1929-10-29 The Plainsman

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TENNESSEE THE PLAINSMAN
T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1929. NUMBER 15
COACH BOHLER RELIEVED; FLOYD BECOMES ACTING HEAD COACH
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W. D. Salmon is
Discoverer New
Vitamin Element
Discovery Is Hailed As Invalu­able
to Nutrition
Research
WORK HERE BEGAN IN 1924
Scientists Of Seven Foreign
Lands Request Reprints
Of Publications
Positive discovery that vitamin B-as
it was known until recently—is two
vitamins instead of one has been made
by the nutrition laboratory of the de­partment
of animal husbandry of the
Experiment Station of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. Announcement
of this is made by Prof. W. D. Sal­mon
who is in charge of the labora­tory
and under whose direction the
discovery has been made.
Findings of the scientists are veri­fied
by three groups whose results
show the same conclusions. Gold-berger,
Wheeler, Lillie, and Roger of
the hygienic laboratory of the U. S.
Department of Public Health at
Washington, Smith and Hendrick of
the same laboratory, and Chick and
Roscoe of the Lister Institute, London,
England, obtained results giving the
same conclusions as those obtained at
Auburn.
Work at Auburn was started in
1924. Both rats and pigeons were
used. By a long process of elimina­tion
tests and checking, conclusive
evidence was obtained. The discovery
not only brings to light new and prac­tical
information but also settles a
question concerning which there has
been much discussion in recent years.
As a result of the discovery a new
vitamin is added to the list, it being
vitamin G which was, until this dis­covery,
considered a part of vitamin
B. As the list of vitamins now stands
the old Vitamin B is divided into two,
B and G. And the complete list of
known vitamins now is A, B, C. D,
E; G.
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O M . ANNOUNCES ITS
SPONSORSHIP OF TWO
IMPORTANT SCHEMES
To Aid In Sending Band To
Tulane And Holding Frosh
Cross Country Race
W. A.Jones Wins
Four Prizes at Fair
Art Student Is Awarded Four
First Places For ,
Display
The Omega Circle of Omicron Del­ta
Kappa, national leadership honor
fraternity, announces that at the pres­ent
time it is sponsoring two projects,
namely, the sending of the Auburn
Band to New Orleans for the Auburn-
Tulane football game, and the holding
of a cross-country race in which all
freshman will participate.
Students will be asked by-represen­tatives
of 0. D. K., in a special con­vocation,
to vote to authorize the busi­ness
manager of the college to take a
small amount from the class dues, or
contingent fees in order to finance
the band trip. It will require around
seven hundred dollars to send the band
to New Orleans; the band has gone to
the Crescent City for the past two
year, and has received favorable com­ment
each time, especially last year,
when the Auburn musicians marched
in the New Orleans Community Chest
parade. O. D. K. sponsored the trip
last year.
The cross-country race will take
place in December, although the exact
date or the distance to be run has not
been announced. The prizes will be
cakes, which will be given to the first
group crossing the finishing line.
The members of the Auburn chap­ter
of Spiked Shoe, honorary track
fraternity will act as officials in the
event. All of the details of the race
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Ag Library Proves
Value to Students
Library Consists of Over
Volumes
15,000
The Agricultural Library, which has
just been opened in Comer Hall, is re­ported
to be proving very useful to
students in the agricultural depart-nfent.
All fixtures and lighting arrange­ments
are of the latest type. In the
ments are of the latest type. In the
main reading room are open shelves,
in which are volumes of new books
from Canada and different parts of
the United States, records of the Ex­perimental
Station, botanical ab­stracts,
and chemical abstracts. There
are also current issues of all agricul­tural
magazines, as well as daily news­papers.
In the stacks are records of agri­cultural
experiments of each state, all
publications put out by the U. S. De­partment
of Agriculture, experiment
stations records of foreign countries,
and bound volumes of periodicals.
Tables will be placed in the stacks for
the use of professors and research
workers.
The library consists of between fif­teen
and twenty thousand volumes, ov­er
one hundred of the leading period­icals
of this and foreign countries,
and six of the leading daily newspa­pers.
.
Notice Freshmen
Nominations for class officers must
be turned in at the Y. M. C. A. by
noon tomorrow, Wednesday, October
30. They must be made out according
to the prescribed rules in the Consti­tution;
the nomination form was
printed in Saturday's "Plainsman."
Blaze Causes $1,500
Damage to Hi School
Fire Supposed to Have Originated
From Faulty Furnace
W. Alden Jones of Montgomery,
student in applied art here, won four
first places in the fine arts exhibit
at the State Fair of Alabama in
Montgomery. In doing this he repeat­ed
his performance of last year when
he also took four first places at the
Montgomery Fair.
In the professional sculpture group,
Jones displayed two pieces, a two-foot
figure of "David," after Michelange­lo,
and a four-foot original figure
from life. His "David" took the
prize, the first one the Fair has of­fered
for professional sculpture.
Another clay modeling group, com­posed
of work by both amateurs and
professionals, included three pieces by
Jones—a "Grotesque Head," a "Bust
from Life," and a "Bust of Augustus
Caesar." The jury picked the "Gro­tesque
Head," a very imaginative
work, for first place.
A drawing entered by Jones in the
professional commercial design display
took highest honors.
To show that he could do more than
one thing and do it well, Jones sub­mitted
an architectural drawing of a
small library and won first place in
the general design exhibit.
Jones came to Auburn in 1927, reg­istering
in architecture. Later, af­ter
the department of applied arts
was established, he switched to the
new course. Modeling has always
been his favorite subject, and, en­couraged
by Professor F. W. Apple-bee,
he has spent most of his spare
time working with clay. The "David"
which took the professional prize was
done in the advanced modeling class
this year.
A fire which was supposed to have
started from a faulty furnace did an
estimated damage of one thousand five
hundred dollars to the Auburn High
School building last night.
The blaze, which was discovered
by the janitor was reported to the
fire department at about 6:45 o'clock,
but the fire had gained good head­way,
making the extinguishment a
hard task.
Handicapped by a crowd which was
around and in the building, it was
some time before the department was
able to entirely put the fire out.
It was reported that the flooring of
the rooms in the east end of the build­ing
were badly burned, and that much
of the woodwork along the walls was
scorched. The loss is covered by in­surance.
Classes were resumed this morning
with little inconvenience, it was said.
Beekeepers Will Hold
Convention Nov. 7-8
Prof. J. M. Robinson Is Secretary-
Treasurer of Association
On November 7 and 8 there will be
assembled in Montgomery, Alabama,
representatives of a million dollar in­dustry
in Alabama. It will be the
annual convention of the Alabama
Beekeepers Association.
The program for the meeting is an­nounced
by Professor J. M. Robinson,
head of the department of entomology
and zoology of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute, who is secretary and
treasurer of the Association. Thomas
Atchison, apiarist of the State De­partment
of Agriculture in Montgom­ery,
is authority for the statement that
honey, queeens, and bees produced in
Alabama annually sell for $1,000,000.
The first session of the convention
will be held on the forenoon of No­vember
7, with H. C. Short of Fitz-patrick,
who is president of the As­sociation,
presiding. A full attendance
of beekeepers is expected. A feature
of the convention will be the presence
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ART EXHIBITION WILL
CONSIST OF WIDELY
PRAISED PORTRAITS
Thirty-three Paintings To Be
Shown In Art Display From
November 1-15
Kiwanis Plan Aid
For Auburn Scouts
Plans for Zoning of City Are Also
Discussed
Plans for zoning the city and help­ing
the Auburn Boy Scouts were
brought up at the regular meeting of
the Kiwanis Club, held Monday at
noon. It was stated that Auburn was
growing too far in one direction, and
was in need of zoning rules to direct
this growth. 'Though the subject was
discussed pro and con, not plan was
mentioned or approved.
More direct action was taken on the
question of aiding the Boy Scouts.
For several years in the past the civic
clubs of Auburn have helped Scout­ing
financially, and this year the quo­ta
has been raised four hundred dol­lars.
A plan has been formulated by
which a canvas is to be held. A talk
was made by Milligan Ernest on help­ing
the Scout Movement; in this talk
he pointed to the importance of Scout­ing
and urged the Kiwanians to help
as much as possible.
Former Auburn Prof.
In Conference Here
Dr F. W. Parker Discusses Experi­mental
Work in Fertilizers
Dr. F. W. Parker, formerly profes­sor
of agronomy here, and now con­nected
with the Dupont Ammonia
Corporation, of Wilmington, Delaware,
is in Auburn to confer with Dean
Funchess, of the School of Agriculture,
regarding experimental work in fer­tilizers.
He will also see Dean Ross and
Prof. Hare, of the chemistry depart­ment,
regarding the possible employ­ment
of chemical and chemical engin­eering
students upon their graduation.
Dr. Parker was on the agronomy
faculty from 1922 until July first of
this year, when he accepted a position
as agronomist with the Dupont Am­monia
Corporation. He taught soil
chemistry here. Dr. Parker received
his bachelor's degree from Auburn and
his doctor's degree from Wisconsin.
The Seventh "A" Circuit Art Ex­hibit
will be shown here, under the
auspices of the School of Architecture
and Applied Arts, from November
first until the fifteenth. Eleven
southern states and the' District of
Columbia are to be represented in this
exhibit, which comes from an exhibi­tion
held in San Antonia, Texas, last
April.
Thirty three pictures will be ex­hibited
here. These pictures were
selected from the two hundred and
twenty works exhibited in the Witte
Memorial Museum by a circuit jury
appointed by President Ellsworth
Woodward, of the Southern Arts
League. Texas predominate in the
list of states from which the artists
come, as the distance to San Antonia
made it harder for some of the artists
from other parts of the South to send
their work. However, there are
three from Alabama, three from
Louisiana, two from Georgia, two
from Maryland, two from Mississippi,
and two from Oklahoma, as well as
one each from South Carolina, Ten­nessee,
Kentucky, and the District of
Columbia. In addition, Southern ar­tists
residing in New York City, Pen­nsylvania,
Ohio and California are to
be represented here. There will be
in this group, twenty-five oils, five
water colors, and three etchings; it is
the policy of the League to encourage
the use of southern material there­fore
southern subjects will predomin­ate.
The authors of these paintings are
comparatively unknown, except by
reputation in their native South.
There are others who have won recog­nition
at home but have not been able
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B*S*U. Conclave
To Attract Many
Two Hundred and Fifty Dele­gates
Expected To
Attend Meet
Dr. Knapp Reports 200
Parents Visit Auburn
Auburn Auto Tags Awarded Parents
Coming Longest Distance
Dr. Knapp announced today that
over two hundred mothers and fath­ers
of students were in Auburn for
the Mothers' and Dads' Day celebra­tion
which was held here last Satur­day.
Although some arrived late, all
registered in time to attend the foot­ball
game. A large number of the
parents remained here Saturday night
and attended the informal reception
given them in Smith Hall.
Auburn automobile tags were giv­en
to the parents coming the greatest
distance to attend the celebration
These people were: Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Malone, of Mobile, Mr. and Mrs. J.
K. Smith, of Eutaw, and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Carden, of Chattanooga, Ten­nessee.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Faculty members and students
may obtain tickets for the Tulane-
Georgia game at the gymnasium
for one dollar. These tickets may
be secured until noon Thursday.
Friday will be a big football
day in Columbus as the Auburn
and Georgia frosh teams clash in
the morning in what is expected
to be one of the first year classics
of Dixie. The Tulane-Georgia
game will be played Friday after­noon
because Georgia Tech and
Notre Dame play in Atlanta Sat­urday.
Several hundred fans are ex­pected
to journey over to Colum­bus
from the Loveliest Village to
see Coach Earl McFaden's un­defeated
frosh team in action and
to view the Greenie-Bulldog bat­tle
since the Georgia athletic au­thorities
have consented to let the
faculty and students see the game
for one dollar.
Miss Margueret Hayslette, of Tus­caloosa,
one of Alabama's best known
organists, will play for the Baptist
Student's Union, convening here this
week. Dr. E. O. Sellers, nationally
known song leader, will direct the song
services. Dr. Sellers comes to the
convention highly recommended; he
was at one time song leader for Gypsy
Smith, noted evangelist.
The opening session of the gather­ing
will be held Friday afternoon at
3 o'clock in the huge auditorium of
the Baptist church. At large atten­dance
is expected at this opening ser­vice.
Two hundred and fifty dele­gates
from over the state have signi­fied
their intentions to be present.
Many of the visitors will come from
other colleges in Alabama; representa­tives
are expected from almost every
school in the state.
Many prominent Baptist speakers
will be included on the program. The
convention has for its keynote "My
Master Merits My Best," which will
be approximately emphasized both in
speech and song.
The meditation service to be held
each night at the conclusion of the
regular program will be most unique.
During this time Miss Hayslette will
quietly play on the organ, and the au­ditorium
will be in darkness.
While they are in Auburn, the visi­tors
will be guests of the Baptist
Church and the college. Lodging ar­rangements
are being made by the In­ter-
fraternity council. An incorrect
statement appeared in the last issue
of the "Plainsman." The fraternities
keeping delegates are the Phi Kappa
Tau and the Pi Kappa Phi. The Al­pha
Gamma Rho is not keeping visi­tors,
as was stated in this paper. The
girls will be housed in the fraternity
houses, in town.
In past years the convention has
met with Newton, Monevallo, Birming­ham,
Judson and Tuscaloosa, but this
is the first time Auburn has been
host to this group. The B. S. U. meets
in each Southern state once every
year, and every fourth year, a south-wide
meet is held. The 1930 meeting
will be a general convention.
Bohler is Released From Position
As Head Coach by Act of Prexy
President Knapp Announces That He Will Un­dertake
to Choose Coach for Next Year
With Advice of Those in Whom He
Has Confidence
Acting Head Coach
Engineer Seeks F u ll
Membership E. C. M. A.
Editor and Business Manager Leave
Auburn Today for Convention
A petition for full membership to
the Engineering College Magazine
Association will be presented by the
Auburn Engineer at the convention
of that organization to be held the
latter part of this week. The Au­burn
representatives A. A. Strauss
and D. O. Baird, editor and busi­ness
manager of the Engineer, left
this afternoon for Purdue Universi­ty,
LaFayette, Indiana, where the con­vention
will be held.
At the present time the Auburn
Engineer is an associate member of
the association, but a full membership
is desired by the officers of the Au­burn
publication. They will return
to Auburn Monday.
Cabinet Votes Payment
Special Train Damages
Money Will Be Collected from Class
Treasurers
The Executive Cabinet, at a meet­ing
Monday night, decided that the
students would pay for damage done
by them to the special trains that car­ried
the student body to and from
Montgomery on October 11, the night
of the Florida-Auburn game.
On request, the Western of Ala­bama
Railroad Company sent an ac­count
of the damage done to the trains.
The total cost of the damage was one
hundred forty-four dollars; the money
is to be collected from the class
treasuries, each class paying eight
cents per member.
In a statement given to the press today Dr. Bradford Knapp made
clear the athletic situation here, declaring that Coach Bohler has been re­moved
from the position of head coach in favor of Coach John Floyd, who
assumes the position of acting head coach immediately.
Following is the announcement by President Knapp:
As President of the Institution I have this morning relieved Coach
Bohler and placed the team in the hands of Coach John Floyd who is
promoted to the position of Acting Head Coach. This action is not tak­en
merely because Auburn is losing games but because there is no hope
of bringing order out of the situation with the organization under which
we have been operating. Coach Bohler believes that if the change is to
be made, it should be done now.
Coach Bohler has many fine quali­ties.
He is honest, a hard worker a
good business man, takes excellent
care of the financial management of
athletics. He has the highest and fin­est
moral qualities of any coach I
have ever known and he has been a
courageous and fine supporter of the
faculty in the scholarship require­ment
of athletics. His chief lack in
personality and the type of leader­ship
necessary for the boys with
whom he is dealing and inability to
secure the confidence of the people
with whom he deals, particularly the
players. His personal relations with
me have always been most pleasant
and thoroughly confidential. I ought
to say this for him: I think he would
succeed under other circumstances in
a different environment where the
minds of the players were more near­ly
in accord with his own highly de­veloped
mechanical method of doing
things. It is a source of a great deal
of regret to me to have to do this but
the situation is perfectly impossible
as now organized.
I shall endeavor to make such ar­rangements
and do such things for
Coach Bohler as are in accord with
our obligations to him and as his
many excellent qualities merit. It is
always a source of profound regreat
when one has to take such a step.
The student body, the team itself,
the alumni and others connected with
the institutions are lacking in con­fidence
in Coach Bohler. The result
has been dissension and working at
cross-purposes for over a year. Plac­ing
Floyd in charge is not square to
him and I hesitate to do it for that
reason. He is going to assume his re­sponsibility
and do the best he can
but no coach can do much unless he
has a year of preparation. Personal-
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'RED" FLOYD
Membership Drive to
Be Made by A. A. 5.
Dr. Allison Announces Special Cam­paign
for First Week in November
Dr. Fred Allison, head of the phy­sics
department, as president of the
Alabama Academy of Science, hasNm-nounced
that the first week in No­vember
will be designated by the Acad­emy
as i'Membership and Program
Week."
During this week, Dr. Allison said,
a concerted campaign will be put on
in each of the educational institutions
of the state, with the two-fold purpose
of soliciting new memberships among
the newer faculty members as well as
the renewal of old memberships, and
soliciting papers of scientific interest
representing research work on the
part of the members to be presented
at the annual meeting to be held in
Auburn, April 18 and 19, 1930.
(Continued on page 4)
Science Conference
To Be Held in Auburn
To Be Attended by Teachers Inter­ested
in Forming Science Clubs
Plans for a science conference to
be held in Auburn next month are
now being formulated by science teach­ers
according to a statement made by
Dr. Kuderna, of the education depart­ment.
This Conference will be represent­ed
by science teachers interested in
forming a science club to meet in Au­burn
once a year. Members of the
conference will come from high schools
within a radius of two hundred miles
of Auburn.
Although the organization has tak­en
no definite form, invitations will
probably be sent to teachers within
the stated area. Dr. Kuderna stated
that the science department of Auburn
feels obligated to render aid to alumni
who are instructing in science in Ala­bama
high schools.
The main purpose of the conference
is to develop technic in the organi­zation
of science clubs in high schools
throughout the state. If the dele­gates
at the meeting" approve of this
action, it is probable that an annual
conference will be formed with Au­burn
as its center.
K. G. Baker Appointed
Agricultural Agent
Will Be Superintendent of Experi­ment
Station in Dallas County
K. G. Baker, agricultural agent for
the Cotton Belt Railway, of Fort
Worth, Texas, will be superintendent
of the Black Belt Experiment Sta­tion
at Marion Junction in Dallas
County. His appointment was an­nounced
by Dean M. J. Funchess of
the College of Agriculture, after it
was approved by President Bradford
Knapp.
Mr. Baker is well known in Ala­bama.
For eight years—from 1918-
1926—he was engaged in extension
work in livestock marketing. On ac­count
of illness of his children he re­signed
from extension work in Ala­bama
to return to Texas in which
state he was reared on a livestock
farm.
Before coming to Alabania in 1918,
Mr. Baker was county agent in a
livestock county in Texas. He is an
alumnus of Kansas State College,
where he graduated in 1915, specializ­ing
in animal husbandry.
The Black Belt Station is the last
of five branch stations to be located
on the five principal soil divisions of
the State. Plans are being prepared
for the erection of buildings prepara­tory
to the arrival of Mr. Baker to
assume his new duties about the first
of the year.
PAGE TWO
THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1929.
5ftg PautHuum
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
A. V. Blankenship Editor-in-chief
Walter B. Jones Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Thomas P. Brown Managing Editor
Robert Hume - —- —-.Associate Editor
Rosser Alston Associate Editor
Chesley McCaskill Associate Editor
Gabie Drey — —. -- News Editor
Dick Jones ----- Sports Editor
A. C. Taylor Associate Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
A. C. Cohen, '32; Victor White, '32; Jas.
Davidson, '32; H. G. Toomey, '32; Clar­ence
Dykes, '32; T. S. Coleman, '32; K.
G. Taylor, '33; J. C. Johnson, '33; Free­man
Barnes, '33; J. R. Wilder, '32; C.
B. Thompson, '33; R. P. Greer, '33; A.
B. Hanson, '33; J. R. Chadwick, '33; C.
H. Currey, '33.
BUSINESS STAFF
Hugh W. Overton Advertising Mgr.
Charles Davis _ _ ..Circulation Mgr.
THE PLAINSMAN
—is »ure that the visitors were favor­ably
impressed with the appearance
of the college last week-end.
—believes that the alumni will come
to the front and help the institution
soon. They are becoming more inter­ested
each day.
—congratulates the band on the splen­did
showing it makes at its various ap­pearance*.
Praise is always heard.
—thinks the time has come for the
students to show more than ever their
support of the team. It needs it now
more than before.
Executive Cabinet
E x p l a i n s I t s Actions
The Executive Cabinet entered the year
with a great deal of work to be done. It
was a new organization and naturally has
come in for its share of considerable un­just
criticism. A great many students have
talked of the manner in which certain
things have been carried on by the cabinet
which applied to the student body as a
whole.
It is with pleasure that we herein print
a full explanation of the affair in regard
to the concession on freshmen caps. The
Plainsman has investigated the manner in
which this item has been handled by the
cabinet and has found no basis for any un­just
accusation against the organization or
the individuals involved.
Due to the unorganized state of the cabi­net
and the many things to be brought up
for consideration or approval, the Execu­tive
Cabinet at the request of President
Knapp did not follow the rules as laid
down by the Student Undergraduate Con­stitution
as adopted by the student body in
May of last year.
The constitution requires that sealed
bids be presented and opened before the
committee and in the presence of the Busi­ness
Manager of the college or his proxy
and the contract for same awarded at
that time. It also specifically states that
under no conditions shall members of the
Executive Cabinet have charge of such
concessions but that two men be selected
and receive twenty dollars for the handl­ing
and sale of caps during registration.
The method of procedure by the cabinet,
of which Louie James had charge of fresh­man
cap concessions, was a decided de­parture
from those rules laid down by the
constitution. The contract was awarded
without the presence of the cabinet but ap­proved
by the college administration.
One of the things that has caused consid­erable
adverse criticism was the presence
of two members of the executive cabinet
in line during registration who conducted
the sale of the freshman caps. This change
was voted by the cabinet at one of the
early meetings and the matter was handled.
Hereafter, a democratic procedure
for the Executive Cabinet would best
be carried on by awarding the con­tracts
for such concessions to students
other than members of that organi­zation.
It should be understood that a
fair thinking student body will not
tolerate any shody actions, resolu­tions,
or mismanagements, by its
representatives whom it has elect­ed
to carry on its affairs.
(The Plainsman will investigate and
publish full details of the actions of the
Executive Cabinet from time to time dur­ing
the year. The preceding editorial at­tempts
to show how one question was set­tled.
Statements from the President of the
cabinet, Carmon Teague and the adminis­tration
will follow.)
C a r n e g i e F o u n d a t i on
P r e s e n t s a Real P r o b l em
Many leading American colleges are
cringing under the severe accusations of
the Carnegie Foundation that athletics in
the schools are carried on with paid ath­letes.
These charges literally threw a bomb
into the take-for-granted attitude of
schools throughout the country.
In many athletic Conferences paying
athletes has been banned, but carried on by
the individual schools in some other in­genious
manner. The methods range from
huge scholarships given through alumni to
college jobs paying several times what they
are worth. But it has not been in practice
for only a short time; in fact, since foot­ball
began to be such a power in the life
of an institution. A successful gridiron
team builds up interest in a college, so is it
any wonder if those who can afford the
price hire athletes in some form?
We believe that the schools are almost
wholly to blame for the present existing
conditions. The name of the school and the
job, as well as the reputation of the coach,
rest to a very great extent on the ability
of the athletic teams to hurl back invad­ing
competitors who seek victories over
them. Athletics play such a tremendous
part in the welfare and growth of the ordi­nary
American college that the general
feeling has been that a team must be suc­cessful
regardless of the cost. The honor of
the school and the promise not to hire
players have been evaded as easily as
some of the laws of the government have
been by shyster attorneys.
On the other hand, is it wrong for a
young man seeking a college education to
receive money for participating in college
sports? This question has caused much dis­turbed
discussion, but it remains unanswer­ed.
However, it is difficult to condemn one
who plays expertly for gaining an educa­tion
in that manner. Some students "are
able to go through on scholastic rewards
and scholarships; others are able to get
into some remunerative activities, while
the star of the sporting world would have
no way to get money to go to school on
were he not paid; at the same time his
ability and fame bring more students to
some particular school than any other
thing. We think that the chief objection
coming from this source is the fact that
too many playing football are nothing
more than just athletes, unable to appreci­ate
and obtain an education after having
attended college for several years, thus
possibly depriving some worthwhile student
of a great educative chance. In short, a
good brickmason, who can play some sport
. well, comes to college to become an English
professor or an engineer and naturally
fails. But this type is found in every
group, no matter what activity is consid­ered.
The colleges have brought quick de­nials
from smoldering ashes. Schools all
over the country have taken the Founda­tion
to task for the accusations, and yet
they must be true, coming from an organ­ization
that usually has facts before is­suing
statements.
The present condition demands the keen­est
kind of thought as some action must be
taken to again place athletics in their true
light.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
In the "With Other Colleges" column
last Saturday, comment was made by some
chemist that this science, along with oth­ers,
has undoubtedly eliminated future
wars. Ask any ROTC student if this is hav­ing
as much influence as compulsory mili­tary
training!
Letters to the Editor
Y. M. C. A. Again Into Discussion
Dear Editor—
I notice that my friend Aloyious Asphalt
makes some rather bold assertions concern­ing
the Y. M. C. A. in his letter published
in your columns last Friday. He seems to
overlook the fact that the Y. M. C. A. is
doing much to improve the college. I won­der
if he realizes that the Y. M. C. A. year­ly
publishes the "Rat Bible". A reading
room filled with the best periodical litera­ture
is maintained by the "Y", four ten­nis
courts have been erected, and are being
kept in condition out of "Y" founds. But
more important than these material bene­fits
is the spiritual good derived from the
associations at the "Y". Two weeks ago
the discussion groups were started by the
Y. M. C. A. Lieutenants, I doubt if my
friend has ever attended one of the discus­sions.
He would derive an immense amount
of benefit from one. They are groups
formed to discuss important topics con­nected
with campus life at Auburn. Maybe
the question he raised would make a suit­able
question for discussion.
This is not the first time I have heard of
Auburn students appropriating for their
own use towels, pillow cases, and other
articles, belonging to out of town hotels,
and I beileve that we should take immedi­ate
steps to improve our reputation over
the state.
Yours truly,
DUKE REDERICK.
Mothers' and Dads'
Day was a fine occa­sion.
I think it did a
lot of good. I want to
leave it up to the stu­dent
body to decide
whether we shall con­tinue
this as an an­nual
celebration. Per­sonally
I like it very
much and I thought
the ribbons and badges were splendid.
* * * * *
I want to thank the student body for
putting on a fine celebration on Saturday.
The spirit was good and everything went
off well. If we had only had the stadium
we could have entertained twice as many
people.
* * * * *
It was fine of the men in the Airplane
to drop a message to us here. I am hoping
that one of these days we will be able to
work out this problem of a landing field
between here and Opelika. Then when
these tours are made they can land at our
field and count Auburn as being a modern
place.
* * * * *
We have one life to live. Making the
most of that life is not so much the ques­tion
but rather making the best of that life.
Opportunities come in college to get an
education. We cut classes and refuse to
take the opportunity and by and by it is
too late and we regret it the rest of our
lives—I might say we regret it forever.
Here is the opportunity right before us.
We don't take it. There is another thought
which comes to me once in awhile when I
see a boy in college who has been guilty
of an act which may ruin his career. Why
do we not develop enough forethought to
avoid just this kind of a thing. It doesn't
pay to get an education and then throw it
away. The only thing that pays is the right
thing, the right kind of a life, the accept­ance
of the opportunities and that doesn't
mean cutting classes and refusing to take
the opportunity which is here.
"Little Things"
By Tom Bigbee
We trust everyone had a grand time Sat­urday.
Too bad all our Mothers and Dads
couldn't have been here together. No doubt
it is a real treat for them to come and look
over the equipment which is at their son's
and daughter's disposal, for the purpose of
gaining a technical education.
'Twas commendable for the authorities
in charge to issue these distinguished
guests a complimentary ticket to the foot­ball
game. Surely this had its weight with
them, and boosted their interest in the In­stitution.
We are confident no* one of
them regrets having his or her progeny in
college at Auburn.
A vast number of the Auburn students
are looking forward with keen interest to
the coming B. S. U. Convention, to be held
here November 1-3. Ask any Baptist boy
about it, then watch his thrill-smile, as
thoughts of girls from Montevallo, Athens,
Woman's College, Florence, and other
feminine institutions come to him.
This gathering is to mean quite a lot to
Auburn, in more ways than one. Leaders
of the event tell us that this is the time
for Auburn Baptists to show to the entire
State that we are very much alive in
church work here. And of course social
contact will add spice to the event; watch
our sheiks step!
Don't you feel a keener interest in your
official student publication and its heads
after the splendid ovation given it by our
chief executive and other specialists in the
journalistic line here? Of course a limited
number of minor faults linger still; but
you will just have to break down and con­fess
that Auburn possesses journalistic
ability unusual among the students. We're
all for the Plainsman, and its staff.
Being everlastingly at work beats carry­ing
a rabbit's foot for luck.
If you want to be continuously happy
you must know when to be blind, when
to be deaf, and when to be dumb.
The Gecko
I'm the Gecko who never wears socks.
Every class I meet I cross my legs and pull
up my trousers, so that every one will see
some perfect specimen of legs. I do this so
that the coeds will see just what a great
he-man I am, and yet, when it comes to
perfect physique, Venus de Milo does not
have a thing on me. I hope the time comes
when men will have fewer clothes to wear;
I am a great believer in style although I
never follow it. But just let someone come
out with something that is not quite ethi­cal
and I tell him just what kind of guy
he is.
As soon as I get out of class, I go up
the street, sit down on the edge, and let
everybody walk around my feet so they
will be sure not to miss such a treat. I
know that a lot of people do not like to
see me and my display, but I do it any
way. Nobody can tell me what to do.
«8 AUBURN FOOTPRINTS «
EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA!
Rat found in bed with co-ed. Great excitement reigned in Smith Hall several
days ago when a rat was pulled from the bed of a co-ed. Oh! the audacity of these
rats. It seems that his valor became greater than his discretion.
We haven't been able to determine the guilty and foolish party as great
secrecy has been maintained at the zoo. But if this is investigated thoroughly it
will probably be the greatest scandal of the year.
* * * * • • * *
The Nomads pulled back empty hands when they reached for applause at the
dance Saturday night. The trombone player must have had an operation recently,
having monkey glands put in—he certainly gave an exhibition on the piano at the
dance with his tree-climbing tactics.
* * * * * * * *
Some of the fraternities must be airminded these days—so many expensive
radios are being installed.
* * * * * * * *
"Baby Joe" and Ted are to soon open a class in sheiking. They promise up-to-
date methods in their teaching and guarantee results after completion of the
course. Their practical experfience enables them to make such a positive
guarantee.
:;: :;." * * * * * *
A man's trouble gets him into trouble—a woman's gets her out of trouble.
Who was that co-ed who had her man backed up in a corner at the dance? Was
she talking to him?
* * * * * * * *
Co: "I don't care for Stumpy. Half the time he wants to pet and the other half
he wants to talk football."
Ed: "I don't care for football either."
TIRED OF IT
Standing there in great dispair,
We watched the game go on;
As by a freak we staved defeat
Just when the game was won.
The Auburn stands were full of men
Who'd come to see her fight,
But found that she was just a cub
Since she failed to even bite.
They groaned away on every play
For fear the day was lost,
As the Auburn dope was just some hope
Which on the sea was tossed.
In mortal shame we saw the game
End with a touchdown score,
For deep within we knew again
The Tiger had failed to roar.
—Miserable 13.
* * * * * * * *
Seventeen alumni fainted when Auburn scored that touchdown. It is bad when
we treat our visitors that way. Moral: don't win any football games.
* * * * * * * *
Professor Crenshaw was walking down the street one morning last week read­ing
his morning paper with one foot in the gutter and one on the sidewalk. A
friend meeting him, said, "Good morning, professor, how are you?"
"I was very well, I thought, but now for the last ten minutes I've been
limping."
Billy Frank was in town over the week-end, but he was so late he didn't get to
the game on time. He reached the city limits, saw all the new pavement, and made
a mad dash back to Montgomery to see an oculist.
* * * * * * * *
Fair says that variables give him a constant pain.
The leading members of the all-Auburn black ball team are: "Sambo",
"Hodge", "Snowball", "Duke", "Pitts", "Brother" Brown, "Doc" Drake, Otis, and
Garney. No man has ever been able to sift through this black contingent.
* WITH OTHER COLLEGES <<
PANTS
Men students at the University of Illi­nois
some time ago went on a strike
against the pressers of the city and de­clared
that they will no longer wear press­ed
pants.
The action is a result of the abolishment
of the practice of a three-Tor-a-dollar suit
press which has been the policy of the
pressers in the city. We should wear but-tonless
pants for protection against our
laundryman.
BLIND PLAYERS
Recently the Madison School for the
blind, put forth an eleven which played a
good game with a high school team. It was
played under regular rules except for the
fact that forward passes were barred. The
blind are now able to do most anything
that an average college student can do,
except look on the other fellows paper dur­ing
a quiz.
* * * * *
PSYCHOLOGY IN FOOTBALL
Psychology in football is not new.
Coaches have used it, sometimes unwit­tingly,
for years. Coach Wood of Wesleyan
has had a mirror put in the clubhouse so
that his men can take a good look at them­selves
before they start a game. The theory
being, that seeing themselves all dressed
for warfare, they will be better players.
It may be so. Might be a good idea, after
a defeat, to give the men another look so
they can get a chance to see just how un­attractive
a reverse is. Some teams seem
to have already broken several mirrors,
judging by the luck they have had so far
this season when wins are concerned.
* * * * *
STUDENTS SIT TOGETHER
Bars have recently been placed in the
stadium at Southwestern, reserving a sec­tion
for the student body. Anyone that
claims to be a loyal student of Southwest­ern
and who is not ashamed to yell and
cheer for her honor is requested to occupy
a seat in this section. This not only makes
it easier for the cheerleader, but creates a
much better cheering section. We have
whole sections here at Auburn that do not
even crack a smile unless it be in the di­rection
of the little one by the side, you
know. Other sections stay full of life and
let the team know that they are there.
These sections lastly mentioned are the
ones that give Auburn the credit for un­dying
loyalty and faith. And the first are
merely spongers on the faithfulness of the
others.
* * * * *
PANTS DONATED
The members of the band at Davidson
are at last provided with pants. Recently
when the band paraded by a spectator
noticing that they lacked trousers to have a
complete uniform donated a check for
$200 to go to the worthy cause. Being very
modest, he refused to give his name away.
Pants are about the most valuable part of
a man's clothing, you know. Of course, all
the great men in history have worn them,
so why shouldn't we?
* * * * *
ADMONITION
Here's what the Battalion of A. & M.
College in Texas has to say to their fresh­men
:
"The tri-daily rush of the first year ca­dets
to the staff tables in quest of surplus
cow, bull-neck, etc., reminds one of a per­son
tossing up nickels in a crowd of chil­dren
and watching them scramble for
them.
Listen, you Freshmen, those boys eating
on the staff tables have labored three long
years for that privilege, and they do not
relish the idea of numerous pairs of fam­ished
eyes watching them nervously in or­der
to get to the mark first, and to see who
can throw ten talons on the remanents of a
poor diluted pitcher of cow.
The thing that you Fish can do is to let
up on the dashes, or the upper classmen
are going to bear down on the persua­sions."
Clear?
* * * * *
BEST COLLEGIATE FORD
Recently at Southwestern, a contest
was held to find the most collegiate car
with the latest and catchiest collegiate
slogans on it. A 1910 model Ford, owned
by Jake Fleming won the honor and the
prize of $12.50. He will more than likely
buy another Ford with this $12.50. Some
of our students have one they would like
to give away.
WELL, I'D SAY THIS
<2$;y cAaron tBillolvheel
EDITOR'S 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.
THERE IS a bird that keeps looking
over my shoulder and I refuse to
bang out a line until he migrates.
There now, I think he has read this and he
must be sort of a nice fellow, because he
has gone.
THE CAJOLER is back with us this
year, but has announced a some­what
less ambitious program than
it began with last year. It is to appear only
five times this year, if all goes well, which
is certainly often enough. The Cajoler is
to date a rather tottering publication, but
the idea is good and the magazine deserves
much aid from the student body. There is
no reason why Auburn cannot publish a
comic magazine as well as other schools.
Aside from the business pitfalls encount­ered
by such publications the big hurdle to
take is that one which very often brings
suppression. Every college comic, sooner or
later is suppressed or kicked completely in­to
thin atmosphere. It always seems that
the college student's idea of humor does not
coincide with that of the college authorities.
To a degree, this is quite natural because
many college papers are as devoid of a
sense of humor as a billiard ball is devoid
of nice long curls. But not always is this
the case we believe, in fact we believe
that the majority of comic suppressions
are easily justifiable.
The principle idea though, is this. The
editing of a humorous magazine is a more
difficult task than one would believe with­out
attempting it. It would seem that it is
quite easy to gather up a big pile of funny-material
and have it all be quite chaste
and refined, yet funny. Not so, though.
The line between the clean and the unclean
joke or article is very finely drawn. And
college students' efforts at keeping on
the clean side of the line are apt to be a
bit crude or slightly too obvious and un­sophisticated
to keep the papas from
frowning.
One asks "Why have anything that is
slightly suggestive or in the least unclean,
or anything that is critical printed in a
comic magazine?" Well, this is the reason,
there are very few things in this little
world outside of sex, religion, college au­thorities
and professors that is universally
funny to the average college student. The
enormous problem of the comic editor is
to have his material bordering rather good-naturedly
upon the forbidden vulgarity
and obviousness and still sufficiently close
for the glimmer of wit to shine through.
Oh, well, that's their own little baby and
not mine.
* * * * * IF THE COLLEGE has any more side
walks in its system, I should like to
help it get rid of them. Two fraterni­ties
are stranded down in Ag bottom. They
both have large membership and own big
homes, but one has almost to do the Daniel
Boone act to get down there or to get one­self
back to the outside world after stumb­ling
thither. If you do not believe that they
are practically marooned, just visit them
some dark night. You may come back alive,
but with your clothes tattered. If you fin­ally
manage to get there by blindly grop­ing
your way from one tree to another,
you will on your way back shatter a knee
on the fender of the automobile that is
usually parked in front of the practice
house on the walkway. At best, it is a
dangerous expedition.
* * * * * FROM A MAGAZINE: "Professor
Pleasant R. Hightower (it's a real
name) of Butler University has dis­covered
after very extensive research that
children who read the Bible are much less
honest than those who do not. Possibly the
Bible sets an unseemly precedent with such
stories as that of Jonah and the whale."
We would say, tut, professor, tut, tut.
You little old unbeliever you.
THE TRUTH
Since I have seen a bird one day,
His head pecked more than half away;
That Hopped about, with but one eye,
Ready to fight, again and die—
Ofttimes since then their private lives
Have spoilt that joy their music gives.
So when I see this robin now,
Like a red apple on the bough,
And question why he sings so strong,
For love, or for the love of song;
Or sings, maybe, for that sweet rill
Whose silver tongue is never still—•
Ah, now comes this thought unkind,
Born of the knowledge in my mind;
He sings in triumph that last night
He killed his father in a fight;
And now he'll take his mother's blood—
The last strong rival for his food.
—William H. Davies.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
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AUBURN CLASHES WITH STRONG
TENNESSEE ELEVEN SATURDAY
By Dick Jones
For the second time in the history
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
the Auburn Tiger eleven will clash
with the University of Tennessee's
fighting Colunteers at Knoxville,
Tenn., Saturday, November 2. A
lapse of 29 years have passed since
they met their initial time on the
gridiron. Auburn won by a good mar­gin,
23 to 0.
Although the Volunteers complet­ed
their schedule last year with a
clean slate, they were unable to win
the Southern Conference crown, but
if they repeat their successes again
this year, they will probably take
Georgia Tech's place at the "throne"
of the S. C. The team that came the
nearest to giving them a licking.last
year was Kentucky, who tied them
0 to 0 in their final tilt.
The Tennessee gridders took a big
hurdle in their 1929 Southern Con­ference
race Saturday, when they
turned back Alabama's Crimson Tide,
6 to 0, but they will have to do some
"high-jumping" sure enough to win
the Conference championship title
this year. However, the Auburn Tig­ers
are not anxious to defeat Coach
Neylands Gridmen to crash their
championship hopes, but will face
them with the strength of
! but not least" will be their faithful
foe, Georgia Tech, which game will
be played in Atlanta on Thanksgiving
Day, November 28. The scrap with
Tech has been an annual Thanksgiv­ing
affair since 1915, but Auburn
and Tech met several times before
this. Auburn licked Tech 26-0 the
first year Auburn had a team that is
on record, and since that day they
have been keen rivals on the gridiron.
Prexy Enjoys Game
of Golf Saturday as
Finish to Celebration
Resigns as Head Football Coach
Dr. Bradford Knapp, President of
Auburn, was so well pleased with the
large attendance at Mother's and
Dad's Day in the "Village of Plains"
last week-end, and felt so good over
the success of it, that he ended the
celebration with a game of golf on
the Auburn golf course.
Playing with Dr. Knapp was his
son Roger, his daughter "Tiny," and
Dick Jones. Roger easily won the
match by a margin of 11 strokes.
This large margin could probably be
accounted for by the fact that Roger
was playing "archery golf". "Tiny,"
eleven his ten year old daughter, shot a 74,
hard fighting Tigers in an effort to
win their first S. C. game in three
years.
Birmingham will be the scene of
the Auburn-Tennessee game next
year and Knoxville the following year
and so on each year they play the
place will change just like the Van-dei'bilt
game which was played in
Birmingham this year and will be
played in Nashville, Tennessee next
year.
The Auburn Tigers will face three
more confernce teams after they bat­tle
the Volunteers. The first one will
be with Tulane University at New Or­leans,
University of Georgia at
Athens next, and the third and "last
and Dr. Knapp and Dick tied with 48
shots each.
"Archery golf" is played mostly
in the Western States, where it is a
very popular sport. It is played with
a bow and arrow. The player shoots
off the tee the same as the other
golfers, usually averaging about 100-
yards a shot. A pasteboard icecream
container is used for a cup and is
placed at the edge of the green, di­rectly
opposite the hole. The object
is to shoot the arrow through the
container. "Archery golf" is usually
played between the "Archer" and the
winner of a contest or a Pro of the
course. As it is entirely an exhibition
game.
GEO. M.
Coach Bohler, who came to Au­burn
in the spring of '28, has re­signed,
following the inability of his
football machine to function proper­ly.
Bohler came to Auburn with a
wonderful record at Mississippi Col­lege
and at other schools, and it was
thought that he would help Auburn
BOHLER j,
regain its rightful position in the
football world.
Bohler's place is to be filled by
Coach "Stoop Down" Johnny Floyd,
who came to Auburn at the begin­ning
of the football year. Floyd was
formerly assistant to Dan McGugin
at Vanderbilt.
Leo Young Proves His
Value as Football Man
in Games This Season
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AUBURN FRESHMAN FOOTBALL
B'ham.-Southern
Univ. of Florida
Univ. of Ga.
Morning Game
(Mon.) Ga. Tech
Tulane University
SCHEDULE
at Auburn
at Gainesville, Fla. !
at Columbus, Ga.
at Auburn
at Auburn
Sept. 27
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AUBURN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1929
Bham.-Southern in Montgomery
(Friday Night Game)
Clemson College
Univ. of Florida
(Friday Night Game)
Vanderbilt Univ.
Howard College
U. of Tennessee
Tulane University
Univ. of Georgia
Georgia Tech
in Clemson, S. C.
in Montgomery
in Birmingham
in Auburn
in Knoxville, Tenn.
in New Orleans, La.
in Athens, Ga.
in Atlanta
College Sandwich Shop
IS NOW OPEN FOR SERVICE IN NEW PLACE
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Next Door to Pool Room
FOR GOOD EATS AND SANDWICHES SEE US FIRST
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DRUG SUNDRIES
DRINKS, SMOKES
THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY
ON THE CORNER
By Dick Jones
Those who have already seen Au­burn
clash with a team on the grid­iron
this season have nevertheless
been impressed to some extent with
the flashing runs made by Leo Young,
the Tigers fast and shifty Sophomore
back.
From the unusually good playing
of Leo in this rough and tumble game
called football, one is easily convinc­ed
that the last part of his name,
"Young", could hardly have any ref­erence
to his being "young" at this
thrilling sport.
Before coming to Auburn, Leo had
seen four years of service on grid­iron
fields. His first two years he
was a member of the Monroe City
High eleven and the outstanding per­former,
being Captain in 1926 and
in that same year was picked on the
all-state Louisana eleven. The next
two years were added to his career
when he entered Gulf Coast Military
Academy in 1926. Leo was also Cap­tain
of the team at G. C. M. A. in
1929 and received a mention for the
all-dixie team same year. He is prob­ably
the only member of Floyds
eleven that captained a High School
team and also a Prep School team
before entering college.
Young is not only a football play­er,
but performs as well on the
basketball court and on the baseball
diamond. While in school at G. C. M.
A. he was awarded the best all-around
athlete medal. In the two
schools he had played two years of
basketball and four years of base­ball.
Leo didn't take part in any sport
but football last year at Auburn, but
is planning on going out for baseball
this year when Coach ''Red Floyd
announces his initial call for base­ball
aspirants.
The Gas and Oil derricks of Louis­iana
have been Leo's main "hangout"
during his summer vacations, which
accounts for his hard muscles and
fast speed. However, he spent last
summer traveling out in Texas, visit­ing
relatives. While he was in Dallas,
Texas, the Auburn star back was re­lieved
of his Buick car by an un­known
thief, and until his car was
found, three miles from his lodging
place the next morning, he was seri­ously
contemplating of walking home.
If Leo had ever started out on such
a daring stunt as this, he would have
probably failed to reach the Auburn
campus even in time to attend Spring
Training for the 1930 Auburn foot­ball
team.
The man responsible for Young's
putting in his appearance at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute is none
other than Ed. Sherling, a former A.
Ban Placed on
Apples at Games
Austin, Texas —(IP)— Apples,
freshmen, and the university band is
the problem facing University of
Texas athletic officials.
Apples and peanuts have long been
found next to necessities by the stu­dents
attending football games here,
but a ban has been placed on apples,
and here's why:
Too many apple cores have been
hurled at freshmen in the lower sec­tions
of the stands at Memorial Sta­dium,
and too many of the apples
found their way to the college band,
seated still further down. The mem­bers
of the band kicked vociferously,
and President H. J. Ettlinger issued
an edict chasing the apple vendors
from the stadium on the grounds
that they were dispensing implements
of warfare.
Chapel Accompanies
Notre Dame Players
Harriers to Open
'29 Schedule With
Georgia Saturday
By Harry Barnes
Saturday, November 2, will mark
the opening of the Auburn Cross
Country schedule when the harriers
from the University of Georgia visit
the plains for a three mile run with
the tigers.
Who will be in Auburn's lineup
has not been decided yet, but Captain
Teague, and Plant are almost sure to
run. Who will fill the other berths on
the team is uncertain.
A five mile, time trial run was
staged last Thursday afternoon be­tween
the Generals, composed of
Capt. Teague, Plant, Huff, Gray,
Davis, and O'Rourke, and the Admir­als,
composed of McLendon, Capt.
Pitts, Roberts, Shanks and Fox. The
Generals won with the low score 27
against 28 for the Admirals. Plant
raced in first, timed at 27:47, closely
followed by Captain Teague whose
time was one second. slower. Other
members of both teams were close on
their heels however and showed up
well. Dollins, a member of the Ad­miral
squad was kept out of the race
with an injured leg.
TIGER CUBS PREPARE FOR GAME
WITH GEORGIA FRESHIES FRIDA Y
Linley Hatfield Leaves
Wonderful Record as
High School Grid Star
By Dick Jones
If anybody has the idea that Mont­gomery,
Alabama, doesn't produce
some real football players, just let
them read about the career of Lin­ley
Hatfield, Coach Floyd's fast and
hard plunging Sophomore halfback
on the Auburn Tiger eleven this
year, and they will be forced to
change their minds.
For the past six years, Hatfield
has been performing in Cramton
Bowl at Montgomery and has scored
a touchdown in every game he has
played on this gridfield but one, that
was in the Auburn-Florida game only
two weeks ago. Auburn was licked
19 to 0.
The first football playing Hatfield
remembers ever attempting was while
attending Grammar School at Wo-
By Elmer G. Salter
With wins registered over the
Birmingham-Southern and Universi­ty
of Florida frosh teams, Coach
Earl McFaden's Tiger Cubs are get­ting
down to hard work for their
next game which will be with the Uni­versity
of Georgia Bullpups at Co­lumbus,
Ga., November 1. This game
will be played in the morning.
Coach McFaden has issued only
light work to his undefeated rats
since their impressive victory over
the Baby Gators, but with the ap­proaching
tilt with the Georgians
rapidly drawing near, hard work will
be in the offing until the season is
brought to a close. Following the
game with the Athenians, the Au­burn
first year lads will play Georgia
Tech and Tulane. Tech will be en­countered
on Drake Field. Armistice
Day, and Tulane will be played No­vember
16.
The tilt with the Baby Jackets is
expected to be the first year classic
of Dixie as both teams boast of rat
teams that are the best in the confer­ence.
Auburn freshmen have never
won over the Georgia Tech frosh but
have a good chance to do so this sea­son.
With the addition of Earl McFad­en
to the Plainsmen coaching staff
as first year mentor, the Orange and
Blue plebe teams are expected to
rank with the best in the S. I. C, and
judging from the record the football
team has made, this record will be
established.
Only signal drill with several new
plays was given the McFaden neophy­tes
last week but scrimmages will be
staged this week with the varsity and
among their own i-anks.
Several members of the team re-received
minor injuries in the Flor­ida
game and Coach McFaden gave
them several days of much needed
rest. All are expected to be in shape
for the contest with the Athenians
unless injuries of a more serious na­ture
occur during the next ten days
of practice.
Every member of the team played
well against the Floridans and no
individual stars can really be singl­ed
out. The backs came in for their
share of the praise as all ball carriers
do but their long runs were due a
good deal to the brand of football
displayed by the Cubs forward wall.
Parker, Brown and Hitchcock did the
majority of the ground gaining but
were aided considerably by some very
effective blocking on trie parts of
their mates.
Mason, Grant, Money, Miller,
Prim, Bunkley, Senn, Wood, Jones,
Johnson and Curlee are the capable
linesmen that played such brilliant
football fegainst Coach Brady Co-well's
Baby Gators.
The frosh game in Columbus is
the only engagement on the gridiron
that Auburn will have in the "City
across the Chattahoochee" this sea­son.
Games will be played with teams
from Fort Benning but all will be
played at the Army post.
The ancient feud between the
varsity teams of Auburn and Uni­versity
of Georgia will be fought this
season in Athens instead of Colum­bus.
This historic classic is always
linked with Columbus and was chang­ed
to Athens for this year only as it
will serve as a part of Georgia's dedi­cation
of her new stadium.
We begin by fooling others
end by fooling ourselves.
and
Southbend, Indiana—(IP)—Notre
Dame football players, absent from
college on football trips, will not long­er
miss their Sunday services.
A chapel has been added to the!mans College. The Cloverdale Gram-traveling
equipment of the squad. It j mar School building. And it was in
is "the Traveling Church," built some | their first football game that Hat-time
ago for the Baltimore and Ohiojiild developed a love for lugging the
Railroad for use of the road's eccle- [ pigskin up and down the grass matted
siastical guests. Notre Dame has al- j turfs. In a recent conversation, Hat-ready
made use of it this year. In field told in a blushing manner, a few
the future a priest will accompany
the team and by special permission
will hold services in the chapel car.
N. Y. U. Will Not Use
Myers Against Georgia
What threatened to develop into a
"color line" controversy at New York
university was definitely settled to­day
when Chick Meehan, head coach,
announced that David Myers, negro
quarterback, would not be in the
Violets lineup against Georgia om
November 9.
"There will be no unpleasantness
in the Georgia game," Meehan de­clared.
"We did not intend to use.
Myers when the game was booked
and he will not play in the Georgia
game."
P. I. star on the gridiron for four
years, playing on the same team with
John "Barleycorn" Shirey and other
old-timers who helped to put the Au- team of Alabama in 1927 and 1928.
things he remembered about his first
grid game. Hatfield said, "there were
eleven boys on our side, but on ac­count
of the other side being smaller
kids they were allowed to have as
many players on the field as would
play, and it was worse than trying to
run through a pack of sheep, to try
to advance a ball through such a
mob."
When Hatfeild graduated from
Grammar School he entered the Clov­erdale
Junior High, where he took
part in their three sports, football,
basketball, and baseball, and helped
them to capture the championship in
all three of these sports. He entered
Cloverdale High the next year and
continued his athletics there. He play­ed
four years of football, basketball,
and baseball and was captain of
football and basketball in 1927. He
was elected by the student body as
best all-around athlete in 1927 and
was selected on the all-state grid
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burn football team on the "map."
From the way Leo has been elect­ed
to high offices on the Auburn
campus, he is very highly thought of
by the student body. His first year
at Auburn he was elected as presi­dent
of his class and this year he was
elected'president of the Sophomore
class. He is also a member of the
Social committee and S. A. E. Fra­ternity.
During Hatfields' four years at Clov­erdale
they were only licked once by
their local rivals, Lanier High.
Hatfield entered Auburn last year
as a Freshman and was a star on the
Rat grid team and baskeeball team.
He didn't go out for Freshman base­ball
on account of Spring football
training taking place at the same
time.
(Continued on page 4)
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OPELIKA AUBURN
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1929.
Electricity First Used
As Lighting Agency
Electricity was first used as a
lighting agency by a president of
Emory College. Although it was left
for Edison to make the practical ap­plication
of the idea, the real invent­or
was Dr. Alexander Means, accord­ing
to recent authentic reports.
Dr. Means, president of Emory
1845-55 was a physician, minister,
educator, writer and scientist. During
the year 1850 Dr. Means visited
Europe and became much attached
to Sir Michael Farraday who was
then engaged in his electrical experi­ment.
Returning to his home at Ox­ford,
Dr. Means, then president of
Emory devoted all his energies to the
prosecution of the inventions which
he found Farraday making at the
Royal Institute.
In speaking of the first experi­ment,
a newspaper says, "The doc­tor's
room was darkened to simulate
night as nearly as possible. Over the
table in front of the desk was sus­pended
a large glass tube in Which
was a large piece of charcoal, to
which wire were brought from an
electrical machine near the lecturer.
As soon as the electric currents were
turned on the carbon began to glow
and finally reached a white heat,
emitting a white light of dazzling
brilliancy. This, it is claimed, was
the first electric light ever produced
in America—probably in the world."
Dr. Alexander Means, M.D., L.L.D.,
F.R.S., has several grand-children
living in Atlanta and other southern
cities.—Emory Wheel.
Colorado Girls Get
New Rules from Dean
At the University of Colorado, at
Boulder, a new dictum laid down by
Lydia L. Brown, dean of women and
social arbiter at the university, will
change traditions as old as the uni­versity
and some of them as old as
the calendar.
Among other things, the Saturday
bath, as traditional as Saturday it­self,
has been relegated to the scrap-heap.
Under the new regulations
freshmen women must Jive in fresh­men
houses and these houses "must
have plenty of hot water for a bath
a day for everybody"—in utter disre­gard
of the Saturday only bath.
While no bath regulations make
no mention of upper classmen, it is
assumed that, after a year, cleanli­ness
becomes habitual. It it doesn't
they should know better.
The boys who fire furnaces for
room and board aren't so happy over
the turn of affairs. Co-ed houses
must be kept at a 70 degree temper­ature.
Skeleton of Traveler
In W. & L. Chapel
Lexington, Va.—(IP)—The skele­ton
of Traveler, the horse which
General Robert E. Lee rode through­out
the Civil War, has been placed in
the chapel of Washington and Lee
university here.
Traveler, a blue ribbon winner and
said to be one of the best horses in
Virginia during his life, was presented
to the university. It was given to
Lee by a resident of Fayette county,
now a part of West Virginia.
The chapel museum here also has
obtained the blanket which Lee used
in the war, a clock which hung in the
kitchen of General Custis Lee, son of
the Confederate General, and a limb
from the tree under which Traveler
was presented to Lee.
Dr. Guy Explains
Bull Session Theory
Dr. Guy, head of Emory's chemis­try
department, discoverer, and
philosopher, has recently made an­other
scientific discovery of note. He
has, after much study and experimen­tation,
found the reason why so
many Emory students spend then-time
in "gassing" or "bulling," as it
is sometimes called.
Although he has not, as yet, pub­lished
his "dissertation" in the scien­tific
journals of the world, still he
was kind enough to divulge his dis­covery
to his chemistry class, 101. Dr
Guy says that it is an accepted fact
that oxygen composes about two-thirds
of the human body. He also
says that it is an accepted fact that
oxygen, under normal conditions, is
a gas. Therefore, since according to
parliamentary law the majority rules,
it is inevitable that a majority of
Emory's students should spend the
greater port of their time '"gassing."
BOHLER RELIEVED; FLOYD
BECOMES ACTING COACH
Dr. Baldy Visits
Campus Last Week
Dr. E. V. Baldy, president of Jud-son
College at Marion, spent the
week-end in Auburn. He and Mrs.
Baldy visited Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
Garrett with whom they were close-
" ly associated several years in South
Carolina.
Dr. Baldy attended the Lee Coun­ty
Baptist Association which met at
Bleeker.
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State Board Issues
Rules for Kissers
Topeka, Kans.—(IP)—The State
Board of Health, of Kansas, has is­sued
rules for kissers. They follow:
Never kiss in crowded places or a
poorly ventilated room, but if you
must kiss, take a hot mustard foot­bath
and avoid drafts in case you
feel "all in" afterward.
Guard against sudden changes in
temperature when kissing. Kissing in
a coonskin coat one minute and a
lighter apparel the next is extremely
dangerous.
Don't kiss any person who has
chills or fever.
At a party where "postoffice" and
similar games are played, be sure to
gargle frequently.
CO-DISCOVERER OF RADIUM
New York—(IP) The only public
appearance of Madame^urie, co-dis
coverer with her husband of radium
will be the occasion of the third an­nual
dinner of the New York com
mittee of the American Society for
the Control of Cancer, at which the
noted French woman, now visiting in
this country, will be the guest of
honor. The dinner will be held Octo­ber
31.
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Something New Every Day
(Continued from page 1)
ly, I believe in clean athletics and
high moral qualities of the athletic
teams and requiring good scholar­ship
from athletes. The leadership
and personality of a coach is a great
factor in education. Bohler stood for
all of these things but has failed be­cause
the team lacks confidence in
the coach. I have spent many weary
hours myself in trying to install con­fidence
into them but to no avail. I
shall be satisfied when I see the best
that these fine boys we have are cap­able
of doing brought out. Bohler
has tried his best under most severe
circumstances, with a lot of people
on the outside constantly making
trouble for him, and both he and I
know that the situation is impossible.
He leaves here with my highest re­spect
as a man.
The matter of choosing a coach for
next year is one that I am going to
undertake myself, personally, with
the advice of those in whom I have
confidence. The Athletic Council of
this Institution, aided and advised by
many members of the Alumni Asso­ciation,
made a contract with Coach
Bohler before I came here. I expect
to ask the same indulgence to let me
have a chance to try my hand at the
job and see what I can do. I believe
in athletics on the right basis. I do
not believe in it as conducted at some
institutions. I am hoping that we can
demonstrate its ultimate value at
Auburn. I beileve the student body
and the alumni will loyally back me
in what I am attempting to do.
Book Bridge
BEEKEEPERS WILL HOLD
CONVENTION NOV. 7 - 8
(Continued from page 1)
of L. T. Floyd, provincial apiarist of
Winnepeg, Canada, who is familiar
with Alabama bees, many of which
are shipped into Canada each year.
President Short will deliver his mes­sage
to the convention during the ini­tial
session. Thomas Atchison, state
apiarist, will present facts concerning
the bee industry in Alabama in his
report. Zed Cafford will have as his
subject "Shipping Bees by Air Mail."
Other speakers whose names are on
the program include E. R. Merrill, J.
M. Cutts, Dr. Warren Whitcomb, of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
M. C. Berry, and P. N. Williams^
The annual banquet will take place
the night of the first day with Pro­fessor
Robinson as master of cere­monies.
Speakers at the banquet will
be Dr. Bradford Knapp, president of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Seth P. Storrs, commissioner of agri­culture,
L. T. Floyd, of Winnepeg,
Canada, Dr. Warren Whitcomb, and
Thomas Atchison.
In announcing this program Prof.
Robinson said that Montgomery is in
the heart of the greatest queen and
bee producing area in the world. More
queens and bees are produced and
shipped from an area within 50 miles
of Montgomery than any other like
area. One third of queen advertising
in bee journals is by Alabama bee­keepers.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE TO
BE MADE BY A. A. S.
(Continued from page 1)
A personal invitation will be ex­tended
to all the science men at Au­burn
to join the academy, if they are
not already members, and to partici­pate
on the program. Dr. Allison
invites anyone who might be over­looked
to get in touch with him.
Dr. Wright A. Gardner, councilor
to American Association for the Ad­vancement
of Science for the Ala­bama
Academy, and others will assist
Dr. Allison with the drive for mem­bers
at Auburn.
The meeting of the Academy at Au­burn
this year will begin a new plan
of rotating the meeting place from
institution to institution in the state
instead of holding all meetings at Bir­mingham
during the week of the meet­ing
of the Alabama Educational As­sociation
in the spring.
O.D.K. ANNOUNCES ITS
SPONSORSHIP OF TWO
IMPORTANT SCHEMES
(Continued from page 1)
are now being formulated. It will be
similar to freshmen cross-country
races held each year at Georgia Tech
and other collegs. In sponsoring this
event Omicron Delt aKappa intends
to make the Cake Race an annual
event. All freshmen will be required
to participate, it was announced.
A thousand illuminating sidelights
on life In the interior of China are
continued in the dramatic novel by
Alice Tisdale Hobart, "Pidgin Cargo,"
published this week by The Century
Company.
The story, according to the publish
er's announcement, deals with the
coming of steam navigation to the up­per
reaches of the Yangtse River and
the opposition encountered by Eben
Hawley, an American river captain,
from the native junkmen, the Chinese
officials and, most important to the
subtle dramatic scheme of the novel,
from the river itself.
Mrs. Hobart, the author, gathered
her material during the fifteen years
she spent in the interior of China as
the wife of an American business man
During this time her husband's busi­ness
took her far from the usual tour­ist
routes into some of the most isolat­ed
and remote corners of the country
Living among the Chinese in this man­ner
during a long period of years,
Mrs. Hobart gradually adjusted her
ideas to her environment and achiev­ed,
in the end, a rare understanding
of the common millions of China and
the way in which they look at life.
"Pidgin Cargo" incidentally adds to
the strange miscellany of book titles
published this fall which are bound
to arouse the curiosity of book readers.
Although the title has no literal trans­lation,
Mrs. Hobart explains, its near­est
meaning is contraband or smug­gled
cargo. Hence, any cargo hidden
away on a river steamer as a private
venture of the crew, in addition to
the regular cargo declared on the
ship's manifest, is called "pidgin car­go"
in the pidgin English parlance
of the traders.
In the case of the steamers plying
the Yangtse River, which is the "river
supreme" in "Pidgin Cargo," one of
the most common items of "pidgin
cargo" is opium.
Important Games on
Schedule November 2
Chicago—(IP)—At least two doz­en
football games scheduled for Sat­urday,
November 2, are of enough
importance to be of interest to fans
throughout the continent.
In the Far West Southern Cali­fornia
will entertain California in the
big game of the year for each. Ore­gon
State and Washington State like­wise
will play a traditional game.
California Southern Branch will jour­ney
to Oregon, Stanford will play
California Tech., Colorado will play
host to Denver, and Utah will en­tertain
Brigham Young.
In the South Georgia and Tulane
will battle, Georgia Tech and Notre
Dame will play an outstanding game
of the day, North Carolina and North
Carolina State will attempt to break
last year's tie, Texas will go over to
Southern Methodist, and Vanderbilt
will encounter Alabama.
The Mid-west fans will view games
between Missouri and Kansas Aggies,
Nebraska and Kansas, Northwestern
and Illinois, Washington University
and Carnegie Tech, and Wisconsin
and Purdue.
In the East Columbia will take on
Cornell, Harvard will meet Florida,
Pennsylvinia will be host to the
Navy, Pittsburg will tackle Ohio
State, Princeton will attempt Chica­go,
Syracuse and Penn State will mix
up, Army will be paid a visit by South
Dakota, Washington and Jefferson
and LaFayette will battle, and tra­dition
will be satisfied on the Yale-
Dartmouth battlefield.
LINLEY HATFIELD LEAVES
WONDERFUL RECORD AS
HIGH SCHOOL GRID STAR
(Continued from page 3)
Sidney Johnson, former all-south­ern
guard at the University of Ala­bama,
coached Linley at Cloverdale
his first two years. "Bull" McFad-en,
former Auburn guard and now
Freshman coach at A. P. I., coached
at Cloverdale his last two years.
Linley is a member of the Lambda
Chi Alpha Fraternity, which is the
same fraternity that Slob Chappelle
and Dunnam Harkins, two Birming­ham
boys who are stars on the Floyd
eleven this year, belong to.
Eufaula, Alabama, is the birth
place of Hatfield and he moved to
Montgomery in 1920, where he has
been living every since. He is only
21 years of age.
Eta Kappa Nu to Award
Prize for Best Article
-Vcshmen and Sophomores Elegible
to Compete in Contest
W. D. SALMON IS DISCOVERER
OF NEW VITAMIN ELEMENT
Scholars and Educators
Present at Celebration
New York —(IP)— Twenty-five
hundred scholars, educators and stu­dents
present at the celebration of
his seventieth birthday at Hotel As-tor,
proclaimed Dr. John Dewey,
professor of Philosophy at Columbia
University as "America's foremost
philosopher and teacher."
Dr. Dewey's own birthday gift to
the nation was his own recipe for hap­piness.
He said:
"The most easily attained source
of happiness is found in the broaden­ing
of intellectual curiosity into the
concerns of life. Show some intellec­tual
interest in things that are going
on," Dr. Dewey advised, adding that,
"the two greatest sources of happi­ness
in my life have been my family,
and thinking."
The greatest evil in America to­day,
he continued, is our "internal-ism."
"We pursue happiness in ex­ternal
things because we do not pos­sess
our own souls," he said.
(Continued from page 1)
Experiments conducted by Mr. Sal­mon
and associates reveal that leafy
vegetables contain vitamin C plus oth­er
vitamins, while all seeds in their
natural state contain vitamin B. Corn
contains B plus a very small amount
of vitamin G, while wheat contains
vitamin B plus a larger amount of
vitamin G. Mr. Salmon explained that
white flour is very low in vitamins
because most of the vitamin content
has been removed. Therefore, whole
wheat flour is a better source of vita­mins
than white flour.
Mr. Salmon explained that vitamin
G is water soluble which means that
it is removed if vegetables are cook­ed
in large amount of water and the
"pot liquor" discarded. He said that
the liquid in which turnip greens and
other greens are cooked is especially
rich in vitamin G. Raw lettuce is
high in its vitamin content.
Following this discovery Prof.
Salmon and his associates are contin­uing
this research work with a view
(1) to isolating different vitamins
which has never been done and (2)
to determine what pellagra is. Re­sults
to date point to the conclusion
that pellagra is a disease which de­velops
because of a lack of resistance
of an animal infection when certain
vitamins are not included in the diet.
However, the results are not absolute­ly
conclusive and experiments will be
continued. None of the results so far
indicate that pellagra is a condition
rather than a disease.
Prof. Salmon started research work
in nutrition at Auburn in 1922. At
present he is assisted by Dr. N. B.
Guerrant. The work of the Auburn
laboratory has attracted favorable at­tention
among scientists of the Unit­ed
States and other nations. Requests
for reprints of the publications have
been received from scientists in Cana­da,
England, Scotland, Switzerland,
Austria, Germany, and China.
The annual slide rule contest, spon­sored
by Eta Kappa Nu, national hon­orary
fraternity for students in elec­trical
engineering, will be open to all
freshmen and sophomores in the engi­neering
school, an Eta Kappa Nu of­ficial
has announced.
Last year the winning article was
selected by members of Eta Kappa
Nu, but this year the award will be
handled through the English depart­ment.
Professor Rutland has sug­gested
that each freshman shall hand
in at least one paper on a technical
subject as part of his freshman En­glish
work.
The main purpose of this contest is
to foster and promote engineering
writing and research among the un­dergraduate
students of the engineer­ing
school.
In past years it has been the cus­tom
of Eta Kappa Nu to award a slide
rule each year for the best technical
article, published in the Auburn Engi­neer,
written by a freshman or Sopho­more
registered in the electrical engi­neering
sourse. This year, however,
the by-laws regarding the awarding of
the rule have been revised. All fresh-are
elimen ot,to shrdl ohrdil omalimt
men and sophomores in the depart­ment
are eligible to compete, accord­ing
to the new rules.
New Metal Known
As Konel Developed
Mr. Toomer Discusses
Proposed High School
New Building May Be Realized When
$30,000 More Is Obtained
ART EXHIBIT WILL CONSIST OF
WIDELY PRAISED PORTRAITS
(Continued from page 1)
to send their work far afield. This
is one of the chief objects of the South­ern
States Leagoe; this league will
hold its Tenth Annual Exhibition in
New Orleans next spring to intrtoduce
these artists to a wider public.
Among the larger pictures to be
seen in the exhibition are Arthur
Bairn's father's "Portrait of Mrs. J.
R. Baker," awarded the San Antonio
Art League prize, and Clarence Mil­let's
"Antique Shop," which won the
William P. Silva Prize for the best
painting of a southern subject.
Tiger Theatre
WEDNESDAY
MARION DAVIES
in
"MARIANNE" ••
with
Lawrence Gray, Cliff
Edwards, Benny Rubin
"Her debut in talking
films."
THURSDAY
"The Delightful Rogue"
with
Rod LaRocque
100% dialog
Also All Talking comedy
FRIDAY
"The 13th Chair"
Tod Browning's produc­tion
with Conrad Nagel—
Leila Hyams—Margaret
Wycherly.
Also All Talking Comedy
SATURDAY
"The Donovan Affair"
The most sensational all
talking drama ever screen­ed.
Also Comedy.
Mi-. Shell Toomer spoke to the
Lion's Club on the educational situa­tion
in Auburn at their l'egular week­ly
luncheon at the Thomas Hotel
Tuesday. Mr. Toomer discussed the
obstacles confronting the town in pro­ceeding
with the erection of a new
high school building. The paving
bonds now being carried by the town
prevent further bond issues to cover
the expenses, stated Mr. Toomer.
Funds are available from other sourc­es
that leave only $30,000 unprovided
for. Just how this fund will be rais-ed
is as yet not clear, but Mr. Toomer
said that a committee was steadily
working to find a way. The possi­bility
of making the Lee County High
School a preparatory school for the
college was suggested. In that event
aid would be obtained from the state,
the speaker stated.
Professor George Fick urged the
olub to cooperate in the drive for funds
for the boy scouts to be put on here
soon.
Development of a new metal known
as "Konel," which is credited with be­ing
much stronger than other metals
at high temperatures and which can
be used extensively in the moving
parts of internal combustion engines,
and other extremely hot places, has
been announced by officials of the
Westinghouse Electric & Manufactur­ing
Company. The announcement fol­lowed
the granting of foreign patent
rights.
Originally developed by the West­inghouse
Research Laboratories as a
substitute for platinum in the manu­facture
of filaments for radio tubes,
the new metal was discovered to be
harder to forge than steel, and to be
very tough at high temperatures,
when most metals lose their strength.
Engineers predict many uses for Ko­nel.
The new metal was created by Dr.
E. F. Lowry, a graduate of Ohio
State University. As a substitute of
platinum, Westinghouse officials are
authority for the statement that Ko­nel
already is saving approximately
$250,000 monthly in the manufacture
of radio tubes.
Platinum costs approximately $180
per ounce, while the new substance
costs only a few dollars a pound. Life
of Konel filaments is approximately ,
ten times longer than other filaments.
Tubes with filiments made of the new
metal are operated 175 degrees colder
than tubes with platinum filaments
but with the same emission, thereby
giving better reception results, re­search
engineers say.
A. B. DEGREES REPRESENT
Salt Lake City—(IP)—The A. B.
Degree given by American colleges
merely indicates that the undergradu­ate
has agreed with his professors
during his four years in college, Dr.
Frederick Rand Rogers, of New York
City, said recently in addressing some
5,000 Utah educators in session here.
"Scholastic grades as applied in
the educational system of America
are merely a substitute for the dunce
cap and the whip," said Dr. Rogers.
"Colleges worship marks."
Grades, he said, make a battle­ground
of the classroom, and are a
disgrace to scientific education and
must be done away with. The highest
grades as a general rule, he said, go
to the student who is the best "ape",
to the one who can best imitate his
teacher.
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