1928-12-13 The Plainsman

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Classes Dismissed
December 14, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN Classes Resumed
January 2, 1929
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1928 NUMBER 22
COUNCIL DISMISSES CLASSES FRIDAY NOON
SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS
PLANNING BEST EVER
MID-WINTER DANCES
Plans Practically Completed
For Great Social Event
CRAIG ORCHESTRA PLAYS
Decorations Will Typify Egyp­tian
Temple
The most glorious Mid-Term dances
in the history of the school are the
aim of the Social Committee for the
January dances, and from present in­dications
they won't run short of
their goal. Francis Craig and his col­lege
orchestra, nationally famous Co­lumbia
recording artists, have been
selected to furnish the music for the
occasion. Craig hails from Nashville
and is widely known as one of the
peppiest and most popular orchestra
leaders in the entire South. His or­chestra
which consists of twelve
pieces, has already been engaged to
play for the University of. Alabama
Mid-Term Dances. His magicians of
syncopation have played for all of
this year's dates at both Sewanee and
Vanderbilt.
The decorations, to be under the
supervision of Charles Davis and
Richard Adams, will be Egyptian in
character. The east side of the gym
will represent a brilliantly colored
facade of an Egyptian tempe. Classic
columns will support a sweeping
canopy, sloping down to the opposite
side, on which will be painted a beau­tiful
scene. In the foreground will
be the river Nile, with pyramids on
either side. This will create the ef­fect
of looking out over the desert
from under a multicolored canopy of
a gorgeous Egyptian edifice. The or­chestra
stand will be under the bal­cony,
in which position the acoustics
will be far better than when the stand
was against the opposite wall.
Bid cards will be distributed im­mediately
after the Christmas holi­days,
in order that invitations may be
in the mail by January tenth.
Four fraternities have already an­nounced
that they will give house
parties during the dances, and it is
expected that several more will vol­unteer
during the next few days.
Those who have already offered their
houses are Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma
Phi Sigma, Theta Chi and Sigma Nu.
ETA KAPPA NU HAS
FALL INITIATION
The Xi Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu
held its fall initiation Monday and
Tuesday of this week. After the
initiation a banquet was held in the
Thomas Hotel, where all the active
members, as well as the new men,
were entertained. Professors W. W.
Hill, A. L. Thomas, and J. C. McKin-non
were present, and made very in­teresting
talks.
The new men initiated on these
nights were as follows: W. M. Gar­rard,
Birmingham; G. T .Nichols,
York; S. T. Turnipseed, Aliceville;
J. R. Alexander, Centerville; W.
Fuller, Dadeville; J. H. Shirley,
Montgomery; E. R. Jones, Childers-burg;
C. B. Williams, Kinston.
Memorial Services For
N o a h Winston Caton
The Auburn Presbyterian Church
was the scene last Sunday of the an­nual
memorial services in honor of
Noah Winston Caton, formerly a
"great football player and leader in
many other activities at Auburn.
Brother Hay, in giving some of the
high points of Caton's life, stressed
the fact that he was not only a great
athlete but that he was also a true
Christian, always influencing others
to be better young men.
A short sketch of Caton's life, from
the viewpoint of one who was in
close association with him, was then
given by Coach Pitts, after which the
main address of the day was given
by Dr. Bradford Knapp.
New Radio Station Vf API Located in Birmingham
Buildings of WAPI on
Red Mountain in Final
Stages of Construction
The above pictures give an impres­sion
of how the new WAPI will look
when completed within the next few
weeks. Upper left: Cosy little bun­galow
which will the home of the
chief engineer. This is a comfort­able
little home, with all modern con­veniences,
and in a location afford­ing
an excellent view of the sur­rounding
country. Upper right:
Building containing the power plant
and transmitter. A whole carload of
material was required to build the
transmitter which is • one of the
South's largest, being second only to
the. one in Nashville. Bottom: One
of two two hundred foot towers,
which will play a vital part in the
operation of the station. The other
tower will be located four hundred
feet from this one.
WALTER N. CAMPBELL
Walter N. Campbell, of Nashville,
Tennessee, who was recently chosen
as manager of WAPI in Birmingham
In this capacity he will be an em­ployee
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute and the City of Birming­ham.
Alarming Spread of
Influenza is Cause of
Committee's Action
Lack Of Adequate Hospital Facilities to Care for Influenza
Victims Causes Council to Dismiss School Week Ahead of
Schedule. Dr. Knapp Urges III Students to Take Precau­tion,
Not to Leave Until Travel Safe for Them. Three Other
Southern Institutions Take Same Action. Classes to be
Resumed January 2, 1929.
BASKETBALL SEASON
OPENED AS TIGERS
BEAT LEVY-MORTON
Cagesters Display Good Form
In Initial Game
FIGHTING OFFENSE SEEN
Fiendberg And Satlof Lead
Visitors in Offense
NEW RADIO STATION
TO BROADCAST FIRST
PROGRAM CHRISTMAS
Interesting And Well Planned
Program For Opening Day
It is practically definite that the
first program to be presented over
station WAPI in its new location at
Birmingham will be broadcast during
the Christmas holidays. The power­ful
station will be on the air daily
with varied programs shortly after­ward.
Arrangements have been made to
broadcast six hours each week from
Montgomery and Auburn. Five hours
of this time will be used for day
broadcasting and one hour for night
broadcasting. The day programs will
be presented for one hour at noon on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs­day
and Friday. The plan is for the
State Department of Agriculture to
present market information. The re­mainder
of the hour will be occupied
with programs direct from Auburn.
Adjustment of the weekly night hour
broadcasting is to be decided upon,
but Auburn will be given the majority
of them.
The remainder of the programs are
to be broadcast direct from the studio
in Birmingham. The programs are
to contain every feature appropriate
to a modern, powerful, broadcasting
station. They will keep the farmer
posted on the markets and will fur­nish
musfc and recreation besides fea­ture
programs.
Junior Prom Issue
Cajoler Promises
Variety Numbers
Double Page Reserved For Pic­tures
of Dance Visitors
NOTICE
The Bureau of Student Employ­ment
requests that all merchants and
other employers of Auburn cooperate
with them in obtaining spare time
work for students. It is vital for the
maintenance of scores of students
that they obtain this employment,
and anything that is done in the di­rection
of giving work to students
will be not only of service to the Bu­reau
of Employment but also to the
school.
Elaborate plans are being formu­lated
for the "Junior Prom" number
of the Cajoler, which from present in­dications
will be far better than any
previous issue. The main feature of
this novely number will be a double
page, in the center of the magazine,
on which will be pictured many of the
fair visitors at the dances. Accord­ing
to an announcement by Leslie
Sawyer, editor, this issue will be
ready for distribution on the first
day of the Mid Term Dances.
Many pictures for the special beau­ty
page have been turned in, but
many mdre are desired, in order that
there might be a larger range from
which to choose. Any student that
has a pretty girl coming to the dances
is urged to submit her photograph
to Leslie Sawyer, at the Lambda Chi
Alpha house. If this is used it will
be returned unharmed as soon as the
engraving is made.
The staff of the Cajoler also wishes
to announce that the "Modern Num­ber"
will be off the press and ready
for distribution on January 5, 1929.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT Hugh VL
OF FRESHMEN BEGINS
TODAY ON T COURTS
Interesting Matches Promised
As Rats Lock Horns
SPIKED SHOE H AS
YEARLY ELECTION
The Auburn chapter of Spiked
Shoe, national track honory frater­nity,
today announced its pledges for
the current year. Those given bids
are as follows: W. G. Granger, J. H.
Carter, P. M. Beard, C. E. Teague, J.
Nageley, Ira VSrgin, Marshall, D.
Bottoms, F. E. Tuxworth, and J. F.
McLendon. The officers of the local
group are: V. C. Helms, President;
P. M. Beard, Vice-President; Ira Vir­gin,
Secretary; Euil Snider, Treas.
The initiation for the new men
will be held tomorrow night, after
which all members of the chapter
will be entertained at a dinner.
Twenty freshmen are takjng tennis
in place of "P. T.", and they are out
on the "Y" courts every afternoon.
A tournament is being given for them
and all other freshmen in school.
Many good players come to school
each year that have never played in
a tournament, and there is much dif­ference
in playing for fun and for a
prize. The purpose of this tourna­ment,
and others that will be held
soon is to get the new men accus­tomed
to tournament play and to
condition them for the school tennis
team for next year. Head Coach
Bohler is going to have a tennis
tournament in the spring for all stu­dents,
including freshmen, and pres­ent
the winner with a large silver
cup.
The freshmen tournament begins
today. All matches but the final and
semi-finals, will be two out of three
sets. If one is not acquainted with
his opponent, he will find his address
in the "Y" office. Contestants are
urged to play as soon as possible.
The first round matches are as fol­lows:
Mittell, F. C.—Ted Tart; Gross
—Norman Guy; Taylor, W. M.—
Adams; Clinton Jones—Bye; Robert
Argo—Wood, J. E.; John Jewel—
Bye; Askew, W. M.—Mathews, T. L.;
Carter—Bye; Coleman—Evans; Oak­ley,
E. F.—Bye; Brown, H. B.—Let-son,
J. W.; Frank Ellis—Bob Arnold;
Kennamer, J. C.—Simpson, A; J.;
Williams, N.—Bye; Burgess—Bye;
and Swan—Bye.
artin Made
Honorary Member
of Botegha Society
Honor Conferred At Meeting,
Monday Evening
NOTICE
Found: One slicker bearing initials
J. G. T. The slicker was left in car
by one of the two young men riding
from Alexander City to Opelika Sun­day,
Dec. 2nd, 1928. Owner can se­cure
same by communicating with O.
O. Colvin, Goodwater, Ala.
Hugh Martin, prominent Birming­ham
architect, while visiting the
School of Architecture at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute here Mon­day
was given honorary membership
in the local architectural honor soci-ey,
Botegha.
Mr. Martin was accorded the honor
because of his services to the Schopl
of Architecture and to the college and
for his work in the profession. He
was accompanied by C. F. Newton,
'27, E. B. Lancaster, '20, and L. Whit-ten,
'28, all of which are employed in
the offices if Miller and Martin.
The honored visitor was not in­formed
of his selection to Botegha
until the meeting of the Architectural
Association Monday evening. Four
students were initiated into the mys­teries
of the local honor society. They
are: Harry Goleman and K. R. Gid-dens,
both of Mobile; Streeter Wyatt,
Auburn; and Fred Renneker, of Bir­mingham.
Other mmebers of Botegha are:
George Morgan, Ozark; Robert
Blakey, Birmingham; Bruce Ander­son,
El Dorado, Ark.; William Young,
Montgomery; and J. B. Merrill,
Montgomery. Faculty members are:
Dean F. C. Biggin; Prof. M. S. Os­borne,
Prof. Frank Applebee, Profes­sors
Orr and Ledbetter.
Following the initiation the so­ciety
was entertained at the home of
Dean and Mrs. Frederic C. Biggin
where a delightful huffet supper was
served.
NOTICE
The Mobile Club will meet in the
Battle House, mezzanine floor, at
three o'clock, Sunday, December 16.
The meeting will be of the utmost
importance and all members are
strongly urged to attend.
By Dick Jones
The Auburn Tiger basketball team
marked up a 38-23 victory in their
initial practice game of the season
Wednesday night by defeating the
Levy Morton cagesters from Colum­bus,
Georgia, in the local Auburn
Alumni gym. The Plainsmen lead­ing
by a big margin, throughout the
game never fell behind, and not until
the last part of the last half did the
Levy Morton team make it hard for
the Tigers to score. However, the
wearers of the orange and blue were
missing a very few shots that they
took under the goal frequently. At
the end Of the first half Auburn was
leading 20-7.
Captain "Frankie" DuBose, along
with the other forwards, led the team
in the offensive playing. However,
Louie James and Vines helped a
great deal in the. shooting and ring­ing
up one or two every now and
then. Chamblee, Mullins, Fulton, and
Kennedy were the forwards that
worked together in fine style at dif­ferent
times.
The Tigers all showed the same
form that they left off with last
year, performing in high style and
keeping their opponents guessing
most all of the time.
Feindberg and Satlof led the offen­sive
for the Levy Morton team, mak­ing
some nice shots from long dist­ances.
Lineup:
Auburn—Fulton and Mullins, for­wards,;
Captain DuBose, center;
James and Vines, guards .
Levy Morton—Calhoun and Satlof,
forwards; White, center; Brant and
Corbin, guards.
Substitutions:
Auburn—Kennedy, Chamblee, and
H. Smith.
Levy Morton—Feindberg.
Referee: E. James (Auburn).
BAND WILL PLAY
AT ALUMNI GAME
Much interest is being cen­tered
on the Auburn-Alabama
alumni game to be played in
Cramton Bowl in Montgomery
on New Year's Day. According
to an announcement given out
today by Rosser Alston, business
manager of the Auburn band,
the musicians will attend the
game.
The addition of the college
band is heralded as a big draw­ing
card to the game. The Au­burn
band is the oldest college
band in the South and is regard­ed
as one of the best musical or­ganizations
of its kind in this
section.
The charity game between the
alumni of the two Alabama insti-tions
marks the first time that
the two have met on the grid sine
1907. The game is being spon­sored
by the Montgomery Junior •
Chamber of Commerce.
After a meeting of the College
Council today at noon, and a full
discussion of the situation regarding
the "Flu," it was decided to close the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute and
let all students return to their homes
Friday noon, December 14th instead
of Friday noon December 21st, 1928.
President Knapp stated that the prin­cipal
reason for the decision is the
entire lack of hospital facilities to
take care of cases of the flu and the
danger of serious illness due more to
the lack of facilities for the care of
the students than from the disease
itself. He said that there are no
serious cases now among the students.
But there is an increase in the num­ber
of mild cases constantly growing.
The number of cases is estimated at
about one hundred. With the close of
the school, Alumni Hall, the boys
dormitory, and the only available
building, will be immediately used as
an emergency hospital to care for all
students who need the care and can
be safely moved to it.
President Knapp urged all students
to be careful. He urged all who
have any sign of fever to remain here
and not to travel until travel is safe
for them. They will be taken care
of by the College Doctor and a train­ed
nurse. He urged that students
who are ill should not start for home
until released by the College Phy­sician.
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Dr. Knapp added that if the Col­lege
only had an adequate hospital
it would have been safe to delay this
action until the regular time because
of the ability to take care of all cases
and prevent the rapid spread of the
disease even in its mild form. He
emphasized the hospital as one of the
greatest needs of the institution.
Among other colleges which have
already taken similar action are
Georgia Tech, University of Georgia,
Emory University, Clemson College,
S. C. beside many western institu­tions.
Educational Meet
Is Very Successful
President Knapp returned Friday
from the meeting of the Association
of Southern Colleges and Secondary
Schools at Fort Worth. He reports
that all of the criticisms of Auburn
which have been made by Association
at its meeting a year ago have not
only been cleared up but he under­stands
that there is a commendatory
letter on the way from the committee
having these matters in charge to the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute com­plimenting
this institution on dar­ing
up all of these matters of criti­cism.
A number of other colleges were
admitted to the organization, which
means that their courses of study,
standards for teachers, etc., were ap­proved,
and such colleges win be able
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Kiwanis Club Erects
Two Traffic Signals
During the past week the Kiwanis
Club of Auburn has erected two at­tractive
traffic warning signs at
street intersections adjacent to the
public school. These signs are very
conspicuous, being brightly colored
and the wording on them being "We
Love Our Children—Drive Slowly."
This service club has truly rendered
a. service to Auburn, for the fast
and reckless driving about Auburn
has in the past few months reached
an extreme condition.
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PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1928.
Styg Patttgmati
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.
STAFF
Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief
James B. McMillan Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
Raymond DeArman, '29 —Associate Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 __ Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
K. R. Giddens, '30__Ass't. Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 News Editor
Campbell Blake, '30 News Editor
Robert L. Hume, 31 _. Ass't. News Editor
Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor
J. E. McLeskey, '31 Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor
REPORTERS
Marcus Alspaugh, '32; Robert Baxter, '32;
T. S. Coleman, '32; Kenneth Cooper, '32;
Clarence Dykes, '32; Thomas Dykes, 31;
Edmund England, '32; J. D. Foy, / 3 1 ;
George Harrison, '32; Murff Hawkins,
' 3 1 ; Clinton Jones, '32; John Lewis, ' 3 1 ;
Richard Lightfoot, '32; White Matthews,
' 3 1 ; S. H. Morrow, '32; Frank Parker,
'32; Will T. Sheehan, '32; Alex Smith,
Jr., ' 3 1 ; K. G. Taylor, '32; W. M. Taylor,
'32; Gerald Thompson, '32; J. E. Jen­kins,
'32; H. G. Tooney, '32; Victor
White, '32; Thorne Winter, '30; D.
Reynolds, '32; F. Y. Peteet, '32; Virgil
Nunn, ' 3 1 ; Gabie Drey, ' 3 1 ; Charles Mat­thews,
'32; James Davidson, '32; L. W.
Strauss, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
H. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr.
White Matthews, '31 __ Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
Walter Smith, '31 Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Mgr.
W. A. Files '31 Asst. Circulation Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Benjamin Kinkaid, '32; Jack Bauneister,
'32; Roy Gamer, '32; Donald Simmons,
'32; Warren H. Gard, '31; C. F. Strip-lin,
'31.
A Display Of Fine
Craftsmanship
The architectural exhibition now on dis­play
at the Students Supply Shop has been
the center of much interest during the
past week. Over a thousand persons have
inspected the work of the architectural stu­dents.
The exhibit which consists of twenty one
model homes composes a complete city sub­division.
The layout wjas executed^ by
the junior designers and the landscaping
of the individual lots is the work of the
class in landscape design. The entire
scheme was devised and dorfe under the
supervision of Prof. Milton S. Osborne.
In inspecting the models severay days
ago a prominent Birmingham architect com­plimented
the work highly. Those who
are familiar with the type and quality of
work that has been turned out by the
School of Architecture in the last two
'years can safely venture that the present
exhibit without a doubt is worthy of the
highest commendation .
Governor and Mrs. Bibb Graves view­ed
the model subdivision Tuesday and ex­pressed
much favorable comment. The
models are not selected but represent the
work of every member of the junior class.
The Plainsman takes this opportunity to
commend Professor Osborne and the School
of Architecture for the excellent display.
The general high character of the work is
indicative of a finer spirit of craftsman­ship,
a greatr interest in the work and a
pronounced advance in the standards of
the School of Architecture.
The Cagesters Have A
High Criterion To Uphold
Another Sport season is in store for the
students and athletic followers of Auburn.
Basketball has long been a sport wherein
Auburn has excelled. Twice in the past
three years we have been contenders for
the Southern Conference Championship.
It is traditional for the teams of minor
sports to dull the sting of defeats accumu­lated
by a losing football team by stellar
performance and championships. We ex­pect
the basketball team of 1928-29 to win,
and adapt themselves to the stride of the
teams~of former years. This year the team
will be composed largely of new men, but
with the regulars remaining from last year,
they will put up a good fight for the cov­eted
trophy. Coach Bohler, although new
at Auburn, should, with the cooperation of
the new men on the squad, accomplish
wonders. He has our wholehearted sup­port
in his endeavors "to give Auburn a new
athletic program, and his desire to hold
the pace set by the teams of former years.
No man can go completely to the dogs
without a good deal of determination.
The Man
Behind WAPI
The matter of distributing bouquets is
one usually practiced at and after funerals.
We are too prone to neglect this would-be
phase of life (or death, perhaps!) until all
real benefits thereby are confiscated. Why
not bolt the common custom more often,
and step boldly forward with our wares
while they may prove beneficial to the re­ceiver.
For this, seemingly, will fit far
better into the program of usefulness; and
what -have we contributed to the world
when our entire life is spent without aid­ing
our fellow-man?
Not as a reflection to the man mention­ed,
by the preceding remarks, or as a boast
of any perfectness in us, we humbly and
truthfully offer the following tribute to a
man of our institution who has proven him­self
far more than worthy of any compli­mentary
remark we can offer. Believing
that the above doctrine is true, we offer
this feeble contribution as an - intended
bouquet far before the end of the way is
reached.
Mr. P. O. Davis, present head of the de­partment
of Public Information and for a
number of years agricultural editor here, is
the man to whom we refer. Bigger men
there are, and have been, but probably no
one man at present radiates a stronger in­fluence
for the college of Auburn than
Mr. Davis. His ideas and opinions are daily
broadcast throughout the United States,
acting in the interest of the institution.
Being at the helm of the college publi­cations
here, guiding more or less their
policies for good, and distributor of news
of every nature concerning Auburn, Mr.
Davis favorably presents our institution to
the entire southland. Daily moulding in
the minds of the people of the state and
south at large ideas and opinions that mean
more for Auburn than any other one thing,
excepting only the influence of students
and graduates, he contributes to us as stu­dents,
and to the progress of the land as a
whole in a manner immeasurable. Who has
done more—who could do more?
"P. O." as he is popularly known, has
done more toward the development of
Radio Station WAPI than any other indi­vidual;
and the beneficial results to the
college through this channel are entirely
beyond estimation. At present he is acting
forcibly in the development of the new
broadcasting station for Auburn, which will
-mean still more and better publicity for
Auburn. It is futile to attempt to evaluate
the worth of such a facility to our college.
As a man, Mr. Davis ranks with the best.
Perhaps the best short description of him
is contained in a remark made by one of
his employees recently, "Mr. Davis is a
princely fellow." This he is, in the fullest
sense of the expression. And for fear of
belittling his true status as a real gentle­man,
with few words we wili not attempt
to further personify him here.
As a man, as a personality, as a worker
and contributor to the welfare of the col­lege
and people at large, Mr. Davis ranks
among the best. With no reflection on the
latter, and with no undue commendation
to the former, we like "lo think of Mr.
Davis and our president, Dr. Knapp, on
the same plank—both as men and workers.
Mr. P. O. Davis—the man who is giving
his life to the service of the Institution
here in a noble and effective way.
Dramatics Take
On New Vigor
The Auburn Players presented four one-act
plays last week in their first public
performance of the year. One of the
plays was written by an Auburn instructor,
one by an Auburn student, one was written
by an Auburn class in composition and the
fourth was the work of a well-known play­wright.
The Players are • sponsoring the
appearance of the dramatic organization of
the Woman's College at an early date. We
believe that this activity and interest in
things dramatic is a good sign.
The Auburn Players is providing a lab­oratory
for writing, directing, producing
and acting, besides providing good drama
for the student body to enjoy. Of course the
plays which were presented last week were
not finished dramatic performances; the
actors are but amateurs and are to be con­gratulated
upon their achievement.
This organization is an asset to the
school and the work which it is doing is
of value to the school in creating and
stimulating an interest in some of the bet­ter
things in life.
Auburn Churches
Reveal Progress
It is said that the churches of a commun­ity
portray to the world the community's
development. If this is true Auburn should
feel proud of her progressive state. It is
the home of five well organized churches,
all of which add artistic beauty through
their fine architectural lines and general
spiritual and intellectual growth as a me­dium
for teaching and worship.
Each of these churches are existing as a
direct result of a need, either replacing in­adequate
buildings or to fill vacancy
caused by progress and they in turn are
exerting a great influence for further
progress.
With the dedication recently of the
beautiful Gothic buildings of the Episco­palians,
and the Baptists nearing com­pletion
of a lovely Greek structure we feel
that our town is making a rapid stride for­ward.
Take a look into the future just a
few years and conceive a modern little city
replacing the "Loveliest Village of the
Plains."
"Savoir Faire"
Perhaps no one thing more unmistakably
stamps the first-rater than the almost inde­finable
quality which we call "taste"—
taste in bearing, in conduct, in dress and
in culture. We sometimes hear it said of a
particularly charming or effective man or
woman, "His (or her) taste is unerring,"
and we instinctively feel that such a per­son
would be the most compensating and
agreeable sort of individual to know and
associate with.
In the current Century Magazine is a
very wise and delightful essay on Taste by
the author of Helen of Troy, John Erskine,
a writer who is known for his wit and ur­banity,
and who, we suspect, should be
eminently fitted to tell us something about
taste. Mr. Erskine believes that while
good taste is likely to be inherited it is also
acquired through "adventures among mas­terpieces"
as Anatole France would say.
On the matter of acquiring taste, Mr.
Erskine says:
"But if taste is acquired automatically
with practice, how can we explain the ad­mirable
bearing of the occasional youth
forced suddenly into public attention? He
lacks experience, we say, yet he behaves
better than some of his elders. Well, the
answer is that he really has the experience
after all. In the years when we never
heard of him, he was developing on a quiet
scale that connoisseurship in behavior
which functions completely in the hour of
success. Or his parents were storing up
such taste for him. This one virtue is per­haps
the easiest to learn through one's im­mediate
ancestors.—Columbus Enquirer-
Sun.
« AUBURN FOOTPRINTS $
Tomorrow
Most of us have ambitions, but how many
of them are ambitions for tomorrow in­stead
of today. Tomorrow we will set the
world on fire; tomorrow our name will be
emblazoned on the role of honor for a
wonderful achievement or invention.
Today we must toil on the old job;
nothing there to stimulate ambitions. So
let the day slide by, the job done well
enough to "get by"—tomorrow will find
us realizing our ambition.
Yet tomorrow never comes, at least that
tomorrow, and today follows today, find­ing
us in the same old rut, doing the job
in the same old way.
There isn't a job that cannot be done bet­ter
there isn't a place where the worker
cannot discover some way to contribute an
idea or a suggestion to make the work
more effective. Let ambition creep into
the everyday job, and it will cease to be
made of the fabric of dreams and become
a living thing, vibrating with strength and
vigor, an ally to help you onward in your
chosen work.
And then a real tomorrow will be born
into a today when your achievements will
have surpassed your hopes, instead of hav­ing
been dissipated in idle dreams that sap
your purposefulness.
God's Great Gift To Little Men
The cocksureness (of conceited men)
used to irritate me. It seemed rather ri­diculous,
as contrasted with the-self-depre­ciation
of many of the leaders of the world.
But one day I hit upon the explanation,
and now no bumptious individual irritates
me.
My explanation is this: God is just. He
distributes talents with impartial hand
among the sons of men. To big men He
gives the satisfaction of achievement; but
He penalizes them with hours of depression,
introspection and self-doubt.
Little men would be discouraged if they
could see themselves in their true light. So
conceit was sent into the world—
God's great gift to little men.—Barton.
Forced Extravagance
Pipe (to friend who has got into finan­cial
difficulties)—I see you still travel
first-class.
Other—Yes, old man, if I travel second-class
I meet all my creditors.
Several persons were injured in New
York the other day by falling on slippery
sidewalks and breaking hip pocket flasks.
People should keep away from slippery
sidewalks.
THE GEDUNK
I'm the stude who goes around dressed
like a tramp. I wear a dirty sweat shirt
and anything sloppy that I can find, but I
wear no socks and never lace my shoes. Of
couse I could dress like everybody else but
then I must preserve my individuality. I
know my professors can appreciate the fact
that I am really individual. Some people
turn up their noses at me, but that is be­cause
they envy me and my soul expression
in the clothes that I wear.
Little James had been talking to the minister, and imparted the important in­formation
that his father had just acquired a new set of false teeth.
"Indeed," said the minister indulgently, 'and what will he do with the old set?"
"Oh," responded little James dolefully, "I s'pose they'll cut em down and make
me wear 'em."
* * * * * * * *
Him: My paw is king at home.
Another: How come?
Him: Maw crowned him this morning with a sugar bowl.
* * * * * * ' **
BUT NOT IN A RECEPTIVE
Sign seen on a store: Milk from contented cows.
Sign seen on meat market: Ham from hogs that died happy.
* * * * * * * *
Mother: No you can't go in swimming after eating all that, it is dangerous to
swim on a full stomach.
Son: Aw Gee, maw I'll swim on my back.
* * * * * * * *
AND PLENTY OF THEM
First: What do you expect for Xmas.
• Second: My relatives.
* * * * * * * *
AT THE BUTCHER SHOP
He: I never.sausage a girl like you. Could you loin to love me?
She: If I could live a million years I'd liver all for you.
He: "Butcher head upon my shoulder" (To himself) "Oh how she can love.
She is a steak worth fighting for."
She: "I'll boloney when you are gone."
Rival: "She says she loves that guy but I'll weiner just the same."
* * * * * * * *
Eddie Quett says, "Never hit a lady with your hat on."
* * * * * * * *
The Jewish Orthophonic is the cash register.
* * * * * * * *
Woman visitor in prison: "And why are you here, sir?"
Prisoner: "Writing fiction." —
Woman: "What did you write?"
Prisoner: "Checks."
* * * * * * * *
The guy that said you had to start at the bottom and work your way up was
not referring to well digging.
* * * * * * * *
POMS
Little drops of water,
Little dabs of paint,
Makes our Darling Co-eds
Look like what they ain't.
* * * * * * * *
FAMOUS WOMEN
"And now children," asked the teacher, "What great woman's letters show
the harships and suffering of her time"?
"Lydia Pinkham" shouted the class.
* * * * * * * *
FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT
Then there is the absent-minded "society woman who kissed her husband and
cussed the poodle.
* * * * * - * * *
1 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE SO, TRY IT
"How can I make Anti-Freeze." -
Hide her woolen pajamas."
* * * * * * * *
NOW WE UNDERSTAND
The man had just informed the Pullman agent that he wanted a Pullman
berth.
. "Upper or lower?" asked the agent.
"What's the difference?" asked the man.
""A difference of fifty cents in this case," -replied the agent. "The lower is
higher than the upper. The higher price is for the lower. If you w a n t i t lower,
you will have to go -higher. We sell the upper lower than the lower. In other
words, the higher the lower. Most people don't like the upper, although it is
lower on account of its being higher. When you occupy an upper, you have
to get up to go to bed and get down when you get up. You can have the lower,
if you pay the higher. The upper is lower than the lower because it is higher.
If you are willing to higher, it will be lower."
But the poor man had fainted. —
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
Hi! Hi! Ha! Ha! Tech!
At Tech the Anaks have revived the
night shirt parade, which was thought to
have died a natural death. The parades,
so far, have been very orderly and conduct­ed
very well and there has been no adverse
criticism. After the outburst after the
Tech-'Bama game last year, it was feared
that the old tradition was fast becoming
antiquated and was not on par with the
dignity of Tech. It looks as though our
shorts have gone in for the winter. It has
been quite a while since any of our rats
have tried the hula dance.
* * * * *
Let's Try It Here
The University of Cincinnati recently
gave an examination to their freshwomen
to test their knowledge of student activities
on the campus. This is an annual affair
and each freshwoman is required to take
the exam. To answer these questions, at
least, a general knowledge of important
activities and their officers as well as of
all University officials was necessary. One
week from the night of the quiz the fresh­man
trial followed, and the freshwomen
were rewarded or punished according to
their knowledge displayed in the examina­tion
and their conduct toward the Vigilance
Committee during the first semester. This
appears to be quite an inducement, to the
frosh, for reading their "Rat Bibles." Au­burn
is abundontly blessed with quizzes
already, so we need not find more, although
some do not read the "Rat Bible" as rev­erently
as they should.
* * * * *
We Suppose Tech's Band is Perfect (?)
This is a small article from Tech's stu­dent
paper. "For years we have heard
about that Million Dollar Band from Tus­caloosa,
but only this year have we seen
that AU-American aggregation from some­where
in Alabama. They were Ail-Ameri­can
from the word go when they played
like a bunch Of school boys in Brand new
Indian suits. Then they played a most in­appropriate
number when they formed the
cross and played "Onward Christian Sol­diers."
That was very much out of place
and we hope they realize the extreme faux
pas, which they committed. However,
their work on their Alma Mater and the
splendid way in which they formed their
"A" showed the crowds just what a good
band they did have. Theirs was one. of the
best bands to parade on Grant Field this
year and had they not forgotten all ethics
when they stepped out there, theirs would
be the greater praise. Somebody is always
taking the joy out of life. But one cannot
expect country boys from Tuscaloosa to be
—Well we've said enough about a bunch of
fellows that are normally the best bunch of
sportsmen in the world and Tech's greatest
friends and rivals." This seems to be a
very splendidly organized piece of sugar
coated castor oil. We of Auburn are proud
of our band, and are naturally interested in
the band of other colleges— probably more
so in 'Bama's. Probably Alabama will take
more pains to play more appropriate pieces
than "Onward Christian Soldiers," next
time, and thus avoid shocking some ones
musical ear at Tech .
* * * * *
A Just Reward
The freshman football team at Citadel
received five days furlough recently as a
reward for their work on the gridiron.
Some lived too far away to take advantage
of this leave, and they will probably have
a few days extra at Xmas. I failed to re­ceive
the dope on just how many they had
out for football, but I feel certain that if
such a practice was carried out here, that
we would have around five hundred out for
rat football each year.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
egy benjamin Trovosh^
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions ex­pressed
in this column are not necessarily
the editorial opinions of this paper. It is
a column of personal comment, and is not
to be read as an expression of our edi­torial
policy.
* * . * * *
THE program-vendors' cry at football
games is usually something like this,
"Get your programs right here;
name and number of each and every play­er!"
A wit pulled a good one at the Ala-bama-
L. S. U. game in Birmingham last
week. He rambled along shouting, "Get
your programs; name and salary of each
and every player!"
That was supposed to be funny, but I
remember something about many a true
word being spoken in jest. Some day in the
near future we may listen to such a sales­man
at every game and think nothing of it.
* * * * *
AN EDITORIAL writer in a leading
magazine recently commented on
the tendency of American collegians
of late to use really fine automobiles in­stead
of the ramshackle dilapidated old
flivvers covered with humorous slogans
and violent paint. The "collegiate ford"
seems to be a thing of the past. Sport
models produced by the big auto companies
are becoming more popular. Coupes, con­vertible
roadsters and even sedans are no
longer unusual on the eastern college cam­pus.
How about Auburn? Is the large num­ber
of disgraceful-looking cars which one
sees about the campus a sign that we are
just a bit behind the times? Is the scarcity
of decent automobiles an indication that
we aren't "up" with the' other colleges?
Maybe it's simply an indication that we are
individualists. Maybe.
* * * * *
I HAD the good fortune to see one of
America's leading actors in three of
Shakespere's plays last week. It is a
constant source of wonder to me to see
how well those dramas lend themselves to
modern production. They can draw crowds
even today. They are interesting from a
mere standpoint of amusement, as well as
being educational. The most wonderful
thing to me is the humor in Shakespere.
It gets laughs today, just as it did three
hundred years ago. That's genius, I guess.
* * * * *
ONE THING which I cannot under­stand
is how the presidents of many
colleges can allow their humorous
publications to go out as representing the
school. I glanced thru several college
comic magazines the other night, and real-ly,
some of the so-called humor is filthy.
The dime magazines on the news stands
are not one whit worse than the magazines
which come from some of our leading edu­cational
institutions.
* * * * * *
THERE is such a thing as writing in­decency
cleverly. Rabelais and Boc-cachio
are not allowed on many
library shelves, yet their writings are good
literature. The difference comes in
whether the writing depends upon its filth
for its interest. Some of Shakespere's
scenes are disgustingly obscene, yet their
foundation is not obscenity. We don't have
many Rabelais' in our colleges; yet we
have plenty of filth—I won't say filthy
humor; it's not humor . What causes that?
Do the young men and women of this
country, serious and industrious in this
business of getting educated demand such
stuff? Things have come to a pretty pass
when intelligent and cultured college edi­tors
have to sit down and grind out stuff
which would shame an ordinary sewer in
order to sell their magazines. And the
heads of the schools allow the stuff to go
on. But perhaps I just can't recognize
genius; maybe some of these editors are
latent Shakesperes.
A burnt child doesn't sit on the radiator.
Give a woman enough rope and she'll
hang out the wash.
HE VISITS A HOSPITAL
Now why should I, who sneer and frown
With misanthropic hate,
Be, in this horizontal town,
Swiftly compassionate?
And curiously why should I
For all my lordly scorn
Shake at the knees to see men die
Or hear them being born?
My coat of artificial rock
Externally is firm;
Inside, susceptible of shock,
And flabby as a worm.
Secretively there*lurks, I think,
The kind of soul that crawls,
For otherwise, why should I shrink
At entering these walls.
—Rolfe Humphries.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1928. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
NORTHWESTERN NOTED FOR MANY
PRETTY GIRL STUDENTS ENROLLED
That's a notorious truth. Slim,
shining little legs tripping up and
down the rickety wooden steps of U.
H. Frantic starry-eyed co-eds dash­ing
off to meetings, notebooks in one
hand, lipstick in the other. Gorgeous,
sleepy-eyed things, incredibly slangy,
witty, satirical, underdressed. "They
were liberal, individual, grown up,"
says Bernard De Voto, former faculty
member, in the January College Hum­or.
"Here were enthusiasm and open-mindedness
and sophistication. They
preserved, and at Northwestern mo­nopolized,
the eagerness and arro­gance
of youth that have immemorial-ly
signified college.
"As for the men, I spent my time at
the dormitories and fraternity houses.
I went with them to movies and res­taurants
and speakeasies. I joined
their bull sessions. They were likable
boys, companionable boys—but only
boys. Where were the generous, pre-
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posterous, passionate midnight argu­ments
that enlarged the soul? Where
were the hot lusts for knowledge,
sprung from a roommate's air of su­periority,
or a drowsing professor, or
some obscure, probably lascivious al­lusion
in a text? Where were the
sparks that set youth championing
anarchy or socialism or decadence?
I do not say they were not at North­western,
but they were not visible.
The individual did not appear; the
man who expressed a preference for
golf or Sanscrit over home-coming and
indulged it without shame, who went
walking at sunrise because that was
his whim or indulged himself with the
ladies of the street corner because that
was his whim also. There was no
individual. The dreadful Philistinism
more discouraging still. A shadow of
the buildings that were rising on East
Chicago Avenue downtown. North­western
boys moved with uplifted
eyes toward the school of commerce.
It was the launching of Becoming.
The college must be big, it must be
influential, it must be a servant' of
Chicago, it must be wealthy—above
all it must be wealthy. Presidents
who were not ministers began to ap­pear,
even presidents who were not
Methodists, presidents who were busi­ness
men. The board of trustees be­gan
to fill with Presbyterians, Jews,
and Episcopalians.
AUBURN ALUMNI
ARE PROMOTED
SOMEBODY'S GIRL
Is going to be pleased Christmas because her
gift came from Auburn.
Let us help you select that gift.
Auburn Table Runners
Pillow Covers
Pennants
Pen and Pencil Sets
Stationery >
Books
Don't forget your Auburn Seal Christmas
Cards
Burton's Bookstore
Of three younger executives with
the Georgia Power Company who re­cently
received promotion, two are
Auburn men. They are C. B. Mc-
Manus, of the class of 1916, and R.
T. Porter of the class of 1922, with
honor, whose advanced positions be­come
effective immediately.
Mr. McManus, who has held the
position of superintendent of district
operations since July, 1927, becomes
assistant operating manager under J.
M. Oliver, who, as operating man­ager,
has supervision over the elec­trical
department of the company.
Mr. McManus will be in charge of all
electrical physical properties.
Following fyis graduation from Au­burn,
he took a student engineering
course with the Westinghouse Elec­tric
and Manufacturing Company and
then asociated himself with the Ala­bama
Power Company. He remained
with that Company until his transfer
to the Georgia Power Company in
1927.
R. T. Porter becomes assistant
manager of the new Macon division
of the company. Following his grad­uation
at Auburn, he went to work
for the Alabama Power Company and
served in various capacities until a
year ago when he was transferred to
the Georgia Power .Company as di­vision
superintendent of operations
in the Dublin division.
"There remains the faculty. Like
all faculties it had its share of quacks.
A very annoying, some pious some
ignorant some militantly dull. As a
group, they are orthodox. They do
not burst into anything that might
embarass Wieboldt Hall or the next
endowment campaign. Not only or­thodoxy,
religious, economic and so­cial,
is required, b,ut also the will to
approve the course of things. And
that will is more desirable even than
scholarship and professional compe­tence."
Purvis Is Winner Of
<<*Y< " Discussion Group
Kappa Delta Pi
Meets Wednesday
Kappa Delta Pi, honorary society
in education, met Wednesday night,
December 5th, in Dean Judd's offices
for its regular monthly meeting.
Dr. R. E. Tidwell, state superinten­dent
of education was guest of honor,
and delivered a most pleasing and in­formative
address to the society on
the philosophy of education. In the
course of his message, Dr. Tidwell
asserted that a philosophy of educa­tion
is essentially a philosophy of life,
since in education people merely
learn how to live.
Prior to the address by Dr. Tidwell,
several matters of business were
taken up and disposed of. The fol­lowing
members of the Education fac­ulty
were voted membership in the
organization: Dr. Paul Irvine, Prof.
Noel B. VanWaggenen, Dr. Beulah
Clark VanWagenen, Prof. M. L. Beck.
Although Kappa Delta Pi is com­paratively
young on the Auburn cam­pus,
its presence is being felt here
more and more. It is conductive to
scholarship and productive thinking
along the lines of education.
A. S. C. E. HAVE
SPECIAL MEET
E. E. Purvis, Jr., has been an­nounced
winner of the Y Discussion
Group for this semester, with John
Parks running an extremely close
second. Mr. Purvis finished with a
score of 992; Mr. Parks' mark stood
968. As a reward for this excellent
entire group will be honor guests at
showing, Lieutenant Purvis and his
the "Y" mid-semester Friendship
Council banquet at the Eastern Star
dining hall tomorrow night.
Mr. Purvis is a Junior in General
Business, and a member of Beta Kap­pa
Fraternity. He worked his
group to a membership of twenty-five.
Mr. Parks, a Sophomore in Ag
Education, had an exceptionally pro­gressive
group with eighteen mem­bers.
This procedure is followed each
semester by the Friendship Council
of the "Y" here, which each year re­sults
in much benefit for the students
at large. Each week lively campus
topics and problems- are discussed.
In the Discussion Group organiza­tion,
the Colonel, who is the "Y"
President—is in charge, with two
Majors handling the Orange and Blue
teams. Next in rank are the Cap­tains,
this semester numbering
eighteen. Each Captain chooses five
Lieutenants, of which selection only
thirty,have been active this period.
A total of 366 students have been
touched each week by this means.
Williams Winner Of
Ping Pong Tourney
S. A. Williams has been an-nonunced
winner of the recent Ping
Pong tournament staged by the local
"Y" organization according to a sta-ment
issued by A. B. Johnson, "Y"
athletic chairman. Young Williams
was winner in a similar event here
last spring. O. S. Adams ran second
in the recent contest, which covered
a period of weeks, and involved a
great number of the table-tennis ar­tists
of the student body.
E. G. Salter and E. M. Eiland were
first and second semi-finalists in the
order named. A number of strong
contenders were eliminated early in
the contest, meeting strong opposition
in the beginning.
The first prize award was a $3.95
flashlight, given by the Student Sup­ply
Shop. The runner-up contestant
received $2 in trade, awarded by Gib­son's.
To the first semi-finalist went
a $2 shirt, given by J. W. Wright.
Second semi-finalist was awarded one
shoe repair bill, one hair cut, and one
shave by "Uncle Billy" Askew.
Websterians Have
Excellent Program
The Websterian Literary Society
had a very interesting meeting Tues­day
night at 7:00 o'clock. After old
business had been dispensed with an
excellent program was rendered to
a large audience. One interesting
feature of the meeting was a review
of current events for the past few
days.
S. A. Williams, who was elected di­rector
of the Websterian basket-ball
team, suggested that all the- fellows
get every bit of practice^ possible, as
a tilt with the Wilsonians Thursday
night looms before them. They are
working hard and expecting to win.
Next, someone suggested that each
member be given a nick-name. Sev­eral
were dubious about revealing
secrets, but finally the pet names of
most of them were discovered. Those
who had none were given appropriate
ones, and several very good sobri-quetts
came into existence, such as
"Shorty," "Stumpy',, "Sy," "Preach­er,"
"Verny," "Baby" and "Sassie
Susie."
The student branch of the Ameri­can
Society of Civil Engineers held a
Special meeting on Monday, Dec. 10,
as the time of the next regular meet­ing
will come during the holidays.
The meeting was devoted to talks
made by the Seniors, describing the
places of interest they visited on their
annual inspection trip to Atlanta.
Mr. Jackson spoke on the water
works of Atlanta, comparing the At­lanta
plant to the water works of
various cities. He showed the neces­sity
of having an adequate supply of
water in order to meet the public
demand.
Next, Mr. Caldwell gave a descrip­tion
of the Terra Cotta plant located
in Atlanta. He explained how the
gypsum was molded in different
forms and discussed the efficiency of
the plant.
The third speaker of the evening,
Mr. Walsh, startled the house by a
constructive criticism of the manners
and customs of Auburn students and
professors.
The next speaker was Mr. J. M.
McMillan of the Senior class, who
gave a very interesting talk on the
life and achievements of Auburn's
own, "Matthew Sloan," President of
New York Edison Co.
The program was concluded with a
picture, showing the different stages
of compressed air.
EMIL IVERSON GIVES EXCELLENT
DESCRIPTION OF NORTHERN GAME
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LONG DISTANCE RADIO
John Hillegas, of Santiago, Chile,
who is a student at Tech, has com­municated
with five continents on a
radio that he made himself. Very
interesting in the fact that he sent
to and received messages from his
home in Chile.
"I want to say that my brother,
Kay, at Marquette, is a strategist
when it comes to coaching hockey,
says Emil Iverson, coach of the Min­nesota
team, in the January College
Humor. "So when Marquette came
to Minneapolis I decided to use a lit­tle
strategy. As a result, we closed
the season at Minnesota with a vic­tory
that was a romp for our boys.
"Now I ask you, who won the
championship of the Northwest—
Minnesota or Marquette? Marquette
had the two greatest wings in college
skating circles in McFadyen and Mac-
Kenzie, but Minnestota had the best
team. Minnesota dropped two games
in about sixteen; Marquette dropped
one game in about ten, but Minnesota
won the last and deciding game of the
season, proving that the Gophers were
best at the end of the season.
"After the game Kay Iverson was
presented with a bouquet of lilies to
take back with him to Milwaukee, and
he accused me of doing it. In fact,
he even went so far as to ask me who
won the Northwest hockey champion­ship.
That's what I call rubbing it
in. My answer was, 'We won.' Even
though I have always warned him
never to get saucy with his big broth­er,
his reply was, 'You're crazy; Mar­quette
won.' Figuring it from the
percentage angle I guess his team did
win.
"Today hockey is a sport that is
commanding attention in the fiery
field of intercollegiate sports, as well
as in the professional arena," says
Kay Iverson, brother of Emil and
coach at Marquette. "Out here in the
Middle West we are building up a
hockey league whose teams should
rank with those of the East.
"I claim that ice hockey is the
world's fastest and most thrilling
sport, and that it calls for better
men. A hockey player must have
courage—guts, if you please; he must
have vitality, and be hard to hurt; he
must have a keen mind, for instan­taneous
decisions are necessary; he
must have speed.
"The game is hard and fast, so
that it would not be difficult for
rough play to start. That is one reas­on
why we stress sportsmanship. A
weakness in the collegiate sport to­day
is a lack of good officials. I
hope to see the day when hockey
coaches can choose officials for their
entire schedule before the season be­gins,
without having to rush around
for 'local talent' at the last minute.
"The public, once it sees hockey, is
sold on it. A high-class collegiate
game of hockey is faster than the us­ual
run of professional games. A
good college team, I maintain, can
give more thrills per minute than the
professional outfit."
Don't miss the Auburn-'Bama tilt.
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"Doubled and redoubled
t A leading bridge expert once said, "The
aces and kings play themselves; it's the little
spots that make games."
What's true in bridge seems equally true in
the cigarette business. Aces to deuces, spades
to dubs—from the very first deal, Chesterfield
made every card-good!
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Dick Jones, Tad McCallum, T. S. Winter, Howard Sparks, Assistants •
GOVERNOR GRAVES PRESENT AT
BANQUET FOR FOOTBALL TEAM
By Jack McLeskey
By the time these lines appear in
print, the Auburn football team will
have so thoroughly convinced the en­tire
student body that even though
we didn't have the best team in the
conference, that we had the best
banquet given in honor of the team
that any member has ever known.
Dr. Bradford Knapp and Mrs.
Knapp entertained the Auburn Foot­ball
team in their home on Monday
night in honor of the progress made
by the 1928 team. As guest, the
team was honored by the presence of
the Governor of the state and the
first lady of the state, Mrs. Garves.
While students were gathering
around their respective boarding
houses and a long line awaited their
turn at the Cafeteria to be served for
the evening meal, the Auburn foot­ball
team was being elaboately en­tertained
by the President of the in­stitution
in the gorgeous white house
mansion . Little did the team know
that the Governor of the state would
be with them to smoke and eat beside
them, all of the time winning the
admiration of the entire team.
All present regret to the fullest ex­tent
that Coach Bohler was too ill to
remain until the end of^the banquet.
We wish our coach a very speedy re­covery
and hope he will be back in
the harness within a few days.
Dr. Knapp eulogized team in short
talk, as a football player himself,
speaking of the advantages gained by
playing the game as it should be play­ed
and always coming back in the
best of spirit, after being defeated,
are qualities that can be gained no
where else but on the field for the
real American citizen for future life.
Dr. Knapp says: "Sport does infini­tely
more than promote clean living.
It is quite conceivable that, with out
sport at all, we could still mobilize
agencies that would promote among
our undergraduates the ideal of clean
living. I should not be at all hope­less
on that Score. Progress comes
from the mobilization of maximum
power and maximum speed under
complete direction and control. And
it is the glory of sport that the game
rightly played does that thing. Sport
says to the boy, 'You are playing the
game very well, play it don't play at
it, don't play with it, don't play to the
gallery, play the game.' Here are
you rules. There is your opponent.
Use your utmost effort to win that
game, but control that effort at its
maximum flow, so that sooner than
violate the code of generous sports­manship,
you will stop as a bird that
is brought down on the wing.' That
is what a man can get from sport,
that is why I believe in it."
Gov. Graves stated some of the
things attained upon the athletic
field. First, the mind is trained. No
man can aprticipate who has not
learned to concentrate and to think
clearly and quickly under stress and
rapidly changing conditions. No
single subject taught here is more in
the way of mental application. There
are qualities of the heart which the
boy musthave—high mindness, self-effacement,
unselfishness, cold cour­age,
sportsmanship, and loyalty. Out
of this great game of football comes
the qualities of manhood which will
contribute toward the capacity of.
these men for honorable, unselfish
leadership in days to come.
Capt. Carter made his farewell
speech to his team mates along with
Ala. Capt. Ingram, Tuxworth and
Mosely. In years to come when the
storms and struggles and disappoint­ments
of life beat about these men,
they may be discouraged, they may
be charged back, they bay be tackled
behind the line, they may even be
fouled, but I can't believe that a
single one of them will ever do a
base thing or a dishonorable thing.
And I do believe they will get up
charging again and pressing onward,
onward to the goal.
Not a single scout of an opposing
team believed after seeing us in ac­tion
that his team would fail to win.
But they did not know what was
above thet necks of these men nor
what was on the left side of the chest
bone of our players. Mind and heart
have achieved many a victory over
matter in the history of this old
world.
Gentlemen, the football season is
over now and all entertainments for
the team are over. We have one
great consolation, we know that Au­burn
has resembled a fish to a certain
extent and this is what we are proud
of. The Tigers have learned to swim
up stream, and not like a dead fish to
float down stream.
"Puss" Tyler Is
Elected As Cheer
Leader For Year
By Dick Jones
Percy Reese "Puss" Tyler, a new
student o nthe Auburn campus this
year was elected to the honor of
head cheer leader for the '28-'29
season at Auburn at a recent meet­ing
of the "A" Club. . "Puss" has
proven himself to be a hustler on the
job all during the past grid season
and we feel like he is going to con­tinue
to do so. He should be given a
great deal of credit for the "Old Au­burn
Spirit" that has prevailed
throughout the next to the hardest
football year that Auburn has ever
seen, for he the one we have fol­lowed,
ont only in spirit but in per­son,
through a disasterous football
season. Three cheers for him be­cause
he has certainly been on the
job this year and has kept the Au­burn
Spirit going strong the whole
season; as "well or better than have
any of the famous cheer-leaders who
have led our student body in the
cheers.
The cheer-leaders are responsible
for the spirit of the student body,
there's "Ho getting around that. We
may have a little of the "Old Au­burn
Spirit" (not spirits) deep down
in our hearts, but it wont be known
until the cheer-leader brings it out.
The football season may be a bit
unsuccessful for we only won one
game, but for the Auburn spirit, it
was a victorious reign. Nothing was
lacking when it came to upholding the
old traditions, which are more honor
ed and sacred to a true Auburn man
than life itself.
SECOND BATTALION CHAMPIONS
OF INTRA-MURAL GRID TEAMS
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By Dick Jones
Led by its three musketeers, "Ford"
Snider, Wible, and Ellison, the 2nd
Battalion football team coached by
Luke Ward defeated the Engineers
football team coached by John Mosley
7-0 Monday afternoon on the Fresh­man
football field to win the cham­pionship
honor of the intra-mural
grid games, that have been going on
for some five weeks in the "Village of
the Plains."
The engineers fought a ' valiant
battle but was out classed, out-charged
and outsmarted from the
first kickoff. The 2nd Battalion ap­peared
invincible, ripping the big line
into shreds and making long gains
on end runs and off tackle plays.
The 2nd Battalion scored their 7
points in the first quarter when
"Ford" Snider carried the oval over
the goal after the so called muske­teers
had advanced it to the one yard
line. Wible made a clear pass to
Slaughter to add the extra point.
Armstrong carried • off all honors
on the Engineers team. He did most
of the advancing of the ball and back­ing
up the line.
Not only did Coach Ward's team
win the Championship but they were
the high point team for the games
played. They scored 110 points in
the 9 games played.
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First Battalion Gridders
Defeat Third Battalion
Second Battalion Fights to 6-6 Tie
With Third Battalion on Drake Field
By Howard Sparks y
Last Tuesday afternoon the second
and third Battalion football teams
locked horns and during the limited
time battled to a 6-6 draw. The en­gagement
was a battle of surprises.
For the first three quarters the light­er
Third Battalion line rushed their
opponents completely off their feet.
, The heavy Blue line seemed slow and
were unable to get going. The white
shirted backs found very little
trouble in finding the holes thru the
heavier Blue line. Stuckey gained
more ground thru the line than any
other back. A. Lewis did the best
passing. Ellison showed quite a bit
of ability at circling ends.
The second Battalion kicked off 8
yards to Trowbridge. After an ex­change
of punts the 3rd Battalion
coined three first downs; but was
halted near the 2nd Battalion 25-yard
mark. A heavy penalty and a fluke
kick gave the 3rd Battalion, the ball
in midfield. With but 7 seconds left
in the first half, Wadsworth inter­cepted
a pass from Ellison and ran 55
yards for a touchdown. An attempt­ed
kick went wild and the score stood
6-0 at the end of the first half.
Late in the fourth quarter the big
Blue came to life and began to give
a fair account of themselves. With
the aid of a bad pass from center,
they blocked one of Wadsworths
kicks. Wadsworth recovered on his
own 15 yard line. Another bad pass
from center gave him no chance to
kick and he attempted to run the
ball back. The ball went over on the
3rd Battalion 11 yard line. The 2nd
Battalion was halted on the 5 yard
line and Wadsworth kicked 40 yards
to Wible. It looked like the kick
went out of bounds but did not.
Wible returned the ball for a touch­down.
Attempted kick was blocked.
The 2nd Battalion kicked off to
the 30 yard line where Lewis was
downed. A pass, A. Lewis to Wads­worth
was good for 25 yards. Another
pass, Lewis to McClure was good for
11 yards as the game ended.
Stuckey and Wibble did the best
work in the backfield. Lively and
Moslsy's work stood out in the line.
Lineup:
3rd Battalion
Brown
Stewart
Lewis, A.
Lively
Trowbridge
Pyke •
Wadsworth
Lews, W.
Stuckey
McClure
Strickland
LE
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
RE
QB
HB
HB
FB
2nd Battalion
Weissinger
Keith
Johns
Mosley
Steele
Smith
Holston
Ellison
Hamilton
Wible
Snider
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By Dick Jones
Scoring two touchdowns in the
second quarter, both from 40 yard
runs, the 1st Battalion gridders de­feated
the 3rd Battalion gridders of
the Auburn R. O. T. C. unit 13-0
Monday afternoon on Drake Field to
win second place in the intra-mural
football league.
The 3rd Battalion had an edge on
the 1st Battalion with yardage gain­ed
and first downs made but the 1st
Battalion got all the breaks and took
a great advantage of them. Coach
Paterson's 3rd Battalion made 8 first
downs while Coach Wood's 1st Bat­talion
only made 4.
Coach Wood's team scored thetir
first touchdown when Cameron re­covered
a fumble made by Coach
Paterson's team on the 40-yard mark­er
and made a broken field run to
the goal line. Conradi hit the line
for the extra point. The 1st Bat­talion
scored their second touchdown
when Ward intercepted a pass thrown
by Ben Lively and sprinted 40 yards
without a man coming in reach of
him. Cooper's pass was grounded on
an attempt to add the extra point.
Lineup and summary:
1st Battalion: Ward, R. E.; Crad-dock,
R. T.; Bonner, R. G.; Fort, C;
Bradshaw, L. G.; Campbell, L. T.;
Ferrell, L. E.; Cameron, Q. B.; Coop­er,
R. H. B.; Couch, L. H. B.; Con­rad,
F. B.
3rd Battalion: Wadsworth, R. E.;
Pike, R. T.; Trowbridge, R. G.; Lewis,
C; Stewart, L. G.; Taylor, L. T.;
Brown, L. E.; Lively, Q. B.; Stucky,
L. H. B.; Kennerer, R. H. B.; Lewis,
F. B.
Score by quarters:
1st Battalion 0 13 0 0—13
3rd Battalion 0 0 0 0— 0
Officials: Moulton, referee; Bas-kin,
headlinesman; Long, timekeeper.
Coach "Sheriff" Lee, who came to
the "Village of the Plains" this year
to assist Coach Bohler with the Au­burn
teams, has been sending the
Tiger cagesters through some real
practices from 7:00 p. m. to 9:00
p. m. daily in the local Alumni gymn.
He has been given charge of the cage
group that practice at night and
Coach Bohler has been handling the
afternoon group.
"Sheriff" has not only been telling
the basketball candidates the main
fundamentals of the game, but has
been out in uniform most every
night scrimmaging with them and
showing them how it is done.
S P O R T S S T U FF
By "Dusty" Porter
With the big racket in Southern
football over, what do we have to
look forward to now? The more for­tunate
are anticipating a trip to the
sunny shores of California to see
what will happen when the "Golden
Tornado" from Georgia Tech matches
football ability with the "Bears" from
California. Can Ga. Tech continue
what the University of Alabama has
started? Does Tech, have a passer
and punter that can equal the good
record that Mr. Grant Gillis left on
the coast when playing against
Washington? Do they have a John­nie
Mack Brown, or a "Pooley" Hu­bert
to worry California? Are their
ends as capable as was Mr. "Wu"
Winslett and "Hirsch" Caldwell? To
be more specific, can Tech boast of a
team as good as the "Crimson Tide"
that rolled over Washington in the
Tournament of Roses, three years
ago? Will the clean record of the
south be maintained New Years Day?
Ga. Tech no doubt stands superior
to anything in the South today and we
BOHLER QUINTET GOES
THROUGH SCRIMMAGES
Substitutions: 2nd. Battalion: Mims
for Hamilton; Taylor for Stewart;
Stewart for Keith; .Slaghter for Ham­ilton;
Hamilton for Slaughter.
3rd Battalion: Morton for. A. Lewis;
Smith for Brown; Taylor for Stewr
art.
The Bohler five have been whip­ping
it through some real scrmmages
for the past week and a half, and are
beginning to look like there might
be a big surprise in store for them in
the way of basketball victories this
year.
"Sheriff" Lee has been in charge
of the team that works out at night
while Coach Bohler ha sbeen handling
the afternoon bunch.
Foney Yarbrough and Harry Gu-therie
were the new arrivals to re­port
to Coach Lee this week and
started in scrimmaging the first
night.
No complete schedule has been
made out for the games they are to
play during the Christmas Holidays,
but they are expected to be kept busy
most every night to keep in first-class
shape for the heavy schedule
that opens after Christmas.
The candidates out still number
above 30 and are all working hard.
stand well convinced that Tech is
the team to go west, but we also feel
that Tech does not have the bunch
of gridmen that composed the first
Southern journey to the coast. May­be
California does not have a team
so good as the one representing
Washington in the memorable classic
three years ago.
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Down in Montgomery, Alabama on
New Year's Day there will be
another game of much interest when
the Alabama Alumni and Auburn
Alumni come together on the grid­iron.
Some of the more prominent mem­bers
from both schools in the days
gone by have signified their inten­tions
of being present when the roll
is called. This is another step in
bringing the two major institutions
of the state back to a better under­standing
between the two schools and
that athletic relations will be re­sumed
before many more years.
Co-ed Basketballers
Prepare for Season
By Howard Sparks
fa hope of bettering1 their last
years record, the Co-eds have ans­wered
the call to practise early. Reg­ular
practise hours which includes
personal instruction and short scrim­mage
games has been inaugurated.
Coach Cowden has been stressing the
work of the forwards in the last few
practice games. Tucker, a veteran
of last years squad, has been doing
the most impressive work in the goal
flinging department. Haupt, Au­burn's
personality Co-ed, Reynolds,
and Cromartie, seems to be next in
line for the positions at forward. For
the guard positions the Lewis sisters
and Patterson are making the strong­est
bids. Daugherity and Parsons
have also placed their bids for guard
positions. Several members of last
years squad have dropped out of
practise • because of injuries. It is
hoped that these will be able to re­enter
the workouts immediately after
Christmas.
Jess Burbage's Team
Has Wonderful Year
Coach Jess Burbage, former Au­burn
star on the gridiron, who made
such a wonderful showing in the S.
I. A. A. conference this year as head
coach at Southern College in Winter
Haven, Florida, lost his final game
of the year last Saturday to Chatta­nooga.
This game decided the cham­pionship
team of S. I. A. A. confer­ence
for the winner of that game.
Before taking over the job as head
coach at Southern College, Coach
Burbage was coach at Marion Insti­tute.
He has been coaching at
Southern College for only two years.
1929 Basketball Schedule
The Tiger 1929 Basketball schedule to date'is as follows:
Jan. 25—U. of Florida At Gainesville
Jan. 26—U. of Florida At Gainesville
At Auburn
At Auburn
At Clemson
At Athens
At Atlanta
At. Auburn
At Auburn
At Auburn
At Auburn
Feb. 19—U. of Florida At Auburn
March 1, 2 and 3, Southern Conference Tourney At Atlanta.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
28-
29-
1-
2-
6-
8-
9-
16-
18-
-L. S. U.
-L. S. U.
—Clemson
-Georgia
-Georgia Tech
-Tulane
-Tulane
—Georgia Tech
-U. of Florida
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1928. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
AUBURN PLAYERS INITIATE
NEW MEMBERS MONDAY NIGHT
The Auburn Players gathered Mon­day
night for initiation of new can­didates.
Mable Johson, Haskins Wil­liams,
and S. D. Rains were appointed
for the organization of an initiation
program, and at the meeting for ini-tation
Rains was elected director of
initiation proceedings.
The initiates were Margaret Low-renz,
Evelyn Bryant, Clara Bell Par­sons,
Voncille Tate, Murff Hawkins,
Marshal Blackman, Rat Burgess,
Campbell Nethery, and Jeff Miller.
Each was blindfolded and carried
through a series of stunts, some of
which tested their ability to main­tain
equilibrium on an inclined plane,
their sense of direction in crawling
through a tunnel, and their sensitive­ness
to the "magic weed." Some were
allowed to "play the piana" and sing,
the piano being the mantel-piece for
one of the sets of the Players. A
good stunt was found in letting each
initiate stand on a board, held about
2 inches off the floor, and hold to
the head of someone in front of them,
this person sinking down to give the
impression of being . lifted, then
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having the initiate jump. Some,
thinking they were 4 or 5 feet high,
sprawled gloriously. Rains quizzed
them concerning the features of dra­matic
art, and received some ludi­crous
answers as well as some very
good ones. Martha Haupt, president,
next administered the oath to each
initiate.
The next part of the initiation fea­tured
each candidate in a characteri­zation
of some sort. Jeff Miller play­ed
a solo on the piano, then played
for the other acts. Evelyn Bryant
read a highly dramatic poem about a
mosquito; Hawkins was allowed the
stage for some fancy and ballet
dances; Burgess, Blackman, Parsons,
and Tate rendered a quartette, "Row
Row Row Your Boat. Burgess and
Blackman also did a baby act which
went over very well.
Each initiate was given instruction
as to characterization or impersona­tion,
these instructions to be carried
out Wednesday of this week. So
some may have been strolling about
the campus: Adolph Menjou, Jeff
Miller; a bed-raggled hobo, Hawkins;
Ramon Novarro, Blackman; a Dutch
Cleanser, Burgess; Charlie Chaplin,
Netherey; Greta Garbo, Tate; Clara
Bow, Parsons; Marion Talley, Low-renz;
and Bryant as Mae Murray.
The Players wish to announce
again the presentation of the Wo­man's
College Players, the Pierrettes,
in a splendid play, "The Dover Road,"
at Langdon Hall, 8:15, Friday night
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OPEN DISCUSSION
AT REGULAR MEET
As there are only a few more
meetings this semester, everyone who
hadn't served on the program a suf­ficient
number of times was given an
opportunity to engage in the open
discussions. Not only the ones, who
hadn't served a sufficient number of
times, but practically every member
present took part. Various topics
were wirtten upon the board; those
who spoke on these topics were:
Blette, Elledge, Hend|erson, Meigs,
Martin, Storey, Nunn, and Cottier,
C. A. Harris gave a brief talk on John
D. Rockefellow . Following these dis­cussions
was an impromptu debate
on: Resolved: "That Auburn Stu­dents
Should Wear Neck-ties." Those
speaking on affirmative were Tate,
Harris, and Caraker. Those who
spoke on the negative were Hallman,
Bennet, and Frederick.
In the last meeting the society
elected T. O. Kuykendall as captain
of the society basketball team, which
is immediately to begin practice.
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An award of a new, completely-equipped
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Aircraft Company at Colorado
Springs. This award will be made
for the best series of four short
monthly articles on the subject of
aviation.
The prizes are offered in an at­tempt
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Information Given
On Graduating
Class This Year
Interesting data about enrollment
at Alabama Polytechnic is constant­ly
being compiled in the office of the
assistant registrar. The latest of
such information that has been an­nounced
in the following report on
the graduating class of 1928:
Classification of class by courses:
giving No. of men, women, Total No.
and per cent of class, respectively.
General: 33, 1, 34, 12.16; Home
Economics: 0, 15, 15, 5.32; Agricul­ture:
15, 0, 15, 6.32; Agr. Education:
23, 0, 23, 8.16; Education: 29, 12, 41,
14.54; Chemistry and Metallurgy, 3,
0, 3, 1.06; Pharmacy: 6, 0, 6, 2.13;
Pharmaceutical Chemist, 6, 0, 6, 2.13;
Civil Engineering: 24, 0, 24, 8.51;
Elec. Engineering, 61, 0, 61, 21.63;
Mech. Engineering, 26, 0, 26, 9.22;
Architecture (B. S.), 6, 1, 7, 2.48;
Arch. Eng. ( B . S . ) : 3, 0, 3, 1.06;
Arch. (Bachelor of): 1, 0, 1, 0.35;
Arch. Eng. (Bachelor, of): 1, 0, 1,
0.35; Vet. Medicine: 4, 0, 4, 1.42;
Total: 253, 29, 282, 100.00.
Classification of class by years of
entrance giving year of entrance, No.
of men, No. of women, Total No. and
per cent of class respectively.
As Freshmen: 1924-25, 178, 7, 185,
65.59; As Freshmen: 1921-22, 2, 0,
2, .71; As Freshmen: 1922-13, 4, 1, 5,
1.77; As Freshmen: 1923-24, 31, 3,
34, 12.06; As Freshmen: 1923-24, 1,
0, 1, .36; With Advanced Standing:
1924-25, 5, 3, 8, 2.84; 1925-26, 20,
i4, 24, 8.51; 1926-27", 12, 10, 22, 7.80;
1927-28, 0, 1, 1, 0.36.
"THAT LITTLE GAME"- THE PESKY FIXER
Cigarettes Great
Benefit To College
Friendship Council
To Have Banquet
Meeting with the "Y" Friendship
Council in its annual mid-semester
banquet Friday evening, December
14, will be the YWCA Cabinet mem­bers,
YM officials announced yester­day.
This marks the initial joint ap­pearance
of these organizations here,
this pact being arranged to foster
more effective "Y" work on the cam­pus.
The banquet will be on Friday
evening, beginning promptly at six
o'clock, in the Eastern Star Dining
Hall. All members of the YM Friend­ship
Council along with the YWCA
Cabinet will be^present.
The evening's program will contain
many interesting events, along with
the appetizing dinner to be served.
Presiding on this occasion will be W.
T. Edwards, president and colonel of
the YMCA, who will also'deliver the
welcome to the YW organization. Re­sponse
will be rendered by Miss
Blanche Tancredi, president of the
YWCA.
Reports from the Majors, Howard
Smith and George Stafford, will be
had. Two-minute reports from each
of the committee chairmen will be
requested. YW work will be discussed
by some -member of that organiza­tion.
The final number is booked as
an address by Miss Zoe Dobbs.
Additional interesting numbers
and events, including music, will be
rendered.
Cigarettes are of a great benefit
to the students at the South Dakota
School of Mines. A large gymnasi­um
lias been built for the college,
entirely from the proceeds of the cig­arette
tax which the state of South
Dakota imposes upon the smoking
public.
Gen. Robert E. Noble
Addresses Kiwanis
Club Here Monday
Addressing the Auburn Kiwanians
at their meeting Monday, Gen. Rob­ert
E. Noble, of Anniston said that
marked progress is being made in
the organization of chapters of Au­burn
alumni throughout Alabama.
General Noble is president of the
Alumni Association of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. He Was intro­duced
to the club by J. V. Brown,
executive secretary.
The plan announced calls for or­ganization,
this week, ol alumni chap­ters
at Roanoke, LaFayette, Ashland,
and Lineville.
Gen. Noble and Dr. Brown met with
the Opelika chapter Monday night;
and will meet with the alumni at An­niston
and Chattanooga this week.
During the last few weeks Gen.
Noble and Dr. Brown have visited 32
towns in promoting alumni work.
They expect to have at least one ac­tive
chapter in each county. In some
larger counties there will be two or
ganization, this week, of alumni chap­ters
have been organized at Abbe­ville,
Alexander City, Clanton, Enter­prise,
Ozark, Prattville, Tallassee,
Sylacauga, Rockford, and Wetumpka.
Gen. Noble was given a hearty wel­come
to Auburn. Captain B. C. An­derson,
president of the Kiwanis Club,
invited him to visit the club each op­portunity.
President Anderson announced that
the Kiwanis Christmas party, sche­duled
for the night of December 20,
is to be bigger and better than ever.
It will be ladies' night and many of
the Kiwanians will have guests with
them. Prof. W. H. Eaton is chairman
of the general committee on arrange­ments.
BANK OF AUBURN
We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business
May Yo u r C h r i * t m ar «
be as M E R R Y
as you have made
O L D GO L D S
:mM WMM
'
0 P. L.ORH.LAHO CO.. t»T. I7««
A year ago OLD GOLD'S holiday message to Its many
friends was entitled . . . "OLD GOLD'S first Christmas."
OLD GOLD was then fust the infant prodigy among ciga­rettes.
But, thanks to its three million new friends, and
Its countless old ones, OLD GOLD has grown four hundred
per cent. The infant has become a strapping young giant.
OLD GOLD Is America's fastest growing cigarette. You
have given OLD GOLD a wonderful Christmas by your
kind patronage and cordial good-will. And in deepest
appreciation we say to aU our friends . . . "May your
Christmas be as merry as you have made OLD GOLD'S."
We thank you.
$&*4U*4t>0**~tf>*^f
PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1928.
Auburn Players In
First Appearance
One Act Play Well Received
Appreciative Audience
By
At eight o'clock last Saturday
evening, in Langdon Hall, the Auburn
players made their first public ap­pearance
of the present year. During
the evening four one-act plays were
presented. The first was a portrayal
of modern college life, and was writ­ten
by Dr. Weaver's class in advanced
composition; this play was well-acted
by Martha Haupt, Haskins Williams,
and Ferrel Burgess. The second,
"Scraps" was a tragedy of negro
life, with the setting in a poor ten­ant
farmer's cabin; Evelyn Bryant,
Clara Belle Parsons, and Marshal
Blackman were in the cast. The next,
"Paths of Glory," was a comic trag­edy
concerning life in the slums of
HUDSON and THOMPSON
Solicit Business of Fraternity Houses
"CUSH" WOOD and M. J. SLAUGHTER
Student Representatives
Baltimore; Mary Garlington, Mar­garet
Lawrenz, Murff Hawkins and
M. Tidwell were the players. The
last play, "What They Think," was a
frank representation of the difficul­ties,
which may arise between par­ents
and children; the supporting cast
consisted of Voncille Tate, Jeff Mil­ler,
Mrs. Carlowitz, and Campbell
Nethery.- At the end of the second
and third plays the Auburn Mandolin
Club rendered several popular num­bers,
which added to the pleasure of
the evening. Each presentation re­ceived
its due reward in applause,
and the entire program was thorough­ly
enjoyed by everyone present.
KLEIN & SON
JEWELERS
GIFTS FOR EVERY OCCASION
SILVERWARE AND FINE CHINA
WATCHES AND DIAMONDS
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES, STETSON
HATS, FLORSHEIM SHOES
BRADLEY SWEATERS & MANHATTAN
SHIRTS
HOLLINGSWORTH & NORMAN
ALL QUALITY LINES
"Everything for Men & Boys to wear"
OPELIKA, :-: ALABAMA
Work Progressing
On Fraternities
The work on the two new houses
being built on fraternity row by the
Delta Sigma Phi and the Phi Delta
Theta fraternities are progressing
very rapidly.
The Delta Sigma Phi house has the
structure all ready completed and
brick veneering has been started.
The foundation for the Phi Delta
Theca house is being laid and is near-ing
completion. The huts in front
of this lot are being torn down so
as to give a clear view of the street.
Prexy's Paragraphs
I love the truth and never want to
appear to take any credit not due me.
An editorial in the Plainsman last
week gave me credit which was not
my due. I did not pay for the Band
Instruments personally. I told Prof.
Bidez that the band" needed the ins­truments
and I felt sure I could find
the money somewhere to pay for them.
They were not paid for out of money
set aside for the support of the band
but from accumulated surplus due
to the careful business management
of the institution an<^ our better sys­tem
of accounting. I have spent more
of my own money that I have received
since I came to Auburn but I am not
entitled to any credit for the band
instruments except credit for having
seen the need and being willing to
make the purchase possible out of
college funds. I do not know how the
rumor that I paid for them started
but I have given you the truth.
and make yourself a part of your
family life. Do something to make
your mother and father know that
you appreciate what they are doing
for you and that your love for them
is unabated. Do not spend all the
time down town with your friends or
out in the social life of your town.
Spend some time with mother and
dad and the rest of the family. It will
warm the cockles of your heart and
give you infinite satisfaction in after
days. Celebrate Christmas at home
and give the best wishes of old Auburn
to every Mother and Dad.
A. MEADOWS GARAGE
AUTO REPAIRS TIRES TUBES
CARS FOR HIRE U-DRIVE-'EM
ACCESSORIES
GAS OIL GREASES
PHONE 29-27
"Say it "With blowers"
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
ROSEMONT GARDENS
Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
FLORISTS
OR. T. B. MCDONALD
DENTIST
Office Over Toomer's Drug
Store
ROBERTSON'S QUICK
LUNCH
Open Day and Night
The Best that can be bought—
Served as well as can be
served
15 Commerce' St. Montgomery, Ala.
PERFECTION AND FLORENCE
OIL STOVES
HEATERS :-: RANGES
PICTURE FRAMING
We Appreciate Your Business
AUBURN FURNITURE CO.
SODAS
- CONFECTIONS
TOBACCO
STATIONERY
MEET ME
—AT—
Red's Place
The flu seems destined to spoil our
Christmas Holidays. Do not take any
risk. Take good care of yourselves.
Stay in bed. Avoid changes in tem­perature.
Get the Doctor. Do not
risk a protracted illness.
* * * * *
Christmas is coming. What a won­derful
season it is. The promise of
life; the hope of a future; the refuge
of daily life, all are here. But to
me one of the great things about
Christmas is that it is the home and
family holiday; it is the time when we
gather around the family fireside and
the family table and bask in the sun­shine
of family love. There is no
lovelier time in all of life than these
times when father and mother and
the children take the time from busy
lives to really be together. Go home
The Ag Club was very fortunate in
having Mr. W. S. Eiland speak at
the regular meeting Wednesday. Mr.
Eiland, general manager of the Bir­mingham
branch of the General Re­frigerator
Company, made a very in­teresting
and instructive talk on
"Dairy Refrigeration," in which he
told the members of the club how to
build a good refrigerator, and the
importance of good refrigeration in
dairying.
EDUCATIONAL MEET
IS VERY SUCCESSFUL
(Continued from page 1)
to certify their records and have them
accepted by other institutions in this
Association. Alabama Woman's Col­lege
at Montgomery and North Caro­lina
Agricultural and Engineering
College were among those accepted.
Auburn has been a member of this
Association for some years past.
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
OF BIRMINGHAM
The Newest Styles
First—
The Best Values
Always—
%
"PUSS"TYLER
Student Representative
THE
KLOTHES
SHOPPE
UP-STAIRS
BIRMINGHAM
We sell good clothes
for less because it
costs us less to sell
FRED THALEN
Manager
Take the " L "
207% North 19 St.
NOTICE
Students are reminded that the
action taken by the Executive Coun­cil
automatically cancels all social
engagements previously arranged.
The Woman's College Dramatic Club,
which was scheduled to appear here
on Friday night, will doubtlessly of­fer
its presentation at' the earliest
possible date after the holidays. Like­wise,
all other engagements arranged
at some previous date will be post­poned
until the return of the student
body.
NEW SHIPMENTS
XMAS PRESENTS
Hand Painted China
Inlaid Pattern Wood
Meeker Leather Goods
Pennants & Pillow Covers
Pangburn's Special
Christmas Candies
See Our Christmas Cards Now On Display
- A t -
j Student Supply Shop
FOR HEALTH SAKE
EAT MORE
LADIES
Address envelopes a t
home Spare time. $15.-
$25 Weekly easy. Experi­ence
unnecessary. Dig­nified
work. S e n d 2c
stamp for particulars.
MAZELLE,
Dept. CS 65,
Gary, Indiana
ICE CREAM
its
PURE-PERFECTLY PASTEURIZED
And
"Best Because It's Froze-Rite"
^ *.___—.
OPELIKA PHARMACY INC.
Prescription Druggist
YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED
Phone 72 " • ; Opelika, Ala.
TOGGERY SHOP TOGGERY SHOP
Use Kratzer's Ice Cream
Your Local Dealer Has It
For your parties and feeds ask your local
dealer to brder from us. Our products are
pasteurized, using best ingredients, there­fore
necessarily PURE.
KRATZER'S
150 rooms, every room Circulating ice water
with bath and and oscilating
showers fans
STRICTLY FIREPROOF
The Greystone
, Montgomery, Ala.
Wolff Hotel Company Charles A. Johnson
Operators Manager
i r - :wi..
Montgomery, Alabama
Local Dealers
HOMER WRIGHT
S. L. TOOMER
Men's and Young Men's
SUITS
-WITH TWO TROUSERS
$ 35
He united the country with nails
Not the cheapest priced clothes in Columbus
—but the best qualities at the lowest possible
prices.
A. C. CHANCELLOR CO.
Columbus, Georgia
|EN FRANKLIN made the horseshoe
nail a symbol of the importance
of little things. "The kingdom
was lost and all for the want of
a horseshoe nail", goes one of this wise
sayings. So when he became Postmaster
General, he knew full well the need for
proper horseshoeing as one step in
punctual mail schedules.
The care given to details can still
make or break a great plan. In the
telephone industry, for example, the
development of compact paper insula­tion
helped to make possible the «mall
diameter cable and therefore the vast
underground plant necessary to serve
large cities.
A multiplicity of details„from the test­ing
of long fibre cotton to the "voice
with the smile", offer a continual chal­lenge
to the Bell System men who unite
the nation with telephones.
BELL SYSTEM
cd nation-wide system ^"18,500,000 inter-connecting telephones
"OUR PIONEERING W O R K HAS JUST BEGUN
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