1927-02-12 The Plainsman

              SENIOR CLASS
MEETING NEXT
TUESDAY THE PLAINSMAN MILITARY BALL
MONDAY, FEB. 21
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1927 NUMBER 19
SCHEDULE OF RE-EXAMS NEXT
WEEK ISSUED BY REGISTRAR
Students Must Secure
Cards From Registrar
at Cost of $2.00
Re-examinations in various college
subjects have been scheduled for the
period beginning Monday, February
14 according to Prof. B. L. Shi, Reg­istrar.
Those eligible for re-exami­nations
are students with grades from
50 to 59 or those absent with permis­sion
from the regular examinations.
All students who now have "condi­tions"
should take the re-examina­tions
or it will be necessary for them
to repeat the courses.
Students concerned must secure
card from the Registrar and notify
professor. A fee of $2.00 for each
examination is charged but the max­imum
cost is fixed at $5.00. A stu­dent
will be excused from his regular
class work which conflicts with this
re-examination schedule.
Only one re-examination will be
given. All re-examination grades,
whether passing or failing, will be re­ported
to the Registrar promptly. A
passing re-examination grade will be
recorded as 60.
Monday, February 14: A.M., For­eign
languages; P.M., Zoology and
Entomology, Drawing and Machine
Design.
Tuesday, February 15, A.M., Phy­sics;
P.M., Chemistry.
Wednesday, February 16, A.M.,
Home Economics, Agronomy, Civil
Engineering, Physical Education; P.
M., Architecture, Agr. Engineering,
Electrical Engineering, Religious Ed­ucation.
Thursday, February 17, A. M., Eng­lish,
Animal Industry, Highway En­gineering;
P.M., Botany, History and
Mechanical Engineering.
Friday, Feb. 18, A.M., Economics,
Horticulture, Pharmacy; P.M., Farm
Management, Education, Mathema­tics.
Saturday, February 19, A.M., Mil­itary,
Veterinary Medicine and Bac­teriology.
MILITARY BALL
TO BE GIVEN BY
OFFICERS HERE
Cadet Commissioned Officer*
Complete Plans for Bril­liant
Dance
Plans have been completed for the
annual .cadet officers' military dance,
Monday, February 21, it was an­nounced
today by C»pt. Kenneth Al
thaus, adjutant Abuurn R. O. T. C
It is estimated that between two and
three hundred persons will partici­pate.
The dance will be an invitational
affair and among those invited will
be all cadet officers of the R. O. T. C.
who are members of the senior class
at Auburn, all officers of the reserve
corps, "the National Guard, and offi­cers
of the American Legion. The
dance will be held in the Alumni
Gymnasium on the campus. Commit­tees
in charge of the dance are as
follows:
Finance committee: G. C. Ellis,
Birmingham; J. C. Matthison, Birm-
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SENIOR CLASS
HOLDS DEBATE
ON HONOR CODE
Action Deferred Until Class
Meeting On Next
Tuesday
Entertaining arguments both pro
-and con the immediate abolition of
the honor system at Auburn, the
Senior class met in the auditorium
of Broun Engineering Hall on Tues­day
morning.
Owing to the number of seniors
absent it was decided to postpone a
vote on a motion previously made:
that the Senior class recommend
that the honor system at Auburn be
immediately abolished. After a
lengthy discusison on the advisabili-
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COMPULSORY VACCINATION
DECREED TO CHECK DISEASE
GLEE CLUB FROM
M0NTEVALL0T0
PERFORM HERE
Fair Ladies of Alabama to Ap­pear
at Langdon Hall
Tonight at 7:00
MANY STUDENTS
TO COMPETE FOR
DEBATING TEAM
T h r e e Inter-collegiate Forensic
Tilts on Auburn Calendar
This Year
COACH "BUCK" SPINKS
FOOTBALL STAR
ACHIEVES FAME
BY 'H0LE-IN-0NE'
There is an increased interest in
inter-collegiate debates as was evi­denced
by the large number of stu­dents
that were present Tuesday
night to hear the announcement of
the questions that are to be debated.
As is already known to most of the
students, Auburn participates in
three inter-collegiate debates. Last
year all three of these debates were
held on the campus, so this year, two
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Attention!
ACTIVITIES ARE
ASKED TO MEET
AS SCHEDULED
Schedule Committee Makes
Proposal to Eliminate
Present Confusion
PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
Monday, Feb. 14
"LOVE'S GREATEST MIS­TAKE"
A Paramount Picture, directed
by Edward* Sutherland, star­ring
Evelyn Brent, William
Powell, James Hall and
Josephine Dunn
Tuesday, Feb. 15
"THE TORRENT"
Starring Gertrude Aster, Rob­ert
McKim, and an all-star
cast.
Wed. and Thurs., Feb. 16-17
"THE FOUR HORSEMEN
OF THE APOCALYPSE"
Valentino and Alice Terry
Friday, Feb. 18
"UNMARRIED WIVES"
Mildred Harris, Lloyd Randall,
Gladys Brockwell, Geo. Cooper
Saturday, Feb. 19
"WOLF'S CLOTHING"
Monte Blue, Patsy Ruth Miller
and John Miljan.
Swings Trusty Club But Once
to Make Hardest Hole on
Local Course
Buck Spinks, former star end on
Tiger elevens and a member of the
Auburn coaching staff, has reported
a "hole-in-one" and thus entered the
golfing hall of fame. According to
Spinks, only one stroke was necess­ary
to sink the little white pellet in
the seventh hole. Coach Morey stands
ready to verify this assertion and
the youthful mentor apparently has
substantial claims to admission into
the exclusive "hole-in-one" club, the
objective of every ardent golfer.
Anyone who has played the local
course has entertained a dread of
the long drive over the hill to the
seventh green, a distance of some
three hundred yards. Nothing daunt­ed,
however, Buck drove with uner­ring
aim onto the green and thence
into the cup, a mere matter of a pow­erful
swing of his trusty driver.
Spink's entrance into the charmed
circle raises the total of Auburnites
who have achieved this honoh to
three, the other two being Captain
Pick and J. B. Hollingsworth.
Present conflicts in meeting times
of the various social, literary, techni­cal
and honorary organizations
throughout the college, render it
practically impossible for the average
student, who belongs to. more than
one of these, to regularly attend the
meetings.
The Executive/ Council has there­fore
approved the plans of the Col­lege
Schedule Committee to attempt
in cooperation with the organizations
involved, to schedule such meetings
as regular class periods are scheduled.
With this end in view, the Sche­dule
Committee proposes the follow­ing
tentative schedule for the Second
Semester of 1926-27:
Monday and Tuesday, 7 to 8 P.
M.: Literary and Technical Societies.
Wednesday, 7 to 8 P.M.: Social
Fraternities.
Thursday, 7 to 8 P.M.: Current
Events.
Friday and Saturday, 7 to 8 P.M.:
Honorary Societies and Fraternities.
All other organizations, such as the
Dramatic Club, are requested to de­fer
their meetings until 8 P.M., so as
not to conflict with the foregoing
schedule.
College organizations involved are
asked to cooperate with the Commit­tee
by taking prompt steps to put the
schedule in force, or should this ap­pear
impracticable, to arrange for
a conference with the Chairman.
Such a large number of letters are
mailed at the station until it is im­possible
for Railway postal clerk to
work this mail before reaching Ope-like,
therefore the letters are delayed
and will not reach their destination
as soon as they would if they were
deposited in post office.
All letters deposited in this office
up until 7:15 are dispatched on train
36 which runs at 7:44 mail being
worked here to be turned back at
Opelika on train going West.
It will be appreciated if all will
deposit their mail in office in time
for dispatch and not mail same at
station.
L. A. KNAPP, Postmaster.
STATISTICS ARE
INDICATIVE OF
DANCE SUCCESS
F i g u r e s Completed By Au­thorities
Show Large
Attendance
The Alabama College Glee Club
will give a concert in Langdon Hall
on Saturday night, February 12. The
Montevallo girls previous to their per­formance
in Auburn will give a con­cert
before the Woman's College girls
in Montgomery.
There will be twenty-six girls mak­ing
the trip to Auburn. They will
be accompained by Mr. Colin B. Rich­mond,
director; Miss Polly Gibbs,
accompanist; and Mrs. Nora Rey­nolds,
chaperone. As yet no person­nel
of the Glee Club has been se­cured,
but is is believed that a large
number of those making the trip last
year will return again this year. The
personnel of the Montevallo Glee
Club for 1926 was as follows: Frances
Crump, Annie Lou Hodges, Mirian
Ernst, Helen Bishop, Elizabeth Gran-berry,
Eleanor Payne, Minnie John­son,
Frances Loftin, Eleanor Hooper,
Lucile Clay, Alice Mahler, Kathleen
McCormick, Reba Dunklin, Myrtle
Turberville, Etoile Barnes, Mary Ri­ley,
Mytilene Vildibill, Mrytle Plant,
Marie Turner, Alice Quarles, Althea
Hughes, Anne Yarbrough, Anne
Long, Patty Cole, Frances Saynor.
The Glee Club of the Alabama Col­lege
was well received in Auburn last
year, their program. being one of the
best to visit the plains during the en­tire
session.
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DEFINITE PLANS
MAPPED OUT BY
LOCAL BAPTISTS
Assignments of Work to All
Committees is
Made
Definite assignment of work to all
the committees of the Baptist Stu­dent
Union was the object of the
first meeting of the Baptist Student
Uuion Council and officers of other
Baptist student organizations, at Au- s t a t e Womans College, State Normal
Girls attended the Junior Prom
from eight states. The number at­tending
is as follows:
Alabama, 91; Georgia, 23; Florida,
13; Virginia, 2; Tennessee, 2; Illi­nois,
2; North Carolina, 2; South
Carolina, 2; Total, 137.
The fraternity invitations accept­ed
are estimated:
Kappa Sigma, 15; Kappa Alpha,
12; Alpha Tau Omega, 11; Phi Del­ta
Theta, 11; Lambda Chi Alpha,
10; Theta Chi, 10; Pi Kappa Alpha,
18; Phi Kappa Delta, 7; Pi Kappa
Phi, 7; Alpha Lambda Tau, 6; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, 6; Sigma Phi Sigma,
5; Theta Kappa Nu, 4; Sigma Nu,
3; Alpha Gamma Rho, 2; Sigma Pi,
1; Kappa Phi, 1; Delta Sigma Phi,
1; Non-Fraternity, 7; Total, 137.
Colleges represented at the Junior
Prom include: The University of
Alabama, Brenau, Agnes Scott, The
University of North Carolina, Wo­mans
College of Alabama, Alabama
College, Shorter College, Florida
burn Baptist church, Monday night
at eight o'clock.
This meeting came as the climax
of the reorganization of the Auburn
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School, Ward Belmont, Lucy Cobb
College, and Wesleyan.
Of the 91 Alabama girls, 32 came
from Birmingham, 24 from Montgom­ery,
and 4 from Mobile.
DEAN PETRIE DISCUSSES THE
POLICY OF GERMAN KAISER
Immunity to Smallpox
Being Administered
by College Physician
As a result of the discovery of sev­eral
cases of smallpox in the village
and school, the college surgeon is vac­cinating
the entire student body to
prevent the spread of the dread dis­ease.
Many students are to be seen trek-ing
up from Dr. B. F. Thomas' of­fice
in the old engineering building
with sleeves rolled high up on the
arm and tenderly nursing the punc­tured
member. As unpleasant as the
successful vaccination is, it is infin­itely
more desirable than a case of
the loathed malady which it prevents.
It is the duty of each individual to
be vaccinated at once as it may mean
immunity not only to himself but to
many of his friends who would suf­fer
from infections at his hands.
Dr. Thomas may be seen at his
office in the morning before 9:30
o'clock and in the afternoon after
1:00 o'clock. Vaccination is admin­istered
free of charge to regular
students and to all others at a min­imum
charge.
The city is not in the throes of
an epidemic but this action is nec­essary
to prevent one.
CLARK REVIEWS
PASSING OF OLD
PEOPLE'S PARTY
Doctor's Thesis Assigns Rea­sons
for Failure of Pop­ulism
in Alabama
DR. W. S. HALL
YMCA ENGAGES
LECTURER FOR
SEVERAL TALKS
Dr. Hall Will Be Heard
Upperclassman Con­vocation
at
The topic of Dr. Petrie's current
events talk this week was "The Kais­er."
This wasthe first of three talks
on recent European leaders. The
others will be on Lenin and Mussolini.
"The Kaiser," said Dr. Petrie,
"was not a revolutionist. He was an
extreme developer of a policy already
adopted by his country. Bismarck
laid the foundation of this policy. The
kaiser carried it to its conclusion.
This was inevitably a world war. For
this war the kaiser cannot escape his
due share of responsibility.
The Kaiser
"In our own day Europe has seen
three strikingly picturesque figures:
The Russian Lenin, the Italian Mus­solini
and the German kaiser.
"Lenin and Mussolini were revo­lutionists.
They came into power by
violent changes in the government of
their countries. The kaiser was by
no means a revolutionist. He was
an extremist, but he merely pushed to
the limit a policy already definitely
adopted by his country.
The Kaiier's Background
"Bismarck, and not the kaiser,
really founded German autocracy.
He made Prussia an absolute mon­archy.
Around Prussia he built up
the German empire. He so organiz­ed
it that the control lay in the hands
of the emperor, and behind him stood
the might of the greatest army of
Europe.
"Such a system left little room for
personal liberty. We Americans
would not have endured it for a mo­ment.
But it was efficinet. Ger­many
grew and prospered. The peo­ple
accepted the system and grew
proud of it.
(Continued on page 6)
Dr. Winfield Scott Hall, one of the
foremost physicians, authors, and
lecturers of America, has been engag­ed
by the Y. M. C. A. to give a se­ries
of lectures here beginning Feb­ruary
17. The first of his lectures
will be heard at upper class convoca­tion
that morning. Dr. Scott was
professor of Biology in Haverford
College from 1889 to 1903; professor
of physiology in the medical college
of Northwestern University for 24
years; and the junior dean of the
medical faculty of the university for
12 years.
Dr. Hall is an author of many
standard works on social and sex
education. He is a famous lecturer
on eugenics, social ethics, home and
health problems. Last year he gave
951 lectures to an aggregation of
more than 183,000 people, mostly col­lege
students. Dr. Hall speaks for
racial betterment and social advance­ment.
He speaks with the intelli­gence
of a trained and experienced
physician with the thoroughness and
(Continued on page 6)
By HUGH G. GRANT
First exhaustive study of the pop­ulist
movement in Alabama has been
made and completed by Dr. John B.
Clark, head of the economics depart­ment
at the Alabama Polytechnic in­stitute.
Professor Clark has return­ed
from New York university, where
he secured the degree of doctor of
philosophy. The thesis, "Populism
in Alabama," was submitted in par­tial
fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree. .
Doctor Clark did much of the work
on his thesis in the state department
of archives and history in Montgom­ery,
as indicated in his preface in
which he expresses his appreciation
to Peter A. Brannon of the state
department of archives and history.
The monograph covers every phase
of the populist movement with its
political, social and economic back­ground,
beginning in 1874, or the last
year of what may be called the first
period or reconstruction, to 1896,
which marked the passing of the
people's party in Alabama.
Doctor Clark is a native of Hamil­ton,
Marion county, Ala. He was
educated at the Sixth Agricultural
school at Hamilton, Auburn, Vander-bil't,
Harvard, Columbia and New
York university. He has a string of
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PROGRAM
College Show
Monday, Feb. 14
First National Week.
THE WHITE BLACK SHEEP
Richard Barthelmess and Pat­sy
Ruth Miller.
Tuesday, Feb. 15
NO SHOW
Wednesday, Feb. 16
"JUST ANOTHER BLONDE"
Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mul-hall,
Louise Brooks, and
William Collier, Jr.
Thursday, Feb. 17
NO SHOW
Friday, Feb. 18
"THE MASKED WOMAN"
With Anna Q. Nilsson, Hol-brook
Blinn, Charlie Murray
Saturday; Feb. 19"
"DON JUAN'S THREE
NIGHTS"
Lewis Stone and Shirley Mason
COMEDY FOR EACH SHOW
Admission 10 and 25c
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We notice that among its dictates of
fashion, Paris has decreed an early Spring.
According to reports from the continental
metropolis, weather is hotter at this time
than ever recorded previously.
Why is the average reader so avidly at­tracted
by the morbid in literature? Cer­tainly
this interest is capitalized by the
large newspapers of the country who will
distort the most common crime in order
that the compelling element of mystery
may be added. In assigning causes for this
peculiar attraction, the one most salient
reason is the romantic component of man's
nature. Any departure from realism and
naturalism is welcomed by this side of our
characters.
It is to be deplored that our daily news
sheets take advantage of the public by
littering their front pages with notices
of crimes, baring the grim details of trage­dies
with evident relish. Newspapers who
seek a departure from the sensational are
handicapped by a decrease in circulation.
Yellow sheet journalism, as prevalent as
it now is, is in the ascendancy.
We understand that the co-eds at the
University of Idaho have added to the list
of many things the modern girl does that
her mother didn't do. According to the
University Argonaut, the feminine stu­dents
of that institution have accepted
the "dutch treat" idea, heretofore asso­ciated
principally with newsboys, news­papermen,
bachelor maids, and under­graduate
males. We feel that this is a
wise decision on the part of the Mormon
girls and urge the adoption of this policy
on our own campus.
It seems to us that the "weaker" sex
might just as appropriately be christened
the "speaker" sex.
The optomistic and bromidic statement
that "a man may be down but he is never
out" take no cognizance of the real depth
of moral and spiritual depravity.
We both wonder at and pity the four
egoists who declared that they believed
in no God. We are happy in the realiza­tion
that their votes cannot alter the situ­ation.
We speak now of the results of the
questionaire submitted in convocation last
week.
In Birmingham a men's beauty parlor
has recently been opened, a masculine
sanctum where secrecy reigns. A beauty
expert's services have been secured, here
and there hang canary cages with the oc­cupants
throating cheerfully, violet-ray
machines have been installed and, in short,
the sweet, dainty young shieks are being
tenderly provided for. At this rate chap-erones
for the young men of the Magic
city will soon be considered a propriety.
Many a man who just lives in a "house
by the side of a road" is soon covered by
the dust kicked up by the passage of his
fellow man.
THE SENIOR PROM SHOULD BE
FORMAL
Nothing succeeds like success and suc­cess
in this instance refers to the recent
Junior Prom, the most attractive set of
dances it has been our pleasure to at­tend
on the local campus. Believing that
the atmosphere prevading the dance floor
is responsible to a large extent for the en­joyment
derived, we have reached the con­clusion
that formal dances are much more
enjoyable and successful from the point
of social enjoyment.
Reasoning in this manner and assuming
that the Senior Prom or the commence­ment
dances are the most important of
the year and should be the most attrac­tive,
we urge the adoption of the formal
address, at the three annual proms given
here, especially at the Senior Prom.
Commencement necessarily brings with
it a sense of dignity and propriety and it
would be only logical to assume the gar­ments
suggesting propriety at any of the
functions during this period, in this case
the tuxedo.
But laying aside any respect due the
graduating class and leaving out of con­sideration
the dictates of propriety, the
dress suit blends harmoniously with the
atmosphere attendant on this kind of fes­tivity
and lends a certain amount of uni­form
poise to the dancers. The appear­ance
of the floor is much improved over
the conditions heretofore existing here, a
myraid clashing of colors of new spring
suits and old fall outfits.
We propose to operate both the com­mencement
and opening dances on a new
plan, exactly that which is followed in
the mid-term affair, in that tuxedos will
be the formal evening suits, while morning
and afternoon wear will be left to the dis­cretion
of the individual.
In reality this proposal will work a hard­ship
on no one, for an inquiry into the
number of dress suits rented for the re­cent
dances reveals that only nineteen were
procured in this manner. Then, too, with
the advent of three formal dance periods
each year, it would be profitable for the
students to purchase their own tuxedos,
incidentally saving the price of at least
one fall and two spring suits during his
four years in college.
The above is merely a suggestion, one
which we believe will, if adopted, mean a
vast improvement in local social functions
in the future. It is necessary that the so­cial
committee obtain a reaction to this
plan before proceeding with plans for the
senior dances.
FAILURE TO AWARD LETTERS AND
SWEATERS TO CROSS COUNTRY
TEAM IS AN INJUSTICE
A new policy has seemingly been adopt­ed
this year with the inception of a new
athletic constitution in regard to the
award of letters to the placing members
of the cross country teams. Not only has
the plan of awarding an "A" been amend­ed
by substituting the symbol, "cAc," but
sweaters have been omitted in this athletic
reward.
This seems to us to be a great mistake
on the part of the athletic officials and
one which should be remedied. In the first
place, we believe that the conventional
"A" should be given those who deserve
them—in other words to those who by
their participations in and support of the
athletic program of the'school have ma­terially
aided the standing of Auburn as
an institution. Granting that the mem­bers
of the football team justly earn their
letters, we maintain that athletes, who,
by their sacrifices, strict adherence to the
disciplinary training, and difficult coor­dination
of mental and mascular skill,
achieve signal success in any inter-colle­giate
sport should be permitted to wear
the Auburn "A."
Whereas the recipient of a letter in foot­ball
has ten associates who help make this
honor possible, in baseball eight and in
basketball four, the winner of a cross
country race accomplishes this feat alone
and unaided, supported only by sheer nerve
and the will to win.
Does it not seem unjust discrimination
to bestow upon the cheer leader or the
manager of a team the athletic insignia of
the school—not that we are opposed to
this action—and all but ignore the star
athlete in one of the inter-collegiate ma­jor
sports?
Now, it was voted by the members of
the "A" club that those who "placed" in
the annual conference cross country race
should be awarded the prescribed "cAc"
TOGETHER WITH A SWEATER. For
some reason, however, the athletic officials
have recreed that the mere symbol be giv­en
WITHOUT A SWEATER. Leaving out
of consideration now the apparent injus­tice
of the failure to present the candi­dates
with the "A" on a sweater, it is ob­viously
an error to omit the sweater, con­cerning
the omission of which there is no
article in the athletic constitution to justi­fy
the action taken.
All of the large eastern universities
continue in their long observed practice
of awarding the varsity letter to members
of the cross country teams and although
we do not pretend to pattern our athletic
destinies after their own, we should honor
the results of constant experimentation
along this line.
Incidentally, this year's cross country
aggreation brought to Auburn its first
conference championship since 1921 when
the baseball team topped the list. Beside
the conference meet they also won the
Southeastern A. A. U. and the annual B.
A. C. Road* Race. They brought home
from these meets three cups and nine med­als
out of a possible three cups and twelve
medals.
And out of the participants in these
three races, only three men qualified for
letters. Have they not conferred honor on
their institution by success in their chosen
line of athletic endeavor? Then should
they not receive the highest athletic re­ward
the school is able to bestow upon
them, an "A" on a sweater?
^ THE FREE PRESS
One of the inalienable rights of the
American citizen is freedom of speech and
closely associated with this is freedom of
the press, for the press is the medium
through which is transmitted all social,
political and moral criticism.
We propose to maintain a column in
this paper devoted to the expression of
students both pro and con on issues which
directly affect them and the college. We
urge all students to submit to this office
any criticism, either constructive or de­structive
which they may be harboring in
their minds. These articles must be
signed and mailed in to this office or be
handed personally to the editor. Names
will not be printed, but this advice is nec­essary
to protect the paper's interests.
In the composition of these articles, we
urge that all elements of personal enmity
be omitted and we positively will not
print an article attacking the character of
any man. We reserve the right to do this
as such an article would not be in har­mony
with our conception of freedom of
the press, for freedom becomes tyranny
when it transgresses the rights of others.
Campus Characters
No. 1. W. Ralph (Bones) Vaughn
(Editor's note: This is the fist of a
series of articles to be published by the
humorous department of The Plainsman.
We trust that they may serve to satisfy,
to a certain extent, the ever-increasing
demand on the part of the Auburn Stu­dent
Body for entertainment at the expense
of others.)
The subject of our researches for the
past week has been one of the outstand­ing
lights of the Senior 'lee class. After
an exhaustive research we have found the
following facts:
We are unable to find any record of
his death, but we are convinced that it
cannot be too early. It is uncertain where
he originated. He registered from Dothan,
but Mt. Meigs, Toadvine and Chehaw have
all put up such strong claim on his origin
that we hesitate to make any definite state­ment.
We are sorry that we could not pub­lish
his photograph herewith, but four
photographers broke their cameras on him
in attempting to duplicate his visage. The
fifth would not try it, as all insurance
companies refused his insurance on the
camera, should he make such an attempt.
Bones has achieved many honors in this
noble institution. He is esteemed far and
wide for his wonderful horsemanship. We
were able to learn much about this from
Ruby Powell, but we are not at liberty to
disclose it here. Bones is a potential stu­dent
and a hard worker. He says that he
refused a bid to the Phi Kappi Phi, as he
could not be bothered with such trival
things. He also deserts that the only
reason that he does not go out for foot­ball
is that he is so good that the coaches
will fail toappreciate him. He has an in­timate
knowledge of the Zoo, that is sought
by every other potential young Lochnivar
on the campus. Bones latest achievement
is his appointment as Campaign Manager
for the coming race for May Queen. He
assures us of the success of his efforts.
Bones will leave us in May. He thinks
that he will graduate, maybe. We believe
that he will, as no professor has any desire
to teach him a second time. The main
reason for rejedcing on commencement
day this year will be over the exit of
Bones Vaughn. This will be remembered
for all times.
No, girls, he is not married or engaged
yet, although rushed on all sides. You
may get on his wiating list by seeing his
personal secretary, John Thomas.
Letters to the Editor
For some, life is a beautiful dream—
they are morons; for others, it is a deep
and tranquil sleep—they are the willness,
sans ambition, sans discernment; for still
others, it is a nightmare—they are intel­ligent,
thinkers and torch-bearers of pro­found
learning.
Our conception of an optomist is one
who thinks the Honor System will work
at Auburn.
Fraternity Row
Has the recent fire on Fraternity Row
frightened the prospective builders? We
have heard from various sources that sev­eral
of the fraternities on the campus
contemplated building new houses on
Fraternity Row. But this seems to be all
talk. Of course we know that it takes
money to build houses that will be a cred­it
to the school and worthy of Fraternity
Row, but with the college ready to help,
we see no reason why more fraternities
could not build.
When the idea of Fraternity Row was
first voiced, we believe that it was intend­ed
for this to become a big distinctive fea­ture
of Auburn. At the present there is
one house on Fraternity Row, and the one
that recently burned will soon be rebuilt
But there are a number of good locations
for other houses, and it would be a fine
thing for Auburn, for the fraternities, and
for the students, to be able to point with
pride to our Fraternity Row with its beau­tiful
mansions.
We would suggest that members of the
various fraternities go to see Dr. Dowell
and familarize themselves with the plan
that the college has to offer to fraterni­ties
wishing to build on Fraternity Row.
These men could go back to their respec-tives
and report same to their brothers.
We feel sure that all of the fraternities
do not realize the facilities that the col­lege
offers, and that when they do learn
of these, we shall see Fraternity Row as
it should be.
Do We Want a New Football Coach?
Everywhere this person went during the
holidays, he was asked by alumni of other
colleges and universities; one question at
every turn: "Are they going to keep Mo-rey
at Auburn?" "What was wrong with
Auburn's football team last fall?"
For the enlightment of these people,
as well as the Alumni of our own insti­tution,
who are trying to raise more dis-ension
in the athletic realms at Auburn,
we would like to tell the WORLD that
Coach Morey has the Auburn student body
in a jug, and is holding the stopper in
his hand. We are wondering just why it
is that the alumni of our rivals are all try­ing
to get the Auburnites against Coach
Morey. Several have done this very thing,
and we certainly know the reason for their
acts. It seems to us like these men are
getting a bit nervous over the prospects
of Auburn's once more getting to the top
in the Southern Conference, and would
like to see our own genial mentor ousted.
This can be for no other reason than that
they are aware of the fact that he will
lead Auburn to the top if he remains here,
and is given decent support by all con­cerned.
We would like to see correct figures
from the leading colleges around us, show­ing
the aid that each coach has had dur­ing
the last few years, in obtaining good
material for athletic teams. It is a cinch
that Auburn's supporters (???) are not
united in any consistent effort to help
anyone get a good team here, as is being
done by the alumni of other like institu­tions.
Several of our most promising ath­letes
are forced to leave school every,
year on account of lack of employment and
funds to enable them to continue in col­lege.
This doesn't happen at other insti­tutions,
therefore they must be getting
more support than we are, for they usu­ally
have a larger body of athletes to as­sist
than we have ever had.- We think
that it is time for the people who really
have Auburn at heart, to get behind the
coach and try to help him, instead of try­ing
to discredit his great work here.
In passing, we would like to say a few
words about the success with which Coach
Morey has met here since he came to Au­burn
two years ago, with his assistant,
Mike Papke. It is an admitted fact that
Auburn had one of the best baseball teams
in the south last year, for the first time
since 1922. They won 22 out of 29 games,
and the team was made up of sophomores,
almost wholly. That in itself is enough
to prove Coach Morey's ability. Then we
would like for our advisory (???) friends
to look at the wonderful basketball team
Auburn has this year. It is the best team
Auburn has ever had, and not one member
of the team will be lost by graduation
next spring. This speaks well of Coach
Morey's assistant, Coach Papke, for the
basketball team for the last two years has
been very poor, and only the genius of
Coach Papke has lifted it from the mire
of defeat into the select class this year.
How many finished, polished athletes
were here when Coach Morey took over
the reigns? How many members of our
football team last fall were seasoned vete­rans?
How could anyone expect Auburn
to win a championship with such material
as our coach had to work with? Outside
of a few veteran linemen, Coach Morey
had to build a team from new material.
Many of our all-wise critics claim that Au­burn
had a wealth of the best football ma­terial
in the south last fall. True enough,
H BLIND TIGER «
Well, folks, I have an important 'noun-cemet
t' make to yuh. In the light oft
the fact, that Wooten has stood the test
of acidity, and has been found 100 per
cent for the Nicaraugan situation, I beg
leave to herewith give him a base on balls,
and bid him gorspeed on his curriculum.
He has made a tremendous effort to hit,
and if he don't score, we hope the moon
turns to green cheese. FOUR BALLS!
TAKE YOUR BASE! Let's all stand and
sing, "Bye, Bye, Blackbird."
* * * * * *
SQUAD .-halt! No, no, my gentle
readers. Not a review for the artillery,
but a thousand times woirse. "Just a
dream in which old Tige saw Corporal Co­ed
Northcutt in charge of a squad of re­cruits
in the "Old Maid's Parade," trying
to outshine "The Big Parade."
* * * * * *
Fire! FIRE—F-I-R-E! At the fire at
the Baby Zoo last week:
1st Co-ed—"Give me central. The
FIRE DEP'T."
Grace—"Give me my shoes. I can't go
out without them." (and all the time, she
was on the bed, we wonder if she thought
that was where she put them.)
Here comes the FIRE DEP'T. (In
comes Mary Stodghill and dashes a glass
tumbler of water on the blaze; exeunt the
flame.)
This was a burlesque on Shakespeare's
play, "Much-a-Do Abuot Nothing," as it
was only a wire burning. As usual, Billy
Frank was on the job.
Prof. Pup Jones, a very prominent mem­ber
of our "SCRUB FACULTY" has tak­en
up a course in Public Speaking. When
asked for a reason, he very meekly stated
that he was trying to get up nerve enough
to get in a word edgwise when talking to
Ann Lichty.
Girls who wear cotton stockings are
either over-confident, or don't give a
d n.—Tiger.
* * * * * *
What could be more foolish than a
dumb girl turning a deaf ear on a blind
date?^Davidsonian.
Blonde—"Why do gentlemen prefer
blondes?"
Antagnoistic Brunette—"Because they
get dirty quicker."—Ex.
* * * * * *
"What's the difference between a girl
and a traffic cop?"
"Don't know, What?"
Well, you'd better stop when a traffic
cop tells you to."
* * * * * *
A woman's most peculiarly made up.
She's faithful, deceitful, keen-sighted and
blind. She's crazy, she's cruel, she's kind;
she'll lift up a man, she'll cast a man
down; she'll call him her king and then
make him her clown. You fancy she's
this, but you find that she's that, for she'll
play like a kitten and bite like a cat.
Youth is a blunder; Manhood a strug­gle;
Old Age a regret.
Here's to the happiest hours of my life
—Spent in the arms of another man's
wife: My Mother.
There are two kinds of women. The
fashionable ones and the comfortable ones.
* * * * * *
John Thomas—"What are you going to
do when you leave college?"
Cargile—"I'm going to do newspaper
work."
John Thomas—"Don't you thing you are
too old to sell papers?"
She was only a telephons operator but
she severed my connections with Monte-vallo.
Cargile—"Does your dog chase cows?"
John Thomas—"No, he's a bull dog."
* * * * * *
Katherine Patterson—"They are moving
the Vet Building."
Billy Frank—"How do you know?"
Katherine Patterson—"I just got wind
of it."
V * * . T ¥ T
Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never this time of year hath said,
"I'll study this term, just wait and see
There'll be no more flunking for me."
if they had only said "the best and green­est"
in the south. Only a genius could
have developed this green material as
Coach Morey did. We would like to men­tion
a few of these men in passing. Euil
Snyder had never been given a chance to
learn football until Morey took charge
here. He didn't even make the freshman
team in his freshman year, for he was not
considered a likely candidate. No one can
doubt that Morey uncovered a star in Sny­der
if he will recall that thrilling run that
beat Sewanee last fall when we were the
under dogs. Then, there is Pearce, the
chunky lad who blocked that punt in
New Orleans and won the game from Tu-lane,
the first Auburn victory over Tu-lane
since 1922. Pearce did not make
the rat team his freshman year. Coach
Morey developed him into a star. What
about Nurmi Nelson, Ellis, Moulton, and
Tuxworth? None of these men had ever
been given a chance, but the genius of
Morey was all that was needed to uncover
them. Now let us look at the line men
he has developed. This fall he had no
veteran candidate for end. He developed
Baskin, Watwood, Burns, and Ingram: all
of whom any college would be proud to
have. Then there are Bull Andress, Pete
Spinks, Fisher, Howard, Pruett, and • Car­ter,
all of whom will be right there next
year when the opening round is starter.
In the light of the above facts, who
could have done better? We have the
youngest team in the South, and it our
wonderful coach has any cooperation in
the future, we will soon be on top of the
stack. Now, you who are wagging your
heads and making dire predictions try
helping Coach Morey out a bit instead of
knocking, and see Morey become the best
known coach in the South. RAY FOR
KING DAVID!
To the Editor of The Plainsman:
We note with interest an article in a
recent issue of The Plainsman with ref­erence
to the rapidly increasing import­ance
of the Rat. It is predicted that soon
the Rats will be requiring Seniors to car­ry
matches for their convenience. This,
of course, is laughably absurd. But is it?
Thoroughly digesting the matter in our
minds, it dawns upon us that there really
IS something to it, after all. Not that
Rats will ever actually dictate rules for
the seniors—no; but it is a fact that the
upper-classmen are rapidly losing control
of the Rats. Freshmen seem to be doing
as they please; breaking all the Rat rules,
and openly defying those who seek to
punish them.
Can we locate the cause for this astound­ing
situation? We wonder if the splen­did
inactivity of the Vigilance Committee
could have any bearing on the matter.
Yes, undoubtedly that is where the trou­ble
lies. Once we had a Vigilance Com­mittee
in Auburn to enforce Rat rules,
and it is surprising how dilligently the
freshmen strove to comply with regula­tions.
Just the mere existance of the Vig­ilance
Committee kept many Rats from
breaking Rat rules.
We've all been through it. We've all
been overshadowed by the Vigilance Com­mittee.
Why do we let the class of '30
enjoy exemption? Are they better than
we were? We have the kindest of feel­ings
for the Rats, but a little coercion is
necessary sometimes, for even the best
of our friends. We once had a Vigilance
Committee. Is it extinct? Are we going
to allow Rats to enter Auburn on the same
level as the upper-classmen? Then what
are we going to do about it? The only
way to impress our Rats of the full pres­tige
of the Vigilance Committee is for
that body to get into action, and act de­cisively
!
There never has been so much talk
about the merits of football, both pro and
con, as there has been here of late. It
seems that there are a lot of people on
each side of the question of whether foot­ball
is being overstressed in the American
colleges and Universities of today.
Many of the people take the view that
football is essentially a part of the colleges
and universities, while others take the ad­verse
view. Mr. Alfred Dashiell, Princeton
'23 seems to think that football has become
an American religion, whose cathredrals are
gigantic stadia. He thinks that the game
has become much a commercial industry-
Several colleges are carrying out investi­gations
to ascertain if certain prep school
athletes are being assisted financially, by
alumni of collges, so that they may be able
to enter their colleges and play on the
athletic teams.
Football may be a religion to some, but if
it is, then there are several atheists con­cerned
in it. At Dartmouth, some student
wrote on the subject of football rallies as
follows: "Tonight, if we understand right,
the undergraduate body will pack Webster
Hall to be filled with a lot of 'Sentimental
Rot" about Dear old Dartmouth. Not that
we object to becoming sentimental about
the college, what we do object to, is the
way in which the piffle is handed out con­cerning
such an insignificant part of our
daily existence. Why take a night off to
listen to emotional outbursts of over-foot-ball-
ized enthusiasts? Why sit in a stuffed
room and merely listen tolhe rather boring
remarks about the necessity of winning
the football game this week-end? Why
get excited, whether we win or lose? It does
not matter. Let the Freshmen attend the
rally. They have never blundered through
one yet. But let the rest of the college
enjoy the evening—they can save their
laughter to better advantage for next week
end."—A. and M. Refleetor.
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
One man
tells another
CLARK REVIEWS PASSING OF
OLD PEOPLE'S PARTY
(Continued from page 1)
degrees, having majored in economics
and history. He received the Ph. D.
degree from New York university in
June, 1926, with highest honors in
history and economic government.
He lectured in history at Columbia
university, Adelphi college, Brooklyn;
City college, New York, and Hunter
college. He is the author of an out­line
of American government, adopt­ed
for use in Alabama high schools;
of Alabama civics in- manuscript
form; and numerous professional
magazine articles.
"Populism," Doctor Clark states,
"was essentially economic in origin.
It was primarily an agrarian move­ment.
It was not born overnight but
was the result of forces and condi­tions,
many of which started two de­cades
earlier, increased in numbers
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and severally with each succeeding
year. The populist or people's party
was the product of accumulated woes,
real and imaginary."
Comprehensive Work
The author traces the economic or­ganizations,
especially of the farm­ers
which were based on hope of ec­onomic
relief but failing in this lead
gradually into political activities.
Populism in Alabama, he continues,
after all, perhaps, was more of a po­litical
than a social or industrial up­rising
"against the groups" of men
who controlled the democratic ma­chines"
and hence who dominated
the entire political life of the state.
The chapters in Doctor Clark's
text include the "Political, Social and
Economic Background;" "Anteced­ents
of populism: Bases of Agrarian
grievances;" "Antecedents of Popul­ism
(continued): Farmers Organiza­tions;"
"The Alliance Enters Poli­tics;"
"The Populist Party Emerges;"
"Populism Rampant;" "The People's
Party Passes."
Throughout the thesis, Doctor
Clark traces in an interesting man-
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ner the political activities of such
well known leaders as Ruben Kolb,
Col. Ben Terrel, Senator John T.
Morgan, Gov. George Smith Houston,
known as the "bald eagle of the
mountain," and Gov. Thomas G.
Jones.
After tracing fully the origin and
development of the populist party,
Professor Clark asks the question:
"Why did the People's Party pass?"
and adds that the answers to the
question might vary with personal
opinion, that there is much specula­tion.
"Populism was an insurgent, pop­ular
wave against class legislation
and all kinds of corporate power. By
1896 Alabama legislators had gone
far toward satisfying the demands
of agricultural and industrial labor.
Mine inspectors had been provided,
the lien law repealed, scientific diver­sified
as well as general and techni­cal
education encouraged, railroads
had been brought under fair control,
the convict system—though the lease
system continued—was improved and
laws too numerous to mention tended
to pacify not only the populists who
had carried their appeal to the gov­ernment
for aid in behalf of the de­pressed
working classes, but such
laws appeased the people in general.
Although the Sherman federal anti­trust
act had reflected little credit
as yet and although the supreme
court had declared the federal in­come
tax law unconstitutional, there
was still hope for relief and populism
outside Alabama had also lost its
props.
Lack of Leadership
"It is often claimed that the popu­list
party failed partially for lack
of efficient leadership. This argu­ment
applies only in part to Alaba­ma.
The state has scarcely seen a
shrewder, more forceful organizer,
or more magnetic and persistent
worker than Captain Kolb, the very
essence of the populist movement in
Alabama. Although less heralded
than Watson of Georgia, largely be­cause
Kolb was never quite able to
land the plum, there is little doubt
that 'Genial Ruben' was in many
ways a better and more tactful poli­tician
than 'Tom.' Nor was Kolb the
only capable leader of the populist,
yet he stood head and shoulders above
all others and the other capable help­ers,
often lawyers and non-alliance-men,
were probably more of a liabil­ity
than an asset. Kolb, as an alli­ance
leader long identified with the
farmers in various capacities, could
wage a bold fight in behalf of farm­ers'
rights, and yet keep disguised
any sinster or personal designs or
aspirations. His efforts were osten­sibly
in the interests of the needy
and oppressed farmers. But the mo­ment
Taliaferro, Bowman, Skaggs
and other lawyers and non-descript
politicians joined the farmers' cru­sade,
there was room for suspicion
and this furnished good thunder for
the 'organized' democracy.
"As for the simon-pure populists,
they have played a neglible role in
Alabama politics. Few familiar
names stand out—'Evangel' Manning,
Gaither, Whitehead. Manning as
'founder of the pure bred species of
populism in Alabama was young, op-tomistic,
ebullient, unstable. These
men worked not too well among them-sevles
and scarcely at all with the
Kolb faction which always swallow­ed
them as a bitter dose at election
times.
"A stranger reading the Alabama
press of the populist era (1890-
1896) would scarcely be able to dis­sociate
it from the party calumny
and vituperation of the late recon­struction
days. Like Rip Van Win­kle,
the negro had again been drag­ged
into the forefront after a 20
years' sleep, and the republican was
also pulled forth from his hiding
place and cussed out and over again.
In one sense the period of the nine­ties
was more dangerous, and called
for louder 'cussing' by the democrats
than in 1874. Although the political
party in governmental control had
been reversed since 1874, the para­mount
danger was now due to the
schism among the democrats them­selves.
This seriously threatened
the Bourbon, machine group who
maintained that they were saving the
state and upholding the 'solid south'
in all its purity and sacredness!
"Not only was fusion by democrats
and populists on free silver one cause
of the decline of populism, but fus­ion
of populists with republicans was
a real cause. Many former demo­crats
refused to swallow the con­glomeration
of 1896 and returned to
their party. Thus, grown tired of
fusion, and especially balking at fus­ion
with the republicans, they desert­ed
the populists. And this was no
inconsiderable source of its loss of
power. It is safe to say that the days
of populism in Alabama were cut
shorter because of the activity of the
republican party of the state aided
by the national organization. This
outside interference crystallized sen­timent
among the dissident democra­tic
elements who now say they must
get together and 'keep the home fires
burning.'
Political Significance
"Populism thus became, in Alaba­ma,
primarily political. Economic
woes were virtually submerged. The
convention system, ordinarily dom­inated
by the old line politicians, un­matched
in skill by the farmer group,
together with the inequitable, rotten
borough system of representation,
all in favor of the black belt, continu­ed
as a prepetual bone of contention
between white and black counties.
This kept the state divided section-ally
and was a deterrent to possible
progress. This rotten borough sys­tem
had held over since 1874.
"The negro's vote had indeed be­came
an invaluable premium coveted
by all parties. In 1874 the democrats
had scorned him and counted him
out, even under peril of federal troops.
Now he was pandered to, and his vote
counted in (often with a geometrical
ratio). More than one politician
feathered his nest by manipulating
fictitious negro votes in the black
belt.
"As to the significance of the popu­list
movement in Alabama, there is
danger of exaggerating its influence,
because it is impossible to separate
clearly the national and general re­sults
from the state and specific, di­rect
and indirect, mediate and imme­diate.
"The actual tangible and imme­diate
achievements of populism in
Alabama were small, but through
the Grange and Alliance as precur­sors
of the populist movement quite
a deal of wholesome legislation, al-1
ready cited, was enacted. These
laws dealt particularly with the
farmers' interests but were generally
beneficial. The populists, other than
electing a fair number of legislators,
seldom over- one-third of the total in
either house, and some two or three
congressmen, accomplished little in
the way of putting their party in con­trol.
Captain Kolb claimed he was elect­ed
governor by 40,000 majority in
1892 and again in 1894 and Captain
Goodwyn contends that he was count­ed
out in 1896. But no populist gov­ernor
occupied the executive office
at the capitol, notwithstanding 'Gov­ernor
Kolb's' inaugural and messages
in 1894.
Counted Out, Opinion
"Popular opinion today is that
Kolb was elected and counted out by
the 'bosses' of the machine. The
'populist brigade' could not at once
dethrone the machine, supported by
the most influential papers in the
state. Becoming, as it did, a ques­tion
of the 'solid south' and a choice
between 'white supremacy' and a
third party, white supremacy won in
the nineties as it had in the seventies.
Hence populism was sacrificed part­ly
for white supremacy. To make
sure that a similar danger might not
again recur, the negro was virtually
disfranchised by the constitution of
1901. This was an attempt to 'legal­ize'
what had been done illegally.
Since 1901 there has never been
heard the croy of 'fraud,' 'black belt
domination,' 'unequal representation'
in Alabama.
The political results have been
good. The Australian ballot and pri­mary
election have supplanted the
old, boss-controlled convention sys­tem.
The people as a whole, due
largely to the 'revolutions' of the
farmers of the eighties and nineties,
have come to be recognized as a legi­timate
part of the government. There
is no doubt as to the educational value
of the populist movement. It was
good schooling in democracy for a
class which for full 30 years had had
little direct participation in the gov­ernment.
Indirectly the 'machine'
was broken. The people had learned
to form an opinion and express it
through the polls.
"The democrats in Alabama, as did
both of the old national parties,
swallowed the populist prescription,
and there was nothing left for it to
survive on. But it is hardly fair to
attribute to the populists all legisla­tion
subsequent to 1890, notwith­standing
many of their platform
planks national and state have long
since been accepted as non-socialist
measures. The party relied upon the
strong arm of the government for
aid. It taught the old 'dead' parties
not to fear a broad interpretation of
the constitution."
PLAINSMAN'S CROSSWORD P U ? 3 |
HORIZONTAL
I. A plaything for the state leg­islature,
and the convict leasing sys­tem.
5. To tap.
6. A preposition meaning the en­tering
of one thing by another.
9. A land of romance and a wor­ry
to the British authorities.
II. A time-killer.
12. The name given to a certain
co-ed.
13. The indefinite article.
14. The initials of the local high
school.
15. Ego.
17. For artillery only.
18. A public nuisance.
20. A disagreeable internal organ,
that would be conspicious by its ab­sence,
if such were possible.
21. French for half, and half of
a necessary evil at all banquets.
23. A member of a certain female
religious order.
24. The symbols of the main lia­bility
of the college of engineering.
25. A species of reptiles made fa­mous
by a certain Egyptian flapper.
27. The nick-name appropriate
for any "Ag."
28. To put in readiness (abbr).
29. Third person singular, of the
present tense, of the verb "to be."
20. A noun which may be used in
apposition with several members of
the faculty and the student body that
we know.
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1. A married man's nightmare.
2. Same as 7 horizontal.
3. The abbreviation for a certain
northern state.
4. Abbreviation for "East Indes."
6. The home of the Tiger.
7. Iceman's Union (founded by
"Red" Grange, 1926).
8. A place where we all would
be "in Dutch."
10. The capital of a state, and
the name of one of the most famous
American Academies.
11. A place where it is unsafe to
display a "Florida" pennant.
18. Latin for "Hail!"
19. Abbreviation for "Telephone
Exchange."
21. The indefinte article (Ger­man).
22. A creation of the engineers
(Accuracy, approx. 20%).
24. Abbreviation for "Ethical
Practice."
26. A nightmare to every fresh­man
taking mathematics.
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AUBURN TRACK MATERIAL FOR Papke's Men Are
THIS SEASON VERY PROMISING
,', Answering the first call for aspir-ers
of the cinder path sent out by
Coach Wilbur Hutsell, about seventy
five candidates are reporting daily
on the Varsity Football Field. How­ever,
this does not include the foot­ball
men from last year, who will
not report until after spring training
is over, which will be in about three
weeks.
Among the old men, we have that
famous artist of the high and low
hurdles, discus, shot-put, and any
other one place where he is needed,
"Weemie" Baskin, the best all round
track man Auburn is likely to see
for quite a while. This is the Cap­tain
of the team; and quite; a few
of his helpers are worthy of such a
leader. - The fastest streak in the
South, and by the end of the year we
hope we may say states, is Snitz
Snider. This three letter kid is good
for any short dash and a high bidder
in broad-jumping. We expect much
of him this year. Very glad to see
Mr. Speck White, former Auburn
record holder for the javelin, back.
We will need him quite a bit. Other
old men are the long distance run­ners
: Shorty Morrow, Broughton, Col-lum,
Whigham, Duncan, and Upshaw.
All good and ready to beat one an­other
at - any moment if possible.
Creel, pole-vaulter, will try to bring
back memories of Bobby Lock and
Sikes will assist White with the jav­elin.
To help bring up the standards
and fill the gaps left by graduation
quite a few Rats of '"26" are making
desperate effort*. Very promising
men are to be found in this bunch
if they continue to follow Coach
Hutsell. Heinz, a bull rat from No­tre
Dame and hailing from Selma,
will assist Captain Baskin in the hur­dles.
Herzog will help Creel out in
the pole vault and high-jump. Mor
row, Walters, Helms, Beard, Kirk
wood, Tinsley and Anderson are also
bidding for their rightful place on the
team.
Following the close of Spring
Training about ten classy athletes
will run the value of track stock in
Auburn up about 100 points. The
men that are out for the football
team of '27 and intend to report later
for track include: Snider, Fisher,
Tamplih, Tuxworth, Howard, Turner,
Carter and Pruitt. Of course most
of these names are already in the
limelight, but if not we guarantee
that most of them will be in another
year. Fisher, Howard and Carter are
making their initial appearance on
the cinders and should look mighty
good for newcomers.
With such promising material and
a -coach that has proved his metal,
why doubt that Auburn will continue
to hold sway in the South in the va­rious
track meets? Since Hutsell came
to Auburn, we have not lost a dual
track meet to any college in the con­ference,
a record we hope to keep
PREPARATIONS FOR COTTON
STATES TOURNEY UNDERWAY
Auburn is now preparing for the
sixth annual Cotton States Inter-scholastic
basketball tournament.
The invitations have been sent out
and quite a number of teams have
accepted and are looking forward
to February 17-19, the dates of the
tournament. The first of these tour­naments
was held in 1922 and there
were twenty-nine teams entered.
The success of it was assured from
the initial performance and it soon
became evident that there would
have to be a limit as to the number
of teams entering so it was decided
to make the tournament an invitation
affair. Sixteen teams was decided
as a fair number to enter so now
only that many are invited and al­lowed
to participate. These invita­tions
are extended upon the record
of the teams through the south. The
winners in the past have been: 1922,
Tech Hi; 1923, G. M. A.; 1924,
Simpson; 1925, Marshallville; and
1926, G. M. A.
Previous to this year only Alaba­ma,
Georgia, and Tennessee have
been represented, but this year Flor­ida
is entering with a team with a
very enviable record. In fact, this
team has the most outstanding record
of any team in the south. Malone Hi
is the Florida representative. It has
a record of thirty nine consecutive
victories and no defeats in the past
two years. Their outstanding man
is Newton at center weighing two
hundred and sniffing the ozone at
some six feet four inches above sock
level. Anniston Hi also has a very
brilliant record of fourteen straight
victories including a win over Sid­ney
Lanier. In Dadeville Hi, Ala­bama
will have another representa­tive
with a very impressive record
up to date.
Tennessee is sending an array of
strong contenders in Castle Heights
and Montgomery Bell. The Bells
have been known to ring mighty
loud in the past tournaments and
can be expected to sound a few
chimes in the coming one. Hereto­fore
they have presented the smooth­est
working team in the tournament.
From Georgia comes such teams
as Vienna, G. M. A., twice tourna­ment
champions, Darlington, and
others. G. M. A., last year's champs,
will bid strong to repeat their per­formance
of last year and that of
three years ago when they won their
first championship. Dalton Hi, Mill­port,
C. M. I. Riverside Academy,
Montezuma, Springville, Ft. Payne,
and Lannett all have outstanding
records and have been extended in­vitations.
It is expected that per­haps
all of these will be here.
From the records of some of the
old contenders that are returning
this year and especially some of the
new entrants we are assured of some
real basketball during the three days
we are the guests of the prep school
boys. It is now up to Auburn to
show these boys the real Auburn
Spirit while they are here and thus
instill it into some of them so they
will return this fall and join the
ranks of Auburn men.
The semi-finals and the finals of
the tournament will be broadcasted
by W.A. P. I. This is a new and
interesting feature of the tournament
and should be very interesting to
the folks back home of the boys that
will be here. The winner will be
awarded the president's trophy. This
is a very beautiful twenty-eight inch
cup. A picture of it will appear in
the Birmingham News this Sunday.
The A Club trophy will go to the
looser of the final and the semi-final
trophies will go one each to the
teams eliminated in the semi-finals.
Some people mistake kindness for
stupidity?
Preparing For
Hard Week End
The Auburn Tigers' return to the
Campus Monday morning from
Gainesville, where they won their
ninth straight victory over the Gator
squad of the University of Florida,
was marked with a simultaneous turn
toward making ready for Sewanee
and Georgia Tech, who will visit the
Tiger stronghold on this week-end
in a pair of tilts that will close the
schedule on the campus for the sea­son.
In glancing into the near future the
Tigers appear to be right up against
the toughest proposition they have
faced this season. Friday night, Se­wanee
will be the Auburn foe, and
they are adjudged a strong represen­tative
from the Mountains.
Passing Friday night's tilt Sat­urday
night is really where the
Plainsmen are in for a battle royal.
They are booked to meet Coach Al­exander's
master team from Georgia
Tech, which every one knows, is one
of the biggest lights for the ap­proaching
Southern conference tour­nament
in Atlanta the latter part of
this month.
The Techsters are undefeated this
year, according to available records,
with a defeat already registered
against the Tiger quintet. The
Orange and Blue are preparing hard
for revenge on their ancient rivals
Saturday night.
Remarkeble Record
The Auburnites despite two de­feats,
their first two games of the
season, have hung up already one
of the best basketball records to be
made by an Auburn team in many
years. Their games played thus far
are:
Auburn 20, Georgia Tech 22, At­lanta.
Auburn 31, Miss. A. and M. 31,
Auburn.
Auburn 27, Miss. A. and M. 24,
Auburn.
Auburn 51, Florida 34, Auburn.
Auburn 42, Tulane 34, New Or­leans.
Auburn 33„ Tulane 23, New Or­leans.
Auburn 35, Tulane 12, Auburn.
Auburn 51, Tulane 11, Auburn.
Auburn 43, Clemson 26, Auburn.
Auburn 45, Clemson 23, Auburn.
Auburn 42, Florida 28, Gaines­ville.
Total, Auburn 420, opponents 278.
Another Road Trip
Following the two game session
this week-end the Tiger five leaves
for Knoxville, Tenn., where they
start a road tour on February 15,
with the University of Tennessee.
From Knoxville they go to Chat­tanooga
to play the university there
and to Nashville for a game with
Vanderbilt. Sewanee closes the sea­son
with the exception of the S. I.
C. tournament.
Arrangements have been complet­ed
to broadcast both games here Fri­day
and Saturday nights. Both games
will start at 8:30 p. m., according
to the present arrangement.
It could not be learned whether
Coach Papke would start his regu­lar
line-up against Sewanee, consist­ing
of the James brothers, guards;
Dubose, center; Captain Ellis and
Akin, forwards; or whether he would
install as a starting aggregation, an­other
combination, consisting of Hall,
center; Howell and Mullins, for­wards;
and Kaley and Slaughter,
guards.
When ignorance is bliss it's folly
to ask questions.
Inter-Frat Teams
Show Fine Style
American and National League
basketball teams representing their
beloved fraternities proved themsel-,
ves worthy contenders for the champ­ionship
cup, this week. All but two
games have been played off in each
league for the initial round. The
winners in each league are decided
by elimination and then the best of
these two are decided by winning
two out of three games. The sched­ule
of the games for the second round
has not as yet been announced by
Coach Papke, who has jurisdiction
over this line of athletics.
The first game was an upset ac­cording
to the Kappa Phi's. The S.
A. E. frats gave them a fine trounc­ing
to the one-sided combination of
16-8. Seemed as if the Phi's could
not stop the excellent work of Her­bert
and Nelson for the S. A. E.
team. For the Phis, Mr. Powe play­ed
the best game making most of
their points.
The following night, the A. T. O.
bunch put up one of the hardest
fights that is expected in the tour­ney;
however, they also received the
short end of a 11-10 score. This de­feat
was administered by the Alpha
Gamma Rho's.s The winning team
was made up mostly of the Long
brothers with Shorty doing most of
the dirty work around the basket.
Crawford and Pruett proved them­selves
very neat players. Too bad
that these two teams had to play in
one of the first games, for both were
very good.
Newsome, the high point player in
either league so far, led his team­mates
to victory over their neigh­bors,
the Kappa Alphas, Friday
night. The score was: K. A.'s, 22;
Kappa Sigma's, 32. Beside Newsome,
Booth and Duncan also starred for
the winners while Slaughter, Robin-and
Allen contributed most of
their team's points. The feature of
the game was Allen's long but true
shots from the far end of the court.
He looked very much like Ebb James
on these shots.
Another close game, Lambda Chi
Alpha defeated the Delta Sigma Phi,
18-17. Joe Wallis and Jackson was
the stellar combination for the Chis
while Thomas and Harrison appeared
in the limelight for the under dogs.
The Fraternity Row clan appear­ed
next to defeat the Phi Kappa Del­tas.
The Theta Chis ran up a score
of 12 points while the Deltas could
only obtain 9. Rat Segrest was the
idol of this game, scoring easily for
the Chis. For the Deltas, Daugette
was the best all round man, running
up nearly all of their points.
The famous Auburn Track Team
looked like they earned their fame
on. a gym court from the way they
trounced the Phi Delta Thetas. This
score was: Pi Kappa Alpha, 30;
Phi Delta Theta, 14. Baskin, the
track flash, hurdled all over his op-penents
for a total of 11 points while
Snitz Snyder, the sporty young dash
and football kid, gave him wonder­ful
support. The Thetas were led
by Itogan and Crawford, both play­ing
good ball, good shooting and fine
floor work.
The S. P. E. team then took the
floor to nose out the Pi Kappa Phi's
squad, 29-25. This was one of the
fastest and closest games of all. The
score was tied seven times and no
one was ever certain of the victim
'till the last shot of the pistol, which
failed to go off as Joe Market pulled
the trigger too hard. Tamplin, De-
Vaughn, and Tuxy Tuxworth showed
fine form on passing as well as goals.
Rat Lester, a Selma star, looked like
an All-American for his team, while
Sixty Men Out for
Spring Training
Coach David Morey has issued the
call to the aspirants for further foot­ball
fame at Auburn to begin spring
training and has already received
response from something like sixty
worthy grid warriors. The strong
squad is lead by Pop Patterson and
Bolton Shotts, captain and alternate
captain respectively for the varsity
of next fall. Up to date Morey and
his assistants have devoted their
time to teaching the men the funda­mentals
in blocking and tackling mix­ed
in with some general conditioning
exercises. It is expected that there
will be* some scrimmaging among
the players within the next few days.
No doubt many new plays will be
taught the players so that they may
be thinking them over during the
summer months so that they will not
seem entirely new when the call
echoes to them from the Plains early
next September. Not only are these
old men learning some new tricks
but the Rats are getting familiar
with the tactics and method of Mo­rey.
These aforementioned Rats are
showing plenty of stuff and are bound
to get before the eyes of the coaches
if they continue their aggressiveness
and general fighting spirit.
Among those out for the training
are: Patterson, Shotts, "Red" "Car­ter,
Pete Spinks, Bull Andress, Dum­my
Howard, Merritt Burns, Lefty
Wattwood, Ingram, Rat Long, Sny­der,
Tuxworth, Moulton, Fisher, Call,
ahan, Crawford, Granger, Cosper,
Lane, Coleman, and Garrett.
Tangents from Sport Circles
Rats Drop Two
to Visiting Teams
Coach Brown's cohorts failed to
live up to early week indications in
their last two trials. Friday night
their opponents were from the home
of the Howard bulldogs, however, it
was the puppies in this instance. Sat­urday
night found the same argument
on again with the new students from
Birmingham Southern. The visitors
were decisively victorious in both
battles, but all knew there had been
a game when it was over with. Brown
started his regular lineup against
Howard and only made one substitu­tion
during the game; Boyd for
Adams. This game was not a thrill­er
by any means, though the shoot­ing
of Pugh for the visitors was
good. He was high point man for
the game, getting ten points all by
the field goal route. Collins made a
sensational dash through the Howard
team and scored a field goal with the
whole team guarding him. This boy
is just about as nifty a little guard
as we have seen around parts lately.
Adams was in there all the way but
he is the midget of the squad and is
greatly handicapped by his lack of
size. Chamblee and Ward put up a
real hard fought game, but James
seemed to be off form.
The game with Birmingham South­ern
was started by the second team
but they did not stay in long as
Southern started scoring immediate­ly.
With the arrival of the regulars
it seemed as if the B'ham boys would
Goofy Ingram was the high point
man. Both teams had fairly good
pass work but were off on shooting.
The charges for these games are
only 10 cents, and this small sum is
only charged to defray the cost of
the balls. As above scores indicate,
you are missing some mighty good
sport if you are not attending. Come
on out fellows and support your fav­orite.
"Sewanee next," that is the cry
about the Plains. The Tiger cages-ters
under the able direction of Mike
Papke have already turned in their
ninth straight victory and are after
more Tiger meat. This week-end
will certainly be a severe test for
the boys and if they get over it in
the style they have vanquished their
last nine foes there is going to be
much gossip over who can stop them
in Atlanta at the Southern Confer­ence
Tournament.
* * * *
The Baby Tigers seem to be hav­ing
trouble getting started on the
basketball floor this season. Last
week end they slipped up and let the
Rats from Howard and Birmingham
Southern administer a defeat to them
which was due largely to the inabili­ty
of the Auburn Rats to toss goals
and pass the ball. They tried too
many long shots and- seemed to for­get
that there was such a thing as
team work. We hope to see much
improvement for this team before
they encounter another foe.
* * * *
There seems to be quite a bit of
interest stimulated in Inter Frater­nity
basketball. Each afternoon
three of four teams are down at the
Gym getting in shape for some game
with a hostile Frat. The semi-finals
should wind up the latter part of
next week thus leaving the finals to
be played during the week of the
22nd.
* * * *
There will no doubt be much inter­est
shown in the Cotton States
Tournament to be held here next
week. There will be some of the
south's best prep schools here com­peting
for honors and all of the teams
are pointing to this series and will
in all probability be at their best
form. With such teams as G. M. A.,
Montgomery Bell, Malone High of
Florida here, there is sure to be some
high calibre basketball played down
at the Gym. Last season these games
were well patronized and a still larg­er
attendance is expected this year.
* * * *
Morey has shown much progress
on the new baseball field and is still
forging ahead. This diamond should
add much to the interest of the nat­ional
pastime in the village as the
field is to be exceptionally pretty
and well lain out. This diamond
is to be much larger than the pre­vious
one and will erase the neces­sity
for special ground rules.
Lee County fell victims to the
strong Dadeville team last week-end
by the decisive score of 30-8. This
team was evidently a bit too fast for
Snyder's inexperienced bunch and it
was only by dogged defensive work
that the Auburnites held their op­ponents
score down as well as they
did.
* * * *
Track opened with a bang last
Monday and the call was heard by
something like seventy-five candi­dates.
There are many places to be
filled by new men this year and
Coach Hutsell is not losing any time
in getting material lined up for the
ensuing season. '"Weemie" Baskin
is captain of the team this year and
from the way he was getting around
Monday he has been conditioning all
winter. If Hutsell can find a couple
of men like Baskin he can have a
track team made up of just that
number of men. Baskin can do more
things on a track than the combined
ability of many college track teams.
not score much more, but they soon
were at it again. These boys really
had the height and knew how to use
it too. Southern has in this Rat
team the makings of a formidable
varsity. Every man on it can shoot
and guard. In this game Collins was
about the only Auburn man that
could find the basket. He got three
field goals and two fouls. There was
considerable improvement in the foul
shooting department in this game.
Seven of Auburn's points being made
by this route. In the two games
earlier in the week not a single point
was made after foul in seven trials.
In this game seven out of twelve
were successful. Collins and Cham­blee
got two each in as many trials
and Adams got three in four trials.
The Rats are not playing the best
basketball by any means, but they
are in there fighting and that is what
we expect from Auburn men any­where.
They are giving their best
and that is all they have and much
more than any of we belly achers are
doing. The Rats are as much a part
of Auburn's athletic machine as is
Pop Patterson, Shotts or King David
for that matter and it is up to us to
prove our loyalty to Auburn by back­ing
them as we do the varsity. Let's
go now and show the Rats we are
with them win or lose as long as
they fight.
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THE IDEAL LAUNDRY OF
AUBURN, ALABAMA
Dedicated to Mr. Young.
There is a laundry in our town;
They call it the Ideal,
But if our clothes came back that way,
We wouldn't know how to feel.
They take our cash to wash our
clothes;
We all get greatly peeved;
Our clothes are torn, the buttons
shorn,
And we are-deeply grieved.
They drive a spike clear through our
socks
And send them through the mill;
And when we get a look at them,
It makes us all feel ill.
They cut the buttons off our shirts
And punch holes in the collars;
But when it comes to registration,
They take our hard-earned dollars.
They put a crease in our pajamas
And rip them up the back;
And when it comes to sleeping com­fort,
They feel just like a sack.
Our underwear is starched up stiff;
Our shirts look like a rag.
And prominently posted on each of
them
It that darned old laundry tag.
For the sum of three dollars
They'll clean our clothes they say.
And if we want them in a hurry,
They'll do it in one day.
They bring them back on a hook
And swear that they are clean;
They look like Hell; they feel like
Hell,
And they smell like gasoline.
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Stoves: Ranges
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Will Appreciate Your Business
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Your Local Dealer Has It
For your parties and feeds ask your
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are paseurized using best ingre­dients,
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Sometimes we send our only sheet,
It comes back full of rust,
And if it belonged to a preacher,
We swear it'd make him cuss.
We send our handerkerchiefs every
week,
We lose them one or two;
We're so enraged we can hardly speak
But what the Hell is there to do?
We tell our story to the judge,
The Ideal asks for time
We wait around until
Our plea isn't worth a dime.
We go to collect our fee;
The lady says we're late.
We're suckers again, but still we see
That time was only a hunk of bait.
If we had our way, we'd burn this
dump
And send our clothes just where
we pleased;
But they would build a similar joint
With fifteen hundred contingent
fees.
We'd take the man who owns this
- place
And, first, we'd trim him down.
When we had completed this,
We would parade him through the
town.
And would show the boys in the col­lege
,
Just what kind of fools they are
To let the Ideal Laundry
On the landscape be a scar.
—A Rat.
PHI DELTA RHO'S BROADCAST
The Phi Delta Rho sorority was
heard on the air Friday night, when
they broadcasted over WAPI. The
following program was rendered:
History of Phi Delta Rho, Lillian
Dunn.
Piano Solo, "Dreaming of Spring,"
Katherine Nunn.
Vocal solo, "In my Gladiola," Lor-ene
Parrish, accompanied by Miss
Willie Thomas.
Saxaphone solo, Paul Fontille, ac­companied
by Mrs. Askew.
Reading, "Two Gentlemen from
Kentucky," Cindy Lester. y
Horn solo, J. B. Leslie, Jr., accom­panied
by Mrs. Askew.
Whistling solo, Martha Haupt, ac­companied
by Jane Springer.
Piano solo, "Humoresque," Neida
Martin.
REAL ESTATE
MAN SPEAKS TO
BUSINESS CLASS
R. L. Burkes, well known local
real estate and insurance man, spoke
to Professor J> B. Clark's class in in­surance
here Monday. Burkes is a
graduate of the University of Ala­bama
but is also a loyal supporter
of Auburn.
Burkes brought out several valu­able
points about the insurance game.
After briefly relating the hundred-year
old history of modern insurance
he discussed the various types of
ptlicies including the ordinary life,
endowment, and limited pay policies
as well as fire, marine, and automo­bile
insurance. In reference to life
insurance he pointed out that al­though
most prospects admit the de­sirability
of protection few are rea­dy
to buy it. It is a rare thing for a
man to apply for life insurance of
his own free will.
In regard to the young man con­templating
entering the insurance
field, Burkes stressed several points
of major interest. He pointed out
that to begin with it requires little
capital or equipment. Another at­tractive
feature is that an insurance
man is largely his own boss al­though
he is the servant of all.
It is left to the agent to pick his
own prospect. He does not have to
do business with men whom he can­not
get along with. Then, the insur­ance
man often gets nice trips to con­ventions
with all expenses paid.
Burkes speech was the last of a
series of three, made to the insurance
class during the semester by repre­sentatives
of the insurance world.
WEBSTERIANS
HOLD MEETING
PROMISES AND UNCERTAINTY
AGAINST LIFE
On promises we rely
Though all humanity
Rue back;
And it is good.
Were it our slipping fault
To stop and trust in naught,
Alack!
Woe then our mood.
Give us the common ties—
For this our nation cries;
We glance,
What do we see?
There stands our fellowman
In all his splendor, and
In chance—
And thus do we.
In chance our future lies
Though earth and sea and skies
Should fall,
And this is good.
The promises of man
Are just what do and can
Raise all;
Promises are food.
The Websterian Literary Society
held its regular meeting last Tues­day
night with a large crowd consid­ering
the weather, and an interesting
program was rendered. Our presi­dent
cited to us certain goals to which
we should strive to attain this semes­ter.
Miss Mattie Mae Allen talked on
Frank L. Stanton's works. She told
us that Stanton's poems are some of
the best for scrap books. He not
only! wrote optimistical poems but
sentimental as well, showing that he
had a great understanding of people.
His works have been compared to
those of James Whitcomb Riley. He
.wrote usually about simple homely
people, and his poems were usually of
cheer which would lighten many dark
hours of those in despair.
Miss Alice Witty gave a reading
in which the Freshman's shortcom­ings
of last semester were brought
before him which was very interest­ing
as well as instructive to every
Freshman who was there.
Some spicy jokes were given by
Mr. Lecroy which were enjoyed very
much.
Final plans were made in regard
to our stunt for Stunt night.
All of you non-members of liter­ary
societies start the new semester
off right by getting into a society.
Our society is the one for you. We
cordially invite you to visit us and
decide for yourself.
In a protest against "violation of
the freedom of the press," Sam John­son,
editor-in-chief of The Daily
Texan, tendered his resignation to
the board of directors. The authori­ties
protested because he printed both
sides in a university-student dispute,
because he refused to print the names
of the honor system violators, and
because he criticized professors.—
New Student.
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AUBURN BRANCH
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IDEAL LAUNDRY
WHAT A COLLEGE STANDS FOR
"To be at home in all lands and
ages; to count nature a familiar ac­quaintance
and art an intimate
friend; to gain a standard for the ap­preciation
of other mens' work and
the criticism of your own; to carry
the keys of the world's library in
your pockets and feel its resources
behind you in whatever task you un­dertake;
to make hosts of friends
among the men of your own age who
are to be leaders in all walks of life;
to lose yourself in generous enthu­siasm
and cooperate with others for
common needs; to learn manners
from students who are gentlemen and
form character under professors who
are christians—this is the offer of
the college for the best four years
of your life.—Tech News, by Hyde.
M. T. Crowder gave an interesting
discussion on "The Fears of the Six
Modern Specialists." The six mod­ern,
specialist take a pessimistic view
of the world today, whereas Glenn
Frank agrees that fewer arts are per­fected
today than before the use of
machinery. Yet more progress is be­ing
made with machinery than with­out.
A. V. Culpepper entertained the
club with some very lively jokes.
"Selling Corn Through Livestock,"
was presented by J. H. Price. The
speaker claimed that at the present
low cost of silage,'that many west­ern
farmers are constructing silos
and raising more beef cattle. He
raised an interesting question, "Does
it pay to sell choice beef at a premi­um
over low grade beef?" A butcher
in California advertised choice Aber­deen
Angus beef at a premium and
his sales increased so rapidly that
he was unable to meet the demands of
the public.
M. H. Bryant related his experienc­es
in the "Crocodile Swamps" of
Baldwin county. He expressed his
hobby as hunting alligators at night
with spot lights. The fun begins
when the alligator's eyes are "spot­ted,"
declares Bryant. He adds that
it is very dangerous to wound an al­ligator
and remain nearby. Incidents
of bear, catamount, deer and "dear"
hunting were also of deep interest.
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MONTEITH'S
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COLLEGE YOUTH AND THE
BIBLE
By R. B. ELEAZER
Speaking a few days ago before a
sociology class in a great Southern
university, I asked how they thought
the physical differences between rac­es
arose—how, for example, the Ne­gro
became black. Somebody replied
right off that Ham, one of Noah's
sons, committed a sin and God cursed
him for it, turned him black, and sen­tenced
his descendants to prepetual
servitude. "Is that the correct ver­sion
of the story?" I asked the class.
Everybody agreed that it was.
A little while before, I had been
told the same story by a student in
another great school. Asked where
he found it, he answered, "In the
Bible, of course." "I will give you
five dolars to show me the place," I
replied. He ran eagerly for a Bible
and spent the next half hour looking
for the story. He hasn't found it
yet.
Good reason, too: it simply isn't
there! In Genesis 9, to be sure, there
is a story that God became angry
with Ham and pronounced some sort
of curse upon his descendants. But
there is not the silghest suggestion
there or anywhere else that God
turned anybody black.
It appears, then, that most people,
college students included, are basing
their interracial attitudes on an ut­terly
fallacious idea of what the Bi­ble
actually says—not a question of
intrepretation at all, but simply one
of fact about which nobody need be
in doubt.
Is this fairly representative, I won­der,
of the students' knowledge of
the Bible? And are other of their
opinions and attitudes based on si-miliar
misinformation?
If so, the need of a lot more Bible
study would seem to be evident.
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN
LOOK AT THESE!
Lewis Stone
Anna Q. Nilluon
Richard Barthelmess
Patty Ruth Miller
Dorothy Mackaill
Jack Mulhall
Louise Brooks
Charlie Murray
Shirley Mason
Holbrook Blinn
THE COLLEGE PICTURE SHOW
A GOOD COMEDY
WITH EVERY SHOW
6:30 to 10:30
Monday—Wednesday—Friday—Saturday
BENEFIT OF
THE AUBURN BAND AND A CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS
GOOD MUSIC
STUDENT ORCHESTRA
PLAYING EVERY SHOW
A N N O U N C I N G
THE BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE
of the Prince of Judaea
and the. fair Esther
HUR
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America has ever known
FOUR MILLION DOLLAR PICTURE
Based on LEW "WALLACE'S Immortal Story
A rCTRO-GOLDWYN-MAYEH
Production in arrangement with
A.L.ERLANGER.
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Celebrating the Annual First National Franchise Week
The Greatest Galaxy of Stars Ever Presented in Auburn in the Out-standing
and Most Enjoyable Pictures of the Season
AND SUCH PICTURES!
"THE WHITE-BLACK SHEEP"
A marvelous picturisation of the
desert people.
"JUST ANOTHER BLONDE,"
Dainty, dazzling, "Golden Girl!"
"THE MASKED WOMAN"
Famous Drama of Money-Mad
Monte Carlo.
"DON JUAN'S THREE NIGHTS"
"A devil in his own home town."
About two or more when abroad with
Fifty Sweeties Smartly Gowned .
SATURDAY
Matinee 3 p m . Wednesday, Feb. 2 3 Night 7 p.m.
WITH 20-PIECE TOURING ORCHESTRA
50c—75c—$.100—$1.50
Tickets on Sale Mon., Tues., Wed., Feb. 21-23,
at STUDENT SHOP
LANGDON HALL
Y. M. C. A. ENGAGES LECTURER
FOR SERIES OF TALKS
GLEE CLUB FROM MONTEVALLO
TO APPEAR HERE
(Continued from page 1)
frankness of an expert teacher, and
with the idealistic and ethical motives
of a true gentleman. The biologic,
sociologic and hygienic facts essential
for a comprehensive (discussion of
social and health problems are pre­sented
in a scholastic yet thoroughly
understandable manner.
Among Dr. Hall's other accom­plishments
may be mentioned, that
at the present time he is Professor
Emeritus of Northwestern Universi­ty.
He was president of the Ameri­can
Academy of Medicine in 1905; a
member of the International Congress
on tuberculosis; a member of the
National Council of the Boy Scouts
of America; and identified with a
score of similar national organiza­tions.
He is the head of the social
hygiene departments of the Board of
Temperance and Moral Welfare of
the Presbyterian Church of the United
States, and spends much of his time,
on the platform as a special lecturer.
The subject which he presents is the
most difficult, and at the same time
the most needed.
These lectures afford a unique op­portunity
to hear social hygiene dis-
' cussed by a man who is eminently
qualified and a recognized authority.
Dr. Hall will remain in Auburn
two days, during which time he will
speak to the following audiences:
Uppperclass Convocation, Villager's
Club, College Girls Mass Meeting,
College mens Mass Meeting, High
School Girls, High School Boys, Par­ent
Teachers Association, Friendship
Council, Faculty and Townspeople.
DEFINITE PLANS MAPPED
OUT BY LOCAL BAPTISTS
(Continued from page 1)
B. S. U. by Miss Lucile Loyd, the
state Baptist student secretary. De­finite
plans were outlined to enlist
every Baptist student and all others
so inclined in some kind of campus
religious work.
The members of the Auburn B. S.
U. Council are: G. B. Phillips, pres­ident;
J. H. Price, first vice-presi­dent;
R. E. Smith, second vice-presi­dent;
V. C. Helms, third vice-presi­dent;
Alberta Proctor, secretary; R.
L. Hightower, treasurer; A. V. Cul­pepper,
chorister; J. R. Carreker, re­porter;
W. R. Hardin, pres. of Ayer-es
B. Y. P. U.; S. L. Hancock, pres.
of Dowell B. Y. P. U.; J. B. Beard,
pres. of Hayes B. Y. P. U.; C. C.
Phillips, pres. of Holmes B. Y. P. U.;
C. T. Thompson, pres. of Tichnor B.
Y. P. U.; Lorene Parrish, pres. of
Y. W. A.; Louise Burks, pres. of Phil-athea
Sunday School Class; J. M.
Edwards, pres. of Baraca Sunday
School Class; Dr. J. B. Clark, facul­ty
representative; and Dr. J. R. Ed­wards,
pastor.
Some of us can fool ourselves but
we can't fool our bank account.
Many-smal! pn fits are usually bet­ter
an sureist ti an one big profit.
(Continued from page 1)
The following program will be giv­en.
The occasion is creating much
interest. Soloists will include Miss
Helen Bishop, 1927, soprano; Miss
Minnie Peebles Johnson, 1929, so­prano;
Miss Alice Lyman, 1929, so­prano,
Miss Polly Gibbs will be ac­companist.
Colin B. Richards will be director.
Glee club: Salutation, Gamis; Song
of the Hunt, Cox; and Creole Love
Song, Smith.
Sextet: (Selected numbers).
Soprano solo: Dream Song, War-ford;
The Kiss, Ardite.—Minnie Pee.
bles Johnson.
Glee Club: Where'er You Walk
(Semele), Handel; Endymion, Leh-mann,
Le Miracle de Saint Nicholas—
Old French.
Violin solos: Nocturne, Chopin-Sa-raste";
Poem, Fiblich; Tango, Albenez-
Elman—Alice Lyman.
Stage Struck — Alice Minton
Quarles, 1927.
Soprano solos: A Song of the
Wind, Alma Goetz; The Look, Oscar
Rasbach; I Heard You Go By, Daniel
Wood—Helen Bishop.
Sextet: (Selected numbers).
Glee Club: By the Waters of Min-netonka
(Sioux Indian) Wi-um (A
Pueblo Lullaby), Lieurance; Lamb of
God (Agnus Dei) Bizet-Alma Mater.
According to Prof. A. L. Thomas
the program will begin at 7:00 o'clock
and will conclude in time to see the
Auburn-Tech basketball contest.
MILITARY BALL TO BE GIV­EN
BY OFFICERS HERE
(Continued from page 1)
ingham, J. E. Robinson, Auburn; In­vitation
committee: F. H. Ingram;
Opelika; J. N. Nelms, Birmingham;
S. H. Lynne, Decatur; Program com­mittee;
C. W. Roberts, Wadley;
W. H. Putnam, Birmingham; C.
Hendrix, Decatur; Decoration com­mittee:
W. A. Walker, Sayre; F. A.
Smith, Mishadaka, Ind.; J. T. Russell,
Sylacauga; Music Committee: B. C.
Goode, Montgomery; R. C. Crawford,
Birmingham; F. G. Hendrick, Hurts-boro;
Refreshment committee: J. D.
Stewart, Florence; T. Adams, Pine
Apple; and J. M. Edwards, Tuskegee.
Associated with the students on
the committee work are the follow­ing
army officers: Capt. J. M. Gar­rett,
Capt. George Cushman, Lieut-
W. B. Leitch, Lieut. W. B. Higgins,
Lieut. B. H. Bowley and Lieut. C.
P. Jones.
SOPHS ELECT
MEMBERS FOR
TWO OFFICES
Vacancies on Honor Board
and Student Council
Filled
SENIOR CLASS HOLDS DE­BATE
ON HONOR CODE
MANY STUDENTS TO COMPETE
FOR DEBATING TEAM
(Continued from page 1)
of the debates will be held at the
colleges of our opponents, with only
one on the campus. The questions
are as follows:
Florida: Resolved: That the five-day
week in industry woud advance
the social and economic interest of
the country.
Mercer: Resolved: That foreign
nations should relinquish all govern­mental
control in China.
The above two debates are to be
held at Florida and Mercer respec­tively.
Miss. A. and M.: Resolved: That
Congress should enact a law for
stabilizing prices and disposing of
surpluses of farm products by means
of an equalization fee levied upon
the farmers.
These questions are all modern,
up-to-date questions, and ones that
we should all be vitally interested in.
There is a wealth of material avail­able
on these questions, so we may
loow forward to some very interest­ing
as well as educational debates.
It is gratifying to see so many stu­dents
out for the debate teams be­cause
last year there were only about
twelve men out and nine had to be
selected, so of course there was not
much field of selection. Another
notable fact—there is one feminine
aspirant out and we wish her the
very best of luck. We would like
(Continued from page 1)
ty of this action the motion was tabl­ed.
The issue will be brought up
again at a meeting of the class on
next Tuesday, February 15, from
11:00 to 12:00 o'clock a. m. A full
attendance is urged.
In addition to the discussion of the
honor system, proposed plans were
mentioned to the class for the erec­tion
of a new stadium here. Among
the most plausible seemed to be the
proposition of taking out an insur­ance
policy of $100,000 on the life
of some member of the faculty over
forty years of age, the principle to
be paid within ten years by the stu­dents
through .an equal distribution
of funds to be assessed and paid at
registration. Final action on this
scheme was also deferred by the pres­ident
until a future meeting.
NOTICE!
There will be a meeting of the Sen­ior
class on next Tuesday, February
15, in the auditorium of the Broun
Engineering building at 11:00 o'clock
a. m. At this time the question of
the abolition of the Auburn honor
system will be debated and the course
of the class in regard to action upon
it will be determined by vote. A full
attendance is urged.
LOST!
A white gold A. L. T. Fraternity
pin. Finder will please return same
to Barnett Jackson, 232 West Mag­nolia
St.
A meeting of the Sophomore Class
was held Tuesday morning at eleven
o'clock in which several important
matters of business were discussed.
Due to the resignation of Bob
Blakey from the Student Council a
new election was necessary. Luther
Smith's resignation from college also
necessitated an election to fill this
vacancy on the Honor 'Committee.
Four members of the class were nom­inated
for each office, to be voted
on in convocation this week.
For the Student Council the nomi­nees
were C. S. Matthews, Howard
Smith, W. R. Kirkwood and Julian
L. Burton. "Pup" Fayette, Red
Carter, T. R. Home and Gene Wil:
liams were chosen as candidates for
the Honor Committee.
The remainder of the meeting was
devoted to a discussion of class foot­ball
and the laundry situation. Red
Carter spoke on the sophomore class
football for this year. A committee
was appointed to meet with represen­tatives
of the other classes to consid­er
the complaints being made on the
laundry.
With no further business arising,
the meeting was adjourned.
PRAISE DUE TO
DEPARTMENTAL
DESIGNS HERE
Architects Supervise Dance
Decorations in Admirable
Manner
Vote of thanks is due several mem­bers
of the architectural department
for their generous services in design­ing
the decorations for the gym which
rendered it so attractive during the
mid-term dances. Especially is cred­it
due Professor and Mrs. Osborne,
Golemon, and Posey for their parts
in providing the decoration scheme.
It was remarked on many occas-sions
that the building was prettier
than it had ever been before. The
design above the orchestra platform
attracted attention of the majority
of dancers because of its striking
effect. A great amount of time and
effort was required to complete this
task.
If you get the right perspective,
life is interesting even when it's the
most preplexing.
DEAN PETRIE DISCUSSES THE
POLICY OF GERMAN KAISER
'(Continued from page 1)
to see more of our Co-eds out, be­cause
we feel that there is some good
material which could be developed.
So don't be bashful. If you have any
debating abilities at all, come out.
We plan to take a more active part
in forensics this year, and good cred­itable
debating teams will be wanted,
so let's get together and boost this
program.
The Kaiser Takes Charge
"With such a background, Kaiser
Wilhelm came to the throne nearly
40 years ago. His character was a
strange" mixture of weakness and
strength. He was vain, and overrated
his own talents. He lacked discre­tion,
and made many political blund­ers.
But he had ability. He had a
thirst for knowledge, and kept him­self
well informed about the world at
large. He believed in himself, and
was willing and eager to rule.
"He soon dismissed the great Bis­marck,
but he kept his policy. In­deed
he pushed it on to its logical
conclusion. Bismarck dreamed of the
day when Prussia should dominate
a united Germany and this Germany
should become the leading nation of
Europe. In the kaiser's mind the
dream went further. He had a vision
of the day when Germany should dom­inate
the world and he should be its
ruler.
"Bismarck's dream had practically
come true. The kaiser found many
Germans who willingly accepted his
enlargement of it. Circumstances
seemed to smile upon this wild am­bition.
German industry was grow­ing
by leaps and bounds. Under the
kaiser it began its 'peaceful pene­tration'
of other lands. German in­fluence
followed German trade, and
the empire rapidly became a world
power. With natural grandiloqu­ence,
the kaiser proclaimed, 'the des­tiny
of my people is on the sea.' Quick­ly
merchant ships of every sea back­ed
up his boast. A powerful new
navy sprang up to defend the new
commerce. Germany claimed a
'place in the sun.' Colonies were ac
quired wherever opportunity permit­ted.
The British empire had a new
and vigorous rival. France saw her­self
rapidly outgrown and overshad­owed.
Then came the great war.
The Kaiser And the War
"The world had watched the recent
girowth of Germany with anxiety.
It admired the industry and the skill
of the German people. It liked some
traits in their character. But it saw
signs of growing arrogance. It heard
constantly of 'Deutschland Uber
Alles.' There was too much evidence
of a belief in 'might.' How long
would a nation which cared so little
for the freedom of its own citizens
respect the independence of others?
"Some historians have blamed the
kaiser chiefly for the war. More re­cently
others have tired to put the
blame elsewhere. President Wilson
drew a distinction between the Ger­man
people and their rulers, but he
had an.obvious purpose .in doing that.
Perhaps the truth lies midway. The
modern German system logically led
to a world war. The kaiser accepted
and developed that system. He must
bear his share of the responsibility
for the result. Whether the war to
which it led came at the precise mo­ment
which he would have chosen, or
just in the way that he would have
preferred, does not affect his respon­sibility.
"When defeat came, his conduct
was far from heroic. . To his people,
loyal though they be, he must appear
as a leader who had his strong points,
but who failed when the acid test
came."
WHAT THE COLLEGE BOY
NEEDS
1. "What the college boy needs,"
opines Will Rogers, "is narrower
pants and broader minds."
The world, said Montaigue, does
not need to be told so much as it
needs to be reminded.
Dr. Palmer H. Craig, professor of
Physics at Mercer, has recently in­vented
a device which he calls the
"Electro-Magnetic detector and Am­plifier,"
for use in radios. The de­vice
is to be used on radio sets in
place of vacuum tubes and batteries,
and will replace these well known de­vices.
The new invention is about
two inches square, and has only five
wires on it. Dr. Craig has been of­fered
$100,000 for his invention, by
Westinghouse.—Cluster.
And they lived happily ever
afterwards!
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