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SUPPORT THE TEAM THE PLAINSMAN TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 15, 1928 NUMBER 16 BOHLER ORGANIZES TEMPORARY TENNIS TEAM SIX MEMBERS Dr. Kimbrough Is Selected as - Coach with Don May Student Manager TO PRACTICE REGULARLY Intercollegiate Matches To Be Arranged for Spring • An unusual amount of tennis Is being played for this time of the year, and fifteen freshmen are enjoying tennis in place of the required "P.T." Every afternoon both 6f the "Y" court's are filled, and many are waiting to play. Two new courts have been begun and will be completed in the near future. Coach Bohler has shown much interest in tennis and has established it as a minor sport. He hopes to make tennis a major sport in a few years, saying that it is one of the cleanest sports and one that may be played after college days are over. Coach Bohler has Dr. Kimbrough as the tennis coach and Don May as manager. A playoff has been held, from which six men were selected and rated as the temporary tennis team. The team will practice from now on, and all new men are asked to come out now so as to be in good shape in the spring, when several intercollegiate matches will be held. Coach Bohler expects to have five or six such tennis matches this spring. The team is run by the "Round Robin" system, in which a low rating player may challenge the next highest rating player for his place on the team. The matches take place biweekly. In this manner, a new man may challenge the lowest rating player and work himself up. The team will be out two or three afternoons a week from now on, and all new men in tennis are invited to come out. There will be many tournaments this year such as military, fraternity, freshmen, and school Coach Bohler plans to give a large silver cup to the champion of the school in the spring, the tournament being open to all students. Hero Braves Muddy Stream for Fair Lady Auburn students will be happy to know that they have a full-fledged hero in their midst— yes, a man that rightfully deserves a gold medal for extraordinary bravery. The party referred to paused in the rush in the French city last Saturday night and had the phenomenal courage to leap into a cold muddy stream and rescue a fair lady. The rescuer, though certainly entitled to fame, is so very modest that he has withheld his name from the public. Auburn pauses for a moment to express its admiration for the "anonymous hero". EPISCOPAL CHURCH WILL BE DEDICATED AT SERVICES TODAY Auburn-Montgomery- Birmingham Station to Begin Christmas Day Deal was closed with the Southern Bell Telephone Company yesterday at a conference in the office of Gov. Bibb Graves at Montgomery for establishment and maintenance of a special transmission line for the Auburn-Birmingham- Montgomery radio hookup with the powerful new broadcasting station now nearing completion on Red Mountain, near Birmingham. Broadcasting will begin on Christmas Day, 1928. Under the terms of the contract which does not run for a definite period but may be terminated by either party to the agreement, the Southern Bell is to receive $1,000 a month for the use of the line. This is to be paid by Auburn, the State Department of Agriculture and the Birmingham input station. The telephone company has a line already installed that it can use between Montgomery and Birmingham but will have to build a new line from Auburn to Montgomery to carry out its part of the agreement and complete the hookup. Charge made by the company for the line is based, it is stated, on a rate for service of this character approved recently by federal authority. The conference was attended by Gov. Graves, Dr. Bradford Knapp, president of Auburn, P. O. Davis of the Auburn extension service, S. M. Dunwoody, state commissioner of agriculture and industries and D. M. Therrell of Atlanta, representing the Southern Bell Telephone Company. Estimates are to be obtained at once by the State Board of Administration from General Electric Company on the cost and installation of the radio input station in Montgomery, which will probably be located in the Department of Agriculture and (Continued on page 6) Fall Convention of "Y" State Council Closes Here Sunday Meetings Brought to Close By Address From Dr. Knapp The semi-annual State Student Y. M. C. A. Council meeting was brought to a close here Sunday morning when Dr. Bradford Knapp addressed the assembly on the "Importance of Character to Success in Life." "Without a respect for law and a desire for right conduct, no one can succeed in the true sense of the word," said Dr. Knapp. President Knapp stressed the importance of Y. M. C. A. work at colleges today. The Y. M. C. A. movement fosters principles which create the best student influence on the campus, he said. Dr. O. C. Carmichael, president of Alabama College, delivered one of the outstanding addresses of the conference Saturday morning on "Moral Forces on the Campus." Roy Sellers, student secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Auburn, was appointed State Blue Ridge Secretary. • Approximately 24 student repre-sentaties from the following colleges were present: Jacksonville Normal, Birmingham-Southern, Howard, University of Alabama, and Auburn. Child Study Work in Lee County Is Making Satisfactory Progress Satisfactory progress in child study work in Lee County is reported by Mrs. Helen Dumond Herren, home economics research worker of the experiment station of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. A study is being made of children up to three years of age. Parents and physicians of the county are very helpful, Mrs. Herren explained. Parents are very eager to obtain information connected with the survey, and physicians are alert, progressive, and most cordial in their relations. Mrs. Herren explained that most of the young mothers are keeping the "Baby Book" accurately, carefully, and completely. With these books they will be able to give authoritative and valuable information for use throughout the state. Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Children's Bureau at Washington, who is an authority on children's health, will help with the interpretation of the X-ray pictures. Auburn Kiwanis Club Is Represented at Meeting The Auburn Kiwanis Club was represented at the State meeting in Birmingham, Nov. 8-10, by Captain B. C. Anderson, president, P. 0. Davis, trustee, and W. A. Young, member of the club who has been transferred to Birmingham, in connection with Radio Station WAPI. Most of the 32 clubs of Alabama had representatives present at the convention, which was said to be the best in the history of the organization. The Auburn club was commended for the splendid work done during (Continued on page 6) L a r g e Gathering Expected As Bishop W. G. McDowell Presides MODERN IN ALL DETAILS Built After Gothic Style with Modern Conception To-day marks the dedication, by Bishop W. G. McDowell, of Auburn's new house of worship, the Episcopal church. The building alone represents an investment of more than $50,000. Dr. Knapp has announced that all Episcopal students wishing to attend the services, which will be held at 11:00 A.M. today, will be excused from classes at that hour. The church occupies the site formerly occupied by an edifice where members of the Episcopal .denomination gathered for two score years to worship. It is built after the Gothic style, but rather a modernized conception of the Gothic. The architect is Frank Lockwood of Montgomery; the contractor, Algernon Blair. Just outside the main entrance, the cornerstone from the old church is embedded in the walls. Inside the vestibule, the door on the right leads into the Sunday School room, that with the Guild room, the kitchen, a lava'tory, the sacristy, and robing room, covers the lower floor of the Parish House. On the upper floor is the large room where the St. Paul's Club meets. Here there is a much used library, late magazines, a pool table, showers, and an open fire. The Parish House is modern in every way and extremely well adapted to it's needs. The interior of the church is very lovely with its high arched ceiling, lofty windows and carved oak fittings. On the end of each of the comfortable pews are carved oak leaves symbolic of strength and power. Up three steps and to the front the choir is entered. There are long benches on either side for members of the choir. The beautiful new organ is on the left, as is the lectern, and here later will be the prayer desk. At the right is the pulpit, and up four more steps is the chancel and altar. The new church awaits, in beauty of line and form, and ecclesiastical setting, the worshippers who shall fill its pews and receive' the messages from the Greatest Teacher and Builder of all times. BAND TAKES PART IN LARGE PARADE Makes Hit With Citizens of New Orleans Saturday The Auburn band took part in a gigantic parade in New Orleans, sponsored by the New Orleans Community Chest Committee. The Auburn band was-one of eighteen that furnished music for the procession, which was about three miles long. The Police Band led and was followed by the other bands, many floats, and numerous people in cars and afoot. Auburn boys who saw the parade said they were surprised at its size and the beauty of the floats. They also proudly proclaimed that they recognized the music of the Auburn Band long before they saw the band. FIRE DEPARTMENT RUSHES TO BLAZE Trash Burning in Comer Hall Quickly Extinguished Last evening, at six o'clock, an accumulation of trash in the basement of Comer Hall caught fire. The excitement created over the campus by the incident was short lived, for the fire department very ably coped with the blaze, it being only a matter of a few minutes before it was extinguished. When such an unfortunate accident as this occurs it adds much to the relief of those interested in the college to recall that Comer Hall, together with the other newer buildings on the campus, is a fire-resisting structure. DR. O.C. CARMICHAEL SPEAKER ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM HERE Holiday Quietly Observed As Homage Is Paid War Veterans Auburn paused Monday to pay homage to the veterans of the World War, which came to a close exactly ten years ago. The exercises started at 10 AiM., when the R. O. T. C. unit gassed in review before the reviewing line, composed of the following: Dr. Carmichael, president of Bradford Knapp, Dr. Lee, commander of the local post of the American Legion; Mr. Hay, chaplain of the local post of the Legion; Major Kennedy and his staff; members of the American Legion. The exercises after the review were held at the east end of the drill field, and were opened with the invocation, offered by Mr. Hay. Dr. Knapp r.hen introduced the speaker of the morning. Dr. Carmichael made his address in the form of a plea that the people of the United States would help perpetuate democracy and world peace. As Dr. Carmichael had seen active service in France, he was able to bring before the people of Auburn vivid pictures of the conflict of shells screeching through the air of blankets of deadly poison gas, and hardships that the soldiers had to endure. He touched on the cost of the war in lives and in dollars, say ing, "Enough money was spent every five hours of the war to endow a college the size of Columbia." At the conclusion of his speech, the national sallute of twenty-one guns was fired, a tribute to those who fought to make the world safe for democracy. When the first gun was fired, the flag, which had been at half mast all morning in honor of the dead, was raised to the top of the mast. At the conclusion of the salute the band played "Star Spangled Banner." The whole town cooperated to make the day's program a success. During the hours from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. the business houses of the city were closed, to pause in the hurry af everyday life while the wreath was placed on the grave of the unknown soldier, in Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D. C. NOTICE Lost: A gold Hamilton watch and chain. Finder please notify J. C. Mc- Caskill, Jr., at the S. A. E. house and receive liberal reward. STUDENTS ENJOY OPOSSUM HUNT Several members of the student body went opossum hunting last Friday night, in the woods about nineteen miles out of Auburn. The party of nine were out till a late hour, but that this time was not spent vainly was proven by the fact that they returned with three large opossums. Quite a big time was had by all, and no accidents were reported, aside from the fact that Bobby Kelso and Owen Arm-sh- ong were lost and fell in a stream: However, returning triumphant, even the wet hunters were happy. LOVING CUP OFFERED TO JUNIOR ENGINEER WHO IS OUTSTANDING Token For Excellence Offered By W. W. White, Alumnus of Birmingham TO BE AWARDED YEARLY To Junior Student Eligible To Tau Beta Pi Membership Damnitski" Appears In Informal Attire Mr. W. L. White, an enthusiastic Birmingham alumnus, has recently expressed the desire to offer a cup each year to the most outstanding engineering student in the Junior class. Mr. White graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1916, and a year later completed the work of the electrical course, and received the bachelor's degree in that also. Mr. White is a prominent young business man of Birmingham, and has been active in political, civic,* and club circles of that city' for some years. Plans for the award of the cup have been worked out by Dean Wil-more and approved by Mr. White, and are as follows: 1. The award will be known as the William L. White Cup for Excellence in Engineering. 2. The selection of the student to receive the cup will be made by the Tau Beta Pi Honor Society in cooperation with a committee of the Engineering Faculty. 3. The award may be made to any Junior class student eligible for membership in Tau Beta Pi. In making the award, consideration will be given to scholarship, general character, personality, participation in college activities and such other qualities as the committee may desire to consider. 4. The award will be made at the Commencement exercises, along with that of other prizes and medals. BRADLEY ATTENDS TAU BETA PI MEET Charles Bradley, popular member of the Theta Kappa Nu fraternity, was the representative of the local chapter of Tau Beta Pi at the National convention, held at Washington University in St. Louis, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 4. The main functions of the convention was the installation of four new chapters at Clemson College, Miss. A. & M., University of N. C, and Rose Polytechnic Institute. Bradley reports that splendid hospitality was accorded the fifty-three delegates present. Many Persons Enjoy Armistice Barbecue At 12:15 Moday, November 12, one hundred people enjoyed a barbecue in Ag Bottom. The affair, under the joint auspices of the local chapters of the Lions Club, the Kiwanis Club, and the Rotary Club, and the Auburn post of the American Legion, was a feature of the Armistice Day celebration. The service clubs of Opelika were invited, and about twenty members of these were present. The barbecue was under the able supervision of Sergeant Mox-ham, assisted by a number of the ladies of Auburn. It is planned to make this barbecue an annual Armistice Day affair. Roger Knapp Slightly Injured In Accident Roger Knapp, who is attending Emory University and is the son of Dr. Bradford Knapp, received slight injuries as a result of an automobile accident last Saturday evening in Atlanta. He received several bruises which are only temporary, but received no severe injuries. He is still in Atlanta and will resume school work again shortly. On Thursday of - last week, the Sigma Pi fraternity's dog, "Damnitski", as he is becoming popularly known, appeared on the streets in a rather informal dress. "Damnitski", having been recently acquired by the Sigma Pi boys, was forced to undergo an initiation before being finally accepted to the household. The canine's dress for the occasion consisted of a pair of white ducks and a checkered linen coat. "Damnitski's" dignity seemed at this time to be greatly offended, but nevertheless he bore himself as a fraternity man should. MOVEMENT TO HAVE LTTTLE THEATRE NOW UNDER WAY IN CITY First Meeting Called for Friday to Perfect Temporary Organization TO DRIVE FOR MEMBERS Military Fraternity Initiates Seventeen Members Saturday Best Known Men on Campus Taken By Scabbard and Blade Scabbard and Blade, national honorary military fraternity, held its initiation of new members last Saturday night, Nov. 10. Seventeen pledges were initiated. This fraternity has on its roll the names of some of the most outstanding men on the campus. Since the installation here, on May 5, 1924, this chapter has grown rapidly, both in numbers and reputation, and is now well-known throughout this district. Mercer Helms, president of the organization, is confident that this year will prove even more successful and beneficial than those previous. The following pledges were initiated: Peter Lee, Joe Ford, Reynolds Vincent, Pete Hassler, Jimmy Cone, C. C. McMillan, A. T. Williams, E. W. Peake, Howard Smith, W. P. Smith, R. F. Tinsley, Howard Mul-line, F. R. Jones, A. H. McRae, M. D. Hoffman, R. W. Hatcher, R. M. Riddle. Drs. Weaver and Gosser Offer Service as Directors Phi Delta Gamma To Sponsor Declamation Contest November 20 One of the events of the college calendar is the annual declamation contest. Phi Delta Gamma, in sponsoring this contest, holds a handsome silver loving cup for the winner. Because there is no regular convocation, the contest will be held Tuesday night, November 20th, at seven o'clock, in Langdon Hall. This will be a joint meeting of the Literary Societies but everybody is urged to come. There will be a departure from past custom in selecting the winner. In the past there have been judges selected from the faculty. This contest will have a "limited audience decision". Phi Delta Gamma will distribute a given number of ballots to selected individuals. After the contest these will be collected and counted. A plurality will give the decision. Charter Is Received by Omega Circle of ODK Following the example qf many other of the larger cities of the United States, the citizens of Auburn and the members of the faculty of A. P. I. will launch a Little Theatre movement for Auburn and the surrounding country at a meeting which has been called for seven P. M. Friday night in the "Y" hut. At this time work will be done to organize a Little Theatre Guild here. The purpose of the Little Theatre Guild here will be to enlist the townspeople of Auburn, and the students and faculty of A. P. I. into an organization by means of which some of the best plays and drama of the times can be presented to the public by the local talent around Auburn. Dr. Weaver and Dr. Gosser have offered their time and services as directors. A membership in this guild, which is open to all, affords opportunity to see those plays presented by the Auburn Players. The Auburn Players, while an entirely separate organization, will cooperate with the guild and will be a part of the little theatre movement. A survey of the local talent available here has been made by the sponsors of the plan, and they have been greatly gratified to find a number of persons who are not only interested in such a scheme, but have much natural dramatic ability. Many prominent citizens and members of the faculty have become highly enthusiastic over the idea, and it seems that the success of the plan is assured. The Little Theatre had its beginning in Dublin, Ireland, where a group of people, headed by Lady Gregory and W. B. Yates fostered an Irish Theatre movement to present to the public true Irish drama, picturing the ancient folk-lore and tales of old Ireland. Consequently, similar organizations sprang up over the country, and the idea spread to the various nations of Europe. Although it' came over to America only six or seven years ago, today nearly every city of 100,000 or more has its Little Theatre. It is said on good authority that Auburn will be the smallest town in the South, if not in the entire country, to foster this sort of an organization. At the meeting here Friday night a temporary organization is to be formed, officers are to be elected, and a membership drive started. After this, a program for the season, which will be the duration of the college year, is to be worked out, and preparations for the first play will be started. FRESHMAN TENNIS TOURNEY BE HELD Honor Schedule Will Be Published at Early Date NOTICE Lost: A book of trigonometry and logarithms of numbers, by Bremiker. Finder please return to Y. A. Elizon-do, Room 204, Ramsay Hall. The Omega Circle of the Omicron Delta Kappa honor fraternity has recently received the charter granted to the local chapter of Scarabs by the national council of O D K. President McGhee and Coach Wilbur Hut-sell issued a joint statement today regarding the receipt of the charter. The charter contains the names of eleven members, only two of which are actively connected with the present chapter. The names that appear on the document are: James C. Akin, Notasulga; Rosser Alston, Stevenson; Charles A. Baughman, Auburn; Julius Beard, Scottsboro; William M. Burns, Dothan; Clifton H. Feagin, Jr., Union Springs; Howell C. Hop-son, Leesburg, Fla.; Richard O. Lile, Hartsell; Frank M. Malone, Florence; Ben A. Rives, Jr., Roanoke; and Ben (Continued on page 6) A tennis tournament soon will be held for the freshmen. There will be no entrance fee, and the winner will not get a prize, but the practice will be valuable to all. Many freshmen in school this year are good tennis players, but have never played in a tournament. It is hoped that the tourney will be both interesting and helpful to the rats, as a freshman tournament will be held later and the winner given a prize. All freshmen that want to enter their names, see Don May at the Lambda Chi Alpha house right away. Nursery School Will Use Celoglass Panes The nursery school of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will soon have celoglass ins&Iled in the east and south windows of the playroom, according to Miss Lulu Palmer who is in charge. This glass is being installed because it allowfe untra-violet rays of light to enter. Therefore it will enable little children to get the benefit of sunlight on days when it is too cold to play outside. PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928 L Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala. STAFF Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief James B. McMillan Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor Raymond DeArman, '29 _.Associate Editor A. V. Blankenship, '30 __ Associate Editor Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor K. R. Giddens, '30__Ass't. Managing Editor Tom Brown, '31 News Editor Campbell Blake, '30 News Editor Robert L. Hume, 31 __ Ass't. News Editor Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor J. E. McLeskey, '31 Sports Editor Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor Howards Sparks, '31--Ass't. Humor Editor REPORTERS Marcus Alspaugh, '32; Robert Baxter, '32; T. S. Coleman, '32; Kenneth Cooper, '32; Clarence Dykes, '32; Thomas Dykes, 31; Edmund England, '32; J. D. Foy, '31; George Harrison, '32; Murff Hawkins, '31; Clinton Jones, '32; John Lewis, ' 3 1 ; Richard Lightfoot, '32; White Matthews, '31; S. H. Morrow, '32; Frank Parker, '32; Will T. Sheehan, '32; Alex Smith, Jr., ' 3 1 ; K. G. Taylor, '32; W. M. Taylor, '32; Gerald Thompson, '32; J. E. Jenkins, '32; H. G. Tooney, '32; Victor White, '32; Thorne Winter, '30; D. Reynolds, '32; F. Y. Peteet, '32; Virgil Nunn, ' 3 1 ; Gabie Drey, ' 3 1 ; Charles Matthews, '32. BUSINESS STAFF Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr. H. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr. White Matthews, '31 __ Ass't. Adv. Mgr. Walter Smith, '31 Circulation Mgr. J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Mgr. CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Benjamin Kinkaid, '32; Jack Bauneister, '32; Roy Gamer, '32; Donald Simmons, '32; Warren H. Gard, '31; C. F. Strip-lin, '31. Carelessness In Student Demeanor We live and learn—supposedly! Our object here in college is chiefly to acquire a practical, workable education—one that may be applied in the everyday walks of life, along whatever line we choose to direct our endeavors. But what does an education constitute? What is an education? We like to regard it as a process of favorably adjusting oneself to surrounding conditions, with special reference to the welfare of others. Generally speaking, the average college student is looking to the bigger, more prominent things; and unfortunately he quite often disregards the lesser events— even those that sometimes prove the very basis for these loftier goals. It is obvious that even the minutest units, taken collectively, go to make-up the larger, grander things. This we might profitably keep in mind while dealing with our neighbors, or while acting in any capacity that will touch those about us. There are certain little things practiced about the campus here that are unbecoming to a student body of Auburn's rating. And even though they may appear as a mere trifle, they are to be regarded as acts leading to more noticeable events, sooner or later. You might pronounce these matters as childish, and unnoticeable; but they are not. It is indeed distasteful that the point arrives when there is need for a reminder on these points. You, being qualified as a capable college student, can easily discern the annoying matters in question; for that reason we will not attempt to enumerate them all. As an example, take the drinking fount on the first floor of the main building. Usually when one approaches the fount, tired and thirsty, desirous of a cool, invigorating drink, what greets him? Nothing more nor less than a basin filled with refuse cuds of gums, grape hulls, burnt match stubs, and numerous other articles not at all appetizing. A veritable garbage bucket, so to speak! With what degree of refreshing ease and comfortable pleasure can one partake of drink over such environment? It becomes almost necessary for the participant to close his eyes in order to succeed in getting the water to the desired position. And this is only a sample of the prevailing little obnoxities on our campus. We contribute all this to carelessness, chiefly. It is indeed a reflection upon the college and this student body that such conditions do exist here. We need to turn back a few paces in our mad rush for the top of the ladder, and direct our footsteps over firm soil. It is necessary that a watch be kept on the underlying principles of successful education ; these little matters are in the side-walk on which we tread to effective learning. To Those Who Play Football As A Sport One of our greatest faults is to hand out praise unreservedly; in fact, we bestow it on the great before the lesser great have come along. There are occasions when the latter is greater than the former; sometimes they are more deserving, for anyone can be a good winner but it takes a real man to receive all the hard knocks and then come back for more—especially when he is fairly certain of never being publicly proclaimed. Such a man is the scrub. Never does he become discouraged. We find; him winding his way toward the football field every day. He is on his way to fight and scrimmage the Varsity; he is on his way to get them into shape to put over a winning exhibition. He may never get into the game, but he is always prepared, just hoping that he can show his ability in some way or other. Occasionally he may get into a game but not often. He may never make the team, but he helps other to make it. To him it is all in a lifetime. He is training himself to be prepared for the chance that may come. This is on the football field, but when he leaves that old place, he suddenly finds that he is able to receive the knocks that come in a much greater battle with a smile. He is able to ward them off, waiting for the big opportunity to come around. He never receives any praise because the public sees only the winner; they alone are clad in the robes of glory. The public never realizes that a team is no stronger than its scrubs; it never realizes that everyone cannot be on the team. When praise is passed out, the scrub should not be left out, for he is a fighter—a fighter to the core. Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: Saturday night while in town I overheard a group of students discussing our last football game. Two loud mouth "up town" coaches were proceeding to tell the boys, beyond a shadow of a duobt, how and why we lost the game with Tulane. The gist of the "how and why" was that a few of our players lacked the necessary intestinal fortitude to play the game in such a manner as to win. As I am a firm believer that every man has literally has his proper length of intestines and that the application of said intestines by our men on the football field is an exemplication of fortitude. I, as a loyal student of Auburn, bitterly resent any such remark. Our team, and in spite of recent defeats I am proud to say "our team", is certainly not going to be helped by any such unjustified criticisms. When these fellows that know all the football there is to know make statements of that nature they mean to imply that they have the necessary intestinal fortitude; but why they don't take up their belt another notch, swallow the fear that actually exist within them, and get on our football field in a "uniform" is a puzzle to me. How the student body can expect a Southern conference championship team from a team that did not realize a single victory last season and from a rat team that experienced the same predicament is beyond my power to conceive. This season our men have had a depressed mental attitude as well as some very aggressive opponents to overcome; also, a new coach with a new system and new ideas. Realizing these concrete obstacles in the path to victory it seems to me that the student body should exert every effort to boost, encourage, and inspire our team instead of casting a wet blanket over their spirits and endeavor by unjust criticisms. If a student feels that the team has not conducted itself in such a manner as to justify a word of praise and commendation the least he' can do is to indulge himself in a bit of silence, which will be appreciated— the other is not. Another group of students are anxiously sitting by hoping that Coach Bohler will not succeed here so they can get out and shout to the campus, "I told you so." This strikes me as being extremely little and unworthy of an Auburn man. We have a good coach and our past games have been a marked indication of his coaching ability, but he is human and only human accomplishments can be expected of him. From other indications he is a fine man and worthy of every student's support, encouragement, and help. In the future I sincerely hope that the student body may be united, loyal, and faithful. United in that each student will conduct himself as an individual unit of a greater whole. Loyal in that he will conduct himself in such a manner as to cast no ill reflection on the team, coach, or institution. Faithful in that he will consider it a privilege to stay by this team of ours through the realms of defeat or victory. With every good wish for a complete success with The Plainsman and a "Greater Auburn", I am, Sincerely yours, Herr Diogenes Teufelsdrockh. To the Editor, Your issue of October 11 carries a contribution of mine, headed "Ag Club Favors Doing Away With Hazing Freshmen." This is a misrepresentation; anyone reading the entire article will find it so. The view of a single member was given, and not that of the entire Club. However, there are a large number who scan headlines quite thoroughly, but never cover completely the articles off the front page. No doubt a number of students treated the article in question just this way. With no retained feeling of enmity or hatred toward your headline writer (for Heaven knows he has my utmost sympathy; I have tried his job!) I wish to correct this error before the readers of The Plainsman. Please accept this as a casual correction, and not a madly flung criticism. I wish to offer congratulations on your excellent publication; undoubtedly it is the best college paper in the country. The bi-weekly advance is a distinct development, and should serve as a mark of pride for every single Auburn student, as well as those of the staff. AG CLUB REPORTER. Auburn, Ala. Nov. 5, 1928. Editor The Plainsman, The future of any institution rests upon its past. Ask any Auburn alumnus which was the most enjoyable of the years he spent in college, and the answer will invariably be, "My Freshman Year." Ask him why, and he will most likely relate a .series of humorous incidents, most of which refer to the penalties imposed for violating the rat rules. If others have gone through periods which, according to reports, had a stricter set of rules and much heavier penalties for violations than those of today and yet still refer to their first year with pride, then why should we rats balk at the few simple rules recently passed by the Senior class? Are we any more effeminate than our predecessors? Does our old "Uncle Sam" ask the men in his army to please not run from the enemy; or his citizens to please not violate the laws of the country? Then where, I ask, would be the force in, "Mr. Freshman, will you please refrain from wearing your cap while you are in this building?" We are expected to acquire a true Auburn spirit, and it is from the examples set by the upperclassmen that we must formulate our ideas as to what constitutes this spirit. When an article, presenting the views of one insignificant individual as being omniscient and seeking to destroy the very effect which the efforts of a whole group has produced, is published in our school paper, then how can we be expected to determine just what is meant by Auburn Spirit? A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF '32. If a woman doesn't get a man on his knees before she marries him she usually manages to get him down shortly afterward. Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Come on! Let us go and win a conference game. Mississippi A. & M. College is a great team. We must respect their strength. But let us start from this moment a great campaign to win that game. Arouse the interest. Put confidence in the team itself* If we can show the defensive power of the Tulane game or the Georgia game; if we can show the offensive power of the third quarter of the Tulane game and the big drive that almost scored against Georgia, we can win that game. We need to show the alumni and our critical friends at Birmingham that we mean business and that this team has made a wonderful showing. Get behind the team. Back the coach. Let's go to Birmingham Saturday to win. * * * * * The task of bringing children into the world, of caring for them, training them, and then educating and fitting them for their lives is, after all, rather the most important task most of us have. In mass education I sometimes fear we may and do overlook the individual. We grind away on a routine piece of work which is really never routine. Teachers forget personalities and individuals. Courses of study become stereotyped and set. Even methods become a matter of science and rules. How would you expect students themselves to do any better in their own planning than the planning they see about them. Take paddling of freshmen, they look at it as an ancient tradition. As a matter of fact it is an outgrowth of but recent years and not a very good outgrowth either, at least as to all individuals. I wish we could know of the boys who have received sad injuries to character, to nervous system and to physical being by this so-called college tradition. "What is one man's meat is anothers poison" is an old saying and a true one. You can whip or paddle some fellows into college form and you can ruin others by the same treatment. The human crowd, like mass-education, never stops to consider the individual. H AUBURN FOOTPRINTS « FIGURE IT OUT A fellow was visiting a lunatic asylum one day and while walking around he saw a patient to whom he said: "Well my good man why are you here?" "You see sir" said the lunatic, "I married a widow with a grown up daughter and my father married that same step-daughter of mine. That made my wife the mother-in-law of her father-in-law and my father became my step-son. Then my step-mother, the daughter of my wife had a son, and that boy of course was my brother, because he was my father's son, but he was also the son of my wife's step-daughter, and therefore her grandson. That makes me grandfather of my step-brother. My wife having had a son, my mother-in-law, the step-sister, is also his grandmother, because he is her step-son's child. My father is the brother of my child because his step-sister is my wife. I am the brother of my son, who is also the son of my step-mother. I am my wife's brother-in-law. My wife is her own child's aunt. My son is my father's nephew, and I am my own grandfather. * * * * * * * * SOB STUFF Folks this sure is a cruel world. Cats have nine lives but the poor frogs croak every night. * * * * * * * * Bob Smith gave a perfect reproduction of Colleen Moore's part in Flaming Youth at the Georgia-Auburn game. Some one wanted to know why that rat hadn't cut his hair. Burn 'em up Bob. * * * * * * * * AND HOW??? Co-ed: Ain't nature grand? He: It sure made a mess out of you. * * * * * * * * George: Would you care to have me teach you to swim? Mary: I don't believe I'd ever learn. George: Fine, when shall we start? * * * * * * * * STie: Why the dry grin on your face? He: I haven't had a drink in a long time. BECOMING MORE MASCULINE In this age of petting it's hard to find a girl of the mothering kind—they all seem to be the pawing kind. :i: * * * * * * * THIS He: "Do you neck"? She: "Sure." He: "Do you believe in hereafter?" She: "Yes". He: "Well good. That's what I am here after." AND THAT She: "Do you believe in hereafter?" He: "Sure I do." She: "Well then, hereafter please don't bother me." BOOK REVIEW MR. BLETTSWORTHY ON RAMPOLE ISLAND By H. G. Wells New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. $2.50 John R. Chamberlain has a very interesting review of H. G. Well's new book, Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island in the New York Times Book Review sanction for November 11. Mr. Chamberlain says, "H. G. Wells is more incorrigible than any one else at repeating himself. But he does it in so glib and so amusing a manner in 'Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island' that one is very much inclined to forgive him. There is nothing new in this fantasy that becomes a parable at its close, nothing that can't be found in the long list of Wells books, but the old ingredients are whirled together by such a competent hand that the financial product is entirely acceptable to one who likes entertainment. "Doubtless Mr. Wells has designed this book to edify. What he has to preach is simply that mankind, with its static capitulation to the dead hand of custom, its addiction to warfare as a last resort, is unredeemed. Through a minor character at the end of this bouncing story Mr. Wells speaks his own mind even as he spoke it in 'The World of William Clissold.' He simply remarks through his mouthpiece that a chance exists for ultimate Utopia through the slow contagion of intelligence. All of which was implicit years back in his story of 'Tono Bungay,' that lively parable of the wrongheadedness of certain business interests, and the hope for salvation through the spread of the scientific approach. "What gives 'Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island' a certain air of up-to-dateness is the injection of the Sacco-Vanzetti case into the final pages. This is engineered to give point to the conclusion of Mr. Blettsworthy that mankind is roweled and ridden by fear, by blind conservatism. Bletts-worthy's friend, ever the optimist, takes hope from the palpable fact that a good number of people sympathized with the shoemaker of Brockton and the fishmonger of Plymouth. He sees the sympathizers on the increase, and that is the bright lining of the sombre cloud. The parable element of 'Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island' is, however, but a small portion of a book that is exciting in the manner of Conan Doyle's 'The Lost World' and Well's early romances. In fact, the whole thing reads as if the author had started out on a fictional holiday, taken time out to write 'The Open Conspiracy,' and returned to his story with the exaltation of the reformer and prophet still seeping from his pen to dictate the finish of what had been hitherto a delightfully pointless and harmless exercise of the imagination. "The main character of 'Mr. Blettsworthy'' is in the Wellsian tradition of the Mr. Ponderevo, who invented the patent medicine, and the gentleman who was Christina Alberta's father and thought himself Sargon, King of Kings. In other words, Mr. Blettsworthy himself in a trifle vague, a little weak-minded, just enough of a muddler to seize hold' of a big idea and go for a grand rocket ride. Blettsworthy is brought up in the home of a churchman who believes, with Browning, that all is fundamentally right with the world. The big idea that is too hefty to handle comes to him after Oxford, when his firse love affair goets up in smoke along with his first essay in business. This idea is the horrible one that perhaps the world is not a cam-fortable, well-gardened spot, after all. . "Through divers incidents, Mr. Bletts-worthy's retreat from the unpleasantness that visited itself upon him after his university days were over lands him upon an island in the South Atlantic, Rampole Island, not far from the Patagonian coast. Well's painting of a shipwreck makes highly exciting reading—H. M. Tomlinson has done better, but the tossing and heaving of the Golden Lion, in which Blettsworthy sailed from London, is realistic enough to suit any but the most captious. Once ashore on Rampole the real fantasy begins, fantasy that one takes in with a complete oblivion to the lurking fact that Wells is merely setting the stage for his moral. Blettsworthy maintains life among the cannibals of Rampole solely because he is taken for a sacred lunatic. He wonders that the aborigines who are his captors do not live on the sunny uplands, but rather prefer the dank shelter of the gorge. He marvels at the megatheria—ground sloths— that still exist on Rampole Island, and even goes so far as to compare the megatheria to the customs of men. For the ground sloth of Rampole 'is not an evolving species; it is a species that lacks fecundity, that lives on simply because the old do not die, that blights the island verdue by destroying buds and roots. Here is the first gleam that a fable is in the offing. "And then, with all the shock of an ice bath on a hot day, comes the fade-out of the Ramople Island experience into the innocent outlines of a dream! It seems that Blettsworthy has not been living on Rampole Island after all. He has been shipwrecked, true enough, and picked up, a raving madman . All this about savages and warfare and niegatheria has been the distortion of insanity, the refraction of that world of insecurity into which Blettsworthy was plunged because the world of his uncle, the good churchman, turned out to be a lie. He is brought back to the world of reality and clarity through the ministrations of an American specialist and a girl, the girl who is to become Mrs. Blettsworthy. He comes out of the engaging Rampole Island interlude to carry a message. For Rampole Island is the world in microcosm, the world of wars and stultifying habits, and Mr. Blettsworthy sees that such a world must not last until our sun blows up or some wanderer from space knocks the solar system to smithereens." MEDITATIONS ON THIS AND THAT "tBv ^Benjamin Trovose— EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of this paper. It is a column of personal comment, and is not to be read as an expression of our editorial policy. * * * * * AFRIEND accused me of being opposed to hair-shaving simply because it is an old custom. Nothing could be more erronious. I am opposed to hair shaving because it is a practice which is detrimental to Auburn. I am opposed to it because an Auburn freshman class looks like a prison contingent to the outsider. I am opposed to it because it tends to submerge individuality in the mass—to make each new student exactly like the rest of his classmates. I just don't like to sit around the living room after dinner with a bunch of thuggish looking persons with no hair. I never saw one who looked civilized with his head shaved. Any old custom is good, provided it is based on reason and produces constructive results. A detrimental custom which is maintained by virtue of its being a custom is the bunk. * * * * * THE REGISTRAR'S office recently published an analysis of the grades made by various student groups during the session of 1927-28. The mass of figures reveals some very interesting points. For instance, the fraternity pledges average is below that of the freshmen who were not members of fraternities. Do the Auburn fraternities pick those men who are lowest in the scale of mental ability in each class? Or do the fraternities make it impossible for freshmen to apply themselves to their work as they would do were they not members of fraternities? Do the various distractions which necessarilly accompany the good features of fraternity life counteract those good features by proving detrimental to study? Are the barbs more serious about this business of getting educated than are the fraternity men? Just what is the explanation of the fact that the fraternity pledges fall below the non-fraternity freshmen in the scholastic averages? * * * * * THIS IS A complex problem, and the situation is not to be remedied by sleight of hand. Many widely varying elements enter in to complicate the problem. Each fraternity places its own peculiar valuation on scholarship. Some chapters stress scholarship, some stress campus activities and sociability, some stress nothing in particular. A few of the fraternities take the attitude that the men are here for the prime purpose of becoming educated, and that the fraternity is merely an adjunct to facilitate this process by providing certain desirable conditions. The grades of these fraternities are evidence that it is a correct attitude. * * * * * VARIOUS MEANS are used by these fraternities to keep their grades above the average. They arrange for freshmen to room with upperclassmen, they give trophies for good grades, they make initiation requirements strict, they enforce quiet study hours. These chapters have tangible results to which they can point. However, their ideals and methods might be taken up by the majority. When fourteen of the lowest eighteen places in the scale of averages are occupied by members of the Interfraternity Council, then something is wrong. It cannot be that these fraternities pledge only slow-witted men who are not capable of making good grades. I don't believe that such is the case. In the last analysis, we are here to acquire education. Grades may not indicate true values in every case, but they come remarkably close to it. Here is, in my humble opinion, an opportunity for some cooperation -on the part of the fraternities. * * * * * IDEAS AND methods might be exchanged and put in effect. A large group working on the same problem would surely achieve some constructive result. We need an organization composed of representatives of all the fraternities which would handle these problems and bloster up the scholastic showing of the Greeks. Low averages don't speak well for Auburn fraternity life. FROM ALL THE FOOLS WHO WENT BEFORE From all the fools who went before I learned a wealth of wit. For over Wisdom's darkest door Some fool a lamp had lit. Ye shun, O Sages overwise, Experience's school And lose the lore—for which he dies— Gained by some gallant fool! —Margaret Root Garvin. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE BROTHERS OF AUBURN GRIDDERS FORMERLY ON AUBURN TEAMS By Dick Jones The football teams at Auburn are getting to be strictly family affairs. If it had not been for big brothers of previous Auburn athletes the football team of this fall would have been a weak uncertain proposition. The Tigers forward wall from tackle to tackle is made up of grid-ders who had former brothers to star on the gridiron teams at Auburn. Howell Long and Grady Long, -two brothers, are now holding down right guard and right tackle respectively. And only two years ago these two hustling Tigers had a brother to hold down a guard on the Plainsman grid team. Both these present grid performers are giving every opposing team they meet plenty of trouble. They have shown up excellently in the past three games and will be seen in action against Mississippi A. & M. in Birmingham Saturday November 17. Another regular grid performer in the front ranks, who was preceded by a brother two years ago, is Pete Spinks. Pete's brother, Buck, played three years on the team, performing at right end most of the time, and that is enough years to prove he was above the standard. Pete has played' well this year. He has trailed along in Buck's tracks every year and is putting in his last appearance this Saturday in Birmingham under the Orange and Blue colors. Pete plays left guard opposite Hfowell Long. Working along with Pete on the left is Erk Taylor, the Sophomore left tackle. Erk is the brother of the famous "Babe" Taylor who played on the team in 1914 when Coach "Boozer" Pitts, who is now assisting Bohler at Auburn, was captain and all-southern center. Erk has improved considerably in every game and if he continues to do so he will be able to reach the good record made by his older brother. Working between these four stars is none other than Dunnam Harkins, the younger brother of the well known "Red" Harkins who was captain of the Tigers in 1925. Dunnam has been snapping the pigskin back in fine style all season. He has been in the opening lineup for every game so far this season and it is almost certain that he will be among those to start against the Aggies Saturday. Dunnam Harkins and Erk Taylor both hail from Birmingham where they played on Jones Valley and Jefferson County Hi School 17 BLACK" DEGREES''' 3 copying ;NUS ENCIL§ (The Varqestselling x QUALITY te\ pencil in % the World At all Stationers ^t>ttfl$1 Ofifysample ho%, °f,a i J C f W J . U U dozen assorted styles AMERICAN PENCIL CO., Dept. Hoboken, N.J. Makers of UNIQUE Thin Lead Colored Pencils—20 colors—$1,00 per do?. teams respectively. Both were captain of their teams their last year. Travis Brown, Sophomore lineman and back who is showing up good this year, is the son of J. V. Brown who was a former Auburn star and captain of the Plainsmen in 1894 when Auburn swamped Georgia Tech 96-0 Auburn only played four games that year. They were with Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Georgia, and the Uni versity of Alabama. Fony Yarbrough a hustling end this year, is also the son of an Auburn star. His father was All-Southern in '99. In the backfield Auburn has two gridders who had former brothers to star for the Tigers. They are "Stum py" Granger and "Gus" Wingo. "Stumpy" hails from Bessemer Hi and Wingo hails from Phillips Hi. "Stumpy had a brother of this same size, to carry off many honors on the Plainsmen team in 1925 and Wingo had a brother to star in 1911. Stum py is playing his second year on the varsity this year and has been a consistent ground gainer in all the games he has entered. He played his best defensive game against the Georgia Bulldogs last year while he was back ing up the line. Gus Wingo is a Soph omore back this year but has been unable to make the varsity this year on account of his light weight. Wingo is the first string quarterback for the scrubs though and has been a real flash in all the scrimmages and mock battles with the varsity and Fort Benning. There are also two sets of brothers representing the Orange and Blue backfield this year. "Snitz' 'Snider his brother "Ford" Snider, and Clyde Sellers and his brother Roy Sellers. "Snitz" is the fastest human at Au burn today. He is also the fastest that has been here in quite a num ber of years. "Snitz" has established a name for himself on the cinder's at Auburn that will last indefinitely. "Snitz" has been a "goal saver" in the backfield this year. On account of his speed he has over run and pulled down every man cutting aloose from the Tigers within their 40 and 50 yard line, while he was in the battle. "Snitz" is completing his college ca reer this year and will be missed a great deal when he leaves. "Ford" Snider is a Sophomore and was unable to make the varsity this year. However, he is showing up well in all the scrimmages and will be a sure bet for a place on the varsity next year if he continues to improve. The other set of brothers are also showing up in good style. Clyde Sellers is making a reputation for himself as being the swiftest and hardest hitting fullback that Auburn has boasted of in quite a while. Clyde has also proven to be an excellent punter in a pinch. He surprised Bohler and many others in the Florida gdme this year. He punted three times in that game, averaging 60 yards to hold the Gators scoreless in the last half. Clyde is playing his second year on the varsity this year and will be back next year stronger than/ever. Roy Sellers is a Sophomore back, but has KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES, STETSON HATS, FLORSHEIM SHOES BRADLEY SWEATERS & MANHATTAN SHIRTS HOLLINGSWORTH & NORMAN ALL QUALITY LINES "Everything for Men & Boys to wear" OPELIKA, :-: ALABAMA We Clean and Dye To Satisfy— The work done in our modern plant by our experts cost no more than ordinary cleaning. Give us a trial. THE IDEAL LAUNDRY CLEANERS A N D DYERS We call for and deliver R. D. Bowling, City Solicitor "A SERVICE THAT SATISFIES' Phone 193 PRAISE FOR THE FRATERNITIES It is a dull year that doesn't bring an attack from somebody on the college fraternity system. Not long ago a wealthy Ohioan offered to give Cornell a fabulous sum of money if the fraternities were abolished. A little later a young southerner, being initiated into a fraternity at another university, died as a result of the stunts he was put through, and the outcry against fraternities was renewed. Now, however, comes Dean Max McConn of Lehigh university, writing in the North American Review for November, to defend the fraternity system which makes a college or university course far more valuable, to many men, than it would be without fraternities. His defense is based on unusual grounds. The average' college youth today, says Dean McConn, simply is not fitted for a higher education of the old style. He has not the intellectual capacity to delve into books very deeply. What he is really after is the training that college gives outside of its classrooms—training in the practical matters that will be of assistance to him in making a living. He gets this training, continues the dean, in student activities—student politics, class publications, glee clubs, athletics on a big business scale, and the like. American college men have built up mimic worlds of business within the .college walls, and for the majority these mimic worlds are the most important thing in college. . It is the fraternity, says Dean McConn, that fosters these activities to their fullest extent. Each fraternity house is a center for the active, pulsating life of the college. The fraternity takes the somewhat puzzled college student who is really incapable of getting the "higher education" the professors talk about, and gives him the kind of training that he can assimilate. For this reason Dean McConn thinks fraternities are a good thing. '"the fraternities are not undemocratic," he says. "The fact is, that they are the refuge for what we may call the intellectual proletariat, and are devoted predominately to the democratic object of training practical business men." been unable to jump to the varsity ranks his first year. Roy has been an outstanding ball toter for the scrubs in the mock battles .and will add great strength to the varsity next year. In the coaching staff is "Pop" Pat-erson, captain of the 1927 Tigers, who was preceded on the Plainsmen teams by his father, a brother, and two uncles, one of his uncles being captain also. The Paterson's have made a showing on Auburn's grid teams that will be hard for any family to surpass. The Creel family is running the Paterson family a close race however, having Carl Creel, a Sophomore, out for the grid team this year. He was preceded by'many cousins and sisters. Then in the past few years come announcements from Coach "Slick" Moulton; Coach "Boozer" Pitts; Rupert Ingram (Alt. capt. of the team this year) ; Charles A. Jones, Jr., '17, of Birmingham (All-Southern end '17); Freshman coach R. C. "Red" Brown '20; "Dizzy" Pruitt, '26 (Now coach at Opelika Hi); "Hard Boy" Pruitt '24; "Bedie" Bidez, capt. '15; Ben. E. "Rabbit" Harris four letter-man, graduated '9 (Montgomery) ; Chas. Scott '23 (5 years of football) ; S. L. Toomer '92; Dean Peterson '24 (Chattanooga, Tenn.) ; E. L. Caton '11 (Gainesville); and many others of the arrival of future Auburn football stars. In fact their places on the team have already been picked out for them. When all these youngsters arrive on Drake Field the competition will be very keen indeed. With their Daddies insisting that they make the team and pulling for them with all their might, they should make for themselves an even greater name in Auburn's Athletic history than did their parents. Wilsonian Society Features Debate Within a few minutes after the members of the Wilsonian had assembled, the contestants of a debating squad came forward to debate the question: Resolved, That Auburn should have Sunday Movies. Audrey Fuller and Charles Brock defended the affirmative, and Blanche Tancre-di and R. G. Upchurch, the negative. The negative won by a seven to three vote. Miss Fuller stated that from "inside dope" she knew that most of the boys here do not go to church on Sunday, but that quite a few of them spend their time playing cards, shooting dice, "cracking" jokes, and talking about the co-eds. She suggested the theatre as a remedy. There was much mirth apparent when R. G. Upchurch hinted that he knew certain girls who were just as bad as regards Sunday occupations. He brought forth several points to prove that Sunday Movies would not prevent these practices. He showed that the boys would have plenty of time anyway. The fact that Mr. Rogers intends po give the profits from these afternoon pictures to a student scholarship fund gave room for heightened interest in the subject, and the point was also brought out that it will serve as a means of keeping the boys at Auburn, and preventing them from hiring U-drive-its, "even though," Upchurch said, "that's exactly what the girls want." The society is planning a social. The girls entertained last and the boys just hope they will be able to return the entertainment as royally as it was given them. AUBURN PLAYERS TO MAKE TRIP STUDENTS TO EVADE EDICT BY TAKING A SMOKE ON STILTS Resourceful students at the University of Utah are getting around an edict against smoking on the campus by smoking on stilts, the matter is being left almost entirely to the discretion of the individual smoker, but twelve inches is considered a safe distance off the campus. College Graduates Have Longer Life A new slant on the value of a college degree is pointed to by Royal J. Davis, New York newspaperman, commenting on the summary of matriculates contained in the September, 1928, Alumni Directory of his alma mater, Haverford college, here. Haverford, established in 1833, has had 1,731 graduates, 1,358, or 78 per cent of whom are still living. Her students who did not complete their four year course number 1,361, of which group only 709 or 52 per cent are recorded living. Mr. Davis' inference from the Haverford figures is that the chances at longevity of the college graduate, or of the Haverford graduate at least, are 50 per cent greater than the chances of his college mate who failed to carry on to a degree. Christopher Blorley, for instance, who was born on the Haverford campus and took a Haverford degree in 1910, is a better insurance risk than Max-field Parrish, who left Haverford at the end of three years to devote himself to the study of art. Miss Kempthorne Visits Camp Fire Girls On Friday and Saturday of last week the campfire girls of Auburn were honored by a visit from Miss Edith M. Kempthorne who is national field secretary for the campfire girls of America, with headquarter s in New York. Her visit is said to be in recognition of the high honor won by the Auburn group upon being scored, recently, second in the United States. Their leaders are Miss Elizabeth Duncan and Miss Marie Sewell. Last Monday night Dr. C. P. Weaver, professor of English here, announced the presentation of a production, "Biologically Speaking," that the members of his play-writing class, in cooperation with him, adapted from a modern play by a present-day author. Many will be interested to learn that that is the play for which Miss Personality was so eagerly sought. Martha Haupt, the winner of the personality contest, presented a very creditable performance as an instructress in Biology, doubled with about an equal amount of the vamp. Her boss, Haskins Williams, playing the head professor, fell in love with her. Matters were further complicated when he found that one of his assistant professors, Rat Burgess, was also in love with Carol, the girl. The triangle was rudely but romantically broken when the two admirers found that Carol is already married. Everyone enjoyed the real drama expressed in the scenes. William's make-up was perfect, and the rat's dialogue made a real impression. It seems that there is no end to the inventive genius of Charles Rush and Neil Suffich. When the footlights flashed on for the play, the words "AP" and "presents" appeared in the electritc box just above the topmost edge of the curtain. These faded as the words "Biologically Speaking" appeared in the form of a heart, to portray the romance contained in this production. Dr. Leo Gosser is getting preparations under way to present four short plays, prepared under Dr. Weaver's direction by the members of the play-production class, at Union Springs, the players to leave here about noon Friday of the week following this. They plan to take "Scraps," "What They Think," "Paths of Glory," and "Biologically Speaking." The club is planning several productions to be used on later trips. Kiwanis Club Hosts To Local Teachers The Kiwanis Club was host to the teachers of the Grammar and High Schools Monday at a luncheon at the Thomas Hotel. Mr. Milligan Earnest delighted the guests with a short welcome address. Miss Annie Heard graciously thanked the Club for the wonderful assistance given the Grammar School in securing milk for underweight children. Professor Parrish introduced the members of his faculty. NEW HOME OF STATION WAPI NOW RAPIDLY NEARING COMPLETION Station WAPI, under the joint operation of Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the city of Birmingham, will soon be "telling the world" again from its new station on the fourteenth, top floor of the new Protective Life Insurance building in Birmingham. W. A. "Bill" Young will retain his former position as announcer. J. M. Wilder, '27, will be a member of the staff of engineers. The" new station will have the finest equipment of any station in the South and will be modern and up-to-date in every respect. Its broadcasting rango will "cover Dixie like the dew," and will include practically all of the United States. It will have ten times the power of the old station, the old station being rated at one KW and the new station at five KW. This greater power will enable it to broadcast over long distance and also will give the listeners-in better reception results. The towers and broadcasting eqiup-ment proper will be located on the mountain near Sandusky. The Jefferson County Board of Revenue is now building a road from the Birmingham- Jasper highway to the station at the tops of the mountain. The cottage for the manager and also the station house is now complete The policy of the station will be controlled by the college. Contrary to the general idea, the station will not be merely for those people interested in agriculture. Its program will be of general interest, including such things as music, lectures, news, and many things of interest. to the public at large. Veterinary Medical CHECK FOR S1'000-000 MADE Association Meets The regular meeting of the Veterinary Medical Association was conducted on Wednesday night Nov. 7, 1928, at 7:00 P. M. in the Veterinary Building. An interesting talk on Dairying was given by Mr. Rainey, in which dairying was discussed from the producers standpoint. The value of good cows, individual records on each cow, good pastures, and home grown feeds were emphasized as factors to success in dairying. Dr. Ed Everett, who is an assistant State Veterinarian, made a interesting talk on dairying, showing the rapid development of the dairy industry in the state. WIRT SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS Judging by the way they act most middle aged people must feel younger than they look. Nobody can be quite so independent in his dealings with his boss as he whose wife has a good job. Students! Buy your Christmas Presents at the Student Supply Shop. Faculty Members Enjoy Armistice Dance A brilliant affair of Friday evening was the Armistice Dance held in the Alumni Gymnasium from nine until twelve. The Military members of the faculty were in charge of the evening's entertainment. About sixty couples enjoyed dancing, music being furnished by Max Jones and his Collegians. Opelika School Presents "Style Revnue" The Opelika High School presented a most elaborately staged Musical Comedy and "Style Revue," Monday night in Palmer Hall. The Senior class sponsored the play, "Walk This Way," which was in four acts. The direction was under the supervision of the Gayl Producing Company of Atlanta, Georgia. Their representative, Miss Carolyn Cheves, was in charge and proved a very able assistant. The play was a success and the audience most enthusiastic in its applause. Students! Buy your Christmas Presents at the Student Supply Shop. WE MAKE H T T T ^ O NEWSPAPER .1 N MAGAZINE ~ y' A W CATALOG S e r v i c e Engraving Co Montgo The regular meeting of the Wirt Literary Society was the scene of many heated political arguments as the election of officers took place. Those elected were as follows: Mr. H. C. Pitts, President; Mr. Roy N. Sellers, Vice-Pres.; Miss Bernice McMil-lian, Sec; Mr. W. T. Oakley, Treasurer; J. D. Harris, Reporter; and Mr. R. Kelso, Sargeant at Arms. After the election of officers an initiation was held for the new mem-1 bers. The details of the initiation' were secret, of course, but it was learned that the new members are doing as well as can be expected, and some may even survive. PAYABLE TO U. OF TEXAS Checks may come and checks may go, but seldom is a check for as large amount as the one presented to Attorney-General Claude Pollard, conveying $1,000,000, to the account of the University of Texas. The check was the result of a judgment awarded the University against the Texon Oil Company and the Big Lake Oil Company. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HAS 72-YEAR OLD FROSH The University of Chicago claims to have one of the oldest freshmen in Frederic J. Gurney, age 72. For 35 years, he has served as recorder for the University, keeping records of thousands of students. Finally deciding to retire from his position in order to see how the University looks from the classroom, he enrolled as a student. 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Blades—Your choice of Brand $ See Our Bargain Counter at the $ Student Supply Shop —SPECIAL— 10 Per Cent Off On All Orders For Engraving, Christmas Cards, Wedding Announcements, Etc., or COLLEGE SEAL, ROTARY, KIWANIS, LIONS, CREST CARDS* PLACED WITH US BEFORE DECEMBER 1ST. PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN ^ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928 • %1 m r^ D J v JACK McLESKEY, CAROL PORTER, Associate Editors Dick Jones, Tad McCallum, T. S. Winter, Howard Sparks, Assistants D AUBURN TO FACE MISSISSIPPI TEAM CONFIDENT OF VICTORY By Tad McCallum The Auburn Tigers will enter Saturday's battle with the Mississippi Aggies in Birmingham with a feeling of confidence that goes a long way toward deciding the victor in a football game. The Plainsmen have shown a decided improvement in each encounter since the win over Howard and should reach their top form this Saturday. The Aggies will not be easy meat for the Tigers by any means. The Mississippi aggregation got away to a bad start for the early part of the season and then settled down and fought the strong Michigan State eleven to a deadlock. The Aggies will outweigh the Auburn crew several pounds to the man and boast of several dangerous performers in their ranks. In Pappenheimer, the Mis-sissippians have a back who can step with the best in the South. He is a constant threat and will have to be watched carefully Saturday. The Auburn Tigers have improved more in the past three weeks than any other team in the conference. Their turning point came when they defeated the Howard College Bulldogs 25—6 on Drake Field three weeks ago. Auburn worked her passes to a perfection in that game. Rupert Ingram pulled two of them down out of the ozone to score the Plainsmen's first two touchdowns. He sprinted 40 yards to score the first one and 5 yards to score the second one. The Tiger mentor's worries of having ends to snag passes from all angles is about over. Ingram, Shannon and Chappelle have nearly reached Bohler's expectations of what is necessary to fill the bill. They have improved 100 per cent since the first game and are looking better every Saturday. Bohler is planning on giving the Mississippi Aggies a real taste of his overhead plays and Birmingham fans will be able to see a pair of pass snagging ends if these two gridders are at their best Saturday. Although scores don't prove it but the wearers of the Orange and Blue colors played a much better game this year against the Tulane Greenies than they did last year. For last year they were lucky not to have been beaten by the Greenies who tied them 6-6. But this year the Greeniets got a head start in scoring on the Tigers and it was hard for the Plainsmen to catch up. However after the second quarter got under way the Tigers played the Greenies off their feet.. Mississippi will be facing a much stronger team than was expected this Saturday and they will have much opposition in trying to hold the Tigers scoreless. Bohler has shifted his line continuously every week and has finally placed them in the positions for which they are fitted. The line held better against the Greenies than they have against any team in a number of years. They held Tulane for three downs on their two yard line where the ball went over to Auburn and the Tigers punted out of danger. Athletic relationship has been going on between Auburn and Mississippi A. & M. since 1905 and only one have the Aggies defeated the Tigers. That was last year when the Plainsmen failed to register a victory over any of their opponents. The Aggies defeated the Tigers last year 7-6. Auburn has scored 148 points against A. & M.'s 22 to average 13 5-6 points to every game while the Aggies only averaged.2 point to every game. Past scores are as follows: 1905—Auburn 18—Miss. A. & M. 0 1910—Auburn 6—Miss. A. & M. 0 1911—Auburn 11—Miss. A. & M. 5 1912—Auburn 7—Miss. A. & M. 1913—Auburn 37—-Miss. A. & M. 1914—Auburn 19—Miss. A. & M. 1915—Auburn 20—Miss. A. & M. 1916—Auburn 7—Miss. A. & M. 13—Miss. A. & M. 7-—Miss. A. & M. 6—Miss. A. & M. 1917 1919 1927 -Auburn -Auburn -Auburn Auburn Basketeers Go Through First Work Out Monday By Dick Jones The Auburn Tiger basketball candidates went through their initial practice Monday night in the local Alumni gymnasium. There were 18 aspirants present for the first workout. Among them were the four last years lettermen, three scrubs, and ten new men. Student manager "Pee Wee" Wright was also out hustling on the job his first night. "Pee Wee" is succeeding Elmer Salter who was student manager last year. Coach Bohler gave many good points to the cagers the first night. Also stressing the point that he would turn things over to Captain DuBose until after Thanksgiving. The thing he drilled on mostly was the fact that he wanted the early comers to work hard in getting their legs in the best of condition. He also showed them a few fundamentals of the game that he has worked out in his new system that he will install. The cagesters present the first night were: Captain Frank DuBose, who was all-southern center last year; L. James, younger brother to the James twins; Moon Mullins, and Al Smith; these were the last years lettermen ; the scrubs were Peter Booth, Kennedy, and Vines"; the new comers were Howard Smith, H. D. Harmon, G. T. Harmon, Kuykendall, Pierson, Odis DeVaughan, "Boots" Fulton, "Maggie" McGee, Bill Jester, and Joe Anderson. The eighteenth man being Manager Wright. Only three practices a week will be held until after Thanksgiving. They will be held at 7:00 o'clock on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights in the gym. BABY TIGERS TO FACE GEORGIA BULLPUPS IN COLUMBUS FRIDAY JIM CRAWFORD Jim Crawford, flashy halfback on the varsity, has been playing a consistent game throughout the present season. His garne against Georgia in Columbus Saturday before last was especially notable. Jim is just a junior this year arid is expected to be one of the bulwarks of the 1929 team. Not only is Crawford showing up well on the gridiron but he is one of the best bets for the baseball team, making his letter last year with a sensational record behind him. GRID REVIEW AND FUTURES By "OSWALD" Auburn 148—Miss. A. & M. 22 Engineers And Second Battalion End Battle In 6-6 Deadlock On Thursday Freshmen Reserves to Make Trip to Gadsden To Play High School The Engineers and the Second Battalion of the Artillery Division wasted one good afternoon Thursday after battling four long quarters. It was found that they had crossed the last white line only once, and both had failed to add the extra point that would have meant so much. Through the afternoon it was a contest of "you carry it down to one end of the field and I will get it and bring it back," this was done several time by both teams but the necessary last few yards that mean so much in a football game was just a little to The second Bn. began to function in the third quarter enough to break through the Engineers strong line when" near the goal. Taking the ball on the 50 yard line the 2nd Bn. marched for a touchdown on straight football, with Snider showing considerable drive in the march. For the Engineers Armstrong was the outstanding player, while Snider showed best for the 2ncT Bn. Battalion football is coming to its own in Auburn, and quite a bit of interest is being shown and real football ability is being shown by the dif-well guarded to allow either one to I , . , _ , . come 6t hrough more than once, i ferent teams, and several men proven The second Battalion was the more themselves to be real prospective varsity material. In the future Auburn aggressive and did most of the gain-|w i l l b e n e f j t g r e a t l y f r o m t h e e x p e ri ing through the first three quarters. Several times it looked as though they would push over a marker, but the Engineers always pulled themselves together and sopped them a few yards short of the last white line. The game rocked along well into the second quarter before any dirty work was pulled off. The second Bn. had carried the ball well into the Engineers territory on straight football, but the possibility of a score by the passing route was too much to resist, and one was let loose in the direction of the left end but an Engineer by the name of Shobel came and picked the oval from, the air and put in a beautiful exhibition of side stepping and stiff arming to cover the required 80 yards for a touchdown. In this run Shobel broke loose from several tacklers, and at, one time he was knocked from his feet, but got up and Students! Buy your Christmas continued to trot for the six points. Presents at the Student Supply Shop ence these men are getting from Battalion football. Engineers Miller • Armstrong McQueen Hayes Spinks Martin Austin Green Shobel Mosley Hunter Referee, "C LINE UP 2nd Battalion LE LT LG C RG RT RE QB LH RH FB ash" Wood; Weisinger Taylor Mims Dunbar Meig Smith Holston Ellison Slaughter Biley Snider Umpire, Lt. Leitch; Head Linesman, Joe Kennedy; Time Keeper, Lt. Barth; Bn. Luke Ward; Coach John Moseley. Coach 2nd. Engineers, The third team of Coach Brown's freshman team will leave Auburn Friday morning via bus, and travel north to play the strong Gadsden High School. Coach Brown will take his first two teams to Columbus Friday to play the first year men of Georgia, while coach Paterson will be in charge of the third team. The rats have been working hard this week getting in shape for their tilt Friday. Coach Paterson has a hard working bunch of boys and they are developing rapidly. Gadsden has one of the strongest teams in north Alabama. This year's team is one of the strongest the school has ever had. The boys up north are in tip top condition, and are priming for the game Friday. The men that coach Paterson has been working on and the ones he will probably take on the trip are: Smith, center, Pate, Duke and Hardnet, guards; Craddock, Stewart and Johns, tackles; Gholston and Bothies, Ends; Reedy Quarterback; Wible and Ward Halves; and Jacobs, Fullback. ATTENDANCE AT THE AUBURN-TULANE GAME VERY MUCH UNDERESTIMATED By K. G. Taylor * According to certain newspapers which had an account of the Auburn Tulane game the attendance was very small. This seems to be untrue as several spectators of this game say that this was the largest crowd to witness an Auburn-Tulane game in the three years that they have been playing in New Orleans. This crowd was estimated at about ten thousand, but there were many more spectators than that. Auburn had a large number of supporters, among these the band which together with a strong delegation of Auburn students kept up the "OLE AUBURN SPIRIT." The Tech Tornado slashed, swirled and blew all about the Vandy Commodores Saturday, thus overpowering one of the most potent elevens that Coach Dan McGugin has developed in many seasons. Tech's national stock also took a jump now being ranked on par with the best. The Tornado backfield delivered in a wonderful manner and Father Lumpkin and Mizelle are All-Ameri-can material. Mizelle carried the ball 33 times and gained 201 yards. Vandy came out of the game crippled and in a dazed condition after putting up a valiant fight. Schwartz and Armistead can still be counted among the luminaries of the South. Just here: Tech will doubtless win over the Crimson Tide Saturday but remember that Alabama's line will probably be nearer on par with Tech's than any line they have faced this year with Wade in a position to call in ample reserve strength—something McGugin couldn't do. Alabama always fights hard and with the probable return of Suther to the lineup —don't be surprised at anything. Remember Maryland-Yale; Dame-Army. Approaching interest to the above clash was the vengeful Florida Gator's triumph over the Georgia Bulldogs. A funeral march was played for a valiant Georgia Bulldog team as that mighty backfield of Bach-man's thundered on, composed of eight alternating backfield aces. Can-nonball Clyde Crabtree in the leading role was amply assisted by Good-bread, Bethea, Brumbaugh, etc. Crabtree made one run of 84 yards for a touchdown. Van Sickle and Stanley, ends for Florida, also gave a great exhibition. Florida will defeat Clemson easily. Alabama showed much potential strength in the game with Kentucky Saturday and displayed enough versatility to have made the score triple that amount except for faulty signal calling. Kentucky fough a game fight but just didn't "click." With a little assistance Covington would be a marvel. Bill Brown, brother of the ever McEver of Tennessee, is now leading Southern Conference in scoring. A fighting team from Maryland, in all its wrath turned in one of the biggest upsets Saturday by defeating the mighty men of Eli. Snyder led his team to the greatest heights ever achieved by an Old Liner gridiron team. Thus the mysteries of football carry on and hair-pulling by so called experts reaches an unprecedented stage. The Green Typhoon of Tulane's— Billy Banker, was stopped by a fighting team from the village Saturday— and that was something in itself to brag about for Banker has only been stopped by one team previous to this. Tulane was extremely lucky to win this game for Auburn showed powerful offense the last half and came very near scoring twice in the last quarter. Auburn's line demonstrated its strength in the first half when it held Tulane on the 5-yard line. Auburn's passes are beginning to work. Tuxworth chunked 16 and 10 were completed. Volumes could be said Notre about this game but must pass on. However Miss. A. & M. will go down in defeat Saturday. L. S. U. defeated Ole Miss scoring the first touchdown on a fumble made during the first period, Brown racing 96 yards for a touchdown; the "Pony Express" of V. P. I. with the addition of a supposedly sick man, Peake, routed Virginia 20 to 0; Clemson showed comeback power in defeating V. M. I. 12 to 0; North Carolina and South Carolina battled to a scoreless tie in the mud of Chapel Hill; North Carolina State defeated Davidson; Princeton beat Washington & Lee; and Miss. A. & M. and Centenary played a 6-6 draw. By Dick Jones The "Baby" Tigers of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, fresh from their 18-7 victory over the Greenie "rats" last Saturday, will journey into Georgia Friday Nov. 16, for their third and last time, to lock horns with the "Rat" Bulldogs of the University of Georgia. The game is to be staged at Columbus, Ga., in the Memorial stadium. This will be the fifth and last game for the Auburn "rats" this season. The "little" Tigers showed a great deal of improvement in their offensive and defensive work against Tulane. They blocked well, ran well, passed well, and tackled well throughout the whole game. Holdcraft played the best game in the line for the Tigers. He has held down left tackle in every game so far this season, dealing misery to every team he has faced. Holdcraft recovered a fumble in the Tulane game that helped to count for one of the Tiger touchdowns. Coach R. C. "Red" Brown has put his Freshmen gridders through an extra hard week of training in preparation for the Georgia battle and he believes it will show results Saturday. They had a rather light workout Monday but things began to stiffen up Tuesday. Their weakest department seems to be the punting. However Coach has had them punting more this week than usually and they have shown considerable improvement already. The first thing on his menu every day this week has been punting. The punters that have been sticking their toe under the pigskin for the "rats" have been Leo Young, Wadsworth, Smifeh, Tamplin, and Pate. "Frock" Pate, the well known Woodlawn Hi star, ran like a real Tiger against the Greenies and will do the same thing against the Bulldogs if he is given half a chance. He gained 89 yards through the Greenies line of the 246 yards gained by the Tigers. He also intercepted one of Tulane's passes and made a broken field run for 60 yards to score the Tigers third and last touchdown. Leo Young was another outstanding man for the Auburn "rats" Saturday. Young also gained 89 yards against the Tulane "rats". He made the longest run of the day when he broke through the Greenies line, shaking off several would-be tacklers, and sprinting 75 yards for the Plainsmen's first touchdown. The Georgia tilt will complete the five game schedule the "rats" have every year. They have won two and lost two so the Bulldogs can look for a real scrap Saturday for the Tigers are working hard to win over them to keep from dropping below the 500 percentage mark. Scores so far this season are as follows: Rats 25—B'ham-Sou. 2. Rats 7—Tech 20. Rats 0—Florida 7. Rats 18—Tulane 7. Total: Rats 50; Opponents 36. Prospects Are Good for Tiger Track Teams During The Year 1928-1929 By Howard Sparks Prospects for a good track team in '29 look very bright at present. A large number of good prospects has answered the call and are receiving instruction from coaches Hutsell and Baskin. The regular fall grind is on and each man has settled down to do his best. Although we are very optimistic, much depends on the turn of the wheel of time. Sam Robinson, veteran javelin man who was injured in an automobile accident, is improving at a steady rate, but it is not | Galliard, Withington, and Summer-ford look best in the pole vault. We have very little to worry about in the hurdles with Capt. Beard and Virgin leading the parade in both low and high hurdles. It will be remembered that these men carried off honors at the Conference meet last year. Willis and Harmond are looking good in both events. The weights events will be dominated by the football men, Carter, Robinson, Newton, Taylor, and Harkins. Sam Robinson, Nagley, and Willis known yet whether or not he will i will heave the javelin. The middle be available for duty in the spring. | distance races will fall to the mem- These Here goes the funeral march. After parading my egotism before a gaping multitude last week suppose I had it coming to me. But here's the statistics: Out of 19 games predicted 3 were tied, 8 won and 8 lost, so I broke even. Managed to predict 3 correct scores and picked relative famous Johnny Mack was a new star strength of Florida-Georgia; Tenn playing a wonderful game and scor- Sewanee; Harvard-Penn.; N-West'n-ing one of the touchdowns. Alabama | Purdue. It will be noticed that I needs a punter terribly but Suther's return will help this materially. The Touchdown twins of Tennessee had ample assistance Saturday from their Captain, Roy Witt, who turned in a couple of touchdowns. The Volunteers continued to display their usual strength but will hardly come through the season undefeated. They will likely go down before Vandy this week if injuries do not play havoc with the Commodores and if not by Vandy, Florida will surely win. How-predicted Navy to win over Michigan when they were hardly conceded a chance and they tied. But out of the ruins comes a clear vision of what the week will bring forth. "Oswald's" Pick AUBURN 19—Miss. A. & M. 6. Alabama 7—Ga. Tech 13. Florida 32—Clemson 6. Georgia 13—L. S. U. 6. Kentucky 19—V. M. I. 0. Virginia 0—Maryland 13. Ole Miss 26—Southwestern 0. The sprints left vacant by the graduation of Captain Snider, will fall to Bell, Hanby, and Postell. All of these men can be counted on for duty in the spring for they are developing at a rapid rate. Bell is the more experienced of the three. In the high jump Virgin Anderson, Rutland, and Bennett seem to be the best bets for a regular berth on the team. Capt. Beard and Tuxworth will carry the burden of the broad jump. Hughes, N. C. 19—Davidson 7. N. C. S. 13—Duke 6. Sewanee 6—Tulane 27. South Carolina 13—Furman 0. Vanderbilt 14—Tennesse 13. V. P. I. 19—Wash. & Lee 6. Chicago 0—Illinois 20. Indiana 6—Northwestern 7. Iowa 14—Wisconsin 7. Nebraska 13—Pittsburg 6. Notre Dame 13—Carnegie 12. Princeton 13—Yale 0. Stanford 6—Washington 14. of the cross country teams. are Allen, Beard, Baskerville, Dol-lins, Huff, Mapson, Moss, O'Hara, Oliver, Plant, Stacey, Turner, Wul-lenbucker, and Wood. First Battalion Artillery Hammers Out Victory Over the Third Battalion Wednesday saw the powerful team of the 1st Bn. of the Artillery hammer its lighter opponents of the 3rd Bn. Artillery for a 13 to nothing victory on a rain soaked field. The 3rd put up a game fight, being greatly handicapped by lack of substitutes, but the charge of the 1st Bn.'s Four Horsemen—Cooper, Conradi, Cameron and Dyer was too much for them. Cameron was hurt early in the first-quarter and was replaced in the back-field by Argo, whose speed and ball (Continued on page 6) 1928 Football Schedule Sept. 28—Birmingham Southern Oct. 6—Clemson (Home coming) Oct. 13—Florida Oct. " 20—U. of Mississippi Oct. 27—Howard 3—U. of Georgia 10—Tulane 17—Mississippi A. 29—Georgia Tech. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. & M. —Montgomery (Night game) —Auburn —Gainesville —Birmingham —Auburn —Columbus —New Orleans —Birmingham —Atlanta > THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE FEATURES OF THE GEORGIA-AUBURN GAME IN COLUMBUS By D. M. Jackson To sum up the game, we might say that Georgia got the breaks when they counted most. This spelled defeat for the "Tigers." To back up this statement, we offer the following: In the first quarter, Auburn fumbled on their own 12 yard line and a Georgia man recovered it. This somewhat dazed the "Tigers" and before they could collect their wits, Waugh, behind perfect interference, swept left end for a touchdown. Again, when Auburn had the dogs with their backs to the wall, a fumbled punt by Peake gave them the ball in mid-field. Once more, by successive end runs, passes, and hard line bucks by Sellers, the "Tigers" carried the ball to the Red and Black's 11 yard mark. A few minutes before it had started raining. Tuxworth fumbled the slick ball and Auburn's chances collapsed. Except for a few minutes in the first quarter, Auburn's line from tackle to tackle consistently out played Georgia's. Georgia's interference and fast backs showed to good advantage and especially in the former department was Georgia superior to Bohler's men. Let is be said, however that Auburn's offense had a punch and 11 earned first downs will indicate. The "Bulldogs" made 15. It was quite noticeable that the "Tigers" played a clean game as a camparison of penalties indicated. They drew one 5-yard penalty for offside and a like number for excessive time out, while Georgia drew a 15- yard penalty for holding, five 5-yard penalties for offside, and an additional 5 yards for killing time in the late stages of the game. As for individual performance, Rothstein of Georgia was a power on offense, while Dudley and Hill made some good gains. On defense, Dudley, Jacobson and Lautzheizer were shining lights. They, uncovered a good end in Maffett, a sophomore. This man will probably be heard from later. For Auburn, Tuxworth and Sellers 'Tis Fine to Dine at the showed to good advantage in carrying the ball, while Crawford made some nice gains around the ends. On defense, the Long Brothers, and Har-kins serve credit for ocnsistent line play, while Joe Burt played well during the short time he was in the game. Callahan, on secondary defense, showed his worth. The principal offensive gains were Rothstein's thrust of 22 yards coupled with his 12 yard runs and Hill's 20 yard end run late in the game. Tuxworth had the distinction of making the longest gain from scrimmage. He started the drive that ended on the "dogs" 11-yard line by slipping off tackle for 23 yards. Through the air, Georgia's 34-yard gain on a pass, Hill to Maffett, was a feature. Sellers' 46 yard return of the kick-off as the second half began, and Peake's 21 yard return of the kick-off after Georgia's first touchdown were features as well as Tuxworth's ability in returning punts. AG. CLUB STAGES ANNUAL PARADE Letter Shop Opened At Northwestern PICKWICK Three enterprising co-eds at Northwestern University have turned their knowledge of English and Psychology to a strictly practical use, and have opened a Letter Shop, where they write difficult letters for sufficient remuneration. They will write custom-made love letters—each guaranteed to contain suitable sentiments—for the trifling price of $10. Ordinary thank-you letters are $2. When it comes to that most difficult and yet most important type of letters, the "Dear Dad—Please remit" type, the scribes assess their fee on the commission basis. Ten per cent of the check is the amount demanded. Although this letter-writing business seems to be something quite new, it has medieval precedents. Manuscripts preserved from the Middle Ages show that in the good old days when each teacher was paid directly by the pupils, the first thing the student learned .was the proper method of writing home for money. A whole series of dunning letters was mapped out by the instructors, the final one purporting to be written from a debtor's prison, where the writer claimed to be languishing among rats, and subsisting on moldy bread and water. The annual parade for the "Ag" Fair sponsored by the Ag Club was pulled off Friday afternoon and proved to be a great success. Floats and exhibits from the various department's of agriculture made up the greatest part of the parade which was led by the famous Auburn band. Perhaps one of the most beautiful floats was that of the horticulture department. This float was designed by Professor Hyde and had on it all manner of flowers arranged in the middle and surrounded by various kinds of fruits and nuts. Leading the floats and just back of the band came a very interesting engineering exhibit which included two tractors of the very lafest type, a thrashing machine, a hay baler, and many other things of interest. Among the other features of the parade was a veterinary float, bedecked with all manner and sort of instruments used in this work. There were two fine specimens of bulls who carried the following placards, "Dean Judd's Extra Curricula" and "This Bull Is Called Fence Because He Runs Around A Lot." A cow bore a card saying, "When You Pull Her Tail She Will Butter." A hunting exhibit consisted of two hunters leading a Boston Bull and a Russian Wolfhound. Another interesting feature, which grew out of a debate in Ag Club as to the rela five merits of sugar cane and sorgum cane, was a big husky Ag student bearing a placard "Sorgum Cane" and a small student who bore a card with the words "Sugar Cane". Bringing up the tail of the parade came a Freshman leading or rather being led by a goat who bore the inscription, "Socialist Party." Engineers and 3rd Battalion Tie 6-6 In A Hard Battle PRIZE OFFERED FOR GOOD SLOGAN BANK OF AUBURN We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business The First National Bank of Auburn ADVICE AND ACCOMMODATION FOR EVERY COLLEGE MAN ANY FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE C. Felton Little, '06, President W. W. Hill, *98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier T H E B I G S T O R E W I T H T H E L I T T L E P R I C ES HAGEDORN'S Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes OPELIKA'S BEST STORE Use Kratzer's Ice Cream Your Local Dealer Has It For your parties and feeds ask your local dealer to order from us. 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Anyone is eligible to enter the contest and there is no limit upon the number of slogans any one person may submit, provided they are mailed to the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce before January 1, the closing date of the contest. The judges who will decide the winner are S. L. Rothafel ("Roxy") New York movie impressario; Dr. Frank Crane, journalist-essayist; and Frank Pres-brey, advertising authority. Leaflets explaining the contest may be obtained at any music deal er's or from the Chamber direct. On last Thursday afternoon the Engineers and 3rd -Batallion matched wits for forty five minutes and as a reward received a 6-6 tie. The lighter Artillery gained quite a bit of yardage thru the line during the last half. Stuckey did most of the ground gaining and Louis did the passing. The Engineers threw a number of passes but confined most of their work to the ground. Shabel was especially good, ripping off tackles and circling ends for several yards gain. Artillery won the toss and elected to receive. Shabel kicked off to the Artillery who returned to the 30-yard line. Art. made first down but was held a few minutes later and was forced to kick. Greep fumbled the punt and Art. recovei'ed. All line plays failed and the ball went over to the Engineers. After an exchange of punts the Artillery took a partially blocked punt on their own 40- yard mark. A pass, Louis to J. D. Champion, was good for 20 yards and he ran the remaining 40 yards for a touchdown. Late in the second half the Engineers took the ball in midfield and carried to the Art.'s 30-yard line on a series of line plays. A pass Green to Austin placed the ball on the 20- yard mark. On the next play Shabel went off right tackle, reversed his field, and sidestepped his way to the much desired goal line. A pass failed to get the extra point and the score was left 6 all. The Engineers kicked off to the Art. and they returned ot the 40-yard mark where the game ended. Engineers Miller Beavert Prater Hayes Fink Martin Austin Green Shabel Solomon Hunter Substitutions Green, McQueen for Baevert, Thomas for Solomon, Green for Allen, Solomon for McQueen, Beavert for Thomas ; Artillery: Taylor for Sommerville. Referee: Ward. MOTION PICTURES AN AID IN STUDY Fink Martin Austin Green Shabel Solomon Hunter Substitution Position L. E. L. T. L. G. C. R. G. R. T. R. E. Q. B. L. H. R. H. F. B. Artillery DeShazo Sommerville Allen Vance Bridges Champion, W. Champion, J. Louis Stuckey McClure Pyke s—Engineers: Allen for It is very probable that the grade school teacher's load will soon be lightened by the use of films in teaching. The Eastman Kodak Company, acting with the National Educational Association, has just completed an experiment that seems to demonstrate conclusively the superiority of the new method over the old. In geography a thirty-five per cent gain was registered by the pupils taugh by means of films, and a fifteen per cent gain in general science. Approximately 5,500 children were taught with films and 5,500 more were taught the same material without the aid of motion pictures, in public schools scattered over twelve cities. A 500 word report has just been completed by Dr. Ben. D. Wood of Columbia and Dr. Frank Freeman of the University of Chicago, directors of the experiment. "In this experiment," the report said, "We have studied the films not as a panacea to be substituted for present instrumentalities of the schools, nor as a means to revolutionize the aims of education, but as an addition to the present pedagogical devices of the schools which may help in the attainment of currently accepted goals." As one might expect, a majority of the teachers and school officials reported that the use of classroom films had been "more effective in arousing and sustaining the children's interest, in improving the quantity and quality of their reading, and in aiding them to correlate features of the lessons with personal experiences and community conditions." M. L. NICHOLS IS GIVEN NATIONAL ATTENTION BY AGRICULTURISTS As an agricultural engineer, Prof. M. L. Nichols, of the college of agriculture of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, has attracted Rational attention. His career is reviewed briefly in the current issue of The Journal of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, he receiving first mention among "Who's Who" in the group. The publication reviews his career as follows: "Mark Lovel Nichols—member of the Council of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers—is professor of agricultural engineering and head of the department at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He is a graduate of Ohio State University, where he majored in agricultural engineering. On graduation he became associated with the Ohio Cultivator Company in experimental work. Af- Paddling License Must Be Secured ing committee for the initiation affair. Just as there have been issued licenses for automobile operators, dog-catchers, and back-seat drivers, it has been proposed that the sophomore class adopt a type of paddle-wielders' license to accompany the rule that only a limited number of men will be allowed to handle the pieces of oak at the skin-scalping event. terward he farmed for three years, after which he taught agricultural engineering one year at the T. N. Vail Agricultural School in Vermont. From there he went to Delaware Agricultural College where he taught agricultural enginering for three years and at the same time he secured a master's degree. For eighteen months he was extension specialist in agricultural engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and later tractor specialist for the Richmond branch of the International Harvester Company. In 1919 he was appointed to his presen,!, position. Perhaps his most notable contribution to the advancement of agricultural engineering has been in research. His work in soil dynamics is in particularly outstanding. He has been very active in A. S. A. E. affairs. He was the first chairman of the Southern Section and he has served as chairman and member of the Research Committee and also on others." Isn't it pleasant to hear of something nice that somebody has said about you behind your back? MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama TOOMER'S HARDWARE The Best in Hardware and Supplies CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager "Where's your paddling Jicense?" That is a question that several University of Oregon sophomores may have to answer on the occasion of the annual frosh parade, if the license suggestion is accepted by the paddl- TOPMOST VALUE! HEIGHT OF STYLE! OCTOBER FRATERNITY DEFICIENCIES 1928-29 No. Stu- No. dents Defici-with de- encies ficiencies Sunday Movies Are Discussed By Evans Everyone should learn to think while they are on their feet, and the best way to get practice of this is to engage in impromptu debates. The subject for discussion was: "Resolved: That there should be Sunday movies in Auburn." The time of this discussion was limited on account of the declamation try-outs, but while the discussion lasted Prof. Butler, Mor-phet DuBose, and Mr. Bennet began the "mud-slinging." There were some excellent points given on both the affirmative and the negative sides, and the members were left in a kind of a haze as to which viewpoint to take. The try-outs for the declamation contest were held for the final time for this year. Mr. Carraker spoke on "Young America, You Are The Hope of The World," and Mr. DuBose spoke on "The Keystone To Citizenship." The decision was rendered in favor of Morphet DuBose, who is to represent the society in the annual declamation contest. HOT DOG A magazine writer says a dog fills an empty place in a man's life. Emily Miller says that this is especially true of the hot dog. Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Lambda Tau Alpha Psi Alpha Tau Omega Beta Kappa Chi Omega (Sorority) Civil Engineers Club Delta Sigma Phi Kappa Alpha Kappa Delta (Sorority Kappa Sigma Lambda Chi Alpha Phi Delta Chi Phi Delta Theta Phi Kappa Delta Phi Kappa Tau Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Sigma Sigma Pi Square & Compass Tau Omega Chi Theta Chi Theta Kappa Nu Theta Kappa Nu Total Fraternity deficiencies Compare: Total Non-Fraternity deficiencies ALL-COLLEGE 14 12 3 13 10 1 2 14 11 ) 2 16 18 9 13 13 6 28 18 19 17 18 17 11 2 14 16 16 7 324 397 721 29 17 3 22 15 1 3 20 19 2 29 27 19 28 20 11 43 40 27 22 34 29 15 4 20 38 38 9 546 695 1244 STYLES FOR COLLEGE MEN ' —Charter House —Learbury -Nottingham Fabrics NOW READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION ®hc LOUIS SAKS Store Certified Used Cars AUBURN MOTOR CO. Sales ^jtiafljftgGQ^ Service Phone 300 Auburn Alabama THANK YOU BOY . COME AGAIN COLLEGE BARBER SHOP TOOMER'S DRUG STORE Drug Sundries Drinks, Smokes THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER IZED to SUtW Miss Glanton Is Chosen State Officer P.-T. A. Miss Louise Glanton, Chairman of the Department of Home Economics, at the recent meeting of the Alabama Branch of the Parent-Teacher Association, was chosen state chairman of the State Board of Directors of of "Rural Life" and made a member the Association. This provides Miss Glanton an opportunity to get in with the rural schools, with the school teachers, and the parents. She has just written a bulletin on the rural school lunch, a very important factor in school progress. FURNACES \ STOVE* AttCOLAf // There's a Brilliant coal for every type of heating plant in every kind of home. For a Cheery open Eire in the GRATE, burn Brilliant LUMP, which comes in sixes ranging from four inches up—or egg if you like a smaller lump. For furnaces, Stoves, Arcolas, order Brilliant EGG or NUT —uniform in s i xe and burning quality. No matter what the sixe, all Brilliant coal i s of the same top grade—highest in heat units, lowest in ash, freest from slack waste. DEALERS Auburn Ice & Coal Company PHONE 239-J THIS IS A i»a*ILLIANT SEASON W. COOWIN. PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1928 PROFESSOR OF HISTORY TELLS OF EARLY AMERICAN COLLEGES College students of today have nothing on their Puritan exemplars. Brawls, hazing, wrangles with the faculty, extreme dress, excess smoking, and reading bad books, the holding of "senseless" and disorderly commencements, religious negligence, free thinking, waywardness—all such portentous outbreakings and disrespectful conduct, which, we are told, mark the spirit of the 20th century collegiate, played as apparantly large a part in the lives of the college student 300 years ago. Dr. Henry W. Lawrence, Professor of History, Connecticut College, has revealed these facts in his new book "The Not-Quite Puritans," the material for which has been gathered from such authenic sources as contemporary church records, diaries, and histories. "We commonly think of the American college man of the 17th and 18th centuries as so incurably addicted to studious piety that he found little time for play and none for dissipation," writes Lawrence. "It is hard to reconcile with this view such an incident as the following—recorded by one Ezra Clapp, in 1738. "Last night," this earnest Yale student has recorded, "some of the freshmen got six quarts of Rhum and about two payls fool of Sydar and about eight pounds of sugar and mad it in to Samson, and evited ever scholar in college into Churtis is room, and we mad such prodigious Rought that we raised the Tutor, he order us all to our rooms and some went and some taried and they gathered a gain and went up to old father Monsher dore and drumed against the dore and yel-ed and screamed so that a bodey would have thought they were killing dodgs there . . . ." Students of Harvard at an earlier date took a stong dislike to the president of the time, which was Harvard's third, and forced him to resign by turning "cud-weeds," as the Rev. Mather writes in his diary, and, by violating the fifth Commandment, "set themselves to travestie whatever he did or said." Minister's sons began to get their reputation as early as 1644, we learn by the following account': "Two of our ministers' sons, being students in the college, robbed two dwelling houses in the night of some 15 pounds. Being found out, they were ordered by the governors of the college to be there whipped, which was performed by the President himself— Yet they were about twenty years of age; and after they were brought into the court and ordered as two-fold satisfaction, or to serve so long for it. We had yet no particular punishment for burglary." In the diary of Nathaniel Ames, a Harvard student who entered college in 1758 and completed his course in 1761, we get some amusing accounts of college life, and note as well a marked similarity between 18th and 20th century youths: March 13, 1758—Came to College, began logick. March 18, 1758—fit with the Sophomores about customs. March 20, 1758—Had another fight with the Sophomores. Nov. 23, 1758—Went to Boston, the Revenge acted at Bowmans. . June 13, 1760—Acted Tancred and Sigismuda for which we are like to be prosecuted. Sept. 9,1760—President sick, wherefore much deviltry carried on in college. Oct. 1, 1760—1 scholar degraded this morning, 2 admonished, 1 punished. Oct. 10, 1760—Kneeland's and Thayer's windows broke last night. Dec. 22, 1760—Gardner and Barnard admonished stealing wood. Feb. 26, 1761—lost 2 pistareens at cards last evening. March 26, 1761—First game of bat and ball. April 15, 1761—Dependants on the Favors of the President and Tutors sign an agreement to inform of any schoolar that is guilty of profanity. May 19, 1761—Josept Cabot rusticated. As soon as the President said he was rusticated, he took his hat and went out of the chapel without staying to hear the President's speech out. After prayers he bulrags the Tutors at a high rate and laves college. His mother faints at the news. May 20, 1761—Chapel robbed of the cushing and. Bible Cloths. July 15, 1761—Commencement. July 16, 1761—A dance in Town House, Cambridge." Commencement exercises seems to have given occasion for great revelry. Cotton Mather shows no small displeasure with Harvard customs when he writes on July 3, 1717: "This day, being the Commencement, as they call it; a Time of much Resort unto Cambzridge, and sorrily enough thrown away . . ." Still later, in a letter to Governor Saltonstall regarding the recently established "College at New Haven." "When the servans of God meet at your Commencement, I make no doubt, that under your Honor's influence and encouragements, they will make it an opportunity, in the most serious and mature manner, to deliberate upon projections to serve the great interests of education, and so of religion, both in your College and throughout your Colony, and not suffer an interview of your best men to evaporate such a senseless, useless, noisy impertinency, as it used to do with us at Cambridge." "Petting," Lawrence tells us, was quite as much, if not more, of a problem 300 years ago than now, although it did not play as large a part in the college boy's life, there being no coeds and few girls' schools in college vicinities. But despite the immediate absence of the fairer sex, the college fop abandoned; to such an extent, in fact, that laws had to be made to regulate the clothing worn. For instance, in 1754 the undergraduates of Harvard College were forbidden to wear silk "nightgowns." These were a sort of dressing gown of silk or damask, "suitable for printers and importers, perhaps, but too luxurious for college students," writes Lawrence, for !'Plain thinking and high living was not to be tolerated by day or by night, it might seem." AUBURN-MONTGOMERY BIRMINGHAM STATION TO BEGIN CHRISTMAS DAY (Continued from page 1) Industries building on Dexter Avenue. Orders have already been placed for input equipment for the stations at Auburn and Birmingham. While the purpose of the radio broadcasting station is first of all the transmission to every section of Alabama, of crop price quotations, livestock quotations, and news and information generally of interest to farmers, it is planned to also broadcast regularly special programs by Alabama artists. At the beginning the Alabama station is to be "on the air" for an indefinite period during the day and one hour at night, except Saturday and Sunday; this is only a tentative arrangement that is subject to change, as the hours that will finally be allotted for broadcasting have not yet been definitely determined. The broadcasting station on Red Mountain is to be one of the most powerful east of the Rockies. FIRST BATTALION OF ARTILLERY HAMMERS OUT VICTORY OVER THIRD BATTALION AUBURN KIWANIS CLUB IS REPRESENTED AT MEETING CHARTER IS RECEIVED BY OMEGA CIRCLE -OF O D K (Continued from page 1) T. Sankey. Membership in Omicron Delta Kappa is- regarded as the highest honor on the campus. Election is based on five points: scholarship, athletics, social leadership,' including conspicuous service to the institution, publications, other non-athletic activities. A student must be conspicuous or shall have obtained special distinction in at least one of the above points. For the convenience of students an honor schedule based on the five points will soon be made public. By the use of the honor schedule the fraternity strives to eliminate any element of politics in electing members. (Continued from page 1) its first year. P. O. Davis, who was appointed recently to serve as lieutenant- governor the remainder of 1928, was elected for a full year. His election was accepted as a high compliment to the Auburn club, which is next to the youngest in Alabama. After featuring agricultural work for two years, the Kiwanis clubs of Alabama will stress industrial development in 1929, Captain Anderson explained upon his return to Auburn. Agriculture and other projects will not be neglected but the organization feels that industry needs emphasis and will take the lead in this development. Dr. H. A. Morgan, president of the University of Tennessee, was the principal speaker at the annual banquet. More industry for Alabama—and for the South—was his subject, Captain Anderson said. Students! Buy your Christmas Presents at the Student Supply Shop. Mould the man first, then the metal CARNEGIE developed the steel industry by first developing his men. The Bell System is growing faster than ever before in its history and this growth, like the steel growth, is based on the development of men. Today, in the telephone industry, men in supervisory positions must coordinate many and varied factors. For example, before locating a new central office, population trends are studied. While it is being built, telephone apparatus is planned, made, delivered and installed on orderly schedule. But more basic than all this, the executive shows leadership by his insight into the human equation and by the sympathy and understanding with which he adapts individual to job, moulding his men first. BELL SYSTEM %A'nation-wide system of 18,500,000 inter-connecting telephones " O U R P I O N E E R I N G WORK HAS J U S T B E G U N' Boys! If You Eat M E A T Buy it from your Friends MOORE'S MARKET —Phone 37— (Continued from page 4) carrying ability was very much in evidence. For the victors the work of Conradi and Argo was outstanding while for the 3rd. Bn. the honors go to Ben Lively and Lewis. The 1st Bn. team showed much improvement over their play of previous games and any one journeying to Drake Field on Armistice Day afternoon is sure to see a real scrap between the 1st. Bn. of the Artillery and the Engineer team. The Engineers are going good, having a clean slate in the league to date. They also took on Auburn High this week, running rings around their lighter opponents. Everybody come out at 2 o'clock Monday, November 12. While we do not promise the perfection of a Varsity game we feel that there will be thrills a plenty before the final whistle blows. COLLEGE BOYS PAY WAY WITH BLOOD 1st. Bn Blakey Argo Barber Fort Bradshaw Campbell Rice Cameron Dyer Cooper Conradi Position 3rd. Bn. R. T. Champion, J. R. E. R. G. C. L. G. L. T. L. E. Q. B. R. H. L. H. F. B. Referee: Pop Paterson. Students! Presents at th Buy your McClure Lively Vance Morton Oakley DeShazo Lewis Stuckie Ellis Pyke Christmas e Student Supply Shop. Selling their blood as a means of paying part of the expense of a college education is the unusual "occupation" of J. L. Lecky, 19, sophomore, and E. W. Johnson, 19, junior in the University of Kentucky. Although reticent at first to relate their experiences, both boys finally overcame their modesty to tell a reporter how it feels to have a pint or so of blood taken from one's system. Mr. Lecky is from Marshall County and a student in the College of Agriculture at the university. He said he first conceived the idea of selling blood to those in ill health by reading of blood transfusion. ' He first went to the clynic, a necessary procedure, and had his blood tested to see if it was of a quantity desired by physicians. The clinic took care of the remainder of the job by sending physicians who desired the blood to see the lad. In this way he sold a quart of blood for $70 and readily admitted it was one of the biggest factors in financing his first year's course at the university. The blood was taken from the body by means of a small incision in the right arm on the inside of the elbow joint. Mr. Lecky said he was on the operating table about six minutes and that he felt no unusual experience. Mr. Lecky sold only a pint of blood each time and nine weeks elapsed between operations. Following extraction of blood from the boy's body, he carried newspapers in the afternoon and said he ate a big supper at night and slept soundly after going to bed at his usual hour. TEAM STANDING—INTRA MURAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Won Tied Lost Per. Engineer Bn. 1 2 0 1000 1st Bn. F. A. 2 0 1 667 3rd Bn. F. A. I l l 500 2nd Bn. F. A. 0 1 2 000 Results of last weeks games. 1st Bn. Field Artillery 13—3rd Bn. F. A. 0. 2nd Bn. Field Artillery 6—Engineer Bn. 6. LOST Columbia Military Academy ring ring with ruby. • Return to Box 708 and receive reward. BOARD AND ROOM RATES REASONABLE AND LOCATED CONVENIENTLY Call at 128 S. Gay St. or Phone 244-W What Shakespeare says about Coca-Co] *t Ever precise in promise keeping" The point of Lucio's remark is not what he said it about, but what he said. It surely describes Coca-Cola, for consider these facts: Pure as Sunlight And the proof of its purity is in the testing. Twenty-two scientific tests, covering every step in its preparation, safeguard this pure drink of natural flavors. The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga. 8 million a day — I T HAD T O BE G O O D TO G E T W H E R E IT IS MEASURE FOR MEASURE Act I, Scene 2 Frank and Ernest By BRIGGS THEY TOOK. SIX BOUUS f AMD COULD HAVE FORCED A JEVEWTH HOUJ DO YOU CrCT OOVUA; FROM AM ELEPHANT FRANK.?| FIVE FLIVVERS IN .SINGLE FILE CROSSING A •BRIDGE.. . WHAT T I M E IS I T? YOU MEANi To STAiOD OU I j , m A IM FROWT OF THIS JKTeLLI (JENH « ul v AUDIENCE AMD T e L l ^ M G H ' l P I YoU HELD VOOR UJlFt'SyHAD LET HANJD FOR AM HOOP* r ^ Q £He>0 LAST NK3H- ? 7T4AVE KILLED ME ' OLD GOLD The Smoother and Better Cigarette ... not a cough in a carload O P. Lorilhrd Co., Bit. 1760
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Title | 1928-11-15 The Plainsman |
Creator | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
Date Issued | 1928-11-15 |
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OCR Transcript | SUPPORT THE TEAM THE PLAINSMAN TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 15, 1928 NUMBER 16 BOHLER ORGANIZES TEMPORARY TENNIS TEAM SIX MEMBERS Dr. Kimbrough Is Selected as - Coach with Don May Student Manager TO PRACTICE REGULARLY Intercollegiate Matches To Be Arranged for Spring • An unusual amount of tennis Is being played for this time of the year, and fifteen freshmen are enjoying tennis in place of the required "P.T." Every afternoon both 6f the "Y" court's are filled, and many are waiting to play. Two new courts have been begun and will be completed in the near future. Coach Bohler has shown much interest in tennis and has established it as a minor sport. He hopes to make tennis a major sport in a few years, saying that it is one of the cleanest sports and one that may be played after college days are over. Coach Bohler has Dr. Kimbrough as the tennis coach and Don May as manager. A playoff has been held, from which six men were selected and rated as the temporary tennis team. The team will practice from now on, and all new men are asked to come out now so as to be in good shape in the spring, when several intercollegiate matches will be held. Coach Bohler expects to have five or six such tennis matches this spring. The team is run by the "Round Robin" system, in which a low rating player may challenge the next highest rating player for his place on the team. The matches take place biweekly. In this manner, a new man may challenge the lowest rating player and work himself up. The team will be out two or three afternoons a week from now on, and all new men in tennis are invited to come out. There will be many tournaments this year such as military, fraternity, freshmen, and school Coach Bohler plans to give a large silver cup to the champion of the school in the spring, the tournament being open to all students. Hero Braves Muddy Stream for Fair Lady Auburn students will be happy to know that they have a full-fledged hero in their midst— yes, a man that rightfully deserves a gold medal for extraordinary bravery. The party referred to paused in the rush in the French city last Saturday night and had the phenomenal courage to leap into a cold muddy stream and rescue a fair lady. The rescuer, though certainly entitled to fame, is so very modest that he has withheld his name from the public. Auburn pauses for a moment to express its admiration for the "anonymous hero". EPISCOPAL CHURCH WILL BE DEDICATED AT SERVICES TODAY Auburn-Montgomery- Birmingham Station to Begin Christmas Day Deal was closed with the Southern Bell Telephone Company yesterday at a conference in the office of Gov. Bibb Graves at Montgomery for establishment and maintenance of a special transmission line for the Auburn-Birmingham- Montgomery radio hookup with the powerful new broadcasting station now nearing completion on Red Mountain, near Birmingham. Broadcasting will begin on Christmas Day, 1928. Under the terms of the contract which does not run for a definite period but may be terminated by either party to the agreement, the Southern Bell is to receive $1,000 a month for the use of the line. This is to be paid by Auburn, the State Department of Agriculture and the Birmingham input station. The telephone company has a line already installed that it can use between Montgomery and Birmingham but will have to build a new line from Auburn to Montgomery to carry out its part of the agreement and complete the hookup. Charge made by the company for the line is based, it is stated, on a rate for service of this character approved recently by federal authority. The conference was attended by Gov. Graves, Dr. Bradford Knapp, president of Auburn, P. O. Davis of the Auburn extension service, S. M. Dunwoody, state commissioner of agriculture and industries and D. M. Therrell of Atlanta, representing the Southern Bell Telephone Company. Estimates are to be obtained at once by the State Board of Administration from General Electric Company on the cost and installation of the radio input station in Montgomery, which will probably be located in the Department of Agriculture and (Continued on page 6) Fall Convention of "Y" State Council Closes Here Sunday Meetings Brought to Close By Address From Dr. Knapp The semi-annual State Student Y. M. C. A. Council meeting was brought to a close here Sunday morning when Dr. Bradford Knapp addressed the assembly on the "Importance of Character to Success in Life." "Without a respect for law and a desire for right conduct, no one can succeed in the true sense of the word," said Dr. Knapp. President Knapp stressed the importance of Y. M. C. A. work at colleges today. The Y. M. C. A. movement fosters principles which create the best student influence on the campus, he said. Dr. O. C. Carmichael, president of Alabama College, delivered one of the outstanding addresses of the conference Saturday morning on "Moral Forces on the Campus." Roy Sellers, student secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Auburn, was appointed State Blue Ridge Secretary. • Approximately 24 student repre-sentaties from the following colleges were present: Jacksonville Normal, Birmingham-Southern, Howard, University of Alabama, and Auburn. Child Study Work in Lee County Is Making Satisfactory Progress Satisfactory progress in child study work in Lee County is reported by Mrs. Helen Dumond Herren, home economics research worker of the experiment station of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. A study is being made of children up to three years of age. Parents and physicians of the county are very helpful, Mrs. Herren explained. Parents are very eager to obtain information connected with the survey, and physicians are alert, progressive, and most cordial in their relations. Mrs. Herren explained that most of the young mothers are keeping the "Baby Book" accurately, carefully, and completely. With these books they will be able to give authoritative and valuable information for use throughout the state. Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Children's Bureau at Washington, who is an authority on children's health, will help with the interpretation of the X-ray pictures. Auburn Kiwanis Club Is Represented at Meeting The Auburn Kiwanis Club was represented at the State meeting in Birmingham, Nov. 8-10, by Captain B. C. Anderson, president, P. 0. Davis, trustee, and W. A. Young, member of the club who has been transferred to Birmingham, in connection with Radio Station WAPI. Most of the 32 clubs of Alabama had representatives present at the convention, which was said to be the best in the history of the organization. The Auburn club was commended for the splendid work done during (Continued on page 6) L a r g e Gathering Expected As Bishop W. G. McDowell Presides MODERN IN ALL DETAILS Built After Gothic Style with Modern Conception To-day marks the dedication, by Bishop W. G. McDowell, of Auburn's new house of worship, the Episcopal church. The building alone represents an investment of more than $50,000. Dr. Knapp has announced that all Episcopal students wishing to attend the services, which will be held at 11:00 A.M. today, will be excused from classes at that hour. The church occupies the site formerly occupied by an edifice where members of the Episcopal .denomination gathered for two score years to worship. It is built after the Gothic style, but rather a modernized conception of the Gothic. The architect is Frank Lockwood of Montgomery; the contractor, Algernon Blair. Just outside the main entrance, the cornerstone from the old church is embedded in the walls. Inside the vestibule, the door on the right leads into the Sunday School room, that with the Guild room, the kitchen, a lava'tory, the sacristy, and robing room, covers the lower floor of the Parish House. On the upper floor is the large room where the St. Paul's Club meets. Here there is a much used library, late magazines, a pool table, showers, and an open fire. The Parish House is modern in every way and extremely well adapted to it's needs. The interior of the church is very lovely with its high arched ceiling, lofty windows and carved oak fittings. On the end of each of the comfortable pews are carved oak leaves symbolic of strength and power. Up three steps and to the front the choir is entered. There are long benches on either side for members of the choir. The beautiful new organ is on the left, as is the lectern, and here later will be the prayer desk. At the right is the pulpit, and up four more steps is the chancel and altar. The new church awaits, in beauty of line and form, and ecclesiastical setting, the worshippers who shall fill its pews and receive' the messages from the Greatest Teacher and Builder of all times. BAND TAKES PART IN LARGE PARADE Makes Hit With Citizens of New Orleans Saturday The Auburn band took part in a gigantic parade in New Orleans, sponsored by the New Orleans Community Chest Committee. The Auburn band was-one of eighteen that furnished music for the procession, which was about three miles long. The Police Band led and was followed by the other bands, many floats, and numerous people in cars and afoot. Auburn boys who saw the parade said they were surprised at its size and the beauty of the floats. They also proudly proclaimed that they recognized the music of the Auburn Band long before they saw the band. FIRE DEPARTMENT RUSHES TO BLAZE Trash Burning in Comer Hall Quickly Extinguished Last evening, at six o'clock, an accumulation of trash in the basement of Comer Hall caught fire. The excitement created over the campus by the incident was short lived, for the fire department very ably coped with the blaze, it being only a matter of a few minutes before it was extinguished. When such an unfortunate accident as this occurs it adds much to the relief of those interested in the college to recall that Comer Hall, together with the other newer buildings on the campus, is a fire-resisting structure. DR. O.C. CARMICHAEL SPEAKER ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM HERE Holiday Quietly Observed As Homage Is Paid War Veterans Auburn paused Monday to pay homage to the veterans of the World War, which came to a close exactly ten years ago. The exercises started at 10 AiM., when the R. O. T. C. unit gassed in review before the reviewing line, composed of the following: Dr. Carmichael, president of Bradford Knapp, Dr. Lee, commander of the local post of the American Legion; Mr. Hay, chaplain of the local post of the Legion; Major Kennedy and his staff; members of the American Legion. The exercises after the review were held at the east end of the drill field, and were opened with the invocation, offered by Mr. Hay. Dr. Knapp r.hen introduced the speaker of the morning. Dr. Carmichael made his address in the form of a plea that the people of the United States would help perpetuate democracy and world peace. As Dr. Carmichael had seen active service in France, he was able to bring before the people of Auburn vivid pictures of the conflict of shells screeching through the air of blankets of deadly poison gas, and hardships that the soldiers had to endure. He touched on the cost of the war in lives and in dollars, say ing, "Enough money was spent every five hours of the war to endow a college the size of Columbia." At the conclusion of his speech, the national sallute of twenty-one guns was fired, a tribute to those who fought to make the world safe for democracy. When the first gun was fired, the flag, which had been at half mast all morning in honor of the dead, was raised to the top of the mast. At the conclusion of the salute the band played "Star Spangled Banner." The whole town cooperated to make the day's program a success. During the hours from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. the business houses of the city were closed, to pause in the hurry af everyday life while the wreath was placed on the grave of the unknown soldier, in Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D. C. NOTICE Lost: A gold Hamilton watch and chain. Finder please notify J. C. Mc- Caskill, Jr., at the S. A. E. house and receive liberal reward. STUDENTS ENJOY OPOSSUM HUNT Several members of the student body went opossum hunting last Friday night, in the woods about nineteen miles out of Auburn. The party of nine were out till a late hour, but that this time was not spent vainly was proven by the fact that they returned with three large opossums. Quite a big time was had by all, and no accidents were reported, aside from the fact that Bobby Kelso and Owen Arm-sh- ong were lost and fell in a stream: However, returning triumphant, even the wet hunters were happy. LOVING CUP OFFERED TO JUNIOR ENGINEER WHO IS OUTSTANDING Token For Excellence Offered By W. W. White, Alumnus of Birmingham TO BE AWARDED YEARLY To Junior Student Eligible To Tau Beta Pi Membership Damnitski" Appears In Informal Attire Mr. W. L. White, an enthusiastic Birmingham alumnus, has recently expressed the desire to offer a cup each year to the most outstanding engineering student in the Junior class. Mr. White graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1916, and a year later completed the work of the electrical course, and received the bachelor's degree in that also. Mr. White is a prominent young business man of Birmingham, and has been active in political, civic,* and club circles of that city' for some years. Plans for the award of the cup have been worked out by Dean Wil-more and approved by Mr. White, and are as follows: 1. The award will be known as the William L. White Cup for Excellence in Engineering. 2. The selection of the student to receive the cup will be made by the Tau Beta Pi Honor Society in cooperation with a committee of the Engineering Faculty. 3. The award may be made to any Junior class student eligible for membership in Tau Beta Pi. In making the award, consideration will be given to scholarship, general character, personality, participation in college activities and such other qualities as the committee may desire to consider. 4. The award will be made at the Commencement exercises, along with that of other prizes and medals. BRADLEY ATTENDS TAU BETA PI MEET Charles Bradley, popular member of the Theta Kappa Nu fraternity, was the representative of the local chapter of Tau Beta Pi at the National convention, held at Washington University in St. Louis, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 4. The main functions of the convention was the installation of four new chapters at Clemson College, Miss. A. & M., University of N. C, and Rose Polytechnic Institute. Bradley reports that splendid hospitality was accorded the fifty-three delegates present. Many Persons Enjoy Armistice Barbecue At 12:15 Moday, November 12, one hundred people enjoyed a barbecue in Ag Bottom. The affair, under the joint auspices of the local chapters of the Lions Club, the Kiwanis Club, and the Rotary Club, and the Auburn post of the American Legion, was a feature of the Armistice Day celebration. The service clubs of Opelika were invited, and about twenty members of these were present. The barbecue was under the able supervision of Sergeant Mox-ham, assisted by a number of the ladies of Auburn. It is planned to make this barbecue an annual Armistice Day affair. Roger Knapp Slightly Injured In Accident Roger Knapp, who is attending Emory University and is the son of Dr. Bradford Knapp, received slight injuries as a result of an automobile accident last Saturday evening in Atlanta. He received several bruises which are only temporary, but received no severe injuries. He is still in Atlanta and will resume school work again shortly. On Thursday of - last week, the Sigma Pi fraternity's dog, "Damnitski", as he is becoming popularly known, appeared on the streets in a rather informal dress. "Damnitski", having been recently acquired by the Sigma Pi boys, was forced to undergo an initiation before being finally accepted to the household. The canine's dress for the occasion consisted of a pair of white ducks and a checkered linen coat. "Damnitski's" dignity seemed at this time to be greatly offended, but nevertheless he bore himself as a fraternity man should. MOVEMENT TO HAVE LTTTLE THEATRE NOW UNDER WAY IN CITY First Meeting Called for Friday to Perfect Temporary Organization TO DRIVE FOR MEMBERS Military Fraternity Initiates Seventeen Members Saturday Best Known Men on Campus Taken By Scabbard and Blade Scabbard and Blade, national honorary military fraternity, held its initiation of new members last Saturday night, Nov. 10. Seventeen pledges were initiated. This fraternity has on its roll the names of some of the most outstanding men on the campus. Since the installation here, on May 5, 1924, this chapter has grown rapidly, both in numbers and reputation, and is now well-known throughout this district. Mercer Helms, president of the organization, is confident that this year will prove even more successful and beneficial than those previous. The following pledges were initiated: Peter Lee, Joe Ford, Reynolds Vincent, Pete Hassler, Jimmy Cone, C. C. McMillan, A. T. Williams, E. W. Peake, Howard Smith, W. P. Smith, R. F. Tinsley, Howard Mul-line, F. R. Jones, A. H. McRae, M. D. Hoffman, R. W. Hatcher, R. M. Riddle. Drs. Weaver and Gosser Offer Service as Directors Phi Delta Gamma To Sponsor Declamation Contest November 20 One of the events of the college calendar is the annual declamation contest. Phi Delta Gamma, in sponsoring this contest, holds a handsome silver loving cup for the winner. Because there is no regular convocation, the contest will be held Tuesday night, November 20th, at seven o'clock, in Langdon Hall. This will be a joint meeting of the Literary Societies but everybody is urged to come. There will be a departure from past custom in selecting the winner. In the past there have been judges selected from the faculty. This contest will have a "limited audience decision". Phi Delta Gamma will distribute a given number of ballots to selected individuals. After the contest these will be collected and counted. A plurality will give the decision. Charter Is Received by Omega Circle of ODK Following the example qf many other of the larger cities of the United States, the citizens of Auburn and the members of the faculty of A. P. I. will launch a Little Theatre movement for Auburn and the surrounding country at a meeting which has been called for seven P. M. Friday night in the "Y" hut. At this time work will be done to organize a Little Theatre Guild here. The purpose of the Little Theatre Guild here will be to enlist the townspeople of Auburn, and the students and faculty of A. P. I. into an organization by means of which some of the best plays and drama of the times can be presented to the public by the local talent around Auburn. Dr. Weaver and Dr. Gosser have offered their time and services as directors. A membership in this guild, which is open to all, affords opportunity to see those plays presented by the Auburn Players. The Auburn Players, while an entirely separate organization, will cooperate with the guild and will be a part of the little theatre movement. A survey of the local talent available here has been made by the sponsors of the plan, and they have been greatly gratified to find a number of persons who are not only interested in such a scheme, but have much natural dramatic ability. Many prominent citizens and members of the faculty have become highly enthusiastic over the idea, and it seems that the success of the plan is assured. The Little Theatre had its beginning in Dublin, Ireland, where a group of people, headed by Lady Gregory and W. B. Yates fostered an Irish Theatre movement to present to the public true Irish drama, picturing the ancient folk-lore and tales of old Ireland. Consequently, similar organizations sprang up over the country, and the idea spread to the various nations of Europe. Although it' came over to America only six or seven years ago, today nearly every city of 100,000 or more has its Little Theatre. It is said on good authority that Auburn will be the smallest town in the South, if not in the entire country, to foster this sort of an organization. At the meeting here Friday night a temporary organization is to be formed, officers are to be elected, and a membership drive started. After this, a program for the season, which will be the duration of the college year, is to be worked out, and preparations for the first play will be started. FRESHMAN TENNIS TOURNEY BE HELD Honor Schedule Will Be Published at Early Date NOTICE Lost: A book of trigonometry and logarithms of numbers, by Bremiker. Finder please return to Y. A. Elizon-do, Room 204, Ramsay Hall. The Omega Circle of the Omicron Delta Kappa honor fraternity has recently received the charter granted to the local chapter of Scarabs by the national council of O D K. President McGhee and Coach Wilbur Hut-sell issued a joint statement today regarding the receipt of the charter. The charter contains the names of eleven members, only two of which are actively connected with the present chapter. The names that appear on the document are: James C. Akin, Notasulga; Rosser Alston, Stevenson; Charles A. Baughman, Auburn; Julius Beard, Scottsboro; William M. Burns, Dothan; Clifton H. Feagin, Jr., Union Springs; Howell C. Hop-son, Leesburg, Fla.; Richard O. Lile, Hartsell; Frank M. Malone, Florence; Ben A. Rives, Jr., Roanoke; and Ben (Continued on page 6) A tennis tournament soon will be held for the freshmen. There will be no entrance fee, and the winner will not get a prize, but the practice will be valuable to all. Many freshmen in school this year are good tennis players, but have never played in a tournament. It is hoped that the tourney will be both interesting and helpful to the rats, as a freshman tournament will be held later and the winner given a prize. All freshmen that want to enter their names, see Don May at the Lambda Chi Alpha house right away. Nursery School Will Use Celoglass Panes The nursery school of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will soon have celoglass ins&Iled in the east and south windows of the playroom, according to Miss Lulu Palmer who is in charge. This glass is being installed because it allowfe untra-violet rays of light to enter. Therefore it will enable little children to get the benefit of sunlight on days when it is too cold to play outside. PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928 L Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala. STAFF Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief James B. McMillan Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor Raymond DeArman, '29 _.Associate Editor A. V. Blankenship, '30 __ Associate Editor Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor K. R. Giddens, '30__Ass't. Managing Editor Tom Brown, '31 News Editor Campbell Blake, '30 News Editor Robert L. Hume, 31 __ Ass't. News Editor Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor J. E. McLeskey, '31 Sports Editor Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor Howards Sparks, '31--Ass't. Humor Editor REPORTERS Marcus Alspaugh, '32; Robert Baxter, '32; T. S. Coleman, '32; Kenneth Cooper, '32; Clarence Dykes, '32; Thomas Dykes, 31; Edmund England, '32; J. D. Foy, '31; George Harrison, '32; Murff Hawkins, '31; Clinton Jones, '32; John Lewis, ' 3 1 ; Richard Lightfoot, '32; White Matthews, '31; S. H. Morrow, '32; Frank Parker, '32; Will T. Sheehan, '32; Alex Smith, Jr., ' 3 1 ; K. G. Taylor, '32; W. M. Taylor, '32; Gerald Thompson, '32; J. E. Jenkins, '32; H. G. Tooney, '32; Victor White, '32; Thorne Winter, '30; D. Reynolds, '32; F. Y. Peteet, '32; Virgil Nunn, ' 3 1 ; Gabie Drey, ' 3 1 ; Charles Matthews, '32. BUSINESS STAFF Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr. H. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr. White Matthews, '31 __ Ass't. Adv. Mgr. Walter Smith, '31 Circulation Mgr. J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Mgr. CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Benjamin Kinkaid, '32; Jack Bauneister, '32; Roy Gamer, '32; Donald Simmons, '32; Warren H. Gard, '31; C. F. Strip-lin, '31. Carelessness In Student Demeanor We live and learn—supposedly! Our object here in college is chiefly to acquire a practical, workable education—one that may be applied in the everyday walks of life, along whatever line we choose to direct our endeavors. But what does an education constitute? What is an education? We like to regard it as a process of favorably adjusting oneself to surrounding conditions, with special reference to the welfare of others. Generally speaking, the average college student is looking to the bigger, more prominent things; and unfortunately he quite often disregards the lesser events— even those that sometimes prove the very basis for these loftier goals. It is obvious that even the minutest units, taken collectively, go to make-up the larger, grander things. This we might profitably keep in mind while dealing with our neighbors, or while acting in any capacity that will touch those about us. There are certain little things practiced about the campus here that are unbecoming to a student body of Auburn's rating. And even though they may appear as a mere trifle, they are to be regarded as acts leading to more noticeable events, sooner or later. You might pronounce these matters as childish, and unnoticeable; but they are not. It is indeed distasteful that the point arrives when there is need for a reminder on these points. You, being qualified as a capable college student, can easily discern the annoying matters in question; for that reason we will not attempt to enumerate them all. As an example, take the drinking fount on the first floor of the main building. Usually when one approaches the fount, tired and thirsty, desirous of a cool, invigorating drink, what greets him? Nothing more nor less than a basin filled with refuse cuds of gums, grape hulls, burnt match stubs, and numerous other articles not at all appetizing. A veritable garbage bucket, so to speak! With what degree of refreshing ease and comfortable pleasure can one partake of drink over such environment? It becomes almost necessary for the participant to close his eyes in order to succeed in getting the water to the desired position. And this is only a sample of the prevailing little obnoxities on our campus. We contribute all this to carelessness, chiefly. It is indeed a reflection upon the college and this student body that such conditions do exist here. We need to turn back a few paces in our mad rush for the top of the ladder, and direct our footsteps over firm soil. It is necessary that a watch be kept on the underlying principles of successful education ; these little matters are in the side-walk on which we tread to effective learning. To Those Who Play Football As A Sport One of our greatest faults is to hand out praise unreservedly; in fact, we bestow it on the great before the lesser great have come along. There are occasions when the latter is greater than the former; sometimes they are more deserving, for anyone can be a good winner but it takes a real man to receive all the hard knocks and then come back for more—especially when he is fairly certain of never being publicly proclaimed. Such a man is the scrub. Never does he become discouraged. We find; him winding his way toward the football field every day. He is on his way to fight and scrimmage the Varsity; he is on his way to get them into shape to put over a winning exhibition. He may never get into the game, but he is always prepared, just hoping that he can show his ability in some way or other. Occasionally he may get into a game but not often. He may never make the team, but he helps other to make it. To him it is all in a lifetime. He is training himself to be prepared for the chance that may come. This is on the football field, but when he leaves that old place, he suddenly finds that he is able to receive the knocks that come in a much greater battle with a smile. He is able to ward them off, waiting for the big opportunity to come around. He never receives any praise because the public sees only the winner; they alone are clad in the robes of glory. The public never realizes that a team is no stronger than its scrubs; it never realizes that everyone cannot be on the team. When praise is passed out, the scrub should not be left out, for he is a fighter—a fighter to the core. Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: Saturday night while in town I overheard a group of students discussing our last football game. Two loud mouth "up town" coaches were proceeding to tell the boys, beyond a shadow of a duobt, how and why we lost the game with Tulane. The gist of the "how and why" was that a few of our players lacked the necessary intestinal fortitude to play the game in such a manner as to win. As I am a firm believer that every man has literally has his proper length of intestines and that the application of said intestines by our men on the football field is an exemplication of fortitude. I, as a loyal student of Auburn, bitterly resent any such remark. Our team, and in spite of recent defeats I am proud to say "our team", is certainly not going to be helped by any such unjustified criticisms. When these fellows that know all the football there is to know make statements of that nature they mean to imply that they have the necessary intestinal fortitude; but why they don't take up their belt another notch, swallow the fear that actually exist within them, and get on our football field in a "uniform" is a puzzle to me. How the student body can expect a Southern conference championship team from a team that did not realize a single victory last season and from a rat team that experienced the same predicament is beyond my power to conceive. This season our men have had a depressed mental attitude as well as some very aggressive opponents to overcome; also, a new coach with a new system and new ideas. Realizing these concrete obstacles in the path to victory it seems to me that the student body should exert every effort to boost, encourage, and inspire our team instead of casting a wet blanket over their spirits and endeavor by unjust criticisms. If a student feels that the team has not conducted itself in such a manner as to justify a word of praise and commendation the least he' can do is to indulge himself in a bit of silence, which will be appreciated— the other is not. Another group of students are anxiously sitting by hoping that Coach Bohler will not succeed here so they can get out and shout to the campus, "I told you so." This strikes me as being extremely little and unworthy of an Auburn man. We have a good coach and our past games have been a marked indication of his coaching ability, but he is human and only human accomplishments can be expected of him. From other indications he is a fine man and worthy of every student's support, encouragement, and help. In the future I sincerely hope that the student body may be united, loyal, and faithful. United in that each student will conduct himself as an individual unit of a greater whole. Loyal in that he will conduct himself in such a manner as to cast no ill reflection on the team, coach, or institution. Faithful in that he will consider it a privilege to stay by this team of ours through the realms of defeat or victory. With every good wish for a complete success with The Plainsman and a "Greater Auburn", I am, Sincerely yours, Herr Diogenes Teufelsdrockh. To the Editor, Your issue of October 11 carries a contribution of mine, headed "Ag Club Favors Doing Away With Hazing Freshmen." This is a misrepresentation; anyone reading the entire article will find it so. The view of a single member was given, and not that of the entire Club. However, there are a large number who scan headlines quite thoroughly, but never cover completely the articles off the front page. No doubt a number of students treated the article in question just this way. With no retained feeling of enmity or hatred toward your headline writer (for Heaven knows he has my utmost sympathy; I have tried his job!) I wish to correct this error before the readers of The Plainsman. Please accept this as a casual correction, and not a madly flung criticism. I wish to offer congratulations on your excellent publication; undoubtedly it is the best college paper in the country. The bi-weekly advance is a distinct development, and should serve as a mark of pride for every single Auburn student, as well as those of the staff. AG CLUB REPORTER. Auburn, Ala. Nov. 5, 1928. Editor The Plainsman, The future of any institution rests upon its past. Ask any Auburn alumnus which was the most enjoyable of the years he spent in college, and the answer will invariably be, "My Freshman Year." Ask him why, and he will most likely relate a .series of humorous incidents, most of which refer to the penalties imposed for violating the rat rules. If others have gone through periods which, according to reports, had a stricter set of rules and much heavier penalties for violations than those of today and yet still refer to their first year with pride, then why should we rats balk at the few simple rules recently passed by the Senior class? Are we any more effeminate than our predecessors? Does our old "Uncle Sam" ask the men in his army to please not run from the enemy; or his citizens to please not violate the laws of the country? Then where, I ask, would be the force in, "Mr. Freshman, will you please refrain from wearing your cap while you are in this building?" We are expected to acquire a true Auburn spirit, and it is from the examples set by the upperclassmen that we must formulate our ideas as to what constitutes this spirit. When an article, presenting the views of one insignificant individual as being omniscient and seeking to destroy the very effect which the efforts of a whole group has produced, is published in our school paper, then how can we be expected to determine just what is meant by Auburn Spirit? A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF '32. If a woman doesn't get a man on his knees before she marries him she usually manages to get him down shortly afterward. Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Come on! Let us go and win a conference game. Mississippi A. & M. College is a great team. We must respect their strength. But let us start from this moment a great campaign to win that game. Arouse the interest. Put confidence in the team itself* If we can show the defensive power of the Tulane game or the Georgia game; if we can show the offensive power of the third quarter of the Tulane game and the big drive that almost scored against Georgia, we can win that game. We need to show the alumni and our critical friends at Birmingham that we mean business and that this team has made a wonderful showing. Get behind the team. Back the coach. Let's go to Birmingham Saturday to win. * * * * * The task of bringing children into the world, of caring for them, training them, and then educating and fitting them for their lives is, after all, rather the most important task most of us have. In mass education I sometimes fear we may and do overlook the individual. We grind away on a routine piece of work which is really never routine. Teachers forget personalities and individuals. Courses of study become stereotyped and set. Even methods become a matter of science and rules. How would you expect students themselves to do any better in their own planning than the planning they see about them. Take paddling of freshmen, they look at it as an ancient tradition. As a matter of fact it is an outgrowth of but recent years and not a very good outgrowth either, at least as to all individuals. I wish we could know of the boys who have received sad injuries to character, to nervous system and to physical being by this so-called college tradition. "What is one man's meat is anothers poison" is an old saying and a true one. You can whip or paddle some fellows into college form and you can ruin others by the same treatment. The human crowd, like mass-education, never stops to consider the individual. H AUBURN FOOTPRINTS « FIGURE IT OUT A fellow was visiting a lunatic asylum one day and while walking around he saw a patient to whom he said: "Well my good man why are you here?" "You see sir" said the lunatic, "I married a widow with a grown up daughter and my father married that same step-daughter of mine. That made my wife the mother-in-law of her father-in-law and my father became my step-son. Then my step-mother, the daughter of my wife had a son, and that boy of course was my brother, because he was my father's son, but he was also the son of my wife's step-daughter, and therefore her grandson. That makes me grandfather of my step-brother. My wife having had a son, my mother-in-law, the step-sister, is also his grandmother, because he is her step-son's child. My father is the brother of my child because his step-sister is my wife. I am the brother of my son, who is also the son of my step-mother. I am my wife's brother-in-law. My wife is her own child's aunt. My son is my father's nephew, and I am my own grandfather. * * * * * * * * SOB STUFF Folks this sure is a cruel world. Cats have nine lives but the poor frogs croak every night. * * * * * * * * Bob Smith gave a perfect reproduction of Colleen Moore's part in Flaming Youth at the Georgia-Auburn game. Some one wanted to know why that rat hadn't cut his hair. Burn 'em up Bob. * * * * * * * * AND HOW??? Co-ed: Ain't nature grand? He: It sure made a mess out of you. * * * * * * * * George: Would you care to have me teach you to swim? Mary: I don't believe I'd ever learn. George: Fine, when shall we start? * * * * * * * * STie: Why the dry grin on your face? He: I haven't had a drink in a long time. BECOMING MORE MASCULINE In this age of petting it's hard to find a girl of the mothering kind—they all seem to be the pawing kind. :i: * * * * * * * THIS He: "Do you neck"? She: "Sure." He: "Do you believe in hereafter?" She: "Yes". He: "Well good. That's what I am here after." AND THAT She: "Do you believe in hereafter?" He: "Sure I do." She: "Well then, hereafter please don't bother me." BOOK REVIEW MR. BLETTSWORTHY ON RAMPOLE ISLAND By H. G. Wells New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. $2.50 John R. Chamberlain has a very interesting review of H. G. Well's new book, Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island in the New York Times Book Review sanction for November 11. Mr. Chamberlain says, "H. G. Wells is more incorrigible than any one else at repeating himself. But he does it in so glib and so amusing a manner in 'Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island' that one is very much inclined to forgive him. There is nothing new in this fantasy that becomes a parable at its close, nothing that can't be found in the long list of Wells books, but the old ingredients are whirled together by such a competent hand that the financial product is entirely acceptable to one who likes entertainment. "Doubtless Mr. Wells has designed this book to edify. What he has to preach is simply that mankind, with its static capitulation to the dead hand of custom, its addiction to warfare as a last resort, is unredeemed. Through a minor character at the end of this bouncing story Mr. Wells speaks his own mind even as he spoke it in 'The World of William Clissold.' He simply remarks through his mouthpiece that a chance exists for ultimate Utopia through the slow contagion of intelligence. All of which was implicit years back in his story of 'Tono Bungay,' that lively parable of the wrongheadedness of certain business interests, and the hope for salvation through the spread of the scientific approach. "What gives 'Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island' a certain air of up-to-dateness is the injection of the Sacco-Vanzetti case into the final pages. This is engineered to give point to the conclusion of Mr. Blettsworthy that mankind is roweled and ridden by fear, by blind conservatism. Bletts-worthy's friend, ever the optimist, takes hope from the palpable fact that a good number of people sympathized with the shoemaker of Brockton and the fishmonger of Plymouth. He sees the sympathizers on the increase, and that is the bright lining of the sombre cloud. The parable element of 'Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island' is, however, but a small portion of a book that is exciting in the manner of Conan Doyle's 'The Lost World' and Well's early romances. In fact, the whole thing reads as if the author had started out on a fictional holiday, taken time out to write 'The Open Conspiracy,' and returned to his story with the exaltation of the reformer and prophet still seeping from his pen to dictate the finish of what had been hitherto a delightfully pointless and harmless exercise of the imagination. "The main character of 'Mr. Blettsworthy'' is in the Wellsian tradition of the Mr. Ponderevo, who invented the patent medicine, and the gentleman who was Christina Alberta's father and thought himself Sargon, King of Kings. In other words, Mr. Blettsworthy himself in a trifle vague, a little weak-minded, just enough of a muddler to seize hold' of a big idea and go for a grand rocket ride. Blettsworthy is brought up in the home of a churchman who believes, with Browning, that all is fundamentally right with the world. The big idea that is too hefty to handle comes to him after Oxford, when his firse love affair goets up in smoke along with his first essay in business. This idea is the horrible one that perhaps the world is not a cam-fortable, well-gardened spot, after all. . "Through divers incidents, Mr. Bletts-worthy's retreat from the unpleasantness that visited itself upon him after his university days were over lands him upon an island in the South Atlantic, Rampole Island, not far from the Patagonian coast. Well's painting of a shipwreck makes highly exciting reading—H. M. Tomlinson has done better, but the tossing and heaving of the Golden Lion, in which Blettsworthy sailed from London, is realistic enough to suit any but the most captious. Once ashore on Rampole the real fantasy begins, fantasy that one takes in with a complete oblivion to the lurking fact that Wells is merely setting the stage for his moral. Blettsworthy maintains life among the cannibals of Rampole solely because he is taken for a sacred lunatic. He wonders that the aborigines who are his captors do not live on the sunny uplands, but rather prefer the dank shelter of the gorge. He marvels at the megatheria—ground sloths— that still exist on Rampole Island, and even goes so far as to compare the megatheria to the customs of men. For the ground sloth of Rampole 'is not an evolving species; it is a species that lacks fecundity, that lives on simply because the old do not die, that blights the island verdue by destroying buds and roots. Here is the first gleam that a fable is in the offing. "And then, with all the shock of an ice bath on a hot day, comes the fade-out of the Ramople Island experience into the innocent outlines of a dream! It seems that Blettsworthy has not been living on Rampole Island after all. He has been shipwrecked, true enough, and picked up, a raving madman . All this about savages and warfare and niegatheria has been the distortion of insanity, the refraction of that world of insecurity into which Blettsworthy was plunged because the world of his uncle, the good churchman, turned out to be a lie. He is brought back to the world of reality and clarity through the ministrations of an American specialist and a girl, the girl who is to become Mrs. Blettsworthy. He comes out of the engaging Rampole Island interlude to carry a message. For Rampole Island is the world in microcosm, the world of wars and stultifying habits, and Mr. Blettsworthy sees that such a world must not last until our sun blows up or some wanderer from space knocks the solar system to smithereens." MEDITATIONS ON THIS AND THAT "tBv ^Benjamin Trovose— EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of this paper. It is a column of personal comment, and is not to be read as an expression of our editorial policy. * * * * * AFRIEND accused me of being opposed to hair-shaving simply because it is an old custom. Nothing could be more erronious. I am opposed to hair shaving because it is a practice which is detrimental to Auburn. I am opposed to it because an Auburn freshman class looks like a prison contingent to the outsider. I am opposed to it because it tends to submerge individuality in the mass—to make each new student exactly like the rest of his classmates. I just don't like to sit around the living room after dinner with a bunch of thuggish looking persons with no hair. I never saw one who looked civilized with his head shaved. Any old custom is good, provided it is based on reason and produces constructive results. A detrimental custom which is maintained by virtue of its being a custom is the bunk. * * * * * THE REGISTRAR'S office recently published an analysis of the grades made by various student groups during the session of 1927-28. The mass of figures reveals some very interesting points. For instance, the fraternity pledges average is below that of the freshmen who were not members of fraternities. Do the Auburn fraternities pick those men who are lowest in the scale of mental ability in each class? Or do the fraternities make it impossible for freshmen to apply themselves to their work as they would do were they not members of fraternities? Do the various distractions which necessarilly accompany the good features of fraternity life counteract those good features by proving detrimental to study? Are the barbs more serious about this business of getting educated than are the fraternity men? Just what is the explanation of the fact that the fraternity pledges fall below the non-fraternity freshmen in the scholastic averages? * * * * * THIS IS A complex problem, and the situation is not to be remedied by sleight of hand. Many widely varying elements enter in to complicate the problem. Each fraternity places its own peculiar valuation on scholarship. Some chapters stress scholarship, some stress campus activities and sociability, some stress nothing in particular. A few of the fraternities take the attitude that the men are here for the prime purpose of becoming educated, and that the fraternity is merely an adjunct to facilitate this process by providing certain desirable conditions. The grades of these fraternities are evidence that it is a correct attitude. * * * * * VARIOUS MEANS are used by these fraternities to keep their grades above the average. They arrange for freshmen to room with upperclassmen, they give trophies for good grades, they make initiation requirements strict, they enforce quiet study hours. These chapters have tangible results to which they can point. However, their ideals and methods might be taken up by the majority. When fourteen of the lowest eighteen places in the scale of averages are occupied by members of the Interfraternity Council, then something is wrong. It cannot be that these fraternities pledge only slow-witted men who are not capable of making good grades. I don't believe that such is the case. In the last analysis, we are here to acquire education. Grades may not indicate true values in every case, but they come remarkably close to it. Here is, in my humble opinion, an opportunity for some cooperation -on the part of the fraternities. * * * * * IDEAS AND methods might be exchanged and put in effect. A large group working on the same problem would surely achieve some constructive result. We need an organization composed of representatives of all the fraternities which would handle these problems and bloster up the scholastic showing of the Greeks. Low averages don't speak well for Auburn fraternity life. FROM ALL THE FOOLS WHO WENT BEFORE From all the fools who went before I learned a wealth of wit. For over Wisdom's darkest door Some fool a lamp had lit. Ye shun, O Sages overwise, Experience's school And lose the lore—for which he dies— Gained by some gallant fool! —Margaret Root Garvin. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE BROTHERS OF AUBURN GRIDDERS FORMERLY ON AUBURN TEAMS By Dick Jones The football teams at Auburn are getting to be strictly family affairs. If it had not been for big brothers of previous Auburn athletes the football team of this fall would have been a weak uncertain proposition. The Tigers forward wall from tackle to tackle is made up of grid-ders who had former brothers to star on the gridiron teams at Auburn. Howell Long and Grady Long, -two brothers, are now holding down right guard and right tackle respectively. And only two years ago these two hustling Tigers had a brother to hold down a guard on the Plainsman grid team. Both these present grid performers are giving every opposing team they meet plenty of trouble. They have shown up excellently in the past three games and will be seen in action against Mississippi A. & M. in Birmingham Saturday November 17. Another regular grid performer in the front ranks, who was preceded by a brother two years ago, is Pete Spinks. Pete's brother, Buck, played three years on the team, performing at right end most of the time, and that is enough years to prove he was above the standard. Pete has played' well this year. He has trailed along in Buck's tracks every year and is putting in his last appearance this Saturday in Birmingham under the Orange and Blue colors. Pete plays left guard opposite Hfowell Long. Working along with Pete on the left is Erk Taylor, the Sophomore left tackle. Erk is the brother of the famous "Babe" Taylor who played on the team in 1914 when Coach "Boozer" Pitts, who is now assisting Bohler at Auburn, was captain and all-southern center. Erk has improved considerably in every game and if he continues to do so he will be able to reach the good record made by his older brother. Working between these four stars is none other than Dunnam Harkins, the younger brother of the well known "Red" Harkins who was captain of the Tigers in 1925. Dunnam has been snapping the pigskin back in fine style all season. He has been in the opening lineup for every game so far this season and it is almost certain that he will be among those to start against the Aggies Saturday. Dunnam Harkins and Erk Taylor both hail from Birmingham where they played on Jones Valley and Jefferson County Hi School 17 BLACK" DEGREES''' 3 copying ;NUS ENCIL§ (The Varqestselling x QUALITY te\ pencil in % the World At all Stationers ^t>ttfl$1 Ofifysample ho%, °f,a i J C f W J . U U dozen assorted styles AMERICAN PENCIL CO., Dept. Hoboken, N.J. Makers of UNIQUE Thin Lead Colored Pencils—20 colors—$1,00 per do?. teams respectively. Both were captain of their teams their last year. Travis Brown, Sophomore lineman and back who is showing up good this year, is the son of J. V. Brown who was a former Auburn star and captain of the Plainsmen in 1894 when Auburn swamped Georgia Tech 96-0 Auburn only played four games that year. They were with Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Georgia, and the Uni versity of Alabama. Fony Yarbrough a hustling end this year, is also the son of an Auburn star. His father was All-Southern in '99. In the backfield Auburn has two gridders who had former brothers to star for the Tigers. They are "Stum py" Granger and "Gus" Wingo. "Stumpy" hails from Bessemer Hi and Wingo hails from Phillips Hi. "Stumpy had a brother of this same size, to carry off many honors on the Plainsmen team in 1925 and Wingo had a brother to star in 1911. Stum py is playing his second year on the varsity this year and has been a consistent ground gainer in all the games he has entered. He played his best defensive game against the Georgia Bulldogs last year while he was back ing up the line. Gus Wingo is a Soph omore back this year but has been unable to make the varsity this year on account of his light weight. Wingo is the first string quarterback for the scrubs though and has been a real flash in all the scrimmages and mock battles with the varsity and Fort Benning. There are also two sets of brothers representing the Orange and Blue backfield this year. "Snitz' 'Snider his brother "Ford" Snider, and Clyde Sellers and his brother Roy Sellers. "Snitz" is the fastest human at Au burn today. He is also the fastest that has been here in quite a num ber of years. "Snitz" has established a name for himself on the cinder's at Auburn that will last indefinitely. "Snitz" has been a "goal saver" in the backfield this year. On account of his speed he has over run and pulled down every man cutting aloose from the Tigers within their 40 and 50 yard line, while he was in the battle. "Snitz" is completing his college ca reer this year and will be missed a great deal when he leaves. "Ford" Snider is a Sophomore and was unable to make the varsity this year. However, he is showing up well in all the scrimmages and will be a sure bet for a place on the varsity next year if he continues to improve. The other set of brothers are also showing up in good style. Clyde Sellers is making a reputation for himself as being the swiftest and hardest hitting fullback that Auburn has boasted of in quite a while. Clyde has also proven to be an excellent punter in a pinch. He surprised Bohler and many others in the Florida gdme this year. He punted three times in that game, averaging 60 yards to hold the Gators scoreless in the last half. Clyde is playing his second year on the varsity this year and will be back next year stronger than/ever. Roy Sellers is a Sophomore back, but has KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES, STETSON HATS, FLORSHEIM SHOES BRADLEY SWEATERS & MANHATTAN SHIRTS HOLLINGSWORTH & NORMAN ALL QUALITY LINES "Everything for Men & Boys to wear" OPELIKA, :-: ALABAMA We Clean and Dye To Satisfy— The work done in our modern plant by our experts cost no more than ordinary cleaning. Give us a trial. THE IDEAL LAUNDRY CLEANERS A N D DYERS We call for and deliver R. D. Bowling, City Solicitor "A SERVICE THAT SATISFIES' Phone 193 PRAISE FOR THE FRATERNITIES It is a dull year that doesn't bring an attack from somebody on the college fraternity system. Not long ago a wealthy Ohioan offered to give Cornell a fabulous sum of money if the fraternities were abolished. A little later a young southerner, being initiated into a fraternity at another university, died as a result of the stunts he was put through, and the outcry against fraternities was renewed. Now, however, comes Dean Max McConn of Lehigh university, writing in the North American Review for November, to defend the fraternity system which makes a college or university course far more valuable, to many men, than it would be without fraternities. His defense is based on unusual grounds. The average' college youth today, says Dean McConn, simply is not fitted for a higher education of the old style. He has not the intellectual capacity to delve into books very deeply. What he is really after is the training that college gives outside of its classrooms—training in the practical matters that will be of assistance to him in making a living. He gets this training, continues the dean, in student activities—student politics, class publications, glee clubs, athletics on a big business scale, and the like. American college men have built up mimic worlds of business within the .college walls, and for the majority these mimic worlds are the most important thing in college. . It is the fraternity, says Dean McConn, that fosters these activities to their fullest extent. Each fraternity house is a center for the active, pulsating life of the college. The fraternity takes the somewhat puzzled college student who is really incapable of getting the "higher education" the professors talk about, and gives him the kind of training that he can assimilate. For this reason Dean McConn thinks fraternities are a good thing. '"the fraternities are not undemocratic," he says. "The fact is, that they are the refuge for what we may call the intellectual proletariat, and are devoted predominately to the democratic object of training practical business men." been unable to jump to the varsity ranks his first year. Roy has been an outstanding ball toter for the scrubs in the mock battles .and will add great strength to the varsity next year. In the coaching staff is "Pop" Pat-erson, captain of the 1927 Tigers, who was preceded on the Plainsmen teams by his father, a brother, and two uncles, one of his uncles being captain also. The Paterson's have made a showing on Auburn's grid teams that will be hard for any family to surpass. The Creel family is running the Paterson family a close race however, having Carl Creel, a Sophomore, out for the grid team this year. He was preceded by'many cousins and sisters. Then in the past few years come announcements from Coach "Slick" Moulton; Coach "Boozer" Pitts; Rupert Ingram (Alt. capt. of the team this year) ; Charles A. Jones, Jr., '17, of Birmingham (All-Southern end '17); Freshman coach R. C. "Red" Brown '20; "Dizzy" Pruitt, '26 (Now coach at Opelika Hi); "Hard Boy" Pruitt '24; "Bedie" Bidez, capt. '15; Ben. E. "Rabbit" Harris four letter-man, graduated '9 (Montgomery) ; Chas. Scott '23 (5 years of football) ; S. L. Toomer '92; Dean Peterson '24 (Chattanooga, Tenn.) ; E. L. Caton '11 (Gainesville); and many others of the arrival of future Auburn football stars. In fact their places on the team have already been picked out for them. When all these youngsters arrive on Drake Field the competition will be very keen indeed. With their Daddies insisting that they make the team and pulling for them with all their might, they should make for themselves an even greater name in Auburn's Athletic history than did their parents. Wilsonian Society Features Debate Within a few minutes after the members of the Wilsonian had assembled, the contestants of a debating squad came forward to debate the question: Resolved, That Auburn should have Sunday Movies. Audrey Fuller and Charles Brock defended the affirmative, and Blanche Tancre-di and R. G. Upchurch, the negative. The negative won by a seven to three vote. Miss Fuller stated that from "inside dope" she knew that most of the boys here do not go to church on Sunday, but that quite a few of them spend their time playing cards, shooting dice, "cracking" jokes, and talking about the co-eds. She suggested the theatre as a remedy. There was much mirth apparent when R. G. Upchurch hinted that he knew certain girls who were just as bad as regards Sunday occupations. He brought forth several points to prove that Sunday Movies would not prevent these practices. He showed that the boys would have plenty of time anyway. The fact that Mr. Rogers intends po give the profits from these afternoon pictures to a student scholarship fund gave room for heightened interest in the subject, and the point was also brought out that it will serve as a means of keeping the boys at Auburn, and preventing them from hiring U-drive-its, "even though," Upchurch said, "that's exactly what the girls want." The society is planning a social. The girls entertained last and the boys just hope they will be able to return the entertainment as royally as it was given them. AUBURN PLAYERS TO MAKE TRIP STUDENTS TO EVADE EDICT BY TAKING A SMOKE ON STILTS Resourceful students at the University of Utah are getting around an edict against smoking on the campus by smoking on stilts, the matter is being left almost entirely to the discretion of the individual smoker, but twelve inches is considered a safe distance off the campus. College Graduates Have Longer Life A new slant on the value of a college degree is pointed to by Royal J. Davis, New York newspaperman, commenting on the summary of matriculates contained in the September, 1928, Alumni Directory of his alma mater, Haverford college, here. Haverford, established in 1833, has had 1,731 graduates, 1,358, or 78 per cent of whom are still living. Her students who did not complete their four year course number 1,361, of which group only 709 or 52 per cent are recorded living. Mr. Davis' inference from the Haverford figures is that the chances at longevity of the college graduate, or of the Haverford graduate at least, are 50 per cent greater than the chances of his college mate who failed to carry on to a degree. Christopher Blorley, for instance, who was born on the Haverford campus and took a Haverford degree in 1910, is a better insurance risk than Max-field Parrish, who left Haverford at the end of three years to devote himself to the study of art. Miss Kempthorne Visits Camp Fire Girls On Friday and Saturday of last week the campfire girls of Auburn were honored by a visit from Miss Edith M. Kempthorne who is national field secretary for the campfire girls of America, with headquarter s in New York. Her visit is said to be in recognition of the high honor won by the Auburn group upon being scored, recently, second in the United States. Their leaders are Miss Elizabeth Duncan and Miss Marie Sewell. Last Monday night Dr. C. P. Weaver, professor of English here, announced the presentation of a production, "Biologically Speaking," that the members of his play-writing class, in cooperation with him, adapted from a modern play by a present-day author. Many will be interested to learn that that is the play for which Miss Personality was so eagerly sought. Martha Haupt, the winner of the personality contest, presented a very creditable performance as an instructress in Biology, doubled with about an equal amount of the vamp. Her boss, Haskins Williams, playing the head professor, fell in love with her. Matters were further complicated when he found that one of his assistant professors, Rat Burgess, was also in love with Carol, the girl. The triangle was rudely but romantically broken when the two admirers found that Carol is already married. Everyone enjoyed the real drama expressed in the scenes. William's make-up was perfect, and the rat's dialogue made a real impression. It seems that there is no end to the inventive genius of Charles Rush and Neil Suffich. When the footlights flashed on for the play, the words "AP" and "presents" appeared in the electritc box just above the topmost edge of the curtain. These faded as the words "Biologically Speaking" appeared in the form of a heart, to portray the romance contained in this production. Dr. Leo Gosser is getting preparations under way to present four short plays, prepared under Dr. Weaver's direction by the members of the play-production class, at Union Springs, the players to leave here about noon Friday of the week following this. They plan to take "Scraps," "What They Think," "Paths of Glory," and "Biologically Speaking." The club is planning several productions to be used on later trips. Kiwanis Club Hosts To Local Teachers The Kiwanis Club was host to the teachers of the Grammar and High Schools Monday at a luncheon at the Thomas Hotel. Mr. Milligan Earnest delighted the guests with a short welcome address. Miss Annie Heard graciously thanked the Club for the wonderful assistance given the Grammar School in securing milk for underweight children. Professor Parrish introduced the members of his faculty. NEW HOME OF STATION WAPI NOW RAPIDLY NEARING COMPLETION Station WAPI, under the joint operation of Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the city of Birmingham, will soon be "telling the world" again from its new station on the fourteenth, top floor of the new Protective Life Insurance building in Birmingham. W. A. "Bill" Young will retain his former position as announcer. J. M. Wilder, '27, will be a member of the staff of engineers. The" new station will have the finest equipment of any station in the South and will be modern and up-to-date in every respect. Its broadcasting rango will "cover Dixie like the dew," and will include practically all of the United States. It will have ten times the power of the old station, the old station being rated at one KW and the new station at five KW. This greater power will enable it to broadcast over long distance and also will give the listeners-in better reception results. The towers and broadcasting eqiup-ment proper will be located on the mountain near Sandusky. The Jefferson County Board of Revenue is now building a road from the Birmingham- Jasper highway to the station at the tops of the mountain. The cottage for the manager and also the station house is now complete The policy of the station will be controlled by the college. Contrary to the general idea, the station will not be merely for those people interested in agriculture. Its program will be of general interest, including such things as music, lectures, news, and many things of interest. to the public at large. Veterinary Medical CHECK FOR S1'000-000 MADE Association Meets The regular meeting of the Veterinary Medical Association was conducted on Wednesday night Nov. 7, 1928, at 7:00 P. M. in the Veterinary Building. An interesting talk on Dairying was given by Mr. Rainey, in which dairying was discussed from the producers standpoint. The value of good cows, individual records on each cow, good pastures, and home grown feeds were emphasized as factors to success in dairying. Dr. Ed Everett, who is an assistant State Veterinarian, made a interesting talk on dairying, showing the rapid development of the dairy industry in the state. WIRT SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS Judging by the way they act most middle aged people must feel younger than they look. Nobody can be quite so independent in his dealings with his boss as he whose wife has a good job. Students! Buy your Christmas Presents at the Student Supply Shop. Faculty Members Enjoy Armistice Dance A brilliant affair of Friday evening was the Armistice Dance held in the Alumni Gymnasium from nine until twelve. The Military members of the faculty were in charge of the evening's entertainment. About sixty couples enjoyed dancing, music being furnished by Max Jones and his Collegians. Opelika School Presents "Style Revnue" The Opelika High School presented a most elaborately staged Musical Comedy and "Style Revue," Monday night in Palmer Hall. The Senior class sponsored the play, "Walk This Way," which was in four acts. The direction was under the supervision of the Gayl Producing Company of Atlanta, Georgia. Their representative, Miss Carolyn Cheves, was in charge and proved a very able assistant. The play was a success and the audience most enthusiastic in its applause. Students! Buy your Christmas Presents at the Student Supply Shop. WE MAKE H T T T ^ O NEWSPAPER .1 N MAGAZINE ~ y' A W CATALOG S e r v i c e Engraving Co Montgo The regular meeting of the Wirt Literary Society was the scene of many heated political arguments as the election of officers took place. Those elected were as follows: Mr. H. C. Pitts, President; Mr. Roy N. Sellers, Vice-Pres.; Miss Bernice McMil-lian, Sec; Mr. W. T. Oakley, Treasurer; J. D. Harris, Reporter; and Mr. R. Kelso, Sargeant at Arms. After the election of officers an initiation was held for the new mem-1 bers. The details of the initiation' were secret, of course, but it was learned that the new members are doing as well as can be expected, and some may even survive. PAYABLE TO U. OF TEXAS Checks may come and checks may go, but seldom is a check for as large amount as the one presented to Attorney-General Claude Pollard, conveying $1,000,000, to the account of the University of Texas. The check was the result of a judgment awarded the University against the Texon Oil Company and the Big Lake Oil Company. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HAS 72-YEAR OLD FROSH The University of Chicago claims to have one of the oldest freshmen in Frederic J. Gurney, age 72. For 35 years, he has served as recorder for the University, keeping records of thousands of students. Finally deciding to retire from his position in order to see how the University looks from the classroom, he enrolled as a student. 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Blades—Your choice of Brand $ See Our Bargain Counter at the $ Student Supply Shop —SPECIAL— 10 Per Cent Off On All Orders For Engraving, Christmas Cards, Wedding Announcements, Etc., or COLLEGE SEAL, ROTARY, KIWANIS, LIONS, CREST CARDS* PLACED WITH US BEFORE DECEMBER 1ST. PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN ^ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928 • %1 m r^ D J v JACK McLESKEY, CAROL PORTER, Associate Editors Dick Jones, Tad McCallum, T. S. Winter, Howard Sparks, Assistants D AUBURN TO FACE MISSISSIPPI TEAM CONFIDENT OF VICTORY By Tad McCallum The Auburn Tigers will enter Saturday's battle with the Mississippi Aggies in Birmingham with a feeling of confidence that goes a long way toward deciding the victor in a football game. The Plainsmen have shown a decided improvement in each encounter since the win over Howard and should reach their top form this Saturday. The Aggies will not be easy meat for the Tigers by any means. The Mississippi aggregation got away to a bad start for the early part of the season and then settled down and fought the strong Michigan State eleven to a deadlock. The Aggies will outweigh the Auburn crew several pounds to the man and boast of several dangerous performers in their ranks. In Pappenheimer, the Mis-sissippians have a back who can step with the best in the South. He is a constant threat and will have to be watched carefully Saturday. The Auburn Tigers have improved more in the past three weeks than any other team in the conference. Their turning point came when they defeated the Howard College Bulldogs 25—6 on Drake Field three weeks ago. Auburn worked her passes to a perfection in that game. Rupert Ingram pulled two of them down out of the ozone to score the Plainsmen's first two touchdowns. He sprinted 40 yards to score the first one and 5 yards to score the second one. The Tiger mentor's worries of having ends to snag passes from all angles is about over. Ingram, Shannon and Chappelle have nearly reached Bohler's expectations of what is necessary to fill the bill. They have improved 100 per cent since the first game and are looking better every Saturday. Bohler is planning on giving the Mississippi Aggies a real taste of his overhead plays and Birmingham fans will be able to see a pair of pass snagging ends if these two gridders are at their best Saturday. Although scores don't prove it but the wearers of the Orange and Blue colors played a much better game this year against the Tulane Greenies than they did last year. For last year they were lucky not to have been beaten by the Greenies who tied them 6-6. But this year the Greeniets got a head start in scoring on the Tigers and it was hard for the Plainsmen to catch up. However after the second quarter got under way the Tigers played the Greenies off their feet.. Mississippi will be facing a much stronger team than was expected this Saturday and they will have much opposition in trying to hold the Tigers scoreless. Bohler has shifted his line continuously every week and has finally placed them in the positions for which they are fitted. The line held better against the Greenies than they have against any team in a number of years. They held Tulane for three downs on their two yard line where the ball went over to Auburn and the Tigers punted out of danger. Athletic relationship has been going on between Auburn and Mississippi A. & M. since 1905 and only one have the Aggies defeated the Tigers. That was last year when the Plainsmen failed to register a victory over any of their opponents. The Aggies defeated the Tigers last year 7-6. Auburn has scored 148 points against A. & M.'s 22 to average 13 5-6 points to every game while the Aggies only averaged.2 point to every game. Past scores are as follows: 1905—Auburn 18—Miss. A. & M. 0 1910—Auburn 6—Miss. A. & M. 0 1911—Auburn 11—Miss. A. & M. 5 1912—Auburn 7—Miss. A. & M. 1913—Auburn 37—-Miss. A. & M. 1914—Auburn 19—Miss. A. & M. 1915—Auburn 20—Miss. A. & M. 1916—Auburn 7—Miss. A. & M. 13—Miss. A. & M. 7-—Miss. A. & M. 6—Miss. A. & M. 1917 1919 1927 -Auburn -Auburn -Auburn Auburn Basketeers Go Through First Work Out Monday By Dick Jones The Auburn Tiger basketball candidates went through their initial practice Monday night in the local Alumni gymnasium. There were 18 aspirants present for the first workout. Among them were the four last years lettermen, three scrubs, and ten new men. Student manager "Pee Wee" Wright was also out hustling on the job his first night. "Pee Wee" is succeeding Elmer Salter who was student manager last year. Coach Bohler gave many good points to the cagers the first night. Also stressing the point that he would turn things over to Captain DuBose until after Thanksgiving. The thing he drilled on mostly was the fact that he wanted the early comers to work hard in getting their legs in the best of condition. He also showed them a few fundamentals of the game that he has worked out in his new system that he will install. The cagesters present the first night were: Captain Frank DuBose, who was all-southern center last year; L. James, younger brother to the James twins; Moon Mullins, and Al Smith; these were the last years lettermen ; the scrubs were Peter Booth, Kennedy, and Vines"; the new comers were Howard Smith, H. D. Harmon, G. T. Harmon, Kuykendall, Pierson, Odis DeVaughan, "Boots" Fulton, "Maggie" McGee, Bill Jester, and Joe Anderson. The eighteenth man being Manager Wright. Only three practices a week will be held until after Thanksgiving. They will be held at 7:00 o'clock on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights in the gym. BABY TIGERS TO FACE GEORGIA BULLPUPS IN COLUMBUS FRIDAY JIM CRAWFORD Jim Crawford, flashy halfback on the varsity, has been playing a consistent game throughout the present season. His garne against Georgia in Columbus Saturday before last was especially notable. Jim is just a junior this year arid is expected to be one of the bulwarks of the 1929 team. Not only is Crawford showing up well on the gridiron but he is one of the best bets for the baseball team, making his letter last year with a sensational record behind him. GRID REVIEW AND FUTURES By "OSWALD" Auburn 148—Miss. A. & M. 22 Engineers And Second Battalion End Battle In 6-6 Deadlock On Thursday Freshmen Reserves to Make Trip to Gadsden To Play High School The Engineers and the Second Battalion of the Artillery Division wasted one good afternoon Thursday after battling four long quarters. It was found that they had crossed the last white line only once, and both had failed to add the extra point that would have meant so much. Through the afternoon it was a contest of "you carry it down to one end of the field and I will get it and bring it back," this was done several time by both teams but the necessary last few yards that mean so much in a football game was just a little to The second Bn. began to function in the third quarter enough to break through the Engineers strong line when" near the goal. Taking the ball on the 50 yard line the 2nd Bn. marched for a touchdown on straight football, with Snider showing considerable drive in the march. For the Engineers Armstrong was the outstanding player, while Snider showed best for the 2ncT Bn. Battalion football is coming to its own in Auburn, and quite a bit of interest is being shown and real football ability is being shown by the dif-well guarded to allow either one to I , . , _ , . come 6t hrough more than once, i ferent teams, and several men proven The second Battalion was the more themselves to be real prospective varsity material. In the future Auburn aggressive and did most of the gain-|w i l l b e n e f j t g r e a t l y f r o m t h e e x p e ri ing through the first three quarters. Several times it looked as though they would push over a marker, but the Engineers always pulled themselves together and sopped them a few yards short of the last white line. The game rocked along well into the second quarter before any dirty work was pulled off. The second Bn. had carried the ball well into the Engineers territory on straight football, but the possibility of a score by the passing route was too much to resist, and one was let loose in the direction of the left end but an Engineer by the name of Shobel came and picked the oval from, the air and put in a beautiful exhibition of side stepping and stiff arming to cover the required 80 yards for a touchdown. In this run Shobel broke loose from several tacklers, and at, one time he was knocked from his feet, but got up and Students! Buy your Christmas continued to trot for the six points. Presents at the Student Supply Shop ence these men are getting from Battalion football. Engineers Miller • Armstrong McQueen Hayes Spinks Martin Austin Green Shobel Mosley Hunter Referee, "C LINE UP 2nd Battalion LE LT LG C RG RT RE QB LH RH FB ash" Wood; Weisinger Taylor Mims Dunbar Meig Smith Holston Ellison Slaughter Biley Snider Umpire, Lt. Leitch; Head Linesman, Joe Kennedy; Time Keeper, Lt. Barth; Bn. Luke Ward; Coach John Moseley. Coach 2nd. Engineers, The third team of Coach Brown's freshman team will leave Auburn Friday morning via bus, and travel north to play the strong Gadsden High School. Coach Brown will take his first two teams to Columbus Friday to play the first year men of Georgia, while coach Paterson will be in charge of the third team. The rats have been working hard this week getting in shape for their tilt Friday. Coach Paterson has a hard working bunch of boys and they are developing rapidly. Gadsden has one of the strongest teams in north Alabama. This year's team is one of the strongest the school has ever had. The boys up north are in tip top condition, and are priming for the game Friday. The men that coach Paterson has been working on and the ones he will probably take on the trip are: Smith, center, Pate, Duke and Hardnet, guards; Craddock, Stewart and Johns, tackles; Gholston and Bothies, Ends; Reedy Quarterback; Wible and Ward Halves; and Jacobs, Fullback. ATTENDANCE AT THE AUBURN-TULANE GAME VERY MUCH UNDERESTIMATED By K. G. Taylor * According to certain newspapers which had an account of the Auburn Tulane game the attendance was very small. This seems to be untrue as several spectators of this game say that this was the largest crowd to witness an Auburn-Tulane game in the three years that they have been playing in New Orleans. This crowd was estimated at about ten thousand, but there were many more spectators than that. Auburn had a large number of supporters, among these the band which together with a strong delegation of Auburn students kept up the "OLE AUBURN SPIRIT." The Tech Tornado slashed, swirled and blew all about the Vandy Commodores Saturday, thus overpowering one of the most potent elevens that Coach Dan McGugin has developed in many seasons. Tech's national stock also took a jump now being ranked on par with the best. The Tornado backfield delivered in a wonderful manner and Father Lumpkin and Mizelle are All-Ameri-can material. Mizelle carried the ball 33 times and gained 201 yards. Vandy came out of the game crippled and in a dazed condition after putting up a valiant fight. Schwartz and Armistead can still be counted among the luminaries of the South. Just here: Tech will doubtless win over the Crimson Tide Saturday but remember that Alabama's line will probably be nearer on par with Tech's than any line they have faced this year with Wade in a position to call in ample reserve strength—something McGugin couldn't do. Alabama always fights hard and with the probable return of Suther to the lineup —don't be surprised at anything. Remember Maryland-Yale; Dame-Army. Approaching interest to the above clash was the vengeful Florida Gator's triumph over the Georgia Bulldogs. A funeral march was played for a valiant Georgia Bulldog team as that mighty backfield of Bach-man's thundered on, composed of eight alternating backfield aces. Can-nonball Clyde Crabtree in the leading role was amply assisted by Good-bread, Bethea, Brumbaugh, etc. Crabtree made one run of 84 yards for a touchdown. Van Sickle and Stanley, ends for Florida, also gave a great exhibition. Florida will defeat Clemson easily. Alabama showed much potential strength in the game with Kentucky Saturday and displayed enough versatility to have made the score triple that amount except for faulty signal calling. Kentucky fough a game fight but just didn't "click." With a little assistance Covington would be a marvel. Bill Brown, brother of the ever McEver of Tennessee, is now leading Southern Conference in scoring. A fighting team from Maryland, in all its wrath turned in one of the biggest upsets Saturday by defeating the mighty men of Eli. Snyder led his team to the greatest heights ever achieved by an Old Liner gridiron team. Thus the mysteries of football carry on and hair-pulling by so called experts reaches an unprecedented stage. The Green Typhoon of Tulane's— Billy Banker, was stopped by a fighting team from the village Saturday— and that was something in itself to brag about for Banker has only been stopped by one team previous to this. Tulane was extremely lucky to win this game for Auburn showed powerful offense the last half and came very near scoring twice in the last quarter. Auburn's line demonstrated its strength in the first half when it held Tulane on the 5-yard line. Auburn's passes are beginning to work. Tuxworth chunked 16 and 10 were completed. Volumes could be said Notre about this game but must pass on. However Miss. A. & M. will go down in defeat Saturday. L. S. U. defeated Ole Miss scoring the first touchdown on a fumble made during the first period, Brown racing 96 yards for a touchdown; the "Pony Express" of V. P. I. with the addition of a supposedly sick man, Peake, routed Virginia 20 to 0; Clemson showed comeback power in defeating V. M. I. 12 to 0; North Carolina and South Carolina battled to a scoreless tie in the mud of Chapel Hill; North Carolina State defeated Davidson; Princeton beat Washington & Lee; and Miss. A. & M. and Centenary played a 6-6 draw. By Dick Jones The "Baby" Tigers of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, fresh from their 18-7 victory over the Greenie "rats" last Saturday, will journey into Georgia Friday Nov. 16, for their third and last time, to lock horns with the "Rat" Bulldogs of the University of Georgia. The game is to be staged at Columbus, Ga., in the Memorial stadium. This will be the fifth and last game for the Auburn "rats" this season. The "little" Tigers showed a great deal of improvement in their offensive and defensive work against Tulane. They blocked well, ran well, passed well, and tackled well throughout the whole game. Holdcraft played the best game in the line for the Tigers. He has held down left tackle in every game so far this season, dealing misery to every team he has faced. Holdcraft recovered a fumble in the Tulane game that helped to count for one of the Tiger touchdowns. Coach R. C. "Red" Brown has put his Freshmen gridders through an extra hard week of training in preparation for the Georgia battle and he believes it will show results Saturday. They had a rather light workout Monday but things began to stiffen up Tuesday. Their weakest department seems to be the punting. However Coach has had them punting more this week than usually and they have shown considerable improvement already. The first thing on his menu every day this week has been punting. The punters that have been sticking their toe under the pigskin for the "rats" have been Leo Young, Wadsworth, Smifeh, Tamplin, and Pate. "Frock" Pate, the well known Woodlawn Hi star, ran like a real Tiger against the Greenies and will do the same thing against the Bulldogs if he is given half a chance. He gained 89 yards through the Greenies line of the 246 yards gained by the Tigers. He also intercepted one of Tulane's passes and made a broken field run for 60 yards to score the Tigers third and last touchdown. Leo Young was another outstanding man for the Auburn "rats" Saturday. Young also gained 89 yards against the Tulane "rats". He made the longest run of the day when he broke through the Greenies line, shaking off several would-be tacklers, and sprinting 75 yards for the Plainsmen's first touchdown. The Georgia tilt will complete the five game schedule the "rats" have every year. They have won two and lost two so the Bulldogs can look for a real scrap Saturday for the Tigers are working hard to win over them to keep from dropping below the 500 percentage mark. Scores so far this season are as follows: Rats 25—B'ham-Sou. 2. Rats 7—Tech 20. Rats 0—Florida 7. Rats 18—Tulane 7. Total: Rats 50; Opponents 36. Prospects Are Good for Tiger Track Teams During The Year 1928-1929 By Howard Sparks Prospects for a good track team in '29 look very bright at present. A large number of good prospects has answered the call and are receiving instruction from coaches Hutsell and Baskin. The regular fall grind is on and each man has settled down to do his best. Although we are very optimistic, much depends on the turn of the wheel of time. Sam Robinson, veteran javelin man who was injured in an automobile accident, is improving at a steady rate, but it is not | Galliard, Withington, and Summer-ford look best in the pole vault. We have very little to worry about in the hurdles with Capt. Beard and Virgin leading the parade in both low and high hurdles. It will be remembered that these men carried off honors at the Conference meet last year. Willis and Harmond are looking good in both events. The weights events will be dominated by the football men, Carter, Robinson, Newton, Taylor, and Harkins. Sam Robinson, Nagley, and Willis known yet whether or not he will i will heave the javelin. The middle be available for duty in the spring. | distance races will fall to the mem- These Here goes the funeral march. After parading my egotism before a gaping multitude last week suppose I had it coming to me. But here's the statistics: Out of 19 games predicted 3 were tied, 8 won and 8 lost, so I broke even. Managed to predict 3 correct scores and picked relative famous Johnny Mack was a new star strength of Florida-Georgia; Tenn playing a wonderful game and scor- Sewanee; Harvard-Penn.; N-West'n-ing one of the touchdowns. Alabama | Purdue. It will be noticed that I needs a punter terribly but Suther's return will help this materially. The Touchdown twins of Tennessee had ample assistance Saturday from their Captain, Roy Witt, who turned in a couple of touchdowns. The Volunteers continued to display their usual strength but will hardly come through the season undefeated. They will likely go down before Vandy this week if injuries do not play havoc with the Commodores and if not by Vandy, Florida will surely win. How-predicted Navy to win over Michigan when they were hardly conceded a chance and they tied. But out of the ruins comes a clear vision of what the week will bring forth. "Oswald's" Pick AUBURN 19—Miss. A. & M. 6. Alabama 7—Ga. Tech 13. Florida 32—Clemson 6. Georgia 13—L. S. U. 6. Kentucky 19—V. M. I. 0. Virginia 0—Maryland 13. Ole Miss 26—Southwestern 0. The sprints left vacant by the graduation of Captain Snider, will fall to Bell, Hanby, and Postell. All of these men can be counted on for duty in the spring for they are developing at a rapid rate. Bell is the more experienced of the three. In the high jump Virgin Anderson, Rutland, and Bennett seem to be the best bets for a regular berth on the team. Capt. Beard and Tuxworth will carry the burden of the broad jump. Hughes, N. C. 19—Davidson 7. N. C. S. 13—Duke 6. Sewanee 6—Tulane 27. South Carolina 13—Furman 0. Vanderbilt 14—Tennesse 13. V. P. I. 19—Wash. & Lee 6. Chicago 0—Illinois 20. Indiana 6—Northwestern 7. Iowa 14—Wisconsin 7. Nebraska 13—Pittsburg 6. Notre Dame 13—Carnegie 12. Princeton 13—Yale 0. Stanford 6—Washington 14. of the cross country teams. are Allen, Beard, Baskerville, Dol-lins, Huff, Mapson, Moss, O'Hara, Oliver, Plant, Stacey, Turner, Wul-lenbucker, and Wood. First Battalion Artillery Hammers Out Victory Over the Third Battalion Wednesday saw the powerful team of the 1st Bn. of the Artillery hammer its lighter opponents of the 3rd Bn. Artillery for a 13 to nothing victory on a rain soaked field. The 3rd put up a game fight, being greatly handicapped by lack of substitutes, but the charge of the 1st Bn.'s Four Horsemen—Cooper, Conradi, Cameron and Dyer was too much for them. Cameron was hurt early in the first-quarter and was replaced in the back-field by Argo, whose speed and ball (Continued on page 6) 1928 Football Schedule Sept. 28—Birmingham Southern Oct. 6—Clemson (Home coming) Oct. 13—Florida Oct. " 20—U. of Mississippi Oct. 27—Howard 3—U. of Georgia 10—Tulane 17—Mississippi A. 29—Georgia Tech. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. & M. —Montgomery (Night game) —Auburn —Gainesville —Birmingham —Auburn —Columbus —New Orleans —Birmingham —Atlanta > THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE FEATURES OF THE GEORGIA-AUBURN GAME IN COLUMBUS By D. M. Jackson To sum up the game, we might say that Georgia got the breaks when they counted most. This spelled defeat for the "Tigers." To back up this statement, we offer the following: In the first quarter, Auburn fumbled on their own 12 yard line and a Georgia man recovered it. This somewhat dazed the "Tigers" and before they could collect their wits, Waugh, behind perfect interference, swept left end for a touchdown. Again, when Auburn had the dogs with their backs to the wall, a fumbled punt by Peake gave them the ball in mid-field. Once more, by successive end runs, passes, and hard line bucks by Sellers, the "Tigers" carried the ball to the Red and Black's 11 yard mark. A few minutes before it had started raining. Tuxworth fumbled the slick ball and Auburn's chances collapsed. Except for a few minutes in the first quarter, Auburn's line from tackle to tackle consistently out played Georgia's. Georgia's interference and fast backs showed to good advantage and especially in the former department was Georgia superior to Bohler's men. Let is be said, however that Auburn's offense had a punch and 11 earned first downs will indicate. The "Bulldogs" made 15. It was quite noticeable that the "Tigers" played a clean game as a camparison of penalties indicated. They drew one 5-yard penalty for offside and a like number for excessive time out, while Georgia drew a 15- yard penalty for holding, five 5-yard penalties for offside, and an additional 5 yards for killing time in the late stages of the game. As for individual performance, Rothstein of Georgia was a power on offense, while Dudley and Hill made some good gains. On defense, Dudley, Jacobson and Lautzheizer were shining lights. They, uncovered a good end in Maffett, a sophomore. This man will probably be heard from later. For Auburn, Tuxworth and Sellers 'Tis Fine to Dine at the showed to good advantage in carrying the ball, while Crawford made some nice gains around the ends. On defense, the Long Brothers, and Har-kins serve credit for ocnsistent line play, while Joe Burt played well during the short time he was in the game. Callahan, on secondary defense, showed his worth. The principal offensive gains were Rothstein's thrust of 22 yards coupled with his 12 yard runs and Hill's 20 yard end run late in the game. Tuxworth had the distinction of making the longest gain from scrimmage. He started the drive that ended on the "dogs" 11-yard line by slipping off tackle for 23 yards. Through the air, Georgia's 34-yard gain on a pass, Hill to Maffett, was a feature. Sellers' 46 yard return of the kick-off as the second half began, and Peake's 21 yard return of the kick-off after Georgia's first touchdown were features as well as Tuxworth's ability in returning punts. AG. CLUB STAGES ANNUAL PARADE Letter Shop Opened At Northwestern PICKWICK Three enterprising co-eds at Northwestern University have turned their knowledge of English and Psychology to a strictly practical use, and have opened a Letter Shop, where they write difficult letters for sufficient remuneration. They will write custom-made love letters—each guaranteed to contain suitable sentiments—for the trifling price of $10. Ordinary thank-you letters are $2. When it comes to that most difficult and yet most important type of letters, the "Dear Dad—Please remit" type, the scribes assess their fee on the commission basis. Ten per cent of the check is the amount demanded. Although this letter-writing business seems to be something quite new, it has medieval precedents. Manuscripts preserved from the Middle Ages show that in the good old days when each teacher was paid directly by the pupils, the first thing the student learned .was the proper method of writing home for money. A whole series of dunning letters was mapped out by the instructors, the final one purporting to be written from a debtor's prison, where the writer claimed to be languishing among rats, and subsisting on moldy bread and water. The annual parade for the "Ag" Fair sponsored by the Ag Club was pulled off Friday afternoon and proved to be a great success. Floats and exhibits from the various department's of agriculture made up the greatest part of the parade which was led by the famous Auburn band. Perhaps one of the most beautiful floats was that of the horticulture department. This float was designed by Professor Hyde and had on it all manner of flowers arranged in the middle and surrounded by various kinds of fruits and nuts. Leading the floats and just back of the band came a very interesting engineering exhibit which included two tractors of the very lafest type, a thrashing machine, a hay baler, and many other things of interest. Among the other features of the parade was a veterinary float, bedecked with all manner and sort of instruments used in this work. There were two fine specimens of bulls who carried the following placards, "Dean Judd's Extra Curricula" and "This Bull Is Called Fence Because He Runs Around A Lot." A cow bore a card saying, "When You Pull Her Tail She Will Butter." A hunting exhibit consisted of two hunters leading a Boston Bull and a Russian Wolfhound. Another interesting feature, which grew out of a debate in Ag Club as to the rela five merits of sugar cane and sorgum cane, was a big husky Ag student bearing a placard "Sorgum Cane" and a small student who bore a card with the words "Sugar Cane". Bringing up the tail of the parade came a Freshman leading or rather being led by a goat who bore the inscription, "Socialist Party." Engineers and 3rd Battalion Tie 6-6 In A Hard Battle PRIZE OFFERED FOR GOOD SLOGAN BANK OF AUBURN We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business The First National Bank of Auburn ADVICE AND ACCOMMODATION FOR EVERY COLLEGE MAN ANY FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE C. Felton Little, '06, President W. W. Hill, *98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier T H E B I G S T O R E W I T H T H E L I T T L E P R I C ES HAGEDORN'S Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes OPELIKA'S BEST STORE Use Kratzer's Ice Cream Your Local Dealer Has It For your parties and feeds ask your local dealer to order from us. 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Anyone is eligible to enter the contest and there is no limit upon the number of slogans any one person may submit, provided they are mailed to the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce before January 1, the closing date of the contest. The judges who will decide the winner are S. L. Rothafel ("Roxy") New York movie impressario; Dr. Frank Crane, journalist-essayist; and Frank Pres-brey, advertising authority. Leaflets explaining the contest may be obtained at any music deal er's or from the Chamber direct. On last Thursday afternoon the Engineers and 3rd -Batallion matched wits for forty five minutes and as a reward received a 6-6 tie. The lighter Artillery gained quite a bit of yardage thru the line during the last half. Stuckey did most of the ground gaining and Louis did the passing. The Engineers threw a number of passes but confined most of their work to the ground. Shabel was especially good, ripping off tackles and circling ends for several yards gain. Artillery won the toss and elected to receive. Shabel kicked off to the Artillery who returned to the 30-yard line. Art. made first down but was held a few minutes later and was forced to kick. Greep fumbled the punt and Art. recovei'ed. All line plays failed and the ball went over to the Engineers. After an exchange of punts the Artillery took a partially blocked punt on their own 40- yard mark. A pass, Louis to J. D. Champion, was good for 20 yards and he ran the remaining 40 yards for a touchdown. Late in the second half the Engineers took the ball in midfield and carried to the Art.'s 30-yard line on a series of line plays. A pass Green to Austin placed the ball on the 20- yard mark. On the next play Shabel went off right tackle, reversed his field, and sidestepped his way to the much desired goal line. A pass failed to get the extra point and the score was left 6 all. The Engineers kicked off to the Art. and they returned ot the 40-yard mark where the game ended. Engineers Miller Beavert Prater Hayes Fink Martin Austin Green Shabel Solomon Hunter Substitutions Green, McQueen for Baevert, Thomas for Solomon, Green for Allen, Solomon for McQueen, Beavert for Thomas ; Artillery: Taylor for Sommerville. Referee: Ward. MOTION PICTURES AN AID IN STUDY Fink Martin Austin Green Shabel Solomon Hunter Substitution Position L. E. L. T. L. G. C. R. G. R. T. R. E. Q. B. L. H. R. H. F. B. Artillery DeShazo Sommerville Allen Vance Bridges Champion, W. Champion, J. Louis Stuckey McClure Pyke s—Engineers: Allen for It is very probable that the grade school teacher's load will soon be lightened by the use of films in teaching. The Eastman Kodak Company, acting with the National Educational Association, has just completed an experiment that seems to demonstrate conclusively the superiority of the new method over the old. In geography a thirty-five per cent gain was registered by the pupils taugh by means of films, and a fifteen per cent gain in general science. Approximately 5,500 children were taught with films and 5,500 more were taught the same material without the aid of motion pictures, in public schools scattered over twelve cities. A 500 word report has just been completed by Dr. Ben. D. Wood of Columbia and Dr. Frank Freeman of the University of Chicago, directors of the experiment. "In this experiment," the report said, "We have studied the films not as a panacea to be substituted for present instrumentalities of the schools, nor as a means to revolutionize the aims of education, but as an addition to the present pedagogical devices of the schools which may help in the attainment of currently accepted goals." As one might expect, a majority of the teachers and school officials reported that the use of classroom films had been "more effective in arousing and sustaining the children's interest, in improving the quantity and quality of their reading, and in aiding them to correlate features of the lessons with personal experiences and community conditions." M. L. NICHOLS IS GIVEN NATIONAL ATTENTION BY AGRICULTURISTS As an agricultural engineer, Prof. M. L. Nichols, of the college of agriculture of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, has attracted Rational attention. His career is reviewed briefly in the current issue of The Journal of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, he receiving first mention among "Who's Who" in the group. The publication reviews his career as follows: "Mark Lovel Nichols—member of the Council of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers—is professor of agricultural engineering and head of the department at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He is a graduate of Ohio State University, where he majored in agricultural engineering. On graduation he became associated with the Ohio Cultivator Company in experimental work. Af- Paddling License Must Be Secured ing committee for the initiation affair. Just as there have been issued licenses for automobile operators, dog-catchers, and back-seat drivers, it has been proposed that the sophomore class adopt a type of paddle-wielders' license to accompany the rule that only a limited number of men will be allowed to handle the pieces of oak at the skin-scalping event. terward he farmed for three years, after which he taught agricultural engineering one year at the T. N. Vail Agricultural School in Vermont. From there he went to Delaware Agricultural College where he taught agricultural enginering for three years and at the same time he secured a master's degree. For eighteen months he was extension specialist in agricultural engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and later tractor specialist for the Richmond branch of the International Harvester Company. In 1919 he was appointed to his presen,!, position. Perhaps his most notable contribution to the advancement of agricultural engineering has been in research. His work in soil dynamics is in particularly outstanding. He has been very active in A. S. A. E. affairs. He was the first chairman of the Southern Section and he has served as chairman and member of the Research Committee and also on others." Isn't it pleasant to hear of something nice that somebody has said about you behind your back? MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama TOOMER'S HARDWARE The Best in Hardware and Supplies CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager "Where's your paddling Jicense?" That is a question that several University of Oregon sophomores may have to answer on the occasion of the annual frosh parade, if the license suggestion is accepted by the paddl- TOPMOST VALUE! HEIGHT OF STYLE! OCTOBER FRATERNITY DEFICIENCIES 1928-29 No. Stu- No. dents Defici-with de- encies ficiencies Sunday Movies Are Discussed By Evans Everyone should learn to think while they are on their feet, and the best way to get practice of this is to engage in impromptu debates. The subject for discussion was: "Resolved: That there should be Sunday movies in Auburn." The time of this discussion was limited on account of the declamation try-outs, but while the discussion lasted Prof. Butler, Mor-phet DuBose, and Mr. Bennet began the "mud-slinging." There were some excellent points given on both the affirmative and the negative sides, and the members were left in a kind of a haze as to which viewpoint to take. The try-outs for the declamation contest were held for the final time for this year. Mr. Carraker spoke on "Young America, You Are The Hope of The World," and Mr. DuBose spoke on "The Keystone To Citizenship." The decision was rendered in favor of Morphet DuBose, who is to represent the society in the annual declamation contest. HOT DOG A magazine writer says a dog fills an empty place in a man's life. Emily Miller says that this is especially true of the hot dog. 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COME AGAIN COLLEGE BARBER SHOP TOOMER'S DRUG STORE Drug Sundries Drinks, Smokes THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER IZED to SUtW Miss Glanton Is Chosen State Officer P.-T. A. Miss Louise Glanton, Chairman of the Department of Home Economics, at the recent meeting of the Alabama Branch of the Parent-Teacher Association, was chosen state chairman of the State Board of Directors of of "Rural Life" and made a member the Association. This provides Miss Glanton an opportunity to get in with the rural schools, with the school teachers, and the parents. She has just written a bulletin on the rural school lunch, a very important factor in school progress. FURNACES \ STOVE* AttCOLAf // There's a Brilliant coal for every type of heating plant in every kind of home. For a Cheery open Eire in the GRATE, burn Brilliant LUMP, which comes in sixes ranging from four inches up—or egg if you like a smaller lump. For furnaces, Stoves, Arcolas, order Brilliant EGG or NUT —uniform in s i xe and burning quality. No matter what the sixe, all Brilliant coal i s of the same top grade—highest in heat units, lowest in ash, freest from slack waste. DEALERS Auburn Ice & Coal Company PHONE 239-J THIS IS A i»a*ILLIANT SEASON W. COOWIN. PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1928 PROFESSOR OF HISTORY TELLS OF EARLY AMERICAN COLLEGES College students of today have nothing on their Puritan exemplars. Brawls, hazing, wrangles with the faculty, extreme dress, excess smoking, and reading bad books, the holding of "senseless" and disorderly commencements, religious negligence, free thinking, waywardness—all such portentous outbreakings and disrespectful conduct, which, we are told, mark the spirit of the 20th century collegiate, played as apparantly large a part in the lives of the college student 300 years ago. Dr. Henry W. Lawrence, Professor of History, Connecticut College, has revealed these facts in his new book "The Not-Quite Puritans," the material for which has been gathered from such authenic sources as contemporary church records, diaries, and histories. "We commonly think of the American college man of the 17th and 18th centuries as so incurably addicted to studious piety that he found little time for play and none for dissipation," writes Lawrence. "It is hard to reconcile with this view such an incident as the following—recorded by one Ezra Clapp, in 1738. "Last night," this earnest Yale student has recorded, "some of the freshmen got six quarts of Rhum and about two payls fool of Sydar and about eight pounds of sugar and mad it in to Samson, and evited ever scholar in college into Churtis is room, and we mad such prodigious Rought that we raised the Tutor, he order us all to our rooms and some went and some taried and they gathered a gain and went up to old father Monsher dore and drumed against the dore and yel-ed and screamed so that a bodey would have thought they were killing dodgs there . . . ." Students of Harvard at an earlier date took a stong dislike to the president of the time, which was Harvard's third, and forced him to resign by turning "cud-weeds," as the Rev. Mather writes in his diary, and, by violating the fifth Commandment, "set themselves to travestie whatever he did or said." Minister's sons began to get their reputation as early as 1644, we learn by the following account': "Two of our ministers' sons, being students in the college, robbed two dwelling houses in the night of some 15 pounds. Being found out, they were ordered by the governors of the college to be there whipped, which was performed by the President himself— Yet they were about twenty years of age; and after they were brought into the court and ordered as two-fold satisfaction, or to serve so long for it. We had yet no particular punishment for burglary." In the diary of Nathaniel Ames, a Harvard student who entered college in 1758 and completed his course in 1761, we get some amusing accounts of college life, and note as well a marked similarity between 18th and 20th century youths: March 13, 1758—Came to College, began logick. March 18, 1758—fit with the Sophomores about customs. March 20, 1758—Had another fight with the Sophomores. Nov. 23, 1758—Went to Boston, the Revenge acted at Bowmans. . June 13, 1760—Acted Tancred and Sigismuda for which we are like to be prosecuted. Sept. 9,1760—President sick, wherefore much deviltry carried on in college. Oct. 1, 1760—1 scholar degraded this morning, 2 admonished, 1 punished. Oct. 10, 1760—Kneeland's and Thayer's windows broke last night. Dec. 22, 1760—Gardner and Barnard admonished stealing wood. Feb. 26, 1761—lost 2 pistareens at cards last evening. March 26, 1761—First game of bat and ball. April 15, 1761—Dependants on the Favors of the President and Tutors sign an agreement to inform of any schoolar that is guilty of profanity. May 19, 1761—Josept Cabot rusticated. As soon as the President said he was rusticated, he took his hat and went out of the chapel without staying to hear the President's speech out. After prayers he bulrags the Tutors at a high rate and laves college. His mother faints at the news. May 20, 1761—Chapel robbed of the cushing and. Bible Cloths. July 15, 1761—Commencement. July 16, 1761—A dance in Town House, Cambridge." Commencement exercises seems to have given occasion for great revelry. Cotton Mather shows no small displeasure with Harvard customs when he writes on July 3, 1717: "This day, being the Commencement, as they call it; a Time of much Resort unto Cambzridge, and sorrily enough thrown away . . ." Still later, in a letter to Governor Saltonstall regarding the recently established "College at New Haven." "When the servans of God meet at your Commencement, I make no doubt, that under your Honor's influence and encouragements, they will make it an opportunity, in the most serious and mature manner, to deliberate upon projections to serve the great interests of education, and so of religion, both in your College and throughout your Colony, and not suffer an interview of your best men to evaporate such a senseless, useless, noisy impertinency, as it used to do with us at Cambridge." "Petting," Lawrence tells us, was quite as much, if not more, of a problem 300 years ago than now, although it did not play as large a part in the college boy's life, there being no coeds and few girls' schools in college vicinities. But despite the immediate absence of the fairer sex, the college fop abandoned; to such an extent, in fact, that laws had to be made to regulate the clothing worn. For instance, in 1754 the undergraduates of Harvard College were forbidden to wear silk "nightgowns." These were a sort of dressing gown of silk or damask, "suitable for printers and importers, perhaps, but too luxurious for college students," writes Lawrence, for !'Plain thinking and high living was not to be tolerated by day or by night, it might seem." AUBURN-MONTGOMERY BIRMINGHAM STATION TO BEGIN CHRISTMAS DAY (Continued from page 1) Industries building on Dexter Avenue. Orders have already been placed for input equipment for the stations at Auburn and Birmingham. While the purpose of the radio broadcasting station is first of all the transmission to every section of Alabama, of crop price quotations, livestock quotations, and news and information generally of interest to farmers, it is planned to also broadcast regularly special programs by Alabama artists. At the beginning the Alabama station is to be "on the air" for an indefinite period during the day and one hour at night, except Saturday and Sunday; this is only a tentative arrangement that is subject to change, as the hours that will finally be allotted for broadcasting have not yet been definitely determined. The broadcasting station on Red Mountain is to be one of the most powerful east of the Rockies. FIRST BATTALION OF ARTILLERY HAMMERS OUT VICTORY OVER THIRD BATTALION AUBURN KIWANIS CLUB IS REPRESENTED AT MEETING CHARTER IS RECEIVED BY OMEGA CIRCLE -OF O D K (Continued from page 1) T. Sankey. Membership in Omicron Delta Kappa is- regarded as the highest honor on the campus. Election is based on five points: scholarship, athletics, social leadership,' including conspicuous service to the institution, publications, other non-athletic activities. A student must be conspicuous or shall have obtained special distinction in at least one of the above points. For the convenience of students an honor schedule based on the five points will soon be made public. By the use of the honor schedule the fraternity strives to eliminate any element of politics in electing members. (Continued from page 1) its first year. P. O. Davis, who was appointed recently to serve as lieutenant- governor the remainder of 1928, was elected for a full year. His election was accepted as a high compliment to the Auburn club, which is next to the youngest in Alabama. After featuring agricultural work for two years, the Kiwanis clubs of Alabama will stress industrial development in 1929, Captain Anderson explained upon his return to Auburn. Agriculture and other projects will not be neglected but the organization feels that industry needs emphasis and will take the lead in this development. Dr. H. A. Morgan, president of the University of Tennessee, was the principal speaker at the annual banquet. More industry for Alabama—and for the South—was his subject, Captain Anderson said. Students! Buy your Christmas Presents at the Student Supply Shop. Mould the man first, then the metal CARNEGIE developed the steel industry by first developing his men. The Bell System is growing faster than ever before in its history and this growth, like the steel growth, is based on the development of men. Today, in the telephone industry, men in supervisory positions must coordinate many and varied factors. For example, before locating a new central office, population trends are studied. While it is being built, telephone apparatus is planned, made, delivered and installed on orderly schedule. But more basic than all this, the executive shows leadership by his insight into the human equation and by the sympathy and understanding with which he adapts individual to job, moulding his men first. BELL SYSTEM %A'nation-wide system of 18,500,000 inter-connecting telephones " O U R P I O N E E R I N G WORK HAS J U S T B E G U N' Boys! If You Eat M E A T Buy it from your Friends MOORE'S MARKET —Phone 37— (Continued from page 4) carrying ability was very much in evidence. For the victors the work of Conradi and Argo was outstanding while for the 3rd. Bn. the honors go to Ben Lively and Lewis. The 1st Bn. team showed much improvement over their play of previous games and any one journeying to Drake Field on Armistice Day afternoon is sure to see a real scrap between the 1st. Bn. of the Artillery and the Engineer team. The Engineers are going good, having a clean slate in the league to date. They also took on Auburn High this week, running rings around their lighter opponents. Everybody come out at 2 o'clock Monday, November 12. While we do not promise the perfection of a Varsity game we feel that there will be thrills a plenty before the final whistle blows. COLLEGE BOYS PAY WAY WITH BLOOD 1st. Bn Blakey Argo Barber Fort Bradshaw Campbell Rice Cameron Dyer Cooper Conradi Position 3rd. Bn. R. T. Champion, J. R. E. R. G. C. L. G. L. T. L. E. Q. B. R. H. L. H. F. B. Referee: Pop Paterson. Students! Presents at th Buy your McClure Lively Vance Morton Oakley DeShazo Lewis Stuckie Ellis Pyke Christmas e Student Supply Shop. Selling their blood as a means of paying part of the expense of a college education is the unusual "occupation" of J. L. Lecky, 19, sophomore, and E. W. Johnson, 19, junior in the University of Kentucky. Although reticent at first to relate their experiences, both boys finally overcame their modesty to tell a reporter how it feels to have a pint or so of blood taken from one's system. Mr. Lecky is from Marshall County and a student in the College of Agriculture at the university. He said he first conceived the idea of selling blood to those in ill health by reading of blood transfusion. ' He first went to the clynic, a necessary procedure, and had his blood tested to see if it was of a quantity desired by physicians. The clinic took care of the remainder of the job by sending physicians who desired the blood to see the lad. In this way he sold a quart of blood for $70 and readily admitted it was one of the biggest factors in financing his first year's course at the university. The blood was taken from the body by means of a small incision in the right arm on the inside of the elbow joint. Mr. Lecky said he was on the operating table about six minutes and that he felt no unusual experience. Mr. Lecky sold only a pint of blood each time and nine weeks elapsed between operations. Following extraction of blood from the boy's body, he carried newspapers in the afternoon and said he ate a big supper at night and slept soundly after going to bed at his usual hour. TEAM STANDING—INTRA MURAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Won Tied Lost Per. Engineer Bn. 1 2 0 1000 1st Bn. F. A. 2 0 1 667 3rd Bn. F. A. I l l 500 2nd Bn. F. A. 0 1 2 000 Results of last weeks games. 1st Bn. Field Artillery 13—3rd Bn. F. A. 0. 2nd Bn. Field Artillery 6—Engineer Bn. 6. LOST Columbia Military Academy ring ring with ruby. • Return to Box 708 and receive reward. BOARD AND ROOM RATES REASONABLE AND LOCATED CONVENIENTLY Call at 128 S. Gay St. or Phone 244-W What Shakespeare says about Coca-Co] *t Ever precise in promise keeping" The point of Lucio's remark is not what he said it about, but what he said. It surely describes Coca-Cola, for consider these facts: Pure as Sunlight And the proof of its purity is in the testing. 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