1928-02-03 The Plainsman

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STUNT NIGHT
FEB. 10
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1928 NUMBER 18
MID-TERM DANCES SURPASS
PREVIOUS SOCIAL EVENTS
DECORATIONS
FUTURISTIC IN
DESIGN^COLOR
G o r m a n ' s O r c h e s t r a Is B e y o nd
R e p r o a c h Is O p i n i on
M I S S DOBBS IS PLEASED
S e v e r a l Cases of V i o l a t i ng
t h e D a n c e R u l e s A re
K n o w n
By Thomas Brown
The recent Mid-Term Dances ended
last Saturday night, but - they will
long linger in the hearts of many as
a time of unbounded festivity. In
many respects these dances were the
best in the history of Auburn. The
decorations, combining a modernistic
with a distinctly formal setting, were
incontestably original. ' A record
crowd attended the dances. Ross Gor­man's
"Virginians" were beyond re­proach.
The specialty offerings of
several members of the orchestra fill­ed
the dancers with mirth. All these
influences tended to make the past
Prom one of the best.
Miss Dobbs, Social Director, says
that the dances were the best she has
seen at Auburn, as regards the decora­tions,
the orchestra, and the number
of beautiful young girl visitors. How­ever
she says: "While outwardly the
dances were seemingly perfect, in­wardly
there were some deplorable ir-
' regularities, some of the worst being
several cases of student's passing girls
into the dances under false names.
Though it seems almost impossible to
entirely eliminate these infractions of
the rules, measures must be taken to
accomplish this purpose. The exist­ing
dance rules must be made more
stringent, and more laws must be
enacted." Miss Dobbs says, however,
that, outside of several such cases of
law-breaking, the dances were splen­did.
Several fraternities gave house
parties during the dances. These fra­ternities,
with their guests, are list­ed
below.
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Freshmen Are To Meet
Convocation in Sections
Deans of Departments to Meet Res­pective
Students
A new plan which was worked out
by a committee of the Deans, with
Dean Biggin as chairman is being
tried out in freshman convocation.
The' freshmen are divided into nine
groups, meeting at different places
at the regular convocation period,
eleven to twelve to Tuesdays. The
students are divided according to their
courses and are to meet in the fol­lowing
buildings where they will find
their Dean; all Engineers in Broun
Hall auditorium; all General Business
students in room 301 Main Building;
all Educational students in room 309
Main building; all Agricultural stu­dents
in Comer Hall auditorium; all
Chemistry, and Premedical students
in Pharmacy in the Chemistry Lecture
rodm; all Architects in room 201
Main Buildings, all Home Economics
students in room 103 Comer Hall.
"A" Club Holds
Annual Initiation
Here on Saturday
Together with the dances the past
week-end came the first of the "A"
club initiations which are held twice
a year. This first initiation created
much excitement on the campus dur­ing
the Mid-Term dances of Saturday.
The initiation began at the gym
Saturday morning, January 28, at
9 o'clock. The initiates wore cos­tumes
of various sizes and descriptions
and were compelled to imitate promi­nent
and curious people.
Although all the initiates were fun­ny
there were some who were fun­nier
than the rest. Porter Callahan
was one of the best actors of the day.
He was a traffic cop and could have
my mention on the "All-American"
traffic cop team.
"Chink" Cosper, with his natural
features, and the brilliant touches
that were added, made the time-worn
Chinese laundryman and he would
have a very large list of customers if
the initiation had been much longer.
Now comes the senator, Tom Hef-lin,
who was very ably imitated by
McGhee who as a result, may be our
next nomine#for senator, Who knows?
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PLANS CAMPUS
IMPROVEMENT
UNDER WAY
New Walks To Be Laid and
Trees Trimmed
FIRST NATIONAL *
BANK DAMAGED
Fire Originating On Second Floor
Quickly Subdued
The interior of the. First National
Bank of Auburn was slightly damaged
by fire late Monday afternoon. The
fire was caused by a defective flue
and caught in the vacant room above.
It practically destroyed this room,
but was discovered by John Hollings-worth
before it could spread. Most
of the damage in the bank proper was
caused by water, the paint on the
light fixtures and a few papers being
damaged before they could be pro­tected
by canvas covers.
Within the last two weeks, the cam­pus
has been the scene of noticeable
activity. This work is the beginning
of the plans for the improvement of
the campus. Plans for the work have
been completed by Kessler, of the
firm of Warren, Knight and Davis,
Architects of Birmingham. Mr. Kess­ler
is the State Landscape Architect.
Supervising the work on the campus,
is Charlie Pearce of Auburn.
The first of the work was the
ditches cut across the campus. These
ditches are for the pipes that are to
be used in watering the grass on the
campus during the dry spells in the
summer. The plaits call for green
grass summer and winter.
The trees are being trimmed. Many
trees are being removed. The ground
is to be rolled to give better drainage.
The footpaths are to be altered. From
the two entrances to the Main Build­ing,
footpaths 18 feet wide will run
parallel, to the street. The path from
Langdon Hall is to be improved.
The biggest change will be the doing
away of the old historic Main Gate.
This old gate which has been a land­mark
for so many decades is to be
torn down. Dropping down 180 feer,
another Main Gate will be buil\
Starting at this point, a new footpath
will cut in a slight curve, just missing
the big oak at the Chemistry Build­ing.
Joining the present path there,
it will continue to the Main Building.
From the Main Building, the path
will proceed to the junction of E.
Thach Ave. and College Street. The
entire curve will closely resemble the
lower part of the capital U.
There are rumors that the State
has changed the route of the Atlanta-
Montgomery Highway. Instead of
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Tournament Is
Held At Local
Country Club
The Auburn Country Club is stag­ing
a four "Flight" Golf Tournament
Feb. 6th. to 13th to stimulate the in­terest
of the students and towns­people
that are not already connected
with the Country Club. The golf
course has been put in excellent con­dition
for the Tournament.
The effects of the interest as anti­cipated
are in a way expressed by the
fact that Dean Petrie has purchased
a new knicker suit with all the LOUD
hose and other trimmings to match.
Dean is expected to cut a wide swath
in Golf Circles at Auburn in the near
future.
Dean Carey has expressed his wil­lingness
to engage in Country Club
activities, provided Mr. Shell Toomer
will permit himself' to be seen in pub­lic
in such regalia as Dean Petrie has
The rumor is out that Prof.J'Baldy"
Rowe has thrown his hat into the
Golf Ring as a candidate for honors
at the Tournament. In view of these
interesting facts and the additional
fact that former Tournament honors
have been won by such outstanding
students as Ben Sankey and Shorty
Young, it will take a frigid heart to
escape the fever heat of this Tourna­ment
next week.
The possibilities are that the femi­nine
population of Auburn will be
participating in Country Club activi­ties
in the near future.
If the membership of the Club can
be increased to warrant the action a
Club House will be built in the near
future and the Golf Course will be
improved to the point that Auburn
will. have as good a coures as any
town of its size within the State.
This Tournament will be a "Free
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CONFERENCE IS
LED BY AUBURN
BASKET QUINT
T w e l v e G a m e s W o n by T i g er
F i v e
With the 1928 basketbal season a
bit past the half way mark, the fight­ing
Tigers from the "Fairest Village
of the Plains" seem to stand out as
the most promising squad in Dixie
and are making a strong bid for Na­tional
honors, due to their impressive
victories. As the books now show,
Auburn has won an even dozen tilts
without undue hardship and nine of
these were taken from the most rep-resentitive
clubs in the S. I. C. The
Pittsburgh basketeers are pushing
Auburn considerably for the leader­ship
but to date, they are led by a
score of points.
On the past road trip to New Or­leans,
considerable anxiety was caused
by the slow start of the Orange and
Blue lads in each of the games. Tu-lane
obtained a lead of about three
field goals in each of the tilts before
the Tigers pulled together and left
them far behind. This was caused
in part by the change in courts and
rooters. Basketball is decidedly a
home game and every team has the
advantage when on its home court.
As a whole, the games against the
Greenies were very promising, they
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Professor of Design
Weds Auburn Senior
Ceremony Quietly Held On January
' Twenty-seventh
STUNT NIGHT
SPONSORED BY
YMCA FEB. 10
M a n y O r g a n i z a t i o n s W i l l G i ve
S t u n t s
The Annual College Stunt Night,
participated in by the different socie­ties
and organizations on the campus,
and staged by the Y. M. C. A. will be
held Friday night, February 10, at
6:30. A high type of entertainment
will be offered by amateur actors
representing different phases of col­lege
life.
The stunts will be under the aus­pices
of Mr. C. T. Thompson, chairman
of theJ'Y" social committee. A cash
prize will be given to the society or
organization which the judges decide
to have made the best showing. Ori­ginality,
presentation, definite ideas
presented, lack of insinuations, and
audience response are the points on
which the judges will base their deci­sion.
No admision fee will be charged as
the expenses engendered will be met
by the Y. M. C. A. The students and
general public are cordially invited to
attend.
Ben Wyatt, design professor and
Miss Olive Gibbons were quietly mar­ried
on Friday night, January the
27th by Reverend ] Edwards of the
local Baptist church. Only the intim­ate
friends of the bride and groom
were present at the ceremony. Im­mediately
after the wedding they left
for Columbus where they spent the
week end.
The bride is a senior at Auburn in
the home economics department and
will continue school until June when
she will graduate. Mrs. Wyatt is a
member of the Alpha Beta Chapter of
Chi Omega Sorority and she is one
of the most attractive and popular
Co-eds on the campus.
The groom received his education at
Tulane and Michigan State College.
He has been the desigining professor
at Auburn for the past year. He is
a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma
Fraternity.
The bride and groom will be at
home ot their many friends at the
home of Mrs. Rogers where they are
staying temporarily.
The Plainsman wishes at this time
to congratulate them and wish them
every success. ,
Will Rogers, Through Efforts of
Kiwanians, Speaks Here March 3
Auburn Professor is Famous NOTED SPEAKER
WILL APPEAR IN
CONCERT IN GYM
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY
CAPT. ANDERSON, PRES.
DR. B. B. ROSS
KEYS ENTERTAIN
WITH LUNCHEON
I
NOTICE TO JUNIORS
The sample rings and stones
for the Class of '29 have arrived
and will be on display at the
Student Supply Shop for a few
days. The ring committee is
composed of Collier, W. B.;
Burton, J. L.; Dinsmore, C. S.j
and Yates, A. J. These men will
be glad to take your order and
explain all prices, etc. Please
get your orders in as soon as
possible.
ADDISON McGHEE, Pres.
Many Visitors Present At Annual
Gathering
Members of the "Keys" interfra-ternity
supplemented their annual
banquet by a delightful luncheon, held
last Saturday at the Clement Hotel,
Opelika. The luncheon was served
immediately following the Saturday
morning dance, which was also given,
by the "Keys."
Many visitors were present, the
luncheon being enjoyed by about one
hundred and fifty persons. A very
delightful course was served, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Lawrence Whitten, president of the
"Keys," presided at the head of the
main table and made a short welcom­ing
speech to the visitors. During
the luncheon, music was rendered by
Gieorge Beauchamp, a visitor of the
afternoon.
LIONS CLUB IS
ORGANIZED HERE
Lions Club was organized here on
the night of Jan. 24. H. A. Hill,
Lions Club Organizer, explained the
aims and purposes of the organiza­tions
. Several members of the Au­burn
Kiwanis Club were present at
the meeting and gave short talks on
the work of civic clubs. Twenty-six
men from the faculty of the college
and the business men of the town be­came
charter members of the Au­burn
Lions Club.
The following officers were elected:
L. S. Blake, President; A. Cams, 1st
Vice Pres.; F. E. Guyton, 2nd Vice
Pres..; E. S. Winters, Sec.-Treas.;
L. Spinks, Tail Twister; J. A. Bain,
Lion Tamer; Lieut. C. Pease, Scott
Moss, Dr. McDonald, Directors. '
The other charter members are: E.
F. Cauthen, R. D. Doner, J. A;
Fudge, H. W. Nixon, H. B. Tankers-ley,
W. C. Taylor,' Lieut. Townsley,
Dr. Everett, J. A. King, A. P. Papke,
W. T. Ingram, W. V. Emmel, G. L.
Fick, Jack Tamblyn, G. W. Har-graves,
J. M. Browne, G. M. Keller.
By Murff Hawkins
Born December 26, 1864 at Tuske-gee,
Ala. Early education was re­ceived
in Tuskegee. Attended Au­burn
four years, receiving his B. Sc.
degree at head of class of 81. At­tended
the University of Gottingen
and of Berlin in 1886, one semester
each where he received his M. Sc. de­gree.
Was Asst. Chemist at Auburn
from 1884-87. Then he was made
Professor of Chemistry at L. S. U.
and was there 1887-93. In 1893, a
bright era for Auburn dawned, as
that marked the year for his return to
Auburn to stay. Though being con­nected
with Auburn since 1893 his
work for the Government and state
have continued. He was State Chem­ist*
of Alabama in 1893. Member of
the State Board of Industrial Pre-pardness
in 1916. Associate Member
of the Naval Consulting Board of the
United States. President of Associa­tion
of Official Agricultural Chem-isrty
of the United States. Member
of the American Chemistry Society.
Received LLD. degree from Southern
University and Emory in 1917-18. He
is a Director of the Bank of Auburn,
and is connected with the Opelika C it-ton
Mills. Besides all of this he is
quite a noted author of many papers
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FRESHMEN IN
DEBATES WITH
TWO SCHOOLS
Howard and B'ham—Southern
• A r e t o Be Met By Auburn
New Advertising
Method In Auburn
Local Novelty Looms As Rival To
Picture Show
Auburns crying need for a new
picture show has at last been satis­fied.
Toomers Drug Co. has supplied
the needed amusement and the stu­dents
stare wide-eyed at the screen on
top of the dry store, where every
night gorgeous portrayals of drugs,
cigars, cigarettes, and candy are to be
seen. The most attractive feature of
this new show is that it is free to
everyone regardless of size, shape o.
temperament. Although the same
slides are show every night, the at­tendance
has not fallen off any. Rain
or shine large crowds gather every
night to view the strange and at­tractive
advertisement.
This kind of advertising is quite a
novelty in this city and until the nov­elty
wears off, will be dangerous com­petition
for the regular picture-show.
NOTICE
All cadet officers desiring to
have girls here for the Military
Ball will please fill out cards
at the Student Supply Shop not
later than February 10th.
YMCA PING PONG
CONTEST BEGINS
Results of Each Match
Posted
to Be
The Ping Pong contest is now in
progress at the Y. M. C. A. The first
bracket matches have started, and
will close Saturday night, February
4. The seeond bracket matches will
start Monday, February 6, and will
close Wednesday, February 8. Third
bracket matches will begin Thursday,
February 9, and will close Saturday,
February 11. The semi-finalist con­tests
will be from Monday, February
13 to Wednesday, February 15. The
final contest will be played by Satur­day,
February 18.
The prizes have already been an­nounced,
and the Athletic committee
chairman of the Y. M. C. A., W. T.
Edwards, will post immediately the
results of each match on the bulletin
board in the Y. M. C. A.
An increased interest in forensics
has been very evident this year in all
of the large colleges and universities.
This interest has been particularly
strong in debating.
A dual Freshman debate has been
arranged between Auburn and Bir­mingham-
Southern. These debates
are scheduled for the same time,
March 21. The question is, Resolved:
That the United'States should be up­held
by a popular vote in its policy
toward Nicaragua. A freshman Team
will also compete against Howard on
March 9th, the question to be an­nounced
later.
This is the first time Freshmen de­bating
teams have been organized at
Auburn, but according to the num­ber
of prospects that have turned out
for the tryouts, these teams will do
more than their part towards build­ing
up forensics.
The varsity debating schedule,
though not complete, includes Florida
at Auburn, March 19, with a return
engagement at Gainesville; Mississ­ippi
A. & M. at Starkville, and a de­bate
with Mercer at Auburn, dates
to be announced later.
The Auburn Forensic Council has
been very prominent in promoting in­tercollegiate
debating. This council
is made up of men. with proven abil­ity
in public speaking. The members
of the Council are: Coke Matthews,
President; M. S. Kestler, Vice-Presi­dent;
George Jester, Secretary; Mer­cer
Helms, Treasurer; C. Porter, Sam
Mosley, George Stafford, G. H
Walsh, R. H. McConnell, C. H. Davis,
J. B. McMillan.
A p p e a r a n c e R e w a r d s Years
W o r k o n P a r t of Club
By P. O. Davis
Will Rogers, ex-mayor of Beverly
Hills, California, ex-cdVboy, self-appointed
statesman, author, poet, ac­tor,
traveler, personal friend of presi­dents
and kings, and humorist of
world-wide fame, will appear in con­cert
at the Gymnasium in Auburn on
March 3. Contract to this effect has
been signed by representatives of Mr.
Rogers and by officials of the Auburn
Kiwanis Club, the organization bring­ing
him to Auburn.
Negotiations to this effect have
been in progress for more than a year.
The Auburn club first proposed it
through its president, at that time
Emmett Sizemore. Later, John E.
Ivey, who succeeded Mr. Sizemore as
president, gave it further considera­tion;
and recently the final arrange-metns
were made by Capt. B. C. An­derson,
president and other officials
of the Club.
The concert will be staged in the
Alumni Gymnasium, beginning at
8:15 p. m., March 3. Arrangements
are being made to accommodate a
capacity crowd. The Gymnasium,
which is the largest auditorium in
Auburn, will be filled with seats so
that the maximum number of people
may hear the famous humorist who
talks about anything and anybody
wherever and whenever he chooses.
In addition to the people of Auburn
many people of Opelika, Camp Hill,
Dadeville, Tuskegee, Montgomery,
Notasulga, LaFayette, and other
towns in Alabama, as well as Colum­bus,
West Point, and LaGrage, Ga.,
are expected in Auburn at that time.
Wide interest in it was manifested
as soon as the announcement was
made.
Mr. Rogers has appeared in Mont­gomery,
Birmingham, and perhaps
Mobile, but, so far as know here, Au­burn
is the only small town of the
state to book him for an entertain­ment.
This action is due to the ag­gressive
work of the Auburn Kiwanis
Club.
Thendara Has Initia­tion
At Friday Dance
One of the most novel spectacles
that has been seen in Auburn for some
time was the Thendera Initiation. The
initiation was held at the gymnasium
during the Friday Morning dance of
the mid-term celebrations. It was in
the order of a Bathing Beauty Con­test,
and the beauties undoubtedly out­shone
our visiting girls. There were
six contestants led about in gaudily
decorated floats, by six pajamated
grooms. Each of the beauties was
costumed according to "her" type of
beauty. Andy Anderson, dressed as
a suckling babe was unanimously
awarded first place by the three
judges who were Blakey, Crenshaw,
and DeVaughn. A Thendera leadout
followed the awarding of the prize,
and the initiation was enjoyed by
all.
NOTICE
The Chief of Police at Tuske­gee
has found a hand bag wtih
several Auburn and Alabama
stickers on it The bag contains
a slicker with Bromo-Selzer
written on the back. The owner
may obtain the bag by com-communicating
with the Chief
of Police, Tuskegee, Alabama.
Merritt Burns Married
After the Stetson Game
Recently there came to light the
fact, that our star football end of
last season is a married man. The
report was said to have come from
the Womans College City, and was
later confirmed here.
It seems that Merrit Burns had the
thing pretty well planned out. Going
to Opelika a few days before the Stet­son-
Auburn game last September he
purchased a marriage license. The
license was taken only with the agree­ment
that the fact was not to be pub­lished.
The Saturday Night after
the game, accompanied by "Mule"
Howell, .his brother and best man,
he set out for Montgomery. Getting
a car there, he started in search of
his girl, Miss Lucy Young Mclntyre,
who is a Sophomore at Womans Col­lege.
After a long search, he found
her. She was visiting some friends in
town. This was part of the plan, but
Merrit found difficulty in locating
the place where she was visiting. The
next thing was to find a minister who
would tie the knot. After more search­ing
the minister was found. Both
went back to school, and few were
the wiser. It was only recently, by
some mysterious source that the fact
was brought to light.
Both are back in school and are
planing to finish this year out. We
are very glad, especially as this is
Merritt's senior year.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Burns are
both from Dothan.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
C. D. Greentree, '28 Associate Editor
R. C. Cargile, '28 Associate Editor
C. R. DeArman, '29 Associate Editor
J. B. McMillan, '29 Managing Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Ass't. Managing Editor
Ludwig A. Smith, '29 News Editor
J. W. Powers, '28 - Proofreader
J. E. Taylor, '30 Proofreader
Max Kahn, '28 .1 Sports Editor
Chas. Ingersoll, '29
Geo. Ashcraft, '29 .
Celeste Nesbitt, '28
J. W. Handle, '28
A. V. Blankenship, '30
. Ass't. Sports Editor
Ass't. Sports Editor
Co-ed Editor
Exchange Editor
Humor Editor
REPORTERS
J. W. Powers, '28; Catherine Hare, '28;
Harry Wise, '29; J. W. Mills, '30; H.
H. Milligan, '30; E. T. England, '30; Roy
N. Sellers, '31; Robert L. Hume, '31;
Thomas P. Brown, '31; R. O. Kimbro,
'31; Clyde Seale, '31; Bob McConnell, '31;
White Matthews, '31; George Duncan,
'31; Richard A. Jones, '31; Jessie C.
Adams, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; E. M.
Flynn, '31; W. D. Dryer, '31; J. D. Foy,
'31; John Lewis, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF
H. W. Glover, '29 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Geo. Williams, '28 Advertising Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
Carlos Moon, '31 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
John McClendon, '28 — Circulation Mgr.
A. C. Taylor, '30 Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
G. W. Smith, '30 _ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Dept.
M. Hawkins' '31 Circulation Dept.
W. H. Smith, '31 Circulation Dept.
J. L. Sellers, '31 Circulation Dept.
Geo. W. Postelle, '31 Circulation Dept.
o man ever questions his own judge-t.
he trouble with advice is that so much
it is bad.
It may be easy-fc>
bilities, but we cannot dodge the oow-of
dodgingtbem.
It is a pity that aomeone else cannot
recognise fltrr abilities as well as we our­selves.
•*• It is reasonable to suppose that the
"Lone Eagle" wishes many times that he
would be left alone. People do not prac­tice
"laissez faire" policies.
iJNumerous untrue reports have been
sed around that over two hundred stu-ts
have resigned. Such a condition
uld be heralded as a blessing to the col-e
if such were true. We cannot ade-ately
take care of the number that we
Brew have. We do not want numbers but
there is a definite need for improvement
in instruction and equipment. Auburn's
condition will not be remedied if there is
any definite increase in the enrollment
during the coming year. Additional stu­dents
will draw heavily on the funds that
should be used for maintainance and im­provements.
There is no reason why Au­burn
should be placed in the category with
wholesale educational institutions but rath-er~~
to -serve and keep pace with the needs
of the South.
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
One of the forces in college life that
often promote selfish and unnatural ten­dencies
among student activities are the
so called "honor" societies. The increasing
number of such organizations at Auburn
has resulted in a cheapening influence on
student activities. There is an honor fra­ternity
for practically every social frater­nity
or sorority.
The greatest thing to be derived from a
college education is not to be entirely got
from books although scholarship is of great
importance. It is not found wholly in
friendships, priceless though they may
seem and indispensible to the enjoyment
and the enrichment of life; nor is it to
enter into the numerous activities' of the
campus. Certainly it is not to be a hard­ware
display agent or jewelry manikin.
For real and worthwhile accomplishments
and the satisfying state of being which
comes to one at the end of a college career
there should be a balance maintained
throughout one's course. One who scatters
his energy and talents over a broad field
loses sight of those things that lead to self
betterment and terminate in self-destruc­tion.
The student cannot learn too often the
importance of concentraion in college work
and activities. It is the successful man in
college who knows when to go no further.
No student should have more than one or
two irons in the fire at one time.
For the recognition and distinction of
those who have been good politicians, mani­fested
interest or have attained an enviable
position in the eyes of the members of a
campus lodge, steps are immediately taken
to gather the big goat into the secrecy of
the fold." He is relieved of his sheckles
and turned loose on the campus to become a
"sandwich man" for the society. Only one
fifth of the honor fraternities at Auburn
are worth their salt. Apparently there
should be more interested in the welfare of
the fraternity whose badge they wear but
a few cannot hope to make an organization.
What we need is a little transendentalism
from the fog and disallusioned state into
real service to the institution and until such
a movement is inaugurated within the or­ganizations
themselves the honor societies
on the campus cannot be styled as "honor
fraternities" for they have apparently re­linquished
their hold on the laurels of
worth, helpful service and above all honor.
ATHLETICS FOR ALL
It is little wonder that Americans sur­rounded
as we are with luxury and ma­terial
means for the promotion of happiness
that little thought is given to mass athletics.
We have allowed a condition to assume
enormous proportions in colleges, and
schools in spite of the splendid equipment,
well arranged practical courses and enor­mous
student bodies. Physical education
courses are included in the curricula of
nearly all colleges but they are not con­ducted
or considered seriously or consistent­ly.
Every student at Auburn should enter
into some form of athletics or engage in
some daily exercise to attain that coordina­tion
of mind and body essential to the
modern business man. The courses in phy­sical
training should be intensified and the
classes conducted for the-full hour instead
of the usual brief period. As the familiar
"PT" has been carried on freshmen take the
exercises as if they were in a trance and
do not derive much benefit from them.
In addition to the required work in phy­sical
education there is need for instruc­tion
in wrestling, boxing and gymnasium
work. Perhaps the necessary funds are
not available for the conducting of such
classes but there is a growing need for
them.
After the freshman year too many stu-cdjHfc?
do not enter into any athletic activity.
Thj4, condition grows until the seniors find
:-BfjMfct-time for exercise. The result is that
ESbperclassmen as a whole grow physic-fijr
stale. We take care of our freshmen
in a small way but forget their physical
welfare in their remaining years in college.
For conservative reasons our swimming
pools remain unfilled and no provision may
be had for that sport.
We do not offer this as merely criticism
wholly but rather as suggestions from the
students point of view. It is hoped that
with the coming year the creation of a
varied and intensified athletic program will
be instituted and that the upperclassmen
will be required ±o engage in athletics.
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR COLLEGE
MEN
In The Daily Princetonial we read the
Ten Commandments for College Men to in­sure
success in life. They were given by
Otto H. Kahn, New York financier and
patron of the fine arts. In order to bring
them to the attention of Auburn students
we reprint them below.
1. Eliminate from your vocabulary the
word "perfuctory."
2. Think! Exercise your brain as you
would your muscles.
3. The most serviceable of all assets is
reputation.
4. Use your imagination.
5. Know how to bide your time and sit
tight.
6. Be neighborly. Be a good sport.
Remember that you can't lift yourself by
drowning others.
7. Work hard; it won't hurt you.
8. Take an active interest in public af­fairs.
9. Meet your fellow men frankly and
fairly. You don't have to go through busi­ness
armed to the teeth.
10. If you are successful, be patient, cour­teous,
and conciliatory; avoid ostentation.
Contrary to the popular impressions of
the college boy, less than one man in
three among 2,500 new male students at
Ohio State University use tobacco.
Inquiry during the course of the re­quired
physical examination of all new
students under the direction of Dr. J. H.
Nichols, head of the men's department of
physical education revealed that only
29.88 percent of the men are addicts of
the weed in one or another form.
Cigarettes are the most popular variety
of Lady Nicotine. Users of the various
popular brands numbered 617, or 20.4
per cent. The pipe was second choice with
211 devotees, or 8.3 per cent.
Those who like cigars and those giving
to "eating tobacco" were in the great
minority. Of the former there were 23,
and the latter 27.
DURING THE WEEK
Monday—Over a thousand students arose
with the sun (but there was no sun) in
order to attend the first classes of the
second semester.
Tuesday—We realize that there is a repe­tition
of the "grind" of the first part of
the year.
Wednesday—We find that new course is
very difficult and the profs are just as
uninteresting as formerly. Why did we
register anyway?
Thursday—On. the door of the English
Office is inscribed "The Door to Oppor­tunity"—
yes, to fore _Qut.
Friday—Last weeks issue of the Plains­man
declared to be d good, in fact,
perfect.
Saturday—finds us financially in distress
after having purchased three of four of the
required ten books, that week end trip cost
a little and then there's the date, the pic­ture
show, the soda fount. After an ap­pealing
epistle we wonder if the folks back
home will ever learn just how much books
do cost.
Sunday—We anxiously await the enve­lope
containing the "Pay to the order of—"
and wonder why Uncle Sam is so slow.
Auburn Footprints
Paul Smith has gone on a publicity ram­page.
He has hired a publicity agent who
has shown already that he is an efficient
worker and has his employer's publicity at
heart. Mr. Marks secured Paul's personal
stamp and proceeded to stamp everything
he came in contact with with the John
Hancock of Mr. Smith. We are not quite
able to understand why Paul carves no­toriety,
but we do know that, it must be for
the best as we also know that Paul is a
peace-loving man.
The following message' was received by
us a few days ago: Wanted a passenger to
ride in the back of my auto-plane, the
"Demi-tasse." Win American Aviation
fame by our trip to Canada in the near
future." (Signed) Bobo Baxter. Bobo
must mean it this time, fellows, for we
know him too well to expect him to spend
money on want ads for nothing. We hear
a short while ago that the "Demi-tasse" was
to take off on her great journey to the
North in a few days.^ We will try to keep
everyone informed of her progress through
this column.
We regret to announce that our friend
Peter Parker has-deserted the ranks of the
Civils in favor of the General Business
class. We would cry, but find that it is
hard to shed crocodile' tears. What .we
gain the other course loses.
Dan Sikes has found the meanest woman
in the world. One moment she forgives
him for his folly and the next she tells him
she hopes the musical instruments of
Heaven are not playing so loud but what
she can hear him sizzling in a far off
place. What do you think of a woman like
that. Keep it to yourself, brother, for we
don't want to hear anymore about it.
Rush and Pfaff, two of our most fa­mous
characters, have just returned from
a brief survey of the jails of South Ala­bama.
They report that they were so im­pressed
with the jail at Brewton they
stayed awhile. It is being whispered about
that the accommodations at the jail in
question were hot quite up to their ex­pectations
so they left unexpectedly.
With the Greek
The fraternities are, I believe, both neces­sary
and valuable. It would be futile and
unwise to attempt to do away with them.
Rather let us have more of them, many
more of them, more than enough to go
around. And let them cease fooling them­selves.
Let them recognize themselves for
what they are, social organizations. They
gain nothing by masquerading as honor so­cieties,
and they lose much. Finally let
them look to their ideals. They are rich
in tradition, they are great in numbers,
they are powerful in college councils. They
have every reason to be fine. The men
who created the first fraternities raised
the standard high; their dreams were
splendid, their ideals noble. The fraterni­ties
can do no better than to look back to
their first brothers for guidance and light.
If they will dream once more those dreams
which gave birth to the fraternities, and if
they will strive to.reach the ideals with
which they were founded, they, may—who
knows?—become what they now so hypo­critically
pretend to be, honor societies'.
They may become brotherhoods in fact as
well as name, truly fraternal, truly fine.
—Percy Marks in his book, "Which Way
Parnassus?"
Ninety-five pre cent, of the students at
Toronto University are able to swim. ,
* * * * *
Among the students at Columbia Uni­versity
is one 76 years old, another 77, and
another 83. In a municipal school of New
York is a woman who is the grandmother
of thirteen children.
Blind Tiger
She: "Don't you love driving on a night
like this?"
He: "Yes, but I thought that I'd wait
until we get farther out."
"A line means a lot in my life," said
the washerwoman.
Mary had a little lamb,
Given by a friend to keep.
It followed her around until
It died from want of sleep.
A Scotchman was leaving on a business
trip, and he called back as he was leaving:
"Goodbye all, and dina forget to tak'
little Donal's glasses off when he isna
lookin' at anything."
He: "Why does Claire use a green lip­stick?"
She: "Her fellow is a railroad man."
He: "I don't getcha."
She: "Green means go ahead."
Tim: "Dad whipped Jim on the west
end."
Regular-fellow: "West end? What do
you mean?"
Tim: "Well, you see, that's where Dad's
son sets."
Teacher: "Johnnie, punctuate this sen­tence
without a period, semicolon, quota­tion
marks: "Mary ran into the garden
nude!"
Johnnie: "Dash, after Mary."
We've seen many absent-minded pro­fessors,
but we've never seen one forget
to make class.
The Dean (seeing a couple star-gazing):
"I know they're Scotch. See how close
they are" sitting."
Mazie: "Is your boy friend a one-arm
driver?"
Mamie: "Not him. He takes a taxi
and uses both arms."
Little Mary: "Nurse, will I ever have
a moustache on my lip like daddy when
I grow up."
Nurse: "Pretty often, dear, I expect."
Angelica: "Joe's new speedster is aw­fully
cute."
Betty: "Yes, you ought to see it play
dead on a lonely road."
Soft Dater: "And now a kiss."
Hard Dater: "Help yourself, kid; they're
around my mouth somewhere."
May I print a kiss upon your lips,
She nodded sweet permission,
So they went to press, and I rather guess,
They printed a large edition.
It was prom time. Fifty couples were
dancing to the strains of mad music. It
began to rain. A hundred and fifty
couples were dancing.
Polly: "What's become of that football
player who used to come to see you so
often?"
Dolly: " I had to penalize him five nights
for holding."
"Babe Ruth walked twice today."
"Gosh, she should be more careful whom
she rides with." —""
S
Mrs. Brown: "I don't believe Mabel's
young man is just all we thought he was,
Bill."
Mr. Brown: "What is the trouble now?"
Mrs. Brown: "He has hung his hat over
the keyhole."
A town may be noted for its beautiful
women, but the ice man knows better.
Mary went to sea one day,
She didn't like the motion;
She leaned across the rail, and now
Her teeth are in the ocean.
"Was Joe drunk last night?"
"I dunno, but he was trying to get his
pants off over his head."
Prof.: "When do the leaves begin to
turn?"
Student: "The night before exam."
He: "My, but you have a smooth gear
shift."
She: "Say, take your hand off my knee."
Reporter: "What shall I say about the
two peroxide blondes who made such a fuss
at the game."
Sporting Editor: "Why, say, the bleach­ers
went wild."
The annual Soph Hop at the University
of Kansas proved a "flop" recently when
the orchestra which had been hired under
contract failed to appear. Nothing has
been heard from the orchestra since then.
Witt Other Colleges
Harvard is planning to use moving pic­tures
in its classrooms as a means of visual
education.
* * * * *
The Graduate Council of Princeton, an
alumni organization, has pledged itself to
raise two million dollars for a fund to be
used in raising the salaries of the univer­sity
faculty.
* * * * *
The student-faculty social committee
of Washburn has decided to try the plan
of entirely barring stags from school var­sity
dances. The plan is merely an ex­periment
and is to apply to two dances.
* * * * *
Duke University has a plan that the
student council thinks will have a tendency
to decrease cheating on examinations. All
men caught and convicted will have their
names published in the college paper.
* * * * *
Four fraternities at Vermont University
have postponed their pledge dances and
voted to donate the money that would have
been spent for them to the Red Cross Fund
Relief Committee.
* * * * *
Dr. Wells, professor of Botany at North
Carolina State University, says that every
college man should get married at the end
of his freshman year, and that our edu­cational
institutions should be co-educa­tional.
* * * * *
Soon three hundred students from Prince­ton
University will go to Argentina for
three month's study. It is expected that a
like number of students from Argentina
will visit this country- A regular exchange
is desired by the South American countries.
* * * * *
Approximately one out of every six stu­dents
at the University of Michigan works
to help meet financial expenses while at
college. The number of students working
this year is slightly higher than in former
years, due possibly to the poor industrial
conditions.
* * * * * #
Three o'clock in the morning is the
time for the closing of the Junior Prom
at Boston University next spring, accord­ing
to a new ruling just made. By the
same ruling inter-departmental functions
must close at 2 o'clock, and the frater­nity
dances must stop at one.
* * * * *
The Ring-Tum-Phi gives us the infor­mation
that the vigilance committee at W.
& L. is very active this year, with an aver­age
of seven freshmen appearing before it
every week. The article states that a de­cided
improvement in freshman conduct is
being shown.
* * * * *
The University of Indiana has recently
put into effect a set of rules by which it
hopes to eliminate a great percentage of
cheating. According to the new rules the
student caught shall lose, as the minimum
the number of hours of the particular course
and may be fined to a maximum of 15 credit
hours.
* * * * * „
According to statistics compiled by the
Student loan fund at Oregon State, women
spend more money than men. The average
difference at Oregon State, however
amounts only to $2.74, while at the Univer­sity
of California the difference is as high
as $30.65 a month.
* * * * *
The women students of Antioch College
are voting on whether they shall smoke at
all whether they shall smoke in private,
or in public. A straw vote was held be­fore
the regular vote which indicated that
12 of the 57 girls questioned were against
smoking in public. The others were "all
for it."
* * * * *
A precedent of several year's standing
was abandoned at the Creighton University,
Omaha, this year, when the Student Union
Governing Board voted to abolish the wear­ing
of Freshman caps/ The move was made
in order to raise the freshman group to a
plane of equality with" the upperclassmen,
and to induce the spirit of democracy in the
student body.
* * * * *
On "Worm Day" at Central College, Fay­ette,
Missouri, freshmen are compelled to
wear their trousers inside out, and back­wards.
They wear "worm" cosmetics which
consist of shoe polish and mercuorchrome.
All "worms" must throw their shoes into
a pile and then find their own as quickly
as possible. Bitter pills are the penalties
of losers of all events.
* * * • *
American colleges and university enroll­ment
has increased 25 per cent in the
last five years, according to the tabulations
by Dean Raymond Walters, of Swarthmore,
published in the School and Society. The
figures are from all institutions on the
approved list of the Association of Ameri­can
Colleges. The larger colleges show­ed
the greater percent of increase. Cal­ifornia
an4 Columbia continue to hold the
lead in enrollment.
Book Review
MY HEART AND MY FLESH
By Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Elizabeth Madox Roberts is the author
of The Time of Man, a first novel of last
season which was indubitably a work of
genius. Her second novel has been eager­ly
awaited by critics and readers alike.
My Heart and My Flesh is a work that
appears at first glance to be smaller in
scope and significance than her former
novel. In reality it is only more compact,
more unified, more subjective when com­pared
to her objective account of a tenant
family's rambling and struggles with the
land. The country and the small tenant
farm were in her first book; the small vil­lage
of Kentucky in this one. There is
properly but one character in this second
novel, whereas in the first there was a
family, and in the background a whole
countryside. Here there is a profound study
of sensitiveness in a girl who has behind
her the traditions of the old gentility, now
unhappily somewhat gone to seed, morally
and financially.
Because of the method of the novel, Which
is as if a richly contemplative soul were
musing constantly over Theodosia Bell's
life, the story seems of little consequence;
certainly for the bare, informative purpose
of a review, it is difficult to set down.
The probable facts are these: Theodosia
Bell, a sensitive, beautiful, talented girl, is
one of the Bells of Virginia, of whom the
"grandfather is now the sole aristocrat. He
is impractical, not at all financially mind­ed,
and through his faults and the many
more of his son, Theodosia's father, the
small family property is in danger. Yet
Theodosia plays her violin beautifully to
the men who come to court her, one of
whom, Conway, she intends to marry. But
when he comes again, he brings with him a
girl who has taken Theodosia's place in his
heart. Her disappointment in love, and the
knowledge gained during the last illness of
her grandfather that two negro women of
the town are her half-sisters—her father's
illegitimate children—have a .profoundly
disturbing effect upon her. Yet she seeks
out these negro women, and is strangely
fascinated, pitying and horrified by turns,
by the unusual situation. She gives them
some laundry to do, and later tries, with
only meagre success, to understand them
and win their confidence. She learns of
the older sister's plans for revenge upon
an inconstant lover, and sees in the revolt­ing
situation her own tragedy reflected.
The parallel is overwhelming, and when
next morning news of the murder is heard,
her mind gives way in a flood of horror be­fore
her own image of herself as murderer.
After a long, almost fatal illness, and an
almost hopeless convalescence at the lonely
farm of an aunt, she comes slowly back to
something like sanity. Her aunt literally
starves her, preferring to feed the hounds
her husband had loved; and Theodosia
starves as well for human companionship,
love, care, understanding. Through dreary
months, her sufferings bring her to the
point of suicide; in death is peace, and
she is resigned. But she is saved by the
appearance of an old lover, whom actually
she drives away with the hounds; yet he
has brought her some measure of an ache
for life. She finally escapes the house
where she has been slowly starving, and
life, in a low key but life indubitably, opens
up before her.
Told thus baldly, the story seems an an­guishing
one indeed. But read, the beauty
of the telling, the profound insight into
character the tremendously dramatic and
effective scenes overwhelm any feeling of
horror and revolt the reader mya have.
There is rich, beautiful, profound poetry
in this novel, in greater measure than in
any novel yet to appear in this publishing
season. There is even a measure of humor,
and a beautiful fabric of words to render
adequately the long sustained revelry. It
is true that the reader would welcome for
his comfort more relief than he actually
gets in these pages. But I feel I ought to
point out, even insist, that this is no book
for a casual reader, it is not for him who
wishes to be entertained, nor for one who
likes to be swept along in the rush of a
swiftly moving plot. It is for the reader
who can sense a beautiful pattern under
a hard surface, who can feel through an
uncompromising presentment of life the
value that any experience is capable of giv­ing
the sensitive person. My Heart and
My Flesh is a strikingly original novel,
and life throbs richly on its pages.
•—Warren E. Bower.
Get-to-gethers and smokers of the Sophs
and the Frosh are to take the place of
hazing at George Washington University,
following a meeting of representative
sophomores, upperclassmen and President
Marvin.
The decision was reached, according to
the University Hatchett, university student
publication, with the idea that friendliness
rather than enmity foster the best school
spirit, which is the real purpose of the
freshman rules.
A tug-of-war instead of the class scrap
takes place between the two underclasses.
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Miss Luvenia Collier, Bill Cunning­ham;
Miss Clara Cole, M. S. Kestler;
Miss Lunda Gunnels, Fred Ledbetter;
Miss E. B. Buckaleu, Clyde Seale;
Miss Jean Fitzpatrick,'T. R. Gray;
Miss Peggy O'Neal, Dick Adams; Miss
Rosamond McGahey, Joel Spigener;
Miss Kathryn Turner, Riley Cunning­ham;
Miss Anne Thomas, Riley Cun­ningham;
Miss Jean Thomas, Riley
Cunningham; Miss Ermine Trulock,
S. C. Croom; Miss Francis Orr, H. P.
Jones; Miss Marguerite White, Fred
Renmaker; Miss Grace Hardy, J. R.
Vincent; Miss Madge Hardy, Rey­nolds
Vincent; Miss Virginia Patton,
H. P. Jones; Miss Eloise McKerall,
M. S. Kestler.
THETA CHI—Miss Lily Davidson,
Cecil Woodall; Miss Louise Excelle,
P. S. Alford; Miss Carolyn Branon,
W. H.-Moss; Miss Sara Asbell, Tom
Walthall; Miss Francis Bissell, N. S.
Illges; Miss Dot Grogan, A. F. Mc-
Gee; Miss Carolyn Bond, Jimmie Par­ker;
Miss Effie LeLand, C. H. Fea-gin;
Miss Alcine McMicheal, Tom
Parish; Miss Thomosene McCorkle,
Cecil Woodall; Miss Neillie Ogburn,
Bill Cunningham; Miss Ruth Pearce,
T. M. Lloyd; Miss Margaret Sadler,
Wm. Johnson; Miss Celeste Johnson,
A. F. McGhee; Miss Mabelle Prowell,
O. B. Carter; Miss Jean Nunnally,
B. H. Maynar; Miss Mildred Van
Sickle, L. M. Lloyd; Miss Margaret
Davis, Noble Crump; Miss Laurice
Butler, H. H. Milligan; Miss Mar­garet
Hodges, Earl Chambers; Miss
Mary Wylie, Oscar Asbell; Miss Dada
Warfield, R. L. Foster; Miss Weezie
Smith, T. O, Drake; Miss Ina Brown,
A. F. McGhee; Miss Marie Shellman,
R. B. Evans; Miss Kathereen Logan,
C. H. Feagin; Miss Hazel Tinnerman,
C. H. Feagin; Miss Mary Seott
Clancy, Will McFarlin; Miss Alice
Munroe, Bill McFarlin; Miss Vic­toria
Clayton, H. E. Williams; Miss
Mildred Stallworth, Skeeter Gates;
Miss Mary Guttenberger, H. E. Wil­liams;
Miss Jo Beth Apperson, Bill
Hurt.
LAMDA CHI ALPHA—Miss Dickie
Young, Buck Ellis; Miss Edith Ball,
Carol Porter; Miss Mildred Gojsan,
S. M. Leland; Miss Ettie Dickerson,
Forney Ingram; Miss Annie Bullard,
Carson Whitson; Miss Sue Harris,
C. A. Manley; Miss Rebecca Frazer,
Carol Porter;' Miss Billy Moore, Carol
Hens Now Running >
"On High" in Laying
Contest at Auburn
After getting away to a rather slow
start the 1000 hens in the 4th national
egg laying contest at Auburn are
now running "on high" in egg produc­tion.
During the 11th week the offi­cial
report by Prof. John E. Ivey and
associates shows that these 1000 hens
produced 4,136 an increase of 496
over the preceding week. The per­centage
production was 59 per cent.
During the entire 11 weeks 31,092
eggs were produced, this being 31
eggs per hen for the 77 day period.
Pen No. 26 owned by Marshall
Farm, Mobile, is the high pen in the
contest. These ten white leghorns
have produced 579 eggs—an average
of 57.9 per hen. Second high pen is
owned by Harris Hatcheries of Pel-ham,
Ga., with 517 eggs. Another
pen owned by Marshall Farm is third
with 515 and one owned by Kintner
Poultry Farm, Corydon, Ind., fourth
witoh 513 eggs.
The individual star of the contest
is a white leghorn owned by B. & D.
Poultry Farm, of Napoleonville, La.
She has produced 69 eggs, thereby
resting only eight out of 77 days. A
hen owned by Marshall Farm is sec­ond
with 66 eggs and one owned by
Ruckers Poultry Farm, Ottumwa,
Iowa, third with 65. Fourth place
among individuals is held by another
Marshall Farm bird with 63 eggs.
In the barred rock sector a hot race
is in progress. The pen owned by
J. M. Glass, of Tuscaloosa, slowed
up recently while the pens owned by
Four Acre Farm, Birmingham, Ala.,
and E. C. Foreman, Lowell, Mich.,
were hitting a high pace.
The leading black minorca pen is
owned by F. J. Saner, Mobile, with a
production of 277 eggs. There are
only three pens in the group.
Among the Rhode Island reds, S.
L. Robbins, of Chester, S. 0. is lead­ing
while J. C. Harrison, of Selma is
second.
SEVERAL IN VIEW FOR POSITION
OF PRESIDENT ALABAMA POLY.
Porter; Miss Helen Pumphrey, H. M.
Burt; Miss Hazel Stewart, George
Mozo; Miss Francis Rush, Carol Por­ter;
Miss Anne Holder Grimes, Mr.
George Morgan; Miss Katherine Thor-ington,
O. P. Richardson; Miss Louise
Adams, Harry Riley; Miss Myrtis
Corker, Jack McLeskey; Miss Mary
Williams, J. B. Merrill; Miss Luello
Queriken, Carol Porter; Miss Helen
Armistead, J. M. Herren; Miss Mary
Andrews, J. B. Merrill; Miss Mar­garet
Bostwick, Skeeter Gates; Miss
Mary Buffington, A. V. Smith; Miss
Mildred Smith, G. J. Morgan; Miss
Elizabeth Cunningham, J. B. Merrill;
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, A. E. Con-well;
Miss Bunch Dunbar, Jack Mc­Leskey;
Miss Marjorie Clifton, Carol
Porter; Miss Ruth Miller, Mr. George
Mozo.
Meditations on This and That
JAHES B. MCMILLAN
I do not think that anyone labors under the delusion that the Au­burn
dances are combination Y. M. C A. and Y. W. C. A. conventions.
It is true that many of our alumni come back during the dances and
celebrate a festival in honor of the great god Bacchus. A few students
find it necessary to stimulate their weary bodies and spirits with spirits
of another genus. An occasional couple is seen making astronomical
observations from the rear seat of a parked car. We do not deny many
of these things. But we do emphatically deny about ninety-nine per
cent, of the stories that are now "going the rounds." The "younger
generation" is being damned on every side. For the most part these
stories are originated and circulated by pious members of the "older
generation"—hypocritical busybodies.
A certain member of the Home Economics faculty has taken it upon
herself to spread a few statements about the conduct of Auburn boys
during the dances that are,—well, I'll call them malicious falsehoods.
My instinctive respect for her sex keeps me from denominating her tales
as I would like to, and would be justified in doing. Would that she had
never come here if her main indoor sport is, to use a slang term, "popping
her bill," and spreading tales as she has done! If she has the intelli­gence
which her position implies she should be able to find a more profit­able
way to spend her spare time. No wonder the townspeople and
people over the state get such distorted conceptions of the Auburn dances!
However, she is but one among many. I realize that I am railing
against a feminine characteristic that has tormented man ever since
the first women began to gather in the front yards of their cave dwell­ings
and while away the afternoon in "conversation." My intended re­buke
may fall unheeded, but if even one person reads these lines and
is hereafter careful about making untrue statements about the dances,
I will feel that I have rendered Auburn a service.
* * * * * * * *
It is the first week of a new semester. Bewildered students clutch­ing
schedule cards rush frantically about the halls. More trade at the
book stores. A few faces are missing. A few new faces. Excitement
over a new co-ed. How long will it last? Posted lists of grades. New
professor giving his first lecture. Nervous. Students are curiously ex­amining
new professors, ready to admire or detest with the slightest
provocation. The inevitable boy who knows exactly how many days until
the final exams. Mountainous piles of cards to fill out. Cynically
smiling professors.
Hundreds of resolutions to study are being made. They will be
kept about as long as the lists of first-semester grades are on the bul­letin
boards. The resolution is forgotten when the sharp prick of a 45
or 55 on the first semester is dulled in the memory. Students will drop
back into their accustomed rut until the mid-semester grades are re­ported.
The same thing happens year after year. Therefore, cynically
smiling professors.
Several educators meeting the re­quirement
of "national reputation and
outstanding ability" set by the sub­committee
of the Board of Trustees
of the Alabama Poytechnic Institute
as a standard for the successor to
Dr. Spright Dowell as president of
Auburn are under consideration by
the sub-committee it was learned
Wednesday following a meeting at the
state department of education.
Members of the sub-committee de­clined
to make public the identity of
the men they are considering for the
position. It was announced several
weeks ago in The Advertiser that Col.
W. A. Mitchell, head of the engineer­ing
school at the United States Mili­tary
Academy at West Point was
among those, who had been suggested
for the place.
That Col. Mitchell would consider
the presidency of Auburn, in view of
the fact that he will reach the age of
retirement within a few years, was
doubted, however, an opinion that re­ceived
tacit confirmation last night
-when Victor Hanson, a member of the
sub-committee denied that Col. Mit­chell
was among those being consider­ed.
Two weeks ago following their first
meeting, members of the committee
undertook a survey to determine what
educators of the country meeting their
requirements were available. The
meeting yesterday was to tabulate
the results of their survey and discuss
further action.
A number of replies from com­munications
to various educators have
been received and of these several of
the desired standard are available.
The sub-committee, it was announced,
will further investigate these men
and will continue its survey until
such time as they are satisfied that
the best educator available has been
selected as the president of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute.
The sub-committee will meet again
in two weeks.
Members of the sub-committee, all
of. whom were present yesterday, are
Dr. R. E. Tidwell; Victor Hanson,
Birmingham; Charlie McDowell, Eu-faula;
C. W. Ashcraft, Florence; and
Dr. William Oates.
NOTICE
The following courses will be
repeated in economics:
Business law
Principles of Economics
Business Mathematics
Accounting.
Who's Who Contest
Held in Athens. Ga.
"Who's Who" elections were held at
Athens College today for the feature
section of "The Maid of Athens" stu­dent
year book. The following types
were chosen: friendliest girl, Elise
Hall, Opelika; best all round student,
Mabel Clair Orr, Birmingham; most
dignified, Lounette Faust, Oneonta;
quaintest girl, Louise Hummel, Hunts-ville;
most modern, Ruth Chew,
Athens; cutest, Myra Milford, Hunts-
Ville; .most original, Sarah RiggS,
Birmingham; joiliest, Adelle Poly-tinsky,
Decatur; most stylinsh, Jean
McCoy, Athens; most athletic, Lena
McGregor, Athens; most purposeful,
Juli Lovin, Decatur.
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THE PLAINSMAN
SPORTS - Plainsmen Meet Georgia Friday Night SPORTS
Invincible Tigers Hand
Tuiane Double Defeat
The unconquered dribblers from
the Plains gave Tuiane a double
thrashing last week on the latters
court. The first game was played
Friday night and was won by 32 to
17, while the other was at the tune
of 49 to 31 on Saturday night.
The Tuiane team has been changed
up a great deal in the past ten days,
and the lineup was not anything like
it was before the Christmas holidays.
Menville, star basketeer of two years
ago, has resumed his studies at the
New Orleans school, and was in ac­tion
both nights. He had not gotten
used to the court, so did not have
much luck in scoring. He played
guard, while Captain Chatelaine was
• put at "center. Ford was shifted from
guard to forward. But even with this
change, in the line-up, Coach Bier-man's
men could not make much head­way
against the Tigers. Tuiane was
right, and played better in these two
games than in any so far this season,
and it was due to this that they kept
the Auburn team from making the
score enormous.
The game Friday night started off
with Auburn taking a two point lead,
when "Jelly" Akin scored a goal. But
Tuiane forged ahead when they shot
three goals in quick order, but only
held the lead for a moment, for the
Papkemen began finding the goal and.
overcame the four point lead. This
was the only time during the game
that the Greenies were ahead. The
score at the half was 13 to 7.
Tuiane took the offense for a
second after the half, and rang up a
goal. "Jelly" Akin, however, run­ning
true to form, came back with
two goals, and "Buck" Ellis got one.
From then on the Orange and Blue
were not threatened by Tuiane for
the lead was too great to overcome.
"Jelly" Akin was the high point
man of the affair, tailing 14 points.
"Jelly's" keen eye did not fail him,
and he shot some beautiful goals.
"Buck" Ellis played a good game and
scored 6 points.
Menville performed well, eve:
though he had not been in a basket­ball
uniform in sometime. He was
taken out of the game for excessive
fouling. Davidson was high point
man for his team, scoring 4 points.
Auburn won the second game by
a count of 49 to 31. The Tigers had
good team work, and hardly missed a
shot when once they let the ball fly
at the goal.
The score was rather close at first,
until near the end of the half, when
the Alabama team jumped ahead. Tu­iane
scored two goals which made the
score 10 to 9, and then another goal
made it 10 to 11, then Akin stepped
forward and dropped one in, which
made made it 12 to 11, until Menville
shot a foul to tie the score. At this
point Auburn started in and got four
goals before the Greenies could tally
one. Dubose made three of these goals.
Auburn then rang up another, and
the half ended with the score 22 to 14.
Dubose rang the first goal in the
second half, and Auburn made six
"points while the other team made
two. Tuiane then scored three goals,
and Auburn kept them at 27 until they
made two. Tuiane then scored three
goals, and Auburn kept them at 27
until they had made 49 points, Tu­iane
made four points and the game
(Continued on page 6)
Class Football to
Get Under Way
At Auburn Soon
Since the Turkey Day tussel in At­lanta
last Thanksgiving there has
been very little said about old king
football around the fairest village of
the plains. However the inter-class
games will soon come to pass and for
a time attract, quite a bit of local in­terest.
These games are always
noted for their hard fighting, and this
is meant literally, too. Due to the
keen rivalry between classes and this
being the only chance that either has
to prove the superiority in any way,
these battles always call out the fight­ers
of the various classes. And they
put up some mighty interesting games
too.
The seniors will be out there to
keep the class championship won last
year as juniors, the juniors to avenge
the defeats of the past two years, the
sophomores to prove that they are
"the stuff," and the rats to try to get
even with some guy on the upper class
teams. We do not mean that these
teams do not fight for the glory of
winning, for this they surely do with
all the sportsmanship that is possible
for any team under the circumstances.
It just happens to be the circum­stances.
These games are our an­nual
family free-for-all.
The seniors have already gotten to­gether
and elected their coaches. Tux-worth
is to coach the backfield, and
Pearce will handle the line. The
juniors have also elected Shotts to
coach their backfield, and Nick Car­ter
to coach the line. The other
classes have yet to decide on their
leaders in the coming affrays.
The two elimination games will be
played Friday and Saturday, the 17th
and 18th of this month. The final
game to determine the winner will
then be held the following Wednesday,
the 22nd.
Auburn Sends Out
Challenge to Pitts.
Following close on the heels of
Pittsburghs claim for the leadership
of the nation, appeared an article in
the Chicago Tribune that down South
in Alabama, there was another real
basketball team and that team had
scored even a larger number of points
than Pittsburgh had in the same num­ber
of games. And it is a cinch that
Auburn is even now the high Collegi­ate
scorer of the country.
Coach Papke has accepted the Uni­versity's
claim by challenging them to
a four game series to take place im­mediately
after the S. I. C. tourney
in Atlanta if accepted. Papke's plan
is to pltfy all games on neutral courts,
two scheduled for Birmingham and
two for Philadelphia. Such a plan
seems wise and fair and is very likely
going to be accepted. Which we hope
it will.
It will be announced at a later date,
just what the results of this chal­lenge
may be. But, let's hope for the
best and the undisputed champion­ship
of the entire country. Figh 'em
Tigers.
1928 Auburn Basketball Schedule
Jan.
(23)
(33)
Date Opponent and Their Score Auburn
Dec. 17—Montgomery Y. M. C. A. (12)
5—White Business College (13)
7—Ga. Tech (29)
Southern College (18)
13—U. of Florida
14—U. of Florida
18—Clemspn (26)
19—Clemson (23)
20—U. of Tennessee
27—Tuiane (17)
28—Tuiane (31)
1—Vanderbilt (28)
3—U. of Georgia
9—Georgetown U.
10—Ole Miss
11—Ole Miss
22—U. of Florida
23—U. of Florida
(14)
Feb.
Score and Place Played
(38) Auburn
(92) Auburn
(56) Auburn
(51) Auburn
(39) At Gainesville
(43) At Gainesville
(56) Auburn
(30) Auburn
(63) Auburn
(32) At New Orleans
(49) At New Orleans
(62) Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Baskin Begins His
Training for Place
On Olympic Team
Several days ago when the train
pulled out of Auburn headed for New
York, it carried away one of the most
popular fellows on the campus, who is
known by everyone in the "Village" as
"Weemie," but to the athletic world
he is W. O. Baskin. He has gone
to New York to train for the Olympic
tryouts which will be held in Boston
in July. Due to Baskin winning the
National high hurdles championship
last year, will practically assure him
a position on the team from the
United States. The games will be
held in Amsterdam.
Many men in the South are taking
an interest in the Olympics this year
and there are some from this section
of the country who will make the
competition very great, when it comes
to seeing who will make the trip to
Amsterdam.
The Southern material includes
Weemie Baskin, former Auburn star
hurdler; Bonura, Loyola (New Or­leans)
javelin thrower; Elliot, North
Carolina, road man; Smith, Alabama,
distance runner; and collegiate box­ers
and wrestlers from North Caro­lina
and Virginia.
Another reason that the South is
taking a great deal of interest in the
games this year is that the Southern
Coaches' Association and Southern
Conference heads are endorsing the
games to College men in the South,
so. that as many as possibe will enter
these tryouts.
Some time ago Carrolton, Georgia,
Weemie's home-town staged a "Bas­kin
Day" and celebrated in his honor
to show their appreciation for what he
has done.
While at Auburn Baskin broke three
or four track records, and was Cap­tain
of the track team one year. We
wish him all the success in the world.
Auburn Hangs Up
Eighth Straight as
Clemson Takes Fall
Auburn's rambunctious Tigers
blasted forth their eighth straight
basketball victory when they turned
back Jbhn Cody's Clemson Tigers by
a 30 to 23 verdict in the closest game
of the year. The contest marked the
fifth conference win for the Plains-men.
It is interesting to note that
the same Tigers made it eight in a row
last year by a win over Clemson, the
score of that game being 45 to 23.
The Clemson Bengals gave Auburn
the stiffest battle of the season, and
got off to a six-point lead early in
the game. The Plainsmen seemed
silghtly off in the early stages of the
game, but soon exhibited their cham­pionship
calibre and had a lead of 19
to 10 at the end of the half.
Auburn continued to hold the lead
during- the last half but were not
quite up to their usual form, as the
score indicates. Clemson also hand-eled
the ball better in this game than
in the one on the previous night, and
had a little better luck in finding the
hoop. Hewitt, visiting, ace, broke
into the ranks of the high scorers
with 10 points. Akin and Ellis, with
10 and 9 points respectively were, the
leading scorers for Auburn.
Lineups and summary:
AUBURN (30) CLEMSON (23)
Right Forward
Ellis (9) -- Hewitt (10)
Left Forward
Akin (10) - Eskew (2)
• Center
DuBose (6) McGlone (7)
Right Guard
E. James (2) Woodruff
Left Guard
F. James Lester
Substitutions: Auburn—Smith for
DuBose. Clemson, Odell (4) for
Eskew.
Referee: Spears.
About the only things some people
are able to save are trading stamps,
cigar coupons and tinfoil.
Auburn-Ga. Tech
Game Called Off
Due to examinations at Ga.-
Tech. the basket-ball game sche­duled
for this Saturday at At­lanta
with the Tigers has been
postponed to a later date which
will be announced in the near
future.
Auburn Rats Win
First Game From
Tech Freshmen
The Baby Tigers beat the Georgia
Tech Freshmen on January 21, in the
opening game of the season for the
former team. The game was played
on the local court, and was one of
the most exciting games that has
been here in some time. The score
was 32 to 28 in favor of the Tigers,
when the pistol shot which marked
the closing of the game.
Auburn took an early lead and
held it throughout the game, but to­wards
the end of the game, the Tech
boys began finding the basket and
made the score very close. At the
half Auburn had an eight point lead
on the Georgians, the score being 14
to 6.
The game was slowed up very much
at time, due to fouling on the part
of both teams. A large number of
fouls were made by each team, but
they both fought hard and at times
exhibited rare form in floor work
and in shooting.
Tech had some very large men on
the squad, who performed well. Men
such as Lumpkin, Marie, etc. were
among the largest. It will be remem­bered
by all who saw the grid-iron
battle between the A. P. I. Rats and
Tech on Drake Field last fall, how
well Lumpkin played.
Probably the outstanding man on
the Tech team was Hoffman. Al­though
small of ftatute, he was as fast
as lightning and was always awake
and ready to grab the ball. He did
not play the whole game, but made
ten points while he was in the game.
He shot several beautiful goals. Tip-pin
also turned in a good game.
(Continued on Page 6.)
Baseball Practice
To Get Under Way
With the arrival of February,
another sport appeared on the Au­burn
campus, as all candidates for
pitching and catching positions on the
1928 baseball nine were advised to
report to the gym.
1928 should prove a very favorable
season so far as the "great American
game" is concerned. And to make
things brighter; Auburn will have
one of the-very best dressed teams in
the S. I. C. New uniforms, shoes,
hats, etc.; should go far towards
making another championship base­ball
squad at Auburn.
Coach Moulton seems to look to­ward
the future with much delight.
He has a wonderful chance to put out
the snappiest, best hitting and field­ing
club in Dixie and is surely going
to make a wonderful showing. From
last years championship nine, there
are several missing regulars, but the
reserves from last years team along
with the stars offered from last sea­sons
Frosh outfit, not much truble
is anticipated in the direction of ma­terial.
Among the list of candidates that
will report for the team are such fa­miliar
names as: Cush Wood, Earnest
Potter, Stoutenbrough, Maggie Mc-ghee,
pitchers; Ebb James (Captain),
Peewee Wright, Curry, infield; Akin,
Ellis, Crawford, Taylor, outfield. This
is only a partial list of the many lumi­naries,
but these offer a good idea of
the quality of material.
The schedule has not been definitely
completed as yet, but it is expected
it will be announced in the next issue
of the Plainsman. Fellows, it looks
like another bumper year on the dia­mond.
Auburn Dribblers
Overwhelm Team
From Tennessee
Tiger and Volunteers battled fur­iously
for the lead in the first half
of the hectic fray played on the A.
P. I. campus Jan. 20. Both teams
were in for blood and both were
penalized heavily for fouls commit­ted.
As the teams pulled together
and got their second wind, Auburn
gradually moved to the front. The
pass work and clever shots of the
Plainsmen was dazzling and caused
the visitors much worry.
As the half drew to a close, Au­burn
had a sixteen point lead, the
score being 26-10. Tennessee was
sensational in her free shots inci­dentally
making six points out of as
many chances. Auburn sharpshooters
rung four goals form the free line
out of five chances.
The Tiger swung into a spurt as the
whistle blew, announcing the second
chapter of the setto that lasted to the
final second second of the game. Such
remarkable passing, dribbling and
shooting is seldom witnessed. On the
other hand, Tennessee seemed to have
lost themselves; they couldn't stop the
onrush of points and before time-out
could be called, the score was far,
too large in favor of Auburn, to over­come.
A, P. I. used a total of fourteen
players while the Vols put in eight.
The Tigers played in the best form
shown so far this year and are due
to be a thorn in the sides of any op­ponent
when playing as they did in
this game. Their Championship pros­pects
advanced considerably by, this
victory.
For the visitors, there was no spe­cial
star. They were simply outclass­ed
in every department of the game
except in shots from the free line. As
to this, they hit the 100 per cent, per­fect
mark, scoring a point for all
eight of their chances.
Tiger Basketeers Swamp
Vanderbilt in Fast Setto
Papke's arsenic dribblers came
through with another remarkable per­formance
of the art of shooting goals"
and keeping ones opponents from re­ciprocating,
when they trounced the
Commodores from Nashville by the
terrific margin of 62-28. This mark­ed
the ninth straight S. I. C. victory
for the Plainsmen and brought their
point average per game up to 50.9
for the season. A total of 611 points
have been made in the twelve clashes
this season and the opponents have a
total of 264 for an average per game
of 22 tallies. And it is safe to say
that Auburn is easily high scorer for
the Conference. /
Akin was the stellar shooter of the
game, scoring 19 points to .bring up
his total in the race for S. I. C. honors
to 143. Ellis, DuBose, and Ebb
James scored six, eight and nine
points respectively. The James twins
constituted a pair of guards hard to
beat; with Captain Fob stopping sev­eral
systematic plays that would pos­sibly
have counted a goal. With four
minutes to play, the entire first string
linup was taken out of the game and
the second and third teams given a
chance.
This marked the sixth straight S.
I. C. victory for the Papkemen and
their ninth win of the year. As a
summary of the points scored for and
against Auburn, the results show that
the average will now be, Auburn 52,
opponents 21.
Summary:
TENNESSEE—i"1--1— U). Sharpe
(2), Butcher (5), McKeen (1), Barn-hill,
Kendrick (2), Whitt, Scott.
AUBURN—Akin (19), Ellis (6),
DuBose (8), E. James (9), F. James
(4), Mullins (4), L. James (2), How­ell
(5), Smith (4), Vines, Chamblee
(2), Patterson, Dennedy, Booth.
Jelly Akin seemed to be unable to
miss a shot. For the time he was
in the game, he scored exactly one
half of Auburn's points and when
taken out had a total of 27 points.
This is one more point that he made
against Tech and is the largest score
he has compiled this season. Fact
is, it is large enough, even if he need
not score any more than that.
Buck Ellis was in his prime and
rang up sixteen markers. Buck was
the life of the team, always smiling,
fighting and coming through to take
the ball out of his opponents hands
many times to give A. P. I. the lead.
Frankie Dubose, started off slow,
but surely came back strong. He was
outjumped by Brooks nearly every
time but someway managed to get the
ball after the tip-off and start the
teamwork a-rolling. To bring up the
total score, he added eight points.
Ebb and Fob, the famous James
twins, were there on the spot; play­ing
their usual hard, sure game of
(guarding Vandy's hectic forwards,
both of who were regulars last year.
Baker of Vandy played a very neat
game. He was always in the plays,
fighting for a chance shot and suc­ceeded
in dropping in ten points.
Bridges also looked good. He had
very good form and death itself on
foul shots. His total score was 8
tallies. Brooks was a good bet, play­ing
clever ball at center. Sharp the
famous football player came through
with two field goals and did quite well
at the stationary post.
Summary:
Vanderbilt—Baker (10), Bridges
(8), Brooks (2), Sharpe (0), Sharp
(4), Salter (2), Lowenstein (2). .
Auburn—Ellis (16), Akin (27),
DuBose (8), E. James (1), F.
James (2), Smith (2), Mullins (4),
Vines, Chambless (2), L. James.
De Soto might be a
telephone man—today
Yesterday, tht
50 -pair cablt
Today, Hi*
Vim-pair cable
He pioneered a way into new coun­try
— and back again. He led his
men through every obstacle; where
there were no resources he made them,
where there were no boats he built
them.
Today men of the telephone indus­try
are the De Soto kind of pioneer.
They have the vision to tackle the
new job and the resourcefulness to
see it through. In working to make
a better cable they saw the need for a
new method of insulating wires—and
they devised it.
Guiding the technician's skill,
telephone pioneering demands coura­geous
business leadership by supervi­sor
and executive. To keep up with a
new country, industry needs not only
great momentum but right direction.
BELL SYSTEM
%A nation-wide system of 18,000,000 inter-connecting telephones
" O U R P I O N E E R I N G W O R K HAS J U S T B E G U N'
SPAULING AND McGREGGOR
GOLF, BASEBALL AND TENNIS EQUIPMENT TIGER DRUG STORE SP„AULING AND McGREGGOR
GOLF, BASEBALL AND TENNIS EQUIPMENT
THE PLAINSMAN P«l • S
Notes of the Societies
EVANS
The good old days of buggies and
"Dobbins" were vividly recalled when
E. P. Blocker told the Evans Liter­ary
Society Tuesday night how he
donned his first long trousers and
sweated through his maiden date with
a country lassie. He blushihgly and
humorously related his experiences
in a second-hand buggy on a Sunday
afternoon and admitted his embarass-ment
upon finding that he could not
summon up the courage to make a
practical application of the. knowledge
which he had gleaned from a book on
courtship before going to his date.
Shifting from the gentle art of love
»to the field of science, G. J. Cottier
discussed some of the most important
scientific problems before the scien­tists
today. He explained that the
search for a control of cancer is
bringing forth more experimental
work from medical „ men than any
other disease. Experiments show that
aluminum and calcium are two prob­able
control materials.
B. L. Martin suggested several
plans for the prevention of future
floods in the Mississippi Valley. He
also pointed out the defects of each
proposed plan.
The report of the critic, Prof. But­ler
was interesting and very benefi­cial.
He pointed out several, weak­nesses
of the society and suggested
remedies for them. As the society
corrects these flaws, it will grow bet­ter
and bigger.
HOME ECONOMICS
DISCUSSION TO BE
ON WAPI PROGRAM
MAY & GREEN
Men's Clothing
Sporting Goods
M o n t g o m e r y , Alabama
AG. CLUB
Election of officers for the second
semester featured the last meeting
of the Ag. Club. The following mem­bers
were elected to the offices named:
President, M. T. Gowder; Vice-Pres.,
Clarence Savage; Secretary, J. E.
Carter; Treasurer, C. T. Thompson;
Reporter, V. Savage, Jr.; Critic, L.
G. Brackeen; Cheer Leader, J. E.
Hydrick; Sergeant-at-arms, H. J.
Carter; Librarian, M. V. Hallman.
The retiring officers were: Presi­dent,
G. S. Williams; Vice President,
C. T. Thompson; Secretary, A. V. Cul­pepper;
Treasurer, *M. T. Gowder;
Reporter, L. G. Brackeen; Critic, T.
D. Alldredge; Cheer Leader, B. H.
Walkley; Sergeant-at-arms, W. W.
Johnson; Librarian, E. G. Diseker.
A report of the investigating com­mittee
concerning quality points to be
given by the Club was given by Mr.
Rumley.
J. W. WRIGHT, JR.
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Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
A new feature in the form of a
short discussion by extension home
economics specialist will be added to
the program broadcast from Station
WAPI during the week beginning
Monday, February 6. These talks will
be given each Saturday noon at 12:40.
Monday noon, February 6, Miss
Evelyn Smith and the studio trio; C.
K. Brown on Auburn news notes.
Tuesday noon, February 7, the
student quartet in vocal selections.
String music will feature. F. E. Ber­tram
will discuss pasture planting.
Thursday night, beginning at 9,
the Auburn Collegians in a dance
program. A book review will be pre­sented.
Wednesday noon, February 8, the
studio orchestra. A weekly report
on the previous week of the fouth
Alabama egg-laying contest will be
given.
Thursday noon, February 9, O. D.
Langston in vocal solos, and the Au­burn
Stringers in a program of recent
releases. R. Y. Bailey will give in­formation
on corn varieties best suit­ed
to Alabama conditions.
Thursday night, beginning at 9, the
studio orchestra. Dr. George'Petrie
on a current topic.
Friday noon, February 10, new Vic­tor
records will be played during the
Jessee French Victor program. "Aunt
Sammy" on a home economics topic.
Friday night, beginning at 9, classi­cal
program by the studio orchestra.
Saturday noon, musical program by
the LaGrange band of LaGrange, Ga.
Miss Helen Kennedy, state nutrition
specialist, on a nutrition program for
1928. J. R. Rutland on the Sunday
School lesson.
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR
FOR ALL REEXAMINATIONS p
MISS GATCHELL TO
ATTEND COLUMBIA
FOR M. S. DEGREE
PERFECTION AND FLORENCE
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HEATERS -:- RANGES
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IS
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Have You Had
Yours Today?
Miss Dana Gatehell, assistant pro­fessor
of home economics, left Sunday
for Columbia University in New York
where she will finish the work on her
M. S. degree. She will remain at the
University until the first of June.
She has already written a thesis which
is part of the required work for this
degree. The title of her thesis is,
"Kitchens—their History and Ro-
Romance.'
Miss Gatehell will specialize in the
study in clinics for special dietary
deficineyc diseases. While at the Uni­versity
she will room with Miss Certie
Reynolds, former nutrition specialist
of the Alabama Extension Service.
Miss Helen Dumond from Basial,
Ohio will be here to fill the vacancy
left by Miss Gatehell. Miss Dumond
received her B. S. in home economics
at Ohio University and obtained her
Master's Degree at the University of
Chicago in December, 1927. The sub­ject
of her thesis was, a study of ap­petites
of 100 children of workmen
in the Chicago stock yard compared
with the appetites of 100 children of
well to do people of the North Side.
Miss Dumond will live with Miss
Glanto, -head of the home economics
department, at the practice house.
No courses in house hold manage­ment
will be given this semester since
all seniors in this department have
finished the required work at the
practice house.
NOTICE
On February 14th at Langdon
Hall the Woman's Club will pre­sent
"The Wolf Kitty," a musi­cal
Comedy. It is being pre­sented
under the direction of the
Atlanta Musical Amurses, the
cast will be composed of town
people.
AT
THE TIGER DRUG STORE AND
STUDENT SUPPLY SHOP
J
WEBSTERIAN
The members of the Websterian Lit­erary
Society enjoyed their first meet­ing
of the new semester in spite of the
somewhat adverse weather.
Mr. Clarence LeCroy gave a very
interesting talk about Abraham Lin­coln.
In his talk he brought out some
very good points which went a long
way towards disproving some of the
rather black reports concerning' cer­tain
parts of Lincoln's life.
The committee designated to get
up a stunt for stunt night is hard at
work and promises a bit of real en­tertainment
in the presentation of the
stunt.
Plans for the coming semester were
discussed. Especially were plans for
a more varied and interesting pro­gram
made. We feel that with every­one
a member working to make this
the best semester in Websterian's
history we wil continue to hover near
the top as far as work is concerned.
Notify your students who made
grades 50 to 59 and read to your
classes the following schedule of re­examinations
for the week, February
14-19.
Re-examination Schedule, Second Se­mester
1928
February 13-18
For students with grades from 50
to 59, or those absent with permission
from the regular examination.
All Students who now have "condi­tions"
should take the re-examinations
or repeat in class.
Students concerned must secure
card from 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
promptly to the Registrar. A passing
re-examination grade will be recorded
as 60.
SCHEDULE
Monday, Feb. 13.—A. M.: Foreign
languages; P. M.: Zoology and En­tomology,
Drawing and Mch. Des.
Tuesday, Feb. 14.—Physics: Chem.
103;* P. M.: Botany, History, Mec.
Engineering.
Wednesday, Febfl 15.—A. M.: Home
Economics, Agronomy, Civil Engi­neering,
Physical Education; P. M.:
Architecture, Agr. Engineering, Elec.
Engineering, Religious Education.
Thursday, Feb. 16.—A. M.: English,
Animal Industry, Highway Engineer­ing;
P. M.: Chemistry.
Friday, Feb. 17.—A. M.: Econo­mics,
Horticulture, Pharmacy; P. M.:
Farm Management, Education, Math­ematics.
Saturday, Feb. 18.—A. M.: Mili­tary,
Veterinary Medicine and Bac­teriology.
THE POOR RAT
Student Braves Cold
s And Wins His Bet
Their intended breakfast did not
agree with the five rattlesnakes in the
snake cage at the University of Ken
tucky, and instead of their eating it,
it ate them.
The snakes, sleepy from the cold,
paid no attention to a rat which was
given them for their meal. The rat
retired into a corner for a while, but
finally, becoming hungry himself, he
attacked and slew his five hosts. The
keeper, finding the snakes dead, poi­soned
the rat.
• ROBERTSON'S QUICK ,
LUNCH
Open Day and Night
The Best that eaa be bought-
Served as well a* can be
served
IB Commerce St. Montgomery, Ala.
THE
KL0THES
SH0PPE
UP-STAIRS
BIRMINGHAM
We sell good clothes
for less because it
costs us less to sell
Gourley F. Crawford
Student Representative
Take the "L"
207% North 19 St.
Dressed scantily, wearing only a
light suit of underwear, I. G. Hart,
a senior at the North Carolina State
College, braved the wintry weather
on Wednesday night before Christ-mas.'
to win a wager of five dollars.
A group of boys, four or five in
number, craving some form of excite­ment
wagered five frog skins that
this senior would not brave the cold
and walk to the College Court and
return, wearing a summer suit of un­derwear
and a pair of shoes on his
lower extremities, but the five-dollar
bet was to tempting for this young
man, although the temperature was
around freezing.
Shivering from cold, with a few
spectators walking along beside the
hero to witness the feat,' and a few
bringing up the rear having heard of
the attempted journey, he walked to
the weiner dispensary, where he par­took
of food.
After clearing up the mystified
group that gazed on as to the pur­pose
of this venture, and eating sev­eral,
hot dogs, the losers permitted
him to run back after he had per­formed
the first half of the trip
creditably. Gritting his teeth he
made a dash for Watauga and was
lost in the dark to the eyes of the
spectators.
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Second Hand Books
j
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PRINCIPLES OF MECHANISM
James & McKenzie
HYDRAULICS
King & Wisler
DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY
Smith
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Crenshaw & Durr
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Weather you cough or
not depends on the
cigarette you smoke.
Not a cough In a car­load
of Old Golds. (Rie 0oxnim^r HOME
EDITION
, Vol. 1, No. 1 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1928 Copyright 1928
P. LoriUard Co.
Robbers
Make Big Haul
Carry Oat Bold Burglary in
Heart of City
Robbers broke into the residence of
Hulbert Hoskins, popular merchant, last
night and made off with one of the big­gest
hauls in years. They ransacked the
iiouse, overlooking jewels and money,
but taking every package of Old Gold
Cigarettes in the building. Mr. Hoskins
estimated his loss at six packs, all
covered by Insurance. "It shows that
they were not amateurs but smart fel­lows,"
said Mr. Hoskins.
Police Chief
Starts Probe
SpeedyAction onComplainta
Against Kennel Promised
Chief of Police Dudley Gammack, who
has been flooded with complaints against
a kennel which neighbors say keeps them
awake all night is looking Into the mat­ter.
The complainants say the barking
Is terrific and is wrecking their nerves.
Chief Gammack has already discovered
that It isn't a dog kennel at all. "It's
the local Elks Club," says the Chief.
"The Steward has been selling cigarettes
that are not Old Gold."
DUMB DORA : By REA IRV1N
ITS AU. RIGHT
MA-THERE'S HOT\
ACOUtrH If/
A CARCpAP i
ADVICE
to the Lovelorn
By Ima Goodjudg*
Dear Ima:
I have been keeping company with a
young man who Is awfully good looking
and very well to do. His father is a big
steel man or something. I am In love
with him and he has asked me to be bis
bride. Should I accept him?—Minnie.
Ans.—Ask him If he smokes Old Golds.
If he says "Tat" you may safely accept
Dear Miss Goodjudge:
I am a young woman 27 years old and
have been married four years. I*st
night we had our first quarrel. I <ent
his suit to the tailor without taking out
a package of Old Gold Cigarettes and he
threatened to leave me. I need advice.
Ans.—I'll say you need advice. Wives
have been divorced In this country for
less.
iear Ima:
I am in love with a man who doesn't
•moke. Could I be happy with such a
one? HazeJ.
Ans.—The chances are all against It.
Try to win him over to Old Gold Cigar­ettes.
He will be a different man.
Cross Word Puzzle
I
4-
2
5
3 • • •
6 7 SB
•8 H H
lio •
life I17 II 18 1
| i 2 ^LW^LW^Ll
ACROSS.
I—Meaning old.
4—A precious metal.
16-SomethIng from which gold coins are
made.
&-A precious metal.
DOWN.
3—Name of the world's best cigarette,
(Note: We could carry this further but
why bother?)
Famous "Nots"
NOT tonight, Josephine.
NOT yet, but soon.
Sailor's KNOT.
They shall NOT pass.
NOT a chance.
Sheriff KNOTT.
NOT guilty!
NOT a cough in a carload.
SOCIAL NOTES
Asa Winch, our superintendent ot
schools, announces to Smile readers that
teachers will hereafter mark bright
pupils' examination papers "Old Gold."
It's a synonym for "perfect," says Asa.
Gus Hillyer has been fired as head
clerk at the Palace Apothecary & To­bacco
Shoppe. A customer asked for Old
Gold Cigarettes and Gus tried to sell him
something else just as good.
A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr.
and Mrs. Coffin A. Karrlode. The child
has been named Notts.
The
smoother and
better cigarette
OLD GOLD
not a cough in a carload
THE PLAINSMAN
AUBURN RATS WIN FIRST
GAME FROM TECH FROSH
(Continued from page 4)
The Plainsman had two men who
led the offense for their team. These
men were Chappell and Lee. Chap-pell
rang up nine points, while Lee
got twelve to his credit. Chappell
also gave the Tech boys plenty of
worry when he was on the defense.
He rang several goals without even
touching the ring, and some were in
very difficult positions.
Harmon and Frazier both played a
good floor game, and each got four
points to his credit.
From the showing made by the Rats
in this game, we can see that they
will enjoy a successful season on the
court. We have plenty of good ma­terial,
and Coach Brown is putting
thme through some stiff practices,
which has rounded them into good
form.
Lineup:
AUBURN (32) . TECH (28)
Guard
Frazer (2) Vestal
Guard
Bearden (Capt.) Isaacs
Center
Chappell (9) Lumpkin
Forward
Lee (12) Brooke* (1)
Forward
Warren (2) Tippin (6)
Substitutes: For Auburn, Harmon
(4), and Mullis (2). For Tech:
Jones (7), Hoffman (10), Colvin,
Griffith (2) and Marie (2).
CONFERENCE IS LED BY
AUBURN BASKET QUINT
(Continued from page one)
demonstrated the fact that the Papke-men
were not only good in Auburn,
but could carry the fight to opponents
fields.
. — - - - - - •
We Return Your Clothes but Keep the Spots
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Georgia, runners-up, in the tourney
will face the fighting Tigers on the
campus this Friday and should prove
hard to whip. So far this season,
they have shown excellent form and
are again in the running for the Con­ference
leadership. Only one game
will be played.
Only six more games are scheduled
for the campus, let's all be at each of
these tilts and help the boys put over
another victory. Every body out and
then "On to Atlanta" and the Confer­ence
Championship. Let's go you He-
Tigers.
AUBURN PROFESSOR
IS FAMOUS
Pharmaceutical So­ciety
Holds Meeting
The pharmaceutical society held its
regular meeting on Monday night,
December 27. Every one was bene­fitted
by an interesting talk made by
Prof. G. W. Holgrave. Prof. Hol-grave
spoke in comparison of the
German Pharmacopeia and the Unit­ed
State Pharmacopoeia.
Following Prof. Holgrave's talk the
election of new officers for the next
semester. The following men are the
newly elected officers: President,
Neil McCallum; Vice President, G. C.
Coston; Sec.-Treas., Blackshear.
Following the election, speeches
~were made from each of the newly
elected officers, assuring the society
that every effort would be put forth
to make it a great organization. Then
came general discussion. The society
later adjourned until their next regu­lar
meeting.
AUBURN
LIKES GOOD
DANCE MUSIC
And
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writing improvement in years.
And Permanite, while Non-Breakable,
makes Duofolds 28% lighter in weight than
when made with rubber as formerly.
Why do most college students use it?
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women. Six graduated points—one to fit
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Look for imprint, "Geo. S. Parker" on
each pen. Pencils, too, in colors to match
pens. See a Parker dealer now.
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(Continued from Page 1.)
and articles on Chemistry. He is a
Methodist, Democrat and dry.
Very few kings ever excelled Dr.
Ross in titles, but is so close to us,
the present students of Auburn and
those who have gone before, that we
have a little pet name Benny, that we
love and want to call him by. He is
a very busy man, busy for Auburn.
His athletic career has been long and
brilliant, although, in his college days
the present sports were practically
unknown. We know he is an All
American Man, and we belive that
he' would have made highest honors
in all sports as he has in his work.
For seventeen years he was Chair­man
of the Athletic Committee, and
would still have that position if he
had cared to keep it. But in 1919
the President of Auburn became ill,
Benny was the very capable man that
was chosen to act as President. Im­mediately
upon taking . over the
duties of President, he rendered his
resignation as Chairman of Athletic
Committee to himself.
Benny played baseball in the faculty
game. There he proved his all around
ability by laying in about three posi­tions.
In fact our Benny was the
main cog in the sports here in Au­burn
for about twenty years. As the
President of a Club, he laid out the
bicycle path between Auburn and
Opelika. Later as a member of a
local club he laid out the bicycle path
to Wright's Mill. Although that was
over twenty years ago, the path is
still good in many places. That is
not all; he is still a kind of "hodoo"
at the games he attends. Auburn sel­dom
loses if Benny is there, and never
if he speaks before and then attends
the game. Here, Benny is a gentle­man
and a sport in the highest sense.
Or as the Englishman would express
it, "he is a regular Top." We can't
express our appreciation to our Benny
in words, and even if we could, it
would take volumes. But our hats
are off to you Benny. We wish you
many, many more years of happiness
here at Auburn. Our Benny! Our
Auburn Man!
"A" CLUB HOLDS
ANNUAL INITIATION
HERE ON SATURDAY
(Continued from page one)
The eternal couple passes by. You
can take the couple out of the coun­try
but you can't take the country
out of the couple. Turner and Luke
Ward were the country man ard wo­man
who made their regular Satur­day
trip to town.
Co-eds! There was your chance.
If you didn't see Jim Crawford the
perfect ladies underwear salesman;
Saturday morning, you missed one if
the best bargains of the year.
The initiates made the Saturday
morning dances in costume and led
out in the "A" club dance Saturday
afternoon.
There were fifteen men initiated.
The members initiated for football
were: Crawford, Hartselle, Peake,
Cosper, Granger, H. Long, Callahan,
Adams, Ward, J. E. Carter, and Tur­ner.
The members initiated in other
activities were: McGhee, baseball;
Helms, track; "Goat" Smith, football
manager; and Dooley Gilchrist, cheer
leader.
TOURNAMENT I S H E LD
AT LOCAL COUNTRY CLUB
Plans Campus Improve­ment
Under Way
(Continued from Page 1.)
going by Lochapoka and Notasulga,
the highway will go out College
Street, by the Ag. building and the
Chicken Farm, and thence to Tuske-gee.
The reasons for the change are
not certain, but it is believed that
the State was not able to get certain
concessions from the town of Nota­sulga.
Also for the lack of an agree-1
ment with Lochapoka.
The Highway will be Concrete, 30
feet wide, out as far as the Chicken
Farm. Then it will drop to the regu­lation
of 18 feet. The pavement will
single span as College Street, with
curbs and sidewalks.
This will mean more to the College
than anything that has happened in
(Continued from Page 1.)
For AH" affair, and all golf players
of "The Village" are invited out to
try for honors. The privileges of the
Club will be extended to all entries for
the time of the Tournament.
The Regulations governing the Au­burn
Country Club Golf Tournament
are posted in the window at Homer
Wright's Drug Store and a copy of it
is herewith:
Open to any one in Auburn;
Entrance fee—75 cents—Payable to
Homer Wright;
Flight Tournament—18 holes;
Attested qualifying scores must be
reported to Homer Wright before
Feb. 6th;
Lowest 8 scores make up the first
flight, etc;
Lowest 32 scores make up the tour­nament
;
Match play starts February 6th;
recent years. This will give tourists
a good view of the college.
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Filght brackets will be on display in
window at Homer Wrights.
Those not members of the club will
be granted full privileges of the Club,
on payment of entrance fee, until the
close of the Tournament;
There will be a cup for the winner
of each flight and a silver medal for
runner-up—also a gold medal for the
lowest qualifying score;
The committee reserves the right
to change the date of the Tournament
if the weather is unfavorable;
Qualifying score must be eighteen
holes.
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Students
Our Motto—
"If We Please You
Tell Others;
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—AND—
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INVINCIBLE TIGERS HAND
TULANE DOUBLE DEFEAT
TED
LEWIS
<<M aking You Step »»
WITH HIS BAND
in
1207-D
"IS EVERYBODY
HAPPY NOW?"
—and—
"DOWN THE OLD
CHURCH AISLE"
You can't help but crave this
number after the first hearing
—it's contagious and a sure
fire hit.' Better order now,
they'll go faster than any other
TED LEWIS hit for it's his best
and that's no bunk
JESSE
FRENCH
AND SONS PIANO
COMPANY
117 Montgomery St.
MONTGOMERY
—and—
MASON
MUSIC CO.
OPELIKA, ALA.
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was over, being 49 to 31 in the Tiger's
favor.
Many fouls were called on the
Orange and Blue, and had the
Greenies managed to have shot them,
it is possible that they could have
brought their score up closer to that
of Auburn. But this is one of the
"ifs" of the game, and that does not
effect the scores one bit.
Dubose was the star of the occasion
and was high scorer. He played a
wonderful game, and gave the Tulane
players plenty to think about. The
James twins also played an excellent
game.
Summary:
AUBURN (49)—Ellis (7) F;
Akin (8) F, Mullins (2) F, Cham-blee
F, Dubose (12) C, F. James
(3) G, E. James (8) G.
TULANE (31)—Davidson (3) F,
Jones (3), F, Ford (5) F, Baumbach
F, Chatelain (9) C, Drezinski (2) G,
Eskriggs (3) G, Menville (4) G.
Boys—Stop at
City Drug Store
When in Columbus
YOU ARE WELCOME
W. L. MEADOWS
Montgomery's Newest Hotel
THE WHITLEY
256 ROOMS Circulating Ice Water
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
Property, N. J. Bell, Estate
219 BATHS
Tub & Showers
J. H. Harwell, Mgr.
The First National Bank of Auburn
Advice and Accommodation
For Every College Man
Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction
C. Felton Little, '04, President
W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier
DR. C. L. BOYD, D. D. S.
DENTIST
Tiger Drug Store Building
Upstairs
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Moring Tailoring
See MORING Before You Buy!
One Price $34*00 F o u r P i e c e S u it
Lot of Foreign and Domestic Woolens
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
MONDAY, JAN. 8th
John Gilbert in
"TWELVE MILES OUT
with John Crawford and Er­nest
Torrence
Comedy and News
* * *
TUESDAY, JAN. 7th
Esther Ralston in
"LOVE AND LEARN"
with Lane Chandler
A Good Two-Reel Comedy
* * *
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
JANUARY 8th & 9th
WILLIAM FOX Presents
"WHAT PRICE GLORY"
with Victor McLaglen, Edmund
Lowe, Dolores Del Rio, Phyllis
Haver.
Comedy and News
* * *
FRIDAY, JAN. 10th
"NO PLACE TO GO"
with Mary Astor and Lloyd
Hughes
Comedy
* * *
SATURDAY, JAN. 11th
Patsy Ruth Miller and Ralph
Ince in
"SHANGHAIED"
Comedy
A Marvel of National Defense
From this 2^-acre deck, JJncle
Sam's battle planes can now leap
into action—sure of a landing
place on their return, though a
thousand miles from shore.
This marvel of national defense
was accomplished—and duplicated
—when the airplane carrier, U.S.S.
Saratoga, and her sister ship, U.S.S.
Lexington, were completely
electrified.
In each, four General Electric
turbine-generators deliver,
combined, 180,000 horsepower to
the propellers—enough to drive the
ship at 33 knots (39 miles an hour)
—enough to furnish light and power
for a city of half a million
people.1
The design and construction of the
electric equipment for the U. S. S.
Saratoga and the U.S.S. Lexington,
to which college-trained men con­tributed
in great measure,
exemplify the part General
Electric plays in promoting
the welfare of the nation.
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GENERAL ELECTRIC
G E N E R A L E L E C T R I C C O M P A N Y , S C H E N E C T A D Y , NEW YORK
E L E C T R I C C O M P A N Y , S C H E N E C T A D Y , Y O R K