1929-03-14 The Plainsman

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Welcome
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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME Lit AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1929. NUMBER 41
MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT LEE BULLARD SPEAKS HERE TODAY
TEN ELECTED MEMBERSHIP
TAU BETA PI FRATERNITY
L e a d i n g E n g i n e e r i n g Fraternity
Campus Holds Spring
Election
ALL ARE PROMINENT
E l e c t r i c a l Class Boasts Six Of
Ten Selected
ORATORICAL CONTEST
BE HELD MARCH 19TH
Ten men were elected to member­ship
in Tau Beta Pi, national hon­orary
engineering fraternity, at the
annual spring election- of that or­ganization.
Tau Beta Pi is recog­nized
as the leading engineering fra­ternity
throughout the country, and
only men of the junior and senior
classes who have had good scholastic
standing are invited to join.
The purpose of Tau Beta Pi is "to
mark in a fitting manner those who
have conferred honor upon their
Alma Mater by a high grade of scho­larship
as undergraduates, or by their
attainments as alumni; and to foster
a spirit of liberal culture in the en­gineering
schools of America."
Xi Chapter was established at Au­burn
in 1920; elections are held
twice a year, the first from the upper
eighth of junior class during the
second semester, and the other from
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the upper fourth of the senior during
the first semester. There are about
' fifty chapters in the better engineer­ing
schools of the United States.
The following is a list of the se­lected
men:
Fair Jones Bryant, C. E., Gadsden,
Alabama; Otis William Bynum, E.
E., Troy, Alabama; Harris James
Christensen,'E. E., Athens, Alabama;
John Joseph O'Rourke, E. E., Selma,
Ala.; Lucien Elmore Owen, E. E.,
'Florence, Ala.; Sam Perry Robinson,
Klh. E., Birmingham, Ala.; Levin Lee
Sledge, M. E., Greensboro, Ala.;
Dealvin C. Summerford, C. E., Ham­ilton,
Ala.; James K. Smith, Jr., Eu-taw,
Ala.; Thorn S. Winter, Jr., E.
E., Mobile, Ala.
On next Tuesday night the annual
oratorical contest will be held in Lang-don
Hall. As was previously plan­ned,
the contest was supposed to have
been held last Tuesday night, March
12, in Langdon Hall, but due to the
religious services which are being
held in Auburn this week the con­test
had to be postponed until a later
date.
The oratorical contest is sponsored
each year by the Phi Delta Gamma
honorary society and is looked for­ward
to each year by the different
literary societies who send repi-esen-tatives.
Next Tuesday night, March
19, will decide what society will have
the honor of having their representa­tive's
name and the society which he
represents placed on the cup which is
held by the winning society each year.
CLASS '28 TO HOLD
REUNION IN 1932
Special Plans Laid By Class Officers
For Meeting
"Y" Cabinet Discusses
Election New Officers
G. E. Williamson Elected To State
Student Council
The Y, M. C. A. Cabinet met last
Sunday afternoon primarily to discuss
methods of electing officers for the
next term. After much discussion,
a very good plan was decided upon.
George Stafford conceived of the idea
of nominating eight men for the four
offices, letting the voter check four of
the names. The nominee receiving the
highest number of votes will be Pres­ident,
the next in number, Vice-presi­dent,
etc.
By this plan it is hoped to get the
best four men in office. The election
will be.held at a special convocation
in Langdon Hall.
G. L. Williamson was elected to
succeed Roy Sellers on the State Stu­dent
Council. He will serve two years,
next year being the Junior repre­sentative
from the local "Y." R. A.
Sansing is the Senior representative
now.
The Cabinet was very glad to have
the faculty "Y" committee meet with
them. After the Cabinet meeting the
V committee met and discussed ways
and means of assisting the "Y" and
its program. This committee is com­posed
of Dr. F. W. Parker, Dr. Roger
Allen, Miss Zoe Dobbs, J. B. Leslie,
and F. S. Arant.
BIBLE PRESENTED
TO TAU OMEGA CHI
The Tau Omego Chi fraternity was
presented with a beautiful Bible Sun­day
morning at the regular service in
the Presbyterian church. The fra­ternity
averaged eighty-two per cent,
in the recent go-to-church contest. It
was presented by W. T. Edwards,
president of the Y. M. C. A., and
received by Hoyt Ellis, president of
the fraternity.
If work being carried on by the
alumni officers of the Class of '28
is any indication of the strength of
the class organization, the seniors of
last year have an efficient staff of
workers. Letters have already been
sent to the members of the class by
T. H. "Kayo".Pierce, popular athlete
and secretary and treasurer of the
alumni organization, of which W. C.
Hurt, Sylacauga, is vice-p(resident,
and W. H. Gregory, Auburn, presi-f
dent.
At an early date information re­garding
address, type of work now
engaged in, and other items of in­terest
to fellow classmates, will soon
be compiled by the secretary and is­sued
to members in pamphlet form.
The class of last year plans to hold
a reunion on homecoming day in 1932
with a special program. Among pro­jects
now under way is the establish­ing
of a permanent scholarship to
worthy students, which will serve as
a class memorial for all time.
Number Of Education
Students Are Teaching
M. D. Pace, '90, Is Oldest Graduate
Now Teaching
According to a research recently
carried on over the State, it was
found that since 1890 one hundred
and eighty-one of the Education stu­dents
from Auburn have taken and
retained positions in the high schools
throughout Alabama.
The graduate Eds have made a
record for themselves and for Auburn
in their high school work. Out of the
one hundred and eighty-one gradu­ates
since 1890, thirty-three are now
principals, and one, J. P. Creel of the
class of '21, is a superintendent.
Twenty-six are girls. >Out of these,
one, Miss Thelma McGinty of '27, is
now a principal. Twenty-three of
all the graduates are vocational
teachers; three are coaches.
Thirty-seven students from the class
of '27 are now teaching, and four of
them are already principals; thirty-three
from the class of '28 are teach­ing,
and four of them are principals.
M. D. Pace of the class of '90 is the
oldest graduate now teaching in Ala­bama.
The class of '17 has only one
man now teaching, this being the
smallest number since 1908. The class
of '96 still has one man teaching. The
rest of the classes vary in their num­ber
of teachers, from two to thirty-seven.
To Go Abroad
PROF. J. W. ROE
Prof. J-W* Roe
To Go Abroad
This Summer
Will Continue Study Romance
Phonology At Dijon
University
John Williams Roe, professor of
French, German, and Spanish at Au­burn
since 1923, and Murray Hoff­man,
senior in the school of business
administration, will go to France to­gether
this summer. They expect to
take a ship from Mobile in June,
spend two months in France, and re­turn
to Auburn in time for the re­opening
of school in the fall. Pro­fessor
Roe will continue his graduate
study in romance phonology at the
University of Dijon in southeastern
France.
Since coming to Auburn from
Syracuse University, Professor Roe
has made many friends among the
students and citizens of Auburn. He
has an enviable record as a teacher of
Romance languages. Graduated from
the Ithaca (N. Y.) high school and
Cornell University, from which school
he also holds an M. A. degree, he
taught French and Spanish for two
years in New Jersey.
When the United States declared
war on Germany in 1917, he was
one of the first to volunteer for over­seas
service, and late in 1917 was
shipped to France as a member of
the 15th Field Artillery, Second Di­vision.
He served on the western
front until the end of the war as in­strument
sergeant and later as trans­lator
and interpreter to the First
Army Artillery Headquarters at Bar-sur-
Aube. On October 1, 1918, he
was sent to the artillery school at
Saumur for a commission. Here he
remained until the Armistice, re­turning
to the states in March, 1919.
Since that time he has taught langu­ages
at Syracuse University and Au­burn.
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Professor Roe has done graduate
work at the University of Porto Rico
(1923) ; Columbia University (1924) ;
and at the Sorbonne University,
Paris (1925). This will be Profes­sor
Roe's fourth trip abroad. He
studied in Geneva and Hanover for
a vear and a half, and at London,
Canada, before he entered college.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
RECEIVES TRUCK
NOTICE
All men interested in going out
for the coming Horse Show are re­quested
to see Lieutenant C. P.
Townsley at once.
Better Service Assured To Citizens
Of Auburn
The dilapidated Ford truck of the
Auburn fire department has recently
been replaced by a Dodge truck,
which came as a gift from Mr.
Meadows, of Meadows Garage. The
Dodge, however, has been equipped
with the old apparatus formerly used.
The fire department announces
that it can at least assure the citi­zens
of Auburn speedy answers to
calls, for in trial runs the new truck
has proven itself capable of making
reeord time.
Local Amateur Radio Station Has
Communication With Byrd's Party
The signals from the local amateur
radio station have reached through
space and established communication
with the Byrd Expedition in the Ant­arctic
region. This remarkable feat
was accomplished on the morning of
March 8, at 2:00 o'clock, when K. W.
Bewig, operator on duty, received a
call from WFA, Byrd's base station
in the Antarctic. Two-way conver­sation
was conducted for a period of
over ten minutes. This is notable in
view of the fact that the Auburn sta­tion
is one of the first to communicate
with the base station. Arrangements
were made to communicate news from
the expedition to the United States
through the medium of the Auburn
station.
Again, on March 10, H. C. M'Pher-son
established communication with
WFBT, the City of New York, one of
the Byrd ships. This was at 1:45
A. M., and at- that time the ship was
two days out of New Zealand, bound
for- Aukland. A schedule was made
for future communication, and Au­burn
is assured the privilege of con­veying
news of Byrd and his work to
the people of the United States. The
City of New York reported AU D u r n 's
signals as loud and clear.
Communication with the Antarctic
Expedition is an achievement to be
proud of. 4AQ, the station that has
brought this distinction to Auburn,
uses 250 watts power and operates on
a wave length of 41 meters. In ad­dition
to this recent accomplishment,
communication with all six contin­ents
has been established, including
Egypt, Japan, and South Africa. A
regular schedule is now kept with the
Canal Zone, and messages are ex­changed.
Speaks Here Today
ENGINEER DAY
IS POSTPONED
Date Changed To April 11
Because Of Unfavorable
C i r c u m s t a n c es
Due to the conflict with the A.
E. A. meeting in Birmingham on
March 22nd, Engineer's day has been
postponed until April 12. Any in­termediate
date would conflict with
the Senior inspection trip. The ab-scence
of Miss Dobbs on March 22nd
would neccessitate such stringent
rules that the dance would have been
a failure.
Watch The Plainsman for the place
and time to turn in girl's names for
the dance April 12th. The plans
will be carried over practically intact.
LION'S CLUB HAVE
WEEKLY BANQUET
Number Of Amusing Events Feature
Weekly Program
The Lions' Club met at the Hotel
Thomas for their weekly meeting and
banquet at noon, Tuesday. It was a
pleasure to have so many visitors at
the meeting, those present being: Miss
Skinner, who is aiding in the musical
program of one of the churches dur­ing
the revival; Dr. McGuire, of Mont­gomery,
who is in charge of the ser­vices
at the Presbyterian church; Rev.
Hay-, Professor Robinson, Miss Julia
Wiatt, E. L. Fincher, and B. Q.
Scriggs. As a part of the amusement,
the latter two gave an amusing dia­logue.
Other things of importance were
talks made by Dr. McGuire and Miss
Wiatt, she representing the Auburn
High School and announcing the play
that is to be given at the high school
in the near future.
One of the amusing instances of the
day was the fining of Reverend Hay.
The reason of the said fine was trifle,
but the culprit offered the cruel Tail-twister
the privilege of pulling his
hair. This being as sparce as the
reason of the fine, everything was
forgotten.
DR. KNAPP TO
ATTEND A.E.A.
Faculty Members Accompany
President To State
Convention
To the annual convention of the
Alabama Educational Association in
Birmingham, March 21, 22, and 23,
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
will send delegates and alternate
delegates as follows: President Brad­ford
Knapp, Dean Zebulon Judd,
Dean John W* Scott, Dean B. B. Ross,
Professor" J. R. Rutland, Dr. W. A.
Gardner, Dr. B. R. Showalter, Dr.
Fred Allison, and Miss Zoe Dobbs,
dean of women.
These were selected at a meeting
of the faculty, at which Dr. Knapp
announced that Auburn alumni and
friends have arranged a banquet
during the convention in Birming­ham.
It will be held at the Tutwiler
Hotel, Thursday, March 21, starting
at 6:30 P. M. All Auburn alumni,
faculty, and friends are invited to
this banquet, Dr. Knapp said.
JOHN EARL CONN
RECEIVES HONOR
Elected Member Royal Economics
Society
John Earl Conn, popular professor
in Economics here, has been elected
to membership in the Royal Econom­ics
Society.
Professor Conn came to Auburn
from New York where he was in­structing
in Hunters College, while
finishing graduate work at Columbia
University.
The society was formed in London
in 1890, under the name of the Brit­ish
Economic Society, and was grant­ed
a charter by the King of England
in 1902. At this time the organization
changed its name to the Royal Eco­nomics
Society. The society has been
very active in economics over the en­tire
world since the date of its found­ing.
A special feature of this society
is an Economic Journal which is is­sued
quarterly.
Co-ed Scores in Horsemanship;
"Cowboy" Senior Walks Back
A few days ago John Gerber and a friend were possessed of a de­sire
to go horse-back riding. They also entertained an inclination to share
their amusement with some fair inhabitant of the "Temple of Pulchri­tude",
the Zoo.
They invited her to accompany them and she, very sweetly and de­murely,
accepted.
On the way out to the wide open
spaces, the Utopia of all cow-boyish­ly
inclined people, John remarked to
his male friend that they should ride
far out, so far out that the fair co-ed
should have to make the return trip
on the horse's back whether she liked
it or not, the distance being too far to
cover on foot. He supposed, of
course, that the co-ed was not a
very expert horse-woman and that
she would experience at least slight
discomfort because of the ups and
downs of the horse.
Things didn't turn out at all as
John had expected. The co-ed proved
to be much more expert at the art
of "equine maneuvering" than he.
He decided that walking would be
more comfortable than riding and so
walked the whole way in to town.
The "Recording Angel" chalked up
another score for the co-eds in the
"Battle of the Sexes."
MAJOR-GENERAL R. L. BULLARD
McGehee Has
Had Colorful
Experiences
Visiting Pastor Built M a ny
Schools; Been Soldier, Pas­tor
And Executive
Colonel Robert Bruce McGehee,
who is conducting the services at the
Auburn Methodist Church this week,
has had a vast amount of experiences
with college students during his life­time.
He holds an A. B. degree from Bir­mingham-
Southern University, and a
M. A. from Vanderbilt. He has a
commission of major in the reserves,
and as the head of a military school,
he is a colonel.
Colonel McGehee was the founder
of the Gulf Coast Military Academy
at GulfporJ;, Mississippi. He organized
that school in 1912, and remained as
president for twelve years. Several
Auburn men assisted in the clearing
of the ground upon which the build­ings
were erected. G. C. M. A., as it
is familiarly known, is now an ac­credited
honor military school. Col­onel
McGehee is largely responsible
for the splendid rating. In one year,
there were 550 students there, from
thirty states and ten foreign coun­tries.
He was later superintendent of
the Georgia Military Academy; in
one year, he made it an accredited
honor school, and raised the enroll­ment
from one hundred thirty-five
to three hundred fifty students. Col­onel
McGehee was also an executive
at Riverside; he lifted this school to
the top of all the honor schools in
the country. Several present Auburn
students were under him at Riverside.
At present he is pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Greens­boro,
as well as president, of the
Southern Military Academy, which
is located in the same town. S. M.
A. possesses $250,000 worth of brick
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WORK ON NOVELTY
S E T S WILL BEGIN
Desk Sets And Similar Articles Be
Made Here
In the near future work will be
started upon desk sets and similar
Auburn novelty outfittings. An­nouncement
has been made that no
definite patterns have been selected
yet, but all necessary materials have
been ordered, and the manufacturing
will -probably begin during the latter
part of this month. The work is to be
conducted in the machine shop and
will be under the direction of Mr.
Jones. Different designs will be used
as the work progresses. An up-to-date
aluminum furnace is already
installed at the college; it is now
being used in connection with the
manufacture of the recently adopted
"Auburn" automobile, plates.
The workmanship necessary to
make these various articles will be
extended to those students who find
it necessary to secure some kind of
employment in order to stay in col­lege.
MILITARY REVIEW IS
POSTPONED DUE TO
UNSETTLED WEATHER
Be Entertained With Reception
Alumni Gym Saturday
Night, 8 O'clock
GREAT WAR RECORD
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Was Second In Command Of
American Army During
World War
Major-General Robert Lee Bullard
arrived in Auburn this morning from
Opelika, where he has been for sev­eral
days. The review of the R. O.
T. C. units was postponed until Sat­urday
morning, 10 o'clock because of
continued rain and unsettled weather
conditions. However the units were
assembled and marched into Lang­don
hall, where General Bullard
spoke on "The American Soldier of
the World War." His speech was
very interesting, and was enjoyed by
everyone present. The reception
planned for tonight by President and
Mrs. Bradford Knapp at the Gym for
the General has been postponed until
Saturday night, eight o'clock. The
faculty, students, alumni, and towns­people
are invited.
General Bullard will also deliver
a speech to the student body at eleven
o'clock Saturday morning in Lang­don
Hall; his subject will be "Some
Great Personalities; A Civilian, a
Soldier, and a Civilian-Soldier." On
Tuesday at the same hour, he will
speak on "Some Personal Experi­ences
of Peace and War."
Many dinners, and other parties
will be given in honor of General and
Mrs. Bullard; relatives and many
friends are planning to compliment
them with various forms of entertain­ments.
At the present -time, General Bul­lard
is visiting friends and relatives
in this neighborhood, and today he is
making an official visit to his Alma
Mater.
General Robert Lee Bullard was
born in Youngsboro, Alabama, Janu­ary
15, 1861; he attended Auburn for
two years and went to West Point,
from which institution he graduated
in 1885.
He was commissioned a second
lieutenant upon graduating, and pro­moted
to first lieutenant in the Sixth
Infantry in 1892. In 1898, he was
made major of an independent bat­talion
of Alabama Volunteers; the
same year he became a captain of the
Commissary of Substinance, and a
short time after that, the colonel of
the Third Alabama Infantry.
General Bullard received a higher
appointment in 1899, when he be­came
a colonel of the U. S. Volun-
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Kiwanis Entertain
Prominent Visitors
State-Wide Attendance Contest Main
Feature Of Meet
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The Kiwanis Club's weekly lunch­eon
at the Thomas Hotel Monday,
was one of the most enjoyable this
year. Before being seated all join­ed
in singing America.
At present the clubs is especially
interested in the attendance, as it is
entered in a state-wide attendance
contest. All members who had been
absent at the last meeting were con­victed
and fined.
Introduction of the guests follow­ed.
Among these were Colonel Mc-
Ghee, Reverend Dillard, Miss Skin­ner,
E. G. Salter, Reverend Edwards,
and Miss Funchess, a senior at the
Lee County High, who told of the
play that is to be presented there
next week. The Professor (Baldy)
Roe quartet entertained the group for
several minutes with some most en­joyable
vocal selections. Ludlow
Hallman, a senior here, made a short
talk on radio. The luncheon came to
a close with short addresses by Col­onel
McGhee, Miss Skinner, and Rev­erend
Dillard.
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THE PLAINSMAN
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1929.
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Au­burn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief
James B. McMillan Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 __ Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
Hugh W. Overton _ Ass't. Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 News Editor
Alex. Smith, Jr., '31 News Editor
Robert L. Hume, 31 — Ass't. News Editor
Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor
Carol Porter, '29 Sports Editor
Dick Jones, '31 Ass't. Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
Robert Baxter, '32; T. S. Coleman, '32;
Kenneth Cooper, '32; Clarence Dykes,
'32; Thomas Dykes, '31; Edmund Eng­land,
'32; George Harrison, '32; John
Lewis, '31; S. H. Morrow, '32; Alex
Smith, Jr., '31; K. G. Taylor, '32; J. E.
Jenkins, '32; H. G. Tooney, '32; Victor
White, '32; D. Reynolds, '32; Don May,
'29; Virgil Nunn, '31; Gabie Drey, '31;
Charles Matthews, '32; James David­son,
'32; W. M. Taylor, '32.
BUSINESS STAFF
George Carden, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
W. B. Jones, '30 Advertising Mgr.
White Matthews, '31 __ Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Office on ground floor of Alumni Hall.
Circulation Managers: Walter Smith '31,
J. M. Johnson '31, W. A. Files '31, J.
E. Dilworth '31.
Assistants: B. W. Kincaid '32; R. A. Mann
'32; Roy Wilder '32, Cleveland Adams,
'32, J. M. Barton '32.
Minor Actions T h at
Have Become Grievances
Some months ago your attention was
brought to the matter of disregarding the
minor things about the campus, which neg­lect
in time looms up very unsightly—and
in some cases disrespectful. Being a group
of college men, we are expected to be cap­able
of distinguishing right from wrong,
and thoughtful enough to safeguard the
interest of those about us, at least to a
small degree. It seems somewhat of a re­flection
that things should grow so irritat­ing
as to necessitate admonishment from
any source. The time has arrived when we
might begin to cultivate our better selves,
letting the brute wither away.
Trivial things are often committed with
out much thought or serious misintent on
the part of the committor; but they leave
their scars, nevertheless. Students should
stay awake, at least while strolling about
the campus.
We notice a group of college men turn­ed
childish—throwing stones at a squirrel
which is scampering to safety directly in
front of the chemistry building; or else
they are hissing a professor's dog onto the
little animal. This would be all right for
a scene in Sherwood Forest, conducted by
a group of eight-year olds; but it is entire­ly
out of place among college students
here on the Auburn campus.
Then there goes an "hombre" rushing
across the campus, in no wise regarding
the nice, smooth walks laid out for him,
but surveying and constructing one for his'
own -convenience in one sweeping opera­tion.
He has lounged around in some
"bull" party until seven minutes after, and
suddenly decides to make roll call—at the
disastrous expense of the lawn grass, which
has been placed there for ornamental pur­poses
and not to be trampled underfoot.
While the ground is all soft and slick
from rains, some expert driver conceives
the idea that it will be such a thrill to cut
a few rapid loops on the drill field. You
have already perceived the results of such
a dumbbell act.
There is no excuse whatever for such
actions on the part of college students.
Auburn Needs
A Glee Club
Auburn is sadly in need of a glee club.
The glee club is a very important student
organization; it is a very important adver­tising
medium of the college. The impres­sion
made through the state by a good glee
club is of inestimable value to a college.
The pleasure, training, and experience
gained by the student-members is of great
value.
W! is it that we can't have a club this
year'; Surely, i n ' a group'of sixteen hun­dred
students, there are thirty who have at
least enough ability to develop into sing­ers.
We do not advocate that Auburn send
' a mediocre glee-club; we believe that
there are men here who could be trained
and developed if they would acquire
enough interest.
We confess that we do not know how to
stimulate that interest. It seems that any
man who has some talent for singing
should be interested in a glee club. From
the after effects and the yarns that are
told for months following.the trips, it must
be quite a pleasure to make one. From men
who have been in past Auburn glee clubs,
we have learned that the experience in
singing before audiences is of great value.
Why. this lethargy then, on the part of
local songbirds?
Letters to the Editor
March 12, 1929.
Editor, The Plainsman:
In the last issue of the Plainsman, I no­tice
that Benjamin Provost has occupied
more space in saying nothing than he ever
has before.
Mr. Provost's attack upon the literary
societies has probably provoked many more
letters of retaliation than my own. No con­scientious
literary society member can af­ford
to overlook it.
What is a literary society for? Primar­ily
to instruct. Basing my own opinion
upon my association with the Websterian
Society, I am sure that object is accom­plished—
in spite of Mr. Provost's blanket
statement intended to dramatically bring
all literary societies to their knees.
Maybe Mr. Provost is a hedonist, and
expected the Wilsonian Society to make a
special point of entertaining him in particu­lar.
Or maybe he is just a narrow-minded
pessimist.
The Websterians do things. Let Mr.
Provost consult our past records. If he still
is not satisfied, let him visit us and see for
himself. There was one sparkling bit of
truth about his eruption of unwarranted
criticism—that was the note at the top of
his column which reads:
"The opinions expressed in this column
are not necessarily the editorial opinions
of this paper.'
Sincerely,
C. M. RUSH, JR.
March 12, 1929.
The Editor of The Plainsman,
Auburn, Ala.
Dear Editor:
Benjamin Provost, eminent successor to
Jupiter J. Pluvius, recently visited the Wil­sonian
Literary Society. On behalf of the
society I wish to thank him for coming to
see us. We always deeply appreciate a
brainy man's giving us even a moment of
his time; but for thirty nine minutes of
this gentleman's time—words are inade­quate
to express our feeling of gratitude
for the inestimable blessing. Like other
blessings, however, it was not an unmixed
one. After thirty nine minutes spent in
our midst, the gentleman felt qualified to
speak, as"' one with authority, on conditions
in Literary Societies here at Auburn.
In this connection, I am reminded of one
of our English friends, who spent a week
in Virginia and felt qualified to write the
life of Lee. Needless to say, ignorance of
the subject in each case was too evident
to require pointing out.
' No doubt conditions in our Literary So­cieties
could be improved. Every earnest
member would welcome constructive sug­gestion,
even from our friend, the illus­trious
Ben'. But what does he have to give
us? Nothing except a specimen of ama­teurish
invective.
I wish to correct one mis-statement on-
Ben's part. He states that credit is not
given in reputable high schools for "such
stuff." In Phillips High, one lab hour
credit is given for each hour spent in Lit­erary
Society work. Various kinds of hon­or
points are given in other high schools.
No doubt our critic will say that there is a
difference in the quality of work done.
If Ben was interested in Literary affairs,
and he must pretend to he to write a col­umn,
why didn't he attend sometime' in the
past three'years and try to contribute some­thing
toward making the meeting other
than "childish and banal". Even now in
all his one hundred and ten lines there is
no word that might be even broadly inter­preted
as constructive. There is a class of
people who bask in the sunshine of their
own conceit and make vitriolic remarks at
the attempts of others and thereby trust
to enlarge themselves. I had the illusion
that the Auburn student body was free
from this species of pseudo-intelligentzia,
But alas, it seems not. One little amoeba
has poked up his head. What shall be done
with it?
If Ben "Had not found one good thing
at the Wilsonian Literary Society", if the
supposedly best efforts of fifty college stu­dents
could not excite one single good "re­action"
in Ben during those precious thir­ty
nine minutes, I ask, then, where is the
greatest faolt, in the fifty or in Ben?
Sincerely,
GEORGE STAFFORD, JR.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
The' most stimulat­ing
address I have
read lately was given
by President George
Norlin of the Univer­sity
of Colorado and
his subject was "Go­ing
Straight in Ath­letics".
He begins
by detailing w h at
happened at the Uni­versity
of Nevada recently when a "Boos­ter
Club" was organized by an outside
group, proposing to supply "Athletic Scho­larships".
Such proposals, he points out,
are not unusual; they have been made be­fore
and often accepted. The very un­usual
thing at the University of Nevada
was that the students voted unanimously
to reject the offer. President Norlin then
proceeds to cover the situation squarely
and fearlessly. I like what he says because
it is honest and fearless. He represents
a type of thinking which is going to be rec­ognized
in intercollegiate athletics sooner
or later. The whole address ought to be
widely read.
Dr. Glenn Frank, in a recent paragraph,
says "Our teachers are secular priests set
apart from the life of their time, and they
tend, through no fault of their own, to live
and to teach in a world of untested ideas."
And yet I saw one of the teachers of this
institution in overalls working for a great
power company at so much per hour, and
another had a summer job with one of the
great engineering corporations of the coun­try.
Babcock who invented the milk test­ing
machine or method was a professor in
Dr. Frank's University and Dorset and
Niles who developed the hog cholera serum
were college men. Scores of other examples
could be given. I know that Dr. Frank was
not intending to discount the contribu­tions
of educated men to the progress of
the world. There is too much aloofness in
the teaching profession. He is right about
that. The ideal teacher has knowledge' of
his subject, practical experience enough to
prove his worth and the ability and train­ing
necessary to transmit that knowledge
to the student and inspire him to acquire
the education. The combination of talents
is difficult to find but by no means vcuf-possible.
The history of swimming dates back to
the time when a Scotchman came to the
first toll bridge.
" L i t t l e Things"
By Tom Bigbee
Cracking of the old horsehide pill against
the willow is a welcome sound—and the
prospects are bright. With a cessation of
falling moisture, things will soon be hum­ming
favorably on the diamond, and it
falls our lot to back the Tiger swatters
to another Southern victory.
Let's not irritate our president and
coaches with even the slightest sign of dis­loyalty
throughout the baseball season.
Clouds loom dark and carry a lot of de­spondency
at times, to be sure; but why
let that quench a spirit backed by years
of reputation and honor.
Negligence can destroy in a very short
time things that have required months in
the making. We have been accused of let­ting
the Auburn Spirit drop to a critically
low level: is this an actual situation? It
need not be, by any means; but the answer
rests with us.
Now is a good time to sweep out any old
grievances, and let the disreputable, up­lifting
Auburn Spirit hold full sway—why
not? It isnt' ours to criticise either the
coaches or players ;about the meanest pos­sible
thing we can do is to sneer at the
management or procedure. Let's be very
careful not to do that.
Picture yourself in the place of those
you might be harboring ill will against—
do you suppose you could improve the sit­uation?
If you couldn't, then you have no
room to, say hard things, or to conduct
yourself unsightly or unmanly in that di­rection.
If you feel polluted with a desire to rake
someone over the coals just get out and
hike around the block in one of these
spring showers; a thorough drabbling ought
to help some, at least.
Join the fellows in a trip to church to­night;
reimburse the departure from quiz­zes
this week.
THE GEDUNK
I am the Gedunkette, who has just gobs
and gobs of "It" and think that all the
cute little boys who stand in front of the
Students' Supply Shop and the Tiger Drug
Store are just wild about the hot line I
hand 'em out. I frequently saunter up the
street toward the post office and, lazily
swinging my saucy hips, loll into one of
the aforesaid places, order a Hotsy-totsy
fizz, ogle some of "those cute men" over to
my table, and tell 'em parlor (I beg pardon.
Dormitory) jokes just to show what a
wicked bad litle Coo-Edna I am. Of course
all the strange boys ask me for dates; but
they only come to see me once. I wonder
why?
% AUBURN FOOTPRINTS %
HASHED SCRAPS
The Golf Tournament has at least given us an insight into some rare "form"
these days. To apostrophise the muse of St. Andrews we must needs wax meta­phorical
and allegorical. To see "Baldy" Roe wind up to swat the elusive (or is it
illusive?) pill is to be reminded of an eternal ? mark. But his control of the ball
is by "radio". Truly one does not have to read Dickens these days. He has only
to follow "Shylock" Nixon around the course and keep his eyes open. More power
to the golf-bugs and others. Shades of Abie da Link! "Goofie" Garner, should play
with a sun-dial in his pocket. He assumes his stance according to the best prin­ciples
of mathematical calculation, deliberately and accurately sights on his ball,
and as deliberately brings his club down so that the pill will thereby seek the cool
air at just the proper angle of refraction and according to Isaac Newton's laws of
motion. "Sky Pilot" Lee takes his rules from the well-known version of Hoyle.
He is an individualist par excellence. "Pooh-poofh" Doner, with his boyish jibes
and capers provides a most diverting and delectable side-show for those not golf-ically
inclined. "Corpy" Guyton works his golf on the most approved methods of
psychological behaviorism.
* * * * * * * *
THESE BLONDES
(Dedicated to W. Paul Smith)
These blondes, they say, are wild and gay,
. And fickle to the last degree;
They'll freely spend your every cent—
That's what one did to me.
Her golden hair and baby stare;
Those eyes of deepest blue!
They pierced my heart with Cupid's dart—
That's what they'll do to you.
She won my soul, my heart and gold,
With her eyes of bluest hue;
With spirits high, she lived a lie—
That's what she'll do to you.
Then found a bigger fish to dig,
With simple heart and true;
She left me alone, my money all gone—
That's what she'll do to you.
Oh, men trust not this fair-haired blot
Upon Romance's slate—
While she wears a smile, she's fickle and wild;
Not the kind for a life-long mate.
These blondes, they say, are wild and gay,
And fickle to the last degree;
They'll freely spend your every cent—
That's what one did to me.
—Convict Number 969.
* * * * * * * *
JUST THIRTY YEARS AGO, EGAD!
S. H. BAILEY
—Dealer in—
Champagnes, Whiskies, Wines, Brandies,
Cigars, Tobacco, Etc.
I Make a Specialty of Pure Home-Made Corn Whiskey.
Tallapoosa Street, At Mineral Well
Opelika, Ala.
ALLEN & BUTLER,
Retail Whiskey Dealers,
Opelika, Ala.
We always keep stock of fine Whiskies—Murray Hill Club, I. W. Harper—Wines,
Brandy, Etc. When needing any of this kind call oh us or write.
- - Orders Will Have Prompt and Careful Attention.
—Glomerata, 1899.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
FIERCELY NECKED
An English Professor, at Cumberland
College, has started a drive to eradicate
mice from one of their large halls. A
Mouse Club has been formed, composed of
males and females, all overflowing with the
desire to combat the dreaded mouse. Five
members of the. rodent family have already
met their fate by being necked a little
too fiercely by the traps.
* * * * *
"MISS" INFORMATION
No more blind dates at the University df
Washington. They have installed a "Dating
Bureau". A card index is being fixed up,
containing names and descriptions of those
available for parties or dances.
The young shiek can look over the cards
and pick 'em, long, short, fat or lean; red­headed,
blonde, or brunette, and the age,
if given, too but doubtful.
The list is maintained by the Newman
Club to .bring together young men and
women for the dances at the Seattle Ten­nis
Club.
* * * * *
A GOLD MINE
The general faculty of North Carolina
State College adopted a plan whereby it
is hoped that the scholarship of that col­lege
may be raised by requiring each stu­dent
who misses a class without an excuse
to pay a fine of fifty cents. I never was
strong on thees get rich schemes. s
* * * * *
THE TIDE RECEDES
The university seniors, according to the
list of preferences in the annual class vote
announced recently in The Yale Daily
News, prefer a Phi Beta Kappa key to a
major "Y" earned -in sports, incline
towards Harvard as their favorite college
next to Yale, and in answer to the ques­tion,
"What man, now living, do you ad­mire
most?" cast a tie vote for Charles
A. Lindbergh and "my father." They be­lieve
English to be the most valuable sub­ject,
and psychology the least valuable.
Psychology must be the hardest, and Eng­lish
the easiest.
MINOR ATHLETICS
Plans are now under way for the inau­guration
of an annual Oklahoma A. and
M. college all-school boxing tournament
such has been the interest shown in the
mitt slinging sport in that institution.
If enough participants signify their in­tentions
of entering, the tournament will
be staged before the warm spring calls the
athletes to the milder and more gentle
outdoor sports.
Oklahoma university already boasts both
an interfraternity and an all school boxing
meet on its annual athletic calendar, but
has not sponsored boxing for some time.
* * * * *
HARD ON THE JUDGES
At the University of Kansas, they offer
a huge cup to the winner of the inter-sorority
song. The girls get together, sing
their songs before an audience, and the
best looking bunch has the best chance.
Alpha Chi Omega has won the cup for
two years straight, and should they win
this year, someone will have to buy a new
one, for they get to keep < the first per­manently.
* * * * *
LEST WE FORGET
A student handed in an exam paper at
the College of Industrial Arts, Denton,
Texas, with the following written at the
bottom: "The Lord of Hosts, be with us
yet; lest we forget, lest we forget."
The professor put an " F " on the paper,
and added :"The Lord of Hosts was with
us not; for we-forgot, for we forgot."
* * * * *
SUCH NERVE
When committees for the Freshman Hop
were selected, not a woman was named
on them. The University of Minnesota co­eds
thereupon set up a hue and cry, which
was answered by those who made the ap­pointments
with the statement that not a
woman member of the appointing commit­tee
had showed up for a meeting this year,
and it was taken for granted that they
wanted the men to run things. Why even
Eve didn't stand for such.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
'Qiy 'Benjamin Trovosp~~
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions ex­pressed
in this column are not necessarily
the editorial opinions of this paper. It is
a column of personal comment, and is not
to be read as an expression of our edi­torial
policy.
* * * * *
THE PRACTICE of "beating", that is,
leaving a classroom if the instructor
does not arrive within ten minutes
after the hour, is a sacred custom it seems.
Various instructors have various means to
prevent it, but many of them accept "beat­ing"
as a part of Auburn. It isn't such a
bad custom—for freshmen. If a freshman
chemistry section or a math section sud­denly
wants to "beat", why let them. They
don't learn anything anyway.
However, in the more advanced classes,
it is a bit different. I'm taking a .certain
course, we'll call it composition "(which it
isn't) that is very important to me. A
sound knowledge of the subject matter is
absolutely necessary to me as a prerequisite
to the work that I intend to do next year.
My time is limited, therefore it is essen­tial
that I get most of this knowledge from
the classroom—I can't pick it up outside.
In this particular section there are three
girls and three boys." At every meeting of
the class, at exactly eight minutes after
the hour, the girls get up and tiptoe to the
door, trying to see whether the instructor
is coming down the hall. He is in the habit
of arriving exactly on the minute. One
minute before he is due, the girls decide
that he is late and that we should leave.
They twitter about and jump up and down
excitedly until the instructors' step is heard
in the corridor outside.
This is an invariable prelude to the reci­tation.
The.girls know that he is going to
meet the class. He never misses. Yet they
are anxious to slip out on him by taking ad­vantage
of a half-minute, a back-stair, and
a freshnijan cusftom. If that instructor
should be two minutes late every day, those
students would get absolutely nothing from
the course.
* * * * *
TO MY MIND, they are rather selfish.
They want to get credit for the
course; they want to keep a good at­tendance
record, (an "absence" isn't
charged when a class "beats") yet they
don't want to meet class. Why couldn't
they simply take a cut if they don't want
to come? Why try to prevent the other
members of the section from meeting the
class? If I had not wanted to meet the
class I would not have signed up for it.
It isn't a question of getting three hours
on the credit side of the registrar's books,
for me; it's a question of getting certain
knowledge for which I have paid tuition
fees, and which the instructor is prepared
to give.
It's rather annoying at times, this "beat­ing".
* * * * *
IN A KINDLY, amiable, gracious and
good-humored letter, a member of the
Wilsonian Literary Society takes me to
task for being "vitriolic" in my remarks
concerning his organization last week. His
own indulgent and friendly letter causes
me to shrink in shame and to rue my re-marks.
Such a spleenless rebuke is hard
to bear; its kindliness tortures more than
would truculence; I have been given a les­son
in bon homie.
Another epistle comes from a loyal mem­ber
of another of these intellectual organi­zations.
I deduce that this gentleman has
a great deal of spare time, since he remarks
that I never say anything in this column,
yet he seems to have been reading it. One
of my jobs on the Plainsman staff last year
was to edit society reports before publica­tion.
I don't need to attend regularly to
know that the programs are uniformly
mediocre.
Neither defender denies my assertations;
both call me names because I made them.
THE CLERKS
I did not think that I should find them
there
As I came back again; but there they
stood,
As in the days they dreamed of when
young blood
Was in their cheeks and women called them
fair.
Be sure, they met me with an ancient air,—
And yes, there was a shop-worn brotherhood
About them; but the men were just as good,
And just as human as they ever were.
And you that ache so much to be sublime,
And you that feed yourselves with your
descent,
What comes of all your visions and your
fears?
Poets and kings are but the clerks of
Time,
Tiering the same dull webs of discontent,
Clipping the same sad alnage of the years.
' —E. A. Robinson.
V •
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
SUMMER CAMP ENROLLMENTS
COMING IN FROM OVER STATE
T. S. Moorman, Colonel, Inf., (D-OL),
who has charge of Citizens' Mili­tary
Training Camp Enrollments for
this state announces that since the
opening of the C. M. T. C. campaign,
on March 1st, his office is daily be­coming
a busier place.
It is asserted that strenuous efforts
are being made to familiarize every
young man in the state with the op­portunities
offered by these camps
that all may have an equal chance to
apply. President Coolidge's son, and
the sons of thirty-two state governors
have attended these camps with the
sons of men from every walk of life.
They all have had an equal chance
and as in the past when they come
will eat, drill, play and bunk side by
side.
These camps were inaugurated by
President Roosevelt and are the di­rect
descendents of the pre-war Platts-burg
Camp originated by the late
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General Wood. They have been spon­sored
and endorsed by our last four
Presidents, by leading churchmen and
educators, by our American Federa­tion
of Labor and by many other oth­er
prominent citizens and organiza
tions. Physical examinations during
the war indicated that nearly half the
young men of the country were phys­ically
unfit for active military ser­vice.
This alarming situation was
partially met by Congress in 1920 by
creating the Citizens' Military Train­ing
Camps, which now annually pro­vide
about forty thousand young men
with proper diet and exercise amidst
healthful outdoor surroundings. These
men return to their homes ardent ex­ponents
of the American principles of
physical health and fitness.
The mission of these Training
Camps is to bring together for a
month's training, under healthful sur­roundings,
young men from all walks
of life on a common basis of equality
and by supervised athletics, military
drill and instructions in citizenship to
develop them physically and morally,
to promote a wholesome respect for
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• • • • • • • • ^ ^
American Mercury
Offers Two Prizes
For College Story
The American Mercury offers two
prizes, each of $500, for articles by
college graduates of this year, discus­sing
their experiences in college. One
will go to the best article received
from a male student, and the other
to the best from a woman student.
The conditions:
1. No article should be less than
3,000 words long, or more than 8,000.
2. Each must be the original work
of a student graduating from an Am­erican
college with the class of-1929,
and taking the A. B. or its equiva­lent.
3. Each must bear the full name
and address of the author, the name
of the college attended, and a state­ment
of the course followed imd the
degree to be taken.
'4. Each must be accompanied by a
stamped and addressed envelope for
its return in case it is not accepted.
5. The Editor of the American Mer­cury
will be the sole judge of the com­petition.
All MSS entered for the prizes
should reach this office not later than
July 1 next. The two prize winners
will be printed in the issue for Sep­tember.
In case others are received
that seem to be worth printing, offers
will be made for them. But no con­testant
will be obliged to accept such
an offer. There are no other condi­tions.
The aim of the competition is not
to bring forth learned treatises on the
higher education, but to obtain records
of personal experiences. How do the
four years in college strike an intel-gent
young man or woman—and
only the highly intelligent will be able
to formulate significant verdicts—im­mediately
after they are over? Does
the time seem -to have been well
spent? How much was learned? What
was gained in other directions—by
social contacts, and so on? How many
of the instructors encountered seemed
to have anything genuinely valuable
to impart? Was life, in general, pleas­ant
or not? Is there any feeling at
the end that equipment has been im­proved?
Does college arouse a desire
for further learning, or do the four
years seem enough?
The contestants will be expected to
name their colleges, and to give the
names of any teachers they may dis­cuss,
especially those who have struck
them as competent. The final day for
sending in MSS. has been put beyond
commencement time, so that frank­ness
need not imperil diplomas. The
MSS. submitted will be judged by
their honesty, their intelligence, their
freshness of viewpoint, and their in­terest
as human documents. The com­petition
is open to the students of all
American colleges of good repute.
Contestants will be free to discuss all
of the matters suggested, or any of
them, or anything outside them. It is
desired to give them the utmost prac­ticable
freedom. MSS. may be sent in
at any time before July 1. The names
of winners will be held strictly con­fidential.
Intelligent Speech
TAU BETA PI TO
PRESENT CUP
SODAS
CONFECTIONS
TOBACCO
STATIONERY
MEET ME
—AT-Red's
Place
TOGGERY SHOP TOGGERY SHOP
Tau Beta Pi honorary engineering
fraternity has recently made the an­nouncement
that Mr. William L.
White of Birmingham has expressed
his desire to offer a cup each year
to. the outstanding engineering stu­dent
of the Junior Class. Mr. White
graduated as a Mechanical Engineer
the class of 1916 and a year later
he completed the work of the Elec­trical
Course and received his degree
that also. He is a prominent
young business man of Birmingham
and an enthusiastic Alumnus.
Plans for the award of the cup
have been worked out by Dean Wil-more
and approved by Mr. White.
The plans are as follows:
1. The award will be known as
the William L. White Cup for excel­lence
in Engineering.
2. The selection of the student to
receive the cup will be made by the
Tau Beta Pi Honor Society in co-discipline,
to teach the value of team
work, fit them for leadership in peace
or war and impress upon them their
obligations and responsibilities.
Military training is not the pri­mary
objective of the camps and they
are placed under the War Depart­ment
by Congress only because it is
the one existing agency with the nec­essary
personnel and because military
training is the most effective means
with which to accomplish the mission
for which the camps exist.
Words are constantly changing in
meaning; new ones are being intro­duced,
old ones revived, and many of
them combined. In some instances
words each of which centuries ago
meant one thing have been so affected
by new or improper usage that to­day
they have come to mean almost
the opposite, or convey an entirely new
idea.
Some new words arise from the
names of , individuals, others' from
specific customs, or events. Thus
numbers of them have interesting
stories which explain or attept to
explain their origin.
A word with which almost every
American is familiar is jazz, and ac­cording
to George H. McKnight in
his "English Words and Their Back­ground,"
New Orleans may lay double
claim to its origin.
"A journalistic story attributes the
creation of a jazz music to a blind
newsboy of New Orleans. This boy,
who endured existence under the un­happy
name of 'Stale Bread,' played
the violin, and one day, under inspira­tion,
divine or diabolic, found self-ex­pression
in a new kind of music to
which jazz came to be applied. An­other
explanation, equally plausible,
derives the word jazz from the name
of an underworld negro, Jasbo Brown,
whose manner of playing called forth
excited cries of 'jazz, Jasbo. jazz' . . .
Lafcadio Hearn reported the word
jazz _(sic) as common among the
blacks of the South, with the mean­ing
'to speed things up,' 'to make ex­citement'
and adopted in Creole speech
to mean a 'rudimentary syncopated
type of music'
Rose Bowl Game
To Help Pay For
New Athletic Field
Georgia Tech will receive approxi­mately
$76,000 as its share of the
Rose Bowl receipts taken in New
Year's day at the Tournament of
Roses game in California in Pasa­dena.
Unofficial figures recently released
in Los Angeles by William Monahan,
graduate manager of California, show
that 6^000 paid admissions netted
approximately $250,000. This 65,000
does not include the several thousand
pass admissions for newspapermen,
photographers, employees, officials,
etc., it was stated. The figures are
unofficial but the officials report will
vary but little, it was explained.
Under rules of the classic, expenses
are deducted from the-gate, and the
remainder divided three ways, equal
share going to the Rose Tournament
assoeiation and the two competing
schools.
Monahan stated expenses will total
about $20,000, including expenses of
the two teams. This leaves about
$230,000 to be divided, making Tech's
share around $76,000, it was stated.
No strings are attached to the
money, schools being permitted to
spend it for any desired purpose,
Monahan stated.
The graduate manager said offi­cial
figures will be released within a
few days and after a meeting of offi­cials,
checks will be made out and
forwarded to the two schools and the
Tournament of Roses association.
The sum to be received by Georgia
Tech compares favorably with the
$70,000 received on each of the two
trips made by Alabama to the Rose
Bowl.
1'iade with the advertisers.
Zadiee Graham Is
Most Modern Girl
As a result of* a recent election Za­diee
Graham of Gulfport, Mississippi
is now heralded as "The Most Mod­ern
Girl" at Brenau. The election
was held by special request of the
Mercer "Cauldan." It is the intention
of this annual to have a feature sec­tion
devoted to "The Most Modern
Girls" representing the principal col­leges
in Georgia.
There were no definite qualities
given as a basis for selection, but
apparently Zadiee's personality, her
permanent interest in all student ac­tivities,
her popularity on the cam­pus,
and her "knack" of dressing, all
were contributing elements that help­ed
to name Zadiee "The Most Modern
Girl" at Brenau.
Great gains are often the conse­quence
of trifles.
operation with a committee of the
Engineering Faculty.
3. The award may be made to any
Junior Class student eligible for mem­bership
in Tau Beta Pi. In making
the award consideration will be given
to scholarship, gerieral character,
personality, participation in college
activities and such other qualities as
the committee may desire to consid­er.
4. The award will be made at the
Commencement exercises, along with
that of other prizes and medals.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1929.
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CAROL PORTER, Editor DICK JONES, Associate Editor
Elmer Salter, Contributor; Tad McCallum, Palmer P. Daugette, Jack S. Riley, Assistants. m
Fraternity Basketball in
Full Swing On Campus
By Dick Jones
The Fraternity basketball tourna­ment
eased under way in the "Vil­lage
of the Plains" last week and has
presented many thrilling games that
were marked by low scores. Only one
team, the Delta Sigma Phi five, scored
over 30 points up to Tuesday night.
They registered a 34-5 victory over
the Sigma Pi quintet in the eighth
game of the tournament, and the
Sigma Pi cagesters five points, scored
in this game, was the lowest number
of points scored up to Tuesday night.
Two beautiful trophies will be pre­sented
to the two best teams in the-meet.
The winners will receive a Sil­ver
cup with the statue of a cage-man
holding a ball in the air ready
to shoot. The last losing five to the
winners will receive a Silver statue
of a basketman also holding a ball in
the air ready to drop it through a
hoop. These beautiful trophies have
caused the "roughest boys" of the
year to come out with blood in their
eyes and they are anxious to capture
these best ever presented.
Last year's winners, the S. A. E.
Fraternity, showed great form Mon­day
night and are doped to walk away
with highest honors again this year if
they continue the good work and im­prove
a bit. •
Scores of the games played up to
Monday night are as follows:
First Game
A. T. 0. (22) : Ware (4), and Wil­son
(11), forwards; Beard (5), cen­t
e r ; Bush and Helms, guards. Subs.:
Jennings (2), Harris and Callan.
B. K. (14): York (3), and Sansing,
forwards; Nicherson (1), center;
Harding (7), and Stines, guards.
Subs.: Burt (2), Winters, and Ne­ville.
Referee: Dye.
Second Game
PHI KAPPA TAU (11): Williams
(6), and Miller (3), forwards; At­kins,
center; Mclnnis (1), -and Wil-lingham,
guards. Subs.: Spence, Be-nard,
and Harris (1).
KAPPA SIGMA (9): Jones, D. (2)
and Burnett, forwards; Callahan, cen­ter;
Sheehan W. (2), and Kennedy
(5), guards. .Subs.: Burton.
Referee: Dye.
Third Game
SIGMA PHI SIGMA (18): Wel-don,
and Wilson (11), forwards;
Pitts (4), center; Lonneragan (3),
and Hillman, guards. Subs: McRay.
TAU OMEGA CHI (28): Kuyken-dall,
I. C. (15), and Kuykendall, T.
O. (6), forwards; Smith, A. L. (5),
center; Smith, C. E. (2), and Smith,
G. C, guards. Subs.: Flynn, and
Turney.
Referee: Salter.
Fourth Game
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA (20):
Lutz (4), and Hodges (7), forwards;
Jacobs, center; "Smilie" Chappelle
(5), and Jacobs, guards. Subs.:
Cook, "Slob" Chappelle (4), and Bos-well.
ALPHA GAMMA RHO (21):
Baily ('5), and Reagin (12), for­wards;
Vines (2), center; Mayton,
and Hester (2), guards.
Referee: Dye.
Fifth Game
S. P. E. (8): DeVaughan (7), and
Price, forwards; Egge, center; Tamp-lin
(1), and Andrews, guards. Subs.-:
Champion, and DeLoach.
PI KAPPA PHI (12): Rogers (4),
and Rose (3), forwards; Barrow, cen­ter;
Herren (4), and Cumbie (1),
guards. Subs.: W. H. Cumbie.
Referee: L. James.
Sixth Game
— PI K. A. (10): Fulton (8), and J.
Pate, forwards; Bethel (2), center;
Pearson, and Kirkwood, guards. Subs.
Jenkins, Robinson, and Hindrix.
SIGMA NU (21): McCallum (8),
and Spann (4), forwards; Paterson
(7), center; Christen, and Hardy (2),
guards.
Referee: Jones.
Seventh Game
THETA KAPPA NU (11): Crum
(3), and Schlich (4), forwards; Cos-ton
(1), center; Williams (2), and
Rogers (1), guards. Subs.: Johnson
and Thompson.
PHI" KAPPA DELTA (15): G.
Mosley, and Lewis (9), forwards;
J. Mosley, center; Franklin (2), and
Daugette, guards. Subs.: Sellers, and
Brittian (4).
Referee: Salter.
Eighth Game x
DELTA SIGMA PHI (35): Pos-tell
(9), and Winter (11), forwards;
Moss (7), center; Harrison (8), and
Thomas, guards. Subs.: Montgomery
and Williams.
SIGMA PI (5): Barefield (3), and
Armstrong, forwards; Arnold (1),
center; Quinlivan, and Payne, guards.
Subs: Keeling.
Referee: Dye.
Ninth Game
Square and Compass forfeited to
the Kappa Alpha.
Tenth Game
THETA CHI (22): Milligan (2),
and Riley (9), forwards; Harmon
(7), center; Nichols (4), and Culver,
guards. Subs.: McRee, and Arms.
PHI DELTA THETA (9): Driver
and Randall (1), forwards; Harmon
(4), center; Bothwell (2), and Jones
(2), guards. Subs.: Hood, Nolan,
West, and Askew.
Referee: Kennedy.
Eleventh Game
S. A. E. (28): Woods (4), and In­gram
(4), forwards; J. Anderson (4),
center; Frazier (12), and Hoffman,
guards. Subs.: Gholston, Young (4),
Nelson, A. Anderson, Love and Live-ly.
PHI DELTA CHI (6): Woodall
(2), and Culwell, forwards; Rutledge,
center; Collins (2), and Walters,
guards. Subs.: Putnam (2).
Referee: Kennedy.
(Continued on page 6)
Ray Barbuti Sends Autographed Picture to Coach Hutsell
McGee Receives Injury
In Practice on Monday
By Jack S. Riley
While at baseball practice Monday
afternoon, Addison F. "Maggie" Mc­Gee,
one of Coach "Slick" Moulton's
third year moundsmen, was painfully
but not seriously injured, when he
was struck on the head by a bat which
slipped out of the hands of one of
the batsmen.
Joe, as he is sometimes called on
the diamond, is being counted on this
year as one of the leading members
of the pitching staff and.it is hoped
that he will be back on the diamond
within the next few days to resume
his duties.
The accident ^occurred while he
was on the mound pitching for bat­ting
practice. However, the bat
slipped out of the hands of a Tiger
who was knocking flys to the out­field
men and came from McGee's
blind side as he went to throw to
home plate.
McGee was immediately rushed to
Dr. Thomas who examined his in­juries.
Upon careful examination Dr.
Thomas found a small laceration and
a badly bruised place on his head.
"Maggie" being very nervous from
the accident Dr. Thomas decided it
best to carry him to the East Ala­bama
Hospital at Opelika where he
could be kept quiet. According to
last reports received from the hos­pital
he was resting well and showing
considerable improvements. It is ex­pected
that he will be able to report
for practice within the next few days
if he continues to improve.
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Frosh Baseball Squad is
Reduced to Thirty Men
The tentative freshman baseball some fine form. Jeff Duke and Au-squad
lists thirty frosh who have been
singled out by athletic officials from
a large number of candidates for the
Baby Tiger nine. A picked team
from the tentative list will play the
Plainsman varsity each week end un­til
the regular schedule begins.
' There are seven candidates for the
brey Lewis will try for this position
when the permanent frosh nine is se­lected.
Among those who have shown real
baseball skill in holding down the
first sack are H. Loyd. A runner is
as good as out when Loyd holds down
the first plate. F. M. Burgess, C.
pill slingers post who have shown up Golston and J. R. Jordan are also on
well during the past three weeks and I trial for this post,
have landed a berth on the tentative W. H. Johnston is showing up well
squad. Indications point to a strong on. the second^ plate as is B. Bigger-pitching
staff this season. Those who
will try for permanent berths on the
frosh diamond outfit are: B. W. An­derson,
"Tiger" Fleming, J. C. Ken-namer,
F. L. Matthews, G. C. Smith,
J. Tew and "Dopey" West.
G. E. Tucker leads the list of can­didates
for the station behind the bat.
Tucker has shown unusual ability at
this post and is expected to display
staff. A close race for the third
corner will be between B. W. Hard­ing
and A. M. Harrison. .The short-stop
territory will be guarded by Ike
Lewis, P. E. Riley and J. P. Wilson.
Riley is going good at this post.
In ths outer field Champion and
R. C. Jones lead the list and will prob­ably
land a place on the permanent
squad.
Ray Barbuti, former Syracuse
football and track star, is shown
breaking the tape to win the 1600
meter relay, the members of this
team being coached by Wilbur Hut-sell,
Auburn's track coach. Each of
the first three teams finishing estab­lished
a new world's record. Rep-representatives
of other countries can
be seen finishing well behind Bartubi.
Last year was the second time that
Coach Hutsell has gone to the Olym­pics,
going in 1924 after students had
taken up contributions, sufficient to
enable the coach that they hold in
such high esteem to make the trip.
This last year Coach Hutsell was se­lected
as assistant to Coach Robinson,
being selected with nine others from
all of the coaches in the country.
Each member of the coaching
staff had some specific event to coach
and Coach Hutsell coached the 1600
meter relay team. The only worry
Coach Hutsell had was waiting until
the last day as the relay event was
the last of the Olympics. Coach Hut­sell
was repaid for his worrying when
his team went out and won the world
championship.
SPORTS STUFF
By "Dusty" Porter
MEXICAN SPORTS
When sports get dull in the United States then Mexico takes up
her national pastime and keeps the sporting world interested until the
big leaguers finish their elimination contest. The annual game played
in Mexico has no set date to take place and it may be played anywhere,
but we can always count on at least one game per year, and when the
first game is not played according to Hoyle, then we have another with
new blood added each time they all come about without previous an­nouncement.
But a big prize fight in the United States is never able
to draw the attention of the public such as the Resolutions of Mexico.
Probably the reason for this is that everybody takes part regardless of
their love for the game.
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FRATERNITY BASKETBALL
The past week has seen the fraternities of Auburn more active than
ever before, of course athletically speaking, and some of them have
been so active until they were unable to make classes the following day.
Only the fraternities could put on such an exhibition of basketball as
we have been subjected to in the past week. Shots of the most awkward
nature are being made every day, and of course there is no rule against
that, however we do wish it would become a habit. Quite a few men
have been showing exceptional ability and no doubt some good ma­terial
will be uncovered for varsity service next year.
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BASEBALL IN VIEW
Before many days have passed the game of games will be in full
swing, and the sport loving fans can sit back and dope out just who is
who in the baseball world. With Auburn winning the Southern Confer­ence
Championship for the past two years, and with a bunch of men
on hand that appear equally as good if not better than the last years
aggregation then it looks like betters days for the "Tigers". At the
present time the pitching staff seems to be the biggest problem, but
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with such men as McGee, Carter, Lee, Landstreet and Harkiris ready
to serve them up, we can see nothing but the championship of "Dixie"
coming to the "village" again, however- the services of Akin, Ellis,
Wood and the James twins will be greatly missed when the roll is called.
Second Battalion Cops
Game From Third 9-8
TIGER LINESMEN REPORT TO B0HLER
ON MONDAY FOR SPRING TRAINING
By Dick Jones
The mighty linesmen of the Tiger
football squad, 37 strong, were called
out for duty by Coach G. M. Bohler
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Monday to take part in Spring train­ing
with the 30 backfield men that
were called out two weeks ago.
Coach Bohler is handling the squad
by himself at present and is sending
thein through some strenuous work­outs,
considering the fact that this is
their first week out. He is anxious to
get them in the best of condition as
soon as possible so that he will be
able to see them in a number of mock
battles, during this Spring training,
working the many new changes he
has under his hat for them.
Some of the Tiger gridders are
unable to report to him at present
on account of school work but are
expected out as soon as they catch
up. The Scholastic records made by
the athletes at Auburn are stressed
more by Bohler than they have been
(Continued on page 6)
By Tad McCallum
The 2nd Battalion tossers staged a
ninth inning rally to cop from the
fast stepping 3rd Battalion in a loose-lly
played but thrilling contest Mon­day
afternoon. The 2nd Battalion
sluggers drove across 4 runs in the
final stanza to win by a 9 to 8 score.
The lead changed hands several
times during the encounter and the
3rd Battalion apparently clinched
matters in the sixth inning by shoving
across four runs to take an 8 to 5
lead. The 2nd Battalion outfit came
back strong in the final inning, and
after two men had been retried,
scored 4 runs to win the game.
Errors aided both teams in scoring
and earned runs were few and far
between. Smith and Tew hurled
nicely for their respective outfit but
received little support. Hardin and
Gholston led the hitting of the 2nd
Battalion with a couple of four-base
knocks, while Ike Lewis and Tew fea­tured
for the 3rd Battalion.
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3RD BATTALION
Kennamer, lb
Lewis, A., c
Champion, cf
Johnston, 2b
Lewis, S. ss
Ingram, 3b
Tew, p
Vance, rf
McClure, If
Totals
2ND BATTALION
Ellison, ss
Wible, 2b
Stacey, 2b
Gholston, lb
Davidson, 3b
Duke, c
Chappelle, cf
Turman, If
Hardin, rf
Stewart, rf
Smith, p
Totals
Score by innings:
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
AB
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
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4
3
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3
4
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Elmer G. Salter
After enjoying perfect spring
weather for several daps, Jupe Pluv-ius
started reigning in the "Village
of the Plains." and all athletic teams
had to hault their workouts because
the players were not equipped with
canoes. Drake Field and the base­ball
diamond have been covered with
water most of the week.
Since Coach Moulton has had his
diamondneers out for practice since
Feb. 1, the rest they are having will
hurt them very little, even if their
initial game is only two weeks off,
as they are almost in mid-season form
already.
The squad that has been the hard­est
hit by the frequent rain storms is
Coach Bohler's spring footballers.
Since the initial call for backfield
candidates to report over three weeks
ago, only one week of practice has
been held, and then" at intervals.
During the few days of practice,
Coach Bohler has been stressing the
fundamentals of the game. Punting,
passing and blocking is the menu that
has been dished out to the Plainsmen
gridiron artists.
At the quarterback and fullback
post, Coach Bohler will have to find
new faces to replace the departed
veterans. Tuxworth, who was the
regular signal caller last year will
receive his diploma in May after con­cluding
four brilliant season's on the
football and track teams. Leo
Young, sensational frosh quarter­back
will probably replace Tuxworth
as the field general.
Clyde Sellers, hard hitting full­back,
who left school at the end of
the first semester will have to pass
two more hours of work before he
will be- eligible for the 1929 eleven.
Sellers might make up this work in
Summer school but unless he does,
he will be ineligible for Coach Boh­ler's
team next Fall Forney Yar-brough,
who performed' on one of the
flanks last year, and Howard Chap-pell,
end and halfback will be tried
out for the line plunging post. J.
D. Simpkins, guard on the 1928 frosh
eleven might get the call for the full­back
berth.
STANDING OF TEAMS INTRA­MURAL
BASEBALL LEAGUE
Won Lost Per
3rd Bn. F. A.
1st Bn. F. A.
Engr. Bn.
2nd Bn. F. A.
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
4
750
600
500-
200
Games Played since last issue.
Engineer Bn. 2—2nd Bn. F. A. 1.
Engineer Bn. 8—1st Bn. F. A. 6.
2nd Bn. F. A. 9—3rd Bn. F. A. 8.
Schedule of games this week.
Thursday, March 14—3rd Bn. F.
A. vs. Engr. Bn. . >
Friday, March 15—1st Bn. F. A. vs.
3rd Bn. F. A.
Tiger Baseball Schedule for 1929
April
Date Opponent and Their Score
March 28—Selma
29—Tulane
30—Tulane
1—Mtgy. Lions (Possibly)
3—Ga. Tech
4—Ga. Tech
5—B'ham. Southern
6—B'ham. Southern
12—Ga. Tech Rats
13—Ga. Tech Rats
15-^—Clemson
16—Clemson
19—Ga. Tech
20—Ga. Tech
19—Howard Rats
20—Howard Rats
25—Florida
26—Florida
27—Florida
26—Marion •.
27—Marion
3—Vanderbilt
4—Vanderbilt
3—Ga. Tech Rats
4—Ga. Tech Rats
10—Georgia
11—Georgia
20—Howard
21—Howard
May
Auburn Score and Place Played
at Selma
at New Orleans, La.
at New Orleans, La.
"A" Day, at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn (Rats)
at Auburn (Rats)
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Atlanta
at Atlanta
at Auburn (Rats)
at Auburn (Rats)
at Panama City, Fla.
at Panama City, Fla.
at Panama City, Fla.
at Marion (Rats)
at Marion (Rats)
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Atlanta (Rats)
at Atlanta (Rats)
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn Alumni Day
at Auburn
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
ATWATER KENT MAKES PLANS
FOR NATION-WIDE AUDITION
College students throughout the
country, particularly those who in-
: tend to adopt music as a career, will
be interested in the announcement of
the Atwater Kent Foundation plans
for a 1929 nation wide audition to se­lect
the ten best young singers in the
country for vocal training at a recog­nized
school of music. Significant in
the 1929 plans, as compared with the
1927 and 1928 programs of the same
kind carried on by the Atwater Kent
Foundation, is the fact that all of the
finalists will receive at least a year's
tr-aining under recognized masters or
in well known schools, in addition to
being given larger monetary benefits.
Outstanding also is the fact that
the ten finalists are selected partly
by popular vote of radio listeners—
the vote counting 60 <'/, of the final re­sult
in the local, state' and district
auditions by means of which these
finalists for national honors are cho­sen.
The cash benefits this year have
been increased from an aggregate of
$17,500 given the preceding years, to
$25,000.
"It seems to me," said A. Atwater
Kent, president of the Foundation, in
the announcement, "that after de­voting
nearly a year to preliminary
contests, in which 50,000 or 60,000
voices are tried out, we should make
certain that all ten of the finalists be
assured of further vocal instruction
and the means with which to pursue
it. For that reason we have added
$7,500 in cash prizes and two years in
tuition to the former awards. We
have received innumerable assurances
from all sections of the country that
the radio audition is worthwhile, and
I am, therefore, delighted to take ad­vantage
of the opportunity to hold
another one this year."
The awards this year will be as
follows:
Winners of first place (one boy
and one girl), $5,000 each and two
years' tuition in an American con­servatory.
Winners of Second place, $3,000
each and one year's tuition.
Winners of third place, $2,000 each
and one year's tuition.
Winners of fourth place, $1,500
each and one year's tuition.
Winner? of fifth place, $1,000 each
and one year's tuition.
During the summer and early fall
local contests will be held in the cities
and towns of every state, open to
amateur singers from 18 to 25. State
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S. t . T00MER
The post-war interest in the negro
stage in David Belasco's production of
"Lula Belle" with Miss Ulric in the
title role. That, perhaps, was an ex­ploitation
of the negro, the New York,
Harlem negro in his colorful and often
tragic life. Paul Greene's play, Pul­itzer
prize winner, was more serious.
It could be called a study of the negro.
Other plays of the negro, and often
performed by negro casts flooded the
market. Eugene O'Neil, America's
foremost playwright, contributed "All
God's Chillun's Got Wings."
These plays culminated in "Porgy,"
masterfully and successfully produced
by the Theatre Guild. The play "Por­gy"
was based on the novel "Porgy"
written by DuBose Heyward. "Porgy"
as a novel was the story of a crippled
negro with Charleston, S. C. as its
setting. This negro dominated the
book—all other characters were used
solely for his characterization. When
one finished reading the novel, he
knew the main character and the
kinds of negroes he would likely find
on Catfish Row where Porgy lived in
Charleston.
In "Mamba's Daughters," subtitled
"A Novel of Charleston," DuBose
Heyward has written his latest book.
Unlike "Porgy" the canvas of this
novel is large. It is much about the
Wentworths, a poverty stricken, yet
proud and distinguished Charleston
family, as it is about Mamba, an old
negress, her daughter Hagar, and her
grand-daughter, Liza.
Without hesitation, I say that the
entire tale interested me. How Mam­ba
found the Judge's false teeth in the
sand and had them made over to fit
her own toothless gums; how the so­cial
climbers, the Atkinsons, finally
achieved entrance to aristocratic, old
Charleston society; how Saint Went-
1
worth as an incompetent dreamer of
a boy finally amounted to something,
and married a beautiful girl; how
Mamba and Hagar evened up with
the villian, Bluton; all this was in­terest-
holding.
Critically speaking, however, I
think there is no doubt that Mr. Hey­ward
has attempted too much. The
novel is long, much longer than "Por­gy,"
yet the whole has an element of
tempts not only a picture of Charles­ton
society, but attempts to solve
its problems. He attempts not only
one but many characterizations of
Charleston negroes. And finally he
hacks away at the old negro problem
in an analysis of the rising, the edu­cated,
the new negro.. In addition, he
handles a love affair sufficient in
scope to call for all an ordinary nov­elist's
attention. Consequently his
characters seem to me to lack a con­stant
lustre, a finished production
such as I remember in his character,
Porgy. They fade, if I may use the
radio as an illustration, exactly as
does at times our reception of a fav­orite
station.
Perhaps "Mamba's Daughters" is
a transitory step in Mr. Heyward's
career. All in all, it is a far better
novel and is much more worthwhile
than most of the modern offerings. It
is worth buying and reading. Double-
Doran publish it, and are selling it in
large orders for $2.50.
I "THAT LITTLE CAlWE"lnt«r.,»^CBrtooBC..,S.Y,-By B. Link |
Sea Going College
Men Get Degrees
For the first time in the history of
American education regular academic
degrees will be conferred on the high
seas, according' to announcements
from the home office of the Floating
University. A revised charter en­ables
the Floating University to con­fer
degrees, beginning with the col­lege
year 1929-30.
Accordingly the University will ii-fer
programs of studying leadin,'/ to
the B. A., M. A., and B. W. A. degres.
The B. W. A. (Bachelor of World
Affairs) is a new degree, not confer­red
elsewhere and is based on the con­cept
that the study of history, gov­ernment,
economics, and sociology on
a world-wide scale is valuable train­ing
for the student planning to enter
public affairs or consular services.
To win the B. W. A. the student
may take his first two years of col­lege
in a land institution and spend
his junior nad senior years in an i i t
tensive study of the courses in the
World Affairs division of the Float­ing
University curriculum or he may
spend all four years with the Float­ing
University.
Nicholson Writes
On An Ideal Town
In "College Humor"
"The ideal town never embraces
more than forty thousand folks," says
Meredith Nicholson, famous Hoosier
writer, in the April College Humor.
"This is the largest aggregation
among whom one may think to good
purpose, belong to a first-class quar­tet,
organize picnics in the chigger
season and take Mary, the beautiful
cashier in the Elite Motion Picture
Theater, to the annual ball of the
Pioneer Club without causing scan­dal.
My only complaint of my home
town—Indianapolis—is that it has in­sisted
on increasing its population so
rapidly.
"I am not a salaried booster for
the Corn belt but as a native son of
that area I have given a great deal
of thought to the desirability of resi­dence
in other parts of the republic.
Once I thought I saw the Colorado
mountains beckoning me, but the
blue sky was too much for me; I got
so homesick for Indiana's slush and
the fried chicken out to old Aunt
Mary's that I beat it back at the
earliest opportunity. And here I re­main
in spite of jobs tendered me in
Boston and New York and two.
chances to put myself on Uncle
Sam's payroll as a diplomat.
"The search for the right door of
opporunity is part of the adventure
of life. The youth of the nation be­gin
to debate it before school days
are over. The farm boy—like his
cousin from the small town—is often
disposed to think a litle contempt­uously
of his sire for having spent
his life in a small community. He
thinks he would prefer to live in a
metropolis where he could have free
swing at a long list of shows every
night and where nobody is likely to
annoy him by stopping him on the
street to ask about his Uncle Tobias'
rheumatism.
"But if you feel the call to do
great things, for mankind, the Ameri­can
small city or town offers abun­dant
opportunities for you to give
yourself a try out. You can start
a . clean-up movement every spring
(and get yourself heartily disliked
for your enterprise) just as success­fully
in a small town as in a big one.
And if comfort and happiness are the
chief goaT of the poor old human,
race, these are more easily attain­able
where you can walk to your job
than where you've got to be mashed
in a subway to get there."
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auditions will follow and will be
broadcast from a central point in each
state. Two winners, one boy and one
girl, will be selected to represent each
state in district contests, of which
there will be five, held at central
points in the East, Middle West,
Southeast, Southwest, and Far West.
The ten finalists (one boy and one
girl from each district) will be put on
the air over a coast to coast network
in December, for final rating by a
board of musicians of national stand­ing.
All expenses of contestants to
the district and final auditions will
be paid by the Foundation.
A well known golf pro recently returned from
a vacation in Glasgow, his home town, relates
a current golf magazine. "Well," he was asked,
"howdid the boys treat you back home?" "Verra
reluctantly!" said he. Well might some smokers
likewise reply if asked about their cigarette, we
imagine. Mild, of course (most cigarettes are,
today), but "verra reluctant" when it comes to
delivering taste and body and character.
Chesterfields were blended to supply just that
"body"which so many "mild" cigarettes lack.
For in additionto that desirable blandness there
is a distinct "edge" to its smooth, mellow flavor
which is just what the smoke appetite craves.
Mild—yes; just that mildness which everyone
wants—but something more, something p l u s -
character! The character that makes Chester*
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1929.
Democracy Prevails
At Univ. Of Illinois
"College society as understood in
the East is scarcely heard of at the
University of Illinois, "says Frank
C. Coughlin, in the April College
Humur. "There is no charmed circle
of exclusive fraternities—there are
vastly too many Greek letter houses
to make possible a monopoly of wealth
and talent in any select group of
manageable size. Furthermore, per
sonal aloofness is not counted a vir
tue at Illinois; it is considered an
ill-mannered vice. Men freely smile
away a second introduction. They
speak after a first meeting. Rather
frequently they speak before. A new­comer's
formal allegiance, good or
bad, are little taken into account; he
is politely heard, freely and frankly
answered, and accepted and dismissed
on the basis of his own contentions
This is sometimes called democracy.
"Money in Campaign-Urbana means
comparatively little. The snootiest
date on the campus can be quite ade­quately
managed on three dollars.
Automobiles, always a ready source
of collegiate eminence, are barred at
Illinois by a faculty order.
"Student discipline is strict. In
general the dean is more concerned
with sinful action than with grave
scholastic deficiencies. Yet there are
few student rebels. At most there
is only a wide-spread prevalence of
unexpressed dissent. Somehow the
boys manage to enjoy themselves. As
to the girls—a corollary. There are
roughly seventy-five hundred, men to
thirty-five hundred women. One
would guess' JRat the dean of women
has for herself a time of it.
"The great public profession of col­legiate
faith occurs during the foot­ball
season. Illinois teams are la­mentably
rough (not vicious), me­chanically
trained, and a hard team
on any man's sod lot. The Illinois
band wins and deserves praise; with
its two hundred and fifty pieces, it
furnishes the most impressive show
the conference affords. On October
days it comes onto the field and moves
into alignment for the huge block
'Mini,' some sixty yards of rigid men,
to the strains of Hail to the Orange.
A few minutes later the stands rise
for the first kick-off of the second
half: 'Oskee-wow-wow,' it barks out
across the field. 'Skinney-wow-wow,'
a slamming echo. 'Illinois—Illinois—
Yeay!' Let any friend join in right
lustily. Let any foeman look to him­self."
Howard Glee Club
To Appear March 11
" The Howard College Glee Club will
appear on the regular program of the
Alabama Theater beginning next
week, March 11, and continuing
throughout the week.
The stage show has been especially
arranged for the Glee Club by Mr
Emmett Rogers, the Alabama Theater
stage production manager. The Club
will appear with the regular circuit
vaudeville artists appearing that week
at the theater in a combined unit show
to be called "Crazy Quilt." This per­formance
will have much color in it
and should prove highly pleasing to
Birmingham people. The regular
stage orchestra will accompany the
Glee Club and other artists through
out the program.
BUSINESS INTEGRITY TO
BE RECOGNIZED AT FURMAN
A "Certificate of Honorable Deal­ing"
wil be given to every Furman
student who meets his financial obli­gations
to Furman promptly, accord­ing
to Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, pres­ident
of the college. This applies pri­marily
to those students who borrow
money from the college through the
Student Loan Fund.
Some years ago a loan fund was
established at Furman making it poss­ible
for students to borrow money at
a lower rate of interest than from
other organizations. These students
are expected to pay back this money
as soon as they have begun working.
In addition to the name of the per­son,
and a statement of condition un­der
which the certificate is secured
the following statement appears:
"Now, therefore, this certificate is
granted to him as a testmonial of his
business integrity in dealing with his
Alma Mater and a testimonial to his
c lfidence of his Alma Mater in his
honor and integrity. By the accept­ance
of this certificate he becomes an
honorary member of hte Furman Stu­dent
Loan Association, thereby pledg­ing
himself to represent its ideals
and further its purposes in establish­ing
a high financial and moral credit.
Alabama Farmer Will
H a v e Special Edition
The Alabama Farmer will issue a
special edition in April featuring
campus activities of interest to stu
dents soon to enter college, according
to a statement received today from
Harry Wise, Editor-in-chief of the
publication. Unlike the last issue of
May 1928 the forthcoming issue will
not feature pictures.
Material is now being compiled by
the editors for the special edition
which will be sent to all vocational
agricultural students and home eco­nomics
girls in the state of Alabama,
Mr. Wise said. Although agriculture
will be the main theme of the April
issue of the magazine, activities and
organizations which hold special in
terest of agricultural students will
be presented.
A special cover design indicative
of the work of Auburn is being pre
pared, Whic\i will further express
the purpose of the magazine, the edi
tor announced.
BOOK PUBLISHED
ON PROHIBITION
The legal aspects of international
booze running activities have for the
first time been gathered in book form
by Professor W. E. Masterson, of the
college of law of the University of
Idaho. His publication, just off the
press, is entitled "Jurisdiction on Mar
ginal Seas.
MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT LEE
BULLARD SPEAKS HERE TODAY
(Continued from page 1)
teer Infantry; the year 1901 saw him
promoted to major of the Commis­sary
of Substinance. Later in the
year he was honorably discharged
from volunteer service.
In June, 1902, he was transferred
to the Twenty-eighth U. S. Infantry,
and in 1906 his commission became
that of a lieutenant-colonel in the
Eighth Infantry.
General Bullard became a colonel
on March 11, 1911. His ranking"* be­came
still higher in the year 1917
when he was made a brigadier-gen­eral,
and shortly afterwards, a ma­jor-
general.
He served in the Spanish-American
War, and he was stationed in the
Philliipines during the insurrection
which followed the conflict.
He was appointed a special aid and
investigator for the U. S. provision­al
government of Cuba in 1907.
General Bullard commanded a regi
mental, district, and national guard
brigade in the Mexican Border ban
dit raids, and had charge of national
guard mobilization on the border in
the years 1915-16.
Upon the entrance of the United
States in the World War, he became
commander of an* Officers Training
Camp in Arkansas in May, 1917
When he was promoted to brigadier-general,
he went to France, and there
commanded the Second Brigade of
the First Division, A. E. F., from
June through August in 1917. Gen
eral Bullard was raised to major
general in the National Army in Aug
ust, 1917.
He commanded the First Division,
A. E. F., in training maneuvers,
trenches, and open field. in all its
engagements and operations against
the Germans from July through the
early part of. October, 1918.
General Bullard was appointed
lieirtenanfc-gen^ral in the National
Army on October 16, 1918; during
the war, the National Army was com­posed
of men who were drafted
after the declaration of hostilities.!
In November, 1918, at the end of
the war, he was made major-general
in the Regular Army.
From October 11, 1918 to April
15, 1919, he was in command of the
Second Army, A. E. F., in all its
operations and engagements, train­ing,
and occupation of enemy ter­ritory
in France and in Luxemburg.
General Bullard retired from active
service on January 15, 1925.
It was he who wrote the famous
message at the opening of the second
battle of the Marne in July, 1918,
which marked the turning point pf
the war. The message concluded
with the words', "We are going to
counter-attack." General Bullard,
was awarded the Distinguished Ser­vice
Medal by the United States in
1918, and among numerous medals,
he has received decorations from
France, Italy, and Belgium. He is
president of the National Security
League.
Trade with the advertisers.
Tennis Season Opens
In American Colleges
"I believe that in the future prac­tically
all of the ranking tennis play­ers
on this side of the water will be
college men," says William E. Hinch-liff,
coach of tennis and squad rac­quets
at Yale, in the April College
Humor. "At Yale it is estimated
that two-thirds of the students play
tennis. The number of courts could
be doubled again and there would still
be too few. The preparatory schools
of the country are filled with bril­liant
young players. It takes no
stretch of the imagination to see them
playing tennis and continuing their in­terest
in the game when they ma­triculate
at the higher institutions of
learning.
"Speaking of tennis in a general
way, I would like to point out the fact
that the dope is upset in tennis prob­ably
less than in any other sport.
When both players are in trim and
fighting for ^11 they a^re worth, you
will h^ve a hard time finding a sport
that brings such consistent victories
to the admittedly better player. It
is a sport where one can work with
one's game at practice and feel con­fident
that the breaks of the game
have little or no effect on the out­come
of contests."
McGEHEE HAS HAD
COLORFUL EXPERIENCES
(Continued from page 1)
buildings; and is in its first year of
operation. It is on the list of ac­credited
prep schools, which is quite
an honor. Nurmi Nelson, former Au­burn
track star, is athletic director at
SHOOTING CRAPS
AN OLD GAME
OHIO STATE TO
ISSUE MAGAZINE
"That the ancients shot craps
long before the Bible story of the dice
game for the garments of Christ was
written can be clearly be seen by rec­ent
unearthing of ancient statuary,"
says Dr. Ralph Van Deman Magoffin,
president of the Archaeological Insti­tute
of America.
"The reason why much is known of
the lives of the ancients is due pri­marily
to their statuary which has
been unearthed. The games in which
they indulged, their physical likeness­es,
their customs and their habits all
have been preserved down through the
centuries, by their marble and stone
work, which modern art or art of-any
other age has failed to surpass in
beauty.
"They had $heir flappers. Often a
very similar likeness is seen in their
dress to those now worn by ladies as
modernism has changed our manner­isms
and mode of living, much of our
style of living can be compared with
the ancients.
"Rome, a city of beauty, shows to­day
that the ancient Romans were
the first to have apartments. Wheth­er
they were used as such is not fully
ascertained, but the~American apart­ment
situation has probably been
solved by copying their preserved
structures."
dents the "Auburn Spirit." Nelson
is training many prospective "Ti­gers,"
and he is instructing a number
of these on the ways of the cinder
path. The old Auburn custom of
hair-clipping prevails.
Colonel McGehee participated in
athletics during his college acreer.
He played tackle on the Vandy foot­ball
team for three years, being
coached by the famous Dan McGugin;
he played basketball, also, and was
captain and All-Southern for two
years. ~
He was greatly impressed with
the change of spirit on the campus,
and the determination of the students
and faculty to make Auburn a great
school. Colonel McGehee stated that
Auburn is very fortunate in having
Dr. Knapp as president, and gave his
opinion of "Prexy" in the following
lines, which Kipling spoke about pro-consels:
"They who dig foundations
deep, fit for realms to rise upon."
Colonel McGehee said, "Knowing
myself as I do, I am surprised that
anyone comes to hear me speak; I am
very grateful for the attendance of
the faculty 'and student body.
His father graduated from Auburn
with honors, being awarded the M. A.
and M. E. degrees. The M. A. degree
was out of the ordinary, because it re­quired
much extra work. The Colo­nel's
father taught two years at Au­burn
while Dr. Thach was president,
and today, his picture hangs in the
Gym. Hary and Boyd McGhee, cousins
of the Colonel, were students here;
Norton Williams, a cousin, is an Au­burn
Freshman this year.
Studying at Vanderbilt and Emory
Universities, Colonel McGhee has had
three years of Theology; he lacks one
summer's course of having completed
his B. D. degree.
He spoke of some of his experiences
during the World. War. He was at
Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Knute Rock-ne,
famous Notre Dame coach, was
athletic director there, and the grid­iron
instructor had the Colonel and
his mates "worked almost to death"
on many occasions. There was one
headquarters company, which was
composed of college presidents, profes­sors,
and athletic directors; whenev­er
this company would pass one com­pany
which was composed of Auburn
men, the Plainsmen, would sing, "The
Damned Old Faculty Ain't Where
It Used to Be." On another occa­sion,
several companies were in­trenched;
the headquarters company
had to deploy, come from the oppo­site
direction, and act as the enemy.
College Students among whom were
many Auburn men, had baked mud
balls prepared for the college offi­cials;
when the headquarters com­pany
approached the entrenched sol­diers
they were greeted with a dead­ly
fire of mud balls. They were
routed and beaten badly, and sev­eral
professors were sent to the hos­pital
with minor cuts and injuries.
Colonel McGhee said that he admired
the deadly aim of the Auburn men,
as well as their desires to even up
many counts with the "profs."
FRATERNITY BASKETBALL IN
FULL SWING ON CAMPUS
(Continued from page 4)
SECOND ROUND
Twelfth Game
KAPPA SIGMA (17): Kennedy
"The Journal of Higher Education,"
a magazine designed to deal with the
problems of colleges and universities,
will be published by the Ohio State
University, it was announced recently.
The new magazine will be national in
scope and a score of educators from
all parts of the country will serve as
associate editors to Dr. W. W. Char­ters,
new director of the university's
bureau of educational research,-who
has been named acting editor. It will
be the only publication of its kind
devoted exclusively to educational
problems. The Ohio State University
Press will publish the magazine.
Ga. Press Institute Meet
At Univ. Of Georgia
Georgia Press Institute was held
February 21, 22 and 23 in the Henry
W. Grady School of Journalism, Uni­versity
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
This is the Second Annual Meeting
of the Georgia Press Institute, the
first having been held at Emory
University, Emory, Georgia.
TECH STUDENT IS
AWARDED MEDAL
S. M. A., and is teaching the s t u - ^ , 3 ^ a m j Burnett, forwards; Jones
(5), center; Sheehan, W., and Booth
(4), guards. 'Subs.: Sheehan, T.,
and Burton.
BETA KAPPA (23): Harding (9),
and Neville, forwards; Burt (3), cen­ter;
Winters, and York (1), guards.
Subs.: Stines (6), and Sansing (4).
Referee: Dye.
Thirteenth Game
SIGMA PHI SJGMA (15): Wilson
(4), and McRae (7), forwards;
Pitts (3), center; Lanneragan (1),
and Hillman, guards. Subs.: Weldon.
TAU OMEGA CHI (17): Kuyken-dall
(1), and Flynn, forwards; Smith,
E. C. (5), center; G. Smith (2), and
Turney (1), guards. Subs.: Kuyken-dall
(2), and Lovelett.
Referee: Salter. •
Fourteenth Game
S. P. E. (25): Price (7), and
Tamplin (8), forwards; Champion
(2), center; Egge (4), and Andrews
(4), guards. Subs.: DeVaughan,
Baxter, and DeLoach.
PI K. A. (9): Fulton (6), and
Pate, forwards', Bethel (2), center;
Kirkwood, and Pearson, guards
Subs.: Golson, Robinson, and Hin-drix.
Referee: Salter.
Fifteenth Game
Square and Compass forfeited to
the Sigma Pi.
Underweights Get
Highest Grades
Recent tests made with students at
Lafayette College show that students
-who are underweight get higher
grades than those who are either nor­mal
in weight or are over-weight.
Results of the test were made known
by Professor E. H. Brown, director of
physical education at the college. The
fat men ranked lowest of the three
groups, Professor Brown stated. Over
700 students were tested in the inves
tigation.
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TIGER LINESMEN REPORT
TO BOHLER ON MONDAY
FOR SPRING TRAINING
(Continued from page 4)
by any other coach Auburn has ever
had.
The 37 backs that were called out
Monday were: Creighton, F.; An­drews,
J.; Jones, B. C.; Davidson,
M. V.; Egge, G.; Holdcroft, G.; Lock­er,
J.; Stone, P.; Kincade, B. W.; Jor­dan,
R.; Collins, L.; Wade, S.; Johns,
F.; McRee, J. L.; Smith, J. C ; Ger-ber,
J. H.; Green, H.; Hill, W. W.;
Long, H.; Long, G.; Schlich, C. L.;
Cheehan, C. W.; Sindo, W. J.;- Creel,
C; Shannon, E.; Harkins, C. D.; Wil­son,
J. W.; Culpepper, R. A.; Burt,
J. B.; Nagley, J. W.; Robinson, Sam;
Newton, J. B.; Taylor, E.; Farring-ton;
Herren, A. W.; Coleman and
Jacobs.
Laurie S. Rogerson, 21, of Andrews,
S. C.j a member of the sophomore
class at Georgia Tech, has been
awarded the Carnegie hero fund med­al
for bravery, in saving Miss Sarah
J. Reeves, 20, of Lancaster, S. C,
from drowning on the morning of
July 13, 1927, it was revealed in At­lanta
Monday.
Rogerson is going to Georgia Tech
under the co-operative plan attending
college one month and working one
month as an apprentice in the rail­road
shops of the N. C. & St. L. at
Chattanooga. In this manner he is
enabled to earn sufficient money to
pay for his education.
According to Rogerson, who is
working this month in Chattanooga,
he and his family were enjoying a
swimming party at Pauley's island, 10
miles northeast of Georgetown, S. C.
Miss Reeves was in bathing at the
same time, a member of another par­ty
of swimmers.
"I had left the water and gone per­haps
300 feet up the beach, to lie on
the sand and rest, for I had been in
the water for several hours and was
tired," stated Rogerson. While rest­ing
I heard a scream, several screams,
and at first I thought it was some of
the children who were yelling and
playing when I left the water.
"I heard another scream and it
was my grandmother calling me. I
realized then that something serious
was happening, so I ran as fast as I
could to see what the trouble was."
Leaping into the water Rogerson
swam to aid the drowning young
woman, only to see her go down for
the first time.
"I thought I would never reach
her," said Rogerson, "and I was very
nearly exhausted when I did reach
her."
Rogerson reached the drowning girl
just as she had started on the last
and fatal plunge beneath the waters
that were drawing her exhausted body
further and further away from her
grief-stricken friends on the beach.
"I hardly remember the rest," stat­ed
Rogerson, "for I was half uncon­scious
when they dragged us from the
water as I reached the beach with
Miss Reeves as limp as a dead body
in my arms. I just know that I
prayed God to let me get her back
safe to her friends."
S. P. Clemons, of Nashville, and
K. D. Senn, of Timmonsville, S. C,
presented Rogerson's name to the Car­negie
hero fund, and through their
efforts and those of Miss Reeves' fam­ily
the bronze Carnegie medal was
secured for him. With the medal goes
a sum not to exceed $1,600 which may
be used for educational purposes-by
the receiver.
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