1928-04-06 The Plainsman

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FLORIDA THE PLAINSfvIAN BEAT
GEORGIA
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1928 NUMBER 27
CAJOLER WILL
BE PUBLISHED
IN SEPTEMBER
Humor Magazine Will Not
Appear This Season
CONTRIBUTIONS WANTED
Faculty Committee D e l a y s
Publication Until New
Administration
The first issue of the Cajoler, Au­burn's
humorous publication, the
latest journalistic addition to the in­stitution,
will not appear on the pro­posed
date of May 17th, but will
mark time for a few months in order
to catch the proper step from the
New Administration.
Only one issue was scheduled to
come off the press this scholastic
year and all the material for that is­sue
is now in the hands of the edi­torial
staff. The financial backing
and the editorial staff are still be­hind
the publication and looking into
the future which looks very bright.
The faculty committee on publica­tions
recommended thru Prof. Shi
that the first issue be published dur­ing
the summer and be on the cam­pus
at the beginning of next year
rather than at the close of this year.
Through the whole hearted support
and cooperation of this committee on
publications the Cajoler will be very
ably advised.
The subscription and circulation of
the magazine will not be limited to
this or any other campus but will be
handled through at least twenty news
stands over the South and paid sub­scriptions
will be handled in seven
states. The success of the circula­tion
and other financial departments
of the magazine is already cared for
by contracts with dealers and ad­vertisers.
The magazine will be 28 to 32
pages of bubbling college life and
all of its trimmings. The front will
be in four colors depicting the nature
of the contents of the covers. Ori­ginal
ideas, jokes and drawing by stu­dents
or others may be turned over
to Rosser Alston, Ludwig Smith, or
Leslie Sawyer and if they are deem­ed
worthy of publication will be used
by the Cajoler.
Seven issues of the magazine will
be published next scholastic year and
every issue will be special numbers
with the first issue coming off the
press the first of September as the
Freshman Issue. It will be distri­buted
around the campus during
Freshman week. The numbers will
include Co-ed Issue, Football Issue
and others.
The talent of the new course in
commercial art have a chance to mar­ket
their creations and have them
published in the Cajoler. The ma­terial
used by the magazine will not
be limited to local talent as anything
from anyone that is worthy of publi­cation
will be handled. As a means
of getting Auburn before the people
of the state and displaying the artis­tic
talent of the institution the Ca­joler
should prove well worth the
support of the students.
Mr. Leslie Sawyer, editor, and Mr.
J. Noble Crump, business manager,
compose the staff and driving power
of the new publication. This new ad­dition
to Auburn's family of publica­tions
makes a well rounded lot of
channels for the exhibition of the
journalistic and artistic abilty upon
the campus, which includes a modern
newspaper, The Plainsman, an up to
the minute engineering magazine,
The Auburn Engineer, and one of the
best student Agricultural Magazines
in the South, The Alabama Farmer.
If one is neither an artist, a journal­ist,
an engineer or a farmer maybe
Mr. Brown would allow his exhibition
of historical ability in the Auburn
Alumnus which is to be a monthly
publication during the coming scho­lastic
years.
The faculty committee on publica­tions
feels that making the first issue
of the Cajoler come from the press
after the New Administration is in­stalled
at Auburn will mean much
toward being on the right track.
New Fraternity
Houses Be Built
At the recent meeting of the Board
of Trustees the President of the Col­lege
was authorized to negotiate loans
for the erection of additional Frater­nity
houses on Fraternity Row, in
accordance with the plan of develop­ment
adopted several years ago. Defi­nite
plans are now being made and it
is probable that three or four new
Fraternity homes will be erected and
made ready for occupancy by the be­ginning
of the next session. Some
who have plans under way are, Phi
Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Delta
Sigma Phi, and Alpha Tau Omega.
A more definite plan will be known
soon, and published in a subsequent
issue.
MISS. COLLEGE
STUDENTS GIVE
BOHLERWATCH
President of Student Body
Makes Gift Presentation
GIVEN ON STUNT NIGHT
George Bohler, Auburn's new head
coach, is just in receipt of a fine
$200.00 watch presented by the stu­dent
body of Mississippi College,
when it became known that the Miss­issippi
College mentor would resign
from the Mississippi institution to
accept the head mentorship at Au­burn.
The watch is a 17-jeweled Chrono­graph
split-second type made by the
famous Swiss watch manufacturer
Paul Vallette. The handsome gift,
given Coach Bohler by the Mississippi
students as a token of their apprecia­tion
of his work as coach at their in­stitution,
has the stop-watch feature,
with two stopping hands, both mov­ing
together, until a lever is pushed
that stops one hand and the other
continues, especially valuable in
keeping time out periods in athletic
games.
The watch, a handsome 12 size,
timepiece, was received direct from
Switzerland Wednesday. The gift
was made at the annual stunt night
performance, with "Deerfoot" Cli-burn,
president of the student body,
and track star making the formal pre­sentation.
The watch was ordered by
cable and reached Coach Bohler to­day.
W. S. COX, GRAD OF
'83 IS VISITOR HERE
Suprised At Progress Made Since
He Lett Village
Dr. William Stakeley Cox, was a
recent visitor on the Auburn campus
and was much surprised at the prog­ress
that has been made since he was
a student. Being one of Auburn's
early graduates he has always shown
great interest in the school and its
welfare. Dr. Cox received his B. S.
degree in 1883 here and a B. A. de­gree
at Cornell in 1886.
He is the founder of Cox's college
at College Park, Ga., and was presi­dent
of that institution for many
years.
A number of years ago, Dr. Cox
gave a medal annually to the winner
of an oratorical contest between rep­resentatives
of Auburn and other
Alabama Colleges. He was listed in
Who's Who thirty years ago.
Extension Serves
Hundred Thousand
Great Amount of Work Done by
Auburn Department
During the year 1927 extension
workers in agriculture and home eco­nomics
under the direction of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute worked
with organized groups having a total
of 32,518 members. Outside of these
organized groups the services of the
county agents, home demonstration
agents and specialists of Auburn
reached enough people to bring the to­tal
to more than 100,000 as shown by
Director L. N. Duncan, of the Ala-
(Continued on page 8)
J. V. BROWN AND
COACH BROWN
ON STATE TOUR
South Alabama Is Visited By
Auburn Men
WILL ORGANIZE ALUMNI
Athletics Being Promoted In
Addition Other Work
In an effort to revive interest
among Auburn Alumni and organize
new Alumni chapters, J. V. Brown,
Auburn's Alumni Secretary and Ath­letic
Director, and Coach Red Brown,
Freshman coach, are spending this
week among South Alabama towns
directing and promoting this work.
The towns being visited are: Green­ville,
Evergreen, Brewton, Bay Mi-nette,
Mobile, and New Orleans.
Mr. J. V. Brown took charge of
the Alumni office here last Septem
ber. He is an enthusisastic worker
in this line, and is doing much for
the revival of an active Alumni
spirit. The revival of The Auburn
Alumnus, official publication of the
Auburn Alumni Association, is a dis­tinct
step in this line. It has been
made a monthly publication, edited
by him and his son, Mr. C. K. Brown,
Auburn's publicity editor.
In an editorial captioned, "Local
Alumni Chapters Essential," the
March issue of The Alumnus says,
"Since the college must look to her
sons for her chief support in the fu­ture,
there is no way to get this solid
cooperation of its graduates unless
they be moulded into a formal or­ganization."
Other previous efforts along this
line have been directed by Secretary
Brown. As a result, chapters have
been revived or newly organized in
a number of Alabama, as well as out-of-
state towns, including: Gadsden,
Anniston, Talladega, Opelika, West
Point, Ga., and New York.
SHI SPEAKS TO "Y"
COUNCIL AT MEET
Student Government Is Theme of
Address Given April 2
Student government is possible on
our campus when the students as­sume
an attitude of honor for its
jurisdiction, and will strive to place
the best men in for its officers, is
the opinion of Prof. B. L. Shi, speak­ing
to the Friendship Council last
Monday night, April the second.
Because it has succeeded on many
college campuses, and at the same
time, has failed on many others, stu­dent
government has grown to be a
very debatable question. Prof. Shi
believes that Auburn has had, since
the formation of a student govern­ment
at Auburn, courageous and cap­able
leaders to head it, but when
there is not enough respect for the
student government among the stu­dents
themselves, and when student
government fails to control student
misconduct, as was witnessed in a
few mass meetings which were held
here lass fall student government has
practically failed. Will we as loyal
students of Auburn prove that we do
possess honor, that we do respect law
and order, and that we are capable
of choosing wise and courageous
leaders? Then student government
has a place on the Auburn campus.
SPRING CLEANING
WILL BE HELD HERE
"Make Auburn the Cleanest Town
In Alabama"
Auburn's streets are littered
with paper and trash most of the
time. Newcomers and visitors
get a bad impression of the
"Fairest village of the plains"
because of this. All civic or­ganizations,
are taking part in a
big Spring Cleaning on April 9th
and 10th. The goal is to "Make
Auburn the Cleanest Town in
Alabama."
Auburn Students are asked to
cooperate in cleaning-up, and in
keeping Auburn's streets free
from litter and paper.
Congressman W. B. Bowling who is retiring from Congress
to accept an appointment as a circuit judge. Mr. Bowling' repre­sents
the fifth Alabama district. He has rendered great service
to Auburn.
AG HONORARY
SOCIETY HAS
AN ELECTION
Nine Seniors Are Honored By
Gamma Sigma Delta
SOCIETY IS N A T I O N A L
Nine members of the senior class
in agriculture of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute have become mem­bers
of Gamma Sigma Delta, national
honor society of agriculture. They
are: T. D. Aldredge, Brooksville,
Ala.; J. B. Beard, Scottsboro; E. C.
Barrcher, Cullman; L. G. Brackeen,
Athens; J. E. Carter, Blountsville; J.
H. Price, Florala; E. V. Smith, Ozark;
C. G. Thompson, Brent; and B. H.
Walkley, Eclectic.
Gamma Sigma Delta is the national
honor society of agriculture. Chap­ters
have been installed in a large
number of Land-Grant Colleges
throughout the country and many of
the leaders in agriculture are mem­bers.
The Auburn chapter has been
active twelve years. Membership is
limited to the upper one-fifth of the
class in scholastic attainment. Col­lege
activities are considered by the
organization in selecting members.
Second Ping Pong
Tournament Held
W. T. Edwards Will Have Complete
Charge of Contest
Upon request, of a number of stu­dents,
a second ping pong tourna­ment
is to be staged by the Y. M. C.
A. Athletic committee under the di­rection
of Mr. W. T. Edwards, and
the contests of the first bracket will
start in the near future. The prizes
for the winner of this tourney will
be given by the players who enter,
together with the Y. M. C. A. The
prizes for the first tourney staged a
short time ago, were given by sev­eral
merchants of the town.
Some beautiful and appropriate
prizes have been selected, and inter-terest
is so great that much specu­lation
is heard concerning the pos­sible
outcome. One bracket was fill­ed
within a very &nort time after
the tournament was announced. If
there are others who desire to enter
the tourney on a second bracket they
may do so by placing their name on a
slip of paper and dropping it together
with a dime, into the office of the
"Y". The dime is to cover expense
of the prizes. The entrant may
select his own opponent for the first
bracket game, or else he will be as­signed
an opponent. Ball to practice
with may be obtained in the "Y" of­fice
by depositing .a dime, which will
be refunded if the ball is returned
unbroken.
A.S.M.E. Banquet
Held on March 29
On Thursday night, March 29th,
the Mechanical Engineers held a ban­quet
at the Auburn Inn. This was
sponsored by the A. S. M. E. with
Mr. A. P. Francis presiding. As
guests of the society were Dean Wil-more,
Prof. C. R. Hixon, Prof M. T.
Fullan and Prof. J. C. McKinnon.
Prof. Hixon told us of some original
resarch work he recntly conducted on
a collapsible boat. It seems that
when it comes to collapsing this boat
will do it's stuff.
Mr. R. F. Tinsley, chairman elect,
told of the plans for the coming
year. Under his leadership we may
expect the interst of the underclass­men.
One of the "unique and pecu­liar"
features of this banquet was
the announcing of the Nu Mu pledges
for the coming year.
The Nu Mu is a mechanical honor­ary
fraternity. Every student on the
campus should aspire toward mem­bership
and one of its badges. In
announcing the selection of pledges
for the coming year, Mr. W. C. Hurt,
otherwise known as "Sweet William"
pointed out the advantages of Nu
Mu. The prerequisites for member­ship
are that the candidate is a
junior mechanical and has success­fully
passed or foured out a semes­ter
of machine design. Mr. J. F.
Shackleford was elected president
for the coming year on the latter
qualification.
Horse Show Be
Staged May 1st
The Field Artillery division of the
R. O. T. C. unit here is planning to
present their annual horseshow on
Tuesday May 1st. The regular work
for this show is progressing very sat­isfactorily.
The horses, as well as
the men, are now going through a
very rigid training course to prepare
themselves for the event. Equip­ment,
including the riding hall, lo­cated
behind the stables, is being
given the necessary repairs, in order
that everything might be in tip top
shape for the show.
Other preparations have, been
cared for as well. Capt. Anderson re­ports
that cups and ribbons have been
selected and ordered. These trophies
will be placed on display, in town,
in the near future. The partici­pants
are training their mounts, in
order that they will be fit on the
appointed day, practicing stunts,
racing, jumping, hurdling, etc.
The feature stunt of the occasion
will be a revision of Roman riding.
Sgt. Foreman and Pvt. Faust will be
the competitors of this feat.
The show, as will be presented at
the riding hall, promises to be the
best and most thrilling of any previ­ous
shows.
GRENFELL IS
SPEAKER FOR
CONVOCATION
Labrador Explorer Tells Of
Many Experiences
INTERESTING S P E A K ER
LITERARY SOCIETY
HAS INSTALLATION
Debate Try-Outs To Be Held On
April Seventeenth
Installation of new officers was
the main feature of the Wirt Liter­ary
Society on last Tuesday night,
April the third. The officers install­ed
were elected at the previous meet­ing.
They were: H. O. Davis, Presi­dent;
P. S. Alford, Vice President;
Evelyn Henry, Secretary; W. C.
Weldon, Treasurer; T. H. LeCroy,
Reporter; and Miss Jackie Hutchin­son,
Sergeant-at-Arms.
After the installation of officers
the business of the society was taken
up, and it was decided to have the
tryouts for the inner-society debate
on Tuesday night, April the seven­teenth,
at the regular meeting of the
society. Thanks were made to the
social committee for the enjoyment
they made available for the members
of the society at a social on the pre­ceding
meeting night.
A short program was rendered. Mr.
J. G. Carter told of the need for a
hospital at Auburn. Mr. B. E. Winn,
(Continued on page 6)
Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell, noted
Labrador explorer and medical mis­sionary
spoke to the student body
and faculty of Auburn at convoca­tion
period last Tuesday. He explain­ed
how he became interested in his
present work and also told of a num­ber
of experiences he had while in
Labrador.
Dr. Grenfell, wihle a young doctor
in London, realized that in all prob­ability
he would stay there all his
life without accomplishing anything
and in his own words, "If life is to
merely live, eat and diet then life is
a tragedy." Urged on by this motive
he tried in many ways to really ac­complish
something and finally hit
upon the plan of working among the
fishing boats in the North sea.
At this point in his talk he told a
few stories illustrating the horrible
effect that whisky may have on a
man and declared, "the United States
should be warmly commended on its
prohibition act for it is one of the
best things that has ever been done
in this line."
Dr. Grenfeld had heard that there
was no good in Labrador and since
he is a confirmed optimist he deter­mined
to go there and see conditions
for himself. Since arriving he has
built over half a dozen hospitals and
nurses homes and has done a great
deal towards the building up of in­dustries
there. Every year he sends
boys to colleges in America to gain
some sort of technical knowledge
which will be useful when they re­turn
home.
Dr. Grenfell does not think that
there is anything unusual in what he
is doing. He says, "If anyone is given
the chance to do something good, un­less
he is very hard indeed, he will
not refuse the opportunity, but will
do as Christ did, accept the responsi­bility
gladly."
VAUDEVILLE
PRONOUNCED
BIG SUCCESS
Kappa Delta Show Presents
Talent From Over State
LATEST H I T S FEATURED
Miss Gist Directs Dancing;
Appears With Pruitt
Y. M. C. A. OFFICERS
ARE NAMED HERE
Sellers Is Elected President Of Y.
M. C. A. Organization
Roy Sellers, Junior Ag Ed and
Birmingham News Scholarship stu­dent,
was elected president of the Y.
M. C. A. for next year.
The other officers elected are: W.
T. Edwards, Vice-president; Harry
M. Cottier, recording secretary; and
(Continued on Page 6.)
The Kappa Deltas r/resented, at
Langdon Hall last night, a brilliant­ly
entertaining Vaudeville. This
proved to be one of the outstanding
entertainments of the year. Talent
was not only assembled from the
campus, but from Montgomery,
Selma, and Opelika. Kappa Delta
set a new standard in local presen­tations.
Alumni from Birmingham, Mont­gomery,
Selma, Columbus, and Ope­lika
were present along with a large
representation from the campus.
The dances, under the direction of
Lillian Gist of Montgomery, were ex­ceptionally
good. The latest song
hits and dances out of the East were
featured. Along with this were fea­tured
special acts and skits of local
atmosphere, together with bits from
New York Musical comedy successes.
The chorus was good looking beyond
reason; the costuming in the best of
taste.
"The thundering herd of Diane,"
presented along with Charlie Moore
and his beauty chorus would make a
very interesting thesis. Originality
in costumes was a decided feature in
this act.
A skit presented by Minnie Motley
and William H. Procter, Jr. proved
to be very humorous and entertain­ing.
This might be called, "Are we
Insane; or are people of wrong
opinion."
Collegiana was featured by the
latest dance hits from the East, run­ning
loose with snap, color, and fun.
"Dizzy" Pruitt and Miss Gist were
better than ever and "Dizzy" proved
conclusively that he is good for that
kind of act for at least twenty years
hence.
Black and White, a number of fea­ture
dancing and song hits, well put
over by Moreland Smith and his
beauty chorus.
In all the Vaudeville was a decided
success.
KENTUCKY EDITOR
MAKES ADDRESSES
James Speed Speaks Three Times
While in Auburn
Mr. James Speed, of Kentucky,
Editor of the Southern Agriculturist,
spent last week in Alabama in con­ference
with officials of this insti­tute,
addressing the students here,
and the teachers in English at the
Alabama Educational Association in
Birmingham.
During his sojourn here on the
campus, three delegations of students
were addressed by him, in which he
proved himself an able and forceful
speaker by his choice of subjects and
attractive presentation.
In his address before the Ag Club
Wednesday night, he vividly reverted
back 150 years to a scene involving
George Washington as a farmer, re­lating
his methodic practices of farm­ing.
The crude plows and grain
drills fashioned by Washington were
reviewed.
"Washington never thought of
himself as a great statesman," said
Mr. Speed. "He was an enthusiastic
agriculturist while engaged in it,
using only the best practices of farm­ing.
He was exceedingly painstak­ing,
and continuously after something
new and worth while."
"Washington idealized the job!
And there lies the trouble with farm­ing
today—we're not idealizing the
job," concluded Mr. Speed.
In his speech at convocation
Thursday, Mr. Speed featured the use
of the human camera—the eyes. His
relation of childhood scenes and ac­tions,
spiced with imitations of ani­mals,
captivated the attention of the
students throughout his talk.
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THE PLAINSMAN
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Published weekly by the students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $2.00 per year (32
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
STAFF
Rosser Alston Editor-in-chief
H. C. Hopson Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
C. D. Greentree, '28 Associate Editor
J. B. McMillan, '29 Managing Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 .... Ass't. Managing Editor
Ludwig A. Smith, '29 News Editor
J. W. Powers, '28 Proofreader
J. E. Taylor, '30 Proofreader
Max Kahn, '28 Sports Editor
Chas. Ingersoll, '29 .... Ass't. Sports Editor
Geo. Ashcraft, '29 .... Ass't. Sports Editor
Celeste Nesbitt, '28 Co-ed Editor
J. W. Randle,- '28 Exchange Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 Humor Editor
REPORTERS
J. W. Powers, '28; Catherine Hare, '28;
Harry Wise, '29; J. W. Mills, '30; H.
H. Milligan, '30; E. T. England, '30; Roy
N. Sellers, '31; Robert L. Hume, '31;
Thomas P. Brown, '31; R. O. Kimbro,
'31; Clyde Seale, '31; Bob McConnell, '31;
White Matthews, '31; George Duncan,
'31; Richard A. Jones, '31; Jessie C.
Adams, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; E. M.
Flynn, '31; W. D. Dryer, '31; J. D. Foy,
'31; John Lewis, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF
H. W. Glover, '29 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Geo. Williams,-'28 Advertising Mgr.
Carlos Moon, '31 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Adv. Mgi.
John McClendon, '28 __ Circulation Mgr.
A. C. Taylor, '30 __ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
G. W. Smith, '30 _ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Dept.
M. Hawkins' '31 Circulation Dept.
W. H. Smith, '31 Circulation Dept.
J. L. Sellers, '31 Circulation Dept.
Geo. W. Postelle, '31 Circulation Dept.
Uneasy rests the candidates head as elec­tion
time nears.
The season of commencement is aptly
named. That is the time college men
start to work.
About the only thing that one who is
afflicted with spring fever is capable of
doing well is to dream.
With the strong winds and the many
girls on the streets, a hungry-eyed student
may be heard saying, "Blow some my way."
Owing to the fact that most freshmen
go through the main gate, the Chemistry
Department was the first to take advant­age
of this fact in posting notices for the
first year men.
It is to be hoped that no junior will
pledge his support to any candidate for
office merely because he is a good fellow.
Unless a man possesses real character,
leadership and ability to fulfill the respon­sible
offices he does not deserve any recog­nition
by his fellow classmates. The
coming election "will determine those who
will rdirect the destinies of the student
body during the coming year. Students
should vote for the most suitable man re­gardless
of fraternal connections and not
be led astray by the Loreli songs of an an­noying
artificial group of politicians.
fits are not valuable. Americans do not
educate themselves to appreciate the finer
things in life. We miss the Big Perform­ance
because the side show attracts our in­terests
and time. Too many of us live
from one pleasure to another and amuse
ourselves in between by reading the sign­boards
along the way. This is an age of
exploitation and development of our ma­terial
resources. But are we not neglect­ing
a field just as vast and equally as im­portant?
The time spent at a debate will prove
generally as profitable to the average per­son
as any similar period spent in other
endeavors. While the chief advantage
comes to the speaker, the audience, is often
caused to think over the question. Be­cause
of the fact that the real enjoyment
and profit that is to be got from debating
comes from thought is probably the real
reason why so many persons dislike de­bates
without even knowing what they
have a distaste for. One has an idea that
some of the older writers are boresome be­cause
their style and literary movement is
slow. This is not necessarily true. Often
this is the very thing that has made their
work lasting. Carlyle is not read by many
because his writings require thought. It
is evident that most people enjoy following
the line of least resistance.
It is often that the mentality of the
speaker does not equal that of his audience
but his hearers reap the benefit of his
preparation and study of the subject. It
is to be hoped that many will attend the
next contest and ascertain whether our
statements are well founded. Should the
reader find the contrary to be true we
feel certain that his appreciative faculties
are withered or blighted by the passing
show.
DEBATES
Because the debating teams have lost
every contest is no reason that they have
been unsuccessful. The council has ac­complished
in a very commendable manner,
that which they banded themselves together
to perform.
The forensic council has gathered to­gether
a number of students whose interest
and ability in public speaking .has been
marked. These students have had profit­able
and interesting discussions and train­ing
in debating. Heretofore there has been
little encouragement from the faculty in
debating. The result that Auburn was sel­dom
well represented in the field. From
the start made this year and with the addi­tion
of public appreciation and support of
the contests the debaters will probably
surpass previous records.
The interest of the townspeople in the
debates this year has been very discourag­ing.
Many persons look toward debating
as a most uninteresting and boresome per­formance.
This Is not generally truie.
Without exception the modern subject for
debate is practical and valuable to the
hearer. Debating is old but by no means
out of date.
Most of us now feel that we will not
be tied down by conventionalities nor will
we engage in those trite and seemingly
trivial activities and amusements that our
forefathers were accustomed to enjoy. We
find more amusement in a show whose en­tertainment
is not lasting and whose bene-
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
DR. KNAPP SHOWS VISION
If there has existed in the thoughts of a
single Alabamian the idea that Dr. Brad­ford
Knapp, the new president-elect of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute might in
the discharge of his new duties at Auburn
push any one function of the institution
ahead of another, that idea might as well
be dismissed from the mind. Dr. Knapp is
not a lop-sided individual nor does he pos­sess
a one-groove mind. His recent de­clarations
in this state should convince all
that he will come to Auburn recognizing
in the fullest the importance of each and
every department of the college.
The new head of Alabama Polytechnic
has made a great impression on Auburn
men, all over the state. Unknown to the
average citizen, friend and supporter of
the great college he is soon to head, this
educator has taken the people in his confi­dence.
He has handled in a masterful
fashion a most delicate subject.
As an indication of the impression Dr.
Knapp has made on the public mind, we
would at this time cite an editorial in a
recent issue of the Montgomery Journal.
It ought to be indicative of the general
situation. The Journal says:
"In his recent discussion of attitude to­wards
the position Auburn should occupy
in the life of Alabama, the new president,
Dr. Bradford Knapp, shows a very en­lightened
and constructive view. Although
himself prominently identified for many
years with agriculture, Dr. Knapp has ap­parently
not permitted his intellect to be­come
one-sided or distorted. On the con­trary,
he seems to have kept agriculture's
perspective as only one facet in the multi
various factors that comprise our modern
civilization and prosperity. This is the
proper endowment for the head of a poly­technic
institute, for the very prefix,
"poly," shows that such an institution must
be many sided.
"Dr. Knapp conceives agriculture and
industrial development as very closely link­ed
together. Indeed, he says, that one
impelling reason for his decision to accept
the Auburn appointment was that Alabama
has great potentialities for both industrial
and agricultural growth and that these two
expansions can most profitably and effi­ciently
take place together. The industrial
expansion increases the purchasing power
of the farmer's customers and the agri­cultural
expansion rounds out the develop­ment
of the commonwealth and makes it
largely independent of outside sources for
the essentials of life. Farmers must have
a market and workers must have a supply
of the things the farm produces. The
farmer is a profitable consumer of a wide
range of manufactured articles. It is a
complete circle of mutuality of interest.
"Therefore, the people of Alabama are
led to expect from the administration of
Dr. Knapp a gradually unfolding program
of complete facilities at Auburn for the
technical training of young men along all
lines of technical activity. Whatever line
of industrial, engineering, or agricultural
endeavor a young man wants to follow, Au-»
burn will afford him the particular sort of
training he ought to have to make him
successful in accordance- with his natural
endownments. This Alabama institution
already has advanced far in its effort to
serve the needs of the state for trained
men to be leaders in its productive activi-
Secretary Kellogg is coming South to
spend a few days to rest. These health re­sort
excuses and political trips fit in nicely
together. He might come on down to Au­burn
and learn some trick from these rot­ten
politicians here.
* * * * *
Izzy West has appeared to be very happy
the past few days. We heard that his girl
from Mobile journeyed up this way.
* * * * *
General Coxey, of Coxey's army fame,
advocates a huge building program to do
away with the unemployment situation.
What will we do with the buildings? Pos-
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
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TRADITIONS: HOKUM
"We must do this, it's a tradition here."
"We can't do that, it's a tradition here not
to do it." Far too often do we hear such
statements, and the lamentable part is that
we abide by them. Especially in colleges,
where reason is supposed to be developed
and dogma condemned, we constantly re­fuse
to break away from innumerable cus­toms,
excusing our actions on the grounds
that we must respect "cherished tradi­tions."
.
* * * * *
To be more specific, we are told that we
should continue to haze first-year men be­cause
everyone else who has attended Au­burn
has hazed them; that it is a tradition
here, and that old customs should not be
changed. Passing over many reasons for
the abolition of hazing which are obvious,
the mere fact that it is a tradition is one
of the best reasons to abolish it that I
know.
* * * * *
The present system of "Freshman
Rules" is a failure. That is not a moot
point. Less stringent systems have been
tried by other schools and have failed. The
old system, hazing going under its own
name, is quite apropos for some savage
South Sea Island tribe, where men differ
from other animals only in their -method of
walking. The logical course is to face the
question squarely and abolish hazing and
all class distinctions.
* * * * *
But we are reminded that hazing is an
"Old Auburn Custom," therefore should
be respected and nurtured. Such reasoning
is certainly typical of the average college
campus, where an original thought would
provoke as much awe as would a volcanic
eruption in the same place.
I refuse to accept the teaching that I
should do anything merely because someone
else or everyone else has done so. I have
nothing but pity for the man who refuses
to rationalize his actions, basing his activ­ity
on custom and tradition. He is either
the hopeless person who is unwilling to
exert his mentality or is the pitiable person
who has no mentality to exert. In the
latter case it is necessary that he follow
custom; he couldn't survive if he had to
stand alone mentally.
* * * * *
It is illogical to believe that customs
that were practiced in the past are applic­able
in the present, under changed condi­tions
and in a different environment. It
used to be a tradition that when a man
was called a liar, he was honor-bound to
fight the person who thus denominated
him, regardless of the truth of the accusa­tion.
Burning old women for witchcraft
was a New England tradition. If one
carries a rabbit's foot in his pocket, he will
be "lucky," according to an old tradition.
Another tradition decreed on which side of
a woman her escort was to walk.
Today we laugh at such customs. They
were not based on reason. We see how
perfectly asinine it is to do certain things
solely because they are customs.
* * * * *
Why can't we, supposedly intelligent
college men, throw overboard some of the
foolish hokum and hooie on which we base
our actions and try to rationally face the
hazing question? If anyone does let mere
custom regulate his activity, he should be
ashamed of it and keep it quiet. We will
have to face the question now. Next year
we go under a new regime; a new president
and no student government. There should
be a group of men in the student body who
will get out their dusty thinking machines,
dust them off, and use them instead of the
sheep-like practice of following an outworn
tradition.
ties. It has a good basis on which to build
still more adequately to serve the state in
this new day of growth.
"Dr. Knapp has struck a good note in
his preliminary declaration of policy. He
will study the situation carefully. He plans
nothing radical, but he expects to take all
constructive measures the situation de­mands.
That is what the people want him
to do."—Opelika Daily News.
sibly the gentleman wants to provide a
place for homeless sparrows.
* * * * *
We see where Lindy is fooled by people
who want to go riding with him. They
having been telling him that they were
Congressmen. We don't blame them for
wanting to go riding with the air here, but
it does seem to be an unpardonable sin to
degrade oneself to such an extent as to
call himself a Congressman even to get a
ride with Lindy. Even the girls have gone
crazy over him. Possibly they want to
blackmail him for some of the twenty-five
thousand, constituting the Wilson award,
that he received last week.
The audience at the Kappa Delta Vaude­ville
promises to be mostly girls as all the
boys have seen the show already. In fact,
some of the fellows have acquired a roost­ing
place on the steps of Langdon Hall.
They had better see the Custodian and pay
a little room rent.
* * * * *
The Italians fear that Mussolini is trying
to seize the throne. That's a crude joke,
for it seems that the duce runs Italy as
he wants to at the present time.
* * * * *
Schrader, a junior elec, has moved his
boarding place to one of the hotels in the
city. We hear the attraction is a lady who
recently returned to town. We didn't be­lieve
it at first, but facts are facts.
* * * * *
Several have returned to the zoo to eat.
They heard that Miami was a prospective
car purchaser.
* * * * *
For the first time in Chicago's history,
stormy as it has been, all the bombing isn't
being done by gangsters. Political factions
have turned to this rare sport to accom­plish
their work and to gain their end. Be­fore
long the political factions and gangs
will join, and a real game will be seen.
Either tear bombs or laughing gas will
have to be used to hold an election or else
there won't be any to vote. We can't
blame them, however, for trying to do
away with some of them, for there are too
many politicians.
* * * * *
Albert Fall finally decided to tell his
story to the Senate investigating commit­tee.
Strange are the things a man will
do when the Grey Monster is hovering over
him.
* * * *. *
We occasionally hear of interior decora­tors,
but last Saturday night some exterior
decorators made their presence known for
the first time by their exquisite and ex­ceedingly
artistic display in front of the
zoo. We wonder what makes people blush,
« BOOK REVIEW *
anyway.'
* * * * *
A slight drizzle which suddenly develop­ed
into a downpour dampened the ardor
of some of the love which gushed forth at
the "A" Day Dance. Muddy tracks were
seen on the dance floor.
* * * * *
The Faculty held a dance last week. Yes,
as far as we know, it was a good dance, for
someone told us that the profs were virtu­ous.
* * * * *
The American Racing Commission re­cently
ruled the horses of Harry Sinclair
off the Maryland tracks. His horses will
run, however, for the stables have been
bought by friends who intend to enter the
horses in their own names. It seems to us
to be nothing more than an easy way for
some members of the Republican flock to
get around a stumbling block. By the way,
Sinclair's friends were members of his
party. /
* * * * *
See where six hundred men are unable
to check a forset fire that is raging in
Arkansas. It's possibly another example
of where someone dropped a burning cigar­ette
with the usual excuse that it would go
out. Most of them do, but this one didn't;
it seems to us, that Barnum was right.
* * * * *
A mermaid's oil suit came off under the
attack of a Florida sun. Her friends rush­ed
clothes to her. At the same time we
wonder if our conception is modesty or
lack of modesty. Just another reason why
one should visit the resorts; sometimes the
unusual happens.
* * * * *
Auburn is making rapid progress. Three
marriages within the past week and still
going strong is an achievement that even
the pessimistic must acknowledge is good.
After considering the case of each, we are
led to believe that heroes are made and not
born. They must have heard, too, that
romance does not enter one's life after the
age of thirty. We knew we had some
rather old fellows on the campus, but none
approaching that age as a limit.
* * * * *
The impossible has happened. Bob
Blakey had to shave, clean-up, and-put oh
a clean shirt so he could have a date with
the visitor of Catherine Hare.
A MAN OF LEARNING
By Nelson Antrim Crawford
Little Brown and Company, 1928
Mr. Crawford has done a timely piece
of work. We have always felt a bit humi­liated
when some one spoke of selling edu­cation.
Now we are convinced that the
feeling is right. The Man of Learning is a
successful salesman, without originality
and without innate honesty, who has
hoisted himself into the presidency of a
University through self-advertisement.
The author, Mr. Nelson Antrim Craw­ford,
went to Washington with Secretary
Jardine of the Department of Agriculture,
after having served him as publicity di­rector
of the Kansas Agricultural College.
Apparently he is not giving us a picture
of Dr. Jardine, but a synthetic portrait
made up from a scrap-book of press-clip­pings
about go-getter college presidents.
By antithesis, the rich ironic cream of his
melange of chicanery, cheap politics, hum-buggery,
and bucombe may be a hearty
compliment to his superior. At any rate,
here is Mr. Crawford's ideal-four-flusher
college president, just as Elmer Gantry is
Mr. Lewis's ideal Methodist preacher, how­ever
far from the real facts they may be.
Our ex-publicity director jibes the col­lege
professor also in passing. President
Redfield rises from the ranks of profes­sors
of education so delightfully satirized
in an article entitled "Farewell to Peda­gogy"
some weeks ago in Harper's Maga­zine.
He knew all the ways of winning
student favor and used them. No student
ever failed. Of 342 students taking his
courses during one year, 311 earned A's,
30 B's and one C. The last grade, it seems,
was earned by a student who entered Red-field's
course by mistake and though he
dropped it on seeing his error, the gen­erous
instructor gave him credit for the
course.
Mr. Crawford never allows himself to
get abusive or out of temper with his sub­ject,
but tells a straight-forward biographi­cal
tale, without so much as gesturing or
clearing his throat to accentuate telling
points. His story does not sweep one on
so that one can not eat supper before fin­ishing.
Neither does he anger one by ex­hibiting
temper, undue exaggeration, or in­timating
the imbecility of readers who do
not agree. Like an ingenious publicity
man, book agent, or genial cracker-box
story teller, he leads the reader along
through customary buncombe to little
shocks that point his irony, like the dub­bing
of Dr. Redfield with an honorary
Ph.D. degree, the revelation of the scandal
with the woman librarian, the two million
dollars made in the Florida boom, and the
hip-flask, and the new college which is to
save the youth from the perils of liberal
thought. To many undoubtedly, the truth
is more palatable in this smooth form that
it would be a jeremiad.
Certainly the damage that the Redfields
are doing education is that they cheapen
real study by offering short so-called prac­tical
courses, confusing thorough know­ledge
with smattering. Colleges should
not resort to the kind of advertisement
that promise social success with the pur­chase
of face cream, engineering leader­ship
with a correspondence course, genial
personality with somebody's scrap-book or
three foot-shelf. This may be good busi­ness,
but it is also lying. Moreover, Dr.
Redfield identified in his thinking and in
his living the service winch a shoemaker
renders society and gets paid for with that
service for which a good shoemaker should
be honored. "The making of money is not
a noble and essentially spiritual act." If
the quality of service is to be judged by
the money value, then plumbing is more
important than preaching and speculating
in stocks a more spiritual activity than
writing a valuable book.
Finally, Dr. Redfield's fear that hfe
would antagonize some influential group
caused him at different times to take over
the yell leader's megaphone at a football
game, to oppose the teaching of German in
schools and patronizing German opera, to
prescribe in the college library Veblen's,
Joyce's, Dreiser's books, and to do many
other things that a sound, stable philo­sophy
of life would not have allowed him
to do. Like a weathercock, he veered and
rattled, as the winds blew upon him. He
knew how to profit in money, in popular­ity,
in satisfaction at every moment. Here
again, of course, college critics may un­derestimate
the strain of conflict. The
college may seek the truth, may turn its
forces toward higher service, but it must
also persuade its supporters to go along
with it. But this is beside the point, in
the case of Dr. Redfield, who recognized
no higher service than personal and busi­ness
success. Can the college afford to
rest content with present ideals, present
truth? Is the mad rush for dollars the
final word in world philosophy?
If so, then Arthur Patrick Redfield is
one of the world's heroes. If not, he is a
pitiable figure uninspired by an unselfish
search fo)r better wayfs of living, new
truths. The college must keep the win­dows
of the soul open in all directions, tol­erantly
welcoming opinion, investigation,
experiment, fresh insight. It cannot af­ford
to put radical books on the restricted
shelves. It should not persist long in
housing glorified hypocrisy such as Mr.
Crawford incarnates in Dr. Redfield.
The good humor of the writer may be
attributed to the fact that he does not
hope to exterminate the Redfields at one
full swoop. If so, he is wise. It is an ex-hilirating
experience to meet with a de-bunker
and an anti-rotarian who holds his
temper.
—J. R. Rutland.
m BLIND TIGER «
How interesting it must be to read those
absorbing blotter advertisements.
"How old are you Mary?"
"Fifteen."
"A girl of fifteen should tell her mother
everything."
"I know. it. But mother is so innocent,
really I haven't the heart."
Fortune Teller: "Your husband will be
brave, generous, handsome and rich."
"How wonderful! Now tell me how to
get rid of the one I have now."
Colored customer: "Ah wants a tooth
brush."
Clerk: "What size will you have?"
C. C.: "Better give me th' bigges' and
stronges' yuh got—des ten in de family.
Prof.: "Did you know that three thous­ands
seals • were used to make fur coats
last year?"
Elane: "Isn't it wonderful how they
train animals to do such things." •
Senator Willis, Republican-- of Ohio,
dead, leaves a gap in the former line of
possible Republican presidential nominees
to be filled. As usual the Hon. Tom Hef-lin
comes forward with the suggestion to
Mrs. Willis that the remains of her husband
be examined for signs of violent work on
the part of someone. He should worry,
for he doesn't have to vote that way. He
possibly wanted to let people know that
he was still around; in spite of that as­sumption,
however, we would say that
people couldn't help knowing that he was
in the neighborhood if for no other reason
that what happened not long ago at his
expense.
* * * * *
Can we imagine Moreland Smith and
j
Sarah Crenshaw getting along together i$
the Kappa Delta vaudeville? It's hard to
do, but it's the gospel truth. The first
thing we knpw it will be the talk of the
campus.
Rains: "Are you the barber that cut my
hair?"
Barber: "No, I've been here only six
months."
"What did the convocation speaker say?"
"Nothing of course."
"Yes I know but how did he express it
this time?"
They laughed when she spoke to the
waiter in French.
She said, "demi tasse" and I said, "do
you want some coffee too?"
"On arriving in Frisco my mother had
a lot of trouble with officials about the
Chinese vase she endeavored to bring in."
"Custom?"
"I'll say she did."
Co-ed: "Are you in town for good?"
Second Co-ed (in town for the week
en): "Well, I'd hate to commit myself."
"With feet like yours you should get a
government job."
"Yea? What doing?"
"Stamping out forest fires."
'For two cents I would knock your head
off."
'So you have turned professional too?"
"So your gossiping landlady committed
suicide?"
"Yes, she thought there were too many
roomers about her."
Percival: "I maintain that lovemaking is
just the same as it always was."
Cedric: "How do you know?"
.' Percival: "I just read about a Greek
.maiden who said she had listened to a
lyre all night.—Exchange.
Teacher: "Now how old would a person
be who was born in 1890?"
Bright Pupil: "Man or woman?"
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FIELD REPORTS OF BASEBALL
GAMES WILL BE BROADCAST
Field-side reports of six baseball
games played on the Auburn campus
and a series of discussions of cloth­ing
will be extra features on the
schedule of Station WAPI during the
week beginning Monday, April 9.
Regular features including music,
educational and religious discussions,
and weather and market news will be
presented twice daily at noon.
Monday noon, April 9, trio selec­tions;
C. K. Brown, Auburn news
notes; W. A. Ruff in, insects that
should be destroyed.
Monday afternoon beginning at
3:30, the Auburn-Georgia baseball
game.
Tuesday noon, April 10, the Au­burn
Stringers in a request program.
Prof. D. G. Sturkie on hay-making in
Alabama.
Tuesday afternoon, beginning at
3:30, Auburn-Georgia baseball game.
Tuesday night, beginning at 9, the
Auburn Collegians; a book review.
Wednesday noon, April 11, vocal
selections by Rev. 0. D. Langston and
the student quartet. A review of
business conditions by Prof. W. B.
England. Wednesday beginning at
3:30, the Auburn-Florida baseball
game. Wednesday, beginning at 9
p. m., the studio orchestra.
Thursday noon, April 12, classical
program by the studio orchestra.
Miss Nell Pickens on a clothing
topic. Thursday, beginning at 3:30,
the Auburn-Florida baseball game.
Thursday beginning at 9 p. m., or­chestra;
discussion by Dr. George
Petrie.
Friday noon, April 13, Jesse
French-Victor program. Miss Nell
Pickens will continue her series of
clothing discussions. Friday begin­ning
at 3:30, the Auburn-Fort Ben-ning
baseball game.
Saturday noon, April 1, selections
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bama Extension Service, in his an
nual report to the officials of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, and also
to the United States Department of
Agriculture at Washington.
Extension workers had definite pro­jects
in cooperation with the farm bu­reaus
having an active membership
of 12,000. The home demonstration
agents had their organized clubs of
women numbering 6,618 women and
also 8,499 4-H club girls. In addi­tion
to the work with adult farmers
the county agents conducted 4-H club
work with 5,401 boys.
In conducting their work during
the year Prof. Duncan reported that
62 county farm demonstration agents
made 37,624 farm visits and held 1,-
977 meetings which were attended
by 101,227 people. In addition they
held 9,649 field meetings where dem­onstrations
were in progress; these
were attended by 88,199 people, rep­resenting
123,971 acres. This does
not represent the total acres touch­ed
by extension workers but rather
the number reached directly through
demonstrations.
In their office each agent had an
average of 527 telephone calls per­taining
to extension work. This
compared with 537 in 1926. Office
calls totaled 1,301 as compared with
1,265 the previous year. The average
county agent spent more than 70 per
cent of his time out in the country
working with the farmers, the remain­der
being spent in his office.
The 38 county home demonstration
agents made 10,298 home visits and
conducted demonstrations in which
153,179 farm women participated. In
many cases the same women attended
more than one demonstration, there­by
making the total number at dem­onstrations
greater than the actual
number of people involved.
In view of its importance the ex­tension
workers gave special atten­tion
to marketing of miscellaneous
farm products. In addition to coop­erating
with the Alabama Farm Bu­reau
Federation in selling cotton to
the amount of $7,500,000, sales of
miscellaneous products exceeded a mil­lion
dollars of which $496,668.27 was
for hogs. The curb market sales to-totaled
$313,902.22 and turkeys came
third with $125,000, while hay was
fourth with $71,093.65. Corn, seed
and miscellaneous products brought
the total up to $1,148,797.75.
Livestock work to increase numbers,
improve quality and to introduce bet­ter
methods of feeding and manage­ment
was a leading project. It in­cluded
hogs, dairy cows, beef cattle
and sheep. Poultry was one of the
most popular projects among exten­sion
workers during the year.
Each county farm and home dem­onstration
agent and most of the
other members of the staff engaged
in poultry work under the direction
of the department of poultry at Au­burn
and the extension poultry spe­cialist,
G. A. Trollope.
Better treatment of soil with the
view to increasing the fertility, the
use of better seed of the leading varie-tes
of cotton, corn and other crops, the
application of a larger amount of
fertilizer of the right kind per acre
had much of the attention of county
agents. This line of work was of
major importance and resulted im­mediately
in bigger yields and bigger
profits for farmers.
Agricultural engineerng work in­cluded
terracing, land clearing and
scumping, drainage and various lines
of work with farm buildings including
PROGRAM FOR
HOME EC. MEET
| AUBURN DAIRIES
ARE INSPECTED
The program for the Home Eco­nomics
Association in Birmingham
was as follows:
as follows:
Alabama Home Economics Associa­tion
Birmingham, March 39-30-31, 1928
Dinner, Thursday night, Southern
Club, 6:30 P. M.
Presiding, Henrietta Thompson,
President
What the Women of the State
Need from Home Economics
Mrs. James W. Dupy, Preisdent
State Teachers Association; Mrs. A.
Y. Malone, President State Federa­tion
of Womens Club; Mrs. R. J.
Monette, President Alabama Branch,
American Association of University
Women; Mrs. W. J. Adams, President
Alabama Legislative Council.
Friday, 9:30 A. M.
9:30-10:00—Business meeting—
Henrietta Thompson, presiding.
Secretary-Treasurer's Report: Jen­nie
Mcintosh.
Committee reports:
Extension: Mrs. Claire Livingston,
chairman
College Problems: Josephine Eddy,
chairman
Membership Committee: Louise
Glanton, chairman
Report of Asheville meeting, an­nouncement
of Des Moines meeting:
Annie E. Sale, Councillor.
Appointment of nominating com­mittee.
Presiding, Jennie Resser, Vice-
President
10:00-10:45—Textiles and Cloth­ing:
Ruth O'Brien, Bureau of Home
Economics, U. S. Dept. of Agricul­ture.
10:45-11:00—Discussion.
11:00-11:45—Art in Every Day
Life—Harriet Goldstein, University
of Minnesota.
11:45-12:00—Discussion.
Saturday, .9:30 A. M., Presiding,
Annie E. Sale, Councillor
3:30-10:15—Round Table Discus­sion
: Trends in Home Economics in
Alabama High Schools, Allene Bell,
Assistant State Supervisor Home
Econocis, Leader.
10:15-10:30—The Value of Euro­pean
Travel to a Home Economics
Worker: Josephine Eddy, Alabama
College.
10:30-10:45—Home Economics an
Essential Factor in the Education of
Women: Dr. John R. McLure, Univer­sity
of Alabama.
10:45-11:00—Possibilities of Home
Economics Extension Programs for
Teachers and Club Women: Dr. B. R.
Showalter, Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
11:00-12:00—Student Club Work:
Representatives of College and High
School Student Clubs: Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, Alabama College,
University of Alabama, Judson Col­lege,
Etc.
11:20-11:45—Business Meeting—
Henrietta Thompson, presiding.
Committee reports.
State Clothing Contest: Allene
Bell, chairman.
Legislative Committee: Agnes El­len
Harris, chairman.
Report of Nominating Committee
plans for new buildings and also for
repairing old buildings. New resi­dences
were constructed, old ones re­paired,
barns, chicken houses and
other buildings were included in the
service of the county agents during
the year.
Orchards, gardens and forests were
included in the work. Fruit for home
and for market was produced. New
orchards were started and home or­chards
were improved, while better
practices were introduced. Plant and
animal insect and disease control
work was done along with other lines
of work.
The work with farm women and
girls included the projects of food,
nutrition, clothing and home im­provement.
The 4-H club girls were
active.
In his introduction to the report
for the different lines of work, Prof.
by the student quartet. Miss Nell
Pickens on clothing; Prof. J. R. Rut­land
on the Sunday School lesson.
Saturday, beginning at 3:00, the Au­burn-
Fort Benning baseball game.
Duncan said:
"The plan of the Alabama Exten­sion
Service was made to serve the
farmer and his family by helping
them in solving their problems. Our
purpose is to introduce improved
methods and practices and cause
them to be put into practice—to be­come
a part of the farmer and his
family.
"The complicated situation, refer­red
to above, does not allow us to ex­cuse
ourselves with abstracts; we are
not satisfied except in doing the con­crete—
that which the farmer inter­prets
in terms of economic, social or
cultural value. The situation is so
complicated that education cannot be
separated from business; and a major
handicap of farmers lies in failure to
understand and apply practical busi­ness
methods. This is why the ex­tension
workers in Alabama place
emphasis upon business and econo­mic
problems.
"We have not been content to deal
with minor effects; we have been at
work on fundamentals causing the
problems on which we are working.
Thoreau has told us that: There are
a thousand hacking at the branches
for everyone striking at the roots of
an evil. We are attempting to strike
at the roots of the conditions which
make it necessary for our great gov­ernment—
state and federal—to create
and maintain an extension service in
agriculture and home economics."
All dairies supplyig milk to the
town of Auburn, Ala. haVe been
graded according to the specifications
of the U. S. Public Health Service
Standard Inspection Code. Inspec­tions
on which these grades are an­nounced
were made by the State
Dairy Inspector of the Alabama State
Board of Health and local town in­spector
co-operating with the County
Health Officer. Bacteriological ex­aminations
are made by the Labora­tory
of the State Board of Health,
Montgomery, Ala., of samples sent in
by the local inspector.
Raw milk only is sold in Auburn,
Ala., and the public is strongly urg­ed
to purchase on the basis of grade
using the safest, Grade A, for drink­ing.
Some of the requirements for
Grade A milk follow:
1. Cows: Free from Tuberculosis
and other diseases.
2. Barns: Well lighted and ven­tilated.
Walls cleaned, painted and
whitewashed. "Floors cement, scrub­bed
daily and used for milking only.
3. Milk room: Separate room,
used for handling milk and washing
utensils only. Must have cement
floor, painted walls and be effectively
screened. Thoroughly cleaned daily.
4. Water Supply: Safe and abun­dant.
5. Toilet: Sanitary pit toilet or
sewerage connection.
6. Utensils: Small top milking
pails. All utensils thoroughly clean­ed
and sterilized after each usage.
7. Sterilization: All utensils in­cluding
strainer cloths must be
sterilized in steam.
8. Bottling and Capping: Caps
must be kept in sanitary tubes and
handled so as to avoid contamination.
9. Milking: Cows free from vis­ible
dirt, udders washed in disinfec­tion
solution and wiped dry with a
clean cloth. Milkers hands washed
in disinfection solution and wiped
dry just before milking. Clean
clothes must be worn by milkers.
Each bucket of milk immediately re­moved
from barn and milk room
and aerated and cooled to a maxi­mum
of 50 degrees F and kept at
this temperature or below until de­livered.
10. Bacterial Count: Maximum of
50,000 per CC.
11. Personnel. Health certifi­cates
for all persons handling milk
in any way.
The following dairies having met
the requirements are granted Grade
A certificates:
Alabama Polytechnic Institute—
College Dairy; Dr. W. A. Gardner—
Pine View Dairy; C. B. Godfrey,
Golden Glow Dairy; D. C. McCall, Au­burn
Heights; H. H. Thorpe, Sunset
Dairy; W. H. Pace.
The following are issued Grade D
permits: Jack Tamplin, J. A. Par-rish,
H. B. Tisdale, J. L. Wright,
Earnest Phillips, West Frazier.
GENUINE NEHI BEVERAGES
ARE GENUINE ONLY IN THE PATENT BOTTLES
T H E B I G S T O R E W I T H T H E L I T T L E P R I C ES
HAGEDORN'S
Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes
OPELIKA'S BEST STORE
ROBERTSON'S QUICK
LUNCH
Open Day and Night
The Best that can be bought—
Served as well a* can be
served
15 Commerce St. Montgomery, Ala.
DR. THOS. B. MCDONALD
Dentist and Oral Surgeon
Office Over Toomer's Drag
Store
Phone 49
DR. C. L. BOYD, D. D. S.
DENTIST
Tiger Drug Store Building
Upstairs
A Special
PEAKE Line
for College Men
With two pairs of trousers
Made to our specification by Learbury, in
fabrics and patterns that had the O. K. of
college men in the Eastern schools before they
were made up. At thirty-nine dollars they
offer value heart-warming even to the chap
who A.B.'d in Scotch spending.
$39
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2nd Ave. at 19th St., Birmingham, Ala.
S K I L L
THE twist of the wrist, the
"throw" of the arm, the shifting
of the weight—these are among the
many little points which make the
skill that you admire in the javelin
thrower as he hurls the shaft two
hundred feet or more.
As on the track or the football
field, in the gymnasium or on
the water, so in industry prog­ress
is the result of fine
improvements—a thousandth
of an inch here—a minute variation
in a curve there—slight changes
foreseen by engineers and carried
out by skilled workmen.
It is this attention to detail that
is constantly improving General
Electric apparatus and contributing
to the electrical industry, which,
though still young, is already
a dominant force, increasing
profit and promoting success
in every walk of life.
Whether you find this monogram on an electric refrigerator
for the home or on a 200,000-horsepoiver turbine-generator
for a power station, you can be sure that it stands for
skilled engineering and high manufacturing quality.
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Page 4. THE PLAINSMAN
SPORTS Full Schedule for Plainsmen Next Week SPORTS
Frosh Cop First Game
from B.-Southern Rats
By George Ashcraft
Auburn's freshman baseball team
won their first start at the expense
of the Birmingham-Southern Rats
here Saturday, when they came out
on the long end of a 10 to 1 score.
Auburn hit the ball for ten safeties,
more than enough to win the game,
while the freshmen from Birmingham
could connect with the agate for only
four singles. The errors made by
both teams were about the same, Au­burn
making two and Southern three,
none of these having any great bear­ing
on the final score.
Auburn showed that Coach Brown
has turned out a strong offensive
team, and also one with a good de­fense
too. The feature of the game
was a long home run to right field in
the first inning, when Pate connected
the first time he was up. DeRamus
was on second at the time.
Southern seemed to have trouble
finding a pitcher who could stop the
Auburn attack. Three were used
during the game, which only went
seven innings, as it started late. Au­burn
took advantage of the big lead
in score and used several men, giving
Coach Brown a lead on the way his
material showed up under fire. Three
catchers, Dreaden, Tucker, and Behr-man,
were used, and also three hurl-ers
were tried out on the box, these
being Carter, who went most of the
route, Harkins, and Winn. These and
all the rest of the team showed up
fine. Auburn seems to at last have
a worthy first-year aggregation, with
plenty of reserve strength.
The next game scheduled for the
rats is on April 14, when they en­gage
the Tech rats in Atlanta. Prac­tice
is going forward at a great rate
in preparation for this tilt.
The Box score and summary:
AUBURN
Haris, cf
Potter, 2b
DeRamus, rf
Pate, ss
Newton, lb
Brown, 3b
Dreaden, c
Tucker, c
Behrman, c
Ross, If
Carter, p
Harkins, p
Winn, p
Totals
B'HAM-SOUTHERN
Waller, rf
Stuart, cf
Houfstutler, 3b
Cochran, lb
Carter, 2b
Taylor, ss
Ellcrsaw, If
McGonigal, c
Jackson, p
Lunie, p
Simmons, p
Sulzby, x
AB
4
2
4
4
3
2
3
0
0
1
1
1
0
25
AB
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
0
R
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
10
R
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
E
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0x0
10
H
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
2
E
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Total 26 1 4 .3
Two base hits, Dreaden; Home run,
Pate: Left Soulhern 4,
Tigers Fight To
6 to 6 Draw in
Second of Series
By C. T. Ingersoll
In the second game of the Auburn-
Clemson series, the result was a tie
in the seventh inning when the game
was called by Umpire Hovater on ac­count
of darkness. The game was
rather slow, being enlivened occasion­ally
by a home run on the part of the
local players. McGhee started in the
mound for Auburn, and was relieved
in fifth by Stoutenborough, giving
up seven hits while he was in the
game.
There were no runs made in the
first inning, but Magill of Clemson
got on base by driving one between
short and third.
There was some fire-works in the
second by the Clemson boys getting
five hits. Pearman, D. was first man
up, and got a single. Eskew was
safe at first on an infield hit, and
Pearman went to second. Pearman
got to third on McGhee's error.
Moore hit, and Pearman and Eskew
came in. McCarley hit and Moore
went from first to third. Maheffey
fanned, and Hudgins went out at
first. Zeigler hit and Moore came in
to make three runs for the Visitors.
Auburn made one score this inning.
Sankey walked, and F. James was hit
by the pitcher, advancing Sankey to
second. E. James sacrifices Sankey
to third, and F. James went to sec­ond.
Smith hit, and Sankey came
home.
In the third Clemson did not score.
Akin lead off and got a single, but
was thrown out trying to steal
second. Ellis made first, and stole
second. Crawford flied out to left
field. Sankey hit a single, and went
to second. Ellis came in on the hit.
F. James stepped to the plate and
crowned the pill for a homer, bring­ing
Sankey around. The score was
4 to 3 with the Plainsmen on the big
end.
Neither team scored in the.fourth.
The fifth opened up with Zeigler
getting safe at first. Magill got a
sacrifice hit to take Zeigler to second.
Another sacrifice by Dunlap took
Zeigler to third. Pearman walked
and stole second!. Eskew walked,
filling the bases. At this point
Stoutenborough relieved McGhee.
The first ball pitched by the new
pitcher was hit by Moore, who went
to third and three runs came in. Au­burn
failed to score in this frame, and
the score was 6 to 4 with Clemson
leading.
The South Carolians were unable
to score in the sixth, but Auburn
made a couple. Smith was first man
up, and got a single. Burt, pinch
hitting , fanned. Stoutenborough
also fanned. "Jelly" Akin came to
(Continued on page 5)
Auburn 1; Struck out, by Carter 6,
by Simmons 3.
Tiger Baseball Schedule For 1928
Date Opponent and Their Score
March 23—Fort Benning ( 0)
24—Fort Benning ( 0)
26—Montgom'ry Lions( 6)
28—Selma Cloverleafs ( 4)
30—Tulane ( 1)
31—Tulane ( 3)
April 2—Clemson ( 2)
3—Clemson ( 6)
9—Georgia
10—Georgia
11—Florida
12—Florida
13—Fort Benning
14—Fort Benning
16—Georgia Tech
17—Georgia Tech
20—Georgia Tech
21—Georgia Tech
26—Florida
27—Florida
28—Florida
May 2—Clemson
3—Clemson
4—South Carolina
7—Georgia
8—Georgia
11—South Carolina
12—South Carolina
18—Vanderbilt
19—Vanderbilt
Auburn Score and Place Played
( 7 ) at Fort Benning, Ga.
(11) at Fort Benning, Ga.
( 2) "A" Day, at Auburn
( 3) at Selma
( 6) at Auburn
( 9) at Montgomery
( 6) at Auburn
( 6) at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Atlanta N
at Atlanta
at Panama City, Fla.
at Panama City, Fla.
at Panama City, Fla.
at Clemson
at Clemson
at Columbia, S. C.
at Athens
at Athens
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Nashville
at Nashville
a:: ***:::-:w;*
"JELLY" AKIN
By C. T. Ingersoll
One of our best outfielders and
hitters is none other than James C.
(Jelly) Akin, who has already seen
two years of service with the Tigers,
and is starting on his last season with
the Auburn team. He has had much
experience at the game, and is one
of the most consistant hitters on the
diamond. It is nothing unusual to
see "Jelly" knock the pill over the
dump for a four bagger, for he knows
how to do it, and does not hesitate to
put it into practice. Last year he
led the batting list, and had the high­est
batting average for the season.
This means a lot, for we had some
heavy hitters on the squad.
Although the Plainsmen have only
played a few games so far, we have
seen enough to find out that "Jelly"
can still swing the old stick, and will
have as good or even better average
this year that he had last. He is
from the neighboring town of Nota-sulga,
and is a member of the Alpha
Gamma Rho fraternity.
"Let's go, 'Jelly'.'*
Auburn Cops First
Tilt from Clemson
Tigers; Score 6*2
By C. T. Ingersoll
The Auburn Tigers diamond outfit
had little trouble in turning the Clem­son
team back in defeat in the first
of a two game series on the Plains
Monday afternoon. The local players
are showing the old time form once
more now, but had some trouble in
holding the ball at times. There were
three errors checked up against us in
this game, but the hitting of the team
was enough to off-set this.
Wood pitched the whole game, and
delivered his usual fast game. He
kept the batters guessing, and only
gave up six hits. The team as a whole
gave him good support, and five in­nings
it was three men up, and three
down. "Cush" struck out three men.
The losing pitcher, D. Pearman,
knew how to throw the pill, and
pitched a nice game. He struck out
two men, and played a steady game.
Neither team scored in the first
inning. In the next inning Clemson
failed to score, but Auburn made
one. "Fob" James hit to second and
was out at first, and then "Ebb" flied
out to right field. The next man up
was Howard Smith, who turned his
cap on sideways and got a nice hit
to reach first. Dooley Gilchirst came
to bat, and Smith stole second on the
first pitch. Gilchrist came into con­tact
with an easily pitched ball, which
he knocked out of the infield, and
then Wood hit to short and was out
at first.
Both Tigers made one score in the
third. For Clemson Moore was first
man up, and was walked. F. Pear­man
made a sacrifice hit, advancing
Moore to second. McCarley hit to
short, and got to second on Sankey's
error, and at the same time Moore
(Continued on page 5)
Track Team Holds
lime 1 rials lwice
During Past Week
By George Ashcraft
The track team has held time trials
twice during the last week, the first
on Monday and the second Saturday
afternoon. The majority of all
events were held, so that a check
could be secured by Coach Hutsell
on how the team was progressing.
Several spirited fights were put on
by the athletes in many of the events
in their endeavor to win out.
Several varsity men were not in
competition on account of injuries.
Creel has been out for about ten
days with an injured leg, but he will
be back in harness any time now.
Beard injured his leg last Tuesday
and has been out of the hurdles and
jumps, but it is expected that he will
return to active duty very shortly.
In the tryouts of last Saturday, the
70-yard high hurdles came first, two
heats being run although only two
men, Virgin and Upshaw were com­peting.
They alternated in winning,
Upshaw winning the first heat and
Virgin the second. Virgin had the
best time with 9.3.
The first heat of the hundred-yard
dash was won by Snider in 10.2. He
was held out of the final heat, which
was won by Bell, a newcomer to the
track squad, in the time of 10.4.
Beard was second, Tuxworth third,
and Burnett fourth.
The mile event was a real battle
between Duncan and Helms, the le^d
alternating several times during the
race. It was finally won by Duncan
in the time of 4:53, with Helms a
close second, and McLendon third.
The 880 was won by Tamplin in
the time of 2:8.1, with Bottoms
second. Louie jumped into the lead
at the crack of the gun and held it
to the final line.
Virgin and Upshaw tied for first
place in the high jump at 5 feet 5 3-4
inches. Burnett and Heinz tied for
second place.
In a special rat 880, Callen was
first, Shanks second, Gray third,
Sindo fourth, and Striplin fifth.
The tryouts as a whole showed the
squad as being in fine shape. Coach
Hutsell said that he was well pleased
with the showing made. And this in
spite of the fact that the day was de­cidedly
chilly, with a hard wind
blowing that was not very conductive
to fast running. The outlook for the
coming season is very promising, and
there is every reason to hope and be­lieve
that Auburn will continue her
past success on the field and cinders.
COACH BOHLER
This makes the second week that
Coach Bohler, our new head coach,
has been on the Plains. Already he
has taught the football squad many
things that will be of value to them
when football season opens next fall.
He teaches them to run and throw
the ball, and much time is given to
kicking the pigskin. A large group
is out for spring training, and we
will be ready to start things off right
next fall. We should consider our­selves
very fortunate in being able to
get a coach who has the ability of
Coach Bohler. He is seen above in
togs which he wears on the practice
field.
"BUCK" ELLIS
By C. T. Ingersoll
Another of our star out-fielders is
"Buck" Ellis, who holds down the job
at center field and does it like a mil­lion
dollars. "Buck" is a great ath­lete,
having the honor of being one of
the few three letter men on the
campus. It is men like this that helps
keep the fighting spirit of the Tigers
at the highest peak, and puts Auburn
on the top.
For the past two seasons Ellis has
had a high fielding and batting aver­age,
and as he starts on his last sea­son,
we feel sure that his record will
be excellent for this year. In the few
games that have been played this
year, "Buck" has hit the pill to good
advantage. In the second Clemson
game he got one home run and a two
bagger. "Keep it up, 'Buck'."
Ellis is from Marvel, Alabama, and
is a member of the Sigma Phi Ep-silon
fraternity.
Plainsmen Drop
Thriller to Selma
Cloverleafs 4 to 3
By Max E. Kahn
Auburn failed to head off the
Selma Cloverleafs in a fast contest
staged in the Black Belt city last
Wednesday. The tilt was witnessed
by a hectic crowd, all pulling for a
tie game and adding their fair cries
to the aid of both teams. Auburn
made a very favorable impression on
the stands by their clean, sportsman­like
playing and gained considerable
prestige in the sports world by giving
the Leafs a big scare.
Selma Starts Off the Scoring
In the first frame, Acton, Mont­gomery
lad, polled a neat single to
reach the first sack, McLarry sent
him to second with a sacrifice and
Big Boy Lowrange, giant Texas
Leaguer, brought him home with a
single.
Tigers Pull Rally
As the Tigers came to the plate
in the second frame, they donned
their clouting clothes. Smith beat
out a hard sock to the keystone man
(Continued on Page 6.)
Tigers Trounce Tulane
in First Conference Jilt
By George Ashcraft
Earnest Potter returned to the
folds of the Auburn varsity pitchers
Friday afternon, and contributed a
large share to the defeat of the Tu­lane
Greenies to the score of 6-1. He
allowed Tulane but two little hits,
which they could convert into but
one run.
The game celebrated the opening
of the conference season for Auburn,
the annual flag raising ceremonies
being held just before the start of
the game. As the flag went up four
field pieces of the Artillery fired a
salute of 21 shots. The cold wave
that had swept over the vicinity Fri­day
night did not seem to handicap
the collegians, and they went through
the game in record time. Each team
was credited with a single error, but
the bobbles had no direct bearing on
the score.
Crawford, Sankey, and Smith went
on a hitting rampage, getting a couple
of safe ones each. Smith is getting
exceedingly handy with the willow,
for a triple.
Potter's brilliant pitching featured
the game. He struck out the first
man up with three pitched balls. He
has also been nursing an ailing arm
for some weeks, but his neat job in
this game will doubtless label him as
one of Auburn's reliables for the
mound work.
Auburn really hits enough to win
several ball games, getting nine while
Tulane could account for only two.
Auburn's first counter came in the
opening frame when Ellis beat out a
bunt to first, and came in when Jim
Crawford poled out a long double to
left field.
Tulane evened the score in their
half of the third inning when Suehs,
the first man up, hit a two-bagger to
right field. Butler walked, and Suehs
went to third when Crawford allowed
a ball to pass him in right field. He
came in when Porter laid down a per­fect
bunt.
No more scoring was done until
the lucky seventh, when the Moulton
and mauled out a pair of doubles, | aggregation again got busy. Sankey
while Sankey leaned against the ball
Plainsmen Swamp
Tulane In Second
Tilt of Series 9-3
By George Ashcraft
In the second game of the Tulane
series, played in Montgomery last
Saturday, Auburn came out on the
large end of a 9 to 3 score of a slow
contest. The cold weather seemed
to have a devasting effect on both
teams, some 14 errors being made
during the contest.
Lee, Auburn ace hurler, gets most
of the credit for the engagement. His
control was good, although he made
a few wild pitches, and he never got
into any serious danger. In addition
to his mound work he also got three
bingles in four trips to the plate,
leading all other batters of both
teams. Two of his hits brought in
runs.
Tulane got one run in the second
frame, and Auburn got two. In the
Fourth Auburn got another, and then
ran wild in the ffith to pile up four
runs. Jelly Akin started off by beat­ing
out a roller to second. He took
the second bag when Ellis did the
same thing. Akin made third and
Crawford was safe at first when
Hatcher threw the ball away. Ellis
in the meantime made second on But-ker's
bad peg. Akin scored on Mar-quer's
error and Ellis came in on a
wild pitch. Sankey drew a walk and
Fob James scored both runners with
a smashing single. Ebb James was
dusted by George and the latter left
the mound, Parkham taking his
place. George then played first base
in place of Hatcher. Barham man­aged
to pull through the rest of the
inning without the Tigers again tally­ing.
Tulane got two runs in the seventh
but it wasn't enough to put the Tigers
in any danger. Marquer and Butker
(Continued on page 5)
hit a triple, and then with two gone,
came in when Smith doubled. Gjj|
christ walked, and Smith scored when
Potter singled. In the eighth the
Tigers raced three more runs across
the plate. Sankey, Crawford and
Ellis all got on after Akin had got­ten
out at first. Fob James singled
and Ellis and Crawford scored, San­key
going to third and F. James to
second. Ebb James came up as Mc-
Closkey relieved Porter on the
mound. Sankey scored before E.
James was out at first.
Menville, Bambach, and Crouere
played a great game in the outfield
for Tulane and their spectacular
fielding held down many an Auburn
drive that was ticketed for a hit.
Summary of Results:
AUBURN
Akin, If
Ellis, cf
Crawford, rf
Sankey, ss
F. James, lb
E. James, c
Smith, 2b
Gilchirst, 3b
Potter, p
Totals
TULANE
Crouere, If
Baumbach, cf
Hatcher, lb
O'Pry, 2b
Menville, rf
Suehs, ss
Butker, c
Porter, p
McCloskey, p
AB
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
2
3
32
AB
5
5
4
3
3
3
1
2
0
R
0
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
6
R
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
H
0
1
1
2
1
0
2
0
1
a
H
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
H
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
E
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Totals 29 1 2 2
Score by innings:
Auburn 100 000 23x—6
Tulane 001 000 000—1
Three base hits, Sankey. Two
base hits, Suehs, Smith (2), Craw­ford.
Stolen bases Butker. Left on
bases, Auburn 4, Tulane 4. Base on
balls, off Porter 1, off Potter 3.
Struck out, by Potter, 3. Umpires,
Hovater and Bridges. Time of game
1:23.
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Act I, Scene 2
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And the proof of its purity is in
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THE PLAINSMAN Page 5.
PLAINSMAN SWAMP TULANE IN
SECOND TILT OF SERIES 9 TO 3
(Continued from page 4)
each singled, and were brought home
by Georgia's one bagger. The rally
was short lived however, as the re­maining
batters went out in one, two,
three order.
Fob James and Ellis were next to
Lee in hitting, both getting a pair of
safe blows. • Crawford sent out a
beautiful triple to left field in the
first inning, but failed to connect
with the ball for a safety again. This
was one of the extra base hits in the
contest, Ellis making a double for the
other.
The box score:
AUBURN
Akin, If
Ellis, cf
Crawford, rf
Sankey, ss
F. James, lb
E. James, c
Wright, c
Smith, 2b
Gilchrist, 3b
Currie, 3b
Lee, p
Totals
TULANE
Crouere, If
Bambach, cf
Hatcher, lb
Parham, p
O'Pry, 2b
Marks, 2b
Suehs, ss
Marquer, 3b
Menville, rf
Butker, c
George, p, lb
AB
5
4
5
4
4
2
1
3
4
0
4
36
AB
3
3
2
2
1
3
4
4
4
4
3
R
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
H
1
2
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
3
9 12
R H
Totals 33 3 7 8
Score by innings:
Auburn - 020 141 lOx—9
Tulane 010 000 200—3
Summary: Three base hit, Craw­ford;
two base hit, Ellis; Stolen
bases, Ellis, Sankey, Wright, Smith,
Baumbach, Menvillye; Struck out,
by Lee, 4, by George, 1, by Parham,
1; Base on balls, off George 1, Baum­bach
3, Lee 2; Wild pitches, Lee 1,
George 1, Parham 2; Passed balls,
Btuker; Nine hits and seven runs off
George in four innings, none out
when relieved in fifth. Hit by
pitcher, E. James (by George) ;
Double play, Smith to Sankey to F.
James; Losing pitcher, George. Um­pires,
Hovater and Palm; Time of
game, 1:50.
AUBURN COPS FIRST TILT FROM
CLEMSON TIGERS; SCORE 6 TO 2
(Continued from page 4)
came home. McCarley went to third
on a sacrifice hit. Zeigler flied out
to right field.
The Orange and Blue score was
made when "Buck" Ellis swatted one
out of the lot, and made a complete
tour of the bases. The ball went over
the center fielder's head.
The fourth and fifth innings were
very quiet, for no scoring was done.
There was one hit gotten, and this
was made when Eskew hit the horse-hide
for a pretty two-bagger. He
was unable to score.
Auburn made two runs in the
sixth. Jim Crawford was hit by the
pitcher, and stole second. He was
advanced to third when Sankey got a
hit and was safe on first. "Fob"
James hit to short and was out on
first. A sacrifice hit by E. James
brought Crawford in, and Sankey
was out on third. Sankey came in
when Smith hit, and Smith was out
in an attempt to steal second. In
this inning Zeigler, of Clemson, made
a three bagger, but they did not bring
in any scores.
The Plainsmen made use of the old
"Lucky Seventh," and tallied two
runs. Gilchrist hit and reached first.
Wood's sacrifice took him to second.
Akin flied out to right field, and Ellis
got a two base hit. Gilchrist came in
on the two plays. Crawford hit a
two bagger, which brought Ellis in.
Crawford went to third on Zeigler's
error. Sankey hit to second and was
out at first.
Clemson staged a short rally in the
ninth, which only lasted a moment.
Zeigler got to first and then to
second on Sankey's error, and then to
third on a fielders choice. Maggill
flied out to left field. D. Pearman
reached first on an error, but was out
trying to steal second. Dunlap went
to first on a fielders choice, and
Eskew hit safely to first, advancing
Dunlap to second, and bringing
Zeigler in home.' Moore got a hit,
but Dunlap was caught trying to
slide home, and the game ended.
Jim Crawford turned in the best
EVANS SOCIETY HAS
INTERESTING MEET
'Not at all bad but below the stand­ard
of excellency in the Evans' is the
only way the program of the Evans
literary society for Tuesday night can
be clearly and characteristically des­cribed.
A discussion of the Early
American Drama by L. I. Perry was
short but interesting. Following this,
T. O. Kuykendall told the society
why we smoke. He came to the con­clusion
that most people smoke be­cause
of the pleasure that they de­rive
from it. The concluding number
was a talk on The New Kind of Coun­terfeiting
by H. G. McColl. He pre­sented
some very interesting things
concerning this practice and about
those who engage in it.
During the business session, a chal­lenge
to a game of basketball came to
the Evans literary society from the
Wirt literary society; the challenge
was accepted. The other thing that
came up during the business period
was a very insistant demand for a so­cial.
It is expected to be materialized
in the very near future.
batting record of the game, getting
three hits with the same number of
times at bat. Although just a Sopho­more,
he is playing the game like a
veteran, and if he keeps up his hitting
will be among the uppermost of the
batting averages when the season
ends.
Summary and Positions:
CLEMSON
Hudgins, ss
Zeigler, 2b
Magill, lb
Pearman, D.,
Dunlap, rf
Eskew, If
Moore, cf
Pearman, F.,
McCarley, 3b
Total
AUBURN
Akin, If
Ellis, cf
Crawford, rf
Sankey, ss
F. James, lb
E. James, c
Smith, 2b
Gilchrist, 3b
Wood, p
AB
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
R
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
32 2 6 2
AB
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
H
0
2
3
1
0
0
2
2
0
Total 29 6 10 3
Umpires: Hovater and Bridges;
Double plays: Auburn, Gilchrist to F.
James to E. James, Clemson—D.
Pearman to Magill to F. Pearman;
Two base hits: Eskew, Ellis, and
Crawford; three base hits: Zeigler,
Home runs: Ellis; First on balls: 2
by Pearman and 1 off Wood; Struck
out by Wood 3 and Pearman 2, hit
by pitcher: Crawford.
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TIGERS FIGHT TO 6 TO 6
DRAW IN SECOND OF SERIES
(Continued from page 4)
the bat and polled one over the dump,
making a complete tour of the bases,
and brougth Smith in. This tied the
score, and it remained this way for
the rest of the game.
Auburn lost a good chance to score
in the seventh, when one man was
left on third and one on second. The
game was called when Auburn only
had two outs in the eighth.
Maheffey pitched a steady game,
and gave up eight hits. McGhee gave
up seven hits while in the box, and
Stoutenborough allowed two.
Lineup and Summary:
AUBURN
Akin, If
Ellis, cf
Sankey, ss
F. James, lb
E. James, c
Smith, 2b
Currie, 3b
Gilchrist, 3b
McGhee, p
Stoutenborough, p
Burt, x
Total
AB
3
2
2
1
2
4
1
R
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
H
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
E
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
CATHERINE BROWN
TO REPRESENT LEE
23 6 8 2
CLEMSON
Hudgins, ss
Zeigler, 2b
Magill, lb
Dunlap, c
D. Pearman, rf
Eskew, If
Moore, cf
McCarley, 3b
Maheffey, p
Total
AB
3
4
3
3
2
3
4
3
4
R H
0 0
29 6 9 4
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Home runs: F, James and Akin,
Three base hits: Moore, Left on
bases: Clemson 4 and Auburn 6;
First on balls: McGhee 3, and Ma­heffey
4; Struck out by McGhee 1,
Stoutenborough 1, and Maheffey 4;
Wild pitches: Maheffey 3; Hit by
pitcher: F. James and McCarley.
The many friends of Miss Cath­erine
Brown will be glad to learn
that she has been elected to represent
Lee County at the Columbus Cen­tennial
April 25-27 and will be the
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If we could be convicted for our
thoughts, we'd all be in the peniten­tiary.
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(Continued from page 4)
with two outs already scored. Curry
took first and Smith first on a clev­erly
executed hit and run play.
Stoutenborough sent them up another
base with a close single past second.
Jelly Akin looked at the crowded
field and hit at the first pitched ball
for a foul along the first base line.
The second ball pitched landed close
to the right field fence and Jelly
cleared the bases with a three bag­ger.
Ellis went out on a long fly.
Cloverleafs Come Back in Fourth
Coming up with the score three to
one against them, the Selma tossers
put over three more tallies due to er­ratic
pitching and fielding on the
Plainsmen side. Stoutenborough
weakened for a bit to allow two hits
in this frame and coupled with a
brace of errors, the dirty work was
done. This marked the final scoring
of the game.
Moulton Hurls Against Former Mates
Po Pat Moulton did the heaving for
the Leafs up to the sixth frame giving
up three runs and two hits. Pat looks
like good stuff to the Cotton lads this
season and should have a big year.
•Wilcey Moore's brother relieved Pat
in the sixth and did his duty to a per­fection.
He held the Moultonites to
one bingle and no runs. But he is
not of his brother's type and won't
see many big league shows. However,
he should make Selma an excellent
pitcher in the coming campaign.
Grandstands Well Pleased
Headed by President Morris Block,
former Auburnite, the stands were
equally for Auburn and Selma. San-key,
Crawford and Ebb James drew
frequent exclamations from the on­lookers
as to the smoothness of their
style and Stoutenborough let loose
some steam that nearly scared a few
fadies from the seats. He performed
remarkably well considering the
heavy hitters up against him. Selma
looks like a good bet for the first di­vision
honors in the minor league this
season.
Summary
AUBURN R H E
Akin, If 0 1 0
Ellis, cf 0 0 0
Crawford, rf 0 0 0
Sankey, ss 0 1 1
F. James, lb 0 0 0
E. James, c 0 0 0
Smith, 2b 1 0 0
Curry ,3b 1 0 0
Booth, c 0 0 0
Stoutenborough, p 1 1 1
Wood, x 0 0 0
Totals 3 3 2
x Batted for Booth in 9th
Auburn 030 000 000—3
Selma 100 030 000—4
SELMA R H E
Boyd, ss 1 10
Distel, 2b 0 1 1
Acton, cf 2 2 0
McLary, lb . 0 0 0
Lowrange, If 0 2 0
Behrens, 3b 0 0 0
Surratt, rf 0 0 0
P. Moore, c 0 0 0
Moulton, p 0 0 0
N. Moore, p 0 0 0
Scaldings, x 1 0 0
Total 4 6 1
Summary: 3 base hits, Akin; 2 base
hits, Lowrange; Sacrifice hits, F.
James, Distel; Double Plays: Low-rance
(unassisted) Stolen bases: Ac-tonfi
Crawford; Hit by pitcher, by
Moore (F. James). Struck out by
Moulton 1, by Moore 1, by Stouten­borough
2, Bases on balls, off Moul­ton
3, off Stoutenborough 4, passed
balls, Booth.
Faculty Members
Here Attend A. E. A.
Annual Meeting Held in Birmingham
Last Week
A number of the Auburn faculty
members attended the Alabama Edu­cational
Association convention in
Birmingham last week.
Dr. Dowell, Dean Scott, Dean Judd
the official representatives, Miss
Dobbs, Professor J. R. Rutland the
alternate delegates representing the
seventy some odd A. P. I. faculty
members of the A. E. A. and a num­ber
of others attended the annual con­vention
held in Birmingham March
twenty-ninth, thirtieth, and thirty-first.
They attended the various ses­sions
and departmental meetings de­riving
much good from them. Among
those present outside of the above
mentioned were: Dr. Petrie, Dr. Ross,
Mr. J. V. Brown, Miss Henrietta
Thompson, Miss Louise Glanton, Mr.
H. D. Jones and others.
Y. M. C. A. OFFICERS
ARE NAMED HERE
If we don't discipline ourselves the
world will do it for us.
Every emotion has its price and
if we want to enjoy it we must pay
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J. W. Stanton, treasurer.
The new officers will leave Thurs­day,
April 12, for Birmingham where
they will attend the State Student
Council and Officers' Training Con­ference,
and the State Y. M. C. A.
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Captains and Majors will be ap­pointed
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in speaking of "what is democracy?"
stated that there were some indica­tions
that democracy was on the de­cline
in practically every country and
in practically every walk of life.
A challenge was sent to the Evans
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is to be played at the regular meeting
time next Tuesday night at the Gym.
All members of the Society are urged
to be out and support the team!
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