1928-02-17 The Plainsman

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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1928 NUMBER 20
PREP BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT OPENS HERE ON THURSDAY
GEN. R. P. DAVIS TO REVIEW
LOCAL R.0.T.C FEBRUARY 22
Washington's Birthday
to Be Observed by
Exercises Here
TO MAKE ADDRESS 11 A. M.
First Time in Recent Years
Area Commander Has
Visited Auburn
Washington's birthday, February
22, will be fittingly celebrated this
year by a military review and inspec­tion
of the Auburn R. O. T. C. unit by
Major General Richmond P. Davis,
commander of the fourth corps area.
Major General Davis is on an in­spection
tour of this area and will
come here from Fort Benning. Au­burn
is honored by his presence here
for not only is this his first visit since
assuming command but is also the
first time in recent years that a com­mander
of the area has visited the
school, having heretofore sent mem­bers
of his staff as~ representatives.
This visit is no doubt due to the fact
that for the last seven years Auburn
has been rated as a distinguished col­lege,
an enviable record.
The review and inspection are to be
held at 10:30 a. m., followed by an
address in Langdon Hall at 11:00 a.
m. At 12:30 Major General Davis
will be "entertained by Dr. Dowell at
a luncheon and from 1:30 to 3:00 he
will inspect the facilities and equip­ment
of the R. O. T. C. unit here.
At 3:00 P. M. he will depart for
Montgomery where he will inspect
Maxwell Field.
Major Kennedy, commandant, urges
that all students taking R. O. T. C.
have their uniforms in first class con­dition
on this day and for this reason
it is not necessary to' wear them to
classes during the week. Not only is
it desirable to make a good impression
on our visitors but Auburn has a
splendid record which must be upheld
and the student body should back Ma­jor
Kennedy up in this effort.
CONTEST RULES
ARE ANNOUNCED
Pamphlets Are Ready for Distribu­tion
to Contestants
Rules and regulations governing the
essay contest which is being sponsor­ed
by the Alabama Farm Bureau
Federation and the Alabama Farm
Bureau Cotton Association, have been
announced, according to the Mont­gomery
Advertiser of Feb. 8. Work­ing
with these two associations are
county farm bureaus, and the exten­sion
service. The subject of the essay
is to be the "Cooperative Marketing
as it Affects the Cotton Farmer."
This should be very 4nuch in keeping
with the recent movement to help the
cotton farmer.
These rules and regulations have
been compiled into pamphlet form and
are now ready for distribution. The
rules are, the entries, boys or girls,
must be 21 years old, and with not
more than a high school education. On
April 27, at places announced in each
county, the contestants will assemble
to take the essay. The essay is to be
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SIGMA PHI BETA
HAS DINNER PARTY
Faculty Members Are Guests of So­rority
Here
Sigma Phi Beta soroity entertain­ed
last Saturday night with a five
course dinner party.
The spirit of St. Valentine was
brought out in the decorations of the
dining room, hall and living room by
cupids and valentines.
Those enjoying the affair were:
Misses Louise Glanton, Helen Dum-mond,
Mrs. Henry Good, Misses Eu-lane
Hoffman, Dorothy Donavan and
members and pledges of the sorority.
BAND LEAVES ON
FRIDAY TO PLAY
AT MARDI GRAS
Thirty Members To Go To
Mobile for Six Days
TO GIVE DAILY CONCERTS
Boys Will Be Entertained in
Homes of Mobile People
The Auburn band will don their
uniforms Friday and journey to Mo­bile
to play for the Mardi Gras
exercises.
The band composed of some thirty
members will leave here on the 9:07
Friday morning for Mobile to partici­pate
in the Mardi Gras programme.
They will take an important part in
all activities, giving a concert each
morning and Sunday afternoon. They
will also lead the parades and wear
the full cape uniform.
Mobile plans to entertain the band
members royally, taking them into
their homes and has invited them to
all the dances and picture shows.
Among the personnel of the band are
a number of Mobile boys who are look­ing
forward to returning home for the
annual Mardi Gras festivities. The
musicians will arrive back in Auburn
on Wednesday morning Feb. 22 in
time for the military exercises.
BLUE KEY SOCIETY
VERY ACTIVE HERE
Trophy to be Awarded to Outstanding
Student
Blue Key has proved itself one of
the most beneficial and active organi­zations
on the campus. Meetings are
held every two weeks at luncheon, and
questions of interest to the student
body and of vital concern to the college
are discussed.
One of the most important duties
that the Blue Key has assumed is the
problem of adequately providing for
the housing, information, and enter­tainment
of all visiting athletic teams.
Arrangements for the Cotton States
Tournament, to be held in Auburn
this week, have been taken care of
by the society and the visiting teams
will be assured a delightful visit. The
cooperation of Blue Key with the Ki-wanis
Club will%lso be a great help
in putting on the Will Rogers pro­gram
next month.
In addition to this work, the society
gives an annual award, the Blue Key
Trophy, to the man who has render­ed
the most outstanding service to
Auburn during his college career.
This man is selected from the Senior
Class by a faculty committee, of which
W. H. Hutsell is chairman.
Marriage of Auburn's
Mayor Is of Interest
Dr. Yarbrough and Miss Strudwiek
Are Married in Florence
A wedding centering the interest of
a wide circle of friends throughout
the South was that of Miss Mary Re­becca
Strudwiek, of Demopolis, Ala.,
and Dr. Cecil Sentello Yarbrough, of
Auburn, which was solemnized Sun­day
afternoon on the wedding anni­versary
of the bride's parents, at the
home of the bride's brother and sis­ter,
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rice Nor-vell,
in Florence.
Dr. Yarbrough is a member of a
prominent family of East Alabama.
He is a physicial of note and is mayor
of Auburn, where they will be at home
after a wedding trip to Washington,
D. C.
Among the out-of-town guests at
the wedding were Mrs. Samuel
Strudwiek and Carter C. Strudwiek,
of Demopolis, Mrs. Edward C. Snow,
of Las Cruces, N. M., Mrs. Marvin
R. Heflin, of Columbus, Ga., Dr. and
Mrs. John Kimbrough, of Hartselle
relatives of the bride and Homer
Wright, of Auburn.
R. O. T. C. Discussed
At Council Meeting
"Should R. O. T. C. be required in.
our college?" was the subject discuss­ed
at the Friendship Council discus­sions
this week. Capt. Anderson
presented the subject at the Normal
Discussion at the "Y" Monday night
at 6:30, and brought out some inter­esting
facts about R. O. T. C. in col­leges,
and further into the outlook
of R. O. T. C. which is preparedness
for war. War in the past has been
an inevitable thing, and indications
are that it will continue to be so. Ef­forts
to control war by brotherly love
methods, though they may be good,
will never secure absolute world
peace due to different nationalities
and to different economic interests in
different countries or in the same
country. Practically all wars have
been from economic causes.
It is the opinion of Capt. Ander­son
that R. O. T. C. in our college is
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MILITARY BALL
ARRANGEMENTS
ARE COMPLETED
Brilliant Social Affair Takes
Place February 21
GOV. GRAVES EXPECTED
General R. P. Davis Also Is
Invited to Attend Dance
MANY VISITORS
WILL HEAR WILL
R0GERSSPEAK
Governor Graves and General
Collins are Invited by
Anderson
TICKETS ARE GOING FAST
Auburn Fortunate To Book
Appearance of Mr. Rogers
Arrangements Completed
All arrangements have been com
pleted and everybody in Auburn is
marking time awaiting the sound of
the bugle which will officially open
the annual military ball given by the
cadet officers of the R. O. T. C. unit
promptly at ten o'clock Tuesday nite
February the 21. It has long been
the custom of army posts to have
brilliant affairs on this date, and
since its introduction into Auburn it
has become one of the outstanding
social events of the school year.
Notables Expected
Governor Bibb Graves, Major Gen­eral
Richard P. Davis and their res­pective
staffs which will be in Au­burn
on Washington's birthday have
been invited, and it is expected that
they will anticipate their visit by ar­riving
in time for this.fuction.
Decorations
The decoration committee has been
hard at work. Everything will be in
keeping with the occasion and will
help to create a martial atmosphere.
From a artillery wheel suspended
from the ceiling as the center, red,
white, and blue crepe streamers will
radiate in all directions. The R. O.
T. C. regimental colors will also be a
feature of the decorations. Crossed
infantry rifles with the various engi­neer
and artillery battery guidons will
be ranged around the room. To give
a finishing touch to the military at­mosphere
various light weight firing
pieces including a one pounder, a
stokes mortar, and machine guns will
be placed about the orchestra stage.
The program includes two no-breaks,
an artillery leadout ,an en­gineer
leadout, and a Scabbard and
Blade leadout. Besides these, the
program will include several features
that the committee has planned and
which will furnish excellent entertain­ment.
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Invitations Sent
Invitations have been sent to a hun­dred
and twenty-five girls represent­ing
five different states. Many have
already acepted and many more prob­ably
will before the week is out. The
names of the invited girls are listed
below:
Misses Louise Adams, Mildred
Adams, Katherine Agricola, J. Beth
Apperson, Kirk Armstrong, Elveree
Arnold, Edith Ball, Louise Ballowe,
Anna Bendersky, Mildred Burgin,
Frances Dissell, Margaret Caldwell,
Katherine Clay, Majorie Clifton, May
Coggin, Claire Cook, Louise Cren­shaw,
Ethel Cushing, Taylee David-
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Governor and Mrs. Bibb Graves and
General Edgar T. Collins, command­ing
officer of Fort Benning, Georgia,
may be among those present in Au­burn
on March 3 when Will Rogers
will deliver one of his famous mono­logues
during which he will talk
about "everything and everybody."
Capt. B. C. Anderson, president of the
Kiwanis Club of Auburn, the organi­zation
sponsoring the Will Rogers
feature, has sent invitations to these
high officials, asking them to be pres­ent
as guests of the club. Replies
have not been received.
Meantime, Emmett Sizemore who is
directing ticket sales, announces that
all $2.50 tickets have been sold, leav­ing
only the $1.50 and $2.00 tickets.
The cheaper tickets are for the bal­cony
of the Gymnasium in which Mr.
Rogers will present his entertainment,
and most of these will be taken by
students. They are being sold at drug
stores in Auburn.
When Mr. Rogers "strolls out" on
the platform at Auburn that night
he will face not only an Auburn au­dience
but an East Alabama audi­ence.
Army officials and others at
Fort Benning and some from Colum­bus,
Georgia, have bought tickets al­ready,,,
and others are expected to do
so. LaGrange and West Point and
other Georgia towns will be represent­ed
as well as a dozen or more towns in
East Alabama. One man sent a check
for $115.00.
In bringing Mr. Rogers to Auburn
it is pointed out that the Kiwanis
club has made it possible for many to
hear him who would be unable to go
to a distant city. It is unusual for a
town of this size to be able to book
him, but all indications are that it
will go over in a big way.
HOOT NANNIE'S
NEW CHAPTERS
Grand Officers Install Five Chapters
in Atlanta
The Royal Order of the Hoot Nan­nies"
established five chapters in At­lanta,
Ga. last week and will put as
many in Birmingham this week end,
we are told by Grand Papa Dick
Adams of The "Hoot Nannies."
The installation of the five new
chapters bring the total number of
chapters to Five Thousand and Five.
It is generally known that the Hoot
Nannies will be 50,000,000 strong in a
few months and that that will be the
limit as the constitution reads that
there shall be no more than that
number on the roster at one time.
The initiation it Atlanta was in
charge of High Wiffenpobf Papa
Jack Fain Head scribe No. 1, who is
a member of the grand council of
Hoot Nannies. Brother Adams was
unable to make the trip as he was suf­fering
from a very bad case of the D.
T's, which he contracted during the
dances. He elected in his place though
a very capable man, none other than
"Dusty" Porter, also a member of the
grand council.
The team went up in Jack Fain's
car, riding nine in a four passenger
vehicle. Another car also carried a
load (?) to Atlanta; it was piloted by
"Sir Don" May a prominent member
of the organization.
The team was entertained Friday
night before the initiation by the Pi
Phi sorority with a large formal dance
at the Druid Hills Golf Club in At­lanta.
The members of the initiation team
were: George Morgan, Charlie Davis,
Jack McLesky, Dusty Porter, Jack
Fain, Don May, Hubert Jackson,
Jimmie' Parker, Harry Riley, Wil­cox
Randle and Breezy Winn.
Mr. McClesky Dies in
Atlanta Last Week
Jack McClesky, of Atlanta, a mem­ber
of the freshman class has left
school because of the death of. his
father who died last Thursday as a
result of an automobile accident.
Mr. McClesky was seriously injur­ed
on Feb. 4th, when the car in which
he was riding collided with an oil
truck near Athens, Ga. Both cars
were overturned, killing six instantly
and seriously injuring several others.
He was rushed to a hospital in
Athens where he was later operated
on and was beginning to show signs
of improvement Monday, but was
worse Tuesday due to internal in­juries
which had not been known up
until that time. Mr. McCleskey died
Thursday morning and was buried in
Abbeville, South Carolina Friday.
Jack, upon hearing of his father's
condition left here Tuesday night and
reached his father just a few hours
before his death.
WORK STARTED
ON HOME OF NEW
M0VIETOEATRE
Auditorium to Seat Nine Hun­dred
Persons Planned
SPANISH STYLE TO BE USED
Building Expected "to be Com-p
l e t ed Early in May
Construction work has been start­ed,
by the J. M. Thomas estate, on a
new moving picture house. This
house is being built on the lot adjoin­ing
the Thomas hotel.
Thenew theatre will be a modern
structure of Spanish architecture and
the' equipment will include up to date
heating, lighting and colling arrange­ments.
It will be a single story af­fair
60 by 165 feet and will not have
a balcony. The floor will slope to
the front in order that a clear view
of the screen may be had from any
seat in the house. The theatre will
have a seating capacity of 900 and
will cost $30,000.
Only first run pictures correspond­ing
to those' presented in the larger
cities will be shown. An orchestra
will furnish music at the night per­formance
and the "management is
planning on installing a pipe organ
so that they may give the best music
in connection with the pictures. It is
thought that the theatre will be one
of the most comfortable and enjoy­able
in East Alabama.
Contract for the building was let to
T. R. Buning, of Atlanta, and the in­terior
decoration is to be done by an
Atlanta expert. The theatre will op­erate
under the name of Tiger Thea­tre,
Inc., Auburn, Alabama, of which
R. B. Wilby is president, and T. A.
Rogers is Secretary-manager. The
contract calls for completion by June
the 1st, but if the weather permits it
will be completed early in May.
SIXTEEN STAR TEAMS FROM
COTTON STATES ENTER HERE
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida are Represented in
The List of Entries. Teams Selected on Basis of Records
Made During The Present Season. Fraternities to
Entertain Teams During. Three-Day Stay
By George Ashcraf t
Auburn is now preparing for the influx of teams to participate in the
Seventh Annual Cotton States Interscholastic Basket-ball Tournament, which
is to be held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week. The various
teams are expected to arrive today. Sixteen outstanding teams from Georgia,
Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama have been selected as representatives of
the South; the invitations extended to these selected teams have all been
accepted. The teams participating in the tourney will be the guests of the
college and the fraternities during their stay in Auburn.
Past Winners
The annual tournaments were first started in 1922, and have been a great
success ever since then. The best teams from all over the South have been
the participants in these tourneys. The winners of the previous tourna­ments
have been: 1922, Tech High; 1923, G. M. A.; 1924, Simpson; 1925,
Marshalville; 1926, G. M. A.; and 1927, Vienna.
MISS PICKENS IS
STAFF ADDITION
Has Had Experience in North Caro­lina
Work
After nine years of successful ex­perience
as county agent in North
Carolina and a special university
course, Miss Nell Pickens has come to
Alabama to join the extension ser­vice
staff of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute as extension clothing spe­cialist.
She arrived Auburn and has
started her field work in the state
after a conference with Miss Helen
Johnson, -state leader of home demon­stration
work, Director L. N. Duncan,
and other members of the staff. She
is state leader in clothing, working
in cooperation with the county home
demonstration agents.
For seven years Miss Pickens was
home agent in Gaston County, North
Carolina, and two years in Johnston
County. In Gaston County she made
clothing work in the industrial com-
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Teams Invited
From the great number of teams
submitting their records for the past
season, Coach Hutsell selected those
sixteen that possessed the most rep­resentative
records. To these select­ed
teams special invitations were
mailed the latter part of last week.
All the teams receiving invitations
have sent in their acceptances. The
teams selected and the state of each
is as follows:
Vienna, Ga.; Slocomb, Ala.; Athens,
Ga.; Opp, Ala.; Millport, Ala.; Dar­lington,
Ga.; Malone, Fla.; Lineville,
Ala.; Tech High, Ga.; Five Points,
Ala.; A. M. I., Ala.; Greensboro, Ala.;
Knoxville, Tenn.; Milltown, Ala.; Tal-lassee,
Ala.; Tallapoosa, Ala.
Entertainment
The Blue Key fraternity has taken
over the entertainment of the visit­ing
high school boys during the tour­nament,
and a special committee head­ed
by Rosser Alston with headquar­ters
at the Student Supply Shop, co­operating
with the various fraterni­ties
has arranged for the teams to be
the guests of the following fraterni­ties:
A. M. I., Alpha Lambda Tau; Mill­port,
Phi Kappa Delta; Slocomb,
Theta Chi; Darlington, Lambda Chi
Alpha; Knoxville, Sigma Nu; Tech
High, Pi Kappa Phi; Vienna, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Opp, Theta Kappa
Nu; Lineville, Square and Compass;
Five Points, Alpha Gamma Rho;
Athens, Phi Kappa Tau; Tallassee,
Beta Kappa; Tallapoosa County,
Delta Sigma Phi; Milltown, Phi Delta
Chi; Greensboro, Sigma Phi Epsilon;
Malone, Sigma Phi Sigma.
Strong Teams
Vienna Hi, of Vienna, Ga., has won
13 and lost 1 game this season, with a
total of 504 points to opponents 209.
They were Georgia State Champions,
Cotton States Champions, and Semi-
Websterian Society
Wins Stmt Night
"It was really good" was the opinion
expressed by all.
The prize, which was ten dollars in
cash, was awarded to the Websterian
Literary Society who was adjudged
by the judges as having presented
the best all-round stunt. Their stunt
portrayed "The 1950 Date" and set
forth some of the changes that are
possible in twenty-two more years in
the social life of our young people.
The Wilsonian Literary Society, the
Evans Literary Society, A. S. C. E.,
Boy's Dormitory, S. A. M. E., Wirt
Literary Society, A. I. E. E., Chemical
Society, and the Ag Club were also
represented with stunts, and though
the stunts were brought to a hurried
close, due to the basket ball game,
they were thoroughly enjoyed by
everyone.
Music was furnished during inter­missions
by the band, and the Mando­lin
Club, gave some splendid musical
selections while the judges met and
decided upon the winer. The judges
were Mrs. S. L. Toomer, Dr. Fred Al­lison,
and Rev. S. B. Hay. Mr. T. H.
Pearce, president of the local Y. M.
C. A., presided over the meeting.
finalists in the Nationals last year.
This will be their third year to par­ticipate
in the tourney. Home is their
leading scorer, taking -the place of
Capt. Campbell. J. H. Jenkins coaches
the Vienna outfit.
Millport High, coached by J. B.
Davidson, is undefeated this season,
having won 11 contests.. This year
will mark their second year of com­petition
in the Cotton States Tourna­ment.
Among their outstanding
games have been a 64 to 15 defeat
of White College and a 61 to 21 de­feat
of Columbus High. Their team
avearges around 180 pounds.
Slocomb is the newest entry in the
field, replacing Marianna, Fla. They
have had a very good record for the
year.
Athens, coached by Doc. Brown, has
won 12 and lost 2, for a total of 595
to 373. They have the same team as
last year, which was runners-up in
the Northeast Georgia Tournament,
in which some forty-odd teams parti­cipated.
City High School, of Knoxville,
Tenn., has a record'of 13 straight vic­tories
and no defeats for the season.
They were East Tennessee champions
and runners-up for the Tennessee
state title last year. .In Hodge, star
forward, and Greenblott, seven-foot
center, they have two outstanding
performers. Their coach is Wilson
Collins.
Darlington School, of Rome, Ga.,
under the tutelage of Coach Charlie
Scott, has won 10 and lost 1. This
will make their third year of compe­tition
in the tourney. Their star
forward and nigh point man is La­nier.
In a game with Oglethorpe
University freshmen, which Darling­ton
won 52-33, he ran up 26 points.
Tech High, coached by Claud Tol-bert,
has won 10 and lost 2. They
hold among their record two victories
over G. M. A. 51-42 and 47-19. In
two games with Vienna the honors
were divided, 17-15 and 16-25.
Milltown, coached by C. B. Sulli­van,
has won 8 and lost 1 during the
season.
Opp High has won 14 and lost 2 for
a total of 343 points" to 172 of op­ponents.
Their coach is Stanley J.
Clark.
Lineville, coached by E. P. Gar­rett,
has won 9 and lost 2. Their re­cord
includes two games over good-water,
34-30 and 27-21.
A. M. I. of Anniston, coached by
Carey Robinson has won 7, lost 1.
They split a series wifh Darlington
23-37 and 38-34. During the season
they have made 278 points to oppon­ents
164.
Tallassee, coached by J. F. Meach-am,
beat Lanier of Montgomery on
Lanier's home court to the tune of
15-14. They were runners-up in the
state tournament last year.
Malone High is coming to the tour­nament
from Florida with a record
of 10 straight wins. Their coach is
Nurmi Nelson.
Five Points, coached by B. H. Wyatt
has won 10, lost 2. They are coach­ed
by Hoyt Levie.
Greensboro has won 9 games and
lost only one. They have a season's
total of 288 to 138. Their coach is
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March the third may be looked forward
to with much interest by the people of Au­burn
for Will Rogers is ar personality that
stands out preeminently. It is well worth
ones time and money to hear him. It is
said that he is the greatest humorist since
Mark Twain. Even the grim visage of Mr.
Cooldige was changed on the occasion when
the President was introduced to the "Un­official
Embassador" The latter extended
his hand and asked "What was the name?"
As seats are selling fast students are urged
to purchase tickets now. Mr. Rogers has
probably never appeared in a town as small
as Auburn and probably never before has
the public been afforded the opportunity to
hear him at such reasonable prices. The
Kiwanis Club is to be congratulated on their
good work in securing such a prominent
speaker.
This year marks the beginning of an an­nual
award offered by the Blue Key Honor
Society to recognize the man who has ren­dered
the most conspicuous service to the
college. The individual is to be selected by
a committee of faculty members who best
know the student body. An effort was
made to select only those faculty men who
were closely connected and associated with
the majority of students and at the same
time have a fair representation from most
of the departments of the college. It is
hoped that the Blue Key Trophy will fill a
long felt need for the recognition of such
an outstanding individual and furthermore,
that it may be a Holy Grail toward which
each Auburn man might strive as the
greatest material honor which might be be­stowed
on any student during his college
days.
Auburn has a good basketball team which,
needless to say, is backed wholeheartedly
by a loyal student body.
All too frequently does the average fol­lower
of the game have the wrong attitude
toward the college and athletics. There
are other colleges with just as strong teams
and with ideals and spirit just as noble as
can be found in the Village of the Plains.
We moderns have some of the Roman
ideas about bloody conflict. We too often
forget that the main object in athletics is
not to win but to develop. There is not
much lost if we lose one game nor is the
honor of the college at stake, to any high
degree, in athletic contests. We love our
college and the teams that represent her
but when a referee is given the 'razzberry'
because he did not see all that took place
there should be no vocal expression of dis­tention
or disapproval from the spectators.
Especially is this true when the onlookers
know but little of the fine points of the
game.
Lieutenant Roosma, who has refereed the
last two games knows basketball. He play­ed
in one hundred and fifty nine straight
games in a New Jersey city and later was
the star of the team at West Point where
he graduated two years ago. He stays in
training the entire year. The athletic au­thorities
here report that the refereeing of
the last two games was the most satisfac­tory
that has been done this year. There
should be no grounds for criticism of a man
who knows the game from all angles.
The discordant note that was heard from
the spectators at the last game indicates
that there was a spirit of jealouy prevalent
which asserted itself when the successful
outcome of the local quintet was in jeo-pardy.
This is an example^nf hanging our
unwashed clothes in the front yard. Such
an unethical breach should be closed before
the honor of the college is encroached upon
too far.
COLLEGE FAILURES
Among the leading institutions, whose
purpose it is to investigate and study the
modern college student and his life while in
college, there has been extensive discussion
in regard to the reasons for the failure of
the student to pass the necessary amount of
work to remain in school.
The ordinary modern belief almost im­mediately
presents itself to those unac­quainted
with college and college life—that
the modern college student passes the time
idly, with wild parties, athletics and vari­ous
outside activities. Such a condition
rarely exists. College failures can there­fore
be seldom attributed to the false
opinions thus suggested.
The obstacle of financial limitation of­fers
a second alternative. If attending col­lege
necessitates a student's efforts in long
hours of outside work he may.be deprived of
the proper amount of study to pass his
work.
Closer investigation, however, indicate
that the inability of college students to pass
their work, after entering a college that
does not require entrance examinations, is
not the result of outside diversions from
college work. It is instead, the result of
lax training in high school, county high
schools in most cases.
The snare for the freshman at Auburn
is usually the course given in English or
that in Mathematics. They meet the class
and become suddenly involved in a subject
which seems difficult not-withstanding the
fact that it is merely a high school subject
presented on a slightly different basis.
Either failure or discouragement is the out­come
and then finally resignation.
By observing some of the students who
find themselves in this position we find
that they are not really mentally deficient,
for they appear well-informed upon other
subjects and especially upon those pertain­ing
to the course they have selected.
Consider the anxiety from which the
young college student as well as his guar-dian.
might be relieved if high schools would
give a more efficient course and help build
a solid foundation in the basic studies for
college life.
Auburn Footprints
Auburn is going strong these days on
civic clubs and honorary fraternities.
Everybody is doing it—even the old folks.
So before many more moons have passed, a
course will undoubtedly be given in the be­half
of those who crave efficiency in at­tendance
at club and fraternity meetings:
By the way, we have them, but what are
they doing?
O. T. (Doorwrecker) Allen has taken a
sudden liking for a certain co-ed. We are
not calling any names to be sure, but Door-wrecker
can often be heard talking in his
sleep. He mumbles thusly: "As the Sun
governs the day, so the Moon rules the
night." We can't say at present what these
strange nocturnal mumblings mean, but
data is being collected and we hope to
soon be able to throw some light on this
really delicate situation. "Sleuth-hound"
Meyer has been engaged by the friends o?
Mr. Allen to clear up this mystery, vrrl
thereby prevent Doorwrecker from doing
something foolishly.
"Shorty" Culpepper tried to Ho a Lon
Chaney stunt last Friday night, but he ap­parently
lacked a bit of practice. However,
we believe that with a little more concen­tration
on the subject at hand both he and
Gowder will be fooling people.
It seems that our friend Max Kahn tried
to be the Big Bertha of the A. I. E. E.
stunt as he certainly tried to monopolize
the whole show with his loud speaker.
We always have thought that -Hugh
Kinzer had a sort of flapperish look, and
he demonstrated fully that he possesses such
when he made the fatal mistake of trying
to teach a crowd of evil-minded Civil stu­dents.
Not only but 'she' proved a little
later on that he has lost all 'her' virtue.
"Goofy" Nuchols has been hiding for a
long time, but came back with a bang when
he trotted on the stage in front of Fire
Chief's old shotgun. That must be the way
of doing things down in his section of the
country.
First Soph: "Tom fell out of his car the
other day and twisted his peninsula."
Second Soph: "His what?"
First Soph: "Peninsula, a long neck
stretching out to sea."
H BOOK REVIEW «
THE LOCOMOTIVE GOD
William Ellery Leonard
When one who considers himself to be as
nearly normal as any of us are today at­tempts
to criticise and pass judgment upon
one who admits that he is far from being
normal and when, that criticism and judg­ment
is to be based upon the autobiography
of the abnormal one, then, it seems to me,
he lays himself open to at least two sources
of error. In the first place, he may have
interested himself in such cases to the ex­tent
that he may be too receptive to please.
To such an one, the very word "abnormal"
might serve to convince that the plaint
of the sufferer was just, and that a heed­less
word had broken one more who had
been rendered incapable-of meeting the com­plex
problems of modern existence. In the
second place, he may take the easy course,
become cynical of all who claim to be ab­normal,
and satisfy himself (and any who
may care to listen)'with the statement that
these are the excuses of the weak. Some­where
in between must be the middle ground
of truth we must seek in reading William
Ellery Leonard's The Locomotive God.
Before attempting to discuss the autobio­graphy,
let us first consider who the man
is and what he has done. To the literary
world, Mr. Leonard has long been well
known. Looking in Who's Who we find
that he was born in New Jersey, that he has
aft- A. B. from Boston College, an A. M.
from Harvard, and a Ph. D. from Colum­bia.
We learn that he has studied and
travelled abroad, his chief interest being
philology.. He is an Associate Professor of
English Literature at Wisconsin; a mem­ber
of the Modern Language Association,
the Wisconsin Academy of Letters, Arts,
and Sciences, and the Wisconsin Archaeo­logical
Society. • He has translated Frag­ments
of Empedocles, Suderman's Vale of
Content, and made verse translations of Lu­cretius
and Beowulf. Aside from these he
has written monographs on "Bryant, and
the Minor Poets" (a chapter in the Cam­bridge
History of American Lierature),
"Beowulf and the Niberlungen Couplet,"
and "The Scansion of Middle English Alli­terative
Verse." But he is- known to most
people as one of the best of the modern
poets. Of his poetry, "The Lynching Bee"
and Two Lives are the best known. On the
face of it, this is not the record of one who
would write in defense of weakness, and
that he does so makes us more sympathetic
and likely to believe, and makes us realize
that throughout the centuries man has been
too intolerant of all who have not fitted
into the mold of the community, be that
mold ever so commonplace.
The Locomotive God belongs to the litera­ture
of psychology. It is the author's at­tempt
to analyze strange phobias which
have seized upon his mind to such an ex­tent
as to make him virtually a prisoner in
his own home. These phobias made even
the task of moving from one apartment to
another in the same town an Herculean
struggle. Personal property had to be
moved piece by piece, so that there would
be enough in each place to give the sembl­ance
of home. Friends in automobiles lined
the way during the journey to make him
feel at ease, and that he was "safe." At
times he has found it impossible to go more
than a hundred feet from his house, and he
had to hire a substitute to do his work. At
onetime he was fond of the water, of row­ing
and swimming. Since his phobias have
come to him, he has found it impossible to
row more than fifty feet from the shore,
or to swim to a raft.
Since he has been troubled by his fears,
Mr. Leonard has done all that he can to
learn the_cause of his weakness, and to cor­rect
it. That was partially his purpose in
writing this autobiography. He has placed
on paper everything which seemed even
remotely connected with his fears to study
the rise and power of those fears over his
mind. To do this, he uses the methods
of the psycho-analyst, methods he learned
studying the case of his wife; who was af­flicted
with hereditary insanity. He de-^
pends for much of his material on what he
can recall of scenes and incidents of his
life. To recall these more clearly and com­pletely,
he clears his mind of all the prob­lems
and troubles of the present, and thinks
of some one incident he remembers with
some accuracy. As he thinks of the one,
other pictures comes to his mind, and he is
able to piece together bitlby bit connected
and accurate scenes of his life.
The first scene in his recollection was
on a railway platform, when he was two
and one^half years of age. He was some
^distance from his mother and parading
proudly before the eyes of one of his play­mates
as a brave little man, when the train
came rushing down the track. As it came
nearer, the rush and roar paralyzed him
with fear; he was unable to move, to run.
With the smoke pouring from its funnel, the
drive-shaft reaching out to shovel souls
into the furnace, it seemed to him a demon
of Uproar from which there was no escape.
The whistle blew, and the smoke seemed to
frame a fiendish face" yelling at him in a
frenzy of rage. Finally, the spell broke
and .he was able to run to his mother. In
time he forgot this experience, remember­ing
it years later nfter another, more ter­rible
experience. A few years later he
ran for his life from a group of schoolmates
about to mob him. He tried to beat a train
to a crossing, and the fright caused him to
faint. Other frights followed over a period
of years, culminating in the greatest of all
when the people of Madison tried to mob
him, accusing him of the murder of his
wife. It was after this last fright that he
recognized the memory of the first and the
face hr the smoke of the train—The Loco­motive
God. From that time his fears have
come upon him, making it impossible for
him to travel far from home. Those who
wish to see him must go there. That the
trip is worth While, we know from the testi­mony
of such men as Vachel Lindsay, Carl
Sandburg, and the others who have made it,
finding him in his home a pleasant com­panion,
quite normal. Possibly his rigid
classical education and his dependence
upon books for companionship have unfitted
him for life in the raw.
After reading his acount of his experi­ences,
we feel that the man is fundamentally
honest, and that he is considering his case
as impersonally as a scientist might, but
we also feel with him that he not yet got
to the real cause of his trouble. What that
further cause may be, we can have no
means of knowing; we Can but sympathize
with him in his effort to discover it. As
we read we feel the fine sensitive nature of
the man. Even though we doubt whether
his temperament will ever allow him to be
happy, we are made to feel that he is bear-inb
more than his share of suffering.
Whatever one's final judgment may be,
the book is eminently worth while as a
study in the delicacy of balance in the hu­man
mind. It opens up a new world of
experience to one who reads and sympa­thizes.
m WITH THE GREEK %
TOO MANY ACTIVITIES
Editor Frank Scott of the Palm of Alpha
Tau Omega believes, and quite rightly so,
that fraternity chapters overemphasize the
value of so-called campus activities and trie
need for new men's participation therein.
He writes:
"Many thousand of freshmen pledges have
begun the new life of students. The first
few weeks will do more to set the patterns
of their good career as students than will
any other period of equal or longer time.
Although a good begining may not be fol­lowed
up, the chances are that the students
who gets off to a good start will keep going
in the same way, whereas the fellow who
gets a bad start seldom overcomes the
handicap. Yet many students, especially
those pledged to fraternities, are handicap­ped
at the beginning by the deliberate and
systematic efforts of fraternities to get
all the freshmen into activities. That absurd
slogan: A man in every 'activity' and every
man in an 'activity' can be heard nowadays
in thousands of chapter houses, no doubt.
And it will be put into effect in far too
many cases. Then before long the upper-classmen
will sit in solemn conclave to de­vise
ways to keep the freshmen from flunk­ing
out and disgracing the chapter.
"Some undergraduates are aware of the
situation, as the editorial reprinted below
from the Daiy Illini of the University of Il­linois
seems to show. When upperclassmen
in fraternities generally see this truth and
act on it there will be less need of help for
the wobbly freshmen.
" 'At the beginning of his collegiate ca­reer
the freshman starts out with real faith
in his college. Here is a new world, a new
and very fascinating situation, a vastly
more intelligent world in which he is to
grow, to broaden, to learn the thoughts and
ideas of the great men of all time. But,
soon he adopts the ideas that are so pre­valent
among his classmates. He assumes
the usual college boy's attitude, he becomes
sophisticated, he plunges into campus acti­vities,
and very quickly there are so many
things to occupy his mind that he becomes
too busy to think. Very quickly he has
forgotten his early ideals and intentions.
" 'It is because the fraternity usually
shoves its freshmen along this path (which
we can't say is the right one) that the
training and management of freshmen by
fraternities is called a waste of time. A
fraternity can't devise a system that is
going to fit all situations and persons, and
so, after all, the success or disgrace of a
freshman depends mostly upon himself.
Fair Lady: "Is there no succor?"
Brave Knight: "Yes, I'm coming."
Slang is used by all, but the following
phone conversation was of an unusual tone:
"Hello, droopy! Are you going to get
your hoot-nanny out? If you are trickle
by?"
S
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
IBy lupiter <]. Tluvius
In my meanderings during the past week
I have heard four definitions of Art. One
may says, "Art is expression of the ob­vious."
Another defines it as "Expres­sion
of essential characteristics." Art is
"expresion of feeling," according to a third.
The fourth definition is, "Art is expression
of ultimate reality." Three of these defi­nitions
were given by underclassmen.
Such an interest in things more lofty
than the source of the next meal is to be
commended, is even a cause for rejoicing.
Has anyone else a definition of Art? A
collection of definitions of Art might con­ceivably
lead to something worthwhile._ A
feble venture into speculation would not be
a waste of time for anyone, would benefit
most of us, and might reveal some latent
Platonic intellect in our midst." I wonder?
* * *
"Bull sessions." Ruth Elder and Charles
Lindbergh were the subjects of discussion
in a recent session. One faction firmly
believed that Lindbergh's chaste life as a
youth was directly responsible for the per­fect
functioning of his motor, thus making
possible his successful trans-Atlantic
flight, and that the flaw in Miss Elder's
oil line was due to an experience that she
had had with a rustic Elmer Gantry over
in Georgia. The opposition claimed that
such reasoning was founded on supersti­tion
and was absurd.
The final conclusion was that we should
all be good little boys and our oil lines
would never fail. More power to "bull ses­sions!"
* * *
A recent poll of the students at Louisiana
State University indicates that they regard
their honor system as impracticable. . Toss­ing
honor systems overboard is becoming a
favorite recreation among colleges, especi­ally
in the South. I have an idea that a
comparison of the average intelligence
levels of various student bodies with the
relative successes of their honor systems
would reveal an interesting relation.
But what would cause that? I may be all
wrong, but it seems to me that the honor
system failures, through the lower intelli­gence
averages, can be traced back to the
typically-maniacal modern craze for college
education. Every youth in the land, ir­respective
of his intelligence, apitude for
learning, desire for learning, or need for
learning is urged to go to college, is pro­vided
with loans that he may go to college,
is even looked down upon socially if he does
not go to college.
Colleges have, as a result, kept pace in
growth with the radio and automobile fac­tories.
The doors are thrown open; the
chaff is brought in with the wheat; the
average of intelligence goes down. Hand
in hand with mentality goes the sense of
moral responsibility. Isn't it logical?
The diploma, a mere certificate of accom­plishment,
becomes more valuable than the
accomplishment itself. Therefore, the ob­vious
absurdity of the honor system, which
presupposes that students want-education
and not falsely acquired diplomas.
But again, I may be wrong.
Blind Tiger
"Are you a college girl?" •
"No, I'm smoking for my health."
Don't get fresh or I'll chase you home."
"I have no home."
"Watch our, or I'll dig you one." x
"Thank you for the hug and kiss."
"The same to you—the pressure was all
mine."
A little girl of five was entertaining the
callers while her mother was getting ready.
One of the ladies remarked to the other with
a significant look, "Not very p-r-e-t-t-y,"
spelling the last word."
"No," said the child quickly, "but awful­ly
s-m-a-r-t."
The average American believes that:
To go to college one must wear balloon
pants.
The college widow is the dean of women.
College professors are all absent minded.
Studious boys always wear glasses and
use big words.
The campus belle is the dean's daughter.
Co-eds have dates every night and three
time on Sunday.
Students go around saying "Rah, rah,"
and "hay, hay."
The fair co-ed kisses eleven men after the
big game.
The philosophy prof slams his wife and
kisses the door.
The star quarterback is always kidnap­ped
before the big game.
He arrives in time to win the fracas from
Siwash, however,
built.
The frat house is the house that "Jack"
Students go to classes to collect material
for "College Humor."
With Other Colleges
The University of Illinois is said to have
the greatest college band in the world.
* * * * *
The undergraduate publications of the
University of Utah are forbidden by the
University Board of Regents to run tobacco
advertisements in their columns.
* * * * *
Mid-smester reports at Ohio Wesleyan
University showed that juniors were the
best scholars, while the frosh were the
worst.
* * * * *
In a rather heated editorial, the Amherst
Student argues that the employing of a
watchman on the campus, who also spys on
the students, is not in accord with the honor
system supposedly in force at the college.
* * * * *
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute has now a
national social science honor society on the
campus. This society, Phi Gamma Mu, is
the first honor society in existence there.
The Institute has begun a good thing.
* * * * *
Mock funeral ceremonies in the college
chapel marked the abandonment of the vivid
green caps and arm bands that for the first
two and a half months of the year were the
badges of the freshmen at Bluffton Col­lege.
The caps and arm bands were burn­ed.
* * * * *
A recent vote of the student body at
Muskingum College, on the Honor System
resulted in a 349 to 21 vote for it. No
faculty members were present. Cheaters
are tried by an Honor Court made up en­tirely
of students.
* * * * *
Alumni of the University of Oregon re­cently
followed the example of the Ohio
State alumni and gathered to discuss the
question of poor athletic records at Oregon.
The Daily Emerald, undergraduate publica­tion,
censured the graduates for their ac­tions.
* * * * *
Four plays depicting North Carolina life,
one a comedy and three tragedies, written
by students and faculty members, and act­ed
by students of the University of North
Carolina, are being presented in eleven
cities during the present northern tour of
the company. The students at Chapel Hill
have been unusually successful in drama­tizing
their environment, and their plays
have been meeting with much praise.
* * * * *
Between two-thirds and three fourths of
the Columbia University graduate students
are scholastic "negligibles," Dr. F. J. E.
Woodbridge, dean of the Graduate Facul­ties,
concludes in his annual report. He
equipped students capable of original re-would
restrict graduate work to specially
search and scholarship, and recommended
that the negligibles be absorbed by the
Extension department.
* * * * *
The old conception of the college athlete
as a man who attends college for no other
purpose than to play on athletic teams has
recently received a severe shock by scholas­tic
records recently compiled at Williams
College, in Massachusetts, and published in
the New York Times.
The records show that the athletes of the
school outranked all other men scholasti-cally.
The reasons given for this was bet­ter
health prevailing among the athletes
and the athletic scholastic requirements.
* * * * *
The Yale News, oldest college daily in
the United States, marked its semi-cen-tenial
January 28, with a 100-page sup­plement,
containing articles by many prom­inent
Americans, and prints picturing the
growth of the university.
Among the contributors were President
Coolidge, Chief Justice Taft, Dean Briggs
of Harvard and others.
In the supplement the editors tried to
report completely Yale's development since
1878. They placed the range of articles
from statement of administration policy
to accounts of student escapades.
* * * * *
Wellesley college freshmen found them­selves
struggling with their classmates in­stead
of combatting the sophomores when
the second-year girls invaded their election
before dawn recently.
The freshmen had met secretly and had
elected their president when a band of
sophomores climbed the stairs and broke
in the door. The candles which provided
the illumination went out. Unable to lo­cate
the new president and carry her off as
planned, the sophomores stood aside and
listened gleefully to the rumpus which en­sued,
as the freshmen, thinking they were
being attacked by the upperclassmen, fought
among themselves in the dark. No severe
casualties resulted.
She: "My father gives me a dollar every
birthday. I now have 18."
He: "How much does he still owe you?"
We editors may go and toil
Until our brains are sore,
But some poor prune is sure to say,
I've heard that joke before."
THE PLAINSMAN P«f • 3.
That
WAPI RECEIVES MANY LETTERS
COMMENDING DANCE MUSIC
By Harry Wise
Radio Station WAPI, Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala­bama,
U. S. A., is found upon the ad­dress
side of a "Canada Post Card"
which bears the post office stomp of
Toronto, Canada and is dated 9:30 p.
m. Jan. 28, 1928.
This is but one of the several hun­dred
letters and cards which have been
received from radio fans who "tuned
in on" the Dance Program as broad­cast
by the local radio station.
Then from far away Orofino,
Idaho, comes a nice long letter from
Dr. J. I. McKelway, superintendent
of the Northern Idaho Sanitarium as
folows:
Orofino, Idaho,
January 27, 1928
Radio Station WAPI,
MAY & GREEN
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Sporting Goods
Montgomery, Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama.
Gentlemen:
Last evening I tuned in your station
at 10:30 p. m. (Pacific Standard
Time) and learned that I was listen­ing
to, and almost a part of, the
Junior Prom—the first of a three
night series.
The Prom was being held in the
Alumni Gym; the orchestra was under
the leadership of Ross Gorman (?)
and among the numbers recognized
were "The Doll Dance" and "When
Day is Done."
The enthusiasm was marked, the
applause, the laughter and conversa­tion
could be heard, together with an
occasional "whoopee" from some hap­py
male. In fact I almost felt as
"among those present."
Thanking you for a pleasant half
hour and asking you to kindly con­firm
this reception to me, I am
Very truly yours,
(D.) John Irvine McKelway,
Medical Superintendent
Almost every state is represented
with reports of reception of the high-class
music Ross Gorman entertained
us with, I. A. Hall of South Portland
Maine mentions in his letter: "The
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program being broadcast was the
Junior Dance at A. P. I. Ross Gor­man
and his Victor Recording Or­chestra
furnished the music."
Avery frank letter comes from J.
A. Rooker, New Bethlehem, Pa.: "On
the evening of Jan. 28, I heard two
selections entitled, "When You Get
Old" and Blue Heaven"—I also heard
the announced destribe the color
scheme of the hall which was carried
out in Black and White."
"Where Can I Go" and "When You
Get Old" were heard by Louis Frank
in Chicago on Friday night.
One Mr. R. H\ Summers of Pleas­ant
Ridge, Michigan makes some com­ment
on the Dances:—"I heard your
station broadcasting an orchestra
selection "Some of These Days." Just
before this number the announced
was explaining how 500 boys danced
with 150 girls-(poor girls)" We
might tell Mr. Summers that those
girls were."having the time of their
life."
Some of the radio fans get real
friendly with Mr. Young and call
(address) him as "Bill" just as we
boys here on the campus would. One
card from Patterson, N. J. reads: "At­tention
Mr. Wm. Young—Announcer
—Reception very clear and distinct,"
and was signed James A. Wilson.
Stanley Davis, Highland Park,
Michigan, states: "I especially enjoy­ed
the announcer's voice and his droll
humor. If all you folks down there
are as nice as his voice sounds it must
be a pretty fine state"—Beauquettes
for all of us.
Many ways are used to identify and
verify reception—Edward Haas, of
Ridgewood, Long Island, N. Y. did it
this way—"But heard you announce,
as you were signing off, tomorrow's
program. Then you corrected your­self
and said you meant today at
12:00 o'clock noon, you would broad­cast
a news program. You signed
off at 1:13 a. m."
Many Alabamians, friends of Au­burn
are scatter throughout the U.
S. and enjoy the WAPI programs.
One card came from Columbus, Ohio,
from people who once lived in Bir­mingham.
But Ed Shirling who is
coaching at L. P. I., Rushton, La.,
and J. P. Atherton of Quannah,
Texas used the wire to let "Bill"
know they were enjoying the Junior
Prom music by Ross Gorman.
So far as can be ascertained Auburn
is the only college in the South to
broadcast their dance programs and
only one other in the U. S. does.
Any thing that is the least bit
novel is used as means of identifi­cation.
James C. Calvan of Pitts-field,
Mass., goes about it this way—
"announcements regarding s c o l or
scheme of the Hall—colors Black and
White—Coach Bohler is mentioned-^
6 feet—200 pounds—then intermis­sion
until 12:45 a. m., singing off for
45 minutes.'
Another card brings, "I have heard
your fine broadcastings and like them
all. Your station comes in like a
local on the speaker. Success to Coach
Bohler and Alabama Poly." Paul B.
Lovegren (?) Chicago, 111.
Probably next to the Dance pro­gram
the. announcements of the bas­ketball
games have attracted widest
attention. These programs have been
received all over the North and East.
One of the best letters from the bas­ketball
fandom comes from an enthu­siast
in Palmyra, N. Y. The letter
follows:
Palmyra, N. Y.
Feb. 7, -928
Station WAPL
Auburn, Alabama.
Gentlemen:
About a week ago I was very de/
lighted to tune in and hear your an­nouncer
broadcasting a basket-ball
game between Auburn Polytechnic In­stitute
and Vanderbilt, I believe the
last named place was called. I am ex­tremely
fond of the game and tfflve
never heard one broadcast before. In
fact I though the game was too fast
to allow a connected description of it.
However, reception was very clear
and I could almost see the three James
boys, Ellis, Aiken, and so on. I'm
hoping to hear another game from
Auburn in the near future. They
have a fast team, a good band, and
lively yells. And they are leading the
United States in scoring, according to
the report. Congratulations from the
NORTH to the SOUTH.
Sincerely,
Miss Lillian Orlopp.
Mr. J. C. Lowery, State boys club
agent, Auburn, was riding the Pan-
American north of Birmingham Fri­day
night when we were playing Ole
Miss. He tuned in on the basketball
game while the train was traveling
60 miles per hour, he says that the
game sounded almost that fast.
Coming closer home we find that
Dr. J. H. Kite of Decatur, Ga. writes:
"You were giving music by Victor
Recording Orchatra. You said that
you were sure that some alumni were
listening in and 'we feel sure that if
you are you are having a good time
fellows.' (I have enjoyed your pro­grams
many times in the years past)"
The dance programs were more
widely received than the regular pro­grams
but they b*y no means receive
all the comment. One card reads
thus:
1-31-28
Dear WAPI,
At 10:55 p.m. E. S. T., I certainly
enjoyed the playing of the "Collegi­ans"
and sorry that I cannot enjoy the
fine show at Auburn. I am a 4-year
shut-in and would feel honored by
confirmation for my DX album.
Yours for Success,
George H. Trisdorfer, Sr.
126 Van Sicklen St.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
•Probably the best and friendliest
letter of the bunch to Mr. Young and
the radio station is one from Mr. C.
Kirkpatrick, The Duke of Cahaba,
Orrville, Alabama, who is a member
of the State Board of Agriculture,
and State Legislator from Dallas
County. It reads—
Orrville, Alabama
February 11, 1928
Mr. W. A. Young,
Auburn, Alabama.
Hello "Bill",
This is to congratulate you on the
fine programs you are sending out
over WAPI. I tune in on radios in
all parts of the U. S. every night, but
I want to tell you that lately you
have them all skinned a block. You
are sending out something worth
while, not only your entertainment
features, but your agricultural and
other programs are all constructive
and make for better standards of liv­ing
as well as to inspire in us higher
ideals.
That quartette of boys are "hum
dingers," and some time when I am
over there I want to meet them and
shake their paws. Today when they
were singing the "Church in the Wild-wood,"
my memory carried me back to
days gone by and I could not help but
contrast that kind of melody with the
jazz stuff which comes over the radio
every night. And that other song,
"At the End of Day," I believe that
was the name of it, tell them that
my philosophy teaches me that we
never come to "The End of a Day,"
because when the shadows begin to
fall and darkness enshrouds out
earthly existance just when we "Cross
Over the River," the day has just be­gun
in a more glorious environment
than we ever knew if, perhaps, wc
have used the few short hours on thi ~>
side the "River" in making life for
others more joyous and happy, as they
are doing in contributing so much to
brighten the hours of us country fol!"3
in sending their voices attuned to in­spiring
music over the air to the ut­termost
parts of the country.
The other day when you had those
old fashion fiddlers pulling the bow
to the tune of the "Bully of the Town"
you came very near making me lose
my dinner. The Madam kept on ring­ing
the dinner bell, and sent the cook
in two or three times to tell me din­ner
was ready, that if I did not come
on everything would be cold etc., but
I sent her back word to "let her
freeze," the boys • at Auburn have
"Billy in the Low Ground" now and
that I was going to stay here until
they got out on the other side and
"Raise Hell Among the Yearlings."
But the boys did not play that in­spiring
piece. The ones you played,
however, kept my feet shuffling
around on the floor until I got stiff
in the "jints." Boy, that was great;
it carried me back to" the days when
we had old time dances, and "Balance
All", "Change Partners," etc. to the
tunes of "Arkansas Traveler," "Big
Fat' Gal in the Piney Woods," "Hell
Broke Loose in Georgia" and "Sail
Away Ladies."
If you expect me to make any pe­cans
this year you had better cut out
that kind of tantalizing stuff at Au­burn.
I may stop off at Auburn Tuesday
morning, to see you boys.
Your, friend,
C. Kirkpatrick.
RADIO STATION TO CELEBRATE
SECOND BIRTHDAY FEBRUARY 22
The second birthday of Station
WAPI will be celebrated on the night
of Feburay 22. The program will in­clude
a court-side report of the Au­burn-
Florida basketball game and
music by all orchestras and musicians
connected with the station plus short
talks. It wil begin at 8 o'clock and
end at 12.
Monday noon, February 20 , the
studio trio with Miss Evelyn Smith,
soloist; C. K. Brown will give news
notes.
Tuesday noon, February 21, the
student quartet and M. R. Lavender,
Columbus, Georgia, baritone soloist.
Prof. M. J. Funchess on turning
vetch for corn.
Tuesday night, begining at 9, jazz
program by the Collegians; a book re­view
will be given.
Wednesday noon, February 22, pro­gram
by string artists from Mont­gomery
County; weekly report of egg-laying
contest.
Wednesday night, "Birthday pro­gram"
begining at 8; a report of the
Auburn-Florida basketball game. This
will be followed by a musical pro­gram;
Dr. George Petrie in lecture,
etc.
Thursday noon, February 23, O. D.
Langston in solos, and the Auburn
Stringers in college and popular se­lections;
R. Y. Bailey on feed pro­duction
plan used on the Experiment
Station, Auburn.
Thursday night, beginning at 9, Au­burn-
Florida basket ball game; the
the studio orchestra with N. K. Par­ker,
Columbus, Georgia, soloist.
Friday noon, February 24, new Vic­tor
releases in Jesse French Victor
program.
Friday night, begining at 9, classi­cal
selections by the studio orchestra.
Saturday noon, February 25, piano
and vocal selections by musicians of
Alexander City under the direction of
Mrs. Sanford Mullins. The Sunday
School lesson will < be discussed* by
Prof. J. R. Rutland; and a specialist
in home economics will be in charge of
the regular home economics feature.
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Pa«« 4. THE PLAINSMAN
SPORTS {Cotton States Tourney Features Week-End t SPORTS
Auburn Dribblers Picked
To Win S. J. C. Tourney
With Week to Go, A. P. I. Tigers Look Like Best
Bet for 1928 Championship—North Caro­lina
Favored as Close.Second
TIGERS LEAD CONFERENCE VICTORIES
Pairings for Tournament to be Announced on
Sunday—Sixteen Teams Eligible
By Max E. Kahn
As the curtain is turned down on
the 1928 Auburn basket-ball schedule
on the* Campus after the last Univer­sity
of Florida game Wednesday nite,
only the preliminaries will have pass­ed,
as far as, recognition of perfection
is concerned. If that tournament is
not won, by your team, you can't be
the 1928 Champs. But, say, Auburn
is headed towards that much longed
for goal and only a superior, clean,
hard fighting team is going to turn
Mike Papke's quintet from that
straight path. So far, only one team
has done that which is not desired by
Auburn, and that was 'ole Mississ­ippi,
playing over their heads and
with the luck of a genius. The fact
was proven in the second game;
namely, Auburn was off the proceed­ing
night and 'Ole Miss was playing
superior ball to their regular brand.
The invites to the tourney have been
mailed to the 22 different Colleges
and if over 16 of these blanks are re­turned,
some will be returned. To
date, it is not known just what teams
will enter, but it is certain that the en­tire
list of entrants as well as pair­ings
for the tournament will be pub­lished
in the papers Monday morning,
if all goes off as scheduled. As
usual, the tourney will last four days,
starting Friday and ending the fol­lowing
Tuesday night.
Pre-tourney dope places Mike
Papke's "Dreadnaught Five" ahead
of the field in games won, total points
scored and individual scorers. But
the North Carolina Tarheels, the
team, with the tournament champion­ship
habit, will again place a strong
bid on the table for the coveted
trophy. So far, the Tarheels, coached
by Jim Ashmore and boasting of
seven veterans of previous tourney
tilts, have succeeded in turning back
14 opponents out of a possible 15.
Tulane turned the Carolinians back
during the Christmas holidays with
a single point victory. Included in
the list of conference victims of the
Tarheels are: Tulane 2, Virginia 2,
North Carolina State, and Georgia.
According to the sports writer
picks, the list of favorites will be
quite varied. Many are inclined to
believe that the Tarheels will come
through to make the count five out
of a possible seven Championships,
others see the Orange and Blue of
Auburn, once more on the peak of
glory, while other reports place
Maryland, 'ole Miss, L. S. U., Miss A.
& M., and Kentucky as the probable
winners. The Plainsman is proud to
say that there will be no champs un­less
it is the Varsity Five.
Following the close of the ment
will come the sports writer pick of
the mythical All-Southern upon which
Auburn should be well represented.
Surely, Akin can shoot as good as
any other in the conference, being he
is high point man, Buck Ellis will be
a dazzling sight if he covers the floor
in Atlanta as he has in the past, the
James twins ought to go over strong
as the best defensive pair in the race
and Frank DuBose will easily give
the opposing centers much trouble.
A very neat All-Southern would be
Akin and Ellis forwards, DuBose,
center, E. James and F. James guards.
Fellows, lets all follow the team to
the tourney, if possible and be on
hand to cheer them.on in the very
best of Auburn spirit. With our sup­port
they will come through and sure­ly
they deserve our very best. Get
together and meet in the Atlanta gym,
yelling like Hell for the best basket­ball
team in the Staes. Letter whoop
Tigers! ~~
Varsity Takes On
U. of Fla. 'Gators
Here On Saturday
Dates Changed for Second Florida
Game to This Week-End Due to
Opening of S.I.C. Tourney
By Max E. Kahn
Cotton-States teams will be given
the unexpected privilege of viewing
the best basketball team in the South
Saturday night—in action. This was
made possible due to the change in
the schedule of the two University of
Florida games. As the S. I. C. tour­ney
is to open on Friday of next week
and Auburn was dated to play the
Gators on the preceeding Thursday,
both teams were anxious to change
the date for the second fray; hence
this tilt wil come off this Saturday
night. The time for the game will be
announced later.
University of Arkansas's Razor-backs
made an announcement in
Wednesdays paper that they were now
leading the Country at large in points
scored, with a grand total of 750 and
with the center man high individual
scorer. Well, it doesn't hurt them to
think that they possess this honor but
upon glacing at Auburn's record for
the same number of games, incident­ally
sixteen, they will immediately see
that they are all wrong. At the
present time Auburn has a grand
total of 774 points and is still going
strong. It is possible even possible
to close the season with a grand total
of 900 points for the eighteen games
but the boys will be forced to score
at least 63 points in each of the Gator
tilts. Why not? They've done it be­fore
and are surely at their best right
now.
Let's pack the Gym to capacity or
as it has never been pacekd before
and root for the Orange and Blue boys
from Auburn. Surely, this is one
game that the Orange and Blue lads
are bound to win as both of the teams
boast of these colors. O. K. Let's
go he-Tigers.
1928 Auburn Basketball Schedule
Date Opponent and Their Score Auburn
Dec. 17—Montgomery Y. M. C. A. (12)
5—White Business College (13)
Jan. 7—Ga. Tech (29)
Southern College (18)
13—U. of Florida (23)
14—U. of Florida (33)
18—Clemson (26)
19—Clemson (23)
20—U. of Tennessee (14)
27—Tulane (17)
28—Tulane (31).
Feb. 1—Vanderbilt (28)
3—U. of Georgia (25)
9—Georgetown U. (25)
10—Ole Miss (43)
11—Ole Miss (38)
22—U. of Florida
23—U. of Florida
Score and Place Played
(38) Auburn
(92) Auburn
(56) Auburn
(51) Auburn
(39) At Gainesville
(43) At Gainesville
(56) Auburn
(30) Auburn
(63) Auburn
(32) At New Orleans .
(49) At New Orleans
(62) Auburn
(28) Auburn
(41) Auburn
(42) Auburn
(53) Auburn .
Auburn
Auburn
Plainsman Quintet
Drop First Game
to'Ole Miss Friday
Tigeri Suffer First Defeat at Hands
of Mississippians Losing by One
Point in Last Two Minutes
By C. T. Ingersoll
Last Friday night the Tiger bas-keteers
met defeat for the first time
during the season of 1928. The score
was 43 to 42, and it was due to the
uncanny shooting of Phillips, who
shot goal after goal, and at such in­tervals
as made their score rise very
rapidly in final three minutes of play.
Auburn had a four point lead two
minutes before the game "ended, but
the wizard shooting of Phillips came
at such a time as to put his team one
point ahead of the local lads, for the
final result.
In the first half the Tigers were
•outplayed to some extent, mainly in
the scoring end, but in the second be­longed
to Auburn when they came
back and had several points lead dur­ing
the greatest part of this half.
The score was tied several times, once
being 30 all and again 36 all. It was
also tied in the earlier part of the
game. The score at the half was 30
to 34, with 'Ole Miss on the larger
end.
We have no trouble in picking the
visiting ace, Cary Phillips was with­out
a doubt "it" for he was high point
man of the evening, having made 16
points. Although very small of sta­tute,
he was not hindered in his goal
shooting, but stayed a*U over the floor,
shooting goals almost at* will. His
speed was another quality that bene­fitted
him greatly in his work during
the game.
"Buck" Ellis came next in shooting,
his total count being 13. "Buck"
played a wonderful game, and gave
Coach Homer Hazel's boys plenty of
worry in trying to guard him. Ellis
had a particular habit of snatching
the ball away from 'Ole Miss, when
they would start down the floor.
^DuBose also turned in one of his
usual good games and made 11 points
(Continued on Page 6.)
Auburn Evens It
Up With'Ole Miss
Copping Seam dPapk
Tigers Easily Whip Visitors in Last
Game of Series
By C. T. Ingersoll
Revenge is sweet, and so it was
when the Tigers, turned the tables
and beat the Mississippi dribblers Sat­urday
night in the A. P. I. gym. The
Plainsmen staged a beautiful come­back
after losing the game the night
before, and it showed that the boys
can not be beaten by any team when
they are "right." This game was Au­burn's
from start to finish, even
though Ole Miss played a fast game,
and were very accurate in their shoot­ing.
They had a snappy little team,
but the Tigers beat them 53 to 38.
Auburn took the lead and held it
from beginning to end, and the Miss­issippi
team did not threaten to over,
come this lead a single time. The Au­burn
boys were running true to form,
and by this form, we mean the kind
of playing that is going to deal some­body
fits when the Southern Confer­ence
Tournament begins. When Au­burn
can get their team-work down
like they did on this occasion, the best
team in the conference won't' have a
chance, for the Tigers just can't be
downed.
The score at the half was 30 to 13,
and the Papkemen kept around a 17
point lead during almost all of the
second half. At one time A. P. I.
reached a 22 point lead, with the
score 43 to 21. Auburn rang up five
points at the beginning of the game
before the University of Mississippi
could chalk up a goal.
In the^irst game, "Jelly" Akin was
watched very closely, and did not get
many chances to break loose and make
his usual high score. He was well
guarded in the first half of this game,
but in the second half he opened up
and the Tiger's count began to soar.
He lead the attack by making 20
points.
Frank DuBose and "Buck" Ellis
played an aggressive floor game, and
(Continued on page 6)
BUNK • " $ • BUNK
AROUND THE CAMPUS
BUNK « . BUNK
By Max E. Kahn
COTTON STATES TOURNAMENT
FAVORITES
In the past few years very few
favorites have come through success­fully
in the annual Auburn tourna­ment.
But it is always someones in­clination
to pick a winner. No harm
is done and if you happen to hit the
nail on the head, as the old saying
goes, you have much to boast of. So
—here goes! First, the more prob­able
winners should be Vienna, last
years champs; Athens High, Athens,
Georgia, with about the best record;
Tech High, with a fine record listing
a split bill with the Vienna quintet;
Central High, Knoxville, Tennessee,
should go very good, if they decide
to enter, Eads High, Tennessee, run­ning
under the same condition, and
possibly Millport, Alabama who has a
fine record during the regular sea­son.
But surely that is a hard list to
pick from. A coin, a flip and Vienna
should repeat! Yes, a chance shot,
but who can tell. Surely, they looked
good last year and only one man lost,
All American Prep School forward,
but a neat rookies has fitted won­derfully
in the vacancy left by Mr.
Campbell. O. K. Vienna, we're for
you, help us make a 100 per cent,
choice.
The above is not supposed to dis­courage
any of the entrants, it is
written in the best of respect to
other teams ability and we want to
wish each team the very best of luck
in the entire tournament. We are
for the tournament 100 per cent, and
desire that you get the true idea of
Auburn, as it is and not dressed for
a show. Let every Auburn student
•cheer on his favorite whether he's
from the town represented by the
team, knows a girl there or just
doesn't know any better. But again,
let the best team win! Yea Tigers!
PEGGY FLOURNOY TO COACH
TULANE BASEBALLERS
Ail-American Flournoy of 1925 foot­ball
fame' has been named by Coach
Benny Bierman of Tulane to teach
the Greenies the trade of baseball for
the coming season. Peggs, as he is
known, starred on Tulanes baseball
and football squads and made quite
a reputation for himself in both
sports. He has already issued, the
initial call for all. aspirants for dia­mond
work and is hopeful of placing
a winning team on the field. So far,
his prospects appear quite bright,
with practically all of last years nine
left intact and three veteran pitchers
on hand. Listed among the engage­ments
for the Greenies this season are
a pair of battles between the Tulane
tossers and the Auburn Tigers on the
Village campus.
CONCERNING F. JAMES AND BEN
SANKEY
In a recent issue of the Plainsman,
a list of the veteran stars that will
be seen on the Auburn diamond squad
this season, an error of much import­ance
was made. Two of the best play­ers
names were omitted by means of
a slip in the write-up. These names
are none other than the veteran first-sacker,
Fob James and shortstop, Ben
Sankey. Both of these players have
seen much service and will be here
for their last year. Ben has missed
hardly a game during the last two
seasons and has come through each
year with a highty strong batting
average as well as excellent fielding
average. Fob, on the other hand, has
not yet finished a season. During
his first year on the field, he joined
the movies at about the mid-season
point and last year he had the hard
luck to break his ankle. However, it
(Continued on Page 6.)
Georgetown Takes
A Drubbing From
e's Dribblers
Fighting a Strong S.I.A.A. Quintet
To the Last Whistle, Auburn
Tigers Annex Another
By Max E. Kahn
Coming down upon the "Fairest
Village of the Plains" with the larg­est
squad of players to be seen this
season, Georgetown, strong S. I. A.
A. contender was severely set back
by the "Dreadnaught Five". A su­perb
game was on the schedule and
at the start, the Kentuckians were
quite successful in keeping the score
down. But the Tigers were quite de­termined
and before the final whistle
blew "they had, won their fourteenth
victory of the season, had raised their
season total up to 680 points with an
average of 48.6 points per setto and
Jelly Akin boosted his total to 220
points which incidentally, kept him
high scorer in National Collegiate
circles.
Auburn got off to a flying start,
scoring nine points before the S. I. A.
A. lads could find themselves. Akin
was the big man in the first part of
the show with DuBose and the James
helping quite a bit. Ellis just could
not get his scoring eye working and
had to be satisfied with a single field
goal for the tilt. But, where Buck
fell down on shooting, he made up for
it in playing the floor in general.
Everywhere at the same time is a
hard deed to accomplish but Ellis
sure scarred the impossible.
The Kentuckians were in the game
for all they had, but they represented
another case of—outclassed. The en­tire
team was made up of new players
except Captain Hawkins, who per­formed
very well at center. Allen and
Hawkins led the visitors scoring col­umn
with Offut and Boswell aiding
not a little bit. On the defense,
(Continued on Page 6.)
Chances Retaining Title
in Baseball Very Bright
Coach Moulton Completes Strong Schedule and
Appears Optimistic Over Tiger Prospects
FOURTEEN GAMES PLAYED ON CAMPUS
Total of Twenty-Four Conference Games Are
Arranged on Schedule
By Max E. Kahn
There are several means of judg­ing
Auburn's chances for retaining
the S. I. C. baseball championship
and all seem right favorably. Some
say "a baseball team is no stronger
than her pitching staff." Others "no
team is any stronger than her re­serves."
And it appears also that
"no team is stronger than her best
players." Such is the lay of the land
and in the words of Coach Moulton
"Auburn has no pre-season alibis to
offer." That statements seems to
cover lots of ground and is a good
answer to the three means of judging
the team.
Auburn will have the hardest road
to travel of any Southern team this
year. A total of thirty games have
been scheduled and all are with the
most representative colleges and clubs
in this section of the country. March
23-24 has been set as the dates of the
two opening tilts and will be a big as­set
as they will offer Coach Slick a'
chance to -look his rookies over while
in action.
"A" Day, March 26
Annual homecoming or "A" day has
been set for March 26 and the Mont­gomery
Lions of the South Eastern
League will appear on the Campus
in the form of the opposition, This
is the third annual holding of this
event and should be the best, as many
of Auburn's alumni in this section of
the country will return to look ovtr
the "28" prospects.
April 9 Due to be Big Week
Starting with April 9, the diamond
artist will have a rather hot time as
there are games scheduled for every
evening that week. Monday and
Tuesday will see the strong Georgia
nine at work and the following two
days will bring the Florida Gators
here, who boast of another strong
pitching staff. Florida was the only
team to beat the Auburnites in a
series last year and the Tigers are
out for' revenge. Friday and Satur­day
will find the Ft. Benning squad
in the "Fairest Village" for a return
series of frays.
Stiff Road Trip During May
The first week of May will find
Coach Moulton and his aspirants on
the road enroute to take on Clemson,
University of South Carolina and
Georgia all at their home ports.
Following this trip they will return
to take on the Gamecocks from South
Carolina in a return series and May
18, 19, will find them up in Nash­ville
doing battle with the Vanderbilt
Commodores who ended the season
last year by giving our lads a trounc­ing,
4 to 3.
The complete schedule is as follows :
March 23-25, Ft. Benning at Ft. Ben­ning,
Ga.
March 26, "A" Day—Montgomery
Lions at Auburn.
March 28, Selma "Cloverleafs" at
Selma, Ala.
March 30, Tulane at Auburn.
(Continued on Page 6.)
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the inspiration of the pioneering spirit
is a lasting fountain of youth. This
impelling force has already broughtabout
such developments as the modern mul­tiple
switchboard, long distance cables
and the permalloy loading coil ring.
The telephone needs of the nation
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telephone men must continue to be
pioneers — developing better tools of
service and guiding the entire industry
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Notes of the Societies
WILSONIAN
'Sunday being Lincoln's birthday,
the major part of the ^Tuesday night
program was devoted to discussions
of some of the characteristics of this
much loved man.
Not forgetting the Valentine spirit,
Miss Katherine Porter played on the
banjo and sang a few popular and ap­propriate
selections.
We mentally picture Lincoln as a
great shabby railsplitter with a sad
attitude toward life. R. G. High-tower
gave some very convincing
evidence that many of the popular be­liefs
about Lincoln are false.
Discussing Lincoln as a politician,
T. B. Shell emphasized that he
strongly advocated the union and that
he stood by his convictions. He was
a self made man who sympathized
with the common people. He be­lieved
that everybody should have a
voice.in the government and perhaps
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planted the germ of woman suffrage.
We do not think of Lincoln as a
humorous man. Sam Mosely told us
that this was also a fallacy, and to
prove it read several anecdotes from
his autobiography.
Naturally a program of this kind
would not be complete without some
reference to negro life in the South
during the Civil War period. Miss
Carrie Hester entertained the society
with the reading, "Ole Stracted," a
very emotional negro dialogue from
the book "Old Virginia."
EVANS
The Auburn freshmen think they
have a terrible time when upper
classmen perform their sacred duty
toward them, but Rhodes scholarship
men find a situation far more trying
and bewildering when they reach Ox­ford,
acording to a statement made
by Hugh Bennett at the Evans liter­ary
society Tuesday night. Mr» Ben­nett
discussed at length the many
problems the Ame/ican college and
university graduate faces in an en­tirely
new environment at Oxford.
He pointed out some of the reasons
for their poor showing in athletics
ther.
The scene shifted from Oxford to
Texas as P. T. Wright told how dead
bank robbers were worth $5000, while
live ones were worth nothing. As as­sociation
of Texas bankers, Mr.
Wright explained, offered a $5000 re­ward
for every bank robber brought
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in dead. This reward was offered in
an attempt to decrease the number
of robberies and it was found to be
rather effective.
Mexico was the location chosen for
subject of the next talk. T. M. Irby
told the society some of the interesting
facts about the construction of one of
Mexico's new railways. This road
was completed last year.
Miss Izola Williams gave a very
touching reading as the concluding
number on the program. The read­ing
was "Little Orphan Annie." It
recalled the childhood days when
goblins were as real as cookies.
Business in the form of an an­nouncement
of the annual oratorical
contest followed the program. Prof.
Hutchins made the annunocement and
explained the nature of the contest
for the benefit of new members. The
critic also made a few remarks about
this contest along with his criticism
of the program.
A. I. E. E.
The A. I. E. E. held its first meet­ing
of the second semester Thursday
evening, February 2, in Ramsay Hall.
Officers elected for the second semes­ter
at this meeting took over their
respective offices.
The society was called to order by
the chairman. Announcements were
made, and busines matters brought
before the society- A committee was
appointed by the chairman.to plan
an act for the society to be present­ed
on Stunt night. Members serving
on this committee were as follows
L. B. Hallman, chairman; J. C.
Youngblood; J. J. O'Rourke; E. R
Jones; G. M. Ross, and S. L. Hancock.
An interesting and no less instruc­tive
program was rendered by Mr.
Alexander and Mr. W. T. Edwards.
Mr. Alexander gave as his subject
"The Cottrell Precipitation Process in
Industry." He has for several years
past been connected with the*Southern
Manganese Co. of Anniston, who em­ploys
this process for several indus­trial
purposes. He pointed out its im­portance
in industry and stated very
frankly that he though it would make
a profitable as well as interesting
engineering field. Mr. Edwards, who
was employed with the T. C. I. the
past summer, gave a description of
the moulding shop there, and how the
moulding was done.
No meeting was held the following
week, the time being given over for
practice of the act to be given by the
society the following night at Stunt
Night.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY
Another one of those interesting
meetings of the Pharmaceutical So­ciety
was held in the Pharmacy Build­ing
last Monday night beginning at
6:45. After being called, to order by
the president of the Society, Mr. Mc-
Callum, business to be dispensed with
was called for. Professor Hargreaves
spent about ten minutes in telling us
some things about the branch of the
American Pharmaceutical Society
which the local Pharmaceutical So­ciety
is planning to organize. He told
us some of the benefits which we
would derive from having such an or­ganization
on the campus. Then he
told of some of the requirements the
Society would have to meet in getting
a branch established at Auburn, and
asked the president and the members
of the organization to think about the
proposition until next meeting night
and have some definite opinion in re­gard
to the matter. All seemed highly
elated over the prospect, and there is
ever reason to believe that the Branch
will be established.
Following Professor Hargreaves'
talk, Mr. Nickel made an interesting
talk on "The Outlook of Pharmacy."
He said the author of the article was
very pessimistic in the beginning of
his article about the outloook of Phar­macy,
but that it was his method of
getting the attention of the reader,
and before Mr. Nickel finished his
talk, all those present agreed with
him that the Pharmacists have a
brighter future' than ever before.
This being due, to a great extent in
the passing of more stringent laws
raising the educational requirements
for the practice of pharmacy, by the
various states. The law is already in
effect in Alabama that a person must
have three years of college training
in order to practice Pharmacy in the
State.
Next and also the last, and may we
say the best feature of the program
was the music furnished by "Doc Yac"
Threadgill and his "Rat" which Mr.
McCallum had promised at the last
meeting would be the main feature of
the meeting.
"The Whole Town's Talking" at
Langdon Hall, February 28.
WEBSTERIAN
The Websterian Literary Society
enjoyed an . unusually entertaining
program on Tuesday, February 14.
To start things, off, there was a
closely contested debate, with the sub­ject,
"Resolved: That a lawyer is jus­tified
in defending a criminal." Up-church
and Brock argued the affirma­tive,
and Burdeshaw and Williams
the negative. The affirmative side
was given the decision.*.Plenty of
food for thought was furnished by
the debate.
Following the debate, Raines and
Threadgill supplied some . entertain­ment
with their guitars. The music
was greatly enjoyed by the entire so­ciety.
"*
The Websterian is organizing a
basketball team. Nothing definite
can be announced, but other societies
contemplating teams had better look
to their laurels.
A. S. C. E.
The local Chapter of the American
Society of Civil Engineers held its
regular meeting .Monday Night, Feb­ruary
13. This was the second meet­ing
in as many weeks. This being to
get the meeting running on its regu­lar
schedule, the second and fourth-
Mondays of each month.
The first speaker was Mr. G. M.
Coleman of the senior class. He gave
a very interesting talk on the plans
of building a bridge across the Hud­son
River in New York City and also
of a tunnel under both the Hudson
and East Rivers in Lower Manhattan.
The cost of construction of the tunnel
would be 100,000,000 dollars. These
plans were fostered by the Penn. R.
R. Co. The subject matter of Mr.
Coleman's talk was gotten from ah
old edition of the Engineering News-
Record.
Mr. A. C. Taylor of the sophomore
class was the next speaker. He had
as his text "Building in the U. S.
during 1928." Mr. Taylor talked
very optimistic about building con­struction
during 1928 and, in spite of
the fact'that a decrease of 10-12 per
cent, in construction during the past
year, gave several good reasons why
the coming year would show an in­crease.
Some of these reasons were,
destruction of buildings by fire and
people demanding better living condi­tions.
Mr. Taylor said that the west
especially around Detroit, would show
a large increase.
The third Civil to talk was Mr.
Paul Beck of the junior class. He
talked on the construction of concrete
railroad beds on the Pere Marquette
R. R. between Detroit and Grand
Rapids. Mr. Beck showed several
good diagrams of the road. In these
diagrams he showed how the rail was
attached to the concrete and how the
bed was drained. He also said that
the bed would give a metallic or
music-like sound not like the ordinary
bed as the trains speed over the track.
Mr. Holley McBea also of the juni­or
class was next. Mr. Bea talked
on road repairing in California. A
very interesting part of his talk was
about the controlling of a wash on a
hill side. This wash carried 86,000
gallons of water. He showed by dia­gram
how the water was checked.
This was done by excavating 116,000
cu. yds. of dirt. Gunite, a pet name
for concrete when put on the road by
using a gun was used in the construc­tion
of the road. The Southern Pa­cific
R. R. with the aid of the State
of California did the work.
Mr. "Bohunk" Bates of the senior
class was the last speaker. He spoke
on the outlook iif the Aviation Field.
Mr. Bates said that the world war
helped commercialize airplanes. Be­cause
this brought about the need for
faster planes. The speed was raised
as high as 150 miles, per hour. He
also told of the different types of mo­tors
used. The two types were the
OX 5 and the Liberty motors. The
field of expansion will be in the way
of mail and passenger planes. And
the needs to cause this expansion are,
more Air Ports or fields for planes
to land.
The large crowd present showed
that the membership committee had
been at work. Profs. Callan, Baugh-man,
Hulse and Bowers presence was
missed. We wonder if we are going
to have to appoint a committee to
bring them out to the next meeting."
The next meeting is to be held Mon­day
night February 27 at the regular
hour. We want to see all the Civils
there.
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THE WEATHER
Weather you cough or
not depends on the
cigarette you smoke.
Not a cough in a car*
load of Old Golds.
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Cfje Jfflornmg^fF&mtle LATE CITY
EDITION
Vol. 1, No. 4 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1928 Copyright 1928
F. LorUlard Co.
False Alarm
' i r e Department
Called Out by
Mistake
Early today the Fire De­partment
was called to what
was thought to be a bad fire
In the local flannel mill.
There was no-fire there, and
the error was traced to a
man found smoking a cigar­ette
In an open window In a
nearby house. The man who
turned in the alarm said:
"All I know is that It smelled
like a flannel mill fire. That's
what comes of smoking cig­arettes
that are not Old
Gold."
wagon driver, is in jail for
breach of the peace. A sales­man
came to Chuck's house
yesterday and tried to in­terest
him in an electric re­frigerator.
The assault fol­lowed.
Chuck, when seen In
the local hoosegow, by a
Smile reporter, was pretty
blue but picked up consider­able
when given an Old Gold
by the scribe.
PERSONAL
Opposition to Seth Ham­merhead
in his candidacy
for first selectman has been
withdrawn upon his agree­ment
to smoke Old Golds
and give up those black
cigars.
Mrs. Aggie Weejlt has re­turned
to her husband,
Amos, after a long separa­tion.
Aggie came back fol­lowing
news he had thrown
those awful pipes out of the
house and taken up cigar­ettes.
"And they're Old
Golds," smiled Aggie to . a
Smile reporter.
Chuck Woggs, the well
known and popular tee
Do You
Remember?
When girls who rode bi­cycles
and showed their
bloomers were considered
immodest?
When a haircut cost 15
cents?
When women wore skirts,
stockings, corsets, .bloomers
and shoes to go in bathing?
When a good six room
apartment could be leased
for (16 a month?
When men used to serve
three years in the State
Militia so they wouldn't have
to pay the $3 poll tax?
When any cigarette was
considered good enough?
Daily Poem
The lad stood on the burn­ing
deck
And choked and choked
and choked;
And everybody knew Old
Golds
Were not the kind he
smoked.
Today's Cross Word Puzzle
ACROSS
1—You can't find one of them
in No. IS across.
6—The State where the inhab­itants
have to be shown.
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12
17
22
27
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18
23
28
14
29
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26|2n
?5|5n
9—When you're not out.
11—The balance in most bank
accounts after the Christ­mas
bills are paid.
IS—How the Romans wrote 1050.
16—Millions of wise guys are
never without one.
22—If you own a boat you ought
to have two of these.
25—Any old Model T on a Sun­day
afternoon.
DOWN
1—The way you want your cig­arette
to be, but not your
wife.
S—When you're In the attic.
6—Something every automobile
salesman says you can take
on nigh In the oar he's try­ing
to sell you.
13—No. 15 across leaves none
on the breath.
18—A castle in Havana almost
as famous as "Sloppy Joes."
18—A sweet patootie.
Clare Briggs Pulls
a Few 'Joe Millers'
Clare Briggs, the demon
cartoonist, was In a wise­cracking
mood when he
dropped into the editorial
sanctum Just as we were go­ing
to press. Clare Just got
back from Europe and took
In all the sights while over
there.
When we asked him If he
had made any really close
friends while he was across
the big pond he said that he
didn't because he didn't In­clude
Scotland in his itiner­ary.
He also said that the most
inspiring sight he saw while
on the Continent was Mount
Vesuvius In eruption, and
that it reminded him of an
Old Gold Cigarette.
"They're both great smokes,
you know," was his com­ment.
Now Is the time to subscribe
to the Daily Smile. Te ed Is
happy to announce that the sub­scription
rate is twelve packs of
cigarettes a year or eight for
six months. You know the kind
he smokes.
Dumb Dora : : By REA IRVIN
She thinks th* only place she can get a pack of Old Golds
is in an Antique Shop
HELP!
Wise cracks wanted from
contrlbs who are willing to
work for pleasure.
Daily Conundrum
Q.—Why do Old Gold cigar­ettes
remind you of a big ship­ment
of Hartz Mountain singing
canary birds?
Answer—Because there isn't a
cough in a carload of either.
The smoother
and better
cigarette
OLD GOLD
not a cough in a carload
ci
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Pag• 6. THE PLAINSMAN
BUNK BUNK
AROUND THE CAMPUS
BUNK BUNK
(Continued from page 4)
is hoped that he will be on hand for
every tilt during the 1928 season as
his services will be sorely missed.
Very sorry fellows to make this mis­take.
ROOSMA, ARMY STAR APPEARS
ON CAMPUS AS PERFECT
REFEREE
Quite a change was noticed in the
Tiger games upon the appearance of
Roosma, four letter man at West
Point, as referee in the past two tilts
on the campus. Roosma was on the
(championship Passaic, New Jersey
high school team that won 159
games and later attened the Army
training school at West Point. While
at the academy, he made quite a re­cord
for himself, starring in foot­ball,
basketball, baseball and soccer.
He is now stationed at Camp Ben-ning
and is a leader in the Forts bas-ketball
circles this season, having an
average of 34 points to his credit. As
a referee, he is nearer perfect than
any one Auburn has had so far, and
ke knows the game ,and also knows
he knows it, all of which makes the
games faster, cleaner and harder.
AUBURN EVENS IT UP WITH
'OLE MISS, COPPING SECOND
MISS PICKENS IS
STAFF ADDITION
(Continued from page one)
munities a leading project.
Miss Pickens came to Auburn di­rect
from Columia University, New
York City, from which institution she
has a B. S. degree and has completed
half of the required work for a M.
S. degree. She is also an alumnus of
Weaver College in North Carolina. rt
At Columbia University she spec­ialized
in clothing and home manage­ment.
She was there 1 1-2 years be­fore
coming to Alabama. She took
the different phases of clothing in­cluding
construction, selection, and
costume designing; her home man­agement
work included house beauti-fication
and methods of teaching.
(Continued from page 4)
fought hard. The former made 11
points, while^the latter was not far
behind, with 9.
In the guard positions were the
James' twins, who are easily/two of
the scrappiests guards in the South.
When a forward drops one past them,
he can say that he has accomplished a
great feat, for it is seldom done. They
are fast and work to-gether in per­fect
harmony. They have piayed to­gether
so long that their actions are
just like clockwork.
"Moon" Mullin relieved "Ebb' James
at guard, and .put up plenty of fight
while he was in the f raoes.
For Mississippi the Phillips' twins
were the outstanding men. Cary Phil­lips
made 17 points, while his brother,
Ary, came next with 9. Both of these
men were starts at shooting goals
from mid-field. They were two of
the surest shots who have appeared on
the local court-this season.
Line-up:
Auburn (53)—Akin (20) F, Ellis
(9) F, DuBose (11) C, E. James (3)
G, F. James (8) G, Subs: Mullin (2)
for E. James, and L. Jomes for Ellis.
Ole Miss (38)—C. Phillips (17) F,
Selby (5) F, Lee (1) C, Laird (6) G,
A. Phillips (9) G. Subs: Ogden for
A. Phillips.
Referee—Roosma: (Army).
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t (Continued from Page 1.)
written under the supervision of
teachers, county agents, or home dem­onstrators.
The essay must not be
over 2,000 words, must not take over
3 hours to write, and must be written
in the presence of one of the above.
Immediately after the essays have
been completed, they will be turned
over to the county judges to determine
the county winners. The county win­ners
will be presented to the State
judges. The county winners will be
announced May 15; the State, about
August 1.
Prizes for 75 state winners of Ala­bama
and the neighboring states, will
be, a trip to Memphis, given by the
American Cotton Growers Exchange.
State prizes will be $75, $50, and $25
for the first three prizes. Each,
county winner will receive a hand­some
medal.
L. N. Duncan, Auburn, is Chair­man
of the State Commitee; P. O.
(Continued from page one)
H. B. Byars. »
Instructions to Players
All games will be played at the
time announced in the schedule, be­ginning
Thursday at one o'clock.
Teams wishing to warm up may have
the use of the court between halves
of the game preceding theirs. Warm­ing
up will not be permitted to delay
the start of any game.
Lockers will be asigned in the north
dressing room. Players are requested
to use lockers only during the time
they are scheduled to play. Towels
may be secured from the attendant.
Introduction tags will be issued at
the time of arrival. Each player is
requested to fill in his name with that
of his school. These tags are to be
worn, not carried in the pocket, and
will serve as a pass to all games. They
are not transferable.
Each team will be assigned a defi­nite
table in the dining room of Smith
Hall. Breakfast will be served at
eight, lunch at one, and supper at
eight-thirty.
PLAINSMAN QUINTET DROPS
FIRST GAME TO 'OLE MISS
CHANCES RETAINING TITLE
IN BASEBALL VERY BRIGHT
UPCHURCH'S STORE
Dry Goods, Shoes and Notions
Across the Street
J. S. UPCHURCH
(Continued from page 4)
March 31, Tulane at Montgomery.
April 2-3, Clemson at Auburn.
April 9-10, Georgia at Auburn
April 11-12, Florida at Auburn.
April 13-14, Ft. Benning at Auburn.
April 16-17, Ga. Tech at Auburn.
April 20-21, Ga. Tech at Atlanta, Ga.
April 26, 27, 28, Florida at Panama
City, Fla.
May 2, 3, Clemson, Clemson, S. C.
May 4, U. of S. C, Columbia, S. C. _
May 7, 8, Georgia, Athens, Ga.
May 11, 12, U. of S. C. at Auburn.
May 18-19, Vanderbilt, Nashville,
Tenn.
(Continued from page 4)
for the Villagers. His floor work
stood out.
"Jelly" Akin did not play his usual
brand of ball, in that he was not high
point man. However he made 10
points. This is one of the first games
this year in which he has not had the
honor of obtaining the most points
for the Papkemen. This just happen-dd
to be his 'off" night, as we can see
from the results of the second game
with Ole Miss. "Jelly" is one of the
high point men in the Southern Con­ference,
and entire country.
"Ebb" and "Fob" Jamas played
their customary positions at guard,
and looked better than ever. They
both played an aggressive game. Ole
Miss also had a set of twins playing
for them. They were Cary and Ary
Phillips, who also played well. Laird,
'Ole Miss played a great game at
guard.
There were no substitutes used dur­ing
the whole game.
Line up and summary:
Auburn (42)—Akin (10) and El­lis
(13) forwards; DuBose (11) cen­ter;
E. James (6) and F. James (2)
guards.
Ole Miss (43)—C. Phillips (16)
and Selby (8) forwards; Lee (3)
center; Laird (8) and Phillips (8)
guards.
Referee: Lieut. Roosma (Army).
MILITARY BALL ARRANGE­MENTS
ARE COMPLETED
GEORGETOWN TAKES DRUBBING
FROM PAPKE'S TIGERS HERE
OUR SPECIALTIES ARE
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(Continued from page 4)
Georgetown was not quite alert
enough to stem the fast working
Tigers.
The team work in this fray was not
quite up to standard. Still, there is
no kick coming. Auburn has a fine
team and the worst part of it is that
the students know it. They expect a
forty or fifty point victory in every
game, which is near to impossible for
any college team. In the coming tour­ney,
better teams will be met and if
a mere one point victory is squeezed
through, I am sure that all will be
completely satisfied. A victory is a
game won and .that is.all needed to
make Auburn, Southern Champs.
From now on, let's try to cut out the
big head stuff and don't try to be
conceited. Get behind the boys and
fight with them, not using dirty
methods such as razzing the other
teams, bragging and the like.
The summary of the scores for each
team are:
Georgetown (37)—Allen (7), Bos-well
(4), Hawkins (7), Offut (6),
Meyer (1), Rice, Clellan.
Auburn (41)—Akin-(14), DuBose
(12), E. James (6), F. James (6),
Mullins.
Columbia
Column
Featuring This
Week
"The Whole Town's Talking"
Langdon Hall, February 23.
at
Davis, Auburn, is Secretary.
The State Judges are: J. D. Pope,
chairman; J. D. Moore, Miss Helen
Johnston.
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(Continued from page one)
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(Continued from Page 1.)
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