1928-01-13 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY J A N U A R Y 13, 1928 NUMBER 16
AUBURN QUINT
LEAVES FRIDAY
MEET FLORIDA
NOTICE
G a t o r s H a v e Strong
B a l l O u t f it
B a s k e t -
A U B U R N R E C O R D IS G O OD
S t u d e n t s D i s p l a y U n s p o r t s m a n ­l
i k e A t t i t u d e a t G a me
Coach Mike Papke packed his Var­s
i ty basketeers on the t r a i n this week­end
to enter the "Sunshine State,"
for better or for worse, with the odds
in favor of the former. Friday and
Saturday nights the Auburn-Florida
dribblers will meet in the Florida
campus gymnasium. The Gator five
has shown considerable strength so
f a r this season and should put up
quite a bit of stiff opposition. Georgia
squeezed a one point victory from
t h em and Olsen's Terrible Swedes
j u s t managed to do the same trick.
This, however, should make them all
t h e better and a torrid battle is the
present outlook.
The Auburnites, on the other hand,
have the "team of the South," if
past scores are correct in indicating
strength of a team. And what can be
a better judge? In the first four
games they have piled up a total of
235 points to 71, or an average of 59
to 18, slide rule calculations. Such is
the scoring machine at the Plains and
an average of only about seven or
eight field goals per game for the
visitors, spells a remarkable defense.
The team work of the team as a
whole has been excellent. The spirit
has also been very fine, with few
exceptions. The shooting of each in­dividual
has been remarkable. But
there have been several unfavorable
occurances during the past games.
The rooters should not boo the visi­tors
when one of their team is taking
a free shot. That is undesirable and
unsportsmanlike. Lets help our own
team by being clean cheerers.
When the Tigers return to the
Campus, they will be in for a set of
hard frays; the first being with
Clemson and the sceond coming two
nights later with, the Championship
Commodore quintet of Vanderbilt.
Following these two games the squad
will take another trip.
All those wishing to get Tux­edos
for the dances please leave
their names at Homer Wrights
or with B. E. Meadows or M. S.
Kestler, by Tuesday night.
NOTICE
The Accountant's office requests
that all students have exact change
ready when they pay their fees next
week.
ORCHESTRA IS
ONSTATETOUR
FOR HOLIDAYS
M a x J o n e s ' A u b u r n C o l l e g i a ns
M a k e Trip, C h r i s t m as
W e e k
B O Y S T H R I L L DANCERS
F i v e T o w n s Are V i s i t e d By
M u s i c i a n s On Tour
Max Jones along with his "Auburn
Collegians" (an eight piece orches­t
r a ) completed a thousand mile tour
during the holidays.
Before leaving, the route was care­fully
gone over and contracts for each
engagement signed before leaving
Auburn Thursday. The boys arrived
at Monrova in time to play for a
dance Thursday night. At Florala
they thrilled the public again with
their exceptional playing.
Dothan was taken in Saturday and
Christmas day. Leaving early Mon­day
for Ozark, they played at the
country club t h a t night.
Enterprise holds a place in each
boys heart, for at about eleven o'clock
dancing ceased and all crowded about
J. B. Jones to hear his play the trom­bone.
Some of the remarks heard
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ATHEISM SPREAD
IN U. S. COLLEGES
Many Students Turn to Doubting
Philosophy
Mrs. C. D. Henderson
Speaks Here Thursday
Wife of Former Governor Brings
Inspiring Message
COACH BOHLER
TO BE IN AUBURN
FORSHORTSTAY
W i l l B e Honor Guest
S e v e r a l Occasions
o n
S M O K E R S ARE P L A N N ED
T o A p p e a r a t A l u m n i M e e t i n gs
i n L a r g e r T o w ns
By "Jack Fain"
The coming of coach G. M. Bohler
as head coach at the "Village of the
Plains" has brought a silver lining
to the dark • clouds that have hung
over the campus at Auburn for the
past few months. The Auburn Alum­ni
are beginning to take a new in­terest
in the football possibilities and
a r e looking forward to a southern
conference championship team in
1928.
The Auburn Alumni are starting
the ball rolling by giving a "Big
Smoker" in Birmingham in honor of
Coach Bohler. It is planned that
the members of the Kiwanis Club
and the Rotary Club will have a joint
meeting on the 16th where Coach
Bohler will again be honor guest.
We are looking forward also t h a t the
local Rotary Club will entertain for
him in the near future. On the night
of the 16th at Columbus there will
m
be another "Big Smoker given by the
Auburn Alumni of that city where
Coach Bohler will be honor guest.
At noon on t h e 17th Mr. J . V. Brown
and Coach Bohler will be honor guest
at a luncheon given by the Rotary
Club of Opelika. On the night of
the 17th there will be a smoker given
by the Auburn Alumni at Montgom­ery.
All of these affairs given for Coach
Bohler are to create a better spirit
and enthusiasm in the Auburn Alum-
The upperclassmen of Auburn were
honored at this week's convocation
hour by a very interesting talk by
Mrs. Charles Henderson, the wife of
former Governor Chas. Henderson
who is now a member of the Board
of Trustees of Auburn. "The Higher
Ideals of Life" was the subject dis­cussed
by Mrs. Henderson.
President Dowell introduced the
speaker of the hour by a short review
of the many activities of the busy
life of the former Lady of the State
White House. Mrs. Henderson is
now President of the "Alabama Fed­eration
of Women's Clubs" and presi­dent
of the womans club at her home
town, Troy.
The responsibility of the State and
National affairs were placed upon the
shoulders of each individual by the
speaker. Mrs. Henderson recalled to
mind t h a t "The man who has never
made a mistake has never done any­t
h i n g ."
"The greatest plight of the Ameri­can
Nation to-day is the fact that
our home life is disappearing." The
things that a person learns at the
knee of the mother are things that
go through life as the most vivid
memories. The automobile and the
moving pictures were charged as
being the things which have brought
about the greatest changes in the
lives of the American people.
Real work is the only thing that
can sharpen the talents one is en­dowed
with by the Creator. This
gives the poor boy or girl an advant­age
over the majority of sons or
daughters of rich people because very
few will work when there is no real
necessity to do such.
The Rev. Burnworth conducted the
devotional exercise of the day.
I n November, 1925, two leaders,
Freeman Hopwood a n d Charles
Smith, were granted a charter to es­tablish
an incorpprated society to
combat religion and to demonstrate
t h a t faith in God is a belief in the
non-existent. The organization, which
is now rapidly growing, is referred
to among the workers as the "four
A's," an abbreviation for, the "Ameri­can
Association for the Advancement
for Atheism."
Within eighteen months the move­ment
has rapidly spread. There are
now Atheist chapters in twenty col
leges and preparatory schools in the
United States. Atheism is now being
taught on one ship of the United
States Navy, the U. S. S. Whitney, a
destroyer tender. It has extended
even beyond the boundaries of this
country into Alaska and the Canal
Zone. Many doubting ministers,
Catholic priests and discontented
young Jews have been drawn into its
fold. A number of members of col­lege
faculties have affiliated. The
Atheists now have a s u s p e n d i n g be-
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Auburn h^s had its decline in
athletics and is going to stage a come
back in the near future. The Alumni
are going to put their shoulder to
the wheel and put Auburn on top.
Auburn is starting over again and
with every man trying to help out by
giving his moral support, it will not
be long before everything will be
rosy. Harmony once more reigns in
the village of the plains and the
Alumni everywhere are pledging
their cooperation.
Coach Bohler who succeeds Coach
David Morey has a most pleasing per­sonality,
is cautious with his praise,
and is a good sportsman in every
respect. He attended the Washing-
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Dance Regulations
Governing Annual
Dances in Auburn
Section 1. The opening dances
shall be called the Sophomore Hop, at
mid-year, the Junior Prom, and at
commencement, the Senior Dance.
Section 2. Time and permission for
these dances are to be obtained from
the Executive Council.
Section '3. The period of the
dances is limited to Thursday night,
Friday and Friday night, Saturday
and Saturday night.
Section 4. Arrangement for the
dances and management of the floor
will be under control of the Student
Social Committee, in co-operation
with t h e Faculty Social Committee.
Section 5. To insure the full co-op­eration
of the students in eliminating
liquor from the dances, members of
faculty will take~~the place of the co­operative
committee.
Section 6. All invitations to the
young ladies to be present and to par­ticipate
in the dances shall be approv­ed
by the Social Director of the fac­ulty,
and the list of those whom it is
proposed to invite shall be placed in
her hands not less than ten days be­fore
the invitations are issued. No
other visiting young lady shall be ad­mitted
except by special permission
of the Faculty Social Committee.
Section 7. All visiting young ladies
a r e expected not earlier than the
opening day of the dances and to
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SHORT COURSE
FOR GRADUATE
VETERINARIANS
F i f t h Annual Course
F e b r u a r y 6-11
M e e t s
P R O M I N E N T MEN SPEAK
S t u d e n t s P l a n Banquet to
V i s i t o r s o n F r i d a y N i g ht
FIRST SEMESTER
EXAMINATIONS
Donahue May Coach at
Birmingham-Southern
Definite Announcement Expected in
Next Few Days
SNOW-BALL FIGHT
CAUSES DAMAGES
Fraternity Men Attack
Annual Scrap
'Barb." in
Casualty lists a t Northwestern uni­versity
Saturday night after the an­nual
student snowball battle stood at
two injured with more than 200
broken windows lending cold and( color
to the scene.
The annual scrap between frater­nity
men and the "open house" legion
waged throughout the day until late
Saturday afternoon when police
squads answered a riot call and dis­persed
the mobs after the assualt on
dormitory windows.
The two injured victims, William
Morrow and George Van Eaman,
were cut about the head and face by
flying glass from broken windows.
The f r a t e r n i t y men assailed Foster
house, where most of the damage was
done, f
Mike Donahue, for many years
football coach at AuD*urn and later
at Louisiana State university, has
been offered the position as football
coach at Birmingham-Southern col­lege.
Donahue has stated his terms to the
college authorities, and it is under­stood
t h a t they a r e partly acceptable.
Definite announcement of his ap­pointment
as football coach is expect­ed
within the next few days.
He will succeed Coach Harold
Drew.
While at Auburn, Donahue turned
out many championship teams. His
1914 team was not scored upon. In
1917, his team tied Ohio State, Big
Ten champions. He won his last title
in 1919.
KAPPA KAPPA PSI
HAS CONVENTION
J. B. Merrell Represent* Auburn
Chapter in Oklahoma City
Kappa Kappa Psi, honorary band
f r a t e r n i t y held its convention in Okla­homa
City, the thirtieth and thirty-f
i r s t of December. This convention
is held every two years was strictly
a business affair. New officers were
elected and fraternal matters discuss­ed.
Eighteen chapters were repres­ented,
Auburn's delegate being J. B,
Merril.
F i r s t Semester Examinations 1927-28
J a n u a r y 20 to J a n u a r y 26.
Morning Examinations begin 8:30
a.m. Afternon Exams, 1 p. m.
SCHEDULE
period for subjects not arranged for
below.
NOTE: Examinations in subjects
which meet only once a week will be
held at the last period scheduled for
the section prior to J a n u a r y 20 unless
the examination is officially scheduled
below.
FRIDAY, January 20
( F i r s t hour subjects 8-9)
A. M. First hour subjects which
meet daily, or on Mon. Wed. Fri.
P. M. First hour subjects not
scheduled Friday morning.
SATURDAY, J a n u a r y 21
(Second hour subjects 9-10)
A. M. Second hour subjects which
meet daily or on Mon. Wed. Fri.
P. M. Second hour subjects not
scheduled Saturday morning.
MONDAY, January 23
(Third hour subjects 10-11)
A. M. Third hour subjects which
meets daily, or on Mon. Wed. Fri.
P. M. Third hour subjects which
a r e not scheduled Monday morning.
TUESDAY, J a n u a r y 24
(Fourth hour subjects 11-12)
A. M. Fourth hour subjects which
meets daily, or on Mon. Wed. Fri.
1-3 P. M. Freshman Chemistry
Laboratory 103.
1-5 P. M. English 401.
WEDNESDAY, J a n u a r y 25
( F i f t h hour subjects 1-2)
A. M. Fifth hour subjects which
meets daily, or on Mon. Wed. Fri.
Also Freshman Drawing.
P. M. Fifth hour subjects not sche­duled
Wednesday morning.
THURSDAY, J a n u a r y 26
(Sixth hour subjects 2-3)
A. M. Sixth hour subjects which
meet daily or on Mon. Wed. Fri.
P. M. Sixth hour subjects not
scheduled Thursday morning.
FRIDAY, J a n u a r y 27 and Saturday
morning January 28
Second Semester Registration. The
l a t e fee of $5.00 will be collected Mon­day,
J a n u a r y 30, and $1.00 additional
each day for five days thereafter.
Class work, second semester, begins
8 a. m. J a n u a r y 30.
A STUDENT I S NOT REGISTER­ED
UNTIL CARDS ARE APPROV­ED
BY HIS DEAN.
Absences from class on and after
the opening day of the second semes­t
e r due to l a t e registration on t h e part
of first semester students, will count
the same as other absences.
B. L. Shi, Registrar.
The College of Veterinary Medicine
here has announced the opening of its
fifth annual Short Course for gradu­a
t e veterinarians. The course will
begin February 6 and will continue
through February 11, 1928. It is ex­pected
to a t t r a c t a large number of
graduate veterinarians who will wish
to take this opportunity to brush up
on many old points in practice, and to
receive instruction in all new devolp-ments
in veterinary practice.
A very instructive and beneficial
program has been arranged for the
course. Demonstrations and lectures
will be given by men prominent in
their profession. Besides the regular
lectures and demonstrations, moving
pictures will be shown a t night. Many
questions will be taken up and ans­wered
in detail. One night will be
devoted to meat and milk inspection,
and on Saturday, February 11, 1928,
and examination will be given by the
Bureau of Animal Industry and the
State Veterinarian to veterinarians
and to senior students who desire to
become approved for testing accredit­ed
herds. On Friday night the Stu­dents
Veterinary Medical Association
will give a banquet to the students,
visiting veterinarians, and faculty.
Among the prominent men whose
lectures .and demonstrations are ex­pected
to make the course a success
aTe: Dr. W. L. Boyd, Professor of
Veterinary Medicine in the Minnesota
NOTICE
The Registrar's Office requests
t h a t Secretaries of professional
and- l i t e r a ry societies whose mem­bers
may be eligible for quality
points present their list of mem­bers
promptly to Professor J. A.
Kirkley for his approvall. All
such lists should reach the Reg­i
s t r a r ' s Office by February 1st.
Lists must be alphabetically ar­ranged.
ARCHITECTS TO
HOLD ELECTION
NEXTJWEETING
N o m i n a t i o n s M a d e A t M e e t i ng
M o n d a y Night
N O LECTURE O N M O N D AY
Medicine, Iowa State College, Ames,
Iowa; Dr. R. S. Suggs of Auburn,
Ala.; Dr. I.. S. McAdory, Auburn,
Ala; Dr. F. D. Patterson, Auburn,
Ala.; Dr. George White of Nashville,
Tennessee; Dr. Edward Everett of
Auburn, Ala.; Dr. M. J . Byron of Bir­mingham,
Ala.; Dr. E. S. Winters;
and Dr. C. A. Cary, Dean of the Col­lege
of Veterinary Medicine, Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala.
The fee for the Short Course will
be $10.00. It is open to all graduate
veterinarians.
Freshman Resignations,
Probation and Failures
F i n t Semester, 1927-28, a* of Dec-
\ ember 17, 1927
O f f i c e r s Will S e r v e For Two
F u l l S e m e s t e rs
PLAYERS HAVE
INITIATION ON
MONDAY NIGHT
E i g h t e e n N e w M e m b e r s Will
B e T a k e n In
R E C E P T I O N IS A N N O U N C ED
S e v e r a l P l a y s W i l l be G i v en
b y S t u d e n t D i r e c t o rs
At theF usual weekly meeting of the
Architectural Association this week
instead of the regular lecture, nomi­nations
were made for the election of
Association Officials. Nominee for
president were: George Morgan,
F r a n k White, and B. R. Anderson.
For secretary: Gus Wingo, Breip-haupt,
and John Alexander. For
vice president: G. N. Collins, Charles
Davis, and Streeter 'Wiatt. For
t r e a s u r e r : J. B. Merrill, Burns,
Mims, and Williams.
These men will be voted on a t the
next meeting of the Association, and
the winners will begin office at the
new semester and will serve through
the first semester of next year.
SCOUT TRAINING
COURSE SUCCESS
Capt. Anderson Presents Cup
Opelika Troop for Efficiency
to
course which was held in Opelika last
Monday, the night of J a n u a r y 16,
will be a time of revelry in the Play­house
(Y Hut) for members of the
Auburn Players. On this night will
be held the first semester initiation of
new members who have tried out dur­ing
the semester and were accepted
by the club. The new members who
were accepted and are to be initiated
a r e : Bernice McMillian, Ruth Mur­ray,
Odelle Stewart, Lois Bostick, W.
H. Proctor, Clyde Kimbrough, Tom
Brown, Billie Smith, Velma Reynolds,
Evelyn Henry, Flora Hickman, Re­becca
Pate, Lois Wells, Grace Moon,
Evelyn Blanton, Robert Sansing, Fos­t
e r Hoskins, and J. D. Neely. The
try-outs of a dual nature, first the
regular, individual, stage try-out by
which the ability of the candidate
was judged and second a probational
period during which the interest,
adaptability, attendance, and prefer­ence
of each one was taken into con­sideration.
I n t h e early p a r t of Feburay will be
given the annual Faculty Reception
for all the members of the faculty of
Auburn and other invited guests of
the club. The program wil consist of
three one act plays and other attrac­tions.
The plays will be: Overtons,
with a cast of four girls, directed by
R. Hebblewhite a member of the Play
Production class; Riders to the Sea,
directed by Prof. Warren E. Bower,
who so fittingly played the part of
Ttfcn «.rv>.,»«ta-
Total Freshmen, 472; Total Res­ignation
to date, 18; Total on Proba­tion,
46; Total Freshmen failing, 258;
Per cent, of class, 54.66; Total courses
failed, 545; Average per Freshman
student, 1.15; Average per Freshman
failing, 2.11.
Course Failures of Freshmen at 1st
Mid-Semester 1927-28.
English, 112; Chemistry, 85; Chem.
Lba., 68; Mathematics, 68; R. O. T.
C, 57; Heat Engines, 24; French,
23; Drawing, 23; Accounting, 15;
Physical Training, 11; History, 10;
Corn, 9; Zoology, 7; Desc. Geometry,
5; Sol. Geometry, 4; Spanish, 3 ; Sur­veying,
2; Current Events, 3 (dropped
from, course(; Miscellaneous, 16.
Freshman Resignation, December 19,
1927
General 10
Agriculture 1
(Continued on page six)
Thursday, Jan. 5th, proved a great
success.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce
at Opelika welcomed the guests who
were: Scout leader, H. C. Jernigan
of troop one, Opelika; H. C. Corden
of troop four, Opelika; and Mr.
Bishop of the Pepperell Mill, at a
luncheon given a t the Clement Hotel.
Representatives from Alexander
City, Tuskegee, Notasulga, Locha-poka
and Wadley were at the after­noon
sessions a t Auburn.
Prof. A. L. Thomas, Chairman of
the committee putting on the train­ing
courses, presided over the meet­ing
and the main feature of the pro­gram
was the presenting of a silver
cup by Capt. Anderson of the Lions
Club at Auburn to Troop two of
Opelika as the winner of the recent
efficiency contest. Scoutmaster J. B.
Duke received the cup in behalf of the
troop with f i t t i ng remarks.
At the afternoon session in Au­burn,
the course in Scoutsmanship
was started. Several of the leaders
mentioned above took the course and
i t is hoped t h a t leaders whom attend
future t r a i n i n g courses will obtain as
much real benefit as did those who
were present at the meeting last
Thursday. Untrained leaders are a
handicap to themselves and to the
boys with whom they associate. For
this reason every man who is inter­ested
in Scout work should make an
effort to attend all meetings pertain­ing
to t r a i n i n g for Scout leadership.
Comedy during the summer school of
1926 at the opening performance of
the Playhouse; and a one act play di­rected
by Miss Beth Siebold, a mem­ber
of the Auburn Players and Theta
Alpha Phi.
Work is now being done on the long
play, The Whole Town's Talking, for
public presentation during the latter
p a r t of February. This is being pro­duced
under the direction of Dr. Gos-ser
who is putting much time and
work into what will be his first pro­duction
on our campus since coming
here last Fall as p a r t of the English
department and in charge of the dra­matic
classes.
DOWELL TO SPEAK
AT BAPTIST MEET
Pres. Elect of Mercer To Address
Atlanta Meeting
REPORTERS CLUB
MEETS AT SMOKER
Rosser Alston Entertains Plainsman
Reporters Sunday Night
DIETARIES TO BE
EXHIBITED HERE
Students and Townspeople Invited
To Inspect Work
Dr. Spright Dowell, president-elect
of Mercer university, will be t h e prin­cipal
speaker at the dinner meeting
of the Baptist deacons and pastors of
Atlanta at the Baptist Tabernacle,
Monday evening, J a n u a r y 16, a t 6:30
o'clock. The meeting will be t h e first
of four similar dinners held during
1928 for the purpose of fellowship
among the Baptist leaders\ of the
city. Several hundred laymen and
more than fifty local Baptist pastors
will be present.
Governor L. G. Hardman and May­or
I. N. Ragsdale, both Baptist dea­cons,
will make brief addresses a t the
dinner. Other prominent laymen and
preachers will also speak briefly.
Hugh M. Willet, president of the
board of trustees of Mercer univer­sity,
and a deacon in the Ponce de
Leon Baptist church, will introduce
Dr. Dowell.
The weekly meeting of the Report­ers
club was held in the form of a
smoker at the Square and Compass
House last Sunday night. Smokes
were passed around by Mr. Rosser
Alston. The usual form of business
was gone through with and plans for
a banquet, to be given next semester
were discussed. The club was invited
to meet at the A. L. T. house next
Sunday evening by Mr. Wise after
which the meeting adjourned.
Friday, J a n u a r y 13, from one to
four o'clock, there will be an exhibi­tion
of dietaries suitable for children
and young people in the Food's Lab­oratory
on the third floor of Comer
Hall, Agricultural Building. All stu­dents
and people in town are cordi­ally
invited to inspect the work. Stu­dents
in dietetics will be on hand to
give explanations and comments. This
exhibit was prepared especially for
those people preparing to teach home
economics as an example of the sort
of thing t h a t high school girls could
prepare, as a general exercise in
planning menus.
HOUSE DESTROYED
BY FIRE THURSDAY
West Magnolia Dwelling of Mrs.
Flanagan Burns
On Thursday, J a n u a r y 5, there was
much excitement created by a fire on
the extreme west end of West Mag­nolia
Avenue. A one-story dwelling
house, the property of Mrs. Flanagan
who lived nearby, was completely des­troyed.
Since there was no one living
in the building a t the time, t h e origin
of the fire is not known.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
C. D. Greemtree, '28 Associate Editor
R. C. Cargile, '28 Associate Editor
C. R. DeArman, '29 Associate Editor
J. B. McMillan, '29 Managing Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 ~~ Ass't. Managing Editor
Ludwig A. Smith, '29 News Editor
J. W. Powers, '28 Proofreader
J. E. Taylor, '30 _ 1 _ _ Proofreader
Max Kahn, '28 Sports Editor
troduced to the Auburn followers and foot­ball
men. The problems of Auburn's fu­ture
are to be discussed, and it is hoped that
there will be a reconciliation effected be­tween
the different factions of the alumni,
the college, and the student body. Auburn
is truly facing a new era.
DREISEER COLLEGE
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Chas. Ingersoll, '29
Geo. Ashcraft, '29
Celeste Nesbitt, '28
j . W. Randle, '28 _
A. V. Blankenship,
. Ass't. Sports Editor
Ass't. Sports Editor
Co-ed Editor
Exchange Editor
'30 . Humor Editor
REPORTERS \
. W. Powers, '28; Catherine Hare, '28;
Harry Wise, *29; J. W. Mills, '30; H.
H. Milligan, '30; E. T. England, '30; Roy
N. Sellers, '31; Robert L. Hume, '31;
Thomas P. Brown, '31; R. O. Kimbro,
'31; Clyde Seale, '31; Bob McConnell, '31;
White Matthews, '31; George Duncan,
'31; Richard A. Jones, '31; Jessie C.
Adams, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; E. M.
Flynn, '31; W. D. Dryer, '31; J. D. Foy,
'31; John Lewis, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF <
H. W. Glover, '29 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Geo. Williams, '28 Advertising Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
Carlos Moon, '31 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
John McClendog, '28 _ Circulation Mgr.
A. C. Taylor, '30 _ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
G. W. Smith, '30 _ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Dept.
M. Hawkins* '31 Circulation Dept.
W. H. Smith, '31 Circulation Dept.
NEW ERA FOR AUBURN IN SIGHT
By R. C. C.
In looking over the past year, one sees
many things that have taken place in con­nection
with our college, which have had
vital effects on the institution. These in­fluences
are having their effects now, and
will more than likely continue to do so for
an indefinite period of time.
Among the things which are to be guard*
as miurilHl slrlle within the-college walls,
and among the supporters of the institu­tion,
principally the alumni of Auburn. It
is to be regretted that internal conditions
reached such serious proportions that the
president of Auburn, a nationally recog­nized
educational leader, was attacked by
the student body, an act which led to his
resignation. It is to be hoped that such
will never be re-enacted at Auburn. There
came a division among the alumni several
years ago, and this breach continued to
widen until at the time the football season
got under way last fall they were hope­lessly
divided among themselves. Influ­ences
of different natures were pulling at
right angles to each other. The head coach
resigned in the middle of the football sea­son,
thus further complicating mattters at
the Village of the Plains.
At the beginning of the new year Au­burn
faces one of the greatest epochs in
her long history. There is to be an in­fusion
of new blood into the college admin­istration,
tho' the old blood was good. It
remains to be seen what the results of these
changes will bring forth within the next
twelve months. A new athletic coach has
already been elected, and will report for
duty March 15. His is the problem of
raising Auburn's football teams out of the
depths to which they have penetrated dur­ing
the last six years. If he is to do this suc­cessfully,
he must have the undivided co­operation
of the whole student body, the
faculty, the administrators, and the alumni
of the institution. It would take a super­human
act on his part to do so without this
co-operation. It is to be hoped that the
ever critical public will give our new coach
time to develop a winning team, rather than
start hurling their critical epithlets at him
from the start.
An even more serious change that con­fronts
Auburn during the current year, is
the entering of a new president. As yet
this man who is to succeed Dr. Dowell has
not been chosen. The committee chosen for
this purpose is busily engaged in looking for
a suitable and capable successor to the
presidency. It is to be hoped that every
loyal Auburn alumnus, as well as the fac­ulty
and the entire student body, will fall
into step with the policies of the new ad­ministration,
and help raise Auburn above
the mire of- strife she has endured for
several months. Only such cooperation will
accomplish the desired results.
The alumni are leading the way in get­ting
together. They have arranged to hold
meetings in the near future in Montgomery,
Auburn, Columbus, Ga., and Birmingham.
At these meetings, coach Bohler will be in-
SPEAKS ON
YOUTHS
By R. C. C.
Every few days some eminent author, or
some aspiring critic explodes his ideas con­cerning
the present day college students.
It seems that a great majority of these
would-be reformers take keen delight in
jumping astride college men's necks and
taking a long ride. Very few of them
have many good words to say about a col­lege
student of the present generation.
Upon being asked recently what he
thought about our present day institutions
of higher learning, Theodore Dreiser, the
famous American novelist, replied with a
loud "Bah." According to the report given
in the Atlanta Journal, he went on to say:
"I think we could wipe off the map about
95 per cent of our colleges. ^The trouble is
that entrance requirements are so ridicu­lously
easy that any Tom, Dick and Harry
whose father has enough money to pay his
tuition goes to college.
"The next step in the son's education is
to buy a fur coat, join a fraternity and a
few other clubs, and try out for some team
or other. As soon as he begins to go to
parties, he considers himself a regular stu­dent.
This drifting instability is probably
due to the fact that th<f average young per­son
does not make up his mind as to what
he wants to do or what he wants to be­come
early enough; aimlessness inevitably
follows. Of course, there are a few really
sincere students at college but they are far
too few. Possibly, if the entrance require­ments
were made much stiffer, and tuition
raised a bit, then it might be considered an
achievement to get into college."
We as college students admit that there
are a lot of people in college who would be
better off some place else. We admit there
are some who come to college and stay here
without any apparent purpose for doing
so, but we do not believe that the southern
colleges are full of such boys, as Mr. Dreis­er
seems to think of all colleges. In Au­burn,
not over 50 per cent of the students
ever belong to a social fraternity. Not over
40 per cent of any freshman class ever try
out for any athletic team while in college.
He makes the bold assertion that we
could destroy 95 per cent „ ofour colleges
and not be hurt! He says that the en-
Miss Miami was welcomed back to Au­burn
by a committee last week while en­gaged
down at the zoo dining hall. Al­though
he was asked to join in the recep­tion,
Nick refused to do so on the grounds
that he had already done his share in wel­coming
the young lady back to the village.
It seems that she was met at the train.
Rat Newton reported that Butler Coun­ty's
corn crop was flowing freely during
the holidays. He seems to have reason to
believe that the crop would continue to wet
the lining of parched throats.
Teacher vs. Teaching. Roy. Cargile
would have us believe that he is deeply in­terested
in obtaining a position down in
South Alabama but we have it from reliable
sources that he is much more interested in
a teacher in North Alabama than in teach­ing.
Roy is one of those fellows that it
is hard to get anything out of, however,
and we had to get whatever we could con­cerning
him.
A bulletin from the National Geographic
Society states that the soft rays of the moon
m^kes all things lighter. Even a giant
steamer is several pounds lighter when the
moon is shining directly overhead than it is
when the moon is on the horizon. Moon­light,
apparently, is the best time to go
shopping. Think how much less the butch­er's
hands on the scale would weigh. And
it is no wonder that the moon is such an
aid to romance. People get exceedingly
light-headed.
A lad with a hefty sweetheart might
think twice before taking her on his knee
in the glaring sunlight, but when the moon
comes by to gently take part of the weight
for him, he might take a chance on an
aching knee.
The above accounts for the change that
comes over Auburn students in the Spring-
With Other Colleges
they are in some instances, but every man
who finishes a college course and receives
his degree, has a position waiting for him
some where in this country, if he tries to
find it. To say that we could get along
without 95 per cent of our colleges, is al­most
as bad as to say that we could destroy
95 per cent of our churches and steamers,
and still not be handicapped.
The present day college men find places
and fit into the present economic order ad­mirably.
Life is more complex today than
ever before, and it is harder for a man to
fit into his surroundings, than it was in the
"good old days," yet the modern college
man and woman are doing it. Let Mr.
Dreiser put that in his pipe and smoke it!
SPORTSMANSHIP
By M. F.
The most beautiful thing about football,
basket-ball, or baseball, or any other kind of
game or sport, is Sportsmanship. "It is not
whether we win or lose, but how we play
the game, that counts." Auburn men
stand for Sportsmanship. Do you as a
student play the game of life fair and
square? Are you helping the one who is
down rise to his feet? It is not necessary
to ask this question to our Athletes, because
they are the real sports here on the Cam­pus.
Time and again you see them pat the
player on the back, who has succeeded, oi
help him to his feet if he is down. Again
I ask: Do we as the backers of that old
Alma Mater of ours do our share? Raz­zing
is something that Sportsmanship does
not include. But we are sometimes forget­ful
enough to razz the man who is down, or
who has made a slight mis-play. While at
the same time that team of ours is out there
helping him up, encouraging him on to a
new start. I ask': Are we doing the team
justice, our college, or ourselves, when we
do this. They are yours and mine. Let's
protect them, and let's fight for them on
the sidelines. Let's play a sportsman-like
game, like that team is playing. Then what
can we lose? "You can back that team,
have a good time and raise general h—1, but
at the same time be a gentleman." How
about it old boy, is this not the best plan?
You are an Auburn man; you have her fu­ture
reputation in your palm; yours to
place high up beyond the tinge of reproval,
or yours to drag in the slime of bitter criti­cism-
What are you going to do with it?
"Yes, dad, I'm a college graduate now.
Watch me go out, and set this little world
of ours on fire."
"I suppose you'll expect me to give you a
match."
time. If we had some people in school who
cared to make a study and to secure a cure
for the love-stricken and light-headed
youths, we believe the college would make
no mistake in getting their services, as the
grades of the students would no doubt take
a noticeable upward trend.
From down Mobile way comes this plea
to Sunshine Worthington, "Please take care
of my Tommy, and keep him away from
those wild co-eds. You know how easily
tempted he is, so if he gets too frisky,
treat him rough." The Tommy referred
to is none other than our own T. S. Lynch,
sheik of the zoo.
Peter Parker has gone on a rampage.
He craves the acquaintance of a certain
co-ed, but, as he is either too modest or too
bashful, has no earthly way to know her
unless someone comes to his rescue. Par­ker
says that this is a life and death matter
and would appreciate any help anyone
might care to give him. If you are willing
to try, see him for particulars.
Thompson, a Junior Civil, is taking a
course in correspondence, but as yet it
seems to be a one-way course. He hasn't
-received any help and it looks as though
he is going to fail the course. Why don't
you mail letters to someone outside of the
town where no one knws anything abut
you, Thompson?
"Bobo" George and "Nosedive" Hines are
to attempt a non-stop flight around the
world in Mr. George's new ship, the "demi-tasse."
"Izzy" appreciates tobacco when it comes
through the mail and wishes to thank some­one
for the can he received last week both
outside and through the mails.
The many friends of "Goofy" Nuchols
and Miller will be glad to learn that they
have buried the hatchet.
Book Review
Blind Tiger
Freshman translation of a Latin sentence
—Haec in Gallia est importantus: Hike into
Gaul, it's important. ~^
He: "Give me a kiss, hon."
She: "What for?"
He: "Aw, for me little brother."
"Let's pretend we're at the movies."
"And I'll read imaginary titles to you."
"No, you sap, turn out the light."
"Pop, what kind of a snake does a man
see when he is tipsy?" i
they're adders."
"Where'd this handkerchief come from?"
"Handkerchief? That's your bed sheet
come back from the laundry."
"What'll you have?" asked the lady in
waiting to the biggest and toughest man on
the gang.
"Beef." ^
"How do you want it?"
He waved an enormous and impatient
hand. "Oh, drive in the steer, and I'll
bite off what I want."
IN THE BEST OF COLLEGES
He wore his college f rat pin
Just southward of his heart,
And vowed that from that resting place
The pin should ne'er depart.
Years passed, and still it found him
Staunch and firm and pat,
Wearing his college frat pin
In honor of his frat.
One day two eyes beguiled him,
His high ideals took chase,
They coaxed the little frat pin
From it's old abiding place.
And now they have a bungalow,
With •& welcome on the mat;
And the frat pin's fastening baby clothes
In honor of the frat.
—Exchange
Letters to the Editor
A little girl was put in an upper berth
for the first time. She kept crying till her
mother told her not to be afraid that God
would watch over her.
"Mother, are you there?" -y
"Yes"
"Father, are you there?"
"Yeah-"
A fellow passenger lost all patience at
this point and bellowed forth: "We're all
here! Your father and mother and broth­ers
and sisters and aunts and uncles and
cousins. All here; now go to sleep."
There was a pause, then, very softly:
"Mama!"
"Well?"
"Was that God?"
Hot: "Here comes a friend of mine. He's
a human dynamo.
Hot: "Yes, everything he has on is charg­ed."
Little Jack was on the sidewalk crying
one day when a kindly looking old gentle­man
came along.
'fWhat's the matter, sonny?" he inquired
cheerfully.
"Ma says I took some of her cookies,"
A few weeks ago in these columns there
appeared a letter which attempted to dis­courage
the idea that one literary society
on this campus seemed to have about their
members wearing a key. This letter was
written in the best spirit and we hope in
a very reasonable manner. The logic used
seemed to have been entirely ignored at the
meeting of this same society on last Tues­day
night when the proponents of the key
idea seem to have won. Since the society
has shown no regard for the honorary fra­ternities
on the campus we feel quite sure
that the honorary fraternities will show
•**»"** , u - -«» ^ I W : I I I - m i , r - c M c - l n p i r g m p i c r o ng
of this handful of inflated literary brothers
will probably not be realized, when to their
disappointment this key suggested does
not appear on a "log chain" along with
some real honor key. »
If we are to be made stoop-shouldered by
wearing hardware across our chests of
every useless nature let those of us from the
farm swing a ployshare or a wagon wheel
around our necks; those from the shops
swing a handsaw or a monkey wrench con­spicuously
on our persons; and those from
the small towns where there is more or less
civic pride and professional interest wear
some emblem of their profession. Just any­thing
that has an emblematic feature about
it will do whether it be a distinction or not
it will compare very favorably with this
literary society key.
Those of us who have five dollars to put
into a key would do better to spend it going
to the movies and use up an hour of our
more or less valuable time along with each
visit to the movies meditating over the mod­esty
of the heroes of the screpn. Such ac­tion
would be more cultural than the im­modest
idea of spreading our onions that
we do not know where people that we come
in contact with will not appreciate it, and
where when we have finally learned to
have a common sense of values we too will
not prize it very highly.
Hoping those who buy a key get value
received and pleasure anticipated.
Jack replied. ,
"Oh, never mind, you'll get your reward
in the end," said the old gentleman.
"Yes, I suppose so," sobbed the child,
"that's where I usually get it."
He: "I'm gonna sing in the opera."
She: "Why you have only a drawing
room voice."
He: "Yes, I know, but I'm going to have
my nose lifted so I can be heard in the
balcony."
She: "How dare you insult me. I never
did invite you to my rooms."
He: "Excuse me, my dear, I thought
you'd meet me in the 'suite bye and bye.'"
Guide: "This, ladies and gentleman is
the greatest cataract in the country, and
if the ladies will only be silent for a mo­ment,
you can heard the thunder of the
waters."
Fireman, fireman, save my child,"
The frantic mother cried
As she saw her girl get in a coupe
With curtains on the side.
The University of Wisconsin extension
division is offering a training course for
policemen this semester.
* * * * *
The department of home economics at
Ohio State University is planning to offer
a course to men in the near future.
* * * * *
At Creighton University at Omaha, pledg­ing
of fraternities may take place only
fourteen days after registration.
* * * * *
A "hobo" who recently died in a charity
hospital, was found to have left $40,000 to
the medical and law schools of Northwest­ern
University.
* * * * *
Cigarette smokers are financing the erec­tion
of a new $250,000 stadium at the Uni­versity
of South Dakota, due to the recently
imposed tax on cigarettes.
* * * * *
After two years' trial, the honor code
adopted temporarily in 1925 at the Univer­sity
of Washington, was dropped recently,
because of it's failure.
* * * * *
If they promise not to have a "wet"
party, the juniors at the University of Wis­consin
are to be allowed to use the state
capitol building for their prom next spring.
* * * * *
The undergraduates at Ohio Wesleyan
University have petitioned to have a mem­ber
of their body sit in the meetings of both
the faculty and trustees.
* * * * *
A Mustache Club has been founded at
Mercer. University. Reports have it that
general sentiment on the campus is opposed
to such organizations.
* * * * *
A horse-shoe pitching contest and tourna­ment
was recently held at N. C. State.
Much interest in the game is also being
evidenced at the University of Alabama.
* * * * *
Co-eds of the University of California
.preferred to mop the floor rather than play
a game of basket-ball. Nice, industrious
co-eds, that will make some man happy (?)
* \ * * * *
The student body of the Stalje Junior Col­lege
at Douglas, Georgia, is doing most of
the work on the new dining hall being
erected there, the students even making the
brick.
* * * * *
Freshmen at Pittsburgh State Teachers
College have been denied the right to "wear
them rolled", this_applieiiQ.JbiJtlLj;he_'i=eds-a"
n~a eo-eas," tne men being forced to wear
garters.
* * * * *
Declaring that the agreement has led to
much suspicion and has proved a failure,
Harvard has withdrawn from its agree­ment
with Yale and other Eastern teams
to eliminate scouting before games.
* * * * *
Plans are being made to have every big
Ten school represented in a special Euro­pean
tour, with the Olympic games as a
feature next summer. An extensive pleas­ure
is to be made.
* * * * *
With the first season of the Air College
declared a success, the College of the City
of New York has opened the second season
of the college over WNYC. The lectures
are given by various faculty members of
the college in an attempt to popularize edu­cation.
* * * * *
Southwestern College of Memphis, Tenn.,
is evidently equipped with all the modern
conveniences, for a "date" bureau has been
organized for the benefit of those unable
to secure social engagements with the ones
of their choice. A nominal fee is charged
for a "successful" date.
* * * * *
According to a Japanese student in one
of America's large universities, the stu­dent
in Japanese colleges is inclined only
slightly toward'athletics, unacquainted with
fraternity life, unfettered by the scramble
for credit hours, and is allowed little as­sociation
with girls. No wonder he came
to the U. S. A. to study.
* * * * *
Compulsory chapel or convocation has
been abolished at the University of Ro­chester
by action of the board of trustees
of that institution. In place of the required
chapel services there will be held two week­ly
meetings of the students, both voluntary^
One will be a religious service, and the other
for the purpose of transacting business of
the student government.
* * * * *
School dances at the St. Louis University
have been so successful and the profits so
good that at the next Conclave Dance an
antomobile will be raffled off and a lucky
fool will be riding home in a car he did not
come in. It certainly is a happy state of
affairs to reach. An inducement such as
this is bound to draw a crowd. If the au­thorities
felt playful they could, after the
award of the prize, declare a ban on auto­mobiles.
Auto bans are common nowadays.
* * * * *
Women students at Ohio Wesleyan Uni­versity
will be expelled if they are found
ANATOLE FRANCE, THE PARISIAN
By Herbert L. Stewart
Anatole France, author of The Crime of
Sylvester Bonnard, Revolt of the Angels,
and Penguin Island, is one of the greatest
writers of recent French Literature and
one of the most contradictory. His bio­grapher
and critic, Mr. Stewart, is Profes­sor
of Philosophy in Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia. It would be more
than human to expect Professor Stewa-t .
to approve entirely of France's life an!
opinions. In fact, France wrote so much
and allowed himself to voice so many dif­ferent
opinions that it is impossible for his
most devout followers to harmonize his ut­terances.
To explain France rather than to praise
or blame him is Professor Stewart's aim.
But it is hard to explain a man who at one
time urges the proletariat of all nations to
band together against capitalistic society,
and then at another wises to carry a rifle
in defense of French nationalism. It is
hard to reconcile France's speeches for
working men's colleges with his disbelief
in the possibility of human improvement.
It is said that a refugee Russian student
who had come to present a letter of intro­duction
ran away from France's door be­fore
the maid returned to admit him, re­fusing
to believe that a man living in such
luxury, amid such a wealth of art, could
really be interested in the rights of Rus­sian
peasants.
Professor Stewart explains him by say­ing
that he was a pagan born out of his
time, with some kinship to Voltaire and
Renan and with a temperamental affinity
with Montaigne, but more likeness to Lu-cian
of Samosata Lucretius and Epicurus.
It would be easy though not necessarily
true, to "say that France's sympathy for
suffering human beings is his most char­acteristic
attitude toward society.
Two of his most interesting stories are
Penguin Island and The Revolt of the
Angels. In the first, one reads that by mis­take,
a missionary had converted an Island
of Penquins, who later by heavenly decree
become men. Beginning to wear clothes,
the Penquins soon become conscious of in­hibitions
and disguises that make immor­ality
a certainty. They fight and kill very
much like human animals, though they
have not done so before, and successful
slaughter leads to noble houses and thrones.
Through deceit, the powerful few invent
a religion and promulgate a priesthood as
a means of controlling the rest. In later
-fciumujr u oocinHat reformer, believing that
dynasties cause war is disillusioned after
visiting a democracy where he finds a leg­islature
declaring new wars to open mar­kets
and where aggressive peoples are
slaughtering half of a foreign population
to compel the remainder to buy umbrellas
and suspenders. Here is disillusionment,
impiety, humor, delicious satire. Yet, as
we have seen, in certain mods France
could be enthusiastic for reform and im­provement.
In The Revolt of the Angels, the angels,
unlike Milton's, sympathize with man.
They assure the forms of men and with
one accord become socialists, anarchists
and rebels. In this audacious blasphemy,
France pictures the well-nigh hopeless
struggle of the spirit of freedom and jus­tice
against a malignant Providence. In
the end, when angelic victory over God
seems possible, Satan is sought out, but he
refuses to lead the last attack, saying,
"War engenders war and victory defeat.
God conquered will become Satan; Satan
conquering will become God."
Both of these books are body-blows with
France's keenest weapons at illusions which
France believed to be oppressing men and
making them unhappy. Some reviewers
profess to think that these stories show the
decline of the great French writer. Pro­fessor
Stewart seems to agree.
I do not wish to add a defense, but wish
to say that it is better to see a man through
his own" works than through his biograph­er's.
. France was a thinker, tolerantly
placid, detached. He was learned and
brilliant. He was an epicure, loving the
luxury of art and intellect but supersensi­tive
to suffering everywhere. Not being
an office-holder, he could afford contra­dictory
philosophies and extensive experi­ments
in illusion.
Whether he was faultlessly great or
simply brilliantly wicked, he -will hold, as
his biographer says, an exalted place for
those who can appreciate the ingenuities
of a fertile imagination or the subtler
witchery of words. It is difficult to har­monize
his various opinions, but he was
a most interesting man.
—J. R. Rutland.
smoking, has been announced by President
John Hoffman. The college authorities
have also put a ban on student automobiles
and student marriages. The women stu­dents
may go to dances if they present a
written request from their parents. Stu­dents
have asked to have a ban put on
examinations, the only campus activity (?)
not forbidderr by the authorities. We are
wondering why the president does not put
a ban on student suicides.
*
THE PLAINSMAN
GILCHRIST IS PRAISED FOR
HIS WORK HERE THIS YEAR
Dooley Gilchirst; Our Dooley! The
one we have followed not only in spirit
but in person to a series of very dis­astrous
football games. Three Cheers
for him, because he has certainly been
• on the job this year, and has kept the
Old Auburn Spirit going strong the
whole season; as well or better than
have any of the other famous cheer
leaders who have led our student body
in the cheers that helpde the Tigers
on to victory.
Dooley came to Auburn in Sept­ember
1924 as a common ordinary
freshman, but since that time has de­veloped
the Auburn Spirit and dis­tinguished
himself in more ways than
one on the campus and elsewhere such
as being a member of the freshman
baseball team; Assistant cheer leader;
varsity baseball squad; assistant
baseball manager; Vice-Pres. Inter-fraternity
Council; Stags, Manager
of baseball; cheer leader and "A"
Club.
The cheer leaders are responsible
for the spirit of the student body,
there is no getting around that. We
may have a little of the Old Auburn
Spirit (not spirits) deep down in our
hearts, but it wont be known until the
cheer leaders bring it out.
Not many of us like to yell for a
losing team. Nobody Jikes to follow
a sinking ship. How many of us
would have sit still in the grand
stands while Auburn was going down
in defeat had it not been for the cheer
leaders continuous, untiring begging
Boys—Stop at
City Drug Store
When In Columbus
YOU ARE WELCOME
W. L. MEADOWS
and pleading for us to back the old
team and let them know we were
there and tell the world who we were?
That is the cheer leaders job, and
Doley is the one who is responsible
for the old Auburn Spirit keeping its
stand of old during the past season
We can certainly say one thing for
Dooley, he was always on the job.
He never got down-hearted, no matter
what the score might have been or no
matter how many games we had play­ed
and lost. He never lost his pep or
gave up, but fought on under the most
trying handicaps Auburn has ever
known. Never before have we had
such an unsuccessful season and still
held the pep and backing of the whole
student body.
The football season may be termed
unsuccessful, but for the Auburn
Spirit, it was a victorious reign
Nothing was lacking when it came to
upholding the old traditions, which
are more honored and sacred to a
true Auburn man than life itself.
It is said by some of the wejl known
sports writers that the Auburn Spirit
shown at the L. S. U. game in Mont­gomery
this year was some of the
best ever known. This was the game
where "Young" Gilchrist ran across
the field between halves and bade
tidings of the day to the Governor and
Mrs. Graves, who in return congratu­lated
him on the fine spirit sjjown by
the student body that day.
We are proud of our Dooley and can
sincerely say that he lias been success­ful
in cheer leading this year. We are
sorry that this is his last year, but
we hope that his coming successors
might have an equal success, and if
possible, a greater one.
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An earning of $647.17 for one sum­mer's
4-H Club work is not so bad
but that is what a summer's club
work has meant for two Shelby coun­ty
4"-H club boys. They are brothers,
J. W. and Benton Letson, sons of
Prof. J. W. Letson, county superin­tendent
of Shelby county.
Anxious to have something to do
through the summer that would pay
them well they selected pig .club work
under the supervision of county
agent A. A. Lauderdale. Before their
school closed they were making prep­arations
for their work.
Following the advice of the county
agent, they selected two fields, one
fifteen acres and the other ten acres,
to plant in corn and soy beans for
grazing crops. The corn rows were
made wide enough to plant "the soy
beans in the middles. Laredo and
Mammoth Yellow were the varieties
selected.
They bought 8§ pigs at $5 each
with money borfoweg! at $he bank
The pigs were fed corn and tankage
until the corn and soy beans were
ready for grazing. \ •
On July 29, sixty-five farmers mak­ing
a farm tour visited the Letson
brothers project and saw them turn
the pigs on the ten acre field of corn
and beans. All kinds of remarks were
made by the farmers. Some said, the
pigs-will waste half of the corn, while
others said, "isn't that a big waste."
But the pigs thrived on this field
and by the time they had cleaned it up
the fifteen acre field of eom and
beans was ready. Sixty-six were*
shipped in one car to Birmingham
and sold for $1090.00. So far as
records now available this is the first
time individual club boys have ever
shipped a car of hogs. The remaining
seyent§en pigs are worth $263.70. The
total expense of producing the pigs
was 848.90 leaving the boys a profit
of $505.17. )
In addition to the pig club project
they carried an acre of watermelon;
and two acres in peanuts. On the
watermelons they made $48 and on
the peanuts $94.
DR. BURNWORTH
POINTS WAY TO
SEEK SUCCESS
Page 3.
Value of Ala. Crops
Gain of $34,000,000
A man deserves nothing in the
world but a chance and you have it,
stated Dr. E. D. Burnworth, pastor
of the Auburn Methodist Church, as
he addressed the first upperclassmen
convocation since the holidays held in
Lengdon Hall at Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute Thursday morning.
"Nevertheless, there are people sit­ting
around waiting for someone to
die in order to inherit their money or
secure a position in life" thereby," con­tinued
Dr. Burnworth. "But, I tell
you, no man should inherit more than
a chance to succeed. Every student
in this hall in reality is a very rich
person by virtue of your possession
of youth and the educational oppor­tunities
of a great institution of learn­ing
like this one,"
In conclusion, Dr. Burnworth
pointed out that the reason most
people failed to succeed was because
of their unwillingness to pay the price
of success. In other words, many
people want to begin life at the point
that can only be attained after years
of work and striving. People can ob­tain
from life only that which they
put into j | ,
~The practical illustrations and bits
of humor interspersed by Dr. Burn­worth
rendered his address one of the
most interesting delivered in Langdon
Hall this session.
Increased Value Made
Less Acres
on 100,000
AUBURN'S
FAVORITE
RECORDING STAR!
-"A.1KJ1* UUIJ—ID—VUiy
in that the boys shipped a car of hogs
but their income for the summer is
oen of the largest on record for club
boys.
AUBURN BAPTISTS
PLAN NEW CHURCH
New Church Building To Cost About
$70,000
Tentative plans for the erection of
a $70,000 church building were adopt­ed
by the Auburn Baptist Church at
a business meeting Sunday. Follow­ing
the submission of preliminary
plans and sketches qf the new build­ing
by Dr. Spright Dowell, ohairman
of the building committee, the church
ordered the completion of the plans
and specifications with a view to let­ting
the building contract at an early
date.
According to Dr. J. R. Edwards,
Auburn Baptist pastor, the equip­ment
for the pew church will bring
the cost to approximately $100,000.
In addition to Doctor Dowell, other
officers of the building committee
are: J. C. Grimes, secretary; S- J. T.
Price, treasurer and Dr. J. B. Ed­wards,
ex-officio member of the com­mittee.
First National Bank
Has Excellent Year
Issues Eight Percent Dividend To
Stockholders
Issuing eight per cent, dividend
checks to every stockholder and
doubling the amount of undivided
profits, previously transferred into
the surplus account during any one
period, the First National Bank here
has just closed the most prosperous
year in its history, according to C.
Felton Little, president.
Following the declaring of dividends
by the directors recently a full meet-meeting
*of all the stockholders was
called at which time the dividend
checks were distributed. Eight per
cent, dividends have been declared
each of the four year's during the
bank's history, stated Mr. Little,
though the amount transferred this
year to surplus doubles that of any
past year.
A. L. Thomas served as president
of the bank from its beginning until
a year ago when Mr. Little was
elected.
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The final estimate of values of
crops produced in Alabama reveals
that 1927 exceeds 1926 by $34,241,-
000. This estimate is made by F. W.
Gist, agricultural satistician, and does
not include cowpeas, soybeans and vel­vet
beans which would not materially
change the relative values.
This increased value was made on
a total crop acreage 100,000 acres
less than last year. The per acre
value of crops was $28.50 in 1927 as
compared with $23.79 in 1926.
Both corn and cotton made sub-statial
increases in values. Cotton is
up from $108,500,000 to $133,600,000.
This includes cotton seed. Com is up
from $34,781,000 in 1926 to $43,659,-
000 in 1927.
The value of the peanut crops of
the two years jumped from $3,591,000
to $5,086,000. The sweet potato crop
advanced from $5,525,000 to $6,247,-
000. Irish potatoes, sorghum syrup
and sugar cane syrup were practically
the same.
The hay erop declined in value. It
was $9,306,000 in 1926 as compared
with $7,966,000 in 1927.
The 1926 cotton crop in Alabama
was made oh 3,651,000 acres as com­pared
with 3,225,000 this year. While
cotton was planted on fewer acres,
more acres were given over to corn,
the total for the two years being $?,-
825,000 and 2,966,,0fl0,.
I n 1>H« With, anticipation in the
spring more aeres were planted to
hay groups. A less favorable season
resulted in smaller crop and a great
reduction in the values.
Although the improvement of 1927
over 1926 was due to higher prices
other factors enter into the situation.
In recent years farming in Alabama
has improved rapidly due jn the main
to the wor-fc of the eeunty demonstra­tion
agents whose recommendations
are based upon experiments conduct­ed
along scientific lines.
Although farming is still faced, with
many handicaps and unofficial eati»
mate is that improvements during the
last five years have exceeded improve­ments
any other twenty years. More
the immemateiuture.
This estimate by Mr. Gist is based
upon production and prices. It is of­ficial
and is the final estimate for the
year. Complete ginning- figures may
change the cotton figures slightly.
REPORTS ON BASKETBALL GAMES
FEATURE PROGRAM FROM WAPI
In addition to the regular musical
and educational features for the week
beginning Monday^ January 16, a
play by play report of the Auburn-
Clemson basketball game will be
given. The market news and weath­er
forecast will be included in each
program.
ADVICE GIVEN
STUDENTS WHO
ARE DEPRESSED
Miss Ferguson is
New District Agent
Miss Bertha Lee Ferguson, former
home demonstration agent in Geneva
and Clarke Counties, Alabama, is now
district home demonstration agent for
the Extension Service of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute with headquar­ters
at Auburn. She succeeds Miss
Isadora Williams and will supervise
the work in the' eastern and south­eastern
third of Alabama. Announce­ment
of this ehange is made by Miss
Helen Johnston, state leader in home
demonstration work,
Miss Ferguson came to Alabama
from Tennessee in 1921. She spent
three years as home demonstration
agent in Geneva County and on in
Clarke before going to a county in
North Carolina where she remained
until she returned to Alabama. Her
work as county agent was an out­standing
success it is said.
Miss Williams was made home in­dustries
specialist—a new position,
the purpose of which is to stimulate
production by farm women and girls
of marketable products and then help
in selling them on the curb markets
through a department store in Bir­mingham,
and elsewhere.
Through their club work the home
demonstration agents of Alabama
have discovered splendid talent for
the manufacturing of useful articles.
In her new position Miss Williams
will work with the county home
agents and others in developing this
talent. She will keep in touch with
market demands in order to direct
production as well as assist in selling.
As home demonstration agent in
Tuscaloosa County she gave special
attention to the curb market. For
several months she was market mas­ter.
Here and» in other work she has
studied production and marketing.
More fellows are run over by men
from the rung below on the ladder
than slip down the ladder.
Love is the state of mind in which
a man can pay the bills without a
frown.
The average human being is con­fronted
with the inevitable fact that
sometimes in his life there will be de­pressing
periods—periods when it
seems that the whole world has gone
wrong, or else, there will be the fear
of what is to come, causing a lone-someness
for some preceding period
when life was more pleasant and more
enjoyable.
At the present time perhaps there
are students here at Auburn who feel
that they face the probability of
failure on examinations. The yearn­ing
for the friendships which they
had during Christmas has no doubt
increased the dread of exams. The
love of home is commendable, but you
are now men—college men, and you
have either by self selection or other­wise,
become a member of a select
grouping. DQ you want to give up
now and admit that you are not man
enough to throw your shoulders back
and face the future with what it
holds in store? Maybe you can't
make the highest grades. They are
minor things in college life. Be a
man, work while you may, live clean,
and the grades will take care of them­selves.
Carry ygur troubles to someone for
ad.viee. Get in touch with your fac­ulty
adviser, if you are a freshman.
Talk your troubles over with your
dean, the office forces of the Y. M.
C. A., your pastor, dependable upper­classmen,
or anyone who is capable
of giving advice. They will pep you
up. That is the main thing a person
needs when he thinks he is about to
fail. YOU WILL WIN!
Monday noon, January 16, musi­cal
selections by the studio trio and
Miss Evelyn Smith. Otto Brown, ex­tension
forester, will discuss "Hard­woods
and Prof. C. K. Brown will
give Auburn news notes.
Tuesday noon, Januray 17, old
popular selections by the studio trio.
J. B. Wilson, agricultural engineer,
will give information on farm ma­chinery
work in Alabama. A fifteen
minute club meeting will be held with
Miss Helen Johnson in charge.
Tuesday night, beginning at 8
o'clock, a play by play report of the
Auburn-Clemson basketball game. Be­ginning
at 9 the Auburn Collegians
will present a dance program.
Wednesday noon, January 18, clas­sical
program by the studio orchestra.
A discussion of the market situation
will be given.
Thursday noon, January 19, Rev.
O. D. Langston in vocal solos and the
Aubum stringers in popular selec­tions.
Rev. Milligan Earnest will dis­cuss
a religious topic.
Thursday night, beginning at 9, the
studio orchestra. Dr. George Petrie
in a current topic discussion.
Friday noon, January 20, new Vic­tor
records will be played during the
Jessee French Victor program; and
a home economics topic will be dis­cussed
by "Aunt Sammy."
Friday night, beginning at, the
studio orchestra, with R. J. Kirkpa-trick
in piano and vibraphone solos.
Saturday noon, January 21, vocal
solos and duets by L. R. Simpson and
Walter Samford and string music will
be presented. Prof. J. R. Rutland
will discuss the Sunday School lesson.
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Pag* 4.
THE PLAINSMAN
SPORTS - Tigers Run Up Big Score in Opening Tilts SPORTS
77GEJ? BASKETEERS TRAMPLE
TECHSTERS IN TORRID GAME
Papkemen Jump Off To a Flying Start in 1928
Conference Race
As the whistle blew, Auburn and
Georgia Tech renewed their annual
feud of the courts in the A. P. I.
gymnasium last Saturday night. Last
year, Tech captured the first game of
the series in Atlanta after two extra
five minute periods of play were call­ed
to settle the tie that resulted at
the end of the game. Tech won that
game by one point. Later in the sea­son,
Auburn succceeded in avenging
their defeat in the first game of their
season by handing the Jackets a de­cisive
defeat to the tune of 42-24. Such
was the lay of the land at the begin­ning
of the game.
Murdoff's men assumed the lead
during the first two minutes of play
when Wilson dropped in two free
shots from the foul line and a few
minutes later scored a field goal. Here
the Tech offense assumed the form
of a necessary defense for the Tigers
were raring to go. They did! Akin
and Ellis began dropping in scores
from every angle of the floor and be­fore
the visitors could realize what
had happened, they were far behind.
But the score does not by any means
offer any idea of the heat of the
battle. Every pass, shot and dribble
had to be performed in perfect form
to make it successful. Every player
was in the game to give his best, but
the Plainsman had an inevitable sys­tem
and it never failed to work. This
is the main feature of the 1928 Tigers.
Papke has whipped them into one of
the smoothest working combinations
Twenty-Seven Men
Awarded Letters in
Football This Year
Twenty seven men on the 1927
Tiger squad were nwarripd Inttni-r..*-
squad are wearing the."A" for the
first time. The election was made
by the "A" club, which is composed of
student athletes who have made their
letter in football, basketball, baseball
and track. To make his letter a man
must be in certain games and must
be in for a required length of time.
In addition to the requirement of per­formance,
the "A" club requires cer­tain
behavior and training on the part
of the athlete, in order to be eligible
to receive the "A". The player must
keep in training, according to the
training rules set down by the head-coach.
-
The players are given sweaters or
athletic blankets with the Auburn "A"
on them. These are awarded by the
faculty committee each year.
The following men received letters
for the 1927 football season:
W. Wi Paterson, captain, Bolton
Shotts, alternate-captain, W. Merritt
Burns, Euil Snider, Robert Howard,
G. J. Ellis, Raymond Turner, Jim
Crawford, H. G. Long, Elsworth
Spinks, H. J. Carter, Riley Cunning­ham,
J. L. Hartselle, H". B. Smith,
manager, Thurston Adams, Bill
Granger, Porter Callahan, Rupert In­gram,
H. C. Andress, Dooley Gil­christ,
Cheerleader, W. A. Hodges,
C. C. Sellers, J. L. Ward, E. W.
Peake, Ike Cosper, T. H. Pearce, and
J. E. Carter.
ever to assume charge of the Auburn
gym. Of course it is impossible to
describe the plays of the game. They
were fast, accurate and to the point.
These plays were all worked out by
Coach Papke who deserves a large
per cent of praise for the originiza-tion
of such a mighty quintet.
To "8 rock" Jelly Akin goes the
spoils as leading scorer. Poor Jelly
just couldn't be stopped. His shots
were high and sure and not infrequent
A sum total of 26 points was amassed
by Akin alone..
Buck Ellis was assigned one of the
hardest jobs of the night; sticking
with Nick George, Captain of the
Tech aggregation, and the manner in
which Buck performed this is indes-criable.
He was always at his heels,
ready to keep the ball out of his hands
and always, he was smiling and talk­ing
to "his man." This is the kind of
sportsmanship that is admirable and
should be practised by all. Buck has
shown this honorable trait several
times very recently and we wish to
congratulate him on it. As to his of­fensive
play, Ellis dropped in six
field goals, several of which were shot
from most difficult angles. If Buck
keeps his eye and number "7", he'll
be one of the best bets of the year.
Frank Dubose was there with his
sure, steady play. Many times he had
his opponent half mad by kidding him
with his trick movements. ' Frank
helped the scoring ledger by putting
four shots through the sought for
ring.
Those guards, those guards! A
neater pair have never been seen. It
seemed as if they thrive on fight and
lighting. Never would either of these
famous lads stop for a short rest;
always trying to make the game fast­er
and harder iought, as they seem
to love i t The Tech forwards were
Plainsmen Swamp
Southern College
For 51 to 18 Win
Defemive Work of James Twins is
Feature of Riot of Auburn
Gaffers
Auburn's booming basket ball team
rolled up another huge score in de­feating
the Southern College outfit
from Lakeland, Fla., by a 51 to 18
verdict here Monday night. .The
Plainsman got away to a slow start,
according to their usual form, but
soon settled down to business and be­gan
to run up the score.
With the James twins holding the
opposition to but two field goals dur­ing
the entire first half, the Tigers
were overwhelmingly in the lead at
the end of the half. The Plainsman
led 34 to 8 at the end of the first
period. Jelly Akin and Buck Ellis
were leaders in the Auburn scoring,
getting 12 points apiece. Frank Du­bose
was close behind them with 10
points to his credit.
With the reserves in the game most
of the second half the pace eased up
a bit but the scrubs managed to ring
up some 17 points during the final
period against 10 for the visitors.
The strong defensive work of the
Tiger guards featured the game.
Spivey, the leading threat for South­ern,
could score but one field goal
out of eigh^; points. The entire South­ern
team could score but five goals.
The Lineups and summary r
AUBURN (51) SOUTHERN (18)
Right Forward
Akin (12) Galloway (2)
Left Forward
Ellis (12) Reese (2)
Center
Dubose (10) Sprivey (8)
Dy these twins and not very many
times were they able to slip through.
Of this pair, it is not possible to say
just which plays the best game. They
are both of the highest grade and are
going to be death to S. I. C. forwards
this year.
At the closing minutes of the game,
Mullins, Vines and L. James went in
for the James twins and Ellis. Even
then, Tech could not make much head­way.
As Georgia would say "Tech
just wasn't in our class."
For the visitors, Wilson, William­son
and George starred. George is
one of the best guards in Dixie and
is playing his last' year on the Yellow
Jacket aggregation as Captain. Wil­son
was leading scorer for Tech while
Williamson, who came in at the close
of the last half proved a scoring sen­sation.
Harris also was among the
best for Tech.
Tech had it on the Tigers in only
one department of the game. Their
players made nine points out of .a pos­sible
fifteen from the free line while
the Papkemen could only score six out
of sixteen. Ebb James led this list
by making all four of his chances
good.
The summary of the scores, indivi­dually,
is as follows:
TECH—Player (1), Wilson (7),
Heeke (1), George (2), Goldin (2),
Harris (7), Waxelbaum, Olt z, Lar-gen
(2), Bullard, Williamson (7).
E. James
Right Guard
(3) ,- Tolle (2)
Right Guard
F. James (7) Husky (4)
Substitutions: Auburn, L. James
(2) for E. James; Vines for F.
James; Mullins (5) for Ellis; Howell
Southern: Marchant for Reese.
Referee: Dudley (Auburn).
BUNK BUNK
AROUND THE CAMPUS
BUNK BUNK
1928 Auburn Basketball Schedule
Jan.
Dec. 17—Montgomery Y. M. C. A. (12)
5—White Business College (13)
7—Ga. Tech (29)
Southern College (18)
13—U. of Florida
14—U. of Florida
18—Clemson
20—U. of Tennessee
27—Tulane
28—Tulane
1—Vanderbilt
3—U. of Georgia
9—Georgetown U.
10—Ole Miss
11—Ole Miss
18—Ga. Tech
22—U. of Florida
23—U. of Florida
Feb. 27—S. I. C. TOURNEY
(38)
(92)
(56)
(51)
Feb.
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Gainesville
Gainesville
Auburn
Auburn
New Orleans
New Orleans
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Atlanta
Auburn
Auburn
Atlanta
HOW TO HELP MAKE AUBURN'S
BASKETBALL TEAM CHAMPS
There are several ways that the
students may cooperate with Coach
Papke to make our Varsity the best
in Dixie. One of these is to keep out
of the gymnasium during practice.
This is a point that should be stressed.
Coach desires closed practice and he
is going to have it, it is necessary.
Let's help him and the team by sav­ing
him the trouble of asking you out.
Another way to help is to cheer the
players, stick behind them, winning
or losing, and stick harder than ever
if they are losing. Your encourage­ment
will do much to install hope in
them. When any player, Auburn or
otherwise, is taken out of the game,
give him the clap and not the boo.
That is fine spirit and should be used
to the best of advantages. Those
are a few of the ways to help. Let's
all stick together and help the player
stick to the top.
BASKIN, FULL SPEED AHEAD IN
TRAINING
Weems Baskin, stellar A.' P. I.
track man order ful speed ahead last
week in his preparation for the Olym
pics. Weems holds the honor position
of being about the best track man
ever put out at Auburn and is headed
towards greater honors when he hits
the "pick of the Universe" in Europe
this summer. Besides being a star
hurdler, Baskin is a championship
sports writer, according to Samuel
Slump Salter and Zipp Sizemore. His
departure will deprive the college of
one of its strongest means of gaining
recognition. Still, we're all behind
you Weemie. Give 'em -ell!
"WEEMIE" BASKIN
W. O. "Weemie" Baskin, who for
several years was one of the outstand­ing
athletes on the Auburn campus,
leaves for New York on January 25,
where he will resume training for the
Olympic tryouts. The tryouts will be
held in Boston on the 6th and 7th of
July. Baskin wil compete for the New
York Athletic Club, which is the
greatest individual athletic club in
the world.
The training while in New York
wil be hard for "Weemie" at first,
for all the tracks there are of the in­door
type, and have wooden floors.
There are no indoor tracks in the
South, due to the mild climate, and it
will take Baskin some time to get used
to running on the board path.
Baskin has taken off many honors
in various track meets. He is th Na­tional
Collegiate high hurdles cham­pion,
having won that event in Chi­cago
last June in the record time of
14.9 seconds. The second place was
won by Cuhel of the University of
Iowa, third place Dunson of the Uni­versity
of Oklahoma, fourth place Mc-
Keever of University of Illinois, fifth
place to Otterness of University oi,
Minnesota, and sixth place Dorbos of
University of Kansas.
"Weemie" is the greatest hurdler
that the South has ever turned out,
and in addition to this, he is an all
round athlete. He holds the Southern
record for high hurdles with the time
of 14 3-5 seconds. The Southern Cpn-
^ ^ a o t : He nas
gained fame all over the United
States, as a star track man. It is
said that he has several trunks full
of medals which he has won in vari­ous
track events. In the last four
dual meets which he has-participated
in, he scored 84 points by himself.
Baskin is holder of the following
Auburn records: Discus, 124 feet 4%
inches; Shot, 40 feet, 7% inches, and
Javelin 172 feet, 3 inches.
"Weemie" has spent all of this fall
in the Village training for the Olym­pic
tryouts. He has been under the
most proficient coaching of Coach W.
H. Hutsell, who knows all of the fine
points of track. He is in good condi­tion
now, and should break some more
records when he gets used to the in­door
track. He is six feet three inches
tall and weighs 185 pounds. His home
is in Carrollton, Georgia.
We hope that Weemie will have as
much success in the future as he has
had in the past on the cinder path.
AUBURN—Ellis (12), Akin (26),
Dubose (8), E. James (6), F. James
(2), Mullins, Vines, L. James (2).
Finals: «
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COTTON-STATES TOURNEY NOT
FAR AHEAD
With the arrival of the basketball
season, we are inclined to glance
ahead a bit and one of the features
that we see there is the 1928 Cotton-
States tourney, held annually on the
Campus. Last season, the winner
of this tournament went to Chicago
and was put out of the National af­fair
after fighting her way to the
semi-finals and that game was lost
by a single point. Campbell, forward
on the team was on the All-American
Prep team. Such are the teams that
participate in this tourney. But,
there is one feature of these tourna­ments
that will be sorely missed. No
Tennessee Military Academy will be
allowed to enter due to a new rule
passed by the prep schools of that
state. This will hit a pretty hard
blow as the Montgomery Bells, Castle
Heights, Baylor and other schools
that sent strong teams to the tourney.
However, other states will enter teams
to take their place. It is expected
that teams from Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, and possibly the
Carolinas will be among the entrants
this year.
Auburn Piles Up
Big Score Against
White Bus. College
The Plainsmen quintet played the
first game on the schedule last Thurs­day
night when White's Business Col­lege
of Birmingham was beaten by
the enormous score of 92 to 13. The
Birmingham team occasionally ex­hibited
some flashes of snappy play­ing,
but were completely outclassed
by the strong Tiger outfit. However
the Birmingham team did not quit
fighting until the game was over, and
at time made some plays that were
exceeding good. They played a good
brand of ball, but were guarded so
well that they rarely ever got a
chance to shoot at the goal.
Not only did the Orange and Blue
have a good defense, but the offense
was functioning like a million dollars.
The passwork was beautiful, and ac­counted
for the score being as much
as it was. Dubose was able' to get
the jump on the other center nearly
every time. Then with perfect team
work, Auburn would make another
score.
"Jelly" Akin led the attack as high
point man. He got twenty points to
his credit, while Mullins was not far
behind with sixteen. Dubose made
fourteen, "Fob" James ten and Louie
James twelve. Auburn used thirteen
men during the fracas, and all except
one made at least one score. Some
of the players did not make many
scores, but helped the others by not
trying to take all of the credit to
themselves.
R. White and H. White of the Busi­ness
College were the outstanding
starts for the visitors. They made
all except one point for their team.
Some of the goals that they shot were
at very difficult angles and at a
great distance from the goal. They
only used one substitute during the
whole game.
COTTON STATES TOURNEY
' IS SET FOR FEBRUARY 16-18
The seventh annual Cotton States
Interscholastic basketball tournament
will be held at Auburn Reb.16, 17,
and 18, according to an announce­ment
made by the Auburn Athletic
Association. Coach Wilbur Hutsell
will, as in past years, have charge
of the arrangements in staging the
big high school basket carnival. As
the arrangements go forward for the
high school get-to-gether considerable
interest is already being manifested
throughout the Cotton Belt, from
where the teams enter the embroglio
for the Cotton States Championship.
Detailed information will be mailed
all High Schools in Alabama and
nearly two hundred others throughout
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississ­ippi,
Tennessee, and Alabama sent
their representative teams to compete
for the premier honors of the meet.
Unofficial, but authentically consid­ered
information points to teams
making their entry from Louisiana,
North and South Carolina this year
in addition to the five states that
tried for the Cotton States trophy in
1927.
The meet this year that marks the
seventh annual session of the Cotton
States Championship go seems to have
gathered widespread interest through
the Southern States, judging from the
There were over ten fouls made by
each team.
The score at the half was 35 to 5
in the Villagers favor. Auburn has
a very strong reserve this year, which
is a big help in putting out a winning
team. Almost all of the reserves got
in the game.
This was the first game on our
schedule, and although it was not a
conference game, it will put the team
in good shape for the Georgia Tech
game, which will follow two nights
(Continued on Page 6.)
inquiries received at the athletic of­fices
here. The Cotton States Tour­nament,
being the only inter-state
event of its kind and with six suc­cessful
tournaments already having
been conducted, has grown in prestige
that creates much interest throughout
the Southern States, and annually
there is a keen competition for the
Cotton States crown and champion­ship.
The meet is an invitation event.
s
Sixteen teams, adjudged as being rep­resentative
of the section or state
they represent, based on records of
the season, are chosen to try for the
championship. The- invitations are
extended to the teams during the week
prior to tournament. This has been
the custom since the Cotton States
meet was inaugurated in 1922.-
A number of collegiate stars of the
present and immediate past years
have been performers in the Cotton
States event. Nolen Richardson, who
recently finished his career at the
University of Georgia, Laird of Dav­idson,
Tiny Hearn of Georgia Tech,
Vincent of the University of Alabama,
Howell of Auburn, Drew of the Uni­versity
of Georgia. Peggy Campbell,
captain of the championship team of
Vienna, Georgia, in 1927, is a fresh­man
at Mercer University. Last year
two members of the composite team
selected at Staggs National Intersco-lastic
meet in Chicago played in the
Cotton States tournament. Holliday
of Tupelo, Miss. High was named in
1926 at forward and Campbell of
Vienna was named for the same posi­tion
in 1927. Both were in the meet
at Auburn last year.
The 1927 tournament championship
was won by Vienna High School of
Vienna, Georgia. Later this team
won the highest honors in Staggs Na­tional
Interscholastic Basketball tour­nament
held in Chicago last spring.
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of America as the voyage itself.
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before he set sail—years filled with
painstaking study, planning his voyage
with the aid of what crude maps and
geographical data he could procure.
In telephony, too, the success of each
new development depends on the years
of intensive research and careful planning
that precede actual construction. Bell
telephone men are continually mapping
out the course of this great industry for
years to come.
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as supervisor, engineer or executive —
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WEBSTERIAN
The Websterian Literary Society
held its regular meeting on Tuesday
night with a good crowd present.
Very interesting and short impromptu
talks were made by nearly every mem­ber
present. These were very much
enjoyed and made us feel that we
really knew a lot more about our co­workers
than we ever knew before
since the talks were all about experi­ences
during the Christmas holidays.
We are planning a good meeting
for next Tuesday night. We ear­nestly
urge all old members to be
present and we cordially invite any
visitors who might like to visit us.
Be there—Room 301, Main building.
A. S. C. E.
The A. S. C. E. held its first meet­ing
this year on Monday night, and a
very interesting program was ren­dered.
The first speaker was "Goat"
Smith of the senior class. His subject
being that of the recent Mississippi
flood. In his talk he enumerated
what steps had been taken to prevent
such conditions in the future.
The next speaker was also of the
senior class, and he was none other
than "Fire Chief" Sims. Mr. Sims
presented a well prepared talk on
that of culvert construction. Follow­ing
this came Mr. Paul, of the sopho­more
class, who brought to us some among the persons who chose
of the experiences he had had in con­nection
with a Lime quarry in south
Alabama. Professor Calan termi­nated
the speaking list by giving a
very inspiring talk as to how a good
engineer should apply himself, and be
prepared to serve in his line of work.
The meeting adjourned after Mr.
Bates, vice president, made the an­nouncement
that at the next meeting,
which is Monday night, there would
be an election of officers for the com­ing
year, and urges that everyone be
out.
WIRT
The Wirt Literary Society held its
regular meeting, the first since the
holidays, in Wirt Hall, Tuesday even­ing,
January 10. As this was next to
the last meeting to be held this sem­ester,
the program was made im­promptu
so that more members could
serve on it. Three subjects, "My high
school was not so bad," "Dreams do
come true," "Examinations should
(not) be abolished" were given for
these speeches. The third subject
proved the most popular, both sides
being taken, but those in favor
abolishing exams were far more num­erous
than those in favor of retaining
them. Unique, humorous, and sen­sible
arguments were advanced by the
speakers. It seemed generally agreed
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first subject that they had an easy
time of it in high school in comparison
with the time they are now havin.g
Only two people believed in dreams
enough to discuss them, but they
strengthened the faith of the other
members of the society.
Two important business matters
were brought before the society. The
first was the matter of the approach­ing
Stunt Night. A committee was
appointed to attend to this affair.
After having thought about it for
some time and quite a bit of discus­sion,
the society voted to adopt a key
instead of the pin they have had for
some time. The meeting then ad­journed
to meet at the regular time,
Tuesday, January 17.
A. S. M. E.
The AuSurn branch of the Ameri­can
J3ociety of Mechanical Engineers
held it's regular bimonthly meeting,
Jan. 9. Mr. A. P. Francis, presiding
brought up and discussed with the
society the question of industrial
films for the coming semester. The
program deviated somewhat from the
regular line of student talks. A di­rector
of one of our local banks, Prof.
A. L. Thomas presented "A cross sec-offtion
of American Business Methods."
He pointed out the change in the last
few years in means and ends. Ten
years ago the prime and only purpose
in business was profits. Today the
industrial leaders ' are realizing that
the welfare of the employee is more
important than mere dollars and
cents. Finally Prof. Thomas brought
the subject home to us by pointing
out the opoprtunities in the ever
growing industrial South.
Mr. O. G. Quenelle closed the pro­gram,
with an instructive sketch and
description of the Southern carwheel
shops.
est and humor to the program. The
readings were*
The Wheels of Time, Pauline Wat-kins.
The Railroad Crossing, Lottie Col­lins.
The Crooked Monter Family, Carrie
Hester.
In addition to the above program a
number of impromptu speeches were
made by members of the society.
EVANS
Due to our election for next time,
we had some of our "would be"poli-ticians
in their best dress and as
characteristic of the beast he criti­cised
everyone but himself. He only
left out one thing and that being his
failue to announce what office he was
after. Possibly if some of these all
inspired members would go to work
the society would be much better off.
Some of the members seem to think
that the society has not had enough
publicity. The Plainsman is always
ready to take any kind of report, so
any time the all inspired one wishes
to report anything, the Plainsman
will be glad to publish it. Wonder if
these ambitious fellows and boiling
kettles can save some of their inspira­tion
until the Oratorical and Debat­ing
contest.
What the Evans need is a change
of attitude toward the society. We
have too many dead heads that are
ready to criticise when things do not
happen to suit them. Disregarding
everything that has been said and
getting down to brass tacks the
critic's advice should be taken and
we should have on Evans as it used
to be. Members of the society be
guided by what Miss McNeal has
said and get back on the map. This
was said in no sympathy with the
boiling pots.
The program was opened by a short
talk by Mr. Bethune on the "Yale
Dance." Mr. Campell then gave a
short talk on "Synthesized Rubber."
Following was a talk on the "Biggest
Show on Earth," which was the an­nouncement
of the 1928 Ford. W.
B. Story gave us some interesting
dope on the Gold Standards. Rat
Guyton gave us an interesting ac­count
of the "Finishing of the Wash­ington
Monument."
WILSONIAN
"The Negro Goes to College," was
the subject presented by J. W. Mat­thews
at the Wilsonian Literary Soci­ety,
Tuesday evening. According to
Mr. Matthews, education has become
a necessary part of a negro's life.
"During the time of slavery," Mr.
Matthews said, "the negro did not
need an education as the white man
was master and did all the thinking.
After the negro became free, he was
his oWn master, and he stood in need
of industrial training. With this
thought in mind, negro schools were
established throughout the United
States, the southern school being lo­cated
at Tuskegee, Ala. The negro
advances more slowly than the white
man and whether he will ever become
fully educated remains to be seen.
H. F. Kendig gave an interesting
account of an inspection trip, which
was recently made by seniors in en­gineering
courses. Mr. Kindig stated
that they visited Martin dam, East
Talassee, and Jordan dam.
A number of readings added inter-
WEBSTERIAN
The most interesting meeting of
the Websterian Literary Society was
held last Tuesday night in room 301
that has been held this year. A good
crowd was present and everyone
seemed to enjoy every moment of the
time. /
Mr. Cochran told us* why Wm. S.
Dutton said he was proud that he was
an orphan. It seemed that Mr. Dut­ton
thought that parents sometimes
are a hindrance to the best develop­ment
of a child, because in so many
cases the parents make the decisions
of every step or movement- that the
child makes.
Mr. Deason gave us some interest­ing
and concrete examples of life in
China. He brought along some chop
sticks and also a Bill of Fare which
made the talk very interesting. He
certainly had secured some good dots
from somebody who knew well about
their customs, etc., for he explained
when people go from another coun­try
into China that they do not have
to be examined or go through custom
house as they do in other places. The
Chinese do not seem to care if other
people bring in diseases, or what the
type of persons are who come in. The
Chinese people do not have public
schools, only Missionary schools in
some sections. They pay taxes, but
they pay them only to be let alone.
Their real trust of a person comes
after the person is dead, for they say
that all persons can not be trusted at
all times.
Mr. Unchurch who is always full of
jokes and fun, gave us an interesting
talk on the Crash, bringing in some
jokes every now and then to liven
things up a bit. He explained Lieu­tenant
Noble's ideas of his Monoplane
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us that aviators are ready to face
death joyfully if it takes that for the
knowledge of air to spread.
Miss Tancredi gave us some of the
news of the day, which was instruc­tive
as well as enjoyed.
Mr. White talked on Henry Ford's
philosophy. Mr. Ford seemed to think
that people did not make mistakes,
but certain happenings were needed
for their experience later. This was
implied when he was asked if he did
not make a mistake by not putting out
the Fords earlier.
Mr. Brock talked to us on why a
certain man was glad he was not a
college graduate. We cannot all
agree that she should have been
proud that he was not a college grad­uate,
because if he did start out in
life before having gone to college,
learn something of the world, and
settle down in real business with the
prospects of being President of the
Company in which he was working in
the time that his old fellow students
had completed college, to know that
he had that ability should have in
spired him to have gone on to college
even at that late date. He should
have had a thought of the accom
plishments which he might have over­come.
Hr. Hawkins told us something of
the amendment that Gov. Al. Smith
is proposing of treating crimes as dis­eases.
To do this would abolish the
insanity pleas that seem so popular
now.
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The meeting was called to order by
President Alston and the minutes
were read by Secretary Sims. A
very interesting program was then
taken up, the first speaker being Mr.
Merrill. He gave a vivid description
of the handling of steam engines in
the railway shops. The next talk was
by Mr. McRoe who discussed the
breaking of the worlds record by the
battle ship U. S. West Virginia. Thia
was a very interesting talk. Mr.
Shackleford then told how highway
contractors made dull business sea­sons
profitable by branching off into
new fields of work such as pipe lay­ing.
Mr. Edwards followed this inter­esting
talk with one on explosives.
The next speaker Mr. Riddle talked
on the longest tunnel in the world
under the Hudson River between New
York and New Jersey. The program
was concluded with this fine talk. A
discussion was begun on something
for the Society to foster next semes­ter.
Many fine suggestions were dis­cussed.
There being no further busi­ness
the Society adjourned.
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fore the appelate court in Washington
to abandon the use of chaplains in the
United States Army and Navy, in the
officer's reserve corps, in Congress
and in the Senate. According to
Charles Smith there are about 100,-
000 open and avowed Atheists in the
United States.
According to an article appearing
in "The World's Work," the objects
for which the movement is striving
are included under the following
heads:
All churches shall be taxed; chap­lains
in Congress, in the legislatures
and in the army and navy, shall be
dismissed; "bootlegging the Bible and
religion" into the public schools of
America shall cease; no religious fes­tival
or fast shall be recognized by
the State; Sunday as a religious sab­bath
shall no longer be enforced by
law; natural morality, equal rights
and impartial liberty shall replace
Christian morality; the phrase "In
God We Trust" shall be removed from
coins.
States whose universities have
adopted Atheist clubs are as follows:
New York, Rhode Island, Colorada,
Kansas, Tennessee, Illinois, Michigan,
Washington, D. C, Texas, Kentucky,
Wisconsin and California. The club's
adopt such names as: "The Devils
Angels," "Dammed Souls," "God's
Black Sheep," "The Legion of the
Dammed," "The League of the God­less."
The inspirers of the belief encour­age
their'followers to hold the follow­ing
views:
There is no God; the idea of the
virgin birth is laughable; there is no
heaven nor hell; religion is a worship
of the supernatural and should be
abolished; the church is a dangerous
institution.
A number of questionnaires were
sent out by the Atheist promoters.
Hopwood pointed out that startling
results were procured. In one inves
tigation at Dartmouth, to the ques
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according to Lyle Brown, extension
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Both winter and summer applications
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"Winter spraying," said Mr. Brown,
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were 763 replies in the affirmative
and 188 in the negative. In reply
to, "Do you believe in immortality,"
380 answered "yes" while 548 replied
"no". Hopwood stated than when the
subject was asked if he believed in
the divinity of Jesus the "no" answer
prevailed with a two-to-one majority.
Student subscribers are approach­ing
the philosophy of Atheism in a
very iseriou|s manner. They ente|r
upon their discussions in a fair-mind­ed,
inquiringly frank and impersonal
frame of mind.
This growing tendency of the
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hoped, however, that through sanity
and vision they will determine for
themselves the "whole truth" rather
than a limited radical view.
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W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier
(Continued from Page 1.)
were: "My that boy knows hit toot-er,"
"He really knows his trombone"
and "I had rather hear him play
than to dance anytime." This inci­dent
was only one of the few indivi­dual
ovations the boys received.
A return engagement to Monrova
completed the tour for the orchestra.
At each town visited the boys were
treated as royal guests, being invited
out to dinner several times. The Au­burn
boys living in the towns visited,
showed marked respect, and mani­fested
a very hospitable spirit to­wards
the orchestra members.
Each dance a banner bearing the
words, "AUBURN COLLEGIANS"
was displayed in a conspicuous place,
to show the public just what institu­tion
"The Collegians" were attending.
The orchestra's exceptionally good
playing won them many friends
throughout the state and as a result
they are contemplating another tour
before long covering practically the
same territory.
Members of the orchestra are: Max
Jones, conductor and saxophonist;
J. B. Jones, trombone; Jimmie Cohen,
saxophone; Jimmy Ware, drums;
John Brown, bass; Abie Hardin,
bando; Sam Romano, Piano; and
Leven Foster, saxophone and trum­pet.
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(Continued from page four)
later.
A very large crowd was present to
witness the game.
Line up:
Auburn (92) White Bus. Col. (13)
Forward
Ellis (2) R. White (8)
_ Forward
Akin (20) H. White (4)
Center
Dubose (14) Smith
. Guard
F. James (Capt) (10) Bobo
Guard
E. James (4) Rushing (1)
Substitutes: For White: Hoops.
For Auburn: Mullins (16), Howell
(4), Vines (2), L. James (12), Booth
(4), Smith (2), Patterson, Kennedy
(2).
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
MONDAY, JANUARY 16
Dorothy Mackaill and Jack
Mulhall
—In—
"MAN CRAZY"
Paramount News and Comdy
TUESDAY, JAN. 17
Madge Bellamy and William
Collier, Jr.
—In—
"RECKLESS SEX"
A Good Two-Reel Comedy
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
JANUARY 18 & 19
Famous Players Lasky Corp.
Presents
Emil Jannings & Belle Bennett
—In—
"THE WAY OF ALL FLESH"
Paramount News & Comedy
FRIDAY, JAN. 20
Patsy Ruth Miller
—In—
"SOUTH SEA LOVE"
with Allan Brooks
A Good Comedy
SATURDAY, JAN. 21
Charles Murray and George
Sidney
—In—
"LOST AT THE FRONT"
A Good Comedy
DANCE REGULATIONS
GOVERNING ANNUAL
DANCES IN AUBURN
(Continued from Page 1.)
leave on Sunday following the close
of the dance on "Saturday night.
Section 8. All visiting young ladies
shall be housed in the designated
chapter houses or private homes, and
directed by the Social Director, and
shall report to the Social Director im­mediately
after arrival in Auburn.
Section 9. All visiting young
ladies will be under the supervision
of the Social Director or her repres­entative
during the period of their
stay in Auburn. Official chaperones
will be appointed from among the
residents of Auburn, so as to relieve
the mothers of the young ladies who
care to attend of as much responsibi-lijy
as possible.
Section 10. The Social Director
shall submit to the social committee
her list of chaperones and upon their
approval the social_ committee shall
notify them.
Section 11. The mothers of the
visiting young ladies will be welcom­ed
to Auburn for the period of the
dances; however, they will be expect­ed
to conform to the fixed rules of
the institutions with reference to
dances.
Section 12. All visiting young
ladies will check in at their respective
house with the Social Director or her
representative immediately after the
close of the dance.
Section 13. Any visitor who is a
member of a fraternity represented
at Auburn shall not be admitted to
the dance floor until he has been
vouched for by the local chapter of
that fraternity. Any visitor who is
not a member of a fraternity repres­ented
at Auburn will not be admitted
until he is vouched for by the Faculty
Social Committee.
Section 14. The Student Social
Committee shall consist of ten mem­bers:
Four Seniors, three Juniors,
two Sophomores and one Freshman.
Section 15. The college agrees to
have the territory in the vicinity of
the gymnasium, including the base­ment
and toilets, policed by duly com­missioned
officers.
Section 16. The rules regarding
the the possession of and being under
the influence of liquor will be strictly
enforced during these dances, by the
Social Committee. Any outsider who
violates these rules will be referred
to the Executive Council by the Social
Committee.
Section 17. All girls will be check­ed
each time they enter the dance
floor.
Section 18. Students will be barred
from the dances in case of misconduct
of the girls attending the dances on
their list.
FRESHMAN RESIGNATION,
PROBATIONS AND FAILURES
(Continued from Page 1.)
Electrical Engineering — 2
Civil Engineering 2
Education 1
Pre-Med 1
Chemistry 1
Total - 18
Freshman Probation
General : 19
Education 3
Electrical Enginering ~~ 9
Civil Engineering —~ 1
Mech. Engineering 2
Agriculture — 1
Agricultural Education _ 2
Veterinary 2
Pre-Med.
Pharmacy 2
Chemistry 1
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COACH BOHLER TO BE IN
AUBURN FOR SHORT STAY
(Continued from page one)
ton State College. While there he
was a member of the varsity football
squad and also the basketball team.
He was one of the honored eleven
that played in the first Tournament
of Roses held each year in Pasadena,
California. After completing his
college career he decided to take up
coaching as his vocation. Receiving
many offers from different colleges
and universities he accepted the posi­tion
of head basketball coach and
assistant football coach at the Uni­versity
of Idaho where he attained
such a brilliant success that he was
offered the job as head coach at
Mississippi College. There his suc­cess
was due to his charming person­ality
as well as to his ability as a
coach. Here's to Coach George Boh-ler
and to the success of the athletic
department at Auburn.
UNIVERSITY GETS FAVOR OVER
AUBURN FROM STATE BOARD
An annual apportionment of $65,-
000 for the support of a School of
Education at the University of Ala­bama
for the training of teachers
was made at a recent meeting of
the State Board of Education, it was
announced at State Department of
Education Thursday.
A similar apportionment in the
sum of $20,000 was made for the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. In
view of the fact that Alabama Col­lege
has at present an appropriation
much larger than either of the other
two institutions, no apportionment
for teacher training was made to it.
The resolution on teacher-training
as a part of the routine work of .the
State Board of Education, was not
released in detail by the board at the
time of the board meeting, but an
announcement was made that a reso­lution
on that subject had been
adopted.
Both the apportionments were
made contingent upon the perform­ance
of certain conditions: "The
University of Alabama is authorized
to carry into effect its proposed ex­pansion
of the School of Education
and the funds hereby apportioned to
the University for the School of Edu­cation
are conditioned upon the erec­tion
at the University of an appro­priate
education building for prop­erly
housing the school of education.
The State Board of Education endor­ses
the establishment of a School of
Education in one of the institutions
of higher learning, namely the Uni­versity
of Alabama and the School
of Education of this institution will
be supported out of the Teacher-
Training Equilization Fund provid­ed
for this purpose . . . ." the section
of the resolution making the appor­tionment
read.
Must Spend $5,000 for Libraries
At all three institutions the expen­diture
of at least $5,000 for books
for their libraries was authorized.
"The state-supported institutions
engaged in teacher training at the
present time that are to be benefi­ciaries
of funds under the direct con­trol
of the State Board of Education
shall continue, undiminished, the pre­sent
amounts provided for the opera­tion
of departments, schools or col­leges
of education.
"Qualifications of faculty shall
meet the standards approved and pro­visions
shall be made for standard
facilities for practice teaching at
each of these institutions as approv­ed
by the American Association of
Teachers' Colleges.
"Administrative and clerical staff
shall be provided for.
"These institutions shall offer only
such teacher-training courses as may
be approved by the State Board of
Education. Visits of representatives
to the institutions and conferences
shall be arranged for.
Must Submit Program
"There shall be submitted in ac­cordance
with the outline given a
program of teacher-training by the
dean or director of the school or de­partment
of education, through the
president of the institution.
"In order to make possible more
definite service in the several fields
of teacher-training the State Board
of Education will establish the fol­lowing
differentiations as to activi­ties
of the several institutions:
"a—The normal Schools shall have
exclusively the field for the training
of elementary and Junior High
School teachers, based upon the com­pletion
of approved curricula of two
years.
"b—All courses for training of
teachers through extension study
courses for persons below normal
school graduation shall be offered
only by instructors from the Normal
Schools.
"c—Alabama College may submit
for approval and be authorized to of­fer
curricula for training teachers in:
Academic high school subjects; home
economics; music; piano'; voice; pub­lic
school music; physical and health
education; art and appreciation;
school attendance and school service;
elementary grades—4-year course.
Auburn Requirements
"d—Alabama Polytechnic Institute
may submit for approval and be au­thorized
to offer curricula for the
training of teachers in: academic high
school subjects; home economics;
manual arts; occupational studies
with special reference to junior high
schools or rural environment; physi­cal
and health education; vocational
agriculture and home economics and
graduate research in agriculture and
home economics.
"e—The University of Alabama may
submit for approval and be authoriz­ed
to offer curricula for the training
of teachers in: Academic high school
subjects; manual arts, occupational
studies; for junior high schools with
special reference to industrial envi­ronment;
physical and health educa­tion;
elementary grades beyond Nor­mal
School graduation school attend­ance
and social service; courses for
elementary and high schood principals
and supervisors; courses in adminis­tration
and supervision courses for
graduate degrees in al major academic
and professional fields; graduate re­search
in elementary and high school
education; educational administra­tion,
including finance and statistics;
bureau of research and surveys, to be
operated in co-operation with the
State Department of Education and
other state-supported institutions."
OPELIKANS PLAN PAVING
City Council at Monday night's
session heard the appeal of several
men and women property owners on
Avenue B and Auburn street request­ing
that council pave from Tenth
street on Avenue B on out Auburn
street to City CemeteVy. An ordin­ance
was then adopted providing for
the paving which will come up for
hearing of property owners for and
against at a later time.
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