"LET'S GO"
MONDAY
AND TUESDAY THE iMary E.Martin AINSMAN "LET'S GO"
MONDAY
AND TUESDAY
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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1927 NUMBER 12
"LETS GO" TO BE PRESENTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS
ALL-COLLEGE HIKE EVENT
OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON
YMCA SPONSORS % n « Phi Sigma
ANNUAL OUTING Host at Smoker
OF AUBURNITES
Party Starts from Lang-don
Hall at Two
O'clock
MANY STUNTS PLANNED
All Auburn Will Turn Out On
Hike, Is Reported
Saturday afternoon, December 3rd!
What does that mean? Plenty fun!
Great sport; A thing that will not be
forgotten! That is what the All-
College Hike means. Co-eds, faculty,
students, and all who are fullblooded-and
like a-plenty amusement aer urged
to attend this annual event which is
sponsored by the Y. M. C. A.
The procession will proceed from
Langdon Hall at two o'clock and will
wind its way directly northward to a
spot, beautiful and inviting, where
eats and fun galore will reign supreme
until nightfall. The event this year
will be bigger and better than ever
before as many new attraction will
be added. There will be the regular
tug-of-war between the Sophs and
Frosh. Who will be pulled through
the creek this year?? Pillow fights,
boxing matches, and the co-ed football
game, are other events of the evening.
Let everyone forget about classes,
notebooks, quizzes, and other "gripes"
for the entire afternoon, and be on
time for the start. You could not endure
the gruesome and nerve-racking
quietness which will reign throughout
the Village of the Plains on the
above mentioned afternoon. Honestly,
there will not be enough people left
in Auburn to help a florist pick
flowers from a century plant.
CHINESE GUNS IN
AUBURN MUSEUM
Ancient Relics Are Valued By Col*
lector*
Ten years ago, Dr. Remus C. Persons
presented to the Auburn Museum
three old Chinese guns which
had been used in the Boxer uprising,
in China. Dr. Persons was stationed
in China in charge' of a naval hospital
at that time.
Dr. Persons graduated from; the
East Alabama Male College in 1869.
He then entered the Bellevue Medical
College in New York, where he received
his medical training. Graduating
there, he entered the navy as a
surgeon. He rose steadily in rank.
During the Spanish American War,
he was placed in charge of Admiral
Cervera, his staff and many other
prisoners of war. During the Boxer
uprising, he was chief surgeon of the
American fleet tent to China. At the
close of the trouble, he established the
first, big hospital in China.
These three Chinese guns, which
Dr. Persons presented to the museum
are of three different types. In many
respects they are very similar to the
American guns. All three weigh
nearly fffty pounds ea<?h. They are
very long, and were probably manned
by two men.
The first gun is an old flint-lock,
muzzle loads, and is about seven feet
long. The barrel is five feet and five
inches long, with a bore of seven-eights
inches. The stock is very
short. The muzzle spreads out, giving
a burst to the shells. Small balls
were undobutedly used in it.
The second gun is of a more modern
type. It is nine feet long, with a barrel
of seven feet and six inches. It
ifr muzzle loaded and fired with a cap.
The hammer is four inches long, the
spring controlling it is stiH strong.
This gun used the same type ammu-
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On Wednesday Evening, November
16th, the Sigma Phi Sigma Fraternity
was host to thirty-four freshmen
from the various fraternities on the
campus. Rats Archer, Keith, and
Adams were on the receiving line, and
ushered the visiting freshmen into the
living room and den, where they were
introduced to those already present.
By the time the last few came in,
every one was fully acquainted, and
those that were not playing bridge,
were engaged in a powerful bull session,
discussing this and that, and
what not. Smokes were passed around
and it was not long before the living
room looked like a typical London
Fog. "When the smoke became thin
enough for everyone to see across the
room, the visiting rats were ushered
into the dining hall where they were
greeted by sandwiches and punch and
less prominent, Earle Meadows, president
of Sigma Phi Sigma.
Smokes were passed again and then
a vote was taken to select the best
looking freshman and the ugliest
freshman. Rat Tubby Jacobs won
the prize for being the best looking
and receiving a smoking set for that
honor. The prize for the ugliest rat
went to Rat "Sarasota" Greene. The
prize package which he received was
a jar of vaseline, a lip stick, box of
powder, powder puff, and a bottle of
perfume, so it wont's be long now,
co-eds.
After this election Rat Dick Holle-man
was elected to sing some songs,
which he did in a very pleasing manner.
With this the visiting Rats
grouped together and gave fifteen
rahs for Sigma Phi Sigma, and with
this the smoker came to a close, with
the exception of Dick Holleman and
Rat Jim Howard Pitts, who lingered
long and loud in a contest all their
own, trying to tell a story which would
out do the other.
The visiting rats were: Paul Owens,
S. A. E.; L. W. Mullins, S. A. E.; J.
D. Smith, Lambda Chi Alpha; Tubby
Jacobs, Lambda- Chi Alpha; C. J.
Scott, T. 0. £ . ; P. D. Whetstone, T.
O. X.; G. Potter, A. T. O.; Geo.
Arndt, A. T. O.; Roy Sellers, A. L. T.;
Dick Holleman, A. L. T.; J. D.
Hughes, S. P. E.; W. D. Dryer, S. P.
E.; C. T. Burton, Kappa Sigma; W.
H. Tucker, Kappa Sigma; E. M. Mc-
Kenzie, Phi Delta Theta; Archie
Grubb, Phi Delta Theta; Wm. H.
Procter, Betta Kappa; L. B. Walker,
Beta Kappa; Howard Chappelle, Pi.
K. A.; John Slaton, Pi. K. A.; W. M.
McFarlin, K. A.; Hugh W. Ellis, K.
A.; N. M. Mclnnis, Sigma Theta; W.
D. Jester, Sigma Theta; M. B. Selcer,
Pi Kappa Phi; A. W. Herren, Pi
Kappa Phi; L. W. Strauss, Theta Chi;
J. C. Haister, Phi Delta Chi.; L. K.
Mason, Sigma Pi.; W. C. Barefield,
Sigma Pi.; A. Aloia, Theta Kappa
Nu.; M. S. Hooper, Theta Kappa Nu.
LOCAL SORORITY
GOES NATIONAL
On November 11 & 12, 1927, Sigma
Rho Sority was installed as Alpha
Alpha Chapter of Pi Kappa Sigma.
Sigma Rho was established in 1923
and since that time has been an outstanding
sorority on the campus.
Pi Kappa Sigma was founded at
Michigan 5tate Teachers college,
Ypsilanti, Michigan, November 17,
1894. Among its charter members
are: Mrs. A. A. Snowden, President
of the Theatre Guild, New York, N.
Y., Miss Bertha Renan, Dean of Women,
State Normal, Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan, and Miss Alice M. Lowden
of the Normal Conservatory of Music,
Ypsilanti, Michigan. ;
The charter members of Alpha
Alpha Chapter are: Agnes Ingram,
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Bovines Initiate 19
New Men on Night
Of November 18th
The Bovines, an inter-fraternity
club, held the initiation of their
pledges on Friday night, November
18. The party journeyed to the place
of "the initiation, a few miles outside
of Auburn, in automobiles. At the
conclusion of the ceremony eats and
drinks were served and everyone sat
around a large campfire and enjoyed
themselves until about twelve o'clock,
when they returned to town.
Those initiated were: Pi K. A.:
Howard Chappell, John Dillworth;
Theta Chi: T. M. Culpepper, Alex
Smith; Phi Delta Theta: Jerry Fea-gin,
Archie Grubb; S. A. E.: Robert
McGhee, Claude Frazier; A. T. O.:
Kelly Callahan, Sam Deramus;. S. P.
E.: Walden Dryer, Emory Kirkwood;
Lambda Chi: S. M. Collins; Sigma
Nu; Clyde Seale, T. T. Brown;
Kappa Sigma: George Duncan, Willy
Tucker; Pi Kappa Phi: W. Cousins,
W. Herren.
STATE STUDENT
COUNCIL MEETS
The State Student Council of the
Y. M. C. A. met at the University
of Alabama on November, 3d and 4th
to discuss subjects of interest-and
value to Y. M. C. A. administration
in our colleges.
W. T. Edwards and Roy Sellers,
representing Auburn,- report that so
lutions were given for problems that
we find in our own college situation
Among the subjects discussed were:
cabinet and group organizations, the
fraternity problem, can the Y. M. C
A. assist in vocational guidance, the
place of the faculty in the Y. M. C.
A. and the place of the Y. M. C. A. on
the campus. The latter subject was
discussed by "Dad" Elliot, who was
with us* a few weeks ago.
The meeting of the Council was
brought to a close at a banquet on
Friday evening, November 4, at which
"Dad" Elliot gave the principal address.
HAUSER WINS ETA
»KAPPA NU PRIZE
Winning Essay Published in Auburn
Y Engineer
The. slide rule offered last year by
the honorary electrical engineering,
Eta Kappa Nu, was won by Edgar
Hauser, of last year's sophomore
class. The fraternity has decided to
make this contest an annual event to
be competed for by the freshmen and
sophomore members of the A. I. E. -E.
Only members in good standing who
have given the society whole hearted
support will be eligible to compete
for this prize. Freshmen and sophomores'
in engineering are urged to
become affiliated with the A. I. E. E.
and to try out for the slide rule.
Otto Miller, president of the local
chapter of Eta Kappa Nu has left
for Cincinnati, Ohio to attend the
23rd annual convention which will be
held in Swift Hall on the campus of
the University of Cincinnati. The
delegates will stay at the Hotel Me-tropole
while in Cincinnati.
Alpha Phi Epsilon
Announces Pledges
Alpha Phi Epsilon is a national
honorary fraternity organized for
the furthering of interest in college
Literary Society Work and intercollegiate
literary contests. The qualifications
for membership are based
on Literary society work, good
character, and participation in other
college activities. Members are elected
twice in each school year. -
The first election has been held
and the following students have been
pledged: Chas. R. Moore, S. S. Tatum,
Coke Matthews, Geo. Stafford, J. R.
Taylor and Miss Grace Pinnell.
ROSS GORMAN'S
ORCHESTRA TO
PLAY MIDTERM
Junior Prom Preparations
Underway
NIGHT DANCES FORMAL
Six Fraternities Plan House
Parties
Preparations are under way for the
coming Mid-Term Dances, which will
be given on January 26, 27, and 28.
This year's Junior Prom, as the Mid-
Term Dances are called in honor of
the Junior Class, promises to be one
of the best that Auburn has ever had.
Due to the efforts of the Social
Committee, the services of the famous
Ross Gorman and his orchestra have
been obtained for the dances. Ross
hails from Broadway, and and his
specialty is college dances. He promises
us a bunch of new numbers and
some novelty acts.
The three night dances are to be
formal. A new and original decorative
design is being planned for the
Prom. The color scheme will be
black and white, befitting the formality
of the occasion.
The fraternities that are going to
give house parties during the dances
are Sigma Nu, Theta Chi, Lambda
Chi Alpha, Sigma Phi Sigma, Kappa
Alpha, and"Pi Kappa Phi.
The Mid-Term Dances are under
the direct supervision of the Social
Committee with the aid of the Faculty
Committee and Miss Dobbs, Social
Director.
Members of the Social Committee
are: B. E. Meadows, Chairman; H.
C. Hopson; M. S. Kesler; Merritt
Burns; Bob Parker; Tom Conwell;
Tom Boone; Noble Crump; Dick
Adams; and H. W. White. Members
of the Faculty Social Committee are:
Mr. J. V. Brown, Chairman; Miss
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Mnrf Hawkins is
Winner of Contest
In Declamation
Murff Hawkins, of Birmingham,
freshman holder of the News scholarship,
won the_annual inter-society
declamation contest in Langdon Hall
on Nov. 17th. As a result his name
will be engraved on the loving cup
which has been presented to the societies.
Prof. J. H. Hutchins, of the
English department had charge of
the contest. The judges were Rev.
Sam B. Hay, of Presbyterian Church;
Dean Zebulon Judd, of the education
department, and Prof. J. M. Robinson
of the Zoology department.
The contestants representing the
four literary societies on the campus
were: Murff Hawkins, Websterian;
Charles Moore, Wirt; J. I: McConnell,
Evans, and H. W. Overton, Wilsonian.
Hawkins is the son of Mrs. J. H.
Hawkins, of Birmingham. He is 18
years of age and a graduate last year
of the Woodlawn High School. He
has chosen the four year civil engineering
course and is giving good,
account of himself in his work.
WORK ON ANNUAL
IS PROGRESSING
Whitten Says Glomerata Work Going
Forward Rapidly
Sigma Pi Fraternity
Holds Conference
The biennial conference of the
southeastern province of the Sigma
Pi fraternity was held in Atlanta
Saturday, starting with a_, business
session at the Winecoff hotel. The
five southeastern chapters located at
Emory, North Carolina State, Mercer,
Auburn, and Tulane were represented.
Luncheon was served at the Winecoff,
after which another business
meeting was held until 5 o'clock, followed
by a tea dance in the Hotel
Candler in Decatur. A smoker was
held Saturday night in the Emory
chapter house.
The only event on Sunday was a
model initiation, held at Hotel Candler
at 2 o'clock.
The Sigma Pi's who attended from
Auburn were S. S. Tatum, Charles
Kelso, and Sam Umbenhauer.
The work on the Glomerata is progressing
rapidly and nicely. All campus
views arid other photographs
have been taken and most of the
proofs are here for approval.
All photography was in charge of
the White Studios of New York City.
White Studios is one of the largest
photographing concerns in the world
and have given satisfactory results.
The contract for the engraving has
been awarded to the Alabama Engraving
Co. of Birmingham. The
cover design has already been selected
and one of the best college year
books published may be expected.
According to the editor, Lawrence
Whitten, "We can put out a book that
has never before been equalled if we
can get the whole-hearted support of
every student." Let's give it to him.
SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS
GIVE ENTERTAINING ACTS
Another House on
Frat Row is Plan
The Kappa Chapter of the Delta
Sigma Phi fraternity is planning to
construct a handsome $30,000 home
on Fraternity Row, Theta Chi building
in 1924 and Sigma Nu in 1925.
The Delta Sigma Phi expects to
have work begun on the new home
next March with the hope of its being
completed by July, 1928. The structure
will be fire proof, brick or hollow
tile being the material used in
its construction.
The plans are now in the hands of
the alumni building committee, who
together with the architects are working
out the exact details. The building
contract will be let at an early
date.
The building committee is composed
of the following: H. C. Bates, Atlanta;
R. Beddow, Birmingham; H. E.
Cox, Birmingham; J. C. Grimes, Auburn;
and B. E. Harris, Montgomery.
GYM PROVES GOOD
FOR DUKE CO-EDS
Many Benefits Derived From Gym
—N. Classes
DR. PETRIE IS READ
IN FAR NORTHLAND
Current Events Talks Read By Explorers
The writings of Dr. George Petrie,
professor of history and dean of the
graduate school of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, have been read
in the cold regions of New Found-land.
He has juse received a letter
from Dr. Lyman P. Powell advising
him that his^ "Comments on Current
Events," published this year, was
read "again and again" when he was
"far north." Dr. Powell said:
"Your 'Comments on Current
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A Freshman's Expectations of College
What are a Freshman's expectations of college? For four long
years the .high school boy has has as his goal/"a college education"
and all of his efforts have been directed toward that end. And now
he is a college freshman. As you pass daily the hundreds of freshmen
who swarm this campus, do you pause to wonder what hopes,
ambitions, aspirations and expectations may be encased within those
shaved heads? A freshman's hopes are as high as the heavens—may
they never be lowered. A freshman's ambitions are as broad as the
universe—may they never become narrow. A freshman's aspirations
and expectations are as deep as the depth of the sea—may they never
become light or shallow. The freshman enters college with nothing to
offer but raw material—he expects to come forth a finished product.
As the freshman enters the side gate of the college campus he is
expecting to receive the training which will enable him, later in life,
to walk boldly in at the front gate of his chosen vocation or profession.
As the freshm/m humbly produces the matches with which to light
the pipes of his^'Sophomore superiors," he is expecting to store up
the matches of-knowledge and training which will later light his pathway
through life.
As the freshman passes through the fiery furnace of his hazing
career, the dross of egotism and self-importance is burned away,
leaving only pure metal.
As the freshman humbly crawls in the door of his "Frat" home,
his romantic hopes may be centered upon the time when he will walk
proudly erect in the door of his own domain where he will receive a
royal welcome from the little "queen" within—the girl of his choice.
As there is used upon the body of the (Continued on page six)
Gym for co-eds pays, if one may
judge from statistics". The results of
physical examinations at Southgate
this year show that 75.4 per cent of
the sophomores have gained in weight
since their freshman examinations,
62.2 per cent have increased their lung
capacity, and 55.7 per cent have
grown taller. The gain in weight,
while it may prove the gym director's
point, is perhaps not pleasing to the
fair sophs. The increased lung capacity
is probably a direct result of excessive
yelling at the games.
The examination also shows that
the heaviest freshman tips the scales
at 157 pounds, almost twice as heavy
as the smallest one, who weighs 80
pounds. The variation in height is
not quite so great, the tallest freshman
being 6 feet 9 inches, and the
smallest 4 feet 8 inches.
The highest and lowest records for
sophomores in weight are 175 pounds
and 85 pounds; in height 5 feet 9
inches and 4 feet 10 inches. Their
total strength, which includes right
and left grips, chest muscles, and
shoulder retractors, is 324 for the
strongest and 150 for the weakest, as
compared with the freshman's 323
and 145.
Ninety-six freshmen and sixty-one
sophomores were examined.
EVERYTHING IN
READINESS FOR
BIG BAND SHOW
Glee Club Makes First
Appearance in
Show
DANCES A R E FEATURE
Local Orchestra Will Provide
Jazz for "Let's Go."
PLEDGES TO STAG
ARE ANNOUNCED
Local Interfraternity Club Pledges
Six Men
Pledges to Stag, an interfraternity
society, have been announced and are
as follows: Phi Delta Theta: Mc-
Kensie, Noble; A. T. O.: C. S. Moon,
Halcot Jones; Kappa Alpha: Buddy
Dowling, Billy McFarland; S. A. E.:
Claude Frazier, Gordon Howell; Pi
Kappa Alpha: Buddy Hoskin, H. B.
Maclaurin; Kappa Sigma: Dooley
Gilchrist, Dann Munn; S. P. E.: Mc-
Graw, Joe Ford; Lambda Chi: Leslie
Sawyer, Walter Jones; Theta Chi:
Leach, L. M. Strauss; Sigma Nu:
Merritt Burns.
NOTICE
Christmas holidays will begin this
year December 21 at 12 o'clock noon,
class work is to be resumed January
3, at 8:00 A. M.
Each absence incurred within three
days before and three days after an
official college holiday will be counted
as two absences. The following are
the official holdays as listed in the
catalogue: Thanksgiving, Christmas,
Feburay 22, and May 1.
On account of the confusion of the
Thanksgiving week end, the Auburn
Band Show, "Lets Go," which was to
be given November 21st and 22nd
was postponed until December 5th
and 6th.
The full program for the evenings
is not yet known but it will consist of
parts played by the various organizations
on the campus, such as: The
Glee Club, Auburn Players, Auburn
Band, Mandolin Club, Max Jones and
his Jazz Orchestra and several other
acts such as black face skits dancing
and magic performances. Special
scenery and special electrical effects
add greatly to the program also, this
being under the supervision of Alston
and_Pfaff.
Nothing has been spared in the way
of making this by far the best entertainment
ever put on in Langdon
Hall. Professor Bidez who is in full
charge of the play, and who has had
much experience along this line, has
gathered the best talent to be found
in school, some of which is as good as
can be found in some of our best
theatres. Professor Bidez has been
in charge of the Glee Club and Auburn
Band for many years. He led
the first Allied band across the Rhine
in 1918 .and it is said that he was
playing "Touch Down Auburn."
Whether this is true or not, we do
not know, but we do know that he
certainly knows his onions when it
comes to putting on entertainments.
To miss this show, would be worse
than having the measles on Christmas
Day. It will be given only on Monday
and Tuesday night and the tickets
will be on sale Friday, Saturday and
Monday.
This is the first and probably the
last of its kind ever to be seen on
the Auburn campus. Among the
dancing will be a real Hawaiian Grass
Skirt Dance, which is well worth the
price of the show.
If you miss this, you can just say
you missed the best and most important
thing on the campus this year
and years to come.
As far as getting your money's
worth, you get it back five or six
times besides helping the Auburn
Band buy new uniforms.
Don't fail to be there promptly at
eigh o'clock and bring Tom, Dick and
Harry.
AUBURN ENGINEER
CAMPAIGN F A I LS
Next Campaign Hoped To Be Successful
The subscription campaign held by
the Auburn Engineer was not as successful
as the editor, Bill Hurt, hoped
it would be, however, it put the maga-zie
before the students and the next
campaign, is expected to bring results.
\
The Auburn Engineer is one of the
best college engineering magazines
published and is one of the few in
the South. This magazine deserves
the support of the student body for
it means a greater Auburn.
The staff of the Auburn Engineer
has arranged so that any subscriber
who wishes to have the magazine sent
to any one may do so by turning in
the name and address of that person.
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Published weekly by the students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $2.00 per year (32
issues). ^ Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
STAFF
Rosser Alston Editor-in-chief
H. C. Hopson Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
C. D. Greemtree, '28 Associate Editor
R. C. Cargile, '28 Associate Editor
C. R. DeArman, '29 Associate Editor
J. B. McMillan, '29 Managing Editor
Ludwig A. Smith, '29 News Editor
J. W. Powers, '28 __ Proofreader
J. E. Taylor, '30 Proofreader
Max Kahn, '28 Sports Editor
Chas. Ingersoll, '29 ._. Ass't. Sports Editor
Geo. Ashcraft, '29 _ Ass't. Sports Editor
Celeste Nesbitt, '28 Co-ed Editor
J. W. Randle, '28 Exchange Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 .___ Humor Editor
REPORTERS
J. W. Powers, '28; Catherine Hare, '28;
Harry Wise, '29; J. W. Mills, '30; H.
H. Milligan, '30; E. T. England, '30; Roy
N. Sellers, '31; Robert L. Hume, '31;
Thomas P. Brown, '31; R. O. Kimbro,
'31; Clyde Seale, '31; Bob McConneU, '31;
White Matthews, '31; George Duncan,
'31; Richard A. Jones, '31; Jessie C.
Adams, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; E. M.
Flynn, '31; W. D. Dryer, '31; J. D. Foy,
'31; John Lewis, '31. «
BUSINESS STAFF
H. W. Glover, '29 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Geo. Williams, '28 Advertising Mgr.
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
Carlos Moon, '31 Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
John McClendon, '28 Circulation Mgr.
A. C. Taylor, '30 —. Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
G. W. Smith, '30 .... Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Dept.
M. Hawkins' '31 Circulation Dept.
W. H. Smith, '31 Circulation Dept.
No matter how old the Fords got they
never disposed of their rattles. We wonder
whether the younger generation will
follow the same course.
MODERN TROJANS
It took the Greeks ten years to settle
their disputes arising from the abduction
of Helen of Troy. Many people are wondering
how long it is going to take Auburn
to get back on the Football Map.
In looking back over the past season, one
would naturally think that Auburn didn't
have a football team capable of beating
anyone. True they failed to register a
single win, but let's look back over the season
and see if it was weakness on the part
of the team, man for map, which was responsible
for this disastrous season.
Auburn played nine games, losing seven
of them, and tieing two. Out of the whole
schedule she played only three teams that
should have won over her, namely: Georgia,
Tech, and the University of Florida. We
admit the superiority of these three teams,
and, no more. Had Auburn had the least
bit of "nigger luckj." she would have won
every other game she played. No one can
sucessfully deny that fact.
In looking over the members of the 1927
team we see plenty of ability and determination
for making a winning team. Pop
Patterson, captain and center, has no superior
in the South. If he had been on a
winning team, he would have been recognized
as the great player he really is.
Andress and Howard are two as good
guards as you will find anywhere near
Auburn. Most any team would have been
proud of them. No one can deny the ability
of Carter and Cunningham at tackle
positions. The ends were well taken care
of by Long, Burns, Ingram, and Shannon.
In the backfield, there was plenty of material
had it all been in shape to play at
one time. At no time during the season
did the Tigers have their full strength in
the backfield. With such backs as Callahan,
Crawford, Shotts, Fisher, Ellis, and
Granger, Hodges and Bogue, all in shape
to give their best at one time, things might
have been different.
Many of the above mentioned men will
never play under the colors -of Auburn
again, They gave their all for the college,
and lost, but that should not detract from
the glory that is rightfully theirs. It takes
more grit to go out on the field and play
on a losing" team than it takes to play on a
winner. Auburn has been a victim of un-forseen
circumstances, but it is a long road
that has no turning. Auburn has seen
better days and will see better days again.
She has been down for several years, but
she is coming back some day when it is
least expected. The Auburn students are
still staunch backers of the Tiger, and will
continue to be so long as Auburn is Auburn.
Let's all continue to boost Auburn
wherever we go. She has been given a black
eye in some sections of the state, but she
will live that down, as she has lived down
things in the past, and come back stronger
than ever before.
FORMER COACH SPEAKS
Several weeks ago we printed an article
from the Boston Transcript and the results
of an investigation conducted to find the
truth as to the real reasons why the forme-coach
resigned. Out of fairness to Mr.
Morey we print his letter of self-defense.
It is evident that some points are not clear
and that some of the accusations are not
explained herein. Mr. J. V. Brown will
probably refrain from making any answer
as he regards the Question as dead issue.
We do not wish to fan a spark into flame
but we do feel that both sides should be
presented.
Mr. Morey's letter follows:
"I neglected to enclose in my letter to
you yesterday this article which gives my
statement as I intended to issue it. In the
long discussion I had with Mr. Carens of
The Boston Transcript when I first got
back, we discussed practically everything in
connection with my experience in the South.
The things which I told him about my
bing referred to in certain instances as a
'damned Yankee' were merely mentioned
in a conversational manner and I did not
suppose hese things were to be made of
major importance. Had I seen the story
before it was published, I would have -held it
up. I believe if you could talk with the
various people we have seen since returning,
you would have sufficient proof to
know how we feel about the South and
he people. I don't know that you will ever
be in a position to do this, and it may be
that I shall be judged by an article which
set forth certain ideas with which I am not
at all in sympathy with.
"I did not intend to indicate to Mr.
Carens that there was dislike in general
and not think that these comments were to
be used in a public article. Too often the
correct impression is not given in a news
article and I regret more than anything
that such an impression was given by this
story. You must know how it hurts;
otherwise I would not even care about your
story. If there is anything I can do to
rectify this, to prove to those for whom I
care deeply, I shall be so happy. If it
means an apology from me, whether I .am
at fault or not, it will be whole heartedly.
"Perhaps I cannot explain satisfactorily
the write-up by Carens, but I do tell you
from the bottom of my heart that I have
never had nor do I now hold -any such
sentiments toward Southern people. Please
believe me.
"To every reporter who asked me for
a statement—Auburn, Montgomery, Atlanta
and Birmingham—concerning my relations
with Dr. Dowell, I merely replied
that I had nothing more to say—that I
was through, and did not care to add to
Dr. Dowell's nor anyone else's burden.
When I got up here, I had no idea that any
feature would be made of my story. I told
merely the facts, with the misfortune of
having in one instance (The Transcript)
misinterpret • my remarks about the South.
"The fact* were absolutely true
about Dr. Dowell and about insubordination
and being double-crossed
by certain assistant coaches. Your list
is not comprehensive enough. Three
of your own friends came to me voluntarily.
In one instance I heeded
no proof. The facts were in my possession.
It is of little importance now,
to be sure, with one exception.
"As to the conflict with authorities at
Auburn, mentioned in your article, I was in
conflict with them. But it was in an earnest
desire to do all I could to help the
situation. Having put in hours and hours
of manual labor with shovel and pick and
with negroes on the football field and new
baseball field in an effort to add to Au^
burn's new athletic plant, I believe I was
entitled to stand for the policies my convictions
indicated. These convictions resulted
wholly with Auburn's welfare in
mind. Perhaps my path could have been
easier had I shirked and merely said 'yes'
to everything. I am sure that no one can
say that I did not give all I had, heart
and soul, toward trying to accomplish what
Auburn wanted. ,
"Following Dr. Dowell's 32-page defense
of his presidency, I wrote out a reply to
certain questions. I am sending it along
to you. It may give a clearer idea of the
events which led to my resignation.
"I do not wince under criticism, but I
do value friendships of the neighborhood
and cannot resign myself to losing them.
"Ever sincerely yours,
"DAVID B. MOREY,"
"Oak Bluffs, Mass., Nov. 24, 1927."
The reasons which led to Coach Morey's
resignation, as fe"ceived from Mr. Morey
himself, are herewith presented:
The facts which led to my resignation
are these:
From the time I return to Auburn in
August, Mr. J: V. Brown usurped every
power that was supposedly mine in connection
with the administration of affairs at
the gymnasium. When Mr. Brown and I
came to a dead-lock in the matter of as-singing
dressing rooms for our various
teams, the former rushed to Dr. Dowell,
and^in turn rushed before the athletic council
with . a written document from Dr.
Dowell. This document stripped me of the
last bit of power I had in connection with
the handling of the teams at the gymnasium
and over-ruled whatever I thought
was for the welfare of our teams.
In the meantime, Dr. Dowell and his appointee,
J. V. Brown, were worried because
of the determined and organized opposition.
They had learned that a movement
was under way to oust the former.
Something had to be done to kill it. I was
called to Mr. Brown's office the day before
I resigned, with three members of the
athletic council.
It was during the course of this meeting
that I determined to resign and any self-respecting
individual would have done like-wise.
I noticed, because the precedent had
never before been established, that a lady
was present at this athletic council meeting.
I called Mr. Brown's attention to this.
He replied that she was a secretary and
would remain. It was plainly desired that
she hear what I had to say in reply to certain
questions by Mr. Brown.' In reply
to Mr. Brown's cross-examination, I admitted
that I had "differed" with the administration.
Whenever I mentioned either
"differed" or "conflict," Mr. Brown half
rose in his chair and audibly repeated:
"Ah-ha. Differed, eh? Conflicted? Oh-ho,
I see," much as an amateur detective who
has run across newly discovered evidence
and wants to _rush to headquarters to report
his information.
When in an effort to clear up any question
in connection with my morals or character
I fired several questions at J. V.
Brown, the lady was dismissed. A copy
of verbatim testimony was no longer desired.
Mr. Brown charged me with misquoting
him in one particular instance. When he
had cleared his name before the athletic
council to his complete satisfaction, I demanded
that I be given the same opportunity;
that he immediately bring before
me and the council, his informer, in order
that I might confront the latter. This
right, J. V. Brown in his spirit of true
sportsmanship, denied me. Even the sedate
members of the council made it evident
that they felt this was somewhat unfair
of righteous Mr. Brown.
When I was told by Mr. Brown that only
by the greatest effort on his part and that
of the athletic council had they been able
to hold my job for me; and reminded me
over and over again, how deeply indebted
to them I was. After"the games we had
played up. to this meeting, Mr. Brown
had been chasing officials and coaches, asking
them as to my conduct, etc. As the
meeting went on, I was made to realize that
I could not differ with the administration
nor could I reply to letters from alumni
asking about conditions in Auburn. Mr.
Brown rose and very dramatically shook
his finger in my face, exclaiming: "I tell
you that the alumni have no part in running
this institution nor are they going to."
He stated that the students were planning
to hang Dr. Dowell and me in effigy. When
I insisted upon a statement from him in
regards to the latter, he agreed that the
entire student body was with me. The entire
meeting was devoted to an attempt to
brow-bat me and intimidate me into becoming
a pliable "yes" man. I was to
feel everlasting grateful to Mr. Brown and
Dr. Dowell for keeping me in my job.
After having aroused sufficient fear in
connection with losing my job, they felt I
would be ready to use my influence to quiet
the team and student body and put an end
to the rebellion which was rapidly becoming
alarming.
I am not aware that I felt at all grateful
for the valiant efforts made by J. V. Brown
to save my job for me. I am positive
however, that I came out of that meeting
with such a feeling in my heart for J. V.
Brown and Dr. Dowell that nothing could
have changed my determination to resign,
reached during the course of the meeting.
Any self-respecting individual would have
done likewise. t Dr. Dowell, in his alibi,
would attribute my resignation^*) the football
defeats, but that is characteristic of
a man who prizes his salary more highly
than the good will of his fellow men.
It would seem that there must have
been a long list of "dramatic resignations"
by coaches, during Dr. Dowell's
regime, for there has been nothing
but dissatisfaction since he mounted
the throne. The thousands of objectors
can not all be stupid and dumb.
My record in two years at Auburn
speaks for itself, but, if my retirement
aided in bringing about Dr. Dowell's
resignation, perhaps I have contributed
something worthwhile to Auburn after
all.
I wish I might have continued my policy
of silence and forgetting, but this was impossible
in view of Dr. Dowell's misrepresentation
of the facts.
In conclusion, may I take the following
observation. The constant distention at
Auburn has not been due simply to the
things Dr. Dowell did, but rather to those
which he did not do. The human touch,
the brotherly understanding was wholly
lacking. The boy who had fallen went
from Dr. Dowell's office defiantly, rather
than resolving to better meet temptation
the next time through love of the one who
had pointed out the .way.
Auburn has a powerful and enthusiastic
alumni body. Her student body will respond
nobly to good leadership. "Watch her
go."
% BOOK REVIEW «
The cause of the whole trouble started
when the work that was formerly done by
two men was given to three or more. Some
of the things that Mr. Morey had listed
among his duties were given to Mr. J. V.
Brown. It seems that the former resented
this usurpation of his powers and finding
that he could not be captain he resolved to
leave the ship.
There is an element of truth in Mr.
Morey's letter but we feel that it is at once
inadequate and lacking in thoroughness
in explaining the whole situation.
We hesitate to give any further space to
a question that has seemingly been buried
for some time. We do not desire to reopen
an old wound. The cause has since been
removed and Auburn would have been on
the road to recovery long before Mr. More /
severed his connection with the institution
had it not been for contracts.
It is a serious thing when an administrator
makes a mistake. If a man cannot
measure up to his position he must retire
in favor of someone else who has the qualifications
and the ability. It is indeed unfortunate
that a man should excuse himself
by placing the blame on other shoulders
when often the fault lies within himself.
We do not say that Mr. Morey was entirely
to blame but we do believe that he
has misinterpreted the actions of the administration
to better athletics here and
furthermore that he has viewed the whole
situation through smoked glasses. We do
not censure him for endeavoring to save his
professional scalp but we do find fault
with him for coloring his accounts of the deplorable
state of affairs that led up to
his resignation. It is useless to go further.
There are too many in this world who
want tlungs run their own way and are inclined
to get out of tune if things do not
follow their course. Mr. Morey's brilliance
was eclipsed by his personality. He
constantly misinterpreted a difference in
opinion for lack of cooperation, he did not
give the fundamentals. He was in the
wrong sphere.
\
November 30, 1927
We the undersigned members of the Athletic
Council have been present at all meetings
of the Council and know about the
details of every incident referred to in the
recent Advertiser article written by Mr.
David B. Morey. We deplore the unnecessary
publicity that has been given the College
and feel that perhaps the public is
not interested in the little quibbles and dis-sentions
that have arisen from time to time
in attempting to reorganize the Atheltic Department.
We have felt the need of reorganizing
the plans of the Athletic Department this
fall and set about doing it in the best way
possible- for the Department. Mr. J. V.
Brown, a new man, though an alumnus and
an old football player for this institution,
was employed as Atheltic Chairman and
later as Athletic Director. Through him
we have endeavored to carry on and reorganize
wherever necessary. Nothing has
been done throughout except in the most
frank and cooperative way. To our certain
knowledge Mr. Brown in every conceivable
way, by word and act endeavored to correlate
his work in such a way as to be
agreeable and satisfactory. It did appear
that nothing we did seemed to be in accord
with the views held by Mr. Morey.
We have advised Mr. Brown not to enter
into further publicity regarding this matter
and feel that he should not be censured for
his action. However, we feel that the public
should at least have a. statement from the
Athletic Committee setting forth the facts
regarding the interview referred to by Mr.
JESTING PILATE
By ALDOUS HUXLEY—DORAN
Radio Review by J. R. Rutland
Mr. Aldous Huxley is a grandson of the
famous protagonist of science in the
seventies and'eighties of the last century,
Thomas Henry. Huxley. Although he has
-writen poems and short stories, his chosen
medium is the novel. But his novels are
probably less interesting for plots and
characters than for their ideas, the Hux-leyan
interpretation of life. Antic Hay,
Crone Yellow, and other stories show sophistication,
cynicism, and not a little disgust
at life and in this respect are representative
of much that has been written
since the war by the young and the disillusioned.
Jesting Pilate, which is a book of travel
notes on India, Burma and United States,
inevitably reminds the gentle reader of
Bacon's reference to Pilate's question, What
is truth? And the book shows the author's
mind earnestly groping among the art,
the life the wisdom of the visited countries
or for the grains of truth in the chaff of
custom, religion and learning. Life may
be a jest, Nature the great jester, but the
author is assessing things seriously, though
often his comment seems mere snap judgment.
Huxley's frankness will please the intelligent
reader. He says in one place
that, though he is uncomfortable when he
finds that .he cannot admire what the rest
of the world admires, he was not interested
in the Taj Mahal, the expensive and picturesque
mausoleum in India which most
tourists come- home praising. More interesting
to me is his comment in this connection
on Spenser whom he regards as a virtuoso
with a bag of tricks, and empty mind,
and the art of saying nothing, at length,
in rhyme and rumbling meter. In the same
way he assesses Indian spirituality, concluding
that Indians need a little less spirituality
and a great deal more materialism,
a great deal more preoccupation with the
world we live in. As he views the thousands
who come to the holy places on the Ganges
to bathe and thus assist the sun to escape
the dragon that attempts to swallow it
during an eclipse, he remarks that India
would soon be free if as many were willing
to fight for freedom and a place in the sun.
Religion, he concludes, is a luxury which
India cannot afford.
All in all, India was depressing with its
poverty, hunger, filth, superstition, and
hopeless confusion of aristocratic instincts
witji democratic idealism. To what aim,
he asks, are those millions upon millions in
Burma and India born to suffer? Quite
characteristically he compares men and
animals, saying that animals, being stupid
and having no imagination, often behave
more sensibly than men, eating when they
are hungry, making love in the mating
season, resting and playing when they have
leisure. No animal, he says, ever imagined
that a dragon would eat the sun. Seeing
universal poverty, he continues, it is no
wonder that the doctrine of metempsychosis
Morey in the recent Advertiser article. In
this article he sets forth many little details
of complaint that have within them
an element of truth but all from start
to finish are perverted and exaggerated.
We are sure that the interview referred to
was responsible for Mr. Morey's resignation
and wish to state further that his resignation
was acceptable to every member of
the committee because we felt it would relieve
a tense situation and would ultimately
improve the athletic affairs of the college.
C. L. Hare
I. S. McAdory
M. Thos. Fullan
M.' J. Funchess
"B. F. Thomas, Secretary.
« Letters to the Editor 9J
Dear Sir:-
I /noticed that the Board of Trustees had
decided to abolish Student Government at
Auburn, and it came as a clear surprise
to me, for I consider the student government
to be one of the Agencies at Auburn
that represent the student body, and that
gives the students a voice in the management
of their own affairs.
I notice that one of the reasons given for
the abolishment of student government was.
that the students do not have mature judgment
necessary to operate such a system.
If this is true, I might ask you and the
Board of Trustees why such men are
graduated from College and employed by
large Corporations and given positions of
high responsibility within a short period
of time. I believe, and I think I speak for
a large number of the Alumni, that the
student government can be run at Auburn,
and it is a direct reflection on all Auburn
men to take this away from them.
I am writing of this matter as I happen
to know just what a time we all had in
getting student government that would
meet the requirements of the Faculty and
the student body, and. I was fortunate
enough to be one of the Committee that
drew up the Plan that was adopted. It is
hard to conceive that student government
should suffer and be done away with in
order to try to clear up a condition that
the students themselves did not bring
about.
I believe that if the students are approached
in the right manner, that they are
thoroughly capable of operating a student
government system, and it is my belief that
the student body should have a Vote as to
whether or not student government is
abolished.
I realize this has been a trying year for
the College, and most of the Auburn men
feel very bad about it, however, it is a condition
that has been existing for a long
time, and as I see it, it will take a longer
period of time to clear it up.
With the ve*y best wishes for you and
the College during the remaining part of
the year, I am
Yours truly,
W. K. MOSLEY, '24
Between athletic contests and bull sessions
we moderns sometimes make classes.
Some of us make bull sessions out of classes
and athletic contests.
and of Karma had to be invented.
It is strange that the Indian, who reverences
cows as sacred, is cruel to them,
aften turning them out in the snow to
perish; but that is nothing, he says for the
majority of human actions are strange in
the eye of reason. The behavior value of
rationalism is not necessarily superior to
that of irrational beliefs. Most people are
not interested in reason, and reason is not
the most satisfactory instrument for the
understanding of life.
Such philosophy is not due to any acceptance
of irrational theology. Huxley ptits
his faith in the God which is a sensation
in the pit of the stomach hypostasized, an
instinct, such as the categorical imperative
of the birds and eels in the migrating and
breeding seasons, which is stronger than
reason. Such is the spirit of humanita-tianism,
which is spreading slowly in the
East, a desire born of a hypostasized better
self which makes a man often act honorably
when it would be more profitable to cheat.
In concluding his book, he claims to have
come to two conclusions: First, that it takes
all sorts to make a world; and secondly,
that established spiritual values are fundamentally
correct and should be maintained.
From the first he deduces the necessity of
the widest possible tolerance; from the
second that there is a limit to tolerance,
that harmless perversions and distortions
may be permitted but that there must be
no compromise with fundamental values:
goodness, beauty, wisdom and knowledge
and respect for the human possessors of
these qualities as well as creators of things
and thought, who are honored everywhere
and always. Education and culture are the
results of wide comparison of standards, appreciation
of the common good in all, aqd
the creation of a standard as free as possible
fro mdistortion. Yet, he is insistent,
sense of values is instinctive and not rational
or logical.
Throughout the book there are many provoking
comments, characteristic of vigorous
unorthodox thinking and an incisive style:
% "The bewildering charm of politics is
that you cannot try experimentally the
truth of alternate theories; therefore there
can be no science of politics."
"I am prejudiced in favor of democracy
and self determination, but political convictions
are the fruit of chance, rather than
of choice."
"Oppressed people like the Hindus, Irish,
and Poles, being afflicted with the inferiority
complex, live in the past and idealize
it."
"Stay at home if you wish to attach a
high importance to your opinions."
"The more cant in politics, the better.
Political hypocrites, having made professions',
are afraid to be too wildly inconsistent."
"Art would die but for the intellectual
snobs whose tribute support culture."
Though the last seems cynical, his temper
is not that of a clever, sophisticated satirist.
He is as serious as if he were a moralist.
Having finished his tour of Asia, he
came on to America. His greatest criticism
of us is that we have falsified values. He
exemplifies his point by quoting from the
advertisement of a Jewish undertaker, who
calls himself a mortician and thus lends
enchantment and dignity to his rather ordinary
work. The trouble is that Americans,
believing all men to be equal, say that
anybody is as good as anybody else. Service,
the business man's kind for which he is paid
in good cold cash, has stolen the garb of
Christian service and assumed a dignity
not deserved.
He is particularly struck with our prosperity
and its effect on us, with our wastefulness
in scrapping old models our eager
search for new and a change, with our hustling
vitality and demand for entertainment,
diverting and unintellectual; with our Rabelaisian
looseness in certain centers contrasting
with Puritianism and intolerance
in others.
We may wonder whether he is not somewhat
jealous of our prosperity which is not
the fashion in Europe now. But, whether
this is true or not, he is certain that we are
losing our sense of values, that we are worshiping
business with its stupidity, suggestible
advertisements, and are underestimating
intelligence, independence, and disin-terestd
activity in art and science. He
thinks that we could get along with fewer
money-changers, business service with the
itching palm, Babbitts and peasants, and
that we need more of those unnecessary
poets, artists, novelists, scientists, unselfish
statesmen. »
Mr. Huxley's earlier books have impressed
critics with his despair, flowering from
his skepticism. I think that Jesting Pilate
shows progress. He believes in something.
He is convinced that goodness, beauty, wisdom
and knowledge are important, and that
man's first duty is to develop his latent
powers and to keep efficient. He believes
in art and is a creator of beauty.
I have spoken of the book as a revelation
of Huxley's ideas and beliefs but it will be
satisfying also as an extraordinarily well
written book of travel. I heartily commend
it.
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Monday noon, December 5, musical
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the student quartet. Otto Brown,
extension forester, will continue a
series of discussions using "Forest
Pests" as his subject.
Tuesday noon, December 6, the
studio trio, with Jerry Feagin, solo
ist. Miss Dana Gatchell will present
a homes furnishing discussion, using
as her subject, "Where Grandpa
courted Grandma." Coach Papke will
give "Training hints for basketball
players."
Tuesday night, beginning at 9, the
Collegians in a jazz program. Prof.
Kenneth Daughrity in a book review.
Wednesday noon, December 7, the
studio orchestra in a musical program.
"Insect Control Measures" will be discussed
by W. A. Ruffin.
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Thursday night beginning at 9, the
studio orchestra. Dr. George Petrie
will discuss a current topic.
Friday noon, December 9, popular
releases will be played during the
Jesse French Victor hour. "Aunt
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Friday night, beginning at 9, musical
program by the baracca class of
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present zylophone and piano selections.
Saturday noon, December 10, the
studio quartet will present several
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Coach Papke on methods of play
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• * * *** ***
The results achieved by "Dootey"
Gilchirst in keeping the morale of
the student body alive during the past
football season are more than com
mendable. No other cheer leader in
Auburn's history has been confronted
with as many obstacles as has
"Dooley" this year. Con glomeration
is of the opinion that had it not been
for the effects of Gilchrist and his
mates Auburn spirit would have been
at ebb many times during the year
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Several of the coeds seem to have
made recent acquisitions, we notice
one wearing an S. P. E. pin; and un
less greatly mistaken the other young
lady has a Delta Sig pin. Before
leaving the subject may we not take
occasion to wonder why one of the
girls wears here Pi. K. A. pin sub
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Knute Rockne believes that f.he
success of his Notre Dame gridders
is due to the absence of coeds at the
South Bend University. We cannot
agree with him, a player keeping
training is not dependent upon the
absence of coeds, but the individual
We substantiate this statement bji
reference to Alabama's successes for
the past three years. When ladies
are present men are always more
careful to demand that gentlemanly
conduct is observed. This social at
tainment is as great an asset after
graduation as the technical knowledge
received.
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Over heard in Montgomery:
Pretty Thing (lost in the big city):
"Oh, sir—won't you—take me home?"
Bob Blakey: "Madam I'd love to—
but I can't. I live in Auburn.
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A few of the newer records received
by the Student Supply Shop this week
are:
The Elsie Song—Elsie you in my
dreams.
The Hotel Song—Hotel me where's
my sweetie hiding.
The Cheese Song—Cheese the kind
of a girl that men forget.
The Police Song—Police play for
me that sweet melody.
The Phew Song—Phew knew Susie,
like I know Susie.
A state headquarters for products
produced by farm club women and
girls of Alabama has been established
at the department store of Loveman,
Joseph & Loeb in Birmingham. It
was done under the auspices of Miss
Isadora Williams and other representatives
of the extension service of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, and Dr. M. F. Jackson, of
the T. C. I. Company, in order to make
these products available to 'the buyers
in Birmingham, the biggest consum-|
ing center of the state.
Products were gathered from 24
counties for the opening exhibit. It
showed variety and rare quality. The
products were made by farm women
and girls in clubs under the direction
of home demonstration agents. In
the list were clothes, belts, purses,
cigarette cases, bedspreads of several
kinds, handkerchiefs, rugs, canned
goods of many kinds, and many other
products to tempt the discriminating
buyer.
Miss Williams said the establishment
of state headquarters is
another step in the direction of providing
a satisfactory market for what
women and girls produce. Splendid
talent has been discovered and there
is a desire to produce provided products
made can be sold at satisfactory
prices.
In the progress of the curb markets
of which 18 are functioning in Alabama,
it has been discovered that
many artistic products are offered for
sale on the smaller markets without
finding a buyer. With a permanent
display and sales service in Birmingham
it is thought that many sales
will result to stimulate production.
Even if you have not read anything
in the Plainsman about the Webs-terian
Literary Society the last few
days, it is very evident that we are
one of the outstanding societies on
the campus from the recent activities
which have taken place.
It a s with much pride and pleasure
that we state that the representative
from our society, Mr. Murf Hawkins,
won in the declamation contest
on Nov. 17th. and we are looking forward
to more outstanding evidences
of our work duirng the year.
The Websterian Literary Society
met on November 29th with a very
enthusiastic crowd present. Plans
were discussed and made for a 'possum
hunt next week to which we are
all looking forward.
A debate was given on the subject:
Resolved: That Coeducation is a
failure.
Some very interesting facts were
brought out by both negative and affirmative
sides. Charles Rush and
Walter Smith upheld the affirmative
side while Blanche Tancredi and Vera
Cosby spoke on the negative. The
decision was made in favor of the
negative side.
If you want to see a real live literary
Society, we invite you to come
to 301 Main Building next Tuesday
night at 7:00 o'clock.
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We are happy to learn that Miss
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Montgomery after an operation for
appendicitis on Monday.
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Smith Hall was very quiet the past
week as many co-eds spent the
Thanksgiving Holidays at various
points of interest.
Miss Grace Moon visited her parents
at Goodwater, Miss Vera Cosby
at Dadeville, Miss Patricia Askew
at Freeport, Florida, Miss Celeste
Nesbitt at Birmingham, Miss Mary
Johnson at Eclectic, Miss Flora Hickman
at Birmingham, Miss Hazel
Arant at Rockford Miss., Miss Billie
Smith at Atlanta, Misses Mary Ward
and Anne Brown at Dothan, Miss
Grace Pennell at Camp Hill, Miss
Sarah Ingram at Marwyn, Miss
Eunice Stinnet at Birmingham, Miss
Izola Williams at Andalusia, Miss
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THg PLAINSMAN
SPORTS Basketball Men Getting in Condition SPORTS
AUBURN LOSES FINAL GAME
TO GA. TECH TURKEY DAY
Georgia Tech triumphed over Au-bur
in Atlanta on Thanksgiving in a
hard fought game by the score of 18
to 0.
The Tigers, rejuvenated^—-given a
treatment of something by Boozer
Pitts, went like wild men against a
powerful Tech eleven. There never
was a team that fought harder or
with better effect than the Plainsmen
did last Thursday. Pitts' coaching
and influence stuck out like the New
York skyline against a blue sky. The
Tiger team fought like its jungle
namesake, but a grim Tech team battered
it down. The Auburn team
played beautiful football, better than
at any other time this year, but
could not prevail against the powerful
Tech team. They beat as game
and gallant a team as Auburn ever
sent to Grant Field.
Tech started scoring early, Thoma-son
bucking over a touchdown in the
opening period. Smith misser a drop-kick
is his try for extra point.
The Platfnsmen made their only
real threat in the next period when
Crawford made a beautiful pass to
Burns to place the ball on the Tech
fc~igh-yard stripe. Calahan rammed
the line for four more but on the
next play Auburn was penalized five
yards for offside. Ingram then attempted
a field goal from a desperate
angle but missed by only a few
inches.
After a long run down the field by
Mizell, a pass, and a buck by Mizell
Tech had anothed touchdown. A pass
from Mizell to Randolph for the
extra point was broken up. A 59-yard
run by Mizell shortly after accounted
for the third touchdown. A try for
the extra point by a place kick was
blacked by Long.
Captin Pop Paterson stood out at
center for the Plainsmen, making
many of the tackles and halting the
strong Tornado center drive while he
was in the game.
Paterson, Shotts, and Andress
wound up their playing in an Auburn
uniform, but left a memory of a
fighting game behind them.
The loss of the last game wound
up what has probably been the most
disastrous season in the history of
Auburn football, the Plainsmen tying
two games and losing the seven
others. However the game played
against Tech showed a great improve-
CAPTAIN-ELECT CARTER
In the above picture is seen the
countenance of H. J. Carter, better
known as "Nick", who will lead the
fighting Auburn Tigers during the
football season of 1928. "Nick" has
just finished a brilliant year on the
grid-iron, and is one of our most dependable
players. He loves to ex-
Jribit his wares for the glory of old
Auburn, and plays a wonderful game.
This year he has been playing in the
tackle position.
Carter is noted for breaking
through the line and throwing the
opponents for big losses. Very few
gains are made over him, for he is
the Hind that will not let them
through. We always feel safe when
"Nick" is in the game, for we know
that the opposing teams will make
only a few gains.
Next year great things will be expected
of Carter, for he will be in
his prime and should make All-
Southern without any trouble. He
will make a worthy leader for the
Tigers, and really deserves this great
honor. Carter is from Blountsville.
ment under Pitts' Coaching, and a
brighter future seems in prospect for
next year.
Lineup and Summary:
Auburn Pos Gt. Tech.
Shannon LE Crowley
Leech LT Thrash
(Continued on Page 6.)
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You can almost hear the tattle of
imitators each time Braeburn introduces
some new note in University apparel.
The makers of this now famous product
assures us, however, that they do
not create style.
They surround themselves with a
varsity atmosphere so profound that
the resistance or inclinations of University
men suggest the variations
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PILL ANNOUNCES ALL-TIME
ALL-SOUTHERN BACKS
In a recent article by Howard Pill,
Sports* Editor of the Alabama Journal,
Auburn received quite a bit of
publicity through the handsomeness
of her past stars as well as for their
ugliness. Of the eight- men to compose
the two backfields, Auburn received
an even fifty percent of the
quota. Not bad at that and we are
very proud of our worthy representatives.
The two divisions are as follows
with their special heading:
All-Time All-Southern—Handsomest:
Quarter-back—Fob James, Auburn.
Half-back—Johnny Mack Brown,
Alabama.
Half-back—Ed Shirling, Auburn.
Full-back—Herdis McCrary, Georgia.
All-Time All-Southern—Ugliest:
Quarter-back—Pooley Hubert, Alabama
(Captain)
Half-back—John Shirey, Auburn.
Half-back—Red Barnes, Alabama.
Full-back—J. Haygood Patterson,
Auburn.
COACH MIKE PAPKE
AUBURN COACHES PUT
OUT STRONG PREP TEAMS'
As a result of the past season, several
former Aubutrn athletes have
again brought their names to the limelight
through their athletic ability
transformed into the form of coaching.
Perhaps the most prominent is
none other than "Bull" McFadden
who now resides as head coach of
Cloverdale High. Not a game was
lost by Bull's eleven this season and
he has challenged the strong and undefeated
team from Tuscaloosa to a
post-season fray to decide the championship
of the State. Bull has a
fast hard working team and it worthy
of such a squad. Down in the Gator
State, two lads from last years squad
have whipped a remarkable scoring
eleven into shape. Bullet Hitchcock
and Nurmi Nelson hold sway at Ma-lone
High and since their appearance
on the field, the boys haven't lost a
game. They have finished their season
and have challenged the present
West Florida title holders, Pensacola
High, to a post season tilt. It is not
likely that this game will be arranged
for the principles in that section are
generally adverse to post "season
games. Malone backers are well satisfied
with these two Auburnites and
have written to us to advise us of
their ability.
This is Coach Papke's third year
at the Village of the Plains, where he
has made for himself a warm spot in
the heart of every true Auburn man.
He is a very likeable young man, and
is admired by all who come in contact
with him, as a clean, up-right man
who is giving his all for the good of
Auburn.
Coach Mike came to Auburn from
Middlebury, Where he had quite an
athletic career. He was quarterback
on his team, which beat several of
the largest teams in the East. He
was good in basketball too.
He has been our basketball coach
for the last two years, and last year
under his directorship, we won almost
every game, and had a mighty
snappy team. All of the regular
players of last year are back this
year, so we are anticipating some
great things now that basketball
season is here.
Coach Papke knows the game and
has built up a very strong reserve,
which will aid very much in putting
out a winning team this year. All
indications point in the direction that
the Orange and Blue will run somebody
a close race for Championship
this season.
try South of the Smith and Wesson
line. Of course, it is not intended
to be a slam on other sections, but it
^eems that the best is due to lead.
Centenary College of Shreveport, La.
leads the list with ten victories and
no set backs. Naturally, Georgia follows
with eight triumphs over several
of the strongest elevens in the
Country and no defeats. Here, a YET
may be added, with all due respect to
Alexander and Co. Mississippi College
is holding the other position with
NIGHT GAME FOR AUBURN
VERY LIKELY NEXT SEASON
If present plans come to a head,
Auburn will be the first College in
Dixie to engage another Institute in
a1 night fray. At the present, it is
planned to take on either B'ham
Southern or Mercer at Crampton
Bowl, Montgomery, in the first tilt of
the season and after sundown. This
is the prospective plans and may not
be arranged. The bowl authorities
can guarantee the very best lighting
system obtainable and offer other
conveniences. There are many advantages
of this idea. The biggest
one is to dodge the tremendous heat
encountered during the early games
as experienced this year. As shown
in the Cloverdale-Pike Road fray in
the Bowl, at night, this year, just as
large, if not larger, crowds will come
out for the game at night as in daytime.
This is quite a novel idea and
should be a feature is realized.
HOWARD VERSUS ANYONE OR
ANYTHING
Howard College football players
had quite a surprise coming to them
when they journeyed to Havana to en
gage the Havana University Foot
ball team. On their arrival, the lay
of the land was—no football team to
oppose them. The only prospect of
the scheduled tilt lay in the organiza
tion of an eleven to oppose the in
vaders and that didn't take very
long. Quite a trip to take to find
such a curious situation.
SOUTH LEADS LAND IN '27
In a summary of the leading football
teams of the States, the three
leaders were all from the dismal coun-eight
wins and no losses. This is
quite a record and should do much to
uphold the prestige of Dixie on the
gridiron.
BULLDOG ENCOUNTERS
TECH'S GOLDEN TORNADO
In the football classic of the year,
Georgia's undefeated thirty-three with
encounter the powerful eleven from
Georgia Tech. All seats have been
sold! All Hotels have been reserved!
(Continued on page 6)
BASKETBALL ASPIRANTS HIT
STRIDE IN EARLY PRACTICES
FOB JAMES
Captain Basketball Team
The gentleman pictured above is
none other than "Fob" James, who
is Captain of the 1927-28 basketball
team. Not only is "Fob" known on
the basketball court and baseball
diamond, but he has become famous
over the United States as a movie
star. However, he is not going to
give up his athletic career for the
movies, but is here at the "loveliest
Village of the Plains" getting practice
for the coming basketball season,
which will start soon.
James lives here at Auburn, and
got his start at the Lee County High
School. It was here that he became
known as a man who plays the game
fair and square. "Fob" and his
brother, Ebb, are joint holders of the
Porter loving cup for the best all-round
athletes at Auburn. This alone
proves what kind of a record he has
made the last two years, and shows
he is held in^esteem by all Auburn
supporters.
James plays a brand of ball that is
hard to beat. His swiftness and accuracy
in shooting goals has made a
name for him that will long be remembered.
This year he should be
even better than he was last year, and
Bidding Thanksgiving good-bye
after the Tech-Auburn tilt in Atlanta,
quite a number of athletes returned
to the Campus to get down to rigid
preparation for the oncoming fight
for berths on the 1928 Varsity Five.
And, that means more than even that
i
dimunitive number seems to indicate.
There are nearly two score enthusiasts
out for the different positions
on the first team. Each of the positions
are well fortified with veterans
left over from the excellent
tossers of last season and also, there
are two regular scrubs that saw much
service even last year. Then, to make
matters harder to overcome, a veteran
of the past put in his appearance to
fight for the position he formerly
held. With these eight veterans and
two good clean, fast, sure dribblers
from the group out for the team,
Papke will be able to pick out two of
the best floor covering teams in the
Conference.
There is not so very much time to
prepare for the oncoming games, but
with practices nightly and much hard
work, a representative group should
be in shape for the initial opponents.
At this time, the schedule has not
been finally completed, but should be
definite by next week. Quite a number
of games have been booked for
'the Campus with some of the strongest
teams in Dixie. Others are tena-tive.
Papke, is expected to use the same
type of teamwork as last year which
calls for fast, clean, aggressive and
sure playing on the part of every
player on the floor. The rules this
season are very much the same as
last and not much difference will be
noticed in the type of play.
when this season is over, we can look
back and say that he led the Auburn
Tigers through a very successful
year.
ALTERNATE CAPTAIN INGRAM
A better man could not have been
found for alternate-captain than our
own Rupert Ingram, who will act in
that capacity in the next football
season. Rupert is an all-round
athlete, being good in football, basketball,
and baseball, but football is
his hobby, having received several
mentions for all-Southern last year.
Ingram is an end of high caliber.
He is good on offense as well as defense.
Very few men ever get around
his end, and he does not wait for
plays to get to him, but charges in
and meets them. If we could only
add up the yardage that our opponents
were, thrown for losses this year,
due to Ingram's tackles, it would be
amazing how large it would be. The
other two big features of Ingram are
his ability to punt, and catch the pigskin
when a, pass is thrown to him.
He is our old stand-by when it comes
to placement kicks. He gets wonderful
yardage out of his punts, and is
death on kicking field goals. He
kicked a field goal' against Georgia,
which was the only score that any
Southern Conference team had made
against that team up until they played
Alabama.
Ingram hails from Wetumpka,
where he made a splendid record in
high school.
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WILSONIAN
The Wilsonian Literary Society assembled
in its regular weekly meeting
on Tuesday, November 29, 1927.
After the routine business had been
disposed of, plans for the Society's
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until Friday, December 2nd was set
as the date and 7:00 P. M. as the hour.
Committees were also appointed to
select the site of, and the type of refreshments
for the social.
This business having been arranged,
the Vice-President announced as
the program of the evening an impromptu
debate, Resolved: The Dill
Pickle is more beneficial to mankind
than the Hot Dog. The affirmative
side of this argument was stuchly up-held
by Messrs. Overton, Townsend
and Miss Arrant, the negative, by
Messrs. Salter, Wallman and Miss
Thorn. The Society acting as judges
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coolness of the Dill Pickles
more effective than the argumentative
heat of the Hot Dogs and thus gave
the award to them.
As the Band Show had been announced
as taking place on December
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not to meet again until December
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The Wirt Literary Society met in
Wirt Hall, Tuesday, November 29.
After the usual preliminaries of roll
call and the reading of the minutes
of the last meeting, a very worthwhile
program was given.
Miss Bostick gave a humorous reading
which was thoroughly appreciated
by the members of the society. News
items of wide interest, from the funeral
of the Roumanian premier to the
number of millionaires in Germany
and the United States, were discussed
by Miss Norris. A well prepared talk
by Mr. Winn gave the members of
the Wirt a number of intimate details
of the life and work of Oscar Wilde.
There were some very charming
visitors present; it is hoped they will
come again. Visitors are always wel
come in this Society.
After the program was concluded,
business was in order, and some discussion
took place as to a possible conflict
with the Band Show. It was decided
that since there was no real
conflict in hours of meeting, the Wirt
Literary Society will hold its regular
meeting, Tuesday, December 6, with
a promise that it will adjourn in time
for all to attend the Band Show.
on the park of the speaker.
J. F. Shackleford reported that all
fire extinguishers in Ramsay Hall
had been moved to more convenient
positions. The society then adjourned
to meet Monday evening, December
fifth. A very interesting program
has been arranged for this meeting,
and all Mechanicals are invited
to be present.
CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Professor Martin talked to the Auburn
Chemical Society last Monday
night at their regular meeting. His
talk included the importance of our
development of the synthetic nitrogen
industries of the United States in
order to compete with foreign trade
and trusts. These foreign trusts and
tariffs were show to be a challenge
to our American Industries and trade.
The tariff of the countries of conti-netal
Europe and Great Britain are
not aimed at the United States as
pointed out by Professor Martin, but
the general laws of those countrnes.
Professor Martin showed that we
can overcome the trusts and tariffs
of those countries by developing our
resources and instincts. Before the
World War all of our optical glases
had to come from Germany, but now
We make the best optical in the world.
Profesor Martin also showed us that
we are the greatest users and buyers
of our own products in the world,
but that before we could expand very
far commercially that we must enlarge
our foreign commerce, especially
in South and Central America.
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The S. A. M. E. has made a record
this year of having interesting programs,
and the one held on Nov. 29
did not ruin the record. Mr. Hickman,
the first speaker on the program got
off to a good start by telling several
jokes. (Hickman says that anyone
may obtain a copy of these jokes by
applying to him.) The subject of
his talk was dredging. The project
discussed was a channel below the
turbines of a power house. Mr.
Shackleford woke up from his
Thanksgiving dinner in time to give
a talk on the pipe line being run
from Birmingham to Ensley. This
line consists of forty inch,- concrete-lined,
and concrete-covered steel
pipe.
Mr. Wright gave a description of
the Senior Civil Inspection Trip to
Atlanta. The Society felt that he was
holding something back, since Fire-
Chief Sims and several others members
were extremely nervous during
the talk and passing remarks indicated
that all of the inspecting could not
be done in the few short days so that
some of the members felt compelled to
do night duty. Several points of interest
were brought out in the talk,
including a machine in the Georgia
State Highway Department. It seems
that all project cards are dumped
into one end of the machine and an
expense account is turned out at the
other end. Mr. Wright wondered
why a machine was necessary to make
expense.
Under the heading! of business the
members of the Society discussed several
proposed projects to be. undertaken
this year. Riddle lived up to
his reputation by suggesting that a
cover for the drill field be provided.
Other suggestions which met with
more favor were the installation of a
new drinking fountain and of luminous
dials on the clocks
B. J. JONES
SHOE REPAIRING NEATLY
DONE WITH GOODYEAR
MACHINE
18 Years Service
Students
For the
Our Motto—
"If We Please You
Tell Others;
If Not, Tell Us"
Magnolia Ave Auburn, Ala.
NEW COLLEGE MAGAZINE
"A new magazine COLLEGE STORIES
has made its appearance on the campus.
While it specializes in College sport stories,
College tales of adventure and romance. It
also publishes humor, poetry, pictures and
news. It makes a special appeal for student
writers and is now published 9 times a year.
Its motto is, OF, BY, and FOR College
Folks. It sells for 25 cents.—Adv."
this waste:
1. Economical management.
2. Machinery improvement.
3. Improvement of the process its-self.
4. Simplification of products.
Professor Martin pointed out the
value of the American Chemical Society
in the improvement of the process
its self. The representatives of
the various chemical industries may,
and do, exchange their secrets of
manufacture in these meetings; both
companies and the public are benefitted
in this way, and our industries
are enlarged.
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A. S. M. E.
The regular meeting of the A. S.
M. E. was held in Ramsay Hall, Monday
evening. C. A. Christensen asked
every member of the society to appoint
himself a •membership committee of
one to boost the society. He asked
every member to bring visitors and
underclassmen to the meetings of the
society. A. P. Francis, president of
the society, promised speakers of national
reputation for the next semester.
H. L. Nichols was in charge of the
program, and introduced the speakers.
E. L. Landstreet gave a short
talk on "What Denver is Doing to
Abate Smoke." He gave several examples
of the action and operation of
this committee. Ludwig Smith made
an impromptu talk on the subject of
the pin industry. He also added a
few interesting facts concerning the
manufacture of cast iron pipe. Dan
Sikes, the last speaker on the program,
gave a very interesting talk on
the "Method of Operation of Railway
Block Signals." He made and carefully
explained with illustrations and
diagrams the operation of lights'and
signals. This was a very instructive
talk and showed careful preparation
dorit change with
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Pag* 8. THE PLAINSMAN
LOCAL SORORITY
GOES NATIONAL
(Continued from page one)
Kula Hester, Fannie Igou, Mattie
Mae Allen, Minnie Slone, Maude
Stacey, Winifred Phillips, Katherine
Patterson, Mable Johnson, Frances
Whatley, Sara Ingrain, Alice Whitch-er,
and Irby Barrett. The Patronesses
are Mrs. Albert Thomas and Miss
Jennie Igou of Auburn.
Mrs. I. A. Field of Detroit, Michigan,
conducted the installation. Letters
and telegrams of congratulations
were received from the active chapters
of Pi Kappa Sigma. Flowers
were presented with, congratulations
from the Kappa Delta and Chi Omega
Sororities of the local campus.
Following their initiation on Saturday
evening the Pi Kappa Sigma
Sorority entertained with a six course
dinner at the Thomas Hotel. The
sorority colors, turquoise" blue and
gold, were attractively used in the
decorations and ices. The center
piece was a basket of yellow chrysanthemums.
Covers were laid for fifteen
guests.
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(Continued from page 4)
No standing room is available! And
you can't even rent an aeroplane to
view the ertgagement from. Such
are the dreadful conditions at Grant
Filed and pre-game dope, calls for a
crowd of 5,000 or over which will be
a record for the South as the 113,000
at the Trojan-Irishman tilt in Sol
dier's Field last Saturday. There is
a rumor out that Georgia will not
bring her entire squad of players to
the game and this fact, if true, will
open a large section of the field for
onlookers.
ALABAMA VS. VANDY
GA. TECH VS. GEORGIA
As the best and worst of them are
picking their teams in the mighty
clases this week-end, we wish to announce
that if dreams come true,
Saturday night will find the following
results:
Vanderbilt ' 20—6 Alabama
A Georgia 20—6 Ga. Tech
Georgia—23 killed, 102 injured.
Georgia Tech—18 killed, 148 injured.
_ Miscellaneous—4 killed, 256 injured.
Grand Total—84 killed, 506 injured.
Warning! AUBURN BOYS! Keep
your hands in your pockets and yell
for Tuskegee—if you attend the
game.
A FRESHMAN'S EXPEC-TATIONS
OF COLLEGE
(Continued from Page 1.)
freshman the paddle which leaves its,
imprint, and which sometimes engraves
the letters A-P-I, he is expecting
all his college professors to
use the mental paddle which will
leave a lasting imprint and which will
engrace upon his character the A-P-I
which may, later in life, stand for
"Accomplishments, Power, Ideals."
The freshman proudly wears upon
his head the cap emblazoning the
letters R-A-T which to the world spell
"rat" but which, to the freshman,
spell "Right Academic Training."
The freshman has entered college
expecting to receive just such training,
and when he goes forth four
years hence, he is expecting to look
back with pride and appreciation
upon his Alma Mater which gave to
him the training which will enable
him to better understand himself and
his fellow men; the training which
will enable him to find and fill his
place in life; the training which will
enable him to cope with the problems
and difficulties which he may encounter;
the training which will enable
him to get from the world the
best that it has to offer, and to give
to the world the best that is in him.
He expects to go forth imbued with
that true "old Auburn spirit,"—the
spirit which will not accept failure;
the spirit which has won in the past
and which will continue to win in the
future; the spirit which will make of
him a man, in the highest, truest sense
of the word—a man reflecting credit
upon this grand old institution.
DR. PETRIE IS READ
IN FAR NORTHLAND
(Continued from Page 1.)
Events' came to me just as I was
going to the steamer last August to
trek George Palmer Putnam up
among the polar bears and iceburgs,
and to have a corking time in New
Foundland with Commander Macmil-lan
before he turned back toward the
Pole, which the morning paper tells
us he has almost reached.
"What I really want to tell you is
I think you have done that Current
Events Book in exactly the right way.
In fact, I read it again and again
when far North. I hope you will keep
it up, both in class, room, newspaper
and radio."
Dr. Powell advises Dr. Petrie that
during December he will begin his
Sunday afternoon lectures over radio
station WEAF. This station is the
headquarters of the National broadcasting
company and will be Used in
linking up the country for its Sunday
afternoon lectures by Dr. S.
Park Cadman, Dr. Fosdick, famous
Baptist minister, Dr. Powell, and one
or two others.
Dr. Petrie's "Comments on Current
Events" was the result of work
in his class on current events and his
lectures by radio from station WAPI.
For two years he has been a regular
lecturer each Thursday night and he
is as popular with the "audience of the
air" as with the students in his
classes.
Qhroni&ue &
& Scanduleuse*
Most boys go to college. This is
doubtless the only reason that Rodney
arrived at Auburn. He was accompanied
by a bout a thousand others
that came at the beginning of the
year; with no motive for coming and
with no incentive for learning. In
fact he and his companions could do
no more than polute our institute
and degrade the high morals and
traditions that have so long been outstanding
at Auburn. His head contained
little more than sawdust mixed
together for a brain. The main duty
of his skull was to keep his ears
apart. Rodney was known to have
asked if birth control was a Pullman
appliance.
True to his type; Rodney met his
"fair" Co-Ed. She was of the passing
fair specie, that is fair while
passing but a wow if she stopped.
Rodney loved "our little Nell."
The first term passed but Rodney
didn't. Bulling and courting had occupied
most of his time, and to books
he was a total stranger. Was he
known to the faculty? Indeed he was.
Never before had a man strutted
around Auburn before on an average
of zero. He was the idle of his professors
eyes.
So time for his departure drew
nigh. Weepingly he bid the faculty
"aw reservoir," truged out of the
building and headed for the "ZOO"!
Nell was not there, what could he do?
Finally he decided to go to "Ag Bottom
and blow em out, cause what was
the use of living anyhow. On reaching
a deserted haunt he drew his gun',
pointed it at his manly brow and?
True to from up rushed Nell, clutched
the gun and received the load in her
breast.
Now dear reader should you care
to learn of Rod's great love for Nell
and how it nursed her back to health
and happiness; also of Rodneys
second triumphant entry to Auburn's
holy midst, you can write the damned
thing yourself.
AUBURN LOSES FINAL
GAME TO GA. TECH
CHINESE GUNS IN
AUBURN MUSEUM
(Continued from page one)
nitiori as the first. It's bdre is seven-eights
inches, with Burst muzzle.
The third gun is a very modern gun
for the time. It is four feet and six
inches long using a cartridge, three-fourths
inch in diameter. The gun
is equipped with firing-pin and bolt.
On the barrel is an elevated site, of
a very modern design.
Besides these guns, Dr. Persons presented
many other articles, of interest
to the museum. Most of these
were lost in the fire which destroyed
the Main building, years ago. His
sister, living here in Auburn still has
many souvenirs which he collected
while on his tours. Among these is
a piece of stalactite, taken from Hot
Sprinks, Ark.; small earthen jugs
from South America; and at one time
he had a mummy taken from a South
American grave. ..
No man works quite as hard as he
would have his wife believe.
Suggestion for the theme of a popular
song: It's only when I make mistakes
they know that I'm alive.
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
MONDAY, DEC. 5th.
"CONVOY"
with DOROTHY MACKAILL,
LOWELL SHERMAN and
LAWRENCE GRAY
PARAMOUNT NEWS &
KRAZY KAT
TUESDAY, DEC. 6th
"IRISH HEARTS
with MAY McAVOY, JASON
ROBARDS & KATHLEEN
KEY
A GOOD TWO REEL PARAMOUNT
COMEDY
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
DECEMBER 7th & 8th
FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES
Present
COLLEEN MOORE in
"NAUGHTY BUT NICE
with DONALD REED, BURR
McINTOSH & CLAUDE
GILLINGWATER
FRIDAY, DEC. 9th
"WHAT PRICE LOVE"
MAHLON HAMILTON, JANE
NOVAK and an all star cast
SATURDAY, DEC. 10th
"THE LONE EAGLE"
with BARBARA KENT AND
RAYMOND KEANE
A GOOD TWO REEL PATHE
COMEDY
' (Continued from page 4)
Pearce LG Lillard
Greene C Rusk
Spinks RG Westbrooks
Turner RT __ Hood
H. Long RE Holland
Ward QB Smith
Hartselle LH Parham
Snider RH Thomason
Dinsmore. - FB Oltz
Touchdowns: Thomason, Mizell (2)
Substitutions: Auburn, Burns for
Shannon, H. J. Carter for Leech,
Andress for Pearce, Paterson for
Greene, Howard for Spinks, Cunningham
for Turner, Ingram for H. Long,
Bogue for Ward, Shotts for Dins-more,
Crawford for Snider, Callahan
for Hartselle, Peake for Bogue, H.
Long for Ingram, Adams for Bogue,
Tamplin for- Callahan, Snider for
Crawford, Sellers for Shotts, Dubose
for Burns Ellis for Tamplin, Shannon
for Dubose, Mosely for Sellers,
Burns for Shannon, Shotts for
Mosely, Crawford for Ellis, Peake for
Ward, Scott for H. J. Carter, Gregory
for Scott.
Georgia Tech: Faist for Parham,
Randolph for Oltz, Keener for Holland,
Pund for Rusk, Crowley for
Bullard, Watkins for Hood, Martin
for Westbrooks, Drenned for Lillard,
Speer for Thrash, Waddey for Ken-ner,
Durant for Smith, Mizell for
Thomason, Read for Faisst, Faisst
for Mizell, Oltz for Randolph, Fitzgerald
for Read, Von Weller for
Crowley, Keener for Waddey, Muse
for Purid, Hood for Speer, Schulman
for Oltz.
Officials: Referee, Fred B. Casta-tor
(Trinity); umpire, Walter Powell
(Wisconsin) ; field judge, Jack Black
(Davidson); head linesman, H. G.
Mouat.
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Office Over Toomer's Drug
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ROSS GORMAN'S ORCHESTRA
TO PLAY AT MID-TERM DANCES
(Continued from page one)
Dobbs, Social Directors; Professor
M. T. Fullan; Professor C. L. Hare,
Coach W. H. Hutsell, Capt. B. C.
Anderson; Dr. B. R. Showalter;
Coach R. C. Brown; Coach J. E.
Pitts.
The official chaperones of the
dances will be: President and Mrs.
Dowell; Major and Mrs. J. T. Kennedy;
Capt. and Mrs. B„ T. Schowal-ter;
Lieutenant and Mrs. W. B.
Leech; Lieutenant and Mrs. W. B.
Higgins; Professor and Mrs. C. L.
Hare; Professor and Mrs. M. T. Fullan;
Dr. and Mrs. Schowalter; Coach
and Mrs R. C. Brown; Coach and Mrs.
Moulton.
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NORSEMEN of old roamed the
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worlds they saw. But today Bell telephone
men are discovering worlds a
glimpse of which would make the
Viking gasp with wonder.
Whether exploring the realm of submarine
cable or the sub-microscopic
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To men of this type it is reassuring
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