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VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1930 NUMBER 35
Religious Drama
Be Presented By
Auburn Players
"The Rock," By Mary Hamlin
Is One Of Best Modern
Religious Plays
COOPERATION IS URGED
IN AWARD OF TROPHY
CAST IS TALENTED
Date To Be Given Has Not Yet
Been Announced
"The Rock," a play which will
make a strong appeal to churchgoers
as well as students is to be presented
in the near future by the Auburn
Players, according to the announce­ment
of Prof. John W. Shaver, di­rector.
The drama, which deals with
the life and development of Simon
Peter, is the greatest undertaking of
the year for the dramatic group,
Professor Shaver states, and will re­quire
a great deal of talent and hard
work.
Only talented and experienced stu­dents
have been cast for the leading
roles, according to the director. The
cast includes: Dryden Baughman,
Auburn, Ucal; Wyoline Hester, Ope-lika,
Mary Magdela; Murff Hawkins,
Birmingham, Simon Peter; Margaret
Lawrenz, Elberta, Deborah; Mildred
Wood, Birmingham, Adina.
"The Rock," by Mary Hamlin, is
one of the best of modern religion
dramas. Fine characterizations, emo­tional
climaxes, fine costuming and
scenery make it highly appealing.
Simon Peter, Edina, his wife, De­borah,
his mother-in-law, Ucal, his
wife's uncle and Mary Magdelon, are
the principal characters in the play.
One gets an analysis of Peter's char­acter
from the time he was a mere
fisherman, through his trials and
tribulations as a disciple, and finally
an understanding of his life in fne
fuller sense. Mary Hamlin cleverly
gives her interpretation of Christi­anity
through Peter, after he has
grown to spiritual maturity. Peter
finally discovers life's greatest secret,
which is realizing the true kingdom
is within the soul, and thus Miss
Hamlin gets the lesson truth over to
the audience.
Campus Organizations Urged
By Dr. Knapp to Make Nom­inations
Immediately
Cooperation of members of the
student body was urged by President
Knapp, chairman of the Blue Key
Trophy committee. "The work of the
committee and the facility in select­ing
the best all round student will
largely depend on the cooperation of
student group. Dr. Knapp said
early today.
It was stated that the letters to
the several campus clubs, societies
and fraternities have been mailed and
that the secretaries of these organi­zations
are urgently requested to
comply with the regulations. Nomi­nations
are to be in the hands of the
President at noon Monday, Feb. 10.
Those organizations which did not
receive the special letters are re­quested
to notify President Knapp at
once as special blank forms are to be
furnished organizations making nom­inations.
Nominations are only valid
when signed by officers of the or­ganization
with the understanding
that the nominees were chosen by
said organization as a unit and not
by several individuals in that organ­ization.
In making nominations students
are requested to keep in mind the
(Continued on page 4)
Ala. Home Economics
Directors Meet Here
Plant For Annual April Meeting Are
Discussed
Directors of the Alabama Home
Economics Association met here Sat­urday
to plan the program for their
annual meeting at Montgomery in
April. After a business session in
Duncan Hall they attended a lunch­eon
in Smith Hall. In the afternoon
a- tea in their honor was given at
the practice house.
Tkose present were Allene Bell of
Montevallo, president; Marion Spidle
f'M Athens, vice-president; Josephine
Eddy of Montevallo, secretary-treas­urer;
Madge Johnson of Woman's
College, Montgomery; Elizabeth
Lacey of Montevallo; Polly Thomas
of Judson; Louise P. Glanton of Au­burn;
and Nell Pickens of Auburn.
Two other directors, Dean Agnes
Ellen Harris of the University of
Alabama and Miss Ivol Spafford of
Montgomery, were unable to be pres­ent.
Y.M.C.A. To Conduct
Tennis Tournament
Tournament Should Attract Large
Number of Student*
That there will be held a tennis
tournament under the direction of
the Y. M. C. A. was announced by
the Y. M. C. A. Plans have been
made for the tournament, and it will
be held when weather permits.
Tennis, one of the sports popular
with students here, has been made a
minor sport. The holding of the
tournament will probably attract a
large number of students.
Information regarding the rules
and time of the contest will be an­nounced
later.
J. E. Mackie Speaks
To Engineers' Club
Stresses Uses of Wood In Mod­ern
Construction, Based
On Practical Methods
"The Correct Use of Lumber in
Construction" was the title of the
address given by J. E. Mackie,
structural engineer for the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association,
of Washington, D. C, when he spoke
at the February meeting of the En­gineers
Club Monday at 7 P. M. in
the lecture room of the School of
Architecture.
The meeting was not held in Broun
Hall, as it was previously announced,
because the equipment for showing
slides to demonstrate the points in
the lecture could be more convenient­ly
located in the architectual lecture
room.
Mr. Mackie pointed out satis­factory
and economical uses of wood
in present day construction, and
listed principles that will prevent the
misuse of lumber as a structural
material, basing his remarks on
practical construction methods and
recent scientific data.
Instructions in the selection of
lumber for building purposes were
given to the architectual students,
and the guaranties of grade and
moisture content of such lumber were
explained. The modern system of
grading lumber was described in de­tail.
Structures of common kinds of
lumber were described and illustrated
by slides. '
A recent development of the
chemically treated, fireproof wood
was a topic which interested many
of the members of the club. The
speaker told of tests which proved
doors made of this product superior
to metal-coated wood doors.
The speaker also included in his
speech the existing lumber supply,
the profit in tree planting, modern
methods of harvesting timber, and
the modern methods employed by
lumber concerns in utilizing wood
that hitherto has been wasted.
Baldwin Exp. Station
Superintendent Named
Otto Brown Made Head Gulf Coast
Branch At Fairhope, Ala.
Otto Brown, forester for the exten­sion
service of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, has been named
superintendent of the Gulf Coast
branch experiment station located at
Fairhope in Baldwin ' county. An­nouncement
of this was made today
by President Bradford Knapp and
Director M. J. Funchess of the ex­periment
station.
(Continued on page 4)
SCHEDULE ARRANGED
BY '30 TENNIS TEAM;
RATINGSJWLETED
Five Games Already Scheduled
Others Are Being
Arranged
Five games have already been
scheduled by the 1930 tennis team,
while several more are to be ar­ranged.
Two games with Howard,
two with Birmingham-Southern, and
one with Georgia Tech make up the
present schedule, and games with
Sewanee and Mississippi A. & M. are
in the future. There will also be
two pre-season contests with Fort
Benning.
The ratings for the tennis team
have been completed with Halse
coming first; Carl Nickerson, second;
G. E. Averill, third; J. jewel, fourth;
and G. W. Smith, fifth. Graduation
claimed Jackson and May of last
year's team, but their places will be
taken by numbers two and three of
the present rating. Several promis­ing
prospects coming up from the
freshman ranks of last season will
add more competition to the battle
for permanent positions.
The team is to be run on the
Round Robin System. Under this
system it is possible for any player
to gain a position on the team. The
low rating man may be challenged
and he winning two out of three
games gains the challenged man's po­sition.
A man cannot be. challenged
oftener than once a week and a week
must be allowed in which to play
the game. Anyone desiring to try
out for a position is invited by the
present team to show his ability.
A freshman team is to be orga­nized
this season. A call has been
sent to all freshmen interested in this
team by Howard Halse at the Lambda
Chi House. Matches will be held be­tween
the freshman and varsity
teams, while other matches will be
arranged if desired.
The freshman players will be al­lowed
to substitute tennis in place
of Physical Training, but they must
leave their name and address with
Halse.
Prexy Says Coaching
Problem Settled Soon
Patience Is Urged By President In
Regard to Athletic Situation
"The coaching problem, although
it has not yet taken any definite
shape is to be worked out in a very
short while," is the hope of Dr.
Knapp, which he made known in a
special convocation Tuesday morning.
In speaking of the coaching prob­lem,
Dr. Knapp expressed his regrets
over the failure of the school to en­gage
Tom Lieb as football coach at
Auburn. However, he emphasized
the point that he will go to the limit
in an attempt to secure the best
coaching material obtainable.
Dr. Knapp, in thanking the stu­dents
for their wholehearted coope­ration
in this problem, promised them
that their patience would be reward­ed
in the near future. He made it
clear that he had not and would not
affirm any statements to the affect
that he was carrying on any negoti­ations
with coaches over the country
and he also made it clear that no
statements would be officially issued
until some man had been signed.
Y. M. C. A. Organizes
Basketball Team
Will Represent Auburn "Y" At
Tournament to Be Held At
Piedmont, Ala.
A basketball team composed of
captains and lieutenants in the Au­burn
Y. M. C. A. is being formed to
represent Auburn in a tournament to
be held at Piedmont, Ala. in the
Piedmont "Y."
Earl Smith, center on the T. 0. X.
interfraternity championship team,
has been elected captain of the "Y
Plainsmen." The coach has not yet
been chosen, but a decision is to be
made soon. Arrangements are being
made to use the gym for practice.
Spring Training
Is Started Today
By Football Men
"Bull" McFaden To Instruct
Gridders Untir Arrival Of
Head Goach
A call for football men to begin
spring training immediately was made
at the special convocation yesterday
morning by President Knapp, direc­tor
of athletics. Coach Bull Mc-
Fadden of the freshman team has
been appointed to coach the varsity
until a head coach had been signed
for the institution.
Dr. Knapp, in expressing the opin­ion
of himself and the athletic
council, said that although there was
no head football coach, there were
no reasons why spring training should
not be begun.
Equipment was issued yesterday
afternoon, and the actual work will
be started immediately.
Members of the varsity and fresh­man
teams of this year were urged
to report on the first day.
Clinic Being Held
By Veterinarians
Many States Are Represented
By Eminent Graduate Stu­dents
and Profs.
To attend unique clinics and study
animal diseases, graduate veterina­rians
of Southeastern and other
states are present at a short course
which opened here Monday, Day
and night sessions are being held
through Saturday.
Wisconsin, Iowa, South Carolina,
Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Tennes­see,
and other states are represented
by eminent practitioners. More than
thirty-five are expected to register
before the end of the week.
The course is under the direction
of Dr. C. A. Cary, dean of the school
of veterinary medicine, who has lec­tured
and given demonstrations on
rabies in humans, tuberculosis in
poultry, abortion in cattle and swine,
undulant fever, and other diseases.
Dr. Thos. F. Ferguson, practitioner
of Wisconsin, president of the Ameri­can
Veterinary Medical Association,
has lectured, given clinical demon­strations,
and operated. Another
eminent veterinarian on the program
is Dr. D. A. Eastman of Cedar Rapids,
Michigan, noted for his knowledge of
disease in dogs and other small ani­mals.
Members of the Auburn faculty
who have spoken include Dr. I. M.
Hays, Dr. M. L. Boevers, Dr. Ed
Everett, Dr. I. S. McAdory, Dr. E. C.
McCuIloch, and Dr. E. S. Winters.
Dr. J. I. Miller of Columbus, Geor­gia,
has told how he ventilates a small
animal hospital during the different
seasons of the year.
Stereopticon slides and motion pic­tures
have been shown at night ses­sions
to illustrate diseases under dis­cussion.
Thursday night the Auburn Stu­dents'
Veterinary Medical Associa­tion
will give a banquet for the visit-in
veterinarians and the Auburn fac­ulty.
President Knapp will be the
principal speaker.
The Alabama Veterinary Medical
Association will meet in connection
with the short course Friday. At
this meeting Dr. G. J. Phelps of Mont­gomery,
president of the association,
will preside.
Pres. Knapp To Attend
Agricultural Meeting
Dr. Bradford Knapp left Auburn
Tuesday night for Jackson, Mississip­pi
to attend the annual meeting of the
Southern Association of Agricultural
Workers of which he is vice-president.
Before leaving Auburn he received a
telegram from Dr. Wilmon Howell,
president of the association, announ­cing
his inability to attend and ask­ing
Dr. Knapp to serve as president.
Dr. Newell is dean of agriculture at
the University of Florida.
Y.M.C.A. ANNOUNCES
R.L.L0WORN EDITOR
OF 1931 "RAT BIBLE"
Bibles To Be Ready For Dis­tribution
At Opening Of
Fall'Term
MILITARY DEPT. PLANS
A SHIFT IN PERSONNEL
R. L. Lovvorn has been selected
editor of the 1931 "Rat Bible," ac­cording
to a statement made to of­ficials
of the Y. M. C. A. This ap­pointment
is always made about the
middle of the school session, in order
to make possible the collection of ma­terial,
and have the "Bibles" ready
for distribution when the students
arrive in the fall. The new editor will
appoint his staff.
Lovvorn is a member of the Alpha
Gamma Rho social fraternity and
several honorary organizations; he is
a junior in the agriculture course.
The "Rat Bibles" are published to
give the new students information
regarding the institute, its traditions,
faculty, and records. In this book
there are facts about the fraternities
and organizations, both honorary and
social, concerning the requirements
for membership. Also contained are
the rosters of the different teams,
their schedules, records made by
them, and the men making the rec­ords.
The calendar of the school year
and the constitution of the student
association are all included in the
handbook. A directory of Auburn
churches is contained.
The book is published for the stu­dents
by the Y. M. C. A., and is ar­ranged
so .that it will be of use not
only during a student's first year,
but also through his entire college
career.
Federal Farm Board
Selects Pres. Knapp
Prexy Made Member Of Cotton Ad­visory
Committee
Dr. Bradford Knapp, has been ap­pointed
a member of the cotton ad­visory
committee of the Federal Farm
Board. He has accepted the appoint­ment
after receiving notice from
Allen Northington, president of the
American Cotton Cooperative Associ­ation,
a thirty million dollar organi­zation
recently formed under the di­rection
of the Federal Farm Board
by authority of the agricultural mar­keting
act.
As one of the advisory committee,
Dr. Knapp will be called into counsel
on all problems pertaining to cotton,
especially those partaining to market­ing,
in which Dr. Knapp has played
a conspicuous part for many years.
The American Cotton Cooperative
Association was organized for the
purpose of improving the system for
marketing cotton. It is the biggest
agricultural organization in exist­ence
and is headed by Allen North­ington,
an Alabamian, who has been
identified with the cooperative cotton
marketing movement since it was
started eight years ago.
Selection of Dr. Knapp as one of
the advisory committee is a distinct
recognition of his influence in the
field of progressive agriculture, and
of his thorough knowledge of the
problems confronting the cotton farm­ers
of the South.
Kiwanis Club Invited
To Florida Meeting
No Action Taken By Local Members
On Invitation of Hollywood
Kiwaniant
The local Kiwanis Club received
an invitation extended to them by
the Holly wood, (Florida) Kiwanis
Club to attend a meeting to be held
in that city at an early date. No def­inite
action in this direction was
taken by the club at its weekly meet­ing
Monday.
Mr. Eastman and Mr. Ferguson of
Wisconsin, who are assisting in the
annual veterinary medicine short
course, were present as visitors of the
local club.
A short program consisted of a.
solo by Sergeant Moxham and the
reading of several humorous papers
by members.
Lieutenants Barth, Pease, Bow­man
and Capt. Ott Included
In Change
The military department here is
looking forward to a new administra­tion
of officers in the probable chang­ing
of the personnel of the depart­ment
at the end of the school year,
according to Major John T. Kennedy,
head of the school of military science
and tactics. Several changes which
went into effect on February 1, have
already been made by Major Ken­nedy.
Lieutenant G. B. Barth has been
relieved from the duties of adjutant,
Lieutenant F. O. Bowman of the en­gineer
corps replacing him.
Lieutenant C. E. Pease, supply of­ficer
for the past several years will
be relieved by Captain E. S. Ott. For
the past fuor and a half years Lieu­tenant
Pease has handled all details
of the receiving and issuing of cloth­ing
and other military supplies to
the past four and a half years Lieu­tenant
Pease will be relieved from
duty at Auburn at the end of the
scholastic year, and Captain Ott will
take over the duties of supply offi­cer.
In the future, students desiring
information in connection with uni­forms,
training regulations, and the
like will report to Captain Ott in the
military offices.
Modern Dairy Unit
Is Now Completed
Structure and Equipment Are
Among- Most Up-To-Date
In The Country
The new dairy unit of the animal
husbandry department has been com­pleted
by the Frost Construction
Company; the new structure is mod­ern
in every way.
The plan of the barn is that of a
capital U; its capacity is fifty-six
cows, with a one-hundred ton silo at
each end of the building. Some of
the unusual features are the absences
of ledges to catch dust and cobwebs,
a large amount of window space, and
full electric equipment.
The primary purpose of the struc­ture
is the instruction in the care
and management of dairy cattle.
Included in this same project is
the building of a modern herdman's
house on the same grounds.
Showalter Says Child
Training Is Neglected
Professor Reports More Attention
Given to Raising of Livestock
American colleges and universities
are spending thousands of dollars on
research work for the feeding and
care of livestock, but very little in
the preparation of children.
So thinks, Dr. B. R. Showalter
president of the Alabama Mental
Hygiene Association and director of
extension teaching at Auburn, who
advocates training in child welfare
work for all college and high school
students. This work would enable
them to give their own children more
efficient training, and at the same
time raise the standard of the human
race. Most mental defects could be
prevented in early childhood, says
Dr. Showalter. At present he is de­livering
a series of lectures on child
psychology over station WAPI. These
lectures includes discussions of how
to prevent fright, breaking down of
personality, and other habits formed
in early childhood.
During the past thirty years a
great deal of material has been ob­tained
by doctors and psychologists
on the physical welfare of the child.
This includes the feeding and care
of the child from birth. As very
little work has been done in mental
training of the child, a course of this
kind should be given in all institu­tions
of learning.
NOTICE
All men interested in doing Hi-Y
work, please call by the Y. M. C. A.
office, or see Joe Plant.
Man Who Defied
Mercury Editor
Will Speak Here
Ernest Hartsock, Editor and
Poet, Challenged Mencken's
Attitude Toward South
BROADCAST OVER WAPI
Six Personal Appearances Are
Scheduled for Winner 1929
National Poetry Award
Six personal appearances and one
radio broadcast during his stay in
Auburn Feb. 6-7 are scheduled for
Ernest Hartsock, dynamic Atlanta
editor and poet who has defied H. L.
Mencken's description of the South as
"The Sahara of Bozart (Beaux
Arts)."
Hartsock, winner of the 1929 na­tional
poetry prize, deliberately chose
the south for his literary activities,
founding, editing, and publishing Bo­zart,
a nationally significant maga­zine
of verse in Atlanta. This maga­zine
recently manifested its prospe­rity
by . becoming the second largest
poetry magazine published in America
after absorbing Japm: the Poetry
Weekly and Contemporary Verse, the
second oldest magazine of its kind
in this country. It stands as a chal­lenge
to Mencken's sweeping dismissal
of the south as a literary wasteland.
The young poet's program while
in Auburn follows: Lunch with Au­burn
Kiwanis club Thursday noon;
lectures and readings to students,
Thursday 7-8 p. m. in room 301, Sam-ford
Hall, Friday 9-10 a. m. and 11-12
a. m. room 311 Samford hall; dinner
given by Mrs. Zebulon Judd at her
home Friday evening; talk and read­ing
of his prize poem over WAPI
between 7-8 p. m.; and a lecture,
reading, and reception at 8:15 p. m.
Friday in Smith HalL The last-named
lecture is being sponsored by
the Auburn Woman's club, and will
include a musical program featuring
Prof. J. W. Brigham, head, and Earl
Hazel, member of the A. P. I. depart­ment
of music.
(Continued on page 4)
'Go-To-Church' Month
Will Be Held Again
Loving Cup to Be Given Fraternity
With Highest Average In Contest
Under the sponsorship of the Y.
M. C. A., "go to church month" will
commence Sunday, February 16th.,
and last through Sunday March 9th.
The fraternity scoring the greatest
number of points will be awarded a
silver loving cup.
To attain a hundred percent, each
member of the fraternity must at­tend
three services every Sunday
during the month. The total aver­age
will take into consideration the
number of members in the various
groups, so that each fraternity will
have the same possible maximum per­centage.
Last year was the first time that
"go to church month" was held, and
it resulted in a large increase in
church attendance during the month
and following it. According to plans
of the Y. M. C. A. this will be a reg­ular
annual affair,
civic clubs of Auburn last year was
The cup which was given by the
won by the Tau Omega Chi fratern-ity.
| I
Clarence LeCroy, vice-president of
the Y. M. C. A., is in active charge
of all preparations for activity. On
the final Sunday of this contest, a
joint revival meeting of all the
churches of Auburn will begin.
Department Interior
Appoints Dr. Knapp
In a communication from Secre­tary
Wilbur of the Department of
Interior, Washington, Dr. Bradford
Knapp was informed that he had been
appointed as a member of the ad­visory
committee on illiteracy. The
committee has for its objective the
removal of illiteracy by effective edu­cational
means.
PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1929
* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS %
It seems that the Democratic party is going to have to see if the party by the
same name in India will lend enough voters to secure at least one more national
election in this country.
* * * * * * * *
Probably the only possible way out of the present situation.
Izzy Laszky, who hadn't been in this country long, was witness in a law-suit,
and the lawyer cross-examining him began:
"Laszky, what do you do?"
"Ven?" asked Laszky.
"When you work, of course," replied the lawyer.
"Vy, work—"
"I know," said the lawyer, "but what at?"
"At a bench."
"Oh!" groaned the lawyer.
"In a factory."
"Now, Laszky, what do you make in that factory?"
"Fifteen dollars a week."
"No, no. What does the factory make?"
"I duno; a lot of money, I t'ink."
"Now listen! What kind of goods does the factory produce?"
"Oh," said Laszky, "good goods."
"I know; but what kind of good goods?"
"De best."
"The best of what?"
"-De best there is." *
"Of what?"
"Of dose goods."
"Your Honor," said the lawyer, "I give up."—Presbyterian Standard.
Reads like the answers of a freshman to us.
* * * * * * * *
Before a man marries, he holds an umbrella over his girl's head to keep her
from getting wet, afterwards to keep her hat from getting wet.
* * * * * * * *
Maybe the Pope had an eye for business when he condemned the public educa­tional
system.
* * * * * * * *
THE UNKNOWN FLOWER
On the roof by the smokestack,
Was a little fertile bed
Held there by an old toesack,
Where a flower peeped its head.
I saw this little flower,
As I climhed up near the top,
A bloom was in its bower,
And a leak was there to stop.
I searched the house-top over,
But no other could I find,
It seemed that this little flower,
Was the only one of its kind.
I pulled the bloom from its bower
And put it in a vase,
It gave me inspiration,
As I looked into its face
It seemed that God had put it there,
For a purpose that was unkonwn;
So I gave it my tenderest care,
And I called it my own.
M. T.
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THE PLAINSMAN
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receive special training at Fort Bragg next
Summer. It will aid them materially in
becoming efficient members of the O. R.
C.
Blue Key Trophy Holds
Students' Attention Now
In a recent issue of the Plainsman it
was announced that the Blue Key Honor
Society would confer a suitable award on
the man or woman student who has given
conspicuous service to Auburn during the
present collegiate year. Since that im­portant
announcement it is apparent that
a large number of students are interested
in naming the individual that really de­serves
the honor.
The standards are placed high although
perfection is not expected but it is neces­sary
to set up certain definite points in
order to arrive at a democratic decision.
At the first meeting of the trophy com­mittee
it was decided that every social
fraternity, honor society, departmental
club and any other organizations or groups
of students on the campus will be requested
to submit two names to President Knapp
before noon of Monday, February tenth.
It seems to be an all important fact to
refrain from nominating an individual who
is a member of a large number of organi­zations
for it has been demonstrated that
those who have directed their attentions
over a number of fields have found that a
split wedge cannot be driven home. It is
important for us to look to that student
who has accomplished something of value
to the college and its student body; a stu­dent
who has contributed and is contribut­ing
progressiveness of the institution; a
student who is keeping pace with twentieth
century progress and is giving service to
his alma mater and to his fellows without
the idea of an ulterior reward but one who
gives unstintingly and unselfishly.
Many have pointed out the impossibility
in naming such a person and have alluded
to the hopeless waste of time, energy and
expense in selecting and awarding such an
individual. The Blue Key Honor Society
has spent the greater part of two years in
debating the practical value to activity on
the campus and benefit to the college of
such an award. Through this medium one
person will be rewarded and the entire
student body will enjoy the benefits.
May we urge that every student, whether
a member of any campus organization or
not, devote some time and thought in de-terming
in his own mind the one man or
woman who would most nearly meet the
standards.
Communists Plan
For Red Education
Several months ago the Communists
made their first attack on the South and
were repulsed in North Carolina, they with­drawing
from the fray, but not abandon­ing
their cause. Many people have the
illusion that nothing more is to be done by
them, but the activities of the Communists
have hardly begun. Indications are that
imrhense losses to industry due to strikes
and wage losses to American workmen
from the same reason are to occur. This
foreign-bred labor union is going to give
a great amount of trouble to American
industry, for it has gone in heavily for edu­cation.
Industry and Labor magazine give some
•startling and illuminating facts as to the
educational program and facilities. In or­der
to attract new "proletarians" into lead­ing
positions as agitators and organizers,
the Communist party or Reds have opened
a "National Training School" in New York
City, where a six weeks' course is given to
promising proselytes. In order to expedite
attendance, the country is divided into
fifteen districts, each being allotted a num­ber
of students, provided a fee of $125 per
student be raised for expenses and fare
during the period of training. This school
was opened January 27.
The Paul Reed Farm, another Red train­ing
camp for organizers, was started last
year near Providence, R. I. Most of the
students work their way through school.
Some work on the farm, while others work
in the city and attend the night classes.
To become a full-fledged organizer, the
student must have acquired a working
knowledge of Communism, the ability to
fare forth and convert others to the cause
and the ability to speak in an emotional
manner to ignorant workmen. To be able
to do this, a good study of the life and
works of Carl Marx and Nicholai Lenine,
geography, history of Communism and oth­er
trade union movements, elementary eco-'
nomics, psychology (the ability to play on
the emotions of the ignorant), elocution,
oratory. No mathematics is required in
this curricula, but a great deal of the time
is taken up at flaming and touching Red
lectures.
When the proselyte "graduates," he is
ready for assignment as a skilled organizer
to work the "martyr" racket in securing
sums of money and recruits. It seems
that American money is the only thing
"American" acceptable to the Reds.
At the farms and training schools the
embryonic agitators toil for nothing in
acquiring the ability to secure members
for their cause, in learning how to extract
money from the sympathetic and berating
the employers of labor and the U. S. Gov­ernment.
After being approved by the head Bol­sheviks
of the Communist party, they are
sent on various assignments to establish
"labor centers," obtain members, and graft
funds. The new diciples are allowed to
keep what they can get at first, but after
a few months all collections are supposed
to be split on a sixty-forty basis with the
big dogs in the Trade Union Unity League,
the clearing house of all Communists
unions in the country. Sometimes the of­ficials
of the League have trouble in keep­ing
a check on all the money collected in
the field, but most of them live in luxury
just the same.
The Red party is establishing more
schools for their young recruits, while very
little or nothing is being done to combat
this growing menace. So far it has aff.ect-the
South in but one little spot, but will
soon be invading the very heart of her in­dustrial
centers in an effort to teach the
workmen the rotten principals of Com­munism,
the industrial destructionist.
Freshmen Can Now Take
Part In Pistol Team Work
The formation of a freshman pistol team
here by the military department will un­doubtedly
be of much value to the school,
and the military department is to be con­gratulated
upon their foresight in spon­soring
this team.
Not only will a freshman pistol team
form a basis upon which the varsity team
can be strengthened but it will create much
interest among the entire cadet unit. There
has been a lull in the interest shown in this
minor sport of late and this will be a very
efficient method of enlivening this dormant
spirit. A man usually picks his activities
during his first year in school and hereto­fore
the freshmen have had no opportunity
to take a part in the activities of the pistol
team. By making it possible for members
of the engineering unit to participate in
this sport, the potential strength of the var­sity
pistol team has been materially
strengthened as in the past many good men
in the engineering unit have been lost thru
their ineligibility to participate.
The Plainsman thinks that the freshman
pistol team will be of much value in pre-intercollegiate
pistol teams.
The Gecko
I'm the Gecko who never closes a door
behind me. I know that a great many
must think I was reared either in a jail or
in a barn, but it is too much trouble to
close a door after me. Of course, it is
not very considerate to leave a door open,
and every time I pass- through doing this,
I resolve to close it next time, but so far
I haven't] thought of it. In fact, I intend
to just keep this excuse up and not be
bothered with it.
The only time I think of closing a door
is when the cold wind is coming in, and
when I raise the devil if anyone else leaves
it open. They should think of other people
and realize that someone else wants it
closed. Someday I may decide to close
doors, but it doesn't make any difference
what people think of me as long as I am
not put to any extra trouble. Some have
been awfully critical, but they must think
I am supposed to take care of them. Well,
they have another guess incomg, for I don't
intend to close doors to accommodate them.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
A group, of students
organizations. These
are complicated by the fact that not all
professional clubs meet on the same night.
Tuesday evenings are difficult because of
the Current Events, and one professional
society meets Wednesday night which is
supposed to be regular fraternity meeting
night. I have discussed this with the deans
and I believe that the thing we ought to
do is to have one night for all professional
clubs, one night for fraternity meetings,
and at least one night in the week that is
free of any meetings at all. As soon as I
can get through the present rush of work,
I want to get this matter straightened out
so that we can have meetings which will
not conflict and especially meetings which
will not take the whole evening and ab­sorb
it to the exclusion of the regular work.
At the present time too many nights are
entirely absorbed with meetings and too
little time is left for study.
* * * * *
This paragraph which I wanted to write
last week cannot be written yet. A person
takes a certain amount of risk when he
goes out to try to employ the highest type
man he can find in a particular line. I
have had some trouble in this direction be­fore
now. I have occasionally tried to em­ploy
a scientist and found that he was out
of my reach—that no matter how many
other attractions I might hold out to him,
the surrounding circumstances of our sit­uation
here were such that I could not
command his services. I have never con­sidered
it any disgrace to go after the best
you could find even if you fail "to get it.
I want to say to this student body that I
have faith- enough in them and their fine
loyalty and courage enough to go right
straight ahead and try for another man
equally as good as the man who turned us
down. Governor Bibb Graves has a very
catchy little motto "Keep on keeping on"
that is exactly what I am going to do. I
am going to keep on .keeping on until we
get this thing worked out. It is seldom
that a difficult situation can be worked
out easily or quickly. I thought we had
this one clear out and in fine shape, but
it was not to be done quite so readily.
Never mind; I had a man on the way to
another great coach before I had hung up
the telephone receiver on the one who re­fused.
* * * * *
I see two things on the campus which are
very interesting: One is the growing fad,
which is in existence in every school, for
the fellows to go without their hats or
caps. The bare-headed craze is in every
college. At Illinois University the boys
were bareheaded with the thermometer
close to zero. I notice some fragmentary
freshmen caps—some dilapidated, sorry
looking affairs. I know what happens to
freshmen caps. I think there is a fine
way to settle the whole difficulty. We
make freshmen wear caps in the fall when
the football season is on to show their pa­triotism
and to acknowledge that they are
fredhmen. I rather expect that every
freshman in college wore his cap last fall.
We had an idea we were making Auburn
men out of them. How about it? Don't
you think that about ninety-nine per cent
of them are real Auburn men now? Are
they not thoroughly initiated? Haven't they
been loyal and fine? I expect the fellows
who have given the trouble and have kick­ed
against the pricks and made all the fuss
could be counted on the fingers of one or
two hands. I wonder what is the use of
punishing all the rest of them just for the
sake of these few. I know one institution
which has a regular custom of having a.
bonfire and burning all the freshmen caps
either at the end of the first semester or
at the end of the football season. After
that the freshmen are considered a regular
part of the student body. They have gone
through the probation period.
I don't like this business about painting
the numerals on the tank. There isn't very
much in it. It has just a nice invitation
to a fight in which-nine times out of ten
the innocent get hurt. ' The thing we need
is an inventive turn of mind. Why not
think of something that the freshmen could
do that would be worthwhile and let them
take pride in doing it and let's have each
senior class annually and regularly have its
numerals on the tank. I am willing to
help put them back where they belong and
make it the student rule that the fellow
who does anything to the senior numerals
has to pay for the damage.
How are you going to make an Auburn
man? Do you fancy that secretly or in any
other way you can beat loyalty into a man?
I do not believe that. I think the loyalty
NOW
Most of you freshmen think that you are
living in an exciting and hilarious exist­ence.
Do you think the dear old school is
in the forefront of youths' wild revolt?
If so, congitate upon some of the pranks
able Auburn to retain her high place among
and adventures fhat befell the old man
when he was in college a decade or two ago.
Take for instance, the fate of a barrel of
grain alcohol, at Mississippi A. & M., that
sat righteously in the chemical laboratory.
Some of the boys conceived the notion of
tapping it from the room below by boring
a hole through the bottom. The idea was
Auburn men have for the institution grows
out of their love of those things which they
think represent the institution and I think
they may not put this down just as I am
going to set them down but, nevertheless,
I think these things are important:
1. The democracy of the student body.
2. The friendliness of the student body.
3. The character of the men and wom­en
who have made the institution and have
impressed their own lives upon it.
4. The fact that what one gets here one
gets by honest toil, both mental and physi­cal.
5. The gradual creating of a spirit of
self-confidence-and willingness to work.
Auburn men do not scorn to begin at the
bottom, but they always want to go to the
top.
6. Lastly, a sort of spirit which is inde­scribable,
which gradually takes possession
of one's very being and makes him love
the connections he forms here—the insti­tution
itself and the ideals which he has
inspired in his own heart regarding it.
How does one reach that ideal? Does
he reach it by injustice or having it pound­ed
into him or paddled into him? I think
not. I think he reaches it sometimes in
spite of these things if that is what he
meets. I think they are obstacles very of­ten
rather than a means to the end. After
one has been here awhile, rubbed elbows
with these fellows, looked into their faces,
appreciated the things I have said about
them above, one begins to recognize that
being an Auburn man is a really worth­while
objective and we gradually become
more and more alike and more and more
of one mind. Let us not think too much of
the sideshow but save our real effort for
the main exercises under the big tent.
a complete success, and many the sheckel
paring men for the varsity team and en-that
purchased a pint, and many were the
experiments carried on with the organic
liquid. When the alcohol was nearly gone,
it was discovered that the barrel contained
a skeleton. This is quite different from
the seasoning we get today. We are con­tent
if it has a little charcoal and apples
in it. Just think of the fragrant taste of
bone. "Industrial alcohol has more than
400 uses," says a news item. And our
hospitals and cemeteries contain quite *a
bunch of experimenters who tried to make
it 401. Too bad.
* * * * *
COLLEGE MEN OF TODAY
American college men were given large
bouquets recently when Dr. John M.
Thomas, president of Rutgers University,
spoke over a nation-wide radio station
hook-up.
"By large," he said, "American college
men are clean, manly, and honorable. They
will tell the truth, all of them, even in a
tight place. They are neither yellow, red,
nor even pink. They have much to learn,
but they are learning it faster than any
generation of- any people on record. They
prefer hard games to easy ones, difficult
jobs to soft snaps. They will attend to the
work that needs doing and the problems
that need solving." Thanks, Dr.
* * * * *
SHO NUFF?
Philip A. Edwards, a negro Olympic star
and captain of the New York University
track squad, has married Miss Edith Mar­garet
Oedelschoff, 19, a white girl.
Edwards will graduate from New York Un­iversity
next June, and then the couple
will go to England, where Edwards intends
to study at Oxford University. Are we
not well pleased with the South?
* * * * *
THE KIND OF GIRL YOUR MOTHER
WAS
According to students of North Carolina
State, girls with the following character­istics
may apply to them for housekeeping
jobs. They must not drink, pet, smoke,
pet promiscuously (although they may pet
some), use cosmetics in excess, go hoseless
in summer or wear sunback dresses.
Furthermore, she must weight around 121
pounds, (what an elephant), be five feet
and six inches tall, and a brunet. It must
have been the moon.
WELL, I'D SAY THIS
'By cAaron GBillo'toheel
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.
* * * * *
IN REGARD to the unrest and unsolved
athletic situation prevailing on this
campus, the writer of this column once
more points out and congratulates the stu­dent
body for being the most sensible, tol­erant
and trusting of all persons interested
in the outcome or our athletic chaos. The
students of Auburn are and certainly have
the right to be the most concerned about
the satisfactory handling of the coaching
problem.
It is seldom that I can find it in my
heart to sincerely congratulate a student
body, here or anywhere. Nevertheless, at
a trusting silence regarding the problem,
and it is no small one, that of rebuilding a
gutted athletic department. There has at
all times prevailed a discreet calm on this
campus in the face of outside and stupid
fanning of the air. For this I congratulate
the students of Auburn.
* * * * *
ONCE more it occurs to me that the
person, outside of the alumni, that
is most thoroughly capable of mak­ing
a monstrous ass of himself is a sports
writer. I know of no other person so ca­pable
and so willing to tear into other
peoples affairs as is the sports writer.
There is no other person that can so pre­sumptiously
jump at half-baked conclu­sions.
More often than not, they are unable to
prevent their own puny ideas from color­ing
ostracism to the ordinary person, but
not to the sports writer; he is congratulat­ed
and back-patted until his green eye
shade casts a beautiful golden glow over
his face, and he says to himself, "Behold,
I am wise; I am a smart fellow, because I
can tell a college how to manage its ath­letic
affairs. Yes, most certainly, I am
a smart fellow."
Sometimes I wonder if Stuart X
Stephenson went to a journalism school or
is he one of those glamorous "Yeah? Sez
you" newspaper men. Neither, perhaps;—
probably just a youngster trying to get
along.
* * * * *
REASONS for feeling that I could get
along without children: First, I feel
that it is a very unjust trick to bring
a being into this world without knowing
whether or not it had rather be here or re­main
wherever spirits are before they are
born. I am conscious of this consideration
because I am not at all sure that I had
rather be here than there. *•
Second, there is no urge in me to per­petuate
my name, my characteristics, or
lack of characteristics. I can not become
in the least alarmed at the thought that
there will be no Aaron Billowheel, Jr. And
perhaps you will all agree that this disin­terestedness
is just as well.
Third, since it is sort of a game—the red
little thing is born and you wonder wheth­er
or not it is to become banker, lawyer,
murderer, president or professor. You
watch it grow, learn, develop physically
and gradually turn into something that is
usually extremely mediocre. A sort of
game, yes. Well, I prefer that my game be
slightly more subtle, or perhaps, even to
play it backwards, if you please. That is,
I had rather there be no Aaron, Jr., then
spend my life wondering and speculating
upon the youngsters fate had he been born.
Next, my sense of humor would not be
thrilled to find my shaving cream squeezed
all over the radio; my tenor would sound
terrible at two o'clock A. M. and I can't
remember the words to "Rock-a-bye-baby-in-
the-tree-tops"; and I don't want to have
to move to the suburbs so the kids can
have fresh air. I want to live in the city,
have steam heat, hot water, plenty of pave­ment
and don't want to own an automobile.
I have a nephew five7and a niece three.
LOST LOVE
His eyes are quickened so with grief,
He can watch a grass or leaf
Every instant grow; he can
Clearly through a flint wall see,
Or watch the startled spirit flee
From the throat of a dead man.
Across two counties he can hear,
And catch your words before you speak.
The woodhouse or the maggot's weak
Clamour rings in his sad ear;
And noise so slight it would surpass
Credence:—drinking sound of grass,
Worm-talk, clashing jaws of moth
Chumbling holes in cloth:
The gi-oan of ants who undertake
Gigantic loads for honour's sake—
Their sinews creak, their breath comes thin:
Whir of spiders when they spin,
And minute whispering, mumbling, sighs
Of idle grubs and flies.
This man is quickened so with grief,
He wanders god-like or like thief
Inside and out, below, above,
Without relief seeking lost love.
—Robert Graves.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1929 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
P. M. BROWN FLIES OVER ANDES
FOR COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO.
"8,000 feet and still going up—
Looks as though he's going to run
plunk into some of the higher peaks—
It's a little rough—"
It's P. M. Brown speaking, one of
the Columbia Phonograph Company's
South American representatives, for­merly
Advertising Manager of their
Export Department, in New York.
, He's flying over the Andes from
Santiago, Chile, to Buenos Aires, Ar­gentina,
on a little business errand,
taking notes as he soars.
"9,000 feet, and the rough old Andes
begin to look foreboding—fathomless
canyons or rock and snow—Some of
the drops seem a mile deep and sort
of take your breath—10,000 feet—
hundreds of miles of glaciers—glori­fied
snow slides for the kiddies—It
might be the last slide—And anyway,
how'd, you get back to the tops? More
rough weather—quite thrilling when
she bumps some big ones and slides
down the other side—12,000 feet—Us­ually
carry two pilots but this trip
Pilot Komdat's running alone, with
emergency flying mechanic sitting be­side
him with oxygen tank on his
knees in case any of the passengers
need resuscitating—14,000 and it's
getting quite chilly over Chile—Look­ing
miles below there doesn't seem to
be any soft places—Ship's climbing
harder and slower—16,000—Pilot
seems to change the speed of the en­gines
quite often—Or it may be the al­titude's
effect on the ears—makes
them sound different—It's good the
plane's enclosed and heated but the
cold begins to squeeze in from all sides
—My feet are getting cold—Pilot has
big fur-lined aviator's boots on and
gloves—17,000—Climbing very hard
and slow now—5 below zero—sit
shivering with Panama hat on—half
.an hour ago we were in sunny sum­mer
valley-
When she bumps over the big ones
your knees almost hit your chin—Just
burned my nose with my cigarette—
These drops are hard on the tummy—
Head's quite buzzy and dizzy—Breath­ing
twice as fast and then can't get
enough air—A couple of the passen­gers
have passed out and the groom's
giving them oxygen—18,000 feet—
Some of these deep craters fringed
with glaciers for thousands of years
would be interesting spots to land—
The motors have zipped up another
notch—they hum a higher tune—Can
see old Aconcagua with his white hat
away up north—even the rocks and
bumps on him are enormous moun­tains-—
Knees make a shivery rest for
writing—probably won't be able to
read my own notes—vibration and
bumps don't make it any easier—Any­way,
feel like sitting back and going
to sleep—One would have to get used
to this to enjoy it—A beautiful sun­ny
cloudless morning up here—clear
as crystal—The visibility must be for
hundreds of miles—Over the eastern
edge now—speed 80 miles an hour—
dropping 1,000 feet a minute—
wowie!"
Mr. Brown, we are glad to state,
reached Buenos Aires safely at 5:10
p. m. of this eventful day, the sole
passenger out of 18 who had not been
airsick.
Books of Interest
The Homeward Angel" a Book of Southern Life
and Is Study in Emotions
LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL
By Thomas Wolfe
Review By L. C. McCallum, '32
This book of southern life written
by a southern author is a study in emo­tions.
The story covers the life of a
•large family, the Gants of Altamount,
for a period of twenty years and every
emotion of each of these characters
is laid bare. Realism to the extreme
seems to be the author's keynote and
at times the effect is splendid.
A little streak of insanity that is
more prevalent in some members of
the family allows the author to pre­sent
vivid imaginings of the disorder­ed
mind and unless closely followed,
is liable to leave the reader in some­thing
of a daze.
Dean In Controversy
With Wisconsin Studes
PROFESSOR FINDS WAR IS
NORMAL STATE OF HUMANITY
Paris—(IP)—That war is a normal
state for humanity, is the conclusion
drawn by Professor Pella, Roumanian
delegate to the League of Nations
who, after some research, has found
that during the 3,400 years of record­ed
history, there have been 3,152 years
of local and general wars. This, he
points out, leaves only 248 peace years
Byrd has nothing on us— j in known history.
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Madison, Wis.—(IP)—A poll of
student opinion at the University of
Wisconsin has been taken by the Car­dinal,
undergraduate newspaper, to
determine if the students, wish to have
abolished the office of dean of men.
The poll was the latest move in the
war opened by several groups against
Scott M. Goodnight, dean of men, who
recently caused the dismissal from
college of a couple found spending the
night together.
Professor William Ellery Leonard
has protested to President Glenn
Frank that Dean Goodnight has be­come
a "campus constable" and the
the dean's action in discovering the
couple was "an entry into the bridal
chamber." The students were married
a short time after the incident and
Leonard said they already had ex­changed
wedding rings.
Leonard and Goodnight both made
statements, the dean of men defend­ing
his action and denying he forced
his way into the apartment. President
Frank has taken no action. The dean
of women, Miss F. Louise Nardin, en­tered
the battle by asserting support
of Leonard would be support of free
love.
The Daily Cardinal printed ballots
to learn what the sentiment of
students is.
A weekly round table of
student leaders censored the
pulsion of the two students but
clared the student leaders did not be­lieve
the dean's ' office should be
abolished.
The book is typically southern. No
one but a southerner could have writ­ten
it and although the towns, cities,
and university mentioned in the story
are supposedly ficticious, they are
easily recognizable by one who is fa­miliar
with this section of the coun­try
.
The author's purpose seems to have
been to present a picture of family life
that would be minus the drabness that
is usually so prevalent in such a theme.
His colorful account of the Gants cer­tainly
cannot be classed as drab. The
book should be popular.
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Arrest Of Officials
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KRATZER'S
Montgomery, Alabama
Local Dealers
Homer Wright S. L. Toomer
Tiger Drug Store
Chicago — (IP)—Warrants h a ve
been issued for the arrest of all of­ficials
of Greer College, an industrial
school here, on charges of conspiracy
to defraud. The charges were signed
by four youths who said they came to
the college to "earn while they learn"
and found that the college's advertise­ments
"didn't mean anything."
Those whose arrest was asked in the
warrants included Erwin Greer, presi­dent
of the school; Herman Schneyer,
first vice-president; T. D. Nairn,
second vice-president; Frederick
Greer, treasurer, and Emil Blast, sec­retary.
The youths, who came here to be­come
master mechanics and airplane
pilots, are Joacuin Reyes, Wayne E.
Wolf, Leo. A. Soulek and Henry Bar-tel.
The boys said that there were no
jobs for them when they got to col­lege,
as had been advertised, and that
the college officials informed them
the course would take longer than
specified in the advertisement.
Greer, the president, denounced the
students as "underhanded."
"We do not guarantee work to every
student who enters our school," he
said.
PERCENTAGE IN COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT ON DECREASE
Pittsburg—(IP)—In his annual re­port,
President Thomas S. Baker
greets with satisfaction the report
that the percentage of increase in the
total enrollment in American colleges
is less now than in recent years.
"The rapid expansion of the Ameri­can
universities after the war has not
been an unmixed blessing to the intel­lectual
life of our country," President
Baker said.
"It has not been possible to secure
a sufficient number of well-trained
and inspiring teachers to direct the
flood of young people who have been
pressing for admission to college."
Mrs. B. M. Askew and daughter,
Patricia, are visiting in Auburn.
• . * ' # - * •
Miss Mildred Wood spent- last
week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. D. Wood, of Birmingham.
* * * * *
Miss Louise Glanton attended the
meeting of the American Tygiene
Association in New York, at which
Dr. Ana Garlain Spencer, Dr. Over-street
of New York University, and
Dr. Morris Bigelow of Columbia Uni­versity
were the principal speakers.
* * * * *
Jimmie Leslie of Columbus, was in
Auburn last week-end.
* * * * *
Miss Josephine Eddy, accompanied
by her mother, will attend the Home
Economics Council meeting here this
week. Miss Eddy was at one time the
Clothing Specialist here.
* * * * *
Miss Madge Johnson, head of the
Home Economics Department at
Woman's College, and Miss Elizabeth
Lacy, who has charge of the Home
Economics at Montevallo, will attend
the Home Economics Council meet­ing
here.
* * * * *
Friends are congratulating Mr. a nd
Mrs. John Ivey on the arrival of a
son.
Friends of Miss Louise Glanton,
Miss Lillie Spencer, and Miss Mar­guerite
Odendahl are happy to know
that their apartment is ready for
them to move in again after the fire
during Christmas.
* * * * *
Miss Mary Claude Fletcher spent
last week with her mother and sister
in Opelika.
* * * * *
Dr. F. W. Parker of Delaware,
while in Auburn on business, is the
guest of Professor J. W. Tidmore.
* * * * *
Misses Mary McSwean, Agnes Ray,
and Mae Crandell of Birmingham,
will motor through this week-end to
visit Professor and Mrs. W. E. Sewell.
* * * * *
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Blocker of Ash-ford,
Alabama, announce the birth
of a son, Jack Ezell. Mr. Blocker
finished here in Vocational Agricul­ture
with the class of last year.
* * * * *
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian church held an hour of
prayer for the missionaries of China
on Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. Hay.
* * * * *
On Friday afternoon the Woman's
Auxiliary met with Mrs. J. W. Scott
from ten to three to study the
"Church in China." Luncheon was
served to the members by Mrs. Scott.
* * * * *
Miss Louise Glanton has just re­turned
from the East where she visit­ed
Mrs. Lillian Gildbreth of Mont
Clair, New Jersey, who is an author­ity
on Efficiency in Household Man­agement.
* * * * *
Mrs. Gilbreth was very pleased
with the picture of the efficiency
kitchen of the Practice House here
and retained one for her collection.
* * * * *
Mrs. M. L. Beck who has been ill
at the Wesley Memorial hospital in
Atlanta, is expected to return in
Atlanta, is expected to return in
about two weeks.
* * * * *
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Irwine are be­ing
congratulated on the arrival of
a little son whom they have named
Donald Wislon.
* * * * *
Miss Bessie Raby visited friends
in Montgomery the past week-end.
Mechanical Process
For Making Wrought
Iron Is Discovered
Washington—(IP)—A romance of
science, with the scene laid in a de­serted
iron mill near Pittsburg, was
divulged here recently with the an­nouncement
of the discovery of a long-sought
mechanical process for manu­facture
of wrought iron.
The discovery is expected to have a
Jar-reaching influence upon the iron
industry, it was declared.
Deespite its superiorities in many
ways and for many uses, wrought
iron has long fought a losing battle
with it's great rival steel.
Heretofore all iron was~ wrought
by hand, and production could offer
only puny competition to the vast out­puts
of steel mills, operating with the
Bessemer process.
Prior to 1879 steel production was
but a small fraction of the wrought
iron output, but the improvement in
steel foundry methods since that time
has virtually wiped out the old "iron
puddler."
Many metallurgists, the world over,
have attempted to reproduce the work
of the iron puddler by .machinery but
with little success.
Dr. James Aston, director of the
department of mines and metallurgy
at Carnegie Institute of Technology,
undertook the problem however, and
according to the announcement made
recently, has succeeded in large quan­tity
production of wrought iron by
a new method.
Specimens of this manufacture, sent
to the United States Bureau of Stan­dards
for test proved to be the equal,
and in some ways the superior of the
old hand-wrought material, it was
stated.
HISTORIC MOTION PICTURE
OF GEO. WASHINGTON FILMED
Tech Completes 1930
Football Schedule
Washington—(IP)—A h i s t o r ic
motion picture depicting the life of
George Washington is being prepared
under the direction of the Washington
Society of Alexandria, Va., one of the
oldest patriotic societies in the nation.
The picture will begin with the ar­rival
of the boy Washington at Mount
Vernon, the home of his brother,
Lawrence, and will portray him in
successive scenes during the fifty
years he participated in the life of
Alexandria.
The completed film will be available
to patriotic and civic organizations,
high schools and colleges throughout
the United States.
FAVORS ELIMINATION OF ~
THE WORD "APPLAUSE"
Washington—(IP)—Elimination of
the frequently interjected word "ap­plause"
from the Congressional Rec­ord
has been urged in the House by
Representative Underhill, Republi­can,
of Massachusetts. '
His suggestion was greeted by ap­plause.
He said too much applause
and "political propaganda" and ad­vertising
matter were put into the
Record and this increased the print­ing
bill.
i
An agreement with Auburn com­pleted
Georgia Tech's football sched­ule
for the coming year; and the fol­lowing
are the opponents of the Gold­en
Tornado.
October 4th.—South Carolina in At­lanta.
October 11—Carnegie Tech in Pitts­burg.
October 18—Auburn in Atlanta.
October 25—Tulane in Atlanta.
November 1—North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
November 8—Vanderbilt in Atlanta.
November 15—Pennsylvania in Phila­delphia.
Thanksgiving—Florida in Atlanta.
December 6—Georgia in Atlanta.
EXPLORER, SERVING TERM,
HAS NEW THEORY OF LIFE
Leavenworth, Kans. —(IP)—Dr.
Frederick A. Cook, former explorer
and now serving a term in Leaven­worth
federal penitentiary for an
adventure in the field of high finance,
has, in the prison magazine of which
he is editor, propounded a new theory
of life, which he calls "the feeling per­ception."
According to the former ex­plorer,
all sense in the human being is
that of feeling.
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Removing mental barriers
In the Bell Telephone System men are
constantly studying new ways to make the
customer's dealings with the company
easy and pleasant. The new "counter-less"
idea, now being introduced in the
telephone company's business offices, is a
case in point.
Here the customer is placed at once on
a friendly personal basis with the company
representative. He is invited to sit down
comfortably and discuss his business. Cer­tainly
more satisfactory than standing at a
counter.
This single instance represents a point
of view which telephone men think is im­portant.
Telephone service calls for engi­neering
skill and more—it needs human
understanding.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1930
Annual Saddle Horse
Sale Held In St. Louis
The fifth annual St. Louis Saddle
Horse Sale will be held April 18 and
19 at the Missouri Stables arena,
according to an announcement by
Elmer L. Musick, nationally known
horseman, who will serve as manager
of the coming auction.
Manager Musick has already been
assured that show horses, show
prospects and pleasure mounts will be
consigned to the sale by well-known
exhibitors, dealers and breeders from
California, Missouri, I l l i n o i s,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Mas­sachusetts
and other important horse
centers.
In addition to the three and five
gainted saddle horses, there will be a
fine offering of hunters and polo and
hackney ponies.
The last month sale, as well as the
recent St. Louis National Horse Show,
which attracted a record number of
entries from all over the country,
proved that the Mound City is rapidly
advancing to the front as the out­standing
saddle horse center in the
country. More than 125,000 spectators
witnessed the various performances
at last year's combined national horse
show and saddle horse sale in St.
Louis. »
Manager Musick, who stated that
the final day to file entries will be
April 1, has already received a number
of entries from a half dozen states.
He anticipates that the coming auetion
will be the biggest ever held in the
MANY LEADERS JOIN IN
WAR ON CIGARETTES
Washington — (IP) —Among the
leaders in a new war on smoking, with
the idea of bringing Congress to see
its way clear to regulating or abolish­ing
cigarette advertising, are Dr.
Harvey W. Wiley, Dr. William G.
Lennox, of Harvard University,
Senator Smoot, of Utah, Dr. Daniel
A. Poling, of the Christian Endeavor,
the Christian Science Monitor, the
National Child Welfare Council, the
Boy Rangers of America, and the
northern wing of the Methodist Epis­copal
Church.
NOTED WRITER IS
COLUMBUS VISITOR
Sherwood Anderson, well-known
writer, is staying for a few days at
the home of Julian Harris in Colum­bus.
Besides being the editor of two
newspapers, Mr. Anderson is also the
author of several novels. "Hello
Towns," his most recent book, has
been the subject- of much praise in
literary circles, as well as have his
"Winesburgh, Ohio," and "Dark
Laughter."
New Observatory Is
Considered Best
Middle-West, as well as being one of
the largest in the country, insofar as
fine horses are concerned.
The geographical location of St.
Louis along with the ideal hotel and
railroad facilities makes the Mound
City saddle horse sales a point of
contact for the seller and buyer of
saddle horses.
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COLLEGE BARBER SHOP
Bay Village, O., (IP)—Poking its
gilded dome at the skyline and over­looking
Lake Erie at the Ehrbar Pre­paratory
School, here, is a new as­tronomical
observatory said by its de­signer
to be the most beautiful in the
nation.
The observatory, which will be used
by Dr. L. H. Ehrbar, head of the
school, in his studies and for research
for the government, was designed by
Albert F. Schroeder, of Cleveland.
Se£ up in the observatory is a Stein-heil
telescope, purchased by Schroeder
in Munich in 1923. Bought at the time
of the depression of the German mark,
the instrument cost Schroeder 14,000
marks, and 7,000,000 marks for pack­ing—
a total of $96 in American
money.
"My research work for the govern­ment
will consist of measuring- the
stellar distance, both from the earth
and between the stars," Erhbar said.
"I hope also to establish the location
of some new stars."
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Cordial Greetings to the Vets
Now that you have your work planned
for the new semester you can take time
to select your VALENTINES.
Send her a Valentine. Your whole future
may hang on it.
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Something New Every Day
(Continued from page 1)
The appointment of Mr. Brown
completes the head personnel of the
five branch experiment stations of
the state. The other four are locat­ed
in Limestone, DeKalb, Henry and
Dallas counties with superintendents
already on the job.
Brown was selected because of his
unusual qualifications to conduct the
work for the Gulf Coast Station. He
was born and reared on a farm in
Choctaw county. He graduated with
high honors at Auburn in 1914,
majoring in horticulture. The fol­lowing
year he received the degree
of master of science at Auburn.
Immediately after graduation he
engaged in citrus fruit inspection
work, being stationed in Mobile and
Baldwin counties. There he remained
until he returned to Auburn to en­gage
in other lines of horticultural
work.
For one year he. was instructor in
horticulture at the Texas A. and M.
College. He resigned his position
in Texas to enlist in the army during
the World War. One year of his
service in the army was spent in
France.
After receiving his discharge from
the army he returned to Alabama
where he re-intered. horticultural
work in connection with the college
of Plant Industry of the State De­partment
of Agriculture from where
he returned to Auburn to become
extension forester, the position which
he now holds.
Morgan Finds Proof
Francis Bacon Wrote
Shakespeare Plays
Stratford-on-Avon, England—(IP)
That Shakespeare was nothing more
than a good actor, and this his plays
—those attributed to him during suc­ceeding
generations—were written by
Francis Bacon, is the belief of J. Ed­ward
Morgan, formerly known as "the
Nebraska poet," and more recently as
the scholarly proprietor of a Califor­nia
print shop, who rs planning to re­turn
to the United States with what
he believes is final proof of his theory.
Morgan came here to prove the
Baconian theorists wrong. He leaves
finally convinced that Bacon, not
Shakespeare, is the greatest of all
English dramatists and writers.
According to Wade Werner, Asso­ciated
Press Feature Service Writer,
Morgan has discovered that Bacon not
only wrote the plays but scattered the
letters of his name through the pages
of the early folios, and wrote his sig­nature
over and over again in the
decoration of the volumes.
"It was his printer's eye, "Werner
writes, "that led Morgan to discover
peculiarities in the typography of the
folios.
"He says he discovered dozens of
initial letters, and even single letters,
in the body of the text, which under
careful scrutiny are seen to be Ba­conian
signatures, some resembling
the involved monographs with which
some artists sign their paintings.
"Even the alphabet used in some of
the early texts is so devised, accord­ing
to Morgan, that Bacon's initials
appear almost a "by-line' at the begin­ning
of every act—if on reads them
upside down.
"With the aid of photographic en­largements
of Shakespearian title
pages, Morgan expects to squelch all
skeptics by showing how Bacon work­ed
his name into the foliage of en­graved
borders and even put his ini­tials
on faces that for centures have
stared at Shakespearean scholars.
"Morgan had to sell his print shop
to get to England, but he looks on
that sacrifice as a mere detail in his
exciting round-up of Bacon's alpha­bet-
soup signatures."
Religion and Science
Are Closely Related
Chicago—(IP)—The preacher of
the future has got to be able to dis­tinguish
between sin and merely a bad
case of tonsilitis, Dean Shailer
Mathews of Chicago University said
in announcing a closer hook up be­tween
science and religion in the uni­versity's
divinity school.
"It seems wrong to me," he remark­ed,
"to frighten people with threats of
hell when their hell may be only a
bad case of tonsilitis. How may we
cure dispair and the sense of sin un­less
we know the workings of the
mental states involved?"
In other words, according to the
dean, the new type minister must be
something of the country doctor or
general practioner in the field of re­ligion.
He must stop scaring people into
being good and substitute for this out­worn
practice a religious doctor's
knowledge of what is psychologically
or pathologically wrong with his
parishioner patient.
"Priests and ministers should be
intelligent as well as pious said Dean
Mathews. "In the past indigestion has
been confused with piety. I can see no
reason in the world why a saint should
look as if he had just swallowed a
green persimmon."
Dean Mathews' plan of fusing re
ligious instruction with that of science
is in line with the new policy of Presi­dent
Robert Maynard Hutchins for
closer cooperation between the various
departments of the university in the
solution of the major problems of
human relations.
WILL NOT BEAR ARMS
EXCEPT FOR JUST CAUSE
New Haven, Conn.—(IP)—United
States 'citizenship has been denied
Professor Douglas Clyde Macintosh,
of the Yale Divinity School, because,
when he made application for citi­zenship
last June, he refused to swear
that he would bear arms in defense
of the United States. He based his
refusal at the time on the ground
that his first allegiance was to the
will of God and that he could not
bear arms unless he felt the cause
for doing so was morally justified.
Professor Macintosh intends to
carry his case to the United States
Supreme Court if necessary, he says.
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following requirements:
The basis of selection will be
on the following points:
1. Moral and Spiritual life. He
must be of high moral character
and unimpeachable honor exem­plified
in everyday action.
2. Scholarship. He should be
among the upper two-fifths of
his class in grades.
3. Leadership. T h e student
must be a recognized leader in
student life and his leadership
must have been of such high
character as to exemplify the
qualifications set fcrth in these
rules.
4. Democracy. He must be
democratic in spirit—compan­ionable,
approachable, a good
mixer in the best sense of that
expression.
5. Loyalty. He must be loyal
and patriotic to the school, the
state and the government.
6. Cooperation. He must be a
good cooperator with the faculty
and student body in all things
which are for the betterment of
Auburn and its student life.
Under no conditions will any
student be considered for this
honor who has practiced undue
influence to obtain nomination
or who shall exercise personally
or have others to politic for him
in accomplishing these ends.
(Continued from page 1)
As an editor Hartsock has publish­ed
poems by/many leading American
poets, volumes for southern, north­ern,
and western poets, and has taken
some of the Alabama poets who have
contributed to Bozart: Frances Dur­ham,
Virginia Kaul Greene, Anne
Bozeman Lyon, Lawrence Lee, Kate
Slaughter McKinney, Louise Cren­shaw
Ray, Katherine Shepard, Edith
Tatum, Orth Cary (Toulmin), Cle­ment
Wood. The Alabama Writers'
Conclave gave Mr. Hartsock the com­mission
to publish "The Anthology of
Alabama Poetry" in 1928. He also
published- Mrs. Katherine Shepard's
"Farther Fairer Seas."
Mr. Hartsock has written two vol­umes
of poetry, "Romance and Star­dust,"
1925, and "Narcissus and
Iscariot," 1927, has c o n t r i buted
poetry and articles to many of the
leading magazines and newspapers,
and has been included in numerous
anthologies. He is American vice
president of the. Poetry League of
Great Britain, of which G. K. Chester­ton
is president, a member of the
Poetry Society of Georgia, and Poetry
Society of America, and honorary
member Poetry Society of Alabama.
Mr.- Hartsock's poetry has been
praised by many of the veteran poets
and criticis. Several years ago
Gamaliel Bradford said, "There is a
high wrought imaginative quality
about all the poems, a native and ex­uberant
richness of thought and
phrase and movement, which seems to
me very unusual and to promise great
things for the future." Mr. Braith-waite,
veteran critic and anthologist,
now says that Mr. Hartsock's "power
of emotion and verbal subtlety"
should advance him "rapidly to a
place among the most important of
the younger American poets." And
Robinson Jeffers, considered by many
as the greatest living established
American poet, says of Ernest Hart­sock,
"A complex and important mind
—there is not limit apparent."
Delaware, O.,— (IP)—Two youths
were freed here by police following
their arrest in connection with the
circulation of a so-called "scandal
sheet" ridiculing students, professors
and fraternities at Ohio Wesleyan
University. The sheet was printed in
Marion, O., and is believed to be the
work of a student in the University.
Sale of the paper was suppressed by
police and all available copies con­fiscated.
Lumpkin To Appear
In Atlanta Ring Tilt
Father Lumpkin, Georgia Tech's
mighty fullback df the 1928 national
champions, will make his ring debut
in Atlanta the scene of his greatest
athletic achievements. Lumpkin will
fight either Bobby Hooks or Hollis
Morris, both old Georgia football
stars. O. J. Eason will promote the
bout at the City Auditorium early in
February, probably on the seventh.
A match between Lumpkin and
Hooks or Morris would be a big draw­ing
card in Atlanta. It would be a
Tech-Georgia battle with a vengeance.
Bobby Hooks was a member of that
famous backfield of Hooks, Dudley,
McCrary and Johnston which brought
glory to the Red and Black in 1927.
He also has a fine record as an ama­teur
boxer, being light heavyweight
champion of the southern conference.
Morris is a well-known local athlete,
and is said to be a good man with
the gloves.
Baltimore — (IP)—Present experi­ments
have as yet realized nothing
which can be said to be of any aid to
cancer victims, according to Dr.
Joseph Cult Bloodgood, professor of
clinical survey at Johns Hopkins Uni­versity
medical school.
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Northamption, Mass.—(IP)—Miss
Susan Albright, 20, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
pretty junior at Smith College, report­ed
recently that she has been kid­napped
from the xamous.
Two former Smith College male
employees are being sought as her
abductors. The girl told police that a
woman helped the two capture her
and hold her captive for several hours.
Tiger Theater
Wednesday — Thursday
Musical Comedy Smash
"HIT THE DECK". All
talking, singing, dancing.
Also selected short sub­jects.
FRIDAY
See a n d Hear Bebe
Daniels, "LOVE COMES
ALONG."
Also Talking Comedy—
News.
SATURDAY
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Warner Bros. Present
Ted Lewis in "IS EVERY­BODY
HAPPY?"
Also Talking Comedy—
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