1928-03-09 The Plainsman

              HEAR THE GLEE
CLUB TUESDAY THE HEAR THE GLEE
CLUB TUESDAY
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1928 NUMBER 23
DR. J. L WHITE
DRAWS LARGE
CROWDS HERE
Langdon Hall I. Filled
Religious Meetings
At
TWO S E R V I C E S DAILY
Savannah Preacher Made the
Meetings Success
Dr. John E. White, of Savannah,
Georgia, proved himself to be a wise
choice to lead Auburn's annual religi­ous'j££££
»tMfs'year by his forceful
Speaking and skillful handling: of his
subjects. The popularity of his ser­mons
was clearly shown by the fact
that at every service Langdon Hall
was filled to its utmost capacity with
students and townspeople who gave
their undivided attention to the pro­gram
throughout the whole hour.
Beginning Monday night and last­ing
through Thursday, the services
were held twice daily, at eleVen A. M.
and seven P. M. All classes and so­cieties
meeting at those' hours were
excused.
Dr. White is pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia,
•and is one of the outstanding divines
of the nation. He is well known at
Auburn, this being the second time he
has led the meeting.
With the able co-operation of the
college, the churches of Auburn, and
the Y. M. C. A., Dr. White made the
meeting a decided success, and it is
certain that a great awakening of
Christian interests both on the campus
and in the town will result.
Interesting Sermons
Straight from the heart was the
feature of the speaker's talks at the
annual Revival Services staged by the
college here this week. In a" series
of informal lectures, Dr. White held
up to his audience new lights on
Christianity and in living the Chris­tian
life.
In the opening message on Monday
night, Dr. White spoke of "duty," and
defined duty as the highest ideal in
anyone's life. If a man's life were
(Continued on Pag* 6.)
Auburn Alumni Club
Formed in New York
Plans Are Adapted During Meeting
at Hotel Astor
On Thursday evening, March 1,
after prearrangements a group of
Auburn men who had been closely
connected for several years- reunited
at the Hotel Astor where an elabor­ate
dinner was served. The thought
occurred during the meeting to form
an Auburn club which would bind the
several members closer together. .
Those present were: Amos B. Mil­ler
'20," Rodney M. Ollinger '21, J.
Eric Wideberg '21, Chauncey Riley
'23, Earl E. Lutz '25, Jack Steward,
Colquit Lane '20, and Weems Baskin
'28, who at present is making records
on the track for the New York Ath­letic
Club.
Each man will bring with him all
Auburn men that he may know in the
city and it is expected to have some
twenty alumni at the next meeting.
Officers will be elected and a name
g/iven the organization. The next
meeting is set for the first Tuesday
in April.
The formation of such a club will
lend additional strength to the grow­ing
Alumni Association.
er THE AUBURN GLEE CLUB er GLEE CLUB TO GIVE FIRST
LOCAL CONCERT TUESDAY
Rogers Made Member
Scabbard and Blade
Will Rogers was made an honorary
member of Scabbard and Blade while
on his visit here in Auburn. Lieuten­ant
Leitch, by consent of the national
headquarters of this organization,
made the initiation possible.
He was initiated in the A club room
immediately after his talk in the
gym Saturday night, and was pre­sented
a key. After this he talked
to the members and expressed his ap­preciation
of the membership.
Mr. Rogers was a student at Kemp­er
Military School, Booneville, Mo.
He has a son at Culver Military
Academy, and is very much interest­ed
in National Defense. He seemed
very much elated over the fact that
he had been taken in Scabbard and
Blade and was more so when he
found that Lindbergh was a mem­ber.
CLUB ON STATE
TOUR DURING
THIS WEEK END
t •
Varied Program Is Offered By
Big Club
MANDOLIN C L U B GOOD
Auburn Collegians Also Have
Part on Program
The above group compos* the Chorus of the Glee Club. The members are, from left to right: 1st row: Jerry Feagin, C. L. Causier,
V. O. Durratt, C. J. Tidwell, E. J. Chambless, J. N. Crump, Ludwig Smith, I. W. Jones; 2nd row: W. C. Ellis, J. G. Green, I. Roth, L. E.
Owen, H. E. Lewis, G. B. Stone, V. C. Helms, W. P. McKinnon; 3rd row: C. R. LeCroy, W. W. Bryant, W. H. Jones, G. L. Williamson,
A. P. McKinnon, C. « . Moore, J. H. Price; 4th row: C. E. Howell, R. E. Martin, V. T. Vines, A. V. Culpepper, A. P. Francis, Ben Rives,
Jr., G. F. Crawford, T. J. Hendrix. x .
ETA KAPPA NU
PLEDGES ARE
ANNOUNCED
Eleven Juniors and One Senior
Win Honor
ELECTRICAL FRATERNITY
Initiates Will Place Key On
Ramsay Hall Lawn
y
At the annual spring election of
Eta Kappa.Nu twelve men were
pledged. Of these men eleven were
juniors and one was a senior, all
being outstanding men of their class.
Eta Kappa Nu takes great pleasure
in -announcing the names of those
pledged as follows: C D . Bradley, An-niston;
P. F. Crenshaw, Athens; C. R.
DeArman, Birmingham; H. T. Drane,
Brookhaven, Miss.; N. W. Geist,
Pollard; H. W. Glover, Rome, Ga.;
L. B. Hallman, Dothan; E. F. Her-zog,
Birmingham; C. T. Ingersoll,
Anniston; C. W. Meyer, Mobile; W.
P. Smith, Sheffield.
The pledges will construct a con*
crete' key in front of the new engi­neering
building. -It will be on the
other side of the steps from the Tau
Beta Pi key, and will add to the bal­ance
of the facade, also giving a sym­metrical
appearance to the lawn in
front of Ramsay Hall. '' .
S. L. Worley Goes
To Honduras
Clemson Students
Victims of Fraud
About the middle of December two
representatives of a Baltimore tail­oring
company visited Clemson Col­lege
with a line of exceptionally fine
suit samples and took orders for prob­ably
two hundred suits from the stu­dents
at $26.00 each, collecting from
|5.00 to $25 with each order.
A short time later when the suits
began, to arrive by mail, $20.63 C. O.
D., almost every student was quite
surprised to find that when the pack­age
was opened the suit he received
was not at all what he had ordered.
In fact, only the boys receiving the
first few suits got what they had or­dered
and paid for in good faith.
S. L. Worley, a former student at
Auburn, has recently gone to Hon­duras
with the United Fruit Com­pany.
Mr. Worley graduated from
Auburn in '27 and whs taking post
graduate work when he accepted his
position. He made Phi Kappa Phi,
Gamma Sigma Delta, and Kappa
Delta Phi while here. His home is in
Hunts ville.
Dowell's Father
Dies in Raleigh
The Reverend George J*. Dowell,
father of Dr. Spright Dowell, died
at his home in Raleigh, N. C, Friday
afternoon, after an illness of only a
few days. Dr. Dowell was called to
his father's bedside Thursday because
of his critical illness.
The Reverened Mr. Dowell, who was
eighty years of age, had been in the
Baptist ministry for fifty years, and
during that time served some of the
most important churches in North
Carolina .as pastor. Among the
churches that had been under his long
pastorage were those in Raleigh,
Lumberton, Wilmington, Durham, and
Carthage.
Two sons in Alabama survive the
Reverend Mr. Dowell. Dr. Spright
Dowell, one of the most widely known
educators in the south, and W. B
Dowell, of Birmingham, purchasing
agent for Sloss Sheffield Co. Other
survivors are his whjpw, Mrs. George
J. Dowell, and the following child­ren:
Mrs. Claude Jenkins, Mrs. R.
F. Gouburn, Miss Pattie Simmons
Dowell, .Mrs. R. F. Dowell, and Alvis
Yates Dowell.
Will Rogers is Greeted
With Large Reception
NOTICE SENIORS
Order your invitations before
Saturday night, March 10, at
Orange and Blue Drug Store.
"Miss Drew" Again
Miss Drew impersonated by Drew
ry Foy was the guest of Mr. Betts at
the Kiwanians Leap Year day lunch­eon
held in Opelika. This time she
proposed to the president of the Ki-wanis
Club. When she hugged and
kissed her newly found lover she left
the print of her ruby lips on his
cheek. It is said that the marks
caused some trouble afterwards; so
you newly wed husbands had better
beware of Miss Drew the College
Flirt. It has. been stated that she in­tends
to go into the business of test­ing
out shakey husbands for suspicious
wives. But on interviewing her she
made the following statement, "never
will I do such a thing for us men must
stick together." However she ad­mitted
that she was thinking seriously
of entering the movies as a rival of
Billy Dove. We are sure that she will
make a big success and put Auburn
on the map.
Contest Announced for Naming Magazine
Formal announcement of a contest for a name to be given to a
humorous magazine, which is being planned by Leslie Sawyer and a
few other Auburn boys, was made today. These boys intend to publish
such a magazine as will rival the Rammer Jammer and many other
such publications.
All names must be in type, with name of contestant and his or
her address. The entries must be put in a box which is provided in
the Auburn Printing Co. Contest to close Wednesday at 6 o'clock. A
prize of $5.00 is to be given the winner decided by the judges.
The magazine is to be similar to the Rammer Jammer of Ala­bama;
the Yellow Jacket of Tech; and the Georgia Cracker of
Georgia. The first and only publication of this year is to come out
about May 20.
The reception accorded Will Rogers
in Auburn last Saturday, March 3,
was probably the most unique affair
ever staged in this part of the state.
Mr. Rogers declared it. the finest he
had ever received. It may not have
been the biggest, but it was most
undoubtedly the most unusual recep­tion
ever witnessed here.
Mr. Rogers, when he alighted from
the train, chewing the inevitable wad
of gum, was met by Capt. B. C. An­derson,
president of the Kiwanis Club
of Auburn and reception committee
composed of P. O. Davis and Mayor
Yarbrough, and escorted to the
"aeroplane," a remodeled Ford piloted
by Howard Smith, in which he was
to ride during the parade. Directly
in front of him was the Band, and a
mounted military escort, composed of
the members of the Scabbard and
Blade. Following him were the mem­bers
of the Spade Honor Society, garb­ed
as convicts, "Shorty" Culpepper,
with the Ag. Club, representing May­or
Yarbrough, the Sigma Nu truck,
Sigma Phi Sigma wagonload of
'bottle-toters," and others.
From the depot, the parade passed
up College Street to Magnolia Ave.,
thence to Gay Street, down Gay and
back to College, 'ending in front of
the Thomas Hotel.
Mr. Rogers retired to his room, but
later came out to look the town over
and gather the necessary material for
his talk. He went out to the athletic
field and was much impressed by
Coach Hutsell's harriers.
j, At six p. m., the officers and di­rectors
of the Kiwanis, and the Presi­dents
of the Rotary and Lions Clubs
gave a dinner in honor of Mr. Rogers
at Smith Hall. Special guests of the
occasion were Governor and Mrs.
Bibb Graves, and Colonel Fennel.
Everything possible was done to re­ceive
Mr. Rogers royally, and'he said
himself that it was the greatest re­ception
that he had ever received.
TAU BETA PI GIVES
TWO NEW BENCHES
Since the installation of the Tau
Beta Pi, honorary fraternity, upon
the campus, it has been a custom to
have the pledges to build something
that will be both useful and orna­mental.
This year the pledges built
two benches, which have been con­spicuously
placed at the /entrance of
the new Ramsay Engineering Hall.
The benches were constructed of
white concrete, giving the appearance
of new marble. The letters of the
Tau Beta Pi fraternity are inlaid in
the top of the benches with brown ce­ment.
The bent of the fraternity is
superimposed on the sides of the
benches.
We are sure the benches are as
ornamental as was intended, and we
sincerely hope they will be as useful
as the constructors intended them to.
be. • ' , .
Prof. M. T. Fullan was in charge
of the construction of these benches.
Eta Kappa Nu Hike
Staged Friday
Many Juniors and Senior* Entertain­ed
With Eat* and Fan
SPECIAL MEETING
OF BOARD CALLED
A special meeting of the commit­tee,
chosen, to find a new head for
Auburn, was called by Dr. Tidwell,
State Superintendent of Education,
according to reports from Montgom­ery.
This committee, which is to meet
in Victor Hanson's office in Birming­ham,
hopes to eliminate all but seven
or eight names from a list of 100 or
more. Visits are to be made to the
men cut out of the 100. These men
are to be viewed at their homes.
There has been much talk of Dr.
(Continued on page 6)
The Auburn Chapter of Eta Kappa
Nu, National Honorary Electrical
Society, sponsored a hike given Fri­day,
March 2, t o the Junior and Sen­ior
Electrical students. Leaving
Ramsay Hall about 4 o'clock, the
crowd of about 45 boys hiked to the
spring on Mayor Yarborough's place.
Here games and eats furnished a good
time until dark when the party broke
up and the boys hiked back to town.
From all reports, the society mem­bers
did all they could to show their
guests a good time. "Hebbie" Hep-plewhite
seemed to think there was
too much red pepper around.
NEW CIVIC CLUB IS
GRANTED CHARTER
National Officer Here for Installation
Banquet Friday Night
With the approach of spring Au­burn
has blossomed forth with a new
luncheon club, The Lions, which was
granted a charter by Mr. Melvin B.
Jones, National Secretary General
of Chicago, Friday night at a ban­quet
in Smith Dining Hall.
Mr. Jones came from Chicago
especially to present the charter to
Prof. L. S. Blake, president of the
local club. The principal speech of
the night was by Mr. W. R. Dodson,
of Tuscaloosa, District Governor of
the state of Alabama.
Among the officers of the new club
are: Board of Directors, Prof. L. S.
Blake, A. Carnes, F. E. Guyton, Dr.
T. B. McDonald, Lt. C. E. Pease, and
Mr. Scott Moss; Vice-presidents, A.
Carnes and F. E. Guyton; Secretary,
Dr. E. S. Winters; Tail-twister, Leslie
(Buck) Spinks; Lion-tamer, J. A.
Bain.
The Lions Club of Montgomery,
Birmingham and Notasulga were rep­resented
among the visitors present
at the banquet. Mr. F. M. Mosley,
of Montgomery, was an interesting
visitor on the campus during the week­end
as he was among the earliest
graduates of Auburn to finish in
Electrical Engineering, with the class
of 1893.
Dr. R. D. Donner served as Toast-master
at the banquet while Max
Jones and his Collegians furnished
the music, with piano solos by Mrs.
E. S. Winters, and vocal solos by Mrs.
R.' Dv Donner.
Mayor Yarbrough represented the
civic clubs of Auburn and gave the
address of welcome. Dr. and Mrs.
Yarbrough were guests of honor,
along with Dr. and Mrs. Suggs, Cap­tain
and Mrs. Anderson, Professor
and Mrs. Shi, and Professor and Mrs.
Hare.
After the dinner and speeches were
over the party had a very delightful
time dancing in the Ball room. About
seventy-five were present at the occa­sion.
The Auburn Glee Club will give its
first local concert of this year next
Tuesday evening at 8 P. M. in Lang­don
Hall. . The club is making its first
trip this week, and will have its pro­gram
perfected when it appears be­fore
the student body.
Mr. Bidez has gathered an aggre­gation
that is said, to be better than
any glee club that Auburn has put
out in several years. The chorus is
made up of twenty nine musicians,
all of whom are accomplished and tal­ented.
In addition to the chorus, Max
Jones' Collegians and the Mandolin
Club have parts on the program. The
Collegians need no recommendation
to the students, and the proficiency
of the Mandolin Club will not be
doubted after the concert Tuesday.
The Glee Club is fortunate in having
the support of two such fine organiza­tions
as the Mandolin Club and Max
Jones' orchestra.
The club has an attractive and
varied program. Three vocal solos
and several instrumental solos are
also given. Two selections, one en­titled
"Poular Atrs" and one called
"Bits of Harmony" are rendered by
the Mandolin Club. From all ad­vance
reports. these numbers are ex­traordinary
good. The Collegians
promise us a surprise as their big
number. The stunt is to be kept
secret until the concert, according to
members of the orchestra... They say
that it is entirely new and original.
The Glee Club has been practicing
hard for several months, perfecting
the program and getting the chorus
whipped into shape. All the bad
spots should be ironed out en the
trip and the boys should be able to
give a fine concert on the occasion of
their first appearance on the campus
this year.
Tickets for the concert cost fifty
cents and are on sale at the Student
Supply Shop.
Mrs. J. M. Thomas
Dies At Home Here
Beloved Old Lady la Mourned
Many Friends
By
AN APPRECIATION
The Kiwanis Club of Auburn
desires to express its apprecia­tion
for the loyal and enthusiastic
support given by the following or­ganizations
in the Will Rogers
parade.
Blue Key, Scabbard and Blade,
Auburn Band, Spades, Sigma Phi
Sigma Fraternity, Sigma Nu Fra­ternity,
Order of Fleas, The Ag
Club.
Special thanks are due to the
Blue Key Honor Society. Mr.
Rogers said that it was the finest
reception he had ever received.
He enjoyed every minute .of his
stay in Auburn.
(Signed) B. C. ANDERSON,
President Kiwanis Club.
Program Announced
For Engineers' Day
Mr. Mitchell, of Georgia Power
Company Will Make Address
Mr. W. E. Mitchell, Vice-President
and General Manager of the Georgia
Power Company, will address the en­gineers
on Engineers, Day, March 15.
The party will meet at Ramsey hall
at five o'clock from which they will
walk to Yarbrough Springs.
The program will consist of a speech
by Mr. Mitchell. Following the ad­dress
short stunts will be staged by
the various engineering societies after
which refreshments will be served.
The members of the Engineers' Day
committee are as follows: W. F.
Wright, L. L. Ingram, N. G. Geist,
J. O. Windsor, C. R. DeArman, W. P.
Smith, R. F. Tinsley, G. M. Colman,
W. W. Oyler, A. L. Spence, C. A.
Sturdevant, H. P. White, P. A. Step­hens
and C. E. Smith.
Mrs. J. M. Thomas, one of the pio­neer
resident of Auburn and a mother
of Prof. Albert L. Thomas, a faculty
member, died at six o'clock Wednesday
evening, February 29. Her death was
the result of an illness of influenza
which she contracted more than a
month ago.
Mrsl Thomas, who at the time of
her death was seventy-five years old,
spent the last fifty-three years of her
life in Auburn. Moving here in 1874
after marrying J. M. Thomas she soon
held dear places in the hearts of
many Auburn boys who sat at her
table in the famous Thomas Hotel.
She will never be forgotten by these
boys who are now fighting their own
battles of life. She was a very religi­ous
woman and as a member of the
Methodist church was held in high es­teem
by the people of the town.
Mrs. Thomas is survived by Mrs.
W. L. Noll, of Montgomery; Mrs. W.
H. Eager, of Montgomery; E. C.
Thomas of Honolulu; Prof. Albert L.
Thomas, Miss Nan Thomas, Miss
Willie Thomas, and Mrs. Ercell Friel
of Auburn. She is also survived by
thirteen grandchildren and one great
grand daughter.
Funeral services, Rev. Burnsworth
officiating, were hejd last Thursday,
March 1, at the home. The interment
was at the Auburn cemetery. Pall­bearers
were W. D. Gibson, Dr. I. S.
McAdory, Dr. Suggs, Hugh Tamplin,
I Felton Little, and Homer W. Wright.
r«c*i THE PLAINSMAN
Published weekly by the students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $2.00 per year (32
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
STAFF
Rosser Alston
H. C. Hopson .
Editor-in-chief
Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
C. D. Greeatree, '28 Associate Editor
R. C. Cargile, '28 Associate Editor
C. R. DeArman, '29 Associate Editor
J. B. McMillan, '29 Managing Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 _ Ass't. Managing Editor
Ludwig A. Smith, '29 News Editor
J. W. Powers, '28 Proofreader
J. E. Taylor, '30 L_ Proofreader
Max Kahn, '28 Sports Editor
Ghas. Ingersoll, '29 __ Ass't. Sports Editor
'Geo. Ashcraft, '29 __ Ass't. Sports Editor
Celeste Nesbitt, '28 Co-ed Editor
J. W. Randle, '28 Exchange Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 Humor Editor
REPORTERS
J. W. Powers, '28; Catherine Hare, '28;
Harry Wise, '29; J. W. Mills, '30; H.
H. Milligan, '30; E. T. England, '30; Roy
N. Sellers, '31; Robert L. Hume, '31;
Thomas P. Brown, '31; R. O. Kimbro,
'31; Clyde Seale, '31; Bob McConnell, '31;
White Matthews, '31; George Duncan,
•31; Richard A. Jones, 'Zy, Jessie C.
Adams, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; E. M.
Flynn, '31; W. D. Dryer, '31; J. D. Foy,
'31; John Lewis, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF
H. W. Glover, '29 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Geo. Williams, "28 __.. Advertising Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
Carlos Moon, '31 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
John McClendbn, '28 _ Circulation Mgr.
A. C. Taylor, '30 _ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
G. W. Smith, '30 Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Dept.
M. Hawkins' '31 Circulation Dept.
W. H. Smith, '31 Circulation Dept.
J. L, Sellers, '31 Circulation Dept.
• Geo. W. Postelle, '31 Circulation Dept.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT AUBURN
The students as well as the citizens of
Auburn have received inestimable benefits,
both moral and religious, from the religious
services held in Auburn during the week
by Dr. John E. White, of Savannah, Geor­gia.
The Y. M. C. A. has, as customarily,
sponsored these meetings with the prime
object in view of furnishing a sufficient
means of appealing to the religious instincts
of Auburn men and Auburn citizens. The
accomplishments of this organization di­rectly
affect the life of every individual
student at some time during the college
year. Especially has this been true during
the week of the services of Dr. White.
His truths and inspiring messages attracted
large audiences at both his morning and
evening services.
Most often the average college student
views askance the general teachings and
trend of life in the Bible. It is certainly
then, most fitting that we hear more of
these teachings and become familiar with
the innumerable demonstrations of God's
love and protection for all mankind.
To clearly present before us these les­sons
brings renewed courage to the des­pondent.
F6r the discouraged it provides
a stimulant, for the patient traveler it
serves as a sweet assurance that toiling ef­forts
are not in vain for a worthy reward
awaits the persistent. What an uplifting
thought is faith!
WILL ROGERS
If the famous Will were to run for presi­dent
99 44/100% of Auburn would vote
for him simply because he has more brains
than any other fool we have ever seen. But
^Auburn doesn't elect presidents and Will
is not running so we will have to be con­tent
with saying that the dollar we all put
out was the best investment we ever made.
It is too bad that we can't all be Will
Rogers'. Will can and does, say anything
he wants to and invariably gets away with
it. It is funny; that's the catch. Will's
ability to place a second crack on the end
of a story makes his humor laughable to
the nth degree. In fact his stuff is so
laughable .that we are still laughing at it.
If Will ate one of our honest to goodness
Auburn meals we did not hear about it.
If he had and if he came back fifty years
from now and ate another he would prob­ably
imitate President Coolidge and re­mark,
"Hump, the same old bull." The sum­mary
of his stay with the Coolidges was
side splitting because we, the simple mind­ed
people that read some of the president's
dry speeches and see his picture every now
and then, can't imagine anyone having
enough nerve to tell Mrs. Coolidge that he
stayed cock-eyed a fortnight after watch­ing
the population of Moscow take its an­nual
bath.
Politics are Will's long suit. Poking fun
at the leaders of a nation seems to be a
crazy way of making a living. It is but
Will seems to be making more than a liv­ing.
It must be a paying proposition;
didn't he say that he had two sons whom he
was going to send to college?
. Will's reception would have been gor­geous
and laughable enough for Queen
Marie and Admiral Tom. Will stepped off
the train and asked for the head man and
then he wanted to know how in—that bunch
of fools got on top of his train. He took
the aeroplane, probably thinking of Lindy,
borrowed a man size chaw, swapped caps
and "hopped off." It, was a nice parade;
if you don't believe it look at the pictures
up town.
Mr. Will Rogers is thoroughly human.
We can't express our appreciation of the
good time we had any more than we can
thank him for his check—the. words are
lacking. I don't guess we ever got past
McGuffie's Fourth Reader.
EDUCATION FOR EDUCATIONS SAKE
In this money-mad age of ours it is not
at all strange that certain of our educators
are bewailing the fact that all too frequent­ly
education is valued solely for its prac­tical
usefulness or dollar-value and that
too little emphasis is placed on the value of
education for education's sake. In the
opinion of Otis E. Randall, dean of Brown
University, the great majority of men now
attending college are there for the purpose
of turning mental equipment as they may
have into money-amking machines. Their
ambition while attending college is not to
acquire mental growth but to so train them­selves
that they may later use the know­ledge
they received in the pursuit of the
almighty dollar, intimated Dean Randall in
a report recently submitted to the Associa­tion
of American Colleges, meeting in At­lantic
City.
The right idea of education, that of the
cultivation of wisdom, is becoming more and
more widely appreciated though not so ra­pidly
as it should, as evidenced by Dean
Randall's report. Only a few years back
education was regarded as the mere ac­cumulation
of facts. Today the realization
that true education consists in the training
of judgment is rapidly gaining currency.
The distinction is thus reducible to that of
wisdom versus knowledge, concerning which
Cowper wrote: "Knowledge is proud that
he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble
that he knows no more.'
That despite the high ideals of education,
thousands of the present-day undergradu­ates
are pursuing their studies with the
ultimate hope of receiving a high monetary
return thereby, is only to be expected. He
should not. be censured too severely for his
mercenary tendencies, however. Success,
in the present century, is almost entirely
measured in terms of dollars and cents.
Therefore, can the youth of today be blamed
for trying to attain that success by using
one of the keenest tools at his disposal?
The American college man is a very ra­tional
creature, despite the pictures some
Would-be artists paint of him. He realizes
that the true significance of educational
training is the cultivation of wisdom. Yet
his purpose in acquiring that wisdom is
the cultivation^ of wisdom. Yet his purpose
in acquiring that wisdom is so that he may
be better able to cope successfully with his
fellow men in the great field of industry
and commerce. Is he not justified in so
doing?—Cincinnati Bearcat.
Blind Tiger
I call my girl "Prescription" because she
is so hard to get filled.
"Are we going Dutch oh this, or are you
going Scotch?"
He: "Would you call for help if I tried
to kiss you?"
She: "Do you need help?"
"Does his mind ever wander?"
"Well, not aimlessly. It always goes di­rectly
down."
"Hey waiter, yeu brought me two eggs
and I only ordered one."
Waiter: "I know, but I hated to separate
them after all these years."
"Were you trying to catch that train,
sir 1
"Oh, no, I merely wanted to chase it out
of the station."
"I've always had a presentment," she
said, "that I would die young."
"Well, dearie," remarked* her lady friend,
"you didnt, did you?"
It seems that Ag Bottom has moved to
the new baseball field. Also the time has
changed about twelve hours. We do not
know much about it, but you can ask Ben
Sankey; He happened to be looking on.
"Egad, Justantine, and are' co-eds ob­serving?"
"Forsooth, Esmeralda, and you would be
surprised at the things that go on right
under their noses."
Sru/- .__ ;
Ah, maiden fair, when thou dost go to ride,
Know him full well whom thou dost sit
beside,
Lest rural realms stir madness in his
"dome,"
And you, forsooth, be forced to "hoof it"
home!
A'hymn of hate-1 sing
To a sweet little thing,
A girl with a heart like a rock;
I gave her my pin—
Now aint it a sin—
She went and put it in hock.
For the pin I don't care
And I'd give it the air .,.•
And I don't worry about the^pelf,
But it makes me mad
When I think I had
- Intended to hock it myself.
Famous Last Limes
"Hon, hold the wheel while I light a cig­arette.'
"Somebody said this bridge wasn't safe,
but I don't believe it."
"Watch me now ride this motorcycle
standing on the seat.'
"Course it's not loaded."
"Now well make the loop-the-loop."
"We've got the right-of-way."
"Hope this parachute opens."
"I'm not being treated right, so I'm going
to tell the Prof, where to head in right
•nowA;;
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Auburn turns out business men apparent­ly.
When returning from Opelika last Fri­day
night, a student found a poor home­less
dog. His heart simply melted in pity
when he beheld such a sight in a cruel
world. He promptly caught the dog and
brought him (?) to Auburn. The next
morning the Opelika Daily News carried
an ad which offered a reward for the re­turn
or knowledge of the whereabouts of
the dog. Mr. Mack Moore immediately
phoned that city and the party in question
and claimed the reward. Hope we find a
dog soon—or rather hope we see a dog
soon—so we can claim a reward. A tender
regard for all animalkind might have been
the cause of Mack getting the dog, but—
well, we are just not quite able to say for
certain what we- think.
Matthews of Tallahassee fame is still
telling what love will do for a person. He
also told us that he found out exactly what
love could do one night, and—that's all.
A freshman wanted to know the differ­ence
between bringing a plate to a banquet
and having to pay a dollar per plate at the
banquet. Another display of rodent ignor­ance.
All we can say is that the difference
is something to eat.
It seems that some of the newest or­ganizations
on the campus would cheapen
themselves and the purpose of their or­ganization
by giving pins and keys. Maybe
however, they will learn in time that a key
has gotten to where it means an added
weight to carry around and nothing more.
What do you think of an English pro­fessor
that will flunk a student when he
(student) writes a comma splice when the
professor does the trick himself? We can't
say that he practices what he preaches.
Prof. Appleby, it has been reported, has
almost quit eating or rather he hasn't time
to pass the food to anyone else. Why?
Well, it seems that there are some ladies
eating on the same- table. The students
eating at the same place state that they
can't help noticing the situation. They
must be hungry themselves. Better pass
them something, Professor, so they won't
give you away.
Rat Walter Smith has quit his church
to follow a co-ed. What's the world coming
to? *
Dan Sikes has met a lady in Mobile who
cuts you with her words and then says she
is sorry. Dan thought she was one of those
ladies who didn't copy from anyone and
who had a new line for everyone, but he
has found that she only' one line and it is
about worn out.
Our Cadet Colonel and Will Rogers are
apparently old friends. Will must have
bought Stephens a good cigar or a ice cream
cone, for Stephens was doing almost every­thing
Will wanted him to do before he left
town.
Will must have left some of his sarcastic
humor here when he left, judging from the
way and places it was heard the next morn­ing.
We now find that Howard Smith has
some strong competition when chewing is
to be considered. We would like to award
Will Rogers first place and crown him as
"champion chewer" and Howard Smith—
first place too.
It is said that J. D. Neeley, a promising
young electrician, while in Mobile recently
learned the advantage of close contact.
Mandy: "Don't forget, nigger, you mar­ried
me for better or wusser.*"
Mose: "Dat's all right, honey, but how
come yo-all keeps gettin' wusser, and wus-ser?"
MEDITATIONS
O N T H I S A N D T H AT
*Bv Jupiter 1. 'Pluvius
« BOOK REVIEW «
A PARABLE
In a field of ripening corn I came to a
place which had been trampled down by
some ruthless foot; and as I glanced among
the countless stalks, every one of them
alike, standing there so erect, and bearing
the full weight of the ear, I saw a multi­tude
of different flowers, red and blue and
violet. How pretty they looked as they
grew there so naturally with their little
foliage! But, thought I, they are quite
useless; they bear no fruit; they are mere
weeds, suffered to remain only because
there is no getting rid of them. And yet,
but for the flowers, there would be nothing
to charm the eye in that wilderness of
stalks. They are emblematic of poetry and
art, which, in civic life—so severe, but still
useful and not without its fruit—play the
same part as flowers in the corn.
—Arthur Schopenhauer
- Schopenhauer is hot to be read by the
1928 model Babbitt. One who constantly
hears that he lives in the finest town, in
the finest state, in the greatest nation in
the world can't see much in the warped
views of the old pessimist. However, I
like him. After hearing a lot of the op­timistic
hokum which is a part of our ma­terialism,
it is a relief to dip into the blunt,
honest, although technically unsound teach­ings
of Schopenhauer. I find so much in
• his writings that I want to believe, so
much that is appealing, even though it is
inapplicable and its falacies so evident. I
like the parable reprinted at the head of
the column for its naive treatment of the
subject.
* * * * *
SALOME
She stamped her foot, "I want his head!"
. And her brow was black as she looked at
John:
"I want his head in my hands," she said,
"And I don't care whether it's off or on."
John would not kiss, so he had to die;
She was wilful as she was proud,
She bore the head on a salver, high,
And kissed its lips and triumphed loud.
For what woman cares if his soul she kill,
When a man to her whim she has chanced
to find,
•If she only can fondle his hair at will,
And kiss his lips when she has a mind?
—Mary Carolyn Davies
* * * * *
The other day I was asked this rather
unusual question, "How many men are
there in Auburn whom you can walk up
to, start a conversation about anything, and
receive at least an intelligent response?"
By "anything," the questioner meant any­thing
of a more lofty nature than the
weather or the current movie. In other
words, would old Sam Johnson find any­one
here who could interest him in a con­versation?
An intelligent conversationa­list"
is a rare animal. The man who can,
in the course of a talk, touch on such un­related
things as Latin American history,
Renaissance in I.taly, Pragmatic philosophy,
modern novels, Hebrew poetry, and British
debt problems is not to be found on every
street corner.
* * * * *
Especially in Auburn is the genus com­parable
to the proverbial lost needle. The
lack of wide culture and liberal education
is appalling. Technical students invari­ably
say that have no time to read widely,
that their courses require all their time.
But they usually don't know many things
of a cultural nature which directly influ­ence
their chosen professions.
* * * * *
Few engineers know anything of the
works of the most famous scientists, out­side
a bare knowledge of their theories.
The architect who grasps the whole of an
artistic movement, including painting,
music, poetry, drama, and the other ele­ments
aside from the pure architecture is
rare, yet every movement is an integral
whole. Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill
are unknown quantities in the average
commerce student's store of ready know­ledge.
I am afraid the lamp used in the honest-man
hunt would be of little avail in the
search for the "intelligent conversationa­list."
,
Expressing the idea that a student gets
morp, knowledge out of a so-called "bull
session" than many formal lectures or class
room recitations, the dean of men at North­western
University, is an advocate of in-formalUm
in education.
Dean Armstrong voiced his opinion at a
recent fraternity luncheon. When ques­tioned
further he explained that when a
group of students get together for7 a talk,
they reveil their hopes, their likes, their
skepticisms, contribute their own ideas, and
listen to others in discussion. Then, he
said, a student really gathers material that
has been dormant in his mind and mar­shals
it up into opinions and attitudes of
his own.
VIRILE REALISM IN THE SHORT
STORY
By Warren E. Bower
Men Without Women, by Ernest Heming­way.
New York: Scribners: 1927
If one were not in such grave and easy
danger of being disproved, I should say that
Ernest Heminway is the American writer
of the day. By that I should mean he was
very widely read, of course, and that his
work is constantly appearing in the maga-
With Other Colleges
Matrimony which wrecked the Floating
University last year, will be discouraged
on its cruise this fall.
* * * * *
University of Michigan football players
will be presented with rings upon gradua­tion.
These will no doubt supplement those
" '«* the eyes.
BlL. - * * * * *
The women's dormitories at the Univer­sity
of Wisconsin have devised a plan of
exchanging fifty guests for Sunday dinner
with the Men's dormitories.
* * * * *
The annual Senior Ball, at the University
of Illinois may be cancelled this year be­cause
of rowdyness displayed at the senior
informal in December.
* * * * *
Enrollment in American colleges and uni­versities
has increased twenty-five per cent
in the last five years, it is shown in tabu­lations
received by Raymond Walters, dean
of Swarthmore College.
* * * * *
Under a state law prohibiting trade
stamps the practice of the co-operative stu­dent's
book store of the University in giving
students a rebate at the end of the year
has been declared illegal.
» » * ' * *
Three debaters from the University of
Oregon have started on a tour of the world.
They will debate teams in many of the lead­ing
world's capitals, such as: Manila,
Rome, Naples, Port Said, Edinburgh, and
others.
* * * * *
The University of Minnesota is including
a training course in the gymnasium for
cheer leaders. Fraternities are asked to
send their pledges so that a cheer team
may be chosen each year from experienced
men. ,'
* * * * *
George Washington University, named
for the Father of the Country, carries out
the traditional . story told in connection
with his boyhood days in the naming of
their school organs. The official publi­cation
is known as "The University Hat­chet,"
and the yearbook is called "Cherry
Tree."
• ' • • • •
Word was received that two of the Uni­versity
of Oregon around-the-world de­baters
were arrested in Nagasaki, Japan,
on the charge of photographing a fortified
zone.
They were detained for several hours
but after a plea of ignorance of the law
were released, and their negatives confis­cated.
* * * * *
At the University of New Hampshire the
inhabitants of the different dormitories
have a novel agreement among themselves.
The dormitory having the lowest scholastic
standing at the end of the term is to "pull"
a dance for the dormitory having the high­est
scholastic standing. This novel con­test
promises to make studies interesting to
the student who is less inclined to be the
goat. We pity the dormitory with the
greatest number of athletes.
* * * * *
The Student Council at Lafayette Col­lege
is engaged in a controversy over the
proposed" plan that seniors whose marks
are high enough should be exempted from
most of their final examinations. The idea,
although suggested very often, has never
been carried out because of its radical na­ture.
However, if the idea were to be dis­cussed
logically, the affair would end fav­orably
for the affirmative. Any senior
whose past and present grades showed him
to be a good student should not be com­pelled
to take the exams.
* * * * *
Student government at the University
of Wisconsin is no more. The faculty has
accepted the self-deposed student senate's
recommendation that its charter be con­sidered
defunct, and thereby has seconded
the opinion of student leaders that there
is no reason for maintaining an unimport­ant
and unnecessary institution. Since
1916 the men's student senate has been the
highest council in student affairs. In Octo­ber
the members voted to .disband, after
deciding that their' actual powers were
few and of little importance. Self govern­ment
will be administered by five admin­istrative
boards. Centralization will be
had by the union of the chairmans of these
five bodies in the supervision of student
elections. Otherwise there will be no cen­tral
board of control.
zines, sometimes in the most unlikely
places. But I should mean further that his
work is having an influence upon other and
not always younger writers. His is the
formula that happens to be in favor at the
moment. Generally it is thought to be quite
a new one, with the added elements of
greater interest and even greater truth,
which is perhaps to say greater realism.
Whether or not these things are true may
be seen in Hemingway's last book, Men
Without Women.
But who is Hemingway? might well be
asked by all except those who know who's
who in the current literary world. Briefly,
a young man still in his early thirties, born
in northern Michigan, who went through
the disillusioning experiences of the war,
and who has since remained in Paris with
a literary group ungenerously called "ex­patriates."
He first came upon the liter­ary
scene with a book of" short stories call­ed
"In Our Time, first published in Paris,
brief, hard, briliant tales of the writer's
early experiences that achieved a powerful
effect upon the reader. THR hook was. re­published
in America, was followed by a.
literary satire, "The Torrents of Spring,
and then appeared that very striking novel
The Sun Also Rises, with which Heming­way
caught the excited attention of the
reading public. It was a sparsely told ac­count
of the "expatriates" in Paris, whom
• Gertrude Stein has designated as "the lost
generation." Futility was on every page,
but the writing was distinguished by eco­nomy,
a gripping realness, cold humor, la­conic
power. But Hemingway can hardly
fetl at home in the novel, so keen an eye
has he for incident and for the significance
of every smallest act or tone of voice. The
short story that presents a situation minu­tely
and relentlessly in his forte; and.in
Men Without Women there are thirteen ex­cellent
examples of such stories.
While "The Killers" is perhaps the best
and certainly the most famous story in the
collection, there are several others with the
same powerful illusion of reality. "Fifty
Grand" is full of the sordiness of prize­fighting,
but it tells an absorbing narra­tive
of the soon-to-be-defeated fighter's
last fight and his heroic efforts to win the
"fifty grand." "The Undefeated" is a bull­fight
story, that recalls the best part of
Hemingway's novel, the bullfight scenes. It
is a long story, as his stories go, much of
it seems to have the indirection of time-passing
conversation, yet the sum of the
whole is a poignant revelation of the soul
of the bullfighter. The situation in "An
Alpine Idyll" is a sharply revolting one,
but told with all the restraint which makes
Hemingway's work notable. Some of the
stories have a distinctly ironic tone, like
the account of a trip through Italy, and the
sardonic setting down of the conversation
in a railway coach in "A Canary For One."
Hemingway is often a satirist, for all his
objective posing of reality. The very fact
of his choice of details upon which to exer­cise
his merciless truth-telling marks him
as a man who has opinions somewhat like
those recorded in Ecclesiastes, from which
he got the title for his novel. But one
must not stop here; he is by no means a
reformer. Unlike Sinclair Lewis, he is an
artist before he is the satirist.
When the careful reader looks at these
stories more closely, and weighs the de­tails
of construction, the author's handling
of conversation strikes him first. as most
significant. Not even Lewis has caught
the rhythm and idiom-of colloquial Ameri­can
speech better than Hemingway; and in
the clipped, staccato sentences one hears
the very tones of the voice. I have re­marked
on the seeming indirectness of the
talk, the fact that it always seems oblique
to the purpose; the first comment of nearly
every reader is "Where is he getting?"
I am inclined to think this denotes a fault,
even though all of us have noted the lack '
of directness in American speech. It 'means
that so much must be added to overcome
the insignificant drift; and it is true that
Hemingway's pages are flooded with talk,
short sentences rapidly oscillating between
individuals. As a result, there is an uncer­tainty
about the story which often makes
it dificult to grasp. One reaches the end
surprised and unconvinced, because the last
paragraph or sentence fails to flood the
scene with light and significance. In de
Maupassant's stories one never misses this
deferred but certain illumination; Heming­way's
stories follow the French master's
in method, in self-sufficiency and compact­ness,
but may lack this final mark of sure
greatness. There are at least four stories
in this book that most readers would call
trivial.
With his two books of short stories,
Hemingway has placed himself alongside
Sherwood Anderson, and these two far and
away lead that field. Neither approaches
the excellence of the English A. C. Cop-pard;
but their work represents the most
heartening tendency away from the me­chanized
version of the short story. In the
highest sense of the word, the stories of
these two American writers are significant.
And of the two, Hemingway bears much the
greater promise for the future.
THE PLAINSMAN Page 3
PROFESSOR CARMAN WORKS
ON A NEW HIGH SPEED CAMERA
Cameras able to take photographs
with exposures of a billionth of a
second may soon be possible as a re­sult
of an experiment being done at
Sloane Physics Laboratory at Yale
University.
Already a whirling mirror has been
set up that can make 360,000 revolu­tions
a minute, the greatest velocity
ever attained. The mirror is being
used in studies of extremely short
flashes of light, and application of
the principle to photography, the
physicists suggest, may eventually
make possible a high speed shutter
that can catch such rapid motions as
those occurring in atomic processes.
When this is made possible, it will be
a valuable contribution to scence, it
was pointed out.
Though the mirrors have been used
in making the test, the experiment
itself is being conducted with a brass
cone-shaped disc which is placed into
a perforated brass cup. When the
volume of air is applied through the
holes in the cup, the disc is lifted en­tirely
free of the cup and whirls sus­pended
in the air. The disc has ridges
cut at equal distances along the side
and air is applied equally through
holes in the cup causing the disc to
rotate.
The experiment is being conducted
by Warren D. Garman, a student in
the Graduate School with the co-op­eration
of Professors Ernest O. Law­rence
and J. W. Beams of the Physics
Department at Yale.
There is a possibility according to
the scientists, that the speed of ro­tation
of the disc may be increased
'to a million revolutions a minute
thus making possible further reduc­tions
in the duration of light flashes.
It was pointed out however that
with such velocity as this, the atoms
in the revolving body are subjected
to such terrific disturbances that
they are likely to fly apart, shatter­ing
the metal.
The plan' for having the disc rotate
in the air was first devised by a
French scientist several years agoj it
was explained, though as far is
known Yale is the only university in
this country experimenting upon the
device.
With previous devices, the disc was
attached to the machine by means of
ball bearings which necessarily ham­per
the free movement which is pos­sible
in the present experiment.
Warren Garman is a former Au­burn
man, having been a professor in
the School of Engineering until this
year. He is now finishing the gradu­ate
work necessary for his degree.
SERWt
ENGRAVING Co
Catalogue
NewspaperCuts
* M&de in an
Up-to d&te Plant
»»d I
•Cuts I
an I
>l&nt|
d.M.ENGLER
P»R-OP».
FOURTH FLOOR
ADVERTISER BLDO
YOUTH IS KILLED
IN FRAT ROBBERY
According to a report from At­lanta,
an unidentified youth was kill­ed
after an attempt to rob a Frater­nity
house near Georgia Tech. At­tempting
to escape after he was dis­covered,,
he was shot and killed by
W. A. Mitchell, Junior and member
of the Fraternity.
MUSICAL PROGRAM
AT RADIO STATION
DORM ROW ENDS DECISIVELY
When "Hardboy" Kip doubted the
authority of "Houseman" Sykes, he
was immediately "crawled" by said
houseman. The outcome was almost
in favor of Kip, but after a hefty
swing to Kips middle, Sykes kicked
him out of the Dormitory, only to be
tackled by Kips roommate, West.
Sykes survived both attacks, but he
has to be led to classes by his room­mate,
the sick list having been dis­continued.
Station WAPI will be on the air
with ten musical and educational pro­grams
during the week beginning
Monday, March 12. Market news and
weather forecasts will be included in
these programs.
Monday noon, March 12, the studio
trio with Miss Evelyn Smith, soloist;
G. A. Trollope will lead a poultry dis­cussion;
and C. K. Brown will give
Auburn news notes.
Tuesday noon, March 13, the stu­dent
quartet and N. K. Parker in vo­cal
selections. Prof. D. G. Sturkie
will discuss control methods of ber-muda
grass.
Tuesday night, beginning at 9, the
Auburn collegians in dance selections.
A book review will be presented.
Wednesday noon, March 14, the
student orchestra; a weekly econom­ics
discussion by W. B. England; egg
laying contest report.
Wednesday night, beginning at 9,
musical program.
Thursday noon, March 15, O. D.
Langston in solos; and the Auburn
stringers in request numbers. Prof.
D. G. Sturkie on hay crops for Ala­bama.
Thursday night, beginning at 9,
the studio orchestra. Dr. Geo. Petrie
on a current topic.
Friday noon, March 16, the Jesse
French-Victor,program; and the Au­burn
Kiwanis club quartet.
Saturday noon, March 17, the stu­dent
quartet. Prof. J. R. Rutland on
the Sunday School lesson, and a home
economics specialist in a home eco­nomics
discussion.
MATH RECORD OF RATS IS
COMPLETED AND ANNOUNCED
Last Fall 405 Freshmen took the
Placement Test in mathematics. 51
of these resigned from school, or
dropped their course in mathematics,
or otherwise have no record yet. The
remaining 354 Freshmen have re­ceived
final grades as follows:
257 passed:
No. of
Freshmen
65
65
65
62
97 Failed:
33
64
Grade
Interval
90 to 100
80 to 89
70 to 79
60 to 89
50 to 59
Below 50
Per
Cent.
18.4
18.4
18.4
17.5
9.3
18.0
ANY LAND WILL
BRING PROFIT
The First National Bank of Auburn
Advice mad Accommodation
For Every College Man
Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction
C. Felton Little, '04, President
W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G. H. Wright, '17, Cashier
VARSITY BARBER SHOP
THE DISTINCTIVE SHOP
OF
DISTINCTIVE SERVICE
Hot and Cold Showers
TOOMER'S DRUG STORE
Drug Sundries
Drinks, Smokes
THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY
ON THE CORNER
i * -
f
USE KRATZER'S ICE CREAM
Your Local Dealer Has It
For your parties and feeds ask your local
dealer to order from us. Our products are
pasteurized, using best ingredients, there­fore
necessarily PURE.
KRATZER'S
Montgomery, Alabama
Local Dealers
HOMER WRIGHT
S.LT00MER
ORANGE & BLUE SODA CO.
Rough land that is not considered
valuable for farming need not be
considered worthless, according to
Ooto Brown, extension forester, Au­burn.
Such land, he said, can be
made to pay from $2 to $8 per acre
each year by growing timber.
Mr. Brown pointed out that a few
years ago the average'person thought
of forest conservation as a responsi­bility.
He felt It a duty to protect
his woodland from fire in order to
grow the timber his children would
need. This is now not only a duty
but an opportunity for the farmer to
increase the cash returns from his
farm, he declared.
With present prices of timber
rough land may now be one of the
most profitable parts of a farm," he
said.
As timber in the United States and
Alabama is disappearing four times
as fast as it is being grown, and as
the price is necessarily increasing,
the profits from timber growing will
no doubt be greater as the years go
by.
The main operation.connected with
timber growth in Alabama is fire pre­vention,
he said. At this season of
the year there are always lots of
forest fires started by people in pre­paring
their land for spring planting.
If the owners but. realized the dam­age
done by these fires to trees, there
would be fewer fires.
Many farmers will stop their hands
at the busiest season of the year to
put out a forest fire in their woods.
They find that it pays to do this," he
added.
TAU OMEGA CHI
PURCHASES HOME
After living in an inconveniently
located house on West Glenn Ave.,
for the past three years, the Tau
Omega Chi Fraternity buys Pi Kappa
Alpha's house which is conveniently
located on South Gay street, opposite
the Presbyterian church. The Tau
Omega Chi Fraternity shall have full
possession of their new home at the
close of the second summer school.
They plan to make this their perman­ent
home until further plans can be
made for their going on Fraternity
Row.
"Ohio Wesleyan students are too
darned busy trying to run the Uni­versity."
The president of the Uni­versity
was summarizing general fac­ulty
opinion when he made this com­ment
on the student request that
their representatives be permitted to
participate in faculty and trustee
meetings. Undergraduate and fac­ulty
feeling on the request, which
has for its purpose closer relation­ship
between governing bodies and
the governed, is that the students lack
•he maturity to be of any assistance
to the policy-makers.
72.7 per cent, passed.
27.3 per cent, failed.
Comparison between their High
School preparation and college re­cord.
These 354 freshmen may be classi­fied
as to their preparation in high
school i nthe following manner:
Class 1, 60 student, 16.9 per cent,
one year Algebra; Plane Geometry.
Class 2, 11 students, 3.1 per cent;
one year Algebra; Plane & Solid
Geometry.
Class 3,104 students, 29.4 per cent.;
1 1-2 or more years Algebra; Plane
Geometry.
Class 4,179 students, 50.6 per cent.;
1 1-2 or more years Algebra; Plane
& Solid Geometry.
Do they like Mathematics?
Of these 354 Freshmen, 280 "like"
mathematics, 74 "do not like" it.
220 (or 78.6 per cent) of those who
like mathematics have PASSED.
60 (or 21.4 per cent.) of those who
like mathematics have FAILED.
37 (or 50.0 per cent.) of those who
do not like mathematics have PASS­ED.
37 (or 50.0 per cent.) of those who
do not like mathematics have FAIL
ED.
The following is an unusual answer
in an unusual language:
Placement Test: Do you like mathe­matics?
Evasive Freshman: I have no
GREAT DISLIKE for it.
N. B. 1. X-Algebra men haxe been
considered as failures in the above
tables.
2. A small per cent, of Freshmen do
not seem to have taken their Place­ment
Test on account of late registra­tion.
These students could not be in-
TULANE SCHOLARS
TO HELP ATHLETES
A new indoor sport was instituted
at Tulane Tuesday afternoon, when
about thirty Tulanians of high scho­lastic
standing volunteered' to coach
their classmates who have athletic
talent, but who at the same time
lack scholastic proficiency. The ath­letes
being coached are members
or prospective members of next sea­son's
football team. Scholastic dif­ficulties
seem to have been an almost
insurmountable barrier to many mem­bers
of Tulane football teams of re­cent
years. This attempt to help the
athletes in their studies is the result
of the efforts of the faculty and ath­letic
authorities to bring the football
team nearer to the standard set by
the famous '25 machine. The boys
who have volunteered their services
as coaches deserve much praise, they
are helping the football players to
help Tulane. This is real school spirit.
This sort of support will go a long
way towards helping the team to
greater success.
REPAIRS COMPLETED ON
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
DR. C. L. BOYD, D. D. S.
DENTIST
Tiger Drag Store Building
Upstairs
For some time the Presbyterian
Church of this city has been under­going
repairs, which are now near-ing
completion. The majority of the
work was done on the interior of the
building; re-plastering and re-condi­tioning
it. A number of repairs are
in evidence on the exterior; replacing
brickwork and painting. The total
cost of the repairs amounts to about
two thousand dollars, and it is hoped
that every good church member will
do his share toward raising the fund
as the Church still owes something
oyer a thousand dollars for the recent
improvements.
Hare and Tortoise
Story Is Repeated
The old story of the hare and the
tortoise took on a new aspect last
week with an Emory Freshman in the
role of the hare and the Goddess
Morpheus as the tortoise.
"When Freshman "Moon" Mullins,
of Alabama Hall, was returning from
the post office .last Tuesday, after
getting a letter from "the only one,"
he found it impossible to wait until
he was in the privacy of his room to
read it.
Because of this he settled himself
comfortably against the wire around
the tennis courts and proceeded to
refresh his memory. But nature has
a peculiar way of playing her pranks,
and no sooner had a posture of com­fort
been assumed than a feeling of
drowsiness caused by spring fever
seized him and he fell asleep.
"Uncle Joe" Reaud was first to see
him, and thinking that Mullen had
been the victim of foul play, began
frantically calling for help. His cries
attracted a score or more of specta­tors
who crowded around to witness
the scene and sympathize with the
unfortunate. The noise caused by
the scud of hurrying feet, woke Mul­len
and he raised up sleepily blinking
his eyes with a perceptible look of
guilt on his face.
A. I. E. E. HAVE
GOOD PROGRAM
Probably what these elderly couples
mean when they say that they have
been married forty years without a
fight, is that each knows the other's
danger signs well enough to walk oft*
before the argument gets too heated.
The weekly meeting of the A. I.
E. E. was held Thursday evening at
seven o'clock in Ramsay Hall. The
meeting was brought to order by the
chairman, and a few minutes were
given over to business discussions. In
view of the fact that Mr. Weisinger,
representative of the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Co., would
be in Auburn the following Wednes­day,
it was decided that the society
meet on the following Wednesday in­stead
of Thursday.
A very interesting and instructive
student program was rendered by
Mr. P. E. Sandelin, Mr. H. Hickman
and Mr. N. W. Geist. Mr. Geist took
for his subject the electric arc-welder.
In discussing it, he brought
out its advantages and disadvantages,
and its value as a time saver. Mr.
Sandelin talked on the creosoted
poles, describing the process of creo-soting
and its value. Mr. Hickman
described the Westfield works of the
T. C. I. Go., and the type of work
that he did while being employed
there.
MAY & GREEN
Men's Clothing
Sporting Goods
Montgomery, Alabama
i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
eluded in these tabulations due to the
lack of the necessary data.
; Released by Prof. B. H. Cren­shaw,
Head of Mathematics. Pre­pared
by Z. M. Pirenian.
THE TOGGERY SHOP
FOR YOUR CLOTHING
In Orange & Blue
Boys-Stop at
City Drug Store
Whan in Columbus
YOU ARE WELCOME
W. L. MEADOWS*
DR. THOS. B. MCDONALD
Dentist and1 Oral Surgeon
Office Over Tcomer's Drag
Store
Phone 49
AUBURN GARAGE
R. O. Floyd, Jr., Prop.
AUTO REPAIRING, -:- GAS, -:- OILS, -:- TIRES
AND ACCESSORIES
C A R S FOR H I RE
• PERFECTION AND FLORENCE
OIL STOVES
HEATERS -:- RANGES
PICTURE FRAMING
We Appreciate Your Business.
AUBURN FURNITURE CO.
FIRST STAR—"They tell me you'll endorse any cigarette for a consideration . . ."
SECOND STAR—' 'Sure, so long as the consideration isn't that I give up my Chesterfields!"
THEY'RE MILD
and ytt THEY SATISFY
01921. LIGGETT • MYIM TOBACCO CO.
Pag. 4. THE PLAINSMAN
SPORTS : Baseball Candidates Out For Practice SPORTS
Tigers Undergoing Strenuous
Training on the Diamond Now
Twenty-Four Conference Games Scheduled for
Coming Season
By George Ashcraft
With one of the toughest schedules
ever undertaken by an Auburn base­ball
team facing them, the Tiger base­ball
artists are going through strenu­ous
training daily -in an effort to
round out a team that will make the
best teams in Dixie fear them.. Under
the leadership of Captain Ebb James
and the supervision of Coach "Slick"
Moulton, the Plainsmen are expecting
to make another strong fight for the
Southern Championship. Last season
the Tigers had the best team in the
Conference, judging by the season's
average. With a majority of last
year's veterans back this year and
many good players coming up from
the freshmen, Auburn supporters are
very optimistic over the outcome of
the race this season.
The team this year is well bal­anced
with both right and left-handed
batters. The best defense is said to
be a good offense, and the team this
year will be exceptionally strong in
batting power. Coach Moulton as­serts
that there is enough material
now out to make not one, but two good
college teams. At present at least
forty men are out. These are divided
into two groups, one group using the
drill field for practice, and the other
using the regular diamond. Almost
continual hitting practice is the order
of the day on both fields. Coach
"Slick" is training the team this year
under the assumption that the way
to learn to play baseball is to play
baseball, and with this idea in mind
he is planning to have at least three
practice games a week.
The team is to play 24 conference
games this season. The reason for
such a large number is that the more
conference games played the better
our percentage will likely be, as we in­tend
to win a large proportion of
them. However they will work for
only one* game at a time, with no
thought of the championship, just try­ing
to win each game as it comes
along. The championship will then
take care of itself. The team while
playing end at all other times will be
entirely directed by the captain. Each
man will know baseball so well that
he will know what to do before he
goes to the plate and will not have to
look back for instructions on every
ball pitched. If college athletics do
not teach a man to think for himself,
what use are they?
The schedule is truly a tought one.
It begins with a jaunt to Fort Ben-ning
to engage that team in a couple
of tilts on successive days. The first
day of the following week the Mont­gomery
Lions journey to the campus
to inaugurate the season here. This
day is also "A" Day. A couple of
days later the Tigers to Selma for a
game with the Selma Cloverleafs. On
Friday of that week the first con­ference
tilt will get underway, with
Tulane furnishing the opposition. The
day following both teams go to Mont*
gomery to resume hostilities. Clem-son
comes to the campus the first of
the next week, and plays a two-game
series. The following week is chock-full
of baseball. It opens with a couple
of games with the University of
Georgia. The week ends with two
games with the Fort Benning nine.
The next week opens with two games
with Georgia Tech, both teams then
going to Atlanta {or two more games
the last of the week. The team will
follow this long run at home with a
trip to Panama City, Fla., for a three-game
series with the Florida boys.
From the Florida city the boys jump
to Clemson for a couple of games with
the Mountain Tigers, thence to Co­lumbia,
S\ C, for a game with the
University of South Carolina. From
there the Plainsmen wind up their
long road trip by going to Athens for
a two-game series with the University
of Georgia. The last of that week
two games are scheduled on the cam­pus
with the University of South
Carolina. Two games with Vander-bilt
University at Nashville the last
of the following week will close the
season.
The batters men have been out for
•over two weeks and are now in good
condition. There are no sore arms
in the bunch in spite of the cold
weather we have been experiencing
lately, and they could all pitch a game
now if necessary. The remainder of
the squad answered the call about the
first of the month, and have been
hard at work ever since. They are
working under a plan whereby they
work their legs on cold days and their
arms on warm days. This is a big
factor in preventing soreness.
The defense of the team this year
should be very good. Four varsity
and four freshmen pitchers are re-
Inter-Frat Cage
Tournament To
Start Next Week
By C. T. Ingersoll
All ye frat basketball aspirants are
ready and waiting for the whistle
which will give the signal for the an­nual
tournament that each fraternity
on the campus participates in with
the expectation of copping the cham­pionship.
It is noted this year that
there is considerable competition, due
to the teams having many good play­ers
on their squads. Almost every
player has had considerable experi­ence
on the court in high school, and
some have played to some extent
here on the campus. So we should
be able to see some good games be­fore
the meet is over.
The tournament, as heretofore has
been the case, is divided into two
leagues, one being the American lea­gue,
and the other is the National
league. One league will play one
week, and the other the next. The
American league is scheduled to play
first, and the contest begins next
week.
It is well worth trying for this
championship, for the winners will
make any fraternity proud of its
team. This alone should be incentive
enough for the teams to fight hard,
and for the supporters to cheer the
players on to victory.
Each team should conduct itself in
a sportsman-like way, for after all it
is not the score that counts, but the
way in which you played the game.
In the American league we have:
Sigma Alpha Epsilon versus Phi Kap­pa
Tau, Phi Kappa Delta versus Sig­ma
Pi, Phi Delta Theta versus Pi
Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi ver­sus
Kappa Alpha, and Lambda Chi
Alpha versus Sigma Nu.
For the National league the follow­ing
is the way that the games have
been arranged. Sigma Phi Epsilon
versus Tau Omega Chi, Pi Kappa Phi
versus Alpha Lamba Tau, Beta Kappa
versus Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Phi
Sigma versus Alpha Gamma Rho, and
Kappa Sigma will play Theta Chi.
Tiger Baseball Schedule For 1928
March 23-24—Fort Benning _
March 26—Montgomery Lions
March 28—Sejma Cloverleafs _
March 30—Tulane
March 31—Tulane
April 2-3—Clemson
April 9-10—Georgia
at Fort Benning, Ga.
.."A" Day, at Auburn
at Selma
'_ at Auburn
at Montgomery
at Auburn
._ £ at Auburn
April 11-12—Florida _.. -—---,- a t Auburn
April 13-14—Fort Benning - a* Auburn
April 16-17—Georgia Tech at Auburn
April 20-21—Georgia Tech ... at Atlanta
April 26-27-28—Florida I at Panama City, Fla.
May 2-3—Clemson at Clemson
May 4—South Carolina ...i at Columbia, S. C.
May 7-8—Georgia ----- at Athens
May 11-12—South Carolina _ ----- at Auburn
May 18-19—Vanderbilt - at Nashville
A Special
PEAKE Line
for College Men
With two pairs of trousers
Made to our specification by Learbury. in
fabrics and patterns that had the O. K. of
college men in the Eastern schools before they
were made up. At thirty-nine dollars they
offer value heart-warming even to the chap
who A.B.'d in Scotch spending.
$39
Second Floor—Louis Saks
^LOUIS SAKS&»
2nd Ave. at 19th St., Birmingham, Ala.
turning to the squad. The varsity
men returning are Wood, McGhee,
Potter, and Lee, and the freshmen
coming up are Stoutenborough, Ken­nedy,
Plant, and Hall. Captain Ebb
James will catch' again this year, and
should enjoy a big season. A scramble
for second-string catchers will most
likely develop between Alverson,
Booth, Wright, and Pomeroy. For
the first base position Fob James is
returning. He catches from the port
side, and is about the best first base­man
in the conference. Sledge and
Jones are two others who play first
base. Smith, Ward, and Dick Jones
will battle it out for the second base
position. Ben Sankey is back again
to play shortstop. He looks like the
best shortstop the South has pro­duced
since Joe Sewell. This is his
third and last year on the squad, and
he should have a great year. Lester
is another who plays the hot position.
With a veteran at both first and short
the infield is balanced up might well.
Two men from the squad of last year
are out for third, these being Gil­christ
and Currie. Gilchrist is also
the manager of the team for the com­ing
season. Manley, coming up from
the frosh, is another aspirant for the
position. Red Gilbert and Carol Por­ter
are two more infielders who are
showing up well. Two veterans are
returning to the outfield, Buck Ellis
and Jelly Akin. Taylor, from last
year's squad, is also returning. The
freshmen sent up Burt, Crawford, and
Willingham. Morton and Pylant are
two others. All these men are good
batters. In fact the team this year
will be a great offensive team.
It is planed to have practice games
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri­days,
and possibly also on Saturdys.
The student body is urged by Coach
Moulton to come out and help make
the Tiger nine of '28 the best Au­burn
has ever turned out. The bleach­ers
will be put up in a week or so,
and there will then be a place to watch
the practice. Let's go, Auburn.
BUNK • • * . BUNK
AROUND THE CAMPUS
BUNK - — « BUNK
By Max E. Kahn
A. P. I. In Southeastern League
Auburn is to be well represented
in the minor league circuit this year.
I should have said the minor minor
circuit or in other words, the south
eastern combination. Strictly speak­ing,
the stars of the past three years
will be with the most prominent
teams in the district. ~ /
Way down yonder by the Gulf
of Mexico, Red Griffin, twice cap
tain of Auburn nines, will start out
with the Fliers of Pensacola and is
due to have his best .season, unless
the injury jinx that has been pursu­ing
him recently continues. Pat
Moulton will again appear with the
Selma Cloverleafs and is a cinch if
he starts off as he left off last year.
Pat is a holder of the real goods if
you can get him to deliver 'em. Speed
and plenty of it is his motto. Good
boy, Pat! "Bully" Hitchcok, All-
Southern third baseman for the past
two years has signed papers to ap­pear
with the Lions at the Capitol
City. Bully is a strutter. He knows
how to keep the ovals from getting
past him and can shoot them to first
a wee bit harder than the next one.
Stewart, an old Auburn player is also
with the Lions and is expected to do
some classy hurling.
According to latest reports, "Dog­face"
Sheridan will.pitch for the
Barons this year. Announcement of
this fact came out Thursday in the
Birmingham News. .
Rah! Rah! Coach Bohler's Choctaws
Coach Bohler surely bowled thro
all opposition in the S. I. A. A. tour­ney
the past week. Those Choctaws
were not to be defeated. All opposi­tion
was licked in fine clean fashion
and three of the hardest quintets in
Dixie were in the way to victory and
championships. But, with the real
goods, barriers don't mean so very
much as these same-Choctaws demon-started.
Oglethorpe, B'ham. South­ern,
and Chattanooga were trounced
in turn and each game didn't tax the
Mississippians to the limit. We're
very glady to see Coach Bohler push
the lads through and are ready to
welcome him into our midst on the
15th. Let's go Bohler!
Will Rogers Donation
Surely there never was a better
sport to visit the Auburn Campus
than the nationally known humorist,
Will Rogers. Old Will went the
rounds of the campus and looked the
track, baseball and football candi­dates
over while in action. He seem­ed
very much impressed with the
Tigers and their toils. And to dem­onstrate,
or I should say prove, his
good faith, he donated a good size
check to the athletic department of
the* college. This money, he specifi­ed,
was to buy a good forward passer.
Many thanks Willie and we hope he's
as good a passer as you are an en­tertainer.
Freshman Athletics
Ever since I entered the college of
Auburn, there has been considerable
talk about Freshman athletics. Why
is this? Should Auburn be down on
the very bottom in the first year rat­ing.
In the past four years, not a
single conference football game has
been won, nor even tied/ Not a win­ning
basketball team has been put
out. Not a half decent baseball out­fit
has been formed. That is the lay
of the land and for why. Last year
not a single conference game was
won in any of the three major sports
that A. P. I. put out teams in. This
year, one conference basketball game
was won and no football games won
or tied. Again, why is this? Our ma­terial
is not at that low an ebb. We
surely have the grounds for practice
and the required material to clothe
the teams in. If Auburn is to have
a winning football team and I mean
Varsity, she is going to have to re­pair
her Frosh system first. In the
first year, the players think that they
know everything and it is up to the
coach to teach them the fundamentals
and a little about the game. If not,
then the Varsity coaches have an
extra job on their hands and they
surely have no room for it. Now is
the time to get at the very bottom
and build old Auburn up to the high
standards where she rightfully be­longs.
Why not do the thing and do
it right!
(Continued on Page 6.)
DUBOSE ELECTED TO CAPTAIN
NEXT YEAR'S BASKETBALLERS
By C. T. Ingersoll
Frank DuBose has received the
honor of being captain of the basket­ball
team for next season. Frank has
a splendid record for the two years
he has played on the varsity, having
made the team without any trouble
from the start. His ability on the
court is of the highest caliber, as
everyone knows who has seen him in
action with the ole fighting Tigers
of the Plains. He plays in the center
position and rarely ever has any
trouble getting the tip on the oppon­ent's
center. Then after the ball has
gone up at center, Frank is all over
the flqor, pivoting, guarding, and
shooting with an accuracy that just
can't be beaten. He has played
against some of the tallest men in
the Southern Conference, and still he
Alabama Georgia
SO-CALLED SPORT WRITERS IN TRUE LIGHT
Alabama
By Max E. Kahn
Georgia
Prelude: .This column has been
working itself in my mind for about
the last three weeks and is due to be
impartial and a students idea of the
Alabama sports scribes with a back­ground
of those of Atlanta, Georgia.
It is desired that all mentioned will
have privilege of reading same.
Jerry Bryan, Birmingham News:—
As usual, a day late, Mr. Bryan com­mented
on the unfavorable showing
of the Tigers at the tourney. He
seemed very delighted with the out­come
and even mentioned the fact
that, he thought the Oxford lads would
win through in the "first place.
Zipp Newman, Birmingham News:
—Of course the Auburn Tigers didn't
have a good enough team to be
worthy of Mr. Newman's observation
or commendations. It seems that
Zipp is a true Auburn backer while
in Auburn, but he stays in Birming­ham.
One of these days he'll get
mixed up and give Auburn a good
write-up instead of the University.
Jack Langshorne, Formerly With
Montgomery Advertiser:—To Jack
Langshorne, off with the hats! Jack
is an ideal sports writer. Although
a former U. of A. student and ath­lete,
he stuck up for the Fairest Vil­lage
while in vogue and put out the
best sport page in the state, in my
estimation.
Frank Smith, Montgomery Adver­tiser:—
Never heard of him! Well,
I'll tell you. He's a Sewanee grad
and writes for the famous Adver­tiser,
that used to be a good paper.
Frank woke up one morning and was
all for Auburn simply because he
heard that the Tigers intended play­ing
two basketball games in Birming­ham.
He wanted them in Montgom­ery.
When a man wants something
he may work for it. Frank did, he
backed the Tigers for the next two
days. If not for the write-ups fur­nished
by the Associated Press, the
Advertiser would have to do without
a sports page. Still, it'd not be miss­ed,
by A. P. I.
Bob Phillips, Birmingham Age-
Herald:—Bob is unusually .frank!
Auburn should have lost. The Phil­lips
twins are the best in the coun­try.
Laird, Lee and Selby are un­usually
good. Fact it, 'ole Miss just
has the best team' and Bob Phillips
takes his hat off to them. That's
the kind of a guy he is. You take
him—I don't want him.
Howard Pill, Alabama Journal:—
War-Eagle! At last, a true backer.
A man of my heart and sincere. He's
the ideal sports writer. Unbiased
and for both of the state institutions.
After the tourney, Howard Pill gave
Auburn the only decent write-up of
any state paper and his is a real tri­bute
to a really great team. Anyone
desiring to read the best of the year,
see me or better, I'll put it on the
Tiger Drug Store window. As I've
written you before, Mr. Pill, we ap­preciate
your, support more than
you'll ever know. Keep it up.
Atlanta, Georgia and a Contrast:
—Last week I published the most ex-amplifying
aticles of the prominent
sports writers of the Gate City, but
will review them in general—in con­trast
to the support received from
Alabama scribes.
Dick Hawkins, .Constitution:—
When Auburn was licked by 'ole
Miss, it was a case of a fighting team
whipping a better team. Fellows,
when Dick Hawkins stands behind you
like that, you must have the goods.
Dan forth, Georgian:—Supported
Auburn all the way through and nam­ed
the James' as the real fighting
things. Danforth is not partial and
sure gave A. P. I. her share of praise.
Morgan Blake, Journal:—Blake
picked several Auburn men as the
best in the tourney and gave the
team as a whole, remarkable write-ups.
As usual, he seemed to be the
core of all remarks and what he said,
the others believed.
Renegar, Journal and A. P.:—Why
Renegar went sc far as to pick the
most courageous player and detailed
an Auburn man to fill the position,
Ebb James.
Now, that's a real load off my
mind. As you see, the Georgia writ­ers
were not partial, unbiased and
wrote what they thought and not
what they wanted to. Looks like the
state scribes would give Auburn a
small share of her deserves, even if
the U. of A. is the favorite. We
don't want to take away any of the
support the University has, but
would like to be mentioned every
once in a great long while.
One more thing, last year Auburn
won the baseball championship of the
S. I. C. and the champ is picked by
the sports writers of the South.
Wouldn't it be a good idea for the
scribes to keep track of the games
won and lost by the colleges. Last
year, it was left to Auburn to pro­claim
her Championship for none of
the Alabama writers, cared enough
to do so. Very frankly, fellows, Au­burn
kindly solicits your support.
Please. I thank you.
always gets his share of the points
and does his bit in breaking up passes
and shots of the Orange and Blue
enemies.
DuBose is one of the most popular
men on the campus and makes friends
with all whom he comes incontact
with. This is due to his most pleas­ing
personality and sportsmanlike
way in which he conducts himself
while on the court. Frank has helped
to give Auburn a good name, especi­ally
as was seen in Atlanta last week
when Auburn strutted out but lost
the championship by a measley one
point. The spectators saw that the
Tigers had a team that would fight
until the last second. Frank was
given some good write-ups during the
teams stay in Atlanta. "We are all
for you and those Tigers, Captain Du­Bose."
•
Nine men have made letters in
basketball this year at the Village.
We wish to extend our heartest con­gratulations
to this group of men who
have brought the bacon home to the
Tiger camp this year. The list of
men getting the "A" at this time is
as follows: DuBose, E. James, F.
James, "Jelly" Akin, "Buck" Ellis,
"Moon" Mullins, Smith, L. James, and
"Little Square" Salter, manager. The
James' twins, Akin and Ellis will not
return next year. On the reserve
squad we have some men who have
made the competition very keen dur­ing
the season which has just come
to a close. Among these we find
Chamblee, Vines, Kennedy, Booth,
and McGhee. This strong reserve
has enabled up to put out a team that
will long be remembered at Auburn.
All of these reserves will return next
year and to-gether with the present
Rat team will constitute our varsity
squad for the year of 1929. So it is
seen that the prospects for the com­ing
year are very bright. The out­standing
men from the Freshman
team include Bearden, Chappell, Lee,
and Harmon. We had an excellent
Rat quintet this year, having defeat­ed
some of the strongest teams in this
section of the country. One of the
best games was against the Tech
Rats, which ended with Auburn on
the big end of the score. The ma­terial
is a good deal above par, so
it will pay you to watch this Tiger
team next year, for it is going to set
things on fire in the South.
The 1928 dribblers have set some
records this year that will be hard
to break. We have scored a thous­and
points this season in twenty two
games. This gives a grand total of
45 points per game. Our opponents
have made five hundred and seventy
seven points in these games. Two of
our players made all-Southern, and
they are none other than Frank Du­Bose
and "Jelly" Akin. They have
played the game for all there is in it,
and have received this honor, which
is the highest that an athlete can get.
"Eat 'em up Tiger."
*
Skin Health
may be preserved indefinitely by tha
me of Friudrich'm Orlfinml
jFour Roses
Lemon Cold Cream
a s only a nnall quantity, spread aranly and
thoroughly, and a smoother, softer, mors youth*
fill »Vin will delight you. For sale by
ORANGE & BLUE SODA CO.
What Shakespeare
says about Coca-Cola
Delicious and Refreshing
"A dish fit for
the gods" ~
Ettu, Brute! Well, Brutus cer­tainly
knew his stuff—so well
that you can easily imagine
him saying further:
"Delicious and Refreshing"
"Refresh Yourself"
jULrns CAESAB
Act II. Scene 1
8 million a day ~ I T HAD TO BE GOOD TO
The Coca-Cola Companjr, Atlanta, Ga.
GET WHERE IT IS
THE PLAINSMAN Page 5.
COTTON MEET ASKS FOR FEWER
ACRES TO BE PLANTED THIS YEAR
In convention at Jackson, Miss.,
Feburay 20 and 21, five hundred
leaders in farming, finance, and in
public affairs declared by resolution
that cotton prices are now about 3
cents per pound below what the sta­tistical
position indicates. They at­tributed
this to "other causes than the
accurate facts of supply and demand"
and urged cotton growers to keep
their cotton acreage within reason­able
bounds this year to avoid making
more than the markets of the world
wil consume at satisfactory prices.
Alabama was represented at the
conference by Gov. Bibb Graves;
Judge C. E. Thomas, state superinten­dent
of banking, Allen Northington of
the Farm Bureau cotton association;
R. H. Cochrane, president, Alabama
banker's association, Tuscaloosa; P.
GREEN'S
OPELIKA, ALA.
Clothing, Shoes
—AND—
Furnishing Goods
O. Davis, Auburn; J. M. Moore and
F. W. Gist, state department of ag­riculture,
Dr. W. L. Spratling, Wav-erly;
W. L. Thompson, Troy; A. B.
Bealle of the Birmingham News; J.
E. Z. Riley", banker, and farmer,
Ozark; J. B. Adams, Montgomery;
Guy Rice and Will Howard Smith,
Prattville.
The governors of the several cot-ion
states were urged.to request the
bankers through- their associations,
merchants, county agents, and others
to assemble by counties for discussing
the situation before plantings are
made. Bankers were told that too
much cotton at the expense of other
crops and livestock is "speculative
farming and an unsafe credit risk."
Congress was urged to enact legis­lation
for the control of surpluses of
cotton and other farm commodities
"in order to furnish to agriculture in­struments
of stabilisation comparable
to the instruments furnished by the
national government for the stabiliza­tion
of manufacturing, railroading,
and banking."
A permanent committee was se­lected
to continue the work of the
conference. Judge C. E. Thomas of
Alabama was made chairman and
P. O. Davis, Auburn, secretary of the
permanent committee.
V AUBURN COLLEGIANS «
During the part semester the Auburn Collegians scored success after success.
They hope to make their greatest triumph in the concert next Tuesday.
The members of the Collegians are, from left to right: Sitting: Jimmy Cone,
Tom Allen, Ben Rives, Jr., Sam Romano, Jimmy Ware, Joa Jones, Pete Green, Levin
Foster. Standing: S. A. Hardin, Max Jones (Director), John Brown.
FLORIDA BOYS ARE SENT TO
FORT BARANCAS C.M.T.C. CAMP
OPELIKA PHARMACY, INC.
PHONE 72
DRUGS OF QUALITY
•—
OPELIKA, ALA.
Klein's Sporting Goods Store
EXPERT AND PROMPT SERVICE
ON TENNIS RACQUETS
WE RESTRING ALL MAKES
—Agents For—
SPAULDING AND HARRY C. LEE RACQUETS
ALL ATHLETIC SUPPLIES
North Court Square
T H E BIG STORE WITH THE L I T T L E PRICES
HAGEDORN'S
Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, Shoes
OPELIKA'S BEST STORE
Spend Your Week Ends in
COLUMBUS
The Friendly City
THE RACINE HOTEL
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
E. C. MILSTEAD, Manager
OPELIKA HEADQUARTERS FOR
AUBURN MEN
Everything for Men to Wear
HOLLINGSWORTH & NORMAN
"Leading Clothiers"
Opelika, Ala.
Foremost in Fashion
FAR Most in Value
ttJnMumtt
FAIR A SQUARE FOR 70 YEARS
Young men from the southern por­tion
of Florida are generally sent to
Fort Barrancas for their C. M. T. C.
training. Applicants for this camp
are usually more than can be accom­modated.
From 1925 to 1927 its
size grew from 345 to 960 students in
training. This year, from June 17th
to July 16th students are again to
experience its many advantages.
A Picturesque and Historical Site
From the discovery of beautiful
Pensacola Bay by the Spanish adven­turer,
Panfilo de Narvaez, in 1528,
until the present 'date, the history
of Fort Barrancas is long but' inter­esting
and varied. Five different
flags besides those of native Tndians
have marked the changing periods of
government. There are numerous
points of historical interest and im­portance
which are' visited by C. M.
T. C. trainees each year.
Situated at the channel entrance
to Pensacola Bay lie Forts Barrancas,
Harbor Defense of Pensacola and
Pickens and McRae, comprising and
manned by the only Coast Artillery
Garrison of any appreciable size on
our Atlantic or Gulf Coast line South
of Chesepeake Bay.
Fort Barrancas, where the C. M. T.
Camp site is located lies on the Main­land
about nine miles Southeast of
Pensacola, Florida, a modern and
beautiful city of 45,000 inhabitants.
It is ideally situated, practically every
day during the summer being suitable
for outdoor training and athletics.
The Fort is connected with the City
by means of a concrete road and an
electric trolley car service. The C.
M. T. Camp consists of wooden bar­racks
of the cantonement type with
kitchens and mess halls adjacent.
Fort Pickens is located on pictur­esque
Santa Rosa Island just across
the bay from1 Barrancas and can be
reached by boat at regular intervals,
in about fifteen minutes. It is at
Pickens and McRae that the students
experience many of their thrills- in
training for it is- at these places,
where practically all strictly Artil-'
lery training is given with large and
small Coast Defense guns and Anti­aircraft
weapons.
Fort Barrancas is adjacent to the
U.- S. Naval Air Station where rec­ords
covering a number of years,
show more "flying" days than at any
other point in the United States.
Following an active day the students
find the evenings and night cool
with usually a breeze from the sea.
Other Facilities For Training
In addition to the interesting Ar­tillery
batteries of various sizes with
their necessary intricate equipment
and installations, there is a parade
ground of sufficient size to accom­modate
an entire regiment at one
time in close order drill, ceremonies,
calisthenics and other instruction.
There is also a small Arms Rifle
Range on the reservation. For the
camp this summer it will have 200,
300, 500 and 600 yard firing points
and will be equipped with twenty
targets.
Recreational Advantages
Fort Barrancas is particularly
blessed with many conveniences for
the play and entertainment of the
young men who attend the camp and
this phase of their life receives no
small share of the serious thoughts
and planning by the Officers, who
have and feel responsibility of their
proper development.
Among Athletics, swimming prob­ably
provides the trainees their most
pleasure. Two excellent beaches are
reserved for them and here many
boys from inland points get their
first exhilerating dip in salt water.
To climax this pastime a swimming
meet is held near the end of the camp
period.
Barrancas Field with its good base­ball
diamond, 440 yard cinder track,
its boxing and wrestling ring, its
equipment, for field and track events
and its grandstand, is the scene of
many an exciting baseball game, field
meets and other athletic events. Here
the youth of the country vie with one
another for honors and awards to
carry back home.
There is a concrete tennis court
which is in use almost constantly dur­ing
the camp and here tournaments
with Navy and civilian players are
staged after local eliminations.
Volley ball and basketball courts
in and out of doors are also available
for those who prefer such sports and
are used extensively by the students.
Numerous other forms of recrea­tion
are to be found at Barrancas.
Among them, there is excellent fish­ing
from Forts Pickens and McRae
and for those who prefer deeper wa­ter,
fishing trips in the Gulf of Mex­ico
are made by the Steamer Jenkins
for the trainees.
Dances are held about twice a week
in a semi-open-air dance pavilion, the
music for which is provided by a
military orchestra from the 13th
Coast Artillery Band.
There is a moving picture show
every night at the Naval Air Station,
adjacent to the Fort and admission
is free to C. M. T. C. trainees in uni­form,
through the courtesy of the
Commandant of the Air Station.
Open air entertainments are held
from time to time on Barrancas Field
in the evenings.
Moral Welfare
Important in the moral welfare of
the young men are the Church serv­ices.
They are held on Sunday morn­ings
preceded by a Church Parade led
by the Band and with all officers and
trainees attending. Separate serv­ices
are held for those of different
faith. During the last camp there
were five Army Chaplains on duty
with the camp in addition to repre­sentatives
of different faiths, who
volunteered a great deal of time to
the boys.
In the C. M. T. Camp area there is
a Service Club, equipped with read­ing
and writing material, with tele­phone,
stage and seats. The offices
of Camp Chaplain and Camp Hostess,
are located in this building and they,
together with the Camp Athletic Of­ficer
supervise, under the direction
of the Camp Commander, the recrea­tional
and moral welfare of the
young men who attend this benefi­cial
C. M. T. Camp at Fort Barran­cas,
Florida.
PICKWICK
CAFE
New Location
No. 110 Montgomery St.
Exchange Hotel Building
FRED RIDOLPHI,
Proprietor
<
THE
KL0THES
SH0PPE
UP-STAIRS
X
BIRMINGHAM
We sell good clothes
for less because it
costs us less to sell
Gourley F. Crawford
Student Representative
Take the "L"
2071/2 North 19 St.
New Shipments—
"Cincinnati Art" Greeting Cards
"Crane's" Stationery
"Meeker" Leather Goods
"Sheaffer" Desk Sets
Bridge Scores, Candles, and Other Novelties
for Parties, Wedding Presents, etc.
New "Ivory" Invitations
—AT—
Student Supply Shop
The "Distinctive" Gift-Shop
Finest Quality Goods—Nationally Advertised
Reasonably Priced—New and Correct in Style
WATCH OUR SHOW-WINDOWS
GENUINE NEHI BEVERAGES
ARE GENUINE ONLY IN THE PATENT BOTTLES
BANK OF AUBURN
We Highly Appreciate Your Banking Business *
TOOMER'S HARDWARE
The Best in Hardware and Supplies
CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager
KLEIN & SON
JEWELERS
MONTGOMERY,
GIFTS FOR EVERY OCCASION
SILVERWARE AND FINE CHINA
WATCHES AND DIAMONDS
ALABAMA
Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feelin'F By BRIGGS
WHEN) Vooa. THROAT TICKLES
W H 6 N YOU G e t OP I N T HE
MORMIMG A N D A
CiSARSTfTS T A S T ES
- A N D Tt-tEN A FRieMD TeULS
YOU TMAT YOU'RE «SMOKlN<S
T H E VUR01O6 B L E WD
- A N D YOU HAVE IVVORE
COUGHS T H A N A S E C O ND
HAND CAR HAS RATTLES
- AND VoO'Rfi 8£<5lNNiN<S
l b F£SL THAT YOU OU<3HT
TO COT DoUJrJ ON YOOf*
C l G A R B T T e S
- A N D Y<5U SVUITCH To OLt>
<30«-DS AND FIND THCRB
ISN'T A COUGH IN, A
C A R L O / S O *
-OH-H-H- BOY? AINT
I T A GT^-Tf-R-RAJSD
AND G L O R R - P - R I O U S
TA-TATA AJM
fZ*'&ff
OLD GOLD
The Smoother and Better Cigarette
..... not a cough in a carload
O r.Lwttlwd Co., Bit. 1760
Pat* 6. THE PLAINSMAN
REPORT MADE OF
EXTENSION WORK
Thousand* of Farmeri Group. Are
Helped by Agenta
A report of extension work in ag­riculture
and home economics, being
the extension division of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, in 1927
has been prepared by Prof. L. N.
Duncan, director, copies of which have
been published for distribution.
The work throughout the state is
covered in the report, including the
work with men, women, boys, and
girls. During the year the county
agents and other extension workers
worked with organized farmers num­bering
12,000; farm women, 6,618;
. 4-H club girl 8,499; and 4-H club boys
5,401. In addition small organized
groups had the assistance of the
county agents and specialists; and
many others were reached indirectly.
An estimate is that extension work­ers
served more than 100,000 people
in Alabama last year.
The personnel of the service in­cludes
the county farm and home
demonstration agents, the district
agents, and the specialists, each of
whom works under the general direc
tion of the director, who is respon­sible
to the administration of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute as
well as to the federal government.
County, state, and federal funds sup­port
the work.
Prof. Duncan said that the aver­age
county agent had 14 communi­ties
with organized work. They had
an average of 22 junior club leaders
and 43 adult leaders each.
There was an increase in tele­phone
calls and office calls over 1926.
The average agent spent more than
two-thirds of his time out in his coun­ty,
the remainder being spent in the
office.
The Mandolin Club Will Be At Best in Concert INFANTRY BAND
GLEE CLUB HERE
Student* Express Enjoyment of Song*
and Popular Selections
The Mandolin Club made a splendid showing on Stunt Night. That was a month
ago. Since then the Club has ~ practiced consistently, and in. the coming- concert it
should be at its best.
The members are listed below; from left to right: Front Row: Haskins Williams,
S. A. Hardin, G. B. Stoves, R. P. McKinnon, W. C. Ellis, A. T. Burton; Back row:
John Lewis, A. P. McKinnon, Ben Rives, Jr., J. B. Merrill.
DR. J. E. WHITE DRAWS
LARGE CROWDS HERE
SPECIAL MEETING
OF BOARD CALLED
(Continued from Page 1.)
Knapp, President of Oklahoma A.
& M. College. Dr. Knapp is a very
well known man. He is interested in
extension work, having served in a
position as head of extension work
some time before becoming President.
It seems that the above fact is
against him in some peoples opinion.
However he should fit well in the
place at Auburn.
The students as well as alumni are
becoming a little anxious over the de­lay
of the committee. The year is
drawing to a close. We are very de­sirous
of starting the new year right.
Lost Saturday afternoon at depot
during Will Rogers parade, one oval
shaped, white and green gold vanity
with small key attached to chain.
Finder will kindly reave same at
Wright's Drug Store.
(Continued from Page 1.)
to pass in review before man and
God, the greatest thing that could be
said of him is that "he always did his
duty." The individual should strive
to find his duty and to do it in such
a way that his fellow men can point
to him as one who could be depended
upon to do his duty.
Based on the fact that a man is
good or evil from his power over his
inner being, the Tuesday morning ad­dress
dealt with the "inner man."
Christians and those who' desire to
live the better life should utter a
prayer often for reinforcements of the
inner man of human power. God's
aid favors the triumph of good. Jesus
came that reinforcements might be
made more available for the inner
man, and Jesus' greatest miracle was
the turning of the evil nature of a
man like Peter the Apostle to a rock
of strength in God. It is the better
part of the inner man that God seeks,
and man should strive to make more
progress in the spiritual part of the
inner life.
"Meeting life's issues" was the topic
of the address Tuesday night. The
only way a man can meet the future
successfully is to face the problems
of today with God as our helper. Are
we prepared to meet life's final issue?
On Wednesday morning, Dr. White
declared that the greatest lasting
things in the world have been ac­complished
by iconclasts, but man
should today take a backward step
away from sin, wicked influences,
politics, and modern home life to the
path of life as offered by Christ. The
homes of today should be rechartered
and built upon the rock of Christ's
MR. GEO. COLLINS
ADDRESSES YMCA
Says Love Lacking in Our Dealings
With Negro
That it is always possible to over­come
evil with good, and that our
present attitude towards the negro
and foreigners is unChristlike, was
the theme of a talk by Mr. George
Collins, representing The Fellowship
of Reconciliatiton, to the Y. M. C. A.
jfcabinet Thursday night, March 1.
Mr.. Collins stated that the one great
thing that was lacking in our deal­ings
with other nations and with
other race was love. In everything
there is good, and if the spirit of
Christ is properly working in a na­tion
or in an individual, they can
overcome evil with good. Our atti­tudes
toward the negro, Mr. Collins
further brought out, is fed up on
prejudices to the extent that we fail
to recognize good in them, and fail
to realize that they are fellows in
Christ.
Probably the time is approaching
when the southern people will discard
their prejudice for the negro, and
seek to uplift them educationally and
spiritually, for they are no doubt
brothers in a spiritual way. But
many complications remain unsolved
for the southern people in racial re­lations.
Mr. Collins gave some valu­able
food for' thought on the ques­tion.
chance to play upon a private course
with the association spending be­tween
$2,000 and $3,000 for the over­head
costs of the quasi-memberships.
The association left the plan up to
a vote of the golfing students for
acceptance.
Columbia
Column
Featuring This
Week
ILLINOIS STUDENTS
MAY GOLF CHEAPLY
J. W.WRIGHT, JR.
Dry Goods
Next Door to Post Office
Auburn, Alabama
"Say it TsXth blowers"
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
R0SEM0NT GARDENS
FLORISTS
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
Student golf enthusiasts were'of­fered
a unique proposition Wednes­day
by the University of Illinois Ath­letic
Association. For a playing fee
of $6.50 for the Spring semester, the
association has offered the golfers a
Ice Cream
IS
A REAL HEALTH FOOD
Have You Had
Yours Today?
teachings. On Wednesday night, the
address was on a question: "Are we
keeping pace with Christ?" Christ
can reach the most lowly sinners and
drag them up from the muck of sin,
but a Christian is expected to keep
apace with Christ and not linger with
one foot in Christ and one foot in
sin.
"Our besetting sin" and "What is
our' hope" were the topics at the two
services on Thursday.
The attendance at the meetings
was not as good as expected, but those
who were absent were the losers in
this greatest series of heart to heart
messages that have been given here
in a number of years.
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
AT
THE TIGER DRUG STORE AND
STUDENT SUPPLY SHOP
MONDAY, MARCH 12
William Haines in
"WEST POINT"
with Joan Crawford
* * *
TUESDAY, MARCH 13
Florence Vidor in
"DOOMSDAY"
with Gary Cooper
* * *
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
MARCH 14 & IS
Charlie Chaplin in
"THE CIRCUS"
* * *
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
Madge Bellamy in
"SILK LEGS"
with James Hall
* * *
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
Jack Holt in
"THE WARNING"
with Dorothy Revier
GID TANNER'is the man
t o make the fiddle talk;
andj when Gid's fiddle
talks, it's worth listening
to. Like Riley Puckett,
Tanner is another South­ern
minstrel with t h e abil­ity
t o p l a y his o w n accom­paniment.
Gid and Riley
often t e am up to make a
special record for Colum­bia.
No. 15019-D, 10 inch 75c
JOHN HENRY—Duet with
Fiddle and Guitar Accomp.
(Gid Tanner a n d Riley Puck-
' ett)
GEORGIA RAIROAD—Vocal
with Fiddle and Banjo Ac­comp.
(Gid Tanner)
ORDER NOW
Old Time Favorites
No. 15111-D, 10-inch 75c
LET ME CALL YOU SWEET­HEART
SWEET BUNCH OF DAISIES
No. 15171D, 10-inch 75c
LITTLE LOG CABIN IN THE
LANE.
SLEEP BABY SLEEP—Vocals
with Fiddle Accomp. by
Clayton McMichen
No. 15102-D, 10-inch 75c
SALLY GOODWIN
IDA RED—Vocals with Fiddle
and Guitar Accomp.
WRITE OR PHONE
JESSE
FRENCH
AND SONS PIANO
COMPANY
117 Montgomery St.
MONTGOMERY
MASON
MUSIC CO.
OPELIKA, ALA.
Music! more music, and better
music was presented by the 24th In­fantry
(colored) Band and Glee Club,
of Fort Benning, 6a., under the com­mand
of Colonel W. C. Johnson at the
Gymnasium, Wednesday night, March
7th, as a concert to the students and
townspeople and as a program over
the Radio Station WAPI.
Colonel Johnson brought 38 men
in the band and 42 in the glee club.
The band selections consisted of over­tures,
marches and* popular music
while the glee ckib presented folk
songs and negro spirituals.
A party of about fifteen, officers
and their wives, accompanied Colo­nel
Johnson on the trip to the "Vil­lage."
Col. Johnson was introduced
to the audience by Major John' T.
Kennedy, commandant of A. P. I. The
visiting Colonel made a short talk to
the radio audience.
The 24th Infantry is one of four
regiments of colored soldiers in the
U. S. Army, and their band measures
up well with the best in the service.
Five hundred students and towns­people
were present in the gymnasium
and by the applause the audience was
pleased with every selection by both
the glee club and band.
WEST POINTER
CONSIDERED AS NEW
AUBURN PRESIDENT
Col. William A. Mitchell, head of
the engineering school of the United
States Military Academy at West
Point is still being seriously consid­ered
by the sub-committee of the
board of trustees of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute charged with
the duty of selecting a successor for
Dr. Spright Dowell as head of the
school, it was learned upon good au­thority
yesterday.
Col. Mitchell's name was men­tioned
in connection with the men
under consideration by the board of
trustees several weeks ago but no
autho^ative announcement has yet
been made. Dr. Bradford Knapp,
president of the Oklahoma Agricul­tural
& Mechanical College, has late­ly
been mentioned for the position.
Col. Mitchell, it is understood,
meets with the entire approval of a
large group of the alumni of the col­lege.—
Montgomery Advertiser.
TRAIN VICTIMIZED
BY STUDENTS WHEN
SCHOOL IS DEFEATED
S. A. E. BANQUET WILL BE
HELD ON FOUNDERS DAY
BUNK BUNK
AROUND THE CAMPUS
BUNK BUNK
(Continued from page four)
Spring Training——Pmll Speed
With the first of the month, the
regulars • from the past year were
called together by Coach Pitts and in­structed
that the big show was on.
Spring training is here. All aspirants
'for the squad of 1928 will do mighty
well by reporting to the gym in the
very next few days and getting a
full outfit because by the -5th of the
month, when Coach Bohler appears
on the campus, Pitts will have the
boys in good trim and it is expected
that Bohler will go right to work with
the hard stuff. Anyone that has had
a dream about a football game is ex­pected
out this season for from now
on, sports are required. Better come
on out and give it a try. Every little
bit helps and Auburn deserves your
best. Let's all be there and do the
thing right.
Plans were announced Wednes
! day for the annual Founders Day
banquet of the three active chapters
and Birmingham Alumni Association
of the Sigma Alpha- Epsilon Frater­nity,
to be held at 7 p. m., Friday
at the Highland Park Country club.
Entertainment features of the pro­gram
will be provided by the active
chapters, Birmingham-Southern, Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute and Uni­versity
of Alabama, Hugh Abernathy,
secretary of the alumni association,
announced.
James S. Simpson will be toast-master
and Judge Walter B. Jones,
of Montgomery, will be the featured
speaker.
Chairman in charge of the ban­quet
are: Ticket disbursement com­mittee,'
Ervin Jackson; program,
George R. Stuart; entertainment for
visitors, A. C. Dickinson, and menu,
F. B. Yielding, Jr.
Passengers on a Loop bound ele­vated
express put in au exciting 15
minutes last night, in Chicago, 111.,
while high school students, disgrunt­led
over the outcome of a basket ball
game, overpowered the train crew,
intimidated 150 patrons, tore out
electric light bulbs, threw seat
cushions out the windows and destroy­ed
advertising signs. Eight students
were arrested.
• The cause of the disturbance was
the defeat of the De LaSalle Catho­lic
High School of Joilet, by St. Mel
Catholic High School of Evanston,
a suburb.
The last part of the train ride was
made in total darkness and police •
were asked to meet it at the first
stop in the Loop. The rooters dash­ed
madly for the doors when the
train came to a halt, but eight were
held despite protests they were not
responsible for the disturbance.
Complaints charging disorderly
conduct were made and all were re­leased
on bail.
SCHOOL BANK POPULAR
A total of 408.70 was deposited in
school banks by pupils of Woodlawn
High School Tuesday, official bank­ing
day. This broke previous records
with a higher percentage of stu­dents
making deposits. Records
showed 1,577 of the 1,666 puipls en­rolled
deposited money in the school
bank. Banking day is observed each
week in all the Birmingham city
schools, as a means of developing the
slogan for the year, "Character Edu­cation
Through Thrift.'
As long as she can fascinate men,
no woman worries about her age.
ROBERTSON'S QUICK
LUNCH
Open Day and Night
The Beit that can be bought—
Served a* well a* can be
served
IB Commerce St. Montgomery, Ala.
Place your order for engraved calling cards
now. Our styles and prices are right.
BURTON'S BOOKSTORE
SEEK YE NO FURTHER, DIOGENES . .
THIS jobbie Diogenes was a Greek who left his fruit stand for the commend­able
purpose of questing for honesty by good old-fashioned lamp-light. And
now, loud and ever clearer, rings the cry from the housetops: "Diogenes —
throw away your lantern . .'. here's an honest cigarette! Have a Camel!'*
Camels have but one raison d' etre—to pack the smoke-spots of the world
with the "fill-fullment" every experienced smoker seeks. Fill your own
smoke-spot with a cool cloud of Camel smoke, and hear it sing out—
"Eureka!" (from" the Greek, "Eureka," meaning—"Oboy, here 'tisD.
OI928 R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY. W i n s t o n - S a l e m , N. C.