you:
"The publication in America of George
Brandes's 'Jesus, a Myth,' contending that
no such person as Jesus ever lived and that
He is as completely a myth as Hercules or
Prometheus, has already produced news­paper
headlines. Yet this theory, far from
being new, belongs to the childhood of
biblical criticism. The roots from which
it developed go back at least a century
and a half; its fully developed form is
some fifty years old; and it is, indeed, one
of the most immediately obvious solutions
of the difficulties which the study of the
growth of Christianity involves.
"As everybody knows, the New Testa­ment
is extremely unsatisfactory as a series
of historical documents. That it remained
for so many centuries unquestioned is due
chiefly to the fact that the great age of
the Church occupied a period before thc
development of the mpst elementary prin­ciples
of historical criticism. Centimes
which were accustomed to believe that a
certain barbarous summary of the Ilijid was
written by an eye-witness of the Trojan
war and accepted in all good faith the
forged Donation of Constantine were not
likely to criticize the fundamental docu­ments
supporting their faith. Even Luther
definitely declared his lack of interest in
the harmonizing of the four Gospels.
"As "far back as 1782 the German
scholar Karl Friedrich Bahrdt developed
the theory that Jesus was a more or less
passive tool in the hands of a secret order
among the Essenes who used Him as the
means whereby they might detach the
Jewish people from their somewhat ma­terialistic
conception of the function of the
Messiah, and when, some three-quarters of
a century later, Bruno Baurer was seek­ing
for some explanation of the absence
of any strictly contemporary evidence of
the existence of Jesus he gave this theory
of the secret society a new development.
Boldly moving the date of the Gospels for­ward
to the second century, he declared
that the myth of Jesus was invented out of
whole cloth about the time of Nero. Va­rious
heathen philosophers, notably Seneca,
had, so he argued, developed the ethics of
Christianity but had failed to popularize
their ideas, so they deliberately invented
the figure of Jesus in order to add the
charm of an heroic personage and the
sanction of the supernatural.
"Such theories solve certain historic dif­ficulties
but they are-a little less credible
than the most naive, supernaturalism. Like
those rationalistic explanations of the mira­cles
which make Jesus a sort of Houdini
who was, besides, remarkably favored by
chance in the perpetration of deceptions,
they demand more credulity than the mir­acles
themselves and remind one of the
taunt hurled at a famous rationalist by one
of the faithful who said "He will believe
anything, provided only it is not in the
Bible.' Myths are not so much the result of
deliberate fabrication as of a process by
which tales are gradually adorned as they
pass from mouth to mouth. If Jesus is a
myth He was not deliberately invented by
any benevolent secret society but grew,
instead, by slow stages out of the needs
of men.
"Doubtless the majority of competent
scholars, Christian or skeptic, would agree
that the Jesus of tradition is not identical
with the Jesus of history. To most, how­ever,
it will seem probable that however
great the proportion of myth there was,
nevertheless, some historic figure about
whom myths could crystalize. There is
not, at present, any convincing contempor­ary
evidence of His evistence. Should
the recently discovered translation of oJse-phus,
containing the reference to Jesus
which has generally been supposed to be
a late interpolation, really be as old as it
is said to be, we should at last have an
almost conclusive proof of the historicity
of Jesus."
% AUBURN FOOTPRINTS %
We understand that Smith Hall is now
giving meals under a new system. This
new" system consists of dishing out to
each co-ed and otherwise her (or his) al­lotted
share of protiens, carbohydrates, etc.
We are giving herewith a sample menur
Breakfast
Five stewed calories on toast
Vitamine "B" A la King
One boiled protien
Dinner
Two ounces Ash
One serving of baked fat
Protien gravy
Two scrambled carbohydrates
Supper
Roasted Vitamine "A"
One order of canned heat
Two B. T. U.'s
Leftovers.
There was a near riot last Monday when
"Pup" Jones lost his allotted share of
units of energy is still unknown, but it is
calories. The whereabouts of the missing
generally believed that the same got in Al-lie
Hughes' eye.
In hunting jokes for this edition it was
impossible to overlook the vigilance com­mittee.
have the advantage of giving some worthy
student employment. Why not have a
chief of police as well as a fire chief?
At the "College Night" meeting G. B.
Phillips said that the Ags embraced the
Home Ec. Girls. We understand that in
view of that fact William Henry Harrison
«Putnam is trying to change his course to
Ag.
We also wonder what Royce Crawford
meant by "leading the co-eds astray?"
In order to give Auburn added prestige
we would suggest a traffic light for Toom-er's
corner. Such a light would start the
loveliest village of the plains'on the road
to a traffic system similar to Birmingham
and Atlanta, arid would give us regulation
that would equal that of Montgomery. It
is thought that such a traffic system would
be fully as valuable as the' esteemed fire
department of this fair city. It would
We have heard a number of complaints
about the distance between the Main Build­ing
and the Ag. Building. At last that
complaint has beensolved. Garret and
Holmes are contemplating a railroad from
the depot to Wright's Mill. The said rail­road
will make a specialty of carrying t he
weary student from the Main Building
to the Ag. Building. But nevertheless
through trains will be run. The most elab­orate
of these will be the "Ag Limited"
all Pullman. It will leave the depot at 8:30
P. M. and reach the Post Office at 9:17
P. M_, Standard time, or 9:31 College timei
It will arrive at the Ag. Building at 8:00
A. M. the next morning. All students that
have first hour classes at the Ag. Building
will find this Pullman de. luxe very con­venient.
"All aboard—The Ag. Limited—
All Pullman—No Extra Fare—The clean­est
and fasted through train in the South.
There is a rumor that Willie Frank is
contemplating starting a bus line in com­petition
to "Ag Limited. We can not
understand how he can hope to compete
with the master-minds of Garret and
Holmes, but we wish him luck.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
Clemson College, South Carolina, opened
on September 13, for her 31st year of
work. There was an enrollment of 1,115
students registered, with several to come
in later. Clemson is an Agricultural and
Engineering college. •
Clemson is looking forward to a great
year in athletics.. It is to be remembered
that they are to burnish the opposition for
the Auburn Tigers on the 2nd of October
in helping to celebrate Auburn's annual
homecoming day. They have something
like 70 men out for the team there.
est curse is shallow, sporadic, untrained
reasoning."—Davidsonian.
Davidson College is erecting a large
Stadium. This was made possible by the
25,000 dollar gift of two of her alumni,
Messrs. H. S. and L. Richardson.
Davidson College upperclassmen are set­ting
a new precedent in the treatment of
freshmen in college. They are abolishing
the practice of calling them by the well-known
names "Rat" and "Freshmen," etc.
This is just another step in the direction
of abolishment of all forms of bemeaning
the new men in college. This step really
is a good one, as the freshmen all feel
more like they are a part of the college.
The following is an extract from Dr.
Martin's (Davidson College President) op­ening
address:
"If the objective of the college is not
intellectual, it is miscalled a college and
had better be known by another name.
There are" other functions, but this is the
central and motivating one. * * *
There is a great deal of ignorance in the
world, but I rather think that our great-
Furman University opened with an en­rollment
of about 500 students on Septem­ber
15. This is the beginning of the 72nd
session in this historic old university. Prof.
"J. L. Rose, assistant in Physics here last
year is employed there this year as as­sistant
in the Physics department.
The University of Alabama opened with
an enrollment of more than 2,000 students
this fall. They are looking forward to
another great year in scholastic.work as
well as athletics.
A fond mother was exhibiting her fash­ionable
flapper daughter to the new rec­tor.
"My daughter," she said, "could dress
herself when she was but three years old."
"Well—er—do you think," asked the
rector shyly, "that her ability in that di­rection
will ever return?"—Hornet.
Nurse to preoccupied father: "It's a
boy!"
Father: "Fine! Go and tell my wife."
—Hornet.
LOST—A white and black spotted calf
with the spot on the side next to the fence,
and a tail about as long as a piece of
rope.
Fair one's father: "Last evening young
man, I saw my daughter out there sitting
on your lap. What have you to say?"
Young Lochinvar: "Nothing sir, except
that I got here before the others did."—
Tiger.
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ALABAMA FORESTRY
COMMISSION TURN IN
RECORDS FOR 6 MOS.
The Alabama State Commission of
Forestry has just completed the com­pilation
of the service records for
the State Forest Rangers for the first
har#of the calendar year, 1926. The
rangers are held to a strict account­ability
for the proper use of official
time and their work is by no means
the romantic light outdoor employ­ment
that many conceive it to be.
Those ^ h o imagine that a forest
ranger is something of a blend of
Robin Hood and Daniel Boone would
be due for a rude awakening on un­dertaking
to perform his duties.
The ranger is the point of contact
between the State's forestry policy,
the' local public and the forest itself.
This triple responsibility requires
special adaptability, initiative and
; energetic performance of duty. Since
forestry in many sections of the state
is a new phase of industry, the ranger
in most instances upon appointment
is faced with the necessity of learn­ing
a new business.
The thirty men serving as rangers
during the first six months of the
year averaged nine and four-tenths
hours of work each day. Forest fire
fighting consumed approximately
three and six-tenths per cent of their
time and seven ando five-tenths per
cent was required in computing the
acreage of burns and estimating the
damage. Posting notices took up ap­proximately
three and five-tenths per
cent. The time consumed in visiting
schools amounted to about one per
cent. Interviewing citizens on fores­try
subjects required twenty-two and
five-tenths per cent. Patrolling for
fires and locating spots of special haz­ard
took thirty-six and seven-tenths
per cent. Clerical work consumed
approximately four and nine-tenths
per cent and miscellaneous forestry
work occupied eight per cent. The
time consumed by Sundays and hoyi-days
amounted to twelve and three-tenths
per cent, considerably less than
one-seventh of the week's time.
Auburn Shows Growth
By It's New Enterprises
Among the many new businesses
that are helping Auburn to change
its name from "town" to that of "lit­tle
city" are the two new shoe' re­pairing
shops here. It takes stores
to make a city, and by the recent
additions Auburn should soon be re-
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
HAGEDORN'S
Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes
OPELIKA'S BEST STORE
An impetus was given the move­ment
to renewal athletic relationships
between the University of Alabama
and Auburn Wednesday, when 4he
Junior and Sophomore classes for­warded
their endorsement to Dr.
Spright Dowell, President of Auburn.
The two class bodies, made their
wishes known to President Dowell in
a short message of endorsement ad­dressed
to the chief executive.
The message read: "The- Junior
Class in session September 21,. 1926,
votes to endorse the petition of the
Senior Class to you in which they ex­press
their wishes to resume athletic
relationships between the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute and the Univer­sity
of Alabama."
Signed for the class,
T. B. SHOTTS)
c President.
HADDEN SMITH,
Acting Secretary.
The message ofthe Sophomore class
was expressed in about the same lan­guage,
and was signed by Otis De-
Vaughan, Vice-President, of Monte­zuma,
Ga., and Coke S. Matthews,
Secretary, of Birmingham.
Since the Freshman class do not
elect their officers until December,
it could not be learned Wednesday
whether the Freshman class would
take action in the movement or not.
It is said by some, that the class may
be called together.by a president of
one of the other classes for action on
the issue.
SPECIAL RE-EXAMINATIONS, FIRST SEMESTER
v September 27-October 2, 1926
Students who were absent from the term examinations and those
who made grades from 50 to 59 should prepare to stand during the
week of September 27-October 2, as scheduled below. Conditioned
subjects must be repeated in class unless a re-examination is passed
within six months after the regular examination. Only one re-exami­nation
will be given.
No conditional grades of Seniors made prior to the second semester
of the Senior year may be cleared by re-examination after the reg­ularly
scheduled re-examination period in the Senior year. All stu­dents
who now have "conditions" should take re-examinations or
arrange to repeat in class.
Students must secure a card from the Registrar and notify the
Instructor concerned. A fee of $2.00 for each examination is charged
but the maximum cost is fixed at $5.00. A student will be excused
from his regular class work which conflicts with this examination
schedule.
All re-examination grades, whether passing or failing, should be
reported promptly to the Registrar. A passing re-examination grade
will be recorded as 60.
SCHEDULE
Date A. M. P. M.
Monday, Sept. 27 Horticulture
Economics
English
Farm Management
Tuesday, Sept. 28 History
Pharmacy
Mathematics
Animal Industry
Wednesday, Sept. 29 Education
Foreign Language
Highway Engineering
Elec. Engineering
Zoology
Entomology
Drawing
Machine Design
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Thursday, Sept. 30 Home Economics
Physics
Veterinary Medicine
Chemistry
Friday, Oct 1
The Wilsonian Literary
Society Held Its First
Meeting Tuesday Night
Opening the new college year right,
the Wilsonian Literary Society held
its first meeting Tuesday night in
the old meeting place on third floor
of the main building with many new
faces present. The same old spirit
was manifested which has carried
the Wilsonians ahead for the latter
years. .
F. E. Burtram had charge of the
meeting, with Hazel Arant as sec­retary.
C. C. Phillips had the door
job, acting as seargent-at-arms. The
Wilsonian banner was missing, and
after much comment, a special com­mittee
of plainsmen were assigned
the task of looking it up.
With a glad welcome to the new
members and old alike, J. M. Ed­wards
expressed his joy at being back.
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One of these shops has been here
for the past five years, but recently
moved to a new home. It is Collier's
Shoe Shop, located on College Street
just across from the campus entrance.
It is located splendidly in regards to
the college, from whose students
much work is obtained. The shop
is one hundred per cent up-to-date
in both equipment and location.
Collier, the proprietor, came here
five years ago from Camp Hill. Since
coming here, he has almost become
a part of the institution by his loyalty
to anything that has the name of Au­burn
attached to it. Collier states
that he intends to back everything
that is for the good and for the
growth of Auburn. While here he
has seen over one hundred houses go
up. Collier can justly and deservedly
expect the Auburn students to sup­port
him in the future as they have
in the past.
The newest shop in Auburn is the
Varsity Shoe Shop. It is also located
on College Street just across from
the campus entrance. The fixtures
in this shop are to be of the best.
The interior fixtures are to be ar­ranged
so as to attract attention.
Askew, the proprietor, intends to
keep everything clean and snappy-looking.
He thinks that a shoe shop
can be kept as clean as any type of
store, and intends to prove it.
Askew is an old Auburn man, hav­ing
finished with the class of '02. He
married an Auburn girl. For twenty
years he was in the shoe business and
shoe repairing business in ' Newnan,
Ga., but he has decided to come back
to Auburn to live. Fellows, every
Auburn enterprise deserves the old
Auburn support, and here's a new
one among us.
Agronomy
Civil Engineering
Surveying f
Physical Training
Botany
Architecture
Agr. Engineering
Mech. Engineering
Heat Engines,
Mechanics, etc.
AUBURN GARAGE
R. O. FLOYD, JR., Prop.
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CARS FOR HIRE
Saturday, Oct. 2 R. O. T. C.
B. L. SHI, Registrar.
His interest in society work, along
with his entertaining ability to speak
on his feet, were brought out as
great good derived from society work.
He expressed his belief that all would
find their time in literary society
work well spent.
Welcome notes were given by oth­er
members of the siciety, the old
democratic spirit growing anew with
the added words of each following
speaker. On the list were: Rowe
Johnson, W. R. Hardin, C. C. Phillips,
E. T. Bright, Joe Palmer, F. O. Cor­nelius,
Edna Creel, Sarah Holliday,
J. R. Perkle, Mosley, and some
fifteen new students.
With the fire kindled well and the
audience all smiles the report of the
critic closed the meeting. G. B. Phil­lips
seems to be with us this year
for he had no criticism to offer; ex­pressing
only his gladness at being
back and the fine start inaugurated
by the group.
A traveler in the Northwest eyed
his seatmate for a while and then
asked where he was from.
"Saskatchewan."
"What's that, podner?"
"Saskatchewan."
The interlocutor pondered over this
for a while, then suggested:
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NEWS FROM THE
ENEMY'S CAMP
It is rather early in the season to
get any authentic dope on the
strength or weakness of the teams
Auburn has to face before the cur­tain
is drawn on the football scene
on "Turkey" day, however, we are
noticing the predictions of many of
our rivals that they are to have ex­ceptionally
strong teams this sea­son.
News comes to us from the Cres­cent
City that Tulane is counting on
a team as strong as the one they had
last season. We imagine this to be
a rather optimistic outlook consider­ing
the fact that they lost three All-
Southern men including the famous
Peggy Flourney. The fact that they
have a line averaging 200 pounds
from tackle to tackle is enough to
give all ~ opponents considerable
worry.
We also hear the echo of another
team boasting of a line that averages
200 pounds. It comes from the hills
of Tennessee and from the mouth
of the Sewanee Tiger. We meet this
ancient rival at Cramton Bowl in
Montgomery.
The "Golden Avalance" of Mar­quette
University meets Auburn in
Birmingham, they will have three
men of high calibre to perform in the
personages of Don Craine, Jimmy
Coggins, and Joe L. Leary. These
men are reputed to be skillful play­ers
and will bear much watching.
The University of Georgia and
Georgia Tech can be expected to put
a strong team out to oppose the Au­burn
Bengal Georgia Tech will cer­tainly
miss the services of Doug
Wycbff when the whistle blows for
the kickof-f Thanksgiving Day, but
with Don Miller to coach the backs
there are to be expected some tricks
played from the aforementioned
"Yellow Jackets."
The University squad received quite
a setback on the first week of prac­tice,
when Ikey Sherlock was ,<in-jured.
He was one of their best bets
for the backfield.
The only dope we have about such
worthy opponents as L. S. U. and
Clemson is that they are hard at work
going through daily secret practices.
We commonplace observers were
very delighted to see that the Senior
Class passed resolutions to the effect
that Alabama and Auburn resume
athletic relations in the near future.
A football game between these two
institutions would be the biggest
drawing card of anything in the
state. If the two Georgia schools can
play against each other1, in a state
famous for its lynching, without
starting a free for all surely we
peaceful Alabamians could repulse
any savage instince of ours and let
the sons of our respective Alma Ma­ters
match their brawn and brain on
a footbalj field.
RATS HARD
AT WORK
Scrimmage is Begun as First Week
of Practice Ends
With the first week of practice now
history and well on with the second
the Rat football squad is far from a
finished product, nevertheless they
are fighting hard and long. The
same spirit that was displayed in the
earlier days of the training season is
still quite evident. Yes, sir, these
Rats have the real Auburn spirit! Of
the hundred or more who started out
at first there are still about seventy-five
out there fighting till dark every
day.
Scrimmages haVe started now and
the real football material will soon
begin to show up. Early in the week
the Rats met the varsity for their
first real scrimmage of the season,
Of course they could not be expected
to do much damage to that big gang
in their own back yard. Their ef­forts
were all on the defense as they
were not allowed to try their art of
carrying the ball. In this first work­out
there was signs of much needed
improvement on the part of the line­men.
This was especially true jn re­gards
to charging and getting into
the plays quickly. The backs showed
much defensive ability against passes,
but were not able to do much against
running plays.
It is doubtful yet as to who any
man of the first string line-up will
he. Alverson and Stoutenberger are
looking good at center, Shanton seems
to have a little edge on most end
candidates and Lively is moving at a
fast clip in the backfield. None of
these men are sure of their position,
but are going to make the going swift
for all rivals. There is plenty of
weight out there and some speed so
we are reasonable to expect a very
creditable showing from our Rats this
season.
Wallace Wade, head coach at Uni­versity
of Alabama recently made the
statement that Auburn had the best
coaching staff in America. We real­ize
that this is covering a lot of ter­ritory
it meets with the heartiest
approval of these writers.
O, MLE, what XTC
I always feel when UIC,
I used to rave of LN'S eyes,
4 LC I gave countless sighs,
4 KT, 2, and LNR,
I was a keen competitor.
But each now's a non-NTT,
4 U XL them all UC.
Candidates out
for Cross-country
. Coach Hutsell issued the first call
for candidates for the cross-country
team last Monday and was greeted
by no less than twenty aspirants. W.
L. Morrow, otherwise known as
"Shorty," was elected to captain the
team for the coming season. This
dimitutive runner should prove to be
one of the best in the South this
year and it is expected that he wlil
bring in quite a few honors for him­self
and his school.
The Southern Conference meet,
which will be held in Atlanta about
the middle of November is the most
important meet of the season al­though
there will in all probability be
meets with such colleges as Univer­sity
of Georgia and Georgia Tech.
The men out with varsity expe­rience
are: W. L. Morrow, "Steel
Arm" Whigham, Cullum, Duncan, and
Vandersys. From the last year's rat
team comes material as Helm, Wal­ters,
T. Morrow, McRae, Marshall,
Matthews, and Merrill. Other prom­ising
candidates for the team are:
Goode, Aldridge, Palm, Summerford,
Sturdevant, Yancy and Snook.
LESLIE SPINKS,
This is the qoungest member of the
Tiger coaching staff, which means
nothing in making an estimate of his
value to Coach Morey. Leslie Spinks
is the name of this smiling youth and
his duty around here is to assist in
the developing of linesman and team­work
in the Jine;
It will be remembered that Spinks
finished a very brilliant football ea-reer
at the Plainsman camp last year,
playing the "heads up" hard hjttjng
brand of football that has placed him
in the class of the best ends to plfty
on an Auburn Tiger eleven. With
his knowledge and experience of the
game he should be an excellent addi­tion
to the Morey coaching staff,
While Coach Spinks received many
selections for all-Southern, the fact
that he did not play on terms of the
championship caliber, during his three
year of varsity football probably kept
him from being named on the myth­ical
eleven, for his last two years
when he was a shining light m Au­burn
football.
Spinks in addition to completing
his allotted three years of Southern
conference participation, also com­pleted
his training in civil engineer­ing
last spring. He hails from Thom-asville,
Alabama.
Spinks was the last member of the
football coaching staff to report to
Tiger stronghold after the summer
vacation season. The entire grid staff,
including Coaches Morey, Brown,
Pitts, Papke, Spinks, and Moulton
are now on the scene, and are busily
engaged in making detailed prepara­tion
for the beginning of the prac­tice
season. "-
Tigers await com­ing
of Chattanooga
Morey and his crew of assistants
are putting the Tiger aggregation
through the final stage of the train­ing
in preparation of the coming
game with the Tennessee lads from
Chattanooga, on Drake Field, Satur­day.
Morey does not seem very op­timistic
over the outcome of the
game and asn o one knows what kind
of a team Chattanooga is sending
down to the Plains, the results are a
mystery to everyone.
One thing is certain about the
Tiger enemy they are a well coached
team and are out to make as good
a showing as possible; thus it can be
expected that they will give the Ti­gers
plenty of trouble before sound
of the whistle signals the end of the
Principal Changes
in Football Rules
What have heretofore been known
as "Ground Rules" have been made
to apply at the exact bupdaries pf
the pjaying fie|d.
This means that the ball becomes
dead automatically and no further
play can result whenever It crosses
the side line, the side line extended
or the end line.
This change has necessitated a
number of minor revisions in Rule
VI and XIII.
A penalty of five yards (in addi-
GRIDIRON GAB
When this column goes to print the
football squad of University of Chat­tanooga
will in all probability have
arrived on the "Village of the Plains."
This is the first chance that any of
us has had to get a good look-in on
the season's prospects and we are
awaiting with intense interest the out­come
of this first encounter.
"SLICK" fffOULTON.
This, js |he other addition to the
Tiger eoaehing staff and is none oth­er
than the well-known "Slick" Moul­ton.
. ",SIick" has had considerable ex­perience
on the gridiron, both as. a
competitor and as an instructor. He
received his college training at Au­burn
under the famous Mike Dona;
hue and was awarded a berth o.n the.
All-Southern team pf 1883.
Ope oft he greatest ends to ever
wear the Orange and Blue, ''Slick"
proved to be indispensable both en
the offense and the defense. Long
and rangy, he turned back many an
aspiring goal maker who attempted
to circle his wing.
In addition to his work on the foot­ball
field, Moulton was a great pitcher
on a great Auburn team.
The mention of Chattanooga re­calls
to mind two of our star backs
of the past few years. This tpwn is
the home of Clabber Williams and
Dean Peterson. Incidentally these
two worthy~ones are coaching the
destinies of the Central High football
prospects this fall.
We were, indeed gratified to see
Moulton. Nelson, and Ellis getting off
same mighty good punts. This de­partment
has been causing no end of
worry and it looks good to see some
real ability looming up.
This Cannon lad from LaGrange,
Georgia, is showing plenty of stuff
for Browne's Frosh eleven. He has
plenty of speed and is a regular side*
stepping demon. j
Another Rat who should show up
well for the Freshman is "Wnopper
Jaw" Coleman. This athlete is a
linesman with plenty of weight and
seems to mix up his play effectively.
We note with much interest that
our sister Institution at Tuscaloosa
has adopted a new football song and'
discarded the much overe-used Wash­ington
and Lee Swing. The new song;
is called "Yea Alabama."
The members of this year's Senior
Class welcome the appearance of Pete
Hasler back to the Plains. If he still
has the speed ajid; side stepping ability
that he possessed three years ago
while he played on the Freshman
team, he should make Morey a. good
man.
Joe Market seems to have his call­ing
on the gridiron at the pivot posi­tion.
-He was playing opposite Pat­terson
in the last few scrimmages and
showed up real well. Market has
had quite a bit of experience in the
line having played at the flanking
After I position and at guard both,
tion to the loss of a down) is now j c o m p i e t i n g a brilliant career with,
imposed in each instance where a
team makes more than one incom­plete
forward pass during the same
series of four downs (Rule XVII, Sec­tion.
4).
A team which has scored a safety
will now put the ball in play by a
kick from its own 20 yard line (Rule
XIII, Section 12),
the Tiger ball-tossers he was welcome
ed into the professional ranks, wliere
he made an envinable record.
The new coach is we}l equipped
"Dizzy" Pmitt made his appear­ance
in the village this week and will
probably be in shape to indulge in
some of these much talked of scrim-for
his nevy duties by reason pf hjs j mages 'ere long. This husky lad now
wide experience in the tutorjng line i tips the scales at 210 pounds,
and his extensive knowledge of the, ~
I sport. Leaving school temporarily,'
'he spent the year '23^24 as athletic
Rat Wadley was the first unfortu­nate
in the scrimmage last Saturday.
This promising youth happened to the
misfortune of breaking his leg. Har­ry
Fox candidate for the varsity line
was also among the early season cas­ualties;
he received a broken ankle.
We welcomed, heartily, the appear­ance
of Zipp Newman and Howard
Pill to our city. These two gentle­men
are the sport editors of the Birm­ingham
News and Birmingham Age-
Herald, respectively. They had as
their chief endeavor the garnering of
news of the Auburn team for their
paper.
It seems that Morey's crew is go­ing
to be very muchly handicapped
by the absence of Captain Paul Tur­ner
from the line-up Saturday. Al­though
Turner has sustained no se­rious
injury he was kept from prac­tice
several days on account of a
few minor injuries and Morey isn't
going to risk losing this husky man's
services in the *big games by improp­er
attention to these pre-season ail­ments.
The definition of "Crawling" ( R t t i e | d i r c c t o r a t t h e u. S. Veteran's Train,
VL Section 17) hag been clarified and
the rule against "Piling Up" (Rule
XXI, Section 3) has been strengths
ened so that there can be no possible
excuse for further violation of either
of these rules.
Rule XXI, Section I, has been
broadened and now prohibits players
on defence from striking an opponent
in the face with the heel, back or
side of the hand,
ATTENTION STUDENTS
All students are requested by
President Dowell and "Red"
Brown, Alumni Secretary, to
write their fathers immediately
inviting them to come down to
Auburn on Dad's Day, Satur­day,
October 2. This date has
also been set aside as the an­nual
"Homecoming Day." A
football game between Auburn
and Clemson and a reception
to which all students are in­vited
given by Dr. and Mrs.
Dowell will be the features of
the entertainment program.
Culture doesn't really mean
very much more than the ability to
be bored without nodding your head
and to yawn without opening your
mouth.
ing Post at Pascagoula, Miss.,' and
also served as football coaeh of the
Pascagoula High School, After re­turning
to Auburn, where he receiv-ed
his degree in Secondary Education
last May," Moulton coached the Lee j
County High School.
Slick received hjs first athletic
training at'Barton Aceademy at Mo-
TIGER YELLS
bile, where he participated in all four
sports. Following graduation at
Barton, Moulton played one year un^
so der "Moon" Ducote at Spring Hill,
where he earned letters in baseball,
football, basketball and track,
Moujton is a member of the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and was
identified with many student activi*
ties during his collegiate career,
Rats, Let's learn these yells and
get the old Auburn Spirit. It takes
the support of the whole student body
to put out a winning football team.
Let's show our loyalty by backing
our fighting Tigers to the limit.
Be at every mass meeting and on the
bleachers when the cheer leader re­quests
your presence.
Look on all the windows up town
for announcements.
Yells
1
Fights-Fight—F]ght—Fight
Auburn fight—Auburn fight—
Fight—Fight—Fight—Fight
Auburn fight—Auburn fight— x
Fight—Fighls-Fight—Fight
Auburn fight—Auburn fight—
Y—E—A !
Whole—damn—team—fight!
3
Auburn—Rah!
Tigers—Rah!
Auburn—Rah-Rah J
Tigers—Rah-Rah!~"
Auburn—Tigers
3
AUBURN—AUBURN
A—Rah!—U—Rah
B—U—R—N—3tah!
A—U—B—Rah! U—R—N—Rah!
Auburn"—Tigers—Rah-Rah!
4
Hell's broke loose—hell's broke loose!
Here we come in a big caboose!
Rooters, Tooters, Here we are!
Auburn Tigers, Sis-Boom-Bah!
5
Sky—y—y—y Rocket!
(Long whistle)—Boom!
Rah Auburn!
Oskyl Wow! Wow!
Isky! Wow! Wow!
Skinny! Wow! Wow!
Au-burn
7
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Hullerbaloo, ker-neck, ker-neck!
Hullerbaloo, ker-neck, ker-neck!
Weh-hee, wah-hi!
Tiger—Tiger—Rah—Rah!
Who—Rah! Who—Rah!
Auburn Auburn, Rah—Rah!
Ching—Ching— Chow—Chow!
Boom—Boom—Bow-wow Auburn!
Y-Y-Y-
-aaaa
-aaaa
Team!
Team!
Team!
Fight 'em, fight "em, fight 'em!
A—:—u b u—i—r , n
A—u—b—u—r—n
A-U-B-U.R-N
Rah—.——Auburn!
X0
Wreck! Wreck J
Wreck! Tech! Tech!
Wreck! Wreck!
Wreck! Wreck! Wreck!
Georgia Tech!
Hi! Hi!—A. P. I.! -
Win or die!
Wreck! Wreck! Wreck!
Georgia Tech!—Au—burn!
Medley
Now We'll roll the old football along,
Now we'll roll the old football along,
And we'll roll the old football along,
And we won't hang on behind!
If old -*s in the way, we will roll
it over them,
If old 's in the way, we will roll
it over them,
If old 's in the way, we will roll
it over them,
And we won't hang-on behind!
Glory, glory, dear old Auburn!
Glory, glory, dear old Auburn"!
Glory, glory, dear old Auburn!
A—U—B—U—R—N!
a.
(Repeat)
Cheer, boys, cheer, old Auburn has
the ball!
Cheer, boys, cheer, they'll surely take
a fall
—for when we
Hit their line there'll be no line at all!
There'll be a hot time in Auburn to­night!
So tHeri let's—(Repeat).
1926 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 25—Chattanooga University . at Auburn
Oct. 2—Clemson (Homecoming) at Auburn
Oct. 9—Howard a at Birmingham
Oct. 16—L. S. U. ^. at Montgomery
Oct. 23—Tulane L at New Orleans
Oct. 30—Sewdnee at Montgomery
Nov. 6—University of Georgia J ....;. at Columbus
Nov. 13—Marquette University at Birmingham
Nov. 25—Tech :.._ at Atlanta
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"Send Wer a 'Whitman's Sampler" 1? THE SAME
SERVICE
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THE PLAINSMAN
EPWORTH LEAGUE
MAKES PLANS FOR
A GREATER YEAR
The Auburn Epworth League plays
a very important part in the program
of the Methodist students attending
the college. It is very significant to
know that thre are more Methodists
enrolled in the college than any oth-in
a brief talk, spoke of the essential
"senses" a college student would have
to have or cultivate in order to enjoy
and make a success of college life.
She referred to the senses of humor,
value, justice and the religious sense
or the sense of God. Her talk was
very interesting and the leaguers are
looking forward to her return.
In the place of one league at the-
Methodist church as heretofore, there
are now three and each one is vieing
with the other two for supremacy.
Each one shows indications of excell­ing
the former one league. All three
PAGE FIVE
er denomination and it is only nat
ural that the Epworth League should il c agues together constitute the Au
flourish. This year, extensive a r - j b u r n EPw ° r t h League Union. Rev.
rangements have been made towards !A- B- D a v idson serves as council ad-having
the largest and best league ! v i s o r a n d helps greatly in the work
that has etver been in Auburn and o f t h c l e a g u e i n ge n e r al
also to have one that will reflect
credwitably on Auburn as a college
town. The new men of this year
have already shown a great interest
in league work and are manifesting
The three leagues of the union are
known as the Davidson league, the
McNeal league and the MeLeod
league. New members are invited
to join the one of their choice. The
their interest by attending the league D a v i d s o n l e aSu e meets in the Baraca
services in great numbers. Many j r o o m o f t h e c h u r c h e a c h S u n d a y n i e h t
have asked to be given something a t 6 : 3 ° - Rosser Alston is their pres­to
do and are anxious to see a sue- i d e n t ' a n d h a i l s f r o m stevenson, Ala-cessful
league at Auburn this year,!b a m a - T h e M c N e a l league meets
their freshmen year. AIL old men ' e a c h S u n d a y night at 6:30 in the Sun-should
be encouraged by this interest j d a y S c h ° o 1 a«ditorium. Bruce Har-.
displayed so early in their college I k i n s ' o f C o v i n ' A l a b a m a . is their pres-course.
I ident. The McLcod league meets in
A very inspiring and peppy meet-jt h e J u n i o r r 0 Q m o f t h e S u n d a v s c h ° o1
ing was held this past Sunday night | b u i l d i n g e a c h S u n d a y night a t 6:30.
in the Methodist Sunday School a u - i T h i s r o o m is t h e f i r s t o n e o n t he
College Interest Proves
Measure Of The Red
Cross Accomplishment
The vitality of almost any pro­gram
may be measured by the degree
with which it is received by the ac­tive
minds to be found in the col­leges
and universities of the country.
Significance attaches therefore to the
growing recognition among these in­stitutions
of the intensely practical
activities of the American Red Cross,
a recognition attested by the fact
that these Red Cross-activities form
the principal link of that organiza­tion
with the great college bodies
of the United States.
The outstanding leadership of the
American Red Cross in developing
water-rescue, swimming, and first
aid, the first two of which are close­ly
akin to athletic accomplishments,
has made such instruction generally
received in higher educational insti­tutions.
Yale, for instance, is among the
pioneers in this field, and every year
sends out from 100 to 150 trained
men in this work. Dartmouth is close­ly
following Yale in this respect,
while at the Naval and Military Aca­demies,
Annapolis and West Point
respectively, such instruction is in­valuable.
At West Point the Red
ditorium and a large crowd turned ! l e f t a s o n e e n t e r s t h e S u n d a y School
out with a very evident predominance i b u i l d i n g - D a n S i k e s i s Pr e s i d e n t oi
of freshmen. This being 'the first! AI1 t h r e e l e a g u e s e x t e n d a hearty j Cross Life Saving test has been made
this league and calls Mobile his home. t h e basis for the so-called "A" test in
welcome to all new comers and would ! swimming, which every senior is re-appreciate
your attendance. Each I quired t o Pa s s before graduation,
one has prepared a special program ' Swimming proficiency, is of course,
for Sunday night, as these will be! prerequisite at Annapolis,
the first of the year. You are wel- In institutions where such instruc
AUBURN, SONG
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Of our dear old A. P. I.
Her noble sons are scattered
O'er our country far and nigh;
And where e'er you chance to find
one,
This is sure to be his cry;
"Long live old A. P. I."
Chorus
Glory, glory to old Auburn,
Glory, glory to old Auburn,
Glory, glory to old Auburn,
A u b u r n !
On her flaming forge she's moulding
Men for every walk in life,
Men and women with a purpose
Who are equal to the strife;
Who are sure to win life's battles,
Who will succeed or die.
"Long live old A. P. I."
Chorus
There's some folks think we're rough­necks,
For we care not for our dress;
We think much more of the heart of
-man
And of his coat think less;
What others think it matters not,
But.with one voice we cry;
"Long live old A. P. I."
—Mrs. H. B. Smith.
list this
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meeting since the opening of college,
the league union president, Sam
Mosley presided and introduced the
individual league presidents with their
cabinets to the audience. Several
business matters were discussed for
the benefit of the new leaguers and
arrangements made for next Sunday's
programs. Among the special fea­tures
of the program were vocal so­los
by Mrs. Mayo and Hugh Francis
and an instrumental baritone solo
by Ludlowe Hallman. Miss Dobbs,
come! Come and bring a friend.
Judge: "Do you wish to marry
again if you receive a divorce?"
Rastus: "Ah should say not! Ah
wants to be withdrawn from circu­lation."
MONTEITH'S
—Where Friends Meet—
tion is not so essential, swimming is
frequently elected as their winter
sport by many of the students, and
consequently Red Cross instruction
Hog and Fish Calling,
And Plowing Contests
Take Prominent Place
Hog Calling, Fish Calling and Plow­ing
contests have become three of
the outstanding sports which have re­vived
from ancient art. A plowing
major
sports tt a
finds a welcome place. This inter- contest has just ended in Illinois;
est among the majority of the better a fish' calling contest is in progress
known colleges and universities is a t Mobile, and WAPI raio station is
carried from class rooms into. sum- to broadcast a Hog Calling contest
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF AUBURN
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For Every College Man
Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction
Albert Thomas, '04, Pres. G. Herbert Wright, '17 Cashier
C. Felton Little, '06, V i c e - P r e s . W. D. S t e e l e , Asst. Cashier
AUBURN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
9:30 a. m.
11:00 a.m.
6:30 p. m.
Sunday School y
Morning Service.
Christian Endeovor.
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mer activities by means of the. Red
Cross Life Saving Institutes held an­nually,
the bulk of which attendance
comes from such educational bodies.
Through attendance at these camps
of instruction, a two-fold purpose is
accomplished; the graduates are en­abled
to serve with material benefit
to themselves, as counsellors at wa­ter-
front camps; and by their ability
to diffuse their own expert knowl­edge,
other hundreds and thousands
are taught to swim and to save life.
Among girls' colleges this Red
Cross activity is especially popular,
Smith, Wheaton, Bryn Mawr and
Western College for Women, being
the leaders in interest, though inter­est
is widespread.
In technical colleges of both men
and women, other Red Cross instruc­tion
courses are offered and have
proven valuable.
Such interest among all these insti­tutions
emphasizes, of course, the
purely practical side of Red Cross
during the early part of October.
During the early part of the sum­mer
months, the vocational men, who
were attending the vocational short | ^_
course given at Auburn, staged a
Hog Calling contest. It was proven
at that time that Auburn has grad­uated
man who can really call hogs.
There are, also, men living on farms
who can call hogs without a great
deal of training in the trade. It
should be remembered that thc col­lege
offers an agricultural course
and that the boys taking the course
have not lost control of their vocal
organs. The contest which is to be
THERE'S no other sport on the calendar to
compare with smoking a jimmy-pipe packed
with P. A. Indoors and out. Any season. You
win even when you draw, if you get what we
mean. And how you will draw, once you know
the wonderful taste of Prince Albert!
Cool as an over-cut notice from the dean.
Sweet as the thoughts of a holiday. Fragrant as
woodland flowers after a spring shower. P. A.
never bites your tongue or parches your throat.
The Prince Albert process fixed that the day
P. A. matriculated.
Come out for this major sport. Get yourself
a tidy red tin at that nearby smoke-shop where
they hand put P. A. sunshine. You and Prince
Albert are going to be great buddies right from
the start. Because there just never was another
tobacco ljke Prince Albert!
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P. A. if sold everywhere its
tidy red tins, pound and half*
pound tin humidors, and
pound crystal-glass humidors
with sponge-moistener top.
And always with every bit
of bite and parch removed by
the Prince Albert process.
Winston-Salem, N. C.
has been encouraged by the success!has served as a solution to the judg-of
the Interstate Hog Calling con- ing problem. The light is entirely
test.
Basarge brothers are generally
credited with having originated fish
calling on the coast but the fact is
mentioned by Brannon, Hamilton, and
other authopologists that the practice
was common among the seacoast In­dians,
wljo were particularly adept
at calling the porpoise into shallow
broadcast from WAPI is expected . water for slaughter by imitating the
to create a great deal of interest; cries of the young porpoise,
among the listeners as well as among, Judging the response of the fish
the contestants. The date of ,thejt o the call seems to be one of the
contest will be announced later. !„,oSt difficult problems'' of the-con-
The International Fish Calling con- !test. The Sea Island Light,which is
test, a feature of the annual con-|a s c e n e of the fish calling contest
vention of the American Fisheries
society, which is in session at Mo­bile
and Fort TJaines, Wednesday,.
surrounded by water, over white sand.
It stands 120 feet above low water
tide and form the platform surround­ing
the light with a good glass school
of fish can be seen over a wide cir­cle.
Experts can easily identify the
fish which approach the pile of rocks
upon which the light stands. This
is the stand of the referees during
the calling contest.
Artificial callers and water-tight
loud speakers are not barred from
the contest, the committee has decided
as the entire effort is largely in the
nature of an experiment and demon-startion.
Twelve thousand spectators were
present at the Illinois Plowing con­test
which has just passed. Fifteen
acres of farm land were furrowed
by the contestants. The (judges based
their decision in the depth and true-ness
of the furrowed lanes. Tractors
and horse-drawn ground cutters took
part in the contest. First place was
given to several contestants accord­ing
to best work done with different
kind of implements used.
All of the above activities are cre­ating
a bit of interest in various parts
of the United States. The fufure of
the sports depend largely on the in­terest
manifested in the features at
present.
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service, and is natural since the bulk, Thursday and Friday of this week,
of this service is of the most prac­tical,
designed to meet the everyday
requirements -of America.
The less material side of this work
however, is offered through simple
membership in Red Cross ranks, and
has its reward in early familiarity
with the precepts of human service
which every man an'd woman who
becomes a leader is called on to exer­cise.
The Tenth Annual Membership Roll
Call of the American Red Cross will
be held this year from November
11th to 25th, and is an invitation to
become identified through member­ship,
-with all it does. President W.
H. P. Faunce of Brown University,
has accepted the Honorary Chairman­ship
of the College Roll Call for the
Eastern Section of the United States
this year.
IHI
i
Evans Society Had First
Meeting Monday Night
The Evans held its first meeting of
the current year on Monday night in
the main building. There were very
few men out as the weather was so
bad, but they hope to have their men
all out by next Monday night. There
were several new men out, and many
more are expected next week.
All the old men are expected to
come out to the next meeting and
help start things off right this year.
Let's all be there men, and have a
banner year in Literary work this
year.
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN
A GOOD COMEDY
WITH EVERY SHOW
Friday, Sept. 24
"Pals First"
Admission 10 and 25c
Saturday, Sept. 25
"False Alarm",
Admission 10 and 25c
Monday, Sept. 27
"Social Celebrity"
Comedy
Admission 10 and 25c
THE COLLEGE PICTURE
Playing Next Week
SENIOR CLASS URGES
AUBURN-ALABAMA GAME
(Continued from page 1)
ish things and the student body of
Auburn now feels that the time has
come when something should be done
to seal the friendship which has de­veloped
between the colleges.
During the past few years, when
either of the Alabama teams was
playing an out of the state team the
other Alabama team was giving cheers
for its home institution. This was
especially true when Auburn tied
Georgia Tech and Alabama beat
Washington.
The "Auburn spirit," which has
been expressed as desirable by many
institutions, has given the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute the backbone to
face the foremost football team of
the South. For the last two years,
the University has won the Southern
conference in football while Auburn
has lagged somewhat behind, but still
the latter institution is ready to take
her flogging.
Georgia Tech and the University
of Georgia have so managed their
sports that they are now able to meet
in athletics without creating a dis­turbance
among the student body and
the alumni. This fact has touched
Auburn and she is no longer willing
to let Georgia teams do something
that Alabama teams are not doing.
It is the desire of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, according to
expressions from the Senior Class,
that the two colleges come together
in basketball, track, and probably
baseball this year, then next year
start on a five-year contract that the
institutions will meet in all kind of
sports during that time.
R. O. T. C. OFFICERS
ARE MADE KNOWN
(Continued from page 1)
Henry, who married in New York,
brought his wife home to his father's
farm. It was her first experience of
country life.
The first evening of her visit she
looked on with interest while the
cows were being milked.
'Would you like to try it?" she was
asked.
The bride was doubtful. "I think
I could start the milk, but I—Pm
afraid I couldn't stop it."
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AUBURN FURNITURE CO.
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ROSEMONT GAREENS
«: FLORISTS
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
A.; Perry, Luther W.; Pitts, Holt A.;
Sharits, Dan L.; Suratt, Nicholas P.;
Vaughn, Ralph W.; Wallis, Joseph L.;
In the Infantry Unit the following
appointments were made:
To be Cadet Lieutenant Colonel—
Lynne, Seyhourn H.
Cadet Major—Robinson, Joseph E.
Cadet Captains—Allen, William J.
Jr.; Hendrick, Frank G.; Russell,
James T.; Hendriv, Clyde.
Cadet First Lieutenants—Adams
Thurston; Butler, John E.; Collier,
Redus; Cartlidge, Buford N.; Lowe,
Sam D.; Page, Jesse B.; Nelson, Nels
A.; Shepard, Jesse N.; Wiatt, Wil­liam
C ; Williams, Ralph C.
Cadet Second Lieutenants—Booth,
James M.; Brown, Harold L.; Burns,
Zed H.; Butler, James J.; Conine, Hu­bert
E.; DeGraffenreid, Frand M.
Jr., Hixon, Joe F.; Johnson, Rowe;
Palmer, Joseph; Salter, Herman V.
Steen, Julian P.; Sudduth, John R.;
Johnson, James V.; Worley, Shelby
L.
The following appointments are
made in the Engineer Unit:
To be Cadet Major—Nelms, Jack
N.
-Cadet Captains—Edwards, Joseph
M.; Crawford, Royce C ; Williams,
Robert C ; Bilbe, Charles W.; Baker,
John H.; McPherson, Riley W.
Cadet First Lieutenants—Stone,
Thomas J.; Strong, William H.; Fra-ley,.
Charles. I.; Waugh, William R.;
Earnest, James M.; McGraw, Louie
A.; Watwood, Vernon B.; Grant, Den­nis
P.; McDonald, William B.; Gard,
John D.; Gillett, Joseph R.; Griffith,
James R. Jr.; Heron, William S.;
Walker, Maurice T.; Wall,. Theodore
T.; Johnson, Raymond E.; Brown,
French C ; Carter, Albert C-; Gantt,
Charles H.; Koplon, Charles M.; Re­gan,
William C ; Clisby, Warner C.
Jr.; Collins, Jesse F. Jr.
By Order P. M. S. & T., Kenneth
G. Althaus, Captain, Infantry (D. O.
L.), Adjutant.
Approved: Spright Dowell, Presi­dent,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
AUBURN PLAYERS
FORM PROGRAM
FOR COLLEGE YEAR
The Auburn Players, in keeping
with the high standards set in pre­vious
years, formulated plans Mon­day
night, which, when put into ef­fect,
will have surpassed all previous
records. A number of high class pro­ductions
were discussed and plans
NEW FACES TO BE
SEEN IN FACULTY
(Continued from page 1)
J. M. Herren, A.B., a graduate of
Dartmouth, is the only new professor
in the Economics Department. He
is very experienced in his work and
is a valuable addition to his depart­ment.
He is offering two new courses
to economic students, Marketing and
Merchandising, the first semester, fol­lowed
by a practical course in Busi-made
to
weeks.
present a play in a j e w ness Statistics and second semester.
WAPI REOPENS
(Continued from page 1)
J. W. Humphreys, E. L. Morphet, |
the orchestra last season.
During the early months of 1925,
the Extension department, headed
by L. N. Duncan, bought and in­stalled
a modern 1000-watt Western
Electric Station. On the night of
February 22, 1926, the formal pro­gram
of the station was broadcast on
wavelength 248 meters. This wave­length
was used during last spring
land summer but on account of inter-
Prof. Harry L. Hamilton will give I and G. W. Hargreaves are the new
a course in play production, the Ex- men respectively in the English, Edu-ecutive
Council having accepted it as! cational, and Pharmacy Departments.
a one-hour credit course. It is de­signed
primarily for those expecting
to become teachers, *and those inter­ested
in dramatics. The work to be
taken up will cover, make-up, expres-
She: "Time separates the best of
friends."
He: "Quite true. Fourteen.years
ago we were 18. Now you are 23
and I am 32."
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OPEN DAY A ND NIGHT
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sion, costume design, stage-setting,
lighting, directing, and writing. The
details will be announced later. Those
interested are "requested to see Prof.
Hamilton in the English Depart­ment's
office. Prof. Hamilton is ably
fitted to give such a course, having
had experience in Carnegie, Tech and
Columbia University, and also six
years on the professional stage.
The Auburn Players found the old
Attic Theater insufficient to meet
the needs of the organization. The
Y. W. C. A. Hut was renovated, new
lighting equipment, and drapes in­stalled,
thus rendering variety and
beauty to future productions.
During the last summer the club
presented two one-act plays entitled,
"Owin' to Maggie," and "A Court
Comedy." These productions were
given at the regular meeting of the
club next Monday night.
Iference of other stations the wave­length
did not prove satisfactory in
all respects. On this account it was
raised to 461.3 meters after long and
Humphreys received his AB degree j c o n t i n u o u s efforts by the managers
from Atlantic Christian College in L f t h e s t a t i o n -
'24. He was also awarded the M.A. „,. _T . . . .,
I WAPI is as large as any other
and B.D. degrees by Vanderbilt Uni- , , , .. . ., „ ,,
broadcasting station of the South;
GOOD MUSIC
10 PIECE ORCHESTRA
Wednesday, Sept. 29
"No Man's Gold"
Fox News and Comedy
Admission 10 and 25c
Friday, October 1
"The Great Reception"
Comedy
Admission 10 and 25c
Saturday, Oct. 2
"The Sea Bent"
Comedy
Admission 15 and 30c
"Gimme a tablet."
"What kinda tablet?"
"A yellow one."
"But what's the matter with you?"
"I want to write a letter."
versity. He has also had graduate
work at North Carolina.
Morphet, a graduate of Columbia,
received his Ph.D. degree from that
institute, and has since had a wide
experience as teacher. He comes as
instructor in educational and exten­sion
work.
"Henry Ford's got Muscle Shoals,"
shouted the newsboy as he wiggled
his way through a crowded street
car.
"What's Muscle Shoals?" asked
one girl of another.
"I ain't sure," replied the other,
"but I believe it's something like
rheumatism. It's no wonder—that
feller Ford works too hard."
and has many advantages by being
the newest and the most modern.
According to plans this year the
station will broadcast two programs' special lecturers,
each day, six days in the week, and I Plans are underway
probably one Sunday night. The!casting athletic events
for broad-and
all im-schedule
will include not .only music I portant events on the campus will be
| but educational numbers, including j broadcast. The varsity football
I popular lectures and dialogues by j games will be broadcast play by play,
place in the Pharmacy Department, | m e m b e r s o f t h e faculty and other Other features are to be added.
is a graduate of the University of
AUBURN AND CHATTANOOGA
TO MEET TOMORROW
(Continued from page 1)
shoes on display at
Alph a Lambda Tau House
JUNIORS § SENIORS
Have You Seen Those Officers
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NICK HAS THEM
Also a Complete Line of
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during the early practice sessions
while Nelson, Fisher, Watwood and
Hassler are counted on for the ad­ditional
trio of markers.
Tht west bleachers will be reserved
for the students and it is urged that
the freshmen sit all together at the
extreme end next to the artillery
stables. Admission of students will
be by coupon number 1. For general
spectators the admission price will
be $1.50. The game will start
promptly at 2:30 P. M. ""
The probable line-up of the Tigers
will be:
Ba'skin R. E.
Andress R. T.
Howard R. G.
Market C
Long L. G.
Palter • L. T.
Watwood . L. E. •
Nelson Q. B.
Ellis R. H. B.
Allen L. H. B.
Turner (Captain) F. B.
Nebraska, receiving a B.S. there in
'25 and an M.S. in '26. He is a reg­istered
druggist and has had several
years experience. In addition to his
regular teaching his main work will
lie in developing a laboratory course
in the microscopy of crude drugs and
the developing of a drug garden.
In the History course we find an­other
Auburn graduate taking up du­ties
as an instructor. Terry, B.S.,
'21, is also taking up graduate work
in connection with his duties as in­structor.
Another new instructor
who is taking up degree work in con­nection
with his course is W. F. Tid-well,
instructor in freshman and soph­omore
history.
The Ag Department receivedd the
greatest number of new men, three,
George L. Fick, B.S. and M.S., a
graduate of Michigan State College
is an experienced man. He is in­structor
in Botany, taking the place
of Martin Palmer who has gone to
a medical school. Frank S. Arant,
B.S., Auburn,"'26, instructor in Zool­ogy
and Entomology, and James F.
Fudge, B.S. and M.S., assistant soil
chemist at the experiment station
are the other new men.
AUBURN TO HAVE WHITE WAY
(Continued from page 1)
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Auburn, Alabama
of Auburn, the total amount comes
to about $75,000. Because of the
paving work just completed, the city
is bonded to its full amount.
After the paving was started, the
city fathers turned to the next thing
of importance, the street lighting
system. At first the commission
thought that money to the extent of
dx to seven thousand dollars could
be borrowed from outside individuals
to set up fifty-six light posts, but it
was found that the city would not
be able to do that. Later it was
decided to put up the posts by in­stallments.
--
The order for the first twenty
posts will be placed at an early date.
These will be put up on College
Street, starting at the main entrance
of the college, and placed ten on each
side, one hundred feet apart, con­tinuing
in the direction of the depot.
These posts will be thirteen feet, six
inches in height, each light being of
six hundred candle power. The
globes will be of the improved type
of Novalux glass. The circuit will
have a 5,000 volt parkway cable, and
will be a series circuit, using potheads
of the very best type with film cut­outs.
According to the engineers'
figures, the light in the middle of the
street will be twenty-four lumens,
making a very bright light, much
brighter than that of the white ways
of neighboring towns. In the resi­dence
section on Gay Street the
lights will be of 200 candle power
and staggered 400 feet apart.
The entire system is expected to
be installed by October 1, 1927; dur­ing
the interval separating that date
and the present a large percentage
of the amount bonded will have been
paid off and enough bonds can be
floated to pay for the system in full.
Chester Sowell Olin (Hawk) Ware Sam Sowell
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