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* * * * * « * , ON TO THE TOURNAMENT THE PLAINSMAN TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT ON TO THE TOURNAMENT VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1928 NUMBER 21 GENERAL DAVIS ADDRESSES R.O.T.C. UNIT LANGDON HALL Leaders in the Entire Country in Basketball CELEBRATION WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY HERE Life of First President Subject of Talk Is NEAT DRESS IS STRESSED "Rules Governed the Life of General Washington," / Says Speaker Major General Richmond P. Davis, Commander of the Fourth Corps Area with Headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia, delivered the Washington's Birthday An n i v e r s a r y speech before the R. O. T. C. unit of A. P. I. in Lang-don Hall. General Davis used the remarkable life of Washington as the theme of his subject and pointed out the outstanding qualities of Washington's character which go into the make-up of genius. In the 67 years of his life, •the Father of our country, achieved a remarkable record that has not been equaled. He was not a spirit as most biographers would make us believe, but a real man. He could laugh heartily when in a humorous mood, he attended the theatres of his day, and when the occasion demanded he was hot headed. Washington was not a dandy but always partial to good clothes because he said that self-respect was judged by a man's appearance, His nose was too large for good-looks, but when he had returned from battle a hero, the ladies overlooked his objectionable features. His life wasgoverned by rules which he gathered during his early life. By these rules he lived to be one or the greatest men in history. There were over a hunderd of these rules, but the two which played the greatest part in his character were courtesy and modesty. It has been said that Washington's modesty equ aled his valor, and that no man has ever had any two greater attributes than these. The following are-some of the as signments of General Davis prior to the World War: Instructor and Assistant Professor at the United States Military Acad emy on three different occasions; Dt rector of the Coast Artillery School and President of the Coast Artillery board, at Fort Monroe, Virginia; Graduate of the Army War College; was appointed Brigadier General of the National Army at the beginning of the World War; Commanded the 162nd Field Artillery brigade and in addition was acting Chief of Artillery of the 9th Crops; was Brigadier General in the Regular Army in 1922, He has recently been promoted to the grade of Major General and assigned to the command of the Fourth Corps Area with Headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia. He is now on an inspection trip to establish closer personal contact with all army activities of the Southeast, to determine at first hand the problems of the different com ponents of our Army and to render such assistance as conditions permit. Dr. Dowell recently attended the Baptist Education' Assembly at Umatilla, Florida. Others who attended this convention were, Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, the educational secretaries of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches, and the State Superintendents of Education of the Southeastern States. Dr. Dowell was one of the principal speakers, his subject being, "The Purpose and Value of the State Survey." - At this meeting the educational progress in the states was discussed and along with this how the church schools could cooperate with the state schools in rendering the best educational service. The educators present •agreed to cooperate during the next two years in a-program for the removal of illiteracy. . The closing address was made by Mrs. Cora Wilson Stuart from the U. S. bureau of Education. In her talk (Mrs. Stuart urged (hat the state schools and the church schools work together for the removal of illiteracy. FAMOUS SPEAKER OF YWCA BE HERE George L. Collins To Speak to Auburn Students On March 1-2 Reverned George L. Collins, speaker of National fame will visit Auburn. He is to be presented by the Y. W. -C. A. and will make several talks which he opens to all the students. , Rev. Collins, better known as "Shorty" Collins, is considered one of the most "forward-looking" men of our times and is making a tour of the South for the purpose of visiting the southern colleges. His talks deal leargely with problems which students are facing as citizens of the world. He will speak Thursday afternoon at five o'clock at the "Y" Hut and at other times which will be posted later. DR. DOWELL SPEAKS AT BAPTIST MEET FOUR FRATERNITY HOUSES PLANNED Phi Kappa Delta* Plan Home on Row Beautiful Auburn's dream of a beautiful Fraternity Row is rapidly materializing. Plans have bene completed for four fraternity houses to be built in this section within the next six months. The fraternities that are planning to build are Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Thea, Delta Sigma Phi, and Phi Kappa Delta. The plans of the first three of these have been announced before. Phi Kappa Delta Plan* The members of the Phi Kappa Delta Fraternity plan to build a beau tiful thirty thousand dollar home of Colonial architecture, the type specified for all fraternity houses built on Fraternity Row. It is to be erected behind the Thea Chi house, and is to face on the street that is to be cut through directly past the South end of the Theta Chi house. Beautiful Fraternity Row The erection of these four houses will make a total of six fraternity Row. At present several other fraternities are also considering building in the near future. According to all indications, it will be only a matter of a few years before there will be a score or more houses in this section, and then we will indeed have a Fraternity Row that any school might well be proud of. ENGINEERS DAY PROGRAM IS PLAN March IS is Date Set for Festivities Here At a meeting of representatives from the various engineering societies on Friday evening plans were formulated for an Engineer's Day to be held on March. 15th. The program will consist of a prominent speaker in the morning, a float parade in the afternoon and a banquet in the evening at which a loving cup will be presented to the best all-around senior. During the entire day an exhibition of the work of the students will be on display in the respective laboratories and in Ramsey Hall. Every engineering student will be entitled to participate individually or through one of the technical societies. The engineering societies will sponsor the exhibitions of their own branch of the subject. The parade will consist of floats from each society. W. C. Hurt was" elected chairman of the committee. Sub-committees were appointed to carry out the details of the event. Societies will immediately begin their preparations for the first Engineer's Day at Auburn. 1928 AUBURN TIGERS The above photo shows the big cogs in the 1928 Auburn basketball quintet. The players are: 1—"Jelly" Akin, forward; 2—"Buck" Ellis, forward; 3—The James Twins, Ebb and Fob (Captain), guards; 4—Frank DuBose, center; 5—A. P. "Mike" Papke, coach. TALLAHASSEE DANCE DRAWS AUBURN BOYS Seven Make Trip to Florida Woman's College BIG TIME IS REPORTED Tea Dances Held at Sorority H o u s e s Saturday Afternoon The Florida State College at Tallahassee gave their first known prom last Saturday, February 11th, and Auburn was well represented. The boys representing Auburn were: Alec Campbell,, Bob Blakey, Paul Alford, Tom Walthall, Oscar Asbell, Tom Parish and Rob Matthews. The last four boys went down in the famous Theta Chi Ford. The first three went down in Paul Alford's 1492 model Ford coupe, better known as "Mittie Lee." All the boys claim to have had a wonderful time, and judging from the change in looks of "Mittie Lee," she had a wild time herself. The crew left Auburn Friday and arrived at Tallahassee in "time for dates that night. They were all entertained royally from the moment they arrived until they left Sunday afternoon. The dances were so different and so entertaining that they left an impression on the boys minds that will not be easily forgotten. They were more or less of the Leap Year type, the girls doing the breaking and making of all dates. Blakey did not know (Continued on Page 6.) RAT IS ARRESTED * DISTURBING TOWN An unlucky freshman, being initiated into a fraternity, disturbed the peace to such an extent that he was arrested by an Auburn policeman. The freshman was on the water tank yelling, "Praise Allah. My doom has come." He was warned by the police several times but continued K's praying for fear of arousing the wrath of his seniors. He was jailed-by the police and released under a $100 bond. Auburn Band Back From Mardi Gras Much Admiration Expressed for the Darling Band Leader Huge crowds of joy-mad pleasure seekers thronged the streets—maskers of all descriptions were everywhere— toy horns and whistles shrieked— auto hrons tooted incessantly— venders announced their wares in shrill cries—Mardi Gras was at its height! Night fell. The sky besame a livid red from the flare of hundreds of torches* An expectant hush fell over the crowd—the parade had begun. m The Auburn band, at the head of the procession, began to play. The crowd thrilled. "Oh! Mama! Look at the Auburn boys in their bee-ooti-ful uniforms!" "Isn't that a darling band leader?" "Wonder music!" "I just lov* the Auburn band!" These (Continued on page 6) HONOR ROLL GRADE "A" Name (90 or above) IN EVERY SUBJECT First semester 1927-28 Class Guardian Home J. R. Alexander ...Jr..EE Patricia Askew C. D. Bradley Jr. EE Eloise Floyd - Jr. Ed. Mrs. J. R. Alexander—Centerville Fr. Gen. Mr. B. M. Askew _ Freeport, Fla-. Mr. B. M. Bradley Anniston Mr. C. M. Floyd .Auburn A. P. Francis Sr. ME C. D. Greentree Sr. EE H. M. Hanbury Sr. ME R. F. Kirkpatrick Otto Miller Mr. T. M. Francis Birmingham Mr. C. U. C. Greentree, White Plains, N. Y. Mrs. P. S. Webber —Birmingham Sr. EE Mrs. R. S. Kirkpatrick Montgomery Sr. EE Mr. E. W. Miller Clanton Ruth Murray Fr. PM Mr. J. M. Murray Mobile Celeste Nesbitt Sr. H. Ec. T. M. Nesbitt. Birmingham H. A. Snow Sr. EE J. A. Snow Birmingham . GRADE "A" (90-100 in every subject except one) Frank E. Carlton Sr. EE Mr. F. E. Carlton.-Birmingham C. Hartwell Davis, Jr. ..Sr. Gen. Auburn William J. Horsley, Jr. ..Sr. ME M. S. Kestler Sr. Gen. George N. Lagrone Sr. EE Elizabeth Mardree Jr. Ed. J. F. Mitchell, Jr __. So. Ch. E. J. J. O'Rourke So. EE Sam P. Robinson J. So. Ch. E. H. L. Tabor Sr. EE Blanche M. Tancredi .... So. Ed. P. E. Sandlin Sr. EE J. C. Townsend, Jr. ._ Sr. EE H. A. Wise Jr. Ag. Mr. C. H. Davis Mr. W. J. Horsley Birmingham Mr. C. A. Kestler....Manila, P. I. Mrs. R. C. Lagrone.:..West Blocton Mrs. S. B. Mardree Auburn Pro. J. F. Mitchell Jacksonville Mrs. J. J. O'Rourke Selma Mrs. J. B. Robinson Birmingham W. H. Tabor Owens Cross Road Mr. A. Tancredi Birmingham Mr. J. T. Sandlin Tarrant Mr. J. C. Townsend Marion W. H. Wise McCullough COUNCIL BACKS TEACHER FUND ALLOTMENT Sustains State Board in Giving Alabama $65,000 SAMFORD OPPOSES A CT Sharp Debate Between Presidents of Colleges Occur By a vote of 6 to 4, the State Council of Education Tuesday night sustained the action of the State Board of Education allotting $65,000 to the University of Alabama and $20,000 to Auburn for teacher training work. The council's action followed a session of 10 hours in the office of the governor and which was enlivened many times by sharp verbal passages betwen adherents of Auburn and Montevallo and the University of Alabama. Final action came on a resolution offered by State Superintendent of Education Dr. R. E. Tidwell, which allocated teacher training services among the three higher institutions of learning. It was on the Tidwell resolution offered early Tuesday afternoon that the sharp debates and interchanges occurred. Dr. Tidwell and Dr. Denny bore the brunt of the fight to sustain the action of the State Board of Education. Dr. Spright Dowell, president of Auburn; Dr. O. C. Carmichael, president of Montevallo; Alto V. Lee, of the Montevallo board and T. D. Samford of the Auburn board spoke several times during the seven-hour discussion of the resolution and biterly opposed it. Alto V. Lee referred to the majority of the council as "the steam roller." "I've been on steam rollers and I have been under steam rollers and so I know how it feels on both sides," said Mr. Lee in referring to the six members who put through the Tidwell resolution and voted down the substitute resolutions offered by Mr. Lee and Mr. Samford. When it became evident during the afternoon's debate that the University p. (Continued on Page 6.) SANKEY HAS GOOD CADDY IN TOURNEY Gets an Added Prize of Eleven Golf BaliU John B. Wood, well known student in first year architecture was Ben Sankey's caddy in the recent golf tournament held here. Due to the untiring efforts of caddy Wood, Ben received eleven golf balls as an added prize. Caddy Wood stated that he never found a ball until after it had stopped rolling. / • . AUBURN ENTERS TOURNEY RATED STRONG FAVORITE DR. DOWELL ARGUES AGAINST ACTION Dr. Dowell's arguments against the allotment of funds to the leading institutions for teacher's training courses under the conditions as proposed by the State Board of Education was summarized as follows: 1. It is contrary to the spirit, the practice and the plan embodied in the. Unified Education Act. 2. It infringes upon the rights and prerogatives of the State Council of Education and of the board of trustees of the three institutions of "higher learning. 3. It violates the principle of "equalization'* as employed throughout the country and as clearly implied in the act. 4. It was arrived at without the knowledge of Auburn. 5. It violates the law in making no appropriation to Alabama College. 6. It violates the law which stipulates that the funds shall be devoted (Continued on Pag* 6.) CONFERENCE MEET HELD IN NEW TECH GYM Clemson Is First Foe for Tigers Friday Afternoon AUBURN EXPECTED WIN Georgia, 'Ole Miss, Tech and A. & to. Have Strong Teams ARCHITECTS HOLD SPECIAL MEETING Sigmund Nesselroth Speaks Here on Friday Night A special meeting of the Architectural Association was held on Friday, February the seventeenth. The object of this meeting was to hear an address by Mr. Sigmund Nesselroth. The association has been endeavoring for some time to get Mr. Nesselroth to address its members, e Mr. Nesselroth is a graduate of Harvard, was a member of the Boston Architectural Association, and has studied abroad. To him, with Warren, Knight and Davis, is due the credit for the beautiful building at Birmingham of the Alabama Power Company. Mr. Nesselroth addressed the Association on "The Profession of Architecture." He brought out the fact that the profession of architecture was the profession of creating beautiful and useful things and was to his mind the noblest of all the professions. He also stressed as part of an architects's training the importance of the study of the History of Architecture and Construction. Mr. Nessel-roth's talk was thought to be very beneficial and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The Association is carrying forward the policies of the past semester of getting prominent architects to make addresses at its regular weekly meetings. Another prominent architect who has recently addresses the Association is Mr. E. O. Smith of Columbus, Ga. Mr. Smith is president of the Georgia Board of Architects. OPELIKA ALUMNI ALREADY ACTING Over Sixty Members Are in New Association Although the Auburn Alumni Association of Opelika was organized only last Saturday much progress has already been accomplished. Finding that many of the alumni of Auburn were at present living in Opelika someone conceived the idea that an alumni association should be formed there. Accordingly a meeting was called last Saturday and at this meeting an Auburn Alumni Association of Opelika was organized. Mr. R. C. Smith was elected as president and Mr. Frazier as secretary. At present the association has a membership of over sixty. Among the many forward steps already taken by the assocation there is one concerning the division of. the $100,000 teacher training fund which has been appropriated by the State legislature to the colleges of Alabama under state control. At the meeting the association formed resolutions declaring the division unfair to Auburn and the Alabama College at Montevallo. They urged that legal action be taken against this division. By Max E. Kahn With the sunny side of the ledger packed with bacon and a single piece of lean on the dark page, Mike Papke packed his "Dreadnaught Five" on the train Thursday for the final games of the 1928 Season. After a meeting of ten officials, Auburn was the unanimous choice of the best team to enter the tourney this year. Many of the mo>t prominent newspaper experts have given Auburn the leadership with the University of North Carolina a close second. Stiff competition is to be encountered and the best team does not always win. Georgia, 'Ole Miss, Georgia Tech and A. & M. may be listed as teams to be watched. Preliminaries—Clemson Friday afternoon at 4:30, the whistle will blow for the opening game as far as Auburn is concerned. Josh Cody's lads will furnish the opposition and if they play in the form demonstrated in the last game they played on the Tiger court, there is going to be some fuss in the air. When Cody puts out a team, it's is due be good and he impressed that on the other teams last year as his Commodore quintet sailed through all teams in their way. Saturday night is very likely to see the Tigers still going unless the un-looked for happens and either Florida or Tech will foe on hand to take on the Tigers. Either team has had their drubbing at Mike Papke's lad's hands and will sure endeavor to obtain revenge. But, playing up to past form, there is no reason why the Auburnites shouldn't remain over the week-end. Let's hope so. Monday, the winner of the other division of the lower bracket which includes: W. & L., Miss. A. & M., and Virginia will lock horns with the winner of the Tech-Auburn, or Fla.- Auburn, fray. Semi-Finals Monday night the semi-finals will be in vogue and either Auburn or Miss. A. & M. will be strutting around ready to take on the champs of the upper loop. It is assumed that Auburn and Miss. A. & M. will be the victors in their respective tilts in the lower bracket. And it may also be stated, since favories are in style, that Auburn is going to be in the Auditorium again Tuesday night for the last game. For the upper half, several strong quintets may be mentioned as possible winners. U. of N. C. should beat L. S. U., 'Ole Miss, should trounce N. C. State, Georgia will beat V. M. I., and S. C. U. will have a good chance to lick Kentucky. 'Ole Miss is due to give the tarheels a hard fight and since the Mississippi (Continued on Pag* 6.) Elec Fraternity To Give Weiner Roast Party Leaves Ramsay Hail at 4:15 on March 2 On Friday, March 2, Eta Kappa Nu, the honorary Electrical Engineering society will give a weiner roast to the Juniors and Seniors of the Electrical "Engineering Department. All men are urged to be in front of Ramsay Hall at 4:15 P. M., March 2. The party will leave promptly at 4:30 for a nearby place where the weiner roast will be held. All Elects should come out as it gives Eta Kappa Nu a line on' those men who are eligible for election to the fraternity. Eta Kappa Nu guarantees plenty of food and a good time. Pa«e 2 THE PLAINSMAN gtyg ffilatttBtttan 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. Rosser Alston H. CL.Hopson. STAFF Editor-in-chief Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFE-C. D. Greentree, '28 Associate Editor R. C. Cargile, '28 i Associate. Editor C. R. DeArman, ^9 Associate Editor' J. B. McMillan, '29 - Managing Editor J. D. Neeley, '30 — Ass't. Managing Editor . Ludwig A: Smith, '29 _ — _ News Editor J. W. Powers, '28 __: Proofreader J. E. Taylor, '30 ; 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. 0. Kimbro, U '31; Clyde Seale, '31; Bob McConnell, '31; White Matthews, '31; George Duncan, '31; Richard A. Jones, '31; Jessie C. Adams, '31; L. W. Strauss, '31; E. M. Elynn, '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 ._ Asst. Circulation Mgr. G. W. Smith, '30 __ Ass't. Circulation Mgr. J. M. Johnson, J31 Circulation Dept. M. Hawkins' '31 Circulation Dept. W. H. Smith, '31 Circulation Dept. J. L. Sellers, '31 Circulation Dept. Geo. W. Postelle, '31 Circulation Dept. ENGINEER'S DAY It is with intent and earnest interest that we turn our thoughts to the event, to be staged in the near future, known as Engi-neer s Day. There has, to a great extent, been a prevalent feeling among a number of the students that some means of uniting the interests of the men of the various engineering courses should be formulated. It is believed, then ,that by means of the plan of holding an Engineer's Day program the opportunity of the students cooperating and working together with a common purpose in view will result in a broadening of the college . spirit. It will acquaint the men of one department with the work and happenings in the other courses on the campus. The exhibitions to be featured under the supervision of the respective societies will inevitably bring about such a result. With such a predominating spirit within, outsiders will doubtlessly be impressed by the activities. They will learn what Auburn stands for and will have demonstrated before them the result of cooperation among the students with a fixed purpose in mind —to uphold Auburn and its standards. With these purposes in view the success of Engineer's Day is enthusiastically predicted. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY - Throughout the country George Washington's birthday is commemorated on February 22 to serve the purpose of again bringing before our thoughts the life he liyed and the truly patriotic principles which he represented. His truthfulness, sincerity, patience and perseverance aided him in making these principles a reality. The broad expanse of his field of endeavor proved his ability to meet any need and overcome any difficulty with which he Came in contact. His presence of mind and ability as a leader in war gave to the nation the status which was early termed its "independence." From the scene of battle, Washington passed to a field of still more vital importance to the nation whose liberty he had fought to obtain—to form a suitable democratic government for the states that had been freed from British power. The trying days of the National Convention featured Washington as the president of the convention, from which followed a government that is today known as the National Government of the United States, possessing supreme legislative, executive and judicial powers, to be made effective by a democratic representation of every state and its citizens under a judiciary head. Following the establishment of such a government Washington was unanimously elected president of the United States of America, in 1789. On April 30, on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, the oath of office was administered. There followed a period of eight years in which Washington served his country as president, equally as well as when he comforted hjs men at Valley Forge and guided them to victory in the war for independence. He was an able and reliant president and established enumerable standards for his successors. Declining to be a candidate for a third term Washington, in a masterly state paper, made an appeal for the highest standards of the nation. He urged a "cordial,-- habitual and immovable attachment to a national union." He enjoined upon us the importance of Americans observing good faith and" justice toward all nations and the necessity of keeping clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. "Public opinion," he wrote, "should be enlightened and public credit cherished." In spite of the many dificulties and experiences of our ^country since Washington spoke these words, America stands today a§ a product of her "Father's" ideals and standards. Through variances she has been purified. We joyfully, then, commemorate the day of his birth in humble homage to him for the ideals which he demonstrated for his country. THE AUBURN COLLEGIANS As a result of the excellent showing made by the Student Auburn Collegiate Orchestra, since it was organized at Auburn near the opening of school last fall, this group of musicians has secured for itself a favorable reputation throughout the state. Max Jones, as director of the orchestra, deserves commendation for the type of entertainment he has been so successful in producing. Early in'the year the Auburn Collegians obtained contracts to furnish musical programs for the "A" Club dances, the faculty dances and for the Tiger Theatre. In November they were called upon to visit Manchester, Georgia, to provide the music for celebrating the opening of certain public utilities in that city. Te event produced a means of bringing the orchestra under the observation of the public. The programs they produce from the radio station WAPI on Wednesday of each week have served to spread the name of the Auburn Collegians far beyond the limits of Auburn. During the Christmas holidays the plans for the orchestra consisted df_a "good-will" tour of South Alabama. During this week of travel they visited a number of southern towns and offered their best. Auburn's name was soon spread over that part of the state from an entirely different source from that of any time previous. .. The orchestra will accompany the Auburn Glee Club on its tour of east and central part of Alabama, which will begin on March 5th. Some of the towns scheduled to visit include, Anniston, Montevallo, Syla-cauga, Roanoke, and Talladega. In the spring, after school closes, a trip to Europe is being planned, to extend over the entire period of summer vacation. ' The members of the orchestra have received, at some time, valuable training, together with the necessary experience required to produce an orchestra with the most promising future. Max Jones attended the Boston Conservatory of Music for a year. He now has two prominent orchestras in Boston operating under his name. Levin Foster attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He is also a member of the Auburn Band. Others members, including Jimmy Cone, Abie Hardin, J. B. Jones, and John Brown have had local training in Birmingham or Columubus. The members of the orchestra are as follows : • Max Jones, tenor saxophone and trumpet; Levin Foster, trumpet, clarinent and saxophone; Jimmy Cone, saxophone; Abie Hardin, banjo and tipple; J. B. Jones, trombone; John Brown, tuba; Jimmy Ware, drum and Sam Romano, piano. Three men will be added for the glee club trip; Ben Rives, saxophone; T. D. Allen, saxophone and Pete Green, trumpet. With such an unusual record as that made by the Auburn Collegians since they were organized in the fall, we can almost inevitably prophecy its further success. We are indeed hoping for and expecting a promising future for this group of entertainers. IS THE ATTACK JUSTIFIABLE? In a rcent issue of the Birmingham Age- Herald the following editorial appeared in regard to the controversy that has arisen over the prejudice shown in the donation of the money to the colleges of Alabama from the teachers training equalization fund: • "Auburn alumni at Opelika did not mince words in their denunciation of the manner in which the teacher training equalization fund, appropriated by the last Legislature for the benefit of high school instructors, has been allocated by the State Board of Education, with the approval of the Council of Education. Holding that the allotment of $65,000 to the university and $20,000 to Auburn contravenes the spirit and the letter of the statute providing for the fund, violates the trust reposed in the board and the council, and operates unfairly and prejudicially toward Auburn and Montevallo, an aroused alumni association, condmens the educational authorities for unjust and illegal discrimination, appeals to the people of Alabama to protest against such action, and recommends that legal steps be taken to prevent the unjust division of money. This is the kind of arraignment which members of the Board of Education had reason to expect, in view of what was said at the recent meeting of the council in Montgomery. But that is no reason why they should be so complacent about the situation. It may be that there is no legal remedy for supporters of institutions which have been discriminated against. Yet educational statesmen would scarcely have permitted matters to reach the point of unsparing indictment as embodied in the accusatory resolutions adopted at Opelika. And large-minded moulders of educational policies in this state would have avoided taking any action which might renew a dying hostility between state institutions. Since this unhappy affair has become the basis of charges of illegality, the courts will probably be sought for a decision in the premises. That is not, of course, the way in which the cause of education is helped. But the original blunder took place in Montgomery. It was accentuated by later •awkwardness. The outlook and the spirit which sought a $20,000,000 bond issue under existing conditions could be depended upon to continue its insistence on having the educational programs conform to the decrease of the group in power." I •' _ All friends of the college will await with anxiety the action of the Auburn Board of Trustees before which the matter- will necessarily be presented, since the trustees possess the legal responsibility of finally determining the policies which will affect the program and services of the college. MEDITATIONS ON THIS AND THAT S y lupiter f. Thvius This week has been set aside as Better Speech Week. The particular point fdr. emphasis this year is building up a vocabulary by using the dictionary. I suggest that the most logical step for most of us would be to learn to pronounce the word dictionary. Few of us pronounce it correct-ly. It seems to me that the words which we need most to add to our vocabularies are some of the common ones which we do not use because of various.reasons, chief among which is laziness. A word that most of us need to learn to use is the contraction doesn't. Everyone has his pet aversion in grammatical mistakes; mine is the use of don't in the third person singular.' "It don't matter," "She don't like me," "He don't eat spinach"—it seems to me that I hear such expressions every hour. My rare visits to the movies are invariably marred by the- occurence of this error in at least one title in each picture. A division of the contraction into its component parts reveals the glaring error in saying "he don't" and the like.. Let's start now, during Better Speech Week, to improve our grammar; it is possible that a chance visitor on the campus might get the impression that we don't know any better English than that which A curious weakness of present-day collegians, born" of a solt altruism, is to give positions of emolument to students whose chief qualifications is that they need the money to go to college. In case two persons of equal ability—with emphasis on the word equal—apply for a position, then it is not inconsistent with sound business policy to favor the one who is in most need of the money. However, when we give lucrative jobs to men who are incapable of performing them efficiently, we cheat ourselves, and moreover, do them infinite harm, all under the name of "lending a helping hand." More intelligent foresight and less mass altruism is needed in the al-lottment of responsible positions by our college student bodies. * * * * * A northern man of letters recently aroused a storm of protest from southern chamber-of-commerce secretaries when he casually remarked that there is no civilization south of the Mason and Dixon Line. If I remember correctly, it was Henry Louis Mencken who said something to the same effect a year or two ago. A few days ago Richard Bennett told an Atlanta audience that he was coming back to the South—in not less than forty years. My optimistic hope that they might be wrong was given a jolt recently when I came in contact with a person who is "free, white, and twenty-one (and more)" who didn't know who wrote David Copperfield and The Old Curiosity Shop. Let me make it plain that I don't consider a mind like a card-index an earmark of civilization, I wouldn't have expected her to know who wrote TractaiuB Theologico-Politicus, but to find a person in a college town who doesn't instinctively and instantly connect the names of those two novels with that of Charles Dickens is no indication to me that we are living in a second Athens. Although Paul Smith has well nigh reached the peak of perfection, we think it only just and proper to note that he makes mistakes and blunders as the rest of us poor mortals do. While a recent itinerary to that well known country town of Clanton, Alabama, he made this very serious break. It happened that the train was late and it was dark when he arrived. He spryly alighted from the train and saw what he thought to be his Lady of Dreams awaiting him. Quite naturally he skipped up to her in a brisk manner, caressed her, and purred love notes in her ear. She was So completely overwhelmed by Smith's attentions she could hardly breathe. Finally Smith relaxed and came up for air. When he did this, she, sighing and slowly turning up her dusky face, softly murmured, "Mr. Smith, you sho am a mos' pow'ful smaht man." We have discovered that Buddy Geiss has at last and after much hunting found a co-ed to go with him to South America. The report has been circulated that Buddy and Polly will begin their epochan journey in the near future. Maybe, when they are hunting big game in the jungles down there, they will recall the good old days at Auburn when one could go 'possum hunting without even having a dog along. It seems that Rat Walter Smith has published a pamphlet entitled "Women Nevermore." He must mean to try to live up to the ideals and standards he sets forth in his little book, judging from the way in which he has discontinued paying his attentions to a certain young lady here in Auburn. Or maybe-well, what? Rodney Mathews, after a brief visit to Florida State College for Women on which he attended the Junior-Senior Leap-Year dance, states that he was rushed terribly while on his visit. The girls would trick one, too, for they persuaded him to go out with them one night and he had to walk ten miles to get back to town. We see that "Rabbi" Rudder is wearing a sorority pledge pin. The girls have also put him to work, for we saw him coming down the street the other day with a coal scuttle in his hand, apparently bound for some, place where he could get coal for nothing. However, he won't have to do this after he pays his dues. Whoever- heard of getting on the doctor for an excuse to cut a Literary Society? That's how dumb one of the co-eds is. Yes, she's a new one and hasn't had time to learn any better. We were expecting someone to intercept a pass in the football game last Friday and swim for a touchdown, but as Lady Luck decided nothing like that happened. Nothing spectacular ever happens now. Blind Tiger It takes five years for • tree to produce nuts, but the colleges do it in four. Book Review THE SILVER CHORD By Sidney Howard Shaw contends that a child's love for its parents is superfluous, and that reproduction is the fundamental responsibility of man and wife. Sidney Howard advances still further with the theme that "mother love" might even prove disastrous. Truly, in the Silver Chord, the mother misconstrues maternal devotion, and consequently binds her sons to strongly with the silver chord. David Phelps is the favorite son, and finds it impossible to apportion his love equally to his mother and to Christina, his wife. Mrs. Phelps contentiously reiterates her fear of losing her entire grip on the hearts of her "two, fine boys." Christina contends for only her share of devotion. But David, the fought-over, is one of those deliberately dazed persons, and insists that neither of them "make a mountain out of a mole hill." . . . Robin, the younger son, acclaims his love for Hester, who dispassionately returns it. Now, Mrs. Phelps is unable to bear the visualization of any one else reaping the fruits from her toil of parenthood. And so that's why we have a play. Mrs. Phelps prompts her precious Robin to sever his engagement to Hester. He does. His mother continues to annoy Hester until she, in an effort to rid herself of the miserable Mrs.. Phelps, attempts a departure at night, during which falls victim to a hole in the ice. As Christina, who is innately in sympathy with Hester, yells for help. . . . As Hester is almost drowning. . . . (and as one intellectual progeny in the audience wonders if Hester has' a wooden leg, and if it will consequently make her float). . . . . And as David and Robin rush to the rescue. . . . As all this happens, Mrs. Phelps cries pitifully for "her darling boys to get their coats or they'll catch cold." Christina's speech in the third act presents a discussion of various types of love, containing the theme of the play. The climax is reached when she," at the end of her lines, demands that David choose between herself and Mrs. Phelps. Robin is He had a heart of gold—yellow and hard. ' Modern version: "Early to bed, and early to rise, While your girl goes out with other guys." The laziest man in the world is the one who sang: \ i "Moonbeam, kiss her for me." Most of the classical dances remind us of trying to get into a unionsuit in an upper berth. Ruth rode in my new cycle car In the seat back of me; I took a bump at fifty-five, And rode on Ruthlessly. "What did the boss say when you told him you sat up at night with the baby?" "He asked if she was a blonde or brunette." "She was a farmer's daughter—" "Why, did she plant you?" "No, she cultivated my friendship, and then harvested my kale." "Did you deliver that nickel's worth of liver to Mrs. Brown?" "Yes, sir, j but she told me to bring it back and say the cat had caught a mouse." John (disgustedly): "I think I've got a flat tire." Billie: "Oh! gimme a chance, we're not a block from home yet." He: "Wait a minutes. I thought I heard some break." She: "Never mind. That was just my promise to mother." "When Noah sailed the ocean blue He had his troubles, same as you; For days and days he drove the Ark Before he found a place to park." "Conductor, do you call this a fast train?" "Ycf." "Well, do you mind if I get off and see what is fast to?" With Other Colleges Owed to Eguitation A friend of mine, the horse, And we love him well of course. But the friction of the saddle Often causes us much remorse. Professor: "Can you give me an example of a commercial appliance used in ancient times?" Stude: "Yes sir, the loose-leaf system used in the Garden of Eden. "Oh, dear, you've only been kissing me for three hours. Why don't you treat me like some of the other boys have done? I want some more." "Say, girlie, what's par for this course, anyhow?" Teacher: "If there are any dumbbells in this room, please stand up." • A pause—and then Johnny finally got up. "Why, Johnny, do you consider yourself a dumbbell?" "Well, not exactly that, teacher, but I hate to see you standing all alone." Aunt Sardonia, wife of a colored Private, was a great advocate of the rod as a help in child-raising. As a result of an unmerciful beating which she gave her youngest and "orneriest," she was brought into court one day by the outraged neighbors. The judge after giving her a severe lecture, asked if she had anything to say. "Jest one thing, jedge," she replied, "I wants to ask you a question. Was you ever the parent of a puffectly wuthless cullud child?" Hilda was the new maid just from the country. Her mistress overheard the following conversation between her and the cook next door: "How do you like your new job Hilda?" "I like it fine. We got cremated cellar and walks, cemetery plumbing, elastic lights and a hoosit." "What's a hoosit?" "Oh, a bell rings. You put a thing to your ear; and say "Hello" and someone says 'hello,' and then you say "Hoosit'." bade to do likewise. Christina and Hester go out. Exit David. Mrs. Phelps carresses Robin as the curtain falls, the silver chord being too strong a tie. The play is presented by the Theatre Guild Reperator Company, and is the winner of the Pulitzer prise. Florence Eld-ridge and George Gaul are the leading players, the former being one of the most prominent of Broadway's younger actresses. Mr. Gaul has lead many successful plays. Reviewed by "Sir Tristram" ' v 1 Risks upon students being called on in recitation are taken by a small Minnesota Insurance Comapny. * * * * * The Wisconsin Literary Magazine, published at the University of Wisconsin, was delayed in issuance because a page was censored by the university board. * * • » » The S. S. Pyndam, the second "University afloat" will sail from New York September 19, 1928. The college is limited to 375 young men. * * * _* * Wyoming, Ohio, is believed to have the oldest college graduate in the United States. Dr. Samuel W. Williar, oldest living alumnus of Ohio Wesleyan University, has recently celebrated his 100th birthday. * * * * * Acording to investigation made by the department of physical education at the University of California, college women are becoming smaller and college men larger. * * * * * The period from Feburay 4 to 18 was set aside as an "open season" for the co-eds at Williamette College, of Salem, Oregon, to exercise their rights under the Leap Year season. The action was officially taken by the students. * * * * • Students of the Indiana State Normal School are required to take two two-hour courses in spelling and writing before their graduation. Their courses are non-pre-prepared courses. A four-hour course in writing is also offered for those who care to improve their penmanship. * * * * * The manner of administering punishment for infraction of college rules, and the habit of the college in employing a watchman to spy on the students while an honor system is supposedly in ef ect, has led to the resignation of the officers of the student government of Amherst College. * * * * * Agitation which subsided sometime ago has been renewed by the students and the alumni of Wesleyan University, to have the name of that institution changed. The reason'for the desired change is the general mix-up caused by the fact that there are a score of Wesleyans scattered throughout the United States. * * * * * Two foot-ball captain's will lead Ne-braksa's squad. Edward "Blue" Howell, backfield man, will captain the backfield, while his team-mate, Elmer Holm, a guard will take charge of the line. This is the first time two men have eveh been captain of a Nebraska team at the same time. * * * * * After being without frats since 1893, and just recently allowed to have them by the Trustees of the college under graduates of Furman are up in the air following {he action of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, which required that the trustees agree to abolish the fraternities. One frat already had been replaced on the campus, and several others were about to be. * * * * * Under the auspices of College Humor, the Arts Crafts Guild Travel Bureau plans a tour of England, France and Belgium, leaving Mqntraeal June 22nd. The tour will be in the nature of a huge house party, as there will be at least one hundred collegians making the trip. A trip to Stratford-on-Avon, London's night life at the cabarets, Limehouse, at the famous tavernts—Cheshire Cheese and the Red Lion. Brussels, the gay capital of Belgium and then to Paris. • * * * * * "All this talk about the yonng folks going to the dogs and drinking themselves blind is pure nonsense. Colleges are apt to have the reputation of being wet because the short-comings of a few-students get into the papers as typical of all students. If two or three college fellows get drunk and cause a fuss, the story can promptly be found in the newspaper but no mention is made of the 10,000 or 20,000 students who ostensibly do not drink." That was W. E. "Pussyfoot" Johnson's dispensation to the college man, as reported in the Harvard Crimson. _ _ * * * • * That the club system should be substituted for the fraternity system of Dartmouth is the belief of the "Dartmouth," under-graduate daily, which has been carrying on a campaign for reform in the fraternities on the Dartmouth campus. Says the Dartmouth: "We do not think that membership on a national fraternity is doing anyone any harm, but we do think it is useless and foolish. If the fraternities in this college were to return their national charters, it would make little, or no, actual difference to anyone. There would still be the house for social purposes. There would be a party organized at Carnival for the club. There would be the opportunity for friendship, which, in the end, is all that a fraternity can provide. It is absurd to think that any organization can guarantee friendship." / ./ THE PLAINSMAN P«C« 3. Notes of the Societies TAU BETA PI Tau Beta Pi has inaugurated a plan of having a formal meeting in the form of a luncheon once a month. The first one "of this particular type of meetings which was held at the Auburn Inn at 6 P. M., February 6, 1928, was a howling success. Plenty of clever jokes were told on the various members of the society. Our own beloved Stumpy Feagin was the target for the majority of the jokes. They say his girl knows him so well that when she sent him a telegram a few days ago, that she put the word stop after each sentence. Plans are" under way for the selection of new members for the society. My advice to the Juniors is to work hard, develop a pleasing personality, mix with the Seniors and engage in some form of student activity. Grades alone will never elect you to Tau Beta Pi. The meeting Monday night, Feb. 20, was a diversion from the regular type of meetings. Professor Daugh-rity gave a very interesting and instructive talk on the essentials of good public speaking. He answered in a. informal way any questions that were asked regarding public speaking. WIRT The Wirt Literary Society held its regular meeting in Wirt Hall on Tuesday, February 21, 1928. The program was built around the life and character of our first president. J. G. Carter told of Washington's early boyhood giving a very interesting talk though not including the famous cherry tree incident. His entrances into public notice as discussed by C. H. Brown, and the most striking traits of his character, by D. C. Nation gave new pictures of one whom everyone knows something about. A review of his life as President was given by Miss Julia Price. As a fitting summary and close to the program, W. C. Weldon presented a discussion of how Washington helped in the development of our country. The entire program was announced very good by the critic, and the .members of the society who were present agreed with him. A discussion of inter-society basket ball predominated for a time, with the opinion that Vines would make a worthy coach. Due to the absence of Mr. Gowder, in the hospital in Montgomery, Evelyn Henry was appointed Reporter, pro tern to fill his place. As there was no further business, the meeting adjourned to meet February 28. Skin Health may be preserved indefinitely bjr tha ^K^\ae of Friedrich't O-rriimgitnn*S \z\jFour Roses -A & Lemon Cold Cream n only a small quantity, spread aranly and thoroughly, and a smoother, sof tar, mora youth" fnl akin will delictit you. For sal* by ORANGE & BLUE SODA CO. AG.-CLUB "WAPI on the Air" was the theme of Harry Wise's talk at the recent meeting of the Ag Club, which featured the short program given. Extremely bad weather, together with the running of a department picture show, cut the attendance quite severely. Those who did attend, waded mud and faced a continuous blowing rain to do so. Almost half the regular attendance was present. Mr. Wise's talk came first on the program; in it he gave -the club a brief review of what the broadcasting station is and has been doing, and a few of the points where its programs are being picked up, along with comments of listeners-in. According to reports and complimentary remarks received by the station, the dance pro- TOOMER'S HARDWARE The Best in Hardware and Supplies CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager Moring Tailoring See MORING Before You Buy! One Price $ 3 4 * 0 0 Four Piece Suit Lot of Foreign and Domestic Woolens "Say it 'With ^lowers" - FOR ALL OCCASIONS R0SEM0NT GARDENS FLORISTS MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn gram and the reports of the recent basketball games have been the most popular features given by the station recently. These programs have been received at distant points such as the following, Mr. Wise stated: Idaho, Toronto, Canada, Indiana, Washington, and practically every state in the union. Quite complimentary and indicative of excellent programs given out were the remarks received by the broadcasting station through letters, cards and telegrams. During the progress of the Ole Miss basketball game, J. C. Lowery was traveling at the rate of sixty per on the Pan American north of Birmingham when he caught the report of the game. Mr. Wise further stated that Auburn is the only institution of our land which owns and operates its own sending station; and one of the only two which broadcast their dance programs. "The Value of'Club Work" was the subject of E. P. Blocker, in which discourse he briefly reviewed the progress of club work since its origin in 1907; an excellent contrast of times then and now, through word-pictures were rendered effectively. He brought out clearly the fact that club work has revolutionized farm work. Vice-President Savage as suggestive and probable dathes for the occurrence of the following events: Ag Banquet, April 20; debate with Georgia Ag. Club, March 21. These dates will be further and finally affirmed at a later meeting of the club. TOOMER'S DRUG STORE Drug Sundries Drinks. Smokes THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER A Special PEAKE Line for College Men With two pairs of trousers Made to our specification by Learbury, in fabrics and patterns that had the O. K. of college men in the Eastern schools before they were made up. At thirty-nine dollars they offer value heart-warming even to the chap who A.B.'d in Scotch spending. $39 Second Floor—Louis Salu ' ^LOUIS SAKS&* 2nd Ave. at 19th St., Birmingham, Ala. » A. I. E. E. The A. I. E. E. held its weekly meeting Thursday evening at seven o'clock in Ramsey Hall. The meeting was called to order by the chairman, and the first few minutes were devoted to business matters of the society. A program committee was appointed by the chairman to plan programs for the coming meetings of the society. Those appointed to serve in conjunction with the vice-chairman on this committee were E. R. Jones and H. H. Milligan. A committee from the society was appointed by the chairman to serve in a joint meeting with committees form the other engineering societies to discuss the plan of an Engineer's Day to be put on. Those appointed to serve on this committee were as follows: C. R. De- Armand, W. R. Smith, and N. W. Geist. The entire program was given over to Professor W. W. Hill of the electrical engineering department. Professor Hill brought before the attention of the society the coming convention of the student branches of the A. I . E . E. in Atlanta, urging the society to be well represented there. Professor Hill discussed the growth of industry toward the Southeastern section of the country. He showed that with this development in the Southeast there would come engineers from other sections of the country dnd that the Auburn graduate must prepare himself to compete with the best. . A. S. M. E. The Auburn branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers held its regular bimonthly meeting Feb. 20. Mr. A. P. Francis, president of the society called the society to order and the minutes of the previous meeting were read by Mr. H. M. Hanbury. A report of the committee to assist in getting "Engineer Day" started was made by Mr. W. C. Hurt. The A. S. M. E. is behind this movement and will dq, everything in its power to make it a success. Mr. Dan Sikes, introduced the first speaker of the evening. Mr. Chris-tensen. Mr. Christensen presented to the society a talk on Railroad Tunnel Construction, describing the construction details and problems in excavating and completing of the Moffat Railroad Tunnel in Colorado. Mr. G. B. Ashcraft being the next speaker of the evening gave a very interesting talk on Human Engineering. Following Mr. Ashcraft's talk the society again got another chance to hear Mr. Hurt. With several sketches drawn on the blackboard, Mr. Hurt succeeded in telling the society many very interesting things about the production of Graphite. We had several visitors at the last meeting, among them was Mr. E. O. Fowlkes of the Civil Department. After the visitors" were introduced to the members the society adjourned to meet again March 5. When some people pay a compliment they act as though they wanted a receipt fpr it. CHEMICAL SOCIETY The society held its regular meeting Monday night at 7 o'clock, Room 212 of the Main Building. After election of Plainsman reporter the following program was rendered. "Nitrogen Fixation," was discussed by Mr. Wickliffe Stewart. He says that in reality the main constituents of nitrogen fixation are air, water and coal, all of which the United States has a bountiful supply. Ni trogen is invaluable to the farmer in the form of fertilizer. Most of our fertilizers are by-products of the ammonia industries. Mr. Stewart briefly explained the Art and Haber-Bosch Processes for extraction of nitrogen The former is better where large quantities of electricity are available. The latter is a more modern process and is rapidly coming into use. Mr. W. B. Strickland's talk on "Ice that melts to a gas," was very interesting. The modern refrigeration industries are about to be revolutioz-ized by a coldness obtained from the reduction of solid carbon-dioxide to a liquid-carbon-dioxide. Mr. Strickland stated that this new ice is not only useful in refrigeration cars, but that a small piece of it will lower the temperature in a package sent through the mail sufficiently to preserve its contents for a long distance. Another feature of this new ice is the protectiveness of the gas given off by it, while the air from plain ice is often destructive to many articles. » Much valuable information is gained on important topics given in the society. Meet with us next time Chemical Engineers and learn something new. WILSONIAN Tuesday night the members of the Wilsonian Literary Society were entertained with special music my, Bab McKinnon and A. P. Francis. Many comments were heard on the ability of these boys and we all hope they will come back again. For the next number on the program, R. G. Perkle, read a very interesting article on citizenship, pointing out many of the privileges we enjoy as citizens of a great republic. He gave a very vivid and concrete example of the power of our government to protect its citizens in far away lands. Miss Miriam Moore, expressed the significance of the flag with the poem, "Our Colors." For the concluding number, Henry Shaffer discussed current news articles of national interest. The president announced that the social would be given Friday evening, March second, and appointed a committee to complete the plans for the entertainment. Some discussion was made of the annual oratorical contest to be held in Langdon Hall, March 15. All wishing to enter this contest and represent the Wilsonians, should make arrangements with the Vice-President, Miss Alice Witcher, for a try out immediately. Radio Station Offers Variety on Program LOST SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB The Social Science Club held its regular meeting Monday night, February 20, in room 100 Main Building." The vice president, Rutledge, Dau-gette, presided over the meeting. After the business procedures were eliminated the following program was rendered. Mr. Dozier gave a talk on: "Mr. Hughes in Havana." In this he brough out some of our relationships with other countries in regard to the conference held in Havana. Professor Herrin rendered a most instructive speech on: "The Qualifications of a Business Man." Herein he stated some things which are essential to the successful business man. We extend to all a welcome to the Social Science Club. About four weeka ago, a jeweled Scabbard and Blade pin. If found pleaae return to the Auburn Printing Company or Phi Kappa Delta House and receive reward. H. C. Hopson. Programs including music varying from old-time fiddle-music to classical selections, educational and religious discussions, will be broadcast during nine programs from Station WAPI during the week beginning Monday, February 27. Monday noon, February 27, Studio trio in classical selections; string music featuring popular numbers by Silbert Rains and George Threadgill; C. K. Brown will give Auburn news notes. Tuesday noon, February 28, old popular and sacred selections by the studio quartet; Prof. G. D. Sturkie w^ll discuss "Preparing land for cotton." Tuesday night, beginning at 9, the Auburn Collegians in a jazz program; a brief book review will be presented by a member of the English department of the college. Wednesday noon, February 29, the student orchestra with Mrs. Ira Tray-wick, soloist, of Greenville, Ala.; Weekly report of Alabama egg-laying contest will be given. Wednesday night, beginning at 9, the studio orchestra. Thursday night, beginning at 9, music by the studio orchestra; Dr. George Petrie on a current topic. Friday noon, March 2, the latest Victor records will be played during the Jesse French-Victor program. J. D. Pope will discuss the agricultural situation; "Aunt Sammy." Saturday noon, March 3, solos and duets by L. R. Simpson and Walter Samford. Old-time music will be presented by the Hornsby trio of East Tallassee; Prof. J. R. Rutland in a Sunday School lesson discussion; and a home economics specialist on a topic of special interest to home makers. 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THE PLAINSMAN Vienna Wins Cotton States Tournament SPORTS Vienna High Retains Championship of Cotton States Winning Tourney Tech High Defeated By Champions in Extra Three-Minute Period Played By George Ashcraft .It is written "They never repeat," but Vienna High, champion Cotton Etates Tourney team of 1927, came through in a fierce extra-minute period in the finals to beat Tech High 26 to 24. The game was a fitting ending for a great tournament, and was the most thrilling of all the finals of the Cotton States Tournaments. Tech had come in after a greulling battle with Athens, 37 to 35, in the semi-finals, while Vienna had turned back Knoxville, 38 to 24. A powerful defense, which frustrated the hitherto smooth working wonder five almost held the South Georgians. Unexpected breaks manufactured by the Vienna five, gaining two wide open shots in the extra period, decided the game in favor of Vienna. ALL-COTTON STATES TEAM "Buster" Mott, the flashy longdistance shooting star, was the backbone of the Tech offensive and his 13 points in the closing fracas won him the position of outstanding forward, with a total of 49 points for the four games. B. Walters, star forward for Vienna, was given the other forward position on the all-Cotton States team. Walters had a total of 44 points, one point less than his team-mate Home, but he was a more valuable player. Capt. Raines, of Vienna, by his ability to put jump all opposing centers, including the Knoxville of six feet, six inches, and his value in the scrimmaging under the basket, earned him the post of center. Capt. Mike O'conner, of Knoxville High, was the best running guard in the tourney, although there were those who liked Capt. Stearns, of Tech High. However, Stearns could not keep pace with O'Conner on the floor and was not as smooth a player. Back .guard went emphatically to- Capt. Leathers, of Athens, one of the best last-station men in Dixie prepdom. Despite his rugged play in defense of his basket he was penalized but three times in three games. SMOOTHEST TEAM Of all the teams in the tourney Knoxville- presented the smoothest working floor aggregation. Only nine fouls were charged against the Tennesseeans during three games, and in one game the Knoxville team drew but one foul. OPENING ROUND Millport Cops Opener The tournament was opened by Millport and Tallapoosa County High, Millport emerging the victory by a 50-26 score. Topped by the giant Godfrey and a dribbling forward named Blalock, Tallapoosa came up from behind immediately after the third quarter opened and the count was 24-29, but the winners soon mov ed away. The smoothest player on the floor was Kimbrough, center of the losing team. Line-up: Millport (50); Prater (10) and Blalock (15), forwards; Godfrey (17), center; Shackleford (8) and Weathers, guards. Dadeville (26): Lester (11) and Washburn (3), forwards; Kimbrough (17), center; Starnes (4), and Simms (1), guards. Subs: Millport, R. Prather; Dadeville, Ward. Referee: Papke. Slocomb Steps Out After playing a nip-and-tuck battle for three quarters, Sheffield, Slocomb forward, made a run-away game of it for his team in the last quarter, beating Hale County, of Greensboro, 26-13. The score was tied three times and the last quarter started with the score 12-12. Here Sheffield got started and shot five goals in two minutes. Slocomb cubstitued at the last minute for Marianna, Fla., who was prevented from aottending the tournament. Straiton and Beard for Gireensbo^o and Sheffield with 18- points, starred. Line-up: Slocomb (26): Sheffield (18) and Casey (6), forwards; Watford, center; Cox and Carroll (2), guards. Substitute, Hollis. Greensboro (13): Borden (2) and W. Hall, forwards; Beard (4), center; Straiton (6) and L. Hall (1), guards. Referee, Papke. Athens Has Easy Time • Athens High of Georgia ran the Chambers County outfit into the ground with very little trouble to the tune of 33 to 14. Athens scored when necessary and apparently exerted itself as little as posible. Goodman, Barret, and Leathers, for Athens and Treadwell for Chambers, starred. Lineup: Athens (33): Barret (18) and Goodman (1), forwards; Cauthon (8), center; Mell (2) and Capt. Leather, guards. Subs: K. Hamilton (2), Maxwell (2). Chambers County (14): Capt. Pinkard and Deloach, forwards; Treadwill (10), center; Talley (2) and Scott, guards. Subs: Edge (2), Willoughy. Referee, Dudley. Tech High Eliminates A. M. I. Another interesting game was that of Tech High, of Atlanta, and A. M. I., of Annistoh. The Georgians, led by White and Mott, who scored 14 points each, took a 47-29 count from tehm after a hard struggle. They took a lead and held it to the end of the game. Line-up: Tech High (47): White (14) and Mott (14), forwards;'Hammond, center; Capt. Stearns (9) and Chandler (6), guards. Subs: Ter-rill (3), McMillan (1), Dobbs. A. M. I. (18): Capt. Wadsworth (7) Auburn Trounces Florida In Final Game of Season By George Ashcraft In the final game of the season the Auburn Tigers took the University of Florida basketeers inxtow to th6 tune of 38 to 29. Auburn jumped into -the lead- early in the game and held it until the final gun, the score at the half being 24-13. The team eased up in the second half and Florida threatened, getting within two points, but Auburn gradually drew away and held a substantial lead at the end of the game. Jelly again led the high scorers with a total of 14 points for the night, bringing his total for the season up to 282. In addition to closely guarding the opposing team, the James twins also managed to cage several points, Ebb getting nine and Fob getting three. For Florida the work of Crabtree stood out, making him high point for the losing team with ten points. Mc- Lucas at the other forward also played a good game and shot nine points. This game brought the total score of the team up to 870, an average of over 48 points a game, as compared with opponents' 456 points, or an average of about 25 points a game. Line-up and summary: ^Auburn (38): Ellis (3) and Akin (14), forwards; Dubose (4), center; E. James (9) and F. James (3), guards; sup., Mullins (5). Florida (29): McLucas (9) and Walker, forwards; Perrine (4), center; Vegue (2) and Felson (2), guards; subs, Crabtree (10), Vau-sickle (2). Referee: Roosma (Army). Freshmen Bow to Seniors in Initial Class Grid Game Senior Aerial Attack Nets Only Score of Game the other a cousin of Jack Finney, the Birmingham Southern College athlete, came out of Five Points and squelched the 1927 national prep contenders, Tallassee, by a last half rally. The first two quarters endede 12-12, but the Pointers saw to it that this situation did not long exist. This despite the fact that Mason, all-state forward of 1927, was performing for Tallassee. .?~~ Line-up: Five Points (28): L. Finney (16) and Still (4), forwards; and Alexander (2), forwards; Waller Benton (2), center; Brown (6) anS (7), center; Sewell and Downing (2), guards. Sub.: Hester. Referee: Dudley. Malone Moves Up Opp faded out with Malone, Florida's only representative in the tourney, moving up into the second round. Opp gave little opposition until the second half. Capt. Williams and Boone did the heavy work for Malone. Capt. B. Stanley starred for Opp. ;Line-up: Malone (38). Captain Williams (12) and Hitchcock (4), forwards; Boone (9), center; Conrad and B. Ford (9), guards. Subs: Baxter (4), Bevis, L. Ford. Opp (21): Capt. B. Stanley (13) and King (1), forwards; Mooney (4), center; Brannon (2) and Sellers (1), guards. Subs: Garter. Referee: Dudley. Tallassee Falls Another crop for Finneys from Five Points High, one a brother and 1928 Auburn Basketball Schedule Jan. Date Opponent and Their Score Auburn Dec. 17—Montgomery Y. M. C. A. (12) , 5—White Business College (13) 7—Ga. Tech (29) Southern College (18) 13—U. of Florida (23) 14_U. of Florida (33) 18—Clemson (26) 19—Clemson (23) 20—U. of Tennessee (14) 27—Tulane (17) 28—Tulane (31) 1—Vanderbilt (28) 3—U. of Georgia (25) 9—Georgetown U. (25) 10—Ole Miss (43) 11—Ole Miss (38) 18—U. of Florida (32) 22—U. of Florida (29) Feb. Score and Place Played (38) Auburn (92) Auburn (56) Auburn (61) Auburn (39) At Gainesville (43) At Gainesville (56) Auburn (30) Auburn (63) Auburn (32) At New Orleans (49) At New Orleans^ (62) Auburn (28) Auburn (41) Auburn (42) Auburn (53) Auburn (58) Auburn (38) Auburn A. Finney, guards, Tallassee (19): Mason (10) and Waldrop, forwards; Elder (7), center; Cottle (2) and Dunn, guards. Referee: Papke. Knoxville Shows Power City High School, of Knoxville, Tenn., passed and shot its way to an easy 59 to 14 victory and the largest score of the opening round over Lineville, Ala. The first quarter ended 8 to 6, Knoxville, but the game was decided by a vastly-different margin. "Greenie" Greenblot, lanky center of the Tennesseeans, was a big factor in the offense of the Trojans. Hodge, sharpshooting forward, carried the major portion of the Knox-vifle team's offense. Lineville failed to tally a point in the second quarter, the half ending 27-6. Line-up: Knoxville (59): Hodges (14) and Sharpe (12), forwards; Grenblott (14), center; Reeder (2) and O'Conner (17), guards. Sub. Mc- Amos. Lineville (14): Capt. Boggs (4) and Alford (4), forwards; McCain (2), center; Yates (4), and Ingram, guards. Sub.: Moore. Referee, Papke. _ Vienna Wins The hardest fought game of the opening round was that between Vienna High, ultimate winners, and Darlington School from Rome, Ga. The wonder five from the peach belt won by a score of 42-26, but not until the Romans had staged a gallant fight. At the end of the first quarter, Darlington held a 6-4 margin but the Viennians came back strong for the second period and were leading at the (Continued on page 5) By C. T. Ingersoll Class football started last Friday afternoon on Drake Field, when the dignified Seniors donned their football togs and gave the Rats a thrashing. The score came as a result of "a pass, Daugette to Rudder, in the third quarter, and the latter sprinted 20 yards for a touchdown. They failed to make the extra point. It was classed as a football game, but turned out to be more or less of an aquatic affair. The rain fell in sheets during the whole game, and turned the field into a. big mud puddle. Fumbles and bad passes were frequent due to this mud. In the first quarter the Seniors kicked off. Woodall, Senior Fullback, was hurt on the second play. The Rats then fumbled, and the Seniors recovered. The seniors with Kenny leading the attack, hit the line several times and made two first downs. They were held on the next plays and the ball went over. The rest of this quarter was taken up in exchanging punts, and little ground gaining was done either team. Both teams fumbled often, due to the slippery ball. The second quarter opened with Wind losing 13 yards and the Frosh punted. It was the prettiest punt of the day and covered about 50 yards in all. The teams exchanged several punts, and tried pass after pass, but none were completed for much gain. Harry Fox, big flaring center for the Seniors, intercepted a pass on his 20 yard line. Then Rudder snagged a pass for five yard gain. The Seniors tried two more passes, which were incomplete, and they were penalized 5 yards for excessive passing. Kenny caught a pass just as the whistle blew for the half. The score was Seniors 0, Rats 0. The Seniors chose to kick, defending the South goal. Fox kicked off, and the Freshmen brought it back to about mid fied. The Rats failed to make first down by inches. Then several punts were exchanged. Several passes were attempted by the Seniors, one being completed for 10 yards and another for 5 yards. Then the Seniors failed to make first down, and the ball went over. The Rats made 6 yards on line plays, and fumbled, Gregory recovering for the Seniors. Then a beautiful pass, Daugette to Rudder, was good for'the touchdown. Daugette was running at full speed, when he threw the oval, and Rudder did some beautiful running after receiving the ball. For extra point the Seniors tried a pass, Daugette to Gregory, which was knocked down, so the score stood:, Seniors 6, Rats 0. Gregory kicked off for the Seniors and Shaber brought the ball back to mid-field. The Rats tried two passes, and Daugette intercepted one and ran to his 30 yard line, as the quarter ended. At this point the Rats sent in several subs. The Seniors failed twice to gain at center. Daugette made 6 yards on left end, and on the next play the Seniors were penalized 15 yards for holding. Daugette. punted to Rats 5 yard line. The teams exchanged punts. Then Sparks, star quarterback for the Freshmen, broke loose and did some beautiful broken field running, and made 15 yards. He made another first down on the next play, and on the next play, his ankle was hurt, and he was taken out. Neither'team threatened to score for the rest of the game. For the Seniors, Carol Worthington played a wonderful game at quarterback, running his team in a fine way. He made some nice gains due to his swiftness. Daugette, Ruder, and Kenny has a good deal to do with the gains that the Seniors made. Rudder and Daugette showed exceptional form in catching and throwing passes. Kenny was the main stay in the line smashing plays. The whole Senior line played so well together that it would be hard to (Continued on page 5) U WEEMIE" BASKIN, FORMER AUBURNITE, WINS HURDLES By Max E. Kahn After only a months training in the far North, Weemie Baskin entered his first indoor race last Monday in the New York Athletic Club and repeated his former practice of taking the lead. As competition, Baskin has representatives of Cornell and Dartmouth along side of him, the best in the East. The event was special, being a 60 yards high hurdle run, and on an indoor track. Although Baskin in an outdoor runner, he took the lead and fairly sailed over the hurdles to finish first with remarkable time; only one-fifth of a second behind the world's record for this event. It looks as if the North or I should have saip^ East is agreeing with Weems and he has an excellent chance of making a great name for himself, if he keeps up the good work. Well, we're all behind you Baskin, do your stuff. Plainsmen Easily Beat Fla.fGators By a 58-32 Score Tigers Show Great Form After Week's Rest By C. T. Ingersoll The Ole fighting Tigers had no trouble in licking the University of Florida on the local court last Saturday night. The final result was 58 to 32, and the Tigers took an early lead, and held it throughout. Crabtree made the first score by shooting a foul, and "Moon" Mullins shot a foul to make it one all. Florida got a field goal, and by this time Akin and DuBose were warmed up, and the Tigers forged ahead, never to be threatened in the rest of the game. At the half the score was 22 to 9, with the Florida team on the smaller end. This was the first game that Auburn had played in a week, so the team was well rested, and pulled some pretty team work, which was hard for the Florida team to break up. Florida came back in the second half ami tried many long shots, and they made some very beautiful ones from mid-floor. They made 21 points in the latter half of the game. Auburn had a good size lead towards the end of the game, and so the reserves were given a chance to show their stuff. Smith, tall Auburn center, played an excellent game, and due to his height had little trouble in getting the tip-off. Our strong reserves this year have aided us greatly in putting out a winning team. "Jelly" Akin ran wild in the affair, and was high point m*»n with the large sum of 22 points. His shooting was very accurate, and each play was timed to prefection. There are very few games, that the Tigers have played this year when Akin was not high point man. "Moon" Mullins was playing in "Buck" Ellis's place, and "Buck" was in for "Ebb" James. "Ebb," although just getting over a few days sickness, went in for about a quarter after the first half, and played his usual good brand of ball. "Moon" worked like a veteran in "Buck's" old position, and made some nice shots. Ellis is good in any position in which Coach Papke places him. He fights from start to. finish, and we see that he is a hard man to play (Continued on page -5) Inter-Fraternity Cage Tourney to Open Next Week Complete Schedule Not Yet Arranged By Max E. Kahn According to Coach Mike Papke, who has complete charge of the Inter- Frat basketball tourney, the games will be started next week. The official dates and pairings have not been finally selected, but this is due to be completed as soon as.the S. I. C. tourney in Atlanta is over. All frats desiring to enter the tournament must get in touch with Papke, pay their entrance fee and draw for their opponents. This must be done as soon as possible. All further information may be obtained at the gym. The tourney will be very much of the order of last year. Two leagues will be in vogue, National and American, -and elimination will decide the winner of each league. The winners will hook horns in a series to decide the 1928 Frat basketball champs at Auburn. So—take a hint and get that team together. Practice makes perfect and the best team doesn't always it 99 Little Square Elected Manager Basketball Squad -—By Max E. Kahn A familiar face on the campus has been elected to a very prominent position—" Little Square" Salter, will in the future act in the office of Manager of the 1928 Auburn Basketball team. Salter was eligible to this position through his intense interest in the team and players. He has in the past served as scorer and has made every trip in the past two years. In the evenings he has volunteered his aid to help Coach Papke in any and all ways possible. It is a privilege that few are worthy of, but this seems to be an exception. The "A" Club voted on the election and Salter duly became official manager this week. Candidly, he should make a very good governor. Let's hope so! Junior and Soph Class Teams Play To 6*6 Deadlock Sophomores Given Game By Mere Two Yards By C. T. Ingersoll ' In one of the most disputed games in the history of football, the Juniors and Sophomores played for class supremacy last week, and it ened up in a tie, as to score. The score- was 6 all. However the aggreement in such case was to give the game to the team that made the most yardage, and when this was added up, it was found that there was a difference of two yards in the Sophs favor. So after much controversy on both sides, the ex-Rats were given the decision. The Juniors had a fighting, line-smashing team, and outplayed the Sophs for three quarters. Many games are won in the last quarter, and so it was in this case. Mosley, of the Juniors kicked-off to the Soph center who brought the ball back to 50 yard line. The Juni-ors made good gains throughout this quarter, due to Mosely and Densmore hitting the line. They made four first downs in this period, while "the Sophs failed to register one. Jones, soph quarterback, got off some long punts in this quarter. The "quarter ended with the ball in the Junior's possession. The Juniors then started off a steady drive down the field with Mosley and Densmore leading the attack, which ended in a score. Mosley got 5 yards and Densmore made 1 and then 2. Densmore over right tackle for 10 yards. The Juniors then made 7 yards in two plays. Densmore got 1 at left tackle, and Mosley went over for fist down. Densmore failed at center, and on next play Mosley hit the line for a touchdown. Mosley failed to kick goal. Score: Juniors 6, and Sophs. 0. Densmore was hurt on last play, and Nichols was sent in. Mosley kicked off, and the Sophs returned 20 yards. Gilbert made 8 yards on pass, and on next play the Sophomores fumbled, and Juniors recovered. The rest of this quarter was evenly played with neither team snaking a first down. Jones outpunted ,the Juniors. The Sophs were penalized once for offsides. The Sophomores kicked off to the Juniors after the half, the ball going to the Junior 30 yard line. Juniors were penalized 5 yards, off-sides. Juniors were forced to kick, the ball going 35 yards. Yarbrough threw Jones for 4 yard loss. Soph pass fell short . Pass, Jones to Crawford, brought first down. Another pass gave first down. Still another pass, Jones to Lively, gave first down. Sojph pass incomplete .and Juniors penalized 5 yards for off-sides. The remainder of this quarter was spent in making small gains and exchanging punts. The Juniors received two 5 yard penalties. Jones made firs^t down through the line. Then Spann intercepted a pass (Continued on Page 6.) What Shakespeare says about Coca-Cola TWELFTH NIGHT Act I, Scene 5 "Halloo your name to the reverberate hills, ariH make the babbling gossip of the air cry out" The Bard of Avon gave much good advice. And this piece certainly has been f o l l o w e d by Coca-Cola: The drink you read about. 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SECOND ROUND Vienna Marchei On In the opening game of the second round, Vienna won its way to the semi-finals by defeating Slocomb High 67 to 13, the highest score of the entire tournament. The' Georgia five got off to an early lead and had soon piled up a big score on the Slocomb team. Vienna used substitutes for more than half the game. Home led the scoring attack on Slocomb with When Your Trouble Is MEAT '.' —MEET US— MOORE'S MARKET —PHONE 3 7— We Meet Your Meat Needs «—J 21 points.. Carroll led for Slocomb with 8 points. Line-up: Vienna (67): Home (21) and B. Walters (11), forwards; Raines (£), ceriter; Witcher (14) and G. Walters (2), guards. Subs.: Hill (12), Bearden (5), and Woodruff. Slocomb (13): Sheffield (3)'and Watford, forwards; Cox (1), center; Carrol (8) and Casey (1), guards Subs: Hollis, Lewis. Millport Geea Oul Athens High waded into the semifinals at the expense of Millport High, 49 to 20. The count of 21 to 8 at the close of the first quarter eliminated practically all prospect, of competition. Athens slowed down and Millport fought harder during the third quarter and made a game of it, each scoring five points, but the Georgians entered the last quarter with a score almost double Millport's. Goodman's six baskets were best for the game. Capt. Leathers played a good defensive game for Athens. Line-up: Athens (49): Barrett (4) and Goodman (15), forwards; Cau-thon (11), center; Mell (8) and Capt. Leathers (2), guards. Subs: Maxwell (5) and K. Hamilton. Millport (20): L. Prater (2) and Blalock (2), forwards; Godfrey (6), center; Shackleford (7) and*P. Prater (3), guards. Sub: Robertson. Referee, Papke. KnoxTille Wins Easy Victory In what proved to be the best game in the second round Knoxville was The First National Bank of Auburn Advice ami Accommodation For Every Collete Man Any Financial Assistance or Business Transaction C. Felton Little, '04, President W. W. 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Gaining a lead of 12-2 at the first quarter the Tennessee team made things easy -for the* remainder of the route, being 20 points ahead at half time. Five Points threatened during the last half, but their effort was not sustained. O'Cohner running guard on the Knoxville team, continued his all-round play and was easily the outstanding star of the game. Hodges was high point scorer of the game with 17 points. Line-up: Knoxville (40). Hodges (17) and Sharpe (4), forwards; Greenblott (10), center; Reeder (16) and Capt. O'Conner (6), guards. Subs.: Tale, McAmos (2). Five Points (26): L. Finney (9) and Brown (9), forwrads; Capt. Benton, center; W. Finney (4) and Still (6), guards. Sub: Sorrell. Referee, Dudley. Smithies Beat Malone Tech High won out over Malone High 42 to 20 in a one sided contest. The Atlanta team after a rather slow first period opened up in the second half and forged ahead to attain a large lead, which they held until the final whistle. The work of Mott and White aided the Smithy cause greatly, the latter scoring 14 points, while Mott sent the sphere through the basket for 11 points. The defensive play of Stearns and Chandler also stood out in the Tech work. Boone, rangy center, in addition to being high point man with 10 points for Malone, played an all-round good floor game. Line-up: Tech High (42): White (14) and Mott (11), forwards; Hammond (4), center; Stearns (9) and Chandler, guards. Subs: McMulIins (2), Dobbs, Terrell. Malone (20): Williams (3) and Hitchcok, forwards; Boone (10), center; Cartwright and Ford (5), guards. Subs.: Baxter, Bevis. Referee: Papke. r ~ SEMI-FINALS Tech Barely Wins Tech High barely eked out the right to go to the finals by nosing out Athens 37-35, in a sensational game. Tech got away to an early lead; and but for that doubtless would have lost, as the Athens hoys were rapidly gaining during the last half. The half ended 23-11, but Athens managed to tie the score 32-32 in the closing minutes. Here Athens went into the lead with a goal, but Tech came back with another. Chadler then caged a long one, and Stearns shot a foul, and the game was over. Line-up: Tech (37): White (9) and Mott (11), forwards; Hammond, center; Capt. Stearns (5) and Chandler (7), guards. Subs: Terrell (5), McMillan. — Athens (35): Barrett (6) and 'Goodman (10), forwards, Cauthon (6), center; Mell (2) and Capt. Leathers (10), guards." Sub. K. Hamilton. Referee, Papke. Vienna Repeats —Vienna went into the finals after Knoville had held them even for a quarter and a half. The final count was 38 to 24. B. Walters, shot 20 points for high score. O'Conner played his usual stellar game. Raines at center got the jump most of the time and was a valuable man under the basket. Line-up: Vienna (38): Home (4) and B. Walters (20), forwards; Raines (2), center; Witcher (8) and G. Walters (2), guards. Sub: Hill (2). Knoxville (24): Hodges (8) and Sharpe (2), forwards.; Greenblott (4), center; O'Conner (9) and Reeder (1), guards. Sub: McAmos. Referee, Dudley. VIENNA WINS IN FINALS The Vienna team came out for the final game apparently on the warpath, and ran up 11 points while Tech High was collecting three tallies. The first quarter ended 11 to 5, but the Atlanta team pulled up to 14-14 soon after the second period opened. Then White, star forward for Tech, was forced out on personal fouls, which was a serious blow to Tech. The half eneded 17 to 15 in favor of Tech. Mott's long shooting was responsible for Tech's ascent.- The Vienna team was not functioning as perfectly as against weaker foes, and the Tech defense was terribly tight. Vienna tied the count soon after the second half opened, but Tech gained a one-point margin on Capt. Stearns' free toss, then on a throw in play G, Walter pitched a high one to Raines and he batted it in for a tie. Here Mott sank another long one and Home dropped in a free to make the count 21-20, Tech, at the end of the third quarter. Mott got a couple of free throws and made one good as the final quarter opened, but Witcher tied the count at- 22-all with four minutes to go. Both teams were playing deliberate ball and waiting for an opening. Tech's .defense was so tight that Vienna was unable to piere it. The final gun found the score still 22-22. Both Vienna and Tech missed at a goal soon after the extra period opened, but Mott got loose and sank one for a lead. B. Walters broke loose and dribbled through for a cold shot and again tied the count. Time was called out again by Tech High for Mott, who was suffering from a strained leg muscle. One minute and a half remained to play. On another smart throw-in play Raines passed in and Home slipped under the basket for a crip shop that won the game and the Cotton States Championship for 1928. " Mott was the big star of the game while the defense of Tech was a work of art. The all-around play of Capt. Raines, and good defensive work by Witcher featured for Vienna. Line-up: Vienna (26): B. Walters (7) and Home. (6),- forwards; Capt. Raines (8), center; Witcher (5) and G. Walters, guards; sub. Hill. - Tech High (24): White (5) and Mott (13), forwards; Hammond, center; Capt. Stearns (3) and Chadler, guards; sub. Terr ill (3). Score by quarters: Vienna 11 4 5 2 4—26 Tech High 5 12 4 1 2—24 Referee: Papke (Middlebury). Time of quarters: 8 minutes. Extra period: 3 minutes. PLAINSMEN EASILY BEAT FLA. •GATORS BY A 58-32 SCORE There is no deadline on achievement, but it pays to start young. Boys—Stop at City Drug Store When in Columbus YOU ARE WELCOME W. L. MEADOWS MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama • mmmt (Continued from page 4) against. He made 13 points in the game. At the center positions we have Frank DuBose, who is the best center in the whole United States, and this can be extended to the whole world. The Florida boys did not know what to expect at any time from Frank, for he kept them guessing at every move, as to what he was going to do next. When the game was over, Frank had chalked up 11 points. Even though "Fob" James did not do much on the scoring end, he played his part in the game, for his efforts were used in keeping Florida's score down by closely guarding the 'Gators. Crabtree and Perrine were outstanding men for "Florida. Both were very fast, and played a good floor game. They tried some long distance shooting, which was beautiful, and netted them several goals in the last half. Referee: Roosma (Army) Line-up and summary: Auburn (58): Akin 22 and Mul-lins (9) forwards; DuBose (11), center; Ellis (13) and F. James (2), guards. Subs. Chamble (1), Smith FRESHMEN BOW TO SENIORS IN INITIAL CLASS GRID GAME (Continued from page 4) name the outstanding players. They had more weight than the Freshmen had. Such men as Sitz, Scott and Fox were hard to get around. Chambers and Sikes were also found to be stumbling blocks for the Rats. Sparks was the outstanding man in the Rat backfield while Shaber and Wind made some nice gains. Sparks was very fast. Ross did some excellent hlocking . The Frosh line put up (2), Kennedy, Vines, and Booth. Florida (32): Crabtree (6) and Vegue (8), forwards; Perrine (8), center; Van Side (5) and Carruth-ers (2), guards. Subs.: Walker (2) and McLucas (1). a good scrap, even though it was outweighed. Paterson was referee, Sims, head-linesman, and Coach Pitts—time-keeper. The Seniors gained 92 yards from line of scrimmage, while the Frosh made 88. Lineup: RATS Christians Wilson Kimbrough Mosley Slish i Jones Austin Sparks Ross Wind Shaber Pos. LE LT" LG C RG RT RE Q. LH RH FB SENIORS Alexander Sitz Chambers Fox Sikes Gregory Umberhauer Worthirigton Rudder Kenny Woodall L-THE KL0THES SH0PPE UP-STAIRS BIRMINGHAM We sell good clothes for less because it costs us less to sell Gourley F. Crawford Student Representative Take the "L" 2071/2 North 19 St. New Shipments— "Cincinnati-Art" Greeting Cards "Crane's" Stationery £ "Meeker" Leather Goods "Sheaffer" Desk Sets Bridge Scores, Candles, and Other Novelties for Parties, Wedding Presents, etc. New 'Ivory" Invitations —AT— Student Supply Shop The "Distinctive" Gift-Shop Finest Quality Goods—Nationally Advertised Reasonably Priced—New and Correct in Style WATCH OUR SHOW-WINDOWS A PLACE FOR RECREATION AND FRIENDSHIP CITY BILLIARD ROOM — i J.W. WRIGHT, JR. Dry Goods Next Door to Post Office Auburn, Alabama THE TOGGERY SHOP FOR YOUR CLOTHING In Orange & Blue STAR BRAND TYPEWRITER RIBBONS &>and MULTIKOPY CARBON PAPER Will make your work look neater. You will find them at BURTON'S BOOKSTORE OLD GOLD The Smoother and better Cigarette .... not a cough in a carload O VfK. V. Lorillard Co* Brt.1760 Pa»e 6. THE PLAINSMAN AUBURN ENTERS TOURNEY RATED STRONG FAVORITE (Continued from page one) lads have shown their quality in the Auburn gym, I believe that they'll come through. Georgia is a good pick for the other game. But, 'Ole Miss has a split series with the Georgians and it is a toss up as to which of these would win. Coming down to the main event, then, Auburn has a good chance to play a team that she has already beaten, for her final dish. We'll bow our heads in prayer! Eat 'em up Tigers and le^s hope hopes come through. The above two paragraphs, may be all wrong, if so they're plumb rotten, as the saying goes; but you never can tell and it is a good bet that some of those pickings are coming true. Well, after the tourney, look back and see. It costs nothing to pick 'em. Record Auburn, has had the best season any gym court team has had since the organization of the college. Fifteen Southern Conference quintets representing eight of the best colleges in the south were encountered and all were disposed of in a very likely manner with the exception of one, 'ole Miss. 'Ole Miss had the honor of beating the Orange and Blue five in the first game of a two game series by a single point, but the Tigers won the second go, 53-38. Auburn's total score is the highest of any team in the U. S. for the same number of College games. Several teams have claimed this honor but the Tigers have always led .them by a few points. University of Arkansas's Razorbacks and the University of Pittsburgh five are the next in line. A general average per tilt will run around fifty points, maybe a point less. THOMASON DRUG STORE OPELIKA, ALA. PHONE 30 THE REXALL STORE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OPELIKA PHARMACY, INC. DRUGS OF QUALITY PHONE 72 OPELIKA, ALA. Ice Cream IS t \ A REAL HEALTH FOOD Have You Had Yours Today? AT THE TIGER DRUG STORE AND STUDENT SUPPLY SHOP HEAR WILL ROGERS AT GYMNASIUM AUBURN, ALABAMA March 3rd, 8:15 P.M. Auspices Auburn Kiwanis Club Special price of $1.00 i» being made to students. The entire Balcony is reserved for them. Only 500 tickets can be sold. They will go on sale at Tiger Drug Store at noon, March 1. Only one ticket will be sold to a student and they are not transferable. In order to be sure of hearing Will Rogers be at Tiger Drug Store at noon (12 o'clock) March 1. The Kiwanis club is making this verj^ low rat* because of the interest the club has in students. Emmett Sizemore is in charge of ticket sales. _ Jelly Akin is the leading scorer on Auburn's team, the leading scorer in the Southern Conference and a possible candidate as leading Collegiate scorer in the country. His total is around 300 points for the nineteen frays, is a record and is remarkable. His average per tilt is close to 15 points. "^ But Akin cannot get too much praise; Ellis, DuBose, Ebb" and Fob James were here, there and everywhere. Each player did his share; team-work was used and no individuality'was in practice. The dribbling, passing, shooting and above all, the spirit of the team as a whole was worthy of their coaching and Mike Papke, the coach, himself. Mike Papke Mike Papke, is the one man that deserves praise ifxonly one is to be honored. It was through his efforts and work that this team was organized, instructed and put into the correct frame of mind. It was Papke that formed a squad of reserves to go into the games whenever needed and the reserves sure came to the front under his tutelage. Summary A summary of this season can be nothing but bright. Everyone did their best to backihe team. And that very point helped to win more than one of the games. The players appreciated every act the students made in their behlaf. Yet, another chance to help the best basketball team in the South may arise. If Auburn wins her way to the semi-finals, quite a few supporters are expected to be on hand to cheer them on to the finals. Let's all be there if possible and give the Tiger our best support. Letter roar Tigers! TALLAHASSEE DANCE DRAWS AUBURN BOYS (Continued from Page 1.) that the girls were breaking until he got back in Auburn (this is probably due to the grand rush he received at the dance Saturday night.) Besides the formal dance Saturday night, the boys were also entertained with tea dances at the various sorority houses Saturday afternoon. This is what any, boy enjoys attending, especially Tom Walthall, with battalions of pretty girls sitting around. But Alec Campbell's and Paul Alford's shyness could never have been noticed, they seemed to take it all like a dream from the way they have acted since they got back. All seven of the boys proclaim that Tallahassee is a land of Utopia for any single and ambitious- young fellow. Blakey says that out of 1600 girls there was 1599 good looking ones, that is taking into consideration the negro maid. AUBURN BAND BACK FROM MARDI GRAS (Continued from page one) are just a very few of the myriads of compliments that were showered on our band by the admiring Mobi-lians. There were one day and three night parades of the age-old Mobile mystic societies during the Carnival season, and in each of these the Auburn band drilled splendidly and played beautifully. It indeed proved itself a credit to Mari Gras and to Auburn. The band also gave afternoon concerts in Bienville Square each day it was in Mobile, "&nd played for the Coronation of King Felix III, King of Misrule, and his Queen on Monday night. Dan Cupid under the subtle influence of the dreamy southern moon, took this opportunity to work his will on various members of the Auburn band. In fact, several report that their hearts were stolen under cover of fond and tender caresses. . . . PROGRAM TIGER THEATRE • FEB. 27 TO MARCH 3 MONDAY, FEB. 27th "UNDER THE TONTO RIM" by Zane Grey with Richard Arlen and Mary Brian TUESDAY, FEB. 28 "TWO FLAMING YOUTHS" with Chester Conklin, W. C. Fields and Mary Brian WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY ' FEB. 29 & MARCH 1 Emil Jannings in "THE LAST COMMAND" with "Evelyn Brent and William Powell DR. DOWELL ARGUES AGAINST ACTION (Continued from Page 1.) exclusively to the preparation of high school teachers. 7. It violates the law in setting up "upper levels" at one of the three in-, stitutions. 8. It is contrary to the spirit of the law and to good policy to use the appropriations to "whip" institutions of higher learning into line. 9. It violates the spirit and letter of the law in the alllocation of service and in the discontinuance of certain services at two institutions and the expansion of services at one institution. 10. It ignores the graduate work in education which Auburn has been doing for a period of years. . 11. Whether designed or not, it will necessarily lower the comparative standing of • two institutions and magnify the relative standing of the third. 12. Whether designed or not, it provides for the practical destruction of teacher-training work at Auburn and Alabama College and for the control of patronage in institutions of higher learning by the university. 13. It destroys teacher-training through extension teaching at Auburn. 14. It indicates that the point of view of the executive officer has undergone a decided change since the Columbia Column Featuring This Week JUNIOR AND SOPH CLASS PLAY TO DEADLOCK GID TANNER is the man to make the fiddle talk; and, when Gid's fiddle talks, it's worth listening to. Like Riley Puckett, Tanner is another Southern minstrel with the ability to play his own accompaniment. Gid and Riley often team up to make a special record for Columbia. No. 15019-D, 10 inch 75c JOHN HENRY—Duet with Fiddle and Guitar Accomp. (Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett) GEORGIA RAIROAD—Vocal with Fiddle and Banjo Ac- . comp. (Gid Tanner) - ORDER NOW FRIDAY, MARCH 2 "SINGED" with Blanche Sweet and Warner Baxter SATURDAY, MARCH 3 "THE COWARD" with Warner Baxter, Sharon Lynn and Raoul Paoli Old Time Favorites No. 15111 -D, 10-inch 75c LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART SWEET BUNCH OF DAISIES No. 15171D, 10-inch 75c LITTLE LOG CABIN IN THE LANE. SLEEP BABY SLEEP—Vocals with Fiddle Accomp. by Clayton McMichen No. 15102-D, 10-inch 75c SALLY GOODWIN IDA RED—Vocals with Fiddle and Guitar Accomp. WRITE OR PHONE JESSE FRENCH AND SONS PIANO , COMPANY 117 Montgomery St. MONTGOMERY —and— MASON / MUSIC CO. OPELIKA, ALA. (Continued from page 4) and ran to his 23 yard line. Mosley hit line twice for first down. Nage-ley recovered Junior fumble. Porter intercepted pass and Nageley nailed him. Moseley got 7 yards in two plays. The ball went over, but Mosley intercepted pass, and then the Juniors fumbler. Porter intercepted a Soph pass, Juniors were forced to kick, and Sophs got ball after blocking punt. Jones made 15 yards with beautiful broken-field running. Williams was hurt on play, and Coston went in for him. A pass from Jones was good for fist down. Then a long pass, Robertson to Manley, netted a touchdown for the Sophmores. Cos-ton blocked the kick, which would have meant the extra point. Score: Juniors 6 and Sophs 6. The Sophs kicked as the game ended, i Mosley and Densmore were the best ground gainers for the Juniors. They showed exceptional ability in hitting the line. Porter also played a nice game. 'Grove, Martin and Yarbrough did great work in the line. For the Sophomores it would be hard to name the outstanding men bill was enacted. 15. It shows that the arbitrary and unfair use of total enrollment as a basis for the appropriation of the teacher-training equalization fund was employed. 16. It employs per capita income averages that cannot be satisfactory explained and are misleading. 17. It entirely disregards the present teacher-training load the three institutions are carrying—an error of fundamental importance. 18. It raises the question of a possible alliance between the State Department of the Education and the University of Alabama for the domination and control of the educational program of Alabama. 19. Its continuation means the necessary and complete abandonment of the principle and plan of the unified program and insures the development of the most deplorable bitterness and strife throughout the whole state. \ in the backfield. Jones conducted his team well, and got good yardage on his punts. Lively, Manley, and Gilbert showed up well on passing the pigskin and running with it. Shannon, Burt, and Nageley were outstanding linemen. Referee: "Pop" Paterson. Lineup: JUNIORS Crowe Martin Williams Kirkwood White Gerber Yarbrough Porter Spann. Mosley Densmore Pos. LE LT LG C RG RT RE Q LH RH FB Subs: Juniors—Coston, Boone and Nichols. Sophs: Nagley, Roberson. SOPHS Shannon Carlton - Wrignt Burt Howie G. Long J. Crawford H. J. Jones Manley Lively Gilbert Dr. Tidwell was also sharply interrogated at times. That the interests of Montevallo and Auburn were completey overlooked when the state board took action allocating teacher-training funds and that the allotment was made without consultation with the heads of these institutions was one of the bitterest complaints of the Auburn and Montevallo adherents. It's always comforting to know that others have troubles, too. COUNCIL BACKS TEACHER FUND ALLOTMENT (Continued from page one)- would win out in the battle, T. D. Samford made the prophecy to the council that the result would be strife and confusion in the educational ranks in Alabama. "You haven't heard the last of This. I plead with you to be careful what you do. 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Title | 1928-02-24 The Plainsman |
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ON TO THE
TOURNAMENT THE PLAINSMAN
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
ON TO THE
TOURNAMENT
VOLUME LI AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1928 NUMBER 21
GENERAL DAVIS ADDRESSES
R.O.T.C. UNIT LANGDON HALL
Leaders in the Entire Country in Basketball
CELEBRATION
WASHINGTON'S
BIRTHDAY HERE
Life of First President
Subject of Talk
Is
NEAT DRESS IS STRESSED
"Rules Governed the Life of
General Washington," /
Says Speaker
Major General Richmond P. Davis,
Commander of the Fourth Corps Area
with Headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia,
delivered the Washington's Birthday
An n i v e r s a r y speech before the
R. O. T. C. unit of A. P. I. in Lang-don
Hall.
General Davis used the remarkable
life of Washington as the theme of
his subject and pointed out the outstanding
qualities of Washington's
character which go into the make-up
of genius. In the 67 years of his life,
•the Father of our country, achieved
a remarkable record that has not been
equaled. He was not a spirit as most
biographers would make us believe,
but a real man. He could laugh heartily
when in a humorous mood, he attended
the theatres of his day, and
when the occasion demanded he was
hot headed.
Washington was not a dandy but
always partial to good clothes because
he said that self-respect was judged
by a man's appearance, His nose was
too large for good-looks, but when he
had returned from battle a hero, the
ladies overlooked his objectionable
features.
His life wasgoverned by rules
which he gathered during his early
life. By these rules he lived to be
one or the greatest men in history.
There were over a hunderd of these
rules, but the two which played the
greatest part in his character were
courtesy and modesty. It has been
said that Washington's modesty equ
aled his valor, and that no man has
ever had any two greater attributes
than these.
The following are-some of the as
signments of General Davis prior to
the World War:
Instructor and Assistant Professor
at the United States Military Acad
emy on three different occasions; Dt
rector of the Coast Artillery School
and President of the Coast Artillery
board, at Fort Monroe, Virginia;
Graduate of the Army War College;
was appointed Brigadier General of
the National Army at the beginning
of the World War; Commanded the
162nd Field Artillery brigade and in
addition was acting Chief of Artillery
of the 9th Crops; was Brigadier
General in the Regular Army in 1922,
He has recently been promoted to the
grade of Major General and assigned
to the command of the Fourth Corps
Area with Headquarters at Atlanta,
Georgia. He is now on an inspection
trip to establish closer personal contact
with all army activities of the
Southeast, to determine at first hand
the problems of the different com
ponents of our Army and to render
such assistance as conditions permit.
Dr. Dowell recently attended the
Baptist Education' Assembly at Umatilla,
Florida. Others who attended
this convention were, Dr. Rufus W.
Weaver, the educational secretaries
of the Presbyterian and Methodist
churches, and the State Superintendents
of Education of the Southeastern
States. Dr. Dowell was one of
the principal speakers, his subject
being, "The Purpose and Value of the
State Survey." -
At this meeting the educational
progress in the states was discussed
and along with this how the church
schools could cooperate with the state
schools in rendering the best educational
service. The educators present
•agreed to cooperate during the next
two years in a-program for the removal
of illiteracy.
. The closing address was made by
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stuart from the U.
S. bureau of Education. In her talk
(Mrs. Stuart urged (hat the state
schools and the church schools work
together for the removal of illiteracy.
FAMOUS SPEAKER
OF YWCA BE HERE
George L. Collins To Speak to Auburn
Students
On March 1-2 Reverned George L.
Collins, speaker of National fame will
visit Auburn. He is to be presented
by the Y. W. -C. A. and will make
several talks which he opens to all the
students. ,
Rev. Collins, better known as
"Shorty" Collins, is considered one of
the most "forward-looking" men of
our times and is making a tour of the
South for the purpose of visiting the
southern colleges. His talks deal
leargely with problems which students
are facing as citizens of the
world.
He will speak Thursday afternoon
at five o'clock at the "Y" Hut and at
other times which will be posted later.
DR. DOWELL SPEAKS
AT BAPTIST MEET
FOUR FRATERNITY
HOUSES PLANNED
Phi Kappa Delta* Plan
Home on Row
Beautiful
Auburn's dream of a beautiful Fraternity
Row is rapidly materializing.
Plans have bene completed for four
fraternity houses to be built in this
section within the next six months.
The fraternities that are planning to
build are Alpha Tau Omega, Phi
Delta Thea, Delta Sigma Phi, and
Phi Kappa Delta. The plans of the
first three of these have been announced
before.
Phi Kappa Delta Plan*
The members of the Phi Kappa
Delta Fraternity plan to build a beau
tiful thirty thousand dollar home of
Colonial architecture, the type specified
for all fraternity houses built on
Fraternity Row. It is to be erected
behind the Thea Chi house, and is to
face on the street that is to be cut
through directly past the South end
of the Theta Chi house.
Beautiful Fraternity Row
The erection of these four houses
will make a total of six fraternity
Row. At present several other fraternities
are also considering building
in the near future. According to
all indications, it will be only a matter
of a few years before there will
be a score or more houses in this section,
and then we will indeed have a
Fraternity Row that any school
might well be proud of.
ENGINEERS DAY
PROGRAM IS PLAN
March IS is Date Set for Festivities
Here
At a meeting of representatives
from the various engineering societies
on Friday evening plans were formulated
for an Engineer's Day to be
held on March. 15th.
The program will consist of a
prominent speaker in the morning, a
float parade in the afternoon and a
banquet in the evening at which a
loving cup will be presented to the
best all-around senior. During the
entire day an exhibition of the work
of the students will be on display in
the respective laboratories and in
Ramsey Hall.
Every engineering student will be
entitled to participate individually or
through one of the technical societies.
The engineering societies will sponsor
the exhibitions of their own branch of
the subject. The parade will consist
of floats from each society.
W. C. Hurt was" elected chairman
of the committee. Sub-committees
were appointed to carry out the details
of the event. Societies will immediately
begin their preparations
for the first Engineer's Day at Auburn.
1928 AUBURN TIGERS
The above photo shows the big cogs in the 1928 Auburn basketball quintet. The
players are: 1—"Jelly" Akin, forward; 2—"Buck" Ellis, forward; 3—The James
Twins, Ebb and Fob (Captain), guards; 4—Frank DuBose, center; 5—A. P. "Mike"
Papke, coach.
TALLAHASSEE
DANCE DRAWS
AUBURN BOYS
Seven Make Trip to Florida
Woman's College
BIG TIME IS REPORTED
Tea Dances Held at Sorority
H o u s e s Saturday Afternoon
The Florida State College at Tallahassee
gave their first known prom
last Saturday, February 11th, and
Auburn was well represented. The
boys representing Auburn were: Alec
Campbell,, Bob Blakey, Paul Alford,
Tom Walthall, Oscar Asbell, Tom Parish
and Rob Matthews. The last
four boys went down in the famous
Theta Chi Ford. The first three
went down in Paul Alford's 1492
model Ford coupe, better known as
"Mittie Lee." All the boys claim to
have had a wonderful time, and judging
from the change in looks of "Mittie
Lee," she had a wild time herself.
The crew left Auburn Friday and
arrived at Tallahassee in "time for
dates that night. They were all entertained
royally from the moment
they arrived until they left Sunday
afternoon.
The dances were so different and
so entertaining that they left an impression
on the boys minds that will
not be easily forgotten. They were
more or less of the Leap Year type,
the girls doing the breaking and making
of all dates. Blakey did not know
(Continued on Page 6.)
RAT IS ARRESTED *
DISTURBING TOWN
An unlucky freshman, being
initiated into a fraternity, disturbed
the peace to such an extent
that he was arrested by an
Auburn policeman.
The freshman was on the water
tank yelling, "Praise Allah. My
doom has come." He was warned
by the police several times but
continued K's praying for fear
of arousing the wrath of his
seniors. He was jailed-by the police
and released under a $100
bond.
Auburn Band Back
From Mardi Gras
Much Admiration Expressed for the
Darling Band Leader
Huge crowds of joy-mad pleasure
seekers thronged the streets—maskers
of all descriptions were everywhere—
toy horns and whistles shrieked—
auto hrons tooted incessantly—
venders announced their wares in
shrill cries—Mardi Gras was at its
height! Night fell. The sky besame
a livid red from the flare of hundreds
of torches* An expectant hush fell
over the crowd—the parade had begun.
m
The Auburn band, at the head of
the procession, began to play. The
crowd thrilled. "Oh! Mama! Look
at the Auburn boys in their bee-ooti-ful
uniforms!" "Isn't that a darling
band leader?" "Wonder music!" "I
just lov* the Auburn band!" These
(Continued on page 6)
HONOR ROLL
GRADE "A"
Name
(90 or above) IN EVERY SUBJECT
First semester 1927-28
Class Guardian Home
J. R. Alexander ...Jr..EE
Patricia Askew
C. D. Bradley Jr. EE
Eloise Floyd - Jr. Ed.
Mrs. J. R. Alexander—Centerville
Fr. Gen. Mr. B. M. Askew _ Freeport, Fla-.
Mr. B. M. Bradley Anniston
Mr. C. M. Floyd .Auburn
A. P. Francis Sr. ME
C. D. Greentree Sr. EE
H. M. Hanbury Sr. ME
R. F. Kirkpatrick
Otto Miller
Mr. T. M. Francis Birmingham
Mr. C. U. C. Greentree, White
Plains, N. Y.
Mrs. P. S. Webber —Birmingham
Sr. EE Mrs. R. S. Kirkpatrick Montgomery
Sr. EE Mr. E. W. Miller Clanton
Ruth Murray Fr. PM Mr. J. M. Murray Mobile
Celeste Nesbitt Sr. H. Ec. T. M. Nesbitt. Birmingham
H. A. Snow Sr. EE J. A. Snow Birmingham
. GRADE "A" (90-100 in every subject except one)
Frank E. Carlton Sr. EE Mr. F. E. Carlton.-Birmingham
C. Hartwell Davis, Jr. ..Sr. Gen. Auburn
William J. Horsley, Jr. ..Sr. ME
M. S. Kestler Sr. Gen.
George N. Lagrone Sr. EE
Elizabeth Mardree Jr. Ed.
J. F. Mitchell, Jr __. So. Ch. E.
J. J. O'Rourke So. EE
Sam P. Robinson J. So. Ch. E.
H. L. Tabor Sr. EE
Blanche M. Tancredi .... So. Ed.
P. E. Sandlin Sr. EE
J. C. Townsend, Jr. ._ Sr. EE
H. A. Wise Jr. Ag.
Mr. C. H. Davis
Mr. W. J. Horsley Birmingham
Mr. C. A. Kestler....Manila, P. I.
Mrs. R. C. Lagrone.:..West Blocton
Mrs. S. B. Mardree Auburn
Pro. J. F. Mitchell Jacksonville
Mrs. J. J. O'Rourke Selma
Mrs. J. B. Robinson Birmingham
W. H. Tabor Owens Cross Road
Mr. A. Tancredi Birmingham
Mr. J. T. Sandlin Tarrant
Mr. J. C. Townsend Marion
W. H. Wise McCullough
COUNCIL BACKS
TEACHER FUND
ALLOTMENT
Sustains State Board in Giving
Alabama $65,000
SAMFORD OPPOSES A CT
Sharp Debate Between Presidents
of Colleges Occur
By a vote of 6 to 4, the State Council
of Education Tuesday night sustained
the action of the State Board
of Education allotting $65,000 to the
University of Alabama and $20,000
to Auburn for teacher training work.
The council's action followed a session
of 10 hours in the office of the
governor and which was enlivened
many times by sharp verbal passages
betwen adherents of Auburn and
Montevallo and the University of
Alabama.
Final action came on a resolution
offered by State Superintendent of
Education Dr. R. E. Tidwell, which
allocated teacher training services
among the three higher institutions
of learning. It was on the Tidwell
resolution offered early Tuesday afternoon
that the sharp debates and
interchanges occurred. Dr. Tidwell
and Dr. Denny bore the brunt of the
fight to sustain the action of the State
Board of Education. Dr. Spright
Dowell, president of Auburn; Dr. O.
C. Carmichael, president of Montevallo;
Alto V. Lee, of the Montevallo
board and T. D. Samford of the Auburn
board spoke several times during
the seven-hour discussion of the
resolution and biterly opposed it.
Alto V. Lee referred to the majority
of the council as "the steam roller."
"I've been on steam rollers and I have
been under steam rollers and so I
know how it feels on both sides," said
Mr. Lee in referring to the six members
who put through the Tidwell
resolution and voted down the substitute
resolutions offered by Mr.
Lee and Mr. Samford.
When it became evident during the
afternoon's debate that the University
p. (Continued on Page 6.)
SANKEY HAS GOOD
CADDY IN TOURNEY
Gets an Added Prize of Eleven Golf
BaliU
John B. Wood, well known student
in first year architecture was Ben
Sankey's caddy in the recent golf
tournament held here. Due to the
untiring efforts of caddy Wood, Ben
received eleven golf balls as an added
prize. Caddy Wood stated that he
never found a ball until after it had
stopped rolling.
/ • .
AUBURN ENTERS TOURNEY
RATED STRONG FAVORITE
DR. DOWELL ARGUES
AGAINST ACTION
Dr. Dowell's arguments against
the allotment of funds to the leading
institutions for teacher's training
courses under the conditions as
proposed by the State Board of Education
was summarized as follows:
1. It is contrary to the spirit, the
practice and the plan embodied in the.
Unified Education Act.
2. It infringes upon the rights and
prerogatives of the State Council of
Education and of the board of trustees
of the three institutions of "higher
learning.
3. It violates the principle of
"equalization'* as employed throughout
the country and as clearly implied
in the act.
4. It was arrived at without the
knowledge of Auburn.
5. It violates the law in making no
appropriation to Alabama College.
6. It violates the law which stipulates
that the funds shall be devoted
(Continued on Pag* 6.)
CONFERENCE
MEET HELD IN
NEW TECH GYM
Clemson Is First Foe for Tigers
Friday Afternoon
AUBURN EXPECTED WIN
Georgia, 'Ole Miss, Tech and
A. & to. Have Strong
Teams
ARCHITECTS HOLD
SPECIAL MEETING
Sigmund Nesselroth Speaks Here on
Friday Night
A special meeting of the Architectural
Association was held on Friday,
February the seventeenth. The object
of this meeting was to hear an
address by Mr. Sigmund Nesselroth.
The association has been endeavoring
for some time to get Mr. Nesselroth
to address its members, e
Mr. Nesselroth is a graduate of
Harvard, was a member of the Boston
Architectural Association, and has
studied abroad. To him, with Warren,
Knight and Davis, is due the
credit for the beautiful building at
Birmingham of the Alabama Power
Company.
Mr. Nesselroth addressed the Association
on "The Profession of Architecture."
He brought out the fact
that the profession of architecture
was the profession of creating beautiful
and useful things and was to
his mind the noblest of all the professions.
He also stressed as part of an
architects's training the importance
of the study of the History of Architecture
and Construction. Mr. Nessel-roth's
talk was thought to be very
beneficial and was thoroughly enjoyed
by all.
The Association is carrying forward
the policies of the past semester
of getting prominent architects to
make addresses at its regular weekly
meetings.
Another prominent architect who
has recently addresses the Association
is Mr. E. O. Smith of Columbus, Ga.
Mr. Smith is president of the Georgia
Board of Architects.
OPELIKA ALUMNI
ALREADY ACTING
Over Sixty Members Are in New
Association
Although the Auburn Alumni Association
of Opelika was organized
only last Saturday much progress has
already been accomplished.
Finding that many of the alumni
of Auburn were at present living in
Opelika someone conceived the idea
that an alumni association should be
formed there. Accordingly a meeting
was called last Saturday and at this
meeting an Auburn Alumni Association
of Opelika was organized. Mr.
R. C. Smith was elected as president
and Mr. Frazier as secretary. At
present the association has a membership
of over sixty.
Among the many forward steps already
taken by the assocation there is
one concerning the division of. the
$100,000 teacher training fund which
has been appropriated by the State
legislature to the colleges of Alabama
under state control. At the meeting
the association formed resolutions declaring
the division unfair to Auburn
and the Alabama College at Montevallo.
They urged that legal action be
taken against this division.
By Max E. Kahn
With the sunny side of the ledger
packed with bacon and a single piece
of lean on the dark page, Mike Papke
packed his "Dreadnaught Five" on the
train Thursday for the final games of
the 1928 Season. After a meeting of
ten officials, Auburn was the unanimous
choice of the best team to enter
the tourney this year. Many of the
mo>t prominent newspaper experts
have given Auburn the leadership
with the University of North Carolina
a close second. Stiff competition
is to be encountered and the best
team does not always win. Georgia,
'Ole Miss, Georgia Tech and A. & M.
may be listed as teams to be watched.
Preliminaries—Clemson
Friday afternoon at 4:30, the
whistle will blow for the opening
game as far as Auburn is concerned.
Josh Cody's lads will furnish the opposition
and if they play in the form
demonstrated in the last game they
played on the Tiger court, there is
going to be some fuss in the air. When
Cody puts out a team, it's is due be
good and he impressed that on the
other teams last year as his Commodore
quintet sailed through all teams
in their way.
Saturday night is very likely to see
the Tigers still going unless the un-looked
for happens and either Florida
or Tech will foe on hand to take
on the Tigers. Either team has had
their drubbing at Mike Papke's lad's
hands and will sure endeavor to obtain
revenge. But, playing up to
past form, there is no reason why the
Auburnites shouldn't remain over the
week-end. Let's hope so.
Monday, the winner of the other division
of the lower bracket which includes:
W. & L., Miss. A. & M., and
Virginia will lock horns with the
winner of the Tech-Auburn, or Fla.-
Auburn, fray.
Semi-Finals
Monday night the semi-finals will
be in vogue and either Auburn or
Miss. A. & M. will be strutting around
ready to take on the champs of the
upper loop. It is assumed that Auburn
and Miss. A. & M. will be the
victors in their respective tilts in the
lower bracket. And it may also be
stated, since favories are in style, that
Auburn is going to be in the Auditorium
again Tuesday night for the
last game. For the upper half, several
strong quintets may be mentioned as
possible winners. U. of N. C. should
beat L. S. U., 'Ole Miss, should
trounce N. C. State, Georgia will
beat V. M. I., and S. C. U. will have
a good chance to lick Kentucky. 'Ole
Miss is due to give the tarheels a
hard fight and since the Mississippi
(Continued on Pag* 6.)
Elec Fraternity To
Give Weiner Roast
Party Leaves Ramsay Hail at 4:15
on March 2
On Friday, March 2, Eta Kappa
Nu, the honorary Electrical Engineering
society will give a weiner roast to
the Juniors and Seniors of the Electrical
"Engineering Department. All
men are urged to be in front of Ramsay
Hall at 4:15 P. M., March 2. The
party will leave promptly at 4:30
for a nearby place where the weiner
roast will be held.
All Elects should come out as it
gives Eta Kappa Nu a line on' those
men who are eligible for election to
the fraternity. Eta Kappa Nu guarantees
plenty of food and a good
time.
Pa«e 2
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ENGINEER'S DAY
It is with intent and earnest interest that
we turn our thoughts to the event, to be
staged in the near future, known as Engi-neer
s Day.
There has, to a great extent, been a prevalent
feeling among a number of the students
that some means of uniting the interests
of the men of the various engineering
courses should be formulated. It is believed,
then ,that by means of the plan of holding
an Engineer's Day program the opportunity
of the students cooperating and working
together with a common purpose in view
will result in a broadening of the college
. spirit. It will acquaint the men of one department
with the work and happenings
in the other courses on the campus. The
exhibitions to be featured under the supervision
of the respective societies will inevitably
bring about such a result.
With such a predominating spirit within,
outsiders will doubtlessly be impressed by
the activities. They will learn what Auburn
stands for and will have demonstrated
before them the result of cooperation among
the students with a fixed purpose in mind
—to uphold Auburn and its standards.
With these purposes in view the success
of Engineer's Day is enthusiastically predicted.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY -
Throughout the country George Washington's
birthday is commemorated on February
22 to serve the purpose of again
bringing before our thoughts the life he
liyed and the truly patriotic principles
which he represented. His truthfulness,
sincerity, patience and perseverance aided
him in making these principles a reality.
The broad expanse of his field of endeavor
proved his ability to meet any need
and overcome any difficulty with which he
Came in contact. His presence of mind and
ability as a leader in war gave to the nation
the status which was early termed its
"independence."
From the scene of battle, Washington
passed to a field of still more vital importance
to the nation whose liberty he had
fought to obtain—to form a suitable democratic
government for the states that had
been freed from British power.
The trying days of the National Convention
featured Washington as the president
of the convention, from which followed a
government that is today known as the National
Government of the United States,
possessing supreme legislative, executive
and judicial powers, to be made effective
by a democratic representation of every
state and its citizens under a judiciary head.
Following the establishment of such a government
Washington was unanimously
elected president of the United States of
America, in 1789. On April 30, on the balcony
of Federal Hall in New York City,
the oath of office was administered.
There followed a period of eight years in
which Washington served his country as
president, equally as well as when he comforted
hjs men at Valley Forge and guided
them to victory in the war for independence.
He was an able and reliant president and
established enumerable standards for his
successors.
Declining to be a candidate for a third
term Washington, in a masterly state
paper, made an appeal for the highest
standards of the nation. He urged a "cordial,--
habitual and immovable attachment to
a national union." He enjoined upon us the
importance of Americans observing good
faith and" justice toward all nations and the
necessity of keeping clear of permanent alliances
with any portion of the foreign
world. "Public opinion," he wrote, "should
be enlightened and public credit cherished."
In spite of the many dificulties and experiences
of our ^country since Washington
spoke these words, America stands today a§
a product of her "Father's" ideals and
standards. Through variances she has been
purified.
We joyfully, then, commemorate the day
of his birth in humble homage to him for the
ideals which he demonstrated for his country.
THE AUBURN COLLEGIANS
As a result of the excellent showing made
by the Student Auburn Collegiate Orchestra,
since it was organized at Auburn near
the opening of school last fall, this group
of musicians has secured for itself a favorable
reputation throughout the state. Max
Jones, as director of the orchestra, deserves
commendation for the type of entertainment
he has been so successful in producing.
Early in'the year the Auburn Collegians
obtained contracts to furnish musical programs
for the "A" Club dances, the faculty
dances and for the Tiger Theatre. In November
they were called upon to visit Manchester,
Georgia, to provide the music for
celebrating the opening of certain public
utilities in that city. Te event produced a
means of bringing the orchestra under the
observation of the public. The programs
they produce from the radio station WAPI
on Wednesday of each week have served to
spread the name of the Auburn Collegians
far beyond the limits of Auburn.
During the Christmas holidays the plans
for the orchestra consisted df_a "good-will"
tour of South Alabama. During this week
of travel they visited a number of southern
towns and offered their best. Auburn's
name was soon spread over that part of the
state from an entirely different source from
that of any time previous.
.. The orchestra will accompany the Auburn
Glee Club on its tour of east and central
part of Alabama, which will begin on
March 5th. Some of the towns scheduled
to visit include, Anniston, Montevallo, Syla-cauga,
Roanoke, and Talladega.
In the spring, after school closes, a trip to
Europe is being planned, to extend over the
entire period of summer vacation.
' The members of the orchestra have received,
at some time, valuable training, together
with the necessary experience required
to produce an orchestra with the
most promising future. Max Jones attended
the Boston Conservatory of Music
for a year. He now has two prominent orchestras
in Boston operating under his
name. Levin Foster attended the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music. He is also a
member of the Auburn Band. Others members,
including Jimmy Cone, Abie Hardin,
J. B. Jones, and John Brown have had local
training in Birmingham or Columubus.
The members of the orchestra are as follows
: • Max Jones, tenor saxophone and
trumpet; Levin Foster, trumpet, clarinent
and saxophone; Jimmy Cone, saxophone;
Abie Hardin, banjo and tipple; J. B. Jones,
trombone; John Brown, tuba; Jimmy Ware,
drum and Sam Romano, piano. Three men
will be added for the glee club trip; Ben
Rives, saxophone; T. D. Allen, saxophone
and Pete Green, trumpet.
With such an unusual record as that
made by the Auburn Collegians since they
were organized in the fall, we can almost
inevitably prophecy its further success.
We are indeed hoping for and expecting a
promising future for this group of entertainers.
IS THE ATTACK JUSTIFIABLE?
In a rcent issue of the Birmingham Age-
Herald the following editorial appeared in
regard to the controversy that has arisen
over the prejudice shown in the donation
of the money to the colleges of Alabama
from the teachers training equalization
fund: •
"Auburn alumni at Opelika did not mince
words in their denunciation of the manner
in which the teacher training equalization
fund, appropriated by the last Legislature
for the benefit of high school instructors,
has been allocated by the State Board of
Education, with the approval of the Council
of Education.
Holding that the allotment of $65,000 to
the university and $20,000 to Auburn contravenes
the spirit and the letter of the
statute providing for the fund, violates
the trust reposed in the board and the council,
and operates unfairly and prejudicially
toward Auburn and Montevallo, an aroused
alumni association, condmens the educational
authorities for unjust and illegal discrimination,
appeals to the people of Alabama
to protest against such action, and
recommends that legal steps be taken to
prevent the unjust division of money.
This is the kind of arraignment which
members of the Board of Education had
reason to expect, in view of what was said
at the recent meeting of the council in
Montgomery. But that is no reason why
they should be so complacent about the
situation. It may be that there is no legal
remedy for supporters of institutions
which have been discriminated against. Yet
educational statesmen would scarcely have
permitted matters to reach the point of
unsparing indictment as embodied in the
accusatory resolutions adopted at Opelika.
And large-minded moulders of educational
policies in this state would have avoided
taking any action which might renew a
dying hostility between state institutions.
Since this unhappy affair has become the
basis of charges of illegality, the courts
will probably be sought for a decision in the
premises. That is not, of course, the way
in which the cause of education is helped.
But the original blunder took place in
Montgomery. It was accentuated by later
•awkwardness. The outlook and the spirit
which sought a $20,000,000 bond issue under
existing conditions could be depended upon
to continue its insistence on having the educational
programs conform to the decrease
of the group in power." I •' _
All friends of the college will await with
anxiety the action of the Auburn Board of
Trustees before which the matter- will
necessarily be presented, since the trustees
possess the legal responsibility of finally
determining the policies which will affect
the program and services of the college.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
S y lupiter f. Thvius
This week has been set aside as Better
Speech Week. The particular point fdr. emphasis
this year is building up a vocabulary
by using the dictionary. I suggest
that the most logical step for most of us
would be to learn to pronounce the word
dictionary. Few of us pronounce it correct-ly.
It seems to me that the words which we
need most to add to our vocabularies are
some of the common ones which we do not
use because of various.reasons, chief among
which is laziness. A word that most of
us need to learn to use is the contraction
doesn't. Everyone has his pet aversion in
grammatical mistakes; mine is the use of
don't in the third person singular.' "It
don't matter," "She don't like me," "He
don't eat spinach"—it seems to me that I
hear such expressions every hour. My rare
visits to the movies are invariably marred
by the- occurence of this error in at least
one title in each picture. A division of the
contraction into its component parts reveals
the glaring error in saying "he don't"
and the like..
Let's start now, during Better Speech
Week, to improve our grammar; it is possible
that a chance visitor on the campus
might get the impression that we don't
know any better English than that which
A curious weakness of present-day collegians,
born" of a solt altruism, is to give
positions of emolument to students whose
chief qualifications is that they need the
money to go to college. In case two persons
of equal ability—with emphasis on the
word equal—apply for a position, then it
is not inconsistent with sound business
policy to favor the one who is in most need
of the money. However, when we give
lucrative jobs to men who are incapable of
performing them efficiently, we cheat ourselves,
and moreover, do them infinite
harm, all under the name of "lending a
helping hand." More intelligent foresight
and less mass altruism is needed in the al-lottment
of responsible positions by our
college student bodies.
* * * * *
A northern man of letters recently
aroused a storm of protest from southern
chamber-of-commerce secretaries when he
casually remarked that there is no civilization
south of the Mason and Dixon Line.
If I remember correctly, it was Henry Louis
Mencken who said something to the same
effect a year or two ago. A few days ago
Richard Bennett told an Atlanta audience
that he was coming back to the South—in
not less than forty years.
My optimistic hope that they might be
wrong was given a jolt recently when I
came in contact with a person who is "free,
white, and twenty-one (and more)" who
didn't know who wrote David Copperfield
and The Old Curiosity Shop. Let me make
it plain that I don't consider a mind like
a card-index an earmark of civilization, I
wouldn't have expected her to know who
wrote TractaiuB Theologico-Politicus, but
to find a person in a college town who
doesn't instinctively and instantly connect
the names of those two novels with that of
Charles Dickens is no indication to me that
we are living in a second Athens.
Although Paul Smith has well nigh reached
the peak of perfection, we think it only
just and proper to note that he makes mistakes
and blunders as the rest of us poor
mortals do. While a recent itinerary to
that well known country town of Clanton,
Alabama, he made this very serious break.
It happened that the train was late and it
was dark when he arrived. He spryly alighted
from the train and saw what he thought
to be his Lady of Dreams awaiting him.
Quite naturally he skipped up to her in a
brisk manner, caressed her, and purred love
notes in her ear.
She was So completely overwhelmed by
Smith's attentions she could hardly breathe.
Finally Smith relaxed and came up for air.
When he did this, she, sighing and slowly
turning up her dusky face, softly murmured,
"Mr. Smith, you sho am a mos' pow'ful
smaht man."
We have discovered that Buddy Geiss has
at last and after much hunting found a
co-ed to go with him to South America.
The report has been circulated that Buddy
and Polly will begin their epochan journey
in the near future. Maybe, when they are
hunting big game in the jungles down there,
they will recall the good old days at Auburn
when one could go 'possum hunting without
even having a dog along.
It seems that Rat Walter Smith has published
a pamphlet entitled "Women Nevermore."
He must mean to try to live up to
the ideals and standards he sets forth in his
little book, judging from the way in which
he has discontinued paying his attentions
to a certain young lady here in Auburn.
Or maybe-well, what?
Rodney Mathews, after a brief visit to
Florida State College for Women on which
he attended the Junior-Senior Leap-Year
dance, states that he was rushed terribly
while on his visit. The girls would trick
one, too, for they persuaded him to go out
with them one night and he had to walk ten
miles to get back to town.
We see that "Rabbi" Rudder is wearing
a sorority pledge pin. The girls have also
put him to work, for we saw him coming
down the street the other day with a coal
scuttle in his hand, apparently bound for
some, place where he could get coal for
nothing. However, he won't have to do
this after he pays his dues.
Whoever- heard of getting on the doctor
for an excuse to cut a Literary Society?
That's how dumb one of the co-eds is.
Yes, she's a new one and hasn't had time
to learn any better.
We were expecting someone to intercept
a pass in the football game last Friday and
swim for a touchdown, but as Lady Luck
decided nothing like that happened. Nothing
spectacular ever happens now.
Blind Tiger
It takes five years for • tree to produce
nuts, but the colleges do it in four.
Book Review
THE SILVER CHORD
By Sidney Howard
Shaw contends that a child's love for
its parents is superfluous, and that reproduction
is the fundamental responsibility
of man and wife. Sidney Howard advances
still further with the theme that
"mother love" might even prove disastrous.
Truly, in the Silver Chord, the mother misconstrues
maternal devotion, and consequently
binds her sons to strongly with the
silver chord.
David Phelps is the favorite son, and
finds it impossible to apportion his love
equally to his mother and to Christina,
his wife. Mrs. Phelps contentiously reiterates
her fear of losing her entire grip
on the hearts of her "two, fine boys." Christina
contends for only her share of devotion.
But David, the fought-over, is one of
those deliberately dazed persons, and insists
that neither of them "make a mountain
out of a mole hill." . . .
Robin, the younger son, acclaims his love
for Hester, who dispassionately returns it.
Now, Mrs. Phelps is unable to bear the
visualization of any one else reaping the
fruits from her toil of parenthood. And
so that's why we have a play.
Mrs. Phelps prompts her precious Robin
to sever his engagement to Hester. He does.
His mother continues to annoy Hester until
she, in an effort to rid herself of the miserable
Mrs.. Phelps, attempts a departure
at night, during which falls victim to a
hole in the ice.
As Christina, who is innately in sympathy
with Hester, yells for help. . . .
As Hester is almost drowning. . . .
(and as one intellectual progeny in the
audience wonders if Hester has' a wooden
leg, and if it will consequently make her
float). . . . .
And as David and Robin rush to the
rescue. . . .
As all this happens, Mrs. Phelps cries
pitifully for "her darling boys to get their
coats or they'll catch cold."
Christina's speech in the third act presents
a discussion of various types of love,
containing the theme of the play. The
climax is reached when she," at the end of
her lines, demands that David choose between
herself and Mrs. Phelps. Robin is
He had a heart of gold—yellow and
hard. '
Modern version:
"Early to bed, and early to rise,
While your girl goes out with other guys."
The laziest man in the world is the one
who sang: \ i
"Moonbeam, kiss her for me."
Most of the classical dances remind us
of trying to get into a unionsuit in an upper
berth.
Ruth rode in my new cycle car
In the seat back of me;
I took a bump at fifty-five,
And rode on Ruthlessly.
"What did the boss say when you told
him you sat up at night with the baby?"
"He asked if she was a blonde or brunette."
"She was a farmer's daughter—"
"Why, did she plant you?"
"No, she cultivated my friendship, and
then harvested my kale."
"Did you deliver that nickel's worth of
liver to Mrs. Brown?"
"Yes, sir, j but she told me to bring it
back and say the cat had caught a mouse."
John (disgustedly): "I think I've got a
flat tire."
Billie: "Oh! gimme a chance, we're not
a block from home yet."
He: "Wait a minutes. I thought I heard
some break."
She: "Never mind. That was just my
promise to mother."
"When Noah sailed the ocean blue
He had his troubles, same as you;
For days and days he drove the Ark
Before he found a place to park."
"Conductor, do you call this a fast train?"
"Ycf."
"Well, do you mind if I get off and see
what is fast to?"
With Other Colleges
Owed to Eguitation
A friend of mine, the horse,
And we love him well of course.
But the friction of the saddle
Often causes us much remorse.
Professor: "Can you give me an example
of a commercial appliance used in ancient
times?"
Stude: "Yes sir, the loose-leaf system
used in the Garden of Eden.
"Oh, dear, you've only been kissing me
for three hours. Why don't you treat me
like some of the other boys have done? I
want some more."
"Say, girlie, what's par for this course,
anyhow?"
Teacher: "If there are any dumbbells in
this room, please stand up." •
A pause—and then Johnny finally got up.
"Why, Johnny, do you consider yourself
a dumbbell?"
"Well, not exactly that, teacher, but I
hate to see you standing all alone."
Aunt Sardonia, wife of a colored Private,
was a great advocate of the rod as a help
in child-raising. As a result of an unmerciful
beating which she gave her youngest
and "orneriest," she was brought into court
one day by the outraged neighbors.
The judge after giving her a severe lecture,
asked if she had anything to say.
"Jest one thing, jedge," she replied, "I
wants to ask you a question. Was you ever
the parent of a puffectly wuthless cullud
child?"
Hilda was the new maid just from the
country. Her mistress overheard the following
conversation between her and the
cook next door:
"How do you like your new job Hilda?"
"I like it fine. We got cremated cellar
and walks, cemetery plumbing, elastic
lights and a hoosit."
"What's a hoosit?"
"Oh, a bell rings. You put a thing to
your ear; and say "Hello" and someone
says 'hello,' and then you say "Hoosit'."
bade to do likewise. Christina and Hester
go out. Exit David.
Mrs. Phelps carresses Robin as the curtain
falls, the silver chord being too strong
a tie.
The play is presented by the Theatre
Guild Reperator Company, and is the winner
of the Pulitzer prise. Florence Eld-ridge
and George Gaul are the leading
players, the former being one of the most
prominent of Broadway's younger actresses.
Mr. Gaul has lead many successful plays.
Reviewed by "Sir Tristram"
' v 1
Risks upon students being called on in
recitation are taken by a small Minnesota
Insurance Comapny.
* * * * *
The Wisconsin Literary Magazine, published
at the University of Wisconsin, was
delayed in issuance because a page was censored
by the university board.
* * • » »
The S. S. Pyndam, the second "University
afloat" will sail from New York September
19, 1928. The college is limited to
375 young men.
* * * _* *
Wyoming, Ohio, is believed to have the
oldest college graduate in the United States.
Dr. Samuel W. Williar, oldest living alumnus
of Ohio Wesleyan University, has recently
celebrated his 100th birthday.
* * * * *
Acording to investigation made by the
department of physical education at the
University of California, college women
are becoming smaller and college men
larger.
* * * * *
The period from Feburay 4 to 18 was
set aside as an "open season" for the co-eds
at Williamette College, of Salem, Oregon,
to exercise their rights under the Leap
Year season. The action was officially
taken by the students.
* * * * •
Students of the Indiana State Normal
School are required to take two two-hour
courses in spelling and writing before their
graduation. Their courses are non-pre-prepared
courses. A four-hour course in
writing is also offered for those who care to
improve their penmanship.
* * * * *
The manner of administering punishment
for infraction of college rules, and the
habit of the college in employing a watchman
to spy on the students while an honor
system is supposedly in ef ect, has led to the
resignation of the officers of the student
government of Amherst College.
* * * * *
Agitation which subsided sometime ago
has been renewed by the students and the
alumni of Wesleyan University, to have the
name of that institution changed. The reason'for
the desired change is the general
mix-up caused by the fact that there are
a score of Wesleyans scattered throughout
the United States.
* * * * *
Two foot-ball captain's will lead Ne-braksa's
squad. Edward "Blue" Howell,
backfield man, will captain the backfield,
while his team-mate, Elmer Holm, a guard
will take charge of the line. This is the
first time two men have eveh been captain
of a Nebraska team at the same time.
* * * * *
After being without frats since 1893, and
just recently allowed to have them by the
Trustees of the college under graduates of
Furman are up in the air following {he action
of the South Carolina Baptist Convention,
which required that the trustees agree
to abolish the fraternities. One frat already
had been replaced on the campus, and several
others were about to be.
* * * * *
Under the auspices of College Humor,
the Arts Crafts Guild Travel Bureau plans
a tour of England, France and Belgium,
leaving Mqntraeal June 22nd. The tour
will be in the nature of a huge house party,
as there will be at least one hundred collegians
making the trip.
A trip to Stratford-on-Avon, London's
night life at the cabarets, Limehouse, at the
famous tavernts—Cheshire Cheese and the
Red Lion. Brussels, the gay capital of
Belgium and then to Paris.
• * * * * *
"All this talk about the yonng folks
going to the dogs and drinking themselves
blind is pure nonsense. Colleges are apt
to have the reputation of being wet because
the short-comings of a few-students get into
the papers as typical of all students. If two
or three college fellows get drunk and
cause a fuss, the story can promptly be
found in the newspaper but no mention is
made of the 10,000 or 20,000 students who
ostensibly do not drink."
That was W. E. "Pussyfoot" Johnson's
dispensation to the college man, as reported
in the Harvard Crimson.
_ _ * * * • *
That the club system should be substituted
for the fraternity system of Dartmouth
is the belief of the "Dartmouth," under-graduate
daily, which has been carrying on
a campaign for reform in the fraternities
on the Dartmouth campus. Says the Dartmouth:
"We do not think that membership on a
national fraternity is doing anyone any
harm, but we do think it is useless and
foolish. If the fraternities in this college
were to return their national charters, it
would make little, or no, actual difference
to anyone. There would still be the house
for social purposes. There would be a party
organized at Carnival for the club. There
would be the opportunity for friendship,
which, in the end, is all that a fraternity
can provide. It is absurd to think that any
organization can guarantee friendship."
/
./ THE PLAINSMAN P«C« 3.
Notes of the Societies
TAU BETA PI
Tau Beta Pi has inaugurated a plan
of having a formal meeting in the
form of a luncheon once a month.
The first one "of this particular type
of meetings which was held at the Auburn
Inn at 6 P. M., February 6,
1928, was a howling success. Plenty
of clever jokes were told on the various
members of the society. Our own
beloved Stumpy Feagin was the target
for the majority of the jokes. They
say his girl knows him so well that
when she sent him a telegram a few
days ago, that she put the word stop
after each sentence.
Plans are" under way for the selection
of new members for the society.
My advice to the Juniors is to work
hard, develop a pleasing personality,
mix with the Seniors and engage in
some form of student activity. Grades
alone will never elect you to Tau Beta
Pi.
The meeting Monday night, Feb.
20, was a diversion from the regular
type of meetings. Professor Daugh-rity
gave a very interesting and instructive
talk on the essentials of good
public speaking. He answered in a.
informal way any questions that were
asked regarding public speaking.
WIRT
The Wirt Literary Society held its
regular meeting in Wirt Hall on Tuesday,
February 21, 1928. The program
was built around the life and
character of our first president. J.
G. Carter told of Washington's early
boyhood giving a very interesting talk
though not including the famous cherry
tree incident. His entrances into
public notice as discussed by C. H.
Brown, and the most striking traits
of his character, by D. C. Nation gave
new pictures of one whom everyone
knows something about. A review of
his life as President was given by
Miss Julia Price. As a fitting summary
and close to the program, W. C.
Weldon presented a discussion of how
Washington helped in the development
of our country. The entire program
was announced very good by
the critic, and the .members of the society
who were present agreed with
him.
A discussion of inter-society basket
ball predominated for a time, with the
opinion that Vines would make a
worthy coach. Due to the absence of
Mr. Gowder, in the hospital in Montgomery,
Evelyn Henry was appointed
Reporter, pro tern to fill his place.
As there was no further business, the
meeting adjourned to meet February
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"WAPI on the Air" was the theme
of Harry Wise's talk at the recent
meeting of the Ag Club, which featured
the short program given. Extremely
bad weather, together with
the running of a department picture
show, cut the attendance quite severely.
Those who did attend, waded mud
and faced a continuous blowing rain
to do so. Almost half the regular attendance
was present.
Mr. Wise's talk came first on the
program; in it he gave -the club a
brief review of what the broadcasting
station is and has been doing, and a
few of the points where its programs
are being picked up, along with comments
of listeners-in. According to
reports and complimentary remarks
received by the station, the dance pro-
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basketball games have been the most
popular features given by the station
recently.
These programs have been received
at distant points such as the following,
Mr. Wise stated: Idaho, Toronto,
Canada, Indiana, Washington, and
practically every state in the union.
Quite complimentary and indicative of
excellent programs given out were the
remarks received by the broadcasting
station through letters, cards and telegrams.
During the progress of the Ole Miss
basketball game, J. C. Lowery was
traveling at the rate of sixty per on
the Pan American north of Birmingham
when he caught the report of the
game. Mr. Wise further stated that
Auburn is the only institution of our
land which owns and operates its own
sending station; and one of the only
two which broadcast their dance
programs.
"The Value of'Club Work" was the
subject of E. P. Blocker, in which discourse
he briefly reviewed the progress
of club work since its origin
in 1907; an excellent contrast of times
then and now, through word-pictures
were rendered effectively. He brought
out clearly the fact that club work
has revolutionized farm work.
Vice-President Savage as suggestive
and probable dathes for the occurrence
of the following events: Ag
Banquet, April 20; debate with Georgia
Ag. Club, March 21. These dates
will be further and finally affirmed
at a later meeting of the club.
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The A. I. E. E. held its weekly
meeting Thursday evening at seven
o'clock in Ramsey Hall. The meeting
was called to order by the chairman,
and the first few minutes were
devoted to business matters of the
society. A program committee was
appointed by the chairman to plan
programs for the coming meetings of
the society. Those appointed to serve
in conjunction with the vice-chairman
on this committee were E. R.
Jones and H. H. Milligan. A committee
from the society was appointed by
the chairman to serve in a joint meeting
with committees form the other
engineering societies to discuss the
plan of an Engineer's Day to be put
on. Those appointed to serve on this
committee were as follows: C. R. De-
Armand, W. R. Smith, and N. W.
Geist.
The entire program was given over
to Professor W. W. Hill of the electrical
engineering department. Professor
Hill brought before the attention
of the society the coming convention
of the student branches of the
A. I . E . E. in Atlanta, urging the society
to be well represented there.
Professor Hill discussed the growth
of industry toward the Southeastern
section of the country. He showed
that with this development in the
Southeast there would come engineers
from other sections of the country
dnd that the Auburn graduate must
prepare himself to compete with the
best.
. A. S. M. E.
The Auburn branch of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers
held its regular bimonthly meeting
Feb. 20. Mr. A. P. Francis, president
of the society called the society
to order and the minutes of the previous
meeting were read by Mr. H.
M. Hanbury.
A report of the committee to assist
in getting "Engineer Day" started
was made by Mr. W. C. Hurt. The
A. S. M. E. is behind this movement
and will dq, everything in its power
to make it a success.
Mr. Dan Sikes, introduced the first
speaker of the evening. Mr. Chris-tensen.
Mr. Christensen presented to
the society a talk on Railroad Tunnel
Construction, describing the construction
details and problems in excavating
and completing of the Moffat
Railroad Tunnel in Colorado.
Mr. G. B. Ashcraft being the next
speaker of the evening gave a very interesting
talk on Human Engineering.
Following Mr. Ashcraft's talk the
society again got another chance to
hear Mr. Hurt. With several sketches
drawn on the blackboard, Mr. Hurt
succeeded in telling the society many
very interesting things about the
production of Graphite.
We had several visitors at the last
meeting, among them was Mr. E. O.
Fowlkes of the Civil Department.
After the visitors" were introduced
to the members the society adjourned
to meet again March 5.
When some people pay a compliment
they act as though they wanted
a receipt fpr it.
CHEMICAL SOCIETY
The society held its regular meeting
Monday night at 7 o'clock, Room
212 of the Main Building. After election
of Plainsman reporter the following
program was rendered.
"Nitrogen Fixation," was discussed
by Mr. Wickliffe Stewart. He says
that in reality the main constituents
of nitrogen fixation are air, water
and coal, all of which the United
States has a bountiful supply. Ni
trogen is invaluable to the farmer in
the form of fertilizer. Most of our
fertilizers are by-products of the ammonia
industries. Mr. Stewart briefly
explained the Art and Haber-Bosch
Processes for extraction of nitrogen
The former is better where large
quantities of electricity are available.
The latter is a more modern process
and is rapidly coming into use.
Mr. W. B. Strickland's talk on "Ice
that melts to a gas," was very interesting.
The modern refrigeration industries
are about to be revolutioz-ized
by a coldness obtained from the
reduction of solid carbon-dioxide to a
liquid-carbon-dioxide. Mr. Strickland
stated that this new ice is not
only useful in refrigeration cars, but
that a small piece of it will lower the
temperature in a package sent
through the mail sufficiently to preserve
its contents for a long distance.
Another feature of this new ice is the
protectiveness of the gas given off by
it, while the air from plain ice is often
destructive to many articles. »
Much valuable information is gained
on important topics given in the
society. Meet with us next time
Chemical Engineers and learn something
new.
WILSONIAN
Tuesday night the members of the
Wilsonian Literary Society were entertained
with special music my, Bab
McKinnon and A. P. Francis. Many
comments were heard on the ability
of these boys and we all hope they
will come back again.
For the next number on the program,
R. G. Perkle, read a very interesting
article on citizenship, pointing
out many of the privileges we
enjoy as citizens of a great republic.
He gave a very vivid and concrete
example of the power of our government
to protect its citizens in far
away lands.
Miss Miriam Moore, expressed the
significance of the flag with the poem,
"Our Colors."
For the concluding number, Henry
Shaffer discussed current news
articles of national interest.
The president announced that the
social would be given Friday evening,
March second, and appointed a
committee to complete the plans for
the entertainment.
Some discussion was made of the
annual oratorical contest to be held
in Langdon Hall, March 15. All wishing
to enter this contest and represent
the Wilsonians, should make arrangements
with the Vice-President, Miss
Alice Witcher, for a try out immediately.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB
The Social Science Club held its
regular meeting Monday night, February
20, in room 100 Main Building."
The vice president, Rutledge, Dau-gette,
presided over the meeting. After
the business procedures were eliminated
the following program was rendered.
Mr. Dozier gave a talk on: "Mr.
Hughes in Havana." In this he
brough out some of our relationships
with other countries in regard to the
conference held in Havana. Professor
Herrin rendered a most instructive
speech on: "The Qualifications
of a Business Man." Herein he stated
some things which are essential to
the successful business man.
We extend to all a welcome to the
Social Science Club.
About four weeka ago, a
jeweled Scabbard and Blade pin.
If found pleaae return to the
Auburn Printing Company or
Phi Kappa Delta House and receive
reward.
H. C. Hopson.
Programs including music varying
from old-time fiddle-music to classical
selections, educational and religious
discussions, will be broadcast during
nine programs from Station WAPI
during the week beginning Monday,
February 27.
Monday noon, February 27, Studio
trio in classical selections; string
music featuring popular numbers by
Silbert Rains and George Threadgill;
C. K. Brown will give Auburn news
notes.
Tuesday noon, February 28, old
popular and sacred selections by the
studio quartet; Prof. G. D. Sturkie
w^ll discuss "Preparing land for cotton."
Tuesday night, beginning at 9, the
Auburn Collegians in a jazz program;
a brief book review will be presented
by a member of the English department
of the college.
Wednesday noon, February 29, the
student orchestra with Mrs. Ira Tray-wick,
soloist, of Greenville, Ala.;
Weekly report of Alabama egg-laying
contest will be given.
Wednesday night, beginning at 9,
the studio orchestra.
Thursday night, beginning at 9,
music by the studio orchestra; Dr.
George Petrie on a current topic.
Friday noon, March 2, the latest
Victor records will be played during
the Jesse French-Victor program. J.
D. Pope will discuss the agricultural
situation; "Aunt Sammy."
Saturday noon, March 3, solos and
duets by L. R. Simpson and Walter
Samford. Old-time music will be presented
by the Hornsby trio of East
Tallassee; Prof. J. R. Rutland in a
Sunday School lesson discussion; and
a home economics specialist on a topic
of special interest to home makers.
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Pa»« 4. THE PLAINSMAN
Vienna Wins Cotton States Tournament SPORTS
Vienna High Retains Championship
of Cotton States Winning Tourney
Tech High Defeated By Champions in Extra
Three-Minute Period Played
By George Ashcraft
.It is written "They never repeat,"
but Vienna High, champion Cotton
Etates Tourney team of 1927, came
through in a fierce extra-minute
period in the finals to beat Tech High
26 to 24. The game was a fitting
ending for a great tournament, and
was the most thrilling of all the
finals of the Cotton States Tournaments.
Tech had come in after a
greulling battle with Athens, 37 to 35,
in the semi-finals, while Vienna had
turned back Knoxville, 38 to 24.
A powerful defense, which frustrated
the hitherto smooth working
wonder five almost held the South
Georgians. Unexpected breaks manufactured
by the Vienna five, gaining
two wide open shots in the extra
period, decided the game in favor of
Vienna.
ALL-COTTON STATES TEAM
"Buster" Mott, the flashy longdistance
shooting star, was the backbone
of the Tech offensive and his 13
points in the closing fracas won him
the position of outstanding forward,
with a total of 49 points for the four
games. B. Walters, star forward for
Vienna, was given the other forward
position on the all-Cotton States team.
Walters had a total of 44 points, one
point less than his team-mate Home,
but he was a more valuable player.
Capt. Raines, of Vienna, by his ability
to put jump all opposing centers,
including the Knoxville of six feet,
six inches, and his value in the
scrimmaging under the basket, earned
him the post of center. Capt.
Mike O'conner, of Knoxville High,
was the best running guard in the
tourney, although there were those
who liked Capt. Stearns, of Tech
High. However, Stearns could not
keep pace with O'Conner on the floor
and was not as smooth a player. Back
.guard went emphatically to- Capt.
Leathers, of Athens, one of the best
last-station men in Dixie prepdom.
Despite his rugged play in defense of
his basket he was penalized but three
times in three games.
SMOOTHEST TEAM
Of all the teams in the tourney
Knoxville- presented the smoothest
working floor aggregation. Only
nine fouls were charged against the
Tennesseeans during three games,
and in one game the Knoxville team
drew but one foul.
OPENING ROUND
Millport Cops Opener
The tournament was opened by
Millport and Tallapoosa County High,
Millport emerging the victory by a
50-26 score. Topped by the giant
Godfrey and a dribbling forward
named Blalock, Tallapoosa came up
from behind immediately after the
third quarter opened and the count
was 24-29, but the winners soon mov
ed away. The smoothest player on
the floor was Kimbrough, center of
the losing team.
Line-up: Millport (50); Prater
(10) and Blalock (15), forwards;
Godfrey (17), center; Shackleford (8)
and Weathers, guards. Dadeville
(26): Lester (11) and Washburn (3),
forwards; Kimbrough (17), center;
Starnes (4), and Simms (1), guards.
Subs: Millport, R. Prather; Dadeville,
Ward. Referee: Papke.
Slocomb Steps Out
After playing a nip-and-tuck battle
for three quarters, Sheffield, Slocomb
forward, made a run-away game of it
for his team in the last quarter, beating
Hale County, of Greensboro, 26-13.
The score was tied three times and
the last quarter started with the
score 12-12. Here Sheffield got
started and shot five goals in two
minutes. Slocomb cubstitued at the
last minute for Marianna, Fla., who
was prevented from aottending the
tournament. Straiton and Beard for
Gireensbo^o and Sheffield with 18-
points, starred.
Line-up: Slocomb (26): Sheffield
(18) and Casey (6), forwards; Watford,
center; Cox and Carroll (2),
guards. Substitute, Hollis.
Greensboro (13): Borden (2) and
W. Hall, forwards; Beard (4), center;
Straiton (6) and L. Hall (1),
guards. Referee, Papke.
Athens Has Easy Time
• Athens High of Georgia ran the
Chambers County outfit into the
ground with very little trouble to
the tune of 33 to 14. Athens scored
when necessary and apparently exerted
itself as little as posible. Goodman,
Barret, and Leathers, for Athens
and Treadwell for Chambers, starred.
Lineup: Athens (33): Barret (18)
and Goodman (1), forwards; Cauthon
(8), center; Mell (2) and Capt.
Leather, guards. Subs: K. Hamilton
(2), Maxwell (2).
Chambers County (14): Capt.
Pinkard and Deloach, forwards;
Treadwill (10), center; Talley (2)
and Scott, guards. Subs: Edge (2),
Willoughy. Referee, Dudley.
Tech High Eliminates A. M. I.
Another interesting game was that
of Tech High, of Atlanta, and A. M.
I., of Annistoh. The Georgians, led
by White and Mott, who scored 14
points each, took a 47-29 count from
tehm after a hard struggle. They
took a lead and held it to the end of
the game.
Line-up: Tech High (47): White
(14) and Mott (14), forwards;'Hammond,
center; Capt. Stearns (9) and
Chandler (6), guards. Subs: Ter-rill
(3), McMillan (1), Dobbs.
A. M. I. (18): Capt. Wadsworth (7)
Auburn Trounces
Florida In Final
Game of Season
By George Ashcraft
In the final game of the season the
Auburn Tigers took the University
of Florida basketeers inxtow to th6
tune of 38 to 29. Auburn jumped into
-the lead- early in the game and held
it until the final gun, the score at
the half being 24-13. The team eased
up in the second half and Florida
threatened, getting within two points,
but Auburn gradually drew away and
held a substantial lead at the end of
the game.
Jelly again led the high scorers with
a total of 14 points for the night,
bringing his total for the season up
to 282. In addition to closely guarding
the opposing team, the James
twins also managed to cage several
points, Ebb getting nine and Fob getting
three.
For Florida the work of Crabtree
stood out, making him high point for
the losing team with ten points. Mc-
Lucas at the other forward also played
a good game and shot nine points.
This game brought the total score
of the team up to 870, an average of
over 48 points a game, as compared
with opponents' 456 points, or an average
of about 25 points a game.
Line-up and summary:
^Auburn (38): Ellis (3) and Akin
(14), forwards; Dubose (4), center;
E. James (9) and F. James (3),
guards; sup., Mullins (5).
Florida (29): McLucas (9) and
Walker, forwards; Perrine (4), center;
Vegue (2) and Felson (2),
guards; subs, Crabtree (10), Vau-sickle
(2).
Referee: Roosma (Army).
Freshmen Bow to
Seniors in Initial
Class Grid Game
Senior Aerial Attack Nets Only
Score of Game
the other a cousin of Jack Finney, the
Birmingham Southern College athlete,
came out of Five Points and squelched
the 1927 national prep contenders,
Tallassee, by a last half rally. The
first two quarters endede 12-12, but
the Pointers saw to it that this situation
did not long exist. This despite
the fact that Mason, all-state forward
of 1927, was performing for Tallassee.
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Line-up: Five Points (28): L. Finney
(16) and Still (4), forwards;
and Alexander (2), forwards; Waller Benton (2), center; Brown (6) anS
(7), center; Sewell and Downing (2),
guards. Sub.: Hester.
Referee: Dudley.
Malone Moves Up
Opp faded out with Malone, Florida's
only representative in the tourney,
moving up into the second round.
Opp gave little opposition until the
second half. Capt. Williams and Boone
did the heavy work for Malone. Capt.
B. Stanley starred for Opp.
;Line-up: Malone (38). Captain
Williams (12) and Hitchcock (4),
forwards; Boone (9), center; Conrad
and B. Ford (9), guards. Subs:
Baxter (4), Bevis, L. Ford.
Opp (21): Capt. B. Stanley (13)
and King (1), forwards; Mooney (4),
center; Brannon (2) and Sellers (1),
guards. Subs: Garter.
Referee: Dudley.
Tallassee Falls
Another crop for Finneys from
Five Points High, one a brother and
1928 Auburn Basketball Schedule
Jan.
Date Opponent and Their Score Auburn
Dec. 17—Montgomery Y. M. C. A. (12) ,
5—White Business College (13)
7—Ga. Tech (29)
Southern College (18)
13—U. of Florida (23)
14_U. of Florida (33)
18—Clemson (26)
19—Clemson (23)
20—U. of Tennessee (14)
27—Tulane (17)
28—Tulane (31)
1—Vanderbilt (28)
3—U. of Georgia (25)
9—Georgetown U. (25)
10—Ole Miss (43)
11—Ole Miss (38)
18—U. of Florida (32)
22—U. of Florida (29)
Feb.
Score and Place Played
(38) Auburn
(92) Auburn
(56) Auburn
(61) Auburn
(39) At Gainesville
(43) At Gainesville
(56) Auburn
(30) Auburn
(63) Auburn
(32) At New Orleans
(49) At New Orleans^
(62) Auburn
(28) Auburn
(41) Auburn
(42) Auburn
(53) Auburn
(58) Auburn
(38) Auburn
A. Finney, guards,
Tallassee (19): Mason (10) and
Waldrop, forwards; Elder (7), center;
Cottle (2) and Dunn, guards.
Referee: Papke.
Knoxville Shows Power
City High School, of Knoxville,
Tenn., passed and shot its way to an
easy 59 to 14 victory and the largest
score of the opening round over
Lineville, Ala. The first quarter ended
8 to 6, Knoxville, but the game
was decided by a vastly-different margin.
"Greenie" Greenblot, lanky center
of the Tennesseeans, was a big factor
in the offense of the Trojans.
Hodge, sharpshooting forward, carried
the major portion of the Knox-vifle
team's offense. Lineville failed
to tally a point in the second quarter,
the half ending 27-6.
Line-up: Knoxville (59): Hodges
(14) and Sharpe (12), forwards;
Grenblott (14), center; Reeder (2)
and O'Conner (17), guards. Sub. Mc-
Amos.
Lineville (14): Capt. Boggs (4)
and Alford (4), forwards; McCain
(2), center; Yates (4), and Ingram,
guards. Sub.: Moore.
Referee, Papke. _
Vienna Wins
The hardest fought game of the
opening round was that between Vienna
High, ultimate winners, and Darlington
School from Rome, Ga. The
wonder five from the peach belt won
by a score of 42-26, but not until the
Romans had staged a gallant fight.
At the end of the first quarter, Darlington
held a 6-4 margin but the
Viennians came back strong for the
second period and were leading at the
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By C. T. Ingersoll
Class football started last Friday
afternoon on Drake Field, when the
dignified Seniors donned their football
togs and gave the Rats a thrashing.
The score came as a result of
"a pass, Daugette to Rudder, in the
third quarter, and the latter sprinted
20 yards for a touchdown. They failed
to make the extra point.
It was classed as a football game,
but turned out to be more or less of
an aquatic affair. The rain fell in
sheets during the whole game, and
turned the field into a. big mud
puddle. Fumbles and bad passes were
frequent due to this mud.
In the first quarter the Seniors
kicked off. Woodall, Senior Fullback,
was hurt on the second play. The Rats
then fumbled, and the Seniors recovered.
The seniors with Kenny leading
the attack, hit the line several
times and made two first downs. They
were held on the next plays and the
ball went over. The rest of this
quarter was taken up in exchanging
punts, and little ground gaining was
done either team. Both teams fumbled
often, due to the slippery ball.
The second quarter opened with Wind
losing 13 yards and the Frosh punted.
It was the prettiest punt of the day
and covered about 50 yards in all.
The teams exchanged several punts,
and tried pass after pass, but none
were completed for much gain. Harry
Fox, big flaring center for the
Seniors, intercepted a pass on his 20
yard line. Then Rudder snagged a
pass for five yard gain. The Seniors
tried two more passes, which were incomplete,
and they were penalized 5
yards for excessive passing. Kenny
caught a pass just as the whistle blew
for the half. The score was Seniors
0, Rats 0.
The Seniors chose to kick, defending
the South goal. Fox kicked off,
and the Freshmen brought it back to
about mid fied. The Rats failed to
make first down by inches. Then several
punts were exchanged. Several
passes were attempted by the Seniors,
one being completed for 10 yards and
another for 5 yards. Then the Seniors
failed to make first down, and the
ball went over. The Rats made 6
yards on line plays, and fumbled,
Gregory recovering for the Seniors.
Then a beautiful pass, Daugette to
Rudder, was good for'the touchdown.
Daugette was running at full speed,
when he threw the oval, and Rudder
did some beautiful running after receiving
the ball. For extra point the
Seniors tried a pass, Daugette to
Gregory, which was knocked down, so
the score stood:, Seniors 6, Rats 0.
Gregory kicked off for the Seniors
and Shaber brought the ball back to
mid-field. The Rats tried two passes,
and Daugette intercepted one and ran
to his 30 yard line, as the quarter
ended. At this point the Rats sent
in several subs. The Seniors failed
twice to gain at center. Daugette
made 6 yards on left end, and on the
next play the Seniors were penalized
15 yards for holding. Daugette. punted
to Rats 5 yard line. The teams
exchanged punts. Then Sparks, star
quarterback for the Freshmen, broke
loose and did some beautiful broken
field running, and made 15 yards.
He made another first down on the
next play, and on the next play, his
ankle was hurt, and he was taken out.
Neither'team threatened to score for
the rest of the game.
For the Seniors, Carol Worthington
played a wonderful game at quarterback,
running his team in a fine way.
He made some nice gains due to his
swiftness. Daugette, Ruder, and
Kenny has a good deal to do with the
gains that the Seniors made. Rudder
and Daugette showed exceptional
form in catching and throwing passes.
Kenny was the main stay in the line
smashing plays.
The whole Senior line played so well
together that it would be hard to
(Continued on page 5)
U WEEMIE" BASKIN, FORMER
AUBURNITE, WINS HURDLES
By Max E. Kahn
After only a months training in the
far North, Weemie Baskin entered his
first indoor race last Monday in the
New York Athletic Club and repeated
his former practice of taking the
lead. As competition, Baskin has representatives
of Cornell and Dartmouth
along side of him, the best in
the East. The event was special,
being a 60 yards high hurdle run, and
on an indoor track. Although Baskin
in an outdoor runner, he took the
lead and fairly sailed over the hurdles
to finish first with remarkable time;
only one-fifth of a second behind the
world's record for this event.
It looks as if the North or I should
have saip^ East is agreeing with
Weems and he has an excellent chance
of making a great name for himself,
if he keeps up the good work. Well,
we're all behind you Baskin, do your
stuff.
Plainsmen Easily
Beat Fla.fGators
By a 58-32 Score
Tigers Show Great Form After
Week's Rest
By C. T. Ingersoll
The Ole fighting Tigers had no
trouble in licking the University of
Florida on the local court last Saturday
night. The final result was 58
to 32, and the Tigers took an early
lead, and held it throughout. Crabtree
made the first score by shooting
a foul, and "Moon" Mullins shot a
foul to make it one all. Florida got
a field goal, and by this time Akin
and DuBose were warmed up, and the
Tigers forged ahead, never to be
threatened in the rest of the game.
At the half the score was 22 to 9, with
the Florida team on the smaller end.
This was the first game that Auburn
had played in a week, so the
team was well rested, and pulled some
pretty team work, which was hard for
the Florida team to break up.
Florida came back in the second
half ami tried many long shots, and
they made some very beautiful ones
from mid-floor. They made 21 points
in the latter half of the game.
Auburn had a good size lead towards
the end of the game, and so the
reserves were given a chance to show
their stuff. Smith, tall Auburn center,
played an excellent game, and due
to his height had little trouble in
getting the tip-off. Our strong reserves
this year have aided us greatly
in putting out a winning team.
"Jelly" Akin ran wild in the affair,
and was high point m*»n with
the large sum of 22 points. His
shooting was very accurate, and each
play was timed to prefection. There
are very few games, that the Tigers
have played this year when Akin was
not high point man.
"Moon" Mullins was playing in
"Buck" Ellis's place, and "Buck" was
in for "Ebb" James. "Ebb," although
just getting over a few days sickness,
went in for about a quarter after the
first half, and played his usual good
brand of ball. "Moon" worked like a
veteran in "Buck's" old position, and
made some nice shots.
Ellis is good in any position in
which Coach Papke places him. He
fights from start to. finish, and we
see that he is a hard man to play
(Continued on page -5)
Inter-Fraternity
Cage Tourney to
Open Next Week
Complete Schedule Not Yet
Arranged
By Max E. Kahn
According to Coach Mike Papke,
who has complete charge of the Inter-
Frat basketball tourney, the games
will be started next week. The official
dates and pairings have not been
finally selected, but this is due to be
completed as soon as.the S. I. C. tourney
in Atlanta is over.
All frats desiring to enter the tournament
must get in touch with Papke,
pay their entrance fee and draw for
their opponents. This must be done
as soon as possible. All further information
may be obtained at the
gym.
The tourney will be very much of
the order of last year. Two leagues
will be in vogue, National and American,
-and elimination will decide the
winner of each league. The winners
will hook horns in a series to decide
the 1928 Frat basketball champs at
Auburn. So—take a hint and get that
team together. Practice makes perfect
and the best team doesn't always
it 99 Little Square
Elected Manager
Basketball Squad
-—By Max E. Kahn
A familiar face on the campus has
been elected to a very prominent position—"
Little Square" Salter, will in
the future act in the office of Manager
of the 1928 Auburn Basketball
team.
Salter was eligible to this position
through his intense interest in the
team and players. He has in the
past served as scorer and has made
every trip in the past two years. In
the evenings he has volunteered his
aid to help Coach Papke in any and
all ways possible. It is a privilege
that few are worthy of, but this
seems to be an exception.
The "A" Club voted on the election
and Salter duly became official manager
this week. Candidly, he should
make a very good governor. Let's
hope so!
Junior and Soph
Class Teams Play
To 6*6 Deadlock
Sophomores Given Game By
Mere Two Yards
By C. T. Ingersoll
' In one of the most disputed games
in the history of football, the Juniors
and Sophomores played for class
supremacy last week, and it ened up
in a tie, as to score. The score- was
6 all. However the aggreement in
such case was to give the game to the
team that made the most yardage,
and when this was added up, it was
found that there was a difference of
two yards in the Sophs favor. So
after much controversy on both sides,
the ex-Rats were given the decision.
The Juniors had a fighting, line-smashing
team, and outplayed the
Sophs for three quarters. Many
games are won in the last quarter,
and so it was in this case.
Mosley, of the Juniors kicked-off
to the Soph center who brought the
ball back to 50 yard line. The Juni-ors
made good gains throughout this
quarter, due to Mosely and Densmore
hitting the line. They made four
first downs in this period, while "the
Sophs failed to register one. Jones,
soph quarterback, got off some long
punts in this quarter. The "quarter
ended with the ball in the Junior's
possession.
The Juniors then started off a
steady drive down the field with Mosley
and Densmore leading the attack,
which ended in a score. Mosley got
5 yards and Densmore made 1 and
then 2. Densmore over right tackle
for 10 yards. The Juniors then made
7 yards in two plays. Densmore got 1
at left tackle, and Mosley went over
for fist down. Densmore failed at
center, and on next play Mosley hit
the line for a touchdown. Mosley
failed to kick goal. Score: Juniors
6, and Sophs. 0. Densmore was hurt
on last play, and Nichols was sent in.
Mosley kicked off, and the Sophs
returned 20 yards. Gilbert made 8
yards on pass, and on next play the
Sophomores fumbled, and Juniors recovered.
The rest of this quarter was
evenly played with neither team snaking
a first down. Jones outpunted
,the Juniors. The Sophs were penalized
once for offsides.
The Sophomores kicked off to the
Juniors after the half, the ball going
to the Junior 30 yard line. Juniors
were penalized 5 yards, off-sides.
Juniors were forced to kick, the ball
going 35 yards. Yarbrough threw
Jones for 4 yard loss. Soph pass fell
short . Pass, Jones to Crawford,
brought first down. Another pass
gave first down. Still another pass,
Jones to Lively, gave first down.
Sojph pass incomplete .and Juniors
penalized 5 yards for off-sides. The
remainder of this quarter was spent
in making small gains and exchanging
punts. The Juniors received two
5 yard penalties.
Jones made firs^t down through the
line. Then Spann intercepted a pass
(Continued on Page 6.)
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VIENNA HIGH RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP
OF COTTON STATES WINNING TOURNEY
(Continued from page 4)
half, 17 to 10. Vienna continued its
attack in the last half and found the
basket for 27 addition points. Vienna
showed her championship calibre by
complete superiority in passwork and
dribbling, and were cool under fire.
Line-up: Vienna (42): Home (14)
and B. Walters (8), forwards; Raines
(6), center; Witcher (9) and E. Walters,
guards. Sub. Hill (5).
.Darlington (26): Hutoff (7) and
Lanier (4), forwards; Gibbons (7),
center; Tally (8) and Anderson,
•guards.
Referee: Dudley.
SECOND ROUND
Vienna Marchei On
In the opening game of the second
round, Vienna won its way to the
semi-finals by defeating Slocomb High
67 to 13, the highest score of the entire
tournament. The' Georgia five
got off to an early lead and had soon
piled up a big score on the Slocomb
team. Vienna used substitutes for
more than half the game. Home led
the scoring attack on Slocomb with
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Line-up: Vienna (67): Home (21)
and B. Walters (11), forwards;
Raines (£), ceriter; Witcher (14)
and G. Walters (2), guards. Subs.:
Hill (12), Bearden (5), and Woodruff.
Slocomb (13): Sheffield (3)'and
Watford, forwards; Cox (1), center;
Carrol (8) and Casey (1), guards
Subs: Hollis, Lewis.
Millport Geea Oul
Athens High waded into the semifinals
at the expense of Millport High,
49 to 20. The count of 21 to 8 at the
close of the first quarter eliminated
practically all prospect, of competition.
Athens slowed down and Millport
fought harder during the third
quarter and made a game of it, each
scoring five points, but the Georgians
entered the last quarter with a
score almost double Millport's. Goodman's
six baskets were best for the
game. Capt. Leathers played a good
defensive game for Athens.
Line-up: Athens (49): Barrett (4)
and Goodman (15), forwards; Cau-thon
(11), center; Mell (8) and Capt.
Leathers (2), guards. Subs: Maxwell
(5) and K. Hamilton.
Millport (20): L. Prater (2) and
Blalock (2), forwards; Godfrey (6),
center; Shackleford (7) and*P. Prater
(3), guards. Sub: Robertson.
Referee, Papke.
KnoxTille Wins Easy Victory
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able to coast into the semi-finals at
the expense of Five Points 40 to 26.
Gaining a lead of 12-2 at the first
quarter the Tennessee team made
things easy -for the* remainder of the
route, being 20 points ahead at half
time. Five Points threatened during
the last half, but their effort was not
sustained. O'Cohner running guard
on the Knoxville team, continued his
all-round play and was easily the outstanding
star of the game. Hodges
was high point scorer of the game
with 17 points.
Line-up: Knoxville (40). Hodges
(17) and Sharpe (4), forwards;
Greenblott (10), center; Reeder (16)
and Capt. O'Conner (6), guards.
Subs.: Tale, McAmos (2).
Five Points (26): L. Finney (9)
and Brown (9), forwrads; Capt.
Benton, center; W. Finney (4) and
Still (6), guards. Sub: Sorrell.
Referee, Dudley.
Smithies Beat Malone
Tech High won out over Malone
High 42 to 20 in a one sided contest.
The Atlanta team after a rather slow
first period opened up in the second
half and forged ahead to attain a
large lead, which they held until the
final whistle. The work of Mott and
White aided the Smithy cause greatly,
the latter scoring 14 points, while
Mott sent the sphere through the basket
for 11 points. The defensive play
of Stearns and Chandler also stood
out in the Tech work. Boone, rangy
center, in addition to being high point
man with 10 points for Malone, played
an all-round good floor game.
Line-up: Tech High (42): White
(14) and Mott (11), forwards; Hammond
(4), center; Stearns (9) and
Chandler, guards. Subs: McMulIins
(2), Dobbs, Terrell.
Malone (20): Williams (3) and
Hitchcok, forwards; Boone (10), center;
Cartwright and Ford (5), guards.
Subs.: Baxter, Bevis.
Referee: Papke.
r ~ SEMI-FINALS
Tech Barely Wins
Tech High barely eked out the right
to go to the finals by nosing out
Athens 37-35, in a sensational game.
Tech got away to an early lead; and
but for that doubtless would have lost,
as the Athens hoys were rapidly gaining
during the last half. The half
ended 23-11, but Athens managed to
tie the score 32-32 in the closing
minutes. Here Athens went into the
lead with a goal, but Tech came back
with another. Chadler then caged a
long one, and Stearns shot a foul, and
the game was over.
Line-up: Tech (37): White (9) and
Mott (11), forwards; Hammond,
center; Capt. Stearns (5) and Chandler
(7), guards. Subs: Terrell (5),
McMillan. —
Athens (35): Barrett (6) and
'Goodman (10), forwards, Cauthon
(6), center; Mell (2) and Capt.
Leathers (10), guards." Sub. K. Hamilton.
Referee, Papke.
Vienna Repeats
—Vienna went into the finals after
Knoville had held them even for a
quarter and a half. The final count
was 38 to 24. B. Walters, shot 20
points for high score. O'Conner played
his usual stellar game. Raines at
center got the jump most of the time
and was a valuable man under the
basket.
Line-up: Vienna (38): Home (4)
and B. Walters (20), forwards;
Raines (2), center; Witcher (8) and
G. Walters (2), guards. Sub: Hill
(2).
Knoxville (24): Hodges (8) and
Sharpe (2), forwards.; Greenblott
(4), center; O'Conner (9) and Reeder
(1), guards. Sub: McAmos.
Referee, Dudley.
VIENNA WINS IN FINALS
The Vienna team came out for the
final game apparently on the warpath,
and ran up 11 points while Tech
High was collecting three tallies. The
first quarter ended 11 to 5, but the
Atlanta team pulled up to 14-14 soon
after the second period opened. Then
White, star forward for Tech, was
forced out on personal fouls, which
was a serious blow to Tech. The half
eneded 17 to 15 in favor of Tech.
Mott's long shooting was responsible
for Tech's ascent.- The Vienna team
was not functioning as perfectly as
against weaker foes, and the Tech defense
was terribly tight.
Vienna tied the count soon after the
second half opened, but Tech gained
a one-point margin on Capt. Stearns'
free toss, then on a throw in play
G, Walter pitched a high one to
Raines and he batted it in for a tie.
Here Mott sank another long one and
Home dropped in a free to make the
count 21-20, Tech, at the end of the
third quarter.
Mott got a couple of free throws
and made one good as the final quarter
opened, but Witcher tied the count
at- 22-all with four minutes to go.
Both teams were playing deliberate
ball and waiting for an opening.
Tech's .defense was so tight that
Vienna was unable to piere it. The
final gun found the score still 22-22.
Both Vienna and Tech missed at a
goal soon after the extra period opened,
but Mott got loose and sank one
for a lead. B. Walters broke loose
and dribbled through for a cold shot
and again tied the count. Time was
called out again by Tech High for
Mott, who was suffering from a
strained leg muscle. One minute and
a half remained to play. On another
smart throw-in play Raines passed
in and Home slipped under the basket
for a crip shop that won the game
and the Cotton States Championship
for 1928.
" Mott was the big star of the game
while the defense of Tech was a work
of art. The all-around play of Capt.
Raines, and good defensive work by
Witcher featured for Vienna.
Line-up: Vienna (26): B. Walters
(7) and Home. (6),- forwards; Capt.
Raines (8), center; Witcher (5) and
G. Walters, guards; sub. Hill. -
Tech High (24): White (5) and
Mott (13), forwards; Hammond,
center; Capt. Stearns (3) and Chadler,
guards; sub. Terr ill (3).
Score by quarters:
Vienna 11 4 5 2 4—26
Tech High 5 12 4 1 2—24
Referee: Papke (Middlebury).
Time of quarters: 8 minutes.
Extra period: 3 minutes.
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against. He made 13 points in the
game.
At the center positions we have
Frank DuBose, who is the best center
in the whole United States, and
this can be extended to the whole
world. The Florida boys did not
know what to expect at any time from
Frank, for he kept them guessing at
every move, as to what he was going
to do next. When the game was over,
Frank had chalked up 11 points.
Even though "Fob" James did not
do much on the scoring end, he played
his part in the game, for his efforts
were used in keeping Florida's
score down by closely guarding the
'Gators.
Crabtree and Perrine were outstanding
men for "Florida. Both were
very fast, and played a good floor
game. They tried some long distance
shooting, which was beautiful, and
netted them several goals in the last
half.
Referee: Roosma (Army)
Line-up and summary:
Auburn (58): Akin 22 and Mul-lins
(9) forwards; DuBose (11), center;
Ellis (13) and F. James (2),
guards. Subs. Chamble (1), Smith
FRESHMEN BOW TO SENIORS
IN INITIAL CLASS GRID GAME
(Continued from page 4)
name the outstanding players. They
had more weight than the Freshmen
had. Such men as Sitz, Scott and Fox
were hard to get around. Chambers
and Sikes were also found to be
stumbling blocks for the Rats.
Sparks was the outstanding man in
the Rat backfield while Shaber and
Wind made some nice gains. Sparks
was very fast. Ross did some excellent
hlocking . The Frosh line put up
(2), Kennedy, Vines, and Booth.
Florida (32): Crabtree (6) and
Vegue (8), forwards; Perrine (8),
center; Van Side (5) and Carruth-ers
(2), guards. Subs.: Walker (2)
and McLucas (1).
a good scrap, even though it was outweighed.
Paterson was referee, Sims, head-linesman,
and Coach Pitts—time-keeper.
The Seniors gained 92 yards from
line of scrimmage, while the Frosh
made 88.
Lineup:
RATS
Christians
Wilson
Kimbrough
Mosley
Slish i
Jones
Austin
Sparks
Ross
Wind
Shaber
Pos.
LE
LT"
LG
C
RG
RT
RE
Q.
LH
RH
FB
SENIORS
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Sitz
Chambers
Fox
Sikes
Gregory
Umberhauer
Worthirigton
Rudder
Kenny
Woodall
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AUBURN ENTERS TOURNEY
RATED STRONG FAVORITE
(Continued from page one)
lads have shown their quality in the
Auburn gym, I believe that they'll
come through. Georgia is a good pick
for the other game. But, 'Ole Miss
has a split series with the Georgians
and it is a toss up as to which of these
would win. Coming down to the main
event, then, Auburn has a good chance
to play a team that she has already
beaten, for her final dish. We'll bow
our heads in prayer! Eat 'em up
Tigers and le^s hope hopes come
through.
The above two paragraphs, may be
all wrong, if so they're plumb rotten,
as the saying goes; but you never
can tell and it is a good bet that some
of those pickings are coming true.
Well, after the tourney, look back and
see. It costs nothing to pick 'em.
Record
Auburn, has had the best season
any gym court team has had since
the organization of the college. Fifteen
Southern Conference quintets
representing eight of the best colleges
in the south were encountered and all
were disposed of in a very likely
manner with the exception of one, 'ole
Miss. 'Ole Miss had the honor of
beating the Orange and Blue five in
the first game of a two game series
by a single point, but the Tigers won
the second go, 53-38.
Auburn's total score is the highest
of any team in the U. S. for the same
number of College games. Several
teams have claimed this honor but the
Tigers have always led .them by a
few points. University of Arkansas's
Razorbacks and the University of
Pittsburgh five are the next in line.
A general average per tilt will run
around fifty points, maybe a point
less.
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Special price of $1.00 i» being made to students. The entire Balcony
is reserved for them. Only 500 tickets can be sold. They will go
on sale at Tiger Drug Store at noon, March 1. Only one ticket will be
sold to a student and they are not transferable.
In order to be sure of hearing Will Rogers be at Tiger Drug Store
at noon (12 o'clock) March 1. The Kiwanis club is making this verj^
low rat* because of the interest the club has in students. Emmett
Sizemore is in charge of ticket sales. _
Jelly Akin is the leading scorer on
Auburn's team, the leading scorer in
the Southern Conference and a possible
candidate as leading Collegiate
scorer in the country. His total is
around 300 points for the nineteen
frays, is a record and is remarkable.
His average per tilt is close to 15
points. "^
But Akin cannot get too much
praise; Ellis, DuBose, Ebb" and Fob
James were here, there and everywhere.
Each player did his share;
team-work was used and no individuality'was
in practice. The dribbling,
passing, shooting and above all, the
spirit of the team as a whole was
worthy of their coaching and Mike
Papke, the coach, himself.
Mike Papke
Mike Papke, is the one man that
deserves praise ifxonly one is to be
honored. It was through his efforts
and work that this team was organized,
instructed and put into the
correct frame of mind. It was
Papke that formed a squad of reserves
to go into the games whenever needed
and the reserves sure came to the
front under his tutelage.
Summary
A summary of this season can be
nothing but bright. Everyone did
their best to backihe team. And that
very point helped to win more than
one of the games. The players appreciated
every act the students made
in their behlaf. Yet, another chance
to help the best basketball team in the
South may arise. If Auburn wins
her way to the semi-finals, quite a
few supporters are expected to be on
hand to cheer them on to the finals.
Let's all be there if possible and give
the Tiger our best support. Letter
roar Tigers!
TALLAHASSEE DANCE
DRAWS AUBURN BOYS
(Continued from Page 1.)
that the girls were breaking until he
got back in Auburn (this is probably
due to the grand rush he received
at the dance Saturday night.)
Besides the formal dance Saturday
night, the boys were also entertained
with tea dances at the various sorority
houses Saturday afternoon. This
is what any, boy enjoys attending, especially
Tom Walthall, with battalions
of pretty girls sitting around. But
Alec Campbell's and Paul Alford's
shyness could never have been noticed,
they seemed to take it all like a dream
from the way they have acted since
they got back. All seven of the boys
proclaim that Tallahassee is a land
of Utopia for any single and ambitious-
young fellow. Blakey says that
out of 1600 girls there was 1599 good
looking ones, that is taking into consideration
the negro maid.
AUBURN BAND BACK
FROM MARDI GRAS
(Continued from page one)
are just a very few of the myriads
of compliments that were showered
on our band by the admiring Mobi-lians.
There were one day and three night
parades of the age-old Mobile mystic
societies during the Carnival season,
and in each of these the Auburn band
drilled splendidly and played beautifully.
It indeed proved itself a credit
to Mari Gras and to Auburn.
The band also gave afternoon concerts
in Bienville Square each day it
was in Mobile, "&nd played for the
Coronation of King Felix III, King
of Misrule, and his Queen on Monday
night.
Dan Cupid under the subtle influence
of the dreamy southern moon,
took this opportunity to work his will
on various members of the Auburn
band. In fact, several report that
their hearts were stolen under cover
of fond and tender caresses. . . .
PROGRAM
TIGER THEATRE
• FEB. 27 TO MARCH 3
MONDAY, FEB. 27th
"UNDER THE TONTO RIM"
by Zane Grey with Richard
Arlen and Mary Brian
TUESDAY, FEB. 28
"TWO FLAMING YOUTHS"
with Chester Conklin, W. C.
Fields and Mary Brian
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
' FEB. 29 & MARCH 1
Emil Jannings in
"THE LAST COMMAND"
with "Evelyn Brent and William
Powell
DR. DOWELL ARGUES
AGAINST ACTION
(Continued from Page 1.)
exclusively to the preparation of high
school teachers.
7. It violates the law in setting up
"upper levels" at one of the three in-,
stitutions.
8. It is contrary to the spirit of
the law and to good policy to use the
appropriations to "whip" institutions
of higher learning into line.
9. It violates the spirit and letter of
the law in the alllocation of service
and in the discontinuance of certain
services at two institutions and the
expansion of services at one institution.
10. It ignores the graduate work in
education which Auburn has been
doing for a period of years.
. 11. Whether designed or not, it will
necessarily lower the comparative
standing of • two institutions and
magnify the relative standing of the
third.
12. Whether designed or not, it
provides for the practical destruction
of teacher-training work at Auburn
and Alabama College and for the control
of patronage in institutions of
higher learning by the university.
13. It destroys teacher-training
through extension teaching at Auburn.
14. It indicates that the point of
view of the executive officer has undergone
a decided change since the
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and ran to his 23 yard line. Mosley
hit line twice for first down. Nage-ley
recovered Junior fumble. Porter
intercepted pass and Nageley nailed
him. Moseley got 7 yards in two
plays. The ball went over, but Mosley
intercepted pass, and then the
Juniors fumbler. Porter intercepted
a Soph pass, Juniors were forced to
kick, and Sophs got ball after blocking
punt. Jones made 15 yards with
beautiful broken-field running. Williams
was hurt on play, and Coston
went in for him. A pass from Jones
was good for fist down. Then a long
pass, Robertson to Manley, netted a
touchdown for the Sophmores. Cos-ton
blocked the kick, which would have
meant the extra point. Score: Juniors
6 and Sophs 6.
The Sophs kicked as the game ended,
i
Mosley and Densmore were the
best ground gainers for the Juniors.
They showed exceptional ability in
hitting the line. Porter also played
a nice game.
'Grove, Martin and Yarbrough did
great work in the line.
For the Sophomores it would be
hard to name the outstanding men
bill was enacted.
15. It shows that the arbitrary and
unfair use of total enrollment as a
basis for the appropriation of the
teacher-training equalization fund
was employed.
16. It employs per capita income averages
that cannot be satisfactory
explained and are misleading.
17. It entirely disregards the present
teacher-training load the three institutions
are carrying—an error of
fundamental importance.
18. It raises the question of a possible
alliance between the State Department
of the Education and the
University of Alabama for the domination
and control of the educational
program of Alabama.
19. Its continuation means the
necessary and complete abandonment
of the principle and plan of the unified
program and insures the development
of the most deplorable bitterness
and strife throughout the
whole state. \
in the backfield. Jones conducted his
team well, and got good yardage on
his punts. Lively, Manley, and Gilbert
showed up well on passing the
pigskin and running with it.
Shannon, Burt, and Nageley were
outstanding linemen.
Referee: "Pop" Paterson.
Lineup:
JUNIORS
Crowe
Martin
Williams
Kirkwood
White
Gerber
Yarbrough
Porter
Spann.
Mosley
Densmore
Pos.
LE
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
RE
Q
LH
RH
FB
Subs: Juniors—Coston, Boone and
Nichols.
Sophs: Nagley, Roberson.
SOPHS
Shannon
Carlton
- Wrignt
Burt
Howie
G. Long
J. Crawford
H. J. Jones
Manley
Lively
Gilbert
Dr. Tidwell was also sharply interrogated
at times.
That the interests of Montevallo
and Auburn were completey overlooked
when the state board took action
allocating teacher-training funds and
that the allotment was made without
consultation with the heads of these
institutions was one of the bitterest
complaints of the Auburn and Montevallo
adherents.
It's always comforting to know
that others have troubles, too.
COUNCIL BACKS TEACHER
FUND ALLOTMENT
(Continued from page one)-
would win out in the battle, T. D.
Samford made the prophecy to the
council that the result would be
strife and confusion in the educational
ranks in Alabama. "You haven't
heard the last of This. I plead with
you to be careful what you do. The
smoldering jealousies between the
three j higher institutions of learning
will break out into a conflagration
which will be hard to stop."
There were also frequent verbal
clashes between Dr. Denny on one
side and Presidents Spright Dowell
and Dr. O. C. Carmichael on the other.
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