1929-01-13 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1929. NUMBER 25
TRAINING COURSE
IN SCOUTMASTERY
IS BEING OFFERED
Under L e a d e r s h i p L. W. John­son
and A. L. Thomas
CERTIFICATES B E GIVEN
Auburn To Be Scouting Center
of South
Under, the leadership of Loaz W.
Johnson, executive of the East Ala­bama
Council of the Boy Scouts of
America, and Professor A. L. Thomas,
a twelve week course in scoutmaster
training is being given at Auburn.
The meetings are being held on each
Monday night; the course is given ac­cording
to the National Scouting
Program, and at the end of the twelve
lessons, each man cojmpletjng the
course will be given a scoutmaster's
certificate, which will permit him to
be a scoutmaster anywhere in the
United States.
This is one of five courses which
wil be given here; the second will be
a standard course to be conducted
next summer for executives and in­structors,
and is the same as a course
that is offered at Columbia Univer­sity.
There will be three specializa­tion
courses given in 1930, and those
completing these courses will receive
special certificates. A two weeks'
training camp will be a feature of the
third course. There will be two over­night
camps in the present course.
After the completion of all five of
these courses, the men will be given
spoutmasters' keys and approved cer­tificates
for the five courses.
Among the local men helping in the
presentation . of the course are Rev.
Mr. Hay, Lieutenants Townsley,
Leitch, and Barth, Captain Ander­son,
Mr' Fick, and Professor "Thomas.
Dr. Judd and Dr. Knapp are also
highly interested in this work. It is
the desire of Dr. Knapp that by hav­ing
these course* conducted here,
Auburn will eventually become the
center of Scouting in the South.
Members of the East Alabama
Council helping are: Pres. R. E.
Blount of Union Springs; C. H. Vann
of LaFayette; E. C. Hall and L. B.
Coley of Alexander City; and I. J.
Dorsey and N. D. Denson of Opelika.
On January 19, National Scout
Executive O. H. Benson, will be here
to organize through the Extension
Department, the Lone and Rural
scouts for Alabama. He will be as­sisted
in this work by Mr. Sims,
leader of the 4-H Club boys. Mr.
Benson is now on his way to the re­gional
meeting of the seven south­eastern
states, to be conducted at
Memphis, Tennessee.
Much Progress Being Made New
Houses Erected Fraternity Row
AWARD GUIDON
TO BATTALION
OF ARTILLERY
MRS. ROSA DRAKE
DIES ON THURSDAY
Mrs. Rosa Drake died at her home
here at 7:45 p. m. Thursday, at the
age of 61 years, and funeral services
were held from the home Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Dr.
Burnworth conducting the service.
Deceased died suddenly of heart
attack. She was a member of Metho­dist
church and is survived by four
sons, J. W. Drake, Jr., J. R. Drake,
Auburn; Dr. J. H. Drake, Honolulu;
R. S. Drake, Charleston, S. C.; three
doughters, Mrs. J. E. Bertram,
Springville, Ala.; Mrs. DuBose, Ken­tucky,
and Mrs. Frank DuBose, Au­burn,
Deceased was married to Jessie W.
Drake.
Much progress is being made on
the two houses going up on the new
fraternity row on South College
Street and although they have been
under construction for a compara­tively
short period, yet they have
already taken on very definite pro­portions.
The Delta Sigma Phi house, is
practically completed oyi the out­side
being of brick veneer construc­tion
with a tile foundation. It is
set back from the road about seventy
five yards and faces College Street.
On the inside the rough coat of plas­ter
has been applied and the windows
and outside doors are being put in.
The main entrance is into the living
room on each side of which is a den
with a big fire place. The rest of
the downstairs is taken up by guest
rooms, wash rooms, kitchen etc. Up­stairs
there are thirteen study rooms,
undoubtedly for good luck, with
sleeping porches at each end and two
bath rooms on the back.
The Phi Delta Theta house, the
latest of the two to be started faces
the south, being to the north of the
Delta Sigma Phi house. It is also
of brick veneer construction and has
a half basement. Entrance is into the
living room and facing the door is a
big fireplace. On the right is the
dining room with the kitchen and
pantry directly back of it. On the
left of the living room is a den and
on the outside is a terace. Down­stairs
there is also a guest room, bed
room and wash room. Upstairs there
are eleven bedrodms and a wash
room. In the basement is the heat­ing
plant, coal room, and a meeting
room.
Three other fraternities on the
campus have raised their quota for
houses and are only waiting on the
college before starting construction.
Thees are: Phi Kappa Delta, Alpha
Tau Omega and Pi Kappa Alpha.
Literary Fraternity
Discusses Froebel
SORORITY TAKES
IN SIX MEMBERS
Chi Delta Phi, honorary Literary
Sorority, initiated six new members
Friday night. The requirements of
the sorority are very high. Each girl
must have proven to have talent in
the literary field; she, also, must
have high scholarship and personality.
The new members are: Lottie Col­lins,
Vera Cosby, Evelyn Henry, Mar­garet
Lawrenz, Dorothy Reynolds,
and Pauline Watkins. The old mem­bers
are: Hazel Arant, Mrs. Selman
Arant, Mrs. Phillip Brown, Ann Ross
Fuller, Martha Haupt, Blanche' Tan-cerdi,
Lois Wells, and Alice Whitcher.
Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel,
noted German educational reformer
of the eighteenth century and origi­nator
of the kindergarten method of
training, was the subject of an in­structive
and interesting discussion
by members of Alpha Mu Rho, na­tional
honorary philosophical fra­ternity.
The discussion was led by Miss
Sarah Hall Crenshaw. Coke Mat­thews
was elected president to suc­ceed
Rutledge Daugette who will
graduate at the end of the first
semester.
The members of the Auburn chap­ter
of Alpha Mu Rho are: Coke
Matthews, T. R. Home, Sarah Hall
Crenshaw, Rosser Alston, F. H. Du
Bose, F. R. Daugette, J. B. Merrill,
Martha Power, R. T. Price, and Eliza­beth
Shepard.
The object of Alpha Mu Rho is to
encourage and promote the search
for truth in the colleges and univer­sities
throughout the United States.
The Auburn chapter was established
in the spring of 1926.
Football Champions Reqeive
Emblem Saturday Drill
At a military review on Saturday
morning, the Second Battalion of the
Field Artillery unit was presented
with the Football Championship
guidon which it earned as winner of
the Battalion Intra-Mural Football
league last fall. The presentation
was made by Dr. Knapp and the flag
was received in behalf of the 2n Bn.
Field Artillery team by Cadet-Major
G. N. Rutledge, Commander of the
2nd Battalion. Upon the formation
of the R. 0. T. C. regiment, the mem­bers
of the winning team were march­ed
front and center for the presen­tation
ceremony. M. B. Snider cap­tain
and star player of the 2nd Bat­talion
team was made guidon bearer
and had the honor of carrying the
flag that he and his teammates had
earned for the first time. The guidon
has a blue field, with the words
"Champions Intra-Mural Football" in
burnt orange letters. It will be car­ried
by the 2nd Battalion at all mili­tary
ceremonies for one year, when it
will pass to the team winning the
football championship* next year.
The Intra-Mural baseball league,
sponsored by the Military department
will commence about the first of Feb­ruary
and a similar award has been
obtained for presentation to the win­ner
of this sport. Coach Bohler also
hopes to extend the Intra-Mural idea
to spring track in the hope of un­earthing
unknown material for the
varsity as well as furnishing super­vised
exercise for a greater number
of students than could otherwise be
reached.
DR. BRADFORD KNAPP
ELECTED MEMBER OF
LOCAL CIRCLE O.D.K.
Considers Membership In Fra
ternity Distinct Honor
BE INITIATED T U E S D A Y
Alumni Members Be Present
For Ceremonial
Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary
fraternity of student leaders, will
initiate Dr. Bradford Knapp Tuesday
in a special meeting. Dr. Knapp ac
cepted an invitation to become afn
honorary member of ODK several
months ago.
In accepting the pledge Dr. Knapp
stated that since investigating the
standards and the work being carried
on by the fraternity he considered
it as a distinct honor.
There are over twenty eight college
presidents who are members of Omi­cron
Delta Kappa. One of the most
prominent figures in public life in
Alabama in the person of Auburn's
Prexy, will join the ranks of this
fraternity, of which there are about
1800 members.
A number of alumni members are
planning on being present for the
ceremonial Tuesday night. Accord­ing
to a statement given out today
by Addison McGhee, president of the
fraternity, elaborate plans are being
made for the affair.
SCOUT TROOP HUT
MOVED MAGNOLIA
PLEDGES PI KAPPA
PHI E N T E R T A IN
KAPPA DELTA PI
HOLDS INITIATION
Kappa Delta Pi, national honorary
educational fraternity, founded at
the University of Illinois in 1911 and
the local chapter established in 1927,
has announced that it will holdjts
initiation of new members, recently
elected at a very early date. Mem­bers
of the fraternity hold monthly
meetings, at which there are open
discussions and regular programs.
At their January meeting, to be
held on Monday night, the organiza­tion
will be favored by the presence
of Dr. Bradford Knapp, who will be
the main speaker of the evening.
Membership numbers about thirty-five,
including students and faculty
members. The new men elected are
Dr. Van Waggoner, Dr. Irwin and
Professor Beck. Officers of the fra­ternity
are as follows: T. R. Home,
President; Eloise Floyd, Vice-Presi­dent;
Roy Sellers, Treasurer; Dean
Judd, Counsellor.
The freshmen pledges of the Pi
Kappa Phi fraternity entertained a
number of pledges from other fra­ternities
Friday night at an informal
buffet supper. Two men from each
fraternity were invited but due to
bad weather all were not able to at­tend.
A spirit of good fellowship Pre­dominated
as evidenced by friendly
greetings and conversations, inter­mingled
with several games of bridge.
Two special features of the evening
were guitar music by two negroes,
and several saxophone solog by Jim­my
Robbins.
The lunch consisted of potato
salad on lettuce, sandwiches, peach
pickles, cake, and hot chocolate.
CASTING PLATES
WILL BEGIN SOON
The casting of the Auburn auto­mobile
plates will be started within
the next two weeks, according to an
announcement this morning by Mr.
Coppage, assistant professor in indus­trial
arts. AH the necessary' equip­ment
has arrived and already a fur­nace
has been especially constructed
for the melting of the aluminum, of
which the plates will be made.
The designs that will be used are
those drafted by Bob Blakey, Ed
Marty, and Fred Renneker, The cost
of the splates has not as yet been
stated, since the exact cost of pro­duction
has not been ascertained.
The Auburn Boy Scout troop will
in a very short while have a com­pletely
renovated "Hut" in the pine
grove a little way west of the Gym,
between Thach and West Magnolia
Avenues. The Kiwanis, Rotary, and
Lions Clubs are sponsoring and fi­nancing
the movement of the present
"Hut" to the new location.
It was necessary to move the old
"Hut" on College Street because of
its being located in the path of the
future development of Fraternity
Row. The present structure was
built about five years ago, under the
sponsorship of the Kiwanis Club,
The present "Hut" will be razed
sometime in the near future. All
usable material taken from it w}ll
be used in the construction of the
new one. However, an entirely new
roof will be constructed on the new
building, *
The committee representing the
three clubs, and in direct charge of
operations, is composed of: S, L.
Toomer, Rotary; Lieutenant Towns-ley,
Lions; Captain Anderson, and
Sergeant Moxham, Kiwanis,
Loan Companies Aid, Students
in Carrying On College Work
KNAPP, THOMAS
INTO BOY SCOUT
BROTHERHOOD
Students Also Recognized By
Local Fraternity
Education, says a statement from
the Department of the Interior, is
now possible on the installment plan.
Students who desire to finance their
college education on that plan Tiave
many opportunities to borrow money,
go to college, graduate, and after­wards
pay their loans in a business- H a l e y Milligan and Miss Billie
ONE THOUSAND BID
CARDS TO DANCES
BE MAILED MONDAY
Large Number Girls Expected
To Accept Invitation
BEGIN THURSDAY NIGHT
Dr. Bradford Knapp, Professor A.
L. Thomas and five other candidates
were initiated into Alpha Phi Omega,
international honorary Boy Scout
fraternity, last night; the ceremonies
were conducted in Broun Hall, start­ing
at 7:30. Alpha Phi Omega was
founded at Lafayette College in
1925, and the Auburn chapter was
established in 1927.
The members of the chapter here,
are: W. C. Weldon, president, H. B.
Wilcox, Vice-president, Frank Love,
treasurer; Paul Brake, secretary, W.
W. Oyler, C. F. Striplin, G. G. Blau,
J. P. Calhoun, C. D. Bradley, and Col­onel
Westcott, scout executive of the
Montgomery council, who officiated
at the installation. Colonel Westcott
is an honorary member.
Those initiated last night are as
follows: Dr. Knapp, honorary mem­ber,
Professor Thomas, faculty mem­ber
and local scout official, R. F.
Tinsley, Robert Bruce, K. E. With-ington,
J. B. Elliott, and Douglas
Baird. After the initiation, an in­formal
smoker was held.
The purpose of Alpha Phi Omega
is to "confer honor upon those stu­dents
in the sophomore, junior and
senior classes who were former
scouts, and have shown an interest
in the furtherance of scout work in
college. Consideration is also given
to character, scholarship and partici­pation
in other college activities."
Alpha Phi Omega promotes friend­ship,
leadership, and service to all
college men, especially freshmen.
There are chapters at the University
of Pittsburg, Cornell, Stanford, and
Lafayette, Petitions for chapters
have been received from Oxford and
Cambridge in England. There are
chapters at the University of Pitts­burg,
Cornell, Stanford, and Lafay­ette.
Petitions for chapters have
been received from Oxford and Cam­bridge
in England. There are chap­ters
in several foreign countries also.
GLEE CLUB WILL
MAKE FIRST TRIP
FRATERNITY HEAD
VISITS IN AUBURN
Mr. William L. Beyer, the district
officer of the Kappa Sigma Frater­nity,
arrived in Auburn Saturday
night for a two day visit to the local
chapter of his fraternity.
Mr. Beyer is the general secretary
of the Atlanta V. M. C. A., and
takes a deep interest in boys in gen­eral,
as well as those in the frater­nity
of which he is district officer. _.
While in Auburn, Mr. Beyer had a
conference with Dr. Knapp to talk
over different problems pertaining
to the local chapter of Kappa Sigma.
The Auburn songsters will make
the first trip of the year the week
of February 18. They will appear in
Sylacauga Monday night, Anniston
Tuesday night, -Gadsden Wednesday
night, Alex City Thursday night,
Montevallo Friday night, and Mont­gomery
Saturday night, returning to
Auburn on Sunday morning, Febru­ary
24,
The program this year will consist
of new vocal selections by the Glee
Club, dance numbers by the Auburn
Collegians, and various selections by
Mandolin Club. Soloists for the pres­ent
season will be selected at a fu­ture
date,
The initial appearance of the Glee
Club in Auburn will be immediaTely
following the first trip. Plans at
present call for another trip at a
later date through Southern Alabama.
Silver Anniversary
Of" Extension Work
The Silver Anniversary of coopera­tive
extension work in agriculture
and home economics in the United
States is to be observed in Houston,
Texas, February 5, 6, 7, and 8. The
celebration will be of peculiar in­terest
to Alabamians for the work
was started by Dr. Seaman A. Knapp,
father of Dr. Bradford Knapp, presi­dent
of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
located here.
Leaders in extension work through­out
the nation will go to Houston for
"the celebration. In doing so they are
going back to the first headquarters
of the work. Since it was started
it has become an important part of
the United States Department of Ag­riculture
as well as the Land-Grant
College of each state.
Dr. Bradford Knapp joined his dis­tinguished
father in the work and
succeeded him as head of it after his
father' sdeath.
President Knapp will go to Hous­ton
and take part in the celebration.
Others going from Auburn are Prof.
L. N. Duncan, Miss Helen Johnston,
Miss Elizabeth Forney, Miss May I.
Cureton, Miss Bertha Lee Ferguson,
Miss Bess Fleming, J. T. High, R. G.
Arnold, J. P. Wilson, and T. A. Sims.
like manner. Ambitious students are
assisted in financing their education
by the colleges and universities them­selves
and'by many independent or­ganizations.
The facts with relation
to these possibilities recently have
been compiled by the United States
bureau of education.
In 282 colleges and universities,
funds totaling nearly $4,000,000 are
loaned annually to students of char­acter
and ability for the purpose of
completing their college educations.
Although these funds are administer­ed
by the several institutions, there
is no uniformity as to the manner
in which they are handled. Repay­ment
generally begins at a stated
period after graduation. It is not
possible to state here the institutions
providing loans nor the students eli­gible
for them. As soon as a student
needing this educational help decides
upon the institutipn to be attended,
he should then find out by corres­pondence
what loan funds and scho­larships
are available and what self-help
opportunities may later be open
to him.
Moore, Lead Grand March
DR. GEORGE PETRIE
ENTERTAINS CLASS
Members of Dean Petrie's Current
Events classes were given a highly
entertaining lecture last week, upon
the personality of President Coolidge.
Spending the Thanksgiving holidays
with his father in Charlottesville, Vir­ginia.
Dr. Petrie had the signally
good fortune to attend the same
church as the President, thus coming
into personal contact with him.
Mr. Coolidge passed Thanksgiving
and the week previous at Swanonnon,
distinctive resort on the crest of the
Blue Ridge Mountains. On Thanks­giving
day the presidential party
drove down to Charlottesville, twen­ty-
five miles distant, for the holiday
services, which were conducted by
Dr. George L. Petrie, father of the
Dean.
During the classroom periods Dr.
Petrie was given the undivided at­tention
of his classes, at times pro­ducing
laughter by his pantomines of
the actions of the president and his
descriptions of the antics of the sec­ret
service men, attendant upon the
chief executive.
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On Friday and Saturday the local
chapter of Theta Kappa Nu Frater­nity
was honored by a-visit by Dr.
William A. Whiting, newly elected
Scribe of that fraternity. Dr. Whit­ing
is head of the biology depart­ment
at Birmingham-Southern, where
he was one of the charter members
of the Alabama Beta chapter of Theta
Kappa Nu.
The purpose of Dr. Whiting's visit,
according to a statement from him­self,
was to discuss methods of rais­ing
building funds, and to present
plans where the fraternity finances
might be placed on a firm foundation.
Theta Kappa Nu was established in
Auburn in the spring of 1926, and
since then has progressed by bounds
until at the present time it occupies
one of the most attractive houses on
the campus, situated on South Gay
Street.
Plans are rapidly nearing comple­tion
for what promises to be the best
dances ever held in Auburn. Upwards
of one thousand bid cards have been
filled out and invitations will go for­ward
to the girls Monday. In view
of the number of invitations extend­ed,
Auburn should be host to at least
two hundred and fifty girls during
this period.
The opening dance of the "Junior
Prom" will be Thursday night Janu­ary
24th. The Friday morning dance
will be "Thendara's dance, at which
time fifteen new members will be
initiated. Thendara initiations have
a reputation of being a very unique
and enjoyable affair. Friday after­noon
comes the Interfraternity
Council tea dance. Friday night, the
"Junior Prom" proper will take
place. The feature of this dance will
be the Grand March, led by Miss
Billie Moore of Savannah, and Haley
Milligan, President of the Junior
class. The Grand March is always
the high point of the dances. On Sat­urday
morning will be the Scabbard
and Blade dance followed Saturday
afternoon by the "A" Club tea dance.
Saturday night will be the closing
dance, which will be featured by no-breaks
and Junior lead-outs.
Nothing is being left undone by
the decorations committee, headed by
Charlie Davis, to make the decora­tions
a beautiful background for the
dances .As has been previously an­nounced,
the style will be Egyptian
throughout.
Francis Craig's orchestra, of Nash­ville,
Tennessee, has many specialty
and novelty numbers planned for the
dances, and it is a surety that they
will help mucli, to make the dances
an unrivalled success.
Pi K A STRESSES
SCHOLARSHIP
Thirty^Two Seniors
Attain Distinction
Announcement comes from the
Registrar's office that thirty-two seni­ors
have attained the distinction list.
This, of course, applies to the grades
made during the year 1927-28. High­est
distinction is awarded students
whose quality points amount to nine­ty
per cent of the maximum number
possible for their class. Students
(Continued on page 4)
Pi K A Fraternity, will place spe­cial
emphasis on scholarship among
students, according to a report
brought from the national conven­tion
at El Paso, Texas, by J. R. Tay­lor,
Jr., who represented the Auburn
chapter.
This fraternity has always given
attention to scholarship but more em­phasis
is to be placed upon it along
with attendance to other things es­sential
to the best student work and
for the good of the institutions where ,
Pi K A has chapters.
Alabama was signally honored at
the convention. S. H. Lynne, who
graduated at Auburn in 1927, was
voted the best all-round man in the
fraternity and awarded the Beta Phi
loving cup. Lynn is from Decatur.
He was an outstanding student at
Auburn. He is now studying law at
the University of Alabama.
At Auburn he was very active in
student affairs, being editor of the
Plainsman in his senior year and was
also leader in forensics. Taylor re­ceived
honorable mention.
Ware Elected To
Social Committee
Jimmy Ware, prominent member
of the Junior class in Civil Engineer­ing,
was elected to the Social Com­mittee
at a recent meeting of that
body this past week.
Ware, whose home is in Columbus,
Ga., went to Columbus High, taking
part in many activities while there,
becoming one of the most popular
men in school. He came to Auburn
in '26, and in his freshman year be­came
a member of the A. T. O. fra­ternity,
later being elected to Keys
and Bovines. During his sophomore
year he became a member of the
Glee Club and Pirates. At the be­ginning
of the present session he
was elected to the position of secre­tary-
treasurer of the Junior Class,
Thendara, Interfraternity Council.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
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J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
K. R. Giddens, '30__Ass't. Managing Editor
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Robert L. Hume, 31 ._ Ass't. News Editor
Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor
J. E. McLeskey, '31 Sports Editor
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Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor
REPORTERS
Robert Baxter, '32; T. S. Coleman, '32;
Kenneth Cooper, '32; Clarence Dykes,
'32; Thomas Dykes, '31; Edmund Eng­land,
'32; George Harrison, '32; John
Lewis, '31; S. H. Morrow, '32; Alex
Smith, Jr., '31; K. G. Taylor, *32; J. E.
Jenkins, '32; H. G. Tooney, '32; Victor
White, '32; D. Reynolds, '32; Don May,
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BUSINESS STAFF
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H. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr.
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Walter Smith, '31 Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Mgr.
W. A. Files '31 Asst. Circulation Mgr.
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CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Benjamin Einkaid, '32; Jack Bauneister,
'32; Roy Gamer, '32; Donald Simmons,
'32; Warren H. Gard, '31; C. F. Strip-lin,
'31.
It Is Essential That the
Cafeteria Faults Be Corrected
It is a very hard matter for us to con­vince
ourselves that we are ever justified
in taking issue with our neighbors; how­ever,
this situation inevitably arises at
times. We believe in the doctrine that
keeping your friend straight is your duty
to him as a friend, and we are not unmind­ful
of this in the following comments.
This time it is the College Cafeteria. In
recent weeks quite a lot of distatsteful
comment has been heard relative to the
conditions at this prominent eating es­tablishment.
It appears that there has
been a decided laxity in the operation, re­sulting
in shoddy food which has been
producing sickness and pain. Other dis­agreeable
traits have been accredited to
the Cafeteria, such as, waiting in line
unnecessarily long, decrease in bill-of-fare,
increase in prices, general congestion, and
a few other minor points.
The why of all this is as yet undeter­mined
by us; however, we are confident a
remedy lies within ready reach of the
proper authorities, and we are advocating
an immediate adjustment, due to the fact
that the situation as it stands is endanger­ing
the health of a great number of people.
Other college cafeterias about us are
•operating successfully and with satisfac­tion,
which goes to prove the feasibility
of the project. The Cafeteria here carried
a satisfactory and successful air through
its opening months; and we see no reason
why this should discontinue. Evidently a
bulky trade has occasioned a corruption of
carelessness which grows with the daysC
This is a situation which need not be, and
in fact, which will barely be tolerated for
long.
Such conditions are fast driving the stu­dents
away from this college project which
loomed with such a successful air in the be­ginning.
Is it to fail because of faults
that can and should be minimized? Our
opinion is that here is an immediate job
for the proper authorities—a general
housecleaning.
Why Encourage Freshmen
To Participate In Activities?
Are men sent to college for the purpose
of participating in campus activities? They
are not; nevertheless it seems to be the
unbiased opinion of all the fraternity lead­ers
that they are.
After a week or so of excitement and
turmoil the freshman finds himself with
a button on his lapel and a solemn pledge
to some fraternity. His first instructions
. are that he get out on the campus to
make himself known and to be represented
in all activities possible. In effort to
carry out these instructions his studies are
completely forgotten until mid-term re­ports
are made. Then he is severely repri­manded
by his parents and even by his fra­ternity
brothers for his poor showing in
his scholastic work.
The first year in college is a most im­portant
one, and the main factor in college
life should be stressed. If activities alone
are a man's reason for his four years in
college, then he is justified in neglecting
his books for them. However, if studies
are of more importance, the activities
should be let alone until he is in a position
to handle them. A freshman is not capable
of making good in both campus activities
and scholastic work.
Letters to the Editor
Editor of The Plainsman,
Dear Sir:
I wish to take this opportunity to thank
you for the editorial which appeared in
today's issue Plainsman. It came about
as near hitting the nail on the head as
anything ever written. However I want to
say one thing in defense of the men and
equipment that answered the alarm on
North Gay Street. The men made a record
run to that fire and could not have saved
anything had they had the best equipment
made for the alarm came too late.
The main thing we are having to fight
today next to that for equipment is to get
the people to turn fire alarms in when
fires first start rather than trying to put
them out themselves and letting them get
too much headway.
The Auburn Fire Department has made
much progress in the last few months and
hopes to make still more. Thanks to the
men who are helping me and the City.
Let me say one thing to the people.
WHEN A FIRE STARTS FIRST CALL
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN
ATTEMPT TO PUT IT OUT.
Editor of the Plainsman:
Now that football season is over, may we
not make a few observations? May we not
ask, is it worth it? Not because we ex­perienced
an unsuccessful season, but is
it really worthwhile had we won all our
games?
Why could Auburn not be one of the
very few schools in the country that really
places scholarship and achievement higher
than its status on the gridiron? Here
again bobs up the harmfulness of heeding
to the voice of our fathers. Here again is
the wrong in doing a thing simply because
it was done in the past. Most of the
alumni that went out during the days of
our football prowess seem to have for­gotten
everything else except that Auburn
won its football games. It is this near­sighted
unthinking group of men that cries
out with a loud voice, "Give. Auburn a
winning team." Some of the alumni seem
to feel that a personal injury has been
done them every time we fail to win. Of
course, they do not like to be chided about
their old school being defeated, but what
of it? The greatest reason for this great
hue and cry is that the alumni just don't
think. They do not realize that to have a
team capable of competing with the best,
that a college cannot depend upon the
natural flow of high school graduates into
our freshman class. They do not realize
that a school must drag in the dust its
honor, as the price of a winning team;
or that the college administration must
sanction outright, or close its eyes to whole­sale
bribery and a multitude of lies.
Is our college administration going to
heed the clamor of the rabble and give
them Barabbas and crucify our honor?
Why shall we not have a voice in this? Do
we want our campus to become a seething
hotbed of disinterested mercenaries? Shall
our sacred halls echo the clinking of pol­luted
money, jangling in the pockets of a
gang of scholastic prostitutes just to please
a small minority.
Auburn students realize that they are
here to learn and to them college is more
than a winning football team. We realize
that it is nice to have a good team, but
if we cannot have one honestly, we do not
want one. College athletics should be for
the benefit of the whole student body. Of
course, everyone can go out for football
that so desires, but ninety per cent of the
candidates would be cut from the squad
the first week. Why could not Auburn be
individual enough and be farsighted enough
to let the sneers of other colleges go un­noticed?
Does not Auburn see that the
whole thing is out of all proportions and
that someday there is bound to be a re­action
in the other direction? We are not
forced to follow, with a sheepish meekness,
the other colleges.
Let Auburn not turn its head to the left
nor to the right, but continue to follow
the convictions of an honest conscience.
Many years from now the greatest
stadiums will be in crumbling ruins. Bats
and owls and wild beasts will make their
homes in them. Their Grecian symetry
will someday form silent and jagged craggs
against a background of great libraries.
Their turf will be a tangled maze of wild
growth. They will not echo the happy
cheers of youth, but in the crisp Nov­ember
twilight they will shudder with the
jeering and taunting screams of ungodly
beasts. On moonlight nights the returned
spirits of former hirelings will drift
ghostlike through the wild growth of the
football field.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNISKI.
" L i t t l e Things"
By Tom Bigbee
Little drops of water—enough of them
—make us uncomfortably damp as we
trudge along to classes, shows, basketball
games, and the like.
All of which is no brilliant thought,
though it does illustrate the power of cer­tain
little things. >
Then there are certain other little things
that are power commanders. Frinstance,
the two little '"Its" that stopped the en­tire
thoroughfare on the sidewalk down
by the postoffice Thursday evening! .
Speaking of basketball games, we had
hoped to have all our football sorrows
drowned by the dribbling of the sphere on
the hardwood—O well, we will yet; but
we must stay behind the team.
DISSATISFACTION GUARANTEED—
How To Make People Hate You. No, we
aren't interested, for the trouble is we
know that line too well already.
"Do you need brains to get ahead in
business?" Either that, or a lot of money
and an excellent manager who doesn't
steal.
A student doesn't pass his work by wor­rying
over how he is going tp get by.
The essential fact for us to grasp is that
if we put a little more of ourselves into
each task than we need merely to get by,
we cannot be held down.
A rickety, antique blunderbus rambled
down the boulevard bearing the inscription:
"Like Smith, I Also Ran."
If You Ask Me: Discussion exercises the
mind; argument exercises only the tongue.
—Robert Quillen. Now, who will advance
the advantages and disadvantages of our
common sport, "bulling"?
Seen—a dilapidated, ancient, "tin-can"
type Ford bearing the inscription, "I'm old,
but I still get hot." Amid this real winter
weather, we wonder?
Recently we noted a student laugh out­right
at another for a certain little useless
act. The actor seemed very much cha­grined;
maybe the other student shouldn't
have laughed.
Final little squib for today: He who
follows another is always a little behind.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
The coming of examination time leads
me to say this about cheating on examina­tion.
If I may paraphrase Shakespeare, I
would say that the student who cheats takes
that which not enriches him but leaves
A. P. I. very poor indeed. The student who
makes a fair and square passing grade has
accomplished something; he has improved
his mind, has .added to his store of know­ledge
and mental training, has mastered
himself in some measure and has the in­finite
satisfaction of a clear conscience.
The fellow who cheats has really taken
something from himself. It may take su­perior
ability to fool somebody else but I
cannot help believing that the greatest fool
of all is he who fools himself. After all
you are here to get an education. It is well
to remember that you cannot steal an edu­cation.
Learn to face things squarely.
Found your character securely on the rock
of fundamental honesty and sincerity of
purpose. The world is eager for men of
character; cheaters are a drug on the mar­ket.
* * * * *
The hardest task I have ever tackled is
this one of trying to work out a real plan
for "Greater Auburn" especially as to its
future campus and location of buildings.
It is taking too much time but the building
of a Two Hundred Thousand Dollar Chem­ical
building in the wrong place would be
a tragedy. We who are trying to plan can
appreciate that because we think just that
kind of a mistake has been made on this
campus more than once.
* * * * *
Is the Alabama Polytechnic Institute af­flicted
with a multiplicity of organizations?
Ought there to be some thought devoted to
the task of elimination or rather the pre­vention
of unwise expansion in this direc­tion?
Unless an organization is helpful
to the Institution in carrying out its ob­jects
or helpful to the student in obtain­ing
his education or building his character
or, in some way, contributes measurably
to these ends, should it be permitted?
Should there be some central organization
of students or association of groups for
this purpose? As a matter of fact no or­ganization
has a right to exist on the cam­pus
without permission. What do you say?
THE GEDUNK
I am the college boy that yells in the
picture show. I whistle and shout at every
opportunity. The slightest suggestiveness
does not escape my shrieking laugh. And
then, I am quite witty. I can say the fun­niest
things, out loud you know, and
everyone just laughs and laughs. Of course
I know that editorials have been written
about me and that I annoy most people,
but I am so witty and my voice sounds so
nice that I simply must do something,
therefore you will always find me in the
picture show.
% AUBURN FOOTPRINTS m
CIVIL OR OTHERWISE
The Architects that are taking surveying have adopted a new class song the
title being "Carry Me BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY". For particulars see
LONDON.
* * * * * * * *
THE DIRTY WORK OF AN AG.
"Gee but that's tough," snorted the mule as he grabbed a mouth-full of saw
briarS.
* * * * * * * *
AS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT.
"Let me see Jenkins what time did I come home last night?"
"Three o'clock this morning sir."
"And what time did I get up yesterday morning?"
"Eight o'clock last night."
* * * * * * * *
ISN'T IT THE TRUTH?
Father (to son): You have reached for everything in sight on the table.
Haven't you got a tongue?
Son: Yes father but my arm is much longer than my tongue.
» * * * * * * »
It was the evening after the night before.
"How did you find yourself this morning," asked one pale looking participator
of another.
"Very easy," was the reply. "I just looked under the table and there I was."
* * * * * * * *
AIN'T IT GRAND?
It seems as though' that our beloved friend, Tracey Price, is in love. It has
been reported that he goes to the post office after each class. Maybe he is taking
a correspondence course in how to make love in three easy lessons. He was last
seen at the Zoo.
* * * * * * * *
BE SANITARY
A very nervous young man went up to the desk of a fashionable hotel. It
was evidently his first experience with hotel life.
"I want—I want—" he stammered.
"Yes sir?" encouragingly asked the clerk.
"I want—" squeaked the nervous visitor blushing, and looking around.
"Quite so sir. What is it you want—a room?"
"I want a room and wife," he blurted out, ' f o r myself and a bath."
* * * * * * * *
MY! MY!
John came home all excited.
"What do you think that old buzzard Tom Brown, is saying," he cracked.
"He's boasting that he has kissed every woman in the neighborhood except one."
And I'll bet I know who she is too," said his wife. "It's that little flapper
next door."
* * * * * * * *
GETTING THE LOW DOWN (?)
A little girl taking up physical culture on her first interview talked quite a
bit and in turn the instructor asked some questions.
"Calf?"
"Fourteen inches."
"Thigh?"
"Nineteen inches."
"Neck?"
"Yes."
* * * * * * * *
GOOD OLD HIGH SCHOOL DAYS
The back row in class is generally "Squirrels Row"; that's where all the
nuts sit.
* * * * * * * *
SUCH ANSWER DELIGHT PROF.
Prof: "Name three things that a person is absolutely unprepared for."
Frosh: "Triplets."
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
CLOWNS, PEANUTS AND WILD
ANIMALS
The annual Circus in the gym at Tulane,
was given quite a bit of color recently by
having clows, peanuts, animals, fireworks,
and acts followed by a dance. Music was
furnished by the Band and Mandolin Club.
Several collecfions of live statues adopted
from Greek models, showed among other
things, a football game as the ancients
would have played it. The show ended at
ten o'clock with a flourish and a big Hul­labaloo.
A record crowd attended the gym
dance held immediately after the circus.
Also the rats guarded the campus during
the dance to keep off prowling Tigers.
* * * * *
MAYBE, THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE
IT FIFTEEN
At the University of Cinn., only recently
the Co-eds of the Y. W. C. A. originated
Ten Commandments. Briefly the Ten Com­mandments
are as follows:
1. "Always be a lady. Use good taste in
selecting your clothes and do not let your
actions belie that taste!"
2. "Always be a good sport and do
what the majority wants." This caused a
little misapprehension, so the later part
was changed to read, "but not to the
detriment of your own convictions and
ideals." ^
3. " 'You-great-big-wonderful-boy' stuff
does get over, used in mqderation, of
course."
4. "Play tennis, golf, bridge, swim, and
dance. If not all, then these two—bridge
and dance".
5. "Read the papers. Know your cur­rent
events, politics, and athletics."
6. "Be enthusiastic and interested in the
other person. Only a certain type of per­son
can be continually bored and get away
with it."
7. "Don't be a necker, but remember
that you can't accept things very long
without giving something in return."
8. "Don't kiss promiscuously, but there
is no harm in kissing a boy of whom you
are particularly fond." Can't some girls
have a big heart though, just love every­body?
9. "Dress attractively, not necessarily
expensively. A boy notices the general ef­fect
you produce, so be as pretty as you
can, but don't make up heavily."
10. "First, last and always be femi­nine."
I'm speechless!
* * * * *
MIGHTY FINE!!
Chi Omega's, of University of Okla­homa,
gave a Xmas party to the poor
children of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Fifty
children in all were made happy by the
party. A Christmas tree and all the trim­mings,
presents for all and a good time
for two hours was provided for the un­fortunate.
Through the efforts of the local
Red Cross chapter and the board of educa­tion
a list of names were secured by the
sorority committee in charge of arrange­ments.
This entertainment was conducted
by all the eighty-two chapters of Chi
Omega in various districts of the United
States as a part of the philanthropic en­deavor.
* * * * *
WELL! WE ARE WAITING!
That the single girl of Florida is more
apt to get married than her sister in Wis­consin
is indicated by a survey made by
the "University of Wisconsin. It also show­ed
that the warm climate and non-indus­trial
centers go hand in hand with mar­riage.
Only twenty-seven per cent of girls
in twelve representative cities of the South
were found unmarried, while in the North,
thirty-three per cent were single. Go
South, young woman.
* * * * *
SAME HERE
Farmer's sons and daughters lead all
others at Howard. More farmer's son and
daughters seem to want an education at
Howard College than the sons and daugh­ters
of men of any other profession or oc­cupation.
Eighty-eight students whose
parents are farmers are recorded. Second
came the sons and daughters of merchants
and dealers with eighty-four. According to
recent letters to the Editor, published., in
the Plainsman, about ninety-five per cent
of our study body must have sprung from
the farm.
* * * * *
Editor's Note—Probably you wonder
why so much about the girls in this issue.
It is only fair that we treat the girls right
once in a while. Eh? Here's to our Co-eds,
may they become fairer and more lovable.
Wot?
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
'Sy benjamin Trovosf—
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinipns ex­pressed
in this column are not necessarily
the editorial opinions of this paper. It is
a column of personal comment, and is not
to be read as an expression of our edi­torial
policy.
* * * * *
AS I ENTERED the Main Gate I
passed a group of Mechanical en­gineers
arguing over some point in
dispute about Hydro. The Dean of the
School of Chemistry came out of the State
Laboratory with an instructor in Industrial
Chemistry. I glanced in the windows of
the ancient Chemistry Building as I pass­ed,
and saw students of both sexes monkey­ing
with retorts and burners. Two boys
sat in the doorway to the Pharmacy Build­ing
discussing a preparation. Across the
walk was a class of Civils, setting up levels
and seeming to enjoy it. Further on was
a bunch of embryo artists sketching the
facade of Langdon Hall. A droning hum
from the machine shop indicated that a
class in Shop was learning the whys and
wherefores of lathes and shapers. From
the Band room came the blare of a trumpet
—some future composer practicing per­haps.
A section of Freshman history was
wandering into Langdon Hall, numbering
perhaps a Ludwig or a Beard.
* * * * *
SEVERAL Architects, lugging big
drawing boards and discoursing learn­edly
about projects and dimensions
came by on the way to the drafting-room
down by the Gym. From a third-floor win­dow
of the Main Building came Ciceronian
shouts, indicating that a class in Public
Speaking was in session and some one-day
senator was running hot. A class in some-thing-
or-other clustered around a tree on
the front campus, listening to a lecturer
talking about trees. From the Publicity
Department a clatter of typewriters was
heard. A group of co-eds with a sprinkling
of males wandered toward the Religious
Ed rooms with Bibles and notebooks.
* * * * *
THE DRILL field resembled a youth­ful
army camp. A perspiring pla­toon
of engineers was trying to
learn to execute a difficult movement, ac­companied
by the exasperated shouts of an
officer. A group of Artillerymen peeped
thru range-finders. The captain of the
basket-ball team and a national track
champion strolled toward the Gym. -A
glance into the Physic Lab room revealed
several latent Einsteins who looked as* if
they were not having a big time. From an
upstairs window I heard an instructor try­ing
to beat differential equations into the
heads of some sleepy youths and maids.
* * * * *
AHIGH SCHOOL principal of to­morrow
leaned out of a window in
the Education department, perhaps
to get some air after a strong dose of Dif­ferential
Psychology. An army officer was
teaching a section of sophomores topo­graphy
on Thach Avenue. On the bleach­ers
sat two co-eds engrossed in a History
of American Foreign Relations. Several
boys passed going toward the Vet building,
discussing horse anatomy. A pre-med
sophomore and a co-ed sat on the Library
steps laboriously translating German sci­entific
essays. An instructor in Economics
and a professor of Electrical Engineering
came down the steps, speaking to a pro­fessor
of Highway Engineering whom they
met. I wandered on.
* * * * *
IN THE YARD at the Nursery School
an instructor was teaching some girls
how to supervise children's play. A
class in Equitation galloped by, some of
the sophomores clinging to their saddles
for dear life (as I once did myself). Those
road trips are great fun. Further down
the street I passed the Home Ec Practice
House just as a group of girls entered, to
meet a class in Table Service or Sewing,
perhaps. A golf fiend rushed by, late for
his appointment at the links west of town.
A bunch of Ag men passed, discussing
soils and the McNary-Haugen Bill and farm
machinery. Down in the wilds of Ag Bot­tom
some sophomores were running in
Railroad curves. A platoon of Artillery­men
clattered by, bouncing about on their
horse-drawn cassions and guns. Just as I
reached home a Zoology or maybe it was
a Botany lab section rambled past, laugh­ing
over somebody's "boner."
* * * * *
ABULL-SESSION on predestination
or race-horses or something was
going on out in the lawn. A "Joe
Collich" had laid aside his "uke" to hur­riedly
look at his Geology assignment be­fore
going to class. I went upstairs to
cram for a quizz on pre-Elizabethan dra­matists,
and to meditate on the wonders of
a modern college.
Life must be pretty dull in those fam­ilies
where the husband and wife agree on
everything.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
MISS ALMA NEWTON
Editor
Phone 197-W S O C I E T Y AND F E A T U R ES This Department Open
From 11 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Daily 1^-,
LOVES
There are loves light as thistledown,
Tossed by a summer breeze,
And others fickle as the leaves
That flirt among the trees.
And there are loves—high loves—
that soar
Until they reach a height
Unguessed by those who have not
glimpsed
The beauty of such flight.
And there are selfish loves which care
For dross and gain alone.
Such loves bewail life's emptiness,
And reap as they have sown.
Then there are unrequited loves,
Struggling in dire despair
To rise above their hurried hopes—
For such we breathe a prayer!
—Harriet Foster Chandler.
PERSONALS
A u b u r n Home Ec. Club
Has New Room
With the beginning of the second
semester, the Home Economics Club
will hold its fortnightly meetings in
the room over the Nursery School
playroom. The material is bought
and plans are now under way for
furnishing the room so that it will
lend comfort and joy to meetings.
Voile curtains are being7 made for the
five large windows, and chintz shades
are to be used. The chairs and other
furniture, including a large window
seat will be painted jade green, dec­orated
in a contrasting color that
will harmonize with the sand colored
walls. Several pictures, a table and
some chairs have been donated. The
prospects are bright for a very de­lightful
room.
For the first time the Alabama
Home Economics Association is send­ing
out a News Letter—five issues
during the current year. The Stu­dent
Home Economics Clubs at each
of the three state institutions of
learning; the University, the Poly­technic
Institute, and the Alabama
College, are issuing the first three
numbers. One number is to be put
out by the Extension workers and
one by the State Home Economics
Vocational workers. This promises
to be a very interesting series.
Business And Professional
Women Have Meeting '
The Busines sand Professional Wo­men's
Department of the Woman's
Club met Tuesday evening at the
Thomas Hotel. Misses Nan Thomas
and Jennie Igou acted as hostesses.
About twenty-five members were
present to enjoy a very interesting
program. At the close of the pro­gram,
the hostesses served refresh­ments.
Program rendered was as follows:
Piano Solos—Professor Kincaid.
Minuet—Greig.
Lutus Land—Cyril Scott.
Pomp and Circumstance March—
Elgar.
Vocal Solos—Mrs. A. Carnes, ac­companist,
Mrs. Askew.
I Sorter Miss You—Clag Smith.
By the Waters of Minatonka—
Linrance.
Violin—Professor Harkin; piano
accompanist, Professor Kincaid.
Walther's Prize Song from "Meis-tersinger"—
Wagner.
Canzonetta—d'Ambrosia.
Piano Solos—Mrs. Winters.
The Fauns—Chaminade.
Polonaise—McDowell.
Home Economics Club
Becomes T h e t a Epsilon
The name of the local Home Econo­mics
honor society has been changed
to Theta Epsilon, the initial leters of
two words very emportant in the edu­cation
of women. As yet, there are
too few women students to have a
chapter of Omicron Nu, the national
honor society, of which there are
chapters in eighteen Land Grant Col­leges.
There is a chapter at the Okla­homa
University, and one at the State
College of that state. The nearest
one to Auburn is at the Florida State
College for Women.
There are on the campus two mem­bers
of Omicron Nu, Miss Louise Glan-to'n
of Theta Chapter, and Miss Lilly
Spencer of Xi chapter. With the ex­pected
increase in enrollment, it may
be possible at a future date to install
a chapter here.
Miss Rosa Pate has returned from
a visit to her brother, Walter E.
Pate, in Casteleberry, and to her sis­ter,
Mrs. H. H. Rogers, in Atmore.
Miss Lucille Loyd, General Sec­retary
of Student Department of the
Alabama Baptist State Convention,
has been in Auburn this past week
holding group meetings with the of­ficers
of the student department of
the local Baptist Church, to. discuss
plans for the second semester. Much
enthusiasm is aroused as a result of
Miss Loyd's visit, particularly at this
time of moving into the new church.
Miss Loyd visits all the colleges in
the state and the exchange of ideas
thus effected is very valuable and
interesting. While in Auburn, Miss
Loyd was the guest of Miss Lucile
Burson at Smith Hall.
Miss Coral Burton, of Marianna,
Florida, was the guest of Misses Mary
Ward and Anne Brown during the
past week . Miss Burton is a former
student of A. P. I. and was welcomed
back by the friends made while here
in school.
* * *
Mrs. L. L. Scarbrough, Jr. of An-niston,
is visiting friends in Auburn
this week. She will be remembered
as Miss Minette Thomas.
* * *
Misses Frances Young and Jane
Yarbrough have returned to Brenau,
which has just opened after the holi­days.
* * *
Mrs. Arthur Gannon left Friday
for a visit to her mother, Mrs. John
Upshaw, of Social Circle, Georgia.
* * *
Miss Jean Showalter is recovering
from a tonsil operation.
* * *
M*. P.O. Davis will be in Birming­ham
over the week-end, attending a
a meeting of the State Editors.
* * *
Frank Malone and Dick Lyle of
the class '28, are in Auburn this
week-end, with Mr. Kendall Weisiger,
of Atlanta, for the purpose of in­terviewing
seniors interested in ac­cepting
positions with the Bell Tele­phone
System.
* * *
Luke Ward left Wednesday for
Bessemer because of the serious ill­ness
of his Grandfather.
* * *
C. E. Teague has returned to Au­burn
after a brief visit to Falkville.
Mrs. Barth Hostess At
Lovely Buffet Slipper
A most charming event of the New
Year season was the informal buffet
supper of Lieutenant and Mrs. B.
G. Barth, last Monday evening. The
living room was decorated in a color
scheme of yellow, carnations and
candles of that color carrying out
the idea.
A delightful plate was served, af­ter
which the guests enjoyed several
hours of dancing.
Lieutenant H. M. Wilson, of Presi-do,
San Francisco, was the guest of
honor. He, and Lieutenant Barth
were classmates during their college
days at West Point.
Other guests were: Captain and
Mrs. Herbert Hartley, of Opelika;
Lieutenant and Mrs. Townsley, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Wilson, Opelika;
and Captain and Mrs. Bowley.
J. B. McMillan is in Montgomery
this week-end, attending business in
behalf of the Plainsman.
* * *
The many friends of Miss Pertice
Tucker will be pleased to learn that
she has recovered from a recent at­tack
of influenza.
* * *
Mr. J. V. Brown is attending a
conference of Alumni Secretaries in
Macon, Georgia.
* * *
Mrs. Friel, Sr., of Birmingham, has
been here a week during the illness
of Mrs. Ercel Friel.
* * *
Dr. J. W. Basore left Wednesday
evening after a visit to his nephew,
Professor C. A. Basore and Mrs.
Basore. Dr. Basore is professor of
Latin at Princeton University.
* * *
A. H. Cox and his sister, Miss
Mary Cox, spent the Christmas holi­days
in Florida. They visited Tampa,
Lake City, Lakeland, and went to
Lake Wales to see the Singing Tower.
* * *
Miss Evelyn Waller has returned
to Wetumpka, where she is a teacher
in the High School.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Moulton and
son spent the holidays in Mobile with
relatives.
* * *
The Missionary Society- of the
HANDS-BLANTON WEDDING OF
SOCIAL INTEREST ON CAMPUS
One of the several weedings of lo­cal
interest which were solemnized
during the holidays, was that of Miss
Evelyn Blanton and Mr. Price Hands
at Belmont, North Carolina. They
were married just as the clock finish­ed
striking the Old Year out, per­haps
the first on the list for the New
Year. On their honeymoon they will
visit Washington and many interest­ing
points in Virginia. Within a few
weeks they will be at home to their
friends in Belmont, where Mr. Hand
is engaged in the construction busi­ness.
Miss Blanton was a student at A.
P. I., a sophomore in General Busi­ness
and a member of the Chi Omega
Sorority. She was very popular on
the campus.
Methodist Church met Monday after­noon
at the home of the president,
Miss Kate Hollifield.
* * *
Messrs. C. W. Edwards and S. W.
Garrett returned Friday, from a
business trip to Atlanta.
W o m a n ' s Club Holds
Business Meeting
The regular monthly business meet­ing
of the Woman's Club-was held on
Thursday afternoon at Smith Hall.
After a short business session Mrs.
Allison, president of the club, intro­duced
Mayor Copeland, who told
briefly of some of his plans for a bet­ter
Auburn. He stressed especially
the need for a clean up campaign.
into the mystic circle Saturday night:
F. D. Noble and E. L. Rainer, Phi
Delta Theta's; T. J. Hendricks and.
Joe Jenkins, Pi Kappa Alpha's; Jer­ry
Gwin and Page Riley, Theta Chi's;
W. M. Jones and H. W. Dunn, Sigma
Nu's; Bill Nelson and P. R. Tyler,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Albert Lester
and Rex Sikes, Pi Kappa Phi's; Cy
Morgan and Harry Myers, Alpha Tau
Omega's; J. E. McLesky and Porter
Callahan, Kappa Sigma's; Chapelle
and Mollary Collins, Lambda Chi
Alpha's; W. J. Coker, Kappa Alpha's;
and E. B. Jones, S. P. E. -
Reporter's Club Enjoys
Initial Banquet
Members of the Plainsman Report­ers
Club enjoyed the first banquet
of this ^'year,- Friday night, in the
Eastern Star room. A five course
dinner was served to the members
and guests. Decorations of cut flow­ers
and ferns were used against a
background of orange and blue col­ors.
The guests on this occasion were
Dr. Bradford Knapp, Lieut and Mrs.
B. G. Barth, Mfss Evelyn Henry,
Professors Kenneth Doughrity and
Alex Saunders.
The members present were: Ken­neth
Cooper, Joe Jenkins, J. N. Dav­idson,
Virgil Nunn, Gabie Drey, A.
V. Blankenship, Jack McLeskey, Ed
England, George Harrison, Carrol
Porter, Cambell Blake, Tad McCal-lem,
J. B. McMillan, Will Sheehan,
Roy Sellers, S. H. Morrow, J. M.
Johnson, Rosser Alston, T. S. Cole­man,
Tom Brown, Dick Jones, John
Miss Marion Townsley
Honoree at Dinner
Miss Marian Townsley was the
honoree at a beautifully appointed
dinner Thursday evening, as the guest
of Lieutenant and Mrs. Townsley.
Beautiful baskets of red roses and
lighted tapers placed at intervals
formed an artistic setting for this
affair. Place cards held the names
of the following guests: Miss Marian
Townsley, Commodore and Mrs. Hart­ley,
of Opelika; Mr. and Mrs. John
Turner Hudson; Mr. and Mrs. P. R.
Bidez; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chambers;
Mrs. J. J. Wilmore; Miss Mary
Beasley; Lieutenant and Mrs. Barth;
Mrs. W. M. Martin.
After the dinner the guests were
entertained at games of bridge and
minoru.
Lewis, J. D.' Neely, Ludwig Smith,
Murff Hawkins, H. G. Toomey, Rob­ert
Hume, and Victor White.
After dinner speeches were made
by guests.
S t a g s , I n t e r f r a t e r n i ty
H o l d . I n i t i a t i on
The Stags, an honorary inter­fraternity,
held their annual initia­tion
Saturday night.
Each year the Stagg's choose two
men, from each fraternity in the In­ter-
fraternity council, who are out­standing
in student and campus ac­tivities.
The officers of this organization
are: Carroll Porter," Lambda Chi Al­pha,
President, Luke Brown, Kappa
Alpha, Vice President and Murray
Hoffman, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sec­retary
and Treasurer.
The following men were initiated
Miss Kirk A r m s t r o ng
Honored At P a r ty
Mrs. F. E. Guyton entertained at
a three-table carb party Saturday
evening honoring Miss Kirk Arm­strong.
Top score prize was won by
Mrs. F. S. Arant. The guest of honor,
Miss Armstrong, was presented with
a set of Maderia doilies.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1929.
LEADERS OR JUST SCHOLARS"
APPEARS IN "PRINTERS INK"
By F. A. Merrick
Vice-President and General Man­ager
Westinghouse Electric & Manu­facturing
Company.
Sometime ago there appeared in
the magazine PRINTER'S INK an
article entitled "Leaders or Just
Scholars." This is an interesting top­ic
itself and furthermore opens up
lines of thought, which are interest-ingto
all executives who have the re­sponsibility
of creating and recruiting
commercial organizations.
In general, I am inclined to the view
that scholarship rating would be the
best indication of probable success in
after life if the condition of choice
were to be limited to only one single
iquality. However, even in this .1
would say that it would be unwise to
carry the qualification to the ulti­mate,
subordinating an absolute first
standing to a requirement or rating
somewhere within the first quarter of
the class.
Going beyond this first statement,
it is necessary to consider that prac­tically
every modern organization of
any size has subdivisions of its ac­tivities
for which men of specialized
qualities, both of natural endowment
and artificial training, are best adapt­ed.
In the activities for instance in
which technical work predominates,
such as research or design engineer­ing,
scholarship is of itself likely to
be a fuller indication of future satis­factory
performance, while in com­mercial
or executive lines of activi­ty
the indication of scholarship, while
important, at least within the limita
tions above mentioned, may be con
THE
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SHOPPE
UP-STAIRS
BIRMINGHAM
We sell good clothes
for less because it
costs us less to sell
FRED THALEN
Manager
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sidered modified or in fact outweigh
ed by the individual characteristics.
For these reasons, in undertaking
the recruiting for our organization
among the graduating students of ap­proved
institutions, we endea^r to
get as full a picture of the student's
characteristics as possible, the student
himself furnishing information which
includes his background in a general
way; his scholastic training both pre­paratory
and university; his extra
scholastic work he found most enjoy­ment;
what proportion of schooling
expenses, if any, was self-earned; and
what the graduate looked forward to
as his preferred line of life work.
At the same time a rating is re­quested
from the faculty representa­tive
giving the standing of the stu­dent
according to the quarter division
of the class, both as to scholarship
and to personality, with a request for
judgment on the general class of fu­ture
work for which the student seems
to be best qualified.'
In addition, our company represen­tative
interviewing the student rec­ords
his impressions of the student
under the general heading of physi­cal
qualities, general intelligence, lead­ership,
personality qualifications, and
probable general desirability to the
company.
The entire picture thus made up is
then used, not only as a basis for of­fering
employment, but also in the
case of acceptance as the basis of pick­ing
out the branch of the company's
activity in whieh the young man will
start his work.
The results of this system in fu­ture
satisfactory development justi­fy
the pains taken in these prelimin­ary
studies.
Apart from this, I have gone into
so much detail mainly to point out
that the argument for adopting eith­er
one or .the other—scholarship or
personal characteristics—as the basis
of selection is not of great practical
interest of these things in order to
fit the line of future work to be fol­lowed.
Students Given Hand
In The Government Of
Commonwealth School
Commonwealth college, in its sixth
term, has modified its constitu­tion
to permit student participation
in school government^ All third
year students are now taken into the
association which owns and controls
this unique institution in the Arkan­sas
hills. At the present time there
are as many students as faculty mem­bers
in this governing body.
There are no deans or regents to
act upon the "recommendations" of
these students and teachers. Their say
is final, whether it concerns conduct
or breakfast pancakes. A Ph.D., when
he has completed a year in residence
at the college, is given the same-au­thority
as a country boy, no matter
what his previous schooling, who has
done two years of satisfactory work
in the college. And by satisfactory
work is meant not a high average of
grades nor an attendance record but
simply continuous progress in those
lines of study selected by the student
and a certain reasonable efficiency
in chopping wood, building houses or
washing overalls.
Mutter and Mumble
DR. T. B. MCDONALD
DENTIST
Office Over Toomer's Drug
Store
Mumble—Well, Mr. Mumble, is your
son going back to college this term?
Mumble—Certainly. He has to, he's
got a whole bottle of gin left.
Mutter—Does he spend all his time
drinking?
Mumble—No, he runs around with
women part of the time.
Mutter—Is your boy a sophomore?
Mumble—No, he wears his own cloth­es.
Mutter—Does he like college?
Mumble—Yes.
Mutter—That's fine. What is he in­terested
in?
HOWARD COLLEGE
NEW PUBLICATION
Plans are now being made for the
new Howard College Literary Maga­zine,
according to Wilson -J-i. Crump-ler,
chairman of the committee which
has this work in hand. It is hoped
by the members of this committee that
the new magazine will make its ap­pearance
early in the second semes­ter.
The magazine as planned will be a
strictly literary publication of the
highest order and contributions for
which will be received from the en­tire
student body. Sigma Upsilon
and Chi Delta Phi, Howards two rank­ing
honorary literary organizations,
are directly sponsoring the magazine
but every student in the college will
be urged to submit something for
it.
WEBSTERIAN HAS
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Mumble—A blonde from Detroit.
Mutter—I mean, what is he following?
Mumble—Co-eds.
Mutter—Don't be silly; a co-ed isn't
a study.
Mumble—Well, one of them taught
him a lesson.
Mutter—He's foolish. What does
he expect to be when he grows up?
Mumble—A man.
Mutter—Certainly. All kids wNl be­come
men if they live long enough.
Mumble—You're crazy. His sister-won't.
Mutter—I'm speaking of the contrary j
sex.
Mumble—Well, the women are the
contrary sex.
Mutter—Did your son get any high
marks last year?
Mumble—Yes, somebody hit- him in
the forehead with a ginger ale bot­tle.
Mutter—Did he do any damage?
Mumble—No; luckily he didn't have
his hat on.
Mutter—It might have knocked him
senseless.
Mumble—Yes, but fortunately he
wasn't thinking of anything at the
time.
Mutter"—A college education is a won­derful
thing. Is your boy an apt
pupil?
Mumble—Yes, he's apt to get thrown
out of school any day.
Mutter—Does he gamble?
Mumble—Sure. He lost fifty dollars
in a crap game last week.
Mutter—How did it happen?
Mumble—They wouldn't let him use
t
his own dice.
Mutter—Is he taking up any special
studies?
Mumble—Yes, I think he is going to
be a veterinary surgeon.
Mutter—What makes you think so?
Mumble—Because most of his money
goes on horses.
Mutter—I thought Mrs. Mumble said
he was studying to be a linquist. •
Mumble—He is. He wants to be able
to eat alphabetical soup in seven
languages.'
Mutter—How is he progressing?
Mumble—Fifty-fifty.
Mutter—What do you mean by fifty-fifty?
Mumble—His English is fine but his
Scotch is .diluted.
—Pittsburg Sun-Telegraph.
The Websterian Liteerary Society
met Tuesday night at 7 o'clock for
the first time since the holidays. Des­pite
the fact that only a few members
were present, a splendid program was
rendered.
After some discussion, a motion
was voted on and passed to the ef­fect
that officers would be elected
at the next meeting. Then Miss
Graves came forward with informa­tion
concerning styles that are new
in the way of dress. People of for­eign
countries, especially Germany,
are designing clothes made of metal,
such as aluminum, tin and gold. An­other
piece rendered by her gave
some interesting information on the
physical condition of people as com­pared
to that of several generations
ago. She pointed out that women
grow older before death and men are,
as a rule, healthier than formerly.
Ethelyn Tate gave an interesting
description of the habits of the Ape-
Man of Java. This fellow is about
6 feet tall, covered with hair, and
possessed of a high degree of intelli­gence.
v
"The Strongest Adventure A Wom­an
Ever Had," rendered in very fine
form by Erma Bentley, was interest­ing
throughout. It described the ef­forts
put forth by a woman, and her
final success, in overcoming her fear |
of death—a fear caused by many
deaths near her.
The last number, a very fine speech
with a fine delivery, by A. V. Blank-enship,
had as its keynote, "You Can't
Afford to Spare Your Spare Time!"
The invention of the telephone by A.
G. Bell was held up as a splendid
proof of the theme of the discussion.
Professor Cole, critic, had only ad­miration
for the program rendered,
and gave suggestions of subjects on
which the club might work.
Virginia Officer Is
Puzzled In Probing
Drinking In College
According to reports carried in yes­terday's
i papers, Attorney-General
John R. Saunders is very much puz­zled
as to how to proceed in the in-vestigation
of drinking in Virginia
colleges. He was requested to make
this investigation by Gov. Harry F.
Byrd. "I'll be blamed if I know what
to do," Saunders is reported to have
commented.
The decision of the governor for
such an investigation followed charges
of excessive drinking at the Univer­sity
of Virginia by State Anti-Saloon
League Supt. David Hepburn. The
charges were made immediately fol­lowing
the Carolina-Virginia foot­ball
game Thanksgiving.
Coincident with the order to Saun­ders,
Governor Byrd wrote president's
of colleges in Virginia asking them to
exercise all efforts possible to curb
campus violations of the prohibition
law.
$5,000.00 PRIZES FORCOLLEGE
ORATIONS ON THE CONSTITUTION
A. S. M. E. SOCIETY
HAS M E E T I NG
The American Society of Mechani­cal
Engineers, Students Branch held
its regular bi-weekly meeting on Mon­day,
January 7.
After a short business session, the
society was addressed by Mr. C. D.
Bradley of the A. I. E. E., extending
the invitation to consider the forma­tion
of an Engineering Club at Au­burn
and to express an opinion on the
matter. A short discussion result­ed
in an unanimous vote in favor of
the formation of such a club.
Then, the meeting was turned over
to the program committee. Instruc­tive
and engaging talks, "The High­ways
of Alabama," "The Develop­ment
of the Airplane Engine Since
the World War," Dissolved Acety­lene-
Gas for Welding" were offered
by Messrs. J. E. Sadler, Robert Bruce,
and Theo H. Kummer respectively.
The National Intercollegiate Ora­torical
Contest on the Constitution,
which has been conducted for the past
four years by the Better America Fed­eration
of California, will be continued
this year, according to an announce­ment
today at contest headquarters,
1217 National Press Building, Wash­ington.
The prizes will be the same as in
previous year, namely $5,000 in cash,
divided among the seven National fi­nalists
in the following amounts:
First place, $1500; second, $1,000;
third, $750; fourth, $550; fifth, $450;
sixth, $400 and seventh, $350. The
National finals will be held in Los
Angeles on" June 20.
Any bona fide undergraduate stu­dent
in any university or college in
the United States is eligible. The
orations, which must not require more
than ten minutes 'for delivery, must
be on one of the following subjects:
THIRTY-TWO SENIORS
ATTAIN DISTINCTION
(Continued from page 1)
whose quality points amount to sev­enty-
five per cent of the maximum
number posible for their class are
published as having attained distinc-lond place; Allen Frew, Davidson Col-
The Constitution, Washington and the
Constitution, Hamilton and the Con­stitution,
Jefferson and the Constitu­tion,
Marshall and the Constitution,
Franklin and the Constitution, Madi­son
and the Constitution, Webster
and the Constitution, and Lincoln
and the Constitution.
The nation is divided into seven re­gions
for the purposes of the con­test.
The colleges in each region com­pete
for each region. The regional
finalists compete in May to determine
the one speaker from each region who
is to have a place in the National
finals. A place in the National fi­nals
automatically carries with it an
award ranging from $350 to $1500,
according to the rating given the dif­ferent
national finalists.
Colleges may be enrolled in the con­test
by action of either a college of­ficial
or a student. Entries close
March 15. The spokesman for each
college must be designated by April
15. Regional semi-finals will be held
April 27.
The national finalists of 1928 were:
Carl Albert, University of Oklahoma,
winner of first place: Herbert Wenig,
Stanford University, winner of sec­tion.
The seniors meriting highest dis­tinction
are: J. R. Alxander, EE; C.
D. Bradley, EE; Eloise Floyd, Ed.
Those gaining distinction are as
follows: Elizabeth Mardre, Ed; T.
C. Yancey, EE; Ruth H. Arant, Ed;
Percy Beard, CE; R. H. Boyd, EE;
G. B. Ashcraft, ME; Vera Cosby, Ed;
Henry Drane, EE; Willis Fuller, EE;
M. W. Geist, EE; L. B. Hallman, EE;
lege, North Carolina, winner of third
place; Lee F. Lybarger, Jr., Buck-nell
University, winner of fourth
place; William H. Conley, Loyola
University, Chicago, winner of fifth
place; Phillip H. Glatfelter, Prince­ton
University, winner of sixth place,
and Paul V. Keyser, Jr., Massachu­setts
Institute of Technology, winner
of seventh place.
The championship of 1927 was won
C. J. Coitiery Ag; H. M. Cottier, Ag;(by H. J. Oberholzer, North Carolina
State Agricultural College; that of
1926 was won by Charles T. Mur­phy
of Fordham University, and that
of 1925 by E. Wight Bakke, North­western
University.
TO ARRANGE ADDITIONAL
POST-GRADUATE WORK
A snappy advertising line for some
up-to-date labor union: "Our men
are well-fed and come from contented
homes." «
of his coming position in the busi­ness
world.
Frank Malone and Ben Lile of the
Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., were
also present. Both made short and
humprous talks which were enjoyed
by all. It was announced that there
would be two representatives of the
Telephone Co. in Auburn Friday to
interview the Seniors. This conclud­ed
the program.
To arrange for additional post­graduate
work at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, Prof. E. F. Wil­liams,
of the medical school of the
University of Tennessee at Memphis,
was in Auburn, Monday, in confer­ence
with Dr. George Petrie. Mr.
Williams graduated at Auburn in
1925 and spent two years here as
assistant research chemist during
which he did graduate work as a stu­dent.
Leaving Auburn he went to the
University of Tennessee where he is
teaching industrial, organic, and phy­siological
chemistry.
After a conference with Dr. Petrie
he said that he is hopeful of getting
his master of science degree at Au­burn
in the summer of 1929. He is
doing his work in chemistry.
The fact that students are coming
to Auburn from other colleges of the
United States to do graduate work
is very gratifying to Dr. Petrie. He
Rives Hebblewhite, EE; Evelyn
Henry, Ed; Edwin R. Jones, EE; T.
H. Lecroy, Ag. Ed; George C. Mor­gan,
Arch.; Grover T. Nichols, -EE;
P. V. Pardon, EE; James R. Reed,
EE; G. C. Rehling, Chem. Eng.; R.
H. Schraeder, EE; J. H. Shirley, EE;
Story, Ed; J. R. Taylor, Ag; S. T.
Turnipseed, EE; H. A. Wise, Ag.
Governor Bibb Graves, originator
of the plan that has recently been put
in effect, of a state radio service to
the farmers and all other citizens,
can now hear everything that is
broadcast over WAPI, the state
broadcasting station, without stirring
from his chair.
said that graduate studies in many
courses are offered and that such
training is essential in obtaining a
degree.
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
PROF. KIRKLEY
SPEAKS AT A.I.E.E.
The A. I. E. E. held it's regular
weekly meeting last Thursday night.
The program committee was for-tunate
enough to have Prof. Kirkley of the
English Dept. attend the meeting.
He gave a very interesting talk on
"The Relation of the Engineer To
English And Business." He explain­ed
that it was necessary for the engi­neer
to watch his English on account
MONDAY, JAN. 19
M etro-Gol dwyn-M ay er
Presents
John Gilbert & Greta Garbo In
"A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS"
With Lewis Stone, Johnny
Mack Brown and Douglas Fair­banks,
Jr.
TUESDAY, JAN. 15
Lyda De Putti in
"BUCK PRIVATES"
With Malcolm McGregor and
Zazu Pitts
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16
Richard Barthelmess in
"SCARLET SEAS;'
With Betty Compson & Loretta
Young
THURSDAY, JAN. 17
Mary Pickford in
"MY" BEST GIRL"
With Charles Rogers
FRIDAY, JAN. 18
Alice White in
"NAUGHTY BABY"
With Jack Mulhall
SATURDAY, JAN. 19
"HER SUMMER HERO"
With'Sally Blane
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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
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S. L. TOOMER