1928-04-13 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LI W &
AUBUR>T *.iBAMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1928 NUMBER 28
MUCH INTEREST
IN BIG EGG HUNT
.HELD ONEASTER
r Ag Bottom is Scene; Sunday
I Afternoon the Time
GOLDSMITH WINS PRIZE I
' C u l p e p p e r G e t s G o l d F o o t b a ll
i n B i g S c r a m b le
Even back in the old days when
"Benny", and "George", and "Bunny"
were college lads it was the custom
at Auburn each Easter to dress the
"rats" as little boys and girls and
have a regular Sunday school Easter
Egg hunt. This Easter, tradition was
carried on and a glorious rejuvena­tion
was held in Ag Bottom.
About three o'clock Sunday after­noon,
had a stranger been passing by
the Lamba Chi House he would have
been fully convinced that the Foun-
;ain of Youth had been at last discov-
:r«d. For, it was here that all of the
freshman who were fraternity men,
and thence who would participate in
the search for the gaily colored hen
fruit, assembled.
The battalion of infants were call-sd
to attention and began their march
oward the hollow at the bottom of
he Agricultural Hill; better known,
perhaps, as Ag Bottom. Six foot
boys in rompers; roly-poly boys in
baby breeches; boys dressed as count­ry
girls; boys personifying coeds.
The dresses ranged from a pale yel-ilow
to a deep purple; the "knickers"
:rom a brilliant green to a rosy red.
The first event was twofold in its
:ope, awarding a prize to the most
eautiful "girl" and a prize to the
lost beautiful "baby". After much
iscussion among the judges, who
'ere Lieutenant and Mrs. Leach,
'rofessor Robinson and Professor
>aughrity, the prize for the fairest,
peauty was awarded to Rat Gold-imith,
who was garbed to imperson-ite
"Miss Miami", one of our fairest
beds. "Tubby" Jacobs, who holds
(he unique distinction of being the
rgest man on the campus was
warded the "baby" prize without
[ny hesitation. The prize given to
iss Miami" was a lovely pair of
itep-ins which we are certain "she"
ill find a use for. It was too bad
;hat the rubber pants awarded to
"Baby" Jake would not fit. It seems
that they were a bit small.
The second event was the search
for the eggs which the rabbits had
if> kJndlv nrwidcd for the occasion.
At the report of the gun the tape was
dropped and "rats" simply swarmed
over Ag Bottom in their search, flit­ting
lightly here and there; shout­ing
gleefully when they discovered
a colored treasure. As soon as all the
eggs had been found the freshman
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VISITING GLEE CLU: lO GIVE CONCERT HERE MONTEVALLO GLEE CLUB TO
GIVE CONCERT ON SATURDAY
MRS. HARRIS DIES
AT OPELIKA HOME
YWCA COUNCIL
HAS ELECTION
NEW OFFICERS
Miss A r a n t is P r e s i d e nt
— W o m e n ' s B o dy
of
New officers have been elected by
the Y. W. C. A. Council as follows:
Hazel Arant, president; Martha
Haupt, vice president; Erby Barrett,
house president; Alice Whiticher,
secretary; Lottie Collins, treasurer;
Maryline Cauthen, town representa­tive.
The newly elected officers will work
with the present council until May
15, that they may learn to take up
the work easily when the old officers
retire. The new members of the
Council have been chosen for their
ability and are expected to carry on
the work of the former Council.
The Council has been of much value
to Auburn in the past, and the newly
elected members are expected to up­hold
this tradition.
DO YOU LIKE CANDY?
The Chi Omegas are working
to send two delegates to their
national convention in June. In
behalf of their fund they are
eftine to, se.H_.lwp_.hundredrrVuui.
ces at ten cents a chance on
two boxes of real, home-made
candy. This candy will be on
display. Watch the windows for
time and place.
ETA KAPPA NU
INITIATION
HELDMONDAY
Eleven Juniors and One Senior
Taken in by Society
B. S. U. BANQUET TO
BE HELD APRIL 21
Interesting Program Will Be Given
Baptists
An unusual program will greet the
Baptist students at their third annual
B. S. U. banquet, to be held at Smith
Hall Saturday night the 21st of April,
at eight o'clock.
Among the speakers on the program
will be Doctor Spright Dowell; Miss
Lucille Loyd, State Student secretary;
Miss Clyde Merrill, president of Mont­evallo
B. S. U.; S. L. Hancock; and
T. H. Lecroy, president-elect of the
Auburn B. S. U. for 1928-29.
Among the committee chairman
are: Miss Clara Nale, general chair­man;
S. L. Hancock, program; C. C.
Phillips, invited guests; J. R. Par-rish,
decorations; J. R. Carreker,
tickets, from whom you can secure
one for 75 cents.
On April the twentieth the Auburn
Baptist church will receive bids for
the new church building. With this
in mind the banquet program has been
planned to carry out the^idea of a
church building: All decorations and
items on the program will signify
some part of a church building. One
unique feature will be the installation
service, which appears on the program
as "Lights." In order to get the full
meaning of this program attend the
banquet. .
STUDENTS WITH
GRADES OVER 90
Student whose average grade for
the first semester is 90 per cent or
above:
Alexander, John Ralph, 95; Alston,
Winston Dixon, 91.25; Ascraft, G.
Bascom, Jr., 90.18; Askew, Patricia,
93.5; Beavers, George Alvin, 90.5;
Bell, Ernest Augustus, 92.1; Bradley,
Charles Dunklin, 96; Brown, Thomas
P., 90.5; Brownlee, Hugh Leonidas,
90.11; Bryant, Fair Jones, 91.30;
Camp, Lawrence Frederick, 90.1;
Cargile, Roy C, 90.5; Carlton, Frank
Eberle, 93.62; Christensen, Clarence
Adkins Sr., 92.80; Crenshaw, Sarah
Hall, 90.30; Davis, Charles Francis,
Jr., 90.27; Davis, Christopher Hart-well,
Jr., 92; Dinsmore, Marvin Brock
92.77; Floyd, Eloise Florence, 92;
Francis, Allan Parks, 97.10; Gilbert,
Kermit Cecil, 90:30; Greentree,
Charles Doveton, 95.57; Hallman,
Ludlow Boyd, Jr., 90.25; Hanbury,
Henry Marshall, 93.10; Horsley,
Charles Henry, 92.54; Horsley, Wil­liam
Joseph, Jr., 91.90; Hume, Rob­ert
LeRoy, 90.30; Kestler, Manuel
Salbide, 92.37; Kirkpatrick, Robert
Frederick, 94; Kummer, Theodore
Herman, 90.25; Lagrone, George
Nichols, 92; Lawrenz, Margaret L.,
92.44; Loworn, R. L., 91; McConnel,
John Irby, 90; Mardre, Elizabeth,
91.37; Miller, Floyd Otto, 92.62;
Mitchel, J. F., Jr., 91.75; Morgan,
George Cadogan, 91.90; Murray,
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Eta Kappa Nu honorary electrical
engineering fraternity took in twelve
men on "Monday and Tuesday night
last.
Eleven juniors and one senior all
outstanding men on the campus were
put through a most impressive cere­monial
where they decided to place
a key opposite the Tau Beta Pi key
on the front terrace of Ramsay Hall.
Those taken in were: C. D. Bradley,
Anniston; P. F. Crenshaw, Athens;
C. R. DeArman, Birmingham; H. T.
Drane, Brookhaven, Miss.; N. W.
Geist, Pollard; H. W. Glover, Rome,
Ga.; S. B. Hallman, Dothan; E. G.
Herzog, Birmingham; C. T. Ingersoll,
Anniston; C. W. Meyer, Mobile; W.
P. Smith, Sheffield.
FARMER STAFF
ELECTED FOR
NEXT YEAR
»P£ H^an^ttSrm^r* ^ '
At the special meeting of the Ala­bama
Farmer Staff, the new staff
for the coming year was elected. This
new staff will publish the final issue
of the Farmer in May while the out­going
staff has just finished the April
issue. The election resulted in the
election of:
Harry Wise Editor in Chief
J. R. Taylor Business Manager
Roy Sellers Managing Editor
T. R. Home Associate Editor
Victor Savage ___ .Editor Campus
Farmer.
E. V. Blocker Circulation Mgr.
Frank Campbell Advertising
Manager.
John G. Cottier Local Circula­tion
Manager.
A. L. Morrison _ .Assistant Busi­ness
Manager.
NOTICE JUNIORS
All names of candidates for
nomination to Senior Class of­ficers
must be turned in to the
committee by Monday, April 16
—Tn"e~~coTmnnxee is compusnu
of the following: P. M. Beard,
chairman; Frank DuBose, Frank
White, Roy Sellers, and J. R.
Vincent.
'Y' COUNCIL HOLDS
ANNUAL BANQUET
New Officer* Will Be Installed On
April 27
The season of banquets is at hand,
and the regular semester banquet of
the Friendship Council is to be held
on the night of April 27th.
The main features of this banquet
will be the installation of the newly
elected Y. M. C. A. officers and the
awarding of free tickets to the win­ning
discussion group. Due to these
features, the Friendship Council ban­quet
is one of the most important ones
to be held on the campus. There are
few officers on the campus who hold
as conspicious a place as do the of­ficers
in the Y. M. C. A.
There is a variety in the programs
and a certain informality in the
Friendship Council banquets which
make them the most interesting and
most enjoyed banquets of the season.
Every member of a discussion group
is eligible to attend.
AUBURN HAS NEW
S T A R OF SCREEN
It may be of special interest
to the students of Auburn, the
co-eds especially, to know that
we have a new-comer to the sil­ver
screen.
Vilma Banky, Clara Bow, Col­leen
Moore, Greta Garbo, and a
few others are secretly sneaking
off to Reno, it is also rumored.
Our new silver sheet star is
no other than Cole himself, Cole
of Varsity Drag fame. His first
picture is an excellent character
portrayal, he enacts a French
chef to perfection. He co-stars
with the beautiful and exceed­ingly
alluring Miss Sandwicha
Tosta. Miss Bottla Milkie plays
the comedy role.
One can almost hear the boys
call "change," as Cole smiles be-witchingly.
Ladies—Beware.
It is said, that Cole has re­ceived
prodigious offers from
the Lambert Pharmaceutical Co.,
the reknown manufacturers of
Listerine, to endorse their prod­uct,
as a remedy for the pre­vention
of falling hair of the
mustache. You know Cole first
recommended it to his very close
friend, Mr. Cona Eyland, for
the same reason.
Because of this unexpected
popularity Cole is planning an
extension to his dog house to
issue, "Service for Ladies."
AG CLUB HOLDS
BANQUET SMITH
HALL, APRIL 20
L o v i n g Cup W i l l Be P r e s e n t ed
t o J u n i o r A g Man
Mrs. P. R. Harris, mother of Fran­ces
Harris, passed away at her home
Sunday at 3:30 a. m. The funeral
took place Monday morning at 10:00
o'clock.
Mrs. Harris was one of the church
and social leaders in Opelika, and was
very interested in educational work
in the Beauregard section. Her work
made her many friends, who were
grieved to hear of her death.
Mrs. Harris was born at Mt. Jef­ferson.
Before her marriage she was
Miss Fannie Hattie Tucker. She had
been residing at Beauregard for 23
years.
The deceased was survived by her
husband, Mr. P. R. Harris, promi­nent
Lee County farmer; two sons,
John Tucker and P. R. Harris, Jr.;
one daughter Miss Francis Harris,
formerly a student at Auburn, and a
member of the Kappa Delta Sorority.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Opelika Trinity Church,
with Rev. T. G. Jones, pastor, con­ducting.
V i s i t i n g Singers Will Arrive
S a t u r d a y A f t e r n o on
S I N G IN L A N G D O N HALL
I n t e r e s t i n g P r o g r a m Will Be
P r e s e n t e d in Concert
SENIORS DISCUSS
FUTURE REUNIONS
Action Deferred Because of Small
Number at Meeting
At a meeting of the senior class
about three weeks ago, the topic of
establishing and maintaining the cus­tom
of having class re-unions was
discussed. There had been a commit­tee
appointed to investigate those of
other schools and collect information
wherever they could and make a re-
On April 20th the Ag Club will
hold its annual banquet in Smith Hall.
The banquet is naturally keenly an­ticipated
by the members of the club
as it is the biggest event in the so­ciety's
calendar.
The guest of honor and main speak­er
of the evening will be Morgan
Blake, sports writer of the Atlanta
Journal. Mr. Blake is known to most
of the students on- the campus be­cause
of his periodical talks at Con­vocation.
Many other prominent guests are
expected to be present. Several well-known
Auburn alumni have already
accepted their invitations to the af­fair.
In the course of the evening the Ag
faculty will present a stunt, also the
Gamma Sigma Delta loving cup will
be presented to the best all-around
junior. Lastly, certificates of attend­ance
at the Ag Club meetings will be
awarded to the Senior members of the
society.
adopt.
The committee draw up the resolu­tion,
although there was no definite
action taken because there was such
a few seniors at the meeting. This
resolution will be discussed or am-mended
until suitable for adoption at
the next meeting of the class.
In summing up briefly the points
in the resolution, it stated that the
class was to have a reunion of all of
its members every five years; at each
reunion the class afficers would be
re-elected; the dues of each member
of the class shall be $3.00 per year
payable upon notice of the secretary.
Of this amount, $2.75 will go to the
"A" Club scholarship fund and the
balance shall be used for mainten­ance
of the secretary's work. At the
meeting of the class every 5th year,
a social committee shall be elected to
be responsible for all entertainments
at the next re-union.
We know that this custom, if once
started will work, as it now proves
very successful in other colleges. It
can be done if the seniors will take
an individual interest in it and be
at the next class meeting where it
will be discussed in every detail.
By T. P. Brown
Another great treat is in store for
Auburn, for when the train pulls into
the station Saturday afternoon it will
bring to the village thirty beautiful
girls. This bevy of fair ones com­poses
the Montevallo Glee Club,
which will give a concert in Langdon
Hall Saturday night.
A varied and interesting program
will be offered. Besides the chorus
selections there will be several solos,
vocal and piano, and a reading. The
Glee Club promises some of the latest
jazz hits as well as beautiful classi­cal
music.
Auburn is indeed lucky to be the
recipient of such an honor as an ap­pearance
of the Montevallo Glee Club,
when only three weeks ago the Monte­vallo
Players gave such a splendid
presentation here. Even larger
crowds than were present at "Entre
Madame" are .expected to be at this
concert as Auburn will give the
Montevallo girls as warm a reception
as was accorded our Glee Club when
it made an appearance at Alabama
College.
The admission to the concert will
be fifty cents.
CHI OMEGA'S GIVE
EASTER P I C N IC
puRa ireeR a —
KIWANIANS HEAR
MISS ALLEN SING
Dr. Yarbrough Tells of Many Street
Improvements be Made
FACULTY DANCE
IS UNIQUE EVENT
Dances of Bygone Days Feature of
This Occasion
Last Saturday night the faculty
enjoyed a dance in the Alumni Gym.
The Auburn Collegians, kings of jazz,
were the source of harmony.
Never did the faculty have such a
gay time. At times Lieut. Leitch
would blow his whistle and announce
a circle one-step. Again, the men
would line up on one side of the floor
and the ladies on the other. At the
sound of the whistle the men would
rush madly ofter the ladies who had
taken their fancy for the moment.
A little later in the evening the ladies
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W^th two beautiful vocal solos, Miss
Roberta Allen of Memphis, entertain­ed
the Auburn Kiwanis Club at their
meeting Monday. Miss Allen is vis­iting
friends in Auburn. Mrs. E. S.
Winters accompanied her at the pi­ano.
Prof. J. M. Herrin gave a hum­orous
reading.
Dr. C. S. Yarbrough, mayor of
Auburn, S. L. Toomer, Auburn busi­ness
man, and Capt. J. S. Groves of
Indianapolis, were guests of the club.
Capt. Groves spent four years in Au­burn
and was a member of the club.
Dr. Yarbrough told about street
improvement work, including a large
amount of paving to be started at an
early date. The contract amounted
to $110,000 and the work will be done
by the Hopper-Winston Construction
Company. Mr. Winstcn is a resident
of Auburn and was for many years
connected with the Extension Service
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Captain B. C. Anderson, president
of the club, presided.
About three o'clock Sunday after­noon
there could be seen several fa-milar
cars about the campus, such as
"Ooky", "Gwenevere", "King Henry
XIV" and others, loaded down with
picnickers on their way to Lochapoka
Creek. This occasion is one of the
first of its kind this season and breaks
the ice for many others to come. We
can almost say that the ice was really
broken, when those that went in for
a plunge, reported that the water was
very much of the Arctic type.
The Chi Omegas were hostesses' for
this very enjoyable and most beauti­ful
occasion. Among those present
were: Misses Celeste Nesbitt, Jackie
Hutchenson, Annie Ross Fuller, Lil­lian
Meadows, Pat Askew, Ruth Mur-ry,
Odelle Stewart, Lois Bostick,
Margaret Bryant, Ann Lichty and
Julia Price. The boys were: Messers
Dick Jones, Duck Hilman, Abie Hard­in,
Eugene Walch, "Jabbo" Jones,
Paul Alford, Bill Bryant, Jimmy
Cone, "Iron Side" Culpepper, Har­mon
and Blake. The chaperones
were: Mrs. Askew, Mr. and Mrs.
Barnes.
This adventure seeking bunch ar­rived
at The Creek at about four-thirty.
The first thing on the pro­gram
was swimming. Those few who
cared to partake of the icy waters
in the form of a bath seemed to be
those who had just purchased a new
bathing suit and could not resist this
temptation to put it on display. Just
before dark two large campfires were
built on the banks of the creek and
a very delicious plate lunch consist­ing
of sandwiches, cakes, cheese,
pickles, crackers, salads, meats and
friuts were served. The beverages
were coffee and ginger ale.
After "dinner the crowd sat around
the fires and told ghost stories as
well as others just as interesting.
Jokes, new and old along with poems
and other sayings could be heard.
Abie Hardin entertained with some of
his wild personal experiences which
would be good material for believe it
or not (mostly not).
The time, occasion and everything
went well to make an ideal moonlight
picnic, had it not been that the moon
failed to appear, but in spite of this
fact, everybody who attended reports
a very enjoyable time and any of them
would gladly jump at the chance to
repeat this escapade.
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STAFF
Rosser Alston
H. C. Hopson
Editor-in-chief
_ Business Manager
that "no great movement will succeed with­out
a great literature," which carries a load
of truth.
And now that we are so unmistakably
involved in this all-important phase of
educational necessity, let us support any
move for its advancemnt.
EDITORIAL STAFF
C. D. Greentree, '28 Associate Editor
J. B. McMillan, '29 Managing Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 . - Ass't. Managing Editor
Ludwig A. Smith, '29 News Editor
J. W. Powers, '28 Proofreader
J. E. Taylor, '30 Proofreader
Max Kahn, '28 Sports Editor
Chas. Ingersoll, '29
Geo. Ashcraft, '29 .
Celeste Nesbitt, '28
J. W. Randle, '28
... Ass't. Sports Editor
... Ass't. Sports Editor
Co-ed Editor
Exchange Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 —... Humor Editor
REPORTERS
J. W. Powers, '28; Catherine Hare, '28;
Harry Wise, '29; J. W. Mills, '30; H.
H. Milligan, '30; E. T. England, '30; Roy
N. Sellers, '31; Robert L. Hume, '31;
Thomas P. Brown, '31; R. O. Kimbro,
'31; Clyde Seale, '31; Bob McConnell, '31;
White Matthews, '31; George Duncan,
'31; Richard A. Jones, '31; Jessie C.
Adams, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; E. M.
Flynn, '31; W. D. Dryer, '31; J. D. Foy,
'31; John Lewis, '31. ^^
BUSINESS STAFF
H. W. Glover, '29 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Geo. Williams, '28 Advertising Mgr.
Carlos Moon, '31 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Adv. Mgi.
John McClendon, '28 ._ Circulation Mgr.
A. C. Taylor, '30 __ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
G. W. Smith, '30 _ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Dept.
M. Hawkins' '31 Circulation Dept.
W. H. Smith, '31 Circulation Dept.
J. L. Sellers, '31 Circulation Dept.
Geo. W. Postelle, '31 Circulation Dept.
We wonder what is next on the weather
menu.
Between Mayor Thompson's war on the
British and the election crisis Chicago has
had a martial time of it.
"w m mtnass tus urntA;1' Kmmn mat
only twenty five per cent of the seniors
should receive diplomas. Yes, fully that
many should but are there any more than
that number certain of getting one?
STATE BOARD ACTION WOULD
INJURE AUBURN ^_
Much has been said and written lately
about the action of the State Board of
Education in the matter of apportioning
a $100,000.00 fund provided by the last
Legislature for the expressed purpose of
promoting the training of high school
teachers in this State. The provision for
this fund is a section of the celebrated Uni­fied
Education Act. This section appro­priates
$200,000.00 as an Equalization
Fund for teacher-training. It specified
that $100,000.00 shall be used for training
Elementary teachers and $100,000.00 for
the training of High School teachers. This
section further specifies that this fund
shall be apportioned to the State Colleges
"now engaged in the training of teachers
for senior high schools."
Two points in particular should be noted
here: one, the fund is designed in the law
as an "Equalization Fund." This can have
only one legitimate interpretation, viz. the
equalization of facilities at the several
State Colleges for the training of high
school teachers. Contrary to this require­ment
the original action of the State Board
of Education gave out of the $100,000.00
fund $65,000.00 to the University, $20,-
000.00 to Auburn, and nothing to Monte-vallo,
for "teacher-training." The remain­ing
$15,000.00 was distributed equally
among the three institutions for library
purposes. A second point of interest is
that although the law specifies that the
fund shall be divided among the institu­tions
"now engaged in the training of high
school teachers," Montevallo was given
nothing.
Attitude of State Board
The severity of the State Board's atti­tude
toward Auburn is clearly evidenced
by a feature of its original action. In its
first act apportioning the $100,000.00 fund
and allocating the types of service to be
performed by each of the higher institu­tions
in teacher-training, Auburn was given
$20,000.00 on the condition that it would
train classroom teachers only. Under this
original order if Auburn should give train­ing
for principals or superintendents, it
ntdnld tViprhv forfeit the $20,000.00 al-ing
of school principals and superinten­dents.
The Board further declared its pur­pose
to expand its present program in Edu­cation.
Principals and Superintendent* Continue
To Be Trained at Auburn
Accordingly while the State Board at­tempted
to restrain Auburn from doing
graduate work in Education and other sub­jects
for the training of school administra­tors,
the Board of Trustees has refused to
have Auburn pushed out of this field and
the college will continue to train the educa­tional
leaders of the State and principals
and superintendents will receive at Au­burn
training second to none not only in
Alabama but in any of the State Colleges
ad Universities in the South.
Auburn Lacks Funds
As the matter now stands the only in­justice
that Auburn has suffered is in
money. She will continue her program in
Education for the training of both class­room
teachers arid for principals and sup­erintendents.
She will receive only $20,-
000.00 annually for this work while the
University will receive $65,000.00 annu­ally—
a difference of $170,000.00 for the
four year period in favor of the Univer­sity.
To carry on its expended program
in teacher-training Auburn will be forced
to use funds made under the general ap­propriation
by the Legislature. This will
be a handicap but not an insuperable one.
This college is accustomed to making one
dollar do two dollars' worth of service and
she can continue to do that until a new
Legislature convenes when no doubt the
injustice that Auburn has suffered at the
hands of the State Board will be cor­rected.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
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AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
With Other Colleges
The decisions this year have been
against Auburn in their debates. One
cannot hope to win unless one has the
goods. Better arguments will probably
prompt more favorable decisions for Au­burn.
SUPPORT THE LITERARY MAGAZINE
Announcements have appeared in this
paper relative to publishing a literary
magazine here on the campus. Former
plans were for the first issue of such a
publication to appear this spring. How­ever,
recent developments have delayed
such an act until next falf, at the earliest.
But this does not mean that just such a
publication on our campus is not deserving
of immediate attention, or hasn't a defi­nite
place here. We can think of nothing
in the way of literary production and pro­motion,
more in order than a magazine
on our campus featuring poems, essays,
short stories and the like, for the sake of
better English.
Evidences gleaned from the freshman
class each year are very impressive of the
fact that English is being sadly neglected,.
In view of this fact, any move for the fur­therance
and betterment of this phase of
education is certainly in order. Not all
students are weak in English, however;
for them such an organ would supply a
means of expression.
English is a factor that is employed in
every course offered at any resort of
learning, either directly or indirectly. It
is the foundation of all other courses;
its importance cannot be stressed too
much. The study and practice of it will
mean its development toward perfection;
especially practice.
Instruction of the highest type is neces­sary
for the proper achievement in the pro­ficient
use of the mother tongue. Auburn
boasts of the best training in this line, up­held
by a splendid staff of instructors.
It was from this department that the idea
of the new publication in question emerg­ed.
And since it has the support of the
English staff, it is surely worthy of strict
attention on the part of students.
Even though the probable appearance
of such a publication here is several months
off, it is quite time to be considering the
issue, and falling in line with the idea.
Better English means a better Auburn.
And real, definite literature production
means better English. Someone has said
If Auburn Had accepted this proposal all
of the future school principals and super­intendents
traijfcd in this State would have
been trained at the University. The only
exception to tiis statement would be in
cases wheer schools would accept a princi­pal
or superintendent with a second class
certificate in administration and super­vision.
In spite of the fact that up to this
time graduates) from Auburn have been
trained on a bams equal to that of the Uni­versity,
this ordfer of the State Board would
have eliminated Auburn from the field
of training the education leadership of the
State.
Injustice of the State Board's Action
The action of the State Board is unfair
to Auburn, particularly in view of pro­gram
of work in teacher-training now
being carried by the two institutions and
the number of students registered in edu­cation
at the two institutions. Following
are interesting figures takes from Univer­sity
and Auburn catalogs for 1926-27:
U. of Ala. Auburn
Total no. registered in
School of Ed. 82 363
Number of seniors 26 75
Non-resident students 610 182
Students resident in Ala. 1667 1451
From the above table it will be seen
that four times as many students were reg­istered
in the School of Education at Au­burn
as at the University of Alabama.
While the University has listed 644 more
students than Auburn, this excess consists
largely of out-of-State students. Accord­ing
to this catalog the University has only
216 more Alabama boys and girls than Au­burn.
The University lists 140 students
registered in liberal arts courses who are
electing courses in Education. Auburn
likewise has a number of students regis­tered
in other divisions of the college who
are electing courses in Education, but they
are not counted in the figures above. Au­burn
counts as Education students only
those who take the four-year course in
Education, thereby giving full evidence of
their purpose to become teachers. Other
students who qualify for teachers certific­ates
by electing the required courses in
Education are generally looking upon
teachinr as a temporary makeshift until
they can get other and more permanent
occupation.
Auburn Trustees Refuse To Accept Order
of State Board
At its last meeting the Auburn Board of
Trustees flatly refused to approve the ac­tion
of the State Board of Education. It
declared its purpose to continue its pres­ent
program of teacher-training, including
graduate work in Education for the train-
Eleven Ohio Wesleyan students are
being sent to Europe as an orchestra. The
dormitory probably couldn't stand their
playing any longer.
Upon the suggestion of the undergradu­ate
council at Princeton unlimited lecture
cuts have been granted for the rest of
the college year to all seniors except those
who are under discipline.
All football men who received letters
will not be permitted to participate in bas­ketball
according to a new ruling which
wil soon be adopted by the University of
country to adopt this ruling, Tulane Uni­versity
being the first.
Modesty is not a trait which one usually
associates with the ordinary American. We
are wont to expend much air and printer's
ink telling the word just how good we, as
a nation, are. Our scientists, architects,
statesmen, financiers, painters and sculp­tors
are the best in the world, according to
the man-in-the-street. The person who is
forever extolling Europe and European ac-complishmens
is booed, and is looked down
upon for his lack of 100 per cent Ameri­canism.
The mayor of our second largest city is
doing his best to enact laws prohibiting his
citizens from eating spaghetti and other
foreign dishes.
However, there is one field wherein we
keep strangely quiet about our achieve­ments.
This is in the study of Literature.
Glancing through the catalog of the ordin­ary
college, one is struck by the absence
of courses in American Literature as such.
We stick a few courses in the curriculum
under the department of English Litera­ture
occasionally, but the usual practice
is to omit any course in our literature.
I saw an interesting comparison the other
day. We rank American Literature about
equal in importance to Scandinavian Lit­erature
in our colleges. It is about one-half
as important as Italian Literature,
one-third as important as Spanish and Ger­man
Literature. The ration to French,
Greek, Latin and English literatures is
even more uncomplimentary to our writers.
There are eleven courses in English Lit­erature
to each course in American Litera­ture
in the average college.
There are around four hundred and
fifty thousand boys in the colleges of the
United States today, and about two hun­dred
and fifty thousands girls enrolled in
our institutions of higher learning. They
are Americans, most of them born in
America, yet they are permitted to gradu­ate
from the colleges almost totally ignor­ant
of their national literature.
It seems that some of the 100 per cent
American enthusiasts might turn their sur­plus
energy toward something useful and
try to arouse more interest in the litera­ture
of the United States. Surely they
can find ground for complaint, and it would
be a fertile field for their activities.
"It is just as crooked for a student to
cram his head with innumerable details at
the last minute as it is to carry written in­formation
into the examination room," is
the opinion of the head of the chemistry
department at Syracuse University. He
says that no football player would start to
train 30 minutes before a game and be­lieves
that mental training is on the same
order.
As a result of promiscuous kissing at a
sorority initiation 60 members of the Clio-nian
sorority at New York State Normal
School were placed under quarantine for
scarlet fever. One of the members was
afflicted with the disease, and since she
had kissed every person present at the ini­tiation,
everyone was placed under quaran­tine.
There is at present in existence a Na­tional
Conference of College Deans, who
are making a lengthy investigation into
fraternities and sororities, in order to come
to the conclusion as to whether these types
of secret organizations are really worthy
of existence. At the end of this investiga­tion
each of the representatives in the
Conference is to make a recommendation
as to the continuance of Greek letter or­ganizations.
A rather interesting question has come
up at University of Wisconsin due to the
fact that girls at that institution get higher
marks than the men students. The ques­tion
is: do girls secure higher marks be­cause
they linger after class and flirt with
the instructor? The teachers deny this,
but the fact was recently disclosed that
one instructor wrote at the end of a girl's
theme, "I should like to give you better
grades because you have such an exquisite
soul—so do study."
Declaring that the debaters have spent
more money than they should have in their
world debating tour, the Associated Stu­dents
of the University of Oregon have to
date refused to advance any more money
to the Oregon World Debating Team, re­ported
stranded in New York City with­out
funds.
The debaters have been financing their
trip mostly through the proceeds of the
debates. When they left Orgeon accord­ing
to student finance officials they were
given $600, which was supposed to be
enough to see them through. They were
not to ask for more.
Judging from the front page of the Bir­mingham
papers, "Forky" Smith and his
cohort, Bishop, were enjoying life.
* * * * *
"Bohunk" Bates was unanimously
chosen as the winner of the meat-cutting
contest on the recent Inspection trip.
* * * * *
Do you know the difference between an
amateur and a professional golfer? One
has originality and the other has skill.
* * * * *
The class records show the best attend­ance
to be in the Spring meetings. Spring
fever doesn't seem to have affected poli­tics.
* * * * *
And Charles Worthington was a suckling
out in this year's egg hunt. Unles we are
badly mistaken, we saw this "young 'un"
out for the same event last Spring.
* * * * *
After lunch with Acipco all the boys
got restless except Newt Canterbury. His
anxiety was relieved without any hesit­ancy.
* * * * *
We understand that Prof. Hill considers
a 44,000 volt cable a race specimen. He
showed a very keen interest in one at
Westfield, to the sorrow of the inspection
party.
* * * * *
The students here will buy anything
second hand, ranging from books to fliv­vers.
We are waiting to hear of someone
buying another second hand article in the
form of a rich young widow.
* * * * *
Some of the fellows came back from
the Inspection trip with nothing more than
a knife as a souvenir, while some of the
others brought back more lasting memoirs.
—What for example?
* * * * *
By the time this is published the report
of the number of dead and dying as the
result of Chicago's political war will prob­ably
be complete. The pen may be might­ier
than the sword, but the sword leaves
a clearer remembrance of its visit.
* * * * *
We have been reminded to announce
mma iiger
She: "Your shoulder is so soft."
He (tenderly): "So is your head."
They called her Lily because she went
out with the dead ones.
He: "I have half a mind to kiss you."
She: "If you had a whole mind you
would have done it an hour ago." -
The hardest thing about college life is
giving it up after four years of intensive
loafing.
"Aw, come on, slip me a kiss."
"No, I've got scruples."
"Oh, that's all right, I've had 'em twice."
High: "Have you ever been pinched for
going too fast?"
Hat: "No, but I have been slapped."
"Did you enjoy yourself when you were
a freshman—?"
"Ah—those were the happiest years of
my life."
"Have you seen May?"
"May who?"
"Mayonaise."
"No, she was dressing and wouldn't
lettuce."
"Where are you from?"
"West Virginia. Down in God's coun­try."
"Why do you call it that?"
"Nobody else can get through it."
In parts of Africa where women carry
great loads on their heads the men choose
their wives on the strength of their necks.
This custom is followed to some extent in
this country.
The ship was sinking. The Skipper
cried, "Who is their among us that can
pray?" A young minister stepped forward
and nobly said, "I can, sir!" The Skipper
replied, :"You pray, then, sir, because we
are ope life preserver short."
Mother: "Sue, did I see that boy kiss
you last nite?"
Sue: "I don't know whether you did or
not."
Mother (becoming angry): "You are
evading my question."
She: "Well, you don't suppose he rode
all the way from Auburn on a dirty coal
tender just to make eyes at the goldfish,
do you?"
that campus sheiks may dance with glee,
for the Montevallo shes' will soon be glee-ing
here. We always get suspicious wh«m
we hear of thirty girls being transported
to Auburn.
* * * * *
Harry Wise is enjoying sleeping in the
college buildings—just as fifteen hundred
others have done on occasions. The dif­ference
lies in the fact that Harry is wise
enough to stay awake in class, but re­fuses
to let the college sleep at night.
* * * * *
Up in Georgia a few days ago a man
was drowned as he ran from the law offi­cers.
He was a moonshiner. It's a cruel
world, isn't it? It surely is hard luck for
a man to drown when he is trying to drown
the sorrows of other people.
* * * * •
The people of Chicago cannot get along
without some kind of cover. In the winter
time they use blankets and in the Summer
time they use revolvers. So how in the
world, we want to know, can a peaceful
man hope to live there?
* * * * *
A small town is one in which a man ex­plains
carefully to everyone that the rea­son
he is carrying a cane is that he has
sprained his ankle. Before long the resi­dents
in Auburn will have the bighead
so much they will be thinking this town
is a city.
* * * * *
We maintain that the office of Art Edi­tor
of the Glomerata should be taken out
of the political machine. The work shows
the work of rotten politics, and it seems
to us that the quality of the work could be
increased if the Editor could pick his own
staff.
* * * * *
The new Y. M. C. A. President, if he
uses his head, will probably be a good re­flector
for the activities of that organiza­tion
next year. If the "Y" can survive
under his leadership without being con­verted
into a Y. W. C. A., we feel that it
will be helped as well as enlightened by
Sellers' smiling countenance and Petrierian
head to say nothing of his intellectual abil­ity.
% BOOK REVIEW %
RED RUST
Cornelia James Cannon
Cornelia James Cannon, the author of
Red Rust, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota,
and lived in that state during most of her
girlhood years. She was graduated from
Radcliffe College with the class of 1899.
At present she is a member of the govern­ing
body of that institution. Her interest
in education is very considerable. She is
one of the directors of the Massachusetts
Parent Teacher Association, and has writ­ten
several articles about the public school
system. She has the distinction of having
a mountain in Glacier National Park named
for her as she was the first person to as­cend
its peak. A fondness for out-of-door
activities has distinguished her since early
childhood, particularly mountain climb­ing
and canoeing. In late years she has
lived in the east, being the wife of Dr.
Walters Bradford Cannon, who is George
Higginson Professor of Physiology at the
Harvard University Medical school. They
have five children, for whom Mrs. Can­non's
first book, The Pueblo Boy, was
written. Her first actual novel is Red Rust.
It portrays the experiences and hardships
of the Swedish immigrants on the Minne­sota
Farm Lands. Mrs. Cannon had learn­ed
much of the lives of these people from
her lawyer father.
Red Rust is a striking book. In tech­nique
there is little that distinguishes it
from the common run of novels. The
characterization, while good, is not excep­tional.
It is the theme which creates the
interest. The story pictures the struggle
of man against the elements, the same
struggle that tillers of the soil have carried
on throughout all of the ages since a man
first learned to sow and to reap. Human
ingenuity and reason is pitted against the
mildness of the frontier and an inhospit­able
climate. Only a sturdy, brave, and
intelligent people could have pioneered the
state of Minnesota. This novel is not, how­ever,
designed to sing a paean of praise
to those early settlers. Rather, it portrays
them in ways that are far from admirable.
The harshness of their characters, their
crudities in manners, their tendency to re­ligious
bigotry, the utter cruelty with which
they treated their women, all are empha­sized.
No, Mrs. Cannon never meant to
glorify these people. She tells the story
of a solitary genius who arose among them
a boy who was laughed to scorn by his
neighbors because he wasted his time read­ing
books, watching anthills, and learning
three languages. Utterly poverty stricken,
he did not care for money but set himself
resolutely to evolve through countless ex­periments
a new type of wheat which would
be superior in yield to the common varie­ties
and, in addition, would be rust resist­ant,
for the red rust was wreaking havoc i
in the Minnesota wheat fields at that time.
He was a m»«* •,r'iTOae sole interest, save care
for his loved ones, lay in seeking after
knowledge for its own sake and for the
sake of the benefit its acquisition might be
to some of his fellow creatures. He was |
the sort of person one might expect to find
in a professorial chair or in the research
laboratories of some great school but
hardly in a community of ignorant pioneer ,
farmers. Certainly Matts Swenson, this I
hero, is ethically and intellectually a man
of epic mould.
I will close by citing a paragraph -or
two from the end of the book. Matts
Swenson is dead. The chief agronomist of
the state agricultural department is at his
desk. For years he and his department
have been working feverishly to find
remedy for the dreaded red rust, but so
far they have failed. One of his assist­ants,
Noyles, has just come in with aid
sample of a very precious wheat which
Swenson's widow has given him and has
related its story and that of Swenson.
"The chief was shelling a few kernels,
and chewing them to test the gluten.
Neither spoke for a few minutes. Noyles
suddenly burst out, a flush on his bronzed
young cheek:
"You know I said when I came in I
wanted to work for a better America.
Well, I do. What makes me feel bad is to
think of a man like Swenson, who could
do such wonders, left there alone with
nothing to help him and no one to under­stand
him. Just think what he might have
done if he'd been found and given a
chance! It's all very well to build rail­roads
and open up mines and cut down the
forests, but here is something that's price­less,
right at our doors, and we don't even
look at it! I'll never be satisfied with my
country with all its boosters until we take
time to pick out the really great ones in
our midst and give them a chance. I'm
tired of our pampered mediocrity."
"Don't get excited," said the chief sooth­ingly,
taking the bulbs of wheat from his
mouth. "We'll call this the Swenson
wheat, if that'll be any comfort to you.
Your Swede might have done bigger things
if he'd had a better chance, but as long as
a plough is used on the soil of the state
this wheat will be growing here. That's
about as much glory as anyone needs."
" "Yes," said Noyles, slowly, "I wasn't
thinking of what he did. I was thinking
of what he miglft have done. He didn't
complain. He got lots out of life. It's
the rest of us who are the losers."
The chief turned back to his desk with a
sigh of relief.*
"The rust's worsted, anyway," he said.
"Which shall we tackle next, the chinch
bug or the mildew?"
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STUDENTFEDERATION ENDORSES
FRATERNITIES IN OUR COLLEGES
The Third Annual Congress of the
National Student Federation of
America meeting at Lincoln, Neb.,
adopted a report which was an en­dorsement
of college fraternities.
The National Student Federation of
America is composed of delegates and
representatives from tre student coun­cils
«nd student governing bodies
from colleges and universities all over
the country. Their Third Annual
Congress was attended by 180 dele­gates
which represented institutions
from coast to coast.
During the first few sessions the
Congress met in various groups which
had been arranged to discuss various
problems and phases of student gov­ernment.
After these groups had
thoroughly discussed the problem as­signed
to it, they drew up a report
which was submitted to a final ses­sion
composed of delegates attending
the Congress.
The discussion group whose topic
was "The Fraternity and its Prob­lems"
was led by Park W. Judah,
president of the student body at Pur­due,
and their delegate to the Con­gress.
The report of this discussion
group to the Congress began by de­fining
a fraternity as "a social group,
gathered together under one roof, and
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bonded together with ties of more
than common mutual interests, for
the purpose of furthering the eco­nomic,
social, scholastic, and frater­nal
ends of the individual members."
The fraternity was discussed from
the standpoint of a problem in itself
and from the standpoint of the prob­lems
which it causes. It was the gen­eral
concensus of opinion that the fra­ternity
was justified on the univer­sity
campus for the following reasons:
1. Economic. From an economic
standpoint a group of men mutually
interested can live together more eco­nomically
and more harmoniously
than the individual members of that
group taken as such.
The general trend in fraternities
all over the country is toward sound
economical handling of their house
business rather than toward the rule
of sentiment that has prevailed, and
this trend is leading the fraternity
into a position of economic importance
to the university community.
The shouldering of unreasonable
building programs by local chapters
was discussed and it was shown that
although there is a tendency, with
due reason behind it for chapters to
build large houses, still it was also
shown that there was a counter-action
on the part of university authorities
and national fraternity headquarters,
to discourage and limit such projects
as economically unsound.
2. Scholastic. It was unauthorita­t
i v e ^ determined- that in a good many
of the institutions represented in the
discussion that the general scholastic
average of fraternity men was high­er
than that of the all-university
average, indicating that fraternities
are a scholastic asset to the universi-
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The publication of the alumni bul
letin known as the Auburn Alumnus
has been revived following its dis­continuance
in 1921, according to a
statement of J. V. Brown, executive
secretary of the Alumni Association.
The third issue has already been
mailed out.
The publication of the bulletin is
part of the program recently adopt­ed
by the alumni association which
involves the setting up and mainten­ance
of a permanent alumni organ­ization
with a paid secretary in addi­tion
to organizing active Auburn
clubs throughout the state and in any
locality wheer a sufficient number of
Auburn men reside. Mr. Brown
states that all information possible is
being brought together in order to
build up adequate mailing lists of Au­burn
men. In this connection he
states that he will appreciate secur­ing
the addresses of any alumni
which are not now in his files.
The alumni office is located in the
gymnasium which was erected in
1916 by former Auburn graduates.
An up-to-date filing system and
limited office equipment together
with an office staff has been secured
for the establishment of the perman­ent
Auburn alumni office.
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The faculty and courses for the
Judson College Summer School, June
5 to July 14, have been practically
completed, according to John B.
Clark, dean and director of the Sum­mer
School. This is the first time
Judson has offered a Summer School
except for one Summer several years
ago. The plan is now being inaugur­ated
on a permanent basis and it is
expected that henceforth Judson Col­lege
Summer School will take a place
in every sense along with the Sum­mer
schools of the other colleges of
the state.
It is announced that work will be
offered in practically all subjects of
secondary and collegiate rank. Jud­son
is located in Marion, Perry Coun­ty,
Ala., and its ideal location makes
it most suitable for work during the
Summer as well as during the regu­lar
session. Although Judson Col
lege, which opes its ninety-first
regular session next September, is a
college exclusively for women during
the regular sessions, the Summer
school will be open to both men and
women students. Heretofore Marion
Institute has run a Summer School
which has been co-educational to the
extent that the Marion girls were
admitted, but the institute will not
offer a Summer School this year.
Birmingham - Southern
Glee Club in Vaudeville
The Birmingham-Southern College
Glee Club will make a concert tour
over the Publix vaudeville circuit dur­ing
vacation months, according to an­nouncement
made by Prof. S. D. Nel­son,
director. The start will be made
either at New Orleans or New York
and 15 to 20 of the 32 members will
be in the organization.
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ty. However, there seemed to be a
tendency on the part of fraternity
men to lower their average by im­moderate
participation in extra- cur-ricular
activities.
6. Extracurricular activities. It
was thought that fraternities foster­ed
a degree and percentage of partic­ipation
in extra-curricular activities
that is not to be found among a group
solely on the initiatives of the indi­viduals
in that group; which partici­pation
leads to a very beneficial de­velopment
in the student body as a
whole.
As a problem apart from the jus­tification
of the fraternity, one pecul­iar
to the fraternity itself, and yet
one that might easily have serious
bearing on what economic and scho­lastic
benefits the fraternity might
render its commercial and institution­al
community was the question of de­ferred
rushing. It was thought that
on paper the average system of de­ferred
rushing looked particularly ad­vantageous
and that it had within it
the solution of numerous perplexing
problems, but that in actual practice
in the majority of cases it did not al­together
solve these problems and did
give rise to more serious problems
than those it tried to solve.
This report was accepted by the
Congress at its general session.
During his 41 years of service as
a member of the faculty at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, Dean
George Petrie has been importantly
connected with the development of
the college. In addition to his work
as professor of history and dean of
graduate studies, he is really the
founder of athletics at Auburn.
In 1892, he organized and coached
Auburn's first football team which
defeated Georgia 10 to 0 in Atlanta
on the 29th of February, 1892. Dean
Petrie still maintains an active inter­est
in sports of all kinds. However,
golf has now taken the place of foot­ball
and he thoroughly knows and en­joys
the game. In golf ability he
ranks with the first two or three on
the roster of the local country club.
As a graduate student at Johns
Hopkins, where he received his doc­torate
in 1892, he learned about foot­ball,
the knowledge of which he
brought to the Auburn campus the
following year. Four years previous­ly
he graduated from the Univer­sity
of Virginia with a Master of Arts
degree. In 1923, the LL.D. degree
was conferred upon him by the Uni­versity
of Alabama.
Since 1891, he has been a professor
at Auburn. He became dean of the
graduate school in 1908. He is a
member of the American Historical
Association, the Alabama Education
Association, and of the Alabama His­tory
Teachers Association, of which
he was president in 1915. Doctor
Petrie is the contributor of articles
to "Historic Towns of Southern
States," and "Cyclopedia of Southern
Literature" and to various education­al
journals. He edited three series of
"Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Studies in Southern History" and was
a joint outhor of the Mace-Petrie,
"American School History." He has
given lecture courses at the George
Peabody College for Teachers, Johns
Hopkins, the University of Virginia,
and the University of Chicago.
Dean Petrie saw the advantage of
football at Auburn. With equal clar­ity,
he visualized the importance of
studying history. He does not uphold
merely one single phase of society.
He posesses the perseverance char­acteristic
of football, and the gentle
ease coming from an innate culture.
Dean Petrie probably remembers
and knows by name more former
Auburn men than any professor on
the campus. Often he may be seen
strolling over the campus with an old
grad, pointing out the various im­provements
and changes since the
days when Auburn could boast of
only a few hundred students. Dean
Petrie enjoys this. Many returning
alumni go immediately to his office in
Main Building after arriving in Au­burn.
A very popular course now con­ducted
by Dean Petrie is a class in
Current Events, which overflows into
several sections. Here the Dean in­terprets
present day events and poli­tical
trends in the light of his vast
historical background. His lectures
are often attended by others than
those in his classes who are attracted
by a desire to hear his comments on
Seniors Back From
Inspection Trip
The annual senior inspection trip
for students of the senior class tak­ing
engineering and business courses
created much interest the past
week-end in Birmingham and the
surrounding territory. On the trip
were approximately 125 students and
a few professors.
The trip this year was very edu­cational
and was enjoyed by all the
students. The business students vis­ited
some of the most important
banking, real estate, manufacturing
and other concerns of Birmingham
in an effort to observe in practise
some of the most important phases
of their studies on the campus. The
business students were led by Dr.
Scott, dean of the general courses at
Auburn.
The three engineering groups,
chemical, electrical and mechanical,
inspected Birmingham's most import­ant
manufacturing concerns such as
steel plants, waterworks, and others.
Saturday morning one group visited
Sheffield and Wilson Dam.
The trip was a big success and as
in past years served to acquaint Au­burn
students with the practical ap­plications
of their studies.
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current issues, which are not only
very informing but intensely inter­esting.
A subtle humor is highly developed
with Doctor Petrie, so that no talk
with him is dull; yet seriousness does
in no means alter his facility for en­tertaining.
Among the interesting articles and
publications written by Doctor Petrie
is a bulletin, "Comments on Current
Events," issued in 1927. This book­let
has received very favorable com­ment
and has proved to be much in
demand by those who are interested
in current topics of the day. The
bulletin is a compilation of articles
written for his classes and published
weekly in the Montgomery Advertis­er.
Doctor Petrie keeps the public
informed on current topics of the day
not only in his classroom work, but
with his talks over radio station
WAPI and through extension cours­es.
Doctor Petrie has received num­bers
of complimentary letters from
all over the South in response to his
radio comments.
Doctor Petrie was a charter mem­ber
of the Auburn Bicycle Club,
which in the early nineties was the
real beginning of recreation and ath­letics
at Auburn.
This club constructed a bicycle path
between Auburn and Opelika but for
some reason it was not satisfactory
and another one was built from the
Agricultural building leading to
Wright's mill, a distance of six miles.
Auburn students know the popular­ity
of the path now for hiking.
DEMOLAY FRAT.
AT ALABAMA
Dr. George H. Denny, president
of the University of Alabama, has
given his approval for the establish­ment
of the Beta Omega Delta, hon­orary
DeMolay fraternity, on the
campus. The fraternity has held
weekly meetings at the Masonic Home
for the past several weeks, and in all
probablity, the meeting will continue
at the same place.
There are ten charter members of
Beta Omega Delta. They include J.
T. Bonney, Robert Burns, Cletus Co-ley,
H. W. Boyd, A. H. Sellman, El­mer
Whitehouse, P. L. Shultz, H. F.
Neel, R. D. Manon and D. C. Mead.
College of Liberal
Arts Is Divided
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At the recent meeting of officials
of Emory university, plans for the
reorginazation of the college of liber­al
arts into junior and senior colleges
were submitted to Dr. G. C. White,
dean of the school, it was learned
Friday.
Under the tentative plans as out­lined
by Dean White, the freshman
and sophomore classes will be separ­ated
into distinct branches of the
college, with a marked difference in
curriculum and discipline, it was stat­ed.
All elementary courses will be giv­en
in the junior and the senior divi­sions
and work will consist chiefly of
concentration and specialization
courses united to the individual stu­dent's
choic*.
"Say it "With ^lowers"
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SPORTS Plainsmen Take on Tech Next Week SPORTS
Bad Weather Hampers
Tiger Diamond Season
By Max E. Kahn
After three weeks of playing, prac­tising
and resting, the 1928 Auburn
Tigers appear to be in about the first
division as far as class is concerned.
Following the two Southeastern
games in which the Auburnites suf­fered
defeat, they have not tasted
another such dish. Clemson hit the
campus directly Tulane returned to
the Crescent with two defeats and
the Tiger did fairly well with the
Carolinians. The first tilt was ad­ded
to the Plainsman won column
and the second was a draw, 6-6. The
terirble Bulldogs next appeared at the
Fairest Village and hailed themselves
as the probable victors due to their
standing of four Conference victories
to no set-backs. But, due to the
ruling of Jupiter Pluvius, a wet dia­mond
was handed the lads and after
a long and bitter struggle, the game
was called with the two Collegians
in a dead lock, 3-3. The second Au­burn-
Georgia game was called off,
due to the inclement weather.
A review of the season so far,
shows five games won, two lost and
two tied. Not bad! No! And the
Conference standing reads even bet­ter,
three won and two tied with a
goose egg in the last column. A few
teams in the Conference are probably
leading Auburn due to their having
played more games to date. But, Au­burn
had a long and hard road to
travel and with a bit better hitting
and fielding, she'll land in her right­ful
place, on top.
The Florida games should do much
to prove the metals of both outfits.
Florida boasts of a strong outfit and
has several excellent hurlers that
went far towards whipping the Tigers
last year. Incidentally, the Gators
were the only squad to take a series
from the 1927 S. I. C. Champs. The
return from the five games played
last year show Florida ahead with
three victories to two defeats. All
were good close games and the same
should be true this season.
The hitting and fielding of the
team has not ben very steady. Er­rors
have been very prominent at
times and the best on the squad are
taking part in several blow-ups. That
is a factor with every ball club, tho,
and Auburn has not had over much
practice with the ball this year. The
hitting has not been even near that
of last year, the best hitters of the
past season have fallen down so far
and have a long stretch ahead if they
are to regain the heights assumed in
the past. With the aid of Lady Luck
and a bit of good weather, the team
Ik
should be rounding into mid-season
shape by the end of the week and if
so, watch out Tech. If Auburn ever
had a finer lot of ball material than
this year. I've never heard of it.
And the Techsters promise a few
set-backs in our contest with them.
So far, Tech has not met defeat.
Probably, Auburn will get a chance
to introduce her.
Warm weather should be at the
curve and the home stretch should be
played in the balmy sunshine. With
good weather and the Auburn stu­dent
body all out, the Moultoneers
will be on hand to give all opponents
a bit more than expected and by the
end of the semester will be ready to
declare dividends. Let's all get out
and help the best team in Dixie. All
out!
xmmm
JIM CRAWFORD
By C. T. Ingersoll
The only Sophomore who has step­ped
into a regular position on the
Tiger diamond squad this year is Jim
Crawford. His job is holding down
right field, which he does in an ex­cellent
manner. Last year he easily
made the Rat team, and it Was seen
then that he had a marked ability at
playing ball. This season Jim has
gotten some beautiful hits, and we
feel sure that he will keep his per­centage
pretty high. In the first
game of the series with Clemson here
on the campus, he got up three times
and socked the ball for the same
number of times. This is just one
example of how he swings the old
stick.
Whenever an opponent hits the ball
out to right field we know it is out,
for Crawford covers the field like a
dollar over a dime. It is just like
dropping the ball into a tar bucket
as to knock the ball into his territory.
Crawford was one of our star half­backs
on the football team last sea­son,
and if he keeps up the good
work, will have a good chance of get­ting
the Porter loving cup before he
finishes. He will run somebody a
close race for all-Southern next year,
and we feel sure he will make it.
He hails from Rock Mart, Georgia,
where he gained a great deal of valu­able
experience before coming to Au­burn.
"Let's go, Jim."
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Opponent and Their
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24—Fort Benning
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30—Tulane
31—Tulane
2—Clemson
3—Clemson
9—Georgia
10—Georgia (Rain)
11—Florida
12—Florida
13—Fort Benning
14—Fort Benning
16—Georgia Tech
17—Georgia Tech
20—Georgia Tech
21—Georgia Tech
26—Florida
27—Florida
28—Florida
2—Clemson
3—Clemson
4—South Carolina
7—Georgia
8—Georgia
11—South Carolina
12—South Carolina
18—Vanderbilt
19—Vanderbilt
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For 1928
core and Place Played
at Fort Benning, Ga.
at Fort Benning, Ga.
"A" Day, at Auburn
at Selma
at Auburn
at Montgomery
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Atlanta
at Atlanta
at Panama City, Fla.
at Panama City, Fla.
at Panama City, Fla.
at Clemson
at Clemson
at Columbia, S. C.
at Athens
at Athens
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Nashville
at Nashville
BEN SANKEY
By C. T. Ingersoll
Among Auburn's all-time outstand­ing
baseball players is Ben Sankey,
who is playing his last season with
the Tigers. Ben is a short-stop from
the heart, and can really pick the hot
grounders up and put them to first
before the batter has had a chance
to run half the distance to first. When
he first came to Auburn he had no
trouble in making the Freshman
team, keeping his batting and field­ing
record very high. Then Ben
went right into the varsity squad his
Sophomore year, and made a great
record. Last year he came back and
was better than ever, and robbed the
Orange and Blue opponents of a
goodly number of hits, due to his ex­ceptional
ability of fielding the apple.
For the two years that Sankey has
played with Auburn, his batting aver­age
has been very close to the top.
He is one of our most reliable hitters,
and is especially good at knocking
the horsehide out in times when it
is most need. A favorite pastime
of Ben's is stealing bases. If he
gets just a little lead, he is gone, and
almost every time will be safe.
It is rumored that the big leagues
have their eyes on Sankey, and as
this is his last year at Auburn, we
should not be surprised to find him
there before so very long. He is the
best in the South since Sewell of Ala­bama.
Not only is Sankey outstanding in
baseball, but he is a leader in other
ways. He is President of the Senior
class, and has many friends on the
campus.
BUNK ••«. BUNK
AROUND THE CAMPUS
BUNK ??. BUNK
By Max E. Kahn
Tigers in Many Leagues
As the lid was prized off in the
major and minor leagues this week,
many former Auburn stars started the
long grind. Among those present
with the different clubs are:
Cleveland (A)—George Grant.
Selma (SE)—Pat Moulton, Ellis,
Austin.
Tampa (SE)—Red Griffin.
Albany (SE)—Fred Sheridan.
Montgomery (SE)—Bullet Hitch­cock,
Stewart.
High Point (Pied.)—C. O. Stew­art.
Ball Games Hampered By Darkness
Ball games on the Campus have
been held up considerably in the past
due to the lateness of starting.
Every inning of a College ball game
will average close to fifteen minutes
and with Auburn starting at four
o'clock, the majority of the games
will have to be called on account of
darkness. At other Colleges games
are started as early as three o'clock.
Why can't Auburn give the visitors a
game for their money and start
things going by three-thirty. That
is enough time for the game to be
over by six and the students will not
be forced to miss their supper as in
the past. Is a half hour at Auburn
so precious that it can't be spared
ten times in as many weeks. Think
it over, it's a big question and helps
give Auburn a bad name. No team
likes to have a game called on ac­count
of darkness.
Good Opposition In S. I. C.
The teams in the Conference this
year appear to be much stronger than
in the past. Georgia, Tech, Auburn,
Vandy, and Florida appear to be fa­vorites
for the flag and neat nip and
tuck race is the promise of most fans.
The Tech squad boasts of a pack of
pile drivers that never miss. Auburn
hails her standing to the brains, hit­ting
and fielding, combined, of her
outfit. Georgia says her outfit is
just strong, no point any better than
any other and the Gators boast of
pack of curves and loops that no
swatters can sock. Well, it doesn't
hurt to pick a winner and it is too
much trouble to leave home. The
Auburn Plainsmen are the pick of
this correspondent and not without
much thought. Auburn has the ex­perienced
players. All have seen
several strong campaigns with the ex­ception
of Gilchrist and possibly
Curry. McGhee, Stoutenborough,
Wood, Potter, and Lee form a list
of hurlers that any team would be
proud of. Hitting: Crawford, Akin,
Ellis, Smith, and Wood have hit con­sistently
so far this season and the
James twins are surely due to get
their hitting eye in mighty soon. San­key
is in the same fix as the twins
and with these three due to get right
in the near future; well, let the
pitchers groove 'em. Hitting is a
surety in this camp.
Taking all things to account, Au­burn
has as good a chance as any
and a mighty better chance than the
majority. A second championship
wouldn't hurt. Lets go you Tigers!
Brown & Brown Tour State
Mr. J. V. Brown accompanied by
Coach Red Brown took a short tour
over the Southern part of the State
during the past week that should do
much towards the organization of
alumni support during the coming
year.' The towns visited included
Mobile, Selma, Montgomery and
many other strong points. The Au­burn
alumni are raring to see Au­burn
gain the top, athletically, once
more and are pledging their support
in all ways posible. Reports give
the trip a very successful outlook.
Lets hope so!
Coach Papke Is
Considered Most
Successful Coach
After Three Years At "Fairest Vil­lage"
Papke Has Made a Name
As Outstanding Coach
Coach A. P. Papke came to the
village of the plains from Middlebury,
Vermont, in 1925, but no one would
ever suspect that he had been at
Auburn only three years. He has,
in spite of his reserved nature, ac­quired
the Auburn custom of always
speaking.
Coach Mike Papke's popularity lies
fundamentally in his personality; his
ability .as a coach, however, could
hardly be second. For three years,
Mr. Papke has been building a basket­ball
team that this year lost the
championship of the South by only
one point. Regardless of this un­lucky
break which cost the champion­ship,
Auburn students feel that there
is no better basketball team than that
directed by Coach Papke this year.
He gave Auburn the most successful
basketball year in the history of the
college.
Coach Papke is admired unanimous­ly
at Auburn, by the team, students
and faculty; and this, with his thor­ough
competency in basketball, makes
him a prominent personage."
Auburnites Wallop
Florida to Tune of
10-5 Second Game
Crawford Hits The Apple For Homer
and Triple to Star for Second
Time in as Many Days
By Max E. Kahn
Auburn and Florida staged a barn-stoming
initial inning in the second
tilt of a schedule five game series.
The Gators started off like a pack
of wolves and it appeared as if they
desired revenge for their defeat the
previous day, but they floundered
after the first and on looking back,
we find, they only set a terrific pace
that the Tigers, former Champs kept
up. Cush Wood appeared as the hero
of the day when he assumed the title
of chief hurler for the Plainmen after
the visitors had managed to run Mag­gie
McGhee from the mound in the
.first inning after garnishing three
singles and four runs from his varied
offerings.
Florida Looked Good as Starter
The Peninsula lads started things
off one, two, three in the first and
before McGhee could assume com­mand,
he was too deep in the hole to
climb out. Moulton jerked him after
one third of the inning had passed
and shoved in Cush Wood, mighty
veteran of many such frays. Cush
let the Gators down with a measly
bingle for the remaining part of the
frame and after that was never in
langer. And that is the closest Flor­ida
came to making another run.
Wood fairly teased them with his
curves, shoots and floaters.
Auburn on Rampage
The 1927 champs were in their
prime under a hot summer sun and
ran up a total of four runs to Flori­da's
five in the first inning. Akin
started off by singling past second,
Curry duplicated the feat and sent
Akin to third, Jimmy Crawford came
up took a neat cut and sent the pill
to right field for a three bagger,
scoring both runners. Sankey was
walked, Smith sent him to third with
a hard grounder past second and F.
James brought Ben home with a long
sacrifice fly to center. Ellis and Ebb
James were out at first.
Tigers Take Lead in Second
The Moultonites left the University
lads behind by the continuation of
their hard hitting in the second in­ning.
Wood was lead off man and
took a free trip at Marsh's expense.
Akin and Curry were out at first,
and again the Bambino stepped to the
plate and with a duplicate swing of
his first trip sent the ball over right
field bank for a home run bringing
in Wood ahead of him.
Smith led off in the third and
doubled past second. F. James was out
second to first and Smith went to
third on the play. Ellis stepped up
and slammed a hard ball to right field
for a single, scoring Smith.
Big Seventh
The Villagers put a finishing touch
to the fray in the eighth when the
batting order was renewed as in the
first inning. A hard string of hitters
to get through and it proved so for
the second time in the same inning.
Akin went to first on Inman's error.
Curry attempted a sacrafice and was
safe at first on Marsh's wild pitch
past first, Akin went to third on the
play. Crawford again prounced
Stoutenhorough Leads
In Win Over 'Gators
By Max E. Kahn
"Big Boy" Stoutenborough fairly
shoved on on the visiting Gators in
a nine inning affair at the Fairest
Village Wednesday evening. Unfav­orable
winds coupled with a soggy
field hampered both sides consider­ably
and probably all errors made
could easily be blamed on the condi­tions
of the field. Untriener, Florida
ace held the Tigers in check consid­erably,
and pitched a pretty game.
Both pitchers were cool and took
their time. Untriener striking out a
half dozen batters while "Big Boy"
laid aside a half score by that route.
The bingles were added up to be
seven to three in favor of the Plains­men.
Gators Take Lead
Florida started things off in the
fourth when Owens, Gator short
smith obtained a bingle over second
and ran up a score when Gilchrist
threw a hard one wild past James at
first. This proved to be the only
Tiger bobble of the fray, and inci­dentally,
the only chance the Flor-idans
had at scoring.
around at the plate and Marsh kept
the ball well away from him, But,
the Bambino was not to be denied and
sent a long sacrafice fly to center
field that let Akin trot in easily. Cur­ry
took third on the play. Sankey
came to bat and cleared the bases with
the second triple of the game. Smith
ended the scoring when he singled for
the third time to score Sankey. This
ended the scoring for the game.
Better Playing and Hitting
The bad playing as far as the
Tigers were concerned in the game
was not present very often. Four
errors were made and most were at
crucial moments but several were
hard problems as to whether they
were hits or errors. Many hard
chances and plays were in vogue. A
beautiful double play combination in
the presence of Curry to Smith to
F. James was used twice and looked
like big league stuff. If the boys
can keep their batting eye in line as
they did in this tilt, they are safe
for a good campaign and a worthy
reward.
Three Games in Panama City
The gem series of the season will
be played off in Panama City, Flor­ida
during the early part of May and
quite a large number of the onlook­ers
at these games will be Beauties
from Florida State Womans College.
Many alumni of both colleges are
planning on journeying over for the
series and Florida boys promise a
big outing and maybe a licking, if
they're lucky. If the Auburnites
continue improving as they have in
the past, they'll have to be lucky for
just ball playing won't beat the Fair­est
Village's clan.
Summary
Score by innings:
Auburn
Florida
AUBURN
Akin, If
Curry, 3b
Crawford, rf
Sankey, ss
Smith, 2b
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Plainsmen Come From Behind
Stoutenborough sent the Plainsmen
up into a more pleasing position in
the fifth when he doubled after
Smith had gone on the first baggers
error and had taken second on Gil-christs
perfect, sacrifice. Crawford
scored another run in the sixth when
he singled, went to second on San-key's
single and home on F. James
hard sacrifice.
Big Eighth
The Auburnites ran their total to
four in their last appearance at the
plate. Crawford singled and came
on home when the third baseman
made a pair of errors attempting to
catch Sankey at first and both run­ners
galloped home as Slough, third
baseman again heaved the ball well
past second in an attempt at Sankey
at that bag. Both runs were unearn­ed.
Crawford and Sankey
Jimmy Crawford and Ben Sankey
led the home lads at the bat. Ben
hit the pill for a triple in the fourth
and later obtained a single while
Jimmy secured two pop ups and two
bingles that ended in runs each time.
Crawford pulled the fielding treat of
the day by running far back and
snatching a possible home-run from
Untriener's bat in the ninth. To
make the catch more sensational,
Jimmy held it in the back hand
method. Superb! The stands show­ed
their appreciation by a hearty
clap. Good boy, Crawford!
Look Better
The team as whole looked better
in this fray than in any other this
year. The fielding, with the excep­tion
of Gilchrist's wild throw, was
excellent and the hitting was far bet­ter
than in the past. Untriener, held
the Tigers to four hits on the Plains
last year and three in eight innings
at Tallahassee, but the boys this year
have a bit harder line up and should
be able to get on to the best of the
heavers. Florida, incidentally, was
the only squad to lick the Auburnites
in a series last year.
Summary
AUBURN
Akin, If
Ellis, cf
Crawford, rf
Sankey, ss
F. James, lb
E. James, c
Smith, 2b
Gilchrist, 3b
Stoutenborough,
Totals
FLORIDA
Beck, cf
Pless, If
Owens, ss
Shirley, rf
Helveston, c
Black, 2b
Evers, lb
Slaugh, 3b
Untriener, p
R
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
R
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
H
1
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
7
H
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
E
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
E
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
Totals 13 3
Three base hits: Sankey; Two base
hits: Stoutenborough; Walked: by
Untriener 1, by Stoutenborough 1;
Struck out: by Stoutenborough 10,
by Untriener 6; Stolen bases: Pless,
Akin 2, E. James, Smith.
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What Shakespeare wrote of Cleo­patra
finds echo in the thoughts
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girl—the fair one you see every­where
so temptingly suggesting
that you "refresh yourself."
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L*mg the week beginning Monday,
ril 16, will be a poultry short
course conducted by G. A. Trollope,
extension poultryman. Athletic events
will include two baseball games be­tween
Auburn and Georgia Tech.
Weather forecasts and market reports
are announced twice daily at noon.
Monday noon, April 16, the studio
trio and Miss Evelyn Smith, soloist.
C. K. Brown, Auburn news notes;
and W. A. Ruffin, insect control.
Monday afternoon beginning at
4 o'clock, a play by play report of the
Auburn-Georgia Tech baseball game.
Tuesday noon, April 17, the Au­burn
stringers; G. A. Trollope will
begin a series of discussions on poul­try.
Tuesday afternoon beginning at 4
o'clock, the Auburn-Georgia Tech
baseball game. Tuesday evening be-
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ginning at 9, a dance program by the
Collegians. A book review will be
presented.
Wednesday noon, April 18, vocal
solos by 0. D. Langston and student
quartet. W. B. England on a review
of business conditions, and G. A.
Trollope on a poultry topic.
Wednesday evening, beginning at
9, studio orchestra.
Thursday noon, April 19, studio
orchestra in classical program; G.
A. Trollope will continue his poultry
discussions.
Thursday evening beginning at 9,
orchestra program. Dr. George
Petrie on a current topic.
Friday noon, April 20, Jesse
French-Victor program; "Aunt Sam­my"
on a home economics topic; and
G. A. Trollope on hints to poultry-trymen.
Saturday noon, April 21, solos and
duets by L. R. Simpson and Walter
Samford. G. A. Trollope will con­clude
the poultry short course; and
Miss Bertha Lee Ferguson will lead
a discussion of special interest to
home makers and home demonstra­tion
club women.
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Inaugurates Annual
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Program for Birmingham-Southern
commencement week was completed
this week with the announcement from
President Snavely that all speakers
had been named. Newton D. Baker,
secretary of war in Woodrow Wilson's
cabinet, Dr. W. E. Morris, presiding
elder of the Birmingham district, M.
E. Church, South, and Reverend Ran­dolph
A. Tucker, of Columbus, Mis­sissippi,
have accepted invitations of
the college to address the graduating
class. —
Mr. Baker, now head of a law firm
in Cleveland, and a fellow alumnus
with President Snavely of Johns Hop­kins
University, will deliver the bac­calaureate
address in the new $250,-
000 Munger Memorial administration
and auditorium building May 29. The
graduation exercises for the class of
about 150 will be accompanied by the
dedication of the new hall, which the
contractors state will be ready even
before the date of commencement.
INTERESTING PROGRAM HAD AT
MEETING OF WILS0NIAN SOCIETY!
RATS KIDNAPPED
BY SOPH CLASS
Tech Students Are
To Take Aviation
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Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction
C. Felton Little, '04, President
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Thirty Georgia Tech students at
the end of the present school term,
will go to Brooks field, at San An-tonia,
Texas, or to March field at Riv­erside,
Cal., where they will take a
primary course in aviation.
Upon completion of the primary
course, the students will then attend
the aviation school at Kelly field at
San Antonia, where they will receive
advanced training. Within the next
few weeks the students, having passed
every examination to date at Tech,
will stand further examinations at
Maxwell field at Montgomery, Ala.
According to authorities at Tech,
about 25 per cent of the applicants
are eliminated at these examinations.
Those who survive will go to one of
the primary schools in July.
After six months of primary train­ing
they will then attend the advanced
aviation school at Kelly field at San
Antonio. Six months are needed to
complete the advanced school where
they will be taught to fly any kind
of airplane. Four courses, observa­tion,
attack, pursuit and bombard­ment,
will be offered, each student be­ing
allowed to select the one in which
he expects to specialize. Eleven mem­bers
of the 1928 senior class have an­nounced
their intentions to take these
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The Vines Quartet, sometimes
known as the Student Quartet, com­posed
of Messrs. J. C. Tidwell, first
tenor, C. R. LeCroy, second tenor, J.
V. Vines, baritone, and V. L. Vines,
bass, rendered song selections that
were beautiful and pleasing at the
Students Agricultural Club last week.
Their selections were so attractive
that they received the second encore
—and an attempted third.
This was the attractive feature of
the regular weekly meeting of the
Ag Club. Other interesting numbers
on the program were: Senator Vest's
Eulogy of the Dog, by J. R. Fomby;
Marketing Hogs on the Chicago Mar­ket,
by W. H. Longshore; Business
in a Presidential Year, by W. W.
Johnson; Curbing the Mississippi, by
Hugh G. McColl, Jr.; American Un­employment
seen by Foreign Eyes, by
"Rip" Reagan.
Business items and reports of spe­cial
committees were taken up at the
end of the hour. Probable baseball
games and ice cream supper were
discussed.
The weekly meeting of the Wil-sonian
Literary Society was held
Tuesday night, in which a very inter­esting
program was prepared by the
new Vice-President, T. B. Shell. The
meeting was called to order by the
President and the minutes of the last
two meetings were real.
Professor Hutchins, of the English
Faculty spoke to the Society on the
approaching debate between the so­cieties.
The subject has ben decided
on and it is: Resolved That Only 25
Per Cent of the Present Senior Class
Should be Given Their Diplomas. T.
J. Walsh was appointed by the Presi­dent
to meet with Prof. Hutchins to
decide on the side each society will
take.
J. H. Rumbley was the first speak­er
of the evening and gave a very in­teresting
talk on "Why India De­mands
Independence." Rumbley
said, "As the British Empire now con­trols
India, they have to face many
disadvantages which could be done
away with if they had their complete
freedom. The many' industries of
India would make them almost eco­nomically
independent and they have
vast mineral resources that have not
been developed. He also gave sev­eral
other advantages of India that
would go in their favor in their fight
for freedom.
"The American Negro as New
Leaders" was the topic discussed ably
by Bruce Harkins. He gave the
three periods that the negroes have
passed through, before the time of
Booker T. Washington down to the
present generation. Harkins gave as
the reasons of the advancement of
the Negro to: Moving from Rural
communities to the cities; The read­ing
of the newspapers, both White
and Black; The Colored Race is re­ceiving
practically the same educa­tion
that the White Race is getting,
especially is this true in the North­ern
Colleges and Universities. The
great Negroes down through Booker
Washington were in the habit of imi­tating
their White Masters but times
have changed things, so that they now
look to one to imitate and do their
own thinking and imitating. The
rapid advance made by the Negro has
brought before the country many
able men who have benefitted their
race through many experiments and
in the things they are doing for their
colored brethern.
Mr. C. C. Phillips concluded pro­gram
by giving some interesting jokes
on members of the society. C. C.
also gave the life history of a China­man,
in San Francisco, who after
working as a servant for fifteen years
chose to go back to China and die for
his brother, who was going to be
hanged for a crime that he did not
cortimit. The rule in China is that
relatives can die for you if you are
condemned to die. After much per­suasion
on the part of his master not
to leave, the Chinaman left to take his
brother's place because he was sixty
years old and his brother was in the
prime of his life.
Sophomores at Hampden-Sidney
College kidnapped and confined over
half of the freshman class for sev­eral
hours Friday evening to prevent
a dance planned by the freshmen
from being staged.
Although hazing of any sort has
been taboo there for years, there is a
freshman system in vogue, somewhat
similar to those at other colleges. The
sophomores, who are in control of the
system, passed an edict several days
ago forbidding the freshmen from
visiting the nearby town of Farmville
for a period of two weeks.
In order to make their enforced
stay on the campus more pleasant,
the yearlings decided to give a dance.
Shortly after 2 o'clock, the sopho­mores
began to lure the unsuspecting-ing
freshmen, one by one, to a loft
of one of the dormitories and secure­ly
locked them in.
After the dance had been under
way for several hours, upper class­men
entered the loft. The sophomore
president, Jack Savage, gave the
freshmen a severe lecture and stated
he hoped that they had learned their
lesson—never to try to put anything
over on the upper classmen and that
they might now go to the remainder
of the dance.
J. V. Brown Talks
On Campus Activities
Normal Group of Friendship Council
Hears Interesting Address
A. I. E. E. ENJOYS
GOOD PROGRAM
Alabama j
The first speaker for A. I. E. E.
was W. M. Shaup, who gave a des­cription
of the Warrior Coal Pul­verizer.
He is well versed on this
subject, having spent a summer in
the employment of the manufac­turers
of this coal pulverizer. Mr.
D. O. Baird took for his subject "The
Life of Joseph Henry," bringing out
the great achievements which are re­sponsible
for his fame in the field
of science. Mr. O. T. Allen spoke on
the subject "Commercial Illumina­tion,"
giving the requirements of
good illumination, which has been
accomplished, and the problems yet to
be solved. "Mechanical Refrigera­tion"
was the subject presented by
Mr. J. A. Willman, in which he gave
some of his valuable experiences ga­thered
while working with these re­frigerators.
Student activities, their value, and
how campus choices may affect one's
life work, was the subject on which
Dr. J. V. Brown talked to the Nor­mal
Group of the Friendship Coun­cil
on Monday evening, March 19.
These problems are the topic of
everyday conversation among quite a
number of the students on the cam­pus,
and Dr. Brown gave some very
fundamental and underlying prin­ciples
upon which will rest the suc­cess
of anyone in any activity in col­lege
and in any situation anywhere.
Many students are constantly being
led into activities in which they do
not fit, and which ultimately leads
to ruin in their moral life. There are
several things which the student
should remember as he goes into any
activity. The home training is of
prime importance, and the high ideals
of the home should be considered
first. Another thing which will help
the student to determine his choice of
activities, and that is knowledge—
knowledge of the Bible.
Dr. Brown also stated that if a stu­dent
did not apply himself, system­atize
his time, and seek to improve
his time, it would be a death knell to
him as an educated man after he
leaves college.
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Page 6. THE PLAINSMAN
GEORGIA AND AUBURN TIE
IN DAMP CONTEST, 3 TO 3
Auburn and Georgia tied in a three
to three deadlock in a rainy day base­ball
game here Monday afternoon,
which was the first, game of a sched­uled
two-game series booked for Mon­day
and Tuesday afternoons. The
game went down through nine in­nings
when it was called on account
of rain and darkness, each team try­ing
to put across the winning tally
and break the tie that developed in
the seventh frame.
Georgia was the first team to score,
pushing a run across in the first in­ning.
Chafin walked, Freeman sac­rificed
him to second, and Johnson's
timely triple brought him home. In
the fourth Georgia tallied again when
Shiver laid his bat against the ball
for a home run with nobody on. The
Third Georgia score came in the
seventh when Jacobson walked and
then scored when Keaten lammed out
a triple.
Tigers Score in Fifth
Auburn's scoring did not get start­ed
until the fifth inning when Wood
doubled and went to third when Akin
was out on a fielder's choice. He
scored when Chafin threw wild to
first on Currie's grounder. In the
seventh the Plainsmen tied the score
with the Georgians. E. James went
to first when he bounced the pellet
off the third baseman's knee. He
went to second on a fielder's choice
by Smith, and scored off Wood's sec­ond
double. Wood scored when Akin
slammed out a triple.
Jelly Akin and Cush Wood wielded
poisonous bludgeons against the Geor­gians.
The Tiger ace pitcher made
it unanimous in getting two safe ones
in two trips to the plate, both of them
being doubles. Akin hit safely three
times in four attempts. Keaten led
for Georgia with two out of three.
The second game of the series,
which was scheduled to be played
Tuesday afternoon, was postponed
account of rain.
BOX SCORE.
AUBURN: AB R H E
Akin, If 4 0 3 0
Currie, 3b 3 0 0 0
Crawford, rf 4 0 1 0
Sankey, ss 4 0 0 1
F. James, lb 2 0 0 1
Ellis,cf 3 ' 0 0 0
E. James, c 3 1 1 0
Smith, 2b 4 0 0 0
Wood, p 2 2 2 0
Totals
GEORGIA:
Chafin, ss
Freeman, 2b
Johnson, 3b
Shiver, cf
Nash, rf
Rothstein, lb
Jacobson, If
Ceaten, c
Murdock, p
Totals 25 3 6 1
SCORE BY INNINGS:
AUBURN: 000 010 200—3
GEORGIA: 100 100 100—3
Summary: Two base hits, Wood
(2). Three base hits, Akin and Keat­en;
Home run, Shiver. Sacrifice hit,
Freeman. Stolen base, Sankey. Base
on balls, off Wood 4, off Murdock 3.
Passed ball, Keaton. Double plays,
Smith to F. James, Chafin unassisted.
Time of game, 1:45. Umpires, Hov-ater
and Bridges.
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Wirts Defeat Evans
In Basketball Game
Play ball! That's exactly what the
Evansmen did Tuesday night even
though they were swamped in the last
quarter by the brilliant last minute
display put on by the Wirts. The
Evans more than held their own for
the first half of the game; gradually
weakened in the third quarter; and
were entirely routed by them in the
fourth when the Wirts ran up a score
of 21 to 13. Verily, there are more
basketball stars in Auburn than are
on the Varsity team. The excellent
playing of the Kuykendall brothers,
for the Evans, accounted for the ma­jority
of the Evans' 13 points. The
other members of the Evans were:
E. C. Smith, "Dougan" Taylor, P. L.
Wright, and Rat Campbell. With
contributions from the Varsity and
freshman squads, the Wirts had an
excellent bunch. Though they were
able to put up a larger score than the
Evans, they did not put up a bigger
fight. That old Evans crowd was be­hind
the team, and the Evans literary
society is never out, though some­times
down.
GENERAL COCHEU
SPEAKS AT CONVO.
B'HAM.-SOUTHERN
RATS WIN DEBATE
That proficiency in debate means
superiority in thinking and speaking,
both cleanly, correlated, was demon­strated
Monday night in Broun Hall
when two Birmingham-Southern
freshmen won a unanimous, decision
over Auburn's first year represen­tatives.
The fair-sized crowd, which
braved the miserable weather, was
rewarded by as flashy a display of
forensic art as has appeared here in
a long time. It was a debate well
lost because of one young man, a cer­tain
Billy Hamilton, who convinced
his audience that his reputation as a
speaker gained in high school is bas­ed
on fact.
MUCH INTEREST IN BIG EGG
HUNT HELD ON EASTER
(Continued from Page 1.)
were called together and an attempt
was made to find out who had collect­ed
the most eggs. This, however,
proved impossible, for the eggs seem­ed
to have been pooled, as several
frolicking youngsters had a score or
more and some had none at all. Then
the little boys and girls were divid­ed
into two groups, and the royal egg
battle got under way. This was en­joyed
hugely by the spectators as well
as the participants.
The last and perhaps the biggest
event was the scramble for the "Gold­en"
Football. Rats on the east side
rats on the west side, rats on the
north side, rats on the south side,
and a football in the center. This
was the formation before the pistol
was fired. However, after the signal
"go get it" was given, the formation
became a bit more pyramidic. About
eight boys deep and six wide, all mak­ing
a supreme effort to get the ball.
It is remarkable that no one was
mutilated, but when -the struggle
ceased at the given signal, there was
not a single casualty. The judges de­cided
that R. N. Culpepper had the
ball in his possession when the bout
was ended, and was thereupon award­ed
the ball as a prize for his noble
struggles. This was the end of a
perfect day.
Websterian Society
Organizes Ball Team
The Websterian Literary Society
is fast organizing a baseball team,
and will soon be in shape to book
games with any of the other societies.
Competition is invited, particularly
from the Wilsonian.
At the last meeting Mr. Burdeshaw,
in his talk on American progress and
inventions, is credited with the
statement, "Time will be when ma­chinery
will do everything for us.
We won't even have to think." Quite
a number of Auburn students are
under the impression that this time
has already arrived. Mr. Burdeshaw
later was made the target for a few
embarrassing but entertaining jokes,
by Mr. Williams.
Another point of the interesting
program was an old fashioned spell­ing
bee, captained by Taylor and
Rush. The Taylorites proved their
supremacy, the other still wonder why
they were asked to spell "trousseau".
On Friday, 13th, the Christian en­deavor
and the Websterian will joint­ly
participate in a hike and outdoor
social. i
STUDENTS WITH
GRADES OVER 90
Continued from page 1)
Ruth, 94; Nesbitt, Celeste, 93.62;
Nichols, Grover Tyler, 92,66; Owen,
Lucien Elmore, 90.66; Oyler, Wil­liam
Winfred, 90; Pardon, Philip
Victor, Jr., 90.11; Rehling, Carl John,
91; Robinson, Sam Perry, 92.28;
Sandlin, Paul Edward, 91; Savage,
Clarence, 90.88; Smith, Clifford Eu­gene,
90.66; Smith, William Paul,
91.50; Snow, Hewitt Artman, 95.75;
Stone, Jesse Leon, 90; Tabor, How­ard
Leonard, 93; Tancredi, Blanche
Marie, 92.50; Townsend, Judson Car­ter,
Jr., 92.28; Weatherby, Walter
Clifton, 90.33; Whitcher, Alice Tag-gard,
90; Whitten, Lawrence Samuel,
90.76; Wiggins, Hoyt, 91.50; William­son,
George Leslie, 90; Wise, Harry
A. 92; Yancey, Leonard Clayton,
91.34.
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"Wars are not-caused by armies,
but by diplomats, who cannot agree
and so call on the army to settle the
dispute," said Gen. Cocheu, speaking
before upperclassmen convocation,
April 13. Continuing, he said, "We
will have wars as long as there is the
instinct in man to fight and kill."
Gen. Cocheu, now Fourth Coast
Artillery District Commander, and
located at Ft. McPherson, Ga., has
been speaking to students in a num­ber
of colleges in the south. His sub­ject
for convocation was, "World
War before the United States enter­ed."
He plans to speak again at Ga.
Tech, then to visit Clemson. Plans
are being made for him to return and
speak to us on "World War after the
United States entered."
Gen. Cocheu started his army ca-ceer
34 years ago, immediately upon
graduation from West Point. Since
then he has .seen service in Cuba,
Phillipine Islands, and in France. He
has attended every army school sup­ported
by the government. Gen.
Cocheu came to Ft. McPherson from
Virginia, where he had been studying
for this post.
S. A. M. E. ENJOYS
GOOD MEETING
The weekly meeting of the S. A. M.
E. was held Tuesday evening at 7
o'clock in the Engineers class room.
Mr. E. L. Kipp, first speaker on the
program selected for his talk; rail­road
traffic in peace and in war. In
this talk Mr. Kipp told of the growth
of the railroad and the effect of war
on the growth of the railroad, and
spoke of the transportation of troops
and supplies in war times.
Lt. Pease protrayed the history of
the fire arms and their development
from the club used by the cave man.
He told of the great kings and gen­erals
who did most for the modern
artillery, and also of the general con­struction
of the French Seventy-Five.
ANDREW B. BETTS
DIES IN OPELIKA
Andrew B. Betts, one of the best
and most favorably known planters
in this section, passed away at the
home of his son, Sheriff W. A. Betts
at 8 a. m. today, following an attack
of apoplexy in the court house Wed­nesday
afternoon. Funeral services
are to be held from the residence of
Sheriff Betts, adjoining the jail at
10 o'clock Friday morning, after which
the remains will be taken to Hpsi-bah
church for interment.
MOVEMENT ON TO CONSOLIDATE
AUBURN AND WOMAN'S COLLEGE
MONTGOMERY, ALA., April 15.
(PA). It was rumored here today
that Mr. Chambliss, one of Auburn's
most popular red headed students,
was sent as a representative of the
student body of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute to Montgomery to
discuss with officials of Womans Col­lege
the plan of consolidating the two
schools.
The plan did not mean necessarily,
that the colleges were to be consoli­dated
under one roof or even in the
same town; but merely the merger of
them as to scheme better and more
harmonius cooperation. On account
of the distance the two schools are
apart, there should be a better means
of getting together, as was suggested
by the plan submitted by Mr. Cham-bliss.
The plan of consolidation, as was
passed upon by the Auburn Student
Body and a faculty committee, can be
summed up briefly. This is the plan
as was submitted:
1. There should be a free bus line
from the main building of Auburn to
the main building at Womans College
running daily every two hours, carry­ing
passengers from either school
either way.
JESSE FRENCH'S
Columbia
FACULTY DANCE IS
UNIQUE EVENT
(Continued from Page 1.)
had a tug-o-war. The winning side
had first choice of partners.
At eleven o'clock Lieut. Leitch gave
the command, "Fall in!" The facul­ty
formed in double ranks, ladies in
the front rank and men in the rear
rank. Major Kennedy then command­ed,
"Right face! Forward march!
"Thus, the grand march began.
After the grand march the dancers
were entertained by a solo sung by
Miss Roberta Allen, a charming vis­itor
from Memphis.
The dance came to a close at the
stroke of twelve with the unanimous
resolution to have another dance in
the very near future.
Column
Introducing-
•
SEGER ELLIS
"Famous Overnight"
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Me."
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OPELIKA, ALA.
MANY OTHER NEW
COLUMBIA HITS
NOW IN STOCK
2. All street lights or other hin­drances
should be removed from both
campuses at once. •
3. The Ag Bottom and also the Rear
Lawn of Womans College should be
planted in very thick undergrowth
and park benches should be installed
to accommodate individual couples.
(Meadow's Garage should furnish
U-Drive-It's for those who prefer
them rather than the benches.
4. NO Classes shall be compulsary
except for those who are very anxious
to make them, (however, others will
not be refused occasional admittance
if they so desire.)
5. The Sophomore, Junior and Sen­ior
Proms shall be held monthly in­stead
of annually. Ted Lewis and his
gang will make this their permanent
home and the boy's dormitory will be
used exclusively for visiting girls.
6. Toomers Drug Store will be
bought by Frank Griffin and he will
establish his former business on
Toomer's Corner and guarantee ser­vice
and satisfaction.
7. The property surrounding and
including Wrights mill will be bought
by the college, and the same will
erect a $25,000 country club with
swimming pool, golf course and other
necessary attachments. (The road
AUBURNITES WALLOP FLORIDA
TO TUNE OF 10-5 SECOND GAME
(Continued from page 4)
F. James, lb 0 0
Ellis, cf 0 1
E. James, c 0 0
McGhee, p 0 0
Wood, p 10
Totals 5 5 3
Home runs: Crawford. Three base
hits: Crawford, Sankey. Two base
hits: Smith. Double plays: Shirley
to Evers; Curry to Smith to James,
Curry to Smith to James. Hits: off
Fisher 3; off Marsh 7 in 8 innings;
off McGhee 3 in 1-3 innings; off
Wood 2 in 8 2-3 innings. Sacrifice
hits, Pless, Crawford, Curry. Stolen
bases: Evers. Umpires: Hovarter
and Bridges.
Totals
FLORIDA
Beck, cf
Pless, If
Owens, ss
Shirley, rf
Helveston, c
Black, 2b
Evers, lb
Inman, 3b
Fisher, p
Marsh, p
10
R
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
10
H
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
A CORRECTION
Last weeks issue of the Plainsman
carried a mistake concerning the lo­cation
of the horseshow. It was
stated that the show would be held at
the riding hall, Captain Anderson
states that the show will be held on
the varsity baseball field instead, on
May 1, 1928.
The work, in preparation, for the
show is progressive very smoothly,
and everybody participating promises
to display to their utmost for your
benefit.
The trophies selected will be here
soon, and will be placed on display
immediately.
Watch for full particulars next
week.
will be concrete and is already under
construction).
8. Diplomas will be given to those
who can stand it four or more years.
(Epitaphs furnished with every dip).
9. Every students' allowance shall
be doubled and the Banks will cash
all checks whether out of town or not
without question.
Mr. Chambliss was selected by a
vote of the whole student body for this
very responsible position of putting
this thing over, on account of his
enormous amount of 'IT' and his quick
and speedy way with the women.
There was needed a man to put the
thing over in due form so that it could
be understood by a majority of the
girls at Womans College, so this is
why Red was elected.
This issue as stated was passed by
a two thirds majority of the afore
mentioned female students in the pri­mary,
but we cannot tell the outcome
until after the first of May when the
final vote will be cast.
We urge that every Auburn student
get in behind this and do your part
toward putting it over.
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
HOLDS QUARTERLY MEET
The seeand quarterly meeting of
the State Board of Agriculture was,
held at Montgomery on Tusgday^
Those present were Commissioner t
M. Dunwoody, R. J. Goode, of Gas^
tonburg, Prof. M. J. Funchess of
Auburn, Seth P. Storrs of Wetumpka
and Clifton Kirkpatrick, of Selma.
A number of questions regarding
quarantines were brought up for dis­cussion
and a plant quarantine
against Texas produced cotton and
cotton seed was put in force.
Sydney Greenbie To
Join Floating School
Sydney Greenbie, well-known edu­cator
and author, has accepted an ap­pointment
to the faculty of the Float­ing
University in the Department of
Oriental history. He is the Execu­tive
Secretary in America of the
American Schools in the Old World
at Chateau de Bures, France, and is
now at Amherst, Massachusetts. He
is widely known as an authority on
the Far East, having been at one
time instructor in English in Kobe
Higher Commercial School, Japan,
and later on the staff of the Japan
Chronicle, and is now an associate
editor of Asia and the World Out­look.
His lectures on the Orient show
a faculty for getting at basic things
and his is a stirring appeal for hon­est
understanding between the nations.
DR. THOS. B. MCDONALD
Dentist and Oral Surgeon
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