1928-12-06 The Plainsman

              ALL-COLLEGE
HIKE SATURDAY THE PLAINSMAN HEAR McNAMEE
DECEMBER 7
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN flSPIRIT
VOLUME LII AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, TTn"i1MTlT1P 6, 1928. NUMBER 20
ANNUAL ALL-COLLEGE HIKE TO
LEAVE LANGDON HALL 2 P.M.
MUCH INTEREST
MANIFESTED IN
ANNUAL EVENT
MOVEMENT TO HAVE
LITTLE THEATRE IN
CITY IS SUCCESSFUL
Variety Of Stunts Planned To
Insure Success of Affair
BAND HEADS PROCESSION
Donkey Bout Is To Be New
Feature
Follow the Band from Langdon
Hall, starting at 2 o'clock, Saturday
afternoon of this week, to one of the
greatest events of the season—the an­nual
All-College Hike, staged by the
Auburn YMCA. Preparations are
complete for entertaining every Au­burn
student and professor at this
affair, according to John Cottier,
chairman in charge; it is the desire of
the managing officials- that the col­lege
enrollment be present to a man,
along with all of the professors.
A bountiful supply of refreshments
will be in readiness and served free.
This number on the program is al­ready
assured, at the eats and drinks
have already been obtained, according
to chairman Cottier.
This grand occasion is one in which
quizzes, halls of learning, boots, and
scholarly care are entirely cast aside,
"and a good time is had by all!"
Once in an entire year professors
and students indulge in popular pas­times
on a common level. No student
(unless afflicted with an incurable
case of love-sickness) can affprd to
miss this annual treat.
Tug-Of-War, Donkey Bout, Pie-eating
Contest, Co-Ed Football Game
—these are mild samples of the pro­gram
numbers for the afternoon.
Then as a grand final comes eats—
bountiful and free!
FRATERNITY HOME
CONTRACT SIGNED
Construction Work Is To Be Started
Immediately
The contract has been signed by
Dr. Bradford Knapp, president, Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, for the
erection of the new home for the Phi
Delta Theta Fraternity at a cost of
$30,000. It will be the second in the
new fraternity group located east of
College Street between Thatch and
Miller Avenues. A. C. Samford,
Montgomery, is the contractor.
The new building will be located
near the Delta Sigma Phi house
which is now under construction and
which is the first in the new frater­nity
group. Construction work will
start immediately, it was announced
by President Knapp.
Construction of this building is an­other
step in the unfolding of the
"Greater Auburn" plans, he said.
The building will be located on col­lege
ground but owned by the frater­nity.
The college lends its credit to
borrow the money and the frater­nity
makes payment on the amortiza­tion
plan. The new building will be
a two-story structure of brick and
tile and will accomodate about 30
students.
"SQUIRE" BRADLEY
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Receives Cuts and Bruises as Car
Collides With Mule
While en route Sunday night from
La Grange to West Point, Ga.,
"Squire" Bradley, well known ex-student
and compositor in the Au­burn
Printing Shop, met with an ac­cident
which caused the almost com­plete
destruction of his car and in­flicted
many cuts and bruises upon the
passengers.
"Squire" was accompanied by Phil
Hudson, Sophomore, who was driv­ing
when the accident occurred. The
accident, it is said, was due to a dense
fog, which caused them to collide with
a mule. The force of impact was so
great that the car was thrown to the
opposite side of the road, turning
over three times.
Rutland Elected President At
Meeting Monday Night
Organization of the Little Theatre
Guild here was perfected at a meet­ing
Monday night, and the new or­ganization
is now planning its theatri­cal
performances for the year. Prof.
Jas. R. Rutland was elected president;
S. L. Toomer, vice-president; Prof.
Chas. R. Edwards, treasurer and bus­iness
manager; Prof. M. L. Nichols,
secretary; Dr. Ralph Doner, state
manager; and Mrs. J. J. Wilmore,
mistress of the wardrobe.
Dr. T. P. Atkinson, who presided
at the organization meeting, announc­ed
that the work of the Little Theatre
group will be coordinated with that
of the Auburn Players. The Little
Theatre includes residents of Auburn
as well as students and members of
the faculty of the college.
To foster and stimulate interest in
dramatic literature and dramatic pro­duction
was announced as the purpose
of the new organization. Different
groups expect to present plays but
the organization as a whole will have
its first presentation immediately af­ter
the holidays. The second Thurs­day
night in each month was designat­ed
as the time for monthly meetings.
The organization meeting was well
attended and much interest was shown
in the new venture. Dr. Lee Gosser
and Dr. Chas. P. Weaver, directors of
the Auburn Players, will be directors
of the Little Theatre gro'jp. It is
said that Auburn is the smallest town
known to organize a group of this
kind.
C I V I L ENGINEERS
CLUB GOES GREEK
Is Newest Local Fraternity to be
Found on Campus
After operating for over a year as
a professional society, the members of
the Civil Engineers Club have decid­ed
to change to a local Greek letter
fraternity; the name chosen is Chi
Epsilon Chi. The Civil Engineers
was organized in the fall of 1927,
and a charter was obtained from the
college; only students taking Civil
Engineering were permitted to mem­bership.
The club grew and .thrived
and a short time ago the decision to
organize a fraternity was made. As
before only students taking Civil are
eligible to membership.
The charter members of the Chi
Epsilon Chi are: C. E. Smith, A. L.
Spence, K. George, T. M. Irby, C.
Thompson, H. N. Coleman, W. L.
Morrow, E. L. Kipp, Y. C. Stouten-borough,
J. O. Windsor, A. H. John­son,
B. H. Campbell, and H. McMil­lan.
There are also several pledges.
ROTC Department
Secures Insignia
Consists of Tiger Head Mounted in
Blue Field
The R. O. T. C. department has
secured for this unit an attractive
shoulder insignia, in the form of the
well-known Tiger.
The insignia is really the most at­tractive
thing about our present uni­forms,
and should do much towards
creating a better appearance of the
unit. At the same time it individual­izes
Auburn students and helps to
create a greater pride in the R. O.
T. C. work.
In the form of a shoulder pad, this
insignia presents a very pleasing ap­pearance,
being a circle of blue cloth
surrounded by a band of gold braid.
The Tiger head is also of gold thread
and is woven into the center of the
insignia.
At present it has been possible to
secure only a limited number of these
insignia but Lt. Leitch expects to be
able to obtain more in a short time,
so that every member of the unit and
of the band might be able to possess
one.
AUBURN PLAYERS TO
OPEN LOCAL SEASON
SATURDAY EVENING
Will Feature Modern Themes
in One-Act Plays
HAUPT IN LEADING ROLE
Stage Settings And Lighting
Unusually Good
The members of the Auburn Play­ers
have been hard at work all the
fall preparing for their first public
appearance. Every Monday night
when they have met at the Y. W. C.
A. house they have had a practice
play. Since school began they have
been casting and producing plays, re­ceiving
criticism, and reworking their
plays according to the wishes of the
directors, Drs. Leo Gosser and C. P.
Weaver. Under their efficient super­vision
the members of the club have
been making steady progress, and feel
that they are now in a position to of­fer
the public something that will
rank very high in dramatic art. The
plans ihis time attempt 'to* vary the
former programmes of the players
with something new and unique. A
series of four oncact plays is to be
presented instead of the usual long-drawn-
out three-act play. The Play­ers
feel that the people will enjoy
the performance more, since four
entirely different plays are offered,
each a complete unit itself.
The outstanding feature of the per­formance
will be the presentation of
the college play "Biologically Speak­ing,"
in which Martha Haupt will
take the leading role. Miss Haupt
was chosen for the honor by a popu­lar
vote of the students in the re­cent
Personality Contest. This play,
which portrays modern college life,
was composed by Dr. Weaver's class
in advanced composition.
The second play, "Scraps," written
by J. M. McMurray is a tragedy. The
setting is the cabin of a poor tenant
farmer. The cast consists of three
negro characters. It is interesting to
note that the author is an Auburn
student.
The third play "Paths To Glory,"
a composition of Dr. Weaver's is a
tragic comedy, the ..scenes being in
a tenement house in the slums of
Baltimore. The cast consists of 4
characters.
The other drama, Rachael Crother's
"What They Think," is a frank repre-
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ARCHITECTURAL
SCHOOL EXHIBIT
Now On Display In Local Student's
Supply Shop
The School of Architecture of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute is ex­hibiting
this week a score of compe­tition
drawings and a number of
models of homes costing less than
twenty-five thousand dollars. An­nouncement
of this is made by Pro­fessor
Frederic Child Biggin, dean.
The exhibit consists of the south­ern
intercollegiate competition draw­ings
of "A Restaurant on the Sea
Shore" and a complete subdivision
layout of models of homes in the
Spanish and Italian styles of archi­tecture.
The problems in the exhibit were
entered by students in the southern
schools of architecture last year. Of
the 25 drawings four were submitted
by Auburn students. Those who en­tered
the competition from Auburn
are E. B. Mims, H. C. Hopson, L.
Judkins, and C. F. Davis.
The city subdivision layout is the
work of junior and senior architec­tural
students. First awards were
made to C. F. Davis and G. M. Col­lins,
both seniors in the school of ar­chitecture.
The class in landscape design as­sisted
in planning the landscape treat­ment
for the individual lots. The
plot consists of 21 lots and covers 8
x 12 feet. The houses were con­structed
of cardboard. The exhibit
of these models may be seen in the
Students' Supply Shop. Thdse in­terested
in the work of the Architec­tural
school are urged to inspect the
work of the students.
GRAHAM McNAMEE APPEARS
IN CONCERT FRIDAY EVENING
GRAHAM McNAMEE
Dr. Knapp Makes Great Impression
On Auburn Alumni of New York City
Before the New York Alumni of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in his
recent address, Dr. Knapp made a
profound impression. This is reveal­ed
by a letter received from Miller
Reese Hutchinson, famous Auburn
alumnus, former chief engineer for
Thomas A. Edison, and for the last
several years in business for himself
in New York. His letter of Novem­ber
24 addressed to Dr. Knapp fol­lows:
"Dear Dr. Knapp:
"Your address before the Auburn
alumni, last evening, was both enjoy­able
and illuminating to your audi­tors.
"I am sorry I had to depart before
having the opportunity of again shak­ing
your hand and of speaking a few
words of appreciation to you: but I
had to accompany some southern
friends, temporarily in the City, to a
prize-fight, at Madison Square Gar­den.
I made them wait, however, un­til
you finished speaking. Rather a
contrast, this fistic encounter, to your
wonderful graphic and illuminating
talk.
"May I extend to you my congratu­lations,
deep respect and best wish­es?
Surely the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute will go far and progress
rapidly under your able generalship.
May God bless you and help you in
your great Work. I have raised four
fine sons, and know what it means to
a young man to have a "Prexy" who
is a pal and an example in general­ship
: a number two father and mould­er
of his future, combined. You are
unique in this, as well as in other res­pects,
and deserve the great support
you are getting, and will continue to
receive, from all with whom you come
in contact.
"To see you is to respect you; to
hear you talk is to admire you; to
know and be daily thrown in contact
with you must be to love you.
"Alabama needs men of your ag­gressiveness
and ability to overcome
the handicap of her silly motto, "Here
We Rest." Too long was that the true
slogan. I shall never forget when, as
a young boy, I first saw that motto.
I took the letter to father and asked
him how Alabama could expect to
inspire energy in her sons, with such
a motto. Appropriate for the gate of
a cemetery, no doubt, but not for a
State with such tremendous natural
resources as has Alabama. It should
be changed.
"I hope to have you visit me in my
home when next you visit New York.
Dr. Thatch used to make it his East­ern
nesting place. May I be accord­ed
the same honor by you?
Cordially and appreciatively,
Miller Reese Hutchinson.".
O. Ellery Edwards; another prom­inent
New York alumnus of Auburn
wrote Dr. Knapp:
Ellery Edwards Letter
"I think your address was a great
success and all that could be desired
under the circumstances. I regret ex­ceedingly
that General Bullard and
Mat Sloan were not available. If
they had been there it would have been
perfect as human beings could ever
expect to attain."
Those Present
Auburn men attending the meeting
to which Dr. Knapp spoke were: Ed.
Bukofzer, George A. Carden, D. J.
Castleman, T. F. Cheek, W. E. Del-
Homme, Ralph Dudley, O. E. Ed­wards,
J. C. Faulkner, L. P. Hall, H.
Y. Hall, Mrs. Emily H. Hardie, C. S.
Harold, John W. Heisman, Miss Cath­erine
Lee Hare, Elbert Holt, W. P.
Holcombe, M. R. Hutchison, Robert J.
Jager, A. D. Knapp, W. X. Martin,
W. C. Middleton, L. O'Brien, W. O.
Scroggs, Dr. J. M. Steiner, C. B. Still-man,
E. N. Scoville, A. C. Vandiver,
Carneron White, C. C. Thatch, C. B.
Knapp.
DR. KNAPP LEAVES
FOR CONVENTION
Represents Auburn At Meet For
Rating Colleges
President Knapp left Monday morn­ing
to attend the Association, of
Southern Colleges at Fort Worth,
Texas. This is the Association
which governs the matters of credits
from high schools and other second­ary
institutions, and classifies the
higher institutions according to the
grade of work which they do. There
are many important matters to come
before this association. President
Knapp goes to represent Auburn in
these important matters. It is not al­together
unlikely that the matter of
relationship between the athletics of
the institution and its scholarship
will be discussed. President Knapp
expresses his very keen regret at be­ing
forced to be absent from Auburn
even for such a small time.
BOHLER TAKES 89
TO TECH STRUGGLE
Is Largest Squad of Athletes Ever
Taken On Trip
Accompanying the Tigers from the
"Village of the Plains" to Atlanta,
Ga., where they met the Georgia
Tech Yellow Jackets on Thanksgiving
Day, was the largest squad of foot­ball
aspirants ever to be taken on one
trip in the history of the sports of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
The number making the trip consist­ed
of 89 gridders of which only 29
appeared on Grant Field Turkey Day.
Besides the 29 varsity men, were 26
scrubs and 34 freshmen.
Coach George M. Bohler, with his
varsity warriors 29 strong, departed
for Atlanta Wednesday night and the
scrubs and freshmen left Auburn
Thursday morning.
The Auburn Tiger varsity was com-
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AUBURN KIWANIS TO
GIVE LOVING CUP TO
MOST IDEAL CITIZEN
Award Will Be Based On Ac­complishments
of Next
Year
The most useful citizen in Auburn
in 1929 will be given a loving cup by
the Auburn Kiwanis club. Decision
to make this award was made at the
meeting of the club Monday, and the
committee on public affairs was re­quested
by Captain B. C. Anderson,
president of the club, to work out
rules for awarding it.
Any citizen of Auburn may be con­sidered
for the cup. Women will be
eligible, it was agreed. The person
doing the most for the town and col­lege
will be the winner, it is jaid.
Announcement was made by Presi-den
Anderson that Judge W. B. Bow
ling of LaFayette will be the speak­er
at the meeting of the club Mon­day,
December 3. It will be "father
and son day." Judge Bowling re-cently
resigned from Congress to ac­cept
a judicial appointment from
Governor Bibb Graves. He is rated
as one of Alabama's keenest thinkers
and best speakers.
Thursday night, Dec. 20, was an­nounced
as the day for the annual
Christmas party of the club. It will
be ladies night in addition to being
a Christmas party. Several commit­tees
have been appointed to make ar­rangements
and preparations for the
party. Prof. W. H. Eaton is general
chairman.
IS AMERICA'S
MOST FAMOUS
ANNOUNCER
Will Present Variety of Enter­tainment,
Including Songs
And Speaking
CONCERT BEGINS A T 8 P.M.
Announced Dempsey - Tunney
Fight and Lindbergh
Celebrations
Presbyterian In
Memorial Service
For N. W. Caton, Former Auburn
Football Star
The local Presbyterian church will
hold a memorial service in memory
of Noah Winston Caton, a once fa­mous
Auburn football star, at the
Presbyterian church Sunday, Decem­ber
9, at 11:00 A. M. At this time,
Dr. Knapp will deliver the main ad­dress.
Mr. Caton, a native of River Falls,
Ala., came to Auburn in the fall of
1915 as a freshman. He was very
active in athletics while here, serving
as captain of the Auburn scrub foot­ball
team in 1916; varsity center on
the football team in 1918, 1919; cap­tain
of the football team in 1921;
and also as a member of the track
team.
Mr. Caton was one of the outstand­ing
students on the campus at all
times. He belonged to several or­ganizations,
among which were Kap­pa
Sigma social fraternity, Scarabs,
Thendara, and Yellow Dogs. He was
first president of the "A" Club.
Caton was not a spectacular man
as a student nor as a foot ball player,
but was always quiet and unassuming.
He was loved by all who knew him
and was looked upon as a man of re­fined,
clean habits, actions and
thoughts. He of ten i hesitated to take
well deserved honors which were
heaped upon him, and always gave
his all for a thing that was asked to
do.
Soon after leaving Auburn, as an
alumnus, Caton was stricken with ap­pendicitis
and died in a Birmingham
hospital. This was in 1921.
NOTICE
All persons that ordered pictures
from the Winn's Studio and have not
received them please send names to
the Glomerata Office, giving the num­ber
ordered, and the amount' paid
them. We will be glad to get them for
you.
Notice!
All Seniors who have not turned in
their information card for the Glom­erata,
please do so by Friday, 5:00
P. M.
Howard Smith,
Editor, Sr. Class Sec.
P. O. Box 517
By Alex Smith, Jr.
Graham McNamee, America's fa­mous
radio announcer, will appear in
concert in Langdon Hall, Friday
night at eight o'clock, December 7th.
Mr. McNamee's voice has probab­ly
been heard by more people than
any other person's. He was one of
the first in the field of broadcasting.
His national popularity has created
a great demand for him as a
speaker.
The Auburn faculty concert commit­tee
was able to present him to the
Auburn student body because of his
engagement to broadcast the Georgia
Tech-University of Georgia football
game on December 8. His subject will
be "Tellin' the World," and as he is
not only a radio announcer, a speaker,
but a singer with an exceptional con­cert
baritone voice his program will
combine interesting stories of his ra­dio
experiences with several concert
numbers.
Mr. McNamee covered the last
Presidential inauguration, and is
scheduled to "tell the world" of the
next one. He has broadcasted nat­ional
conventions, intersectional
championship football classics, along
with the Dempsey-Tunney fight, the
Lindbergh celebration, and many
other events of national interest.
Mr. McNamee's personal appear­ances
are characterized by the great
number of humanly interesting inci­dents
gleaned from his abundance of
perience in the radio field. His excel­lent
voice, coupled with a veritable
storehouse of experiences, combine to
make his personal appearances ex­ceptionally
enjoyable.
GRIMES ELECTED
KIWANIS LEADER
Announcement Made at Their Weekly
Luncheon
Prof. J. C. Grimes, head of the de­partment
of animal husbandry, Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, will be
president of the Kiwanis Club of Au­burn
next year. Announcement of
his election was made at the regu­lar
luncheon this week. He succeeds
Capt. B. C. Anderson, who has made
an excellent record as president of
the club. Rev. W. B. Lee, pastor of
the Auburn Episcopal Church, and R.
Y. Bailey, of the Agricultural Ex­periment
Station, were elected vice-presidents.
Emmett Sizemore, who is
engaged in extension work, was elect­ed
trustee. Prof. L. N. Duncan and
Dr. R. S. Sugg, old members of the
board, were re-elected. New mem­bers
on the board are Prof. C. A.
Basore, Prof. W. D. Salmon, Dr. B.
F. Thomas, and Professor J. A.
Parrish.
Edward A. O'Neal, president of
the Alabama Farm Bureau Federa­tion,
Mongtomery, delivered a brief
address at the meeting. He declared
that in the hands of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute lies the future
of industry and agriculture in Ala­bama.
Speaking as a farmer he
praised Auburn .for the service being
rendered to farmers. He declared
that farmers who are farming as Au­burn
tells them, through the county
demonstration agents, are making a
success of the job.
Dr. Chas. P. Weaver and Dr. Leo
Gosser each made a short talk and
re-quested the cooperation of the club
with the Little Theatre movement
which has been launched in Auburn.
Capt. B. C. Anderson, president, pre­sided.
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PAGE TWO
THE PLAINSMAN
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928
Sty? j?ktngman
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
STAFF
Ludwig Smith Editor-in-Chief
James B. McMillan ___ Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rosser Alston, '29 Associate Editor
Raymond DeArman, '29 _ .Associate Editor
A. V. Blankenship, '30 _- Associate Editor
Victor Savage, '30 Associate Editor
J. D. Neeley, '30 Managing Editor
K. R. Giddens, '30__Ass't. Managing Editor
Tom Brown, '31 News Editor
Campbell Blake, '30 News Editor
Robert L. Hume, 31 — Ass't. News Editor
Roy Sellers, '31 Ass't. News Editor
J. E. McLeskey, '31 Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
Bob Handley, '29 Humor Editor
REPORTERS
Marcus Alspaugh, '32; Robert Baxter, '32;
T. S. Coleman, '32; Kenneth Cooper, '32;
Clarence Dykes, '32; Thomas Dykes, 31;
Edmund England, '32; J. D.^Foy, '31;
George Harrison, '32; Murff Hawkins,
' 3 1 ; Clinton Jones, '32; John Lewis, ' 3 1 ;
Richard Lightfoot, '32; White Matthews,
'31; S. H. Morrow, '32; Frank Parker,
'32; Will T. Sheehan, '32; Alex Smith,
Jr., ' 3 1 ; K. G. Taylor, '32; W. M. Taylor,
'32; Gerald Thompson, '32; J. E. Jen­kins,
'32; H. G. Tooney, '32; Victor
White, '32; Thome Winter, '30; D.
Reynolds, '32; F. Y. Peteet, '32; Virgil
Nunn, ' 3 1 ; Gabie Drey, ' 3 1 ; Charles Mat­thews,
'32; James Davidson, '32; L. W.
Strauss, '31.
BUSINESS STAFF
Grady Moseley, '30 Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
H. H. Milligan, '30 Advertising Mgr.
White Matthews, '31 — Ass't. Adv. Mgr.
Walter Smith, '31 Circulation Mgr.
J. M. Johnson, '31 Circulation Mgr.
W. A. Files '31 _-- Asst. Circulation Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Benjamin Kinkaid, '32; Jack Bauneister,
'32; Roy Gamer, '32; Donald Simmons,
'32; Warren H. Gard, '31; C. F. Strip-lin,
'31.
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H a i r c u t t i n g ;
Senseless And Useless
/ A student was driven from Auburn by
a mob on November 22. This mob, com­posed
of students of this school, attacked
him for the purpose of cutting his hair off.
He did nothing but resent an attempt to
force him to follow an antiquated and
harmful custom.
Although he has returned to school, Au­burn
has been harmed. Persons who heard
of the incident will be prejudiced against
Auburn. It cannot be denied that such
an occurrence will cause an unfavorable
reaction toward our school.
The question naturally comes to our
mind as to the right of this mob to thus
harm Auburn. What has any man who par­ticipated
in that incident done for the good
of the school that will counteract the harm
which he has now done? We challenge any
man who took part in the occurrence to
point to anything which he has done which
might serve to excuse this harm. Who are
these men to thus incur enemies for Au­burn?
Can the Big Hair Cutters now deny that
thp practice is a harmful one? The inci­dent
merely furnishes plain and incontro-vertable
proof of the thesis which we have
already advanced. We contend that com­pulsory
hair-cutting is harmful; can this
glaring example of proof be refuted? Even
if hair-cutting had its advantages (which
we do not admit), could they counteract
the harm done by having a man driven
from the campus? What is to win back the
regard of persons who were turned against
Auburn by the aforementioned incident?
We question the right of the members
of this self-appointed committee to repres­ent
Auburn to the outside world. Are a
few men to be allowed to make Auburn's
impression on the state? Not one man in
that group would have alone tried to cut
anyone's hair; it was an individual-less
mob. Men are peculiarly affected when
they are herded together; they lose their
ability to think. As a result we have mob-spirit.
The state of Alabama and other
states have recently repudiated and con­demned
the mob spirit by exposing and
overthrowing the Ku Klux Klan. The
people became tired of having a minority
acting as a group exercise power.
Have we not the same situation? A
small group of men, acting without con­stituted
authority or popular backing, has
harmed Auburn. They acted in a group,
without individuality. Are we supposed to
sit idly by while such men represent our
school? Are we to approve their actions by
ignoring them?
Every person who knows the boy had
some reaction when he heard of the occur­rence.
Many of these reactions were un­favorable;
yet are we to encourage further
actions by tacitly approving this one? Mr.
Average Man knows of Auburn only what
he hears; when he hears of men being
driven off is his impression likely to be
good? Will he send his son here?
We believe that the time for action is
rapidly approaching. When such occur­rences
take place then the sane element in
the student body should rise up and repudi­ate
the unwholesome minority group which
seems determined to hurt the school.
Abolish compulsory hair-shaving!
Letters to the Editor
New Orleans, Nov. 28, 1928.
The Plainsman,
Jim Halligan, who gave me this data on
Auburn's football, has officiated all over
the South and Southwest for many years,
and is still an active and efficient Confer­ence
official. He worked many games for
Auburn when Auburn was in the hey-day
of college football: he worked games like
Auburn-Tech; Auburn-Vanderbilt; Auburn-
Tulane; Auburn-Miss. A. & M.; Auburn-
Sewanee; Auburn-Louisiana State Univer­sity;
probably 20 to 25 Auburn games over
the years, and therefore what he says
should have weight and consideration with
the friends of Auburn.
He worked the Auburn-Sewanee game
in Birmingham, when Auburn lost the
Southern title by one point, final score 12-
11. Robinson failed to kick the goal. He
worked the Auburn-Tech game in Atlanta
one Saturday, and the following Saturday
the Auburn-Vandy game in Birmingham,
and Auburn won both games, and the
championship. He says those were great
Auburn days.
E. A. OLIVEIRA.
* * * * *
The alumni, alma mater, friends and
followers of Auburn should not become
discouraged or downhearted because Au­burn
has not been on top of the Confer­ence
standing. The writer remembers the
years when Auburn was always a winner,
or a contender, among any teams they
played and much of their habit of winning
was due to the excellent spirit of the col­lege.
An Auburn team that was defeated
one Saturday could be counted on to win
the following Saturday, because of the
great spirit that was ever present in the
Auburn following.
Conditions have changed and the Au­burn
spirit is not aflame, but merely
smouldering, but it will not be long before
it will be blazing again, provided all the
powers and influence of the Plainsmen will
get together and build it up.
Had Auburn been a college accustomed
to losing games, the showing of the teams
for the past two years would not cause a
riffle or ruffle, but a college that has been
on top for a period of 15 years, takes win­ning
as too much of a habit, too common­place,
and to lose seems unpardonable to
them.
The past two years there has been three
systems of football taught at Auburn and
no team in the country could expect prog­ress
under the prevailing conditions: first
there was the Morey system and then Pitts'
and now Bohler's. It takes time to build
up.
Years ago when Mike Donahue first went
to Auburn there was fraternity clicks on
the team, with the result that the team
made a poor showing against inferior
teams. Mike's job was hanging by a
thread and "the writer happened to be in
the town of Auburn for a short time and
voluntarily sensed the siuation and pre­vailed,
unbeknowing to Mike Don'ahue,
on President Thach to keep Mike for the
good of Auburn. Time showed the wisdom
of keeping Mike for he turned out teams
at Auburn equal to any teams in the coun­try.
Today a similar situation is present
at Auburn and Coach Bohler should be
given support and time to develop his sys­tem.
His team has played three good
games this fall against Clemson, Georgia
and Tulane.
Another angle of the football situation
is that the Southern Conference teams are
the equal of the teams of any conference.
In the past years the leading teams of the
United States have come out o'f the South­ern
Conference. Teams of the calibre of
the Southern Conference leaders cannot
be developed in one year; it takes time to
equip men physically and mentally to win
such games.
There was a time, and not many years
ago, when Auburn was talked about as
much as Georgia Tech is today. Auburn
alumni well remember the'games Auburn
won over Vanderbilt and Sewanee, the
leaders in other days along with Auburn!
For quite a spell of years Auburn defeated
Tech, when John Heisman handled the
reins at Tech. Again, do Auburn .alumni
remember the splendid victories that Au­burn
had over Carlisle Indians, Washing­ton
& Lee, and the tie game with Ohio
State, when the latter team was the Big
Ten Champion, the Washington & Lee
game was won by a score of about 77 to
0, and Washington & Lee was favored in
the betting.
It used to be an honor for any team to
get on the Auburn schedule. Well do I
remember how Louisiana State University
and Tulane welcomed games with Auburn.
These universities, and others in the con­ference
as well, are still glad to number
Auburn as one of their opponents. For
this coming year, Vanderbilt has placed
Auburn on her schedule and other teams
have not dropped Auburn. It is only a
question of time when Auburn will come
into her own again and all of her opponents
know this.
In other sports, basketball, baseball and
track, Auburn is among the forefront of
Southern Conference teams and she will
gain her place in the football world with
co-operation of all concerned and support
to Mr. Bohler, her coach, because there is
too much tradition among the Plainsmen to
keep her out of her rightful place in the
football sun.
JAMES E. HALLIGAN.
Prexy's Paragraphs
The sorriest thing this institution toler­ates
is letter writing. I do not know why
there should be a disposition to write let­ters,
sign fictitious names and launch into
print with abusive and extreme language
over matters of little, if any, consequence.
A few co-eds, forgetting that high standard
of courtesy and womanly conduct which
would prompt any cultural woman to go
into the cafeteria and take her place in
the line without insisting upon an advant­age
over any other student, abused the
privilege resulting in an unfortunate edi­torial
and an equally unfortunate and blun­dering
reply. Doubtless the intent of the
editorial was to help a situation which it
actually hurt. Neither the editorial nor the
reply represent Auburn but, of course, they
furnish a hook on which to hang some sen­sational
news out in the newspapers of the
state. AND THAT REPRESENTS AU­BURN.
For the gratification of personal
views and personal spite of a very few,
you have held the rest of us up before the
State as low class and beneath the attention
of respectable people of the State of Ala­bama.
As President of this Institution, I
want to register my most emphatic and
positive objection. Neither the editorial
in question nor the answer to it represent
even the common opinion 'of the average
person connected with this institution as
student or in any other capacity.
* * * * *
We have adopted a policy of trying to
let the students run the Plainsman, en­couraging
them to understand that they
must represent the institution as a whole
and not merely their own private opinion.
It has always been my theory that we
must learn by experience. Sometimes this
experience is bitter. The only good of­fice
which these two unfortunate and ex­ceedingly
damaging contributions can pos-sobly
perform is that they may make us a
little bit more careful how we represent
Auburn in the future. The student paper
is no place for the display of personal
spites, or venom of any kind and it cer­tainly
is not the place for a crude, un­worthy
and uncultured controversy over a
matter which consultation with those hav­ing
power to act can go far toward a wiser
and better settlement. These little things
can be settled .if the folk offended would
endeavor to settle them by coming and
meeting around the council table rather
than by airing the affair in public.
* * * * *
And while I am writing on this subject,
I have one or two letters which have gone
from students of this institution to sports
writers abusing them for criticism of Au­burn's
team. No such action will do us any
good nor will it help to strengthen the
good name of Auburn among the people of
the State.
* * * * *
If you believe with me that these things
do not represent the true Auburn then will
you not join with me in trying to prevent
the little few from misrepresenting the
great body of us who believe in Auburn
and want her to take her rightful place in
the opinion of the people of the state? I
hope we will all remember that we never
can hold that opinion until we root out
some foolish things of this kind from the
student body of Auburn.
* * * * *
I have been much more severe that I
have wanted to be in what I have said. It
is said in a spirit of kindness in an en­deavor
to correct the errors of the thought­less
ones who would destroy that which they
really love.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
The Gedunk
I'm the Auburn student with personality.
I know that others think I am somewhat of
an ass, but I know that I really have "IT".
I slap everybody on the back and yell at
them as far as I can see them. It's very
easy to see that boys don't care to be
around me, but that is because they are
jealous of me. I always enter into every
conversation that I hear and then I do all
the talking, because I know so much more
than anyone else. I always watch for an
opportunity to get across my opinion be­cause
I know mine is right and I can get
by with it because I have personality.
No longer is there to be a slaughter of the "innocent," but only of the "damn­ed".
This is the decision of the students at Sewanee in the treatment of their
first year men. In the future Sewanee will have an organized system of hazing
by a body of "Gownsmen". The Ratting Commission will be composed of nine
"Gownsmen" elected to that office. Under the new ruling the wholesale hazing,
which has for long been the subject of much heated discussion, is abolished. Rat
meetings are to be held every other Monday night, and only those freshmen who
have charges against them will be required to attend. Charges of violation of the
rat rules are to be written and handed in to the commission by the upperclassmen.
This appears on the surface to be a very good plan—if—the upperclassmen who
take it upon themselves to punish the rats are made to answer like-punishment for
their lordship.
* * * * * * * *
Co-eds again! Here is how the co-eds at the University of Cincinnati treat
their yearlings. The Council of Five impersonating the Chief Officers of the
dog catching department, assisted by their corps of Sophomore vigilance commit­teemen,
punished various members of the mob of howling pedigree dogs scattered
throughout the audience at the "Freshmen Bom-Wow."—The freshmen took their
medicine, which was said to be "just horribly bitter and mingled with all kinds of
dirt and germs," well. Their punishment also consisted of paddling, barking while
muzzled, begging for food, being chloroformed with limburger, and being sprayed
with flea powder. Particularly hot dogs were cooled by sitting on cakes of ice. It
was difficult at times, it was said, to determine who howled the loudest, the fresh­men,
the Dog Pond officials, or the audience. This is about the keenest piece of
savagery that has taken place in a supposedly civilized country, to my mind, since
Daniel Boone threw tobacco in the eyes of his would be captors.
* * * * * * * *
Thanksgiving day generally calls to mind a platter of turkey with dressing and
fixings. But Turkey Day has other connotations—especially for various pledges
about the University of Cincinnati campus. Pork played a large part in the
lives of some thirty pledges Thanksgiving day, with grease as the piece de resist­ance.
The Pan-Hellenic Asosciation journeyed to the spot where "The Way of
All Flesh" was inspired—the stockyards—and secured one fat, round pig. Also
they had one ten pound can of lard. Thi*ee pledges were selected from .each fra­ternity
upon the campus. When a particular bell rang, a crate was wheeled up to
the field entrance and the trap sprung releasing upon the field a roaring, well
oiled pig. Simultaneously with the releasal of the shoat, another cage was wheeled
up to the field gate and once again the trap sprung. Close upon the hooves of the
flying shoat followed thirty or so pledges who were starved for a lust of pork.
Their teeth were bared, and loings girt. Around and round the gridiron the shoat
flew with thirty thundering feet behind it. Desperate hands sought to catch hold of
the shaved and larded razor back, only to slip off and return empty of everything
but grease. Great sport. Probably a bull fight is too mild a sport for these par­ticular
freshmen.
* * * * * * * *
Red-hot Bobby Jones twist originated by Oglethorpe student is destined to
surpass the past glory of the Black Bottom or Varsity Drag. Bobby Jones, king
of Golfdom and the idol of big and little boys throughout the sporting world, in­spired
Earl Blackwell, University Senior and producer of the Petrel Follies, to
originate a new dance which he has named the Bobby Jones Twist. After watch­ing
Jones go through his different attempts, etc., it occurred to Blaekwell that
here was the very essence of grace and rhythm in motion; why could not a dance
be devised that would include them. So last Summer, while in New York, he
originated the twist, which combines the superb grace of the great golfer and the
pep of a caddy. Get out your old shoes, oil up your joints and get right for the
Bobby Jones Twist.
BOOK REVIEW
PENNAGAN PLACE
By Eleanor Chase
New York: J. H. Sears & Co., Inc. $2.50.
"Pennagan Place" is an exercise in fam­ily
portraiture, minus the dullness one has
learned to associate with such ventures.
Here is no slender, inadequate framework
of plot laboring-beneath the incubus of a
weighty purpose, no uncomfortable shift­ing
of the spotlight from generation to gen­eration,
no straining after the effect which
is hopefully, if inaccurately, termed epic.
Three generations of the Pennagan family
are presented to the reader at once, in
bewildering cross-section. The strange
tapestry of their interacting loves and
hates, ambitions and jealousies is already
woven in the first chapter. It is a method
which has obvious difficulties—chief among
them the initial strain on the reader's pow­ers
of assimilation—but it is amply justi­fied,
in this case, by the results.
First, there is Giles Pennagan, the patri­arch—
gallant, witty, obscense, still force­ful
and feared in his seventy-fourth year.
He rules Pennagan Place and the several
adjoining establishments of his sons and
daughters with a shrewd, turbulent, half-drunken
humor. He has a hand in every­thing,
and none of his family is subtle
enough to escape his keen eye, or his barb­ed
and unconventional tongue. There are
Hubert and Christopher and Benjamin and
Nicodemus, the sons of his two marriages,
and there is George, the illegitimate and
highly respectable result of his scandalous
attachment to the terrible Min. There is
Lisa Pennagan, Giles' oldest daughter, who
had been a great soprano, and who had re­turned
from her European triumphs to
grow obese and alcoholic at Pennagan
Place, boring her family with reminiscences
of her vanished glory. There are numerous
grand-children—young Gideon, in love with
his beautiful and unscrupulous cousin,
Donna, and Simeon and Webby, eager but
slightly meddlesome schoolboys, and Cur­tis,
the steadiest of all the Pennagans, who
is helpless when Donna steals her lover.
The Pennagans are wealthy, of course.
Without wealth, no family could have af­forded
their piratical disregard of the con­ventions,
particularly the minor conven­tions
having to do with decency and re­straint
in conversation. Notwithstanding
their social immunity, the Pennagans have
their individual troubles—small stories set
into the framework of the feudal family
history. "Pennagan Place" is the product
of a lively wit and an almost too vigorous
invention. There is material in it which
might have furnished a half-dozen novels
without dangerous dilution. Its mere ex­cess
of energy is an asset, however, when
the matter of the narrative is so uniformly
enjoyable in character.
CHANGING COLLEGE
A book to which I wish to give brief
mention is Wilkins' Changing College, pub­lished
by the University of Chicago Press.
Professor Wilkins, who was formerly Dean
at the University of Chicago, and is now
President of Oberlin College, is one of a
very small number of college officials doing
notable constructive work in solving the
more difficult problems of college educa­tion.
One of the problems faced by President
Wilkins is that created by up-to-date ath­letics.
Particularly does he stress the over-excitement
which seriously hinders study­ing
and the distortion of values, growing
out of publicity and hero-worship. The
only solution, among those now being dis­cussed,
which seems to promise any great
improvement is the limitation of a stu­dent's
participation in football to one year
or season. Though no immediate solution
of this problem is likely to be adopted,
something must be done to restore the em­phasis
on studying, on conscientious, effi­cient
scholarship.
Stress is laid on what is called efficient
education. There is a difference between
a student's using one's mind effectively on
the job at hand and his doing college acti­vities
and a certain number of courses. Wil­kins
insists on the selection of courses
under the direction of a faculty adviser,
the choice of courses to decide upon with
a view to general culture, as well as to the
student's tastes and to his professional
training. Free election of courses is
anathema. He thinks that the tendency
toward 'honor courses" or reading courses
intelligently directed is good and should in
time take the place of the text-book and
lecture courses. According to his plan, the
first two years of college life would be de­voted
mainly to reading for orientation
guided by experts with only a minimum of
reading bearing on professional study. The
last two years should *e given mainly, but
not wholly, to reading preparatory to pro­fessional
work.
It is interesting that President Wilkins
believes that student upinion is in general
a healty thing for faculty minds and that,
in matters pertaining to instruction as well
as to campus social life, there should be a
generous cooperation between students and
faculty. Unquestionably The Changing Col­lege
is a sensible and timely book. It is
published by the University of Chicago
Press.
MEDITATIONS
ON THIS AND THAT
"jBv ^Benjamin Trovost—
EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions ex­pressed
in this column are not necessarily
the editorial opinions of this paper. It is
a column of personal comment, and is not
to be read as an expression of our edi­torial
policy.
* * * * *
WELL, football season is over, and
we won only from Howard. I
talked to several alumni during
the holidays and all of them wanted to
know what was the matter with the foot­ball
team. None of them asked me about
the progress on the campus in buildings or
how many new faculty-members we have.
They are concerned about the team's pros­pects
for next year. However, as I walk
about the campus I don't see any students
weeping over the team's record. I haven't
heard of any who have left school because
we won only from Howard. School is
rocking along just the same.
I wonder how much of an indication that
is? To whom is the game more important,
the undergraduates or the alumni? The
recent tendency toward professionalism in
college football may have something to
do with it. It may not be far in the fu­ture
when the team represents the alumni
alone. Undergraduate education seems to
rock along irrespective of football success.
According to a recent writer, there are
many students at Harvard who don't care
a hang how the team comes out. He found
several hundred students at the University
of Chicago who didn't even know when the
games occurred. A big change is taking
place. But still, we won from Howard.
* * * * *
I WAS informed the other day that any
man who resented having his hair
shaved off enough to leave school be­cause
of it was better off at home and that
the school was better off without him. I
heartily disagree. I also disagree with the
statement that the men who have not come
to Auburn because of hair shaving are not
a loss to the school.
Some of the advocates of the practice
take the attitude that a man would not let
hair-shaving affect his choice of a school if
he had any manhood about him. I can't
see it that way. Simply because a. man
takes some pride in his personal appear­ance
and resents any such disfigurement as
having his head shaved does not necessarilly
signify a lack of manhood to me. Maybe
we would have a better school if we had
more men who value their individuality and
who care whether they look like convicts or
gas-house thugs or not. I object to the
view that a man is worthless unless he is
willing to undergo submersion in the mass
of his classmates. Any animal can allow
his body to be disfigured and his ego re­pressed;
is that a virtue in man?
* * * * *
I WAS interested in a letter written to
a New York paper the other day by a
working woman, objecting to the pro­posed
new calendar. She claimed that un­der
this system, which as is well known, will
give thirteen equal months each year, she
would be paid by the week, as at present,
but would have to pay her room rent by the
month, thus working a hardship on her
class. Now who would have thought of that
but a New York working girl?
* * * * *
Now that the football season is over and
the annual racket versus the co-eds has
come and gone with no casualties, we can
begin to think about getting out for the
Christmas holidays. A college man's mind
has to be exceptional, to bear all its bur­dens.
Football, holidays, co-eds, picture
shows, basketball, more holidays and then
occasionally classes. Truly, a terrible bur­den.
Money won't buy everything, but it fla­vors
everything.
DOORS
Like a young child who to his mother's
door
Runs eager for the welcoming em­brace,
And finds the door shut, and with troubled
face
Calls and through sobbing calls, and o'er
and o'er
Calling, storms at the panel—so before
A door that will not open, sick and
numb,
I listen for a word that will not come,
And know, at last, I may not enter more.
Silence! And through the silence and the
dark
By that closed door, the distant sob
of tears
Beats on my spirit, as on fairy shores
The spectral sea; and through the sobbing,
hark!
Down the fair-chambered corridor of
years,
The quiet shutting, one by one, of
doors.
—Herman Hagedorn.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Real College Life
Being Filmed On
Campus At Harvard
College life in reality, and not as
it is dramatically depicted in story
and on the screen, is now being film­ed
at Harvard University.
Cameramen of the "University
Film Foundation," an organization
formed last spring under Harvard
and Pathe auspices, have recently
taken "shots" on the campus and in
the classrooms in order to give the
country an accurate knowledge of ty­pical
collegiate life.
Unlike "Brown of Harvard," "One
Minute to Play," "The Freshman,"
and other disillusioning films of col­legiate
life, these films will endeavor
to give the world a true picture of
what actually goes on around the
campus, in the classrooms and dor­mitories.
The educational films are primar­ily
intended for distribution among
Harvard clubs throughout the coun­try
but they will also be available to
other clubs, schools, and organiza­tions.
It is also intended to release
the films as an educational feature of
the Pathe Company.
The films are being taken by a
group of Pathe cameramen under the
direction of J. A. Haeseler, director
of the new Film Foundation.
Besides the life of the college itself,
the life of the graduate school will
be filmed. Attempts will be made to
show the foreign expansion of the
school in such institutions as the Har­vard
Observatory in South Africa,
the Harvard-Yenching Institute in
China, and the Botanical Gardens in
Cuba.
The majority of the film will con­sist
of snaps of Harvard buildings,
lecture and classroom sessions, prom­inent
undergraduates, professors, and
athletic scenes.
WHAT TO GIVE A
MAN FOR XMAS!
A rather novel article for the man
who keeps a set or articles for drink­ing
purposes in his room is the mina-ture
golf set. This stands about
seven or eight inches high and the
clubs are stirring rods.
Many other gifts are suggested in
the January College Humor. The or­dinary
cigarette seems a thousand
times more luxurious when drawn
from a good looking case. Three
especially interesting ones was im­ported
with the design inlaid. One
would be very acceptable to any un­dergraduate
who has spent his sum­mers
in Paris, as it shows one of the
famous comfort stations which dot
the city streets. Another shows a
newspaper kiosh where one can buy
newspapers and magazines. Another
has a college seal.
The old type of white silk scarf
with black polka dots for wear at gay
nocturnal events is being outdone in
smartness by newer types, especially
the plain white silk with cut out
monogram.
Jeweled studs are coming into fa­vor
and make an appreciated gift.
A great many of the American col­lege
men are wearing collar pins now
and these, too, come in a great va­riety.
. .
EVANS SOCIETY
MEETS TUESDAY
The Evans Literary Society was
favored with an interesting talk by
Dr. Weaver last Tuesday, evening.
ALL-COLLEGE HIKE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8
You may not be lucky enough to catch a fish at this event, but the other things you are certain
to catch will more than make up for this one deficit. And if you happen to be a Rat, you can rest as­sured
of a damp "dip". But following it all cOmes the feast—Oh, boy! Can you miss it????
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Saber And Spur
Digs Into Records
The editor of Saber and Spur, a
monthly magazine published by the
106th Calvary, Illinois National
Guard, apparently has been delving
into' musty records, for in a recent
issue of that publication the follow­ing
appears:
Fort Riley, Kan., Oct. 25, 1842.
General Orders
No. 2
1. Members of this command will,
when shooting buffaloes on the par­ade
ground, be careful not to fire in
the direction of the C. O.'s quarters.
2. The troop officer having the
best trained remount for this year
will be awarded one barrel of rye
whiskey.
3. Student officers will discontinue
the practice of roping and riding buf­faloes.
4. Attention of all officers is call­ed
to par. 107, A. R., in which it pro­vides
under uniform regulations that
all officers will wear beards.
5. Short buffalo coats ordered
will be ready for issue November 29.
Chevrolet To Put
A Six Cylinder Car
On Market Soon
Freshmen Ring Victory
Bell At Western College
One ofthe freshmen rules at West­ern
College is that members of the
freshman class must ring a victory
bell for one full hour after every
victory of their school teams. As
the bell is a large heavy affair, the
frosh at Western must mingle their
yells of triumph with sighs of toil.
TOOMER'S HARDWARE
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COME AGAIN
COLLEGE BARBER SHOP
Record crowds, highly enthusiastic
over motordom's newest automobile,
viewed the new line of Chevrolet six
cylinder valve-in-head cars at the na­tional
premiers last week in New
York and Detroit.
Thousands that crowded both ex­hibitions
to inspect Chevrolet's great­est
achievement—"a six in the price
range of the four"—enthused over
the streamline beauty of .the new
Fisher bodies, the latest accomplish­ment
of this famous organization.
Visitors were open in their admir­ation
of the "expensive big-car" ap­pearance
of the new models. They
inspected the powerful new 46 horse­power
motor with its non-detonating
high compression head. They were
particularly interested in learning
that it develops 32 per cent more
power than its predecessor which was
world-famous for power and that its
speed and acceleration has been step­ped
up to satisfy maximum require­ments.
The hum of enthusiasm that per­vaded
both New York and Detroit ex­hibitions
seemed to presage a new
record year for Chevrolet in 1929.
Orders were being placed immedia­tely
by those desiring early delivery
in January when the first of the new
cars will be delivered to owners.
Meanwhile the fifteen giant Chev­rolet
plants across the country are
pushing production with all the speed
possible within the limits of precision
manufacturing in order to supply
dealers with cars as quickly as pos­sible
for delivery starting January 1.
In order to accommodate the public
and the dealers, the December pro­duction
schedule has been stepped up
to the highest on record for the
month.
WORK STARTS ON
N EW EXPERIMENT
BUILDINGS IN ALA.
Construction work on buildings for
the new branch agricultural experi­ment
station at Crossville, Ala., has
been started. The building program
calls for residence for the superin­tendent,
tenant houses, barns, and
other buildings. It is understood that
the buildings and other equipment
complete will cost approximately
$15,000.
This station will be a branch of
the experiment station of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute. Prob­lems
peculiar to agriculture on the
Sand Mountain section will be stud­ied,
according to announcement by
Prof. M. J. Funchess.
The station is located on the moun­tain
between Collinsville in DeKalb
County and Albertville in Marshall
County, being near the center of the
section which it is to serve, and on an
ideal plot of ground for research
work.
throughout the United States, includ­ing
the Departmental Service at
Washington, D. C.
The entrance salary in the District
of Columbia is $2,000 a year. After
the probational period required by the
civil service act and rules, advance­ment
in pay depends upon individual
efficiency, increased usefulness, and
the occurrence of vacancies in high­er
positions. For appointment out­side
of Washington, D. C. the salary
will be approximately the same.
The optional subjects are advanced
inorganic chemistry, analytical chem­istry,
organic chemistry, and physical
chemistry.
Competitors will be rated on gen­eral
chemistry and elementary phy­sics,
and the optional subject selected.
Full information may be obtained
from the United States Civil Service
Commission, Washington, D. C. or
His topic was "What I Think a Good
Speech Is, and How To Deliver It."
He emphasized the points on how it
should not be made and from these
points the members received informa­tion
enough to learn a few of the
main points of a good speech .
Prof. Butler then gave the regula­tions
regarding an excess of absences
some of which are excused. After
this the remainder of the hour was
given to a spelling match. Mrs. Good
was chosen captain of one side and
Miss
Smoking Practiced
By Both Men And
Girls At U. Of Minn.
Modern women, in their invasion
of places formerly held sacred to
men in and about the University of
Minnesota campus, have left but one
establishment to men exclusively. Co­eds
have not yet usurped the cigar
and tobacco store, according to pro­prietors
of those places near the
campus.
Nearly as many women as men
buy cigarettes in restaurants, cigar
counters and drug stores, surveys of
several of these places show.
Beginners usually buy the Turkish
and Egyptian brands, while experi-
Ingram was chosen captain of j e n c e ( } s m okers, both male and female,
the other side. Miss Ingram's side
won by a majority of two points.
Black Rot Resisting
Potatoes Discovered
Discovery of four varieties of sweet
potatoes that are resistant to black
rot, which is the most destructive dis­ease
of the sweet potato, has been
made by the botany department of the
experiment station of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, according to an­nouncement
by Dr. W. A. Gardner,
head of the department.
With these discoveries made, Dr.
Gardner says that further research
work should be done to determine
edible qualities. The goal is to de­velop
a variety or varieties that are
resistant to black rot that are of good
edible quality and are also prolific
producers.
from the secretary of the United
States Civil Service Board of Exam­iners
at the post office or custom­house
in any city.
rely on the standard American prod­ucts.
Cigarettes lead the list of tobacco
products sold to both men and wom­en,
proprietors report, failing to sub­stantiate
the rumor that men are giv­ing
up the "weeds" in favor of pipes.
Smoking by women is permitted
in all but one of the cafes near the
campus. Faculty women and fresh­men
girls smoke with equal ease, ac­cording
to the University health ser­vice.
Trade with the advertisers.
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Many girls at Smith, Wellesley,
Vassar, Mt. Holyoke and Fairmount
go in for winter sports on a larger
scale than co-eds in the Northwest,
it is stated in the January College
Humor. Several schools have sug­gested
intercollegiate events for
women, for a few women skaters can
skate figure eights around some of
the men artists; but authorities have
permitted women to participate in
intercollegiate events only when they
are scheduled at the various winter
carnivals, held once a year.
The members of Miss Mason's
School and Junior College for girls on
the Hudson are taking advantage of
this fast coming sport of archery.
The girls may be seen at practice
almost every day. Smi,th College
specializes in the teaching of archery
to its students. One of the most in­teresting
forms is shooting at toy
balloons attached to targets at vari­ous
distances. Archery fans at Oak­land,
California, have laid out a nine
hole 'golf course, where bow and ar­row
takes the place of driver and
golf ball. Targets take the place
of holes on the greens.
Civil Service To
Give Examination
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the following
open competitive examination:
Junior Chemist
Applications for junior chemist
must be on file with the Civil Service
Commission at Washington, D. C. not
later than February 5.
The examination is to fill vacancies
in the Federal classified service
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the globe.
Roger Knapp Sings
In Emory Glee Club
Roger Knapp, of Auburn Alabama,
has been selected to sing on the fresh­man
glee club at Emory University,
it was announced this week by Vir­gil
Eady, director.
Knapp was one of the forty eight
frosh singers chosen out of the large
group which tried for the place. The
freshman club is the infant organiza­tion
of the noted Emory Glee Club,
and every year many of the singers
in this group step into the ranks of
the varsity club. The freshman sing­ers
will give several concerts.
sightseers returning from the Alps never
fail to babble of the marvelous echoes that re­verberate
so obligingly from peak to peak.
But no such phenomenon matches a certain
echo that keeps circling this whole mundane
sphere. It is the best-known cigarette slogan
ever coined — t he Chesterfield phrase "They
Satisfy."
Originated to describe a unique coupling of
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yet they satisfy"—its descriptive accuracy was
instantly perceived. Today it echoes and re­echoes
wherever cigarettes are smoked:
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928
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JACK McLESKEY, CAROL PORTER, Associate Editors
Dick Jones, Tad McCallum, T. S. Winter, Howard Sparks, Assistants •
Auburn Loses To Tech in
Thanksgiving Day Combat
By Jack E. McLeskey
Splintering the splended rapier
under the blows of their battle axes,
Tech's team of Southern giants
achieved another successful year by
defeating the boys of the Village of
the Plains on Grant Field in Atlanta
Thanksgiving day. This game mark­ed
the departure of four boys on the
squad that have been in the game
fighting with all their heart for the
past three years, and now are num­bered
as spectators of their Alma
Mater. This marked the final game
of the 1928 season for the Tigers.
Had Auburn won it would have
been a miracle. A miracle even
greater than when Georgetown de­feated
New York University this past
season. On Saturday Tech had just
as much driving power as she pos­sessed
a year ago, she fought a far
headier battle, and she had a for­ward
passing attach which was used
to effect when ever needed. It was
this air attack—once by virtue of a
long pass and the second time by a
short one that gave the victors their
first score.
There was nothing flukey or ltfcky
about the game or result. Auburn
was beaten by a team that displayed
superior football all the way, even in
the first half when Tech was doing
good punting and punting out of dan­ger
and waiting for that first chance
which has given them victory so often,
covering passes as though they had
been mere practice attempts, and
then at the close of the first quarter,
launching an attack that was power­ful
enough to score a touchdown. No
one who did not witness the struggle
can appreciate the terrific power
which the Tech backfield possessed
and the effective use which was made
of this power by the system of play
devised by Coach Alexander. It was
no disgrace to the Auburn defense
that the Tech line smashes gained
ground at nearly every attempt, and
there is much honor in the fact that
so many of them was stopped. Be­cause
if they were stopped at all, they
had to be checked on the line of
scrimmage; if they pierced it, their
momentum was to great for the Au­burn
backs to bring them to a stand­still
before they had gone two or
three yards.
Seemingly crushed at the end of
the first quarter by a combination of
misfortunes and a swarm of Yellow
Jackets which could not be stemmed.
It was a thoroughly raddled squad
that sat on the side lines on the Tiger
bench and watched their Alma Mater
being trampled by the Golden Tor­nado.
If an Auburn team had ac­complished
no other achievement
than what it did in the last half of
Tiger Cagers Work
Out Daily Prepping
For Coming Season
By Tad McCallum
The Auburn Tiger Cagers are now
working out daily under the tutelage
of Coach Bohler, who piloted the
Mississippi College quintet to an S.
I. A. A. championship last season,
and though it is by far too early to
make predictions, it is safe to say that
Coach Bohler will have a smooth
working combine by mid-season that
will give opposing quintets plenty of
trouble.
Captain Frank DuBose, All-South­ern
center, will be the only member
of last season's aggregation to re­turn.
Coach Bohler faces no easy
task in replacing four varsity play­ers
and several capable reserves who
graduated last spring. The fact that
that game, it would deserve a pedes- j the team will have to be entirely re-
Many Candidates Out For
Place On Basketball Team
By Dick Jones I also shown them a few fundamentals
The largest number of basketball j h e h a s worked out in the new system
candidates ever to answer the call of
tal in the hall of immortals. Aubui'n
was an over matched and beaten
team, but when the final whistle was
blown they had the old pig skin in
their possession and headed towards
the Tech goal. Never, did any play­er
let up playing and fail to give all
that he could for Auburn.
Gentlemen the score can not tell
the tale of the game. It was a real
football game, one of those games
that have been classed as a classic
game and the score does not always
complete all the facts. A special
train carried some two or three hun
dred students on to Atlanta while
the highways were speckled all along
the road with the Tiger followers.
These boys got together at the be­ginning
of the game and made as
much noise as the entire Tech stu­dent
body.
All of Auburn has her hat off to
Mr. Tuxworth, Ingram, Spinks and
Captain "Nick" Carter. They have
graduated into a higher circle, but
will always be remembered by stu­dents
and members of the football
squad as men who had given their
best. What else could be asked of a
real Auburn man?
built means that all of the early sea­son
encounters will be largely experi­mental
and no doubt, many different
combinations will be used in actual
games before Coach Bohler chooses
his first-string quintet.
The large squad now reporting for
(Continued on page 6)
COACH BOHLER
"Auburn"
By Dick Jones
Coach George M. Bohler, the new
mentor in the "Village of the Plains",
has taken over the reins on the hard-
S P O R T S S T U FF
By "Dusty" Porter
First Battalion Artillery Defeats
Engineers 6-0 In Game Tuesday
By T. S. Winter
Tuesday afternoon the First Bat­talion
of the Artillery defeated the
Engineers 6 to 0 to close in on the
leaders, the Second Battalion. Coach
Wood's team easily outclassed the
Engineers who were minus several of
their stars. The game was hard
fought throughout and the losing
team played a good game, but they
could not stop passing of Cameron
and the plunging of Conradi, Artil­lery
fullback.
The First Battalion kicked off to
the Enginers on the 25-yard line.
The Engineers punted to mid-field
where the Artillery fumbled but re
coveerd. Failing to gain, the teams
exchanged punts. Conradi made 20
yards over center and a pass, Cam­eron
to Argo, netted 20 more as the
quarter ended with ball in the First
Battalion's possession on the 18 yard
line. Score 0 to 0.
On three line bucks Conradi made
first down on the Engineers eight
yard line. Three more bucks car­ried
the ball to the one foot line and
Cameron plunged over the goal for
the only score of the game. A pass
for the extra point was caught out­side
the end zone and was not al­lowed.
After a few more plays the
half ended. First Battalion 6, En­gineers
0.
As the second half openend the
First Battalion kicked off to the En­gineers
who failing to gain punted
to Cameron on his thirty yard line.
He returned the ball twenty yards to
the Engineers forty-five yard line.
A series of bucks made first down
and then a pass, Cameron to Argo
netted fifteen yards and placed the
ball on the twelve yard line. After
three bucks placed the ball on the
four yard stripe, the quarter ended.
First Battalion 6, Engineers 0.
Fighting like tigers the Engineers
held the First Battalion for downs on
their three yard line. Green punted
twenty-five yards to Cameron who
was downed in his tracks. Both teams
fumbled frequently and exchanged
punts. Then Green, of the Engineers,
intercepted a pass on his twenty-yard
line and ran fifty yards before being
run out of bounds. This was the
longest run of the game, but it was to
no avail, because the Engineers fum-
(Continued on page 6)
Former Auburn Man
Has Winning Team
Coach Jess Burbage, former Au
burn star on the gridiron, is making
a wonderful showing in the S. I. A.
A. conference as head coach at South­ern
College in Winter Haven, Flor­ida.
Coach Burbage's grid team has
won 4 games in the S. I. A. A. con­ference
this year so far without a
defeat. They will play the Chatta­nooga
eleven this coming Saturday
for the Championship of the S. I. A.
A. conference. In the S. C. confer­ence
they were only defeated 20-0 by
the strong Florida aggregation this
year.
Before taking over the reins at
Southern College, Coach Burbage
was coach at Marion Institute. He
has been coaching at Southern Col­lege
for only two years.
In just a few more days the great­est
of sports will have passed out for
another year! . Only a few more
games remain to be played in the
South, and these games can hardly
change the championship conditions
as they now stand. The "Golden
Tornado" stands out as the best team
produced by the southland in several
years.
Florida has been playing spectacu­lar
football throughout the year and
has the distinction of scoring the
highest number of points rolled up
by any machine in the country, but
unfortunately the "Gators" have not
met the stronger teams of the Con­ference
and they have probably the
strongest team on their schedule to
conquer next Saturday, and no one
would die of heart failure should
Tennessee come out victorious in the
battle.
Alabama will meet the boys from
L. S. U. in Birmingham, Saturday
and as yet L. S. U. has not suffered
a defeat at the hands of a Confer­ence
foe, but just give them a few
more days and they will, I'm sure.
With the season over and everyone
attempting to select an All-Southern
team, which I think is an impossibility
due to the wonderful field of material
to pick from. To make an All-South­ern
berth this year will mean more
than ever before. The highest honor
ever placed on an All-Southern team
will be the case when the team of
"28" has been selected. Never be­fore
in the history of Southern foot­ball
has such a strong team been se­lected,
as we will be able to presnt
this year. I do not think any sec-
(Continued on page 6)
wood this past week and has been
sending his cagesters through some
real workouts in preparation for their
hard schedule which will open after
Christmas. The daily menus are
being held in the local alumni gym
from 4:00 P. M. to 6:00 P. M. and
7:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M.
a Tiger coach reported for work on
the hardwood under coach George
M. Bohler the first part of this week
and have been sent through some
strenuous exercises daily in the local
Alumni gym. The cagesters to re­port
the first part of this week num
bered 33. Among them are the 4 let-termen
of last year and the remain­der
are new comers.
The 4 lettermen working out every
night are Captain Frank DuBose,
Louie James, Moon Mullins, and A.
L .Smith. The 4 scrubs are- Peter
Booth, Joe Kennedy, Lawrence Cham-blee
and Vines. Some of the new
comers who are looking good are:
Frock Pate, Howard Smith, Ander­son,
Fulton, Frazier, Harmon, Reo-gin,
DeVaughn, G. Howell, and
Slaughter. Of her new comers are:
Dick Pryear, Luke Sellers, A. M.
Pierson, Bill Ham, Jester, Collum,
Holston, Kuykendall, Malone, Speed,
Lester, Head, Sherrod, and McClin-ton.
Monday nights practice marked the
j beginning of their regular daily train­ing
which has been taking place every
night from 7:00 P. M. to about 9:00
Assisting Coach Bohler is Coach j p M_ Up u n t u t h i g t J m e t h e y h ad
been practicing only three nights a
week.
The daily menu has been consisting
of only shooting at the basket in
order for the cage men to get a good
eye on the goal before the real sea­sons
grind begins. Coach Bohler has
"Sheriff" Lee, who performed on the
indoor courts under Coach Bohler at
Mississippi College. "Sheriff" was a
great help in helping Coach Bohler
with the football team this year and
is expected to do likewise with the
basketball team.
that he is planning to install.
Coach Bohler is faced by a real
problem this year in his job of de­veloping
a winning quintet in the
"Village of the Plains." Most of the
members of last years team have
been lost by graduation. Captain
Frank DuBose, center, was the only
regular to return.
The rat squad of last year was not
overflush with material either. How­ever
there were four hustlers that
came up to aid the Varsity. They are
Frock Pate, Frazier, Harmon, and
Anderson. Frazier is a guard while
the other three are forwards.
The Plainsmen are going to need
all they can put on the floor this year,
for the part of the schedule that has
been made out to date includes some
of the leading teams in the south.
The Tigers schedule to date is as
follows:
Jan. 25 and 26—University of
Florida at Gainesville.
Jan. 28 and 29—L. S. U. at Au­burn.
Feb. 1-—Clemson at Clemson.
Feb. 2—Georgia at Athens.
Feb. 6—Georgia Tech at Atlanta.
Feb. 8 and 9—Tulane at Auburn.
Feb. 16—Georgia Tech at Auburn.
Feb. 18 and 19—University of
Florida at Auburn.
March 1, 2, and 3—Southern Con­ference
tourney at Atlanta.
Don't forget the Auburn-Alabama
game New Year's Day. Be there!
STANDING OF TEAMS IN INTRA­MURAL
FOOTBALL LEAGUE
2nd Bn.. F.A.
1st Bn. F.A.
Engineer Bn.
3rd Bn. F.A.
Won
3
3
2
2
Tied
1
0
2
1
Lost
2
3
2
3
Per.
600
500
500
400
Result of Games
1st Bn. Field Artillery 7—3rd Bn.
Field Artillery 4.
Weekly Schedule
Tuesday Dec. 4
1st Bn. F. A. vs. Engineers Bn.
(Rat Field).
2nd Bn. F .A. vs. 3ard Bn. F. A.
(Drake Field).
Thursday Dec. 6
1st Bn. F. A. vs. 2nd Bn. F. A.
(Rat Field).
3rd Bn. F. A. vs. Engr. Bn. (Drake
Field.)
CAPTAIN DUBOSE
By Dick Jones
Captain "Frankie" DuBose, the tall
and lanky all-southern center who
was the only regular to return from
last years quintet that only missed
the southern conference championship
honor by one point.
"Frankie" has been out hustling
on the basketball court this year and
if the cage aspirants who are out to
fill the vacant posts left straying in
the "Plains" by Ellis, E. Jomes, F.
James, and Akin will try to keep up
with him Coach 'Bohler will be able
to produce another winning team that
will come up to the records set by
that team of last year.
LOUIE JAMES
By Dick Jones
Louie James, younger brother of
the James twins, whose records in
Athletics at Auburn will never be
forgotten, is back put for the Bohler
five and is looking considerably bet­ter
than he did last year. Louie will
be perfoming his second year on the
hard-wood under the orange and blue
colors this year and is expected to be
one of the outstanding players. He
helped his brothers hold down the
forward posts last year and saw quite
a bit of service in most all the games.
With this experience he will be valu­able
man to Bohler.
A pencil put Peary on top
of the world
OTHER explorers had great personal
courage, unlimited energy and vision
untrammelled; and failed. But Peary had
one thing more.
He had the grasp of every detail
— as seen in the care which guided
the pencil in his frost-cramped hand.
After each day's march he calculated
a methodical course to make sure of
the next day's progress to the Pole.
To face each day's reckoning as if it
were the most important of all days is
characteristic of men in the telephone
industry. That viewpoint, expressed in
the varied terms of applied science, lab­oratory
research, financing and man­agement,
guides Bell System men in their
respective fields of public service.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
EVIDENCE OF VAST CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY REVEALED BY SURVEY
Evidence of the vast chemical in­d
u s t r y of Alabama as revealed by a
survey is reported by L. F. Camp, in
the current issue of the Auburn En­gineer.
Mr. Camp is a sophomore in
chemical engineering. His home is in
Moreland, Ga.
i
After presenting facts regarding
valuable chemicals that occur in coal,
iron and other deposits in Alabama,
Mr. Camp summarized briefly the
chemical industries of Alabama as
follows:
"Twenty-six million gallons of light
oils are produced annually as a by­product
of approximately five mil­lion
tons of coke. Seventy per cent
of this amount is used as a blended
motor fuel. During the war practi­cally
all of it was used in the manu­facture
of munitions. At the present
time, very little of it was worked up
into more complex and more- valua­ble
coal-tar products within the state.
"About 70,000 tons per year of am­monium
sulphate made from by- prod­uct
ammonia and local Tennessee sul­phuric
acid is marketed almost ex­clusively.
" F i f t y per cent of the by-product
gas is used by the coking ovens them­selves,
while the surplus, which am­ounts
to about 75,000,000 cubic feet
per day, supplies neighboring cities
and industries.
"Out of the annual production of
75,000,000 gallons of coal t a r a con­siderable
part is used locally in the
manufacture of roofing materials,
pitch, etc., a large quantity is con­sumed
in the cast-iron pipe industry,
and some is shipped to northern con­cerns.
"Approximately 1,350,000 pounds of
black powder and 1,000,000 pounds of
dynamite are produced annually in
the State. A large amount of this,
in addition to much that is imported
is used in the coal and iron mines.
"Approximately 225,000 tons of sul­phuric
acid are manufactured in the
State. Pickling of steel, neutraliza­tion
of ammonia liquor, and the mak­ing
of explosives and acid phosphate
consume practically all the acid.
Most of the acid comes from the Gulf
Coast.
"Acid phosphate is the chief chemi­cal
fertilizer used in the southeast.
The annual production of the 15 acid
phosphate plants is approximately
150,000 tons. Due to the fact that no
high rock phosphate of Tennesse and
Florida are available, a slag phos­phate
from the open earth furnaces
is being used to a large extent.
"About 12,000,000 barrels of 'lime­stone'
cement and 600,000 barrels of
'slag' cement are produced annually.
'Limestone' cement is made from natu­ral
occuring limestone deposits, while
'slag' cement is made from furnace
slag.
"A wide variety of phosphate prod­ucts
is manufactured within the state
but practically all of them are ex­ported
to other states. High purity
prosphoric acid of several strengths,
monosodium, disodium, and trisodium
phosphate, monoamonium phosphate,
pyraphosphates, various calcium
phosphates, and ferrophosphorus are
the principle phosphate products ex­ported."
Young Camp is optimistic about fu­t
u r e expansion of the chemical indus­t
r y along with other kinds of indus­try.
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Prof. Dunstan Using Electroscope
PROF. DUNSTAN SPENDS SPARE
TIME SEARCHING FOR RADIUM
By Sarah Hall Crenshaw
Every Auburn man is acquainted
with Prof. A. St. Charles Dunstan,
whose remarkable work as Head Pro­fessor
of Electrical Engineering since
1900 has long marked him with dis­tinction.
However, in all probability,
very few are apprised of the fact that
Prof. Dunstan's most recent hobby is
t h a t of radium hunting. During the
last few years he has recovered for
radium owners more than $30,000
worth of this precious metal.
J u s t why radium is forever elud­ing
its owners is not clear; but per­haps
because there is only about one
pound of pure radium in the world—
valued at $35,000,000—together with
the fact that a piece the size of a pin
point is worth more than $1,000 ex­plains
the anxiety of its owners to
recover it.
With a very delicate instrument,
known as an electroscope, Professor
Dunstan detects the presence of ra­dium
in somewhat the same manner
as the witchhazel "Divining Rod" of
our forefathers was supposed to indi­cate
the location of underground wa­ter.
Becoming adept at this practice
of "shadowing" lost quantities of ra­dium,
professor Dunstan has so at­tracted
one of the large companies
which insures against the loss of ra­dium,
that he has been employed on
numerous occasions to recover lost
quantities of this metal.
Five Radium needles in brass cap­sules,
valued at $5,000, were lost in
Florence, Alabama, recently. The
needles were applied to an infect­ed
portion of a patient's body and
bandages were used to secure the cap
sules in place while tin foil was em
ployed to protect certain areas of the
body from the action of radium. The
nurse, who removed the radium,
thought it was wrapped in or attach­ed
to the tin foil and carefully remov­ed
and placed the foil in a safe where
the radium was usulaly kept. The
bandages were thrown into the gar­bage
can, from which they Were later
removed and deposited on the city
dump.
Professor Dunstan was called by the
company with which the radium was
insured and search began at once
Since the garbage dump covered over
an acre, he found out from the col­lectors
where garbage of the given
date had been deposited and burned.
The section was marked off with lime.
Prof. Dunstan finally found an area
on the dump where the instrument
indicated the radium to be. By a
process of successive readings from
various points over the area he soon
determined the point where the elec­troscope
gave evidence of the maxi­mum
radium radiation. All of the
garbage from this section was" shovel­ed
into boxes. The material from the
excavation consisted of tin cans, ash­es,
broken and melted glass melted
metal, and scrap wire.
I t was necessary for the work to
be done far enough away to prevent
the radiations from the radium in the
hole affecting the instrument. Final­ly
all the excavated material to the
depth of four feet had been tested
and no indication of radium was
found. Some of the trash showed
slight radio activity, but not enough
to contain the lost radium. One can
never be sure whether the container
of the radium has been injured, thus
allowing the radium to escape and
possibly be diffused through many
cubic yards of material. The activity
in these boxes soon died away.
The final test was applied to the
hole. An improvised metal screen
was used to ascertain from which di­rection
the radium was coming. The
test showed t h a t the radium was com­ing
straight up from the hole with
the center of the excavation directly
over the radium. Six boxes of dirt
were shoveled up and tested before the
one containing the radium was found.
I t seemed almost impossible for it to
have been buried so deeply. When
the electroscope was applied to the
sixth box, the rays from the radium
immediately discharged the electro­scope
and the gold leaf indicator drop­ped
at a r a t e of 60 scale divisions per
minute. The content of the box was
divided into halves and the tests were
carried on until the little capsule was
at last separated from the dirt and
ashes. Thus, $4,000 worth of radium,
buried four and a half feet under the
surface of the garbage, was recovered
and returned to its owner—the result
of using the modern "Divining Rod."
Unexpected results are sometimes
obtained in the "radium hunts."
Once when hunting a single lost needle
in a large hospital, Professor Duns­t
an found five needles in an office
desk. It had not beeen lost, but had
simply beeen forgotten. They were
valued at $1,000 per needle.
Professor Dunstan often receives
inquiries as to whether or not he can
find buried treasure, gold, diamonds,
and money; but unfortunately the
electrocope refuses to testify concern­ing
such materials.
Occasionally there seems to be a
real epidemic of radium losses. The
old "Divining Rod" is a t the present
day passe, but the new one is con­stantly
showing its value.
ROCKNE WRITES
ON FOOTBALL IN
COLLEGE HUMOR
"Every year we read articles about
what a terrible thing football is; how
it swallows up thousands of boys,"
says Knute Rockne of Notre Dame in
his article, Football Is Fun, in the
December College Humor. "But
these stories are written by people
who have never played football.
Football is a lot of fun, but you have
to have the proper point of view to
appreciate it. The people who take
it too seriously are alumni and towns­people
who bet. Regarding them I
have no brief whatsoever.
"I remember one year when we
played Indiana the score was ten to
nothing in favor of Indiana through
t h i rd quarter. In the last quarter
Notre Dame pulled a great comeback.
As a result, Notre Dame won thirteen
to ten. I whistled gayly and allow­ed
the managers an extra dinner for
dinner. That's how good I felt.. But
lo, I found our townspeople and alum­ni
who had bet on the game—and
they had all bet we'd win by twenty-
Wives are people who'kick you on
the shin when you start to pick up
the wrong fork.
MAY & GREEN
Men's Clothing
Sporting Goods
Montgomery, Alabama
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seven points—were as sore as a boil­ed
owl at me. No one has any ob­jection
to friendly wagers made just
in fun but the big money wager is
the chap I have in mind. Big money
gamblers will ruin college football if
they are not stopped. I have a thick
hide for this species of poor sport
and the only regret I have is t h a t they
don't lose more. The man who bets
not only gets no fun out of it but is
a hindrance to the game as a clean
sport and he is lacking in a sense of
humor, for every time he loses a bet
he wants to have the coach fired.
"In fact, the biggest blot on the
game is the alumni without a sense of
humor and the fellow who insists on
betting big money. Eliminate both
of the mutants and everybody con­nected
with football will have a lot
more fun."
LIVESTOCK MEN
IN ANNUAL MEET
The thirty-second annual meeting
of the United States Livestock Sani­t
a r y Association will be held at the
LaSalle hotel in Chicago, December
5, 6, and 7. Dr. C. A. Cary, dean of
the college of veterinary medicine of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, is
president of the Association, and will
preside a t the Chicago meeting, which
will be held during the International
Livestock Exposition.
Names of leading livestock authori­ties
of the United States appear on
the program. Subjects pertaining to
diseases of livestock of all kinds, es­pecially
to the prevention of diseases,
will be discussed at the meeting.
The First National Bank of Auburn
ADVICE AND ACCOMMODATION
FOR EVERY COLLEGE MAN
ANY FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
C. Felton Little, '06, President
W. W. Hill, '98, Vice-President G, H. Wright, '17, Cashier
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928
Short History of Secret
Organizations Appears
In Next College Humor
"Mystery and secrecy is dear to
the youthful mind," says De Lysle
Ferree Cass in an article on the his­tory
of early secret organizations in
the January College Humor. "Hence
the many secret societies in steadily
increasing numbers throughout the
country. After the early class and
debating societies came Phi Beta Kap­pa,
organized in 1776 with aims that
were purely social. The Yale chapter
was installed at 'a select debating so­ciety,
with initiation suppers where
the juice of Bacchus flows.' It was
the first Greek letter society whose
active membership was not confined
to a single undergraduate class.
. "In those days the student rath­skeller
was as characteristic as were
peg-top trousers. Almost every col­lege
town boasted one or more such
drinking places where the students
gathered. These parties—never in
mixed company—were known as 'beer
busts,' 'beer fests,' and 'keg parties,'
and were provocative of good-natured
mirth and fast fellowship. They rep­resented
no alcoholic craving, but
were as peculiarly an undergraduate
affectation as the insistence upon
weirdly distinctive headgear and ap­parel,
or the hocus-pocus of Greek
letter social mysticism.
"Phi Beta Kappa was preparatory
to the modern fraternity movement.
Secrecy was abandoned in 1830 and
since that time membership has been
almost exclusively an honorary dis­tinction.
"The most dangerous of the class
secret societies was Theta Nu Epsi-lon,
known as T. N. E. and now ban-doned
almost everywhere. It per­petuated
all sorts of excesses and vio­lence
with the utmost impunity, en­couraging
drunkenness, dissipation,
immorality. It worked much as the
present Ku Klux Klan. Good fellow­ship,
sporty proclivities, liberal
spending and an unusual capacity for
holding hard liquor became the de­termining
qualifications for member­ship.
No T. N. E. ever allowed a girl
to wear his pin except in tacit com­memoration
of her moral frailty. The
Greek letters of the society's name
were popularly alleged to signify
Thirst Never Endeth.'
"Kappa Beta Phi, directly bur­lesquing
Phi Beta Kappa, was another
sophomore secret society but this
flourished only for a decade or so
until the passage of the Eighteenth
Amendment and the largely prohibi­tive
prices of liquor contributed to its
extinction."
AUBURN MEN ELECTED TO OFFICES
AT LAND GRANT COLLEGES MEET
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Members of the faculty of -the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute were hon­ored
at the recent meeting of the As­sociation
of Land Grant Colleges and
Universities in Washington. Prof.
L. N. Duncan, director of the exten­sion
service, was elected chairman of
the entire agriculture group, and
Prof. M. J. Funchess, dean of agri­culture
and director of the experiment
station, was elected president of the
American Society of Agronomists,
which meet in Washington during the
college convention.
In addition to heading the entire
agricultural group, Prof. Duncan was
placed on the permanent committee
organization and policies, and also
the radio committee.
President Bradford Knapp was
conspicuous figure at the convention.
He appeared on the program and also
took part in the discussions from dav
to day.
Auburn was represented at the
meeting by Dr. Bradford Knapp, Prof.
Duncan, Dean Funchess, Dean J. J
Wilmore, Dr. F. W. Parker, Dr. W
H. Pierre, Prof. J. W. Tidmore, Miss
Helen Johnston, and Miss Louise
Glanton.
AUBURN PLAYERS TO
OPEN LOCAL SEASON
SATURDAY EVENING
After 35,000 hours of investigation
it has been announced by McGill Uni­versity
that the introvert, or awkward
and shy student, had a far better
chance to succeed in college and in
after life. Native intelligence accord­ing
to the survey that was conducted
plays little part in the success or
failure of men in college.
Zargo Agha, 155-year-old Turk is
seeking an American wife. Who said
age dims the fighting spirit?
An expert is a person who knows
more and more of less and less.
(Continued from page 1)
sentation of "flaming youth," giv­ing
the views of the different mem­bers
of the family. The cast consists
of 2 male and 2 female characters.
What with all the new stage ar­rangements,
decorations popular set­tings,
and up-to-date electrical effects,
handled by the imaginative Neil Suf-fich
and ingenious Charles Rush, the
Players are expecting a big success.
Some of the lighting effects are real­ly
worthy of efforts of a first-class
vaudeville troupe.
The Players have been striving for
public recognition and have finally
chosen this way to come before the
public, feeling that a new and original
presentation of some unhackneyed,
high-class material is the best way to
win the applause of the general pub­lic.
They are expecting some notor­iety
from the appearance of Woman's
College Players, the Pierrettes, since
their presentation is sponsored by the
local group. They will stage a splen­did
play at Langdon Hall Friday
night, Dec. 14. Their offering will
feature several young women, some
of whom will play male parts. This
fact holds forth a possibility of some
spendid entertainment.
After some discussion, the execu­tive
council of the Auburn Players
agreed on an admission of 25c for
both performances.
BOHLER TAKES 39 MEN
TO TECH STRUGGLE
THANKSGIVING DAY
Practically every college in the
State of Ohio has abolished the posi­tion
of captaincy for all athletic
teams.
(Continued from page 1)
posed of 19 linesmen and 10 backfield
men. The linesmen making the trip
were: Capt. "Nick" Carter, Alternate
Capt. Ingram, Shannon, Nagley
Creel, Wilson, Newton, Burt, Schlich
Green, Harkins, Kirkwood, Long, H.
Long, G. Spinks, Taylor, Cunning­ham,
Yarbrough and McLeskey. The
backfield men were: Tuxworth, Cal
lahan, Chappelle, Sellers, Mosley,
Manley, Peake, Crawford, Granger
and Jones.
Five sophomores have been out­standing
players on the Auburn team
this year. Only one of them being a
backfield man. They are Dunnam
Harkins, Howard Chappelle, Ben
Newton, Erk Taylor and Jack Mc­Leskey.
Chappelle is the only man
that performs in the rear ranks. How­ever,
he has seen quite a bit of ser­vice
on one of the flanks in half of
the games. Three of these lads hail
from Birmingham where they were
stars on their high school teams.
Harkins was captain and a three year
man at Jones Valley High. Chap­pelle
was a three-year man at Wood-lawn
High and all-Dixie end in 1926,
and Taylor was captain and a three-year,
man at Jefferson High School.
All these men have shown a great
deal of progress under Coach Bohler
this year and should prove very valu­able
men to him next year. Jack Mc­Leskey
hails from Boys High, where
he was all-state end two years ago.
Ben Newton hails from South Ala­bama
and he was also an outstanding
star at his high school.
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Member Plainsman
Staff Points Out
Defects in Cajoler
The second issue of the Cajoler has
come off the press. Contrary to re­ports
the second edition is not as
creditable as the first with one ex­ception—
the cover.
From the appearance of the recent
edition of the Auburn humor publi­cation
a complete reorganization of
the staff is advisable. A magazine
of the type of the Cajoler should
first of all perfect a board of con­trol
which should study the material
and decide definitely just what should
be published and otherwise assist the
editor in arranging and presenting
the material to the best advantage in
order to conform to the rules of good
journalism.
It is not our expectations that the
new magazine should be free from
defects and we hasten to commend
the editor for the successful start.
The cover design by Charles Davis
is excellent and is one of the best
covers that has yet appeared on any
like publication, but the meat inside
is not worthy of such a commendable
cover.
The reader is immediately con­fronted
by a sad array of exchanges
which overshadow several pieces
worthy of notice. The large number
of exchange jokes detract from the
random bits of original humor that
appear. The editor must surely have
in his possession sufficient original
material to fill these first pages.
Readers are not buying the publica­tion
for reprints but for something
new. Let them not be disappointed.
It is to be deplored that there is not
a sufficient interest and quantity of
artistic talent available to enhance
the publication. One grows weary
in noting the declaration that the ar­tist
did that and that, and that but
this is America and the land of gi­gantic
advertisements. Those of ar­tistic
inclinations should submit ma­terial
for the Cajoler and thus im­prove
the art standard.
A short story of a collegiate char­acter
glittering with youth and inter­est
will improve the magazine more
than anything else. A new one should
appear in each issue provided the
writer is talented.
The article on Betsy Hamilton is
well written but rather lengthy. It
is interesting from several points of
view but subordinates other features.
We anxiously await the coming
edition. According to reports it is
to be a "modernistic number" which
suggests many channels for creative
thought and unlimited originality.
NEGRO COLLEGES
SHOW INCREASES
Colleges for Negroes in the Unit­ed
States more than doubled in num­ber
and their enrollment increased
six fold during the last ten years, ac­cording
to a report just issued by the
Federal Bureau of Education, after
a comprehensive survey of Negro
colleges and universities.
The report states that in 1916 there
were 31 Negro institutions offering
college work, with an enrollment in
their college classes of 2,132. In
1926 there were seventy-seven in­stitutions
doing college work, wholly
and in part, with a college enrollment
of 13,860, a student gain in ten
years of 550 per cent. In the latter
year 1171 degrees were conferred, of
which 211 were graduate and profes­sional
degrees.
According to the report, the sur­vey
revealed " r i e immediate need of
more education, better education, and
higher education." Special emphasis
is laid on the need of facilities for
the training of Negro professional
men—physicians, surgeons, dentists,
engineers, chemists, technicians, min­isters,
and teachers. It was found
for example, that there is but one
Negro physician in America to each
3,343 of Negro population, as against
one white physician to every 535 per­sons,
while the proportion of Negro
dentists was only one-third as great
as that of physicians.
TIGER CAGERS WORK
OUT DAILY PREPPING
FOR COMING SEASON
(Continued from page 4)
practice has been divided into two
sections, one practicing in the after­noon,
and the other at night. Coach
Bohler is at present stressing funda­mentals
and working with various
combinations in scrimmage in order
to determine the most effective as
soon as possible. From present in­dications
the team will be somewhat
lacking in height but will be speedy
and fairly expert at dropping the
ball through the netting. The sche­dule
has not been completed but will
include the same teams- that the
Tigers met last season, with a few of
the return engagem£nts being left
off in order to provide a shorter
schedule.
Following is a list of the men who
at present are fighting for places on
the first team: DuBose, Mullen, How­ell,
L. James, Anderson, Kennedy,
Slaughter, Vines, Smith, DeVaughn,
Smith, Reagin, Harmon, Frazier,
Chamblee, Booth and Pate.
FIRST BATTALION ARTIL­LERY
DEFEATS ENGINEERS
6-0 IN GAME TUESDAY
(Continued from page 4)
bled on the next play and the First
Battalion recovered the ball. During
the last few minutes both teams ex­changed
punts and the game ended:
First Battalion 6, Engineers 0.
For the Artillery the work of Cam­eron,
Argo, and Conradi stood out;
while Mosley, Shable, and Green
played good for the Engineers. The
First Battalion made seven first
downs to two for the Engineers.
Score by quarters:
First Battalion 0 6 0 0—6.
Engineers 0 0 0 0—0.
Officials: Referee: Coach Brown;
Umpire: Tuxworth; Timekeeper,
Coach Lee; Head Linesman: DeBard-elaben.
DR. PETRIE PREPARES PROGRAM
TO CELEBRATE ALABAMA DAY
A printed 18 page program for the
celebration of Alabama Day, Decem­ber
14, prepared by Dr. George
Petrie, head professor of history and
dean of the graduate shool at Auburn,
has just come off the press, accord­ing
to Mrs. Zebulon Judd, prominent
officer in the Alabama Federated
Women's Clubs, under whose auspices
the program was arranged. The pro­gram,
in the form of a booklet, was
published by the State Department
of Education by order of Superinten­dent
R. E. Tidwell, who is sending
copies to all public schools of Ala­bama,
to the Parent-Teachers Asso­ciations,
and the Women's Clubs of
the State.
A pagent, based on the material
in the program prepared by members
of the State Department, is included
in the booklet and will further facili­tate
the presentation of Alabama Day
programs by the school children of
the State.
Wilsonians Have
Enjoyable Meeting
The members of the Wilsonian Lit­erary
Society met in the society room
in the Main Building for the first time
after the holidays Tuesday night and
spent a most profitable hour. The
program consisted of a discussion of
Parliamentary Law, which was edu­cational
as well as entertaining. Neil
Suffich, Hugo Waldheim, and S. D.
Raines gave a number of musical se­lections,
including: "Gypsy Sweet­heart,"
"La Paloma," and "Jeannine."
Then Raines gave a guitar solo, and
was followed by Mr. Waldheim, who
gave a solo in Spanish.
It was decided by the members that
Professor At Syracuse
Says College Students
Have No Individuality
"The college campus has become
a place for conformists rather than
for emancipators," declares Dr. Wil­liam
F. Mosher, head of the school of
citizenship at Syracuse University.
"We are breeding a race of con­formists
who are accepting a wisdom
that is immature," Dr. Mosher said,
attributing this condition to the mis­taken
values of popular traditions
with which freshmen become satur­ated
upon entering college. Accord­ing
to the professor, the freshman ac­cepts
word for word the philosophy
of the upper classman, which for the
the society would enter the interso-1 m o s t part consists of the precept:
ciety athletic tournament and H. | '
Sherard was elected captain of the
Wilsonian team.
SPORTS STUFF
(Continued from page 4)
tion of the country- could produce a
team that would hold the boys from
the South.
Having seen several All-Southern
selections, I feel justified in select­ing
a team myself. I do not believe
my selection will be the worst to ap­pear
this year, so here you are:
Van Sickle—End Fla.
Tinsley—Tackle L. S. U.
Brown—Guard Vandy
Pund—Center Tech
Haigler—Guard Ala.
Johnson—Tackle Tenn.
Abernathy—End Vandy
Crabtree—Quarter Fla.
Banker—Half Tulane
McEver—Half Tenn.
Mizell—Full Tech.
Second Team
Jones—End Tech.
Steel—Guard Fla.
Schwartz—Center N._ Carolina
Vaughn—Guard N. C. State
Speer—Tackle Tech
Smith—End Ala.
Armistead—Quarter Vandy
Snyder—Half --Maryland
Thomason—Half Tech.
Get by."
"This unfortunate state of affairs,"
he says, "is making the college man
today a stereotyped being with stereo­typed
traditions. The freshman do­cilely
swallows advice and teachings
of the fraternity, sorority, or upper-classmen
and becomes a cog in the
machinery of the University, rather
than an individual."
"There ought to be a revaluation of
values on the campus. Freshmen who
are being put through the process of
learning campus values should ask for
supporting evidence when given ad­vice
as matters stand, however, there
is a mistaken attitude prevalent
among the college students towards
scholarship and individuality."
Dr. Mosher does not, however, be­lieve
in being different just for the
sake of being different. He contends
that no two individuals are the same,
and that individuality should be
stressed instead of standardization.
Women at Georgia
Begin Rifle Practice
Rife pi-actice for the women stu­dents
of the University of Georgia is
being held every morning and after­noon,
it has been announced by Cap­tain
I. C. Nicholas, coach of the team.
All women registered in the univer­sity
are eligible and those developing
Holm—Full Alabama the best aim and highest score will be
used on the teams competing against
schools and colleges throughout the
country.
It's a long time since we've seen a
robust doctor.
GENUINE Nl^fE* HI-1 I1 BEVERAGES
ARE GENUINE ONLY IN THE PATENT BOTTLES
This
Changing
World
To-day, you can see big build­ings
erected noiselessly—by
electric welding.
The structural steel worker is
dropping his clattering ham­mer
for the electric arc. Silently,
swiftly, rigidly, economically,
buildings are being fabricated
by electric welding, which knits
steel with joints as strong as
the metal itself.
Building silently! Nothing
seems impossible in this elec­trical
age.
Not only in building construc­tion,
but in every human activity,
we instinctively turn to electric­ity
to add to the comforts of
life and to eliminate the wastes
of production—another evi­dence
that the electrical industry
is maintaining its leadership in
this changing world.
Not only industrial equipment,
but electric refrigerators, MAZDA
lamps, and little motors that add
to the comforts of home, are
manufactured by the General
Electric Company. All are identi­fied
by the G-E monogram—a
symbol of service.
95-607DH GENERAL ELECTRIC G E N E R A L E L E C T R I C C O M P A NY S C H E N E C T A D Y N E W Y O RK