1929-09-10 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1929. NUMBER 2
rilling pranks as that which
s a favorite four decades ago.
G. A. Mathison is fifty-eight
jars old. He has registered as
member of the senior class to
mplete work for the fi. S. de-ee
on secondary education this
. Certainly a man's return-
I* to complete his education
ter forty years out of school
a true evaluation of a college
$75,000 Expended^ Student At
Equipment a n d l J I • / I r>/»
I Auburn is Over 50
CAPACITY INCf
§Torty years ago a member of
New Quarters Colfet:ne c ' a s s °f '30 took part in
Record Tiiic i n £ a d r a v uP ° n t h e r o of
; the Administration Building
The Ideal Laundry, | | ' e - Today this student sees a
cently moved to new?iv Auburn, an Auburn forced
North College Street, ii resort to new and hardly as
much new equipment
and is now the most m
equipped laundry in t
state,
The Laundry is run
La Grange, Opelika,
Notasulga, Tuskegee a:
by towns. However al
and laundry work is ti
the plant here, this outsi
done in exactly the sam
oh the same machines allucation.
laundry. The office, df Having given instruction to
plant,' and laundry de*ree generations of children he
now located under the sJas returned to complete his
this in itself will be a gr(;hool work with the third gen-ment
over the old conduction. This, the Plainsman be-to
service and quality off eves, is a shining example of
tofore the clothing, afterindying ambition,
ped, was stacked up in jk Mr. Mathison has established
delivery to the office uj record. The Plainsman con-in
this way was some 4,ratulates him.
up. In addition to this jl -
dry three or four t i m e s | { E X Y S P E A K S AT
wrapped. Now the bundft_ j - ? « * - * J^IRST MEETING OF
the office eliminating mu< J r 7 7'"e 4 UPPERCLASSMEN
been purchased for the d
department as well as a n
presser and other e l e c t J r ° f e 8 s i o n a l D e * r e e A w a r d e d
ment. In addition to this! Arth™ Shaver, '20
ers and sorters have b<§
'and separate booths have D r ' B r a d f o r d Knapp, told upper-for
marking. In the 0i i assmen here for the 58th session at
marking was done at all e *'rs*; c o n v o c a t i o n for the year this
and it was here that seveil o r i"n g t*la1; t n e b°dv and soul of an
cent of the losses occurrefc113^11^011 ' s t n e combin e d thought
booths however there is nitnd action of the students. He asked
of anything becoming mixfkeir help a s leaders in making the
The total cost of the - n s u i n S v e a r the best in the history of
ment and moving is in th?he i n s t i t u t i o n by assisting the fresh-hood
of seventy-five thcm e n i n £e t t i n £ t h e r i £ n t start. He
lars. The moving was donc a l l e d t h e i r a t t e n t i o n t o t h e i m P or
time; one machine alone w t a n c e of beginning work early as an
ed over fourteen tons was i a i d i n m a k i m ? t h e i r own year suc-moved,
and set up again c e s s f u l -
four hours working time. The president spoke briefly on haz-i
ing and hair clipping, calling atten-l
\ f l i s s D o b h « s R f to *he fact that institutions of learn­ing
in the northeast and west have
'j almost entirely eliminated hazing, and
Was Delegate To Worli t h a t leSS t h a n 10 c o l l eSe s i n t h e w h o le
now follow the practice of
hair clipping, which was abolished at
BREWSTER SPEAKS
TO LIONS TUESDAY
ON LANDSCAPING
Presents Plan For Beautifying
Auburn
COOPERATION NEEDED
Civic Club Enthusiastic Over
Project
From Europea
Worldf
Geneva, Switzerl^ C ° U n t r y
Miss Zoe Dobbs, dean, a t h ' S i n s t i t u t i o n l a s t y e a r > He Pr a i s ed
and social director at ttijc• the students for the progressive moves
Polytechnic Institute h a s l n t h e y h a v e m a d e i n e l i m i n a t i m ? hazing
Auburn after a visit to §x a n d h a i r c l iPPi n£ a t Auburn.
France, England, Scotlaib< Turning to athletics he became en-and
Canada. She went toiic thusiastic in his praise of the student
a delegate from the Natejibody for their loyalty to the teams
cation Association to the '• r, which represented the institution last
eration of Educational itoi year, and urged them to get their
which met at Geneva, £.s{,! minds and hearts set right at' the be-
>m
at abl
comnr tb
over. 5
July 25 to August 3
Miss Dobbs, daughter ope
Dobbs and sister of Bishd t
Dobbs of Birmingham, m' ]
various committees deali:e a-ternational
relations
conference. These
ings were presided
and officers of the leagu Hf3
residing in Geneva. j
With Miss Dobbs a t l l e n i
on her other travels w|>c i ma
Palmer, associate profe!0"8"^
economics, in charge ofd tJVy
school here, Miss Ma^f , 0 , 3,
whose home is in Auburn-"^is
teaching in the Birmingh»oc%,
and Miss Mary Allen Rhodto at­tended
the first term of 1929
summer session at Auburn
NOTICE
AH new men with any ledge
of music who desire to betmem-bers
of the Auburn Band'eport
to Langdon Hall Friday noon.
September 13, at four of. All
new musicians and old n-.vn of
the band will meet at 11 jk Sat­urday
morning, Septemb.4, in
Langdon Hall.
P. R. BIDEZ, fitot.
ginning of a new year.
During his address he mentioned the
crowded-conditions at Auburn due
to lack of space and asked the stu­dents
to cooperate with him and the
faculty in making the best of the
situation until new buildings now un­der
construction are completed. He
said that more new buildings would be
erected at Auburn this year than in
any year since the birth of the col­lege.
A feature of the convocation was
the conferring of the professional de­gree
of chemical engineer upon Ar­thur
Shaver, eminent research chemist
of the Fleishmann Yeast Company of
New York City. Mr. Shaver is a
1920 graduate of Auburn, and receiv­ed
the degree after four years of suc­cessful
service in his profession.
In presenting the diploma Dr.
Knapp called attention of the upper-classmen
to the honor that comes to
those who go out from Auburn and
make good.
Immediately after the meeting in
Langdon Hall class work for sopho­mores,
juniors, and seniors began, and
freshmen convened in the hall for
their first meeting.
The members of the local Lions
Club were fortunate to have as speak­er
at their weekly luncheon, at the
Thomas Hotel Tuesday, S. F. Brews­ter,
who gave a most enlightening
and interesting talk on beautifying
Auburn. Mr. Brewster is a specialist
in landscape gardening of the Agri­cultural
Extension Service of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and
has just returned from Harvard Uni­versity
where he has taken special
work in landscape architecture. J.
W. Brigham rendered several vocal
selections/ being accompanied on the
piano by E. C. Hazel. Mr. Brigham
is the head of the new department of
music here, and Mr. Hazel is' one"of
his instructors.
Mr. Brewster in his talk declared
that Auburn has reached that stage
or period in her development where a
system of beautification should be
adopted. "This system," Mr. Brews­ter
said, "should not depend on any
individual or a single organization,
•I but should represent the best efforts
of every individual and organization
in Auburn.
He summed up the needs of Auburn
under the following heads: first, the
need of a city planning commission,
second, whole hearted cooperation;
third, time factor; fourth, business
center improved; fifth, residential
section developed; sixth, recreational
area decided on; seventh,, city out­skirts
reorganized; eighth, need for
public buildings of imposing and ap­propriate
design to act as a nucleus
around which to build; ninth, Ladies
clubs and their limitations; tenth,
consultation of architects and engi­neers.
"There is a strong need for a city
planning' commission, it being impos­sible
for the entire population to de­cide
on questions. This commission
should consist of qualified members
who would be willing to spend the
necessary time to properly study con­ditions.
"Without the wholehearted cooper­ation
of every person in Auburn the
commission would not be able to func­tion
properly and the results obtain­ed
would be the most objectional of
all things," a half finished job.
"The time factor should be con­sidered
and instant results should
not be expected. It requires years of
planning, building and hard work to
change a city from passable to un­usually
good. With this in mind only
people with much far-sight and bull­dog
tenacity should be given the
guiding reins.
"The business center is the most
sadly neglected and Auburn would
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BIRMINGHAM NEWS
SCHOLARSHIP WON
BY I. L LEDBETTER
ENROLLMENT REACHES HIGH
MARK FOR THIS TIME YEAR
Enviable Record Achieved
Bessemer Youth
By
AGE IS SEVENTEEN
Is One Of Family Of Twelve
Children
PROF. E. W. CAMP
NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
OUTLOOK AT AUBURN
Professor Camp Comes To Au­burn
With Brilliant Record
"Coming home", as he styles it, is
a source of deep gratification to
Professor E. W. Camp, Head of Au­burn's
new School of Textile Engi­neering.
Professor Camp's native
home is Moreland, Geoigia, a very
short distance east of the Georgia
state line, and, coming from far out
in Texas, he naturally feels that he
has reached home again. And so he
has, for he now belongs to Auburn,
has already become a vital part of it,
both the city and the school, in both
of which he has hosts of friends.
Professor Camp attended Georgia
Tech, where he graduated in 1901,
with the honor of being the first man
to graduate there in the School of
Textile Engineering. Thereafter he
worked in several Georgia cotton
mills for nine years, making such an
enviable record that he was recalled
to Georgia Tech in 1910 as a member
of, the engineering faculty. He re­mained
in the administrative person­nel
of Georgia Tech for fifteen years,
in that time attaining the high posi-
(Continued on page 4)
Dr. Ross Forsakes
Lab. For Romance
The Birmingham News awarded its
annual scholarship to this istitution
to Isaac L. Ledbetter, of Bessemer,
Alabama. Ledbetter, though only
seventeen years of age, comes to Au­burn
with a brilliant high school rec­ord
behind him. He plans to study
civil engineering.
Dr. Bradford Knapp, in announcing
the award, said: "The Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, with the help of its
staff, has taken great pleasure in ex­amination
of the 58 applications for
The Birmingham News Scholarship
at this institution donated by your
paper.
"We are very deeply impressed
with the quality of these applications.
They are »H young' men and women
of high scholarship, fine character
and a burning desire to get a college
education. The honest truth of the
situation is this: Every one of them
merits and needs help to go to col­lege.
Before I announce to you the
decision I want to say this: I long for
the day when this institution can have
funds for the helping of just such
young people as these on a very large
scale. The Birmingham News does a
fine piece of work for the four per­sons
whom it maintains in this in
stitution. There are so many deserv
ing ones. I wish others might con-
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"Y" To Give Reception
To Frosh Friday Night
An informal reception to the
freshmen, sponsored jointly by the
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., will be
held Friday evening at 7:30 on the
campus in front of the Administra­tion
Building. This will be a general
gjet-together meeting at which (all
new students will have the opportun­ity
of becoming acquainted. ' The
campus will be appropriately lighted,
and plenty of entertainment will be
provided. Some of the old students,
faculty members, and citizens of the
town will be present, and make short
talks. Music will be afforded, and a
few football songs and yells will be
taught the new men.
Dr. Cary Chosen For
Foreign Delegation
Position Given Him Considered
Great Honor
Scholarship Rating of Groups of
Students Announced by Registrar
Scholarship Rating of Student
Groups for the Second Semester,
1928-29.
Order of following is: Group name,
No. Grades, Average.
Sorority Pledges, 9, 84.40.
Chi Omega*, 18, 84.09; Kappa
Delta*, 16, 83.25.
Sororities & Pledges, 64, 82.96.
All-Women, 131, 82.80.
Sororities, 55, 82.72.
Non-Sorority, 67, 82.66.
Senior Class, 294, 82.00.
Sigma Phi Beta*, 9, 81.76; Pi Kap­pa
Sigma*, 12, 80.68; Theta Kappa
Nu, 20, 80.64; Square & Compass,
17, 80.13; Alpha Tau Omega, 31,
79.04; Sigma Nu, 33, 78.82; Alpha
Psi, 17, 78.65; Alpha Lambda Tau,
26, 78.48; Chi Epsilon Chi, 14, 78.44;
Alpha Gamma Rho, 31, 77.27; Delta
Sigma Phi, 32, 76.81.
Non-Fraternity & Non-Sorority,
724, 76.51.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 24, 76.48; Phi
Delta Chi, 16, 76.18.
All College, 1485, 76.08.
Junior Class, 318, 76.01.
Non-Fraternity Men, 657, 75.89.
Fraternities & Sororities, 714,
75.87.
Fraternities & Pledges, 761, 75.67.
Beta Kappa, 24, 75.44.
All-Men, 1354, 75.43.
Fraternities, 659, 75.30.
Sigma Phi Sigma, 30, 75.29.
Fraternities & Pledges, 697, 75.00.
Theta Chi, 30, 74.80; Pi Kappa Phi,
28, 74.56; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 36,
74.29; Sigma Pi, 23, 74.23.
Sophomore Class, 349, 74.13.
Kappa Alpha, 19, 74.08; Pi Kappa
Alpha, 44, 73.48; Phi Delta Theta,
24, 73.23.
Freshman Class, 495, 72.66.
All Pledges, 47, 72.58.
Phi Kappa Tau, 24, 72.51, Phi Kap­pa
Delta, 27, 72.31; Kappa Sigma,
23, 71.95; Tau Omega Chi, 36, 71.72;
Lambda Chi Alpha, 30, 70.13.
Fraternity Pledges, 38, 69.79.
•Sororities.
At the recent meeting of the
American Veterinary Medicine As­sociation
at Detroit, Michigan, Dr. C.
A. Cary, dean of the veterinary col­lege
and state veterinarian, was elect­ed
a member of the committee on
the International Veterinary Con­gress
which will meet in London next
August. Members of this committee
are expected to attend. In addition
to conferring this honor upon Dr.
Cary the Association made him a
member of the executive committee
which is the governing board of the
organization.
Dr. Cary is an ex-president of the
Association and also an ex-president
of the United States Livestock Sani­tary
Association.
Concurrently with these honors Dr.
Cary was elected to membership in
an honorary fraternity founded at
the University of Pennsylvania. -Mem­bership
in this organization is limited
to veterinarians who distinguish
themselves by their work.
Peering from behind rows of
test tubes the inimitable Benny
bursts forth again in print. The
Grand Old Man of Auburn makes
his bow to the readers this year
not in the role of the aged al­chemist
bending over huge re­torts.
His sphere of notoriety
sheds light on a hobby far from
vile smelling chemicals.
It is reported that the Dean
was hastened in his reaction by
a catalytic agent in the form of
a most attractive young lady.
It was in the spring, dear reader,
and love does not falter when the
catalyst is a young lady.
Times and things have altered
the Lovliest village of the Plains
since Dr. Ross inscribed, "May
peace and plenty be your lot,
As down the hill of life you
trot", to a friend. But Benny
continues to write ditties on
memorable occasions which have
won for him an enviable reputa­tion
as a writer in the lighter
vein.
We were handed recently the
above quotation with this ap­pendage:
"Ancient manscript
found by Dean Biggin in an
Egyptian tomb," and dated 1880.
Registration On Monday Shat­ters
Records For One Day
NUMBER CO-EDS INCREASE
Number Students In Chemistry
Almost Doubled
FIRST MEETING OF
INTERFRATERNITY
GROUP HELD TODAY
President Council Asks Coop­eration
Of Students
First Indoor Practice
Given Squad Tuesday
Nagley Goes To Birmingham
Appendicitis Operation
For
Drake Field was converted into a
miniature sea Tuesday afternoon by
Jupe Pluvius just before time for
the 1929. Auburn Tigers to practice,
and Coach Bohler gave his Plainsman
their first indoor workout of the sea­son.
Additional worry was added when
Jack Nagley, substitute end last sea­son,
suffered an attack of appendicitis
and was sent to his home in Birming­ham
Tuesday. He probably will be
lost the rest of the season.
The loss of Nagley means that the
wings on the 1929 Orange and Blue
football machine will be filled by
newcomers. Forney Yarbrough, form­er
Boy's High star, has made up with
the faculty, and it was at first
thought that he would play again at
end, but Coach Bohler has decided
to shift him to the backfield. George
Egge, Carl Creel, Louis Jacobs, Flet­cher
Farrington, Louis McCree, and
Joe Andrews are the outstanding can­didates
for the terminal posts.
The Interfraternity Council held
its initial session in the form of a
specially called meeting this after­noon
at 3:45 in Dr. Knapp's office.
The issue of most primary import­ance
considered at this time was the
problem of getting the entire student
body to cooperate wholeheartedly in
enforcing the measure to abolish
freshmen hair-clipping, which plan
was received with great approbation
by the students last year.
James Ware, president of the In­terfraternity
Council, stated "that
the council would like to take this op­portunity
to urge all upperclassmen
to abide by the approved measure of
the abolition of hair-clipping and to
assist the council in its work of eli­minating
this barbarous custom."
Also, he said, "The council is looking
forward to a very successful year,
and is confident that, with the coop­eration
of all the fraternities, the
year, will be one of the biggest, best,
and most progressive in the history
of the institution."
Enrollment for the session of 1929-
1930 shattered all records in the his­tory
of Auburn for registration tak­ing
place in the same length of time,
with fifteen hundred and thirty-two'
students registered. Last year at the
beginning of late registration the
number of students on the class rolls
was fifteen hundred and fourteen,^
but the registration at that time oc­cupied
a much graater length of
time. Registration on Monday was
an all-time record for enrollment in
one day, the number of students ma­triculating
then eclipsing the best
former number by several hundred.
According to a statement by Mr.
Charles Edwards, assistant registrar,
a conservative estimate of the num­ber
that will be enrolled throughout
the course of the year will be between
nineteen hundred and two thousand.
This estimate was made after taking
into consideration all conditions that -
might affect registration.
It might be of interest to note that
at the beginning of late registration
thirty-eight were registered in th"e
new School of Textile Engineering.
Also, enrollment in the chemistry di­vision
almost doubled the number in
that branch last year.
"A" Club Presents
Scholarship Fund
Luke Ward Assumes Office Of "A"
Club President
At the first meeting of the year,
held Monday evening at the club
rooms, the "A" Club presented to
Coach Bohler a fund of more than
three hundred and fifty dollars to
be used for scholarships.
Owing to the failure of Maggie
McGhee to return to college this
year, Luke Ward assumed the office
of the "A" Club president for the
coming term.. Ward is a senior in
Secondary Education.
A greater part of "the scholarship
fund came from the proceeds of the
1929 "A" Day baseball game, in
which the Tigers met the Montgomery
baseball team of the Southeastern
League.
Members of the "A" Club are to be
considered first for the scholarships,
and the older "A" Club members will
be given the preference over the other
men.
This is the first time in Auburn
history that the "A" Club has done
anything in this respect; President
Ward said that the club will try to
establish a similar fund each \
1
DR. HENRY GOOD
RETURNS TO CITY
Professor Henry Good of the de­partment
of entomology and zoology
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
has completed his work for the de­gree,
doctor of philosophy, at Cornell
University, and has returned to Au­burn
from Cornell where he spent a
portion of the summer. His disserta­tion
has been accepted.
Dr. Good graduated at the Univer­sity
of California in 1921. In 1923
he received the degree, master of
science, at Cornell. He has been at
Auburn several years.
X-Ray Machine Gift
Dr. Peacock, Opelika
As a gift from Dr. H. B. Peacock,
of Opelika, the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute has received a complete X-'
Ray outfit which will be used in re­search
work in the department of
electrical engineering.
Officials of the college have ex­pressed
their sincere appreciation to
Dr. Peacock for this generous gift
and assured him it will be useful to
the college.
Prexy Appeals To All
Students In Editorial
Students Urged To Read Message Of
President
In a statement issued today by
President Knapp, which appears on
the editorial page of the Plainsman,
Prexy appealed to the students to
abolish "certain harmful practices" in
the institution.' Students are .earnest­ly
requested to read this important
message from tne President with care/
Dr. Knapp's appeal was made
through three channels, and is said
to contain vital information for stu­dents.
The second statement issued
by the President is the result of much
thought, college officials stated today.
It is made at this time after three
prominent campus organizations rep­resenting
different student groups de­cided
upon a definite policy for 1929-
30.
NOTICE
All men students interested in sing­ing
are invited to participate in try-outs
for positions on the Men's Glee
Club. Tryouts will be held on the
stage in Langdon Hall from seven to
nine o'clock on Monday and Tuesday
evenings, September 16 and 17.
J. W. BRIGHAM, Director.
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H a i r C u t t i n g Is
Harmful To A u b u rn
I want to make a frank statement to
this student body in addition to the state­ment
which I shall make at convocations.
I have never feared to stand for what I be­lieve
to be right. I am taking my stand
this time with full consciousness that what
I am trying to do is right and best for the
student body of this institution, for the
State of Alabama, and for the development
of our civilization.
I believe that about the most disgusting
habit this institution has ever had is the
habit of cutting freshmen's hair. In prac-
-trc"alTy all institutions outside of the few
remaining in the south, it has long since
gone out of fashion. I am urging that we
get up-to-date and that we abandon some
of these foolish and harmful practices.
In the first place, it is against the law.
No one has a right to touch my person with­out
my permission. No one has a right,
under the law, to force me to suffer pun­ishment
without due process of law and
that as a punishment of something com­mitted
against the people of the state.
Even in the penitentiary hair cutting has
been abandoned except for the most hard­ened
criminals.
I appeal to you on another basis: This
year we are putting the young men of this
institution into gray uniforms,—a gray
that they ought to be proud to wear, the
gray of their ancestors who fought so
bravely and so well, the gray which is the
age-old uniform of college cadets. They
are beautiful uniforms but I want to sub­mit
to you that your ancestors were not
a group of convicts, that were high-class
southern gentlemen. I cannot conceive of
a man with his head shaved or a whole
class with heads shaved wearing that uni­form.
There is another psychological factor in
this: I believe it can be established as a
truth that the man who becomes slovenly
or shabby in dress, deportment or language,
becomes slovenly or shabby in morals.
I am quite certain that the hair-cutting at
this institution has had a moral effect on
classes in the institution and, as I believe
that the progress of this state and of this
nation depends upon the moral fiber of its
citizens, I cannot conceive of paying a pub­lic
tax for the education of its youth with­out
some emphasis upon the development
of moral character.
I am very proud to think that during the
last year a large group of students at this
institution went on record against this
practice. The Agricultural Club consisting
of a large group of students engaged in
Agriculture and Agricultural Educational
work here went on record as opposing the
practice of hair cutting. The Interfraternity
Council, consisting of representatives from
practically every fraternity on the cam­pus,
abo passed resolutions registering
their determination to work toward the
elimination of this practice. Other groups
during the past year have done the same
thing. I am calling upon you now to stand
fast to this determination. I have written
to the parents of students. Most of you
have seen those letters. I have many, many
letters from parents and every letter has
been a very fine approval of our effort
here to eliminate this practice. We can
make men out of these .fellows who are
coming to us in this class without cutting
their hair. We can teach them manliness,
virile strength which men admire without
this practice. We can teach them loyalty to
Auburn without either disgracing theii
finer feelings or beating it into them. I
believe we can make them love Auburn
because it has in it those qualities which
attract the love and admiration of right-thinking
people.
Hair cutting is against the rules of this
institution. I am asking full cooperation of
this freshman class and of the upper class­men
to see to it that we take a step for­ward
in the year 1929-30. Every freshman
should be required to wear his freshman
cap. I am entirely in favor of certain rules
and regulations for their conduct but I am
opposed to merciless beating and hair cut­ting
because they lead to no good results.
Last year they led at other institutions to
consequences of the most serious character,
consequences which I seek to avoid at this
institution. I am again appealing to you
for your cooperation in this regard.—
Bradford Knapp.
E n l a r g e d Curricula
Means G r e a t e r A u b u rn
Auburn steps out this year on her great
expansive program under Dr. Knapp. She
has'been planning on this for some time,
but not until the new leader came was she
pushed on her way.
The greatest addition has been the Tex­tile
Engineering Course. Textile work has
increased tremendously within the past
few years—its growth has been so stupend­ous
that it has come to be considered among
the leading industries of the South. There­fore,
it is in accordance with the progres­sive
ideas of Auburn to install this course.
Technical training in this work will in­sure
Auburn men taking a leading part in
a new and open field. The textile men will
be in cramped quarters until the proposed
Textile Building is completed within the
year, but they will then be in shape to do
the finest sort of work. A great develop­ment
in a new direction is seen for this in­stitution
in the near future.
The completion of the chemistry build­ing
marks the beginning of a successful
era in another field. Students interested
in chemistry will be able to do some fine
work with the new equipment which will be
at their command in tliis expansion of the
chemistry department.
The Agricultural School and Extension
department have shown decided steps along
progressive lines the past year. All this
points to some fine advancement in educa­tional
advantages.
New buildings will soon be starting up
as plans begin to materialize, while the
greatest growth that Auburn has ever seen
will be on her.
With the announcement of the building
program nearly two hundred new courses
were added to the curricula. At the pres­ent
time there are seven hundred courses
waiting here for the young men and women
of Alabama to take advantage of. These
courses with competent professors present­ing
them constitute the training that the
future leaders of Alabama will obtain if
they attend this college.
A great year is in the offing for Au­burn.
It is the duty of those believing in
her to stand behind and see that nothing
detrimental to her progress and welfare
comes between her and the future. If we,
who do know that we are true Auburn men
and women, will do this, we will never re­gret
having chosen this school.
New F a c u l t y Members
To I m p r o v e Conditions
It is necessary, if students are to do the
best kind of work, that there be a limited
number of students in a class. This has
been unavoidable at Auburn as there have
never been enough professors to allow such
a condition to prevail.
With overcrowded classes the attention
of the students is not kept by the in­structors
and they are not able to present
a subject as well as to a smaller section.
The work is carried on in a general and
not an individual manner. This year it
will be different though as almost two
score names have been added to the fac­ulty.
These new men have been installed in
almost every department although most
of them are in the school of arts and sci­ences.
Coming from various schools
throughout the land, they bring with them
the ability that many years of experience
and expert training will give.
Auburn is fortunate in obtaining their
services as it will add materially to her
prestige as a school where an education
can be gotten.
We welcome them most cordially to their
new home and work. We feel that we can
work with them for the good of the in­stitution
and of the students attending it.
It is our hope that they will find Auburn
to their liking and that the friendship
created here will prove as lasting as any
in their lifa.
Auburn needs men who will enter into
her life from the beginning and will put
forth an endeavor to help her as well as
themselves while they are connected with
her. We are positive that the new mem­bers
of the faculty come here with that
spirit.
Not every unhappy man is born that way
—some of them marry.
Heat is like excessive drinking. It often
leaves one dizzy.
Too often good advice is not heeded
until it is too late.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
We begin a new
year. I am always at­tracted
by the thought
that the past is past,
th'e present is here
and that the future is
the most attractive
thing there is in all
the world. This can
be a great year if this
student body and fac­ulty
determine to make it so. Together we
can make it a year of great accomplish­ment,
in scholarship, in activities, in
growth, and in general development of the
institution in its service to the people of
the state in every avenue of its work.
* * * * *
I am very much concerned always when
a new crop of freshmen come to college.
I think we have a fine class entering this
fall. I believe they will be in larger num­bers
than any other class yet entering Au­burn.
I believe they can be made like the
rest of us who love Auburn for what Au­burn
really stands for without the necessity
of some of the unfortunate parts of col­lege
training so often meted out to fresh­men.
I am having something to say on one
subject along this line in another place.
* * * * *
The Ross Chemical Laboratory is moving
along wonderfully and over on "Ag" Hill
the new Animal Husbandry-Dairy Building
is underway. Out farther on the farm a
new Dairy Barn is under construction.
Three other buildings are being finished in
the office of the architects and contracts
for them will be let before long. I want
every one of you to take an interest in
thccfe things.- We arer "getting-to be crowd­ed
for space during this year. By a year
from now we will have more facilites for
taking care of the student body.
* * * * *
I cannot resist the temptation in this
first set of paragraphs to ask you to take
an interest in the fellows out yonder on the
football field. I am sure I am right when
I say there is a new spirit, a new determina­tion
and some right new blood in the work
which is going on out yonder on the field.
Coach Bohler has two fine new assistants
and the freshman team of last year is giv­ing
us some mighty promising players. I
wish that from this very day we could all
of us devote some time in unison and to
developing the psychology necessary for
determined effort to bring victory this
year. Mark you this one thing: This team
is going to play a better game as the sea­son
progresses. We did last year and we
are going to do it again this year. I hope
we shall not give so much attention to
frivolous side issues that we will forget
two great things. These two great things to
me in the fall of the year are to get down
to work as quickly as possible and to get
ready to win some football games. I be­lieve
we can do both and that we will be
infinitely better off if we center our at­tention
on both of these tasks.
" L i t t l e T h i n g s"
By Tom Bigbee
"O, Boy! Ain't it a grand and glorious
feelin' " just to be "back home", in the
"educational spot of the world". I'm speak­ing
of AUBURN—certainly. And who
dares deny facts? Old men know it, and
the younger ones will learn, most assuredly.
It thrills us throughout to be back here
again.
Pretty fine bunch of Freshmen we have
with us here this year. A bit awkward at
first, to be sure; but "washing and iron­ing"—
along with friendly treatment of
other dimensions—will iron out all the
wrinkles. We owe it to 'em, anyway, as a
partial recompense of the warm start .we
older men get in the beginning.
It's going to be a Big Auburn Family
of real friendly fellows this year, with
plenty of good fellowship and lots of learn­ing
accomplished. The renowned democra­tic
spirit is afloat as usual, and which
grows with the days. So it is to be a
grand, united Auburn family right on.
The "Y" boys are lending a friendly
hand in placing men, and imparting in­formation.
Which is an invaluable service
to those not acquainted with the town.
Nothing makes a better impression on a
newcomer than a genuine friendly greeting
upon arrival. We trust that the expansion
program here will soon facilitate still big­ger
and better "Y" service, through better
equipment and building.
A new and inviting factor for Auburn is
the enlargement of the college curricula
here. This wider range of courses will ac­commodate
further specialized training
that has heretofore been a limiting factor
here, to a certain extent. We welcome
this expansion, which is a distinct step
toward a "Greater Auburn."
Isn't it an inspiration to watch the grid-ders
pouncing, the pigskin again? And
just inform the grouch who seems down­hearted
about the prospects for a football
team among the Tigers here that he is
wasting his grief. We're on the road to a
slate chalking fifty per cent victories.
« AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
5SDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, » 2 9.
JGHTS IN SILHOUETTE
The Railroad company hasn't made a claim against the students yet •rr Tfiognese ^eufebdrockh
have been a peaceful gang that came up the past few days.
~ | R S NOTE: The opinions express-
Everyone seems to be satisfied and contented—no, we don't drink cAs column are not necessarily the
milk—tt won't be many days before we are all subdued. No wonder the enjopinions of this paper
wanes sometimes after a couple of months, for judging from the ardor
work with in trying to keep things going, grogginess is a mild term in de;
• * * * * * * * *
From advanced indications the female crop is better than usual this
It is a
personal comment, and is not to
.is an expression of our editorial
Another desperate effort is being waged by the city in its attempts
money. Wonder if any of the officials are being underpaid. Possibly itl
trying to fool some of the freshmen from the country into thinking Aub^
city by having stop signs placed at the intersection.
* * * * * * * *
Flat Rock is represented again this year; however, it is getting worsti
Ugly doesn't improve with age.
* * * * * * * *
The biggest evil of registration is having to wait on someone to p
sign of approval on the cards.
* * * * * * * *
The report comes in that this year's freshman class is smarter than
Although encouraging, it isn't saying much for it. It seems that those whos
occupation is rushing the "little innocents" into some frat are having the tij
their life.
* * * * * * * *
Or maybe the financial situation is what holds them out.
* * * * * * * *
How can we feel at home here now that we can't even get our feet we
muddy? Moral: don't pave the sreets.
Who is that guy already tired out?
morrow.
Mister, school doesn't open unt
Auburn's new faithful Romeos are already at work meeting the new gir1
town. Possibly some new wrinkles in the ancient art will be uncovered durin
Fall and Winter. More power to those whose heart flits about from one to an
in the rather intoxicating atmosphere of romance.
* * * * * * * *
There are still .same though- w^c-^onTTFe pestered any. Wonder why?
*. . — * * * * * * * *
Jim of football fame undoubtedly enjoys driving a car. We hear he
quite a few experiences during the past Summer.
year Dr. Knapp came here to as-the
responsibilities of running
istitution. He came to us with
that was the very exemplifica-ogress
and the ardor with which
cuted that program has not been
ring the time we have known
have .learned to know that his
ught as well as action has been
e. He has proved to us that his
eavor is to push Auburn forward
n let it stand still, or slip back-construction
of the new chem-ing
is concrete evidence of this
e program.
the first things that Dr. Knapp
in this progressive program was
hing of the old custom we have
utting the hair of all new men.
came from a mind that was es-progressive
and represents an
smacks of progress. Those of
ltave the interest of Auburn at
back our President in his every
A whole hearted cooperation
g of our President will do a lot
ojecting "our Auburn" to the
is justified in having through
lal attributes.
minds of a great many of our
lere is a great hesitancy of doing
a custom of Auburn's that has
tradition. All through the ages
ihat has been progressive has been
Our old
hfi
A typesetter in the printing office must have been thinking of some dat^Po n DV -t 1 ed
he had during farmer's week when he was ..orking several days ago. were thougn
* * * * * * * * d with the spirit of the devil, we
Even the old people are doing it. Yo-yoing has become the national pastim ;n somewhat a y
ij nf iife but still we
All other sports have become extinct. Football stars are yo-yoing in an attempt t mception UJ- >
get into shape. Maybe they are trying to make ping-pong out of the game. [ find i* a W t u "
people away from customs that
... antiquated. They hold on to
ut of date customs with a bull-
; y regardless of the advancement
ction of the custom represents.
away with our old custom of
r represents progress and ad-
; yet a number of our men abhor
old convention behind. We know that no student would ever pass with such a|>f giving it P-our
old customs have been re-those
of a modern progressive
must this custom of hair-cutting
d by something modern if our
i to move forward rather than
W I T H O T H E R C O L L E G E S > I it must *>. it is . « « , » * «!
place in an institution that has
The latest method used by shyster lawyers in gaining new trials is to have onfne
of the jurors become insane. That is new to say the least.
* * * * * * * *
The city wasted ten cents worth of ink when the rain cleaned a traffic sig
yesterday. We doubt if they could afford it.
* * * * * * * *
One of our dear professors belonging to the civil lair seems to have left good
misplaced eyebrow—possibly professor B. will resent having his little moustache
called such an unethical name. Possibly some of our bolder students will risk
losing a boot to give the professor some fine points in the old German custom.
Just a few more weeks and the Ameri­can
people will turn from watching eigh­teen
men play with the hide of a horse to
watch twenty two men play with the skin
of a pig. Yea team!
* * * * *
The press reports that a mountaineer has
been arrested in West Virginia on the
charge of driving a mule while drunk. Let
justice take its course. The traveling pub­lic
should not be subjected to the hazard
of meeting a drunken mule.
* * * * *
When it comes to living without water,
there are."camels" of the plant kingdom
as well as of the animal kingdom, declares
Dr. F. L. Pickett, head of the botany de­partment
of the State College at Pullman,
Washington.
This botanist has discovered ferns and
mosses in the semiarid regions of the north­west
that will live indefinitely without
moisture, Jie says. While the ordinary
plant will not grow without at least four
or 'five per cent moisture content, these
ferns and mosses may have their water
content reduced to one-tenth of one per
cent and live in this condition indefinitely,
he has found. How long can you go with­out
a drink?
* * * * *
An ambitious young man and one who
had already amassed a million were talking
things over.
"This correspondence school advertise­ment
says that a man's financial success
depends upon what he does with his even­ings",
the first said.
"That's absolutely correct", stated the
other with authority. "I wouldn't be wealthy
today if I hadn't spent every night court­ing
an heiress". Have you signed up for
the "Campus Course" yet?
* * * * *
The roads that were crowded with col­lege
boys during the summer, the plants,
stores, factories, companies, and all that
were filled with collegians, are now seeing
them orr their way back to their various
schools. The call of the college, its great
opportunities, its friendships among the
profs and students, its activities and func­tions,
were all too great not to be listened
to.
You see many new students; in many
cases the largest freshman class in the his­tory
of the institution. All new, timid,
maybe—all their friends are back home
and now is the time when they need thelve policy
upperclassman's cooperation. \ long D e e n known for turning
If a man sticks through his freshman^ f he-men and has never had a
year, the chances are ten to one that he
will stick through his college career. He
may drop out for a semester or even a
year, but he will invariably come back for
more.
What do you say, frosh, are you
going to make friends, go in for college
activities, study "like the dickens"? Or
are you going to stay to yourself, your
gang maybe, neglect your college work and
life, drag along, become disgusted and be
that one out of ten to fail to meet the
requirements of a man?
There are those who were required to
drop out and work awhile before going up
the ladder, others elected to quit college
temporarily or permanently and are back.
One and all, you are welcome. Let's all,
faculty and students here at this institution
—the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at
Auburn "Fairest Village of the Plains,"
the scrapping Tigers, pull together for ole
Auburn, greater Auburn!
* * * * *
Getting out a paper is no picnic.
If we print jokes, folks say we are silly.
If we don't, they say we are too serious.
If we publish original matter, they say
we lack variety.
If we publish things from other papers,
we are too lazy to write.
If we are rustling news, we are not at­tending
to business in our own depart­ments.
If we don't print contributions, we don't
show proper appreciation.
If we do print them, the paper is filled
with junk.
Like as not some fellow will say we
swiped this from another paper.
So we did.
* * * * *
Well, I'm as happy as a Scotchman as a
free for all fight.
* * * * *
The razor blade is proud of its keeness
when it sneers at the sun.
* * * * *
Oh, what is a freshman, that we are mind­ful
of him.
* * * * *
The Edison inventive genius of North
Carolina has planned to enter the State
University this Fall.
he so-called jelly bean. Quite
Vve heard on this campus the
iment that the cutting of the
hair is an act of a he-man and
litates the breeding of he-men.
dent is moronic and. unworthy
nen The man that possesses a
fcysic, that is void of ethics and
that is basic, and that is ele-
,ot a he-man, for the he-man
rounded. He must have four
, Cut a freshman's hair sup-individuality
he might" have
him to recede within himself;
his opportunity to become a
d man. Hair cutting does noth-t
does do harm. It has long
e antiquated. It has no place
I progressive college. Our col-modern
and progressive and
for antiques even in the form
I11
i do not have your hair cut
old famous manner, nor allow
assman to have it cut, and rest
you are entirely within your
classmen should realize
upper
in
an
ass
t h a k h m e n t of the old antiquated
undlcustom is an act of progress
and ^betterment of Auburn.
NEW YEAR POSY
seek the world through
es of you,
pple-blossom is glad
lily stately-sad,
rs kind of breath,
true till death;
Tine wind can stir the grass
Tories as you pass,
Aisoft-singing streams
A l c like your dreams;
Tllonstant stars embrace
Thl of your face,
YojL lights up sunrise,
Anling's in your eyes—
Eadfchadows its part,
All l i t show your heart;
Andjiing the beauty of earth
I se*, little worth,
Whelkoned beside you,
Thatfld heaven for true
—Bifmy heaven is you.
—Selected
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1929. THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Morgan Blake Optimistic in Discussion of Gridiron Prospects at Auburn
Atlanta Sports Writer is Favorably
Impressed With Outlook of Tigers
t
Morgan Blake, sports editor of the
Atlanta Journal, considered one of
the foremost sports authorities in the
entire South, is decidedly optimistic
over Auburn's outlook in football for
the 1929 season. So confident is he
that Auburn's day of trailing in
Southern Conference football has
ended that he devoted almost a full
page of the Journal sports section to
telling the world about it. Without
a doubt Morgan Blake believes in
Auburn. He has proven it by giving
her the greatest playup that she has
received in any nawespaper within
the past several years. Here it is:
If there is any dull despair around
this historic campus of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institution, in the Love­liest
Village of the Plains, the writer
was not able to discover it in a day's
visit. Out on the football field there
were fifty-five men in Coach Bohler's
squad, the largest of any camp visited
so far. And within the next day or
so this number will be augmented by
some ten more. In the enthusiasm
displayed by the men on the field,
and in hustle and bustel, and dead
seriousness with which they sailed
into the tasks imposed upon them by
in the next year or so this writer will
be very badly fooled.
In our first meeting Monday with
Coach Bohler he impressed us very
much. We like this tall Dutchman.
We like the way he directs a football
team on the practice field, and the
businesslike methods he has injected
into the handling of the necessary
work behind the scenes.
In an effort to lift the pall of an
inferiority complex in football from
around these pai'ts, Coach Bohler
may last year have gojie too far and
made too many optimistic speeches.
We don't know about this, being a
newspaper man, we do know this,
being a newspaper man, we do know
that a man's statement may often be
twisted around to give the wrong
slant. However, that may be, no man
realizes more than Coach Bohler that
it will take work, hard work, work,
yea, hard labor indeed to put Auburn
on the way again. But he is abso­lutely
confident that it can be done
and that the policy inaugurated.
"I have never seen a finer spirit
than prevails among our football can­didates
this year," he said, "the im­provement
in this respect over last
their coaches, one who didn't know j year is remarkable. I believe with
the facts would never have believed
that for many, many heartbreaking
years the football fortunes at Auburn
have been at very low ebb.
The writer came to Auburn without
expecting to find much of an optimis­tic
nature. We leave with the firm
conviction that the silver lining is
visible and that the lean days of fam­ine
are not long to continue in foot­ball
for this grand old school.
Auburn is on the road .back, boys,
and we don't mean maybe. We are
not saying that any miracles will be
performed this year. Coach Bohler
launched an athletic policy amid
stormy seas last year, and it took a
courageous man to stand firm at the
helm and weather the storms that
beat down upon him. Criticism to the
left of him, criticism to the right of
him, and criticism all around him vol­leyed
and thundered. But he kept
the nose of the old ship pointed just
where he wanted it. And now the
waves have somewhat subsided and
there is clearer sailing ahead. He is
now in complete command of the
situation, and from now on he can de­vote
his attention to building a foot­ball
team for_ Auburn. It is only fair
and just, we believe, to urge all Au­burn
men to rally around him. If he
doesn't put out a real winning team
all my heart that Auburn will play a
brand of football this fall that will
make hrr respected whoever be the
foemen."
"Of course, we are not expecting to
startle the universe with any sen­sational
unexpected victories. But by
next season I expect to see the tree
bear some real fruit. We had a fine
freshman team last year and from
their ranks I expect to fill some big
gaps in vital positions. Auburn is not
going to be a setup this fall for any­body.
We are going to worry a lot
of them. At the end of the campaign
I expect to have a team of first string
men that will play two years more
together. We have another very
good freshman team this year, even
better than the 1928 rats. In 1930
I sincerely believe that Auburn will
be knocking at the door of the first
divsion conference teams and de­manding
admittance."
The writer is confident of one
thing and that is there will be plenty
of size to the Auburn team this fall.
In that group of fifty-five earnest
workers Monday were many tall pow­erful
linemen, and many strong,
shifty, hard-running backs.
Admittedly Auburn's chances this
season depends on how the stepups
from the freshmen of last year come
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through. Bohler has lost some good
men off his 1928 team. Tuxworth,
that sterling quarterback is gone, also
the captain and tackle, Nick Carter;
Pete Spinks, a guard; Clyde Sellers,
fullback; Eddie Peake, half; Rupert
Ingrain, end; Riley Cunningham,
tackle; Sam Robertson, an end, had
another year but he was hurt in an
automobile accident and won't be
able to play.
"Any one who followed Auburn's
play last year," said Coach Bohler,
"knows full well that our greatest
weakness was on the flanks, I feel
certain there will be much improve­ment
here. I have some mighty fine
end prospects.
"We had a long spring training
grind," continued the coach, "and it
was the most satisfactory I have ever
had since I have been coaching. I
learned then what to expect this year,
so there will not be much scrimmag­ing.
I know what those sophomores
can do,"
In order to get the real lowdown
on the football candidates let us take
them position by position.
First, let us consider the ends.
From the squad of last season there
are back two mighty good flankmen
in Carl Creel, a 170-pounder, and
Fletcher Farrington, who weighs 187.
Fariington didn't play last season be­cause
it was thought he was ineligible,
too late it was found he was eligible.
Anyhow he is back this year and he
will be a formidable candidate for a
regular berth. Another scrub end of
last year who developed fast in
spring training are Jack Nageley, and
John Wilson.
But these boys will get some tre­mendous
competition from a great
group of freshmen stepups. One of
the new ones is Joe Andrews, a 190-
pounder, who last year was all-state
tackle at the Lanier High School, in
Montgomery. Bohler expects to con­vert
him into an end. Another bril­liant
end is George Egge, also from
Lanier High, who tips the scales at
about 173. Lewis McCree, also from
Lanier, is lighter but he is a whirl­wind.
Holt Leach is another sopho­more
prospect, who is about 179 in
weight.
At tackles, Bohler has both of his
regulars back from last season, they
are Grady Long, brother of the cap­tain,
Howell Long, and Ben Newton.
Long weighs 175 and Newton weighs
194.
"I am expecting Newton to be
about 50 per cent better 'this season
than last," said Bohler. "Last year
he had it in his head that he had a
real professional baseball career
ahead of him. He had a hunch the
Yankees were going to get him. He
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has finally decided that he won't
tackle the pro game and he has a
much greater interest in the game of
football, that means a lot, as every
coach knows."
Everett Taylor, a 200-pound re­serve
tackle, and a toother of the fa­mous
Babe Taylor, ex-Auburn star,
is also a tackle candidate. The big­gest
man on the Auburn squad is
Lewis Jacobs, who is a 232-pounder..
An interesting feature here is that
his brother, Horace Jacobs, is also
in the squad, and while Horace and
Lewis are within one year of each
other in age, one is a giant of 232
pounds, and the other is a little chap
of 152. Needless to say, the little
brother is a candidate for the back-field.
Coach Bohler has not yet decided
just where he will play the 232-
pound Jacobs. He is registered as a
tackle, but Bohler may switch him to
end or even try to give him a serious
shot at the backfield. Jacobs is from
the Bessemer High School.
A fine tackle prospect is George
Holdcroft, weight 194, who hails from
the Ensley High School. J. D. Bush
from the Mobile High School; Dave
Mosley, from Montgomery; Hugh J.
Locker and E. D. Kirkwood are other
sophomore tackle candidates.
One hundred and sixty-eight pounds
of fiery and 'dynamic football flesh
is Captain Howell (Shorty) Long, the
leader of the Tigers this season. " I
want no better guard or no more in­spiring
leader than Shorty", says
Bohler.
Carl Schlich, a 198-pound letter
man guard from last season, is ex­pected
to be a formidable candidate
for the other guard berth.
The sophomore class presents a
real guard candidate in a powerful
195-pounder, Robin Boteler, of Jas­per.
Joe B. Burt, who played last year,
is probably the outstanding candi­date
for the other regular guard
berth.
A. W. Herren, who saw much ser­vice
at guard last season, is also
back.
Auburn's regular center of 1928
will be back in the person of Red
Harkins. He was a whale of a good
man and should be even better this
season. Other men from last year
who will be out for center are Hamp
Greene and Billy Hill.
Ralph Jordan, of Selma, is the
sophomore center candidate.
In the backfield the situation is
even brighter than in the line.
Coach Bohler is enthusiastic over
two sophomores, Lindley Hatfield,
from Cloverdale High School, and
Leo Young, from Monroe. Hatfield
was all-state back two years ago.
Frock Pate, of Woodlawn was also
an all-state back two years ago and
is out for the varsity. There are
several other good sophomore candi­dates.
Old varsity men back and out for
halfbacks are Forney Yarbrough, At­lanta
boy, who is looking exceptional­ly
good; Porter Callahan, 180, alter­nate
captain this year; Roy Sellers,
165, and W. G. Granger.
For quarterback Bohler has three
leading candidates. One is Jim Craw­ford,
who by the way, is the great
baseball slugger. Herman Jones, a
scrub last season, is after the job, and
also Ray Primm, a sophomore.
The outstanding candidate for full­back
is Howard Chappelle, 181
pounds of he man. He is a veteran.
J. D. Simpkins was a freshman
guard last year but Bohler is con­verting
him into a fullback. Mel-ford
Snider, a brother of the track
star, Snitz Snider,.is a candidate for
fullback as is also W. T. Spencer.
"We are not worrying about the
poundage of our men," said Bohler.
"We will be up to the weight of the
average conference team, and with
the fine spirit my men have I believe
Auburn will have the most successful
season in many years. I feel mighty
good over the situation."
In regard to his passers Bohler
was not so optimistic. "We have no
real passers yet," he said, "but sev­eral
are developing mighty fast."
Auburn has several good punters,
including Howard Chappelle, Jim
Crawford and Chaddy Davidson.
Coach Bohler brought over several
new conditioning contraptions from
Mississippi College last season, and
I saw the Plainsmen pace through
their daily drill Monday using the
new conditioning devices. It was the
first time I had seen them used, and
I agree with Bohler that they are
very good devices to use. One is sort
of a hurdling device and a post, sta­tioned
like a man, is in the center,
and the players stiff-arm this post
as they jump the hurdle. They aided
Bohler a good deal in turning out a
championr/hip eleven at Mississippi
College and should also help train the
Tigers.
Johnnie "Stoopdown" Floyd, form­er
Vanderbilt star and aid to Dan Mc-
Gugin before jointhg the Auburn
coaching staff, has been put in
charge of the linemen.
And he should be an addition to
the Plains coaching staff that will
help to put forward walls like Au­burn
used to produce in her hey-day.
It was a wise move by Dr. Knapp
and Coach Bohler in adding Floyd to
the staff.
Weems Baskin, Auburn's well
known hurdler, and Rupert Ingram,
alternate captain and end last season,
also are new additions to the staff,
and will devote most of their time
coaching teams in the intramural
league. Hal Lee, Atlanta's outfielder,
Earl McFadden and Wilbur Hutsell
round out the coaching staff.
Coach Bohler is not giving his pro­teges
any scrimmages until next week
but he is giving them the next thing
to a scrimmage in their daily work­outs.
The linemen Monday were
sent to Floyd, who gave them a les­son
in tackling and blocking the dum­my.
Bohler gave his ball toters a long
practice in punting, receiving punts
and running fundamental plays.
The ardent Plainsmen followers
were more jubliant than ever Monday
with the appearance of alternate cap­tain,
Porter Callahan. His where­abouts
have been unknown while the
Tigers were put through their first
week of practice. He is the lad that
made a ninety-six yard run against
Tulane in 1928. His record run gave
the Bengals a tie. Ray Primm, whom
Bohler is grooming for quarterback;
Carl Creel, Sam Wade and Joe An­drews,
big tackle from Montgomery
were the others that reported for the
first time Monday.
Auburn Man Organizes Basket Ball
Team of Players Who Are Blind
In the hill country of East Central
Alabama, E. R. Wren, athletic di­rector
of the Alabama School for the
Blind, has developed the first basket­ball
team in the world composed ex­clusively
of blind players.
Only one member of the varsity
team can distinguish light, although
every player has an average of toss­ing
three goals out of five attempts
on a regular size court. This profi­ciency
was accomplished by co-ordi­nating
the player's sense of sound
with their muscular reaction.
Back from the war, where he serv­ed
with the Rainbow Division was
wounded and later decorated with a
Distinguished Service Cross and the
Belgian Order of the Crown, Wren
cast about for something to do. He
began coaching a normal school bas­ketball
team and two years ago ac­cepted
Gov. Bibb Graves' offer of
the athletic directorship of the State
schools for the blind and mutes.
Wren at first could not achieve
much in an athletic way with the
blind children. They could hear in­structions
but could not see how to
execute them. Almost invariably they
fell in attempting the simplest form
of exercise.
One day Wren saw a totally blind
youngster playing with a handball.
The boy would toss it about, grab a
handful of sand and throw it in the
general direction that he had made
the toss. If the sound of the sand
hitting the ball reached his ears, he
walked straight to it. Otherwise he
waidered aimlessly in his search.
That gave Wren his idea. The
State appropriated money for a gym­nasium
which Wren wired himself.
On each basket he placed different
sounding electric bells. Then he had
a basketball made with a bell inside.
Each player was given a bell for his
wrist, the sound of one team's bell
being different from those worn by
their opponents. The players were
(Continued on page 4)
"America does not realize how
much she owes to the fact that Lin­coln
is still a living presence on the
Capitol hill," says Ernest Dimnet in
"The Art of Thinking." Lincoln is
a daily inspiration to every Ameri­can.
He is the greatest influence
that ever happened in this country.
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in Clemson, S. C.
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AUBURN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1929
Bham.-Southern in Montgomery
(Friday Night Game)
Clemson College
Univ. of Florida
(Friday Night Game)
Vanderbilt Univ.
Howard College
U. of Tennessee
Tulane University
Univ. of Georgia
Georgia Tech
in Birmingham
in Auburn
in Knoxville, Tenn.
in New Orleans, La.
in Athens, Ga.
in Atlanta
I
NOW
East Alabama Will Have
REAL Talking Pictures
The gorgeous musical comedies—the plays and
stars—formerly for stages in big cities only—will
be a regular part of our program. You can see
these stars in a REAL theatre—you can hear them
as they should be heard—over REAL equipment.
You'll see—and hear—the most gorgeous enter­tainment
Lee County has ever had!
Western Electric
Equipment
Selected as the standard equipment for repro­ducing
the talking and sound in their own theatres
by Fox, Paramount, Loew's (Makers of Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures).
Some of the Big Hits Coming!
"SOPHOMORE" "THE COCOANUTS"
With
Eddie Quillan
Great
Musical Show
"THE DANCE OF
LIFE"
With Nancy Carrol
"CHARMING
"SINNERS"
With Ruth Chatterton
"FAST COMPANY"
Greatest
Talking Comedy!
"GREENE MURDER "NOTHING BUT THE
CASE" "TRUTH"
With William Powell With Richard Dix
STARTING SEPTEMBER 9TH
TIGER THEATRE
AUBURN, ALABAMA
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THE TIGER DRUG STORE
Lan Lipscomb - Bill Ham
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BIRMINGHAM NEWS
SCHOLARSHIP WON
BY I, L. LEDBETTER
(Continued ffom page 1)
tribute also so that many more
worthy young men and women in the
poorer walks of life might receive
aid toward a college education.
"We have followed the instructions
with a great deal of care. In making
the decision I want to say that our
committee and the president person­ally
is of the opinion that there is
not a great deal of difference in the
first two or three names which we
place at the top of the list. They are
all high-rating students, the highest
of the whole group. They are all
from financially poor and struggling
families. They have all shown fine
character and personality as indicated
by the fact that all of them have won
many honors outside of scholarship.
"Issac L. Ledbetter, Jr., R. P. D.
No. 6, Box 470, Bessemer, Ala. is 17,
a graduate of Jones Valley High
School in the Spring of 1929. He de-
-sires to come to this institution to
take the course in civil engineering.
His father is an employee of the Ten­nessee
Coal, Iron & Railway Com­pany,
earning a small salary. There
is a family of 12 depending upon
this modest income, together with
such additions as may be contributed
by the children themselves. This boy
has worked him way through high
school. His grade average for the
four years' work is above 90. With
all of his work and his high grades,
he hasfound time for extra-curricular
activities to a very remarkable de­gree.
He has been president of his
literary society, valedictorian of the
class, played football and engaged
in general activities of the school. He
^has an unimpeachable character, in­dustry
and determination. Apparent­ly
there are no relatives, friends or
connections in any way who might
loan or contribute to the education of
this young man. We have decided to
award The Birmingham News scho­larship
for 1929 to him.
"The superintendent of schools, the
principal, merchants, bankers, cor­porations
for whom he has worked
and others have recommended him in
the highest terms.
"William H. Bronson, Dadeville,
Ala., is placed in second-position with
so excellent a record both in scholar­ship,
school activities, character, in­dustry
and need that the president
and the committee of this faculty,
who have gone over this matter with
care have hesitated a long time in en­deavoring
to decide which of these
young men should receive the coveted
prize. We are hoping we can per­suade
William H. Bronson to come to
Auburn and in some other way help
him get his education at this insti­tution.
"Horace Thompson, Walnut Grove,
Ala.; Miss Deanie Jordan, Bay Min
ette, Ala.; D. D. Nettles, Jr., Linden,
Ala.; Howard Nabors, Birmingham
Ala.; Robert Kimbrough, Fairfield,
Ala.; Miss Bonnie Keltz, Elberta,
Ala.; Cecil Carroll, Columbia, Ala.;
Nola Catchings, Millerville, Ala., and
a number of others whose names
might be mentioned, stand so close to
the top that this institution will, from
now on, devote its time and atten­tion
to paving the way in some man­ner
to help them get their education,
if they have the courage to go for­ward.
"In closing, let me thank you very
much indeed for the fine cooperation
of The Birmingham News and let me
express to Mr. Victor H. Hanson the
very great appreciatnion of service
which he and his papers are perform­ing
for the benefit of education in
Alabama.
"Very truly yours,
Bradford Knapp,
^ President."
The student returning to Auburn
this fall notices many improvements
in the downtown section of Auburn.
The new Bank of Auburn has been
completed, the First National Bank
has been renovated, new filling sta­tions
and garages have been erected,
a new drug store is in the process of
construction and other projects.
Anyone interested in playing Banjo in dance orchestra see
BOB BUTLER
at Askew's Barber Shop -
COLLEGE BARBER SHOP
Located Next to Auburn Studio
We Appreciate Your Trade
DUNCAN HALL
Beautiful New Home of the Extension Service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Dedication exercises were conducted on August 7, the third day of Farmer's Week, with Dr. Knapp presiding.
In a brief talk Dr. Knapp reviewed his acquaintance with Mr. Duncan and eulogized him. He referred to the out­standing
work which he has done and declared that the naming of the building for him is a challenge for greater
service in behalf of the people of Alabama. Mr. Duncan accepted the challenge and rededicated his life to the
service.
NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL
IS ENTHUSED OVER
OUTLOOK AT AUBURN
Announcing—
Great reductions in genuine K. & E. draw­ing
sets. Each set approved and designed by
Auburn drawing professors.
The
Students Supply Shop
Everything for the College Student
HEAR OUR NEW VICTOR RECORDS
HEATERS :-: RANGES
PICTURE FRAMING
We Appreciate Your Business
AUBURN FURNITURE CO.
(Continued from page 1)
tion of Associate Director of the
School of Textile Engineering/ In
1925 Professor Camp received an ap­pointment
to the engineering staff of
Texas Technological College, Lub­bock,
Texas, and in only one year
was advanced to the post of head of
the Textile Department. He comes
to Auburn with a brilliant record be
hind him.
It is of interest to note that a
nephew of Professor Camp, Lawrence
Camp, also of Moreland, Georgia, is
enrolled here in the junior class of
Chemical Engineering. Young Camp
follows the example of his uncle by
having created quite a name for him­self
in the two years that he has
spent in Auburn.
Professor Camp, in commenting on
Auburn and his hopes for the new de­partment,
said: "My wife and I are
both very favorably impressed with
Auburn. Though we have been here
less than a month we have been ac­corded
a most cordial reception by the
townspeople and the college staff.
We feel already endeared to Auburn,
and find ourselves as enthusiastic
over the bright outlook for the school
and town as any veteran Plainsman
might be.
"Let me say here that my hopes for
the school of which I am director are
sky high. From the number of appli­cations
already received I believe
that the enrolment will equal that in
other engineering branches in a short
time. Auburn will soon have more
to offer the young textile man than
any other school in the South. On
the completion of our spacious build­ing
Auburn will have the most modern
facilities in this field that can pos­sibly
be obtained. Also, Auburn will
be the logical place for young men
to study this course since it is in
the heart of the cotton district of
the South. The score or more mills
within a radius of forty miles about
here create a huge field for the
young graduates.
"In conclusion I shall say that I
am warmly enthusiastic over Auburn
and that I am certain that it is des­tined
to become one of the greatest
engineering schools in the country."
AG LIBRARY TO BE
ESTABLISHED SOON
AUBURN MAN ORGANIZES
BASKET BALL TEAM OF
PLAYERS WHO ARE BLIND
SCHEDULE FOR REMAINING
DAYS OF FRESHMAN WEEK
As soon as the many minor details
can be developed an Agriculture
Branch of the library will be estab­lished.
This branch, which is intended to
stimulate interest in library research
among the agricultural students of
Auburn, will be housed in room 103
Comer Hall. All of the present agri­cultural
books and magazines will be
moved from the main library to the
new stack room.
Miss Shara Willeford of Nashville,
Tenn. will arrive soon to take over
the librarianship. Miss Willeford will
attend to all of the agricultural li­brary
work and also to the exchange
of all agricultural pamphlets.
The library will have a large stack
room and reading room which will af­ford
ample space for all kinds of re­search.
The Agricultural Library will
be open from 8 to 12 A. M., 1 to 6 P.
M., and from 7 to 10 P. M. except
on Sundays.
(Continued from page 3)
taught to clap their hands continually
during a game.
Wren controls the bells. When a
player of one team is poised for a
shot at the goal, Wren rings the bell
on his goal. The player throws then
in the direction of the goal. Should
the ball roll dead or its bell cease
ringing, the play is resumed again
with a toss between opposing players.
The teams plan to continue intra-school
games until they become more
proficient. Then they plan to go
abroad for games with high schools
or To stage exhibitions between school
teams.
Wren also has developed an ath­letic
team among blind girl students
who recently captured the champion­ship
of Talladega County in a coun­ty-
wide field meet.
Men worry a lot about their hair—
when it's half gone.
BREWSTER SPEAKS TO LIONS
TUESDAY ON LANDSCAPING
A peculiar fact is the way the curve
of a small business will adjust itself
to the curve of a general business.
The daily turnover of a fruit peddler
is almost as accurate an index of pros­perity
as the unfilled orders of the
United States Steel Corporation.
WANTED
1,800 Boys to Eat
Sandwiches
s?
Tiger Sandwich Shop
Next Door to Theatre
(Continued from page 1)
greatly profit by any improvements
made there. It is possible and highly
desirable that several business men
go together and construct a building
that will house their individual busi­nesses.
"The residential section is far more
attractive than the business district
however there is much room for' im­provement.
The commission might
find it desirable to have a few land­scape
rules published. It even might
be possible to have a short landscape
school for those interested, encour­aging
in this way, the individual citi
zens to beautify their homes.
"A recreational area with a swim­ming
pool and play ground equipment
is already needed and in a few years
will be in crying demand.
"The City of Auburn is entered
from the two principal directions by
roads lined with unpainted and un­sightly
shanties. Similar conditions
are the rule all over the state, and
Auburn would be outstanding if these
conditions could be corrected.
"Ladies Clubs have greatly helped
Auburn, and will continue to do so,
but they are greatly handicapped un­less
the men see the need for im­provement
and cooperate. Auburn
has reached the point where money
and lots of labor is needed.
"Any commission that is formed
should consult frealy with architects,
engineers and landscape architects.
There are many problems to consider
and no one man is qualified to cor­rectly
solve them all.
"Mr. John Nolen, authority on city
planning, says that successful town
planning cannot be the work of a nar­row
specialist, or a single profession;
it must be the result of whole hearted
cooperation, special knowledge, and
versatility."
! Boys! If you Eat
MEAT
Buy it from your
Friends
MOORE'S MARKET
—Phone 37—
The schedule of the remaining days
of the Special Exercises for Fresh
men, as arranged by the college, is
as follows:
Thursday, September 12
8:00-10:00—Psychological Tests.
Freshmen assemble at Langdon Hall.
10:30-12:00—Address, President
Knapp; Health, Dr. B. F. Thomas;
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute
and Its Schools; Announcements by
Heads of Departments.
3-5:00—Divisional Convocations—
The Dean and Faculty of each School
listed. Topics for Discussion: The
Course of Study; Student Activities;
Honor Societies; Budgeting Time and
Money; Class Attendance; Student
Honor; Note Taking and How to
Study; The Library.
Rooms For Divisional Convocation
3:00-4:00, Agricultural and Agri­cultural
Education Courses—Audi­torium,
Broun Hall.
3:00-4:00, Engineering, Langdon
Hall.
3:00-4:00, Architectural, Room
201, Administration Building.
3:00-4:00, Textile Engineering,
Room 213, Administration Building.
3:00-4:00, General, Premedical,
Prelaw and Business Administration,
Room 301, Administration Building.
3:00-4:00, Chemistry and Phar­macy,
Chemical Laboratory.
3:00-4:00, Home Economics and
Home Economics Education, Y. W.
Hut.
3:00-4:00, Veterinary Medicine,
Veterinary Building.
4:00-5:00, General Secondary and
Elementary Education, Agricultural
Education, Home Economics, Educa­tion,
and prospective teachers of In­dustrial
Arts, Allied Arts, Occupa­tional
Studies, etc., Langdon Hall.
4:30, Football Practice, Drake
Field.
Friday, September 13
Report to classes. See schedule on
registration card.
7:30 P. M., Informal Reception to
Freshmen. Auspices of Y. M. C. A.
and Y. W. C. A.
Saturday, September 14
Report to classes. See schedule on
registration card.
7:30 P. M., Assembly. President
Kna^p presiding, Langdon Hall. Col­lege
Spirit. Yells and Songs.
Sunday, September 15
9:30, Sunday school at the local
churches.
11:00, Special Sunday Convocation.
Langdon Hall.
GROCERY STORES GET
FREE ADVERTISING
The city of Auburn is* carrying on
a most extensive traffic law enforce­ment
program. Every automobile
driver that passes the white stop lines
at thoroughfare intersections hears
the shrill whistle of the sheriff. The
ticket demanding appearance of the
violator in court the next morning is
then forthcoming. On one side of the
ticket, according to some of the vic­tims,
is scrawled a court call, while
on the other is a blank for ordering
groceries. The grocery stores in the
city are to be thanked for their coop­eration
with the city on this general
cleanup project.
By the end of the week all student
owners of automobiles will have been
thoroughly tamed, and the pedestrians
will be safe. No doubt the campaign
was launched to suppress reckless
students, being begun simultaneously
with the beginning of registration.
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MAYOR TO SPEAK
Mayor Copeland will speak to the
several civic clubs of Auburn at their
weekly luncheans next week on sev­eral
very pertinent problems confront­ing
the city of Auburn at present.
Through the cooperation of these
clubs with the city government it is
hoped that many improvements can
be made in the various phases of
municipal administration in Auburn.
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