Attend Football
Program Tuesday THE PLAINSMAN
TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
Attend Football
Program Tuesday
VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1929. NUMBER 5
N E W ARRIVALS
ANNOUNCED B Y
MILITARY STAFF
Captains E. S. Ott and R. C.
Grown Report For Duty
ENGAGED IN WAR DUTY
Both Rose T o Captainship From
The Ranks
GOLF RECOGNIZED
AS MINOR SPORT
HERE BY BOHLER
Golf Aspirants Will Meet For
Organization Monday
The Military Department announces
the reporting of two new officers in
the War Department. They are Captain
E. S. Ott of the Field Artillery
and Captain Roy C. Grown of the
Engineer Corps. Captain Ott is a
graduate of Louisiana State University
where he received his degree in
1917. He volunteered for service
when the U. S. declared war on Germany.
He rose to the rank of Captain
and was sent overseas, serving with
the Tenth Field Artillery of the Third
Division and was wounded twice in
action.
After the war Captain Ott served
in the Hawaiian Islands and then was
sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. At Fort
Sill he graduated from the Field
Artillery school in 1925. He served
as Field Artillery School instructor
from then until coming to Auburn this
fall.
Captain Grown graduated from
Syracuse University in 1913, receiving
the degree of Electrical Engineer.
He served during the World War with
the Fifty-Sixth Engineers overseas.
After the war he served on R. 0. T.
C. duty at the University of Cincinnati.
Captain Grown graduated in
Engineering School in 1922. Following
this he served at Boston, Mass.,
and with the sixth Engineers at Fort
Lewis, Washington.
Rev. Hay Entertains
Freshmen At Buffet
Dr. and Mr*. Bradford Knapp Speak
On Program
Rev. and Mrs. Hay entertained the
Freshmen Presbyterian Sunday School
class at amost enjoyable buffet supper
Thursday evening at their home
on Thatch Avenue. The menu consisted
of a very delicious plate lunch
and ice cream and cake. Fun caps
-in Auburn's colors and novelay favors
contributed much to the merriment
of the enjoyous occasion. Interesting
and beneficial talks were
given by "Mother Knapp," the class
sponsor; "Prexy Knapp," the associate
teacher of the class; Prof. Robinson,
superintendent of the department; W.
C. Kelly, class president; "Red"
Smith, president of the Christian Endeavor;
and Mr. W. Moore.
Rev. Hay extends a special invitation
to all college students to attend
Sunday's sermon, "Promised Lands."
All persons interested in forming a
golf team for the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute will meet at Langdon
Hall at seven o'clock next Monday
night. At this time a manager will
be elected who will work with the
Auburn coaching staff in arranging
dual meets for Auburn's first golf
team.
Several would-be Bobby Jone's met
with Coach Bohler at the gymnasium
Wednesday night and Coach Bohler
explained to them what the athletic
department would do for the golfing
team. Golf will be recognized as a
minor sport on the Plains for the
first time this year. The varsity "A"
will be awarded the linkster that wins
the Southern Conference championship
or any other important tournament.
The minor award will be the
same as tennis and other minor sports.
Swimming is another important
sport that will be recognized by the
athletic department as a minor sport
for the first time this season.
JUST TWO WEEKS TILL
BEGINNING OF GREAT
SET OPENING DANCES
Social Committee Will Design
Gym Decorations
HOUSE PARTIES PLANNED
Baird's Orchestra Known As
One of South's Finest
Intra-Mural Practice
Begins As 85 Report
Second Battalion Prospects Best
For S t r o n g Team
Music Department
Receives New Pianos
New Department Already Taking
Leading Stand
With the increase in the curricula
at Auburn, the Music Department has
taken a leading stand. This is a practically
new branch of study here, but
its growth is becoming greater each
term. Under the leadership of Dr.
Brigham, the department has obtained
three new pianos. Until this time
only one piano has been available, and
the new pianos were badly needed.
This year the Music Department has
obtained the Baughman home to be
used as a studio; three pianos are
there at the present time, and the
rest of the equipment will be installed
in a short time. There are three
rooms, fully equipped, at the studio,
and they will be devoted exclusively
to the use of the Music Department.
The studio is located west of the College
library, directly next to it. The
rooms will be used in the future for
Glee Club try-outs and as class rooms
for pupils enrolled in the department.
With the advancement being shown
at present, and under the leadership
of Dr. Brigham, the growth of this
department is unlimited.
Practice for the second season of
Battalion football in the R. 0. T. C.
corps got under way last Wednesday
w>th eighty-five students reporting
for uniforms the first day. Of this
number is included thirty that came
from the Varsity and Rat squads. So
far each team seems to be of about
the equal streqgfl^yvlth the exception
that .the SeconcWRretalion is probably
a little stronger than the rest.
Many of the members of last year's
teams are back again this year, including
Cameron, Cooper, Conradi, and
Crouch in the first Batallion; Gholson,
Ellison, and Currin in the second Battalion;
Ike and Aubrey Lewis, Stuck-ey
and Morton in the third Battalion;
and Hays, Fink and Green in the Engineer
unit.
Light workouts will be held the rest
of this week to get the players in
shape and then some hard work will
be in store for the teams. The first
games will probably be played about
October first. Lieut. Barth is again
serving as head of the Intra Mural
League.
NOTICE
Students who have not received athletic
books call by the Gym with registration
cards before Monday and get
them.
Student tickets for the Birmingham-
Southern game go on sale at 8 o'clock
Monday morning at the Gym. Fifty
cents and coupon number one are
necessary to obtain reserved seat
tickets.
Only two weeks now until Maynard
Baird and his South Land Serenaders
will sound the opening strains of the
1929 Sophomore Hop, and the first of
Auburn's social events will be under
way. With bid cards out, and the
decoration of the gymnasium under
supervision of the Social Committee,
prospects are bright for the best opening
dances in history.
Baird's musical clowns, recorders
of Brunswick records and popular
broadcasters, come highly recommended.
They have played for leading
college dances all over the South, and
have recently signed a contract with
Publix Theatres to appear at the
Trivoli, in Chattanooga.
Their music possess harmony and
syncopation, coupled with pep and
sway, and tempered with a touch of
classics to make them one of the finest
exponents of contemporary music in
the south. A Knoxville paper says:
"A phophet is not without honor in
his own land, and we have in our
midst an organization of music makers,
who are gaining recognition
throughout the south, and even in the
solid confines of the east and north."
The dances will begin Oct. 4, continuing
through Saturday with morning,
afternoon, and night dances. The
Friday night dances will last from
10 until 2; the dance Saturday night
will last from 9 until 12 o'clock.
House parties have been planned by
the Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Al
pha Epsilon fraternities. Other
houses will be opened for the enter
tainment of the fair visitors for the
gala occasion. A host of southern
beauties is expected.
Henry Reeves, chairman of the Social
Committee, has announced the admission,
set by the Executive Council,
to be seven dollars for both nights.
The dances are to be informal. The
limitation to two days is done to make
possible more dances during the year
in an enlarged social program.
'A' CLUB TO PRESENT
SPECIALTY PROGRAM
ON FOOTBALL FIELD
Event To Take Place Next
Tuesday Afternoon
STUDENT BODY INVITED
Snappy Football Scrimmage
And Band Features
DR. EDWIN EVANS
NEWTEACHERBOASTS
WIDELY DIVERSIFIED
PEDAGOGIC CAREER
Has Studied At More Than
Seven Institutions
Pep Program Will Be
Broadcast Over WAPI
An announcement has been made
that a pep program will be broadcast
from Auburn tonight over radio station
WAPI. The program will consist
of the famous Auburn football
songs and yells to be given by Buddy
Baxter, cheerleader, and a student
quartet composed of C. E. Mathews,
C. R. LeCroy, Bill Bryant, and V. L.
Vines. Short talks will be made by
Dr. Knapp, Coach Bohler, Coach
Floyd, and Captain Shorty Long of
the football team.
Lost: One A. T. O. fraternity pin.
Please return to "Plainsman" office.
WRITER HARKENS BACK TO A TIME
WHEN SEMESTER EXPENSES WERE $80
There was a time when the maximum necessary expenses per term, or
half year, at Auburn amounted to only $79.50. The minimum was $61.50.
That was in 1878; and these figures included board, lodging, washing,
lights, surgeon's service and contingent fee.
A record of this has come to light at Auburn, it being an advertisement
of the "State Agricultural and Mechanical College" for the session
which began September 25, 1878. It is being framed by request of President
Bradford Knapp and will become a part of the permanent records of
the institution.
Expenses per term, or half year, were listed as follows:
Tuition, free; Board and Lodging,
$40.50 to 58.50; Washing, $4.50; Fuel,
Lights, and Attendance, $9,00; Surgeons
Fee, $2.50; Contingent Fee,
$5.00. Total, $61.50 to $79.50.
Concerning the prescribed uniform,
the announcement said: "Frock of Cadet
gray, three rows of College buttons;
gray pants and black hat, trimmings
black. A very neat and serviceable
dress suit can be obtained
here, not to exceed $25.00, and a fatigue
suit, not to exceed $18—sufficient,
with proper care, for one
year's service. This is less expensive
than the usual clothing. All students
are required to wear this uniform at
all times during the term. In attendance
upon drills and guard, students
lose no time from academic studies."
The faculty of the 1878-79 session
was listed as follows:
Rev. I. T. Tichenor, D. D., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy;
Col. R. A. Hardaway, A. M., C.
E., Commandant and Professor of
Engineering; J. T. Dunklin, A. M.,
Professor of Ancient Languages, H.
C. Stubbs, A. M., Professor of General
and Agricultural Chemistry and
Physical Science; Otis D. Smith, A.
M., Professor of Mathematics; W. H.
(Continued on page 4)
Dr. Edwin B. Evans, author, Chautauqua
lecturer, and teacher of literature
in many northern and western
universities and colleges, has been appointed
professor of English to do Extension
teaching in north Alabama
by President Bradford Knapp. He
will be located in Decatur and will
arrive there September 21.
Dr. Knapp said that Dr. Evans' appointment
is the culmination of a
long search for a man qualified to
render a distinct service to the people
of Alabama.
The appointment was recommended
by Dr. B. R. Showalter, director of
extension teaching, who said that Dr.
Evans is "a scholar and teacher who
is possessed of that understanding of
human nature "and the ability tit en-tertain
while informing and stirring
his audience, which is a combination
most rare."
Dr. Evans will organize and teach
academic courses in literature and
English and professional courses for
teachers. He will be available to give
special lectures to high schools and to
appear before women's clubs and other
organizations.
The new Auburn professor is a man
of wide experience and long study
He holds the A. B. degree from the
College of Wooster, the A. M. from
Ohio State University, and the Ph.D
from New York University. In addition
he has done special and post
graduate work at New York University,
University of Chicago, Columbia
University, Harvard University,
and other institutions.
He has taught English at the University
of Oklahoma, Centre College,
Otterbein College, Illinois State Normal
University, and Thiel College, and
speech and drama at Drake University.
He has been a member of the extension
staff of Drake University,
Youngstown Institute of Technology,
Pennsylvania State College, and New
York University.
Other experience includes his work
as dean of the school of drama at
Drake University, dean of Thiel College,
director of the Thiel College
Summer Session, and director of extension
at Thiel College.
In addition he has had extensive
experience as a platform lecturer with
the Redpath Chautauqua, community
Chautauqua, as lecturer for clubs, institutes,
teacher's associations, and
other organizations and groups
throughout the United States.
Dr. Evans' literary works include
"Ibsen, the Man and the Dramatist,"
"Social Aspects of Modern American
Poetry," and numerous magazine articles.
Members of the "A" Club announced
today that a special program
would be featured on Drake
Field Tuesday afternoon at four.
Louie James, popular captain of the
1930 hardwood five said that every
effort would be made to have a large
number of students in the bleachers
for the events.
The Auburn Band, forty five
strong will fill a reserved section, it
was stated. The band 'will play a
number of new marches as well as the
usual peppy renditions of "Touchdown",
"Glory" and others familiar
to Auburn men.
"Shorty" Long, the staunch little
football captain announced that a
snappy scrimmage would be on the
menu for the day and that the 1929
Tiger eleven would stage a lengthy
scramble for the crowds expected to
be present.
The program Tuesday will climax
the strenuous work being dealt the
Plainsman grid eleven for the past
several weeks by George M. Bohler,
Tiger football mentor and his assistants.
For several days past the new
plays have been undergoing tests in
numerous scrimmages. It is said, however,
that the scrimmage Tuesday afternoon
will display to students just
what to expect in Cramton Bowl,
Montgomery on September 27 when
the Orange and Blue gridders lock
horns with the Hilltop eleven from
the Magic City.
"--"Ali • -AnTi.-iiiifeii.3-~ o*—the campus
will be notified," Louie James s»id
today, "and urged to have a full attendance
in the bleachers in order to
take part in the cheering. The try-outs
for cheerleaders will also take
place at this time."
Election of the cheerleaders will
take place after the field trials Tuesday,
members of the "A" Club told
Plainsman representatives this afternoon.
Announcement of those elected
will appear in the next issue of
the Plainsman.
BAPTIST CHURCH
TO GIVE SOCIAL
SATURDAY NIGHT
Baptist Students And Faculty
Members Invited
A reception for all Baptist students
and faculty members is to be given at
the Baptist Church tomorrow evening
at seven thirty by the Sunday
School department of the church.
Personal invitations have been sent
to students and faculty members of
this faith.
The main object of the reception is
to get all the Baptist people in Auburn
acquainted with one another. Mr.
Garrett, superintendent of the Sunday
School department, is in charge
of plans for the reception. Those serving
on the entertainment committee
are: Mrs. W. W. Hill, chairman, Rosa
Pate, Mrs. Garrett, John Carreker,
and Mr. Jones. Refreshments will be
served and a musical entertainment
is planned.
Dr. James R. Edwards, the pastor,
issued the following announcement
concerning the reception: "As pastor,
and in behalf of those who are planning
the reception, I very much hope
that all our Baptist people in the college
and in the town will be present.
It will be an occasion for the promotion
of acquaintances and a more
friendly and finer spirit for our work
during the year that is before us."
BRIGHAM PICKS
FORTY-EIGHT
FOR GLEE CLUB
Preparations Under Way For
State-Wide Tour
NINETY HAVE TRIALS
Prospects Good For Wonderful
Club This Year
Tennis Team Gets Off
To Very Early Start
Auburn Racketeers Will Play
Strongest College Teams
Dr. R. H. Turner Visits
Alma Mater Thursday
Graduate of Class of '20 Renews/)ld
Acquaintances
Dr. R. H. Turner, Aubu/n '2\ of
the faculty of Tulane University
New Orleans spent Thursday in Auburn
visiting friends and seeing his
alma mater. He is now assistant professor
of experimental medicine at
Tulane, having been in this position
three years.
Dr. Turner graduated at Auburn in
1920. He went to Johns Hopkins
where he received his M. D. in 1924.
Due to the fact that three members
of last years team were lost on account
of graduating there will be
many vacancies to be filled on the
Auburn tennis team. Many promising
players from last year who showed up
well, but due to conference rules
were not eligible, those were, G. E.
Averill, J. C. Hood, and E. Kenney
who was a promising freshman from
last year. Among others players who
should add strength to this year's
team are, G. W. Smith, T. O. Allen,
Joe Smith, J. C. Seale, Kennamer,
J. L. Garvin, Lannergan, and T. I.
Mathews.
Auburn will swing rackets with
some of the strongest teams in the
south, such as Georgia, Georgia Tech,
Sewanee, Tulane, Howard, and Birmingham-
Southern.
Coach Bohler is having two courts
built which will be complete within
the near future. Practice will be held
there when finished.
Dr. Kimbrough who has done much
or tennis in Auburn will be back
with us again this year to coach the
team. He expects a good year, on account
of having such good material
All men interested in tennis are
urged to come out. For further in
formation see Howard Halse or leave
name and address at the Brewer
Hotel at once.
Professor J. W. Brigham announces
today the results of the tryouts for
positions on the Glee Club; he said
that it was a difficult matter to
choose those who were capable of filling
the positions. The student body
responded wonderfully to the call for
members, and under the capable and
enthusiastic leadership of Professor
Brigham, the club's success is almost
assured.
With such good prospects, the enthusiasm
of the students should be
aroused to such a pitch that they will
help the club whenever student help
is needed.
Preparations for a state-wide tour
are under way at the present time.
The following is a list of the names
of those chosen for the Glee Club:
Second Tenors: Grigsby Christopher,
Charles E. Mathews, Wm. M. Keller,
Haskin Williams, John R. Farris,
George N. Anderson, Robert Howard,
Grady McNaron, Henry Wiidsmijh^
William R. Moore, Barton Upchurch,
Henry Shaefer.
First Tenors: Fred J. Barton, William
Predock, Kerl P. Conradi, James
Roberts, Earnest Collier, Roger
Knapp, Barney Muse, Wesley Var-non,
Ralph McKinnon, George Williamson,
Van D. Durret.
Basses: Stanley K. Bernard, Jesse
M. Jones Jr., V. L. Vines, Samuel
Wade, Curvin Luther, David Key, Edward
Dantzler, Henry Lewis, Marvin
Rickles, Isham Mann, Robert Martin,
Brooks Matthews.
Baritones: Tull Allen, Newton
Montgomery, John - Condon, Irvin
Roth^jjohn Rogers, William Bryant,
Jr., Henry Barnes, Marion Dins-more,
Clarence Gregory, William McLaughlin,
Robert Martin, Jr., Lucien
Owen.
Dr. Brigham said that all men who
have not yet had tryouts and desire
to do so should call him at 128-J or
233-W. The studio is located at the
Baughman home.
Delta Sigma Phi
Pledges Entertain
Forty Freshmen From Other Fraternities
Attend
NOTICE
Special attention is called to
the importance of the program
to take place on Drake Field
Tuesday afternoon. AH bleachers
will be assembled by that time in
order to accomodate the entire
student body. Back the "A"
Club, back the Band, be there
WITH THE TEAM!
DEAN PETRIE AND DR. ROSS TO HOLD
MAMMOTH Y0 YO CONTEST, RUMORED
A rumor, just a rumor, but a very loud rumor, never-the-less, is in
circulation, that Auburn will have a mammoth Yo-Yo contest to be sponsored
by none other than George Petrie and Dean Battle Bennet Ross. Should
plans for the Yo Yo contest materialize, and current rumor seems to state
that it will, Auburn will be placed on the highest pedestal in the Yo Yo
world. Sponsored by two such illustrious men, such a contest could not
help but be a great incentive to 1800 students to be bigger and better Yo-
Yoists. In appreciation and knowing what such a tournament means to
the Yo Yo future of Auburn, it is only befitting some mention should be
made to the men who' have initiated this great movement.
Dean George Petrie's Yo Yo career "
The Yo Yo career of Dean Battle
Bennett Ross is one which resembles
in many ways that of Dean Petrie,
Confronted by the same difficulty,
but striving with dogged determina
tion against the heaviest odds, he battled
his way up, step by step to the
highest pinnacles of the Yo Yo world
Such a contest sponsored on one
hand by the inestimable Dean Petrie,
and on the other by the unconquer
able Dean Ross, will surely merit
the approval of all Yo-Yo-dom. To
this end, every Auburn student should
aid and abet these gentlemen in their
great forward movement in Yo Yoing.
is verily one that reminds a person of
the novels of Horatio Alger Jr. Starting
his Yo Yo career at an age that
to a man with less determination
might have been well nigh impossible,
the demon Yo Yoist has time and
again demonstrated his superiority
over younger but less capable Yo
Yoist. Such a record should be the
means of inspiration to many a hopeful
Yo Yoist. Dean Petrie's latest appearance
was made on the steps of
Broun Hall where he was seen going
thru various tricks with the Yo Yo
and handling it with a dexterity which
was amazing.
The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity entertained
freshmen representatives of
the other fraternities Tuesday night
from seven-thirty to nine thirty at an
effective and enjoyable "smoker" at
their home on new Fraternity Row.
This was the first "smoker" of the
season and the purpose of stimulating
greater friendship among the
pledges of the various fraternities was
most successfully carried out. Some
forty freshmen were present.
While waiting the arrival of other
guests, the first arrivals were conducted
about the premises on an inspection
tour. Bridge and other
games were enjoyed by those present
and the general policy of eating,
smoking,'and being merry was well
carried out. The party ended with
one of the most enjoyed events of the
evening, an excellent "bull session."
It was conducted in the true Auburn
style; the participants were served
refreshments which consisted of ice
cream and cake.
NOTICE
Any men in college who have ever
played band instruments, and have
not had tryouts for the band are asked
to report to Prof. B. R. Bidez, as
quickly as possible, at Dean Ross' office.
All men interested in learning to
play musical instruments meet at
Langdon Hall on Tuesday, September
25, at 4 o'clock.
All students who play stringed instruments
are asked to meet at Langdon
Hall, Wednesday, September 26,
at 7 o'clock.
Y
PAGE TWO
THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1929.
uHtg pahtfiutan
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
A. V. Blankenship r.Editor-in-chief
Walter B. Jones _.~ —Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Alex Smith Associate Editor
Rosser Alston Associate Editor
Chesley McCaskill Associate Editor
Tom Brown Managing Editor
Gabie Drey _ ...News Editor
Robert L. Hume .. News Editor
Dick Jones . 1 - Sports Editor
A. C. Taylor Associate Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins JC. Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
Robert Baxter, '32; T. S. Coleman, '32;
Clarence Dykes, '32; Thomas Dykes, '31;
Edmund England, '32; Victor White, '32;
James Davidson, '32.
BUSINESS STAFF
Hugh W. Overton Advertising Mgr.
Walter Smith .., Circulation Mgr.
What And Why A
Student Association?
Many of the new men have probably
asked* themselves what the Associated Undergraduate
Students Association really
might be, its worth to the institution and
its bearing on the individual. Many old
men likewise have been confronted with
the same question and have been unable
to answer it to their own satisfaction.
Realizing the importance of a true interpretation
of such an organization to
the student-body over which it has jurisdiction,
with certain limitations, the
Plainsman, being representative of that student
body, will, during the coming issues
endeavor to interpret the powers and actions
of that body to its readers.
It has long been understood that Student
Government is a failure because it is
disciplinary. In order to relieve the administrative
officers of the college from
the routine work pertaining to student affairs,
a group of disinterestecTstudents set
forth and organized the Associated Undergraduate
Students of A. P. I., a body
having judiciary powers but not disciplinary
powers.
The constitution was adopted and the
Executive Cabinet elected and organized.
The Executive Cabinet, consisting qf_six^
teen members elected annually by the several
departments of the college by popular
student vote is the governing body of the
organization. These men who represent
every class and department in college compose
the body which interprets the constitution,
fosters a more united spirit in carrying
on the many extra curricular activities,
and regulates and guides these activities.
It is well to remember that the Associated
Undergraduate Students of A. P. I.
and its governing body, the Executive Cabinet,
is of vital importance to each student
and that cooperation in the conduction of
such tasks as that body must do is for the
best interests of a Greater Auburn and a
Greater Alabama.
No. It is something that grows on us with
the years; long after we have departed
from college, it remains with us still.
Those who have been away say that when
they see something about Auburn, it brings
a great thrill to tljeir hearts that nothing
else can; it is a love they cannot shake off.
That is what the Auburn Spirit is.
Many outsiders say we haven't any now,
but they do not understand. They see the
team cheered through disastrous and disheartening
seasons, but they growl when
the supporters become tired. They think
it consists only in backing an athletic team.
They do not know. They cannot enjoy it;
they do not have it.
It is a fine show of spirit to stand behind
the various teams, but it goes deeper
than that. It is cultivating a decent way
of living and regarding another as a true
fellowman who has rights to be respected;
it is being on one's honor so that an Auburn
diploma will not be cheapened before
the curious and severely critical eyes of
the world. It is being a man in a manly
way. There are many other things in the
Auburn Spirit, but these are enough to
show what we mean. The Spirit is encountered
every day; it is this ceaseless
meeting and not the occasional outbursts
of enthusiasm alone that causes one to
truly become a son of Auburn.
We urge the old men to analyze their
own cases and check up on themselves before
condemning anyone. We hope they
will also start the freshmen off in the
right manner, teaching them the full and
true meaning of the Auburn Spirit.
The Auburn Spirit
Has Deep Meaning
What is school spirit? Almost indefinable,
one might term it as the outward
emotions shown in energetic outbursts
from time to time to prove loyalty and fidelity
to ones' Alma Mater. Quite so, yet
under all this, there is that Holy and Sacred
feeling of pride, loyalty, and honor on
which are based the fundamentals of any
institution. It is not the fanatical religious
zeal of the Hindu, willing to kill, burn,
and vandalize for his' beliefs, but the
wholesome and non-destructive fun of civilized
modern collegians.
The Auburn Spirit has* always been traditionally
known here and elsewhere as
one of the finest examples of undying loyalty.
Individual, because indifferent to
defeat or to victory, the entire student
body, faculty, and citizens are always behind
their team. Any student can get out
and yell his head off for the team—if it
is winning, but it takes real determination
of hope and love of ones' traditions to support
a losing team. There are new emotions,
however, that are waiting to be released
to adominable heights on victory—
soon to be realized.
But we cannot expect a newcomer in
the ranks to get the Spirit in a day; few
men learn its full significance in a lifetime.
We show our weakness by expecting
men to become filled with the finest things
in life within a few months. Is the Auburn
Spirit of such little value that it can
be obtained in a few weeks? Is it only
a fantastic feeling of supremacy? Is it
something 'that affect us spasmodically
and means nothing except on occasions?
Defacing P r o p e r ty
An U n s i g h t l y Act
Auburn has made .some very drastic
changes for good the past few years, notably
the ban on cutting the Freshmen's
hair and the ruthless destruction of college
and public propetry. The latter in
particular has done more to add prestige to
the school in the eyes of the faculty and
town people than any other thing.
Time was in the past when in state of
outbursts of loyalty, enthusiasm and carelessness,
nothing was thought if an entire
train were smeared with paint, huge bonfires
built in the middle of the business
street, or windows smashed. These were
outstanding while signatures, numerals,
and carvings were seen everywhere—on
desks, stores, and even on the buildings of
the college.
All this was probably done to vouch for
one's loyalty, but to the passerby and traveler
it was a very poor example of Auburn.
To them it gave an impression of cheapness,
destruction, and vandalism. Some
thought nothing of it, but qthrio realized
that they, as taxpayers of the state of Alabama,
were paying for the upkeep of pres-enfaYid
future buildings that would in all
probability be defaced in like manner.
But we are glad to see that the students
of Auburn are leaving the moronic state.
The people attending the-college seem to
be possessed with a more serious mind;
they are able to overlook some of the childish
pranks that were once considered the
thing to do. The students must not damage
college property; it is right that the
property of the townspeople should be
saved from blemishes at the hands of the
students. They are "the best friends the
school • has and their friendship must be
preserved. The finest way to keep it is
to help them as we can. We hope that
students will not tolerate this unsightliness,
but try to sell the town by helping make it
attractive to visitors.
WHERE BOREDOM WOULD BE FATAL
The president of Duke University, addressing
new students and old, urged them
to keep the "enthusiasm and zeal" of youth.
President Few also said that the University
has faith in the young.
Many who would have youth zealous and
enthusiastic demand that the young be
safe and sane as well. There's the rub.
The wisdom of maturity consists in a kind
of fearful cautiousness. The oldsters have
learned how easy it is to err and they proceed
more safely but with very much less of
zeal and enthusiasm.
Rarely is mature judgment joined with
youthful enthusiasm and zeal in the performance
of the tasks of the tforld. When
they are, as in the cases of a few notable
scientists and some others, accomplishment
is important. In the run of the mine
folks' zeal and enthusiasm, erratic though
their impulsion may be, are needed and
since they are characteristic of the young,
all will agree with Dr. Few in his valuation
of them in college students. The blase
student is a hopeless individual.—High
Point (N. C.) Enterprise.
"I love life not clothed in prettiness..
Prettiness is only clothes deep. I love it
bare. There is beauty to me even in its
naked ugliness."
O'Neil.
The sunshine heals the wounds of nature,
while knowledge heals the wounds of ignorance.
"Dust"-sand with the juice squeezed out.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
There is an old rule
which is hard to remember.
It s a y s:
"Two wrongs never
made a right". It will
take a long time before
the human race
learns, when a wrong
is committed, to try
to go to the bottom
and find out the reason
and straighten it out on the basis of
reason. If one fellow in college does something
which the other fellow does not like,
nine times out of ten there-is a case of
clear retaliation and then each of them go
on committing wrongs against each other
indefinitely. I wonder when we will begin
to let reason exercise some sway in human
actions?
* * * * *
I think one of the finest things we could
establish at this institution would be a
"Fall Field Day", the object and purpose
of which would be to permit of a good stiff
contest between freshmen and sophomores.
I should like to see it fostered and put on
by cooperation with the Athletic Department
and the Student Cabinet. I should
like to see it given under good rules but I
would like to see it also a real contest. A
varied program might be arranged, part
of which might be a Push-Ball game between
100 sophomores and 100 freshmen;
part of it might be a Tug of War and Other
interesting events might be introduced. I
would want important members of the "A'*--
Club to be the referees and have them exercise
jurisdiction and enforce the rules.
* * * * *
I am very appreciative of the earnest
efforts being put forth by the Social Committee,
the "A" Club, the Student Cabinet,
to systematize our program for society
work during the year. In place of only
three dancing periods, we bid fair to have
a very consistent program which will be
announced before long. I shall have more
to say on thTs subject as we progress a
little bit further. I am very anxious that
the social as well as the scholastic side of
the life of the institution shall be on a
high plane with results which fit one the
better to take his place in society and
serve his day and generation well.
" L i t t l e Things"
By Tom Bigbee
We hardly believed that Co-eds had
adopted the pipe, until a car of them was
seen securing one from the pavement on
College Street Thursday. Evidently they
are still a bit shy about the practice of
puffing the briar, since they cashed in on
the misfortune of some careless or unlucky
male, and evaded purchasing one at
the store.
Mind you, we aren't casting missils at
the fairer members of the campus. We believe
in them, and will follow the special
request of one from their rank at another
institution, by defending their rights in
this column later. Yes, we know the name
of a Co-ed who roosts in the Zoo.
For once, words from a professor at
this institution have forcibly struck the ear
of the writer! This prominent Dean and instructor
made an appeal to the members of
his class for cooperation—he desires a cooperative
attitute between teacher and
student that will remove tending formality
and misunderstanding. His remarks were
well times, and should have their influence.
Personally, we believe that each student
should strive to know his or her instructor
personally, just as soon as possible after
the course is started. This opens a necessary
channel for the most effective service
from the one in charge, and certainly does
not harm or hinder the student.
Now that we have a Vigilance Committee
again, it might be cheaper for the Rats
to wear caps than to undergo the trouble
and humiliation of lugging a soft, downy
pillow around over the campus.
The Magic City college Freshmen have
already pronounced the first year of campus
life as the hardest. Mebbe so, b u t -
well, just ask a few of the four-year men
to express their views on it. "Cheer up,
Rats—the worst is yet to come," we hear
a Senior chime in. We aren't desirous of
discouraging the newcomers; still we would
have them know that it isn't all roses after
the initial year.
We're all united in purpose this session
—which means a bigger and better Auburn!
If any ambitious youngster has caught
the gleam of becoming lost radium discovers,
and plans to throw aside a college education
for that purpose, it nvght be well
to remember that we are not all Prof. Duns-tans.
Again the War Department is sponsoring
intramural sports here, which is such a
boon to athletic furtherance in the Tiger
camp. We believe the work put forward
by this department last season was of material
aid in the promotion of effective
athletics; more good things are sure to result
from this source again this season.
H AUBURN FOOTPRINTS °£
The works of James Whitcomb Riley would have been appropriate reading a
few days ago in a discussion which took place in Water.Supply.. Memories which
never grow Old were brought back by one who longed to be a driver back in his
younger days.
-* *• * * * * * * *
Hillman and Dyal were very anxious the day the commissions were published.
They were caught trying to slip into the rear of-the print .shop in an endeavor to
learn who were the lucky or unlucky—according to the individual. Duck must
have been afraid he wouldn't get the colonelship or he -would not have been so
darned anxious to glean the headlines.
* * * * * - * * *
Wisecracks are out at Auburn for the year—the work.has passed the joking
point.
* * * * * * - * *
The co-eds haven't changed any; they seem as dumb as ever.
* * * * * * * *
"Dabney," didn't I hear the clock strike two when you and George came in last
night?
"You did, Mother. It started to strike ten, but I stopped it to keep from waking
you up."
* * - * * * - * • * *
Sigma Phi Beta had a rushing party several days ago. They must have been
trying to get the prospects in a dazed condition—from reports the party was dead.
* * * * * * * *
THOSE DEAR GIRLS
"Tell me, just what sort of a man your fiance is, Clara."
"Oh, he's everything that's nice."
"I'm so glad. You know I've always said that people should marry their
opposites."
* * * * * ' * * • *
A Summer resort love affair is like the ocean waves—it rolls back and forth.
* * * * * * * *
City officials are typical Americans; they have too many laws and no enforcement.
Wonder how so many get off without paying fines anyway.
* * * * * * * *
Reports are that the zoo hasn't changed any, for the zooites are still fighting
and clawing.
* * * * - * * * *
BACHELOR'S SOLILOQUY
To wed or not to wed,
That is the question: •
Whether 'tis better
To remain single
And disappoint a few women,
Or to marry
And disappoint one woman
For life—should give us pause.
* * * * * * * *
Chi Omega's must intend to pledge country girls—they're awfully slow. Handsome
Jimmie seems to- be a vital factor in the number to be pledged. You must be
a minute man, Jimmie.
* * * * * * * *
A Scotchman is a man who will count the straws on a hayride.
* * * * * * * *
Sign seen on a Boston shoe repairing shop: "Pedal ligaments artistically illuminated
and lubricated for the infinitesimal remuneration of ten cents per operation."
(For the benefit of the Freshmen: This means "Shoe shined, 10 cents.")
Freshmen and goats aren't so very different at that.
* * * * * * * *
That blonde waitress in the cafeteria must think that everyone is on a diet this
year from the way she hands out the mites of food. Maybe the college is trying to
operate the entire school from the profits of this place.
* * . * * * * * *
See where Stumpy Granger has made such a fine showing that he is a substitute
now.
* * * * * * * *
NOT SO BAD
Woman Novice: But don't you find that horseback riding gives one a headache?
Instructor: No, madam. Just the reverse.
WELL, I'D SAY THIS
• <ZBy cAaron ^Billowheel
* WITH OTHER COLLEGES *
WAKE FOREST A DARK HORSE TO
FOES
Wake Forest is said to be a dark horse
to her gridiron foes this Fall. This little
Baptist institution, which has proved to be
the nemesis to a great many teams on various
occasions, has not given out one word
of information about the prospects this
year. Whether there is much to be given
out remains to be seen, but her foes are
afraid that she is working quietly and is
going to spring another surprise.
* * * * *
NORTHEASTERN BEGINS WORK
Northeastern University 'way up where
it gets cold early is beginning the new year
right with a lot of work planned that has
not. been on the schedule before. More
freshmen entered this year than ever in
its history. That seems to be rather universal
throughout the country, and this
New England college is proving no exception.
* * * * *
THE ATHENS OF FLORIDA
In another part of the world, so to
speak, is Stetson, in Deland, Florida, the
Athens of that state, boasting of two colleges.
Stetson starts out trying to fool
someone as she did Auburn a couple of
years ago when we took a lacing from her
football warriors. But we doubt if she
could do any good now; that boast or desire
would be hard to realize.
How this ame came to be attached to
Deland is more than we can understand, but
it is there and can't be helped now.
* * * * *
UNUSUAL AT LEAST
Southwestern must be a strict school.
When we read how the students had to attend
church services, and had to do many
things that are passe in Auburn, we wonder
what the authorities will be doing next.
It seems a little difficult in a way, but
beginning from the opening of school
shouldn't make it so hard. Oh, yes, the
manner in which rushing is conducted on
that campus would prove a revelation to
some of the men in the business here. Apparently
it is strictly business there, but
we suspect that much takes place that no
one ever knows about. It is all in the
game it seems.
* * * * *
VIRGINIA IN PREPARATION
These Virginians are getting set for a
good1 football year. Those people take
their football seriously, and go out to win.
This college team can lose every game of
the season but the Turkey Day contest
with Carolina, and her supporters will say
she has had a successful football year.
It seems that the rivalry is very fair and
gentlemanly but very keen also.
About the biggest trouble with them is
that they can't see anyone when it comes
to quality. They have it all there appar-etly.
However, they can well afford to
brag, for theirs is a great heritage.
* * * * *
A NEW ATMOSPHERE FOR
COLLEGIANS
From every part of the country we find
men back to college. It is the universal
thing to do today; "back to school" has
become the national cry. A dozen years
ago we had the war cry, but that has
changed to the pleasure squawk. Some of
these men have been working as laborers
so that their muscles might be in shape
when the pigskin call was sounded, while
others have decorated the drug stores. A
few with an adventurous spirit and little
cash have been rollicking around the land.
But when the great educational system
opens in the Fall, everyone is found treking
in the same direction. Some find school
to their liking—they do not have to do any
work, and Others search for a school somewhere
at which they can stay and no questions
asked, and far too few try to get
what colleges are supposed to give.
* * * * *
The University of the South has not been
heard from lately in the sports world, but
this year is trying to come from the old
shell with a winning football team. With
a great many youngsters showing some real
class, her followers are taking heart again.
EDITORS 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.
* * * * *
ACCORDING to telephone dispatches
late last evening the other columnist
is indisposed, in. fact he is quite ill
and that is the reason for the continued
babbling of this writer, if one would call
him a writer. We hope that the Honorable
Diognese' recovery will be quite speedy.
* * * * *
Now that the new has about worn off
the beginning of the school year and everyone
has settled into his schedule to a certain
extent, the whole year of work ahead
may look terribly long and there is a tendency
to become discouraged about everything
in general. New students realize that
college life is something of a grind and
that it requires constant and systematic
application. This is the time when any
little bit of encouragement may mean a
great deal. The prospect of four years of
such, seemingly hopeless and meaningless,
grind may indeed cause many intelligent
beginners to ask, "is it worth it."
* * * * * IN A POPULAR magazine there appeared
what to me, is a very excellent bit of
philosophy excellently written and it
may be interesting to many. The article
is called, You do Count by Angelo Patri:
"These are lovely mornings. when the"
crisp coolness of fall grass puts a spring
into the step, and the brisk bracing air
puts a lilt into the heart. There is a golden
j gladness in the sunshine softly filtering
i through the crimson and orange of the
maples—a gladness that charms the spirit.
A delicious mellowness takes possession of
the mind. Where all was hurry and heat
and labor, now dwell calm certainty of
completion and smiling hope.
"A leaf loosens its hold and flutters to
earth. Before a sigh can escape the lips,
a thrill of joy brings a smile at the promise
of the wrapped bud left hostage to spring.
Securely enveloped in a winter coat, sealed
against cold or storm, it points ahead.
After a little, life will stride forward.
After a little.
"In our impatience, in our ignorance of
the perfect rhythm of eternity, we chafe
at the leisurely processes of growth. We
who are but an instant in the passage of
Time cry out against the slow march of
the Infinite. Why the falling leaf? Why
this careful swathing and shielding? Why
this slow waiting, this meditation and retreat?
Time passes. Hurry. Hurry on.
"Centuries of seasoned growth, eons of
rhythmic power, and we have not yet learned
there is no hurry. Nothing abides saves
the ordered beauty of life, the pure courage
of brave-waiting upon daily occasions.
Life, in that it holds within its core all
art, is the highest art. So vast a mystery
leaves no room for haste. Moments of
high power grow- out of long seasons of
brooding growth, of withdrawn energy.
Think you, was Socrates born in a day?
Or Moses, or Michelangelo, or Shakespeare?
Countless other brave and noble souls
passed, a golden rift across the gray expanse,
that these growths might be fulfilled.
"We spend much time and precious energy
in questioning: Why must we drudge
at the daily round when we so much desire
to do noble deeds? We are so secure in our
belief that if given our way we, would
create a better world today and beyond,
that we give poor grace to our appointed
tasks. Poor workmen in the art of living,
we skimp our bit while posing as critics of
the order, scarce dreaming of the clog tha
we thus tie to the heals of the future
"You may be the first leaf in a long
series of new growth. Or you may be the
last and perfect one. But know this: You
shelter some precious bit of beauty; you
guard some rare crumbs of integrity; you
are a leaf of the tree of life, created to
pass on strength and sustenance for a
greater, nobler life to come.
"Go on with your daily occasions through
summer heat and winter storm and autumn's
sweet serenity. In cheerful hope
and brave waiting know that never a leaf
falls without fulfilling its growth in the ordered
scheme of things. You do Count."
PROCNE (A FRAGMENT)
So she became a bird, and bird-like danced
On a long sloe-bough, treading the silver
blossom
With a bird's lovely feet;
And shaken blossoms fell into the hands
Of Sunlight. And he held them for a
moment
And let them drop.
And in the autumn Procne came again
And leapt upon the crooked sloe-bough
singing,
And the dark berries winked like earth-dimmed
beads,
As the branch swung beneath her dancing
feet. —Peter Quennell.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER .20, 1929. T W E f L A I N S M AN PAGE THREE
• •
A11
o
DICK JONES, Editor A. C. TAYLOR, Associate Editor
Elmer G-Salter, Contributor; Rhodes Wasson, Harry Barnes, Assistants
D
BOHLER TO SEND FORMIDABLE
ELEVEN AGAINST FIRST ENEMY
' By Elmer G. Salter
The roamers of the forest—the
Auburn" Tigers—will leave the Plains
Friday afternoon for Montgomery
where they will meet another Jungle
beast that night when they encounter
heals due to his punting ability. The
post will hardly be decided until the
final scrimmage of the .week.
The Tigers hold a large majority
over the Panthers in past games but
will enter the conflict Friday night
the Birmingham-Southern Panther i on even terms with the Magic City
i n the Tigers' natural element—darkness.
Coach Geo. Bohler is starting his
.second year at the Village of the
"Plains and is expected to turn, out
a formidable eleven on the field
against the Methodist lads. Bohler
has been very slow in building his
football machine as he is one that
looks to the future and not one that
tries to produce a winner one season
and the next find his team hopelessly
in the cellar. This year's team is
expected to bear fruit as they have
shown up mighty well in the scim-mages.
The attitude of the players this
season is one of optimism as they are
taking their football seriously, making
the ardent fans think that the
1929 Plainsmen football ensemble will
be the one to elevate Auburn out of
the conference football cellar occupied
so nobly for two "long" years.
Coach Johnnie "Red" Floyd might
decide to have a general shakeup
among his forward wall candidates.
Capt. Howell "Shorty" Long, who was
being counted on to play guard probably
will start on one of the wings
against Birmingham-Southern. Dunham
"Red" Harkins, center last season,
might be shifted to the other end
as he has shown up mighty well on
the terminal post when performing
there.
- Harkins or Ralph Jordon will be at
the pivot post unless the former is
moved to the flanks. Joe Burt or Carl
Schlich will s t a r t at right guard. Left
guard will be filled by Grady Long
or J. D. Bush. Erquiet Taylor and
George Holdcroft have been waging
a merry battle for right tackle but
the former probably will be in the
lineup against the Panthers because
of his varsity experience. The other
tackle post will be taken care of by
Louis Jacobs or Ben Newton.
With Captain Long holding down
l e f t . e n d in a most capable manner,
Coach Floyd is still undecided upon
who to s t a r t opposite the scrappy little
Plainsmen leader. Unless Harkins is
moved out to the terminals, George
I Egge or Louis McCree probably will
be stationed at right end. Both lack
experience but have shown up pretty
w e l l . i n the scrimmages.
Picking four of the best ball carr
i e r s t h a t cavort on Drake Field every
afternoon is going to be the main
problem facing Coach Bohler. Altern
a t e , Captain Porter Callahan, Jim
Crawford* Herman Jones, Willie Gran-team.
Coach Gillem's Gold and Black
ensemble sprang a surprise on the
Bengals last season, winning 6 to 0,
and this has caused their stock to be
selling above par in their first game
of the season. The two teams also
opened their schedules last year in an
after dinner affair at Montgomery.
The win for Birm\ngham-Southern
was the first ever recorded over an
Auburn team.
The two teams have only met on
the gridiron five times, Auburn winning
four games and Birmingham-
Southern one.
Scores of previous games:
Alternate Captain Auburn Tigers
Year
1920
1923
1924
1925
1928
1929
Totals
Auburn
49
20
7
• 25
0
1
101
Birmingham-
• Southern
0
0
0
0
6
•>
6
ger,Hl Howard 7 Chappelle, Ray Prim,
Marshall "Chattie" Davidson and the
two. sophomore sensations—Leo Young
and' Lindley Hatfield will all see
service but it is still quite a mystery
who will s t a r t in .the rear works in
the initial game. Callahan and Crawford
probably will start because of
their experience. Crawford or Hatfield
will more than likely call signals.
Callahan will be at one half
with Leo Young probably at the other.
Fullback is almost a toss-up between
Granger and Chappelle. The
l a t t e r n r g h t get the call if his injury
Coach Lee Arrives
In Village to Take
Up Gridiron Duties
By Dick Jones
Coach "Sheriff" Lee, well known
four letterman from Mississippi College
and who for the past' year has
been assistant coach at Auburn, reported
to the Plainsman camp this
past week to resume his same duties
under the Tigers' hustling "Dutch"
mentor, George M. Bohler.
,With the arrival of Lee, Auburn
students are now witnessing the complete
Tiger coaching staff. They are
busy every day on Drake Field with
over a century of gridders, including
the first year lads under Coach "Bull"
McFadden. The "eager to make a
come-back" 1929 Plainsman coaches
comprise four new men and three who
have already spent at least a year
on the staff. Those making their debut
on the A. P. I. coaching list this
year are: "Red" Floyd, Rupert Ingram,
"Bull' McFadden and Weems
Baskin. The other three hustling mentors
a r e : George Bohler, head coach;
Porter Callahan our
t e r n a t e Captain began his hectic athletic
career at Cullman High School,
Cullman, Alabama. He was a shining
star during his prep school days and
it was there his natural qualities of
leadership were first discovered.
When Porter came to Auburn he was
as green as the greenest freshman.
This fact did not keep him from playing
football. He went out for the
Freshman squad and as in High
School he made the team a valuable
man. He -is a dangerous man on the
field at all times. He is what is known
in football circles as a triple threat
By Rhodes Wasson
beloved Al- man. He is good at passing and kicking
but his g r e a t e s t asset is his broken
field running. He is a member of the
Kappa Sigma fraternity and is also
a member of several campus organizations'.
Through these qualities as well
as being a natural leader he was
elected alternate football captain for
this season. It seemed for awhile this
year that he would not be back with
us but you can't keep the old Auburn
spirit down, so here he is back
with us once more and from all indications
he is better than ever, and
that is saying something, as here-to-fore
he has been as good as the best
GRIDIRON QUINTESSENCE
= ^ = ^ = By OSWALD = = = = = —
During each week of the present football season this column
will attempt to present a complete review of Southern Conference
football and predictions for coming games. We promise to try to
present this in as unbiased manner as possible but in all probability
we will make many mistakes. We all do. So don't wager too much
money on "Oswald's" predictions. And please don't urge us to.
* * * * * * * *
By way of starting the ball to rolling we will predict that it will
be the hardest fought campaign ever in the history of Southern Conference
football and that it is very unlikely that any major team will
come through undefeated. The upper half of the Southern Conference
teams will rank with the best in either the East or West and no
other section can hardly present as formidable an array of individual
stars as will scamper about Southern Conference gridirons this
fall. It is very difficult to predict the success of any team before
the season is under way but we will attempt to do this now.
Florida is selected as the team to
McFaden Reduces
Freshman Squad to
Twenty-Four Men
By Elmer G. Salter
Coach Earl "Bull" McFadden, freshman
mentor, started using the ax for
the first time this week when he reduced
his first string frosh squad to
24 huskies. The lads that were cut
off of the first squad we're assigned
to the intramural league where they
will play with their battalions.
" Coach McFadden is out to turn out
a winning r a t team in his first season
at the Plains as first year tutor. He
could not handle a large number of
men by himself so had to send some
of the frosh hopefuls to the intramural
teams. In the intramural league
they will be given special instruction
under four different coaches who are
veterans in the football field.
Every one that participates in the
intramural league will be watched
very closely and will be promoted just
as soon as he shows enough ability to
warrant same. In other words, the
Auburn varsity and frosh teams are
the major league clubs operating
farms in the intramural league and
can recruit from this league when they
want to.
The aspirants for positions, on the
Cub eleven are being put through
some hard workouts by Coach McFadden.
Passing and punting are on the
daily menu, concluded by a short drill
in calisthenics. The opening game
with Birmingham-Southern on Drake
Field is only a matter of days and
Coach McFadden is mindful of the
task facing him so the yearlings can
look out for hard scrimmages next
week.
Freshman Coach Twelve Members of
Team Born During
Season for Football
Bethea, of Florida; Holm, Suther,
and Campbell, of Alabama; Banker
and Armstrong, of Tulane; Rothstein
and Smith, of Georgia; McEver and
Hackman, of Tennessee; Crawford,
Young, Chappelle, Callahan, Hatfield,
Primm, Davidson, Granger or any
other backfield man on Auburn's
squad. We will take any of them.
(Continued on page 4)
COACH "BULL" McFADDEN .
By Rhodes Wasson
We should all be proud of our
"Bull" as he is a product of our own
state. He hails from our neighboring
city of Montgomery and it was there
that he learned the fundamentals of
the game, in which at present he is, so
proficient. He has always been especially
interested in football and was
also good at several other major
sports. He first played football at Sidney
Lanier High School at Montgomery
and there, as at college he was an
outstanding player. Then from High
School he came to Auburn where he
played Freshman football and then
Varsity ball. He played a good, consistent
game and played the hardest
position on the team, that of guard.
Despite the fact that this place is the
hardest of all to gain recognition, by
his consistent fighting he was men-c
o n t i n u e d on page 4)
By Elmer G. Salter
Twelve members of .Auburn's 1929
football machine will celebrate their
advent into the world during the'
gridiron season. Three others had
birthdays just before the practice for
the Tigers began while Cal Creel is
the only Tiger that will blow out the
candles in December.
Marshall "Chattie" Davidson, former
Lanier star, and pro*mising sophomore
ball carrier, is the only lad that
will have a birthday while the Tigers
are playing one of the nine hard games
on this season's schedule. Davidson's
birthday will be celebrated when the
Tigers and Bulldogs are scratching
and biting each other in Georgia's
new stadium on November 16.
The Tigers that will have birthdays
during the season a r e : Joe Andrews,
Nov. 26; Alternate Capt. Port
e r Callahan, Oct. 28; J. D. Bush,
Sept. 16; Marshall Davidson, Nov.
16; Grady Long, Oct. 17; Erquiet Taylor,
Oct. 7; Leo Young, Oct. 3 1 ; Emory
Kirkwood, Nov. 7; Ralph Jordon,
Sept. 25; Geo. Holdcroft, Nov. 25;
Lindley Hatfield, Nov. 7; Holt Leach,
Oct. 27.
Felix Creighton celebrated his birth
August 31; Louis Jacobs and John
D. Simpkins on September 1, and
Carl Creel is the last Plainsman that
saw his first light during the football
months, a r r i v i n g on December 12.
TIGER
DRUG
STORE
come throug-h—rif any do. Florida has
a veteran team, including an All-
Wilbur Hutsell, track coach; and American end, an All-Southern lines
"Sheriff" Lee, seasonal coach assisti
n g in only football and basketball.
With only one more short week of
practice before the night clash with
the Birmingham-Southern Panthers,
the Tigers are working hard to improve
all existing defects. As only
nine lettermen returned there are
numerous new faces in the regular
lineup. Three of these new men were
taken from last year's scrub team
and are showing up mighty well in
the recent practices. The rest of the
men who are making bids for the vacant
places were graduated from the
last year's Rat team. Most of them
have taken on weight and skill and
should offer formidable resistance to
(Continued on page 4)
Sept.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
27
5
11
19
26
2
9
16
28
AUBURN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1929
Bham.-Southern
(Friday
Clemson College
Univ. of Florida
(Friday
Vanderbilt Univ.
Howard College
U. of Tennessee
Tulane University
Univ. of Georgia
Georgia Tech
in
Night Game)
in
in
Night Game)
in
in
in
in
in
in
Montgomery
Clemson, S. C.
Montgomery
„
Birmingham
Auburn
Knoxville, Tenn.
New Orleans, La.
Athens, Ga.
Atlanta
man and an honorable mention All-
Southern back. In addition they also
have plenty of reserve material and
some mighty good men will come
up from the freshman team. Among
these will be "Million Dollar Monk"
Dorsett,. .famous back of the Duval
High national champions in '26. He
is expected to eclipse even the famous
Crabtree—and Crabtree is enough
dynamite for any one team to possess.
Dorsett weighs over 200 hundred
pounds, has an uncanny mind
for playing football, runs like a deer,
and punts and passes in magnificent
style. Florida has two complete
backfields and plenty of reserve
strength in the line. Watch them go.
The first real test will be against
Georgia Tech, October 19. In addition
to having a hard S. C. schedule
Florida plays two intersectional
games—Harvard at Cambridge and
Oregon at Miami.
Florida also has an all-star coaching
staff to guide its destinies. The
head coach is Charles Bachman, former
Notre Dame star, a very brilliant
coach and a wonderful leader of men.
Major Van Fleet, former West Point
star, is in charge of the line and Hol-singer,
Kansas Aggie star, has charge I
of the backfield.
Remember we predict that Florida
will have a good claim to the my
thical Southern Conference championship
when the season ends—but
we do not predict that they will win
every game. That is almost a superhuman
task but they have a good
chance of even doing that provided
old Sol will beam down on them during
their clashes.
* * * * *
Next week we will predict the
other teams who should finish in the
upper half division and their approximate
position. We will try to
furnish a short sketch as to why the
selection is made.
* * * * *
Let it said right here that we are
predicting a much better season for
Auburn thas has been experienced
for the last three or four years. The
scrimmages of late have been unusually
good and the boys are looking
fine. We believe that Auburn will
win at least four or five games this
season and this is imparted with the
knowledge that we have the hardest
opponents in the S. C. to face. Give
Coach Bohler and the boys time and
they will come through. They deserve
every ounce of spirit and loyalty you
can give them. Will you give it to j
them?
* * * * *
How would you like to have a dollar
for every yard gained this comnig
season by Mizell, Thomason and Dun-lap
of Tech; Crabtree, Dorsett and
Alabama Polytech
toa, prefers Sheaffer's
You-dcan't keep Sheffffer's Lifetiafe0- performance
a .secret. In 73 tof America's 119 leading universities
and colleges Sheaffer'§.swift, easy>writHi&
and faultless service have placed Sheaffer's Lifetime0
first amon& all fountain pens-in sales.*
What pen, other than Sheaffer's Lifetime0, is
guaranteed for youv entire life . . . against
everything except Joss? What pen has the
smart lines and easy, restful-writing feel
of Sheaffer's Balanced Lifetime0? There's
a reason for Sheaffer leadership. You'll
recognize that the minute you try your
Balanced Lifetime0 writing companion!
Do it today!
At better stores everywhere
All fountain pens are guaranteed against defects,
but Sheaffer's Lifetime0 is guaranteed unconditionally
for your life, and other Sheaffer products
are forever guaranteed against defect in materials
and workmanship. Green and black Lifetime0
pens, $8.75; Ladies', $7.50 and $8.25. Black and
pearl DeLuze, $10.00; Ladies', $8.50 and $9.50.
Pencils, $5.00. Others lower.
SAFETY SKRIP.
Successor to ink. 50c*
Refills, 3 for 25c. Practically
non-breakable*
can't spill. Carry it tc
classes!
PENS-PENCILS-DESK SETS-SKRIP
W. A. SHEAFFER PEN COMPANY « Fort Madison, Iowa, U.S.A.
°B.«. u. s. rat. oa. ©W..A. a. r. Co. ism
•Arecent&urveymade
by a disinterested organization
showed
Sheaffer's first in
fountain pen sales at
73 of America's 119
foremost seats of
learning. Documents
covering this survey
are available to anyone.
J
PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1929.
Macon Telegraph
Asks "What About
Stone Mountain?"
The whole nation is interested in the
earnest effort now being1 made to reorganize
the Stone Mountain Confede
r a t e Memorial enterprise and place
i t on such a basis t h a t the work can
proceed. The South is intensely interested,
for the thought is the preservation
in enduring granite of the
record of Southern heroism in the War
Between the States. Here in Georgia,
where the great rock mountain is located,
we have the justified pride
which goes with the possession of that
which was the f i r s t noted as a remarkable
natural wonder,* and now is to
acquire world fame because it will
stand forth as the greatest memorial
ever dedicated by man.
The directions of the Stone Mount
a in Confederate Monumental Association
have approved the plan suggested
by Phillip Alston, president
of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,
for completing the carving on the
mountain. The plan calls for the
elimination of the present association,
the deeding of the property to the
State of Georgia by the Venable family,
and the formation of a new body
by representative Georgia citizens to
raise the money and complete the
work. It is believed t h a t the membership
of the Stone Mountain Confederate
Monumental Association will
approve the action of the board of directors.
Essential to the success of
the new plan is the willingness of
the Venable family to cooperate in
unconditionally deeding the property
to the State of Georgia.
I t is not yet known whether this
plan is t h e solution, but it can be taken
for granted that, through this or
some other plan, the great Stone
Mountain memorial enterprise will
proceed and eventually will be completed—
a carving which will stand
as an everlasting tribute to the Confederate
soldier.
I t is thrilling to think that here in
SCHOLASTIC AVERAGES BY CLASSES, COURSES AND DIVISIONS
Second Semester 1928-29
School & Course Freshmen Sophomore Junior
No. Av. No. Av. No. Av.
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
Agriculture 29 69.24 10 71.80 '8 78.27
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Civil Engineering 41 72.47 30 72.42 28
Elec. Engineering 97 73.73 70 72.43 60
Mech. Engineering 4.8 73.48 25 73.71 22
Text. Engineering 4 62.71 0 1
Senior
No. Av.
11 80.28
Special
No. Av.
Graduate
No. Av.
Total
No. Av.
2 87.23 60 73.49
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED ARTS
78.82
76.58
71.65
61.20
77.80
84.33
Architecture 14 73.33 17 73.99 13
Arch. Engineering 10 79.77 7 78.84 5
Applied Art 7 75.24 4 67.78 0
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND LITERATURE
Business Administrat. 54 74.20 30 71.61 33 72.90
General 31 65.63 24 76.83 15 73.02
SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY
Chemical Engineering 30 74.77 21 78.27 17 80.47
Pharmacy 11 68.67 5 72.73 13 74.08
Pre-Medical 21 70.43 8 68.11 3 77.00
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Education 24 75.25 32 78.06 34 79.83
Agr. Education 59 72.30 51 73.59 46 79.21
SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS
Home Economics 8 77.79
SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Veterinary Medicine 6 72.69 3 73.84
27
72
19
0
10
10
0
21
13
9
5
1
40
31
83.60
84.86
86.02
75.95
81.24
79.77
76.54
78.43
78.77
81.45
81.74
78.79
12 80.94 10 78.36 21 84.08
10 77.30 4 80.94
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
81.07
92.93
84.29
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
1
0
9
3
0
87.00
94.46
92.51
81.72
83.28
88.70
92.33
127
299
116
5
54
33
11
138
88
80
35
33
142
190
76.32
76.62
75.48
62.41
75.10
80.71
72.53
74.17
73.09
77.57
73.12
70.79
79.85
75.70
FRESHMAN COACH
(Continued from page 3)
tioned for the all Southern team in
1925. After graduating from Auburn
in '25 he went to Montgomery
and t h e r e he became Coach a t Clover-dale
High School. He met with great
success during the three years he was
there. So great was his success that
he secured a place on the staff here
as Coach of the Freshmen squad at
Auburn. We know that he will meet
with the same success here that he
has every place that he has been.
We wish him the best of luck and we
want to let him know that the whole
school is behind him and that he will
receive all the co-operation from the
student body possible.
Lost: One white straight razor. If
found please return to "Plainsman"
office.
t » — —
51 81.23
23 76.28
TOTAL 495 76.66 349 74.13 318 76.96 294 82.00 5 85.37 24 88.73 1485 76.08
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
HAGEDORN'S
OPELIKA'S BEST STORE
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
. - • . . • • . . . «
TOOMER'S
WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE
DRUG SUNDRIES
DRINKS, SMOKES
THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY
ON THE CORNER
NOTE BOOKS
SPECIAL SALE
10 Per Cent Off
-At-
The
Students Supply Shop
Everything for the College Student
Buy a Typewriter $15.00 Down, $5.00 Per Month. Typewritten
Lab: Reports Bring Better Grades ,
»
Warner Bros, present
TEXAS GUINAN
IN
"QUEEN OF THE NIGHT CLUBS
With EDDIE FOY, Jr., LILA LEE, JOHN MILJAN
JACK NORWORTH—JOHN DAVIDSON
HEY! HEY! Make Whoopee and Boom Boom, Hey Hey and Ga
Ga with Texas Guinan! There's no cover charge!
"MAKING WHOOPEE" The battle cry of the night clubs—how
New York quivers when Texas Guinan shouts t h a t thing! Now you
can maice whoope with the original "whoopee girl."
RAINBOW THEATRE
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Admission 10c & 35c
Georgia, in the heart of the South,
we will have a memorial to t h a t which
we hold dearest which will survive
when all other man-made works, de
signed to perpetuate the name and
fame of kings and causes, shall have
perished. Even the giant pyramids,
built alike as monuments to the
Egyptian Pharaohs, and as imposing
burial places for those of royal blood,
will in time disintegrate. Indeed,
they are already heavily marked by
t h e hand of time, as the driving desert
sands continue to sting and disinteg
r a t e their faces. There will come a
day, in the long ages to come, when
only a few heaps of stone will mark
the site of these mighty works.
So it was with the great stone pill
a r s of Stonehenge, one of the majestic
conceptions of man. These great
stones must have symbolized eternity
itself when they were erected in the
dim, pre-historic ages. Yet today they
a r e fallen, the structure is wreck and
ruin.
Our own Confederate monument
was built by nature itself, a great
mountain of rock which will endure
for thousands, possibly millions, of
years. In a military way the Confederacy
was a Lost Cause, and it is
alike interesting and thrilling to reflect
that the greatest monument on
e a r t h will be dedicated to a cause
which, while lost, still lives.—Columbus
Enquirer-Sun.
The decision of Samuel H. Venable,
owner of Stone Mountain, rejecting
the proposal of the Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce t h a t the Stone Mountain
Memorial Association relinquish its
claim to the lease on the mountain
and that Mr. Venable deed t h a t part
of the mountain upon which the memor
i a l has been started to the State,
brings the situation to an impasse.
The proposal of the Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce was that Mr. Venable
deed the mountain to the State
because the association was manifestly
defunct and could not complete the
memorial. It had lost public confidence
and could not regain it. It was
the idea of Phillip Alston, president
of the Atlanta Chamber, that if the
property Avere deeded t'o the State,
confidence would be restored so that
Atlanta business men could raise
$150,000 to complete the memorial.
The plan had its objectionable features,
but it was not necessarily bad.
I t required the concurrence of the
Legislature. The General Assembly
very properly could have required, before
it accepted the property, not only
the raising of a sum sufficient to
complete the memorial, but also to
maintain it so that it would not be
necessary ever to go to the tax-payers
of the State for its support. If that
plan had been adopted, it is possible
t h e memorial would have been completed.
Mr. Venable's refusal, however,
makes it certain t h a t the Stone Mount
a in Memorial, as a tribute from the
Southern people is doomed. Mr. Venable
may go on and put a memorial
on the mountain, but it will
be a private project in which the
South has lost interest. Even Atlanta
may go on and put a memorial
on the mountain, but it will be a lure
for tourists and a balm for Atlanta's
pride and not at all a tribute from
the South to the Southern heroes.
The best thing the memorial association,
which meets this week, can do is
to admit failure, dissolve itself and
give Mr. Venable back his mountain
to whittle down for granite.—Macon
Telegraph.
COACH LEE ARRIVES
IN VILLAGE TO TAKE
UP GRIDIRON DUTIES
• — — * • !
Boys! If you Eat
MEAT
Buy it from your
Friends
MOORE'S MARKET
—Phone 37—
<6&>
mm $
.••
v # < *
(Continued from page 3)
any of the Panther warriors. The
nine lettermen back are, Captain
"Shorty" Long, Alt. Capt. Porter Callahan,
Grady Long, Hamp Green,
Carl Schlich, "Stumpy" Granger, Joe
Burt, Dunman Harkins, and Jim
Crawford. With Hamp Green being
the only one out on account of injuries.
He met with an accident this summer
while at work and is not expected to
be on the Tiger roster this fall.
Among the new comers on the varsity
squad this year are three of the
fastest and trickiest Sophomore backs
to hit the Plains in the past few years.
They are Chattie Davidson, Louie
Young and Linley Hatfield. They are
all considered halfbacks, but could
ably fill any berth in the rear works
of the Bohler machine.
Coach Bohler and Coach Floyd have
made many changes and shifts in remodeling
the Tiger squad and have
yet made no final decisions. A tentative
lineup for the Southern game is
as follows: Center, Dunman Harkins;
guards, Captain "Shorty" Long and
his brother Grady Long; tackles,
" E r k " Taylor from Jeffico Hi and
Louis Jacobs who hails from Bessemer
Hi; ends, McCree and Egge, the two
hustling Capital City lads in their
Sophomore year; quarterback, H. J.
Jones; halfs, Callahan and Young;
full, Howard Chappelle, the all-Dixie
end from Woodlawn.
GRIDIRON QUINTESSENCE
(Continued from page 3)
"Oswald" Predicts
The only two games in the Southern
Conference to be played this
week will be between Clemson and
Newberry; V. M. I. and Hampden-
Sydney. Clemson should win handily
but Hampden-Sydney will doubtless
give V. M. I. a close fight and the
breaks may decide the game. The
scores should be:
Clemson 39—Newberry 0.
V. M. I. 13—Hampden 12.
WRITER RECALLS DAY WHEN
EXPENSES HERE WERE LOW
(Continued from page 1)
Chambers, A. M., Professor of Agriculture;
P. H. Mell, J r . , A. M., C. E.,
Professor of Natural History and
Modern Languages; Rev. G. W. Max-son,
C. E., M. E., Principal Preparatory
Department; E. R. Rivers, C. E.,
Instructor; C. C. Thach, B. E., Ins
t r u c t o r ; and J. H. Drake, H. D. Surgeon.
The teaching of military science
was required then as now. At the
conclusion of a discussion of military
duties, it was explained t h a t "the College
is provided by the State with
breechloading cadet rifles, swords,
and accoutrements."
Concerning the location, it said:
"The college is in a high and beautiful
region, being eight hundred and
twenty-one feet above tide-water."
During the 1877-78 session the attendance
was listed as 238 cadets. It
was explained that English, arithmetic,
book-keeping, Latin, and Greek
were taught thoroughly, and that
special attention was given to penmanship
and grammar.
At the top of the advertisement
appeared a pen sketch of the old main
building with cadets lined up in front
for military review.
STUDENTS ATTENTION!
We invite you to open a checking account with us.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Your Interest Computed
TOOMER'S HARDWARE
The Best in Hardware and Supplies
CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager
HILL & CATON
BARBER SHOP
Next to Burton's Bookstore
1 5 0 r o o m s , e v e r y r o om
w i t h b a t h a nd
s h o w e r s
C i r c u l a t i n g i c e w a t er
a n d o s c i l l a t i ng
f a n s
S T R I C T L Y F I R E P R O OF
The Greystone
M o n t g o m e r y , A l a.
W o l f f H o t e l C o m p a n y Charles A. J o h n s on
O p e r a t o r s Manager
Lost: A Theta Kappa Nu fraternity
pin. Finder please return to
Theta Kappa Nu house.
MAY & GREEN
Men's Clothing
Sporting Goods
M o n t g o m e r y , Alabama
TIGER THEATER
MORTON DOWNEY
In a Brand New Song Sensation
<< LUCKY IN LOVE"
With MORTON DOWNEY and Betty Lawford, Halliwell Hobbes,
Colin Keith Johnston, Mackenzie Ward.
Once more you may hear the golden voice of Morton Downey—
now in a dashing story of impassioned love that rides triumphantly
over riches and station and whirls swiftly from enchanting Ireland
to America. It's a gallant love story gallantly told, and through it
you sway with the magic-sweet voice of Broadway's favorite popular
songster. You can't afford to miss it.
ALL SINGING
ALL TALKING
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Two Afternoon Shows: 2:30 and 4 o'clock.
One Night Show: 8:45
ADMISSION: 15c & 35c
|*To prove Parker Duofold it a
pen of lifelong perfection, we
offer to make good any defect,
provided -oraplete pen it Bent
by the owner direct to the
factory with 10c for return
postage snd insurance.
For
cNon-Stop Writing
These All-American Football Stars,
Like All Real Fellows,
Depend on Parker Pressureless Touch
Non-Breakable Barrels—24%
Greater Ink Capacity—^Guaranteed
Forever Against All Defects
Hitch your writing
to t h e s t a r of all pens
if you w a n t to be in t he
same class with t h e Big
Fellows w h o s t a r in
every line of endeavor.
T h e r e ' s never been
a n o t h e r so handsome
t o c a r r y a s black-tipped
P a r k e r Duofold—never
a n o t h e r so shapely to
hold—and none w i th
our 47th Improvement
—Pressureless Touch.
It a d j u s t s i t s flow to
t h e speed of your h a nd
by easing your stroke.
It s w e e p s p e n worries
o u t of y o u r mind, so
your b r a i n h a s a clear t r a c k for thinking.
Do you k n ow t h a t by actual count P a r k e r ' s P r e s s u r e less
W r i t i n g n ow r u l e s throughout America ?
A census of p e n s in 13 technical schools disclosed that
Parker leads in popularity 2 to 1. It w a s voted t h e favorite
by s t u d e n t s in 55 colleges. A n d a nation-wide poll conducted
by t h e Library B u r e a u proved P a r k e r t h e prefer-enceby
25%abovethesecond pen,and 48% above thethird.
Step to a n y good p e n counter a n d select your point.
Imitations c a n ' t deceive you if you look for t h e imprint,
"Geo. S. Parker—DUOFOLD."
THE PARKER PEN COMPANY, Janesville, Wis. Offices snd Subsidiaries:
New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Buffalo, Dallas, San Franoisco.
larker
"DuofoU'snio
The headivorh 'which made Howard
Harpster of Carnegie Tech, AU-Amerv
can Quarterback isn't confined to football.
He uses good judgment in the cUuroom
too, writes—-via Parktr Pressureless
Touch,
Pencils
to match
S3 to $S