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GREETINGS
OLD MEN THE PLAINSMAN
T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
WELCOME
FRESHMEN
VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1929. NUMBER 1
OVER HUNDRED NEW COURSES
ENLARGE COLLEGE CURRICULA
Subjects Annexed Bring
Total Number Near
Seven Hundred
A. P. I. RATING HIGHER
Additions Are Made To Allow
Wider Range of
Electives
A total of 166 new subjects of study
will be taught at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute beginning with the
opening of the 58th session on Sept.
9, according to announcement by
President Bradford Knapp and
published in the new catalogue. The
additional subjects bring the number
now being offered at Auburn to 699.
The increase is in line with a policy
of general expansion which is enrich
ing the work of all divisions, schools,
and departments.
This expansion is directed by Dr
Knapp to allow students desiring
specialized training in particular- lines
a wider choice of electives.
A large part of the increase comes
through the addition of a new school
of textile engineering, a new depart­ment
of industrial arts and shops, and
marked enlargement of the school of
education.
Prof. E. W. Camp is head of the
school of textile engineering, in which
students may specialize in textile
manufacturing, fabrics design, textile
business administration, and textile
chemistry and dyeing. Twenty new
courses will be given in this school.
The department of industrial arts
and shops is headed by Prof. Dan T.
Jones, and the new course is offered
cooperatively by the schools of en­gineering
and education. For several
years at Auburn the subjects carpen­try
and woodwork have been given
in the school of engineering, but the
demand for teachers in industrial arts
subjects has caused expansion of this
work into a separate department.
Nineteen new -subjects have been ad­ded
to the curriculum, and students
may now take a four-year course as
studies in junior and senior high
schools, or industrial arts subjects in
high schools.
Forty-eight new subjects have been
added in the school of education of
which Dean Zebulon Judd is head.
Special curricula have been arranged
to allow students to specialize and re­ceive
degrees in 21 different subject-matter
fields, leading to as many dif­ferent
types of professional service as
teachers. • Those preparing to teach
in secondary schools may specialize in
English, social studies, mathematics,
science, modern language, occupation­al
studies for boys and girls, applied
arts, vocational agriculture, vocational
home economics, and industrial arts.
With the exception of the course for
vocational agriculture teachers, all of
these are printed in the catalogue
this year for the first time. For the
elementary field, specialization is of­fered
in elementary school teaching,
elementary school principalship, and
elementary school supervision.
Though for many years students
have received the master of science
degree in education, the new catalogue
carries definitely formulated curricula.
for training of graduate students in
education for specific types of educa­tional
service. The following curri­cula
appear: city superintendents,
county superintendents, high school
principals, elementary school princi­pals,
supervisors, and three different
courses for elementary school teachers.
Other notable expansions include
that in the school of agriculture, the
department-of civil engineering, the
school of science and literature, and
the school of architecture and allied
arts.
The school of science and literature,
as such, appears for the first time in
the catalogue. It is headed by Dr.
John W. Scott who came to Auburn
in 19B7, and is a result of the re­organization
and additions to the ac-
(Continued on page 3)
WAR DEPT. WILL
SPONSOR INTRA
MURAL S P O R TS
Will Make Football Accessible
To All Students
This fall marks the beginning of
second year of Intra Mural Athletics
at Auburn. Last year a modest start
along these lines was attempted, the
result's being considered satisfactory.
For the benefit of the uninitiated,
Intra Mural competitions are those
taking place between "teams within
the walls" of the institution. Their
value lies in the ability to afford su­pervised
athletics for a much greater
number of students than could be car­ried
on the varsity squads. Also by
keeping a large number of men out
for a sport, there are always a few
varsity prospects unearthed due to
the additional coaching and seasoning
of green players.
At Auburn the military department
assists the coaching staff in putting
over this form of sport. The Cadet
Corps comprises all the able bodied
men of the Freshman and Sophomore
classes and is divided into four bat­talions
of equal strength. Thus the
coaches are able to reach the desired
portion of the student body and com­petition
is made keen through equality
of strength.
Three leagues are conducted—foot-
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PLANS FOR OPENING
58TH SESSION ARE
ANNOUNCED TODAY
Group Convocations Will
Held for Students
Be
CLASSES TO START WED.
New Schedule Replaces Former
Freshman Week
Talking Pictures At
Tiger Theatre Will
Begin Wednesday
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Complete Western Electric Sound
Equipment Being Installed
The opening of talking pictures at
the Tiger Theatre on Wednesday,
September 11, following the installa­tion
of a Western Electric Sound Sys­tem,
marks the consummation of a
long period of research.
The Western Electric Sound System
was designed by the Bell Telephone
Laboratories which have for years
been the leading organization devoted
to the problems of acoustic engineer­ing.
It was manufactured by the
Western Electric Company which has
manufactured sound transmissions ap­paratus
since 1869.
Since the debut of the talking pic-tui-
e on Broadway in 1926 almost
three thousand theatres have had the
Western Electric reproducing equip­ment
installed.
"I am satisfied, after a thorough
investigation," manager Foreman
Rogers said, "that in selecting this
equipment we shall be giving our pat
rons the best possible reproduction of
sound effect's and dialogue that it is
possible to obtain."
Complete plans for the opening of
the 58th session of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute were announced this
afternoon by President Bradford
Knapp. Monday and Tuesday, Sep­tember
9 and 10, will be registration
day for all students, freshmen,
sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Class work for sophomores, juniors,
and seniors will start Wednesday,
September 11.
Following registration Monday and
Tuesday freshmen students will spend
two days in tests and in getting ac­quainted
with college life. They will
be given placement tests in English
and mathematics Wednesday and
Thursday; and on Thursday mental
tests will be given all freshmen by
the school of education.
Freshmen will meet for the first
time at 10:30 Wednesday morning
for a special convocation in Langdon
Hall. Dr. Knapp will preside and
will address the new students. He
will tell them of the opportunities
presented to them upon entering col­lege
and also how to conduct them­selves
as college students.
At this convocation the deans will
be introduced and announcements will
be made, followed by a tour of the
campus buildings.
Sophomore, juniors, and seniors
will assemble for a special convoca­tion
at eight o'clock Wednesday
morning. At the end of this convo­cation
class work for these students
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Registration Notice!
CORNERSTONE NEW
ROSS LABORATORY
LAID AUGUST 17TH
Registration will begin at 8 A. M.
Monday, September 10, at the Ad­ministration
Building. Upon register­ing
each student will receive a pamph­let
giving detailed instructions for
matriculation into the various
branches of the school. Every stu­dent
is urgently requested by the
Registrar to have the exact amounts
of money, either in cash or checks,
in readiness to pay his fees when he
goes to register. By so doing the stu­dent
will greatly facilitate the regis­tration
activities, which heretofore
have been unnecessarily long.
The student may determine the ex­act
amounts of his fees by studying
the list given below.
The fees given below are payable
at the beginning of each semester.
Fees Required of ALL Students
College Fees, $32.50; Student-Ac­tivities
Fee, $7.50; Contingent Deposit,
$5.00.
Additional Fees and Deposits Required
of Certain Students
Laundry (All men), $12.00; Extra
Laundry and Dry Cleaning (Option­al),
$3.00; Non-residents of Alabama,
$25.00; Students in Pharmacy (ex­cept
freshmen in four-year course),
$10.00; Students in Home Economics,
$7.50; Students in Veterinary Medi­cine,
$5.00; Typewriter fee (for stu­dents
taking this course), $5.00; Stu­dents
in Engineering (Auburn Engi­neer),
50c; Uniform (Required of
freshmen and sophomores in R. O. T.
C ) , $15.00; Class Dues: Seniors,
$3.50; Juniors, $1.00; Sophomores,
75c; Freshmen, 50c; Physical Ex­amination
fee (New students who do
not file report of family physician),
$2.00.
THIRTY-FOUR NEW
NAMES APPEAR ON
STAFF OF FACULTY
LARGE GRIDIRON SQUAD ENDS
FIRST WEEK FALL PRACTICE
W. Camp Only New Head
of Department
NINE ARE A. P. I. ALUMNI
Fifteen To Be In School of Arts
And Sciences
CHEMISTRY STAFF
TESTS ALA. WATER
Data Compiled To Appear In Publi­cation
Of Industrial Board
New Building To Be Completed
By End of Year
Concrete Sidewalk
Is Near Completion
The new sidewalk now under con­struction
on College street which com­pletes
the link from Collier's shop
to the Little Theatre will be com­pleted
within a few days, according
to an announcement made public to­day
by officers of the construction
company doing the work.
The new walk when completed will
close the unpaved portion of the street
and completes the link which now
makes the east side of College street
with a sidewalk throughout its ex­tent
of eight city blocks.
The addition of the new walk will
end the troubles of pedestrians who
must pass the Smith Hall and Alumni
Hall dormitories. The area is to be
properly drained and the street will
no longer be called into service by
those who walk during inclement
weather.
When the new walk is completed
the city of Auburn will have ten miles
of sidewalks and four and one half
miles of paved streets.
The cornerstone of the Ross Chemi­cal
laboratory was laid with appro­priate
ceremonies on August 17. The
building, which is rapidly assuming
proportions will be ready for accu-pancy
before the beginning of the
second semester according to an­nouncement
made public by President
Knapp.
Dr. Bennett Battle Ross, head of
the Dept. of Chemistry for whom tha
building was named spent some time
in traveling through the south and
west inspecting the higher institutions
of learning with a view of selecting
appropriate equipment for the new
building at Auburn.
The new structure when completed
will be the most complete laboratory
in the south, college officials said,
and will be furnished elaborately with
the most modern equipment. Special
Arrangements have been completed
whereby ample space and equipment
will be provided for research work.
Upon the completion of the Ross
Laboratory the demolition of the old
structures now occupied by the
Chemistry Department and State Lab­oratory
"will begin in order to clear
the site for the new Administration
building which will be placed near the
entrance to the main campus. The
Administration building has been re­designed
and greatly enlarged in or­der
to better fit it to the site and will
be so placed that the old oak trees
about the present chemistry group will
remain. '
With the completion of the new Ross
Chemical Laboratory the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute will have ample
equipment to carry on the required
work in the general courses offered
by the college and especially advanced
elective courses which are announced
In the catalogue.
At the suggestion of Thad Holt, di­rector
of the Alabama Industrial De­velopment
Board, Birmingham, the
chemistry division of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute is compiling data
concerning Alabama waters to be in­cluded
in a publication which will be
published by the Industrial Develop­ment
Board.
Replying to Mr. Holt's request
Professor C. L. Hare, associate state
chemist, said that there is now on
file in the office of the state chemist
a record of 75 samples of water which
were taken from representative sec­tions
of the State during the last few
years and analyzed by Auburn
chemists. Most of these came with­out
information as to the source and
Prof. Hare is now attempting to get
information as to whether they came
from wells, springs, streams, or lakes.
With these facts obtained the
chemistry division will be in position
to furnish valuable data for Mr.
Holt's use in his publication, he said.
In addition, other samples will be
analyzed if it appears that addition­al
work should be done. Prof. Hare
said that the chemists here will co­operate
to the fullest extent in ob­taining
and furnishing the informa­tion
needed in the publication.
Thirty-four new names appear on
the faculty- roll of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute with the opening
of the 58th session, September 9, ac­cording
to an announcement by Dr.
Bradford Knapp, president.
The appointments include one head
of school, four full professors, four
sjssociate professors, four assistant
professors, thirteen instructors, and
eight associates. Fifteen of them will
be in the school of science and litera­ture,
twelve in the school of agricul­ture,
three in the school of architec­ture
and allied arts, one in the school
of veterinary medicine, one in the
school of textile engineering, one in
the school of chemistry and pharmacy,
and one in the school of engineering.
E. W. Camp comes to Auburn from
Texas Technological College at Lub­bock,
Texas, to head the new school of
textile engineering. He is a graduate
of Georgia School of Technology.
New men appointed by Dean M. J.-
Funchess of the school of agriculture
are H. S. Swingle, research associate
professor in the physiology of insects,
A. D. Durke, head professor of dairy­ing,
Dr. Leonard D. Baver, research
associate professor in soil chemistry,
Ben C. Alvord, associate professor in
agricultural economics, H. W. Bennett,
assistant in agronomy, T. N. Jones,
instructor in agricultural engineering,
P. L. Wright, assistant in horticul­ture,
E. V. Smith, assistant in botany,
E. E. McLean and Carl N. Clarke,
(Continued on page 4)
-a RECORD NUMBER
ATTEND SUMMER
MEETINGS HERE
Convention Visitors Number
Over Three Thousand
39 DEMONSTRATION
AGENTS TO CONVENE
HERE SEPTEMBER 9
Many Are Expected to Attend
Conferences
Dr. J. B. Clark Will
Be Dean At Mercer
Auburn Alumnu* Given Appointment
By Dr. Dowell
Information has reached Auburn
that Dr. John B. Clark, an Auburn
alumnus and for several years a mem­ber
of the faculty, has been appoint­ed
dean of the college of Liberal Arts
and professor of philosophy at Mercer
University. Appointment was made
by Dr. Spright Dowell with whom
Dr. Clark worked in Montgomery and
at Auburn.
Since leaving Auburn Dr. Clark
has been Dean of Judson College at
Marion. After graduation at Auburn
he pursued his study at Variderbilt
University, at Harvard, and at Colum­bia
University, New York, where he
received his degree of doctor of philos­ophy.
Group conferences of 39 home
demonstration.agents in Alabama have
been called by Miss Helen Johnston,
chairman of home demonstration
work, Extension Service, Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. They are to
meet during the week of September
9 to 14 here in Duncan Hall.
Monday and Tuesday those who
plan to make clothing and handicraft
their main project for the ensuing
year will confer with Miss Dorothy
Dean, specialist in clothing and han­dicraft.
The women will formulate
a plan of work, familiarize themselves
with subject matter, and consider
methods of presentation.
Wednesday and Thursday Miss Nell
Pickens, specialist in home manage­ment,
will hold a similiar conference
for county workers planning to make
home management their main project.
Thursday and Friday a similar con­ference
will be led by Miss Helen
Kennedy, specialist in foods and nu­trition,
for workers who are to em­phasize
food in their program.
The conferences will be in the na­ture
of a school to prepare demon­stration
agents for presenting a pro­gram
of the year's work to local home
demonstration club leaders in the va­rious
counties. Soon after the con­ferences
at Auburn the county agents,
assisted by the three specialists, will
present to local leaders a resume of
the discussions at Auburn.
Home" demonstration agents coming
to Auburn to study clothing and hand­icraft
are Mrs. Glenn Rounds, Cull­man;
Clara Nale, Franklin; Ella
Hamilton, Marion; Anamerle Arant,
Coosa; Mary Olive Carnley, Elmore;
Mary Bailey, Lee; Ruth Dobyne, Au­tauga-;
Cindy Lester, Conecuh; Ola D,
Overby, Pickens; Gladys Copeland,
(Continued on page 4)
During the past summer approxi­mately
3,300 people have attended
meetings at the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute at Auburn. In addition
to those here for farmer's week, the
Poultry Science Association conven­tion,
and the Alabama Press Insti­tute,
six county delegations from the
southeast Alabama district came to
Auburn to spend the day.
During the week of August 5-10
more than 1,000 farm people were in
Auburn for farmers' week. In at­tendance,
in interest, and in presenta­tion
of program it established new
high records.
At the outset it was apparent to
observers that the men and women
who had journeyed to their college of
agriculture and home economics had
done so for information, for inspira­tion,
and for enlarging acquaintance
and friendship.
The exercises started on the morn­ing
of the 5th with the eighth an­nual
convention of the Alabama Farm
Bureau Federation which was presid­ed
over by Edward A. O'Neal. Dr.
Bradford Knapp welcomed the visi­tors
to Auburn and pledged them an
interesting and valuable program
throughout the week.
District Agent Emmett Sizemore,
R. Y. Bailey, and others who helped
entertain and instruct the delega­tions
say that farmers and warm wom­en
visiting the institution this sum­mer
showed keener interest than has
ever been shown before. They are
interested in scientific farming and
desirous to learn what they could from
the experiment station here.
County delegations together with
the number and the demonstration
agents bringing them were: Randolph,
750, G. B. Phillips; Dale, 192, Lava-da
Curtis, G. W. Ray, and C. S. Kel­ler;
Bullock, 90, Mrs. Mabel Feagirf
and J. A. McLeod; Chambers, 410,
Mrs. Z. G. Jackson and H. C. Heath;
Lee, 420, Mary Bailey and L. M. Hol-lingsworth;
Russell, 211, L. G. Pear­son.
At the 21st. convention of the Poul­try
Science Association in Auburn
126 delegates from 30 states and 3
Canadian provinces were present.
They came from land-grant colleges
in the United States and similar in­stitutions
in Canada. They represent­ed
research, teaching, and extension
work in poultry.
Alternate-Captain Cal­lahan,
Hamp Green
Only ;'A" Men
Missing
OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
First Scrimmage To Take Place
At Next Saturday's
Practice
Alabama Editors
Attend Meet Here
Prominent Editor Wear* Pajamas On
Street* of Auburn
Seventy-five newspaper publishers,
editors, and job printers were in Au­burn
August 15, 16, and 17 for the
first Alabama Press Institute, spon­sored
by the Alabama Press Associa­tion
and the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
The Institute was a short course
for members of the newspaper frater­nity—
daily, weekly, and semi-week
ly—and for those engaged in the busi­ness
of printing. The editors studied
advertising, editing, circulation, print­ing,
and other things relating to news­paper
work. Men recognized to be
outstanding in the different subjects
appeared on the program.
Especially notable among the speak­ers
was W. O. Saunders, eminently
successful editor of the Independent,
published in Elizabeth City, N. C,
and recent leader of the movement to
popularize pajamas for public wear.
Editor Saunders appeared on the
streets of Auburn in pajamas. He
gave the editors a practical talk on
newspaper management.
The first week of practice for the
1929 Auburn Tigers was brought to
a close this afternoon with a long
signal practice, and a line scrimmage
for the forward wall "cattA'dates. Dr.
Thomas, college physician, prori&Sjjcejj
all of the candidates in good physical
condition after a careful examination
Saturday morning.
On paper the Plainsmen look like
they will have a winning combination
this season. They are taking their
football seriously, which makes the
ardent spectators think that the Tigers
have occupied the cellar for the last
time. Either lettermen, reserves or
outstanding sophomores are out for
every position which makes the
Bohlermen stack up with some of the
other teams in the conference. The
boys are working hard, and after
the best spring training that has_£j«yj
been held on the Plains, naturally an
optimistic note is sung through the
air on the Auburn campus.
Alternate Captain Porter Callahan,
halfback, and Hamp Green, center, are
the only "A" men that have failed to
put in their appearance on Drake
Field. Green's father is sick which
necessitates the Orange and Blue
snapper back reporting late for prac­tice.
Callahan has not been heard
from but his presence is expected any
day.
Only two days remain for Coach
Bohler to dish out morning and after­noon
workouts as college opens Wed­nesday.
Coach Bohler probably will
give his candidates their usual hours
of hard work after college opens.
The first scrimmage probably will
be on the menu for next Saturday as
Coach Bohler is conditioning his hope­fuls
much slower this season than last
as the fundamentals were mastered
during spring training. Only punt­ing,
passing, running signals, and
exercises that will harden their
muscles have been dished out to them
to date. The majority of the plains­men
worked building stadiums, road
construction work, life guards, and
other work that will put them in con­dition
for the hard schedule facing
the Bengals. These vacation jobs will
aid Coach Bohler a good deal in his
early training.
Auburn's forward wall should be
(Continued on page 3)
Extension Worker
Goes To Oklahoma
L. H. Stinnett, formerly specialist
in cow testing, Extension Service,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, is now
dairy specialist for the Extension Ser­vice,
Oklahoma A. and M. College,'
with headquarters at Stillwater. He
began work in OklahorJa September 1.
The Auburn workeif goes to Okla­homa
after making an excellent record
in Alabama, where he worked as an
employee both of the"-B;ricTwion Se>- ••'
vice and the Bureau of Dairy Indus­try,
United States Department' of
Agriculture.
He graduated from Auburn in 1927,
and immediately took a position in
the dairy herd improvement work of
the State. For the first 10 months
he worked chiefly with the dairy test­ing
associations of Madison and Cal­houn
counties. He supervised tests
and advised dairymen regarding
methods that would lead to increased
production.
In March 1928 he was appointed
specialist in cow testing work for the
entire State, which position he held
until his departure August 31. While
he was in charge of the work in Ala­bama
dairy herd improvement associa­tions
increased from 2 to 6, and cowSj
on test from 2,000 to 7,000.
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elcome To
>«irri, Freshmen
The Plainsman, being representative of
Auburn, welcomes the class of 1933 into
our midst. You may be strangely alone
when you alight from the train despite the
fact that there are scores of boys your own
age around you. You will be alone for you
are entering a new life; shortly we hope
you will be living the new life, for you are
entering an institution whose proudest tra­ditions
hinge around the fact that her stu­dents
have taken an active part in her wel­fare,
and her fondest memories are of those
things which the students played a part.
We trust you are attending this school
with the feeling that it has something
for you and that you intend to
do your best to obtain that. You may have
come to Auburn because her name has rung
out across the state and nation, because
your parents chose this college; or because
you desire the kind of education that can
be procured here. But whatever the reason
that has drawn you to and caused you to
cast your lot with this institution, we feel
that it is your duty as long as you remain
here, to play the game the Auburn way—
fairly and squarely.
Many freshmen become dissatisfied before
they have had a chance to make friends.
Adjust yourselves to your new surroundings
as soon as possible. -~
Auburn is the best school for those who
have the conviction that they have a definite
mission to perform and that training is
needed to start this task. Auburn does not
have the kind of education that can be
wrapped up and expressed to some place,
but an education that must be fought for
and is- a worthwhile possession when once
obtained. The technical, literary, agricul­tural
educational advantages of Auburn
are worth four years of anyone's time, and
this realization by you of the incoming
class will more than anything else, cause
you to remain here until your education is
completed.
The student activities for a very impor­tant
factor in one's life, and if you will
enter into them with the spirit of helping
others and receiving help, much good can
be gotten from this source.
We hope you will become interested in
the things on the campus and that you will
analyze situations very carefully before
passing judgment oh anything. Busy your­self
with the things that appeal to you,
and loneliness and discouragement will not
play a part in your life at Auburn.
Fraternities and
the Freshmen
• k J h e average freshman on entering college
is confronted with a vast region peopled
With beings of like aptitudes and charac­ters
to himself-who enjoy youth, health
and happiness. He soon realizes or should
realize that college is not merely a prepa­ration
for life but life itself and that prob­lems
solved while in college will find dupli­cates
in after life.
One of the most bewildering problems
which many first year students must face
is the question of joining a fraternity.
Membership in a fraternity is by invita­tion
and before bids should be accepted, the
'student should consider several important
things which effect him individually as well
as the organization.
A freshman should know that the Greek
~i letter fraternity in college is a secret, social
organization of students who live, work and
play together for a common end—usually
to create a better friendly spirit and to
develop and help each member to round out
a fuller life. These organizations are given
LGr.eek letter names which have a ritualistic
eaning. The group lives in the same
ige which naturally embodies some at-pns.
Fraternity bids cannot be considered too
seriously. One might like the name of one
lodge, the pin or recognition button of an­other,
the house of another, but the most
important thing to think about is whether
one as an individual is fitted to the group.
The national prominence of an organiza­tion
have its attractions; yet, unless the
student finds men in a fraternity that he
would care to associate with during his
college career he should not accept the in­vitation
to become a member of that group
regardless of the other qualifications it
may boast.
Membership in a fraternity means some
additional expenditures, but it is the gen­eral
opinion that the extra cost is worth the
fraternal influences.
Fraternities attempt to improve individ­ual
and group scholarship, and to gather
together representative men and encourage
talented individuals .along social, scholastic,
and other lines of activity which make the
all-roung man.
Those who have the means and the in­tuition
should join a fraternity after care­fully
considering the advantages and dis­advantages
of membership. A hasty de­cision
may mean the ruin of a college ca­reer.
Careful consideration leads to as­sociations
which exert a lasting influence
in marking a fraternity man as one apart—
at once individual and valuable to the com­munity
in which he lives.
However, Auburn is a democratic school,
and if a man does not become a member of
a fraternity, he should not feel that he is
an outcast. More than fifty percent of- the
students here are non-fraternity, and some
of them are the finest men in college.
The true qualities—those that go to make
up the real man—have not been discovered
in many men, thus keeping them from being
asked to membership in one of the Greek
letter organizations. Others do not find
fraternal life to their liking, while still
others cannot afford the price. It can be
readily seen then that not to belong to a
fraternity is no reflection on the man.
Y. M. C. A. Extends ,
Welcome T o F r e s h m en
The Y. M. C. A. extends a cordial wel­come
to the new men on the campus, at
the same time endeavoring in some way
to be of service to them.
The purpose of the "Y" is to develop
those qualities in men so essential to the
uplifting of humanity. In doing this its
work carries it into every part of the stu­dent's
college life.
The "Y" does its greatest work in di­recting
the religious activities on the cam­pus,
but it also promotes contests of various
nature and stages several social affairs.
The organization works with the churches
of the community to promote religious meet­ings
during the year and has charge of
the Friendship Council, the foremost so­ciety
of its kind on the campus.
The discussion groups, which come under
the Friendship Council, are held by train­ed
leaders who are able to lead it intelli­gently
concerning important questions per­taining
to the life of the student. These
leaders are in turn helped by the ministers
of the town and the faculty.
We believe that the freshmen will take
an active part in the work of the Y. M. C.
A. as it will only be in keeping with what
they have been doing in their homes. If
they Will see that their spiritual life is not
warped, college will hold much more in
store for them.
The "Y" provides a great amount of
amusement and recreation for the students
in the sporting equipment it has and the
reading room it keeps.
The local office is also headquarters for
student information and is doing an indis­pensable
service in helping students find
places to live and acquainting themselves
with Auburn.
The Auburn Y. M. C. A. has accomplished
work for the ensuing year. One of the
great things, and has planned even greater
finest things it does is in helping the fresh­men
become college students in the true
sense of the word.
We trust the new men will become af­filiated
in some way with this great campus
machine so that within a few years they
will be able to carry the work on as well
as it is at the present time.
New Uniform Will x
Boost R. O. T. C.
The new uniform for R. O. T. C. students
is about the finest thing that has come to
our attention recently. The outfit is a very
dressy affair and will best be shown in
some smart drilling.
The old uniform, with its bad fit and
worn appearance, did much to discourage
student's who considered studying advanced
military work, while the new will undoubt­edly
prove to be an incentive and will cause
a great many to continue to study military
tactics throughout their college career.
The manner in which the students wear
their uniforms has always been a problem
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Kiwpp
TO THE FACULTY AND STUDENT
BODY, NEW AND OLD:
The new year be­gins.
We welcome to
our midst the increas­ing
number of those
who come here for an
education and the fine
new members of the
staff who have come
to help us to create
the opportunities for
young men and young
women to obtain an education at this in­stitution.
We believe everything is ready.
I am sorry that this year must be a year
of some difficulty regarding space. Until
two or more of the new buildings are com­plete,
we shall be cramped for quarters.
I ask your indulgence in that behalf. We
will do the best we can and by working all
together in good cooperation I believe we
may have a great year. Let me urge unity
of spirit and cooperation. Let us all work
together for the good which we may ac­complish
in Auburn this year. Let us stand
behind and support the coaching staff and
the team. Let us work together to eliminate
those harmful practices which have hurt
us in the years that have gone. Let us try
to develop the best in character and in at­tainment.
Let us set here an example which
will challenge Alabama and the nation as
a whole. The year lies ahead. In nine
months may we look back at a year of suc­cessful,
earnest, conscientious progress
toward those things which we are uphold­ing
as the ideals of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute.
to the officers; however, we do not believe
that will be a worry now as the students
will take pride in the way in which it is
worn. With the advent of the new clothes,
the military conduct should be well above
par. ,
The Military Department is to be com­mended
for the efforts put forth and the re­sults
obtained as the students will no long­er
be compelled to wear uniform that could
hardly rival the clothes of a convict when
it,comes to fitting.
Since the students own the uniform, it
will mean that a great many more will be
willing to continue their study which in
turn will create a stronger R. O. T. C.
unit in Auburn. This is what should hap­pen,
for we do not want to stand still with
so many improvements in the department.
Improvements In
Auburn Noted
The past few months have found many
changes taking place in Auburn. New
stores have opened; old establishments have
made improvement's, and the town in gener­al
has shown some marked progress.
One of the most noticeable things is the
paving of the sidewalk on the east side of
College Street where the street passes in
front of the college. This walk has always
been a hazard during bad weather as well
as dark nights when the roughness of the
ground could "not be determined. We feel
that it is a fine thing that the college has
done.
Along with this comes word that the town
is attempting to clean the street and yards.
This will be just another step toward
beautifying the city. This move will also
be an invitation for more people to make
their home here.
Homes are being built and more shrub­bery
planted by the responsible residents.
New residential sites will be available in
the near future if the growth justifies them.
Since the first pavement was laid in Au­burn,
there has been a steady growth. We
believe the time has come for the town to
put forth every possible effort to make
other parts of the state wake up and in
that manner insure for herself a gradually
increasing business and residential growth.
Science Or Culture?
Science, holding the center of the stage
in our present-day colleges, is accused of
not having evolved a satisfactory type of
secondary education. The student of
science, it is readily admitted, is well trained
in accuracy, patience, carefulness, and readi­ness
to consider new factors before draw­ing
conclusions. But his interests are far
too technical and specialized, too far re­moved
from those of his fellow-men, with
whom he can have little sympathy.
"Surely this is an insufficient education,"
comments Mr. Buckham. "Education should
refine, release, and ^enlarge to the tumost
the powers of imagination, creation, re­flection,
sympathy, catholicity. True educa­tion
produces not a mechanized mind that
is efficient and nothing more, but a per­sonality.
Its ideal is not mere efficiency
but true culture."—Review of Reviews.
Truth loves its limits, for there it meets
the beautiful.
« AUBURN FOOTPRINTS °£
A member of the faculty who recently returned from abroad has a very in­teresting
story concerning women smoking in France. The Dean must have found
it both comical and interesting watching the members of the fairer sex of Europe
giving fine points in the American-pastime.
* * * * * * * *
The town must be intending to raise money from the beginning this year judg­ing
from the way the officials are starting out. The first report drifting in is to
the effect that the city officer stopped the porter of the Alpha Gamma Rho House
in hope of finding something. We noticed that several of the fraternity houses
are all wet, but so far it has been mostly paint covering up some of last year's
evidence.
* * * * * * * *
We could add that persistence usually gains results and that the officer may
gain something for his efforts in the future.
* * * * * * * *
The "Sockless Wonders" in this corner of the woods is the Auburn football
squad. After investigating we found that only four men had found the urge of
civilization to be too strong to allow them to join that already notorious crew.
* * * * * * * *
The sedan was parked at the side of the road and as the man drew near he
could hear noises of a struggle within. He could hear a rustle, probably of silk,
and the muffled panting of a man. The body of the car swayed slightly to and
fro. He heard a curse and again the muffled panting. He crept softly around to
the side and looked into the window and saw a man trying to fold a road map the
same as it had been.
* * * * * * * *
The fraternity rushers are lost since the Freshmen do not report early this
year. About the only consolation they have is to go back to the house and gaze
upon the preparations made to take care of at least two dozen choice men. They
try the new bait, but the fish won't bite. Anyway, if they were working on com­mission,
they would be too weak to meet the trains.
* * * * * * * *
Between us girls, every time you pull up your stockings, your boy friends think
they see a green light.
* * * * * * * *
If the Summer Camp had lasted throughout the Summer, the football team
would have been unbeatable by now as the boys were getting meaner each succeed­ing
minute.
* * * * * * * *
The population of Auburn is increasing in more ways than one. It pays to be
patriotic and home-loving, doesn't it?
* * * * * * * *
We see where the Cafeteria is displaying the work of some advertising genius.
Originality and ability can be plainly seen. Cast an eye that way if you don't
believe us.
* * * * * * * *
Why are all the professors running around so for? They can't be doing any­thing—
they never are.
* * * * * * * *
A couple of years ago the marrying mania struck the student body, while this
year finds the bad habit in full force among the members of the faculty. A good
challenge is foreseen as the Architectural, business administration, and English
departments were represented in this little act. We were quite surprised to learn
that some whom we considered the staunchest woman-haters in college to take a
ride on that rough old sea of matrimony.
THOUGHTS IN SILHOUETTE
^Herc TXognese ^eufelsdrockh
BOOK REVIEW
SWORDS AND ROSES
By Joseph Hergesheimer
Knopf, New York, $3.50
The lost loveliness of the South that was
romance, the tranquil serenity of pale ladies
in crinoline and the brave individuality of
gallant gentlemen who defended their in­tegrity
by the sword, the culture that was
preserved like the pressed fragrance of
dark roses and mellow wine, the culture
that had its heart in the deep south, the
birthplace of the Confederacy, Alabama, has
been memorialized by Joseph Hergesheimer
in this art volume of belles-lettres of rich
prose distilled from the beauty of the tropi­cal
climate and the heroic spirit of the
leisurely aristocratic old South.
"The Deep South," the first and best es­say
in the volume, is fragrant with the
richest aroma of old Southern fashions, life,
and adventure" from wh|ch Mr. Herge­sheimer
in the rest of the essays evokes
and crystallizes his picturesque vignettes
of famous southerners: William Yancey,
"the pillar of words," whose oratory was
representative of the culture which its use
in behalf of secession was to destroy, Varina
Howell, "the Rose of the Mississippi," the
wife of Jefferson Davis, General Beaure­gard,
"a military figure in bronze," Albert
Sidney Johnston, " the lonely star" of Tex­as,
the valiant fierce Nathan Bedford For­rest,
Jeb Stuart of the golden spurs, Cap­tain
John Maffitt of the Navy, Belle Boyd,
a female spy, and John Worsham, a foot-soldier.
"The heart of the confederacy was first
held in Alabama—more rural than Virginia
or South Carolina; a state of small isolat­ed
communities and wide lonely plantations.
Its people came together only for court
days and sales days, at the muster of the
militia, and for the Agricultural Fair held
an a plateau above the Alabama River near
Montgomery.—For the most part the houses
were small, built in the shadow of the
woods, on secretive streams, or in communi­ties
of small people. The great planta­tion
houses, of course, were formal in de­sign
and spacious in manner.
"The deep South, like a conservatory,
was sweet with flowers. The isolated burial
grounds, approached by avenues of cedars,
and shaded with willows and live oaks and
linden, were planted with white flowers—
cape jasmines, bridal wreath, white japoni-ca,
sweet alyssum and white althea. In the
strange white radiance of Alabama- moon­light
white flowers—Cherokee roses, the
night-blooming cereus, moon flowers and
honeysuckle—were sweeter than at any
other time. Perhaps they were sweeter in
the moonlight of Alabama than anywhere
else. Thei-e were camphor trees and ivy
and the new dark Jacqueminot rose. In
the earliest Spring snowdrops were fol­lowed
by jonquils, hyacinths and narcissi
flowered in bright groups along the south
walls.
"Yet, against all that tenderness of beau­ty,
in spite of an apparent transcendent
peace, the intense heat bred its intensity
of emotion, a dangerous bitterness of con­viction,
hatred together with loyalty and a
fatal pride. The deep South reacted deep­ly,
darkly, from its heart; its passions were
not tempered by deliberate intelligence. It
had together with its fineness, an unre­strained
brutality of act destructive like the
blaze of its sun. It had an integrity but it
was not the measured dignity of mind. Its
integrity, as I have said, lay in the virtues
of extreme loyalty and unassailable courage.
It was magnificent in battle, in battle rath­er
than in war. It was, after all, General
Lee, Virginia, who led the South; but he had
Alabama tigers to lead; men born for fight­ing,
capable of fighting throughout all
their long or short lives. They made the
four years of the Confederacy possible.
Then they too vanished.
Unfortunately for the value of Mr. Herge-
"sheimer's artistry, he chooses to romanti­cize
over "the simpler loneliness of the
past" that is well known rather than over
an imaginary land such as the well known
Poictesme of James Branch Cabell. Mr.
Hergesheimer lacks in his writing the in­telligent
perspective of complete compre­hension
of present and past which destroys
the concept of any "golden age" to date.
Mr. Hergesheimer writes very beautiful
gorgeous descriptions of primitive magni­ficent
homes that never existed in any num­bers
or probably not at all, and fails to
discover the fact that Alabama had a rail­road
at a comparatively early date which
greatly facilitated transportation and com­munication
in "the deep South." And he
pictures only casually probably the essen­tial
feature of Southern life which really af­fects
him, its romanticism. And he exag­gerates
in the usual manner some of the
results of that romanticism, the frequency
and importance of fiery controversies of
honor and duelling. He only idealizes the
life of the upper classes and wholly ignores
the human trials of the humbler peoples.
Mark Twain devoted a complete chapter in
Life On the Mississippi to denounce Sir
EDITORS 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 columnist wishes for the first ex­pression
in this column to be a very
cordial greeting to the class of
. 1932 and hopes that this institution will
meet with your highest expectancy. By
being admitted to this institution you are
entitled to the privileges and prestige of
an Auburn man. May you conduct your­selves
in such a manner as to be worthy of
the long line of men that have gone before
you and of the institution.
As a new columnist for this sheet I wish
to express my earnest desire for this
column to meet with the approval of the en­tire
student body throughout the year. I
intend to make an honest endeavor to pro­ject
your thoughts along constructive lines
and along lines that will be for the better­ment
of the institution. Often things of
this nature will be picked up from the cam­pus
and transmitted from a few to many
through the medium of this column. In
this manner we will be able to obtain a uni­fied
and cooperative action for progress.
In the minds of the in-coming freshmen
there may be some doubt as to the value
and advantages of a college education;
that is whether or not it is worthy of the
necessary time and money involved. No one
will doubt that the earning capacity of the
average college man is greater than that of
the untrained man. This fact is beneath
argument and unworthy of space here. As
to the other side there may be some doubt
and controversy as to just what a college
education will do for one. In the light of
this, perhaps, a few words along this line
will not be amiss. It is generally conceded
that a college education will give one a
breadth and a conception of life that can­not
be obtained anywhere else.
If an untrained man is asked to calcu­late
the diameter of a pipe necessary to
transmit a certain amount of water from
one point to another under a given head, he
is at a total loss as to just how to go about
it. On the other hand if he has been train­ed
in hydraulics, he will know that there
is a certain equation that will accurately
solve the problem if the known conditions
are substituted and the equation solved.
College will give equations and formulae
that apply to the problems of life. By sub­stituting
one's own conditions in these equa­tions
and solving a more correct solution of
the life-problem under question may be ob­tained.
Just as there are many phases of
engineering, hydraulics being only one of
them, there are many phases of life, but as
an engineering course trains the student in
alll of the phases in his field of endeavor a
college education trains the student in all
of the phases of life; giving him a group
of equations that will accomodate all of
the general conditions of life when proper­ly
and intellectually used. Through vir­tue
of this information the college man is
enabled to live on a higher plane of life
than the untrained man; conducting him­self
with ease, and self confidence in the
realms of culture and refinement where
otherwise he would not be able to do so.
Certainly everyone wants to live
higher than the basic animal. The reason
the human lives higher than the animal is
because he is able to grasp the things that
go on around him; to have a broader con­ception
of life than that of merely having
food and comfort. The more the human
knows of life the higher he is enabled to
live. Certainly,; then, college is Worth­ed
while from the standpoint of projecting
your life to a higher plane and of giving
you a better perspective of life in general.
If you are conscientous in your work, with­out
a doubt you will find that college train­ing
will do this for you. On the other hand
if you have obtained a definite set of opin­ions
in regard to college from collegiate
magazines, and, instead of seeing the fal­lacy
of these opinions on. reaching college,
you proceed to live them you will find at
the end of four years that you have learn- .
ed remarkably well how to play, but not ^
much of anything else.
Walter Scott for his influence in reviving
in the South the romantic traditions which
Cervantes in Don Quixote had destroyed for
Europe. This is the romanticism of Joseph
Hergesheimer.
But Mi\ Hergesheimer's faults are those
of attitude, emphasis, and exaggeration and
not of appreciation; and he has written a
beautiful mosaic which gives the deep South,
Alabama, its due as the heart of the old
South and the Confederacy.
P. B. Cole.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
OVER HUNDRED NEW
COURSES ADDED TO
COLLEGE CURRICULA
(Continued from page 1)
ademic departments. Thirty-nine new
subjects of study have been added,
and, for the first time, a student is
given an opportunity to major in
language and literature, science, social
science, or pre-law.
The business subjects, heretofore in
the department of socidlogy, have been
organized into a separate department
of business administration.
The department of music has been
strengthened by the addition to the
staff of J. W. Brigham, as head pro­fessor
of music. Heretofore Auburn
has had only instructors of music.
Five new music subjects have been
added to the curricula.
The course in civil engineering has
been expanded and re-arranged to per­mit
specialization in the technical,
municipal and sanitary, or adminis­trative
phases. Prof. John Callan has
for several years been head of this
department, which comes under the
supervision of Dean John J. Wilmore
of the school of engineering.
Eight subjects have been added in
the school of agriculture of which
Dean M. J. Funchess is head. Be­ginning
this year a student may
specialize in dairying, horticulture,
agronomy, agricultural engineering, or
poultry. The animal industry depart­ment
is now known as the animal in­dustry
group and comprises the de­partments
of animal husbandry, dairy­ing,
and poultry. This was recently
announced by President Knapp. Prof.
J. C. Grimes, who was head of the
department is .now in charge of the
group. Work in dairying will be em­phasized.
Prof. A. D. Burke has been
added to the staff and Will head the
dairy department. His work will in­clude
dairy manufacturing.
The school of architecture, under the
direction of Dean Frederic Biggin, has
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ball in the fall and baseball and track
in the spring. Coach Bohler also
hopes this year, to widen the Intra
Mural field to include basketball, ten­nis,
golf and swimming.
Lieutenant Barth will again be in
charge of the leagues, having as as­sistants
"Weems" Baskin, "Rupert"
Ingram and several other coaches who
have not yet' been named.
Intra Mural football is first on the
menu and will get under way as soon
as the Freshman coach has tentative-
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FALL PRACTICE
been divided into two departments—
the department of architecture and the
department of allied arts, and is now
known as the school of architecture
and allied arts. Five new subjects
have been added. The department of
architecture and architectural engi­neering.
The department of allied
arts now gives a full degree course,
which allows specialization in interior
decoration, commercial art, and land­scape
design.
Other announcements in the new
catalogue include; change of the de-partment
of home economics into the c r o f t a n d L o u i s J a c o b S ) ^ h e a v i e st
(Continued from page 1)
heavier than last season as the most
promising Tigers tip the scales bet­ter
than the average. Dunham Har-kins
is back for his pivot post, and
will again be the feared center that
he was last season. He is a little off
in weight but is gradually gaining.
Billie Hill, Hamp Green, Sindo and
Ralph Jordon will understudy the
former Jeffcohi star who was picked
on the mythical all-sophomore eleven
last season.
Capt. Howell Long, Grady Long, Joe
Burt, Carl Schlich, Locker and J. D.
Bush form a sextet of capable guards.
The first four are letter men, and
the other two are stars from the
frosh eleven. From this group,
Coach Bohler can select as capable
guards as any other team in the con­ference.
Erquiet Taylor, Ben Newton and
John Wilson are a trio of reserves
that are staging hard fights for the
regular berths at %*ekle. Each saw
much service last season and weigh
near the 200-lb. mark. George Hold-
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school of home economics, of the de
partment of military science and tac­tics
into the school of military science
and tactics, and of the department of
graduate studies into the school of
graduate studies.
An interesting feature of the new
catalogue is a history of the institu­tion
written by Dr. Knapp. He
sketches the history of the East Ala­bama
Male College and then discusses
the origin and growth of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute since its found­ing
in 1872. It is historical, and also
explains the work of Auburn as in­tended
by the different laws contribut­ing
to the institution.
man out for the team, are two lads
i'rom the frosh team that are going to
see much service at tackle this season.
The flanks will be taken care of
by George Egge, Louis McCree, For­ney
Yarbrough, if the faculty rules
that he is eligible, Kirkwood, Jack
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ly picked his squad. Those who fail
to place on the "Baby Tiger," and al­so
certain of the Varsity scrubs, will
be formed into four teams represent­ing
the three battalions of Field Artil­lery
and the battalion of Engineers.
These teams will be regularly coached
and will play a league schedule to de­termine
the possession of the Intra
Mural Football Championship guidon,
now held by the 2nd Battalion Field
Artillery.
The coaches will watch carefully the
play of these teams and will promote
to the Varsity and Rat squads players
who are outstanding. In this way is
is hoped to allow over twice as many
students to play organized football as
could otherwise do so and also to make
a few "finds" from promising intra
mural players.
Nagley, Farrington, Leach and Mos-ley.
All look about the same at pres­ent
and the regular ends will not be
decided upon until a few hard scrim­mages.
The number of backs in the Tiger
lair is 20. rfoy (Frock) Pate and
Ralph Phimm, two luminaries from
the rat team, have not reported. Pate
is playing baseball with a team in
the Birmingham City League and his
manager has requested that Coach
Bohler let him finish the baseball
season since his club is battling for
the championship. Primm played in
North Carolina and passed through
Auburn last Monday and notified
Coach Bohler that he would report
Monday.
Lindley Hatfield and Leo Young, the
two brilliant sophomores, are ranking
with the veteran ball toters, and are
expected to gain much yardage for
•the Tigers when they encounter the
best teams in Dixie. Howard Chap-pelle,
Charles Manley, Ed Marty,
Herman Jones, Lawrence Chamblee,
Spence and Melford Snider, for a
group of promising reserve backs that
might make history on the gridiron
for Auburn this season. Their ex­perience
will rank them ahead of some
of the others out for the rear works.
Jim Crawford and Willie George
Granger are the only letter men that
have reported for the backfield. Coach
Bohler probably will use Crawford as
a nucleus for his quartet of ball car­riers.
Granger will see much service
at full back as he is one of the best
tacklers and blockers out for the team.
His small stature might keep him
from starting in many games. Simp-kins,
Tamplin, Davidson, Creighton,
Wible, Cameron and H. Jacobs are
seven ex-rats that are waging merry
battles for a job as a toter of the
lemon shaped pigskin. +
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39 DEMONSTRATION
AGENTS TO CONVENE
HERE SEPTEMBER 9
(Continued from page 1)
Sumter; and Elizabeth Collins, Tusca­loosa.
Those coming to study home
management are Pearl Rowe, Cle­burne;
Gladys McCain, Jefferson;
Cecil Hester, Lauderdale; Mrs. Marion
W. Spidle, Limestone; Mrs. Mabel
Feagin, Bullock; Mrs. Zelma G. Jack­son,
Chambers; Allye Hughes, Coffee;
Lavada Curtis, Dale; Mamie Mathews,
Henry; Mrs. W. G. Pruett, Houston;
Mrs. Carrie B. Threaten, Pike; Har­riet
Plowden, Talladega; Mrs. An-nett
Breedon, Dallas; Milicent Best,
Monroe; Mrs. Mamie C. Thorington,
Montgomery; and Reginia Matlock,
Perryr^
County workers coming to study
foods are Mrs. Florence C. Farish,
Calhoun; Lucile Braswell, Colbert;
Mrs. D. B. Williams, Etowah; Eliza­beth
Deloney, Madison; Ida Brunson,
Crenshaw; Mrs. Lida Jones, Macon;
Meta Grace, Tallapoosa; Margaret
Garrett, Baldwin; Mrs. Thelma Fraz
er, Butler; Mrs. Mary Segers, Es­cambia;
Mrs. L. M. Riley, Mobile;
and Mrs. V. C. Lingo, Barbour.
PLANS FOR OPENING
58TH SESSION ARE
ANNOUNCED TODAY
(Continued from page 1)
will begin. Dr. Knapp will preside
at this convocation and will speak.
He will welcome them back to Au­burn
and will speak of plans, work,
and responsibilities during the year.
The second meetings of the fresh­man
class will take place Thursday
morning at which time Dr. Knapp
will deliver to them another message
and Dr. B. F. Thomas, college sur­geon,
will tell them how to be healthy
in college. Divisional convocations
with the deans in charge will follow.
Members of the faculty will attend
these convocations at which time stu-
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research asssistants in agricultural
economics, and E. L. Mayton and C. J.
Reeling, assistants in agronomy and
soils.
Professor Swingle, Ohioan, comes to
Auburn from the Government peach
insect laboratory at Fort Valley, Ga.,
where he conducted research work.
He received the M. S. degree from
Ohio State University in 1925. Prof.
Burke, West Virginian, was formerly
professor of dairying at Oklahoma
A. and M. College. He studied at
Ohio State University and received
his master's degree in 1920.. Dr. Bav-er,
Ohioan, was granted his doctorate
from the University of Missouri in
1929, and came direct from that insti­tution
to Auburn. Messrs. Bennett,
Jones, Wright, Smith, Mayton, and
Rehling are graduates of Auburn, and
Clarke is an M. S. graduate of Okla­homa
A and M. College, and Mr. Mc.-
Lain holds the same degree from the
University of Missouri. Prof. Alford
is from the University of Minnesota,
and will teach courses in agricultural
economics, marketing, and rural or­ganization,
and do some research
work.
To strengthen the courses in the
department of business administra­tion
Dean J. W. Scott, of the school
of science and literature, announces
that Raymond P. Marple will become
a member .of the staff. Mr. Marple
will be associate professor in charge
of accounting. He comes to Auburn
from Oklahoma A. and M. College,
where he taught courses in business.
He is a native of Iowa, and an alum­nus
of the University of Illinois, hav­ing
received his M. S. degree from
that institution in 1924.
Dean Scott also announces appoint­ment
of Dr. H. C. Hoffsommer as as­sistant
professor and C. P. Austin as
are doing part time work toward their | a s s o c i a t e i n t h e department of econo-master's
degrees in connection with m k s a n d s o c i o l o g v . D r . Hoffsommer,
teaching and research duties. Mr.
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dent activities, honor societies, class
attendance, student honor, study, and
budgeting time and money will be dis­cussed.
At the end of these two days of
special training, class work for fresh­men
will start.
At 7:30 Friday evening an informal
reception for new students will be
held in Langdon Hall under the aus­pices
of the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W.
C. A. At the same hour Saturday
evening they will meet again in Lang­don
Hall where Dr. Knapp will be
in charge and where they will be giv­en
their first demonstration- of the
Auburn spirit. They will be taught
Auburn songs and yells.
The religious side of college life
will not be neglected. On Sunday,
September 15, there will be a general
convocation at which time Dr. Knapp
will deliver a religious address es­pecially
for students. Ministers of
the local churches and members of
their congreagtions will attend the
service which will be a union service
for the churches of the town.
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native Kansan, comes from Cornell
University, where he completed work
for his doctorate in 1929, and was as­sistant
in rural social organization.
He has written several works on so­ciological
problems.
Mr. Austin is a 1929 graduate of
Auburn, and a native of Florence,
Alabama.
To augment the work in music John
W. Brigham and Earl Charles Hazel
have been added to the staff. Mr.
Brigham is full professor of music,
and Mr. Hazel instructor in piano.
Prof. Brigham, formerly of the de­partment
of music at Oklahoma A
and M. comes to Auburn from the
Conservatory of Music at Cincinnati.
Prof. Hazel was assistant instructor
in piano and art from 1927 to 1929
at Olivet College in Michigan.
Prof. B. H. Crenshaw, head of the
department of mathematics, has ap­pointed
Laurence Hampton instructor.
Prof. Hampton holds an M. A. degree
from the University of Nebraska.
Three new men in the department
of physical education are J. C. Floyd,
Earl McFadden, and Weems Baskin.
These men are members of the coach­ing
staff and also of the faculty.
Mr. Floyd is a full professor and Mc­Fadden
and Baskin instructors.
Prof. J. R. Rutland, head professor
of English, announces the appointment
of John Harold Hutchins, C. W.
Reeves, and John D. Shaver as in­structors
in English, and Theodore
Mason Hart, Frank L. Penton, and
Author Medlock as instructors in
composition and literature. Cecil Shu-ford
will be instructor in journalism
and assistant in the department of
public information.
Mr. Hutchins, Indianian, received
his M. A. degree from Columbia. Mr.
I Shaver -is an M. A. graduate of the
University of Iowa, and a native of
Missouri.
Mr. Fenton, holder of Stanford
University's M. A. degree, conies to.
Auburn after many years of teaching
experience. He has taught English
at Stanford, Oregon State College,
and Lehigh University. Mr. Medlock,
M. A. graduate of the University of
South Carolina, is a native of Au­gusta,
Ga. Mr. Hart has taught Eng
lish at Mercer University and the
University of Richmond. He holds his
M. A. degree from Columbia, and is
a native Georgian. .
Mr. Shuford received his M. A. de­gree
from Northwestern University
in 1929, and has practical experience
in newspaper work as a member of
the staff of the Democrat, Fayette-ville,
Arkansas.
Appointments in the department of
architecture and allied arts, as an­nounced
by Dean Frederic C. Biggin,
are E. Walter Burkhardt as profes­sor
of architectural design, Keith
Graham Reeve, as assistant professor
of architectural design, and Mar­guerite
Esther Odendahl, as instruc­tor
in applied art, drawing, and water
color.
Prof. Burkhardt, who received the
degree of master of science in archi­tecture
from Columbia in 1923, comes
from the University of Florida, where
he has been critic of advanced de­sign
and head designer of the archi­tectural
office of the Florida Board
of control.
Prof. Reeve received his master's
degree from the_ University of Illi­nois
in 1929. He has been a member
of the faculty of his alma mater
since receiving the B. S. degree in
1925.
Miss Odendahl received the B. A.
degree from the University of Min­nesota
in 1928 and the B. S. degree
from the same institution in 1929.
Her home is in St. Paul.
Three other new men are Dr. Ralph
W. Hohri, Kansan, as assistant pro­fessor
of pathology and bacteriology,
A. F. Nickel, assistant professor of
pharmacy, and V. B. Watwood, assis­tant
professor in civil engineering.
Mr. Mohri holds his D. V. M. degree
from Kansas State Agricultural Col­lege;
Prof. Nickel is a 1929 M. S.
graduate of Auburn, and Prof. Wat-wood
a 1927 B. S. Auburn graduate.
Dean Zebulon Judd announces that
Notice To Students In
Chemistry
Prof. Crenshaw, head of the De­partment
of Mathematics, has made
arrangements for offering a new
mathematical course this year for the
benefit of students of chemistry. The
course will be given by Prof. Piren-four
new men will be added to the
school of education staff. The names
of these men have not been given out.
They will bring the total of new faces
on the Auburn faculty to 38.
ian. It includes Advanced Calculus
and Differential Equations with Ap­plications
to Chemistry. The prere­quisites
are two years of college
mathematics, and one year each of
college chemistry and physics. The
course is open to Juniors, Seniors,
and graduate students in chemistry.
All interested should register for
Math. ,301 and report to the Office of
Mathematics next Thursday at 11:00
A. M. to arrange the hours.
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