1928-10-18 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1928 NUMBER 9
MARTHA HAUPT IS
PERSONALITY COED
AUBURN PLAYERS
Winner Is Popular Junior;
Actor of Rare Ability
HUTCHESON IS S E C O ND
Many Votes Cast For Favorite
In Recent Contest
Martha Haupt is Auburn's "IT"
girl. Returns from contest to deter­mine
Auburn's personality co-ed for
the Auburn Players gave Miss Martha
Haupt the honor. Miss Haupt is an
actress of ability. She is from El-berta
and is taking Home Economics.
Jackie Hutcheson ran a close second.
Tuesday noon marked the close of
a political battle in which interest
reached a high tide in the later hours.
Miss Haupt, although a favorite
throughout the contest, was hard
pressed several times during the bal­loting
by Jackie Hutcheson, Grace
Pinnell, Julia Price, and Kathleen
Russell. Miss Haupt will take the
leading role in "The Personality Plus
Co-ed" to be presented soon by the
Auburn Players.
Aside from determining the per­sonality
girl, the contest brought out
several other facts of importance. It
has been discovered that Al Smith
has so much "IT", that several stu­dents
could not wait until Nov. 6th to
vote. Al's name seems to have
brought a man of campus fame into
the race. Lud and Al made a good
race, and it is generally believed had
the two gone together that they
might have kept the honor within the
family. There is still some doubt as
to whether those who supported Pro­fessor
Xinkaid did so in a spirit of
revenge or boot seeking.
SCABBARD - BLADE
INITIATES GUARD OF
COLLEGE CAMPUS
Guards Stationed At Strategic
Points On Main Street
MEDALS A D O R N CHESTS
Unruly Members Tried For
Breaking Lights on the
Drill Field
Interior View of Jitney Jungle Grocery Store
TIGER INSTALLS
VITAPHONE MUSIC
Vitaphone, which is said to be re­volutionizing
the moving picture in­dustry
throughout the country, has
recently been installed in the Tiger
Theatre. "The Patriot," starring
Emil Jannings, showing yesterday
and today, is the first picture to be
shown with Vitaphone music.
This is the second phenomenal ad­vance
taken by Foreman Rogers,
manager of the Tiger Theatre, within
the past five months, the first being
the construction of the beautiful new
Tiger Theatre, of which a town the
size of Auburn might be justly proud.
Installation of Vitaphone is not
marked by an increase in prices, as
might have been expected. Rogers
says that it is his aim to give Auburn
students and townspeople all the ad­vantages
of theatre entertainment
that might be offered in a large city,
yet at a price well within the reach
of all: •
Guilty or not guilty? This was the
problem to be solved last Saturday
morning by the initiates on the dance
floor at the gym. Pete Hassler was
being tried for breaking a light on
the drill field. "Guilty," was the de­cision
and all the Scabbard and .Blade
initiates were sentenced to a dance
with the girl of his choice.
The Scabbard and Blade initiation
began last Saturday morning prompt­ly
at eight o'clock in front of the
main building. The initiates, adorn­ed
with badges and medals of all de­scriptions,
and representing honors
ranging from first place in track
meets to second place prizes in chick­en
shows, marched down College
Street to the depot and back.
As guards in front of the post of­fice,
the big tent before the chemistry
building, and patrolling the main
streets in town the initiates, with pa-jama
breeches of brilliant colors, easi­ly
excelled any army for bravery.
The traffic cops should have been
watched by the mayors of some of
these big cities, for they were per­fect
at all times when co-eds were
not passing.
This drilling and guarding continu­ed
until the Scabbard and Blade dance
Saturday morning at eleven o'clock.
The initiation ended with the Scab­bard
and Blade lead out.
The initiates were: E. R. Jones, J.
F. Ford, W. R. Smith, C. C. McMil­lan,
Reggie Hatcher, Ollie McRae, Ed­die
Peak, Pete Hassler, Asbell, J. R.
Benson, Murray Hoffman, Jimmie
Cone, Howard Smith, Peter Lee, R. F.
Tinsley, Riddle, Moon Mullins, Rut-ledge,
and H. E. Williams.
NEW SYSTEM GROCERY STORE
WILL OPEN HERE SATURDAY
NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF
ALPHA GAMMA RHO HERE
INDUSTRIAL
ARTS COURSE
NOW OFFERED
Will Include All Phases Of
Manual Arts Laboratory
TIGER SANDWICH
SHOP IS POPULAR
The Tiger Sandwich Shop, located
in the Tiger Theatre building, open­ed
last Thursday, October 11th. Un­der
the management of J. E. Oxen-dine,
who has been in this kind of
business for seventeen years, assisted
by Bill King, James Trimm, and Al-ben
Head, this shop bids fair to be
one of the foremost establishments in
Auburn.
The shop is equipped with modern
electrical appliances. Table and curb
service, in addition to the regular
counter service, is rendered. A large,
attractive Victrola adds the musical
touch.
Thieves Make Haul In
Robbery Of Local Shops
A theft is reported to have been
perpetrated at the Style Shop, Col­lege
Street, last Sunday night. Goods
were stolen, the value of which is es­timated
at five hundred dollars. Evi­dently
the thieves had entered the
back door of the shop. On the same
night another robbery occurred at the
ladies ready-to-wear apparel estab­lishment
of Mrs. Emma Godwin. The
value of goods stolen here has not
been estimated.
Freshman Smoker
At Tau Omega Chi
All fraternities on the Auburn cam­pus
were represented by freshmen at
the Tau Omega Chi House Monday
night. Mr. Ellis, president of the
chapter, gave a hearty welcome to
jthe freshmen. The spirit of "The Rats
of '32" was expressed in a few words
by "Rat" Willenbucker. Each fresh­man
was supposed to tell a joke, the
wit being started by "Rat" Mims.
A prize was given to the two fresh­men
giving the best jokes. These
prizes were awarded to Kirkling and
"Goat" Smith, members of Pi Kappa
Alpha and Beta Kappa Fraternities
respectively. Kirkling received a
cobb pipe while Smith received a bot­tle
of castor oil, which he said
he needed. After the jokes, fruit was
passed around to all the guests. "Rat"
Smoot, of Alpha Gamma Rho, then
gave an interesting selection on his
banjo. "Nick" Carter, captain of the
football team, talked to the freshmen
on football. After the formal part of
the program, the Freshmen gathered
around in groups and had their "bull
sessions." The smoker was thorough­ly
enjoyed by all that attended.
For students who expect to become
teachers, a new course in industrial
arts is being offered at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute this year, an­nouncement
of which is made by Dr.
Knapp, president. It is being given
jointly by the schools of engineering
and education, with Prof. Dan T.
Jones in charge.
The new course includes all phases
f
of manuel arts laboratory, such as
carpentry, advanced cabinet making,
sheet metal work, printing, heat treat­ment
of metals, foundry .machine
shop, weaving, auto-mechanics, ce­ment
work, and home mechanics.
In making the announcement Dr.
Knapp said that there is a great de­mand
for teachers trained in these
subjects, especially if they combine
with this science, mathematics and
athletic coaching. The new course
was arranged to meet this demand.
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KIWANIS CLUBS
APPOINT DAVIS
u Made Lieutenant Governor
Clubs of East Alabama
Of
P. O. Davis, director of public in­formation
for the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute, Auburn, has been ap­pointed
lieutenant-governor of Ki-wanis
clubs of East Alabama, accord­ing
to announcement by Jas. A. An-detson
of Tuscaloosa, who is district
governor for Alabama. He succeeds
B. L. Noojin of Gadsden who resigned.
The clubs in the district which Mr.
Davis will serve are at Auburn, Ope-lika,
Alexander City, Talladega,
Gadsden, and Anniston. Mr. Davis is
trustee of the Auburn club which is
one of the best in Alabama.
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Informal Reception
Scraps" Presented
By Auburn Players
The Auburn Players presented on
Monday night at the "Y" Hut a one-act
play entitled "Scraps." This play
was written last year by Mr. James
M. McMurray, of the class of '29 in
advanced composition under the di­rection
of Dr. Gosser.
The characters in the play are three
old-time southern negroes: Aunt Har­riet;
Mandy, who is Joe's wife; and
Joe. These parts were played by Miss
Evelyn Bryant, Miss Clarabelle Par­sons,
and Mr. Balckmon, respectively.
The impersonation of negroes and
their dialect was well executed.
Dr. Gosser and Dr. Weaver are to
be commended on this production,
which was given under their super­vision.
This play shows that Auburn stu­dents
can both write and act well.
The Auburn Players plan to give
a number of plays with Alabama set­tings
during the year. These plays
will be written by Auburn students.
NOTICE
Dr. Knapp and Members
Are Guests
of Faculty
The Sigma Nu fraternity was host
at an informal reception Sunday
afternoon, October 14, from three to
five o'clock, in honor of Dr. Knapp
and members of the faculty. Repre
sentatives of many fraternities were
also present.
As the guests arrived they were
served delicious punch by Misses
Jackie Hutcheson, Ann Lichty, and
Julia Price, of Chi Omega Sorority,
after which a general get-together
was enjoyed.
There is a plan afoot to have a
similar reception at some fraternity
house on every Sunday afternoon, in
order to pass away the otherwise
wasted time between dinner and sup­per.
AUBURN BAND TO
SPONSOR MATINEE
Benefits To Go Toward Purchasing
More Uniforms
On Saturday afternoon, at 2:30
o'clock, the Tiger Theatre will give a
football matinee, at which the re­sults
of the Auburn-Ole Miss game
will be announced play-by-play. As
the matiness is to be given for the
benefit of the Auburn band, that the
badly needed new uniforms might be
purchased, everyone who does not go
to Birmingham is urged to be pres­ent
and support not only the foot­ball
team but the band.
The public is requested to give all
news items to T. P. Brown or Camp­bell
Blake, News Editor of the Plains­man.
Such material may be addressed
to one of these, care the Plainsman,
or may be placed in the Plainsman
box, Auburn Printing Co.
LUDWIG SMITH, "Editor.
AUBURN DAY
OBSERVED AT
OPELIKA FAIR
Dr. Knapp Addresses Large
Audience On Agricultural
Problems
With President Knapp as speaker
last Thursday was "Auburn Day" at
the Opelika Fair. Dr. Knapp spoke
to a large audience early in the after­noon.
His address was directed largely
to farm people. He touched upon
agricultural problems and gave special
attention to the value of agricultural
fairs, of which Opelika Fair was an
example. The speaker insisted that
an essential of every great nation is
a great rural population and declar­ed
that it is a policy of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute to work to this
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Eta Kappa Nu Pledges
Eight From Senior Class
Eta Kappa Nu, highest national
honorary fraternity for Electrical
Engineers, has recently announced
its pledges for the current year. The
men who have accepted bids are: C.
B. Williams; E. R. Jones; J. R. Alex­ander;
S. T. Turnipseed; J. H. Shir­ley;
W. Fuller; G. T. Nichols; W. M.
Gar ran.
During the past week the Auburn
chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho frat­ernity
was honored by a visit from
the organization's national president,
Dr. H. F. Wilson, head of the depart­ment
of entymology at the University
of Wisconsin. This is the first.visit
Dr. Wilson has made to Auburn since
1919, when he was present at the
intallation of the Auburn chapter.
During his stay here Dr. Wilson
held a conference with Dr. Knapp,
after which he made the statement
that never had he found a college
president more favorable to fraterni­ties
and with a broader view of th.:
value of fraternities on the college
campus than Dr. Knapp. He was en­thusiastic
over the bright outlook for
the future of fraternities on this cam­pus,
saying that this college present­ed
a most attractive offer to frat­ernities
for the building of their
houses.
From here Dr. Wilson went to the
University of Florida, whence he
plans to go to the University of Geor­gia
and colleges in North Carolina
and Kentucky.
JITNEY-JUNGLE IS
LATEST ADDITION
TO SELF SERVICE
Personal Shopping Fixtures
And Equipment Most Con­venient
Obtainable
OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY
To Be Under Ownership and
Management of W. D.
Copeland
Roman Riding Is Large
Contribution To F a ir
Foreman, Fitzpatrick and
Entertain Daily
Faust
Dr. Knapp Displeased With Things
Accompanying the Opening Dances
Much interest has been displayed ful to the individuals and to the school
recently over the conditions that exist- as a whole. Unless some of these
By giving exhibitions of Roman rid­ing
at the Opelika Fair the Military
Department of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute made a big contri­bution
to the fair. Beginning Tues­day
afternoon, these exhibits were
given twice daily—at noon and night
—until Saturday, when only one was
given, and that in the forenoon.
Sergeants Foreman and Fitzpat­rick,
and Private Foust gave the ex­hibitions,
for whiGh they had been
training about a month. Last year
they gave similar exhibitions at the
Opelika Fair and also at the Horse
Show at Auburn.
They were trained under the di­rection
of Lieutenants C. P. Towns-ley
and C. E. Pease.
Many who saw them pronounced
them the most brilliant feature of
the fair. This feeling was reflected
by the enthusiastic way in which they
were received by the audience.
DR. KNAPP LEAVES
FOR BIRMINGHAM
Saturday, October 20th, is to be an
eventful day in Auburn. It will mark
the opening of the first Jitney-Jungle
for Auburn at 113 College Street,
under the ownership and personal
management of Mr. W. D. Copeland.
The Jitney-Jungle System of'self-service
grocery stores is not new. It
is eight years old and claims to have
revolutionized the retail grocery bus­iness,
and, wtih their slogan of "Save
a Nickel on a Quarter," to have rub­berized
the pocket-books of a half-mil­lion
families it is now serving in 12
southern states.
The principal of Jitney-Jungle
operation, according to Mr. Copeland,
is no secret. The franchise privilege
provides what is said to be the most
convenient personal shopping fixtures
equipment in the world, which by its
accessibility saves the expense of an
army of clerks. The enormous buying
power of the chain is passed to the
consumer. The rapid turnover, as
compared to the old style grocery
store insures fresh merchandise every
day. The open-door policy of the
Jitney-Jungle by continuous newspap­er
advertising keeps the public always
informed on the market trend of all
food products. In short, according to
Mr. W. D. Copeland, the general pub­lic
becomes partners and cooperators
and receives their dividends with
every purchase.
The big red and green front store
opens Saturday morning at 113 Col­lege
street and all of Auburn and
trade territory are most cordially in­vited
to visit, inspect and participate
in the extraordinary opening price
savings.
Weaver Conducts
Extension Class
Addresses Men's Independent
Of Presbyterian Church
Club
ed on the campus during the recent
dances. Naturally, Dr. Knapp's
opinions on the subject are of the
greatest importance and should be of
much value to all Auburn students.
Therefore, there is published below
the views of Dr. Knapp as presented
to a Plainsman reporter in consulta­tion
yesterday.
"I have been asked to make a state­ment
of my own reactions and opin­ions
regarding the recent series of
dances. I hesitate somewhat in doing
so as I want to give the matter rather
serious consideration. The social com
mittee of the student body, the Dean
of Women and the others having to
do with arrangements worked hard
and are to be commended for the great
effort they put forth to make these
dances what they should be. So far
as appearances go, the dances them­selves
were excellent social functions
though a few matters might be taken
care of and result in improvement.
"Personally I am chiefly concerned
with the accompanyment of the
dances, the breaking into the regular
work, the spirit of abandon going with
them, the importation of things harm-things
can be changed I shall be forc­ed
to consider carefully whether any
such a period is authorized at this
institution again. I am being forced
-to consider this week the cases of
young men who ought to and do know
better than to do some of the things
they did during this period, some of
them young men of prominence whose
example is distinctly harmful. I am
forced also to seriously consider
whole groups or fraternities whose
action as a group are under ques­tion.
These things are unpleasant and
divert our minds from hopeful and
constructive effort. It will not do
merely to expell students. That has
been tried in the past and has not
brought reform. What we need is to
consider certain fundamentals and to
make changes to a new system if the
old one fails. Let me say in closing,
and I desire to say it quite forceful­ly,
that the failures are STUDENT
failures and not failures of the orig­inal
plans. For the sake of this ideal
which men are pleased to call "Au­burn,"
we must build up and we must
eradicate all that which brings criti­cism
upon us."
Dr. Bradford Knapp, president of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
left Auburn Tuesday morning for
Birmingham to address the Men's
Club of the Independent Presbyterian
Church. The meeting was in the form
of a supper and was featured by sing­ing
and music by members.
Jabbo Jones' Father
Dies At Opelika Home
Mr. E. W. Jones, father of Jabbo
Jones, died at his home in Opelika
Thursday, October 11. Mr. Jones'
health had been failing for several
years. He was a resident of Opelika
for several years, moving there from
Fayetteville. Jabbo is a popular mem­ber
of the Junior Class and a mem­ber
of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Yel­low
Dog, and Interfraternity Coun­cil,
and is circulation manager of the
Cajoler.
Beginning Saturday, October 20,
Dr. Chas. P. Weaver of the English
Department of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute, Auburn, will conduct an
extension class at Union Springs.
The class was organized at a recent
meeting to make an intensive study
of short stories.
The county superintendent of edu­cation
and most of the school princi­pals
of the country enrolled to take
the course. Dr. Weaver announced
that the class will meet bi-weekly
for three years and that credit will be
given at the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
to those who complete the
course satisfactorily.
Dr. Weaver is an English scholar
and an experienced newspaper man.
He is a recent addition to the facul­ty
at Auburn.
Special For Ole Miss
Game Leaves at 6 A. M.
The Auburn special for the Mis­sissippi
game will leave Auburn at
6:00 A. M. and arrive in Birmingham
at ten o'clock Saturday morning. All
students will be excused from classes
Saturday. A round trip ticket will
cost four dollars and sixty-eight cents.
The special will leave for Auburn at
8 P. M. and arrive about midnight.
SAM ROBINSON IS
SERIOUSLY HURT
Sam Robinson, star end on the Au­burn
football team, was seriously in­jured
last week, on the Opelika high­way,
when the car in which he was
riding turned over. All the muscles
in his back were badly strained, but
his spine sustained no serious in­jury.
Robinson will be missed on the
football team and on the track team,
on which he was a record-breaking
javelin hurler.
NOTICE
President Knapp called a convoca­tion
for upperclassmen to meet in
Langdon Hall Thursday morning at
11 o'clock. All sophomore, juniors,
and seniors be present.
PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1928
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STAFF
Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief
James B. McMillan __- Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
Raymond DeArman, '29 _-Associate Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 — Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
K. R. Giddens, '30__Ass't. Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 News Editor
Campbell Blake, '30 News Editor
Robert L. Hume, 31 __ Ass't. News Editor
Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor
J. E. McLeskey, '31 Sports Editor
Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor
Howards Sparks, '31_-Ass't. Humor Editor
REPORTERS
Marcus Alspaugh, '32; Robert Baxter, '32;
T. S. Coleman, '32; Kenneth Cooper, '32;
Clarence Dykes, '32; Thomas Dykes, 31;
Edmund England, '32; J. D. Foy, '31;
George Harrison, '32; Murff Hawkins,
'31; Clinton Jones, '32; John Lewis, ' 3 1 ;
Richard Lightfoot, '32; White Matthews,
'31; S. H. Morrow, '32; Frank Parker,
'32; Will T. Sheehan, '32; Alex Smith,
Jr., ' 3 1 ; K. G. Taylor, '32; W. M. Taylor,
. ' 3 2 ; Gerald Thompson, '32; J. E. Jen­kins,
'32; H. G. Tooney, '32; Victor
White, '32; Thome Winter, '30; D.
Reynards, '32; F. Y. Peteet.
BUSINESS STAFF
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
H. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr.
Walter Smith, '31 Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Mgr.
Congratulations;
Social Committee
The opening dances, the first important
social event of the school year have come
and gone; We wish to congratulate the so­cial
committee on the success of the dances.
They were conducted in the most efficient
and admirable manner possible. The work
of the committee in providing such magnifi­cent
decorations, such good music and in
maintaining such a high standard of con­duct
on the floor is to be commended. We
do not overlook the part of the faculty com:
mittee and the Social Director in making
the week-end such an enjoyable season. All
those responsible for the sponsoring of the
Sophomore Hop are to be congratulated.
The layman cannot appreciate the dif­ficulties
and problems which necessarily
make the work of those in authority so ar­duous,
but we feel that we do not exag­gerate
when we say that in successfully con­ducting
the dances the committees and the
Social Director have done something really
big. A certain amount of social life is
necessary to relive the monotony of the
school year, and the entertainment pro­vided
last week was enjoyed by everyone
who "made" the dances. It fulfilled its
purpose admirably.
We feel sure that no one who saw or
participated in the dances could deny that
they were compatible with the best that
there is in Auburn life, and that the many
attractive visitors will go away to sing the
praises of Auburn throughout the South.
The faculty and student committees and
Miss Dobbs have performed their task well.
Again, congratulations.
Honor System Not
Essential For Honesty
Sometimes it seems as though some of the
students forget there is such a thing as
honor. Most of them realize that even
though there is no honor system at Auburn
the thing which should and does mean most
to them is the honor that every individual
must have. The few who have no regard
for honor are those who caused the honest
students to throw the Honor System out of
school.
The honest students do not mind having
professors in the room during tests and ex­aminations,
but those who would have cheat­ed
under the sytem usually squirm in their
seats in a restless fashion. They are those
who continually harp on the fact that it is
a shame that a school such as Auburn can­not
even have honor among its students.
It may be a shame not to have an Honor
System here, but it is not as great a shame
as having students pass work about which
they know absolutely nothing.
When a student leaves Auburn, he is sup­posed
to know a great deal about the work
he has been studying. He is supposed to
be able to work intelligently on some prob­lem
which he may run up against out in the
world. If he leaves here, having cheated
his way through school, he is hurting the
name of the school immeasurably because he
is a product of Auburn; yet he cannot do
the work which his diploma says he can.
And if a great many such men leave the
school, then Auburn is just that much worse
off.
We are always for creating better con­ditions
on the campus and in the college
life and activities. This can be accomplish­ed
if the older men will try to encourage
the freshmen and any others who need it
to study and to take an interest in their
work. Encourage them enough so there will
be no desire to cheat in order to make a
creditable grade. This should be the atti­tude
of all the students towards the work
which they are engaged in. We know that
it is much better for a man to take a fail­ure
and command the respect of himself
and his acquaintances than for him to make
a high mark, but lose that which should
mean more to him than anything else—the
faith that other people have in him.
The students in question will see their
mistake, too, if the correct method of ap­proaching
the subject is used. We must be
patient in our efforts to show them where­in
they have made their mistake.
If we could only help the freshmen and
a few others over a few mean spots in their
college life, we would be doing a great ser­vice
for Auburn. The men would be inter­ested
in their work a great deal more and
would, therefore, be better fitted, when their
college days are over, for the task, for which
they have attempted to prepare themselves.
Just a cheerful word here and there would
help out a great deal; let's see if we can't
do our part.
Discussion Groups;
Stimulate Thought
Not infrequently is it true that "The
Good Samaritan" is overlooked—neglected
outright.
Then again, some of us fail to learn of
these goodly things. We desire an informa­tive
word with you here; not playing help­er
in the deepest sense, but with the idea
that you may fall in line, and help your­self.
One of the far-reaching, influential phases
of campus life is the discussion group, spon­sored
by the YMCA. Personally, we know
of no other more wholesome, uplifting ac­tivity,
when rightly conducted.
There is a discussion group near you—
join it. These meetings are held each week
for thirty minutes, involving some lively
topic such as "The Value of Student Ac­tivities,"
"Is Campus Popularity Helpful,"
and other correspondingly live subjects.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
After a lapse of quite a few months, it
gives me great pleasure to once again
scratch my once shaved head wonder if it
would do any good to bear a bit of light on
a down-trodden subject—at present, in
vogue.
I may state at the very first, that I
wrote quite a few articles for the Plains­man,
both signed and incognito, but those
written under the latter were formulated
and inserted under such a condition, solely
because I was a Student and could not af­ford
to be shipped from dear old A. P. I.
It is not my intention* to bring about a
quarrel with a certain uncouth gentleman as­suming
the incognito of Ivanhoe Silva nor
do I take it upon myself to attack a cer­tain
Plainsman scribe, contributor to Medi­tations
on this and that, but I do think that
Auburn students should know the true light
in which outsiders look upon their acts.
Four years ago, Auburn played Tulane in
Montgomery. For the first time in the his­tory
of Tiger-Greenie battles, the Green
Waves emerged on the top, only after the
untiring Tiger of the Rolling Plains had
unsuccessfully hit the mighty green jersey-ed
wall eight times for no gain, when one
single yard would havp meant victory. Af­ter
said battle a certain Greenie, "Irish"
Levy, by name and All-Southern guard the
following year, was riding back to the Gay-
Teague Hotel with the other members of
the squad. Mr. Levy recalled this one act
as the most prominent of his fighting ca­reer
for as he rode past the Auburn stu­dents
on the way to town, they were walk­ing
in the streets and singing "Glory, glory,
dear old Auburn." To him, this was the
most touching act he had ever witnessed.
Gentlemen, former fellow students; is that
Auburn spirit? I say it is and damn the
man that doubts it!
Two years after the former incident took
place, I hoboed to New Orleans, as I did on
numerous other occasions, never missing a
basketball nor football game in the Cres­cent
during my four years at A. P. I. .
. .Accompanying me were about forty
other true Tiger backers. Auburn dedicated
the famous Tulane Stadium that year when
Merritt Burns covered a fumbled Tulane
ball back of their goal line, giving Auburn
a 2 to 0 victory. I have spent quite a few
months in the Crescent City since that game
and could not count on ten hands the nu­merous
compliments that I have received on
the display of spirit and courage that those
two score students with the famous Auburn
band emitted during the sixty minutes of
play. Many declared that the feat was
super-natural and made the entire Tulane
and Sophie-Newcomb student body appear
unqualified for competition. Again, is this
Auburn spirit? If not, I calmly admit that
this article is in vain.
Mr. Ivanhoe, I am in the dark as to your
true name, but if you will only concentrate
a bit, I am sure that you will recognize your
great error. Auburn Freshies don't all
come from the farm. I cJon't think that
over half are from said wide wide opep
spaces and can't understand why you un­derstand
just exactly how they -are treated
on the farm. I am not saying that to come
from a farm is a disgrace, far be such from
me, for I do believe that I am broad minded
as the next person, but don't you think
you were rubbing it in a bit on the average
student.
Such performances as took place on the
Auburn campus during the first of the past
year were unwaranted, although exaggerat­ed.
I am not in favor of deplorable actions
such as tearing up trains, lumber trucks,
beds, etc. However, I may state that such
actions were not born through rough treat­ment
of Freshies for there was less hazing
at A. P. I. last year than at any previous
time. I don't personally attach such ac­tions
to hazing, but through deduction, I
think that it is probably through lack of
hazing. Hazing is a hard word to inter­pret
and I won't endeavor to take the space
to do so, but I do say, hazing of the kind
used four years ago made a man out of
the receiver and not the "sheep" the pres­ent
form is moulding the class of "33" in­to;
according to said Mr. Scott, I mean
Ivanhoe.
Auburn is at her critical point at the
present time and with such drastic criti­cism
as some articles in the past Plains­man
have brought forth are liable to turn
her in the backwards direction. Leave Au­burn
alone, unless you can say something
good about her. There is far more good
than bad, so why labor under a foolish im­pression
and pick the dark spots.
I may state that President Bradford-
Knapp is doing for Auburn just exactly
what the beloved Teddy Roosevelt did for
the good old U. S. A. He's a rough-rider
and the friend of every Auburn student.
Personally, I have not seen him since last
year, but luckily, I have followed his every
step and freely state that he should be the
most prominent man in Dixie within five
years. What he says, he'll mean and that's
what A. P. I. needs, a man with a back
bone.
The 1928 football team, is no surprise to
one that knows the true state of affairs at
Auburn. The squad is a fighting one and
is not a hard bunch to stick back of, but
students often get downhearted and give
up. Well, this can't be helped, but I do be­lieve
that every student that fails to come
to Birmingham this week-end will be on
record as missing Auburn's first victory in
starts. Coach Bohler is a find and is due
for his much deserved laurels—if Auburn's
spirit and backers will hold on and give
their all for one more year—for the good of
dear old Auburn.
Fellow, in the largest City of Alabama
and not in any stone enclosure as described
in Silva's letter, I am proud to shout "Give
'em Hell, Auburn" and expect to be right
in the thick of the fray this Saturday.
War Eagle.
MAX E. KAHN.
Birmingham Electric Co.
Prexy's Paragraphs
Another defeat means really nothing. In
a year it will mean nothing more than so
many words in an old record. Yes, a record,
it is true, but one which we may wipe out
some day. The honest truth is that neither
the team nor the student body yet has the
kind of fighting spirit which wins battles.
Do not misunderstand me, the team is com­ing;
it is growing in knowledge of the game
and experience. I still have confidence in
it and in the individuals making up the
team. Forgive me for saying so but when­ever
I see a team go onto the field so full
of emotion that they cannot talk, so in­tent
on winning that the tears run down
their cheeks and their chins quiver, I know
that their opponents are going to have to
play great football to win and are going
to know they have been in a hard fought
game. Just yelling does not mean the kind
of spirit I am talking about. The spirit
I am working for is the spirit you feel on
the inside, the spirit which thrills your en­tire
being. I believe the Coaching Staff are
doing their dead level best. I believe the
team is gaining in spite of defeats. Now we
need the courage to remain steadfast; to
take these defeats and rise above them al­ways
with determined, fighting spirit. Let
us be fighters, not quitters. Stay by the
team.
* * * * *
Time is passing and tasks accumulate,
the student body needs to think of their
real work. In many classes diversions have
upset the work and disaster faces many
students. This is the middle of October and
high time we settled down to hard work.
Get busy; put in ten hours a day at real
college work and study. That will leave
eight or nine hours for sleep and the bal­ance
for meals and recreation. Mid-semes­ter
examinations will be upon us before
long. Prepare for them by steady and regu­lar
work.
« AUBURN FOOTPRINTS *
THE COLLEGIANS AGAIN
Tune in folks we will have our weekly song. We will all rise and yodel this
melodious refrain: "Nature Gave Her a Face But She Picked Her Teeth." Max
Jones and his nit wits will struggle with us.
* * * * * * * *
Wife: I stay in the kitchen and slave all day, and what do I get?
Husband: Indigestion, if you eat the same stuff you feed me.
* * * * * * * *
Nuts: Say Mister Policeman, where is 846 Grand Avenue? • *
Cop: It's at 431 Market Place. Its moved.
* * * * * * * *
R. O. T. C.
Once before some flint hearted villain told me that there wasn't any Santa
Claus, I had a set of tin soldiers with wooden heads. One of the wooden headed
soldiers was an officer and I liked him better than the rest. One day I broke my
officer. I cried for fifteen or twenty-one days, but my mother comforted me by
telling me that some day I would get another wooden headed officer. At last my
dreams were realized. I came to Auburn and joined the R. O. T. C. and found that
I had a whole army full of what I once wanted. (Apologies to Capt. Bowley and
other war gentlemen).
* * * * * * * *
Variation . . . .Who was that lady with you last nite. That wasn't any
lady, that was a co-ed.
• * * * * * * **
She: Oh yes, I've been married for the best part of a year.
Friend: When was your wedding?
She: About a week ago.
* * * * * * * *
IT AND WHAT NOT
The "IT" campaign is on. When one of our fair Coo-Eds struggles down the
boulevard oscilliating those eye brows you may guess that she is in the campaign.
The search is on to find one who possesses It, Them, Those, and why. Gentlemen
and fraternity men I ask you is that just and fair.? Why doesn't someone start
an "IT" campaign for the masculine group on the campus. I believe that there
are a number of genuine Arabs here that need developing. Parson Pierce, Red
Smith, Paul Beck, Sooner Jackson and others of the elite group have something,
I couldn't say just what tho. The winner could.be donated crocheted rain coat,
built in spitoon, or what not. Let's get behind this and push it.
* * * * * * * *
Barber: Very few men escape" baldness.
Customer: Yes, hair today and gone tomorrow.
* * * * * * * *
THE.Y WILL WEAKEN
J. C : What Would I have to give you for a kiss?
O. S.: Chloroform.
* * * * * * * *
Rich old Geezer: Thanks for marrying me.
Gold Digger: The treasure is all mine.
* * * * * * * *
Summer Boarder: Ah, milking the cow.
Country lass: Naw, I'm feeling her pulse.
* * * * * * * *
WILL WONDERS EVER CEASE?
Little Boy: Say grocery man, come here and tell me if these eggs on the count­er
are fresh.
Groceryman: I should say so. I laid them up there just a minute ago.
* * * * * * * *
BUT THAT'S MY WEAKNESS
"What's your real name?"
"Frances." < '
"What's your pet name?"
"Mother says I'm too young for that."
* * * * * * * *
Reggie—How come that scratch on your jaw, Percival.
Percival—I was playing with some wild cats and fell on some barb wire.
Reggie—Aw well you are all the time getting hurt.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
tBy ^Benjamin Trovost—
PAGE AND STAGE ^
Fuller mention will be made elsewhere in
The Plainsman of a former Auburn profes­sor's
publication of a cycle of negro folk­songs.
In that the bulk of the songs were
compiled from contributions brought in by
Auburn students of days gone bye this pro­duction
should have a permanent place in
our Hall of Fame.
New books of the week will include Jim
Tully's "Shanty Irish." Since the publica­tions
of "Jarnagan" and "Beggars of Life"
this author has an enthusiastic following
which will be delighted in learning that the
new book is in a sense biographical . . .
For those who appreciated the satirical
Mr. Huxley in "Chrome Yellow," and Antic
Hay" there is further adventure in "Point
Counter Point" . . . . Books by two
more writers with tremendous followings
are announced for forthcoming production.
Michael Arlen, of "The Green Hat" fame
has written "Lily Christine," and the dis­coverer
of "The Private Life of Helen of
Troy" has turned, we suppose, to Homer
for material for "Penelope's Man." . . . .
Finally, if you were one of those who
helped "When We Were Very Young" sell
one hundred and sixty-four editions, you
will hardly be able to control yourself until
you lay hands on "The House at Pooh Cor­ner."
Harry Hamilton, formerly of Auburn's
English department, and now director of
Montgomery's Little Theatre, has announced
that his first production will be Molnar's
"The Swan." Mr. Hamilton's services are
still retained by Auburn for field work. He
will direct two extension courses in the
modern theatre.
* * * * *
"THE RIVER"
By Tristam Tupper
J. B. Lippinscott Co., Philadelphia, $2.60.
This is the story of a first love: the blind­ing,
gripping passion of a fresh, eager
youth during an autumn, a winter, a spring,
and a summer for a girl sparkling as the
river with its whirlpools, rapids, shallows,
and unfathomable depths—"a river, which
thinking not of itself at all flowed down
from the mountains over pebble and cliff
to slake the thirst of the thirsty land, yet
gave itself wholly only to some distant bit­ter
salt sea." For others Rosalee was a
woman of the construction camps and com­missaries,
but for Allen John she was the
very spirit of the river, "a grace note in
the roar of the rapids." He understood the
flame of her love for Jorgensen, then him­self,
and then Logan, which only the river
could crystallize or cool, but he knew little
of her "real persuasive cajolery which could
at a whistle summon a hundred lovers."
And Katherine, the calm, serene, the beau­tiful,
and comforting could not sweep away
the fog from the eyes of this mad, mad
youth who thought even in spite of the
cleansing river that his "love and longing
would survive through eternity." But at
the end of the year after Rosalee had re­jected
many others, and had gone down the
river with Logan, the ex-musician engineer,
—Allen John, age eighteen, contentedly lay
down in the warm sunlight by the river,
and slept.
For Tristram Tupper, New York minis­ter's
son, boxer, construction engineer, news­paper
reporter, lawyer, and preeminently
novelist, as also for the heroes of "Jorgen­sen"
and "The River," Logan's prayer
might be fervently given: "For every man
with a stout heart we thank Thee. This
is a stormy world. And yet on it there are
men who can stand against the storms."
Resolved to do newspaper work in spite of
his parents' opposition, at seventeen he ran
away from home, failed to land a job in St.
Louis, lost a minor pugilistic combat and
also its price, a dinner, became an elevator
boy, a north Georgia construction engineer,
and a reporter in Atlanta and in New Or­leans.
Then after a successful career at the
bar and in the army, Tupper devoted him­self
to writing. "Grit," a story of a New
York junkman, was published in the O. Hen­ry
Memorial volume. "Jorgensen" and "The
River" were derived from his youthful en­gineering
experiences in north Georgia.
Tristram Tupper considers youth in its
depths more vital than maturity and old
age. And his sociological tendency is in cur­rent
of the age, though in the spirit of
Hamsun's "Growth of the Soil" rather than
the radical aggressiveness of Sherwood An­derson,
or the pessimistic broodings of
Theodore Dreiser.
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions ex­pressed
in this column are not necessarily
the editorial opinions of this paper. It is
a column of personal comment, and is not
to be read as an expression of our edi­torial
policy.
* * * * *
IN A LETTER to the editor which was
published in the columns of this paper re­cently
a correspondent made this state­ment,
"If they are ashamed to sign their
names to their articles then why should we
the readers of the Plainsman have our
paper filled with their worthless contribu­tions?
I say worthless because if a writer
cannot afford to affix his name to a con­tribution
then it is not worthy of publica­tion
in our democratic paper."
Perhaps the writer did not realize what
a serious charge he was making when he
says that an article over a nom de plume
is worthless. He is unconditionally dam­ning
the work of some of the greatest writ­ers'
of literary history. Can one say t h a t'
if Marion Evans were living her writing
would be unworthy of publication in the
Plainsman simply because she signed George
Eliot to her productions? Are Anatole
France's novels worthless? His real name
is Jaques Thibault. Alexei Maximovitch
Pyshekoff wrote some rather worthwhile
stuff, yet he signed the name Maxim Gorky
to it. Lewis Carroll is the pen name of a
literary preacher.
* * * * *
SAMUEL L. CLEMENS is one of the
few outstanding names in American lit­erature,
yet Mr. Clemens wrote under
the name Mark Twain. Are William Sidney
Porter's short stories worthless simply be­cause
he styled himself O Henry? A lot
of good writing appeared in America once
over the name Jonathan Oldstyle. The
writer's real name was Washington Irving.
Charles Dickens was known to his readers
as Boz.
The practice of using a pen name is not
an extinct one. Thousands of readers con­sider
Booth Tarkington's novels worthwhile,
if one can judge from sales volumes, yet
the author of Claire Ambler and Penrod is
Newton Booth in private life. Don Marquis
is the nom de plume of Donald R. Perry.
His humor cannot be worthless and still de­light
his many readers. Anne Parrish,
Carolyn Wells, E. Barrington, Sophie Kerr
and Olive Schriner do not exist in real life,
yet they have a host of admirers in Ameri­ca
today.
Joaquin Miller, Bill Nye, Bill Arp, Jun­ius
and Deidrich Knickerbocker are all
psuedonyms. Surely we cannot say that
their writings are of no value. Many news­papers
pay hard cash for the columns of
men such as F. P. A. Many people say
that Longfellow is our greatest poet, yet
much of his early poetry was supposedly
written by Haus Hammergrafferstein,
which was Henry W's. pen name.
* * * * *
HENRY TRUMBULL, Hermione, Ho-sea
Biglow, Hibernicus, Arthur Ster­ling,
Christopher Crownfield, Robert
Ferguson, Tom Graham, Tribulation Peri­winkle
and Poor Richard are pen names
which were used by some big men and wom­en.
I'll argue till Gabriel blows the w. k.
trumpet that Edgar Allen Poe's writings
are worthwhile, although he signed Lavante
to much that he wrote.
This subject of pen names is an interest­ing
one. I didn't mean to blow off volumni-ously
on it, but even then I haven't more
than started naming the examples which
are well known. Where do writers find
their psuedonyms, what stories are back of
many of them? One can unearth a mine of
interesting things in chasing down modest
authors. A favorite diversion in New
York not long ago was snooping around try­ing
to identify S. S. Van Dine, the creator
of Philo Vance. No, Mr. Correspondent, I
can't agree that writing is worthless simp­ly
because the author doesn't sign his name,
give his lineage, Bradstreet rating, weight,
height, his mother's maiden name and his
collar size.
I HAD ALMOST FORGOTTEN
I had almost forgotten
What a lonely midnight meant—
The sky too sweet for sleeping,
With speckle-stars bespent.
I had almost forgotten
The old sweet folly: how
I sat with ink, outwatching
Orion and the Plough.
I had almost forgotten
That love is dearth and pain,
And how the body's vigil
Is goaded by the brain.
I had almost forgotten
That words were made for rhyme:
And yet how well I knew it—
once upon a time.
—Christopher Morley.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
WAPI RADIO STATION COMPLETES
FINAL PLANS FOR ITS NEW HOME
The main studio of the new radio
: ration WAPI in Birmingham will be
located on the top floor of the Pro­tective
Life Building at First Avenue
and 21 Street . Official announcement
of this was made here today by Dr.
Bradford Knapp, president of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, who was
authorized by the board of trustees
to act for them.
The agreement provides that the
Protective Life Insurance Company
will provide space for two studios,
a control room, small reception room
and offices. The same will be equip­ped
by the Protective Life Insurance
Company, and during programs suit­able
announcements will be made as
to where the broadcasting is being
done.
The top floor is the 14th. The
space is considered by radio engineers
to be excellent for this purpose. With
the best elevator service it will be
easily accessible. A small auditorium
connects with studio space and this
auditorium will be used when needed.
The Protective Life building is one
of the most modern office buildings in
Birmingham. It is now nearing com-
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pletion, being built largely with Ala­bama
material. The clay for terra­cotta,
brick, steel, cement, lumber, and
marble are all Alabama materials.
In making this announcement Dr.
Knapp said that President S. F. Cla-baugh
and other officials of the Pro­tective
Life Insurance Company were
considering installing a station of
their own a t the time the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute became interest­ed
in installing a station in Birming­ham.
The two institutions were con­sidering
the same proposition and
when these intentions became known
to each other negotiations were open­ed
for a joint arrangement. In this
way one big station will serve all. It
will be for Alabama—and for the
South—a first class radio station with
adequate power to cover most of the
United States and a part of Canada
under normal conditions.
The station is being bought by the
Extension Service of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute and will be lo­cated
on a plot of ground on the moun­tain
overlooking the village of San­dusky.
The location is about six miles
directly northwest from the business
district of Birmingham. The land
was bought by the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute from the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.
The elevation and location are said
by radio engineers to be excellent
for a radio station.
Meantime, an agreement has been
signed by the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute and the Protective Life
building on a fifty-fifty basis. This
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agreement plus that with the Pro­tective
Life Insurance Company forms
an unusually good tie-up for operat­ing
a big radio station for education,
for entertainment, and for advance­ment.
A building to house the station is
now under construction on the moun­tain
near Sandusky. The contractor
has agreed to complete it, by October
20. Quarters for engineers are being
erected also. The broadcasting apj
paratus is enroute and installation
will begin as soon as the building is
complete. The Jefferson County
Board of Revenue expects to build a
road from the Bankhead highway to
the station, according to information
received here". The telephone com­pany
will provide telephone wires for
circuit and the Alabama Power Com­pany
is preparing to extend its lines
to this site. A water line has been
extended which connects the station
with the Birmingham water system.
Along with these developments
plans are being made for broadcast­ing
direct from Auburn and Mont­gomery
by remote control. Dr. Knapp
said that plans call for studio at Au­burn
and also one at Montgomery.
Plans for this are being considered at
conferences with officials of the Sou­thern
Bell Telephone Company over
whose wires broadcasting will be done.
Negotiations are under way for
broadcasting chain programs from
New York and elsewhere. An agree­ment
for this is to be signed later.
The proposition has the hearty ap­proval
of Gov. Bibb Graves and other
state officials. If the plans materia
ize as they now are the studio in
Montgomery will be the State capital
studio from which all kinds of pro­grams
will go into the air over wires
from Montgomery to Birmingham and
out from the station. Gov. Graves is
especially interested in broadcasting
crop and other market reports for
farmers.
Through offices of county farm and
home agents, teachers of vocational
agricultural, farm bureaus, and others
farm people will be served in an or­ganized
way with market reports and
other agricultural information. Dr.
Knapp and members of the faculty
hope to make this a big "school of the
air."
Through these alone large groups
will receive the services of the sta­tion.
This service will require re
ceiving sets in thees schools and also
in the offices of the farm and home
demonstration agents.
While this special service will be
render to rural people the station will
not neglect those who lives in cities
and towns, Dr. Knapp said. The pro­grams
will include numerous features
of interest and value to them. It is
pointed out that there are in Alabama
62 county demonstration agentst 40
home demonstration agents, and 105
teachers of vocational agriculture.
Fifteen of these teachers are in sec­ondary
agricultural schools and others
are in high schools.
Dr. Knapp pointed out that instal­lation
of a big radio station involves
a great many details and many de­lays
are experienced. Despite all of
these the plan is to have the station
ready to go on the air by December.
Contractors and engineers are work­ing
on this schedule. When the sta­tion
begins operating Alabama will
•have a radio station which will be a
pride and a delight to the State. It
will render service which will be in
valuable in the advancement of Ala
bama along all lines.
PRESIDENT OF
JITNEY-JUNGLE
MUSIC ENJOYED
BY WEBSTERIANS
Mr. W. B. McCARTY
Mr. W. B. McCarty is president of
the Jitney Jungle stores, the system
which is opening an Auburn store
owned and managed by Mr. W. D.
Copeland. Mr. McCarty is the ori­ginator
of the famous system of dis­pensing
groceries and food stuffs,
and designer of the Jitney Jungle
uniform system of stores. Mr. Mc­Carty
holds a patent on the system,
which led to the formation of the
present Jitney Jungle system, which
operates in twelve southern states
and feeds half a million families
daily.
SIGMA NU GIVES
BUFFET SUPPER
Emancipation of
Women Discussed
At Wilsonian Meet
Co-eds-**
We are pleased to announce that Miss
Evelyn Bryant '31 will handle our work
at Smith Hall. She will appreciate an
opportunity to assist you with your
cleaning and dyeing needs.
THE IDEAL LAUNDRY
CLEANERS A N D DYERS
We call for and deliver
R. D. Bowling, City Solicitor
"A SERVICE THAT SATISFIES"
Phone 1 93
At the meeting of the Wilsonian
Literary Society Tuesday night, Miss
Haupt gave an interesting talk on
"Emancipation of Women." She gave
a discussion on the woman of yester­day
compared with the present day
woman. Women of today are taking
the lead in business affairs, and are
of less domestic nature than, they
formerly were. Mr. Sherod then dis­cussed
the first football game ever
played. He compared the old type
football to the newer and faster type.
Formerly all attention was given to
weight, but now the game requires
much strategy and science. Next on
program was "Jokes," by Mr. White.
The jokes added very much pep to
the meeting. "Was Mr. Lee a Great
General" was discussed by Rat Bas-kerville.
Though a great man, Gen­eral
Lee probably received too much
flattery and his deeds were exaggerat­ed.
Miss Weatherwax then entertain­ed
the society with a reading. Ac­cording
to her reading, our girl's lit­tle
brother has much to tell about
his sister that we didn't dream of.
Ag Bottom was the scene of an en­joyable
entertainment Saturday night,
when the Sigma Nu Fraternity gave
a buffet supper after the Farewell
Ball, final event of the Opening
dances. Members of the chapter and
their guests assembled at the house
at 11:30, immediately after the dance,
and were served a tasty supper by
Mrs. Motley, Sigma Nu House Mother,
asssisted by Mrs. H. H. Smith.
After «the supper the guests were
entertained on the terrace by mem­bers
of Rudy Brown's orchestra, who
were guests of the chapter. About
thirty-five young ladies enjoyed the
hospitality of the chapter at the sup­per,
which was one of the last events
of a brilliant week-end.
After the regular routine of be
ginning the meeting had been dis­pensed
with, the society had a pleas­ant
surprise. Mr. Scruggs and Mr.
Fincher, from the Wilsonian Society,
were presented, and such music!
Everyone should have heard them
play Casey Jones on their french
harps. Mr. Upchurch, a Websterian,
described his pleasure at having' at­tended
the social given Friday night
by this society. He also made an
elaborate explanation of why Gover­nor
Smith should not be president.
Visitors were called upon and Mf.
Cole, the new instructor in the Eng­lish
department, came to the front,
and, after modestly trying to get the
impression across that he was not a
public speaker, made a very creditable
oration concerning the a r t of public
speaking, itself. The members of the
society are very happy to welcome
Professor Cole as a permanent mem­ber.
•The society was next treated to
some talent that none had ever dream­ed
existed at Auburn. Who should
come before the club but that most
gifted and talented of ill men, Mr.
Rush. And this time he came as Hou-dini
himself. Maybe he is not per­fect,
but if Houdini had been present,
he would most surely have applauded.
Next Tuesday night the program
will be varied by the presentation of
a one-act play at the "Y" Hut at 7:00
o'clock.
Students Required
To Attend Church
One of the few compulsory require­ments
of Southwestern college on the
student body is that each student at­tend
church each Sunday morning.
The college does not specify the
church, but each student is expected
to elect a church and attend regu­larly.
Cards are passed out in chapel at
the close of each grading period of
six weeks to be filled in with the
number of Sunday morning church
attendances during that period of
time.
Interesting Program At
Home Economics Club
The Home Economics club held its
regular meeting on October 10. The
subject for discussion was "Honorary
Sororities in the field of Home Econo­mics."
Miss Thelma Graves told
"The meaning of Nuchlohoma," which
is the honorary sorority of Home
Economics on this campus. It was
founded at Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
in 1925, the purpose of which
is to encourage scholarship and pro­mote
the study of Home Economics.
Miss Spencer, a new member of
the faculty in this department, ex­plained
the purpose of the National
Economic Sorority, of which she is
a member. First of all, it is to en­courage
association of women who are
interested in economics. In order to
obtain this honor one has to have a
high scholastic standing, besides other
attainments, and must show an in­terest
in this work.
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and MILLER HUGGINS picks OLD GOLD
The Babe and Lou here will tell you
that there is only one way to choose
a pitcher . . . and that's to send him
into the box and let him twirl a few
innings.
So the best way to choose a ciga­rette
is to put them all through their
paces in the blindfold test.
In the test I have just made, OLD
GOLD played right into my mitt. Its
zippy flavor and mellow smoothness
couldn't be touched by the other
three brands.
LOU GEHRIG
(witness to the test)
MILLER HUGGINS
(who made the test)
BABE RUTH
(witness to the test)
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Made from the heart-leaves of the tobacco plant
In the dressing room at Navin Field in Detroit,
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig gave the blindfold
cigarette test to Manager Miller Huggins.
The famous Yankee pilot was asked to smoke
each of the four leading brands, clearing his
taste with coffee between smokes. Only one
question was asked, "which one do you like
best?"
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JACK McLESKEY, CAROL PORTER, Associate Editors
Dick Jones, Tad McCallum, T. S. Winter, Howard Sparks, Assistants •
BABY 'GATORS NOSE OUT TIGER
CUBS IN COLUMBUS SATURDAY]
By Howard Sparks
Florida's baby gators nosed out the
Auburn Tiger cubs in Columbus, Ga.,
Saturday afternoon to the tune of 7
to 0. A shower of passes from the
deft hands of Jimmy White and Luke
Dorsett, accounted for the lone mark­er
of a desperately fought game.
This fatal flurry came in the third
quarter, after the bengals had kept
the Floridians on the defense through­out
the first half, and even after they
had twice marched into the shadow
of the gators goal post. But the
scoring punch was lacking when most
needed and the Tiger was turned back
inside the five yard line.
The tables turned in the third
quarter as the backf ields were almost
completely changed. After an ex­change
of punts the gators came in­to
possession of the ball on their own
37 yard line, and never released it
until it was planted in the land of
milk and honey. Consistant line
bucking by Dorsett and four far flung
passes two by Dorsett and another by
White planted the ball on the tiger's
6 yard line. On the following play
the gator line tore open a six foot
hole in the right side of Auburn's line,
and White cantered through for the
touchdown, untouched and unhinder­ed.
Proctors pedal extremity increas­ed
the score. Immediately "Red"
Brown returned Young to game and
on the play was even.
Auburn's two offensive drives in the
first half were by the brilliant dashes
of Young and the neat line plunges
of "Firpo" Smith. These accomplish­ed
nothing, due to Florida's defense
inside their five yard line.
Leo Young was the oustanding star
of the Auburn backfield while Dor­sett
and White were the 'gators il-luminaries.
Prim who subbed for
Hatfield in the tiger backfield dis­played
a fast pair of heels and a
knack for eluding tacklers. Shorty
Wernocoff took Ed Parnell's place in
the closing minutes of play and show­ed
up unusually well. "Briar" Bush
was easily the outstanding man in the
center of th*e line, while Jones a for­mer
halfback looked best at end.
Lineup and summary:
THE LONG OUTFIT
AUBURN
Andrews
Holdcraft
Bush
Jordan C
Simkins
Locker
McRee
Young
Davidson
Hatfield
Smith
By Quarters
FLORIDA
AUBURN
Pos.
LE
LT
LG
G
RG
RT
RE
Q
LH
RH
F
:
0
0
FLORIDA
McMullan
Dedoge
Forsyth
Pressman
Marsh
Phiel
Hirsch
White
Dorsett
Parnell
' Procter
0 7 0—7
0 0 0—0
Florida Scoring: Touchdown by
White; point after touchdown: Proc­ter,
placement kick.
Substitutions: Prim for Hatfield,
Hodnett for Simkins, Stone for Lock­er,
Jones for McRee, McRee for
Jones, Phillip for Young, Young for
Phillips, Tucker for Davidson, P.
Pressman for G. Pressman, Vaughan
for McMullen, Houston for Marsh,
Tunnell for Houston, Marsh for Tun-nell,
Adams for White, Alvarez for
Dorsett, Wernocoff for Parnell.
Eight Birmingham Boys Will Make
With Team to Face Ole Miss
By "Dusty" Porter
Although one of the above will ans­wer
to the name "Shorty" they are
both of the Long combination. Grady
and Howell, are spending their third
year in the "Village," each making
their freshman numeral with the class
of "30." Howell played one of the
flank positions for Auburn last year,
but Coach Bohler shifted him to quar­terback
at the beginning of this sea­son.
However, he can now be seen
holding down the end position, and is
giving a good account of himself.
Grady broke into the varsity ranks
at the beginning of this year, playing
guard, and although he is not blessed
with so much weight, he is showing
them all that weight is not the big
factor. These two boys hail from
Falkville High School and will doubt­less
see plenty of action during the
game in Birmingham next Satur­day.
Four Conference Teams Tighten Hold
On First Place In Games Saturday
Trip
By Dick Jones
When the Auburn Tigers meet the
University of Mississippi Saturday,
Oct. 20 in Birmingham on Legion
Field, the Magic City will be well
represented on the Auburn team by
having 8 men on the squad. The
Auburn team will also have several
gridders on the squad who are from
towns just out of Birmingham. All
these Tigers came to the "Village of
the Plains" with fine high school
records and have been showing up
well this season.
Three boys the Magic City can
boast of a lot are, Howard Chappelle,
Dunnan Harkins, and "Erk" Taylor.
All three of these husky football lads
came to Auburn last year determined
to make good on the grid field, and
they have so far. They played on
the Freshman team last year per­forming
in high style, and this year
they have been on the starting line­ups
on the varsity team. Harkins
and Taylor both had brothers who
were former Auburn stars on the
grid field and left records that will
be hard for these two younger lads
to surpass. But they are hustlers
and should do as good. Harkins is a
graduate of Jones Valley where he
earned his letter in three major
sports, being Captain of football his
last. Taylor is a graduate of Jeffer­son
County High where he played
three years on the gridiron, and also
being Captain there his last. Chap­pelle
is a graduate of Woodlawn
position for three years and also
making the All-State team his last.
Chappelle also made his letter in two
other sports at this High School and
being the main cog in the Champion­ship
basketball team they had two
years ago. Harkins performs at the
center berth on the varsity and has
been snapping the oval back in fine
style in all three of the games so far
this year. He is given a lot of credit
for this to for two of the games were
played in the mud and Harkins has
never failed to get the ball even as
far back as to a punter. Taylor has
been holding down the tackle berth
that was left vacant by Capt. Nick
Carter when he was shifted to a
guard. Taylor has shown up excel­lently
at this position and is one of
the main cogs in Bohler's forward
wall. Chappelle started off in the
backfield but was shifted to the end
position in the Clemson game on ac­count
of his ability to snag a pass.
He caught one for a 40 yard gain in
that game, it being by far the
longest gain the Tigers have made
this season. Chappelle was unable to
play in the game against Florida Sat­urday
but will be in fine shape for
the University of Mississippi game
and will hold down the left wing if
he plays.
Other members of the team who
are from Birmingham are: Hog Man-ley
and Jack Nagley of Ensley Hi,
Sam Robinson, Joe Burt of Shades
Cahaba Hi and Gus Wingo of Phil-
High where he held down the left end lips High, Nagley, Burt, and Robin-
1928 Football Schedule
Sept. 28—Birmingham Southern
Oct. 6—Clemson (Home coming)
13—Florida
20—U. of Mississippi
27—Howard
3—U. of Georgia
10—Tulane
Nov. 17—Mississippi A. & M.
Nov. 29—Georgia Tech.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.
—Montgomery (Night game)
—Auburn
—Gainesville
—Birmingham
—Auburn
—Columbus
—New Orleans
—Birmingham
—Atlanta
By T. S. Winter
While Southern conference teams
were meeting reverses in mast'of the
intersectional games last Saturday,
four others were tightening their
hold on first place within the or­ganization
by ramming out decisive
victories. Clemson, Alabama, Geor­gia
Tech, South Carolina are now
leading the~pack with two wins and
no losses while North Carolina, Ken­tucky,
Tennessee, and Florida each
have won one.
However, the clashes beyond the
border were not all lost; for inst­ance,
the Cavaliers of Virginia threw
a scare into Princeton and held them
to scoreless tie; and Vanderbilt
avenged a defeat last year at the
hands of Texas A. & M. by beating
them 13 to 12.
Georgia did not fare so well in the
east. Yale, seeking to wipe out the
trouncing handed them by the Bull­dogs
last year, swamped Georgia in
the mud of the New Haven Bowl 21
to 6. Nevertheless, the Bulldogs led
by Hooks and McCreary, made 14
first downs to Yale's 13.
North Carolina received a serious
jolt to their confidence Saturday
when they bowed to Harvard 20 to 0
in a game played in cold and dreary
weather. All of the Crimson's
touchdowns came in the second per­iod.
In the only other intersectional
game, V. P. I, winner a year ago
against Colgate, lost a hard fought
game 35 to 14.
Tech Conquers Tulane
Georgia Tech lived up to expec­tations
and passed through the Tu­lane
Greenies 12 to 0 at New Or
leans. Both of the Yellow Jackets
touchdowns were made on passes,
one to Thomason and another to
Jones. Billy Banker, blond-headed
Tulane back, threw a scare into
Tech when he was apparently away
for touchdown, only to fumble.
Alabama's Crimson Tide, said to
be another such team as won the
S P O R T S STUFF
title in 1925 and 1926, lived" up to
all expectations by easily defeating
Miss A. & M. 46 to 0. Suther, Hicks,
Holm, and Deal and others seeming­ly
had little trouble in running
through the Aggies.
Auburn, Alabama's other repres­entative,
fell before the Florida Ga­tors,
led by Crabtree and Brumbaugh
27 to 0.
After getting away to a poor start
against Texas A. & M. last week, the
Sewanee Tigers lost to Transylvania
14 to 13; while Tennessee barely
nosed out ahead of Ole Miss 13 to 12
at Knoxville. At Lexington, Ken­tucky
triumphed over Washington
and Lee for the f*irst time in modern
football history 6 to 0.
Coach Billy Lavall's South Caro­lina
Gamecoks continued to sweep all
dppqsition aside as they trounced
Maryland 21 to 7 without the aid of
Art Zobel, star halfback; while V.
M. I. marched through Roanoke 33
to 13.
L. S. U. easily defeated Louisiana
College, while Clemson kept their
slate clean by beating North Caro­lina
State 7 to 0. This was the third
stright game that Clemson has won
by one touchdown, the others being
Davidson and Auburn.
Standing of the Conference Teams
son play in the line while Manley,
and Wingo play in the backfield.
Snider and Callahan, two of Boh­ler's
best ball carriers, are from
schools just out side of Birmingham.
Snider is better known for his past
records on the cinder path and with
this ability as a fast track man he
has out run several men in the past
games that would have made touch­downs
against Auburn had it not been
for Snider's speed. Callahan has
been giving the opposing team's lines
quite a bit of punishment this season
and is expected to hit them much
harder this Saturday.
Team
Alabama
Georgia Tech"
South Carolina
Clemson .
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Florida
Washington & Lee
Tulane
Virginia
V. M. I.
Miss A & M
Auburn
Mississippi
Won
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
North Carolina State 0
Maryland
Vanderbilt
Sewanee
Georgia
V. P. I.
Louisiana State
0
0
0
0
0
0
Lost
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Tied
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
By "Dusty" Porter
Tigers Battle Hard
Although the "Tiger" lost to Flor­ida
by a large score the "Gators"
realize well that they were up against
a fighting bunch of pig skin artists.
For three full quarters, the Florida
bunch were unable to cross the much
desired last white line. It is my
opinion that the great reserve
strength that Florida placed on the
field was responsible for Auburn's
defeat. I am hot trying to detract
from the Florida aggregation, be­cause
they also have a fine football
team, and Crabtree, the young man
who was responsible for most of the
dirty work is one of the best backs
in the south today. The entire Ala­bama
team will verify this statement.
It was Crabtree, who raced 96 yards
to beat Alabama in Montgomery last
year.
Day of Recollection
The Tiger has been below par for
the past three years, but can you
name any team that stays on top for­ever?
We are all anxious to see Au­burn
come back, and we are going to
come back, perhaps it will be a few
weeks before the machine goes to
functioning as we would like, but
anyone that has been able to see Au­burn
in all three games, can easily
see the great improvement. We have
a coaching staff that knows football,
and who are working hard to place
together a winning combination. We
have a bunch of men working hard
every day regardless of what the
past reveals. A bunch who have the
spirit and fight that prevails only in
Auburn, and they know that they
are going to hit their stride before
long, and that they will get the lucky
break sometimes. With men like this,
our time is coming . Let's stay in
there and fight with them.
Breaks of the Game
Is fate kind? Is football fair? Can
a football team feel that justice has
been rendered when they fight, out-gain
and outplay an opponent all
over the field for four solid quar­ters
and then have victory denied
them? That is just what happened
to our Freshmen, over in Columbus,
Georgia, last Saturday against Flor­ida.
Such always happens in foot­ball,
but why do we have to shoul­der
more than our share of the un­lucky
breaks? But we are glad that
we can do such and we know that
some day the tide will change.
Auburn vs. Ole Miss
Auburn journeys over to Birming­ham
to battle the Delta State Boys,
the first foe from Ole Miss in sev­eral
years. Most of the injured will
be in condition to take part. Classes
will be excused, and the roads are
open. Let's go up and see Auburn's
first victory this year.
Banker Stopped Dead
Mr. Billy Banker, the gentlemen
who has been showing the features
of a well trained thoroughbred in
his trotting tactics, so early in the
season was unable to do very much
navigating against Georgia Tech,'
Batallion Football
Teams Have First
Practice Tuesday
The Battalion Football teams are
slowly being organized and the first
practice game played yesterday be­tween
teams from the Engineer Bat­talion
and the 1st. Battalion of the
Field Artillery.
An effort has been made to have
Rats who come out for the Freshman
team and who later turned in their
suits come out again to play on the
Battalion terns. To date, the response
has been only half hearted and the
coaches have decided to allow new
material to draw the suits that were
being held for these men.
Beginning Friday afternoon suits
will be issued to any man who signi­fies
his desire to play by signing a
list in the Military Office. This does
not limit the players to Freshmen and
men of the Sophomore and Junior
classes are urged to come out.
The list will be ready for signature
at the Military office on Thursday
morning and will be given to the sup­ply
department at the Gym. Friday
noon. Those men whose names ap­pear
on this list will be issued equip­ment
Friday afternoon. Of course
the issue of Varsity togs must come
first so do not go away mad if you are
not waited on immediately on Friday
afternoon.
New players coming out report to
Lt. Barth on the Rat field for as­signment
to teams.
down in New Orleans, but this does
not detract from his ability, because
gentlemen, very few will pass the
Tech Line this year. Tech ties up
with the "Irishmen" from South
Bend in Atlanta, next Saturday, and
I'm afraid the football team is all
Knute Rockne, will carry back home
with him.
Tennis At Auburn
A Tennis Club has been formed in
Aubm-n, and quite a bit of attention
is being paid to the sport. Tennis
can be substituted for physical train­ing
by going to Coach Bohler's office
and signing up. Anyone interested
must sign up before the week is over.
It it weren't for women some men
would never enjoy a sense of sup­eriority,
and other men would nover
suffer from a sense of inferiority.
GREENE'S
OPELIKA, ALA.
Clothing, Shoes
—and—
Furnishing Goods
The world is amused rather than
impressed by the man who doesn't
know when he's beaten.
EAT
EAT
THE
COLE
BOX
EAT
EATS
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What Shakespeare
says about Coca-Cola
\r*
"Framed in the
prodigality of
nature" -sr
When Shakespeare wrote this
speech for Richard he must have
seen the handwriting on the
wall—a Coca-Cola ad reading:
Good things from nine sunny
climes poured into a single glass
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga.
8 million a day -—IT HAD TO BE GOOD TO GET WHERE IT IS
KINO RICHARD III
Act I, Scene 2
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1928
FORMER EDITOR OF PLAINSMAN
SEES PROGRESS IN PUBLICATION
By Rosier Alston
With the Thursday morning edition
of two weeks ago the college news­paper
established a precedent among
college publications throughout the
South. The institution of the semi-weekly
editions this year under Lud-wig
A. Smith, editor and J. B. Mc­Millan,
Business Manager are in
keeping with the trend of college pub­lications
on the Auburn campus. The
newspaper has assumed new form and
promises to keep the lead among
southern college news sheets.
Each year the newspaper has been
constantly improved. It is one of the
few college papers that has the ap­pearance
of a real newspaper. New
features have been added from time
to time and alterations made in the
style and makeup which have placed
the paper in the forefront of college
publications.
Under the editorship of E. D. Ball
the Plainsman was issued weekly with
two special editions. The first fea­tured
the homecoming game play by
play and appeared on the streets of
the village several minutes after the
game was over. The second assumed
the form of a roto section containing
OFFICIAL
Auburn vs. Ole Miss
FOOTBALL
DANCE
Highland Park
Country Club
Birmingham
Friday, Oct. 19th
9-till-?
JACK LINX
ORCHESTRA
Script $1.50
a complete story of the institution and
college activities in pictures.
Two years ago the Plainsman, at
that time edited by S. H. Lynne, in­cluded
in the staff a cartoonist. The
many cartoons that appeared that
year marked a distinct forward step
in the Plainsman. Auburn's news­paper
was the first college paper in
the south to have regular cartoons.
The changes made this year aro on­ly
indicative of those to come. With­in
two years the Plainsman will be
a daily paper with the latest world
news by leased wire in addition to
the local items.
The edition which will appear next
Sunday morning will contain a new
feature that has heretofore been neg­lected.
This page will be a regular
part of the Sunday issue. It is the
plan of the editor to give the reader
personal mention and society news
each week. Contributions will be
gratefully received. Students, facul­ty
and townspeople are asked to con­tribute
to this page.
The editorial page of the Plains­man
is probably the strongest of any
college newspaper. The editorial
policy this year is to be commended.
It is apparent that the editorial writ­ers
have caught the spirit and have
moulded their ideas on a large scale
to conform to the progressive pro­gram
in vogue this year.
One of the most popular features
of the Plainsman has been "Medita­tions
of this and that." The columist
does not restrain his comments but
treats items of timely and general in­terest
in a way that indicates a
breadth of view and sound principle
of ideas. This column is far above
the average and approaches the best
in the large newspapers.
A large and efficient staff have
gone a long way toward making the
REPORTER ENJOYS
T R I P TO FLORIDA
Accompanying the team on its trip
to Gainesville last week were Dick
Jones, as reporter for the Plainsman,
George Washington Smith and young
Goat Smith, probably as chief flun­keys.
It has been said that the two
Smiths slept in the third berth on the
train, meaning the basement bunk,
the lower and upper berths being the
other two.
These fellows report that their stay
at the University of Florida was
characterized by true Southern hos­pitality.
They were met at the train
by a large crowd, and, after the
Kami', all the Auburn boys were
treated to a show by the Florida
team.
Dick Jones says that they conquer­ed,
though not in points scored in
the football game, in that the oft
mentioned Auburn spirit was car­ried
on in true style by the Auburn-ites
before, during, and after the
game.
WIRT ELECTS
VICE-PRESIDENT
EVANS SOCIETY
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The Wirt Literary Society met
Tuesday night. The business of elect­ing
a vice-president to fill the place
left vacant by Mr. Davis' inability to
attend the meetings of the society was
first brought up. Mr. Green was
elected to this office. The program
then followed. A bed-time story read­ing
was given by Grace Pennell and
was enjoyed by the whole society, as
her readings always are. Mr. Green
then gave an interesting account of
Martin Johnson, a photographer, who
is being talked about with much in-interest
now. He told of Mr. Johnsons'
trips to Africa to secure pictures of
wild animals and natives. A debate
of interest then followed. Resolved:
that Prohibition is a succe^ The af­firmative
was represented by Rat
Harris and B. E. Winn, the negative
by Kimbrough and Kelso. The de­bate
was impromptu, but is was a
good one anyway. Both sides brought
out forceful agruments in favor of
their respective sides. The judges de­cided
that the affirmative won the
debate by a narrow margin.
After the formal ceremonies of bible
reading, reading the minutes, and roll
call, members of Evans Literary So­ciety
were favored by an unusually
interesting talk by Prof. Robinson, of
the Zoological department. Some of
his experiences in literary societies
were related. When he attended the
societies there were no quality points
given. The society that he attended
had very strong and enthusiastic de­bates.
In a very orderly manner, he
told the freshmen that they were
recognized as being insignificant, but
that they should soon develop their
voices and show the people what they
really are. Whatever their motives
are they should try to develop them
and try to be conspicuous. He had
recently read an article in a magazine
relating to a new continent on the
earth, directly south of us. The au­thor
of the article tells us that this
new land is about the size of the
United States and is exceedingly hot,
but is populated with wild animals
and very beautiful flowers. As the
continent is now, it is of no use to us
and the scientists have decided to
spend a million dollars to investigate
the situation. This was a very in­teresting
article, but it contained a
good deal of nonsense. All interest­ing
things contain nonsense, and that
is the reason that professors are so
interesting. Impromptu speeches and
debates will awaken -the students and
put them to thinking. One has to
learn to say nothing before he can
say something. He emphasized the
fact that interest and loyalty should
be created among the society members.
This talk was very enjoyable and the
society anticipates with pleasure an­other
visit from Professor Robinson.
Life and Death Now
Dimly Understood
Says F. K. Donnan
"Science, beginning dimly to under­stand
the meaning of life and death,
may find itself working for centuries
before it posseses any considerable
knowledge or understanding of the
great twin mysteries," Professor
Frederick K. Donnan said in an ar­ticle
in the Evening Standard:
"Perhaps no ultimate solution ever
will be attained," continued Profes­sor
Donnan. "No doubt the final
answer to all our restless questioning
lies in the pot of gold where the rain­bow
ends."
Professor Donnan was amplifying
his recent speech before the British
Association for the Advancement of
Science" at Glasgow. There he had
told of discoveries made by Profes­sor
A. V. Hill of the origin and sus­tenance
of life.
"Science has known for a long time
that in order to carry out its work,
the living cell, just like steam en­gines
or motor cars, require fuel and
oxygen," said Donnan.
Interesting Talks
Feature S.A.M.E.
UNIVERSITY GETS
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A songbook in Latin, written 253
years ago, will soon be among the rel­ics
of the University of Mississippi li­brary
or the museum. This book,
rude in form and resembling a docu­ment
because of its cumbersome size,
is the gift of Sam E. Woods, of Jack­son,
a member of the Mississippi State
Department of Education.
The person or persons who made it
were careful to make the print large
enough, and the leaves corresponded,
being 9 by 13 inches. Printed in 1765,
the lettering was done by hand, while
the illustrations were painted on the
parchment.
Available data has it that a rela­tive
of Mr. Woods was in the German
Army and the book, printed in a
monastery of one of the islands of the
Mediterranean Sea, was presented to
him by a monk. The book had chang-hands
several times. .It was present­ed
to Mr. Woods by his father-in-law
when he married in Prague, Czecho­slovakia,
while in the army. Mr.
Woods has refused $1,000 for it.
It is in the care of Dr. A. L. Bon-durant,
dean of the university grad­uate
school and professor of Latin,
language and literature.
Plans Are Made For
Ping Pong Tourney
According to an announcement
made By Y Athletic Chairman, A. B.
Johnson, entries for the approaching
Ping-Pong tournament will close
Saturday evening, October 20. All
those desiring to enter the contest are
requested to submit name and address
at the "Y" office immediately.
Participants in this event should
watch the bulletin in the "Y" hall for
further information regarding time of
play-offs. The date of initial elimina­tion
contests will be announced later.
Attractive prizes will be awarded
the winners.
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
Annual Smock Day
Celebration Is Held
Yesterday was smock day for the
Architectural Department. Freshman
in this course wore their smocks of
bright hues to all classes through­out
the day. Annual celebration of
such a day is a custom borrowed from
the medieval guilds, members of
which held a great celebration each
year in honor of their trades.
A man may be happy today and
married tomorrow.
Plainsman preeminent among college
newspapers. Among those who have
contributed largely toward the suc­cess
of the paper this year, and whose
work in behalf of the paper deserves
commendation are: A. V. Blanken-ehip
and V|ictor Savage for their
splendid editorials; J. D. Neely,
managing editor, for excellence in
makeup; Tom Brown for his efficient
handling of the news; J. M. Johnson
and Walter Smith for improvement in
the circulation service in the face of
changing conditions.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18
Adolph Zuker and Jesse L.
Lasky
presents
Emil Jannings in
"THE PATRIOT"
With Florence Vidor, Lewis
Stone & Neil Hamilton
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19
Lew Cody & Aileen Pringle in
"BEAU BROADWAY"
with Sue Carol
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
Ralph Lewis in
"CROOKS CAN'T WIN!"
with Thelma Hill
We will have a football mat­inee
(play by play) of the Au­burn
vs. Miss, game, Saturday,
Oct. 20th. Picture and Matinee
for 35c.
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Many Names Same
At Marquette U.
Such popular manly names as
George, Joe, Fred and even Bill and
Tom are relegated to the background
on the Marquette university football
squad, with Francis and John, or Jack
leading the list of christian names.
Included on the Marquette roster
are eight boys whose first name is
Francis, while seven of Coach Frank
J. Murray's proteges are named John.
Most of them have the nickname of
"Jack."
There are four Walters on the Hill­top
squad, three Williams, and three
Toms. James is claimed by just two,
and George, Joe, Harold, Fred and
many others by just one. Ottilo prob­ably
is the most unusual name on the
squad, and that is owned by Mur­ray's
Italian quarterback, Giuli.
Weekly meeting of S. A. M. E. open­ed
with a talk by Mr. Lewis, who in­terestingly
gave a description of the
late work being done on submarine
life savers. Next on the program was
Mr. Calhoun, who gave a report on
the destruction of a bridge over the
Susquehanna river in Maryland by
the Corps of Engineers. Mr. Cal­houn
pointed out the data obtained
that proved of value to the Engineers.
Mr. Summerford gave an interesting
talk on a new traffic system which
is being introduced to freight yards,
pointing out time and labor saved.
A short report by the critic, Mr.
White, was given, and was followed
by a few appreciated remarks by
Lieut. Higgins.
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end. He explained, however, that the
field of service covered by the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute includes
not only agriculture but other lines
of service of value to all the people
of the state.
This special feature was made bril­liant
and more delightful- by the
presence of the Auburn band which
furnished music for the day.
Dr. Knapp Addresses
Architects Monday
The Architectural Association held
its regular weekly meeting Monday
night with Dr. Knapp as speaker. Dr.
Knapp's speech pertained mostly to
architecture. He began by telling how
interested he is in this profession,
and about his boyhood days when he
and his brothers built a barn for his
father. It was very interesting to
hear of manner of construction of the
barn. He also told of what he ex­pected
to do within the next five years
to improve the school. If all of Dr.
Knapp's plans materialize Auburn
will have the most beautiful campus
and best faculties in the South.
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Lewis and Clark, first Americans to cross
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every step from man-power to pack-horse­power,
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