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WELCOME
FRESHMEN! THE PLAINSMAN WELCOME
FRESHMEN!
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1928 NUMBER 1
THIRTY-THREE NEW FACULTY
MEMBERS ARE ANNOUNCED
Many Outstanding Men Join
Auburn Faculty for the
Ensuing Year
MANY ARE AUBURN MEN
AH Departments Add Profes­sors
and Instructors
BIG CAFETERIA!
OPENS IN SMITH!
HALL THIS YEAR!
By Kirtley Brown
With the fifty-seventh opening of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
near at hand on September 12, Dr.
Bradford Knapp, newly elected presi­dent,
announces that 33 new members
of the Auburn faculty have been ap­pointed
for the coming year.
In the Department of History, Dr.
A. W. Reynolds, who this year secur­ed
his Ph. D. degree at the Universi­ty
of California, will return to Au­burn
as a full professor. Dr. Rey­nolds
holds both his M. S. and B. S.
degrees from Auburn and was former­ly
a member of the history faculty
here. During the past summer he has
conducted courses at the University of
Alabama.
Dean Frederic Child Biggin an­nounces
three new members of the
architectural faculty. Frank Marion
Orr, Jr., who secured his B. S. de­gree
in Architectural Engineering
here in 1924, is returning to Auburn
as assistant professor of architectu­ral
engineering. Since graduating
from Auburn, Mr. Orr has been en­gaged
in architectural work in Bir­mingham.
To strengthen the new course in ap­plied
art which has been added this
year in the department of architectu­ral
Roy Staples, a graduate of the
Massachusetts School of Arts, comes
as an instructor in this line of study.
Mr. Staples has practiced in Boston
as a commercial artist and has done
graduate work toward a degree in
education.
Milton Smith Osborn, an Auburn
graduate and holder of the Master's
(degree from Columbia University,
1928, is i-eturning to Auburn as pro­fessor
of design. Professor Osborne
spent the summer in European travel
and study.
Prof. James R. Rutland, head pro­fessor
of English, announces four new
members of his department. Dr.
Charles P. Weaver, Ph. D. Peabody
College, comes as assistant professor.
Dr. Weaver holds the B. A. and M.
A. degree and has had long expe­rience
as teacher of English. In ad­dition
Dr. Weaver has done much suc­cessful
writing for newspapers, and
is the author of both plays and Eng­lish
textbooks. Dr. Weaver has stud­ied
for two years at John Hopkins
University and taught at Salem Col­lege,
the University of Maine and the
University of Kentucky. At Winston-
Salem, N. C, Dr. Weaver was cn-
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Modern Eating Place Is Added
to Auburn Equipment
MISS HARRIS WILL DIRECT
IMPROVEMENTS
ARE MADE HERE
FOR NEW TERM
Students Will Be Greeted By
General Betterment
MUCH PAVING COMPLETED
Marked improvement on the cam­pus
and in the buildings of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute as well as
in the town of Auburn will be observ­ed
by former students when they re­turn
to Auburn, September 10, for
the opening of the 1928-29 session.
Many buildings have been repaint­ed,
repairs made and the campus beau­tified.
In addition the new exten­sion
service building, to cost $90,000,
is under construction. The contrac­tor
is hurrying with his construction
work in order to have it completed be­fore
the end of the calendar year.
During the summer paving was laid
around the campus along both Mag­nolia
and College streets, and also
through the college property from Col­lege
street to the president's home.
This was done by the state highway
department with the college taking
care of curbs and gutters extending
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A modern Cafeteria for Auburn
students will be opened today at
Smith Hall according to statement of
S. W. Garrett college purchasing
agent and business manager who
has supervised its installment. This
cafeteria, the first to be conducted
on the Auburn campus, is equipped
tcj serve three or four hundred
students at very reasonable rates,
states Mr. Garrett.
Miss E. H. Harris, experienced dieti­cian
and graduate of Columbia Uni­versity,
will have direct supervision
of the cafeteria including the plan­ning
of the menus.
According to Mr. Gan-ett, similar,
cafeterias have received the popular
support of students at the University
of Richmond, Mercer University, Uni­versity
of Virginia, and University of
North Carolina. Georgia Tech is this
year installing a large cafeteria up­on
similar plans of the one here at
Auburn.
Mr. Garrett, formerly of Mercer
University, stated that students there
voted 100 per cent for the contin­uance
of their cafeteria after it had
been in operation one year. The aver­age
cost to Mercer students for their
meals was $18.50, whereas, stated Mr.
Garrett, a few students secured their
meals for as little as $10.00 per month.
A cafeteria of this sort enables the
students to secure meals with consid
erable less cost. Also, where a stu
dent has opportunity to choose from
a large variety of foods with the re­sult
that meals may be selected to
suit ones individual taste. The stu
dents of course pay for only that
which he selects and as the result the
cost of meals may be varied to suit
one's pocket book. In addition, stu­dents
do not pay for any meals when
absent over the week-ends or at any
other time.
YMCA RECEPTION
FOR RATS FRIDAY
'Amphi-Theatre" Will Be Scene of
Event For Freshmen
An informal reception will be giv­en
the new Freshmen Friday even­ing,
September 7, in the "ampi-thea-tre"
space between Ramsey Engineer­ing
Hall and the Alumni Gymnasium.
This event is being sponsored by the
YMCA and YWCA organizations on
the campus, given for the purpose of
entertaining the incoming Freshmen,
and aiding them if possible, in catch­ing
the real Auburn Spirit at the ear­liest
possible moment.
Notices of this event have been
placed in the hands of every Fresh­man,
who are urged to comply by be­ing
present on this occasion. Upper
classmen are especially requested to
bring their Rats to this affair, and co­operate
with the "Y" in getting the
rodents started right. Refreshments
will be served after hearing talks by
different "Y" workers.
Freshmen especially are urged to at­tend
this social; upperclassmen are
cordially invited, along with any
others interested. Should any par­ents
be on the campus at this time,
you are especially requested to attend
with your son or daughter. Upper­classmen:
remember that you are ex­pected
to bring your Rat.
Remember the time and place—and
come! This reception is for you.
GLOMERATA NOTICE
Both upperclassmen and fresh­men
are requested to refrain
from cutting any freshman's hair
until after the Glomerata pic­tures
are made . Photographs
for the annual will be made
starting one week hence.
JOE FORD,
Business Manager Glomerata
LARGE AUBURN
SUMMER SCHOOL
ENDS AUGUST 17
Biggest Graduating Class
History of College Gets
Diplomas
in
DR. KNAPP SENDS MESSAGE
Dean Judd Awards Diplomas
to Sixty-four Graduates
DR. BRADFORD A. KNAPP
GREETINGS
The doors of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute are opening
this week for a new school year. The Juniors of last year are
coming back as Seniors, the Sophomores as Juniors, the Freshmen
of last year become the Sophomores of the new year, and a new crop
of Freshmen are coming to Auburn for the first time. It is an in­teresting
and very important event, particularly in the lives of the
new students. On behalf of the whole Institution, I bid you welcome
to a year of good endeavor. If we could only improve ourselves, ex­pand
our own lives, and be able to think back on this coming year
when it is over as one of real accomplishment, it would be a great
thing. First, apply yourself to the task of getting your education;
second, enter into the spirit of the institution; ^nd third, keep your­self
clean and fine in the very highest development of your own
personalities as the best and most patriotic thing you can do for the
family back at home and for the institution of which you become
a part.
There is nothing finer than college spirit. Back the team. Feel
yourself a part of it. Be earnestly and loyally for Auburn and 1st
us help Auburn to be "right", in scholarship, in social contacts, in
its life and in its athletics. Finally, new pavement, painting and
buildings, and the general improvement which we are trying to do
ought to appeal to the student body and we trust it will. Let us try
to work together to make Auburn an attractive and inviting place.
I bid you all the most hearty welcome.
BRADFORD KNAPP,
President.
FIRST ISSUE OF
CAJ0LER COMES
OUT THIS WEEK
Leslie Sawyer Edits A New
Auburn Magazine
ART WORK IS FEATURED
Cover Design Is of Unusual
Merit Among College
Papers
This week marks the appearance
of The Cajoler, a new publication on
the campus. This magazine is unique
among college publications in the
fact that there are a number of ori­ginal
features. The general pre­cedent
of comics has been departed
from and humor has been combined
with literary and artistic features
that will insure a wide circulation for
the new comer.
According to a statement issued
by Leslie Sawyer, editor, the Cajoler
has already been acclaimed as an un­usual
piece of journalistic work by
design is one of unusual merit. A
literary and art critics. The cover
wide variety of art lends interest to
the pages.
Particularly interesting poems and
a galaxy of original humor are fea­tures
of the new magazine. It ap­pears
to be a well balanced publica­tion
worthy of the support of those
who enjoy clean and snappy litera­ture.
The staff consists ' of Leslie F.
Sawyer, editor; Jack E. McCleskey,
advertising manager; J. B. McMillan,
literature; J. B. McMurray, humor;
Rosser Alston, feature; K. E. Daugh-rity
and P. O. Davis, advisors. Those
in the business staff are: W. B.
Jones, P. W. Anderson, Carol Porter,
Niel D. Nolan, Roy Sellers, S. C.
Subers. Other members of the staff
are: Samuel H. Pope, L. T. Lee, Geo.
M. Collins, Ed Marty, L. A. Wingo,
Eugene L. Bothwell, Robert Blakey
and J. P. Parker.
STATION WAPI
BE MOVED TO
BIRMINGHAM
Will Be Ready For Operation
in October
INCREASED POWER USED
Radio station WAPI, formerly Au­burn,
Alabama, will be moved to Bir­mingham
and ready for operation in
October, according to officials of the
broadcasting department here. This
change is being instituted in order
to improve programs through being
able to secure better radio artists,
and to centrally locate the station in
the state.
The old broadcasting equipment of
1000 kilowatts, purchased two years
ago, will be sold and the new station
being installed will have a capacity
of 5000 kilowatts, which according to
engineers who have added improve­ments,
will be eighteen times as ef­ficient
as the old station. One studio
for the new sending station will be
installed in the second floor of the
Tutwiler at Birmingham, another in
Montgomery, and one retained at
Auburn.
The radio station to be installed
and operated by Alabama Polytechnic
Institute and the city of Birmingham
in the city will be sufficiently power­ful
to reach over most of the United
States and wil be as powerful as any
in the South with only one Southern
station equalling it, that being the
station at Nashville, declared P. O
Davis, of the agricultural extension
service of Auburn, principal speaker
at the Civitans Club luncheon at the
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NOTICE TO FRESHMEN
All Freshmen desiring to take
part in Plainsman activities dur­ing
the forthcoming year report
to the Phi Kappa Delta house,
316 E. Magnolia Avenue, at 7:30
Monday night.
With the largest Summer graduat-
I ing class in the history of Auburn,
j G4 degrees were conferred Friday Au-i
gust 17, by Dean Judd, director, at
I the commencement exercises marking
! the close of the Summer session.
Of this total of 64 there were nine
I graduate degrees which brought the
total number of diplomas issued this
year to 294. Of the 1,515 registered
for both terms of Summer session,
there were 1,084 different students.
Twenty-eight counties of Alabama
were represented by the graduates
with a number of them coming from
six other Southern states.
A message from President Bradford
Knapp, was read by Dean Judd. At
the suggestion of L. E. Creel, Superin­tendent
of Schools at Sheffield. and
seconded by J. W. Watson, of Opelika,
the graduating class adonW an ap­propriate
resolution in response to the
message of Dr. Knapp, This resolu­tion
was wired to the President at
Charlottesville.
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute
is not planning to suffer any diminu­tion
in its opportunity to continue the
training of teachers for the public
schools of Alabama, stated Dean Judd.
In addition, he said, "Auburn is con­tinuing
in the graduate field to pre­pare
principals and superintendents
for places of leaderships in the
schools of the state.
Dean Judd directed attention to a
bulletin published by the executive
council of the college voicing stren­uous
protest of the trustees and facul­ty
against the allocation by the State
Board of Education of the teacher-training
equalization fund.
Though it is not generally known,
he said, "Auburn is offering contin­ued
training for elementary teachers
after they have completed their work
at the regular normal schools."
Regarding the growth of the sum­mer
session Dean Judd pointed out
that in the beginning in 1913 no
work for the master's degree was of­fered,
but today this work constituted
one of the major divisions of the Sum­mer
session. In the beginning the en­rollment
was approximately' 100, this
Summer session 1,084 different stu­dents
hav«> enrolled in the various
courses. Of this enrollment 795 reg­istered
for the first term and 720 for
the second term, giving a gross en-
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FRESHMAN WEEK PROGRAM
IS ANNOUNCED BY COLLEGE
Many Interesting And Instructive Features
Provided for First-Year Men During
the Opening Week
PROGRAM
8:00- 9:30 A.M.
9:30-11:00
11:00-12:00
and
1:30- 3:30 P.M.
Auspices of
CITY ELECTION IN
AUBURN SEPT. 17
Dr. Yarbrough Is Candidate For
Re-election .
On Monday, Sept. 17, the voters
of Auburn will decide who will be
their mayor and councilmen for the
next two years. A municipal elec­tion
has been called for that date
and candidates are now before the
voters.
Dr. C. S. Yarbrough, present may­or
and who is the recognized leader
in the big improvement program at
Auburn, is a candidate to succeed
himself. He is opposed by W. D.
Copeland, prominent grocery mer­chant.
Five councilmen are to be
elected and five candidates are in
the running. They are Homer
Wright, W. D. Martin, Dr. B. B.
Ross, Prof. J. C. Grimes, Felton Little
and Albert Thomas. All are mem­bers
of the present council except
Prof. Grimes.
During the administration of Dr.
Yarbro«gh and the present council
most of the streets of Auburn have
been paved, sewage lines improved,
and other civic improvements made.
The people of the town have just
completed paving at a cost of $90,-
000.00 in addition to paving laid by
the State Highway Department along
state property. With this paving
complete Auburn is one of the best
paved little towns in Alabama.
3:30- 4:30
Thursday, September 6
Freshmen arrive and select boarding houses.—Committees will meet
trains.
Freshmen report to Langdon Hall to enroll and pay fees.
Friday, September 7
Devotional Exercises. Langdon Hall.
Address—President Knapp.
Tour of Buildings and Campus.
Y. M. C. A.
Assembly. Langdon Hall
The Auburn Man—Dean Petrie.
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute and its Schools—
(a) Agriculture—Dean M. J. Funchess.
(b) Engineering—Dean J. J. Wilmore.
(c) Academic Courses—Dean J. W. Scott.
(d) Architecture—Dean Frederic Biggin.
(e) Education—Dean Zebulon Judd.
(f) Chemistry and Pharmacy—Dean B. B. Ross.
(g) Veterinary Medicine—Dean C. A. Cary.
(h) Home Economics-—Miss Louise Glanton.
(i) R. O. T. C—Major J. T. Kennedy.
Divisional Conferences. For rooms, see below.
Student Activities-—Professor Daughrity and Com­mittee.
Honor Societies—Professor Baughman and Commit­tee.
Budgeting Time and Money—Dean Judd and Com­mittee.
Athletics (For Men)—Coach Bohler and Athletics
Staff. Langdon Hall.
Address (Women)—Miss Dobbs, Dean of Women.
Smith Hall.
Informal Reception to Freshmen. Auspices of
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
Saturday, September 8
Devotional Exercises. Langdon Hall.
Address—President Knapp.
Divisional Conferences." For rooms, see below.
College Regulations, Student Honor, and Announce­ments
Concerning Registration—Registrar Shi and
Committee.
Study—Dean Judd and Committee.
Note Taking—Dean Funchess and Committee.
The Library—Miss Martin and Committee.
Formal Registration of Freshmen. Rooms to be an­nounced.
Watch Varsity Football Practice.
Assembly. Langdon Hall.
College Spirit.
Yells and Songs.
Sunday, September 9
Sunday School at the local Churches.
Sermon-—Langdon Hall. Minister to be announced.
4:30
7:30
8:00- 9:30 A.M.
9:30-11:30
1:30- 4:30 P.M.
4:30-
7:30
9:30
11-00
6:00
A.M.
8:00- 9:30 A.M.
11:00-12:00
Monday, September 10
Placement Test in English.
Placement Test in Algebra.
Langdon Hall.
Langdon Hall.
Lesson Assignments and Announcements in
2:30- 3:00 P.M. Chemistry and Chemical Laboratory. Langdon Hall.
3:00- 3:30 Foreign Languages and Economic Organization.
Langdon Hall.
4:00- 5:00 R. O. T. C. Langdon Hall.
8:30-10:30 A.M.
10:30-11:00
Tuesday, September 11
Psychological Tests. Langdon Hall.
The Student's Health—Dr. B. F. Thomas.
Hall.
Langdon
Lesson Assignments and Announcements in
11:00-11:30 History and Current Events. Langdon Hall.
2:30- 3:00 P.M. Physical Training (men). Langdon Hall.
Physical Education (women). Smith Hall.
Home Economics. Smith Hall.
3:00- 4:00 Architecture, Freehand Drawing. Room 204.
Pharmacy. Pharmacy Building. •.
Veterinary Medicine. Veterinary Building.
4:00- 5:00 Corn, Zoology, Types. Auditorium, Comer Hall.
Shop, Mechanical Drawing, Heat Engines, Survey­ing,
and Engineering Problems. Langdon Hall.
Wednesday, September 12
Meet classes in accordance with schedule on registration card.
* * * * * *
*Rooms for Divisional Conferences:
1. General Courses—Room 301, Administration Building.
2. Home Economics—Y. W. Hut.
3. Agriculture—Auditorium, Comer Hall.
4. Education and Agricultural Education—Room 312, Administra­tion
Building .
5. Chemistry, Pharmacy, Pre-Medical—Chemical Laboratory.
6. Engineering—Langdon Hall.
7. Architecture—Room 204, Administration Building.
8. Veterinary Medicine—Veterinary Building.
Offices of the Deans
Academic Faculty—Dean J. W. Scott, 106 Adm. Building.
Agriculture—Dean M. J. Funchess, 102 Comer Hall.
Architecture—Dean Frederic Biggin, 203 Adm. Building.
Chemistry and Pharmacy—Dean B. B. Ross, Chemistry Bldg.
Education—Dean Zebulon Judd, 310 Adm. Building.
Engineering—Dean J. J. Wilmore, 209 Ramsay Hall.
Home Economics—Louise Glanton, Head Professor, Comer Hall.
Veterinary Medicine—Dean C. A. Cary, Veterinary Building.
Graduate Studies—Dean George Petrie, 303 Adm. Building.
GOV. SMITH TO GET
BULLETINS HERE
Nominee Will Keep in Touch With
Alabama Agriculture
Governor Alfred E. Smith, demo­cratic
nominee for president, is to
have an opportunity to study Ala­bama
agriculture. It will not be
done first-hand but through bulletins.
H. Heywood, Box 541, New Ha­ven,
Conn., has written the College
of Agriculture here asking that bul­letins
on dairy cattle, beef cattle,
other livestcck, grain, cotton, and
other subjects be sent direct to Gov­ernor
Smith. The request has been
granted.
NOTICE
All Freshmen who have sub­scribed
for The Cajoler are re­quested
to bring their slips when
they come to get their copy of
the first issue.
LESLIE SAWYER,
Editor.
HARRY WISE JOINS
RANKS OF MARRIED
Senior of Prominence Marries Miss
Dearman of York
Harry Wise, prominent Auburn stu­dent
and candidate for graduation
with the class of '29, was married Au­gust
21, to Miss Laura Dearman, of
York, Alabama. Both members of the
occasion were here this summer.
Wise is a member of the ALT Fra­ternity,
and a member of Phi Delta
Gamma and A Phi E honorary fra­ternities.
This session he will edit the
Alabama Farmer, agricultural publi­cation.
Miss Dearman spent the summer
in school here preparatory to teach­ing
this winter; she *""> had three
winters experience in teaching. She
is a graduate of Livingston State Nor­mal
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Wise will make their
home in Auburn, where both are ex­pecting
to engage in college activi­ties
during the coming winter.
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PAGE TWO
THE PLAINSMAN
Stye fllafttgmatt •*¥ AUBURN FOOTPRINTS «
Published weekly by the students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Aufaurn,
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
J. B. McMillan Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
Raymond DeArman, '29 _-Associate Editor
Harry Wise, '29 Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 - - Associate News Editor
J. E. Taylor, '30 Proofreader
G. D. Waits, '30 Ass't. Proofreader
Chas. Ingersoll, '29 Sports Editor
J. E. McLeskey, Ass't. Sports Editor
Annie Ross Fuller, '29 Co-ed Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 - - Exchange Editor
Posey Morton, '31 Humor Editor
Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor
REPORTERS
E. T. England, '30; Roy N. Sellers, '31;
Robert L. Hume, '31; Bob McConnell,
'31; White Matthews, '31; George Dun­can,
'31; Richard A. Jones, '31; John
Lewis, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; J. D.
Foy, '31; Murff Hawkins, '31; Alvin
McConnell, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr.
Carlos Moon, '31 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
A. C. Taylor, '30 Circulation Mgr.
G. W. Smith, '30 —-_--- Ass't. Cir. Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Ass't. Cir. Mgr.
M. Hawkins, '31 Circulation Dept.
J. L. Sellers, '31 Circulation Dept.
Geo. W. Postelle, '31 - - Circulation Dept.
WELCOME FRESHMEN
The Plainsman takes this means to cor­dially
welcome the incoming Freshmen—
the class of 1932—to the Aubur.n campus.
We sincerely believe you have cast your
lot with one of the very best colleges in
the land, and that you should never re­gret
your appearance here. No decision,
materially speaking, will prove more bene­ficial
to you, we trust, than the day you
decided to come to Auburn. So it is with
a feeling of brotherhood and friendship—
backed by the Auburn Spirit—that we ex­tend
to you this cordial welcome.
Auburn is a place for those who hold
the conviction that life has a worth-while
mission, and they are out for the very best
possible training in this line. We believe
you come here expecting to find an element
of this nature, not looking for a dose of
automatic education laid up in a capsule,
awaiting the taking. If this is your at­titude,
Auburn needs you—and we are cer­tainly
glad to have you.
The path may not extend as smoothly as
you'd like all the way; but you weren't ex­pecting
that. Times will come when the
way looks gloomy, and the board is ap­parently
being weilded too freely. Though
this is only, a customary step in college
life which all worthy freshman encounter.
"The day is darkest just before the dawn"
—remember this! If your surroundings
become seeming unbearable, you need only
to go to some sympathetic Frat brother, up­per-
classman or professor and receive the
counselling that will doubtless tide you
through.
There are too many interesting and
worth-while things in Auburn for any
freshman to leave them ere he has com­pleted
his training. Should you chance
to leave the campus prematurely, you have
robbed yourself of a worthy and efficient
training which now lies at your finger
tips,- and is yours for the asking. It is
merely up to you to do what you will with
it.
We urge you to busy yourself with the
things here on the campus that appeal to
you most, and that are really worth while.
The busy student is always content. Look
at the classes ahead of you; they have
found college life worth while, just as
you should and perhaps will. Four years
hence you should be able to look back over
these fleeting years of successful college
training. It is worthy while.
Freshmen, we welcome you.
FRATERNITIES
Many and unique are the problems that
confront the average freshman when he
enters Auburn this week. He is entering a
new and strange environment and is forced
to adjust himself to new and strange con­ditions.
Many perplexing problems sud­denly
thrust themselves before him for
solution. Not the least of these is the
fraternity question.
A large number of the freshmen will
receive invitations to affiliate with fra­ternities,
and will find it hard to make a
decision. This question is an important
one and should be setlled only after mature
thought. The college fraternity is a pecu­liar
adjunct of the American college, and
it seems to be a permanent one. That it
has its faults is obvious and unquestioned.
However its virtues appear to counteract
its faults. A system that is approved by
so many leading educators must have its
merits.
The fraternity is a substitute for a home
while the boy is in college. Of course it
has its idealistic purposes and character­istics,
but its practical influence is of
greatest importance. When the boy ac­cepts
a fraternity bid he chooses his close
associates for his entire college career.
This fact cannot be stressed too much.
Therefore he should make more than a su­perficial
examination of the fraternity be­fore
he accepts its bid. He should be sure
first of all that the ideals of the fraternity,
in actual practice, harmonize with his own
ideals. According to the accepted custom,
each chapter paints itself as being a group
of perfect young men. This is of course
fallacious, yet it always sounds good.
Therefore the freshman should consider his
bids with his eyes open.
Of course in the final analysis, there are
few differences between the various" fra­ternities.
They are mere units in a homo­genous
system, and are apparently very
muck alike. Albeit their differences are
minor, yet they are important. When one
has to live with a group of men for four
years it is important that the group be
congenial. Their ideals should be concord­ant.
If the freshman is a quiet studious
boy, he would be out of place with a group
of athletes, even though he may like the
looks of their house or their pin.
The superficial characteristics should be
ignored, and the essential characteristics
weighed before one makes a decision. After
the man leaves college it mjakes very
little difference what fraternity he be­longs
to, but while he is in college it is of
utmost importance that he be with a con­genial
group. Therefore we would advise
the freshman to use his reason and make
a rational decision when he has to refuse or
accept a bid, or choose among bids.
"IN THE LIMELIGHT"
This scholastic year at Auburn is one
bearing a heavy touch of newness—a new
president, a new coach, new faculty mem­bers,
new funds, and new students. There
are also-new eyes watching Auburn, eager
to learn the coming results of this year's
work. This institution is "in the limelight."
It is not easy to predict what Auburn's
record, one year hence will bear. But
it may be safely said that it will not be
covered with failures and disappointments.
Those who are interested and closely watch­ing
this colege are invited to share with us
the many complimentary remarks now
afloat concerning Auburn; the following
comment was taken from the Opelika Daily
News :
"Auburn College opens in another
week with every indication of record
breaking attendance and with the old
Auburn spirit at its zenith with the
new President, Dr. Knapp and Ath­letic
head Coach Bohler and every de­partment
of Alabama's greatest edu­cational
institution harmoniously for
Auburn's greatest year."
There is little doubt but that Auburn is
to experience a great year this session;
though those idly looking on will not make
it so! With the generalship of men like
President Knapp and Coach Bohler, no
likelihood of unprogressiveness can pre­vail.
Though these men cannot do all.
There is work for everybody—and when
each single individual has done his part,
the Auburn will be in line for rendering
the greatest possible efficiency.
Auburn is in the limelight; but idle
spectators never made an institution such
as ours. You have a mission in the ad­vancement
here—are you filling it?
A MESSAGE TO RATS—FROM THE
AUBURN Y. M. C. A.
The Auburn Y. M. C. A. welcomes the
incoming freshmen to the campus, en­deavoring
to serve these young aspirants
in any and every way possible. Freshmen,
the "Y" is an organization for you, com­posed
of members who were once identical
to your present status, and its paramount
issue is to serve students.
You have already met with a number of
"Y" officials, and have been entertained
by this organization. These "Y" workers
are endeavoring to acquaint you with Au­burn
and campus life in a friendly, chris­tian
way. Its duty is service, in which it
is hoped you have already been favorably
impressed.
If you have officially registered, you
are now in possession of a "Rat Bible."
This booklet was prepared at quite an
enormous amount of work and expense. It
is to serve as your campus "bible," and
should be studied carefully and diligently.
Much valuable information, which will be
of immense value to you, is contained
within its pages. Abusing this booklet is
merely traampling good will underfoot,
and it is not a wise practice for Rats.
The "Y" off ice,, which is headquarters
for the organization, the reading and re­creational
rooms are beneath Langdon
Hall. Daily papers and popular magazines
and weeklies are available for the students.
Music and games are also furnished. An
employment bureau, operating in connec­tion
with J. V. Brown, Alumni Secertary,
is functioning to aid students in securing
work; you are invited to call on this branch
of service.
The "Y" office is also headquarters for
student information. Here you may make
inquiry about any form of general infor­mation—
location of classrooms, offices of
deans, or other campus information. It is
the purpose of the "Y" to serve you in
this capacity whenever possible; make it a
point to be served here.
Discussion groups are conducted on the
campus by "Y" workers each session; you
are urged to participate in this phase of
college life. The personnel of the YMCA
Cabinet is as follows: Officers: Roy Sel­lers,
W. T. Edwards, Harry Cottier, J. W.
Stanton; Majors: George Stafford, Ho'ward
Smith; Captains: A. V. Blankenship, E. P.
Blocker, W. W. Bryant, J. R. Carreker, G.
J. Cottier, F. H. DuBose, A. B. Johnson,
C. R. LeCroy, T. H. LeCroy, A. L. Mor­rison,
J. D. Neeley, J. R. Parrish, R. A.
Sansing, Victor Savage, Jr., A. L. Smith,
C. L. Williamson, R. L. Hightower.
Y. M. C. A. officers elected last spring
by students are: Roy Sellers, President; W.
T. Edwards, Vice-President; Harry Cottier,
Secretary; J. W. Stanton, Treasurer.
You as freshmen are cordially urged to
call on the "Y" office and facilities when
you are in need. Remember that this is
your organization, maintained for the bet­ter
Christian principles and duties that are
plainly needed here on the campus.
FRESHMEN AND FOOTBALL
A thing of universal interest to the aver­age
college freshman is football. This
sport is usually well under way when the
rodents arive, and naturally claims their
attention first outside of class work. Col­lege
football is a Fall tonic that serves to
"keep things alive" around the campus, so
to speak. It is all well and good that new
students become thoroughly interested in
this great sport soon after they arrive—
why not?
This season Auburn is beginning a new
era in football. With a new coach who
has a new system, it means a promising
year. And, on the whole, football will for
the coming three months, claim not only
the interest of those who trod the campus,
but all real sport lovers as well.
Those students just entering Auburn
have no doubt heard much of the old Au­burn
Spirit; that, at least, is one element in
the football realm here that will not be
new. We sincerely hope the incoming
frosh will catch step with the real, true
Auburn Spirit and keep stride throughout
the remainder of their lives.
Someone has said that the old Auburn
Spirit is fading; this, we believe, is un­true.
And after the first fotball game
on the campus this season, no freshman
will bear that conviction. Auburn is still
very much alive with the Old Spirit; this
year it will be instilled into the entering
freshmen.
The freshman has a place in the circle
of football endeavors at college. He is
expected to support the team and maintain
the clean, wholesome attitude that accom­panies
this sport, and has followed it at
Auburn throughout the ages.
To the freshman we would say: Be a
football man!
The New Freedom And Responsibility
This new freedom attained by we mod­erns
has changed many of the ideals and
time honored customs of the past. Today
we are unhampered by the restraints of sex
or class. The don'ts of yesterday have
long age been forgotten. Most of the fail­ures
and weaknesses of the young people
of today may be attributed to the laxity
of modern parents, so some critics think.
On the other hand optimists and promoters
of the new freedom believe this to be the
most progressive generation of all time.
In it there is, they believe the nucleus of
a new civilization and a progress yet un­dreamed.
Beneath the surface such talk smacks
of cheapness, but deeper than this there
comes the tragedy, the sadness of the
breaking down of the old order of respect
and chivalry. Many of the adjudged weak­nesses
of the present generation may be
due to the laxity of the parents. Granting
that, may we of this new, higher type of
youth forget the responsibilities resting
upon our shoulders?
Certain of these burdens even we may
not pass over. There should be a feeling
of responsibility primarily to ourselves to
carry on and keep within the path alreadj
laid out for us; and secondarily to our
parents who have made possible, and who
have in most cases molded our lives into
what we now are. Today there is a ten­dency
to forget, probably not more promi­nent
than of years«before, but to make this
generation as epochal in the history of man
as optimists believe we can, never deli­berately
avoid our responsibilities to
Mother and the Governor.
"About the biggest joke we have heard
in many moons, here on the campus, is the
fact that a number of prospective Rats
on their way to Auburn mistook their des­tination
and alighted in Loachapoka."
The prevalence of Fraternities at Au­burn
proves what can be done with any
project once you create the idea that one
blackball is sufficient to keep any man
out of it. Twenty years ago there were
only a few fraternities on the campus.
Today there are three to a block.
Fraternities are what church going, class
lectures and convocation would be if these
three tasks were performed in the realms
of a sacred brotherhood with a little secret
ritual interposed. They are probably the
only organizations in which a man pays
an initiation fee for ordinary boarding
house privileges. These privileges are
made expensive enough for the moderately
rich to enjoy; and for those others not so
fortunate to covet.
After joining a lodge the candidate mul­tiplies
this initiation fee by two adds 10
and then writes Dad for a check to cover
the total amount.
The fraternity is an organization com­posed
of curious sounding titled officials
and a few individuals. Each official has a
specific purpose, and ultimately some get
to know what that purpose is. They are
exceptions.
Yet fraternities are a great thing. They
must be great. For there should be some
merit involved to account for the ever in­creasing
number each year.
* * * * *
Student: What will it cost me to have
my car fixed?
College Problems As Profs See Them
The current Bulletin of the American
Association of University Professors makes
reference to a series of investigations on
college problems that ought to be of in­terest
to every student. The investigators
studied the differences between the good
and poor students and tried to determine
the reasons for these differences. The con­clusions
at which they arrived after four
years of research are summed up in the
following points.
1. A distinctly greater number of poor
than good students report physical handi­caps
or poor health.
2. More of the poor than of the good
students are earning their way, wholly or
in part during the school year.
3. Poor students lack a routine of
work; they do not plan their time or have
any regular work habits.
4. Poor students fail to read selectively
and to make us of reading aids, such as
topic headings, summaries, graphs; they
also make less use of the dictionary.
5. Good students are distinguished by
the greater systemization and organization
of their notes, in both reading and lecture.
6. Good students review more often,
and in particular they review selectively
with reference to the weak spots instead
of going over all the material indiscrimi­nately.
7. Poor students are frequently defi­cient
in the mechanics of English "compo­sition.
These conclusions are a good mirror into
which every student ought to look with a
view of determining wherein he falls short
and wherein he can improve his own
methods of college life and conduct.
The age of descretion is that at when
the young college graduate begins to
realize that the weeping done at a wedding
is not always an expression of sympathy
for the bride.
—Crofton.
I drank with many companions and kiss­ed
many women. But the women were
harlots and the companions wretched
scoundrels. They took my money and ate
my bread, they drank my wine, and poured
poison into my cup.
—The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
For when a man once disregards the
disgrace of his actions and is willing to
have the contempt of society, no path of
lawlessness is thereafter taboo to him; but
with unflinching countenance he advances
easily and without a scruple, to acts of
the deepest infamy.-
—Procopues' Secret History.
They did not understand a single word
of what he* was saying, but that made no
matter, for they put their heads on one
side, and looked wise, which is quite as
good as understanding a thing, and very
much easier.
-^Oscar Wilde.
In truth, history is but a picture of
crises and calamities. On these vast stages
the crowd of peaceful, innocent men always
disappear. The protagonists are but am­bitious
miscreants. History, it seems, is
like tragedy, which grows dull if it be not
quickened by passion, crime and great ad­versity.
—Voltaire.
Oh! If we must have fables, let those
fables at least be emblematical of truth.
—Voltaire.
Garage Man: What's the matter with it?
Student: I don't know.
Garage Man: Fifty-two dollars and sixty
cents.
* * * * *
Homesick Rat (as he saw large crane
flying over): "Do me a favor, Mistre
Stork—take me home."
SJ: >ft * • *
"Poor Harry!"
'"Smatter now?"
"He was run off the campus of the float­ing
university.
* * * * *
"We have be* married twenty years to­day,
John."
"Yes, for twenty years we have
fought—"
"What!"
"—life's battles together, Martha."
* * * * *
Myrtlelle: My folks are going to send
me to a finishing school.
Myldred: Mine can't manage me either.
* * * * *
"Do you know anything about farming?"
"Well, I know how to complain about
the weather."
* * * * *
Temperance Lecturer: Yes, my friends,
drink is a curse. If all. the public houses
were at the bottom of the sea, what would
be the result?
Voice from the Crowd: A lot of people
would be drowned.
Book Review
THE SILVER CORD
By Sidney Howard
Shaw contends that a child's love for
its parents is superfluous, and that re­production
is the fundamental responsibility
of man and wife. Sidney Howard ad­vances
still further with the theme that
"mother love" might even prove disastrous.
Truly, in "the Silver Cord, the mother mis­construes
maternal devotion, and conse­quently
binds her sons so strongly with the
silver cord.
David Phelps is the favorite son, and
finds it impossible to apportion- his love
equally to his mother and to Christina,
his wife. Mrs. Phelps contentiously re­iterates
her fear of losing her entire grip
on the hearts of her "two fine boys."
Christina contends for only her share of de­votion.
But David, the fought-over, is one
of those deliberately dazed persons, and in­sists
that neither of them "make a moun­tain
out of a mole hill." . . . .
Robin, the younger son, acclaims his
love for Hester, who dispassionately re­turns
it. Now, Mrs. Phelps is unable to
bear the visualization of any one else reap­ing
the fruits from her toil of parenthood.
And so that's why we have a play.
Mrs. Phelps prompts her precious Robin
to sever his engagement to Hester. He
does. His mother continues to annoy Hes­ter
until she, in an effort to rid herself
of the miserable Mrs. Phelps, attempts a
departure at night, during which falls vic­tim
to a hole in the ice.
As Christina, who is innately in sym­pathy
with Hester, yells for help . . . .
As Hester is almost d r o w n i n g . . ..
(and as one intellectual progeny in the
audience wonders if Hester has a wooden
leg, and if it will consequently make her
float) . . . .
And as David and Robin rush to the
rescue . . . .
As all this happens, Mrs. Phelps cries
pitifully for "her darling boys to get their
coats or they'll catch cold."
Christina's speech in the third act pre­sents
a discussion of various types of love,
containing the theme of the play. The
climax is reached when she, at the end of
her lines, demands that David choose be­tween
herself and Mrs. Phelps. Robin is
bade to do likewise. Christina and Hester
go out. Exit David.
Mrs. Phelps caresses Robin as the cur­tain
falls, the silver cord being too strong
a tie.
The play is presented by the Theatre
Guild Reperator Company, and is the win­ner
of the Pulitzer prize. Florence Eld-ridge
and George Gaul are the leading
players, the former being one of the most
prominent of Broadway's younger ac­tresses.
Mr. Gaul has lead many success­ful
plays.
Reviewed by "Sir Tristram."
SURCEASE
Each morning God creates anew
The fragrance of the rose
And writes earth's tears in crystal dew
For daybreak to disclose.
Then shall He not more readily
Our shattered dreams renew
And turn your tears to joy in me
And mine to peace in you?
—Helen Frazee Bower.
For men who are fortunate all life is
short, but for those who fall into misery
one night is infinite time.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
<By lupiter <]. Thiuius
ANOTHER SESSION has begun. In
a way it is just like all sessions.
The freshmen are the usual species.
The old men haven't changed any during
Ihe summer. However there is a differ­ence.
Changes have ^ taken place at Au­burn.
Physical changes and other changes,
more intangible. Streets are paved, new
buildings are going up, a new theatre
adorns the city, a new president is in the
old office. A progressive, let's-improve-
Auburn president. A new coach is out
on Drake field putting the football squad
through the preliminaries. A coach who
has put out winning teams and who
promises to put out more winning teams.
Others changes, more felt than seen are
evident. There is a spirit of awakening in
the air. A feeling such as one has in the
morning just after waking when things
are not quite clear, but everything looks
bright. Rumors are flying about like
wasps. Everybody knows something else
that the new president is going to do.
Something different.
* * * * A-Advance
guards of all the fraternities
are warming up their vocal organs to con­vince
freshmen how good their lodges are.
More coats are being worn this week than
will be worn all winter—and a few vests!
Scared freshmen are wondering if they
wil get bids and scared fraternities are
wondering if they will get freshmen. Thus
it goes. Rumors about a new location for
Fraternity Row are frequently heard. Ru­mors
about new rules and regulations. Ru­mors
and rumors.
There seems to be much interest in Au­burn
on the part of the people of the state.
Everywhere one is asked about the pros­pects
and future of the school. Such an
increase of popular interest is sure to be
helpful to the school. More men will be
attracted to Auburn and the school's back­ing
will be strengthened. Which is not
undesirable. The increased financial back­ing,
the new president, the new head coach,
the expansion and improvement program,
the interest of the people—all will go to
make Auburn the school that it should be.
* * * * *
ANEW PUBLICATION has appeared
on the campus, the Cajoler. It is
a semi-humorous magazine which
promises to be the collegiate Vanjty Fair
of the south. The magazine is commend­able.
Art work is especially good, and the
cover design is very attractive. Leslie
Sawyer is to be congratulated upon his
first issue. With the appearance of the
Cajoler, Auburn takes her place among
the leading schools of the south in the
field of publications. The publishing of
the Plainsman twice a week is another
step forward in the publications field.
However it is not especially cheering to
poor overworked columnists who have a
hard enough time filling a column once a
week.
* * * * *
Joe Ford and T. S. Christopher were on
hand Thursday morning passing around
handbills and little signs. It seems that
they are interested in getting out the
Glomerata on time. With such an early
start and such an energetic start, that
pair ought to do things with the annual
this year.
ONE VERSION
I think that Mary Magdalene .
Was just a woman who went to dine,
And her jewels covered her empty heart
And her gown was the color of wine.
I think that Mary Magdalene
Sat by a stranger with shining head
"Haven't we met somewhere?" she asked.
Magdalene,—Mary, he said.
I think that Mary Magdalene
Fell at his feet and called his name,
Sat at his feet and wept her woe
And rose up clean of shame.
Nobody knew but Magdalene,
Mary the woman who went to dine,
Nobody saw how he broke the bread
And poured for her peace the wine.
This is the story of Magdalene;
It's not the tale the Apostles tell,
But I know the woman it happened to—
I know the woman well.
Leonora Speyer.
Every day in a dairy way we are getting
butter and butter.
One can easily see where those came
from who gaze and gaze at the electric
marquise in front of the new Tiger Thea­tre
every evening. No our town has no
electric signs either.
If happiness be the aim of life; of what
use is education unless it makes for happi­ness?
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
INFORMATION OF INTEREST TO
STUDENTS AT ALABAMA POLY.
College Regulations
The government of the college is
administered by the president and
the faculty in accordance with the
code of laws and regulations enacted
by the trustees.
Each student by the act of regis­tration
obligates himself to obey all
rules of the college.
Late Registration
Registration after class work be­gins
involves additional administra­tive
work and seriously affects the
work of the student. An additional
fee of $1.00 per day will be charged
for each day registration for the first
semester is delayed beyond September
11, the maximum charge for late reg­istration
being fixed at $5.00. The of­ficial
registration period for the sec­ond
semester closes at noon, January
26. An extra fee of $5.00 will be
charged for registration on January
28 and an additional fee of $1.00 per
day will be charged for each day reg­istration
is deferred beyond this date,
the maximum charge for late regis­tration
for the second semester being
be made to these regulations.
Penalty For Absences
Students who have excessive ab­sences
must Jake additional courses be­fore
graduating. One semester hour
will be required for each sixteen un-excused
absences and major fraction
thereof, counting absences in all sub
jects including convocation. Each ab
sence incurred within three days be
fore and three days after an official
college holiday will be counted as two
absences. The following are the of­ficial
holidays, as listed in the cata­logue:
Thanksgiving, Christmas, Feb­ruary
22, and May 1.
Absences from class on and after
the opening day of the second semes­ter,
due to late registration on the
part of first semester students, will
count the same as other absences.
Twenty Per Cent Rule
When a student has unexcused ab­sences
equal to ten per cent of the
total number of class or laboratory
periods in a subject during the se­mester,
he will be warned and his
guardian notified. When his ab-fixed
at $10.00. No exceptions will; sences, excused and unexcused, equal
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twenty per cent of the periods sched­uled
for the semester, he will be drop­ped
by the instructor, and required to
repeat the course before receiving
credit. If the student's work is there­by
reduced below the minimum num­ber
of hours required, the student will
be directed to withdraw from the col­lege
upon the recommendation of his
dean.
Excused Absences
Absences may be excused provided
they are due to sickness of the stu­dent
as reported by the surgeon to the
registrar, serious illness in the im­mediate
family of the student requir­ing
him to leave college, or to leave
of absence granted to the student as
a representative of the college on ap­plication
properly approved and filed
in the registrar's office.
In cases of illness the executive
council shall have the right to show
the student further consideration, but
no student will be allowed to remain
in a class if his absences amount to
thirty per cent, although all may be
excused.
Grades in Subjects Dropped
A subject dropped under the
"twenty percent rule" or a subject
dropped on request of the student
after the fourth week of a semester
will be recorded in the Registrar's of­fice
and scored as a zero in casting
average of grades. Exceptions only
as authorized by the Executive Coun­cil.
Leave of Absence
No students except seniors have
permission to leave Auburn unless
their application is approved by the
registrar. Seniors must also have
the registrar's approval if they miss
any college duty while away from
Auburn. These regulations do not
apply to visiting Opelika, unless col­lege
work is missed.
Sickness
The surgeon is present at the col­lege
daily and will visit the students
who are reported sick.
No student will be excused for
sickness unless the surgeon is notified
when the student is ill.
Probation
A student shall be placed on pro­bation
when he has passed on fewer
than eleven hours of work. The stu­dent
stays on probation until the next
regular reports are made, when, first,
his probation will be removed if he
passes on eleven or more credit hours
of work, second, his resignation will
be requested if he does not pass at
least eleven hours of work.
Eligibility for Student Activities
No student will be permitted to
engage in athletics or other student
activities who (1) is on probation or
(2) who has not taken the examina­tions
and passed at least eleven hours
of his preceding semester's work.
Change in Course
Students who change from one de­gree
course to another will be re­quired
to make up, satisfactory to
the head of the departments concern­ed,
all work in the new course that
they have not had. In classifying a
student transferring from one course
to another requiring fewer hours, a
year's credit in the former course
will not carry more than a year's
credit in the course to which the stu­dent
transfers. A student is required
to have the approval of his dean be­fore
changing his program of studies.
Absences will not be excused if a
subject is dropped without the dean's
| permission.
Late Enrollment
After the third week of a semester
no student will be permitted to ma­triculate
in college or to enroll in a
new subject except by permission of
the executive council.
The load of a student who regis­ters
after the first week will be re­duced
one semester hour for each
week registration is delayed.
Classification
A student will be promoted to the
next class on passing eleven hours
of the work required by the cata­logue
for the year in which he is reg­istered
subject to the following pro­visions:
(1) In arranging the course for
each year the student should first
schedule the incomplete work of the
lower classes; (2) No student will be
be classed as junior or senior who is
more than fourteen semester hours
behind in the work prescribed for the
preceding years of his course.
Examinations and Reports
At the end of each semester writ­ten
examinations are held on the
studies passed over that semester.
Reports giving the grades made by
each student are sent to the parent
or guardian.
Students must pass on each se­mester's
work. In order to do this
they must make 60 (Graduates 75)
on the combination of class standing
and examinations. Each professor
may combine the class standing and
the examination grade in any pro­portion
he chooses.
No fee is charged students taking
examinations at regular semester ex­amination
periods. To take an ex­amination
at any other regularly
scheduled time the student must se­cure
a card from the registrar and
pay a fee of $2.00 for each subject,
the maximum charge at any regular
period for such examination being
fixed at $5.00.
A fee of $5.00 is charged for each
examination given at a time other
than the regularly scheduled exam­ination
period.
A student whose semester grade
falls below 60 will be required to re­peat
the semester's work in that sub­ject
in class.
Schedule of Reports and Examinations
Sept. 24-29—Re-examinations.
Oct. 20—Grades of deficient stu­dents
reported.
Nov. 24—Mid-semester grades re­ported.
Jan. 18—First semester examina­tions
begin, 8:30 A. M.
April 1—Mid-semester grades re­ported.
May 22—Second semester exam­inations
begin.
Probation
A student shall be placed on pro­bation
when the reports show that he
has pased on fewer than eleven se­mester
hours of his work. Probation
notices wil be sent to the student and
to the parent or guardian. The stu­dent
will remain on probation until
the next regular reports are made,
when (1) his probation will be re­moved
if he passes on eleven or more
credit hours of his work, (2) his re­signation
will be requested if he does
not pass at least eleven hours of
work.
Requirements for Graduation
Candidates for graduation must
complete one of the prescribed de­gree
courses with grades which will
give at least as many quality points
as twice the number of semester
hours required for the degree.
The minimum passing grade is 60.
Quality points are assigned to grades
in accordance with the following
scale.
Grades 95-100, 5 quality points for
each semester hours.
Grades 90-94, 4 quality points for
each semester hour.
Grades 80-89, 3 quality points for
each semester hour.
Grades 70-79, 2 quality points for
each semester hour.
Distinctions and Honors
Students in any class whose quality
points amount to 90 per cent of the
maximum number possible for their
class are published as having attained
highest distinction. Those whose
quality points amount to 75 per cent
of the maximum number possible for
their class are published as having at­tained
distinction.
Graduation with honors is depend-
ALABAMA LIMESTONE
BE USED IN BUILDING
Alabama limestone will be used in
the Extension Service building now
now under construction here. The
original specifications of the archi­tects
called for Indiana limestone but
at the request of Dr. Bradford Knapp,
president, Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
and Prof. L. N. Duncan, di­rector,
Alabama Extension Service,
Alabama limestone was substituted
for it. The request was made in or­der
to use an Alabama product.
ent upon the accumulation of points
throughout the course. Seniors who
attain 90 per cent of the maximum
number of points posible for the en­tire
course are published as Graduates
With Highest Honor. Seniors who
attain 75 per cent of the maximum
number pf points possible for the en­tire
course are published as Gradu­ates
With Honor. Seniors who meet
the graduation requirements but do
not attain honors, are published as
Graduates.
The limestone will come from the
quarries of Franklin County which is
Mr. Duncan's home county. The
quality of it is said to be equal to
that of limestone quarried in other
states.
This change from Indiana to Ala­bama
limestone is in line with a state­wide
movement to use Alabama prod­ucts
within the state. The Extension
Service has sponsored this movement
in cooperation with the organized
farmers and also with the business
men of Birmingham, the large indus­trial
corporation of that city having
been very active for more than two
years to popularize the consumption
of Alabama products within the state.
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Forty-five Football Candidates Report For Initial Practice Monday Afternoon
SQUAD COMPRISED OF 8 LETTER
MEN AND 37 SCRUBS AND SOPHS.
Uniforms And Equipment Issued to Candidates
Monday Morning
By Dick Jones
Monday the Tigers went through
the first stages of this season's train­ing
with 8 veterans and 37 scrubs
and graduates of the Freshman squad
present and in uniforms. The days
work began with a total of 45 men
going through various exercises and
listening to rules and suggestions.
The men were put through a very
stiff workout considering the fact that
it was the first practice of the seas-son.
Practice was not held in the
morning on account of the weather,
but was spent issuing uniforms. The
activities of the afternoon consisted
of limbering up exercise first, then
the coaches passed out footballs, and
the rest of the evening was spent
punting and passing.
The 8 of last year's letter men pres­ent
the first day were: Capt. "Nick"
Carter, Alternate Captain, Rupert In­gram
and "Shorty" Long, were the
Clinesmen, and the backs were, Jim
Crawford, "Stumpy" Granger, Ed
Peake, Frank Tuxworth and Porter
Callahan. The 37 scrubs and Sopho­mores
thaj; were in uniforms were:
Howard Chappelle, Charlie Densi-more,
Frank DuBose, "Hamp" Green,
Billy Hill, "Hog" Manley, Jack Mc-
Leskey, John Moseley, Sam Robinson,
C. L. Schlich, Winston Sheehan,
Crowe, J. H. Gerber, W. R. Kirk-wood,
W. J. Sindo, A. L. Smith, H. S.
Taylor, Paul White, Gus Wingo,
"Fony" Yarbrough, Carl Creel, C. E.
Marty, Ellis Shannon, Alvin Nolan,
"Chink" Cosper, Dunnam Harkins, H.
J. Jones, J. W. Wilson, Grady Long,
Claude Frazier, R. A. Culpepper, W.
M. Burt, L. N. Chamblee, Travis
Brown, C. E. Young, Bell Callum and
H. D. Moseley.
At present the coaches of the Plains­men
are far from being pessimistic,
but are optimistic and settling down to
the grind early in order to get the
best results possible. While the show­ing
of the team depends largely on
how quick the members pick up Coach
TIGER CAPTAIN
EX-TIGER COACH
AT GREENSBORO
"Nurmi" Nelson to Have Charge of
Athletics at Southern Methodist
Academy
"NICK" CARTER
Who is to Captain Coach Bohler's
Auburn Tigers This Fall
Leon Lavert "Nurmi" Nelson, mem­ber
of Coach Wilbur Hutsell's Tiger
track team for four seasons and
quarter-back on the 1926 fotoball
eleven, left Auburn Wednesday to
take up his new position as athletic
director at the newly endowed private
institution, the Southern Methodist
Academy, Greensboro, Ala.
Nelson coached last season at Ma-lone
High, Malone, Fla., and left a
very impressive record his first year
as coach. He turned out winning
teams in all three sports.
Coach Bohler to
Begin First Year
As Tiger Coach
Bohler Comes to Auburn From
Mississippi College Where He
Leaves Good Record
Bohler's system, the fine record made
by Mississippi College for the past
few years leads the hopeful Auburn-ites
to believe that Bohler with a lit­tle
time can lead them out in front.
The present material is neither very
promising nor abundant, but is suf­ficient
to make a fair showing and
should be capable of giving all oppon­ents
strong competition.
Coach Bohler, Auburn's new men­tor,
who took over the reins in spring
training, and who was on the job early
Monday morning, came to Auburn
from Mississippi College bringing with
him a clean record and new Fresh­man
Coach, Coach Lee, to work with
Coach "Slick" Moulton. Coach Lee
is a graduate of Mississippi College,
where he played four major sports
under Coach Bohler. Lee will work
with "Slick" Moulton coaching the
"Rat" teams to introduce Bohler's
system.
Men lost from graduation and other
causes are: Captain "Pop" Paterson,
Andress, Shotts, Burns, Pearce,
Adams, Bogue, E. Carter, Ellis, Hart-selle,
Hodges, Turner and Fisher. The
gaps left by Paterson, Andress and
Burns will be hard to fill. Shott's de­fensive
work in the backfield will like­ly
be missed also, but with several
fullbacks available, this should not be
any matter for much worry for Coach
Bohler and his corps of assistants.
Harkins of last year's Freshman
team, is expected to give Joe Burt
and Hamp Green a close run for the
place left vacant by "Pop" Paterson.
Grady Long and big Turner are two
husky forwards that may hold forth
in Andress' place at one guard posi­tion
while it looks as though Pete
Spinks has a heavy line on the other
side of the snapper-back. Sheehan,
Dreaden and "Rat" Carter, all of last
year's Freshman team, are a trio of
guards that will be in the fray all the
way.
Auburn opens the schedule with
Birmingham Southern in Montgom­ery,
at Crampton Bowl, Sept: 28. This
game will be the first to ever be play­ed
in the conference at night . On
account of the severe heat early in the
season this should prove beneficial to
both teams. All arrangements have
been made to have the field well il­luminated.
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the same field by high schools.
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The curtain rose on the first foot­ball
workout Monday afternoon under
the direction of Coach G. M. Bohler.
The new Tiger mentor took up his
official duties here March 15 last and
has spent the intervening time in or­ganizing
his work for the fall term.
Coach Bohler comes to Auburn
from Mississippi College where he
had an unusually high record. The
work that he has already started here
proves that his general style, and
methods mark him as a trained ath­lete
and coach of the first order.
A telegram was recently received
by the Director of Athletics from
Mike Papke, former basketball coach
at Auburn stating that he would not
return for another year as coach. He
has definitely decided' to complete his
studies in medicine. Mr. Papke has
only two years more of study before
he will receive his doctors degree.
Although the loss of Coach Mike
will be sorely felt on the plains, the
coaching staff has been strengthened
for the coming season. Assisting
Coach Bohler are "Boozer" Pitts, R.
C. "Red" Brown, Wilbur Hutsell, and
Burnham "Sheriff" Lee. Coach Lee
is a new man on the Orange and Blue
staff and comes with Coach Bohler
from Mississippi College.
During the 1928 season there will
be no freshman coach under the new
arrangement. It is planned that all
members of the staff will give much
time to the freshmen squad. The
same method will apply to the varsity.
During the summer Coach Bohler
and assistants have facilitated the
congestion at the gym. The supply
room has been moved from the first
floor to the basement. The floor has
been removed from the swimming
pool and additional dressing rooms
EUIL "SNITZ" SNIDER
The Tiger stock was boosted
considerably by the return of
Snitz Snider, holder of many
Southern and national honors on
the cinder path. Snider is in the
best of physical condition and
has gained a great deal of weight
while overseas with the Olympic
team. He made his debut on
the Auburn football team of
1926, being known as one of the
fastest men in the South to carry
the old pigskin. The Olympics
are over now and Snitz is out to
do in one year what he would
have done in two had he not been
saved as material.
Bradford Knapp Strong
Supporter of Athletics
TIGER THEATRE
OPENS MONDAY
With resumption of 1928-29 ses­sion
of Auburn college, is the formal
announcement of the opening to the
public of the college city's latest mod­ern
enterprise, the new Tiger Thea­tre
on Monday, September 3rd.
The Thomas Estate built this build­ing
which is one of the most complete
in elegant appointments in the state
and leasees, Messrs. Wilby and Rog­ers,
of The Tiger, have a theatre that
will class with the largest cities.
The theatre management consists
of R. B. Wilby, of Atlanta, one of
the largest theatre operators in the
south, and Foreman A. Rogers, part­ner
of Mr. Wilby in The Tiger, who
are to be found in a new temporary has been in active charge of the old
structure at the right of the gymna­sium.
The new dressing rooms, al­though
not completed are furnished
with lockers and other necessary fea­tures
for the convenience and com­fort
of the teams.
A vast amount of new equipment
has been secured. New uniforms
have been purchased and old ones
renovated. The entire athletic plant
has been reconditioned. The old sup­ply
room will be fitted up for boxing
and wrestling.
Two members of the present coach­ing
staff are starting the season new.
Coach ' Bohler and Lee are in their
first year here; Coaches Pitts, Hut-sell
and Brown have been identified
with tiger teams for a number of
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Tiger the past two years, continues
in charge of their splendid new Tiger
Theatre.
The building and theatre equip­ment
erected at a cost of some sixty
thousand dollars evidences very
strongly the faith in the growth and
bright future of this section of the
state. It is important news that
within the next three years three
quarters of a million dollars will be
expended in college building expan­sion
for this great institution. It's
another forward step for Auburn and
East Alabama and is in line with the
continued progress of the isster cities,
Opelika and Auburn for several years
past. And this faith and vision of
the future progress of the two cities
is what makes the residents of the
sister cities optimistic, bright, cheer­ful
and satisfied that there are no
j better towns anywhere in the state
or south.
Wherever the Auburn Tigers ap­pear
in a football game this fall there
is one person who will have his eyes
on them and a keen interest in the
outcome of the game. Only an emer­gency
can keep him away. He may
be in the bleachers with the students,
he may be on the sidelines, or he may
appear on the field. This person is
none other than Dr. Bradford Knapp,
new president of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute.
Dr. Knapp has made known his
plans to this effect. He is a firm
believer in college athletics. Of
course he wants to see Auburn win
but he frankly says that he is much
more concerned about clean athletics
and "playing the game" than he is
in winning. He means that good
sportsmanship is better than winning,
although winning is very pleasing
I and greatly desired. Development
of young men of the highest charac­ter
and of worthy ambitions and
ideals is paramount, he says.
Although Dr. Knapp is a genuine
sportsman and athletic fan it is his
policy for a college to run athletics
rather than have athletics run the
college. This means that with him
football and other sports are a part
of the student's affairs and should be
conducted accordingly. There will be
time for sports but there will be more
time for study, for classwork, and for
social life—because these are essen­tials
in college life.
Although enthusiastic about ath­letics
he reminds students in talking
with him and to them that the real
reason why they attend college is to
get an education and that he who
fails to get an education is a failure
even though he may be a hero in ath­letics.
Education with him does not
mean merely facts but character
which will cause young men and
young women to conduct themselves
right and do right under all condi­tions
and circumstances.
"We must not overlook," said he,
"the strategic position of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute in the
economic, social, and religious life
of Alabama. Auburn is the corner­stone
of education, agriculture, and
industry in this great state. We are
training young men and young wo­men
to be leaders—to push forward
in education and in the proper de­velopment
of our great resources.
Our system of study and i-ecreation
at Auburn must be such as to keep
these essentials before us."
On September 28 Dr. Knapp will
have his first opportunity to see an
Auburn football squad in action. A
coincident of the game will be that
while it will be his first Auburn game
it will be also the first college game
in- the South played at night. It will
be the game between Auburn and
Birmingham Southern College in
Montgomery, Friday night, Septem­ber
28.
Eight days later Auburn will meet
Clemson on the campus at Auburn.
On October 13 Auburn will play the
University of Florida at Gainesville,
Fla.; on October 20, the University of
Mississippi in Birmingham; October
27, Howard College at Auburn; Nov­ember
3, the University of Georgia at
Columbus; November 10, Tulane at
New Orleans; November 17, Mississ­ippi
A. & M. at Birmingham; and
November 29, Georgia Tech. in At­lanta.
It is a difficult schedule facing the
Orange and Blue outfit, but Coach
George M. Bohler and staff are mak­ing
plans to make the best of the
situation.
Another interesting fact about Dr.
Knapp is that he was a member of
the first football team Vanderbilt
University turned out. It was the
team of 1891 which played only one
collegiate game that season. The
next year, 1892, Vanderbilt played
two games with Sewanee and two
with Washington University at St.
Louis. In those days teams played
return games.
Dr. Knapp played guard and
tackle. His team had no coach. He
modestly admits that he was manager
of his team his senior year—that of
1892. Then he admitted that being
manager was not such a big job as it
is now but that he had some duties
to perform. On being questioned
further he let it be known that his
main duty was to take up collection
to defray traveling expenses when­ever
the team went on a trip. Each
man bought his own uniform and
other equipment, but he had to hustle
around and see about cash to buy
railroad tickets and food and rent
a room while away from home.
1928 Football Schedule
f^ept. 28—Birmingham Southern
Oct. 6—Clemson (Home coming)
lSV-Florida
20-—U. of Mississippi
27—Howard
3—U. of Georgia
10—Tulane
17—Mississippi A. & M.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov. 29—Georgia Tech.
—Montgomery (Night game)
—Auburn
—Jacksonville
—Birmingham
—Auburn
—Columbus
—New Orleans
—Birmingham
—Atlanta
John (Barleycorn) Shirey, all-
Southern Auburn football star has
returned to Auburn for the coming
school term and will work toward his
master's degree.
Shirey graduated from Auburn in
the Spring of 1923 and since his grad­uation
has coached high school elev­ens
and for one year he was assist­ant
football mentor at Howard Payne
College in Texas. John was a mem­ber
of the last winning team that Au­burn
produced, being a member of
the famous 1922 machine that ran
roughshod over all opponents except
the mighty Golden Tornado from
Georgia Tech.
It is not known for sui-e whether
Shirey will assist with the 1928 foot­ballers
or not but his presence will
be a great help, especially to the
punters as he was one of the best toe
artists that the South has ever pro­duced.
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THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
THIRTEEN OUTSTANDING YOUTHS
ON THE SOUTHERN RIFLE TEAM
Thirteen outstanding Southern boys,
the pick of four youthful residents of
North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Missis­sippi,
and Louisiana who attended this
Summer's Citizens' Military Training
Camps, will uphold the rifle shooting
supremacy of the South against crack
shots from all parts of the United
States at the National Rifle Matches
to be held August 26 to September
16 at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Major-General Richmond P. Davis,
commanding the Fourth Corps Area,
at Fort McPherson here, under whose
supervision the C. M. T. C. Camps
were held, selected the thirteen as the
choice, among the four thousand, it
was said at Army headquarters, be­cause
of their "markedly good charac­ter,
sense of responsibility, and abili­ty
to become proficient as instructors
in rifle practice."
Besides forming the Fourth Corps
Area C. M. T. C. Rifle Team which
will meet the C. M. T. C. teams from
all over the country for the National
rifle honors, the Southern youths will
toe the firing line with sharpshooters
of the Regular Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, and civilian shooting clubs,
many of them marksmen of internat­ional
fame.
No less than two thousand of Amer­ica's
leading rifle and pistol experts
will participate in the big carnival of
shooting events arranged by the Nat­ional
Rifle Association. Handsome
and valuable prizes and others of uni­que
value, such as i,-~ autographed
letter of President Coolidge, have
been offered in profusion for the num­erous
matches.
Four of the Southern C. M. T. C.
riflemen are veterans of the team that
represented the Fourth Corps Area
last year at Camp Perry,. They are
Jackson H. Barnett, Jr., 19, of 1905
Duncan Avenue, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
a Blue Course graduate at Fort Ogle­thorpe,
Ga.; Johnny Jenkins, 19, of
Paris, Tenn., a White Course student
at Camp McCellan, Ala.; Worley E.
Phipps, 20, of Virginia Ave., Bristol,
Tenn., a Red Course candidate at Fort
Oglethorpe and Bill Thompson, 19, of
Ii41 E. Railroad Ave., Eastman, Ga.,
a White Course graduate at Fort
Moultrie S. C.
The other nine are E. Virgal Ab-rams,
19, of 44 Academy Street, Clin­ton,
S. C, a first-year student at Fort
Bragg, N. C ; James E. Bethea, 21
of Tallulah, La., a White Course grau-
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For the ninth consecutive year the
R. O. T. C. unit of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute has received the high­est
rating by the War Department.
Announcement to the effect has been
made by Maj. John T. Kennedy, head
professor of military science and tac­tics,
upon receipt of a letter by Pres.
Spright Dowell, from Fourth Corps
Area headquarters, Fort McPherson,
Ga., stated that the Auburn unit is
"proficient."
The letter was signed b^r Col. H.
H. Tebbetts, adjutant general, and
reads in part as follows: "I take
pleasure in informing you that as a
result of the recent inspection of
your R. O. T. C. by a corps area
board, of which Lt. Col. H. C. Mer-riam,
G. S., was president, your unit
was pronounced proficient".
Such rating is made on the basis
of the annual inspection conducted
this year in March. General appear­ance
and proficiency if the unit, qual­ity
of class room instructions in R.
0. T. C. subjects and general condi-uate
at Fort Barrancas, Fla.; W. E.
Covington, 17, of Rockingham, N. C,
a student at Fort Bragg; Charles L.
Haynes, 20, of Crystal River, Fla-. a
Blue Course graduate at Fort Bar­rancas;
Voyle E. James, 18, of Mel-mont,
N. C, a first-year student at
Fort Bragg; Lucien D. O'Kelly, 17, of
1701 Marengo St., New Orleans, La.,
a Basic graduate at Fort Moultrie;
Carlton J. Roberts, 18, of 1225 South
St., Key West, Fla., a White Course
student at Fort Screven, Ga.; T. J.
Salter, 18, of Cloverdale Apartments,
Montgomery, Ala., a Basic Course can­didate
at Camp McClellan, and Her­man
L. Wacker, Jr.; 19, of Mt. Pleas­ant,
S. C, a first-year student at Fort
Moultrie.
Despite their youth, these C.M.T.C.
youngsters are likely prospects to
score against adult and veteran
marksmen in the numerous matches
of National prominence, say local
Army officers. They cite that youth
who had not passed his nineteenth
birthday defeated gjrizzled Regular
Army men and decorated heroes of
the World War's fiercest engage­ments,
winning the individual rifle
championship of the A. E. F. after
the Armistice.
In the National matches a year ago,
they also say, one of the most dan­gerous
contenders in the classic Pres- J
idents Match proved to be sixteen-year-
old Dave McDougal, a Boy Scout
from Washington.
Though the oldest of all American
sports, rifle shooting, far from fading
into obscurity, will see the greatest
number of participants in action at
the great matches at Camp Perry that
has ever turned out for a shooting
event, it is predicted by officials of
the National Rifle Association.
To the military man the National
Matches are a demonstration of the
fact that the United States is still
"a nation accustomed to the use of
small arms." With this in mind, a
small firing school is being establish­ed
at Camp Perry where any citizen
However green, may learn to shoot.
This school opens August 26 and closes
September. 1. Then there will be ten
days of practice for the National
Matches, which will begin September
11 and end September 16.
tions of all government equipment, in­cluding
horses, are considered in this
rating.
The War Department this year
changed the method of selection of
distinguished colleges by delegating
the inspection to the corps area com­mander.
Inspection is made to deter­mine
proficiency or deficiency against
the specifications set by the army reg­ulations
as those which operated in
the past to class institutions as "dis­tinguished."
Such recognition plaees Auburn
among the leading instituions in the
United States offering R. O. T. C. in­struction.
During the 1919-20 session Auburn
first won this rating while Maj. Isaac
Spaulding was commandant. Later he
was succeeded by Maj. John E. Hatch,
who remained at Auburn four years.
Under the command of Maj. John T.
Kennedy, who succeeded him, Auburn
has continued to receive this stamp
of approval from the War Depart­ment.
Since 1872 Auburn has been one of
the leading schools of the South in
military instructions. Many gradu­ates
have gained distinction in the reg­ular
army, including Gen. Robert Lee
Bullard, who was one of three of­ficers
to command an American army
during the World War. Gen R. E.
Noble, of Anniston, and Auburn grad­uate,
of 1890, also gained distinction
during the World War. At the gath­ering
of alumni on Monday of last
week Gen. Noble was elected president
of the Alumni Association.
FRATERNITY AVERAGES
GIVEN OUT BY REGISTRAR
Charles W. Edwards, Assistant
Registrar wishes to call special at­tention
of students to the scholarship
rating of student groups listed be­low
in order that a better record
might be made during the first se­mester
of this year. Those listed be­low
are the records of those students
for the first semester of the 1927-
1928 session.
Pi Kappa Sigma*, 6, 81:84; Kap­pa
Delta*, 13, 80.79.
PLEDGES—SORORITY, 21, 80.73.
NON-SORORITY, 55, 79.86.
SORORITY—MEMBERS AND
PLEDGES, 58, 79.78.
SORORITY AVERAGE, 37, 79.24.
Phi Kappa Delta, 19, 79.00; Alpha
Lambda Tau, 17,78.65; Sigma Pi, 25,
78.44; Sigma Nu, 23, 78.20; Chi
Omega, 9, 77.85; Alpha Tau Omega,
25, 77.84; Alpha Psi, 8, 77.29; Alpha
Gamma Rho, 22, 77.24; Square and
Compass, 25, 77.19;" Phi Delta Theta,
16, 77.07; Sigma Phi Beta, 9, 76.67;
Beta Kappa, 16, 76.51; Pi Kappa Phi,
22, 76.41; Tau Omega Chi, 14, 76.39;
Kappa Alpha, 13, 75.82.
NON-FRATERNITY, 724, 75.75.
Delta Sigma Phi, 20, 75.73.
FRATERNITY AND SORORITY,
509, 75.61.
FRATERNITY AVERAGE, 472,
75.32.
COLLEGE AVERAGE, 1444, 75.12.
FRAT & SOROR.—MEMBERS
AND PLEDGES, 720, 74.48.
Pi Kappa Alpha, 32, 74.42; Theta
Kappa Nu, 19, 74.12.
FRATERNITY—MEMBERS AND
PLEDGES, 662, 74.01.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 14, 73.80;
Lambda Chi Alpha, 22, 73.77; Sigma
Alpha Spsilon, 20, 72.82; Kappa Sig­ma,
17, 72.48; Sigma Phi Sigma, 25,
71.81.
P L E D G E S — FRATERNITIES
SORORITIES, 211, 71.74.
Phi Kappa Tau, 21, 71, 71.63; Phi
Delta Chi, 18, 71.51.
70.75.
Theta Chi, 19, 70.02; Chi Or..oga*,
10, 81.75; Kappa Delta*, 6, 80.89.
SORORITY PLEDGES, 21, 80.73.
Alpha Psi, 2, 80.00; Sigma Phi Beta,
5, 78.49; Sigma Nu, 13, 76.66'; Sigma
Pi, 6, 75.74; Phi Kappa Delta, 6,
75.67; Lambda Chi Alpha, 6, 75.49;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 9, 75.48; Theta
Kappa Nu, 6, 74.04; Theta Chi, 9,
73.71; Pi Kappa Alpha, 14, 72.66;
Alpha Tau Omega ,8, 72.53; Alpha
Lambda Tau, 12, 72.12; Tau Omega
Chi, 8, 71.46; Alpha Gamma Rho, 11,
71.15; Phi Delta Chi, 1, 71.14; Kap-
Kappa Alpha, 7, 70.84.
FRATERNITY PLEDGES, 190,
70. 75.
Kappa Sigma, 11, 69.50.
Delta Sigma Phi, 3, 69.49; Phi Delta
Theta, 14, 69.41; Pi Kappa Phi, 9,
Sigma Phi Sigma, 8, 68.29; ETAA
68.63; Sigma Phi Sigma, 8, 68.29;
Phi Kappa Tau, 9, 64.81; Sigma Phi
Epsilon, 9, 64.54; Betta Kappa, 9,
64.42; Pi Kappa Sigma*, 0, 00.00;
Square and Compass, 0, 00.00.
Total, 211, Average, 71.74.
* Sorority.
"Say it 'With ^lowers"
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
R0SEM0NT GARDENS
Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
FLORISTS
E resenting. • • •
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
in the ulltldfold cigarette test
<amous star selects O L D C J O L / L)
"One cigarette of the four I
smoked in the blindfold test
was like shooting a scene suc­cessfully
after a whole series of
failures. It just 'clicked' and I
named it as my choice. It was
OLD GOLD. Which clears up a
mystery, for the supply of OLD
GOLDS in my Beverly Hills
home is constantly being de*
pleted. It seems that Strong-heart
and Rin-tin-tin are the
only motion picture stars who
don't smoke them."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
. . . movie favorite the world over,
io one of his best-loved pictures
—"The Circus.'*
MR. CHAPLIN waa asked to smoke each of the four leading
brands, clearing his taste with coffee between smokes. Only
one question was asked: "Which one do yon tike the best? "
How does OLD GOLD do it?
0 P. LorllUrd Co.. Est. 1160
Made from the heart-leaves
of the tobacco plant
What's the secret of OLD GOLD'S winning charm?
The answer is very simple. Three types of leaves
grow on the tobaceo plant . . . coarse, heavy top-leaves,
irritating to the throat . . . withered ground-leaves,
without taste or aroma . . . and the heart'
leaves, rich in cool and fragrant smoking qualities.
These golden-ripe heart-leaves give OLD GOLDS
their honey-like smoothness. That's why so many
people choose them. And that's why you too can
pick them . . . even in the dark.
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THIRTY-THREE NEW FACULTY
MEMBERS ARE ANNOUNCED
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gaged in newspaper publicity.
Henry W. Adams, B. A. Southern
Methodist University will be an as­sociate
professor of English. Profes­sor
Adams has done three years grad­uate
work at Columbia University
where he served as lecturer and stud­ied
toward, his Ph. D. degree.
Alesander M. Saunders, B. S. and
M. S. Auburn, and M. A. University
of Illinois, 1928, will be an instruc­tor
in English. Prof. Saunders has
served as a teaching fellow at the
University of Illinois and as instruc­tor
in English at both Mississippi A.
& M. college and at Auburn. He has
also studied at the University of Chi­cago.
Paul S. Cole, B. A. and M. A.
Emory comes this year as an instruc­tor
in English. Prof. Cole has specia­lized
in the study of Latin as well aS
in literature and was a graduate fel­low
at Emory last year. Recently,
Prof. Cole has done very creditable
book reviewing for one of the At­lanta
daily papers.
In the College of Engineering Dean
J. J. Wilmore announces that Giles
Homer Carvolitz, who holds both his
B. S. and E. E. degrees from Auburn,
will be an associate professor teach­ing
classes in electrical engineering.
In addition, Pro. Carvolitz will as­sist
in the installation of the new
equipment which has been secured re­cently
from the General Electric Com­pany.
Leon Marr Sahag, B. S. Auburn, has
been appointed assistant professor of
engineering and will hold classes in
laboratory work in drawing, descrip­tive
geometry and theory of mechanic.
Phof. Sahag has taught at the Univer­sity
of Akron and Texas Technologi­cal
College.
Solon Dixon, Auburn graduate in
Mechanival Engineering 1926, has
been appointed instructor in mechani­cal
engineering. During the past two
years, Prof. Dixon has been with Al-lis-
Chalemers company at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Forney Hurst Ingram, B. S. Auburn
1927, will be instructor in hydraulics,
structural design and and other sub­jects
in the Civil Engineering Depart­ment.
During the past year Prof. In­gram
served as instructor in the De­partment
of Machine Design.
James Booth Leslie, B. S. and C. E.
Auburn 1927, will be an instructor in
the Department of Civil Engineering.
Prof. Leslie has held positions as
draftsman and inspector during the
past year.
In the Department of Physics Prof.
lege, has been added to the instruc­tional
staff as assistant professor.
The list of additions and new mem­bers
of the faculty in the Department
if Education is not available at the
present time, but full announcement
will be made at a later date when all
appointments are complete, according
to a statement of Dean Zebulon Judd.
It is known, however, that there will
be at least eight additional members
of the staff in this department.
In the veterinary Medical Depart­ment,
E. C. McCullock, B. S. Univer­sity
of California will serve as depart­mental
bacteriologisct and patholo­gist.
Prof. McCullock holds his M.
A. degree from the University of Il­linois.
J. L. Armandez, D. V. M. Kansas
A. & M. 1925, will be an assistant in
bacteriology and pathology.
M. L. Boevers, D. V. M. 1924 Iowa
State College, will be instructor in
veterinary medicine.
In the Agronomy Department,
George D. Scarseth has been appoint­ed
as assistant soil chemist to make
a comprehensive study of the soils of
the Black Belt of Alabama. Prof
Scarseth is a graduate of the Univer­sity
of Wisconsin, 1924. In addition
to serving for two years as asistant
in soils at the Connecticut Agricul­tural
Experiment Station, Prof. Scar­seth
has been with the United Fruit
Company as soil chemist at Tela, Hon­duras
for two years.
George Jester Auburn graduate
1928, has been appointed as assistant
in soils.
W. D. LUCUS, A„1 innrr wj ] l De
connected with the department as
field assistant in agronomy.
In the Department of Modern
Languages Asa Clark, A. B. and A.
M. University of West Virginia, will
be an instructor in both French and
Spanish. Prof. Clark speaks French
fluently having spent more than a
year in France. During the past sum­mer
he served as instructor at the
University of Kentucky.
In the Department of Chemistry,
Dr. Roger W. Allen Ph. D. Columbia where he played in various sports un
that Miss Lilly Spencer, B. S. and M.
A. Oklahoma A. & M., has been ap­pointed
teacher of clothing. Miss
Spencer has taught for two years at
the Oklahoma A. & M. college.
Miss Rosa Walker, B. S. Florida,
will be connected with the Home Econ­omics
Department in the capacity or
critic teacher at the Lee County High
School. During the past year Miss
Walker served as Itinerant Teacher-training
Instructor for the state of
Alabama.
In the Mathematics Department,
Prof. B. H. Crenshaw, head of the
department, states that A. Jude Rob­inson
who has this year completed his
work for the Master's degree at
Emory University, will be an assis­tant
professor of mathematics., While
at Emory during the past year Prof.
Robinson held a fellowship in mathe­matics.
Prof. Crenshaw also announces that
Prof. A. M. Pirenian this summer com­pleted
his work for the M. A. degree
at the University of Florida which
will be awarded next June.
Miss Zoe Dobbs, dean of women and
social director, states that there is an
instructor in physical education fo1
women to be appointed in the very
near future.
In the Extension Service, Director
L. N. Duncan announces that Dr. R.
S. Sugg, B. S. and D. V. M. Auburn,
formerly assistant professor in the
Department of Veterinary Medicine,
will serve as Specialist in Livestock
with headquarters in Montgomery.
Miss Dorothy D. Dean, B. S. Pea-body
College, is to be the Specialist
in Clothing and Handicraft for the
Extension Service.
Miss Bess Fleming of Brundidge,
Ala has been appointed 'Specialist in
Girl's Club Work with headquarters
here at Auburn. Miss Fleming was
formerly connected with Lee County
High School as teacher of history.
M. T. Gowder, Auburn graduate
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1928, has been appointed specialist in
Agricultural Engineering.
In the Department of Athletics,
Head Coach George Bohler states that
Burnham Lee has been appointed as
and Assistant Coach and will report
to Auburn on September 15. Mr. Lee
is a graduate of Mississippi College
TRUSTEES PLAN
IMPROVEMENTS
Radio Move Is H e a r t i l y Approved of
By Board
1927, comes as full professor. Dr.
Allen holds both his B. S. and M. S.
from Auburn. Dr. Allen was employ­ed
in the munition laboratories of the
E. I. Dupont de Nemours Co., in the
summer of 1918 and was in the Chemi-der
the tutelage of Coach Bohler. He
will help install Coach Bohler's sys­tem
of play in both football and bas­ket
ball.
In the Accounting Department, S.
W. Garrett has been appointed Bus-cal
Warfare Service of the United j n e s s Manager and Purchasing Agent
States from October 1918 to January
1919. Dr. Allen's doctors dissertation
was done in the field of dye suff, was
noteworthy contribution to the chemi­cal
knowledge of the Thiazole dyes.
Miss Louise P. Glanton, head pro-
E. J. Murphy, M. A. Iowa State Col- fessor of home economics, announces
MEET ME AT MY NEW PLACE
But Same Location
Phone 96
CARTER'S PRESSING SHOP
for the college. Mr. Garrett, who
took up his work here on June 1 comes
from Mercer University where he
served as both registrar and business
manager.
C. C. Brooks, formerly with the
State Department in Montgomery, has
been appointed Acocuntant for the col­lege
and began his duties here July 1.
New Course Added
In Art At Auburn
In cooperation with the fast grow­ing
industries in Alabama, the school
of architecture and allied arts of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Au­burn
will offer this year a new course
in an applied art leading to a bache­lor's
degree. This course is added be­cause
of the increasing emphasis on
art in industry.
Men and women of mature age,
j | particularly those having practical ex-
• jperience, may register as special stu-
Engineers!
Architects!
Buy your drawing supplies
, from, two students
Giddens & Glover
-^Agents for—«
Eugene Dietzgen Company
Approved by the Dean of Engineering and Architecture.
Located in Collier's Shoe Shop.
A greater Auburn built around the
expansion plans of Dr. Bradford
Knapp, president, has been assured
through approval by the board of
trustees and preparations will be
started immediately for a new chem­istry
building, an auditorium, an ad­ministration
building and a textile
engineering plant. The entire pro­gram
to be completed within the next
three years, will cost $750,000.
The trustee board, in addition to
authorizing Dr. Knapp to start his
program with the chemistry building,
also approved the purchase of private
property adjoining the college cam­pus
to provide sites for the new
building.
The chemistry building, first on
the program, is to be ready for use
when the school opens in September,
1929, according to the present plans.
With the building of a greater uni­versity
around the Auburn campus
having been assured, final plans for
the installation and operation of the
powerful radio broadcasting station
in Birmingham were proposed by Dr.
Knapp and approved by the trustees.
Orders for the equipment will be
placed immediately and the station is
expected to be broadcasting the mes­sage
of Auburn and the state by Oc­tober.
The station now in operation
here will be sold. The new station
will be installed by the extension di­vision
of the school and operated in
cooperation with the City of Birming­ham.
Olmsted Brothers, landscape engi­neers
of Boston, were approved for
perfecting plans for buildings and
grounds, their work to include types
of architecture, locations, walks,
drives and shrubbery.
Other expansion plans for Auburn
call for improvement of the sewage
.disposal system both for the college
and the town of Auburn. Dr. Knapp
was authorized to ask the State De­partment
of Health to cooperate in
surveys and plans, the work to be
done jointly by the college and town.
The president's report told of the
employment of C. C. Brooks, of
Montgomery, as chief accountant, and
S. W. Garrett, of Macon, Ga., as pur­chasing
agent. Both men have al­ready
assumed their duties.
J. V. Brown was made faculty
chairman of the athletic council and
the position of director of athletics
was abolished while all members of
the coaching staff were made faculty
members in the department of physi­cal
education. The head coach will
be in charge of this department and
is responsible for athletic activities.
The budget, as approved by the
president, was also approved by the
board along with the erection of a
garage for the president and a new
dressing room in the gymnasium.
Permission was given Dr. Knapp to
be absent from the college part of
August to enable him to preside at
a discussion of the Institute of Pub­lic
Affairs at the University of Vir­ginia,
the conference to deal with
industrial and agricultural problems.
Gov. Graves presided at the meet­ing
as chairman of the board. Other
members present included H. D. Mer­rill,
Anniston; Harry Herzfield, Alex­ander
City; Charles Henderson, Troy;
Paul Haley, Oakman; C. W. Ash-craft,
Florence; T. D. Samford, Ope-lika;
Dr. W. H. Oates, Mobile; Vic­tor
Hanson, Birmingham, and John
Rogers, Gainesville. Absent members
were 0. D. Hood, Gadsden; C. S. Mc­Dowell,
Eufaula, and R. E. Tidwell,
Montgomery.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE
HERE FOR NEW TERM
dents without examination and take
any course in drawing, painting, mod­eling
or design for which they have
the necessary preparation. Such
special students are not candidates
for a degree, but may become so by
satisfying the regular entrance re­quirements.
The addition of this
course at Auburn correlates with the
establishment of textile engineering
as all designs printed on cloth must
first be sketched by an artist. Like­wise,
other industries in Alabama find
the services of an artist necessary
in the creation of designs for their
product.
To train such designers is the ob­ject
of the Applied Art Course at Au­burn,
Commercial Art, design of fur­niture,
costumes, textile, wall paper,
etc., interior decoration and landscape
are some of the branches of speciali­zation
for students during the later
years of the course. In the earlier
years all students receive a thorough
grounding in drawing, painting, mod­eling
and the history of art.
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out from the highway paving. Where
private property is involved the own­ers
will be responsible for this exten­sion
and for curbs and gutters.
Paving along college property now
extends from the entrance of the main
campus at the crossing of College and
Magnolia streets southward along Col­lege
street beyond the Duggar home.
It extends westward along Magnolia
street to the edge of the town.
This paving was done at the same
time private property was paved in
Auburn to the extent of $90,000.
With this paving completed and now
in use, Auburn is one of the best pav­ed
little towns in Alabama.
The new Tiger theatre is now com­pleted.
A formal opening show was
presented Monday, September 3. It
is a modern motion picture theatre
with a seating capacity of more than
700. The building is equivalent to
those of much larger towns. It was
erected by the Thomas estate. Fore­man
Rogers is manager of the theatre.
Together with equipment it cost ap­proximately
$50,000.
A new Baptist church building is
well on the way to completion, the
walls are nearing the top and work
is advancing rapidly. Completed and
furnished this building is to cost at
least $90,000.
While these improvements have been
made, President Knapp has announced
that plans for other improvements are
under way and that the building pro­gram
will be launched this year.
STATION WAPI BE MOVED
TO BIRMINGHAM
LARGE AUBURN SUMMER
SCHOOL ENDS AUGUST 17
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rollment of 1515, an increase of 76
students over last year. From the be­ginning,
however, more and more em­phasis
was placed on regular college
courses. Today, barring the work in
the demonstration schools, only work
for college credit is offered, he said.
Referring to the growth of Auburn's
graduate division Dean Petrie stated
that this Summer 190 students were
enrolled for "-raduate work who were
holders of degrees from 20 representa­tive
colleges and universities of the
country located in 10 different states.
Among the institutions represent­ed
by college graduates doing post­graduate
work at Auburn this Sum­mer,
besides the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute, are the following:
Mississippi A. & M., University of
Alabama, Womans College, Judson
College, University of Georgia, Van-derbilt,
New York University, Ala­bama
College, Howard College, Uni­versity
of Tennessee, Oklahoma Uni­versity
and Shorter College.
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GOOD PRESSING
(Continued from page 1)
Hotel Tutwiler recently.
Continuing Mr. Davis said: "This
is a wdnderful step forward and
something unique, a powerful insti­tution
of learning like Auburn and a
great city like Birmingham joining
forces to give to the people through­out
not only Alabama, which of
course is one of the primary objects,
but throughout the South and the
other parts of the country excellent
entertainment and informative pro­grams.
"There will be in the entertain­ment
program artists unequalled any­where
in the country, much valuable
information relative to agriculture,
industry and in fact all lines. There
will be invaluable information in the
nature of market reports, informa­tion
on cattle and hog prices.
"Each program will be chosen in a
manner to appeal to refined and in­telligent
people, as I dare say that
nowhere will there be found pro­grams
that will in any way excell
those of this new station and few
will equal them. I regard the open­ing
of this station as being one of
the greatest steps forward that has
been made in Alabama in many years
and one that will not only aid the
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
MONDAY, SEPT. 10
WILLIAM HAINES in
"EXCESS BAGGAGE"
Paramount News and Comedy
TUESDAY, SEPT. 11
POLA NEGRI in
"LOVES OF AN ACTRESS"
Paramount Comedy
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 12 & 13
"DRUMS OF LOVE"
with Mary Philbin, Lionel Bar-rymore
and other Stars.
Also Comedy
FRIDAY, SEPT. 14
"Our Dancing Daughters"
with Joan Crawford, Dorothy
Sebastian, Anita Page and John
Mack Brown.
Paramount News & Comedy
SATURDAY, SEPT. 15
"THE ESCAPE"
Comedy
people of Alabama in a greater de­velopment
along agricultural and in­dustrial
lines but tend for cultural
improvement and will do much to at­tract
favorable attention from other
states."
A musical program was furnished
by Auburn students and several
other speakers at the meeting.
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