1929-05-16 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1929 NUMBER 57
AG CLUB OUSTS HAIR CLIPPING
Senior Dances Open in G ym TonightMSOunw POSITIVE MOVE
* & TO ELIMINATE OLD PRACTICE Scabbard and Blade, Interfra
ternity Council, Keys, and
'A' Club Dances Com­plete
Program
DECORATIONS SUPERB
Miss Signa Glasgow Will Lead
Friday Night Ball
The Opening Ball of the Senior
Dances tonight will mark the begin­ning
of what should prove to be the
best dances of this year. The Alumni
Gym has been beautifully decorated,
and with Weidemeyer furnishing
music, the affair should be second to
none.
One thousand invitations were sent
out over a week ago to girls in fif­teen
states throughout the South, and
two hundred fair visitors are expect­ed
to be here for the occasion. Over
eighty invitations were sent to .girls
in Birmingham, over eighty to Mont­gomery
girls, and almost fifty mobile
girls have received invitations.
The Social" Committee has an­nounced
that all final preparations
are complete to care for the two hun­dred
guests who are expected to at­tend;
eight fraternities will give
house parties over the week-end.
The decorations represent a huge
vineyard with delightful vistas seen
through vine covered pagodas; a large
amount of foliage adorns the walls,
and great bunches of grapes hang
from the trellised ceiling. The scenes
will be bright in color and will be
seen to advantage under very novel
effects. Charles Davis, Jr., Sam
Pope, Jr., and Mallory Collins com­pose
the group of students who have
designed the decorations with such
great success.
The following is the Dance pro­gram:
Thursday: Opening Dance, Senior
Lead-out, First no-break, Second
Senior Lead-out, Second No-break.
Friday: Scabbard and Blade Dance:
Scabbard and Blade Lead-out; No-break;
Scabbard and Blade Lead-out.
Interfraternity Council Tea Dance:
Ihterfraternity Council Lead-out; No-break;
Interfraternity Lead-out. Se­nior
Ball: Senior Lead-out; First No-break;
Grand March; Second No-break;
Second Senior Lead-out.
Saturday: Keys Dance: First Keys
Lead-out; No break; Second Keys
Lead-out. "A" Club Tea Dance: "A"
Club Leadout; No-break; "A" Club
Lead-out. Farewell Dance: First No-break;
Second No-break; Senior Lead-out.
The dance Thursday night will last
until one o'clock, Friday night's dance
will end at two, and the Farewell
Dance will stop at midnight.
The morning dances will start at
11 o'clock and end at 1 o'clock. The
afternoon dances will last from 4
to 6.
Old Scores Obliterated
By Newer Civilization
The Bank of Auburn has been
remodeled—by this the present
has profited—and perhaps the
future has suffered. On the old
wall were the scores of import­ant
games played long ago—
games almost but not quite for­gotten.
Scores of ancient Tech
games were there and dim re-countings
of the old days when
Auburn and Alabama were still
friendly enough to meet on the
bloody field of football encount­er.
It seems a shame that this
ancient and revered scoreboard
could not have bjen left to the
Auburn men to come. Perhaps
in some newer civilization some
rather solemn and revered old
professor would have tried to
figure out the meaning of the
"handwriting on the wall". And
it is probable that he would have
been able to decipher such writ­ings
as A—18, Tech—2.
Freshman Class Re-Elects Leo Young
And J* D* Bush to Lead Soph* Class Members FaCUlty Will |C l u b l* Composed of Approxi­mately
140 Agricultural
Compose Street Gangl Student s
MANY GUESTS ATTEND
NINTH ANNUAL CIVIL
BANQUET IN OPELIKA
Professor J. A. C. Callan Serves
As Toastmaster, etc.
CREIGHTON, GHOLSTON,
UPCHURCH ARE ELECTED
Polls Remained Open From
One Until Three This
Afternoon
LION DELEGATES
AT CONVENTION
Picnic For Members Arranged For
May 23rd
At the weekly luncheon of the
Lions Club at the Thomas Hotel
Tuesday, the representatives of the
club to the convention in Bessemer
last week made a report of their
trip. Some business matters were
brought before the club by President
Townsley and the members pledged
themselves to assist in encouraging
appropriate legislature in this state
in a shipbuilding project that will re­sult
in the investment of the major
part of eighteen million dollars in
this state for such materials as are
produced in the Birmingham district
and other parts of Alabama. It was
suggested that the entire club make
a trip to one of the other chapters of
the club in this district at some time
in the future.
The picnic committee reported that
a picnic had been arranged for the
23rd day of May to be held at the
Scout hut. The members of the club,
their families, and representatives of
the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs will be
included in the party.'
"Baldy" Roe, as a visitor, talked to
the members and entertained with a
couple of songs.
The ninth annual banquet of the
American Society of Civil Engineers,
General Lane Chapter, was held in
the Clement Hotel, Tuesday night at
eight o'clock. Nearly one hundred
"civils" and their guests were pres­ent.
The guests present at the ban­quet
were: Mr. H. H. Houk, state
bridge engineer; Mr. Herman Orr, as­sistant
division engineer; Mr. J. P.
Trotter, resident engineer, Mr. A. L.
Kilpatrick, Mr. A. F. Smith, Mr. L.
Shelly, and Mr. T. J. Kelly, all with
the State Highway Department; and
Mr. Walter McCree, with the Dixie
Construction Company. Major J. T.
Kennedy, Professor C. R. Hixon, Cap­tain
W. B. Leitch, Profesor J. W.
Roe, and Professor Frank Orr were
also present as guests of the A. S. C.
E.
With Professor J. A. C. Callan as
toastmaster the banquet was soon in
full swing. All present joined in on
the song "Old McDonald Had a
Fatm". It was a vey unique selec­tion,
and started the banquet off with
a bang. A dinner consisting of fruit
cocktail, iced tea, baked ham, French
fried potatoes, olives, buns and a
salad was served; followed by ice­cream,
colored orange and blue, and
cake. Talks were made by all the
out-of-town guests, and by the mem­bers
of the faculty who were present.
Helpful information, with
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good
The Class of 1932 elected the fol
lowing officers of the Sophomore
Class for the ensuing year today: Leo
Young, president; J. D. Bush, vice-president;
Felix Creighton, secretary;
Louis Gholston, treasurer; Howard
Upchurch, historian. The polls, set
up at-the Y. M. C. A. office remained
open from one until three o'clock
this afternoon.
Leo Young, who was re-elected
president, was a prominent member
of the freshman football squad. He
is a member of the Sigma Alhpa Ep-silon
fraternity, and is enrolled . in
Secondary Education.
J. D. Bush, of Mobile, Alabama,
member of the A. T. 0. fraternity,
student in Civil Engineering, was
elected vice-president of his class for
the second time by a large majority.
Bush was a member of the splendid
freshman football team this past fall.
Felix Creighton, of Montgomery,
was chosen for the position of secre­tary.
Creighton is a member of the
Kappa Alpha fraternity, and is a stu­dent
in Architecture.
Louis Gholston, of Union Springs,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, was elected to
succeed Chaddie Davidson as treas­urer.
Gholston is enrolled in the
General course.
Howard Upchurch, of Montgomery,
a member of the Pi Kappa Phi fra­ternity,
was elected to fill the office
of historian. He is a student in Ar­chitectural
Engineering, and succeeds
Miss Ann Dougherty.
Camp Elected President
Of Chemical S o c i e ty
Served As Vice-President
This Semester
During
Band Will Be Present
At Mass M e e t i ng
Prominent Alumni To Make Speeches
At This Gathering
The mass meeting planned for next
Monday evening, May 20, will be held
at Langdon Hall, according to a state­ment
made by "Bud" Baxter, Head
Cheerleader and backer of the mass
meeting idea.
Plans have been made for the big­gest
rally that the student body has
held in years, according to the men
behind the movement. Several speak­ers
have been engaged, some promi­nent
alumni will make short talks,
and an effort to get some of the old
yells off in the old spirit will be
made.
The Famous Auburn Band will be
present to lend its invaluable aid in
supplying the music for the meeting.
Considerable interest is growing in
the student body, according to re­ports,
and a wonderful rally is ex­pected.
NOTICE
Due to the small number present
at the general convocation at 11:45
A. M. today the installation of the
members of the executive cabinet has
been postponed until tomorrow at the
same time. Dr. Knapp requests that
all students be present at Langdon
Hall at this time.
Lawrence F. Camp was elected
president of the Auburn Chemical So­ciety
at the meeting Monday night.
Mr. Camp is from Moreland, Georgia,
and a sophomore this year in Chemic­al
Engineering. He was a very ef­ficient
vice-president this past se­mester.
The other officers to work
with Mr. Camp are C. R. LeCro'y,
vice-president; E. C. Marks, secre­tary;
J. L. Christian, treasurer; John
F. Mitchell, reporter; and Otis W.
Allen, publicity chairman. Henry
Reeves was elected as the vice-presi­dent
to represent the Chemical So­ciety
on the Engineers Club.
New Glomerata "Dam Good f>
A beautifully conceived and per­fectly
executed Glomerata has just
been brought to our desk Irom
Messrs. Christopher and Ford, the re­sponsible
gentlemen for the year.
Perhaps any Glomerata is just
another Glomerata; yet for this par­ticular
achievement evesry ppssible
note of originality within keeping
of the necessities of tradition is evi­dent.
The format is of grained black
leather, mounted in gold. On the
cover is a gloriously ferocious, scarlet
tiger head—the Auburn touch in an
expertly dignified manner.
The dedication this year is a de­parture
from the customs of the past:
"To that spirit of progress, achieve­ment
and devoted service which has
reached such rich development in the
lives of our alumni we bow our heads
in silent tribute and to them and to
that spirit we reverently dedicate this
volume of the Glomerata."
In keeping with this dedication, on
I
the first few pages in rich sepia are
the like'nesses of famous former stu­dents
so that now when a rat is being
impressed by the successes of a Mat
Sloan or a Tom Bragg, he may be
further enlightened by gazing on the
famous faces.
All of the cuts bear the marks of
the ultimate in photographic advance­ment.
The President's picture has
caught that twinkle in his eye and
that firmness of purpose in his lips all
of us have learned to know. His mes­sage
"Auburn, The Cornerstone" de­serves
the perpeuation it will receive
from this permanent memorial.
As for the Humor Editors of this
Glomerata, THE PLAINSMAN takes
off its hat to that bunch. An eight-page
take-off "THE PLAINSMAN"
turns on the Kleig lights good and
strong—or to mix the metaphors,
THE PLAINSMAN takes the c o u n t -
up to nine—and likes it.
The skillfulness of the technique of
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Stock Judging Winners
Presented Loving Cups
GABIE DREY IS GIVEN
KIWANIS LOVING CUP
FOR BEST REPORTER
Presentation of Cup Will
An Annual Event
Be
The Highest Attainable Score Is
1800 Points
The meeting of the Ag. Club Wed­nesday
night was featured by the
awarding of the loving cups to the
winners of the stock judging contest,
which was held Saturday May 11th.
Profesor Sewell, instructor in the
Types and Breeds course, gave a few
introductory remarks in the regard
to the history of the contest. The
idea was first instigated by Mr. F.
W. Burns, extension livestock special­ist,
in 1921. Since that time it has
been an annual affair. Each year,
according to Profesors Sewell, prom­inent
men in the livestock world have
contributed cups, thereby increasing
interest in livestock judging. Prof.
Sewell explained that prerequisites
for the judging contest were high
scholastic records and also a marked
ability in judging all types of live­stock.
This year out of a class of one hun­dred
and twenty, nineteen men were
chosen to participate in the contest.
These men matched wits on twelve
classes of livestock, including dairy
cattle, beef cattle, swine and sheep.
The judges were as follows: F. W.
Burns, J. C. Grimes, Professor Eaton
and Mr. Ling as judges of the dairy
cattle. Rr. R. S. Suggs, W. C. Tay­lor
judged scores on beef cattle and
swine. The highest attainable score
for all classes was 1800 points.
(Continued on page 6)
The Press Club had its second and
last banquet of the year Monday
evening in the Eastern Star Rooms.
This marked the culmination of the
Plainsman work for the year. Guests
of the Press Club, consisting of the
Plainsman Staff and reporters were:
Professor Daughrity, as toastmaster;
Professor Grimes; Professor Saund­ers;
Coach Hutsell; Captain Ander­son;
Captain and Mrs. Leitch, and
C. K. Brown.
The main event of the evening was
the presentation of the Kiwanis Lov­ing
Cup to the best Plainsman Re­porter
for the year '28-'29. Profes­sor
Grimes, as representative of the
Kiwanis Club, awarded the cup to
Gabie Drey, who was selected by the
club representatives in collaboration
with the Plainsman Staff, as the best
reporter.
Informal talks were made by the
several guests and the members of the
Staff. Tributes were paid to those
leaving this year; congratulations
were made to the past and present
supporters of the Plainsman, and the
development of the publication during
the last few years was pointed out.
Rosser Alston presented an hon­orary
Ag Club diploma to Tom
Brown, and a "diploma" from the
"Il-lit Literary Society" to "Dr. Ben­jamin
Provost". Soon after this a
special edition of the Plainsman was
distributed carrying the news of the
recent awards. Captain Anderson then
favored the Club with a couple of se­lections
on the harmonica.
The city of Auburn will be en­tertained
and amused tomorrow
when approximately twenty-five
dignified and serious members of
the faculty appear on the streets
armed with the various para-phenalia
of street cleaners. The
department of English, Econo­mics
and Foreign Languages will
be well represented.
One prof points out that the
notice says to report at seven
o'clock and does not specify
whether A. M. or P. M. He ab­solutely
refused to do night
work, that is, with the chief of
police looking on. Another says
that his contract with the state
prevents his accommodating the
city. Another refuses to do
manual labor and thereby soil his
lily-white hands. Another prof
wants to know what the street
tax is used for and another
wishes to know whether or not, if
he refuses to work, he will be
found guilty of contempt of
court—and if so, of what court?
UNANIMOUS VOTE
Recognize That Hair-Clipping
Is, Detrimental To College
MAJOR MAGRUGER
INSPECTS R. O. T. C.
Is Well Pleased With
Here
Conditions
Competitive Drill And
Review Saturday Morn
Two military events of considerable
importance will take place within the
next few days; the Competitive drill
which will start at 9:00 a. m. Satur­day
May 18, and the Graduation Re­view
and presentation of Reserve
Commissions which will take place
Monday May 20 at 9:00 a. m.
The Competitive Drill will be
fought out to pick the best "Company
of Engineers and the Best Battery of
Field Artillery, the commanders of
the two winning outfits receiving
sabers as prizes. The winning or-
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Major Marshall Magruger who is
on duty in the office of the Chief of
Field Artillery, paid the R. O. T. C.
unit a visit on Wednesday. Major
Magruger was passing through en
route to inspect the newly formed
Field Artillery unit at the University
of Florida. Accompanied by Major
Kennedy, he made a short inspection
of the Auburn unit and expressed
him as being well pleased with condi­tions
here. Major Magruger is con­nected
with the training section of
the Chief of Field Artillery's office
and is directly in charge of all Field
Artillery R. O. T. C. activities
throughout the United States. During
the past year he has had occasion to
inspect almost all of the Field Ar­tillery
units of R. O. T. C. in the
United States and he stated that the
unit here was in excellent condition
and that nowhere had he seen a su­perior
unit.
George Smith Is Elected
President Tennis Club
The Auburn Tennis Club held a
luncheon at the Methodist Church
Wednesday and elected officers for
next year. G. W. Smith was elected
president and H. F. Halse was elected
(Continued on page 6)
Regulations for Dances
NOTICE
Due to the small representation of
the classes at the freshman-sophomore
convocation today, there will be a
special convocation for the sophomore
and freshman classes tomorrow, Fri­day,
in Langdon Hall at 11:00 A. M.
The roll will be called at 11:10 and
three cuts are to be allotted those
absent.
Section 1. The opening dances
shall be called the Sophomore Hop,
at mid-year, 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 co­operation
of the students in eliminat­ing
liquor from the dances, members
of the faculty will take the place of
the co-operative committee.
Section 6. All invitations to the
young ladies to be present and to
participate in the dances shall be ap
approved by the Social Director of
the faculty, and the list of those
whom it is proposed to invite, 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 arive not earlier than
the opening day of the dances and to
leave on Sunday following the close
of the dance on Saturday night.
Section 8. 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
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The Ag Club voted unanimously
to oppose compulsory hair-shaving
next year, at the meeting Wednesday
evening. The custom seems doomed,
now that the Interfraternity Coun­cil
and the Ag Club have put their in­fluence*
behind the movement for
abolition. The action of two such
influential. campus organizations in­dicates
that there is a strong student
sentiment against hair-shaving.
The Ag Club is a student organiza­tion
made up of approximately 140
students registered in the agricultur­al
and home economics courses. The
resolution passed is a positive move
to eliminate the practice, the club
voting to "prohibit the practice
of clipping the hair of first year men,
insofar as our jurisdiction extends."
It is now thought on the campus
that there will be little opposition to
the abolition of hair-clipping. In ad­dition
to the tw„o organizations al­ready
mentioned, the Omega circle of
Omicron Delta Kappa has voted to
back the abolition move. Other stu­dent
organizations are expected to
fall in line and back the Council and
the Ag Club.
The resolution passed unanimously
by the Ag Club is: "Whereas we, the
members of the Students Agricultural
Club of the A. P. I. encourage all
measurers that are for the advance­ment
and betterment of conditions at
the A. P. I., and whereas, we recog­nize
that the practice of clipping the
hair of freshmen is detrimental to the
advancement of the A. P. I., and
detrimental to the conditions here at
the A. P. I., therefore, It is hereby
resolved that we, as members of the
Students Agricultural Club of the
A. P. I., prohibit the practice of clip­ping
the hair of first* year men inso­far
as our jurisdiction extends."
The resolution is attested to by the
signatures of R. E. Martin, president,
and D. M. Turney, secretary.
Campus leaders appeared pleased
at the action of the Ag Club last
night after the meeting, and read in
the movement a forecast of the end
of hair-clipping.
BAND MEDAL WILL
BE GIVEN BY JONES
The Auburn Band medal, which is
annually presented to the member of
the band for excellence is music, will
be presented this year by the donor,
Mr. H. D. Jones, of Auburn and Mexi­co
City, it was announced today by
Rosser Alston, business manager.
Mr. Alston recently received a com­munication
from the former assistant
band director, stating that he would
be present at the commencement ex­ercises
Monday, and that final ar­rangements
for the ' presentation of
the madal be made.
The medal was first given three
years ago, to J. B. Leslie, solo cor-netist.
Last commencement the
award was made to Levin Foster, solo
clarinetist. Mr. Bidez has not made
public the member who will receive
the award this year.
NOTICE
Contingent and uniform deposits
will be refunded according to the fol­lowing
schedule:
Seniors: beginning at 8:30 A. M.
Friday May 17.
Juniors: beginning at 8:30 A. M.
Wednesday May 22.
Sophomores and Freshmen: begin­ning
at 8:30 A. M. Thursday May 23.
C. C. BROOKS,
Accountant
PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1929
Published semi-weekly by the students of
ttie Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Au­burn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief
James B. McMillan Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
Hugh W. Overton _ Ass't. Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 '--- News Editor
Alex. Smith, Jr., '31 News Editor
Robert L. Hume, 31 __ Ass't. News Editor
Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor
Carol Porter, '29 Sports Editor
Dick Jones, '31 Ass't. Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
T. S. Coleman, '32; Clarence Dykes, '32;
George Harrison, '32; Robert Sansing,
'30; S. H. Morrow, '32; J. E. Jenkins,
'32; H. G. Twomey, '32; Victor White,
'32; D. Reynolds, '32; Virgil Nunn, '31;
Gabie Drey, '31; James Davidson, '32.
BUSINESS STAFF
George Carden, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
W. B. Jones, '30 Advertising Mgr.
White Matthews, '31 . . Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Office on ground floor of AIui
Circulation Manager! - alti i
Assistants: 1;. W. Kincaid '"•-; K. A. Mann
iider '32, Cleveland Adams,
'32, J. M. Barton '32.
Congratulations
Mr. Best Reporter
Last Monday night at "the Press Club
banquet a cup was presented by the Ki-wanis
Club of Auburn to the best reporter
on the Plainsman staff, Mr. Gabie Drey.
In the presentation of this cup the report­er's
ability as a writer and the amount of
work done'were taken into consideration.
The awarding of this cup, which is to be
an annual event, is significant of two
things. It is an indication that some re­porter,
like Mr. Drey, has devoted himself
so well to his duty that he deserves recog­nition
by others than his immediate asso­ciates;
it indicates that he has shown abil­ity
in newspaper work and that he pos­sesses
the energy and initiative to utilize
this ability.
Of no less important significance is the
spirit which prompts the Kiwanians to give
this cup each year. They realize the worth
of the Plainsman as a local news and ad­vertising
organ; they realize the great
amount of work that must be done by a
reporter that he may deserve this cup. The
Kiwanians wish to give the Plainsman their
support and to encourage students to do
better work on' the paper.
This double significance lends the pre­sentation
of the Kiwanis cup a worthwhile
importance and establishes a goal toward
which every Plainsman reporter may strive
with credit.
We Await Your Return
Professor Daughrity
Professor Kenneth Daughrity, assistant
professor of English, will leave at the end
of the second semester for the University
of Virginia, to which institution he has re­ceived
a fellowship. He will carry away
with him the good wishes of a large part
of the student body with whom he is one of
the most popular of professors.
During his period of service at Auburn
Professor Daughrity has taken an active
interest in several student activities. He
has worked energetically with the debating
team and has had a great deal to do with
raising debating at Auburn to the level
upon which it now rests.
Professor Daughrity has shown marked
interest in the activities of the Plainsman
and has offered to this paper the best of
counsel and support.
Last year Professor Daughrity was
chosen by Omicron Delta Kappa as their
one year faculty member. This honor is
another indication of his standing with the
student body.
At the University of Virginia Profesor
Daughrity will prepare for his doctorate
degree. During his absence at Virginia he
will have the best wishes of Auburn for
his success. Auburn will eagerly await the
completion of his work and his return to
duty here.
tary duty after having served as a mem­ber
of the faculty as associate professor
of Military Science and Tactics. He came
here as a First Lieutenant, and was only
recently promoted, receiving his commis­sion
as Captain last month.
Captain Leitch and Mrs. Leitch will not
fade out of the local scene unnoticed. Their
impress has been made, both in the town
of Auburn and in the A. P. I. It is our
conviction that Auburn will be the loser
when they have gone. Captain Leitch has
taken an active and inspiring interest in
student affairs. He has been friend, teach­er,
counselor, and critic. He has been re­spected
for his straightforward and intelli­gent
opinions without stooping to petty
quibbles and bickerings. He has always
been ready to lend his aid to any project
that was constructive, no matter when call­ed
upon or how much he was personally in­convenienced.
Captain and Mrs. Leitch have served as
chaperons at numerous fraternity house-parties;
they have taken much interest in
the social life of the town and the college.
Always their influence has been for the
best.
When the Captain goes we are losing an
officer and a gentleman; when Mrs. Leitch
goes we are losing a lady; the true wife of
an officer and a gentleman.
Good-bye And
Good Luck
As the class of 1929 leaves the campus,
jthere goes with it a man who came to Au­burn
at the same time that we arrived as
freshmen, Captain W. B. Leitch. His four-year
period on the Detached Officers List
has expired and he returns to active mili-
Meeting Increased
Mechanical Competition
The invention of mechanical devices is
constantly bringing about changes in the
economic and industrial worlds. This week
a New York corporation announced that a
machine, known as the "Business Brain,"
which will simultaneously do the work of
a cash register, bookkeeping machine and
adding machine and, from another part of
the building, make a complete record of a
sale at the time it is made, Ms about to
make its bow to the American industry.
The most astonishing feat of this new
device is its ability to do the work of human
minds and hands. If the machine is install­ed
in a bank, it will be able to do the work
of nearly nine-tenths of the employees. A
bank, requiring the services of 67 clerks,
will be able to carry on its functions with
only 8 assistants.
The development of such labor-saving de­vices
is effecting economic conditions of
every industry. The men in factories are
finding that they cannot compete with the
perfection and efficiency of machinery.
Even the professional man is none too sure
of the permanency of his position. At the
present time the musician and the actor
are hard pressed by the invention of the
Vitaphone. And now there comes the hint
that perhaps the Vitaphone may be able
to replace the teacher in the classroom.
Annually labor conditions become more
and more acute. The problem of the un­employed
assumes more perplexing aspects.
Man must provide for himself the dire nec­essities
of life. To do this he must be a
specialist, highly skilled in some trade or
profession. His is a problem of ability,
education and intelligence.—The Daily
O'Collegian.
Study The
Dance Regulations
Commencement and the dances are upon
us. The Social Committee members are
working hard toward making the coming
dances the biggest success of the year, but
the success of the Senior dances will be de­pendent
upon close co-operation between the
students and the committee.
There will have to be an understanding
and acceptance of the new regulation re­garding
individual conduct. A fraternity
will not be responsible as a group for its
members, any irregularities will involve the
individual, or individuals, concerned and
not the group. The action of Dr. Knapp in
this respect is in accord with the desire of
a large majority of the students. It be­hooves
all to cooperate. If such cooperation
is given we will be able to look back on the
Senior Dances of 1929 with just pride.
A New Standard
Set By The Glomerata
Our hat is off to T. S. Christopher, Joe
Ford, and the other members of the Glom­erata
staff. The 1929 Glomerata is a
superb year-book. From cover to cover it
is well edited, artistically illustrated, taste­fully
arranged, and embodies many original
features. The color work is especially
good.
One of the most attractive features of
the book is the art work, done principally
by Sam Pope and Charlie Davis. This work
is of the highest order, the sketches of cam­pus
buildings by Davis being of much merit.
The new section devoted to the alumni, to­gether
with the dedication to the alumni
is something new, and we think, is com­mendable.
The humor section in the center of the
book taking the form of a parody on the
Plainsman is excellent. We haven't the
space to enumerate the fine points; we are
proud of the 1929 Glomerata and its edi­tor
and business manager. The 1929 Glom­erata
is not just another annual.
Was there ever a man who willingly ad­mitted
having shown poor judgment?
" L i t t l e Things"
By Tom Bigbee
It seems almost a certain fact that fresh­man
hair clipping is soon to be a thing of
the past here. And we wonder if this very
thing couldn't have happened to a great
advantage long-ago.
Even though there are at present a few
who object to this proposed change in the
order oti affairs here, no doubt every single
Auburn student will come to cherish the ad­vance
within a few short years.
The mere fact of this unsightly practice
being an old and time-honored Auburn
custom is its greatest stronghold. No doubt
the majority of present Auburn students
feel that it is an act out of place here on
our campus.
There are quite a few time-worn cus­toms
here that merit preservation; but we
believe this hair clipping business is not
included in that number. And merely be­cause
it is an old Auburn custom does not
render it worthy of preservation, if it
proves detrimental to the institution.
Monday night at the close of a chorus
practice in Langdon Hall, a-bunch of pro­fessors
emerged blasting deep tones of
bass and baritone—seemingly having turn­ed
little boys again. This comment isn't of­fered
as criticism; it was only an unusual
incident—and perhaps a commendable one.
So sing on, professors!
"Have you the courage to pioneer?"
"There is always work for the pioneer."
"Today is the day of pioneering—with the
risks largely removed".—Excerpts from a
recent magazine article, which we might
take for what they are worth.
This is good dope for the present Seniors
—since they are about to graduate without
receiving sufficient advice. And since such
is so easy to hand out, we might add a few
other thoughts:
"Give thanks, then, for discouragement;
it means that within you the great forces
and currents of life are re-arranging—•
clearing the way to success."—HNJ. Bligh.
"Life seems to have been meant for the
faithful. If you stick you will win—No
price is too great for success."
"There are mighty few men who really
know the limit of their powers. Occasion­ally
fortuitous circumstances take a hand
in calling forth this -reserve strength."
The advantages of having colleges with­out
classes!—a subject brought up for dis­cussion
at a recent party on the campus—•
for its absuridty, of course.
For those so inclined—"Marriages are
made in Heaven, the honeymoon spent in
paradise, and then the bride and groom
come down to earth."
^ AUBURN FOOTPRINTS m
THE VALUE OF COLLEGE EDUCATION
What may the college graduate who
makes satisfactory progress in business ex­pect
to realize in income during the first
five years after graduation?
The department of personnel study of
Yale University answers this question as
follows:
First year, $1,300—1,800; Second year,
$1,500—2,200; Third year, $2,000—2,600;
Fourth year, $2,400—3,000; Fifth year,
$2,800—4,000.
Edward S. Jones, of the University of
Buffalo, has made a similar study of the
normal earning power of the average suc­cessful
man at forty both in the professions
and in the business and his results are, viz:
Medicine, $9,500; Law, $6,600; Chemis­try
and chemical engineering, $5,300; Den­tistry,
$8,000; Civil engineering, $5,500;
Electrical engineering, $5,500; Mechanical
engineering, $5,200; Research science, $5,-
900; Ministry, $3,500; Teaching, $4,000.
These figures were reached on the basis
of 397 men in the above professions. The
median for these 397 professional incomes
is $6,200.
Advertising, $6,750; Insurance, $6,900;
Banking, $6,500; Sales management, $7,-
500; General business executives, $6,900;
Investment banking, $6,500; Miscellaneous,
$6,000.
These figures were reached on the basis
of 316 men in the above businesses. The
median for these 316 business incomes is
$6,700.
These figures do not represent merely
the incomes of the 713 men in question.
These 713 college graduates from more
than seventy colleges and universities in
the United tSates and Canada were asked
to give their estimate of the normal earn­ing
power of the average successful man
at forty in the light of their own experience
and their knowledge of others.—Dr. Frank
Crane.
THE GEDUNK
I'm the Gedunk who must have some­thing
to whittle upon in class. I always
carry a nice sharp knife around in my
pocket and to amuse myself, I carve up the
desk. I cut out my initials and the letters
of my fraternity or maybe my address.
Often I can think of a very original design
with which to adorn the top of the desk,
if not I just cut away for fun; sometimes
even, I cut a nice bug hole right through
the desk top. Of course I know that it
ruins a desk and that I am somewhat of a
vandal, but I must be amused and I do
like to whittle.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
r'3~j '^Benjamin Trovost~
THE LATEST FROM THE DOCTOR
Rat conies in at "A" a small net placed over the rat hole, pulling phonograph
starting lever at "B". He then progresses leisurely across floor, during which
time record is playing, until he arrives at poinf'G" where he spies cheese on lever
at "X". He jumps on lever to get said cheese thus pushing lever down and pulling
cord, and winding over pulley "E" and picking record up at "C". At the same
moment the cord runs over pulley "T" picking up record stack "N" at point "D"
and allowing new record to slide down slide "O" and thus onto the turn table.
The world owes this marvelous development to the brain and- perseverance of
Dr. Don Edison May Whose research into the phonographic field caused the devel­opment
by him of all the parts mentioned above along with the wonderful Equi­poise
attachment shown at "H". This is a 100 lb. wt. which balances the tone arm
so that the machine will play in any position.
In recognition of this suspicious service to humanity, Dr. Don Edison May
has been awarded the "Last Grand Prize" offered by the Tuskegee Institute. He
has also been recognized by election to the Senior Academy of Back Patters, the
highest recognition obtainable for useless service.
The "Last Grand Prize" was presented to the w. k. and j . f. Doctor by Mr.
Paul White, who is at present out of a job, and had nothing better to do. Mr.
White was entertained during his visit in Tuskegee by a review of the R. O. T. C.
unit.
* * -* * * * * * * #
WOMAN
If she wears an honest smile,
And speaks with cherry word,
And has a carefree style
That makes all gloom absurd—
She's married.
If she speaks with haughty air,
And wears a righteous frown,
And has no earthly care
But for a parlor hound—
She's a co-ed.
If she gushes flowery thoughts,
And dresses fit to kill,
And does just what she ought,
Regardless of her will—
Montevallo.
If she winks a wicked eye,
And deals in broken hearts;
If she's wilder than she's wise,
And rides in old men's cars—
Yes—a High School girl!
—Convict number 969.
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions ex­pressed
in this column are not necessarily
the editorial opinions of this paper. It is
a column of personal comment, and is not
to be read as an expression of our edi­torial
policy.
* * * * *
IN LOOKING back over student activi­ties
of the year, I can see three con-structive,
original, progressive achieve­ments:
The organization of the student
body, the sentiment against hair-shaving,
and the gift of a European trip to Dean
Biggin by the students in the College of
Architecture.
In looking into the future of student
activities I can see many advances to
be made; many crying needs to~be filled.
May I say to the class of 1930: come back
next fail with the determination to do great
things. I sincerely hope that the-leaders of
the class will not spend their time in idle
meetings making motions and shining their
keys; it is up to them to forget that they
have been honored; to roll up their sleeves,
put their keys in their respective pockets,
and get down to work. Work does not mean
talk. It does not mean back-patting and
contemptible political maneuvering. It does
not mean "running things". It means
DOING THINGS.
•\- * * * *
IT IS inevitable that Auburn will become
a great school. With or without the
coqperation of the student body the ad­ministration
will make Auburn outstanding,
but how much easier it will be; how much
better it can be done if the student body is
constructive, original, and above all, active
rather than loquotious. Men of the class
of '30, look at things comprehensively; don't
miss the forest while looking at the trees.
See the whole first and judge it, then find
the petty details, and work them out.
L
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
THE COLLEGIANS—BAH!
The college life pictures have achieved an
immense popularity with the American pub­lic
as a whole, as evidenced by the multipli­city
of pictures that have been produced
upon this theme. But the tide is turning
against them. The American collegians are
rising in rightful indignation against these
biased and Mida-tainted pictures. We see
from a press report that the manager of
the theatre at Princeton has cancelled his
booking for "Varsity" because he states he
does not desire to have his theatre wrecked.
Poor students probably they are not old
enough to be in college as yet.
* * * * *
LUCK
The University of Vermont was recently
donated a generous supply of cigarettes by
the manufacturers of Old Golds, a full car­ton
being given to each student in order
to win him to that brand.
If it worked, and perhaps it did, there is
"Not a Scoff in a School Full", up at Ver­mont.
Some schools have all the luck.
* * * * *
PLENTY
College students are expensive products,
according to statistics obtained at the Uni­versity
of Pittsburg. It is estimated that
the usual undergraduate costs his parents
an average of $21,000 from the time of his
birth to- his graduation from college. The
extremes were placed at about $58,000 on
one end and a little over $14,000 on the
other. This suggests the question, will the
graduate's income be a four per cent divi­dend
on the investment that has -been made
on his life? Well, what will the exams
cost?
"HELL WEEK"
Rough initiation, probation as it has been
known for so many years on the Nebraska
campus, and "hell week" as it is commonly
dubbed is flat on its back now, as far as
the Nebraska campus is concerned.
Following the example of the interfrater-nity
council, the faculty committee on stu­dent
organizations wrote approval across
the face of the petition from the student
council asking for the abolition of rough
initiations among the honorary and profes­sional
organizations on the Nebraska cam­pus.
That's the last nail in the coffin of
paddle and foolishness for them. We will
grow up, maybe.
* * * * :;:
MIGHTY BAD
. One afternoon of the Southern Intercol­legiate
Association of Student Government's
business sessions held recently at Newcomb
was given over to the discussion of Univer­sity
women's denial of "flaming youth" and
the "whoopee" materials that go with it.
That night the the Newcomb Dramatic Club
presented a play called "Suppressed De­sires."
Reason enough.
* * * * *
ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS
The charms of a pretty co-ed niay go a
long way in substituting for study to get
grades, but professors at Southwestern Uni­versity
have declared themselves to be en­tirely
immune to the wiles of the feminine
sex. One professor stated: "All co-eds are
beautiful, so no one has a better chance
than others." What li—do? How this af­fects
the men of the University is not men­tioned.
Evidently their beauty must be
insignificant.
EAVE the little things to the little
freshmen; let no one tell you that a
! project is Too Big. Nothing is too
big for big men. Be original. Never think
as your predecessors have thought; strike
out on your own ideas and let reason, not
mushy sentiment govern your activity. Re­ly
upon your OWN ability.- Use that abili­ty
at all times; you have it, else you would
not be in college. Think about Auburn
during the summer; conceive some original
ideas that will better Auburn; come back
with the belief that you can put those ideas
over and then do it. If some of your class­mates
become so enfeebled from bearing the
burden of many keys that they can't work,
why establish a sanitarium for them be­hind
the Vet Building; send them out there
to spend the mornings congratulating each
other, while you solidify your ideas in
acievements.
* * * * *
AUBURN is losing two men at the
end of this session that she will
sorely miss: Professor Kenneth L.
Daughrity and Captain W. B. Leitch. Pro­fessor
Daughrity will return after obtain­ing
his doctorate; Captain Leitch is called
into other fields by military duty. I have
known both of these men since I have been
at Auburn. I had classes under both my
first year here. Since then I have known
them as friends. I have learned to respect
both for their wide knowledge; for their
intelligent opinions; for their sound advice;
for their able teaching, and for their quali­ties
as gentlemen.
I HAVE listened to both lecture; I have
enjoyed innumerable conversations over
cups of black coffe at John's with both;
I have found both ready to converse upon
any subject, from Greek poetry to Auburn
customs. Always have I learned something
from these men. Always are their views
sound, rational, backed by knowledge, and
delivered effectively. Both of these men
have captured that elusive will O' the wisp,
popularity with students; neither has de­liberately
sought. It is useless for me to
attempt to eulogize them; I can but say
that in one respect I am glad that I will not
be here next year; Auburn would not be
Auburn for me without Professor Daughri­ty
and Captain Leitch.
SOUL TO BODY
Drift idly now, vexed oar, the race is over;
Relax, bent fingers, on the purse and
plow;
Crumble, glazed clay, among the roots of
clover;
It is not likely you will need me now.
Nor does it matter that I loved you dearly;
I would not choose to leave you, but I
must.
The room is dark, I cannot see you clearly,
I too am fading into homeless dust.
I will dissolve as you are now dissolving;
Farewell, I shall not trouble you again;
You will not know me, when through mists
revolving
You rise in dew, and I descend in rain.
—Henry Morton Robinson.
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1929 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
PROFESSOR APPLEBEE TELLS
OF APPLIED ARTS IN INDUSTRY
Professor Prank Applebee, assist­ant
professor of Applied Art, in the
article below has presented a very in­teresting
revelation of the great part
played by art in industry.
"Perhaps you think that Art is
something that is entirely unrelated
to life; something that means gold-framed
pictures that are hung in Mu­seums,
or statues of statesmen in
front of the capitol; nothing more.
"Do you realize—that before any
attractive chair, or rug, or textile, or
pair of shoes is manufactured, it mustj
first be created on paper? Who ere
ates it?
that the manufactured article must be
presented to the public through ad­vertising
before it takes its place in
the home. Who makes the attractive
• pictures of it that we see in the maga­zines
and the daily newspapers? Ar-iists!
"Do not think now that I am speak­ing
of long haired men that starve in
garrets. I am not. I have in mind
serious, practical business-like men
are poorly designed. The woman
shopper is becoming constantly more
discriminating and c l o s e s her cre­tonnes,
calicoes and ginghams with
care. If our textiles are inartistic,
they will be left on the merchant's
counter or in the storerooms, and
northern, eastern and foreign manu­facturers
will flourish at our expense.
"Textile design cannot be left to
merely shop trained men. An art
training is essential—though not the
old type of art training. Fundament­al
courses in drawing and design must
be followed by specialized training
An artist! Do you realizeji n t h e Pr int i nS. weaving and dyeing
of textiles. The manufacturer and the
art school will have to cooperate. An
art school graduate without technical
knowledge of machine reproduction
is no more capable of doing good
work than is the shop trained man
without artistic knowledge.
"I am emphasizing Textile Design
because that industry is bound to be
one of the south's greatest. Design­ers,
however, are needed in every
who are playing a vital part in thej industry. When you buy a new radio,
are you satisfied if it simply pleases
the ear? No! You demand one that
Cornerstone Laid
On Far North School
industrial development of this coun­try.
The need for art trained men of
this type is greater than the supply.
"The south is making tremendous
strides in Industry and Commerce at
present. Will we keep up the present
pace—or will we begin to slow up in
a few years and be beaten by our
competitors? That depends largely
on the quality of our goods and we
cannot have quality without Art. The
two terms are synonymous.
"Even with our fine natural re­sources,
our textile industry will fail
to develop if it turns out goods that
THE
KLOTHES
SHOPPE
UP-STAIRS
BIRMINGHAM
We sell good clothes
for less because it
costs us less to sell
FRED THALEN
Manager
Take the "L"
207*4 North 19 St.
pleases the eye as well. Utility is not
the only' thing. It must have beauty,
and it will not have that quality un­less
an artist has designed it. How
about your new automobile? Will
you be satisfied if it runs beautifully
but looks ugly? Automobile manu­facturers
are trying as hard to
achieve beauty of line and color as
did the builders of the Gothic ca­thedrals.
They must have it or their
cars will not sell. Beds, chairs and
all other furniture, as well as vases,
clocks, lighting fixtures, door knock­ers,
percolators, and all of the hun­dreds
of other articles that you see
and use daily are developed from
paper designs. Whether the articles
are pleasing or ugly depends on the
artistic ability of the one doing the
original drawing.
I "Art is not only necessary in the
I manufacturing of goods but in the
j selling as well. Advertising and com-j
mercial art have developed within
the last twenty years to the point
where their products compare favor­ably
with the work in our best mu­seums.
This is due, not to the fact
that only an artistic advertisement
will attract attention, hold attention,
The corner stone of the farthest
north schoolhouse on the American
Continent has been laid at Barrow,
Alaska, according to recent an­nouncement
of the United States Bu­reau
of Education, Alaska division.
The building, including necessary
equipment and supplies, cost $16,000,
and is for native Eskimo children. The
corner stone, a solid truncated prism
of concrete, was placed upon a firm
foundation of blue glacier ice 18
inches below the surface of the sand,
and above the high-water mark. Sup­plies
for the school and 165 tons of
building material were brought by
the Government ship Boxer on its an­nual
visit to Barrow. The chief of
the Alaska division of the bureau, of­ficers
of the S. S. Boxer, superin­tendents,
teachers and local friends,
traders, and whalers at Barrow, as­sisted
in the ceremonies, in the pres­ence
of about 200 Eskimos and a
dozen white people. The corner stone
was christened with seal oil, poured
by an old walrus hunter and whaler
of the locality flformerly of San Fran­cisco'.
An appropriate background for
the occasion was furnished by great
ice fields grounded along the coast
as far as eye could see and the S. S.
Boxer, which was ready to lift anchor
and maneuver for safety should the
ice-pack shift in its direction.
POLO BECOMES
POPULAR GAME
"For the first time since Oriental
potentates pursued a wooden ball
about the plains of the East centuries
ago, polo has been brought within the
range of the man of moderate
means," writes Albion Topcliffe Saw­yer
in the May College Humor. "It
is no longer a pastime for the rich
alone, but has gone democratic. For
this happy state of affairs .thanks are
due to the colleges and to the United
States Government.
"Polo has been played at a few
American colleges and universities
for ten years or more, but the game
owes its recent rapid growth to the
establishment of the Reserve Officers
Training Corps unit which are main­tained
at schools all over the coun­try.
The War Department furnishes
to each unit an average of twenty
or thirty riding horses, including
horse equipment, and because of this
Applicants Choose
Air Scholarships
Sixty-two per cent of the applicants
for the Eaglerock awards for 1929
have chosen the scholarship in a ques­tionnaire
recently sent out by the
Alexander Aircraft Co., Colorado
Springs, Colorado, donor of the
awards.
This company is offering a schol­arship
in the Guggenheim School of
Aeronautics, New York University,
and a completedly equipped Eaglerock
airplane for the two best sets of four
papers on aviation subjects submitted
by undergraduate students before
May 31. ,
Those choosing the scholarship ex­pect
to complete their education in
aeronautical engineering preparatory
to entering commercial aviation. On
the other hand those indicating their
choice of the- Eaglerock airplane ex­pect
to use it as a nucleus of an op­erating
company or to earn sufficient
PLAINSMEN TO END DIAMOND
SEASON WITH MERCER UNIV.
fact it was possible for the regular: money to continue their education
army officers sent as instructors to. Alexander Klemin of the Guggen-these
units after the war to start polo, heim School of Aeronautics, New
as a means of interesting undergrad- j York University, is chairman of the
uates in military work and especially j scholarship awards committee. An-in
riding.
Boys! If You Eat
M E A T
Buy it from your
Friends
MOORE'S MARKET
—Phone 37—
"Say it 'With fylowers"
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
R0SEM0NT GARDENS
Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
FLORISTS
WE ARE BUYING BOOKS EVERY DAY.
SELL US YOURS AND YOU WON'T
HAVE TO BUM A RIDE HOME.
Burton's Bookstore
Fifty-one years old and still growing.
and create .desire, the three necessary
steps in selling. The art in a poster
or in a newspaper display is not con­fined
to drawing alone; it includes
drawing, color, and most important
of all, arrangement, which means de­sign.
"When space in a periodical costs
thousands of dollars for a single is­sue,
advertisers take no chances with
printed mesages that are inartistic
and therefore lacking in attention-holding
power; the best, being the
most economical. Every advertising
agency, newspaper and periodical has
its staff of artists which devotes its
time chiefly putting art into adver­tising.
"Commercial art is wide in scope
and takes in show cards, window dis­plays,
catalogue illustration, and the
making of trade-marks and of labels j
for bottled and packaged goods as
well as art for the printed page. Each
branch requires its specialists. Do
you think that an artist, with the op­portunities
of the present day, has
to live in a garret? Hardly! If he
does sov it is because he likes living
in one.
"Massachusetts was the first state
in our union to realize that industry
and commerce could not be separated
from art. Seeing her own goods out­sold
by the more artistic goods from
France and Germany, she founded the
first state art school in 1870. For
over half a century graduates of the
Massachuseets School of Art have
played a part in the development of
that state's industries. Although this
school has employed the best instruc­tors
in the country, at great expense,
and has been entirely state supported,
Massachuseets has found it a profit­able
investment.
"Until this year, when the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute organized a de-
| partment of Applied Art, southern
students have been practically forced
to go north or east to obtain art
training. The State pf Alabama has
made a big step forward by fostering
Art. The work given at Auburn will
be practical and will be given to
those who wish to make a living in an
interesting and necesary profession.
Manufacturers and business men will
be encouraged to explain their needs
to us and to cooperate generally. The
people of Alabama can help greatly
by encouraging the talented youth of
the state to register in our Applied
Art course.
"Art is not .a luxury; it is a neces­sity.
We want our goo3s not only to
be great in quantity but great in
quality as well. And, as I have said
before, we must have Art if we are to
have quality."
Eight Governors Have
Engineering Training
In the United States, eight of the
forty-eight governors are engineers or
received their training at an engineer­ing
school.
The professional engineers are:
Clayton D. Buck, of Delaware; George
H. Dern, of Utah; F. C. Emerson, of
Wyoming, and Morgan F. Larson, of
New Jersey.
The following governors received
their training at engineering schools:
O. Max Gardner of North Carolina,
John H. Trumbull of Connecticut
Bibb Graves, of Alabama, and Harry
S. Leslie of Indiana.
In the U. S. Senate there are five
men with engineering training, name­ly:
R. B. Howell, of Nebraska; H. W.
Keyes, of New Hampshire; Tasker L.
Oddie, of Nevada, and Millard E. Tyd-ings,
of Maryland.
other group wil make the Eaglerock
awards.
Earnest Studying
Law In Washington
News has reached Auburn that J.
M. Ernest who graduated at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute in 1927,
and who is now studying law at
George Washington University, Wash­ington
has been elected to member­ship
in Phi Delta Phi, an honorary
legal fraternity. Ernest was one of
two men elected to this fraternity out
of a class of 200 students.
For one year after graduation he
was with the Westinghduse Company
with headquarters in Philadelphia.
Leaving there he moved to Washing­ton
where he is employed in the pat­ent
office of the Government and is
studying law at the George Washing­ton
University.
Mr. Ernest is a son fit Mr. and
I Mrs. Milligan Ernest of Auburn.
By Dick Jones
The 1929 Auburn Tiger baseball
team, although without a Coach are
still hustling about their duties on
Drake Field every day. They are
now under the guidance of Captain
Howard Smith, who performs at the
keystone bag in a highly satisfactory
manner. The regular Tiger baseball
mentor, Coach E. R. "Slick" Moulton,
left the "Village" last Saturday night
after the Plainsmen licked the Geor­gia
Bulldogs 6-2, to take over his
duties as manager of a team in the
Georgia-Alabama League.
The Plainsmen have completed all
of their conference games, but still
have two more games to play. These
were to be with Howard College, but
on account of them conflicting with
their final exams the games were
shifted to Mercer College, and will be
played next Monday and Tuesday at
Auburn. On account of next Monday
being Alumni Day an unusually
large crowd is expected to attend the
games.
Assisting Captain. Smith in coach­ing
the team have been the other
Tiger coaches. Smith has been given
full charge though and does all the
substituting and the making up of
the lineup.
Although the Moultonmen were un­able
to repeat the good record they
made on the diamond last year and
year before last when they won the
S. C. Championship for two straight
OLD TIME RALLY MAY 20.
years, they made a good showing.
Eight games were won, eight games
lost and tied one, the tie game lasting
for twelve innings. This made the
Tigers finish their conference games
on the 500 mark.
Jim Crawford, one of the Tigers
home run kings who performs in cen-terfield,
was elected Captain of the
1930 Auburn tossers for next year
to succeed Captain Smith. Crawford
has been a member of the team for
two years and will be the only third
year man back next year. Along with
playing on the baseball team, Craw­ford
is also a star halfback on the
Bohler eleven, at which he has also
performed for two years. Joe Burt,
the Tigers heavy hitting rightfielder,
was elected as Alternate Captain of
next years team to succeed Alternate
Captain Frank Currie. Burt will be
playing his second year on the team
next year and is expected to be one
of the strongest men in the lineup.
Wednesday afternoon the Varsity
tossers and the Rat tossers put on an
exhibition game in Opelika for the
people of the town. These teams
have played many practice games
against each other on Drake Field
but this is the first time they have en­gaged
in competition out side of Au­burn.
Coach Bohler went along with
the teams and also Coach "Red"
Brown.
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a famous financier for a loan involv­ing
a considerable amount of money. "I cannot
give you the cash," the magnate is said to have
replied,"but I'll let you walk arm in arm with
me across the floor of the Stock Exchange."
Pardon our enthusiasm, but it's a good deal like
that with aman and his cigare t te.To be seen smok­ing
a Chesterfield, for example, is to be marked as a
gentleman,ascholar, and a judge ofgood tobacco!
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in the Royal Mounted—Wall Street magnate or
dashing cowman of Cheyenne—a Chesterfield
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1929
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-DICK JONES, Associate Editor
Tad McCallum, Palmer P. Daugette, Jack S. Riley, Assistants. •
Twelve Captains of
Major Sports Now
in Lovliest Village]
By Dick Jones
For the first time in the history of j
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
there are three Captains of each four
major sports attending school at the
same time. Some are former Cap­tains,
some are present Captains and
some future captains. They are,
"Weemie" Baskin, "Pop" Paterson,
"Snitz" Snider, Ebb James, Fob
James, "Nick" Carter, Frank DuBose,
Howard Smith, Percy Beard, Howell
Long, Louie James, and Jim Craw­ford.
Among the most noted of them is
"Weemie" Baskin, who piloted track
men in 1926. Next in line is Wil­liam
"Pop" Paterson, who was Cap­tain
of the gridmen in 1927, perform­ing
at the center berth. During this
same year "Snitz" Snider led the Au­burn
Track team, Ebb James the
baseball team and Fob James the
Papke five, "Nick" Carter who was
Captain of the 1928 Bohler eleven
came next, which was during the first
term of this year. Following Carter
was Frank DuBose, the all-southern
center on the basketball team, who
piloted the Bohler five this year. The
other two head men this year being
Howard Smith of the baseball team
and Percy Beard of the track team.
The future Captains for the 1929-
'30 year are Howell Long, of the
grid team; Louie James, of the bas­ketball
team; and Jim Crawford, of
the diamondmen. As the season is
not over for the 1929 trackmen they
have not elected a Captain for the
1930 aggregation.
All of these pilots are expected to
receive their- diplomas at the close
of this school year except the Cap­tains
for next year. This is probably
one of the best records made at Au­burn
in quite a while. The Auburn
Coaches should be given a great deal
of credit for this as should the men,
as scholarship has been one. of the
main points stressed by the mentors
all the time. It has been one of the
main points determining the awards
of the letters to those who have ful­filled
all the requirements on the ath
letic field.
H. LONG, CAPTAIN 1929 FOOTBALL TEAM
'FOB*' JAMES, CAPTAIN 1928 BASKETBALL TEAM
"POP" PATERSON, CAPTAIN 1927 FOOTBALL TEAM
Varsity Wins as Rats
Lose in Double Dual
Meet With Ga. Tech
a Sikh" Moulton To
Manage Ball Team in
the Ga.-Ala. League
By Dick Jones
When Coach E. R. "Slick" Moulton
left the "Village of the Plains" Satur­day,
May 11, to manage a team in the
Georgia-Alaabma League, it marked
the end of the twenty consecutive
years of brilliant service that the
Moulton's have rendered to Auburn's
athletic history. Since 1909 there has
been a member of Coach "Slicks"
family at Auburn taking part in the
Tiger sports, mainly baseball and foot­ball.
These Moulton's consist of four
brothers: George Moulton, who pitch­ed
on the baseball team for four
years; John Moulton, who played base­ball
and football; Russel "Slick"
Moulton, who played four years of
baseball and football, being all-south­ern
pitcher and all-southern end. Al­so
receiving favorable mention for the
1922 all-american football team. Pat
Moulton, the last of the brothers to
enter, also played four years of base­ball
and football, graduating in 1927.
Bussel has been connected with Au­burn
longer than any of them, having
been on the teams for four years and
on the coaching staff three. He per­formed
under the orange and blue col
ors in 1920, '21 '22, and '23 under
Mike Donahue. His last year of foot­ball
playing was in 1922, Auburn's last
year to be a contender for the football
championship.
(Continued on page 6)
Coach Wilbur Hutsell's harriers
won over the Georgia Tech runners
Saturday in a double dual meet on
Drake Field, Auburn 69-57. The
frosh Tigers trailed behind when the
Tech yearlings made it 69-43. The
meet closed the dual meets on the
Tiger menu. They will be heard from
in the conference meet in. Birmingham
May 17 and 18 and in the A. A. U.
races May 25.
Beard, captain of the Plainsmen
took three first places today. The
Plainsmen varsity took nine first
places and five seconds and one tied.
100 Yard dash: Varsity: Coffee
(T); Time 10.2; Bell (A); Chamblee
(A). Freshman: Weatherford (T)
Time 10.4; O'Hara (A),
Shot put: Varsity: Carter (A) 39
feet 9 inches; Martin (T); 'Virgin
(A). Freshman: Weatherford (T)
35 feet 11 inches; Wade (A).
Mile run: Varsity: Crisfield (T)
4 minutes 39-9 seconds; Brewer (T);
Pitts (A). Freshman: McLarty (T)
4 minutes 48-4 seconds; Dollins (A).
High jump: Varsity: Anderson (A)
5 feet 10 7-8 inches; Virgin (A),
Swain (T) tied for second. Fresh­man:
Stacy (A) 5 feet 7 inches;
Stewart (A).
Pole Vault: Varsity: Hughes (A)
11 feet 6 inches; Jones (T); Ticks
(T), Swain (T), tied for second.
Freshman: Camp (T) 10 feet 6
inches; Boswell (A); Wood (A);
Smith (T), tied for second place.
220 Yard dash: Varsity: Coffee
(T) 22.7; Wittmer (T); Chamblee
(A). Freshman: Weatherford (T) ;
23-4 sec; O'Hara (A).
Discus: Varsity: Carter (A) 123
feet 1 1-2 inches; Coleman (A) ; Mar­tin
(A). Freshman: Therrell (T)
101 feet; Weatherford (T).
'NICK" CARTER, CAPTAIN 1928 FOOTBALL TEAM
"EBB" JAMES, CAPTAIN 1928 BASEBALL TEAM
'WEEMIE" BASKIN, CAPTAIN 1926 TRACK TEAM
Auburn Tennis Club
Mahes Plans for '30
Aubuirv
HOWARD SMITH
Captain 1929 Baseball Team
PERCY BEARD
Captain 1929 Track Team
"SNITZ" SNIDER
Captain 1928 Track Team
120 High hurdles: Varsity: Beard
(A) 15:2 seconds; Virgin (A); Du­ress
(T). Freshman: Daniel (T);
16:9; Beard (A).
Javelin: Varsity: Jones (A) 155
feet 10 inches; Randolph (T); Creel
(A). Freshman: Graydon (T) 180
feet 3 1-2 inches; Lawson (A).
Two mile: Varsity: Brewer (T),
Crisfield (T); Teague (A); 10 min.
27 sec. Freshman: Roberts (A) 10
min. 51 sec; Plant (A).
220 Low Hurdles: Beard (A) 25.07
sec, Virgin (A), Duren (T). Fresh­men:
Foxhall (T) 27.02 sec, Wil­liams
(T).
Half mile: Varsity: Beall (T) 2
min. 4-02 sec.; Anastasas (T); Mc-
Clendon . Freshmen: Patridge (T)
2 min. .07 sec, Dollins (A).
Broad Jump: Beard (A) 22 ft. 1-2
in., Burnett (A), Saks (T). Fresh­men.:
O'Hara (A) 20 ft. 2 in., Smith
(T).
440-yr. dash: Bell (A) 53.01, Saks
(T), Faisset (T). Freshmen: La-
Forge (T) 53.02, Williams (T).
Two mile: Brewer (T) 10 min. 27
sec; Crisfield (T); Teague (A).
Freshmen: Roberts (A) 10:51, Plant
(A). •
LOUIE JAMES
Captain 1930 Basketball Team'
Captain 1930 Baseball Team
At a recent luncheon of the Au­burn
Tennis Club at the Alabama
burn Tennis Club an election of
officers was held and many plans
were made for the future year. Coach
George M. Bohler, head Coach at Au­burn,
made a short talk to the Club
about increasing the number of ten­nis
courts in the "Plains" and toward
making tennis a major sport at the
(Continued on page 6)
Tiger Baseball Schedule for 1929
FRANK DuBOSE
Captain 1929 Basketball Team
Coach Hutsell to Enter Good Team in Annual
Southern Conference Track Meet in Magic City
By Dick Jones
When Coach Wilbur Hutsell jour­neys
to the Magic City to enter his
1929 Auburn Tiger tracksters in the
Southern Conference Meet Friday
and Saturday, May 17 and 18, they
will have completed a favorable pro­gram
of four dual track meets with
other Southern Conference teams, by
winning one from Tulane, tying Geor­gia
and losing two to Florida and
Georgia Tech respectively.
In the Plainsmen's first dual meet
on April 23, they were defeated 63 to
49 by the strong Florida aggregation
in the "Village of the Plains". They
tied their second meet 63 to 63, which
was with Georgia April 27. Then the
Tiger mentor worked on them still
harder as the season's training went
on for another week and the Hutsell-men
picked up in their speed, showing
it when they defeated the Tulane
Greenies 61 to 51 in New Orleans on
May 4. Their last dual meet was held
in the "Plains" on May 11 when they
were licked 69 to 57.
(Continued on page 6)
April
Date ' Opponent and Their
March 28—Mtgy. Lions
29—Tulane
30—Tulane
1—Mtgy. Lions
3—Ga. Tech
4—Ga. Tech
5—B'ham.-Southern
6—B'ham.-Southern
8—Georgia
9—Georgia
12—Howard Aats
13—Howard Rats
15—Clemson
16—Clemson
19—Ga. Tech
20—Ga. Tech
19—Ga. Tech Rats
20—Ga. Tech Rats
25—Florida
Score Auburn Score and Place Played
( 2 ) (4) at Montgomery
(10) (4) at New Orleans, La.
( 6) (17) at New Orleans, La.
(10) ( 1) "A" Day, at Auburn
( 3) (23) at Auburn
( 8) (16) at Auburn
( 6 ) (8) at Auburn
( 5 ) (16) at Auburn
( § ) (3) at Athens, Ga.
( 8 ) ( 7) at Athens, Ga.
( 3 ) ( 5) at Auburn (Rats)
( 3) (12) at Auburn (Rats)
( 6 ) (6) at Auburn
( 4 ) (3) at Auburn
(12) ( 8) at Atlanta
( 8 ) (3) at Atlanta X
( 7 ) (4) at Auburn (Rats)
( 4) (10) at Auburn (Rats)
( 7 ) (9) at Panama City, Fla.
26—Florida
27—Florida
26—Marion
27—Marion (
May 3—Vanderbilt
4—Vanderbilt
3—Ga. Tech Rats
4—Ga. Tech Rats
10—Georgia
11—Georgia
20—Mercer
21—Mercer
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at Panama City, Fla.
at Panama City, Fla.
at Marion (Rats)
at Marion (Rats)
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Atlanta (Rats)
at Atlanta (Rats)
at Auburn
at Auburn
at Auburn Alumni Day
at Auburn
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1929 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
MEIKLEJOHN BE
ON FACULTY AT
GENEVA IN JUNE
Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn, founder
of the Experimental College at the
University of Wisconsin, is to be on
the faculty of the 1929 session on the
9-State Campus at Geneva between
'June 12 and 20. He is only one of
the nationally known authorities who
will be present at the Y. M. C. A.
Camp this year.
Dr. Meiklejohn will speak at Ge­neva
the evening of June 13 on some
phase of the educational philosophy
in which he believes, and which
finds its expression in the unique ex­periment
in education which he is now
supervising on the University of Wis­consin
campus.
Following his resignation from the
presidency of Amherst, Dr. Meikle­john
was brought to the University
of Wisconsin in February 1926. • He
assumed the Brittingham chair of
Philosophy while he and President
Glenn Frank made the arrangements
for the Experimental College. Many
articles have been written about the
liberal college by him, one of which
appears in "Models and Values" text­book.
In the fall of 1927, a group of 125
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men constituting the first class in the
experiment came to live together in
Adams Hall to study Greece civiliza­tion
for an entire year. The men did
not attend classes except in their
study of foreign languages. This year,
the first class went on to a study of
19th century American civilization,
while another group of 125 swelled
the college to its planned enrollment
and began work in Grecian civiliza­tion.
"Is the college a success?" is the
question that interviewers are con­stantly
asking Dr. Meiklejohn to
which he invariably replies, "We do
not know, the experiment is not com­pleted."
He conducts the college with as few
rules as possible and very successful­ly.
Assignments are posted weekly;
men confer with advisors at scheduled
times; there are weekly lectures by
professors in the college or by au­thorities
from the outside early in
the week.
Grades are not known and there­fore
the students are not declared eli­gible
or ineligible for student activi­ties.
Dr. Meiklejohn demands that
the student evaluate both the activity
and the work of the college and place
his emphasis according to his own
opinion.
The Experimental College Players
which produced creditable presenta­tions
of Greek drama; a' workshop for
hobby fiends; and an annual publica­tion
are the extra-curricular work
which have become a part of the col­lege.
John Brown College located at Si-loam
Spring, Ark., admits only stu­dents
who cannot pay their way
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NEW FORD TESTED
I N SWITZERLAND
An official test of the Model A Ford
motor in Switzerland, with the Alps
as the proving ground, has demon­strated
that the new Ford could be
operated for a long, continuous period
over abrupt, steep hills, without lift­ing
the hood. Reports of the test
have just been received by the Ford
Motor Company.
The Ford motor was kept running
for a period of six days and during
virtually all of that time the car was
en route over the Alpine passes, a re­lief
taking over the operation while
the driver rested. Day and night the
test continued. No attempt was made
for distance or speed, the sole object
being to determine the reliability and
power of the automobile.
The fact that the trip was made
when roads and climate conditions in
the mountains were bad is cited as
further evidence of the stability of the
Ford car. A strictly standard Model
A Ford with Tudor body was used.
Zurich was the starting point. The
hood of the car was sealed officially
by a representative of the township.
Two persons occupied the car, the
driver and his relief.
Passing through Lucerne and the
Grimsel Pass, the car took the Furka
Pass at an altitude of 2,432 meters,
then the St. Gothard Pass down the
Italian lakes through all the large
Swiss towns and back to Zurich. On
its return the seals were examined by
the officials who first placed them on
the hood and were found intact.
In each town the car, was stopped,
but not the motor. The motor ran
constantly from the time the car was
started in Zurish until her return six
days later.
Technique To Sponsor AIR MEETING BE
An Old Ford Race HELD IN ST. LOUIS
The old collegiate Ford has become
a fixture on many college campuses
and in this respect Georgia-Tech is
no exception. Many old cars of delap-idated
countenance disgrace the envi­rons
of this noble institution of learn­ing.
These cars are ever the boast of
their proud owners who declare them
to be unbeatable in speed, rattles and
signs. In order to decide this ques­tion
of superiority, the Georgia-Tech
TECHNIQUE has undertaken to
sponsor an Old Ford race. This race
will be held over a course which will
try the merits of any car entering.
The race will be held Saturday, May
18, and the course will be from Tech
to Athens, Ga., where a Tech-Georgia
baseball game will be played. Al­though
this sporting event will be
known as the Old Ford race, other
cars will be eligible. The only condi­tion
of their entrance is that the com­mittee
sponsoring the race shall de­clare
the vehicle sufficiently worn out
to enter the race.
All students who have cars to enter
in this race are urged to send in their
applications so that the auto may be
approved. A grand prize will be
awarded the winner.
The race will start from Tech a few
minutes after school closes for the day
and will be to some point in Athens
to be named later. The winner will
be given a suitable award for his ef­forts
in pushing the Ford so heavily.
The Third National Aeronautic
meeting will be May 27-30, at St.
Louis, Missouri, at the Hotel Jeffer­son.
This aeronautic meeting is the
second anniversary of Lindbergh's
Trans-Atlantic flight. The events
will include a program of forty-three
technical papers, a novel exhibition
of airplanes, the Gardner Cup Air
Races, and special affairs for the
ladies and non-technical aviation de­votees.
The Gardner Cup Air Races will be
at Parks Airport, in the St. Louis
Metropolitan District on May 28 and
30. The race will consist of two
phases, the first being run on May 28
with entrants racing to Parks Air­port
from Buffalo, N. Y., Jackson­ville,
Fla.; San Antonio, Tex.; Den­ver
Colo.; and Fargo, N. D. A first
prize of $750 and a second prize of
$250 is offered in each of the five
and return to Parks Airport.
The second phase of the race to
be run on Memorial Day, May 30,
will be open only to a total of ten
planes, the winners of first and sec­ond
place in the first phase. These
will race from Parks Airport to In­dianapolis,
turn a pylon at the Me-
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morial Day automobile races, and re­turns
to Parks Airport.
The purpose of this meeting and
others of the Aeronautic Division of
A. S. M. E. is to supply a forum where
all interested in technical and man­agement
progress of the Aeronautic
Industry may freely discuss their
problems, compare notes and gather
information and inspiration for fur­ther
efforts.
At the banquet of the meeting hon­or
gifts will be made to twelve who
have made valuable contributions to
aeronautics since Lindbergh's Paris
flight.
QUESTIONNAIRE ISSUED
A questionnaire has recently been
submitted to college and university
girls in an effort to find out their
purpose and ambition in life. Out of
1700 replies that were received only
seven girls said they wanted to be
home-makers. All of the others
aspired to enter the professions and
to become actresses, moving picture
queens, lawyers, doctors, artists,
writers, or business women.
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of one of the three largest
electrical and industrial collections in
the world at Ohio State University.
The other two collections are-at Mun­ich
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STUDENTS PLAN
SUMMER TOURS
• Once more thousands of American
students are making final plans for
summer tours of Europe, some in con­nection
with guided parties, others on
their own initiative. To the brave
souls who venture into the countries
of Europe equipepd only with guide
books and inquisitive minds, the fol­lowing
facts and suggestions are of­fered.
Cheap, clean, and interesting lodg­ing
houses are available in great num­bers
in Europe. In most large cities,
special student hostels present oppor­tunities
to Americans to meet Euro­pean
students. The World Student
Christian Federation, 13 Rue Calvin,
Geneva, publishes a complete direc­tory
of student hostels in all coun­tries
of Europe.
A Student Identity Card may be
obtained by applying to the National
Student Federation Travel Office, 218
Madison Ave., New York. This almost
indispensable letter of introduction
will save the student from $10 to $50
visas expense, and provides reductions
on museum fees, railroad and air­plane
tickets, as well as giving him a
fitting introduction to Europen stu­dent
organizations.
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NOT A NEW LAW
Charles Lane Poor of Columbia
University believes that Einstein de­finitely
has not a new law, nor has
he found any variation in Newton's
law.
Mr. Poor, professor of celestial me­chanics
at Columbia University, gave
his views at a meeting of the Toronto
branch of the Royal Astronomical So­ciety
of Canada.
The only difference between New­ton
and Einstein, he said, is that Ein­stein
uses more complicated char­acters
for his calculations.
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1929
DR. C. A. BASORE DISCOVERS
SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR FUEL
In conducting original research
work as a basis for his thesis for the
degree of doctor of philosophy at Co­lumbia
University of New York, Dr.
C. A. Basore, of the department of
chemistry at the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute has discovered a new
fuel supply. It is made of fine saw­dust
which is now a waste product
to the extent to which it is used for
fuel at mills where it is made.
By taking fine sawdust and heating
it until it partially carbonized Dr.
Basore was able to make briquettes
with a heating value equivalent to
three-fourths of the heating value of
an equal weight of bituminous coal.
He estimated the cost of this briquet-ting
process to be $1.64 per ton.
The process is very simple. A heat­er
and a briquetting press are all the
equipment necessary. It is feasible
for sawmills to make it. -
Dr. Basore things that his discovery
will have a commercial value; and
that briquettes made this way will be
used for fuel for industry and also
for domestic purposes.
STOCK JUDGING WINNERS
PRESENTED LOVING CUPS
(Continued from page 1)
The winners of the cups and their
scores are as follows: T. W. Lumpkin
best judge of all classes, attaining
1720 points. Lumpkin was awarded
the cup given by the department for
the best all-round judge. W. L. Mims
scored second highest with 1705
points and was awarded the cup given
by the class for the second best all-round
judge. C. Kirkpatrick scored
549 out of a possible six hundred for
the best judge of dairy cattle, and
was awarded the "Deans Cup". Louie
R. Brothers came in with 570 out of
six hundred for first place in swine
judging, and received the cup given
by the class. Howard Hayes received
first place in beef cattle judging.
Listed below is the order in which
the first ten men placed according
to their score: Lumpkin, Mims, Kirk­patrick,
Campbell, Brothers, Mont­gomery,
Demonia, Barnett, Johnston,
and Odom. Judging ability of all the
contestants was far above par, and
all showed remarkable training and
also marked ability to render reasons.
The very lowest score made was only
350 points from perfect which fact
shows that rare ability was displayed
by all the contestants.
As a fuel it is cheaper than coal.
It possess little sulphur or other im­purities.
For this reason sawdust
briquettes should be better than coal
for manufacturing processes where
sulphur and other impurities are ob­jectionable.
It is also cleaner for do­mestic
use.
Acceptance of his thesis by the of­ficials
at Columbia University is
recognition of the value of the work
which Dr. Basore has done. Profes­sors
at Columbia University are of the
opinion that it has a commercial value.
They were complimentary of the work
which he has done. The degree will
be conferred upon him in June.
Dr. Basore graduated at Auburn
in 1914. His home is in Birmingham
After graduation he remained in Au­burn
for one year as instructor. He
then went to the University of Michi­gan
where he spent a year in post­graduate
work and received the de­gree
of master of arts.
In 1917 he went to the Koppers
Laboratory of the Mellon Institute of
Industrial Research at Pittsburg
where he remained until 1920 when
he returned to Auburn as a member
of the faculty. He has remained here
continuously except for four sum­mers
spent as a student at Columbia
University.
COACH HUTSELL TO ENTER
GOOD TEAM IN ANNUAL S. C.
TRACK MEET IN MAGIC CITY
GEORGE SMITH IS ELECTED
PRESIDENT TENNIS CLUB
(Continued from page 1)
secretary-treasurer of the club.
New members were elected to the
club last Saturday, and attended the
luncheon. New members are J. D.
Smith, G. E. Avril, W. G. Hood, G.
W. Smith, Tom Coleman, and E. M.
Kenney. Coach Bohler was made
an honorary member.
In a talk at the luncheon, Coach
Bohler announced that sweaters
would be awarded to the four mem­bers
of the tennis team. The sweat­ers
are to have a six inch A with a
four inch T on each side. They are
to be awarded H. P. Halse, T. M.
Jackson, Don May and K. Nickerson.
Coach Bohler also announced that
two new courts would be built during
the summer.
NEW GLOMERATA
IS "DARN GOOD"
(Continued from page 1)
the whole edition may be typified in
F. W. A.'s cartoon of Chris and Joe
at the end of the volume. You ought
really to come to that as a last sur­prise,
but when you've been through
the book, page by page, you're sure
to express the obvious about the
whole—that it's "darn good".
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AUBURN TENNIS CLUB
MAKES PLAN FOR '30
(Continued from page 4)
The Hutsell trackmen came out
third from the top in the S. C. meet
last year and chances are good for
them to repeat the same thing again
this year, if not better. The Auburn
Tigers scored 33 3-4 points which was
only 1-2 point less than Georgia Tech
made to win second place. L. S. U.
captured first place with 43 1-2 points
and is expected to do as good again
this year.
Besides Coach Hutsell and Student
Manager Alex Marshall, the track
team that will represent Auburn in
Birmingham this year will more than
likely be composed of the following
dozen men: Captain Percy Beard, Al­ternate
Captain Virgin, Anderson,
Bell, Carter, Burnett, McClendon,
Pitts, Teague, Jones, Creel, and
Hughes. This is the first year Au­burn
has had a Student Manager of
the track team, but has almost always
had a manager for the other three
major sports.
In the 440-yard football relay race,
which is only for the men who have
made their letter oft the grid team,
Coach Hutsell will more than likely
select four from the following to run
under the Orange and Blue colors:
"Nick" Carter, "Snitz" Snider, Jim
Crawford, "Stumpy" Granger, "Red"
Harkins, Frank Tuxworth, and Luke
Ward: In this race the runners will
carry a football instead of a stick.
The 1929 Tiger track-men will take
part in two more meets after they
come back from the S. C. meet. One
will be in Atlanta on May 25, which
is the A. A. U. meet. The other will
be in Chicago June 8, which is the
National Collegiate games.
ALPHA PHI OMEGA
HAS I N I T I A T I ON
COMPETITIVE DRILL AND
REVIEW SATURDAY MORN
(Continued from page 4)
Institute. This year is the first year
Auburn has engaged in tennis com­petition
with other colleges and made
a fair showing for a novice. Some of
the teams played by the Tigers on the
court this year were: Birmingham-
Southern, Howard, Tulane, Georgia
and Georgia Tech.
George Washington Smith of Shef­field,
Alabama was elected as Presi­dent
for the coming, year, and John
Halse of Montgomery, Alabama, was
elected Secretary and Treasurer.
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Where Everybody Meets
(Continued from page 1)
ganizations carry the Best Battery
and Company guidons during the
coming year. Marking will be based
6n attendance, an inspection of the
organization to determine correctness
and neatness of uniform and a drill.
The regiment will assemble in front
of the Main Building at 9:00" a. m.
While the organization drill is going
on the Best Drilled Soldier competi­tion
will be held. In this drill indi­vidual
Engineers and Artillerymen
armed with the rifle drill for the title
of ^Best Drilled Soldier for the en­suing
year. Medals will be awarded
for first and second place.
Due to the condition of the old drill
field, the Graduation review will be
held under the trees in front of the
Main Building, at 9:00 A. M. Mon­day
May 20. Units form on Thatch
Ave. facing north with the Engineer
Bn. at the corner of College and
Thatch and the Artillery Battalions in
order extending down Thatch Ave.
toward the President's residence. The
line when formed for review will ex­tend
from a point in front of the old
Chemistry Building to Thatch Ave­nue,
facing the Main Building. Gov­ernor"
Graves and his staff, Dr. Knapp
and a group of distinguished alumni
will receive the review and just prior
to the march past, Gov. Graves will
present the Reserve commissions to
the outgoing seniors.
The spring initiation of the local
chapter of Alpha Phi Omega was
held on Sunday night, May 5. Those
carried through were: William Keis-ter,
Edward Gavin, J. H. Quinn, Bil­ly
Hill and Howard Sparks. After
the initiation had taken place an in­formal
smoker was held and the fol­lowing
officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Howard
Sparks; Vive-President, C. F. Strip-lin;
Secretary, Ed Gavin; Treasurer,
J. B. Elliot. Clayton Weldon, the
outgoing president installed the offi­cers
after which plans were made
for next year. Alpha Phi Omega is
organize Do promote leadership,
friendship, and service, on the campus.
Membership is limited to students in
the upper classes who have had prev­ious
experience and who are interest­ed
in the furtherance of scout work
in college and in after life. Scholar­ship,
character, and leadership quali­ties
are also deciding factors in select­ing
members.
"SLICK" MOULTON TO
MANAGE BALL TEAM IN
THE GA.-ALA. LEAGUE
REGULATIONS FOR DANCES
MANY GUESTS ATTEND
NINTH ANNAL CIVIL
BANQUET IN OPELIKA
(Continued from page 1)
wishes, were extended to the gradu­ating
men. The program, quite a
lengthy one, was as follows: Black
Magic, by "Uncle" Charlie Hixon;
"Allouette song, in two spasms", par­ticipated
in by all; guitar selection,
by S. D. Raines and W. T. Reaves;
song by Professor "Baldy" Roe; har-monical
jrecital, by "Bill" Nelson;
poem to the Civil Banquet, by A. V.
Blankenship; and adieus by the Seni­ors.
The prize for the best senior
joke was won by Walter Smith.
The "Grande Finale" was delivered
by Professor J. A. C. Callan, which
brought to a close the most successful
banquet of the nine years in which
they have been given. Due to the
late hour, the election of the officers
for the A. S. C. E. was postponed
until a later date.
The College Museum of the South­western
Texas State Teachers' college
has received 11 block paintings from
a Philadelphia artist formerly con­nected
with the college. The cuts
were all" of historic buildings.
(Continued from page 1)
approval the Social Committee shall
notify them.
Section 11. The mothers of the
visiting young 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 Auburn shall not be admitted to
the dance floor until he has been
vouched for by the local chapter of
that fraternity. Any visitor who is
not a member of a fraternity rep­resented
at Auburn will not be ad­mitted
until he is vouched 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 com-misisoned
officers.
Section 16. The rules regarding
the possession 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 wil be bar­red
from the dances in case of mis­conduct
of the girls attending the
dance on their list.
Section 19. Each fraternity will be
held responsible for the conduct of
its <iwn members and, in case its
house is being used as a guest house,
for the entire protection of the young
ladies who are regarded as guests of
the institution while in the house.
Section 20. No dates with young
ladies will be permitted under any
circumstances whatever after the
time for checking it at the close of
the dance at the residence or house
designated as the place where they
are to be entertained during the
dances. Late dates are understood
to be any date with any of these girls
between the hour of the close of the
dance and checking the girl at the
proper residence and 8:00 o'clock A.
M. Violation of this rule will be se­verely
punished.
Section 21. All chaperones design­ated
at guest houses are expected to
cooperate with the Social Director
and the administration of the college
in preventing the occurrence of any
conduct destructive of good order
and such decorum as would be ap­proved
in the best of good society.
Section 22. A committee of each
fraternity is designated to represent
the fraternity and cooperate in the
enforcement of these rules.
(Continued from page 4)
After leaving Auburn in 1923 he
was elected as athletic director for the
United States Veterans Bureau of
Pascagoula, Mississippi, and while
there, he also coached at the Pasca­goula
High School where he produced
his first championship team which
was undefeated that season. In 1924
and '25 he played baseball in the Cot­ton
States League, pitching for the
championship Hattiesburg team. He
continued his career in professional
baseball with Nashville in the South­ern
League in 1928.
In 1927 Russel returned to Auburn
as Varsity Coach of baseball and scrub
football, putting out a championship
baseball team his first two years. He
was given full charge of the base­ball
teams while coaching at the
"Plains" and had absolutely no coach­ing
connection with the Varsity foot­ball
team, except in 1925 when he
helped with the varsity ends. In an
interview with Coach "Slick" lately
he stated, "For this reason I feel no
responsibility whatever, for the past
failures—the work of the scrub team
speaks for itself."
A few of the many honors gained
by E. Russel Moulton • while attend­ing
school at Auburn were: President
of the "A" Club, President of his
class his Freshman year, member of
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternir
ty, member of the Square and Com­pass,
and a member of the Omicron
Delta Kappa honorary Fraternity.
Engineers Admit
Inability To Speak!
Proving the avowed modesty of en­gineers,
303 members of the metro­politan
section of the American So­ciety
of Mechanical Engineers in re­turning
the "Public-Speaking Ques­tionnaires"
sent them recently have
confessed that they are not entirely
satisfied with their ability to present
papers convincingly and pleasingly.
They know their subjects well and can
write fairly well, but they cannot
stand up and tell an audience about
it with sufficient poise to do their
papers justice.
The chairman of the Metropolitan
Section has appointed a committee of
three to look over and ararnge into
logical geographic groups for classes
CLEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Eliza Crim, known throughout
the United States as the "Mother of
the V. M. I. Cadets," celebrated her
ninety-first birthday at her home at
New Market, Virginia, last Monday.
The occasion was marked by cards,
lettei-s, flowers, and other remem­brances
from her friends in many
States.
Mrs. Crim, who won distinction by
nursing the wounded cadets of the
Virginia Military Institute, following
the Batttle of New Market in May,
1864, still is remarkably active. She
is president of the Women's Memor­ial
Society.
A directory of all the ministers who
have graduated from Howard College
since 1900 is being compiled By Dr.
John C. Dawson, Howard president,
on Public Speaking, the returns f r o m i a n d i t w i u fee p u b l i s h e d in a n e a r Iy
the questionnaire sent to the mem­bership.
MEETING OF ST. PAUL'S CLUB I,
issue of the Alabama Baptist. An
'. article by Dr. John C. Dawson will be
i included in the next issue of the Ala-j
bama Baptist.
The St. Paul's Club held its last The directory will include complete
information about the ministers who
have graduated from Howard, and is
expected to be of great service to re­ligious
workers of Alabama.
DIES OF EXERTION
A schoolboy who couldn't make the
team died a champion Thursday—be­cause
he wouldn't quit. Friday East
Peoria High school was closed in re­spect
to Dwight Carlack, 15 years old,
who fell dead after circling the run­ning
track at the school trying to
make the track team.
Dwight wasn't quite good enough
to make the football team. He also
failed to win a place on the basket­ball
squad. "Didn't have the stuff,"
they said.
"Dilation of the heart," said a phy-1
sician who examined Dwight's body
Thursday night.
Out of respect for the boy who
couldn't make the team, East Peoria
High's basketball team has withdrawn
from the district tournament.
meeting of this year last Monday
night at 7 o'clock, in the Episcopal
Parish House. The officers for the
coming year were elected. They are
as follows: president, Ed Cobbs; vice-president,
Charlie Davis; secretary-treasurer,
W. M. McCowan. The
members of the executive committees
are: Seniors, • Wycliffe Stewart and
Lee Sledge; Juniors, E. H. Gray and
Michael Braitland; Sophomores, Jack
Ros sand Morton Williams. Refresh­ments
were served during the meet­ing.
NOTICE
There will be a Corporate Com­munion
next Sunday morning, May
19, at 7:30, at the Episcopal Church.
There will be a short address by Rev.
Dr. Wilmer, of the University of the
South. All are invited.
NOTICE
MASS MEETING, MAY 20.
Word has been received by the Y.
M. C- A. here that the "Y" of Bir­mingham
is offering a special stu­dent
price of $5.00 for summer mem­bership.
Membership during the sum­mer
months entitles the students to
the fdllowing privileges; the use at
any time of the gymnasium, the swim­ming
pool, showers, open air gym on
the roof, and the full freedom of
Camp Cosby, the 27 acre camp of the
Y. M. C. A. for swimming, boating,
and fishing.
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STUDENTS PAINT WITH NITRATE
Ten students of Stephen D. Lee
hig school of Columbus, Miss., were
given a "severe reprimand" follow­ing
a "painting" episode in which the
students daubed each other with sil­ver
nitrate. The students, all boys,
secured the nitrate from the school
laboratory and proceeded to paint
each others cheeks, not knowing there
was no way to remove the chemical
except by wearing it off.
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