1929-12-17 The Plainsman

              MERRY
CHRISTMAS THE PLAINSMAN
T O F O S T E R T H i A U B U R N S P I R IT
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1929. NUMBER 28
Scores Will Sing
In Xmas Concert
At 8:30 Tonight
Auburn Choral Society, Wom­en's
Glee Club, and Men's
Glee Club Take Part
J. W. BRIGHAM TO DIRECT
Concert Will Be First Appear­ance
of the Three Organi­zations
This Year
The Auburn Choral Society, the
Women's Glee Club, and the Men's
Glee Club will present a concert of
secular choruses and Chirstmas
carols tonight at 8:30 o'clock in
Langdon Hall. The program is under
the direction of J. W. Brigham, pro­fessor
of music. The joint choruses
will comprise the largest group ever
to appear in concert at Auburn, the
total number of voices being 120.
Also, the concert will mark the first
public appearance of each of the
three vocal organizations this year.
It is of interest that this is the
first year of existence of a Women's
Glee Club in the college, and a choral
society composed of townspeople.
Director Brigham will be assisted
in the concert by Earl C. Hazel,
pianist and accompanist, D. C. Har-kin,
violinist, and Walter Kinkaid,
accompanist.
The program will include the fol­lowing
numbers:
1. Moonlight—Eaton Fanning, Lis­ten
to the Lambs (Negro,Spiritual)—
Nathanile Dett, Soprano Obligato,
Mrs. H. D. Lee; Landsighting—Evard
Greig, Baritone Solo, H. D. Hoff-sommer.
Auburn Choral Society
2. The Sweetest Flower that Blows
—C. B. Hawley, Lindy—Charles B.
Spross, Sweet , and Low—Barnby;
When a Maid Comes Knocking—
Rudolph Friml.
The Women's Glee Club
3. Wedding-Day at T^oldhaugen,
Op. 65, No. 6—Greig, Earl C. Hazel.
4. Red man's Death Chant—Paul
Bliss, Finish Lullaby—Palmgreen,
Tell Me not of a Lovely Lass—Cecil
Forsyth, The Blizzard — Charles
Wakefield Cadman.
The Men's Glee Club
5. Sonata No. 2, in G First Move­ment)—
Greig, Duncan C. Harkin.
6. Shephards! Shake off Your
Drowsy Sleep, Away in a Manger,
Silent Night, O Come, All Ye Faith­ful,
Christmas Carols.
Combined Choruses
7. A. P. I. Alma Mater—William
Thorington Wood '24.
Combined Chorus and Audience
Plans Completed for
Auburn Ball in Mobile
Tom Galliard Will Lead Mobile Club
Christmas Ball
All is in readiness for the Mobile
Club Christmas Ball in the Gulf City,
' it was announced by Kenneth Gid-dens,
president of the organization.
The Auburn Christmas Ball given by
the club in Mobile intermittently for
the past ten .years, was instituted an
annual affair last year. The first of
the annual hops was acclaimed by
Mobilians as an auspicious beginning
for the college club dances.
Tom Gaillard, a senior at Auburn,
and a member of the Delta Sigma
Phi fraternity, will lead the Grand
March at the opening of the ball,
with Miss Gertrude Stewart, charming
member of the Mobile younger set.
Miss Stewart has been in attendance
at the last three term-dances at Au­burn.
The decorations will be Carried out
in orange and blue colors. Striking
modernistic effects have been plan­ned
for the decorations, Eugene
Gray, chairman of the decorations
committee, stated.
The ball will be formal, and all
Auburn Students and alumni will
wear orange-and-blue ribbons. At­tractive
favors will be given the
young ladies participating in the
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ill Lead Auburn Tigers on Gridiron in 1930
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Dunham Harkins Chosen by Gridders
To Captain Plainsmen in 1930 Season
Is Second Of Two Brothers To
Be Leader of Auburn
Plainsmen
Dunham "Red" Harkins, Auburn's
contribution to the all-star game in
Atlanta, New Year's Day, and select­ed
on several all-Southern teams at
center, was chosen by the letter men
of the 1929 team as captain of the
1930 eleven Monday afternoon. Har­kins
lives at Bessemer and will be a
senior next year.
Erquiet Taylor, tackle, who lives
at Pinson, was elected alternate cap­tain
George Washington Smith was
•lected manager. 'Taylor and Smith
will also be seniors next year.
The election of Harkins to the
captaincy of the 1930 Tigers was not
unexpected as he has been one of the
outstanding line men in the Southern
Conference during the past season.
His honor was bestowed upon him al­most
unanimously by his mates. Har­kins
follows in the footsteps of his
illustrious brother, who was captain
of the Plainsmen in 1925.
Harkins has been an outstanding
football player ever since he placed
cleats into the gridiron. He was a high
school luminary, being selected on
the all Jefferson County team during
his senior year at Jones Valley. He
entered Auburn in 1927 and immedi­ately
started waiting his name in
glory in the athletic hall of fame at
the "Cornerstone."
The past season was probably his
best as he had as his opponents the
leading pivot men in the Southern
Conference and he still continued to
be the brilliant snapperback that is
destined to be one of the best in the
United States next season if he con­tinues
to improve as in the past.
December Issue of
Farmer is Off Press
Review Of Eradication Work
Carried On-Against Fruit-f
ly Featured
Kiwanians Present
Officials for 1930
Dr. Roger W. Allen Elected New
President of Civic Club
At the last meeting this year of the
Auburn Kiwanis Club, officers for
the coming year were presented to
members; the new officers will take
charge of the reins of the club at the
first meeting in 1930.
The newly elected lofficers are:
Dr. Roger W. Allen, president; Pro­fessor
A. H. Collins and Dr. J. W.
Tidmore, vice-presidents; Professor
P. O. Davis, trustee; and Professors
L. N. Duncan and R. Y. Bailey, di­rectors.
W. H. Weidenbach was re­elected
secretary and treasurer of the
club.
Professor J. C. Grimes, the retiring
president, expressed his appreciation
of the way in which the club members
have cooperated in the activities in
which the Kiwanians have taken part
in the past year. He also highly prais­ed
his successor, Dr. Allen. ' Pro­fessor
Grimes spoke of the success
of the banquet Friday night, and
complimented the members for mak­ing
it a success.
A commitee was appointed to take
care of the Christmas activities, in
which the Kiwanis Club plays an im­portant
part.
Professor P. O. Davis related the
hunting trip which was attended by
himself and Professor Duncan.
The new vice-presidents succeed
the Rev. William B. Lee, Jr., and
Professor R. Y. Bailey. Davis suc­ceeds
Captain B. C. Anderson.
The December issue of the Ala­bama
Farmer, departmental publica­tion
from Ag Hill and published
monthly by the Students Agricultural
Club, which came off the press early
this afternoon carries a large amount
of varied information and facts par­ticularly
interesting to agricultural
enthusiasts.
The front cover carries a scene of
the recent Ag Fair parade, staged
late last month by the Ag Club. Ex­tensive
space is given an article by
Kirtley Brown, of the college Bureau
of Information, featuring the recent
work of Prof. Salmon in nutrition re­search
findings that have disclosed
Vitamin G— a possible cure for the
dreaded disease, human pallegra. The
article is spiced with special cuts
showing stages of the research find­ings
and its effect upon white rats.
It gives in detail the story of a
bVilliant piece of research work car­ried
on here, which bids fair to con­tribute
heavily to the welfare of the
human race, and spread fame for
Prof. Salmon and Auburnv
A review of the eradication work
carried on against the Medeterranean
fruit fly in Florida last summer, in
which a number of Auburn students
and graduates were engaged, is pre­sented
by Prof. F. E. Guyton, associ­ate
entomologist here. Another major
discourse is that prepared by T. Can-trell,
senior in Ag Education, which
gives the important phases of using
farm explosives profitably and ef­fectively.
Diagrams which illustrate
the proper handling of explosives ac­company
this article.
Other feature articles, pertaining
to raising baby chicks, winter sprays
for apples and peaches, landscaping
the home surroundings, and the like
are contributions to the interest and
attractiveness of the issue. A number
of short, newsy reviews relative to
agricultural activities over the State
and country add spice and valuable
reading matter. The page of campus
events gives a brief review of the
rceent happenings among students
here; the sports page covers the ath­letic
events of the past month on the
Auburn campus.
The Ag Alumni page features two
prominent Ag graduates, L. M. and
W. W. Cammack. The Home Ec page
carries valuable information in this
field.
Dormitory Stages
Christmas Party
More Than One Hundred Students
Take Part in Festivities
The students living in Alumni Hall
held a Christmas party Sunday after­noon,
in which more.than one hun­dred
took part.
At a meeting last week it was de­cided
to have the party, and several
freshmen were delegated to find a
suitable tree. After it was brought
in, it was decorated with all the nec­essary
Christmas attractions by "mem­bers
of the house.
Mr. Owen Quinelle had the honor
of presenting the gifts to the boys.
ALL-FRAT CAGE TEAM
PICKED BY STUDENTS
IN POPULAR ELECTION
Small Number Of Votes Cast
In Selection of Mythical
Basketball Team
WINNERS RECEIVE PRIZES
In Future All-Fraternity Team
Will Probably Be Chosen
By Coaches
In a close contest in which but few
votes were cast, the first all-fraterni­ty
basket ball team was chosen;
these men were picked from teams
that participated in the fraternity
basketball league this- year.
The members chosen for the team
and their respective fraternities are
as follows: Freeman Barnes, S. A. E.,
and Roy Pate, Pi K. A., forwards;
Joe Anderson, S. A. E., center; H.
B. Lawson, T. O. X., and Herbert
Miller, Alpha Gamma Rho, guards.
In the race for forwards, Barnes
and Pate tied for first place, with
Kuykendall and Aldridge running
but a few votes behind them. Ander­son
and Stewart were engaged in a
close fight for center, the former
winning by a narrow margin. The po­sitions
of guards were more heatedly
contested, as Lawson, Miller, and
Smith all received an almost even
division of votes.
For the choice of the best team,
there was another close race, but the
two who came out victorious were
Lewis Jones, who picked a team
identical with the chosen, and Earl
Morgan, who had the next best
choice.
All men winning prizes may receive
a slip to their credit by calling R. T.
Wassbn at the S. A. E. house.
As there was but slight interest
given by the student body to the con­test,
this will undoubtedly be the
last team chosen by popular vote; in
the future the team will be chosen
by coaches and sports writers.
Lee County Teachers
In Auto Accident
Mrs. J. E. Cannon Receives Back
Injuries in Wreck
Mrs. J. E. Cannpn, teacher at the
Lee County High School, is in the
Langdale Hospital as a result of a
severe back wrench sustained in an
auto accident Sunday, when the
vehicle driven by Mrs. P. O. Davis
overturned on a sharp curve several
miles east of West Point. Miss Mar­garet
Mast, also a teacher at the
local high school, received a cut on
the forehead, but has returned to
her work. Mrs. Davis, and Mrs. Marie
Sewell, the other occupants of the
car, were uninjured.
Mrs. Cannon was not dangerously
hurt, the doctors stated, but she will
be confined to the hospital for sev­eral
weeks.
The ladies were enroute to Auburn
from Atlanta, where they had gone
to seeythe Passion Play presented
there on Saturday.
New Postoffice in Sight
As House Passes on Bill
Appropriation Bill Now Being Con­sidered
by Senate
The town of Auburn and the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute are one
step nearer a government building
for a postoffice. Telegrams re­ceived
by Dr. Bradford Knapp and L.
N. Duncan from Congressman H. B.
Steagall state that the building ap­propriation
bill carrying an appropri­ation
for a postoffice building at Au­burn
passed the ouse, and that the
Senate is expected to approve it.
For several years Auburn has been
conducting a systematic fight for a
postoffice building. Several months
ago President Bradford Knapp, Dr.
B. B. Ross, Professor Duncan, and
others made a special trip to Wash­ington
with this in view. Congress­man
Steagall and Senators Heflin
and Black have cooperated, and it
was through them that the Auburn
appropriation was added to the . bill.
The Spirit of Christmas
Chirstmas, the most beautiful season of the year—season
of bounty—season of love. To the children it brings visions
of a robust Santa—to our hearts a flow of gratitude for the
joy of being alive. It is a time of universal happiness—a
time of universal heartfelt sincerity. And the words
"MERRY CHRISTMAS" are spoken from the hearts of all.
So—our hearts are crying "MERRY CHRISTMAS"—
happiness to all.
\ The Plainsman.
Twenty-One Frosh Are
Given Football Numerals
Awards Made To Freshmen At
Honors Convocation
Early Today
Presentation of numerals to
twenty-one members of this year's
freshman team was announced by
Coach Bull McFaden yesterday.
Awards were made at the Honors
Convocation today. The Rats had a
very successful year, losing only to
the Georgia freshmen.
The Auburn Rats played the Tu-lane
first year team to a tie, after
the Little Billow had defeated the
Alabama freshmen. The Baby Tigers
defeated the Florida, Birmingham-
Southern, and Georgia Tech fresh­man
teams. All of these teams were
strong this year; this is one of the
best records that an Auburn first
year team has made in several sea­sons.
Four of the freshmen to receive
numerals are from Montgomery, one
of whom was manager of the team.
Troy and Wetumpka each had two
men to be awarded the insignia.
The men who received numerals
are as follows:
Tom Brown, Tom Shackleford and
Charles Bunkley, Montgomery, Ala­bama;
Leonard Wagnon, Tuscumbia;
Robert Arthur, Birmingham; Porter
Grant, Dothan; D. T. Jones, Chatta­nooga,
Tennessee; Lee Johnson,
Langdale; Cary Senn and J. M. Bas-sett,
Troy; W. D. Curlee and William
Wood, Wetumpka; Kenneth Phipps,
Greensboro; Jimmie Hitchcock,
Union Springs; Ike Parker, Ozark;
Henry Money, Ramer; Sam Mason,
Tallassee; Herbert Miller, Somerville;
Harris Primm, Jackson; Clyde Chil-ders,
Attalla; and T. D. Neal, Ensley;
Jphn Fonville, Manager, Montgomery.
Architecture Featured
In December Engineer
Dean Biggin Relates "A Pil­grimage
to Delphi" in
Architects Issue
Lambda Chi Installs
Chapter at Emory U.
Auburn Chapter of Fraternity Assists
In Installation
The Architectural number of the
"Auburn Engineer," the largest is­sue
published this semester, was off
the press today, featuring three ar­ticles
written by members of the
Architectural and Applied Art Facul­ty.
Dean Biggin relates "A Pilgrim­age
to Delphi," E. Walter Burkhardt
writes on "The Justification of the
Architect is His Knowledge of De­sign,"
and Miss Marguerite Odendahl
discusses "Interior Decoration."
The introductory article of this is­sue
is "Sketches of the Architectural
and Applied Art Faculty," in which
brief accounts of the various facul­ty
members of these departments are
listed. The sketches are accompanied
by photographs of the different pro­fessors
discussed.
A double page lithograph contain­ing
designs for "A Monumental Stair-hall"
by G. M. Collins, ' 3 1 ; "A Monu­mental
Stairhall" by C. F. Davis, 31;
"A Masonic Temple" by Harry Gole-man,
'28, and "A Military Academy"
by H. E. Williams, '29, occupies the
center of the magazine. The selection
of. designs for this page was by mem­bers
of the Architectural faculty
from a large number of contributions.
The entire magazine is illustrated
throughout with cuts of work in de­sign
done in the Architectural de­partment.
Matthew S. Sloan wrote an "Ac­ceptance
of the Degree of D. Eng."
which also appears in this issue. The
various departmental features regu­larly
included in the magazine oc­cupy
their usual place.
"Professor Roy Staples gets credit
for the cover design, which bears a
sketch of the New Chemistry Build­ing
while in the process of construc­tion.
Awards Made In
Convocation By
President Knapp
Band Presents Trophy To
Professor M. T. Fullan,
Band Founder
BLUE KEY PRESENTS FLAG
New Members Honor Frater­nities
Introduced To
S Student Body
Assisting in the installating of
Epsilon Beta chapter of Lambda Chi
Alpha fraternity at Emory Universi­ty,
a degree team from the local
chapter left Auburn last Friday.
The representatives from here re­ported
that they were entertained
with social functions, and that the
trip was very enjoyable. A dance at
the Druid Hills Country Club on Sat­urday
night was one of the features
of the celebration.
There are thirty charter members
and six pledges in the new chapter.
Lions Club Nominates
Officers for Year 1930
Civic Organization Votes Amend­ments
to Constitution
The Lions Club, in its regular
weekly luncheon Tuesday, nominat­ed
officers of the civic organization
for the coming year. The following
members were nominated for offices:
-lor president and vice-president—F.
E. Guyton; G. L. Fick; E. S. Winters;
J. R. Seal; R. D. Doner; E. E. Mc-
Cullough; for secretary—W. T. In­gram;
for treasurer—C. H. Edwards;
Lion Tamer—J. A. Bain; Jack Tamp-
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The Honors' Convocation this
morning, called by Dr. Bradford
Bradford Knapp, was held for the
purpose of recognizing the achieve­ments
of students in scholarship and
college activities. Dr. Knapp stated
"that by distinguishing students at­taining
high scholastic records, and
Jjy recognizing the accomplishments
of students in campus activities, he
hoped to encourage all students to
have achievement as their chief ob­jective."
Honorary membership in the Phi
Kappa Phi fraternity was conferred
upon Professors W. A. Hill and J. C.
Grimes. New Phi Kappa Phi and Tau
Beta Pi members were presented and
their accomplishments were enumer­ated.
Rosser Alston, member of the
Blue Key Honor Society, presented
the college flag, given by Blue Key,
to the president^
Professor Fullan, the founder of
the Auburn Band, was awarded a sil­ver
loving cup and a certificate of
honor by J. D. Neeley, president of
the band.
Dr. Knapp presented the Omicron
Delta Kappa Cake Race cup to the
Kappa Alpha fraternity team.
At the close of the convocation Dr.
Knapp extended Christmas greetings
to the student body and the faculty
with the following words: "I hope
that each one of you will go home
and let your families know that you
are appreciative of all that they are
doing for you in sending you to
school. I wish each of you a very
merry Christmas and the happiest of
New Years."
Professor L. N. Duncan
Kills Deer at Bellamy
Three Auburn Men Attend Hunt on
Allison Preserve on December 13
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One of the 18 deer killed on the
game preserve of E. F. Allison at
Bellamy, Sumter County, on Decem­ber
13, was killed by Professor L. N.
Duncan, director of the Extension
Service here. He was one of three
Auburn men in the party—the other
two being J. B. Wilson and P. O.
Davis.
Seventy-five people from half of
the counties in the State enjoyed the
hunt which was given in honor of I.
T. Quinn, Commissioner of Conserva­tion.
Two handsome gobblers and one
squirrel, added to the 18 bucks, con­stituted
the total bag of the day. The
buck killed by Director Duncan was
a handsome 8-pointer. Professor Dun­can
succeeded in getting him in the
forenoon. The bag limit is one deer
per day and five for a season.
The party left Bellamy in the early
morning by special train. Each man
was assigned to a deer stand and
drivers with hounds drove the deer
through. The law permits the killing
of only bucks. Hence a large number
of does were seen by the huntsmen.
The Allison preserve belongs to the
E.. F. Allison Lumber Company. It
consists of 100,000 acres of timber
land in south Sumter and north Choc­taw
Counties. The growth of timber
on this area is faster than it is now
being harvested.
The deer on the preserve were
started years ago by one buck and
two does. Many hundreds are said
to be on the preserve at this time.
They are spreading into the surround­ing
areas. Many turkeys are on the
preserve,' they having started from
stock supplied by Mr. Allison.
At the end of the hunt Commis­sioner
Quinn, an Auburn man and
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THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1929.
« AUBURN FOOTPRINTS %
The latest development that has come to our eyes concerning the ever interesting
WELL, I'D SAY THIS
^By cAaron ^Billowheel
IS topic of couples is that constituted by Rat Hercules and Bess Raby. They seemed
perfectly happy a few days ago when seen walking -along the street together.
Several people have made inquiry about this, but all we can do is to direct them
further. Another angle to this is the fact that young John Locker was caught do­ing
the lonesome act of goodbye stuff at Bess as she passed by the other day. We
are awaiting the worst, but hope that it will pass the critical point during the
holidays.
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From the number of hew cars seen on the streets of the town we are wonder­ing
how the old models were financed. It is the great American custom to buy one
as soon or sooner than the other has been paid for.
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Once a telegram was sent by a farmer to the Irish constabulary barracks read­ing
thus: Gray motor passed here killed a cow containing four gentlemen and two
greyhounds one of which was a clergyman. We can't quite determine how the
difference was noted.
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The friends of Jimmy Leslie look for him when- Evelyn is seen in town. So
soon?
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Rat Currey, Delta Sigma Phi, was horribly mangled Sunday night, and on in­vestigating
it was found that a co-ed had caught him under mistletoe. We know
he was a beautiful rat, but never conceived of such a tragic mistake—even by a
co-ed.
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The difference between a barber and a mother is a barber has razors to shave,
while a mother has shavers to raise.
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Fair Bryant was caught doing calisthenics on the street Sunday morning, and
when asked about his queer action he said he was a strong believer in evolution,
but that he could act the part of a gentleman at any time.
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We have never denied this; it has been proved under very trying conditions.
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THE DUMBEST YET
"Gimme a glass of plain soda water without flavor."
"Without what flavor?"
"Oh, I'll take it without vanilla."
"You'll have to take it without chocolate." "We ain't got vanilla." Now we
know why there are so many soda clerks in the world—especially in Auburn. Pos­sibly
they are pharmacy students.
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Several footprints were seen down in' Ag bottom over the week-end. Sure sign
of warm weather. Anyway it was warm down there.
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The Christmas Holidays will spell finish to many fine lads. But progress de­mands
it.
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We think everyone in town should write a personal letter of thanks to the
thieves who so thoughtfully invaded the laundry last week. It took much intestinal
courage to break into this joint when it was known before hand that all the laundry •
had was some torn up shirts and wrinkled suits, mangled to a point beyond recog­nition
for some students. %
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What about the Scotchman who changed his name to Pullman—to match his
towels.
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Students Must Consider ,
School During Holidays
As the Christmas season draws near and
the time approaches for the student body
of Auburn to segregate to their various
homes, there arises on the horizon a situa­tion
which might easily become a source of
danger to the stability and smooth work­ing
progress of this institution..If the stu­dents
will stop and analyze the situation,
they can realize the potential danger con­tained
in it and be forewarned.
At the present time nearly every one
who has any interest in Auburn is wanting
to know the answer or trying to influence
the answer to the question of who is to be
Auburn's head coach next year. Many old
alumni who have had no connection with
the institution other than that of alumni
for many years past and who consequently
know virtually nothing about the real situ­ation
here, are trying to influence the
choice of the future head coach. Some ad­vance
one theory, some another, but all
these men are quite sure that they have an
effective solution to the problem. When
the students go home over the holidays,
most of them will be subjected to what
might almost be termed third degree
methods by some of these alumni. The stu­dents'
minds will be filled with theories
and stories about a thing which even we,
at the very seat of action, know very lit­tle
about. We firmly believe it is the duty
of every student to keep a clear head and
not be turned by a number of stories which
have no foundation based on facts, but
rather based on, "what Mr. Doe told me
that somebody told him."
Auburn has made rapid strides during
the year and a half it has been under Dr.
Knapp's leadership and will continue to do
so as long as he gets the proper support
from all concerned. It is unreasonable to
suppose that a man who has successfully
launched the biggest building program
ever attempted here is incapable of choos­ing
the right man for next year's coach. It
is unreasonable to suppose that the man
who has lead Auburn through the most
prosperous and progressive era of her his­tory
will suddenly lose his power to con­tinue.
Of course men need advice at times
—from those who are capable of giving it,
but when such advice is needed it will un­doubtedly
be asked for and from the prop­er
persons.
When we leave here this week we must
go with the firm resolution to be an asset
and not a liability to the school. We should
neither state nor accept a statement which
we do not know to be a fact. There is a
great deal of hearsay and many rumors
floating around and it will be almost im­possible
to separate them- from the truth,
so a safe policy is to say little and accept
still less.
Cake Race Ends In
Splendid Manner
Auburn has the gamest group of fresh­men
that ever stalked forth for any col­lege.
This was demonstrated fully in the
Cake Race last Friday. It was a glorious
sight to see four hundred rats start from
the post, but it brought proud thrills to
see three hundred of them cross the finish
line. These rodents, most of them utterly
lacking training, put forth such determina­tion
and grit that they could not be de­nied.
As one of the coaches said, "It was a
fine example of the Auburn Spirit"—a
spirit that carries an Auburn man through
whether he be first or last. ,
We feel that all the praise that can be
heaped on them would not be too much,
for they are deserving of every word. On
the face of every man from tiny freshman
who finshed first to the 273rd to cross the
line, many in between falling exhausted at
the finish, was the expression to finish if
it cost his life. We congratulate them on.
having obtained the true qualifications of
an Auburn man so quickly and thoroughly.
This race is one of the finest things that
has ever been staged on the campus and by
one of the student organizations. It shows
far more than passing interest in school
affairs. We hope that more events along
this line can be arranged in the future,
that as much interest will be evinced, and
as great a success will be the result.
AN OUSTED BIOLOGIST
Another professor of biology appears to
have taken too rank a hold. It is Professor
Horace Calvin Day, who had been engag­ed
as assistant in the biological department
of Howard College, a Baptist institution
at Birmingham. At this late day, he had
come forward with disclaimer of belief in
the story of the whale swallowing Jonah,
nor could he stand by the story of Noah
taking two of every kind of animals into
the ark. The amazed faculty at once held a
meeting and called for the resignation of
the professor. Doctor Dawson, president of
the college, stated, in behalf of the facul­ty,
that it was impossible to retain the
services of a teacher holding to such un­beliefs.
The students stood by the faculty,
taking the position that if Professor Day
feels that way about it, "we had better
pray for him." The students followed up
this declaration by returning to their rooms
and offering the suggested prayer.—Char­lotte
Observer.
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Plainsman:
While I am very reluctant to admit the
petty wrongs and injuries done by a small
majority of the Auburn students, I am
firmly convinced of the value of bring­ing
to the attention of these wrong-doers
their actions which are done through a
pure malicious motive, and that entail dan­ger
not only to themselves but to the
public at large. I believe there will always
be a certain per cent of these destructive
students in Auburn, but certainly an ap­peal
to the students at large should cause
them to hesitate and be more considerate
of public property in and around Auburn.
The latest complaint against Auburn
boys comes from Opelika. Someone, in a
crowd of nine or ten other Auburn boys,
waiting to "catch" rides back to Auburn
on the~ highway, maliciously or unthinking­ly
kept bending a "STOP" sign until it
was broken apart from the post supporting
it. It was at this time that the writer came
upon the scene. An Opelika resident, it
seems, notified the police and two officers
were sent to the scene. They asked the
boys, in as nice a way as possible, to re­frain
from doing such things, and pointed
out the fact that it created a source of
danger to others, as well as themselves.
They also assured us of our constant wel­come
to Opelika, but asked that we be more
considerate in the future. Three days later
the AUBURN-MONTGOMERY sign was
taken from its post, and the post, embed­ded
in concerte, had been worked loose and
left leaning to the ground.
We all know such actions are uncalled
for. Certainly we cannot afford to have
our school criticized adversely, nor do I
believe we would like to visit Opelika as
unwelcome visitors. The school, even as a
whole, cannot counteract the ^slander that
is going on about us away from home, but
we should certainly be able to command
the respect and good opinion of those
around us. It cannot be done by our pres-end
sardonic attitude towards public and
private property. A little forethought on
the part of this certain per cent of de­structive
students should go a grat way to­wards
the abolishment of'these deprecations.
Now, when it is least expected of us,
let us show those who make contact with
Auburn that we recognize the rights of
others as well as our own.—H. G. Twomey.
The Geckette
Last week the Gecko was about to beat
me when it comes to arriving in class a few
minutes late, but I want to tell him some­thing.
The reason I come to class late is
so that everyone will see me. Of course, I
could get there on time very easily, but
whats the use when I can talk my profes­sor
into letting me out of it, and when
everyone can get a good squint at me. I
like publicity.
I almost always break up the attention
for a few minutes, but it can't be helped.
I must receive the attention of my public.
Some get recognition by being goodlook-ing;
others by studying hard, but I have
found the first impossible and the second
too much work, and have accordingly hit
on the wonderful scheme of getting there
late. That is the only way I have of being
an outstanding student so far. I heard
several catty people say that I must have
been late getting into the world, and that
I would be late if I were to find someone
foolish enough to want to lead me to an
altar, but they just can't appreciate me.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
We have had a
• • • • j ^ R S ^ P I wonderful fall season
made. I do not mean
to say there is not much work yet to be
done but I do mean to say we have made
progress. The fall of the year is always a
difficult time in college. Excitement of
the football season is upon us. Now comes
Christmas and a trip home to see the folks
then we can come back and put in three
weeks of earnest work to try and pass sub­jects
all in good shape.
* * * * *
Honors have been won and are being
awarded. Men and women are being singled
out who have done well in scholarship, in
leadership, in character, in sports and as
representatives of the institution. A lot of
earnest, hard work has been done and these
rewards are worthy of us in every way.
* * * * *
Now you are going home to be with the
family and enjoy the Christmas Holidays.
I think there is no more wonderful or more
glorious season in all the year than Christ­mas.
It is the time of homecoming. It is the
one great season of the year when we put
aside selfishness and gather each of us in
our own home around our own fireside and
draw closer the ties which bind us to those
whom we love. In going home to your
family, I hope you will not fail to make
mother and father both appreciate how
much you thing of them and how much yoii
are indebted to them. Some day in the far-off
years, as time rolls on its way, you too
will come to the day when your children
will come back from college for the Chirst-mas
Holidays. Only then will you know
what it means to yearn over a child. These
mothers and fathers pour out their hearts
for you boys and girls and you may never
know just what it means until your time
comes to experience it. That is why I am
urging you in some way to make mother
and father appreciate how you feel toward
them and what they are striving to do for
you. The most glorious influence which ever
came into the world was when the Saviour
was born to wipe out the sins of the world
and to give us hope and to enable us to
think thoughts that are worthwhile and
lead lives that really mean something in
this world as well as in the next. Sometimes
I think we can have a little bit of our heaven
here on earth and I know of no place where
that heaven is more manifest than around
the hearthstone of an humble American
home with the children gathered there
where love is present and where all hearts
are joined together in peace and thankful­ness
to the Divine Creator. A Merry Christ­mas
and Happy New Year to all of you
and tell the folks at home we thought of-them
and we hope you will all have a safe
return to Auburn on January 3. We hope-you
return with renewed energy and stimu­lated
desires to finish the work in which
we are engaged. With best wishes always,
BRADFORD KNAPP, President.
"Little Things"
By Tom Bigbee
Little men continue to do big things—
just as the tiny freshman did when he won
in the Cake Race last Friday. Seems that
this event was one of the most successful­ly
put over of the season.
Santa Claus must have started in re­verse
this year—or do you suppose he is
the one who raided the Laundry Ideal!
Monday night marked heavily upon the
the scroll of "the big boys" here, so far as
grades are concerned. And we envy those
chaps who gained the coveted elections to
Phi Kappa Phi. Don't some folks get all
the grades, though!
Big things took place in a new way at
the novel Honors Convocation today. We
were very favorably impressed with this
new move, and consider it very forceful
and effective. The students who missed it
missed something more than worth while.
The way some students begin preparing
for holidays weeks ahead of time would
lead one to believe they lived only for
Christmas. Counting days, miles, dates,
parties and all ahead of time. We must ad­mit
that it is a great relief to get out.
Then there are the boys who were prac­ticing
catching rides last week-end; n'o
doubt they hope to be well schooled in the
art when Thursday rolls around. Yes, the
Christmas "sap" is rising at a remarkably
rapid rate.
So many are already soliloquizing: "This
time next week ." And so it goes. Even
though we do forget assignments in class-work
sometimes. Psychologists tell us it
is easier to remember what we like best or
enjoy most.
Spending Christmas at Auburn—had
you thought of that? Well, it has been
done, but—"Home, James!"
BRAIN STIMULANT FOR FRESHMEN
What is the difference between a flap­per
and a soldier? One faces the powder
and the other powders the face.
What would happen, speaking geo­graphically,
if a colored water dropped a
roasted turkey? The fall of Turkey, the
destruction of China, the overflow of
of Greece and the humiliation of Africa.
What was the first scene at the Chicago
fire? Kerosene.
What is it that never asks any questions,
yet requires many answers? A doorbell.
Why must a fisherman be very wealthy?
Because his is all net profit.
What is the difference between one
yard and two yards? A fence.
Why wasn't there any card-playing on
the Ark? Because Noah sat on the deck.
What's almost like a cat's tail? A kitten's
tail.
What is it which, if you ever name it,
you break it? Silence.
Why is it harder to spell purple than
green? Because green is spelled with more
e's (ease).
Which fish carrier a weapon? The sword
fish. -
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MAN-HUNTERS ALIAS CO-EDS
A former student at State College, N. C,
has a few words to say:
"You (co-eds) have wanted to be dif­ferent
from the average run of women.
You who have wanted to wear pants and
spit tobacco juice and go to State College.
You co-eds who are upon the campus of
State College have come to State College—
a man's school—and broken down opposi­tion
your coming. You have won a fight,
but have RUINED the college."
• "Men gnash their teeth when you cross
your legs in class and use your sex wining
smile ta make an "A". Men gnash their
teeth when you copy from books and ride
your way into the highest honor societies."
"Co-eds, you have won; but where is
your victory? You have come to college
just for man-hunting. You have seen hun­dreds
of college men, but you have' not
conquered one. Girls are no longer a mys­tery
to boys. No boy who cares to investi­gate
women will ever be puzzled by a
painted cheek, a short-skirt hag who calls
herself a co-ed."
"The spirit of State College has been
sold because a few thimble-riggers wanted
to see State College keep up with the
Joneses and Smiths, in this case Duke Uni­versity."
Such publicity must be deserved. We are
somewhat shocked and surprised that the
innocent little co-eds should cause such
strife and uncomfort as well as destroying
a whole institution of learning.
* * * * *
ON WITH THE HUNT
At Salem they've gotten interested in
finding an "Ideal Man," we hope they find
him, and have interviewed four girls and
published their ideas of what he should be.
One says that in looks he must be some­where
between John Gilbert and Lon
Chaney, and must not wear spotted neck­ties.
Another says he must be a college
graduate (Carolina preferred), and must
be an athlete and an insurance agent. The
third girl has already picked hers, so she's
prejudiced. Here goes the last qualification:
He has wavy golden hair, lots of money,
a raccoon coat, spats, a reckless past, and
loves his likker. Why pick on Carolina?
* * * * *
"LEAP WEEK"
Antioch College has introduced what is
believed to be the first collegiate "Leap
Week," during which co-eds do all the dat­ing.
We feel that this would be rather ap­propriate
here. Why not? Then maybe some
of the other students might get a chance at
the bacon.
* * * * *
TOO BAD
The little girls at Wesleyan College have
nothing to look forward to now, not even
pleasant dreams for Christmas. Here's
what throws the brakes on: they have to
get up at dawn and sing carrols. We've oft­en
heard of dawn but have never seen it.
* * * * *
GREAT
Nancy Carrol autographed and sent a
football recently presented to Captain John
Lepo of North Carolina State College by
Governor Gardner. Maybe there would be
more football stars if they had something
like this to look forward to.
* * * * *
BAM!
A group of Denver University men have
organized a "Women Hater's Club." The
rules of the club prohibit members from
conversing with the opposite sex except on
matters of business, prohibits them from
having dancing dates or making college en­gagements.
It seems that this has been mostly a
column giving the low-down and high-ups
of the co-eds. 'Spec that we had better tell
the little girls a joke. Gather around chil­dren.
Here goes:
Ode to The Daredevil
Here below lies that Daredevil
Aviator McGloot
He opened the belt of his trousers
.'Stead of his parachute.
EDITOR'S 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. -
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HOWARD COLLEGE brings down the
house! ! !
Because a professor of biology
makes a statement in chapel to the effect
that he does not believe that Jonah was
swallowed by a whale, that Noah did not
have specimens of all animal life in the
Ark and that the Bible must not be in­terpreted
literally, the gentleman was
siezed by the seat of his pants and tossed
out upon his unbelieving ear.
Aside from being uproariously amusing,
such an incident is rather pathetic. Yet we
had thought that such slapstick comedy did
not exist nowdays.
It is our belief that the professor did not
adhere to the most delicate sense of propri­ety
in proclaiming his ideas before a stu­dent
body and in a school that is built up­on
a rock of smugness and intolerance. The
professor was receiving a salary from this
school and whether he realized it or not
he was being paid, not to have ideas, but to
vend the ideas already held by that school.
In a sense, a college under the domi­nance
of a certain religion and subsidized
by that religion is not really a true educa­tional
institution. Research and original
thinking are not included in its curriculum,
especially if they differ widely with the
ideals which the school is purposely en­deavoring
to impress upon its students. The
professor should have realized that he was
not truly a professor.
Dr. Day's statements were neither new
nor especially interesting. But the fact that
an institution, supposedly set up for the
purpose of learning, should expell an in­structor
because his views on religion were
different than those held by the directors
of the school is indeed not only amusing,
but thoroughly funny. In our opinion it
is another dying thrust of the "cover to
cov|r" fundamentalists, which usually re­sults
in the opposite effect than which
the fundamentalists desired.
The young man who interrupted Dr. Day
and beseeched the student body to pray
for the erring doctor is indeed a true son.
We understand that he was nurtured a
year on the sweet milk of righteousness
down at the well known Bob Jones Col­lege
before coming to Howard. I'll bet
he is the kind of boy that would, take a
tin horn to a football game. Well, at any
rate, it must be awfully embarrassing to
Howard.
* * * * *
THIS is the last issue of the Plains­man
before the Christmas holidays.
This column would like to wish
every one a very merry Christmas and as
happy a New Year as it is possible for you
to have. And regardless of what people
say, there is a Santa Claus.
* * * * *
I see that the Senior class is casting
about for ideas concerning a gift to the
college to serve as a memorial of the class
of '30. There seems to be some hitch as
to what should be left as a reminder that
in the year 1930 a few youngsters grad­uated.
Last year the Senior class became
slightly ruffed about some objection to
their memorial and turned their thumbs
down, leaving no memorial at all. After
all, why should we leave anything? The
only possible merit in such a custom would
be that those who return in future years
might point to it and gloat, "that was my
class." No one else is interested in your
class and you'll be surprised at how little
you are interested in it a few years from
now. If you wish to do something mag­nanimous
for Auburn send it a nice group
of football players next fall. We need
them more than drinking fountains or
bronze tablets. If it is pure sentiment, it
would be more satisfactory and cheaper
to start yourself a scrap-book or get all
your friends to autograph your Glomera-ta.
As a member of the class of 1930, I
recommend that we trifle not with child­ish
memorials, but get out into the world
and amount to something. Then perhaps,
it would be well to donate a new building
or so.
FROM "SULLEN MOODS"
. . . Do not repay me with my own coin,
The sharp rebuke, the frown, the groan;
No, stir my memory to disjoin
Your emanation from my own.
Help me to see you as before
When overwhelmed and dead, almost,
I stumbled on the secret door
Which saves the live man from the
ghost.
Be once again the distant light,
Promise of glory not yet known
In full perfection—wasted quite
When on my imperfection thrown.
* —Robert Graves.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Miss Glanton Heads Committee for
Better Homes Campaign in Auburn
Miss Louise P. Glanton has been
appointed to head a committee of lo­cal
citizens for the purpose of plan­ning
a Better Homes campaign in Au­burn.
This appointment was made from
the National office of Better Homes
in America in Washington, D. C,
which each year sponsors a nation­wide
program for the improvement
of housing conditions. The organiza­tion
is headed by Secretary Wilbur
who succeeded President Hoover as its
president. Mr. Hoover now serves
as honorary chairman. Dr. James
Ford is in active charge of the cam­paign.
Better Homes In America is a non­commercial,
educational organization
which has for its object the improve­ment
of housing conditions and
the promotion of a wholesome type
of home and family life. Its pro­gram
is adapted to local needs by each
of the thousands of committees which
have been established in cities, towns,
and villages throughout the country.
The campaign is sponsored locally by
parent-teacher associations, women's
clubs, civic associations, and in some
communities by schools and colleges,
as a part of their educational program.
This is done in the study of home
economics, manual training, civics,
English and Art.
A man or woman who is active in
civic affairs is appointed in each
community to serve as chairman of the
Better Homes Committee for that
place. The chairman then selects a
committee of representative men and
women to conduct the campaign.
These campaigns vary according to
the size and conditions of the com­munity,
and include programs of lec­tures,
demonstrations, and contests.
Wherever possible a house is plan­ned
and built, or a suitable one bor­rowed
and furnished. In this way
families of modest means are encour­aged
toward home ownership and are
shown how a house of good design and
construction can be built at a cost
within their means. Through such
demonstrations prospective home own­ers
receive many helps and sugges­tions
for the planning, purchase or
building of homes, and many families
are inspired to make necessary im­provements
in their homes. The com­plete
furnishing of such demonstra­tion
houses on a restricted budget is
helpful in showing to those contem­plating
the furnishing or refurnishing
of a home the standards of good taste
combined with economy.
When the Better Homes campaign
is carried on as a school project, the
furnishings for the demonstration
house are usually selected and placed
by students of home economics. Sev­eral
houses used for demonstrations
in past campaigns were built by stu­dents
of carpentry and manual train­ing
classes.
The demonstration of reconditioning
Negro Cadet Says
Rumors Are False
OPELIKA PHARMACY INC.
Prescription Druggist
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Phone 72 Opelika, Ala.
In the first published interview
permitted a West Point undergrad­uate
in more than 100 years, Alonzo
Parham, Negro cadet, spiked rumors
that he has been ostracised at the
United States Military Academy,
Parham, who was appointed to
West Point by Representative Oscar
DePriest, of Chicago, said:
"Published reports that cadets nev­er
talk to me or that my relations
with them are strained are absolutely
false. I realize that orders cannot
be issued governing friendships and
that such a matter is purely person­al.
Statements to the effect that
cadets have been ordered not to talk
to me are false.
"Since July 1, when I entered, my
treatment at the hands of officers
and cadets has been fair and never
under any circumstances has there
been any sign of discrimination or
prejudice. All the officers are giv­ing
me a square deal.
"I have participated in every ac­tivity
with other fourth classmen
from the minute of my arrival, and
. . . at the football trips to Boston,
New Haven and New York city, I
have marched with my company and
sat in the stands exactly as the other
cadets.
Six Members Football
Team Are Candidates
For Basketball Honors
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Jewelers
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Phillipino Protests
Against Distinction
T. J. Thompson, dean of student af­fairs
at Nebraska University, is the
object of a protest filed with Carlos
A. Osias, Philippine Islands represen­tative
at Washington by Carlos A
Cartagena, a student at the Universi­ty,
who declares that the dean has
made it a point to place a "social ban"
upon the Philippino students at Ne­braska.
Following the disclosure of the mar­riage
of a Lincoln girl graduate and
a Chinese student, Dean Thompson
wrote to the Daily Nebraskan,' under­graduate
publication, declaring that
there had been several similar mar­riages
of Philippinos and American
co-eds and that Philippinos are not
held in a high regard since then as
they were before.
Caratagena declared that activities
of Philippino students has been cur­tailed
ever since the dean took office.
In his letter to the Nebraskan, Dean
Thompson wrote:
Do not understand me to say that
there should be no association be­tween
Philippino students and Ameri­can
girls, but such association should
be entirely platonic and incidental and
educational wherever it occurs."
Six members of Auburn's 1929-30
basketball squad were wearers of the
moleskins during the past season.
Lindley Hatfield, sensational sopho­more
halfback, probably leads the foot­ball
players out for the hardwood five,
with Ralph Jordan, center on Coach
Floyd's eleven, leading the list of cag-esters
that also performed on the
gridiron.
Jordan and Hatfield were both
stars on Coach Geo. Bohler's cham­pionship
frosh team last season and
are two of the leading second year
men out for Coach Hal Lee's quin­tet.
Forney Yarbrough, guard, and Law
rence Chamblee, Howard Chapelle,
and Roy Pate, forwards, are the oth­er
hoopsters out for this year's team
that wore the Plainsmen colors in
football during the 1929 season.
Rupert Ingram and Sam Robinson,
centers, who both played end on the
1928 football eleven, are also battling
for the same position on the cage
five.
Men-Being Trained
In Technical Lines
Casualties In Football
Lowest In Three Years
Students At Yale To
Make Study Of Apes
Two hundred acres of land near
Orange Park, Fla., have been secured
by Yale University for the breeding
and scientific study of anthropoid
apes.
The purchase of the site, and the
erection of the laboratory were made
possible by a gift of $500,000 from the
Rockefeller Foundation.
One or more of the species of apes
will be studied. These include the
chimpanzee, the gorilla, the orangu-tang.
New York—(IP)—According to
tabulation kept by the New York
Times here, football casualties for
the 1929 season were the lowest
since 1926, eleven players having met
accidental deaths this year in col­legiate,
scholastic, and professional
football.
Explaining that no tabulations
were kept in 1910, 1916, 1918, 1920,
1922, and 1924, the Times gives the
following figures:
Fatalities since 1905: 1906, 11; 1907,
11; 1908, 13; 1909, 12; 1911, 11;
1913, 5; 1914, 13; 1915, 15; 1917,
12; 1921, 12; 1923, 18; 1925, 20;
1926, 9; 1927, 17; 1928, 18; 1929,
11.
A partial list of those killed in foot­ball
is reported as follows by the
Times:
Chester Torgerson, 23, of Crooks-ton,
Minn., playing for Luther Col­lege,-
received internal injuries in a
game and died next day.
Frank Murphey, 16, of Pittsfield,
Mass., died eight days after receiving
injuries in a high school game.
Russell H. Savange, 16 of Pitts­burgh,
was knocked unconscious in a
practice scrimmage, and was dead
when he arrived at a doctor's office.
Thomas O'Shea, 18, Passaic, N. J.,
scored a touchdown in a high school
game, but later was dead of a broken
neck.
James F. Stevens, 13, of Saratoga
Springs, was kicked in the head and
died next day.
Alexander Robb, Jr., 19, of Col-lingswood,
N. J., received a fractured
skull in a game, and died shortly aft­erward.
Charles Haymer, 17, of Jasonville,
Ind., died of exhaustion while walk­ing
off the field between halves.
Percy Lee, Mississippi college stu­dent,
died of injuries received in a
Thanksgiving Day game with South­western
University.
That "corporations engaged in per­fecting
the talking picture, radio tele­graphy
and transatlantic telephony
are finding it necessary to train and
develop organizations of young men
with advanced technical and scienti­fic
training for the purpose of extend­ing
their activities in these fields" is
asserted in an editorial in The Wall
Street News of December 16.
A further discussion of the subject
follows:
"The American Telephone & Tele­graph
Company, the Westinghouse
Electric & Manufacturing Company,
the Bell Laboratories, the Interna­tional
Telephone & Telegraph Com­pany
are among the corporations that
are in the market for young men of
college age with promising records
in engineering work, according to Pro­fessor
Walter I. Slichter of the de­partment
of electrical engineering of
Columbia University.
"Few men of the older school in the
engineering profession know enough
mathematics to work some of the
formulas used today, says the Colum­bia
professor. He points out that
men who were graduated as late as
1927 were instrumental in achieving
the recent inauguration of short wave'
transatlantic telephony by the Ameri­can
Telephone & Telegraph Company.
"The ultimate development of the
quality of the voice in the sound pic­tures
will depend upon the activities
of the younger men especially trained
in this field, due to the nature of
the mathematical work involved, in
the opinion of Profess Slichter. Like­wise
the transmission of power at
high voltage over hundreds of miles
of lines is a problem for the younger
men of the profession.
The opportunities immediately
open to qualified men in these and
other branches of engineering, upon
entering business, it would seem, were
never greater than today.
Brain Expert Finds
Unusual Qualities
Study of the brain of Nikolai Lenin
during the past five years by Profes­sor
A. B. Fogt has convinced the
scientist that the famous Soviet leader
had extraordinary qualities of intel­lect,
breadth of vision and richness of
blood.
Professor Fogt who is a Berlin
brain expert, and president of the
Moscow Institute for the Study of
Brains, cut the brain of Lenin into
very thin slices in order to study the
organ most minutely. He declared
that he never before had observed
such large pyramid cells as appear in
the deep parts of the covering of the
brain.
Coach "Sheriff" Lee
To Head Cagesters
Coach Burnham (Sheriff) Lee,
former star athlete at Mississippi Col­lege,
and assistant football and bas­ketball
mentor at the Plains for two
years, has been appointed head men­tor
for the 1929-30 Orange and Blue
cagesters. Coach Lee has been in
charge of the loopsters since prac­tice
began over two weeks ago but
the final decision concerning the coach
for this season was not made until
President Bradford Knapp and Coach
Floyd returned from the annual S. I.
C. meeting at Baton Rouge.
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As soon as plans have been work­ed
out, the University of Chicago is
to receive $2,000,000 from John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., for an "Internation­al
House," which will provide dormi­tories
and clubhouse facilities for 500
foreign students attending the uni­versity.
an old and perhaps dilapidated house,
to make it comfortable and conven­ient,
is another phase of Better Homes
Work. Such houses are usually fur­nished
with done-over furniture and
both house and furnishing then be­come
worth while object lessons.
The house demonstration is supple­mented
by contests, such as small
house and garden competitions, lot
improvement contests and kitchen im­provement
contests. Schools partici­pate
usually through essay and poster
contests, taking house building or
homemaking as their subject. Stu­dents
of home economics give public
demonstrations of the use of labor-saving
devices and methods of per­forming
household operations. All of
these programs have their culmina­tion
in Better Homes Week, which
will be observed throughout the coun­try
April 27 to May 3rd, 1930.
The central office of Better Homes
in America at Washington acts also
as a clearing house for information
on all phases of home building and
home life.
Dr. H. P. Cady, of the University
of Kansas, after a long research with
the collaboration of David McFar-land,
has evolved a method of ex­tracting
quantities of helium gas
from natural gas.
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Auburn, Alabama
First National Bank
Auburn, Alabama
When In
Montgomery Eat At
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CAFE
31 Commerce St.
Where Every Meal Is A
Pleasant Memory
To Our Depositors
After making a careful anaylsis of the cost of handl­ing
checking accounts and certain other banking serv­ices
the banks of Auburn have decided that it is neces­sary
to put into effect on January 1, 1930, the schedule
of service charges listed below. These service charges
are inaugurated merely to partially cover cost of the
banking services rendered. The chief object is to re­duce
the inevitable loss involved in the service to the
smaller depositors.
It is not generally understood that even on a deposit
of as much as $100 that, after deducting the necessary
cash reserves which are required to be maintained, there
is only about $75 available for the bank's use. On this
amount the bank can earn less than 50 cents per month.
This is not sufficient to pay the cost of bookkeeping,
stationery, supplies and clerical help. It is believed that
the depositors will readily see the fairness of the
changes which are to be made and that our customers
will not wish to be served at an actual out-of-the-pocket-loss
to the bank.
We wish each depositor to feel that his account and
patronage is appreciated and shall be glad to have each
one carry a minimum balance of $50 or an average bal­ance
of $100. If this is done no charges will be made.
Those who may not wish to meet this requirement are
cordially invited to continue to carry the smaller ac­count
with the understanding that such a depositor is
willing to pay the small charge which we are obliged to
make for the services rendered. The banks have no in­tention
of deriving a profit from such accounts but
merely wish the depositor to carry a part of the cost of
the service.
We shall be very glad to discuss with depositors per­sonally
any questions concerning the policy which is
herewith announced, effective January 1, 1930.
THE BANK OF AUBURN,
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF AUBURN.
SERVICE CHARGES TO BE INAUGURATED JANUARY 1, 1930
50c per month on all active checking accounts whose balance falls
b e l ow $50.00 unless an average balance of $100.00 is maintained.
Accounts with more than three checks per month considered
active.
25c for each check drawn against an account without sufficient funds
to cover.
50c minimum interest charge on a note.
10c for each cashier's check.
15c Or 1-10 of 1% for each bank draft.
Printing cost of overprinting on customer's checks.
PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1929.
New Type Television
Is Being Developed
By Westinghouse Co.
Television which can be viewed by
a room full of spectators rather than
by one or two was announced recent­ly
by Dr. Vladimir Zworykin, re­search
engineer of the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Com­pany,
to members of the Institute of
Radio Engineers. The use of a ca­thode
ray tube as a receiver gives
this new type of television many ad­vantages
over the well known scan­ning
disc method of visual broad­casting.
The inventor is already in position
to discuss the practical possibility of
flashing the images on a motion pic­ture
screen so that large audiences
can receive television broadcasts of
important events immediately after
a film of these is printed. These visu­al
broadcasts would be synchronized
with sound.
The cathode ray television receiver
has no moving parts, making it more
easily usable by the rank and file of
the radio audience. It is quiet in op­eration
and synchronization of trans­mitter
and receiver is accomplished
easily, even when using a single
radio channel.
Another advantage is that, using a
fluorescent screen, the persistence of
the eye's vision is aided and it is pos­sible
to reduce the number of pictures
shown each second without noticeable
flickering. This in turn allows a
greater number of scanning lines and
results in the picture being produced
in greater detail without increasing
the width of the radio channel.
The apparatus described by Dr.
Zworykin is now being used in experi­mental
form in the Westinghouse re­search
laboratories in East Pittsburg.
A number of similar receivers are
being constructed in order to give the
set a thorough field test through sta­tion
KDKA, Pittsburgh, which al­ready
is operating a daily television
broadcast schedule with the scanning
disc type of transmission.
The picture formed by the cathode
ray receiver are four by five inches
in size. They can be made larger or
brighter by increasing the voltage
used in the receiver.
The transmitter of this new tele­vision
apparatus consists of a mo­tion
picture projector rebuilt so
that the film to be broadcast -passes
downward at a constant speed. This
film is scanned horizontally by a
tiny beam of light which after pass­ing
through the film is focussed as
a stationary spot on a photo-electric
cell. The scanning motion of the beam
is produced by a vibrating mirror
which deflects the light from one side
of the film to the other.
Dr. Zworykin was forced to de­velop
an entirely new type of ca­thode
ray tube for his receiving ap­paratus
which he calls a "kinescope."
In this tube a pencil of electrons is
bombarding a screen of fluorescent
material. The pencil follows the
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Christmas and much happiness in the
coming year.
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"Fifty-one years old and still growing"
Miracles will happen—no dry
cleaning in the laundry last week,
then getting a ride all the way home
for Christmas. Geese! But here is the
miracle—Ted Lewis has made a
recorcTwithout "poppin' his t i l l " over
the choruse. "Farewell Blues" is the
bluest drag you ever heard. In the
rumble seat is "Wabash . Blues"—
equally good. Ted Lewis and His
Orchestra are strring in the recent­ly
completed picture "Shows of
Shows."
It seems that Guy Lombardo and
His Royal Canadians are the center
of attraction in New York where they
are playing at the Roosevelt Hotel.
Their new record is also a sensation.
"A Little Kiss Each Morning" from
"Vagabond Lover" is well played, but
it is more of Rudy Vallee's type. The
The Best New Records
Personal Criticism of New Records Made Each
Week by Buddy Glennon
Student Editing
Is Now Business
The publication of college student
newspapers has come to be a busi­ness
the extent of which few people
realize. There are more than four
hundred college papers published at
least once a week, with an average
of some twenty-five students working
on each paper. There are thirty-two
college dalies in the country, about
half of which use the .service of some
nationally-known newsgathering or­ganization.
About thirty-five college papers ar«
published either twice or three times
a week. More than three hundred
colleges have weekly newspapers, and
nearly a hundred more small colleges
have papers coming, out less often than
once a week but more often than
monthly. Academic credit for work on
college papers is the exception rather
than the rule. Twenty-four out of
twenty-five dailies reported financial
compensation for the editor and busi­ness
manager, while seven divided the
profits among the members of the
entire staff. As for the money the
staff members are paid, in about for­ty
per cent of the cases the amounts
based on the percentage of profits.
reverse, "My Fate Is In Your Hands"
is a typical Guy Lombardo record.
An unusual number is "Great Day"
played by Paul Whiteman and His
Orchestra. Here's some real harmony
linked with snappy, clever playing.
Dt i'd a negro spiritual jazzed in
Paul's inimitable manner. The other
side is "Without A Song" from the
picture "Great Day."
Another good one is "Melancholy"
played by Vic Meyers' Orchestra, but
as usual there is only one side to this
record. The outcast is "Congratula­tions"
by the same orchestra.
Rudy Vallee scores again with "I'll
Be Reminded of You" from his new
picture "Vagabond Lover." Typical
Rudy. He plays the other side also—
"A Little Kiss Each Morning" which
is not all it is cracked up to be.
To leave a sweet taste FIl con­clude
by mentioning He(len Kane.
She sings "Ain'tcha" and "I Have
To Have You" both from the picture
"Painted Heels." Lookout for that
air-rifle.
SCIENTIFIC STUDY BE MADE
OF STATUS OF THE BLONDES
London—(IP)—Scientific study of
blonds to go further than discover
whether or not gentlemen prefer them
is suggested by E. N. Fallaize, sec­retary
of the Royal Anthropological
Institute.
"From the earliest times," he says,
"the fair Nordic types have been the
rulers and the leaders of the com­munities
largely composed of conquer­ed
peoples. I now question if this is
always to be true, and believe science
should try to ascertain the future of
the blonde."
The hulk of an unidentified sailing
vessel, dating back to Revolutionary
War times was recently found buried
25 feet underground near West and
King streets in New York City.
Cannon balls also were found in the
ship.
movement of the scanning light beam
in the transmitter while its intensity
is regulated by the strength of the
impulse received from the transmit­ter.
The movement of the scanning
beam, consequently of the cathode
ray pencil are so rapid that the eye
receives a perfect impression of a
continuous miniature motion picture.
A reflecting mirror mounted on
the receiver permits the picture to
be observed by a number of specta­tors.
This condensed description of the
methods used by Dr. Zworykin to ef­fect
television transmission can give
only an idea of the possibilities of the
new system. To the radio public it
means, when perfected, a means of
television which will be simple to op­erate
because it has no scanning disc
or other moving mechanical part.
The receiver will operate in silence,
offering no interference to sound
broadcasts.
To the radio engineer the inven­tion
is important for the same rea­sons
and because it will not be
wasteful of radio wave bands. This
because the transmitter and receiv­er
can be synchronized using but one
channel.
The name of Dr. Zworykin is not
new to the radio public. Earlier this
year he was brought into the lime­light
in connection with his facsimile
transmitting device for telegraphing
photographs, letters, drawings and
documents.
Mr. and Mrs. Knapp,
Jr., Arrive For Holidays
Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Knapp, Jr.,
of Riverside, Maryland, arrived in
Auburn Monday afternoon to spend
the Christmas holidays with their pa­rents,
President and Mrs. Bradford
Knapp.
Bradford Knapp, Jr., is connected
with the United States Department
of Agriculture. His station is just on
the outskirts of Riverside.
Bradford, Jr., is also attending
night school at George Washington
University, studying for his Doctors'
degree.
Maxine Knapp, Mr. and Mrs.
Bradford Knapp, Jr.'s, eleven month's
old daughter, made the three day
trip with them in the car, from Mary
land to Auburn.
Informal Smoker
Given for Pledges
Forty or more pledges, representa­tive
of all the fraternities of the In­ter-
Fraternity Council were enter
tained last Thursday at an informal
smoker given by the Sigma Phi Sig­ma
fraternity. H. O. Davis was mas
ter of ceremonies, and speeches were
made by Robert S. Robinson and Jim­my
Hitchcock, president of the fresh
man class.
The smoker was reported to be one
of the best to be given this year.
PLANS COMPLETED FOR _
AUBURN BALL IN MOBILE
(Continued from page 1)
Grand March.
As formerly stated, the Grand
March will formally open the dance.
Auburn students and their call-outs
will form a huge "A" on the ballroom
floor, after which favors will be giv­en
the girls. Following this will be an
Auburn reserve dance, during which
the only lighting will be a varigated-color
spotlight.
A seemingly unusual feature of
the hop will be a reserve dance for
the students of the University of
Alabama. Last year was the first time
that such a resrve had been given at
an Auburn dance in Mobile—and the
Alabama boys cluttered in the cen­ter
of the floor to give a "Wahoo
Rammer Jammer."
The dance will take place in the
Battle House Hojel ballroom on De­cember
27. The Crescent City Or­chestra
will furnish the music.
PROFESSOR L. N. DUNCAN
KILLS DEER AT BELLAMY
(Continued from page 1)
former district demonstration agent,
praised the hunters for their good
sportsmanship. He said that any man
having timber can raise game. He
praised Mr. Allison for his preserva­tion
work not only with game but al­so
with timber. His timber and game
preserve were declared by Mr. Quinn
to be one of the outstanding preser­vation
demonstrations of the nation.
LIONS CLUB NOMINATES
OFFICERS FOR YEAR 1930
(Continued from page 1)
lin; Tail Twister—J. D. King; direc­tors—
C. C. Brooks; C. E. Pease; H.
C. Dillon; C. P. Townsley.
Also, at this time the club voted
several amendments to the constitu­tion.
Charlie Shuford
Condemns Co-eds
In Letter to Paper
The following is a copy of a letter
written to the North Carolina State
Technician by Charlie Shuford, form­er
Editor, in regard to North Caro­lina
State Co-eds:
"You (co-eds) have wanted to be
different from the average run of
women. You who have wanted to
wear pants and spit tobacco juice
and go to State College. You co-eds
who are upon the campus of State
College have come to State College
—a man's school—and broken down
opposition to your coming. You have
won a fight, but have RUINED the
college.
"No longer is State College a
school; it is now only an imitation
of Duke, and a very sad one at that.
. . . Women—who caused man to be
driven out of the Garden of Eden.
Ages have not changed you. You still
drive men out of the places where
they belong—some to fame, and oth­ers
to madness,"
"Men gnash their teeth when you
cross your legs in class and use your
sex and winning smile to make an
'A.' Men ghash their teeth when you
copy from books and ride your way
into the highest honor societies.
"Co-eds, you have won; but where
is your victory? You have come to
college just for man-hunting. You
have seen hundreds of college men,
but you have not conquered one.
Girls are no longer a mystery to
boys. No boy who cares to investigate
women will ever be puzzled by a
painted cheek, a short-skirt hag who
calls herself a co-ed."
"The spirit of State College has
been sold because a few thimble-riggers
wanted to see State College
keep up with the Joneses and Smiths,
in this case Duke University. There
is a.landslide coming. The day when
the State of North Carolina will al­low
itself to be bled for an unneed-ed
school of education at North Caro­lina
State College of Agriculture and
Engineering. Co-eds, you have won,
but State will LOSE."
This letter was signed in a very
interesting manner: "C. F. Shuford,
Windsor, North Carolina." Then he
further explains hinlself as "Expell­ed
quietly for missing classes by a
faculty which did not agree with my
style of writing the truth about State
College." "That faculty did not have
the backbone to say: 'Shuford, you
are expelled because you wrote ar­ticles
that we did not like.' '"
Three hundred and eighty-seven
students who are working their way
through Princeton University, earn
an average of $568 yearly.
WORKING COLLEGE GIRLS
SUBJECT TO BREAKDOWNS
According to Dean Virginia Gold-ersleer,
of Barnard college, the sur­est
way for a girl to assure herself
of a nervous breakdown, is to try to
work her way through college.
It is much better, the Dean says,
for the average girl to stay away
from college than to try to work her
way through.
In her annual report to the presi­dent
of Columbia university she said,
"It is practically impossible for all
except a very few unusual women to
work their way through college with­out
serious injury to their health or
their academic standing, or both."
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Telephony knows no barriers
Telephone lines must«:ross natural bar­riers.
This means construction methods
must be flexible, readily varied to peculiar
local conditions.
Special problems arise, too, in telephone
laboratory, factory and central office. How
to protect poles from insect attack? How
to develop more compact equipment for
use in manholes? How to assure a sufficient
number of trained operators? How to
build long distance business?
It | takes resourcefulness to find the
answers, to surmount the barriers. There
is no stereotyped way.
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