1928-11-01 The Plainsman

              VOTE FOR
SUNDAY MOVIES THE PLAINSMAN VOTE FOR
SUNDAY MOVIES
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1928 NUMBER 13
DR. ALLISON IS
AT CONVENTION
IN WASHINGTON
Leaves Monday For Meet Of
American Opticians
ASSIST IN MAKING REPORT
On the Development of a Re­markable
Instrument, the
Interferometer
To meet with scientists from the
United States and Canada and to take
part in the program,. Dr. Fred Al­lison,
head professor of physics at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, will
attend the annual convention of the
Optical Society of America in Wash­ington,
November 1, 2 and 3. He
left Auburn Monday night, expecting
to be away the remainder of the
week.
While at the convention Dr. Al
lison will assist in making a report
of the development of an interferom­eter
(a very sensitive machine for
measuring distances) which has been
developed by 6r. J. W. Beams and Dr.
L. G. Hoxton of the physics depart
ment of the University of Virginia
with the help of Dr. Allen.
This machine, Dr. Allison said, is
100 to 1000 times as sensitive as any
other interferometer yet developed
Machines now in use will measure dis­tances
down to one-five millionths of
an inch. Instead of the natural eye
an electric eye is used in making the
observations, Dr. Allison explained.
The machine will be used by scien­tists
in research work. Any good re­search
worker can build the machine
by the following plans and instruc­tions
furnished by the inventors.
This is not the first contribution
Dr. Allison has made to the field of
highly scientific equipment. Some­time
ago he succeeded in making an
instrument for measuring very small
intervals of time down to one-billionth
of a second.
Like the interferometer, this ma­chine
is used in research work and
scientists build it for their own use.
At present Dr. Allison is continu­ing
his research in optics and elec­tricity
and hopes to make other de­velopments
in the future. His re­search
work is done in addition to his
teaching, physics being a very popu­lar
course for a large number of
students at Auburn.
Omicron Delta Kappa
Sponsors Band T r ip
The Omega Circle of Omicron Delta
Kappa, national honor society has
sponsored the band trip to New Or­leans
for the Tulane game. Accord­ing
to action taken in convocation
yesterday at the request of president
Addison McGhee the necessary finan­cial
arrangements have been cared
for.
For the past two years the Auburn
Band has gone to the Tulane game
with the team and has greatly added
to the success of the day. The Au­burn
Band participated in the dedica­tion
of Tulane's new stadium two
years ago.
While in the Crescent City the Au­burn
Band will parade three miles
through the downtown section of the
city about noon. Approximately fifty
thousand people will hear the Auburn
musicians.
Approximately twenty-five cents
will be taken out of each students'
class dues to defray the expenses.
Owing to lack of uniforms the entire
band will not be taken on the trip.
Mr. P. R. Bidez, director told press
reporters today that about forty-five
men will accompany the Plainsmen to
the Crescent City.
MASS MEETING
BE HELD TONIGHT
Tonight at eight, o'clock a mass
meeting will be held in Langdon Hall.
Everyone must know the wonders ac­complished
by the last pep get-to­gether.
Now the team needs even
more encouragement, for on Saturday
it will battle a much stronger team
than the Howard Bulldogs. Make it
a unanimous affair—fifteen hundred
students be there!
National Bureau
Of Education To
Survey Colleges
Land Grant Institutions Will
Be Studied for Efficiency
The United States Bureau of Edu­cation,
enabled by an appropriation
by Congress of $17,000,00, launched on
May 6, 1926, an intensive survey of all
Land-Grant Colleges, including the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, found­ed
in 1872. This survey purports to
ascertain what these colleges are do-ing,
and how effectively they are doing
it. Upon completion of this survey,
a national committee will take charge
of reports and study data obtained,
noting deficiences, if there be any, and
suggesting policies of improving these
conditions.
A local committee is appointed in
each institution for the purpose of
making the survey complete and ac­curate.
This committee performs such
duties as distributing questionaires to
the different departments, and making
sure that the blanks are properly
filled out and returned to the national
committee.
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute
is honored by having three represen­tatives
on the national committee.
These are: Dean M. J. Funchess, Ag­ricultural
Committee; L. N. Duncan,
Committee on Adult Extension Work;
and Dr. J. W. Scott, Committee on
Business Education. Dr. Scott is also
chairman of the local committee.
In the opinion of local authorities
this survey is a very important step
toward greater educational develop­ment
throughout the scope of Land-
Grant Colleges.
TEAM CARRIED OFF
FIELD BY STUDENTS
Immediately after the whistle blew
for the ending of the Auburn-Howard
game, the freshmen swarmed the field.
All of a sudden, orange jerseys could
be seen above everyone, and everybody
quickly recognized them to be the
Auburn players, who were being es­corted
from the field on the shoulders
of the freshmen. A few of the play­ers
hesitated, but the happy freshmen
succeeded in forcing them upon their
shoulders. This was indeed a great
inspiration to the team, and it will
probably be made a custom from now
on.
Between halves of the game, the
Auburn students dashed upon the
field, and the Howard students could
be seen ^scattering and grabbing their
caps. But our students meant no
harm what-so-ever, for they formed
a huge circle around the field, which
was very odd and attractive. Many
students lost their seats in the bleach­ers
after their dash upon the field.
RAT CAPS SWIPED
AND R E T U R N ED
For more years that can be re­membered,
it has been the custom for
Auburn freshmen to "hook" the rat
caps* of rival students whenever the
opportunity presented itself. There­fore,
following the custom, several Au­burn
students went into the Howard
section of the stands and returned
with some six or seven rat caps. Upon
learning, however, that Dr. Dawson,
President of Howard College, had
made a plea to the Howard students
at chapel to refrain from such prac­tice,
an Auburn representative imme­diately
carried the caps back to the
Howard owners. Auburn shall never
be surpassed in any form of courtesy,
and especially toward her guests.
PRIZES WILL BE
GIVEN FOR BEST
CONTRIBUTIONS
Selections Will Be Made From
Fall Issues "The Cajoler"
Alpha Phi Epsilon, national liter­ary
fraternity will offer two prizes
of two dollars and a half each for the
best literary contributions to the Ca­joler,
Auburn's comic and literary
magazine. These prizes include con­tributions
that appear in the issues
this fall, according to an announce­ment
made known to press represen­tatives
today by a representative of
the honor society.
The first prize will be awarded to
the contributor for the best humor­ous
writing. The second award will
be made to the person who contri­buted
the best literary piece. The
latter may be a short or short story,
but must possess high literary merit.
In case of lack of high class material
submitted for consideration, either or
both awards may be withheld.
A jury of competent judges, com
posed of students and faculty mem
bers, will render the decision. Publi
cation of the awards will be made in
The Plainsman. The members of the
jury will be announced at a later
date.
In announcing these prizes the lo­cal
chapter of Alpha Phi Epsilon in
tends to direct the attention of stu­dents
to the Cajoler and incidentally
encourage a high type of contribu
tion to the new publication.
CHANGES MADE IN
EXTENSION MEN IN
NORTH ALABAMA
Fred Stewart Will Direct First
Branch Station
Effective last Thursday three
changes in the personnel of agricultu
ral workers in north Alabama were
announced by J. T. High, district
agent. On that date Fred Stewart,
who is at present county agent in
Limestone County, became director of
the sub-experiment station at Belle
Mina; J. T. Belue, county agent for
Lawrence, succeeded him in Lime­stone;
'and J. E. Carter, assistant
county agent in Marion, went to Law­rence,
as Mr. Belue's successor.
As director of the branch station
at Belle Mina, Mr. Stewart is the
first man to hold a position of this
kind under the enlarged plan of agri­cultural
research work in Alabama.
This is the first of five branch sta­tions
to be established as provided by
an act of the last legislature. Each
will be under the direction of the
Experiment Station of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute at Auburn.
Mr. Stewart has been county agent
in Limestone county since 1914. His
period of service is one of the longest
of any other county agent in Alabama.
Before becoming county agent he fin­ished
a course in agriculture at Au­burn
and was an instructor at the
Texas A. & M. College.
Mr. Belue is an experienced and
exceptionally successful county agent,
Mr. High said. He served in Jackson
County before going to Lawrence. He
graduated in agriculture at Auburn
in the class of 1916.
As assistant county agent in Marion
County, J. E. Carter has made a
splendid record which placed him in
line for promotion. He was reared on
a farm in Blount county, his father
being one of the most successful far­mers
in the state. Before engaging
in county agency work he completed
an agricultural course at Auburn.
FRESHMAN VIOLATIONS
I, Upperclassman
Report Freshman
Offense
Witnesses: Signed
Date -
Please place in box at Homer Wrights
WHISKERS WIN GAME
FOR AUBURN TIGERS
In an effort to break the jinx
that had followed them for six­teen
frays, the Auburn Tigers
vowed to let their whiskers grow
until they won a game.
When the Bengals took the
field against Howard, whiskers
plus determination carried them
to a decisive victory. Thus, a
precedent has been established.
May the Bohlermen meet Tulane
with just a one week's growth of
whiskers on their visages.
AUBURN ALUMNI
WILL ORGANIZE
NEW CHAPTERS
Whole State to be Covered by
Itinerary Beginning Nov. 5
WORK IS RESUMED
ON THE EXTENSION
SERVICE BUILDING
Desire to Have Alabama Lime-tone
Used Cause of Delay
Work on the Extension Service of­fice
building has been resumed. The
delay was due to the successful efforts
of Dr. Bradford Knapp and Mr. L. N.
Duncan, Director of the Extension
Service, to cause Alabama limestone to
be used in this building. These stones
are being quarried by the Rockwood
Alabama Stone Company, which is
located near Russellville in Franklin
County, Alabama. As far as possible
all other materials and supplies going
into this building are Alabama prod­ucts.
The building is being constructed
of brick, cement and hollow tile and
is being trimmed with stone. It is
fireproof throughout.
The building is to be large, well
ventilated and well lighted one with
basement and two upper floors. It
is to have every modern convenience
going with an up-to-date office build­ing,
including heat, a complete light­ing
system, screens, special ventila­tors,
elevator and so on.
It is located just west of Comer
Hall, facing the east. In locating
the building careful pains were taken
to preserve all of the splendid trees.
In addition to ample office space
for the large staff of Extension Ser­vice
workers, ample provision is made
for storage facilities, for mailing and
mimeograph space, and for conference
rooms.
An interesting feature in connection
with the construction of this building
is the manner in which it has been
financed. It is being financed entire­ly
from Extension Service funds and
not from any regular building funds
appropriated to the Institution. Over
a period of years by a careful, con­servative
and systematic handling of
the Extension Service budget the
necessary funds have been saved for
the construction of this building.
When completed this will be not
only one of the most efficient buildings
from the standpoint of arrangement
and equipment, but it will also be one
of the most beautiful buildings on
the campus.
A- state itinerary, sponsored by
General Noble and J. V. Brown for the
establishment of new Alumni Chap­ters,
has been planned. This itiner­ary
is to start at Auburn on Novem­ber
5, and will cover the third con­gressional
district of the state. From
here they will go to Tuskeegee, wind­ing
up at Troy. With the week start­ing
November 12, central Alabsftna
will be covered. Starting at Tallasee,
they will work through Birmingham.
The following weeks the east, north
and western portions of the state will
be covered closing at Mobile.
These cities have promised their co­operation
that these meeting might
be a success.
There has been requests of other
states to establish alumni chapters
where there are enough graduate
members. Texas has requested that
two and if possible three chapters be
organized in some of her larger cities.
There has also been requests from
Tennessee, North Carolina, District of
Columbia and New York city.
Mrs. Fannie Myrick
Dies Here Monday
Beloved Lady Is Mourned By Many
Friends and Relatives .
BAPTIST CHURCH
SOON COMPLETED
The new Baptist church, which is
one of the many improvements be­ing
carried on in Auburn, is nearing
completion. It is thought that it will
be ready to enter about December
the first. ,
This is a beautiful two-story brick
building which is being equiped with
the very best equipment. The lower
floor will be used by the Sunday
School Department. It consists of
class rooms, which will be especially
equiped for the different classes.
There will be a room, which will seat
about three hundred, on this floor, for
the Baraca Bible class. The regular
Sunday services will be held on the
second floor, which has been built es­pecially
for this.
DR. KNAPP SPEAKS
TO REALTY BOARD
On last Thursday the Birmingham
Real Estate Board was highly honor­ed
by the presence of Dr. Knapp, who
was the speaker of the evening. Dr.
Knapp spoke on a very interesting
subject. The members that weje
present received much good advice
from his speech that will help them
in their business life. The members
of the board spoke highly in praise
of his talk.
Mrs. Fannie Samford Myrick, be­loved
Auburn lady, passed away at
the home in the College city at 6:30
p. m. Monday after an illness of two
weeks. Mrs. Myrick was in her
eighty-second year and had grown
somewhat feeble of late. Her demise,
while not unexpected occasioned
much sorrow in this section.
Born at Oakbowery, deceased's
name before marriage was Katherine
Frances Samford. She was wedded
December 14, 1869 to B. H. Myrick,
in Auburn.
Deceased was a loyal and devoted
member of the Methodist church. She
is survived by three brothers, C. A.
L. Samford, Opelika; W. C. Samford
and R. M. Samford, Wills Point, Tex­as;
one sister, Miss Mary C. Sam=
ford, Auburn. She was a sister of the
late and lamented Governor William
J. Samford, of Alabama, and leaves a
large number of relatives in this
state, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.
Funeral services were held from
the home in Auburn Tuesday at 2:30
p. m., interment in Auburn cemetery.
Rev. Edward Burnworth officiating
and the., following acting as pallbear­ers:
J. G. Beasley, C. L. Hare, B. L.
Shi, Lan Lipscomb, Tom Atkinson and
Jessie Drake.
Senior Class In
Meeting Draw Up
Rat Regulations
Court Appointed To Try Viola­tors
and Mete Punishment
At a meeting of the Senior class
Tuesday, a set of "Rat Rules" were
drawn up and approved, and a court
of seven men from the Senior class
was elected to decide upon the form
of punishment to be served out.
The rules as decided upon are as
follows:
1. Freshmen shall wear no hats
or caps inside college buildings.
2. Freshmen shall wear "Rat"
caps at all times during the week
days except when in military uni­form.
3. Freshmen shall nd^t, at any
time, go through the main entrance
gate to the college campus.
4. Freshmen shall not smoke in
college buildings.
5. Freshmen shall not jay walk.
6. Freshmen shall sit in a body
at all college games.
F. H. DuBose, Class president,
stressed the fact that unless the co­operation
of all upperclassmen is ob­tained,
the enforcement of these
rules will be impossible.
Seven men from the Senior class
were then elected to serve as a court
to try violators of these rules and the
form of punishment meted out is to
be decided by these men. This court
was thought necessary to insure the
Freshmen a fair show when he is re­ported.
The members of this court
are:, Ludwig Smith, Chairman; Buck
Young, Reynolds Vincent, Howard
Smith, F. H. DuBose, Downing, and
Mullins.
Appointments were made by the
President for two committees. Those
on the committee for the Selection of
a Memorial are: Joe Ford, Chair­man;
A. F. McGee, Ludwig Smith,
C. E. Smith, Dungan Taylor, and F.
H. DuBose. Those on the Senior
Privileges Committee are Pete Cren­shaw,
Chairman; Roy Sellers and
Pete Booth.
TIGER OFFERS
SUNDAY PROFITS
TO STUDENT AID
Sunday Afternoon Shows Are
Proposed To Relieve
Situation
PUBLIC VOTE TO BE TAKEN
Will Take Effect Immediately
If Sentiment Approves
BAPTIST STUDENTS
MEET IN MARION
Banners Are To Be
Placed in Theatre
Foreman Rogers, manager of the
Tiger Theatre, is planning a new
decorative scheme to further enhance
the beauty of the interior of the
theatre. Banners representing every
school in the Southern Conference will
adorn the walls in each of the side
panels. There will be two large Au­burn
banners. When this plan is exe­cuted
the Tiger Theatre will be even
more than before a typical college
show house.
P. O. DAVIS IS
BACK AT WORK
P. O. Davis, head of the Bureau
of Public Information, after a week
of convalescence from the effects of
an operation for the removal of ton­sils,
has returned to his office. Though
perhaps still a bit weakened, he is
rapidly regaining his normal strength.
Accident Occurs On
Gay Street Sunday
Early Sunday afternoon there was
an accident at the intersection of Gay
Street and Opelika Avenue. A
Chevrolet touring car, owned and
operated by A. Z. Carter, collided with
the Chevrolet coupe of Mr. Ward, of
Tuskeegee. No one was injured and'
only slight damage was done to the
respective cars.
The convention of the Alabama Bap­tist
Student Union which was the
guest of Judson College closed Sun­day
morning at the Siloam Baptist
Church. Miss Lucile Loyd, Baptist
student secretary of Alabama presided
and Miss Angeline McCroklin, First
Baptist Church, Birmingham lead.
Nine girls of Judson College wel­comed
the delegates. The girls were
dressed in costumes to represent the
nine decades of Judson College history
and each girl told what had happened
during the decade which she repre­sented.
The roll call showed 250 students
from Alabama College, Auburn, Uni­versity,
Troy, Florence and Jackson­ville
Normals; Howard, Eldridge
Academy, Newton Institute, Selma
Baptist Hospital, Marion Institute and
Judson College.
Misses Nathile Molton, Alabama
College, Madge Flournoy, director re­ligious
activities, Baptist Hospital,
Selma and Lucille Loyd, Baptist stu­dent
secretary, of Alabama, gave a
forecast of the convention. In their
talks they told what one should get
from the convention, the help these
things should be on each campus after
the convention and what the Baptists
of Alabama are expecting from the
Baptist students.
At the evening session Hon. Geo.
Lewis Bailes, solicitor of Jefferson
County, led the devotionaj using as
his subject: "Magnifying Christ the
Master in the Prayer Life." All the
devotionals of the convention will be
led by Mr. Bailes.
Dr.. John L. Hill, Baptist Sunday
School Board, Nashville, spoke on,
"Adventurous Christianity, Divine
Daring on my Campus."
At the close of the evening session a
period of meditation was observed.
During this time quiet music was
played by Mrs. A. M. Smith, Judson
College.
Saturday was taken up with con­ferences
on B. Y. P. U., Sunday
School, Y. W. A., and B. S. U. meth-
(Continued on page 6)'
The management of the Tiger
Theatre is willing to operate the
theatre on Sunday afternoons, and to
donate the entire profit to a scholar­ship
fund for deserving students, ac­cording
to an announcement from
Mr. Foreman Rogers. This offer %
comes as a result of a study of con­ditions
on the campus which showed
that some entertainment must be
provided for the students on Sunday
afternoons. Too many students spend
the week-ends catching rides about
over the state, which is "harmful to
the school, and this plan of a Sunday
movie has appealed to many as being
the logical solution.
The offer of Mr. Rogers to donate
the proceeds to a scholarship fund
gives the plan the advantage of fill­ing
two needs: the Sunday afternoon
pastime and a source of scholarship
funds. The students and townspeople
are asked by The Plainsman to vote
on this question on the ballot pro­vided
in this issue of the paper. If
the town sentiment is favorable, Mr.
Rogers is ready to book his pictures
and begin operating on Sunday af­ternoons.
There is no red tape to be
gone through with or any formalities
to be observed. If the plan is ap­proved
the theatre is ready to put it
in effect.
Ballot boxes will be placed at the
Auburn Printing Co., at the Tiger
Drug Store, at Homer Wright's Drug
Store, at the Student Supply Shop,
and at Red's Place. It is desirable
that the votes be cast as soon as pos­sible,
as Mr. Rogers wishes to begin
booking the pictures if the vote is
favorable.
SUNDAY MOVIE BALLOT
Read the editorial in this issue
before voting.
Do you favor the Sunday after­noon
movie plan:
(Yes or No)
Name
Are you a student?
BAND UNIFORMS
GIVEN MEMBERS
When the new Junior R. O. T. C.
uniforms arrived last week there
were among them several new band
uniforms. Some of the Juniors in the
band, taking the advanced R. O. T. C.
course received band uniforms instead
of the regular R. O. T. C. uniforms,
and a couple of freshmen were so
tall that new uniforms were ordered
and given to them-. Each Junior re­ceived
a cap, a coat, straight trous­ers,
a belt, and two O. D. Shirts,
while the rats were given caps, coats,
and trousers. These new uniforms
are made of the same material as the
old ones, but they are made to fit the
owner, and of course, they look bet­ter
than the older ones. New uni­forms
were needed badly by the
Band, and their arrival is relieving
the situation somewhat; but there
are still some of the boys without
uniforms, and it is hoped that they
will be given new ones sometime this
year.'
ALUMNI ORGANIZE
BRANCH AT OZARK
Auburn alumni of Ozark, 40 strong,
have been organized under the direc­tion
of Judge L. F. Sessions, vice-president
at large. G. W. Ray was
named vice president; Dr. G. R. Smith,
vice president and H. M. Simmons,
secretary-treasurer. Gen. Wiley
Noble, president of the Auburn Alum­ni
Association and J. V. Brown, exe­cutive
Secretary, will visit the Ozark
organization on Nov. 9, and the alum­ni
are planning a banquet in their
honor.
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PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1928
« AUBURN FOOTPRINTS $
WE WILL DISPENSE WITH COLLEGIANS
What Ho! We will all stand and yodel the well known ballad (She was only
a Judge's daughter but she would try anything).
* * * * * * * *
He took her about her delicate little waist and lifted her lightly up into his
arms. Her eyes closed and a wisp of her golden hair caressed his forehead. His
breath was fanning her waxen cheek. Suddenly he set her down almost harshly.
"Gee," he said, "it sure is hell to work in a doll factory."
HOW ABOUT MR. LISTERINE?
He: I know one thing that Elinor Glyn doesn't agree on.
She: What's that?
He: Four out of five have "IT".
* * * * * * * *
Dumb: His father died of hard drink.
Same: He did!
Dumb: Yeh, a cake of ice fell on him.
Thin Lady: You're a coward. You're even afraid of your own shadow.
Fat Lady: Well, why woudn't I be? It looks like a crowd following me.
* * * * * * * *
IT BURNS OUR THROAT TOO
."But Mary—I insist—you will!"
"George, I wont!"
"You will!"
"I wont!"
"I say you will!"
"I say I wont!"
"YOU WILL!"
"I WONT!"
"Mary, you will take your corn straight—there's no giner ale left."
* • • • * * * •
Noah: And why so sad dear?
Mrs. Noah: Who wouldn't be glum, traveling with such a beastly crowd.
* * * * * * * *
- REVENGE
What's the idea of going out in the snow barefoot? You will catch a helluva
cold.
I'll tell you. I'm going right home and kiss the maid and she'll get the cold.
Pa will kiss the maid and he'll catch the cold. Then Pa will kiss Ma and she will
catch the cold and tomorrow the iceman will come over and he'll catch the cold—
and he's the son-of-a-gun I'm after.
' * * * * * * * *
He: What are you doing today?
She (eagerly): Nothing.
He: Well don't let me interrupt you.
* * * * ' * • • *
Miss Harris: Would you like some cake.
Tramp: Yes.
Yes, what?
Yes, dear.
* * • * * * * *
YES! PROBABLY
He: You look badly this morning.
Co-ed: I have a cold or something in my head.
He: It's probably a cold.
* * * * * * * *
MUST BE PLENTY OF MAGICIANS HERE
Pete: I will never go out with a magician again.
Ward: Why not?
Pete: I went out with one last night and he turned me into a shady lane.
* * * * ' * * • •
Her: I will call you Vengeance, because vengeance is mine.
I t : I will call you Revenge, revenge is sweet.
* * * * '• * • »
A new porch swing is to a co-ed what a greener pasture is to a cow.
* • • • " • • * •
WHY I LIKE HORSES
Because of their beauty, which delights my eyes.
Because of their strength, which bears me, as lightly as a feather, upon their
broad backs.
Because of their speed, which carries me swifty from here to there and back
again.
Because of their intelligence, which enables them to understand my wishes,
and to execute them promptly and joyfully..
Because of their docility, which allows me to rush, shouting, into their stalls
at any hour of the day or night, and to pick up their feet with impunity. . ,
And—most of all—for their fragrance, which permeates my clothing, and
makes me a marked man in any company!—Infantry School News, Ft. Benning, Ga.
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STAFF
Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief
James B. McMillan — Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
Raymond DeArman, '29 ..Associate Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 __ Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
K. R. Giddens, '30_.Ass't. Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 — News Editor
Campbell Blake, '30 News Editor
Robert L. Hume, 31 — Ass't. News Editor
Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor
J. E. McLeskey, '31 Sports Editor
Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor
Howards Sparks, '31—Ass't. Humor Editor
REPORTERS
Marcus Alspaugh, '32; Robert Baxter, '32;
T. S. Coleman, '32; Kenneth Cooper, '32;
* Clarence Dykes, '32; Thomas Dykes, 31;
Edmund England, '32; J. D. Foy, ' 3 1;
George Harrison, '32; Murff Hawkins,
' 8 1 ; Clinton Jones, '32; John Lewis, ' 3 1 ;
Richard Lightfoot, '32; White Matthews,
' 3 1 ; S. H. Morrow, '32; Frank Parker,
'32; Will T. Sheehan, '32; Alex Smith,
Jr., ' 3 1 ; K. G. Taylor, '32; W. M. Taylor,
'32; Gerald Thompson, '32; J. E. Jen­kins,
'32; H. G. Tooney, '32; Victor
White, '32; Thome Winter, '30; D.
Reynards, '32; F. Y. Peteet, '32; Virgil
Nunn, ' 3 1 ; Gabie Drey, ' 3 1 ; Charles Mat­thews,
'32.
BUSINESS STAFF
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
H. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr.
Walter Smith, '31 Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Mgr.
Vote I n t e l l i g e n t ly
For Sunday Movies
It is the belief of The Plainsman that the
offer which Mr. Rogers has made regarding
a Sunday afternoon movie should be ac­cepted
by Auburn. He is furnishing a solu­tion
to two major problems, that of get­ting
money for scholarships and that of
providing some means to keep students on
the campus on week-ends. We have been
over this ground several times previously;
entirely too many students leave Auburn
on week-ends because they are seeking a
v
relief from the monotony of the week's
work. There is absolutely nothing for a
student to do on Sunday afternoon, there­fore
many of them leave town, or remain in
town and spend their time harmfully. We
can't evade or ignore the question much
longer. We can't tell the boys to run along
home and read church papers, then turn
our-heads while they chase off to Mont­gomery
or Columbus.
It has come to the point where we must
make Sunday afternoon in Auburn attrac­tive
to students; otherwise we must suffer
the harm which results from the present
way of spending Sunday . We ask that the >
students and townspeople think it over,
weigh the advantages and disadvantages,
consider the harm which comes from wast­ing
Sunday afternoons, consider the harm-lessness
of a high-class movie, consider the
benefit which Mr. Roger's donation will
mean, realize that we have a problem which
must be ignored no longer, and we believe
that a favorable vote will be cast on the
question.
Upperclassmen Will -
Report Violations
The senior class decided Tuesday to at­tempt
an enforcement of certain freshman
rules. A committee of six men, with the
president of the class as an ex-off icio mem­ber
and presiding officer was elected.
The committee is to act as a court to try
cases of violations and to mete out punish­ment
to the guilty. The rules which will
be enforced are few and simple, and the
class seems determined to enforce them.
The plan is to get the upperclassment in­terested
so that a workable set of rules can
be adopted.
It is our opinion that a new method of
enforcement will have to be found; the up­perclassment
aren't sufficiently interested
to make personal enforcement work and we
have seen for five or six years that the
Vigilance Committee plan is not effective.
Some new method of enforcement is essen­tial;
something which will appeal to the
freshmen and not attempt to dictate to
them. If it were a tradition that fresh­man
wore caps, they would wear them.
They don't wear them now, they didn't
wear them last year or the year before, and
they won't be wearing them next year if
we make it a rule for them to wear them
then fail to enforce the rule. Past exper­ience
should be plain enough. The new
plan deserves the support of the student
body while something better is being work­ed
out; let's get behind the seniors and
make one more attempt to enforce the
rules; in the meantime let's be thinking of
a more effective plan which will be op­erative
for more than a couple of weeks.
Action of Athletic Council
Deserves Commendation
"We want our books back." So ran the
cry at the mass meeting Friday night.
Now the ticket books are coming back.
The Athletic Council has repealed its de­cision
to hold all student athletic ticket
books taken up by officials at the recent
Auburn-Ole Miss game. The initial" de­cision
was that, due to the breech of regu­lations
for which the books were taken,
they were rightfully confiscated, and would
not be returned to the original purchaser.
The Committee is to be commended for
this act. Although being a sort of proba­tion
movement, this act places the student
on his own honor and manhood to do what
is right. And in the final analysis, do not
Auburn men rally to all worthy appeals?
This is a vital issue. The Council's latest
decision was no hasty or lightly considered
one. It has been the topic of concen­trated
consideration, both on the part of
the students and officials. Much is de­pendent
on the matter of student athletic
funds, and it cannot be treated lightly.
This matter of transferring student tick­et
books has been a more-or-less gradual
development. It has been in progress for
a number of years, which is only all the
more reason that it be terminated im­mediately.
No doubt this gradual de­velopment
of the practice has led numbers
of students to accept it as a mere matter-of-
fact affair, without specific thought or
opposition. Numerous students have simp­ly
drifted into the habit, no doubt. -
But there was a starting point; we be­lieve
the trouble originated at the hands
of commercial agents—those who collected
student tickets for personal gain. Which,
in turn, led to further diversion; though
not posibly so abominable. As has been
expressed in these columns before, we be­lieve
these commercial grafters should
necessarily be dealt with most severely.
The man who will graft on his Alma ma­ter
is nothing short of a selfish fool; in­stead
of a supporterof his team, he is the
worst of knockers, and as such cannot be
disposed with too soon.
However, this fact does not in the least
render other dissenters nonresponsible.
Every Auburn student is accepted upon
registration as being capable of standing
on his own feet, and in every sense worthy
of this honorable position. It is then the
responsibility of the individual student to
correct abdominable practices, or else drag
himself and his institution into shame and
disgrace. No thoughtful, self respecting,
real Auburn man will become a slave to
practices such as are now in question.
Numerous protests are in evidence con­cerning
the matter of returning ticket
books to their owners, or else refunding
the remaining amount of athletic fees.
Reference was made whereas other busi­ness
firms did so under similar circum­stances.
But does their certificate of pass
bear the inscription, "Not Transferable"?
The student ticket book does. That alone
subjects one to the strictest law of the in­stitution.
The question in hand is one of consid­erable
magnitude; at least enough so to be­come
a major subject in "Y" discussion
groups which touch a vast number of stu­dents;
and to prompt our President to call
a special convocation meeting for discuss­ing
the matter. Does it not warrant your
serious consideration also? You cannot
ignore an issue that bears so heavily upon
you and your immediate environment.
Treat it with sound consideration.
Auburn Spirit;
Staunch and Loyal
There has been a general discussion to
the effect that Auburn was on the bottom
to remain and that the Auburn Spirit was
dead. For the past few years there have
been on the campus those whose chief de­light
was to lambast that which they should
have been praising and helping make
stronger. However, during the past few
days we have not been able to find a single
one of these pessimists. Some have been
brought out of that unfortunate state of
mind, while those who have" not are afraid
to talk very much. But why. The answer
is easy to find: the Spirit is gaining new
headway.
Ten days ago the Spirit was almost dead
it seemed; along about the middle of last
week it began to pick up in anticipation
of Bull Pup chops for dinner Saturday
night. On Friday night it had almost reach­ed
a maximum. This swift awakening
proves that the Spirit was not dead but
merely sleeping. It is awakened now; it
has encouraged a team to a victory when
the odds were overwhelmingly against it.
This awakening has brought with it a finer
and more gentlemanly trait than it seems
to have had heretofore. The Spirit is here
to stay and will more than ever now take
a prominent place at the head of everything
that means good for Auburn, for the stu­dents
have been able to see with their own
eyes how much can be accomplished when
the Spirit is kept alive.
The whole student body seems to have
let a bit of this hope sustainer get into
them. This is what it takes to win games
and to keep Auburn ahead in anything
else that she undertakes to do.
At the game Saturday one could not help
noticing the difference in the Spirit dis­played
by the students and that shown by
them on former occasions. Most of the
game was played with the major part of
the students standing up. Only a few
wanted to sit down. This spirit of loyal
support and the determination to win did
a great deal in strengthening the morale
of the team.
Another thing that could not pass unno­ticed
was the manner in which the visitors
were treated. They were truly the guests
of Auburn. Even the freshmen who were
bold enough to get a Howard freshman's
cap showed the right attitude in giving
it back to him.
There were many other things that show­ed
the presence of true sportsmanship and
friendship—things growing out of a Spirit
that will help a great deal to make Au­burn
respected and admired by even her
enemies. The students are responsible for
a greater spirit which must come if Auburn
is to win even though she may lose. And
it is up to them to do their part well.
Unselfish Leadership;
To Maintain Auburn Spirit
There is a group of men at Auburn
which goes to a great deal of labor and
trouble for pure love of the Institute in a
line of endeavor to which full credit is too
infrequently, it is sad to say, accorded.
These are the cheer leaders.
It is obvious that most of them can find
other things which would be infinitely
more pleasant for them to do than to la­bor
with the "rats," striving to impart to
them an adequate knowledge of the songs
and yells so that Auburn's traditional repu­tation
for spirited and "snappy", cheering
may be maintained. It would be much
easier for them to stay in their rooms and
read than to cajole and to plead with the
old men to send a representative quota
to the necessary mass meetings which must
be held if we are to achieve anything like
synchronized cheering.
But no, they prefer to be of service to
the school they love; they desire to do their
part in the furtherance of this phase of
life here; they give freely of their time,
not for glory of their own, but for the
glory of A. P. I.
It seems then that the least that we can
do is to take an interest in the cheering,
to attend as many mass meetings as we
can, and, in short, to show them and the
team, by our whole-hearted support, that
we are behind them to a man.
i
To work well we must receive our ac­customed
reward. Today's diligence must
assure tomorrow's dividend. This year's
energy must be coined into dollars that
will buy an equal quantity of energy
twenty years hence.
Without the certainty of square-dealing,
men see no reason for intensive applica­tion
to their tasks. Thus Revolution is bred.
Prexy's Paiagraphs
By Bradford Knapp
That was "coming through", wasn't it?
Talk about "grand and glorious feelings",
surely we had a real sample Saturday. Put
the honor where it is due. Coach Bohler
and the team deserve the credit. The spirit
was there at last, the fighting spirit,- the
will to win, the undaunted courage. You
see when they had this spirit, a mere touch­down
by the enemy made no difference. I
want to thank Student body, Coach and
Team for a perfect day. I was proud of
this student body for they were clean in
every action, fine, sportsmanlike and deter­mined.
That is the first game this year
in which I could feel that almost everyone
was keping their minds on the game. Now
we have the proof, now that we know it
can be done, let us keep the spirit and the
confidence and hope alive and active al­ways.
* • • * . *
Deficiency statements have been sent to
parents and to students. It is an excellent
system for it puts us all on notice and
gives us a chance to work it out. The
sole question now is how are you going to
take this notice. I believe that the vast ma­jority
of students who have received the
notice wil honetsly know the why of it, will
candidly know that they have not studied
and worked hard enough. Ninety five to
ninety eight per cent of the trouble is
right there, failure to work. Now the
question is, what will you do? The answer
is GET TO WORK. Do not sulk off by
yourself, study, ask questions of fellow
students who will always help you, consult
your instructors on important points and
show them that you want to make up the
work in good shape. At least eighty per
cent of thees deficiencies and possibly
ninety per cent can be removed. Reas­onably
intelligent and persistant application
to work will bring the result out right
George Barr McCutchen dropped dead
this week. Maybe you read Graustark.
But there are other clever people, be­sides
those who insist on putting their lit­erature
before the public.
Yes. Some individuals go so far as to
nourish Literary Offsprings other than
their own . . . .There's a New York million­aire
who has personally financed The Lad­der
since nineteen twenty-six.
Nobody liked the play. They wouldn't
pay a cent to see it. So the millionaire
paid all the admissions, and still the people
wouldn't come.
Sometimes two or maybe three would.
And the play always went on. The actors
were competent, and their sponsor enter­tained
frequently, with elaborate gifts as
favors.
This kept them in the best of spirits.
* * * *
Of course you select your own books.
And you take great pride in knowing just
which book to select.
But The Book League of America, Incor­porated,
would like to save you money.
And they should have adequate information
on the-book-of-the-month idea, having as
their ancestors such institutions as Literary
Guild and Book of the month Club.
Twelve modern books, and twelve good
books, all for the nominal sum of eighteen
dollars.
* * * *
In this month's Atlantic Monthly is an
article titled "Compulsory Chapel." One
of the most telling points of the article is
the title itself. The custom is just as anti­quated,
just as outworn, just as ridiculous
as hazing. And both have been exterminat­ed
from modern college life.
Enough of Tolstoi's wife to explain his
life is encompassed in the book "Tolstoy
as His Wife Saw Him."
This book is the cream of Countess Tols­toi's
Diary. It is a document of intense in­terest.
* * * *
- I do not know if it matters, but Musso­lini
has produced another autobiography.
In case it does matter, the book mentioned
can be had through Scribner's. The price
is five dollars. Now I know if it matters.
* * * *
If you saw "Scaramouche," you were
thrilled. When, you read "The Hounds of
God," you will be tantilized. Absolutely.
Even Elinor Glyn won't compare with this
rising young writer.
* * * *
Emil Ludwig writes one more biography.
"Goethe." "To read this biography offers
one of the thrilling intellectual and spirit­ual
experiences of the year."
* * * *
All of us are interested in Dickens, in
spite of his hard, cold humor.
Scribner's is offering The Artcraft of
Dickens on the installment plan.
Dickens complete—on low, easy terms.
Imagine it.
* * * *
The Strange Interlude, Eugene O'Neil's
greatest play, has enjoyed the most popu­lar
season in New York. It is the most-talked-
about play of our age.
This play has been in the Library of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute since its pub­lication,
and has been taken out of the li­brary
a total of eight times.
I s n t that a reflection on Eugene O'Neill?
MEDITATIONS
O N THIS A N D T H AT
"SBy ^Benjamin Trovost-^
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions ex­pressed
in this column are not necessarily
the editorial opinions of this paper. It is
a column of personal comment, and is not
to be read as an expression of our edi­torial
policy.
* * * * *
THE AUGUST Senior Class met in
Solemn Conclave' Tuesday morning
and made a momentous decision.
The class decided to enforce certain fresh­man
rules which were declared necessary
to the well-being of the school. It looks
to me like the well-meaning seniors are
getting all hot and bothered over nothing.
It is absolutely impossible to enforce the
silly little rat rules here. I' make that
statement only after three years intensive
study of hazing, and much thought upon
the subject. The files of the Plainsman
for the last four or five years will reveal
yards of editorial space wasted in plead­ing
that upperclassmen enforce the rules.
The same thing happens every year: some­one
gets all excited about it and starts a
movement to enforce the rules. We had
two such incidents last year. The fresh­men
are made to wear their caps for a
week, then it is all forgotten. The upper­classmen
aren't interested in enforcing the
rules, therefore why have them?
* * * * *
EITHER we must have certain cus­toms
enforced by tradition, or we
must abandon the idea. We can't en­force
the rules by force. That has been
amply demonstrated. If we want Auburn
freshmen to wear rat caps we must get
them to do so as a matter of class pride
and because it is an Auburn tradition.
The class met Tuesday and decided to en­force
certain rules by appointing a com­mittee
to handle the violations. That is
somply going over the ground that was
traversed here five years ago. The up­perclassmen
aren't interested in reporting
violations; the committee will become in­active;
the rules will lapse; we are just
where we started. Why not accept plain
facts? The rat rules cannot be enforced
at Auburn. It is the same situation as the
government Is in regarding prohibition.
National prohibition cannot be enforced
as long as every man wants his little toddy
after dinner, but wants his neighbor to
abstain. We can not have rat rules while
the upperclassmen don't want to bother
with them at their own houses. Men, it
can't be done.
* * * * *
THE QUESTION doesn't bother me
much. I just don't let the freshmen
worry me; it makes no difference to
me how they act so long as they are gen­tleman.
I'm a little above getting pleas­ure
out of beating one like a donkey. Civ­ilization
has blunted my capacity for such
enjoyment I guess. The seniors are mak­ing
a lot of noise over a foolish childish,
trivial matter. They met Tuesday and
shouted for enforcement, when not more
than a dozen of them mean enforcement
longer than a week. Some of them want
the old Vigilance Committee back. I'll
wager that if a performance such as was
pulled off on the drill field two years ago
by the Vigilance Committee was repeated
this year Dr. Knapp would dismiss the up­perclassmen
concerned from school. The
day of barbarism at Auburn has gone; the
seniors who are shouting for a Vigilance
Committee have got to recognize that fact.
This is an educational institution not a
cattle yard.
If they want to have freshmen rules
they must devise a means for getting the
freshman to abide by them voluntarily
from sentiment; The rules can't be en­forced
by brute force, nor by individual
upperclassmen when the upperclassmen
aren't interested.
* * * * *
AHOWARD man who was in the
stands at the game Saturday told me
that the swiping of a rat cap by an
Auburn rat, who was on his home ground
and was well-protected was one of the
poorest exhibitions of sportsmanship that
he ever saw, but that when an Auburn man
brought the cap back that he understood
what the Auburn Spirit was. That little
act won many friends for Auburn. He
rescued the goodj will of two hundred
Howardists who were not favorably im­pressed
by the theft of the cap. The man
who swiped it was probably an unthinking
freshman. He didn't represent the school.
The other man did. He is to be com­mended.
TO YOUTH
What will mean—then—the crush
Of lips at hours when birds hush?
Purple, green and flame will end
In a calm, grey blend.
Only. . . . graven in your soul
After all the rest is gone
There will be the ecstasies. . . .
Those alone. . . .
—John V. A. Weaver
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DE GUSTIBUS
One used his pinions eagle-like,
And straight against the sun would
rise
And scout among the stars, and strike
His quarry from the skies;
And one was as the bee that strives
Against no wind, but simply blows
Across the garden, and arrives
Upon an unsuspected rose.
—John Erskine.
College Girls' Sunday
School Class Entertains
The College Girls Sunday School
Class entertained the Forum Class
at a Halloween party in the Metho­dist
church parlor Friday evening.
The room was artistically decorated
with autumn leaves and flower's. A
further suggestion of the season was
carried out in pumpkin shaded lights,
and creepy looking bats and cats that
were placed at intervals on the walls
of the room.
A number of games and contests
were enjoyed. Refreshments of Lem­onade,
animal crackers, candy and
fruit were served.
Invited guests were the members
of the two Sunday School classes,
Mrs. Van Wagenen, Dean and Mrs.
Judd, Rev. and Mrs. Burnsworth and
Mr. Langston.
Parker Preston Powell
Improves After Operation
Parker Preston Powell, Jr., son of
Professor and Mrs. P. P. Powell who
has been very ill for a week, was
moved to the East Alabama Hospital
in Opelika Monday, where he under
went an operation. The many friends
of the family will be pleased to know
that he is recovering rapidly from the
effects of the operation.
Boys! If You Eat
MEAT
Buy it from your
Friends
MOORE'S MARKET
—PKone 37—
Miss Creel Hostess at
Lovely Bridge Party
Miss Natalie Creel was a charming
hostess Tuesday evening when she
entertained a congenial group of
friends at bridge at her home on
Glenn Avenue.
The reception rooms were effective­ly
decorated for the occasion, with
owl heads shading the lights, and
"spooky" black cats, bats, and witches
placed at intervals further emphasiz­ing
the suggestions of Halloween.
When the scores were totaled Miss
Marie Sewell won high among the
ladies and Forney Ingram high among
the men, Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Gor­man
were awarded low. A delicious
salad course, sandwiches and hot
chocolate 3were served carrying out
the autumnal colors. Each guest's
plate held a favor in keeping with the
season.
Those enjoying this affair were,
Misses Marie Sewell, Elizabeth Dun­can,
Lysbeth' Fullan,- Margaret Mast,
Mary Tippin, Dot Styles, Nettie Den­nis,
Leone Creel, Camp, Nora Roth-rock,
Mesdame Doug Copeland, Eriel,
Gardner, Lan Lipscomb, Nixon, Miss
Gatchell, Mrs. J. L. Reese, Messrs.
Emil Wright, Forney Ingram, Gar-men,
Pope, Rowe, Pat Moulton, Bill
Young, Gardner, C. M. Ling, Charles
Edwards, Doug Copeland, Trooper
Drane, Prof. Daughrity and Dr.
Johns.
Theta Kappa Nu Rats
Entertain With Smoker
On Monday night the Theta Kap­pa
Nu freshmen entertained two
pledges from each fraternity on the
campus at a most enjoyable smoker.
The guests arrived at 8 o'clock, and
were entertained until 10. Several
bridge games were enjoyed, and those
who did not play bridge gathered in
conversational groups. Cigars and
cigarettes were passed several times,
punch and wafers being served at 9
o'clock. The prize was given to
Graves, S. A. E. pledge, for giving the
most original toast.
J. D. Neeley spent Sunday visiting
with friends in Montgomery.
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Martha Power expects to leave Fri­day
for Mobile, going down to be an
attendant in the wedding of Miss
Ruth West and Norville Leigh. Miss
Power will return to Auburn on Wed­nesday
of next week.
* * *
W. W. Pate, a former student of
A. P. I., receiving his B. S. in '24 and
M. S. in '26, who is now connected
with the United Fruit Company lo­cated
at Tela Honduras is spending
his vacation here with his parents
and greeting old friends.
* * *
Coach Donahue,' former Coach of
A. P. I. and now golf professional at
Baton Rouge, spent Monday here.
* » »
Dank Stallings of Birmingham was
the guest of the Pi Kappa Delta fra­ternity
Friday and Saturday.
* * *
Frank Russey, '26 of Birmingham
spent the week-end here as the guest
of the Lambda Chi fraternity.
* * *
Miss Mary Bragg, who is teaching
at Langdale and Miss Eunice Phil­lips,
who is teaching at Fairfax, were
the guests of Miss Thelma Graves
during the past week-end.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. R. E". Commack of
Montgomery are the guests of Mrs.
Commack's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Stodghill on Gay Street.
* * *
Thoe W. "Mucha" Crump, '26 in
Electrical Engineering who is now
with the Business Machine Company
located at Endicott, New York, spent
Sunday and' Monday here as a guest
of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
* * *
General Noble, of Anniston, presi­dent
of A. P. I. Alumni association
was the guest of friends here Satur­day
coming over for the Howard
game.
* * *
Miss Elizabeth Mardre had as her
guest, last week-end," Miss Francis
Harris, '27 who was a popular mem­ber
of the Kappa Delta Sorority.
* * »
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stroberg and
Miss Maurine Stroberg of Macon,
were the guests of Mrs. Fred Stro­berg
during the past week-end.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Knapp, Miss Louise
Glanton, chairman of the Department
of Home Economics, Miss Lulu Pal­mer,
in charge of the Nursery School,
Mrs. Helen Herren, Purnell Research
Worker, and Miss Zoe Dobbs, Dean
of Women, are the members of the
faculty attending the Alabama Branch
of the National Congress of Parents
and Teachers Association convening
in Tuscaloosa Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week. Others at­tending
from Auburn are Mrs. Hoyt
Jolly, Mrs. Hixon and Mrs. MacDon-ald.
* * *
Charlie Davis, Pi Kappa Alpha, had
as his guests last week-end, his fath­er
M. L. Davis, Jr., sister, Miss Annie
Laurie Davis and Miss Louise Mac­Leod
of Mobile.
* * *
Friends of Mrs. H. S. Gentry will
regret to learn that she has been
confined to home for the past few
days on account of illness.
* • *
C. H. Feagin, '28, now in Anniston
with the Alabama Power Company
was the guest of Phi Delta Theta
Fraternity Saturday and Sunday.
* » »
Frank Campbell, of.- Greenville,
former student, spent Saturday and
Sunday here with friends.
* » *
Miss Elizabeth Davis of Montgom­ery
was the guest of Joe Ford Sat­urday
coming down to attend the
Howard game and "A" Club Dance
Saturday evening.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Taylor, who
have been away from Auburn since
early Spring returned Sunday night
and are located on South College
Street. Mr. Taylor is connected with
the college.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Phillips of
Wedowee were among those who
came over Saturday to attend the
Howard game. Mr. Phillips was a
member of Class '27 and editor of
The Alabama Farmer. Mrs. Phillips
will be remembered as Miss Gertrude
Gerber.
"A" CLUB DANCE
IS ENJOYABLE
AFFAIR
The "A" Club dance last Saturday
night at the Alumni Gymnasium in
honor of the visitors attending the
Auburn-Howard game, was one of
the most successful in the history of
the organization.
The floor was crowded with Au­burn
and Howard students and girls
from all over the state. It was esti­mated
that sixty couples and as many
more "stags" were present. The
dance started at nine-thirty and end­ed
at eleven forty-five. During the
evening there were two "A" Club
leadouts and two no-breaks.
Max Jones and his Auburn Colle­gians
furnished the music for the af­fair.
N. A. Walker '28, now with Bir­mingham
Electric Company spent
Saturday here as guest of Sigma Phi
Sigma Fraternity.
* * *
Miss Susan Spangler has resumed
her college activities after a visit to
her parents in Macon, Georgia.
* * *
Misses Isabelle Carr, Maybelle
Prowell, Katherine Pittenburg, Vir­ginia
Moorman, Nonnie Stevens, a
student at Montevallo and Elizabeth
Ottwell, a student at Howard were
a group of Birmingham girls who
spent Saturday here, attending the
Howard game and "A" Club dance
Saturday evening.
* * *
Dr. Knapp entertained as his
guest Saturday, Dr. O. L. Dawson,
President of Howard College.
* * *
"Bullo" Williams, former Birming­ham-
Southern grid star, was the
week-end guest of Kappa Alpha Fra­ternity.
* * *
Rutledge Daugette and Lewis
Langford were guests of friends in
Alexander City Sunday.
* * *
Miss Nettie Dennis, who is con­nected
with the college in the ac­counting
department, spent the week­end
in Clanton as the guest of her
parents.
* * *
B. A. Bates, '24, Civil Engineer,
and now assistant engineer for the
Central of Georgia, located in Savan­nah,
was among the out-of-town
guests -coming over for the Howard
game.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Collins and son
Harvey, Hartford, Alabama, spent
Sunday here as the guest of their son
and brother, B. W. Collins.
* * *
Mrs. Harry Robinson and children
of Atlanta were the week-end guests
of Mrs. Robinson's mother, Mrs.
Brewer at the Brewer Hotel.
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MRS. GENTRY ENTERTAINS P.T.A.
WITH PRETTY SILVER MUSICAL
Under the auspices of the Parent
Teachers Association, Mrs. Homer
Gentry, chairman of the ways and
means committee, entertained at a
beautiful Silver Musical on last Fri­day
evening at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Bradford Knapp.
Mrs. Hare and Miss Annie Heard
received the guests at the door, in­troducing
them to Mesdames Hixon
and Parish, who in their gracious
manner, presented them to Dr. and
Mrs. Knapp and Mrs. John E. Ivey,
president of the Parent Teachers As­sociation.
Assisting in the reception
rooms were Mesdames Allison, Ken­nedy,-
Scott, Sexton and Miss Minnie
Sharp. Mesdames T. D. McDonald,
Albert Thomas, and Miss Irma Ken­nedy
directed the guests to the din­ing
room where tea was served from
a beautifully appointed table which
was covered with a handsome lace
tea cloth, holding as its central deco­ration
a silver bowl of yellow chrys­anthemums
and four burning tapers
in silver holders, adding a note of
beauty and exquisiteness. Two hand­some
silver services were used with
Mrs. W. W. Hill and Miss Gladys
Gladney presiding. Delicious cakes
and mints were served. . Others as­sisting
in the dining room were Mes­dames
Charles Askew, Hoyt Jolly,
Homer Wright, Tisdale, Atkinson and
Williamson.
Under the direction of Mrs. A.
Carnes, the following musical pro­gram
was rendered during the even­ing.
Quartette—Messers J. A. Vines,
V. L. Vines, C. R. LeCroy, C. J. Tid-well.
Accompanied by Mrs. J. W.
Tidmore.
Solo—Mrs. Lan Lipscomb. Ac­companied
by Mrs. E. S. Winters.
Violin Solo—Mrs. Harkins. Ac­companied
by Prof. Kinkaid.
Solo—Mrs. Donnor. Accompanied
by Mrs. E. S. Winters.
•Piano Solo—Mrs. Winters.
Solo—Mrs. A. Carnes. Accom­panied
by Mrs. Tidmore at piano and,
Mrs. Askew with violin.
Reading—Mrs. G .H. Carlovitz.
Max Jones and his collegians ad­ded
greatly to the program by ren­dering
a number of jazz melodies.
Dr. Knapp's Speaking
In Much Demand
Dr. Knapp was in Troy, Tuesday
evening to address the civitans clubs
of that city. He is to speak at the
Parent Teacher's Convention being
held, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri­day
of this week in Tuscaloosa. This
is a State Convention and a large at­tendance
is expected.
'Tis Fine to
Dine
at the
PICKWICK
Experience in managing men does
not seem to count for much in the art
of managing women.
"Spend-the-Night" Party
Sponsored by Y. W. C. A.
A "spend the night party", spon­sored
by Y. W. C. A., for all women
students was an enjoyable event of
Wednesday evening. At 10:30 o'clock
the lobby of the girl's dormitory was
a scene of ghostly shadows with only
rays of light streaming through
pumpkin shades. Adding further to
the mysterious atmosphere were
banks of corn stalks and autumn
leaves in appropriate places through­out
the room. The nook under the
stairway was ideally converted into a
fortune teller's booth decorated with
bats and owls to keep the adventur­ous
seekers of the future in a proper
spirit of temerity.
While some had fortunes told, and
others danced, a hilarious group en­joyed
the ancient sport of bobbing
for applesr Ghost stories were told
throughout the evening and as the
witches hour drew near, wafer and
cocoa were served.
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Effective service to the public is possible
only when every step from purchase of
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please" has been cared for.
This is work for men who can sense
the relations between seemingly unre­lated
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a possible mountain-barrier in a mole­hill—
and with the resourcefulness
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1928
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JACK McLESKEY, CAROL PORTER, Aisociate Editors
Dick Jones, Tad McCallum, T. S. Winter, Howard Sparks, Assistants
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BOHLER PREPARES TIGERS FOR
TILT WITH GEORGIA BULLDOGS
By Dick Jones
Coach George Bohler is preparing
his Auburn Tigers with extra strength
to meet the University of Georgia in
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 3. This will be
the 30th game played by these two
teams since 1892, the initial one being
the first intercollegiate gridiron game
staged in the South. Auburn won by
a score of 10-0.
As all the Plainsman seem to be
in tip-top condition this will probably
be the first week the Tiger mentor
will not make any major changes in
the lineup that played most of the
game against (the Howard College
Bulldogs last Saturday. This is the
first game that the Alabama Poly­technic
Jnstitute ~has won since the
1926 season. In that year they beat
Sewanee 9-0. The Tigers seemed to
be in better form last Saturday then
they have been since this Sewanee
game. They scored on the Magic City
gYidders in every quarter except the
second, scoring twice in the fourth
to make up for that. The Tigers also
made 6 first downs to the Bulldogs 5.
The Howard game was the first
game this fall in which the Tigers
received no serious injuries. Captain
"Nick" Carter was unable to start
against the Baptist Bulldogs but en­tered
the battle for a short time
during the last period. Carter had
been hampered with a sprained ankle
since the Florida game but is back
in good shape for the Georgia tilt.
Charles Densimore returned to the
ranks again this week after being out
oT school for the past two weeks. He
is still unable to take part in the
scrimmages on account of the broken
shoulder he received in the first week
of practice. Densimore is likely to
see a bit cf rough work by next week
and if he does he will be in fair con­dition
to take part in the Mississippi
game that will be played in Birming­ham
two weeks from this Saturday.
Coach Bohler took over the line last
week while Coach Pitts was out of
town coaching them to work right
along with the backf ield. This proved
to be a great help and the improve­ment
could be noticed in the Saturday
game. Bohler has had the line under
his tutelage again this week and if
they work as smoothly against the
Georgia Bulldogs as they did against
Howard the score will be a surprise
to many fans.
Auburn has beaten the University
of Georgia 15 times while the Bulldogs
have beaten the Tigers only 12. Past
records also show that these two
teams have tied twice, the score being
0-6 both times. Auburn has scored
303 points to Georgia's 219.
1st Batallion Downs 2nd Batallion in
Intra-Mural Clash by Score of 12-6
The first two batallions of the field
artillery R. O. T. C. unit, clashed
Tuesday afternoon at 3:45, on the
"Rat" football field, in a hard fought
foot ball game. The 1st. Batallion
tern was clad in yellow jerseys, and
the white jerseyed men represented
the 2nd Batallion team. King Win­ter
seemed to be very prevalent upon
the fields and the sidelines. The
spectators were first frozen and then
rained upon. Coach "Cush" Wood's
braves and Coach Luke Ward's hear­ties
kept things hot, however, and
the game was interesting and hard
fought until the last whistle blew.
The 2nd batallion won the toss and
Ellison kicked to the 1st. bn's 30 yard
line. On the first play, Cameron
circled end for 15 yards and first
down. After two Jine plunges had
netted only 4 yards, Cameron went off
tackle for 8 yards and first down.
On the following play, Conradi
ploughed through the center of the
line for another first down. The 2nd.
bn's line then began to hold, and the
1st. bn. was forced to kick. After
three unsuccessful attempts to smash
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SPORTS STUFF
By "Dusty" Porter
In the merry and mad scramble of
the various sport scribes over the
south, picking sure winners of the
Southern Conference football crown,
it seems that one team is not receiv­ing
her amount of glory. The Uni­versity
of Tennessee with almost a
sophomore team on the field is giv­ing
all opposition lots to think of af­ter
midnight. In one of the early
games of- the year with Centre Col­lege,
McEver was considered as be­ing
lucky to turn the trick of return­ing
a kick-off for a touchdown, but
he came right back with" the same feet
against Alabama, galloping the 98
yards on the initial play of the game
against the strong crimson machine
for the touchdown - t h a t indefinitely
dropped Alabama from the select five
undefeated elevens. Last week-end,
Hackman, McEver's running mate,
pulled the trick against Washington
and Lee. Now, is environment re­sponsible
for such success of Mr.
Hackman? Or does Tennesse"special­ize
on the kick-off play? Anyway
Tennesse must be counted in on the
champibnship gossip.
Alabama, after suspending two of
her mainstays in the backfield, went
up to Birmingham, and beat their
ancient foe, Sewanee by the largest
score registered by the "Crimson
Tide" against the "Tigers" for many
years. It is generally known that
Sewanee has an unusually weak team
this year, but in past games Sewanee
has always been at her heights against
Alabama. Maybe the fact that Ten­nessee
administered has put Alabama
on the right track, and I won't be sur­prised
to see "Tech" fall, when they
meet. • •
* * * * *
Over in Montgomery this week}-
end the prep football classic of the
state will be fought out when Sidney
Lanier and Cloverdale come together
for their annual clash, and the rest
of the year will be devoted to the dis­cussion—"
If so and so, had not hap­pened"
we would have won. This
game will be Auburn versus Alabama.
Sidney Lanier is coached by McClin-toch
of Alabama, and Cloverdale by
"Bull" McFadden of Auburn. This
game without a doubt creates more
excitement than any game played in
the state, and always draws a much
larger crowd than any College game
can draw in Montgomery. Clover­dale
was victorious last year, but ask
any Lanier man what will happen
Saturday.
* * * * *
My Forecast For Saturday:
Auburn 6—Georgia 6
Alabama 14—Wisconsin 7
Clemson 20—Ole Miss 6
Ga. Tech 20—Oglethorpe 0
Vanderbilt 20—Kentucky 0
L. S. U. 0—Arkansas 16
Maryland"!)—V. P. I. 12
Miss A. & M. 0—Michigan State 28
Tenn. 34—Carson Newman 0
Tulane 45—Millsaps 0
Virginia 9—Washington & Lee 0
V. M. I. 18—Davidson 0
Michigan 7—Illinois 0
N. Western 18—Minn. 6
i
Ohio State 10—Princeton 13
Yale 13—Dartmouth 3
Lanier 6—Cloverdale 6
Porter Callahan was without a
doubt, the outstanding figure on
Drake Field in our VICTORY over
Howard College last Saturday. Not
only did he intercept one pass on his
own 45 yard line and carry it to
Howard's 2 yard line that made pos­sible,
a touchdown, and take a pass
from Tuxworth and gallop 40 yards
for another marker, but to add more
to the color of the game he played
about the best defensive game of the
day. %
Callahan is one man that loves to
play football, the result is easily no­ticed.
He will more than likely start
the fireworks in Columbus, Georgia
Saturday.
GRID REVIEW AND FUTURES
By "OSWALD"
Tigers Play Heads
Up Football in Tilt
With Howard Sat.
Sunday dawned clear and cool and
found no great upsets in the grid
games of the previous day—thinking
perhaps that Clemson had piled up
enough worry for the sport scribes
for one week. And the same sun
found the once down-trodden team of
Josh Cody's—Clemson—sitting on top
of the football world. In company
with them are to be found the Golden
Tornado, the Volunteers, tjie Com­modores
and the Gators—one of which
will be Southern Conference cham­pions.
The high marks Saturday were:
Alabama's washing aside Sewanee 42
to 12—but don't forget that the moun­tain
Tigers scored on Alabama for
the first time since Wallace Wade took
over the football destiny of our sister
institution; Tennessee, in connection
with one Sophomore Hackman, who
duplicated the feat of McEver of the
week before, by running 94 yards from
kickoff for a touchdown (must be a
habit)—crushed Washington and Lee
into a pitiless pulp 26 to 7.
Georgia Tech's Golden Tornado was
completely outplayed the last half of
Saturday's dish by North Carolina
who displayed as remarkable a return
as has been seen this year. In other
words the Tarheels became fire-eaters
and were out for vengeance—and they
did what Notre Dame, Tulane and
V. M. I. had failed to do. They scored
after an 82 yard march. And Tech's
Veterans were in the last half.
Virginia was as completely out­classed
by Vandy as even the most
ardent Commodore supporter had hop­ed
for. A team that was better than
a point-a-minute hit the Cavaliers the
first quarter—a varsity team that
played only 19 minutes—and don't
f6rget, gentlemen, that Virginia tied
Princeton. Jimmy Armistead led the
team with 53, 57, and 82 yard runs
but it was a football team that Dan
McGugin put on the field Saturday
and a team that seems to be ready
to reach out and grasp the laurels of
Southern Conference Championship.
Georgia defeated Tulane Saturday
afternoon 20 to 14 but the score in
itself illustrated nothing at all for
the Bulldogs exhibited a real offense
and the Green Wave a real defense.
Georgia's line looked almost like a
high school's but their second string
team had power on offense. Billy
Banker again showed his met­tle
by being the outstanding player
of both teams. It's a pity that Tulane
scheduled such a hard row of games
for they have one of the best teams
in the Conference.
And that about concludes the high
lights except for the best one of all,
and that, as you all know, was our
wonderful, rejuvenated team of the
days of old that administered a sound
thrashing to the Howard Bulldogs. In
other words a ghost of the days of
John "Barleycorn" Shirey, Kirk
Newell, Ed Shirling, Emmett Size-more
and others, was out on the Plains
Saturday, wandering around in its
eerie way and when it had called it
a day a skeleton of another team
wended its way back to its haunts—'
sadder and wiser.
Other games that should be mention­ed
axe: Alligators had tough going
striking unexpected resistance in the
Wolf pack of North Carolina, but Flor­ida
is to be counted in the race for
championship honors, Crabtree being
one of the outstanding players of the
South and with a well rounded out
backfield; L. S. U., Virginia Poly and
Kentucky came.through but Kentucky
had hard sailing defeating Centre;
Loyola upset Ole Miss considerably 34
to 14. Another good game was wit­nessed
between Maryland and V. M. I.
who battled to a scoreless tie.
Last week I ventured opinion on
future games with some degree of
success. If you will look back to the
list published you will see that "Os­wald"
picked 11 conference winners,
lost one and one game was tied; pick­ed
three teams out of four outside of
Southern Conference; picked 4 scores
correctly. It will also be noted that
the relative strength of Maryland-V.
M. I.; North Carolina-Georgia Tech;
Ole Miss-Loyola; Georgia-Tulane;
Tenn.-Wash & Lee was as predicted.
"Oswald's" Pick
My Forecast for Saturday:
AUBURN 6—GEORGIA 6
Alabama 7—Wisconsin 14
Clemson 6—Ole Miss 13
Florida 26—Sewanee 6
Ga. Tech 20—Oglethorpe 0
Vanderbilt 19— Kentucky 0
L. S. U. 13—Arkansas 21
Maryland 6—V. P. I. 7
Miss. A. & M. 0—Mich. State 26
N. C. 13—N. C. State 10
Tennessee 32—Carson-Newman 0
Tulane 30—Millsaps 0
Virginia 6—Wash. & Lee 9
V. M. I. 20—Davidson 6
Michigan 0—Illinois 13
Northwestern 7—Minnesota 6
Ohio State 13—Princeton 3
Yale 19—Dartmouth 6
Sidney Lanier 13—Cloverdale 6
By "Dusty" Porter
The Auburn football team went on
the field Saturday with more life
and determination to play heads-up
foot ball and the results was that
they came from behind and beat a
football team that is two touchdowns
better than the team that gave Au­burn
her first beating of the year.
, In breaking the long list of losses
that has been Auburn's since the mid­dle
of the 1926 campaign, and chalk­ing
up one game on the right side of
the ledger. I'm sure it will prove to
be the greatest help to the team of
anything that could happen.
With one victory behind it will
serve to inspire the team to fight
harder in the future, and they will go
into the game, not with the feeling
that they are supposed to be beaten,
but with the view that they are capa­ble
of beating any eleven men that
you can trot on the field, and this
feeling did not prevail up until Sat­urday.
The line with the exception of one
time stopped one of the best backs
that they will come up against this
year. Van Buskirk in my opinion is
just as good today as the Howard
Ace, "Billy" Bancroft was in his sen­ior
year when he ran so wild, and not
only, can Van run with the ball, but
he can punt and pass with anything
that we will have the chance of meet­ing
this year.
The tiger line displayed great im­provement
over the showing in pre-
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RATS LOSE TO TECH BUT SHOW
REAL ABILITY AS BALL T0TERS
By T. S. Winter
A look at the score of the Auburn-
Tech Rat game would indicate that
out Rats were completely outclassed
yet such was not the case. As far
as actual ground gaining was con­cerned,
Auburn was easily ahead.
They made ten first down to seven
for Tech, completed four passes out
of eight tried while Tech only com­pleted
one out of six, returned five
kick-offs for a total of 170 yards and
Tech returned one for 10 yards; yet
they lacked the final punch necessary
to make scores. Five times the Rats
had the ball within Tech's 20 yard
line on first downs and only once did
they score.
Early in the first quarter, Tech
fumbled and Auburn recovered on the
15 yard line only to lose it on downs.
Again in the second quarter, Auburn
recovered a fumble but lost the ball
when Tech intercepted a-pass on their
own 20 yard stripe. Then in the third
period, after being held for three
downs, Pate missed an attempted
field goal from the 30 yard line; and
again in the last quarter, led by
"Frock" Pate and Hatfield, the Baby
Tigers marched 50 yards down the
field only to be halted on Tech's 10
yard line where an attempted field
goal fell short. Auburn's only score
came as a direct result of Leo Young's
brilliant 90 yard return of kick-off
to Tech's ten yard line where Pat
Barron, brother to the famous Red,
caught him. "Frock" Pate, who
plowed thru the center of Tech's line
all during the game, carried the oval
over on the third play.
On the other hand, Tech Rats
threatened only three times but they
turned all of the opportunities into
scores. Just after John Locker, Au­burn's
righj tackle, was injured Tech
circled left end in a series of plays
to the two yard line. Then failing in
three line plays they again went
around left end for thirty yards plac­ing
the ball on Auburn's four yard
line. Here they tried three plays
thru the line and failing went around
left end for the second touchdown.
Tech's other marker came when Gray-don
intercepted a pass and sprinted
thirty yards for a touchdown.
Perhaps the high lights of the game
from Auburn's stand point was the
briliant playing of the left side of
Auburn's line, especially on the de­fense,
and the offensive playing of
the entire back field. From left end
to right guard, the "Rat" line was in-penetrable.
Time and again Hold-croft,
Bush, and Simpkins broke
thru to throw the Tech backs for a
loss. Once Holdcroft went thru and
hit Barron before a punt had set­tled
in his arms for the hardest arid
cleanest tackle of the day. Young,
Pate, and Hatfield featured the game
with their running. On the second
play of the game Young went off
tackle for forty yards, and later he
returned a kick-off ninety yards.
Davidson backed up the line to per­fection.
For Tech, Ezzel and Farm­er
played a good game in the line,
and Pat Barron starred in the back
field. Barron's speed around left end
literally paved the way for two touch­downs.
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THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
GREAT FUTURE IS SEEN FOR
THE FAMOUS AUBURN BAND
With a personnel numbering fifty-five,
the Auburn Band has made un­usual
progress this season under the
baton of P. R. Bidez. A number of
additional improvement and facilities
have enabled the management of the
organization.
A new cheme has been introduced
to teach the more difficult composi­tions
to students. P. R .Bidez, direc­tor,
has recently acquired an Ortho-pronic
victrola and a large library of
records. The band listens to the ren­dition
of a selection with the music
score before them. It is said that
the method will prove more effective
than the one formerly used by the
band. Mr. Bidez says that the con­trol
will be easier after the musicians
hear the interpretation of some of the
artists.
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The band is greatly hampered this
year by lack of sufficient funds to
uniform the organization. With sev­eral
additions to the personnel the
season finds several new men with­out
uniforms. Methods of raising
the needed funds are now under con­sideration
by members of the band
and the college.
Having established an unparalled
reputation throughout the south the
Auburn Band must be properly uni­formed
in order that the best appear­ance
might be made in the many pub­lic
functions in which the organiza­tion
participates. A number of trips
are planned for the spring which will
take the band to distant points. While
on this tour the organization will be
heard by about eighty thousand peo­ple.
Some of the newer compositions
which have been played this year are:
Grand Selection from La Traviata by
Verdi, Wagners Rienzie and several
Russian Ballet numbers. Mr.Bidez
announced today that a complete
change in repertoire will be made this
season.
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Capstone stadium, fond vision of the
University of Alabama and Tusca­loosa
citizens for several years, will
become a reality with the 1929 foot­ball
season, according to announce­ment
made Friday by Dr. James J.
Doster, chairman of the university
athletic council. Dr. Doster stated
that construction will begin immedia­tely
upon the first unit of concrete
stadium, designed ultimately to seat
60,000 people.
The first unit, with a capacity of
either 12,000 or 15,000 people, will be
ready for occupancy by next August
with additional units to be construct­ed
as demands and financial facilities
increase.
The stadium will - be located on
Tenth Avenue, south of University
Avenue, and in the rear of Fraterni­ty
Row, on the large field which is
owned by the university. Funds serv­ing
as a nucleus for the stadium con­struction
were received by the Uni­versity
of Alabama from proceeds of
the two Tournament of Roses games
which the Crimson Tide played with
Pacific Coach championship teams for
the mythical national title.
Plans for the stadium have been
completed by architects of Boston and
Chapel Hill, N. C. Contracts will be
let immediately through the architects
who will be in charge of the construc­tion.
The tile-drained playing field
proper will be ready for sowing with
grass by April 1 and the entire first
unit of the stadium will be completed
by August, according to present plans.
Final decision concerning the sta­dium
was reached Tuesday by the
university athletic council, including
Dr. Doster, chairman; Dr. George H.
Denny, Coach Wallace Wade, Shaler
Houser, treasurer; Hugo Friedman,
graduate manager; Dr. James S.
Thomas; Gordon Palmer, alumni rep­resentative;
and Ralph Adams, secre­tary.
Arthitects' plans call for the most
modern type of construction with an
oval stadium,composed of units which
may be added at various times. Re­inforced
concrete and steel stands,
practically indestructible and steel
stands, practically indestructible and
fire-proof, and either brick or terra
cotta facing will be used. The play­ing
field itself will be especially pre­pared
with porus tile drainage, mak­ing
it fit to play upon practically
without handicap in the rainiest of
weather.
The first concrete unit will be erect­ed
on the west side and the present
temporary wooden knockdown bleach­ers
will be placed on the east side,
raising the total immediate capacity
of the stadium to either 18,000 or 21,-
000.
Denny Field will be used as the
varsity and freshman football prac­tice
field and baseball diamond, the
stadium being reserved for scheduled
football games. The present gymna­sium
will be used for the universi­ty
varsity dressing rooms as now but
special dressing rooms and showers
for the visiting teams will be pro­vided
under the stadium stands.
The unit-stadium plan, which will
be carried out here, calls for the erec­tion
of the units parallel to the play-
AUBURN LIONS CLUB AIDS MANY
PEOPLE WITH DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT
October Deficiencies By
Subjects
1928-29
EB
•S
2
fa
I g
Z
135
97
English
Mathematics
Chemistry laboratory 65
64
52
42
38
31
Chemistry
Physics
Business subjects
History
Modern lauguages
Engineering subjects 22
Zoology 29
Heat engines 29
Agricultural subjects 21
Machine shop
Drawing
Architecture
Bacteriology
Pharmacy
Botany
13
15
9
11
5
2
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91
77
52
41
43
53
24
27
36
21
17
8
14
11
7
0
13
6
I H
226
174
117
105
95
95
62
58
58
50
46
29
27
26
18
11
18
8
TOTAL 687 557 1244
Number of deficiences per student:
Single deficiences 218 168 886
Two deficiences 113 91 204
Three or more 66 65 131
TOTAL 397 324 721
At a recent luncheon the Auburn
Lions Club had the pleasure of hear­ing
Mrs. Gilbert, of the Civilian Re­habilitation
Bureau of Alabama, and
Mrs. Corpew, in charge of the work
in Lee County, tell of the work being
done with the blind people all over
the state. As work with the blind is
one of the major projects of the In­ternational
Lions Clubs, the Auburn
Club was especially glad to hear these
ladies. ,
Some time ago the Auburn Lions
Club gave a sum of money for the pur­pose
of buying glasses for the people
of defective eyesight in Lee County,
•Several children and adults, who oth­erwise
would not have been furnished
with glasses, were benefited by the
action of the Lions Club.
Mrs. Gilbert pointed out that, al­though
the state aided persons who
ing field, and later for the closing of
the ends, thus completing the oval-shaped
bowl.
Though the majority of major
games must be scheduled for centers
of population, it is the intention of
the university committee to build to­ward
the time when transportation
facilities and growth of population
will warrant the scheduling of major
Southern and intersectional games at
the University Stadium. When that
time arrives, the university hopes to
schedule games on the "home and
home" basis, with alternate games at
each institution.
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were already blind, yet no action had
been taken to prevent blindness; and
that this work is carried on through
the efforts and by the aid of civic
organizations, especially Lions Clubs,
throughout the state.
Mrs. Corpew, who is in charge of
the local work with the blind, thanked
the Auburn Lions Club for its aid
in furnishing glasses for the persons
of defective eyesight in this county.
She also told of several cases of near
blindness in Lee County which she
had investigated.
Several new members have been
added to the local organization. They
are as follows: Dr. McCullock and Dr.
Boevers, of the Veterinary College;
Prof. E. Witt, of the Pharmacy De­partment;
Prof. W. P. Brown, of the
History Department; Prof. Herren, of
the Economics Department; and Prof.
Garner, of the Mathematics Depart­ment.
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AUBURN Y.M.C.A.
INSTALLS NEW
OPERA CHAIRS
A distinct addition to the Y.M.C.A.
equipment here is the recent installa­tion
of beautiful walnut opera chairs
in the "Y" assembly room. These
splendid seats have replaced wooden
benches, and practically doubled the
seating capacity of the room.
The assembly room is used for
meetings of the Friendship Council,
and for the Normal Discussion
Group each week; also for classwork
in Religious Education. The new
seating arangement will be wel­comed
by these groups especially.
Dr. Bradford Knapp is strongly in
favor of the advancement of "Y"
work on the campus, and is launching
a program which in all probability
will result in a magnificent new
building devoted to this work alone,
Before many more years have passed.
The new seating addition is merely
one of the many progressive moves
toward a greater YMCA at Auburn,
that are now in order.
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1928
BAPTIST STUDENTS,
MEET IN MARION
(Continued from page 1)
eds, discussions of plans for.the year's
work and inspirational addresses. The
principal addresses were made by
Dr. I. J. Van Ness, corresponding sec­retary
of the Baptist Sunday School
Board, Nashville; Dr. John L. Hill and
Dr. Wijl H. Houghton, pastor Taber­nacle
Baptist Church, Atlanta.
The convention closed Sunday morn­ing
with an address by Dr. Houghton.
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NOTICE!
The Central of Georgia will run a Special
Train to Columbus for the Auburn-Ga. game
Saturday, Nov. 3.
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but good on any train returning Sunday
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Dr. Knapp Talks To
The Reporters' Club
The Plainsman Roporter's club, at
perhaps the largest meeting of the
year, was honored by a visit from Dr.
Knapp at the meeting last Sunday
night at the Square and Compass
house.
After the regular business the meet­ing
was turned over to Dr. Knapp.
Discussing The Plainsman and its
future, he expressed the hope that
someday Auburn would have a daily
paper published by students. He of­fered
to give any help he could pos­sibly
give to any of the reporters who
want to talk over articles they want
published.
He discussed athletics, the spirit of
the student body, and the plans for
new quarters for student activities in
a student union building. He an­nounced
that ground had been broken
for one of the fraternity houses on
fraternity row. The work for the
other houses will begin soon.
Dr. Knapp proved to the Plainsman
reporters that he was really behind
the students in all their undertakings.
1ST BATALLION DOWNS
2ND BATALLION
AUBURN-GEORGIA SCORES
Past records show the following
scores of the two teams by years:
1892 Auburn 10—Georgia 0
1894 Auburn 8—Georgia 10
1895 Auburn 16—Georgia 6
1896 Auburn 6—Georgia "12
1898 __L Auburn 18—Georgia 17
1899 Auburn 11—Georgia 6
1900 Auburn 44—Georgia 0
1903 Auburn 13—Georgia 22
1904 Auburn 17—Georgia 6
1905 Auburn 29—Georgia 0
1906 Auburn 0—Georgia 4
1908 ..... Auburn 23—Georgia 0
1909 Auburn 17—Georgia 5
1910 Auburn 26—Georgia 0
1911 Auburn 0—Georgia 0
1912 _. Auburn 6—Georgia 12
1913 Auburn 21—Georgia 7
1914 Auburn 0—Georgia 0
1915 Auburn 12—Georgia 0
1916 Auburn 3—Georgia 0
1919 Auburn 7—Georgia 0
1920 Auburn 0—Georgia 7
1921 Auburn 0—Georgia 7
1921 Auburn 0—Georgia 7
1922 Auburn 7—Georgia 3
1923 Auburn 0—Georgia* 7
1924 Auburn 0—Georgia 6
1925 , Auburn 0—Georgia 33
1926 Auburn 6—Georgia 16
1927 Auburn 3—Georgia 33
Total Auburn 303—Georgia 219
(Continued from page 4)
the 1st bn's line, the 2nd. bn. punted,
the first half was a punting duel
with neither team having any great
advantage. The 2nd. bn. had several
opportunities to score during the first
half, but their own fumbles were cost­ly.
The 1st. bn. scored their first touch­down
late in the third quarter. On
a bad pass from center, Ellison, quar­terback
for the 2nd. bn., fumbled, and
Wood, right tackle for the 1st. bn.
scooped up the pigskin and raced 30
yards for a touchdown. The kick for
the extra point was blocked.
Score: 1st. Batallion 6—2nd Batal-lion
0.
The 1st. bn's second touchdown
came in the final quarter, when Cam­eron
passed 10 yards to Cooper, who
ran 15 additional yards for a touch­down.
The try for the extra point
was again unsuccessful.
The 2nd. bn. scored their touchdown
late in the final period, when Ellison
punted to Dyer, who fumbled, and
Lowe recovered for the 2nd bn. Sni­der
then made 11 yards through the
line, and a pass from Ellison to
Slaughter was good for 8 more yards,
.| placing the ball on the 2 yard line.
After hitting the line twice for no
gain, Snider went over left tackle for
a touchdown. The kick for the ex­tra
point was wild. This ended the
scoring for the day.
The Cameron to Cooper passing
combination was outstanding in the
offense of the 1st. bn. Snider and
Ellison were the offensive stars of
the 2nd. bn. The passing of the 1st
bn. and the punting of the 2nd. bn.
were the outstanding features of both
teams.
The 1st. bn. gained 185 yards from
the line of scrimmage, for a total of
10 first downs, while the 2nd bn. gain­ed
134 yards and made 6 first downs,
out of 16 attempted passes, the* 1st.
bn. completed 8, while the 2nd, bn.
completed only 6 out of 18.
TIGERS PLAY HEADS
UP FOOTBALL IN TILT
WITH HOWARD SATURDAY
(Continued from page 4)
vious games, and they were holding
opposing linemen off of our backs in
fine style, when a forward pass was
in progress, giving the passer plen­ty
of time to pick out his receiver.
This is absolutely necessary for the
success of a passing combination. Un­less
our running attack improves
greatly, our only chance will lie in the
passing department.
The lme is coming along in fine
style, showing great improvement in
each game, but in my opinion, I would
say. that the real test for any foot­ball
will be encountered by the "Ti­gers"
when they settle their yearly
feud in Columbus Saturday. But if
our line is traveling at top speed, we
can bump the "Bulldogs" off.
1st. Bn. 2nd. Bn.
LINE UP
L. E.
L. T.
L. G.
C.
R. G.
R. T.
R. E.
Q. B.
R. H.
L. H.
F. B.
Ferrel
Campbell
Bradshaw
Fort
Bos well
Wood
Head
Cameron
Cooper
Dyer
Conradi
Referee:
Linesman, Lt.
Lt. Barth.
Every man out for the teams was
given a chance to display his ware.
Weissinger
Cjilver
Steele
Mims
Arnold
Christian
Lowe
Ellison
Slaughter
Stewart
Snider
Miss Gatchell Asked To
Teach At Columbia
During the summer session '28
Miss Dana Gatchell, Associate Pro­fessor
of Home Economics at Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, gave a
course in The History of Cooking
at Teachers College, Columbia Uni­versity,
New York City. The students
were so enthusiastic over the course,
that Professor Van Arsdale, head of
the department of foods, has just
invited Miss Gatchell to repeat the
course during the 1929 summer ses­sion.
It is a great honor richly de­served.
For the past five summers Miss
Louise Glanton, head of Home Eco­nomics
at A. P. I. has taught classes
in Family Relations and Child Wel­fare
during both terms of the sum­mer
session of the University of Col­orado
at Boulder, between Denver
and Estes Park. This is one of ten
largest summer schools in the United
States, students coming from prac­tically
every state in the Union. The
Director has again invited Miss Glan­ton
to return for the summer of '29.
Although Miss Glanton has always
enjoyed the work, the people, and
the mountains, she has deciced to
stay in Auburn, because she believes
in the future of home economics
here, and hopes to see great growth
and developments in the immediate
future. She wants to be here to do
everything in her power to increase
the enrollment and improve the cur­riculum
to meet more nearly the
needs of homemakers and teachers
of homemaking in this great state of
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Karl Dane & George Arthur in
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