1927-02-26 The Plainsman

              To Be or Not To Be
VOTE ON THE
HONOR SYSTEM THE PLAINSMAN VOTE ON THE
STADIUM
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME L. AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1927 NUMBER 21
T CLUB BUYS COLLEGE PICTURE SHOW TO AID ATHLETES
GOVERNOR BIBB GRAVES HAS
SUCCESSFUL DAY IN AUBURN
Pronounces R. O. T. C.
Review Excellent and
Speaks on "Faith in
Thyself" before Huge
Attendance
The booming of nineteen guns, the
governor's salute, was the beginning
of the celebration of Washington's
birthday at Auburn Tuesday which
ended at night with a special pro­gram
over radio station WAPI, the
Victor Hanson radiophone which
marked the first anniversary of this
broadcasting studio.
The booming guns were for Gov­ernor
Bibb Graves who, with his
staff marched on the reviewing field
Tuesday morning at 9:20 o'clock
where he reviewed the R. O. T. C.
unit of the college. Twelve world war
veterans, members of the Governor's
staff stood at attention while the
boys marched in review. Eight mem­bers
of the Auburn board of trustees
were also on the reviewing field
The review was pronounced by Gover.
nor Graves, himself a world war vete­ran,
and by his staff members as a
fine spectacle showing capable work
on the part of the commanding of
ficers and instructors of the Auburn
unit.
The review was followed by exer­cises
in Langdon Hall where Dr. R.
E. Tidwell, superintendent of edu
cation and Governor Bibb Graves
made short addresses with President
Spright Dowell of Auburn presiding.
Dr. Tidwell is a new member, of the
board and expressed his pleasure at
the progress made by Auburn and
pledged his best efforts during his
four year tenure of office as a mem
ber of the Auburn board for the wel
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CITY WHITE WAY
IS TURNED ON
WITH REJOICING
SIGMA NU HOUSE
TO BE REBUILT
BY SUMMER TIME
Board of Trustees Authorize
Procedure
In the first of its semi-annual
meetings for 1927, the Board of Trus­tees
of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
granted Dr. Spright Dowell
authorization of the awarding of a
contract for re-building the Sigma
Nu fraternity house, destroyed by fire
during the Christmas holidays.
Construction will be begun imme­diately
in order that the house may
be ready for occupancy by summer
school. It is estimated that the cost
of construction will be approximately
$28,000.
At present the members of the
Sigma Nu fraternity are living in the
Davis residence on Gay street, quite
an attractive location.
PROGRAM
College Show
Monday, Feb. 28
3rd Episode of
"THE COLLEGIANS"
-—Also—
"THE MYSTERY CLUB"
Tuesday, March 1
"THE VISION"
—Also—
THE VOLGA BOATMAN
Matinee 3:30 Night 7:30
Wednesday, March 2
Fox Picture
"THE MONKEY TALKS"
With Olive Borden
Thursday, March 3
"THE FOOTBALL FROLIC"
Friday, March 4
Ken Maynard in
"THE OVERLAND STAGE"
6:45 Two Shows 8:30
Saturday, March 5
"THE LITTLE IRISH GIRL"
With Dolores Costello
Comedy: "Pink Elephants"
Citizen's Dream' Is Realized at
Impressive Ceremony
The White Way, which the people
of Auburn have so long wanted, has
at last been turned on. A very en­thusiastic
group of townspeople and
students gathered on the square
Thursday night to listen to the im­pressive
ceremony which attended
the lighting of the lamps. A large
knife switch was placed in view of
all o na gaily decorated army truck,
upon which the speakers were seated.
Mr. S. L. Toomer was chairman of
the occasion, and delivered a very
stirring talk on the hopes and aspira­tions
of the townspeople of Auburn.
The citizens of this town, he main­tained
were not satisfied with the
great progress that had already been
made, but have on their schedule the
building of a new hotel, a new govern­ment
building, and the establishment
of better fire protection. At the con­clusion
of his address Miss Jane
Yarbrough stepped forward and
closed the switch, and there was light.
Mayor Yarbrough then gave a few
words followed by Dr. Dowell, who
expressed the belief that the spirit
of the college was inevitably bound
with the spirit of the town. Roy
Dimmitt pledged the support of the
Villagers Club and "Unk" Sizemore
pledged the Lions Club for the futh-erance
of the great work that has 'al­ready
been done in beautifying our
college town.
The speaker of the evening, Mr. W.
O. Walton, of LaFayette, was then
introduced and gave a stirring speech.
Mr. Walton was born near Auburn,
and still entertains a very warm feel­ing
for this town. He claimed that
the town of Auburn had made more
progress in the last five years than
any other city in the state of Alaba­ma
in proportion to its size. He beg­ged
the citizens of this town to give
credit to the leaders who have brought
these changes about, emphasizing his
statements with the good advice that
a kind word is more appreciated by
the living than the dead.
All in all, it was a great occasion
for the city of Auburn. It is doubt­ful
whether there was any more press­ing
need than the installation of a
white way, and as one glances down
the long line of brightly gleaming
posts, one is forced to agree that Au­burn
has at last sufficient light on
her main street.
DETACH, SIGN, AND TURN IN THIS VOTE AT THE Y.M.C.A. OFFICE
MUSICAL SHOW
WILL BE STAGED
NEXT THURSDAY
Auburn Players to Present
"Football Frolic" with
Notable Cast
On Thursday, March 3, at eight-fifteen,
the Auburn Players will pre­sent
their annual musical show in
Langdon Hall. This year's edition
is known as the Football Frolic and
the gridiron idea has been carried
throughout, with several members of
the football and other athletic squads
featured in the show .
The program is as follows:
First Half
Fir«t Quarter—Kick off. Announ­cement
of the team by the Mascot:
Bertha DuBose.
First Down—"Hello, Auburn, Hel­lo!"
McKinnon and Moore.
Second Down—September Morn.
Scene, The Auburn Station. Song:
"The Auburn Vagabonds," More-land
Smith; Chorus.
First Fumble—The Convocation
Speaker—Robert Hobdy.
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I hereby pledge myself to support the Honor System to
the extent that I shall report a*"
that come to my attention
'ui^JBW "3 ,&reW I
nstitution
Name
Class
Course
Local Address
The above pledge was submitted for publication
in the Plainsman in the hope that the real senti­ment
of the student body in regard to the Honor
System might be ascertained.
According to J. M. Edwards, president of the
Honor Committee, the fate of the system at Auburn
rests on the response made by the students to this
final appeal. As he pointed out, the Honor System
IS the willingness of the students to report infrac­tions
of rules, and,failure to do so on the part of
the majority of the student body automatically
eliminates the need of the system.
This will absolutely be the last opportunity per­mitted
the students to vote their convictions. If
they signify their intentions to support this system
to the extent of reporting violations, it will be con­tinued;
otherwise it must be irrevocably removed.
In propounding this question to the students,
the Honor Committee wishes it made plain that
there is nothing compulsory in this questionaire.
Above all, deep thought on the subject is the plea
sent out by this body.
It is quite evident that a change must be made
in the situation. Now is the time for the students
to face the problem squarely. A real point of
honor must be established. Whatever be your sen­timents,
vote.
These questionaire* are to be cut out and turned
in at the Y. M. C. A. office not later than midnight
on Thursday, March 3.
The Honor Committee reserves the right to
publish the names of those who signify their willing­ness
to support the Honor System as support is
defined in the vote, to the extent of reporting all
violations of the code brought to their notice.
ALPHA LAMBDA
TAU ANNOUNCES
MEETING PLANS
Sixth Annual Convention to Be
Held in Atlanta
The sixth annual convention of
The Alpha Lambda Tau Fraternity
will be held March 10, 11, and 12,
at the Biltmore Hotel, Atlanta, Ga.
Invitations have been issued by
the fraternity to a tea-dance which
will be given Thursday, March 10,
and a formal dance which will be
given Friday evening, March 11, both
dances to be in the • Georgian ball­room
of the Biltmore Hotel.
These will be the only two dances
given by the fraternity, to which in­vitations
will be issued. Other social
events during the convention will be
for the convention and members only,
and will include a buffet luncheon at
the Biltmore Thursday, March 10;
presentation of founder's tablet to
Oglethorpe University in the univer­sity
chapel Friday,^ March 11; tea
dance at the Biltmore Saturday,
March 12; and an elaborite banquet
at the Biltmore Saturday evening;
March 12.
Music for the dances will be in
charge of Charles Troutt of the Al
pha chapter, who is arranging a spe'
cial orchestration of the official
song of the fraternity, Alpha Lam­bda
Tau Rose.
All business sessions of the fra­ternity
will be presided over by T. V.
Morrison, attorney and grand regent
of the fraternity, assisted by J. D.
Baxter, grand baron; J. D. Chest­nut,
grand scribe and acting travel­ing
secretary; T. M. Wells, grand
master of the exchequer; C. D. Har-rell,
social scribe; H. C. Hooter, sen­tinel;
D. V. Gray, grand warden; R.
L. Sides, grand chaplain.
Following are the delegates who
have been elected to attend from the
Beta Chapter: Henry* L. Nichols,
N. A. Neilsen, Lefty Wattwood, Har­ry
Fulwiler, and Richard H. Boyd.
NOTICE!
If you have not been receiving
your Plainsman regularly or'?if
you have changed your address
the second semester, send in
your name and address to J. E.
Barnes at once.
DELAPIDATED
FORD CENTER
OF ATTRACTION
Proximity of Junk Pile to Glue
Factory is Suspected
TRUSTEES HAVE
COMMITTEE TO
STUDY STADIUM
In accordance with its policy of ju­dicial
investigation, a committee was
appointed by the Board of Trustees
to consider and study the suggestion
of the local student body that a plan
be worked out which would insure
the construction of an athletic sta­dium
at Auburn. This committee,
composed of T. D. Samford, Harry
Herzfelt and Governor Charles Hen­derson,
expects to be ready to report
to the board at its June meeting.
Citizens of Auburn were attracted
last week by one of the wierdest
sights ever given to be seen by the
eyes of mortals, a Ford car which the
student body of Vienna had pains­takingly
prepared for the triumph­ant
trip to the Cotton States Tour­nament.
This seaworthy old boat was named
"The Mayflower," as a glaring sign
proclaimed, because so many girls had
come across in her.
The delapidated body was splashed
as if in great haste by great blotches
of Orange and Blue paint which serv­ed
only to bring out more plainly the
great dents in its sides and its ex­treme
ugliness.
Antiquated headlights, all twisted
and gnarled, were replaced for practi­cal
purposes by candles clamped in
contorted candelabras, while the fend­ers,
pitiful wrecks that they were,
were suspended from the top of the
vacant windshield which had long
ceased suffering from shattered glass.
The one tire that wasn't flat was
patched in hundreds of places, from
which the inflated inner tube could
be seen protruding as if there were a
thousand tiny balloons attached.
The rear end was marred and bat­tered
beyond recognition, ft looked
as if it had made a practice of test­ing
the strength of each telephone
post in Vienna on numerous occasions,
in addition to backing carelessly into
an approaching train.
Wire strips were the sole supports
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PROMINENT MEN
TALK ON EVILS
OF THE THEATRE
Authority on Little Theatre
Movement Talks to
Auburn Players
Declaring the evils of the modern
theatre to be two-fold, Nathaniel E.
Reeid, national authority on the Lit­tle
Theatre field, deplored the con­centration
of theatres in the city and
the over-abundance of "public own­ed"
theatres, at a meeting of the Au­burn
Players Wednesday night.
The speaker stated that the three
great problems of the modern life are
assigned to three distinct organiza­tions.
In the words of the lecturer,
"How we are to live this life is the
business of the schools. What will
be our fate in the next life is the
business of the church. What we
are to do with this life is the busi­ness
of the theatre."
But while the two former compon­ents
of the problem-solving element
of this life tell people what to do
and how to act, the theatre shows
them. But at this time Mr. Reeid
warned his audience that the thea'-
tre might also show people those
things they should not do in such a
light that these prohibited actions
are sanctioned.
Therein lies a great evil, according
to Mr. Reeid, for the legitimate stage
is often the weapon employed in the
spreading of propaganda. The dan­ger
here may be found in the fact
that the theatre reaches such a tre­mendous
number of people of a va­riety
of likes and dislikes. Mr. Reeid
quoted figures, astounding almost be­yond
belief in support of his state­ment.
Last year $934,000,000 poured
into the theatres of this country for
admission tickets. A rough estimate
places the number who attended the
theatre during 1926 at three billion.
Mr. Reeid agreed with Goethe that
the real responsibility of the theatre
was to entertain its patrons, but he
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PROCEEDS WILL BE DIVIDED
EQUALLY WITH AUBURN BAND
MILITARY BALL
IS ENJOYED BY
MANY VISITORS
Over Two Hundred Officers
Proclaim It "Best
Ever"
Two hundred officers, attired in
the formal dress of the United States
Army, together with their dates par­ticipated
in the~annual military ball
given by the cadet officers of the lo­cal
R. O. T. C. corps Monday night,
preceeding the celebration on the
twenty-second.
Dancing was enjoyed until three
o'clock by the young embryo offic­ers.
The regular army officers at­tached
to this post and the reserve
officers located here were the guests
at this ball.
Music for the occasion was furnish­ed
by Dick Yarbrough and his col­legians.
Numerous stunts served to enliven
the evening's entertainment. One of
the most appreciated was a bedroom
farce scene entitled "Ah!," presented
by the Field Artillery unit. The in­fantry's
manual of arms with Dean
Petrie's ancient Chinese weapon was
provocative of mirth while Dizzy
Pruitt, also of the Infantry enter­tained
the dancers with his eccentric
contortions, peculiar to himself. Miss
Lillian Gist and Pup Jones, local ex­ponents
of the renowned "Black Bot­tom,"
exhibited a specimen of their art
to the huge delight of the circle of
onlookers.
About fifty out-of-town girls were
present to enjoy one of the best
dances of the year on the local cam­pus.
SENIOR CLASS REQUESTS ALL
STUDENTS VOTE ON STADIUM
Are you in favor of the plan proposed by the senior class for
the erection of an athletic stadium on the campus?
Yes. No.
Name
Class
Local Address
Indicate your choice by marking with an X in one of the two
spaces provided for this purpose. Cut this out and turn in at Mr.
Homer Wright's Drug store before midnight Thursday, March 3.
Note: Read editorial on plan.
REPORT MADE
BY COUNCIL ON
COST DANCES
Effort Is Made To Stamp Out
All Suspicion of Graft
In accordance with the plan of
checking up on the dance expenses,
the Student Conuncil has prepared a
report to be. submitted for the ap­proval
of the- student body.
An itemized list of the amount col­lected
at each of the two dances giv­en
during the present session to­gether
with the account of the dis­bursements
at these dances has
been compiled by this body in order
to eliminate the graft charge which
is alleged to have occurred in the
past.
The report follows in full:
Opening Dances, Oct. 8, 9, 10, 1926
Receipts
1st. Night
Dance tickets $180.00
Balcony 15.50
2nd Night
Dance tickets $403.00
Balcony . - 15.25
3rd. Night
Dance tickets . $228.00
Balcony 7.00
Concessions _< 22.75
Bad checks made good 7.00
Total Receipts $891.00
Expenses
Invitations .'..., .-.$ 77.55
Stamps 12.00
Maid at Gym - 7.60
Extra help at Gym 1.00
Orchestra .___:_ 900.00
Kate at Gym _.. 10.00
3 bad checks 20.00
Avery's — — 95
Toomer's Hdwe _ 2.83
Andrews Lbr. Co 6.00
J. W. Wright 20.25
J. P. Atherton 35
Western Union 15.63
Auburn Printing Co. 39.75
Car hire 1 28.95
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Prof. A. L. Thomas Will
Handle all Bookings;
"Spec" White to Be in
Charge of Projection
According to word received today,
the "A" Club has negotiated for all
rights pertaining to the operation of
the College Picture show. The re­port
has been given credence by\.,the
athletic officials and officers of the
"A" Club. It is understood that the
acquisition of these rights will en­tail
an expense of more than $1000.
It is understood that the "A" Club
will stand the risk of loss while the
proceeds will be divided equally be­tween
this organization and the
band.
Members of the club will be re­sponsible
for the operation of the en­terprise.
Projection will be handled by
"Spec" White, for three years asso­ciated
with the college in this capa­city.
The sale of tickets will be
handled by letter men while members
will take them at the doors.
It is understood that Prof. A. L.
Thomas has been retained by the
Club to look after all bookings and
the general run of pictures.
Money received by the club as its
share of the net proceeds will be con­verted
into scholarships while the
band will employ their share for the
purchase of new equipment and the
renovation of old.
ONLY EIGHT MEN
MAKE GRADE OF
A IN ALL STUDIES
Lofty Goal Is Difficult One to
Attain
The students who made a grade
of A (90-100) in every subject
for the past semester, according
to Professor Shi, Registrar, are
as follows:
The student's name with that
of parent or guardian and class,
course, and home address is
given.
Beard, Precival M., C. L.
Beard, Sophomore, C. E., Greens­boro;
Brackeen, Lewis 0., W. R.
Brackeen, Senior Sec. Ed., Ath­ens;
Francis, Allan P., T. M.
Francis (Bro), Junior E. E.,
Birmingham; Lucas, William D.,
Mrs. Ida V. Gary, Junior Ag.
Ed., Abbeville; Lynne, Seyborne
H., S. A. Lynne, Senior Gen., De­catur;
Posey, Robert K., J. W.
Posey,. Senior Arch., Birming­ham;
Snow, Hewell A;, J. A.
Snow, Junior E. E., Birming­ham;
Weaver, John H., J. P.
Weaver, Junior M. E., Collins-ville.
PROGRAM
Tiger Theatre
Monday, Feb. 28
"TIN HATS" [
A rib-tickling romance with the
flavor of Rhinewine
Tuesday, March 1
UNDERSTANDING HEARTS
with Joan Crawford, Carmel
Myers, Rockcliffe Fellows and
Francis X. Bushman, Jr.
Wed.-Thurs., March 2 and 3
"THE KID BROTHER"
Harold Dloyd with Jobyna
Ralston.
Admission 15c and 35c
Friday, March 4
'WOMEN LOVE DIAMONDS'
Starring Pauline Starke, Owen
Moore, Dorothy Phillips,
George Cooper, Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr. and Lion­el
Barrymore.
Saturday, March 5
"THE DEMI-BRIDE"
With Lew Cody, Dorothy Se­bastian
and Carmel Myers.
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We are often reminded of noble men who
have been pronounced great because their
characters were irreproachable. In com­paring
an outstanding man of his age with
his contemporaries the statement is often
made that he attained his greatness by the
excellence of his character. Other men,
they will admit, exceeded him in mental,
moral and physical attainments, but are
not his peers in character. Now just what
do they mean by character? Of course it
is an abstract quality and therefore a mat­ter
of opinion. We often designate this
same quality by the term, personality, as
there is no apparent distinction to be drawn
between them. "Personality," as an em­inent
psychologist has defined it, "Is the
sum total of all aspects of behavior."
Therefore a man's character is the result
of his actions and not necessarily the cause
of them, environment supplying the stimulus
at this point. Reasoning in this manner,
it is evident that one's environment shapes
his character, almost wholly disregarding
the influences of heredity.
It seems as if the question of the dispo­sition
of the Honor System will be allowed
to drag along, action being deferred from
time to time until interest will be choked
out. Already the state of affairs is be­coming
pregnant with the possibilities of
strife between students and professors. The
latter, realizing the hopelessness of attempt­ing
to make the horse drink after being
led to the trough, are beginning to assert
the authority rightfully due them in their
class rooms with the inevitable protest from
the students. But what is to be done
about it? The students will not abide by
the tenents of the honor code and the in­structor
of any worth whatsoever to the
institution is jealous of the integrity of his
charges.
Those who wish to retain the Honor
System, for one reason or another, main­tain
that its removal from Auburn will be
a reflection on the institution. But is not
the real damage done to her reputation by
those who have wrecked the purpose of
student administration of honor? To ac­knowledge
its weakness" were much better
in our opinion than to protect and en­courage
it.
Adverse criticism from the press would
soon cease, although an outburst would
probably accompany its abolition. The pain
soon departs after its cause has been re­moved.
Thus it is with the Honor Sys­tem.
Its amputation would eliminate much
dishonesty and would soon alleviate the
suffering of wounded integrity.
Although the United States troops out­number
those of both the Conservatives and
Revolutionists in Nicaragua, a detachment
of more than a thousand marines has been
recently dispatched to this turbulent sec­tor.
It seems as if we are establishing a
virtual protectorate in Central America.
Students of Auburn have on several oc­casions
manifested their appreciation of
the splendid attitude adopted by the au­thorities
of the University of Alabama in
wishing the local basketball team success
in the tournament, conveyed in Dr. Den­ny's
letter.
Is not Life a fight in the dark, in which
our own weapons are torn from us and
turned against us? "Yes," answers the
pessimist. "No," responds the optomist,
"it is a path hewn to our goal which we
may or may not pursue as we will it."
Success lies notin grasping an ideal but
in grasping for it.
The blessing in failure is often disguised
beyond discovery.
The mind that thrives
Is the mind that strives
For ideals pure and noble.
The mind that fails
Is the mind that quails
Before the blasts of trouble.
CONGRATULATIONS, COACH PAPKE
Auburn has, in a measure, regained her
athletic supremacy due to the exceptional
performance of her basketball team. We
realize that to Coach Mike Papke the cred­it
for the achievement must be given. He
has not only developed a potential cham­pionship
team and caught the attention of
sporting scribes all over the south, but
through his efforts, he has resurrected the
Auburn Spirit as manifested in athletics.
The cheering in the gymnasium during
the basketball games this winter has been
in many respects superior to that on the
football field last fall. Of course, the fact
of winning is a tremendous incentive to
cheering, but even in those rare moments
of defeat, this year's varsity has been
thunderously applauded.
Coach Papke took a green bunch of ma­terial
and in the short space of two months
whipped them into one of the smoothest
working cage teams in the country. It is
true that, taking the members of the team
individually, his players had had a wide
experience in the game in preparatory in­stitutions
and in high school circles, but
the marvelous passwork and that precision
of defense so essential to success had to be
drilled- into them.
A real service to the institution has been
performed by Papke and his charges. Not
only have they conclusively proved to the
world of intercollegiate sport that the glory
that.once was Auburn's still exists, but they
have given an impetus to athletics at Au­burn
that will eventually bear fruit. We
stand upon the threshold of a bright era
in our athletics. We only lacked confi­dence
in ourselves to forge ahead and this
confidence has been supplied by Coach
Papke and his great quintette.
THE FALL OF MAN
The cycle in a new materialistic version
of the Fall of Man has been completed by
the romantic school of biologists. It began
with the invention of the fabled Nordic
breed. It ends in imagination with a world
peopled by morons if things go on as they
are; and it looks as if they would.
The biological influence pervades histo­ry,
economics, literature, art and philos­ophy.
It revels in breeds and color—"Yel­low
Peril," "Red Menace," "Rising Tide of
Color." The whole spectrum is there. And
Islam rampant and "rarin' to go."
The Nordics were blonds—blond giants.
They were the superlative achievement of
evolutionary processes, born to the purple.
Everywhere in Europe they ruled until
somehow not quite clear the round-heads
took the governments away from them.
Possibly the remote descendants of the Nor­dic
conquerors can be seen today pitching
hay on somebody's farm in Minnesota.
Anyway, the Nordics slipped and we are
admonished that medical science and hu-manitarianism
are perpetuating the unfit
that nature designed to kill off. The
romancers can forecast the time when the
earth will be converted into a bedlam with
almost the mathematical certainty of Mal-thus
calculating, on the progressive ratio
of food supply to population, the exact
point at which starvation would get in its
deadly work.
And yet nature had a long time to pro­duce
its super-men and eliminate the dregs
before science interferred. Nations have
passed into eclipse before now, but mostly
as the consequence of wars with the instiga­tion
of which morons had nothing to do.
That is an intellectual proclivity. It is
doubtful whether the morons were particul­arly
addicted to fighting, either. Maybe
they had- too much sense, considering the
personal object that actuated their rulers
in those days. The morons were reserved
for restocking purposes. The -biological
theory of their growing ascendancy may ac­count
for the modern revulsion against
war.
Famine and pestilence were two of na­ture's
favorite remedies for relieving a
congestion of population. But they were as
indiscriminate in their ruthlessness as the
doctors are in their philanthropy. Germs
seem to draw no social distinctions, or, if
any, to show a preference for lodgings in
the best families. Health authorities have
not discovered any way of protecting the
more intelligent part of the community
from an epidemic without making their
precautions inclusive.
On the whole, they have done better than
nature, according to the testimony of his­tory.
Morons are a menace to health, life,
property and the public purse, but thought
is being taken to their segregation. The
world is much abused. In excess of exas­peration
over human obduracy it is applied
recklessly. The unfit that nature. discard­ed
were those physically unadaptable to
the rigors of primitive conditions. Medi­cal
science preserves many of them for lives
of usefulness. A sub-normal mentality of­ten
is consigned to the keeping of a human
organism splendidly equipped to survive
the struggle for existence.
Biology must learn its place. It has no
more judgment about who is fit or unfit
plodder of magnificent accomplishments
plodder of magnificence accomplishments
for the good of mankind, but a ludicrous
figure on a winged steed.—Louisville Cour­ier
Journal
STADIUM OR STAGNATION?
The senior class, proceeding upon the
right of petition guaranteed the students,
drew up a resolution proposing a practical
plan for the erection of an athletic stadium
at Auburn. This was signed by the most
prominent organizations and societies on
the campus and we believed to comprise as
nearly as possible the sentiment now pre­vailing.
A committee was designated by the
Board of Trustees to consider and study
this suggestion of the students and is ex­pected
to be ready to report their findings
by the June session of the board. While
we had hoped for more immediate action,
we should not become downhearted and
sluggish because of this delay.
We believe the construction of this sta­dium
will be a tremendous step forward
and will redound to the glory of Auburn
in the future. We have long felt the need
of a stadium on the campus and the pres­ent
plan seems to be the only practical
means for obtaining one. The responsibi­lity
and financial obligation rest on the
students. It is their project and it is for
them to push it to a successful culmina­tion.
While it may seem that the senior class
in declaring itself overwhelmingly in favor
of this proposal was acting selfishly, at a
first glance, a close study of the proposi­tion
will reveal the real desire for the up­building
of Auburn at the bottom of this
action of the class. It is true that they
will be fixing a fee, if the plan is approved,
upon ten freshman classes who will not be
given a chance to pass on it and they will
be the ones who will have to pay the three
dollars each seemster. But classes before
us inflicted student government and the
Honor System on us without giving the
three lower classes now in school an oppor­tunity
to express their sentiments on them.
If this dream becomes a reality someone
must take a decided step toward the goal.
It is but natural that the seniors, who re­alize
this need more acutely, perhaps, than
any one of the lower classes, inaugurate
the move.
At this point it might be significant to
know that the junior, sophomore and fresh­man
classes passed this resolution drawn up
by a committee from the senior class with
an almost unanimous vote.
As a student movement, we must pro­tect
it, encourage it and fight for it. Many
temporary improvements are crying for
immediate attention. But we must not be­come
sidetracked from the main issue. A
stadium would be a permanent asset from
which an ever increasing revenue may flow
into the treasury of the athletic associa­tion.
It would be a real investment.
Aside from the financial- aspects of a
new stadium, the benefit to the student
body might well be taken into considera­tion.
It would be possible, with its seat­ing
capacity, to play at least three confer­ence
games at home. Certainly we could
have as large a crowd here with our draw­ing
from Montgomery, Opelika and Colum­bus
as we had during the past season in
Montgomery and Birmingham, and at a
minimum of expense to the local organi­zation.
There is nothing to be lost by the contri­bution
of this stadium: everything is to
be gained. Let us set our shoulders to the
wheel and strive together until a stadium
for Auburn, by Auburn and of Auburn is
a glorious reality.
(ANOTHER VERSION)
They were driving home. The night was
black, the road unfrequented, and it was
past two o'clock. Suddenly the car gave
some convulsive sobs and stopped. The
young man, visibly embarrassed, made an
honest effort to start the engine, but fail­ed.
After getting out and looking over
the engine he turned to the girl and said:
"This is most unfortunate. The gaso­line
tank seems to be full of water, and
we can't move a foot."
The girl was far less perturbed. She
said:
"Come on inside and stop looking wor­ried.
This has happened to me before. All
we have to do is sit in the back seat about
an hour and the water turns right back
into gasoline."—Sample Case.
Letters to the Editor
The State's Motto
A letter was printed on the front page of
last week's Plainsman which sheuld arouse
indignation in the heart of every true Ala-bamian.
The author of this letter is seek­ing
to change the motto on the Alabama
Great Seal from "Here We Rest" to "We
Drive Forward." The originator of this
preposterous suggestion displays some of
the queerest logic imaginable in support­ing
the proposal. It is claimed that the
present motto is an erroneous translation
of the word "Alabama," which should be
translated "Vegetation Gatherers." If the
phrase "We Drive Forward" is any nearer
the correct translation, then the writer is
sadly ignorant of the mother tongue. "Here
We Rest" has been the motto of our State
for almost sixty years, and has come to
have a poetic significance which is bound
up in the history of the state. The literal
translation may not be correct, but "Here
We Rest" has a connotation in the historic
association of the state which will prevent
its being lightly cast aside by the legisla­ture.
It is not quite clear why the motto should
be changed simply because it is an incor­rect
translation, substituting a motto which
would be ridiculous in its extreme Babbit-tism.
The proposed motto would be no
more correct than the one now in use, and
would lack all the historic and sentimental
significance attached to "Here We Rest."
"We Drive Forward" rings as if it were
coined by a "Bigger and Better Every­thing"
agitator, symbolic of the dynasty
of the Everlasting Booster. The Birming­ham
News aptly suggests that "Excuse
Our Dust" be adopted as the motto. Why
not "Give Us Space" or "Air, More Air?"
Always do a thing up brown, once it is
begun.
Alabama is not Zenith, Ohio, nor is it
ruled by the Bigger and Better Babies
club quite yet. Until it falls before the on­slaught
of Boosterism, let us retain our
present motto and consign all ultra-modern
versions to the waste-basket. The author
of "We Drive Forward" argues that our
present motto exposes us to the ridicule of
other states because "Here We Rest" sug­gests
a lack of energy. Dc ,ds, not words,
give results. If the state is driving for­ward,
the results will be felt, and will not
need to be blantantly advertised to the
world. If it is not, then it would be wrong
to create a false impression. It is well
that the author is not "wedded to the sug­gestion"
as she says, else there would be a
widow in the land when the intelligent peo­ple
of Alabama permanently shelve this
ridiculous suggestion.
New Antic of the Co-eds
Alas! What is our dear old Alma Mater
coming to? For the past few years it has
been our pride and job to boast of the in­crease
in the inhabitants of Smith Hall,
and the incorporation of the Baby Zoo
made our fondest dreams a reality. There
are at present 120.members of the fairer
sex enrolled in our institution, and we are
justly proud of them. They are exposed
to practically every course in the college,
from Vet Medicine to Home Economics.
Words cannot express our admiration and
love for them as they slowly file in to their
respective seats in the northwest corner
of Historic Old Langdon Hall during con­vocation.
Anticipating such a view, we took our
seats last Thursday, and lost no time in
focusing our optics on this feministic gath­ering.
The college orchestra broke into a
melody which was a cross between Mendel-lsons
Wedding March and Irving Berlin's
"Always," and we settled down to enjoy
the restful hour.
As co-eds, our girls are wonderful, but
as exponents of Mr. Wrigley's Contaminat­ed
Compound, it is another story. We
agree with the manufacturers of Carna­tion
milk that there is nothing so peaceful
and contented as a cow chewing the cud,
but at least a cow has manners enough
not to smack. The weird sounds arising
from the group completely drowned out
the orchestra and speaker, and caused sev­eral
persons sitting in the close proximity
to require to quieter regions.
In fact, this sound showed a striking
resemblance to the type of music that is
emitted from the Mess Hall when soup is
served.
On being interviewed after Convocation,
several of the guilty parties denied the
fact that they were chewing gum. Probab­ly
it was toba , no, Heaven forbid! At
least no traces of this fruit juice were
found on the walls or floor when inspected
for the purpose of obtaining evidence. Sev­eral
pieces of half-chewed, full-chewed,
over-chewed, and super-over-chewed gum
were found under the seats, and with this
as evidence, this article was written. Any­one
desiring to know the names of the
guilty parties can do so by calling at the
Plainsman office, as the names are being
withheld from the public press.
« BLIND TIGER
Wonder what's become of the guy that
kissed a co-ed and had to lie in bed all the
next week from painter's colic.
We have been wondering for the last week
what was the cause of the sudden blooming
of a necktie on Hann for the last two
weeks. We had thought he had possibly
come from under the influence of some
spirit, but all our fears were allayed last
Thursday night when we cast our orbs
over the crowd at the gym and discovered
our illustrious Hann in attendance with
one of our fair co-eds. We honestly- be­lieve
that Hann has fallen in love, and we
fear the worst. Blind Tiger moves that
we have a Congressional Committee ap­pointed
to investigate the situation at once.
* * * * * * *
First Cockroach (on cracker box)—What
in thunderation is all your hurry?
Second Cockroach—Don't you see that
sign, "Tear along 'this edge?"—Va. Tech.
* * * * * * *
Old Gen (just coming to after a Monkey
Gland operation)—"Gosh, I hope I'm not
late for school."
* * * * * * *
"Where did you get that black eye, Bill?
"You know that lady down the street
whose husband is in China?"
"Yes."
"Well, he isn't."
* * * * * * *
Taylor—"Did you know that Gooch had
gone to the infirmary today?"
Blankenship—"What's the matter?"
Taylor—"The doctor said he would be all
right before long. His mustache has sapped
all his strength."
* * * * * * *
Prof, in Economics Class—"All the dumb
bells in the class stand up."
After a long pause, Slim got up on his
feet.
"Why, Slim, you don't think you are a
dumb bell do you?"
"No, but I hate to see you be the only one
to stand up."
Co—"So you are going with a sailor,
are you? Don't you know that a sailor has
a girl in every port?"
Ed—"Oh well, that's nothing. You col­lege
boys have a girl on every davenport."
* * * * * * *
Maid—"Miss Mary, there's a gentleman
in the parlor, waiting to see you."
Mary—"Are you sure he's a gentleman?"
Maid—"Yes, Mam."
Mary—"How do you know?"
Maid—"He's got on pants."
* * * * * * *
She—"John, I consider sheep to be the
most stupid creatures living."
John—"Yes, my lamb."
* * * * * * *
Half a box of powder,
Half a box of paint,
Makes the co-eds' freckles,
Look as if they ain't.
* * * * * * *
DEFINITIONS
Monotony—A law allowing a man only
one wife.'
Ellipsis—When you forget to kiss her
goodnight.
Campus Characters
NUMBER TWO
George Bender Kremer Hahn
This is one of our most important as­piring
young hopefuls. It is uncertan
which hamlet has the strongest claim on
him, as a native son. We have received
strong bids from Sing-Sing, Walla Walla,
Leavenworth, Atlanta, Kilby, and Ketona,
for this honor. We are not certain at
which he served his first sentence. We
have pretty strong evidence that he is here
by mistake, his real designation being Au­burn,
New York.
This personage in question has a most
remarkable personality. His main physi­cal
attributes is his five foot length and
his seven foot circumference. He would
have started a new dancing fad, had any­one
been able to imitate his walk, but such
was impossible.
In his first week in Auburn he became
universally known as "Rat" Hann. Since
then that title has stuck with him. He
has achieved the honor of being the first
four-year rat in the dormitory. However
the Freshman class is objecting to this,
as they don't want the spcial standing of
their class lowered. On the other hand,
the sophomores are sponsoring the move­ment,
as they want to relieve themselves
of the stigma of possessing our hero.
He is also very industrious. He has ac­quired
the honor of chief hash slinger at
the Auburn Inn. He is also somewhat of
a sleuth. That is the main reason that we
are unable to find out who put the green
'30 on the water tank. Rat Wooten will
testify to Hann's tonsorial proficiency.
All has also impressed himself on every
professor under whom he has had classes.
"None other can ever be like him" is the
commendation that he received from every
source. We are fearful at prophesying
the future of this young gallant, but we
can safely say that he will make his mark
in the world, even as he has in Auburn.
Circle—A line that meets its other end
without ending.
Buttress—Wife of a butler.
Author—A very queer animal. His tal­es
(tails) come from his head.
Deacon—Lowest form of Christian.
Vapor—Dried water.
Wife—A women who is expected to sew
on buttons before they come off.
IT—Sex appeal.
* * * * * * *
Wife( storming at late husband)—"Is
that you?"
Husband—"Well, if it ain't, I'll 'ply for
a divorsche."
(SAY IT WITH FLOWERS)
Who was the Maid?—Pansy.
Who was the best man?—Batchelor But­ton?
What did the bride say?—Touch-me-not.
* * * * * * *
She—"And were you true to me when
you were away?"
He—"Yes, dear. Every time I kissed
another I imagined it was you."—David-sonian.
She had just been kissed. "You mean
thing. You'll have to pay for this. I'm
going to tell my dad, and he'll ."
"But. dear ."
"Sh-h-h, there he comes now."
"We had honeymoon salad at our board­ing
house today."
"What kind is that?"
"Lettuce alone."
Lillian (iibutingly)"—"Don't you ever
speak of love?"
Prof. Pup—"Eer-yes. Lovely weather,
isn't it?"
Auburn Footprints
J. A. McDaniels has started a fad at the
Military Ball. This young gallant posed
for those having an esthetic soul, or rather
a sense of humor by standing in the stag
line for the entire performance.
We understand that Little Boozer be­came
entangled in the net laid by one of
the fair co-eds at this same affair. We
did not expect this of Boozer, but we are
prepared for the worst now.
We hear that Brother John Garrett was
also at this affair with his lady friend
from Atlanta. We also hear from reliable
sources that he spent the previous week­end
in Atlanta. We do not know all that
is going on, but it appears as though he
is about to become a victim of some form
of an entangling alliance.
* * * * * * *
It is also a pretty well understood fact
that the same Brother John cut his finger
while looking in the drawer of his dresser
for a sugar report. Gosh! We didn't
know he got that kind of letters.
* * * * * * *
Rowe Johnson also ran.
* * * * * * *
We are wondering why Shux Hardie
was so blue last Tuesday. But we found
out that he failed to get his daily sugar
report.
* * * * * * *
Willie Frank is so dumb that he thinks
that "Bacteria" is the back door to a Cafe­teria.
* * * * * * *
Rat Wooten wants to go to a barber col­lege
so that he can cut all of his classes.
* * * * * * *
Hoyt Ellis—"Did you ever take chloro­form?"
Herbert Arnold—"No, who teaches it?"
* * * £ * * *
We hear that Shiek Wilder and Jelly
Revel have recently completed an expedi­tion
to Tuskegee. It appears as though
these two young gallants would get tired
of the co-eds some time.
* * * * * * *
Sunday after the holidays the 2:22 from
Montgomery was crowded to the limit. An
elderly gentleman had taken his grandson
into the smoker, as he. could not find i a
seat elsewhere. Presently the grandson was
heard to say "Grandpa, why does that
man sit there with his mouth open?"
The grandparent replied: "Hush, that's
Squatty McDonald trying to get a free
smoke."
* * * * *
Goofey Williams—"Why did Allie Hughes
and Beth Seibold high-hat you then?" !
Tom Mosley—"I told them that they
looked alike."
* * * * * *
SCANDALS?
Stage hand—"Shall I lower the cur­tain
sir? One of the living models has
the hiccoughs." i
* * * * *
? ? ? ? ? ?
For Sale—Folding bed, by lady that
doubles,up and looks like a piano. Call,
phone, or write, 1900 South Gay Street.
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
PROMINENT MEN TALK ON
EVILS OF THE THEATRE
(Continued from page 1)
violently disagress with those dollar
chasing producers who seek to justi­fy
the sordiness of the majority of
their presentations on the grounds
that filth and vulgarity on the stage
was just what the modern audience
desires. The speaker refuted this
argument by reminding his audience
that the American curiosity was res­ponsible
for the attendance of so many
people at risque performances, while
their senses rebelled against its
crudeness.
"There are two means by which
the present epidemic of objectionably
realistic dramas might be checked,"
continued Mr. Reeid. "The theatres
might be placed under private owner­ship
and be allowed to work out
their own salvation. But this plan
has proved impracticable. Another
method is the censorship of theatres
under private ownership. This is the
inevitable solution," concluded the
speaker.
In order that the American drama,
of Americans, for Americans and by
Americans might not perish, it is
necessary that amateur theatres be
encouraged to devote their time to
the composition and exposition of the
drama of our own country in which
the scenes of our own life are depict­ed,
declared the speaker in closing.
DELAPIDATED FORD CENTER
OF ATTRACTION AT TOURNEY
(Continued from page 1)
of the doors which swung loose and
clattered violently against the pitiful
carcass of this vehicle when it could
be induced to move.
The hood had long since been lost
and what little engine that was left
looked more like a junk heap than a
piece of mechanism. As for the seat
cushions, they were croker sacks stuf­fed
with straw. In such a contrap­tion
the conquerors entered Auburn.
gent persons in Alabama who are not
aware of the fact that Auburn was
born during the days of reconstruc­tion
in Alabama and as a result of
the passage of the Morrill act of con­gress
during the administration of
President Abraham Lincoln. In oth­er
words, Auburn is one of the ori­ginal
"land grant" institutions pro­vided
for under federal grant.
The state of Alabama accepted the
terms of the federal act in 1868 and
i
in 1872 the buildings, grounds and
equipment of the East Alabama Male
A complete history of Auburn would
require the writing of volumes con­cerning
the careers and achievements
of hundreds of prominent alumni who
have filled places of leadership in all
lines of endeavor and profession
throughout the United States and in
many foreign countries. Auburn
men and women may be found as
leaders in architecture, in engineer­ing,
in agriculture, in chemistry, in
education, in pharmacy, in veterina-
| ry medicine and in buisness. Auburn
| has trained more than 15,000 boys
PROF. GRANT
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OF WORK HERE
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as well as can be served
BY HUGH G. GRANT
With the submission of a general
educational bill in the legislature with
recommendations for appropriations
said to be necessary for the proper
maintenance and equipment of the
schools of the state, and with the ap­pointment
of a legislative educational
committee to study the needs of the
schools, attention has been directed
to the status of the higher institu­tions
of learning of the state, includ­ing
the Alabama Polytechnic insti­tute,
more widely known as Auburn.
There are probably many intelli-
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first commencement of the A. and M.
college having been held in July, 1873.
During the first few years of Au­burn's
existence there was only a
small enrollment and practically no
expansion of the college prior to the
early eighties. Beginning in 18G2,
however, the legislature of Alabama
appropriated funds resulting in many
improvements including the construc­tion
of a chapel as well as the estab­lishment
of the experiment station
and the state chemical department.
In the early nineties the departments
of mechanical engineering, pharma­cy,
horticulture, and veterinary sci­ence
were added. Later during the
administration of the late Dr. Charles
C. Thach, a modern agricultural
building was erected and the girl's
dormitory was established to take
care of the increasing number of wo­men
students. Auburn being the old­est
co-educational institution in the
state as well as the oldest in the
south with one exception. Other im­provements
were made.
Dowell Inaugurate! New Program
With the inauguration of President
Spright Dowell in 1920 another pro­gram
of expansion was promulgated
velopments of the state. She has
sent her extension agents to the
homes of the farmers of Alabama to
help solve difficult problems of pro­duction
and marketing. She has
saved thousands of dollars for the in­dustrial
plants of the state by the in­troduction
of efficient methods of
construction; she has conserved hu­man
life by encouraging sanitary in­spection
and hygiene; she has pointed
out the way to thousands of Alabama
farm boys and girls interested in the
promotion of corn and canning clubs;
she has helped the farmers of the
state to secure some of the modern
conveniences of life such as electric
lights and refrigeration; she has help­ed
to raise the standards of the com­mon
schools in the state through em­phasis
upon improved methods of
education; she has put the cattle
business in Alabama on a sound basis
through her veterinary department,
under the leadership of Dr. C. A.
Cary; she has performed service in
the analysis of fertilizers, feed stuffs,
drugs, foods and other commodities,
protecting consumers from adultera­tion
and fraud; she has rendered ser­vices
through the analysis of the min­erals
of the stajte, under direction of
through a campaign among alumni. Dr. B. B. Ross, dean of chemistry.
and friends of the institution. The
sum of $600,000 was collected, result­ing
in the addition of several modern
buildings including the Erskine Ram­say
engineering hall, named for Ers­kine
Ramsay, Birmingham capitalist,
and valued at $300,000; a dormitory
for boys, valued at $125,000; three
engineering research buildings and
shops as well as the addition of sev­eral
hundred acres of land and the
establishment of a modern water
plant.
Such in brief, is the history of
Auburn from a material standpoint.
Three Institution* in One
Auburn is literally three institu­tions
in one, differing from other
state institutions in that it embraces
not only college academic training
for boys and girls, but research, ex­tension
and regulatory service of the
entire state. The experiment and ex­tension
services of Auburn are high­ly
important in view of the fact that
approximately 80 per cent of Ala-bama
is rural. Auburn through these
services gives tothe farmers of Ala­bama
scientific information to aid
them in the conservation of the soil,
production of crops, and diversifica­tion
including poultry and dairying,
hog and sheep raising.
Specifically there are three distinct
divisions of work at Auburn. The
first comprises instruction in major
departments as follows: Graduate,
academic, agriculture, chemistry,
pharmacy, education, engineering,
architecture, veterinary medicine,
home economics and home demonstra­tion
work for women, extension
teaching, summer school and military
training. The second great division
consists of research work through
the agricultural experiment station
of which Prof. J. J. Funchess is dean,
which gives new facts relating to the
production, preservation, growing
and distribution of farm and live­stock
production. The third great
division is the non-collagiate instruc­tion
for farm men and women, boys
and girls, through the agricultural
extension service of which Prof. L.
N. Duncan is director. There is also
the state regulatory service in coop­eration
with the state department of
agriculture.
In the several divisions of college
work, Auburn has achieved distinc­tion.
For example, in the college of
agriculture, the Alabama chapter of
Gamma Sigma Delta, national honor
society in agriculture, is the only
chapter of its kind in any southern
college.
Pioneer in Engineering
Auburn is the pioneer in engineer­ing
education in the South, being the
first instution in the state to estab­lish
courses in chemical, civil, elec­trical,
highway, mechanical and ar­chitectural
engineering. Aubinrn
has the first chapter of national en­gineering
society, Tau Beta Pi, es­tablished
in the South. In the edu­cational
survey of Alabama by the
United States department 6f educa­tion
it was stated that "the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute has served the
engineering needs of the state with
conspicious success, the long list of
prominent engineering alumni indi­cating
that the authorities of the
college have been unusually success­ful
in making the work in engineering
vital and practical."
The department of architecture at
Auburn is the oldest in the entire
South, having been established in
1907. Auburn is now an art center.
The department was recently ad­mitted
to membership in the Associa­tion
of Collegiate School of Architec­ture.
The school of pharmacy at Au­burn
holds membership in the Ameri­can
conference of Pharmaceutical
faculties, this school being the only
conference college in Alabama and
Georgia.
In veterinary medicine, Auburn
has lead the way in the conservation
of livestock in Alabama. During the
world war, more than 50 per cent of
the graduate veterinarians of Au­burn
served as commissioned officers
in the army.
In the field of education, Auburn is
one of the colleges approved by the
state board of education for the
preparation of teachers and is the
only college in Alabama approved
for the preparation of teachers of
vocational agriculture, Dean Zebulon
Judd, head of the department of edu­cation,
is also director of the sum­mer
school, another important divi­sion
of the work at Auburn.
The graduate school at Auburn,
headed by Dean George Petrie, en­ables
college graduates to pursue ad­vanced
studies for the master's de­gree.
In military training, Auburn has
been rated by the United States war
department as "distinguished college
for the seventh consecutive year."
Major John E. Kennedy is command­ant
at Auburn at the present time.
.Oldest Co-educational School
Auburn is the oldest co-educational
instution in the state. A dean of
women and social director directs the
academic and social interests of ap­proximately
125 young women.
In athletics, Auburn is a member
of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association, the amateur athletic un­ion
of the United States, and of the
southern conference with high rank
in football, basketball, baseball and
track.
Auburn has a division of student
activities with a director, Prof. Roy
Dimmitt, in charge.
There are eight honor societies on
the campus as follows: Phi Kappa
Phi, Tau Beta Pi (engineers), Gam­ma
Sigma Delta (agriculture), Eta
Kappa Nu (electrical engineers),
Gamma Sigma Epsilon (chemical),
Alpha Phi Epsilon (literary socie-tis)
Theta Alpha Phi, (Dramatic
Art), and Botega (architecture).
There are a number of profession­al
societies as follows: Engineering
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college annual, farm magazine, and
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of publicity connected with courses
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First Class Band
Auburn has a first class band
known throughout the South, a stu­dent
orchestra, Glee club, as well as
a dramatic club, known as the play­ers,
a college Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A., four literary societies, and
many of the oldest and most highly
esteemed national college fraternities
and sororities in the United States.
While Auburn has wrought well,
nevertheless, it is the fact that she is
at the cross roads today and must
either go backward of go forward in
relation to other similar institutions
throughout the nation.
Alabama, according to the signs
! of the times and in the opinion of
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• economist of national reputation, is
i on the threshold of a great industrial
I expansion. There will be a need for
thousands of trained engineers, chem­ists,
and architects to carry forward
the development of the state's re­sources.
Auburn must supply the
demand or else the state must import
trained young men and women from
other sections of the country.
A number of Auburn's buildings
are antiquated; the faculty is too
small; some of the equipment is out
of date, and there is a state of con­gestion
in the handling of the stu­dent
body that ought not to exist.
Auburn needs more funds for main­tenance
as well as for new buildings
and new equipment. An auditorium,
a science building, a hospital and di­visional
buildings for the farm work
are sorely needed and a greatly in­creased
annual maintenance fund is
absolutely imperative if the institu­tion
is to serve in an efficient man­ner
the boys and girls who are knock­ing
at Auburn's door.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN
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Peach Belt Boys Fight to the Last
Whistle to Win Cotton States Tourney
The Vienna high school basketball
team is the 1927 Cotton States cham­pions.
This edict was set forth Sat­urday
night at the gym, when the
peach belt boys handed the fast G.
M. A. team a thorough beating. It
was a clean cut victory for the Vien­na
boys and they did not stop scoring
until the final whistle screetched to
the world that the game was over.
To the gallant hard-fighting Vien-naians
justly belongs the crown of
this the sixth annual tournament. In
this three day grind never did they
show signs of weakening, but shone
with more and more brilliance as the
different stages of the contest passed
into history. They started their de­termined
march Friday afternoon
when they defeated the Red Level
high school by the score of 49-22.
The Georgia lads climbed the ladder
with a steady tread that meant that
their adversaries must institute some
kind of perfect defense that would
cope with their phenomenal goal
shooter, B. "Waters and Captain Camp­bell.
The other entries failed to do.
To further substantiate their pow-eress
on the court they entered the
second round against the Darlington
Jads from Rome, Ga., and piled up
the largest score of the second round
47-18. With the semi-finals Vienna
faced the proud Castle Heights team
with their same consistent game and
won 41-19. Then the battle of the
day was on, G. M. A. vs. Vienna for
the President's cup. It was in this
game that the country boys showed
their real worth and went into the
game to win for the sake of playing
the game well and were rewarded
with a decisive victory and the cham­pionship
over the cocky G. M. A.
team.
It was goal shooting that won for
Vienna. Their keen eyes for the bas­ket
and uncanny shooting was super­ior
to any tea mentered. In fairness
to all, though their center and guards
aided and abbeted nobly in their land­slides.
Their canny passing figured
conspiciously in their great achieve­ment.
The victory of Vienna dones
not detract from the gallant bad
luck that fell before the final whistle.
And especially it does not detract
from the G. M. A. cadet squad, who
represented their school. Their wins
over Anniston, Malone and Tupelo
were evidence of the fight they put
up. However they should be criti­cised
for deliberately killing time in
the final minutes of the Tupelo game.
They were in the lead by a scant
margin and would not allow the Tu­pelo
boys a chance to overcome it.
For third place we unhesitatingly
place T. M. I. These fellows gave
G. M. A. the scare of their life and
should have had a win over the ca­det
team. Fate just didn't smile oi
them. Tupelo presented the hard­est,
cleanest, fighting team entered.
In Holliday and Duncan, T. M. I.
had two of the hardest workers in
the contest. These boys really play­ed'the
game too.
Semi-Finais
A deliberate and cool attack failed
to stop G. M. A. and they won over
T. M. I. 28-23. This was one of the
fastest games of the tournament and
possibly the most exciting. Mott and
Sorrel were the stars for G. M. A.,
while Holliday and Duncan carried
the brunt of T. M. I. attack. Neither
team made a substitution. In the oth­er
half of the semi-finals, Vienna
beat Castle Heights 41-19. This was
the battle of the twins, their being
a pair on each team. The nifty pass­ing
outfit of Vienna, using fast,
short passes weaved through Castle
Heights' defensive and won over their
more efficient ball handling. Cap­tain
Burns, Dawson, and Jim Martin,
one of the twin forwards, played
best for the Tennessee boys, while
Walters, one of the Vienna twins, and
Campbell were the Vienna luminaries.
The tournament was opened by
Montgomery Bell and DeKalb county
Hi. In the initial game, M. B. A.
marched through the DeKalb defense
for numerous crip- shots and turned
in the initial triumph by the score
41-30. Godwin, nifty little M. B. A.
forward had plenty of shots from un­der
the basket. Though he rang up
8 goals he missed many easy shots.
However he qualified as high scor­er.
Captain Blair was the next star
for the winners. Casey, Garret and
Allen starred for Ft. Payne. Line­ups:
M. B. A. (41) Captain Blair
(13), and Godwin (16), forwards,
McAlpin (6) center, Brown (5) and
Morton guards, Young, Thomason
and Ball substitutes. DeKalb (30):
Casey (10) and Garret forwards, Al­len
(6) center, C. Rains (8) and B.
Rains (6) guards, substitutes, King.
Anniston made a strong bid against
the defending champions of G. M. A.
but the cadets, by weathering a strong
rally in the third quarter managed
to beat the Alabama boys 26-17.
Goal shooting and fouls put Annis­ton
ahead but G. M. A. soon were in
in the lead by the work of Mott, Phill­ips,
and Smith. Broadfield tall cen­ter
for G. M. A. was a valuable man
under the basket while Moore and
Dew, tall rangy felows were big aids
in Anniston's passing attack. How­ever
weak passing handicapped the
loosers. Line-ups: G. M. A. (26); Mott
(10) and Phillips (6), forwards;
Broadfield center; Sorrell (4) and
Smith (4) guards. Substitutes,
Shepherd (2). Anniston (17): Mun-roe
(6) and Kilgore (2), forwards;
Dew (2) center; Moore (2) and Capt.
Robinette (1) guards; substitutes,
Lyman (3), Woodruff (1), and Seale.
Alabama teams continued to be
mowed down as neighboring states
sent in crack quintetts to carry their
colors. Red Level, rated highly in
South Alabama, was a poor second
as the nifty passing of the Vienna
team was started. The Crackers
Cotton boys 49-22. Home, Campbell,
and H. Walter stared for Vienna
while Coston and Nelson were the out­standing
men for Red Level. Line­ups:
Vienna (49); B. Walters (12),
Capt. Campbell (15), forwards;
Raines (2), center; Spears (8) and
G. Walters, guards; subs.; Home
(12 and Hill. Red Level (22); Capt.
0. Coston (6), and W. Coston (8),
forwards; Mayes (2), center; Ahtey
(2), and Nelson (4), guards.
The fourth Alabama- team went
out of the running as the T. M. I.
five started their firing. A slow
start was made up for a whilrwind
finish at the close. The final count
was T. M. I. 32 and Springville 13.
.Holliday led the attack for T. M. I.
shooting eight goals, seven" of which
came in the second half. In addition
he played a great floor game. Capt.
Draper and H. Walker played best
for Springville. Duncan was a real
guard for T. M. I. Line-ups: T. M.
1. (32); Holliday (16) and Gordon
(10), forwards; Perrine (1) center;
Duncan (1) and Capt. Tipton,
guards; subs.; Eblos. Springville
(13); Buttran (4) and McGinnis,
forwards; Capt. Draper center; H.
Walker (4) and Jones (5) guards;
subs.; Vinyard and B. Walker.
Darlington Hi of Rome, Ga., got
away to a big lead to defeat Colum­bia
Military Academy of Columbia,
Tenn. The C. M. A. boys rallied in
the second half but not in time to
overcome the long lead obtained by
Darlington at the start. Lanieh and
Sigma Phi Sigma's
Defeat Theta Chi's
In the only Inter-Fraternity game
of the past week, the Sigma Phi Sig­ma
clan romped on the Theta Chi
quintet, 12-9. The game was featur­ed
by close guarding and not very
good shooting at the basket. This
game marks the second triumph for
the winning bunch and means that
they will emerge into the semi-finals
next week.
The second round has been com­pletely
finished and there are three
teams left in either league. These
teams will draw for opponents for
the final games which will be played
off this coming week.
So far it seems as if the winner is
going to be either the Pi Kappa Al­phas
or the strong Kappa Sigma
team. These two teams are mighty
good, both having trounced their op­ponents
in easy fashion and we be­lieve
that one is going to emerge on
the top. Anyway as "Bimbo" would
say, that is our pick and we'll stick
by it.
Kadel for Darlington and Capt. El-kins
and Hutson were the outsand-ing
performei-s. Line-ups: Darling­ton
(32); Huttaf (6) and Lan\er
(10) forwards; Kadel (14) center;
Capt. Fleming (1) and Crawford (1)
guards; subs.: Mahoney, Gibbons,
and Anderson. C. M. A. (18); Capt.
Elkins (4) and Epperson forwards;
Parr (2) center; Elwell and Partin
guards; subs.: J. Elkins (5) and
Houston" (7).
The first Alabama team to break
into the win column did so in a sen­sational
victory. Lanett Hi stopped
the hitherto unbeaten Dalton, Ga., Hi
five by the score of 17-15. Through­out
the last quarter the teams raced
for the finish two points apart. A
stiff rally in the third quarter placed
the Georgia team within one field
goal of a tie with the Alabama boys.
That same field goal was lacking
when the final whistle blew. Line­ups:
Lannet (17); Vance (5) and
Lewis (4) forwards; Capt. Benni-field
(7) center; Williams and Jen­nings
(2) guards. Dalton (15);
Woods (£) and Vining forwards;
Capt. Puryear (6) center; Calhoun
(8) and Wallace guards; subs.:
Coyle, Moore and Bare.
Castle Heights Military Quintet
speeded its pase a bit during the third
period to overcome a Tallapoosa
county rally and another Alabama
team went out of the championship
race. Sam Burns, former B. A. C.
and Simpson star led the Heights team
to its triumph. The Dadeville team
put up a game fight but the Tenn­essee
boys were too strong. Capt.
Jackson and Lester'played great ball
for the loosers while J. Martin and
Dawson showed up for Heights.
Line-ups: C. H. M. A. (32); Martin
(4) and J. Martin forwards; Daw­son
(2) center; Capt. Burns (15)
and Haley (2) guards; subs.: Woods
(2). Dadeville (20); Taylor (?) and
Kimbrough (2) forwards; Capt.
Jackson (4) center; Lester (6) and
Starns (1) guards.
Another Alabama team to drop
early in the contest was MiHport Hi.
Millport fell before the attack of the
fast Malone, Fla. team after two ex­tra
periods. Millport struggled val­iantly
with the odds in their favor un­til
the very last. Boone, Malone for­ward,
tied up the score at 27—all
just before the game ended. In the
first extra period Prater registered
a couple of fouls but Ford nulled
these with a shot from the field that
went home. Boone and Williams went
one the rampage in the second extra
period, ringing two field goals each
while Godfrey got one ,and Atkins a
foul for Millport. Williams with sev-
"DAWG" "GEECHIE"
C. O. Stewart and "Dog Face" Sher­idan,
pictured above, were two of
Auburn's mainstays last season in
baseball. This year they-are mak­ing
a stand for a place on the Birm­ingham
team in the Southern 'League.
They can be seen daily working out
with Morey's crew of baseball candi­dates.
They have the wishes of much
success from their many friends on
the Plains.
Auburn Gets in
Readiness for the
S.C. Tournament
FRA TERNITY
TRACK MEET
TO BE HELD
An inter-fraternity track and field
meet will be held on Drake Field,
beginning Monday, March 7, and end'
ing Saturday, March 12. This meet
will be open to all active members
of fraternities maintaining a chapter
house.
A special challenge cup, now held
by Sigma Phi Sigma, will be award­ed
the winning fraternity, to be held
by it for one year. It will become
the permanent property of the fra­ternity
winning twice.
The following events will be cpn-tested:
70 Yd. dash; 1-5 mile run;
shot put; running high jump, and 880
yd. relay (5 men).
Each fraternity will be permitted
to enter as many men in each event
as it wishes. The individual record
of each man competing will be taken.
The record of the five best men of
each fraternity in each event will be
the record of that fraternity. All en­trants
may take two trials in each
event—two trials in each run; two
trials of three puts in the shot, etc.
Trials may be taken anytime during
the week.
SCORING. The fraternity with
the best total record in each event
will be given one point, tenth best,
ten points, etc. The team with the
lowest number of points for the five
events will be awarded the trophy
cup. (Sample scoring—In the high
jump event, if each of the five best
men of a fraternity jumps five feet,
the fraternity record will be twenty-five
feet.)
Each fraternity desiring to enter
is expected to file a list of members
with the Games Committee, or Coach
Hutsell, on or before Monday,
March 7.
GAMES COMMITTEE:
W. O. Baskin, Chairman,
Louie Tamplin,
Cameron White.
Back the "A" Club.
en and Boone with six field goals
were the leader for Malone while
Capt. Godfrey was good for fifteen
points for Millport. Line-ups: Ma­lone
(37); Boone (12) and Williams
(14) forwards; Newton (8) center;
Ford (3) and Conrad guards; subs.:
Pevis. Millport (32); Conner (2)
and Prater (8) forwards; Capt. God­frey
(15) center; Blalack (4) and
Rushing guards; subs.: Atkins (3).
After closing out the season with
a victory over Sewanee, the Auburn
Tigers are training in earnest for the
Southern Conference Tournament,
which opens in Atlanta Friday.
Coach Papke is putting his collection
of artists through daily drills at the
gymnasium, touching up on the fin­er
points of the game.
The tournament gets under way
at 2:30 Friday afternoon with Van-derbilt
and Washing and Lee as the
figures in the opening encounter.
Auburn draws the Virginia Polytech­nic
Institute as a foe in the initial
round. The last game of the opening
day promises to be one of the closest
and most hard-fought of the tilts,
as may be judged by the records of
the teams—a game in which one of
the favorites for the crown must drop
out, Georgia Tech vs. Mississippi A.
and M.
This year's series of encounters
promises to be one of the most inter­esting
in the history of Southern in­tercollegiate
basketball. The Tar
Heels of North Carolina, champions
for the past three years, loom up as
the favorites to cop the crown for
the fourth consecutive year, while
Auburn, Maryland, Mississippi A.
and M., and Georgia Tech are con­ceded
a look-in on the proceedings.
Last week Georgia Tech ' trounced
Georgia-three straight games, in which
Tiny Hearn was the headlight; this,
with Tech's brilliant record with on­ly
one defeat, that administered by
Auburn, put the Yellowjackets' hopes
quite a bit higher.
Auburn this year has a better
chance for victory than she has had
for the past several years. Meeting
and defeating Tulane, Clemson, Se­wanee,
and Florida, splitting even
with Mississippi A. and M. and Geor­gia
Tech, and dropping games to
Vanderbilt, Tennessee, and the Uni­versity
of Chattanooga by close scor­es,
the margin of defeat never exceed­ing
four points, a team has been de­veloped
of which followers of the
fate of the Tigers have right to be
proud. The team won 12 victories
in 17 starts, and closed out the sea­son
with a Conference standing of
.750. The strongest team that Au­burn
has sent to the tournament in
quite a while will be well able to up­hold
her standards; although offici­al
announcement of the names of the
players who will represent the Orange
and Blue at Atlanta has not been
made when this article was written,
those who will probably make the
trip are Captain Ellis, Aken, Du-
Bose, Ebb and Fob James, Hall,
Slaughter, Kaley, Mullins, and How­ell.
Eat 'em up, Tigers!
Tangents from Sport Circles
Sport interest among the Auburn
followers is centered in Atlanta this
week and for a very good reason too.
The final lap of the present basket­ball
season is to be staged in the above
mentioned city. It is nothing short
of the Southern Conference Tourna­ment.
Auburn has enjoyed one of
her most successful seasons and ex­pects
to go a long way in the tour­nament.
Auburn has drawn V. P. I. first
and judging from the previous rec­ords
of the two teams, Auburn should
have little trouble with the Gobblers.
* * * * *
The Cotton States Tournament
went off in nice style last week-end
and the best team won the Champion­ship.
From the first day's results,
it was evident that the team that
could defeat Vienna would have to
go some. The team that could do
this feat evidently was not on the
Plains as the fast G. M. A. team
fought their way to a chance to fight
the Vienna team for the championship
and then did not have the necessary
stuff to hold the sharp shooting boys
from Vienna. The teams winning
cups at the tournament were Vinnea,
winner of the President's Trophy,
G. M. A., winner of the A Club tro­phy,
Tupelo and Castle Heights,
winners of the Semi-Finals cups.
* * * * *
Such affairs as the tournament
mentioned above is certainly a won­derful
way of advertising an insti­tution.
It gives many high school
and prep school boys an insight to
college life with its good points and j
its bad ones. To the boys planning
on entering a college it affords them
a good opportunity to see the condi­tions
that actually exist here which
will draw many of the boys here next
fall. We notice many boys on the
campus who were luminaries of pre­vious
tourneys here.
* * * * *
Coach Morey has taken over the
reins of the baseball squad and things
are certainly getting under way out
on the diamond. With the exception
of the ones on the basketball squad
all the promising candidates have
reported for work and seem to be tak­ing
advantage of the seemingly ear­ly
spring in getting their arms sup­pled
up for the coming hostile acti­vities.
"Ce-oh" Stewart, captain of the
baseball team last season, is getting
his early training on familiar soil.
He can be seen cavorting around sec­ond,
base almost any afternoon with
the Tigers. Another of the last sea­son's
players who is seeking the
Plains as the place for his early
training is "Dog Face" Sheridan.
These two worthy artists are the
property of the Birmingham Barons
and should go good with the South­ern
Leaguers.
* * * * *
Nothing definite comes to us from
the Track aspirants but from ap­pearance
everything is going nicely
on the cinder path. There is some­thing
like fifty candidates seeking a
place on the squad for the coming
season.
TOURNAMENT CHIPS
Commodores Prove
Too Strong for the
Auburn Quintette
Auburn lost her fourth conference
game for the 1927 season to the
strong Vandy quintet. The victors
had about the best team that we met
the entire season and are going to
put up a strong bid for the champion­ship.
But the Tiger was not outclass­ed
by a long shot. During the en­tire
game, she was on the top except
the last few minutes when a severe
rally bounced her from the top.
"Jelly" Akin continued on his
romp thru the mountains by scoring
12 more points. He had very formi­dable
assistance along the scoring
end of the problem from Ellis, Du-
Bose, and Fob James. Ebb James
The high point man for any one
game was Campbell of Vienna 17
points.
Highest score of any team for any
one game Vienna, 49.
Highest score made by a team that
was eliminated in the first round,
Millport Hi, 32.
Highest score made by any one
team eliminated in the second round,
two games played, Montgomery Bell,
61.
Highest total score of those elimi­nated
in the semi-finals, Castle
Heights, 85.
Highest total score for finals, Vi
enna, 159.
There were two sets of twins en
gaged in the contests. The Walters
boys from Vienna and the Martin
boys for Castle Heights.
Vienna received the President's
cup, and G. M. A. the A club trophy
for the runner up. T. M. I. and Cas­tle
Heights received the semi-final
cups.
To the coach and each member of
the teams getting cups went also a
medal, gold to the finals and bronze
to the semi-finals.
We are looking for some of these
boys to be fighting for the Orange
and Blue next year.
He: "Leggo my neck. I'm slipping."
She: "I never did say that to you,
did I."—Bulldog.
again was forced out with a bad an­kle
and it was mainly thru this han­dicap
that the boys ever allowed them­selves
to be headed off.
For Vandy, Messrs. Baker and
Stuart were stellar players, ringing
up 16 and 15 points respectively.
They both were very good shots and
could just about loop them from all
conceivable angles of the floor.
The line-ups for the two teams
were:
Auburn: Ellis, Akin, DuBose, F.
James and E. James.
Vanderbilt: Bridges, Baker, Moss,
Stuart, and McCall.
Auburn Trounces
Mountain Tigers
The Second Time
Throwing off the "jinx" that had
followed them through the first
three games of "Auburn's March
Thru Tennessee," the home boys, came
back and defeated the Sewanee five,
35-28. Despite the fact that two of
the Varsity were severely hampered
by injuries received in the Vander­bilt
tilt, the Plainsmen were never
headed and looked like they had re­gained
their real selves.
"Buck" Ellis, captain and floor
general, was only in the affair a ve­ry
short time owing to a bad hand.
Several of his fingers had been
sprained in the Vandy game and
were too stiff for him to handle the
ball. Ebb James was also handicap­ped
by a bad ankle which first gave
him trouble in the first game in
which the two teams met. Both of
these first string men will be ready
to assume all responsibility for their
respective positions by the opening
of the big tourney in Atlanta.
For Auburn, Akin, DuBose and
Slaughter consumed most of the glo­ry
of making their shots count. Du­Bose
being second high man for the
night with 11 points to his credit.
Akin and Slaughter followed with 8
and 7 respectively.
Rigsby ran wild during the second
half of the affair and scored seven
field goals. His total for the night
was fifteen, the foul goal being ar­ranged
for during the first part.
Assisting him Britton and Monagham
were always there and ready..
The line-ups for the twe teams
were as follows:
Auburn: Akin, Ellis, Hall, Du­Bose,
Slaughter, F. James and E.
James.
Sewanee: Monagham, Hope, Wil­liams,
Rigsby and Briton.
Latest beauty hint: Eating onions
will keep a mustache off a girl's lip.
THE SAME
PLACE m THE TIGER DRUG STORE
"Send Wer a "Whitman's Sampler" a THE SAME
SERVICE
THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
I've got
a half-nelson
• • on j lmmy-pipe
joy
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I TOOK P. A. for better or worse . « • and
found it better! Better than anything I had
ever smoked. That's my story and I'm going
to stick to it. When siren-brands try to flirt, I
just give them the Frigidstaire. I know what I
like in a pipe, and what I like is Prince Albert!
The instant you break the seal on the tidy red
tin and get that wonderful fragrance of real
tobacco, you know you are in for a pipe-treat.
Your mouth fairly waters for a taste of tobacco
that smells as good as that. Then you load up
and light up—ah! . . .
Cool. Sweet. Fragrant. Old words, I'll ad­mit,
but you get a brand-new idea of how much
they can mean in a pipe-bowl packed with P. A.
Maybe you've always thought such pipe-plea­sure
was "just around the corner." Try a load
of Prince Albert and turn that corner!
PRINCE ALBERT
—no other tobacco is like it!
NEW CHAPTER
ALPHA GAMMA
RHO FOUNDED
The thirty-first chapter of Alpha
Gamma Rho was established at the
University of Georgia on February
14th. J. M. Herren, Jr., president of
the Auburn Chapter, was in charge
of the initiation ceremonies assisted
by members of the chapters of N.
C. State and Florida.
Other members present were H. A.
Allanson, Washington, D. C., Grand
President of the fraternity, Prof. W.
W. Reitz, of the University of Geor­gia,
and W. A. Young of Auburn.
FUTURE OF 1927
IS FORETOLD BY
EXPERTS HERE
CALLES SPEAKS TO GROUP OF
AMERICAN STUDENTS ON MEX­ICAN
- AMERICAN RELATIONS
P. A. is sold everywhere in
tidy red tint, pound md half-pound
tin humidors, and
pound crystal-glass humidors
with sponte-moistener top.
And always with every bit
of bite and parch removed by
the Prince Albert process.
I1927, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
ompany, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Notes of t h e Societies
S. A. M. E.
S. A. M. E. held its regular meet­ing
Monday night. There was a gen­eral
discussion on the engineer's
hike and it was finally decided to
be had on the second week-end in
March. Heretofore the boys have
not turned out so much, but we are
going to put one over right this time.
The first speaker on the program
was Meadows who gave an interest­ing
talk on the "Invention of the
Partograver." This instrument is
used for making maps and is a great
improvement over the instruments
heretofore.
Next Feagin talked on the Anci­ent
Aqueduct at Athens." He brought
some very interesting points on the
work of the ancient engineers.
Turner then made on interesting
talk on 'Tnfluence of Bridges and
Campaign" in which he told of the
importance of bridges to Napoleon
in the Austrian war and how they
helped him to win the war.
Kent was the last speaker and spoke
on the "manufacturing of artificial
ice." He explained fully the pro­cess
of making this ice.
The meeting adjourned at 8 o'clock.
Let's all turn out next Monday
night and put S. A. M. E. over the
top.
WEBSTERIAN SOCIETY
The Websterian Society held its
regular meeting last Tuesday night
with a large attendance.
Miss Ruby Strain brought to mind
all of the intere'sting points of the
life of George Washington, recalling
to us the many good qualities in his
character which he had developed
that fitted him for this service. These
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qualities are good to think of because
if we study ourselves and find where­in
we are weak, we can develop these
desirable ualities if we are firm, pa­tient,
and possess the moral courage
which Washington possessed. An­other
lesson was brought out which
will well apply to us is that if we
are silent under unjust criticism, the
hour of victory will bring" its ten­fold
reward in sympathy and confi­dence.
Miss Mamie Mathews discussed
motion picture and the theatre in
regard to censorship boards. We
know that every inch of film has
been closely scrutinized in the motion
picture before being released for
public presentation. The theatre has
no censorship board, and is free to
do as it likes. While we believe that
plays in some theatres are protected
by some form of censoring yet it is
evident from the happenings reported
in the newspapers that cases are more
outnumbered where the plays are de­ceitful
and ineffectual intellectual­ly
than when they have worthy artis­tic
and dramatic effort. The moving
picture working under censorship has
achieved results of permanent im­portance
while there is a tendency for
the theatres working under no cen­sorship
to demoralize its public with
plays that are of no importance.
Several important talks were given
by different members of the society
expressing suggestions as to improv­ing
our society.
We arc glad to have some new
members join our society and we hope
you will help us make it the best so­ciety
on the campus by showing your
interest and participating in every
activity put forward for its better­ment.
We need your help.
President Calles recently declared
that if necessary Mexico would be
willing to submit its petroleum and
alien land law dispute with the
United States to the Hague tribunal,
although that would endanger Mexi­can
sovereignty. He stated that his­tory
shows that all such international
tribunals always support the view
point of the strong.
This declaration was made to a
group of American students of Mex­ican-
American relations who had ex­pressed
sympathy with Mexican
ideals. The president in apprecia­tion
of their sympathetic attitude
said all that Mexico wants is justice,
the true basis of international har­mony.
The president argued that no real
difference existed between the peo­ple
of Mexico and the people of the
United States. He contended that the
issue between the two nations was a
false and fictitious issue because the
oil interests were not deprived of any
| right, but on the contrary, their sub­soil
rights acquired before 1917 could
be extended for 50 years by reason
of the new concessions and the law
provides that at the end of fifty
years they might be extended for
another thirty years. Thus all the
rights of which oil men complained
they were deprived were, in fact,
preserved for eighty years, a suf
ficient time to get out all the oil.
He declared that the Mexican gov­ernment's
program was not bolshevis­tic
and could not be described as that
of any political or scientific school or
theory. It was simply Mexican,
born of Mexico's own peculiar prob­lems
and was not a program borrow­ed
from anywhere outside.
President Calles described the ene­mies
of the Mexican government as
"the Roman Catholic clergy, some
political elements and some reaction­ary
forces," who, he declared, would
start a revolution immediately on the
withdrawal of American recognition,
and who, he added, "are attempting
revolutionary disturbances at the
present moment, although the govern­ment
does and will dominate the sit­uation."
When questioned about the pres­ent
situation in Nicaragua, the presi­dent
reviewed the history of that
country's politics and revolution to
sustain his position that the preten
sions of Nicaragua's conservative
president, Adolfo Diaz, were illegal
and that Da. Juan Sacasa, the liber­al
leader, was the only constitutional
president.
"Two Nicaraguan governments
were established—one of violence and
illegality, the other of legality. Mex­ico
recognized the government of le­gality;
the United States recognized
the one of violence. That is all there
is to it," he said.
By combining records of the past
with facts about the present and us­ing
them to forecast the future, econ­omists
and officials of the extension
service and of the agricultural col­lege
of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
here are able to forecast im­portant
changes in Alabama in 1927
as compared with 1926. The more im­portant
of these changes will be
fewer acres in cotton and more acres
in the important feed crops plus a
greater number of livestock. Some
land will lie idle and there will be
fewer people on farms due to a move­ment
from farms to towns and cities.
The exact extent of the cotton
acreage reduction will not be known
until the crop Is planted and official
reports made, but several factors
combined to insure fewer acres in
cotton this year as compared with
last. The chief factor is the low
price which is now below the cost of
production for a large group of
farmers.
A. I. E. E.
Professor Dunstan presented a
very interesting talk to the A. I. E.
E. on the history of the first elec­tric
lighting system in Auburn. He
told of the curiosity caused by this
plant installed under Langdon Hall.
It consisted of a small generating
unit driven by a Corliss engine. La­ter
another plant was installed and
driven by an engine in which Dean
Wilmore had a part in designing.
Some of the difficulties encountered
with the first plant were constant
flickering of lights due to unsteadi­ness
of motion of engine and the type
of filament used in the lamps. Very
poor light indeed could be had from
the old carbon filaments as compared
to the modern tungsten and nitrogen
filled lamps used today.
He also explained some of the dif­ficulties
and troubles in the earliest
arc street lighting systems.
Mr. Putnam urged the Sophomores
and Freshmen to begin writing on
the article for the Auburn Engineer.
The Eta Kappa Nu is offering as a
reward, for the best article, a poly­phase
duplex slide rule. Qualifica­tions
and rules for the contest can
be secured from the Engineer Office.
A committee of three: Mr. Miller,
Mr. Feagin and Mr. Edwards was ap­pointed
to plan a smoker for the So­ciety
in the near future.
AG CLUB
The Ag. Club held its regular week­ly
meeting in the auditorium of Com­er
Hall. The program was featured
with an interesting talk by Mr. How-erd
C. Smith, editor of the State De­partment
of Agriculture and Indus-tires,
with headquarters at Mont­gomery,
Alabama. He told us some
important facts in regard to Alabama
Movement Launched
Early last fall a southwide move­ment
was launched at Memphis with
a view to reducing the cotton acre­age
of 1927 to 75 per cent of 1926.
Work to this end is still in progress
and will be continued until the end
of the planting season. If this goal
is attained it will set a new high
record in cotton acreage reduction.
The highest so far was a reduction
of 20 per cent in 1921 as compared
with 1920.
For the state as a whole an in­crease
in the number of acres plant­ed
in corn is expected by F. W. Gist,
agricultural statistician, despite a
surplus above the farm needs in the
northern third of Alabama. County
agents, the extension marketing spec­ialist
of Auburn, and state and coun­ty
farm bureaus are now working
with industrial leasers, flour . and
grain companies and brokers of
Birmingham to dispose of this sur­plus
at satisfactory prices. The suc­cess
of this marketing venture will
encourage farmers to plant corn this
spring.
Hay on Advance
Mr. Gist thinks also that many
acres will be changed from cotton to
hay which has always been short of
local needs in Alabama. Of the sev­eral
hay crops, soybeans will have
the biggest increase, except in the
black belt where Johnson grass and
other hays are grown on a large
scale.
Due to more hogs, peanuts are
scheduled to cover a larger acreage
in south Alabama. They will be pro­duced
both for market and for hog
feed, thereby giving them a dual value
as a cash crop. More cowpeas will
be planted also. Based on informa­tion
received here, Alabama farmers
will make a new high record in pork
production on the ton-litter plan this
year, according to F. W. Burns, ex­tension
livestock specialist. Last
year 73 farmers in 21 counties were
members of the ton-litter club and
this year more than 100 are expected.
To stimulate the work Mr. Burns
says that a special show of ton-litter
hogs will be staged at the union
stock yards in Montgomery next fall.
Harry Snow, manager of the stock
yards, has assured $500 in cash priz­es,
and Mr. Burns expects 25 or more
of these litters at the Montgomery
show. The county agent from the
county making the best showing will
be awarded a prize of a trip to the
international livestock show at Chi­cago.
I
Mobile Offers Prizes
Mobile county, through the gener­osity
of the Haas-Davis Packing
company and the work of W. C. Vail,
county agent, is using $500 for priz­es
to encourage the' work in this
county. The list of awards for the
contest in the Mobile territory, start­ing
January 1 are: First, for pigs
farrowed after January 1, 1927, best
$75, second $35 and third $15. Sec-'
ond, for pigs farrowed after January
1, 1927, to be fed only feeds grown
upon the farm with the exception of
tankage, first award $75, second $35,
third $15.
To make the ton-litter honor roll a
farmer must make one litter of pigs
farrowed between February 15 and
May 15 weight at least a ton in six
months or 180 days. The cost must
be reasonably low, or low enough to
show a profit. The winner in 1926
was W. W. Pockrus of Woodville,
Jackson county. He made a litter of
9 purbred Poland-China pigs weigh
2,550 pounds in 180 days. His cost
was $5.05 per 100 pounds and he
sold them for $13 per 100 pounds.
Cattle Improved
There is a marked movement in
the southern section of the gulf states
to improve the types of cattle and
dairy stock. In northwest Florida sev­eral
cars of purbred sires have been
distributed among the native herds
and the movement is gaining ground
as the benefits are proven. In Miss­issippi
the "scrub sire" eradication
movement has taken on practical op­eration
with the result that purebred
bulls are already being introduced,
and it is worthy of note that the south
has now secured its first medal of
merit bull, which is an honor that
will be recognized by all stock grow­ers.
Calhoun county, Miss., has
guaranteed the purchase by individu­als
of one each of the two carloads
of registered Jersey sires from regis­tered
merit dams that were import­ed
last week from Tennessee and the
Starkville dairying center. Twenty-two
industrial organizations have
combined in the work of shipping all
"scrub sires" out of the district. In
Mobile county some of the heaviest
raisers of native cattle are getting
rid of their herds for better stock.
Farmer Broadens Lines
All of the indications are that the
farmers of Alabama and adjoinging
states are fully determined to broad­en
their activities for the purpose
of emancipating themselves from cot­ton.
POSITION OPEN
AS EXAMINER
OF PATENTS
Particular People Pick—
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<&he TroperTlace <So T>ine
ePtlontgomery, cAla-
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the following
open competitive examination:
JUNIOR PATENT EXAMINER
Applications for junior patent ex­aminer
must be on file at Washing­ton,
D. C, not later than January 29,
1928. The date of assembling of
competitors will be about ten days
after the close of receipt of applica­tions.
The examination is to fill vacancies
in the Patent Ofice at Washington,
D.C., and in positions requiring sim­ilar
qualifications.
The entrance salary is $1,860 a
year. A probationary period of six
months is required; advancement af­ter
that depends upon individual effi­ciency,
increased usefulness, and the
occurrence of vacancies in higher po­sitions.
The duties will be to perform ele­mentary
scientific or technical work
in the examination of application.; f<>r
patents; to see that the disclosure
is complete; and to investigate the
prior art as represented by patents
already granted in the United States
and the various countries and by the
description in technical literature.
The applicant must select one of the
following optional subjects: Civil en­gineering,
electrical engineering, me­chanical
engineering, chemical engin­eering,
electrochemistry, and general
chemistry.
Competitors will be rated on phy­sics,
mechanical drawings, technics,
the optional subjects selected, math­ematics,
and French and German.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained from the
United States Civil Service Commis­sion,
Washington, D.C., or the secre­tary
of the board of U.S. civil-service
examiners at the post office or cus­tomhouse
in any city.
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SPORTING GOODS
MEN'S WEAR
AUBURN GARAGE.
R. O. FLOYD, Jr., Prop.
Auto Repairing, Gas, Oils, Tires and Accessories
CARS FOR HIRE
MONTEITH'S
—Where Friends Meet—
Picture Frames made
to order
Stoves: Ranges
Heaters
AUBURN FURNITURE COMPANY
Will Appreciate Your Business
and especially the Black Belt. He
states that there will be much less
cotton raised this year than last ber
cause of the fact that there has been
up to Feb. 15, only 42 per cent as
much fertilizer bought as there was
last year up to that time.
Special music was rendered by the
"Stringed Trio" composed of Sam
Mosley, violin; Bob McKinnon, gui­tar;
and "Rat" Ellis, mandolin. The
numbers were greatly enjoyed by all
and we hope they will be back soon.
"Say it "With fylolvers"
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
ROSEMONT GARDENS
FLORISTS
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn
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FEB. 25th
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SPECIAL SHOWINGS
UPON REQUEST
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MONDAY
3rd Episode of "THE COLLEGIANS"
Universal Feature—"THE MYSTERY CLUB"
Detective Story of Unusual Merit
TUESDAY
"THE VISION"—acclaimed the most beautiful and
remarkable technicolor picture ever made.
Also "THE VOLGA BOATMAN"
Special return date Of the great Russian masterpiece.
Matinee 3:00 Night 7:30
WEDNESDAY
FOX COMEDY FOX FEATURE
"THE MONKEY TALKS"
with Olive Borden of "Fig Leaves" Fame.
A great love story of the circus—it's different!
LANGDON HALL
25c
GOVERNOR BIBB GRAVES HAS
SUCCESSFUL DAY IN AUBURN
(Continued from page 1)
fare and progress of the institution.
Governor Graves took for his sub­ject
"Faith in Thyself." He said
this was one of the cardinal virtues
of George Washington. He urged
his hearers to live so that they can
have faith in themselves, to make of
themselves something that they can
have faith in. He placed moral fibre
above mental attainments. He point­ed
the way for Christian citizenship
as well as higher education. The ad­dress
of Governor Graves was enthusi­astically
received by those assembled.
Many pronounced his address one of
the soundest and ablest they had ever
heard him make and he has made
some good ones.
Following the exercises in Lang-don
hall, the visitors were guests at
a luncheon on the college campus
which was one of the happiest and
Burton s Bookstore
Something New Every
Day
No gift will delight the
senior more than a mem­ory
book. Give it now.
most enjoyable events of the day.
The semi-annual meeting of the
board of trustees of Auburn took
place in the office of President
Spright Dowell at 2:30 and lasted
until 5 o'clock.
The board approved the plan work­ed
out fo,r the re-construction of the
poultry plant which was destroyed
by fire several months ago. It will
be put back exactly as it was before
the fire.
The board adopted the suggestion
of President Dowell that the bond re­quirements
for students in the R. 0.
T. C. for supplies be discontinued
and that in lieu of the bond the stu­dent
make a cash deposit of $15 to
guarantee the return of clothing is­sued.
The board granted President Dow­ell
authority to make arrangements
for handling two loans of $50,000
each, one as the result of the construc­tor
the balance on the construction
of the water plant, and the other
of Hamsay hall with its consequent
equipment. It was the opinion of
Governor Graves that these loans
could be taken care of in full by
January first, 1928, as they were
made for the purpose of adding to
the capital outlay of this institution.
The board granted permission for
the award of scholarship, which car­ries
elimination of the non-resident
fee, to the Riverside Military acade­my
of Gainesville, Georgia.
MUSICAL SHOW WILL BE
STAGED NEXT THURSDAY
(Continued from page 1)
Touchdown (Perhaps)—Songs and
a Stray Dance or so: Pruitt and Moul-ton.
Third Down — "Touchdown or
Shave." (The annual gridiron clash
between Correspondence School and
Barber's College). Cast: Salter, In­gram,
Moss Aplin, Harris, Moore,
Patterson, Alston and Helms. Direc-
WHAT DO YOU DO ON SUNDAY?
9--30 A. M. Sunday School
11:00 A. M. The Heritage of Presbyterian
6:30 P. M. Christian Endeavor
7:30 P. M. Paul's Faithful Sayings
AUBURN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Barber
TIGER BUILDING-Invites
you to meet Mr. Richard*, who has
served you in Auburn for several years.
Mr. Scott, a fine fellow, of Buffalo, N.Y.
Mr. Neill, a fine fellow, of Atlanta, Ga.
These gentlemen are always happy to
serve you.
Come to see them. Get your receipts.
Compare them with the LUCK NUMBER
posted on the mirror, every Monday
morning.
P.S.
The famous SHINE will give you one of his individual
"Newmonia Glosses," "Seven Days," "if it don't rain."
The board went on record as fav­oring"
the construction of a new post-office
building at Auburn and em­powered
President Dowell to cooper­ate
with the town authorities and the
federal government looking towards
securing such a building.
On motion of C. W. Ashcraft, the
board unanimously adopted a resolu­tion
thanking Victor H. Hanson, pub­lisher
of The Montgomery Advertiser
and The Birmingham News for the
generous space which these papers
give to the news of Auburn and mat­ters
affecting Auburn.
Members of the board of trustees
present at the meeting were Chair­man
Governor Bibb Graves, Dr. R.
E. Tidwell of Montgomery, Victor H.
Hanson of Birmingham, W. H. Oates
of Mobile, T. D. Samford of Opelika,
P. S. Haley of Oakman, Harry Herz-feld
of Alexander City, Governor
Charles Henderson of Troy, C. W.
Ashcraft of Florence, and B. L. Shi,
secretary of the board of Auburn.
Members of the governor's staff,
all world war veterans, who took
part in the day's doings were: Lieu-tenantrColonels
George Lewis Bailes,
Frak Murray Dixon, Fred A. Field,
William W. Long and Jackson Wins-lett,
of Birmingham; Arthur B. Chil­ton
and Milton D. Stone of Montgom­ery;
James A. Campbell of Dothan;
Reneau Dubberly of Tallassee; Thom-es
H. Hart of Geneva; Walter L.
Verge of Heflin and Adjutant Gen­eral
Hartley A. Moon.
At the luncheon Tuesday afternoon
President Dowell presided. The two
prinicpal speeches were made by Mrs.
Charles Henderson and Mrs. Bibb
Graves and they proved entertaining.
Colonel Jack Winslett of Birming­ham,
on the suggestion of Colonel Tom
Hart, spoke for the governor's staff.
Colonel Winslett is an Auburn alum­nus
and is a brother of the famous
"Wu" Winslett, Alabama football
player. Colonel Winslett called atten­tion
to the fact that Auburn needs
several new buildings and that only
one has been constructed in the last
four or five years while five have
been constructed at the University.
The remarks of Colonel Winslett oc­casioned
similar remarks from T. D.
Samford and others.
The program for the daylight hours
was concluded with a reception at
the residence of President Spright
Dowell, where the people of Auburn
and the visitors had an opportunity
of meeting Governor and Mrs. Graves
and other distinguished guests. The
day's events closed with the special
program over WAPI broadcasting
station.
THURSDAY
"THE FOOTBALL FROLIC" -35c
FRIDAY
Ken Maynard in "THE OVERLAND STAGE"
A rip-roaring thriller of the golden west where
Horsemen are Horsemen! •
And Ken Maynard is King of 'em all!
2 shows 6:45 and 8:30
SATURDAY
Mermaid Comedy—"Pink Elephants"—a scream!
Dolores Costello in "THE LITTLE IRISH GIRL"
TONIGHT—(THIS WEEK)
Christie Comedy—"Hoot Man"
COLUMBIA FEATURE— "STOLEN PLEASURES"
Thrilling drama of foolish wives
Also Travelogue—"Belgium Today"
LANGDON HALL
25c
tor, Edwards.
Fourth Down—Song: "Remember­ing"—
Robert Hardy.
Opponents' Ball—Song: "What's
the Use of Talking?" Smith and
Chorus.
Second Quarter—Sketch: "Pledg­ing
the Rat." Scene: Any frater­nity
house. Cast: Mosley, Rains,
Salter, Davis, Price and McKinnon.
Directed by Williams.
First Down—Song: "April Fools"
—Frances Harris and Charles Moore.
Second Down—Sketch: Honey­moon
on the Hudson. Cast: Motley,
McKenzie and Helms. Director, Mc­Kinnon.
Second Fumble—Roughnecks on
the Air. Cast: Bayne, McKinnon,
Pup Jones, Hardy, Price and Jane
Springer.
Third Down—The Spanish Influ­ence
Hits Auburn. Singer: Bill
Strong. Tango Dancers: Margaret
Lane and Fritz Driver'.
Second Half
Third Quarter—Pianology: Char-line
Baughman and S. A. Hardin.
Mountain Greenery: Singers:
Leary and Lane. Trees: Misses
Mardre, Patterson, Lane, Hare, Tay­lor,
Allen, Stoghill, Price, Floyd, Ap­lin,
Lichty. Wood Nymphs: Salter,
McKinnon, McKenzie, Price, Rains,
Jones, Powell, Davis and Bayne.
Another Possible Touchdown—Fig
Leaves—Seibold and Youngblood.
First Down—Song: "Tonight You
Belong to Me"—Hardy and Price.
Second Down—Sketch: Quick
Lunch Cabaret. Cast: McKinnon,
Smith, Moore and Hopson. Director,
Maryline Cauthen.
Third Down—Chemistry—Robert
Hobdy and Hugh McColl.
Last Quarter—Song: "Blowing the
Blues Away"—Smith and Chorus.
Auburn's Ball—Sketch: Why Hus­bands
Go Wrong. Cast: Hare, Lane,
Youngblood and/ Hardy.
First Down — Specialty Songs:
Eloise Floyd and Elizabeth Mardre.
Second Down—Sketch: The Fatal
Necklace. Cast: The Heroine,
Frank Tuwxorth; The Hero, Pat
Moulton; The Villain, Red Roberts;
The Villainess, Ben Sankey; The
Countess, Diz Pruitt.
Third Down—Auburn's Bolshevi-ki
Invasion. Song: The Volga Boat­men—
Men's Chorus. Song: Pet-rushka—
Bill Strong. Song: Cos­sack
Love Song—Aplin and Hardy.
Song: Song of the Flame—Minette
Thomas.
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Piedmont Lbr. Co. 7.20
Lipscomb's _ — 12.30
Homer Wright 85.29
Labor at Gym - 30.00
Total Expenses ...- $1277.55
Total Receipts — 891.00
Net Loss ...- - $ 386.55
Mid-Year Dances, Jan. 28, 29, 30, '27
Receipts
1st. Night
Dance tickets __ $1242.50
Balcony _ — 36.25
Checking - - 10.10
2nd. Night
Dance tickets ..— - 648.00
Balcony — 51.50
Checking - 21.00
3rd. Night
Dance tickets ~~ -- 189.01
Balcony _ 82.50
Checking - —- 4.45
Day dances 100.00
Concession profits — 70.00
Pre-dated check 7.00
1 bad check made good .... 7.00
Auburn Printing Co. 27.60
Student Supply . - - 12.75
Andrews Lumber Co 9.00
Jesse French (tuning piano) 10.00
Labor ("A" men on door) ... 100.00
Dramatic Club (curtain) 10.00
Ed. King (soc. com. panel) 12.50
2 bad checks 17.00
Opelika Flo. Co. 6.00
Telegrams & Telephone calls 11.71
J. P. Atherton (Exp.) 10.00
Glomerata (soc. panel) 35.00
Total Expenses $1488.01
Interest on note 5.75
Total $1493.76
NOTICE
All those who ordered Dr. Hall's
book, plase call by the Y. M. C. A.
office within the next few days.
Collegiate pipes aren't all
*non campus mentis'
Total Receipts
Total Expenses
$2505.56
. 1493.76
Net Profit $1011.80
Loss on opening
dances $386.55
"A" Club scholar­ships
- -- 400.00
786.55
Bank Balance $ 225.25
Expenses
Invitations —$ 73.00
Stamps 1 14.00
Orchestra (Confrey) — J 1000.00
Kate - - 10-00
Help to Kate - 4.00
Maid at Gym 10.00
Pruitt's R. R. fare to Mont. 4.28
Cleaning Gym. floor Sunday 1.50
Homer Wright _ - 51.74
Piano hauling 10.00
Car hire - 27.50
Toomers Hdwe _ 4.79
J. W. Wright ~- - 14.80
Lipscomb's - .84
Touchdown and Final Score—
Song and Dance Orgy: Black Bot­tom.
Singer: "Dizzy" Pruitt. Danc­ers:
Anne Lichty and Pup Jones.
Chorus: Misses Floyd, Allen, Ap­lin,
Springer, Harris, Crenshaw,
Mardre, Patterson, Taylor, Hare,
Lane, Price, Lichty, Stoghill, Messrs.
Jones, Rains, Thompson, Powell,
Driver, Price, Moore, Spiegner, Mc­Coll,
Salter, Mosley, Hardy and Mc­Kinnon.
Technical Staff
Dance Director—Miss Lillian Gist;
Musical Director — Miss Charline
Baughman; Art Director—Rosser
Alston; Stage Manager—R. L. Pfaff;
Property Man—H. P. White; Ward­robe
Mistress—Miss Frances Harris;
Revue written by—H. L. Hamilton.
Do not forget that the date is
Thursday, March third, and that the
cost of admission is only thirty-five
cents.
APPEARANCES may be against the modern
college pipe; he may look 'superfish'... he
may sound a bit blotto, slinging his six or
seven slanguages, including the Scandi'
navian... But when he talks 'TOBACCO'
lend him your ears. For that's one subject
he's studied and knows from the ground up!
Listen to his learned lingo and you'll see
why the one perfect pipe tobacco is grand
old Granger Rough Cut. It's all spicy old
Burley, the choicest pipe tobacco known
to man... all mellowed Wellman's way...
and cut, especially for pipes, in large slow
burning, cool-smoking flakes. It's breaking
all collegiate records for pipe-popularity.
Of course, some collegiate pipes, who
judge everything on 'price', cant afford to
smoke Granger... it's too INEXPENSIVE.
But notice any pipe that is sufficiently
sure of himself to BE himself, always; and
notice also his Granger.
GRANGER
ROUGH CUT
The half-pound vac­uum
tin is forty-five
cents, the foil-pouch
package, sealed in
glassine, is ten cents.
Made
for pipes only!
Granger Rough Cut is made by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company