1929-09-17 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1929. NUMBER 4
BAIRD WILL PLAY FOR DANCES
I Vigilance Committee is Formed by Executive Cabinet
^KNOXVILLE ORCHESTRA WILL
FURNISH MUSIC FOR OPENINGS
COMMITTEE OF PAST Y E A R S » ™ "
DEMANDS RATC OBEDIENCEmL mm
H-Thirteen
Men Appointed To
Serve On Body
RED HARKINS CHAIRMAN
Two Vacancies Filled On Social
Committee
A Vigilance Committee was formed
last night at the meeting of the Exe­cutive
Cabinet and thirteen men men
were appointed to positions on this
committee, in an effort to curb law­lessness
on the part of Auburn fresh­men;
at the same time, the Cabinet
revised the Rat Rules which were pub­lished
in this paper last week. A
complete list of the revised rules
appears elsewhere on this page.
The Cabinet also elected two juni­ors
to positions on the Social Com­mittee
which have been vacant; Joe
Hughes and Earnest Bell were the
men appointed to the vacant places.
The freshman representative was not
selected last night owing to the length
of the meeting; he will be chosen at
the next meeting.
A price *on the opening dances was
fixed by vote of the Uabinet mem­bers.
As the dances will last only
two days, and not three as has been
the custom, the prices of seven dol­lars
for two nights and four dollars
for one night were made.
Freshmen are again warned by the
Executive Cabinet and the Vigilance
Commitee that they must have rat
caps; they are being sold at the ac­countant's
office at the regular price.
Notice is given by the Vigilance
Committee that every effort will be
made to enforce the Rat Rules, and
violators will be justly punished.
Each rule will be stressed, and all of
them must be obeyed.
The following men were appointed
to the Committee by the Executive
Cabinet:
Red Harkins, Chairman; Stumpy
Granger; Grady Long; Joe Burt;
Shorty Long; Raymond Spann; Sam
Wade; Carl Schlich; Ben Newton; J.
D. Simpkins; Tubby Jacobs; Jimmy
Keith; and Slob Chappelle.
FRESHMEN ATTEND
SERVICES IN BODY
Auburn Engineer Plans
Biggest Year in History
Circulation Increased Over 300
Copies Each Issue
With an increase in circulation of
over three hundred copies monthly,
due to the new1 ruling that all engi­neering
students are required to sub­scribe,
and with an increase in size
from 28 pages to 32 pages, the Au­burn
Engineer is well on the way to
making this the most auspicious year
in the history of the publication. A.
A. Strauss editor-in-chief of the peri­odical,
is very enthusiastic over the
outlook for the Auburn Engineer this
year.
As all probably recall, the Auburn
Engineer last year was extended an
associate membership to the Engi­neering
College Magazines Asso­ciated,
membership in which organiza­tion
includes all the more outstanding
college engineering publications in
the country. The association serves
in an advisory as well as supervisory
capacity.
A. A. Strauss and D. O. Baird, busi­ness
manager, announced today that
the staff of the magazine will hold a
meeting in 'the Engineer Office,
Broun Hall, at 4 P. M. Wednesday,
September 18, and that all students
interested in contributing material
and becoming members of the staff
are invited to attend.
AT STATE EXHIBITS
Birmingham Fair Will Begin
September 30
AG DISPLAYS FEATURED
Auburn Will Be Given Large
Exhibit Space
Demonstration Agent
Chosen For District
Appointment Becomes Effective Oi
February First
Mark* First Appearance In
R. O. T. C. Uniform
Ne
Marking their initial appearance in
full uniform, the freshmen attended
ten-thirty convocation last Sunday.
The meeting presented a truly mili­tary
array.
After the students had joined to­gether
in singing their first song Dr.
Knapp presented the various pastors
in Auburn, who announced their re­spective
church activities.
Dr. Knapp's address stressed the
possibilities of our country for the
younger generation of today. He
also set forth the material growth of
our nation in a very graphic form
which was especially impressive. The
difference between wealth and cul­ture
was cited as well as a very em­phatic
urge to develop the spiritual
side of American manhood.
Dr. Knapp said that in spite of our
great advancement materially, we
exceed by far all other civilized na­tions
in crime and lawlessness. This
alone should depict to everyone the
need for the excessive stress spiritu­ally.
The impressive conclusion urged
each and every student to educate
and train himself to be able to handle
competently all problems which may
present themselves, no matter wheth­er
they pertain to the spiritual or
cultural life; also to strive to help
our fellow man advance with the ad­vancing.
The service was concluded with
the benediction by Dr. Lee.
Miss Ruth Dobyne, home demon­stration
agent in Autauga County,
has been appointed district home
demonstration agent, effective Feb­ruary
1, 1930, in the southeast Ala­bama
district by Miss Helen Johnston,
chairman of the' committee on home
demonstration extension work of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. She
will succeed Miss Berhta Lee Fergu­son,
resigned.
Miss Dobyne will have immediate
supervision of home demonstration
agents in the following counties: Bar­bour,
Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Cof­fee,
Coosa, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore,
Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon, Pike,
Randolph, Talladega, and Tallapoosa.
The new district agent has had
three years experience as a teacher
of home economics, and six years ex­perience
as home demonstration agent
in Autauga County.
Between now and February 1,
1930, she wil study at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute to complete
work toward the B. S. degree in home
economics.
She is a former student of Woman's
College, Alabama College, and Pea-body
College. She holds the A. B.
degree from the Montgomery insti­tution.
,
Her successor in Autauga County
has not been named.
Ling Is Appointed In
Cow Testing Work
C. M. Ling has been appointed spe­cialist
in cow testing work for the
Extension Service of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute by L. N. Dun­can,
director.
Mr. Ling succeeds L. H. Stinnett,
who resigned to accept a position as
dairy specialist at Oklahoma A. and
M. College. The new specialist is a
native of Guin, Alabama, and a 1926
graduate of Auburn. He has been
connected with cow testing work for
the college here since his graduation.
The Auburn District will be well
represented in the annual District
Fair to be held in Birmingham from
Sept. 30th to Oct. 5th. The complete
Auburn display-Nvill occupy a space
172 by 148 feet—all frontage. The
color scheme will be of orange and
blue.
The official committee will be com­posed
of Mr. J. T. Hyde, Miss Bess
Fleming, Mr. T. A. Semmes, Mr. Otto
Brown, and Mr. J. C. Lowery. Many
other workers will also be present
to lend their aid.
The display will include the 4-H
Boy'? work; cooking demonstrated by
the girls in a modern kitchen; and
two days will be devoted by the ladies
to practical work in basketry and rug
making, with a 'similar period being
devoted to leather work and tooling.
The last mentioned will be under the
charge of Miss Bess Fleming.
The remaining space will be de­voted
to the following: Exhibits of
canned fruit, income earnings and
commercial basketry under Miss
Judd; girl's clothing, Miss Fleming;
agricultural engineering, Mr. Greg­ory,
will have on display a terraced
and unterraced field with rain fall­ing
over both. The booth showing
the value of farm machinery will use
(Continued on page 4)
COPELAND SPEAKS
AT LIONS' MEETING
Outlines Civic Improvements
In Hand
Now
Mayor W. D. Copeland, as pricipal
speaker on the program, addressed the
Lions Club today with a brief outline
of civic problems confronting the City
of Auburn at present. Several musi­cal
numbers were rendered during the
luncheon by Mr. Hazel, professor of
piano in the department of music.
According to Mr. Copeland, the ma
jor project before the municipality
is the obtaining of adequate facilities
for grammar school students in Au­burn.
Plans have been drawn for a
modern and well-equipped grammar
school, with more than double the ca­pacity
of the old school, to cost $100,-
000. However, the town budget will
not allow for so great an expendi­ture
at once. The mayor urged the
club to cooperate with the adminis­tration
of the town in order to make
possible a materialization of the build­ing.
Mayor Copeland further discussed
the condition of the city water works,
stating that there is a possibility that
the school will assume the reins of
management of the system. In clos­ing
he asked that the Lions Club en­dorse
the law enforcement program
now • in operation. The club was
unanimous in giving its hearty appro­val
to the campaign.
Co-eds Become Males
For Welcome Dance
The co-eds wanted to give a
dance for the newcomers in
their ranks last week, so in des­peration
they had to resort to
their own ranks for "men".
Donning masculine attire, they
paraded the streets, some as
kings and some as beggars, look­ing
for some unsuspecting victim.
This dance is an annual cus­tom,
new to those who have
never been in it before and a
bore to those who have, grow­ing
more monotonous with the
pasage of time . And these
strange looking creatures, has­tening
about in a world of joyous
anticipation, hardly knew which
way to turn; Why they should
have gotten so wrought up be­cause
one girl danced with
another is more than we can tell.
Possibly it was the thought of
the times had when boys were
not so reluctant to be of service '
that brought forth the outbrust
of ecstasy.
The dance was finished and
none of the dancers is any the
worse for this trying experience;
however, it may be best to have
a chaperone next time on' ac­count
of the wildness of the
party.
AUBURN FRESHMEN
ARE ENTERTAINED
AT T RECEPTION
President Knapp Addresses
New Students
REFRESHMENTS SERVED
Football Yells Led By Baxter
And Jones
REVISED RAT RULES
1. Freshmen must wear rat
caps during the wek, except with
military uniform, and when in
college buildings.
2. Freshmen must not jay­walk.
3. Freshmen must attend foot­ball
practices or stay off the
streets.
4. Freshmen must not walk
through the Main Gate at any
time.
5. Freshmen must attend all
Mass Meetings.
The Auburn Freshmen were enter­tained
at an informal reception Fri­day
evening, under the auspices of
the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.
The Freshmen were given a chance to
meet and become acquainted with each
other by means of this meeting.
Dr. Bradford Knapp, otherwise
known as "Prexy" came in for a big
hand because of his very inspiring
talk. He stressed the team's need
of support by the students, and urged
the frosh to go out to the football
practices every evening to show the
team that it had a one-hundred per­cent
freshman backing, at least. He
expressed his belief in the team, cited
instances of the grand old Auburn
spirit, and said that he was an Auburn
man, first, last, and always, win or
lose. By the time Dr. Knapp was
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J. W. BRIGHAM COMES
TO AUBURN AS HEAD
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Will Direct Auburn Glee Club
This Year
TRYOUTS ALREADY HELD
Hopes High For Best Club In
Many Years
KIWANIS PUTS O. K.
ON TRAFFIC LAWS
Mayor Copeland Addresses Club At
This Meeting
The Auburn Kiwanis Club put its
approval on the town's drive against
traffic violators at the weekly lunch­eon
and meeting of the club at the
Thomas Hotel yesterday. After May­or
Copeland, a Kiwanian, had spoken,
asking that the club endorse his pol­icy
of fining violators, the Kiwanians
voted for endorcement.
Professor J. W. Brigham, head of
the new Department of Music, enter­tained
the club with several vocal se­lections.
He was accompanied by
Prof. Hazel.
The members were held spell-bound
during a recitation "The Spell of the
Yukon," which was delivered very
ably by Professor Herron, of the Bus­iness
department.
Freshman Coach "Bull" McFadden
spoke for a few minutes on the pros­pects
of this year's freshman team.
Auburn has this year Dr. J. W.
Brigham as the new head of the music
department. Dr. Brigham came here
from Oklahoma A. and M. with a
splendid record. This man is not what
most people picture as the type of
man that would fill a position of this
sort. Most people picture a man of
the musical world as one that has
long hair, long tapering fingers, ef­feminate
manners and soft voice.
None of these characteristics apply to
this man. He is the type of man that
looks like he participated in athletics
during his college days and after shak­ing
hands with him, one is aware for
quite a while that he has shaken
hands with a man. ' •
The first try-outs were held in
Langdon Hall Monday night at sev­en
o'clock and for those who did not
get a trial that night will receive one
tonight. Each man received an indi­vidual
trial and those who are not
able to make the Club but look like
good material will be taken in hand
by Dr. Brigham to see if he cannot
bring out their talent to a degree
where they will be qualified to fill
a position on the Club. The first re­hearsal
will be held Thursday night
and the organization of the Club will
be elected.
Each year the Club takes a state­wide
tour and there are several ban­quets
given in their honor. On these
tours they are often entertained by
the Kiwanis and Rotary or other Civ­ic
organizations of the town that they
are playing in at the time. This year
an attempt will be made to make an
extensive tour. This depends on the
success of the state-wide tour. It
seems that these things should be a
good enough incentive for any one to
be willing to try and make this club.
In a statement Dr. Brigham said,
"I am new in the school and I hope
that I will receive co-operation from
the student body. It is perfectly ob­vious
that I cannot make a good club
without this but if the student body
takes as much interest in it as I am
it is a certainty that Auburn will have
one of the best clubs in the state. We
have this year a great amount of new
equipment in the Music Department
and all this will be used by members
of the Club. There is no reason,
with the number of students here,
that we cannot have at least a hundred
students out for the club. There is
a lot to be learned from the club and
those that participate will profit
greatly from it."
Glomerata Staff Begins
Work On 1930 Annual
Individual Pictures Are
Being Made
Now
Dances Will Begin On Friday
October Fifth
TO LAST ONLY TWO DAYS
KNAPP SPEAKS AT
FARMERS' MEETING
Leaves Mobile to Return to Auburn
Tonight
Dr. Bradford Kanpp left last night
for Mobile and Atmore; he spoke at
both places today.
At Atmore, he was guest of the Ki­wanis
Club there at their noon lunch­eon;
immediately after the luncheon
he left for Mobile.
This afternoon he spoke to a farm­ers'
gathering at Theodore, Alabama,
near Mobile, choosing a subject
which dwelt at length with the dairy­ing
industry in Alabam and coopera­tion
among the farmers. This meet­ing
was held under the auspices of
the Kiwanis Club of Mobile.
He will leave Mobile tonight, re­turning
to Auburn Wednesday morn­ing.
C. F. Davis, Jr., Editor in Chief of
the Glomerata, stated that activities
are well under way for what is plan­ned
to be the biggest and best of all
Glomeratas. Members of the staff are
employing their best efforts to better
the annual in every respect possible.
The fraternity panels will be so de­signed
as to make larger and more
attractive individual pictures by uti­lizing
space that has been wasted in
previous issues. The contract for the
designing of the panels has been giv­en
to the Alabama Engraving Com­pany.
Other improvements that the
staff deems advisable, such as changes
in the quality and volume of the book,
will be made.
Individual pictures of all students
are now being made at the Auburn
Studio for the 1930 Glomerata. The
freshmen began having their pictures
made Monday*
The photographing contract has
been awarded to the Green Studio.
The charge of three dollars, and ad­ditional
pictures may be obtained for
fifty cents each.
It is urged that all students be there
with their cards and money at the
time stated, in order to avoid delay
and inconvenience to the staff and to
themselves. Students will be excused
from classes to have their pictures
taken at the appointed time.
C. F. Davis, Jr., and H. O. Davis,
Business Manager, announce their re­spective
staffs as follows:
Samuel H. Pope, Art Editor; G. M
Collins* Asst. Art Editor; Hugh Ellis,
Asst. Art Editor; W. H. Smith, As­sociate
Editor; Haskin Williams, As
sociate Editor; Hayley Milligan, As
sociate Editor; E. A. Bell, Associate
Editor; G. C .Brinson, Associate Edi­tor;
John Farris, Associate Editor;
Gus Wingo, Associate Editor; C. E.
Meyer, Staff Photographer; Rex
Sykes, Asst. Business Manager; J. B.
McClure, Advertising Mgr.; J. F.
Pomeroy, Advertising Mgr.; Kelly
Sullivan, Advertising Mgr.
Admission Reduced To Seven
Dollars For Two Nights
Registrar Announces
Scholastic Averages
Senior Mechanicals Have Highest
Average In College
The registrar has released the scho­lastic
averages by classes, courses,
and divisions for the second semes­ter
of the 1928-1929 session. This
report reveals many interesting
facts. It is of peculiar interest to
engineers to know that one of their
divisions, the department of mechani­cal
engineering,,boasts a senior class
of last year attaining the highest
general average in the entire school,
with the exception of graduate stu­dents.
However, the highest gen­eral
average in graduate work was
also in the division of mechanical
engineering. The highest average of
an entire school was attained by the
school of home economics; this, the
co-eds triumph again. Students in
architectural engineering came next,
with the department of education
trailing them by a very narrow mar­gin.
The average of the entire col­lege
was 76.08.
NOTICE
There will be a meeting of the So­ciety
of American Military Engineers
tonight *t 7 o'clock in the Engi­neer's
Room in the basement of the
Administration Building. Both old
and new men are invited to be pres­ent.
Henry Reeves, chairman of the So­cial
Committee ,announced today
that Maynard Baird's Orchestra of
Knoxville, Tennessee, has been en­gaged
to play for the opening dances
this year, to be held Friday and Sat­urday,
October 4 and 5. Baird's or­chestra
consists of twelve pieces, and
is rated as one of the most popular
college orchestras in the South.
Bid cards for the dances will be
placed about the town tomorrow, in
fraternity houses, the Tiger Drug
Store, Student Supply Shop, and
Homer Wright's. The cards will be
collected from fraternity houses next
week.
The dances will start "with an af­ternoon
dance on Friday, and the
other dances will be Friday night,
and Saturday morning, afternoon,
and night. It is notable that the
dances will last two days only; this
is being done in order that a larger
number of dances than usual may be
given throughout the year. The open­ing
dances last year covered three
days.
As yet, no contract for the deco­rating
of the Gymnasium • has been
given, but Social Committee members
have stated that the decorations will
be very simple. It has been the cus­tom
to elaborately decorate the gym,
but the fact that the dances last two
days only has caused the Social Com­mittee
to choose simple decorations.
Reeves also announced that the
Executive Cabinet placed the admis­sion
price to the dances at seven dol­lars
for the two nights; admission
heretofore has been ten dollars for
three dances.
The members of the Social Com­mittee,
which has supervision of the
dances, are as follows:
Henry Reeves, chairman, Charles
F. Davis, Jimmie Ware and Streeter
Wiatt, senior members; Rex Sikes,
Earnest Ball, and Joe Hughes, junior
members; Leo Young and Render
Gross, sophomores. Bell-and Hughes
were elected to membership last
night; a freshman representative re­mains
yet to be chosen.
MOBILE CLUB HAS
FIRST MEETING
At a most enthusiastic meeting
Sunday night the Mobile Club elect­ed
officers for the year and began
formulating plans for the annual Au­burn
Christmas Ball given in Mobile
under the sponsorship of this or­ganization.
Kenneth R. Giddens,
senior in the school of architecture
and allied arts, was elected president
of the group. Eugene Lavallet and
Tom Brown will serve in the capaci­ties
of vice-president and secretary-treasurer,
respectively.
The Mobile Club, though beginning-only
its second year of existence on
the Auburn campus, boasts a mem­bership
of nearly forty. It is the
only organization of its kind on the
campus. Its purpose is to further
the interests of Auburn in Mobile by
activities there which are indicative
of Auburn.
Last year the Auburn Christmas
Ball closed the Christmas season in
the Gulf City with what was declared
to be the most brilliant affair of the
Yuletide festivities, and this year it
is planned that the ball will be an
even more imposing event, according
to the new president, Kenneth Gid­dens.
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PAGE TWO
THE PLAINSMAN
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
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at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
A. V. Blankenship __ Editor-in-chief
Walter B. Jones —- —Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Alex Smith Associate Editor
Rosser Alston _ Associate Editor
Chesley McCaskill Associate Editor
Tom Brown Managing Editor
Gabie Drey News Editor
Robert L. Hume News Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
Robert Baxter, '32; T. S. Coleman, '32;
Clarence Dykes, '32; Thomas Dykes, '31;
Edmund England, '32; Victor White, '32;
James Davidson, '32.
BUSINESS STAFF
, Hugh W. Overton Advertising Mgr.
Walter Smith Circulation Mgr.
A Great Leader
Building Auburn
Auburn deserves a great leader and she
is fortunate in having a man full of initia­tive,
full of the experience which a life of
usefulness has given him, and full of the
farsightedness which great interest in his
work has created in him, and who has his
heart in his work, to guide her on her up­ward
battle for even greater recognition and
through every danger that may come near.
Dr. Knapp is beginning his second year
as leader of this institution. He has shown
that he is working wholeheartedly for Au­burn;-
herifas created great interest in the
Ifairs and growth of the college through­out
the state, showing the people the edu­cational
advantages offered here; he has
started the great building program that is
to extend over several years and which
will put Auburn near the top in facilities;
and he has brought peace and satisfaction
to a worried and turbulent student body.
Any one of these things would be remark­able
in itself; this man has done all of
them. Under his direction the students are
doing better work than ever before, for they
have learned to trust him and to depend
on his word, knowing that it is good.
The people of the state know that he is
doing well with the college; they feel that
their money is being put to the greatest
good by someone who knows how to use it
to the best advantage of education. They
no longer think of Auburn with the feeling
that their sons and daughters are wasting
time and learning little by helping to create
bad conditions. But it is with the know­ledge
that the educational center of the
state is traily turning out some fine young
men and women who are prepared to take
their share of the responsibility in the wel­fare
of the nation. These people see even
greater possibilities than we ourselves.
The men who. have followed Auburn year
after year are seeing their dreams come
true, for a great institution is being built
where once dissatisfaction ruled supreme.
They are more than willing to offer money
and aid in other ways when they are as­sured
that it is being used for some good
purpose. But if this money is forthcoming,
are the students willing to put forth an
extra effort in seeking to learn something
worthwhile? Are they willing to support
the athletic teams and build up the spirit
within the college?
We can see then that the students will
have much to do in making this palace of
learning powerful and popular among the
residents of the state and nation. Along
with this will be the continuance of the pro­gressive
policy launched by Dr. Knapp when
he came here. Auburn will not stand still;
he will see to that if the students will stand
behind him and do as he advises. It can­not
grow, however, if the student body does
not work for the best also.
We know that Dr. Knapp wants to make
Auburn a greater university. We know that
he is going to do that. It is also true that
the followers of this famous school had
rather see her step out among the foremost
of the land than anything else, but it can­not
be accomplished unless everyone fights
together. If her support is divided, then
nothing can be done.
Now in the second year of the new leader's
administration the students have a wonder­ful
opportunity to do Auburn a fine ser­vice.
She needs their support as she has
always had it; she cannot exist very long
without it. They have helped in the past
and should do so in the future by holding
high her ideals and standards, and causing
to be built more powerfully the things every
Auburn man is proud of, and creating a
finer, more beautiful Auburn Spirit within
the hearts and souls of those who believe
in her.
Loyalty to Auburn is a part of the true
Auburn's man life. He cannot shake it
off; he doesn't want to. Auburn successes
are his successes, for her code is a lighted
path for him and the influence exerted on
him cannot be forgotten. It is the duty of
Auburn men to always help her.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1929.
F r e s h m e n Must
Wear Rat Caps
It is very encouraging indeed to note that
Auburn is now in a state of balanced ad­vancement.
Perhaps this brings up ques­tions
and events that are a bit distasteful
to a very limited number at times; but we
believe that these few are those who erring-ly
fail to look as far ahead as they should—
they fail to look as far ahead as they should.
We earnestly believe that the practice of*1
clipping -the hair of Freshmen was detri­mental
to the betterment of the Institution,
and that its discontinuance will add to the
glory and advancement of Auburn. Its
passing is undoubtedly very satisfying to
those who have the very best interest of the
college at heart.
Some persist with the argument that this
has removed all distinction between upper-classmen
and first year students. That is
a very poor excuse indeed. Our Fresh­men
have purchased Rat caps which, under
the right guidance, will be worn with pride
as a distinct mark of their rank.
It is true that last year certain Fresh­men,
in goodly numbers we regret to ad­mit,
grew weary of adorning their domes
with these caps, and in a measure discon­tinued
the practice. It is rightfully the
duty of every upperclassman to see that
every Freshman wears his cap when and
where he should. And this cap, attractice
one that it is, is sufficient to differentiate
our rodents.
Dr. Knapp urges that this practice of
wearing Rat caps be duly enforced; the
Rat Rules, which are submitted by the Un­dergraduate
Association and approved by
our executive, demand it; and no doubt
every upperclassman desires to see the
regulation carried out to the letter of the
law. The power of enforcement rests with­in
the ranks of the old men; what will they
do about it?
We dare say no Freshman is ashamed
of his cap, or disdains wearing it. But
those who are inclined to be a bit careless,
may not care to go to the trouble of keep­ing
up with his*prescribed headdress, and
simply throw it aside. Then it becomes the
duty of the upperclassmen to remind him
that it is violation of authentic ruling he
has committed.
To the upperclassmen we are saying: See
that the Freshmen wear their Rat caps
throughout the year.
L i t e r a r y Societies
In First Meeting
Most of the literary societies are meet­ing
for the first time despite the fact that
they have received more criticism than any
other organization on the campus—possibly
more than all the rest. This abuse has
been coming regularly every year; some
of it has been justified, but not all by any
means. Occasionally the programs have
not been up to par and occasionally the
speeches have been poorly prepared, but
the societies have continued on for all
their faults.
The good derived from attending a so­ciety
more than offsets the lack of enter­taining
programs rendered. Here one may
learn to speak if he so desires; the ner­vousness
which seems to enshroud one is
cast off by being before an audience so
many times. The programs can be very
good; it is up to those on the programs.
Then to.o much should not be expected;
these society members come from every
part of the college and may not have the
time to prepare a speech that would rival
one of Burke's.
We feel that as a whole the societies
are doing well, for they go on from year
to year teaching someone how to talk, and
acquainting students with important events.
We encourage the new men on the campus
to become affiliated with a literary society
at the first meeting and remain a loyal
member through his college career. And
remember that just as much as is put into
a society will be forthcoming.
OPPORTUNITY ONLY BEGINNING
Young people say there are no oppor­tunities.
Why, the world's opportunities
are only beginning to break. Every gen­eration
leaves more opportunities than it
found. Compared today the opportunities
of 50 year ago were startlingly few.
Think of the airplane, electricity, motor
transportation, radio, distributing merchan­dise—
everything that enters into modern
life. The best steel today lifts only 2,000
pounds; by and by it will be made strong
enough to lift 10 times that. The key to
the advancement of aviation is more power
and less weight.- As Mr. Edison says, we
don't yet know one-millionth of what there
is to be known. Practically every field of
human endeavor is hungrily demanding re­search.
Opportunity! It beckons to the earnestly-minded
youth of every side.—Forbes Maga-
I hope the students
take an interest in the
new Department of
Music. I am very
anxious to produce a
Glee Club here that
will be worthy of us
and I consider that a
love for music and
some understanding
and appreciation of it
is a part of a person's cultural education.
We have had a good band but I want a
better one, and I am anxious to see us take
our proper place in this important line of
work.
* * * * *
This is the week when all the students
and teachers must begin to tighten down and
get to work. Members of the faculty are
checking up rapidly. There is always an
inclination on the part of certain students
to postpone actually getting down to study.
The quicker you can do it the better it is
going to be.
* * * * *
I believe the spirit is better and I feel
very happy over the way the student body
is beginning this year's work. What we
must do is keep on keeping on.
* * * * *
Last week I was out to see the boys in
their new uniforms. I like them very much.
The student body begins to have the ap­pearance
of a real military school and the
ROTC units certainly look fine.
* * * * *
While I was out looking at the boys in
their uniforms, I was struck with the fact
that we have so many men who are six
feet tall or over at this institution. I
would like to form a '.'Six-Footers Club" in
the institution and see how many men we
could get into it. I am going to ask Ma­jor
Kennedy to get all the "six footers"
in the military department together in one
group and get their photographs taken.
I should like to know how many there are.
In the meantime practice on the football
field comes along in fine shape. Do not
forget to go out and see what the boys are
doing.
* * * * *
I want to urge students to be careful
about automobile driving in Auburn and on
the way between here and Opelika. Al­ready
one student has been injured by an
automobile accident. Care and considera­tion,
particularly strict attention to driving,
count a great deal more than anything in
making automobile traffic safe. I am more
afraid of the indifferent, reckless or care­less
driver, than I am of the very skillful
driver who may occasionally put on speed.
With so many automobiles in Auburn and
so many students crossing the street, it will
be a mighty fine thing if we can be care­ful,
considerate and obey the traffic rules.
The Mayor and the police of the town are
trying to enforce them only for the bene­fit
of the students of this institution and
the people who live in Auburn. Let's help
them .
" L i t t l e T h i n g s"
By Tom Bigbee
Stock in this publication went up around
150 points within a few hours last Friday
afternoon, due to the fact that that issue
carried a record of the cadet appointments
in R. O. T. C. Wouldn't some of the regu­lar
columnists blow up, though, if they
could create this much interest? Being one
ourself, we extend our good wishes. Us­ually,
however, we wonder if our phrases
are ever read.
We rejoice to note that steps have been
taken toward definite improvement in the
Editorial page of the Plainsman. This page
being customarily the "brains" of the pub­lication
(sans this one particular column),
its policies and expressions cannot be
guarded too closely. Our Editor has a very
important task in arranging the presenta­tion
of food for thought to the student body.
The average student rarely ever stops to
consider the influence of a college publica­tion
such as this. It is read by the majori­ty
of the local students and professors. In
addition, it is circulated throughout Ameri­ca
and foreign provinces going to a number
of the leading colleges of the United States.
So you see the world is viewing Auburn
through the Plainsman. We rejoice in the
fact that our paper is rated with the very
best, and it should be the desire of every one
to keep it on the top.
Friday 13 wasn't such a bad day after
all, was it? Except, perhaps, for a limit­ed
number of R. O. T. C. Seniors who for­got
to see themselves as others see them.
Nothing like the Army for bringing men
down to earth! Ask a Senior cadet; he
knows!
We rejoice to note that Miss Zoe Dobbs
is safely back with us, after a recent tour
in Europe, going over as a delegate to the
World Educational Meet at Geneva. We'll
wager she enjoyed the trip to the fullest—
still not so much that she isn't glad to be
back in dear old Auburn.
Our friend Haley was seen talking to a co-ed on the corner a few days ago. It
was rather unusual seeing him do such a thing, and we hope he had some good rea­son
for that little act.
* * * * * * * *
Prof.: "Are you using a crib?"
Stud.: "No, just a regular bed."
* * * * * * * • *
That's what high heel shoes are for anyway—so her lips will be more tempting
than her forehead .
* * * * * * * *
Soph: Bob, did you fill your date last night?
Frosh: I hope so. She ate everything in sight.
* * * * * * * *
The girls held a dance a few nights ago. Some of them played the part of boys
in a terrible manner. Don't you know you could never fool the freshmen with your
make-up? Anyway, we can't for the life of us see what fun they get dancing with
each other.
* * * * * * * *
The theatre manager has found the kind of shows the students here are simply
wild over. Free shows, of course.
* * * * * * * *
A quarrel often starts with the wedding. We are now able to understand why
some of the profs are always so cross.
* * * * * * * *
First Freshman: Are you going to take the fifteen dollar laundry fee?
Second Dumb One: Naw, I'm going to take pre-law.
* * * * * * * *
The latest ditty coming from the ranks is; what's the use? I can't pass it any­how.
'
* * * * * * * *
We see where a writer up in New York is going out into the wilds of New
Brunswick to live for three months in an endeavor to prove to the world that man
can live with food or clothes just as well as his ancestors. He seems to be needing
something to do, and since he insists on going, we think he could come down here
and save the trouble of going into the wilderness, but getting the same results. - He
could simply get the home address of some of these freshmen.
* * * * * * * *
Helen: Men are all flirts—you can't trust one of them.
"Preacher" S.: More so than women?
Helen: Well, I'm engaged to three of the nicest men, and I've found that every
one of them is flirting with some other girl.
* * * * * * * *
It is a crude world that offers no place for the weary.
* * * * * * * *
"What is a slide rule?"
"Never slide with your new pants on."
She must have been weary, for there she had been for almost two hours, glanc­ing
up the street. She seemed to be sitting there as if waiting for someone. People
coming by glanced in more than once, half amused, half inquisitive. Finally one
curious fellow inquired the trouble. She said, "There's nothing wrong. I am
just waiting for the postman, for I am supposed to heai from Tommy. He has been
away up at Auburn for two whole weeks and hasn't written me one word." Tom­my,
if the poor girl feels like that about the situation, you shouldn't refuse to let
her have some letters.
He was sorta dumb. Because she was a brunette, he wanted to know if her
father was a miner.
* * V * * * * *
Who's going to replace convict 969? Since he departed from our midst, this
column has been needing someone with a poetic disposition. If you have some rip­pling
rhymes on your chest that you are anxious to get rid of, don't hesitate to send
them in.
* * * * * * * *
She was so dumb that she wondered how electric light poles grew in a straight
line.
* * * * * * * *
English Prof: "As I gaze about me, I see before me a great many bright and
shining faces." Just then a dozen powder puffs came out.
WELL, I'D SAY THIS
IBy cAaron 'Billolvheel
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
CHANGE THE COURSE? OF COURSE
The colleges of South Carolina are turn­ing
out too many teachers, so a report goes
out. Being a very conscientious state, she
doesn't know what to do, but we'd suggest
that some of. them go back to the farm. It
shouldn't be much trouble for them to take
up where they left four or five years ago.
* * * * *
A LOT TO EXPECT
It seems that Birmingham-Southern is
working this year on the idea that what has
been done once can be done again in prepar­ing
for the Auburn-Southern football game
to be held in a couple of weeks. That may
be a fine way of thinking about the situa­tion,
but it won't win any games this year
as the Auburn team is not thinking of los­ing
that contest and several more that may
sound like upsets.
* * * * *
SOUTH HAS WONDERFUL PROSPECTS
Some sports writers say that the South
is to have the most outstanding backfields
in the country this year. They say the
East has very few who can cast rays by
themselves while in this section there are
any number—some, in fact on almost every
conference team—who can take care of
themselves on the gridiron. It is time some­thing
like this took place, for the South has
been real slow in coming to the front with
great teams. Of course, in the past few
years she has done her part in providing
the finest schools of Journalism in the
other part of the country have looked down
on the athletic prowess of Southern athletes.
* * * * *
TENNESSEE HAS HIGH HOPES
Knoxville has hopes of seeing the Uni­versity
of Tennessee put out another win­ner
this year. Last year the Volunteers
almost startled even her closest followers
by putting a mighty team on the field, and
this year they will be dissapointed if she
doesn't. Even now Tennesseans are looking
forward to the memorable and now famous
Vandy conflict where chivalry is almost
dead the excitement is so great.
IS THAT SO
Down in the land where the 'gators are
both seen and heard the football experts
pick the winners in the Conference. Ac­cording
to them, the championship will be
decided when Tech and Florida meet to set­tle
old and doubtful issues. Of course, they
think the champions are already decided,
and that the coming game is only a neces­sary
formality in which Florida will cinch
the lead.
* * * * *
HARD TO LOSE WITH THIS
In the dressing room of the Davidson
"Wildcats" there is a placard saying, "A
Wildcat that is licked is a Wildcat that is
dead." This has caused the team to take the
field many times with the odds greatly
against them and yet be the victor when the
final whistle sounded. This year finds the
prospects of a fine team not very good, ac­cording
to the coaches; however, the friends
of the Wildcats think that this never-die
spirit will make the men do a lot of scratch­ing
and fighting before letting the score
be against them.
4 * * * *
MISSOURI HAS OLD JOURNALISTIC
SCHOOL
The University of Missouri has one of
the finest schools of Journalism i nthe
world." It is also one of the oldest in the
country. The printing plant is modern in
every respect, and the students in the writ­ing
course can get actual experience in the
shop.
* * * * *
Duke University, besides having such a
huge endowment fund, is to have one of the
East's finest teams as her guests when the
University of Pittsburg plays there this
fall. Duke has just completed building a
new stadium that doesn't rank below any.
On this field will be fought one of the out­standing
intersectional gamos of the year.
It isn't going to be a practice game for Pitt
either, for the Blue Devils are out to show
the world that they have reached a great
height in football.
EDITORS NOTE: The opinions express­ed
in this column are not necessarily the
editorial opinions of this paper. It is a
column of personal comment, and is not to
be read as an expression of our editorial
policy.
* * * * *
THE LAST wailing note of Gabriel's
inevitable blast died. The skies had
rolled back, revealing the innermost
glories of Heaven, and its ruler sitting
triumphantly on His throne. The earth and
stars stopped as if some great hand had
firmly stayed them. The earth was still,
calm. Human beings and animals were
transfixed by the soft, effervescent glow
which poured from Heaven, enveloping the
earth. Like a shimmering rainbow-colored
liquid the glow from heaven held all beings
gracefully in its transparentness. The
peoples of the earth were gathered togeth­er
in one place and they gazed in awe, an
awe intensified a thousand times, at one
spot, at one person. A breathless hush was
over all; a heavy silence covered the uni­verse.
Even in the great Kingdom above
was silence. Every mortal on earth and
every angel in Heaven gazed with wonder­ing
eyes at one spot, at one person. The
grimy gates of Hell had opened and from
them a lurid redish light played, revealing
Satan with all his hosts gathered together
on an opposite hill. With bloodshot eyes,
Satan and all his devils gazed with wonder­ment,
at one spot, at one person. His body
as suple as Adonis' and with unimagin­able
grace stood Willie Bunkerville in the
center of the universe, the champion of
Heaven, Hell and earth. With arms as
flexible as a fencing master's, Willie's arms
darted back and forth. Willie was playing
his yo-yo with a string on it two miles
long.
"Heck," grumbled Gabriel, "to think that
all these years I've been waiting to blow
my horn and I'd pick a time when Willie
Bunkerville was playing his yo-yo."
He blew another blasting peal upon the
horn on which he had practiced several mil­lion
years, but nobody heard, because Wil­lie
Bunkerville was yo-yoing.
"Heck," said Gabriel, "three times heck."
* * * * *
WE ARE to have two night football
games in Montgomery this year.
Night football is still in the ex­perimental
stage and will prove to be a valu­able
asset to the gate receipts if it proves
successful. It is rather nice, driving down
to Montgomery late in the afternoon, hav­ing
dinner somewhere and adjourning to
the game.
Freshman caps should not be worn every­day
upon the campus, but put away in moth
ball during the week and used exclusively
for hitching rides over the week-end. A
nice clean cap would be much better adver­tisement
than a soiled one—a good sugges­tion
for pushing up Auburn' prestige.
* * * * *
The opening dances are coming up. In
the past they have not been looked upon
as the best dances of the year. This is
perfectly logical, since so early in the year
one has not become accustomed to the rather
monkish life of the Auburn student and
girls are not such a novelty as they be­come
later on in the year. Students are go­ing
to drink at the dances, but the greatest
problem is, how much they are going to
drink. If you drink, don't drink so much
that you will become goggle-eyed and bow-leged
and it won't be so bad after all.
* * * * *
EVERYTHING was going nicely until
the other evening at the mass meeting
someone mentioned the Auburn spirit.
That spoiled everything. It would have
been a wonderful thing if this year's class
of freshmen had been allowed to proceed
with their education with minds virgin-pure.
Too late though, now. By the way,
last year the Plainsman offered a five-dol­lar
prize for the best essay on the Auburn
spirit. Not one essay was received. That
is absolute proof that no one knows, be­cause
for five-dollars, one will write any­thing
he knows and possibly many things
he doesn't know. (I do it for nothing).
This column will print and offer a prize of
seven cents for the best four and a half
word essay on our ever present bugga-boo,
the Auburn spirit.
WASTED HOURS
How many buds in this warm light
Have burst out laughing into leaves!
And shall a day like this be gone
Before I seek the wood that holds
The richest music known?
Too many times have nightingales
Wasted their passion on my sleep,
And brought repentance soon:
But this one night I'll seek the woods,
The nightinagle, and moon.
—William H. Davies.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,. 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
TIGERS WORK HARD PREPARING
FOR BHAM.-SOUTHERN CLASH
By Elmer G. Salter
With the opening game on the
Tigers 1929 schedule less than two
weeks distant, the Plainsmen coach­ing
staff will be busy during this
week giving their hopefuls some real
honest to goodness rough work. The
Bengals will meet an ancient rival
on September 27 when they en­counter
Birmingham-Southern under
the giant arc lights at Cramton Bowl,
Montgomery.
All of the letter men are now en­rolled
in the Tiger lair. Hamp Green,
the last "A" man to report, arrived
Friday but it is very doubtful if he
will be able to play this season. He
suffered a slight injury to his knee
a little over a week ago, and this
might keep him out for the remainder
of the season. He has a tricky knee,
which has caused him trouble in the
past, and with the injury to the other
limb, he probably will be rendered
"hors de combat" for the season. He
was a capable understudy to Dunham
Harkins at center last year.
Several members of last season's
frosh eleven have failed to report
and it is doubtful if they will, since
college officially opened Wednesday.
Roy Pate and Chas. Kaley, two ball
carriers deluxe on the frosh team,
are the only onesv that are really
being missed. Pate might return at
the close of the baseball season in
Birmingham, but nothing has been
heard from Kaley since practice
began.
Three days' of hard line scrimmage
featured the second week of prac­tice.
A tentative scrub team was se­lected
and blue shirts were issued
them. Twenty-four men were assign­ed
to the blue shirt brigade by Coach
Bohler. The list indues Cooper, Cam­eron,
Gholston, Harris, Manley, Mar­ty,
Tamplin and Wible, backs, and
fire and that will be against the
Methodist lads from the Magic City.
They have shown up well to date in
the line scrimmages but the followers
of the Tigers have stopped making
predictions as pre-training dope has
gone wrong on several occasions.
Halfbacks and quarterbacks are
plentiful at Auburn but Coach Bohler
is still meandering around for a hard'
hitting fullback. Clyde Sellers was
the type line plunger desired in 1927
but failed to live up to his 1927 rec­ord
last season. Several ball carriers
have been tried at full but this berth
is still open. Howard Chappelle, W
T. Spence, Melford Snider, brother
of Auburn's Olympic star, and For­ney
Yarbrough, former Boys High
star, are the ones that will receive
additional training this week in an
effort to. develop a capable hard hit­ting
fullback for the 1929 Tigers.
JAZZ GROWING UP
SAYS SYLVESTER
According to Robert M. Sylvester,
in the October issue of "Plain Talk",
Jazz is growing up. It has escaped
from ftie swaddling clothes of the
dance and the kindergarten of the
night-clubs. Its voice may be crack­ing
in puberty, but it begins to as­sume
dignity and a bit of responsi­bility
for itself. The biggest step, Mr.
Sylvester believes, is the decline of
the dance craze; and he insists that
it is declining.
"There is every sort of evidence
that the dance craze has subsided.
For six years I have danced at every
variety of affair, from country club
promenades to shindigs held upstairs
over a barber-shop. I consider my­self
a competent judge. The dance-hall
manager who formerly "packed
IVEY RESIGNS AS
POULTRY HEAD
'em in" is beginning to feel himself
Andrews, Boteler, Gwin, Hall, Leach, I exceedingly lucky if, at the end of
Mosley, Simpkins, Stewart, Smith,
Sindo, Sanders, Taylor, E. R., Wil­son,
Farrington and Kirkwood, line­men.
Coach John "Red" Floyd's forward
wall candidates are rounding into
shape pretty fast. If the big men out
for the line continue to progress in
the future like they have in the past,
then the 1929 Auburn line will be on
par with some of the other forwai-d
walls when it comes to poundage.
Little can be said of their ability
until they are really tested under
When In
Montgomery Eat At
PARAMOUNT
CAFE
31 Commerce St.
Where Every Meal Is A
Pleasant Memory
the evening, he has enough money on
hand to pay the cloak-room girl. I
can count any number of instru­mentalists
who have been reduced to
playing in theatre-pit orchestras for
lack of dance-hall work. Where it
was formerly possible to dance seven
nights a week and each night give
your entrance fee to a different or­ganization,
it is now possible to dance
only two or three, and it is a safe
bet that all of the "rackets," genteel
or rowdy, are run by the same man­agement,
which is hopelessly hang­ing
on to the remnants of a pros­perity
that is past. . . .
"Thus, as the dance dies out, jazz
is forced to go to music school; for
what was a fine rhythm to dance to
becomes a little hollow to listen to,
and jazz has taken several strides in
preparation for graduation.
"It is not necessary to delve into
the wholesale plagarism that goes on
in Tin Pan Alley. Better men than
I have written of it, and in doing so
Prof. John E. Ivey, head of the
poultry department of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, has resigned,
effective September 30, to enter com­mercial
work. He will have his resi­dence
in Auburn and will be southern
sales manager for a large feed con­cern.
The resignation has been accepted
with regrets by President Bradford
Knapp who declared that it is very
difficult and hardly possible for edu­cational
institutions to compete with
commercial concerns. He praised Mr.
Ivey for his work at Auburn and
wished him success in his new field.
Prof. Ivey came to Auburn in
June, 1923, as extension poultry spe­cialist.
Later teaching and research
were added to his extension activi­ties.
The poultry plant at Auburn
was built under his direction with the
cooperation of the poultry depart­ment
and others of the college staff
and extension service. At a recent
meeting of the American Poultry
Science Association the poultry plant
here was declared to be the best in
the nation from the standpoint of ar­rangement,
upkeep, and quality.
Leading poultry scientists from other
institutions declared that it is nearer
ideal than any other they have seen.
"In leaving the department and
the institution," said Prof. Ivey, "I
feel that I can render a greater ser­vice
tov the industry and that I can
help bring to Auburn more readily
the means whereby the final objective
may be accomplished, that of making
the poultry department of this in­stitution
the outstanding one in the
world."
He declared that his co-workers
are due full credit for the success of
poultry work at Auburn and through­out
Alabama. In recent years the
poultry industry of Alabama has de­veloped
rapidly and improved at a
corresponding rate. Extension work
done in cooperation with county farm
and home demonstration agents of
the State has been effective.
His successor has not been named.
President Knapp announced that a
capable man will be selected and that
there will be no interruption in the
work.
Soliloquy to a Mule
"Well I'll jes be ctoggoiie if those
air Auburn schoolboys ain't having to
get back to their schools long afore the
Georgians, and other students that at­tend
those institutions of more know­ledge.
That man Knapp, thar presi­dent,
must have something wonderful
up in his sleeve or something nuther
to be asking so much of those old
farmers to let their boy off right in
the middle of cotton-picking season.
I don't know much Tiout that place
Auburn or any other of those thar
places whar you read about arts and
sciences and machinery. Folks around
my time didn't have to know so much
knowledge when I was acoming long
you know. That laming seems to be
all right though, and I'm fer you
young scamps whut has inclinations
and all to make themselves smarter
than us older fellers.
"This old mule I plow ain't no angel
when it comes to raring and razing
hell, but you young squirts are in a
class occupied only by yourselves. Jes
one more word boys; leave that in­fernal
licker alone to itself, it ain't
never lected a president nor father
to a country. Whj), I drunk the stuff
goin on twenty-five yar, and than dis­covered
that I couldn't cotch fish like
unto I could whan my breath jes
sntelled of the tobacco cud and corn­cob
pipe. Well, so long boys.. Go on
thar artd get some of that laming in
your heads. Gatup you ole infernal
mule, show these college boys you
ain't nothin but asleep."
OLE MISS CO-ED
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Drawing Instruments
Slide Rules
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Students Supply Shop
Everything for the College Student
"Lefax" Notes "Varct" Ring Books
have picked dance jazz music to
pieces. For instance, whistle the
closing bar of the "Yes, We Have No
Bananas" chorus and then the closing
bar of "Bring Back My Bonnie To
Me." If you are familiar with your
classics it won't take long to trace
the whole song. When you have done
this, there are several thousand other
melodies on which you can try your
luck. A pleasant evening should be
had by all.
"Strangely enough, that other bad
boy of the arts, the movies has fur­nished
the necessary medium for this
concert jazz. After all, the theatre
is but a concert hall and the concert
hall a theatre. With such theatres as
the Publix and the Keith chain to
furnish the desired setting, concert
jazz and the paraphrasing of old
works came into their own. In the
lobby of the Palace one can hear ten
remarks concerning Paul Whiteman's
orchestra to every one about the
other acts.
"Any fears that I might have for
this new type of music are alleviated
when I considered several present
conditions and indications. For in
stance, why not look back on the
strides for the better taken by jazz?
Compare such songs as the old "Jada"
with Katscher's "When Day Is Done"
or Isham Jones' "Castles in Spain."
The significant fact is not that there
are new and better composers but
that song-writers who for years and
years have turned out stuff that was,
however catchy, empty and hollow,
are at last presenting America with
music that it may become proud of.
When I read that there are five hun­dred
Publix chain theatres, besides
the huge R. K. O. chain, in the United
States, each boasting a concert-stage
orchestra, and reflect on perhaps as
many more private enterprises, I can
but feel that shortly jazz will stand
on its own feet, well able to take
care of itself. . . . "
A University of Mississippi co-ed
died Sunday form injuries sustained
Saturday night when struck by an
automobile, and five men occupants
of the car are being held in jail. The
men were removed from the locality
because of feeling running high
against them among students.
Miss Blanche Bloodworth, 22, a stu­dent
leader, of .Cascilla, Miss., was
fatally injured, and her companion,
Miss Annie Lee Crawford, of Laurel,
Miss., sustained a fractured leg and
body bruises. They were struck as
they walked across a bridge connect­ing
Oxford, Miss., and the University
of Mississippi campus. Miss Blood-worth
was hurled over a four-foot
railing, falling down a sixty-foot em­bankment.
The car said to be running at a
rapid rate of speed was driven by
Nine Fire, negro, of Oxford, Miss.,
and occupied by another negro, Doc
Gray, and three white men, Roy Brit-ler,
Lozo Parks and Van East, all of
Oxford. All but East fled the scene
after the accident but were arrested
Sunday. Police said they found some,
whiskey and several empty bottles in
the car. Preliminary hearing will be
held for the men pending further in­vestigation.
Ole Miss freshmen, attracted to the
scene, assisted in removing Miss
Bloodworth, who was still conscious,
to a hospital, where she died early
Sunday.
RADIO CLUB MAKES PLANS FOR
COMING YEAR AT FIRST MEETING
'BAMA TO HOLD
COLLEGE NIGHT
EIGHTEEN LIGHTS ARE TO TURN
NIGHT TO DAY AT CRAMTON ROWL
Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, where
Auburn will play Birmingham-South­ern
on the night of September 27, has
discarded its summer attire.
Improved and artificial lighting, the
last word in perfection for night foot­ball,
has been installed. Second to
none as a baseball plant, Cramton
Bowl this year stands in line with
the finest football stadia in the coun­try.
Completion of an electric scoreboard
which will record the progress of bat­tle,
including the -flashing of a num­ber
corresponding to the number of
the man carrying the ball will enable
fans to follow each play. Downs,
yards to go and penalties also will
be recorded on the green wall at the
north end of the field.
Work is being pushed this week on
the installation of the "great white
way" and Sergeant Caraker and his
workmen will apply the finishing
touches by tomorrow or Thursday.
Three towers, bearing three flood
lights each of 2500 watts have been
erected inside the stadium on the east
side of the field. The towers, of steel
framework, are 80 feet high, and cor­respond
to three poles outside of the
stadium on the west side, which will
send down their bright rays from an
elevation of 80 feet above the play­ing
field.
The towers are demountable and
will be removed for baseball. Eigh­teen
lights in all, or 45,000 watts will
turn night into day at the Bowl. The
lighting this season has been improv­ed
over that of last year by the addi­tion
of 15,000 watts. Twelve lights
were used for night football last sea­son.
Cost of the bulbs alone for the flood
lights amounted to more than $300.
The demountable towers -are the prop­erty
of Cramton Bowl.
Underground cables have been laid
for each tower on the inside of the
field and these cables will be tapped
each.season.
A sweet dream of many years came
true when Fred Cramton saw the
first concrete poured into what form­erly
was an eyesore, and on down
through the years Cramton Bowl has
grown into a mammoth stadium, com­plete,
a monument to the genius that
made it possible.
Nothing has been spared in the erec­tion
for Montgomery this incompara­ble
plant for the maintenance and ex­tension
of athletic activities. The
board of directors of the Bowl can
now point with pride to the great
bowl, which houses a fine cinder
track, and the best football and base­ball
field to be found, a finished mas­terpiece.
*
Equipped with telephones, rest
rooms, business offices and stretching,
tier upon tier about a hundred yards
on the east side and swinging semi-circularly
completely around the north
end of the field, Cramton Bowl has
set a pace, a magnificent pace as
Montgomery grows steadily, conserva­tively
and surely.
The first game of the 1929 season
under the glarelight at night will
find the Nighthawks squared off
against the hard-hitting Lineyille Ag­gies.—
Stuart X. Stephenson in The
Montgomery Advertiser.
Annual "College Night" exercises
will be held at the University of Ala­bama
Tuesday evening, with a gen­eral
get-together of all students sche­duled.
The event is presented each
year on the second Tuesday after the
opening of the university and is spon­sored
by the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W
C. A. and the student government as­sociation.
Dabney S. Lancaster, dean of men;
Orville Rush, president of the stu­dent
body; Virginia Dobbins, presi­dent
of the Y. W. C. A.; Frank R.
Broadwad, editor of The Crimson
White, and Robert Mundine, editor
of The Corolla, have been scheduled
for short addresses.
The University Glee Club quartet
has been obtained for several musi­cal
numbers and the entire student
body will be led in the first pep meet­ing
of the season by J. B. Robertson,
newly-elected head cheer leader at
the university.
William Clark, president of the Y.
M. C. A. announces that the frater­nity
church attendance cup, won by
The Radio Club met Monday night
and made plans for the anticipated
work this semester. There was a
very good attendance, and it looks
as though the club will be very active
this year. B. S. Burton, president of
the club is not back this year, but G.
H. Fahrubel, vice-president is very
effectively filling that office in Bur­ton's
absence.
During the summer the club was
deprived the use of their generator
room for W4AQ, and at present the
station is not on the air, but a room
has been secured on the fourth floor
of Broun Hall, and the work of mov­ing
the apparatus will be started im­mediately.
It is hoped to begin reg­ular
transmission within two weeks.
The generators and transmitters will
be placed in this room, but the re­ceiver
and keys will remain in the
present operating room on the third
floor of Broun Hall, and the trans­mitter
will be operated by remote
control. This new arrangement will
be much better than the old layout
for the station can utilize break-in
operation; that is, the receiver and
transmitter can both be turned on at
the same time, and should the receiv­ing
station desire to interrupt in the
middle of a message, it can do so,
thus better facilitating the handling
of traffic. Also the transmitter room
will be locked at all times, and only
the station engineer, whose duty it is
to keep the apparatus in shape will be
allowed admittance. This will elimin­ate
continuous tampering previously
experienced.
Last year the club was financed
Chi Phi Fraternity, will be presented
to Gordon Miller, president of the
fraternity.
Pleasure
everything
ness.
butts in even where
is supposed to be busi-
Playing your first game of golf is
equivalent to having your salary gar-nisheed
for the rest of your life.
solely from the membership dues, but
this year provision was made in the
college budget for it, and a new four
tube screen-grid receiver will be pur­chased
at an early date. Television
apparatus will be purchased, and set
in operation the second semester. Au­burn
has been rather slow to take
up television, but in the near future
she will have the place she deserves
in that field.
Last year some very good work
was accomplished through station
W4AQ. Last June a schedule was
kept with KFR5 in the Canal Zone
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and also
communication was carried on with
Byrd, and messages were taken for
relaying. Cards have been coming in
all the summer from various foreign
stations telling of the reception last
Spring. Those nations replying are
Ukrania, Germany, Russia, New
Zealand, Australia, and England.
W4AQ was twice listed in the Brass
Pounder's League which is a sort of
monthly Honor Roll among amateur
stations. To make the B. P. L. a sta­tion
must send 200 or more messages
a month. The Auburn statitm—wss-also
made an Official Relay Station.
Many of the old operators are not
back this year, but several new men
are showing interest, and code prac­tice
will be given every Wednesday
at 7 P. M. in the operating room on
the third floor of Broun Hall with a
view to training new operators. Any
students not already members of the
club are invited to take advantage of
this opportunity.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1929.
TIGERS HOLD FIRST SCRIMMAGE
OF YEAR SATURDAY AFTERNOON
By A. C. Taylor
Saturday afternoon _ the Auburn
Tigers indulged in the first real
scrimmage of the year, and the way
the boys performed their various as­signments
cheered the many onlook­ers
gathered along the side lines.
One side composed of about thirty-five
men clad in white who were pit­ted
against their opponents, consist­ing
of a squad of about twenty-five
gridders clad in blue jerseys. Fre­quent
substitutions were used by both
sides. The white clan did most of
the offensive work, and their plays
worked well. However, they received
stiff opposition from the other side.
The practice opened with both sides
exchanging punts, Leo Young and
Tamplin working exceptionally well.
Young proved his ability in unerring­ly
receiving punts and the manner in
which he returned them gives greater
hope to the Tiger followers. Young
not only runs well but follows his
interference as he should. Coach
Bohler is stressing the practice of
exchanging punts and should have a
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fairly well developed team in this re­spect
before the season is over.
After the punting practice, the
whites took the ball and made fine
gains by running plays against their
opponents. Quite a number of these
plays were passes, and the snaggers
showed that they have some real
ability in that department of the
game. Egge and Jones made some
nice catches, while Jones made the
feature snag of the evening.
The line plays were successful as
well. Crawford, Callahan, and Hat­field
ran nicely, but Marty and Man-ley
of the opposition were hard to
get out of the secondary, they making
most of the tackles. Crawford picked
his holes and once or twice managed
to get away for long runs.
In the line Captain Long was pep­ping
up the" players as he usually
does. He did his share of opening
holes, too. Big Jacobs was working
hard too and was the first man down
under punts. Locker, Bush, Newton,
and Babe Taylor were also showing
some class at the tackle posts, open-
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(Continued from page 1)
through each Freshman must have
thought he was just about the great­est
guy on this old earth. From an
Auburn man's viewpoint, such a talk,
deserves a place by Lincoln's Gettys­burg
Address.
Dr. Knapp was followed by short
but very interesting addresses on the
part of Coaches Bohler, Floyd, Mc-
Fadden, and football Captain Howell
Long, commonly known as "Shorty."
The summary content of these talks
was that Auburn was on its way back
up in this year's scramble for foot­ball
honors. Coach Bohler also ask­ed
the Freshmen to take part in some
kind of athletics, even if they were
incapable of making the Freshman
squads in the so-called Major sports,
football, basketball, and baseball. To
this end he urged participation and
support of intra-mural sports.
The Frosh showed an abundance of
pep in going through the various yells
led by cheer leaders Baxter and Jones.
Some of them displayed a remark­able
ability to yell stentorian "war
eagle" and "Tige-rr.
The evening was concluded by the
serving of ice- cream cones. In all
the reception was declared a great
success. It showed further that Au­burn
has a great President, coaches,
and football captain; also, a great
Freshman class, worthy of all its pre­decessors.
Interfrat Council
Holds First Meeting
First Of Opening Dances To Be
Interfrat Reserve
At a meeting of the Auburn Inter-
Fraternity Council last night at the
Sigma Phi Sigma House several im­portant
announcements were made
concerning various campus activities.
President Ware welcomed the mem­bers
of the council back to school and
urged them to put forth their best
efforts furthering the abolition of
Freshmen hair clipping. It was de­cided
by the council to close the open
file for pledges at the Student Sup­ply
Shop this week end. A motion
to give a tea dance on Friday October
4, the first of the opening dances,
was carried.
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CALF CLUB BOYS
MEET IN AUBURN
Twenty-six 4-H calf club boys
from Montgomery and Dallas coun­ties
came to Auburn, Sept. 14, to re­ceive
practical instruction in judging
livestock given by members of the
animal industry group of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute. Mem­bers
of the college staff giving in­struction
were W. E. Sewell, W. C.
Taylor, W. H. Eaton, and Dr. R. S.
Sugg.
The boys were brought to Auburn
by County Agents John Blake of
Dallas and Lem A. Edmondson of
Montgomery. Twenty T>f the boys
came from Dallas and 6 from Mont­gomery.
They judged beef cattle, dairy
cows, and hogs on the college farm.
They came to get training for the
livestock judging contest to be con­ducted
at the Montgomery State
Fair.
The Proverbial Worm
Turns on Sophomores
One hundred rebellious fresh­men
staged a revolution last Fri­day
night immediately after they
had feasted upon the ice cream
and cake offered them by the Y.
M. C. A. Thus, they showed their
sincere appreciation of the recep­tion
given them on behalf of the
student body.
Several sportive sophomores
camped at the main entrance to
the campus in order to prevent
the frosh from breaking rat rules
by walking through the gate. The
rats came through. That's all
there was to it except that the
tiny group of indignant sopho­mores
received the very thrashing
they had expected to administer
to disobedient freshmen at the
hands of the rule-breakers them­selves.
This is an incident unparalleled
in the annals of Auburn. It may
be of interest to the "high-and-mighty"
rats that engaged in the
Friday night street brawl that the
vigilance committee assumes au­thority
immediately.
AUBURN DISTRICT BE
WELL REPRESENTED
AT STATE EXHIBITS
SPIRIT SHOWN AT
M A S S MEETING
Prexy Is Principal Speaker At Pep
Rally Saturday Night
Tha first mass meeting of the
year was held Saturday night. The
Freshmen were taught yells and .short
speeches were made by Dr. Knapp
and "Shorty" Long. Dr. Knapp gave
several instances of how Auburn
fought last year, especially in the
Georgia game. "Shorty" Long prom­ised
to keep a fighting team on the
field every minute of every game,.
After a few yells in Langdon Hall
the band paraded College street with
about four hundred Rats tagging
along behind, with • shirt tails out,
giving loud "War Eagles!" Then the
band went back to Langdon Hall fol­low
by the mob of Rats. The next
pep meeting will be held Thursday
night, September 26, and all students
are urgently requested to be there.
(Continued from page' 1)
a drawing showing the comparison
of a one-horse farmer with a two-horse
cultivator. The land architec­ture
display, Mr. Sam Brewster in
charge, will show a modal farm-home
with farm buildings properly located
and landscaped. The cooperative
market, by Mr. Moore, market spe­cialist,
will show the volume of vari­ous
farm commodities market coop­eratively.
The value of crops that
can be grown preceding corn and cot­ton
will also be amply impressed up­on
the spectators. Other displays
will also be made by Otto Brown,
head of the forest fire department,
Julian Brown, head of the horticul­ture
department, will demonstrate
properly sprayed trees with those not
given the spraying treatment; and
Dr. Seal, "a plant pathologist, will
show the diseases of cotton and its
control. The U. S. Agricultural De­partment
will have a fine display of
poultry.
Thirty-two feet of space will be
devoted to display of the Jefferson
County Home Demonstration Depart­ment,
with Miss Gladys McCain in
charge.
The whole display will be made to
attract the fair-goers by the use of
two huge electric signs, to be hung
at each end of the display booths. All
Auburn people are especially invited
to attend the opening of the Fair.
Intramural Teams Be
Organized Tomorrow
Lt. Barth Will Be In Charge of
Teams Again This Year
The intra mural league football
The intra mural league football
nesday afternoon. The league, as
last year, will be in charge of Lieu­tenant
Barth, under the direct su­pervision
of- Coach Earl McFadden,
mentor of the freshman eleven.
Lieutenant Barth has announced the
assignment of coaches to the va­rious
battalion teams to be as fol­lows:
1st. Battalion, F. A., Rupert
Ingram; 2nd Battalion, F. A., Luke
Ward; 3rd Battalion, F. A., "Bull­dog"
Sheridan; Engineer Battalion,
Weems Baskin.
The first call for candidates was
responded to by 160 freshmen and 30
sophomores desiring to play, but due
to the lack of equipment, only 100
men will be equipped with uniforms.
As long as the supply of uniforms
lasted the freshmen were equipped
in preference to the upperclassmen.
However, five sophomores, outstand­ing
in intra mural competition last
year, have been selected from each
battalion around which to build this
year's teams.
Coach McFadden states that the
freshman squad will be cut to- 28
men and the surplus will be sent to
the intra mural league. He intends
to watch carefully the work of the
intra mural athletes in order to
draw from their ranks for replace­ments
on the freshman squad.
The next ten days, according to
Lieutenant Barth, will be occupied
with organization and training of
teams, and. the first scheduled game
will probably take place on Octo­ber
1.
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Coaching Staff Guests
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FORMER STUDENT
IS FOUND DEAD
The body of Clarence Coleman, age
23, former student of the. Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, was found early
Friday morning, September 6, at the
Southern Manganese Factory at An-niston,
where he was foreman of the
diphynl plant. Death was said to
have been caused by an exposed 220
volt wire.
Winfield Williams entertained at an
informal dinner Saturday night at
The Clement Hotel, Coach Bohler
and his staff from Auburn, the "A"
an and a few alumni residing in
Opelika. This was given as a little
get-together party to let Opelika men
meet Coach Red Floyd, Auburn's new
line coach, and get a line on the pros­pects
for this year.
Everybody was enthused over
Coach Bohler's announcement that
plans were under way to have Au­burn
a fine stadium completed by
October 1930. This will give Auburn
more games at home and naturally
bring more visitors.
Those enjoying this get-together
were: Coaches Bohler, Floyd, McFad­den,
Hutsell, Baskin and Ingram. "A"
men guests: Yetta G. Samford, Dr.
G. W. Blackshear, Coach Dizzy Pruitt
and W. Williams. Alumni guests—
John Denson, Forney Renfro, Bill
Davis and Charles Ingram.
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
j
ing some wide gaps at times. Green,
Schlich, G. Long, and Holdcroft filled
the guard positions, being in almost
every play and giving their best at
all times. Red Harkins did most of
the pivot work and although he made
several bad passes he was putting
plenty of drive into the middle of
the line. McCree, Egge, .Creel, and
Chambers performed on the flanks,
and it looks as though these places
are going to be ably filled. These
young giants were demonstrating
their ability in a favorable manner.
As the sun began to glide down,
the battle was finally called, the tired
Tigers ending their first hard scrim­mage
of the year. They showed many
visitors that they are making fair
progress and intend to be heard from
before the year is out.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18
Ruth Chatterton, Mary Nolan,
Clive Brook & William
Powell in
"CHARMING SINNERS"
All Talking
Admission 15c & 35c
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19
Baclanova, Olive Brook, Neil
Hamilton & Clyde
Cook in
"A DANGEROUS WOMAN"
Admission 15c & 35c
All Talking
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20
Richard Dix in
"NOTHING BUT THE
TRUTH"
with Helen Kane. Hear Helen
Kane sing "Do Something"
All Talking
Admission 15c & 35c
SATURDAY, SEPT. 21
William Powell in
"THE GREEN MURDER
CASE" .
with Jean Arthur, E. H. Cal­vert,
and All-Star Cast
All Talking
Admission 15c & 35c
NOTE ON SUNDAY
A century and a half ago the
French tried to abolish Sunday just
as the Russians are trying to do now.
Their failure was so complete that it
is strange that even the Russians
should have failed to perceive the
point.
i
The fact is, Sunday can never be
abolished by governmental decree.
There is no real menace to the day
in what goes on in legislative halls, or
in the streets, or in the markets, or
anywhere else outside the churches.
If there is a threat to the Christian
Sabbath, it is to be found within, not
without, the sanctuary. Governments
can try their best to convert it into
a day of labor, but, as long as the
churches maintain it as a day of re­ligious
observance, a day of religious
observance it will remain.
Only when the churches themselves
convert it into an occasion for the
discussion of political, or sociological
or economic questions is there danger
that the day will lose its religious
significance.—Baltimore Sun.
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The officer had laid violent hands
on the drunk v ho stood on the cor­ner.
Finally the drunk got angry.
"Sliay," he said, "I've a good no­tion
to punch you again."
"Again?" asked the cop. "Why,
you haven't done it the first time."
"Well", replied the drunk, "I had
the shame notion before."—Pennsyl­vania
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