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• / GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY THE PLAINSMAN TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, M« y B. Martin Jsfnim p w „ NUMBER 31 STUDENTS IMPATIENTLY AWAITING GREATEST SENIOR DANCE SCABBARD & BLADE HOLD ANNUAL INITIATION HERE CANDIDATES SPEND NIGHT OUT IN WOODS Engineers Find Much Trouble Riding Horses TWENTY MEN INITIATED Look Weary and Foot-Sore Returning Sunday Morning Roy N. Sellers The steady tramp, tramp of guards feet in front of the most important sections of Auburn including the post office and main gate greeted all the early students last Saturday morning at eight o'clock. What was wrong? Was the town military control and so early in the morning- Why were the soldiers dressed in regulation uniform coats, pajama pants, and wearing swords? They must have been a brave bunch to receive all the beautiful badges, medals, and stripes which adorned their breasts. They had to be brave for only the brave could withstand the severe initiation through which they were travelling, the initiation of the Scabbard and Blade. The initiation began at 8 o'clock Saturday morning when the initiates were placed as guards. Just before the time for each train they were made to form lines and march to meet the trains at the depot. Theirs was a perfect squad of marching soldiers and their lines, facial included, could not be equalled. This lasted for the remainder of the day. At 8 o'clock Saturday night the initiates with brick tied to their backs rode horses to the 'woods. The engineers seemed to have much trouble staying on the horses but they finally reached their destination in safety. What happened between then and Sunday morning is secret but the men all felt the effects of the initiation. Sunday morning when the group started back it began raining and the whole crowd received a good wetting. Out of the twenty men who were supposed to have been initiated only sixteen were able to go thro.ugh. The others were held up by baseball trips, track, and an injury or two. The artillerymen initiated were T. B. Shotts, J. L. Salter, W. W. Paterson, F. H. DuBose, J. R. Taylor Jr., M. D. Helms, N. W. Geist, T. R. Home, and R. G. Brownfield. The engineers were J. B. Merrill, C. R. De- Arman, W. R. Kirkwood, C. E. Smith, L. B. Hallman, J. L. Burton, and K. Nickerson. The ones not initiated weer L. Tamplin, C. H. Booth, A. P. McGhee Jr., and R. E. Spann. TAG DAY ASSURES "Y" TENNIS COURTS PHI DELTA GAMMA ELECTS OFFICERS New Pledges Initiated into Forensic Society After the initiation of the new pledges to Phi Delta Gamma on last Tuesday night, Mr. George Stafford was elected president for next year. Mr. Stafford has distinguished himself by his oratorical and debating ability on numerous occasions, and he is a worthy president of the local chapter of a national organization which sponsors oratory, debating, declamation, and general forensic work. He is a pledge to Beta Kappa social fraternity. Mr. Rosser Alston, editor of the Plainsman for the past year, and an honorary student in many activities, was elected to the office of vice-president. The tfffice of secretary-treasurer was given to Mr. Tom Le- Croy. Mr. H. O. Davis. was made sergeant-at-arms, and Roy Sellers was elected to fill the position of chaplain. Due to the presistent efforts of several "Y" boosters, "Tag Days," which were held on the campus on Friday and Saturday, May 4-5, came out with flying colors, and netted profitable returns towards the completion of the "Y" tennis courts on the lots just below the Lamba Chi house. Although the response from the students was not what was expected, the response from the townspeople* and the business men of Auburn was quite gratifying. Among those contributing substantial amounts, the following are worthy of mention: Ideal Laundry, C. Felton Little, Tiger Drug Store, Tiger Theatre, Bank of Auburn, Burtons Book Store, Auburn Furniture Co., City Billiard Parlor, Moore's Market, Cash & Carry Store, J. W. Wright, Gibson's, Homer Wright, Jones Grocery, Orange & Blue, Jones Hardware, Auburn Studio, Dr. McDonald, Jolly's, Student Supply Shop, Moreman & Son, Upchurch Store, and Miss Godwin. The Y. M. C. A. in behalf of the students' recreational welfare, wish to thank especially those mentioned above, and also to thank all others who contributed. The contributions were somewhat larger than they were from the "Tag" day program staged last year for the same purpose, and with the proceeds, it is hoped that the tennis courts construction can go forward at a rapid pace in the near future. TENNIS TOURNEY OPENS THIS WEEK Entrance Fee of Fifty Required Cents Is The Auburn tennis tournament will be played off during this week if weather conditions are good. This is a single tournament for students and the only tournament held this year in the school. Entries may be made any time before Saturday night to Wake Glover or Don May. The entrance fee is 50 cents and must be paid before Saturday night. The tournament will be played hurriedly, since the end of school is near. All matches may be played on any court in town, except the semi-finals and finals, which are to be played on the Y. M. C. A .court. The winner of the tournament will be presented with a small silver cup. Will Play For Senior Dance Next Week WEIDEMEYER'S ORCHESTRA ENGAGED TO FURNISH MUSIC UNDERCLASSMEN EXAMINATIONS WEIDEMEYER ORCHESTRA PRESIDENT'S HOME IS SCENE OF MERRIMENT Dr. Dowell Receives Gift At Close of Social Methodist Students To Banquet Sunday Feast Closes Recent Membership Contest The Methodist Students of Auburn will hold a banquet at the Auburn Inn on next Saturday night, May 12 at 7:30 p. m. The purpose of this banquet is to promote Christian fellowship among our 500 Methodist students and inspire them to continue the splendid work which they have started. Warren Moore, major of the winning group in a recent membership contest, will be the toastmaster, while the losing group will have charge of the decorations. Eta Kappa Nu Holds Election Of Officers Ingersoll Named of Body President Charles T. Ingersoll of Anniston was recently elected president of Eta Kappa Nu, honorary fraternity for Electrical Engineers. Other men elected to office are as follows: N. W. Geist, Vice-President; C. R. De- Arman, Recording Secretary; W. P. Smith, Corresponding Secretary; C. W. Meyer, Treasurer; L. B. Hallman, Bridge Reporter. The Bridge is the periodical of the fraternity. One of the gayest affairs on the campus this season was the annual Baraca Class Social, given at the President's Home Friday evening, May 4. More than eighty students gathered to spend an enjoyable evening with Dr. and Mrs. Spright Dowell, along with other Baraca enthusiasts, including Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards and others. This was a "smile" social, the price of admission being one smile. The group was divided into four towns: namely, Grindale, Giddletown, Smile-ville and Ha Ha Hollow Each town took part in the various contests of the evening, the main contest being an automobile race. This included cranking up," "changing tires," "blowouts," and other troubles common to motorists. At the close of the contest the judges—Dr. and Mrs. Edwards and Miss Minnie Sharp— rendered their decision in favor of Smileville. The towns then went to the "Filling Station" where they were filled with ice cream and other goodies. At the close of the event, J. B. Beard, President of the Baraca Class, presented in behalf of the class a beautiful desk set to Dr. Dowell, in appreciation of his eight years of faithful services as teacher of the class. Misses Leland Cooper, Clara Nale and Lillian Dunn conducted the activities of the evening. BURYING ALIVE GRAVE BUSINESS Fond of outdoor life, Lieutenant C. E. Pease, instructor in military science and tactics at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, accompanied by a number of military men took a ten mile hike Saturday. The young lieutenant, being more weary than his companions, sat down to rest and refresh himself. It being late he soon fell into the arms of Morpheus. While the popular officer was in an unconscious state his fellows dug a grave beside his prostrate body and moved it carefully into the fresh excavation. A small cross was erected at the head of the grave and the earth replaced. The young man finally "came to himself" and slowly extricated himself from the partially filled grave and moved to a more remote location where he would not be disturbed. SENIOR CUSS ADOPTS PLANS FOR REUNIONS Important Action Taken At This Meeting SCARABS SOCIETY SPONSORS DANCE The Scarabs Honor Society, as has been the custom, will sponsor the morning dance of Friday, May 18, at which ten new members will be initiated. The names of these pledges have not as yet been announced. Scarabs is a local honor society, the purpose of which is: "To honor with membership ten of the most outstanding men of the Junior class, who will work for the betterment of Auburn." GREAT ALUMNI DAY PROGRAM BE HELD COMMENCEMENT WEEK With President-elect Bradford Knapp on the program to deliver the main address of the day, preparations have been made for the greatest gathering in years of old Auburn men on Alumni Day, Monday, May 21. Head coach George M. Bohler will also address the Alumni in Langdon Hall and in addition Judge William H. Samford, president of the association will speak on this occasion. Various committees have been appointed by Dr. B. B. Ross, president of the local Alumni chapter. These committees will, provide for the details necessary to make the return of the old Auburn men the most pleasant they have ever received heretofore in Auburn. The transportation committee, under the direction of W. A. Young, has provided a sufficient number of automobiles to furnish free transportation for the returning Alumni. The barbecue committee under the direction of Dr. I. S. McAdory, Em-mett Sizemore, S. L. Toomer and Dan Jones, have made provisions whereby the Alumni will be fed a delicious barbecue dinner at one o'clock. Prof. B. L. Shi is in charge of the housing committee, while P. R. Bidez has charge of the music committee. Mr. Homer Wright will operate an information bureau for the purpose of supplying the Alumni with any information they desire. In addition to the various meetings Monday morning there will be elaborate military maneuvers, on the drill field, behind the Main Building. The feature of the exercise will be the competitive drill of the various Company's and Batteries of the unit here for the title Best Drilled Company and Best Drilled Battery. In (Continued on Page 6.) On Thursday, May 3, the Class of '28 passed a resolution to establish and maintain the custom of having class reunions. This action is notable in that the question of permanent class organization has been raised many times in former years, but this is the first time that definite action has been taken. The Senior class plans to have its first reunion on Homecoming Day of the year 1931, and to have succeeding reunions on the same day every fifth year thereafter. At each meeting a president, and secretary-treasurer will be elected. The class dues will be three dollars annually, $2.50 of which will be put in a revolving fund to bring athletes to Auburn, and 50c of which will be used by the secretary- treasurer to perform his various duties. The officers elected at last Thursday's meeting were: Mutt Gregory, Alpha Gamma Rho, President; Bill Hurt, Pi Kappa Phi, Vice-President; Hobson Pearce, Beta Kappa, Secretary- Treasurer. Home Ec. Department To Stage Fashion Show Purpose to Show Accomplishments of Design Classes The department of clothing and textiles plan to present a fashion show entitled "A Fashion Walk," on May 21, in Langdon Hall. Ths purpose of this performance will be to show the splendid work accomplished by the students in clothing and costume design classes. The show is to be in three scenes laid in a costume designer's display room. The characters are: a costume designer, Prof. Warren Bower; a rich merchant, Tom Brown; the Spirit of Art, Miss Lois Bostick; and the models, portrayed by nineteen students in clothing classes. The play was written by Miss Rachael Crook. NOTICE! Copies of the 1928 Glomerata will be distributed on May 20. Students are asked to kindly wait until that date to make any inquiries at the office. Any student who will leave before that time may have someone else get his copy provided said person presents a written permission to the Business Manager. A. M. Examinations begin 8:30 a. m. P. M. Examinations begin at 1:30 p. m. Special attention is called to the following regulations: 1. Class work of undercassmen will continue as scheduled until Saturday noon, May 19. 2. A final semester examination will be given in every subject. 3. Official examination schedule will be strictly adhered to by all instructors. In the interest of uniformity changes from the official schedule will be by consent of the Executive Council only. The cooperation of the entire faculty is earnestly requested in the enforcement of these regulations. Instructors will please hand in grades for a subject as soon as possible after the examination in the subject. Hand in on class cards giving dates of absences and also alphabetical lists withjjrades. Schedule Professors concerned will select period for subjects not arranged for below. Note: Examinations in subjects which meet only once a week will be held at the last period scheduled for the section prior to Commencement Sunday. Tuesday, May 22 2 P. M. Sixth Hour subjects which meet from 2-3 p. m. 2 P. M. Freshman Descriptive Geometry. Wednesday, May 23 (First hour subjects 8-9) A. M. First Hour subjects which neet daily, or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. P. M. First Hour subjects not scheduled Wednesday morning. Thursday, May 24 (Second hour subjects 9-10) A. M. Second Hour subjects which meet daily or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. P. M. Second Hour subjects not scheduled Thursday morning. Friday, May 25 (Third hour subjects 10-11) A. M. Third Hour subjects which meet daily or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. P. M. Third Hour subjects not scheduled Friday morning. Saturday, May 26 (Fourth hour subjects 11-12 A. M. Fourth Hour subjects which meet daily, or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. P. M. Seventh Hour subjects which meet from 3-4. Chemistry Laboratory 106 and 206. Monday, May 28 (Fifth hour subjects 1-2) A. M. Fifth Hour subjects which meet daily, or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. P. M. Fifth Hour subjects not scheduled Monday morning. B. L. SHI, Registrar. M0STG0RGE0US SOCIAL EVENT TO OCCUR HERE Miss Rhona Meriweather and Earle Meadows to Lead Grand March HOUSE PARTIES PLANNED Ultra-Unique Decorating Designed by Wyatt, Snook DUBOSE ELECTED PRESIDENT M. S. S. Will Serve for First Semester Next Year of Frank H. DuBose was elected President of the Methodist Sunday School last Sunday morning. He will succeed Sam Mosley who has just completed a successful semester as President of the Sunday School. The other students elected were: Vice-President, David Mosley. Secretary, Grace Pinnell. Treasurer, J. W. Stanson. The officers of the Sunday- School are selected from the active Methodist students each semester. This system has been in effect for the past year and has met with favor among the students and church people. By Harry Wise Weidemeyer's well known orchestra will be here to begin "tooting" on Thursday night, May 17, to uphold the reputation they now have on our campus as being the very best Orchestra that has played for the Auburn Dances. Weidemeyer brings together some of the best musicians in the country. This year the orchestra that is to play for the Senior Prom at Auburn has already played foir dances at Washington and Lee, Princeton and Cornell Universities. The ten members of this orchestra are very versatile in their talent with musical instruments and vocal activities. Miss Rhona Meriweather, Birmingham, Alabama, and Mr. Earle Meadows were selected by the Social Committee to lead the Grand March, Friday Night, May 18. Invitations have been extended to about one thousand young ladies from over the South to attend the Commencement Dances, the climax for all social activities on the campus. Not only are these to be the most elaborate and colorful activities of this year but the best that has ever been put over on the Auburn Campus. The number of invitations being sent out is more than was sent on either of the other occasions this year and indications are that a large number of these ladies will find it possible to attend. The decorations for the dances in the Gym will be designed and carried out by Professors Wyatt and Snook of the department of Architecture. The extraordinary effect of the undersea scenery with nile green as the prevailing color will be fitting for these the most elaborately decorated dances to have been held on our campus. The crepe paper used in obtaining this effect will hide the balcony from the view of those on the floor. (Continued on page 6} CHURCHES INVITE STUDENTS SUNDAY Go-to-Church Y. Day Sponsored M. C. A. by The second Go-to-Church Sunday of this year to be sponsored by the Religious Committee of the Y. M. C. A. under the direction of Hugh Kin-zer will be a feature of next Sunday, Mothers Day, May 13. Mothers' Day is a fitting occasion to have a go-to-church day, because where could a student be on Sunday that would please his mother more than to attend church services? In ony a few days the summer vacation will begin, and students! where ever you will be, a better habit could not be had than to attend church regularly. There you have associations not obtained elsewhere in the same spirit. There you get inspiration for the daily grind of a week's work. So Sunday morning, arise a bit earlier than usual. Awaken your roommate and others in your house, and bring them along to the Sunday School of your choice. Be on time with a smile for the "spirit of mothers". Many mothers will be with us. Give them an impression of the student that will make them proud of the college to which they have entrusted their sons. Page 2 THE PLAINSMAN atyg f latttflttum Published weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $2.00 per year (32 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala. STAFF Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief H. W. Glover Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor J. B. McMillan, '29 Associate Editor Raymond DeArman, '29 --Associate Editor Harry Wise, '29 Associate Editor Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor L. B. Haley, '30 News Editor Tom Brown, '31 ._ Associate News Editor J. E. Taylor, '30 Proofreader G. D. Waits, '30 Ass't. Proofreader Chas. Ingersoll, '29 Sports Editor Watts Howie Ass't. Sports Editor J. E. McLeskey Ass't. Sports Editor Annie Ross Fuller, '29 Co-ed Editor A. V. Blankenship, '30 -_ Exchange Editor Posey Morton, '31 Humor Editor Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor REPORTERS E. T. England, '30; Roy N. Sellers, '31; Robert L. Hume, '31; Bob McConnell, '31; White Matthews, '31; George Duncan, '31; Richard A. Jones, '31; John Lewis, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; J. D. Foy, '31; Murff Hawkins, '31, Alvin .McConnell, '31. BUSINESS STAFF Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr. Carlos Moon, '31 Ass't. Adv. Mgr. A. C. Taylor, '30 Circulation Mgr. G. W. Smith, '30 Ass't. Cir. Mgr. J. M. Johnson, '31 Ass't. Cir. Mgr. M. Hawkins, '31 Circulation Dept. J. L. Sellers, '31 Circulation Dept. Geo. W. Postelle, '31 __ Circulation Dept. THE COMPARATIVE MERIT OF SCHOLARSHIP IN BUSINESS Much has been said concerning the advancement of high-mark college men in business; and still more has ben thought of it. The question has been asked, "Does business want scholars?" Arguments are afloat as to the progress and success of distinguished scholars in the business world. What is the real answer? Will the scholastic record made while in college influence the graduate's rating when he enters business? Will his record in active work after graduation parallel that which he has made during his college training? We as college students, are directly concerned with these questions. And it should be extremely interesting to note their possible answers, since the majority of the students completing their training here will enter a business. Customarily, business has not been selecting men on the basis of their marks in college. This has influenced the undergraduate to accept his college course as something entirely separate and part form his life after graduation. Or when there is a correlation, it is usually linked through campus activities, with the idea that these may benefit him more in after-life than the subject matter gleaned from books. Business has believed that a college does not teach a boy business. Today, however, a different slant on the situation is being taken. According to a very prominent figure in the business world, "Each year at least half of the 40,- 000 young men graduating from our colleges are entering the ranks of business. One of the most readily available objective measures of their past achievement is their college scholastic record. It measures the results in what, after all, has been their major task for four years. Its value for indicating future achievement is surely worth determining." Accurate and fairly thorough tests have shown that, on the average, the best students in colelge have gone highest in business. These tests have proven that, "in general, men in the first third of their college classes are most likely to be found in the highest third of their group in salary, those in the middle third in scholarship to be in the middle third in salary, and those in the lowest third in scholarship to be in the lowest third in salary." To be sure there are scant, striking exceptions, but these few diversions cannot be accepted as a guide or rule. No doubt you are ready to single out some man well known to you who ranks high in scholarship, but is totally blank in business ability. In granting this isolated instance as true, it must not be taken as general. Turn to "Who's Who" if you will, there to find that a very high percentage of Phi Beta Kappa Society men are listed. Phi Beta Kappa also claims 40 per cent of the Justices of the Supreme Court between 1800 and 1922, and 40 per cent of the Secretaries of State. A remarkable showing, when you consider the small numbers of the Society. Educators believe that education is a continuous process beginning early and ending late. They can cite you to figures and prove that boys who do well in school generally do well in college, and later in their life work. Hence a high grade man in school stands favorable for the same position in college, in practice, and all through life. The habit of successful mental accomplisment—the habit and ability to use one's brains will prove valuable and successful in later attempts. "The mind well trained in youth has the best chance to succeed in any business it may choose; and scholarship as a measure of mental equipment is of importance both to business and to business men. Business will have a surer guide to the selection of able young men than it has used in the past, and the young men who train the muscle of their brains can feel reasonably certain that such training will add to their success in business and, in all probability, to the fruitful and happy use of the leisure which success in business will give them." ATHLETICS; THE NEED OF REORGANIZATION Auburn suffers a great loss in the resignation of Mike Papke, basket ball coach. The basket ball team has constantly improved since he assumed charge three years ago, missing the Southern Conference Championship this year by only one point. Mike Papke combines the qualities of a gentleman with the abilities of a great coach, and his influence with the student body at the time of Morey's resignation is especially to be commended. He was a great factor in keeping up the morale of the students during this interval of tensity. It is with much regret that we see him leave Auburn, and it appears a bit unfortunate that Papke and the Atheletic Council could not come to an agreement over his salary. Papke's abilities are not confined to the basket ball floor, as he has done much with the freshman baseball team this Spring. However much of the credit for the successful season of the freshman team is reserved for Coach "Red" Brown. Had it not been for his influence in securing for Auburn outstanding high school athletes and placing them in position for which their respective merits adapt them, it is doubtful that such results could have been achieved. Papke's decision recalls to us the resignation of Mike Donahue in 1922 and also that of Dave Morey last fall. The apparant inability of the Athletic Council to retain the services of competent coaches seems indicative of a lack of harmony among those who direct our athletics. An analyzation of the situation indicates that the fault lies in the determination of the Council to assume authority which properly should be given to the Coach. Either the Council should have full authority, or the Head Coach should be given full rein. It is immaterial to the students or to the alumni who directs the athletic politics; however, the athletic standing of Auburn has been on the decline since the inauguration of the Athletic Council, and those interested can only gauge the efficiency of the organization by the outward results. It is not our object to criticize the personnel of the Council; rather we are offering constructive criticism of the organization as it now exists. It appears to us that the main purpose of the Council should be that of aiding the coach in completing, and fulfilling his policies, and not attempting to subordinate the authority of the Head Coach to that of the Director of Athletics. If we are going to look to the coach for success in athletics, then we should give him the aid and the power necessary for the attainment of this end. If such undisputed authority were placed in the hands of the coach, it would be impossible to shift responsibility or to claim unmerited praise. AUBURN FOOTPRINTS PURPOSE OF THE Y. M. C. A. TO FOSTER HIGH INTEGRITY One of the most notable achievements of the local Y. M. C. A. is the recent "Tag Day" program, which assures the completion of two very much needed tennis courts. Hopson Pearce and Roy Sellers have merited for themselves the sincere thanks of every student, for the courts are a decided asset to the recreational life or the college. The work accomplished by the Y. M. C. A. through the medium of the reading and recreation room, the employment bureau, the all-college hike, and the friendship council, truly offers "to the student body and to Auburn a means of developing those qualities so essential to the uplifting of humanity." The greatest work of the "Y" is the tremendous influence created fotr the development of manly character. However, the association is dependent upon each individual for the results which may be achieved. Let us help by assuming an active part in the organization, and in furthering its ideals. Columbia: Displacing the present curriculum of twenty years standing, a revised plan of undergraduate study, designed to open new and larger intellectual vistas to the student, will go into effect next September at Columbia College. The first two years will be devoted to "Orientation and Discovery." The Junior and Senior years will be given to genuine work in preparation for graduate or professional study. « * * * * State College, N. C: Beginning next year a four year course in Chemistry will be offered for the first time here. » * * » * Seed for thought: "Are you getting out of College things that will be of value to you one year—or ten years from now?" 18 BOOK REVIEW m A MILESTONE IN THE MODERN NOVEL By Warren E. Bower The Counterfeiters: by Andre Gide, N. Y. Alfred A. Knopf: 1927 In the field of the novel this seems to be an age of experimentation. The changes have come about gradually, so that it is difficult to fix upon the beginning or any writer who is in any sense responsible. In America at least we are likely to feel that the modern spirit in the neovel came in with Stephen Crane when he published Maggie and The Red Badge of Courage. Henry James, in both England and America, had a great deal to do with shaping the novel into new forms. But within the last decade and a half there have been supris-ingly great changes in style, content, and chiefly in form and structure. In England one thinks of James Joyce, who with his Dubliners and The Portrait of the Artist as Young Man, and later with the monumental Ulysess, has had probably the greatest influence of all on the modern novel. Dorothy Richardson comes to mind also, as does Virginia Woolf, as experimenters who have made the course of the serious novel a flux rather than a decided tendency. But after Joyce, and perhaps sometime to surpass him, is Marcel Proust of France, who in his even more monumental work of a lifetime, Remembrance of Things Past, has profoundly affected the minds and theories of novelists. It is from Proust that Audre Gide chiefly stems, altho he has qualities that are decidedly his own, and he is carrying on the problem in a way that Proust would not have done. The Counterfeiters is a novel in the modern manner; that is, it is an experiment, but one with a remarkable degree of finish. There are no rough edges in it; if one disapproves Of the book, one has to do so on very fundamental issues indeed. It is not possible to say, "I do not like the plot," for there is, properly speaking, no plot whatsoever. There is only a pattern, one not formed by the mind of the author, but the pattern the flow of life imposes. It will be seen that this is a novel for serious reading, perhaps even for serious students of the novel; it can be said to serve a distinctly literary purpose. The reader who wishes to read as he runs ought to be warned away from this. Yet I do not mean to imply that the ordinary intelligent reader will find nothing of interest in The Counterfeiters. On the contrary, he will find a gallery of portraits of individuals as real as he is likely to come across between the covers of a book. This is no doubt the greatest value of Gide's novel, apart from the fact that it has had, and will continue to have, a great influence upon other novelists. Gide employs every device that older novelists have used, and invents many for himself, in an effort to make his characters as round and living as he can. We see them from all sides, from many different points of view, and in the end we know them as well as it is given to a reader to know a fictitious character in a book; and very often that is to know them far better than we know some of our so-called intimate friends. To attempt a summary of The Counterfeiters is a thankless task, because the canvas is too large. The events concern themselves with a group of people of the literary set in Paris, the center of which is Edouard, the novelist, a man with high purposes and an exceeding interest in people. The Count Robert de Passavant is another novelist, a force for evil in the lives of everyone he touches intimately. Between these two and played upon by both at varying times are Bernard, a boy of talent and determination, Olivier, intelligent, sensitive, but weak in will, who is almost ruined by the Count de Passavant, and Vincent, Olivier's older brother, a man of ability, but also weak and vacillating and who comes to a bad end. Surrounding this group are a great number' of other characters who touch these principals in some way or other. This novel has more of the breath of reality about it than any that has recently appeared; but to say that it is realistic in method would be wholly wrong. No label that can easily be affixed will apply here. None is needed. One is grateful to the novelist for having provided such a generous list of characters and for having shown them to us in a manner completer than almost any other novelist would have used. THIS GAME OF GOLF At this time of the year many insects begin their war on the human race. There was a time when these pests were not thought of until hot weather enveloped us. The cold weather failed, however, this time and one of the most well known bugs, the golf bug, failed to go into winter quarters at all. The little white pills have infested the hillsides like dandruff. The golf season now lasts for twelve months during the year and the younger generation has practically ousted the older gentlemen from their own game. The Golf Widows Association has elected new officers for the coming year with hopes of really accomplishing something toward stamping out this Sunday afternoon pest. Mrs. Grouch, newly elected president, has appealed to the young chemists of America to carry on an extensive research in regard to finding some insect powder which will diminish if not kill the golf enthusiasm, which works its way into the bones of human beings. It is hoped that some real good will be accomplished but if the chemists fail it is suggested that a good stout club be applied to the head of the infected person with much vigor. This is not only good exercise but if the club is applied after Sunday dinner it will be found that the stricken person will probably spend the afternoon in an enjoyable rest. At a meeting of Grandfathers Golf Association the subject of the college and high school golfer was much cussed and discussed. It seems that the average young golfer who plays with the old heads and keep both scores is always flush in good weather. Some were of the opinion that if the younger generation is to continually keep score, then the Grandfathers Golf Association should adopt croquet as the National game. * * * * * * * * You can't tell how fast a flapper travels by the length of her legs. * * * * * * * * WHY A MAN ALWAYS BACKS UP TO A FIRE When Noah was sailing around the world in his1 Ark, just off the coast of Iceland, the old tub sprung a small leak. To keep the water out of the craft, the first skipper took a dog and stuck his nose; in the small hole. This explains why a dogs nose is always cold. The leak increased in size, however, and so a woman stuck her shoulder into it and this was the first incident recorded in history of a woman's cold shoulder. Later the hole grew in size. * * * * * * * * PROGRAM TIGER THEATRE MONDAY Purity Pete and Lady Lou in THE EVILS OF GIN This is a thrilling melodrama of the great open spaces where a man's a man and the women are proud of it. It is throbbing with heartfelt emotions drawn from the intermost part of the soul. DON'T MISS this wonderful picturization. ADMISSION—Three ax handles or one bucket of high grade syrup (sorghum preferred). TUESDAY (the day. following) Sheik Jones and Hearta Flutter in COLLEGE LIFE AROUND THE STUDIO. This is a great story of college life written and directed and produced by a man who never finished grammar school. The school was burned down to get him out of the fourth grade. The story is laid around a small town ministerial school and this wonderful couple is very pure and simple. She is pure and he is simple. ADMISSION—one cross tie or two skunk hides. ^~ WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY (also in this week) One Lung Louie and Dopey Joe in THE NIGHT LIFE OF LOSHAPOKA. Hair raising, neck breaking, feet twisting, tobacco spitting, chin wagging tale of a bustling metropolis gone wild. This great feature film was taken from actual life as lived around the proverbs (beg pardon we mean suburbs) of this hyper-thropied and bulky city. Actual cameras were used in the filming of this wonderful portrayal of ultra modern night life. Thirty nine men and one college student lost their lives in the hore shoe throwing scene. This picture required 300 chains of film (civily speaking) and was one semester in the making (collegiately speaking). ADMISSION will be slightly raised as the roof needs repairing. (r-'KIDAY (immediately following) Bowery Bawl and Dandruff Dora in THE DISAPPEARANCE OF POCK MARKED PAUL. Co-starring the two great detectives Keyhole Willie and Tran-some Ike who once ran the heels of their shoes down. The supernatural, hyper-physical, increditable, heterogeneous tale of a man who enigmatically disappeared about day break or near bout. This breath taking tale will make you sit on the -edge of your seat until you wear your breeches thin. ADMISSION—one empty keg as the proprietor has started into the poultry business on the side and needs a hen nest (all excellisor will be greatly appreciated). SATURDAY (annual boy scouts day) Rodeo Ramsey in COWPUNCHERS LUCK with Creepy Joe his supernatural horse. This is not like the usual western thriller but is a real genuine Sears Roebuck special story. In this picture catcus plants of the rubber variety were used to keep from scratching the horses. All cows over twenty one years of age that were killed in the filming were graciously donated the college town markets. Rodeo Ramsey was a chore boy on a ranch in his boyhood and helped run the Indains off the ranch. ADMISSION—actual money and not cigar coupons will be needed. Nine fourth of the proceeds will be turned over to the boy scouts (honest). Tickets can be purchased from Paul Brake. As this concludes the program for the week there will be no more, shows until Monday. * * * * * * * * Our guess is that vulcanizing was discovered by studying a movie kiss. * * * * * * * * Ten years ago the women said to the men: "We'll show you some things in a few years." Well they have. * * * * * * * * THE MODERN AGE Please call by and get your pants.—The Ideal Lady. This note was received the past week by a student from the Ideal Laundry. * * * * * * * * The use of the American colloquialism "some" is more prevalent than it need be in England; and it led a scion of one of the newest rich families to a well earned snub the other night at a dance. He was sitting with his partner in the conservatory and the conversation was languishing very much. At last the young man roused himself and in his best accent proposed a stroll in the garden as the conservatory was uncomfortably hot. The girl willingly assented and for a while the couple sauntered amid the shrubs and trees in almost unbroken silence. Presently he bent down and felt the grass. "By Jove," he exclaimed. "Some dew." "Yes" snapped the young girl, her eyes flashing, "and some don't. I'm going in again. Good-night." * * * * * * * * BAD BATH ACCIDENTS The number of bath tub accidents seem to be increasing around Auburn. We have noticed another disabled veteran of the shower division of volunteers hobbling about the campus. If the school declares any more holidays or increases the number of days in a week end it will in all probability have to close on account of bath accidents. We suggest that if our country ever enters into another war it would be advisable to place American bath tubs and showers in the enemy territory to destroy their.morale. Congress should take steps to preserve the youth of the country by requiring all Plumbing Manufacturers to equip tubs with non-skid bottoms. * * * * * * * * The ministers of Birmingham have by far the greatest political organization in the city and this was proved without a doubt at the recent "movie" primary. If these same ministers would spend as much time trying to show people the right way to the church as they do in keeping the movies closed on the Sabbath they would have larger congregations. The knitting society of Auburn and the Ministers union of Birmingham should give each other a rising vote of congratulations on their respective abilities at keeping both villages asleep on Sundays. MEDITATIONS ON THIS AND THAT T>y lupiter <]. Tluvius IN LAST WEEK'S issue this paper editorially declared itself opposed to the practice of awarding quality points for participation in extra-curricula activities. This is a most commendable stand, and is a starting point toward an attack on Honor Societies, the goals of the outside-activity sharks. Besides the gathering of keys, there is another motive for superfluous baggage to hang onto the various societies. This is the garnering of quality points. It is much easier to attend a literary society for a semester than to add the required points to one's grade to get five of the necessary little points. In former years the practice was begun to stimulate interest in extra-curricula activities. Now we need something to stifle about ninety per cent of the superficial interest which we see exhibited. For the quality-point hound, a literary society or professional society is simply a short cut toward his diploma. Original work in these organizations is made well-nigh impossible by the inert bulk of inactive membership. If quality points are not given, the societies will lost many members, is the cry. Very good; the loss will be the best for all concerned. The few serious members left will be able to do something, the ones who drop out will necessarily have to absorb a little more knowledge in order to graduate, the college will profit by having a higher standard. The classroom and the library are the areanas wherein knowledge must be mastered, and and psuedo-learning gathered from a passive attendance on some society or other is a poor substitute. Not that the man who is interested enough in his chosen profession to attend a society on its own account won't profit; he will, because he is putting something in it, not being a parasite. However, the condition which makes quality points the main attraction in the society is detrimental to good education at Auburn. * * * * * WE WERE discussing an article entitled "Are you a 100% American?" which recently appeared in a poular magazine. One hundred questions were asked, such as, do you think that American gentlemen are truer gentlemen than European gentlemen? Affirmative replys counted for America. The number of affirmatives was supposed to represent one's percentage of Americanism. No matter what may have been the attitude of the author, the deplorable number of affirmatives which some of us make is of import. We are too nationalized and too little internationalized. We are too stateized, too townized, and too streetized. Patriotism is all right as long as it doesn't obscure facts. I think that it was Schopenhauer who said that most patriotism was an attempt on the part of the person of mediocre talents to hide his mediocrity under the glories of his neighbors. Transportation, communication, common problems and many other agents are working toward the time when the well rounded man must be a citizen of the world. Narrow education is being forced down our throats today. However it is not exclusively an American fault. Europeon boys and girls are taught that all Americans chew tobacco, read Sunday comics, worship money, and drive Fords. They don't laud our systems of mass education any more than we laud their school systems. They think of go-getting and high-speed production just as we think of tea drinking and leisure. However, the man who knowingly limits his views to any field which hasn't world scope is going to find himself out of the running in the future. THE NEVERMORE Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also called No-more, Too-late, Farewell; Unto thine ear I hold the dead sea shell Cast up thy Life's foam-fretted feet between ; Unto thine eyes the glass where that is seen Which had Life's form and Love's but my spell Is now a shaken shadow intolerable, Of ultimate things unuttered the faint screen. Mock me, how still I am! but should there burst One moment through my soul the soft surprise Of that winged peace which lulls the breath of sighs— Then shalt thou see me smile Thy image to mine ambush at thy heart Sleepless with cold commemorative eyes. —Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Dartmouth: To promote third party interests through the support of Norman Thomas, socialist candidate for President, a local socialist group has been founded at Dartmouth College. *— THE PLAINSMAN Page 3 MEMBERS OF THE ALABAMA PRESS ASSOCIATION BACK FROM CUBA By Harry Wi»e Julian Hall, Editor of the Dothan Eagle, gives us some good "dope" on the Cuban situation and the attitude of the Alabama Press Association upon their recent visit to the island when they made their "an-uual outing" trip to Havana. Auburn was well represented in the person of W. A. "Bill" Young, radio announcer at the station here on the campus, WAPI. Mr. Hall's article was titled "Havana" and read like this: "The best known person in America is Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, but the best known person in Cuba is Sloppy Joe." These words were uttered by Bill Young, radio announcer for Station WAPI, Auburn. But they were not uttered into the microphone; they were uttered last week on the third deck of the steamship Cuba, and were addressed to the writer. We were on our way to Havana with the Alabama Press Association. "Who," we inquired, "is Sloppy Joe?" "Sloppy Joe," replied Bill with a gesture, runs a barroom," and he added with a larger gesture: "He runs the biggest barroom in Havana." Bill had never been to Cuba and neither had we yet he knew all about Sloppy Joe. We reflected that it is part of a radio announcer's job, the same as it is a newspaper editor's to be posted on history, literature, the arts, world events and places of in-trest, and not wishing to seem dumb, we replied: "Well, there's a mighty pretty place in India. It's called the Taj Mahal." "Yeah?" said Bill. "Seems like I've heard of it. Sort of built on the idea of Sloppy Joe's, aint's it?" "Well, no. Not exactly. But there's a resemblance between 'em. The Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shan Jehan in memory of his lost Queen, while Sloppy Joe's was built by a private individual in memory of a lost liberty of the Americans. "Yep," said Bill, "in 1898 the United States came nobly to the rescue of Cuba and gave her freedom and liberty, and then 20 years later amputated a large hunk of liberty from her own citizens." After reaching Havana Mr. Hall and Mr. Young, along with others of the 108 members of the association, paid "Sloppy Joe" a visit and found him a very interesting man; operating a very interesting place of business. The saloon business is not near the largest industry of the Island nor is that the only thing that attracts Americans to Havana, the cleanest city in the world and upon the "Pearl of the Antiles." Mr. Hall tells of a few of the sights to be seen while in Havana. The streets are spotlessly clean, and it is seldom that one sees even a cigaret stub on the sidewalk. Many cities boast of their cleanliness, but Havana is actually as clean as a city can be kept. One of the sights that will eat into the mind of every American who sees it and wil scar his memory until the last day of his life, is the Bone-yard. When a Cuban is buried his relatives for all generations to come must pay rent on his grave unless the grave lot is owned by the family. If a family does not own a lot, and a member dies, his relatives for all generations to come must pay annual rent on the dead member's grave. If this rent goes unpaid for three years the deceased's body is dug up and carried to the Boneyard, and flung upon the ground. The Bone-yard is located in a corner of the cemetery. A high stone wall surrounds it. The gate made of thick wood, remains locked, but one is permitted to look through a hole and receive a repulsive shock. The ground is covered with the bones of human beings—who once lived, loved,, walked, talked, laughed and wept, struggled and died. Because their families were too poor to buy a plot Robert E. Lee Hall, the main building at Blue Ridge. From its porch, one can see Mt. Mitchell, the highest point east of the Rockies. HOME EC. CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS A call meeting of the Home Economics Club was held in the "Y. W". Hut, Wednesday, May 2, at five o'clock for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year. Next year should be a banner year for the Home Economics Club, due to the ability and interest of Miss Rebecca Pate, the newly elected President. The officers elected are: Vice-President, Martha Haupt. Secretary, Earline Hutchison. Treasurer, Pauline Watkins. Plainsman Reporter, Emma Joe Atkins. Klein's Sporting Goods Store EXPERT AND PROMPT SERVICE ON TENNIS RACQUETS WE RESTRING ALL MAKES —A g e n t s F o r— SPAULDING AND HARRY C. LEE RACQUETS ALL ATHLETIC SUPPLIES North Court Square KLEIN & SON JEWELERS GIFTS FOR EVERY OCCASION SILVERWARE AND FINE CHINA WATCHES AND DIAMONDS MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA J. S. Hathcock Visits On Auburn Campus Dr. J. S. Hathcock, member of the United States Department of Agriculture, is spending this week in Auburn and Montgomery in conference with Prof. J. D. Pope and others of A. P. I. Agricultural faculty and officers of the State Farm Bureau, in an intensive campaign for the furthering of cooperative marketing of cotton. BLUE RIDGE AND WHAT IT MEANS REGULATION U.S. Navy Breeches $2.00 Any Size $2.00 PHILLIPS DRY GOODS STORE PENSACOLA, FLORIDA JOHN MOSLEY, Student Rep. PHI KAPPA DELTA HOUSE USE KRATZER'S ICE CREAM Your Local Dealer Has It For your parties and feeds ask your local dealer to order from us. Our products are pasteurized, using best ingredients, therefore necessarily PURE. KRATZER'S Montgomery, Alabama Local Dealers HOMER WRIGHT S. L T00MER of ground to bury their bodies, they could not rest in peace, even in death. There they lay, piled waist high, scattered about like so many bones of animals, bleached, glaring under the hot rays of a tropical sun. It was sickening. Mr. Hall closed his article by quoting Mr. Young again: Bill Young told Cuba the sentiments of every member of the party towards Havana and Cuba when he said over the radio station of the Cuban Telephone Company: "I know that I voice the sentiments of every member of the Alabama Press Association when I say that this visit to Cuba marks a high moment in their lives. We have been received with an honest cordiality that touches us and make us warm to this gracious people. We are grateful beyond expression for numerous courtesies extended to us on every hand and I have been delegated the pleasant task of bespeaking here tonight the gratitude of the members of our party. "All members of our association have confessed that the Cuban people fascinated them and they are resolved to return to this island of delight when ever possible. Havana, we are sure, is easily the most beautiful city in the western world even as it is possibly the cleanest city on earth. Everywhere that one goes one's eye is filled with views of lovely objects. We are constantly amazed at your faculty for capturing the beautiful fcnd putting it to every day uses. We think that the cuban people have mastered the art of living grandly and pleasantly without conscious effort. We think that you have wrought out here on this little island, known to the four corners of the world as the pearl of the Antiles, one of the great civilizations of history, and because we admire you without any mental reservations we thought we should tell you so." What is Blue Ridge? The curious minded desire a single expression to form a concrete image of just what Blue Ridge is and what is done there. But one cannot do Blue Ridge justice by making it a concrete thing, just as one has not described a college when he says it is a place to get professional training. The main reason why we, as students at Auburn, are interested in Blue Ridge is, it is the mecca for students from all Southern college Y. M. C. A.'s each summer. Each June, the Southern Student Conference meets there for a ten day session. This conference is attended by delegates from all. of the important colleges of the South with a few fraternal delegates from Northern schools. The main purpose of this conference is to afford a great get-together of students from all southern colleges who desire to know each other and their common problems. The most adequate description of Blue Ridge is to say that in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains nears such famous scenery as Chimney Rock and Mr. Mitchell is the place to find one's heart and souj. Auburn is to have a delegation there this year of students who will be a credit to the institution and who will be able to bring back a vital message to the campus. The Y. M. C. A. is helping all worthly delegates to the meeting. If you are interested in going, call by the Y. M. C. office or see J. R. Jarrish, chairman of the Auburn Blue Ridge committee, sometime in the near future. There are still a few vacancies in Auburn's quota and these should be filled within the next week. To satisfy yourself that Blue Ridge is an inspiration for nobler deeds and higher aspirations, talk the matter over with someone who has been. Once a delegate at this conference, will make you a Blue Ridge man for life. Dr. Knapp Invited Preside Over Meet Dr. Bradford Knapp, presidentelect of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, has been invited to preside at a round-table discussion on the "Economic and Industrial Development of the South" on the occasion of the meeting of the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, August 18-29, inclusive. He has accepted the invitation which came as recognition of his rare knowledge and outstanding leadership as an educator in the development of the South. Information about this high honor being conferred upon the new president of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute has been received in Auburn. The occasion will be a new and very interesting development among southern educators and leaders in agricultural and industrial development. At a similar meeting last year problems vital to the South and her people were discussed by leading authorities and the meeting attracted national attention. Before he accepted work with the University of Arkansas, Dr. Knapp traveled throughout the South as chief of Extension work for the southern states. Since going to Arkansas— and also during his presidency of Oklahoma A. & M. College—he has kept in close touch with every development within the South, with which he is familiar from one end to the other. B. C. Anderson Is To Represent Kiwanis Captain B. C. Anderson, president, has been elected to represent the Auburn Kiwanis Club at Seattle, Washington, June 17-21. Homer Wright druggist was elected alternate delegate. It is probable that Mr. Wright will attend since the duties of Captain Anderson are such as to make it im probable that he can get away from Auburn at that time. At the meeting of the club, Monday, Dr. R. S. Sugg reported on civic improvement work, saying that for this year the main project will be to extend the sewerage lines out from Auburn, the growth of the town making this necessary,, and in various ways the financing the extension is being considered. Dr. W. H. Pierre, a member of the public affairs committee, asked each member of the club to hae a ladder at his home to reach the top of the house for use in exterminating fires. He says that a special price is being sought with a view to supplying homes in Auburn with ladders as a protection against fire. Special music for the day was furnished by Miss Eloise Floyd and Miss Elizabeth Mardre. The program was arranged by Byron Jones. W. G. Simpson was presented as a new member. Mr. Simpson recently moved to Auburn to engage in insurance business. FATHER AUBURN PROFESSOR DIES AG CLUB OFFICERS ELECTED AT MEET PaySummer Expenses Have Liberal Surplus Taking Orders from Housewives, for KLEANEZY The New Self- Wringer Mop with the Broad Steel Plate I t 's pleasant, easy work. No experience needed. Women r e c o g n i z e ins t a n t l y the tremendous Labor Saving Qualities and the Economyof this Wonder Mop. Our men take orders for 50 to 100 weekly—that means a nice sura for you during your vacation. It will help solve your problem* d education. This mop etk*a stooping, backaches, muscle strain and all the worries of scrubbing. Bans soiled floor-torn hands — avoids handling dirty inop water. J U S T T U R N T H E KNOB a n d I t Will W r i n g O u t Dollars A child's tiny fingers can wring this Mop drier than a man's strong hands can wring the common mop. Price is low, demand enormous. It's the best vacation work you can find. Work at Home, in your College Town or Travel. You can take orders ANYWHERE. Tour the country, if that's your Ideal, making expenses and a big surplus besides. We supply complete selling outfit—no capital required, as you simply take orders. ^iANEZY_MqPCp^EEjffiWH.2 SENDTHIS COUPON TOR FULLDETAILs" KLEANEZY MOP CO., Dcpt. 3518, Delphos, O. Send me immediately, full details of yuur plan fop taking orders for KLEANEZY Mops. I want to make vacation and school expenses easily during coming vacation. Name ••••••• Address • ••••••• ''own state . . . . . . . . ^ On Wednesday night, May 9, at the regular weekly meeting of the Students Agricultural Club, officers for the first semester of the next scholastic year were elected. The following were chosen: President, J. R. Taylor, Jr.; Vice-president, T. R. Home; Secretary, K. V. Reagan; Treasurer, A. L. Smith; Reporter, Victor Savage, Jr.; Sergeant-at-arms, V. C. Kitchens; Cheer leader, Rat Perry; Assistant Cheer leader, Forrest Word; Critic, R. E. Martin; Librarian, P. H. Alsobrook. A committee composed of K. V. Reagan, Earl Gissendanner and E. P. Blocker was appointed by the President to officially check the records of club members. The retiring officers were: President, M. T. Gowder; Vice-president, C. Savage; Secretary, J. E. Carter; Treasurer, C. T. Thompson; Reporter, Victor Savage, Jr.; Critic, L. G. Brac-keen; Cheer leader, J. E Sergeant-at-arms, H. J. Carter; Librarian, M. V. Hallman. According to a move which passed the house at this meeting, no more meetings of the Ag CVlub will be held this semester. Wilsonian Literary Society Election Bruce F. Harkins, Jr. Ag. Ed., was elected president of the Wilsonian Literary Society Tuesday night. The other officers elected are: Vice-president, J. J. O'Roucke, Sophomore—Electrical Engineering. Secretary, Mary Bradford, Sophomore-— Home Economics. Treasurer, H. W. Overton, Freshman— Electrical Engineering. Critic, George Stafford, Junior— Electrical Engineering. Sergeant at Arms, J. E. Walsh, Sophomore—Civil Engineering. Plainsman Reporter, L. B. Haley. This was the last meeting of the year. TIDMORE RETURNS TO DUTIES HERE EIGHT PROFESSORS ADDED AT AyBURN Eight additional professors will be added to the education faculty at Auburn for the 1928-'29 session, it was announced Saturday by Dean Zebu- Ion Judd, head of the department. Seven of this number will do resident teaching while one of the new professors will carry out some phase of extension teaching. This addition to the staff in education will enable the college to carry out the desire of the board of trustees recently voiced in their resolution adopted by them at a meeting in Montgomery, March 16. At this time the board made known its purpose to continue its service to the state by the training of professors and superintendents for places of educational leadership in the state. David Roe, 70, of Long Beach, California, father of Prof. John W. Roe, Auburn professor, died suddenly last Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock as a result of heart attack, while playing golf. The funeral will take place Monday at Long Beach, according to a telegram received by Professor Roe. The elder Mr. Roe, though 70 years of age, was quite vigorous until his death, being a tennis player, golfer and swimmer, of considerable skill. Mr. Roe had retired from business but he continued his active connections with many of his civic organizations including Rotary, Chamber of Commere and the Optimist Club, of Long Beach. He went to California in 1919. Professor John W. Roe is assistant professor of modern languages at Auburn. Demonstration Farms To Be In Alabama The first three of the demonstration farms to be located at the secondary agricultural schools of Alabama will be started at Hamilton, Lineville, and Jackson, the location committee has announced. This committee is composed of Prof. L. N. Duncan, Prof. M. J. Funchess, S. M. Dunwoody, commissioner of agriculture, Dr. J. B. Hobdy, director of vocational education in Alabama, and S. A. Burns, a farmer of Talladega. These three will be started during the fiscal year which will end June 30, 1928. Farms will be located at Blountsville, Wetumpka, and Abbeville during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1928. These farms are being started and will be operated according to an act passed by the last Legislature of Alabama. The Extension Service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will be in charge and the district demonstration agents will supervise them in their respective districts. They will not be experimental farms but farms for demonstrating better practices and better methods in agriculture and farm life. They will be operated in conjunction with the secondary agricultural schools at which they are located. There are 11 of these schools. GENUINE NIII Er .H f l II BEVERAGES ARE GENUINE ONLY IN THE PATENT BOTTLES A PLACE FOR RECREATION AND FRIENDSHIP CITY BILLIARD ROOM Prof. J. W. Tidmore of the faculty of the Agronomy department of the college of agriculture, Auburn, has returned after spending two years on leave in graduate work at the University of Clafornia. While in California Prof."Tidmore completed his resident work for the degree of doctor of philosophy which will be conferred upon him when he completes his thesis, which he expects to do in connection with his work at Auburn. FRESHMAN HAVE GOOD RATING "COLLEGE MEN"—COME TO SEE US FOR Nunnally's Candies, Kodaks and Films, John Holland Fountain Pens THOMASON DRUG STORE—OPELIKA, ALA. OPELIKA PHARMACY, INC. DRUGS OF QUALITY PHONE 72 OPELIKA, ALA. FUNCHESS DIRECTS RESEARCH WORK Someone has been doing some Hydrick; round-about figuring lately, and it is now found that our Rat baseball team has a world's record. It comes about in the following way: the Rats beat Fort Benning last week, Fort Benning beat Georgia Tech, Tech beat Atlanta, Atlanta beat Cleveland, and Cleveland beat the Yanks, who are the Champions of the world. Therefore our Freshmen have a team that can beat the best of them. Dean M. J. Funchess of the college of agriculture of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, has been asked to direct a study of research work and graduate studies in the Land-Grant colleges of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. He has accepted the invitation, and wil complete the work October 1. The research study is being made by the Federal Bureau of Education as a result of a special act by Congress. All phases of land-grant college work are being studied with leaders in different lines in charge. S. J. T. Price Called At Death of Father S. J. T. Price, Accountant, was called to Boyd, West Virginia on April 28, at the death of his father, J. H. Price, age 86. Death occurred quite suddenly; he was living on the old homestead. Mr. Price is of a family of four girls and three boys, one boy having died exactly a year ago. He will return to Auburn May 13, to resume duties here. MAY 13TH IS MOTHER'S DAY Let us help you select your gift for Mother. We have something she will like M O T H E R ' S DAY CARDS BURTON'S BOOKSTORE V Foremost in Fashion FAR Most in Value OP BIRMINGHAM !?AffiATI9IBSX FAIR & SQUARE FOR 70 YEARS Pa*e 4. THE PLAINSMAN S P O R T S ~. Tigers Win Track Meet From Tulane SPORTS Hutsellmen Overwhelm Greenies On Campus Auburn Takes 12 Firsts Out of 14 Drake field was the scene of a large group of delegates from Tulane University and A. P. I., who met here in a dual track meet. The meet ended with the Hutsell lads winning 69 to 43. "Snitz" Snider, Auburn captain, stretched out in his usual manner, and copped three first places. In the hundred his time was 10 flat, which was not as good as his record, but gave him plenty of lead on the finish. He was not rushed on the 220 or the 440, and came out some distance ahead of the others. "Snitz" took the credit of being high scorer of the day with 15 points. Percy Beard took two first places, which were low hurdles and broad jump. He had hard luck on the high hurdles, for he fell at the first hurdle, and never was able to regain his position. Then with a bruised knee he took in the low hurdles at the rate of 25.6 seconds. This lowered Bas-kin's record of 26 and one-fifth seconds. This is a new Drake Field record and is only one-fifth of a second under Pea Green's time. , Upshaw was another Auburnite who was on the go, and gave Tulane plenty to think about. He scored 12 points, tieing for one first, winning one first and getting a second. He had little competition in throwing the javeline, and won it with some inches over 160 feet. He tied Virgin for first place in the high jump, at a height of five feet and ten inches. In the low hurdles he came in second. Virgin was also stepping out in the meet, and made one first and tied for another. On the high hurdles he left his competitors several yards behind, and tied for the high jump. Duncan Shines on 2 Mile The most thrilling event of the afternoon was that of the two mile race, in which Duncan brought home the blue ribbon. During the entire run, "Buster" stayed only a few yards behind the two Tulane runners, and.it seemed that Auburn would not even place in the event. They ran along like this for nine laps, and just as they reached the straightway, Duncan gathered up all his strength and sprinted in ahead of the two Green Wave distance men. This is one of the prettiest runs that has been staged on Drake Field this year. Oelkers in Meet The outstanding man on the Louisiana team was a Sophomore by the name of Oelkers, from New Orleans. His ability to heave the shot is most marked, as was seen last week when he byoke the Southern Conference record by putting it 46 feet, four and three-eights inches. He reached a distance of 44 feet and six inches on Drake Field. He took second in the discus. Creel of Auburn did some nice altitude work in taking the pole vault. His height was 11 feet and 4 inches. Other outstanding Tulane men were Montgomery and Allen. Robinson, star Auburn javelin toss-er, was not able to perform, but will be on hand for the Conference meet Plainsmen Whip Gamecocks, 6*3 Coach Moulton took his baseball nine to Columbia, S. C, last Friday and gave the South Carolina Gamecocks a thrashing at the rate of six to three. The game was close up until the eighth inning when the old Tiger sluggers got on to the Carolina pitcher, and drove in four runs. The Orange and Blue were held scoreless until the sixth frame, when two counters were accounted for. These two and the four accounted for in the eighth were the only scores that Auburn made in the fracas. Stoddard, Gamecock hurler, held the Plainsmen down in great style, except for the sixth and eighth inning when they did the damage that won the game. Stoddard fanned two men and walked one. "Maggie" McGhee took over the mound for the Alabama boys, and with good backing turned in a good game. The three runs made by the University of South Carolina were brought in during the first part of the game. "Maggie retired six would-be hitters and gave two a free trip to first. Auburn made four errors while the South Carolina team only made two. A. P. I. got twelve hits. Score: R H E Auburn . 000 002 040 — 6 12 4 S. C. 110 001 000 — 3 7 2 McGhee and Booth, Stoddard and Swink. The day following this game the team went back to Clemson, and met the Tigers the third time last week. in Birmingham this week. Summary: 100 Yard Dash—Snider (Auburn), Whatley (Tulane) Time, 10 flat. 220 Yard Dash—Snider (Auburn), Whatley (Tulane) Time, 22 2-5 sec. 440 Yard Dash—Snider (Auburn), Allen (Tulane) Time 50 4-5 sec. 880 Yard Dash—Tamplin (Auburn), LeBlanc (Tulane) Time 2:03 3-5 sec. Mile Run—Woolf (Tulane), Montgomery (Tulane) Time 4 min. 40 3-5 sec. Two Mile Run—Duncan (Auburn), Spencer (Tulane) Time 10 min. 41 sec. 120 Yard High Hurdles—Virgin (Auburn), Ford (Tulane) Time 15 2-3 sec. 220 Yard Low Hurdles—Beard (Auburn), Upshaw (Auburn) Time 25 3-5 sec. Pole Vault—Creel (Auburn), Davidson (Tulane) Height 11 feet 4 in. High Jump—Virgin and Upshaw (Auburn) tied for first and second places. Height 5 feet 10 inches. Broad Jump—Beard (Auburn) Ryan (Tulane) Distances 21 feet 4.5 inches. Shot Put—Oelkers (Tulane) Carter (Auburn) Distance 44 feet 6 inches. Discus—Carter (Auburn) Oelkers (Tulane) Distance 124 feet. Javelin—Upshaw (Auburn) Trunz-ler (Tulane) Distance 160 feet 10.5 inches. Tiger Baseball Schedule For 1928 Date Opponent and Their Score March 23—Fort Benning ( 0) 24—Fort Benning ( 0) 26—Montgom'ry Lions ( 6) 28—Selma Cloverleafs ( 4) 30—Tulane ( 1) 31—Tulane ( 3) April 2—Clemson ( 2) 3—Clemson ( 6) 9—Georgia (3) 10—Georgia (Rain) 11—Florida ( 1) 12—Florida ( 5) 13—Fort Benning (12) 14—Fort Benning (Rain) 16—Georgia Tech ( 4) 17—Georgia Tech (11) 20—Georgia Tech (Rain) 21—Georgia Tech ( 7) 26—Florida ( 6) 27—Florida ( 0) 28—Florida ( 1) May 2—Clemson ( 3) 3—Clemson ( 6) 4—South Carolina ( 3) 5—Clemson ( 6) 8—Georgia ( 1) 11—South Carolina 12—South Carolina 18—Vanderbilt 19—Vanderbilt Auburn Score and Place Played ( 7) at Fort Benning, Ga. (11) at Fort Benning, Ga. ( 2) "A" Day, at Auburn ( 3) at Selma ( 6) at Auburn ( 9) at Montgomery ( 6) at Auburn ( 6) at Auburn ( 3) at Auburn at Auburn ( 4) at Auburn (10) at Auburn (11) at Auburn at Auburn (15) at Auburn ( 2) at Auburn at Atlanta ( 5) at Atlanta ( 5) at Panama City, Fla. ( 2) at Panama City, Fla. ( 2) at Panama City, Fla. (11) at Clemson ( 9) at Clemson ( 6) at Columbia, S. C. ( 5) at Clemson ( 5) at Athens at Auburn at Auburn at Nashville at Nashville Auburn Harriers Enter S. C. Meet With Fine Record COACH A. P. ' By Max E. Kahn Probably the greatest loss Auburn has registered during the past decade occurred Wednesday when Coach Mike Papke officially resigned as coach at A. P. I. This loss may easily be construed as a result of the "All mighty dollar" question. For the sake of a few dollars Auburn gave up her best loved coach since the days of Mike Donahue. Mike appeared on the campus after his graduation from Middlebury College where he had starred in the four major sports. His entire career at Auburn has been nothing but a success. His teams have been an inspiration towards a bigger and greater Auburn. Basketball, his name has been cared into the very hearts of every Auburn student by the type of team he has constructed. In this field he has coached for three years and has been repeatedly ranked by scribes over the South as the best MIKE"PAPKE tutor in Dixie. His famous one point team of the past season is known as the best Auburn ever had. Baseball, Mike proved the question that Auburn could have winning rat squads by tutoring the Frosh baseball outfit this past season. Nine games, nine victories and never a defeat nor tie. That Frosh team won more games than all the other Freshman teams have done in three years. Football, Mike has never had a chance as head tutor in this direction, but it is a cinch that he would be above the average. He has been assistant back-field coach for the past three years. That, gentlemen, is the type of man that Auburn has had to receive a resignation from. The most popular, cosmopolitan, true Auburn man on the campus. In behalf of the Student body, it is my sincere wish that Coach Mike have the best of success in the future and that the South may continue to be honored as his home. Tigers Cop Series From Clemson Winning Two And Losing One Last week the baseball squad took another extensive tour but this time it was in South Carolina. At this time we met the strong aggregation of Clemson Agricultural College, and handed them two defeats, while they turned the tables on the Ala-bamaians in the last game and won after staging a ninth inning rally with the help of a couple of errors. The first game was just a slugging match for the boys in the Orange and Blue. Everyone on the team was hitting, and when the game was over we had scored eleven runs while Clemson had only gotten in three. Wood did the twirling for Auburn, and turned in one of the best games of the season. Behind the bat was Pete Booth who handled the mitt with great efficiency. He seemed to know just how to work the pitcher, and when it came his time to get to bat, made use of every strike, and did some prettty hitting. "Jelly" Akin was hitting his stride, and poled out two triples, and was closely followed by Jim Crawford, who also got a triple. Both "Ebb" and "Fob" James were kept out of the line-up, due to sickness. Booth, as stated above, took the formers place while "Dooley" Gilchrist took over the initial sack for the Plainsmen. "Docfley" got his share of hits and played an errorless game. On third base we had Frank Cur-rie who was also on the batting end of some of the plays. Wood held Clemson to six hits; while his teammates piled up thirteen. Second Game The second game in South Carolina was a very exciting one, for the Plainsmen did not win until the ninth inning, when they pulled ahead to win by three runs. They just had the look of "never say quit" on their faces, and swung the timber to good advantage. Clemson put up a good fight, but the pitching of Potter proved to be more than they could stand. Potter knew how to put the ball in their weak places, and turned many Clemson batters away with a disappointed look. He was not given as good backing as he should have gotten, which accounted for the runs that the South Carolinaians scored. Booth again took over the catchers job. At the beginning of the ninth the score stood six to five with Auburn on the lesser end. But the Tigers were not to be licked, for before they could get three men out we had scored four runs, and Potter held them scoreless in the last of this frame, winning nine to six. "Jelly" Akin's hitting was again the feature of the game, for he drove out a triple when it was most needed. B. Pearman and F. Pearman were the batteries for Clemson. Pearman pitched an exceptionally good game up until the last inning when the Moultonmen went on a rampage. Third Game The team went to Columbia, last Friday and played the University of South Carolina, and on Saturday, they went back to Clemson for the thrid game of the series. However, this game proved to be our "Waterloo" for it was dropped to the Clemson boys. This game was also lost in the ninth inning, for the Plainsmen had it on ice at the beginning of the ninth, when the score was 5 to 3. Both Stoutenborough and Martin pitched air-tight ball for their teams until the fifth, when Clemson brought in one. But Auburn was not to be out done, for in the next inning, we scored three. We both made two more, which brought the count to five and three. Then up came the ninth inning, and Auburn failed to score, so it was Clemson's time at bat. It all happened in the twinkling of an eye, and Clemson had beaten the mighty Tigers. It was due to two hits, two errors, and a wild pitch. Stoutenborough was in the mound for A. P. I., and had plenty of stuff. He had a little hard luck in the ninth. The James twins were in the starting line-up, but were relieved in the sixth. Clemson's batteries, Martin and F. Pearman showed up well in the game. Ben Sankey improved his hitting while on the trip, and hit at times when we most needed runs. He is the kind of player that hits when we are in need of it, as you will remember from the way he knocked out the pill against Florida two weeks ago. Another one of the Tigers that brought his batting average up on this trip was Howard Smith. He soaked the pill several times. This week-end when all of the star track men in the South meet in the Municipal Stadium in Birmingham, there will be a certain group present who will be representing the Alabama Polytechnic Institute of Auburn, Alabama. It will pay you to keep an eye on that bunch too, for when the meet is over and the laurels are distributed, these boys will have their share of them. Several records should be broken before the day is over, but it is very likely that the high and low hurdles record and the javelin record will stand. However Beard, Mirgin, and Upshaw will have to be accounted for. Beard is doped to take the high hurdles and will give Avery of V. P. I. a run for first in the low ones. Virgin will place in the high hurdles, and Upshaw will be in the low urdles. Robinson will probably be handling the javelin, and if he is in good shape will get some good distance. But Welchel of Georgia Tech will be hard to beat, for he holds the present Southern Conference record of 192 feet 7 in. The record of the hundred should be equalled, due to the fact that there are three speed demons entering who have made it in the same time that Foster of V. M. I. ran it in for the record. This time is 9.8 seconds. Cummings of Virginia, Snider of.Auburn, and Brown of L. S. U. are the three men who have made it in 9.8 seconds. Hamm of Tech, McCrary of Georgia, and Chesney of Vandy will help make the competition keener. We are hoping that Captain Snider will take first on this and break the record. Then we find that there is much keen competition on the 220 with Snider, Foster, and Cummings as the outstanding. Foster is the present holder of the record, having made it in 21.6 seconds. Snider has been running the 220 in good time this year, and stepped it off in 21.8 seconds in Florida, which is just two seconds shy of the record. If he is pushed he will probably give somebody a hard race. In the 440 yard dash we will probably find "Snitz" Snider again. He had not run the 440 u^> until "this year, but now he makes it at a rapid rate. Thomas and Mathews of Maryland, and Kontz of Tech have been making the 440 in good time, and will be hard to beat. The broad jump will probably go to Hamm of Georgia Tech, who holds the record of 24 feet 11% inches. Beard will also be in this event. He jumped 21 feet 4.5 inches last week in the Tulane meet. Auburn does not stand such a good chance of taking any of the distance runs, but Duncan and Tamplin will be on hand with plenty of goods. With Lund of V .P. I. throwing the discus, and O'Dell of Clemson pole vaulting, some records should go down. They are most likely winners of these events. "Nick" *Carter will take his position with the discus, which will assure us of a.place in this. He will also put the shot, but Oelkers of Tulane and LeBauer of Virginia will fight it out for first place. Oelkers heaved it 46 feet 4% inches a-gainst L. S. U. this spring, but it is Tigers Triumph Over Bulldogs In Lone Jilt • ft-: £&£>*iv JAMES (JELLY) AKIN This is "Jelly" Akin, cage and diamond star, who rings baskets, swings the willow and catches flies for Auburn. "Jelly" was awarded the Porter Cup at a recent "A" Club Meeting. He is outstanding in both basketball and baseball, and this year he made All Southern Forward in the. winter sport. Akin's average portion of scores in each cage tilt this year was around the twenty mark. In several duals he rung up a larger total than that of the five opponents. He was all over the floor among basketeers and made impossible shots through the hoop in every game. "Jelly" is playing a great game of baseball at present and he is doing sentry duty in the left garden for Coach Moulton. He gets the low ones and the high ones and robs many batters of all sorts of base hits. "Jelly" is a right hand hitter and when he takes a cut at the agate he usually sends it for a long distance ride. He is also fleety at running bases and makes the best of catchers put accurate shots down to the keystone sack. He seldom leaves a mate stranded on the cushions because when he hits the ball it is usually one that will advance any runner for a station or more. "Akin" is a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity, Scarabs and of the Blue Keys. He comes to Auburn from the neighboring village of Notasulga. This is his last year in the Village of the Plains and we hate to see him leave, but we know that he leaves with the Spirit of Auburn within him and that he has given all toward making Auburn shine. rumored that LeBauer can throw it 47 feet. So taking it all the around, it seems that this will be a great track meet. Over in A-thens last Tuesday those Auburn Tigers from the Plains "marched through Georgia" and came through with a 5 to 1 victory. It was one of those muddy affairs with a drizzling rain present during the entire nine innings. A double bill was on the menu, but as wet grounds prevailed, a single contest was the best that could be offered. Hurling "Cush" Wood was on the mound for the Villagers and opposing him was Lefty Murdock of Cracker-town. Both sharpshooters were right but Auburn bats were busy when hits meant runs and the Tigers took advantage of three miscues and managed to bag the large end of the count. The hitting honors were evenly divided, each team getting six. Each hurler made five batters hit the air and Wood yielded to four bases on balls to Murdock's two. The defeat chalked up Georgia's second loss of the season. The features of the game was the hitting and fielding of none othet than Howard Smith. The Tiger key-stoner rapped out a single, double and a triple out of four trips to the platter, and he handled five chances around the two base territory without a bobble. The fray completed the long road trip for the Plainsmen and they returned home Wednesday for a two day's rest before meeting South Carolina in a two game series. Bulldogs Score First The Georgians managed to put one across in the opening frame when Freeman stretched from first to home on a long double to deep right field by Nash. This ended the scoring for the Bulldogs for the failed to put another runner across in the remaining eight innings. They threatened in the ninth when Herndon, pinch hitting for Jacobson, singled to the left garden after one was out. Keating next up, was given life on San-key's bobble, the only Tiger error of the game. Murdock lifted one toward the sky and was out, but Chafin went to first when Wood served him four bad ones. The ended when Freeman hit a pop foul to Cur-rie. Tigers Even Count in Fifth The Auburnites knotted the count in their half of the fifth stanza. Howard Smith, first up, singled and was sent to second on Fob James' sacrifice tap. Smith went to third on a fielder's choice. He crossed the plate with the tying run when E. James singled through Murdock. Fireworks in Sixth The Plainsmen managed to hold the Georgians in check during the last half of the fifth, and the homlings stacked up thre markers in the first part of the sixth. Akin drew a pass from Murdock and he and Currie were both safe on a mis-cue. Crawford advanced both runners on a perfect bunt. "Jelly" rode home on Sankey's long sacrifice fly to deep center field. Smith doubled, scoring Currie. F. James was safe when Murdock failed to touch first. a wild heave to second trying to nip Smith came home when Keating made James at the keystone station. The Tiger's last tally came in the (Continued on Page 6.) What Shakespeare says about Coca-Cola Delicious and Refreshing 'W*•'M i*i~^h>*^-^^rM»M^mw^ : MEASURE FOR MEASURE Act III, Scene 1 "The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good" ~ Obviously, the Duke meant the lady—not Coca-Cola. But why bring that up? Translate it into plain United States, and you get: IT HAD TO BE GOOD TO GET WHERE IT IS 6* million a day The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga. THE PLAINSMAN Pag* S. WINN GIVES UP ONE HIT AS RATS WIN FROM HOWARD FRESHMEN The Howard freshmen were unable to find the offerings of Winn, elongated Tiger hurler and dropped the second game of a two game series here Tuesday afternoon by a score of 15 to 3. Winn was master of the situation all the way except for an eighth inning rally which netted 3 runs for the visitors. • With the promise of what turned out to be a real pitchers duel for the first inning ended up in driving Shel-ton the Howard hurler from the mound in the second stanza. With two away Harris got a fileders choice and stole second, Pate hit a single drove, Harris to third and Brown hit a double scoring Haris and Pate in the first inning. The Rats scored two runs in the second and two in the third. McLendon was knocked out of the box for Howard, and Bruce relieved McLendon. GREENE'S OPELIKA, ALA. Clothing, Shoes —AND— Furnishing Goods The Rats failed to score in the fourth but came back with five runs in the sixth inning. They scored three more in the seventh and one in the eighth. With one away a Howard batter got a fielders choice and stole second, the batter hit to Pate who threw to Chappie for a double but the runner got hit and was safe on third. Batter sacrificed and scored two runs and the next man up got the only hit of the day for Howard and scored a man on third. With the bases empty Brown hit a homer and then Chappie followed with another homer in the third inning. Chappie was the star at the bat for the rats, he hit four out of five times up and one of these was a home run. He was also a star on the Rat football team and one of the best guards in the conference on the basket ball team. With a little more experience he should develop into varsity baseball material and do equally as well on the varsity as he did on the freshman teams. Auburn opened up Monday with Howard Frosh in Auburn. Carter for Auburn pitched for the Rats and Coleman pitched for the Howard Frosh. In a misty rain and a wind blowing at a forty mile gale these boys entertained what few spectators that had ventured out to see the BANK OF AUBURN We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business J. W. WRIGHT, JR. Dry Goods Next Door to Post Office Auburn, Alabama "Say it "With flowers" FOR ALL OCCASIONS ROSEMONT GARDENS FLORISTS MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn TOOMER'S DRUG STORE Drug Sundries Drinks, Smokes THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER We Have Sole Agency For VICTROLAS AND VICTOR RECORDS —Also— LEONARD REFRIGERATORS We Will Appreciate Your Business AUBURN FURNITURE CO. Phone 48,-10 BASEBALL GAMES FEATURE OF WAPI A total of sixteen programs including detail reports of the Auburn- South Carolina baseball games and six dance programs by Wieldmeyer's orchestra of Huntington, W. Va., will be broadcast from station WAPI during the week beginning Monday, May 14. Monday noon, May 14, music by the studio trio. C. K. Brown on Auburn news notes, and W. A. Ruffin, insect enemies. Monday afternoon, beginning at 4, a detailed report of the Auburn-South Carolina baseball game. Tuesday noon, May 15, a request program by the Auburn stringers. Prof. W. H. Eaton on summer dairy dishes. Tuesday afternoon, beginning at 4, Auburn-South Carolina b a s e b a ll game. Tuesday night, beginning at 9, jazz program by the Collegians. Wednesday noon, May 16, vocal selections by Rev. 0. D. Langston and the student quartet. J. V. Brown will talk to Auburn Alumni and W. B. England will revive business conditions. Wednesday night, beginning at 9, the studio orchestra. Thursday noon, May 17, the studio orchestra. Coaching hints will be given by a member of the Auburn coaching staff. Thursday night, beginning at 9, classical program by studio orchestra. Dr. George Petrie will discuss a current topic. Beginning at 10 o'clock and lasting until 1, a dance program by Weidemeyer's orchestra. Friday noon, May 18, new Victor releases will be played during the Jesse French-Victor program. Aunt Sammy on a home economics topic. Friday afternoon, from 5 to 6, Weidemeyer's orchestra. Friday night, from 10 to 2, dance program by Weidemeyer's orchestra. Saturday noon, May 19, Weidemeyer's orchestra. Prof. J. R. Rutland will discuss the Sunday School lesson and Miss Helen Kennedy will talk on nutrition problems in Alabama. Saturday afternoon, from 5 to 6, a dance program by Weidemeyer's orchestra. Saturday night, beginning at 9:30, the senior ball will be broadcast. EVANS HAVE LAST MEETING OF YEAR FUNCHESS VISITS IN WASHINGTON Prof, M. J. Funchess, dean of Agriculture, is spending this week in Washington, D. C, in conference with representative of the committee on Agriculture and the Federal Bureau of Education in Relation to Agriculture. Dean Funchess plans to make a survey in several states of the work the various land grant colleges are doing. Grimes Vice-President Of Auburn Kiwanians Ice Cream IS A REAL HEALTH FOOD Have You Had Yours Today? AT Prof. J. C. Grimes, head of the Animal Husbandry Department of the college of agriculture, is the new vice-president of the Auburn Ki-wanis club. He succeeds G. A. Trol- Iope, extension poultryman, who resigned from the club because his work keeps him away from most of the meetings. I THE TIGER DRUG STORE AND STUDENT SUPPLY SHOP game in a fashion that was nothing less that spectacular. Carter only gave up two hits and Coleman gave up three hits. Seven innings went by without a man crossing home plate. The Rats lost their only chance to score when they had a man on first and second and one away in the third inning. Coleman came out of the hole by striking out the next two batters. Howard lost their chance to score when the game was called on account of rain in the seventh inning and left their man on third base. In an errorless no run five hit game on a cold rainy day, both teams were playing air tight ball. Both teams would have been wise to have postponed this game on such a day. The Rats wound up a successful season with seven games won and no losses. Such teams as Birmingham- Southern, Tech Frosh, Ft. Benning, and Howard tasted defeat at the hands of the Rats. 1st game R H E SO AUBURN 0 3 0 4 HOWARD 0 2 0 4 2nd game AUBURN 15 16 3 14 HOWARD 3 1 6 3 At this period in the life of a literary society, "swan songs" and politics share honors almost equally. Thus it was at the meeting of the Evans literary society Tuesday night. The retiring president, B. H. Walk-ley, who is a senior, made his farewell address. Mr. Walkley expressed, in his speech, a deep and sincere appreciation of the friends whom he had met through the medium of the Evans. He also said that the Evans had his best wishes for prosperity in the years to come. After this, the society gave all senior members a rising vote of appreciation for the work they have done in and for the Evans. The retiring president then left the chair in favor of the newly elected president, H. M. Cottier. After taking the chair, President Cottier conducted the election of other officers. The results of the election are as follows: M. V. Hallman, vice-president; W. C. Kelley, secretary-treasurer; G. V. Nunn, Plainsman reporter; J. P. Bethune, sergeant-at-arms; E. P. Blocker and Lottie Story, program committee; J. R. Taylor, Jr., chairman social committee. The society selected as its best all-round member, Moffet DuBose. Mr. Du- Bose's name will be engraved on the Evans loving cup. Following the election it was decided to have one other meeting to finish some very important business. All members are urged to be present when the list of those who are to receive quality points is read. A cracker- jack program is also in store for all who come. MADISON SPEAKS BEFORE SOCIETY The regular meeting of S. A. M. E. was called to order by President Mer-ril Tuesday night, May 8, 1928 at 7.00. Mr. Madison was the first speaker on the program, and he made an interesting talk on his personal observation of the Panama Canal. As other speakers on the program were absent Mr. Madison consented to make us another talk. This was an interesting one on theJSuez Canal. KNAPP TO SPEAK BEFORE BANKERS Dr. Bradford Knapp, future president of Auburn will speak before the Alabama Bankers Association, May 18. His subject will be "A Sound Economic Policy for Alabama". He will present economic facts about conditions in Alabama and will suggest means to better Alabama industrially and agriculturally. Dr. Knapp has spoken to several state bankers associations and has even appeared before the American Bankers Association. ROBERTSON'S QUICK LUNCH Open Day and Night The Best that can be bought-- Served as well as can be served IS Commerce St. Montgomery, Ala. PICKWICK CAFE New Location No. 110 Montgomery St. Exchange Hotel Building FRED RIDOLPHI, 'roprietor MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama aoaiii^^^^yoPDDOtgSB^JninoS SERVItt ENGRAVING Co CiYtarlo£ue frnd NewspcvperCute * M&de in &n Up-to d&te Pknt J M ENGLER C»l?OP». FOURTH FLOOR" ADVERTISER BLDG RATS WIN SERIES FR0MJJENNING Uncle Sam's soldier boys boughed before the mighty Rat team from Auburn in a two game series—winning the first game by what appeared to be more of a track meet 19 to 4 and the second game 6 to 4. The opening victory of the Rats over the strong Army team, with "Breezy" Winn out pitching one of the Army's best probably did the morale of the team more good than anything else so far this season. The team spirit under coach "Mike" has been high, but it went higher. The reader will recall that just a few weeks ago this same team that the Rats turned back defeated our varsity one game out of a series of four games in Auburn. The way some of these youngsters have come through this season, such as Capt. Pate at short stop, Chappie at third, and Potter at second looks to be ready material for the varsity next year. In Winn, Carter and Har-kins no better pitching staff could be found for any freshman team. Theyi would look good on most any diamond. Winn led the attack on the soldier boys by striking out 13 and only giving up seven hits that were well scattered. The Rat team was on a hitting rampage. Every man seemed to have his eye on the ball and placed their hits where they should be. The Rats fielding was perfect. When the Army would have their best chances to score the Rats would pull a double-play and blast any chances for the soldier boys to take the lead. The second game was just another thriller for the Rats were not what you would call over-confident but were determined to carry back the bacon to Auburn. With a clean record for the year they were backing up a certain Mr. Harkins that has proved his ability as a good reliable toser in a number of games more than once this year. Harkins only al-1 lowed 5 hits and struck out 6 men. Auburn took the lead in the first inning and held it throughout the game. All of the boys boosted their batting average considerably at the expense of the Army boys. Sensational fielding was the feature of the game. A number of times the Rats would run out and rob a hitter then catch a man trying to steal a base. 1st game R H E SO AUBURN 19 13 0 13 FT. BENNING 4 7 1 7 2nd game AUBURN 6 9 2 5 FT. BENNING 4 5 0 4 THE KL0THES SH0PPE UP-STAIRS BIRMINGHAM We sell good clothes for less because it costs us less to sell a Gourley F. Crawford Student Representative Take the "L" 2071/2 North 19 St. Special Gifts That MOTHER WOULD APPRECIATE Come in and inspect our new goods Student Supply Shop "The Distinctive Gift Shop" The First National Bank of Auburn Advice and Accommodation For Every College Man Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction C. Felton Little, '04, President W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier T H E B I G S T O R E W I T H T H E L I T T L E P R I C ES 1 AGEDORN'S Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes OPELIKA'S BEST STORE - . - - - 4 Good. That's what it is • • No USE trying to put a definition around Camel. It is as diverse and fugitive as the delicate tastes and fragrances that Nature puts in her choicest tobaccos, of which Camel is rolled. Science aids Nature to he sure by blending the tobaccos for subtle smoothness and mildness. One way to describe Camels is just to say, "They are good!" Somehow, news of Camel has got around. r R. J. R E Y N O L D S T O B A C C O C O M P A N Y , WIN S T O N . S A L E M , N. C. Each smoker telling the other, we suppose. At any rate, it's first—in popularity as well as quality. It has beaten every record ever made by a smoke. Modern smokers have lifted it to a new world leadership. Camels request a place in your appreciation. Try them upon every test known. You'll find them always loyal to your high-est standard. "Have a CameW* - ew Page 6. THE PLAINSMAN Evans Society Wins Convocation Debate Winners Say Fifty Per Cent of Seniors Should Not Get Dips "Resolved that only fifty per cent of the Seniors should receive degrees" was the subject of an interesting and instructive debate between the Evans and Wilsonian Literary Societies at convocation Thursday. The affirmative side of the question was ably defended by B. H. Walkley and M. V. Hallman of the Evans. The negative side was attractively presented by B. Q. Scruggs and H. W. Overton of the Wilsonian. The judges were Professors Bower, Chesnut, and Herren. The affirmative contended that the proposed plan is neither radical nor absurd, that the present system of awarding degrees is too wide in scope. They sugested that degrees be awarded fifty per cent and certificates of graduation given,to the fifty per cent not receiving degrees. They would select the fifty per cent by having intelligence, vocabulary, moral standard tests. A man's outside activities would also be considered under their plan. The negative speakers heartily disagreed with everything that the affirmative speakers had said. They called attention to the fact that eight five per cent of Auburn graduates become successful, asking the question "Why select only 50 per cent when 85 per cent succeed?" They also wanted to know what should be done for the 50 per cent who have met college requirements for a degree and yet have not received it. The affirmative took the stand that the plan would raise the requirements for degrees, the negative constantly asking the question just mentioned. The Evans speakers were awarded the decision by a two to one vote. The winning speakers are granted the privilege of having their names engraved on the cup offered by Phi Delta Gamma, national honorary forensic society. FIRE APPARATUS DECLARED GOOD Alumni Hall Boys Make Annual Test Of Equipment The boys of Alumni Hall, anxious to elevate the standards of safety in Auburn, exercised some rigorous tests last Friday night. The fire hose stood up splendidly under the ordeal, and it was found that rooms can be filled to the window level without detrimental leaking. To make conditions more realistic, all lights were extinguished. Three valorous firemen rushed to the roof with water in an attempt to drown the fires of romance burning in the breasts of a merry group of singers on the sidewalk. Their mission completed, they attempted to return to the interior of the building, but found themselves thwarted by a fireproof metal door. A bed rail was found an ineffective battering ram, and a rescue party had to be sent to their assistance. Two Co-eds, terrified at the confusion, fled for their lives just quickly enough to evade the flash of a photographic record of the manu-evers. In the rush that followed, E. V. Smith lost his new knickers. They were recovered, undamaged. The boys are convinced that Alumni Hall is fireproof and waterproof. STUDENTS IMPATIENTLY AWAITING GREATEST S E N I O R DANCE SPELLING METHOD ORIGINATED HERE Johnson and Webster Are Urged to Take Notice Samuel Johnson is apt to be laughing aloud. Webster is probably turning over in his grave. Auburn students have originated a new method of spelling several words. Excellent! Bravo! But wait! The trouble is that the several students each have their own original spelling. We suggest that they get together and compromise on a standard orthography for the sake of convenience, at least. This new spelling was first noticed in a recent group of BOTC exam papers. Originality will out! But as the man in the brown puttees says, nothing is improbable in • love and war, especially war. Johnson would retire and live the life of a solitary hermit if he were only alive and could see the change of the word ENFILADE to ENFAL-LADE. The moving finger writes, stumbles and having stumbled, stumbles again. (Continued from Page 1.) This will make it impossible for the balcony to be used by spectators. The Social Committee kindly asks the cooperation of all students in observing the request that the balcony be abandoned for this time. No direct light will enter the dance hall but will all be reflected thru the paper decorations, giving the effect of under-sea environment. The visiting ladies will be entertained by house parties at the homes of the following fraternities: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, and Alpha Tau Omega. PROGRAM May 17, 18, 19, 1928 Thursday Night (May 17) 9 'til 1 Opening Ball Senior Leadout First No-break Intermission Second No-break Senior Leadout Friday Morning (May 18) 11 'til 1 Scarabs Dance Scarabs Leadout No-break Scarabs Leadout Friday Afternoon (May 18) 4 'til 6 Scabbard and Blade Dance Scabbard and Blade Leadout No-break Scabbard and Blade Leadout Friday Night (May 18) 10 'til 2 Senior Prom First No-break Senior Leadout Grand March Intermission Second No-break Senior Leadout Saturday Morning (May 19) 11 'til 1 n Inter-Frat Council Dance Inter-Frat Council Leadout No-break Inter-Frat Council Leadout Saturday Afternoon (May 19) 4'til 6 "A" Club Dance "A" Club Leadout No-break "A" Club Leadout Saturday Night (May 19) 9f 'til 12 FaugML Ball ion No-bre; Second Senior Leadout The dances will be under the direct management of the Social Committee, with the aid of the Faculty j Social Committee, and Miss 'Dobbs, social director, and dean of women. ^ Members of the Student Social Committee are as follows: B. E. Meadows, chairman; H. C. Hopson, M. S. Kestler, Merritt Burns, E. A. Conwell, Tom Boone, Otis DeVaughn, Noble Crump, Dick Adams, and Luke Brown. Members of the Faculty Social Committee are as follows: Mr. J. V. Brown, Chairman; Miss Zoe Dobbs, social director, Prof. M. T. Fullan, Prof. C. L. Hare, Coach W. H. Hut-sell, Coach J. E. Pitts, Coach R. C. Brown, Prof. C. W. Edwards, Major J. T. Kennedy, Capt. J. M. Garrett, Capt. B. C. Anderson, Lt. W. B. Hig-gins, Dr. B. R. Showalter, Prof. N. L. Nickils, Miss Louis P. Glanton, Miss Dana Gatchell and Miss Lula Palmer. The official Chaperones are as follows: Pres. and Mrs. Spright Dowell, Major and Mrs. J. T. Kennedy, Captain and Mrs. B. C. Anderson, Captain and Mrs. J. M. Garrett, Lieut, and Mrs. W. B. Higgins, Prof, and Mrs. C. L. Hare, Prof, and Mrs. M. T. Fullan, Dr. and Mrs. Showalter, Coach and Mrs. J. E. Pitts, Coach and Mrs. W. H. Hutsell, Coach and Mrs. George Bohler, Coach and Mrs. Slick Moulton, and Miss Dobbs, social director and dean of women. The members of the diciplinary committee who are serving in the same capacity as the former student council are as follows: Major J. T. Kennedy, chairman; Prof. C. R. Hix-on, Prof. J. M. Robinson, Dr. R. S. Suggs, Prof. C. W. Edwards. \ , a* >+;i Dance Regulations Section 1. The opening dances shall be called the Sophomore Hop, at midyear, the Junior Prom, and at commencement, the Senior Dance. Section 2. Time and permission for these dances are to be obtained from the Executive Council. Section 3. The period of the dances is limited to Thursday night, Friday, and Friday night, Saturday and Saturday night. Section 4. Arrangement for the dances and management of the floor will be under control of the Student Social Committee, in co-operation with the Faculty Social Committee. Section 5. To insure the full co-operation of the students in eliminating liquor from the dances, members of faculty will take the place of the cooperative committee. Section 6. All invitations to the young ladies to be present and to participate in the dances shall be approved by the Social Director of the faculty, and the list of those whom it is proposed to inviteS|]shall be placed in her hands not less than ten days before the invitations are issued. No other visiting young lady shall be admitted except by special permission of the Faculty Social Committee. Section 7. All visiting ladies are expected to arrive not earlier than the opening day of the dances and to leave on Sunday following the class of the dance on Saturday night. Section 8. All visiting young ladies shall be housed in the designated chapter houses or private homes, and directed by the Social Director, and shall report to the Social Director immediately after arrival in Auburn. Section 9. All visiting young ladies will be under the supervision of the Social Director or her representative during the period of their stay in Auburn. Official chaperones will be appointed from the residents of Auburn, so as to relieve the mothers of the young ladies who care to attend of as much responsibility as possible. Section 10. The Social Director shall submit to the Social Committee her list of chaperones and upon their approval the Social Committee shall notify them. Section 11. The mothers of the visiting ladies will be welcomed to Auburn for the period of the dances; however, they will be expected to conform to the fixed rules of the institution with reference to dances. Section 12. All visiting ladies will check in at their respective houses with the Social Director or her representative, immediately after the close of the dance. Section 13. Any visitor who is a member of a fraternity represented at AubuEu shall not be admitted to the dance,fR|>r until he has been vouched *>r by the local chapter of that fraternity.. Any visitor who is rjoj ^ ftienilJHr qiPa fraternity represented aHw3*>urn will not be admitted ujitil he jpfcouched for by the Faculty Social Committee. Section 14. The Student Social Committee shall consist of ten members. Section 15. The college agrees to have the territory in the vicinity of the gymnasium, including the basement and toilets, policed by duly commissioned officers. Section 16. The rules regarding the possesion of and being under the influence of liquor will be strictly enforced during these dances, by the Social Committee. Any outsider who violates these rules will be referred to the Executive Council by the Social Committee. Section 17. All girls will be checked each time they enter the dance floor. Section 18. Students will be barred from the dances in case of misconduct of the girls attending the dance on their list . AUBURN PLAYERS PRESENT PROGRAM Entertain Faculty With Interesting Play and Social The Auburn Players entertained the faculty last evening with a delightful program and social. "The Man of the Kerb" was presented, ably directed by Dr. Leo Gos-ser. The cast consisted of Catherine Hare and Red McMurray. The second play was "Romancers", directed by Dr. Gosser assisted by the student director, Robert Hobdy. The members of the cast were: Grace Pinnell, Has-kin Williams, Prof. Harold Hutchins, Dopey McFarlen, and John Young-blood. Music was furnished between plays by Rains and Suffich. BACK AGAIN . "Sunny Gene Austin" HAS MADE TWO GORGEOUS NEW VICTOR RECORDS Four Dreamy, Haunting Melodies Sung With That Winsome "Something" That Makes Austin Records Such Sensational Hits. Knowledge Journalism Is Aid in Any Business Regardless of the occupation you are engaged in after leaving college, a knowledge of journalism will be a tremendous aid to your work, said Prof. J. D. Pope, agricultural economist, in speaking before the class in agricultural journalism recently. Mr. Pope pointed out that if one was conversant with the requirements of journalistic writing that it would be a tremendous aid in developing one's work and prsenting it to the public. If you are engaged in any type of public work, the people have a right to know what you are doing and the knowledge of journalism will aid in presenting the information, stated Mr. Pope. From his long exeprience as editor of the Birmingham News farm page, which appears each week in the Sunday edition, Mr. Pope gave some very practical hints on how contact with a newspaper editor might be made. He also pointed out the requirements as to form and style in presenting copy to the editors. First of all, says Mr. Pope, one must develop an ability to sense the news value in an incident or situation. This he terms as developing "a nose for news". Summer Coaching Course Is Offered Entire Staff ta be Used in Two Weeks Course An intensive course for High School coaches will be given by the entire Auburn coaching staff at the A. P. I. summer school, from June 4 to 16 inclusive. The purpose of this intensive course is to conserve the time and funds of those attending by giving an entire summer length course in two weeks and to serve this purpose the coaching staff, consisting of Bohler, Pitts, Hutsell, Moulton and Papke will work from seven to eight hours a day in lectures and demonstrations. Practical instructions as well as lectures in all sports will be given and coaches are urged to bring their players that they, too, may benefit by the instruction. Complete equipment will be furnished for football field work. The swimming pool and gymnasium will be open to the students and a fee of two dollars will be charged for lockers and towels. The course to be given and the instructors are as follows: Football Theory and Practice, Bohler, Pitts, Moulton; First Aid for Atheletic Injuries, Bohler, Hutsell; Track Coaching, Hutsell; Basketball Theory and Practice, course No. S401—2C, Papke and Bohler; Baseball Theory and Practice, course No. 401—2E, Moulton and Bohler. No. 21329 Tomorrow and So Tired No. 21334 75c Ramona and 75c Girl of My Dreams First Shipment Just Received Both Records Are Natural Big Hits—Our Stock Can't Last SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO MAIL ORDERS We also have s h e et music Copies of these sensational hits, 3 for $1.00 JESSE FRENCH AND SONS PIANO COMPANY 117 Montgomery St. MONTGOMERY MASON MUSIC CO. OPELIKA, ALA. GREAT ALUMNI DAY PROGRAM BE HELD COMMENCEMENT WEEK (Continued from page four) ninth frame when Smith tripled for his third hit of the game. Fob James sent him in on a single off the first ball pitched. The Tiger aggregation worked like a machine throughout the whole game with the exception of one error. The outfield also worked perfectly during the entire game. Ellis and Akin made several difficult catches, while Crawford fell to his knees once and nabbed a line drive. Nash of Georgia hit a long double that came nearly being a homer. The ball went to extreme right field. His tap advanced the runner for three bases, driving in the Georgian's lone counter. The Box Score: AUBURN AB R H E Akin, If 4 1 0 0 Currie, 3b 4 1 1 0 Crawford, rf • 3 0 0 0 Sankey, ss 3 0 0 1 Smith, 2b . 4 3 3 0 F. James, lb 3 0 1 0 Ellis, cf 3 0 0 0 E. James, c 4 0 1 0 Wood, p 4 0 0 0 Total GEORGIA Chaffin, ss Freeman, 2b Nash, rf Johnson, 3b Shiver, cf Rothstein, lb Jacobson, If Keating, c Murdock, p xHerndon Totals 34 1 6 3 xBatted for Jacobson innith. Score by innings: Auburn 000 013 001—5 Georgia 100 000 000—1 Summary: Two base hits, Nash, Smith; three base hits, Smith; Stolen base, Chafin, Freeman; sacrifice hits, F. James, Crawford; sacrifice fly, Sankey; base on balls, off Wood 4, off Murdock 2; struck out, by Wood 5, by Murdock 5; passed ball, Keating. Time of game, 1:45; Umpire, Philpot. Theta Kappa Nu Has Annual Mother's Day Mothers of Members Enjoy Day With Sons 32 AB 3 5 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 1 5 R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 6 H 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 E 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Fillowing a custom established three years ago, the Theta Kappa Nu Fraternity held its annual Mother's Day, Sunday, May 6. The day was moved up one week as some of the mothers wished to be at home on the regular day. The Day was begun by the chapter, with the mothers, fathers, sisters and sweethearts attending the Auburn High School Commencement Address, given at the Methodist Church by Rev. Burnworth. A dinner of four courses was served at 1:15 in Smith Hall. The tables were arranged in a T, the first letter in the Fraternity initials. Dinner was served to 56. President Sim Thomas opened, voiced a word of welcome, and introduced the tosatmast-er, Max Jones. After a word of welcome, and a mention of the occasion, Toastmaster Jones asked Rev. Hay to lead in prayer. Dr. Ross made a short talk, followed by Miss Dobbs. Prof. Robinson made a short talk on fraternities. Miss Martha Power then sang a solo accompanied by Miss Charline Baughman. All the mothers then made talks expressing their appreciation of the day. The dinner ended at 3:30. Most of the parents arrived Saturday afternoon. Among them were: Mrs. A. A. Bond, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Bradley of Anniston; Mrs. W. L. Costen and daughter, Mrs. O. Costen, from Bessemer; Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Charlton of Birmingham; Miss Josephine Hunnicut of Birmingham; Miss Eugenia Williams of Kinston, and Miss Elizabeth Smith of Birmingham; Mrs. McFerrin of Greenville; Mrs. McCurdy of Lineville;. Mrs. Sim Thomas of Nixburg; Mrs. G. E- Doz-ier of Mh. Meigs; Mrs. S. E. Johnston of Mt. Meigs; Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Dothan. Saturday night Dr. and Mrs. Dowell, Mrs. Ross and Prof, and Mrs. H. E. Jones visited the mothers at the Chapter. TIGERS TRIUMPH OVER BULLDOGS IN LONE TILT CO-EDS RESCUED FROM SEWER PIPE The deep ditch in front of Smith Hall that is being dug by workmen of the construction company engaged in paving the streets of Auburn was the scene of a near tragedy Tuesday evening when Anne Brown and Mary Ward fell bodily into the slime. The young women students were making their way in the dark and losing their bearings one slipped and disappeared in the depths. The other was drawn down by the first as she grasped wildly and blindly for some stable object. Massey Clayton and Perry Ed^- wards hearing cries of help answered their summons and rushed to the scene of the accident. The young women were rushed to their apartments and received firts aid. They suffered no serious injuries. (Continued from Page 1.) addition to the competitive drill more than 200 commissions, in the Reserve Corps will be awarded Cadets by Gov. Bibb Graves. Following the barbecue to be held at one o'clock there will be a base ball game between the Tigers and Mercer University. FIFTH-SIXTH COMMENCEMENT cf the Alabama Polytechnic Institute PROGRAM Sunday, May 20 10:30 A.M. Langdon Hall. Commencement Sermon, Rev. Carter Helm Jones, D. D., Pastor Second Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. 8:00 P. M. Langdon Hall. Vesper Service. Monday, May 21 8:00 to 10:00 A. M. Drill Field. Competitive Military Drill. 10:00 A. M. Drill Field. Review of Cadet Corps R. O. T. C. Awarding Commisisons, Reserve Corps, by Governor Graves. 11:00 A. M. Langdon Hall. Alumni Exercises. 1:00 P. M. Campus. Alumni Barbecue. 2:30 P. M. Baseball, Mercer vs. Auburn. / 2:00 P. M. to 4:30 P. M. Practice House. Exhibit of work of classes of Decorative Design and Interior Decoration. 2:00 P. M. Architecture Department, Main Building, Second Floor. Exhibit of Architectural and Water Color Drawings. 4:00 P. M. Langdon Hall. Fashion Walk Presented by Department of Home Economics. 7:00 P. M. Campus. Festival of Lights. 8:00 P. M. Langdon Hall. Senior Class Exercises. 9:00 P. M. to 10:00 P. M. President's Residence. Reception in honor of Senior Class. Tuesday, May 22 10:30 A. M. Langdon Hall. Commencement Address, John James Ti-gert, M. A., LL.D., Ed.D., U. S. Commissioner of Education, Washington, D. C. Awarding of Prizes. Conferring of Degrees. 'She looks familiar." 'I hear that she is." Boys—Stop at City Drug Store When in Columbus YOU ARE WELCOME W. L. MEADOWS PROGRAM TIGER THEATRE MONDAY, MAY 14 Laura La Plante in "THE CAT & THE CANARY" with Gertrude Aster, Forrest Stanley and Tully Marshall TUESDAY, MAY IS "ROSE OF THE TENEMENTS" with Shirley Mason and John Harron WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY MAY 16TH & 17TH Jesse L. Lasky and Adolphe Zuker presents Harold Lloyd in " S P E E D Y " FRIDAY, MAY 18 Billie Dove in "THE HEART OF A FOLLIES GIRL" with Larry Kent SATURDAY, MAY 19 "DRESSED TO KILL" with Mary Astor and Edmund Lowe DR. THOS. B. MCDONALD Dentist and Oral Surgeon Office Over Toomer'i Drug Store Phone 49 DR. C. L. BOYD, D. D. S. DENTIST Tiger Drug Store Building Upstairs B. J. JONES SHOE REPAIRING NEATLY DONE WITH GOODYEAR MACHINE 18 Years Service For the Students -Our Motto— "If We Please You Tell Others; If Not, Tell Us" Magnolia Ave Auburn, Ala. If you need a Doctor's Service—get a good one. If you need a Butcher's S e r v i c e—same applies. MOORE'S MARKET PHONE 37 Auburn's Leader for Sixteen Years TOOMER'S HARDWARE The Best in Hardware and Supplies CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager Hollywood Shopping Service P. O. BOX 1088 HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. "We buy you what the stars buy" (Reg.) Renee Adoree's blouses $12.00 Evelyn Brent's knitted sweater suit 22.50 George O'Brien's tennis ensemble (white trousers, sport shirt) 15.50 Norman Kerry's beach robe of Turkish towelling.. 25.00 Charles DeLaney's sweaters and golf hose (color, pattern) 18.50 Erich Von Stroheim's riding boots 35.00 Betty Blythe's coffee colored patent l e a t h e r p u r s e 6.50 Lowell Sherman's black and white Oxfords 15.00 Molly O'Day's Irish green Spanish shawl 35.00 Jean Hersholt's octo^oiial cocktail set with 6 silver cups 90.00 Satisfaction Guaranteed. Correspondence Solicited. Send for our Catalogue List, "Strolling Along The Boulevard" USE POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR OUR SHOPPING SERVICE
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Title | 1928-05-11 The Plainsman |
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OCR Transcript | • / GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY THE PLAINSMAN TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, M« y B. Martin Jsfnim p w „ NUMBER 31 STUDENTS IMPATIENTLY AWAITING GREATEST SENIOR DANCE SCABBARD & BLADE HOLD ANNUAL INITIATION HERE CANDIDATES SPEND NIGHT OUT IN WOODS Engineers Find Much Trouble Riding Horses TWENTY MEN INITIATED Look Weary and Foot-Sore Returning Sunday Morning Roy N. Sellers The steady tramp, tramp of guards feet in front of the most important sections of Auburn including the post office and main gate greeted all the early students last Saturday morning at eight o'clock. What was wrong? Was the town military control and so early in the morning- Why were the soldiers dressed in regulation uniform coats, pajama pants, and wearing swords? They must have been a brave bunch to receive all the beautiful badges, medals, and stripes which adorned their breasts. They had to be brave for only the brave could withstand the severe initiation through which they were travelling, the initiation of the Scabbard and Blade. The initiation began at 8 o'clock Saturday morning when the initiates were placed as guards. Just before the time for each train they were made to form lines and march to meet the trains at the depot. Theirs was a perfect squad of marching soldiers and their lines, facial included, could not be equalled. This lasted for the remainder of the day. At 8 o'clock Saturday night the initiates with brick tied to their backs rode horses to the 'woods. The engineers seemed to have much trouble staying on the horses but they finally reached their destination in safety. What happened between then and Sunday morning is secret but the men all felt the effects of the initiation. Sunday morning when the group started back it began raining and the whole crowd received a good wetting. Out of the twenty men who were supposed to have been initiated only sixteen were able to go thro.ugh. The others were held up by baseball trips, track, and an injury or two. The artillerymen initiated were T. B. Shotts, J. L. Salter, W. W. Paterson, F. H. DuBose, J. R. Taylor Jr., M. D. Helms, N. W. Geist, T. R. Home, and R. G. Brownfield. The engineers were J. B. Merrill, C. R. De- Arman, W. R. Kirkwood, C. E. Smith, L. B. Hallman, J. L. Burton, and K. Nickerson. The ones not initiated weer L. Tamplin, C. H. Booth, A. P. McGhee Jr., and R. E. Spann. TAG DAY ASSURES "Y" TENNIS COURTS PHI DELTA GAMMA ELECTS OFFICERS New Pledges Initiated into Forensic Society After the initiation of the new pledges to Phi Delta Gamma on last Tuesday night, Mr. George Stafford was elected president for next year. Mr. Stafford has distinguished himself by his oratorical and debating ability on numerous occasions, and he is a worthy president of the local chapter of a national organization which sponsors oratory, debating, declamation, and general forensic work. He is a pledge to Beta Kappa social fraternity. Mr. Rosser Alston, editor of the Plainsman for the past year, and an honorary student in many activities, was elected to the office of vice-president. The tfffice of secretary-treasurer was given to Mr. Tom Le- Croy. Mr. H. O. Davis. was made sergeant-at-arms, and Roy Sellers was elected to fill the position of chaplain. Due to the presistent efforts of several "Y" boosters, "Tag Days," which were held on the campus on Friday and Saturday, May 4-5, came out with flying colors, and netted profitable returns towards the completion of the "Y" tennis courts on the lots just below the Lamba Chi house. Although the response from the students was not what was expected, the response from the townspeople* and the business men of Auburn was quite gratifying. Among those contributing substantial amounts, the following are worthy of mention: Ideal Laundry, C. Felton Little, Tiger Drug Store, Tiger Theatre, Bank of Auburn, Burtons Book Store, Auburn Furniture Co., City Billiard Parlor, Moore's Market, Cash & Carry Store, J. W. Wright, Gibson's, Homer Wright, Jones Grocery, Orange & Blue, Jones Hardware, Auburn Studio, Dr. McDonald, Jolly's, Student Supply Shop, Moreman & Son, Upchurch Store, and Miss Godwin. The Y. M. C. A. in behalf of the students' recreational welfare, wish to thank especially those mentioned above, and also to thank all others who contributed. The contributions were somewhat larger than they were from the "Tag" day program staged last year for the same purpose, and with the proceeds, it is hoped that the tennis courts construction can go forward at a rapid pace in the near future. TENNIS TOURNEY OPENS THIS WEEK Entrance Fee of Fifty Required Cents Is The Auburn tennis tournament will be played off during this week if weather conditions are good. This is a single tournament for students and the only tournament held this year in the school. Entries may be made any time before Saturday night to Wake Glover or Don May. The entrance fee is 50 cents and must be paid before Saturday night. The tournament will be played hurriedly, since the end of school is near. All matches may be played on any court in town, except the semi-finals and finals, which are to be played on the Y. M. C. A .court. The winner of the tournament will be presented with a small silver cup. Will Play For Senior Dance Next Week WEIDEMEYER'S ORCHESTRA ENGAGED TO FURNISH MUSIC UNDERCLASSMEN EXAMINATIONS WEIDEMEYER ORCHESTRA PRESIDENT'S HOME IS SCENE OF MERRIMENT Dr. Dowell Receives Gift At Close of Social Methodist Students To Banquet Sunday Feast Closes Recent Membership Contest The Methodist Students of Auburn will hold a banquet at the Auburn Inn on next Saturday night, May 12 at 7:30 p. m. The purpose of this banquet is to promote Christian fellowship among our 500 Methodist students and inspire them to continue the splendid work which they have started. Warren Moore, major of the winning group in a recent membership contest, will be the toastmaster, while the losing group will have charge of the decorations. Eta Kappa Nu Holds Election Of Officers Ingersoll Named of Body President Charles T. Ingersoll of Anniston was recently elected president of Eta Kappa Nu, honorary fraternity for Electrical Engineers. Other men elected to office are as follows: N. W. Geist, Vice-President; C. R. De- Arman, Recording Secretary; W. P. Smith, Corresponding Secretary; C. W. Meyer, Treasurer; L. B. Hallman, Bridge Reporter. The Bridge is the periodical of the fraternity. One of the gayest affairs on the campus this season was the annual Baraca Class Social, given at the President's Home Friday evening, May 4. More than eighty students gathered to spend an enjoyable evening with Dr. and Mrs. Spright Dowell, along with other Baraca enthusiasts, including Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards and others. This was a "smile" social, the price of admission being one smile. The group was divided into four towns: namely, Grindale, Giddletown, Smile-ville and Ha Ha Hollow Each town took part in the various contests of the evening, the main contest being an automobile race. This included cranking up," "changing tires," "blowouts," and other troubles common to motorists. At the close of the contest the judges—Dr. and Mrs. Edwards and Miss Minnie Sharp— rendered their decision in favor of Smileville. The towns then went to the "Filling Station" where they were filled with ice cream and other goodies. At the close of the event, J. B. Beard, President of the Baraca Class, presented in behalf of the class a beautiful desk set to Dr. Dowell, in appreciation of his eight years of faithful services as teacher of the class. Misses Leland Cooper, Clara Nale and Lillian Dunn conducted the activities of the evening. BURYING ALIVE GRAVE BUSINESS Fond of outdoor life, Lieutenant C. E. Pease, instructor in military science and tactics at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, accompanied by a number of military men took a ten mile hike Saturday. The young lieutenant, being more weary than his companions, sat down to rest and refresh himself. It being late he soon fell into the arms of Morpheus. While the popular officer was in an unconscious state his fellows dug a grave beside his prostrate body and moved it carefully into the fresh excavation. A small cross was erected at the head of the grave and the earth replaced. The young man finally "came to himself" and slowly extricated himself from the partially filled grave and moved to a more remote location where he would not be disturbed. SENIOR CUSS ADOPTS PLANS FOR REUNIONS Important Action Taken At This Meeting SCARABS SOCIETY SPONSORS DANCE The Scarabs Honor Society, as has been the custom, will sponsor the morning dance of Friday, May 18, at which ten new members will be initiated. The names of these pledges have not as yet been announced. Scarabs is a local honor society, the purpose of which is: "To honor with membership ten of the most outstanding men of the Junior class, who will work for the betterment of Auburn." GREAT ALUMNI DAY PROGRAM BE HELD COMMENCEMENT WEEK With President-elect Bradford Knapp on the program to deliver the main address of the day, preparations have been made for the greatest gathering in years of old Auburn men on Alumni Day, Monday, May 21. Head coach George M. Bohler will also address the Alumni in Langdon Hall and in addition Judge William H. Samford, president of the association will speak on this occasion. Various committees have been appointed by Dr. B. B. Ross, president of the local Alumni chapter. These committees will, provide for the details necessary to make the return of the old Auburn men the most pleasant they have ever received heretofore in Auburn. The transportation committee, under the direction of W. A. Young, has provided a sufficient number of automobiles to furnish free transportation for the returning Alumni. The barbecue committee under the direction of Dr. I. S. McAdory, Em-mett Sizemore, S. L. Toomer and Dan Jones, have made provisions whereby the Alumni will be fed a delicious barbecue dinner at one o'clock. Prof. B. L. Shi is in charge of the housing committee, while P. R. Bidez has charge of the music committee. Mr. Homer Wright will operate an information bureau for the purpose of supplying the Alumni with any information they desire. In addition to the various meetings Monday morning there will be elaborate military maneuvers, on the drill field, behind the Main Building. The feature of the exercise will be the competitive drill of the various Company's and Batteries of the unit here for the title Best Drilled Company and Best Drilled Battery. In (Continued on Page 6.) On Thursday, May 3, the Class of '28 passed a resolution to establish and maintain the custom of having class reunions. This action is notable in that the question of permanent class organization has been raised many times in former years, but this is the first time that definite action has been taken. The Senior class plans to have its first reunion on Homecoming Day of the year 1931, and to have succeeding reunions on the same day every fifth year thereafter. At each meeting a president, and secretary-treasurer will be elected. The class dues will be three dollars annually, $2.50 of which will be put in a revolving fund to bring athletes to Auburn, and 50c of which will be used by the secretary- treasurer to perform his various duties. The officers elected at last Thursday's meeting were: Mutt Gregory, Alpha Gamma Rho, President; Bill Hurt, Pi Kappa Phi, Vice-President; Hobson Pearce, Beta Kappa, Secretary- Treasurer. Home Ec. Department To Stage Fashion Show Purpose to Show Accomplishments of Design Classes The department of clothing and textiles plan to present a fashion show entitled "A Fashion Walk," on May 21, in Langdon Hall. Ths purpose of this performance will be to show the splendid work accomplished by the students in clothing and costume design classes. The show is to be in three scenes laid in a costume designer's display room. The characters are: a costume designer, Prof. Warren Bower; a rich merchant, Tom Brown; the Spirit of Art, Miss Lois Bostick; and the models, portrayed by nineteen students in clothing classes. The play was written by Miss Rachael Crook. NOTICE! Copies of the 1928 Glomerata will be distributed on May 20. Students are asked to kindly wait until that date to make any inquiries at the office. Any student who will leave before that time may have someone else get his copy provided said person presents a written permission to the Business Manager. A. M. Examinations begin 8:30 a. m. P. M. Examinations begin at 1:30 p. m. Special attention is called to the following regulations: 1. Class work of undercassmen will continue as scheduled until Saturday noon, May 19. 2. A final semester examination will be given in every subject. 3. Official examination schedule will be strictly adhered to by all instructors. In the interest of uniformity changes from the official schedule will be by consent of the Executive Council only. The cooperation of the entire faculty is earnestly requested in the enforcement of these regulations. Instructors will please hand in grades for a subject as soon as possible after the examination in the subject. Hand in on class cards giving dates of absences and also alphabetical lists withjjrades. Schedule Professors concerned will select period for subjects not arranged for below. Note: Examinations in subjects which meet only once a week will be held at the last period scheduled for the section prior to Commencement Sunday. Tuesday, May 22 2 P. M. Sixth Hour subjects which meet from 2-3 p. m. 2 P. M. Freshman Descriptive Geometry. Wednesday, May 23 (First hour subjects 8-9) A. M. First Hour subjects which neet daily, or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. P. M. First Hour subjects not scheduled Wednesday morning. Thursday, May 24 (Second hour subjects 9-10) A. M. Second Hour subjects which meet daily or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. P. M. Second Hour subjects not scheduled Thursday morning. Friday, May 25 (Third hour subjects 10-11) A. M. Third Hour subjects which meet daily or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. P. M. Third Hour subjects not scheduled Friday morning. Saturday, May 26 (Fourth hour subjects 11-12 A. M. Fourth Hour subjects which meet daily, or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. P. M. Seventh Hour subjects which meet from 3-4. Chemistry Laboratory 106 and 206. Monday, May 28 (Fifth hour subjects 1-2) A. M. Fifth Hour subjects which meet daily, or on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. P. M. Fifth Hour subjects not scheduled Monday morning. B. L. SHI, Registrar. M0STG0RGE0US SOCIAL EVENT TO OCCUR HERE Miss Rhona Meriweather and Earle Meadows to Lead Grand March HOUSE PARTIES PLANNED Ultra-Unique Decorating Designed by Wyatt, Snook DUBOSE ELECTED PRESIDENT M. S. S. Will Serve for First Semester Next Year of Frank H. DuBose was elected President of the Methodist Sunday School last Sunday morning. He will succeed Sam Mosley who has just completed a successful semester as President of the Sunday School. The other students elected were: Vice-President, David Mosley. Secretary, Grace Pinnell. Treasurer, J. W. Stanson. The officers of the Sunday- School are selected from the active Methodist students each semester. This system has been in effect for the past year and has met with favor among the students and church people. By Harry Wise Weidemeyer's well known orchestra will be here to begin "tooting" on Thursday night, May 17, to uphold the reputation they now have on our campus as being the very best Orchestra that has played for the Auburn Dances. Weidemeyer brings together some of the best musicians in the country. This year the orchestra that is to play for the Senior Prom at Auburn has already played foir dances at Washington and Lee, Princeton and Cornell Universities. The ten members of this orchestra are very versatile in their talent with musical instruments and vocal activities. Miss Rhona Meriweather, Birmingham, Alabama, and Mr. Earle Meadows were selected by the Social Committee to lead the Grand March, Friday Night, May 18. Invitations have been extended to about one thousand young ladies from over the South to attend the Commencement Dances, the climax for all social activities on the campus. Not only are these to be the most elaborate and colorful activities of this year but the best that has ever been put over on the Auburn Campus. The number of invitations being sent out is more than was sent on either of the other occasions this year and indications are that a large number of these ladies will find it possible to attend. The decorations for the dances in the Gym will be designed and carried out by Professors Wyatt and Snook of the department of Architecture. The extraordinary effect of the undersea scenery with nile green as the prevailing color will be fitting for these the most elaborately decorated dances to have been held on our campus. The crepe paper used in obtaining this effect will hide the balcony from the view of those on the floor. (Continued on page 6} CHURCHES INVITE STUDENTS SUNDAY Go-to-Church Y. Day Sponsored M. C. A. by The second Go-to-Church Sunday of this year to be sponsored by the Religious Committee of the Y. M. C. A. under the direction of Hugh Kin-zer will be a feature of next Sunday, Mothers Day, May 13. Mothers' Day is a fitting occasion to have a go-to-church day, because where could a student be on Sunday that would please his mother more than to attend church services? In ony a few days the summer vacation will begin, and students! where ever you will be, a better habit could not be had than to attend church regularly. There you have associations not obtained elsewhere in the same spirit. There you get inspiration for the daily grind of a week's work. So Sunday morning, arise a bit earlier than usual. Awaken your roommate and others in your house, and bring them along to the Sunday School of your choice. Be on time with a smile for the "spirit of mothers". Many mothers will be with us. Give them an impression of the student that will make them proud of the college to which they have entrusted their sons. Page 2 THE PLAINSMAN atyg f latttflttum Published weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $2.00 per year (32 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala. STAFF Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief H. W. Glover Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor J. B. McMillan, '29 Associate Editor Raymond DeArman, '29 --Associate Editor Harry Wise, '29 Associate Editor Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor L. B. Haley, '30 News Editor Tom Brown, '31 ._ Associate News Editor J. E. Taylor, '30 Proofreader G. D. Waits, '30 Ass't. Proofreader Chas. Ingersoll, '29 Sports Editor Watts Howie Ass't. Sports Editor J. E. McLeskey Ass't. Sports Editor Annie Ross Fuller, '29 Co-ed Editor A. V. Blankenship, '30 -_ Exchange Editor Posey Morton, '31 Humor Editor Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor REPORTERS E. T. England, '30; Roy N. Sellers, '31; Robert L. Hume, '31; Bob McConnell, '31; White Matthews, '31; George Duncan, '31; Richard A. Jones, '31; John Lewis, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; J. D. Foy, '31; Murff Hawkins, '31, Alvin .McConnell, '31. BUSINESS STAFF Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr. Carlos Moon, '31 Ass't. Adv. Mgr. A. C. Taylor, '30 Circulation Mgr. G. W. Smith, '30 Ass't. Cir. Mgr. J. M. Johnson, '31 Ass't. Cir. Mgr. M. Hawkins, '31 Circulation Dept. J. L. Sellers, '31 Circulation Dept. Geo. W. Postelle, '31 __ Circulation Dept. THE COMPARATIVE MERIT OF SCHOLARSHIP IN BUSINESS Much has been said concerning the advancement of high-mark college men in business; and still more has ben thought of it. The question has been asked, "Does business want scholars?" Arguments are afloat as to the progress and success of distinguished scholars in the business world. What is the real answer? Will the scholastic record made while in college influence the graduate's rating when he enters business? Will his record in active work after graduation parallel that which he has made during his college training? We as college students, are directly concerned with these questions. And it should be extremely interesting to note their possible answers, since the majority of the students completing their training here will enter a business. Customarily, business has not been selecting men on the basis of their marks in college. This has influenced the undergraduate to accept his college course as something entirely separate and part form his life after graduation. Or when there is a correlation, it is usually linked through campus activities, with the idea that these may benefit him more in after-life than the subject matter gleaned from books. Business has believed that a college does not teach a boy business. Today, however, a different slant on the situation is being taken. According to a very prominent figure in the business world, "Each year at least half of the 40,- 000 young men graduating from our colleges are entering the ranks of business. One of the most readily available objective measures of their past achievement is their college scholastic record. It measures the results in what, after all, has been their major task for four years. Its value for indicating future achievement is surely worth determining." Accurate and fairly thorough tests have shown that, on the average, the best students in colelge have gone highest in business. These tests have proven that, "in general, men in the first third of their college classes are most likely to be found in the highest third of their group in salary, those in the middle third in scholarship to be in the middle third in salary, and those in the lowest third in scholarship to be in the lowest third in salary." To be sure there are scant, striking exceptions, but these few diversions cannot be accepted as a guide or rule. No doubt you are ready to single out some man well known to you who ranks high in scholarship, but is totally blank in business ability. In granting this isolated instance as true, it must not be taken as general. Turn to "Who's Who" if you will, there to find that a very high percentage of Phi Beta Kappa Society men are listed. Phi Beta Kappa also claims 40 per cent of the Justices of the Supreme Court between 1800 and 1922, and 40 per cent of the Secretaries of State. A remarkable showing, when you consider the small numbers of the Society. Educators believe that education is a continuous process beginning early and ending late. They can cite you to figures and prove that boys who do well in school generally do well in college, and later in their life work. Hence a high grade man in school stands favorable for the same position in college, in practice, and all through life. The habit of successful mental accomplisment—the habit and ability to use one's brains will prove valuable and successful in later attempts. "The mind well trained in youth has the best chance to succeed in any business it may choose; and scholarship as a measure of mental equipment is of importance both to business and to business men. Business will have a surer guide to the selection of able young men than it has used in the past, and the young men who train the muscle of their brains can feel reasonably certain that such training will add to their success in business and, in all probability, to the fruitful and happy use of the leisure which success in business will give them." ATHLETICS; THE NEED OF REORGANIZATION Auburn suffers a great loss in the resignation of Mike Papke, basket ball coach. The basket ball team has constantly improved since he assumed charge three years ago, missing the Southern Conference Championship this year by only one point. Mike Papke combines the qualities of a gentleman with the abilities of a great coach, and his influence with the student body at the time of Morey's resignation is especially to be commended. He was a great factor in keeping up the morale of the students during this interval of tensity. It is with much regret that we see him leave Auburn, and it appears a bit unfortunate that Papke and the Atheletic Council could not come to an agreement over his salary. Papke's abilities are not confined to the basket ball floor, as he has done much with the freshman baseball team this Spring. However much of the credit for the successful season of the freshman team is reserved for Coach "Red" Brown. Had it not been for his influence in securing for Auburn outstanding high school athletes and placing them in position for which their respective merits adapt them, it is doubtful that such results could have been achieved. Papke's decision recalls to us the resignation of Mike Donahue in 1922 and also that of Dave Morey last fall. The apparant inability of the Athletic Council to retain the services of competent coaches seems indicative of a lack of harmony among those who direct our athletics. An analyzation of the situation indicates that the fault lies in the determination of the Council to assume authority which properly should be given to the Coach. Either the Council should have full authority, or the Head Coach should be given full rein. It is immaterial to the students or to the alumni who directs the athletic politics; however, the athletic standing of Auburn has been on the decline since the inauguration of the Athletic Council, and those interested can only gauge the efficiency of the organization by the outward results. It is not our object to criticize the personnel of the Council; rather we are offering constructive criticism of the organization as it now exists. It appears to us that the main purpose of the Council should be that of aiding the coach in completing, and fulfilling his policies, and not attempting to subordinate the authority of the Head Coach to that of the Director of Athletics. If we are going to look to the coach for success in athletics, then we should give him the aid and the power necessary for the attainment of this end. If such undisputed authority were placed in the hands of the coach, it would be impossible to shift responsibility or to claim unmerited praise. AUBURN FOOTPRINTS PURPOSE OF THE Y. M. C. A. TO FOSTER HIGH INTEGRITY One of the most notable achievements of the local Y. M. C. A. is the recent "Tag Day" program, which assures the completion of two very much needed tennis courts. Hopson Pearce and Roy Sellers have merited for themselves the sincere thanks of every student, for the courts are a decided asset to the recreational life or the college. The work accomplished by the Y. M. C. A. through the medium of the reading and recreation room, the employment bureau, the all-college hike, and the friendship council, truly offers "to the student body and to Auburn a means of developing those qualities so essential to the uplifting of humanity." The greatest work of the "Y" is the tremendous influence created fotr the development of manly character. However, the association is dependent upon each individual for the results which may be achieved. Let us help by assuming an active part in the organization, and in furthering its ideals. Columbia: Displacing the present curriculum of twenty years standing, a revised plan of undergraduate study, designed to open new and larger intellectual vistas to the student, will go into effect next September at Columbia College. The first two years will be devoted to "Orientation and Discovery." The Junior and Senior years will be given to genuine work in preparation for graduate or professional study. « * * * * State College, N. C: Beginning next year a four year course in Chemistry will be offered for the first time here. » * * » * Seed for thought: "Are you getting out of College things that will be of value to you one year—or ten years from now?" 18 BOOK REVIEW m A MILESTONE IN THE MODERN NOVEL By Warren E. Bower The Counterfeiters: by Andre Gide, N. Y. Alfred A. Knopf: 1927 In the field of the novel this seems to be an age of experimentation. The changes have come about gradually, so that it is difficult to fix upon the beginning or any writer who is in any sense responsible. In America at least we are likely to feel that the modern spirit in the neovel came in with Stephen Crane when he published Maggie and The Red Badge of Courage. Henry James, in both England and America, had a great deal to do with shaping the novel into new forms. But within the last decade and a half there have been supris-ingly great changes in style, content, and chiefly in form and structure. In England one thinks of James Joyce, who with his Dubliners and The Portrait of the Artist as Young Man, and later with the monumental Ulysess, has had probably the greatest influence of all on the modern novel. Dorothy Richardson comes to mind also, as does Virginia Woolf, as experimenters who have made the course of the serious novel a flux rather than a decided tendency. But after Joyce, and perhaps sometime to surpass him, is Marcel Proust of France, who in his even more monumental work of a lifetime, Remembrance of Things Past, has profoundly affected the minds and theories of novelists. It is from Proust that Audre Gide chiefly stems, altho he has qualities that are decidedly his own, and he is carrying on the problem in a way that Proust would not have done. The Counterfeiters is a novel in the modern manner; that is, it is an experiment, but one with a remarkable degree of finish. There are no rough edges in it; if one disapproves Of the book, one has to do so on very fundamental issues indeed. It is not possible to say, "I do not like the plot," for there is, properly speaking, no plot whatsoever. There is only a pattern, one not formed by the mind of the author, but the pattern the flow of life imposes. It will be seen that this is a novel for serious reading, perhaps even for serious students of the novel; it can be said to serve a distinctly literary purpose. The reader who wishes to read as he runs ought to be warned away from this. Yet I do not mean to imply that the ordinary intelligent reader will find nothing of interest in The Counterfeiters. On the contrary, he will find a gallery of portraits of individuals as real as he is likely to come across between the covers of a book. This is no doubt the greatest value of Gide's novel, apart from the fact that it has had, and will continue to have, a great influence upon other novelists. Gide employs every device that older novelists have used, and invents many for himself, in an effort to make his characters as round and living as he can. We see them from all sides, from many different points of view, and in the end we know them as well as it is given to a reader to know a fictitious character in a book; and very often that is to know them far better than we know some of our so-called intimate friends. To attempt a summary of The Counterfeiters is a thankless task, because the canvas is too large. The events concern themselves with a group of people of the literary set in Paris, the center of which is Edouard, the novelist, a man with high purposes and an exceeding interest in people. The Count Robert de Passavant is another novelist, a force for evil in the lives of everyone he touches intimately. Between these two and played upon by both at varying times are Bernard, a boy of talent and determination, Olivier, intelligent, sensitive, but weak in will, who is almost ruined by the Count de Passavant, and Vincent, Olivier's older brother, a man of ability, but also weak and vacillating and who comes to a bad end. Surrounding this group are a great number' of other characters who touch these principals in some way or other. This novel has more of the breath of reality about it than any that has recently appeared; but to say that it is realistic in method would be wholly wrong. No label that can easily be affixed will apply here. None is needed. One is grateful to the novelist for having provided such a generous list of characters and for having shown them to us in a manner completer than almost any other novelist would have used. THIS GAME OF GOLF At this time of the year many insects begin their war on the human race. There was a time when these pests were not thought of until hot weather enveloped us. The cold weather failed, however, this time and one of the most well known bugs, the golf bug, failed to go into winter quarters at all. The little white pills have infested the hillsides like dandruff. The golf season now lasts for twelve months during the year and the younger generation has practically ousted the older gentlemen from their own game. The Golf Widows Association has elected new officers for the coming year with hopes of really accomplishing something toward stamping out this Sunday afternoon pest. Mrs. Grouch, newly elected president, has appealed to the young chemists of America to carry on an extensive research in regard to finding some insect powder which will diminish if not kill the golf enthusiasm, which works its way into the bones of human beings. It is hoped that some real good will be accomplished but if the chemists fail it is suggested that a good stout club be applied to the head of the infected person with much vigor. This is not only good exercise but if the club is applied after Sunday dinner it will be found that the stricken person will probably spend the afternoon in an enjoyable rest. At a meeting of Grandfathers Golf Association the subject of the college and high school golfer was much cussed and discussed. It seems that the average young golfer who plays with the old heads and keep both scores is always flush in good weather. Some were of the opinion that if the younger generation is to continually keep score, then the Grandfathers Golf Association should adopt croquet as the National game. * * * * * * * * You can't tell how fast a flapper travels by the length of her legs. * * * * * * * * WHY A MAN ALWAYS BACKS UP TO A FIRE When Noah was sailing around the world in his1 Ark, just off the coast of Iceland, the old tub sprung a small leak. To keep the water out of the craft, the first skipper took a dog and stuck his nose; in the small hole. This explains why a dogs nose is always cold. The leak increased in size, however, and so a woman stuck her shoulder into it and this was the first incident recorded in history of a woman's cold shoulder. Later the hole grew in size. * * * * * * * * PROGRAM TIGER THEATRE MONDAY Purity Pete and Lady Lou in THE EVILS OF GIN This is a thrilling melodrama of the great open spaces where a man's a man and the women are proud of it. It is throbbing with heartfelt emotions drawn from the intermost part of the soul. DON'T MISS this wonderful picturization. ADMISSION—Three ax handles or one bucket of high grade syrup (sorghum preferred). TUESDAY (the day. following) Sheik Jones and Hearta Flutter in COLLEGE LIFE AROUND THE STUDIO. This is a great story of college life written and directed and produced by a man who never finished grammar school. The school was burned down to get him out of the fourth grade. The story is laid around a small town ministerial school and this wonderful couple is very pure and simple. She is pure and he is simple. ADMISSION—one cross tie or two skunk hides. ^~ WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY (also in this week) One Lung Louie and Dopey Joe in THE NIGHT LIFE OF LOSHAPOKA. Hair raising, neck breaking, feet twisting, tobacco spitting, chin wagging tale of a bustling metropolis gone wild. This great feature film was taken from actual life as lived around the proverbs (beg pardon we mean suburbs) of this hyper-thropied and bulky city. Actual cameras were used in the filming of this wonderful portrayal of ultra modern night life. Thirty nine men and one college student lost their lives in the hore shoe throwing scene. This picture required 300 chains of film (civily speaking) and was one semester in the making (collegiately speaking). ADMISSION will be slightly raised as the roof needs repairing. (r-'KIDAY (immediately following) Bowery Bawl and Dandruff Dora in THE DISAPPEARANCE OF POCK MARKED PAUL. Co-starring the two great detectives Keyhole Willie and Tran-some Ike who once ran the heels of their shoes down. The supernatural, hyper-physical, increditable, heterogeneous tale of a man who enigmatically disappeared about day break or near bout. This breath taking tale will make you sit on the -edge of your seat until you wear your breeches thin. ADMISSION—one empty keg as the proprietor has started into the poultry business on the side and needs a hen nest (all excellisor will be greatly appreciated). SATURDAY (annual boy scouts day) Rodeo Ramsey in COWPUNCHERS LUCK with Creepy Joe his supernatural horse. This is not like the usual western thriller but is a real genuine Sears Roebuck special story. In this picture catcus plants of the rubber variety were used to keep from scratching the horses. All cows over twenty one years of age that were killed in the filming were graciously donated the college town markets. Rodeo Ramsey was a chore boy on a ranch in his boyhood and helped run the Indains off the ranch. ADMISSION—actual money and not cigar coupons will be needed. Nine fourth of the proceeds will be turned over to the boy scouts (honest). Tickets can be purchased from Paul Brake. As this concludes the program for the week there will be no more, shows until Monday. * * * * * * * * Our guess is that vulcanizing was discovered by studying a movie kiss. * * * * * * * * Ten years ago the women said to the men: "We'll show you some things in a few years." Well they have. * * * * * * * * THE MODERN AGE Please call by and get your pants.—The Ideal Lady. This note was received the past week by a student from the Ideal Laundry. * * * * * * * * The use of the American colloquialism "some" is more prevalent than it need be in England; and it led a scion of one of the newest rich families to a well earned snub the other night at a dance. He was sitting with his partner in the conservatory and the conversation was languishing very much. At last the young man roused himself and in his best accent proposed a stroll in the garden as the conservatory was uncomfortably hot. The girl willingly assented and for a while the couple sauntered amid the shrubs and trees in almost unbroken silence. Presently he bent down and felt the grass. "By Jove," he exclaimed. "Some dew." "Yes" snapped the young girl, her eyes flashing, "and some don't. I'm going in again. Good-night." * * * * * * * * BAD BATH ACCIDENTS The number of bath tub accidents seem to be increasing around Auburn. We have noticed another disabled veteran of the shower division of volunteers hobbling about the campus. If the school declares any more holidays or increases the number of days in a week end it will in all probability have to close on account of bath accidents. We suggest that if our country ever enters into another war it would be advisable to place American bath tubs and showers in the enemy territory to destroy their.morale. Congress should take steps to preserve the youth of the country by requiring all Plumbing Manufacturers to equip tubs with non-skid bottoms. * * * * * * * * The ministers of Birmingham have by far the greatest political organization in the city and this was proved without a doubt at the recent "movie" primary. If these same ministers would spend as much time trying to show people the right way to the church as they do in keeping the movies closed on the Sabbath they would have larger congregations. The knitting society of Auburn and the Ministers union of Birmingham should give each other a rising vote of congratulations on their respective abilities at keeping both villages asleep on Sundays. MEDITATIONS ON THIS AND THAT T>y lupiter <]. Tluvius IN LAST WEEK'S issue this paper editorially declared itself opposed to the practice of awarding quality points for participation in extra-curricula activities. This is a most commendable stand, and is a starting point toward an attack on Honor Societies, the goals of the outside-activity sharks. Besides the gathering of keys, there is another motive for superfluous baggage to hang onto the various societies. This is the garnering of quality points. It is much easier to attend a literary society for a semester than to add the required points to one's grade to get five of the necessary little points. In former years the practice was begun to stimulate interest in extra-curricula activities. Now we need something to stifle about ninety per cent of the superficial interest which we see exhibited. For the quality-point hound, a literary society or professional society is simply a short cut toward his diploma. Original work in these organizations is made well-nigh impossible by the inert bulk of inactive membership. If quality points are not given, the societies will lost many members, is the cry. Very good; the loss will be the best for all concerned. The few serious members left will be able to do something, the ones who drop out will necessarily have to absorb a little more knowledge in order to graduate, the college will profit by having a higher standard. The classroom and the library are the areanas wherein knowledge must be mastered, and and psuedo-learning gathered from a passive attendance on some society or other is a poor substitute. Not that the man who is interested enough in his chosen profession to attend a society on its own account won't profit; he will, because he is putting something in it, not being a parasite. However, the condition which makes quality points the main attraction in the society is detrimental to good education at Auburn. * * * * * WE WERE discussing an article entitled "Are you a 100% American?" which recently appeared in a poular magazine. One hundred questions were asked, such as, do you think that American gentlemen are truer gentlemen than European gentlemen? Affirmative replys counted for America. The number of affirmatives was supposed to represent one's percentage of Americanism. No matter what may have been the attitude of the author, the deplorable number of affirmatives which some of us make is of import. We are too nationalized and too little internationalized. We are too stateized, too townized, and too streetized. Patriotism is all right as long as it doesn't obscure facts. I think that it was Schopenhauer who said that most patriotism was an attempt on the part of the person of mediocre talents to hide his mediocrity under the glories of his neighbors. Transportation, communication, common problems and many other agents are working toward the time when the well rounded man must be a citizen of the world. Narrow education is being forced down our throats today. However it is not exclusively an American fault. Europeon boys and girls are taught that all Americans chew tobacco, read Sunday comics, worship money, and drive Fords. They don't laud our systems of mass education any more than we laud their school systems. They think of go-getting and high-speed production just as we think of tea drinking and leisure. However, the man who knowingly limits his views to any field which hasn't world scope is going to find himself out of the running in the future. THE NEVERMORE Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also called No-more, Too-late, Farewell; Unto thine ear I hold the dead sea shell Cast up thy Life's foam-fretted feet between ; Unto thine eyes the glass where that is seen Which had Life's form and Love's but my spell Is now a shaken shadow intolerable, Of ultimate things unuttered the faint screen. Mock me, how still I am! but should there burst One moment through my soul the soft surprise Of that winged peace which lulls the breath of sighs— Then shalt thou see me smile Thy image to mine ambush at thy heart Sleepless with cold commemorative eyes. —Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Dartmouth: To promote third party interests through the support of Norman Thomas, socialist candidate for President, a local socialist group has been founded at Dartmouth College. *— THE PLAINSMAN Page 3 MEMBERS OF THE ALABAMA PRESS ASSOCIATION BACK FROM CUBA By Harry Wi»e Julian Hall, Editor of the Dothan Eagle, gives us some good "dope" on the Cuban situation and the attitude of the Alabama Press Association upon their recent visit to the island when they made their "an-uual outing" trip to Havana. Auburn was well represented in the person of W. A. "Bill" Young, radio announcer at the station here on the campus, WAPI. Mr. Hall's article was titled "Havana" and read like this: "The best known person in America is Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, but the best known person in Cuba is Sloppy Joe." These words were uttered by Bill Young, radio announcer for Station WAPI, Auburn. But they were not uttered into the microphone; they were uttered last week on the third deck of the steamship Cuba, and were addressed to the writer. We were on our way to Havana with the Alabama Press Association. "Who," we inquired, "is Sloppy Joe?" "Sloppy Joe," replied Bill with a gesture, runs a barroom," and he added with a larger gesture: "He runs the biggest barroom in Havana." Bill had never been to Cuba and neither had we yet he knew all about Sloppy Joe. We reflected that it is part of a radio announcer's job, the same as it is a newspaper editor's to be posted on history, literature, the arts, world events and places of in-trest, and not wishing to seem dumb, we replied: "Well, there's a mighty pretty place in India. It's called the Taj Mahal." "Yeah?" said Bill. "Seems like I've heard of it. Sort of built on the idea of Sloppy Joe's, aint's it?" "Well, no. Not exactly. But there's a resemblance between 'em. The Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shan Jehan in memory of his lost Queen, while Sloppy Joe's was built by a private individual in memory of a lost liberty of the Americans. "Yep," said Bill, "in 1898 the United States came nobly to the rescue of Cuba and gave her freedom and liberty, and then 20 years later amputated a large hunk of liberty from her own citizens." After reaching Havana Mr. Hall and Mr. Young, along with others of the 108 members of the association, paid "Sloppy Joe" a visit and found him a very interesting man; operating a very interesting place of business. The saloon business is not near the largest industry of the Island nor is that the only thing that attracts Americans to Havana, the cleanest city in the world and upon the "Pearl of the Antiles." Mr. Hall tells of a few of the sights to be seen while in Havana. The streets are spotlessly clean, and it is seldom that one sees even a cigaret stub on the sidewalk. Many cities boast of their cleanliness, but Havana is actually as clean as a city can be kept. One of the sights that will eat into the mind of every American who sees it and wil scar his memory until the last day of his life, is the Bone-yard. When a Cuban is buried his relatives for all generations to come must pay rent on his grave unless the grave lot is owned by the family. If a family does not own a lot, and a member dies, his relatives for all generations to come must pay annual rent on the dead member's grave. If this rent goes unpaid for three years the deceased's body is dug up and carried to the Boneyard, and flung upon the ground. The Bone-yard is located in a corner of the cemetery. A high stone wall surrounds it. The gate made of thick wood, remains locked, but one is permitted to look through a hole and receive a repulsive shock. The ground is covered with the bones of human beings—who once lived, loved,, walked, talked, laughed and wept, struggled and died. Because their families were too poor to buy a plot Robert E. Lee Hall, the main building at Blue Ridge. From its porch, one can see Mt. Mitchell, the highest point east of the Rockies. HOME EC. CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS A call meeting of the Home Economics Club was held in the "Y. W". Hut, Wednesday, May 2, at five o'clock for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year. Next year should be a banner year for the Home Economics Club, due to the ability and interest of Miss Rebecca Pate, the newly elected President. The officers elected are: Vice-President, Martha Haupt. Secretary, Earline Hutchison. Treasurer, Pauline Watkins. Plainsman Reporter, Emma Joe Atkins. Klein's Sporting Goods Store EXPERT AND PROMPT SERVICE ON TENNIS RACQUETS WE RESTRING ALL MAKES —A g e n t s F o r— SPAULDING AND HARRY C. LEE RACQUETS ALL ATHLETIC SUPPLIES North Court Square KLEIN & SON JEWELERS GIFTS FOR EVERY OCCASION SILVERWARE AND FINE CHINA WATCHES AND DIAMONDS MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA J. S. Hathcock Visits On Auburn Campus Dr. J. S. Hathcock, member of the United States Department of Agriculture, is spending this week in Auburn and Montgomery in conference with Prof. J. D. Pope and others of A. P. I. Agricultural faculty and officers of the State Farm Bureau, in an intensive campaign for the furthering of cooperative marketing of cotton. BLUE RIDGE AND WHAT IT MEANS REGULATION U.S. Navy Breeches $2.00 Any Size $2.00 PHILLIPS DRY GOODS STORE PENSACOLA, FLORIDA JOHN MOSLEY, Student Rep. PHI KAPPA DELTA HOUSE USE KRATZER'S ICE CREAM Your Local Dealer Has It For your parties and feeds ask your local dealer to order from us. Our products are pasteurized, using best ingredients, therefore necessarily PURE. KRATZER'S Montgomery, Alabama Local Dealers HOMER WRIGHT S. L T00MER of ground to bury their bodies, they could not rest in peace, even in death. There they lay, piled waist high, scattered about like so many bones of animals, bleached, glaring under the hot rays of a tropical sun. It was sickening. Mr. Hall closed his article by quoting Mr. Young again: Bill Young told Cuba the sentiments of every member of the party towards Havana and Cuba when he said over the radio station of the Cuban Telephone Company: "I know that I voice the sentiments of every member of the Alabama Press Association when I say that this visit to Cuba marks a high moment in their lives. We have been received with an honest cordiality that touches us and make us warm to this gracious people. We are grateful beyond expression for numerous courtesies extended to us on every hand and I have been delegated the pleasant task of bespeaking here tonight the gratitude of the members of our party. "All members of our association have confessed that the Cuban people fascinated them and they are resolved to return to this island of delight when ever possible. Havana, we are sure, is easily the most beautiful city in the western world even as it is possibly the cleanest city on earth. Everywhere that one goes one's eye is filled with views of lovely objects. We are constantly amazed at your faculty for capturing the beautiful fcnd putting it to every day uses. We think that the cuban people have mastered the art of living grandly and pleasantly without conscious effort. We think that you have wrought out here on this little island, known to the four corners of the world as the pearl of the Antiles, one of the great civilizations of history, and because we admire you without any mental reservations we thought we should tell you so." What is Blue Ridge? The curious minded desire a single expression to form a concrete image of just what Blue Ridge is and what is done there. But one cannot do Blue Ridge justice by making it a concrete thing, just as one has not described a college when he says it is a place to get professional training. The main reason why we, as students at Auburn, are interested in Blue Ridge is, it is the mecca for students from all Southern college Y. M. C. A.'s each summer. Each June, the Southern Student Conference meets there for a ten day session. This conference is attended by delegates from all. of the important colleges of the South with a few fraternal delegates from Northern schools. The main purpose of this conference is to afford a great get-together of students from all southern colleges who desire to know each other and their common problems. The most adequate description of Blue Ridge is to say that in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains nears such famous scenery as Chimney Rock and Mr. Mitchell is the place to find one's heart and souj. Auburn is to have a delegation there this year of students who will be a credit to the institution and who will be able to bring back a vital message to the campus. The Y. M. C. A. is helping all worthly delegates to the meeting. If you are interested in going, call by the Y. M. C. office or see J. R. Jarrish, chairman of the Auburn Blue Ridge committee, sometime in the near future. There are still a few vacancies in Auburn's quota and these should be filled within the next week. To satisfy yourself that Blue Ridge is an inspiration for nobler deeds and higher aspirations, talk the matter over with someone who has been. Once a delegate at this conference, will make you a Blue Ridge man for life. Dr. Knapp Invited Preside Over Meet Dr. Bradford Knapp, presidentelect of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, has been invited to preside at a round-table discussion on the "Economic and Industrial Development of the South" on the occasion of the meeting of the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, August 18-29, inclusive. He has accepted the invitation which came as recognition of his rare knowledge and outstanding leadership as an educator in the development of the South. Information about this high honor being conferred upon the new president of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute has been received in Auburn. The occasion will be a new and very interesting development among southern educators and leaders in agricultural and industrial development. At a similar meeting last year problems vital to the South and her people were discussed by leading authorities and the meeting attracted national attention. Before he accepted work with the University of Arkansas, Dr. Knapp traveled throughout the South as chief of Extension work for the southern states. Since going to Arkansas— and also during his presidency of Oklahoma A. & M. College—he has kept in close touch with every development within the South, with which he is familiar from one end to the other. B. C. Anderson Is To Represent Kiwanis Captain B. C. Anderson, president, has been elected to represent the Auburn Kiwanis Club at Seattle, Washington, June 17-21. Homer Wright druggist was elected alternate delegate. It is probable that Mr. Wright will attend since the duties of Captain Anderson are such as to make it im probable that he can get away from Auburn at that time. At the meeting of the club, Monday, Dr. R. S. Sugg reported on civic improvement work, saying that for this year the main project will be to extend the sewerage lines out from Auburn, the growth of the town making this necessary,, and in various ways the financing the extension is being considered. Dr. W. H. Pierre, a member of the public affairs committee, asked each member of the club to hae a ladder at his home to reach the top of the house for use in exterminating fires. He says that a special price is being sought with a view to supplying homes in Auburn with ladders as a protection against fire. Special music for the day was furnished by Miss Eloise Floyd and Miss Elizabeth Mardre. The program was arranged by Byron Jones. W. G. Simpson was presented as a new member. Mr. Simpson recently moved to Auburn to engage in insurance business. FATHER AUBURN PROFESSOR DIES AG CLUB OFFICERS ELECTED AT MEET PaySummer Expenses Have Liberal Surplus Taking Orders from Housewives, for KLEANEZY The New Self- Wringer Mop with the Broad Steel Plate I t 's pleasant, easy work. No experience needed. Women r e c o g n i z e ins t a n t l y the tremendous Labor Saving Qualities and the Economyof this Wonder Mop. Our men take orders for 50 to 100 weekly—that means a nice sura for you during your vacation. It will help solve your problem* d education. This mop etk*a stooping, backaches, muscle strain and all the worries of scrubbing. Bans soiled floor-torn hands — avoids handling dirty inop water. J U S T T U R N T H E KNOB a n d I t Will W r i n g O u t Dollars A child's tiny fingers can wring this Mop drier than a man's strong hands can wring the common mop. Price is low, demand enormous. It's the best vacation work you can find. Work at Home, in your College Town or Travel. You can take orders ANYWHERE. Tour the country, if that's your Ideal, making expenses and a big surplus besides. We supply complete selling outfit—no capital required, as you simply take orders. ^iANEZY_MqPCp^EEjffiWH.2 SENDTHIS COUPON TOR FULLDETAILs" KLEANEZY MOP CO., Dcpt. 3518, Delphos, O. Send me immediately, full details of yuur plan fop taking orders for KLEANEZY Mops. I want to make vacation and school expenses easily during coming vacation. Name ••••••• Address • ••••••• ''own state . . . . . . . . ^ On Wednesday night, May 9, at the regular weekly meeting of the Students Agricultural Club, officers for the first semester of the next scholastic year were elected. The following were chosen: President, J. R. Taylor, Jr.; Vice-president, T. R. Home; Secretary, K. V. Reagan; Treasurer, A. L. Smith; Reporter, Victor Savage, Jr.; Sergeant-at-arms, V. C. Kitchens; Cheer leader, Rat Perry; Assistant Cheer leader, Forrest Word; Critic, R. E. Martin; Librarian, P. H. Alsobrook. A committee composed of K. V. Reagan, Earl Gissendanner and E. P. Blocker was appointed by the President to officially check the records of club members. The retiring officers were: President, M. T. Gowder; Vice-president, C. Savage; Secretary, J. E. Carter; Treasurer, C. T. Thompson; Reporter, Victor Savage, Jr.; Critic, L. G. Brac-keen; Cheer leader, J. E Sergeant-at-arms, H. J. Carter; Librarian, M. V. Hallman. According to a move which passed the house at this meeting, no more meetings of the Ag CVlub will be held this semester. Wilsonian Literary Society Election Bruce F. Harkins, Jr. Ag. Ed., was elected president of the Wilsonian Literary Society Tuesday night. The other officers elected are: Vice-president, J. J. O'Roucke, Sophomore—Electrical Engineering. Secretary, Mary Bradford, Sophomore-— Home Economics. Treasurer, H. W. Overton, Freshman— Electrical Engineering. Critic, George Stafford, Junior— Electrical Engineering. Sergeant at Arms, J. E. Walsh, Sophomore—Civil Engineering. Plainsman Reporter, L. B. Haley. This was the last meeting of the year. TIDMORE RETURNS TO DUTIES HERE EIGHT PROFESSORS ADDED AT AyBURN Eight additional professors will be added to the education faculty at Auburn for the 1928-'29 session, it was announced Saturday by Dean Zebu- Ion Judd, head of the department. Seven of this number will do resident teaching while one of the new professors will carry out some phase of extension teaching. This addition to the staff in education will enable the college to carry out the desire of the board of trustees recently voiced in their resolution adopted by them at a meeting in Montgomery, March 16. At this time the board made known its purpose to continue its service to the state by the training of professors and superintendents for places of educational leadership in the state. David Roe, 70, of Long Beach, California, father of Prof. John W. Roe, Auburn professor, died suddenly last Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock as a result of heart attack, while playing golf. The funeral will take place Monday at Long Beach, according to a telegram received by Professor Roe. The elder Mr. Roe, though 70 years of age, was quite vigorous until his death, being a tennis player, golfer and swimmer, of considerable skill. Mr. Roe had retired from business but he continued his active connections with many of his civic organizations including Rotary, Chamber of Commere and the Optimist Club, of Long Beach. He went to California in 1919. Professor John W. Roe is assistant professor of modern languages at Auburn. Demonstration Farms To Be In Alabama The first three of the demonstration farms to be located at the secondary agricultural schools of Alabama will be started at Hamilton, Lineville, and Jackson, the location committee has announced. This committee is composed of Prof. L. N. Duncan, Prof. M. J. Funchess, S. M. Dunwoody, commissioner of agriculture, Dr. J. B. Hobdy, director of vocational education in Alabama, and S. A. Burns, a farmer of Talladega. These three will be started during the fiscal year which will end June 30, 1928. Farms will be located at Blountsville, Wetumpka, and Abbeville during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1928. These farms are being started and will be operated according to an act passed by the last Legislature of Alabama. The Extension Service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will be in charge and the district demonstration agents will supervise them in their respective districts. They will not be experimental farms but farms for demonstrating better practices and better methods in agriculture and farm life. They will be operated in conjunction with the secondary agricultural schools at which they are located. There are 11 of these schools. GENUINE NIII Er .H f l II BEVERAGES ARE GENUINE ONLY IN THE PATENT BOTTLES A PLACE FOR RECREATION AND FRIENDSHIP CITY BILLIARD ROOM Prof. J. W. Tidmore of the faculty of the Agronomy department of the college of agriculture, Auburn, has returned after spending two years on leave in graduate work at the University of Clafornia. While in California Prof."Tidmore completed his resident work for the degree of doctor of philosophy which will be conferred upon him when he completes his thesis, which he expects to do in connection with his work at Auburn. FRESHMAN HAVE GOOD RATING "COLLEGE MEN"—COME TO SEE US FOR Nunnally's Candies, Kodaks and Films, John Holland Fountain Pens THOMASON DRUG STORE—OPELIKA, ALA. OPELIKA PHARMACY, INC. DRUGS OF QUALITY PHONE 72 OPELIKA, ALA. FUNCHESS DIRECTS RESEARCH WORK Someone has been doing some Hydrick; round-about figuring lately, and it is now found that our Rat baseball team has a world's record. It comes about in the following way: the Rats beat Fort Benning last week, Fort Benning beat Georgia Tech, Tech beat Atlanta, Atlanta beat Cleveland, and Cleveland beat the Yanks, who are the Champions of the world. Therefore our Freshmen have a team that can beat the best of them. Dean M. J. Funchess of the college of agriculture of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, has been asked to direct a study of research work and graduate studies in the Land-Grant colleges of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. He has accepted the invitation, and wil complete the work October 1. The research study is being made by the Federal Bureau of Education as a result of a special act by Congress. All phases of land-grant college work are being studied with leaders in different lines in charge. S. J. T. Price Called At Death of Father S. J. T. Price, Accountant, was called to Boyd, West Virginia on April 28, at the death of his father, J. H. Price, age 86. Death occurred quite suddenly; he was living on the old homestead. Mr. Price is of a family of four girls and three boys, one boy having died exactly a year ago. He will return to Auburn May 13, to resume duties here. MAY 13TH IS MOTHER'S DAY Let us help you select your gift for Mother. We have something she will like M O T H E R ' S DAY CARDS BURTON'S BOOKSTORE V Foremost in Fashion FAR Most in Value OP BIRMINGHAM !?AffiATI9IBSX FAIR & SQUARE FOR 70 YEARS Pa*e 4. THE PLAINSMAN S P O R T S ~. Tigers Win Track Meet From Tulane SPORTS Hutsellmen Overwhelm Greenies On Campus Auburn Takes 12 Firsts Out of 14 Drake field was the scene of a large group of delegates from Tulane University and A. P. I., who met here in a dual track meet. The meet ended with the Hutsell lads winning 69 to 43. "Snitz" Snider, Auburn captain, stretched out in his usual manner, and copped three first places. In the hundred his time was 10 flat, which was not as good as his record, but gave him plenty of lead on the finish. He was not rushed on the 220 or the 440, and came out some distance ahead of the others. "Snitz" took the credit of being high scorer of the day with 15 points. Percy Beard took two first places, which were low hurdles and broad jump. He had hard luck on the high hurdles, for he fell at the first hurdle, and never was able to regain his position. Then with a bruised knee he took in the low hurdles at the rate of 25.6 seconds. This lowered Bas-kin's record of 26 and one-fifth seconds. This is a new Drake Field record and is only one-fifth of a second under Pea Green's time. , Upshaw was another Auburnite who was on the go, and gave Tulane plenty to think about. He scored 12 points, tieing for one first, winning one first and getting a second. He had little competition in throwing the javeline, and won it with some inches over 160 feet. He tied Virgin for first place in the high jump, at a height of five feet and ten inches. In the low hurdles he came in second. Virgin was also stepping out in the meet, and made one first and tied for another. On the high hurdles he left his competitors several yards behind, and tied for the high jump. Duncan Shines on 2 Mile The most thrilling event of the afternoon was that of the two mile race, in which Duncan brought home the blue ribbon. During the entire run, "Buster" stayed only a few yards behind the two Tulane runners, and.it seemed that Auburn would not even place in the event. They ran along like this for nine laps, and just as they reached the straightway, Duncan gathered up all his strength and sprinted in ahead of the two Green Wave distance men. This is one of the prettiest runs that has been staged on Drake Field this year. Oelkers in Meet The outstanding man on the Louisiana team was a Sophomore by the name of Oelkers, from New Orleans. His ability to heave the shot is most marked, as was seen last week when he byoke the Southern Conference record by putting it 46 feet, four and three-eights inches. He reached a distance of 44 feet and six inches on Drake Field. He took second in the discus. Creel of Auburn did some nice altitude work in taking the pole vault. His height was 11 feet and 4 inches. Other outstanding Tulane men were Montgomery and Allen. Robinson, star Auburn javelin toss-er, was not able to perform, but will be on hand for the Conference meet Plainsmen Whip Gamecocks, 6*3 Coach Moulton took his baseball nine to Columbia, S. C, last Friday and gave the South Carolina Gamecocks a thrashing at the rate of six to three. The game was close up until the eighth inning when the old Tiger sluggers got on to the Carolina pitcher, and drove in four runs. The Orange and Blue were held scoreless until the sixth frame, when two counters were accounted for. These two and the four accounted for in the eighth were the only scores that Auburn made in the fracas. Stoddard, Gamecock hurler, held the Plainsmen down in great style, except for the sixth and eighth inning when they did the damage that won the game. Stoddard fanned two men and walked one. "Maggie" McGhee took over the mound for the Alabama boys, and with good backing turned in a good game. The three runs made by the University of South Carolina were brought in during the first part of the game. "Maggie retired six would-be hitters and gave two a free trip to first. Auburn made four errors while the South Carolina team only made two. A. P. I. got twelve hits. Score: R H E Auburn . 000 002 040 — 6 12 4 S. C. 110 001 000 — 3 7 2 McGhee and Booth, Stoddard and Swink. The day following this game the team went back to Clemson, and met the Tigers the third time last week. in Birmingham this week. Summary: 100 Yard Dash—Snider (Auburn), Whatley (Tulane) Time, 10 flat. 220 Yard Dash—Snider (Auburn), Whatley (Tulane) Time, 22 2-5 sec. 440 Yard Dash—Snider (Auburn), Allen (Tulane) Time 50 4-5 sec. 880 Yard Dash—Tamplin (Auburn), LeBlanc (Tulane) Time 2:03 3-5 sec. Mile Run—Woolf (Tulane), Montgomery (Tulane) Time 4 min. 40 3-5 sec. Two Mile Run—Duncan (Auburn), Spencer (Tulane) Time 10 min. 41 sec. 120 Yard High Hurdles—Virgin (Auburn), Ford (Tulane) Time 15 2-3 sec. 220 Yard Low Hurdles—Beard (Auburn), Upshaw (Auburn) Time 25 3-5 sec. Pole Vault—Creel (Auburn), Davidson (Tulane) Height 11 feet 4 in. High Jump—Virgin and Upshaw (Auburn) tied for first and second places. Height 5 feet 10 inches. Broad Jump—Beard (Auburn) Ryan (Tulane) Distances 21 feet 4.5 inches. Shot Put—Oelkers (Tulane) Carter (Auburn) Distance 44 feet 6 inches. Discus—Carter (Auburn) Oelkers (Tulane) Distance 124 feet. Javelin—Upshaw (Auburn) Trunz-ler (Tulane) Distance 160 feet 10.5 inches. Tiger Baseball Schedule For 1928 Date Opponent and Their Score March 23—Fort Benning ( 0) 24—Fort Benning ( 0) 26—Montgom'ry Lions ( 6) 28—Selma Cloverleafs ( 4) 30—Tulane ( 1) 31—Tulane ( 3) April 2—Clemson ( 2) 3—Clemson ( 6) 9—Georgia (3) 10—Georgia (Rain) 11—Florida ( 1) 12—Florida ( 5) 13—Fort Benning (12) 14—Fort Benning (Rain) 16—Georgia Tech ( 4) 17—Georgia Tech (11) 20—Georgia Tech (Rain) 21—Georgia Tech ( 7) 26—Florida ( 6) 27—Florida ( 0) 28—Florida ( 1) May 2—Clemson ( 3) 3—Clemson ( 6) 4—South Carolina ( 3) 5—Clemson ( 6) 8—Georgia ( 1) 11—South Carolina 12—South Carolina 18—Vanderbilt 19—Vanderbilt Auburn Score and Place Played ( 7) at Fort Benning, Ga. (11) at Fort Benning, Ga. ( 2) "A" Day, at Auburn ( 3) at Selma ( 6) at Auburn ( 9) at Montgomery ( 6) at Auburn ( 6) at Auburn ( 3) at Auburn at Auburn ( 4) at Auburn (10) at Auburn (11) at Auburn at Auburn (15) at Auburn ( 2) at Auburn at Atlanta ( 5) at Atlanta ( 5) at Panama City, Fla. ( 2) at Panama City, Fla. ( 2) at Panama City, Fla. (11) at Clemson ( 9) at Clemson ( 6) at Columbia, S. C. ( 5) at Clemson ( 5) at Athens at Auburn at Auburn at Nashville at Nashville Auburn Harriers Enter S. C. Meet With Fine Record COACH A. P. ' By Max E. Kahn Probably the greatest loss Auburn has registered during the past decade occurred Wednesday when Coach Mike Papke officially resigned as coach at A. P. I. This loss may easily be construed as a result of the "All mighty dollar" question. For the sake of a few dollars Auburn gave up her best loved coach since the days of Mike Donahue. Mike appeared on the campus after his graduation from Middlebury College where he had starred in the four major sports. His entire career at Auburn has been nothing but a success. His teams have been an inspiration towards a bigger and greater Auburn. Basketball, his name has been cared into the very hearts of every Auburn student by the type of team he has constructed. In this field he has coached for three years and has been repeatedly ranked by scribes over the South as the best MIKE"PAPKE tutor in Dixie. His famous one point team of the past season is known as the best Auburn ever had. Baseball, Mike proved the question that Auburn could have winning rat squads by tutoring the Frosh baseball outfit this past season. Nine games, nine victories and never a defeat nor tie. That Frosh team won more games than all the other Freshman teams have done in three years. Football, Mike has never had a chance as head tutor in this direction, but it is a cinch that he would be above the average. He has been assistant back-field coach for the past three years. That, gentlemen, is the type of man that Auburn has had to receive a resignation from. The most popular, cosmopolitan, true Auburn man on the campus. In behalf of the Student body, it is my sincere wish that Coach Mike have the best of success in the future and that the South may continue to be honored as his home. Tigers Cop Series From Clemson Winning Two And Losing One Last week the baseball squad took another extensive tour but this time it was in South Carolina. At this time we met the strong aggregation of Clemson Agricultural College, and handed them two defeats, while they turned the tables on the Ala-bamaians in the last game and won after staging a ninth inning rally with the help of a couple of errors. The first game was just a slugging match for the boys in the Orange and Blue. Everyone on the team was hitting, and when the game was over we had scored eleven runs while Clemson had only gotten in three. Wood did the twirling for Auburn, and turned in one of the best games of the season. Behind the bat was Pete Booth who handled the mitt with great efficiency. He seemed to know just how to work the pitcher, and when it came his time to get to bat, made use of every strike, and did some prettty hitting. "Jelly" Akin was hitting his stride, and poled out two triples, and was closely followed by Jim Crawford, who also got a triple. Both "Ebb" and "Fob" James were kept out of the line-up, due to sickness. Booth, as stated above, took the formers place while "Dooley" Gilchrist took over the initial sack for the Plainsmen. "Docfley" got his share of hits and played an errorless game. On third base we had Frank Cur-rie who was also on the batting end of some of the plays. Wood held Clemson to six hits; while his teammates piled up thirteen. Second Game The second game in South Carolina was a very exciting one, for the Plainsmen did not win until the ninth inning, when they pulled ahead to win by three runs. They just had the look of "never say quit" on their faces, and swung the timber to good advantage. Clemson put up a good fight, but the pitching of Potter proved to be more than they could stand. Potter knew how to put the ball in their weak places, and turned many Clemson batters away with a disappointed look. He was not given as good backing as he should have gotten, which accounted for the runs that the South Carolinaians scored. Booth again took over the catchers job. At the beginning of the ninth the score stood six to five with Auburn on the lesser end. But the Tigers were not to be licked, for before they could get three men out we had scored four runs, and Potter held them scoreless in the last of this frame, winning nine to six. "Jelly" Akin's hitting was again the feature of the game, for he drove out a triple when it was most needed. B. Pearman and F. Pearman were the batteries for Clemson. Pearman pitched an exceptionally good game up until the last inning when the Moultonmen went on a rampage. Third Game The team went to Columbia, last Friday and played the University of South Carolina, and on Saturday, they went back to Clemson for the thrid game of the series. However, this game proved to be our "Waterloo" for it was dropped to the Clemson boys. This game was also lost in the ninth inning, for the Plainsmen had it on ice at the beginning of the ninth, when the score was 5 to 3. Both Stoutenborough and Martin pitched air-tight ball for their teams until the fifth, when Clemson brought in one. But Auburn was not to be out done, for in the next inning, we scored three. We both made two more, which brought the count to five and three. Then up came the ninth inning, and Auburn failed to score, so it was Clemson's time at bat. It all happened in the twinkling of an eye, and Clemson had beaten the mighty Tigers. It was due to two hits, two errors, and a wild pitch. Stoutenborough was in the mound for A. P. I., and had plenty of stuff. He had a little hard luck in the ninth. The James twins were in the starting line-up, but were relieved in the sixth. Clemson's batteries, Martin and F. Pearman showed up well in the game. Ben Sankey improved his hitting while on the trip, and hit at times when we most needed runs. He is the kind of player that hits when we are in need of it, as you will remember from the way he knocked out the pill against Florida two weeks ago. Another one of the Tigers that brought his batting average up on this trip was Howard Smith. He soaked the pill several times. This week-end when all of the star track men in the South meet in the Municipal Stadium in Birmingham, there will be a certain group present who will be representing the Alabama Polytechnic Institute of Auburn, Alabama. It will pay you to keep an eye on that bunch too, for when the meet is over and the laurels are distributed, these boys will have their share of them. Several records should be broken before the day is over, but it is very likely that the high and low hurdles record and the javelin record will stand. However Beard, Mirgin, and Upshaw will have to be accounted for. Beard is doped to take the high hurdles and will give Avery of V. P. I. a run for first in the low ones. Virgin will place in the high hurdles, and Upshaw will be in the low urdles. Robinson will probably be handling the javelin, and if he is in good shape will get some good distance. But Welchel of Georgia Tech will be hard to beat, for he holds the present Southern Conference record of 192 feet 7 in. The record of the hundred should be equalled, due to the fact that there are three speed demons entering who have made it in the same time that Foster of V. M. I. ran it in for the record. This time is 9.8 seconds. Cummings of Virginia, Snider of.Auburn, and Brown of L. S. U. are the three men who have made it in 9.8 seconds. Hamm of Tech, McCrary of Georgia, and Chesney of Vandy will help make the competition keener. We are hoping that Captain Snider will take first on this and break the record. Then we find that there is much keen competition on the 220 with Snider, Foster, and Cummings as the outstanding. Foster is the present holder of the record, having made it in 21.6 seconds. Snider has been running the 220 in good time this year, and stepped it off in 21.8 seconds in Florida, which is just two seconds shy of the record. If he is pushed he will probably give somebody a hard race. In the 440 yard dash we will probably find "Snitz" Snider again. He had not run the 440 u^> until "this year, but now he makes it at a rapid rate. Thomas and Mathews of Maryland, and Kontz of Tech have been making the 440 in good time, and will be hard to beat. The broad jump will probably go to Hamm of Georgia Tech, who holds the record of 24 feet 11% inches. Beard will also be in this event. He jumped 21 feet 4.5 inches last week in the Tulane meet. Auburn does not stand such a good chance of taking any of the distance runs, but Duncan and Tamplin will be on hand with plenty of goods. With Lund of V .P. I. throwing the discus, and O'Dell of Clemson pole vaulting, some records should go down. They are most likely winners of these events. "Nick" *Carter will take his position with the discus, which will assure us of a.place in this. He will also put the shot, but Oelkers of Tulane and LeBauer of Virginia will fight it out for first place. Oelkers heaved it 46 feet 4% inches a-gainst L. S. U. this spring, but it is Tigers Triumph Over Bulldogs In Lone Jilt • ft-: £&£>*iv JAMES (JELLY) AKIN This is "Jelly" Akin, cage and diamond star, who rings baskets, swings the willow and catches flies for Auburn. "Jelly" was awarded the Porter Cup at a recent "A" Club Meeting. He is outstanding in both basketball and baseball, and this year he made All Southern Forward in the. winter sport. Akin's average portion of scores in each cage tilt this year was around the twenty mark. In several duals he rung up a larger total than that of the five opponents. He was all over the floor among basketeers and made impossible shots through the hoop in every game. "Jelly" is playing a great game of baseball at present and he is doing sentry duty in the left garden for Coach Moulton. He gets the low ones and the high ones and robs many batters of all sorts of base hits. "Jelly" is a right hand hitter and when he takes a cut at the agate he usually sends it for a long distance ride. He is also fleety at running bases and makes the best of catchers put accurate shots down to the keystone sack. He seldom leaves a mate stranded on the cushions because when he hits the ball it is usually one that will advance any runner for a station or more. "Akin" is a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity, Scarabs and of the Blue Keys. He comes to Auburn from the neighboring village of Notasulga. This is his last year in the Village of the Plains and we hate to see him leave, but we know that he leaves with the Spirit of Auburn within him and that he has given all toward making Auburn shine. rumored that LeBauer can throw it 47 feet. So taking it all the around, it seems that this will be a great track meet. Over in A-thens last Tuesday those Auburn Tigers from the Plains "marched through Georgia" and came through with a 5 to 1 victory. It was one of those muddy affairs with a drizzling rain present during the entire nine innings. A double bill was on the menu, but as wet grounds prevailed, a single contest was the best that could be offered. Hurling "Cush" Wood was on the mound for the Villagers and opposing him was Lefty Murdock of Cracker-town. Both sharpshooters were right but Auburn bats were busy when hits meant runs and the Tigers took advantage of three miscues and managed to bag the large end of the count. The hitting honors were evenly divided, each team getting six. Each hurler made five batters hit the air and Wood yielded to four bases on balls to Murdock's two. The defeat chalked up Georgia's second loss of the season. The features of the game was the hitting and fielding of none othet than Howard Smith. The Tiger key-stoner rapped out a single, double and a triple out of four trips to the platter, and he handled five chances around the two base territory without a bobble. The fray completed the long road trip for the Plainsmen and they returned home Wednesday for a two day's rest before meeting South Carolina in a two game series. Bulldogs Score First The Georgians managed to put one across in the opening frame when Freeman stretched from first to home on a long double to deep right field by Nash. This ended the scoring for the Bulldogs for the failed to put another runner across in the remaining eight innings. They threatened in the ninth when Herndon, pinch hitting for Jacobson, singled to the left garden after one was out. Keating next up, was given life on San-key's bobble, the only Tiger error of the game. Murdock lifted one toward the sky and was out, but Chafin went to first when Wood served him four bad ones. The ended when Freeman hit a pop foul to Cur-rie. Tigers Even Count in Fifth The Auburnites knotted the count in their half of the fifth stanza. Howard Smith, first up, singled and was sent to second on Fob James' sacrifice tap. Smith went to third on a fielder's choice. He crossed the plate with the tying run when E. James singled through Murdock. Fireworks in Sixth The Plainsmen managed to hold the Georgians in check during the last half of the fifth, and the homlings stacked up thre markers in the first part of the sixth. Akin drew a pass from Murdock and he and Currie were both safe on a mis-cue. Crawford advanced both runners on a perfect bunt. "Jelly" rode home on Sankey's long sacrifice fly to deep center field. Smith doubled, scoring Currie. F. James was safe when Murdock failed to touch first. a wild heave to second trying to nip Smith came home when Keating made James at the keystone station. The Tiger's last tally came in the (Continued on Page 6.) What Shakespeare says about Coca-Cola Delicious and Refreshing 'W*•'M i*i~^h>*^-^^rM»M^mw^ : MEASURE FOR MEASURE Act III, Scene 1 "The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good" ~ Obviously, the Duke meant the lady—not Coca-Cola. But why bring that up? Translate it into plain United States, and you get: IT HAD TO BE GOOD TO GET WHERE IT IS 6* million a day The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga. THE PLAINSMAN Pag* S. WINN GIVES UP ONE HIT AS RATS WIN FROM HOWARD FRESHMEN The Howard freshmen were unable to find the offerings of Winn, elongated Tiger hurler and dropped the second game of a two game series here Tuesday afternoon by a score of 15 to 3. Winn was master of the situation all the way except for an eighth inning rally which netted 3 runs for the visitors. • With the promise of what turned out to be a real pitchers duel for the first inning ended up in driving Shel-ton the Howard hurler from the mound in the second stanza. With two away Harris got a fileders choice and stole second, Pate hit a single drove, Harris to third and Brown hit a double scoring Haris and Pate in the first inning. The Rats scored two runs in the second and two in the third. McLendon was knocked out of the box for Howard, and Bruce relieved McLendon. GREENE'S OPELIKA, ALA. Clothing, Shoes —AND— Furnishing Goods The Rats failed to score in the fourth but came back with five runs in the sixth inning. They scored three more in the seventh and one in the eighth. With one away a Howard batter got a fielders choice and stole second, the batter hit to Pate who threw to Chappie for a double but the runner got hit and was safe on third. Batter sacrificed and scored two runs and the next man up got the only hit of the day for Howard and scored a man on third. With the bases empty Brown hit a homer and then Chappie followed with another homer in the third inning. Chappie was the star at the bat for the rats, he hit four out of five times up and one of these was a home run. He was also a star on the Rat football team and one of the best guards in the conference on the basket ball team. With a little more experience he should develop into varsity baseball material and do equally as well on the varsity as he did on the freshman teams. Auburn opened up Monday with Howard Frosh in Auburn. Carter for Auburn pitched for the Rats and Coleman pitched for the Howard Frosh. In a misty rain and a wind blowing at a forty mile gale these boys entertained what few spectators that had ventured out to see the BANK OF AUBURN We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business J. W. WRIGHT, JR. Dry Goods Next Door to Post Office Auburn, Alabama "Say it "With flowers" FOR ALL OCCASIONS ROSEMONT GARDENS FLORISTS MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn TOOMER'S DRUG STORE Drug Sundries Drinks, Smokes THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER We Have Sole Agency For VICTROLAS AND VICTOR RECORDS —Also— LEONARD REFRIGERATORS We Will Appreciate Your Business AUBURN FURNITURE CO. Phone 48,-10 BASEBALL GAMES FEATURE OF WAPI A total of sixteen programs including detail reports of the Auburn- South Carolina baseball games and six dance programs by Wieldmeyer's orchestra of Huntington, W. Va., will be broadcast from station WAPI during the week beginning Monday, May 14. Monday noon, May 14, music by the studio trio. C. K. Brown on Auburn news notes, and W. A. Ruffin, insect enemies. Monday afternoon, beginning at 4, a detailed report of the Auburn-South Carolina baseball game. Tuesday noon, May 15, a request program by the Auburn stringers. Prof. W. H. Eaton on summer dairy dishes. Tuesday afternoon, beginning at 4, Auburn-South Carolina b a s e b a ll game. Tuesday night, beginning at 9, jazz program by the Collegians. Wednesday noon, May 16, vocal selections by Rev. 0. D. Langston and the student quartet. J. V. Brown will talk to Auburn Alumni and W. B. England will revive business conditions. Wednesday night, beginning at 9, the studio orchestra. Thursday noon, May 17, the studio orchestra. Coaching hints will be given by a member of the Auburn coaching staff. Thursday night, beginning at 9, classical program by studio orchestra. Dr. George Petrie will discuss a current topic. Beginning at 10 o'clock and lasting until 1, a dance program by Weidemeyer's orchestra. Friday noon, May 18, new Victor releases will be played during the Jesse French-Victor program. Aunt Sammy on a home economics topic. Friday afternoon, from 5 to 6, Weidemeyer's orchestra. Friday night, from 10 to 2, dance program by Weidemeyer's orchestra. Saturday noon, May 19, Weidemeyer's orchestra. Prof. J. R. Rutland will discuss the Sunday School lesson and Miss Helen Kennedy will talk on nutrition problems in Alabama. Saturday afternoon, from 5 to 6, a dance program by Weidemeyer's orchestra. Saturday night, beginning at 9:30, the senior ball will be broadcast. EVANS HAVE LAST MEETING OF YEAR FUNCHESS VISITS IN WASHINGTON Prof, M. J. Funchess, dean of Agriculture, is spending this week in Washington, D. C, in conference with representative of the committee on Agriculture and the Federal Bureau of Education in Relation to Agriculture. Dean Funchess plans to make a survey in several states of the work the various land grant colleges are doing. Grimes Vice-President Of Auburn Kiwanians Ice Cream IS A REAL HEALTH FOOD Have You Had Yours Today? AT Prof. J. C. Grimes, head of the Animal Husbandry Department of the college of agriculture, is the new vice-president of the Auburn Ki-wanis club. He succeeds G. A. Trol- Iope, extension poultryman, who resigned from the club because his work keeps him away from most of the meetings. I THE TIGER DRUG STORE AND STUDENT SUPPLY SHOP game in a fashion that was nothing less that spectacular. Carter only gave up two hits and Coleman gave up three hits. Seven innings went by without a man crossing home plate. The Rats lost their only chance to score when they had a man on first and second and one away in the third inning. Coleman came out of the hole by striking out the next two batters. Howard lost their chance to score when the game was called on account of rain in the seventh inning and left their man on third base. In an errorless no run five hit game on a cold rainy day, both teams were playing air tight ball. Both teams would have been wise to have postponed this game on such a day. The Rats wound up a successful season with seven games won and no losses. Such teams as Birmingham- Southern, Tech Frosh, Ft. Benning, and Howard tasted defeat at the hands of the Rats. 1st game R H E SO AUBURN 0 3 0 4 HOWARD 0 2 0 4 2nd game AUBURN 15 16 3 14 HOWARD 3 1 6 3 At this period in the life of a literary society, "swan songs" and politics share honors almost equally. Thus it was at the meeting of the Evans literary society Tuesday night. The retiring president, B. H. Walk-ley, who is a senior, made his farewell address. Mr. Walkley expressed, in his speech, a deep and sincere appreciation of the friends whom he had met through the medium of the Evans. He also said that the Evans had his best wishes for prosperity in the years to come. After this, the society gave all senior members a rising vote of appreciation for the work they have done in and for the Evans. The retiring president then left the chair in favor of the newly elected president, H. M. Cottier. After taking the chair, President Cottier conducted the election of other officers. The results of the election are as follows: M. V. Hallman, vice-president; W. C. Kelley, secretary-treasurer; G. V. Nunn, Plainsman reporter; J. P. Bethune, sergeant-at-arms; E. P. Blocker and Lottie Story, program committee; J. R. Taylor, Jr., chairman social committee. The society selected as its best all-round member, Moffet DuBose. Mr. Du- Bose's name will be engraved on the Evans loving cup. Following the election it was decided to have one other meeting to finish some very important business. All members are urged to be present when the list of those who are to receive quality points is read. A cracker- jack program is also in store for all who come. MADISON SPEAKS BEFORE SOCIETY The regular meeting of S. A. M. E. was called to order by President Mer-ril Tuesday night, May 8, 1928 at 7.00. Mr. Madison was the first speaker on the program, and he made an interesting talk on his personal observation of the Panama Canal. As other speakers on the program were absent Mr. Madison consented to make us another talk. This was an interesting one on theJSuez Canal. KNAPP TO SPEAK BEFORE BANKERS Dr. Bradford Knapp, future president of Auburn will speak before the Alabama Bankers Association, May 18. His subject will be "A Sound Economic Policy for Alabama". He will present economic facts about conditions in Alabama and will suggest means to better Alabama industrially and agriculturally. Dr. Knapp has spoken to several state bankers associations and has even appeared before the American Bankers Association. ROBERTSON'S QUICK LUNCH Open Day and Night The Best that can be bought-- Served as well as can be served IS Commerce St. Montgomery, Ala. PICKWICK CAFE New Location No. 110 Montgomery St. Exchange Hotel Building FRED RIDOLPHI, 'roprietor MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama aoaiii^^^^yoPDDOtgSB^JninoS SERVItt ENGRAVING Co CiYtarlo£ue frnd NewspcvperCute * M&de in &n Up-to d&te Pknt J M ENGLER C»l?OP». FOURTH FLOOR" ADVERTISER BLDG RATS WIN SERIES FR0MJJENNING Uncle Sam's soldier boys boughed before the mighty Rat team from Auburn in a two game series—winning the first game by what appeared to be more of a track meet 19 to 4 and the second game 6 to 4. The opening victory of the Rats over the strong Army team, with "Breezy" Winn out pitching one of the Army's best probably did the morale of the team more good than anything else so far this season. The team spirit under coach "Mike" has been high, but it went higher. The reader will recall that just a few weeks ago this same team that the Rats turned back defeated our varsity one game out of a series of four games in Auburn. The way some of these youngsters have come through this season, such as Capt. Pate at short stop, Chappie at third, and Potter at second looks to be ready material for the varsity next year. In Winn, Carter and Har-kins no better pitching staff could be found for any freshman team. Theyi would look good on most any diamond. Winn led the attack on the soldier boys by striking out 13 and only giving up seven hits that were well scattered. The Rat team was on a hitting rampage. Every man seemed to have his eye on the ball and placed their hits where they should be. The Rats fielding was perfect. When the Army would have their best chances to score the Rats would pull a double-play and blast any chances for the soldier boys to take the lead. The second game was just another thriller for the Rats were not what you would call over-confident but were determined to carry back the bacon to Auburn. With a clean record for the year they were backing up a certain Mr. Harkins that has proved his ability as a good reliable toser in a number of games more than once this year. Harkins only al-1 lowed 5 hits and struck out 6 men. Auburn took the lead in the first inning and held it throughout the game. All of the boys boosted their batting average considerably at the expense of the Army boys. Sensational fielding was the feature of the game. A number of times the Rats would run out and rob a hitter then catch a man trying to steal a base. 1st game R H E SO AUBURN 19 13 0 13 FT. BENNING 4 7 1 7 2nd game AUBURN 6 9 2 5 FT. BENNING 4 5 0 4 THE KL0THES SH0PPE UP-STAIRS BIRMINGHAM We sell good clothes for less because it costs us less to sell a Gourley F. Crawford Student Representative Take the "L" 2071/2 North 19 St. Special Gifts That MOTHER WOULD APPRECIATE Come in and inspect our new goods Student Supply Shop "The Distinctive Gift Shop" The First National Bank of Auburn Advice and Accommodation For Every College Man Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction C. Felton Little, '04, President W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier T H E B I G S T O R E W I T H T H E L I T T L E P R I C ES 1 AGEDORN'S Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes OPELIKA'S BEST STORE - . - - - 4 Good. That's what it is • • No USE trying to put a definition around Camel. It is as diverse and fugitive as the delicate tastes and fragrances that Nature puts in her choicest tobaccos, of which Camel is rolled. Science aids Nature to he sure by blending the tobaccos for subtle smoothness and mildness. One way to describe Camels is just to say, "They are good!" Somehow, news of Camel has got around. r R. J. R E Y N O L D S T O B A C C O C O M P A N Y , WIN S T O N . S A L E M , N. C. Each smoker telling the other, we suppose. At any rate, it's first—in popularity as well as quality. It has beaten every record ever made by a smoke. Modern smokers have lifted it to a new world leadership. Camels request a place in your appreciation. Try them upon every test known. You'll find them always loyal to your high-est standard. "Have a CameW* - ew Page 6. THE PLAINSMAN Evans Society Wins Convocation Debate Winners Say Fifty Per Cent of Seniors Should Not Get Dips "Resolved that only fifty per cent of the Seniors should receive degrees" was the subject of an interesting and instructive debate between the Evans and Wilsonian Literary Societies at convocation Thursday. The affirmative side of the question was ably defended by B. H. Walkley and M. V. Hallman of the Evans. The negative side was attractively presented by B. Q. Scruggs and H. W. Overton of the Wilsonian. The judges were Professors Bower, Chesnut, and Herren. The affirmative contended that the proposed plan is neither radical nor absurd, that the present system of awarding degrees is too wide in scope. They sugested that degrees be awarded fifty per cent and certificates of graduation given,to the fifty per cent not receiving degrees. They would select the fifty per cent by having intelligence, vocabulary, moral standard tests. A man's outside activities would also be considered under their plan. The negative speakers heartily disagreed with everything that the affirmative speakers had said. They called attention to the fact that eight five per cent of Auburn graduates become successful, asking the question "Why select only 50 per cent when 85 per cent succeed?" They also wanted to know what should be done for the 50 per cent who have met college requirements for a degree and yet have not received it. The affirmative took the stand that the plan would raise the requirements for degrees, the negative constantly asking the question just mentioned. The Evans speakers were awarded the decision by a two to one vote. The winning speakers are granted the privilege of having their names engraved on the cup offered by Phi Delta Gamma, national honorary forensic society. FIRE APPARATUS DECLARED GOOD Alumni Hall Boys Make Annual Test Of Equipment The boys of Alumni Hall, anxious to elevate the standards of safety in Auburn, exercised some rigorous tests last Friday night. The fire hose stood up splendidly under the ordeal, and it was found that rooms can be filled to the window level without detrimental leaking. To make conditions more realistic, all lights were extinguished. Three valorous firemen rushed to the roof with water in an attempt to drown the fires of romance burning in the breasts of a merry group of singers on the sidewalk. Their mission completed, they attempted to return to the interior of the building, but found themselves thwarted by a fireproof metal door. A bed rail was found an ineffective battering ram, and a rescue party had to be sent to their assistance. Two Co-eds, terrified at the confusion, fled for their lives just quickly enough to evade the flash of a photographic record of the manu-evers. In the rush that followed, E. V. Smith lost his new knickers. They were recovered, undamaged. The boys are convinced that Alumni Hall is fireproof and waterproof. STUDENTS IMPATIENTLY AWAITING GREATEST S E N I O R DANCE SPELLING METHOD ORIGINATED HERE Johnson and Webster Are Urged to Take Notice Samuel Johnson is apt to be laughing aloud. Webster is probably turning over in his grave. Auburn students have originated a new method of spelling several words. Excellent! Bravo! But wait! The trouble is that the several students each have their own original spelling. We suggest that they get together and compromise on a standard orthography for the sake of convenience, at least. This new spelling was first noticed in a recent group of BOTC exam papers. Originality will out! But as the man in the brown puttees says, nothing is improbable in • love and war, especially war. Johnson would retire and live the life of a solitary hermit if he were only alive and could see the change of the word ENFILADE to ENFAL-LADE. The moving finger writes, stumbles and having stumbled, stumbles again. (Continued from Page 1.) This will make it impossible for the balcony to be used by spectators. The Social Committee kindly asks the cooperation of all students in observing the request that the balcony be abandoned for this time. No direct light will enter the dance hall but will all be reflected thru the paper decorations, giving the effect of under-sea environment. The visiting ladies will be entertained by house parties at the homes of the following fraternities: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, and Alpha Tau Omega. PROGRAM May 17, 18, 19, 1928 Thursday Night (May 17) 9 'til 1 Opening Ball Senior Leadout First No-break Intermission Second No-break Senior Leadout Friday Morning (May 18) 11 'til 1 Scarabs Dance Scarabs Leadout No-break Scarabs Leadout Friday Afternoon (May 18) 4 'til 6 Scabbard and Blade Dance Scabbard and Blade Leadout No-break Scabbard and Blade Leadout Friday Night (May 18) 10 'til 2 Senior Prom First No-break Senior Leadout Grand March Intermission Second No-break Senior Leadout Saturday Morning (May 19) 11 'til 1 n Inter-Frat Council Dance Inter-Frat Council Leadout No-break Inter-Frat Council Leadout Saturday Afternoon (May 19) 4'til 6 "A" Club Dance "A" Club Leadout No-break "A" Club Leadout Saturday Night (May 19) 9f 'til 12 FaugML Ball ion No-bre; Second Senior Leadout The dances will be under the direct management of the Social Committee, with the aid of the Faculty j Social Committee, and Miss 'Dobbs, social director, and dean of women. ^ Members of the Student Social Committee are as follows: B. E. Meadows, chairman; H. C. Hopson, M. S. Kestler, Merritt Burns, E. A. Conwell, Tom Boone, Otis DeVaughn, Noble Crump, Dick Adams, and Luke Brown. Members of the Faculty Social Committee are as follows: Mr. J. V. Brown, Chairman; Miss Zoe Dobbs, social director, Prof. M. T. Fullan, Prof. C. L. Hare, Coach W. H. Hut-sell, Coach J. E. Pitts, Coach R. C. Brown, Prof. C. W. Edwards, Major J. T. Kennedy, Capt. J. M. Garrett, Capt. B. C. Anderson, Lt. W. B. Hig-gins, Dr. B. R. Showalter, Prof. N. L. Nickils, Miss Louis P. Glanton, Miss Dana Gatchell and Miss Lula Palmer. The official Chaperones are as follows: Pres. and Mrs. Spright Dowell, Major and Mrs. J. T. Kennedy, Captain and Mrs. B. C. Anderson, Captain and Mrs. J. M. Garrett, Lieut, and Mrs. W. B. Higgins, Prof, and Mrs. C. L. Hare, Prof, and Mrs. M. T. Fullan, Dr. and Mrs. Showalter, Coach and Mrs. J. E. Pitts, Coach and Mrs. W. H. Hutsell, Coach and Mrs. George Bohler, Coach and Mrs. Slick Moulton, and Miss Dobbs, social director and dean of women. The members of the diciplinary committee who are serving in the same capacity as the former student council are as follows: Major J. T. Kennedy, chairman; Prof. C. R. Hix-on, Prof. J. M. Robinson, Dr. R. S. Suggs, Prof. C. W. Edwards. \ , a* >+;i Dance Regulations Section 1. The opening dances shall be called the Sophomore Hop, at midyear, the Junior Prom, and at commencement, the Senior Dance. Section 2. Time and permission for these dances are to be obtained from the Executive Council. Section 3. The period of the dances is limited to Thursday night, Friday, and Friday night, Saturday and Saturday night. Section 4. Arrangement for the dances and management of the floor will be under control of the Student Social Committee, in co-operation with the Faculty Social Committee. Section 5. To insure the full co-operation of the students in eliminating liquor from the dances, members of faculty will take the place of the cooperative committee. Section 6. All invitations to the young ladies to be present and to participate in the dances shall be approved by the Social Director of the faculty, and the list of those whom it is proposed to inviteS|]shall be placed in her hands not less than ten days before the invitations are issued. No other visiting young lady shall be admitted except by special permission of the Faculty Social Committee. Section 7. All visiting ladies are expected to arrive not earlier than the opening day of the dances and to leave on Sunday following the class of the dance on Saturday night. Section 8. All visiting young ladies shall be housed in the designated chapter houses or private homes, and directed by the Social Director, and shall report to the Social Director immediately after arrival in Auburn. Section 9. All visiting young ladies will be under the supervision of the Social Director or her representative during the period of their stay in Auburn. Official chaperones will be appointed from the residents of Auburn, so as to relieve the mothers of the young ladies who care to attend of as much responsibility as possible. Section 10. The Social Director shall submit to the Social Committee her list of chaperones and upon their approval the Social Committee shall notify them. Section 11. The mothers of the visiting ladies will be welcomed to Auburn for the period of the dances; however, they will be expected to conform to the fixed rules of the institution with reference to dances. Section 12. All visiting ladies will check in at their respective houses with the Social Director or her representative, immediately after the close of the dance. Section 13. Any visitor who is a member of a fraternity represented at AubuEu shall not be admitted to the dance,fR|>r until he has been vouched *>r by the local chapter of that fraternity.. Any visitor who is rjoj ^ ftienilJHr qiPa fraternity represented aHw3*>urn will not be admitted ujitil he jpfcouched for by the Faculty Social Committee. Section 14. The Student Social Committee shall consist of ten members. Section 15. The college agrees to have the territory in the vicinity of the gymnasium, including the basement and toilets, policed by duly commissioned officers. Section 16. The rules regarding the possesion of and being under the influence of liquor will be strictly enforced during these dances, by the Social Committee. Any outsider who violates these rules will be referred to the Executive Council by the Social Committee. Section 17. All girls will be checked each time they enter the dance floor. Section 18. Students will be barred from the dances in case of misconduct of the girls attending the dance on their list . AUBURN PLAYERS PRESENT PROGRAM Entertain Faculty With Interesting Play and Social The Auburn Players entertained the faculty last evening with a delightful program and social. "The Man of the Kerb" was presented, ably directed by Dr. Leo Gos-ser. The cast consisted of Catherine Hare and Red McMurray. The second play was "Romancers", directed by Dr. Gosser assisted by the student director, Robert Hobdy. The members of the cast were: Grace Pinnell, Has-kin Williams, Prof. Harold Hutchins, Dopey McFarlen, and John Young-blood. Music was furnished between plays by Rains and Suffich. BACK AGAIN . "Sunny Gene Austin" HAS MADE TWO GORGEOUS NEW VICTOR RECORDS Four Dreamy, Haunting Melodies Sung With That Winsome "Something" That Makes Austin Records Such Sensational Hits. Knowledge Journalism Is Aid in Any Business Regardless of the occupation you are engaged in after leaving college, a knowledge of journalism will be a tremendous aid to your work, said Prof. J. D. Pope, agricultural economist, in speaking before the class in agricultural journalism recently. Mr. Pope pointed out that if one was conversant with the requirements of journalistic writing that it would be a tremendous aid in developing one's work and prsenting it to the public. If you are engaged in any type of public work, the people have a right to know what you are doing and the knowledge of journalism will aid in presenting the information, stated Mr. Pope. From his long exeprience as editor of the Birmingham News farm page, which appears each week in the Sunday edition, Mr. Pope gave some very practical hints on how contact with a newspaper editor might be made. He also pointed out the requirements as to form and style in presenting copy to the editors. First of all, says Mr. Pope, one must develop an ability to sense the news value in an incident or situation. This he terms as developing "a nose for news". Summer Coaching Course Is Offered Entire Staff ta be Used in Two Weeks Course An intensive course for High School coaches will be given by the entire Auburn coaching staff at the A. P. I. summer school, from June 4 to 16 inclusive. The purpose of this intensive course is to conserve the time and funds of those attending by giving an entire summer length course in two weeks and to serve this purpose the coaching staff, consisting of Bohler, Pitts, Hutsell, Moulton and Papke will work from seven to eight hours a day in lectures and demonstrations. Practical instructions as well as lectures in all sports will be given and coaches are urged to bring their players that they, too, may benefit by the instruction. Complete equipment will be furnished for football field work. The swimming pool and gymnasium will be open to the students and a fee of two dollars will be charged for lockers and towels. The course to be given and the instructors are as follows: Football Theory and Practice, Bohler, Pitts, Moulton; First Aid for Atheletic Injuries, Bohler, Hutsell; Track Coaching, Hutsell; Basketball Theory and Practice, course No. S401—2C, Papke and Bohler; Baseball Theory and Practice, course No. 401—2E, Moulton and Bohler. No. 21329 Tomorrow and So Tired No. 21334 75c Ramona and 75c Girl of My Dreams First Shipment Just Received Both Records Are Natural Big Hits—Our Stock Can't Last SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO MAIL ORDERS We also have s h e et music Copies of these sensational hits, 3 for $1.00 JESSE FRENCH AND SONS PIANO COMPANY 117 Montgomery St. MONTGOMERY MASON MUSIC CO. OPELIKA, ALA. GREAT ALUMNI DAY PROGRAM BE HELD COMMENCEMENT WEEK (Continued from page four) ninth frame when Smith tripled for his third hit of the game. Fob James sent him in on a single off the first ball pitched. The Tiger aggregation worked like a machine throughout the whole game with the exception of one error. The outfield also worked perfectly during the entire game. Ellis and Akin made several difficult catches, while Crawford fell to his knees once and nabbed a line drive. Nash of Georgia hit a long double that came nearly being a homer. The ball went to extreme right field. His tap advanced the runner for three bases, driving in the Georgian's lone counter. The Box Score: AUBURN AB R H E Akin, If 4 1 0 0 Currie, 3b 4 1 1 0 Crawford, rf • 3 0 0 0 Sankey, ss 3 0 0 1 Smith, 2b . 4 3 3 0 F. James, lb 3 0 1 0 Ellis, cf 3 0 0 0 E. James, c 4 0 1 0 Wood, p 4 0 0 0 Total GEORGIA Chaffin, ss Freeman, 2b Nash, rf Johnson, 3b Shiver, cf Rothstein, lb Jacobson, If Keating, c Murdock, p xHerndon Totals 34 1 6 3 xBatted for Jacobson innith. Score by innings: Auburn 000 013 001—5 Georgia 100 000 000—1 Summary: Two base hits, Nash, Smith; three base hits, Smith; Stolen base, Chafin, Freeman; sacrifice hits, F. James, Crawford; sacrifice fly, Sankey; base on balls, off Wood 4, off Murdock 2; struck out, by Wood 5, by Murdock 5; passed ball, Keating. Time of game, 1:45; Umpire, Philpot. Theta Kappa Nu Has Annual Mother's Day Mothers of Members Enjoy Day With Sons 32 AB 3 5 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 1 5 R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 6 H 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 E 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Fillowing a custom established three years ago, the Theta Kappa Nu Fraternity held its annual Mother's Day, Sunday, May 6. The day was moved up one week as some of the mothers wished to be at home on the regular day. The Day was begun by the chapter, with the mothers, fathers, sisters and sweethearts attending the Auburn High School Commencement Address, given at the Methodist Church by Rev. Burnworth. A dinner of four courses was served at 1:15 in Smith Hall. The tables were arranged in a T, the first letter in the Fraternity initials. Dinner was served to 56. President Sim Thomas opened, voiced a word of welcome, and introduced the tosatmast-er, Max Jones. After a word of welcome, and a mention of the occasion, Toastmaster Jones asked Rev. Hay to lead in prayer. Dr. Ross made a short talk, followed by Miss Dobbs. Prof. Robinson made a short talk on fraternities. Miss Martha Power then sang a solo accompanied by Miss Charline Baughman. All the mothers then made talks expressing their appreciation of the day. The dinner ended at 3:30. Most of the parents arrived Saturday afternoon. Among them were: Mrs. A. A. Bond, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Bradley of Anniston; Mrs. W. L. Costen and daughter, Mrs. O. Costen, from Bessemer; Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Charlton of Birmingham; Miss Josephine Hunnicut of Birmingham; Miss Eugenia Williams of Kinston, and Miss Elizabeth Smith of Birmingham; Mrs. McFerrin of Greenville; Mrs. McCurdy of Lineville;. Mrs. Sim Thomas of Nixburg; Mrs. G. E- Doz-ier of Mh. Meigs; Mrs. S. E. Johnston of Mt. Meigs; Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Dothan. Saturday night Dr. and Mrs. Dowell, Mrs. Ross and Prof, and Mrs. H. E. Jones visited the mothers at the Chapter. TIGERS TRIUMPH OVER BULLDOGS IN LONE TILT CO-EDS RESCUED FROM SEWER PIPE The deep ditch in front of Smith Hall that is being dug by workmen of the construction company engaged in paving the streets of Auburn was the scene of a near tragedy Tuesday evening when Anne Brown and Mary Ward fell bodily into the slime. The young women students were making their way in the dark and losing their bearings one slipped and disappeared in the depths. The other was drawn down by the first as she grasped wildly and blindly for some stable object. Massey Clayton and Perry Ed^- wards hearing cries of help answered their summons and rushed to the scene of the accident. The young women were rushed to their apartments and received firts aid. They suffered no serious injuries. (Continued from Page 1.) addition to the competitive drill more than 200 commissions, in the Reserve Corps will be awarded Cadets by Gov. Bibb Graves. Following the barbecue to be held at one o'clock there will be a base ball game between the Tigers and Mercer University. FIFTH-SIXTH COMMENCEMENT cf the Alabama Polytechnic Institute PROGRAM Sunday, May 20 10:30 A.M. Langdon Hall. Commencement Sermon, Rev. Carter Helm Jones, D. D., Pastor Second Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. 8:00 P. M. Langdon Hall. Vesper Service. Monday, May 21 8:00 to 10:00 A. M. Drill Field. Competitive Military Drill. 10:00 A. M. Drill Field. Review of Cadet Corps R. O. T. C. Awarding Commisisons, Reserve Corps, by Governor Graves. 11:00 A. M. Langdon Hall. Alumni Exercises. 1:00 P. M. Campus. Alumni Barbecue. 2:30 P. M. Baseball, Mercer vs. Auburn. / 2:00 P. M. to 4:30 P. M. Practice House. Exhibit of work of classes of Decorative Design and Interior Decoration. 2:00 P. M. Architecture Department, Main Building, Second Floor. Exhibit of Architectural and Water Color Drawings. 4:00 P. M. Langdon Hall. Fashion Walk Presented by Department of Home Economics. 7:00 P. M. Campus. Festival of Lights. 8:00 P. M. Langdon Hall. Senior Class Exercises. 9:00 P. M. to 10:00 P. M. President's Residence. Reception in honor of Senior Class. Tuesday, May 22 10:30 A. M. Langdon Hall. Commencement Address, John James Ti-gert, M. A., LL.D., Ed.D., U. S. Commissioner of Education, Washington, D. C. Awarding of Prizes. Conferring of Degrees. 'She looks familiar." 'I hear that she is." Boys—Stop at City Drug Store When in Columbus YOU ARE WELCOME W. L. MEADOWS PROGRAM TIGER THEATRE MONDAY, MAY 14 Laura La Plante in "THE CAT & THE CANARY" with Gertrude Aster, Forrest Stanley and Tully Marshall TUESDAY, MAY IS "ROSE OF THE TENEMENTS" with Shirley Mason and John Harron WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY MAY 16TH & 17TH Jesse L. Lasky and Adolphe Zuker presents Harold Lloyd in " S P E E D Y " FRIDAY, MAY 18 Billie Dove in "THE HEART OF A FOLLIES GIRL" with Larry Kent SATURDAY, MAY 19 "DRESSED TO KILL" with Mary Astor and Edmund Lowe DR. THOS. B. MCDONALD Dentist and Oral Surgeon Office Over Toomer'i Drug Store Phone 49 DR. C. L. BOYD, D. D. S. DENTIST Tiger Drug Store Building Upstairs B. J. JONES SHOE REPAIRING NEATLY DONE WITH GOODYEAR MACHINE 18 Years Service For the Students -Our Motto— "If We Please You Tell Others; If Not, Tell Us" Magnolia Ave Auburn, Ala. If you need a Doctor's Service—get a good one. If you need a Butcher's S e r v i c e—same applies. MOORE'S MARKET PHONE 37 Auburn's Leader for Sixteen Years TOOMER'S HARDWARE The Best in Hardware and Supplies CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager Hollywood Shopping Service P. O. BOX 1088 HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. "We buy you what the stars buy" (Reg.) Renee Adoree's blouses $12.00 Evelyn Brent's knitted sweater suit 22.50 George O'Brien's tennis ensemble (white trousers, sport shirt) 15.50 Norman Kerry's beach robe of Turkish towelling.. 25.00 Charles DeLaney's sweaters and golf hose (color, pattern) 18.50 Erich Von Stroheim's riding boots 35.00 Betty Blythe's coffee colored patent l e a t h e r p u r s e 6.50 Lowell Sherman's black and white Oxfords 15.00 Molly O'Day's Irish green Spanish shawl 35.00 Jean Hersholt's octo^oiial cocktail set with 6 silver cups 90.00 Satisfaction Guaranteed. Correspondence Solicited. Send for our Catalogue List, "Strolling Along The Boulevard" USE POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR OUR SHOPPING SERVICE |
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