1930-09-13 The Plainsman

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Mass Meeting
Tonight for Rats THE PLAINSMAN
TO F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
Congratulations
Cadet Officers
VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 13, 1930 NUMBER 2
C. L SCHLICH NAMED CADET COLONEL OF ARTILLERY REGIMENT
GOVERNOR AND MRS. GRAVES
SPEAK AT HRST ASSEMBLY
Governor Appeals To Beginners At Auburn To Prepare Them­selves
by Diligence to Duty, Thoroughness in Work,
Mastery of Studies, and Practicing of Highest
Ideals and Habits
LARGE ASSEMBLIES HEAR GOVERNOR: PRESIDENT
KNAPP TELLS STUDENTS THIS IS LARGEST RAT CLASS
Mrs. Graves Reminds Students That By Attending College They
Are More Fortunate than Other High School Grad­uates,
And Urges Them To Acquire Knowledge
And Develop Leadership
Freshmen were greeted Friday
morning by Governor and Mrs. Graves
at a special convocation which pre­ceded
the regular class work for the
new students.
In introducing Governor and Mrs.
Graves to the new arrivals, President
Knapp announced that the class is the
largest in the history of Auburn and
that it exceeds the total freshmen en­rollment
for the 1929-30 session.
Governor Graves talked on pre­paredness
for life. He made a bril­liant
appeal to the beginners at Au­burn
to prepare themselves by dili­gence
to duty, thoroughness in their
work, the mastery of their studies,
and the practicing of the highest
ideals and habits while in college.
"Develop yourselves and the be cap­tains
of your own salvation," said
the governor as a climax of his ap­peal.
Practical idealism was the theme of
an impressive talk by Mrs. Graves.
She reminded the students that by
attending college they are more for­tunate
than the thousands of high
school graduates who have stopped
short of college education. She told
them that this advantage carries
greater responsibilities; and that
while acquiring book knowledge in col­lege
they should train and develop
themselves to be leaders in whatever
they become engaged after completing
their college careers.
Governor and Mrs. Graves delivered
two addresses during their brief stay
in Auburn. Upperclassmen attended
the first convocation while the fresh­men
attended the second.
President Knapp appeared optimis­tic
over the outlook for the year's
work now beginning.
ite For Glomerata
Pictures To Be Set
Soon, Is Announced
Pictures for the Glomerata will be
taken at an early date, it was an­nounced
today. The exact time to be
made public later. It is the object
of the staff to make the prices very
small, but at the present date the
"name of the photographer has not been
announced,
Hugh Ellis, editor-in-chief of the
Glomerata, expressed the hope that
every student at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute would have his pic­ture
in the annual this year. Every
effort will be made, on the part of
the staff, to reduce the prices as low
as possible, and each student is ex­pected
to cooperate by having his pic­ture
taken.
The Glomerata is a record of hap­penings,
published each year by and
for the students of Auburn. Hugh
Ellis, editor-in-chief, is very enthu­siastic
over the outlook for the com­ing
year, and it is his object to co­operate
with Rex Sikes, business man­ager,
in putting out the best Annual
that Auburn has known.
Pep Meeting And
Reception Held
For Frosh Friday
Rats Taught Veils At Meeting;
Coaches and Prominent
Students Introduced
New Animal Husbandry and Dairy Building
MANY FROSH ATTEND
Reception Given Frosh By Y.
M. C. A. Follows Meeting
In Langdon Hall
An informal reception for fresh­men,
sponsored by the Y. M. C. A.,
was held at Langdon Hall Friday
night at seven-thirty. It is estimat­ed
that over four hundred formed in
front of the building to begin a snake-dance
through town. After a march
down the main street, the freshmen
assembled in the auditorium and heard
President Knapp and several promi­nent
upperclassmen speak.
The reception was presided over
by Eugene Gray, president of the Y.
M. C. A., Hugh Ellis, as editor, and
Rex Sikes, as business manager of the
Glomerata, said a few words in be­half
of the 1931 edition. They were
followed by Gabie Drey and Charles
Davis, editor and business manager
of the Plainsman, Howard Gray, pres­ident
of the Senior class, Bill Myrick,
president of the Initerfratemity coun­cil
and John Christian, president of
the Undergraduate Student Associa­tion.
The coaching staff and the football
captain, "Red" Harkins, were also
presented at the rally. After the
yells, the program was concluded, and
the Frosh were served with refresh­ments
furnished by the Y. M. C. A.
EXECUTIVE CABINET
GIVES DANCE SOON
Permission Secured to Give
Script Dance On Saturday
Night, September 20
WILL BE HELD A T GYM
Out-of-town Orchestra Will Be
Engaged Although Name
Not Yet Announced
Tiger Supply Shop Gets
Keuffel&Esser Agency
The .Tiger Supply Shop, recently
opened in the building with Red's
Place by two students, John Jay Co­hen,
Jr. and A. C. Cohen, Jr., was
awarded the agency for the sale of
Keuffel and Esser instruments.
A complete line of drawing instru-
(Continued on page 6)
Band Will Practice
First Time Monday
The first practice of the Auburn
Band will be held on Monday after­noon
at the regular hour, four
o'clock. Both old and new members
of the musical organization will at­tend
the first meeting.
Many freshmen have been taken
into the band this year, and a good
year is being looked for.
The names of the new men have
not been announced.
Permission was secured by the Ex­ecutive
Cabinet of the Associated Un­dergraduate
Students of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute .from Dr. Knapp
to hold a script dance September 20,
at the gymnasium. This being the
first dance of the present college year,
the members of the Executive Cab­inet
expressed the hope that it .would
be a general get-to-gether prepara­tory
to the opening dances.
And out of town orchestra will be
engaged to furnish the music, but as
yet the plans have not been completed
to the extent that the name can be
made public. Sabel Shanks, chairman
of the Social Committee, is in charge
of all arrangements, and he stated
that the Committee was negotiating
with several excellent orchestras.
President Extends
Welcome to Frosh
"Education as the Development
Of Personality" Is Subject
Of Dr. Knapp's Talk
Christian Endeavor
To Be Held Sunday
Students are cordially invited to at­tend
the program of the Christian
Endeavor to be given at the Presbyter,
ian Church Sunday evening, Septem­ber
14, from six-thirty to seven-thir­ty.
Music and the glad handshake
will be the features of the program.
Special numbers will be rendered by
Professor and Mrs. Rauber and Prof,
and Mrs. Hazel.
It is hoped that all of the students
who have attended Christian Endea­vor
while at home will attend the so­ciety
here. Regular meetings of the
organization will be held each Sun­day
evening from six-thirty to seven-thirty
at the Presbyterian church.
The fifty-ninth freshman class of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute was
welcomed Wednesday morning by Dr.
Bradford Knapp in an address on,
"Education as the Development of
Personality." In this address the im­portance
of education waS stressed
by quoting figures to show that even
though only four and one-half per
cent of the American people have a
college education, eighty-five per cent
of those listed in Who's Who are col­lege
men.
Dr. Knapp brought out. very force­fully
the importance of developing a
personality. Along this same line he
urged his listeners to strive after those
qualities of character that would help
live a more enjoyable life as well as
a more worthwhile one.
Following this address by the presi­dent
the deans of the college outlined
work which their department is to
carry out during the year. Wednes­day
afternoon a tour of the college
campus was conducted by the Y. M. C.
A. as well as an English placement
test given all freshmen preparatory
to meeting classes Friday.
INTERFRAT COUNCIL
TO MEET ON OCT. 6
Meeting To Be Held On First
Monday of Next Month:
Place Not Named
HOPE FOR BANNER YEAR
Council To Sponsor Various In­ter-
Fraternity Activities
During School Year
New Animal Husbandry Building and
Dairy Barn Completed; Now In Use
The new Animal Husbandry and
Dairy Building, which was completed
in July and is the latest addition to
the agricultural campus, is now being
used. The building, which is a four-story
brick structure, is shown in the
above picture.
The first floor is occupied by the
dairying department and contains the
creamery, the laboratories for work
in dairying, and the refrigeration ma­chinery.
This department supplies the
college cafeteria and also some of the
residents of Auburn with milk, handl­ing
both pasteurized and grade A raw
milk. The department also expects
in the near future to supply ice cream
and butter. The creamery is com­pletely
sanitary and as up-to-date as
the best and most modern machinery
can make it. Practically all machin­ery
and equipment has been installed
and everything is expected to be in
readiness in two weeks, at which time
the department will be-open for in­spection.
The second floor contains the of­fices
of the departments, the class
rooms, and the library. On the third
floor the animal nutrition department
has its rooms and laboratories, while
the fourth floor contains ample space
for storage.
Recently connected with the Animal
Husbandry department is Mr. J. G.
(Continued on page 6)
Work Being Rushed on
New Textile Building
The new textile building is rapid­ly
being rushed to completion, and
according to present plans will be
ready for occupancy within thirty
days. Equipment has been ordered,
and will begin to arrive by Septem­ber
15. It will fie installed as soon
as the building is ready. Insinua­tion
of equipment will be done by stu­dents
in the School of Textile Engi­neering
with the supervision, and as­sistance
of Prof. E. W, Camp, and
representatives from the factories
manufacturing equipment.
The new building is being built-at
a cost of, nearly $164,000, and the re­tail
value of equipment ordered
amounts to over $100,000. Professor
Camp stated that he hoped to have all
equipment installed early this fall.
The building will be modern in all
of its appointments, and will contain
a complete textile mill in miniature,
in which students will obtain practi­cal
experience in their work. It con­tains
over 40,000 square feet of floor
space.
The Inter-Fraternity Council will
have its -first .meeting -of the year,
Monday, October 6. According to
Bill Myrick, president of the Council,
this is going to be a banner year with
much stress being placed on inter-fraternity
athletics. At the present
time it is the object of the Council
to conduct tournaments in tennis, golf,
and basketball, and it is possible that
other additions will be made to the
list during the year.
Itvis also the object of the Council
to continue its practice of assuming
charge of the fraternity houses dur­ing
the dances. As stated by the
president, the real object of the Coun­cil
is to direct the fraternities on the
campus, and to guide their policy in
regard to the administration.
The Inter-Fraternity Council is
composed of two representatives from
each fraternity, being elected for one
year. The officers for the present
term are as follows:
Bill Myrick, President; F. W. Ren-neker,
Vice-President; and T. G. Ama-son,
Secretary-Treasurer.
SINDO, MYRICK, BAREFIELD
AND HILL ARE CADET MAJORS
Appointments and assignments of cadet officers in the R. O.
T. C. unit resulted in the naming of C. L. Schlich as Cadet
Colonel of the Field Artillery Regiment. The following
were placed on the Regimental Staff: Cadet Lt. Colonel, J.
C. Clarke; Cadet Captain T. P. Archer, Adjutant; Cadet
Captain L. F. Camp, Personnele Adjutant; and Cadet Capt.
H. W. Ellis; Supply Officer. The following were appointed
cadet majors: 1st Battalion, Cadet Major W. W. Hill, Jr.;
2nd Battalion, Cadet Major W. J. Sindo; 3rd Battalion, Ca­det
Major W. C. Barefield; Band, Cadet Major H. D. Har­mon;
Engineer Battalion, Cadet Major W. S. Myrick, Jr.
Total Number Of
Students Taking
R.0.T.C.Isl091
Field Artillery Has 881 Stu­dents
While Engineer Unit
Is Composed Of 2 1 0'
SENIORS NUMBER 90
Numbers Slightly Less Than
Last Year; More Students
Expected By Sept. 30.
MASS MEETING
FOR FRESHMEN
There will be a Mass Meeting
held tonight for all freshmen, to
be held at seven o'clock. The
Frosh will meet in front of
Langdon Hall.
DeMonia May Attend
Hi-Y Meet at Bir'ham
Thomas DeMonia, senior student
in agriculture, will probably repre­sent
the Auburn Y. M. C. A. at the
annual Hi-Y leaders training confer­ence
at Camp Cosby in Birmingham.
This branch of the Hi-Y deals with
the establishing and maintaining of
Hi-Y's in and around Auburn, and
each year one student is chosen to
represent Auburn.
One thousand ninety-one students
answered to the roll call at the first
formation of the R. O. T. C. unit tihs
morning. According to Lieutenant
O. Bowman, adjutant, since more
registrations are expected, the number
is expected to grow and top last year's
mark.
Of the number enrolled, 881 belong
to the Field Artillery unit and 210
to the Engineer unit. This year's en­rollment
according to classes is com­pared
with last year's figures. The
present figures are approximations
and to date only, while those of last
year were taken at the end of Sep­tember.
The numbers are as follows this
year: Field Artillery: seniors, 64;
juniors, 135; sophomores 252; fresh­men,
450; Engineers: seniors, 32; ju­niors,
30; sophomores, 70; freshmen,
77. Total, 1091. For last year; Field
Artillery;.. seniors, 91; juniors, 81;
sophomores, 281; freshmen, 390; En­gineers;
seniors, 40;' juniors, 38;
sophomores, 83; freshmen, 91; Total,
1095.
Instructions in feet movements
were given the students this morning.
All first year men have been meas­ured
for uniforms and as many as pos­sible
equipped. All men who have not
gotten uniforms have been measured
and their uniforms ordered. The en­tire
corps will not be fully equipped
for several weeks.
Lieutenant Bowman has announced
that practice for the rifle and pistol
teams will begin about October 1 and
training will continue until December.
Most of the matches with other schools
will be held after Christmas.
Last year the pistol team won over
half its matches, and this year both
teams are looking forward to a much
I better season.
The following appointments and
assignments of cadet officers in the
Field Artillery Regiment are an­nounced.
FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
STAFF
Cadet Colonel: C. L. Schlich. Ca­det
Lt. Colonel: J. C. Clarke. Cadet
Captain: T. P. Archer, Adjutant. Ca­det
Captain: L. F. Camp, Per. Adj.
Cadet Captain: H. W. Ellis, Supply
Officer.
1st BATTALION
Cadet Major: W. W. Hill, Jr. Ca­det
Captain: M. A. Jones, Adjutant.
Cadet 1st Lt. G. W. Swain, Per. Adj.
BATTERY A
Cadet Capt: O. W. Ivey, Cadet 1st.
Lieuts: F. H. Hary, J. R. Rutland.
Cadet 2nd Lieuts.: J. T. Hall, J. W.
Nageley.
BATTERY B
Cadet Capt.: C. H. Kimbrough.
Cadet 1st. Lieuts.; C. F. Striplin, W.
G. Stevenson. Cadet 2nd Lieuts.: G.
W. Robinson, E. Taylor.
BATTERY C
Cadet Capt.: T. G.'Amason. Ca­det
1st Lieuts.: A. C. Parker, S. A.
Williams. Cadet 2nd Lieuts.: J. C.
Seale, J. B. Wood.
2ND BATTALION
Cadet Major: W. J. Sindo. Cadet
Captain: R. L. Lovvorn, Adj. Ca­det
1st. Lieut. F. T. Hanby, Per. Adj.
BATTERY D
Cadet Captain: T. A. Burdeshaw.
Cadet 1st Lieuts.: G. A. Beavers, W.
T. Reaves. Cadet 2nd Lieuts.: T. A.
Glanton, J. G. Yeager.
BATTERY E
Cadet Captain: L. E. Mullin. Ca­det
1st. Lieuts.: G. R. Holstun, C. E.
Caudell. Cadet 2nd Lieuts.: H. P.
Meigs, O. E. Ward.
BATTERY F
Cadet Captain: H. D. Mosley. Ca­det
1st. Lieuts.: G. E. Brietling, J.
L. Burton. Cadet 2nd Lieut.: M. D.
Snider.
3RD BATTALION
Cadet Major: W. C. Barefield. Ca­det
Captain: C. H. Martin, Adj. Ca-
(Continued on page 6)
Gas Company Officials Announce
That Service Will Begin Oct. 15
Natural gas will be burning in Au­burn
about October 15 according to
announcement made today by offi­cials
of the Alabama Natural Gas
Corporation. The coming of natural
gas to Auburn from the giant trans­mission
line of the Southern Natural
Gas is expected to be one of the most
valuable contributions to Auburn that
has taken place in some time. Lines
are rapidly being laid along the streets
and care is being exercised by the
engineering forces to displace as lit­tle
as possible the permanent paving
in this city. Instructions have been
given to use alleys and side-streets
wherever possible for the gas line
in order that as little damage as pos­sible
would occur to the permanent­ly
improved streets.
Offices of the Alabama Natural
Gas Corporation and the showroom
have been opened in the Hotel Thom­as
where there will be on display
within a few days a complete line
of gas appliances designed and built
especially for natural gas. With the
recent reduction in natural gas rates,
which has been announced, and which
is expected to be in effect October
1st, it is believed that residents of
Auburn may utilize this modern, ef­ficient,
and clean fuel liberally in
househeating, hot water heating and
cooking without incurring an expense
(Continued on page 6)
Funeral Services For
Mrs. C. L. Hare Are
Held Friday Morning
Funeral services for Mrs. C. L.
Hare, who died Tuesday night were
held here Friday at the Presbyterian
church with the Rev. S. B. Hay of­ficiating.
Interment in the Auburn
cemetery followed.
Mrs. Hare was born in Buckingham
County, Virginia, April 18, 1878, and
had resided in Auburn 27 years. She
was the wife of Dean C. L. Hare
of the school of chemistry and phar-maoy.
She and Mr. Hare were mar­ried
in 1903.
Mrs. Hare was past president of
the Light Horse Harry Lee Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution
and a member of the Admiral Semmes
chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy. She was also a promi­nent
member of the Woman's Depart­mental
Club of Auburn.
Surviving are the husband and five
children, Mrs. Emily Hare Hardie, of
Brooklyn, New York; Mrs. Catherine
Hare Clarke, of Brooline, Mass.; Dab-ney
B. Hare, Susan Mizelle Hare, and
Joe Hare of Auburn. Also the fol­lowing
brothers and sisters: Dr. A.
L. Bondurant, of Birmingham, S. R.
Bondurant of Buckingham County,
Va., and Mrs. W. G. Harrison of Bir­mingham.
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THE PLAINSMAN
Congratulate* the new cadet officer* of
the R. O. T. C. unit.
is sure that a most worthy student was
chosen to receive the Birmingham News
Scholarship and congratulates Otis Spears
on being chosen winner.
hopes that the student body will go into
its classes at the beginning of the week
with a determination to succeed with fly­ing
color*. !
thinks that a fine bunch of freshmen have
entered this year and hopes that they will
soon accustom themselves to Auburn and
its customs and seriously andf thought­fully
consider all problems that may con­front
them.
is sure that all students will attend the
first mass meeting of the year to be held
tonight.
C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s ,
Mr. Otis S p e a r s!
The Plainsman congratulates Mr. Otis
Spears, who was named to receive the Bir­mingham
News scholarship to Auburn this
year.
Mr. Spears, of Tisgah, Alabama, was
chosen by a committee composed of faculty
members from a large field of applicants
as the most deserving of the scholarship.
The task of choosing was a hard one, and
the only regret of the committee was that
there were vnot more scholarships.
Several of the applicants, undaunted by
the failure to secure the coveted scholar­ship,
are in Auburn today, working their
way through the institution. Much praise
is due these boys who are not going to
let anything stop them from getting educa­tions.
When the recommendations of the appli­cants
are read, one can readily see why
Auburn is indeed fortunate in having Mr.
Spears and his unsuccessful friends as stu­dents.
The school is proud of them.
The publishers of the Birmingham News
are complimented for making it possible
for deserving youths to secure college edu­cations.
It is the regret of the Plainsman
that other newspapers do not follow the
lead of the News.
The Freshmen
And F r a t e r n i t i es
When the average freshman comes to
college in the fall he finds, among the many
other problems that loom up in front of him
as the mole hills do to the ant, that he is
confronted with the proposition of joining
a social fraternity. There are twenty-five
such organizations on-'this campus with an
average membership of about thirty so it
can be seen that about half the men at
Auburn are fraternity men.
Assuming that a man is financially able
to belong to one of these societies and that
he will receive a bid to one, there are many
things that he should carefully consider
before he allows himself to be pledged. The
most important, and the one that should
be placed above all other considerations, is
for him to be sure that he can fit in with
the crowd of boys who comprise the present
active chapter. He should remember that
he will, in all probability, live with most
of these men for the next four years, eat
at the same table with them, and in most
cases take them into his home. He should
not be satisfied with only thinking that he
can get along with them all right. This is
merely toleration and is in direct opposition
to the very spirit of these organizations.
He should be sure that he can not only get
along with them but can even be proud of
introducing every member to his parents
as a fraterity brother. It is far better to
never join a fraternity than it is to join
one where all the boys ideas seem to clash
with those of the freshman.
Freshmen should remember that to make
a mistake in joining a fraternity is to make
a mistake that will take its toll during his
entire college career. Remember this, in
some ways a fraternity brother is much
better than a real blood brother for you
can choose your fraternity brothers. Be
sure, and exercise this privilege wisely.
A r e T e x t b o o k s C h a n g ed
Too O f t e n?
The repeated change of textbooks brings
to one's mind the question of whether or
not the additional expenses are too burden­some
on students. Many new books must
be bought each year, which, if they were
better standardized, could be bought second
hand, at a saving to the users.
In certain subjects which are given to
broaden the minds of individuals, the text­books
used are of no aesthetic value to the
student after the subject has been studied
and the purpose and substance__absorbed.
But, the book may be changed, and the
student is left holding something which
is of no practical value to him.
A change of textbooks is evidence of a
change of the methods and standards of
teaching. It is true that the methods of
teaching are changing—being improved
upon. Yet, are they changing fast enough
to justify the changing of a textbook every
year or two?
Of course, some texts are better than
others and it is only reasonable to expect
that some alterations and necessary. Ju­dicious
efforts should be made to determine
which are the best books.
The intention of this editorial is not to
criticise, but to seek a satisfactory answer
to a question that is prevalent on the cam­pus
at this time.
The efforts of the faculty members to
advance the modern methods are appre­ciated.
Much money is tied up in useless books.
Some students may have as much as fifty
dollars spent on texts which cannot be sold.
Does this not work a hardship on both
students and parents?
A news-item tells us about a sailor who
went into a New Orleans speakeasy operat­ed
on Piggly Wiggly ^tyle. As he was
helping himself, police broke in and arrest­ed
him for operating the place. It seems
as though he crossed the bar once too often.
Rhapsodical Revelations
By Vasili Leoniduitch
ALL SUMMER I have listened to the
disgruntled mutterings of farmers
because of the drought. The papers
have been full of proposed remedies, and
even our arid President has appointed com­mittees
to vie with the elements. Then with
my return to school come deluges that would
call Noah to action.
Lest someone fear that I have included
Mother in my criticisms; I wish to explain
that the subtle moral is to stay away from
"Ag Bottom".
There is no denying that rain has its
relaxing qualities. Yet it is the opinion of
one of the freshmen, that the poet who
murmured "It isn't raining for me" could
never have journeyed from the Library to
one of the fraternities in the stranded de­pression,
without emerging from the slough
to employ his poetical license in damning
every mud hole. That, I am afraid, would
tax a sailor's vocabulary.
The prevailing book situation seems to
be another one for Darwin and Chick Sale.
The naturalist chould find abundance of
material for a treatise on "The Evolution
of Auburn Text Books," and the humorist
might find a practical use for the collection
of books that are discarded every -year be­cause
of experimental changes. Possibly
many fond fathers have begun to wonder
what is considered the paragon of authen-icated
information in Auburn.
It seems most fitting to comment on the
new co-eds. Even in my brief career I
note phenominal changes, and it is alto­gether
possible that if this improvement con­tinues
that our scions will spend their week
ends in Auburn. Even the "Zoo" may be­come
domesticated.
Rudy Valee is introducing a new song
for the University of Alabama correspond­ing
with the Main "Stein Song", that has
swept the country like the stein's contents.
I trust that Auburn men do not need synco­pated
chasers yet. The new professor who
rolls his own cigarettes should serve as a
lesson in economy. I also understand Ein­stein
failed in Math—who knows but that
they may be human?
In another valiant effort to finish my
column allow me to say that I am daring
to hope that my relations with the contem­porary
columnist, who makes his initial bow
in "Sidewalks of Auburn" in this issue,
will be more amicable that that of Aaron
Billowheel and Tom Bigbee. May we strive
together to win the universal damnation
of the campus.
The rain continues, my mind wanders to
the thrills of recent summer romances; but
all vanish before the harding reality of
classes, lectures, and the infernal necessity
of getting up laundry.
Finis.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
Settling down to
work is a difficult
thing. We are trying
our best to see every­body,
talk over every­body's
plans and help
get students settled
and in shape for the
year's work. Don't
get discouraged and
go away. Come and
see us and we will all endeavor to work
it out together. The first week is the hard­est
one in many ways. Your task is to
adjust yourself to the routine of the work.
Make the adjustment as soon as you can
and apply yourself to the job.
* * * * *
Just a word to those students who have
place to work and who are endeavoring
to earn a part of their way through college.
There are hundreds of worthy fellows and
dozens of girls just waiting for a job. They
have not been as fortunate as yau have been
in finding something to do. Under such
circumstances I want to impress it upon
you that your best way to hold that job
is to deliver a full measure of work. Do
the task as well as you can do it. Try to
merit the confidence of those for whom you
are workign because that is the best way
to hold on to your job. If you fall down
on the job through carelessness or indif­ference,
you must not complain if your em­ployer
tries another student. Even further
that that I want to say that the best way
to encourage the people of this town to
employ students is for students to do a
good piece of work.
* * * * * ;
There are so many automobiles in Au­burn
and such a great increase in the num­ber
of people who are driving up and down
the streets and also walking on the streets
that a word of caution regarding courtesy
and consideration on the part of both driv­ers
and' pedestrians is surely not out of
place. It is true this is a small town with
no "speed-cops" it it. Automobile accidents
are always the result of violation in some
measure of traffic regulations or inatten­tion
on the part of the driver to dictates
of common courtesy and caution. More
than twenty years ago when I passed an
examination for a driver's lecense in a cer­tain
eastern state the Police Commissioner
asked me who had the right-of-way at cross­ings
and I told him that generally it was
the other fellow. He laughed and said
that was a pretty good answer. None of
us like to be imposed upon by one who ar­bitrarily
takes away all our rights. At
the same time I believe that the common
courtesies of a character similar to those
which we would exercise in meeting a pedes­trian
in the halls of a building would save
99% of all automobile accidents.
* * * * *
Next week schedules will begin to assume
some semblance of order and regularity.
That will be the time for all of us to begin
the routine of our regular duties. Absences
from classes are inexcusable except in case
of illness.
One Year Ago In Auburn
(From the files of The Plainsman)
September 13, 1929.
That H. H. "Duck" Hillman was appoint­ed
Cadet Colonel of the R. O. T. C. unit was
the subject of the main story of the issue.
The other appointments made by the Mili­tary
Department authorities were announc­ed
at the same time. There were many
surprises and disappointments.
* * * * *
B. L. Shi, J. K. Smith, and Robert San-sing
were appointed chairmen of the Co­ordination,
Finance, and Elections Commit­tees
of the Executive Cabinet.
* * * * *
The contracts were yet for the new Dairy
and Animal Husbandry buildings. They
are a part of the expansion program em­bodying
the erection of nine buildings to
cost $1,325,000.
* * * * *
Prof. A. St.C. Dunstan startled the
world by finding radium lost in a Tusca­loosa
hospital. This brought the total value
of lost radium found by Professor Dunstan
to $50,000.
* * * * *
The Freshman Rules were published. Woe
to the rat who might break them!
* * * * *
The Rats were entertained at a reception
given them by the Y. M. C. A. Free Ice
Cream!!! They rushed the main gate after­wards.
Whoopee!!
* * * * *
The Sports editor expressed the opinion
that "Auburn is on the road back, boys, and
we don't mean maybe. I have never seen
a finer spirit than prevails among our
football candidates this year. Of course,
we are not expecting to startle the universe
with any sensational, unexpected victories.
But by next season I expect to see the tree
bear fruit. In 1930 I believe that Auburn
will be qnocking at the door of the first
division conference teams and demanding
admittance."
-:- AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
The freshmen seem to have started off with a bang this year.lt is said that
several banks have been heard about the campus already. If the rat who went
to town to buy a convocation note-book is a fair example of the class we should
look forward to a banner year.
* * * * * * * * *
Before any rats of this year's class attempt to paint their numerals on the
water tank, it may be advisable to get a member of the class of '33 to read them
the minutes of a certain meeting held on Drake Field last year.
* * * * * * * * *
THE LAGGARD
Oh classes, profs, and outside work,
You fill his heart with sorrow.
You tax his brain, and give him pain,
So hide until tomorrow.
He'll pen a line to his best gal
And "bull" about the game;
He'll read a book and smoke a "cig,"
Each night 'twill be the same.
And on he'll go throughout the school,
So sad the woeful tale;
That he will carry home to dad,
For he will surely fail.
' §
He'll fail in school, and too in life '
For frolic he must pay.
So beat the game, the moral's clear—
Do tomorrow's work today.
—Hie Hie, '31
* * * * * * * * *
One freshman, however, did shown signs of real serious thought when he made
out a check to "C. A. Joler" for the forthcoming issues of that publication.
* * * * * * * * * -^
As a gentle reminder to the Cooing Campus Couples let it be said that winter
will soon be here and with it, a scarcity of foliage in Ag Bottom. A word to the
wise is sufficient.
* * * * * * * * *
Little Willie hung his sister,
She was dead before they missed her.
Willie's always up to tricks. ' -
Isn't he cute, he's only six.
* * * * * * * * *
Although the fraterities are through pledging, the rats are still getting plenty
of attention. This latest attention isn't welcomed sojieartily by the Frosh.
* * * * * * * * *
With the increased influx of Coo-eds the Montgomery highway's Saturday-evening-
post will be as deserted as a negro church when the plate is passed.
* * * * * * * * * _ \
It might be advisable for the owners of some of the freakish looking cars
we see around town to have a large tent where they can park their chariots at night
and charge admission for a close inspection.
* * * * * * * * *
Jimmy Cochran, well-known business manager of the Auburn Engineer, can't
keep away from Columbus. He claims that he goes there on business, but he won't
confide to us the nature of his business trips. Something personal?
* * * * * * * * *
A miniature night-shirt parade was staged last night in the boys' dormitory.
It seems as though there was only one participant and he did not intend to have
such a big parade after all. But this proves that night-shirts are not so pre-historic
after all.
* * * * * * * * *
Footprints is the stomping ground for a new poet Who has been developed since
last year. Let's hope that we have more contributions from Mr. Hie Hie, '31. *
* * * * * * * * *
We notice a certain young lady driving a new Chevrolet has been driving past
the A. T. O. house quite a number of times recently. We wonder what it is there
that interests her so.
* * * * * * * * *
Auburn co-eds may be nicely reared young ladies can as much be said for
the front.
BOOK REVIEW yj
BYRON BY ANDRE MAUROIS. Trans­lated
from the French by Hamish Miles.
D. Appleton And Company. 1930. Re­view
by Henry W. Adams.
- I shall give only a brief review of Mau-rois'
latest biography, that of Lord Byron,
proposing it with a short account of Mau-rois'
development as a biographer.
For some years now we have been hear­ing
it said that biography is fast becoming
the popular literary form in English writ­ing.
Now it is safe to say biography has
become the popular literary form. Since
the seventeenth century, biography has been
esteemed highly by the select few. And
of course it had to maintain a standard
that would merit the esteem of these few
exceptionally intelligent readers. But now,
I repeat, it has become the POPULAR lit­erary
form. It is almost impossible, fur­thermore,
to select a dozen best sellers of
the last year without including several
biographies. But the literary qualities that
win popularity remain constant and cheap.
The principles that guarantee the populari­ty
of a novel are the same that guarantee
that of a "modern" biography. Lytton
Strachey achieved a great success, and in
this case a well-deserved succes, with "Em
inent Victorians" and "Queen Victoria";
and biography became a fad. The great
flood of biographies, many of them imita­tions
of Strachey, have only the usual merit
of a fad. Strachey began with the short
biographical -sketch, after ihe manner of
the American biography, Gamaliel Brad­ford,
and evolved a method of his own for
longer studies.
Andre Maurois, beginning as a neophyte
of Strachey, has gone through a develop­ment
that has both freed him from the
change of being merely a disciple of Strach­ey
and established him a significant figure.
And in doing this he has raised te level
of popular taste along with his own stan­dard
of workmanship.
Beginning with "Ariel: A Life of Shelly,"
which M. Maurois himself no longer likes,
but calls his "Shelly Romance," he produces
an entertaining story in the manner of a
good novel, with emphasis upon structure
and narrative style, beautiful but rooted in
shallow soil, like a pot plant. The fiction­al
use of the water motif illustrates his ar­tificial
handling of his subject.
In "Disraeli" Maurois takes Froude's
brief biography, "The Earl of Beacons-field,"
and tills a second flower which is
so like Froude's that it must have escaped
severe criticism only because so many re­viewers
were unfamiliar with Froude's
work. Froude, a worthy predecessor of
Strachey and Maurois, is really the orig­inator
of "modern" biography. Even his
style is more "modern" than Victorian.
Froude's biography needed little polishing
for the most part and Maurois' novelistic
technique supplied a new ending which
turned the trick for Maurois very neatly.
Since very few readers had more than
heard Froud's name, Maurois received his
own and Froude's dues too. But for all
the debt to Froude, Maurois again proved
himself a skillful craftsman. A light
touch and a graceful finish took the place
of the more tedious toil of scholarly re­search.
In the two-volume French edition of "By­ron"
Maurois tacitly recognizes the validi­ty
of what I have said by listing his works
previous to "Byron" under the heading,,
"Period of Apprenticeship." "Byron," then,
in M. Maurois' own opinion, is the first
work of his maturity. And in "Byron" he
first proves that his own estimate is not
an idle claim but a modest statement about
himself. In it the light touch and graceful
finish are still there. The novelistic tech­nique
is still in evidence. But they are
subordinated as they must be in every gen­uine
"biography, to laborious scholarly re­search
and scholarly judgment. At last
M. Maurois has succeeded in giving great­er
significance to the substance of his sub­ject
than to the veneer with which he has
clothed it. Byron becomes not a painted
figure like Shelly or Disraeli, but a living
human being caught in the toils of a con­ventionalism
soon to attain a frightful su­premacy
in the Victorian Age.
CHAFF
By Dick Donovan
EDITOR'S 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.
* * * * *
This is the introduction to "Chaff". Aft­er
you have read several columns you will
fully realize it contains nothing but chaff.
* * * * *
Oh yes, the freshhmen have come; I saw
one and he looked nice with shoes and socks
on. I wanted to tell him how out-of-place
he looked with those things on his feet
here at Auburn. I just decided that he
would learn, just like the rest of us. His
shirt was clean, too; you know he ought
to know better than that. If they are not
all too large we may be able to teach them
a few things. Just how they are doesn't
matter, its where they are when we need
them. ,
* * * * *
It was only last night that I was awak­ened
from my sleep. ' It was long about
morning and my best dream of the sea­son
had been interrupted. After I turned
on my light to see what had awakened me,
I saw a monster-like creature just sitting
on my bed. Instantly I seized the monster
about the neck. It was a terrible fight—
just he and I alone—no one to stop us.
What was I going to do? Once he had my
leg in his mouth and I knew if I ever got
it out it would not be worth two cents.
But I'll tell you one thing, it takes more
than one mosquito to lick me.
* * * * *
I heard a fellow say the other day that
he had one of the best jobs anywhere around
here. On being asked what he did, he said,
"I stand on the outside of the bank; there's
money in it."
* * * * *
When I first came to Auburn this year
I felt as if there must have been some hot
weather here before I came by the looks of
so many new coats of paint strown around.
Even some of the stores nsed it to cover
the fronts of their buildings.
* * * * *
The management of the Theatre buys too
much stock now adays. It's a wonder he
doesn't give the college his gold mine. But
of course I understand there will be some
good pictures this coming season, and so I
refrain from saying anything further on
the subject.
Most anyone will notice the hospitable
greeting that old men and new men alike
receive at the post office. You know they
are >so terribly nice I feel like any one
should go to them to buy stamps and more
of them.
* * * * *
I understand that those who flunk Ag.
try to get in general business. The heads
of the Business Administration department
are on their toes, however, for they firbid
Ag students admission unless there is a
good reason. There is always a reason
though.
* * * * *
What will these co-eds do next? Don't
they always get into enough trouble wear­ing
hose. I hope no harm will come to
the new ones. Bless their hearts, they
don't know yet. .
THE PATRIOT
It was roses, roses, all the way,
With myrtle mixed in my path like
The house-roofs seem to heave ad sway,
The church-spirts flamed, such flags they
had,
A year ago on this very day.
The air broke into a mist with bells,
The old wayys rocked with the crowd and
cries.
Had I said, "Good folk, mere noise repels—
But give me your sun from yonder skies!"
They had answered, "And afterward, what
else?"
Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun
To give it my loving friend to keep!
Naught man could do, have I left undone;
And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run.
There's nobody on the housetops now—
Just a palsied few at the windows set;
For the best of the sight, all allow,
At the Shamble's Gate—or, better yet,
By the scafford's foot, I trow.
I go in the rain, and, more than needs,
A rope cuts both my wrists behind;
And I think, by the feel, my forehead bleeds,
For they fling, whoever has a mind,
Stones at me for my year's misdeeds.
Thus I entered, and thus I go!
In triumphs, people hav edropped down
dead. v
"Paid by the world, what dost thou owe •
Me?"—God might question; now instead,
'Tis God shall repay; I as safer so.
—Robert Browning.
NO LACK OF EMPLOYMENT
Troupes of performing pygmies, out of
work for the summer, ought easily to get
jobs as caddies on miniature golf cours­es.
/
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
INEZ SHEPPARD
Editor
Phone 251-J S O C I E T Y AND FEATURES This Department Open
From 11 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Daily
"SUCH A STARVED BANK OP
MOSS"
Such a starved bank of moss
Till, that May-morn,
Blue ran the flash across:
Violets were born!
Sky—what a scowl of cloud
Till, near and far,
Ray on ray split the shroud:
Splendid, a star!
\
World—how it walled about
Life with disgrace.
Till God's own smile came out:
That was thy face!
Mr. a n d Mrs. Lipscomb
Entertain With Party
Mr._and Mrs. Lan Lipscomb gave
a lovely bridge party last Friday
night. The house was beautifully de­corated
with spring flowers and
ferns. After sseveral progressions a
tempting plate was served.
First prize for women was won by
Mrs. W. H. Eaton, and first prize
for men by Prof. W. E. Sewell.
Dr. and Mrs. Kimbaough
Honored With Party
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Medlock and
Mr. and Mrs. Tisdale entertained for
Dr. and Mrs. Kimbrough at a four-table
bridge party last Tuesday night.
' The home was beautifully decorated
with house plants and cut flowers.
After the game delightful refresh­ments
were served. High score was
award Mr. and Mrs. Fick.
Sigma Phi Beta's Lead
Other Sororities In
Scholarship
The Sigma Phi Beta Sorority lead
all other women's Greek-Letter socie­ties
in scholarship last year with an
average of 81.94. The first semester
average was 81.53 and the average
for the second half was 82.24.
The Chi Omegas were second among
sororities with an average of 79.32.
The ratings of the other groups were
Kappa Delta, 79.00, and Pi Kappa
Sigma, 78.79.
The average of all women in the
school was 80.04, while the all- sorori­ty
mark was 79.22. Sorority pledges
ranked high with an average of 79.42.
The non-sorority lead all groups,
excepting the Sigma Phi Betas, with
an average of 81.16.
Baptist Sunday School
Officers & Teachers Meet
The officers and teachers of the
Baptist Sunday School held their reg­ular
business meeting last Wednes­day
night at the local church. It
was an informal get-t'o-gether of the
officers with the new Baptist's who
have recently moved to Auburn.
During the supper hour a lovely
musical program was rendered by
Miss Julia Wiatt, Mrs. Fuller, ac­companied
by Mrs. Tidmore, and Mrs.
Reeves. Mrs. G. H. Carlovitz gave
several very enjoyable readings. The
tables were beautifully decorated with
GET WHAT YOU WANT
And Like What You Get.
COLLEGE BARBER SHOP
MID-WAY ELECTRIC KITCHEN
Home Cooking
Try
Special Dinners
our Fried Chicken and
Barbecued Meats
On Opelika Road
PERSONAL
MENTION
Miss Marie Sewell has gone to We-tumpka
to attend the funeral of her
brother.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Fred Allison and chil­dren
have returned from Virginia
where they spent a short vacation.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Lan Lipscomb and
children spent the past week at Peter­son's
Point, Alabama.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. F.- E. Hudson of
Montgomery are the guests of Misses
Anne and Kate Williams of this city.
* * *
Among the returning vacationists
whom Auburn is glad to welcome
home are: Dr. and Mrs. Leo Gosser,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McKinnon, Pro­fessor
John W. Roe, and Professor
Medlock.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Kimbrough have mov­ed
to Baton Rouge to make their
home.
* * *
General and Mrs. R. E. Noble, of
Anniston will be the guests of friends
in Auburn for a few days.
* * *
Mrs. P. O. Davis, Mrs. John Ivey,
Mrs. S. L. Toomer, and Mrs. F. C.
Biggin spent Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. L. Spratling of Gold Hill.
A T T E N T I O N S T U D E N TS
We want to give you a cordial invitation to
come in and see our shop. ~
Have a wonderful new line of College Men's
__— Clothes.
H0LLINGSW0RTH & NORMAN
Opelika —:— Alabama
Freshmen!
Upperclassmen!
START THE YEAR RIGHT!
Keep your notes and assignments
where they'll be easy to find—in an
INDEXED Looseleaf Notebook
We have a large stock of LL* AX
and B & W Looseleaf INDEXED
notebooks—a size and style for every
need. Come in and look them over.
Spare fillers, indices and gummed
reinforcements for all our notebooks
on hand.
Burton's Bookstore
New and Secondhand Books
Supplies and Novelties
DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
Dr. Robertson Resigns
State Laboratory Post
Dr. H. M. Robertson, of the class
of '14, chief of the division of agri­cultural
chemistry of the State De­partment
of Agriculture and Indus­tries
for the past seven years, has
resigned his position effective early
this year.
Dr. Robertson will be succeeded by
Dr. George H. Marsh, '08, his asso­ciate
in charge of the branch labora­tory
in Montgomery.
Dr. Robertson resigned to enter
business in Alexandria, La., and stat­ed
that he and Mrs. Robertson would
miss the associations formed in the
Capital City and the state at large.
The resignation was accepted by
Seth P. Storrs, state commissioner of
agriculture and industries, with re­gret.
"We regard Dr. Robertson as
one of the most able and efficient men
in the department," Mr. Storrs said,
"and we regret that the press of bus­iness
matters will take him from us.
We have confidence in the ability of
Dr. Marsh who is familiar with all
phases of the work and will carry
out the policies Dr. Robertson has
put into effect."
Dr. Robertson is a graduate of Au­burn
in chemistry with the class of
1914. Subsequently he spent two
years in the commercial laboratory
of the Tennessee Food and Drug De­partment,
served two years in the
army, entering as a private and merg­ing
as nutrition officer with a lieu­tenant's
commission. He returned to
the Tennessee Food and Drug Depart­ment
and after three years became
commissioner of foods and drugs in
Tennessee. In the jreafs 1921-23 he
was engaged in the fertilizer business
and plant control work in Chicago
and St. Louis.
He came to Alabama in April, 1923,
and with Dr. Marsh has served under
three commissioners of agriculture.
His duties as chief of the division
were to supervise the manufacture and
sale of foods, drugs, feeds, grains,
fertilizers, insecticides, and paints.
Dr. Marsh came to Montgomery in
1925. He too, is a graduate of Au­burn,
receiving the M.S. degree, and
has done graduate work at Columbia
University and the University of
California. He formerly was connect­ed
with Swift and Company in the
phosphate field in Florida, and was
promoted to assistant superintendent
of the operations in Florida. After
four years with Swift and Company,
Dr. Marsh returned to Auburn to ac­cept
the position of assistant state
chemist and professor of organic
chemistry, a position he held until
1925 when he came to Montgomery
to take charge of the branch labora­tory
work. Dr. Marsh is a native of
Bullock County.
cut flowers and dalias. Mr. Garrett,
superintendent of the Sunday School,
presided and welcomed all visitors and
new members.
WHY WORRY ABOUT WORK
Every year has 365 days.
If we sleep 8 hours a day, it equal's 122 days.
This leaves ... 1....243 days.
If we rest eight hours a day, it equals i; 122 days.
This leaves 121 days.
There are 52 Sundays I .. 52 days.
This leaves 69 days.
If we have half a day off each week, it equals 26 days.
This leaves 43 days.
If we take one-half hour for lunch each day, it equals 28 days.
This leaves ^ . 15 days.
Two weeks vacation 14 days.
This leaves . 1 day.
This being Labor Day 1 day.
This leaves No Days
for work.
YWCA Gives Annual
Prom For Freshman
^Co-eds
The Y. W. C. A. gave its annual
prom at Smith Hall last night. The
upper class members acted as boys
and escorted the freshmen to the
dance. Almost one hundred attended
the affair, the music for which was
provided by a six-piece orchestra.
From an outside view, nothing could
be told other than that the dance was
a regular affair with both boys and
girls attending.
Helen Garret, who is president of
the Y. W. C. A., was in charge of
the activities.
Average 79.42 Made
By Sorority Pledges
Pledges of the Chi Omega sorori­ty
lead pledges of other sororities last
year with an average grade of 82.14.
The averages of the other sorority
pledges were Pi Kappa Sigma, 81.88,
Kappa Delta, 77.70, and Sigma Phi
Beta, 76.78.
The general average of freshman
sorority pledges was 79.68, while the
upperclass pledges made 79.22. The
general average of all sorority pledges
was 79.42.
Mrs. Floyd of Tuskegee has been
visiting Mrs. Ruffin.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Tidmore motored to
Columbus Tuesday for the purpose of
doing some shopping.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Garrison of Birming­ham
are visiting friends here.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Baver and Mr. and
Mrs. Scarseth motored to Columbus
Saturday.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Brooks are at­tending
Mr. Brook's father's funeral
at Bowden, Georgia.
Miss Louise P. Glanton and Miss
Dana Gatchell returned to Auburn
Monday after a lovely trip abroad,
visiting Belgium and Germany.
* * *
Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Sewell spent
last Tuesday and Wednesday in Bir­mingham
on business.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Hoffsomer have re­turned
from Europe where they spent
their honeymoon and are living in
Cedar Heights with Mrs. J. T. High.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Fuller have returned
from their honeymoon and are at
the Thomas Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. S.' L. Toomer and
children have returned from a vaca­tion
on Perdido Bay. Mr. Toomer
joined a party to enjoy some deep
sea fishing.
Mrs. W. W. Hill, Mrs. B. L. Shi,
and Mrs. S. L. Toomer motored to
Montgomery Friday. Miss Frances
Shi, who spent three weeks in Selma
with relatives, joined the party and
returned to Auburn.
* * *
Coach and Mrs. E. McFaden spent
Monday in Montgomery.
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
HAGEDORN'S
OPELIKA'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
Natural GAS
comes to
Auburn
The N a t u r a l Gas
flame, the symbol of
Perfect Heat delivered
at the point of use with­out
fuss or bother.
The coming of NATURAL GAS marks a new
era in the progressive upbuilding and advancement
of this community. It brings to the home and in­dustrial
life an impetus—just as did the coming of
feke railroad, telephone and the electric light.
w • •
In the home, NATURAL GAS brings emancipa­tion
to the homemaker; the many small and ardous
tasks necessary to food preparation, hotwater sup­ply
and househeating are eliminated by NATU­RAL
GAS. -NATURAL GAS brings with it clean
cherry kitchens so dear to the housekeeper's heart,
for NATURAL GAS has no smoke, soot or ashes.
•
Fortunate, indeed, is that community which of­fers
NATURAL GAS in abundance to industrial
enterprise seeking favorable location. Fortunate
also are the present local industries and businesses
who may now enjoy the'cleanest, quickest, most
satisfactory and economical of all fuels—NATU­RAL
GAS the MODERNfFUEL! f
• ALABAMA \
NATURAL' GAS
CORPORATION
if Auburn is one of the first cities in Alabama vthat may boast ofyNatuial Ga&> servkeX :
PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1930
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ADRIAN TAYLOR, Editor
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NEED OF RESERVE FULLBACK
PROBLEM IN EARLY PRACTICES
Developing a capable reserve full­back
is one of the major problems fac­ing
Coach Chet Wynne in his effort
to start the Auburn Tigers on a suc­cessful
comeback trial. Regardless of
the ability of the first-string line
plunger, very few teams win many
games unless they have a fullback
sitting on the bench who can step in
without any notice and not' weaken
the team. •
If Tom Brown, sensational sopho­more,
continues to set the pace that
he has started since practice began
Labor Day, he will be located at this
important post when the Tigers pry
the lid off of their 1930 schedule
against Birmingham-Southern, Fri­day
night, September 26, in Mont­gomery.
The former all-state luminary from
Montgomery is light for the berth
when you compare him with players
on other teams who back up the line,
but Brown makes up for his lack in
weight by his aggressiveness and
deadly and hard tackling. Brown is
one of the best bets graduating from
the 1929 frosh team, and has a record
of always winning a regular position
on any football eleven that he has
ever aspired to play on.
Since the other candidates for full-
Alexander Answers
Carnegie Bulletin
Atlanta, Ga.—Carnegie Founda­tion's
famous "Bulletin No. 23" which
last year caused a furore by making
a virtually blanket attack upon ama­teur
sports in American educational
institutions, has been answered by
436 football players from every sec­tion
of the United States.
An equally blanket denial of the
charges is the combined result of their
replies to a questionnaire published
in the current issue of "The Athletic
Journal," under the signature of W.
A. Alexander, head coach, of Georgia
Tech's Golden Tornado, and president
of the National Coaches association.
Cooperation of coaches in 20 insti­tutions
was solicited in getting the
replies. Military, denominational,
technical, classical, preparatory and
high school football squads were poll­ed
in the questionnaire, which was
prepared by W. E. Finches, line coach
of Georgia Tech. The document con­tained
26 pointed questions ranging
from problems of health to the ethics
of coaches .who may curse men into
raving mad-men."
"In summing up our study," Al­exander
said, "I think we can reach
the following conclusion in answer to
the charges made in the foundation's
report." (Each conclusion, as given,
represented a position diametrically
opposed to a similar number of con­clusions
in the famous bulletin.)
Alexander's conclusions:
"1.—Athletic injuries are not fre­quent
and more serious than is to be
expected in a body contact game.
"2.—The majority of coaches do not
overwork their players in drills and
games.
"3.—A large percentage of the boys
training for a major team testify
that they have sufficient time for
study.
"4.—The majority of football play­ers
are so wrought up over coming
games or those that they have just
finished that they are upset mentally.
"5.—The testimony is overwhelm­ingly
to the effect that any father
could listen to the professional coach­ing
and not be worried as to the cul­tural
value of the process.
"6.—The play instinct in football
is not destroyed by the hard work or
the strict drills.
»7.—The majority of undergrad­uates
testify that they prefer the
coach who is friendly rather than one
who makes his victory certain by
cursing them into raving madness.
"8.—Side line coaching is the un­common
thing in football."
back are new at this position, the
trouble for the Plainsman coaches now
begins. Ralph Jordan performed at
center on the 1928 first-year team
and was an understudy to the bril­liant
Capt. Dunham Harkins at the
pivot post last year. This is his first
try for a berth in the backfield.
Richard Wible, halfback last sea­son,
who weighs only 163, is the oth­er
candidate for full. Neither Jor­dan
or Wible have had much varsity
experience, so this leaves Coach
Wynne without an experienced full­back
on his roster.
Howard Chappelle, the lone veteran
returning for this position has been
shifted to end, where he has seen
some service before.
The candidates for the other posi­tions
in the ball carrying department
migh be shifted to fullback if the
task of finding a suitable substitute
for Brown remains as hard as it is
now.
Varsity Schedule for
1930 Auburn Tigers
Sept. 26—B'ham-Southern, in Mont­gomery
(Night Game).
October 4—Spring Hill College, in
Auburn.
October 11—Florida, in Jacksonville.
October 18—Georgia Tech, in At­lanta.
October 25—Georgia in Columbus.
November 1—Wofford College (S.
C ) , in Auburn.
November 8—Tulane, in New Or­leans.
November 15—Miss. A. & M., in
Birmingham.
Nov. 22—Vanderbilt, in Nashville.
November 27—South Carolina, in
Columbus.
/.
A good way to discourage a husband
is to remind him of the progress his
friends are making.
Tiger Coaches, Captain, And Members of the Varsity Squad
The top photograph shows the five
members of the Varsity and Freshman
coaching staffs. Two of the five are
Auburn graduates and the other three
are former members of Notre Dame
teams, all of whom were chosen Ail-
American players when they played
for Knute Rockne. They are, left to
right: Freshman Coach, Jack Cannon,
Head Coach Chet Wynne, End Coach
Roger Kiley, Line Coach Earl McFad-en,
and Frosh Coach Weems Baskin.
Baskin and McFaden are the Auburn
grads. The middle photo shows mem­bers
of the varsity squad as they re­ported
for practice last week. At the
bottom is Captain Dunham Harkins,
leader and regular center of the var­sity.
He is entering his last year as
a member of the Tiger gridders.
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES FOR 1930 SEASON
TE AM
Tulane
L. S. U.
Vanderbilt
Alabama
Auburn
Clemson
Duke
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
N. C. State
Ole Miss
Sewanee
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
Maryland
Miss. A. & M.
Virginia
V. M. I.
V. P. I.
Wash. & Lee
SEPTEMBER 27
Southwestern
at
New Orleans
Louisiana Tech
at
Baton Rouge
Chattanooga
at
Nashville
Howard
at
Tuscaloosa
Birm.-Sou them
at
Montgomery
Wofford
.at"
Clemson
South Carolina
at
Durham
Southern
at
Gainesville
Oglethorpe
at
Athens
Wake Forest
at
Chapel Hill
Davidson
at
Greensboro
Union (Sept. 26)
at
Oxford
Tenn. Poly
at
Sewanee
Duke
at
Durham
Maryville
at
Knoxville
Washington
at
College Park
S. P. U.
at
Starkville
Rand.-Macon
at
Charlottesville
Richmond
at
Lexington
Roanoke
at
BlackBburg
Hamp.-Sidney
at
Lynchburg
OCTOBER 4
Northwestern
at
Chicago
Southwestern
' at
Baton Rouge
Minnesota
at
Minneapolis
Ole Miss
at
Tuscaloosa
Spring Hill
at
Auburn
Citadel (Oct. 3)
at
Florence.
Virginia
at
Durham
N. Carolina State
at
Tampa
Mercer
at -
Athens
V. P. I.
at
Blacksburg
Florida
at
Tampa
Alabama
at
Tuscaloosa
Kentucky
at
Lexington
Georgia Tech
at
Atlanta
Centre
at
Knoxville
South Carolina
at
Atlanta
•Sewanee
, a t
Lexington
Yale
at
New Haven
Miss. College
at
Jackson
Duke '
at
Durham
St. Johns
at
Lexington
North Carolina
at
Blacksburg
'Richmond
at
Richmond
October 11
Texas A. & M.
at
Dallas
South Carolina
at
Columbia
V. P. I.
at
Nashville
Sewanee
at
Birmingham
Florida
at
Jacksonville
N. Carolina State
at
Charlotte
Davidson
at
Durham
Auburn
at
Jacksonville
Yale
at
New Haven
Maryland
at
Chapel Hill
Clemson
at
Charlotte
Tennessee
at
Knoxville
Alabama
at
Birmingham
L. S. U.
at
Columbia
Ole Miss
at
Knoxville
Carnegie Tech
at
Pittsburg
Maryville
at
Lexington
North Carolina
at
Chapel Hill
Millsaps
at
Starkville
Pennsylvania
at
Philadelphia
Citadel
at
Charleston
Vanderbilt
at
Nashville
West Virginia
at
Charleston
OCTOBER IS
Birm.-Southern
at
New Orleans
Miss. A. & M.
at
Jackson
Spring Hill
at
Nashville
Tennessee
at
Tuscaloosa
Georgia Tech
at
Atlanta
Newberry (Oct. 17)
at
Clemson
Navy
at
Annapolis
Chicago
at
Chicago
North Carolina
at
Athens
Georgia
at
Athens
Wake Forest
(Oct. 16) at
Raleigh
Sewanee
at
Oxford
Ole Miss
at
Oxford
Alabama
at
Tuscaloosa
Auburn
at
Atlanta
Washington & Lee
at
Lexington
St. John
at
College Park
L. S. U.
at
Jackson
V. M. I.
at
Lexington
Virginia
at
Lexington
William & Mary
at
Richmond
Kentucky
at
Lexington
OCTOBER 25
Georgia Tech
at
Atlanta
Sewanee
at
Baton Rouge
Alabama
at
Birmingham
Vanderbilt
at
Birmingham
Georgia
at
Columbus
South Carolina
(Oct. 23) at
Columbia
Wofford
at
Spartanburg
Furman
at
Gainesville
Auburn
at
Columbus
Tennessee
at
Knoxville
Miss. A. & M.
at
Raleigh
Chicago
at
Chicago
L. S. U.
at
Baton Rouge
Clemson
(Oct. 23) at
Columbia
North Carolina
at
Knoxville
Tulane
at
Atlanta
Virginia
at
Lexington
V. M. I.
at
Richmond
N. Carolina State
at
Raleigh
Kentucky
at
Lexington
Maryland
at
Richmond
Davidson
at
Davidson
St. Johns
at
Lexington
NOVEMBER 1
Miss. A. & M.
at
New Orleans
Arkansas
at
Shreveport
Ole Miss
at
Nashville
Kentucky
at
Lexington
Wofford
at
Auburn
Tennessee
at
Knoville
Villanova
at
Philadelphia
Georgia
at
Athens
Florida
at
Athens
Georgia Tech
at
Chapel Hill
Presbyterian
at
Charlotte
Vanderbilt
at
Nashville
Rice
at
Houston
Citadel
(Oct. 30) at
Orangeburg
Clemson
at
Knoxville
North Carolina
at
Chapel Hill
Alabama
at
Lexington
• Virginia
at
Charlottesville
Tulane
at
New Orleans
Maryland
at
Charlottesville
Davidson
at
Lexington
Washington & Lee
at
Lexington
V. P. I.
at
Lexington
NOVEMBER S
Auburn
at
New Orleans
Ole Miss
at
Baton Rouge
Georgia Tech
. at
Atlanta
Florida
at
Gainesville
Tulane
at
New Orleans
V. M. I.
at •
Norfolk
Kentucky
at
T)urh,am
Alabama
at
Gainesville
N. Y. U.
at
New York
N. Carolina State
at
Raleigh
North Carolina
at
Raleigh
L. S. U.
at
Baton Rouge
Chattanooga
at
Chattanooga
Furman
at
Greenville
Carson-Newnan
at
Knoxville
Vanderbilt
at
Atlanta
Duke
at
DurRam
Washington & Lee
at
College Park
Henderson State
at ^
Starkville
V. P. I.
at
Blacksburg
Clemson
at
Norfolk
Virginia
at
Blacksburg
Maryland
at
College Park
NOVEMBER 15
Georgia
at
New Orleans
Alabama *
at
Montgomery
Tennessee
at
Nashville
L. S. U.
at
Montgomery
Miss. A. & M.
at
Birmingham
Florida
at
Jacksonville
N. Carolina State
at
Raleigh
Clemson
at
Jacksonville
Tulane
at
New Orleans
Davidson
at
Chapel Hill
Duke
at
Raleigh
Southwestern P. U.
at
Oxford
South Carolina
at
Columbia
Sewanee
at
Columbia
Vanderbilt
at
Nashville
Pennsylvania
at
Philadelphia
V. M. I.
at
Lexington
V. P. I.
at
Norfolk
Auburn
at
Birmingham
Washington & Lee
at
Charlottesville
Kentucky
at
Lexington
Maryland
at
Norfolk
Virginia
at
Charlottesville
NOVEMBER 27
L. S. U.
at
New Orleans
Tulane
at
New Orleans
Auburn
(Nov. 22) at
Nashville
Georgia
at
Birmingham
Vanderbilt
(Nov. 22) at
Nashville
Furman
at
Greenville
Washington & Lee
at
Durham
Georgia Tech
at
Atlanta
Alabama
at
Birmingham
Virginia
at
Charlottesville
South Carolina
(Nov. 22) at
Columbia
Miss. A. & M.
at
Starkville
Southwestern P. U.
(Nov. 22) at
Memphis
N. Carolina State
(Nov. 22) at
Columbia
Kentucky
at
Knoxville
Florida
at
Atlanta
Tennessee
at
Knoxville
Navy (Nov. 22)
Johns Hopkins
at Bait. (Nov. 27)
Ole Miss
at
Starkville
North Carolina
at
Charlottesville
V. P. I.
at
Roanoke
V. M. I.
at-
Roanoke
Duke
at
Durham
DECEMBER 6
Maryland
(Nov. 29) at
Nashville
South Carolina
(Nov. 27) at
Columbus, Ga.
North Carolina
at
Chapel Hill
Tennessee
at
Jacksonville
Georgia Tech
at
Atlanta
Duke
at
Chapel Hill
Auburn
(Nov. 27) at
Columbus, Ga.
Florida
at
Jacksonville
Georgia
at
Atlanta
W. Maryland
at
Baltimore
Large Freshman
Squad Reports to
New Frosh Coach
Eighty three freshmen have report­ed
to coaches Jack Cannon and Weems
Baskin to try for berths on the 1930
frosh football team. As registration
is only five days old, many others
are expected to report within the next
three or four days.
The 1930 frosh squad which is prob­ably
the largest to report to an Au­burn
Coach promises to show well for
itself as it is made up chiefly of men
who starred at high and prep schools.
Many of the huskies to report tip the
scales well over the two hundred mark.
Coach Jack Cannon who was AI1-
American guard at Notre Dame, as­sisted
by Weems Baskin, who was
graduated and coached at Auburn for
many years will teach the aspirants
for the baby Tigers team the Knute
Rockne system as taught at Notre
Dame.
The 1930 schedule promises to be
a tough one as it calls for games with
five of the strongest schools in the
conference. The schedule is as fol­lows:
October 4—B'ham-Southern, in Au­burn.
(Morning Game)
October 11—Florida, in Auburn.
October 25—Georgia, in Columbus
or Auburn.
November 1—Georgia Tech, in At­lanta.
November 8—Tulane, in New Or­leans.
Joe Andrews Dropped
From Team; Fails to
Make Pass in Studies
L. S. U. vs. Dakota
Wake Forest, Nov.
Wesleyan at Baton Rouge; Clemson vs. Presbyterian at Clemson; North Carolina State vs. High Point at Raleigh; South Carolina vs. Erskine at Columbia, Sept 20; Duke at
22.
.Joe Andrews who was expected to
be a leading cnadidate for Coach
Chet Wynn's initial team at the Cor­nerstone,
reported for practice Wed­nesday
and learned that he had fail­ed
to pass the required amount of
work to participate in athletics and
was declared ineligible for the 1930
football season.
Ruling of Andrews—ineligible was
quite a blow to the team as he was'
being counted on to fill a regular
tackle berth again this year. H
only a junior and rendered some I
ble service to the 1929 eleven. He
possesses an ideal build for tackle
as he is rangy and tips the scales near
the two hundred mark. He proba­bly
performed his best last year in
the games with Tulane and Georgia
Tech. He was rated as one of the
best tackles on the field in the
Thanksgivig Day battle with Tftch.
The loss of Andrews is the first
serious blow that has been dealt the
Tigers in their attempt to stage a
comeback. However, Leo Young,
varsity halfback, is in bad with the
faculty at present and will be un­able
to play in the opening game
unless he passes a pending examina­tion
in psychology.
Nineteen players have been cut off
the varsity squad as too much work
has got to be done this season before
the Plaismen will be able to make a
good showing in their ten games for
the coaches to spend too much time
with candidates who failed to show
promise. The squad now numbers 42.
Before the practice got under way
yesterday, Chattie Davidson, Lindley
Hatfield and Jimmie Hitchcock arri­ved
on Drake Field early and did
some punting. All were getting off
some lengthy spirals, but lacked con­sistency
in sticking thir toes into
the pigskin on long distances.
Don't you hate a man who holds
your hand after you've had a shake.
Every little uplift movement has a
pay roll of its own.
How cordially we dislike those peo­ple
who criticize us 'for our own good!'
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
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OVER 1 0 0 ENTRIES RECEIVED
FOR ST. LOUIS HORSE SHOW
Annual Affair Will Take Place From
October 11 to 19
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 13.— (Special)
Although the second annual St. Louis
National Horse Show does not take
place until October 11 to 19, inclusive
at the Mound City's gigantic struc­ture,
The Arena, Manager Elmer L
Musick reports that he has already
received more than 100 entries for the
autumn equetian event.
The entries received to date have
come from all over the country, in­cluding
the leading show horse cen­ters
in New England states, Pacific
section, Middle-West .and Northern
and Southern border states.
In addition to numerous handsome
trophies and ribbons, the winners of
the various classes at the big Mid­dle-
Western horse show will share
$35,000 in prize money, one of the
largest sums ever offered at a nat­ional
show. There will be classes
open to horses of all kinds, including
three and five gaited mounts, hunters,
jumpers, harness horses and a various
assortment of ponies.
Two nationally known horsemen
have been selected to serve a judges
of competition. According to Ben C.
Brinkman, president of the St. Louis
National, Russell L. Law of Balti­more,
Maryland, and Charles J. Bar-rie,
who hails from East Brookfield
Mass., will be the chief officials. The
former will name the winners in the
classes for roadster and saddle horses
while the latter will do the officiating
in the harness horse, harness pony
and hunter events.
Manager Musick anticipates that
there will be in the neighborhood of
of 500 high class horses entered in
the 120 classes at the nine-day show.
He already has been assured of hav­ing
many of the leading three and
five gaited mounts, harness horses
and hunters competing in the big
stakes.
There will be a mammouth saddle
horse sale held in connection with
Former Auburn Coeds
Instruct Housekeepers
While Miss Nell Pickens, of Auburn,
is assisting Miss Allye Hughes, coun­ty
demonstration agent, to hold a
Leadership School in Elba, next Tues­day,
Miss Helen Kennedy, foods and
nutrition specialist, also from here, is
to be in Bay' Minette, for the pur­pose
of conducting a leadership meet­ing
of various home demonstration
clubs.
The morning session of the school
at Elba will be devoted to the busi­ness
side of home'management. Miss
Pickens is to lead a discussion on ex­penses,
profits, and budgets, giving
practical illustrations in managing
family expenses.
In Bay Minette, Miss Kennedy, is
to meet representatives of ten local
clubs to discuss the food and nutri­tion
problems of the home-.
This is the second year that these
schools have been carried on in the
state, following the programs pres­cribed
fro mAuburn.
Textile Building Nears Completion
DRINK
NEHI
Auburn Grads Prominent
In Lee County Education
Teachers trained at Auburn are oc­cupying
positions of leadership in the
field of education, as revealed by the
teaching personnel of Lee County,
Alabama. .
At the head of the Lee County Pub­lic
School system is W. Y. Fleming,
county superintendent of education,
who received his bachelor of science
degree at Auburn in 1924 and his
master of science degree in 1928. As­sociated
with him as elementary su­pervisor
is Sara Meadors McDonald
who received her bachelor of science
degree in 1925 and master of science
in 1929.
Other Auburn trained teachers in
the Lee County service are James M.
Browne, principal of Beulah Consoli­dated
High School, B. S. and M. S.;
J. B. Page, principal of Smith Sta­tion
Consolidated High Cchool, B. S.
and M. S.; Beth Seibold, teacher of
the horse show. The sale will take
place in the Missouri Stables Arena,
a short distance away from the huge
Arena. Another added feature will be
that the horse show and sale will be
staged the same time the National
Dairy Show and National" Poultry
Show is held.
AUBURN SENIORS ATTENDING
4-H CLUB TRAINING SCHOOL
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Knapp and Duncan on
Ala. Drought Board
Dr. Bradford Knapp and Professor
L. N. Duncan, together with fourteen
other prominent Alabamians were ap­pointed
Tuesday, September 9, to the
State Drought Committee.
This committee, composed of leading
agriculturists and business men of
Alabama, appointed by Arthur M.
Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, is as
follows:
R. E. St'einer, Edward A. O'Neal,
Charles Scott, Harry Snow, Montgom­ery;
Dr. George H. Denny, Tusca­loosa;
Dr. Bradford Knapp, Auburn;
Prof. L. N. Duncan, Auburn; W. L.
Bruce, Catherine; J. O. Thompson,
Roba; G. Thomas Gaines, Crossville;
E. C. Cates, Lockhart; Stewart Wash­burn,
Boiling; C. W. Sarver, Athens;
Clyde Hendrics, Decatur; and C. H.
McFarland, Birmingham.
Mr. Seth P. Storrs, Commissioner
of Agriculture, was named Chairman
of this committee.
Trips Given to Boy and Girl Having
Excellent Records in Work
Montevallo "Smiths"
Out Number "Jones"
Above—Auburn's Textile Engineering Building as it nears completion at a cost of $184,448.00. This build­ing,
which the Textile Engineers will enter this semester, contains- 40,000 square feet of floor space.
Lower photograph shows the cornerstone laying with Masonic ceremony. President Bradford Knapp may
be seen at the extreme left.
ANNOUNCE AVERAGE RATING
OF GREEK LETTER PLEDGES
Professor J. M. Robinson of thu
Fasulty-Fraternity Committee an­nounced
today the ratings of last
year's pledges to the various frater­nities
and sororities. The pledges ot
Chi Omega lead the group with an
average of 92.14 for the year, while
Pi Kappa Sigma's aspirant came sec­ond
with an average for the year of
81.88.
The fraternity and sorority pledges'
averages, complete are as follows:
SCHOLASTIC RATING OF FRATERNITY AND SORORITY PLEDGES
1929-1930
PL
We Sell Majestic Combination
Victrolas and Radios.
Your Patronage Appreciated
AUBURN FURNITURE CO.
L. Z. THRASHER, Mgr.
We Have Served Auburn For 19 Years
Let Us Serve You Now
MOORE'S MARKET
Phones 37 and 38
We Meet Your Meat Needs
TIGER SUPPLY
SHOP
We Have
Complete Line of K & E
Drawing Instruments,
Supplies, and Slide Rules
For Engineers and Architects
WINDSOR-NEWTON
WATER COLORS
1
Group Name
Chi. Omega*
Pi Kappa Sigma*
FRESHMAN SORORITY PLEDGES
SORORITY PLEDGES
UPPERCLASS SORORITY PLEDGES
Kappa Delta*
Sigma Phi Beta*
Square and Compass
Alpha Psi
Sigma Pi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Alpha Tau Omega
Sigma Nu
Beta Kappa
Lambda Chi Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Phi Kappa Delta
Phi Delta Theta
ALL FRESHMAN PLEDGES
ALL PLEDGES
FRESHMAN FRATERNITY PLEDGES
Theta Chi
Kappa Sigma -
Pi Kappa Phi
FRATERNITY PLEDGES
Alpha Lambda Tau
Phi Delta Chi
Kappa Alpha
UPPERCLASS FRATERNITY PLEDGES SI
Alpha Gamma Rho
Theta Kappa Nu
Delta Sigma Phi
Phi Kappa Tau
Sigma Phi Sigma
Chi Ejsilon Chi
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Tau Omega Chi
* Sorority.
Number lst.Sem. 2nd.Sem.
6
10
16
36
20
13
7
3
8
24
14
12.
17
13
18
11
8
19
299
400
283
16
7
14
364
18
20
13
81
19
20
20
13
14
5
24
14
83.09
82.40
80.19
80.31
80.41
77.95
78.04
74?65
75.87
74.87
73.84
75.87
74.33
76.38
74.83
72.42
73.16
73.39
73.32
73.31
72.93
74.77
73.64
71.50
72.58
73.88
73.18
72.44
71.31
67.53
68.72
70.85
71.99
70.49
.68.41
68.75
64.55
77.41
77.21
78.11
76.31
74.47
77.15
73.63
79.24
78.78
82.39
74.02
75.11
67.14
70.20
88.44
68.58
71.13
70.95
70.75
61.60
64.22
75.85
70.51
69.06
70.11
55.82
69.79
74.67
72.35
68.64
57.99
69.09
66.62
68.84
Year
82.14
81.88
79.68
79.42
79.22
77.70
76.78
76.18
75.87
75.85
75.67
75.56
74.42
74.25
74.06
73.88
73.16
72.88
72.76
72.69
72.37
72.30
72.29
72.12
72.03
72.00
71.65
71.16
70.86
70.54
69.99
69.86
69.84
69.79
68.41
67.95
67.00
Who Said There Was No
Fun in Being a Convict?
Working on the road gang is not
as tough as it seems.
The sheriff's office, of Little Rock,
Arkansas, was notified Wednesday
that there was a lot of rioting going
on near the road gang. The sheriff
and his deputies buckled on their guns
and sped away...
But it was only a little party among
the boys doing the hard work for the
Strong, foreman of the gang, and t e
county. The sheriff found Frank
Strong, foreman of the gang, and the
three convicts in an extremely intoxi­cated
condition.
Strong was amusing the prisoners
by shooting at imaginary creatures.
The sheriff took the foreman, his
gallon of whiskey, and the three pris­oners
back to the county jail, as the
other boys went back to work, regret­ting
the episode had been so amusing
as to make them forget to run away.
The "Smiths" have the "Joneses"
beat " all hollow" at Alabama College
this year, according to names on the
registration list.
Out of a list of more than 850, the
name "Smith" occurs on the student
register 14 times, while the name
"Jones" appears only nine times.
"Johnson" appears nine .time also.
Other names appearing with most
frequency are "Brown," four times;
"Chandler," five; "Cook," six; "Da­vis,"
five; "Jackson," five; Martin,
"six; "Moore," six, "Robertson" and
"Robinson" ten.
Lutheran Services
to Be Held Sunday
Rev. R. W. Hahn, of Tuscaloosa,
will hold Lutheran services in the Y.
M. C. A. rooms Sunday, September
14. At ten o'clock in the morning,
Rev. Hahn will make a talk titled,
"The Ansburg Confession."
At seven-thirty Sunday night there
will be an informal meeting of the
Lutheran students, also to be held in
the Y. M. C. A. rooms.
For high achievement in 4-H Club
work and because they have shown
splendid qualities of leadership,
Jessie Mae Carroll and Roy Lee Lov-vorn,
senior students, Polytechnic In­stitute,
are attending the Interna­tional
4-H Leadership Training
School, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 7 to
20. Announcement of this is made
by T. A. Sims and Bess Fleming, spe­cialists
in 4-H Club work.
The trip is awarded each year to
one girl and one boy in Alabama who
have made excellent records in pro­ject
and leadership work.
Miss Carroll, whose home is in
Clayton, will be a senior in home
economics this year. Before coming
to Auburn she made an excellent rec­ord
in all types of club work, having
completed successful projects in
gardening, foods, clothing, home im­provement,
and home industries. She
also won many prizes on her prod­ucts
in competition at community and
county fairs.
In 1924 she was declared the best
all-around club girl in Barbour Coun­ty
and won a trip to the State Short
Course at Auburn. "By taking this
trip, my whole future was changed,"
she said, "in that I remained in Au­burn
for summer school after the
short course instead of going to an­other
school as I had planned." Since
coming to Auburn Miss Carroll has
become a leader in campus activi­ties.
Lovvorn lives at Wedowee and is
a candidate for the bachelor's degree
at Auburn. Before entering college
he made an excellent record in club
work and at Auburn is rated as one
of the outstanding students and cam-
P'.< leaders, having been elected to
a large number of honor societies
during his junior year.
The training school at Springfield
is financed by Horace A. Moses,
philanthropist, who became interest­ed
in the training of leaders in 4-H
club work through meetings held an­nually
in Springfield by club mem­bers
and leaders of the eastern states.
After she's passed fifteen and until
she is eighty a woman defines an "old
woman" as somebody five years her
senior.
x REAL BEAR TALE
There have been no indications as
yet of an influx of fight managers
looking for a good opponent for Car-nera.
Gerard Fournier was hunting
deer when a bear rushed him and
knocked his rifle from his hands.
Gerard walloped Mr. Bear on the
snout with a terrific left and follow­ed
it with a right that sent bruin reel­ing.
Then Gerard got his rifle and
bruin was kayoed for keeps.
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THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY
ON THE CORNER
English, B. S.; M. F. Whatley, voca­tional
agriculture, B. S.; George A.
Dozier, Principal of Salem Junior
High, B. S.; W. H. McGregor, prin­cipal
of Beauregard Consolidated
High, graduate work at Alabama
Polytechnic Institute; Frances Zach-ry,
mathematics, B. S.; Velma Ward,
history and English, B. S.; J. A.
Vines, vocational agriculture, B. S.;
J. A. Parrish, principal of Lee Coun­ty
High School, B. S. and M. S.; H.
F. Gibson, vocational agriculture, B.
S.; Mrs. J. C. Cannon, history, M. S.;
Miss Annie Heard, principal of Au­burn
Grammar School, B. S.; Frances
Duggar, third grade, B. S. and M. S..
LOST
Small Spiked Shoe Key. Finder
please return to F. T. Hanby at Phi
Kappa Delta house.
HOOVER TOO YOUNG
Pouliney Bigelow, historian, who
has just celebrated his 76th birthday,
challenges Herbert Hoover to a mile
run, to leap-frog, to tennis, to split
a cord of wood, to climb Pike's^ Peak
or to swim the Hudson. Judges and
senators, he thinks, should at least
be 70 years old and Mr. Hoover should
retire until he is ripe for hard work,
say at 75.
Five per cent seems a pitifully small
return on your money until you've
tried to get ten per cent' and lost your
principal.
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1930
AUBURN STUDENT AVERAGED 75.74 IN STUDIES LAST YEAR
L. SCHLICH NAMED
CADET COLONEL OF
ARTILLERY REGIMENT
det
Adj,
(Continued from page 1)
1st. Lieut. J. D. Smith, Per.
BATTERY G
Cadet Captain: H. A. Weinbaum.
Cadet 1st Lieuts.": J. G. Goodman, R.
F. Strickland. Cadet 2nd Lieuts.: J.
H. Pitts, R. P. Putnam.
BATTERY H
Cadet Captain: C. L. Adams. Ca­det
1st, Lieuts.: W. E. Jones, W. B.
Strickland. Cadet 2nd Lieuts.: H. R.
Morgan.
BATTERY I
Cadet Captain: E. L. Bothwell. Ca­det
1st Lieuts.: E. R. Enslen, P. J.
Young. Cadet 2nd Lieuts.: G. K.
Sain, P. Daugette.
BAND
Cadet Major: H. D. Harmon. Ca­det
Captain: P. C. Avant. Cadet Cap­tain:
A. W. Headley.
CADET CAPTAIN INSTRUCTORS
G. W. McMillan, V. 0. Callaham,
E. E. Alldredge, B. A. England.
INSTRUCTORS
Cadet Captains: G. W. McMillan,
V. 0. Callaham, E. E. Alldredge,
B. A. England.
Cadet 1st Lieuts.: N. D. Nolen,
W. H. Smith, T. O. Kuykendall, Ca­det
2nd Lieut.: B. F. Sprattlin.
The following appointments and
assignments of cadet officers in the
Engineer Batalion are recommended:
BATTALION STAFF
To be Cadet Major: W. S. Myrick,
Jr., Bn. Commander. To be Cadet
Captain: G. N. Sparrow", Bn. Adju
tant. To be Cadet Captain: Rex
Sikes, Bn. Per. Adjutant.
COMPANY A
To be Cadet Captain: Murff Haw­kins.
To be Cadet 1st Lieuts.: E.
A. Bell, J. R. Fuller, E. H. Gray,
K. C. Gilbert.
To be Cadet 2nd Lieuts.: J. C.
Brown, C. R. Camp, W. A. Files, C.
L. Hendrick, J. T. Shenesey.
COMPANY B
To be Cadet Captain: R. F. Ham.
To be Cadet 1st Lieuts.: C. S. Davis,
S. L. Shanks, J. L. Sellers, W. W.
Thomas. To be Cadet 2nd Lieuts.:
J. M. Johnson, W. L. Cochran, F. D.
Dudley, G. W. Fabrubel, M. D. Stone.
COMPANY C
To be Cadet Captain: J. 0. Moss.
To Be Cadet 1st Lieuts.: A. C. Tay­lor,
C. C. McGraw, I. K. Roth, E. R.
Taylor.
To be Cadet 2nd Lieuts.: W. A.
Hamilton, J. L. Underwood, G. D.
Waits, P. D. Whetstone, S. A. Har­din.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY BUILDING
(Continued from page 1)
Cottier who was graduated from Au­burn
in 1929. Mr. Cottier has since
then completed his master's work at
the University of Missouri and has
been connected with the Animal Hus­bandry
department here since July 1.
WELCOME!
Ladies—Gentlemen—RATS
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OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Sunday and Monday
"HIGH SOCIETY BLUES"
—with—
Charles Farrel and Janet Gaynor
Thursday and Friday
"LADIES MUST PLAY"
—with—
Dorothy Sebastian and Neil Hamilton
Sigma Pi, Sigma Phi Beta Lead Greek
Societies In Scholarship for Year 1930
Sigma Phi Beta Sorority Leads School with Average of 81.94;
S q u a r e and Compass Leads Fraternities w i t h 8 0 . 0 4 Average;
Sigma Pi Fraternity Leads Men's Greek Societies and Inter-fraternity
Council Members; Seniors Lead Classes with
8 1 . 1 1 ; All-College Average Is 7 5 . 7 4 ; Juniors Average 77.67;
Sophomores, 72.32; Freshmen 72.96.
Figures composed by members of
the Faculty Committee on Fraterni­ty,
of which Professor J. M. Robin­son
is chairman, announced that the
average grade made by Auburn stu­dents
last year was 75.74. The rat­ings
also revealed that the Sigma Pi
fraternity placed first among Greek-letter
fraternities and Interfraterni-ty
Council members.
Group Name
Sigma Phi Beta* 12
NON-SORORITY 165
SENIOR CLASS 587
Alumni Hall 196
ALL WOMEN 277
Square and Compass 31
SORORITY PLEDGES 36
Chi Omega* • 16
SORORITIES AND PLEDGES 112
Sigma Pi 43
ALL-SORORITY 76
Beta Kappa 44
Kappa Delta* 33
Pi Kappa Sigma* 16
Alpha Lambda Tau 39
Pi Kappa Phi 59
JUNIOR CLASS _ 665
Alpha Gamma Rho " 54
Delta Sigma Phi 47
Pi Kappa Alpha 53
Theta Chi 52
Alpha Psi 34
Alpha Tau Omega 55
FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES 1213
Kappa Alpha 45
ALL-FRATERNITY 1137
NON-FRATERNITY & NON SORORITY 1561
The Sigma Phi Beta Sorority mem­bers
maintained the highest grades
on the campus, the average being
81.94. The Square and Compass frat­ernity
led among the fraternities and
placed second to the leading sorority
among fraternal groups.
The following is the composite rat­ings
as announced by the Faculty
Committee:
Number lst.Sem. 2nd.Sem.
Phi Kappa Delta
Chi Epsilon Chi
ALL COLLEGE
NON.FRATERNITY
Sigma Nu
FRATS.-SORORITIES & PLEDGES
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
ALL MEN
Theta Kappa Nu
FRATERNITIES & PLEDGES
Phi Delta Theta
Tau Omega Chi
Phi Kappa Tau
Phi Delta Chi
Lambda Chi Alpha
Sigma Phi Epsilon
FRESHMAN CLASS
Kappa Sigma
ALL FRESHMAN PLEDGES
ALL PLEDGES
ALL UPPERCLASSMEN PLEDGES
Sigma Phi Sigma
SOPHOMORE CLASS
FRATERNITY PLEDGES
45
29
31.74
1396
66
1613
57
2897
40
1501
50
47
47
24
58
33
960
36
299
400
101
49
842
364
81.53
82.46
80.77
79.94
80.76
8031
80.31
79.01
80.09
78.39
79.88
80.02
80.18
78.47
77^00
76.92
77.35
77.78
77.65
76.12
77.34
77.83
76.12
76.14
78.44
75.97
75.54
78,36
78.32
75.33
74.91
75.62
75.13
75.72
74.80
75.70
74.69
73.92
74.91
71.45
71.97
72.66
73.15
72.33
72.42
73.32
73.31
73.31
71.28
71.89
72.58
82.24
79.87
81.21
80.49
79.30
79.79
76.31
77.66
78.42
79.79
78.77
78.64
77.95
78.94
78.62
78.29
78.00
77.40
77.25
78.35
78.14
76.82
77.11
76.43
74.77
7S.27
76.67
74.02
73.93
76.17
76.26
75.38
75.72
75.05
75.87
74.85
75.52
75.70
75.27
76.77
75.74
74.21
73.05
73.65
73.22
71.13
70.95
70.46
73.52
72.78
70.51
Year
81.94
81.16
81.11
80.22
80.04
80.04
79.42
79.32
79.28
79.27
79.22
79.16
78.90
78.79
77.91
77.73
77.67
77.58
77.44
77.30
77.22
77.21
76.70
76.31
76.16
76.14
76.07
75.85
75.75
75.74
75.54
75.48
75.42
75.33
75.32
75.23
75.10
75.09
75.08
74.62
74.17
73.27
73.09
72.96
72.84
72.76
72.69
72.52
72.42
72.32
72.03
Civic Needs Outlined
To Kiwanians by Prexy
President Knapp Tells Club
Members How They May
Help Town
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out of line with cost of other fuels.
The appointment of Leonard White
as local manager of the Auburn dis­tribution
system was made today by
Mr. G. H. Park, General Superinten­dent
of the Alabama Natural Gas
Corp. in charge of the Alabama and
Mississippi town plants. In addition
three salesmen are in Auburn, John
Wills, Jr., K. H. Miller and Vernon
Graham. The residents of Auburn
who contemplate the use of natural
gas may feel free to call on any rep­resentative
of the Alabama Natural
Gas Corp. stationed here for advice
and guidance in the selection of the
appliances which they may wish to
have installed.
In addition to the domestic con­sumption
expected to be built up in
Auburn, it is announced that Alabama
Polytechnic Institute has contracted
"or the use of approximately 400,0000
cu. ft. of natural gas per day. Dr.
Knapp has indicated the greatest in­terest
and enthusiasm over the com­ing
of natural gas to Auburn and his
attitude is highly appreciated by the
officials of the Natural Gas Company.
The rate as announced follows:
First 200 cubic feet or less $1.25
per month; next 2800 cubic feet per
month, $1.35 net per 1000 cubic feet,
next 17,000 cubic feet per month $.65
net per 1000 cubic feet, all over 20.-
000 cubic feet $.60 net per 1,000 cu­bic
feet.
A hearing on application will be
had by the Public Service Commission
and it is expected that new rates will
go into effect October 1.
A program by which the Kiwanis
club could be of aid to the community
was outlined by Dr. Knapp at the
regular meeting of that club last Mon­day,
September 7.
In outlining this program, the Presi­dent
pointed out to his listeners that
in assisting the Southern Natural Gas
Company in the installation of their
gas lines, in aiding the Alabama Pow­er
Company in the erection of new
power lines, and in forwarding the
improved waterworks project, they
would help the town greatly.
Dr. Knapp, in speaking of Auburn's
Sport year, highly commended the
coaching staff, and expressed his
hopes for the coming year.
Following Dr. Knapp's talk, Kiwan-ian
George Moxham rendered a solo,
after which he led the club, fifty-three
member of which were present,
in some club singing.
Tiger Theatre
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Joan Crawford in
"OUR BLUSHING BRIDES"
Also Talking Comedy
TUESDAY, Sept. 16
"QUEEN HIGH"
with Stanley Smith, Ginger
Rogers, Frank Morgan, Charles
Ruggles
Also Talking Comedy
. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17
Ramon Novarro
- J n—
"CALL OF THE FLESH"
Dorothy Jordan, Renee Adoree,
Nance O'Neil, Ernest Torrence
Laurel and Hardy Comedy
THURSDAY, Sept. 18
"TOP SPEED"
with Joe E. Brown, Bernice
Claire
<• FRIDAY, Sept. 19
Norma Shearer in
"LET US BE GAY"
Eddie Cantor in Comedy and
Rudy Vallee in "Stein Song
SATURDAY, Sept. 20
Charles Bickford, Raquel Tor­res,
Nils Asther, George F.
Marion in
"THE SEA BAT"
—COMING—
"ANIMAL CRACKERS"
Country Club Invites
All Students to Join
Club Has Nine-hole Course Located
on West Magnolia Avenue
It is the object of the Auburn
Country Club to have as many stu­dents
as possible numbered among
its members. With this in mind a
•cordial invitation is extended to all
students to join the club, which has
a nine hole course located on Mag­nolia
avenue.
The golf course of the Auburn
Country club is said to be one of the
best in this section of the state, and
plans are being made to make this
one of the best years in its history.
Prof. Nixon, who is in charge of all
tournaments, stated that this part of
the club's program will be full
{throughout the year. Dues may be
paid immediately to f'Red" Suggs,
at Homer Wright's.
TIGER SUPPLY SHOP GETS
KEUFFEL & ESSER AGENCY
(Continued from page 1)
ments, drawing supplies, slide rules,
and water colors are being carried
by the new establishment.
The K. & E. agency was given to
the Tiger Supply Shop following the
closing of the Student's Supply Shop
where they had been handled pre­viously.
•
Both John Jay and A. C. Cohen,
Jr. are students at Auburn. John
Jay Cohen, Jr. comes to Auburn from
Clemson College to begin his fourth
year in architecture. A. C. Cohen, Jr.
will be a junior in electrical engi­neering
this year.
Mr. and Mrs. John Drakeford of
Tuskegee were in town Monday. 1
Every boy asks for more than
he expects to get.
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