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VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1927 NUMBER 11
ANNUAL AG FAIR TO OPEN;
BAND WILL LEAD PARADE
ENTERTAINERS
SECURED FROM
ALL OVER STATE
Music to Feature Big
Program
ROBINSON, SALMON WILL
GIVE ESTHETIC DANCES
E x h i b i t s to be Shown From All
Departments
The Ags from Ag Hill will open
their annual Fair Friday, Nov. 18,
at 3:00 p. m., with a parade through
town, led by the Auburn Band. In
this parade theretwill be floats from
all the Ag departments; Live stock
of all kinds; Farm machinery, show­ing
the evolution of farm machinery;
and a float from the Home Ec. depart­ment.
The parade will end at the Ag
hangers after the parade through
town. There the fun will begin. This
will last until late afternoon.
At 7:30 p. m., the Fair will begin
in full force, in the Animal Husban­dry
Hanger, the one nearest to the
Ag building. Here a stage is built
for the main show.
The Ags have succeeded in securing
entertainers from all over the State.
There will be^ first, Mr. Lowe from
Opelika. Mr. Lowe will do some of
his famous imitating; then the Home
Ec. Club will present the latest fall
fashions, recently created by Madam
Thompson, Modiste. These costumes
will be presented by the Home Ec.
Co-eds. Following this the Orches­t
ra will render a few numbers. This
is always good; then the Barnyard
Quartet, composed of farmboys from
Ag hill, will do some husky singing
One of the most important bills on
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ETA KAPPA NU
HAS ELECTION
Seven Men Taken In By Honor
Society
The following men were elected to
Eta Kappa Nu, the honorary electri­cal
engineering fraternity, at the fall
election held recently.
H. L. Brownlee, Deland, Fla.; H.
P» Jones, Birmingham, Ala.; G. L.
Kenny, Mobile, Ala.; G. N. LaGrone,
West Blocton, Ala.; R. O. Lile, Hart*
selle, Ala.; R. C. Malmborg, Deland,
Fla.; P. E. Sandlin, Tarrant, Ala.
Secret Society is
Unearthed Here
After Accident
It is a condition to be deplored
when a man falls frem grace. How­ever
if the fall be graceful, people
are prone to look at it lightly.
Recently Howell Creech Hopson,
erstwhile lover and social lion, won
singular recognition when he dropped
from the plane upon which he was
riding, to the ground without the aid
of a parachute. The subject received
only minor inquiries, owning to the
fact that he landed on his head. Mr.
Hopson refused to make any state­ments
when questioned by a reporter
as to his reason for choosing a lower
plane. A tip from the powers that be,
followed by a thorough investigation
laid bare the cause of the long hop
flight. It has been disclosed that
there exists here a secret society know
as the^Wales Club." Only those who
have been thrown from a horse are
eligible for membershipT It was
learned that the grand roll contains
the names of a long line of famous
people-: Mark Anthony, because he
fell for Cleopatra: likewise Romeo fell
for Juliet; Samson fell because he
told Delilah too much; Anteus because
he fell.to earth and the Prince of
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CHEMICAL FRAT
INITIATES MEN
Gamma Sigma Epsilon Takes in
Three Seniors
The Delta Alpha Chapter of
Gamma Sifema Epsilon, honorary
fraternity for students of Chemistry,
held their annual fall initiation for
members of the senior class, Satur­day
night November the iifth. The
three pledges who became brothers on
that night are: E. H. Driver, Met.
and Chem., F. E. Hubbard, Chem.
Eng. and H. S.; Strickland, Chem.
Eng.
' The initiation ceremonies were
held on the 2nd floor of the Chemis­try
building, being presided over by
J. T. McAllister, Pres. C. F. Walters,
W. H. Jones, and E. K. Tucker, all
brothers of good standing.
The election to membership comes
in May, and it is hoped that the
Junior Chemicals will buckle down
to work and make a record that will
make them eligible to membership.
SCHOLASTIC AVERAGES REPORTED
The faculty committee on fraternities submits the First Semester,
Second Semester, and Year Average of fraternities, sororities, non-fraternity
and sorority, and the entire college for the school year
1926-27. These grades are arranged from averages available from
the Registrar's office.
1st. Sem.
1. Kappa Delta* 79.64
/ 2. Square and Compass 79.83
3. Sigma Rho* 79-18
SORORITY AVERAGE 79.09
4. Chi Omega* —78.53
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Alpha Tau Omega
Phi Alpha Chi*
Sigma Pi
Delta Sigma Phi
Phi Kappa Delta
79.03
.—79.06
—77.63
77.42
78.50
NON-FRATERNITY AND SORORITY 76.84
10. Lambda Chi Alpha 76.79
ALL COLLEGE AVERAGE 76.40
11. Tau Omega Chi 74.75
Pi Kappa Alpha . - 75.46
Sigma Phi Epsilon 75.68
Pi Kappa Phi 76.80
Alpha Lambda Tau 75.85
12.
13.
14.
15.
1.„6. Alpha Gamma Rho 75.92
FRATERNITY AND SORORITY 76.15
17. Beta Kappa 1 74.83
18. Phi Delta Chi 75.79
FRATERNITY AVERAGE 75.66
19. Sigma Nu 75.61
Alpha Psi 74.86
Kappa Alpha 75.44
Sigma Alpha Epsilon 75.83
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
Sigma Phi Sigma
Kappa Sigma
.73.33
.74.80
Sigma Theta 73.40
Phi Delta Theta 72.05
Theta Chi 73.22
Theta Kappa Nu ...72.73
* Sorority.
2nd. Sem
80.85
80.31
79.37
79.08
79.31
77.62
76.85
78.26
77.91
76.73
77.80
76.52
76.80
78.44
77.37
77.02
75.56
76.47
76.34
76.05
\ 76.72
75.71
75^04
75.00
74.97'
73.50
72.66
74.80
72.11
72.61
73.51
72.17
70.99
Year
80.22
80.07
J79.20
79.08
78.92
78.32
77.95
77.94
77.66
77.61
77.32
76.65
76.60
76.59
76.41
76.35
76.18
76.16
76.13
76.10
75.77
75.75
75.35
75.30'
74.91
74.47
74.24
74.06
73.45
73.01
72.78
72.69
71.86
Number and Percent of Greek Letter Men and Women
Men at Auburn 1499 Women at Auburn 134
Men in Fraternities 676 Women in Sororities 60
Percent in Fraternities 45.0 Percent in Sororities 44.8
Armistice Day is
Celebrated Here
Sen. Black Talks
— \
On last Friday, the ninth anniver­sary
of Armistice Day, there was held
on the campus a most fitting celebra­tion
of that glorious day on which the
nations of the world laid down their
arms to return to peace. Old Glory,
at half mast, in honor of the brave
American dead, was trembling in the
breeze as eight hundred students pass­ed
in review before the commanding
officers, members of the Auburn post
of the Amrican Legion, and Hon.
Hugo Black, the guest of honor.
After the review the students as­sembled
before a platform, bedecked
with bunting, from which the day's
address was to be given. After Rev.
Lee had offered prayer, Dr. Dowell
presented Hon. Hugo Black, who gave
an inspiring address. Immediately
after this, 'the Auburn band played
The Star Spangled Banner, during
which the honor guest was given a
gun salute.
In his address Hon. Hugo Black
gave vidid pictures of some of his war
experiences. He said that war has
always been and always will be hor­rible.
Though in the past war there
weie many touching scenes and inci­dents,
he declared that that there was
nothing sweet or beautiful about
war. He pointed out the great part
that education plays in maintaining
peace and prosperity. He praised
highly the attitude of the Americans
in the World War, and, in conclusion,
said, "It is on your shoulders that
the responsibility rests to take the
torch of American civilization from
the hands of those who died on Flan­ders
Field, and to hold it on high so
that all might say that this is the
same America that so gloriously de­fended
the cause of democracy in the
World War."
TAU BETA PI HAS
ELECTION HERE
ON NOVEMBER 3
Twelve Men Chosen By Honor
Society
A a recent meeting of the Tau
Beta Pi, national honor society,
which was held Nov. 3, eleven men
were chosen from the senior engin­eering
students as pledges. These
men were chosen from the upper one-fourth
of the senior class because
of their marked attainment in schol­arship
as undergraduates.
As the first part of the initiation,
these men are to build two concrete
benches to go in front of Ramsay
Hall. The seSbnd part of the initia­tion
is to some Dec. 3.
The ofllowing men were chosen:
H. L. Brownlee, E.E., Starke, Fla.;
C. A. Christensen, M.E., Athens; G.
M. Coleman, C.E., Blpuntstown, Fla.;
C. H. Feagin, E.E., Clayton; H. P.
Jones, E.E., Birmingham; W. H.
Jones, Ch.E., Lineville; R. C. Malm­borg,
E.E., Deland, Fla.; P. E. Sand­lin,
E.E., Tarrant City; H. A. Snow,
E.E., Birmingham; S. M. Umben-hauer,
M.E., Birmingham; W. F.
Wright, C.E., Red Bay.
Memorial Service
For Caton is Held
Presbyterian Church to Have Service
In Honor of Football Man
The local Presbyterian church will
hold a memorial service in memory
of Noah Winston Caton, a once fa­mous
Auburn football star, at the
presbyterian church Sunday, Novem­ber
20, at 11:00 A. M. Caton died in
1921. "*=:
Mr. Caton, a native of River Falls,
Alabama, came to Auburn in the fall
of 1915 as a freshman. He was very
active in athletics while here, serving
as captain of the Auburn scrub foot­ball
team in 1916; varsity center on
the football team in 1918, 1919; cap­tain
of the football team in 1921, and
also as a member of the track teams.
Mr. Caton was one of the outstand­ing
students on the campus at all
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BAND SHOW BE
PRESENTED TO
BUY UNIFORMS
Many Attractive Features On
Program
GLEE CLUB ON PROGRAM
The Auburn band show, "Let's Go,"
will afford Auburn students and
town's people an opportunity to see
a real worth while show. So well has
the band show progressed, that
present indications point to one of
the best shows ever given in Auburn.
Among the attractions to be offered
by the show are:
The Mandolin club which has
always proven a popular attraction;
Max Jones and his orchestra will of­fer
popular music served collegiately;
a full act of dancing will be given
and Miss Lillian Gist will appear in a
special Spanish dance. Louis Bayne
and P. Lee wil give a new interpreta­tion
to the tap and soft shoe dances.
The Glee Club will offer new songs.
The main feature of the show will
be Louis Bayne in clever comedy
skits, monologues, etc. Bayne will
prove to be the cleverest comedy
artist ever seen by an Auburn audi­ence.
His acting is professional in
spirit, his makeup is original and
his line is new.
The Dramatic Club will stage a very
short one act comedy with two of the
club's headliners in the cast.
Tickets will be on sale this week.
The admission is one dollar.
The show will be given Monday and
Tuesday nights, December 5th and
6th at eight o'clock in Langdon Hall.
HELP THE BAND GET NEW
UNIFORMS.
Interfraternity
Conference Meets
Whitten to Represent Local Council
in New York
Students from every college in the
state have been selected to represent
their various schools in the Rhodes
Scholarship awards for Alabama. The
Scholarship Awards Committee will
render its decision on December 11,
and next June the student selected
will leave for Oxford for a three year
stay. The scholarship bears funds
amounting to about two thousand dol­lars
annually.
S. H. Lynne, a graduate of 1927,
who is now studying law at the Uni­versity
of Alabama, has been chosen
to represent Auburn before the
Awards Committee for this year.
Judging from his very active college
career, Lynne seems to possess all the'
qualities for which the scholarship
is awarded. The qualifications are
as follows: qualities of manhood;
force of character and leadership;
literary and scholastic ability and at­tainments
and physical vigor. Lynne
is a native of Decatur, Alabama.
When he entered Auburn in 1923, he
presented a fine high school record.
He surpassed this record in college,
making an average of about ninety
per cent for the four years. Mean­while,
he participated in a large num­ber
of worth-while college activities,
Following is a list of Lynne's activi­ties
while at Auburn: Alpha Phi Ep­silon;
Alpha Mu Rho; Phi Kappa
Phi; Scabbard and Blade; Yellow
Dog; Websterian Literary Society;
Winner Intersociety Debate; Inter­collegiate
Debating Team; Lieutenant
Colonel Infantry Regiment; Class
Orator; Varsity Track; Class Foot­ball;
Y. M. C. A. Secretary; on the
Plainsman for four years, becoming
Editor-in-Chief in his Senior Year
Lawrence Whitten has been chosen
to represent the Auburn Interfra-ternity
Council at the Interfraternity
Conference, an annual gathering of
delegates from practically every men's
fraternity at American colleges" and
universities, wiH be held in New York
at the Hotel Pennsylvania, Nov. 25
and 26. More than 200 delegates,
representing 60. different fraterni­ties
and coming from a hundrer in­stitutions
of learning, will be present
when the conference is called to order
by Judge William H. Bayes, chairman
of the interfraternity organization.
A number of college presidents and
a score of deans and professors from
all sections of the country will meet
with the fraternity delegates for a
mutual discussion of collegiate prob­lems.
Among the colleges to be rep­resented
will be Illinois, Yale, Cor-,
nell, Columbia, Penn State, Rutgers,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Au­burn,
Alabama and many others.
First among the subjects for gen­eral
discussion will be the question of
scholarship, for the Interfraternity
Conference has been actively cooperat­ing
with college officials in an at­tempt
to better the scholastic stand­ing
of students. Other problems to
come before the meeting will be the
movement for economy in education,
the fraternity's relation to the parents
of its members, the proper develop­ment
of freshmen.
Who's Who Named On
Southern Campus
Popularity Contests Held at Birming­ham
Southern
Students of Birmingham Southern
College now know "who's who" on
the campus and who represents the
various types of student life, with
publication of results of the annual
popularity contests held on the cam­pus
during the week. Those honored
will be featured in special sections of
the college annual, La Revue, to be
published early in the Spring.
Lucien Giddens, of the senior class,
of Birmingham, won more honors in
the "who's who" of the campus than
any student in the history of the
college. He was elected the most pop-continued
on page 3)
Lynne Represents
Auburn in Rhodes
Scholars Awards
AUBURN TO MEET JACKETS
ON GRANT HELD THURSDAY
FR0SH OFFICERS
ARE ELECTED AT
CONVOCATION
Winston Sheehan
Class of
Is President
'31
_At Convocation last Tuesday, Nov­ember
14th, the long awaited election
of the officers for the Freshman
Class took place.
Hobson Pearce, President of the
Student Body, acted as chairman and
received the nominations. After
closely contested vote, Winston Shee­han
was elected president, Dick
Jones, Vice president, and Clyde Ma-lone,
Secretary.
On account of the heated argument,
there was not time enough to elect
the remaining officers. A vote will
be taken, however, at the next meet­ing
and the organization of the "rats"
will be completed.
AUBURN STUDENTS
NARROWLY ESCAPE
Bus Overturns Auto
gomery
Near Mont-
As the results of an auto crash
Sunday night near Marbury, James
Mann and Harry Malone, Auburn
students, were rushed to the Mar­garet
Hospital in Montgomery. The
other occupant of the car, Dewitt
Steer, escaped without injury.
The boys were enroute for Auburn,
returning from the Mississippi A. &
M. game in Birmingham when they
were caiight by the bus from Bir­mingham,
which was coming down
hill around a sharp curve. The bus
dragged the car from a position about
40 feet beyond a bride down to the
bridge and totally crushed it between
the bus and the rail of the bridge.
Harry Malone was thrown from
the car over a thirty foot embank­ment,
where he lay unconscious.
Mann, who was driving, was thrown
backwards through the glass window,
receiving severe cuts about the head
and face. Mr. Brown from Tallas-see
carried the boys to Montgomery,
'where they received immediate treat­ment.
,
Both victims fortunately survived
with no fatal injury. They returned
to Auburn Monday.
Auburn Boys on
Gulf Coast For
A Fishing Trip
Their was a rumor in Auburn
Monday, after the Tulane game, that
four Auburn boys left here with
New Orleans their objective, to see
Auburn play Tulane, but unfortuna­tely
only one of them saw the game.
The other three visiting in various
towns along the way, probably visit­ing
relatives or close friends.- One of
them, it was heard, had a most
pleasant deep sea fishing trip is Pas-xagoula,
Miss.
The officials of the Crescent limit*
ed insited that their train was not
good enough and that they wait at
Flomaton for a more suitable convey­ance.
The next transportation was
the "PAN" which they rode as far as
their company was desired. .Their
next stop was Pascagoula. Looking
around they saw on one side of them,
water as far as they could see, and on
the other side a nice quiet town. One
of them decided to go fishing, as he
was hungry and had little means of
support. The other two, after a
short stop-over to see the town, were
on their way as soon as the next
moving "SOUTH-BOUND" express
came along, but they turned back
when they reache dGulf Port, for it
was too late to see the game.
TIGERS DOPED
AS UNDER DOGS
IN ANNUAL FRAY
Team in Good Shape
For Atlanta Game
Thursday
OFFENSE IS STRESSED
IN PRACTICE SESSIONS
Air Defense Is Developed By
Coach Pitts
EPWORTH SOCIAL
SATURDAY NIGHT
Committees Appointed To
Success of Social
Insure
;. The Fourth Department, Superin­tendent,
Miss Dimmitt, announces for
next Saturday night a Thanksgiving
social to be held in the Church Par­lor
at 8:00 P. M.
The following committees have been
announced and the social promises
to be a great success.
Entertainment: Miss Evelyn Henry.
Refreshments: Miss Evelyn Bry­ant.
Decorations: F. S. Arant,
Publicity: J. W. Stanton.
This social is to be sponsored by
the Union and is not an individual
League social. For this reason the
Fourth Department Superintendent
expects the cooperation of every
Leaguer in Auburn in making the
affair a success. If you are asked to
serve on one of the above committees,
do your best for the League.
As the curtain is about to ring
down on the 1927 football season as
far as Auburn is concerned, such an­ticipation
is felt towards the out­come
of. the'Thanksgiving Day clash
between Tiger and Tornado. With
the Tornado ranked as one of the
best elevens in the S. I. C, Auburn
will be forced to enter as- the under­dogs.
That name in itself brings
forth much hope and anxiety, for it
is not so often that the urider-dog
wallops the expected victor. This
fact was shown only too clearly last
Saturday in Crampton Bowl. And
the rating given Auburn is no means
a fair manner of judging her prow-eress.
In recent games, the spirit,
teamwork and alertness had been
equal to that shown by Auburn
teams of past years and that is a
saying of no ill repute.
The offensive work of the team has
been stressed to a maximum degree
during the past week of practice.
Every form of coordination has been
highly polished and much time has
been given over to running interfer­ence..
Cutting and Blocking have also
been very prominent on Drake field
lately.
As to the defense,'that department
Has been improved as much as could
be expected. But that part has been
completed very efficiently previously.
The backs have been practicing back­ing
up the line and in breaking up
passes, which may be a prominent
part of the strategy used by the Alex­ander
lads. The line is charging
faster and lower than ever before this
year and is now backed up by much
reserve force.
Among the casualities from the
last game will be one of the main
stays of the squad this season, Nappy
Hodges, field general and passer de­luxe;
suffered a broken ankle when
he collided with Gregory of A. &
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OLD LETTER UNEARTHED
The following is a letter written by an Auburn freshman some
seventy years ago, which was recently found by Prof. Hare. It was
given to the Plainsman for publication by courtesy of Miss Katherine
Hare.—We publish the letter believing it will be of interest to all A u ­burn
students.
Auburn. Macon Co. Ala. Oct. 1st. 1858
Dear Brother
I now avail myself of the opportunity of writing you a fiew
lines this friday evening after school in order to let you now how I
am getting along &c After parting with you monday morning at Mid­way,
with no one in the coach but Bill an myself until we came to the
Widow Wattses here we changed coaches and paid five dollars and a
half each for the whole road until we came to the cars which runs
out about thirty miles this side of Montgomery, however we crossed
on the bride over which they were laying the iron for the track be­fore
we cam to the cars, when came to the depot wher we got on the
cars and we paid one dollar and a half which carried us to Mont­gomery
about eight oclock then we got off into the omnabus and rode
up to the exchang and that cost fifty cents after supper we got into,
another omnabus and rode through town to the dipo where the Mont­gomery
and West point train was loding. where we got on and paid
two dollars and forty cents we left montgomery about nine o'clock
that night and arrived in Auburn safe about one oclock, making the
journeys end in one day and part of a night of about one hundred
and fifty miles- much faster than I ever travailed before but I stook
the trit very well.-but traveling in the coaches was very dusty I had
to get out at every stand to get" water and brush off the dust, but
after we got on the cars we travailed two fast to make dust, at the
reights of about fifteen or twenty miles an hour. When we cam to
Auburn we slaved the ballans of the night.with a young man by the
name of Neals the next day which was tuesday and also a part of
Wednesday we had to slay in town because the old gentleman Mr.
Isac Will the man we wanted to engag bode'with was tenting at a
campmeeting some fourteen miles off and did not return until Wed­nesday
evening. We engaged board with him for eight dollars per
month and he finds every thing even to the candles, I like him very
much he is a very pious old gentleman he has prayer in his house
every night and morning, he lives' about two .miles from Auburn so we
can take plenty of exercise every morning and evening, he has eight
boarders keeps a very good table, I started to school this morning but
every friday Mr. Slayten the teacher makes the boys devote the
whole day to reading and writing compositions and speaking, they
reorganized their debating societies today, I think Mr. Slayten is a
very good teacher he makes or tryes (Continued on page three)
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Not sweet popularity but unselfish sir-vice
should be our aim.
Over ninety million people in the United"
States live in houses built of wood.
We cannot possibly succeed without some
outside help but let us first try To help
ourselves. " — •
Our job is not merely to hold our own
but to bring about a betterment in condi­tions
and help in the establishment of a
more progressive program of expansion.
We do not need money more than we need
cooperation.
It is strange how hard this human fam­ily
is to satisfy. We tire of things so quick­ly.
Last year the honor system was push­ed
through a hole in the floor; this year
we have nothing to cry through because
the student government was rudely snatch­ed
from our hands. Now, we want to
know when the soothing syrup is coming.
The main business of the modern system
of higher education is not to make planets
out of dim athletic stars nor to change such
beings into suns, however they must meet
the demands of the alumni and followers of
another god whose activities revolve about
an athelete like satelites constantly re­flecting
in the glory of the player. Ath­letics
are only one step in preparation for
the great journey. It matters not whether
we have a' championship team this year
for the pendulum must swing the ether
way sooner or later and we will swing with
it. Winning football teams are like comets;
they seldom appear and their brilliance
soon fades and the world awaits the coming
of another phenomenon even more specta­cular.
COLLEGIATELY SPEAKING
Is the speech generally used by students
worthy of the standards of the college? Are
freshmen encouraged to use correct English
on the campus? Do fraternity men urge
the pledges to speak correctly and con­cisely?
-. j
We are not inclined to be pessimistic but
we are obliged to answer the above ques­tions
in the negative. Southerners are ac­customed
to slurring and often lapse into
a dialectic from. These are often augment­ed
by additional unnecessary slang terms
and colloqualisms. The purest Anglo-Saxon
in the world is to be found in the south.
This however is no excuse for using addi­tional
words and phrases which add no
weight to our outward expressions and often
tend to detract from the effectiveness «of
them.
We do not condemn slang but we do de­nounce
the constant practice of -cloaking
one's thoughts in a multitude of terms far
too common to the American people today.
Woodrow Wilson was a user of words,
whether used colloquilly or as slang, if they
expressed thoughts which were not easily
explained otherwise.
The average fraternity man does not
give attention to the speech he uses except
during the rushing - period. We all have
.fraternity pride but it is limited in some
of its-branches. It would be not only of
untold value to the fraternal order but
would elevate the "standards on the campus
for fraternity men to exercise care in their
speech and school the new men to do like­wise.
This seems to be one point where
the fraternity system could be more effec­tive.
One is easily and quickly placed in
a social class by the manner of speech used
in ordinary conversation. We often over­look
the fact that we are encompassed
about by a crowd of witnesses. An or­ganization
may be judged by the thought­lessness
or ignorance of one member. That
is the reason why so many organizations
are at the bottom of the scale.
We are constantly and surely retarding
our development and degrading our stand­ards
by our failure to give attention to one
of those traits,. which when found in the
individual mark him as one well bred.
You immediately.ask how this condition
may be improved if it is possible to im­prove
it. Yet, it is an impediment that
may be overcome, but how are we to go
about it? To begin with it is a personal
question. The individual alone will answer
whether he js willing to submit to self im-improVement.
The older men should of
course set an example for the freshmen.
This is bound to~ exert a strong influence
in bringing about a decided change. Care­ful
attention to the English used by others
who do not speak correctly is_effective but
not -so much so unless parallel study Of the
essentials is carried on consistently. The
main trouble is that we do not easily lend
our attentions to the fundamentals of
rhetoric and grammar. These should have
been mastered in high school but a vast
number come to college without them. Read­ing
the better class of literature will do
much toward self improvement and lastly
we should say write, write, write. It mat­ters
not whether one knows a vast amount
of detail concerning some subjects for a
great deal of information may be secured
from books but effective English does mean
much to the man whose proposition fails
to be accepted because his ability to "put it
across" is limited.
A REFLECTION
Last week the Auburn Rats were swamp­ed
by the Tech aggregation. The treat­ment
that the visitors received at the hands
of the locals before and after the game
was something to be looked down on by the
older men. The visiting rats had just step­ped
from the train when some over anxious
freshman appropriated one of their rat caps
and sought safety in flight. Now there
is no particular harm in exchanging rat
caps but when there is a million to one
such a custom should be discontinued. It
is such a case of "Ten thousand gobs laid
down Jbeir swabs to fight one jiick marine."
The conduct, of the Auburn rats was not
indicative of'the true Auburn Spirit but
proved to be unnecessary, and poor sports­manship.
If we can not cope with over­whelming
odds on the gridiron is it neces­sary
to retaliate and seek vengenance by
getting our opponents, rat caps? It seems
though that the Tech men got their share
of trophies and will exhibit them with pride
within their own fold. We heartily con­gratulate
them on-their success.
TIME TO STOP
There has been present in our ranks an
undesirable group who have their personal
gains placed before that of the college.
Their activities have been openly expressed
at the recent football games. These stu­dents
are turning a privilege into a profit
making business. The college does not
make anything on athletics. It is not
meant to be carried on for profit but as
a means of recreation and enjoyment to the
student body and football fans. Students
who are desirous of cash have been selling
tickets to outsiders and then not giving
them the necessary ticket book that must
accompany the ticket. This is slapping the
football loving public in the face. They
do not know that tickets must be accom­panied
with books. Any person who sells
students tickets in such a way is taking un­fair
advantage of the purchaser and
although enriching himself is doing nothing
toward upholding the Auburn Spirit.
We know that this group of practitioners
is undoubtedly small but we know that there
have been far too many tickets sold *by
them. The football, public is warned to
avoid purchase of such tickets from any
person unless they be accompanied by ticket
books. Sale of tickets by students is dis­couraged
as such*may be had at the ad­vertised
places. The athletic council does
not wish to make a profit but they are
desirous of keeping the good name of the
college and discouraging any reflection on
or degredation of the Auburn Spirit by
any thoughtless or selfish individual.
Chemistry instructor at the zoo by W. H.
Rudder.
Wednesday. Correct this sentence: "He
fell over .the KEEP 6FF THE GRASS
sign in front of the ATO house."
Thursday. Applications filed for jobi
by members of the Student Council.
~~ Friday. Quizzes, Quizzes, Quizzes and
those grades go home next week!*?!
Saturday.- The Plainsman picks Aubul n
to win the game this week end.
OUR CALENDAR
(Copied Right)
Sunday. We note that the light on the
clock tower is almost as much out of focus
as some students on the campus. -
Monday. Mr. J. V. Brown has erected
six pup tents on the roof of the gymnasium.
He regarded the structure in danger and
took this action for its protection. It would
take some mighty big dogs to fill those
tents, eh what? -^
Tuesday. Jazzbaby has been replaced as
THEN AND NOW
Reminiscences from the Orange and Blue,
Issues of November 9 and 16, 1912
• ' * * * * * - ^^
Auburn again downs the Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets; Newell, Ressijac and Rob­inson
"the stars. Final score, 27-7. (Play­ed
Nov. 2).
Reluctantly, we wonder if "them days
are gone forever?"
" . * * * * *
This team picked as Auburn's best by
Coach Donahue: All-Auburn team for all
time: C—Caton, '11; R. G.—Mitcham, '97;
L. G.—Bonner, '11; R. T.—Jones, '05; L.
T.—Glenn, '97; R. E —Bynum, '96; L. E.
—Davis, '11; Q.—JTichnor,-<96; R. H.—
Dorsey, '94; L. H.—Williams, '96; F. B.—
Foy, '96.
Remember, this pick was made in 1912.
There is no doubt but that Mike would in­clude
a number of our present players, were
the Choice to be made now.
* * * * *
Auburn triumps over heavier L. S. U.
team in Mobile, 7-0.
Those were the days when Mike battled
against L. S. U. He has retained his
knack at winning, even though he has join­ed
forces with this crew.
* * * * *
A number of college yells published, in­cluding—"
Hullabaloo," "Hell's broke loose,"
"Well, well, well," and other good ones.
Which goes to show that somebody had
his wits about him in selecting these yells,
or else they would never have survived this
long.
* * * * * * -
Remark found in a front page feature
article: "College Spirit that is worthy of
the name, impels a man to consider first
the honor of his alma mater and to do
nothing to place a stain on her fair name."
Blind Tiger
Dick's business is picking up.
How's that?
He's a street cleaner.
Are you a fraternity man?
No but these clothes do belong to a
friend.
I have an etching.
Why don't you stratch?
What did you get for the answer to the
first problem?
I didn't get it. The answer was up on
the fwst row.
That is indeed a noble conception; do
we of today possess it? Can we prove that
we love Auburn, even one-tenth as much as
we say we love the girl who gives us a
necking party occassionally?
* * .#. * *
"Give me a man with an aim,
Whatever that aim may be;
Whether it's wealth or whether it's fame,
It matters not to me.
Let him walk in the path of the right,
And keep his aim in sight;*
And work and pray in faith always,
With his eye on the" glittering height." .
Yes; give us lots of 'em, even now!
* * * * *
Announcing a moving picture show in
Auburn, operated by the Y. M. C. A.
x"Men may come and men may go, but I
(picture show) go on forever!" We are
privileged with seeing "IT" still. And be­hold!
They tell us we are soon to hear
it!!!
With Other Colleges
According to word received from the
United States .Bureau of Education, latin
students in the United States, outnumber
all. the students of all other languages.
* * * * * >
University of Indiana is offering a one-hour
course in "Food tor Health," open to
juniors and seniors, both men and Women,
who are not majors in the department of
home economics. It is described as "a ser­vice
course."
* * * * *
The University of Arkansas football
equipment was ruined recently when un­known
parties poured .sulphuric acid on
the uniforms, dummies, and scrimmage
machines.
*» * * * *
Two University of Texas aviators, fronj.
the R. O. T. C, are earning money by tak­ing
passengers for trips. They specialize
in student passengers. Indiana, Purdue,
and Illinois were visited by the airmen.
* * * * *
Six students in Victoria College have
been taken to the hospital with smallpox.
All freshmen in their ddrmitories have
been quarantined.
. * * * * v *
When he defended the freshmen and ad­vised
them in an editorial to fight back
when attacked up upperclassmen, Paul Por­ter,
editor of the University Daily Kansan,
was given a ducking by the university stu­dents.
Porter wrote an account of the
event for his own paper, and then went
about his business.
Charley is one of those fellows who
makes 'em all blush.
And what does he do?
Paints dolls.
Mary had a wad of gum,
She chewed it long and slow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
The gum was sure to go.
Intermission
She carried the wad to school one day,
Which was against the rule,
The professor took the gum away,
And chewed it after school.
Beggar: "Kind lady, I was not always
like this."
Lady: "No. Last week it was your other
arm that was missing."
"RECIPE FOR KISSES"
Take a bit of dark piazza,
Add some moonlight—not too much
Press in two strong hands a small one,'
Add of coy reserve a touch;
Sift in just a pinch of folly
.Mixed with softly whispered sighs
Of .romance, add two small teacups
And the starlight of her eyes. •
Then dissolve some pure emotion
In a longing and a laugh;
Mix a grain of deep affection .
With a bit of merry chaff;
Add an ounce of mild resistance
Two of yielding—then in mute,
Inexpressible enjoyment
Serve in quantities to suit.
A Scotchman invited to a golden wed­ding,
was told that each guest would bring
a golden present.
'He took a gold-fish.
She was only an electrician's daughter,
but she went riding and had a shocking ex­perience.
.Householder: "So, my good man, you are
in straitened circumstances?"
Hawker:? "Straightened! Sir, if I "was
twins I'd be parallel." -
An old mail school teacher, taking her
pupils thru a museum, pointed out a sta­tute
of Minerva.
"Was she married?" asked one girl.
"Why no," was the curt reply. "She
was the goddess of wisdom."
"Were you ever .in.Paris, London, Ber­lin?"
"I really couldn't tell you. My husband
bought all the tickets."
Hiram had walked four miles over the
Great Smokies to call on his lady fair . For
a time they sat silent on a bench by the
side of her log cabin, but soon the moon, as
moons do, had its effect and Hiram slid
closer-to her and patted her hand.
"Mary," he began, "yTcnow I got a
clearin' over thar and a team, and a wa­gon
and some hawgs an' some cows, an' I
'low to build me a{ house this fall an' -"
Here he was interrupted by Mary's
mother who had awakened.
"Mary," she called in a loud voice, "is
that you man thar yit?"
Back came the answer, "No, maw, but
he's gittin' thar."
« BOOK REVIEW «
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF
ALFRED ALOYSIUS HORN
Warren E. Bower
If one could peep in upon that mythical
place, the literary world,.one would find a
curious phenomenon occuring there now.'
A large number of the inhabitants, and
mapy of those merely passing through, are
excitedly reading the most unusual book
of the year, a volume produced by the
united efforts of an aged English adven­turer
in the Africa of the days of Rhodes
and Livingston, and of a South African
novelist. The novelist is a woman, Mrs.
Ethelreda Lewis, who is at the present time
living in Johannesburg, South Africa. It
Auburn Footprints
We hear that "Booty" Pardon drifted
down towards Women's College last week­end.
Upon inquiring as to the objective
of his mission, we learned that another man
was about to run away with Booty's girl.
Fellows, that will never do, for we can't
afford to have other people running away
'with the Auburn boys' girls. We hope that
he will make the necessary adjustments so
-we can expect to hear a better report con­cerning
him and his in the near future.
Paisley ate so much one night last week
that his plate was taken from him. How
he accomplished such a feat has been the
topic- of much discussion among those who
have to eat at the zoo beside him. It seems
that John was looking for more grub when
he discovered his chief implement missing.
Rat Glennon is recovering nicely from his
date last week. We hope that he will not
let this be his last one in Auburn, for
there must be some lonely people right here*f
in town. According to "Bullet" Allen, the
people down in Mobile~have been expecting
the rat to break into the limelight ever since
he reached the old burg.
"Rat" Walter Smith is sinking deeper in
"the mire and the present call is for some-
- one to go to his rescue.
Rudder, a senior chemical, has acquired
a new name the past few weeks. He has
been christened "Jazz Baby" Rudder by his
friends, for it seems that he has the job
of teacher in the Freshman chem. lab. sec­tions.
We always knew that Rudder would
someday reach the pinnace of success, and
it is apparent that we were hot far wrong
in making such an assumption, for he has
undoubtedly climbed aboard the old farm
wagon and is headed for the fields. Rud­der
says even a loss in Columbus couldn't
keep a good man down. We agree.
We have Jieen warning you people that
Birmingham and a good looking girl up
there would ultimately be Dan's ruination.
Last week he cast up hope of ever regain­ing
control of himself again; in fact, he
actually went so far as to say that he want­ed
to leave school and go to work.
CANDIDATES FOR S O R O R I T I ES
ARE BABY PUP, "RED" OYLER, AND
WATTS HOWLE. We wanted to run the
pictures of the candidates, but the paper
was particular, so we couldn't get them in.
Wonder if Jimmy Price is going to all
the football games to support the team or
is he looking for a friend somewhere? We
heard the last mentioned, and he hasn't de­nied
it so draw your own conclusions.
Carol Worthington needs a secretary.
He has so many friends he can't keep up
with all of them. By the way, Sunshine
certainly carried that old ball in the dor­mitory-
high school football game last Tues­day.
Speaking of football, we hope to see all
of you at the Tech-Auburn game in At­lanta
next Thursday.
"Mama/' begged Betty, "do sing that
automobile song again, please."
;"Automobile song?" her mother, asked,
"I don't know any automobile song."
"Oh, yes you do," the child replied. "We
sing it at Sunday School. You know it—
that one about going home in high."
"When was radio first invented?"
When Paul Revere broadcast on one
plug." "'. - /
A Student's Prayer
Before exams—
Lord God of" Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget! Lest we forget!
After exams—
Lord God of Hosts was with us not,
For we forgot! For we forgot!
"Where'd you get the fliver?"
' "Oh, it just crawled up on the lawn and
died."
Sunday School Superintendent: "Who led
the Children of Israel into Canaan? Will
one" of you smaller boys answer?"
No reply.
Supt. (somewhat sternly): "Little boy
on the seat next to the aisle, who led the
children into Canaan?"
Little Boy (Badly /frightened): "It
wasn't me. LF moved here last week from
Mizzoury."
Nurse: "Why, Willie, you selfish little
boy! Why don't you give your sister a piece
of your apple?"
Willie: "I gave her the seeds. She can
plant 'em and have a whole orchard."
Waiter: "Yes, sir, we're very up-to-date.
Everything here is cooked by electricity."
Diner: "I wonder if you would mind giv­ing
this steak another shock."
Cop? "Ha! I caught you red-handed
stealing an auto,!"
Thief: "Well, gosh, it's been standing in
front of this graveyard all day an' I
thought the the owner was dead."
A man's head is like his pocketbook—it's
not the outside appearance but what it con­tains
that counts.
She was only a baggageman's daughter,
but she knew all the grips.
1st Souse: " 'Zat your best girl over
there?"
2nd: "Nope—necks best, though."
was there she met the strange character
Alfred Aloysius Horn, who came to her
door one morning to sell her some tinware,
but who, on this occasion and others stay­ed
to tell her enough high, exciting adven­tures
of life among african natives and
upon African rivers to form the contents
of this lively book, Trader Horn.
It is not too much to say that this is the
one surely unique book of this publishing
season. There can be no other like it. It
is written in Trader Horn's inimitable col­loquial
English, rich and racy and vivid.
That the spelling and syntax are not
right (for Mr. Horn's Work has been print­ed
just as he wrote it) only adds to the
charm and authenticity of the character and
the tale. And then one must mention the
most novel feature of this unusual volume.
At the end of every chapter, Mrs. Lewis had
added the words Trader Horn addressed to
her informally as he talked of himself, or
added comment on his adventures, or of his
task in writing them down. This talk
seems to me to be the richest in human in­terest
of any put down in any recent book.
It is characterized by a native richness and
vividness of language, and a rough, deep
wisdom of life, that does not fall far short
of the work of great literary artists. It is
broadly every-day talk, but ideas and terse,
forceful phrases are thickly sprinkled
through it. It was a stroke of genius on
Mrs. Lewis' part to take down Horn's
words during the conversations he had with
her after they had discussed the weekly
chapter out of his past life that he was
accustomed to write and bring to her.
Trader Horn had come out to Africa as
a boy in the early seventies of the last cen­tury,
and joined the trading firm of Hat-ton
and Cookson, who were doing a great
business in ivory and rubber. He very
quickly proved to have a genius for deal­ing
with the African natives, since he
easily learned their languages, and under­stood
their languages, and understood
their racial characteristics thoroughly. He
became a sort of traveling agent, whose
business was to carry on the necessary di­plomacy
between the tribes, and to find and
open new markets. This was precarious
business, and many times Horn had to fight
his way out of a dangerous situation. He
was always successful, however, in fighting,
in trading and in making friends and
allies among the natives. Just how
far he was able to go is shown by
the fact that he was initiated into a
secret organization, a very powerful and
influential one, into which no white man
had ever been admitted. His account of
that initiation, and his meeting with a
white girl held captive and reverenced as a
goddess is one of the most thrilling chap­ters
of the book. If there is one single
thread of interest which runs through the
various accounts it is Horn's plan to kid­nap
the white girl, in reality an English
gentlewoman, and take her away from the.
blacks who held her in their village. How
he accomplishes that is a story that cannot
be surpassed anywhere in the pages xof
Joseph Conrad, or any other writer of ad­venture
in strange lands.
There are innumerable descriptions of life
in the jungle of Africa in the days before
Livingston ventured there. Later Living­ston
comes in for mention, as well as a few
other missionaries who were intrepid
enough to penetrate into Africa. All the
romance and danger that surrounds the
hunting of wild elephants is brought out
vividly in Trader Horn's exciting accounts.
There is a tremendous and elaborate ele­phant
drive in which dozens are killed, and
there are descriptions of the killing of many
single animals. One of the most thrilling
incidents is a gorilla hunt, in which a great
wounded animal springs into a group of
natives and knocks them about like nine­pins.
Native wars in which Horn had a
part are numerous upon these pages. In
fact, there is not a single phase of life in
the jungle and among savages that is left
out. Not the wildest imagination could
conceive of more than actually happened
to Horn in his years upon the Ivory Coast
of the Dark Continent.
The value of this book is not wholly that
of interesting, entertainment. Because the
account of Horn's life takes in the period
when the west coast of Mrica was first
being;opened up to trade,'the book has a
definite historical value. It is first hand
material, a source book that has the un­usual
advantage of being exceedingly in­teresting.
Perhaps more important is the
fact that it is an intensely human docu­ment,
through which one comes to know an
extraordinarily arresting figure, who gives
us a great deal of adventure and philosophy
in his pages. It is good to know that
through the publication, of this book Trader
Horn is no longer compelled to accept
charity to live, and that he no longer has to
peddle wire utensils. He is now seventy-three
years old, and still living in the
land that he helped to develop. One hopes
that he will continue to live for a long time,
and write down other reminiscences of his
adventurous youth on the dangerous coast
of Africa. They are certain to be amazing,
as weird, as thrillingly interesting as this.
THE PLAINSMAN Pag* 3.
AUBURN MEETS JACKETS
IN ATLANTA THANKSGIVING
(Continued from Page 1.)
M. who broke his leg in the same play.
Hodges will be sorely missed as he
has had quite a bit of previous experi­ence
against the Yellow Jackets.
Mike Fisher will, irt all probability,
remain on the side lines with a broken
ankle. Fisher would bring up local
stock considerably if it were possible
for him to return for action. But
lady luck doesn't seem to care to
smile on us in that direction.
Ellis, star half-back, suffered a
wrenched schoulder in the A. & M.
fray but he should be 0. K. by the
Tech encounter. He will be called on
to bear the heavy burden if the pres­ent
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For the Yellow Jackets, there is
quite a bit to say. So far this sea­son,
Vanderbilt is the only S. I. C.
eleven to so much as draw a tie with
them. Led by Stumpy Thomason,
they have a mighty strong offensive
combination and also boast of a
mighty good line. Among fheir vic­tories
this season is a game won from
the Crimson Tide of Wallace Wade;
the first lost by that illustrious coach
in three years.
The lineup for the Tech game will
be about the same as in the past two.
The backfield wil find Bogue starting
off in place of Hodges, Ellis running
right half, Crawford, left, and Sel­lers
at full. Recently Sellers has had
much success at ripping holes in op­ponents
lines and he is being depend­ed
on to bear much of the offensive.
This will be the final tilt of the
season. Thanksgiving is a College
holiday. Lets all go up to the fair
city and take possession of it for just
one big day. Let's follow the team
there and back the boys to the limit.
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Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
AG. FAIR OPENS TODAY
BAND TO LEAD PARADE
(Continued from page one)
the program, is the esthetic dancing
by "Fats" Robinson and "Doc" Sal­mon.
Now we are to see some good
dancing in the Band show by Louis
M. Bayne and Co., but we do believe
that this will almost equal Little
Louie himself. Following this is the
Wheelbarrow Polo Game beween
the Invincible Sops, and the Green
Froshs.
Mixed in with all this will be side
shows, scattered everywhere. Also
the exhibit in Comer Hall, showing
work from all the departments.
SECRET SOCIETY UNEARTHED
HERE AFTER ACCI6ENT
(Continued from Page 1.)
Wales fell because_he wanted to get
back on the-front page.
Mr. Hopson is one of the most
popular members of the class of '28,
being Business Manager of the Plains­man,
a member of the social commit­tee,
Spades, Scarabs, Scabbard and
Blade, Glee Club, Boetgha, etc. The
members of the Plainsman staff have
recently presented him with a safety
valve_to prevent further fermentation.
H. C. Hopson and Abie Hardin are
the charter members of the new
"Wales" club. Anyone desiring to be­come
a member of this exclusive or­ganization
should place their applica­tions
with either of the fore-mention­ed,
immediately as there are many
students who have expressed the wish
to become members. Membership will
be at a premium later on.
most talented student.
Giddens, who is president of the
college chapter of Omicron Delta
Kappa and Kappa Phi Kappa, na­tional
honor societies, is one of the
Birmingham Southern representa­tives
in state competition for the
Rhodes scholarships to Oxford.
As representatives of eight familiar
types of college students, the follow­ing
were named: The sportsman, Ed-
'4-gar "Chink" Lott, Birmingham; typi­cal
co-ed, Mildred Pierce, Birming­ham;
athletic girl, Dorothea McDon­ald,
Fairfield; the college clown, "Al"
Vincent, Birmingham; the actor,
Richard Hicks, Birmingham; the col­lege
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thing they go over he has a great
many Aparatuses for the school, he
took me into his Aparatus room this
evening and showed several things the
microcope he magnified the flee and
and ant and showed me the blood in
a hair. The, school opens and closes
every morning and evening with
prayer Mr Slayten belongs to the
Methodist Church, out of about 70
boys I do not think there are more
than dozzen Baptist boys in school but
I think it is a very good school any
how, They have preaching in the
Methodist Church every Sunday arid
also sunday nights and Wednesday
nights and only once a month in the
Baptist Church. Thev have Sunday
schools every Sunday in each church.
Auburn I think is a very healthy
place as much or more so than any
in the state that is every I hear speak
of it say it is it is such a high and
dry looking place it ought to be
healthy. The cars drops three times
a day, you can here them when the
whistle blows fore miles, As every
body in the house is sleep and the
candle is most out I will have to com
to a close Jimmie if you have con­cluded
to come to this scholl which I
reckon you had as well come here as
any whereelse if it is more methodist
than any other, get on the coaches at
Midway and when you come to the
Widow Wattses there you will pay
and change coaches and when you
come to the railroad you must buy a
ticket and get on the cars and go to
Montgomery then you get off into the
omnabus and go up to the exchange
get supper get in another omnabus
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S P O R T S - Track and Basketball Prospects Bright SPORTS
Auburn Loses First to A AM. Maroons
Tigers Outplay Aggies But Lose, 7 to 6
Auburn in Scoring Zone Several Times But Wildcats Practice
Lacked Final Punch With Attbum Hi
Outgained and outrushed by the
Auburn Tigers, Mississippi A. & M.
eked out a meager victory at Rick-wood
Field in Birmingham last Sat­urday
afternoon, giving them their
first triumph over the Tigers in ten
years of competition on the gridiron.
The final score was 7 to 6, Auburn's
failure to convert a try for point
after touchdown being the ultimate
factor of their loss.
Auburn showed its greatest drive
in the second half, when they passed
and bucked the line for seven first
downs to A. & M.'s two, but the
punch died out near the Aggie goal
line, the Tigers being helf for downs
once on the Maroon's three-yard line.
McElveen, Aggie center, scored the
Mississippian's touchdown in the sec­ond
quarter by intercepting a pass
from Ellis on his own 15 yard line
and going 85 yards down the field
for a touchdown. A pass from Allen
to Wells netted the extra point, which
won the game when Jim Crawford's
placement kick for point after he
had bucked Auburn's touchchdown
across went wide.
The game had hardly got under
way when Nappie Hodges, Auburn's
veteran quarterback, and Gregory, A.
& M. end, were put out of action.
On an A. & M. punt, Hodges playing
safety man, attempted to return the
kick and suffered an injury to his
ankle. In the mixup Gregory's right
leg was broken. A few minutes later
Chadwick, the Aggie's quarterback,
was injured and removed from the
field. Play resumed with Bogue at
quarter for Auburn, J. K. Crawford
at quarter for A. & M., and Christo­pher
at Gregory's end.
When the first quarter ended, Au­burn
was in posession of the ball
on her own 38 yard line. Two for
ward passes from Ellis to Burns were
responsible for a pair of first downs
that put the ball on the Aggie 37-
yard line. Jim Crawford then broke
through the line for 12 yards for
first down on the Aggie 22-yard
line. Buck Ellis checked off 10
more, but Auburn drew a 15-yard
penalty. With it first down and 20
to go, two passes from EUijs to
Crawford gained 15, leaving it third
and five. Here Porter Callahan fumb­led
and A. & M. recovered on her
own 11-yard line. Allen got three
yards and then fumbled, with How­ard
falling on the ball for Auburn.
First down and 10 to go for a touch­down.
Ellis and Crawford got three
yards on two bucks and then on the
third play McEJyeen intercepted a
pass from Ellis and went for a touch­down,
as related before.
Punting was the principal resort
of both teams during the remainder
of the first half. The Aggies made
one first down and the Tigers one.
The latter was chalked up just as the
half ended, Burns taking a pass from
Crawford for a net gain of 45 yards
that put the ball on the Aggie 25-
yard line. Here the gun sounded
and deprived Auburn of an excellent
chance for a touchdown.
As the second half opened Auburn
kicked off and the Aggies had the
ball on their own 34-yard- line. J.
K. Crawford then fumbled and Burns
recovered for Auburn on the Ma­roon's
32-yard line. Sellers and
Bogue bucked the line for a first
down on the 22-yard line. Sellers
bucked six more in two tries and
A. & M. suffered a 15-yard penalty
that put the oval on the one-yard,
line. Sellers failed at the line, but
on -the subsequent play Crawford
broke through the center of the line
for the tally. His kick from place­ment
veered off to the life of the
uprights and every point of the final
score had been registered with A.
& M. leading 7 to 6.
A fumbled punt gave Auburn an
opportunity to show some punch late
in the third quarter, but to no avail.
Allen, who had just replaced Stone
for the Aggies, fumbled a kick from
Crawford, and Merritt Burns recover­ed
on the Aggie 12-yard line. Cal­lahan
and Sellers began a series of r
line bucks, but the fdurth one failed
to register a first down. Auburn
drew an offside penalty on the play,
but A. & M. chose the play instead
of the penalty and took the ball over
on its own 3-yard line as the quarter
ended.
J. K. Crawford kicked out of dan­ger,
but Auburn initiated a new drive
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The Dormitory Wildcats played the
fast Lee County High School in a
practice game last Tuesday. The
Dormitory proved to be very good on
the offense, and broke through for
five scores. Several of the Auburn
Hi players were not in uniform, and
this helped the Wildcats some.
The Alumni Hall boys had little
trouble in scoring. The first one was
made on a pass, Jones to Baggett,
which was good for ten yards and
touchdown.
The second score came when
Worthington, on a criss-cross play,
carried the ball twenty yards for a
score. Jones kicked goal for extra
point. This was the only goal that
was kicked.
The third touchdown was a result
of a series of line bucks, and then
Kenny went over center for the re­maining
five yards.
The fourth tally came on a pass,
Jones to Geist, covering the distance
of 30 yards.
The last counter was made when
Jones went off-tackle for nine yards
and a touchdown.
Both teams fought hard and exhi­bited
some pretty plays. Jones was
quarterback for the Wildcats, while
Auburn Hi used several men at this
position during the practice. Each
performed his task in a manner that
would give credit to any college play­er.
Jones did the punting for the
Dorm, while Tamplin held down the
same job for his team.
Ward was the outstanding man for
the Auburn Hi. He played hard and
made some pretty tackles. He dealt
the Wildcats a great deal of worry.
The Dormitory line outplayed the
Lee County team's line, but they
had a little more-weight. They played
a steady game, but theft were no
outstanding players. Every man per­formed
well, but there were no stars.
Worthington was the star of the
Wildcat's backfield. Time after time,
he went around end for long gains
and was really hard to stop, when
once started. This is one of the
fastest men in the Dormitory camp,
and he is one -of their main stays.
Blankenship, of the Wildcats, play­ed
a good game until he was taken
out with a badly cut tongue.
There was no definite line-up as
the Auburn Hi boys were changed
around, in order to give them ex­perience
at different positions.
Last Saturday the Wildcats again
beat the West End boys in a very
close game. The score was 7 to 0.
West End put up a good fight, and
Allen, captain and quarterback, per­formed
well.
The score was made when Jones
intercepted a pass and ran 80 yards
for touchdown. He kicked goal.
The notorious Geo. B. K. Hann was
referee.
for goal. With Sellers carrying the
ball repeatedly, Auburn pushed
through the Aggie line for two first
downs in a row that put the ball on
the 15 yard line. The Tigers then
made 8 yards on three plays, but
failed to make first down when an
end run was stopped. The ball went
over to A. & M. on downs.
A. & M. threatened once more
as the game drew to a close when
Wells intercepted a pass from Calla­han
on his own 30-yard strips and
ran 64 yard before he was caught
by Callahan and shoved out of bounds
on the Tiger's 5-yard line. Three
plays failed and on the fourth Pop
Paterson intercepted a pass over cen­ter
on his own 5-yard line. Auburn
kicked as the game ended.
The Tigers showed plenty of drive
through the center of the line where
Capt. Paterson's weight and aggres­siveness
were most effective. Pop
played a whale of a game, both on
offense and defense. Auburn also
flasked something of an aerial attack
(Continued on Page 6.)
Track Prospects
Look Good for
Coming Season
During the last month or so many
candidates for the track team have
been working out under Coach Hut-sell's
watchful eyes. Although the
team will feel the 'loss of that^ pre­mier
athlete, Weemie Baskin, still
Coach Hutsell can be depended upon
to turn out a team worthy of Auburn,
as he has done so many times in the
past. Several letter men from last
year have been out getting in shape,
and as soon as the football season is
over there will be many more.
For the 220 there is Broughton,
and also Captain Snider, Mike Fisher,
and Chink Cosper, who are now play­ing
football. For the 440 Tamplin,
who is also out for football, will be
back. Helms and Mills, who have
been getting some excellent training
on the cross country team, will most
likely run in the 880. For the mile
there are Duncan, Mills, and Aldrich,
all of whom were on the cross coun­try
team. Two more cross country
men are Teague and McClendon, who
are training for the 2-mile event.
In the pole vault Creel is developing
right along. Honors for the high
jump will be between Anderson, Vir­gin,
Heinz, and Burnett. Those out
for the broad jump are Beard, Up-shaw,
Virgin, and Heinz. The shot
and discus men are all on the football
squad, but they will probably be Car­ter,
Turner, and Robinson. Robinson
will also hurl the javelin, as will
Stoves. Later on in the spring there
will probably be many, more out, and
afford keen competition for the va­rious
places on the squad.
In addition to the varsity there are
several freshmen who are showing
up well. Especially so are DeBarde-leben
in the broad jump, Harmon in
the hurdles, J. D. Hughes in the pole
vault, Jones in the 440, and Shanks
COACH PAPKE ISSUES CALL FOR
TIGER BASKETBALL CANDIDATES
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One of Best Teams Ever to Represent
Auburn is Present Prospects on
the Indoor Court; Many-
Veterans Return
Then, as football began to be a
thing of the past, another form of
sport, equally as fast and even more
skillful, began to appear on the hori­zon.
Stich seems to be the same
about to take place on the Auburn
campus. Coach Mike Papke issued
his first call for all aspirants the first
part of the week and not a few
dribblers answered the call. Among
those that have joined the trainees
are quits a number of last year's
varsity. Other members of last years
squad are listed as football players
and will not join the group until
after the gridiron season is over.
But that won't be long now. After
Thanksgiving is forgotten, practice
will being in full force and that
means more than it sounds like.
Among the veterans returning will
be the five men that started every
tilt last season. These dribbling ar­tists
are: Captain Fob James and
Eb James, guards; Frank DuBose,
center; Buck Ellis and Jelly Aiken,
forwards. Then the two alternates
that made every trip last year, Howell
and Mullins, will make a stronger bid
than ever for a place on the first
string five. To add to the strength
of the above aggregation will be
found a past master of the court,
Snitz Snider. Snider made his let­ter
playing basketball at Auburn two
years ago. Last year, he did not
have time to go out for the team due
in the cross country. Some of the
others who look good are Barefield
in the broad jump, Deaton in the
440, Fuqua in the sprints, Rutland
in the high jump, and Gladsmith and
Gray in cross country.
to his trying out for the track team.
He jumps center and is unusually
quick, as well a a good shot. His
presence may change the order of
things around quite a bit.
Last year, Auburn set the record
for the Conference by winning eleven
straight Conference games from the
strongest teams in the south. In the
Conference meet; however, the var­sity
five hit a slump and were bump­ed
off in their second trial. But,
that is a part of the past and has
nothing to bear on the rating of this
years squad. If Auburn is to hold
the lead this season, it will depend
jOn the teams licked this year and not
last.
The schedule is far from complete
so far. A few of the games listed
below are only tentative and a num­ber
of other teams will be faced dur­ing
the coming campaign. A trip
through the West is trying to be
arranged. If this trip is put through,
it will mean that the Tigers will face
such teams as Notre Dame, Tufts,
Illinois, and other big colleges.
The present schedule is as follows:-
Jan. 7—Ga. Tech—Atlanta (tentative)
Jan. 9-Southern—Auburn (tentative)
Jan. 13—Florida—Gainesville
Jan. 14—Florida—Gainesville
Jan. 20—Tennessee—Auburn
Jan 27—Tulane—New Orleans
Jan. 28—Tulane—New Orleans
Feb. 1—Vanderbile—Auburn
Feb. 3—Georgia—Auburn
Feb 9—Georgetown—Auburn
Feb. 10—Ole Miss.—Auburn
Feb. 11—Ole Miss.—Auburn
Feb. 17—Ga. Tech—Auburn.
If parents knew their children as
well as the children know their
parents, the parents might be able to
handle the children as well as the
children handle the parents.
Frosh End Grid
Season by Losing
to Tech Freshies
The Auburn Freshmen played their
last game of the season on Drake
field last week. During the first
half, the Tigers fought hard, but
slowed down in the last half due to
the hard hitting of the heavier team.
The score at the end of the game
was 33-0 in favor of the Georgia
Tech Rats.
At the beginning of the game, Tech
put her second team in, thinking that
she would have no trouble in beating
the Orange and Blue, but the second
string men did not find it easy sail­ing.
During the time that this team
was in, the Auburn backs hit the line
for eight and ten yards at a time.
.Just as the Tigers were nearing the
goal line, the first team was put in,
and stopped the drives. But the
Plainsmen's fighting spirit was up,
and they put up a good scrap until
the second half.
Tech played a hard game, and was
penalized several times. They were
also penalized several times for being
off-sides. Of course this helped the
Tigers some, but they just did not
have the weight that the Georgians
had. Tech's fullback, tipping the
scales at 200 pounds, made gain after
gain through the line. He really had
the driving power and was hard to
stop. The other backfield men had
plenty of weight and did not mind
blocking or tackling.
There was some fumbling done on
both sides, which slowed the game
up considerably." Auburn intercepted
several Tech passes, and caught a few •
of their own. Creel caught one for
a nice gain.
Chambless, Auburn quarterback,
made several good gains on end runs,
but was never able to get through for
a score. This flashy back has the
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EVANS
. The program varied to some ex­tent
Tuesday night, by devoting the
entire hour to a debate. The pro­gram
committee is to be commended
for the unusually good program. The
subject of this debate was, "The Ab­sorption
of the Negro Race." The
members supporting the affirmative
side were: George Williams and R.
C. Cargile; M. V. Hallman and J. R.
Taylor upheld the negative side.
Some of- the members of the society
were really surprised at the. argu­ment
that these fellows put up. The
Evans Literary Society can boast of
and be proud of a man who in their
midst has the -oratorical ability of
Patrick Henry himself, and as a. de­bater,'
his equal is not to be found,
"MAYBE."
Some of the points brought out by
the affirmative side were (1) The
great progress that the negro has
made since they have been freed, and
if for nothing else, they should be
given a chance. (2) Racial preju­dices.
T3) As the negro is today, he
is more of a liability than he is an
asset. There were many more inter­esting
points brought out by the af­firmative
side, but these were the
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The following points were brought
out by the negative side: (1) Some
of the laws of the South will have to
be changed. (2) Their general ap­pearance
is repelling to the white
race.. (3) There will be a conflict in
the social relations between the negro
and white race, if the negro is placed
on the same political, educational and
cultural levels that the affirmative
side recommends.
The president of the society was
unable to secure faculty members as
judges, so members selected the win­ner
as they saw fit.
A. I. E. E.
At the last meeting of the local
branch of A. I. E. E. all time for
the program, except for a short talk
on "Fireless Locomotives" by R. G.
Hightowef, was given over to Pro­fessor
W. W. Hill. In the absence
of an economic course for Engineers
at Auburn, Professor Hill's lectures
on business and finance are very valu­able
to engineering students. They
are always of a practical nature and
should prove beneficial after gradua­tion.
Among other things he explain­ed
why so many northern manufac­turers
are moving to Alabama. He
also mentioned the fact that most
bankers consider public utilities one
of the best of investments. In the
mind of the investor public utilities
has taken the place of real estate.
This fact is of special interest to elec­trical
students since it is in this field
that we make our bread and butter.
At the conclusion of his talk Profes­sor
Hill answered any questions which
the members of the society had in
mind about financing engineering pro­jects.
This part of the program
proved very" instructive.
WIRT
At its meeting in Wirt Hall Tues­day
night, the Wirt Literary So­ciety
devoted practically its entire
time to the election of new officers,
who will serve in their respective of­fices
for the second half semester.
The election was presided over by
the out-going president, S. S. Tatum,
who for the entire time of his office
has served the society diligently and
faithfully, as have the other officers
of the society.
The new officers who were elected
are: A. V. Culpepper, Pres.; Annie
Ross Fuller, Vice-Pres.; Jackie Hut­chinson,
Secretary; G. T. Thompson,
Treas.; J. B. Beard, Sergeant-at-arms;
and Miss Evelyn Henry, Re­porter.
Each new officer expressed his or
her desire to see the society accom­plish
great things and to serve it in
every way possible. It was announced
that the newly elected officers would
be installed in the near future.
Following the election, having no
further-business, the society adjourn­ed.
business session the, following pro­gram
was renderd:
Mr. R. D. Dean gave the society
an exceedingly good talk on naviga­tion.
He gave in detail the descrip­tion,
mechanism, and uses of the vari­ous
instruments used on a vessel, such
as compass, etc. Mr. Dean explain­ed
fully the method used in determin­ing
the rate of speed and the milage
of a vessel. He also discussed the
making of charts, and precautions
during a storm.
Mr. C. A. Christensen made a very
interesting impromptu talk about the
manufacture of soda crackers. He
told the society the entire process
from the hauling of the flour to the
mill until the crackers were shopped
away as a finished product. He
noted some of.the very interesting
machines used.
As this ehded the program, the
society adjourned, to meet Monday
night, November 28, 1927. All me­chanicals
be out as a very interest­ing
program has been planned.
ernization of Equipment Doubles Pro­duction
Capacity. Labor saving and
economy of floor spaces were' also
shown to be results of modernization
of equipment. Mr. Abercrombie also
told why the next war would be a
chemical war on insects. Mr. Aber-combie
showed us that the war on in­sects
was just started compared to the
work to be done. This is another
field in which the chemist and the
t
chemical engineer has a large range
of work. Mr. Pulley gave us the high
points in making sulphuric acid by the
Chamber Process. Mr. Pulley stated
that the Chamber Process was a well
designed plan, but not so far success­fully
operated. He pointed out the
necessity of keeping the flues clean
and ash out of burners. Mr. Pulley
also said that the immediate repair
in case of breakdown was very neces­sary
to the successful operation of the
Chamber Process. Mr. Reeves told
why the chemicals were not used more
in the recent war than they were and
of the. problems the chemists had to
solve when they were used by their
side and by the opposing side. He also
pointed out the effectiveness of the
smoke screen and depth bombs in pro­tecting
a ship being carried through
the enemies waters.
The vice-president says that a
member of the faculty will speak to
us at the next meeting. Come out and
listen to a good program.
Don't miss the band show.
CHEMICAL SOCIETY
The Chemical Society voted to put
off the program next Monday night
on account of the band show which
will be put on in order to raise
funds for the support of the band.
As there was no other business
brought up, Q- -W. Allen started the
regular program'by a talk on "Mod-
S. A.'M. E.
The Auburn chapter of-the society
of American Military Engineers "held
its weekly meeting in the engineers
room on Tuesday night, Nov. 15th,
at 7:00 P. M. After the meeting was
called to order by the President, Mr.
W. D. Alston, the minutes of the
previous meeting were read.
: Mr. R. F. Tinsley being the first
speaker on the program gave the so­ciety
a talk about leadite. Leadite
is a material which is now being used
extensively in the place of lead in
joining cast iron pipe together. He
brought out the advantages leadite
has over lead, and many other in­teresting
features.
Mr. Madison, the next speaker
spoke of the refining of oil and gaso­line.
He explained the methods used
in moving the large oil tanks. He
also pointed out the difficulties thr
engineers had in* moving the hugs
tanks. —
After Mr. Madison's speech Cap­tain
Bowley had a few words to say
in regards to the society. Captain
Bowley reviewed briefly what the
society did last year, such as the
hike, and erecting of the flag pole
behind the main . building. The
meeting was then open for a discus­sion
as to what the society should do.
this year. Some project will be plan­ned
in the near future.
A Short business session was held
after which the society adjourned to
meet Tuesday week, Nov. 29th.
A. S. M. E.
The A. S. M. E. held its regular
fortnightly meeting Monday night,
Nov. 14, 1927 in Ramsey Hall, at
7:00 P. M. The meeting'was called
to order the president of the Society,
Mr. A. P. Francis. After reading
the minutes of the previous meeting
quite a bit of business was brought
before the society. Following the
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AUBURN LOSES TO MAROONS
TIGERS OUTPLAY MISS. AGGIES
(Continued from page one)
with Burns on the receiving end of a
great many passes from Ellis and
Crawford. Auburn tried 13 passes,
- completing 6 of them for a gain of
17 yards. Auburn had two of her
passes intercepted, and intercepted
<two of her opponent's. The two
teams were about even in the punting
department, Auburn kicking 9 times
for an average of 34 yards, and A.
& M. kicking 13 times for an average
of 32 yards. Considering the slip­pery
footing this average was good.
Auburn showed a decided superiority
in returning punts, however, due to
their sureness in receiving and their
blocking for the receiver after he
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Yet withal a style that is .at
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today's demand.
Many moons have set since
we have had so attractive
a selection to offer.
Smart Stgjed CWwRr Co%Mn
lailond AtSpdMMer
had gotten the ball firmly in his
grasp. Auburn returned punts for
56 yards, while A. & M. returned for
only 16 yards. One of the features
of the game was the line plunging
of Auburn, with fellers carrying the
ball most of the time, and supple­mented
by Callahan. The statistics
show that Auburn hit the line 49
times for a gain of 145 yards, while
A. & M. hit it 30 times for a gain
of 75 yards. This boy Sellers looks
like a real find for the fullback post.
He certainly knows how to ram a line,
and could always make two or three
yards when needed. He contributed
a large proportion of Auburn's first
downs. He also showed up well in
backing up the line. Callahan was
another who played a mighty good
game in the Magic City. He made
some nice plunges, and his hard tack­ling
stopped several aspiring Maroons
who had slipped through the line.
One of the brighest stars of the
game though was Merritt Burns. His
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fighting spirit stamped his as a play
er o* the first magnitude. He was
on tht receiving end of most of
Auburn's passes, catching every ball
that came anywhere in his immediate
vicinity and some that were -not,
making some peeminglyj incredible
catches. He was down fast on punts,
and was largely responsible for the
Aggie's inability to return them. He
always had his eye on the ball, re­covering
two critical fumbles.
The lineup and summary:
Auburn (6)—Burns, left end; Car­ter,
left tackle; Andress, left guard;
Paterson, center; Howard, right
guard; Cunningham, right tackle; In­gram,
right end; Hodges, quarter­back;
Crawford, left halfback; Ellis,
right halfback; Sellers, fullback.
Mississippi A. & M. (7)—Gregory,
left end; Brunson, left tackle; Weir,
left guard^McElveen, center; Geohe-gan,
right guard; Thompson, right
tackle; Lewis, right end; Chadwick,
quarterback; Allen, left halfback;
Noble, right halfback; Wells, full­back.
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Bpeed and making of a varsity player.
In the line there were two men
that stood out over the rest of the
players. These men were Newton
and Captain Taylor. Both weighing
over 200 pounds, they were in nearly
every play, and received some hard
knocks, but gave the Yellow Jackets
a great deal of worry. Newton was
taken out in the final quarter when
his leg was injured. Jacobs, big 240
pound tackle, replaced him. All three
of these men tackled hard, when it
seemed that the man with the ball
was headed for a touchdown.
Wingo was another flashy little
back who has plenty of speed and
fight, and is likely to give somebody
a fight for a varsity berth next year.
Bearden, Brown, Harkins, and
Dreaden are other good prospects for
the varsity next year.
The Freshmen have now finished
their schedule for this year, and al­though
they have not won a game,
they have had much hard luck. Very
few times this year have they gotten
many of the breaks of the games that
they have played. It is very dis­couraging
to have Old Lady Luck
running against you, but this does
happen sometimes on the gridiron.
The material on the baby Tiger's
team was above the average, and
each player did his best in every
game. Once or twice they have gone
in the game a little over-confident,
and due to this, have not turned out
such a good account for some of the
games. They had some mighty snap­py
plays and some excellent coaching
under Coach "Red" Brown and his
assistant, Harry Fox.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR CATON IS HELD
PASTOR ARRIVES
Dr. E. D. Burnworth Come* to U»
From Marion, Ala.
Dr. E. D. Burnworth, the new
Methodist pastor of the Auburn cir­cuit,
addressed his congregation here
for the first time last Sunday even­ing,
in the Methodist auditorium. Dr.
Burnworth hails from Marion, Ala­bama,
where he has just completed
four years of sucessful pastorate
work. He succeeds Rev. W. H. Mc-
Neal.
the next day. He was always there.
He played the game of life as he did
football—fairly and squarely.
All Auburns students are cordially
invited to attend this memorial ser­vice
next Sunday.
Dr. Burnworth was transferred to
the Alabama Methodist Conference
from the East six years ago. His
past four years were spent in church
work at Marion, where he success-,
fully conducted work similar to that
he will do here. Marion being a col­lege
town, he is not in an entirely new
atmosphere.
The education of the new pastor
has been quite varied and extended;
he comes to us well prepared in his
work. His education has included at­tendance
of a number of different col­leges,
along with travel abroad.
Mr. Burnworth has an exceedingly
pleasing personality, is a goox mixer,
and has a forceful delivery ofjpeech.
He comes to us a true christian and 4
worker for this cause; we trust his
hospitality and cheerful helping dis­position
are being favorably met.
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times, belonging to several organiza­tions
among which were, Kappa
Sigma social fraternity, first presi
dent of the "A" Club, Scarabs, Then
dara, and Yellow Dogs. He was
president in the Marine Aviation
during the world war in 1917.
Caton was not a spectacular man
as a student nor as a football player,
but was always quiet and unassuming.
He was loved by all who knew him,
and was looked upon as a man of re­fined,
clean habits, actions and
thoughts. He often hesitated to take
well deserved honors which were
heaped upon him, and always gave
his all for a thing he was asked to do.
He was never too tired, nor too badly
bruised up from the Saturday foot­ball
game, to attend Sunday School
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Score by quarters:
Auburn 0 0 6 0—7
Miss. A. & M. 0 7 0 0—7
Scoring: Touchdowns, McElveen,
Crawford; point after touchdown,
Wells (forward pas's from Allen).
. Substitutions: Auburn, Bogue,
Tamplin, Callahan, Robinson, Peake,
Pearce, H. Long, Ward. Mississippi
A. & M., Christopher, J. K. Craw­ford,
Pickens, Dobbs, Smith, McCabe.
Officials: Referee, Strupper (Geor­gia
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