1928-03-23 The Plainsman

              ANNUAL A DAY
MARCH 26 THE PLAINSMAN "A" CLUB DANCE
MONDAY NIGHT
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1928 NUMBER 25
ANNUAL T DAY CHESSAHOII TO OPEN BASEBALL SEASON
MISS GOLDSTEIN
TO SPEAK HERE
MONDAYMAR;26
Lecture Will Be Given To
Women By Noted Home
Economics Teacher
RECOGNIZED AS LEADER
Brings Exhibits From Her Tour
of World
TO MAKE TALKS n
Miss Harriett Goldstein, head of the
art section of the division of Home
Economics in the University of Min­nesota,
will speak in Auburn at Smith
Hall, Monday March 26 before the
women of the town, the students of
the Home Economics and Architec­tural
Departments.
In collaboration with her sister,
Miss Vetta Goldstein, she has writ­ten
"Art In Every Day Life," one of
the outstanding books in the field of
home economics. She spoke two
years ago at the meeting of the
American Home Economics Associa­tion
on the subject "Selecting Deco­rative
Accessories for the Home."
In a recent trip around the world
she has collected embroideries from
the East and Near East, including
Japanese batiks, India tied and dyed
work, India shawls of the various
techniques, Cambodian weaving, Thi­betan
banners, Chinese paintings and
old Japanese brocades and wood
block prints. These interesting arti­cles
will be on exhibit during her lec­ture.
Miss Goldstein is recognized as a
leader in the field of art and its re­lation
to our everyday problems. Her
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Matthews and May-
Freed Of Charges
General Court Martial Acquit Pair
in Mock Trial
D. M. May and Rod Matthews, both
seniors at Auburn were recently ac-quited
by a general court martial on
charges of desertion, but were found
guilty on a charge of absence with­out
leave and were sentenced to 54
days confinement at hard labor and
a fine of two thirds of their pay dur­ing
that period. These mock trials
. have been carried on in the senior
lab. sections of the Engineering unit
by Captain Boley in order to thor­oughly
acquaint the students with the
workings of a general court martial.
Captail Boley has been acting as
Judge advocate of the court with the
seniors taking the parts of witnesses,
military police, defense counsels, etc.
The object of this particular lesson
was to show the difficulty of obtain­ing
a conviction on a charge of deser­tion.
The reason given for the ab­sence
of these two men was that they
had to go to Montgomery to see their
girls.
Auburn Club Draws
Unusual Attendance
The Auburn Glee Club seem­ed
not content to have their usual
audience of music lovers. Last
Friday night in Columbus, Ga.,
they called out the Fire Depart­ment
and Police force. The mat­ter
turned out to be a mistake on
the part of a member of the Man­dolin
Club.
Sibert Rains had gone back
stage „ to tune up his guitar.
While looking for the light
switch, he came across .the fire
alarm. Not knowing what it
was, he turned it. In ten minutes,
all the Fire trucks and a riot
squad of police were upon the
spot.
After much questioning on the
part of the Fire Chief, Rains
confessed. His excuse was that,
having lived all his life in the
country, and being a student at
Auburn, he did not know there
was such a thing as a fire alarm
switch.
MR. JAMES SPEED
AG EDITOR WILL
SPEAK HERE AT
CONVOCATIONS
'English, a Tool of Expression"
i s Subject
SPEED IS GOOD. SPEAKER
\mi Also Address Ag Club
Wednesday Night
James Speed, editor of the South­ern
Agriculturist, and a speaker of
attractiveness and force, will be- the
feature at the convocation hours
next week. Both upperclassmen and
Freshmen will be favored with the
presence and gifts of Mr. Speed. He
has frequently addressed gatherings
of teachers and has been favorably
received as one who brings'to ..the
task of the student and teacher an at­titude
that is helpful in its new view
of the problems common to the
school room and the editor's desk.
"English, a Tool of Expression" is
a subject that Mr. Speed is well pre­pared
to speak upon and will be his
topic of discussion while at Auburn.
This is a broad subject and a fertile
field for thought on the part of the
students and teachers of the college.
There is no language so rich with
words with which to express one's
thoughts, emotions, and desires as is
the English Language.
Also while on the campus Mr.
Speed will appear before the Ag Club
on Wednesday night, the 28th. Dur­ing
the afternoon of Wednesday he
will visit and address the students at
one or more of the high schools in
Montgomery County.
Mr. Speed will go to Birmingham,
Friday, March 30th, to make two ad­dresses
before the Alabama Educa­tional
Association.
KIWANIS HONORS
ARMY VISITORS
Officer* Are Guests of Honor At
Weekly Luncheon
The Kiwanis Club, at its luncheon
at Smith Hall last Monday, had, as
guests of honor, the three military
inspectors sent here by the govern-v
ment. The officers, Lt. Col. Henry
C. Merriam, Major Milliam J. Mc-
Caughey and Major Gustav H.
Franke, arrived at 12:15, and were
escroted directly to the Hall where
they were officially welcomed by
Coach Pitts and introduced by Major
Kennedy. Colonel Merriam made a
short talk and Dr. Dowell, in a few
words, praised the work of the civic
clubs.
Special music was furnished by the
Mandolin Club, and by request, Bob
McKinnon sang "The K. P. Song"
which was composed by Auburn men
at the R. 0. T. C. camp last summer.
The guests of the Kiwanis Club on
this occasion included besides the
visiting officers, several of our own
officers, Dr. Dowell, Coach Bohler,
Coach Pitts, The Mandolin Club, and
the editor of the Plainsman.
Captain Anderson, President of
the Kiwanians presided:
n.^-- BOTEGHA HOLDS
ART EXHIBIT IN
B'HAMUBRARY
Many Drawings Done by Men
of Auburn Shown
INTERESTING D I S P L AY
One Hundred Drawings From
Architectural Department
Botegha has on display a most at­tractive
exhibit of architectural
drawings in the art gallery of the
Birmingham-Public Library, the ex­hibit
to remain until the twentieth
of this month, then making way for
the Southern Art Exhibit. It is well
worth the consideration of the public.
Every drawing in the present exhibit
was made by a member of Botegha
approximately twenty-four members
being represented and one hundred
drawings being in evidence. Alto­gether
the Botegha exhibit is one of
the most unique and interesting dis­plays
that has ever been seen at the
Public Library.
Botegha was founded at Auburn in
1920. After three years of work in
the architectural school at Auburn,
a student is eligible for candidacy to
Botegha provided he has a general
aevrage of eighty in all his subjects
prior to his junior year. General
popularity, personality and character
are also considered in electing the
candidates.
The Birmingham Alumni Chapter
was organized about a year and a
half ago, and the present membership
consists of ten active members and
a number of inactive members. The
present Chapter at Auburn includes:
H. C. Hopson, Pres., M. G. Smith, L.
S. Whitten, J. B. Merill, F. W.
White, William Stork, and Bob
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Scabbard and Blade
Honors Officers
DR. BRADFORD A. KNAPP
Dr. Bradford Knapp formally accepted the presidency of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute when informed of his election Friday. His telegram
to Gov. Bibb Graves follows;
"Thank you for your message. Arrangement entirely satisfactory. Glad
the board was unanimous. You have called me to an exceedingly important
task. Auburn has done much valuable work. Her alumni have made their
mark in the world. The task will be to build on the good things already
done and lead to greater service to the state. I am deeply interested in the
great engineering profession which relates to the knowledge, skill and de­velopment
of the power resources of the state. Alabama is in the midst of
great agriculture and economic changes. I am deeply interested in serving
her farmers in all their problems. If at Auburn we may encourage still
greater growth and effort toward these technical subjects and continue to
turn out well educated and resourceful citizens it will be worthy our best
efforts. I hope we may have the support and co-operation of all the staff
of the institution, the alumni and the people of the entire state in this behalf.
BRADFORD KNAPP.
Delightful Luncheon Is Held For
Army Inspectors
On Tuesday the Scabbard and
Blade Honor Society gave a delight­ful
luncheon to the officers visiting
Auburn for the annual inspection of
the R. O. T. C. unit. The guests of
honor were Lieut. Colonel Merriam,
Major McCaughey, and Major Frank.
During the luncheon very interest­ing
talks were given. Major Ken­nedy
introduced the speakers and
gave a short sketch of the career of
each. Major Franke gave an inter-etsting
account of his experiences at
Colorado Mechanical and Agricultur­al
College where he was P. M. S. and
T. for several years. Major Franke
was responsible for the installation
of a chapter of Scabbard and Blade
at that institution. Major Mc­Caughey
spoke on some of his ex­periences
at R. 0. T. C. training
camps. Lieut. Colonel Merriam gave
a splendid talk on the duty of R. O.
T. C. graduates , after they leave
school, in connection with the na­tional
defense.
After the luncheon Lieut. Colonel
Merriam and Major McCaughey were
initiated as associate members of the
Auburn company of Scabbard and
Blade. Major Franke was already a
member.
Bathtub Bathers
Take This Warning
Bathtubs are dangerous as well
as insanitary, so we are informed
by Prof. A. L. Thomas who fell
down in his tub Monday, as he
was taking his weekly washing
and broke two of his ribs. There
is a field open now for young
inventors to design a non-skid
bathtub. This would be a great
help to human nature and we
feel sure that Prof. Thomas will
be one of the many to purchase
one of them. Let this be a warn­ing
to bathtub bathers and watch
how you get into your tub.
ACCEPTS PRESIDENCY
ENTRE MADAME'
BE PRESENTED
HERE TONIGHT
Montevallo Dramatic Club To
Give Three Act Comedy
ADMISSION ONLY 25 CENTS
Club Comes Under Auspices
Auburn Players
Tonight, for the first time in four
years, a play will be presented in
Auburn by another state college. The
production will be given in Langdon
Hall, at 8 o'clock. The presentation,
a charming play entitled "Entre Ma-dama,"
is to be offered by the Ala­bama
Players from Montevallo.
The play is a romantic comedy of
three acts. Its high .merits have
already, gained for it a booking at
Woman's College and at the Bir­mingham
Little Theatre. In Monte­vallo
this play went over big, and was
acclaimed the best production pre­sented
there in many a moon. The
which insures a bevy not only of
beautiful girls but also of "pretty
boys."
The plot of the play is woven about
the lives of one of artistic tempera­ment
and one of scientific inclinat­ions.
When the two intermarry—
then what? This performance prom­ises
food for thought as well as
laughs galore.
This production is anticipated
keenly, not only because it is said to
be grippingly interesting but because
it marks recontinuity of the annual
presentation of plays in Auburn by
the Montevallo Dramatic Club, after
an intermission of four years.
This performance is under the
auspices of the Auburn Players who
have arranged that the admission
price will be only twenty-five cents,
one-third of the entrance fee at other
presentations of the same play.
INSPECTION OF
AUBURN R.O.T.C.
IS HELDMONDAY
Annual Distinguished College
Inspection Made Here
INSPECTION IS THOROUGH
Col. Merriam, Ma j . McCaughey
and Maj. Franke Are
Entertained Here
The annual inspection of the R. O.
T. C. Unit of Auburn for distinguish­ed
college rating was conducted Mon­day
and Tuesday by Colonel Henry
C. Merriam, Major J. M. McCaughey
and Major G. H. Franke.
Colonel Merriam, Major McCaugh­ey
and Major Franke all graduated
from West Point and are distinguish­ed
army officers. Colonel Merriam
and Major Franke both come from
general staff headquarters in At­lanta.
Major McCaughey is stationed
at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina.
The inspectors arrived at 12:15
Monday and went straight to Smith
Hall to the Kiwanis Club luncheon
where they were guests of honor.
Monday afternoon they inspected the
Junior Artillery classes in smoke
bomb problems and also attended the
Junior Engineering classes. At 3:20
the unit assembled and passed in re­view.
After the review a general in­spection
was held. The inspectors
performed their duty in the usual
fashion by calling on individuals
rather than platoons or companies.
By doing this they were able to get
a fair conception of the thoroughness
of the training of individuals of the
unit. Aside from the extended order
drill put on by the Engineers, the
Artillery Freshmen put on a gun
drill at the stables.
The inspection of the R. O. T. C.
unit as a whole was said by Major
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Guyton is Winner
of Oratorical At
Convocation Here
T. M. Guyton, Freshman, repres­enting
the Evans Literary Society,
won the annual oratorical contest
between the literary societies on the
campus last Thursday at convocation.
His name goes down with other for-tunates
in his line on the Phi Delta
Gamma loving cup.
Young Guyton's subject was "Here
Comes the Band Wagon." He won
over two other contestants—A. V.
Blankenship, representing the Web-sterian
literary society, speaking on
"Honor Societies," and H. Y. Shaef er,
represting the Wilsonian literary so­ciety,
speaking on "Presidential Pos­sibilities."
A unanimous vote was
cast for the winner by judges Dr. Al­lison,
Prof. Fullan and Rev. Mr.
Burnworth.
Mr. Guyton is a native of Decatur,
Ala. He is a member of the fresh­man
class, and engaged in a course in
Civil Engineering. Mr. Shaef er hails
from Opelika; he is a sophomore and
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AUBURN MEETS
LIONS TO OPEN
CAMPUSSEASON
Tigers Meet Fort Benning On
Friday and Saturday
MONTGOMERY IS STRONG
Dance Will End Annual "A"
Day Celebration
LAST CONCERT
OF GLEE CLUB'S
TOUR IS_GIVEN
Columbus Hears Songsters of
Auburn In Final
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
Concert Given In High School
Auditorium
The Auburn Glee Club made their
final appearance of their initial tour
in Columbus, last Friday night,
March 16.
Leaving Auburn, en masse, at ten
o'clock Friday morning, they arrived
in Columbus at 12:40, and were as­signed
to private homes where they
were' to spend the night. It is ru­mored
that several girls had a heated
argument over "Shorty" Culpepper,
but a decision was finally reached
and "Shorty" carried off in triumph
by the lucky lady.
A large audience, at the Columbus
High School auditorium, encouraged
the boys to do their best, and one of
the most striking performances of the
season was rendered. Ludwig Smith
and Van Buren received even more
than their usual share of applause, as
did Charles Moore, who was accom­panied
by "Abie" Hardin at the
piano.
The "Auburn Collegians," in their
act entitled "Jazzmania," did even
better than at their previous per­formance
in Langdon Hall. These
boys certainly had the "Pep" neces­sary
to put the performance across.
Everyone is still talking about the
feature numbers, "Among My Sou­venirs"
and "Shine."
After the performance the orches­tra
furnished the music for a very en­joyable
dance at the Elks Hall, which
lasted until 1:30 o'clock. What they
did after that is nobody's business.
Director P. R. Bidez declared the
trip extremely successful. If pos­sible,
-he plans to make a second tour
at some time during the season.
Dr. Knapp To Visit
Auburn Next Week
Dr. Knapp expects to arrive in Au­burn
either Saturday night or Sun­day
morning, coming here direct
from Memphis, where he plans to at­tend
the cotton conference Friday.
He probably will spend Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday and much of Wed­nesday
at the college, going over af­fairs
of the institution with Dr.
Spright Dowell, and meeting the
faculty and students.
Dr. Knapp is making the visit to
Alabama upon invitation of Victor H.
Hanson.
By Mas E. Kahn
"War Eagle"! And as the cry dies
out in the distance, the 1928 Auburn
Tiger baseball outfit is off on the
hardest, and most interesting cam­paign
In quite a number of years.
Why? Because, at present, they are
the champions of the conference and
also have about the stiffest teams to
be encountered in the S. I. C. on their
list of opponents. But, there is no
room for pessimism or any hint at
it. The future looks bright, Auburn's
clouds seems to be disappearing, and
a very likely prophesy is that 1928
will see Coach Slick Moulton tutor of
the Dixie Champs. A big step to­wards
Auburn's rise towards her
rightful place in athletics is in the
making.
Fort Benning
Friday and Saturday will find the
Tigers over at Ft. Benning where
they will take on the Doughboys in a
double bill. These two games will
give Coach Moulton a much needed
chance to view his many aspirants
under fire and should help to thin out
the list of question marks. All of
the battery men will be used if pos­sible
and a liberal list of substitutions
will very likely be made. Pitchers
and catchers will line up in an order
similar to the following: pitchers:
Wood, McGhee, Lee, Stoutenborough,
Potter; catchers: E. James, Booth,
Wright. This series with the soldier
lads will be followed with another to
be held on the campus later in the
season.
Montgomery Lions
The third "A" Day program is due
to be the best ever staged so far.
The strong Montgomery Lions of the
Southeastern League will journey up
to the Fairest Village with plenty of
opposition. Among the Lions list of
players will be found Bully Hitchcock,
Auburn All-southern player for the
past two years and Stewart a former
Xiger hurler. Hitchcock has been
shifted to right-field and is due to
give his former mates plenty of
trouble, especially at the driving end
of the deal. Official opening of the
present season will take place im­mediately
before the game and a
rather neat program will be in vogue.
The "A" Club will taper off the cele­bration
with a dance in the gym Mon­day
night if everything rids smooth
enough.
Selma Clover Leaf*
Another Southeasterner will be the
next hurdle'for the Tiger nine and
Moulton will take his lads to the fa­mous
cotton city. The Selma team
boast of a fast working lot of players
this year and will want to start things
off in good fashion. "Po" Pat Moul­ton
is one of the leading pitchers for
the Cloverleafs and it is expected that
he will go to the mound Wednesday
against his alma mater.
Tnlane
March 30 and 31 will find the Au­burn
and Tulane athletic outfits once
more hooked, horn to horn. "Peggy"
Flournoy is coaching the Greenies
this year and is opening his Confer­ence
with the Orange and Blue lads.
The Tiger took the Gulf Citians for
a neat pair of trouncings last year
and the visitors will surely endeavor
to obtain revenge. The Tulane
squads have that never say die spirit
and aren't to be laughed at by a long
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NOTICE
Lost one pair shell rim glasses, in
black leather case. Please return to
Pat Askew, Smith Hall.
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. Max Kahn, '28 Sports Editor
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Celeste Nesbitt, '28 Co-ed Editor
J. W. Handle, '28 Exchange Editor
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REPORTERS
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N. Sellers, '31; Robert L. Hume, '31;
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White Matthews, '31; George Duncan,
'31; Richard A. Jones, '31; Jessie C.
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'31; W. D. Dryer, '31; J. D. Foy,
'31; John Lewis, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF
H. W. Glover, '29 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
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Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Adv. Mgi.
John McClendon, '28 _ Circulation Mgr.
A. C. Taylor, '30 _ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
G. W. Smith, '30 _ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Dept.
M. Hawkins' '31 Circulation Dept.
W. H. Smith, '31 Circulation Dept.
J. L. Sellers, '31 Circulation Dept.
Geo. W. Postelle, '31 Circulation Dept.
We wonder if the Jew Engineers took
part in celebrating with the others on
March 15.
Don't let ambiguity mislead! We will
continue to be just as wide awake as ever
even if we are taking a Knapp.
Local politicians should be smoothing
their planks for their platforms. Strange
noises will soon be heard from the political
cliques as election time nears.
The G. O. P. appears to have got too
much oil in their machine for they have
not been able to bring it to a standstill.
Maybe some of the members staged a little
tea party. Evidently the stuff has been
brewing too long.
ENGINEERS DAY
The engineering colleges are popularizing
the setting aside of one day in each scho­lastic
year especially for the benefit of en­gineering
students. In keeping with this
custom the faculty and students of the
engineering college -set aside March 15 as
Engineers Day. In spite of the fact that
there were a number of unforseen Con­flicts,
the observance of the day may be
regarded as quite successful.
A number of visiting speakers of prac­tical
experience in the various fields of en­gineering
added interest to the celebration.
The special entertainment provided for
students was a pleasing variation from the
regular routine of classwork.
We are glad that some enterprising and
thoughtful students have seen fit to ar­range
a time the attention of the engineer
is called to. the fact that he may contribute
much to the profession. It is well that these
men can be brought together in the spirit
of serious thought once a year. Engineers'
Day should mean much to the student in
bringing one to the realization of the fact
that a spirit of mutual helpfulness should
enter into the activities of those in sev­eral
engineering courses.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
In order that the public and some stu­dents
might be informed as to the variety
of courses of instruction being offered" by
the college the Plainsman takes this op­portunity
to discuss briefly the religious
educational work as has been successfully
conducted by Rev. O. D. Langston.
Since the addition of courses in the Bible
and religious education were instituted in
1923 they have met with the approval and
thorough satisfaction of both the adminis­tration
and the students. There are three
courses elective for freshmen and sopho­mores
and seven for the two upper classes.
The growing number that register indicate
in a small way the manner in which they
have met with the approval and thorough
satisfaction of both the administration and
the student. About three score students
are registered today in the courses offered.
In 1926 there were only 35 registered for
religious work.
The college allows twelve semester hours
of college credit toward graduation in re­ligious
education. It is said that there
are to be several additional courses offered
next year. With the new subjects to be
taught the student will find a wide range
from .which to select.
Rev. O. D. Langston, A. B., B. D., M. A.,
student pastor of the Auburn Methodist
Church seeks to do more for these with
whom he is associated than merely conduct
classes. He has faith in the youth of today.
He says in regard to the modern young
people, "They are in revolt against dog­matic
authority, but I believe that they
are willing to be shown the facts about
religion and life. If we show them the
facts and help them to interpret these facts
through a sympathetic and friendly con­tact,
the results will be the development of
good citizens."
WILL YOU BE ONE OF TWO OR ONE
,, OF NINETY-EIGHT?
(Editor's Note:—"College graduate4!
account for 2.14 per cent of the popu­lation.
Those having part college edu­cation
amount to 4.55 per cent; high
school graduates, 6.22; part high school
education, 18.96; elementary school
graduates, 27.13; part elementary
school graduates, 84 per cent.")
Several years ago 93 little boys hope­fully
trudged over 93 little hills to 93 little
schoolhouses. Each carried a satchel con­taining
a primer, tablet and pencil, and a
hard boiled egg for recess. A fond mother
had sent each little boy to school. This was
the first morning. Seven of the hundred
to be considered could not even start.
Before the 93 Toms, Dicks, and Harrys
had finished their elementary school work
34 had„from some cause, dropped out and
were now content to sit at home and do
whatever chores had to be done. But
there were still 66 Toms, Dicks, and
Harrys taking the same old satchel to
school every morning. It had now be­come
worn and frayed, and books could
be seen nosing out the corners.
The lights of 66 schoolhouses were
burning bright on the warm June night.
Sixty-six lads were happy, for it was time
to receive their certificates which told the
world they had completed the elementary
school work. And so the 66 dreamed
dreams of 66 happy futures, each as rosy
as his neighbor's. They were determined
to come back and finish the high school
work—and maybe go to college, but that
was too far off.
Brown and sere, the leaves were falling
when the bell tolled again and the teacher
waited for the 66 to come. But 66 did not
appear. The summer path had proved
thorny to 27 of the 66 Toms, Dicks, and
Harrys. They had found jobs on the
farms, or in the city's marts. Schooling,
they had decided was too laborious a pro­cess
for them. So the remaining 39 started
on the long four-year road to high school
graduation.
Temptations thick and fast rain on their
highways. Here is the job Tom wanted;
there is that position in the bank Harry
neded, and there is poor Dick, who, the
villagers say, will never settle down. The
never-ending road .beckons to him. Of the
remaining 39, almost 19 take the short and
easy path and start to work. They ac­cepted
clerkships without any thought of
the future—and the -pitiful Dicks are still
looking for the end of the road. For some
reason others fall out, and only seven
graduate from high school.
Let it be said to the good credit of the
seven that they all decide to go to college.
Registration is oyer. Unwieldy sche­dules
have been made to conform to rea­son.
Classes start. Seven lads have made
their new friends and are now ready for
the routine of college life. Then follows
a round of parties, dates, shows, examina­tions,
and reports, and 5 of our Toms,
Dicks, and Harrys decide they do not want
a college education. Trunks are re-packed,
and with explanations for the family, each
lad "homeward plods his weary way."
Tom and Dick remain in school. They
graduate from college with honors.- The
trail has been long and hard. Is it worth
it? What about the two who graduate?
And what about the 98 who do not make
the grade of a college education?
Will YOU be one of 2 or one of 98?
•—Emory Wheel.
Unless the faculty want to retain the
honor system or a sufficient number of
undergraduates express an interest in it
to insure it of future support the system
is gone from the Yale University campus.
The action was taken by the Yale Student
Council at its last meeting. The council
voted to return to faculty supervision of
examinations and quizzes.
The department of astronomy at the
University of California is ranked first
among all the institutions of higher educa­tion
in the United States.
The extension department of the State
College of Pennsylvania has offered for a
period of four years a number of courses
to prisoners in the state penitentiary.
"OLD FATHER OF WATERS"
Warren E. Bower
Father Mississippi, by Lyle Saxon, New
York; the Century Co.
The memory of the 1927 flood is still
so grimly present in the minds of those
people who live in the lower Mississippi
basin, and indeed in the minds of us all,
that a book presenting the history of the
great river is very timely. Lyle Saxon's
large and interesting volume intends to
be just that. He has covered the time
from DeSoto to the recent flood in a con­stantly
readable manner, and many of
the periods in the great river's history he
has covered so vividly that they become far
more than history. No one can read the
acount of the "steamboat days" on the
Mississippi without feeling the glamor and
romance of that short period. And no one •
can read this book without having borne
in upon him the fierce struggle with the
river which has been going on unrelieved
since New Orleans was first established.
It is no doubt the sense of this dramatic
struggle which forms the chief contribu­tion
of the volume. As history, the treat­ment
has necessarily to be sketchy. But
the long effort to keep the river within its
banks is set down carefully and fully. Year
by year we see the levees grow higher;
again and again we see them swept away
when the river is especially resentful of
the efforts to confine it. From the time
of Iberville in New Orleans we watch the
growing importance of the river in com­merce
and the development of the South
and Middle West. Wealth increases tre­mendously
along the banks of the river.
The necessity to keep the river from swal­lowing
some of the richest land in America
rises as the wealth increases. Elaborate
machinery comes into being to keep the
river where it belongs. ~ It has been con­quered
for years, and a sense of security
comes down upon the people. And then
comes 1927 and the greatest flood in his­tory,
entailing incalculable damage and
destroying that false sense of security.
Something will have to be done about it;
such a castastrophe cannot be allowed to
happen again.
It is as a history of the flood that this
book wijl have a permanent value. Here
Mr. Saxon, who.is a New Orleans newspa­perman,
rises to great heights in his ability
to convey a vivid impression of the scope
of the devastation. In pages of extraordin­ary
powerful description, he makes one
experience with him the human side of the
disaster. One watches the frantic, but in
the end ineffectual, efforts to make the
levees hold; and after they have given
way, calmly heroic measures are taken to
rescue stray refugees, and to succor them
all. The resourcefulness of everyone con­cerned
and the resignation to conditions
that prevented a panic are perhaps the
most outstanding impressions one has of
the whole human side of the affair. -
Near the end of the book Mr. Saxon
turns to special pleading, as well he might.
That something must be done to prevent
a recurrence of such a flood is in every­one's
mind. He reviews the means taken
to control the river and points out sharply
the inefficiency and inadequacy of the
means formerly trusted in. The former
River Board has almost stupidly persisted
in a policy of "levees only", which cer­tainly
the flood has shown to be ineffect­ive.
Mr. Saxon suggests a new board,
with a somewhat different constituency,
and recommends -that broader policies
should be pursued. He also takes up the
old question of whether or not the states
bordering the Mississippi should be com­pelled
to bear the whole of the tremendous
burden of protection. He points out the
obvious fact that approximately one-third
of the territory of the United States is
drained by the river, and argues that this
means the problem is a national one. That
the president has finally come round to
this view, after months of obstinate in­sistence
that the states bear a part of the
burden, is a heartening fact. It only re­mains
now to stir a dilly-dallying Con­gress
into action.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
The band at Ohio State is producing
songs on phonograph records.
New York State College has abolished
scholastic requirements for fraternity
membership.
At Colgate University six students are
earning part of their tuition by sleeping
for some psychological experiments being
conducted there. _
Stanford University will dedicate its
1928 annual to Herbert Hoover, a graduate
of that institution. This may mean a few
votes for the genial secretary and then
again it may not.
The athletic association of Northwest-era
University recently opened a drive for
funds. One system was that of "honor
candy stands. It is said that $600 was lost
through the use of buttons, slugs and the
like in place of proper coins.
Seniors at Vermont University blossom
out with canes shortly after Easter. It
is an old custom at Vermont, a stately and
dignified one. The Seniors suddenly be­come
the old men of the University, they
are ready to pass out.
vicinity of Ohio State University has re­vealed
that no pictures attract so many
undergraduates as those which are of col­lege
life.
Other tastes of the college student
were revealed. They also like Western
movies, they dislike triangle love affairs,
and they won't stand for screen advertis­ing,
International News reels or educa­tional
films.
It also was found that the students as a
whole are a well behaved bunch in the
movie theatre. On occasions, it was found,
some "country hick thinks he can pull his
home-town stuff," but he soon learns to
the contrary and falls into line with the
rest.
Blind Tiger
Both science and history are taught in
good effect in our schools. Although the
facts in a child's mind may be somewhat
disorderly, they are there at any rate—
in heaps. In one composition a pupil
wrote: "Galileo discovered the law of the
pendulum when an apple dropped on his
head from the leaning tower of Pisa."
Included in the enrollment of the Uni­versity
of Washington are fifty Russian
students who were exiled from the nation
of their birth after having foUght under,
the flag of the "White Armies" in an ef- [
fort to maintain the old regime in Russia.
Here lies the body of William Brace;
He sure was one fine fella,
He said in his sleep, "I love you, Grace,"
But his wife's name was Stella.
The only dates some old maids get are
on their tomb-stones.
Haverford College is continuing the un­limited
cut system at the institution for
another semester. The Dean claims that
although he expects a certain extent of
excessive cutting he believes that the sys­tem
will be successful in time. Last se­mester
when the unlimited cutting existed
there were no ill effects experienced by
the grades where the right sort of student
takes it seriously.
A petition by 116 students at Boston Uni­versity
to the Dean, to allow bridge play­ing
between classes, was recently rejected.
The Dean claimed that the practice would
be both dangerous and unbusinesslike.
One outstanding fact of the petition was
that 30 of the 116 students who had signed
it were on scholastic probation while 20 had
received warnings.
Does the college boy or girl dislike the
average college movie which portrays them
as the original modern youth?
College editors throughout the country
have been bewailing the false light in which
the college student is placed by the average
moving picture portrayal of college life,
but a survey of Columbus theaters in the
1st Stude: "This butter is so strong it
could walk over and say "hello" to the
coffee."
2nd Stude: "Yeh, but the coffee is too
weak to answer."
Dormitory Student: "'Give me three
pounds of insect powder."
Clerk: "Want to take it with you?"
D. S.: "Why, yes, you don't expect me
to bring the bugs here do you?"
Definitions from a Freshman's note­book:
Joan of Arc—One of Noah's daughters.
Blizzard—The inside of a hen.
Mistake—to steal something.
Monomaniac—A man with only one wife.
Oxygen—an eight sided figure.
Dispel—To spell incorrectly.
Alice: "But surely you didn't tell him
straight out that you loved him." .
Ruth: "Goodness, no. He simply had to
squeeze it out of me."
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
There is a Spanish Colony under the
shadow of Brooklyn Bridge, and in this
town Old World Brandy is sold at Old
World prices. Maybe Al Smith when he
roamed the streets of New York, learned
the location of this colony and also learn­ed
to appreciate good liquor—as he un­doubtedly
still does.
* » * • *
Will Rogers reports great sectional riv­alry
between California and Florida, but
admits that in case of trouble sectional dif­ferences
are forgotten. The jolly Will
should get some of the California Bur-banks
to cross the Florida oranges and the
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
•Sy Jupiter <}. Tluvius
"I hear that the professor had you ship­ped
for lying. What did you lie about?"
"Lie about? Oh, for lying, about an
hour too long in bed every morning."
Some well-meaning but unthinking up-perclassmen
took it upon themselves to
post various notices about town Tuesday
morning directed to the members of the
freshmen class, warning them to obey the
"rat rules." As to what rules they were
referring, I am in the dark. Almost every­one
on the campus knows that the student
government has been abolished, and that
there is no regularly constituted body for
the enforcement of so-called rat rules in
existence. Evidently this news hasn't.pene­trated
to the consciousness of a few.
Whatever reasons the Board of Trustees
may have had for abolishing the student
government or whatever bad results may
have come from that action are of no con­sequence
here, but the indirect abolition
of the Vigilance Committee was one of the
few intelligent things that I have seen ac­complished
since I 'have been at Auburn.
A casual perusal of the editorial col­umns
of The Plainsman for several years
preceding this one reveals an astounding
amount of space wasted in trying to con­vince
three fourths of the students that
they should revert to brute beasts and beat
the other fourth with boards, mainly be­cause
of the biological accident which
caused the said minority to arrive on this
planet a year or two later than the rest,
thus delaying. their matriculation at col­lege
until the majority had already become
• upperclassmen.
No one here would accuse the Auburn
students of becoming lax in hazing because
they are intelligent enough to see the asini-ty
of it, but if they would gradually allow
it to die out as it has a tendency to do,
people who don't know better might mistake
the action as an evidence of intelligence.
However, the self-appointed guardians of
student-body dignity who write anonymous
notes will see to it that such a condition
never arises. The veneer of civilization
simply must wear off occasionally, it
seems.
* * * * *
Campus comment concerns itself a great
deal more with the fact that our president­elect
is rather bald than with his record as
an educator or his attitude toward student
problems. Humorous cracks about the
lack' of cranial adornment which Dr.
Knapp and Dr. Petrie have in common are
all the rage this week among the "wise
crackers."
* * * * *
Judging superficially from the news
columns of late, one is impressed with the
record which Dr. Knapp has made in his
chosen field. He should be able to fill the
requirements of our extremely fastidious
alumni, in so far as they can be humanly
filled. His policy in keeping in personal
touch with the people of the state should
make him acceptable to the taxpayers who,
in a large measure, support the school.
* * * * *
His record as an educator, and the com­ments
of the Oklahoma Agricultural and
Mechanical College student paper seem to
indicate that he is popular with the stu­dents,
and fills their somewhat vague, but
nevertheless exacting conception of a good
college president. He is an expert in the
field of Agriculture, and has been especi­ally
interested in extension work, which
makes him peculiarly well-fitted to direct
the policies of Auburn, the center of Ala­bama's
extensive system of extension and
scientific agricultural work.
* * * * *
Dr. Knapp's wide training and experience
have enabled him to become thoroughly fa­miliar
with the problems of technological
institutions, according to, some of the
prominent educators who have so highly
recommended him to our board of trus­tees.
He is in sympathy with the develop­ment
of all branches of the engineering
school, and should be able to head the
varied departments of Auburn in a manner
which will make them most efficient.
* * * * *
Dr. Knapp played on one of Vanderbilt's
first football teams, back in' 1892, which
is about the same time that our present Di­rector
of Athletics, Mr. J. V. Brown, was
learning the fundamentals of the same
game from George Petrie, head coach.
California orange so that peace and har­mony
would exist on account of family re­lations.
* * * * *
See where Representative Car r a w a y °f
Arkansas charged Will Hays with knowing
about Sinclair's crooked oil deals when
Hays was a member of the Cabinet. The
price of movies will soon go up so Will
can pay his attorney's fees. This will be
hard on the Auburn students; they will
have to eliminate one night a week at the
hot dog stand.
* * * * *
Cal is considering the Blue Ridge Moun­tains
as the place for his Summer home.
If he goes down there, he will have to
desert the Republican party, for the Demo­crats
shoot to kill in that country.
* * * * *
Wonder what the next excuse for start­ing
a new honor fraternity will be?
* * * * *
Dogs and snow motors were recently
used to send aid to snowbound hamlets in
Northern Michigan. By the way, airplanes
haven't been invented yet. Wonder what
kind of thermometers those people use in
that country anyway.
* * * * *
Sandino's threat, hurled in the all of the
U. S. Senate, was treated as a joke. Seems
to us he has dispelled the joke idea down
in Nica—what do you call it? But the
lives of a few hundred men mean nothing
to this country; they are getting paid to
die like that anyway.
* * * * *
A camel can work for seven days with­out
wanting to drink, but a man can drink
for seven days without wanting to work.
* * * * *
If Adam came back to earth, the only
things he would recognize would be the
jokes. And Adam's an old man by now.
* * * * *
David Houston, big insurance magnate,
says that the day of high pressure selling is
over. The joke's on him, judging from the
sales exceeding billions of dollars a few
days ago on the Stock Exchange. At least
a few arteries were bursted or badly swol­len
by the pressure on hand as the result
of this sales' deluge.
* * * * *
A professor in a Michigan high school
was pricked by a briar which was on a rose
he accepted from a young lady. The re­sult
was his death. We have been preach­ing
for a long time that women were poi­son
ivy. Now maybe we will get an audi­ence.
* * * * *
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From the above ad it would
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Well, he ought to know about them or they
ought to know about him, for he has always
talked about the fellows he knew every­where
that there should at least be some
sort of acquaintanceship.
* * * * *
Oscar Mclntyre, well known New York
writer, who is visiting Europe at the pres­ent
time, is still pale from having lost
fifty dollars in ten minutes at roulette in
Monte Carlo a few days ago. Bet he's a
Scotchman and couldn't help getting pale.
That's what he gets for vistiing such places
anyway.
* * * * *
It seems that Raines, member of the
Glee Club, took something out on the City
of Columbus by mistake a few days ago.
We don't know what he had been drinking,
but we do know that he couldn't tell the
difference between a fire alarm box and a
public telephone that particular night.
With the Glee Clubbers it seems to be a
state of mind as well as of body, for ter­rible
stories have come back based on the
experiences of some of the most valuable
members. Probably that's why the other
trip was cancelled.
* * * * *
Secretary Kellogg in a speech to the
Council on Foreign Relations outlined a
plan, to put a ban of militarism. Seems
to us that so far overy outlined plan has
been outlawed, . and even a statesman
could see that the plan is worn out. He
must desire the publicity for some office
he is contemplating running for.
* * * * *
Auburn must be a romantic school, for
they marry them young here. According
to Will Durant, author of "The Story of
Philosophy," people lose all idea of what
romance is after they reach the age of
thirty, thereby causing those who wait
that long to marry to miss all that re­sembles
romance. This statement is
agreed to by H. L. Mencken in a sarcastic
statement in which he says that by that
time people have a little sense. If these
two writers are right, we say again that
Auburn must be a romantic school, for
they marry them young here.
THE PLAINSMAN Page 3
BOHLER ON THE CAMPUS
AND READY TO START THINGS
By Harry Wise
"What does Coach George Bohler
think and say about the athletic con­ditions
and outlook at Auburn?", is
the question that is foremost in the
minds of many of Auburn's support­ers
and students. Many also might
be interested in other facts about the
man that now holds the key to the
destinies of the athletic future of
"Dear Ole Auburn."
Tuesday afternoon was the time
that will probably be long remember­ed
as a turning point at Auburn, for
that was the time when Coach first
met with the boys wearing cleats and
moleskin. That little white cap look­ed
good to the lovers of the sport
of the gridiron.
Anticipating the earnestness with
which Coach will and has entered the
work before him, an interview was
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planned for Monday afternoon. Three
p. m. found Coach very much en­gaged
in reviewing the R. 0. T. C.
unit from the front door of the Gym.
Mississippi College has no such R.
O. T. C. unit as that which strutted
those white collars before Coach and
he really enjoyed all of it, even the
boy who was counting his money and
ran over the flag placed on the edge
of the drill field as a marker for al-lignment.
During the two hours spent with
Coach there were many things called
to his attention, all of which he hand­led
in a straight forward and business
like manner. In his office was found
the reminders of SPORTS. Not only
pertaining to athletics but other
sports. These things were more in
evidence because they had just ar­rived
in the Village. A Radio set,
base ball uniforms, football uniforms,
slickers and heavy waterproof trous­ers,
a fishing rod and reel and a .22
High powered Remington rifle told
the inaudible story of the activities,
interests, attractions and amusements
of such a versatile man.
Not the least in the estimation pf
their proud owner was this little rifle
and fishing rod. Athletics at Auburn
was forgotten for a few minutes
while listening to the reminiscences
of bear hunting and fishing for the
mighty steelhead trout and the beau­tiful
rainbow trout of the Pacific
Northwest. The beauties and won­ders
of the Columbia River Highway
along that tumbling mass of water,
the rareness of the features of Cra­ter
Lake and snow caps of Mount
Hood and Mount Rainer, as told by
Coach Bohler made Coach Moulton
wonder how a country could be so dif­ferent
from what we have here and
at the same time be so near.
In going over all the work expected
of Captain "Nick" Carter and' many
of the other members of the football
squad, not once was the personal pro­noun,
I, mentioned by Coach. It was
always "WE" will do this or expect
that and I wondered if this meant
Coach and the "Spirit of Auburn", as
Lindy speaks of himself and his
plane.
Just before the time came to go to
a meeting of the Athletic Council,
Coach Bohler verified some facts that
appeared in the column "Dusting 'em
off", by Zipp Newman, in the Bir­mingham
News, Monday, March 19th.
This paragraph with a few correc­tions
as t othe number of years spent
by some of the men in the various
places reads as follows:
"Coach George Bohler is on the job
at Auburn and the Village of the
Plains has taken on an entirely dif­ferent
atmosphere already. There is
hope, faith and confidence where
once it was only turmoil. Auburn's
new coach comes from a family of
coaches. He has three brothers who
are making, the name of Bohler
known out on the Coast, and in the
middle West. John, the oldest of the
four brothers, has been coach and
athletic director at Washington State
for 19 years. Roy, the youngest, is
athletic director at Beloit where he
has been for four years. Burt, who
is just a year older than Roy, is en­gaged
in physical educational work
at the Btuler Y. M. C. A. All of the
Bohlers believe in intra-mural ath­letics.
Also it has been said of the
Bohlers that they do not offer alibis
but sit tight when the going becomes
rough.
This last statement by Mr. New­man
can be borne out by the fact
that they have been in one place for
Radio Station Program
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The baseball games between the
Auburn Tigers and the Montgomery
Lions, also the Auburn-Tulane games
during the week of March 26 will be
broadcast from Station WAPI. Musi­cal,
educational and market features
will be given as usual.
Monday noon, March 26, the studio
trio and Miss Evelyn Smith, soloist;
poultry discussion by John E. Ivey;
markets and weather.
Monday afternoon, beginning at 4,
a play-by-play report of the Auburn-
Montgomery Lions baseball game.
Tuesday noon, March 27, request
program by the "Auburn Stringers;"
Prof. D. G. Sturkie on "Sorghum in.
Alabama;" markets and weather.
Tuesday night, beginning at 9, jazz
program by the Auburn Collegians.
A book review will be given.
Wednesday noon, March 28, Rev.
O. D. Langston, soloist; the student
quartet; and string artists; Prof. W.
B. England on a resume of markets;
Alabama egg-laying contest report;
markets and weather.
Wednesday night, beginning at 9,
the studio orchestra.
Thursday noon, March 29, classical
program by the studio orchestra;
"Side dressing of cotton" by Prof.
M. 5. Funchess; markets and weath­er.
Thursday night, beginning at 9,
orchestra program. Dr. George
Petrie on a current topic.
Friday noon, Jese French Victor
program. "Aunt Sammy" on a home
economics subject; markets and
weather.
Friday afternoon, beginning at 4,
the Auburn-Tulane baseball game.
Saturday noon, March 31, selec­tions
by the student quartet; Miss
Helen Johnston on home demonstra­tion
work with Alabama farm women
and girls; and Prof. J. R. Rutland on
the Sunday School lesson.
Have you ever noticed how a man
when he has done something foolish
looks around for factos to justify his
actions.
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satisfaction.
Goach also said that he and the
three brothers with a cousin com­posed
a very competent basket ball
team when they were boys together
before they began coaching, all were
good all-found athletes.
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SPORTS
Coach Bohler Arrives at the Plains;
Takes Charge of Team Right Away
By C. T. Ingersoll
Last Saturday was a red letter day
in Auburn, for it was on this day
that Coach George Mohn Bohler came
to Auburn to take over the position
of head coach of the fighting Orange
and Blue, Tigers. "We all welcome
you to the Plains, Coach Bohler, and
wish you all the success possible in
taking over a team which is not
known to you." J
New FieM Needed
After looking the situation over,
Coach Bohler believes that a new
practice football field will be need­ed.
Drake field is a good place for
football, but due to the track and
baseball fields being so close to it, it
seems that another field would be of
benefit to the team, for the other
teams will attract the attention of
the football squad, and they might
miss certain points of the game that
are of great importance. If we had
the team off to itself and had nothing
around to take .the players minds off
the game, you can readily see how
much easier the coach can put his
plays across. The field that has been
thought of for this is on the East
side of town, where the Freshmen
squad used to hold its practices some
few years ago. This will be of a
great deal of help to Coach Bohler,
for he can explain his system of
plays to the team, and it will be
easier for him to get them across
under these conditions.
Solicits Cooperation
In order for Coach Bohler to put
out a winning team, he must have
the co-operation of the students,
faculty, and townsmen. The students
can help by going out for the teams,
for Coach wants as many out as pos­sible.
By getting everyone in school out
for some major sport, we will find
that there are many athletes on the
campus.- A fellow does not know
whether he is a good football player,
or whether he can run fast on the
cinder path, or if he is accurate at
shooting basketball goals, or what his
ability is at swatting out the horse-hide,
unless he puts on a uniform and
actually gets on the field and tries
some of "these feats. Even though
a man does not make the team, he
will get something out of going out
for some form of athletics. In the
first place the exercise does enough
good to pay any student to leave his
books a short time each day. Then
too, we will get into closer touch with
the varsity men, and learn about
them so that we wili appreciate all
that they do for our Alma Mater.
The instructions given by the coaches
will also be of benefit to a person.
Lastly.it will plant into the students
a love for our school which will in­spire
a loyalty in them that will live
forever. So it is seen that this will
bring us all closer together towards
a mutual understanding and better
relationship between the whole stu­dent
body.
No Changes in Staff
Coach Bohler states that there will
be no immediate changes in the coach­ing
staff. We all know that our
coaching staff will rank with some
of the highest colleges in the coun­try,
and now that we have Coach
Bohler with us, our stock should and
will rise. The staff consists of:
Coach "Boozer" Pitts, who has made
all sorts of records at Auburn, both
on the field and on the tutoring end:
Coach "Slick" Moulton, ex-A. P. I.
star and present baseball coach;
Coach "Buck" Spinks, another ex-
Auburn football player, of great note,
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who will not be back next year, for
he will follow his profession of Civil
Engineering; Coach Hike Papke, who
taught those basketeers to fight and
has just finished a most successful
season on the court', and he is also
backfield coach in football: Coach
Wilbur Hutsell, who has made track
history in Auburn: and Coach "Red"
Brown, who puts out some fighting
yearling teams. With a group of men
like this, and with Coach Bohler at
the head, we will soon be hearing of
these Tigers down on the Plains, and
they will be leading the South in any­thing
in the sports line. We do not
expect to win all of our games next
year, but the following year the
Southern Conference will wake up to
find the Orange and Blue back on
her old high rating position.
No Alibis
No matter what happens Coach
Bohler will offer no alibis. He is the
type of man that realizes some team
is bound to lose, but he is not in the
habit of having his team to be the
loser. He believes in the psychology
of the game.
Much of his time on the gridiron
will be spent in instructing and run­ning
plays, in teaching fundamentals,
in getting new methods into play
which are plays of his old system,
and he will also give some time in
obtaining a good aerial attack. All
of these things go together, and help
make a good rounded out team that
can hold its own against the best.
The teaching of fundamentals is of
great importance, for if the players
do not understand the simplest rules,
they will not catch on to the more
complicated ones.
He also states that he will gladly
give reasons for any plays or actions
that he makes on the field, explaining
them so anybody could understand
them. He will gladly discuss these
with the Tiger supporters.
Next week Coach Bohler will offi­cially
take over the reins, and will
put more interest into the spring
tarining. He hopes to keep the
spring training going as long as pos- test was eliminated Tuesday night,
sible, so as many as can be sure to go
out, for we want to show Coach the
real meaining of the Auburn "spirit."
"A" DAY CELEBARTION
OPENS BASEBALL SEASON
(Continued from page 1)
shot. The first tilt will be staged on
the campus, but Saturday will find
both.outfits in the Capitol City ready
to renew the battle.
Probable Line-up
It is indeed hard to say just who
will start and finish a game played
by the 1928 Auburn Tigers. Never
before has material been at such a
high standard and so'plentiful. But,
a stab at the starting nine should
read very much like the following:
Batteries, Wood and E. James; First
base, F. James; Second base, Smith;
Third base, Gilchrist; Shortstop,
Sankey; right, center and left fields
Crawford, Ellis and Akin respectively.
There are a list of players, not in­cluded
in that selection that are just
about as good if not on a par with
them and among these are: Booth,
Currie, Lester, Wright, Burt, Taylor
and Ward. All of these players will
very likely see service'in the opening
contest.
Strong Teams Left
In Inter-Fraternity
Cage Tournament
By C. T. Ingersoll
The second week of the inter-fra­ternity
basketball started off with a
bang last Monday night when the
Sigma Phi Epsilon team beat the Kap­pa
Sig*s in a very heated contest.
It seems that the winners of this game
are running true to Auburn tourna­ment
luck, for they have won both
of their games by a lone point. How­ever
this shows that they have a
good team, for they stay there and
fight until the last whistle is zlown.
Tuxworth and Johnson were out­standing
men for the S. P. E.'s.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Beats Sigma
Pi's.
One of the fastest games of the
tournament was seen Monday night
when the Sigma Pi's suffered defeat
at the hands of tTie S. A. E.'s, at the
rate of 23 to 18. It was a hard fought
game from the first, and some rare
form was exhibited by several of the
players during the night. Armstrong
of the Sigma Pi's shot a couple of
goals from a distance that seemed
almost impossible to have reached.
The Sigma Pi's came back in the
second half with an attack that could
not be stopped, making twelve points
to the S. A. E.'s six. But the rally
was started too late, and they could
not overcome the 11 point lead that
the S. A. E.'# held at the half. The
score at the half was 17 to 6.
The star player for the winners
was McGhee, who was ever on the
alert and shot some pretty goals. He
will give somebody a great deal of
trouble before this tournament comes
to a close.
For the losers Alston and Root
were the men that stood out above
their team-mates. Root is a guard
from the heart and was in a large
number of plays, while we could tell
by the way that Alston conducted
himself on the floor that he had con­siderable
experience on the court.
Pi Kappa Phi's Lick Alpha Gamma
Rnb's
One of the best''teams in the con-when
the Ag Frat was defeated by
the strong quintet of the Pi Kappa
Phi's. The tilt was a scrap from
start to finish, and some good team­work
was pulled by both outfits. The
result at the end was 19 to 16.
The first quarter was very close,
being only a point or so difference
between the two scores at any time.
But in the second quarter the Pi
Kappa's found the basket and had the
score 12 to 6 when the half ended.
After the half the Alpha Gamma
Rho's got on their feet and lead the
offense, and came close to tie*ng the
score, which was 14 to 13 at the be­ginning
of the last period. Then the
last quarter was a fight for your
money, but the Farmer Boys could
not get the lead.
The passwork of the Pi Kaps was
some of the best that has been seen
in the tourney up to this time. The
outstanding players on this team were
Wilkins and Herrin. The former had
the old keen eye for shooting goals,
for he shot two beautiful ones from
the center of the floor. Herring
played an excellent game at guard
and topk the ball away from the op­ponents
time after time.
Regan, Tucker and Vines played
Tiger Baseball Schedule For 1928
March 23-24—Fort Benning
March 26—Montgomery Lions ...
March 28—Selma Cloverleaf s —
March 30—Tulane ____
March 31—Tulane
April 2-3—Clemson —_
April 9-10—Georgia
April 11-12—Florida . _
April 13-14—Fort Benning
April 16-17—Georgia Tech
April 20-21—Georgia Tech
April 26-27-28—Florida
May 2-3—Clemson
at Fort Benning, Ga.
.."A" Day, at Auburn
.._. at Selma
. at Auburn
; at Montgomery
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
—: at Auburn
._'. at Auburn
. . at Atlanta
May 4—South Carolina
May 7-8—Georgia
May 11-12—South Carolina
May 18-19—Vanderbilt
at Panama City, Fla.
at Clemson
.... at Columbia, S. C.
: at Athens
at Auburn
at Nashville
BUNK BUNK
AROUND THE CAMPUS
BUNK- « . BUNK
By George Ashcraft
With the baseball season about to
start, something should be done to
get the games started earlier than
they were last season. They should
at least be started by three-thirty.
Baseball is not a twilight game, and
it is very trying on both players adn
spectators for a game, to finish in the
semi-dark. And of course we do not
wish to cause any ill feeling of op­posing
teams by having to call a
game on account of darkness. In
such a case sometimes the visiting
team very naturally feels that it is
unfair to start the game as late as
some were started last year, and then
have the game called before it is over.
Particularly if they happen to be on
the short side of the score book, as
it is certain that most of Auburn's
opponents will be this year. So why
not start the games in plenty of time
to see it completed in full? Practic­ally
classes are over by three o'clock
and it would not work a hardship on
hardly anyone, and it certainly
would benefit the large majority of
us.
Inter-frat Favorites
The tournament between the vari­ous
fraternity teams on the campus
has been going merrily along for
some time now, and it will not be
long before the ultimate winner is
declared. In the National loop the
three undefeated teams are the Sigma
Phi Epsilon, the Pi Kappa Phi, and
the Beta Kappa. Of these the Pi
Kappa Phi team looks mighty good.
They are endowed with two excep­tionally
good players in the persons
of Wilkins and Lester. If these boys
can keep up the good playing they
have been putting forth thus far in
the tournament, their team will be
hard to beat. In the American loop
Alpha Epsilon, the Sigma Nu, and the
the undefeated teams are the Sigma
Delta Sigma Phi. Of these teams
the S. A. E. outfit looks like the most
probable winners of their division,
but the S. N. team is also real good.
These inter-fraternity games have
been exhibitions of some real bas­ketball,
and worthy of the trouble to
go down to the gym and see them.
There seems to be a great deal of
basketball talent in Auburn that
even Coach Mike has so far failed to
find. Some of the players should af­ford
some real interesting competi­tion
for a place on the varsity next
year.
Three Members of
Track Team Go to
Texas Track Meet
the best game for Alpha Gamma's.
Regan was'high point man, with a
total of eight points, and was the
principal offensive player for his
team. Tucker and Vines played an
aggressive game, and used their ef­forts
in aiding Regan in scoring.
Lineup and summary:
Pi Kappa Phi (19) : Lester F (5),
Wilkins F (7), Heinz C (2), Rogers
G, Herring G (5).
Alpha Gamma Rho (16): Regan
F (8), Baley F (2) .Tucker C (2),
Vines G (2), Hester (2). '
Subs. A.G.R.—Winkerson.
Pi K A's Lose to Sigma Nu Dribblers
In one of the most heated games
on record, the Pi K. A.'s went down
under the first of the Sigma Nu
basketeers, but not until the lead
had been reversed about half a dozen
times. When the final whistle was
blown, the "Ag Hollow Boys" were
two points ahead, winning 13 to 11.
From the start it was a struggle
for one team to get the lead, for as
soon as one player got a foul, some­one
on the other team would follow
suit and ring up one. This kept up
through the entire game, which made
the spectators howl with enthusiasm.
The passwork was rather ragged,
which caused the ball to change hands
frequently. However this did not
take any of the interest out of the
game.
Paterson and Spann were the big
cogs in the Sigma Nu machine, while
BurriB played a good steady game at
the guard position. Paterson was
high point man of the affair with
eight. Spann's floorwork stood out.
For the Pi K. A.'s Fulton and
Smith should receive honorable men­tion
for their work. The former
made some nice plays and rang three
goals. Smith was among the fastest
men on the floor, and guarded his
man to perfection.
"Buck" Ellis was referee of both
battles.
-Lineup and Summary:
Sigma Nu (13): Wade F, Spann F
(3), Paterson C (8), Brown G (2),
Burns (G).
Pi Kappa Alpha (11): Fulton F
(6), Jones F (1), Bethel C, Smith G
(4), Taylor G.
This only leaves six teams still in
the tournament. In the National
League we have S. P. E.'s, Pi Kappa
Phi's, and Beta Kappas. Out of this
group it would not be at* all surpris-
(Continued on Page 6.)
By George Ashcraft .
Coach Hutsell and three members
of the track team left Auburn, Wed­nesday
morning for Austin, Texas,
there to compete in the Texas Re­lays
on Friday. Saturday, they will
also try their luck in the Rice Relays
at Houston. This will be the first
event of the year for any member of
the track team. In these two meets
they will be somewhat at a disad­vantage
as they will be competing
against men from all over the coun­try,
many of whom have been work­ing
out all winter on indoor tracks.
In contrast to this our boys have had
only a few weeks of practice thus
far. In spite of all disadvantages,
however, Auburn men coached by the
best track coach in the South, can
always be counted on to make a good
showing.
Coach Hutsell took Snider, Beard,
and Robinson with him to the Tex­as
meets. Capt. Snider, who holds
the Suthern conference record in the
220, in addition to many other re­cords,
will enter the 100-yard dash
only. Although out for the majority
of the season last year with illness,
this speed merchant bids fair to have
a most successful season this spring.
Percy Beard is to fill the shoes of
Weemie Baskin this year. He ran
second to Baskin in fhe majority of
meets-last year, and with a little ad­ditional
experience, is expected to
equal the now world known Baskin
set. This lanky boy can take the
hurdles in fine fashion, and it is ex­pected
that he will place in the Tex­as
meets. Sam Robinson, sensation
of last year's frosh team, who holds
the Southeastern A. A. U. record for
the javelin, will enter this event for
the Plainsmen. In the tryouts to
date he has broken the Auburn record
many times, and can be counted on
(Continued on Page 6.)
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Notes of the Societies
WIRT LITERARY SOCIETY
"The best in months and better
than we have had in a long time"
was the kind of remarks heard after
the Wirt program on last Tuesday
evening. Those present were enter­tained
by the following speakers:
Mr. Welden on the latest Lindbergh
prizes, B. G. Bearden gave the audi­ence
some current events with a very
comical twist tp them which every
one enjoyed. Annie Ross Fuller
raised some questions about prohi­bition
which called for some logic on
the part of the audience. The
O'Henry library was very ably dis­cussed
by Mr. Jordan. We hear a
great deal of speculation about the
future of Auburn but from Frank
, Boyds point of view we have a great
future ahead of us and we all have
reasons to be optimistic. Thomas Le-
Croy tries to speak as hard as any
one and keeps his audience awake at
the same time. With his natural
ability impersonated a small boy
reading the Tempest. Such numbers
on the program made it very inter­esting
and instructive.
All Wirt members are hereby
warned to watch the windows and
hoards-for the time and place of the
annual social event to be staged by
the Wirts on next Tuesday night.
I Miss Fuller, Miss McMillan, Miss
Hutchenson and Mr. Alford have
. charge of the arrangements. Those
of you who have never attended one
of them make your arrangements to
: be present and draw your own con­clusions
about the spirit of the Wirt.
They do have one good time and a
great deal of the traditions of the
Wirt is learned from the" Faculty
members who will be .present to give
some of the history to us.
Announcement was made that elec­tion
of officers would take place at
the social. There being no further
business the meeting was adjourned
with great expectations for the event
of next Tuesday evening.
not now bound by tradition to vote
solid without discretion. A closing
question was: "If Al Smith is nomi­nated
at the Democratic convention,
will the South vote soild for him in
the general election?'
The relation of Bovine Tuberculosis
to Our Health was the theme of T.
S. Morrow's talk. Eradication of tu­berculosis
among cattle and its pos­sibility
among humans were points
of interest submitted.
P. Godsey read a selection entitled
Horse Sense for College Students"
and prepared by the president of
Howard College, Dr. Dawson, which
presented logical admonition of high,
commendable type. In stray in­stances
contradictions to modern col­lege
principles of activity were of­fered;
the reading stated conditions
and actions as they should be.
WEBSTERIAN
The question has arisen, "What
will be the outcome of the present
coal situation?" At the regular
meeting of the Websterian, this ques­tion
was considered from all angles
by Miss Tancredi. The most out­standing
solution we can see is util­ization
of more electric power.
Miss Bryant gave the society a f ew
minutes of mirth when she presented
a very realistic reading, depicting the
situation at a modern Auburn board­ing
house. Her interpretation wa;
so real that the writer had to blush
at her portrayal of some of Auburn's
horrible table manners.
The. life of Harry Houdini was
-again discussed, this time by Mr.
Hawkins. We were interested to
learn that in his youth, Houdini had
some habits very similar to ours. He
liked to ride -freight trains. Mr.
Deason's remark that almost all great
men have, at some time in their lives
hoboed, made us feel our importance.
The society should be glad to know-that
a number of its members sowed
the seeds of greatness when Auburn
played basketball in Atlanta. Yes,
even our* president.
Speaking of basketball brings to
mind the fact that the Wilsonian has
knocked the chip from our shoulder,
and challenged us to a basketball
game. We are ready for them, and
any others who doubt our prowess.
Mr. Deason made his farewell ap
pearance before the society, and w;
are all truly sorry. He has finised
his work in Auburn, and» wherever
he goes, our good wishes go with him,
We know he will make good, and the
Websterian will feel lost without him.
AG CLUB
A visual trip of noteworthy inter­est
to the rural districts along the
river Rhine in Germany was the spe
cial treat for the Ag-Club at its last
meeting. This trip was quite im­pressively
rendered by Mr. DeLoach,
as the result of actual experience in
this region, at and following the close
of the World War. He very ably
pictured rural life in Germany im­mediately
following the termination
of active fighting. The related
scenes and activities, although quite
a contrast to our own coditions, were
very interesting.
Mr. B. H. Walkley orated impres­sively
on "The Solid South." He
carried his listeners back to the days
of their grandfathers—the time of
the" formation of the Solid South.
Mr. Walkley implied that, even
though the Solid South emerged
from a worthy purpose, the South is
S. A. M. E.
The usual weekly meeting of the
S. A. M. E. was held Tuesday of this
week with some very interesting and
educational numbers on the program.
The Juniors who have just spent a
semester learning the art of map­ping
will be delighted to learn that
the subject has been revolutionized.
It was on this subject that Mr. Cole­man
delivered a very good lecture
with the outfit present for illustra­tion.
Mr. Beck used as his subject
The Reclamation of the Mississippi
Leeves Since the Flood and Mr.
Thompson talked on Airplane Land­ings
in the Atlantic. With some dis­cussion
on a memorial to be left by
the Society this year the program
was completed. Election of oficers
next time.
S. A. M. E.
The S. A. M. E. Society held its
regular meeting on Tuesday night
with Pres. Alston presiding. The of­ficers
for the next year were elected
and were as follows: J. B. Merrill,
Pres., H. L. Mullin, Vice-Pres., J. O.
Windsor, Sec.-Treas., and A. L.
Spence, Advisory Counsel. The meet­ing
was then turned over to the new
officers. Pres. Merrill in the behalf
of the soeiety thanked the old offi­cers
for their service during the past
year and asked for the support of the
society during the coming term.
Mr. Edward was the first speaker
on the program and he gave an inter­esting
talk on the subject of "Safety
on the Highways." He told of how
the traffic is increasing more rapidly
than the good roads and the great
need for more safety signs on the
roads. He gave the conventional
signs and told how if used would pre-
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vent many accident of today..
Mr. McRae gave a good descrip­tion
of how the Bath trains were
used by the Hungarian army during
the past war and the results obtain­ed
by their use.
A little home town experience
was given by Mr. Tinsley in which
the town of Gadsden had trouble
with* an exposed water line across
the Coosa Rived. During the cold
weather this past winter these ex­posed
pipes froze and busted. This
was remedied by running the pipes
under the river..
The last on the program was Mr.
Landstreet who varied from the usual
program by amusing the society with
a few jokes and a short sermon.
A. I. E. E.
The weekly meeting of the A. I.
E. E. was held Thursday evening at
eight o'clock in Ramsay Hall, the
meetings being held an hour later
than usual because of the Engineers
Hike that afternoon. The meeting
was called to order by the chairman,
and the entire hour was given over
to the speaker of the evening, Mr. E.
S. Lee, who is First Vice-President
of Eta Kappa Nu, and is also head
the General Electric Co. Research
Laboratoriets at Schenectady.
Mr. Lee took for his subject
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"High Voltage Underground Cables."
First, he pointed out its necessity to
modern industry, and then presented
the problems to be solved in the con­struction
of such a cable that would
be good for all practical purposes.
Mr. Lee, himself, worked on the de­velopment
of this cable, and his first
hand knowledge of the subject made
it intensely interesting.
Other out-of-town visitors to the
society were Mr. Stephens of Sche­nectady,
and Mr. W. D. McLaren of
the General Electric Co., an old Au­burn
graduate of the class of '25,
who is now stationed in Birmingham.
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB
The house as the center of life was
the theme of the Home Economics
club program Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Clara Briscoe discussed Fam­ily
Life: Past and Present. "The mod­ern
family life," Miss Briscoe said,
"is quite different from the family
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lj/e of a generation ago, but the home
atmosphere continues to influence
the character of our civilization."
The Perils Facing American Home
Life Today was the subject presented
by Miss Vera Cosby. "Women spend
too much time outside the home,"
Miss Cosby declared, "and as a re­sult
of this fact the best elements of
home life are fast disappearing. The
mother no longer confines her duties
to the home, but she is becoming an
important factor in the industrial
world." Things are not as bad as
they seem was the opinion of Miss
Alice Whitcher. ""Home making is
fast becoming a science," Miss
Whitcher said. "The girls who are to
become the future home makers of
America are receiving training in the
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science of home making." Accord­ing
to Miss Whitcher the prospects
for American home life are as bright
if not brighter than they have ever
been.
The concluding numbers on the
program were, Edgar A. Guest poem,
"Home" by Miss Irby Barrett and
"The Supremacy of Education in the
Home," by Miss Naomi Wilson.
An idea isn't worth much until a
man is found who has the energy and
ability to make it work.
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Once - Per - Month
JEWELRY DISPLAY AND SALE
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THIS WEEK .
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in Auburn, Ala., says:
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GOLDS have been my fastest-growing
cigarette. Sales have
gone up steadily month after
month, and there doesn't seem
to be any let-up in this new...
cigarette's popularity."
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Pat* *• THE PLAINSMAN
INSPECTION OF AUBURN
R. O. T. C. HELD MONDAY
(Continued from Page 1.)
Kennedy to be one of the best the
school has ever known and that each
and every student is to be compli­mented
for the good spirit put forth
toward making a good impression on
the inspecting officers.
At 6:30 the committee attended
the American Legion barbecue where
they enjoyed themselves thoroughly.
Tuesday morning they took breakfast
with Major Kennedy after which they
inspected various classes until noon.
They were then the guests at the
Scabbard and Blade luncheon, con­tinuing
the inspection in the after­noon
until about 4 o'clock at which
time they held a conference with Dr.
. Dowell. At this they discussed how
the school could cooperate with the
R. O. T. C. unit to obtain the best
efficiency. Tuesday night they went
to Dr. Dowell's home for dinner and
departed at 7:30 for New Orleans.
While here they not only inspected
the students but also the stables the
gun sheds, supply rooms, office
equipment and records. They were
not allowed to make any remark as
to how the school looked to them but
it is believer by Major Kennedy and
the other officers that the entire
school came through with the same
degree, of success which has merited
Auburn rating distinguished college
for the past eight consecutive years.
If we didn't have to work what a
lot of bother, it would be to think up
something to do with our time.
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(Continued from page four)
ing to see the Pi Kappa Phi's step to
the front and take off the National
League crown.
In the American League the sur­viving
teams are S. A; E.'s, Sigma
Nu, and Delta Sigma Phi. Of this
trio, it seems most likely that the
S. A. E.'s will take 'off the laurels,
for their brand of ball is of the high­est
pitch.
Then as a pick by the writer of
this and of Max E. Kahn, Sports Edi­tor
of Plainsman, we think taking it
all and all, that the Pi Kappa Phi's
will be the team to go through the
contest without suffering defeat.
Of course, this is only our prophecy
of the Tournament, but after seeing
them in action, the guess is not so
bad after all.
Notice
As there is -no official scorer for
the Tournament, we have been un­able
to get all of the scores to give
each Frat a write-up, so in the rest
of the games if each team will turn
in the individual scores to Max Kahn,
we will be able to write them up
completely.
GUYTON IS WINNER OF ORA­TORICAL
AT CONVOCATION
AMERICAN LEGION
TO CLOSE CONTEST
Auburn Post Expects To Win Silk
Flag
AUBURN DEBATERS
LOSE TO FLORIDA
With the closing of the American
Legion membership drive Thursday,
the John H. Wills Post No. 6, of Au­burn
expects to win the $50 silk flag
offered by Vice-commander Tom
Hart according to a statement of
John E. Pitts, local commander. Dur­ing
the last three years, the Auburn
post, has maintained the highest mem­bership
percentage of any post of the
state. The chapter boasts .of an-in­crease
now of over 300 per cent dur­ing
the last three years with the
present membership 110.
A barbecue was given Monday
night in honor of War Department
officials who were here this week to
inspect the R. O. T. C. unit.
Among those invited as other spe­cial'guests
for this affair are: Vice-
Commander Tom Hart of Geneva,
Commander Peter Jorman, of Liv­ingston,
and State-Adjutant S. C.
Crocket.
Captain B. H. Bowley is adjutant
of the Auburn Post.
Birmingham where she will be one of
the chief speakers o nthe program of
the Alabama Home Economics Asso­ciation.
(Continued from Page 1.)
taking Chemical Enginereing. A. V.
Blankenship is from Shorter, N. C;
he is a sophomore, taking Civil En­gineering.
This event occurs annually, each
literary society furnishing its best
speaker for the occasion. Prof.
Hutchins of the English department
has officiated these contests for a
number of years; he is also the exe­cutive
that guides the affair.
A beautiful silver loving cup has
ben instigated by the Phi Delta
Gamma honorary fraternity, and
upon this cup is carved the name of
each winner of this contest. The cup
now bears a number of Auburn ora­tors.
Another event of similar interest
will be given in April, when the so­ciety
debaters meet in an annual
clash. Those taking part in this con­test
have not yet been announced.
Columbia
Column
Featuring This
Week
Audience Decides in Favor Negative
Side
The University of Florida won the
debate with Auburn Thursday, March
15, in Langdon Hall. The question
debated was "Resolved that the
United States should cease to pro­tect
by armed forces capital invested
in foreign lands except after formal
declaration of war."
This Was perhaps the most inter­esting
debate that Auburn has heard
in many months. Homer S. Thecker,
representing Florida, delivered the
best speech of the evening, with M.
S. Kestler, represting Auburn a
close second. The debaters being
well prepared presented some strong
arguments and during the debate
never once lost' the interest of the
audience.
The decision of the audience offers
proof enough that the debate was
very close. Although there were
many more there only 130 voted, the
vote being 66 to 64. This method
of deciding a debate is known as the
"Oxford method" and this is the first
time it has been used in Auburn and
perhaps in the south.
Representing Florida in the debate
were Roy M. Watson and Homer S.
Thecker on the negative side. On the
affirmative side M. S. Kestler and J.
B. McMillan represented Auburn.
The Auburn team will meet Florida
in Florida in another debate in a few
weeks.
THREE MEMBERS OF
TRACK TEAM GO TO TEXAS
(Continued from page 4)
to bring in the points for Auburn in
this and coming meets.
With these three performers under
the leadership of Coach Hutsell en­tering
the two Texas meets, Auburn
stands a good chance to get in the
scoring columns. This should be true
for the first meet at least, for the
second nothing much should be ex­pected
of athletes competing in their
second meet on successive days, and
in view of all the heats that will be
run in the first meet.
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BOTEGHA HOLDS ART
EXHIBIT IN BIRMINGHAM
Continued from page 1)
Blakey. The pledges are: John Rob­ertson,
George Morgan, and Bruce
Anderson. The faculty members
are: B. F. Ledbetter, Charles J.
Snook, Jr., F. C. Biggin, Dean of
School of Architecture, F. W. Apple­by,
head of Art Dept.
The name Botegha is a beautiful
old sixteenth century Italian word
meaning, "The workshop of the
master." Thus it is in the spirit of a
convocation of an art guild of old.
MISS GOLDSTEIN TO
SPEAK HERE MARCH 26
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talk will be of special interest to the
women of Auburn since the Home
Economics Department of the Wo­man's
Departmental Club will use her
book as a basis for its study program
this coming year. The members of
the Auburn branch of the American
Association of University Wofrnen,
and the women of Opelika are also
urged to attend. There will be a
small admission of twenty-five cents.
Auburn is indeed fortunate to se­cure
such" an outstanding wdman.
She will visit here on her way to
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to. Like Riley Puckett,
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Gid and Riley
often t e am up to make a
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JOHN HENRY—Duet with
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MARCH 28 & 29
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